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joshcryer

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15. Exactly. And Castro allowed the rumors intentionally.

Reply to naaman fletcher (Reply #7)

Fri Jan 11, 2013, 07:45 PM

Jan 2013

It's a play book right out of North Korea or the USSR. Mislead the people. Hell, a lot of the rumors are being leaked by the governments in order to create the false idea in the masses so that the masses are misled.

It's Orwellian to the core.

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why no evidence naaman fletcher Jan 2013 #7

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Exactly. And Castro allowed the rumors intentionally. joshcryer Jan 2013 #15

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