Twitter Strikes Deal With Elliot Management To Keep CEO Dorsey In Place

Twitter has struck a deal with activist hedge fund Elliott Management Corp which will mean big changes for the social media company's board of directors, but safeguard Jack Dorsey's position as CEO, according to the Wall Street Journal.

The company will be required to appoint two new board members and conduct a search for a new independent director, as well as repurchase $2 billion in shares, the company reports. The buyback will be partially funded by a $1 billion cash injection from Silver Lake.

Late last month we reported that billionaire Paul Singer's Elliott Management had taken the sizeable stake, and was pushing for major changes which included replacing Dorsey and nominating four directors to the board. Dorsey splits his time between Twitter and financial services firm Square, which he co-founded and serves as CEO.

Elliott's four nominees include Jesse Cohn, its head of US activism as well as Silver Lake managing partner Egon Durban.

https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/twitter-strikes-deal-elliot-management-keep-ceo-dorsey-place

Unfixable flaw in nearly all Intel chips released in the last five years could allow cyber criminals to hijack computers and wreak 'utter chaos'

The flaw causes a security feature protecting computer memory to load too late

This creates a short window in which expert hackers can run malicious code

The issue stems from uneditable code programmed into the chip at manufacture

Intel has released patches that should make the weakness harder to exploit

An unfixable flaw present in nearly all Intel chips released in the last five years could allow cyber criminals to hijack computers and wreak 'utter chaos', an expert warns.

The vulnerability arises because a security feature designed to protect malicious edits to the computer's random-access memory does not launch quickly enough.

This creates a brief window of time in which hackers can run malicious code on start-up, with full system privileges, and bypass other security features.

Although Intel has released patches to make the weakness harder to exploit, the nature of the flaw means that it will likely not be possible to provide full protection

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-8083833/Unfixable-flaw-Intel-chips-five-years-let-cyber-criminals-hijack-computers.html

==Amtrak To Halt Non-stop Train From D.C. To New York City Amid Coronavirus Panic

Bad news for the East Coast Elites.==

Amtrak announced that it will be suspending non-stop Acela service between Washington, D.C., and New York City for the next few months due to decreased demand caused by panic over the coronavirus.

“As we are experiencing some reduced demand for our service, we are making temporary adjustments to our schedule, such as removing train cars or cancelling trains when there is a convenient alternative with a similar schedule that will have minimal impact to customers,” Amtrak said in a statement released Friday.

CNBC News reported that the “Acela nonstop service will be temporarily suspended starting Tuesday, March 10 until Tuesday, May 26,” but passengers can still take the slow northeast regional trains up and down the east coast. The company also “waived change fees on all existing or new reservations made before April 30,” the outlet added.

“While there are no current travel restrictions on Amtrak, we understand customers may have concerns,” the company said in its statement. “As a valued customer, we are waiving change fees on all existing or new reservations made before April 30, 2020.”

In an effort to ensure a reduced risk of catching the virus on one of Amtrak’s trains, the company listed several ways it is actively working to create a safe environment:

http://www.domigood.com/2020/03/amtrak-to-halt-non-stop-train-from-dc.html

D.C. Mayor Mulls 'State Of Emergency'; Maryland Governor To Make Statement After 550+ Exposed At Large Church

Washington D.C. has so far seen a tiny handful of cases but only in instances of people believed to have briefly visited the nation's capital, prompting the first schools to be begin closure Monday, but numbers could be ready to explode after a D.C. area priest who distributed communion and shook hands with over 500 people has tested positive for the coronavirus as we reported earlier.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser as of late Monday morning has ordered all attendees of Christ Church Episcopal in Georgetown to self-quarantine after possible exposure. Mayor Bowser further said in urgent televised statements assessing the situation that she is considering declaring a 'state of emergency', but will decide later in the day Monday.

Presumably this will be done in coordination with the governors of Maryland and Virginia. Maryland Governor Larry Hogan is due to make a statement at 3:30pm after meeting with Vice President Pence at the White House over the crisis

As recently as last week over 500 worshipers received communion from and greeted Rev. Timothy Cole, rector of the historic and popular church which has been active for over 200 years.

According to NBC Washington:

Bowser is evaluating whether to declare a state of emergency in the District, a move that would empower her to order quarantines and closings, and expects to make a decision later today. Maryland declared a state of emergency upon confirming its first cases last week.

“This is a fluid situation,” Bowser said. “We continue to ask residents to stay home if they’re sick, and to call a health care provider if they’re sick with symptoms including fever, cough or shortness of breath.” The local NBC affiliate also reports of her statements:

Bowser and public health officials sought to reassure the public and said the District has adequate tests to evaluate patients. The mayor did not declare a state of emergency or cancel major events.

"There is still no widespread community transmission and the general level of risk for residents is low," the D.C. Department of Health said in a statement.

The Mayor said specifically of the Christ Church priest that, "At this point, he appears to have no history of international travel and no close contacts with a confirmed case."

https://www.zerohedge.com/health/dc-mayor-mulls-state-emergency-maryland-governor-make-statement-after-550-exposed-large

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One of four suspects on MH17 crash case denies his responsibility - attorney

Russian national Oleg Pulatov is the only one of the four suspects in case MH17 crash case whose defense attorneys are present at the trial

SCHIPHOL /The Netherlands/, March 9. /TASS/. Russian national Oleg Pulatov, the only one of the four suspects in case MH17 crash case whose defense attorneys are present at the trial that opened on Monday, denies his guilt, his defense attorney, Sabine then Dusschate, said on Monday.

According to the attorney. Her client’s position is that he bears no responsibility for the MH17 crash and all its consequences. That is why he decided to defend himself. His defense attorneys have conducted their own investigation based on thorough analysis of the findings of the Joint Investigation Team and its work.

The defense puts the focus on the fact that the Ukrainian side had not closed its airspace over the conflict zone in Donbass. This matter was raised by the Dutch parliament but the Ministry of Justice and Security claimed that this fact had never been part of the criminal investigation. The defense attorneys insist it had been a wrong option not to close the airspace.

The other three suspects are not represented by attorneys at the trial that is why their position is not voiced in the courtroom.

https://tass.com/world/1128013

All travelers returning to Israel from abroad will enter isolation

All Israelis returning to the country from abroad will be required to enter into 14 days of home-isolation, the prime minister said. The measure is effective immediately.

"After a day of complex discussions, we made a decision: Everyone who comes to Israel from abroad will enter the 14-day isolation," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement Monday. "This is a tough decision, but it is essential to maintain public health - and public health precedes everything."

Netanyahu added that "This decision will be valid for two weeks, at the same time we are making decisions to maintain the Israeli economy."

https://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/Israeli-diagnosis-two-more-people-with-coronavirus-patients-40-and-41-620347

'Nothing Can Stop What's Coming': Trump Shares Meme Echoing 'Q-Anon'

Q-Anon will save us but first Trump's Department of Justice must let everyone involved in RussiaGate off the hook, allow Ghislaine Maxwell to flee the country, let Jeffrey Epstein die, let his Zorro Ranch go unraided and ignore Epstein's brother Mark and their financier Les Wexner.

Trust the plan!

https://www.informationliberation.com/?id=61275

Showdown in Idlib: Master Statesman Putin Averts War with Combative Erdogan

The media has done a poor job of explaining what’s actually taking place in Idlib Province in Syria. That’s unfortunate, but the facts are pretty clear. A year and a half ago, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan made a deal in Sochi. No one twisted Erdogan’s arm to sign the agreement or pressured him in any way. He signed the document of his own free will. The so called Sochi Memorandum of Understanding covers a number of important items, but we intend to limit our focus to just three crucial points:

All radical terrorist groups will be withdrawn from the demilitarized zone by October 15, 2018

All tanks, artillery, MLRS and mortars of the conflicting parties will be withdrawn from the demilitarized zone by October 10, 2018.

In the interests of ensuring free movement of local residents and goods, as well as restoring trade and economic ties, transit traffic along the routes M4 and M5 will be restored before the end of 2018

These three points are the heart and soul of the Sochi agreement, and on all three points, Erdogan has failed to meet his obligations. That’s the first thing readers need to understand: Erdogan has shown that he is neither trustworthy nor reliable.

Under the terms of the agreement, Turkey was allowed to establish 12 observation posts (basically small bases) that its troops would occupy while they separated the so called “moderate rebels” from the hardcore al Qaida-linked jihadists. Then, the jihadists were to be removed from the Idlib de-escalation zone. Once again, this was all part of the deal Erdogan signed in Sochi in September, 2018.

Not only did Turkey never lift a finger to keep up its end of the bargain, it also allowed the jihadists to cluster around its observation posts in order to protect them from attack. According to many independent reports: “Observation posts of the Turkish forces in Syria’s Idlib de-escalation zone were located in the fortified areas of terrorist groups and practically merged with them even though Turkey had pledged to oust the terrorists.” At the same time, the terrorists conducted “daily shellings of the Russian air base at Hmeymim and on Syrian cities” to the south. These same Sunni extremists launched an offensive that (temporarily) allowed them to capture the strategic city of Saraqib and parts of the critical M4 and M5 highways. All of these hostile actions originated from the zone that Turkey promised to purge of Sunni militants. This is why Putin finally decided to take matters into his own hands and clear the area for himself.

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https://russia-insider.com/en/showdown-idlib-master-statesman-putin-averts-war-combative-erdogan/ri28391

Iowa Dem, Schumer’s Super PAC Hit With Illegal Coordination Complaint

Watchdog: Theresa Greenfield signaled ad instructions to Senate Majority PAC

A watchdog group hit Iowa Democrat Theresa Greenfield with a complaint alleging her Senate campaign illegally coordinated with a super PAC affiliated with Sen. Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.).

The Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust (FACT) on Monday filed the complaint to the Federal Election Commission. It alleges that Greenfield's campaign and the Senate Majority PAC violated election laws when the super PAC produced a pro-Greenfield television ad that mirrored language from a document the campaign posted to its website several weeks earlier. The ad also used video footage that Greenfield's campaign posted.

"Several federal candidates have used their campaign websites to request outside organizations, with which they are prohibited from coordinating, produce and run television advertisements on their behalf," the complaint states. "The requests are conveyed in a specific format, i.e. using a campaign webpage entitled ‘Important Update,' identifying the information with specific ‘code words' such as ‘Iowa voters need to hear about,' and linking to a PDF document that is designed to provide the information and citations for the substance of the advertisement, which all appear to be in the same format. The purpose and effect are clear: to give specific instructions, information, and graphic campaign materials to outside organizations to run advertisements beneficial to their campaign."

The complaint follows a Washington Free Beacon report that detailed similarities between the information posted on Greenfield's website and the ad from the Schumer-affiliated PAC. The materials, given the production of the ad, appeared to be "signaling" the PAC, according to the complaint.

Around the beginning of February, Greenfield's campaign posted an "Important Update" on its website with information on the candidate that "Iowa voters need to hear about." The Senate Majority PAC announced on Feb. 24 a $1 million ad buy in support of Greenfield in the Hawkeye State. The ad it subsequently produced contained the same subject matter as a memo attached to the "Update" and used B-roll footage from a silent, unlisted YouTube video linked in the memo.

"Under federal law, Senate candidates are prohibited from coordinating with Super PACs such as Senate Majority PAC on advertisements," the complaint states. "Senate Majority PAC is also prohibited from republishing campaign materials, including photographs and video from a campaign committee."

https://freebeacon.com/politics/iowa-dem-schumers-super-pac-hit-with-illegal-coordination-complaint/

Federal Court Rules School District Was Right in Firing High School Coach for Silently Praying on 50-Yard Line After Football Games

A federal court ruled last week that Washington state’s Bremerton School District’s firing of Coach Joe Kennedy for his silent prayer on the side line was acceptable.

Coach Kennedy was fired in 2015 for silently kneeling after football games on the 50-yard line. According to Kennedy the school said, “You can choose between your faith and your job,” and then fired him after he continued to silently pray after games.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/03/federal-court-rules-school-district-was-right-in-firing-high-school-coach-for-silently-praying-on-50-yard-line-after-football-games/

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