April 2021 | 126 comments (126 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

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With the US/UK press in full Russia hysteria mode, right now, it's time for a thread on things the Anglo-American media has accused Moscow of "weaponising."

We shall start with Charlie Sheen.

Yes. Really. Not a joke.

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— Bryan MacDonald (@27khv) April 4, 2021

by Cat on Mon Apr 12th, 2021 at 03:34:22 PM EST
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If you were to make a list of Hollywood personalities who might help your political cause, Charlie Sheen would be quite a ways down it.

by asdf on Tue Apr 13th, 2021 at 01:02:59 AM EST
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Fortunately, the list of weapons is long and harrowing.

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

by Cat on Tue Apr 13th, 2021 at 11:35:03 AM EST
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And don't forget the simultaneous hysteria over China.

Need to rile up the masses, diverting them from misrule at home.

She believed in nothing; only her skepticism kept her from being an atheist. -- Jean-Paul Sartre

by ATinNM on Tue Apr 13th, 2021 at 04:16:25 PM EST
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Weaponizing Charlie Sheen (none / 0)

Are they going to drop him from a bomber or shoot him out of a cannon?

I'm good either way.

She believed in nothing; only her skepticism kept her from being an atheist. -- Jean-Paul Sartre

by ATinNM on Tue Apr 13th, 2021 at 04:21:36 PM EST
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April 2021 | 126 comments (126 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

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