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Hekate

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16. Well, DoctorPepper, the DU community has been here a long time. "Some of us"--even "a lot of us"...
Sat Nov 4, 2017, 01:23 AM
Nov 2017

...have studied the issue of electronic hacking very closely. It's not a new subject, and not repeat, not, a tin foil hat conspiracy theory. When Senator Max Cleland of Georgia, a war hero who lost two legs and an arm in Vietnam, lost his Senate re-election bid, the vote totals in a bunch of counties were as follows 18181818. On electronic voting machines.

So in the 2016 election, all the shit that went down and all that is being revealed this week -- let's just say that "most of us" old time DUers are shocked and sickened -- but NOT surprised.

Just like the election itself. sandensea Nov 2017 #1
I believe that 100% angstlessk Nov 2017 #3
Strait Out Of A Fox News Playbook.. Grassy Knoll Nov 2017 #2
Of course, I never had evidence of this ... LenaBaby61 Nov 2017 #4
Nothing can be believed anymore. truthisfreedom Nov 2017 #5
Ripping apart a society from the inside BadgerKid Nov 2017 #19
So why go to the trouble of obtaining them in the first place? DoctorPepper Nov 2017 #6
Most of us knew many of the emails were altered a long time ago leftofcool Nov 2017 #7
Sure doesn't. DoctorPepper Nov 2017 #8
whatever floats your boat leftofcool Nov 2017 #11
The FBI wouldn't get involved.... SergeStorms Nov 2017 #13
Well, DoctorPepper, the DU community has been here a long time. "Some of us"--even "a lot of us"... Hekate Nov 2017 #16
I'll say goodbye now in case I don't get a chance later. Hortensis Nov 2017 #22
Red Herring. Russia tampered w emails, article is definitive. Yr bad at deflecting. emulatorloo Nov 2017 #26
It would be impossible ... NanceGreggs Nov 2017 #12
Thanks for clearing that up. Merlot Nov 2017 #25
Yes, exactly. n/t NanceGreggs Nov 2017 #32
The best lies have some truth in them. Demit Nov 2017 #20
Uh, it's a classic disinformation tactic . JHan Nov 2017 #21
Anti-democracy forces at work. L. Coyote Nov 2017 #9
Wow, huge hits mentioning Warren many times over but Hortensis Nov 2017 #23
And then Trump helped Gucifer by making up shit on top of that. SunSeeker Nov 2017 #10
Wikileaks published 3 days before guccifer floppyboo Nov 2017 #14
No yr mixing up Guccifers. Guccifer arrested, Guccifer 2.0 is a "persona" created by Russians emulatorloo Nov 2017 #28
As Rachel M said long ago, "weaponized" Hekate Nov 2017 #15
I sensed that immediately when released... FarPoint Nov 2017 #17
Have any of the DNC staffers or Pdesta ever denied the substance of the leaked emails? markpkessinger Nov 2017 #18
How do you know they didn't produce original copies? leftofcool Nov 2017 #27
I recall someone's summary of a Fox News panel was passed off as a DNC position by assange et al emulatorloo Nov 2017 #29
The Russkies used a propaganda tactic known as "tainted leaks" meow2u3 Nov 2017 #24
The unadulterated emails could be authenticated and released, right? David__77 Nov 2017 #30
The whole thing was a dark flag operation from the very beginning. Nitram Nov 2017 #31
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