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I guess I misheard about the

EmmaZahn — Wed, 02 Apr 2014 14:26:35 +0000

In reply to Correction - Pollard has a

I guess I misheard about the length of the sentence.

Anyway he probably would have been quietly released after 30 if his 'friends' would stop helping him.

Spying on us for them versus spying on them for us does not seem to me to be that difficult of a moral principle to maintain. It is actually kind of primal.

Correction - Pollard has a

PeraclesPlease — Wed, 02 Apr 2014 10:50:59 +0000

In reply to I thought this was an April

Correction - Pollard has a lifetime sentence. He may get early release in 1 1/2 years, but Mark Chapman can attest that early release is no sure thing.

Frankly, the more Bibi and high-ups clamor for early release, the less-inclined I'd be to acquiesce - no embarrassment it seems - especially the disrespect Netanyahu's shown to Obama.

On the other hand, with our own penchant in 2014 for unbridled spying on everyone even without cause, it's hard for us to maintain any kind of moral principle.

I thought this was an April

EmmaZahn — Tue, 01 Apr 2014 23:31:26 +0000

In reply to I thought this was an April

I thought this was an April Fool story, AP sources: US considers release of spy Pollard - Yahoo News, until I saw how many other sources were telling the same one.

Pollard only has a couple of years left on his sentence; he should serve it out in full. Bibi is more than just an April fool for even asking that Pollard be released as a conditional. He may think it will only make Obama look like one. He is wrong.

I thought this was an April

Peter — Tue, 01 Apr 2014 21:15:26 +0000

In reply to Putin's Imaginary Nazis | James Kirchick | Politico

I thought this was an April Fools Day spoof until I read the actual story. It seems that the Fabulist Western propaganda machine has finally jumped the tracks and is so deluded as to believe people will swallow this tripe. The CIA captured many of the Chattering Classes long ago and now they are so used to manipulating reality that they feel free to fabricate pure nonsense for public consumption.