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The Policeman Is Your…

The thing that is disturbing about this video is the guy on the phone is the only rational person in the whole scene. Listen to how he talks to the 911 operator, for example. By the end of the video, the cop comes over, yells at him, hangs up his phone, and tosses it onto […]

Ms. Yellen, It’s a Trap!

That Larry Summers is one sly dog. With his “surprise” move to continue QE3, Big Ben just bought himself some time to safely exit the scene, following the pattern of the last two Fed handovers: (It should go without saying that the red lines above are only approximately correct. You can tell I don’t have […]

Even More Middle East Map Fun–Animated and With Music

Watch this and then read my two comments: (1) Some people didn’t understand why I was saying it’s important, when considering the arguments for bombing Syria and aiding its rebels, to look at a map. Does this video make it clearer? (Again, keep in mind that many Americans–including me!–are awful at geography.) (2) I am […]

A Letter From Guantanamo Bay

Josie Harris reads a letter from a guy who’s been in Guantanamo Bay for 11 years without being charged with anything. In the background is rapper “Mos Def” actually being force fed to demonstrate how awful it is. If you’re pressed for time, just start watching at the 1:00 mark. It’s disturbing but it’s important […]

Metal Detectors vs. NSA Spying

Glenn Greenwald and Ari Fleischer have a good debate below, and I mean “good” in the sense that they both put up a case for their position and have serious clash (I’ll say): The person I saw discuss this on Facebook (and what happens on FB stays there, so I won’t say more) didn’t like […]

Sean Hannity Has Evolving Thoughts on Government Surveillance

Wow…

Impossibly Ironic Quote of the Day

“If the perspective is we’re trying to hide something because we did something wrong, we’re not.” — NSA head General Keith Alexander, testifying before Congress on his secret program of collecting information on millions of phone calls and emails. BONUS: This next one isn’t so much ironic, as moronic. If you asked me to write […]