"Somewhere, Edward Snowden is stroking a red panda, laughing at us all."

[pnwmom]

http://edition.cnn.com/2013/06/24/us/red-panda/index.html

(CNN) -- What do NSA leaker Edward Snowden and a red panda at the National Zoo in Washington have in common? Absolutely nothing. Except that both mysteriously vanished. And both were the subjects of high-profile searches -- at least for a little while, in the case of the panda.

But a little while was all Twitter needed to engage in a flurry of jokes, including the creation of several parody accounts for Rusty, the red panda.

There were a few, tenuous parallels.

Both are male. Both are relatively young -- Rusty is 1, Snowden is 28. And both have connections to China: Red pandas are native to southwestern China while Snowden recently traveled to Hong Kong, off southeastern China.

SNIP

[flamingdem]

1. I think he's hiding out in the Ecuadoran Embassy in Moscow, stroking a red panda

Latest rumor is that Snowden was picked up by diplomat's car with Ecuadorian plates.
Thus, he may end up as another Assange in the Ecuadorian Embassy in Moscow.

This action would have kept Russia from arresting him, or from the responsibilty to
do so.