January 2012
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FBI releases plans to monitor social networks →
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation has quietly released details of plans to continuously monitor the global output of Facebook, Twitter and other social networks, offering a rare glimpse into an activity that the FBI and other government agencies are reluctant to discuss publicly. The plans show that the bureau believes it can use information pulled from social media sites to better respond to...
“The selection of a Republican candidate for the presidency of this globalized...”
– Fidel Castro
“The idea that a congressman would be tainted by accepting money from private...”
– Newt Gingrich
FACT: Sunday morning talk shows featured twice as... →
think-progress:
That darn liberal media!
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The Caging of America →
The scale and the brutality of our prisons are the moral scandal of American life. Every day, at least fifty thousand men—a full house at Yankee Stadium—wake in solitary confinement, often in “supermax” prisons or prison wings, in which men are locked in small cells, where they see no one, cannot freely read and write, and are allowed out just once a day for an hour’s solo “exercise.” (Lock...
Think Progress: 6 Facts About Mitt Romney's Taxes/... →
think-progress:
1. Romney paid a lower tax rate than many middle-class Americans, at 13.9 percent.
2. Romney makes more in a day than the average American makes in a year, and becomes a 1 percenter every week.
3. Romney likely paid $0 in payroll taxes.
4. Romney has accounts in countries notorious for…
“This notion that a country, a democracy, should have the same attitude as troops...”
– Andrew Sullivan | Live-Blogging The 2012 State Of The Union Address
Georgia judge orders President Obama to appear in... →
A Georgia judge has ordered President Barack Obama to appear in court in Atlanta Thursday for a hearing on a complaint that says Obama isn’t a natural-born citizen and can’t be president.
Orly Taitz, the California attorney who brought the legal challenge to Obama’s name on the March Georgia presidential primary ballot, says this is what she has been working for over the last three years.
“This...
Mitt Romney said concern for income inequality is...
think-progress:
Hey Mitt!
Next time you say income inequality is about “envy,” take a gander at any one of our charts.
When Mitt Romney Came to Town →
Click through for a 30 minute ad attacking Mittens, brought to you by Newt. This is hilarious, because Mittens is still obviously going to be the nominee and this will video only end up hurting him in his general election fight against Barry.
So, thanks Newt! Now please just run as an independent and ensure the Republican party has absolutely no chance at all in 2012.