Undernews: June 21, 2013

Obama's major war on truth

@ggreenwald - The Obama DOJ just charged its 7th leaker under "espionage" statute - total for all prior presidents: 3

Words & meaning: Learning from Orwell & Mussolini

Tennessee water officials try to terrorize complaining citizens

In all but six states, women can be fired for being abused by spouse

Skype in bed with NSA

Former NSA analyst says Obama and Supreme Court justice were tapped

Raising the minimum wage to just $10.10 per hour would pull more than half of the nation's working poor out of poverty, according to a new study.

Michael Hastings' last article:
Why Democrats Love To Spy On Americans

Numerous cities in Alaska have recorded their all-time hottest temperatures on record, and according to Wunderground's weather historian, Christopher C. Burt, the unofficial 98° measured at Bentalit Lodge on Monday, June 17, ties the record for the hottest reliably measured temperature in state history. The only other time Alaska has been this hot was on June 15, 1969, when the mercury hit 96° in Fairbanks, and a 98° reading was recorded in Richardson (near Fairbanks.)

Quotes
You've got to be careful if you don't know where you're going, because you might end up someplace else. - Yogi Berra

Pocket paradigms
Where once saying unconventional things was regarded as hip, it is now considered 'inappropriate.' Hipness has become a fashion statement - a consumer selection carefully synchronized with corporate intent rather than outward evidence of a state of mind free of the corporatized state... -Sam Smith

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