by Mike Riggs. I was reading up on the National Security Agency's data-mining program when I came across this tweet by Matt Apuzzo of the Associated Press: If the programs needed secrecy to succeed, will NSA shut them down now? If not, did they ever need be secret? Or did I just blow your mind? — Matt Apuzzo (@mattapuzzo) June 7,
2013 ... MOREWhy Obama Wanted NSA Data-Mining Program Kept Secret
by Mike Riggs. I was reading up on the National Security Agency's data-mining program when I came across this tweet by Matt Apuzzo of the Associated Press: If the programs needed secrecy to succeed, will NSA shut them down now? If not, did they ever need be secret? Or did I just blow your mind? — Matt Apuzzo (@mattapuzzo) June 7,
2013 ... MOREJames Allen: The Toy Gun Buyback Program
More politically-correct nitwittery. Strobridge Elementary School in Hayward, California is hosting a gun buyback program for kids. What a great way to get unwanted guns off the street, not to mention a great way to get guns out of the hands of minors. Guns are not toys, and gun buyback programs can get unwanted guns out of homes and off ... MOREThe NRA, The NSA And The Politics Of Individualism
A reactive rise in civil libertarians. Much of the right-wing resistance to the post-Newtown gun control push was animated, not by gun owners’ commitment to hunting or personal defense, but by the idea that an armed society is a fundamental safeguard against government tyranny. For example, in a hearing on gun control, NRA leader ... MOREWhy Democrats Love To Spy On Americans
by Michael Hastings. Besides Senators Ron Wyden and Mark Udall, most Democrats abandoned their civil liberty positions during the age of Obama. With a new leak investigation looming, the Democrat leadership are now being forced to confront all the secrets they’ve tried to hide. For most bigwig Democrats in Washington, D.C., the last 48 hours has ... MORELydia Warren: Government's $1.9 Billion Citizen Data Mine
Where our rulers store all of our information. The personal data and private online conversations that the National Security Administration is accused of mining could be stashed in a one million square-foot, $1.9 billion facility in the Utah Valley. Concerns over what the government will store at the Utah Data Center have been ... MORE
Nick Gillespie: GOP - Go Young Or Go Home!
Party must channel their inner libertarian. Earlier this year, Bobby Jindal, the GOP governor of Louisiana,
surveyed the wreckage of Mitt Romney’s sad-sack presidential
campaign and told his fellow Republicans that if they ever want to
capture the White House again, “we
must stop being the stupid party.” While Michele Bachmann’s ... MORE
Matt Welch: Baseball's Steroid Collusion With The Feds
Partners in the public-shaming biz. Tucked away inside ESPN's
blockbuster report last night that Major League Baseball is
preparing to hand out an unprecedented 20 or so steroid
suspensions—including to Hall of Fame talent Alex Rodriguez and
former Most Valuable Player Ryan Braun—as part of an agreement
reached with a performance-enhancing ... MORECIA Chief: We'll Spy On You Through Your Dishwasher
by Spencer Ackerman. More and more personal and household devices are connecting to the
internet, from your television to your car navigation systems to your
light switches. CIA Director David Petraeus cannot wait to spy on you through them. Earlier this month, Petraeus mused about the emergence of an
“Internet of Things” — that is, ... MOREThe ObamaCare Gift To Planned Parenthood Clinics
by Paul Bedard. Most of Planned Parenthood's 750 health and
abortion clinics around the nation will be covered under Obamacare,
imposing a new demand on insurers who want to participate in the health
care exchanges that will provide insurance coverage to millions of
Americans. While insurers currently cover doctors and health ... MOREThe War On Pot Is Insanely Racist & Insanely Expensive
by Mike Riggs. Across the United States--north, east, south, west--blacks are more likely than whites to be arrested for marijuana possession. That's the conclusion of a new ACLU report that compares arrest data from 945 counties across the country. "In 2010, the Black arrest rate for marijuana possession was 716 per 100,000, while ... MORE
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