We all know that most of the media is owned by a handful of people or corporations (e.g., General Electric owns NBC and Rupert Murdoch, FOX), and that nearly all media are run by ideological right-wing Republicans; and we all know further that the last thing right-wing Republicans offer the public is impartiality of news… Continua a leggere YAHOO’S SHAMELESS DISTORTION OF THE NEWS TO FAVOR THE NRA
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NSA ONLY?
HOW ABOUT BUSINESSES AND ADVERTISERS? WHO IS MONITORING THEM MONITORING US? It would be comical if it weren’t so frightening how eight key Internet providers (Microsoft, Google, Yahoo, Facebook, et. al.) have petitioned the White House to do something about the NSA’s spying while failing to mention that they themselves are either spying on Internet… Continua a leggere NSA ONLY?
EDWARD SNOWDEN: FRIEND OR FOE; PATRIOT OR PARIAH?
There are many important issues in history—or even everyday life—that do not resolve themselves into (so to speak) “easy round numbers,” but involve “messy arithmetical calculations.” So it is with Snowden: Any way you take him, the calculations to be done are messy indeed. Let’s look at him, first, from a positive standpoint. What has… Continua a leggere EDWARD SNOWDEN: FRIEND OR FOE; PATRIOT OR PARIAH?
Edward Snowden: Avalanches and Frankenstein
Perhaps it’s appropriate that Edward’s last name has “snow” in it, since he has caused a world-wide avalanche of reactions to his carefully released documents revealing how almost omnipotent the NSA has become in snooping, monitoring, and data gathering from seemingly every corner of the globe, whether friendly or hostile to the US. Perhaps never… Continua a leggere Edward Snowden: Avalanches and Frankenstein