Bad Democrat

My iPhone recently updated to 26.5.2. I read a little bit about the update, which you can do on a link if you go to your iPhone settings when it tells you what system you’re running on. I saw something interesting: they said that certain apps downloaded by users were able to crash the iPhone. I felt like, ‘Wow, are you discovering that right now?’ They also said that some users’ personal information was getting revealed based on what they did across the phone. I’m glad I read about the update because I rarely have.

Jay Clayton had a confirmation hearing yesterday, Trump’s pick to be the next Director of National Intelligence. Clayton’s confirmation is needed to reauthorize the US’s foreign spy powers, expiring more than a month ago because Democrats refuse to reauthorize a section of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act so long as Bill Pulte is in charge.

6 men were arrested for poaching lobsters at the Santa Monica Pier yesterday during the annual seasonal closure. Officials at the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) say that the suspects used “sophisticated methods” to poach/hide them. They were hiding them in backpacks, a baby stroller, cars, and duffle bags. 34 lobsters including egg-bearing females were rescued by the forces and returned to the ocean alive.

The poach occurred while Ocean Avenue, which overlooks the pier, was closed for filming and blocked off by police.

From NBC Los Angeles: The suspects were facing a number of charges, including taking lobster out of season, exceeding the daily bag limits of lobster, taking of undersized lobster, taking of lobster by hook and line and possession of more than triple the daily bag limit of lobster. The men could face a $1,000 fine for each violation or one year in jail, according to the state..

There’s nothing more dignified than a folded omelette with something like goat cheese and spinach in it. And nothing better than a veggie omelette with cheddar if you get it from a casual breakfast place somewhere. I think omelettes are here to stay. And then again, I sort of think they aren’t when I see it written on a menu, or sometimes on my plate.

4 New York Times journalists were subpoenaed this weekend after publishing a piece about President Trump and the Secret Service. The piece revealed that the Secret Service urged President Trump to take the old, American Air Force One home from the NATO summit in Turkey instead of the new Air Force One that the Qataris gifted him earlier last year. The journalists will have to testify this week before a grand jury in a Manhattan court room.

“This is a tremendously successful summit,” Trump declared before boarding the aircraft to head home to the U.S.

The journalists were subpoenaed by Jay Clayton, President Trump’s nominee to serve as the next Director of National Intelligence who can issue subpoenas in his role as U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York.

There was a scoring error on an advancement exam in the Air Force, and 135 Air Force members who got promoted are now losing their promotions, and 135 members who didn’t make the cut are going to get the promotions because their tests were scored incorrect. It was caused by a human error through using an outdated scoring key.

Officials announced it in a July 7 release.

“The re-score also identified 135 new selects,” the release stated, “who will be notified tentatively one week following senior rater notification to erroneous selects.”

The test was for security forces personnel seeking a promotion to technical sergeant.

From WDSU 6 New Orleans: Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill was charged last week with 16 felony counts of malfeasance in office and intimidation. 

The charges stem from letters she sent in May to several New Orleans leaders who were involved in the clerk of court decision.

The Louisiana Supreme Court granted an emergency stay in the case about 24 hours after an Orleans Parish grand jury indicted her. In other words, the proceedings have been halted.

All New Orleans Criminal Court judges recused themselves. Some news outlets are saying the case is dead and some are saying it could be years.

It’s not certain yet.

I live near the beach in Santa Monica, but I’m up on a cliff and then back some. I went a couple of times when I first moved in but then I didn’t like it how hard it was to get back. Now I don’t go to the beach here and I stay in my apartment (or go to lunch or something), but not there. I’m wondering if I am missing something that I would love when I am there, as I often have, but am not willing to go down there because of the hassle and because of oh well there’s not a lot of food down there. I miss Atlantic City (and think the East Coast is better).

Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner was accused of raping a woman yesterday. There have been growing calls for him to quit his campaign from members of Congress and the DCCC.

The City of Chino’s PD recently made a number of high-profile arrests of suspects connected to a sophisticated EBT fraud and ATM skimming operation. They seized cloned cards, computers, cash, and ATM skimming devices.

From the city of Chino Police Dept.’s FB Page: The investigation also revealed the suspect was an international fugitive from Eastern Europe wanted for organized crime and human and child trafficking offenses. AI summary of their FB page that I can’t find: EBT fraud typically involves organized crime rings that install physical skimmers at ATM or store checkout card readers. These devices copy your card’s magnetic strip and PIN, which the thieves then use to encode cloned cards and drain accounts shortly after funds are deposited.

From NBC4 Los Angeles: According to the department, investigators with the Criminal Investigations Bureau recovered fraudulent EBT cards, ATM skimming devices, computers, cell phones, cash and hundreds of cards believed to have been used to encode stolen EBT and ATM information.

Authorities said the investigation disrupted what they described as a sophisticated fraud operation targeting EBT recipients.

They arrested the people in connection with the cloned cards and computers, which were elsewhere in Chino.

I hadn’t seen anyone actually get arrested for this before, so I thought I’d share that authorities are detecting sophisticated fraud operations in Chino California.

They can skim off your card and gradually bankrupt you without it showing up as an unknown charge. I’ve seen it before.