• Salon goes tankie

    From ScottW@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jan 31 22:35:27 2023
    and sounds like Tucker.

    https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/don-t-believe-the-hype-ukraine-is-rapidly-becoming-another-war-gone-wrong/ar-AA16Wkea

    ScottW

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  • From mINE109@21:1/5 to ScottW on Wed Feb 1 10:36:44 2023
    On 2/1/23 12:35 AM, ScottW wrote:
    and sounds like Tucker.

    https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/don-t-believe-the-hype-ukraine-is-rapidly-becoming-another-war-gone-wrong/ar-AA16Wkea

    Try the original, although it's odd Salon wants to repost:

    https://scheerpost.com/2023/01/29/chris-hedges-ukraine-the-war-that-went-wrong/

    The RT host? This a good example of tankie thought.

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  • From ScottW@21:1/5 to All on Wed Feb 1 08:56:47 2023
    On Wednesday, February 1, 2023 at 8:36:47 AM UTC-8, MINe109 wrote:
    On 2/1/23 12:35 AM, ScottW wrote:
    and sounds like Tucker.

    https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/don-t-believe-the-hype-ukraine-is-rapidly-becoming-another-war-gone-wrong/ar-AA16Wkea
    Try the original, although it's odd Salon wants to repost:

    https://scheerpost.com/2023/01/29/chris-hedges-ukraine-the-war-that-went-wrong/

    The RT host? This a good example of tankie thought.

    That's what I said...Salon goes tankie.

    So just a bit of reality...neither the left nor the right show consensus on the war.

    ScottW

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  • From mINE109@21:1/5 to ScottW on Wed Feb 1 13:21:27 2023
    On 2/1/23 10:56 AM, ScottW wrote:
    On Wednesday, February 1, 2023 at 8:36:47 AM UTC-8, MINe109 wrote:
    On 2/1/23 12:35 AM, ScottW wrote:
    and sounds like Tucker.

    https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/don-t-believe-the-hype-ukraine-is-rapidly-becoming-another-war-gone-wrong/ar-AA16Wkea
    Try the original, although it's odd Salon wants to repost:

    https://scheerpost.com/2023/01/29/chris-hedges-ukraine-the-war-that-went-wrong/

    The RT host? This a good example of tankie thought.

    That's what I said...Salon goes tankie.

    We agree this is tankie.

    So just a bit of reality...neither the left nor the right show consensus on the war.

    The lack of consensus is on the extremes. Anti-imperialism on the left, pro-Russia on the right.

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  • From ScottW@21:1/5 to All on Wed Feb 1 17:58:45 2023
    On Wednesday, February 1, 2023 at 11:21:29 AM UTC-8, MINe109 wrote:
    On 2/1/23 10:56 AM, ScottW wrote:
    On Wednesday, February 1, 2023 at 8:36:47 AM UTC-8, MINe109 wrote:
    On 2/1/23 12:35 AM, ScottW wrote:
    and sounds like Tucker.

    https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/don-t-believe-the-hype-ukraine-is-rapidly-becoming-another-war-gone-wrong/ar-AA16Wkea
    Try the original, although it's odd Salon wants to repost:

    https://scheerpost.com/2023/01/29/chris-hedges-ukraine-the-war-that-went-wrong/

    The RT host? This a good example of tankie thought.

    That's what I said...Salon goes tankie.
    We agree this is tankie.
    So just a bit of reality...neither the left nor the right show consensus on the war.
    The lack of consensus is on the extremes. Anti-imperialism on the left, pro-Russia on the right.

    It is NOT pro-russian. It's isolationist.

    ScottW

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  • From mINE109@21:1/5 to ScottW on Thu Feb 2 09:02:11 2023
    On 2/1/23 7:58 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Wednesday, February 1, 2023 at 11:21:29 AM UTC-8, MINe109 wrote:
    On 2/1/23 10:56 AM, ScottW wrote:
    On Wednesday, February 1, 2023 at 8:36:47 AM UTC-8, MINe109 wrote:
    On 2/1/23 12:35 AM, ScottW wrote:
    and sounds like Tucker.

    https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/don-t-believe-the-hype-ukraine-is-rapidly-becoming-another-war-gone-wrong/ar-AA16Wkea
    Try the original, although it's odd Salon wants to repost:

    https://scheerpost.com/2023/01/29/chris-hedges-ukraine-the-war-that-went-wrong/

    The RT host? This a good example of tankie thought.

    That's what I said...Salon goes tankie.
    We agree this is tankie.
    So just a bit of reality...neither the left nor the right show consensus on the war.
    The lack of consensus is on the extremes. Anti-imperialism on the left,
    pro-Russia on the right.

    It is NOT pro-russian. It's isolationist.

    Carlson: “Why shouldn’t I root for Russia? Which, by the way, I am.”

    “I think we should probably take the side of Russia,” he said, “if we have to choose between Russia and Ukraine.”

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  • From ScottW@21:1/5 to All on Thu Feb 2 19:30:07 2023
    On Thursday, February 2, 2023 at 7:02:14 AM UTC-8, MINe109 wrote:
    On 2/1/23 7:58 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Wednesday, February 1, 2023 at 11:21:29 AM UTC-8, MINe109 wrote:
    On 2/1/23 10:56 AM, ScottW wrote:
    On Wednesday, February 1, 2023 at 8:36:47 AM UTC-8, MINe109 wrote:
    On 2/1/23 12:35 AM, ScottW wrote:
    and sounds like Tucker.

    https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/don-t-believe-the-hype-ukraine-is-rapidly-becoming-another-war-gone-wrong/ar-AA16Wkea
    Try the original, although it's odd Salon wants to repost:

    https://scheerpost.com/2023/01/29/chris-hedges-ukraine-the-war-that-went-wrong/

    The RT host? This a good example of tankie thought.

    That's what I said...Salon goes tankie.
    We agree this is tankie.
    So just a bit of reality...neither the left nor the right show consensus on the war.
    The lack of consensus is on the extremes. Anti-imperialism on the left, >> pro-Russia on the right.

    It is NOT pro-russian. It's isolationist.
    Carlson: “Why shouldn’t I root for Russia? Which, by the way, I am.”

    “I think we should probably take the side of Russia,” he said, “if we have to choose between Russia and Ukraine.”

    So out of context. Note the "if". He's was really condemning media etc for not allowing any discussion of problem in Ukraine.
    Forcing a choosing of sides with nothing in between. No discourse on unintended consequences....just punish the horrible Russian aggressor no matter how many starve as a result etc. etc. Or his biggest peeve, the money and arms are enriching the oligarchs making the peasants more subservient to them and weakening a fledgling democracy which he says is hard to even call a democracy as US meddling to counter Russian meddling makes any outcome difficult to call "the will of the people".

    https://www.cato.org/commentary/americas-ukraine-hypocrisy

    Note...he was actually proven right by Zelensky who just fired a bunch of ministers for corruption which was Carlson's largest gripe.

    I don't agree with Carlson's anti-Ukraine war stance, but it doesn't make him a Kremlin stooge.
    Your regurgitating leftwing smears just really proves his point.
    No discussion or analysis allowed....or as Tucker often says, "You're supposed to just sit down and shut-up."

    There was time when liberals liked to take the high road and would never resort to personal smears
    based on lies. When did you abandon any devotion to truth?

    ScottW

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  • From Art Sackman@21:1/5 to ScottW on Thu Feb 2 20:13:55 2023
    On Thursday, February 2, 2023 at 10:30:08 PM UTC-5, ScottW wrote:
    On Thursday, February 2, 2023 at 7:02:14 AM UTC-8, MINe109 wrote:
    On 2/1/23 7:58 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Wednesday, February 1, 2023 at 11:21:29 AM UTC-8, MINe109 wrote:
    On 2/1/23 10:56 AM, ScottW wrote:
    On Wednesday, February 1, 2023 at 8:36:47 AM UTC-8, MINe109 wrote: >>>> On 2/1/23 12:35 AM, ScottW wrote:
    and sounds like Tucker.

    https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/don-t-believe-the-hype-ukraine-is-rapidly-becoming-another-war-gone-wrong/ar-AA16Wkea
    Try the original, although it's odd Salon wants to repost:

    https://scheerpost.com/2023/01/29/chris-hedges-ukraine-the-war-that-went-wrong/

    The RT host? This a good example of tankie thought.

    That's what I said...Salon goes tankie.
    We agree this is tankie.
    So just a bit of reality...neither the left nor the right show consensus on the war.
    The lack of consensus is on the extremes. Anti-imperialism on the left, >> pro-Russia on the right.

    It is NOT pro-russian. It's isolationist.
    Carlson: “Why shouldn’t I root for Russia? Which, by the way, I am.”

    “I think we should probably take the side of Russia,” he said, “if we
    have to choose between Russia and Ukraine.”
    So out of context. Note the "if". He's was really condemning media etc for not allowing any discussion of problem in Ukraine.
    Forcing a choosing of sides with nothing in between. No discourse on unintended consequences....just punish the horrible Russian aggressor no matter
    how many starve as a result etc. etc. Or his biggest peeve, the money and arms
    are enriching the oligarchs making the peasants more subservient to them and weakening a fledgling democracy which he says is hard to even call a democracy
    as US meddling to counter Russian meddling makes any outcome difficult to call
    "the will of the people".

    https://www.cato.org/commentary/americas-ukraine-hypocrisy

    Note...he was actually proven right by Zelensky who just fired a bunch of ministers for corruption which was Carlson's largest gripe.

    I don't agree with Carlson's anti-Ukraine war stance, but it doesn't make him a Kremlin stooge.
    Your regurgitating leftwing smears just really proves his point.
    No discussion or analysis allowed....or as Tucker often says, "You're supposed to just sit down and shut-up."

    There was time when liberals liked to take the high road and would never resort to personal smears
    based on lies. When did you abandon any devotion to truth?

    ScottW
    No he was rooting for Russia. Your apology for him is lacking. IF he really meant to condemn the mdeia, he just should have said that directly

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  • From ScottW@21:1/5 to hootervil...@yahoo.com on Thu Feb 2 20:35:31 2023
    On Thursday, February 2, 2023 at 8:13:56 PM UTC-8, hootervil...@yahoo.com wrote:
    On Thursday, February 2, 2023 at 10:30:08 PM UTC-5, ScottW wrote:
    On Thursday, February 2, 2023 at 7:02:14 AM UTC-8, MINe109 wrote:
    On 2/1/23 7:58 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Wednesday, February 1, 2023 at 11:21:29 AM UTC-8, MINe109 wrote:
    On 2/1/23 10:56 AM, ScottW wrote:
    On Wednesday, February 1, 2023 at 8:36:47 AM UTC-8, MINe109 wrote: >>>> On 2/1/23 12:35 AM, ScottW wrote:
    and sounds like Tucker.

    https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/don-t-believe-the-hype-ukraine-is-rapidly-becoming-another-war-gone-wrong/ar-AA16Wkea
    Try the original, although it's odd Salon wants to repost:

    https://scheerpost.com/2023/01/29/chris-hedges-ukraine-the-war-that-went-wrong/

    The RT host? This a good example of tankie thought.

    That's what I said...Salon goes tankie.
    We agree this is tankie.
    So just a bit of reality...neither the left nor the right show consensus on the war.
    The lack of consensus is on the extremes. Anti-imperialism on the left,
    pro-Russia on the right.

    It is NOT pro-russian. It's isolationist.
    Carlson: “Why shouldn’t I root for Russia? Which, by the way, I am.”

    “I think we should probably take the side of Russia,” he said, “if we
    have to choose between Russia and Ukraine.”
    So out of context. Note the "if". He's was really condemning media etc for not allowing any discussion of problem in Ukraine.
    Forcing a choosing of sides with nothing in between. No discourse on unintended consequences....just punish the horrible Russian aggressor no matter
    how many starve as a result etc. etc. Or his biggest peeve, the money and arms
    are enriching the oligarchs making the peasants more subservient to them and
    weakening a fledgling democracy which he says is hard to even call a democracy
    as US meddling to counter Russian meddling makes any outcome difficult to call
    "the will of the people".

    https://www.cato.org/commentary/americas-ukraine-hypocrisy

    Note...he was actually proven right by Zelensky who just fired a bunch of ministers for corruption which was Carlson's largest gripe.

    I don't agree with Carlson's anti-Ukraine war stance, but it doesn't make him a Kremlin stooge.
    Your regurgitating leftwing smears just really proves his point.
    No discussion or analysis allowed....or as Tucker often says, "You're supposed to just sit down and shut-up."

    There was time when liberals liked to take the high road and would never resort to personal smears
    based on lies. When did you abandon any devotion to truth?

    ScottW
    No he was rooting for Russia. Your apology for him is lacking.

    How many times have you told me you don't listen to Tucker?
    You want to be like Stephen and smear him with out of context BS, well that's your choice.
    As I've said, I don't agree with his position on Ukraine but I don't need to misrepresent what he's saying to do it.
    As far as apologizing...you stick that shit up your fat ass.

    IF he really meant to condemn the mdeia, he just should have said that directly

    Not everyone feels the need to be blunt.

    ScottW

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  • From mINE109@21:1/5 to ScottW on Sat Feb 4 09:06:09 2023
    On 2/2/23 9:30 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Thursday, February 2, 2023 at 7:02:14 AM UTC-8, MINe109 wrote:
    On 2/1/23 7:58 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Wednesday, February 1, 2023 at 11:21:29 AM UTC-8, MINe109
    wrote:
    On 2/1/23 10:56 AM, ScottW wrote:
    On Wednesday, February 1, 2023 at 8:36:47 AM UTC-8, MINe109
    wrote:
    On 2/1/23 12:35 AM, ScottW wrote:
    and sounds like Tucker.

    https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/don-t-believe-the-hype-ukraine-is-rapidly-becoming-another-war-gone-wrong/ar-AA16Wkea

    The RT host? This a good example of tankie thought.

    That's what I said...Salon goes tankie.
    We agree this is tankie.
    So just a bit of reality...neither the left nor the right
    show consensus on the war.
    The lack of consensus is on the extremes. Anti-imperialism on
    the left, pro-Russia on the right.

    It is NOT pro-russian. It's isolationist.
    Carlson: “Why shouldn’t I root for Russia? Which, by the way, I
    am.”

    “I think we should probably take the side of Russia,” he said, “if
    we have to choose between Russia and Ukraine.”

    So out of context. Note the "if".

    Context is worse.

    He's was really condemning media etc for not allowing any discussion
    of problem in Ukraine. Forcing a choosing of sides with nothing in
    between. No discourse on unintended consequences....just punish the
    horrible Russian aggressor no matter how many starve as a result etc.
    etc. Or his biggest peeve, the money and arms are enriching the
    oligarchs making the peasants more subservient to them and weakening
    a fledgling democracy which he says is hard to even call a democracy
    as US meddling to counter Russian meddling makes any outcome
    difficult to call "the will of the people".

    He's really not. He's consistently spoken for Russia, so much so
    he gets replayed on Russian tv.

    https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/03/exclusive-kremlin-putin-russia-ukraine-war-memo-tucker-carlson-fox/

    https://www.cato.org/commentary/americas-ukraine-hypocrisy

    Note...he was actually proven right by Zelensky who just fired a
    bunch of ministers for corruption which was Carlson's largest gripe.

    Corruption and Russian influence were Zelensky's concerns.

    I don't agree with Carlson's anti-Ukraine war stance, but it doesn't
    make him a Kremlin stooge. Your regurgitating leftwing smears just
    really proves his point. No discussion or analysis allowed....or as
    Tucker often says, "You're supposed to just sit down and shut-up."

    There was time when liberals liked to take the high road and would
    never resort to personal smears based on lies. When did you abandon
    any devotion to truth?

    Truth and Tucker are related only by initial.

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  • From ScottW@21:1/5 to All on Sat Feb 4 10:11:44 2023
    On Saturday, February 4, 2023 at 7:06:12 AM UTC-8, MINe109 wrote:
    On 2/2/23 9:30 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Thursday, February 2, 2023 at 7:02:14 AM UTC-8, MINe109 wrote:
    On 2/1/23 7:58 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Wednesday, February 1, 2023 at 11:21:29 AM UTC-8, MINe109
    wrote:
    On 2/1/23 10:56 AM, ScottW wrote:
    On Wednesday, February 1, 2023 at 8:36:47 AM UTC-8, MINe109
    wrote:
    On 2/1/23 12:35 AM, ScottW wrote:
    and sounds like Tucker.

    https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/don-t-believe-the-hype-ukraine-is-rapidly-becoming-another-war-gone-wrong/ar-AA16Wkea
    The RT host? This a good example of tankie thought.

    That's what I said...Salon goes tankie.
    We agree this is tankie.
    So just a bit of reality...neither the left nor the right
    show consensus on the war.
    The lack of consensus is on the extremes. Anti-imperialism on
    the left, pro-Russia on the right.

    It is NOT pro-russian. It's isolationist.
    Carlson: “Why shouldn’t I root for Russia? Which, by the way, I
    am.”

    “I think we should probably take the side of Russia,” he said, “if >> we have to choose between Russia and Ukraine.”

    So out of context. Note the "if".
    Context is worse.

    How could you know? You don't watch and you only see what you
    see out of context apparently on Russian TV.

    You just want to smear Tucker for his success on Fox.
    Lying about what people really said isn't beyond your moral code.
    The bar sinks a little lower for you.

    Here's a difference between you and me by example. I absolutely don't agree with
    Trucker on Ukraine. But I don't need to misrepresent his position to denigrate him
    as a result.

    ScottW

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  • From Fascist Flea@21:1/5 to All on Sat Feb 4 10:43:24 2023
    ... courtesy of Shmoo scottw.

    You just want to smear Tucker for his success on Fox.
    Lying about what people really said isn't beyond your moral code.

    When your crime hero Trump says this kind of crap, he seems to believe it.
    Will you at least admit you're not trying for 100% sincerity?

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  • From mINE109@21:1/5 to ScottW on Sat Feb 4 14:47:40 2023
    On 2/4/23 12:11 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Saturday, February 4, 2023 at 7:06:12 AM UTC-8, MINe109 wrote:
    On 2/2/23 9:30 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Thursday, February 2, 2023 at 7:02:14 AM UTC-8, MINe109
    wrote:
    On 2/1/23 7:58 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Wednesday, February 1, 2023 at 11:21:29 AM UTC-8, MINe109
    wrote:
    On 2/1/23 10:56 AM, ScottW wrote:
    On Wednesday, February 1, 2023 at 8:36:47 AM UTC-8,
    MINe109 wrote:
    On 2/1/23 12:35 AM, ScottW wrote:
    and sounds like Tucker.

    https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/don-t-believe-the-hype-ukraine-is-rapidly-becoming-another-war-gone-wrong/ar-AA16Wkea


    The RT host? This a good example of tankie thought.

    That's what I said...Salon goes tankie.
    We agree this is tankie.
    So just a bit of reality...neither the left nor the
    right show consensus on the war.
    The lack of consensus is on the extremes. Anti-imperialism
    on the left, pro-Russia on the right.

    It is NOT pro-russian. It's isolationist.
    Carlson: “Why shouldn’t I root for Russia? Which, by the way,
    I am.”

    “I think we should probably take the side of Russia,” he said,
    “if we have to choose between Russia and Ukraine.”

    So out of context. Note the "if".
    Context is worse.

    How could you know?

    Secondary sources.

    https://www.mediaite.com/tv/tucker-carlson-claims-he-was-only-joking-when-he-said-im-serious-why-shouldnt-i-root-for-russia-which-i-am/

    https://archive.org/details/FOXNEWSW_20191126_050000_Tucker_Carlson_Tonight

    https://www.mediamatters.org/tucker-carlson/tucker-carlson-says-hes-rooting-russia-against-ukraine


    You don't watch and you only see what you see out of context apparently on Russian TV.

    That would be Russian Times, one of all the news channels I don't watch.

    You just want to smear Tucker for his success on Fox. Lying about
    what people really said isn't beyond your moral code. The bar sinks a
    little lower for you.

    Since I didn't lie about things he actually said, your claim fails.

    Here's a difference between you and me by example. I absolutely
    don't agree with Trucker on Ukraine. But I don't need to misrepresent
    his position to denigrate him as a result.

    I disagree with his position whether you call it isolationist or
    pro-Russia. If you think quoting him directly is "denigrating," this
    argument may not be for you.

    I didn't make a special search for Carlson pro-Russia but now I have:

    https://www.mediamatters.org/tucker-carlson/tucker-carlsons-segments-promoting-pro-russia-talking-points-are-spreading-across

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  • From ScottW@21:1/5 to All on Sat Feb 4 16:14:02 2023
    On Saturday, February 4, 2023 at 12:47:42 PM UTC-8, MINe109 wrote:
    On 2/4/23 12:11 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Saturday, February 4, 2023 at 7:06:12 AM UTC-8, MINe109 wrote:
    On 2/2/23 9:30 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Thursday, February 2, 2023 at 7:02:14 AM UTC-8, MINe109
    wrote:
    On 2/1/23 7:58 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Wednesday, February 1, 2023 at 11:21:29 AM UTC-8, MINe109
    wrote:
    On 2/1/23 10:56 AM, ScottW wrote:
    On Wednesday, February 1, 2023 at 8:36:47 AM UTC-8,
    MINe109 wrote:
    On 2/1/23 12:35 AM, ScottW wrote:
    and sounds like Tucker.

    https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/don-t-believe-the-hype-ukraine-is-rapidly-becoming-another-war-gone-wrong/ar-AA16Wkea


    The RT host? This a good example of tankie thought.

    That's what I said...Salon goes tankie.
    We agree this is tankie.
    So just a bit of reality...neither the left nor the
    right show consensus on the war.
    The lack of consensus is on the extremes. Anti-imperialism
    on the left, pro-Russia on the right.

    It is NOT pro-russian. It's isolationist.
    Carlson: “Why shouldn’t I root for Russia? Which, by the way,
    I am.”

    “I think we should probably take the side of Russia,” he said,
    “if we have to choose between Russia and Ukraine.”

    So out of context. Note the "if".
    Context is worse.

    How could you know?
    Secondary sources.

    https://www.mediaite.com/tv/tucker-carlson-claims-he-was-only-joking-when-he-said-im-serious-why-shouldnt-i-root-for-russia-which-i-am/

    and you needed a source for that. Maybe if actually watched you'd have a better feeling for the real context.
    He was pulling your chain....and you deserved it.

    ScottW

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  • From mINE109@21:1/5 to ScottW on Sat Feb 4 18:36:29 2023
    On 2/4/23 6:14 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Saturday, February 4, 2023 at 12:47:42 PM UTC-8, MINe109 wrote:
    On 2/4/23 12:11 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Saturday, February 4, 2023 at 7:06:12 AM UTC-8, MINe109
    wrote:
    On 2/2/23 9:30 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Thursday, February 2, 2023 at 7:02:14 AM UTC-8, MINe109
    wrote:
    On 2/1/23 7:58 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Wednesday, February 1, 2023 at 11:21:29 AM UTC-8,
    MINe109 wrote:
    On 2/1/23 10:56 AM, ScottW wrote:
    On Wednesday, February 1, 2023 at 8:36:47 AM UTC-8,
    MINe109 wrote:
    On 2/1/23 12:35 AM, ScottW wrote:
    and sounds like Tucker.

    https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/don-t-believe-the-hype-ukraine-is-rapidly-becoming-another-war-gone-wrong/ar-AA16Wkea




    The RT host? This a good example of tankie thought.

    That's what I said...Salon goes tankie.
    We agree this is tankie.
    So just a bit of reality...neither the left nor the
    right show consensus on the war.
    The lack of consensus is on the extremes.
    Anti-imperialism on the left, pro-Russia on the right.

    It is NOT pro-russian. It's isolationist.
    Carlson: “Why shouldn’t I root for Russia? Which, by the
    way, I am.”

    “I think we should probably take the side of Russia,” he
    said, “if we have to choose between Russia and Ukraine.”

    So out of context. Note the "if".
    Context is worse.

    How could you know?
    Secondary sources.

    https://www.mediaite.com/tv/tucker-carlson-claims-he-was-only-joking-when-he-said-im-serious-why-shouldnt-i-root-for-russia-which-i-am/

    and you needed a source for that. Maybe if actually watched you'd
    have a better feeling for the real context. He was pulling your
    chain....and you deserved it.

    That would be a source, too. It's not that I've never seen Carlson. His
    tone is deliberately provocative so I prefer to deal with his claims.

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  • From ScottW@21:1/5 to All on Sun Feb 5 08:43:56 2023
    On Saturday, February 4, 2023 at 4:36:32 PM UTC-8, MINe109 wrote:
    On 2/4/23 6:14 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Saturday, February 4, 2023 at 12:47:42 PM UTC-8, MINe109 wrote:
    On 2/4/23 12:11 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Saturday, February 4, 2023 at 7:06:12 AM UTC-8, MINe109
    wrote:
    On 2/2/23 9:30 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Thursday, February 2, 2023 at 7:02:14 AM UTC-8, MINe109
    wrote:
    On 2/1/23 7:58 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Wednesday, February 1, 2023 at 11:21:29 AM UTC-8,
    MINe109 wrote:
    On 2/1/23 10:56 AM, ScottW wrote:
    On Wednesday, February 1, 2023 at 8:36:47 AM UTC-8,
    MINe109 wrote:
    On 2/1/23 12:35 AM, ScottW wrote:
    and sounds like Tucker.

    https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/don-t-believe-the-hype-ukraine-is-rapidly-becoming-another-war-gone-wrong/ar-AA16Wkea




    The RT host? This a good example of tankie thought.

    That's what I said...Salon goes tankie.
    We agree this is tankie.
    So just a bit of reality...neither the left nor the
    right show consensus on the war.
    The lack of consensus is on the extremes.
    Anti-imperialism on the left, pro-Russia on the right.

    It is NOT pro-russian. It's isolationist.
    Carlson: “Why shouldn’t I root for Russia? Which, by the
    way, I am.”

    “I think we should probably take the side of Russia,” he
    said, “if we have to choose between Russia and Ukraine.”

    So out of context. Note the "if".
    Context is worse.

    How could you know?
    Secondary sources.

    https://www.mediaite.com/tv/tucker-carlson-claims-he-was-only-joking-when-he-said-im-serious-why-shouldnt-i-root-for-russia-which-i-am/

    and you needed a source for that. Maybe if actually watched you'd
    have a better feeling for the real context. He was pulling your chain....and you deserved it.
    That would be a source, too. It's not that I've never seen Carlson. His
    tone is deliberately provocative so I prefer to deal with his claims.

    I don't like the tone of the other parties you rely on to "deal with his claims".

    Maybe you haven't noticed....but almost all of cable news and definitely
    all of the commentary programs like Tucker is deliberately provocative.
    It gets them viewers.

    ScottW

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  • From mINE109@21:1/5 to ScottW on Sun Feb 5 12:36:26 2023
    On 2/5/23 10:43 AM, ScottW wrote:
    On Saturday, February 4, 2023 at 4:36:32 PM UTC-8, MINe109 wrote:
    On 2/4/23 6:14 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Saturday, February 4, 2023 at 12:47:42 PM UTC-8, MINe109 wrote:
    On 2/4/23 12:11 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Saturday, February 4, 2023 at 7:06:12 AM UTC-8, MINe109
    wrote:
    On 2/2/23 9:30 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Thursday, February 2, 2023 at 7:02:14 AM UTC-8, MINe109
    wrote:
    On 2/1/23 7:58 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Wednesday, February 1, 2023 at 11:21:29 AM UTC-8,
    MINe109 wrote:
    On 2/1/23 10:56 AM, ScottW wrote:
    On Wednesday, February 1, 2023 at 8:36:47 AM UTC-8,
    MINe109 wrote:
    On 2/1/23 12:35 AM, ScottW wrote:
    and sounds like Tucker.

    https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/don-t-believe-the-hype-ukraine-is-rapidly-becoming-another-war-gone-wrong/ar-AA16Wkea




    The RT host? This a good example of tankie thought.

    That's what I said...Salon goes tankie.
    We agree this is tankie.
    So just a bit of reality...neither the left nor the
    right show consensus on the war.
    The lack of consensus is on the extremes.
    Anti-imperialism on the left, pro-Russia on the right.

    It is NOT pro-russian. It's isolationist.
    Carlson: “Why shouldn’t I root for Russia? Which, by the
    way, I am.”

    “I think we should probably take the side of Russia,” he
    said, “if we have to choose between Russia and Ukraine.”

    So out of context. Note the "if".
    Context is worse.

    How could you know?
    Secondary sources.

    https://www.mediaite.com/tv/tucker-carlson-claims-he-was-only-joking-when-he-said-im-serious-why-shouldnt-i-root-for-russia-which-i-am/

    and you needed a source for that. Maybe if actually watched you'd
    have a better feeling for the real context. He was pulling your
    chain....and you deserved it.
    That would be a source, too. It's not that I've never seen Carlson. His
    tone is deliberately provocative so I prefer to deal with his claims.

    I don't like the tone of the other parties you rely on to "deal with his claims".

    I guess I won't bring in those Wonkette and Smirking Chimp cites.

    Maybe you haven't noticed....but almost all of cable news and definitely
    all of the commentary programs like Tucker is deliberately provocative.
    It gets them viewers.

    Hence your obsession with ratings. Why then do you defend Carlson by
    pretending he isn't trying to provoke? Or that "provocative" is a carte blanche?

    I'm more interested in facts and analysis so I don't feel the need to
    watch something purely to get mad.

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  • From ScottW@21:1/5 to All on Sun Feb 5 16:07:58 2023
    On Sunday, February 5, 2023 at 10:36:28 AM UTC-8, MINe109 wrote:
    On 2/5/23 10:43 AM, ScottW wrote:
    On Saturday, February 4, 2023 at 4:36:32 PM UTC-8, MINe109 wrote:
    On 2/4/23 6:14 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Saturday, February 4, 2023 at 12:47:42 PM UTC-8, MINe109 wrote:
    On 2/4/23 12:11 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Saturday, February 4, 2023 at 7:06:12 AM UTC-8, MINe109
    wrote:
    On 2/2/23 9:30 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Thursday, February 2, 2023 at 7:02:14 AM UTC-8, MINe109
    wrote:
    On 2/1/23 7:58 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Wednesday, February 1, 2023 at 11:21:29 AM UTC-8,
    MINe109 wrote:
    On 2/1/23 10:56 AM, ScottW wrote:
    On Wednesday, February 1, 2023 at 8:36:47 AM UTC-8,
    MINe109 wrote:
    On 2/1/23 12:35 AM, ScottW wrote:
    and sounds like Tucker.

    https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/don-t-believe-the-hype-ukraine-is-rapidly-becoming-another-war-gone-wrong/ar-AA16Wkea




    The RT host? This a good example of tankie thought.

    That's what I said...Salon goes tankie.
    We agree this is tankie.
    So just a bit of reality...neither the left nor the
    right show consensus on the war.
    The lack of consensus is on the extremes.
    Anti-imperialism on the left, pro-Russia on the right.

    It is NOT pro-russian. It's isolationist.
    Carlson: “Why shouldn’t I root for Russia? Which, by the >>>>>>>> way, I am.”

    “I think we should probably take the side of Russia,” he >>>>>>>> said, “if we have to choose between Russia and Ukraine.” >>>>>>>
    So out of context. Note the "if".
    Context is worse.

    How could you know?
    Secondary sources.

    https://www.mediaite.com/tv/tucker-carlson-claims-he-was-only-joking-when-he-said-im-serious-why-shouldnt-i-root-for-russia-which-i-am/

    and you needed a source for that. Maybe if actually watched you'd
    have a better feeling for the real context. He was pulling your
    chain....and you deserved it.
    That would be a source, too. It's not that I've never seen Carlson. His >> tone is deliberately provocative so I prefer to deal with his claims.

    I don't like the tone of the other parties you rely on to "deal with his claims".
    I guess I won't bring in those Wonkette and Smirking Chimp cites.
    Maybe you haven't noticed....but almost all of cable news and definitely all of the commentary programs like Tucker is deliberately provocative.
    It gets them viewers.
    Hence your obsession with ratings. Why then do you defend Carlson by pretending he isn't trying to provoke? Or that "provocative" is a carte blanche?

    Simple devotion to the truth. Carlson isn't guilty of what you accuse him.
    But if you want to discuss motive....perhaps you should start with Rachel's admiration
    of what he's accomplished and what that reveals of her own perception of the business.
    It's all just a show.


    I'm more interested in facts and analysis so I don't feel the need to
    watch something purely to get mad.

    Facts and analysis never come free of baggage. Look at Trevor's recent
    tirade laced with his own subjective bias.
    Anyway, I take 'em where I can find 'em and ignore the BS.
    Otherwise you'll be left ignorant of a whole lot of stuff.

    ScottW

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  • From mINE109@21:1/5 to ScottW on Mon Feb 6 09:34:40 2023
    On 2/5/23 6:07 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Sunday, February 5, 2023 at 10:36:28 AM UTC-8, MINe109 wrote:
    On 2/5/23 10:43 AM, ScottW wrote:

    Maybe you haven't noticed....but almost all of cable news and definitely >>> all of the commentary programs like Tucker is deliberately provocative.
    It gets them viewers.
    Hence your obsession with ratings. Why then do you defend Carlson by
    pretending he isn't trying to provoke? Or that "provocative" is a carte
    blanche?

    Simple devotion to the truth. Carlson isn't guilty of what you accuse him.

    I haven't accused him of anything.

    But if you want to discuss motive....perhaps you should start with Rachel's admiration
    of what he's accomplished and what that reveals of her own perception of the business.
    It's all just a show.

    Rachel? Since it's all for show, I feel vindicated for generally
    ignoring it, Fox and MSNBC both.

    I'm more interested in facts and analysis so I don't feel the need to
    watch something purely to get mad.

    Facts and analysis never come free of baggage. Look at Trevor's recent tirade laced with his own subjective bias.

    And your equally calm response.

    Anyway, I take 'em where I can find 'em and ignore the BS.
    Otherwise you'll be left ignorant of a whole lot of stuff.

    I keep up.

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  • From ScottW@21:1/5 to All on Mon Feb 6 08:06:20 2023
    On Monday, February 6, 2023 at 7:34:42 AM UTC-8, MINe109 wrote:
    On 2/5/23 6:07 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Sunday, February 5, 2023 at 10:36:28 AM UTC-8, MINe109 wrote:
    On 2/5/23 10:43 AM, ScottW wrote:

    Maybe you haven't noticed....but almost all of cable news and definitely >>> all of the commentary programs like Tucker is deliberately provocative. >>> It gets them viewers.
    Hence your obsession with ratings. Why then do you defend Carlson by
    pretending he isn't trying to provoke? Or that "provocative" is a carte
    blanche?

    Simple devotion to the truth. Carlson isn't guilty of what you accuse him.
    I haven't accused him of anything.

    You just accused him of being provocative....duh.

    I keep up.

    Then why do I feel like I'm dragging your brain dead corpse through history at times?

    ScottW

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  • From Fascist Flea@21:1/5 to All on Mon Feb 6 08:49:22 2023
    This should come as no surprise, but Shmoo scottw has been playing
    his version of the blame game while pretending to go in search of "information".

    I keep up.

    Then why do I feel like I'm dragging your brain dead corpse through history at times?

    You get a big brown smudge for self-parody. Yay!

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  • From MINe109@21:1/5 to ScottW on Mon Feb 6 09:24:22 2023
    On Monday, February 6, 2023 at 10:06:21 AM UTC-6, ScottW wrote:
    On Monday, February 6, 2023 at 7:34:42 AM UTC-8, MINe109 wrote:
    On 2/5/23 6:07 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Sunday, February 5, 2023 at 10:36:28 AM UTC-8, MINe109 wrote:
    On 2/5/23 10:43 AM, ScottW wrote:

    Maybe you haven't noticed....but almost all of cable news and definitely
    all of the commentary programs like Tucker is deliberately provocative. >>> It gets them viewers.
    Hence your obsession with ratings. Why then do you defend Carlson by
    pretending he isn't trying to provoke? Or that "provocative" is a carte >> blanche?

    Simple devotion to the truth. Carlson isn't guilty of what you accuse him.
    I haven't accused him of anything.
    You just accused him of being provocative....duh.

    That was you: "definitely all of the commentary programs like Tucker is deliberately provocative."

    I keep up.

    Then why do I feel like I'm dragging your brain dead corpse through history at times?

    Lack of communication skills on your part?

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  • From ScottW@21:1/5 to All on Mon Feb 6 09:52:21 2023
    On Monday, February 6, 2023 at 9:24:24 AM UTC-8, MINe109 wrote:
    On Monday, February 6, 2023 at 10:06:21 AM UTC-6, ScottW wrote:
    On Monday, February 6, 2023 at 7:34:42 AM UTC-8, MINe109 wrote:
    On 2/5/23 6:07 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Sunday, February 5, 2023 at 10:36:28 AM UTC-8, MINe109 wrote:
    On 2/5/23 10:43 AM, ScottW wrote:

    Maybe you haven't noticed....but almost all of cable news and definitely
    all of the commentary programs like Tucker is deliberately provocative.
    It gets them viewers.
    Hence your obsession with ratings. Why then do you defend Carlson by >> pretending he isn't trying to provoke? Or that "provocative" is a carte
    blanche?

    Simple devotion to the truth. Carlson isn't guilty of what you accuse him.
    I haven't accused him of anything.
    You just accused him of being provocative....duh.
    That was you: "definitely all of the commentary programs like Tucker is deliberately provocative."

    i know Feb. 4 was a long time ago for you to remember what you said.

    ScottW

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  • From MINe109@21:1/5 to ScottW on Mon Feb 6 10:26:04 2023
    On Monday, February 6, 2023 at 11:52:23 AM UTC-6, ScottW wrote:
    On Monday, February 6, 2023 at 9:24:24 AM UTC-8, MINe109 wrote:
    On Monday, February 6, 2023 at 10:06:21 AM UTC-6, ScottW wrote:
    On Monday, February 6, 2023 at 7:34:42 AM UTC-8, MINe109 wrote:
    On 2/5/23 6:07 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Sunday, February 5, 2023 at 10:36:28 AM UTC-8, MINe109 wrote:
    On 2/5/23 10:43 AM, ScottW wrote:

    Maybe you haven't noticed....but almost all of cable news and definitely
    all of the commentary programs like Tucker is deliberately provocative.
    It gets them viewers.
    Hence your obsession with ratings. Why then do you defend Carlson by >> pretending he isn't trying to provoke? Or that "provocative" is a carte
    blanche?

    Simple devotion to the truth. Carlson isn't guilty of what you accuse him.
    I haven't accused him of anything.
    You just accused him of being provocative....duh.
    That was you: "definitely all of the commentary programs like Tucker is deliberately provocative."
    i know Feb. 4 was a long time ago for you to remember what you said.

    If you have a point, make it.

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  • From ScottW@21:1/5 to All on Mon Feb 6 14:10:48 2023
    On Monday, February 6, 2023 at 10:26:05 AM UTC-8, MINe109 wrote:
    On Monday, February 6, 2023 at 11:52:23 AM UTC-6, ScottW wrote:
    On Monday, February 6, 2023 at 9:24:24 AM UTC-8, MINe109 wrote:
    On Monday, February 6, 2023 at 10:06:21 AM UTC-6, ScottW wrote:
    On Monday, February 6, 2023 at 7:34:42 AM UTC-8, MINe109 wrote:
    On 2/5/23 6:07 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Sunday, February 5, 2023 at 10:36:28 AM UTC-8, MINe109 wrote:
    On 2/5/23 10:43 AM, ScottW wrote:

    Maybe you haven't noticed....but almost all of cable news and definitely
    all of the commentary programs like Tucker is deliberately provocative.
    It gets them viewers.
    Hence your obsession with ratings. Why then do you defend Carlson by
    pretending he isn't trying to provoke? Or that "provocative" is a carte
    blanche?

    Simple devotion to the truth. Carlson isn't guilty of what you accuse him.
    I haven't accused him of anything.
    You just accused him of being provocative....duh.
    That was you: "definitely all of the commentary programs like Tucker is deliberately provocative."
    i know Feb. 4 was a long time ago for you to remember what you said.
    If you have a point, make it.

    I really have to be that blunt? So tedious.....

    ScottW

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  • From mINE109@21:1/5 to All on Mon Feb 6 15:44:14 2023
    Looks like there was a magazine on the left that could top Salon!
    Following up on the far left meets far right on Russia, here's the
    formerly unpublished article about The Nation killed by the CJR.

    https://bylinetimes.com/2023/02/04/russia-and-the-us-press-the-article-the-cjr-didnt-publish/

    Accusing the Russian government of committing an act of war by hacking
    the Democratic National Committee, Cohen warned, might mean “the
    necessity of actual war, conceivably nuclear war, against Russia.” He
    wrote that “villainizing the Kremlin—without much evidence—is increasing the possibility of a US-Russian war.” Once Trump took office, Cohen
    branded media investigations of Russia’s involvement with the Trump
    campaign as “neo-McCarthyism” and “Kremlin-baiting.”

    For these critiques, Cohen won praise from outlets such as Fox News and Breitbart, anathema to The Nation readership; soon, he began making
    periodic appearances on Tucker Carlson Tonight. “Today, in my scholarly, long-term judgment, relations between the United States and Russia are
    more dangerous than they have ever—let me repeat, ever—been, including
    the Cuban missile crisis,” Cohen told Carlson in 2018.

    End quote.

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  • From ScottW@21:1/5 to All on Mon Feb 6 14:20:26 2023
    On Monday, February 6, 2023 at 1:44:18 PM UTC-8, MINe109 wrote:
    Looks like there was a magazine on the left that could top Salon!
    Following up on the far left meets far right on Russia, here's the
    formerly unpublished article about The Nation killed by the CJR.

    https://bylinetimes.com/2023/02/04/russia-and-the-us-press-the-article-the-cjr-didnt-publish/

    Accusing the Russian government of committing an act of war by hacking
    the Democratic National Committee, Cohen warned, might mean “the
    necessity of actual war, conceivably nuclear war, against Russia.” He wrote that “villainizing the Kremlin—without much evidence—is increasing
    the possibility of a US-Russian war.”

    And there ya go..."without much evidence". Experts have long said if this was truly an external hack the NSA computers would have records of the data exfiltration
    over the net. But they apparently do not have that....which leads others to conclude that this actual export via removal storage device which makes it more likely an inside job.

    But the idea of falsely accusing Russia could lead to significant increased risk
    of nuclear war is about as suspect as marrying Katrina.

    I'm not sure what your point is if only to admit there are kooks on both sides. For that I'll give you credit though I'm not sure why it would deserve any.

    ScottW

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  • From mINE109@21:1/5 to ScottW on Mon Feb 6 18:08:04 2023
    On 2/6/23 4:10 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Monday, February 6, 2023 at 10:26:05 AM UTC-8, MINe109 wrote:
    On Monday, February 6, 2023 at 11:52:23 AM UTC-6, ScottW wrote:
    On Monday, February 6, 2023 at 9:24:24 AM UTC-8, MINe109 wrote:
    On Monday, February 6, 2023 at 10:06:21 AM UTC-6, ScottW wrote:
    On Monday, February 6, 2023 at 7:34:42 AM UTC-8, MINe109 wrote:
    On 2/5/23 6:07 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Sunday, February 5, 2023 at 10:36:28 AM UTC-8, MINe109 wrote: >>>>>>>> On 2/5/23 10:43 AM, ScottW wrote:

    Maybe you haven't noticed....but almost all of cable news and definitely
    all of the commentary programs like Tucker is deliberately provocative.
    It gets them viewers.
    Hence your obsession with ratings. Why then do you defend Carlson by >>>>>>>> pretending he isn't trying to provoke? Or that "provocative" is a carte
    blanche?

    Simple devotion to the truth. Carlson isn't guilty of what you accuse him.
    I haven't accused him of anything.
    You just accused him of being provocative....duh.
    That was you: "definitely all of the commentary programs like Tucker is deliberately provocative."
    i know Feb. 4 was a long time ago for you to remember what you said.
    If you have a point, make it.

    I really have to be that blunt? So tedious.....

    So blunt as to say what you mean? So much more fun to play another round
    of "guess what Scottie's thinking."

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  • From mINE109@21:1/5 to ScottW on Mon Feb 6 18:26:16 2023
    On 2/6/23 4:20 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Monday, February 6, 2023 at 1:44:18 PM UTC-8, MINe109 wrote:
    Looks like there was a magazine on the left that could top Salon!
    Following up on the far left meets far right on Russia, here's the
    formerly unpublished article about The Nation killed by the CJR.

    https://bylinetimes.com/2023/02/04/russia-and-the-us-press-the-article-the-cjr-didnt-publish/


    Accusing the Russian government of committing an act of war by hacking
    the Democratic National Committee, Cohen warned, might mean “the
    necessity of actual war, conceivably nuclear war, against Russia.”
    He wrote that “villainizing the Kremlin—without much evidence—is
    increasing the possibility of a US-Russian war.”

    And there ya go..."without much evidence".

    I go? I see you didn't read the actual article. Cohen dismissed the
    evidence out-of-hand.

    Experts have long said if this was truly an external hack the NSA
    computers would have records of the data exfiltration over the net.
    But they apparently do not have that....which leads others to
    conclude that this actual export via removal storage device which
    makes it more likely an inside job.

    Yes, you didn't read it. Make that "experts." From the story:

    The piece, “A New Report Raises Big Questions About Last Year’s DNC Hack,” with a sub-headline stating that it was “an inside job,” ran on the website of The Nation on August 9, 2017. “Forensic investigators, intelligence analysts, system designers, program architects, and
    computer scientists of long experience and strongly credentialed [sic]
    are now producing evidence disproving the official version of key events
    last year,” Lawrence wrote, of information retrieved from DNC
    headquarters. “Their work is intricate and continues at a kinetic pace
    as we speak.”

    Lawrence invented situations and people, got facts wrong, and made
    far-reaching claims without substantiation. Information that Lawrence
    described as “hard evidence” had, in reality, been manufactured by
    members of a Trump-supporting website, Disobedient Media, founded in
    2017 by William Craddick, a former law student who claimed to have
    started the “Pizzagate” conspiracy theory. The primary source in Lawrence’s story, cited eighteen times, was an anonymous figure, a
    supposed forensic expert known as “Forensicator.” That name was created
    by Disobedient Media in consultation with Tim Leonard, a British hacker,
    as an identity through which to present the “Forensicator report,” the document purporting to substantiate the “inside job” theory.

    End quote.

    You've internalized all this "evidence" without knowing it had been
    fabricated and amplified so skeptics such as you would draw false
    conclusions. Despite being sourced from the right, it was The Nation
    that published without the usual fact-checking.

    More:

    In his piece, Lawrence cited former intelligence officials, members of a
    group called Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS),
    stating that they endorsed the report’s claims. “It’s QED, theorem demonstrated,” William Binney, a former technical director at the
    National Security Agency, was quoted as saying. Five days after the
    Nation story ran, Binney went on Tucker Carlson Tonight to say that
    official hacking reports were “not backed up by facts.” The appearance attracted the attention of President Trump, who instructed Mike Pompeo,
    head of the Central Intelligence Agency, to meet with Binney. (Nothing
    came of their discussion.)

    When I met with Binney the next month, however, he told me that, when
    the Lawrence piece was published, the VIPS had not actually checked the evidence or reasoning in the Forensicator report. When Binney
    eventually looked into one of its key claims—that the stolen data could
    be proven to have been copied directly at a computer on the east
    coast—he changed his mind. There was “no evidence to prove where the
    copy was done”, he told me. The data “Forensicator” had given to VIPS had been “manipulated”, Binney said, and was “a fabrication”.

    End quote.

    But the idea of falsely accusing Russia could lead to significant
    increased risk of nuclear war is about as suspect as marrying
    Katrina.

    I'm not sure what your point is if only to admit there are kooks on
    both sides. For that I'll give you credit though I'm not sure why it
    would deserve any.

    It was the subject of your original post: left-ish Salon's tankie
    tendencies. The Lawrence featured above was hired away from Salon by The Nation. My point was the far left and far right have common tendencies,
    a view so not original or distinctive that it already has a name:
    Horseshoe Theory.

    https://soapboxie.com/us-politics/horseshoe-theory-political-left-and-right

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  • From ScottW@21:1/5 to All on Mon Feb 6 19:58:35 2023
    On Monday, February 6, 2023 at 4:26:18 PM UTC-8, MINe109 wrote:
    On 2/6/23 4:20 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Monday, February 6, 2023 at 1:44:18 PM UTC-8, MINe109 wrote:
    Looks like there was a magazine on the left that could top Salon!
    Following up on the far left meets far right on Russia, here's the
    formerly unpublished article about The Nation killed by the CJR.

    https://bylinetimes.com/2023/02/04/russia-and-the-us-press-the-article-the-cjr-didnt-publish/


    Accusing the Russian government of committing an act of war by hacking
    the Democratic National Committee, Cohen warned, might mean “the
    necessity of actual war, conceivably nuclear war, against Russia.”
    He wrote that “villainizing the Kremlin—without much evidence—is
    increasing the possibility of a US-Russian war.”

    And there ya go..."without much evidence".
    I go? I see you didn't read the actual article. Cohen dismissed the
    evidence out-of-hand.

    You cited the guy....not me.

    Experts have long said if this was truly an external hack the NSA computers would have records of the data exfiltration over the net.
    But they apparently do not have that....which leads others to
    conclude that this actual export via removal storage device which
    makes it more likely an inside job.
    Yes, you didn't read it. Make that "experts." From the story:

    The piece, “A New Report Raises Big Questions About Last Year’s DNC Hack,” with a sub-headline stating that it was “an inside job,” ran on the website of The Nation on August 9, 2017. “Forensic investigators, intelligence analysts, system designers, program architects, and
    computer scientists of long experience and strongly credentialed [sic]
    are now producing evidence disproving the official version of key events last year,” Lawrence wrote, of information retrieved from DNC headquarters. “Their work is intricate and continues at a kinetic pace
    as we speak.”

    Lawrence invented situations and people, got facts wrong, and made far-reaching claims without substantiation. Information that Lawrence described as “hard evidence” had, in reality, been manufactured by members of a Trump-supporting website, Disobedient Media, founded in
    2017 by William Craddick, a former law student who claimed to have
    started the “Pizzagate” conspiracy theory. The primary source in Lawrence’s story, cited eighteen times, was an anonymous figure, a supposed forensic expert known as “Forensicator.” That name was created by Disobedient Media in consultation with Tim Leonard, a British hacker,
    as an identity through which to present the “Forensicator report,” the document purporting to substantiate the “inside job” theory.

    End quote.

    Sounds like a lot of BS attempts to smear what was widely reported
    by numerous experts.
    And IIRC, the DNC's own experts said they found spyware on the system,
    and found data prepped for exfiltration...but no record of it ever being exfiltrated.
    Something that isn't impossible to cover but wasn't a feature of the spyware. So how did it get out of the server? No one has proven it one way or another.


    You've internalized all this "evidence" without knowing it had been fabricated and amplified so skeptics such as you would draw false conclusions.

    And you've swallowed a story from a crowdfunding website who
    won't even put an "About" on their website.
    Very sketchy source and quite possibly a russian front.


    Despite being sourced from the right, it was The Nation
    that published without the usual fact-checking.

    More:

    In his piece, Lawrence cited former intelligence officials, members of a group called Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS),
    stating that they endorsed the report’s claims. “It’s QED, theorem demonstrated,” William Binney, a former technical director at the
    National Security Agency, was quoted as saying. Five days after the
    Nation story ran, Binney went on Tucker Carlson Tonight to say that
    official hacking reports were “not backed up by facts.” The appearance attracted the attention of President Trump, who instructed Mike Pompeo,
    head of the Central Intelligence Agency, to meet with Binney. (Nothing
    came of their discussion.)

    When I met with Binney the next month, however, he told me that, when
    the Lawrence piece was published, the VIPS had not actually checked the evidence or reasoning in the Forensicator report. When Binney
    eventually looked into one of its key claims—that the stolen data could
    be proven to have been copied directly at a computer on the east
    coast—he changed his mind. There was “no evidence to prove where the copy was done”, he told me. The data “Forensicator” had given to VIPS had been “manipulated”, Binney said, and was “a fabrication”.

    End quote.
    But the idea of falsely accusing Russia could lead to significant increased risk of nuclear war is about as suspect as marrying
    Katrina.

    I'm not sure what your point is if only to admit there are kooks on
    both sides. For that I'll give you credit though I'm not sure why it
    would deserve any.
    It was the subject of your original post: left-ish Salon's tankie tendencies.

    In rebuke of your claim Ukraine war opposition is all right-wing
    pro-russian based.

    Mission accomplished, the horsehoes a ringer.

    ScottW

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  • From mINE109@21:1/5 to ScottW on Tue Feb 7 10:40:13 2023
    On 2/6/23 9:58 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Monday, February 6, 2023 at 4:26:18 PM UTC-8, MINe109 wrote:
    On 2/6/23 4:20 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Monday, February 6, 2023 at 1:44:18 PM UTC-8, MINe109 wrote:
    Looks like there was a magazine on the left that could top Salon!
    Following up on the far left meets far right on Russia, here's the
    formerly unpublished article about The Nation killed by the CJR.

    https://bylinetimes.com/2023/02/04/russia-and-the-us-press-the-article-the-cjr-didnt-publish/


    Accusing the Russian government of committing an act of war by hacking >>>> the Democratic National Committee, Cohen warned, might mean “the
    necessity of actual war, conceivably nuclear war, against Russia.”
    He wrote that “villainizing the Kremlin—without much evidence—is >>>> increasing the possibility of a US-Russian war.”

    And there ya go..."without much evidence".
    I go? I see you didn't read the actual article. Cohen dismissed the
    evidence out-of-hand.

    You cited the guy....not me.

    I had the advantage of having read the article. The quote seemed to show
    a far-left figure opposing anti-Russian questions which was my point.

    Experts have long said if this was truly an external hack the NSA
    computers would have records of the data exfiltration over the net.
    But they apparently do not have that....which leads others to
    conclude that this actual export via removal storage device which
    makes it more likely an inside job.
    Yes, you didn't read it. Make that "experts." From the story:

    The piece, “A New Report Raises Big Questions About Last Year’s DNC
    Hack,” with a sub-headline stating that it was “an inside job,” ran on >> the website of The Nation on August 9, 2017. “Forensic investigators,
    intelligence analysts, system designers, program architects, and
    computer scientists of long experience and strongly credentialed [sic]
    are now producing evidence disproving the official version of key events
    last year,” Lawrence wrote, of information retrieved from DNC
    headquarters. “Their work is intricate and continues at a kinetic pace
    as we speak.”

    Lawrence invented situations and people, got facts wrong, and made
    far-reaching claims without substantiation. Information that Lawrence
    described as “hard evidence” had, in reality, been manufactured by
    members of a Trump-supporting website, Disobedient Media, founded in
    2017 by William Craddick, a former law student who claimed to have
    started the “Pizzagate” conspiracy theory. The primary source in
    Lawrence’s story, cited eighteen times, was an anonymous figure, a
    supposed forensic expert known as “Forensicator.” That name was created >> by Disobedient Media in consultation with Tim Leonard, a British hacker,
    as an identity through which to present the “Forensicator report,” the >> document purporting to substantiate the “inside job” theory.

    End quote.

    Sounds like a lot of BS attempts to smear what was widely reported
    by numerous experts.

    No, it sounds like a debunking by journalism of propaganda and fakes.

    And IIRC, the DNC's own experts said they found spyware on the system,
    and found data prepped for exfiltration...but no record of it ever being exfiltrated.
    Something that isn't impossible to cover but wasn't a feature of the spyware. So how did it get out of the server? No one has proven it one way or another.

    If something is stolen from my house and is seen at your house, the
    mechanism is secondary. I assume the malware involved is capable of
    hiding a backdoor and perhaps of using a different malware to do the
    transfer.

    https://www.calyptix.com/news-and-events/dnc-hacks-how-spear-phishing-emails-were-used/

    GRU: https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0007/

    FSB: https://www.exabeam.com/information-security/who-is-apt29/

    You, of course, have far superior knowledge of computer stuff but you
    also have a track record of deliberately misleading.

    You've internalized all this "evidence" without knowing it had been
    fabricated and amplified so skeptics such as you would draw false
    conclusions.

    And you've swallowed a story from a crowdfunding website who
    won't even put an "About" on their website.
    Very sketchy source and quite possibly a russian front.

    Yeah, right. The website is just a host for posting the article prepared
    for CJR. The author announced its presence on twitter:

    https://twitter.com/dcampbell_iptv/status/1621652829394931715

    Despite being sourced from the right, it was The Nation
    that published without the usual fact-checking.

    More:

    ...When I met with Binney the next month, however, he told me that, when
    the Lawrence piece was published, the VIPS had not actually checked the
    evidence or reasoning in the Forensicator report. When Binney
    eventually looked into one of its key claims—that the stolen data could
    be proven to have been copied directly at a computer on the east
    coast—he changed his mind. There was “no evidence to prove where the
    copy was done”, he told me. The data “Forensicator” had given to VIPS >> had been “manipulated”, Binney said, and was “a fabrication”.

    End quote.
    But the idea of falsely accusing Russia could lead to significant
    increased risk of nuclear war is about as suspect as marrying
    Katrina.

    I'm not sure what your point is if only to admit there are kooks on
    both sides. For that I'll give you credit though I'm not sure why it
    would deserve any.
    It was the subject of your original post: left-ish Salon's tankie
    tendencies.

    In rebuke of your claim Ukraine war opposition is all right-wing pro-russian based.

    Since that's not what I think, I don't know how you got that
    misapprehension. There were "realists" who claimed it wasn't worth the
    effort to oppose the inevitable, for instance, who weren't pro-Russia as
    such.

    Mission accomplished, the horsehoes a ringer.

    Meanwhile:

    Pat Buchanan: https://www.wnd.com/2017/03/is-putin-the-pre-eminent-statesman-of-our-time/

    Franklin Graham: https://religionnews.com/2014/03/14/franklin-graham-putin-better-gay-issues-obama/

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  • From ScottW@21:1/5 to All on Tue Feb 7 08:45:31 2023
    On Tuesday, February 7, 2023 at 8:40:17 AM UTC-8, MINe109 wrote:
    On 2/6/23 9:58 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Monday, February 6, 2023 at 4:26:18 PM UTC-8, MINe109 wrote:
    On 2/6/23 4:20 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Monday, February 6, 2023 at 1:44:18 PM UTC-8, MINe109 wrote:
    Looks like there was a magazine on the left that could top Salon!
    Following up on the far left meets far right on Russia, here's the
    formerly unpublished article about The Nation killed by the CJR.

    https://bylinetimes.com/2023/02/04/russia-and-the-us-press-the-article-the-cjr-didnt-publish/


    Accusing the Russian government of committing an act of war by hacking >>>> the Democratic National Committee, Cohen warned, might mean “the
    necessity of actual war, conceivably nuclear war, against Russia.” >>>> He wrote that “villainizing the Kremlin—without much evidence—is >>>> increasing the possibility of a US-Russian war.”

    And there ya go..."without much evidence".
    I go? I see you didn't read the actual article. Cohen dismissed the
    evidence out-of-hand.

    You cited the guy....not me.
    I had the advantage of having read the article. The quote seemed to show
    a far-left figure opposing anti-Russian questions which was my point.

    So Tucker is now a leftie....who knew? This thread is exhausted.

    ScottW

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