From accusations of being a "Putin puppet" to insults in the span of a handful of posts. And the reference to Breitbart and Stormfront is a nice touch. It used to be the case, not that long ago, that this level of childish invective was typically consigned to the right, which any intelligent person could see for what…

No, there's another option you're not considering. Sometimes we can convince ourselves of the truth of a proposition that we begin to see evidence everywhere, even though it might not necessarily be there at all. And then we begin to make connections between these bits and pieces of disparate and typically…

Ah, I was wondering how long it would take for someone to accuse me being a "Putin puppet." Turns out, I didn't have to wait long. I'm sure you've imagined all sorts of nefarious scenarios wherein those who dissent from the establishment narrative are motivated, overtly or covertly, by some shadowy foreign power. Such…

Quite right. Don't forget, though, that CNN and MSNBC are as much propaganda as RT or Fox, the only difference being that the former are corporate propaganda that panders to establishment interests and the latter are motivated more by ideology than anything else. Rachel Maddow, for example, has managed to convince a…

Yes, quite sad. There was a time when Americans loyally allowed themselves to be exposed only to homegrown corporate propaganda, rather than treasonously looking to foreign-government-owned media. Why, I even know people who watch BBC, al-Jazeera, and the like, all similarly owned and controlled by foreign…

Yeah, damn right! If anyone is going to indoctrinate the American people, it should be our own patriotic media conglomerates. Unfortunately, today, the corporate media is one of the most distrusted institutions in the country. No doubt the result of some nefarious scheme concocted by Putin.

Yeah, it's a shame. The last thing this country needs is to hear dissident voices, especially those who speak out against corporate and political power. Such dissent serves simply to undermine the "manufacture of consent" of our patriotic American media conglomerates, which according to establishment mouthpieces like…

Things happen on this show for no discernible reason and in defiance of logic. So much so that, at some point, you either have to just say "fuck it" and learn to love its awfulness, or stop watching. On the positive side, FTWD is fast approaching Under the Dome levels of craziness, so I'll keep watching for now.

Yeah, I saw that. To be clear, I'm not claiming that Trump is innocent, I'm only pointing out that "Russia-gate" suffers from a serious lack of evidence. It's not to say that evidence couldn't be produced in the future. The problem is that the evidence we've seen to date doesn't even come close to proving the…

Sure, I guess it's odd. Yet it doesn't come close to proving collusion or even the lesser charge of interference. If you want to point out suspicious behavior, that's fine. But it's a big leap from "that's odd" to "Russia interfered in the election," let alone that Trump colluded with Putin. Not that I'm saying you're…

I didn't say it was.

There's no evidence to support any of this. Come back to me when you've found some.

Sure, it's criminal activity. How is that evidence that Russia interfered in the election?

So, the problem is, and has been from the start, that no evidence has ever been shown to support these statements. It's not a question of the DNI's "assessment" of what the Russian government may or may not have gotten up to during the election. No, the problem is there's no evidence to support any such assessments.…

Saying that one is not aware of evidence of collusion, or that no evidence of collusion was included in the report, is not the same thing as saying there is no evidence of it.

I referenced Clapper's comment specifically in reference to the intel report. Clapper reiterated that there is still no evidence of such collusion at the committee hearing on May 8th. It's true that Clapper also stated that he's not privy to any information the FBI may (or may not) have, but the point remains: there's…

Yes, I agree. I don't think a lot of people understand exactly what is meant by the "hacking" term. I never understood it to mean that Russia hacked the voting machines until quite a few people actually made that claim, although that was a few months ago now and the term is being used less and less as people are…

Sure, it's possible.

Yes, I agree. I've had similar experiences. But, to be fair, I think a lot of people are now coming to realize, slowly but surely, that this whole "Russia-gate" thing is a fraud. It got so bad that, a couple months ago, I posted a comment blasting Cory Booker for not voting to support a resolution that would have…

I don't think any right thinking person believes Russia hacked the election