So Greenwald wrote a thing yesterday in which denied ever claiming that the NSA had “direct access” to servers belonging to the tech giants. He wrote, instead, that he was merely...
Author - Bob Cesca
I Have Direct Access to the Wall Street Journal’s Server And…
…discovered that the NSA was collecting phone and email information, even from innocent American citizens. Bombshell! In 2009. Oh, and the Obama Justice Department discovered the problem and...
Morning Awesome
MST3K Saturday – “Eegah!” Continue reading → Continue reading → Continue reading → Continue reading → Continue reading → Continue reading → Continue...
Buzz Burbank News & Comment 6/14/13
Here’s Buzz Burbank with the news: For more Buzz, make sure to bookmark BuzzBurbank.com. Continue reading → Continue reading → Continue reading → Continue reading → Continue...
The Liberal Case for Surveillance
Bill Scher from LiberalOasis writing for The Week: There is, in fact, a strong liberal case to make for America’s current use of surveillance to combat terrorism. Liberals are not libertarians...
Weird Things About Snowden’s Story
Pete Weber at The Week has very serious questions about Snowden’s story. Here are the toplines with full writeups for each here. 1. Snowden overstated his salary… by a lot 2. He...
This Week’s Mail Bag! We Discuss Outrage and the NSA, a Potential Snowden-induced Homicide and Sarah Palin’s Return to Fox News!
This week’s questions. Answers here. 1. I have to know how you can spend so much time tearing down Glenn Greenwald and Edward Snowden and so little time expressing outrage over what...
Snowden and Greenwald Beginning to Self-Destruct; ‘The Nation’ and ‘Mother Jones’ Raise Questions
My Friday column. When you lose The Nation and Mother Jones… It’s now been more than a week since Glenn Greenwald reported that the National Security Agency attained “direct...
Morning Awesome
Genesis – “Scenes from a Night’s Dream” Continue reading → Continue reading → Continue reading → Continue reading → Continue reading → Continue...
Buzz Burbank News & Comment 6/13/13
And now with the news, here’s Buzz: The best 13 minutes of news you’ll hear all day. Continue reading → Continue reading → Continue reading → Continue reading →...
Here’s What You’re Missing on the After Party (Subscribe Already!)
Join the After Party. Only $6 per month! If you’re already a member, go on in. Here’s What You’re Missing This Week: Mad Men Spoilers; Cleaning Out the Bucket of Show; Listener...
Quote of the Morning
“In World War II, the mentality of the public was that our whole way of life was at risk, we’re all in. We censored the mail. When you wrote a letter overseas, it got censored. When a...
Hubba-Hubba! Who Do You Trust?!
Based on the most recent poll on the NSA counter-terrorism program showing thin Democratic support and broad Republican opposition, it’s obvious that, yes, Republicans generally trust...
Greenwald Doesn’t Understand FTP
Last night on Chris Hayes’ show, Greenwald continued to stick with his “direct access” story in the face of numerous other sources that verified that direct access is actually just...
Morning Awesome
Genesis – “The Lady Lies” Live at Knebworth (Another track from …And Then There Was Three… As I noted on the podcast this week, I’ve had this album for years...
Buzz Burbank News & Comment 6/12/13
My friend and broadcast mentor (and the voice of the Bubble Genius Bob & Chez Show) Buzz Burbank has just launched a website and a daily podcast. I’m going to be posting these every day...
Your Daily Bullshit from Rep. Steve Stockman (R-TX)
He tweeted this yesterday: Gallup polls released today: George W. Bush’s current approval rating, 49%.Barack Obama’s current approval rating, 47%. — Rep. Steve Stockman...
Oh and This Happened
With everything going on in the news, I totally forgot to mention that Glenn Beck’s vocal cords are temporarily paralyzed somehow. As someone who makes part of his living by talking into a...
Crazy Quote of the Morning
“I’m worried about somebody in our government who might kill him, with a cruise missile or a drone missile.” Ron Paul on Edward Snowden My fiance Joy noticed when I posted the video...
Greenwald Stands By His NSA Reporting in Spite of Growing Questions
My Wednesday column begins like so: I’m going to put it all out there and let the chips fall where they may: I’m increasingly convinced that Glenn Greenwald’s reporting on the NSA...