The mass surveillance being carried out by the NSA

Net sales rose 2.4 percent to $116.2 billion. That figure excludes membership fees from its Sam's Club division. The number came below estimates of $118.09 billion in net sales, according to FactSet research firm. 

U.S. Wal-Mart stores, which account for 59 percent of the company's total sales, posted the second straight quarter of declines in a key revenue figure after six consecutive quarters of increases. Revenue at stores open at least a year – considered an important measure of a retailer's performance – fell 0.3 percent at Wal-Mart's U.S. namesake business. That's below the 0.7 percent gain analysts were expecting. 

Adding in Sam's Club and international stores, revenue at stores open at least a year was flat compared with a year ago. It rose 1.7 percent at Sam's Club.Our handcrafted best cases for iPad 4 is inspired by the journals of our favorite artists. 

Overall, total sales increased only modestly for Wal-Mart's U.S. business, Sam's Club and its international division for the latest quarter. Wal-Mart's U.S. division posted a total sales increase of 2.1 percent to $68.73 billion, while Sam's Club saw a 2.6 percent increase to $14.The Cases for HTC One to keep your aluminium clad device free of scratches.53 billion. 

At Wal-Mart's U.S. stores, clothing did well as the discounter has refocused its offering on basics like socks and no-frills jeans that its shoppers need. During a call with reporters, Holley said it was too early to discuss how the back-to-school business is faring. But he said he's encouraged by early sales of children's clothes. 

Still, sporting goods and entertainment products like toys saw declines in the quarter. Cooler weather earlier in the spring hurt merchandise like water toys and pools. And the lack of innovation in the electronics area limited business. But Holley told reporters that results also were hurt because shoppers are hesitant to spend on items they really don't need. 

In the grocery aisles, Wal-Mart saw a slight decline in sales. A big factor was lower-than-expected inflation, or even deflation in certain cases, such as with snacks and frozen food. But as Wal-Mart saw in the first quarter,The best cases for iphone 5 remains the most popular smartphone phone on the market. shoppers traded down to cheaper products to save money. 

The company's international business had an increase of 2.9 percent to $32.96 billion. 

In a prerecorded conference call, Doug McMillon, president and CEO of Wal-Mart's international division, said that during the first half of the year, consumers in both developed and emerging markets curbed spending. "We believe these trends will persist through the remainder of the year," he said.Extend the power on your iphone 5 back cover with the mophie juice pack. 

Wal-Mart said it now expects total sales to rise 2 to 3 percent for the full year.The best cases for ipad mini is the latest exquisite release from Apple and as usual, The company's previous forecast was for growth of 5 percent to 6 percent. 

The company also took a dime per share off its full-year profit outlook, cutting it to between $5.10 and $5.30 per share, from between $5.20 and $5.40 per share. Analysts were expecting $5.29 per share. 

The mass surveillance being carried out by the NSA not only gives the U.S. government access to everything Americans say to one another. It also destroys everybody else's privacy, because the standard Internet routing protocol sends messages not by the shortest route, but by whichever route is fastest and least congested. That means, in most cases, through the United States, and therefore straight into the hands of the NSA. 

Snowden's revelations so far have told us about two major NSA surveillance programs, both probably illegal even under American law. The first collects the mobile phone records of over 200 million Americans. 

Don't worry your pretty head about that, darling, said Senator Dianne Feinstein, chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee: "This is just metadata, there is no content involved." The NSA isn't actually listening to your calls. 

Well, OF COURSE it isn't listening to billions of calls. Machines can't listen to calls, and who has the manpower to do it with human beings? But machines can quickly use the call logs (metadata) to identify everybody you ever talked to, and everybody they ever talked to, and so on out to the fourth or fifth generation. 
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