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The Moderate Voice: Twitter Tightens Account Security, If We Want It
There’s a lot about network security that’s in the hands of unseen engineers. But the part that may be the most vulnerable is in our hands, the everyday (phone, tablet, computer) user.
Twitter just made it a little easier for us to protect our...
Dateline: 2013-05-22 11:03pm -07:00T (211 words)
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The Moderate Voice: Lonesome Doves: Morse and Gruening Lone Senate Tonkin Gulf Opponents
Morse and Gruening (Press Photo — via Ebay site)
In 1964, only two Senators would famously oppose voted the Tonkin Gulf Resolution that would launch shortly thereafter, launch America firmly and unstoppably into the Vietnam War.
Backgroundwise, Or...
Dateline: 2013-05-22 8:33pm -07:00T (1888 words)
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The Moderate Voice: How Far Should Government Go in Investigation of Leaks?
Christopher Weyant, The Hill
How Far Should Government Go in Investigation of Leaks? (via PBS News Hour)
GWEN IFILL: Now to another story that has captured the attention of the news media and of Congress. After new revelations about extensive investiga...
Dateline: 2013-05-22 8:33pm -07:00T (62 words)
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The Moderate Voice: IRS unit head refuses to testify about targeting
IRS unit head refuses to testify about targeting (via AFP)
The head of the IRS office that oversees non-profit groups refused to testify at a congressional panel probing abuse at the US tax agency, but defiantly declared she had done nothing wrong. Loi...
Dateline: 2013-05-22 8:33pm -07:00T (55 words)
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The Moderate Voice: Breaking: Obama Administration Admits Four Americans Killed in Drone Attacks
The Obama administration formally acknowledged today that the U.S. has killed four Americans in drone strikes in Yemen and Pakistan
In addition to Anwar al-Awlaki, a radical Muslim cleric who was killed in a drone strike in September 2011 in Yemen, the a...
Dateline: 2013-05-22 3:48pm -07:00T (128 words)
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The Moderate Voice: Symington Very Nearly JFK’s VP
If Harry Truman had his way, there would have been another President from Missouri in his lifetime. It seemed impractical that the “Show-Me State” could have two White House occupants in eight years but Senator Stuart Symington made a credible...
Dateline: 2013-05-22 3:48pm -07:00T (1216 words)
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The Moderate Voice: British Soldier Reportedly Beheaded In Probable Teror Attck
To say that this story is horrifying is an understatement
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Dateline: 2013-05-22 12:03pm -07:00T (10 words)
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The Moderate Voice: Extreme Political Views Caused By The ‘Illusion of Understanding’
Extreme Political Views Caused By The ‘Illusion of Understanding’ (via Planetsave)
Have you ever tried to engage in a balanced discussion or debate over, say, macro-economics or maybe foreign policy — subjects that are complex and conting...
Dateline: 2013-05-22 10:48am -07:00T (57 words)
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The Moderate Voice: Anthony Weiner Officially Enters NYC Mayoral Race Nearly Two Years After Sexting Scandal
He’s baaaack! Â Anthony Weiner makes his New York City mayoral bid official:
Nearly two years after he resigned from Congress because of a sexting scandal, Anthony Weiner is running for mayor.
He formally announced his candidacy with a two-minute,...
Dateline: 2013-05-22 10:48am -07:00T (226 words)
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The Moderate Voice: Will Obama Take China’s President to Disneyland?
The President will be meeting China’s President Xi Jinping for a summit in southern California next month, raising hopes it will go better than a bizarre Cold War flap over barring a Soviet leader from visiting Disneyland.
In 1959, Nikita Khrushchev cam...
Dateline: 2013-05-22 10:48am -07:00T (218 words)
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The Moderate Voice: It’s News Not Espionage
John Cole, The Scranton Times-Tribune
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has no business rummaging through journalists’ phone records, perusing their emails and tracking their movements in an attempt to keep them from gathering news. Th...
Dateline: 2013-05-22 7:03am -07:00T (838 words)
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The Moderate Voice: Watch the High Stakes Political and Media Credibility Game
Nate Beeler, The Columbus Dispatch
Watch the High Stakes Political and Media Credibility Game
Watch the High Stakes Political and Media Credibility Game
Independent’s Eye by Joe Gandelman
Forget the political “blame game.” The biggest ga...
Dateline: 2013-05-22 7:03am -07:00T (625 words)
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The Moderate Voice: Landmark immigration bill clears key Senate hurdle
Landmark US immigration bill clears key Senate hurdle (via AFP)
A sweeping overhaul of the US immigration system took a major step toward viability when a Senate panel gave bipartisan approval to a landmark bill offering a path to citizenship for milli...
Dateline: 2013-05-22 5:48am -07:00T (56 words)
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The Moderate Voice: Ibragim Todashev, Who Has Possible Ties to Boston Bombing Suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev, Killed by FBI Agent
Ibragim Todashev
The FBI shot and killed Ibragim Todashev, 27, who may be connected to Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev, WESH reported Wednesday morning. Ibragim Todashev, a Chechen, and Khusn Taramiv were being investigated as part of th...
Dateline: 2013-05-22 5:48am -07:00T (364 words)
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The Moderate Voice: Papa-Bear Conservative Goldwater Scorned Party’s Social Stances
Historic Quote: To serve in the military”doesn’t have to be straight, you just have to shoot straight.” Barry Goldwater.
Barry Goldwater (1909-1998) Photo by bioguide.congress
May it please thy court that the man who is considered at le...
Dateline: 2013-05-21 7:48pm -07:00T (1747 words)
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