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In reply to the discussion: Greenwald now says Snowden's email is irrelevant after calling it the "biggest news" one day ago [View all]OilemFirchen
(7,143 posts)79. My pleasure.
And likely some others' dismay.
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Greenwald now says Snowden's email is irrelevant after calling it the "biggest news" one day ago [View all]
Cali_Democrat
May 2014
OP
So because another website also described Glenn Greenwald's hilarious contradiction,
Cali_Democrat
May 2014
#33
Actually a comment at the end of an article I was reading while crusing google news...
Cali_Democrat
May 2014
#42
Why is it their exclusive story when anyone in the world could have seen these quotes
pnwmom
May 2014
#81
Enrique is the one who's been trolling RW sites. There's no evidence Cali has been.
pnwmom
May 2014
#48
Sorry, once is enough. If there's something specific you're talking about, tell me. n/t
pnwmom
May 2014
#61
I did talk about it. You weren't able to get it. Have a nice weekend.
DisgustipatedinCA
May 2014
#73
Don't sweat it. Guess who else used to be a card carrying Republican. Elizabeth Warren, the one...
Tarheel_Dem
May 2014
#94
Interesting post! I have to admit that I was also unaware that the mission of LGF had changed
Number23
May 2014
#101
Yeah, the guy who runs it went and got saved and switched sides in 2009.
DisgustipatedinCA
May 2014
#75
Uh oh. Now you've REALLY earned the scorn of the Greenwaldians. Of course GG says he had politcal
Tarheel_Dem
May 2014
#80
Early on, I objected to Greenwald's obvious ignorance re technology,
Benton D Struckcheon
May 2014
#2
LOL. Of course that is expected of a proven liar. The PTL Club won't mind tho. n/t
Whisp
May 2014
#3
How embarrassing, or shameless, to post links that prove the untruthfulness of your own claims.
woo me with science
May 2014
#140
EXHIBIT A of the diversion & twisting to mislead that has become so familiar from the NSA Defense.
woo me with science
May 2014
#144
Yes, it is. I saw it, and it's a misread. It also has nothing to do with the point I made. n/t
ProSense
May 2014
#72
Did you notice that Glenn Greenwald referenced a DUer in his twitter feed?
Cali_Democrat
May 2014
#7
Oh come on, how 'bout for those of us who don't tweet? The curiosity is killin' us.
Tarheel_Dem
May 2014
#40
GG=Sheister. Once an ambulance chaser, always an ambulance chaser. I'll bet Pierre is spending....
Tarheel_Dem
May 2014
#69
when is he going to release the names ? and isn't there some other big thing he says that still
JI7
May 2014
#9
people are upset, they made a huge thing out of all of this but the actual things that come out
JI7
May 2014
#19
Sibel Edmonds says you DO NOT want to stir up GG's devotees. She's, obviously, had some brushes....
Tarheel_Dem
May 2014
#43
tell us something we don't know....there is some of that kind of creepy right here on DU!
VanillaRhapsody
May 2014
#157
And they have absolutely no sense of irony. Apparently, all his detractors are "paid".
Tarheel_Dem
May 2014
#159
I have an idea of his DU name, but won't say aloud. Nasty, horrible, thin skinned,
Tarheel_Dem
Jun 2014
#177
Ty for pointing out that the OP is yet another attempt to identify inconsistency where none exists.
Vattel
May 2014
#17
Well Nance, sometimes in the haze of committing crimes, you can't expect to remember everything.
Tarheel_Dem
May 2014
#99
Cause Snowden is a super cracker (tt) , he'll crack a file and store it in his cerebral cortex !!!
uponit7771
May 2014
#167
No 'hero' uses this amount of sophistry during just normal questioning... they're full of crap
uponit7771
May 2014
#168
Ummm, fuckin no Snowden said he DID invoke proper channels.. he fuckin lied... PERIOD
uponit7771
May 2014
#166
this is like Benghazi when republicans go on about "why didn't he call it terrrosim"
JI7
May 2014
#11
I'm neutral on Greenwald -- disagree with some things; agree with others.
WorseBeforeBetter
Jun 2014
#192
That's fine. I agree with green footballs on some things and not on others.
Cali_Democrat
Jun 2014
#193
just like some of greenwald's previous views on immigration and the war on terror disgust me....
Cali_Democrat
Jun 2014
#195
The NSA did not say they had no emails, they said they had no email that documented concerns
karynnj
May 2014
#121
GG trying to keep himself relevant.. like when he "expertly previewed the 2012 election"..
Cha
May 2014
#28
My dear Cha, you find the most interesting stuff on the internetz. How did I miss that gem?
Tarheel_Dem
May 2014
#32
LOL...the look on Joy Reid's face as Greenwald was rambling on about Benghazi...
Cali_Democrat
May 2014
#154
GG is his own worst enemy like ES. Have you seen this?.. It's like this guy read my mind!
Cha
May 2014
#155
Only people who hate Obama and view him as the enemy suggest that Benghazi involves wrongdoing
stevenleser
Jun 2014
#171
LMAO! This is what happens when you twist facts to fit theories instead of vice-versa.
stevenleser
Jun 2014
#169
You were, perhaps, expecting consistency from GG? GG's motto: 'If it don't make money, it don't....
Tarheel_Dem
May 2014
#29
You mean like the folks who have pet billionaires? That the kind of "funding" you mean?
Tarheel_Dem
May 2014
#64
GG and ES are Liars.. and we're suppose to "yawn" because their "Fan Club" says so..
Cha
May 2014
#49
I dunno.. maybe both equally. I do know that Snowden's Lies are nothing to "yawn" about..
Cha
May 2014
#84
If you enjoy anyone's 'apoplexy', you may have deeper problems than you imagine.
randome
May 2014
#138
Ah, agreement is so much more pleasant than batting our heads against each other!
randome
Jun 2014
#196