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http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-12-10/senate-quietly-passes-countering-disinformation-and-propaganda-act

And so, a new era begins.

Awfully convenient how this gets passed in the midst of accusations of Russian election hacking and Pizzagate. Russian hacking, which there is no proof of outside of the CIA's 'secret meeting conclusion', sure did cause Hillary's cronies to launder money for their campaign from Saudi Arabia!

By the way, for those curious, the Intelligence Community acknowledges how easy it would be to detect if Russia actually did engage in 'hacking' email servers. It is a question of tracing network login origins. The only 'hacking' by Russia up for discussion is the manipulation of bots and social engineering on sites like Reddit and Twitter. Those can only go so far in pushing a narrative, and you can bet Twitter and Reddit worked hard to clear Trump-supporting bots.

Not to mention the FBI has officially stated they do not directly suspect Russia to be invovled with the DNC leaks ( http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/01/us/politics/fbi-russia-election-donald-trump.html ).

Not to mention Assange and WikiLeaks said they do not have ties to Russia ( https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/793268442329735168 ) and that the leaker was internal to the DNC ( http://www.inquisitr.com/3682731/julian-assange-has-confirmed-that-the-u-s-government-is-lying-to-the-american-people-about-russia/ ).

Oh, and let's not forget the fact that the CIA just so happens to be responsible for rigging the elections of 3rd world countries all around the globe, such that they become politically and thereby economically dependent on Western banking interests.

But this is all fake news, right?

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was aware of the first one, which is really scary. that second one makes me just kinda facepalm real hard. im totally unsurprised that things are rapidly going downhill under teresa may's influence
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At least Vashon is taking the end with humor. Yeah the only thing left is to laugh at how garbage things 'bout to sound.
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thats pretty scary
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Hibiki says

orly, im rly interested but im not sure i get it. can u dumb it down for me, if you could be so kind


the US govt in 2012 allowed for gov't-issued media to be broadcast not only to foreign entities but also domestic ( http://www.opsecnews.com/hr-4310-passes-in-ndaa-authorizing-propaganda-on-american-citizens/ )

and now in 2016, they have basically enhanced that power to include direct financing and production of US gov't-sanctioned news. the argument is that it will be used to block 'Russian' propaganda (the gov't decides what is and isn't Russian propaganda), but the 'counterpropaganda' they create can be used to support whatever narrative the US officially endorses.

tl;dr, the US congress just passed a wide-sweeping endorsement of state-issued propaganda and censorship
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I was raised on Tang and Snapple.
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easier said than done when you were raised on fluoridated water
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orly, im rly interested but im not sure i get it. can u dumb it down for me, if you could be so kind
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every height difference is noticeable if you pay close enough attention
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i always feel strange when i see someone noticeably taller than me
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harodihg says

are you saying that I'm a hummingbird with toes?


hummingbirds can have toes if they want, im not a specist
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thecolonel says


Orly says

are you 6'5" or taller? because if you arent, than you're either as tall as me or shorter than me.

metaphorically, you're more akin to a hummingbird


is this with tippie toes


im 6'4.5" , to be exact
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are you saying that I'm a hummingbird with toes?
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that sure is an odd way of saying you are 6'6". idk, seems like foreign propaganda to me. gonna have to correct your fake news from the record
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Orly says

are you 6'5" or taller? because if you arent, than you're either as tall as me or shorter than me.

metaphorically, you're more akin to a hummingbird


is this with tippie toes
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I never knew that until now, wow.
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Orly says

are you 6'5" or taller? because if you arent, than you're either as tall as me or shorter than me.


if someone is 6'6" they are taller than you.
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are you 6'5" or taller? because if you arent, than you're either as tall as me or shorter than me.

metaphorically, you're more akin to a hummingbird
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I'm metaphorically and literally taller than you.
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im going to skateboard over your mouth, and it will be US government-sanctioned
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it's crazy how time flies. I don't skateboard anymore.
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I used to skateboard some
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by the way, the Dems were likely passing this bill with the thought of Clinton taking over the white house. then they could establish a nice progressive narrative for why we had to go to war with Russia.

oops! now Trump has the power to create propaganda and censor whatever media his agencies dislike. great job, Dems! ah well, at least republican BS is infinitely easier to detect
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edit: Electabuzz and Sandslash definitely belong in that list as well
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Some of the top options: Scyther, Arcanine, Kabutops, Dragonite