A Message From Lucianne
 Now More Than Ever
Get Your Eagles Up!
Lucianne Tees - in
Black or White
Click to Buy
|
|
Former Gov. Sanford, former
Sheriff Nash joining 1st District race
Post & Courier [Charleston, SC], by Schuyler Kropf
|
|
Original Article
|
|
Posted By:Attercliffe, 1/16/2013 11:18:37 AM
|
Two former and controversial political figures are now in the 1st Congressional District race, though one is a bigger surprise than the other. As expected, two-term Gov. Mark Sanford will formally join the field today by issuing a press statement confirming that he will go after the seat he held for three terms previously, beginning in the 1990s. The move will be his first ballot test among Republicans and other voters since the final months of his term as governor were overshadowed by his affair with an Argentine woman, now his fiancee. Meanwhile, former Dorchester County Sheriff Ray Nash also
Headline corrected by staff
|
Comments:
South Carolinians are stockpiling popcorn.
|
 
Reply 1 - Posted by:
Redneck In NY, 1/16/2013 11:22:25 AM (No. 9119928)
Seriously, isn´t there anyone down there that can discreetly tell Sanford to go away?
|
Reply 2 - Posted by:
TheMom, 1/16/2013 11:51:23 AM (No. 9120008)
I don´t think discreet would make any impression on him. We should just tell him to his face: Go Away, Mr Sanford. You have no character, we don´t need you.
|
| |
|
Below, you will find ...
Most Recent Articles posted by "Attercliffe"
and
Most Active Articles (last 48 hours)
|
Most Recent Articles posted by "Attercliffe"
|
How did a high school drop-out
become entrusted with the
government´s biggest secrets?
|
|
Daily Mail [UK], by Lydia Warren
Original Article
|
|
Posted By: Attercliffe- 6/10/2013 7:07:29 PM
Post Reply
|
|
The man behind one of the most significant leaks in U.S. history has revealed himself as a high school drop-out who turned against his government when he realized it was ´doing far more harm than good´. As Edward Snowden steps from the shadows to explain his reasons for leaking information from the National Security Agency, questions are emerging over how the failed student rose up the ranks to become gatekeeper of the government´s biggest secrets. Snowden, 29, spoke to The Guardian from a hotel room in Hong Kong where he is on the run after leaking sensitive documents on
|
Obama celebrates 50th anniversary
of the 1963 Equal Pay Act while
his White House pays women
employees LESS than men
|
|
Daily Mail [UK], by David Martosko
Original Article
|
|
Posted By: Attercliffe- 6/10/2013 6:59:33 PM
Post Reply
|
|
President Barack Obama marked the 50th anniversary of the Kennedy-era Equal Pay Act on Monday with an energetic celebration, but women in his administration continue to earn significantly less than men. An analysis of his administration´s 2012 Annual Report to Congress on White House Staff shows that the median wage for female professionals in the Executive Office of the President was $9,000 less last year than for their male counterparts. Congress passed the law in 1963. ´The day that the bill was signed into law,´ Obama said, ´women earned 59 cents for every dollar a man earned on average
|
Mark Sanford, Lindsey Graham
disagree on data mining
|
|
Post & Courier [Charleston, SC], by Brendan Kearney, Robert Behre
Original Article
|
|
Posted By: Attercliffe- 6/10/2013 6:38:28 PM
Post Reply
|
|
News of two expansive U.S. surveillance programs has sparked a national discussion on security versus privacy and civil liberties. [Snip] U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, who serves on the Senate Armed Services Committee, called the programs "very helpful for us when it comes to national security." U.S. Rep. Mark Sanford’s reaction was almost exactly the oppose. He said the data mining is "out of control" and has "no regard for constitutional rights." "I think that they’ve crossed a tripwire," Sanford said. "As a conservative, it’s more than alarming. And frankly, it’s very disturbing."
|
Vandals turn Prince Charles’s
dream village of Poundbury
into ‘Ugly Buildings’
|
|
Telegraph [UK], by Hayley Dixon
Original Article
|
|
Posted By: Attercliffe- 6/10/2013 8:48:59 AM
Post Reply
|
|
Now some practical jokers have made their view of the sustainable town clear, by altering a road sign to direct drivers heading to the development to the “Ugly Buildings”. Poundbury, an extension of Dorchester, the former county town, has polarised opinion since work began in the mid 1990s. The estate is famous for mixing different continental styles and for using non-local building materials, which has led to derision from many, including those in the architectural community who have criticised its toy-town style. Now one vandal with an eye for aesthetics has used the very public forum to express
|
| |
|
´Crazy ants´ that feast on electronics
and are invading the U.S.CANNOT
be killed with normal insecticide
|
|
Daily Mail [UK], by Jessica Montoya Coggins & Staff
Original Article
|
|
Posted By: Attercliffe- 6/10/2013 6:59:56 AM
Post Reply
|
|
A new and annoying species of ant is terrorizing the U.S. and chemicals that kill off other types of the insect are proving ineffective against it. The ´crazy´ ant, named for the erratic trail it leaves as it makes its way across the country, originated in Argentina and Brazil. But since it was first spotted in Houston in 2002, it has spread to some 21 counties in Texas, 20 counties in Florida and a few locations in Mississippi and Louisiana. University of Texas researcher and co-author of a study on the creatures Ed LeBrun said the omnivorous ants attack and
|
Could Hong Kong shelter
Edward Snowden?
|
|
BBC News [UK], by Staff
Original Article
|
|
Posted By: Attercliffe- 6/10/2013 6:53:35 AM
Post Reply
|
|
Edward Snowden, who has identified himself as the source of leaks about US surveillance programmes, is believed to be holed up in a hotel in Hong Kong. Mr Snowden told The Guardian he flew to Hong Kong on 20 May, after leaking information about the National Security Agency´s surveillance programme. He said that he chose Hong Kong because the city has "a spirited commitment to free speech and the right of political dissent". Mr Snowden´s current whereabouts cannot be confirmed, and the Hong Kong government has not publicly commented on his case, although journalists are staking out various hotels in
|
The proud moment when I
realised I was worth hacking
|
|
Telegraph [UK], by Boris Johnson
Original Article
|
|
Posted By: Attercliffe- 6/10/2013 6:49:33 AM
Post Reply
|
|
Shock horror! Hold the front page. It turns out the internet is a gigantic snooperama, a sinister governmental periscope inside your most personal electronic possession--by which THEY can keep a watch on YOU. [Snip] My only question is: what on earth did you expect? I have never trusted the security of the internet, or emails, or indeed texts--because it was obvious from the very dawn of what was once called the information superhighway that any data you sent to some server or database or gizmo could no longer be in any sense private. It was no longer shared between
|
Prism: now we´re seeing the
dark side of Silicon Valley
and its authoritarian geeks
|
|
Telegraph [UK], by Mic Wright
Original Article
|
|
Posted By: Attercliffe- 6/10/2013 6:41:18 AM
Post Reply
|
|
When we talk about Orwell and 1984, it’s usually Winston Smith we’re focused on: the guy who realises things have gone terribly wrong, that he’s working for a corrupt and corrupting system. But what about the apparatchiks of Airstrip One who are entirely comfortable with the way things are, happy just to fit in, to prostrate themselves before the Telescreen? Those nameless functionaries sprang to mind when I read the thoughts of American technology evangelist Robert Scoble on the NSA Prism leaks. Unsurprisingly, the man who posted a picture of himself showering wearing Google Glass and recently rhapsodised
|
Edward Snowden has exposed
both the ambition and
the incompetence of
Obama´s security state
|
|
Telegraph [UK], by Tim Stanley
Original Article
|
|
Posted By: Attercliffe- 6/9/2013 9:28:17 PM
Post Reply
|
|
They said that if you vote Romney you’ll get a return to George W Bush. Well, Romney may have lost in 2012 but people got Bush all the same – Obama has cheerfully continued and expanded the authoritarian policies of Dubya. That’s the opinion of Michael Hayden, the former director of the US National Security Agency, who says that the state is bigger and more furtive than it was when Bush was in charge. It’s the kind of Right-wing talking point that would’ve been dismissed as a Right-wing talking point a month ago. But, in the light of the
|
| |
|
Edward Snowden has blown
the whistle on this presidency.
You have to wonder: Will
Obama see out his full term?
|
|
Telegraph [UK], by Damian Thompson
Original Article
|
|
Posted By: Attercliffe- 6/9/2013 9:23:19 PM
Post Reply
|
|
"They could pay off the Triads," says Edward Snowden, the NSA whistleblower interviewed by the Guardian in his Hong Kong hideout. Meaning: the CIA could use a proxy to kill him for revealing that Barack Obama has presided over an unimaginable – to the ordinary citizen – expansion of the Federal government´s powers of surveillance over anyone. Libertarians and conspiracy theorists of both Left and Right will never forget this moment. Already we have Glenn Beck hailing Snowden on Twitter: Courage finally. Real. Steady. Thoughtful. Transparent. Willing to accept the consequences. Inspire w/Malice toward none.#edwardsnowden Snowden will be a Right-wing
|
Obama draws up plans for
cyber attacks on China as he
meets leader in California
|
|
Daily Mail [UK], by Associated Press & Rosemarie Lentini
Original Article
|
|
Posted By: Attercliffe- 6/9/2013 9:05:22 AM
Post Reply
|
|
Barack Obama has ordered senior intelligence officials to compile an overseas target list for U.S. cyber attacks. An unpublished presidential directive obtained by the Guardian reveals America plans to step up its cyber offensive capability in a bid to ´advance US national objectives around the world´. The news comes as Obama prepares to tackle the contentious issue of cybersecurity with China President Xi Jinping at day two of a summit in California today. The top secret Presidential Policy Directive 20, issued in October, outlines Offensive Cyber Effects Operations (OCEO) which can have ´subtle to severely damaging´ impacts on adversaries.
|
Most Active Articles (last 48 hours)
|
Edward Snowden has blown
the whistle on this presidency.
You have to wonder: Will
Obama see out his full term?
|
|
Telegraph [UK], by Damian Thompson
Original Article
|
|
Posted By: Attercliffe- 6/9/2013 9:23:19 PM
Post Reply
|
|
"They could pay off the Triads," says Edward Snowden, the NSA whistleblower interviewed by the Guardian in his Hong Kong hideout. Meaning: the CIA could use a proxy to kill him for revealing that Barack Obama has presided over an unimaginable – to the ordinary citizen – expansion of the Federal government´s powers of surveillance over anyone. Libertarians and conspiracy theorists of both Left and Right will never forget this moment. Already we have Glenn Beck hailing Snowden on Twitter: Courage finally. Real. Steady. Thoughtful. Transparent. Willing to accept the consequences. Inspire w/Malice toward none.#edwardsnowden Snowden will be a Right-wing
|
Rubio: In immigration reform,
legalization comes first.
‘It is not conditional.’
|
|
Washington Examiner, by Byron York
Original Article
|
|
Posted By: KarenJ1- 6/10/2013 1:07:52 PM
Post Reply
|
|
In a Spanish-language interview Sunday with the network Univision, Sen. Marco Rubio, the leading Republican on the Gang of Eight comprehensive immigration reform group, made his strongest statement yet that legalization of the nation’s 11 million currently illegal immigrants must happen before any new border security or internal enforcement measures are in place, and will in no way be conditional on any security requirements. “Let’s be clear,” Rubio said. “Nobody is talking about preventing the legalization. The legalization is going to happen. That means the following will happen: First comes the legalization.
|
| |
|
Obama administration takes first step in
probe on who leaked info about phone,
mail tracking
|
|
Fox News, by Catherine Herridge*
Original Article
|
|
Posted By: PChristopher- 6/9/2013 2:26:52 AM
Post Reply
|
|
he Obama administration has taken a first step toward opening a criminal investigation into the purported leaking of classified documents related to the federal government tracking Americans´ phone calls and emails, a source familiar with the high-level discussions told Fox News on Saturday. The source said a “criminal report has been filed,” which begins the process. The FBI and Justice Department would likely be involved in such a probe, which is expected to focus on British and U.S. newspapers including The Guardian.
|
NSA Leaker Is No Hero
|
|
Commentary Magazine, by Max Boot
Original Article
|
|
Posted By: Dreadnought- 6/9/2013 4:01:21 PM
Post Reply
|
|
That didn’t take long. The official who leaked top-secret information about the National Security Agency’s surveillance programs to fight terrorism has now come forward in the pages of the Guardian to revel in his role “as one of America’s most consequential whistleblowers, alongside Daniel Ellsberg and Bradley Manning.” Edward Snowden is described as a 29-year-old high school dropout who worked (ironically) on computer security for the CIA before becoming a highly paid contractor at Booz Allen, making a reported $200,000 a year working for the National Security Agency in Hawaii. The Guardian story presents him as a martyr
|
Bolton: NSA leaker Edward
Snowden is guilty of treason
|
|
WLSAM.com, by Staff
Original Article
|
|
Posted By: KarenJ1- 6/10/2013 11:55:04 AM
Post Reply
|
|
(CHICAGO) There is a lot of reaction on WLS this morning to the identification of the man who leaked information last week, about the U.S. Government’s secret surveillance program, which allows the National Security Agency to monitor the phone calls and emails of Americans. Former U.S. Ambassador John Bolton told Bruce Wolf and Dan Proft on WLS that he thinks admitted leaker Edward Snowden, is guilty of treason: "Number one, this man is a liar. He took an oath to keep the secrets that were shared with him so he could do his job.
|
The Scandal Dump is a Smokescreen.
|
|
American Thinker, by Philip Cowan
Original Article
|
|
Posted By: FlyRight- 6/9/2013 10:40:03 AM
Post Reply
|
|
For several months, the Benghazi scandal lay dormant, apparently forgiven and forgotten. Then, inexplicably, it reared its ugly head when Congressmen Ron Johnson and Jason Chaffetz smelled Obama´s blood in the water. After feigning affliction with the flu, and then ostensibly tumbling down a carpeted stairwell resulting in an unconfirmed concussion, then-Secretary of State Clinton was finally forced to testify before Congress. Clinton´s desperate attempt to put the Benghazi scandal to rest with her now-infamous impassioned declaration -- "What difference, at this point, does it make?"
|
Sources: Pats to sign Tim Tebow
|
|
ESPN.com, by Ed Werder
Original Article
|
|
Posted By: Kingbubo- 6/10/2013 5:39:04 PM
Post Reply
|
The New England Patriots will sign Tim Tebow, league sources told ESPN. The Patriots are signing Tebow, who is expected to participate in the team´s mandatory minicamp Tuesday, as a quarterback, according to sources. The move reunites Tebow with Patriots offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels, who was the Broncos' head coach when Denver traded into the first round to draft the Heisman Trophy winner in 2010. Patriots head coach Bill Belichick often has spoken with admiration for Tebow's versatility, intelligence and character. Belichick covets what he has described as tough, smart, versatile football players.
|
| |
|
Why Schumer-Rubio is a Fraud-
The Nutshell Version
|
|
Power Line, by Paul Mirengoff
Original Article
|
|
Posted By: Pluperfect- 6/10/2013 6:09:57 AM
Post Reply
|
|
Mickey Kaus has produced an excellent, easy-to-use “pocket guide” to the reasons why the Schumer-Rubio immigration reform bill (S.744) is fraudulent. Kaus catalogues the provisions of the bill that promise tough future enforcement, etc. but don’t do what they pretend to do: “Multiple triggers” — Legalization is immediate. DHS just has to write border “plan.” The most any “triggers” can possibly do is delay green cards and citizenship. “90% effectiveness” — If not reached, triggers only toothless commission “Pay back taxes” — Only if already “assessed” by IRS (unlikely). Newly legalized may instead get refunds. “Learn English” — Only need to sign up
|
IRS manager: White House
not involved in reviews
|
|
Associated Press, by Philip Elliott
Original Article
|
|
Posted By: john56- 6/9/2013 4:12:39 PM
Post Reply
|
|
Washington - A self-described conservative Republican who is a manager in the Internal Revenue Service office that targeted tea party groups told investigators that he, not the White House, set the review in motion, the top Democrat on the House watchdog committee said Sunday. Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., released a partial transcript of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform interview with the unnamed manager in the IRS' Cincinnati office. In it, the employee said the extra scrutiny for tea party groups' tax exempt status was an effort to be consistent
|
In nation´s breadbasket,
Latinos stuck in poverty
|
|
Associated Press, by Gosia Wozniacka
Original Article
|
|
Posted By: NorthernDog- 6/9/2013 10:46:44 AM
Post Reply
|
|
FRESNO, Calif. — On a warm spring day, farmworker Cristina Melendez was bedridden and unable to make her way back into the asparagus fields of central California for the kind of backbreaking work she´s done since childhood. The 36-year-old mother of seven was desperate. Her bank account had been at zero for months, the refrigerator was nearly empty, and she didn´t have enough to cover the rent. Lacking health insurance, Melendez couldn´t see a doctor or afford medication, so her illness dragged on — and another day came and went without work or pay. A native of Mexico
|
Getting The IRS Out of Obamacare
|
|
Breitbart´s Big Government, by David Bossie
Original Article
|
|
Posted By: LittleHoodedMonk- 6/9/2013 5:07:54 AM
Post Reply
|
|
As the IRS scandal continues to take shape and the massive overreach of one of the most powerful agencies in Big Government becomes even more apparent, it becomes frightening to think this same agency will soon be heavily involved in your personal healthcare situation. Remember folks, as the United States Supreme Court said nearly a year ago, Obamacare is a tax and thus falls under the jurisdiction of the IRS. (Snip) Georgia Congressman Tom Price has introduced the Keep The IRS Off Your Health Care Act of 2013 (H.R. 2009). The recently introduced legislation already has
|
China and Hong Kong Hold
Edward Snowden´s Fate
|
|
Atlantic, by Connor Simpson
Original Article
|
|
Posted By: StormCnter- 6/10/2013 5:36:00 AM
Post Reply
|
|
What happens next with the man responsible for leaking a trove of National Security Agency documents to the Guardian rests in the hands of two countries who could decide to send him back to the U.S. with express shipping, or to keep him as a global bargaining chip. Edward Snowden, a 29-year-old American defense contractor, revealed himself as the man responsible for the Guardian´s string of NSA leaks Sunday afternoon. Booz Allen confirmed he was an employee for the last three months. But, for now, he´s in a hotel in Hong Kong ordering room service and covering up
|
| | |
|
