Did Russia Hack?

There were three separate hacks of various Democrat and Clinton emails. I have actually read almost nothing about the most important of these, the hacking of Hillary Clinton's email account. I find this rather odd. 

The hacking of Podesta's email gets the second amount of press. Anyone whose password is p@ssw0rd, almost deserves to get hacked. There is actually some evidence that Russian nationals were involved. It is not strong, but it does exist. If I was a Russian government hacker, I would not use a Russian IP address. So the much admired Russian government hacking group was incompetent, or it was someone else wanting to implicate Russia. I am open to either argument. 

What recieves the most press is the hacking of the DNC. If you believe Wikileaks, this was not a hack. It was a leak from a disgruntled DNC employee who was a Sanders' supporter. When you read the unclassified portion of the report of this leak, there is no evidence about who did it. Most of the report is about Russian TV—RT, Russia Today. It refers to programs aired several years ago and claims that this is proof of Russian interference in the US election. Most nations have propaganda arms, the US version is the Voice of America. 

If what was being said was along the lines of: The Russians are logical suspects in these hackings, I would have no objections, they are logical suspects. As is China, Israel and a guy living in his parents basement typing away on his computer in his underwear. 

If you want to hear a security expert, whose salary does not depend on what he says, watch this video. 

Russian Hacking?

I thought this interview with a former CIA analyst might be of interest.

An Interesting Podcast

No, not mine but John Batchelor's weekly interview with Steven Cohen, professor emeritus at NYU. 

Worth a listen, I listen every week. 

No Joke: The United States Just Committed an Act of War Against Russia

I am not sure what Obama is thinking, but the US has committed an Act of War against the Russian Federation. Is he preparing for President Clinton's planned war? Is Obama trying to force a future President Trump into a war? When someone does something catastrophically dumb, it is hard to piece together the motivation. 

The US Government, in a planned leak to NBC, said that they have ALREADY accessed Russian military and domestic systems. 

U.S. military hackers have penetrated Russia's electric grid, telecommunications networks and the Kremlin's command systems, making them vulnerable to attack by secret American cyber weapons should the U.S. deem it necessary, according to a senior intelligence official and top-secret documents reviewed by NBC News.

I know when I said that a war was planned the response of many was "yeah, right."  The war has already started. Hopefully it won't escalate. 

Here is the official Russian response:

Question: How would you comment on the reports that US military hackers have penetrated Russia’s telecommunications networks and electric grid?

Maria Zakharova: Regarding the recent media reports that US military hackers have penetrated Russian’s telecommunications networks and electric grid, as well as “the Kremlin’s command systems”, we expect a response from the US authorities, including the White House and the Department of State with a legal assessment of the reports.

The absence of an official reaction from the US Administration will signify the existence of state cyberterrorism in the United States, and in case the threats related via the US media are executed, Moscow will have full authority to bring charges against Washington.

The US has sponsored terrorism directly and indirectly though Saudi Arabia for years. Now they have decided to cut out the middle man and become terrorists themselves. 

Here is Stefan Molyneux's explanation: 

Molyneux exagerates the Soros connection to the voting machine company. It is a Soros ally that owns it, and for whatever reason these machines are supposedly not being use in this election. 

Hillary Clinton: Dangerous as Hell

On our recent trip to Russia, as we ate at Top Burger, the manager heard me speak English to my wife. He asked my wife to ask me, "Why does America hate us?" I was somewhat taken aback, but my response was that the people did not, but the government was doing odd things. This seemed to satisfy him. 

You will not get through a Russian dinner without a toast. While this was totally random, our friends in Russia were even more concerned. At various dinners with them the consensus was that if Clinton is elected, it would mean war. These were mostly retired military men, which included two colonels, one in the paratroops and one in what used to called the NKVD, think border patrol, but with tanks. There was also a retired Brigadier General who fought in Chechnya. These are not weak men. I would not categorize them as afraid, but they were very concerned. 

I hope they are wrong, but as you will see from these clips, they are not alarmists. 

Clinton on a no-fly zone in Syria. 

Note that she will not shoot down the first or second, but will shoot down the third. 

Here is her debate statement. 

So she will negotiate with someone she just called a war criminal. She will talk to Putin, whom she has compared to Hitler. Is she really this dumb? I honestly don't know. 

In a private speech to, of course, Goldman Sacs, she said this:

"They’re getting more sophisticated thanks to Russian imports. To have a no-fly zone you have to take out all of the air defense, many of which are located in populated areas.  So our missiles, even if they are standoff missiles so we’re not putting our pilots at risk—you’re going to kill a lot of Syrians,” she said. “So all of a sudden this intervention that people talk about so glibly becomes an American and NATO involvement where you take a lot of civilians."

This speech is a little obsolete as the Russians now have two S-300 anti-aircraft systems in the area. These are extremely sophisticated. Since Russian advisors are embed in the Syrian army, an attack on Syria is also an attack on Russia. Russia has said that they will respond accordingly. 

Obama's Joint Chief of Staff, Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., said this:

The "deer in the headlight" look of Sen. Wicker is priceless. Sen. McCain is as gruff as usual. Whenever I see his grim face, I think of McGruff, the crime dog. 

Note that a no-fly zone would require approval of the UN and the US Congress. UN approval is impossible, and Congressional approval is unlikely. If she is telling the truth about her plans, a huge assumption considering her history of lying, she won't bother to get approval. We live in a weird world where we hope a presidential candidate is lying. 

So we have a madwoman who might just be president next year. Not a mad woman you say? Have a look:

Note that she is laughing about the brutal death of Gaddafi, who was sodomized with a bayonet. She is also, in a bizarre parody of Julius Caesar, claiming responsibility for it. 

So we have a presidential candidate, who as I write is slightly ahead in the polls, who is corrupt, who accepts bribes disguised as speaking fees, who is reckless with our nation's security, who proposes to go to war with Russia, and who cackles like a mad woman over the brutal death of an enemy. 

Wonderful.