"That fucking weasel Snowden is lying

[woo me with science]

28. K&R This is hilarious and deadly serious at the same time.

There's an important broader story here about the growing propaganda state.

As the corporate plutocracy has taken over our government, they have also been creating a pervasive and relentless propaganda machine to replace the free press of a democratic society. From the purchased mainstream media to the incessant political astroturfing of the internet, the propaganda machine in this country has never been more manipulative, dishonest, non-transparent, relentless, and determinedly pervasive, systematically infiltrating even discussion boards like DU.

What is being done to this country is well beyond creepy and disturbing at this point. We have been overtaken by corporatists intent on corporate fascism, and we are *already* being stripped of major foundations of our free society, including our right to privacy, our right to free speech, our right to protest, and, increasingly, the free press that was our most important alarm for and protection against government abuse and tyranny.