Tuesday, July 23, 2013

23 July - How Tweet!

September 3, 2009 health care reform rally at ...
September 3, 2009 health care reform rally at Westlake Park in Seattle, Washington, USA. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Alec Finlay
Alec Finlay (Photo credit: Leeds Museums and Galleries)
WaPo - the fix
How ALEC became a political liability
ALEC - The voice of corporate special interests in state legislatures
American Legislative Exchange Council
ALEC’s agenda extends into almost all areas of law. Its bills undermine environmental regulations and deny* climate changesupport school privatizationundercut health care reformdefund unions and limit their political influencerestrain legislatures’ abilities to raise revenue through taxesmandate strict election laws that disenfranchise votersincrease incarceration to benefit the private prison industryamong many other issues
.Denier    Rules of Denial  Climate of Obfuscation

Geert Wilders Confidante and Former Far-Right Politician Arnoud Van Doorn Converts to Islam

“In my own close circle people have known that I have been actively researching the Qur’an, Hadith, Sunnah and other writings for almost a year now,” he said.
“In addition, I have had numerous conversations with Muslims about the religion.”
Driven by his party’s anti-Islam discourse, Doorn decided to dig in for the truth about the religion himself.
“I have heard so many negative stories about Islam, but I am not a person who follows opinions of others without doing my own research,” he said.
“Therefore, I have actually started to deepen my knowledge of the Islam out of curiosity.
“My colleague Aboe Khoulani from the City Council in The Hague has brought me further into contact with the as-Soennah mosque, which has guided me even further.”
Hat Tip  Zulia
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Why did it take 3 years after the Manning exfiltration for State's IG to review its info security?

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Asked FBI Director nominee James Comey today to clarify his views on government surveillance authorities:
 

 

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How immigration could save Detroit


How the White House press corps could ask better questions, and maybe even get them answered (ca. 2004; still valid)

Obama is against , but sponsored a 2004 bill to expand its protection as an Illinois senator:
 

Emergency Hill briefing called so NSA can privately lobby against amendment curtailing its power

New website created to support Amash/Conyers House bill to de-fund NSA bulk spying on Americans

Does the Tap That? What We Still Don’t Know About the Agency’s Internet

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Pentagon Presents War Plans for Syria
 


Voter Photo ID Laws are Backfiring

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Surprise! Top SEC enforcer, charged with prosecuting Wall St, retires from government & takes $5M/yr job with -...
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