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In reply to the discussion: NYT: Barring of Bolivian Plane Infuriates Latin America as Snowden Case Widens [View all]ForeignandDomestic
(190 posts)63. Love and Basketball is that better?
And it's no more of code than you insulting whole races and nations of people in South American calling their lives miserable.
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NYT: Barring of Bolivian Plane Infuriates Latin America as Snowden Case Widens [View all]
dkf
Jul 2013
OP
And you know this because a thief who is falling apart in front of the world suggested it? nt
MADem
Jul 2013
#39
It's far too late and insulting to pretend that this is all Snowden's fabrication.
Pholus
Jul 2013
#54
How condescending and completely Imperialistic of them to think that an intelligent man
sabrina 1
Jul 2013
#43
White European leader? Gee, I thought everyone was blaming the black American one here!
MADem
Jul 2013
#44
You are wrong. Bolivia was asked, right before this flight, whether they might grant
sabrina 1
Jul 2013
#46
Uh OH..... Your Catholic.Org and South China Morning Post cites are ....er...not operative.
MADem
Jul 2013
#47
Link? An "online poll"? When did you make this up? And why didn't you say that....
Tarheel_Dem
Jul 2013
#88
Lol, he 'regrets'the incident with Europe, but believes Europe should free itself from
sabrina 1
Jul 2013
#57
My source is the wonderful, praised, Glenn Greenwald's can-do-no-wrong platform....
MADem
Jul 2013
#58
This is an accurate take on what happened, people here are still citing early reports
flamingdem
Jul 2013
#68
"The White House declined to comment on whether the American government had anything to do with
sibelian
Jul 2013
#2
Yes, he is a socialist, in the best sense of the word, democratically elected, not installed like
sabrina 1
Jul 2013
#25
A tech stop for fuel was scheduled in Portugal and they were not allowed to fly there.
reusrename
Jul 2013
#17
Portugal was refusing permission to land, not entry into their airspace, afaict.
reusrename
Jul 2013
#38
"France did not deny this aircraft access to its airspace" - apparently they did
PoliticAverse
Jul 2013
#26
Confirming that they weren't granted permission initially as was Morales' claim. n/t
PoliticAverse
Jul 2013
#36
Also....Austria said that inspecting the passports of passengers is standard procedure
Cali_Democrat
Jul 2013
#28
Yeah, I bet they do that with every head of state whose plane lands in Vienna!
markpkessinger
Jul 2013
#49
I am talking about someone so stupid that they believe a jet doesn't need fuel.
reusrename
Jul 2013
#37
If John Kerry wasn't involved in this, then wouldn't someone be fired already?
reusrename
Jul 2013
#87
By way of retaliation for this "...grave offense to their entire region..." the entire region
bike man
Jul 2013
#52
I think I've allowed you to take up enough of my time. "Love and Hip Hop" indeed.
Tarheel_Dem
Jul 2013
#64
"*diot"? Namecalling? Very clever. Perhaps you haven't read the TOS. You're allowed to call....
Tarheel_Dem
Jul 2013
#71
For all your flowery rhetoric, I wonder how many people MLK called an "idiot"?
Tarheel_Dem
Jul 2013
#75
I read an article that said Afghanistan might have the largest reserves, but we aren't beholden to..
Tarheel_Dem
Jul 2013
#67