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Oilwellian

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25. You may want to stop using that as a defense
Sun Jan 11, 2015, 12:54 PM
Jan 2015

Politifact claims pants on fire but yet they also admitted the following:

We attempted to drill down and verify the expenditures independently but found that a difficult task.

That’s a byproduct of the United States’ foreign aid investments, which rival no other country (though supporters note the spending equals only 1 percent of all federal spending). The massive check-writing across dozens of agencies to non-governmental organizations to scores of countries and regions around the world is almost impossible to untangle.

"As it stands, it is nearly impossible to find a figure," said Nicole Valentinuzzi, communications manager of Publish What You Fund, a group that pushes for aid transparency across the world. "These kinds of things would be easily verifiable if people were given timely information."


In essence, you're defending Politifacts decision, yet by their own admission, didn't have all of the facts to back it up.

But hey, keep on defending neocon Victoria Nuland and her desire to bring democracy to Ukraine, while a Chevron logo looms in the background.

This gives "FUCK THE EU" a whole new meaning when Ms. Nuland whispered those words to a nazi sympathizer that she then helped put in power. What a tangled web we have woven with the fascists of the world.

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The Ukrainian Defense Ministry adviser is glad that the constitution prevents the country's prime mi jakeXT Jan 2015 #1
This guy was hand-picked by the US State Department Man from Pickens Jan 2015 #3
Sometimes you forget yourself jakeXT Jan 2015 #6
+ $5 Billion nationalize the fed Jan 2015 #7
Here you are repeating that claim. NuclearDem Jan 2015 #14
nothing bogus about it reorg Jan 2015 #23
You may want to stop using that as a defense Oilwellian Jan 2015 #25
Yes, fact checking is defending neoconservatism. NuclearDem Jan 2015 #27
ARD apologises on Facebook 'it was not clear what he meant' reorg Jan 2015 #12
Numerous pissed off German comments in that facebook post jakeXT Jan 2015 #13
yes, 100 percent negative as far as I can see n/t reorg Jan 2015 #19
Lulz Jesus Malverde Jan 2015 #2
This is a reference to the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact. joshcryer Jan 2015 #4
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Same thing. joshcryer Jan 2015 #9
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They came over the border the hour before dawn.. Fumesucker Jan 2015 #15
What breaking? The borders followed the pact even with Germany's fall. joshcryer Jan 2015 #18
I gather Stalin wasn't exactly ecstatic about the situation Fumesucker Jan 2015 #20
I don't think so. Igel Jan 2015 #16
Ukraine was part of the picture. joshcryer Jan 2015 #17
Sounds kind of similar to "The War of Northern Aggression" Fumesucker Jan 2015 #22
Lincoln started the Civil War when he sent re-supply ships KingCharlemagne Jan 2015 #32
Any comment from John Kerry, Cameron, Bibi malaise Jan 2015 #8
‘Soviets invading Germany, Ukraine:’ Berlin faces tough choice on PM Yatsenyuk’s WW2 take jakeXT Jan 2015 #10
Now can we get on with the fracking, please? Octafish Jan 2015 #21
Full text, untranslated, released yesterday afternoon. Igel Jan 2015 #24
Wow, that made me dizzy Oilwellian Jan 2015 #26
+1 Karmadillo Jan 2015 #31
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! MohRokTah Jan 2015 #28
Team Putin is really desperate to flog this non-story. geek tragedy Jan 2015 #29
Then do it! polly7 Jan 2015 #30
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