Thanks to Ben Balter For - in this case - showing how the Github CRUD API can be used to tap hosted topojson (or geojson) for cross-domain apps like this D3 implementation.
Modified http://d3js.org/d3.v3.min.js to a secure url
Modified http://d3js.org/d3.geo.projection.v0.min.js to a secure url
Modified http://d3js.org/topojson.v0.min.js to a secure url
https://d3js.org/d3.v3.min.js
https://d3js.org/d3.geo.projection.v0.min.js
https://d3js.org/topojson.v0.min.js