Police State

Texas paramedic who responded to the West fertilizer plant fire arrested for possession of a destructive device.

Texas cops open criminal investigation of West explosion.

Ohio Republican AG Dewine jumps on gun violence bandwagon as if people killed by guns are more dead than people killed with other weapons.

Despite or because of government's surveillance state, a hacker network stole $45 million from ATMs in a matter of hours. Another spectacular instance of government failure.

"Hackers got into bank databases, eliminated withdrawal limits on pre-paid debit cards and created access codes. Others loaded that data onto any plastic card with a magnetic stripe — an old hotel key card or an expired credit card worked fine as long as it carried the account data and correct access codes.
A network of operatives then fanned out to rapidly withdraw money in multiple cities, authorities said. The cells would take a cut of the money, then launder it through expensive purchases or ship it wholesale to the global ringleaders. Lynch didn't say where they were located.
It appears no individuals lost money. The thieves plundered funds held by the banks that back up prepaid credit cards, not individual or business accounts, Lynch said."

The government always wants us to believe there are ringleaders because, if it can capture the ringleaders, the problem is supposed to be solved. But it's not true. Terrorism, organized crime and the drug trade continues no matter how many supposed ringleaders they kill or capture. I'm sure the same is true for hackers.