He applied for asylum in dozens of other countries, but all of their leaders received threatening direct phonecalls from then vice president Biden. Putin was the only one who didn’t cave to American pressure, so Snowden had no choice but to stay in Russia

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Sorry, I was just answering your question and honestly didn’t mean it to sound agressive. English isn’t my native language so apologies if that came across as mean spirited, that wasn’t my intention

Yes, it’s a mainstream center-left newspaper in the UK, definitely not fringe or a tabloid

I think a big part of his story is that his mother wasn’t fucked actually

So how is this not blasphemy? Not that I care, mind you, but they’re supposed to

I like to alternate between toilets, bathroom and restroom. Keeps both myself and the waiter on our toes

Sure, that’s great but it’s not even the point. Fundamental research and other type of “useless” scientific endeavors help humanity as a whole to better understand our universe but would never be privately funded because they don’t have any concrete and immediate financial benefits. This is precisely what a government should finance, because no one else would do it and yet it’s small stuff like that that make us collectively move forward as a species