Comments by "L.W. Paradis" (@l.w.paradis2108) on "FRONTLINE PBS | Official" channel.

  1. The one question I always had was how a guy without a college degree got this job. Was the brand "Snowden" that strong, or is his father a huge Big Deal? The brand helped, that's clear. There is something we were never told.
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  2. I was reading an account by Erich Fromm concerning what forces were in play that could lead to another world war. He wrote in 1962 or so, and he understood the basic outlines of what we are seeing now. It was quite shocking.
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  3. A request: a comprehensive documentary of the repercussions people have suffered for defying Trump on the 2020 election: all the political losses, loss of income, severe trauma and other emotional issues, the death threats and other threats, in detail; hide the victim whenever that is prudent. Imagine the power of seeing that person having to be in the shadows . . .
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  4. But no one knew the Afghan government would collapse within hours, no one knew COVID was coming . . .
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  5. 37:05 I agree with Jelani Cobb. Time someone said it clearly.
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  6.  @orawancarlile6192  I am skeptical of Wunderkinder. It's all part of the Great American Narrative of miraculous achievement with very little work, just following one's bliss . . . the apotheosis of the Cult of Profit. But beyond that, a person could be very gifted indeed. Still not clear HOW he gets a job like that, with security clearance, in the post 9/11 world. It's not as though MIT, Cal Tech don't graduate hundreds of people each year . . .
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  7. They got their way, too. :/
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  8. All of this is worse than I ever thought possible.
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  9. Good point, it is exactly that distinction. People are not well. Meaning, in their basic thinking process.
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  10. Well, I am heartened to see so many good posts here!! I am serious. That is rare now.
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  11.  @orawancarlile6192  Those three on balance changed the world for the worse. And not one of them applied for a highly sensitive job post-9/11 requiring exceptional security clearance, which is the issue here. I agree that Martha Argerich did not need a college education. Yet Einstein did. You know, maybe this mentality of "well, who gets to SAAAAY what qualifications are, ANYWAY?" is not serving us all that well? Ever think of that?
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  12. ALL of them looked for ways to make bank with him. Look past the party label and watch what they did.
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  13. Why do you imagine you know? Because she is very good at persuading you. That is her skill. That is an extremely important job.
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  14. So I guess a lot of people like The Apprentice show better than the January 6th Committee show.
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  15. I don't believe for a moment that he is right wing. He craves power, and sees none with the real left, as you would find in Europe but not in the US in any event.
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  16. "You feel." That is the key.
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  17. Then you never heard the late Stephen F. Cohen, who cautioned that exactly this invasion was a grave risk.
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  18. How would you know that she speaks with insight? She speaks persuasively.
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  19.  @culbinator  I don't disagree one iota. I still want to know.
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  20.  @orawancarlile6192  Also, those three did not go to ordinary high schools like most people do (Gates's high school English program is like two or three years of an excellent college), and all three had some college -- and not ordinary colleges, either. But concerning Snowden, the security clearance, coupled with lack of oversight, is still a question. Few want to bring this up, because it starts to sound like opposition to what Snowden did. I am not only glad he revealed what he did, I also wonder why everyone else went along with hiding the rampant spying. It is chilling. Where are the people who support the Constitution? He should get a hero's welcome.
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  21. A lot of people qualify for benefits but don't apply. They need to. They owe it to all the people depending on them to fulfill their obligations to them. Enough of this criticism of "welfare." We have no social safety net compared to every other country. If you owe rent, or utilities, or anything, you need to get the money you are entitled to and pay your bills while you look for work.
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  22.  @Knight_of_NI  I was just in a former communist country, with people who were profoundly anti-communist. All agreed that communism ended homelessness. They were opposed to the lack of freedom, the suppression of religion, and the crazy mania to punish the "politically incorrect," but they weren't liars: they told me about the good in addition to the bad. Ordinary people had beautiful condos and still do. Housing was rebuilt in a matter of a few months after an earthquake. It's all still there, all still solid. Homelessness can be solved where there is a will. Our problems are a disgrace.
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  23. 37:05 Jelani Cobb, straight talk
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  24.  @TesterAnimal1  Who would that be? Honey, I don't know your husband.
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  25. Sounds like fear of bringing COVID home to grandma was the issue.
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  26.  @marcuslinton310  I don't disagree. This shows what fear can do.
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  27.  @TheCaptainSlappy  The KGB was dismantled by the time Snowden was in third grade. Now of course he is a computer prodigy and GENIUS. (BTW, who hired Snowden? Why?)
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  28.  @TheCaptainSlappy  I guess if you say so, it must be true. All Americans are like that now.
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  29.  @TheCaptainSlappy  Everything you say is always true. I mean, why else have the richest economy and the largest armed forces in human history? Stands to reason. /s
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  30.  @TheCaptainSlappy  blocked
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  31.  @TheCaptainSlappy  Dates don't matter. You have powerful insults.
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  32. Yeah, and yet every last person I know who has looked for a job during the past 20 months has had a LOT of trouble finding one. This was done to people. This wasn't something people did. Where were you? Dislocation is not something all people can quickly adjust to, in an environment like the crisis and fear-mongering we were just put through.
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  33. Adam Curtis explained this better.
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  34. You'd be surprised how many people didn't get any of that. Section 8 is designed not to cover the vast majority of people. There is a long waiting line in my metro area, to the point where many social workers don't encourage relying on it at all.
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  35. 35:25 35:50
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  36.  @TheCaptainSlappy  The KGB was dissolved in December 1991. So Glenn is genius and also a time traveler?
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  37.  @barbarafranklin3378  If I want to learn?
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  38.  @alanholmes2366  It's not about the coding, it's about the clearance. MIT is not just about the education, it's about the vetting. This wasn't a startup, or a startup culture.
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  39.  @alanholmes2366  So you had military service. In the absence of a draft, that is a huge statement -- certainly more than college. He "came from a family . . . " Oh, do we judge individuals based on their family now? So, two facets of hereditary nobility going for him: his family and brand Snowden. Funny, neither would have impressed me. A lot of people could do his job, certainly including Marine Corps veterans and MIT grads. Jobs are structured that way. They had no trouble replacing him.
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  40.  @hollygolightly8048 Pfft. If you really did work for a university you must have noticed that the most common major BY FAR is Business, with Health Sciences not far behind, and Nursing at the top of those. Kids who graduate in debt have to sing the boss's tune, and Silicon Valley HR departments want to hear a woke discourse, at least up to a point. That's their brand. Hence the discourse is useful for getting and keeping a job. As for Snowden, you think he was (1) "brilliant;" and (2) not a leftist by your lights? Please answer. I want to hear this!
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  41. And that your job gets yanked from you. Get your Tony Fauci candle right here, folks. Selling those was a job, too. So-called.
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  42. EVERY program fails to protect some people. This is deliberate. It is designed not to work universally. They will engineer "competition," complete with "winners and losers," where it would not otherwise exist. The government did this to people. The virus did not.
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  43. Get a new job. This one isn't good for you. If you are at the point of following these tenants on Facebook and noting who has gone on vacation, and vetting sneaker costs, you need a new job.
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  44. Why are we being misinformed?
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  45. You'd be surprised how many did not.
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  46. Agreed!!
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  47. Trump is such a malignant narcissist that he would rather see people die than admit he lost a highly unusual election, after HE messed up the COVID response. If he had done nothing else wrong, ever, that would be plenty to show he has no trace of loyalty to the country that elected him president. Mind-boggling.
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