Excellent, infuriating story by Emily Wax at the Washington Post on the fate of govnment whistleblowers going back as far at the original Bush administration: The former high-ranking National Security Agency analyst now sells iPhones.The top intelligence officer at the CIA lives in a motor home outside Yellowstone National Park and spends his days fly-fishing …
Open Thread: “Yes We Code”
The Washington Post‘s Dan Balz has a book on the 2012 election to sell, and Monday’s excerpt goes into the granular on “How the Obama campaign won the race for voter data“: From the moment Barack Obama took the oath of office on Jan. 20, 2009, and every day thereafter, his team was always preparing …
Late Night Open Thread: Rooting for Injuries
I hold no brief for Peter “The Mucker” King, but now Politico is trying to tell me that he’s on President Obama’s side for once: New York Rep. Peter King slammed Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on Sunday for praising NSA leaker Edward Snowden. “When you have Rand Paul actually comparing Snowden to Martin Luther King …
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Open Thread: Still Working to Gut the Government
(Jeff Danziger’s website) Most of the libertarians I’ve known say that the only two “honest” governmental duties are protecting the borders and delivering the mail. Darrell Issa and his cronies won’t even concede the second one: Door-to-door mail delivery is about as American as apple pie. With the Postal Service facing billions of dollars in …
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Sunday Garden Chat: Summer Vignette
From commentor MMG: The orchids in the kitchen window are all from Trader Joe’s and I am proud of keeping them alive and even getting them to re-bloom all by myself. The one second from the left that has almost finished blooming was a gift five or six years ago, and it has bloomed every …
Open Thread: Still Shilling the Same Sh…
Glenn Hubbard saying "personnel is policy" makes me realize irony, satire, self-awareness & shame all must've died in same massive car crash — billmon (@billmon1) July 27, 2013 Via Billmon, Glenn Hubbard shares his Penthouse White House fantasies with the Economist: “DON’T blame me, I voted Romney,” proclaims a T-shirt popular among Republicans. Another gag, …
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Saturday Long Read Watch: Pine Ridge
Via Upworthy: A Journalist Went Near Mount Rushmore To Take Some Photos. What He Found Changed His Life Forever.
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