[Zakeet]

The rabbit hole just got deeper. A whole lot deeper.

[Tilted Irish Kilt]

NSA = domestic data spooks with no accountability or warrant !

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Graphic stolen...

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Nut-job Conspiracy Theory Ping!

To get onto The Nut-job Conspiracy Theory Ping List you must threaten to report me to the Mods if I don’t add you to the list...

[dagogo redux]

{The rabbit hole just got deeper. A whole lot deeper.}

“with mother finally ******, and the last fantastic book flung out the tenement window, and the last door closed at 4 AM and the last telephone slammed at the wall in reply and the last furnished room emptied down to the last piece of mental furniture, a yellow paper rose twisted on a wire hanger in the closet, and even that imaginary, nothing but a hopeful little bit of hallucination -——

“ah, Carl, while you are not safe I am not safe , and now you’re really in the total animal soup of time ——”

[Allen Ginsberg]

[MasterGunner01]

Crony capitalism at its finest — U.S. government departments and agencies swapping information on rivals and others with selected businesses. WHAT national security?

[Olog-hai]

Snakes are expert at navigating rabbit holes. The spirit invoked in that revised Gadsden banner became more poignant.

[familyop]

"thousands of technology, finance and manufacturing companies are working closely with U.S. national security agencies, providing sensitive information and in return receiving benefits that include access to classified intelligence,..."Makers of hardware and software, banks, Internet security providers, satellite telecommunications companies and many other companies also participate in the government programs."

How many here are aware of some of the foreign interests involved in American-"based" manufacturing (on foreign soil) and in "telecommunications companies?" Not many, I reckon.

[familyop]

There are many Islamists in such telecommunications companies doing exactly the same work that Snowden did (systems administration). And you do know where much of the manufacturing, especially of hardware, is done.

[Vendome]

Excellent and deep enough.

Try setting up an Ebay account and asking for them to increase your selling limit from $500 to $5,000.

They limit you initially mitigate your ability to perform any expensive scams.

Let’s say you have an item however that you rightfully believe should sell for $4,500.

You have to call Ebay and they perform a very sophisticated and deep background check on you. They will ask you some pretty surprising questions that you don’t think anyone would know and information you had long just about forgot.

If you pass with one score they give you a provisional increase.

If you pass with flying colors you get pretty much what you asked for but, they will watch your every move to ensure you don’t scam their members.

How did they get this info?

Think....

[political1]

Insider trading for the hedge fund operators. Can you say Rahm Emanuel.

[LyinLibs]

[Vince Ferrer]

The World is a Business

[gotribe]

The rise of mercantilism. Capitalism seems to have had a short life which is a shame. Capitalism put the fruit within everyone’s reach, but the State and its cronies became jealous and greedy.

[SE Mom]

Ok now we’re in crisis mode.

[M Kehoe]

Good morning.

Did you ever ask yourself the questions, "why," or "how," when you get a particular email, snail mail, or telemarketer call (for example)?

If Orwell was alive today he would say, "I told you so." "You boys are in big trouble."

5.56mm

[Kevmo]

Excellent graphic.

[Chickensoup]

Hussein is going to have to start a GIANT war to get this turkey off the front page and to keep his job.

[SE Mom]

DRUDGE has it now ...this should be in breaking news

[machman]

Sounds like the end result of the "public-private" partnerships Hillary! used to talk so lovingly about....seems oBozo has perfected them....

[VerySadAmerican]

When we agree to these firms “terms” we agree to whatever they want to do.

On the snooping scandal, the government has releases a bunch of postings Snowden made over the past eight years. Thus proving what he said is true.