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7. "any regime that holds its authority through mendacity alone",.

Sun Jun 30, 2013, 06:38 PM

Jun 2013

and that would be bad because?

Why would anyone defend a "regime that holds its authority through mendacity alone"?

lolz

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du rec. xchrom Jun 2013 #1

He deflected the question! jazzimov Jun 2013 #2

Barton Gellman differs ProSense Jun 2013 #3

wow, that was pretty impressive, I hope this gets a lot of airtime (doubt it) usGovOwesUs3Trillion Jun 2013 #5

Double kick and Rec! Fuddnik Jun 2013 #6

"any regime that holds its authority through mendacity alone",. Civilization2 Jun 2013 #7

I was thinking the same thing. sulphurdunn Jun 2013 #10

He should have said: DeSwiss Jun 2013 #8

+1 n/t n2doc Jun 2013 #14

K & R !!! WillyT Jun 2013 #9

I don't see how a look "vaporizes" Time Magazine's credibility rustydog Jun 2013 #11

Here comes the "Julian Assange stomps on bunnies" gang. n/t L0oniX Jun 2013 #12

LOL warrant46 Jun 2013 #16

Fascinating! KoKo Jun 2013 #13

k/r marmar Jun 2013 #17

don't know about vaporizing, but Jesus is Stephie ever a pathetic rurallib Jun 2013 #18

K&R zeemike Jun 2013 #19

It was more of a dismissive disdain than "vaporizing". pacalo Jun 2013 #20

Assange, 24 May 2011: "I don't know if I wrote that e-mail" struggle4progress Jul 2013 #22