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bemildred

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39. I have noticed they have a cavalier attitude about facts.
Fri Aug 15, 2014, 03:16 PM
Aug 2014

Not so much active dissembling as just not giving a shit. People ask questions, you give tham an answer, they should be grateful you take the time. Perhaps that is an effect of the long years of Soviet life, when observable veracity was secondary to the party line.

But of course I see the same things here, few if any in Congress, for example, care even for plausibility, let alone anything reasonable people could agree on as true.

Grain of salt with your vodka and press release, comrades? Fred Sanders Aug 2014 #1
Yes. The Guardian wrote the original misleading story TT_Progress Aug 2014 #25
Adding fuel to the fire. n/t Adsos Letter Aug 2014 #2
Keep poking the 'Bear' and see what it gets you, indeed. Shouldn't be long Purveyor Aug 2014 #5
If the bear is sending invasion troops into another country, they deserve what happens to them. Nt NutmegYankee Aug 2014 #7
Not a doubt what's about to ballyhoo Aug 2014 #8
Google Ukraine and attack. Most all the major wires are carrying this report. Purveyor Aug 2014 #10
Okay. Thanks. Sounds right. Hedge funds ballyhoo Aug 2014 #12
The story is propaganda based on poor and unverified reporting TT_Progress Aug 2014 #26
Sorry, just not that afraid of "the bear". TwilightGardener Aug 2014 #9
Oh, really, 1498 ICBMS's ballyhoo Aug 2014 #13
You think Putin would go nuclear over Ukraine? Adsos Letter Aug 2014 #14
No, but it will be an event that leads to another event and so on ballyhoo Aug 2014 #17
Not in Europe. dipsydoodle Aug 2014 #23
You're saying the US is going to get nuked? Over Ukraine? TwilightGardener Aug 2014 #24
Putinistas are as psychotic as he is. A sad, insecure leader of a sad TwilightGardener Aug 2014 #15
Who makes Petro Poroshenko look redundant. ballyhoo Aug 2014 #18
Given that tactical nukes and "first strikes" are no longer "off the table" TT_Progress Aug 2014 #28
That's Russian scare-mongering. "Watch out or we'll nuke you!" TwilightGardener Aug 2014 #29
When has Russia threatened nuclear war? former9thward Aug 2014 #31
Actually, that's been Russia's policy for a while--go straight for the nukes. TwilightGardener Aug 2014 #33
Got a link? n/t KoKo Aug 2014 #36
No, I read it a while back, sorry. TwilightGardener Aug 2014 #37
What I've read is that it was NATO putting missile defense up in Georgia and KoKo Aug 2014 #38
Excellent, KoKo. ballyhoo Aug 2014 #40
No, it has nothing to do with the current situation in Ukraine. TwilightGardener Aug 2014 #45
What a 'crock of shit'. Your tripe is now on 'ignore'. Might see you around later. Purveyor Aug 2014 #43
Got to watch the Poroshenkonistas........... ballyhoo Aug 2014 #41
Oh, really, you think Putin would launch 1498 ICBM's? IronGate Aug 2014 #30
protecting the integrity of their country from the fucking asshole that Putin is snooper2 Aug 2014 #16
Ukraine has the right to defend itself against Russia Adsos Letter Aug 2014 #22
So...why does Russia have an armored convoy going into Ukraine? TwilightGardener Aug 2014 #3
Why do you think this? JackRiddler Aug 2014 #44
And Russia is so scared of the Kiev military now that they will not respond. zeemike Aug 2014 #4
Need substantiation of this attack. Sounds like ballyhoo Aug 2014 #6
Dow Drops Over 100 Points After Russian Convoy Attacked In Ukraine Purveyor Aug 2014 #11
The Former Soviet Union States Are Far More Dangerous Than The Middle-East. onehandle Aug 2014 #19
Ukraine did give up its nukes. Igel Aug 2014 #32
The 1930s are calling. former9thward Aug 2014 #34
Russia says Ukraine forces seeking to disrupt its humanitarian mission bemildred Aug 2014 #20
Russia says lots of things. Igel Aug 2014 #35
I have noticed they have a cavalier attitude about facts. bemildred Aug 2014 #39
Russia says continuing talks with Ukraine on humanitarian aid bemildred Aug 2014 #21
Tsar Putin is misbehaving on an international level. saidsimplesimon Aug 2014 #27
AP & APF REPORTING: "Russian defence ministry denies military convoy entered Ukraine" KoKo Aug 2014 #42
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