Woke up from sleeping on a plane to this.

New US mass surveillance program quietly gets authority to gather data on innocent Americans and store for 5 yrs to detect "suspicious" behavior.

And yet...The U.S. Department of Justice seeks to shut down a lawsuit against the NSA for warrantless wiretapping.

 This is hurling. It is the national sport of Ireland, 3000 years old, initially played by warriors to hone their sword wielding skills and believed to be the fastest game played on grass. Here is one of the greatest games of recent times, Kilkenny V Galway.

 James Randi with a Mayan calendar. A 2013 Mayan calendar.