Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 10:46:52 am
Getty Image Here's a good piece by LA Times reporter Ken Dilanian on NSA leader Gen. Keith Alexander, and the vast expansion of NSA digital surveillance over which he presided: NSA Chief's Legacy Is Shaped by Big Data, for Better and Worse. The overhaul, which Alexander ordered shortly after taking leadership ...

Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 4:42:42 pm
Getty Image Getty Images has always been one of the best spots to find quality photographs of all kinds of stuff, but they've also been very protective of their copyrights. I respect that, and have always refrained from using their images without licensing them -- but apparently, there were quite a ...

Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 5:13:13 pm
There's something of a mini-rebellion of news anchors (an anchor putsch) going on at Russia Today, the propaganda channel operated by the Kremlin. First 9/11 Truther Abby Martin made negative remarks about Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and now another anchor, Liz Wahl, has gone further and resigned on air. YouTube I'm cynical ...

Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 11:34:05 am
Today blogger Glenn Greenwald has posted what has to be one of his most dishonest articles yet, glorifying Russia Today host Abby Martin for criticizing Russia's invasion of Ukraine: RT Host Abby Martin Condemns Russian Incursion Into Crimea - on RT - the Intercept. American media elites awash in an ...

Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 3:20:06 pm
(Cross-posted at The National Memo) We're about to hit what has been a solemn anniversary in America for a decade -- September 11. But this year, Republicans, led by Fox News, are set to focus on a more recent terrorist attack -- the one that claimed four American lives, including that of ...

Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 9:00:09 am
Once again, we see a naïve, deluded young person paying the price for the insane nihilistic libertarianism promoted by Julian Assange and Glenn Greenwald: Judge Sentences Bradley Manning to 35 Years. A military judge on Wednesday morning sentenced Army Pfc. Bradley Manning to 35 years in prison for leaking hundreds ...

Wed, Aug 7, 2013 at 11:48:38 am
The Al Qaeda terror plot that was disrupted this week, targeting cities and oil pipelines in Yemen, was apparently exposed when top Al Qaeda leaders participated in a conference call that was intercepted by US intelligence, according to The Daily Beast. The crucial intercept that prompted the U.S. government to ...

Fri, Aug 2, 2013 at 7:51:58 pm
Greenwald cultists are already mocking this report, but American officials have told the New York Times that the terror alert issued today was prompted by the interception of electronic communications among top Al Qaeda leaders. WASHINGTON -- The United States intercepted electronic communications this week among senior operatives of Al ...

Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 10:26:24 am
Perhaps you've been flooded with reports from across the Pond that the Royals have a new progeny. The media outlets have been 24/7 with coverage about Princess Kate being in labor and giving birth to a baby boy. But that's not nearly as newsworthy as what happened in a dusty and ...

Sat, Jul 6, 2013 at 3:58:39 pm
Twitter gossip, not earth-shaking but pretty revealing: as Glenn Greenwald was lashing out tonight at everyone who expressed even the mildest criticism, he reacted to a tweet from Daniel Serwer of peacefare.net in his customary way. @DanielSerwer @wikileaks Edward Snowden has done far more for the world in the last 2 ...

Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 10:08:30 am
He's still in serious condition and unable to speak, but Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is providing investigators with a wealth of information about the plot already. The 19-year-old suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings has told interrogators that the American wars in Iraq and Afghanistan motivated him and his ...

Sun, Mar 24, 2013 at 10:53:04 am
Former South Carolina GOP executive director Todd Kincannon shows his support for the US military in a tweet about Iraq War veteran and anti-war activist Mike Prysner, demonstrating once again that special mean-spirited hatefulness so beloved of the American right wing: .@mikeprysner You are an Iraq veteran? Shame you didn't come ...

Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 3:00:29 pm
Michele Catalano used to have a blog named "A Small Victory," always one of my favorites back in the early days of LGF because of her excellent writing, and she's done a terrific piece for Medium.com on the "warbloggers" and her personal awakening that the Bush administration's rationale for the ...

Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 10:15:16 am
This week, conspiracy hounds of the internet were set alight by a rumor that President Obama has ordered "2,700 Light-Armored Tanks" for the Department of Homeland Security. Leading the charge was Jim Hoft who runs the blog Gateway Pundit: Obama DHS Purchases 2,700 Light-Armored Tanks to Go With Their 1.6 Billion ...

Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 12:54:09 pm
The legacy of George W. Bush's Iraq adventure continues to be a drag on the US economy, with very little to show for it: Too Much Money Spent in Iraq for Too Few Results. Ten years and $60 billion in American taxpayer funds later, Iraq is still so unstable and ...

Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 8:19:21 pm
Based on the book: Hubris: The Inside Story of Spin, Scandal, and the Selling of the Iraq War by David Corn and Michael Isikoff. MSNBC Video MSNBC Video MSNBC Video MSNBC Video MSNBC Video MSNBC Video

Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 10:53:13 am
This didn't take long; Cantor obviously had his attack ready to go: Eric Cantor: Hagel Is the Wrong Man for the Job. "I am profoundly concerned and disappointed by President Obama's nomination of former Senator Chuck Hagel to be Secretary of Defense. Recent reporting has made clear that Senator Hagel's ...

Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 1:39:29 pm
Well, it's Monday, which means it's time for another huge outburst of hatred and anger from the weird world of wingnuts. Like any other day. This time it's kicked off by the always enraged Breitbart.com, where blogger Christian Toto is clutching his pearls over South Korean pop star Psy (of "Gangnam ...

Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 11:52:21 am
A classic moment today, as Pulitzer Prize-winning defense reporter Thomas E. Ricks took the fight to the epicenter of right wing propaganda, Fox News, and told anchor man Jon Scott that Fox is "operating as a wing of the Republican Party." When Ricks pointed out that Fox News never seemed to ...

Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 5:24:50 pm
It's competing with both baseball and football games tonight, so the audience for the final Presidential debate may not be as large as it was for the first two debates. But the "foreign policy" will start in about 30 minutes, heavily focused on the Middle East. Expect Romney to hammer away ...

Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 10:27:38 am
Mitt Romney's op-ed for the Wall Street Journal is just more of the same old hackneyed right wing talking points; Obama is weak, Obama apologizes for America, Obama hates Israel, we need to pump more money into the military so we can be even more threatening, etc. Mitt Romney: A New ...

Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 1:04:39 pm
The latest wingnut outrageous outrage revolves around President Obama's use of the phrase "bumps in the road," while speaking about the road to democracy and peace in the Middle East and the Arab Spring during an interview on 60 Minutes last night. "I think it was absolutely the right thing ...

Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 6:43:37 pm
According to my careful analysis, Texas Rep. Louie "Terror Babies" Gohmert is the Dumbest Person in Congress, and he proves it again with this crazy rant accusing President Obama of "jump-starting a new Ottoman Empire." It's doubtful that Gohmert actually knows anything about the Ottoman Empire, except that it somehow involves ...

Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 9:14:49 pm
Looks like New York Times conservative David Brooks is a mite put out by Mitt Romney's "47 percent" comments; he's actually breaking out the Gilligan's Island references: Thurston Howell Romney. Romney, who criticizes President Obama for dividing the nation, divided the nation into two groups: the makers and the moochers. ...

Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 5:28:49 pm
Rep. Joe Walsh, who said his opponent Tammy Duckworth was "not a true hero" despite losing both legs in combat in Iraq, greatly improves his image by getting into a shouting match with CNN's Ashleigh Banfield, repeating "Ashleigh" over and over in a truly endearing manner, concluding by calling her ...