Tuesday, June 11, 2013 Published Weekday Mornings   To see the full version of today's cartoon, click on the preview graphic of the cartoon (below the Commentary) to be taken to the full version in your favorite web browser. Private, Corporate Eyes Alan Henry: Why You Should Care About and Defend Your Online Privacy 'Leaked' Microsoft Ad Parodies Google, Says Chrome Spies on You, Sells Your Info How Facebook Tracks Your Web Activity How Did Target Figure Out A Teen Girl Was Pregnant Before Her Father Did? Data Mining. Attention shoppers: Retailers can now track you across the mall Fred Clark: Big corporations collect a lot of data, but most don't know how to use it Jeff Jarvis: Piracy v. Do not track; Private companies, your info, and advertising RJ Eskow: Big Money and the NSA Scandal ... How Dangerous is the "Security/Digital Complex"? Fear & Balance Pew Poll: Majority of Americans View NSA Phone Tracking as Acceptable Anti-terror Tactic Most Americans back NSA tracking phone records, prioritize probes over privacy NSA leaks put focus on intelligence apparatus's reliance on outside contractors How A GED-Holder Managed To Get 'Top Secret' Government Clearance While Working For A Contractor Rep. Boehner calls Snowden a 'traitor,' defends NSA surveillance programs NSA leak is treason, says Sen. Feinstein Josh Barro: Massive Government Spying Is Inevitable Hypocrisy Now: Bill O'Reilly suddenly opposed to NSA surveillance he supported under Bush Andrew Sullivan: Should America Scrap A Zero-Terrorism Policy? Dana Milbank: NSA leaks are the backlash of too much secrecy David Atkins: How do we solve the NSA problem? Dramatically increase Congressional oversight of the NSA Greg Sargent: How to get the `balance' right on NSA spying Scandalmania 2013 State Department memo reveals possible cover-ups, halted investigations James Clyburn: NSA Leaks Part Of Effort To "Embarrass" Obama With Non-Scandals Bernie Sanders On NSA Leak Revelations: We're Heading For An 'Orwellian Future' David Cay Johnston: IRS Management Culture Must Be Fixed Immigration: Reform Coming Boehner refuses to rule out House passing immigration reform with mostly Democratic votes Immigration-Reform Advocates Brace for Flood of Amendments Boehner sees immigration bill passing by year's end Obama to rally support for immigration reform as Senate weighs bill Education In America Study shows: Journalism Is Now The Worst Four-Year College Investment Nancy Folbre: The Once (but No Longer) Golden Age of Human Capital Energy, Climate & Environment Carbon dioxide emissions rose 1.4 percent in 2012, IEA report says New York City Faces Increasing Risk From Climate Change, New Data Show Brad Plumer: The IEA thinks we can still avoid 2�C of global warming. Here's how. Keystone Note: Alberta, Canada native group wins right to take big oil to trial over tar sands oil effect on treaty rights Nations In Turmoil Syrian crisis: Damascus hit by double 'suicide bombing' As Rebels Lose Ground in Syria, U.S. Mulls Options Clashes in Istanbul as Turkish PM Erdogan says he won't yield Turkish PM Erdogan to meet Istanbul protest organizers on Wednesday The War Over There Taliban expected to sustain surge ahead of election and NATO pullout Midwest Roundup Tea party extremists to Omaha's new GOP mayor: Make bold budget cuts, big changes Iowa Gov. Branstad turns down 7 commutation requests Broadband internet access increasing in Iowa Nothing To Fear But Ourselves For almost a week now, we've covered many aspects of the NSA leaks controversy, from the unsurprising "revelation" our government is spying on us, through the sloppy and less-than-professional way the story surrounding the NSA leaks was broken in the Guardian and Washington Post. Unsurprisingly, two of the three members of the media that the leaker Edward Snowden trusted to break his story now appear to be squabbling about who was REALLY responsible for 'discovering' Snowden. Sadly, that kind of selfish and unprofessional behavior merely validates our previous opinion of at least one of the three. For much of the nation, however, this childish squabbling, and indeed the entire debate over security and liberty is one they seemingly could care less about. From cameras on nearly every corner, to every phone and most laptops having a camera, for a nation once proud of a President who declared "The only thing we have to fear... is fear itself," we've now become a nation that seems driven by fear, with electronic eyes seemingly everywhere. As a Pew Poll released on Monday makes clear, most Americans today continue to be generally OK with giving over some of their freedom and privacy to their government, in exchange for a level of security that Americans now routinely demand. It's not just the government that we're all handing our data over to, though... To continue reading... click here. And now, for your Daily Felltoon preview for June 11, 2013 (Click the preview cartoon above to see the full version of the cartoon) The Ugly Truth Barton Gellman, Glenn Greenwald both feud over who Edward Snowden talked to first Irin Carmon Interviews Laura Poitras: How the NSA story broke Greenwald: Snowden Has Provided 'Thousands' Of Documents, 'Dozens' Are Newsworthy Booz Allen Has Fired Edward Snowden, Says His Salary Was Only $122,000 How Private Contractors Like Booz Allen Cost Taxpayers More | Matthews: Snowden isn't safe in Hong Kong. He'd have better luck in France. Iceland says it cannot grant asylum to Snowden unless he's there Congress Knew: Obama Admin. Held 22 Briefings For Congress On Key FISA Law Eugene Robinson: Snowden's NSA leaks show we need a real, national debate on privacy & secrets Real Debate on Secret Data Looks Unlikely, Partly Due to Secrecy Jobs & The Economy S&P upgrades outlook for US economy to 'stable' Gold trades near 2-week low as US economy gains | Boeing scores over $10 billion in U.S. aircraft orders Gallup Poll: In U.S., Economy Still Top Issue, but Its Dominance Lessens Jobs & The Economy How Work Levels Are Rebounding (or Not) Globally Fernholz: Wealthy countries creating more jobs by creating worse jobs Fragile recovery continues: U.S. manufacturing output proves to be weak in May Trade Deficit in U.S. Widened in April From Three-Year Low Wall Street Watch Behind the Rise in House Prices, Wall Street Buyers Financial Stability Oversight Council identifies non-bank financial companies for additional supervision Krugman: Ben Bernanke Endorses A 73 Percent Tax Rate Annie Lowery: The Fed and Inequality Justice For Trayvon George Zimmerman trial: Jury selection enters Day 2 in Trayvon Martin shooting Zimmerman trial: 'I'm here to support Trayvon Martin and his family' say Trayvon supporters Guns & America Republican Party of Virginia in Hot Water With Gun Backers, Over Request for Gun Details Felon In Maximum Security Prison Thanks The NRA For Making It Easy For Him To Get A Gun And now, for your Weekly OK Gazette Toon preview for June 11, 2013  (Click the preview cartoon above to see the full version of the cartoon) International News South, North Korea talks canceled after discord over delegate | Iran's presidential field down to six major candidates White House Update Obama DOJ to End Effort to Restrict Morning-After Pill Seeking momentum, Pres. Obama to address immigration reform Tuesday News From Capitol Hill Senate passes farm bill in 66-27 vote Proposed AUMF Repeal Bill Would End Extraordinary War Powers Granted After 9/11 Judicial Brief Supreme Court bars retroactive application of sentencing guidelines NFL's Chad 'Ochocinco' gets jail-time for butt slap States Of Confusion Chicago Tactics Put Major Dent in Killing Trend Indiana Town Shames Rape Victim, Speculates About Her 'Promiscuous Behavior' We hope you enjoy "The Daily Felltoon" every business day. Thanks for continuing to be a member! Paul Fell Shawn "Smith" Peirce Paul Fell Cartoons, Inc.