HRW and Amnesty say (some) US drone strikes against intl law

[East Coast Hustle]

America is that 35 year old guy who still thinks it's cool to shotgun beers and inevitably tries to trap you into a conversation about "remember when we did (insert not even all that cool high school hijinks here) man, that was so BADASS!" only you were there for that one and not only is it a shit story to begin with but he's getting it totally wrong.

[P3nT4gR4m]

America is that 35 year old guy who still thinks it's cool to shotgun beers and inevitably tries to trap you into a conversation about "remember when we did (insert not even all that cool high school hijinks here) man, that was so BADASS!" only you were there for that one and not only is it a shit story to begin with but he's getting it totally wrong.

You just described me, and it looks like I'm even lying about my age now 

[Cain]

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[Lord Cataplanga]

Putting the U.S. at a stark disadvantage compared to its most active rivals and competitors — neither Russia nor China face nearly as much scrutiny in their intelligence activities, for example — is difficult to see as anything other than an attack on the U.S., not a defense of anyone's rights.

Well, it's not like all of my email has been going through Russian or Chinese webmail companies for the last decade, so from a selfish point of view, I just don't care enough about surveillance there.

Maybe  we should? Do you think Russian or Chinese surveillance can be a threat to normal people that live outside those countries?

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

America is that 35 year old guy who still thinks it's cool to shotgun beers and inevitably tries to trap you into a conversation about "remember when we did (insert not even all that cool high school hijinks here) man, that was so BADASS!" only you were there for that one and not only is it a shit story to begin with but he's getting it totally wrong.

That is alarmingly accurate.

WWII, MAN!

[Kai]

Joshua Foust, everyone's favourite college-dropout and military-industrial complex shill, is crying about the Foreign Affairs article, because it holds the USA to a higher standard than Russia and China.  Also something something Greenwald and Snowden are high-tech terrorists something.

So much for American Exceptionalism. More like the Nation of Mediocrity. "Lower the standards far enough, and we're still the best!"

[Cain]

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