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cthulu2016

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30. Your parody doesn't begin to rival the real thing

Reply to Tommy_Carcetti (Original post)

Sat Mar 8, 2014, 04:25 PM

Mar 2014

The OP is far more rational than most of the genre. For instance, you left out the well known "fact" that there are no Russian troops in Crimea, which is currently over-run by American mercenaries.

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It was all a coup! [View all] Tommy_Carcetti Mar 2014 OP

"... probably because the US or EU or somebody paid them to do so." Or BP, Exxon, Shell, etc. Scuba Mar 2014 #1

Sure, why not. nt Tommy_Carcetti Mar 2014 #2

McCain Force One treestar Mar 2014 #3

Pop-eyes the crazy man n2doc Mar 2014 #4

He can be VERY subtle at times, though! Scootaloo Mar 2014 #10

The great and powerful! Tommy_Carcetti Mar 2014 #5

+1. Good summary. nt bemildred Mar 2014 #6

Is this irony? Funny, but doesn't shed much light. /nt philly_bob Mar 2014 #7

Irony. Parody. Satire. Tommy_Carcetti Mar 2014 #9

Thanks. Definitely not lame. philly_bob Mar 2014 #21

You're very welcome. nt Tommy_Carcetti Mar 2014 #22

Not Bad, Sir The Magistrate Mar 2014 #8

Oh, I thought that RT stood for Cha Mar 2014 #23

Message auto-removed Name removed Mar 2014 #11

Well done. HappyMe Mar 2014 #12

Ukraine: The Haze of Propaganda -- must read Whisp Mar 2014 #13

Excellent article. nt Tommy_Carcetti Mar 2014 #19

Thanks Whisp.. I was just thinking about that article that I had Cha Mar 2014 #24

Gitmo! GeorgeGist Mar 2014 #14

Well done. nt okaawhatever Mar 2014 #15

Ummm, you forgot about the oil and gas pipelines that are being usurped by big oil over Russian oil. grahamhgreen Mar 2014 #16

???? geek tragedy Mar 2014 #17

maps -> grahamhgreen Mar 2014 #18

Thank you for your post, Mr. Putin. (nt) jeff47 Mar 2014 #20

"Looky looky over here!.. " Cha Mar 2014 #25

? Tommy_Carcetti Mar 2014 #26

.. Cha Mar 2014 #29

I disagree that we wanted Svoboda in charge . . . another_liberal Mar 2014 #27

Yeah, it's not like they have elections scheduled for May. Tommy_Carcetti Mar 2014 #28

Your parody doesn't begin to rival the real thing cthulu2016 Mar 2014 #30

Primetime for creative speculation. nt Tommy_Carcetti Mar 2014 #31