PAID CONTENT has the best piece yet explaining what is important evolving journalism that allows the full story to be told on the Obama administration’s use of PRISM, as well as the NSA dragnet spying efforts that includes the FISA system. Both Glenn Greenwald’s reporting on Edward Snowden’s revelations, as well as Barton Gellman’s reporting, [...]
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Wherein Jeffrey Toobin Plays Rube for Obama
SOME OF the attacks on Edward Snowden, like what Jeffrey Toobin unloaded in the New Yorker, reveal where this discussion is heading in some quarters, but at least the transparency President Obama once promised is being forced on him, which is obviously the only way it was going to happen. The screen capture at top [...]
Majority Think NSA Snooping Acceptable Anti-terror Tactic
OBAMA doesn’t do anything he doesn’t know is fully backed up by the polling, which includes the anti-terror tactics he’s used from day one, which the majority of Americans back. That’s why President Obama is not worried at all about the libertarians in America crying foul over the ongoing spying dragnet under his watch. The [...]
Allying with Sen. Rand Paul to Take on Obama’s Snooping [Video]
“I’m going to challenge this at the Supreme Court.” – Senator Rand Paul NOTHING inspires libertarians to act out more than a federal government overstepping its authority, with Sen. Rand Paul making quite a statement on Fox News Sunday. I wrote the other day that President Obama’s invasive, extra-constitutional, anti civil liberties snooping was igniting [...]
Obama Claims Congress Knew About Prism
“The programs are secret in the sense that they are classified. They are not secret, in that every member of Congress has been briefed… These are programs that have been authored by large bipartisan majorities repeatedly since 2006… Your duly elected representatives have consistently been informed.” – President Obama ON FRIDAY, President Obama made a [...]
Vermont Decriminalizes Marijuana
COMMON SENSE is spreading, at least it is beyond the Washington Beltway, with Vermont tilting toward what Colorado and Washington state have already done. From Vermont comes great news, especially for libertarian minded liberals like myself. GOV. SHUMLIN SIGNS BILL DECRIMINALIZING POSSESSION OF LIMITED AMOUNTS OF MARIJUANA Vermont became the 17th state in the nation [...]
Obama, the Only Moderate Republican in 2012
“Obama is the conservative reformist of my dreams. #ToryPOTUS” – Andrew Sullivan (via Twitter) IF YOU have any remaining doubts about how far right the Democratic Party has been led under President Obama perhaps now you’re finally getting the picture. Obama’s been aided by the wingnut right in falsely caricaturing him as a radical socialist, [...]
News Desk: Gary Johnson Files Anti-Trust Lawsuit to Get into Debates
REPORTED BY Zeke Miller of Buzzfeed, Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson has filed an anti-trust petition to get into the presidential debates. His running mate, retired California Superior Court Judge Jim Gray, will argue the case. Johnson is currently polling around 6%, according to a new poll just released. Scan 001
Interlude
After a summer of change at Saturday Night Live – stalwart castmembers Kristen Wiig and Andy Samberg left the show, along with Abby Elliott – Lorne Michaels might have been expected to go the safe route for his season 38 opener, relying on the easy name-recognition of stars like Robert Pattinson or Carly Rae Jepsen. [...]
News Desk: Gary Johnson on Ballot in 47 States
THIS IS the broadest exposure to voters a Libertarian candidate has ever had. The chances for Johnson to impact the presidential out west in Nevada and Colorado offers another headache for Mitt Romney. The Libertarian Party reports that Gary Johnson will be on the ballot in at least 47 states, plus the District of Columbia. [...]
Shorter Matt Damon: People are Pissed
“I don’t think the Republicans or the Democrats really understand the level of anger at the sense of unfairness that the majority of people in the country feel,” [Matt Damon] said. – Damon: Public fury burns leading into election MATT DAMON has criticized Pres. Obama over and over again for allowing Wall Street and too [...]
What Has Labor Done for Democrats Lately, the Obama Edition
With five months until Election Day, Barack Obama faces a grim new reality: Republicans now believe Mitt Romney can win, and Democrats believe Obama can lose… – Mark Halperin IT’S IRONIC, which you’ll understand in a moment, but it was almost a year ago that Mark Halperin called Pres. Obama a “d*@!” on “Morning Joe.” [...]
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