Politics Mueller has flipped Russian agent Maria Butina

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  1. riverman

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    Sure people should have balance but we hear what we hear and dismiss accordingly...if some don't know what they're dismissing then that's just being shallow or lazy
     
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    The Wall Street Journal is "a chain email" now? :dunno:

    Who's desperate? :wantmommy:
     
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    Oh I agree Im not saying the free press is bad though, I think there is something to that some of them chose to abuse their freedom, I hope that doesnt sound too Trumpish. Its not just the off topic stuff even on the basketball side, Trump comes up. I dont post in the OT section a lot just because its so hard to wade through all the political stuff. Im just so over Trump being everywhere... If he wants to resign in disgrace that would be great but I doubt his ego would allow that.
     
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    If an editorial was sent to your email from say, Soldier of Fortune magazine and you pass it on, it's a chain email....you cut and paste short story editorials here all the time...what's the mystery? Cutting and pasting articles is just creating chain news feeds anyway. I don't mind a paragraph from an article here and there but the better practice is to post a link with your own descriptor and let people who want to read the link reference it in sample sizes and respond to it....in a normal font if possible....Denny was very clever at these things and he loved to cut and paste. Particularly graphs and polls.
     
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    Lanny Original Season Ticket Holder "Mr. Big Shot"

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    Said perfectly.
     
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    barfo triggered obsessive commie pinko boomer maniac Staff Member Global Moderator

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    I will admit I'm curious to see what Torshin and Butina were talking to Treasury about.

    barfo
     
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    Attacking the source is the first move of a person with no argument.
     
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    Yes, I know how spam works, which is why I get NO EMAILS FROM POLITICAL SOURCES, NO EMAILS WITH OPINIONS ATTACHED, NO EMAILS OTHER THAN FAMILY AND BUSINESS. Nor do I subscribe to any magazines of any kind, either online or by snail mail.

    This is not an editorial either.

    It is a fact-only news article direct from the Wall Street Journal, one of the most respected sources of NEWS in America.

    Next time, make an adult effort to rebut the facts (admittedly futile in this case) or simply save your triggered breath.
     
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    not sure which "this" you're talking about.....but generally speaking you're a Fox news reel here.....huge percentage of your short story posts are Fox editorials or articles. To me they're pure spam.....I have a brother who emails me the same crap...family. Honestly, provoking fake enemies on a basketball forum is about as adult as a 5 year old with toy soldiers. I never engaged the "facts" in your spam feed.....didn't bother to read it...read one you've read them all in my view....I think for myself and express myself accordingly...don't need a NEWS franchise to discuss the state of things ..calm down bucko...you're just not that important nor am I
     
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    If a mosquito lands on my arm I crush the little fucker...no argument at all
     
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    You're calling fake without even knowing what the original posted WSJ ARTICLE says.

    Yeah, you're thinking for yourself alright.
     
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    The ref wasn't to your article...it was to your response to other posters about the article....I didn't call the article fake...I called your judgement of a whole lot of professional intelligent patriotic people fake...I don't have an agenda Maris but you definitely do...you don't want a conversation with me..you want to shout at me. Hence GIANT FONT aggression...I don't buy your conspiracy driven political stance but I like your taste in music and we probably have a lot in common when it comes to loving Oregon and the beauty of it all...there are just better ways to share ideas...the song might be good but the singer might suck and you find yourself turning off the radio
     
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    I mark all my non essential e-mails as spam.
     
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    Try it sometimes...it is what real americans do but it takes practice....you on the other hand are more hooked on media spin than most people. Good luck with that
     
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    Aren't you being a little tough on Trump?
     
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    To be fair to Maris not a single one of us have addressed at all what he posted, the closest weve come is saying it seemed desperate.
     
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    You first then
     
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    Well mosquitoes aren’t journalists, but if they were, you’d be on par with Facebook, Twitter, etc.
     
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    I read the article by Kate Davidson ...it seems they are expanding investigation into the Russian agent's contacts...and Ron Wyden is doing his job...if it's serious and warrants an inquiry..so be it...I don't like bad guys no matter what team they play for ...didn't find an Obama connection in the article though....tried to find some info on Kate Davidson and there's not much there..I found out she did start at WSJ in 2015 and covered the economy and treasury dept mostly...that's her field. I read the WSJ from time to time albeit much less over the last two years...it's a good periodical in my view. What is really wrong with the thread is not so much the article but the title of the thread....very National Inquirer in nature. Obama's Nesting Doll? This is an insult to Kate Davidson who wrote the article
     
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