HACKING TRANSPORT

I have a conspiracy theory nightmare about hackers causing accidents on planes and subways. MH370 was turned and disappeared. The AirFrance plane lost off Brazil had no fight recorder data left when the recorder was found.

Several years ago there was an accident on the San Francisco Muni, with evidence showing that the driver was frantically trying to remove the automatic controls right before a rear end crash. This was eerily echoed by a similar accident on the Muni in DC.

It is well known that car computer chips can be hacked. A hacker could disable breaks, or turn off an engine, causing a possibly fatal accident.

For years I have been blogging about the dangers of having unknown "back doors" in the computer chips used in our phones, computers, cars, etc. The chips used in transport need to be protected from hackers. Currently, everyone has their heads in the sand*, denying that the problem exists.

However, I find that I CAN NOT IGNORE my nightmare about MH370. In my nightmare, a hacker takes over the plane and flies it into the ocean. In my nightmare, for six and a half hours people frantically try to retake the controls from the hacker, to no avail.

By choosing the least expensive chips, you are choosing the chips that are easiest to hack. Those companies making unhackable chips can not sell them. Or worse, the unhackable chips are made in a country that automatically puts a "back door" in the chips so that only they can hack them.

We need to pay more for our computer equipment, if we want to trust that our computer equipment only takes orders from the "good guys".

THE LIVES WE SAVE WILL BE OUR OWN.

* This comes from the legend that an ostrich puts his head in the sand when he wants to hide. Of course the rest of his LARGE body can be seen by the predator. It is used to indicate that someone is ignoring reality. Something we all do a lot.

PAY HER LESS, THEN TRASH HER

Even the New York Times follows the pattern of paying a woman less, then firing her when she mentions the pay gap. She was quiet, but rumors "forced" the Times to totally trash her reputation.

The New York Post reports that, in 2011, the male executive editor was paid $559,000. His female replacement was paid $475,000. She was earning $525,000 when she was fired. I am not very good with math, but it seems to me that she was getting the standard 20% deduction from her pay for being a female.

Then, the rumors of the pay gap started. The owner of the New York Times announced that the woman could be abrasive, and that is why she was fired. Nothing like a good attack on a woman to cover up for unequal pay. It has worked in the past, and it will work again.

So why do we not start a twitter campaign against the Times? Is it because all you men are STILL AFRAID of strong women?

CONGRATULATIONS MODI!

Mr. Modi has a chance to improve India for everyone, not just for the elite. 

But please, Mr. Modi, remember that women helped elect you.

Please, Mr. Modi, remember that minorities who did not vote for you still need to be included in your plans for a better India.

I agree with the voters that you have a unique chance to improve the lives of everyone in India. But real progress only comes when a country tries to provide services to EVERYONE.

WE ARE ALL HOPING THAT YOU CAN DO THIS.

MY SAN JOSE SPEECH

I am a local attorney who uses medical marijuana for arthritis pain. Sending me to the industrial district to purchase my medicine is both dangerous and difficult for me.

For ten thousand years, marijuana has been considered to be a safe and effective medicine.  It has never been the direct cause of a single death.

I am tired of watching this city council try to gain political points by passing measures that harm the disabled.

Thanks to your no free grocery bag ordinance, I watch the disabled get handed loose items to carry on their laps, because they forgot to purchase a bag.

This is the second time you have tried to sneakily outlaw the sale of medical marijuana.

But the worst is that you are trying to convince people that disabled police officers and their doctors are lying about their disabilities. You do not want to give police officers decent disability pensions.  After all, you need money for your doomed quest to steal a baseball team from Oakland.

(At this point, the audience clapped, which was counted against my 1 minute, so I was not able to say...)

If you vote for this measure, I will do my best to insure that you never get elected to anything ever again.

(BTW I was told that the numerous complaints from dentists were caused by SAN JOSE ORGANICS on Tully Rd. PLEASE DO NOT BUY FROM THESE PEOPLE. Maybe putting them out of business will teach them to be polite to their neighbors.)

TAKING MEDICINE AWAY FROM THE SICK

On May 13, 2014, at 7 pm, San Jose may make THE SICK DRIVE TO THE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT in order TO GET MEDICINE.

The San Jose City Council seems to believe that people who use marijuana are not actually ill, they are just stoners. The council does not want to get input from the medical marijuana clinics, they just want to get more votes in their races for major. Reading the reports, it is clear that the city is willing to listen to any untruth about marijuana in order to justify closing down the discrete, friendly, and really necessary neighborhood clinics.

If you think I am exaggerating, let me tell you about my ADA request to have the MEDICAL marijuana issue heard as soon after 7 pm as possible. I said I would be in a wheelchair and many disabled people would be coming to the meeting. I was told that any such request would require me to attend an additional rules meeting.

What part of MEDICAL marijuana do these people fail to understand? These out of touch politicians do not even understand that some patients NEED concentrates.

If you have cancer, arthritis, MS, or are using marijuana to help with ANY illness please come to the meeting. You will have ONE MINUTE to speak, so write it down and practice.

THE HEALTH YOU SAVE MAY BE YOUR OWN!

THE JUDGE, THE DA AND THE MERCURY NEWS

There is a Mercury News columnist who is trashing the reputation of a judge who had the courage to rule against the DA. She ruled in favor of the defense. SHOCKING, I know.

It should be no surprise that an Deputy District Attorney is running against Judge Richie.

When Judge Richie ruled against the DA's office, the DA refused to have any more cases be heard in front of Judge Richie. You can stop wondering why there is a bias against defense motions in the local court systems.

I watched this same columnist trash DA Carr, then praise the new DA for doing the same things he trashed Carr for doing.

You can make up your own mind. Me, I am going to vote for Judge Richie. We need judges with the courage to follow due process of law.