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Shaquin
May 12, 2007
im saying covering the already muddy earth of the most popularized news media in the country being useless and firmly in the pocket of the plutocracy is irrelevant you arent gonna blow minds on sa about that

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Mr. Pumroy
May 20, 2001

so when do i get the money, op. we're all divvying it up, right?

raton
Jul 28, 2003

by FactsAreUseless

Serious Frolicking posted:

what? i live in the us. oh no, the prime minister of chucklefuckistan's cousin is corrupt. like, so what? that sounds very important to someone who lives in that particular shithole and completely irrelevant to everyone else.

:ughh:

Snooze Cruise
Feb 16, 2013

hey look,
a post
i mean this is just the initial stories, we are going to get a slow drip of stories about this, i mean this leak really is pretty massive

poverty goat
Feb 15, 2004



PBS Newshour posted:

i mean this is just the initial stories, we are going to get a slow drip of stories about this, i mean this leak really is pretty massive

it apparently covers 40 years or something worth of scanned/OCRed documents

Robo Reagan
Feb 12, 2012

by Fluffdaddy
nothing will come of this

Burt Sexual
Jan 26, 2006

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
Switchblade Switcharoo
I need blood tonight or tomorrow. Don't care later

raton
Jul 28, 2003

by FactsAreUseless

The Goatfather posted:

it apparently covers 40 years or something worth of scanned/OCRed documents

lol wow

Snooze Cruise
Feb 16, 2013

hey look,
a post
2016, what a year

100 HOGS AGREE
Oct 13, 2007
Grimey Drawer
https://mobile.twitter.com/wikileaks/status/716772373408718849

Fojar38
Sep 2, 2011


Sorry I meant to say I hope that the police use maximum force and kill or maim a bunch of innocent people, thus paving a way for a proletarian uprising and socialist utopia


also here's a stupid take
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stay classy wikileaks

Snooze Cruise
Feb 16, 2013

hey look,
a post
wikileaks is the cm punk of people who leak things

Snooze Cruise
Feb 16, 2013

hey look,
a post

PBS Newshour posted:

wikileaks is the cm punk of people who leak things

i don't think this actually makes sense

George Sex - REAL
Dec 1, 2005

Bisssssssexual
On RT, their article predictably doesn't mention Putin and all of the paid trolls in the comments section are wondering aloud why not a single American is implicated in this sting. I do find it interesting that no American politicians are named in this indictment, but I just assume they have their money hidden somewhere else.

akulanization
Dec 21, 2013

Dorkopotamis posted:

On RT, their article predictably doesn't mention Putin and all of the paid trolls in the comments section are wondering aloud why not a single American is implicated in this sting. I do find it interesting that no American politicians are named in this indictment, but I just assume they have their money hidden somewhere else.

It's also possible that in the era of the 24 hour news cycle they are choosing to release allegations slowly in an attempt to keep people interested.

Fojar38
Sep 2, 2011


Sorry I meant to say I hope that the police use maximum force and kill or maim a bunch of innocent people, thus paving a way for a proletarian uprising and socialist utopia


also here's a stupid take
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it's also possible that nobody high-up in the US government is actually implicated

Fur20
Nov 14, 2007

すご▞い!
君は働か░い
フ▙▓ズなんだね!

Fojar38 posted:

or its because they are worried about libel and dont want to report anything kneejerky
american citizens are protected by law against defamation suits from other countries unless they would be also considered defamation in american courts. this was negotiated in like 2010 i think? 2011?

the first amendment is pretty baller and, by extension, sometimes so is our justice system

akulanization
Dec 21, 2013

Fojar38 posted:

it's also possible that nobody high-up in the US government is actually implicated

True, but it strains credulity that no one from North America period is in this, and currently that's what we see.

raton
Jul 28, 2003

by FactsAreUseless

Dorkopotamis posted:

On RT, their article predictably doesn't mention Putin and all of the paid trolls in the comments section are wondering aloud why not a single American is implicated in this sting. I do find it interesting that no American politicians are named in this indictment, but I just assume they have their money hidden somewhere else.

This is mid tier countries.

Top tier countries have their own separate system that's basically identical, but they ain't gonna mix with the loving ruler of Quatar.

Rasta_Al
Jul 14, 2001

she had tiny Italian boobs.
Well that's my story.
Fun Shoe

PBS Newshour posted:

wikileaks is the cm punk of people who leak things

They got their hype man out there pumpin' people up for DEM LEAKS!!

BabyRyoga
May 21, 2001

THUNDERDOME LOSER 2021
I dunno what you guys are talking about, all my social media is flaring up with wrestlemania posts

Hector Beerlioz
Jun 16, 2010

aw, hec

BabyRyoga posted:

I dunno what you guys are talking about, all my social media is flaring up with wrestlemania posts

It's been leaked that pro wrestling is fake, rigged and scripted

BabyRyoga
May 21, 2001

THUNDERDOME LOSER 2021

Hector Beerlioz posted:

It's been leaked that pro wrestling is fake, rigged and scripted

They should have gotten Jackie Chan to spearhead that department of this whole affair, he could learn them some better choreography

A CISHET SHITLORD
Sep 10, 2014

LOURDE OF THE SHITS
Pillbug
theres no Americans because our tax system gives the rich plenty of perfectly legal loopholes to avoid paying taxes, hth

tenspott
Aug 1, 2002

by FactsAreUseless
I know it's hard to believe, but Americans have relatively strong laws regarding finances, along with low power distance and a well established reporting system. The repercussions for Americans are very real and the mechanisms for stopping this are very sound compared to banana republics, former Soviet States, and other backwater shitholes like Iceland or whatever.

ClamdestineBoyster
Aug 15, 2015
Probation
Can't post for 10 years!
Yep they're selling these places out to protect America. Now they can say people do deal with corruption blah blah, wash their hands of their bullshit, and have a bunch of groups with motive for future terrorism so they can continue to pump money into Americas domestic war on its own people.

putin is a cunt
Apr 5, 2007

BOY DO I SURE ENJOY TRASH. THERE'S NOTHING MORE I LOVE THAN TO SIT DOWN IN FRONT OF THE BIG SCREEN AND EAT A BIIIIG STEAMY BOWL OF SHIT. WARNER BROS CAN COME OVER TO MY HOUSE AND ASSFUCK MY MOM WHILE I WATCH AND I WOULD CERTIFY IT FRESH, NO QUESTION

tenspott posted:

I know it's hard to believe, but Americans have relatively strong laws regarding finances, along with low power distance and a well established reporting system. The repercussions for Americans are very real and the mechanisms for stopping this are very sound compared to banana republics, former Soviet States, and other backwater shitholes like Iceland or whatever.

yeh there are no corrupt people in america everyone knows this

CuddleCryptid
Jan 11, 2013

Things could be going better

tenspott posted:

I know it's hard to believe, but Americans have relatively strong laws regarding finances, along with low power distance and a well established reporting system. The repercussions for Americans are very real and the mechanisms for stopping this are very sound compared to banana republics, former Soviet States, and other backwater shitholes like Iceland or whatever.

Friend, the American rich are just as deeply into this, they just hide it better.

E. Absolutely no one is surprised by this, just that it was so large and people actually got caught. The most surprising thing is that Putin and Jinping are being mentioned in these papers, if only by associating. Jinping might be able to be disposed relatively peacefully under the Communist mantra, but Putin is going to go batshit if people start finally calling for his head.

CuddleCryptid fucked around with this message at 05:20 on Apr 4, 2016

Scaramouche
Mar 26, 2001

SPACE FACE! SPACE FACE!

akulanization posted:

True, but it strains credulity that no one from North America period is in this, and currently that's what we see.

Theres been Canadians announced, one is a high class action lawyer who's the husband of a senator.

Fojar38
Sep 2, 2011


Sorry I meant to say I hope that the police use maximum force and kill or maim a bunch of innocent people, thus paving a way for a proletarian uprising and socialist utopia


also here's a stupid take
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Scaramouche posted:

Theres been Canadians announced, one is a high class action lawyer who's the husband of a senator.

i looked that up and it looks like we have known about this since 2013, so i would put him in the category of "probably not doing anything wrong but maybe double check"

Meme Poker Party
Sep 1, 2006

by Azathoth
Politicians are corrupt, wealthy are greedy, presses are stopped.

Nonsense
Jan 26, 2007

these journalists should be found and dealt with as powerful states do

Fojar38
Sep 2, 2011


Sorry I meant to say I hope that the police use maximum force and kill or maim a bunch of innocent people, thus paving a way for a proletarian uprising and socialist utopia


also here's a stupid take
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Chomp8645 posted:

Politicians are corrupt, wealthy are greedy, presses are stopped.

if only we had an enlightened philosopher king to lead us

Meme Poker Party
Sep 1, 2006

by Azathoth
I think we should hold these folks accountable! Whose with me?

Meme Poker Party
Sep 1, 2006

by Azathoth
I am willing to take the drastic measure of peacefully protesting for as many as six hours on a Saturday before going home and never putting energy in the cause again.

Fojar38
Sep 2, 2011


Sorry I meant to say I hope that the police use maximum force and kill or maim a bunch of innocent people, thus paving a way for a proletarian uprising and socialist utopia


also here's a stupid take
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agreed, full communism now

OXBALLS DOT COM
Sep 11, 2005

by FactsAreUseless
Young Orc
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/04/2...l?_r=1&referer=

I hope this finally sticks on the Clintons. It probably wont but kt would be great if it did...

As the Russians gradually assumed control of Uranium One in three separate transactions from 2009 to 2013, Canadian records show, a flow of cash made its way to the Clinton Foundation. Uranium One’s chairman used his family foundation to make four donations totaling $2.35 million. Those contributions were not publicly disclosed by the Clintons, despite an agreement Mrs. Clinton had struck with the Obama White House to publicly identify all donors. Other people with ties to the company made donations as well.

And shortly after the Russians announced their intention to acquire a majority stake in Uranium One, Mr. Clinton received $500,000 for a Moscow speech from a Russian investment bank with links to the Kremlin that was promoting Uranium One stock.

Frank Giustra, right, a mining financier, has donated $31.3 million to the foundation run by former President Bill Clinton, left.

Joaquin Sarmiento / Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

At the time, both Rosatom and the United States government made promises intended to ease concerns about ceding control of the company’s assets to the Russians. Those promises have been repeatedly broken, records show.

Fojar38
Sep 2, 2011


Sorry I meant to say I hope that the police use maximum force and kill or maim a bunch of innocent people, thus paving a way for a proletarian uprising and socialist utopia


also here's a stupid take
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that article is from 2015

OXBALLS DOT COM
Sep 11, 2005

by FactsAreUseless
Young Orc

Fojar38 posted:

that article is from 2015

I did say finally sticks.

Im saying there's a ton of shady dealings the russians and clintons were 8involved in and i hope there's more that comes out from the leak

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shiksa
Nov 9, 2009

i went to one of these wrestling shows and it was... honestly? frickin boring. i wanna see ricky! i want to see his gold chains and respect for the ftw lifestyle
omg rich people and shell corporations set up shell corporations to dodge taxes wow who could have seen this coming

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