Science/Tech
Total Devastation As Monster Hurricane Dorian Destroys Everything In Its Path
Florida is on the knife’s edge of Dorian’s track.

Monster Hurricane Dorian made landfall in Elbow Cay in The Bahamas at 12:40 pm EDT Sunday with 185 mph winds, gusting to 220 mph, making it the strongest land-falling Atlantic hurricane on record.
Typically hurricanes move at around 10-15 mph. The front side of the eye of the storm is much smaller than the backside, especially with Dorian. Hurricane force winds extend 40-60 miles on front side and 70-100 backside moving at around 5mph. It was moving 10mph around 9am. Then it started slowing. Winds went from 170 to 185 sustained. It’s the fastest winds in recorded history and slowest moving Category 5 in history. Some say ‘Total destruction. Biblical proportions.”
Here is what we know so far:
- Hurricane Dorian is a Category 5. Unlike Hurricane Andrew in 1992 that was 30 miles wide, 174mph, Dorian is much wider at 60 miles wide, 185-220mph and moving slowly at around 5-8mph.
- At 5mph this storm will deliver hurricane force winds for 30 hours. It is expected to slow to 4mph overnight.
- Marsh Harbor is destroyed along with many other areas.
- “Storm Chaser Josh Morgerman of icyclone.com is in Marsh Harbor on Great Abaco Island, and reported via Twitter at 11:15 am Sunday: “978 mb & falling fast. Just outside eyewall, but winds damaging. Holed up with six others in concrete room with chairs against the door.” At 11:40 am, he reported: “Pounding. CRASHING. Boards prying off windows. We’re moving children to a safe space, wrapping them in blankets. 969 mb.”
- Grand Bahamas could be completely destroyed. Dorian may wobble enough to the northwest to prevent Grand Bahama Island from receiving such a long pounding, but that island is still likely to experience extreme damage.
- Palm Beach (including Mar-A-Lago) have been issued a mandatory evacuation order.
- Dorian will now be the most powerful hurricane in the Atlantic Ocean to date.
As reported by the Associated Press:
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Hurricane Dorian struck the northern Bahamas on Sunday as a catastrophic Category 5 storm, its record 185 mph winds ripping off roofs, overturning cars and tearing down power lines as hundreds hunkered in schools, churches and shelters.
Dorian slammed into Elbow Cay in the Abaco Islands at 12:40 p.m., and then made a second landfall near Marsh Harbour on Great Abaco Island at 2 p.m., after authorities made last-minute pleas for those in low-lying areas to evacuate.
“It’s devastating,” said Joy Jibrilu, director general of the Bahamas’ Ministry of Tourism and Aviation. “There has been huge damage to property and infrastructure. Luckily, no loss of life reported.”
With its maximum sustained winds of 185 mph (295 kph) and gusts up to 220 mph , Dorian tied the record for the most powerful Atlantic hurricane ever to come ashore, equaling the Labor Day hurricane of 1935, before the storms were named.
Please stay weather aware if you are in the path of this storm.
Local 10 News is reporting non-stop and doing a great job.
More Videos Coming in on social media by the second.
Hurricane #Dorian Causing Widespread Damage In #Abaco Bahamas
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) September 1, 2019
Hurricane Dorian made landfall in the Bahamas as a Category 5 hurricane with sustained winds of 185 mph and gusts over 220 mph, making it a “catastrophic” storm with “devastating winds,” according to the National Hurricane Center. Follow live updates. https://t.co/Yp43NXB5mT pic.twitter.com/KAIu73iuy2
— The New York Times (@nytimes) September 1, 2019
#Dorian has become the strongest hurricane on record in the NW Bahamas w/ winds of 180 mph!
***For Eastern NC: Regardless of Dorian’s exact path, we are expecting heavy rain & gusty winds across the area starting Wed. Find #HurricanePrep tips at https://t.co/nPNQCZ0PE7 #ncwx pic.twitter.com/YIyIxcd7Ru— NWS Newport/Morehead (@NWSMoreheadCity) September 1, 2019
Imagine a 30 mile-wide EF4 tornado…that’s #Dorian making landfall on Great Abaco Island, Bahamas as a Category 5 hurricane with winds of 180 mph. pic.twitter.com/DeEWcne4x0
— NWS Grand Rapids (@NWSGrandRapids) September 1, 2019
A family with a young baby trapped in a home in #Abaco with the roof torn off during #HurricaneDorian as the eye moves over the island. The worst of the storm is not over and they are appealing for rescue. 🙏🏽🙏🏽#Bahamas pic.twitter.com/G2m67qQ9R4
— Taneka T Ⓥ (@teetee729) September 1, 2019
BOATS AND HOMES BLASTED. More video from #HurricaneDorian destruction in the #Bahamas (via Latrae Rahming) #Dorian #AbacoIslands #Abaco #Dorian #Hurricane #Dorian2019 pic.twitter.com/EUae98rpex
— Josh Benson (@WFLAJosh) September 1, 2019
Hurricane Dorian damage images are beginning to come out of Marsh Harbour in the Bahamas…these were shared by @Vernal0: pic.twitter.com/8RnniJqF4e
— Sean Breslin (@Sean_Breslin) September 1, 2019
Violent winds from Hurricane Dorian lash Marsh Harbour in the Bahamas.
Hurricane Dorian has since made landfall as a catastrophic Category 5 storm, bringing potentially life-threatening storm surge and flash flooding. https://t.co/63nNDBBUjV pic.twitter.com/RLLeXP4U5a
— ABC News (@ABC) September 1, 2019
Video: Major storm surge is affecting Abaco Islands in the Bahamas due to Hurricane Dorian. pic.twitter.com/uV09r4ehT9
— PM Breaking News (@PMBreakingNews) September 1, 2019
This seems to be one of the first videos so far of the conditions the Bahamas are currently dealing with. According to Google Translate, the text reads: “As Hurricane Dorian approaches, the first images of important waves in the Bahamas.” Latest forecast: https://t.co/ABgQzOyNqT https://t.co/HnkDDikeV8
— Spectrum Bay News 9 (@BN9) September 1, 2019
Wow! New video coming in out of the #Bahamas. The surge from #HurricaneDorian is putting the whole town of New Plymouth on Green Turtle Cay, Abaco underwater 😳 video by Chamon McIntosh #dorian #hirricane #Dorian2019 pic.twitter.com/jHBDNPK5ny
— James Wieland (@SurfnWeatherman) September 1, 2019
Don't forget to Like The Washington Sentinel on Facebook and Twitter, and visit our friends at The Republican Legion.Omg …. #HurricaneDorian hitting this poor family in the Bahamas with rain, wind, and massive flooding: ‘Please pray for us’ pic.twitter.com/2pdqabWDmQ
— Pablosky (@pablosky_1968) September 1, 2019
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Science/Tech
FBI Issues Warning Over Black Friday Television Sales, Citing Cybersecurity Risk
It might not be your fellow shoppers that you need to worry about.

If we’re being honest, Black Friday might be one of the most disturbing pop culture events in the United States.
It’s consumerism run rampant, and it reeks of excess in ways that few other materialistic machinations do. It’s a declaration to the rest of the world that Americans are so focused on what they have, that they are willing eschew their own morality to get more for less.
Witnessing the inevitable violence and chaos of these Black Friday events can be more than a little bit disheartening, and there are certainly dangers to be had for those foolish enough to brave the doorbuster madness.
But what if it were the items themselves that you need to be wary of, and not the lesser inclinations of your rival shoppers?
The FBI’s Portland, Oregon, field office shared some tips this week for anyone who needs to secure a smart TV.
Some models of smart TVs include built-in cameras. They can be used for video chatting with friends and family, and some can let the TV recognize who is watching and suggest programming based on their past preferences.
To prevent being a victim of hackers via your new television, the FBI has a few tips for would-be buyers.
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Because each smart TV is different, owners should search for the exact model number online and words like “microphone,” “camera” and “privacy” to learn how to control those features.
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Don’t leave security settings on the default option and chance passwords if possible. It’s also a good idea to check how to turn off microphones, cameras and personal data collection ahead of making a purchase, and considering a different model if they can’t be turned off.
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A piece of black tape can help when a camera can’t be turned off.
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Check whether the manufacturer can and whether it does update the device with security patches.
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Also check the privacy policy for the manufacturer and any streaming services, including what data they collect, how they store it and what they do with it.
The FBI is also concerned that some smart TV’s could be used as a sort of backchannel into accessing your home router and wifi, which could lead to any number of issues more devastating than unwanted camera access.
Science/Tech
VIDEO: Tesla’s ‘Cybertruck’ Release Tainted by Botched ‘Bulletproof’ Glass Demonstration
Today, Tesla, (the car company), released their Cybertruck – a futurist utility vehicle that was equal parts Delorean and Lamborghini, with perhaps a dash of Tonka Truck thrown in for the sake of Musk’s manufactured eccentricity.

Elon Musk is a bit of a character, that’s for sure.
He’s a man who, at every turn, seems to channel his inner-Nikola Tesla – quite blatantly in the naming of his car company – but also a bit more subtly through his enthusiasm for conjuring his own mythos. Tesla, the man, was eccentric and odd, and so Musk puts on that mask when he can, attempting to glean something from the behavior that might help him to truly unlock the Nikola narrative.
But it doesn’t work that way. Tesla’s eccentricities were a product of his genius, not the other way around, and Musk’s frantic character development just feels forced.
Today, Tesla, (the car company), released their Cybertruck – a futurist utility vehicle that was equal parts Delorean and Lamborghini, with perhaps a dash of Tonka Truck thrown in for the sake of Musk’s manufactured mania.
Also, as has become a staple of Elon’s eccentricity, the truck was over-built – including what was advertised as “bulletproof glass”.
Turns out that this was perhaps a feature to be added after launch.
how'd the unveil go? smashingly! pic.twitter.com/vXyCZuOBkn
— Lora Kolodny (@lorakolodny) November 22, 2019
You see those wholes in the “bulletproof” windows? A metal ball thrown with the gusto of a pre-teen little leaguer created them.
Tesla's demo of its first electric pickup didn't go quite according to plan. The "Tesla armor glass" windows shattered when hit with a metallic ball #CyberTruck pic.twitter.com/rRrrs2E0Jy
— Bloomberg TicToc (@tictoc) November 22, 2019
I’ve seen more heat in tee ball.
Surely, Musk will get the window issued fixed before these angular activity pods hit the streets, but will he do anything to repair how they look?
2020
Liz Warren Raises Concerns Over President Trump’s Dinner with Zuckerberg
Warren seems all too happy to participate in Facebook’s obstruction fo the First Amendment, and is seemingly concerned about President Trump’s work to restore freedom online.

Throughout the entirety of Donald Trump’s presidency, there have been concerns regarding the tilt of the mainstream media, but also a shift in tactics being deployed by the leviathans of the social media scene as well.
It has been patently obvious that companies such as Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube are being helmed by figures who find themselves on the left side of the political aisle, and, given the heightened state of agitation among the Democratic Party in the days following Trump’s electoral victory, these figures seemed unafraid of pursuing their political goals throughout their platforms.
This, quite simply put, is a violation of the First Amendment rights of many Americans, both constitutionally and ethically.
Now, as President Trump looks to turn the tide back into the favor of freedom its very self, Senator and presidential candidate Liz Warren is raising an objection.
Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren tore into Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg for attending a previously undisclosed meeting with President Trump at the White House in October, accusing the tech billionaire of intentionally cozying up to the administration as his company faces increased scrutiny from regulators and Democratic lawmakers.
“Amid antitrust scrutiny, Facebook is going on a charm offensive with Republican lawmakers,” Warren wrote in a series of tweets on Thursday. “And now, Mark Zuckerberg and one of Facebook’s board members—a major Trump donor—had a secret dinner with Trump. This is corruption, plain and simple.”
If elected next year, Warren said she “won’t cozy up to Facebook.”
“It’s time to root out corruption in Washington,” she said.
Warren is essentially telling the nation that the limits put on free speech by Facebook over the course of the last three years, particularly as it pertains to domestic American politics, should be the new norm despite the very obvious conflict that this creates with the constitution.
Science/Tech
Report: Google Does Blacklist Conservative Sites Despite Claiming It Doesn’t
Google is secretly blacklisting conservative sites to prevent them from appearing in search results, despite public denials of doing so.

Google is secretly blacklisting conservative sites to prevent them from appearing in search results, despite public denials of doing so.
The tech giant has claimed that it does not manipulate its search results to exclude conservative sites and also denies manipulating results to benefit certain big corporations. But a new report finds that the search giant has lied. It absolutely manipulates the results in those ways.
The report at the Wall Street Journal claims that Google blacklists certain sites going back as far as the early 2000s, including sites that continually break copyright laws and sites that contain certain types of pornography.
But Google also blacklists conservative sites so that they do not appear in searches for news.
Explaining the results of the report, Google claims that sites that do not adhere to its “inclusion policies” are “not eligible to appear on news surfaces or in information boxes in Search.”
Even though it appears that mostly conservative sites are blacklisted, Google maintains that it does not employ “political bias” to exclude sites from search results.
Indeed, just last year Google said it doesn’t blacklist conservatives at all. In a public statement, Karan Bhatia, Google’s vice president of public policy, said, “We don’t use blacklists/whitelists to influence our search results.”
Google also slammed the Journal’s story. In a statement this week, Google said:
This article contains a number of old, incomplete anecdotes, many of which not only predated our current processes and policies but also give a very inaccurate impression of how we approach building and improving Search.
Google adds that it only works to quash sites that are “actively deceptive.” By that they mean sites that hide true identities of owners, writers, and participants of the site, or sites that actively push false stories.
The Journal also found that Google pushes sites of big corporations over other small companies, especially big corporations that are Google advertisers.
Finally, the Journal report found that Google screens negative searches from its autocomplete results for Democrats to help maintain the left’s positive veneer.
The paper noted that if you type in “Joe Biden” in a number of search engines, one of the autocomplete choices is always “creepy” except when you use Google. “Creepy” is never associated with Biden in a Google search because, the paper says, Google purposefully prevents such results for Democrats.
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Science/Tech
Google Collected Medical Data on Millions of Americans Without Telling Patients or Doctors
Tech giant Google has been caught red-handed secretly collecting the medical data about millions of Americans without telling the doctors or patients involved.

Tech giant Google has been caught red-handed secretly collecting the medical data about millions of Americans without telling the doctors or patients involved.
The spy program even had a slick little name: “Project Nightingale.”
According to the Wall Street Journal:
Google began Project Nightingale in secret last year with St. Louis-based Ascension, a Catholic chain of 2,600 hospitals, doctors’ offices and other facilities, with the data sharing accelerating since summer.
The data involved in the initiative encompasses lab results, doctor diagnoses and hospitalization records, among other categories, and amounts to a complete health history, including patient names and dates of birth.
“Neither patients nor doctors have been notified,” the paper added. “At least 150 Google employees already have access to much of the data on tens of millions of patients, according to a person familiar with the matter and the documents.”
Google’s program was launched last year in cooperation with Ascension, a Catholic chain of 2,600 hospitals spread out over 21 states and in Washington D.C., along with other doctors.
According to Forbes, Google’s program “involves Ascension moving patient records onto Google’s cloud servers and includes a search product that allows Ascension healthcare providers to see an ‘overview page’ about their patients. The page includes complete patient information as well as notes about patient medical issues, test results and medications, including information from scanned documents, according to presentations viewed by Forbes.”
The financial magazine added, “A source familiar with the project said that patients are not aware of Google’s access to their data, though patient privacy laws generally allow the sharing of patient data with third parties without notification if it is for purposes that ‘help it carry out its health care activities and functions. Ascension employees have raised concerns internally, according to documents, about patient data privacy.”
Despite the secrecy of the program and the fact that patients were not told, both news sources claim that Google’s actions were not in violation of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA).
Google claims that the goal of ‘Project Nightingale’ was to collect patient data to create a better system of diagnosis. Google claimed that the program could spot things that a doctor or hospital missed.
Google is already being sued or a similar agreement with the University of Chicago Medical Center.
The New York Times recently reported that a lawsuit argues that Google violated patient privacy with its program with the Chicago medical center.
Big tech companies such as Apple and Google are making huge strides in taking over America’s medical sector.
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Science/Tech
Microsoft’s Surprise JEDI Contract Win Says More About Jeff Bezos Than Bill Gates
Did Microsoft win the contract, or did Jeff Bezos lose it?

The size and scope of Amazon.com is stupefying, to say the least.
What began as a small online bookstore in the dawning of the internet age has become one of the most valuable and powerful corporations this planet has ever seen. Founder Jeff Bezos now has his hands in just about everything, from mainstream newspaper news, to grocery chains; web server solutions to streaming entertainment.
Of these varied disciplines, Amazon itself does one thing better than anyone else on the planet, however, and that is Cloud computing.
A recent study showed that Bezos’ company was responsible for 33% of the world’s Cloud market share; more than double that of their nearest competitor, Microsoft, who account for only 16%.
So, when The Pentagon went looking for a company to revitalize its data systems, preferably in Cloud format, Amazon seemed like the natural choice.
Then, this happened:
On October 25, the Pentagon awarded Microsoft (MSFT) with the ten-year cloud contract for JEDI (Joint Enterprise Defence Infrastructure). The government contract, worth $10 billion, will put the US DoD (Department of Defense) on the cloud. As a result, all of the data from the military’s computer systems will be moved to a single cloud system. According to the New York Times, a lot of the military data still operates on technology from the 1980s and 1990s. The deal would modernize the military data and address security concerns. The DoD can access the company’s networks easily from cloud platforms.
Amazon was even considered the frontrunner in the race for the JEDI contract at one point, but this alleged favoritism was a problem as well.
Reportedly, President Trump received complaints about Amazon getting the Pentagon’s contract. Other companies, including Oracle, also raised concerns about Amazon. They thought that Amazon was a favorite to win the JEDI contract. For example, Oracle CEO Safra Catz met with President Trump in 2018 to discuss the issue.
After complaints related to Amazon and the JEDI contract, President Trump delayed the decision-making process. He stated that the administration would review the process to make sure that the decision was fair. Later, Defense Secretary Mark Esper quit the Pentagon review process despite working on it for months.
Trump and Bezos have a bit of a history, with the President often lashing out at both Amazon and its founder via Tweet.
“The American Media has changed forever. News organizations that seemed like a big deal are now extinct. Those that remain have now degraded themselves beyond recognition, like the New Yorker – or they’ve been purchased by Jeff Bezos to conduct unregistered lobbying for………
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 5, 2019
Washington Post employees want to go on strike because Bezos isn’t paying them enough. I think a really long strike would be a great idea. Employees would get more money and we would get rid of Fake News for an extended period of time! Is @WaPo a registered lobbyist?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 17, 2018
The @washingtonpost, which loses a fortune, is owned by @JeffBezos for purposes of keeping taxes down at his no profit company, @amazon.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 7, 2015
Bezos’ seemingly unending desire for power and wealth have made him a poster child for corporate greed over the course of his rise to prominence. That, along with this never-ending criticisms of Donald Trump, set the two on a collision course years ago.
Amazon is expected to appeal The Pentagon’s decision.
…the decision surprised an AWS spokesperson. The spokesperson said, “AWS is the clear leader in cloud computing and a detailed assessment purely on the comparative offerings lead to a different conclusion.” The Pentagon stated that the bid offers and the decision were fair. However, Amazon might challenge the Pentagon’s decision.
The deal could benefit Microsoft, which has a smaller share in the cloud market than Amazon. Recently, Amazon reported disappointing third-quarter results. However, the company earned $9 billion in revenues from AWS in the third quarter.
The deal is expected to boost Microsoft’s stock value for years to come, should the contract remain intact under the weight of Bezos’ possible legal assault.
Opinion
Friday Google Outages Reignite Concerns Over Consolidation of Power Online
All of our eggs are in Google’s basket…and you know what they say about that sort of thing.

Don’t put all your eggs in one basket.
It’s a saying that we’ve heard time and time again throughout our lives, from any number of sources. It’s the sort of cliché that has a place in almost any workplace or strategic planning session. It’s simple to understand, and it cuts to the core of individual responsibility.
Heck, we’ve even used this principle in our legislative efforts, particularly in the realm of avoiding monopolies and taking up anti-trust efforts against those who look to consolidate any market into submission.
One place where we’ve failed to keep all of our eggs out of one basket is on the internet. Part of the reason for this is that the world wide web itself boomed swiftly and uncontrollably, much like the early days of the California gold rush, where shrewd businessman understood the value of lawlessness and greed. Get your fortunes while the gettin’s good, because soon, the law will come to town and button up the easy money, and make things fair.
Google is just that baron of bandwidth, soaking up an inordinate amount of the traffic online and redirecting it wherever they please. Looking for a home assistant? They’re not likely to steer you toward an Amazon Alexa. Searching for a new cellular device? You can bet that the iPhone doesn’t get the same algorithmic advantages as Android devices do.
And, of course, when exploring the wide world of news, Google is only going to give you what they want you to see.
This manipulation of our assumed freedom online is a travesty, and is indoctrinating those too naive to recognize the biases into believing that Google is a fair reputation of the world at large. Worse still is the fact that Google is nearly inescapable.
Case in point: This afternoon, a worrisome email chain began coursing throughout the workplace here at The Washington Sentinel. We, along with our allies in the fight for alternative media’s rights, noticed that Google Analytics was behaving strangely. Across the board, and across a number of websites in and outside of our purview, an 80% drop in traffic took place at precisely the same time.
Were we being throttled? Not likely, (at least in this instance), as the reporting parties had no real common denominator other than their conservative roots.
No, Google Analytics was simply FUBAR, and for some time. The folks at DownDetector.com reported several issues with the world’s most powerful online corporation, starting on the 17th and continuing through today.
And while the search engine leviathan was eventually able to bring its services back up to speed, the fact that this minor hiccup had such wide-ranging ramifications should, in and of itself, be cause for concern. What if the next glitch at Google comes in the form of a Maps outage during rush hour, or a Google Pay fiasco on the first of the month? What happens if a terror group decides to annihilate Google’s server farms one afternoon?
All of our eggs are in Google’s basket…and you know what they say about that sort of thing.
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