We got a huge number of great reader emails in response to my post about “homeland security.” One of them came from TPM Reader BD …
And why on earth was the agency not named the Department of National Security, which would have been the most natural formulation in the world and yet still serve to warm the hearts of the Cheney-Krauthammer claque of folks who like to think they’re more serious-minded, vigilant, rock-ribbed, etc. than the rest of us?
Protecting the White House is a very high stakes proposition. The potential costs of getting it wrong are weighty. So I find it notable that none of these guys who’ve tried to breach the fence – even this guy who managed to get into the building itself – has gotten shot. No shots fired.
For those of you who use Macs and/or iPhones and iPads, curious what you think of the “flat”/arialized aesthetic of iOS8 and OSX Yosemite. We’re discussing it here in The Hive. If you’re not a Prime member, shoot me an email and let me know what you think.
Photos from yesterday’s big protest in New York City urging action on climate change.
Alaska TV makes dramatic on screen exit to take up the battle for legal pot in her state.
ICYMI: Is “Homeland” a word you associate with the kind of America you grew up in?
As you know, a fence-jumper managed to hop the White House fence on Friday and get just inside a White House foyer before he was subdued. The White House seems to be something of a magnet for people – often with some range of psychiatric problems – who hop the fence and make a dash for the mansion. In almost every case, they’re tackled somewhere on the lawn before they get very far. But this breach last week is leading the Secret Service to consider further extending the White House security perimeter. President Obama should say no.
“I have a PhD in Islamic studies from Oxford University, unlike my opponents who went to some donkey college in Pakistan or Saudi Arabia.”
Taj Hargey, founder on Capetown’s “Open Mosque”, which welcomes gay and embraces women’s equality, on his qualifications as a religious leader.
St Louis County police academy now offering course in combatting media after police shootings.
Finally, a story that combines militias and polling place harassment of voters – and it’s in Wisconsin.