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Ramrod Hotshot
May 30, 2003

Willie Tomg posted:

by the way if you just need a blender to make a smoothie after the gym or whatever don't spend $450 usd on a commercial grade vitamix you loving moron, no matter what a goon tells you, lmao

lol goons are dumb as hell

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Ramrod Hotshot
May 30, 2003

did u know you can look up the strength of various factions in the syrian civil war with wikipedia? yo cia, where's my torture money

Ramrod Hotshot
May 30, 2003

gently caress, double post

Atrocious Joe
Sep 2, 2011

jfood posted:

wait... was brownmoses an actual cia psy-op on these here forums, or was his posting so bad that the cia decided to fund it?

where does evilweasel fit into all of this?

I believe Brown Moses got all the backing after writing about a weapons supply line from Croatia to Syrian opposition groups. I assume he got funding because it's easiest to just pay the online guy to only look at "Assad's crimes", instead of risking him exposing more CIA logistics ops.

http://brown-moses.blogspot.com/2013/02/more-background-on-croatian-weapons-in.html

sleep with the vicious
Apr 2, 2010

Ramrod Hotshot posted:

lol goons are dumb as hell

i say swears online
Mar 4, 2005

It's been a suspiciously long time since I've seen al saqr tbh

Jose
Jul 24, 2007

Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer
i def believe this

Brown Moses posted:

Bellingcat gets about 50% of its funding from NED, OSF, Adessium, and Porticus, and the other 50% from workshops we run. None of Bellingcat's funding comes from the Atlantic Council (or the UAE) and I only get paid by the Atlantic Council for reports I contribute to, usually once a year. If you're that interested in the work I'm doing a documentary about it has just been released, so go watch that
https://www.vpro.nl/programmas/2doc/2018/bellingcat.html

steinrokkan
Apr 2, 2011



Soiled Meat
I believe it, because BM is the sort of tool who would publish articles like "It's equally as likely the civilians in Yemen bombed themselves as it is that they were bombed by the Saudis" on his own, driven by a desire to be the "well actually" guy in the room.

Flavahbeast
Jul 21, 2001


well actually,

https://www.bellingcat.com/?s=yemen

Bellingcat doesn't have a ton of Yemen articles but the ones they do have are critical of the Saudis. Here's their most recent one from this summer: https://www.bellingcat.com/news/mena/2018/08/18/19432/

fspades
Jun 3, 2013

by R. Guyovich

Flavahbeast posted:

well actually,

https://www.bellingcat.com/?s=yemen

Bellingcat doesn't have a ton of Yemen articles but the ones they do have are critical of the Saudis. Here's their most recent one from this summer: https://www.bellingcat.com/news/mena/2018/08/18/19432/

The literal CIA is critical of the Saudis at this point.

Atrocious Joe
Sep 2, 2011

NED was literally founded to fund soft-power stuff that the CIA was considered too toxic to be involved with after the Church Committee hearings. I think funding from them is suspect enough.

quote:

President Ronald Reagan established the program in 1983, following years of scandals that tarnished the Central Intelligence Agency. Soon it took over many of the tasks that the CIA used to perform. When the United States wanted to interfere in the Italian election of 1948, for example, the CIA did the job. Decades later, when Washington sought to push its favored candidate into the presidency of Nicaragua, our instrument was the National Endowment for Democracy. More recently, it has sought to influence elections in Mongolia, Albania, Bulgaria, and Slovakia. “A lot of what we do today was done covertly 25 years ago by the CIA,” one of the organization’s founders explained during the 1990s.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion...sUzL/story.html

R. Guyovich
Dec 25, 1991

Atrocious Joe posted:

NED was literally founded to fund soft-power stuff that the CIA was considered too toxic to be involved with after the Church Committee hearings. I think funding from them is suspect enough.

https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion...sUzL/story.html

right, which is why it's so insane he'd admit that's where his funding comes from.

Flavahbeast
Jul 21, 2001


Maybe he believes in what he's doing and is posting in good faith :angel:

R. Guyovich
Dec 25, 1991

Flavahbeast posted:

Maybe he believes in what he's doing and is posting in good faith :angel:

i'd respect him more if he just came out and said yes, this is where the funding comes from, i have a point of view, factor this in when you read what i write. the "objectivity" of these natsec ghouls is an obvious lie that people continue to believe for some reason.

THS
Sep 15, 2017

i absolutely can believe he’s pro imperialist and believes in what he’s doing. the CIA doesn’t have to control him in some secret way because they wouldn’t have to. he’s a true believer.

R. Guyovich
Dec 25, 1991

THS posted:

i absolutely can believe he’s pro imperialist and believes in what he’s doing. the CIA doesn’t have to control him in some secret way because they wouldn’t have to. he’s a true believer.

everybody and i mean EVERYBODY at beltway think tanks is a true believer. but they still pretend to be neutral scholars or observers.

THS
Sep 15, 2017

there was a good radio war nerd episode recently with max abrahms and at one point john dolan asks him if behind closed doors, like especially after the iraq war and stuff, if they know they are full of poo poo or that their ideology might have problems. and max abrahms is like, no, not even a little bit. behind closed doors they think their terrible psychotic worldviews are unassailable

anyway thats why there will be no mercy when the potomac runs red and the suburbs of DC burn

R. Guyovich
Dec 25, 1991

THS posted:

there was a good radio war nerd episode recently with max abrahms and at one point john dolan asks him if behind closed doors, like especially after the iraq war and stuff, if they know they are full of poo poo or that their ideology might have problems. and max abrahms is like, no, not even a little bit. behind closed doors they think their terrible psychotic worldviews are unassailable

anyway thats why there will be no mercy when the potomac runs red and the suburbs of DC burn

it makes sense. you can't have any doubters in the nerve centers of the security and intelligence apparatuses. that would bring the whole house of cards down

upgunned shitpost
Jan 21, 2015

greenwald refers to them as a new model clergy, about as apt as you can get with shorthand.

Darkman Fanpage
Jul 4, 2012
in the eyes of the house of saud the only thing worse than a shia crescent is this

https://twitter.com/weedmubarak/status/1055214369477259264?s=21

Dreylad
Jun 19, 2001

THS posted:

there was a good radio war nerd episode recently with max abrahms and at one point john dolan asks him if behind closed doors, like especially after the iraq war and stuff, if they know they are full of poo poo or that their ideology might have problems. and max abrahms is like, no, not even a little bit. behind closed doors they think their terrible psychotic worldviews are unassailable

anyway thats why there will be no mercy when the potomac runs red and the suburbs of DC burn

Some also interesting bits about how they get media training right away so they can be called up instantly to give a speel on cable news.

Sheng-Ji Yang
Mar 5, 2014


Sheng-Ji Yang
Mar 5, 2014


https://twitter.com/AFP/status/1067803082694828033

:thunk:

Toplowtech
Aug 31, 2004

For the Saudis, sure.

Ramrod Hotshot
May 30, 2003


We have to bomb schoolbuses in order to save them

Jose
Jul 24, 2007

Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer
https://twitter.com/SecPompeo/status/1067810950210826241

Pener Kropoopkin
Jan 30, 2013

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

(and can't post for 27 days!)

It's geographically impossible for Iran to support the rebels.

The Ol Spicy Keychain
Jan 17, 2013

I MEPHISTO MY OWN ASSHOLE

jfood posted:

wait... was brownmoses an actual cia psy-op on these here forums, or was his posting so bad that the cia decided to fund it?

where does evilweasel fit into all of this?

if his posts in d&d are anything to go by ev*lw*asel seems like the kind of person who would turn informant at the drop of a hat if given a chance

paul_soccer10
Mar 28, 2016

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

lol

Horseshoe theory
Mar 7, 2005


MbS Senpai... :swoon:

jfood posted:

wait... was brownmoses an actual cia psy-op on these here forums, or was his posting so bad that the cia decided to fund it?

where does evilweasel fit into all of this?

Nah, Vilerat was the actual CIA psy-op, Brown Moses is merely a useful idiot.

Horseshoe theory has issued a correction as of 13:35 on Nov 29, 2018

cool dance moves
Aug 27, 2018



Death is a kind of relief, sure

Egg Moron
Jul 21, 2003

the dreams of the delighting void

Pener Kropoopkin posted:

It's geographically impossible for Iran to support the rebels.

When you add up the thoughts, prayers, and social media activism, Iran IS #theREBELS

upgunned shitpost
Jan 21, 2015

pretty sure it's one of his kids running the account, but the ahmadinejad's are a legit good at twitter.

Taintrunner
Apr 10, 2017

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

the fun thing about Twitter is that they’ll defend the government’s right to openly support genocidal acts while refusing to allow the people they’re elected to represent the right to tell said officials to swallow a box of nails

Toplowtech
Aug 31, 2004

Well he got a point: dead people can't suffer. They still suffer a lot to reach the "no more suffering" point.

Pener Kropoopkin
Jan 30, 2013

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

(and can't post for 27 days!)

https://twitter.com/turing_police/status/1068205346227810304?s=21

mila kunis
Jun 10, 2011
Lol

BREAKING NEWS : FREE FRENCH ARMY MILITANTS AND CATHOLIC EXTREMIST GROUPS HAVE ENTERED THE CITY OF PARIS (i.redd.it)

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"The people want the fall of the regime" graffiti in Paris, as Macron-loyalsts crack down on pro-democracy activists. (i.redd.it)

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Macron regime intelligence cracks down on peaceful pro-democracy protests, incarcerates more than 100 opposition activists (reuters.com)

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Sheng-Ji Yang
Mar 5, 2014


https://twitter.com/markperrydc/status/1070384570678345729

Pener Kropoopkin
Jan 30, 2013

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

(and can't post for 27 days!)

need a gofundme for every Sudanese who frags their officer

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paul_soccer10
Mar 28, 2016

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
:owned: https://twitter.com/Partisangirl/status/1071639521404510209

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