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betterdemsonly

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10. Seamus Milne does't work for Russia
Thu Apr 2, 2015, 06:27 PM
Apr 2015

and has been a reporter at the Guardian since forever. Just because he thinks the nato war is stupid doesn't mean he works for them.

This explains a lot... R3druM Apr 2015 #1
Yup, that's the M.O. right there. True Blue Door Apr 2015 #3
Well, at least they've moved on from Turbineguy Apr 2015 #126
"Take an offensive stance to avoid having to be defensive." stillwaiting Apr 2015 #5
They are undoubtedly taking notes from Putin True Blue Door Apr 2015 #7
Very much Kindred spirits Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2015 #47
Disturbing stuff. Putinistas seriously are descending into Nazi pathology. True Blue Door Apr 2015 #61
Russia is late to the game. Corporations and State Dept leveymg Apr 2015 #86
They're not late to the game at all. They were doing it on a grand scale True Blue Door Apr 2015 #90
There was an internet in the Soviet Union? leveymg Apr 2015 #97
This specific sub-thread is about the ideology behind their military aggression in Ukraine. True Blue Door Apr 2015 #98
If you say so, boss. leveymg Apr 2015 #102
Guess you didn't read the article he was responding to. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2015 #110
why would you think they need to take notes from putin? it's laughable. all these ND-Dem Apr 2015 #114
And some of our Democratic friends, you might notice. F4lconF16 Apr 2015 #77
Go West Young Elvis Signal was the most most obvious. NuclearDem Apr 2015 #2
no. I think there is 'another' one who is even more obvious nt arely staircase Apr 2015 #4
LOL. greatauntoftriplets Apr 2015 #6
We definitely still have a few around. Perhaps we should be flattered at the attention. Hekate Apr 2015 #15
It's never flattering to be pissed on, no matter who's doing the pissing. True Blue Door Apr 2015 #18
You're pretty liberal with your conjections. IDemo Apr 2015 #28
i find the dopplegangers just as interesting CreekDog Apr 2015 #46
And the tag-team commenting is also obvious and annoying. True Blue Door Apr 2015 #57
Has a user with the word ''nuclear" in their username showed up betterdemsonly Apr 2015 #60
Hi! NuclearDem Apr 2015 #62
Why? Is the Kremlin operating a "Colmes squad" to Straw Man their opposition? True Blue Door Apr 2015 #65
Guardian is late as hell to the party Blue_Tires Apr 2015 #8
Seamus Milne does't work for Russia betterdemsonly Apr 2015 #10
What "NATO war" would that be? True Blue Door Apr 2015 #11
I would suggest you read some of the independent criticism of his work Blue_Tires Apr 2015 #12
I have no doubt about this but I also have no doubt neocon betterdemsonly Apr 2015 #9
Neocons adore Russia. True Blue Door Apr 2015 #13
Pat Buchanan types are paleocons not neocons. n/t betterdemsonly Apr 2015 #19
Oh, so you're going to pretend I didn't say most of what I just said. True Blue Door Apr 2015 #22
How nice we have an example of what your OP is reporting .. right on this very thread. Cha Apr 2015 #67
Say the name of the pestilence and suddenly it appears. True Blue Door Apr 2015 #68
This message was self-deleted by its author woo me with science Apr 2015 #20
I won't believe this story edhopper Apr 2015 #14
They probably won't hire anyone outside of Russian territory. True Blue Door Apr 2015 #16
Darn edhopper Apr 2015 #17
and if all their trolls get PPR'd, their families get sent to Siberia CreekDog Apr 2015 #49
The depth of corruption of our own nation is revealed by its incessant propaganda aimed at Americans woo me with science Apr 2015 #21
So you're literally going to do what was just described as the Kremlin troll playbook: True Blue Door Apr 2015 #24
No. The point is that the U.S is OUR country RufusTFirefly Apr 2015 #36
But you didn't try to make such a point. True Blue Door Apr 2015 #39
I think I just did make that point. Did you miss it? RufusTFirefly Apr 2015 #43
Well said. woo me with science Apr 2015 #48
Wait a minute! That's not part of the script!! RufusTFirefly Apr 2015 #51
Guy1 .... Guy2 ... Trajan Apr 2015 #66
Yup. Soliloquies under multiple names worthy of a Woody Allen skit. True Blue Door Apr 2015 #71
Oh the irony ND-Dem Apr 2015 #117
I miss Hannah Bell on threads like this. Don't you? nt msanthrope Apr 2015 #118
you must, you're always saying it. ND-Dem Apr 2015 #119
Actually, swarms. woo me with science Apr 2015 #76
... NuclearDem Apr 2015 #80
So the Guardian story is a "paranoid fantasy" now? True Blue Door Apr 2015 #69
If Cass Sunstein and those of his ilk Aerows Apr 2015 #64
He's a propaganda minister aiming lies at the people our govt. is supposed to be representing. woo me with science Apr 2015 #70
Obama's behavior is confusing betterdemsonly Apr 2015 #85
Post removed Post removed Apr 2015 #23
Maybe this week you'll talk about the subject of this article. True Blue Door Apr 2015 #25
I thought the subject was government-paid internet trolls nichomachus Apr 2015 #26
It is, absolutely. True Blue Door Apr 2015 #30
Are you accusing nichomachus of being a Russian troll?! RufusTFirefly Apr 2015 #34
I'm not the one citing radical right-wing sources to derail a conversation about Kremlin trolling True Blue Door Apr 2015 #37
My sources weren't from any Alex Jones outfit. n/t betterdemsonly Apr 2015 #42
An inconvenient truth, to be sure. RufusTFirefly Apr 2015 #53
Oh, I'm certain of that. Unless RT has hired him. True Blue Door Apr 2015 #58
Results... Major Nikon Apr 2015 #100
Thank you for that, MN Cha Apr 2015 #105
LOL.. you got Alerted on by someone who was offended by "Russian Trolls"! 7-0 LEAVE! Cha Apr 2015 #104
There are a dozen other places that give the same information nichomachus Apr 2015 #29
You are seriously desperate to not talk about Kremlin trolling, aren't you? True Blue Door Apr 2015 #31
Misdirection is a pathetic, despicable tactic RufusTFirefly Apr 2015 #32
Yes, it is a despicable tactic. Stop doing it and address the OP True Blue Door Apr 2015 #35
People in glass houses RufusTFirefly Apr 2015 #38
I assume breaking windows is much harder if one works in a concrete basement. True Blue Door Apr 2015 #45
If the poster was in their parents basement betterdemsonly Apr 2015 #55
You didn't even read the Guardian article, did you? True Blue Door Apr 2015 #72
The original post and the article it is based on are propagandistic betterdemsonly Apr 2015 #41
See, now you're actually putting in some credible effort. This is how to do it. True Blue Door Apr 2015 #50
This sort of personal attack in response to the thread not betterdemsonly Apr 2015 #54
You "cry fowl," do you? Well, I cry fish. True Blue Door Apr 2015 #81
"Cry fowl"? blue neen Apr 2015 #101
It's more the other way around--this thread is not going the way R B Garr Apr 2015 #120
+1. LOL, they'll all be hitting alert now. Be careful, jury notices will be flying FSogol Apr 2015 #59
Right.. my last Hide which is dissolved now was for cussing out Putin! Cha Apr 2015 #74
No one should be hidden for calling that murdering Nazi fuckwad what he is. True Blue Door Apr 2015 #93
I know.. the little putinistas' sensibilities were mightily offended. Must be punished. Cha Apr 2015 #94
Bringing their sickly byzantine political lifestyle onto an American liberal website... True Blue Door Apr 2015 #96
No doubt. It's shameful we've allowed things to get this far. True Blue Door Apr 2015 #75
The big red boogie man is going to corrupt your mind Oilwellian Apr 2015 #111
And apparently the entire Western media is in on the "wild conspiracy theory." True Blue Door Apr 2015 #123
Employer's script? JonLP24 Apr 2015 #78
Apparently, yes...seems everyone who does not agree 100% with the poster is a troll...what does that say about the poster? Fred Sanders Apr 2015 #99
Infowars? Really? FSogol Apr 2015 #40
Yeah, someone obviously didn't attend the briefing about the vagaries of American internet politics. True Blue Door Apr 2015 #52
IKR!? Rex Apr 2015 #116
Oh does the OP offend your sensibilities.. you have to try and distract with INFO WARS! Cha Apr 2015 #107
Who is 'they'? Are you saying RT is secretly Alex Jones!? Rex Apr 2015 #115
In the US, we have FOX News liberal N proud Apr 2015 #27
Analogous to RT in terms of toxic lying. True Blue Door Apr 2015 #33
True if you have created a new meaning for "analogous". Fox the same as RT...NOT! Fred Sanders Apr 2015 #79
Because Fox is already under control. True Blue Door Apr 2015 #82
Fox has no influence outside their hard core viewers, you opine? Sorry, end of discussion for me with you. Fred Sanders Apr 2015 #83
Enjoy your coffee(vodka?) break. True Blue Door Apr 2015 #87
Truthfully your wall to wall insults are destroying your entire OP credibility....I got no problem with Internet insults. Fred Sanders Apr 2015 #92
Insults are easier to take when one is being paid for the trouble. True Blue Door Apr 2015 #95
Yes, fox "news" is for the neocons/kochroaches/teabaggers, et cetera. RT is for the Russian Cha Apr 2015 #106
Yes, fox "news" is for the neocons/kochroaches/teabaggers, et cetera. RT is for the Russian Cha Apr 2015 #103
. CreekDog Apr 2015 #44
and water is wet DonCoquixote Apr 2015 #56
Wildly disproportionate equivalence. True Blue Door Apr 2015 #84
Godwins Law betterdemsonly Apr 2015 #112
If it's Godwin's Law to equate a murderous tyrant who invades other countries True Blue Door Apr 2015 #121
"..with remarks praising the president, Vladimir Putin, and raging at the depravity and injustice Cha Apr 2015 #63
While he's murdering journalists and political opposition figures True Blue Door Apr 2015 #88
And, hurting Gay People in Russia.. but, oh Putin! Cha Apr 2015 #91
I posted a story about this a couple of months ago BainsBane Apr 2015 #73
I want to know when we can finally ban these rodents, from this website at least? True Blue Door Apr 2015 #89
one has been banned BainsBane Apr 2015 #108
The longer we allow this to go on, the more of them will become "long-term members" True Blue Door Apr 2015 #122
I find the position every bit as odious as you do BainsBane Apr 2015 #124
Sometimes it's very hard not to wonder if this site's title is some kind of joke. True Blue Door Apr 2015 #125
however many there are or were CreekDog Apr 2015 #127
Yet they always ignore this BainsBane Apr 2015 #128
thanks again for that, BB Cha Apr 2015 #109
Leave Pootin alone! Rex Apr 2015 #113
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