Is this the face of presidential ambition? Days after retiring as Secretary of State, somebody has launched a website for her, showing off this glamorous new face. Face lift, perhaps? Well, that’s fueling rumors about a run for president in 2016, but her aides say it’s simply a way for fans and the media to [...]
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Hillary Clinton’s Office, The Website
HILLARYCLINTON.COM now directs people to “Click here to reach the office of Hillary Clinton.” The second run to become the first female president in U.S. history… awaits. At least many of us hope so. It’s not a coronation, as is charged. As I’ve written before, many a Democratic man I have voted for had fewer [...]
Women and Debt – Taking Back Control [Google Hangout Replay]
Women and Debt – Taking Back Control {Google Hangout Replay} (via The Debt Movement) What an another awesome Google Hangout featuring some motivational ladies. I definitely felt blessed to be in with good company as they shared some great tips and strategies to help women conquer their debt. Joining me was Farnoosh Torabi, Carrie Rocha, [...]
Secretary Clinton’s Live Global Townterview [Twitter and Full Transcript Update]
IT BEGINS today at 9:30 a.m. It will be Secretary Clinton’s final townterview. The transcript is now available. From the State Department: This will be Secretary Clinton’s 59th town hall and an opportunity to engage with young people around the world in advance of her last day as Secretary of State on Friday, February 1st. [...]
News Desk: Obama Campaign Hands Off Supporter Database to Loybbying Group
“It’s extremely worrisome,” said Lillie Coney, associate director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center, noting that Obama campaign supporters likely have no idea that personal data they voluntarily shared with the campaign has now been transferred and is being used for purposes beyond the election. – Obama campaign gives database of millions of supporters to [...]
Aaron Schwartz’s Father: He was “Killed by the Government”
“He was killed by the government, and MIT betrayed all of its basic principles,” his father said at the funeral. [Chicago Sun-Times] EARLIER TODAY the funeral of tech genius and one of Reddit’s major forces Aaron Schwartz was held. The fallout of his death is becoming a contagion of horrific details that needs to end [...]
Reddit and Tech Genius Aaron Schwartz Commits Suicide in Midst of Criminal Prosecution
Aaron’s death is not simply a personal tragedy. It is the product of a criminal justice system rife with intimidation and prosecutorial overreach. Decisions made by officials in the Massachusetts U.S. Attorney’s office and at MIT contributed to his death. The US Attorney’s office pursued an exceptionally harsh array of charges, carrying potentially over 30 [...]
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IT’S THE holidays and I know there are a million things on your list. I hope you consider adding a donation to this site one of them. Any amount is appreciated! Thank you from the bottom of my heart for making this new media site a place you stop by and read. I so appreciate [...]
Ad of the Year: PlayStation
HAD TO save this one for saying so long to 2012. …and no, that’s not what you think it is. Thumbs are important, too, you know, especially for gamers. But, oh, that physique. It makes my mind wander… TM Note: Thanks ever so to Buzzfeed (and Ben Smith), a site that almost always lifts my… [...]
Google Uses Bermuda No-Tax Shelter, Revenues Soar to $10 Billion
IT LOOKS like Google may run smack into the European Union’s executive body, the European Commission, which is reportedly looking into blacklisting companies that go to great lengths to avoid paying taxes. That’s exactly what Google has done. A Bloomberg report lays out the trouble Google is running into across Europe, as countries there look [...]
News Desk: Fighting in Syria Shuts Down Internet, Mobile Communications
FROM REUTERS: Syrian rebels battled forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad just outside Damascus on Thursday, forcing the closure of the main airport road, and the Dubai-based Emirates airline suspended flights to the Syrian capital. Residents also reported Internet connections in the capital were down and mobile and land telephone lines working only sporadically in [...]
Will Petraeus-gate Wake Up America on Homeland Insecurity Privacy Invasion?
THE QUESTION in all this is whether having an elite establishment player sucked into the turbine of America’s massive anti privacy establishment will result in any light dawning on how our country has changed and just how depleted our civil liberties are today. As far as I can tell it will not. Tom Ricks offered [...]
Top Story — Stupid at DEFCON 1: Petraeus Scandal Set Off by Rep. Eric Cantor
Later, the agent became convinced — incorrectly, the official said — that the case had stalled. Because of his “worldview,” as the official put it, he suspected a politically motivated cover-up to protect President Obama. The agent alerted Eric Cantor, the House majority leader, who called the F.B.I. director, Robert S. Mueller III, on Oct. [...]
Wild Wired Interview with Murder Suspect McAfee
‘You can say I’m paranoid about it but they will kill me, there is no question. They’ve been trying to get me for months.’ – John McAfee in Wired interview MILLIONAIRE ANTIVIRUS creator John McAfee believes his life is in danger after his neighbor was found with a shotgun blast to the back of his [...]
Nominee for Supreme Allied Commander of Europe Allen’s “Bizarre” Behavior and 20-30,000 Emails to Hostess Kelley
THE TOP commander in Afghanistan is now ensnared in the Petraeus – Broadwell – Shirtless FBI Agent – Kelley sex scandal and just might lose his promotion. “At the request of the Secretary of Defense, the President has put on hold his nomination of Gen. Allen as SACEUR pending the investigation of Gen. Allen’s conduct [...]
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