The Pope, The City of Brotherly Love, and Martial Law
I am not one of those who feverishly blogs, or who holds to a regular schedule of writing and sharing my thoughts. That’s what my private journal is for. I write publicly when something first […]
NSA
War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength. Privacy is surveillance.
We all know that our phone calls are being monitored by the NSA – location, length of call, who we are calling and when. Likewise, our emails are being scanned by the NSA and our […]
Did You Attend a Restore the Fourth Rally? Thoughts and Reactions from the Philadelphia Demonstration
On July 4th, activists with the “Restore the Fourth” movement in close to one hundred cities around the United States held the first rounds of demonstrations against NSA surveillance programs, most notably PRISM, and from […]
Watch a Young Syrian Refugee Speak Out Against NSA Spying at Restore the Fourth Rally
After the Philadelphia Restore the Fourth demonstration was winding to an end, organizers constructed a podium for protesters to air out their grievances against the NSA and their spying programs, and one of the first […]
Livetweeting from a NSA College Recruitment Session: What can possibly go wrong…
Today, a Maison student with the twitter handle “@Madi_Hatter” attended a NSA recruitment session and live tweeted the seminar. Unfortunately the observer didn’t use the “snark” hashtag because some of these are a doozy! #NSA […]
Glenn Greenwald vs Meet the Press & Complacent Reporting | Cenk Uygur of The Young Turks
Editor’s Note: Cenk Uygur of The Young Turks is dead on about what has happened in Mainstream Media in the US. This morning’s exchange between NBC’s Meet the Press host David Gregory and Glenn Greenwald […]
A Father’s Day Barbeque—Washington-Style
It’s Father’s Day, and that means the Great White Republican Hierarchy in Washington smells burnt charcoal and is ready to barbeque some Democrats. Because Father’s Day is special, the Republican-proposed Sequester is waived, and there […]
The Daily Banter staff still in denial about Glenn Greenwald; Won’t go after Barton Gellman for same reporting.
In the wake of the Edward Snowden files, the attitude towards journalist Glenn Greenwald and NSA whistle-blower Edward Snowden has turned into smear campaign to distract readers from what has occurred. One of the more […]
Liberals Losing Minds Over Glenn Greenwald; Launch Smear Campaign Against Him and Whistle-Blower
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