but he's cute!
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 12 January 2017 20:37 (seven years ago) link
I was offended when Joseph Gordon Levitt was cast
i was offended on behalf of poitras
― difficult listening hour, Thursday, 12 January 2017 20:38 (seven years ago) link
https://m.popkey.co/a349a2/jWOlx.gif
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 12 January 2017 20:40 (seven years ago) link
'Own yr shit' does not compute imho. He'd have never released all this if it meant accepting a life in jail, and rightfully so. Of course he jumped at the first invitation (which of course came from Putin). I've yet to see evidence he's Putin's toy tbh. He managed to stay out the US' hands and continue to fight for his cause. I admire that.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Thursday, 12 January 2017 20:42 (seven years ago) link
dlh otm
― k3vin k., Thursday, January 12, 2017 2:24 PM (seventeen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
usually is imo
― jason waterfalls (gbx), Thursday, 12 January 2017 20:43 (seven years ago) link
He'd have never released all this if it meant accepting a life in jail, and rightfully so
this is where the "idiot" part comes in
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 12 January 2017 20:54 (seven years ago) link
I didn't really consider Snowden a traitor (or an idiot) til he went to Russia
you mean when his travel docs were revoked midflight, you brainless Pelosi Dumbocrat? do you have a John Bolton mustache glued to your nitwit face?
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 12 January 2017 20:54 (seven years ago) link
ie not thinking through the consequences of your actions, misjudging priorities etc.
xp
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 12 January 2017 20:55 (seven years ago) link
oh look Old Man Insult Generator is here
I think he thought through the consequences very well, as he was already out of the country following the release.
Xp Old Man Insult Generator lmao
― Le Bateau Ivre, Thursday, 12 January 2017 20:57 (seven years ago) link
nobody cares about your phonecalls
i make hardly any, having only a landline, but i'm planning to attend a protest at a Trump hotel this weekend so ya never know
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 12 January 2017 20:58 (seven years ago) link
i was gonna make the same point without insulting you. he didn't really choose to end in russia, he was on his way to ecuador
― global tetrahedron, Thursday, 12 January 2017 21:06 (seven years ago) link
lol @ oὖτις mouthing all the same dopey neocon talking points from 2013, congratulating himself for being "cynically resigned" to the idea of a tyrannical government, and insulting a guy who threw away the comforts of a pretty good life and condemned himself to possibly permanent exile from his home because he didn't want to spend the rest of his life in one of america's shitty inhumane prisons. not that i should've expected anything better from mr. "lol i've never even heard of that."
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Thursday, 12 January 2017 21:38 (seven years ago) link
yup neocon, that's me
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 12 January 2017 21:44 (seven years ago) link
I just post what the NRO tells me to
Pure challops, but if we want more leaks, wouldn't it be helpful to broaden the base for who has access to data?
Btw I loved the implication in Stones Snowden, that the man mainly became paranoid out of jealousy because he feared government agents would spy on his girlfriend naked.
― Frederik B, Thursday, 12 January 2017 22:22 (seven years ago) link
Well, he rescinded wet foot dry foot.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 12 January 2017 22:23 (seven years ago) link
when i was in high school my (private) position on friends' parents who had decamped for canada in the late 60s was that this was craven and self-serving and that a patriotic enemy of the war ought to have demonstrated himself as only such by remaining to be jailed, but later i started to think, wait, fuck the war, and fuck jail
but canada is not russia. on that point tho: putin used snowden, but what he used more was the embarrassing fact that the united states files everything its citizens say, kinda the same way he used the embarrassing fact that the united states has reached a point of political breakdown at which it is capable of allowing a small minority to elect an obvious fascist, and tbh my position on both is p much
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_qMagfZtv8
― difficult listening hour, Thursday, 12 January 2017 22:41 (seven years ago) link
by adducing Radiohead you undercut your argument
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 12 January 2017 22:46 (seven years ago) link
i didn't want to imply i'd moved on entirely from high school
― difficult listening hour, Thursday, 12 January 2017 22:47 (seven years ago) link
idiot bones
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 12 January 2017 22:51 (seven years ago) link
I wish it was the sixties, I wish I could be happyI wish, I wish, I wish that something would happen
― "I must believe that my charm was not in my ass." (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 12 January 2017 22:58 (seven years ago) link
can't believe guy didn't want to go to jail, what an idiot
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 13 January 2017 11:49 (seven years ago) link
This thread you guys wtf happened
― The beaver is not the bad guy (El Tomboto), Friday, 13 January 2017 12:59 (seven years ago) link
Loretta Lynch + James Clapper = Trump's East Germany
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Friday, 13 January 2017 13:05 (seven years ago) link
xphttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggodEBYL9MU
― example (crüt), Friday, 13 January 2017 13:06 (seven years ago) link
Crut wins everything
― The beaver is not the bad guy (El Tomboto), Friday, 13 January 2017 13:39 (seven years ago) link
wasn't expecting to be reminded of that classic track when i clicked on this thread. a bonus.
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Friday, 13 January 2017 13:49 (seven years ago) link
vinyls to get from my parents' house
http://www.safetyandhealthmagazine.com/articles/15172-osha-agrees-to-pursue-standard-on-workplace-violence-prevention-for-health-care-social-services#.WHfRqTPuUXJ.twitter
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 13 January 2017 14:33 (seven years ago) link
he went straight to hong kong with the conviction they would defy their own extradition treaty with the us
he's a principled and brave young man with some blind spots, now stuck in a shitty situation, deserving of empathy
― he mea ole, he kanaka lapuwale (sciatica), Friday, 13 January 2017 16:37 (seven years ago) link
What are you talking about? He's breathing free in a modern, developed democracy! Good for brave, principled young men that there are such countries left in this world. Huzzah.
Anyway back on fucking topic
http://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2017/01/the-further-adventures-of-james-comey-straight-shooting-man-of-nonpartisan-integritude
Here’s the thing: Obama should fire Comey. He should explain exactly why he’s being fired. Every day Comey remains the FBI Director helps to normalize a stolen election. And if the alleged downside is that Trump could appoint a director who’s a mendacious hack who would let Republicans do whatever they want, I have some news: we already have one.
The more I think about the fact that Obama has *not* fired this guy, and that Comey hasn't even offered his resignation, the more I think there really are about 3 other layers of fishy, stinky, rotten awful shit going on. Beyond the obvious 3 layers you just thought of as soon as you read that.
― The beaver is not the bad guy (El Tomboto), Sunday, 15 January 2017 01:34 (seven years ago) link
Chelsea Manning to be freed in May
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 17 January 2017 21:19 (seven years ago) link
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/17/us/politics/obama-commutes-bulk-of-chelsea-mannings-sentence.html?smid=tw-share&_r=0
― Islamic State of Mind (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 17 January 2017 21:19 (seven years ago) link
so pleasantly surprised!
Yeah this is great
― Le Bateau Ivre, Tuesday, 17 January 2017 21:20 (seven years ago) link
So is Assange gonna surrender himself now, or was that a wishful thinking from a clickbait headline I didn't actually click?
― "I must believe that my charm was not in my ass." (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 17 January 2017 21:22 (seven years ago) link
I'm losing hope for the Owyhee Canyonlands National Monument being set aside. Trump will do zero for the environment, so there are just a couple of days left.
― a little too mature to be cute (Aimless), Tuesday, 17 January 2017 21:22 (seven years ago) link
Lets see if Assange puts his money where his mouth is now :) https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/819630102787059713
Xxp
― Le Bateau Ivre, Tuesday, 17 January 2017 21:25 (seven years ago) link
btw, from last week
@SnowdenMr. President, if you grant only one act of clemency as you exit the White House, please: free Chelsea Manning. You alone can save her life.
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 17 January 2017 21:31 (seven years ago) link
Noob question: Can Trump overturn this, since she's not freed by immediate effect?
― Le Bateau Ivre, Tuesday, 17 January 2017 21:32 (seven years ago) link
NYT:
Until recently the military discharged transgender soldiers. In June, Secretary of Defense Ashton B. Carter changed that policy and said it would instead provide treatment for them, eventually including such surgery if doctors said it was necessary.
But President-elect Donald J. Trump mocked that change as excessively “politically correct,” raising the possibility that he will rescind it.
Even if he does, Ms. Manning will soon no longer be subject to the military’s control.
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 17 January 2017 21:34 (seven years ago) link
wow – out in five months
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 17 January 2017 21:37 (seven years ago) link
with all sincerity: THANKS, OBAMA!
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 17 January 2017 21:38 (seven years ago) link
Leonard Peltier next?
― who even are those other cats (Eazy), Tuesday, 17 January 2017 21:40 (seven years ago) link
https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/819630102787059713
O RLY
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 17 January 2017 21:40 (seven years ago) link
my guess is assange doesn't give a fuck about manning but needed an excuse to be extradited under his new bff president trump
― iatee, Tuesday, 17 January 2017 21:41 (seven years ago) link
umm, i don't think anyone saw this happening. assange likely assumed it wouldn't
― Islamic State of Mind (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 17 January 2017 21:46 (seven years ago) link
Oh I fully agree iatee. If anything he tried to hardman to look favorable. Xp
― Le Bateau Ivre, Tuesday, 17 January 2017 21:46 (seven years ago) link