Posted on 02/25/2015 7:36:06 PM PST by Nipfan
Further to my earlier story (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3261263/posts?q=1&;page=1)
the brilliant Josh at Bishop Hill puts it into perspective -
http://bishophill.squarespace.com/blog/2015/2/25/swivel-eyed-lunacy-josh-316.html#comments
The discussion on Bishop Hill (UK) is always interesting.
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Josh is wonderful at pocking the green blob in the eye but just imagine being on the receiving end of a concerted, government endorsed smear campaign. And it can't even be dismissed as just a conspiracy theory because they're quite open about it. See the earlier item -
Barack Obama Goes Full Stalin
Thank you both.
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