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Comey's book tour is all about 'truth' -- but his FBI tenure, not so much

Submitted by Amanda Matthews on Fri, 04/20/2018 - 9:10pm

ORIGINAL ARTICLE:
Comey's book tour is all about 'truth' -- but his FBI tenure, not so much

By James Bovard, opinion contributor - 04/20/18 06:00 AM EDT

Friday Night Photos - I'm Out Of Ideas Edition

Submitted by Bollox Ref on Fri, 04/20/2018 - 7:52pm

so I'm going for a walk (no snow, thank goodness).

Here's Purfleet contemplating the lack of snow.

Palantir: Where the GWOT meets spying on progressives

Submitted by gjohnsit on Fri, 04/20/2018 - 5:44pm

Forget Cambridge Analytica. Palantir is the real scandal.

First “Vietnamization”. Then “Iraqization”. Now it's "Arabization"

Submitted by gjohnsit on Fri, 04/20/2018 - 4:55pm

There was a surprisingly good ABC News article about Syria recently, concerning the likely upcoming Syrian government offensive against the remaining rebel enclaves.
The article focuses on Iranian-backed militias coming closer to the Israeli border, and how dangerous that is.

Poor People's Campaign Update

Submitted by Meteor Man on Fri, 04/20/2018 - 4:55pm

Pointing out that this is news you won't see on CNN, Common Dreams summarizes an event at Duke University Sanders and Rev. Barber Call for Building Truly Moral Economy

"A moral economy is one that says, in the wealthiest country in the history of the world, all of our people should be able to live with dignity and security."