Yes, things have come this far.
There is open talk in the media of killing National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden via a drone strike. The online version of the magazine Popular Science had point and counterpoint articles debating all the reasons why the U.S. government might or might not consider drone striking Snowden in Hong Kong, the city he ran to fearing federal retribution for leaking information regarding the NSA's PRISM program, a vast spying operation that has been turned against the American people at large at the expense of their constitutional rights.
Not only did these writers discuss the logistics, they also talked about collateral damage and one asked, "So why wouldn't the U.S. government just send a guy with a gun to kill Snowden?" as if federal assassination of anyone who speaks out against the government is so commonplace, it's *expected*.
Scarier still is the fact that it is plausible enough to garner such casual banter. The thought of permanently silencing dissenters through targeted strikes would not only eliminate embarrassing disclosure from government employees and contractors like Edward Snowden, but effectively freeze free speech by intimidating anyone else from coming forward, all while skirting the real issue at hand — in this case systematic, wholesale spying by the NSA.
Remember that saying "Don't kill the messenger?" This is the ultimate form of doing just that.
Why was secret US Government plane flying over the White House on 9/11 never identified? (VIDEO)
Here is more footage with comparison with what looks like the same plane flying over the White House during 9/11.
Wonder how many old billionaires have already signed-up for this medical procedure (VIDEO)
Will the very rich old be able to transplant their heads unto a young body and thus live forever? (VIDEO)
Along with other organs currently available for transplant, it looks like the human head may be next. Italian neuroscientist Dr. Sergio Canavero has outlined a head transplant procedure. RT's Margaret Howell looks into how it works and what it costs.
As many as 1,000 cows may be in your one hamburger this weekend (VIDEO)
Your hot dogs have chemicals, bugs, bones, plastic, metals, rodents, and pig anuses (VIDEO)
American Federal officials have recently approved a New Mexican company's application to convert its cattle facility into a horse processing plant.
It would appear the US is gearing up to allow the production of horsemeat again, after a several-years long ban.
But horsemeat isn't the only questionable ingredient on your BBQ grill this Fourth of July. The Resident (aka Lori Harfenist) discusses
"Bolivia filed a complaint at the United Nations on Wednesday over what it called the kidnapping of its president, Evo Morales, whose plane was diverted to Vienna amid suspicions that it was carrying the surveillance whistleblower Edward Snowden."*
President Evo Morales of Bolivia may have been kidnapped, according to a complaint filed with the U.N. Morales' plane was diverted, denied fuel, and held over because of U.S. suspicion that he was harboring Edward Snowden; he was not. Has the U.S. gone too far? Cenk Uygur breaks it down.
Egypt's undergoing a full-scale military coup - that's according to the state-run newspaper, which says the army has declared that Mohamed Morsi is no longer the President. Morsi himself has apparently urged both civilians and the military to uphold the constitution.
For more perspective on the unfolding unrest in Egypt RT is joined by Lawrence Freeman, editor of Executive Intelligence Review magazine.
Bolivian President Evo Morales was in Moscow on Tuesday and after meeting with President Putin, boarded his private plane and was soon forced to land in Austria. According to reports, several countries denied Morales' plane airspace due to the suspicion that NSA leaker Edward Snowden was on board. It was later learned that Snowden wasn't on the aircraft and RT correspondent Bricio Segovia breaks down the situation and explains what Morales plans to do next.
Bolivia's presidential jet was forced into landing in Vienna on Wednesday after several EU countries barred the plane from entering their airspace over suspicions that whistleblower Edward Snowden was potentially aboard. Austrian authorities searched Morales' plane for Snowden, but found no stowaways on board, Austria's deputy chancellor has said. 'An act of aggression and violation of international law' is how Bolivia's UN envoy described Austria's decision to search the Bolivian presidential jet for NSA leaker. Evo Morales finally flew out of Vienna after being detained for over 12 hours in the airport.
"Egypt's military on Wednesday ousted Mohamed Morsi, the nation's first freely elected president, suspending the Constitution, installing an interim government and insisting it was responding to the millions of Egyptians who had opposed the Islamist agenda of Mr. Morsi and his allies in the Muslim Brotherhood."*
The army in Egypt has made good on its ultimatum, and overthrown President Mohamed Morsi. What happened, and what's next for Egypt? Cenk Uygur breaks down what happened leading up to the coup, and what we can look for in the coming future.
The USA skyjacks the President of Bolivia over Europe (VIDEO)
Bolivia was left outraged after a number of European states refused to let a plane carrying its President enter their airspace. All because of rumours that surveillance whistleblower Edward Snowden, may have been on board. RT's Egor Piskunov has more on the mile-high asylum drama.
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"The Egyptian president, Mohamed Morsi, is clinging to office after rebuffing an army ultimatum to force a resolution to Egypt's political crisis, and the ruling Muslim Brotherhood is seeking to mass its supporters to defend him.
But the Islamist leader looked increasingly isolated on Tuesday, with ministers resigning, the liberal opposition refusing to talk to him and the armed forces, backed by millions of protesters in the street, giving him until Wednesday to agree to share power."*
Protests in Egypt against Mohamed Morsi are getting even more tense after he flatly rejected the military's ultimatum, expressing willingness to spill his own blood for his cause. Will there soon be a coup? What will happen? Cenk Uygur breaks it down.
Obama claims that if Africans have cars, big houses and A/C, "the world will boil over" (VIDEO)
One of the dirty little secrets about liberals is that much of what they do is centered around contempt for the poor, not compassion for the poor. Why do they want abortion clinics around minority neighborhoods? They talk about it in terms of "women's rights." They feel like the poor have nothing to add so the more of them that are dead, the better. Why do liberals support welfare and food stamps for the poor?
At the end, this "witness" believes we landed on the moon
