Month: August 2013

I realize that talking about Glenn Greenwald has the effect of taking the heat off of the Intelligence Community and can serve as a distraction from a much-needed public debate about surveillance. But people need to understand...

. Though I’m not happy with the outcome of the Yalta Conference – Stalin-Churchill-Roosevelt(ill) – in 1945, looking at the stalemate and massacre of civilians across the region, this may be next best....

The administration has released a heavily redacted opinion of the FISA court (FISC) from 2011 that found some of the NSA’s activities to be unconstitutional. In part, this is in response to a Freedom of Information Act...

. Bradley Manning Wins Peace Prize (WASHINGTON DC) – U.S. whistleblower and international hero Bradley Manning has just been awarded the 2013 Sean MacBride Peace Award by the International Peace Bureau, itself a former...

I had a terrible day, and I don’t feel like writing about anything serious. Instead, why not discuss the merits of the pee-pipe? Look how the pee is slowly undermining the very foundation of the New 3rd World Lounge,...