Our First Amendment rights

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The Founding Fathers of the United States believed that the rights of the people were granted by God and not by government. These basic God given rights were embodied in the United States Constitution and, the most basic of these rights, were set out in the First Amendment. Our most basic rights are the right of speech, the right of religion and the right of free assembly.

Over the past 25 years, there has been a war waged on religion and that war is being waged, primarily, against Christians and the Christian church. In the most recent attack, the elected officials in the city of Houston, Texas, violated the First Amendment rights of several Houston churches, pastors and congregations because these pastors, churches and congregations disagreed with a new Houston ordinance requiring that all restrooms in all businesses in the city of Houston be gender-neutral. Apparently, the Houston mayor and city council believe that pastors, churches and congregations can speak freely so long as they agree with the city council.

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Bald lies in politics have First Amendment blessing

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Are you absolutely sick to death of all the snarky campaign ads on television?

Yeah, me too.

November 5th cannot come fast enough. Lets get this midterm election over!

Nasty cracks, smarmy innuendo, selective editing of opponents interviews and downright lies. Isnt there something that should be done to a candidate who deliberately tries to deceive the electorate?

Actually, 16 states have laws that punish candidates and independent organizations that recklessly make false statements during an election.

Thats the good news.

The bad news: In the first real test of those so-called political-lie laws, the courts ruled they are an unconstitutional violation of freedom of speech.

Yes, you read that right. The First Amendment gives us all a constitutional right to lie.

Im not for anything that erodes our First Amendment rights. But doesnt it sound odd that the law protects those who deliberately choose to deceive the electorate?

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Facebook opens up to Tor users with new secure .onion address

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For those who are concerned about their privacy post-Snowden, there are various ways to boost online privacy such as using the anonymizing Tor browser. Browsing the internet anonymously is something that scares the authorities -- there were reports just a couple of months ago that Comcast was threatening to cut off customers who chose to use Tor -- but now Facebook has opened up to the idea.

The social network -- often criticized for its own privacy policies -- has lifted its bans on using Tor, and has created a secure URL (https://facebookcorewwwi.onion/). This can be used to visit Facebook using any Tor-enabled browser and adds a few extra layers of protection for those looking to stay secure. While the idea of anonymity on Facebook may seem oxymoronic, there is a degree of logic.

One of the key benefits of using Tor is that it enables users to bypass locally enforced censorship and blocks, but until now Facebook has blocked access via Tor. The fact that Tor traffic bounced around the internet multiple times in a bid to disguise its origin, it was often flagged as suspicious by Facebook for appearing like botnet activity. This is no longer the case as the new URL opens up access to the security-minded.

Software engineer Alec Muffett explains that, "Facebook's onion address provides a way to access Facebook through Tor without losing the cryptographic protections provided by the Tor cloud". Accessing Facebook viaTor using the .onion address means connecting directly to Facebook's Core WWW Infrastructure (hence the URL). This allows for direct communication with Facebook, effectively sidestepping browsing restrictions that may have been put in place by local governments, and avoiding any surveillance that might be carried out on traffic that is permitted.

Facebook's Tor-friendly TLD is the first .onion address to be granted SSL certificate. Muffett says:

We decided to use SSL atop this service due in part to architectural considerations - for example, we use the Tor daemon as a reverse proxy into a load balancer and Facebook traffic requires the protection of SSL over that link. As a result, we have provided an SSL certificate which cites our onion address; this mechanism removes the Tor Browser's SSL Certificate Warning for that onion address and increases confidence that this service really is run by Facebook. Issuing an SSL certificate for a Tor implementation is - in the Tor world - a novel solution to attribute ownership of an onion address; other solutions for attribution are ripe for consideration, but we believe that this one provides an appropriate starting point for such discussion.

Despite what some news reports say, this is not a way to stay anonymous on Facebook. You still log into your regular account and use it in the same way. What the .onion URL does is ensure that nothing happens to your data as it travels from your computer to Facebook and back.

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Bitcoin Magazine’s Tatiana Moroz interviews Lyn Ulbricht About Ross Ulbricht’s Case – Video

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The Flipside Bitcoin News #4 – BitPay Foxtrot, LedgerX Futures Exchange, Matonis resigns Foundation – Video

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Comets make history with perfect season

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WRIGHT TWP. In front of their huge home crowd, the Crestwood Comets accomplished something thats never been in their programs history.

The Comets, who have been around for 47 seasons, since 1968, finished off a perfect 10-0 regular season with a dominating 50-20 victory over the Pottsville Crimson Tide on Friday night.

Crestwood, which already clinched the top spot in the District 2 3A playoff, will host Dallas, who beat Lake-Lehman 27-26, in the first round next week.

The Comets powerful rushing attack totaled 262 yards and six touchdowns from the ground alone.

The Comets were led by senior running back, Frank Aigeldinger, who rushed for a team-high 89 yards and on first quarter three-yard touchdown, hit a career milestone, rushing for over 4,000 yards in his standout career.

Fellow senior, starting quarterback, Jay Popson, also made an impact during the game, both with his arm and legs. He ran for 56 yards on just 5 carries, including a 34-yard touchdown run right at the buzzer to end the first half and give his Comets a 36-7 advantage heading into the locker room.

Popson added another rushing touchdown to start the scoring in the second half, and threw for 194 yards, including a 29-yard touchdown pass to junior wideout Connor Sheloski.

The Crestwood defense kept the Crimson Tides passing attack in check most of the game. Sophomore Lance Blass had two big interceptions, one of which brought the ball to the 2-yard line to set up another Comets touchdown.

Pottsvilles senior quarterback, Patrick Keatings 156 yards was enough to push him over 1,000 passing yards this season. Keating connected on a 76-yard touchdown pass to Eric Wapinsky in the fourth quarter. The Crimson Tide could night avoid finishing their first winless season at 0-10 since the 1958 campaign.

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Comets Erase 3-0 Deficit But Ultimately Lose 4-3 in OT

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October 31, 2014 - American Hockey League (AHL) Utica Comets The Utica Comets erased a 3-0 deficit before losing in overtime to the Binghamton Senators at the Utica Memorial Auditorium on Friday night.

Cal O'Reilly (0-3-3), and Henrik Tommernes (1-1-2) paced the way for the Comets with multi-point nights. While Jacob Markstrom 24 of the Senators 27 shots in the loss.

It didn't take long into the first period for the Senators to break Jacob Markstrom's bid for the all-time American Hockey League shutout record. Five minutes and 55 seconds after the puck was dropped Jean-Gabriel Pageau of the Senators was fed a pass from Buddy Robinson directly above the center hash marks. After the feed, Pageau proceeded to take a wrist shot towards Markstrom's glove side. Markstrom got a piece of it but failed to hold on as Alex Guptill tracked the puck down inside the blue paint and buried it for his first career AHL goal.

At 17:23 of the first period Peter Andersson took a two-minute hooking penalty and the Senators found the back of the net again on the tail end of the powerplay with just 51 seconds left in the first period. Alex Grant tipped the puck in past Markstrom for the second goal after Carter Camper took a slapshot from the right dot. Aaron Johnson was credited with the secondary assist.

The Comets still struggled with discipline as they headed into the second period. Darren Archibald took a roughing penalty at 4:07, which left the Comets shorthanded for the fourth time in the game. As the Senators set up in the Comets zone for 5-on-4 opportunity, Chris Wideman received a pass from Matt Puempel at the right dot for a slapshot that was buried to the short side of Markstrom to make it 3-0. Pageau received the secondary assist on the second power-play goal for his second point of the game.

The Comets finally snuck a puck past goaltender Scott Greenham when Travis Ehrhardt received a pass from O'Reilly and fired a slapshot from the left point just in front of the blue line. Greenham was struggling to see through the screen and the puck found its way past his glove side to make it 3-1. This was Ehrhardt's first goal on the season.

The Comets continued to conjur up some more slapshot magic 4:07 into the third period when O'Reilly passed the puck to his defensemen at the blue line. Henrik Tommernes was the first to receive the pass but quickly fed the puck to Corrado on his left. With one quick swing of the stick, Corrado delivered the puck past Greenham to make it 3-2 for what would be Corrado's first of the year.

Following the mantra "If it ain't broke, don't fix it," the Comets found their third goal and the equalizer from another blue line slapshot. This time Tommernes received a pass at the center point from, none other than, Cal O'Reilly. Tommernes cranked one hard past Greenham for it his first goal of the season and the Comets sixth power-play goal of the season. O'Reilly earned his third assist for the game.

The Senators took advantage of the power play for the third and last time 4:21 into the overtime period. Tommernes took a hooking penalty at 3:14, which forced the Comets into a 4-on-3 situation. With more ice to play with, Aaron Johnson fed a pass to Wideman who slapped it home past Markstrom for the game-winning overtime goal.

The Comets finished the game with 44 shots on net. The penalty kill unit finally looked human, killing only 3-of-6 Senators power plays.

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