Instead of talking about music in an open thread, why not a music thread all on its own. Just for kicks, I listed the next ten shuffled songs from my music library.

1. Happy, by The Wrens

2. Hard as a Rock, by AC/DC.

3. Seven Nation Army, by the White Stripes. Love that guitar riff.

4. It's Only Rock and Roll, by the Rolling Stones. The odds are good that a Stones tune would turn up.

5. The Hand That Feeds, by Nine Inch Nails

6. Lights and Sounds, by Yellowcard

For one, there are 5,000 U.S. troops amassed in Jordan, not far from the Syrian border.

Eager Lion, a 12-day annual military exercise involving 8,000 personnel from 19 countries, is underway as the civil war rages next door in Syria.

Confirmed: CBS News reporter Sharyl Attkisson was hacked, some time in late 2012, which means that her confidential sources are known by the hacker.  Considering means, motive and opportunity, I suspect either an Anonymous-related Obama-friendly hacker or someone in the federal government. If the latter, to quote the president, we are going to have some problems.

To summarize this article, you have:

I can't argue with the contention that James Clapper was being untruthful in his testimony to Congress.

"Does the NSA collect any type of data at all on millions or hundreds of millions of Americans?" committee member Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) asked Clapper during the March 12 hearing.
In response, Clapper replied quickly: "No, sir."

The latest comes from CBS News:

CBS News has uncovered documents that show the State Department may have covered up allegations of illegal and inappropriate behavior within their ranks.

Glennwald has the story:

The National Security Agency is currently collecting the telephone records of millions of US customers of Verizon, one of America's largest telecoms providers, under a top secret court order issued in April.

Non-tribal. The lede was buried, but Bird Dog is not a Republican anymore. As an independent moderate conservative, don't expect any easing up on the Left, and don't expect any spirited defenses of conservatives who say and do stupid things.

In short, there are too many incidences and too many coincidences that are too suspicious. Peggy Noonan lays the foundation:

Andrew Bacevich has a piece titled "Naming American's Nameless War" but himself steps aside from expressly naming it (it's the No Name Defense!). I still think War Against Militant Islamism works just fine.