Glenn Greenwald, Super Villain: The UK Is Going to Be Sorry

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Glenn Greenwald is in a fine rage today, spewing threats at Britain to publish even more damaging documents: Glenn Greenwald to Publish UK Secrets After Britain Detains Partner.

RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 19 (Reuters) - The journalist who first published secrets leaked by fugitive former U.S. intelligence agency contractor Edward Snowden vowed on Monday to publish more documents and said Britain will be “sorry” for detaining his partner for nine hours. …

Greenwald, a columnist for Britain’s the Guardian newspaper who is based in Rio de Janeiro, said the detention was an attempt to intimidate him for publishing documents leaked by Snowden disclosing U.S. surveillance of global internet communications.

Snowden, who has been granted asylum by Russia, gave Greenwald from 15,000 to 20,000 documents with details of the U.S. National Security Agency’s surveillance programs.

“I will be far more aggressive in my reporting from now. I am going to publish many more documents. I am going to publish things on England too. I have many documents on England’s spy system. I think they will be sorry for what they did,” Greenwald, speaking in Portuguese, told reporters at Rio’s airport where he met Miranda upon his return to Brazil.

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202 comments
1 Vicious Babushka  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 9:37:06am
2 erik_t  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 9:37:42am
I think they will be sorry for what they did

Things journalists apparently say on Planet Bonzo.

3 Gus  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 9:38:01am
4 Decatur Deb  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 9:38:39am

re: #1 Vicious Babushka

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National Review, now. Stormfront must not have returned the call.

5 b.d.  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 9:39:58am

Please proceed Glenn

6 Gus  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 9:40:28am

Journalism.

7 Pavlovian Hive Mind  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 9:41:03am

nationalreview.com

Great pal there, Glenn.
Moran.

8 NJDhockeyfan  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 9:41:45am
9 Decatur Deb  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 9:42:09am

Greenwald can pipe his whole legion of children out of the village, and I doubt we’ll lose a vote.

10 Mike Lamb  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 9:42:41am

Here’s something I don’t get:

Let’s suppose I, a non-journalist, was friends with Edward Snowden. Let’s further suppose he gave me the classified docs to take back to Brazil via Heathrow—just to hold. UK officials receive a tip that I’m passing through and I may have the documents. Would anyone bat an eyelash if they stopped and searched me? Does the fact that a journalist is involved inoculate both the journalist and his associates from gov’t’s attempts to recover the documents? Does a journalist’s involvement absolve him from any liability for (I presume illegally) possessing classified material?

11 Pavlovian Hive Mind  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 9:42:49am

Moronic Convergence has now collapsed in to a Moronic Singularity.

12 Justanotherhuman  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 9:43:25am

re: #9 Decatur Deb

Greenwald can pipe his whole legion of children out of the village, and I doubt we’ll lose a vote.

And there won’t be an idiot left.

13 NJDhockeyfan  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 9:43:32am
14 Pavlovian Hive Mind  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 9:44:16am

Hey dude, hold my weed while we go through security.

15 Decatur Deb  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 9:44:22am

re: #12 Justanotherhuman

And there won’t be an idiot left.

This is good news for Ralph Nader.

16 Gus  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 9:44:42am

re: #13 NJDhockeyfan

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8 hours and I don’t care. They had good reason to detain him. I’m sure you agree.

17 Justanotherhuman  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 9:44:50am

re: #10 Mike Lamb

Well, it’s certainly not like protecting your sources.

We already know who the source is.

18 darthstar  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 9:45:08am

Notice Greenwald gives his inteviews in Portugese…allows him to claim he’s being “mistranslated”. Speak English if you don’t want to be misunderstood, fucker. You’re an American.

19 Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 9:45:35am
20 Flounder  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 9:46:01am

GG is such an attention whore!

21 darthstar  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 9:46:33am
22 Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 9:47:23am

re: #18 darthstar

Notice Greenwald gives his inteviews in Portugese…allows him to claim he’s being “mistranslated”. Speak English if you don’t want to be misunderstood, fucker. You’re an American.

If he was being interviewed by a Brazilian reporter, it’s not really weird to give the interview in Portuguese. And it’s not that hard to translate, so if he wants to claim an idiomatic defense, Portuguese speakers will be able to say if it is or isn’t true.

23 darthstar  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 9:47:43am
24 Pavlovian Hive Mind  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 9:49:02am

GG, there’s no other way to take exactly what you said as a threat.
None.
Zip.
Nada.
Have a cluckadoodle day.

25 Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 9:50:41am

You know what this all reminds me of? The Sovereign Citizen bullshit.

26 Gus  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 9:51:13am

re: #25 Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut

You know what this all reminds me of? The Sovereign Citizen bullshit.

Told ya’.

27 b.d.  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 9:51:24am

I’d be more afraid of pissing off the Brits than pissing off the Americans

28 thedopefishlives  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 9:53:04am

Oh, no, I’m quaking in my baby seal patent leather boots!

29 b.d.  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 9:53:54am

re: #25 Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut

You know what this all reminds me of? The Sovereign Citizen bullshit.

We need to make up some script for them.

Glenn on the $100
Poitras on the $50
Julian on the $20
Manning on the $10
Snowie on the $5
Putin on the $1?

30 Pavlovian Hive Mind  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 9:53:56am

re: #28 thedopefishlives

Oh, no, I’m quaking in my baby seal patent leather boots!

I can get you a nice orphan’s soul to go with the boots.

31 Gus  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 9:53:56am

re: #25 Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut

You know what this all reminds me of? The Sovereign Citizen bullshit.

32 Pavlovian Hive Mind  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 9:54:14am

re: #29 b.d.

We need to make up some script for them.

Glenn on the $100
Poitras on the $50
Julian on the $20
Manning on the $10
Snowie on the $5
Putin on the $1?

RON PAUL

33 Decatur Deb  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 9:54:33am

re: #25 Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut

You know what this all reminds me of? The Sovereign Citizen bullshit.

Sovereign World Citizen.

34 Vicious Babushka  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 9:55:13am

re: #29 b.d.

We need to make up some script for them.

Glenn on the $100
Poitras on the $50
Julian on the $20
Manning on the $10
Snowie on the $5
Putin on the $1?

Ron Paul on the $1. Or maybe Ayn Rand.

35 b.d.  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 9:55:20am

re: #32 Pavlovian Hive Mind

RON PAUL

Of course, Ron Paul on the $1 which has to be a gold coin.

36 thedopefishlives  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 9:56:00am

re: #34 Vicious Babushka

Ron Paul on the $1. Or maybe Ayn Rand.

Ayn Rand would probably make it onto the quarter.

37 Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 9:56:34am

It’d take a very different translation to read a declaration that “I’m going to publish on England too” as anything other than a tit-for-tat threat.

Also, for those who don’t know, Brazil has had a huge beef with England specifically over terrorism-related matters after a totally innocent Brazilian guy Jean Charles de Menezes, who was shot seven times in the head in a case of mistaken identity.

38 Lidane  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 9:57:07am

re: #25 Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut

You know what this all reminds me of? The Sovereign Citizen bullshit.

There’s not a whole lot of difference between a sovereign citizen nutjob and an anarcho-libertarian. The only real difference is that the sovereign citizen type actually had the balls to try and act on his beliefs.

39 HappyWarrior  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 9:58:02am

Martyr complexes suck.

40 thedopefishlives  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 9:59:58am

re: #39 HappyWarrior

Martyr complexes suck.

Let me fire up the oven and bake a new batch of martyr cookies.

41 HappyWarrior  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 10:00:17am

re: #40 thedopefishlives

Let me fire up the oven and bake a new batch of martyr cookies.

hold the sprinkles, I’m on a diet.

42 Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 10:01:13am

re: #33 Decatur Deb

Sovereign World Citizen.

And see, I have some sympathy for that ideology. I’m a post-nationalist: I’d love it if the world was unified, if we didn’t have nations anymore but actually all felt together in one enterprise. But weirdly, I think that means that we have to get there eventually, not smash everything down and replace it right now, because that wouldn’t work. Really, in the end, for any cause to last you have to advance it through a combination of persuasion and policy. It doesn’t matter if you change the state if you don’t change the minds of the people, unless you’re actively seeking civil war. I mean, we’ve managed to get a lot done on discrimination in this country, but the civil war, and the laws passed since then haven’t been as successful as they could have been because the minds of people haven’t yet been reached enough.

But incrementationalist policy can get you there. The CRA was huge in doing that, but every victory is limited. I’m happy just to make headway, but the Greenwalds of the world would call me a bootlicking authoritarian compromiser with war criminals or something, probably.

43 b.d.  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 10:01:51am
Ed Schultz is moving back to weekdays, and taking one of Chris Matthews’ time slots, MSNBC said Monday.

Schultz will take over the 5 PM slot Mondays through Fridays, starting August 26th. Matthews, whose “Hardball” aired at both 5 and 7 PM, will now air solely at 7.

Link

44 Charles Johnson  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 10:03:11am
45 Decatur Deb  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 10:04:29am

re: #42 Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut

And see, I have some sympathy for that ideology. I’m a post-nationalist: I’d love it if the world was unified, if we didn’t have nations anymore but actually all felt together in one enterprise. But weirdly, I think that means that we have to get there eventually, not smash everything down and replace it right now, because that wouldn’t work. Really, in the end, for any cause to last you have to advance it through a combination of persuasion and policy. It doesn’t matter if you change the state if you don’t change the minds of the people, unless you’re actively seeking civil war. I mean, we’ve managed to get a lot done on discrimination in this country, but the civil war, and the laws passed since then haven’t been as successful as they could have been because the minds of people haven’t yet been reached enough.

But incrementationalist policy can get you there. The CRA was huge in doing that, but every victory is limited. I’m happy just to make headway, but the Greenwald’s of the world would call me a bootlicking authoritarian compromiser with war criminals or something, probably.

We are at a point where it is necessary to ask “What is the meaning of nationality?” It obviously doesn’t mean shit to the Masters of the Universe, who move their wealth through friend and foe alike, and it’s starting to mean nothing to the highschool grads who look up and find that there is no such thing as an ‘American job’. Almost think that the Wobblies had it right, a hundred years too early.

46 Bulworth  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 10:05:57am

“Will publish many do documents unless the British government pays me…..one million dollars”

47 b_sharp  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 10:07:04am

Ah, the childlike innocence of GG.

Is he going to take his ball and run home too?

48 Dr Lizardo  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 10:07:48am

re: #45 Decatur Deb

Almost think that the Wobblies had it right, a hundred year too early.

Or Paddy Chayefsky.

Youtube Video

49 Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 10:09:14am

re: #45 Decatur Deb

In a way, the nations themselves have been part of their dismantling, by being so desperate to have the richy-riches live there that they’ve gutted laws about moving income. The race to the bottom has, in the end, not benefited the nations much at all, aside from the few tax havens who are basically artificial economies. The “Irish Double” didn’t stop Ireland from crashing into the recession like everyone else.

It is hard to blame some people for being anti-state when the states themselves are being anti-state.

50 Feline Fearless Leader  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 10:09:15am

re: #45 Decatur Deb

We are at a point where it is necessary to ask “What is the meaning of nationality?” It obviously doesn’t mean shit to the Masters of the Universe, who move their wealth through friend and foe alike, and it’s starting to mean nothing to the highschool grads who look up and find that there is no such thing as an ‘American job’. Almost think that the Wobblies had it right, a hundred year too early.

It will be a continuation of the balancing act between “international”, “national”, and “local” matters. Certain things are best handled at a certain level, and certain things *have* to be handled at the higher levels to avoid severe issues with mixed standards and the fact that a lot of local laws are effectively null since one can simply in many places cross a boundary and carry out said act (or purchase). Plus the fact that if localities are left to themselves the majority in many locations does tend to start legislating injustice and anti-democratic practices.

51 Dr. Matt  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 10:11:55am
“I will be far more aggressive in my reporting from now. I am going to publish many more documents. I am going to publish things on England too. I have many documents on England’s spy system. I think they will be sorry for what they did,”

How exactly is this journalism?

52 thedopefishlives  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 10:12:14am

re: #51 Dr. Matt

How exactly is this journalism?

Because shut up, that’s how.

53 Decatur Deb  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 10:12:26am

re: #48 Dr Lizardo

Or Paddy Chayefsky.

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Forgot that. Time to feed my Sabocat.

54 Tigger2005  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 10:12:36am

You’ll be sorry unless you give me one mmeeewwwllyunnn dollars, er, pounds!

55 Dr. Matt  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 10:12:59am

re: #52 thedopefishlives

Because shut up, that’s how.

I’m such an Obama apologist, dagnabbit.

56 Justanotherhuman  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 10:14:44am

re: #51 Dr. Matt

How exactly is this journalism?

It isn’t. It’s juvenile poutrage.

57 Tigger2005  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 10:14:52am

re: #46 Bulworth

“Will publish many do documents unless the British government pays me…..one million dollars”

dammit, beat me to it.

58 nastybrutishntall  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 10:19:01am

Laugh while you can, monkeyboy.

59 Pavlovian Hive Mind  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 10:19:27am

I sense a disturbance in the Force….

60 Decatur Deb  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 10:19:48am

re: #58 nastybrutishntall

Laugh while you can, monkeyboy.

Way too cryptic, but upding for the nic.

61 Vicious Babushka  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 10:19:48am

re: #58 nastybrutishntall

Laugh while you can, monkeyboy.

Who is monkeyboy?

62 b.d.  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 10:19:57am

Glenn needs a Nehru jacket and a pettable cat.

63 Feline Fearless Leader  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 10:20:58am

re: #61 Vicious Babushka

Who is monkeyboy?

Peter Weller in the original version. (Well, PW playing Buckaroo Banzai.)

64 Gus  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 10:21:12am

re: #62 b.d.

Glenn needs a Nehru jacket and a pettable cat.

And an egg chair?

65 Feline Fearless Leader  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 10:21:44am

re: #62 b.d.

Glenn needs a Nehru jacket and a pettable cat.

And we would all know that the cat is the brains behind the outfit.

66 Vicious Babushka  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 10:22:15am

re: #63 Feline Fearless Leader

Peter Weller in the original version. (Well, PW playing Buckaroo Banzai.)

I never saw that.

67 Charles Johnson  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 10:22:17am
68 thedopefishlives  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 10:23:33am

re: #65 Feline Fearless Leader

And we would all know that the cat is the brains behind the outfit.

When Mr. Bigglesworth gets upset, people die.

69 Backwoods_Sleuth  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 10:23:54am

This detaining Miranda at Heathrow and he allegedly being a “journalist” so GG screams this is an attempt to intimidate journalists reminded me of some obscure tidbit of travel information.
I’ve traveled to the UK several times since 1990 and never had a problem until 2005 when I went to Scotland. There was some sort of dustup around that time involving some foreign journalists who were denied entry into the US and the UK responded by saying our journalists would have major difficulties entering the UK.
Before I left for Scotland, I was advised in no uncertain terms to not identify myself as a journalist (which is my off-the farm job). Apparently special visas are also required for journalists.
So, I identified myself as a farmer to customs/immigration at Glasgow Airport, thus opening up another can of worms.
At Glasgow, there’s a glassed in room right there where we queued up for customs and some poor wretch got pulled out of one of the lines for some very serious follow-up investigation.

I’d totally forgotten that episode until now.

70 Pavlovian Hive Mind  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 10:24:49am

GG=Dr. Evil.

71 Vicious Babushka  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 10:25:52am

#GlennGreenwaldBondTitles

Greenfinger
Dr. Snow

72 Feline Fearless Leader  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 10:26:15am

re: #66 Vicious Babushka

I never saw that.

Good 80s comedy / cult film. Very quotable, self-aware of its humor and satire. And famous for John Lithgow as a scenery-chewing character. In certain ways ahead of its time as well.

en.wikipedia.org

73 thedopefishlives  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 10:26:17am

re: #67 Charles Johnson

“What, do you expect me to talk?”

“No, Mr. Bond, I expect you to die.”

74 Backwoods_Sleuth  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 10:26:19am

re: #67 Charles Johnson


Perhaps he should be stroking a phoenix…for authenticity, you know…

75 piratedan  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 10:26:25am

re: #66 Vicious Babushka

do yourself a favor and do so… it’s chock full of goodness and irreverancy

76 b.d.  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 10:26:56am

re: #67 Charles Johnson

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Hahahahaha

77 Pavlovian Hive Mind  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 10:28:44am

re: #71 Vicious Babushka

#GlennGreenwaldBondTitles

Greenfinger
Dr. Snow

Greenwalds are Forever.

78 thedopefishlives  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 10:29:33am

re: #77 Pavlovian Hive Mind

Greenwalds are Forever.

One that requires no modification:

From Russia With Love

79 Dr Lizardo  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 10:29:59am

re: #58 nastybrutishntall

Laugh while you can, monkeyboy.

You need to say that with a faux Italian accent.

80 Gus  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 10:32:01am
81 erik_t  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 10:32:19am

re: #78 thedopefishlives

One that requires no modification:

From Russia With Love

On Her Majesty’s Customs Service

82 A Mom Anon  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 10:33:09am

re: #78 thedopefishlives

Meh, all I got is Octodumbass. Or maybe TO Russia with Love. I probably should hush,I’m in over my head.

83 Feline Fearless Leader  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 10:33:11am

Thumb Drives are Forever.

84 Justanotherhuman  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 10:33:28am

Thunderwald.

On His Own Secret Service

Internets Are Forever

Octopenis

Lie Another Day

85 thedopefishlives  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 10:33:35am

re: #82 A Mom Anon

Meh, all I got is Octodumbass. Or maybe TO Russia with Love. I probably should hush,I’m in over my head.

I laughed. In the middle of work, no less.

86 ProTARDISLiberal  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 10:33:40am

This whole circus with Greenwald, Assange, and their posse of gullible nitwits reminds me of another Bond movie. Tomorrow Never Dies. Seriously, the movie has stopped be a fun action flick, and now a statement on how some “journalists” act.

87 NJDhockeyfan  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 10:33:43am

re: #78 thedopefishlives

One that requires no modification:

From Russia With Love

The Man with the Snowden Thumbdrive

88 Mattand  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 10:34:41am

re: #84 Justanotherhuman

Lie Another Day

This is the winner. Everyone else can turn in their Walther PPKs.

89 b.d.  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 10:34:53am

re: #87 NJDhockeyfan

The Man with the Snowden Thumbdrive

You only Tweet twice.

90 Political Atheist  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 10:35:10am

Imagine somebody flying this over Greewalds house long enough for a twitter rage a thon. Then fess up and let him sputter and backtrack what he said in the freakout.

R/C Predator model plane

91 FemNaziBitch  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 10:35:20am

How is it today?

92 A Mom Anon  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 10:35:56am

re: #84 Justanotherhuman

Lie Another Day…oooh well played, good one…

93 thedopefishlives  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 10:36:03am

re: #89 b.d.

You only Tweet twice.

Skyisfalling.

94 Feline Fearless Leader  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 10:37:07am

re: #91 FemNaziBitch

How is it today?

Slow work day. Excellent lunch with a few co-workers at the Good Dog Cafe. Had a nice shrimp po’boy with blue cheese and hot sauce on it.

And preparing for a talk with my boss tomorrow about progress on various tasks. Not going to be fun.

95 RadicalModerate  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 10:37:12am

re: #63 Feline Fearless Leader

Peter Weller in the original version. (Well, PW playing Buckaroo Banzai.)

Actually that particular quote was directed by John Lithgow (in arguably his best role ever) toward an unnamed hospital orderly, played by Jonathan Banks (who went on to play Mike on Breaking Bad)

Youtube Video

96 piratedan  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 10:37:45am

yeah but they history of events is much more like the Casino Royale movie version starring David Niven…..

97 Dr. Matt  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 10:37:51am

That man who didn’t know too much

Quantum of Greenwald

Glenn Greenwald: International Man of Douchery

98 b.d.  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 10:38:56am

re: #93 thedopefishlives

Skyisfalling.

hahahahaha

99 thedopefishlives  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 10:38:57am

License to Steal

100 NJDhockeyfan  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 10:41:17am

re: #99 thedopefishlives

License to Steal

Snowdenlie

101 NJDhockeyfan  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 10:41:37am
102 b.d.  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 10:41:46am

Whatapussy?

103 dog philosopher  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 10:41:59am

The Great Emo-Prog vs. O-Bot Debate

If you express anything short of absolute condemnation of everything the NSA has done, your Twitter feed quickly fills up with hysterical proclamations from the emo-progs that you’re a right-wing shill, a government lackey, a useful idiot for the slave state, and an obvious fool. Conversely, if you criticize the NSA’s surveillance programs, your Twitter feed quickly fills up with equally hysterical proclamations from the O-Bots that you hate Obama, you’ve always hated Obama, and you’re probably a racist swine who’s been waiting ever since 2009 for a chance to take down the nation’s first black president.

104 dog philosopher  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 10:43:10am

pettable cat

my plan to make a million dollars selling unpettable cats didn’t work out so well

105 Decatur Deb  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 10:44:25am

re: #104 engineer cat

pettable cat

my plan to make a million dollars selling unpettable cats didn’t work out so well

Well, if your Chinese supplier hadn’t sent ‘unpettable rats’…

106 Justanotherhuman  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 10:44:31am

Oh my! My g-grandson has put on my house flip flops, hung my bag over his shoulders and commandeered my car keys—he’s going to the store…

Now he’s putting on my sweater… I love this boy so much. : )

107 Vicious Babushka  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 10:44:52am
108 dog philosopher  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 10:45:40am

re: #103 engineer cat

The Great Emo-Prog vs. O-Bot Debate

If you express anything short of absolute condemnation of everything the NSA has done, your Twitter feed quickly fills up with hysterical proclamations from the emo-progs that you’re a right-wing shill, a government lackey, a useful idiot for the slave state, and an obvious fool. Conversely, if you criticize the NSA’s surveillance programs, your Twitter feed quickly fills up with equally hysterical proclamations from the O-Bots that you hate Obama, you’ve always hated Obama, and you’re probably a racist swine who’s been waiting ever since 2009 for a chance to take down the nation’s first black president.

actually, i never see any of these “o-bots” except as an accusation from emo-progs that i must be one

109 Dr. Matt  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 10:45:46am

re: #103 engineer cat

The Great Emo-Prog vs. O-Bot Debate

If you express anything short of absolute condemnation of everything the NSA has done, your Twitter feed quickly fills up with hysterical proclamations from the emo-progs that you’re a right-wing shill, a government lackey, a useful idiot for the slave state, and an obvious fool.

Yesterday I was told by a emo-prog that I should turn in my “liberal card” and go support Mitch McConnell.

And….I’ll have to find my liberal card first before I can hand it over….

110 Bulworth  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 10:46:06am

re: #107 Vicious Babushka

And if they denied it——“LIES”

111 thedopefishlives  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 10:46:09am

re: #107 Vicious Babushka

Earth to The GG: The world is not out to get you. Douchecanoe. Quit being paranoid-narcissistic and get with the program.

112 Feline Fearless Leader  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 10:46:11am

re: #107 Vicious Babushka

That looks a lot like a “Have you stopped beating your wife” statement.

113 erik_t  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 10:47:02am

re: #109 Dr. Matt

Yesterday I was told by a emo-prog that I should turn in my “liberal card” and go support Mitch McConnell.

And….I’ll have to find my liberal card first before I can hand it over….

LINO!!!!!1

114 andres  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 10:47:46am

re: #22 Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut

If he was being interviewed by a Brazilian reporter, it’s not really weird to give the interview in Portuguese. And it’s not that hard to translate, so if he wants to claim an idiomatic defense, Portuguese speakers will be able to say if it is or isn’t true.

Translations are always tricky.

115 FemNaziBitch  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 10:47:47am

It’s Monday, is everyone working?

116 thedopefishlives  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 10:48:23am

re: #115 FemNaziBitch

It’s Monday, is everyone working?

Work? What is this “work” you speak of?

117 erik_t  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 10:48:43am

re: #115 FemNaziBitch

It’s Monday, is everyone working?

(freaks out, minimizes window)

118 Gus  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 10:49:32am

re: #107 Vicious Babushka

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Oh for crying out loud. I’m really tired of them throwing the word “partner” around when David Miranda’s trip to visit Poitras in Berlin was paid for by The Guardian.

119 thedopefishlives  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 10:50:31am

re: #117 erik_t

(freaks out, minimizes window)

I actually don’t spend much time on LGF during the days in order to maintain the appearance of being a hard worker, but truth be told, I get the same (relatively high) amount of stuff done whether I’m LGF’ing or not. Besides, tomorrow is the end-of-sprint demo, I’m mostly just fixing last-minute bugs and prepping my stuff to be shown off.

120 A Mom Anon  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 10:50:49am

So, besides a book deal and endless TV appearances for Glennykins, what’s the end game here? Is it to piss off liberals and suck votes away from Democrats in the next couple of election cycles? Because if he’s trying to do that, I hate to tell him something to burst his self important bubble:

Most anarchists and far lefties don’t vote, at least the ones I’ve met don’t. I spent my share of time with a group of anti western civilization anarchists(who are losing their shit and I told you so-ing all over their online forums) that hailed from all over the country. Only a handful of us had ever voted, EVER. They think the system is rigged and too corrupt to ever do anyone any good so why bother. They’re going to bring it all down from the outside, man.

Greenwald and others like him aren’t really “lefties” anyway, they’re disgruntled wingnuts who won’t admit that’s what they are. You dig a little beneath the surface and you find, just like with Assange, that there’s a whole treasure trove of authoritarian bullshit stewing there.

121 Decatur Deb  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 10:51:23am

re: #118 Gus

Oh for crying out loud. I’m really tired of them throwing the word “partner” around when David Miranda’s trip to visit Poitras in Berlin was paid for by The Guardian.

He is a partner, but that is immaterial. He’s upgraded to your choice of co-worker/collaborator/co-conspirator.

123 erik_t  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 10:52:41am

re: #119 thedopefishlives

Keeps the brain limber, it does.

124 piratedan  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 10:53:02am

re: #120 A Mom Anon

we’re talking about lifetime punditry here, you know Will and Krauthammer and Buchanan versions. Grift of a lifetime and treated as a VSP (Very Serious Person) and a seat at the best tables for a lifetime.

125 FemNaziBitch  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 10:53:08am

The “indicator” number in the new comments buttons is not showing me when there are new posts.

My Computer or no?

126 AlexRogan  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 10:53:34am

re: #72 Feline Fearless Leader

Good 80s comedy / cult film. Very quotable, self-aware of its humor and satire. And famous for John Lithgow as a scenery-chewing character. In certain ways ahead of its time as well.

en.wikipedia.org

I love The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension.

Any movie that has Peter Weller, John Lithgow, Ellen Barkin, Jeff Goldblum, Christopher Lloyd, and Clancy Brown together gets a thumbs up from me.

/Big Boo-TAY!

127 Decatur Deb  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 10:54:18am

re: #125 FemNaziBitch

The “indicator” number in the new comments buttons is not showing me when there are new posts.

My Computer or no?

NSA has eat mah numberz.

128 Gus  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 10:54:21am

re: #121 Decatur Deb

He is a partner, but that is immaterial. He’s upgraded to your choice of co-worker/collaborator/co-conspirator.

129 Vicious Babushka  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 10:54:34am

re: #125 FemNaziBitch

The “indicator” number in the new comments buttons is not showing me when there are new posts.

My Computer or no?

I’ve had that too. Refresh the page and it corrects.

130 thedopefishlives  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 10:55:16am

re: #123 erik_t

Keeps the brain limber, it does.

Also why I toy with conspiracy theorists over at JREF. I learn a lot and it helps mah critical thinking skillz.

131 FemNaziBitch  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 10:55:20am

re: #121 Decatur Deb

He is a partner, but that is immaterial. He’s upgraded to your choice of co-worker/collaborator/co-conspirator.

I understand the confusion —life partner, work partner, common-law spouse?

132 dog philosopher  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 10:55:51am

my guess is that people who uncritically support obama are witless suburbianites who don’t argue on blogs

133 Lidane  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 10:57:51am
134 Feline Fearless Leader  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 10:58:25am

re: #128 Gus

I’m glad he doesn’t have an adopted child. It’s obvious at this point that GG would have taken advantage of that in some way designed to promote “outrage”. Probably via a similar stunt to this in having the child acting as a mule as well.

135 A Mom Anon  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 10:59:09am

re: #124 piratedan

I suppose, so at the end of the day Glenn cooked this whole thing up to enrich himself and nothing more? I think there’s an element of “let’s you and him fight” to this too. Get that infighting going on the left side of things, along with spewing a shit ton of misinformation via Our Stupid Media. If our media didn’t suck he’d be cast as another nut, but noooo, I have to see this idiot all over the place lying his ass off and trying to stir up a bunch of infighting.

136 FemNaziBitch  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 11:00:44am

re: #129 Vicious Babushka

I’ve had that too. Refresh the page and it corrects.

ah yes, fixed!

137 kirkspencer  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 11:01:43am

re: #108 dog philosopher

actually, i never see any of these “o-bots” except as an accusation from emo-progs that i must be one

Actually, I have seen them. It’s rather frustrating, actually, to realize they’re not strawmen for both emoprog and rwnj.

138 FemNaziBitch  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 11:02:07am

re: #135 A Mom Anon

I suppose, so at the end of the day Glenn cooked this whole thing up to enrich himself and nothing more? I think there’s an element of “let’s you and him fight” to this too. Get that infighting going on the left side of things, along with spewing a shit ton of misinformation via Our Stupid Media. If our media didn’t suck he’d be cast as another nut, but noooo, I have to see this idiot all over the place lying his ass off and trying to stir up a bunch of infighting.

He might have done it as a test —to see how UNFREE he was. If the partner was detained, it’s a story. If he wasn’t, it’s a story about how unsecure we are.

139 piratedan  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 11:02:50am

re: #135 A Mom Anon

you asked what the end game was… the current game is to bring down the “surveillance state” with apparently little understanding on what it does and without any apparent context that seems to imply that the US is the only “serious player” in it.

140 A Mom Anon  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 11:06:07am

re: #139 piratedan

Good luck with that then, like GG with his dedicated band of sidekicks is going to bring down not just the US but the whole world’s government surveillance systems. Insert evil laugh here I guess. It doesn’t seem to be working very well.

141 A Mom Anon  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 11:06:53am

re: #133 Lidane

That was kinda devious and awesome all at once. Heh.

142 Vicious Babushka  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 11:06:56am
143 dog philosopher  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 11:07:05am

“I have many documents on England’s spy system. I think they will be sorry for what they did”

how about this instead:

“this is not about me or my friends - it is about transparency and public debate in regard to domestic surveillance”

144 Vicious Babushka  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 11:07:57am

Yes wingnuts, tell us again how the GOP is the champion of Civil Rights.

145 Gus  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 11:09:02am

re: #142 Vicious Babushka

[Embedded content]

I see Miranda’s almost a journalist.

146 HappyWarrior  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 11:10:10am

So now Miranda’s a journalist. I’m thinking GG did this more and more to stir up a fake outrage.

147 HappyWarrior  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 11:10:47am

re: #143 dog philosopher

“I have many documents on England’s spy system. I think they will be sorry for what they did”

how about this instead:

“this is not about me or my friends - it is about transparency and public debate in regard to domestic surveillance”

That would require him not being a hack. So not happening.

148 Amory Blaine  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 11:10:59am

Glenn Greenwald made a huge mistake thinking the fickle American public is going to have his back. They loved the shit out of GWB. Now I can’t find anyone who ever voted for him!!!

149 Feline Fearless Leader  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 11:11:28am

re: #146 HappyWarrior

So now Miranda’s a journalist. I’m thinking GG did this more and more to stir up a fake outrage.

The secondary question following this route is whether the Guardian is complicit in it since they paid for the travel. Or simply another dupe of the GG?

150 HappyWarrior  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 11:11:57am

re: #149 Feline Fearless Leader

The secondary question following this route is whether the Guardian is complicit in it since they paid for the travel. Or simply another dupe of the GG?

I don’t know but the guy seems to be a real bs artist.

151 b.d.  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 11:14:11am

re: #149 Feline Fearless Leader

The secondary question following this route is whether the Guardian is complicit in it since they paid for the travel. Or simply another dupe of the GG?

Moe than likely GG informed The Guardian, while Miranda was being detained, that he bought the airline tickets on the Guardian credit card.

152 Lidane  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 11:15:01am

LOLWUT:

153 RadicalModerate  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 11:15:29am

re: #122 FemNaziBitch

“What Is This, Russia”? The Brave Cop Imprisoned in a Psych Ward for Exposing NYPD Abuses

Doing a bit of further reading, it appears that the NYPD actions acting as initial catalyst from this case were part of the reason that a Federal Court recently ruled the “stop and frisk” policy as being unconstitutional, and possibly illegal.

en.wikipedia.org

In 2010 Schoolcraft released his recordings to the Village Voice; its reporter Graham Rayman published them as a series of articles titled “The NYPD Tapes”,[4] together with material on Schoolcraft. The suspended officer also discussed the case and his recordings with the Associated Press, which published a lengthy article, including excerpts from the recordings.[1] The New York Times reported Schoolcraft’s allegations that “commanders at the 81st Precinct pushed ticket and arrest quotas on officers.”[5]

In the analysis of Graham Rayman, writing for the Voice, this pressure to arrest had major effects in the 81st precinct, including:[8]

A ninefold increase in “stop-and-frisk” events.

“… several dozen gun arrests, hundreds of arrests on other charges, and thousands of summonses for things like disorderly conduct, trespassing, and loitering.”

Arrests on trivial charges, such as a person not displaying identification several feet away from their own house. (“Mental health worker Rhonda Scott suffered two broken wrists during a 2008 arrest for not having her ID card while standing on her own stoop.”)

Entire groups of people arrested without charges, simply for congregating on street corners. (These group arrests were often ordered directly by precinct commander Steven Mauriello and became known as “Mauriello specials”.)

A functional 8:30 PM curfew: “After 8:30, it’s all on me and my officers, and we’re undermanned,” Mauriello was recorded as saying. “The good people go inside. The others stay outside.”

“Ghost 250s”, fake stop-and-frisk reports with no names, fabricated to make quota at the end of the month.

A preference for easy arrests, rather than “bag of shit” cases who require supervision or medical treatment. One sergeant said: “Listen, don’t bring Mr. Medicine into the stationhouse, because he’s going to get free medical care from us that we all pay for, OK, and plus then he gets a nice police escort the whole time that he’s there.”

Rayman quotes retired NYPD detective Marquez Claxton: “The Police Department is using these numbers to portray themselves as being effective. In portraying that illusion, they have pushed these illegal quotas which force police officers to engage in illegal acts.”[8] Rayman said the aggressive tactics were related to understaffing on the force. He wrote: a” typical day in the 81st Precinct had only three to nine officers patrolling the streets in an area of more than 60,000 people.” Understaffing also led officers to work more overtime hours, earning more money but also becoming emotionally and physically exhausted.[8]

154 erik_t  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 11:15:53am

re: #152 Lidane

LOLWUT:

@RightWingWatch Christian Right radio hosts predict the Boy Scouts will have merit badges for sodomy, cannibalism bit.ly

Be Prepared… with a nice dry rub.

155 Vicious Babushka  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 11:16:49am

re: #152 Lidane

LOLWUT:

[Embedded content]

GIRL SCOUTS will have merit badges for SLUTTY SLUTTINESS!!!!1 & ABORSHUNZ!!!!111

156 b.d.  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 11:16:54am

re: #152 Lidane

LOLWUT:

[Embedded content]

Do the sodomy after the cannibalism otherwise that is just gross.

157 NJDhockeyfan  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 11:17:42am
158 HappyWarrior  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 11:17:46am

re: #152 Lidane

LOLWUT:

[Embedded content]

Magic 8 ball says Acid isn’t good for you. Seriously this is just amusing but it’s also a reminder of why the religious right shouldn’t be given legitimacy as adults in the room.

159 HappyWarrior  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 11:20:09am

I’d obviously want a competent person for the job but I’d love to ese a gay president just to make the RR explode some more.

160 Eclectic Cyborg  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 11:20:31am

You know, I think I agree with whoever it was last night that said GG orchestrated this whole thing.

While I think it’s obvious that he’s not the most intelligent person around, he’s far from stupid.

Consider the progression of events:

- Greenwald leaks the original Snowden data and becomes something of a media superstar overnight
- Greenwald identifies Snowden and continues to promote the stolen data
- Snowden is revealed to have fled to Hong Kong. He wears his welcome out there before long, goes to Russia and ends up in asylum purgatory for about a month.
- During this time, the whole Snowden story slowly slides off the front pages as other news becomes more pressing (i.e. Egypt)
- Suddenly, GG’s partner is detained at Heathrow and it is revealed that he is acting as a “data mule” between GG, Snowden and Poitras.
- BOOM! GG and, to a lesser extent Snowden, are major news again.

Greenwald HAD to know that breaking the NSA story would get his profile heavy play in intelligence circles. He also had to know that people in those circles would also become VERY familiar with his close acquaintances.

It stands to reason he would have also known that sending his partner on such a mission (and apparently getting the Guardian to pay for it) would more than likely result in a situation exactly like what’s happened.

I think it’s painfully clear this whole fiasco is about Greenwald inflating his own ego.

161 Dr Lizardo  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 11:21:23am

re: #152 Lidane

WTF?

Seriously, WTF? Cannibalism?!

162 Amory Blaine  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 11:21:25am

re: #154 erik_t

Hey we’re smoking ribs right now!! Nice dry rub. Apple wood smoke. Low and slow baby!!!!

163 HappyWarrior  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 11:22:02am

re: #161 Dr Lizardo

WTF?

Seriously, WTF? Cannibalism?!

Yeah the Jeffrey Dahmer sodomy cannibalism memorial badge.

164 darthstar  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 11:22:31am
165 OhNoZombies!  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 11:22:38am

Julian Assange and the Professional Left…

FTA:
….But that is the bottom line of libertarianism. At the core of it, there is the essential belief that government is evil, that it must therefore be stripped of powers, and that in order to do so, it must be robbed of resources. There is no separating the anti-government sentiment when it comes to intelligence operations from the opposition to government power to protect minority and women’s rights, or its power to collect taxes to invest the common good. The libertarian philosophy is one that explicitly rejects the idea that government can and should play a role in the common good.

In fact, it is from this rejection of the common good that their opposition to legitimate intelligence operations comes from. There is no inkling to check whether the intelligence operations are needed, proper, or legal, because the simple fact that the government is conducting it at all makes it evil.

I just wanted to share because I thought it was well written.

166 CuriousLurker  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 11:22:45am

Seriously, I can’t take any more of the stupid. I just unfollowed the person who barfed this silly crap into my timeline



I’m *headdesking* so often these days that I’m beginning to feel like a human metronome. //

167 Amory Blaine  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 11:22:57am

Wait, is the dry rub for the sodomy or the cannibalism?

168 erik_t  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 11:22:58am

re: #163 HappyWarrior

Yeah the Jeffrey Dahmer sodomy cannibalism memorial badge.

Also we’re replacing “Eagle Scout” with “Deacon of Satan” and removing all red, white, and blue from all insignia and uniforms.

169 NJDhockeyfan  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 11:23:28am

Executions in Egypt…terrorists executing 27 policeman in Egypt yesterday.

170 HappyWarrior  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 11:23:34am

I don’t get it heh. They’ve loved the scouts for years and all a sudden because the BSA drops their archaic ban on gay members, suddenly they’re going to give out merit badges for sodomy and cannibalism? I wish I had that creative a mind.

171 darthstar  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 11:23:40am

re: #162 Amory Blaine

Hey we’re smoking ribs right now!! Nice dry rub. Apple wood smoke. Low and slow baby!!!!

Didn’t Adam get kicked out of the Garden of Eden for “dry rubbing” a rib?

172 Amory Blaine  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 11:24:27am

I always thought that guy was a perv. ;)

173 HappyWarrior  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 11:24:54am

re: #168 erik_t

Also we’re replacing “Eagle Scout” with “Deacon of Satan” and removing all red, white, and blue from all insignia and uniforms.

and instead of the scout’s honor, we now have scout’s sodomy and a pledge to eat as much human flesh as possible.

175 Vicious Babushka  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 11:25:39am

FIRST WORLD WHITE PEOPLE PROBLEMS:

176 erik_t  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 11:26:35am

re: #175 Vicious Babushka

FIRST WORLD WHITE PEOPLE PROBLEMS:

[Embedded content]

I don’t even want to dignify this with a click. Allow me to attempt to summarize: do your job or get fired?

177 Amory Blaine  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 11:26:48am

re: #173 HappyWarrior

Waste not want not. Leave no trace!!!

178 ObserverArt  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 11:27:32am

Glenn can be found over there in the corner, holding his breath and not talking to anyone ever again!

In that scenario, where is the problem?

179 Dr Lizardo  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 11:28:01am

re: #163 HappyWarrior

Yeah the Jeffrey Dahmer sodomy cannibalism memorial badge.

Ah, OK. Yep, sounds legit.
//

*headdesk*

180 HappyWarrior  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 11:28:38am

re: #179 Dr Lizardo

Ah, OK. Yep, sounds legit.
//

*headdesk*

There’s also the John Wayne Gacy rope trick sodomy badge.//

181 ObserverArt  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 11:29:03am

re: #167 Amory Blaine

Wait, is the dry rub for the sodomy or the cannibalism?

Allspice.

/

182 HappyWarrior  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 11:29:15am

I have to say where as in the past the RR angered me, they more less amuse me with how pathetic they are.

183 FemNaziBitch  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 11:29:52am

re: #161 Dr Lizardo

WTF?

Seriously, WTF? Cannibalism?!

yep

184 b.d.  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 11:30:20am

re: #175 Vicious Babushka

FIRST WORLD WHITE PEOPLE PROBLEMS:

[Embedded content]

Maybe they’d rather be in Crawford, in August, standing in front of that old out building again?

185 Bulworth  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 11:31:21am

re: #152 Lidane

It would be irresponsible not to speculate… ///

186 lawhawk  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 11:31:54am

re: #167 Amory Blaine

Wait, is the dry rub for the sodomy or the cannibalism?

Dry rub is for sodomy. Marinades are for cannibalism. /get with the program /////

187 Amory Blaine  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 11:32:11am

More examples of the right wings commitment to less government.

Wis. to claim marital property for Medicaid debts

Provisions buried in the new Wisconsin budget dramatically expanded the state’s ability to claim dead couples’ joint property, such as Green Bay Packers tickets or the family farm, to recoup Medicaid expenses - even if the assets are protected in trusts.

The language is designed to help the state recover Medicaid money spent on a number of long-term care programs, most notably Family Care, which helps keep disabled and elderly people out of costly nursing homes.

It’s unlikely the changes will take effect for months, but attorneys who specialize in elder law say they’re already creating concern among seniors who want to leave property to their children and other beneficiaries. The state has prioritized recovering every dollar spent on Medicaid over families’ well-being, said Carol Wessels, a Wauwatosa attorney and former chair of the state bar’s Elder Law Section Board of Directors.

“My clients are stunned,” Wessels said.

Medicaid is a state and federal partnership. Federal law requires states to recover Medicaid payouts for long-term care from a deceased recipient’s estate. The state budget language goes far beyond that, creating a presumption that marital property owned within the five years before the recipient applied for Medicaid coverage is fair game after the surviving spouse dies.

188 Kragar  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 11:32:24am

Well, I just dropped $300 a profession resume writing service to hopefully get me more hits. I need to find myself a new place to go.

189 Vicious Babushka  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 11:32:30am
190 HappyWarrior  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 11:32:47am

re: #184 b.d.

Maybe they’d rather be in Crawford, in August, standing in front of that old out building again?

Rather be in Hawaii (Obama’s vacay spot of choice) than Crawford (Bush’s).

191 ProTARDISLiberal  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 11:34:39am

re: #190 HappyWarrior

Seriously. Time off from reporting would be awesome. Go to one of the islands and explore shit.

192 HappyWarrior  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 11:35:54am

re: #191 ProTARDISLiberal

Seriously. Time off from reporting would be awesome. Go to one of the islands and explore shit.

Shit I’d just love to bodysurf in Hawaii and then enjoy some good food and drink at night.

193 lawhawk  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 11:36:45am

re: #190 HappyWarrior

You go where your family is.

But if I could pick where to spend vacation, Hawaii is up there. So is any of the nation’s national parks. Rather spend time there than pretty much anywhere else in the world (except Israel) - and there’s apparently a Facebook contest for a free trip too.

194 HappyWarrior  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 11:39:03am

re: #193 lawhawk

You go where your family is.

But if I could pick where to spend vacation, Hawaii is up there. So is any of the nation’s national parks. Rather spend time there than pretty much anywhere else in the world (except Israel) - and there’s apparently a Facebook contest for a free trip too.

True that. I’d love to go too. So jealous of my brother who spent some time in Kauai.

195 Feline Fearless Leader  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 11:45:13am

re: #193 lawhawk

You go where your family is.

But if I could pick where to spend vacation, Hawaii is up there. So is any of the nation’s national parks. Rather spend time there than pretty much anywhere else in the world (except Israel) - and there’s apparently a Facebook contest for a free trip too.

I have to work Hawaii in at some point. Have developed a personal quest to tour all the remaining battleships before I retire. Three down, five to go.

196 Eventual Carrion  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 12:08:34pm

re: #195 Feline Fearless Leader

I have to work Hawaii in at some point. Have developed a personal quest to tour all the remaining battleships before I retire. Three down, five to go.

I’ve only been on one, USS Texas. The San Jacinto monument was cool too.

197 Decatur Deb  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 12:43:28pm

re: #196 Eventual Carrion

I’ve only been on one, USS Texas. The San Jacinto monument was cool too.

As kids, we used to slide through the torpedo tube of the USS Maine.

Image: 0e225e9e-c33a-4e01-b681-e39ce732be1b.jpg

198 krypto  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 1:46:19pm

On the positive side, it’s an increase in Greenwald’s limited honesty.

He is now admitting that his main motives are his personal spite, resentments and obsessions, and not some altruistic concern for the well being of the US or the world or anything like that.

199 Areopagitica  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 2:24:15pm

I wonder if Glenn Greenwald working on a screenplay for “Brokedown Palace II, The Return of The Documents.”

200 hinterlandg  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 2:24:37pm

Oooh, I am sure the Brits are scared. Give me a break. So, if he drops more information from the ‘treasure trove’ he got from Edward Snowden, what does that mean for his continued asylum in Russia?

201 ContraryLemming  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 6:13:10pm

re: #188 Kragar

Well, I just dropped $300 a profession resume writing service to hopefully get me more hits. I need to find myself a new place to go.

Let me know how that works out. I’ve found that most of the resume-writers tend to try to cram everything into a brain-dead script. No real thought, imagination or creativity shown in the writing. Which I would think is a bad thing.

Then again, WTF do I know? They’re writing for soulless HR drones who have to paw thru stacks of resumes looking for keywords that are an exact match to the Req that they’re trying to fill. Maybe going with an equally creativity-barren document *is* the proper way to make it past the First Great Moat and into the interview process, where you can start to express a little more humanity.

May you find a better place.

202 Opal  Mon, Aug 19, 2013 6:13:25pm

Just watching Rachel Maddow report about how wrong and unfair it was for Greenwald’s partner to have been detained and electronics seized. She made no mention of the electronics containing any classified information. I’m wondering if she is aware of the contents and thinks that there actually IS no classified information there. Not entirely sure why, but she was really upset about this detaining/seizure event as a strike against journalism.


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