NSA Thinks Privacy Is for Extremists, Rob Ford Has Tried 'Every Drug,' Thousands Flee Hurricane Arthur: P.M. Links

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  • Mike Licht, NotionsCapital.com

    The NSA's XKeyscore surveillance system's source code was leaked. If you care about your online privacy and use things like the Tor network, the NSA classifies you as an "extremist."

  • Bureau of Labor Statistics data indicates that employers added 288,000 jobs to the economy in June. Sounds great, except, at the same time a record high 92,120,000 Americans 16 and older didn't participate in the labor force.
  • "We don't discuss veterans. We do not work for veterans. … Our customer is the VA central office, the White House and the Congress," a whistleblower says. "We actually put incoming applications aside so we could focus on the [Obamacare] related applications that came in over last summer."
  • After facing a potential $54,000 deficit due to federal lunch guidelines, one school board president in Milwaukee says he's ditching the program  "pushed by and large by Michelle Obama, who last I checked has been elected by no one." Burn!
  • Toronto Mayor Rob Ford announced that he's tried "every drug you can probably think of."  Either this is a bold reelection strategy, or he was on drugs when he said it.
  • Saudi Arabia deployed 30,000 troops to the Iraqi border. 
  • Thousands are fleeing the North Carolina coastline as Hurricane Arthur is expected to hit it tomorrow.

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