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by spikels 13y ago
This really is becoming like 1984. First we had a president arguing about the meaning of "is". Next we get the the DIA lying to Congress say "No" when the truth was "Yes" and then when caught explaining he answ
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by spikels 13y ago
Wait - what? Isn't it our leaders consistent position that "listening" without a specific warrant is wrong? Now I am really confused.
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by spikels 13y ago
I also noticed a lot of similarity between these talking points [1] and various statements by politicians and pundits as well as newspaper articles over the past week. However it is hard to track them down. Does anyone know how to do automa
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by spikels 13y ago
There is a not so subtle carrot and stick. A reporter who goes along with those in power can expect access, leaks and perhaps lucrative jobs for their family [1]. But a reporter who embarrasses our leaders will lose the access they need to
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by spikels 13y ago
And the founder and CEO of the only major tech firm to resist the NSA is dead! People just love their conspiracy theories. http://www.cultofmac.com/231714/andrew-stone-steve-jobs-woul...
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by spikels 13y ago
And how is it OK for a "senior administration official" to be leaking reassuring information on the secret surveillance programs and the secret court orders to NPR? Is there going to be an investigation of this leak? Will they tap
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by spikels 13y ago
I agree these arguments are worthless (but no need to curse). Naomi Wolf's theory that Snowden is part of a propaganda effort by NSA/CIA/FBI/??? to make people fearful makes no sense. There is no secret "intelligenc
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by spikels 13y ago
The operative word here is "could" as in "maybe" or "possibly" or "nobody knows if". They didn't stop Boston. That is a fact.
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by spikels 13y ago
Thanks for the tip. I'm working on a short non-technical book so I'm hoping to do it in Markdown following the format of The Little MongoDb Book. That book is hosted on GitHub with the Markdown text output to PDF, mobi and ePub. S
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by spikels 13y ago
Don't forget about the White House petition to pardon Snowden. It now has 70,229 signatures but needs 100,000 to get a response. https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/pardon-edward-snow...
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Redis drinks with antirez - Tonight in SF(meetup.com)
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Media, administration deal with conflicts(washingtonpost.com)
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by spikels 13y ago
I second the call for supporting books. There are already quite a few books being published on GitHub and it seems like an almost natural way to collaboratively write a book that could forever kept up to date. Not sure if anything has been
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by spikels 13y ago
Yes - there has been a shift from Firefox/Firebug over the last couple of years. Google has put a lot of effort into improving the developer experience, both UI and features, while F/F has improved at a somewhat slower pace. Googl
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by spikels 13y ago
Research by researchers says research spending well-spent.
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by spikels 13y ago
"This guy's really good with his fingers on the keyboard. He's really good." Not sure about CIA or Booz but at every company I've worked at a good sys admin can get anything.
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by spikels 13y ago
2. Snowden will be called a defector. Peter King, Chairman of the United States House Committee on Homeland Security and member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence did exactly that on CNN on Sunday. http://pol
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by spikels 13y ago
I'm not sure you read the article. Who needs to call him a traitor, only Obama? Is that your interpretation of Juan Cole's "governmental class"?
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by spikels 13y ago
1. Snowden will be called a traitor. The Speaker of the House did exactly this yesterday on Good Morning America. Second in line for the presidency. Is that good enough? http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/06/1
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by spikels 13y ago
Leslie Marshall has accussed Snowden's girlfriend of being a stripper in US News and him lying about it: He lied about his girlfriend. He said she was a ballerina, but she was a stripper who pole danced. (And as someone who took ballet
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by spikels 13y ago
This particular attack completed by Jeffery Toobin in the New Yorker on Monday 6/10: "What, one wonders, did Snowden think the N.S.A. did? Any marginally attentive citizen, much less N.S.A. employee or contractor, knows that the e
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by spikels 13y ago
Jefferey Toobin calls Snowden "reckless", "irresponsible", "grandiose narcissist". Jeffery would know since he is very familiar with all of these character flaws. According to news reports after he got his long
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by spikels 13y ago
Booz Allen added Snowden's salary in the revised press release announcing his firing. Strange. Here's the text of the current version of the press release dated 6/11: Booz Allen can confirm that Edward Snowden, 29, was an emp
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by spikels 13y ago
You always have to look at the wording of polls - that is exactly why I included it in my comment. I don't think this is "spin" on Pew's part but the fact that the current situation is different today than in 2006. In th
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by spikels 13y ago
1) I think most people were surprised by her sudden leave of absence. Did you know before her announcement how cozy her husband was with the administration she covered every day for 3 years plus the 2008 campaign? 2) I don't watch MSNB
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by spikels 13y ago
I know for a fact is does not. Even with the traditional criminal warrant (say a mafia boss) they only need a warrant for ONE person on the call.
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by spikels 13y ago
Unfortunately your friends are not representative of most people on the left in the US. According to a recent Pew poll Democrats find NSA surveillance programs more acceptable than in 2006 despite all the recent revelations: Democrat Views
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by spikels 13y ago
Biden is one of the most dangerous men in politics. Very convincing when speaks (as in this video) and has a great sense for politics but not known for his intelligence (barely graduated lower tier law school) or honesty (caught cheating at
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More Than 50,000 Sign Petition to Pardon Whistleblower Edward Snowden(christianpost.com)
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NSA leaker Edward Snowden...superhero pole-dancer girlfriend(washingtonpost.com)
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