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IthinkThereforeIAM

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26. Oh yeah, Koch brothers and the U.S. of A. turning to Stalinism...

Wed Jan 7, 2026, 10:12 PM

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... their daddy was one of Stalin's best friends, stole another company's patent for refining crude and ran to the U.S.S.R. and set up oil refineries for Stalin.

I have been on to that for over 20 years.

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