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Now who is this Harris you speak of? Is that a government official I'm unaware of?
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
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Clearly you don't read/watch Fox News. Minority women are the devil's advocates.
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"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
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Yeah, I didn't hate the second one either.
Here's a much funnier one for you:

Here's a much funnier one for you:
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
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That's exactly what I assumed she meant.... Still an amusing faux pas.
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
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I don't know what a FSB is, but this apparently leaked out of it. Interesting read. Some sort of Russian intel analysis.
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
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Over on reddit someone linked today's russian propaganda about a dirty bomb that was mentioned as the "next step" on that FSB report.
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
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Thinking about the average person in russia being insulated from outside information, only knowing what their government chose to tell them. Lots of them think they're fighting some rogue, terrorist nation, and their cause is just. I've heard that over 50% of them still think this, and the "dirty bomb" propaganda will entrench them.
So what would that look like in the USA? Imagine every country except, say, Canada, suddenly condemned us on the world stage. Economic sanctions, foreign goods and services severing contact. But our government says all is well. They block access to BBC news and everything else from overseas.
How long until the average American figures out that something stinks? Ever?
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Conspiracy theory time, not intended to derail the above question: Putin probably gained control by inventing foreign atrocities on his own people (https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/t ... utins-rise). With that he was able to change the rules and become a strongman. What would that look like in the USA? 9/11? We certainly did love a lot of privacy and freedom, in the aftermath, and intelligence agencies gained a lot.
So what would that look like in the USA? Imagine every country except, say, Canada, suddenly condemned us on the world stage. Economic sanctions, foreign goods and services severing contact. But our government says all is well. They block access to BBC news and everything else from overseas.
How long until the average American figures out that something stinks? Ever?
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Conspiracy theory time, not intended to derail the above question: Putin probably gained control by inventing foreign atrocities on his own people (https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/t ... utins-rise). With that he was able to change the rules and become a strongman. What would that look like in the USA? 9/11? We certainly did love a lot of privacy and freedom, in the aftermath, and intelligence agencies gained a lot.
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
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Saw an article late last night that Mastercard, Amex, and Visa all pulled out of Russia. The article said Russian banks are expected to be on the brink of collapsing as early as today.
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
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I wonder. But it would sure be nice if they collapsed. China will bail them out though.
Netflix pulled out, which must hurt all 5 Russians who pay for movies.
TikTok also pulled out, which is a win for Russia, imho
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And get their claws into another superpower.
Funny and true.
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
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Thinking about it, TikTok pulling out might actually HURT the anti-war movement since Russians were getting a lot of real news from there.
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell