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Fumesucker

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39. I was reading a book about the Cold War era USAF a few weeks ago

Thu Mar 13, 2014, 09:24 AM

Mar 2014

Something that struck me was the Air Force attitude that the Soviets were business but the real enemy was the Army.

And the Army felt much the same way and they both hated the Navy.

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"You like to fuck with the Russians": FireDogLaker fluffs RT.com [View all] OilemFirchen Mar 2014 OP

RT TV actually put Alex Jones on as a legitimate news source... VanillaRhapsody Mar 2014 #1

Wow.. good to know, VR. Let's get this thing on Cha Mar 2014 #5

Looks like he lost any shot for working for First Look Media. joshcryer Mar 2014 #2

Yeah, there's that.. Cha Mar 2014 #6

Remains to be seen. OilemFirchen Mar 2014 #9

Hey, I think I should have a wait and see attitude on that.. Cha Mar 2014 #13

It'd be a mistake to hire him in any event. joshcryer Mar 2014 #18

He can team up with James O'Keefe. KittyWampus Mar 2014 #32

LOL...That bullshit should have made him a prime candidate for First Look Blue_Tires Mar 2014 #37

Kirchik! I guessed it, 100 points for me. /nt jakeXT Mar 2014 #3

OilemFirchen.. you're right.. this is way too "holy rich shit".. to pass up.. :) Cha Mar 2014 #4

The truth shall set them free! William769 Mar 2014 #7

"RT RAH RAH RAH.. anything else is not the real thing.." Cha Mar 2014 #11

Thanks, will be saving that link for future well you know. William769 Mar 2014 #8

SAVE-Sounds like a plan, William.. there's so many people invested in Cha Mar 2014 #16

wow. so the fact that DU is graced with these 24/7 Kremlin apologists is nothing special functioning_cog Mar 2014 #10

You can't even turn sideways here without hitting a Pro Putin poster Capt. Obvious Mar 2014 #44

That voice mail sounded so slimey. Another reason that I find FDL to be a cesspool perversion of... phleshdef Mar 2014 #12

I agree.. it's that segment of the Cha Mar 2014 #14

It's classic authoritiarian tactics. joshcryer Mar 2014 #19

+1 freshwest Mar 2014 #20

K&R Cali_Democrat Mar 2014 #15

... Cha Mar 2014 #17

Nazispeak: 'Jews manipulate society to achieve their own ends... by appealing to human emotion...' freshwest Mar 2014 #21

I said in another thread in regards to the Ukraine situation... Behind the Aegis Mar 2014 #22

If RT was really concerned about anti-semitism, they would have talked about it a lot before now stevenleser Mar 2014 #38

There are a number of ruses used. Caring about (insert victim, well known or du jour here) at will, freshwest Mar 2014 #53

Kick! Cha Mar 2014 #23

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He and I wrote for Opednews.com at the same time. I can only say that this does not surprise me. stevenleser Mar 2014 #25

Thanks steven.. I can tell by what he wrote to James Kirchick that Cha Mar 2014 #28

Is there a TL;DR version of this? Fumesucker Mar 2014 #26

Firebagger LOL Capt. Obvious Mar 2014 #27

Read article at link. It makes sense in context, though it all seems a cautionary tale KittyWampus Mar 2014 #29

I had kind of determined it was something derogatory of the left by the group high fiving the post Fumesucker Mar 2014 #30

??? it isn't derogatory of the left…. it's pointing to unbalanced actors who just happen to appear KittyWampus Mar 2014 #31

It's all way too inside baseball and too poorly written for me care enough to plough through that Fumesucker Mar 2014 #36

We need to call out our own nuts too.... NT Adrahil Mar 2014 #34

I was reading a book about the Cold War era USAF a few weeks ago Fumesucker Mar 2014 #39

"the group high fiving the post" Capt. Obvious Mar 2014 #35

It's a good way to sort out the teams, isn't it? Fumesucker Mar 2014 #41

It is Capt. Obvious Mar 2014 #43

If only I had 187 fanboiz offering up pithy "+brazillion" retorts... OilemFirchen Mar 2014 #45

On the other hand you could say what you think as clearly and accurately as you can Fumesucker Mar 2014 #48

Wait... OilemFirchen Mar 2014 #49

It's just very "inside baseball" and I'm not into this (fantasy?) baseball league in the first place Fumesucker Mar 2014 #50

Yet, as of this writing, you've posted seven times. OilemFirchen Mar 2014 #51

I posted once asking for some explanation, the rest of the posts were replying to others Fumesucker Mar 2014 #52

I think you have to be right-wing to get it. Marr Mar 2014 #47

While I can't say I always agree with Kerchick, he was great on RT in August Bluenorthwest Mar 2014 #33

That was brave. And the network tried to cancel his car trip back to the airport afterwards. stevenleser Mar 2014 #40

DUrec. This is an excellent read...nt SidDithers Mar 2014 #42

This whole episode is just sad. NuclearDem Mar 2014 #46

Kick! Cha Mar 2014 #54