News Dec 20, 2013 at 9:29 am

Comments

1
"Then maybe we have treat Snowden like a whistle-blower, and not a traitor. Snowden's leaks, meanwhile, continue to take us deeper into the muck of obsessive surveillance, this time with hundreds of pages showing spy games in 60 countries"

This is precisely the problem for Snowden. He didn't just take the materials necessary to show spying on Americans, he took tens of thousands of documents on perfectly legitimate international espionage, of the type that all countries participate in.

Every time Glenn Greenwald releases some tidbit about legitimate spying on Brazil or someone, for no other reason than to embarrass the US, Snowden's claim to be a "whistle blower" is eroded all the more.

His tactics of taking tens of thousands of documents in bulk and handing them to an activist are not defensible. Traitor.
2
Shitty summarizing, yo: "The US economy grew at a higher rate this summer than previously anticipated—4.1 percent, our second-strongest spurt of capitalist vitality since 2007. It probably won't continue, though."

To clarify, Q3 GDP growth was revised upward to a 4.1% annualized rate.

"It probably won't continue, though" - What a bullshit assertion. On what basis do the Mercury's macro-bullshitters make this claim?

Such diverse sources as the Fed, Calculated Risk's Bill McBride, Moodys' Mark Zandi, the Conference Board, et al., are anticipating that, absent exogenous shocks, 2014 economic growth in the US will accelerate.

Now bring on the fuckin' tinfoil unfluoridated shadowstats zerohedge Glenn Beck Mankiw-Rogart-Reinhoff-Niall-Ferguson-addled country fucks to tear this comment the fuck down!

Please wait...

Comments are closed.

Commenting on this item is available only to members of the site. You can sign in here or create an account here.


Add a comment
Preview

By posting this comment, you are agreeing to our Terms of Use.