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In reply to the discussion: Bob Cesca desconstructs Snowden's message from Moscow [View all]flamingdem
(39,313 posts)13. These are precious
blackdaug js hooper 2 hours ago
You know there have to be some frantic three way calls or texts going on between Greenwald, Assaunge and Snowden. (Ironically and hilariously..all probably being actually monitored by the CIA!)
"Sit tight, we got your back.....no need to go issuing statements without running them by us first!"
Which is what this whole clusterfuck looked like, he released one thing, they went..oh shit! .....and started issuing things under his name......
The wording in one is so obviously "English as a second language"...it could only have come from the basement of a certain embassy.
Paranoia runs deep....in to your life it will creep.
Trapped in a Moscow airport, asylum applications out to some of the most repressive shit holes on earth, and the only two people advising you are a guy trapped in a basement in an embassy, and a guy who left his own country because he hated it (or himself) too much to bear anymore.
Nominations for "Bad Life Choices" of the century are now closed. We have a winner!
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As soon as Snowden loses his value to Koch brothers, he will meet the fate of other straw dogs:
freshwest
Jul 2013
#5
However, the usual suspects are getting media attention now, instead of helping people:
freshwest
Jul 2013
#11
Wait! Wait! I found our savior following links. This guy is gonna fix everything, and he's close by!
freshwest
Jul 2013
#17
Wait! Wait! I thought Obama demanded he be drawn and quartered, and his head put on a stake!
freshwest
Jul 2013
#23
I have to say that Snowden generates no anger from me, anymore than any other pawn.
freshwest
Jul 2013
#9
GG's book or film deal on this circus may have fallen through. ES isn't doing the job intended:
freshwest
Jul 2013
#16
Color me pragmatic. I'm not interested in trials of these gadflies. I want private contracts gone,
freshwest
Jul 2013
#50
Snowed in, LOL. I remember your winter in Boston. And on waxen wings. Another brief flame. Be nice!
freshwest
Jul 2013
#51
I am really starting to think this "Moscow Eddie" guy needs a cat scan or an MRI or something....
MADem
Jul 2013
#29
Those frontal lobe lesions can make a sane man crazy, make an introvert an extrovert, make a
MADem
Jul 2013
#35
The Snowden Awards! Like the Darwin Awards but for naivete above and beyond the call of reason.
randome
Jul 2013
#42
lot of disinfo to unpack here but 1 that jumps out is the whole 'no more to publish' myth
usGovOwesUs3Trillion
Jul 2013
#44