THE GUARDIAN is having a Q&A with Edward Snowden today. Twitter is parsing it pathetically, hashtag #AskSnowden. Here is the transcript of the Guardian chat. About the calls that Snowden is a traitor, which also came for former Vice President Dick Cheney recently, the Guardian posted the follow, which I caught in a screen capture:
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Jonathan Chait Stupidly Translates Trent Franks
WHY IN the world is Jonathan Chait providing cover for Rep. Trent Franks? Do we really need another man translating for a guy who turns a conversation about abortion into one about the incidences of rape causing pregnancy? Why is Jonathan Chait working so hard to make distinctions between Todd Akin and Trent Franks, as [...]
Putin Considering Asylum for Snowden
Russia has offered to consider an asylum request from the US whistleblower Edward Snowden, in the Kremlin’s latest move to woo critics of the west. [Guardian] ONE OF Russia’s politicians has openly declared Edward Snowden a “human rights activist.” The spokesperson for Vladimir Putin went further, even though there is no evidence that Snowden is [...]
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 [...]
Twitter Upgraded with @HillaryClinton
… hair icon, pantsuit aficionado, glass ceiling cracker, TBD… – @HillaryClinton HILLARY hits Twitter. To quote my friend Peter Daou, Looks like @HillaryClinton is picking up about 1000 followers per minute. Thanks for the inspiration @asmith83 & @sllambe – I’ll take it from here… #tweetsfromhillary — Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) June 10, 2013
#DisneySMMoms and Disneyland at $92/day
WHAT are #DisneySMMoms going to do about the elitism of expecting families to pay $92/day per ticket to enjoy Disneyland? The Disney Social Media Mom conference is trending on Twitter. What’s not trending is the price tag that excludes the working and middle class families from enjoying what is now an elite experience at Disneyland. [...]
A Brit’s View: An Affair Bigger Than Major/Currie, Let Twitter be the Judge
No, this isn’t another “cash for questions” victim, although there have been further implications on that front since last I wrote. This is instead the affair coming out of 10 Downing Street that is so big, so huge, that the Mail On Sunday can only print the story without naming names. Apparently it is bigger [...]
Update on Turkey from Occupy Gezi
**Updated** AN update from Animal New York: Sunday witnessed the broadest turnout yet, with tens of thousands of people streaming into Takism – and overflowing out into its arteries like Istiklal — and news of smaller protests in other provinces and indeed in other countries brought hope to the weathered protesters. While more-organized and established [...]
Classic David Plouffe Tweet on Darrel Issa
Strong words from Mr Grand Theft Auto and suspected arsonist/insurance swindler. And loose ethically today.thehill.com/video/house/30… — David Plouffe (@davidplouffe) June 2, 2013 IT ALL started when Rep. Darrel Issa called White House spokesperson Jay Carney a “paid liar” on CNN. David Plouffe fired back. “Their paid liar, their spokesperson, the picture behind, he’s still making [...]
Ariel Castro: Never Accept a Ride with a Stranger
THE moral of the Ariel Castro abduction tale is an old warning given to most young girls from their parents or guardians. Onil and Pedro Castro were both booked, but only Ariel Castro was charged with kidnapping and rape. Ariel Castro’s documented history is harrowing: A 2005 court filing obtained by the Cleveland newspaper says [...]
Castro: “I am a Sexual Predator. I Need Help.”
The court ordered him held on $6 million bond. [...] The report, obtained by Cleveland TV station WKYC, sketches the outlines of the victims’ descent into hell. It is rife with details of beatings, chained confinement, starvation and death threats. It alleges that Castro impregnated Knight five times, forced her to starve for weeks at [...]
Pickering on Benghazi “Cover Up”: “Pulitzer Prize-Winning Fiction”
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy “We met with Hillary Clinton. We did so before the report was finalized. … We believed and we still believe the decision making was made quite well below her level. It was reviewed below her level.” – Thomas Pickering THE REAL loser today [...]
Anti-Union Colbert Busch Loses to Louse
THERE’S no reason Elizabeth Colbert Busch had to lose to Mark Sanford. The cheating louse skipped into Congress in a walk. Once considered a possible presidential candidate, Sanford left office at the end of his term having admitted to an extramarital affair and under a cloud of ethics violations. He represented the district for three [...]
Stop the Presses! Jill Abramson is “Brusque”
“The Times is leaderless right now,” one staffer said. “Jill is very, very unpopular.” – Turbulence at the Times, by Dylan Byers THE New York Times managing editor admits to having a “tantrum” after talking to his boss, but it’s Executive Editor Jill Abramson who is the problem. Calling Sheryl Sandberg, chick etiquette on leadership [...]
Hillary’s Strong Rhetoric Resonates After Boston
Though currently she is — at least temporarily — out of political life, former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton continues to enjoy a strong favorability rating, now 64%.. – Hillary Clinton Is Still Popular, More So Than Obama, Biden [Gallup] HILLARY Clinton’s comfortable front row seat just got a lot cozier. The conversations that [...]
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