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Kid Berwyn

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18. It's how conspiracy works.

Reply to Passenger (Original post)

Sat Aug 21, 2021, 12:35 PM

Aug 2021

Nothing gets written down, yet a lot of evil happens.

Martin Lomasney, an old West End political boss from Boston, is best remembered for his warning to young politicians everywhere — “Never write if you can speak; never speak if you can nod; never nod if you can wink”.

https://pioneerinstitute.org/news/dont-nod-if-you-can-wink/

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FBI Finds Scant Evidence U.S. Capitol Attack Was Coordinated-Sources (Reuters) [View all] Passenger Aug 2021 OP

I call BS... 2naSalit Aug 2021 #1

If its ninety to ninety five "one off" Blues Heron Aug 2021 #2

The next time I go to a peaceful Beachnutt Aug 2021 #3

It was a bluedevil4 Aug 2021 #5

It was "instigated" by Republicans, especially Trump, a form of "coordination" gulliver Aug 2021 #4

Like these guys? BeckyDem Aug 2021 #6

I'll wait for the House commission....this smells of bullshit spanone Aug 2021 #7

At the rally everyonematters Aug 2021 #8

But your honor I was misled by my facebook group Beachnutt Aug 2021 #9

This FBI "report" is all the rage today on RW media. Midnight Writer Aug 2021 #10

And WE all know this is utter bullshit. ananda Aug 2021 #11

Large scale meetings the night before and phone traffic say otherwise. Ligyron Aug 2021 #12

Didn't we all learn not to listen to some sources at the FBI in 2016? Hugin Aug 2021 #13

Its author was thrown out of the U.K. for being a national security threat. SalviaBlue Aug 2021 #14

I would think the FBI would want to know the name of those "four unnamed sources"? kentuck Aug 2021 #15

Yeah Mad_Machine76 Aug 2021 #16

Do they own a tv? lame54 Aug 2021 #17

It's how conspiracy works. Kid Berwyn Aug 2021 #18

I 95% don't believe the FBI RANDYWILDMAN Aug 2021 #19

The right wing line seems to be two contradictory explanations in quantum superposition ... Passenger Aug 2021 #20