Fox Noise Channel sued over JoDon Romero on-air suicide →
bbc.co.uk
Roger Ailes’ network is being taken to court by the mother of a man whose suicide it “inadvertently” broadcast nationwide.
June 2013
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NSA surveillance, as told through classic children's books →
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The Guardian: “As news of the NSA’s secret surveillance programs spread this weekend, Twitter did what it does best: mockery. User Darth asked followers to contribute titles for #NSAKidsBooks, which were then turned into beautifully hilarious works of art. Darth has kindly allowed us to share them.”
“Many people consider the things government does for them to be social progress but they regard the things government does for others as socialism.”
—Chief Justice Earl Warren, addressing the National Press Club in the Dstrict of Columbia, as quoted in Freedom and Union.
“I just think people need to make a living wage with health benefits… It also puts more money back into the economy and creates a healthier country. It’s really that simple.”
—Costco CEO Craig Jelinek on why he treats his workers well.
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Darrell Issa's IRS investigation is falling apart →
businessweek.com
Republicans are desperate to try to connect the White House to the Internal Revenue Service’s foibles, but so far, all they’ve succeeded in doing is embarrassing themselves by distorting the evidence and stretching the truth.
“I’m very disappointed in my teenage son’s words, and I sincerely apologize for the insensitivity. This language is unacceptable, anywhere. Needless to say, I’ve already spoken with him about this, he has apologized, and I apologize as well.”
—Arizona Senator Jeff Flake, responding to media reports that his son used homophobic, anti-Semitic language on Twitter and a racist screen name on a social gaming site.
“When the history of our time comes to be written, people will marvel at the way that billions of people were seduced into the kind of one-sided agreements they have struck with outfits such as Yahoo, Google, Facebook, Microsoft and Apple.”
—To the internet giants, you’re not a customer. You’re just another user (John Naughton, The Guardian)
Twenty-six lawmakers live off food stamps to protest Republican cuts →
thinkprogress.org
A group led by Representative Barbara Lee is trying to survive on four dollars and fifty cents per day all week to walk a mile in the shoes of people who have to rely on food stamps - which Republicans have proposed cutting.
Data-driven tech industry is shaken by online privacy fears →
nytimes.com
Silicon Valley has reacted with dismay to the news that the U.S. government is doing its own data mining, using tech powerhouses such as Microsoft, Google, Yahoo, Apple, and Facebook to gain access to user data.
“Everyone everywhere now understands how bad things have gotten — and they’re talking about it. They have the power to decide for themselves whether they are willing to sacrifice their privacy to the surveillance state.”
—Twenty-nine year old Edward Snowden, a former CIA employee who has unmasked himself as the individual who leaked crucial information about the NSA’s surveillance programs.
Dirty secrets of the worst charities →
tampabay.com
The Tampa Bay Times profiles some of America’s worst and least-effective charities, which spend almost no money on programs but huge amounts on telemarketing and fundraising.
After Newtown shooting, mourning parents enter into the lonely quiet →
washingtonpost.com
Eli Saslow chronicles what life is like now for Mark and Jackie Barden, who lost their son Daniel in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting half a year ago.
Rural county commissioners discuss seceding from Colorado →
kdvr.com
Conservatives love to talk secession when elections and policy decisions go against their extreme views.
