The Renewal Of Warrantless Eavesdropping

Glenn Greenwald used to routinely deliver 5,000 words screeds that amounted to "Bush Sucks". I doubted his ability to make the transition to an Obama Administration, but I was wrong.

Scott Shackford at Reason wonders why the public is more agitated about violations of their privacy by Facebook than by the Obama Administration:

The traditional media response to the reauthorization battle has been remarkably nonexistent.

Well, yeah. People who want reform of our FISA laws need to work for the election of a Republican President so the NY Times and the rest of the liberal media can become enraged again. The next renewal is in five years; if it happens under President Hillary it will be perfunctory, but if it is President Rubio, well, the media will discover FISA problems by the bushel.

Juian Sanchez at Cato has more.

Comments

[Jack is Back (Again)!]

That's weird. I posted a comment and it has vanished. Much like the people who the FISA will target.

[Threadkiller]

If it is President Rubio the scam will have worked.

[Jack is Back (Again)!]

OT: (so soon) But I know we have a few soccer (Football) fans here and this piece is worth reading.

Why?

Because in a moment of frustration over a certain referee call Sir Alex Ferguson, manager of Man Utd., invokes the name of Barack Obama in a "poor me" moment. No Obama is the pinnacle of "piling on" criticism.

Read the whole thing - funny in a way.

[Danube of Thought on IPad]

Mark Steyn is just about always priceless, but never moreso than today at the LUN.

[Rubioreleaseyourrecords]

If it's President Rubio, Orly, Leo, and Montgomery Blair Sibley will have something to do with their hands for another for years.

[narciso]

And 'air raiding villages' isn't the outrage it once was;

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/12/27/is-al-qaeda-s-attention-now-turning-to-united-arab-emirates.html

We never did get the name of that prince, mentioned in the link

[daddy]

Well thank goodness Gregory only violated DC's strict Gun laws and didn't try something really dangerous like smuggling Kinder Eggs thru Customs.

[jimmyk]

Yes, Steyn is great. But is there any doubt that Gregory will get the Kennedy treatment?

[NKonIPad]

Meh-- TomM gives Greenwald too much credit here. He attacks Cheney/Bush like it was 2005 and Oh BTW JEF is a hypocrit. Tell us something we don't know Glennie. Glennie is still a self absorbed jerk.I guess Glennie manages a little more self respect than Andi-Pandi Sullivan who can't take JEF' s wedding tackle out of his mouth long enough to muster any criticism.

[Danube of Thought]

"is there any doubt that Gregory will get the Kennedy treatment?"

Not much, sad to say. But he's sure been nicely humiliated.

[NKonIPad]

JiB-- thanks for that SAF story link. Owing to his 25 years of winning SAF gets away with constant referee baiting and obnoxious taunting of opposing managers and clubs. He s got a genius for psyops, i have to admit that.

[daddy]

David Gregory breaks the strictest gun Laws in the nation and goes scot free.

Two Seattle men say they spent more than two hours in a detention center at the Canadian border after U.S. border agents discovered illegal chocolate eggs in their car.

A U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokesman says the Agency seized more than 60,000 Kinder Eggs from travelers' baggage and international mail shipments in fiscal 2011, which was more than twice the amount seized in the previous year.

[Gus]

GIBSON GUITARS. Unapproved wood. Fascism.

DISCUSS.

[henry]

Hi Gus. How is the weather back in frozen tundra land? I fly north tomorrow.

[Gus]

It's cold and snowy my friend. We are having a wee get together in your neighborhood Sunday, the Packers play the late game. Let me know if you are interested.

[Extraneus]

Gus, I bought myself a Custom Shop ES-335 for Christmas. (After everyone else was taken care of, of course.) Candy apple red. I don't think it has any illegal wood, unfortunately.

[Jack is Back (Again)!]

If your blood pressure is unusually low today and you need a boost, then I suggest you read DoT's 5:14 link to Mark Steyn. Me? I am ready to go and shout BS at every damn bureaucrat in the world.

[henry]

Gus, have a friend's 60th b-day surprise event on Sunday. People in Florida think 60 is cold, and pump foam out of street lamp posts as a substitute for snow. Odd place.

[Extraneus]

AFRICA IN CRISIS: U.S. Abandons Embassy, France Won’t Intervene

Instapundit:

According to a State Department spokesperson, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was unable to comment, because “she fell and twisted her cankle.”

[Janet]

LI posts this tweet -

David Gregory

@davidgregory

Excited to announce that President @BarackObama will be my exclusive guest this Sunday on @meetthepress nbcnews.to/W9Ykim #MTP

Wow. The career rescue begins. It is all so sickening....

[Janet]

I remember a video of some talking heads show...& when Susan Rice came on ol' Gregory said, "Hi, Susan". Then, "Hi, David."

They are all just buddies, covering for each other, advancing an agenda, & putting on a show for America. The last thing they are interested in is reporting news.

[narciso]

That reminds, what was Mrs. Gregory doing, working for the FTC;

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/ftc-taps-top-litigator-beth-wilkinson-for-google-probe/2012/04/27/gIQAbCjRlT_story.html

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

Can we start calling David Gregory Dick Gregory instead?
He's not as funny as the real Dick but he is the real dick.

[narciso]

Even the Mother Jones reviewer, figured this out;

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Hollywood/2012/12/28/promised-land-krasinsky-bias

[Janet]

I hate that Krasinsky did that film. I love the Pam-Jim romance from The Office.

These stupid actors ruin the little bit of TV I watch in late night re-runs.

[Melinda Romanoff]

Ig-

I'm in.

[Gus]

Extraneous. Nice choice my friend. I own one, but mine is late 60's and brown. It's ok for ....brown.
Custom shop ES-335. Merry Feedback and Happy Humbuckers baby.

[Gus]

Janet, they will have to shoot Gregory from the waist UP. Is that a microphone in your pocket Gregory, or do you have a hard-on for Captain Fuxup.

[narciso]

things that make you go umm;

http://twitchy.com/2012/12/28/which-law-will-david-gregory-break-during-sundays-interview-with-president-obama/

[boris]

Red ES335 was my axe through late 60s and 70s. Retired it from gigs when I got a PRS early 80s.

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