President Obama waves to his family, standing on the Truman balcony of the White House, as he walks from Marine One on the South Lawn after returning to Washington from California, June 9
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Today:
11:30: The President delivers remarks on the Equal Pay Act
1:0: Press Briefing by Jay Carney
2:10 The President makes a personnel announcement (see below)
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News that actually, you know, impacts people’s lives:
USA Today: The auto industry is about to go on a hiring spree as car makers and parts suppliers race to find engineers, technicians and factory workers to build the next generation of vehicles.
The new employees will be part of a larger, busier workforce. From coast to coast, the industry is in top gear. Factories are operating at about 95% of capacity, and many are already running three shifts. As a result, some auto and parts companies are doing something they’ve been reluctant to consider since the recession: Adding floor space and spending millions of dollars on new equipment.
…. The auto industry’s stepped-up hiring will help sustain the nation’s job growth and help fuel consumer spending. On Friday, the government said U.S. employers added 175,000 jobs in May, roughly the monthly average for the past year and a sign of the economy’s resilience.
More here
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Steve Benen: Proponents of comprehensive immigration reform were in need of some good news. Whereas it looked like the “Gang of Eight” bill was on track for 70 votes in the Senate two weeks ago, the prospects deteriorated quickly last week — Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) threatened to oppose his own legislation; bipartisan House talks crumbled; senators questioned whether the bill could overcome a GOP filibuster; and a House Republican vote on Dreamers offered a reminder of just how right-wing the caucus is on the issue.
So, are reform hopes slipping away? Not just yet. In fact, the effort got a bit of a boost over the weekend….
Full post here
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TPM: President Barack Obama will announce Monday that he intends to nominate Jason Furman as the new Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, a White House official said.
Obama will make the personnel announcement at 2:10 p.m. ET at the White House. Furman will succeed Alan Krueger, who is stepping down from the post to return to Princeton University in the fall.
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ThinkProgress: Rep. Elijah Cummings pledged to release transcripts of interviews with Internal Revenue Service (IRS) officials that Republicans insist demonstrate that the agency’s targeting of conservative groups applying for 501(c)(4) status was directed by the Obama administration.
Cummings made the remarks on CNN’s State of the Union, a week after Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) appeared on the program and insinuated that the White House directed IRS agents to single out tea party and patriot groups for additional scrutiny. Issa has refused to provide evidence that substantiate that claim.
“I wrote Chairman Issa on Thursday and I wrote to him this morning. I want those transcripts to be released,” Cummings said. “I’m willing to come on your show next week with the chairman with the transcripts if he agrees to do that. If he doesn’t, I’ll release them by the end of the week.”
Cummings insisted that the interviews will prove that “the White House was not involved in this,” pointing out that the Cincinnati IRS manager of the screening group, a career veteran at the agency who identified himself as Republican, told investigators that Washington did not direct the targeting….
More here
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Kinda reckon this is all we need to know about Edward Snowden….
…. but soooo many questions, like the ones Goldie Taylor was asking this morning:
My 2nd question goes to timing: Booz confirms Snowden was in their employ for 3mos., ending in May. Am I right abt this?
— Goldie Taylor (@goldietaylor) June 10, 2013
According GG, he’s been working with Snowden since February (or roughly just prior to or around the start of his employ at Booz)…
— Goldie Taylor (@goldietaylor) June 10, 2013
So, then Question 2: Was the source acting under the material direction of the columnist during his employ at Booz?
— Goldie Taylor (@goldietaylor) June 10, 2013
If so, how significant was that material direction? I ask about coordinated activity b/c, I believe it shreds the shield of free press…
— Goldie Taylor (@goldietaylor) June 10, 2013
… and opens questions about the culpability of the columnist.
— Goldie Taylor (@goldietaylor) June 10, 2013
Did Snowden accept or proactively position himself for the assignment with any material direction?
— Goldie Taylor (@goldietaylor) June 10, 2013
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Steve Benen: …. the Snowden story is quite fascinating for a variety of reasons. Indeed, consider the statement released yesterday afternoon by his employer….. the part that jumped out at me was the “employee of our firm for less than 3 months” line.
Booz Allen, in other words, which happens to rely overwhelmingly on government contracts for its very existence, provides detailed information on highly classified NSA programs to employees who’ve been around less than three months?
…. Also note, Snowden is currently in Hong Kong, which he believes has “a spirited commitment to free speech.” That’s … odd. There’s certainly ample room for criticism of the U.S. system, but China not only has a vast surveillance state, it also relies on heavy-handed censorship of speech, press, and online communications…..
Full post here
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Edward Snowden’s view that Hong Kong has“a spirited commitment to free speech” raises some doubts about the quality of US intelligence.
— Matt Yglesias (@mattyglesias) June 9, 2013
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Some of Greenwald’s statements sound more like threats than telling a story livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/suggesti… via @tomkludt
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) June 10, 2013
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Gellman: WashPost only published 4 of 41 slides that Snowden wanted published, and delayed, so he went to Greenwald. bit.ly/119yJcL — Greg Mitchell (@GregMitch) June 10, 2013
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The so-called American left taking Snowden up as a “cause célèbre” is probably more amusing, but any way…..
Michael Tomasky: Here’s something I’ll certainly be keeping one eye fixed on as the Edward Snowden story advances: the degree to which the American right takes him up as a cause célèbre. They’re up a tree either way. If they do, then they’re obviously guilty of the rankest hypocrisy imaginable, because we all know that if Snowden had come forward during George W. Bush’s presidency, the right-wing media would by now have sniffed out every unsavory fact about his life (and a hefty mountain of fiction) in an effort to tar him. If they don’t, then they’ve lost an opportunity to sully Barack Obama. Since they like smearing Obama a lot more than they care about hypocrisy, my guess is that they will lionize him, as some already are. But in the long run, doing that will only expose how deep the rifts are between the national-security right and the libertarian right, and this issue will only extend and intensify those disagreements.
…. The war caucus still dominates inside the GOP. But what really dominates the Republican Party mindset, what conquers everything, is the thermogenic desire to see Barack Obama have a bad day at the office, whatever it takes. So to the extent that Snowden proves useful to them in the coming days and weeks, they will use him. And liberals should say: let them.
Full post here
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So literally just as the Benghazi, DoJ and now IRS scandals were getting crushed, we get Snowden’s Game
— Zandar (@ZandarVTS) June 10, 2013
And if you were trying to desperately stamp out immigration reform, well the last five weeks are a textbook case on how to do it.
— Zandar (@ZandarVTS) June 9, 2013
Bonus:let’s split the Obama coalition over Bush-era programs heading into 2014.
— Zandar (@ZandarVTS) June 9, 2013
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Now, this is a hero:
Allegiance: Bob Fletcher, a former California agriculture inspector who, ignoring the resentment of neighbors, quit his job in the middle of World War II to manage the fruit farms of Japanese families forced to live in internment camps, died on May 23 in Sacramento. He was 101.
His death was confirmed by Doris Taketa, who was 12 when Mr. Fletcher agreed to run her family’s farm in 1942, the year she and her extended family were relocated to the Jerome War Relocation Center in Arkansas.
“He saved us,” Ms. Taketa said.
…. For the next three years he worked a total of 90 acres on three farms — he had also decided to run Mr. Tsukamoto’s farm. He worked 18-hour days and lived in the bunkhouse Mr. Tsukamoto had reserved for migrant workers. He paid the bills of all three families — the Tsukamotos, the Okamotos and the Nittas. He kept only half of the profits.
Full post here
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Loved this:
@jeffersonobama @theonlyadult The only difference between a libertarian and an anarchist is the anarchist listens to better music.
— Joe Angers (@JoeAngersIII) June 10, 2013
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MooooOOOOoooorning!
The Obama Diary 
Morning fellow TODers!
Congrats Mary on 1st! GM TOD family…Thanks for the round up Chips!
Thanks Allison – school is done so I am free to sit at the computer and wait for TOD updates!
Morning (again), Maryl. 😀
Seems like we were just chatting a minute ago! And I stand my ground on your sparkle -it may be quiet but it’s there!
‘I stand my ground’ Hmmmmmm….. as Jodi……………… 😉
That should be our motto: Stand your ground!! ALEC would not be happy, so…..good!
Hey, it’s the law!! 😉
Morning Mary, mooooooorning everyone!
Morning Chips! Okay, I’ve had my little morning relaxation and TOD time. Now it’s time to get into my classroom and start closing it up for the summer! See you later!
Hi TOD villagers! Are you all suited up and ready for duty? GO forth with conviction, a positive attitude, and with your mind focused on victory.
YES!! Find out what your local OFA is up to.
Yes. Yes. Yes. Zizi has done a good job putting info together, and I remember her asking for help to supplement the data from those who had additional info.
Good mooorrnnniinnnng, CheesyChipstar and TODville!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SASHA OBAMA!! You’re a beauty and a shining star!!
Mooooooorning Meta! Happy Birthday Sasha!
What about re-establishing the US credit rating as it was prior to the repub debacle on the debt ceiling
GM TODers in every Corner of this green Earth 😉
Someone better call Erin Burnett, its has been 667 or whatever days she laments; what are we doing to get it back 😆 Meme ❓
Morning all, Morning Chips!!
Moooooooorning Africa!!!!
Good Morning, Everyone 🙂
BRAVO TO TWITTER FOR BREAKING DOWN THE LUNACY OF THE SNOWDON STORY
good morning Chips and all!!!!
A carry-over, because it’s relevant. This seems like a very literal example of ‘boots on the ground’ to me, and it shows how ‘one voice can change a room’ without benefit of TV cameras, etc. Someone shared Bob Fletcher’s story here recently, but Charles Pierce highlights it here in contrast to Snowden’s.
“How do you preserve your freedom?
Stop talking about it and help preserve someone else’s.
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The internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II was an insult to the American idea and a blot on the civil liberties of this country almost unparalleled in American history — yes, it was even worse than what the NSA has been doing since 2001. This guy stood up against someone worse than faceless bureaucrats. He stood up to his neighbors. That is always the toughest things, especially in a small place.
Mr. Fletcher’s willingness to work the farms was not well received in Florin, where before the war some people had resented the Japanese immigrants for their success. Japanese children in the area were required to attend segregated schools. Mr. Fletcher was unruffled by personal attacks; he felt the Japanese farmers were being mistreated. “I did know a few of them pretty well and never did agree with the evacuation,” he told The Sacramento Bee in 2010. “They were the same as anybody else. It was obvious they had nothing to do with Pearl Harbor.” After the war, resentment against the Japanese in Florin continued. If Mr. Tsukamoto tried to buy a part at the hardware store only to be told that the part was not in stock, he would ask Mr. Fletcher to buy it for him.”
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Read more: How To Save Your Freedom – Esquire
http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/how-to-save-your-freedom-061013?src=rss
Moooorning VC! I have an extract from the piece on Bob Fletcher in the post!
That’s what happens when I don’t read the post before ‘mouthing’ off.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/10/us/booz-allen-grew-rich-on-government-contracts.html?_r=1&
Not anymore! GM everyone….Happy Birthday, Sasha:)!!
Who gives someone access to all information after 3 months employment! Very weird
It really is 99ts, this story is bizarre – I just hope there are some honest reporters out there who will actually investigate it.
Who knows! I thought that was the PROBATIONARY PERIOD!!
Govt places I worked, probation was 12 months – and extended if you received a bad review. Something not quite right here.
There are LOTS of somethings that aren’t quite right here.
Plus you have to go through a very thorough background check…..I guess they don’t do that anymore. The company should lose their Gov’t Contract for lax security of sensitive information.
This whole story is off. Less than 3 months on a job and he tells his supervisor that he is going away for awhile? No questions asked and he wasn’t fired? He is 29 and allegedly had all of these important jobs and dropped out of HS. Even Walmart would question a potential employee about job hopping.
It is bizarre, 99ts! Something doesn’t smell right.
May be I’ve overlooked it, but did Snowden quit on his own or was he fired?
Happy Birthday to Miss Natasha (Sasha) Obama!
Good morning TOD ohana.
I have retired after 30 years of teaching Language Arts in high schools.
After resting up a bit and reconnecting with parts of my life that I have neglected, I will give twitter another try and join the brigade. While I know that I will not be nearly as good as the awesome UT and Bobr, I hope to add my voice to the cause of perfecting our union.
Have a great day everyone.
Happy Retirement, Ceb!! I hope you enjoy every moment of your freedom!
Happy retirement from me too. I retired after 36 years teaching high school and college. I now do some adjunct teaching in college, but it’s on my time table…..perfect.
To me the best thing about retirement is being able to leisurely drink coffee and read in the morning, knowing I don’t have to get dressed and get out the door by a certain time. You’ll especially appreciate this after school starts next fall! Life will open up.
Thanks for your good wishes. You are exactly right about “being able to leisurely drink coffee” Carolyn. In the past I would only be able to get a few sips from the cup before leaving it on my desk to get cold as I went about they day’s duties. I am signing off now to enjoy a cup while I am sitting on my deck and reveling in the quiet.
Huge congrats to CEB and Carolyn on their retirement! I have a couple of years left to go, and looking forward to it as well… enjoy those free mornings, and leisurely breakfasts!
Hey Ceb – thank you so much for making a difference for high school students – enjoy retirement
Thanks much.
Congratulations CEB. Thank you for being a teacher and imparting much needed wisdom to the next generation. I hope you enjoy your retirement. 😀
Congratulations! Time to rest on your laurels! 🙂
Thank you.
Will done, CEB! From time to time, I hear people say ‘retirement is not all it’s cracked up to be’, but I’m sure that varies from one person to another, and wouldnt I just love to find out for myself! You will enjoy your time, as you venture into the timeless! Congratulations!
*Well Done ( oh sheesh)
Thanks MP. I am one of those who is thrilled about the boundless possibilities in this part of my life. When I started teaching the children of my former students (I had five such cases this year), when former students joined me on the faculty and when the new principal was young enough to be my son, I knew that it was time to go.
Congratulations on retiring from active-duty teaching. All the teachers I know bring those skills with them into whatever they do next and function as the reserve. Enjoy your possibilities!
Happy Retirement
Congrats on your retirement! Teachers have a special place in my heart.
Morning Ms Chips and thank you for your ‘early’ R & S. It’s looking good at a glance and I’ll be back to savour it after I’ve had a quick breakfast. (stomach’s protesting vociferously).
Feed that stomach right now!
Done! So I’m good for another couple of hours focused attention.
Good morning all. Had a busy weekend. Glad to be back at work where I can spend some time with this wonderful community.
Once again, reading and listening to reports on the NSA situation (I refuse to call it a scandal) and very few reports are actually utilizing the facts. I have no problem with people who have problems with the program existing, but I wish they would base their arguments on the facts.
More than once I heard people talk about how the government can just dip into your records on a whim. On one radio show, I person did call and say they needed aa warrant to check into individual records and the host said “No, they don’t!” Well, yes they do. The program is a data base. Yes, all the records, except names and content are in there, but the government, before they can begin checking out individual records.
Additionally, there are frequent audits whcih can verify if the data has been accessed and by whom. There are safeguards.
Again, one can argue that the program is open to abuse, and that is possible and should be assessed. So an open debate is warranted, as long as it is based upon facts.
Then there is the question of Snowden. A big topic of discussion is whether he shoudl be considered a hero or a traitor, and comparisons of this to the Pentagon Papers. Well, the Pentagion Papers, number one, dealt with things that had already happenied. This release impacts a current running program.
I also heard someone quote then Senator Obama saying he would protect any Federal work who exposed abuse of power in the government as if that applied to this situation. Unfotrtunately, it does not. If it has exposed people gettuing into the records without warrants, then that would be one thing, but this is a legally created program.
And my biggest problem with anyone who does this and then runs, is that they are basically cowards and unwilling to take the consequences of their actions. Personally, I think the fact he went to China will work against all those protesting these actions.
Morning Japa, it’s all very intriguing, more than anything I’d love to know if he acted alone or if his media best friend, as Goldie Taylor and others are wondering, was more involved than he has quite let on. We’ll see.
Him running to Hong Kong is almost too funny to be true, really.
And, again as Goldie Taylor is asking, how on earth could he be deemed a whistleblower?
Hero or coward?
Apparently Bradley Manning released personal info on Americans serving in Iraq/Afghanistan. Hero to PL. Traitor to most of the rest of us.
Michael Moore is now calling Snowden a hero. No, Michael, maybe we’re not quite sure what he is—-patsy? GOP operative? Moron?
But for sure Not a Hero.
Definitely agree with you there. Not a hero. Not sure I would go so far as to say he is a traitor. He reminds me of Manning in that I think he is a naive, foolish person who was manipulated into doing something. Remember, despite all the shock of this revelation, the existance and substance of this program has been known for years.
Well I don’t make movies, I’m not sitting on tv all the time running my mouth, but my opinion counts too and Edward Snowden is not a hero, that man is a traitor to this country.
GM MS Chips and all
In other news – markets going up today – they are more interested in employment than “scandals” – shame congress isn’t inclined the same way
WHAT LEVEL OF COUNTER-TERRORISM IS ACCEPTABLE??
Some Random Thoughts About the NSA Story
By Bob Cesca
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–And finally, as I’ve spent many years discussing here, the war on terrorism has to end. The 2001 AUMF has to be repealed. The PATRIOT Act has to be rolled back. There’s a series of changes that have to occur in order to return us back to a more reasonable and sensible counter-terrorism process. So deploying our military around the world to hunt down “evildoers” is out of the question. Allowing the president extra-constitutional war powers in perpetuity is also out of the question. Drones are out of the question. And now, digital intelligence gathering is on the chopping block. Of course, I’m also in favor of rolling back the reach of the NSA on this front, but I get the sense that some, like Greenwald, would prefer to see intelligence gathering utterly weakened and occurring in the light of day, thus making it totally ineffectual. Some things need to remain secret, and we need to have some sort of covert intelligence apparatus. No, fighting terrorism isn’t worth endless war or limitless power, but we still have to do it somehow. And so what level of counter-terrorism is acceptable? I’m seriously asking.
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http://bobcesca.thedailybanter.com/blog-archives/2013/06/some-random-thoughts-about-the-nsa-story.html
I posted this late last night…didn’t know if anyone got a chance to read it.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/ej-dionne-jr-libertarianisms-achilles-heel/2013/06/09/4dfd3c9c-cf8c-11e2-8f6b-67f40e176f03_story.html?hpid=z5
Libertarians can keep holding up their dream of perfection because, as a practical matter, it will never be tried in full. Even many who say they are libertarians reject the idea when it gets too close to home.
The strongest political support for a broad anti-statist libertarianism now comes from the tea party. Yet tea party members, as the polls show, are older than the country as a whole. They say they want to shrink government in a big way but are uneasy about embracing this concept when reducing Social Security and Medicare comes up. Thus do the proposals to cut these programs being pushed by Republicans in Congress exempt the current generation of recipients. There’s no way Republicans are going to attack their own base.
But this inconsistency (or hypocrisy) contains a truth: We had something close to a small-government libertarian utopia in the late 19th century and we decided it didn’t work. We realized that many Americans would never be able to save enough for retirement and, later, that most of them would be unable to afford health insurance when they were old. Smaller government meant that too many people were poor and that monopolies were formed too easily.
And when the Great Depression engulfed us, government was helpless, largely handcuffed by this anti-government ideology until Franklin D. Roosevelt came along.
In fact, as Lind points out, most countries that we typically see as “free” and prosperous have governments that consume around 40 percent of their gross domestic product. They are better off for it. “Libertarians,” he writes, “seem to have persuaded themselves that there is no significant trade-off between less government and more national insecurity, more crime, more illiteracy and more infant and maternal mortality . . . .”
This matters to our current politics because too many politicians are making decisions on the basis of a grand, utopian theory that they never can — or will — put into practice. They then use this theory to avoid a candid conversation about the messy choices governance requires. And this is why we have gridlock.
Excellent, df
Before we anoint him “hero” status, there are a few questions I have about Edward Snowden
By Smartypants
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Now that we know that the guy who leaked the information about NSA is 29 year-old Edward Snowden and we’ve heard what Glenn Greenwald wants us to know about him, there are a few questions that real journalists should pursue about this story. On twitter I ran across a potential candidate: Jan Crawford with CBS News.
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Read more here ….
http://immasmartypants.blogspot.com/2013/06/before-we-anoint-him-hero-status-there.html
This information about Glenzilla and Snowden hooking up in February before Snowden’s employ at BZ sure looks a lot like the other shoe. And I’m thinking that Glenzilla may be acting as his attorney giving him horribad advice on how to proceed.
The answer I’m dying to know is, exactly HOW did they meet?
worse than pathetic
So, new week, new ‘scandal’ or new week, old ‘scandal’ ?
Fucking third rate, fourth estate.
I know AMK, cannot wait for the President to come out and go BOOM!
Just now saw the pic of the effing ‘whistle blower’ on beebs (really bbc, 24 point headline for this moron)? Is he effing chris hayes’ brother ?
This is the morning when the SCOTUS could screw everything or move us forward. Decisions on Voting Rights Act, Affirmative Action, and Marriage Equality; just to name a few.
Yep, the Supremes are about to let it rip.
Thanks UT – http://www.scotusblog.com/
I saw some pundit say they think voting rights will stay , Affirmative Action will go down…..
Fifty-second! (or 53rd!) http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/candles.cfm?l=eng&gi=PBO 😆
Good Morning Everyone!
Anyone else been up since 4:30 AM? I had my occupational therapy session already and I am ready to zonk out but I have physical therapy at 11:00, then lunch.
Also trying to keep up with Edward Snowden and all the drama.
Hope you all have a great day. Yes, even today, Monday 🙂
5:30 start for me today GoB…. But up every 2 hours in the night (standard) … Good to hear you are working on the healing!
Thanks Pamela. Yeah, waking up every few hours is a real bitch.
Morning, GB:) How are you feeling today (besides tired from your OT/PT) ???
I’m in a good, steady mood. No pain but they keep me nice and drugged up 🙂
Good morning GB!! Have a wonderful day!
Hi gobrooklyn – I’ve been up since 7.30am my time – which was (I think) 9.30pm your time. Have a great day
WOW!
Good Morning Sunshine!!!
Another day toward progress!
YES!! Always.
Hang in there gb. The grief will be worth it in the end.
Thanks Yardarm!
Morning / Afternoon everyone 🙂
Hm…a few days of not paying overly much attention to this blog and I´m already lost. 😦 Did I miss anything of importance on the “scandal” front?
Also, who is that Snowden guy?
Oh!! ::)) You need to grab a cup of coffee and read the older threads..TMI to summary:) GM, niliathiel 🙂
TMI?
I grabbed a bit from everything that´s going on but can´t make the time to read everything unfortunately. *le sigh*
Too much information (TMI) There’s a lot and it changes quickly…you’ll be able to catch up by osmosis. Not to worry:)
THE BEST INTERVIEW I HAVE SEEN ON THE NSA LEAKER STORY IS BY HOST “JOY REID” ON THE ED SHOW.
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Check out the link below to see how a real journalist conducts an interview. Joy Reid has done her homework and knows the facts. She asks questions of the panel (Jonathan Alter, Joan Walsh and Ari Melber) to get their input and at the same time she challenges some of their responses and assertions. It makes for a very informative and thought provoking discussion. It was beyond refreshing to watch this interview because it is such a rarity. There were good points made by the panel, but pay close attention to the points and challenges that Joy makes. She just makes sense. She goes right to the heart of the matter. Have you heard any other hosts interject facts like that in an interview in real time on the spot?
I would like nothing more than for MSNBC to give Joy Reid her own show so I could witness her kind of brilliant journalism on a regular basis. I am always happy to see Joy Reid on a panel, but it’s never enough for me. As a political analyst, she makes most of her colleagues look like amateurs. You rarely hear Joy just going along with what everybody else is saying. She thinks outside the box, and in so doing she makes think.
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http://www.nbcnews.com/id/45755822/ns/msnbc-the_ed_show/vp/52151484#52151539
According to the SCOTUS blog
“To respond to the many questions pouring in, no Fisher, no voting rights, no same-sex marriage, no gene patenting today.”
Nothing on these issues today
http://www.scotusblog.com/
According to SCOTUSblog looks like decisions for VRA, Affirmative Action, DOMA, Prop 8, Baby Girl & Gene Patenting might come on Thursday.
http://www.businessinsider.com/obamacare-critics-target-young-men-2013-6
Obamacare Critics Should Stop Using Young Men To Fuel Their Arguments
Awwwww! I just love Love!
🙂
Aaaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwwwww!!!!!! I’m going to cry again!
The reason I wake up every morning/evening.
To make me cry? 😆
You have to ask ?
wimmin/smh
I thought your job was to make me smile, Mister???
You’re questioning the Mission of my life. Make wimmin
smile / laughcry?But I think you’re an all-rounder Amk, you manage to do both!
IT’S PBO’S FAULT THAT CONGRESS ENACTED NSA LAWS AND CONTINUED TO REAUTHORIZE …..
Holding Congress accountable for NSA excesses
http://maddowblog.msnbc.com/_news/2013/06/10/18882068-holding-congress-accountable-for-nsa-excesses?lite
Good question Joy Reid.
What!?!?! Are you serious, this guy dropped out of both high school and college?
This story is getting weirder and weirder Don.
yup…got a GED. $200,000/yr…..What a country!
That shit doesn’t happen in my neighborhood.
Happy 12th to Ms Sasha Fierce!!
Oh please don’t conflate that posed young girl with Beyonce’s giggly alter-ego. Not a model for a 12 year old. IMHO.
[Yes, I’m a prude when it comes to kids. Sue me.]
Ethan Peretz @MperiousRex 44m
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My take-away from Manning and Snowden is that we have a remarkably open security state where it is far to easy to get clearance/access.
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as per the above article “Snowden had not revealed to reporters exactly where in Hong Kong he was staying, although he told The Washington Post he was holed up at a hotel near the CIA base at the consulate, which is located in the heart of Hong Kong island.”
He registered under his own name and described the location of the hotel as being posh and near the CIA office. Apparently, there’s only one such place.
He’s just plain stupid.
Far left progressives are already hailing this libertarian nut as a hero. Can you believe they already have a petition that has over 100K signatures asking that he be pardoned? Unfrigginbelievable!!!!!!!! 😯
If he and GG’s minions think he did nothing wrong, what should he be pardoned for? Just asking.
https://twitter.com/lawscribe/status/344099792357576704
Which raises the question: Did Snowden take that job for the specific purpose of GETTING this info at the behest of GG??
The timing of it all is beginning to make it look that way DF, can’t wait to see results of more digging on this.
I get the impression from that screenshot that Greenwald inadvertently gave his own game away.
And Derbingle, as Lawscribe said, his ego “will cook him”. Wouldn’t that be glorious?
Can they do anything to him since he’s in Brazil?
Greenwald was in Hong Kong yesterday.
You can bet some money or other considerations changed hands…..Besides, I wonder if the MSM can get to this guy in Hong Kong.
Good Morning TOD!
Smartypants is so good!!!
Full Disclosure: My son works at Booz Allen and his cell phone was blowing up yesterday evening. The CEO sent them a message yesterday evening and boy oh boy a whole lot of things are gonna be changing there starting today!!
Donna, no way!!!! Your son works there? Okay everyone, delete bad comments about Booz Allen RIGHT NOW!!!!
Ha!!!
You should have seen his face yesterday when this story broke. Poor thing. He has one of “those” jobs where we joke that, he’d have to kill us if he told us what he does” 🙂 🙂 and then this….. He was so embarrassed by this guys actions. He was telling us about all the oath they take and just couldn’t believe he did this.
It’s just amazing Donna! Did he ever see Greenwald hiding in the bushes?!
Too Late:
That’s a lie, Edward Snowden is a traitor to his own country, is that what Jackson is saying Rosa Parks was.
I am sick of these incompetent journalists defiling the names of Rosa Parks and MLK! These “Fucking Idjits” as you called them, amk, are trivializing the lifetimes of struggle and suffering by these heroes of the Civil Rights Movement.
Wowzers, Donna! I can’t imagine the wild ride going on there right now. OMG!
Rosa Parks released classified information then fled to Hong Kong? You learn new something new everyday. Today I learned Scott Jackson doesn’t know what he’s talking about.
Please tweet this!
Frankly I’m stunned.
derbingle, Oh my. I would have never believed it without your proof.
And he looked so trustworthy too. Now I have to go home and re-inventory my luggage.
lol….that is hilarious.
You”d have thought he would be more subtle.
I know right. He’s just so brazen with it and as many of these photos show enjoying himself way too much at our expense .
Must be all those cat memes on facebook. Have to admit I enjoy them myself.
http://www.addictinginfo.org/2013/06/10/obamacare-isnt-the-problem-the-healthcare-market-is-robbing-the-middle-class-and-heres-the-proof-video/
Goldie Taylor @goldietaylor 8m
RT @ggreenwald For all of you criticizing Snowden’s choice about where to go: feel free to offer what you think was better alternative.
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I got one! How about GO TO HELL
Pardon my observation here….but doesn’t all this Snowden stuff prove the OPPOSITE of what what he wanted to prove?? NSA obviously wasn’t tracking HIM!
BAM!
Wieland @lawscribe 3m
@_JGR @80mercy right, May 1 left house, May 20 left job. Still takes us back to Feb. Did he join w/ intent to take docs after he knew GG?
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I think today is Sasha Obama’s birthday. She’s 12!
Rating agency Standard and Poor’s raises its credit outlook for the US economy from negative to stable, as confidence returns.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22838322
ummmm
Translation: He’s an idiot
I see a lot of ” unfortunate ignorance” coming down the pike.
I catch your drift df.
POTUS 0n CSPAN 1 coming up!
Nasa’s ageing Opportunity rover on Mars continues to make significant discoveries with the observation of an indicator of ancient water activity.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22832673
Heads up:
http://theobamadiary.com/2013/06/10/president-obama-speaks-on-the-equal-pay-act/
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/10/us-usa-security-iceland-idUSBRE9590OK20130610?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews
The leaker who revealed top secret U.S. surveillance programs says he hopes to find shelter in Iceland, but he may be disappointed by the reception from a new government seen as less keen than predecessors to attract exiles and Internet renegades.
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But the government of newly-elected conservative Prime Minister Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson, while still untested, is widely seen as closer to Washington than past administrations and less keen to foster the island country’s cyber-haven image.
Snowden has yet to make a formal application for asylum and would have to go to Iceland to make the request, said Kristin Volundarsdottir, head of Iceland’s Directorate of Immigration. Gunnlaugsson’s government did not otherwise comment on the case.
“I would be very surprised if they (the government) would be eager to engage in any international disputes with the U.S. And it is pretty difficult to be granted asylum here,” said Stefania Oskarsdottir, lecturer in political science at the University of Iceland.
“I think what this guy is saying is based on something he is imagining or hoping for rather than actual facts.”
Sucks to be him right now….
Thanks for the great R & S, Ms Chips! Loved the Bob Fletcher story…. but that NSA mess is becoming “curiouser and curiouser”.
Good Morning ToD. It’s a rain, rain and more rain here. Just listen to 50th anniversary of the Equal Pay Act. The law, signed by John F. Kennedy requires employers to give women and men equal pay for equal work. Pres. Obama delivers remarks on that legislation and its impact on pay equity.
http://www.c-spanvideo.org/event/219957