I don’t know yet what I think of this character, but in a chat room hosted by The Guardian Edward Snowden makes some interesting points (uh, thought we couldn’t find him):

“Unfortunately, the mainstream media now seems far more interested in what I said when I was 17 or what my girlfriend looks [...]

Nice to see, hope he lasts (easier to pronounce at least — hah-SAHN roh-hah-NEE).

(Reuters) – Moderate cleric Hassan Rohani won Iran’s presidential election on Saturday, the interior ministry said, scoring a surprising landslide victory over conservative hardliners without the need for a second round run-off. … Rohani’s resounding [...]

Family members of Sandy Hook Elementary shooting victims are in Washington this week to meet with lawmakers to help revive the defeated Manchin-Toomey legislation that would expand background checks.

“The more time that goes by, in some respects, the stronger we’re getting, and the more comfortable in our voices and knowing what needs to be [...]

Why care if Democrats lose the Senate if Michael Bloomberg guts Democratic wimps against gun control? Now he’s asking donors to dump their asses. Good. A Democratic Senate that acts like Republicans is not worth having. So be it. Spare me, Democratic Party hacks, your pathetic arguments that protecting control of the Senate is all [...]

How convenient for the Obama Administration to be able to shift the focus from what was leaked, the real story, to the leaker, the lesser story. We’ve seen this before:

Wikipedia: “Daniel Ellsberg is a former United States military analyst who, while employed by the RAND Corporation, precipitated a national political controversy in [...]

ACLU — “Using the Patriot Act, the U.S. government has been secretly tracking the calls of every Verizon Business Network Services customer — to whom they spoke, from where, and for how long. … What we don’t know yet is how many other telecommunications companies have been issued similar orders by the government or what [...]

Today marks eight years since we launched our little corner of the “internets.” Who knew we’d still be here, wandering our way through the news, politics and life in general. I sure didn’t. And it’s only because so many of you keep showing up, keep interested and keep on keeping on. Thank you!

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