My Wednesday column: Throughout the nearly month-long fracas surrounding the Edward Snowden leaks and the ensuing debate about the role and even the very existence of the NSA, there’s a massive...
Author - Bob Cesca
Morning Awesome
The Civil War, by Ken Burns – Gettysburg, Day Three 150 years ago today, the high water mark of the Confederacy and (gratefully) Robert E. Lee’s biggest blunder. Continue reading →...
Buzz Burbank News & Comment 7/2/13
Here comes Buzz Burbank with the news! Continue reading → Continue reading → Continue reading → Continue reading → Continue reading → Continue reading → Continue reading...
Was Snowden Tasked with Hacking Overseas Systems?
Via Kevin Drum, the NYT speculates that perhaps Snowden’s actual job at Booz Allen and elsewhere might’ve been as a well-paid thief — deliberately trying to hack into systems to...
Civil War History vs. Suburban Sprawl
As we advance into the 150th anniversary of Gettysburg: Day Two, it’s important to note what’s happened to the battlefield during those subsequent years. Specifically, the...
Snowden Emerges with Bizarre New Remarks, Implies that He Might Be Assassinated
My Tuesday column: Monday wasn’t a good day for Edward Snowden. Two different dispatches from the former-NSA-contractor-turned-Moscow-airport-resident were released in the space of an hour: a...
Greenwald Meets Bolling
ALERT! Glenn Greenwald will appear on Fox News Channel this morning with well known racist and Botox victim Eric Bolling. ALERT! I have exclusive interview w/ @GGreenwald the journalist who first...
Morning Awesome
The Charge of the 20th Maine – From Gettysburg 150 years ago today: Day Two of the Battle of Gettysburg. My great-great-grandfather, R.B. Davis of the 155th Pennsylvania was positioned on...
150 Years Ago Today, the Good Guys Almost Lost
If it hadn’t been for a crafty “defense in depth” by a little known U.S. cavalry commander named John Buford and a misunderstood order given by Robert E. Lee, it’s very likely...
Buzz Burbank News & Comment 7/1/13
Here’s Buzz with the news! Continue reading → Continue reading → Continue reading → Continue reading → Continue reading → Continue reading → Continue reading...
Quote of the Morning
“She’s forgetting about the thousands of women who want an informed choice, who want the opportunity to get a free ultrasound, which they can get not from Planned Parenthood, but from a...
Another Weekend of Guardian/Snowden Bungling
In case you missed it over the weekend, there were two NSA stories that broke. First, the Guardian and its sister site, The Observer, posted a ridiculously sourced article about how the United States...
If You’re Poor and You Live in Texas, Your Right to Vote Has Been Taken Away
Here’s an excerpt from my Monday column about the Republican poll tax. Let’s take a look at the Texas Voter ID law (poll tax), since the attorney general there zealously enacted his...
Morning Awesome
The 75th Anniversary of Gettysburg Newsreel Footage Today marks the 150th Anniversary of Day One of the Battle Continue reading → Continue reading → Continue reading → Continue reading...
Morning Awesome
Guns N’ Roses – “Rocket Queen” Live for my brother Brian on his big 40th birthday. Continue reading → Continue reading → Continue reading → Continue reading...
Greenwald and Nader, Cut From the Same Cloth
Jonathan Chait wrote an excellent analysis of Glenn Greenwald in which he compares his approach with the style of Ralph Nader. Greenwald, like Nader, marries an indefatigable mastery of detail with...
Morning Awesome
MST3K Saturday – “Gamera” Continue reading → Continue reading → Continue reading → Continue reading → Continue reading → Continue reading → Continue...
Buzz Burbank News & Comment 6/28/13
Here’s Buzz Burbank with your Friday news! Continue reading → Continue reading → Continue reading → Continue reading → Continue reading → Continue reading →...
Rewarding Bad Behavior: Paula Deen Edition
Are you effing kidding me??? Paula Deen’s forthcoming cookbook, Paula Deen’s New Testament, has surged past best-sellers by the likes of Dan Brown, Stephen King and Game of Thrones writer...
Greenwald’s Latest Snowden Leak
Greenwald’s new ‘bombshell’ article about the NSA essentially details how the NSA collected email metadata beginning shortly after 9/11. The screamer headline: “NSA collected...