In the wake of National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden’s allegations that the U.S. is spying on its own people, President Obama granted an interview to PBS to assure us that the NSA’s program is “transparent.” “What I can say unequivocally is that if you are a U.S. person, the NSA cannot listen to your telephone calls, and the NSA cannot target your emails … and have not,” Obama said. [HuffPost]
Imagine being kicked out of college because you were in love with a woman. That’s exactly what happened to Danielle Powell during her matriculation at a conservative Christian college in Nebraska. Her lesbian relationship got her expelled…and they even sent her a $6,000 bill to cover the cost of her unfinished semester. As if that was her fault…[TPM]
Is this quite possibly the laziest handler at an airport…ever? A cargo loader at China’s Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport was caught hurling boxes onto a conveyor belt carelessly. Makes you not want to send anything through the mail again…[YouTube]
Tammy Eppley said this was a joke, but there’s nothing funny about sprinkling drugs on snacks to get children in her day care to sleep during the day. See what happened to her here…[HuffPost]
