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Old 19th December 2017, 03:52 PM   #3521
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Originally Posted by Childlike Empress View Post
Of great use to a development of accurate understanding of reality for you would be to drop the naive notion that there are "unbiased" journalistic sources. What's important is transparency, and that's why a source called "conservative treehouse" or "world socialist web site" is preferable in principle (if their research is solid) to one that pretends to be fair and balanced, first and foremost the "papers of record" which are anything but that.
There's a difference between having a political slant and regurgitating partisan propaganda, as I suspect you know.
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Old 19th December 2017, 04:05 PM   #3522
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Originally Posted by Childlike Empress View Post
Oh, and Squeegee, the "illegal" claim is in the first sentence of the first point in the letter. They just call it "unlawful". Maybe I should accuse you of disinformation now? Or did you just lie to yourself again?
The letter says that the GSA's actions were "unlawful", not Mueller's. But that doesn't cast Mueller's investigation in the same bad light, does it?
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Old 19th December 2017, 04:14 PM   #3523
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Originally Posted by Childlike Empress View Post
Of great use to a development of accurate understanding of reality for you would be to drop the naive notion that there are "unbiased" journalistic sources.
You might benefit from accepting that there is an objective reality available for all of us to observe and, indeed, absorb and inwardly digest.

Your "sources" universally fly in the face of it, and make you appear to be nothing more than a conduit.
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Old 19th December 2017, 04:16 PM   #3524
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Originally Posted by Squeegee Beckenheim View Post
The letter says that the GSA's actions were "unlawful", not Mueller's. But that doesn't cast Mueller's investigation in the same bad light, does it?
A bad light on one part of the deep state is a bad light on it all. Lie with dogs, get up with fleas.
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Old 19th December 2017, 04:24 PM   #3525
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If you can ever figure out what just it is that you are talking about, then kindly let the rest of us know.

It doesn’t need to make sense. Anything that promotes FUD makes Vladimir smile.
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Old 19th December 2017, 04:27 PM   #3526
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Originally Posted by Squeegee Beckenheim View Post
There's a difference between having a political slant and regurgitating partisan propaganda, as I suspect you know.
You're more charitable than me. I don't suspect cynicism, I'm pretty sure it's down to belief. (I have a low opinion of belief.)
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Old 19th December 2017, 04:29 PM   #3527
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Originally Posted by Squeegee Beckenheim View Post
The letter says that the GSA's actions were "unlawful", not Mueller's. But that doesn't cast Mueller's investigation in the same bad light, does it?
It's doubtful as well that the GSA's actions were unlawful. If there was any legal reason anywhere in the chain Trump's lawyers would have filed a motion. Instead in all of Trumplandistan the little creatures are working on manipulating the believers.
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Old 19th December 2017, 04:34 PM   #3528
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@ferd burfle :

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It doesn’t need to make sense. Anything that promotes FUD makes Vladimir smile.
Not if it promotes it at home. Putin's whole schtick is that with him in charge everything's under control (and Russia is great again).
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Old 19th December 2017, 04:45 PM   #3529
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Originally Posted by Skeptic Ginger View Post
It's doubtful as well that the GSA's actions were unlawful. If there was any legal reason anywhere in the chain Trump's lawyers would have filed a motion. Instead in all of Trumplandistan the little creatures are working on manipulating the believers.
It also flies in the face of reality that Mueller would have taken the emails without following legal procedures scrupulously. He'd rather not have them otherwise, since that would poison the whole enquiry.

In reality it's as simple as has been said here so often : use a .gov account and the likes of Mueller can get a look at what you say. And it seems that some people did.
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Old 20th December 2017, 06:53 AM   #3530
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Essentially I couldn't care less. Again, this isn't about the Mueller investigation's "bias" (that's what the Washington Pest pre$$titutes want you to believe - real journalism LOL), it is about how it came into being in the first place.
Can you define what "real Journalism" is for the class ?
I'll take that as a a resounding "no".

Color me surprised.
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