Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 9:23:02 am
Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) Press Release: Rep. John Lewis: No Praise for Snowden The Website of Congressman John Lewis, Serving the 5th Congressional District of Georgia Aug 8, 2013 "News reports about my interview with The Guardian are misleading, and they do not reflect my complete opinion. Let me be clear. I do ...

Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 7:47:20 pm
Concertina wire could be installed on the border fence to the east and west of downtown Nogales, much to the chagrin of the city council. The wire, made of razor-sharp blades attached to coiled metal strands, was installed on the fence separating San Diego and Tijuana five years ago and ...

Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 8:12:58 pm
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Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 11:11:58 am
A Brazilian paper (with Glenn Greenwald's byline no less) is reporting that Snowden leaked documents about US intel programs in Latin and South America - against Mexico, Brazil, Colombia and Venezuela. The Washington Post reports: A Brazilian newspaper on Tuesday published an article it said is based on documents provided ...

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, Jul 2, 2013 at 2:18:52 pm
An interesting tweet from Wired's Kevin Poulsen led me to re-read this article at Spiegel Online: De Spiegel claims Snowden leaked documents "that could endanger the lives of NSA workers" if published http://t.co/m0QlVInqAo — Kevin Poulsen (@kpoulsen) July 2, 2013 The sentence that jumped out on a second reading: SPIEGEL has decided ...

Tue, Jul 2, 2013 at 11:42:48 am
It's curious that Glenn Greenwald spews insults at every journalist who voices even mild criticism of his tactics (a favorite epithet is "Obama worshipper"), but then turns around and gives an interview to one of the most hateful and extreme personalities on Fox News, overt racist and Birther Eric Bolling. YouTube ...

Mon, Jul 1, 2013 at 3:32:45 pm
Posted without comment: Statement From Edward Snowden in Moscow. One week ago I left Hong Kong after it became clear that my freedom and safety were under threat for revealing the truth. My continued liberty has been owed to the efforts of friends new and old, family, and others who ...

Sat, Jun 29, 2013 at 4:27:33 pm
Wow, a massive fail by the Guardian/Observer tonight, as their latest BREAKING BOMBSHELL story on NSA spying features Birther (and all-around tin foil hat conspiracy theorist) Wayne Madsen: Revealed: Secret European Deals to Hand Over Private Data to America | World News | the Observer. The article's been pulled down now, ...

Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 12:17:07 pm
Here we go again. Glenn Greenwald's latest overheated, over-long, deliberately confusing piece claims to reveal: The Top Secret Rules That Allow NSA to Use US Data Without a Warrant. Notice the extravagant use of scare quotes. Top secret documents submitted to the court that oversees surveillance by US intelligence agencies show ...

Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 3:48:59 pm
Coming soon: don't miss Glenn Greenwald at the Socialism 2013 conference in Chicago, sponsored by the extreme left wing International Socialist Organization, the US branch of one of the many Trotskyite groups associated with the International Socialist umbrella movement. Also featured: workshops on "The new movement against Israeli apartheid," "Obama's war ...

Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 2:31:12 pm
Buzzfeed has a partial transcript of President Obama's interview with Charlie Rose airing tonight on PBS, with some of Obama's clearest and most direct statements about the Snowden case: Barack Obama: Well, in the end, and what I've said, and I continue to believe, is that we don't have to ...

Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 1:21:37 pm
Kurt Eichenwald's piece for Vanity Fair today has some of the clearest information I've yet seen on exactly how the NSA's data collection programs work, what they're used for, and the many layers of legal oversight and limitations placed upon them: PRISM Isn't Data Mining and Other Falsehoods in the ...

Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 11:26:19 am
Today the LA Times has a report on how NSA leaker Edward Snowden smuggled classified documents out of the Hawaii office in which he worked: with a USB thumb drive. This is interesting information because it flatly contradicts yet another detail in the Guardian's reporting. WASHINGTON -- Former National Security ...

Wed, May 29, 2013 at 10:26:58 am
Anti-Muslim demagogue Pamela Geller is featured at Breitbart.com, with another of her by-the-numbers rants spreading hatred against Muslims -- not to mention outright lies: Where Are the 'Moderate' Muslims? In the wake of the monstrous beheading of a young British man in broad daylight by Muslims who cited the Qur'an ...

Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 12:24:14 pm
Investigators in Mississippi were unable to find any evidence of ricin poison in the home or car of Elvis impersonator Paul Kevin Curtis, and today he was released on bond. Slate also has some interesting details on the ricin found in those letters: Investigators believe that the ricin in the letters ...

Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 4:30:38 pm
WWW.THUMBSNATCHERS.COM https://www.fac ebook.com/ThumbSnatchers This 100% hand-made, action-packed short film tries to keep up as a Texas Sheriff hilariously massacres a race of clumsy aliens. Awards: Best Animated Film - Tacama Film Festival Best Nod to the Republic of Texas - Couch Fest Films 2012 Platinum Remi Award - WorldFest, Houston Best Animated Horror Short Film - ...

Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 11:42:22 am
As soon as I saw this moronic headline at Breitbart.com today, I knew I was in for some seriously delusional right wing turnspeak: SALON MAGAZINE SMEARS PAMELA GELLER!!! On April 2, Salon magazine carried a column by Chris Stedman accusing Pamela Geller of trying to drive a wedge between gays ...

Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 6:58:47 pm
A look back at the best views of our planet from space in the last year, including true color satellite images, Earth science data visualizations, time lapses from the International Space Station, and computer models. http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/ea rthmonth2013/index.html NPP "Blue Marble" http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia /imagegallery/image_feature_2159.html Time-lapse from International Space Station http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/videos /crewearthobservationsvideos/ NPP daytime view followed by night views http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/goto?40 19 Arctic Peninsula ...

Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 11:36:13 am
A disturbing new report from the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation reveals some of the clandestine tactics used by white nationalists on Twitter -- and shows that they're "highly engaged" with the GOP and right wing media. This comes as no surprise; since the election of Barack Obama 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 10:50:57 am
An interesting post at ThinkProgress by Zack Beauchamp: Why Democrats Shouldn't Eulogize Hugo Chavez. While even Chavez's critics admit that he did attempt to address the plight of Venezuela's poorest, the decline in economic inequality in Venezuela reflected a broader egalitarian trend in Latin America, and can't be fully credited ...

Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 8:26:23 pm
Codswallop is a short animated film based on a series of stream-of-consciousness illustrations by Greg McLeod which were sent on postcards to his son. More information http://www.brothersmcleod. co.uk/codswallop.shtml Awards Nominat ed for BAFTA Film Award, 2009, Short Animation Mention Spéciale du Jury at the 31st Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival Winner of Best Short Short, 17th Annual Saint ...

Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 1:11:58 pm
The Fox News/Republican Party witch hunt against Susan Rice, over a completely phony trumped-up scandal, has succeeded: EXCLUSIVE: Susan Rice Drops Out of Running for Secretary of State; Saddened by Partisan Politics. Embattled U.N. envoy Susan Rice is dropping out of the running to be the next secretary of state ...

Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 10:57:08 am
Watch the full video (available later today) at: Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow: The future of climate and energy policy featuring Lord Christopher Monckton and US Senator James Inhofe The current United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) conference, COP 18, is ongoing in Doha, Qatar and like all previous COPs ...