Tag Archive | Rand Paul
New Xbox Reportedly Won’t Let You Play (Unless It Can Spy On You) | THE JEENYUS CORNER
THE JEENYUS CORNER By Adan Salazar People throughout the world could soon be voluntarily outfitting their homes with indefinitely active cameras, infrared sensors and microphones if they purchase Microsoft’s new Xbox video game console, slated for release sometime next year. According to leaked screen captures, the new console, codenamed “Durango,” will be “Always On, Always […]
SC State Senator Lee Bright Featured On Glenn Beck | THE JEENYUS CORNER
Could this be the man that defeats Lindsey Graham? THE JEENYUS CORNER A couple of weeks ago, Glenn started a movement…Operation Defeat Lindsey Graham. He offered airtime to any conservative candidate willing to run against Senator Lindsey Graham in South Carolina. In a state like South Carolina, there’s no excuse to have a progressive Republican […]
Just in: Rand Paul wins 2013 CPAC presidential straw poll | THE JEENYUS CORNER
Voters At CPAC 2013 Stand With Rand THE JEENYUS CORNER Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky won the presidential straw poll at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Saturday. Paul won with 25% of the vote and finished slightly ahead of Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida. In third place was former senator and presidential candidate Rick […]
Drone Spotted Over Austin at SXSW | THE JEENYUS CORNER
THE JEENYUS CORNER While interviewing actor Daniel Sunjata, Infowars spotted a drone hovering over Austin’s famous Sixth Street during the SXSW festival. Could this be an ominous indicator of what’s to come? As reporter Darrin McBreen notes, Congress has already signed a bill allowing the Federal Aviation Administration to permit the use of drones – […]
FBI’s ‘National Security Letters’ Demands Ruled Unconstitutional | THE JEENYUS CORNER
THE JEENYUS CORNER By Eyder Peralta A federal judge in California ruled today that the FBI cannot secretly demand data from banks and phone companies in national security cases. The judge said orders that keep those requests secret violate the First Amendment. NPR’s Carrie Johnson filed this report for our Newscast unit: “The demands known […]
Robber Gets More Than Bargained For When He Held Up Armed Senior Citizen | THE JEENYUS CORNER
Robber Confronts 81-Year-Old Man and Demands ‘Everything You Got’… What He Had Was a .38-Caliber Revolver THE JEENYUS CORNER By Jason Howerton As he was driving home on Sunday night, 81-year-old Florida resident James Stevens said he knew something was amiss after he realized a 2010 Kia had been following him for about 20 minutes. […]
Ron Paul: Congress, Drones, and The Imperial Presidency | THE JEENYUS CORNER
THE JEENYUS CORNER By Ron Paul Last week the US Senate took a break from debating the phony cuts known as “sequestration,” for Senator Rand Paul to hold a 13-hour filibuster to force the Obama administration to state whether it believes the President has the right to kill American citizens with drones on US soil. […]
Coming Out: Is SC Ready for its First “Openly Gay” Senator | THE JEENYUS CORNER
THE JEENYUS CORNER By Joshua Cook Move over Sen. Lee Bright and Sen. Tom Davis, Bruce Carroll aka @GayPatriot is “coming out” to challenge Sen. Lindsey Graham in 2014. This is not a publicity stunt like Stephen Colbert running for president of South Carolina-this is the real deal. Today Politico.com reports, “Bruce Carroll announced his […]
Seattle Bar Bans Preemptively Bans Google Glasses | THE JEENYUS CORNER
THE JEENYUS CORNER By Jonathan Ore A Seattle bar has pre-emptively banned Google Glass from its premises, generating mixed reactions online, but also raising questions about whether they will present a privacy concern when used in public spaces. The 5 Point Café made its intentions clear with a post on its Facebook page last week: […]
How the Establishment Press Got Rand Paul Wrong | THE JEENYUS CORNER
THE JEENYUS CORNER By Conor Friedersdorf When Rand Paul emerged on the national scene in 2010, staffers at places like The Cato Institute and Reason backed him more enthusiastically than any other U.S. Senate candidate. Like all Tea Party-affiliated pols, Paul favored smaller government, tax cuts, and free-market reforms. Unlike Marco Rubio or Christine O’Donnell, […]
