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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCongrats Sabrina1! Three out of the top six Greatest Threads are YOURS!
That's gotta be a record!
Thank you for being one of DU's most informative and interesting posters. Encyclopedic knowledge, warmth, scrupulous honesty, and the ability to throw an elbow when the opportunity warrants.
THANK YOU for making DU a better place!
Cleita
(75,480 posts)One of the DUers I trust.
uhnope
(6,419 posts)The ones that run apologia for fascist Putin's invasion of Ukraine.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=6152227
golly gee thanks. Truth by Rec!
Scuba
(53,475 posts)uhnope
(6,419 posts)Last edited Tue Jul 21, 2015, 02:07 PM - Edit history (1)
involving the usual Putin apologists.
To summarize, Sabrina1's rhetoric about a "coup" and Nuland and conspiracy all originated from Russia TV, the FOX News of Russia (but even worse) and the rest of Russia's state-run media. Here:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1016111087
Few outside the Russian propaganda bubble ever seriously entertained the Kremlins line.
This would be a good background:
Strange bedfellows: Putin, the Chomskyite left and the ghosts of the Cold War
This is entertaining:
RT's Peter Lavelle says he doesn't allow conspiracy theories on his show, then utters one
antigop
(12,778 posts)Aerows
(39,961 posts)is an absolute treasure to the DU community, and any other.
Renew Deal
(82,776 posts)zappaman
(20,607 posts)Aerows
(39,961 posts)those that prefer a good slam and a derail.
When was the last time you had a moment of happiness on DU when you weren't deriding the community or the users here?
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Aerows
(39,961 posts)Please feel free to provide copious examples.
uhnope
(6,419 posts)The truth is now determined via Recs.
Sabrina1 is someone who repeats lies straight from the Kremlin, like "coup government in Kiev." There are more examples all over DU. Nuland Conspiracy Theory. It's embarrassing.
Probably I'll now get banned for saying that a lie is a lie. KafkaUnderground?
polly7
(20,582 posts)You need to stop with the crap accusations and do a bit of reading on what's been actually happening there, you seem so uninformed.
uhnope
(6,419 posts)and I'd expect you to once again tag-team with your fellow apologist for dictators that oppose the US, since you and Sabrina1 do so on that thread also.
Whatever. It's like arguing with some North Korean party member. Or with a FOX addict.
polly7
(20,582 posts)but he was for millions who supported him and his efforts to keep Libya and Africa self-sustainable and free from the brutal, oppressive foot of the IMF and World Bank - also, all those migrants who'd been let into Libya and were free, as well as the Libyan people who were treated as human beings with social programs and safety nets they took advantage of to have the highest living standard in NA and the ME.
His crime - using Libyan resources for its own people and not having succumbed to foreign ownership - exactly the reason for every western bombing campaign in recent history. Have you been sleeping???
He opposed the U.S.??? How so? Did he start dropping bombs with drones? Invade? How exactly did he oppose the U.S., and even if some other leader did oppose the U.S. - not even in military terms, why would that be reason for a bombing campaign that decimated human lives, infrastructure, homes, and allowed Libyan people and migrants to be tortured, raped, hung in the streets, etc. by their new brutal, western-sponsored overlords? Libya is a hell-hole now - have you missed all the would-be migrants trying to escape and those who were drowned at sea?
You make me laugh, with all your pro-war propaganda, while having the nerve to call me a Fox addict. That's your shtick, since half your material seems to come from it.
uhnope
(6,419 posts)You're talking about a long-term dictator that literally outlawed political gatherings opposed to him. The penalty? Death. Televised hangings of his opponents. Systematic arrests, imprisonment and torture of anyone he thought might oppose him--academics, lawyers, student activists, journalists, Trotskyites, communists...
Check out the HRW or AI reports on him.
Honest to god, I can't believe you're praising him. Do you even support democracy? Or do you prefer dictatorships?
Are you looking for #DictatorUnderground ?
polly7
(20,582 posts)You do still make me laugh.
All that pro-war propaganda makes me wonder if you're looking for PNACUnderground?
uhnope
(6,419 posts)keep digging that hole you're in, maybe you can tunnel all the way to freedom-loving Putin land
arely staircase
(12,482 posts)nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)Congrats!
U4ikLefty
(4,012 posts)You're the best
dreamnightwind
(4,775 posts)FlatBaroque
(3,160 posts)she represents well
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)snagglepuss
(12,704 posts)A brilliant writer, indefatigable debater, squelcher of lies, defender of truth and topnotch sparring champion for Bernie.
YAY Sabrina
onehandle
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MannyGoldstein
(34,589 posts)Have at least some tendril, even a tenuous in, to link your advertisement to this thread's topic?
onehandle
(51,122 posts)You're not fooling anyone.
The Bernie Sanders group would have been more appropriate for that.
chknltl
(10,558 posts)Mannys OP was about giving recognition to someone deserving of recognition. When the overwhelming majority of DU is for something/someone and a fellow DUer has been as prolific as Sabrina 1 has been in educating us about that topic, well she has well earned this recognition.
Furthermore, I wish you a great day and hope to see your name again on my screen...after the primaries are over, if you get my drift. I've simply been pushed beyond my limits here.
Fearless
(18,448 posts)eridani
(51,907 posts)senz
(11,945 posts)Marie Marie
(9,999 posts)And learning a lot. I'll pile on the love...
azmom
(5,208 posts)marmar
(77,823 posts)Pastiche423
(15,406 posts)you pour into every post.
Congrats!
dgauss
(964 posts)Octafish
(55,745 posts)On DU and in every way that's good, too.
LittleBlue
(10,362 posts)yuiyoshida
(42,339 posts)zeemike
(18,998 posts)I have read her posts for quite a while, and have learned a lot from doing so.
I guess I am a fan, but I don't like to think of myself in that way...because fans get to be a pain in the ass.
SoapBox
(18,791 posts)Thank you Manny, for posting this!
Go sabrina 1!
MissDeeds
(7,499 posts)K&R
retrowire
(10,345 posts)and thanks for being one of the first people to welcome me to the DU!
sufrommich
(22,871 posts)sheshe2
(86,214 posts)sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)the questions you didn't answer yet, on the issues.
Which issues do you not agree with Sanders on? Are you supportive of Hillary opposing a minimum wage, considering she says she is for the working class? Who do you support in this campaign, and why?
That's a great picture btw, had a Venus Flytrap and it's a fascinating plant. Not the most interesting plant ever, but the kids loved it.
Kids love that kind of thing.
arely staircase
(12,482 posts)That is wrong.
Maybe you meant a mw increase?
If so, you are still wrong.
JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)nenagh
(1,925 posts)JEB
(4,748 posts)Spirochete
(5,264 posts)ALWAYS the smartest one in the room...
Fearless
(18,448 posts)Congrats!
chknltl
(10,558 posts)My happiest KNR of the year so far.
chknltl
Zorra
(27,670 posts)sabrina1
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kath
(10,565 posts)Thanks sabrina, for all you do.
Le Taz Hot
(22,271 posts)Sabrina es La Bomba!
Marrah_G
(28,581 posts)MannyGoldstein
(34,589 posts)TheUnspeakable
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marym625
(17,997 posts)She rocks!
Hmmm. Maybe this three-way thing has a third.
She teaches while never being condescending. She does something else that way too many of us don't do often enough, she listens and replies to what is written, not just an off the cuff smart ass remark or something not related at all. And then she teaches us again. Kindly.
SidDithers
(44,228 posts)Sid
randome
(34,845 posts)[hr][font color="blue"][center]Treat your body like a machine. Your mind like a castle.[/center][/font][hr]
MannyGoldstein
(34,589 posts)raouldukelives
(5,178 posts)I just can't wait for that next single to drop.
malaise
(275,662 posts)Love her posts
snooper2
(30,151 posts)Hissyspit
(45,790 posts)Last edited Mon Jul 20, 2015, 11:16 AM - Edit history (1)
Not to be a nit-picker (although I am) and Happy for Sabrina1, big fan, , but a couple of people had all five once.
WillyT
(72,631 posts)merrily
(45,251 posts)I must say though, the only elbows I notice in her exchanges are the ones attempting to jab her. Now and again, she will comment back, but it's mild in comparison. She's no softie, but she just makes her points without getting unduly personal.
A Simple Game
(9,214 posts)Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)it's just a habit.
I didn't see this thread until this morning, and didn't quite know what to say so I guess all I can say is, thank you, and return the compliment.
I didn't know that three of my OPs were on the FP either, still don't know what the third one was. So thanks for telling me.
And btw, now YOU have TWO OPs on the Greatest Page! Lol! Good for you!
MannyGoldstein
(34,589 posts)Paka
(2,760 posts)Dr Hobbitstein
(6,568 posts)the 50 million American households that watch RT, or about the great liberal Dr. Oz, or even the vast conspiracy by NRN, BLM, and Hillary Clinton to push Martin O'Malley and Bernie out of the race.
LiberalLovinLug
(14,320 posts)Thanks Sabrina. You rarely let any shit-disturber, or ill-informed, or RW troll poster off the hook. You usually get the last word. Tenacious and Truth-telling gets em every time!
d_legendary1
(2,586 posts)Thanks for the info you provide.
senz
(11,945 posts)that I'm always in agreement with any comment by the pair of ice skates.
cprise
(8,445 posts)She is a DUer who definitely gets it!
leftstreet
(36,202 posts)One of DU's greatest treasures
H2O Man
(74,834 posts)She is a wonderful lady. I always respect and admire her contributions to this forum. (I darned near added, "even if I disagree with her," but I can't think of any example of where I have really disagreed with her.)
Utopian Leftist
(534 posts)from reading Sabrina's posts! Always articulate and insightful.
InAbLuEsTaTe
(24,499 posts)Thespian2
(2,741 posts)for your help in keeping me sane...
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)sabrina is one of DU's BEST!
LiberalElite
(14,691 posts)Scuba
(53,475 posts)polly7
(20,582 posts)She's an amazing poster, and human being.
G_j
(40,420 posts)true!
Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)Autumn
(45,815 posts)truebrit71
(20,805 posts)...Keep up the good work!
Generic Other
(28,999 posts)She doesn't play silly games. She raises important issues, adds thoughtful arguments, and avoids simply being snarky or mean. She always adds more to my understanding of issues. And clearly she is patient with the ROFL emoticon crowd who somehow believe their contributions to DU are worth diddly.