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Vladimir Putin posted:Like 2 years ago they were bombing all the gently caress over Syria with cruise missiles and loving flying sorties all over. Where do they get of bitching about this now? Relax. Its just a bold response to play up Putin's crowd.
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Uglycat posted:I've thought about this a lot. Now, there's obviously multiple sockpoppet armies operated by a diverse set of troll farms. There's been a strong alliance of various accelerationist ideologiest, across national boundaries. Trump's win was clearly engineered exploiting this new tech. If Trump's hanging on to 40% with the thing churning in his favor, suppose the thing swings full 180 on him? Suppose even a chunk of those sockpuppets suddenly went turncoat? There is no logical reason to believe the things written in this post (you're basically assuming that public sentiment regarding Trump is heavily influenced on a continuing basis by sockpuppet accounts), and fake social media accounts used for marketing/propaganda purposes aren't really "new tech." You're basically using conspiracy theorist logic that just makes blind assumptions that can't be disproved (or proved given currently available data).
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I went back and removed a few tweets from earlier, actual journalists in my feed had retweeted the guy so I assumed he was a legitimate source of information. Turns out that may not be the case! So, in an effort to not contribute to the spreading of fake news, I edited them out. My apologies!
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This is the logical outcome of John Bolton being in the White House. We are back to neocon Forever War. Troops go out to fight and when they get back from the war, everything is gayer than when they left.
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Mantis42 posted:I don't think the trollfarms actually matter all that much. They're effective at muddying debates and generating suspicion. But yeah, I don't think anyone was convinced to vote for Trump because of a bot. People are just encouraged to act crazier because they think they have more support than they do.
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Ytlaya posted:There is no logical reason to believe the things written in this post (you're basically assuming that public sentiment regarding Trump is heavily influenced on a continuing basis by sockpuppet accounts), and fake social media accounts used for marketing/propaganda purposes aren't really "new tech." ... it's Uglycat.
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Russia's angry.
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Tatsuta Age posted:Which government post in the Trump administration do you head? Yes, and the Stones' You can't always get what you want. I am bad at computers, but the corncobbing must end!
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Giggy posted:They're effective at muddying debates and generating suspicion. But yeah, I don't think anyone was convinced to vote for Trump because of a bot. People are just encouraged to act crazier because they think they have more support than they do. Yeah, this. Trump won because of that piece of poo poo Comey releasing that nothing report on Hillary a week before the election. It blows my mind that so many liberals seem to have forgotten about that and think he’s a hero now.
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A.I. Borgland Corp posted:It's kind of incredibly how feckless they sound They have no real ability to project force outside of very limited methods and covert / tech stuff, but they have enough nukes to end the human race, so we have to take them extremely seriously. Also if anyone cares /pol/ is also turning on Trump over this, so there goes his entire base.
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"He did good on TPP" no one tell him
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Grapplejack posted:They have no real ability to project force outside of very limited methods and covert / tech stuff, but they have enough nukes to end the human race, so we have to take them extremely seriously. I could see Russia establishing a closer relationship with Turkey because of this. They can't attack the US, but they can give intelligence on the SDF to Turkey.
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Ytlaya posted:There is no logical reason to believe the things written in this post (you're basically assuming that public sentiment regarding Trump is heavily influenced on a continuing basis by sockpuppet accounts), and fake social media accounts used for marketing/propaganda purposes aren't really "new tech." I don't think it's entirely baseless, several prominent pro-Trump twitter accounts were Russian controlled. I don't think they will have an immediate effect, but they will influence Trumpist talking points, consequently Fox talking points, which will directly reach Trump. Things like Cambridge Analytica, and massive coordinated internet troll operations are new, even if it is more about how new tech is used. I'm not entirely agreeing with Uglycat, that it would have an immediate effect on polling numbers, but it certainly may affect many things.
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In other news, Opening Arguments has dropped another cast..quote:In this rapid-response episode, Thomas and Andrew take a look at the FBI’s search of the offices of Michael Cohen, Donald Trump’s personal lawyer and alleged “fixer.”
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So Trump ordered airstrikes on Syria, now he just needs to fire Rosenstein then it's off to a relaxing weekend at Mar A Lago.
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How's Hannity? If Trump loses Hannity, he's lost all.
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I figured he must have changed his tune as a co-worker of mine who has been vehemently pro-Trump suddenly turned on him yesterday spouting the "compromised," "the rebels launch the chemical attack" and other talking points almost exactly.
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Throwing Turtles posted:Ok so this is stupid paranoid bullshit, but it's a stupid bullshit world. Trump and Putin talk a lot. We really only find out about it if Russia let's us know. And there's nothing we can do about it. Is it at all possible that Putin is ok with this because it keeps Trump up and running for a few more days. Yeah he's mad in public, but really he doesn't care. Trump fucks things up more in America and Putin is out almost nothing. I wouldn't say that Putin's okay with it because it keeps Trump in power specifically, but the smart money is definitely with "Putin and Trump's government talked about what was going to get hit to prevent a WW3 scenario".
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Vladimir Putin posted:But we ain’t used them on nobody. drat. im sure trump wishes he could on a big portion of us citizens
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Cythereal posted:If Trump thinks this is going to distract from the Cohen saga, he's wrong. Middle East hellwar is barely a blip on the radar next to palace intrigue out of Washington. While I'm sure this idea passed through the pudding in Donny's head, it seems pretty clear that he's been itching to retaliate for the chemical weapons use since it happened. As with the attack last year, it is clear that if you can show him sad pictures it actually does move his thinking. Add in Bolton having an actual excuse to push for death and destruction abroad, and Donny was always going to blow some poo poo up in response to Assad using CW. The only reason we delayed is likely the UK and France insisting on actually planning things out instead of impulsively and ineffectively dropping dozens of missiles on an airfield to cause a temporary nuisance. I would hazard that portions of the crowd constantly trying to talk Donny down from firing Rosentein or Mueller did use this as an opportunity to try and muzzle that beast. Just like Ty Cobb keeps telling Donny that the investigation is totally almost over, I'm sure someone is hopping that the rear end in a top hat thing Donny was going to do anyway provides enough cover for the big baby to calm down and stop his tantrum over Cohen.
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Lycus posted:How's Hannity? If Trump loses Hannity, he's lost all. Hannity loves this poo poo.
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TealShark posted:I figured he must have changed his tune as a co-worker of mine who has been vehemently pro-Trump suddenly turned on him yesterday spouting the "compromised," "the rebels launch the chemical attack" and other talking points almost exactly. Jones thinks they're blackmailing Trump, which is hilarious because everything Trump does and says in public is far more embarrassing than anything you could blackmail him with. Unless... the Piss Tape...
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Lycus posted:How's Hannity? If Trump loses Hannity, he's lost all. Hannity is the truest of true Trump believers.
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Cable Guy posted:Uh.. didn't trump use this when he accepted the GOP nomination...? It was actually the song "You can't always get what you want".
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Lycus posted:How's Hannity? If Trump loses Hannity, he's lost all. Sean has a boner for this. Hell, he probably has been talking Trump's ear off all week pushing him to do something. e: oh gently caress I was wrong. His take is even dumber https://twitter.com/bad_takes/status/984980486480121856 cochise fucked around with this message at 04:25 on Apr 14, 2018 |
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Johnny Bravo posted:I went back and removed a few tweets from earlier, actual journalists in my feed had retweeted the guy so I assumed he was a legitimate source of information. Turns out that may not be the case! So, in an effort to not contribute to the spreading of fake news, I edited them out. My apologies! I dunno if it was you but apparently that Isis is attacking guy is a fraud https://twitter.com/adamsteinbaugh/status/984976492265459713
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This is already loving horrid but I hope somehow cooler heads prevail everywhere else so it's not continued or escalated.
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Gyges posted:While I'm sure this idea passed through the pudding in Donny's head, it seems pretty clear that he's been itching to retaliate for the chemical weapons use since it happened. As with the attack last year, it is clear that if you can show him sad pictures it actually does move his thinking. Lol I highly doubt Trump gives a poo poo about dead Arab babies. He only cares about hitting Syria when they use chemical weapons because Obama wouldn't do it when he was in office.
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Mr Ice Cream Glove posted:Propaganda from One America News Network lol gg oan
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Thanks, I needed that. Surprised no one's mashed Big Enough with Paranoia Agent, which is super appropriate of late. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKoSTE1mAuE
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EwokEntourage posted:I dunno if it was you but apparently that Isis is attacking guy is a fraud Yet he gets verified and Lowtax gets autobanned
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EwokEntourage posted:I dunno if it was you but apparently that Isis is attacking guy is a fraud Why should I trust this random checkmark over that other random checkmark
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boner confessor posted:lol gg oan this is going to get bad.
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A.I. Borgland Corp posted:It's kind of incredibly how feckless they sound That's nothing. Earlier in the day: https://mobile.twitter.com/NeilPHauer/status/984760856746627073 (I can confirm the translation is accurate, and the original poster is a known Putin regime toady).
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Google Butt posted:What's oan? "own" from times of quake? I mean poison gas gets you a death sentence, easy, but this president?
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EwokEntourage posted:I dunno if it was you but apparently that Isis is attacking guy is a fraud dunno if it was me what? the guy tweeting that stuff? nah, i went back and removed a few tweets of his that i had posted though because i caught a popehat retweet pointing it out
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I wouldn't pay much attention to Russia's response to this strike. Last time we did this they pulled the same "there will be consequences" garbage, and by Monday noon, had forgotten what happened like the rest of us. Even the Syrian government seems to be taking the whole getting bombed thing relatively well.
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Phobic Nest posted:Thanks, I needed that. Laughing as the mushroom cloud looms over all. Par for the course love that series
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