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In reply to the discussion: A truly FRIGHTENING post on DU today...."10 things to know about Snowden". [View all]cherokeeprogressive
(24,853 posts)106. Child porn? Rape? How about RAPE and MURDER?
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A truly FRIGHTENING post on DU today...."10 things to know about Snowden". [View all]
bvar22
Jun 2013
OP
Um--he was in trouble--twice--before he every became 'famous.' So other than a time machine,
msanthrope
Jun 2013
#68
Yeah, you might not want to use Ritter as an example of someone being unfairly maligned....
SidDithers
Jun 2013
#26
Right. The BFEE made him show his junk to someone posing as a 15 year-old...
SidDithers
Jun 2013
#44
Wow. Odd that you find comedy gold in what happened to Scott Ritter, siddithers.
Octafish
Jun 2013
#61
Manufactured sex scandals are the favorite, the CIA said so in a memo released by wikileaks when
sabrina 1
Jun 2013
#104
Excellent post. Re DSK, yes, that is an excellent question. He was opposed to much of what
sabrina 1
Jun 2013
#199
I confess to totally being convinced of the sex allegations of DSK and having never researched his
GoneFishin
Jun 2013
#223
Don't feel bad, if it had not been for another DUer here I might have assumed the same thing,
sabrina 1
Jun 2013
#245
It is very sad to see this happening but on the other hand he isn't playing bean bag. He knew
southernyankeebelle
Jun 2013
#3
No am not that brave. But I know what an loyality oath is because when I worked civil service
southernyankeebelle
Jun 2013
#59
OK, suppose you were evaluating the case of a Nazi official in, say, 1939
Jackpine Radical
Jun 2013
#203
The whole barrel stinks doesn't it? Thank god we aren't in the Third Reich and the sad thing is
southernyankeebelle
Jun 2013
#227
I still have mixed feelings. I want to know more. Why Hong Kong? Why?
southernyankeebelle
Jun 2013
#247
How did they dig up all that info, you ask? The database Ed Snowden warned us about!
reformist2
Jun 2013
#4
They got the talking points really fast, which is probably easy enough actually. They just email
sabrina 1
Jun 2013
#115
The way the artical is written attempts to portray him as an evil nut............
wandy
Jun 2013
#43
Someone posted in the below thread that s/he was afraid Snowden "did something" to her
smokey nj
Jun 2013
#19
And Ann Coulter is criticizing the President and administration for it, just like you! nt
stevenleser
Jun 2013
#176
Aw, frylock haz a sad, his logical fallacy was thrown back at him. Moral of the story?
stevenleser
Jun 2013
#202
if you're too stupid to figure out the difference from lindsey graham who is against EVERYTHING..
frylock
Jun 2013
#207
Justifying one logical fallacy (Guilt by Association) with another? (Ad hominem)
stevenleser
Jun 2013
#209
don't know where you live, but if your animal control rules forbid this mistreatment
spooky3
Jun 2013
#191
That's horrible. Good on ya for doing everything possible to help these poor animals.
spooky3
Jun 2013
#221
The number of out and out authoritarians on DU has been climbing steadily for years
Fumesucker
Jun 2013
#15
There aren't any rules on DU anymore, just juries of the moment and popularity contests
alcibiades_mystery
Jun 2013
#30
They're freedom fighters, struggling against the "authoritarians," their imagined enemy of the week
alcibiades_mystery
Jun 2013
#48
Watching the little cliques have at each other these last few days has been rather tragi-comic
alcibiades_mystery
Jun 2013
#87
Oh, yeah!? Well, if any of you guys touches me, I'll kill ya, If you touch my stuff, I'll kill ya.
Major Hogwash
Jun 2013
#126
Observing the desperate discrediting program when the toothpaste is already out of the tube
TheKentuckian
Jun 2013
#117
He is NOT a whistleblower. Whisleblowers leak illegal things. The stuff Snowden leaked was legal.
Tx4obama
Jun 2013
#27
I want to know what "Little Bird" said it was a good time to pull this?
Lady Freedom Returns
Jun 2013
#34
Why is it so very important to say he isnt a whistle-blower? I notice that when
rhett o rick
Jun 2013
#127
Legal? Slavery was legal under the Constitution. It still was immoral.
AnotherMcIntosh
Jun 2013
#138
What NSA is doing is currently legal under law. What Snowden DID was illegal.
Tx4obama
Jun 2013
#141
And if Congress were to pass any law and the Pres where to sign it and it was unconstitutional...
Tx4obama
Jun 2013
#155
Slavery was once legal. Do you have a point I should give a shit about? n/t
backscatter712
Jun 2013
#184
Nah, this is the entertainment factor that keeps it alive. The palpable panic and wild-eyed
Egalitarian Thug
Jun 2013
#88
precisely. i've seen some exotic conspiracy theories and pretzel logic here...
nashville_brook
Jun 2013
#78
The weird thing is that the conspiracizing about Snowden is by people who usually treat CT
leveymg
Jun 2013
#91
never thought I'd see the day when Michael Moore and Glenn Beckkk praised the same guy..
PatrynXX
Jun 2013
#97
"You gonna believe a guy who looks at this kind of porn?", a White House spokesman said,
Marr
Jun 2013
#105
He doesn't do intel work, he does IT type work both as an airman and as a civilian.
Marrah_G
Jun 2013
#228
If it's so amusing, why not share with us how many are delcaring him a saint or hero
Bluenorthwest
Jun 2013
#132
It's sad to see so-called liberals try to discredit a whistle blower here on this site.
Apophis
Jun 2013
#188