June 06, 2013

Holder Vows "I'm Not Resigning"
— Ace



You've all read about the National Tap Everyone's Phone program by now, but if you haven't:

Under the terms of the blanket order, the numbers of both parties on a call are handed over, as is location data, call duration, unique identifiers, and the time and duration of all calls. The contents of the conversation itself are not covered.

That's per Glenn Greenwald, who was leaked the court order.

The Electronic Frontier Foundation says this isn't even legal, and that the law the order is supposedly based upon still requires an individualized target, not the entire country:

But Cohn argues that the kind of dragnet surveillance suggested by the Verizon order exceeds even the authority granted by the Patriot Act. “Section 215 is written as if they’re going after individual people based on individual investigations,” she says. In contrast, the order leaked to the Guardian affects “millions and millions of innocent people. There’s no way all of our calling records are relevant to a terrorism investigation.”

“I don’t think Congress thought it was authorizing dragnet surveillance” when it passed the Patriot Act, Cohn says. “I don’t think Americans think that’s OK. I would be shocked if the majority of congressmen thought it’s okay.”

And what could be scarier than a blanket order to wiretap the country if not Eric Holder launching a leak investigation to find out who revealed the blanket order to wiretap the country?

Below, Eric Holder refuses to answer the Guardian's questions about this, and another video stolen from Hot Air: President Civil Liberties berating the Bush Administration for violating our civil liberties. It's a much watch, but not if you've recently eaten.

Update: Video of Holder vowing to not resign at Breitbart.



TBOTFGAHHAL.

(The last part: "Are Heavy, Huge, and Low."


Posted by: Ace at 09:10 AM | Comments (312)
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1 I don't like this Eric Holder , you guys..

Posted by: Yip at June 06, 2013 08:55 AM (/jHWN)

2 Gun thread stomp.  Eeeech.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at June 06, 2013 08:55 AM (8ZskC)

3 Recent polls show Mexican drug lords are strongly in favor of Holder retaining his position.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at June 06, 2013 08:56 AM (8ZskC)

4

Stolen from Allahpundit:

 

Right now, Eric Holder's (1) signing a warrant to tap Greenwald's phone and (2) preparing to investigate himself for signing the warrant

Posted by: WalrusRex at June 06, 2013 08:57 AM (XUKZU)

5 Yeah, whenever they're about to resign they go out of their way to insist that they're not resigning.

Posted by: joncelli at June 06, 2013 08:58 AM (RD7QR)

6 Not only does Ace not have a time machine, he doesn't have a thread eating wormhole either.

Posted by: toby928© Not a Lawyer at June 06, 2013 08:58 AM (QupBk)

7 let it burn

Posted by: ghostofhallelujah at June 06, 2013 08:59 AM (XvrTA)

8

I'm so glad that we have Obama in the White House to show us how much our security apparatus can be abused. 

Of course, it's a teaching moment, much like the renewed push for a Shield Law.  They're only trying to show us, as a public service, what a tyrannical government could do.

Posted by: West Town at June 06, 2013 08:59 AM (Y3C5w)

9 I won.

Posted by: Barack Hussein Obama at June 06, 2013 08:59 AM (6S4Ai)

10 OT: Does your cat need a hat? http://goo.gl/7xU2K I like the witch's hat.

Posted by: Waldo at June 06, 2013 09:00 AM (dHIHO)

11

To Holder . . . In the immortal words of my grandfather (first heard by me 45 years ago at the tender age of .

 

"Oh - bite me."

Posted by: Marybeth at June 06, 2013 09:00 AM (Ks0w4)

12 I need to learn to build a rifle.  I wonder where I could find out about that?

Posted by: kathysaysso at June 06, 2013 09:02 AM (6H6o8)

13

Anyone have any uninvited guests from the military in their home?  If so, I'm pretty sure Holder has finished his work.  

Posted by: Beagle at June 06, 2013 09:10 AM (sOtz/)

14 Cruz!

Posted by: Mike Hammer at June 06, 2013 09:11 AM (aDwsi)

15   "Heckuva job, Holdie..."

Posted by: Pave Low John at June 06, 2013 09:12 AM (TOjYk)

16 I need to learn to build a rifle. I wonder where I could find out about that?


Do what Maet did and check Craigslist?

Posted by: EC at June 06, 2013 09:12 AM (GQ8sn)

17 Okay. Fess up. Which one of you Morons is Cruz? As much as it pains me to type this, Greenwald has been consistent in going after TFG for this. *grits teeth and forces it out* Good for him.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies with whipped cream. at June 06, 2013 09:12 AM (VtjlW)

18

Holder says he won't resign until he accomplishes all his goals. I guess there are still some amendments in Bill of Rights left unviolatedÂ…

— Senator Ted Cruz (@SenTedCruz)

 

 

Well he'd better wait before he violates the 3rd amendment until I've had a chance to     get my guest room in order! 

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at June 06, 2013 09:12 AM (4df7R)

19 Barack Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a malignant traitor.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at June 06, 2013 09:12 AM (/PCJa)

20 I guess there are still some amendments in Bill of Rights left unviolatedÂ… Heh. Garcon, more crow, please.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at June 06, 2013 09:13 AM (/PCJa)

21 Crooked fucking bastard refuses to resign after being proven to be a crooked fucking bastard. What else is new?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 06, 2013 09:13 AM (+98Gb)

22 Captain Holder vows to go down with his ship.  He is happy knowing that Emperor Focker's portrait was safely carried off the ship.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at June 06, 2013 09:13 AM (2evqn)

23 I used to process CDRs - releasing data that had both originating and destination numbers was illegal. But its is okay because the government does it.

Posted by: blaster at June 06, 2013 09:13 AM (W6bkf)

24 He still hasn't established a state religion, but we're close.

Posted by: Cicero, DOCTOR of Jurisprudence and Shit at June 06, 2013 09:13 AM (8ZskC)

25

Nyah nyah nyah nyah nyah

Posted by: Eric Holder at June 06, 2013 09:14 AM (XUKZU)

26 That Bush guy sure trampled our constitutional rights didn't he?

Posted by: Bosk at June 06, 2013 09:14 AM (n2K+4)

27

Daddy  says  Holder  knows  where  the bodies  are  buried.  My  family  is  weird.

Posted by: Malia in DC at June 06, 2013 09:14 AM (h0/aL)

28 This was before Holder refused to answer whether he was spying on Congress or SCOTUS (in today's appropriations hearing). He said they had to talk in secret....

Posted by: Baldy at June 06, 2013 09:14 AM (tyDFN)

29

The 'counterterror' excuse for all this is particularly weak given our unwillingness to do anything to known terrorists in contact with known terrorists overseas.   They use the successful terror attacks they allow to occur to justify further erosion of the liberties of non-terrorists. 

BTW, "militia" "patriot" "constitutionalist".  

 

I just caused a federal investigation.   

Posted by: Beagle at June 06, 2013 09:15 AM (sOtz/)

30 Susan Rice got promoted. That's what Holder is holding out for.

Posted by: blaster at June 06, 2013 09:15 AM (W6bkf)

31

Impeachment.

I don't give a crap about optics, or how the LIVs respond.  We are already at a constitutional crisis.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at June 06, 2013 09:15 AM (fCkqS)

32 Of course not.

I can only pray to GOD that he winds up in prison at this point.

They do not care about our laws.  They are above them and are getting away with murder.  Literally and figuratively.

Posted by: © Sponge at June 06, 2013 09:16 AM (xmcEQ)

33 Pssst:  Dear Mister Hello Kitty.  The alligator will do laundry at 4:00.  Repeat.  The alligator will do laundry at 4:00.

Posted by: comment #348,093; type: blog; collected: at June 06, 2013 09:16 AM (QW+AD)

34 Though, if Holder won't go, it's time to impeach him.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at June 06, 2013 09:16 AM (/PCJa)

35

"Phone tap" is a racist dog whistle for "nigg*r".

Posted by: Martin Bashir at June 06, 2013 09:16 AM (XUKZU)

36 Latest line from Obama fellators: It's only bad when you do it, so calm down you mouth-breathing sister humpers.

Posted by: joncelli at June 06, 2013 09:16 AM (RD7QR)

37 All your phones are belong to us

Posted by: DOJ, NSA llc at June 06, 2013 09:16 AM (mETGQ)

38 30 Susan Rice got promoted. That's what Holder is holding out for.
------------------
I figure Carney is holding out for Reich Minister of Propaganda

Posted by: Mike Hammer at June 06, 2013 09:17 AM (aDwsi)

39 Without Holder in office, how are the Mexican cartels going to be able to get my "medicine" to me? They need weapons to secure that shit. THINK people.

Posted by: Dr Spank at June 06, 2013 09:17 AM (3+QKS)

40 Eric Holder, your Delta Tau Chi name is, Lavrenti.

Posted by: Bluto at June 06, 2013 09:17 AM (8ZskC)

41 So I turn on the radio to listen for tornado warnings. I get ABC news top-of-the-hour. It starts off with "Eat Rice, Republicans!". Good Lord...

Posted by: Independent Voter at June 06, 2013 09:17 AM (rxnpE)

42 In contrast, the order leaked to the Guardian affects “millions and millions of innocent people. There’s no way all of our calling records are relevant to a terrorism investigation.” As MWR has pointed out- the Preezy said that there are no terror cells in the Western Hemisphere. If that's the case, than none of this can be "relevant to a terrorism investigation" no matter what.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at June 06, 2013 09:17 AM (/PCJa)

43 I eat contempt of congress charges for breakfast bitches!

Posted by: Eric Holder at June 06, 2013 09:17 AM (V1ZIU)

44 Alexthechick: "As much as it pains me to type this, Greenwald has been consistent." Yep. I don't agree with him on much and I'm sure he wouldn't much care for me, but he does seem to have actual principles, as opposed to How Can I Help My Team?

Posted by: JPS at June 06, 2013 09:18 AM (g11mv)

45
Right now, Eric Holder's (1) signing a warrant to tap Greenwald's phone and (2) preparing to investigate himself for signing the warrant

Posted by: WalrusRex at June 06, 2013 12:57 PM (XUKZU)



That is incorrect.  He will already have secretly recused himself therefore will not be able to investigate himself.

Posted by: © Sponge at June 06, 2013 09:18 AM (xmcEQ)

46 Under the terms of the blanket order, the numbers of both parties on a call are handed over, as is location data,... I'd forgotten about that. Next step is having Google volunteer ALL of our smartphone locations.

Posted by: t-bird at June 06, 2013 09:18 AM (FcR7P)

47
Ha! Cruz, gotta love that guy.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 06, 2013 09:18 AM (g5YAm)

48 40 Eric Holder, your Delta Tau Chi name is, Lavrenti. Posted by: Bluto at June 06, 2013 01:17 PM (8ZskC) Thread winnah!

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at June 06, 2013 09:18 AM (V1ZIU)

49 Time to shut the government down, GOP. There are 115M Verizon wireless users who just got their civil rights violated, and this smarmy cocksucker is daring you to do anything about it.

Posted by: zsasz at June 06, 2013 09:18 AM (MMC8r)

50 Pssst: Dear Mister Hello Kitty. The alligator will do laundry at 4:00. Repeat. The alligator will do laundry at 4:00. Negatory Ghostrider. The pattern is full. Repeat: Pattern is full.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 06, 2013 09:19 AM (p9JxP)

51

 They use the successful terror attacks they allow to occur to justify further erosion of the liberties of non-terrorists.

 

***

 

No, no, no.  It's just that the Tseedbumb brothers used Sprint. 

Posted by: WalrusRex at June 06, 2013 09:19 AM (XUKZU)

52 remember when the Democrats used civil liberties as a club to beat bush with? good times, good times.

Posted by: Vote Lord Humungus 2016 at June 06, 2013 09:19 AM (HEa5q)

53 So are we applauding or criticizing Obama for continuing the Bush administration's policies?

Posted by: Pfft at June 06, 2013 09:19 AM (MACNq)

54 Time to shut the government down, GOP. There are 115M Verizon wireless users who just got their civil rights violated, and this smarmy cocksucker is daring you to do anything about it. *ahem* Burn it down. Scatter the stones. Salt the earth where it stood.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at June 06, 2013 09:19 AM (/PCJa)

55 He still hasn't established a state religion, but we're close.

Posted by: Cicero, DOCTOR of Jurisprudence and Shit at June 06, 2013 01:13 PM (8ZskC)

 

No,   but he's done his fair share of    "prohibiting the free exercise thereof."

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at June 06, 2013 09:20 AM (4df7R)

56 If Eric Holder was a Republican what would the MFM have to say about him? Inquiring minds want to know.

Posted by: [/i] An Observation at June 06, 2013 09:20 AM (ylhEn)

57 The mass-murdering, racist, fascist crook doesn't feel like resigning? That's fine. Because arrest, conviction, and imprisonment for the rest of his life is really more how this needs to play out.

Posted by: Stu-22 at June 06, 2013 09:20 AM (k4bdL)

58

The war on terrorism is over

The war on the Constitution will continue until the American people surrender

Posted by: TFG at June 06, 2013 09:20 AM (nCSwS)

59 After investigating Eric Holder, I've decided not to ask for his resignation.

Posted by: Eric Holder at June 06, 2013 09:20 AM (FcR7P)

60 49 Time to shut the government down, GOP. There are 115M Verizon wireless users who just got their civil rights violated, and this smarmy cocksucker is daring you to do anything about it. Posted by: zsasz at June 06, 2013 01:18 PM (MMC8r) I'm guessing congress was in on it the whole time. The Patriot Act sucks, and has always sucked. We could have simply not re-upped it, but congress loves power.

Posted by: HoboJerky, Hash Hunter at June 06, 2013 09:20 AM (X4HxX)

61 Any moment now, some open-mouth on MSNBC will Bashirize the word "Verizon".

Posted by: mrp at June 06, 2013 09:20 AM (HjPtV)

62 So we collected some data on your telephone calls.  Now come on guys, it's not like the federal government is reviewing your medical records or something.

Posted by: Eric Holder at June 06, 2013 09:20 AM (8ZskC)

63 Troll's got nothin'. But funny for a troll to turn up, I guess talking points have finally gone out?

Posted by: zsasz at June 06, 2013 09:21 AM (MMC8r)

64 BTW, "militia" "patriot" "constitutionalist". I just caused a federal investigation. --- Ever watched The Prisoner? There is an episode dealing with "jamming", which is a bunch of actions taken by a number of prisoners to distract the overseers from actual escapes. If it's clear that the measures taken by the jackass administration aren't anti-terrorism but, instead, to monitor dissidents, I fully support jamming the living fuck out of them to make them waste their time.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at June 06, 2013 09:21 AM (zA7Zp)

65 Posted by: Pfft at June 06, 2013 01:19 PM (MACNq) Dear Mr. Axelrod, Please send us a better quality of troll. At the very least, please send us some with some imagination. Thanks, AllenG P.S., All trolls are Average Joe, who sucks cock by choice.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at June 06, 2013 09:21 AM (/PCJa)

66 To sum up...."bullshit, bullshit, bullshit....etc."

Posted by: BignJames at June 06, 2013 09:21 AM (Sg0G/)

67 I get ABC news top-of-the-hour. It starts off with "Eat Rice, Republicans!". Good Lord...

Posted by: Independent Voter at June 06, 2013 01:17 PM (rxnpE)




Wow.  I'm guessing the editor really meant to leave that sexual overtone in there, too.

Posted by: © Sponge at June 06, 2013 09:21 AM (xmcEQ)

68 I'll say it again,  the entire Democratic Party is a criminal organization. Anyone one who doesn't see this,  after all that's gone on  in the last few months,  is either retarded or is a part of the scam. Period.

Posted by: LGoPs at June 06, 2013 09:21 AM (Zid/C)

69 Twitter:

Washington (D.C.) Trends


    #ThingsIWillTeachMyChild
    NSA
    FISA
    Verizon
    Congress
    #IRS
    #tcot
    #18ThingsIWant
    #mentionatruefriend
    Kiefer Sutherland

Posted by: Baldy at June 06, 2013 09:21 AM (tyDFN)

70 It's a much watch, but not if you've recently eaten. Watch we much! TFG is never a must watch for me. I cannot stand to see or hear him.

Posted by: rickl at June 06, 2013 09:21 AM (zoehZ)

71 Well the verizon thing they are trying to pin on Bush. My understanding was that Bush was intercepting overseas calls and this is domestic? Anyone got the skinny on it?

Posted by: hello, it's me Donna at June 06, 2013 09:21 AM (9+ccr)

72 Odd that they didn't stop the Boston bombers plot with this kind of access to phone data. Or do terrorists not use Verizon.

Posted by: Buzzsaw at June 06, 2013 09:21 AM (wrS2o)

73 Where's the ACLU? These seems like something they'd be all over. What? Liberal administration? Oh, never mind.

Posted by: Bosk at June 06, 2013 09:21 AM (n2K+4)

74 The war on Republicans also continues apace, but they are not much fun anymore.....so little fight left in them.  Like the Vichy French 

Posted by: TFG at June 06, 2013 09:22 AM (nCSwS)

75 The Patriot Act sucks, and has always sucked. The Patriot Act doesn't authorize anything like this. It does suck, and it always did (though, less so when we trusted the people sitting in the White House), but this can't be placed at the feet of the Patriot Act.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at June 06, 2013 09:23 AM (/PCJa)

76 What a limp dick of a troll.

Posted by: Cicero, DOCTOR of Jurisprudence and Shit at June 06, 2013 09:23 AM (8ZskC)

77 So I turn on the radio to listen for tornado warnings. I get ABC news top-of-the-hour. It starts off with "Eat Rice, Republicans!". Good Lord...

Not worth the throat cancer risk.

Posted by: Methos at June 06, 2013 09:24 AM (hO9ad)

78 Holder will be promoted to Minister of Love

Posted by: ghostofhallelujah at June 06, 2013 09:24 AM (XvrTA)

79 The hobo is in the alley. Repeat, the hobo is in the alley.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at June 06, 2013 09:24 AM (yh0zB)

80 Let me adjust my tinfoil hat for a moment. Doing this dragnet style makes me think they are more worried about hiding who they are actually looking for.

Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at June 06, 2013 09:24 AM (b9K4P)

81 So are we applauding or criticizing Obama for continuing the Bush administration's policies?

Posted by: Pfft at June 06, 2013 01:19 PM (MACNq)



Not that you warrant a response, but name one thing that Bush did, even WITH the Patriot Act, that was REMOTELY close to this shit?

That is, if you can stop fucking your cat long enough.

Posted by: © Sponge at June 06, 2013 09:24 AM (xmcEQ)

82 61 The Patriot Act sucks, and has always sucked. We could have simply not re-upped it, but congress loves power. Posted by: HoboJerky, Hash Hunter at June 06, 2013 01:20 PM (X4HxX) And it's worth remembering that it was another one of those mega-bills that had to be passed immediately, because CRISIS!

Posted by: rickl at June 06, 2013 09:24 AM (zoehZ)

83 To the bunker!

Posted by: E. Holder at June 06, 2013 09:24 AM (dHIHO)

84 Well, all I can say at this point is, thank God we weren't saddled with Sarah Palin and all her godawful inexperience.

Sure dodged a bullet on that one, I tell ya.

Do I really need the fucking sarc tag?

Posted by: LGoPs at June 06, 2013 09:25 AM (Zid/C)

85

Mike Rogers just said this about the phone surveillance:

 

Rep. Mike Rogers, the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, said today that phone records obtained by the National Security Agency "thwarted" a domestic terrorism plot "in the last few years." His committee is working to declassify information on the plot, he said.

"Within the last few years, this program was used to stop a terrorist attack in the United States," Rogers said. "We know that. It's important. It fills in a little seam that we have, and it's used to make sure that there's not an international nexus to any terrorism event that they may believe is ongoing in the United States."

He added: "In that regard, it is a very valuable thing. It is legal."

See?  We might have stopped ONE terrorist plot after collecting a trillion phone records.  And we're gonna tell you ALL about that, as soon as we decide how much of the story we think can tell you.

 

Feel better now?

Posted by: rockmom at June 06, 2013 09:25 AM (aBlZ1)

86 So why hasn't the Bamster thrown Holder under the bus? Does Holder have photographs? I'm sure the media is blaming it on those mean old Republicans. And how come no one has ever spontaneously told Martin Bashir to fuck off?

Posted by: Northernlurker at June 06, 2013 09:25 AM (ieiyL)

87

Where's the ACLU? These seems like something they'd be all over. What? Liberal administration? Oh, never mind.

 

***

 

The ACLU did weigh in on this. 

 

“From a civil liberties perspective, the program could hardly be any more alarming," Jameel Jaffer, the deputy legal director of the ACLU, said in a statement. "It’s a program in which some untold number of innocent people have been put under the constant surveillance of government agents. It is beyond Orwellian, and it provides further evidence of the extent to which basic democratic rights are being surrendered in secret to the demands of unaccountable intelligence agencies.”

Posted by: WalrusRex at June 06, 2013 09:26 AM (XUKZU)

88 My understanding was that Bush was intercepting overseas calls and this is domestic? Anyone got the skinny on it? There are at least two major qualitative (that is: one of these is not like the other) differences. First, under Bush, such requests were targeted- that is, the govt asked for the records on specific persons or phone numbers. Second, under Bush, such requests only involved international calls. That is, one person in the US was on one end, and someone from another country (usually a muslim one) was on the other end. This is nothing like that.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at June 06, 2013 09:26 AM (/PCJa)

89 Well, it's a test of wills, and always has been. Lets see the GOP and Issa bloviate for a while, and Holder then leave in 2017. Because that's what the GOP does. Fold--because they know they can't hack it against the media. They know.

Posted by: K-less, founder of the Clinging-on Empire at June 06, 2013 09:26 AM (gllxq)

90
The Patriot Act sucks, and has always sucked. We could have simply not re-upped it, but congress loves power.

Posted by: HoboJerky, Hash Hunter at June 06, 2013 01:20 PM (X4HxX)



So, like Breitbart, you didn't read the article......


But Cohn argues that the kind of dragnet surveillance suggested by the Verizon order exceeds even the authority granted by the Patriot Act. “Section 215 is written as if they’re going after individual people based on individual investigations,” she says. In contrast, the order leaked to the Guardian affects “millions and millions of innocent people. There’s no way all of our calling records are relevant to a terrorism investigation.”

Posted by: © Sponge at June 06, 2013 09:26 AM (xmcEQ)

91 @76 Where's the ACLU?

The ACLU has described the news as "beyond Orwellian."

“From a civil liberties perspective, the program could hardly be any more alarming," Jameel Jaffer, the deputy legal director of the ACLU, said in a statement. "It’s a program in which some untold number of innocent people have been put under the constant surveillance of government agents. It is beyond Orwellian, and it provides further evidence of the extent to which basic democratic rights are being surrendered in secret to the demands of unaccountable intelligence agencies.”

Posted by: News reader at June 06, 2013 09:26 AM (MACNq)

92

"Feel better now?"

 

I'm  gonna go with  "NO".

Posted by: Jaws at June 06, 2013 09:26 AM (4I3Uo)

93 You know what thread we need? A nice if Sarah Palin with a crossbow was fighting against Christine O'Donnell with a longbow in the War of Northern Aggression, who would kick Todd Akin in the crotch the fastest thread. That's what we need.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies with whipped cream. at June 06, 2013 09:26 AM (VtjlW)

94 It starts off with "Eat Rice, Republicans!". Good Lord... Not worth the throat cancer risk. ISWYDT. Well played.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 06, 2013 09:27 AM (p9JxP)

95

And we're gonna tell you ALL about that, as soon as we decide how much of the story we think can tell you.

***

 

We're going to let Leon Panetta speak about it at a super secret conference.

Posted by: WalrusRex at June 06, 2013 09:27 AM (XUKZU)

96 TBOTFGAHHAL. (The last part: "Are Heavy, Huge, and Low." That's a funny way to spell "In Reggie Love's Mouth."

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at June 06, 2013 09:27 AM (7ObY1)

97
Odd that they didn't stop the Boston bombers plot with this kind of access to phone data. Or do terrorists not use Verizon.

They were only looking for tea party and ex-military.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 06, 2013 09:27 AM (g5YAm)

98 But Cohn argues that the kind of dragnet surveillance suggested by the Verizon order exceeds even the authority granted by the Patriot Act. “Section 215 is written as if they’re going after individual people based on individual investigations,” she says. In contrast, the order leaked to the Guardian affects “millions and millions of innocent people. There’s no way all of our calling records are relevant to a terrorism investigation.” Posted by: © Sponge at June 06, 2013 01:26 PM (xmcEQ) Cohn ARGUES. I did read the article. But can you argue that the govt didn't use the Patriot Act to do it?

Posted by: HoboJerky, Hash Hunter at June 06, 2013 09:27 AM (X4HxX)

99 "thwarted" a domestic terrorism plot "in the last few years." I'll put that right over in the "jobs saved or created" pile.

Posted by: t-bird at June 06, 2013 09:27 AM (FcR7P)

100 I'm not a lawyer, he may be right, but in my mind this doesn't rehabilitate the Patriot Act one bit.

Posted by: HoboJerky, Hash Hunter at June 06, 2013 09:28 AM (X4HxX)

101 TFG is never a must watch for me. I cannot stand to see or hear him.


I've have never watched that prick for more than 5 seconds.  I don't know how some can do it. 

Posted by: eleven at June 06, 2013 09:28 AM (KXm42)

102 Where have you heard, at any point, the White House use the Patriot Act as their reasons behind doing this?

With or without that act in place, THEY ARE GOING TO DO IT.


Laws do not apply to Democrats or the Owebama Administration.

Posted by: © Sponge at June 06, 2013 09:28 AM (xmcEQ)

103 Not worth the throat cancer risk. Susan Rice? You'd choke on the dust first.

Posted by: zsasz at June 06, 2013 09:28 AM (MMC8r)

104 What congress "intended" in a law means little to what is written.

Posted by: HoboJerky, Hash Hunter at June 06, 2013 09:28 AM (X4HxX)

105

 
54 So are we applauding or criticizing Obama for continuing the Bush administration's policies?


Posted by: Pfft at June 06, 2013 01:19 PM (MACNq)

After all the crying from the left over the patriot act I wonder what your side thinks.

 

But you don't think. "My clan > your clan." Whatever gets your clan the "win", you're cool with it.

 

Amiright?

Posted by: Atlas Shit the Bed at June 06, 2013 09:29 AM (rxnpE)

106 I've have never watched that prick for more than 5 seconds. I don't know how some can do it. Drinking games. It's the only way.

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at June 06, 2013 09:29 AM (7ObY1)

107 Police Chief, "Mayor we have always known the law creating the tank police was a bad idea."
Mayor splutters, "But then why do you demand more tanks?"

I always love that rant at the opening from Dominion Tank Police.
http://youtu.be/SZkU2GYLA8Y

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at June 06, 2013 09:29 AM (2evqn)

108 "Oops! We wrote a shitty bill and rushed it through! It's the thought that counts!"

Posted by: HoboJerky, Hash Hunter at June 06, 2013 09:29 AM (X4HxX)

109 79 Holder will be promoted to Minister of Love

 

Posted by: ghostofhallelujah at June 06, 2013 01:24 PM (XvrTA)

 

Hell, the way this shit is going Obama is going to nominate him for the next Supreme Court vacancy, and then play the race card on anyone who objects.  And he'll probably get away with it too.  And we'll spend the next 30 years watching that SOB jeering at America from the bench. 

 

Posted by: rockmom at June 06, 2013 09:29 AM (aBlZ1)

110 I've have watch me much.

Posted by: eleven at June 06, 2013 09:29 AM (KXm42)

111 It does suck, and it always did (though, less so when we trusted the people sitting in the White House), but this can't be placed at the feet of the Patriot Act.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at June 06, 2013 01:23 PM (/PCJa)



Bullshit bullshit bullshit. Bad legislation (and it was bad legislation) ALWAYS sucks, no matter who's in charge, and this is why. Don't give power to your "friends" that you would not trust your "enemies" with, cause your "friends" 1) aren't always friends and 2) won't always be in charge.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at June 06, 2013 09:29 AM (yh0zB)

112 Hey, who are all of these surly looking folks standing outside my window with pitchforks and what not?

Posted by: Carter Hull at June 06, 2013 09:29 AM (hKyl0)

113 Does Samantha Power look like she's constantly constipated....or is it just me?....wondering....

Posted by: BignJames at June 06, 2013 09:29 AM (Sg0G/)

114 Verizon, 115 million Americans? Nope, still not the hill...

Posted by: The GOP at June 06, 2013 09:29 AM (FcR7P)

115 So they thwarted an attack eh? Some how they missed the little episode at the Boston Marathon.... Nice work...

Posted by: hello, it's me Donna at June 06, 2013 09:29 AM (9+ccr)

116 81 Let me adjust my tinfoil hat for a moment. Doing this dragnet style makes me think they are more worried about hiding who they are actually looking for.

Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at June 06, 2013 01:24 PM (b9K4P)


I must not be paranoid enough because that makes perfect sense to me.

Posted by: Wheels within wheels, man at June 06, 2013 09:30 AM (RD7QR)

117 Hey, troll- (Pfffff) Here's a little reading material for you. The crucial differences between Bush' wiretaps and flagrant widespread abuse of the rights of American citizens: http://tinyurl.com/kzb85bn

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 06, 2013 09:30 AM (iwHSQ)

118 @82

Not that you warrant a response, but name one thing that Bush did, even WITH the Patriot Act, that was REMOTELY close to this shit?

* * * *

An expert in this aspect of the law said Wednesday night that the order appears to be a routine renewal of a similar order first issued by the same court in 2006. The expert, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive issues, said that the order is reissued routinely every 90 days and that it is not related to any particular investigation by the FBI or any other agency.

Posted by: News reader at June 06, 2013 09:31 AM (MACNq)

119 So I can't express how thrilled I am right now to be stuck in a holding pattern somewhere in the NC air because Bobo decided to prance into Charlotte on AF One. I'm abso-fucking-lutely de-light-ed!

Posted by: Burn the Witch at June 06, 2013 09:31 AM (xEAGD)

120 I thought "tapping" a phone was when you recorded  the conversation. Not when you obtained  billing type info.

Posted by: occam at June 06, 2013 09:31 AM (fbUla)

121

Holder will be promoted to Minister of Love

 

***

 

I was thinking more Space Cowboy.

Posted by: WalrusRex at June 06, 2013 09:31 AM (XUKZU)

122 Are they counting dropped calls as attacks thwarted?

Posted by: t-bird at June 06, 2013 09:32 AM (FcR7P)

123 I'm pretty sure that at some point in the near future, Holder will not remember he vowed he's not resigning.

Posted by: Fritz at June 06, 2013 09:32 AM (UzPAd)

124 Love the quote by Senator Cruz. He makes me swoony.

I will refer to Holder as Stedman Sloth from this day forward.
Declaration by Dame Christy, Redneck Queen, 6 of June Twenty Thirteen Eleventy


Look at a photo of a sloth face: it is Stedman.

Posted by: ChristyBlinky, radicalized Redneck Queen at June 06, 2013 09:32 AM (baL2B)

125 sigh...must go to dentist now...


Later roonz and roonettez!

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at June 06, 2013 09:32 AM (yh0zB)

126 "Lavrenti"  Took a search to realize you meant Beria.  Well played.  

Posted by: Beagle at June 06, 2013 09:32 AM (sOtz/)

127 87 So why hasn't the Bamster thrown Holder under the bus? Does Holder have photographs?
  Posted by: Northernlurker at June 06, 2013 01:25 PM (ieiyL)     Holder is carrying out too much of Obama's fundamental transformation of America.  Just read Christian Adams' stuff at Townhall on what is going on in the Civil Rights Division at DOJ. 

Posted by: rockmom at June 06, 2013 09:32 AM (aBlZ1)

128
Pssst.....the ewok slips just the tip just past the cowbell.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 06, 2013 09:32 AM (g5YAm)

129 Meant "flagrant, widespread abuse of the rights of American citizens under Obama.'

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 06, 2013 09:32 AM (iwHSQ)

130 Uh-oh  here goes Pixy Rainman rockn n rolln again.

Posted by: eleven at June 06, 2013 09:32 AM (KXm42)

131 121 Tell it to the shrieking harpies of the Left who screamed about "Bush's Warrantless Wiretaps" for the last six eons, JEA, you glittering fuck-knob.

Posted by: zsasz at June 06, 2013 09:32 AM (MMC8r)

132 So I can't express how thrilled I am right now to be stuck in a holding pattern somewhere in the NC air because Bobo decided to prance into Charlotte on AF One.


I'm abso-fucking-lutely de-light-ed!

Posted by: Burn the Witch at June 06, 2013 01:31 PM (xEAGD)



I see a fighter escort in your near future for that comment.

Posted by: © Sponge at June 06, 2013 09:33 AM (xmcEQ)

133 #51 rickb223

Alternate instructions:

NRmbJOp Ge2pKEINNvi C46wlJDK FmDai1nCpnMcen NJpb8sm72LFh CWw1 WMk2kmk4

The gnats are annoying and the frozen yogurt is fruity.

End  Transmission.

Posted by: comment #348,094; mtcmtmail= at June 06, 2013 09:33 AM (QW+AD)

134 Cya GGE, don't drive while medicated....

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at June 06, 2013 09:33 AM (2evqn)

135 So I can't express how thrilled I am right now to be stuck in a holding pattern somewhere in the NC air because Bobo decided to prance into Charlotte on AF One. I'm abso-fucking-lutely de-light-ed! Posted by: Burn the Witch at June 06, 2013 01:31 PM (xEAGD) I'm pretty sure you'll get tazed for doing an interpretative dance of rage on a plane.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies with whipped cream. at June 06, 2013 09:33 AM (VtjlW)

136 Bad legislation (and it was bad legislation) ALWAYS sucks, no matter who's in charge, and this is why Not true. In the real world, bad legislation gets passed all the time. That it is less bad when less bad people use it should hardly be surprising. This wasn't an argument for the Patriot Act, but a simple admission that I was considerably less concerned about such possibilities under Bush- partially because I trusted him as an honorable man, and partially because I knew he didn't have the Media in his back pocket. I'm not saying it was okay to pass the Patriot Act. I'm saying that the Patriot Act is made worse than it already was by the fact TFG is now in charge. I won't dispute the rest of what you said, because it's obviously true. Put another way- Nuclear weapons are bad, but given that they exist: a) I want our side to have them and b) I trust our side with them more than I trust the other side.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at June 06, 2013 09:33 AM (/PCJa)

137

@114

Does Samantha Power look like she's constantly constipated....or is it just me?....wondering....

Posted by: BignJames at June 06, 2013 01:29 PM (Sg0G/)

 

It's the look of really wanting to invade places.   At least one ally.  

Posted by: Beagle at June 06, 2013 09:33 AM (sOtz/)

138 Occam: They only reason they aren't tapping every single phone is because they don't have the computing power and storage to do so yet. Count on it troll.

Posted by: HoboJerky, Hash Hunter at June 06, 2013 09:33 AM (X4HxX)

139 128 87 So why hasn't the Bamster thrown Holder under the bus? Does Holder have photographs?

Posted by: Northernlurker at June 06, 2013 01:25 PM (ieiyL)


Holder is carrying out too much of Obama's fundamental transformation of America. Just read Christian Adams' stuff at Townhall on what is going on in the Civil Rights Division at DOJ.

Posted by: rockmom at June 06, 2013 01:32 PM (aBlZ1)


Also, Obama thinks Holder looks cute when he wears that frilly pink thing.

Posted by: joncelli at June 06, 2013 09:33 AM (RD7QR)

140 Pssst.....the ewok slips just the tip just past the cowbell.


John has a long mustache.



John has a long mustache.

Posted by: eleven at June 06, 2013 09:33 AM (KXm42)

141 We're all Rosen now.

Posted by: WalrusRex at June 06, 2013 09:34 AM (XUKZU)

142 123 Are they counting dropped calls as attacks thwarted? Posted by: t-bird at June 06, 2013 01:32 PM (FcR7P) I would.

Posted by: BignJames at June 06, 2013 09:34 AM (Sg0G/)

143 So I can't express how thrilled I am right now to be
stuck in a holding pattern somewhere in the NC air because Bobo decided
to prance into Charlotte on AF One.

I'm abso-fucking-lutely de-light-ed!

Posted by: Burn the Witch at June 06, 2013 01:31 PM (xEAGD)




Just make for the cockpit door.  That will land the plane REAL QUICK.

Posted by: EC at June 06, 2013 09:34 AM (GQ8sn)

144 Okay... Lunch. Later.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at June 06, 2013 09:35 AM (/PCJa)

145 Teh Cruz!

Posted by: Dr. Jane D'oh at June 06, 2013 09:35 AM (lVPtV)

146 He's in Charlotte?He's supposed to be flying in to Ca. tonight...

Posted by: hello, it's me Donna at June 06, 2013 09:35 AM (9+ccr)

147 Has McRINO called Cruz a whacko bird again?  And talked about how wonderful his friend Stedman is?

Posted by: Dr. Captain Hate at June 06, 2013 09:35 AM (qFBgu)

148 Holder is carrying out too much of Obama's fundamental transformation of America. Just read Christian Adams' stuff at Townhall on what is going on in the increasingly inaccurately named Civil Rights Division at DOJ. Amended for accuracy.

Posted by: Brother Cavil, channeling Grumpycat at June 06, 2013 09:36 AM (zUi7I)

149 He's in Charlotte?He's supposed to be flying in to Ca. tonight...


He's due at a highschool north of Charlotte on his "wreckovery" summer jobs tour.

Posted by: EC at June 06, 2013 09:36 AM (GQ8sn)

150 @82

From the Electronic Frontier Foundation:

The evidence also shows that the government did not act alone. EFF has obtained whistleblower evidence from former AT&T technician Mark Klein showing that AT&T is cooperating with the illegal surveillance. The undisputed documents show that AT&T installed a fiberoptic splitter at its facility at 611 Folsom Street in San Francisco that makes copies of all emails web browsing and other Internet traffic to and from AT&T customers and provides those copies to the NSA. This copying includes both domestic and international Internet activities of AT&T customers. As one expert observed “this isn’t a wiretap, it’s a country-tap.”

Posted by: News reader at June 06, 2013 09:36 AM (MACNq)

151 Pssst.....the ewok slips just the tip just past the cowbell. Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 06, 2013 01:32 PM (g5YAm) Okay. I know better than to eat whilst reading the comments. Now there's chocolate cake all over the place. Related, I have chocolate lava cake and you don't. Neener neener neener.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies with whipped cream. at June 06, 2013 09:36 AM (VtjlW)

152 It's the look of really wanting to invade places. At least one ally. Posted by: Beagle at June 06, 2013 01:33 PM (sOtz/) Does Libya count?

Posted by: BignJames at June 06, 2013 09:37 AM (Sg0G/)

153 Just make for the cockpit door. That will land the plane REAL QUICK. End your day real quick too.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 06, 2013 09:37 AM (p9JxP)

154 I trust our side with them more than I trust the other side.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at June 06, 2013 01:33 PM (/PCJa)



That was my argument to libs during the Iraq war.

"WAR FOR OIL!!!!"

Even if that idiocy was remotely true.  Who would you rather have in control of that oil?  US or SADDAM HUSSEIN?!?  $10 Billion missing from the Oil for Food program......


Posted by: © Sponge at June 06, 2013 09:37 AM (xmcEQ)

155 So, ATT and Verizon are both doing it. 

What about Sprint?

Posted by: EC at June 06, 2013 09:37 AM (GQ8sn)

156 140 128
87 So why hasn't the Bamster thrown Holder under the bus? Does Holder have photographs?




He knows what's in those college transcripts.  And what passport Barry used to fly to Pohkeeston.

Posted by: Dr. Jane D'oh at June 06, 2013 09:37 AM (lVPtV)

157 If you are not now all outraged out, I heard a new connercial of the phony conservatives for amensty stripe on radio this morning and, trust me on this, it is even more disgusting than usual.  The essence is that we need amnesty because that is what Jesus wants.

Posted by: WalrusRex at June 06, 2013 09:37 AM (XUKZU)

158 So why hasn't the Bamster thrown Holder under the bus? He's probably looking around going, "Hey, nothing's happening, nothing's actually intensifying, press is coming back into line. I don't have to!"

Posted by: t-bird at June 06, 2013 09:37 AM (FcR7P)

159 Posted by: News reader at June 06, 2013 01:36 PM (MACNq) Yikes.

Posted by: HoboJerky, Hash Hunter at June 06, 2013 09:38 AM (X4HxX)

160 @82

From the Electronic Frontier Foundation:

There is no indication that this order to Verizon was unique or novel. It is very likely that business records orders like this exist for every major American telecommunication company, meaning that, if you make calls in the United States, the NSA has those records. And this has been going on for at least 7 years, and probably longer.

This type of untargeted, wholly domestic surveillance is exactly what EFF, and others, have been suing about for years. In 2006, USA Today published a story disclosing that the NSA had compiled a massive database of call records from American telecommunications companies. Our case, Jewel v. NSA, challenging the legality of the NSA’s domestic spying program, has been pending since 2008, but it's predecessor, Hepting v. AT&T filed in 2006, alleged the same surveillance. In 2011, on the 10th Anniversary of the Patriot Act, we filed a FOIA lawsuit against the Department of Justice for records about the government’s use of Section 215 – the legal authority the government was relying on to perform this type of untargeted surveillance.

Posted by: News reader at June 06, 2013 09:38 AM (MACNq)

161

I would like to suggest the AoS style guide be amended to require Ted "Balls of Brass" Cruz from this point on. Balls of steel is acceptable.

 

Ted BoB Cruz from the Molon Labe state.

Posted by: Ook? at June 06, 2013 09:38 AM (OQpzc)

162 > Related, I have chocolate lava cake and you don't. Neener neener neener. That's a drone strike.

Posted by: Lemmenkainen, Freelance Warlord at June 06, 2013 09:38 AM (ZWvOb)

163
begin msg:

The Taco Licker is down.  The Taco Licker is down.

end msg.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 06, 2013 09:38 AM (g5YAm)

164 The Barrel is over there -------->

Get in it, stat.

Posted by: Dr. Jane D'oh at June 06, 2013 09:38 AM (lVPtV)

165 Now there's chocolate cake all over the place. Related, I have chocolate lava cake and you don't. Neener neener neener. Correction: You HAD chocolate lava cake.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 06, 2013 09:38 AM (p9JxP)

166 What about Sprint? Wait, someone other than me still uses Sprint?

Posted by: Brother Cavil, channeling Grumpycat at June 06, 2013 09:38 AM (zUi7I)

167  Immediate withdraw of DOJ funding. They don't do jack shit anyway...well, other then spy on the American people.

Posted by: Hunker down and L.I.B. at June 06, 2013 09:38 AM (Cs2tJ)

168 Relax, guys.  Diane Feinkenstein says that this is necessary to protect us.

Posted by: WalrusRex at June 06, 2013 09:39 AM (XUKZU)

169 So, ATT and Verizon are both doing it.

What about Sprint?

Posted by: EC at June 06, 2013 01:37 PM (GQ8sn)



Don't tell me you actually think they LIMITED themselves.....

Posted by: © Sponge at June 06, 2013 09:39 AM (xmcEQ)

170 Related, I have chocolate lava cake and you don't. Neener neener neener.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies with whipped cream. at June 06, 2013 01:36 PM (VtjlW)




Thanks a pants load.  Now I'm craving chocolate, and can't go out because the weather is getting "interesting."

Posted by: Dr. Jane D'oh at June 06, 2013 09:40 AM (lVPtV)

171 Holder won't resign because he knows he's one of two people that Obama sees as virtual siblings, the other being Valerie Jarrett

Posted by: kbdabear at June 06, 2013 09:40 AM (mCvL4)

172 Didn't someone mention awhile back that nearly all Federal workers have Verizon as the carrier for their cell phones?

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies with whipped cream. at June 06, 2013 09:40 AM (VtjlW)

173 Just go ahead and assume ALL cell phones have been tapped.  No more speculation.



Posted by: EC at June 06, 2013 09:40 AM (GQ8sn)

174 Posted by: News reader at June 06, 2013 01:38 PM (MACNq)


Unnnnhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

*shakes head dejectedly*

Posted by: Lurch at June 06, 2013 09:40 AM (8ZskC)

175 former ATT technician Mark Klein More like the late AT&T technician. What a blockbuster. I mean... UnPresidented!

Posted by: t-bird at June 06, 2013 09:40 AM (FcR7P)

176 Wait, someone other than me still uses Sprint? Over here.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 06, 2013 09:40 AM (p9JxP)

177 America's Test Kitchen suggests you first rinse your rice

Posted by: The Poster Formerly Known as Mr. Barky at June 06, 2013 09:40 AM (qwK3S)

178 What about Sprint?

Posted by: EC at June 06, 2013 01:37 PM (GQ8sn)

 

What would common sense lead you to believe?

Posted by: Ook? at June 06, 2013 09:40 AM (OQpzc)

179 > The essence is that we need amnesty because that is what Jesus wants. I believe, but I don't see Jesus Christ's signature anyplace on the Constitution, and Nazareth isn't inside the borders of the United States, so I believe the Lord's feelings, even if he showed up on my doorstep to communicate them, aren't relevant to the immigration discussion.

Posted by: Lemmenkainen, Freelance Warlord at June 06, 2013 09:41 AM (ZWvOb)

180 Thanks a pants load. Now I'm craving chocolate, and can't go out because the weather is getting "interesting." Posted by: Dr. Jane D'oh at June 06, 2013 01:40 PM (lVPtV) Even better, I made it come to me. Though I hope I'm not the only one who won't order delivery in weather in which I don't think it's safe to drive.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies with whipped cream. at June 06, 2013 09:41 AM (VtjlW)

181 TS Andrea inches closer to the Florida panhandle.
http://tinyurl.com/kqzpwsb

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at June 06, 2013 09:41 AM (2evqn)

182 Does Libya count?

Posted by: BignJames at June 06, 2013 01:37 PM (Sg0G/)

She was big on that.  Now she's hot for Syria.  The Duty to Protect (D2P) is her specialty.  Unfortunately soldiers, tanks and bombs are still mostly good for killing and breaking things.

 

So if we get involved look for a horribly constrained operation which gets nothing accomplished for a huge expenditure of blood and treasure.     

Posted by: Beagle at June 06, 2013 09:41 AM (sOtz/)

183 Holder non-answers to Kirk questions about spying on Congress & SCOTUS video now avail at C-Span,  at about 47:16 - 51:32...

Posted by: Baldy at June 06, 2013 09:41 AM (tyDFN)

184 174 Just go ahead and assume ALL cell phones have been tapped. No more speculation. Posted by: EC at June 06, 2013 01:40 PM (GQ8sn) Tracfone too? damn

Posted by: BignJames at June 06, 2013 09:41 AM (Sg0G/)

185 Forget the barrel. Use the hammer.

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at June 06, 2013 09:42 AM (ujux6)

186 Shelter-in-place Florida morons/ettes!



Posted by: EC at June 06, 2013 09:42 AM (GQ8sn)

187 So, what's with this big charade every April 15th? You've obviously got all the info you need, just send me the fucking bill for taxes already!

Posted by: t-bird at June 06, 2013 09:42 AM (FcR7P)

188 Just go ahead and assume ALL cell phones have been tapped. No more speculation. Let's be honest, here...

Posted by: Brother Cavil, channeling Grumpycat at June 06, 2013 09:42 AM (zUi7I)

189 I don't rinse my rice.


Because I'm a rebel.

Posted by: eleven at June 06, 2013 09:42 AM (KXm42)

190 Wal-Mart has security cameras.  Tracphones paid with cash...  that sends a flag somewhere

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at June 06, 2013 09:42 AM (2evqn)

191 94 You know what thread we need? A nice if Sarah Palin with a crossbow was fighting against Christine O'Donnell with a longbow in the War of Northern Aggression, who would kick Todd Akin in the crotch the fastest thread. That's what we need. Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies with whipped cream. at June 06, 2013 01:26 PM (VtjlW) How about an IRS Hunger Games? The entire department fights it out to the death, and the last one standing gets to became an American Hero by instituting a flat tax.

Posted by: Body Builder at June 06, 2013 09:42 AM (DrC22)

192 Just received this. DHS finally beginning enforcement of the ISF (Importer Security Filing 10 + 2) regulations for ocean shipments arriving in US ports. They are only 2 1/2 years late with the enforcement phase. But what does all this gobbltygook mean to the average moron? It means that importers who fail to disclose their entire supply chain details to the DHS will be fined 10,000.00 per shipment. As you might guess, this is already having a chilling effect on the trade industry. Many US importers are already importing into Canada instead and trucking the stuff down here to avoid the penalties. Wonder how the stevedores and other port unions feel about this? (DHS newsflash This morning Customs’ Office of Field Operations here in Washington, DC announced that they will begin enforcement of the “10+2” rule on July 9. Between the November 25, 2008 publication of their Interim Final Rule and now, Customs has been working to assess and improve compliance with the requirements. In addition, they wanted to have the new ACE M1 (import manifest) fully operational. It is their belief that trade participants have had adequate time to elevate their level of performance to fully comply with the regulations. They also believe that ACE M1 is fully operational. Customs noted that, while the local port offices will take the lead in generating liquidated damage penalties, as required in the IFR, Customs Headquarters here in WDC will review all cases prior to sending. In this way, Customs intends to validate and mitigate the number of cases sent out. In further clarifying their enforcement intent, they said that if the ISF is due on July 9 then it will be enforced. That is, if a ship is already 48 hours outside the foreign port, the “10+2” will not be formally enforced.

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at June 06, 2013 09:42 AM (7ObY1)

193 Obumba-Clot is the biggest fucking political Sell-Out Ever!

Posted by: ina_galship at June 06, 2013 09:43 AM (o6B4x)

194 Are they counting dropped calls as attacks thwarted? Posted by: t-bird at June 06, 2013 01:32 PM (FcR7P) No, they get to count those as 'jobs saved'

Posted by: ghostofhallelujah at June 06, 2013 09:43 AM (XvrTA)

195 Tracfone too? damn


It's not the brand of phone, but the carrier infrastructure.  They just have to copy the cell traffic data going through their routers and switches.

Posted by: EC at June 06, 2013 09:43 AM (GQ8sn)

196 Just go ahead and assume ALL cell phones have been tapped. No more speculation. Unless you place your calls from Benghazi. Total privacy there.

Posted by: t-bird at June 06, 2013 09:43 AM (FcR7P)

197 We should all thank Bill Clinton for the Democrat ethic of never resigning.

So the NSA was tracking all of Verizon's subscribers to find terrorists, huh? Have they defined what a terrorist is yet? While most of us think "jihadi" when we hear the word terrorist, it's become clear that the Obama Admin automatically thinks "Tea Party, right-wind nutbag."

Posted by: Lizzy at June 06, 2013 09:43 AM (jvnuj)

198 Many long years ago, during the birth pains of this reign of terror and incompetence, aka Hope and Strange, I read that if Stedman the Sloth goes, so goes the dike or Barry  firewall he is plugging (dykes may also go...Janet). He holds the secrets of the past, the Chicago tactics, the connect-the-dot collection. ValJar knows this. She is not going to led Stedman go easily into this night. The Sloth protects the secrets. If he goes, this tilting ship of fools hits the iceberg and I will be on my knees with thankfulness. Someone start working on a "Flaming Sloth" with a mustache.

Posted by: ChristyBlinky, radicalized Redneck Queen at June 06, 2013 09:43 AM (baL2B)

199

I remember when terrorists where foreign guys who blew shit up. Wow, how times have changed.

 

So, the govt drones think the Tea Party is the greatest risk of terror to their pensions? That does not make them seem very intelligent.

Posted by: Ook? at June 06, 2013 09:43 AM (OQpzc)

200 187 Shelter-in-place Florida morons/ettes!



Hey, don't forget us coastal GA morons/ettes.  We're getting wind and rain now, and the bulk of it will hit us later this evening.  We're under TS and flood advisories now.

Posted by: Dr. Jane D'oh at June 06, 2013 09:44 AM (lVPtV)

201 How about an IRS Hunger Games? The entire department fights it out to the death, and the last one standing gets to became an American Hero by instituting a flat tax.


May the odds be ever in your favour!

Posted by: EC at June 06, 2013 09:44 AM (GQ8sn)

202

I love Ted Cruz. 

He's one of the few who get it.  One of the very few.

Posted by: enraged citizen at June 06, 2013 09:44 AM (/sohm)

203

That drudge pic and headline are priceless

 

" My what big ears you have "

Posted by: The jackhole at June 06, 2013 09:45 AM (nTgAI)

204 #188  Yes,  they have all the information they need.  The idea is to see if you will report the same way.

If not,  audits and fines!  Plus they get to lord it over you.

Years ago,  my dad's business was audited.  He had to drag out all sorts of paperwork (this was in the 1950's) and go to their offices.

When it turned out he was all ok,  the agent put his feet on his desk and said, "Well,  you can keep it.  We'll just get it next year."

Took all he had in him not to slug the guy.

Posted by: Miss Marple at June 06, 2013 09:45 AM (GoIUi)

205 Hey, don't forget us coastal GA morons/ettes. We're getting wind and rain now, and the bulk of it will hit us later this evening. We're under TS and flood advisories now.


Oh yeah...

Shelter-in-place all you lower SE area morons/ettes!



Posted by: EC at June 06, 2013 09:45 AM (GQ8sn)

206 Unless you place your calls from Benghazi. Total privacy there. Posted by: t-bird at June 06, 2013 01:43 PM (FcR7P) I think those calls are routed to dial-a-prayer.

Posted by: BignJames at June 06, 2013 09:45 AM (Sg0G/)

207 199 Many long years ago, during the birth pains of this reign of terror and incompetence, aka Hope and Strange, I read that if Stedman the Sloth goes, so goes the dike or Barry firewall he is plugging (dykes may also go...Janet). He holds the secrets of the past, the Chicago tactics, the connect-the-dot collection. ValJar knows this. She is not going to led Stedman go easily into this night. The Sloth protects the secrets. If he goes, this tilting ship of fools hits the iceberg and I will be on my knees with thankfulness. Someone start working on a "Flaming Sloth" with a mustache.



^^^this, please, this^^^

Posted by: Dr. Jane D'oh at June 06, 2013 09:45 AM (lVPtV)

208

Anyone who makes a point of saying he's not resigning is already dog meat.

 

Just like Bear Stearns announced that they had no liquidity problems - and filed for bankruptcy two days later.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 06, 2013 09:46 AM (Z2Bkq)

209 Why can I picture Holder not stepping down in 2016, either?

Posted by: jakeman at June 06, 2013 09:46 AM (96M6e)

210 How about an IRS Hunger Games? The entire department fights it out to
the death, and the last one standing gets to became an American Hero by
instituting a flat tax.




The IRS line dance team will be the first to fall.

Posted by: EC at June 06, 2013 09:46 AM (GQ8sn)

211

The differences between Obammy's phone spying and Bush's version of the program are the same as the differences between Fast and Furious and Wide Receiver, but reversed:

 

Operation Wide Receiver sold guns equipped with RFID chips to Mexican cartels.  These guns were tracked and interdicted at the border.   An effort   was made to prevent the guns from falling into the cartels' hands.

 

Bush's phone surveillance program focused on phone records      specifically connected to terrorist directories,   and did not apply to   purely    domestic calls.   An effort was made to focus attention on known terrorism   hotbeds   and   between individuals or groups   suspected of terrorist activity,   while not    invading the privacy of  purely domestic phone calls    between parties who were under no suspicion of wrongdoing.

 

Operation Fast and Furious forced gun dealers to sell weapons to straw purchasers for Mexican drug cartels.  These guns were not tracked in any way,  were not interdicted before crossing into Mexico, and could not be    identified   unless and until   they showed up at the actual scene of a crime.  No effort was made to prevent guns from getting into the hands of Mexican cartels, and anyone who protested was    either blacklisted or told to sit down and shut up.

 

Obammy's phone surveillance is a sweeping demand for EVERY SINGLE PHONE RECORD of EVERY VERIZON CUSTOMER, regardless of whether they're under suspicion of a wrongdoing or not, made during a three month period.   This includes ALL calls, not just those made to foreign countries.   If youc all your hairdresser to set up an appointment, the NSA knows.  The information turned over to the NSA includes:

 

"...the phone numbers of both parties on a call are handed over, as are location data, call duration, unique identifiers, and the time and duration of all calls...."

 

I'm trying to figure out what "unique identifiers" might be   beyond phone number and location.   Perhaps the names of the parties involved?   Their SSNs?  Who the hell knows?

 

I had my problems with Bush, but at least I can believe that he DIDN'T want to snoop on everyday Americans going about their daily lives.   With Obammy?   Every single suspicion I've    ever had about him   just keeps getting more and more likely    to be true    by the day.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at June 06, 2013 09:46 AM (4df7R)

212 Prayers for the leaker. Wrath of the DOJ is going to come down on him/her.

Posted by: RWC at June 06, 2013 09:47 AM (fWAjv)

213 That's why I answer my phone "Fuck Hoover!" (old George Carlin joke is new again)

Posted by: zsasz at June 06, 2013 09:47 AM (MMC8r)

214 So can we be clear -- Is Obama NSA spying worse or the same as Bush's? I thought Bush's one of the callers had to be foreign-based. And so Obama's is a big step beyond that. Am I right? Or did Bush really do the same thing? Or do we not know because it was secret?

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at June 06, 2013 09:47 AM (ZPrif)

215 Wal-Mart has security cameras. Tracphones paid with cash... that sends a flag somewhere

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at June 06, 2013 01:42 PM (2evqn)

 

Who doesn't have a homeless guy go buy his burner for a pint?

Posted by: Ook? at June 06, 2013 09:47 AM (OQpzc)

216 Many long years ago, during the birth pains of this reign of terror and incompetence, aka Hope and Strange, I read that if Stedman the Sloth goes, so goes the dike or Barry firewall he is plugging (dykes may also go...Janet). He holds the secrets of the past, the Chicago tactics, the connect-the-dot collection. ValJar knows this. She is not going to led Stedman go easily into this night. The Sloth protects the secrets. If he goes, this tilting ship of fools hits the iceberg and I will be on my knees with thankfulness. Someone start working on a "Flaming Sloth" with a mustache.

Posted by: ChristyBlinky, radicalized Redneck Queen at June 06, 2013 01:43 PM (baL2B)

Great comment and the hash, priceless.

 

I heard you have been sick. Best wishes and get well.

Posted by: The jackhole at June 06, 2013 09:47 AM (nTgAI)

217

WHOA

 

Christie just appointed his state AG and former chief of staff Jeffrey Chiesa to the Senate. 

 

My husband works in the AG office.  I will get some scoop on this and report back.

Posted by: rockmom at June 06, 2013 09:47 AM (Q4elb)

218 1st

Posted by: notachanceinhell at June 06, 2013 09:47 AM (jJA/4)

219 How about an IRS Hunger Games? The entire department fights it out to the death, and the last one standing gets to became an American Hero by instituting a flat taxshot by Sarah Palin, nude, with a rocket launcher.

FIFY.

Also, I'll be in my bunk.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 06, 2013 09:47 AM (B/VB5)

220 Secret court presided over by an unidentified judge approves a secret warrant to search everyone's person, papers, and effects for an unlimited amount of time. Oh yea, I would have no problem with that. Sure.

Posted by: James Madison at June 06, 2013 09:48 AM (Ohwkv)

221 94 You know what thread we need? A nice if Sarah Palin with a crossbow was fighting against Christine O'Donnell with a longbow in the War of Northern Aggression, who would kick Todd Akin in the crotch the fastest thread. That's what we need. Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies with whipped cream. at June 06, 2013 01:26 PM (VtjlW) If only there was some place you could engage in conversation about something like that....some kind of group (if you will) of like minded people.....

Posted by: BCochran1981 at June 06, 2013 09:48 AM (da5Wo)

222 I'm trying to figure out what "unique identifiers" might be beyond phone number and location. Perhaps the names of the parties involved? Their SSNs? Who the hell knows?


SIM card #. 

They could put together a map of all the places your SIM card # shows up at, effectively creating a trail of places you've been to and made a call from.  I'm not sure if they could dig deep enough to create a real-time map of your position by pinging your cell every so often.

Posted by: EC at June 06, 2013 09:49 AM (GQ8sn)

223 Are there some Holder-Hodor jokes (Game of Thrones) to be made? I'm a bit stumped. Afraid of thunder and lightning and retarded.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at June 06, 2013 09:49 AM (ZPrif)

224 Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at June 06, 2013 01:46 PM (4df7R) Don't forget with regards to F&F/Wide Receiver. WR worked with the Mexican government. FF kept them in the dark.

Posted by: RWC at June 06, 2013 09:49 AM (fWAjv)

225 I'm trying to figure out what "unique identifiers" might be beyond phone number and location. Perhaps the names of the parties involved? Their SSNs? Who the hell knows? The words Tea party, Constitution,Patriot, you know "unique identifiers."

Posted by: hello, it's me Donna at June 06, 2013 09:49 AM (9+ccr)

226 220 How about an IRS Hunger Games? The entire department fights it out to the death, and the last one standing gets to became an American Hero by instituting a flat taxshot by Sarah Palin, nude, with a rocket launcher. FIFY. Also, I'll be in my bunk. Jennifer Lawrence nude for the win.

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at June 06, 2013 09:49 AM (7ObY1)

227 Ya know what's really funny?  Listening to liberal Chicago residents deny that the city is a giant shithole.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 06, 2013 09:49 AM (B/VB5)

228 Justice will be served when Holder is extradited to Mexico to stand trial as an accessory to murder.

Posted by: toby928 at June 06, 2013 09:49 AM (evdj2)

229 Geez.  I just got a phone call from Holder.  He says that if I wear those pants I just ordered on my cell phone, they will make my ass look big.

Posted by: WalrusRex at June 06, 2013 09:49 AM (XUKZU)

230 Christie just appointed his state AG and former chief of staff Jeffrey Chiesa to the Senate. My husband works in the AG office. I will get some scoop on this and report back. Who needs scoop? One scumbag appoints another.

Posted by: John the Steadfast, the Elector of Saxony at June 06, 2013 09:50 AM (Ohwkv)

231 Make that foo feel like he licked a taco shell....

Posted by: ina_galship at June 06, 2013 09:51 AM (o6B4x)

232

230

they will

Posted by: notachanceinhell at June 06, 2013 09:51 AM (jJA/4)

233 If only there was some place you could engage in conversation about something like that....some kind of group (if you will) of like minded people..... Posted by: BCochran1981 at June 06, 2013 01:48 PM (da5Wo) Dude. It's a miracle I can get it together enough to come here, let alone go somewhere else too. I'm not made of eyes!

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies with whipped cream. at June 06, 2013 09:51 AM (VtjlW)

234 Is the pakistani doctor who helped us find Bin Laden and who was imprisoned because of the Administration's leaks still in jail in Pakistan? Maybe Holder could get on that one.

Posted by: ejo at June 06, 2013 09:51 AM (GXvSO)

235 230 Geez. I just got a phone call from Holder. He says that if I wear those pants I just ordered on my cell phone, they will make my ass look big.

Posted by: WalrusRex at June 06, 2013 01:49 PM (XUKZU




lol

Posted by: Dr. Jane D'oh at June 06, 2013 09:52 AM (lVPtV)

236 Well, Holder already has Glenn's phone records. So he has that going for him.

Posted by: Marcus at June 06, 2013 09:52 AM (GGCsk)

237 I'd like to ask the FISA judge that approved the warrant for all this telephone data, what the hell do you think is REASONABLE about this search and seizure? The entire Bill of Rights is, to quote Obama, "just words," to the Left.

Posted by: Mainah at June 06, 2013 09:52 AM (659DL)

238 I keep thinking of the movie Minority Report.  Will data mining be the way they will predict my future crime?  

Posted by: no good deed at June 06, 2013 09:52 AM (mjR67)

239

Vital to national security:  which toppings I order on my pizza.

 

Not vital to national security:  border fence.

Posted by: WalrusRex at June 06, 2013 09:52 AM (XUKZU)

240 Well, Holder already has Glenn's phone records.


From all his socks?

Posted by: EC at June 06, 2013 09:52 AM (GQ8sn)

241 WR worked with the Mexican government.

FF kept them in the dark.

Posted by: RWC at June 06, 2013 01:49 PM (fWAjv)

 

Excellent point.   Yes, absolutely key.

 

Which is another thing different about Obammy and Bush:


Bush - didn't provide weapons to the enemies     of    the people and the government on our southern border, which would in any other instance    easily be construed as an     act   of war.

 

Obama - Did.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at June 06, 2013 09:52 AM (4df7R)

242 I'm not sure if they could dig deep enough to create a real-time map of your position by pinging your cell every so often. Your phone pings the towers to see if any calls are coming.

Posted by: t-bird at June 06, 2013 09:52 AM (FcR7P)

243 I think President Obama should pass a law that 50% of the Senate should be Persons of Color to pay back for all those years of distrimination against them by whites.

Posted by: LaQuisha Largess at June 06, 2013 09:53 AM (3lMGK)

244 Are Heavy, Huge, and Low

You gotta know when to Hold'um.

Posted by: ValJar at June 06, 2013 09:53 AM (2iU3x)

245 We're now under a tornado warning here in SW FL - one of my employees just got an emergency alert:  take cover now.  Which is what we are doing. 

Posted by: Marybeth at June 06, 2013 09:53 AM (Ks0w4)

246 WTF, "TBOTFGAHHAL"?

Posted by: CozMark at June 06, 2013 09:53 AM (FBE0g)

247 Your phone pings the towers to see if any calls are coming.


Well, there you go.

Posted by: EC at June 06, 2013 09:53 AM (GQ8sn)

248 Holder just called my phone. He want's to know why his wife keeps calling me.

Isn't that a misuse of wiretap data?

Posted by: Marcus at June 06, 2013 09:54 AM (GGCsk)

249 I'm not made of eyes! Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies with whipped cream. at June 06, 2013 01:51 PM (VtjlW) You really gonna tee it up like that?

Posted by: BCochran1981 at June 06, 2013 09:54 AM (da5Wo)

250 WTF, "TBOTFGAHHAL"?

The Balls On These Fucking Guys Are Heavy, Huge And Low.

Posted by: EC at June 06, 2013 09:54 AM (GQ8sn)

251 WTF, "TBOTFGAHHAL"?

Posted by: CozMark at June 06, 2013 01:53 PM (FBE0g)

 

"The balls on this fucking guy are huge, heavy and low."

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at June 06, 2013 09:54 AM (4df7R)

252

These scandals and  Obama's inaction with the perps is just more evidence to me that Obama is nothing but a puppet.   The real power people are behind  the scenes calling the shots.   I don't know who  they  are  but  Obama  is just their mouthpiece. 

 

 

Posted by: polynikes at June 06, 2013 09:54 AM (m2CN7)

253 Nice phone. I'd tap that.

Posted by: Eric Holder at June 06, 2013 09:54 AM (FcR7P)

254 Just wait until the the NSA's Eavesdropping Goliath in Utah really gets up and running.

Posted by: Jaws at June 06, 2013 09:54 AM (4I3Uo)

255 Good luck Florida  morons.

Posted by: eleven at June 06, 2013 09:54 AM (KXm42)

256 @249 no that's mis-use of your penis if you're tapping his wife.

Posted by: ina_galship at June 06, 2013 09:55 AM (o6B4x)

257 SIM card #. They could put together a map of all the places your SIM card # shows up at, effectively creating a trail of places you've been to and made a call from. I'm not sure if they could dig deep enough to create a real-time map of your position by pinging your cell every so often. Posted by: EC at June 06, 2013 01:49 PM (GQ8sn) I used to work for a firm that did significant amounts of tractor trailer accident litigation. One of the first things we did was to subpoena the driver's cell phone records. We didn't care so much about the calls as we did about the location identifiers. We could use those to map out where the driver actually was versus where the logs claimed he was. If I could do that with a piece of paper and a map, I'm pretty sure the NSA could do far more with it.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies with whipped cream. at June 06, 2013 09:55 AM (VtjlW)

258 Jennifer Lawrence nude for the win.

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at June 06, 2013 01:49 PM (7ObY1)



Jennifer Granholm circa 1978 for the win.

Posted by: EC at June 06, 2013 09:55 AM (GQ8sn)

259 @246: Yeah, there's a classic radar hook southwest of Ft. Myers right now.  Shelter is good advice.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 06, 2013 09:55 AM (B/VB5)

260

I just got a call from   Holder.    He asked me what I was wearing and then  just started breathing really heavy.   It was kinda weird.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at June 06, 2013 09:56 AM (4df7R)

261 Reporters asking what he had left to accomplish are now under investigation, as per protocol.

Posted by: Harlequin at June 06, 2013 09:56 AM (0cEfC)

262 >>>Justice will be served when Holder is extradited to Mexico to stand trial as an accessory to murder.

Oh please let this happen. Obama can't pardon him, and he'd have to work with the Mexican government (the guys who were not notified of his F and F shenanigans).
IIRC some connected politicos were killed with F and F guns, not just nameless citizens and drug dealers.

Posted by: Lizzy at June 06, 2013 09:56 AM (jvnuj)

263 You really gonna tee it up like that? Posted by: BCochran1981 at June 06, 2013 01:54 PM (da5Wo) You really going to let me mock your miss of an obvious movie reference like that?

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies with whipped cream. at June 06, 2013 09:56 AM (VtjlW)

264 FF kept them in the dark.

Posted by: RWC at June 06, 2013 01:49 PM (fWAjv)

 

And they don't care. Even Mexican peasants don't care if you shoot other Mexican peasants. As long as the shooter is Mexican, it's all good.

Posted by: Ook? at June 06, 2013 09:56 AM (OQpzc)

265 246 We're now under a tornado warning here in SW FL - one of my employees just got an emergency alert: take cover now. Which is what we are doing.

Posted by: Marybeth at June 06, 2013 01:53 PM (Ks0w4



Stay safe!

Posted by: Dr. Jane D'oh at June 06, 2013 09:56 AM (lVPtV)

266 I thought Bush's one of the callers had to be foreign-based. And so Obama's is a big step beyond that.

This goes a good bit beyond that - this was calls completely within the US.

But maybe somebody can put me some knowledge - I thought the NSA had this capability for years, since they intercept just about everything with SIGINT.

Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at June 06, 2013 09:56 AM (TpXEI)

267 If I could do that with a piece of paper and a map, I'm pretty sure the NSA could do far more with it. Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies with whipped cream. at June 06, 2013 01:55 PM (VtjlW) Wasn't it hard to do when up is always north?

Posted by: BCochran1981 at June 06, 2013 09:57 AM (da5Wo)

268 259 Jennifer Lawrence nude for the win. Posted by: BlueStateRebel at June 06, 2013 01:49 PM (7ObY1) Jennifer Granholm circa 1978 for the win. --- Jennifer Connelly nude, circa Career Opportunities and bouncing up and down on a coin-operated horse, for the win.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at June 06, 2013 09:57 AM (zA7Zp)

269

Its bad enough reading this. I just had a Census worker leave my front door. Earlier this winter I had received a survey, I returned it by saying there were 2 people who live here and we both worked.

 

So the survey lady starts asking me what my name is and my wife's name. I asked what the hell does this have to do with a survey. Then she got into demographics such as marriages, divorces, whens, and then the money. I politely told her to each of her ? I don't recall.

 

So since I am a right winger, defiant to the Census bureau, am a Verizon subscriber guess my days as a practicing Moron are numbered.

Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian at June 06, 2013 09:57 AM (HVff2)

270 You really going to let me mock your miss of an obvious movie reference like that? Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies with whipped cream. at June 06, 2013 01:56 PM (VtjlW) Clearly I am.

Posted by: BCochran1981 at June 06, 2013 09:58 AM (da5Wo)

271 Wasn't it hard to do when up is always north?

Posted by: BCochran1981 at June 06, 2013 01:57 PM (da5Wo)

 

Watch your shins, BC.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at June 06, 2013 09:58 AM (4df7R)

272 >>>Wal-Mart has security cameras. Tracphones paid with cash... that sends a flag somewhere<<<

But buying 40s of malt liquor, cigarettes, and lotto tickets with EBT cards doesn't?

Posted by: Fritz at June 06, 2013 09:58 AM (UzPAd)

273

In a just world Holder would have never survived the Fast and Furious debacle.

 

I believe that Barky and Stedman are very close friends and Stedman will follow his leader's wishes no matter what.  I believe that Stedman holds a lot of secrets about grades, birth certificates, social security cards, etc.

Posted by: cheri at June 06, 2013 09:58 AM (G+Wff)

274 But buying 40s of malt liquor, cigarettes, and lotto tickets with EBT cards doesn't?

Posted by: Fritz at June 06, 2013 01:58 PM (UzPAd)

 

Of course not!   That would be racist.  Or     homophobic.       Or Islamophobic.  Or... something.  Some kind of blatant bigotry.   CLEARLY.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at June 06, 2013 09:59 AM (4df7R)

275 197 Just go ahead and assume ALL cell phones have been tapped. No more speculation.

Unless you place your calls from Benghazi. Total privacy there.

Posted by: t-bird at June 06, 2013 01:43 PM (FcR7P)


If they are spying on me they are getting a soupcon of boredom and tracking my Sephora and Garnet Hill sales records, or my most recent research into a day moisturizer and sunscreen. A few emails to friends of funny events (such as comments on last night's Telegraph festival of le Mooch). Building pipe bombs? Insurrection? Nah.

Posted by: ChristyBlinky, radicalized Redneck Queen at June 06, 2013 09:59 AM (baL2B)

276 People. Think. This is a precedent. Imagine what someone who is VERY FUCKING ANGRY will do with such precedents when we capture the White House. Good bye, Sierra Communists Club. Buh bye Piracy Greenpeace cult. So long MSNBC, you're being taken off the fucking air for violating the espionage act. Oh, and assets? You're all fucking dope fiends, we just take a blood sample, prove you're a goddamned hophead, and we get to SEIZE ALL YOUR ASSETS, you damned hippies. And SEIU? NEA? I betcha we can prove multiple coordinated felonies wthout much FISHING since you guys have given us all the surveillance on yourselves that you could - illegally. We'll slap a RICO act on both y'all and jail you in a deep, dark hole. Forever.

Posted by: Inspector Asshole at June 06, 2013 09:59 AM (Up4f+)

277 Jennifer Connelly nude, circa Career Opportunities and bouncing up and down on a coin-operated horse, for the win.


Someone didn't watch "The Hot Spot".

That movie is FULL.  OF.   WIN!!!

Posted by: EC at June 06, 2013 10:00 AM (GQ8sn)

278 The Hot Spot


Jennifer Connely and Virginia Madsen FTW.

Posted by: eleven at June 06, 2013 10:00 AM (KXm42)

279 Just wait until the the NSA's Eavesdropping Goliath in Utah really gets up and running.

Posted by: Jaws at June 06, 2013 01:54 PM (4I3Uo)

 

Black Sabbath - Paranoid

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQBttKoetqo

Posted by: Ook? at June 06, 2013 10:00 AM (OQpzc)

280 Has Boehner woken up from his multiple day bender yet? Seriously, where the hell is he?

Posted by: RWC at June 06, 2013 10:00 AM (fWAjv)

281 "unique identifiers" might be beyond phone number and location.

the key ones would be your cell's IMEI number and MAC addresses associated with VOIP calls.  Beyond that you get into tinfoil hat land - voiceprints, known noise signatures, etc.

Posted by: Jean at June 06, 2013 10:00 AM (CMlD4)

282 Just curious. If they have all Verizon records I suppose that also includes government employees, FBI, CIA, foreign diplomats and maybe even Holder himself.

 I mean, why get another subpoena  for the AP or James Rosen. They already have the records?

Posted by: Marcus at June 06, 2013 10:00 AM (GGCsk)

283 BTW, I think "metadata" can easily be used to find out if it's likely that, say, an inconvenient CIA director is cheating on his wife.

Posted by: AmishDude at June 06, 2013 10:01 AM (T0NGe)

284 Has Boehner woken up from his multiple day bender yet?

Seriously, where the hell is he?

Posted by: RWC at June 06, 2013 02:00 PM (fWAjv

 

 

Its that time of month, he's either douching or trying out tampons that useless piece of estrogen.

Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian at June 06, 2013 10:02 AM (HVff2)

285 I mean, why get another subpoena for the AP or James Rosen. They already have the records? --- A number of those were landlines, such as the one in the House cloakroom.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at June 06, 2013 10:02 AM (zA7Zp)

286 I can't even be outraged anymore.  My meter's pegged and needs recalibration.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, The Colossus of Independence at June 06, 2013 10:02 AM (fwARV)

287 In a just world Holder would have never survived the Fast and Furious debacle. Posted by: cheri at June 06, 2013 01:58 PM (G+Wff) A truly just world would have had his ass in jail back during the Clinton years.

Posted by: RWC at June 06, 2013 10:03 AM (fWAjv)

288 Although Crazy Train would work for our current government.

Posted by: Ook? at June 06, 2013 10:03 AM (OQpzc)

289 Wasn't it hard to do when up is always north? Posted by: BCochran1981 at June 06, 2013 01:57 PM (da5Wo) Sigh. Yes. Though it helped when I finally figured out what that little arrow thingy meant.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies with whipped cream. at June 06, 2013 10:03 AM (VtjlW)

290 We really need a paradigm shift on how this country and the world are going to deal with privacy. The technology has developed, and is about to develop, into something that makes it too easy for bad actors (malicious individuals, Big Brother governments of any ideology, corporations big and small) to access and misuse our personal information. It's reached the point where I think we may need a rare and powerful Ammendment.

Posted by: MostlyRight at June 06, 2013 10:04 AM (w9AQ4)

291 Not that I'm planning anything nefarious, but when I move, I'm going to go back to a landline.  Not that judge shopping for a warrant you lied about is hard, but I'd like have that extra hoop for them to jump through when they round up white, conservative, veterans who support a limited government. 

Posted by: no good deed at June 06, 2013 10:05 AM (mjR67)

292 I just got a call fromHolder. He asked me what I was wearing and then just started breathing really heavy. It was kinda weird.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at June 06, 2013 01:56 PM (4df7R)

Nope.  That one was me. 

Sorry.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, The Colossus of Independence at June 06, 2013 10:05 AM (fwARV)

293 I'm glad the rules are changing in executive branch. It will be fun when an ultra conservative takes office and for eight years we strip DC down to a handful of national historic sites and empty MD/VA suburbs.

Posted by: Future Hope at June 06, 2013 10:06 AM (sij/R)

294 Is the pakistani doctor who helped us find Bin Laden and who was imprisoned because of the Administration's leaks still in jail in Pakistan? Maybe Holder could get on that one.

Posted by: ejo at June 06, 2013 01:51 PM (GXvSO)

 

No one mentions they just set the vaccination program back to the dark ages as well. Now, yes there is proof the US Govt does use it for intel purposes.

 

Fucking tragic.

Posted by: Ook? at June 06, 2013 10:06 AM (OQpzc)

295 266 246
We're now under a tornado warning here in SW FL - one of my employees
just got an emergency alert: take cover now. Which is what we are doing.


Posted by: Marybeth at June 06, 2013 01:53 PM (Ks0w4

Stay safe!

Posted by: Dr. Jane D'oh at June 06, 2013 01:56 PM (lVPtV)


Stay safe, Marybeth.

Posted by: ChristyBlinky, radicalized Redneck Queen at June 06, 2013 10:06 AM (baL2B)

296 Future Hope, just end withholding and let it burn

Posted by: Jean at June 06, 2013 10:07 AM (CMlD4)

297 We really need a paradigm shift on how this country and the world are going to deal with privacy. The technology has developed, and is about to develop, into something that makes it too easy for bad actors (malicious individuals, Big Brother governments of any ideology, corporations big and small) to access and misuse our personal information. It's reached the point where I think we may need a rare and powerful Ammendment. Posted by: MostlyRight at June 06, 2013 02:04 PM (w9AQ4) This is very true. Look at the arguments we've had here about Google Glasses. It is to the point that the only possible way to maintain actual privacy is to never go Outside, never go online, never make a phone call, never buy anything without using cash and on and on. Pretty much if you want your life to be private, you have to go live in the woods and be completely off grid. Oh. Wait. When you go outside to cut logs for the fire, you are now in public and that's a droning.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies with whipped cream. at June 06, 2013 10:07 AM (VtjlW)

298 You know what is sad about this? I have a younger acquaintance, he's about 31 or so. Me? I'm in my early 50s. We have had the conversation about this very subject and he has no problems with his privacy being invaded like this. He states he has nothing to hide and wouldn't care if they came into his house and looked through his pc as well. He's all in favor of keeping us "safe" from terrorists and people with guns. Argh, no getting through to him. He just doesn't believe that the gov. would do anything wrong.

Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian at June 06, 2013 10:07 AM (HVff2)

299 How the hell do you take cover in FL, a six inch hole hits the water table?

Posted by: Jean at June 06, 2013 10:08 AM (CMlD4)

300 OK, for those of you thinking it isn't so bad if it's just the phone records and not the audio, consider this: your cell phone is transmitting locational data. That data can be used to create a profile of your typical activity (if you spens most weekdays at point X then they know that's probably where you work, etc.). Also consider that they probably have set this db to merge call data with other records - financial transactions, online activity, etc.
Worried yet?

Posted by: Lizzy at June 06, 2013 10:08 AM (jvnuj)

301 Why would the NSA need all those phone records if the war on terror is over, as teh SCOAMF told us the other day?

Posted by: Marmo at June 06, 2013 10:10 AM (QW+AD)

302 @300: Having lived near Orlando for 17 years, the general advice is a windowless closet or bathtub as far inside the house (away from exterior walls) as possible.  And stack pillows on top of yourself.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 06, 2013 10:10 AM (B/VB5)

303 Lizzy, its the network analysis that scares me.  Who's connected to who.  For example, who's getting the NOVAmetup texts, who do they call, any reporters, and government lines, ... , oh I see you do business with the department - pigeonhole your shit.  Just start with who's called the NRA membership line in the last year.

Posted by: Jean at June 06, 2013 10:13 AM (CMlD4)

304 you are now in public and that's a droning.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies with whipped cream. at June 06, 2013 02:07 PM (VtjlW)

 

Ruby Ridge has gone high tech. Of course, one hellfire per non-conformist will break the bank. Just don't gather in large groups.

Posted by: Ook? at June 06, 2013 10:14 AM (OQpzc)

305 303 @300: Having lived near Orlando for 17 years, the general advice is a windowless closet or bathtub as far inside the house (away from exterior walls) as possible. And stack pillows on top of yourself.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 06, 2013 02:10 PM (B/VB5)


I am taking my expensive gin with me. Here on Coast they are mostly puny water spouts who could kill but are nothing like the 2.6 mile monster in Oklahoma. We had one, about 15 yrs ago, shoot from river, skirt right next to house, and tear off tile roof of a shopping center east of us. Husband and one son saw debris flying and got in a closet. Damage was a shredded screen and fireplace doors opened (glass doors) from downdraft and shot soot 5 feet across a room. They said you could hear the concrete block/stucco walls creaking. It was a 1 on scale. Oh, and it did sound like a train.

Posted by: ChristyBlinky, radicalized Redneck Queen at June 06, 2013 10:15 AM (baL2B)

306 "When you go outside to cut logs for the fire, you are now in public and that's a droning."

That's when having the mineral rights to the coal seam in your basement come in handy.

Posted by: Jean at June 06, 2013 10:15 AM (CMlD4)

307 Misanthropic I tried to discuss this with a 20 something Paulbot. Their attitude was 'if they want to waste their time so what. Unless they steal my identity and buy a boat.'

They immediately got moved into the 'do not let in lifeboat' category.

Nothing ever becomes real till it is experienced - even a proverb is no proverb to you till your life has illustrated it. - John Keats

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at June 06, 2013 10:15 AM (2evqn)

308 Why would the NSA need all those phone records if the war on terror is over, as teh SCOAMF told us the other day?

Posted by: Marmo at June 06, 2013 02:10 PM (QW+AD)

 

Simple. All they had to do was re-define terrorist as anyone who opposed the endless growth of government. They can't afford to expend resources on foreign terror when there are so many potential terrorists here in the Fatherland.

Posted by: Ook? at June 06, 2013 10:17 AM (OQpzc)

309 This: "call duration . . . and the . . . duration of all calls" sounds suspiciously non-official. Bogus? Or maybe just a really bad reporting of the facts?

Posted by: m at June 06, 2013 10:20 AM (pr7FQ)

310 // "...the phone numbers of both parties on a call are handed over, as are location data, call duration, unique identifiers, and the time and duration of all calls...." I'm trying to figure out what "unique identifiers" might be beyond phone number and location. Perhaps the names of the parties involved? Their SSNs? Who the hell knows? ... Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at June 06, 2013 01:46 PM (4df7R) // Long story short, your "phone number" is a fictitious mask for the actual account / network number your phone is tied to, and the hardware serial number of the phone itself. You dial a phone number, but the network translates that to a corresponding billing / network number. That's why you can go to your local Verizon store and change your phone number without needing a brand new phone or signing up for a new account. A cellular phone network is essentially just a billion dollar radio net with an advanced billing system attached. The phone companies only really care about the account/network numbers, and to a much lesser extent, the serial numbers for the hardware you're using, because these things directly correlate to their income. Those network / hardware numbers are transparent to your average user, but are as distinctive to the phone company as a Social Security Number is to a credit agency. Or so I hear.

Posted by: Artemus Khan, Supervillian-billionaire-layabout at June 06, 2013 10:49 AM (27tUc)

311 but this can't be placed at the feet of the Patriot Act. Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at June 06, 2013 01:23 PM (/PCJa) Because you'd have to admit a mistake. The Patriot Act should not have ever passed. Once passed, should NEVER have been renewed. So now, people assume it's a permanent fixture. Remind us. When was the Patriot Act ratified as permanent legislation? By policy if that. Or, drum roll please, by executive order.

Posted by: panzernashorn at June 06, 2013 11:21 AM (MhA4j)

312 In a truly free country, Holder would have been on national TV doing the perp walk long ago.

Posted by: Socratease at June 06, 2013 12:12 PM (3V4IJ)

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