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Edward Snowden Joins Twitter: "Can You Hear Me Now?"

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The world's most famous whistleblower joins Twitter...

 

And tweets...

The only account Snowden is keeping an eye on? Why the NSA's of course...

 

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Tue, 09/29/2015 - 12:12 | 6606601 bigdumbnugly
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hold on ed... lemme go turn down the kardashians.

Tue, 09/29/2015 - 12:14 | 6606617 nuubee
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Dont forget the youtube tab you've got open, and the netflix you're streaming on the tablet.

Tue, 09/29/2015 - 12:20 | 6606648 TruxtonSpangler
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Is this messaging that Verizon has a direct feed to NSA?

Tue, 09/29/2015 - 12:32 | 6606703 Save_America1st
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so how long before "somebody" @.gov and @.CIA shuts down his account?

just sayin'....

Tue, 09/29/2015 - 12:35 | 6606721 TruxtonSpangler
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No way - this is still part of his CIA assignment to take NSA down a few pegs so CIA can get more of that sweet sweet funding.

Tue, 09/29/2015 - 12:43 | 6606742 Freddie
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Will "judges" say See Eye Aye ops are illegal?  Will those secret Patriot Act courts be shut down?  It is all Kabuki.

Can we get the names of those judges over those secret courts?  It would be nice to archive for a later date.

yeah - I want to believe he is the real deal but he worked for See Eye Aye in a pretty good job for someone so young with little formal education.  Running systems and networks in Switzerland.  They he decides to leave?

Nobody leaves.  Mob guys sometimes leave but not these goons.  Just ask William Colby who said a bit too much to the Sen Frank Church committee.  Colby also said a few other things they did not want said.  he was retired and then they retired him permanently.

 

Tue, 09/29/2015 - 12:44 | 6606757 froze25
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The worst part about what Snowden showed was the fact that there is no tracking of what NSA agent is looking at What information and why they may be doing it.  So our elected reps, even if they wanted to cannot see even if they or anyone else is being spied on and what information was looked at.  NO Accountability what so ever.

Tue, 09/29/2015 - 12:51 | 6606776 The Juggernaut
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"Arguing that you don't care about the right to privacy because you have nothing to hide is [the same as] saying you don't care about free speech because you have nothing to say," - E Snowden

Tue, 09/29/2015 - 13:00 | 6606815 jaap
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Edward,

 

Did you already find an optician in Moskow to repair your glasses? Or are they only for the purpose of "brand Snowden"?

Tue, 09/29/2015 - 15:08 | 6607474 Four chan
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Snowden 2016

Tue, 09/29/2015 - 13:19 | 6606918 Billy the Poet
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Arguing that you don't care about the right to privacy because you have nothing to hide

 

And did you ever notice that the people who say that wear pants, close the bathroom door and hang curtains in their windows? That proves they are terrorists by their very own standard.

Tue, 09/29/2015 - 15:22 | 6607542 . . . _ _ _ . . .
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The NSA put backdoors into computer hardware destined for foreign (and domestic?) shores. Then they turn around and blame Chinese, Russian, North Korean, Iranian hackers.

https://atokenmanblog.wordpress.com/2015/09/09/why-privacy-matters/

Tue, 09/29/2015 - 12:53 | 6606789 BLOTTO
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Yes, I hear you...but it doesnt mean i trust you.

Tue, 09/29/2015 - 12:15 | 6606623 lehmen_sisters
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Let me finish up my fantasy football league and i'll meet up with ya in a few, we can talk about our new car loans at 12% interest as well. 

Tue, 09/29/2015 - 12:16 | 6606627 Renewable Life
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Think very carefully before you hit that follow button!

Tue, 09/29/2015 - 12:17 | 6606632 WTFRLY
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If you even think twice about it, you have already surrendered your freedom. Death to the New World Order.

Tue, 09/29/2015 - 12:36 | 6606723 TruxtonSpangler
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Self censorship is the most effective form

Tue, 09/29/2015 - 13:07 | 6606855 Sokhmate
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Think thrice before becoming a twat (to begin with) also, too.

Wed, 09/30/2015 - 00:02 | 6609595 Alvin Fernald
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If he has the dirt people thinks he does, why is he still alive?

Tue, 09/29/2015 - 12:12 | 6606602 CHoward
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"I can hear you - can you hear me?!"

Tue, 09/29/2015 - 12:12 | 6606604 SamEyeAm
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Fuck Snowden. Special forces should cut his head off (both of them).

Tue, 09/29/2015 - 12:16 | 6606626 Mark Mywords
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So you're down with the spying and the lying and the deceit and illegality of all natures?

Fascism it is for you, then.

Tue, 09/29/2015 - 12:19 | 6606644 Ignatius
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I love free speech as it allows the fascist to cut off his own head.

Tue, 09/29/2015 - 12:33 | 6606714 Save_America1st
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"sameyeam"...11 week-old account = paid shill from the .gov

Tue, 09/29/2015 - 12:38 | 6606730 froze25
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Could be and probably is, I would be cool to see how many joined when Trump announced his presidency or shortly before the announcement.  For the Record I do agree with some of Trumps views.

Tue, 09/29/2015 - 12:51 | 6606778 seek
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I honestly doubt it. Paid shills are actually make a half-asses effort at their job so they're not nearly so ham-fisted, their goal is subtle manipulation.

Plus the paid shills either plan or buy "seasoned" accounts for credibility.

So this is either a garden variety troll, or a 3rd/4th rate shill, either unpaid or a pop-up funded by some lame-ass PAC. Imagine how bad their life must be if they suck at shilling.

Tue, 09/29/2015 - 13:03 | 6606835 Beam Me Up Scotty
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How much is an almost 5 year old account worth?? Since money seems to be no object to these people, I'll sell mine for a million dollars. Next week the price goes up to 2 million.

Wed, 09/30/2015 - 00:17 | 6609622 Alvin Fernald
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I will sell mine for $10K.

Does that violate the TOS?

Tue, 09/29/2015 - 12:53 | 6606792 Talleyrand
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If little Sammy is being paid, someone's not getting their money's worth.

Tue, 09/29/2015 - 12:16 | 6606630 lehmen_sisters
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You're a dumbass. "Special Forces" ...lol. 

Tue, 09/29/2015 - 12:20 | 6606650 Atomizer
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He has a special forces Xbox profile in his mom's basement.

Tue, 09/29/2015 - 12:28 | 6606689 Ignatius
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"CandyGramTM for Mongo."

Tue, 09/29/2015 - 12:32 | 6606705 Row Well Number 41
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Mongo just pawn in game of life.

 

Tue, 09/29/2015 - 12:34 | 6606716 Handful of Dust
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Barry said, "exceptional" forces, not "special" forces.

Tue, 09/29/2015 - 13:08 | 6606859 Winston Churchill
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Hope they have their corpsemen with them.

Tue, 09/29/2015 - 12:26 | 6606675 . . . _ _ _ . . .
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There were kids in my school who were called 'special', too.

Tue, 09/29/2015 - 12:41 | 6606744 Fish Gone Bad
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I still call them retarded.

Tue, 09/29/2015 - 13:09 | 6606861 Sokhmate
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you are micro aggressive.

Tue, 09/29/2015 - 13:24 | 6606945 Billy the Poet
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His manspreading is also of the micro variety.

Tue, 09/29/2015 - 12:18 | 6606637 Renewable Life
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lol

this little fellow just discoved ZH 11 weeks ago, just in time for the election cycle, gee i wonder who you are? 

Tue, 09/29/2015 - 12:48 | 6606765 greenskeeper carl
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It's hard to peg them. I wouldn't be surprised if some were paid trolls, but I think most of the overtly neocon sounding people simply found this place from it posting on drudge. Since drudge started posting articles from ZH it's happened with a lot more frequency.

Tue, 09/29/2015 - 13:26 | 6606952 Billy the Poet
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Look what the cat drudged in.

Tue, 09/29/2015 - 12:20 | 6606651 ShorTed
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Go back to neocon land, troll.

Tue, 09/29/2015 - 12:59 | 6606816 Freddie
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Special Forces?  LOL!  Here is how they sell out Spec Forces guys - this and also put em on Chinooks and tell Al Qeada where to hit em with an RPG.

 

They not only kill em but they smeared em as drug addicts and drunks. The one dude looked like he was jacked on Roids.

Hey - get your kids to sign up and enlist.  You too.  Go die for these psychopaths.

 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2616003/Mixture-heroin-alcohol-c...

Tue, 09/29/2015 - 12:13 | 6606612 Gizzie
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my hero!

Tue, 09/29/2015 - 12:15 | 6606622 Bluz
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I owe a debt of gratitude to Edward Snowden. He is a TRUE patriot. Thank You.

Tue, 09/29/2015 - 12:39 | 6606738 froze25
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As does any freedom loving American that believes in the Constitution and Bill of Rights.  Lets not forget about oaths of office and the Rule of Law.  

Tue, 09/29/2015 - 13:14 | 6606898 Baa baa
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I will, only if they will !!!

Tue, 09/29/2015 - 12:31 | 6606625 nnnnnn
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snowden made alredy more 2 million us$ with his image

Tue, 09/29/2015 - 13:31 | 6606970 Billy the Poet
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The rational question:

Where's your documentation?

 

The snark:

Making money is bad. Good people have no money and are forced to eat their own feet.

Tue, 09/29/2015 - 12:18 | 6606634 Atomizer
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rates adjusted for inflation – and improving financial conditions more broadly. But the federal funds rate and other nominal interest rates cannot go much below zero, since holding cash is always an alternative to investing in securities.9 Thus, the lowest the FOMC can feasibly push the real federal funds rate is essentially the negative value of the inflation rate. As a result, the Federal Reserve has less room to ease monetary policy when inflation is very low. This limitation is a potentially serious problem because severe downturns such as the Great Recession may require pushing real interest rates far below zero for an extended period to restore full employment at a satisfactory pace.10 For this reason, pursuing too low an inflation objective or otherwise tolerating persistently very low inflation would be inconsistent with the other leg of the FOMC’s mandate, to promote maximum employment.11  An unexpected decline in inflation that is sizable and persistent can also be costly because it increases the debt burdens of borrowers. Consider homeowners who take out a conventional fixed-rate mortgage, with the expectation that inflation will remain close to 2 percent and their nominal incomes will rise about 4 percent per year. If the economy were instead to experience chronic mild deflation accompanied by flat or declining nominal incomes, then after a few years the homeowners might find it noticeably more difficult to cover their monthly mortgage payments than they had originally anticipated. Moreover, if house prices fall in line with consumer prices rather than rising as expected, then the equity in their home will be lower than they had anticipated. This situation, which is sometimes referred to as “debt deflation,” would also confront all households with outstanding student loans, auto loans, or credit card debt, as well as businesses that had taken out bank loans or issued bonds.12 Of course, in this situation, lenders would be receiving more real income. But the net effect on the economy is likely to be negative, in large part because borrowers typically have only a limited ability to absorb losses. And if the increased debt-service burdens and declines in collateral values are severe enough to force borrowers into bankruptcy, then the resultant hardship imposed on families, small business owners, and laid-off workers may be very severe. 

28Sep/Janet L Yellen: Inflation dynamics and monetary policy

 

What a fucking crying baby. You set the policy, live with your mistakes. 

Tue, 09/29/2015 - 12:29 | 6606690 The Indelicate ...
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some people drink the Kool-Aid.

I believe you also douche with it.

Tue, 09/29/2015 - 12:42 | 6606749 Atomizer
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And other liberals prefer to receive a golden shower opposed to taking a real shower. What would happen if Kool-aid would turn into a tulip stock market crash?

Answer:

Market Crashes: The Tulip and Bulb Craze | Investopedia

Tue, 09/29/2015 - 12:33 | 6606708 nnnnnn
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thats nice for you but how the fuck its releted to snowdens opening a twitter account?

Tue, 09/29/2015 - 12:33 | 6606709 Atomizer
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Oh noes, another mouth breather who can't accept the truth. Mr. Janet Yellen gave this speach and Bank of International Settlements released the transcript. 

I find the level of hiding stress and misappropriation of lies amusing. Keep at it fuck nuts. 

Tue, 09/29/2015 - 12:38 | 6606732 The Indelicate ...
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Someone has an awful lot of sand in their vagina today!

Why don't you take a nice warm bath, have some camomile tea and come back when you're feeling better, Molly?

Tue, 09/29/2015 - 12:57 | 6606805 Atomizer
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Because, I have nothing better to do than make your head explode. Sitting in my pool side chair in Boca Raton. 

Get back to work, Hebrew slave! My friend in Lake Worth told me that i'm in the heart of East coast Florida jewville territory. We just both laughed. 

/not kidding 

Tue, 09/29/2015 - 13:13 | 6606887 Baa baa
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So, you lookin' for a medal or the chest to pin it on.?

Tue, 09/29/2015 - 12:19 | 6606638 The Indelicate ...
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I only hang out on twitter for a limited time.

Tue, 09/29/2015 - 12:23 | 6606668 Dubaibanker
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Tue, 09/29/2015 - 12:27 | 6606680 PleasedToMeatYou
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I hope it is actually him, but I expect we'll find out soon enough if it isn't. 

Then won't you be glad you "followed" him? 

Tue, 09/29/2015 - 12:27 | 6606685 william114085
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da

Tue, 09/29/2015 - 12:49 | 6606774 codecode
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bada

Tue, 09/29/2015 - 12:28 | 6606687 . . . _ _ _ . . .
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Putin strikes again!

Tue, 09/29/2015 - 12:37 | 6606724 The Indelicate ...
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Israel’s N.S.A. Scandal
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/17/opinion/israels-nsa-scandal.html?_r=0

Snowden Reveal Makes Israeli Spies' Protest An American Issue
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2014/09/21/350274814/snowden-reve...

Why Snowden Hasn't Harmed Israel's Intelligence Services

There was an expectation that the Snowden documents would yield details on Israel's electronic surveillance capabilities, yet Glenn Greenwald has barely reported on Israel.

http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/.premium-1.609090

Did Snowden blow the whistle because of the US special relationship with Israel?
http://mondoweiss.net/2014/09/whistle-special-relationship

Shady Companies With Ties to Israel Wiretap the U.S. for the NSA
http://www.wired.com/2012/04/shady-companies-nsa/

What if Snowden is working for another American intelligence agency, even now?

Nah - too crazy.

Tue, 09/29/2015 - 12:37 | 6606727 nagan
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The only people to write negative comments of Snowden are probably people he pi$$ed off by revealing the truth....such as N$A employees, certain government employees....

Tue, 09/29/2015 - 12:40 | 6606741 LetsGetPhysical
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Critizes social media as NSA spy machine..... Joins social media. BTW, whatever happen to all the other "information" that was supposed to get released? Probably in Pierre Omidyar's safe.

Tue, 09/29/2015 - 12:52 | 6606782 jakesdad
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wow, I may finally have a reason to start using twitter!  have an account & a couple of followers which is funny considering I've yet to post a tweet...

Tue, 09/29/2015 - 12:52 | 6606785 arbwhore
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140K followers and rising.

Tue, 09/29/2015 - 13:11 | 6606850 AlfredNeumann
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I had a Twitter account once for about 60 minutes.

Tweeted the White House this '' that goddam mullatto monkey needs a bullet in the head''.

followed by  ''

History They Don't Teach You In School - Jewish Bolshevism

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cX8i-QriYIU

 

I don't know which tweet got me banned

Tue, 09/29/2015 - 13:13 | 6606885 atthelake
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You may be on a list.

Tue, 09/29/2015 - 13:19 | 6606917 AlfredNeumann
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Probably.  like I give a flying fuck

Tue, 09/29/2015 - 13:13 | 6606888 Duc888
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The funny thing is Snowden ALREADY "released" all the documents.  The people he decided to release them to are apparently the gatekeepers.  So if you want to rag on what has or has not been released, rag on the guy with the funny last name.  Rumour has it there were 70+ terabytes of docs..........

 

That's a lot of reading to catch up on by anyones measure....

Tue, 09/29/2015 - 13:14 | 6606895 Scooby Doo
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If one is dead man walking, why not give the NSA some hell on the way?

Tue, 09/29/2015 - 13:22 | 6606934 Keynesians say ...
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Can't snow in the Snowden

Tue, 09/29/2015 - 13:42 | 6607043 GIABO
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Snowden is a limited hangout... jokes on you Merica'

Tue, 09/29/2015 - 14:27 | 6607051 gaoptimize
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We have C-Span radio in my area.  Recent (last Thursday) congressional testimony by the Director assumed or asked the listner to pretend Snowden said nothing, or the documents he outed were all lies or make-believe.  It made me sad. http://www.c-span.org/video/?328309-1/hearing-cybersecurity

 

Tue, 09/29/2015 - 13:47 | 6607082 AlfredNeumann
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Anyone can make a Twitter account and claim to be Edward Snowden.

Espeically easy for good folks at NSA.

Tue, 09/29/2015 - 14:01 | 6607152 Seasmoke
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I hear you Edward. Unfortunately nothing's changed. And now you are down to typing 159 characters. Good luck with that.

Tue, 09/29/2015 - 14:11 | 6607209 Tato7799
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Can you hear me?

Yes, we can...(Barak Obama)

Tue, 09/29/2015 - 14:15 | 6607219 Amish FinEng
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Are you sure? Most real Twitter accounts say:

"Real Edward Snowden"

Like mine is RealAmish..... because someone tried to catfish me or some weird term.

This might be an ISIS plot twist to get Trump dethroned.

Tue, 09/29/2015 - 14:21 | 6607253 22winmag
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dup

Tue, 09/29/2015 - 14:20 | 6607254 22winmag
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Traitor!

 

-Typical Tea Party Hack Politician

Tue, 09/29/2015 - 15:19 | 6607521 falak pema
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A coming out!

All we need now is Julian to join the Twit me to heaven clique.

WHy not?

Those Oligarchy shills love to twit.

Tue, 09/29/2015 - 15:52 | 6607711 KingOfMilwaukee
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I pretty much think he should be Time's Man Of The Year every year for the last 5 running.

Tue, 09/29/2015 - 16:00 | 6607744 trader1
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Putin has unleashed his hound dog...

Tue, 09/29/2015 - 16:33 | 6607909 jacship
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No

Ed

we can't

send

moar

 

Tue, 09/29/2015 - 21:16 | 6609152 StarSoul
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The dude is CIA...Never left langley

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