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Have you been following the viral campaign for Arrested Devlopment where people insert...

Yesterday, 09:10 PM

Because hot damn it's fantastic.

http://insertmeanywhere.biz/#/home



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Tornado Truthers: A Thing that Exists

22 May 2013 - 04:19 PM

http://www.theatlant...theories/65499/


Fox News Reporter May Face Criminal Charges for Reporting on the CIA

20 May 2013 - 12:23 PM

The government will use any and all information at its disposal to find journalist sources, as shown in The Washington Post's report this morning on a Department of Justice investigation into Fox News chief correspondent James Rosen, who may face criminal charges for reporting government secrets.

In June 2009, Rosen reported on CIA analysis suggesting that North Korea might respond to new UN sanctions with renewed nuclear tests. In order to determine how Rosen learned of the analysis, which had been issued by the CIA only a few hours prior, FBI investigators used every tool at their disposal: analyzing Rosen's security access card to determine when he entered and left the State Department building, studying his phone records, and subpoenaing his personal email.

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[T]he most alarming detail is the implication for Rosen. Another tool the FBI wants to use to make an example in this case is a federal indictment of the journalist.

[FBI agent Reginald] Reyes wrote that there was evidence Rosen had broken the law, “at the very least, either as an aider, abettor and/or co-conspirator.” That fact distinguishes his case from the probe of the AP, in which the news organization is not the likely target.

Using italics for emphasis, Reyes explained how Rosen allegedly used a “covert communications plan” and quoted from an email exchange between Rosen and Kim that seems to describe a secret system for passing along information.

The United States government wants to charge a reporter for reporting on classified information. By agreeing to authorize a search warrant in the case, the Post reports, the judge overseeing the case agreed with the FBI that Rosen might be a conspirator. Whether or not someone in Kim's position should receive whistleblower protection for revealing a state secret is one debate. Whether or not the person that hears the whistle should be charged is another issue altogether.

http://www.theatlant...ting-cia/65393/

This is indefensible. They're trying to charge a reporter for doing his job.

Gawker writer says he's seen video of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford smoking crack

16 May 2013 - 09:28 PM

But that the tipster wants too much money for them to actually obtain it.

http://gawker.com/fo...g-cra-507736569

oh lawd if true

Brazil soon to be ruinous pit of hellfire and brimstone

14 May 2013 - 08:44 PM

This time its the fault of activist judges!

http://www.google.co...d70d3e8634e.5a1

Brazil judicial panel clears way for gay marriage
(AFP) – 1 hour ago  
RIO DE JANEIRO — A top judicial panel cleared the way for same-sex marriage in Brazil Tuesday, ruling that gay couples could not be denied marriage licenses.

The National Council of Justice, which oversees the Brazilian judicial system and is headed by the chief justice of the Supreme Court, said government offices that issue marriage licenses had no standing to reject gay couples.

"This is the equivalent of authorizing homosexual marriage in Brazil," said Raquel Pereira de Castro Araujo, head of the human rights committee of the Brazilian bar association.

The Brazilian Congress, where a strong religious faction opposes same sex marriage, has not yet approved a law legalizing gay marriages. And the council's decisions are subject to appeal before the Supreme Court.

But Supreme Court Chief Justice Joaquim Barbosa said there was no reason for the government's marriage licensing offices to wait for the Brazilian Congress to pass a law authorizing same-sex marriage before extending the right to gays.

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The momentum continues.