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Excellent analysis, MADem!
"Greenwald and Poitras could have met him ANYWHERE. There was no "rule" that they had to meet in HK. Hell, South America would have been far more convenient for GG.He went to China because it was a hop, skip and a jump from Russia, because he knew he could get a room at the Russian consulate, and he could get help leaving and hiding out in the once-and-perhaps-future USSR. No doubt the room he had at that high end hotel had been swept for bugs--and maybe even bugged anew--by his Russian friends. Who knows, maybe they even rented it for him.
Going to HK (and then saying "Gee, I wanna go to Iceland...no, South America!!"
gave Russia cover, as though they had no role in the mess until, oh, alas, alack, poor Ed got "stuck" in Russia (of course, his stay at the Russian consulate kinda screwed that plausible deniability)."
From you link, PS.. thanks..
"The New York Times reports that Snowden retained prominent Washington defense lawyer Plato Cacheris to negotiate a potential deal with the U.S. government that could bring the 30-year-old American home.
But an agreement is unlikely since Snowden's camp wants leniency for the surveillance debate started by his leaks to journalists, while top Pentagon officials believe Snowden also took military documents. The Justice Department's position is that Snowden is not a whistleblower."
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"To a foreign intelligence service, Snowden is priceless," Robert Caruso, a former assistant command security manager in the Navy and a consultant, told BI. "He can be be exploited again and again."
Interesting.. snip//
"Snowden and his closest supporters contend that Snowden flew from Hong Kong to Moscow on his way to Latin America when the U.S. government stranded him in Russia by revoking his passport. There are several reasons to question that claim, including the fact that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange — who paid for Snowden's lodging and travel in Hong Kong — advised Snowden against going to Latin America because "he would be physically safest in Russia."
Yeah, it's all about saving your neck to assange.
Had you read this?..
One Paragraph Sums Up What Edward Snowden Can Expect From His Life In Russia
A flag for the presidential campaign of Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin hangs out of windows of a house in Moscow March 2, 2012. The flag reads "For Putin. And that's all."
http://www.businessinsider.com/what-snowden-can-during-life-in-russia-2013-7#ixzz30HOuc5gB
Thank you, yowzax3! MLK says it best..
"Letter from a Birmingham Jail"
"One who breaks an unjust law must do so openly, lovingly, and with a willingness to accept the penalty. I submit that an individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for law".
Dean Angstadt, Once Opposed to ACA, Now a Convert.. Lucky Guy!
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Dean Angstadt fells trees for a living.
He's a self-employed, self-sufficient logger who has cleared his own path for most of his 57 years, never expecting help from anyone. And even though he'd been uninsured since 2009, he especially wanted nothing to do with the Affordable Care Act.
"I don't read what the Democrats have to say about it because I think they're full of it," he told his friend Bob Leinhauser, who suggested he sign up.
That refrain changed this year when a faulty aortic valve almost felled Angstadt. Suddenly, he was facing a choice: Buy a health plan, through a law he despised, that would pay the lion's share of the cost of the life-saving surgery - or die. He chose the former.
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"I probably would have ended up falling over dead" without the surgery, Angstadt said. "Not only did it save my life, it's going to give me a better quality of life."
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For me, this isn't about politics," he added. "I'm trying to help other people who are like me, stubborn and bullheaded, who refused to even look. From my own experience, the ACA is everything it's supposed to be and, in fact, better than it's made out to be."
http://www.philly.com/philly/health/healthcare-exchange/20140427_Hs1obamacare27xxxxxxxxx.html
Wonder how he'll vote in the next election? For Allyson Schwartz who is running on Obamacare against Tom Corbett?
"Democratic candidate for governor proudly touts Obamacare"
"Some Democrats may be reluctant to brag about their support for President Obama and his health care law in the 2014 midterm elections, but not Allyson Schwartz.
The congresswoman who is running for Pennsylvania governor revealed a new campaign ad Tuesday that highlights both her support of Obama and the national health care law, as well as the role she played in getting the law passed.
“I am proud to have worked with President Obama to write and pass the Affordable Care Act, landmark legislation that is helping 8 million Americans get affordable, quality health coverage,” she said in a statement touting the ad."
http://onpolitics.usatoday.com/2014/04/22/allyson-schwartz-obamacare-ad-democrats-governor/
Tweet: ... this is the world we live in now..
Gbrisco @Fgbrisco
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Hey Donald Sterling this is the world we live in now2014 get over it
2:29 PM - 26 Apr 2014
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I call them the anti-Christians..
http://www.democraticunderground.com/101691349I love it!
the gop banked on ACA's failure.. I see some dems are buying into that.. then there's Allyson
Schwartz!Democratic candidate for governor proudly touts Obamacare
"Some Democrats may be reluctant to brag about their support for President Obama and his health care law in the 2014 midterm elections, but not Allyson Schwartz.
The congresswoman who is running for Pennsylvania governor revealed a new campaign ad Tuesday that highlights both her support of Obama and the national health care law, as well as the role she played in getting the law passed.
“I am proud to have worked with President Obama to write and pass the Affordable Care Act, landmark legislation that is helping 8 million Americans get affordable, quality health coverage,” she said in a statement touting the ad."
http://onpolitics.usatoday.com/2014/04/22/allyson-schwartz-obamacare-ad-democrats-governor/
mahalo apple~
Some local pics, uppity..
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On 530 into Oso #530slide
8:41 AM - 22 Apr 2014
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On day of President's visit to #530slide, sign in Oso says "Thank you, Mr. President Obama, for caring" #OsoStrong
8:36 AM - 22 Apr 2014
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President Obama hugs a first responder after touring the mud slide damage in Oso
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Thank you, randome.. how could he pass that up?.. it practically writes itself.
And, thanks to Jon Stewart!
"Isn't there anyone who can pin Putin down?"
And when Snowden's recorded question was about to be broadcast: "Oh! The Snowman! If anyone can hold Putin's feet to the fire, it's this cat."
And after Snowden asked his question: "Ohhh! How's old Vladdie gonna get out of this one?"
Culminating with: "Touche. Who would have ever thought Putin could outwit a pre-recorded question from the man whose life is in his hands?"
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