Tinker:
I am very insulted to know that the United States government is secretly hacking my phone calls and computer. Who in the world do they think they are?
My father once told me that people telling lies must go on lying
because once they lie about something important, that they must keep
telling a thousand lies to cover up the first lie. That the liar just
wind up lying to themselves because everyone else knows that they are
lying to begin with.
I have nothing but contempt for the politicians who keep telling me that they are only snooping in on my privacy to protect me from terrorist.
Now my government in the person of president Barack Obama is taking away my privacy with their eyes wide open. I am voting for the men and women who will not do that to me from now on.
Because everyone knows that absolute power corrupts absolutely, just take a look at the IRS.
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Tinker:
http://www.theverge.com/2013/
With questions about the NSA and FBI's surveillance programs mounting, President Barack Obama took to Charlie Rose
last night to try to lay critics' concerns to rest. Between questions
on Syria and cybersecurity talks with China, Obama defended the
government's oversight of FISA data-gathering. Unfortunately, this
didn't provide much in the way of new information: Obama largely raised
the same points that he and others have brought up since the first
documents were leaked, pointing to the focus on foreign intelligence,
the limits on what can be collected, and the terrorist plots that were
allegedly thwarted by surveillance.
A clip of the video is below; Charlie Rose has posted the full video, along with a transcript. Obama isn't the only official trying to answer questions about FISA surveillance: NSA chief Keith Alexander and others also provided information about it in a congressional hearing earlier today. Read more...http://www.theverge.
-----------------President Obama defends NSA program in 'Charlie Rose' interview
By Adi Robertson on June 18, 2013 03:51 pm Email @thedextriarchy 107Comments
A clip of the video is below; Charlie Rose has posted the full video, along with a transcript. Obama isn't the only official trying to answer questions about FISA surveillance: NSA chief Keith Alexander and others also provided information about it in a congressional hearing earlier today. Read more...http://www.theverge.
Think of that! 90,000 people killed in a Syria civil war that Barack Obama said that the American military should stay out of, and now after two years of watching from the sidelines, president Obama want to send small arms and ammo.
The rest of our world must think that Barack Obama is also just like the other corrupt politicians running many other government around the world that the world population knows all too well.
The rest of our world knows that the government running the other nations are very corrupt . But for some fool reason only the American people believe that the United States is run by honorable politicians.
The hypocrisy in America society is so thick that you can cut it with a knife, and frankly the rest of this world thinks that America is simply crazy these days.
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As the United States prepares to supply Syrian rebels with small arms through a CIA-run program, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel said Saturday that U.S. troops temporarily in neighboring Jordan will leave behind fighter jets and a cache of Patriot missiles.
So far the White House has committed only to supplying rebel forces with small arms and ammunition, following confirmation that the regime of Syria President Bashar al-Assad's has been using chemical weapons in the 2-year-long civil war in which at least 90,000 people have been killed.
Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain and other Capitol Hill military hawks have called for much heavier arms including the Patriot defense missiles and for the United States to enforce a no-fly zone over Syria.
However, the Pentagon made clear Saturday the detachment of missiles and F-16s was brought to Jordan as part an annual, multi-nation military exercise called Eager Lion and will remain there only at the request of the country leaders, when the exercise ends next week.
The White House announced the decision to aid the Syrian opposition Thursday. President Obama vowed last summer to take action should the Assad regime cross a “red line” by using chemical weapons, but has been challenged in verifying whether Assad's forces used chemical weapons and in determining which rebel forces can be trusted.
Critics of the plan say it might be too little, too late as Assad's forces appear to be taking control of the war.
The White House has still not decided whether to send anti-tank weapons, while the CIA prepares to arm and train the rebels, as confirmed Saturday by Fox News.
Secretary of State John Kerry on Saturday explained the president’s decision to go beyond supplying humanitarian aid.
He told Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari that the use of chemical weapons, the militant group Hezbollah’s increasing support of Assad forces as well as the regime’s threats and lack of commitment to negotiate “put a political settlement out of reach,” according to the State Department.
The United States also has roughly 5,000 troops in Jordan. But they will leave at the end of the military exercise. And the arming of the Syrian rebels will happen in Turkey, another bordering county, military sources say.
Russia, which backs Assad, is questioning the White House’s evidence about chemical weapons, including the use of the nerve gas sarin and says the reports do not meet stringent criteria for reliability. Russian officials also opposed the call by McCain and others for a no-fly zone over Syria.
In fighting Saturday, Assad forces captured a suburb of Damascus near the capital's international airport, according to SANA, Syria's state news agency.
SANA says troops killed several rebels and destroyed their hideouts in the Ahmadiyeh area on Saturday, two days after a mortar round landed near the airport's runway and briefly disrupted flights.
A local rebel commander who identified himself by his nickname, Abu Hareth, for fear of government reprisals, said soldiers and rebels have been fighting sporadically in the area since late Friday. He said two rebel fighters have been killed there since.
Ahmadiyeh is part of a region known as Eastern Ghouta, where government forces have been on the offensive for weeks.
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Senior US officials said on Tuesday that representatives will
begin formal talks with the Taliban "within a few" days at a new office
in Doha, Qatar.
The Afghan Taliban opened the office to help restart talks on ending the 12-year-old war, saying it wanted a political solution that would bring about a just government and end foreign occupation.
Senior Barack Obama administration officials, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorised to speak on the record, described the office opening to AP as a stepping stone to full Taliban renouncement of al Qaeda.
Karzai also on the cards
The officials said the US and Taliban representatives will hold bilateral meetings, then it is expected that Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s High Peace Council will follow up with its own talks a few days later.
A senior Afghan official told Reuters that talks with the High Peace Council would go ahead.
“The peace talks will certainly take place between the Taliban and the High Peace Council,” said the senior official, referring to the body created by Karzai in 2010 to broker peace with the insurgency.
Taliban representative Mohammed Naeem held a news conference from the group’s new office on Tuesday, telling reporters that the Islamist insurgency wanted good relations with Afghanistan’s neighbouring countries. The conference was broadcast live on Qatar’s al Jazeera television channel.
The Taliban had previously said that they would not countenance peace talks with the Karzai government, which they consider a stooge of the United States and other Western nations.
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CIA to arm, train Syrian rebels; Hagel says US jets, missiles brought to Jordan will stay
Published June 15, 2013
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As the United States prepares to supply Syrian rebels with small arms through a CIA-run program, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel said Saturday that U.S. troops temporarily in neighboring Jordan will leave behind fighter jets and a cache of Patriot missiles.
So far the White House has committed only to supplying rebel forces with small arms and ammunition, following confirmation that the regime of Syria President Bashar al-Assad's has been using chemical weapons in the 2-year-long civil war in which at least 90,000 people have been killed.
Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain and other Capitol Hill military hawks have called for much heavier arms including the Patriot defense missiles and for the United States to enforce a no-fly zone over Syria.
However, the Pentagon made clear Saturday the detachment of missiles and F-16s was brought to Jordan as part an annual, multi-nation military exercise called Eager Lion and will remain there only at the request of the country leaders, when the exercise ends next week.
The White House announced the decision to aid the Syrian opposition Thursday. President Obama vowed last summer to take action should the Assad regime cross a “red line” by using chemical weapons, but has been challenged in verifying whether Assad's forces used chemical weapons and in determining which rebel forces can be trusted.
Critics of the plan say it might be too little, too late as Assad's forces appear to be taking control of the war.
The White House has still not decided whether to send anti-tank weapons, while the CIA prepares to arm and train the rebels, as confirmed Saturday by Fox News.
Secretary of State John Kerry on Saturday explained the president’s decision to go beyond supplying humanitarian aid.
He told Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari that the use of chemical weapons, the militant group Hezbollah’s increasing support of Assad forces as well as the regime’s threats and lack of commitment to negotiate “put a political settlement out of reach,” according to the State Department.
The United States also has roughly 5,000 troops in Jordan. But they will leave at the end of the military exercise. And the arming of the Syrian rebels will happen in Turkey, another bordering county, military sources say.
Russia, which backs Assad, is questioning the White House’s evidence about chemical weapons, including the use of the nerve gas sarin and says the reports do not meet stringent criteria for reliability. Russian officials also opposed the call by McCain and others for a no-fly zone over Syria.
In fighting Saturday, Assad forces captured a suburb of Damascus near the capital's international airport, according to SANA, Syria's state news agency.
SANA says troops killed several rebels and destroyed their hideouts in the Ahmadiyeh area on Saturday, two days after a mortar round landed near the airport's runway and briefly disrupted flights.
A local rebel commander who identified himself by his nickname, Abu Hareth, for fear of government reprisals, said soldiers and rebels have been fighting sporadically in the area since late Friday. He said two rebel fighters have been killed there since.
Ahmadiyeh is part of a region known as Eastern Ghouta, where government forces have been on the offensive for weeks.
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Latest update: 18/06/2013
- Afghanistan - Afghanistan war - peace - Qatar - Taliban - USA
US to begin direct peace talks with Taliban 'within days'
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Senior US officials said on Tuesday that they will enter peace talks with the Taliban at a new office in Doha "within the coming days", in what may be a significant step towards an end to the long-running war.
By FRANCE 24 (text)
The Afghan Taliban opened the office to help restart talks on ending the 12-year-old war, saying it wanted a political solution that would bring about a just government and end foreign occupation.
Senior Barack Obama administration officials, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorised to speak on the record, described the office opening to AP as a stepping stone to full Taliban renouncement of al Qaeda.
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The officials said the US and Taliban representatives will hold bilateral meetings, then it is expected that Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s High Peace Council will follow up with its own talks a few days later.
A senior Afghan official told Reuters that talks with the High Peace Council would go ahead.
“The peace talks will certainly take place between the Taliban and the High Peace Council,” said the senior official, referring to the body created by Karzai in 2010 to broker peace with the insurgency.
Taliban representative Mohammed Naeem held a news conference from the group’s new office on Tuesday, telling reporters that the Islamist insurgency wanted good relations with Afghanistan’s neighbouring countries. The conference was broadcast live on Qatar’s al Jazeera television channel.
The Taliban had previously said that they would not countenance peace talks with the Karzai government, which they consider a stooge of the United States and other Western nations.
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Afghan leader backs away from Taliban talks
By DAVID RISING and AMIR SHAH Associated Press
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Afghanistan's president said Wednesday he will not pursue peace talks with the Taliban unless the United States steps out of the negotiations, while also insisting the militant group stop its violent attacks on the ground after it claimed responsibility for a rocket attack that killed four Americans.
Hamid Karzai's strong response and the Taliban attack deflated hopes for long-stalled talks aimed at ending nearly 12 years of war in Afghanistan, just a day after the United States and the Taliban said they would begin initial meetings in Qatar.
Karzai had said Tuesday that he would send representatives from his High Peace Council to Qatar for talks but aides said he changed his mind after objecting to the way the announcement was handled, in particular the Taliban's use of its formal name "Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan" in opening an office in Doha.
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Jun 19, 9:31 AM EDT
Afghan leader backs away from Taliban talks
By DAVID RISING and AMIR SHAH Associated Press
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Afghanistan's president said Wednesday he will not pursue peace talks with the Taliban unless the United States steps out of the negotiations, while also insisting the militant group stop its violent attacks on the ground after it claimed responsibility for a rocket attack that killed four Americans.
Hamid Karzai's strong response and the Taliban attack deflated hopes for long-stalled talks aimed at ending nearly 12 years of war in Afghanistan, just a day after the United States and the Taliban said they would begin initial meetings in Qatar.
Karzai had said Tuesday that he would send representatives from his High Peace Council to Qatar for talks but aides said he changed his mind after objecting to the way the announcement was handled, in particular the Taliban's use of its formal name "Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan" in opening an office in Doha.
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By
Randy Rosetta, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
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on June 18, 2013 at 5:13 PM, updated June 18, 2013 at 5:14 PM
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(Spruce Derden/USA TODAY Sports)The
college football offseason is long and arduous, but its end is almost
in sight. We’re going to take a look at five games you have to look
forward to for every weekend of the season. (This is also a handy guide
to decide how to RSVP for any autumn weddings.)
All times are Eastern and all games are played on Saturday unless otherwise noted.
These games take place the weekend of August 31st.
Ole Miss at Vanderbilt (9:15 p.m., ESPN, Thursday) – Two of the trendiest coaches and programs in the game squaring off in their conference opener on the first night of football? That will do nicely. James Franklin is cleaning up on recruits (19th in the Rivals rankings in 2013 after finishing 70th in 2011) and wins at Vanderbilt, guiding the Commodores to a 9-4 record and Music City Bowl victory in his second season. At Ole Miss, Hugh Freeze is bringing in five-star recruits left and right, building off of a debut season as Rebels head coach that saw the program appear in (and win) its first bowl game since 2009. Both of these programs have bright futures but razor-thin margins of error in the loaded SEC, which should make this a dandy of a game to help kick off the 2013 season.
Georgia at Clemson (8 p.m., ABC) – We are blessed with a great crop of quarterbacks this season, as a lot of talented, productive signal callers either chose to skip the draft or were too young to have the option. This game features two that could have left but decided to come back, and their opening week matchup will almost surely include plenty of fireworks. For Georgia it’s Aaron Murray, who came painfully close to shedding the “Can’t win the big one” monkey from his back against Alabama in the SEC title game, but comes into 2013 with a myriad of weapons to utilize.
On the other side you have Tajh Boyd, who was masterful for most of 2012, including a come-from-behind win against the vaunted LSU defense in the Tigers' bowl game. The Tigers may have a slight advantage here, as they return some key players to their defensive front seven (Georgia loses almost all of their top contributors from that side of the ball), they’re at home and they’ve already scouted the Dawgs.
LSU vs. TCU at Cowboys Stadium (9 p.m., ESPN) – Both of these teams had down 2012 seasons when compared to their lofty standards. LSU has to replace a wealth of departed talent from their defense, but when is the last time that side of the ball was a problem for Les Miles? New offensive coordinator Cam Cameron will continue to develop QB Zach Mettenberger, a top recruit who improved over the course of last season. Gary Patterson had a ton of youth in his defense last year, an issue that was compounded by the Horned Frogs’ jump to the Big 12 and the arrest and suspension of starting quarterback Casey Pachall. Neither team will be at full strength, as TCU has suspended star defensive end Devonte Fields and LSU tailback Jeremy Hill is out indefinitely following an April arrest.
Northwestern at California (10:30 p.m., ESPN2) – How about a little late-night nerd clash to close out the first Saturday? The Wildcats take an offense that returns nearly all of its skill players, including two capable quarterbacks in Kain Colter and Trevor Siemian. It’ll be a tough test for Sonny Dykes’ debut as Cal head coach, as he attempts to get the “Bear Raid” (amazing name) offense up to speed as quickly as he can. The Wildcats are double-digit favorites, but considering it is their first game of the season, it’s a late kickoff two time zones from home and Dykes knows how to quickly put an offense together, this one might get weird in an entertaining way. Read more...http://sports.yahoo.
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LSU dream fizzles quietly with a 4-2 loss to UNC
North Carolina's Mike Zolk, right, is tagged out in a
rundown by LSU shortstop Alex Bregman after Zolk attempted to steal
second base in the sixth inning of an NCAA College World Series
elimination game in Omaha, Neb., Tuesday, June 18, 2013.
(AP Photo/Eric Francis)
By
Randy Rosetta, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
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OMAHA, Neb. -- An abrupt ending is never a lot of fun in sports. When a team has had the kind
of season LSU did this year, it's that much tougher.
The Tigers' national championship hopes screeched to a halt Tuesday with a 4-2 loss to North Carolina in a College World Series elimination game at TD Ameritrade Park.
LSU returned to the CWS aiming for a seventh national crown but leaves after a disappointing 0-2 showing.
A lethargic offensive performance is the main culprit, as the Tigers (57-11) could never generate the kind of big innings or effective execution that were their hallmarks all season.
Against UNC closer Trent Thornton - making his sixth start of the season - LSU scuffled for 7-plus innings.
And it was two of the Tigers' better hitters who struggled the most Tuesday, much like they did Sunday in a 2-1 loss to UCLA.
Alex Bregman was 0-for-4 (0-for-8 in two games) and hit into a double play in the 7th inning when LSU was poised for a breakthrough inning. Raph Rhymes' struggles were more magnified, as he was 0-for-5 (0-for-9) and stranded eight runners, four in scoring position. He recorded the third out in all five at-bats.
It didn't help Tuesday that the Tar Heels (58-11) put LSU in comeback mode right from the start.
North Carolina pounced in front early against Tigers starter Cody Glenn, with some two-out noise in the 1st inning after Glenn got off to a good start.
Facing 3-hole hitter Colin Moran, Glenn nibbled early in the at-bat and fell behind. He came back to fill the count, but Moran ripped a single to right field to keep the inning alive.
That stung when cleanup man Brian Holberton hammered a full-count offering into the seats in right-center field, just the second home run of the week and the 21st in CWS history at the stadium.
LSU's only runs came across when Mason Katz jacked a two-out single to left field in the 5th inning and on Bregman's double-play grounder in the 7th. The Tigers loaded the bases in the 8th, but Mark Laird - one of the offensive bright spots in the two games - flied out softly to left field to end the threat.
That was the final insult on a day when LSU stranded 12 runners and was 1-for-9 with runners in scoring position.
The Tigers' national championship hopes screeched to a halt Tuesday with a 4-2 loss to North Carolina in a College World Series elimination game at TD Ameritrade Park.
LSU returned to the CWS aiming for a seventh national crown but leaves after a disappointing 0-2 showing.
A lethargic offensive performance is the main culprit, as the Tigers (57-11) could never generate the kind of big innings or effective execution that were their hallmarks all season.
Against UNC closer Trent Thornton - making his sixth start of the season - LSU scuffled for 7-plus innings.
And it was two of the Tigers' better hitters who struggled the most Tuesday, much like they did Sunday in a 2-1 loss to UCLA.
Alex Bregman was 0-for-4 (0-for-8 in two games) and hit into a double play in the 7th inning when LSU was poised for a breakthrough inning. Raph Rhymes' struggles were more magnified, as he was 0-for-5 (0-for-9) and stranded eight runners, four in scoring position. He recorded the third out in all five at-bats.
It didn't help Tuesday that the Tar Heels (58-11) put LSU in comeback mode right from the start.
North Carolina pounced in front early against Tigers starter Cody Glenn, with some two-out noise in the 1st inning after Glenn got off to a good start.
Facing 3-hole hitter Colin Moran, Glenn nibbled early in the at-bat and fell behind. He came back to fill the count, but Moran ripped a single to right field to keep the inning alive.
That stung when cleanup man Brian Holberton hammered a full-count offering into the seats in right-center field, just the second home run of the week and the 21st in CWS history at the stadium.
LSU's only runs came across when Mason Katz jacked a two-out single to left field in the 5th inning and on Bregman's double-play grounder in the 7th. The Tigers loaded the bases in the 8th, but Mark Laird - one of the offensive bright spots in the two games - flied out softly to left field to end the threat.
That was the final insult on a day when LSU stranded 12 runners and was 1-for-9 with runners in scoring position.
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Looking ahead to college football: Week 1′s five games to watch
By Christopher Wilson | Dr. Saturday – Mon, Jun 17, 2013 12:08 PM EDT
(Spruce Derden/USA TODAY Sports)The
college football offseason is long and arduous, but its end is almost
in sight. We’re going to take a look at five games you have to look
forward to for every weekend of the season. (This is also a handy guide
to decide how to RSVP for any autumn weddings.) All times are Eastern and all games are played on Saturday unless otherwise noted.
These games take place the weekend of August 31st.
Ole Miss at Vanderbilt (9:15 p.m., ESPN, Thursday) – Two of the trendiest coaches and programs in the game squaring off in their conference opener on the first night of football? That will do nicely. James Franklin is cleaning up on recruits (19th in the Rivals rankings in 2013 after finishing 70th in 2011) and wins at Vanderbilt, guiding the Commodores to a 9-4 record and Music City Bowl victory in his second season. At Ole Miss, Hugh Freeze is bringing in five-star recruits left and right, building off of a debut season as Rebels head coach that saw the program appear in (and win) its first bowl game since 2009. Both of these programs have bright futures but razor-thin margins of error in the loaded SEC, which should make this a dandy of a game to help kick off the 2013 season.
Georgia at Clemson (8 p.m., ABC) – We are blessed with a great crop of quarterbacks this season, as a lot of talented, productive signal callers either chose to skip the draft or were too young to have the option. This game features two that could have left but decided to come back, and their opening week matchup will almost surely include plenty of fireworks. For Georgia it’s Aaron Murray, who came painfully close to shedding the “Can’t win the big one” monkey from his back against Alabama in the SEC title game, but comes into 2013 with a myriad of weapons to utilize.
On the other side you have Tajh Boyd, who was masterful for most of 2012, including a come-from-behind win against the vaunted LSU defense in the Tigers' bowl game. The Tigers may have a slight advantage here, as they return some key players to their defensive front seven (Georgia loses almost all of their top contributors from that side of the ball), they’re at home and they’ve already scouted the Dawgs.
LSU vs. TCU at Cowboys Stadium (9 p.m., ESPN) – Both of these teams had down 2012 seasons when compared to their lofty standards. LSU has to replace a wealth of departed talent from their defense, but when is the last time that side of the ball was a problem for Les Miles? New offensive coordinator Cam Cameron will continue to develop QB Zach Mettenberger, a top recruit who improved over the course of last season. Gary Patterson had a ton of youth in his defense last year, an issue that was compounded by the Horned Frogs’ jump to the Big 12 and the arrest and suspension of starting quarterback Casey Pachall. Neither team will be at full strength, as TCU has suspended star defensive end Devonte Fields and LSU tailback Jeremy Hill is out indefinitely following an April arrest.
Northwestern at California (10:30 p.m., ESPN2) – How about a little late-night nerd clash to close out the first Saturday? The Wildcats take an offense that returns nearly all of its skill players, including two capable quarterbacks in Kain Colter and Trevor Siemian. It’ll be a tough test for Sonny Dykes’ debut as Cal head coach, as he attempts to get the “Bear Raid” (amazing name) offense up to speed as quickly as he can. The Wildcats are double-digit favorites, but considering it is their first game of the season, it’s a late kickoff two time zones from home and Dykes knows how to quickly put an offense together, this one might get weird in an entertaining way. Read more...http://sports.yahoo.
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