Wednesday Miscellany!

[maxomai]

• Obama wants to repeal the Authorization for Use of Military Force against Iraq. As it stands, he has Congressional authorization to re-invade Iraq at will.


• The US Senate is preparing to scuttle Obama's peace initiatives with Iran with a veto-proof bill imposing additional sanctions.


• In 1971, a group of activists broke into a Pennsylvania FBI office and found evidence that Hoover was actively working to suppress peaceful dissent. Today, one of them came forward to explain why they did this, and to draw a parallel to Snowden's actions. Quoting her: "Democracy needs whistleblowers."


• Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY) is retiring, which is likely to make gun rights activists cheer. Me, I'm expecting for another anti-gun candidate to fill that seat, based on both the demographics of her district and the revival of the anti-gun cause in the Democratic base. Also retiring is Rep Mike McIntyre (D-NC), a blue dog who, among other things, is a staunch opponent of Obamacare. His seat is likely to go to Republican hands.


• The Insane Clown Posse and the ACLU are suing the FBI over the FBI's stupid, silly, and almost certainly illegal decision to classify ICP fans as a gang.


• USA Today has apologized for plagiarizing scottbateman's Disalmanac weather map.

Comments

[arkham4269.livejournal.com]

The U.S. Senate, snatching war our of the jaws of peace once again.

In regards to Iraq, the War Powers Act really needs to be fiddled with.

The FBI story is one of the main reasons why I constantly tell people that give gov't entities the "right" to spy on our enemies and you can bet almost immediately that anyone who has a view counter to the "established beltway wisdom" is suddenly an enemy no matter if they are a group like Cute Kittens Against Nuclear Warfare.