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((macro))

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Alerts

For faulty statistics:

((badstats))

[Bad Statistics Alert!]

To point out the system is broken:

((broken))

[System.Is.Broken Alert]

Citation needed:

((cite))

[citation needed]

Macho Alert:

((username macho))

[username's Macho Moment of the Day™ Technology]

Neoconservative thinking ahoy!

((neocon))

[Neocon Moment Alert]

Smells like propaganda:

((propaganda))

[Propaganda™ Alert]

For unfortunate instances of Russophobia:

((russophobia))

[Russophobia alert!]

For strong Europessimism:

((doomed))

[Europe.Is.Doomed™ Alert]

For "What about... ?" situations:

((whatabout))

[Whataboutism Alert]

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Media alerts

Murdoch media in general:

((murdoch))

[Murdoch Alert]

Conservative views from the British Telegraph:

((torygraph))

[Torygraph Alert]

Neoliberal or Atlanticist views from Der Spiegel:

((spiegel))

SPIEGEL alert

Here comes NYT columnist Thomas Friedman!

((moustache))

[Moustache of Understanding Alert]

France 24 all too often:

((france24))

FRANCE 24 is SUCH rubbish

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Miscellaneous

Ironic bad:

((badthing))

You say that like it's a bad thing

Accompanies dire predictions of doom:

((username doom))

[username's Crystal Ball of Doom™ Technology]

ONOZ OMG!!

((onoz))

For Condie Rice-style "unpredictable" events:

((predict))

Who Could Have Predicted?

For likely official censorship:

((redacted))

[redacted]

Roll eyes

((roll))

That was obvious!

((sherlock))

[No Shit, Sherlock!]

Channeling Capt Renault from "Casablanca":

((shocked))

I'm SHOCKED, I tell you, SHOCKED

For 1789 situations:

((guillotine))

When encountering Orwellian language:

((orwell))

Orwell Lives

When calling bullshit:

((bullshit))

When CT radio waves come on too strong:

((tinfoil))

For "Well, duh" situations:

((duh))

For head-scratching situations:

((scratch))

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