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The attempt to pass the bill

rmrd0000 — Thu, 23 Jun 2016 15:41:11 +0000

In reply to hmmm, I agree with Peter? the

The attempt to pass the bill failed yesterday. 46 Republicans and 11 Democrats supported the surveillance bill. There are 44 Democrats in the Senate, so 75% fought against the bill. 46 of the 54 or 85% of Republicans supporter the bill

http://www.newsweek.com/senate-rejects-fbi-new-powers-snoop-through-peop...

hmmm, I agree with Peter? the

PeraclesPlease — Thu, 23 Jun 2016 15:11:29 +0000

In reply to I sometimes disagree with

hmmm, I agree with Peter? the no-fly list has been a black hidey hole where people can never get off because they're not allowed to know why they're there in the first place, even if it's a misspelling. (Buttle? Tuttle? ironic Glenn's writing from Brazil?)

Yeah, our monitoring of Muslim populations, looking for suspicious characters at falafel joints, has been largely bizarre and intrusive. And it's not like I'm looking for catching suspicious characters buying AR-15's for domestic use - I'm concerned about *ANYONE* buying AR-15's for whatever freak purpose they have in mind. Yeah, blowing shit up is great - I worked for a short time in munitions and incindiary devices - but it seems short of a Constitutional right to me.

Close down the gun shops and ad hoc sales - don't increase the surveillance. Ferguson and Chicago et al wouldn't be helped at all by no-fly-no-buy, nor would Sandy Hook, etc.

I sometimes disagree with

Peter — Thu, 23 Jun 2016 14:39:28 +0000

In reply to Glen Greenwald lovers, his

I sometimes disagree with Glenzilla but he hit the nail on the head with this attack on this democrat election year stunt and their demand for more police-state stripping people of due process that has no effect on gun violence just as background checks has had no measurable effect on GV. Mateen wasn't on this secret list so he wouldn't have been deterred by these new extreme restrictions.

Greenwald is a journalist with his own forum so Driftglass' comment seems to be sour grapes, who the hell is Driftglass?

Glen Greenwald lovers, his

NCD — Thu, 23 Jun 2016 14:01:28 +0000

In reply to Watch Democratic House Sit-In

Glen Greenwald lovers, his take on Democrats and the gun issue:

I wonder who Democrats think will end up on these secret suspicion-based lists they are trying to implement? Any guesses?

Dems aren't trying to fix this list. They love secret, discriminatory suspicion-based terror watch lists, just like Bush admin did

Driftglass on Glen Greenwald:

Whenever there is some headline-grabbing barbarity somewhere in the world that is in related to those who pervert Islam to serve horrific ends, you can always count on America's premier, globe-trotting, indignance-chasing attorney will be johnny-on-the-spot to set up his card table right in the center of it so he can angrily pamphleteer passer's by about the real tragedy

I've been wondering why no

PeraclesPlease — Thu, 23 Jun 2016 10:52:54 +0000

In reply to I've spent much of the day

I've been wondering why no one was dragged screaming off the House floor in either 2003 or 2008-9. Glad it's a good cause.

I've spent much of the day

barefooted — Thu, 23 Jun 2016 03:41:03 +0000

In reply to hahahahah

I've spent much of the day/evening watching Democrats finally do some real, live attention-getting, so I'm good!

The House is technically in

barefooted — Thu, 23 Jun 2016 03:38:43 +0000

In reply to Thx

The House is technically in recess - though votes were scheduled as of 3PM - during which the cameras are off. Ryan could change that if he chose, ~~just as they finally turned the microphone on.~~

hahahahah

Richard Day — Thu, 23 Jun 2016 03:35:08 +0000

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hahahahah

How ya doin Missy? ha

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barefooted — Thu, 23 Jun 2016 03:29:34 +0000

In reply to GOOD ONE MISSY.

GOOD ONE MISSY.

Richard Day — Thu, 23 Jun 2016 02:57:26 +0000

In reply to Watch Democratic House Sit-In

GOOD ONE MISSY.

BUT THE DAMN THINGY DOES NOT WORK. You have to redo it with the linky thingy.

SO HERE IS THE LINK

http://www.c-span.org/video/?411624-1/watch-house-democrats-continue-house-sitin-gun-violence&live