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Does the Bush Administration Work For Al Qaeda?
Digby asks that question after reading this: The National Security Agency developed a pilot program in the late 1990s that would have enabled it to gather and analyze massive amounts of communications...
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How Capitalism Will Take Your Freedom
So it seems that the Bush Administration apparently started spying on Americans without warrants before 9/11: Mr. Nacchio said last year that he had refused an N.S.A. request for customers’ call...
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FISA: A Good First Step
It appears that the Democratic leadership twisted some arms and telecom immunity is now out of the FISA replacement bill: Reflecting the deep divisions within Congress over granting legal immunity to...
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NSA Reforms Should Be Handled With Cooler Heads And Reasonable Thinking But...
I guess it is time I ended my silence on the NSA situation. The whole problem with a democracy is that everyone considers their privacy as paramount to continuing democracy. I agree with that. The...
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Colorado Springs Proves That Terrorism Is Terrorism, But You Probably Haven’t...
It has become as inevitable as the sun rising in the east. Ever since the atrocious attacks at Charlie Hebdo in Paris the other day, there has been a lot of hand wringing, especially by the...
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General Petraeus’ Own Words Say That He Must Be Prosecuted
In recent years, we have seen whistle-blowers being arrested for disclosing classified information to the press. We have also seen cases of people “outing” an active CIA Operative, “outing” the name...
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Conservatives Jump Wagons So Fast, It Is A Wonder They Haven’t Been Trampled Yet
“This is simply no way to treat our oldest and first ally. President Obama should have stood with France in person, defending Western values in the struggle against terrorism and showing support for...
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I Bet A Lot Of People On The Hill Are Deleting Personal Emails Lest They...
It is time I said something about the latest controversy – emails. Since it came out that Hillary Clinton used a personal email address while Secretary of State, you would think that the entire world...
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You Call That Crap On Fox News Last Night A Debate?????
I have to admit that last night was pretty horrible for me. First I had to decide if I wanted to watch the so-called debates over on Fox News, or if I would prefer watching a British Murder TV Show...
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Last Night’s Debate May Not Have Changed Minds About Candidates, But At Least...
The first Democratic Candidate debate is in the books. Lots of people are declaring that Hillary Clinton won the debate. I am not sure I am willing to go that far just yet. I will say there were two...
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What Color Shirt Will Conservative Republicans Wear – Black, Brown, Or...
The politics of hate are getting worse. We are beginning to see hate invoked, especially by Republican candidates, grow by leaps and bounds. The bad part of this is that too many Democrats are...
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When Fear Rules Politics, No One Is Really Safe
Fear: an unpleasant emotion caused by the belief that someone or something is dangerous, likely to cause pain, or a threat. We have all watched the 2016 Presidential Campaigns kick-off. One thing...
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The Only Thing We Have To Fear Is The Republican Party
There were two major stories today. One was that Justice Antonin Scalia died. I am not going to say a whole lot about Justice Scalia. That is because there really isn’t all that much to talk about....
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Last Night’s Debate Was Like Watching A WWE Event. All Talk, No Substance And...
Question: Are we holding a primary to nominate people to run for President, or are we actually involved in a WWE Event? Last’s night debate looked more like “professional wrestlers” from WWE shouting...
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What Can We Expect From Super Tuesday
Tomorrow is Super Tuesday. Several states are holding their primaries, mostly in the south. This is a day that could separate candidates and come up with a clear front-runner for each party. The...
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All I Heard Last Night Was More “Whaa, Whaa, Whaa, Whaa”
After the eleventh Republican Presidential Debate last night, Donald Trump actually said something I agree with. There shouldn’t be any more of them. As he put it “You can only answer the same...
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Sorry, But Love Without Action Will Conquer Nothing!
If we care to find answers to some of our problems, it is obvious that the divided politics that the GOP introduced big time after President Obama was elected needs to end. We need discussion on a lot...
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I Wasn’t Sure If The Crowd Would Cheer At End Of Trump’s Speech Or Start...
Yesterday was quite a day. First, Roger Ailes was forced out at Fox News because of the sexual harassment cases against him. It became too much even for Rupert Murdoch. Secondly, the NBA announced...
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All Eyes Are Now On Philadelphia
Today the Democrats will open their convention. The biggest news in the party is that Debbie Wasserman Shultz has resigned her post as Chair of the DNC. That was something that a lot of people have...
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Conservative Double-Standard On Full Display – But They Won’t Even Admit It
We constantly hear about the email issue and Hillary Clinton. One of their biggest argument is that she deleted 30,000 emails that could have been “classified” but we don’t know because she claims...
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