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At first from Superdave's post and the article I read after it suggested it too, that he actually was shot, but I don't think that's the case.

Apparently his wife thought he'd been shot dead as well Confused 


Will wait for more of this soap opera to come out. Bizzare. 
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Will it go full Scooby Doo and they take his mask off to reveal he was really someone else all along?
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About f**king time

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BREAKING: I’ve just been informed that a draft proposal for an EU Magnitsky Act has been circulated to all the Commission DG's by the EU Council. The regulation is titled "concerning restrictive measures against serious human rights violations and abuses".

We’re still trying to track down the exact wording of the draft EU Magnitsky Act to make sure the language is tough enough (and that it includes corruption and kleptocracy).

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I see Putin has brazenly poisoned Alexei Navalny

He really doesn't like what's happening in Belarus

Russia bots all over the INTERNET are currently in full gaslighting mode


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Putin is blocking the transportation of Navalny to Germany via air ambulance

I guess he's afraid the Germans might find something, like, say, a poison that is only available to the Russian regime

Maybe Baldrick can enlighten us

The Russian regime is fascist scum

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NewtNewbie, what's your view on Putin and Russian fascism?

What sources would you recommend to learn about Russia? Big smile
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Originally posted by sid waddell sid waddell wrote:

NewtNewbie, what's your view on Putin and Russian fascism?

What sources would you recommend to learn about Russia? Big smile

Okay, I'll humour you.

To be absolutely clear, I despise Putin and the kleptocratic oligarchs who rule the Russian Federation. It is antithetical to every principle I hold dear.

That said, 'Russiagate' and the theory of underhanded Russian interference in the UK referendum on EU membership has been thoroughly debunked.

A distinction has to be made between the Russian administration and Russia. Russophobia is not, and never will be, an acceptable form of racism.

If someone were to suggest that Jewish people controlled and influenced every election and that any democratic outcome that didn't go quite the way the accuser wanted was the result of the malign influence of Jews they'd be rightly condemned as anti-Semitic scum and shunned from polite society.

The attitude to oddball conspiracy theoristists who suggest the same of Russians should be no different.


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Originally posted by NewtNewbie NewtNewbie wrote:

Originally posted by sid waddell sid waddell wrote:

NewtNewbie, what's your view on Putin and Russian fascism?

What sources would you recommend to learn about Russia? Big smile

Okay, I'll humour you.

To be absolutely clear, I despise Putin and the kleptocratic oligarchs who rule the Russian Federation. It is antithetical to every principle I hold dear.

That said, Russiagate and underhand Russian interference in the UK referendum on EU membership has been thoroughly debunked.

A distinction has to be made between the Russian administration and Russia. Russophobia is not, and never will be, an acceptable form of racism.

If someone were to suggest that Jewish people controlled and influenced every election and that any democratic outcome that didn't go quite the way the accuser wanted was the result of the malign influence of Jews they'd be rightly condemned as anti-Semitic scum and shunned from polite society.

The attitude to oddball conspiracy theoristists who suggest the same of Russians should be no different.
Who has it been debunked by?

Putin? 

His kleptocratic oligarchs?

Trump? Fox News?

Why at this very moment is Trump reciting a Russian disinformation campaign?

Why are you doing so?

Your allegations of anti-Russian racism are some laugh, desperation stuff - Putin is raping Russia for his own monetary benefit, is intent on destroying democracy in Europe, has killed his own people with bombs, is an imperialist war monger, and the people you seem to get your views from, ie. the dirtbag pro-Russia left, are totally silent on it

It's pathetic to see, especially given that your views are dripping with white privilege and you seem quite happy to see fascism in the US continue

What are your views on the following:

Tulsi Gabbard
Glenn Greenwald
Matt Taibbi
Bernie Sanders
Katie Halper
John Pilger
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Seumas Milne










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Originally posted by sid waddell sid waddell wrote:

Originally posted by NewtNewbie NewtNewbie wrote:

Originally posted by sid waddell sid waddell wrote:

NewtNewbie, what's your view on Putin and Russian fascism?

What sources would you recommend to learn about Russia? Big smile

Okay, I'll humour you.

To be absolutely clear, I despise Putin and the kleptocratic oligarchs who rule the Russian Federation. It is antithetical to every principle I hold dear.

That said, Russiagate and underhand Russian interference in the UK referendum on EU membership has been thoroughly debunked.

A distinction has to be made between the Russian administration and Russia. Russophobia is not, and never will be, an acceptable form of racism.

If someone were to suggest that Jewish people controlled and influenced every election and that any democratic outcome that didn't go quite the way the accuser wanted was the result of the malign influence of Jews they'd be rightly condemned as anti-Semitic scum and shunned from polite society.

The attitude to oddball conspiracy theoristists who suggest the same of Russians should be no different.
Who has it been debunked by?

Putin? 

His kleptocratic oligarchs?

Trump? Fox News?

Why at this very moment is Trump reciting a Russian disinformation campaign?

Why are you doing so?

Your allegations of anti-Russian racism are some laugh, desperation stuff - Putin is raping Russia for his own monetary benefit, is intent on destroying democracy in Europe, has killed his own people with bombs, is an imperialist war monger, and the people you seem to get your views from, ie. the dirtbag pro-Russia left, are totally silent on it

It's pathetic to see, especially given that your views are dripping with white privilege and you seem quite happy to see fascism in the US continue

What are your views on the following:

Tulsi Gabbard
Glenn Greenwald
Matt Taibbi
Bernie Sanders
Katie Halper
John Pilger
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Seumas Milne


Right-wingers smearing the 'dirtbag' left as umpatriotic, anti-western Russian stooges is as old and desperate a tactic as it gets.Corbyn got that treatment from your lot all the time.

Your regular tinfoil-hattist conspiracy theorist rantings simply have no basis in reality. You just sound like an old-school, Reaganite, imperialist racist.

The Cold War is long over. Get the f**k over it.
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Originally posted by NewtNewbie NewtNewbie wrote:

Originally posted by sid waddell sid waddell wrote:

Originally posted by NewtNewbie NewtNewbie wrote:

Originally posted by sid waddell sid waddell wrote:

NewtNewbie, what's your view on Putin and Russian fascism?

What sources would you recommend to learn about Russia? Big smile

Okay, I'll humour you.

To be absolutely clear, I despise Putin and the kleptocratic oligarchs who rule the Russian Federation. It is antithetical to every principle I hold dear.

That said, Russiagate and underhand Russian interference in the UK referendum on EU membership has been thoroughly debunked.

A distinction has to be made between the Russian administration and Russia. Russophobia is not, and never will be, an acceptable form of racism.

If someone were to suggest that Jewish people controlled and influenced every election and that any democratic outcome that didn't go quite the way the accuser wanted was the result of the malign influence of Jews they'd be rightly condemned as anti-Semitic scum and shunned from polite society.

The attitude to oddball conspiracy theoristists who suggest the same of Russians should be no different.
Who has it been debunked by?

Putin? 

His kleptocratic oligarchs?

Trump? Fox News?

Why at this very moment is Trump reciting a Russian disinformation campaign?

Why are you doing so?

Your allegations of anti-Russian racism are some laugh, desperation stuff - Putin is raping Russia for his own monetary benefit, is intent on destroying democracy in Europe, has killed his own people with bombs, is an imperialist war monger, and the people you seem to get your views from, ie. the dirtbag pro-Russia left, are totally silent on it

It's pathetic to see, especially given that your views are dripping with white privilege and you seem quite happy to see fascism in the US continue

What are your views on the following:

Tulsi Gabbard
Glenn Greenwald
Matt Taibbi
Bernie Sanders
Katie Halper
John Pilger
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Seumas Milne


Right-wingers smearing the 'dirtbag' left as umpatriotic, anti-western Russian stooges is as old and desperate a tactic as it gets.Corbyn got that treatment from your lot all the time.

Your regular tinfoil-hattist conspiracy theorist rantings simply have no basis in reality. You just sound like an old-school, Reaganite, imperialist racist.

The Cold War is long over. Get the f**k over it.
That's exactly what the dirtbag left are, they exist to run with Russian and far-right talking points and to destroy any hope of progressive change

Just as there are "centrists" who do so

As Jeremy Corbyn's most prominent supporter on this forum I know what I'm talking about

Again, you're going nuts there, flinging around baseless accusations of racism - you sound exactly like Murdoch media, funny that

I sound like a Reaganite?

Have you read what I've written about Reagan? LOL

Oh, and you didn't address a single point I made there

Thanks for that

Again, do some reading, or some listening

Good reading, and good listening

You clearly need to

Given your interest in the US, listen to a bit of Sarah Kendzior or Peter Beinart or Michelle Alexander or Adam Serwer or Nicole Hannnah Jones or Timothy Snyder or Nancy MacLean or Isabel Wilkerson or Jared Yates Sexton 

And ignore the Glenn Greenwalds and Mark Ames and Matt Taibbis and Katie Halpers and Chapo Trap Houses and Red Scares of this world, as well as the alt-right rabbit hole you've so clearly gone down


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Amy reputable links to it being debunked? Didn't the UK civil service not put together a full report detailing the influence? 
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Originally posted by nvidic nvidic wrote:

Amy reputable links to it being debunked? Didn't the UK civil service not put together a full report detailing the influence? 

Amy who? Don't expect me to do your thinking for you. Anyone who keeps abreast of current affairs can easily verify what I have stated.


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Originally posted by NewtNewbie NewtNewbie wrote:

Originally posted by nvidic nvidic wrote:

Amy reputable links to it being debunked? Didn't the UK civil service not put together a full report detailing the influence? 

Amy who? Don't expect me to do your thinking for you. Anyone keeps abreast of current affairs can easily verify what I have stated.
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Originally posted by sid waddell sid waddell wrote:

Originally posted by NewtNewbie NewtNewbie wrote:

Originally posted by sid waddell sid waddell wrote:

Originally posted by NewtNewbie NewtNewbie wrote:

Originally posted by sid waddell sid waddell wrote:

NewtNewbie, what's your view on Putin and Russian fascism?

What sources would you recommend to learn about Russia? Big smile

Okay, I'll humour you.

To be absolutely clear, I despise Putin and the kleptocratic oligarchs who rule the Russian Federation. It is antithetical to every principle I hold dear.

That said, Russiagate and underhand Russian interference in the UK referendum on EU membership has been thoroughly debunked.

A distinction has to be made between the Russian administration and Russia. Russophobia is not, and never will be, an acceptable form of racism.

If someone were to suggest that Jewish people controlled and influenced every election and that any democratic outcome that didn't go quite the way the accuser wanted was the result of the malign influence of Jews they'd be rightly condemned as anti-Semitic scum and shunned from polite society.

The attitude to oddball conspiracy theoristists who suggest the same of Russians should be no different.
Who has it been debunked by?

Putin? 

His kleptocratic oligarchs?

Trump? Fox News?

Why at this very moment is Trump reciting a Russian disinformation campaign?

Why are you doing so?

Your allegations of anti-Russian racism are some laugh, desperation stuff - Putin is raping Russia for his own monetary benefit, is intent on destroying democracy in Europe, has killed his own people with bombs, is an imperialist war monger, and the people you seem to get your views from, ie. the dirtbag pro-Russia left, are totally silent on it

It's pathetic to see, especially given that your views are dripping with white privilege and you seem quite happy to see fascism in the US continue

What are your views on the following:

Tulsi Gabbard
Glenn Greenwald
Matt Taibbi
Bernie Sanders
Katie Halper
John Pilger
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Seumas Milne


Right-wingers smearing the 'dirtbag' left as umpatriotic, anti-western Russian stooges is as old and desperate a tactic as it gets.Corbyn got that treatment from your lot all the time.

Your regular tinfoil-hattist conspiracy theorist rantings simply have no basis in reality. You just sound like an old-school, Reaganite, imperialist racist.

The Cold War is long over. Get the f**k over it.
That's exactly what the dirtbag left are, they exist to run with Russian and far-right talking points and to destroy any hope of progressive change

Just as there are "centrists" who do so

As Jeremy Corbyn's most prominent supporter on this forum I know what I'm talking about

Again, you're going nuts there, flinging around baseless accusations of racism - you sound exactly like Murdoch media, funny that

I sound like a Reaganite?

Have you read what I've written about Reagan? LOL

Oh, and you didn't address a single point I made there

Thanks for that

Again, do some reading, or some listening

Good reading, and good listening

You clearly need to

Given your interest in the US, listen to a bit of Sarah Kendzior or Peter Beinart or Michelle Alexander or Adam Serwer or Nicole Hannnah Jones or Timothy Snyder or Nancy MacLean or Isabel Wilkerson or Jared Yates Sexton 

And ignore the Glenn Greenwalds and Mark Ames and Matt Taibbis and Katie Halpers and Chapo Trap Houses and Red Scares of this world, as well as the alt-right rabbit hole you've so clearly gone down

Okay, so you despise the 'dirtbag' left. Goes with the territory. This has already been established. You've used this construction innumerable times; some originality wouldn't go amiss.

Repeatedly calling someone like me 'nuts' really isn't a good look. Especially for an  uptight, puritanical high-horser such as yourself.

And just why do you persist in writing in punctuation-light single-sentence paragraphs?

Very odd.


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Originally posted by NewtNewbie NewtNewbie wrote:

Originally posted by sid waddell sid waddell wrote:

Originally posted by NewtNewbie NewtNewbie wrote:

Originally posted by sid waddell sid waddell wrote:

Originally posted by NewtNewbie NewtNewbie wrote:

Originally posted by sid waddell sid waddell wrote:

NewtNewbie, what's your view on Putin and Russian fascism?

What sources would you recommend to learn about Russia? Big smile

Okay, I'll humour you.

To be absolutely clear, I despise Putin and the kleptocratic oligarchs who rule the Russian Federation. It is antithetical to every principle I hold dear.

That said, Russiagate and underhand Russian interference in the UK referendum on EU membership has been thoroughly debunked.

A distinction has to be made between the Russian administration and Russia. Russophobia is not, and never will be, an acceptable form of racism.

If someone were to suggest that Jewish people controlled and influenced every election and that any democratic outcome that didn't go quite the way the accuser wanted was the result of the malign influence of Jews they'd be rightly condemned as anti-Semitic scum and shunned from polite society.

The attitude to oddball conspiracy theoristists who suggest the same of Russians should be no different.
Who has it been debunked by?

Putin? 

His kleptocratic oligarchs?

Trump? Fox News?

Why at this very moment is Trump reciting a Russian disinformation campaign?

Why are you doing so?

Your allegations of anti-Russian racism are some laugh, desperation stuff - Putin is raping Russia for his own monetary benefit, is intent on destroying democracy in Europe, has killed his own people with bombs, is an imperialist war monger, and the people you seem to get your views from, ie. the dirtbag pro-Russia left, are totally silent on it

It's pathetic to see, especially given that your views are dripping with white privilege and you seem quite happy to see fascism in the US continue

What are your views on the following:

Tulsi Gabbard
Glenn Greenwald
Matt Taibbi
Bernie Sanders
Katie Halper
John Pilger
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Seumas Milne


Right-wingers smearing the 'dirtbag' left as umpatriotic, anti-western Russian stooges is as old and desperate a tactic as it gets.Corbyn got that treatment from your lot all the time.

Your regular tinfoil-hattist conspiracy theorist rantings simply have no basis in reality. You just sound like an old-school, Reaganite, imperialist racist.

The Cold War is long over. Get the f**k over it.
That's exactly what the dirtbag left are, they exist to run with Russian and far-right talking points and to destroy any hope of progressive change

Just as there are "centrists" who do so

As Jeremy Corbyn's most prominent supporter on this forum I know what I'm talking about

Again, you're going nuts there, flinging around baseless accusations of racism - you sound exactly like Murdoch media, funny that

I sound like a Reaganite?

Have you read what I've written about Reagan? LOL

Oh, and you didn't address a single point I made there

Thanks for that

Again, do some reading, or some listening

Good reading, and good listening

You clearly need to

Given your interest in the US, listen to a bit of Sarah Kendzior or Peter Beinart or Michelle Alexander or Adam Serwer or Nicole Hannnah Jones or Timothy Snyder or Nancy MacLean or Isabel Wilkerson or Jared Yates Sexton 

And ignore the Glenn Greenwalds and Mark Ames and Matt Taibbis and Katie Halpers and Chapo Trap Houses and Red Scares of this world, as well as the alt-right rabbit hole you've so clearly gone down

Okay, so you despise the 'dirtbag' left. Goes with the territory. This has already been established. You've used this construction innumerable times; some originality wouldn't go amiss.

Repeatedly calling someone like me 'nuts' really isn't a good look. Especially for an  uptight, puritanical high-horser such as yourself.

And just why do you persist in writing in punctuation-light single sentence paragraphs?

Very odd.

I call the dirtbag left exactly what they are, they deserve zero respect because they have zero positive vision for anything, the only aim they have is to destroy

Lolz, your whole tirade against me has been that I'm not uptight, puritanical and high horse enough!

You see unfortunately the problem with you - and let's just say for argument's sake that you are actually what you claim you are - is that you're the exact sort of humourless nutcase that turns people off the left

Your first impulse is to viciously abuse people

But it's obvious you're not actually a left-winger at all, I've seen trolls like you who run with dirtbag left/alt-right (they're the same thing) ultra cynical narratives a thousand times on forums and each time it becomes more and more obvious what they are - disuptors to try and divide opposition to fascism

The problem with the dirtbag left is they don't oppose fascism at all and instead willingly enable it


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If you had a vote in the US presidential election, who would you vote for? 

And explain your rationale

Why are Bernie Sanders, Noam Chomsky, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ilhan Omar all imploring people to vote for Biden?
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Originally posted by sid waddell sid waddell wrote:

Originally posted by NewtNewbie NewtNewbie wrote:

Originally posted by sid waddell sid waddell wrote:

Originally posted by NewtNewbie NewtNewbie wrote:

Originally posted by sid waddell sid waddell wrote:

Originally posted by NewtNewbie NewtNewbie wrote:

Originally posted by sid waddell sid waddell wrote:

NewtNewbie, what's your view on Putin and Russian fascism?

What sources would you recommend to learn about Russia? Big smile

Okay, I'll humour you.

To be absolutely clear, I despise Putin and the kleptocratic oligarchs who rule the Russian Federation. It is antithetical to every principle I hold dear.

That said, Russiagate and underhand Russian interference in the UK referendum on EU membership has been thoroughly debunked.

A distinction has to be made between the Russian administration and Russia. Russophobia is not, and never will be, an acceptable form of racism.

If someone were to suggest that Jewish people controlled and influenced every election and that any democratic outcome that didn't go quite the way the accuser wanted was the result of the malign influence of Jews they'd be rightly condemned as anti-Semitic scum and shunned from polite society.

The attitude to oddball conspiracy theoristists who suggest the same of Russians should be no different.
Who has it been debunked by?

Putin? 

His kleptocratic oligarchs?

Trump? Fox News?

Why at this very moment is Trump reciting a Russian disinformation campaign?

Why are you doing so?

Your allegations of anti-Russian racism are some laugh, desperation stuff - Putin is raping Russia for his own monetary benefit, is intent on destroying democracy in Europe, has killed his own people with bombs, is an imperialist war monger, and the people you seem to get your views from, ie. the dirtbag pro-Russia left, are totally silent on it

It's pathetic to see, especially given that your views are dripping with white privilege and you seem quite happy to see fascism in the US continue

What are your views on the following:

Tulsi Gabbard
Glenn Greenwald
Matt Taibbi
Bernie Sanders
Katie Halper
John Pilger
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Seumas Milne


Right-wingers smearing the 'dirtbag' left as umpatriotic, anti-western Russian stooges is as old and desperate a tactic as it gets.Corbyn got that treatment from your lot all the time.

Your regular tinfoil-hattist conspiracy theorist rantings simply have no basis in reality. You just sound like an old-school, Reaganite, imperialist racist.

The Cold War is long over. Get the f**k over it.
That's exactly what the dirtbag left are, they exist to run with Russian and far-right talking points and to destroy any hope of progressive change

Just as there are "centrists" who do so

As Jeremy Corbyn's most prominent supporter on this forum I know what I'm talking about

Again, you're going nuts there, flinging around baseless accusations of racism - you sound exactly like Murdoch media, funny that

I sound like a Reaganite?

Have you read what I've written about Reagan? LOL

Oh, and you didn't address a single point I made there

Thanks for that

Again, do some reading, or some listening

Good reading, and good listening

You clearly need to

Given your interest in the US, listen to a bit of Sarah Kendzior or Peter Beinart or Michelle Alexander or Adam Serwer or Nicole Hannnah Jones or Timothy Snyder or Nancy MacLean or Isabel Wilkerson or Jared Yates Sexton 

And ignore the Glenn Greenwalds and Mark Ames and Matt Taibbis and Katie Halpers and Chapo Trap Houses and Red Scares of this world, as well as the alt-right rabbit hole you've so clearly gone down

Okay, so you despise the 'dirtbag' left. Goes with the territory. This has already been established. You've used this construction innumerable times; some originality wouldn't go amiss.

Repeatedly calling someone like me 'nuts' really isn't a good look. Especially for an  uptight, puritanical high-horser such as yourself.

And just why do you persist in writing in punctuation-light single sentence paragraphs?

Very odd.

I call the dirtbag left exactly what they are, they deserve zero respect because they have zero positive vision for anything, the only aim they have is to destroy

Lolz, your whole tirade against me has been that I'm not uptight, puritanical and high horse enough!

You see unfortunately the problem with you - and let's just say for argument's sake that you are actually what you claim you are - is that you're the exact sort of humourless nutcase that turns people off the left

Your first impulse is to viciously abuse people

But it's obvious you're not actually a left-winger at all, I've seen trolls like you who run with dirtbag left/alt-right (they're the same thing) ultra cynical narratives a thousand times on forums and each time it becomes more and more obvious what they are - disuptors to try and divide opposition to fascism

The problem with the dirtbag left is they don't oppose fascism at all and instead willingly enable it



'you're the exact sort of humourless nutcase that turns people off the left

Your first impulse is to viciously abuse people'

f**king hell. How can anybody even try to begin to take someone like you, who constantly undermines their own arguments, seriously?


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