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Guns and Butter
Author: TriSec    Date: 06/22/2013 10:46:30

Good Morning.

We've all seen the classic economics graph about wartime vs. peacetime economies. As production of guns goes down, production of butter increases, and the footings of our economy shift in response.
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2 comments (Latest Comment: 06/22/2013 17:30:31 by Will in Chicago)

Outsourcing: The best Security Clearance money can buy.
Author: Raine    Date: 2013-06-21 10:34:16

A lot of people are spitting bullets over the NSA scandal and Edward Snowden. I questioned Edward Snowden myself. I don't regret asking those questions. I've wondered about Snowden and how he got such a security clearance. Then, tonite -- I read something very interesting. We are outsourcing background checks for contract jobs that are critical to our national security. .
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88 comments (Latest Comment: 06/21/2013 21:40:58 by Will in Chicago)

Beating a Dead Gift Horse in the Mouth
Author: BobR    Date: 06/20/2013 13:25:20

When the IRS "scandal" broke, you could pretty much hear the Republican's licking their lips in anticipation. It was pretty gross, really, all that smacking, and there was so much spittle, we had rainy weather for weeks. The Republicans were certain this was going to bring down the Obama presidency: a government entity generally hated by everyone being used to politically target the president's "enemies".

There was just one problem - there was nothing there. The witch-hunter-in-chief convened his inquisitions hearings to "get to the bottom of it". The bottom was got (I wrote about this previously). Darrell Issa knew he had nothing, and tried to hide that from the public. One might ask: isn't that the REAL scandal here?... that the person in power claiming "corruption" found none and then refused to update the country with the truth?
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61 comments (Latest Comment: 06/20/2013 21:03:32 by Mondobubba)

Woke up, got outta bed
Author: Raine    Date: 06/19/2013 13:02:02

Dragged a comb across my head
Found my way downstairs and drank a cup
And looking up, I noticed I was late

AHHHH here's a stub!
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83 comments (Latest Comment: 06/20/2013 01:22:21 by TriSec)

Ask a Vet
Author: TriSec    Date: 06/18/2013 10:23:55

Good Morning.

Today is our 4,272nd day in Afghanistan.

We'll start this morning as we always do; with the latest casualty figures from our ongoing war, courtesy of Antiwar.com:

US Military Deaths - Afghanistan: 2,233
Other Military Deaths - Afghanistan: 1,097

We find this morning's Cost of War passing through:

$ 1, 448, 689, 975, 000 .00

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65 comments (Latest Comment: 06/19/2013 01:49:40 by Will in Chicago)

Family Security
Author: BobR    Date: 06/17/2013 12:22:41

Republicans in Congress have made it their mission to be obstructionists. Regardless of the issue, if President Obama supports it - they're against it. They've even come out against their own bills once President Obama supported them. That's why it's so delicious to see them supporting a concept that is anathema to their own xenophobic nature: immigration reform.

It's pretty clear why they're supporting it. The last election showed them that they lost a huge chunk of a continuously growing Latino demographic. They need this for 2016, and they know it:
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102 comments (Latest Comment: 06/18/2013 04:40:25 by livingonli)

Questions
Author: velveeta jones    Date: 06/16/2013 14:33:40

So, ya'll may have noticed that I've been super busy of late. Maybe you haven't noticed. Well, I have! I miss things in the news because I've no time to watch, I only this morning learned about Syrian gas attacks. That's how busy I've been. It's going to calm down, but just a heads up, Aunt A has graciously offered to write next Sundays blog.

How busy have I been?
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1 comments (Latest Comment: 06/16/2013 14:43:07 by Raine)

Congress, or Cockroaches?
Author: TriSec    Date: 06/15/2013 12:06:23

Good Morning.

Only one story today. Those of us that follow TRMS have heard these statistics from time to time, but there's yet another poll out about Congress.

Seems that confidence in that august body is at an all-time low. how's a 10% "confidence rating" grab you?
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2 comments (Latest Comment: 06/16/2013 13:41:47 by velveeta jones)

The Right of Women to be Secure in Their Persons Against Unreasonable Searches
Author: Raine    Date: 06/14/2013 16:23:49

There has been a lot of talk about the fourth amendment the past few weeks with the 'revelation' that the NSA has been monitoring everyone's communications in the past, present and future of the world*. US officials are afraid that the leaker may defect to China. That's not really important in some quarters as the NSA has apparently breached the fourth amendment. From PolicyMic:
The Fourth Amendment protects people's "papers" as well as their "persons," "houses," and "effects," from "unreasonable searches and seizures," such as those by the NSA.

Despite being approved by a secret FISA court, the acquisition of private information from all Americans seems to be a quite obvious breach of the 4th Amendment's protections against unreasonable search and seizure, the same amendment the National Security Agency pushed the government to "rethink."
Reading the entire piece is worth the time, it is really quite good. What I personally found interesting was that it shows for myself the complete hyperbole on both sides of this debate. I've found the laser like focus on the 4th amendment fascinating as of late.

Here is the text of the Fourth amendment:
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

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55 comments (Latest Comment: 06/15/2013 01:47:40 by BobR)

The Heat Is On
Author: BobR    Date: 06/13/2013 18:34:12

Considering the non-stop coverage of the Snowden / NSA "affair", I'd like to change gears a little. I used to do my "Environmental" posts on Friday, but since we changed the schedule, I am going to do one today.

It's been a hard-fought battle, but Republicans (in general) have been dragged kicking and screaming to the point of recognizing that yes - global warming is a real phenomenon. There are still those clinging desperately to their fossil fuel investments, claiming that it's not man-made, but at least we've gotten most of them to admit that it it is happening, and that it is affecting the climate and - thus - the weather.

What's a little scary and urgent and needs more attention is that the planet is warming faster than previously thought:
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80 comments (Latest Comment: 06/13/2013 21:56:18 by Raine)

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