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rinselberg
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OCT 20, 08:40 AM
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What's the common denominator here? Trying to set up a Flash Mob that could do a good job of singing protest songs with anti-Trump themed lyrics? I don't know myself, but apparently, that famous Russian "troll farm" had some kind of idea about it:
| quote | | A fake “Helen Christopherson” account in July 2017 contacted three unnamed U.S. organizations to set up “flash mobs” opposing Trump at the White House—seeking “resistance activists, show tune lovers and karaoke fans.” |
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Daily Beast reporters Kevin Poulson and Spencer Ackerman report on the new Criminal Complaint (it's not an Indictment) from the Department of Justice. It did not come directly from the Mueller-led Special Counsel investigation of events and circumstances associated with the 2016 Presidential election.
Here's another nugget from the Daily Beast's report:
| quote | Perhaps the most surreal moment in Project Lakhta came from Russian troll accounts feigning outrage about Russian trolling.
Posing as a Trump opponent, one such Twitter account tweeted on the day Mueller indicted 13 people affiliated with the [Russia-based] Internet Research Agency: “Still think this Russia thing is a hoax and a witch hunt? Because a lot of witches just got indicted.” Another added: “I hope that all those Internet Research Agency f*ckers will be sent to gitmo.” |
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No big deal here. There are some who might say that the Pennock's "rinselberg" account has been kind of quiet, of late. Just something I think is worth sharing.
"The Most Shocking Moments of the New Russia Complaint, from ‘Civil War’ to ‘Fake’ Rubio to ‘Colored LGBT’"
~ Kevin Poulson and Spencer Ackerman for the Daily Beast; October 19, 2018.
https://www.thedailybeast.c...olored-lgbt?ref=wrap[This message has been edited by rinselberg (edited 10-20-2018).]
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rinselberg
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OCT 20, 09:02 AM
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And just for "good measure" here . . .
| quote | A senior Treasury Department employee was arrested and charged with leaking sensitive documents about figures connected to the Russia investigation to a reporter, the Justice Department said Wednesday.
Natalie Mayflower Sours Edwards, a senior adviser at the Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, known as FinCEN, was charged with disclosing "suspicious activity reports" (SARs) beginning in October 2017, the U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of New York said.
U.S. Attorney Geoffrey S. Berman said in a statement that Edwards "betrayed her position of trust by repeatedly disclosing highly sensitive information."
"SARs, which are filed confidentially by banks and other financial institutions to alert law enforcement to potentially illegal transactions, are not public documents, and it is an independent federal crime to disclose them outside of one's official duties," Berman said.
Prosecutors said Edwards leaked documents related to Paul Manafort, Rick Gates, the Russian Embassy and Maria Butina, among others. The information was used in approximately 12 news stories, according to the indictment. |
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That is about half of the text in the October 17 report for CBS News online from reporter Holly Rosencrantz :
https://www.cbsnews.com/new...rds-in-russia-probe/
Holly Rosencrantz..? How about "Rosencrantz and Guilderstern Are Dead"..? The closer you look, the deeper it gets. This Absurdist and Existential tragicomedy that comes under the rubric of Current Events.[This message has been edited by rinselberg (edited 10-20-2018).]
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williegoat
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OCT 20, 12:39 PM
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As the Daily Beast article shows, the Russian interference is meant to foment chaos, not to support Trump. It is indeed Russian meddling, but not Russian collusion. This is something that most of the main stream media purveyors of propaganda often fail to make clear.
"stage play & cinema music" - a fancy term for "show tunes"?[This message has been edited by williegoat (edited 10-20-2018).]
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rinselberg
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OCT 20, 01:55 PM
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I just thought that "show tunes" might not be understood by everyone in every corner of the world that is doubtless reading this discussion. The readers that have English as only their second language, and that do not have the same familiarity with American and English-speaking pop culture and its idioms and phrases.
No biggie. (Not a big thing.)
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williegoat
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OCT 20, 02:02 PM
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From the “Rinselberg > English” dictionary:
Rinselberg: I just thought that "show tunes" might not be understood by everyone in every corner of the world that is doubtless reading this discussion. The readers that have English as only their second language, and that do not have the same familiarity with American and English-speaking pop culture and its idioms and phrases.
English: yes
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Tony Kania
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OCT 20, 10:41 PM
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olejoedad
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OCT 20, 11:41 PM
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williegoat
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OCT 21, 12:49 AM
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That was weird.... |
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ISIS musical chairs: when the music stops....well....there are no chairs, so.....
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randye
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OCT 21, 01:16 AM
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Ronald enjoys long walks on the beach holding hands with his boyfriend....
...then the LSD wears off and he's aimlessly dragging a stolen mannequin around a McDonalds parking lot while mumbling TRUMP, TRUUUUUMP.
....and we get more of his threads like this one...[This message has been edited by randye (edited 10-22-2018).]
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