{"id":16836,"date":"2026-03-15T01:05:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T07:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/?p=16836"},"modified":"2026-03-15T14:05:45","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T20:05:45","slug":"3-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/?p=16836","title":{"rendered":"3.15"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As Edward Coristine (aka Big Balls) told Jesse Watters last year, this was the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/andrewkolvet\/status\/2030544884306681931?s=12\">least peaceful<\/a>\u201d of all the agencies to deal with, and that it used taxpayer funds for private jets, an armory filled with weapons, and contracts with the former members of the Taliban (!!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And the official Microsoft support page for \u201cOutlook search not working\u201d tells users to open the Windows <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/aakashgupta\/status\/2030514486059454554?s=12\">Registry Editor and manually create<\/a> DWORD values.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Apple also benefited from earlier <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/newsletters\/2026-03-08\/apple-to-expand-ultra-lines-after-599-macbook-neo-3d-printed-aluminum-imacs-mmhpa12d?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc3Mjk5ODg1OCwiZXhwIjoxNzczNjAzNjU4LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUQktYQzFLSVVQVDkwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJDNEVEQ0FFMUZBMDU0MEJFQTI0QTlGMjExQzFFOTA4MCJ9.ulRd9rJjHB_iFkLdd6skNJPkxFMtBx4zwTGX81wrjwE&amp;leadSource=uverify%20wall\">foundational<\/a> shifts. Building a $599 laptop under the constraints of Intel processors would have been extremely difficult. The transition to Apple\u2019s own silicon \u2014 combined with macOS being overhauled to run on Arm-based processors \u2014 ultimately made the MacBook Neo possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Average cost in the U.S. to <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/sawyermerritt\/status\/2030884830703948203?s=46\">fully charge <\/a>a Tesla Model Y Premium: $14.22 (up to 357 miles of range).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Average cost in the U.S. to fill up a Honda CR-V Hybrid: $48.30 (about 518 miles per tank).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Provider Taxes Do Not <a href=\"https:\/\/paragoninstitute.org\/paragon-prognosis\/provider-taxes-do-not-save-rural-hospitals\/?nab=1\">Save<\/a> Rural Hospitals<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hansmahncke\/status\/2031006012233121829?s=46\">New York Times has now amended<\/a> its \u201cSmoking Jars of Metal and Fuses\u201d headline, but it\u2019s too late. Even in a world drowning in fake news, this particular masterpiece will live on in infamy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/marketplunger1\/status\/2031116570819440656?s=46\">command structure<\/a> is in freefall. After they killed a senior Hezbollah commander, the IRGC was so short on qualified personnel that they had to pull a retired general out of retirement, but the poor guy got killed almost immediately. You can\u2019t make this stuff up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Exxon, which has been incorporated in New Jersey since 1882, plans to ask its shareholders to vote on a proposal to <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/steveguest\/status\/2031341816524558469?s=12\">redomicile in Texas<\/a>. If successful, Exxon will follow Tesla, Coinbase Global and others that have reincorporated in Texas.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Middle Eastern airlines and lessors have 1,710 airplanes on order. The Mideast represents 9% of Airbus\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/leehamnews.com\/2026\/03\/10\/middle-east-conflict-impact-on-airbus-boeing\/#more-49281\">backlog<\/a>. It represents 14% of Boeing\u2019s backlog. Airbus has a 43% share of the Mideast backlog, while Boeing has a 57% share. Embraer is a fractional player.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That, of course, was when he moved into the next phase of the attack. He texted me a link to review and cancel the \u201cpending request.\u201d The site, audit-apple.com, was a <a href=\"https:\/\/ma.tt\/2026\/03\/gone-almost-phishin\/\">pixel-perfect Apple replica<\/a>, and displayed the exact case ID from the real emails I\u2019d just received. There was even a fake chat transcript of the scammers\u2019 actual conversation with Apple, presented back to me as evidence of the attack against my account. At the bottom of the page was a Sign in with Apple button that he told me to use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the lead &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ewerickson\/status\/2031370011634196613?s=46\">reporter<\/a>&#8221; of that ridiculous CNN story. You will not be surprised to learn she uses &#8220;they\/them&#8221; pronouns and graduated from Columbia&#8217;s journalism program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The CBS News analysis reveals that over 700 of the roughly 1,800 hospices in LA County, trigger <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/projects\/2026\/hospice-fraud\/\">multiple red flags<\/a> for fraud as defined by the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Junior and mid-level engineers can no longer <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/milan_milanovic\/status\/2031304937620033639?s=12\">push<\/a> AI-assisted code without a senior signing off at AWS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yamaha Motor Corporation,&nbsp;known for creating motorized vehicles like motorcycles and WaveRunners, is set to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/california\/article\/yamaha-motor-headquarters-22062905.php?taid=69b0a987e4ff750001000091&amp;utm_campaign=trueanthem%2B3984&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter\">relocate<\/a> its headquarters to Kennesaw, Georgia, after more than 45 years in Cypress, California, where it first opened an office in 1979.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/foreign-hacker-2023-compromised-epstein-files-held-by-fbi-source-documents-show-2026-03-11\/\">hack<\/a> occurred after a server at the Child Exploitation Forensic Lab in the FBI\u2019s New York Field Office was inadvertently left vulnerable by Special Agent Aaron Spivack, who was trying to navigate the bureau\u2019s complex procedures for handling digital evidence, according to the source and the documents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Congratulations Apple on another <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/stevesi\/status\/2031842797838614548?s=46\">insanely<\/a> great product 50 years in the making.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>People should be aware of these risks. I refused to run <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/_mg_\/status\/2031951545932398631?s=46\">MDM software on any of my personal devices<\/a>. The company needs to provide me with hardware if they want that. I personally isolate all corp devices to their own network too. If an adversary can get into the corp laptop, then can then get inside my network\u2026 there have been cases of it happening in the past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Can Your <a href=\"https:\/\/evchargeright.com\/\">Electrical Panel<\/a> Support an EV Charger?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Chicago Transit Authority is <a href=\"https:\/\/chicago.suntimes.com\/transportation\/2026\/03\/10\/chicago-transit-authority-cta-crime-security-plan-fta?utm_campaign=mrf-twitter-Suntimes&amp;mrfcid=2026031169b18068fae6a5011c3b8004\">deploying sheriff\u2019s deputies<\/a> on its trains, installing high-barrier entry gates to deter fare evasion, and starting \u201cfarecard inspection missions\u201d after the agency\u2019s federal funding was threatened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The DfT has also allegedly attempted to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.com\/2026\/03\/06\/gatwick_drone_tribunal\/?td=rt-3a\">conceal the document\u2019s existence<\/a>, despite requests made under Freedom of Information laws explicitly seeking its release.  Ian Hudson is one of the few drone experts committed to uncovering further details about the Gatwick incident, and he has filed hundreds of these requests since 2018, including those that revealed the document\u2019s existence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After Schnur\u2019s implosion with the revelation of his Stasi ties, the neophyte Merkel quickly accepted the <a href=\"https:\/\/topsecretumbra.substack.com\/p\/who-really-is-angela-merkel-a-counterintelligenc\">patronage<\/a> of Lothar de Maizi\u00e8re, member of a prominent family and the leader of the East German CDU. A respected figure, de Maizi\u00e8re headed East Germany for a few months in 1990 after the SED\u2019s fall, in the run-up to national re-unification on Oct. 3 of that year. However, de Maizi\u00e8re\u2019s cabinet post in Chancellor Kohl\u2019s united government, a concession to German unity, collapsed a few weeks later when it was revealed from Stasi files that de Maizi\u00e8re, too, had informed for the MfS for decades as&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spiegel.de\/politik\/ehrlich-treu-zuverlaessig-a-807574d2-0002-0001-0000-000013501875?context=issue\">IM Czerny<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the media <a href=\"https:\/\/www.powerlineblog.com\/archives\/2026\/03\/on-the-media-landscape.php\">landscape<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Former Secretary of State John Kerry, who once <a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/app-link\/post?publication_id=1434457&amp;post_id=190725576&amp;utm_source=post-email-title&amp;utm_campaign=email-post-title&amp;isFreemail=false&amp;r=1ea&amp;token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxODEwLCJwb3N0X2lkIjoxOTA3MjU1NzYsImlhdCI6MTc3MzQwMDI0NSwiZXhwIjoxNzc1OTkyMjQ1LCJpc3MiOiJwdWItMTQzNDQ1NyIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.oJBNcfAVCrmR1VoFhzC66fQ5FySlWOwEep6QoN5dOgs\">rhapsodized<\/a> about geothermal and tidal power, has switched gears and endorsed nuclear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I should be precise. They did not hack us. They logged in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With <a href=\"https:\/\/anastasiagamick.substack.com\/p\/companies-that-should-exist\">patient, aligned capital<\/a> and operators who understand both the problem and the business, we can build companies that the current financial market has decided not to fund. We can do it without losing money &#8211; in fact, we can generate real, compounding returns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reeling, Iqbal checked the news, where the shooting was being called an act of terrorism. The authorities had identified the suspect, Rahmanullah Lakanwal, as an Afghan refugee who had been part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/02\/23\/magazine\/zero-units-cia-afghanistan.html\">Zero<\/a> Units \u2014 the shadow army of Afghan soldiers, funded and directed by America\u2019s Central Intelligence Agency, that Iqbal himself had fought with for more than four years. Iqbal called his former intelligence chief, also now living in the United States, and asked him if Lakanwal had been part of their unit. The officer confirmed that he had, and so had his brother Ismail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cThe death of young Chadi Ammar grieves us deeply. He was part of our great family, who serve the most vulnerable with dedication and courage every day. His commitment and spirit of service will remain an example to us,\u201d&nbsp;<\/em>declared Grand Master Fra\u2019 John Dunlap, expressing his sincere closeness to the family and all members of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.orderofmalta.int\/news\/lebanon-order-of-malta-staff-member-chadi-ammar-killed-in-airstrike\/\">Order of Malta<\/a> in Lebanon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Asked whether he feels compelled to follow the law on these matters, Fr. Rolland&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.visir.is\/g\/20262850868d\/-ekki-al-thingi-sem-skipar-mer-hvad-eg-a-ad-segja-\">responded<\/a>, \u201cYes, as long as the laws align with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicworldreport.com\/2026\/03\/13\/tensions-grow-in-iceland-as-priest-upholds-churchs-moral-teaching\/\">God\u2019s laws<\/a>, then it\u2019s fine. It has been known in law from the very beginning that when the laws of the land and God\u2019s laws conflict, God\u2019s laws apply.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ryanair Refused To Pay A Delayed Passenger $1,182 \u2014 So A Bailiff <a href=\"https:\/\/viewfromthewing.com\/ryanair-refused-to-pay-a-delayed-passenger-1182-so-a-court-bailiff-boarded-its-boeing-737-and-seized-the-plane\/\">Boarded<\/a> Its Boeing 737 And Seized The Plane<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this piece, two <a href=\"https:\/\/interpret.csis.org\/translations\/starlink-militarization-and-its-impact-on-global-strategic-stability\/\">researchers<\/a> from PLA-affiliated National University of Defense Technology argue that Starlink will negatively impact global stability, in light of its clear military applications, increased risks of accidents and collisions in space, and SpaceX\u2019s close relationship with the U.S. military. The authors foresee a worsening security dilemma as other countries react to broad U.S. deployment of Starlink, thereby impacting strategic stability in space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis story is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/world\/americas\/chevron-venezuela-cia-moshiri-c88670fc?st=cMYE5j&amp;reflink=article_copyURL_share\">fantastical<\/a> and relies on false, unverified, anonymous claims.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cT\u201cYou\u2019re hiring a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/business\/autos\/tomi-mikula-youtube-car-buying-negotiations-4a4c3d63?mod=hp_lead_pos7\">middleman to deal with the middleman to make the middleman<\/a> more efficient\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Edward Coristine (aka Big Balls) told Jesse Watters last year, this was the \u201cleast peaceful\u201d of all the agencies to deal with, and that it used taxpayer funds for private jets, an armory filled with weapons, and contracts with the former members of the Taliban (!!) 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