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3. OMG. Conspiracy Theory/ reversal of reality by the Kremlin's latest shill, "Michael Hudson"

Sat Feb 28, 2015, 12:24 AM

Feb 2015

The Kremlin has been caught hiring PR firms to get "useful fools"

"Meet The PR Firm That Helped Vladimir Putin Troll The Entire Country"

...Using filings from the Justice Department, the non-profit ProPublica detailed last November how Ketchum helped place op-eds by "seemingly independent professionals" that praised Russia in outlets like CNBC and the Huffington Post, among others, without proper disclosure.

It is not unusual for a PR firm to work with a government.
There's more:

http://www.businessinsider.com/vladimir-putin-nyt-op-ed-ketchum-pr-2013-9#ixzz2ejAKeAlK

I suspect "The Real News Network" (shades of FOX's "Fair and Balanced&quot

is in the new pipeline. Check out this RWNJ report they did a while ago. Putin is worth at least $100 Billion in stolen roubles so it can pay for a lot of BS like this

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Wars for the Oligarchs, Has the IMF Annexed Ukraine? [View all] mother earth Feb 2015 OP

Shock Doctrine. pa28 Feb 2015 #1

And don't forget "Confessions of an Economic Hit Man", it's all the same, blood for profits to mother earth Feb 2015 #2

OMG. Conspiracy Theory/ reversal of reality by the Kremlin's latest shill, "Michael Hudson" uhnope Feb 2015 #3

I'll ck out those links later, BUT mother earth Feb 2015 #6

You are too kind libodem Feb 2015 #8

Everyday we spend here, we are telling people exactly who we are. Why not take that opportunity to mother earth Feb 2015 #9

when using sarcasm, you have to be more careful uhnope Mar 2015 #12

Where was I sarcastic? I thought I made myself crystal clear on all fronts. My progressive nature mother earth Mar 2015 #13

Here's the definition of sarcasm uhnope Mar 2015 #14

No need to define sarcasm, there is no sarcasm in reply #6, I stand by that. mother earth Mar 2015 #15

This message was self-deleted by its author uhnope Mar 2015 #16

Uhnope, I replied about Nemstov on your OP posted here. As far as my lesson on mother earth Mar 2015 #17

OK thx uhnope Mar 2015 #19

TY for this reply. I honestly applaud your candor. This has become painfully obvious to me, and mother earth Mar 2015 #20

ohy uhnope Mar 2015 #21

I'm hoping we can get back on topic on this OP, and maybe different economic theories can mother earth Mar 2015 #22

I respect the fact that brainy people like to explore economic theories uhnope Mar 2015 #23

I think economists have a far greater grasp on what is playing out in the Ukraine, Greece, and mother earth Mar 2015 #24

No I don't think so. All the economists laid end to end would never reach a conclusion uhnope Mar 2015 #25

Here we go again, rinse, repeat. I totally disagree, I don't think you are actually listening to mother earth Mar 2015 #28

What part of ""Well, when Kiev went to war against Eastern Ukraine" is not BS to you? uhnope Mar 2015 #32

You have made your "points", but you are very transparent and it isn't me afraid of a boogieman mother earth Mar 2015 #33

Why can't you answer the question. + If you're so concerned, reply to post #18 uhnope Mar 2015 #34

DeSwiss is completely capable of answering your reply. Stop with disruption of mother earth Mar 2015 #35

lol. Calling BS is not "disruption." Neither is calling out anti-Semites like Pound uhnope Mar 2015 #36

There is no "thinly veiled attack" to help Putin, the attack on Ukraine is about empire & this mother earth Mar 2015 #26

This message was self-deleted by its author uhnope Mar 2015 #27

You really need to take time to read. NO, not Naomi Wolff, Naomi Klein. You posted an OP mother earth Mar 2015 #29

ok ok I read it wrong uhnope Mar 2015 #30

You sure do. nt mother earth Mar 2015 #31

I'm going to add a link that explains one of the biggest lessons from the last cold war, mother earth Feb 2015 #7

Wars of any sort create jobs ...that's how low we have gone. L0oniX Feb 2015 #4

War is the Capitalist's Primary Business Model DeSwiss Feb 2015 #5

DeSwiss, I wish I could K & R every response you ever give on any of my OP's. You are always a mother earth Feb 2015 #10

I often wonder if people truly get what you bring to the table...here's some info on Jacque Fresco. mother earth Feb 2015 #11

Ezra Pound on Economics? What next, Protocols of the Elders of Zion ???? uhnope Mar 2015 #18

. libodem Mar 2015 #37

Paid trolls that disrupt discussion boards. nt mother earth Mar 2015 #38