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I was reflecting on how silly "Holy Russia" sounds.

But when you boil it down to the essential element, I guess the conservative Christian talk of God-bestowed American Exceptionalism really isn't that much different.

So it goes.
 
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Velo Vol said:
I was reflecting on how silly "Holy Russia" sounds.

But when you boil it down to the essential element, I guess the conservative Christian talk of God-bestowed American Exceptionalism really isn't that much different.

So it goes.
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i have never heard of the US being the last bastion of Christianity though.
 
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LouderVol said:
so the NATO expansion in 2011 is a threat to Russia today? and media Russophobia? again this never gets enough attention for it to be true Russophobia, granted when it is written it is negative. but no one source parades it up and down like RT, Pravada and others do for America. and what do the Russians care they can't see the negative stuff anyway (TV), or agree with it?

also we are getting darn close to 12k, Prof through a pie and get this thing moving.

*bold is edited, misread the date for Georgia. still not a threat. its not really much encirclement as it is encroachment if you want to make the argument.
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Of course western media portrays Russophobia everyday. Our media is government controlled and scripted. Talking about fascism!!!!

Ukraine had a DEMOCRACY before the coup. Because it wasn't pro America, we stepped in to change that. We've done it all over the world.

Open thine eyes and thine shall see...

My and your government is the most lying, corrupt govt in the world, bar none...
 
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Pacer92 said:
Of course western media portrays Russophobia everyday. Our media is government controlled and scripted. Talking about fascism!!!!

Ukraine had a DEMOCRACY before the coup. Because it wasn't pro America, we stepped in to change that. We've done it all over the world.

Open thine eyes and thine shall see...

My and your government is the most lying, corrupt govt in the world, bar none...
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That's it. You're done.

You have to be the biggest non-sensical loudmouth Russian ass-kissing, fascist sycophant this side of Omsk.

You're pathetic, and I resent the fact that, for some reason, you're allowed to post your nonsense and hateful drivel on this board.

While I always had high hopes for you, you're no different than Ras. Just two stupid peas in a big dumb pod.

Anyhow, you can put me back on ignore if you like.

On a related note, can anyone post three reasons why Russia is not a neo-fascist country?

I'll help start:

1. It (somewhat) supports economic interdependency (quasi-internationalism) rather than pure self-sufficiency, although this is debatable.
 
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volprof said:
That's it. You're done.

You have to be the biggest non-sensical loudmouth Russian ass-kissing, fascist sycophant this side of Omsk.

You're pathetic, and I resent the fact that, for some reason, you're allowed to post your nonsense and hateful drivel on this board.

While I always had high hopes for you, you're no different than Ras. Just two stupid peas in a big dumb pod.

Anyhow, you can put me back on ignore if you like.

On a related note, can anyone post three reasons why Russia is not a neo-fascist country?

I'll help start:

1. It (somewhat) supports economic interdependency (quasi-internationalism) rather than pure self-sufficiency, although this is debatable.
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Naivety at it's core...
 
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Pacer92 said:
Delusional you are...
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At times the government manipulates news reporting (e.g., see Judith Miller), but it hardly controls the media.

If you think this is the most corrupt government in the world, you clearly don't pay attention to what happens outside America's borders.
 
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Velo Vol said:
At times the government manipulates news reporting (e.g., see Judith Miller), but it hardly controls the media.

If you think this is the most corrupt government in the world, you clearly don't pay attention to what happens outside America's borders.
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Hahahahahahaha! Who is more? I'll hang up and listen..
 
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Velo Vol said:
At times the government manipulates news reporting (e.g., see Judith Miller), but it hardly controls the media.

If you think this is the most corrupt government in the world, you clearly don't pay attention to what happens outside America's borders.
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our media spends too much time hating on our government and societal issues to ever fall under the "glossing it over" category like some others.
 
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LouderVol said:
our media spends too much time hating on our government and societal issues to ever fall under the "glossing it over" category like some others.
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The most prevent form or "glossing over" is to spend a majority of time covering inconsequential/stupid stuff, show YouTube videos on the evening news, etc.

The biggest area of government manipulation is those issues where the government is the gatekeeper of "inside" information: terrorism, intelligence, etc.
 
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Velo Vol said:
The most prevent form or "glossing over" is to spend a majority of time covering inconsequential/stupid stuff, show YouTube videos on the evening news, etc.

The biggest area of government manipulation is those issues where the government is the gatekeeper of "inside" information: terrorism, intelligence, etc.
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how much youtube was present during Baltimore or Ferguson? i honestly dont watch to know. for some reason youtube is more desirable than world news. but they never pass up a tragedy.
 
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Meanwhile, in uncorrupt Russia:

http://rt.com/politics/266626-russia-lubyanka-dzerzhinsky-monument/

I love Schindler's commentary on Russia and its treatment of the NKVD, KGB, etc., with such national holidays as Security Day. Basically, the point is, a normal country would not make a holiday to commemorate the founding of an organization that killed more people than Himmler's SS. But, then again, no one has ever accused Russia of being a normal country.

#USstillmostcorruptcountry
 
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volprof said:
Meanwhile, in uncorrupt Russia:

Moscow officials license referendum to restore monument to KGB founder Dzerzhinsky ? RT Russian politics

I love Schindler's commentary on Russia and its treatment of the NKVD, KGB, etc., with such national holidays as Security Day. Basically, the point is, a normal country would not make a holiday to commemorate the founding of an organization that killed more people than Himmler's SS. But, then again, no one has ever accused Russia of being a normal country.

#USstillmostcorruptcountry
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interesting as the old/new monument would replace the old/new monument dedicated to those that died in the gulags. which Russia/Putin has a history of redacting so this is a double purpose. Restore old symbol of oppression and remove the symbol of those that suffered under the oppression.
 
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LouderVol said:
how much youtube was present during Baltimore or Ferguson? i honestly dont watch to know. for some reason youtube is more desirable than world news. but they never pass up a tragedy.
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No problem if the video is of a newsworthy incident. But these days TV News shows stuff just because it's viral.
 
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volprof said:
Could you pass the screening?

http://www.opm.gov/Forms/pdf_fill/sf86.pdf

As Louder pointed out, it's getting about that time, gents. Since Velo started this thread, I'll gladly defer to him to start the second one as well.

Getting about that time, yes sir. I'm giddy like a schoolgirl.
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127 pages?

What's wrong with this thread? Sequels rarely cut it.
 
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Velo Vol said:
Case in point.

How ABC’s ‘World News Tonight’ became a ratings winner
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While I've just about always loved World News Tonight, it just hasn't been the same since Jennings' death.

I still kept with it from time to time, and even liked Muir, since he's admittedly a bit more upbeat.

I had to give them up though a couple months ago, when there was apparently some old tree that suddenly collapsed somewhere in a park in the US, almost injuring some people. Muir led the show's intro with, "Should you and your family now be concerned about visiting parks?" as if old trees collapsing in parks was some sort of major concern.

I decided then and there that that was it for my love-hate relationship with World News Tonight. No more will she manipulate me!
 
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Velo Vol said:
127 pages?

What's wrong with this thread? Sequels rarely cut it.
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I don't know why it works the way it does, but in the sports threads (since Politics never runs this long), the mods always close down a thread once it hits 12,000 total posts. You have to then start a new one on the same topic.

Who knows, maybe they've changed it since the last I was heavily involved in the sports forums. I haven't really been looking much over in those, however, in the last year or so.
 
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