The following rush transcript probably contains errors and/or omissions…
News Sites Down – Someday Never Comes
At live air time (6:30 AM Eastern) the New York Times website, and those of several other news sources were inaccessable from our studios — possibly due to the DNS/DDoS accacks reported elsewhere in the media.
Rex covers the story, as well as a video featuring Julian Assange to support his pitch to win a seat in the Australian Senate.
Rex moves on to a prediction for the future: The U.S. Government will not negotiate on the illegal bulk data collection. The collection will continue. As President Obama has offered, there may be attempts to persuade us to be more comfortable about it. This stubborn refusal will lead to more economic ruin in the United States, and globally. Democracies and Capitalist economies cannot function in the face of total global surveillance. The economic damage may not come right away; it may come in bits and pieces. The total extent of the damage could equal or exceed the damage done by the 9/11 attacks (regardless of why may have been responsible for those). The damage will be greatest to those in power. For the rest of us, it may mark the dawning of a new day in which we are no longer ruled by fear and intimidation.