Police State

US Army blocks access to the Guardian's reporting on the NSA.
NSA leaks boost support for open source software and resistance to the cloud.

Attacking Snowden has been ineffective, so now our rulers are attacking Greenwald. This revelation has the potential to spark real change, and our rulers are terrified of that. Smear-monger tied to Obama and Bill Ayers through Chicago Annenberg Challenge. Anything to take the focus off the NSA surveillance itself.

Colorado state lab caught manipulating blood alcohol results to favor the prosecutor. I'm sure they all do it, and that's not all they do to favor the prosecutor.

While we worry about the high-tech spying, we shouldn't forget the widespread, low-tech spying.

Status on the trashing of the Bill of Rights.

I doubt an acquittal of George Zimmerman will prompt the worse race riots in US history.