We open the show with the breaking news of gunfire in Ottawa. Then discuss the role of falling oil prices in the new cold war, where ISIS gets their trucks from, teen girls on the run to join ISIS.

Plus some words of sanity about Ebola from Fox new, the local scare thats too ridiculous to believe & more!

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News

Gunman opens fire at Canadian Parliament – Salon.com

Submitted by: beyere5398

A gunman shot a Canadian soldier standing guard at the National War Memorial in Ottawa on Wednesday, then entered Parliament and shots rang out, police and witnesses said.

People fled Parliament by scrambling down scaffolding erected for renovations, witnesses told the Canadian Press news agency. Others were in lockdown.

Video shot by a reporter for the Globe and Mail showed police officers walking slowly through Parliament toward the entrance with weapons drawn. The sound of a gunshot ran out, followed by the sounds of multiple shots.

Canada, At War For 13 Years, Shocked That ‘A Terrorist’ Attacked Its Soldiers – The Intercept

The right-wing Canadian government wasted no time in seizing on the incident to promote its fear-mongering agenda over terrorism, which includes pending legislation to vest its intelligence agency, CSIS, with more spying and secrecy powers in the name of fighting ISIS. A government spokesperson asserted “clear indications” that the driver “had become radicalized.”

• Ottawa Shooter Idenfified

Errata Security: FBI’s crypto doublethink

Submitted by: jah_314159

Recently, FBI Director James Comey gave a speech at the Brookings Institute decrying crypto. It was transparently Orwellian, arguing for a police-state. In this post, I’ll demonstrate why, quoting bits of the speech.

James Comey, F.B.I. Director, Hints at Action as Cellphone Data Is Locked – NYTimes.com

Mr. Comey did not specify what kind of technological fix he wanted, other than to say that if the companies built one into their software, it would be far easier to assure that it was not exploited by others. But he also said that “we may get to a place where the U.S. Congress forces this” on American manufacturers.

Parallel Construction: How the NSA and Police Have Rigged the Legal System

Submitted by: veritanuda

When information is obtained by the NSA in a manner that would not be legally admissible in a criminal case, the DOJ or DEA comes up with a story as to how the information was obtained that omits the fact that it came from the NSA domestic spying program.

Government attorneys understand that if evidence is obtained in an unconstitutional manner the evidence will be inadmissible in court and useless to the prosecution. In legal speak this is called “fruit from the poisonous tree.” Evidence presented in a prosecution must be obtained through constitutional means, if not then law enforcement would be able to simply beat a confession out of a suspect and use it against them or search a home without any warrant because they suspect you of doing something illegal.

So to maintain the facade of legality, uphold the appearance of not using domestic spying for criminal cases and to keep non-FISA judges in the dark as to how evidence has been obtained unconstitutionally, the feds began to use parallel construction.

This entails creating a false beginning to where evidence came from. The act of doing so is completely illegal, as it creates a situation where the person being prosecuted is not given a full discovery of evidence to be used against him, but rather is given only what the government would like the court to know. It puts anyone being prosecuted at a disadvantage to challenge the evidence being presented against them.

US ends ban on ‘domestic propaganda’ — RT USA

The Smith-Mundt Act has ensured for decades that government-made media intended for foreign audiences doesn’t end up on radio networks broadcast within the US. An amendment tagged onto the National Defense Authorization Act removed that prohibition this year

The longstanding federal law made it illegal for the US Department of State to share domestically the internally-authored news stories sent to American-operated
outlets broadcasting around the globe. All of that changed effective July 2, when the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) was given permission to let US households tune-in to hear the
type of programming that has previously only been allowed in outside nations.

OIL

Russia’s Economy Stalls Amid Western Sanctions, Oil Price Drop – WSJ – WSJ

Russia’s economy—battered by Western sanctions and falling prices for oil, its main export—stalled in September even as inflation hit the highest levels in months, data showed Wednesday.

The outlook appears dim, because officials said the surge in inflation is likely to force the central bank to further increase interest rates in the coming months. The inflation was fueled in part by Moscow’s move in August to ban food imports from Western countries that had imposed sanctions on Russia.

The ruble, meanwhile, has slipped to record lows against the dollar and euro in recent weeks amid concerns about geopolitical tensions and falling oil prices.

Oil Prices Are Hurting Russia’s Economy – Businessweek

Oil prices, not Western sanctions, are what’s driving the currency’s sharp decline, analysts say. “The value of the ruble stayed relatively calm through the summer, even as sanctions were being ratcheted up,” Chris Weafer of Moscow consultancy Macro Advisory wrote in the Moscow Times. “Since early August, the ruble has fallen 9 percent against the dollar-euro basket, almost exactly mirroring the 8 percent decline in the price of crude oil over the same period.” The ruble, he said, “is behaving as a petro-currency.”

Ebola

U.S. to Monitor Travelers From Ebola-Hit Nations for 21 Days – NYTimes.com

Beginning next Monday, under new rules issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, all travelers who have visited Guinea, Sierra Leone or Liberia — and, presumably, any other country in which outbreaks might occur — will be required to provide home and email addresses, telephone numbers and other contact details for themselves and for at least one friend or relative.

Once a day for the next 21 days, they will have to check in with their state or local health department and report their morning and evening temperatures and list any other symptoms, such as nausea or diarrhea.

State and local health departments will be required to have plans for finding and potentially detaining anyone who fails to check in.

What the world thinks of the American Ebola panic – The Washington Post

The American panic about Ebola hasn’t made headlines just in the United States. It’s also gotten attention abroad — and many foreign broadcasters and newspapers have criticized the American reaction in harsh terms.

ISIS / ISIL

Group claims ISIS flying fighter jets over Aleppo in Syria – CBS News

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), a U.K.-based organization which relies on an extensive network of sources and activists inside Syria, claims defected Iraqi military officers are teaching members of the terror group how to fly three commandeered fighter jets.

• warplanes under the hands of the islamic state | Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

Turkish jets bombard Kurdish positions | World news | The Guardian

Turkish fighter jets have bombarded Kurdistan Workers’ party (PKK) positions in south-eastern Turkey for the first time since the start of the peace process between the outlawed group and the Turkish government in 2012.

The attacks on the PKK came in the wake of violent clashes last week between Kurdish factions and security forces in several Turkish cities, as anger grows over perceived government inaction against the Islamic State (Isis) attack on the Kurdish town of Kobani in Syria.

ISIS Siege Ain Asad Air Base In Anbar – Business Insider

Should ISIS manage to take the Ain Asad Air base, the group would likely seize a trove of weaponry and munitions. In August, ISIS took control of Syria’s Taqba Air Base, and looted SA-16 man-portable air defense systems, Sidewinder missiles, and even MiG-21B fighter jets, which former Iraqi pilots are now reportedly training the jihadists to fly.

3 girls skipped school to sneak off and join ISIS – CNN.com

German authorities intercepted the trio, ages 15, 16 and 17, at Frankfurt airport and put them on a plane back to the United States, where they were greeted by FBI agents.

The three girls were questioned and released. Two U.S. officials say they had planned to join militants with ISIS, the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.

And this week, a video turned up of a 17-year-old Australian boy standing with ISIS fighters and threatening to behead Western leaders, including President Obama, then fly the ISIS flag over the White House.

ISIS has, for an anti-Western organization, been surprisingly attractive to young recruits from the West, as well as to some young women.

More than 100 of the foreign fighters have come from the United States, according to intelligence estimates; hundreds more from Europe, which is geographically closer to the fight.

Every week, five more people from the UK alone join ISIS, a British police commissioner said Tuesday. And that’s a conservative estimate.

“We know that over 500 British nationals traveled to join the conflict,” said Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe from the Metropolitan Police.

“Five a week doesn’t sound much, but when you realize there are 50 weeks in a year, 250 more would be 50% more than we think have gone already,” he said.

This one Toyota pickup truck is at the top of the shopping list for the Free Syrian Army — and the Taliban

Recently, when the US State Department resumed sending non-lethal aid to Syrian rebels, the delivery list included 43 Toyota trucks.

High Note

War on marijuana unconstitutional, doctors testify in federal court Monday

Doctors Carl Hart, Associate Professor of Psychology at Columbia University, retired physician Phillip Denny, and Greg Carter, Medical Director of St. Luke’s Rehabilitation Institute in Spokane, Washington will testify Monday that marijuana — real name, “cannabis” — is not the demon drug the federal government makes it out to be. Accepted science does not justify the listing of cannabis as a dangerous “Schedule I” substance, many say.

This is an unprecedented hearing, writes cannabis law reform advocate Paul Armentano, deputy director of NORML.

“This is the first time in recent memory that a federal judge has granted an evidentiary hearing on a motion challenging the statute which classifies cannabis to be one of the most dangerous illicit substances in the nation.”

Beware of ‘Halloweed’ on Halloween | Local & Regional | Seattle News, Weather, Sports, Breaking News | KOMO News

Colorful cannabis-laced candies now come in a Halloween assortment. There are bags of sugary spiders, and edible orange pumpkins. Corn syrup isn’t the ingredient that has parents on the lookout — it’s the 250 mg of THC.

John Davis is the CEO of Northwest Patient Resource Center in West Seattle where there’s a wide assortment of gummy edibles infused with cannabis for adult medicinal use.

“I think that the concern some people have is will these type products end up in a child’s Halloween bag,” said Davis.

A doctor’s recommendation is required to swallow the sweets but the legalization of marijuana prompted Denver Police to post a Facebook warning about “Halloweed.”

Davis echoed the warnings to make sure candy comes in sealed packages. He urges parents to read all the labels for THC content.

“If your child brings home something that says keep away from children, do that,” said Davis.

Seattle police advise screening treats and tossing unwrapped candies but say they are more worried about cars than candy on Halloween.