don't really get the complaints about his writing, he's not mencken or anything but i can think of like a dozen prominent bloggers who are much worse stylists
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Thursday, 6 June 2013 23:59 (eleven years ago) link
Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald 58sI wish English language were broader so I could express my simultaneous contempt & mockery for the investigation threats emanating from DC
yes, it's the fault of the english language
― mimicking regular benevloent (sic) users' names (President Keyes), Friday, 7 June 2013 00:01 (eleven years ago) link
Spyware built in from the first grunts.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 7 June 2013 00:08 (eleven years ago) link
The next Zeitgeist movie is gonna be so dope
― polyphonic, Friday, 7 June 2013 00:21 (eleven years ago) link
Will Saletan: BOW YOUR HEADS!
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/frame_game/2013/06/stop_the_nsa_surveillance_hysteria_the_government_s_scrutiny_of_verizon.html
― mimicking regular benevloent (sic) users' names (President Keyes), Friday, 7 June 2013 00:21 (eleven years ago) link
@BarackObama 25m
"In a country where we expect free wifi with our coffee, why shouldn't we have it in our schools?" —President Obama in North Carolina today
GOOD TIMING
― polyphonic, Friday, 7 June 2013 00:25 (eleven years ago) link
he said "Chill"!
― A deeper shade of lol (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 7 June 2013 00:27 (eleven years ago) link
More good timing:
http://www.newrepublic.com/article/113399/nsa-collecting-verizon-records-why-internet-companies-fight-back
― polyphonic, Friday, 7 June 2013 00:32 (eleven years ago) link
My privacy is safe with Google. They do not collect data about me or share it with others.
^^ plz repeat until believed
― Aimless, Friday, 7 June 2013 01:02 (eleven years ago) link
http://s1.dmcdn.net/a5cU/526x297-iik.jpg
"My name is Elmer J. Fudd, millionaire. I own a mansion and a yacht."
― A deeper shade of lol (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 7 June 2013 01:06 (eleven years ago) link
NY Times!
― A deeper shade of lol (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 7 June 2013 11:21 (eleven years ago) link
So he lives in Brazil
― curmudgeon, Friday, 7 June 2013 13:28 (eleven years ago) link
he wears cargo shorts too
― A deeper shade of lol (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 7 June 2013 13:28 (eleven years ago) link
Maybe you should post that photo one more time
― curmudgeon, Friday, 7 June 2013 13:30 (eleven years ago) link
“The N.S.A. is kind of the crown jewel in government secrecy. I expect them to react even more extremely,” Mr. Greenwald said in a telephone interview. He said that he had been advised by lawyer friends that “he should be worried,” but he had decided that “what I am doing is exactly what the Constitution is about and I am not worried about it.”
Seems a little paranoid
― waterface, Friday, 7 June 2013 13:31 (eleven years ago) link
hahahaha
he's clearly hoping the government goes after him
― Mordy , Friday, 7 June 2013 13:32 (eleven years ago) link
"oh plz not the briar patch!"
― Mordy , Friday, 7 June 2013 13:33 (eleven years ago) link
Jesus Christ Mordy
― waterface, Friday, 7 June 2013 13:33 (eleven years ago) link
is there any doubt? i'm sure he'd love to confront the US government head on and in the public eye.
― Mordy , Friday, 7 June 2013 13:47 (eleven years ago) link
you're right mordy, what a ridiculous person
― k3vin k., Friday, 7 June 2013 14:06 (eleven years ago) link
the opposite of silly i'd think. such a confrontation would be very good from his pov.
― Mordy , Friday, 7 June 2013 14:12 (eleven years ago) link
*obama drone strikes glenn greenwald's brazilian sex mansion, leaving only a charred pair of cargo shorts*
[glenn greenwald in Macklemore - thrift sthop voice] This is fucking awesome
― i wanna be a gabbneb baby (Hungry4Ass), Friday, 7 June 2013 14:16 (eleven years ago) link
lol
― ttyih boi (crüt), Friday, 7 June 2013 14:17 (eleven years ago) link
i'm sure any government response won't involve dropping a drone on glenn, and i don't think that's what he's expecting. he's probably expecting some legal action ala manning or assange.
― Mordy , Friday, 7 June 2013 14:18 (eleven years ago) link
more likely some kind of sex crimes charge
― mimicking regular benevloent (sic) users' names (President Keyes), Friday, 7 June 2013 14:19 (eleven years ago) link
if you can't imagine why he'd want to get involved in a public legal battle w/ the united states government i think you don't really get glenn greenwald
― Mordy , Friday, 7 June 2013 14:19 (eleven years ago) link
ya if he goes to jail he'll be a national celebrity / reddit martyr etc
― iatee, Friday, 7 June 2013 14:20 (eleven years ago) link
Guys, only Mordy "gets" Glenn Greenwald
― waterface, Friday, 7 June 2013 14:20 (eleven years ago) link
what if waterface were gleen greenwald
The only way Gleen Gleenwald is going to jail is if the fashion police arrest him for his corgi shorts.
― waterface, Friday, 7 June 2013 14:21 (eleven years ago) link
walderface
― ttyih boi (crüt), Friday, 7 June 2013 14:21 (eleven years ago) link
i don't really "get" waterface - does it have a point?
― Mordy , Friday, 7 June 2013 14:22 (eleven years ago) link
waterface is a personification of all the bile and assholishness on ilx over the last decade, if everyone just started being nice to each other waterface would just disappear
― iatee, Friday, 7 June 2013 14:26 (eleven years ago) link
nah man you can't pin him down. he's a slippery one, that waterface.
― ttyih boi (crüt), Friday, 7 June 2013 14:28 (eleven years ago) link
Being at the center of a debate is a comfortable place for Mr. Greenwald, 46, who came to mainstream journalism through his own blog, which he started in 2005. Before that he was a lawyer, including working 18 months at the high-powered New York firm Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, where he represented large corporate clients.
What was the thread where I defended the appointment of former "corporate lawyers" to regulatory positions and said that I knew big firm lawyers who were further left than any of my other friends, and I got mocked for it?
― i don't even have an internet (Hurting 2), Friday, 7 June 2013 14:28 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jun/07/whistleblowers-and-leak-investigations
― the naturalism is fine butt (Eazy), Friday, 7 June 2013 14:28 (eleven years ago) link
I think I'm nice!
― waterface, Friday, 7 June 2013 14:29 (eleven years ago) link
I'm just a truth teller
you are the darkness inside of all of us
― iatee, Friday, 7 June 2013 14:29 (eleven years ago) link
I am Shiva, destroyer of words
― waterface, Friday, 7 June 2013 14:31 (eleven years ago) link
you are a weak version of a tired archetype but it's cool to have you on board
― Roberto Spiralli, Friday, 7 June 2013 14:37 (eleven years ago) link
Thank you, Spiral!
― waterface, Friday, 7 June 2013 14:39 (eleven years ago) link
he's probably expecting some legal action ala manning or assange.
― Mordy , Friday, June 7, 2013 10:18 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
ok you undersand that manning already is going to be in jail for decades and if he's convicted on the other charges he could be in jail for life.
so no i don't think greenwald would 'welcome' this?
― stefon taylor swiftboat (s.clover), Friday, 7 June 2013 14:48 (eleven years ago) link
well, Manning leaked the information whereas Greenwald benefitted from a whistleblower. Now's the time to wonder whether Eric Holder will keep to his week-old promise not to prosecute journalists who publish this sort of intel.
― A deeper shade of lol (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 7 June 2013 14:49 (eleven years ago) link
why did you put the word welcome between apostrophes?
― Mordy , Friday, 7 June 2013 14:51 (eleven years ago) link
― i don't even have an internet (Hurting 2), F
Not sure you got mocked for it (Supreme Court thread maybe re Obama corporate law, Bush admin. attorney nominee for DC Circuit)
― curmudgeon, Friday, 7 June 2013 15:15 (eleven years ago) link
---------- Forwarded message ----------From: Andrew Sullivan <>Date: Thu, Jun 6, 2013 at 3:31 PMSubject: Re: glenn greenwaldTo: "Kaufman, Leslie" <
I count Glenn as an honest blogger whose passions in real time can sometimes lead to misreadings of others. But we're all vulnerable to that in the blogosphere, and in our various spats, I've always enjoyed the give-and-take, rather than resenting some of the occasionally unfair barbs. They come with the territory. But once you get into a debate with him, it can be hard to get the last word. A friend described debating him as like engaging with a rhetorical trampoline. But I actually enjoy rhetorical trampolining, as long as no one gets hurt too much. I do not take anything he writes about my work personally.His passion is a great antidote to the insidery access-driven village of Washington journalism, but at times, I think he has little grip on what it actually means to govern a country or run a war. He's a purist in a way that, in my view, constrains the sophistication of his work.Yes, we're friends. We've hung out a bit, and are bonded by a couple of things. He relies on readers for much of his income (and I rely on readers for all of mine) - and has made online debate much sharper in many ways. I've benefited from his criticism, even as I remain to his "right." And he is forced to live abroad with his partner David because the US refuses to acknowledge the validity and dignity of bi-national gay couples. I was in that exact position for a long time with my American husband - and our shared experience matters a lot to me. Our husbands have also bonded over the same issue.And I genuinely like him as a human being.you can use any all or none of thatcheersandrew
― hector_doepos, Friday, 7 June 2013 17:14 (eleven years ago) link
I think thats a good reading of GG... ^^^
"ugh, the worst, right? anyway, i just really wanted to share this lustrous takedown of him from some guy's blog i don't know:http://jacobinism.blogspot.co.il/2013/05/drooling-self-love-dime-store-third.html"
Mordy's initial post is terrible.. incredibly biased.... clearly GG doesn't fit into 'defend the indefensible'
― hector_doepos, Friday, 7 June 2013 17:24 (eleven years ago) link
that jacobinism article.... is ... just.....