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122. Thank you woo

Reply to woo me with science (Reply #44)

Thu Nov 14, 2013, 12:19 PM

Nov 2013

You perfectly encapsulated the arguments of The Brigade.

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Edward Snowden Is Almost Broke [View all] struggle4progress Nov 2013 OP

... SidDithers Nov 2013 #1

Ah, always the patriot, Sid. R. Daneel Olivaw Nov 2013 #5

Yes. An unnecessary snipe, but a predictable one. closeupready Nov 2013 #15

seriously??? VanillaRhapsody Nov 2013 #56

I'd even settle for a handsome prophet. Whisp Nov 2013 #75

LOL! randome Nov 2013 #85

I thought you all implied he had sold the info and prob turned a fine profit. nt Mojorabbit Nov 2013 #126

GG is apparently the one that "profited"! VanillaRhapsody Nov 2013 #143

Seriously...I could use the $. n/t Chan790 Nov 2013 #176

Are you super serious? Sheepshank Nov 2013 #104

They aren't spying on us treestar Nov 2013 #128

OK R. Daneel Olivaw Nov 2013 #151

The laughing emoticon is better suited to treestar Nov 2013 #163

The bury your head in the sand emoticon R. Daneel Olivaw Nov 2013 #165

Actually, what they are doing is much more serious. ronnie624 Nov 2013 #174

All they have is telephone numbers treestar Nov 2013 #181

"Anyone who is ordinary and not in any leadership position can't even be harmed by it." ronnie624 Nov 2013 #185

Wrong. treestar Nov 2013 #187

... rug Nov 2013 #12

. Laelth Nov 2013 #23

The US government is willing to give him a lifetime of free housing and meals hack89 Nov 2013 #2

!!! Tarheel_Dem Nov 2013 #3

Heh. TwilightGardener Nov 2013 #4

& cable tv. Historic NY Nov 2013 #10

True and funny nt Progressive dog Nov 2013 #21

DUzy. n/t Laelth Nov 2013 #37

+1 uponit7771 Nov 2013 #48

ha! Whisp Nov 2013 #106

true dat! flamingdem Nov 2013 #114

DUzy! riqster Nov 2013 #154

. sagat Nov 2013 #155

If he'd only spilled the beans to someone on the Senate Intel Committee, like say, his hero, MADem Nov 2013 #178

I remember a lot of gloating that the Russians had given him a job treestar Nov 2013 #182

Nope, ten years at most treestar Nov 2013 #183

Enough to get him back on his feet hack89 Nov 2013 #188

I wonder who would hire him treestar Nov 2013 #189

Do we have a jobs wanted forum on DU? hack89 Nov 2013 #191

At this point he may not have to work treestar Nov 2013 #192

looks like they are looking to get donations JI7 Nov 2013 #6

That was my first thought as well. Get your pocket books open of you love freedom! BenzoDia Nov 2013 #7

In fact I believe that struggle4progress is planning a car wash to raise money!! grantcart Nov 2013 #14

... LAGC Nov 2013 #19

Well, that news should make some people he ZombieHorde Nov 2013 #8

To damn true Katashi_itto Nov 2013 #13

I guess Russia isn't "to each according to his needs" anymore (nt) Nye Bevan Nov 2013 #9

He was *paying* for something?!1 PootyPoot not kicking something?!1 Hawaii was BETTER!! n/t UTUSN Nov 2013 #11

Was someone implying he did it just to get rich? He has higher ideals. nt Electric Monk Nov 2013 #16

lol KittyWampus Nov 2013 #34

+1 uponit7771 Nov 2013 #49

+2 treestar Nov 2013 #129

You can't parody the desperation of the propaganda machine. woo me with science Nov 2013 #64

So, you're saying GG didn't write a book or option it for sale as a movie? MADem Nov 2013 #199

I've been out of money for a long time and time.com doesn't seem to care... hunter Nov 2013 #17

Well, you can't believe everything a lawyer says. randome Nov 2013 #18

And winter is coming... SidDithers Nov 2013 #20

Moscow in July is different from Hawaii. Really, really different. nt msanthrope Nov 2013 #33

While DiFi, Clapper, and Alexander are laughing all the way to the bank. NuclearDem Nov 2013 #22

+1 Enthusiast Nov 2013 #101

+100000000 woo me with science Nov 2013 #148

Should've been writing a book and collecting royalties. JaneyVee Nov 2013 #24

I am sure Glenn Greenwald will share. nt msanthrope Nov 2013 #30

There is that Palin schtick that he could emulate.... Sheepshank Nov 2013 #107

Well Mr. Snowden, live withing your means. NCTraveler Nov 2013 #25

You mean that Walmart call center job in Russia? VanillaRhapsody Nov 2013 #59

I am sure he is receiving something for his health. NCTraveler Nov 2013 #71

I don't think this is a precursor, it is a plea for donations davidpdx Nov 2013 #172

Financial strangulation is one of many weapons the powerful wield. snot Nov 2013 #26

All that matters is that GG is getting richer. tridim Nov 2013 #27

Snowden is a self-admitted Ron Paul conservative. tman Nov 2013 #28

Message auto-removed Name removed Nov 2013 #29

Oh, look. The corporate smear brigade is on the job. woo me with science Nov 2013 #31

Do you object to Snowden being used by a corporate news hack and RW libertarian for profit? tridim Nov 2013 #35

I KNOW! IT IS ALL ABOUT LIBERTARIANS!!!! woo me with science Nov 2013 #44

No, it's all a scam.. For profit. tridim Nov 2013 #46

I KNOW! YOU are RIGHT! woo me with science Nov 2013 #55

LOL, wish I could recommend your posts here. closeupready Nov 2013 #62

Glenn Greenwald is impoverishing me! woo me with science Nov 2013 #82

Glenn Greenwald hates you for your freedoms!!!11!! closeupready Nov 2013 #87

There's no surveillance state treestar Nov 2013 #131

Oh but there is a surveillance state, or haven't you read anything the last 6 months? DisgustipatedinCA Nov 2013 #164

There are just some that will refuse to see reality no matter R. Daneel Olivaw Nov 2013 #167

Did you find the bug in your house yet? treestar Nov 2013 #184

Same here. They're usually the best replies in a thread. LuvNewcastle Nov 2013 #109

Nope, I said none of that. tridim Nov 2013 #100

+ 10000000000000 Luminous Animal Nov 2013 #149

Thank you woo LondonReign2 Nov 2013 #122

encapsulated or emulated? Sheepshank Nov 2013 #124

"GOLDSTEIN! I MEAN, GREENWALD!" tblue Nov 2013 #147

funny how the ideologues on DU ALSO "swarm" onto "these" threads. But you aren't manufactured. KittyWampus Nov 2013 #36

Here's a map! woo me with science Nov 2013 #45

bizarre non sequitur. You might want to see someone about your apparent disorientation. KittyWampus Nov 2013 #117

The one percent drones are flooding GD! snooper2 Nov 2013 #53

Auto text? treestar Nov 2013 #132

Gotta be cut and paste... SidDithers Nov 2013 #139

+1 Poll_Blind Nov 2013 #76

+1. I'm with you on manufactured swarms. Enthusiast Nov 2013 #103

Is the Illuminati involved too? gcomeau Nov 2013 #108

THIS ^^^^^^^^^^^^ nt treestar Nov 2013 #133

+1. sagat Nov 2013 #153

Nope, just lizards. woo me with science Nov 2013 #186

How is it a "smear job" when the words are from Snowden's own attorney? Blue_Tires Nov 2013 #111

I wish that corporation would start paying me treestar Nov 2013 #130

Why would they buy the cow Union Scribe Nov 2013 #175

I don't defend it; I am just asking questions treestar Nov 2013 #180

+1 Marr Nov 2013 #138

LOL, too funny. Good stuff. tritsofme Nov 2013 #196

Snowden is a poo poo head! woo me with science Nov 2013 #32

Even some Canadians. RC Nov 2013 #58

+1 And the British, too... woo me with science Nov 2013 #80

Splain to me how that works. Puglover Nov 2013 #195

Maybe Glenn Greenwald can send him some money. MineralMan Nov 2013 #38

woot! great news. Let's hope he suffers and starves. Yay for you and your hate of cali Nov 2013 #39

Boo! OP expressed no opinion. randome Nov 2013 #40

I think Cali might be in love with him. tridim Nov 2013 #41

Since Snowden abandoned his fiance, I suppose the field is wide open now. randome Nov 2013 #43

She was a ballerina, too! He ABANDONED her! woo me with science Nov 2013 #57

First requirement...you must be an adept pole dancer! VanillaRhapsody Nov 2013 #63

tridiim, tridim, sitting in a tree cali Nov 2013 #67

you are quite correct Cali. I may have, but you NEVER have lionized Edward Snowden - You have only Douglas Carpenter Nov 2013 #98

The lionization of Eddie Snowden: Whisp Nov 2013 #112

He already has the courage and heart, I'll give him that. randome Nov 2013 #119

LOL treestar Nov 2013 #137

Where's Catherina been? treestar Nov 2013 #135

lol. yes, yes. let's just forget what else the OP has posted over and over as cali Nov 2013 #60

I do 'forget' things like that. Deliberately. So that each post can stand or fall on its own merits. randome Nov 2013 #77

that strikes me as absurd. cali Nov 2013 #86

Context matters but maybe not as much as you think. randome Nov 2013 #96

Really? Marr Nov 2013 #144

Stuff like this you mean? I'm such a bad bad person: struggle4progress Nov 2013 #146

I guess you could ask his lawyer to STFU if you don't like what the lawyer says struggle4progress Nov 2013 #145

few people have sacrificed so much for our freedom as Edward Snowden Douglas Carpenter Nov 2013 #42

Thank you. This is the truth. This is how corrupt our government has become. woo me with science Nov 2013 #47

Really? Your fellow DUers are part of a propaganda machine... randome Nov 2013 #51

really? Senators Leahy, Wyden and others are just hysterical little ninnies? cali Nov 2013 #88

Comparing anyone to a Congressman is a fool's errand. randome Nov 2013 #93

Not in so many words but you've repeatedly insinuated just that. cali Nov 2013 #116

Some people just want to be slaves and be told what to do, cali. R. Daneel Olivaw Nov 2013 #168

Ummm, no... Snowden could've gotten rich going about this the ANOTHER way but decided NOT to uponit7771 Nov 2013 #50

Just like George Bush! VanillaRhapsody Nov 2013 #65

"Few people have sacrificed so much for our freedom"? VanillaRhapsody Nov 2013 #68

Our causalities in Iraq are innocent victims. But, I cannot imagine how anyone can Douglas Carpenter Nov 2013 #73

How can anyone with a straight face claim Eddie's actions have? nt treestar Nov 2013 #140

It is an indisputable fact that Mr. Snowden's actions have forced a an open discussion about the Douglas Carpenter Nov 2013 #152

It is not an indisputable fact treestar Nov 2013 #162

Dude, you either really need to wake up or stop with the disinformation. R. Daneel Olivaw Nov 2013 #169

It is not possible to look at the facts objectively and conclude otherwise. To egage in this Douglas Carpenter Nov 2013 #173

Crazy traitor leaker got Congress to notice vast surveillance state By Alex Pareene Douglas Carpenter Nov 2013 #79

I'm not see that big drippy Whisp Nov 2013 #81

If this was during a Republcians Administration 90% of those who are now bashing Snowden Douglas Carpenter Nov 2013 #84

Seriously. I have to shake my head in disbelief at the partisan toddlers that obsess R. Daneel Olivaw Nov 2013 #171

Agreed. polichick Nov 2013 #197

Sounds like Snowden didn't think ANY of this all the way through! Like Der Spiegel said they uponit7771 Nov 2013 #52

Honestly, the whole thing was probably a Putin game Skraxx Nov 2013 #61

GOOD POINT... Putin in all of this is the biggest winner and .. and got to poke at US agencies... uponit7771 Nov 2013 #66

Putin used to run the KGB. He may be a jerk who likes to run around without a shirt, displaying a MADem Nov 2013 #179

and now GG has tossed him like yesterdays news... VanillaRhapsody Nov 2013 #69

Whatever happened to lounging w Glenn on Brazilian beaches flamingdem Nov 2013 #123

What? How did you come to that conclusion? In a recent profile, he says that he communicates with Luminous Animal Nov 2013 #150

Well he isn't apparently communicating with his Soviet Bank Account... VanillaRhapsody Nov 2013 #160

Another not so subtle pitch for people to donate money to Snowden. Agnosticsherbet Nov 2013 #54

Or perhaps just an observation that he lives paycheck to paycheck closeupready Nov 2013 #89

It looks like DU has another swarm to contend with. RC Nov 2013 #70

Yeah, looks like somebody put up the bat signal. QC Nov 2013 #78

+100000 woo me with science Nov 2013 #83

Obviously he should have had a garage sale of all the boxes muriel_volestrangler Nov 2013 #110

LOL! Puglover Nov 2013 #95

Hey, a small group of dedicated true believers can put together an excellent website. QC Nov 2013 #105

LOL I like that treestar Nov 2013 #141

maybe Glenn Greenwald can give him some money Whisp Nov 2013 #72

Hello Glenn, pick up Glenn! flamingdem Nov 2013 #115

I Remember You randome Nov 2013 #118

Nice. Next up "Brother Can You Spare a Dime?" flamingdem Nov 2013 #120

It's a pity pitch. Whisp Nov 2013 #74

Flashback: Bush spying legalized with Democratic votes! woo me with science Nov 2013 #90

NSA, DEA fabricating evidence trails to imprison Americans using spying. woo me with science Nov 2013 #91

This often happens to people who are fugitives from federal felony warrants alcibiades_mystery Nov 2013 #92

I had heard the cost of living is not very high there treestar Nov 2013 #142

DU smacks down shameless, slimy propaganda tactic (376 recs!) woo me with science Nov 2013 #94

377. sibelian Nov 2013 #193

Dianne Feinstein pushes fake NSA reform bill, pretends to rein in but actually legalizes spying woo me with science Nov 2013 #97

your frantic post after repost of the same message is kinda funny Sheepshank Nov 2013 #125

Ooooh, hello! sibelian Nov 2013 #194

I see lots of boiled cabbage in Eddie's future. n/t Whisp Nov 2013 #99

Shchi and Kasha, Our Staple Food. MineralMan Nov 2013 #113

I hear he got a job in tech security... Sheepshank Nov 2013 #102

Guess he ll have to do like everybody else and get a job? Packerowner740 Nov 2013 #121

Snowden is worth every penny polynomial Nov 2013 #127

Does that give you a tingle? /nt Marr Nov 2013 #134

You could always complain to Snowden's lawyer Kucherena, if you dislike what he says struggle4progress Nov 2013 #158

I've been broke for years. nt HijackedLabel Nov 2013 #136

His intentions are not knowable. riqster Nov 2013 #156

How did he have 'savings' to begin with? He just started a job a month ago, right? randome Nov 2013 #157

Cleanup on the Snowwald aisle Fumesucker Nov 2013 #159

Meanwhile, the roaches he shined the light on are eating well..and have their passports. Tierra_y_Libertad Nov 2013 #161

It. is very telling who the right wingers R. Daneel Olivaw Nov 2013 #166

What's that old saying...dissent is the highest form of patriotism? davidn3600 Nov 2013 #170

Dissent is only good when the other team is in charge. QC Nov 2013 #190

So he should get a job.... Historic NY Nov 2013 #177

I'm kind of amazed at the authoritarians here. alarimer Nov 2013 #198