The Hoyt post is a good one. Thanks. There is a lot of wishing and hoping going on, but the grand correction has only been postponed. It will not be long nor soft. Short and sharp with a lost decade or 2 is a better bet.

Seriously, it’s a must-read.

She’s an immigrant herself so she can write from that perspective.

She’s a better American than 3/4 of the people I know in real life.

She also knows that a collapse is coming. Amnesty will accelerate the process, which may not be a bad thing.

She talked me down from the ledge. Mostly.

I heartily accept (and approve) your substitution of “indicative” for “determinative”, as a friendly amendment to my motion.

I like the distinction you are drawing. Good show!

G’day, mate . . .

Eric,

“I think on this issue, libertarians just need to own that they share common cause with leftists and our international competitors.”

I’m sorry, what issue? I don’t follow your line of thinking at all. I can’t think of any issue with which “libertarians share common cause with leftists”. What aspect am I missing?

Things are getting VERY interesting in the court case about Obama’s citizenship. An attorney has come forward with this testimony about a certain Indonesian student getting aid as a foreign citizen to attend Occidental College:

http://tinyurl.com/mbrtlqo

Pass it on: the only way to get facts past the Praetorian Media is to flood the zone.

I think on this issue, libertarians just need to own that they share common cause with leftists and our international competitors. It happens. It’s not a simple issue.

http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/23/politics/nsa-leaks-us-reaction/index.html

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/06/23/pelosis-defense-nsa-boos/2450751/

Regarding the partisan contest, note the end of the USA Today story: “Her remarks criticizing the Republican majority in the House and encouraging powerful women brought applause, cheers and laughs.”

Leftist discontent with Obama on this or any issue doesn’t mean they’ll ever do less than their best to beat down the GOP and the Right.

Unless something pretty unexpected happens, the 2008 and 2012 elections were both reflective and determinative of this nation’s future, the 2010 election notwithstanding.

Even if the good guys (albeit infested/infected with RINOs) hold the House in 2014, unless something pretty unexpected happens, holding the House in 2014 merely delays what is already reflective and darn determinative of this nation’s future.

I guess I don’t expect the good guys to prevail in 2016 and beyond, given that our side is practically giving away the game if they insist on admitting all those millions of presently undocumented Democrats. What would be unexpected is our side holding firm.

Okay . . . stop laughing, will ya?

Snowden is not being charged with espionage, he is being charged with certain very specific violations of the Espionage Act rather than a generic “espionage” crime. The word “espionage” is not used in those charges. Nor is he charged with “acting as a spy for a foreign power.” I wrote at some length about this here. And you can read the actual provisions of the Act in question here.

“Publishes” is enough to be considered a possible violation. And the damage to the US does not have to be proven beyond a reasonable doubt, either. The information can just be potentially damaging, which classified information (especially classified at the level of the information Snowden revealed) is ordinarily presumed to be. It is defined as potentially damaging if it were released, until proven otherwise. And Snowden did not have to be in the pay or employ of any foreign government nor did he have to give it to a foreign government specifically (although I believe that he in fact did give some information to Hong Kong and China while he was there that was most definitely detrimental to our interests, about our hacking into Chinese computers). So whether or not Snowden would be found guilty if he ever came to trial (I personally think he should, but I also think he will never come to trial), the elements of the charges appear to be present.