PBC News & Comment: Tech Titan No-Shows at Obama’s Stanford Cyberconference

Obama visits Leland Stanford’s Farm to talk about cybersecurity, in a conference boycotted by top techies from Google, Yahoo, Facebook…
--yesterday, I slammed NY Times for “burying the lede” on Obama’s secret war in Afghanistan—they corrected it in Friday’s print edition—anyone care?
--FBI Director Comey offers candid comments about cops and race, ignores the failed drug war as major cause of tensions, mass incarceration
--Comey also made no mention of the phony “domestic terrorism” cases brought by “Justice” Dept, like Eric McDavid, who explains the role of his paid FBI informer that got him a 20-year sentence…hear the interview here 
--Oregon’s Dem Gov. Kitzhaber faces mounting calls to resign
--Congress actually did something, as Obama signs bill to reduce suicides by veterans
--grandstanding continues, as tipsy John Boehner stages meaningless “signing” ceremony for Keystone bill, which Obama should veto
--on the Hill, hawks and chickenhawks pick at Obama’s war powers proposal
--Sen. Bernie Sanders says he will boycott Netanyahu speech, an important step in separating himself from Zionist extremists
--Ebola fear in US recedes as US troops are recalled from Africa and White House czar steps down
--leadership crisis in Argentina as President Kirchner faces coverup charges following mysterious death of prosecutor
--Japan’s conservative prime minister restarted nuke plants, now he wants to lift ban on offensive military dating to 1945