Abulsme.com: September 2013

@abulsme tweets from 2013-09-06 (UTC)

My fitbit #Fitstats for 9/05/2013: 7,622 steps and 5.6 km traveled. http://t.co/yvGq0OoOT9 01:01:49
Reading – Syria: DelBene holds fire, McDermott spits fire (Joel Connelly) http://t.co/vduS6iUJab 02:28:55
Reading – Top-secret U.S. intelligence files show new levels of distrust of Pakistan (Greg Miller) http://t.co/8lmFBId8n3 14:35:46
Reading – COLIN POWELL: Syria Is An 'Internal Struggle' That Is Beyond US Capabilities (Paul Szoldra) http://t.co/uvA1LQa9gt 14:38:13
Reading – Apple Ordered to Stagger E-Book Contract Negotiations, Refrain From 'MFN' Clauses (Eric Slivka) http://t.co/c0KB3vKVcz 14:40:30
Reading – Am I All Wet on War Powers? (Josh Marshall) http://t.co/PiLVyQDABZ 14:54:45
Reading – Nancy Pelosi: May be вЂweeks of debate’ on Syria (Quinn/Gibson) http://t.co/jxoFGwPNkJ 15:27:11
Reading – Mavericks release expected in October (Peter Cohen) http://t.co/7LdBORw2OA 15:29:23
Reading – So-called non practicing entities filed a total of 3,025 lawsuits last year (Phillip Elmer-DeWitt) http://t.co/E11C9nUhr1 15:39:57
RT @normative: SoвЂ¦ if NSA is infiltrating uncooperative firms, how meaningful are company assertions about what kind of access they do & doвЂ¦ 15:44:04
Reading – A Prayer For Peace (Andrew Sullivan) http://t.co/W3VkDffp13 15:49:10
Reading – Some Questions That Skeptics of a Syria Attack Should Ask Themselves (David Shorr) http://t.co/iw9L1ZVr8a 16:23:06
Reading – How Many Documents Did Edward Snowden Take? (Joshua Foust) http://t.co/2Jg7vO3B4I 16:30:25
Important -> Reading – Other Nations See U.S. Military Action in A Very Different Light (Daniel Larison) http://t.co/mYBbdLNOPN 16:32:49
вЂњStrange Lines over an SвЂќ – Alex describing a dollar sign 17:08:30
RT @doctorow: All the headlines saying "#NSA breaks encryption" are wrong; correct phrase is "NSA works with vendors to sabotage security tвЂ¦ 19:06:21
[Abulpost] Curmudgeon's Corner: Tolerate the Volume http://t.co/PpOcvBShgk 20:02:24
Give my poor Curmudgeon's Corner cohost a break and follow him. He's only got 12 followers! #FF @imbou 20:03:58
Reading – That Sickening Feeling (Andrew Sullivan) http://t.co/UL9QAmSEVV 20:29:44
Reading – Obama Has No 'Intention' To Strike Syria If Congress Says No (Mark Memmott) http://t.co/Eh7zXArUTY 20:34:18
Reading – Cause and effect: Apple's upheaval of the Mac app market (Peter Cohen) http://t.co/j09ybdfgUI 20:37:58
RT @ThePlumLineGS: Highly misleading to lump "lean No" with "No." All you savvy Beltway types know "lean No" is not a real position. 21:32:29
RT @OKnox: .@ThePlumLineGS Actually, politically, it's the best position, right? Public leaves you mostly alone, Admin has incentive to couвЂ¦ 21:32:46

Curmudgeon’s Corner: Tolerate the Volume

In the latest Curmudgeon’s Corner Sam and Ivan talk about:

Bumbershoot / Hard Drives / NSA Spying on Governments
NSA Snowden Files Spreading / Cyberwarfare
Going to Congress on Syria
More on Congress on Syria

Recorded on 3 Sep 2013

Length this week – 1:09:19


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@abulsme tweets from 2013-09-05 (UTC)

My fitbit #Fitstats for 9/04/2013: 5,621 steps and 4.1 km traveled. http://t.co/yvGq0OoOT9 01:02:17
Reading – David Miranda was carrying password for secret files on piece of paper (David Barrett) http://t.co/ZcdFQAkKHo 02:04:38
Reading – Syria: The Cost Of Squandering Credibility (Rod Drehet) http://t.co/QLEtqyt8MT 02:18:34
Reading – Review Group on Global Signals Intelligence Collection and Comm Tech Seeks Public Comment (ICotR) http://t.co/gblE5iQbPu 02:27:09
Reading – AIPAC in Full Court Press on Syria (Eli Lake) http://t.co/x1ZrTNeEFK 02:33:07
A little slow on the reaction time there -> Reading – Obama Weighs Egypt Aid Suspension (Matthew Lee) http://t.co/x1NmkU1EJy 03:07:35
RT @jwpatty: Look, I agree that voice-activated search is annoying and completely inefficient, but that's no reason to bomb Siri. #SearchinвЂ¦ 04:14:55
Reading – The NSA's crypto "breakthrough" (T.C., Economist) http://t.co/wBoI2jeEKX 07:13:50
Reading – Snowden, NSA, and Counterintelligence (John R. Schindler) http://t.co/5qKnG18BWS 07:24:17
Reading – Suzan DelBene is the new Congresswoman who represents Washington’s 1st congressi… (Bruce Morton) http://t.co/kOWkXZrHIN 07:27:18
Reading – Germans switch to national email providers after US scandal (Valentina Pop) http://t.co/8d4P6LPnw3 07:33:44
Reading – NPR Rolls Credits on Rolling Credits (and You Shouldn’t Be Happy About It) [Chez Pazienza] http://t.co/ROMpgTJMla 08:02:39
Reading – Hundreds of Pages of NSA Spying Documents to be Released As Result of EFF Lawsuit (Trevor Timm) https://t.co/hz9tWU5I1n 08:04:43
Reading – Marching As To War? (Andrew Sullivan) http://t.co/pIPtjWjrBg 15:11:15
Reading – Congress Should Reject a War to Save Face in Syria (Patrick J. Buchanan) http://t.co/tU6HdlsOwb 15:22:21
Reading – Who Cares About the National Debt? (James Kwak) http://t.co/dJSY9tdupG 15:24:35
Reading – Jeff Bezos to his future Washington Post journalists: Put the readers first (Farhi/Timberg) http://t.co/A7IGNLTv4U 15:44:19
Reading – Media Outlets Spitting Mad At Obama For Spoiling Their Plans To Cash In On War (Rick Ungar) http://t.co/bu6SzkcGlY 15:49:24
Reading – Developers Scramble to Build NSA-Proof Email (David Kravets) http://t.co/Z0QAoM6m3J 15:59:58
Reading – Apple Didn't Kill Microsoft On MobileвЂ”Google Did (Matthew Yglesias) http://t.co/kpg4o5oneh 16:03:29
See all kinds of fun new NSA stuff today, but you know, work. I'll have to check most of it out in detail later. :-) 20:02:19
RT @adrianshort: As always, the anti-Guardian posse regard the latest revelations as no big deal, but the journos should still go to jail fвЂ¦ 20:04:23
RT @normative: In a generation, people will look back at the apparatus we built to fight a handful of assholes with bombs and gape at the iвЂ¦ 20:59:40
RT @rickklein: 217 House members on record as likely to oppose authorizing military force against #Syria, per @ABCPolitics count. that's a вЂ¦ 21:44:39

@abulsme tweets from 2013-09-04 (UTC)

Listening to @RepDelBene on a вЂњtele townhallвЂќ. Thanks to @BYUfan (who just urged her to vote no on Syria) for the tip. Seems вЂњundecidedвЂќ. 02:20:38
Interesting on @RepDelBene town hall, almost all Qs so far on economic issues. Was expecting more Syria. 02:32:53
Not вЂњpressing 0вЂќ 2 ask @RepDelBene a Q, but FTR, Sam fr SeattleHill/SilverFirs urges no on Syria. Not sold pos result likely, may backfire. 02:45:18
I did take the offered oppty to leave voice msg at the end of @RepDelBene townhall tho. :-). No on Syria please. High risk, unclear upside. 02:58:46
RT @BYUfan: .@abulsme @RepDelBene was screening questions. I had to give my topic ahead of time Staffer told me they've gotten many calls oвЂ¦ 03:34:35
.@BYUfan @RepDelBene Knew would be screening (I used to do that for an AM show in Pgh) but sometimes still FIFO. More often pick topics tho. in reply to BYUfan 03:41:28
.@BYUfan @RepDelBene FIFO more dynamic, but very common to select Qs speaker wants to talk about. Disappointing when done that way tho. in reply to BYUfan 03:45:20
.@BYUfan If calls were chosen rather than taken in order, unfortunate that @RepDelBene wanted to just give prepared statement then move on. in reply to BYUfan 03:49:18
My fitbit #Fitstats for 9/03/2013: 8,058 steps and 5.9 km traveled. http://t.co/yvGq0OoOT9 04:01:24
.@BYUfan @RepDelBene Of course, speaking as a former producer, a variety of topics is a more interesting show than a lot of repetition. :-) in reply to BYUfan 04:05:25
Reading – History Aside, Obama Bets on Congress (Michael D. Shear) http://t.co/4kgLAxDWdx 15:07:29
Reading – Hillary Clinton backs President Obama on Syria (Maggie Haberman) http://t.co/a2yPBMdBQV 15:11:01
Reading – Why Did Assad Do It? (Andrew Sullivan) http://t.co/N5XezlyEMB 15:13:03
Reading – Congress seeks narrower authority for Obama in Syria (Paul Singer) http://t.co/Rsy3TwdL4q 15:15:22
Reading – Support Builds in Congress for U.S. Strike Against Syria (Lee/Hook/Barnes) http://t.co/tAw10u42np 15:21:40
Reading – Only Larry Summers Can Save The World From Larry Summers (Atrios) http://t.co/ftgtGTWHPk 15:22:42
Reading – Cold-call victim gets his own back (Rupert Jones) http://t.co/CwhLw4UyaQ 15:25:59
Reading – On Syria: The U.S. Is No Lone Ranger and Should Put That Six Shooter Away (Juan Cole) http://t.co/tJdpfhpcrN 15:32:41
Reading – The Jedi Council Was an Ignominious Failure Brought to Us By Lucas' Lame Prequels. (Yglesias) http://t.co/Z0lXo9V8Fi 15:36:08
Reading (from June) – Activists the US Targeted & Spied On Were Designated вЂDomestic Terrorists’ (Gosztola) http://t.co/AtYgPzWC6w 19:13:30
RT @jonathanweisman: .@SenRandPaul will demand a 60-vote threshold to move a Syria war resolution fwd, staff confirms. That alone will slowвЂ¦ 19:14:07
Reading – In Hearing, House Panel Seems Split on Syria Strike (Gordon/Shanker) http://t.co/KqVVNbCHYa 19:19:22
Reading – Heavy rains, flooding possible (South Everett Beacon) http://t.co/EOa2Cxk1kw 19:22:57
Reading – Make It Stop! (Gregory Djerejian) http://t.co/wsSPRuio1f 19:30:05
Reading – The Washington Post embarks on Amazon adventure with Jeff Bezos (Dan Gillmor) http://t.co/1rtUFj0Ogf 19:37:09
Reading – Samsung's Galaxy Gear is a smartwatch like no other (Vlad Savov) http://t.co/6wh20TjC5z 19:41:12
Reading – Forcing Obama’s Hand in Syria (Vali Nasr) http://t.co/hAbW3MERYW 21:20:50
Reading – Sunday conversation: NASA veteran Chris Kraft upfront with criticism (Eric Berger) http://t.co/L0rsdQzFGZ 21:43:07
Reading – Bill Clinton Cheats…on His Vegan Diet (Paul Constant) http://t.co/BLy668lxt4 21:45:49
Reading – William Hague: UK will offer only diplomatic support on Syria (Nicholas Watt) http://t.co/31M5C1bf5Y 22:00:00
Reading – Rand Paul: 'Best Chance' to Stop Syria Measure Is In House (Shane Goldmacher) http://t.co/2l4LeywkPW 22:08:43
Reading – FTC settles with Trendnet after 'hundreds' of home security cameras were hacked (Chris Welch) http://t.co/0qMT4myCdF 22:11:55
Reading – The Secretary of State Goes to War (Joshua Foust) http://t.co/0y3NOmUOXk 22:24:47
Reading – Face It: Everybody Spies (Joshua Foust) https://t.co/V6Ir5jocr4 22:31:17
Reading – Congressman hitches a ride in a stealthy self-driving Cadillac (Sean Hollister) http://t.co/Us7r8hDExq 22:34:53
Reading – David Miranda Docs : Greenwald's Partner Carrying 58,000 Documents (Brett LoGiurato) http://t.co/jG55cM8lLB 22:54:29
Reading – Will Congress Support Military Action In Syria? A ThinkProgress Whip Count [UPDATED] (Volsky/Legum/Leber) http://t.co/echhNLhFLb 22:58:57
Reading – You can now see some of the dirt a major data marketer has on you (Jacob Kastrenakes) http://t.co/GCVHvYQY1A 23:02:15
Reading – The Sovereign Double-Standard (Aaron Bady) http://t.co/ZuAi8cLvwS 23:12:06
Reading – How Advanced Is the NSA’s Cryptanalysis вЂ” And Can We Resist It? (Bruce Schneier) http://t.co/hZgfw2QOv7 23:18:20
Alex would concur -> Reading – Four-Year-Old Mugged By Reality (Rod Dreher) http://t.co/BycqfWWHbZ 23:19:38
Reading – Myth-Busting the Looming War With Syria (Joshua Foust) http://t.co/N9GQnxxVwf 23:38:21
RT @jbarro: Obama seems to be excluding the possibility that terrible things can happen which the U.S. government has no ability to fix. 23:39:08
Reading – Apple Asks Devs to Prepare for New 'Safari Push Notification' Feature in Mavericks (Jordan Golson) http://t.co/Qae0nWy219 23:40:42

@abulsme tweets from 2013-09-03 (UTC)

My fitbit #Fitstats for 9/02/2013: 9,352 steps and 6.9 km traveled. http://t.co/yvGq0OoOT9 02:02:30
This wee’s Curmudgeon’s Corner with @imbou done! Out when I get a chance. :-) 03:26:14
Reading – President Obama's Epically Botched Syria Policy (Kevin Drum) http://t.co/SVs7XbTJRC 13:11:31
RT @KarlreMarks: I love how they talk about US and UK politicians being "traumatized" by the Iraq War. How do you think Iraqis feel or is tвЂ¦ 13:19:59
Reading – Why Obama needs to choose whether he's a liberal or a realist on Syria (Daniel W. Drezner) http://t.co/yfCwxu8tTM 13:24:05
Reading – Could bombing Syria kill more civilians than it saves? (Ezra Klein) http://t.co/kjumOr9lwJ 13:27:39
Reading – Report: John Kerry Tells Dems U.S. Faces вЂMunich Moment’ In Syria Decision (Catherine Thompson) http://t.co/N2lTVTjhsD 13:32:12
Bookmark! -> Where the votes stand on Syria (Aaron Blake) http://t.co/1VKcGOAZMa 13:43:24
Reading – A top-of-the-week briefing on Syria (Klein/Soltas) http://t.co/F4u0XoPcUk 13:56:48
Reading – Rand Paul: We Should Leave Assad Alone Because He’s Only Killing Muslims (Charles Johnson) http://t.co/zwiZALA2cn 14:07:08
Reading – The Syria Vote Looks Likely to Provoke Plenty of Republican Fireworks (Kevin Drum) http://t.co/DkGoACS8jT 16:52:52
RT @mattyglesias: Perhaps for the sake of U.S. credibility, future presidents should avoid making unwise military threats. 16:55:54
Reading – Ballmer promises shorter names for Nokia phones (Sharif Sakr) http://t.co/8qEGVYLESx 16:58:44
Screw the norm about not using chemical weapons. How about we start promoting a norm against killing people regardless of weapon used? 20:22:50
RT @joshuafoust: At least we have a strong answer for "did they learn at all from the last decade?" It's "no." 20:26:04
RT @DavidOAtkins: If the whole point of this is to enforce norms of international law, handing over Dick Cheney would help more. 20:26:08
RT @AmberBarno: This is how this hearing is going for Kerry so far: http://t.co/S3AMSvpgPF via @BuzzFeedAndrew #Syria 20:27:31
RT @natsecHeather: exists, called Responsib 2 Protect MT @abulsme Screw norm abt not using chem weapons. How bout norm against killing regaвЂ¦ 20:27:50
.@natsecHeather Not convinced that R2P ends up much better. Good intentions often don't lead to good outcomes. Need true cost/bene analysis. in reply to natsecHeather 20:30:37
.@natsecHeather Where cost/bene counts non-US too, and takes into account the great uncertainty in predicting outcome of possible actions. in reply to natsecHeather 20:32:10
RT @natsecHeather: @abulsme what is the cost/value of a human life? a Syrian, Congolese, American life? a life some believe will be lost ifвЂ¦ 20:32:35
.@natsecHeather Good Qs. Start by counting all lives equal, look for course with least expected deaths, regardless of who "responsible". in reply to natsecHeather 20:34:27
.@natsecHeather Once you have that down (no easy task, I grant), then start worrying about quality of life, etc. in reply to natsecHeather 20:35:16
.@natsecHeather Of course, also have to balance non-human costs. Ppl uncomfortable with $ to human comp, but insurance co's do it every day. in reply to natsecHeather 20:36:19
.@natsecHeather And every one of us does it subconsciously every day when evaluating risks we take, how much we spend on safety, etc. in reply to natsecHeather 20:37:22
.@natsecHeather Of course, not hearing R2P or cost/bene discussion here. More just "we must enforce norm" which is not convincing. in reply to natsecHeather 20:39:43
Yup -> If America wants Assad to respect international law, it must respect it, too (Raul Grijalva) http://t.co/yN6rnn3RPk 21:44:20
Reading – Hard Work (Atrios, Eschaton) http://t.co/aM1R7Y7P94 22:03:55
Reading – Nothing Says You Care Like a Missile Strike (Tom Tomorrow) http://t.co/9dL5bPLmce 22:39:43
Reading – Microsoft Buys Nokia for в‚¬3.79B (Matt Drance) http://t.co/4ulouDrUEN 23:09:47
RT @SenJohnMcCain: Scandal! Caught playing iPhone game at 3+ hour Senate hearing – worst of all I lost! 23:11:03
RT @BadAstronomer: .@SenJohnMcCain Yes, we shouldn’t expect our Senators to pay attention for 3 whole hours. It’s just bombing another counвЂ¦ 23:11:07

@abulsme tweets from 2013-09-02 (UTC)

.@AllieBrosh My son (almost 4) listened to your cake story, but at Q&A started singing so I had to take him out. Sorry for the disruption! 00:21:15
.@AllieBrosh & sorry missed rest too. Love your stuff. Rest of fam stayed though. Daughter (17) waiting for you to sign Alot shirt now. :-) 00:25:32
[Abulpost] Amy gets her Alot shirt signed by Allie Brosh http://t.co/jwF7NMMwer 01:15:21
.@AllieBrosh вЂ¦and here is you signing that shirt. She was very happy. :-) Thanks! http://t.co/8edWdKQniM 01:17:47
My fitbit #Fitstats for 9/01/2013: 8,465 steps and 6.2 km traveled. http://t.co/yvGq0OoOT9 02:01:36
RT @davidfrum: Syria confirms my rule: R elites fear their base; D elites hate theirs 03:28:59
Reading – A Win for the WPR? No, butвЂ¦ (Andrew Rudalevige) http://t.co/E0PjnODKlF 03:41:24
Reading – Military-Ruled Egypt Opposes US Strike on Syria (Juan Cole) http://t.co/hvclgcIs06 03:47:14
RT @jimantle: RT @JonHenke Obama can't acknowledge he needs Congressional authorization in Syria. That would mean he broke the law in Libya. 03:48:03
Reading – U.S. Had Intel on Chemical Strike Before It Was Launched (Shane Harris) http://t.co/cb3JKJEro4 05:56:07
Reading – Humongous 'grand canyon' locked between Greenland's ice, scientists say (Becky Oski) http://t.co/KuePJxxMtG 06:18:10
Reading – Campaign Journalism in the Age of Twitter (David Carr) http://t.co/vTsnZeIgbV 06:35:29
Reading – Iraqi Government Rejects US Strike on Syria, Fears Civil War (Juan Cole) http://t.co/XqejXp1foy 06:38:12
Reading – Some Context for Our Upcoming Bombing Campaign (Paul Waldman) http://t.co/h3rXraPDYv 06:43:12
Reading – Obama’s call for Congress vote on Syria puts GOP’s 2016 presidential hopefuls to the test (Dan Balz) http://t.co/qY2baq0p2O 06:57:26
Reading – Why Professors Don't Make Good Presidents (Will Inboden) http://t.co/PvPwBvrgD0 07:08:28
Reading – How Laura Poitras Helped Snowden Spill His Secrets (Peter Maass) http://t.co/adbLmL8t5j 17:33:41
Sigh -> Reading – Drug Agents Use Vast Phone Trove, Eclipsing N.S.A.’s (Shane/Moynihan) http://t.co/r7MVScjaga 17:50:07
Reading – Obama, Congress and Syria (Glenn Greenwald) http://t.co/eXivIWw4QD 18:02:11
Congrats to @diananyad on her record swim! Connection: She interviewed me as the "Random Spot Tourist" in 2002. http://t.co/y3g3sO1bHN 20:17:00
Reading – How President Bush Might Keep Us out of War in Syria (Goldy, Slog) http://t.co/DX5e6nQVJm 20:27:34
Reading – Invoking International Law Against Obama: Old Europe, New Europe and NeoCon Fail (Juan Cole) http://t.co/l3F384vbn2 20:32:30
Reading – 'Catastrophic' (David Kurtz) http://t.co/KG4mVqtfdN 20:35:10
Reading – China continues incredible space push with lunar rover launch in 2013 (Graham Templeton) http://t.co/7sjBDaWh5l 20:38:46
Well Said! -> Reading – The Case for Doing Nothing in Syria (Matthew Yglesias) http://t.co/MPcHmpsKWA 20:50:21
Reading – Nyad 1st to Swim to Florida From Cuba Without Cage (AP) http://t.co/0d5VsI3ZZF 20:53:53
Reading – Intel’s former chief architect: Moore’s law will be dead within a decade (Joel Hruska) http://t.co/rbMUxRuZ03 23:49:34

Amy gets her Alot shirt signed by Allie Brosh

For those not familiar with Allie Brosh, Hyperbole and a Half, or Alots, here is a primer. Then read everything on that blog. :-)

@abulsme tweets from 2013-09-01 (UTC)

My fitbit #Fitstats for 8/31/2013: 4,115 steps and 3 km traveled. http://t.co/yvGq0OoOT9 00:02:22
Started watching all three -> The three best science-fiction shows on TV (Phelim O'Neill) http://t.co/XYBSM82SoT 15:44:42
Reading – NSA Spied On Al Jazeera Communications (Spiegel) http://t.co/gDNzncmjhc 15:51:25
Reading – Obama’s Desperate Gamble (Peter Feaver) http://t.co/QDqbrSVSqq 15:58:34
Reading – These Eight Charts Explain Why 'Blue Texas' Won't Happen (Nate Cohn) http://t.co/R1mwF0dxGK 16:14:26
Reading – NSA intimidation expanding surveillance state (Bruce Schneier) http://t.co/JeLjGLtDhY 22:54:00
RT @Centives: @abulsme If you're looking for ideas to do something with the money…: http://t.co/3WNJDzg30e 22:57:01

@abulsme tweets from 2013-08-31 (UTC)

My fitbit #Fitstats for 8/30/2013: 1,989 steps and 1.5 km traveled. http://t.co/yvGq0OoOT9 01:02:01
Reading – The NSA’s вЂBlack Budget’ and Why We Should Be Worried About What Snowden Nabbed (Bob Cesca) http://t.co/pXgcngx3k9 03:55:25
Reading – David Cameron asked permission to strike Syria. Why won’t Obama? (Brad Plumer) http://t.co/AWg4DdOAvl 03:59:07
Reading – U.S. spy agencies mounted 231 offensive cyber-operations in 2011, docs show (Gellman/Nakashima) http://t.co/e0W2v9bpfx 04:36:51
Reading – UK’s Cameron must fight back after tough setback (Gregory Katz) http://t.co/mVJufI1WUG 05:08:19
Reading – The Tomahawks Of August (Rod Dreher) http://t.co/UzOgRStSHI 05:13:16
Reading – UK government says Greenwald partner practiced terrible security (Timothy B. Lee) http://t.co/plcT5PmTYN 05:28:11
Reading – UK asked N.Y. Times to destroy Snowden material | Reuters (Mark Hosenball) http://t.co/7d7mO3hHw5 05:59:03
Reading – Why Nobody Cares About the Surveillance State (David Rieff) http://t.co/Qj3zxd6IGr 06:05:34
[Abulpost] No More Reposts to Google+ for Me http://t.co/GVNVM5kS14 06:16:17
Reading – Surveillance disclosure battle heats up (Romm/Quinn) http://t.co/Nz9alkMU5w 06:19:06
Reading – The case for Syria may be worse than Iraq (Alex Seitz-Wald) http://t.co/4LHyddOhGi 06:29:00
RT @AlecMacGillis: Dracula really had it coming. RT @reidepstein: Fun fact: The last country the US formally declared war against was RomanвЂ¦ 06:51:33
Reading – New Zealand appears to have used NSA spy network to target Kim Dotcom (Cyrus Farivar) http://t.co/PFglwSC86h 16:30:22
RT @davidfrum: Shots across the bow work because it is expected they'll be followed by shots into the hull. But if not … 16:31:50
Reading – Experts Fear U.S. Plan to Strike Syria Overlooks Risks (Barnard/Rubin) http://t.co/7fKkipJWvT 16:51:39
Reading – Tooth Fairy Inflation (Centives) http://t.co/lDh8yCfkm9 16:56:36
Reading – Larry a summers and the Secret 'End-Game' Memo (Greg Palant) http://t.co/CO23iCNFMU 17:03:35
RT @tparsi: You know something's up when Diplomats favor war, and Generals favor diplomacy
#Syria #Dempsey #Kerry @MehdiRHasan @Ali_GharibвЂ¦ 17:06:57
Doesn't say how much he started with! -> Reading – Make $377,000 trading Apple in one day (Rob Curran) http://t.co/boNBsDj06x 17:21:42
Speech Over. I obviously disagree with intervention, but big kudos to @BarackObama for taking it to the Congress. That is the right call. 18:01:03
Now we'll see what happens in Congress. Next test will be what Obama does if Congress says no. Presume Obama thinks he has the votes though. 18:02:47
RT @chucktodd: May be first time in years that just about every single member of Congress, regardless of party will issue a press release pвЂ¦ 18:04:06
RT @BenjySarlin: VERY bad RT @sahilkapur: Bad news for the members of Congress who wanted to wash their hands of this and criticize whateveвЂ¦ 18:08:17
RT @JHarperReports: Operation Symbolic Gesture in #Syria has been postponed. Operation Labor Day BBQ will proceed as scheduled. 18:14:20
This should be very interesting in the Congress by the way. Opinions on this not really divided on D/R lines. 18:20:07
RT @jricole: Interesting possibility that a Left-Libertarian alliance in Congress could defeat Syria resolution 18:22:11
RT @gerrycanavan: "strikes will be just as effective tomorrow as they will be in a month" What about a year? I bet they'd be JUST AS EFFECTвЂ¦ 18:52:03
RT @AdamSerwer: Rep. Peter King says Obama's decision to go to Congress "undermining the authority of future presidents." Means it as a badвЂ¦ 19:01:07
Reducing power of president vs power of congress is a GOOD thing as far as I am concerned. :-) 19:01:42
RT @arishapiro: Overheard: "Congress now knows what it feels like when the dog catches the car." 19:22:14
Reading – Obama made last-minute decision on Syria approval (Josh Lederman) http://t.co/dzIi87zxRQ 19:53:46
"The administration officials described a president overriding all his top national security advisersвЂ¦" – and making the right call. 19:54:59
(Of course, he should have done the same in Libya.) 19:55:55
RT @RichardEngel: #syrian opposition very disappointed. They were building hope that strikes would be tonight, feel carpet pulled out from вЂ¦ 19:56:57
Bet Kerry is pissed. At least publicly he seemed way more hung ho about this than Obama. May not be the same privately of course. 19:58:59
RT @attackerman: Future presidents who want to launch "discrete" military strikes ala Iraq 98 &c will now face Q of why they don't go to CoвЂ¦ 19:59:12
Wonder how many of the top advisors Obama overrode will still be there by the end of the administration. 20:00:52
Or even in a year. 20:01:04
RT @marcambinder: Wow. Obama just pulled the loose string from that Gordian knot of the imperial presidency. 20:01:12
I hope so! (But doubt it.) -> @marcambinder: Wow. Obama just pulled the loose string from that Gordian knot of the imperial presidency. 20:02:29
Yeah, not a happy team. MT @passantino: RT @petesouza: Pres meeting with NatSec team this morning: http://t.co/Ieb4ik6QLB 20:12:06
RT @bobcesca_go: View from 50,000 feet. Americans debating the use of military force. A president reasonable enough to pay attention. 20:14:54
Reading – Obama DOJ Asks Court to Grant Immunity to George W. Bush For Iraq War (Inder Comar) http://t.co/ZrORjIH3RD 21:32:46
Amy just registered to vote! Wow! (Turning 18 in October.) Time sure flies… 22:35:01

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