Heh. Heh. Heh.

Edward-Snowden-pose

It’s funny, you know — heroes are not all that rare. I mean real heroes, not cops and rifraff like that.

Bradley Manning, Julian Assange, Edward Snowden. Everybody says they’re kind of odd, but in that case, I’ll take odd over normal every time.

I heard early this morning that the Dragon and the Bear had collaborated to stick a finger in Uncle’s eye,(*) so that Snowden could go to Ecuador or Venezuela via… Cuba!

Every aspect of this story gave me deep, deep joy. I don’t even know which part is best, though the Cuba connection is certainly a strong contender.

I can just hear the rich vodka-stoked laughter in the Kremlin, and the discreetly muted titterings in the Forbidden City. And Uncle, the Great And Terrible, looks like a monkey. It really doesn’t get a whole lot better than this.

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(*) A surprisingly accurate characterization from the unspeakable and usually unreliable Chuck Schumer, who seems to have been reduced to gnawing on the furniture by this development.

6 thoughts on “Heh. Heh. Heh.

  1. Fadduh Smiff sez:
    (*) A surprisingly accurate characterization from the unspeakable and usually unreliable Chuck Schumer, who seems to have been reduced to gnawing on the furniture by this development…

    What a delightful mental image. Why does that somehow sound like a scene from a John Waters film?

  2. I’m fetching a big tub of buttered popcorn and a Bloomie-scorned 24oz Coke and kicking up to enjoy this show. Heroes indeed. In fact, we have a sure fire way to know who’s a hero: it they’re reviled and vilified by the mainstream. Like, you know, Amurrica’s #1 pinup: Jesus H.C

    • On my way up from the kitchen to get a refill on my coffee, I stopped off at the bedroom — where the DW has MSNBC on pretty much all day — and caught a bit of Schumer. He makes a big effort to seem quiet, dignified, and stoic, but you can still almost see the cartoon steam coming out of his ears as pours out his butthurt over that mean old Putin guy poking the US in the eye. Friggin’ priceless, man.

      “Popcorn time”, for sure.

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