FISA Court Waited Until After Snowden Leaks To Actually Explore If Bulk Phone Record Collection Was Legal

One of the most common defenses of the NSA's bulk phone record collection (in which they get access to the record of basically every phone call in the US) is that the program has been reviewed and reapproved by the FISA Court every few months. Especially after the ruling by Judge Richard Leon calling the program unconstitutional, defenders of the program kept insisting that "every other judge" who reviewed the program had found it legal, with basically all of those other judges being the FISA court. Just yesterday, for example, Attorney General Eric Holder claimed that "at least 15 judges on about 35 occasions have said that the program itself is legal." Except... that's not actually true.

Neil deGrasse Tyson: Republicans doomed to poverty because they’re ‘born into’ ignorance

Self correcting requires evidence not at hand and is really wishful thinking. republicans will doom thenselves and as many rubes as possible.

He says this is a “self-correcting” phenomenon, because “nobody wants to die. We all care about health. Republicans, especially, don’t want to die poor. So educated Republicans know the value of innovations in science and technology for the thriving of an economy and business industry.” So, he believes, eventually even they won’t want to see something “that is not science in a science classroom,” because that “undermines the entire enterprise that was responsible for creating the wealth that we have come to take for granted in this country.”

Apartheid Israel, AIPAC and other Neocons really want America to fight and die in Iran. For Israel.

Israel is willing for Americans to die on behalf of...Apartheid Israel! Say 'no' to Israel First Jewish war mongers and give peace a chance. Say 'no' to Israel. Boycott, Divest and Sanction Apartheid Israel.

Jon Stewart wants a 'niggolution' to counter Larry Wilmore's aptly noted 'niggolanche of insults'

I can't believe this can't be googled.

Until you red state rubes start voting Democratic in West Virginia, you can choke on your shitty poluted water.

You cancervatives get what you deserve, nothing but disease. Clutch your useless bibles and guns and drink the fucking poisoned GOP approved water. Poisoned water and the disease you get from it is gods retribution for your ignorant sin of electing republicans.

Dianne Feinstein says NSA would never abuse its powers because it's 'Professional'

Oh for christ's sake. What a silly dingbat bitch. I hate to go goodwin so early this morning, but I'm sure Karl Rove, ChimpCo and the other fascists of the 20 century were a blast to party with too.

War Pig Secretary of Defense Robert Gates is a drunkard suffering from PTSD

Ego and naccisism prevented this strategic failure from resigning.

A Running List of What We Know the NSA Can Do. So Far.

It can track the numbers of both parties on a phone call, as well location, time and duration. It can hack Chinese phones and text messages. It can set up fake internet cafes. It can spy on foreign leaders' cell phones. It can tap underwater fiber-optic cables. It can track communication within media organizations like Al Jazeera. It can hack into the UN video conferencing system. It can track bank transactions. It can monitor text messages. It can access your email, chat, and web browsing history. It can map your social networks. It can access your smartphone app data. It is trying to get into secret networks like Tor, diverting users to less secure channels. It can go undercover within embassies to have closer access to foreign networks. It can set up listening posts on the roofs of buildings to monitor communications in a city. It can set up a fake LinkedIn. (More) It can track the reservations at upscale hotels. It can intercept the talking points for Ban Ki-moon’s meeting with Obama. It can crack cellphone encryption codes. It can hack computers that aren’t connected to the internet using radio waves. (Update: Clarification -- the NSA can access offline computers through radio waves on which it has already installed hidden devices.) It can intercept phone calls by setting up fake base stations. It can remotely access a computer by setting up a fake wireless connection. It can install fake SIM cards to then control a cell phone. It can fake a USB thumb drive that's actually a monitoring device. It can crack all types of sophisticated computer encryption. (Update: It is trying to build this capability.) It can go into online games and monitor communication. It can intercept communications between aircraft and airports. It can physically intercept deliveries, open packages, and make changes to devices. It can tap into the links between Google and Yahoo data centers to collect email and other data. Did we miss any? Mischaracterize any capabilities? Let us know in the comments.

republican Candy Crowely defends vindictive, horribly ugly fat piece of shit Christie Creame

Sunday morning, Candy Crowley carried the torch for "politics as usual" on her show. Using talking points provided by Governor Christie's office, Crowley proceeded to try and paint Mayor Dawn Zimmer as somehow naive about how politics works.

"Why are you here now?" Crowley asked. "We have seen you say in a tweet that you're so glad Chris Christie is our governor. So, can you square that for me? Because coming at this point, what the Chris Christie office says, this is just politics."

Mary Matalin stoned on "RealTime" with Bill Maher!

What a nasty, useless silly bitch.

TeaBag Party: ‘Extremism In Defense Of Failure’

Beginning by writing “something is seriously wrong with conservatism,” McCarthy offers a surprisingly honest evaluation of the conservative movement, asserting that since Ronald Reagan left office, the Republican party and conservative movement have been largely unable to secure serious political victories of any serious consequence. Claiming, as conservative defenders often do, that George W. Bush was not a conservative, he goes on to examine the history of factional development throughout the right, culminating in what he describes as the purely reactionary extremism movement that is the tea party.

The American Israel Political Action Committee (AIPAC) is happy for your American children to die in Iran

The neo-cons are happy for another American war waged on the behalf of Israel with American blood and treasure. Who runs America?

If the Supreme Court allows the NSA to continue its metadata collection, we will reside in what can only be characterized as a police state.

Do you think Fat Tony is going to vote to protect the Poor and un-empowered or do you think he'll vote to give more power to the State?

"Hoover would have made a perfect high level Nazi"

J. Edgar, a fascist human piece of garbage if there ever was. Just like his successor. James Comey. The National Security Letter (NSL) program is an ugly fascist, authoritarian tyrannical weapon. The American police state apparatus answers to no one.

Petty, mean-spirited fat fuck cancervative republican has a sad. Needs to lawyer up says Dershowitz