COMMENT POSTED TO AN ARTICLE BY MATT BROOMFIELD IN THE
INDEPENDENT
“The former president
is said to be 'livid' about the accusations”
Livid?
Your writer should look up the definition before using a
word he does not understand.
When we get angry, we become red-faced, not dark-faced.
Lividity in a corpse is bluish-black coloration.
Anyway, it would be difficult for a person of Obama's
complexion to become dark-faced, wouldn't it?
Of course, I'm being pedantic, but I am also pointing out a
truth about reportage in The Independent.
The inaccuracy, if you will, is highly symbolic.
Oh, and by the way, Obama is simply lying, as he did for
eight years.
He killed several hundred thousand people, made millions
homeless and sent them packing into refugee camps. He also christened the NSA
super-centers and, oh yes, the CIA's elaborate program of extrajudicial
assassination.
And he lied about all of it every step of the way.
In light of WikiLeaks Vault 7 material, I think Trump's
accusations take on new meaning.
The American National Security Surveillance State has
reached new and dangerous levels.
Unaccountable people in faraway bunker-like buildings can
pick through the private lives of politicians, businessmen, social-cause
leaders, union leaders, and they can gather material of potentially immense
power in blackmail and threats of every kind, to say nothing of industrial
espionage.
They can also manipulate world affairs, as we see the CIA
had some while ago the ability to hack into a system and leave the appearance
of someone such as Russia having done it with deliberately left clues.
And how about their exploration of hacking into auto systems
as a means of untraceable assassination? If that doesn't make your blood run
cold, nothing will.
