Snowden and Greenwald Beginning to Self-Destruct; ‘The Nation’ and ‘Mother Jones’ Raise Questions

[MADem]

165. Hong Kong's autonomy has been eroding as time passes.

They have an English system of governance overlaid by a Beijing mindset.

That Hong Kong lawmaker--Ms. Ip--who told "Ed" to pound sand and hit the road is a fan of Beijing. That's one way that Beijing will telegraph their supposed POV, by having a surrogate do their talking for them.

Another pro-Beijing feller is the owner of the SCMP (a Malay tycoon who likes China's business approach), where "Ed" gave his second interview. Oddly enough (or maybe not), that tycoon bought his shares in the SCMP from a guy who still holds a minority interest in the paper--Rupert Murdoch.

Once Ed's usefulness, like fresh milk, has expired, they're going to want to give him the toss. He'll just stink up the room, otherwise.

I have to surmise, if Ed is stil sitting in Hong Kong with a "red hood" over his head reading the news of America, that Ed is probably realizing that he's jumping the shark already. The arc of his story has revealed him to be a prevaricator about small things, and if he lied about the unimportant shit, why wouldn't one assume that he'd lie about the big stuff, too?

I wonder if he's thinking he miscalculated?