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By now most members know that I am an advocate for animal rights and maintain a vegetarian lifestyle. That said, I will not be watching the Olympics (never do) not because I'm boycotting the games because of this dog poisoning issue, but because we don't subscribe to a television service. We get 4 channels of public broadcasting and one channel isn't in English. We used to pay over $100/month to watch...what? Advertising, and crappy television, and crappier news reporting? Sports--please. It's all advertising, and why should we spend money to be told how to spend our money?
As far as Russia and its problems: I believe nothing of what I hear and only half of what I see. How many years now have we Americans been taught to hate Russia? This stuff is not new. Of course some of it is true and it's a horrible problem.
But if you think for a minute that everything you read, see, or hear about other countries from American newscasts or reporters is true and not at least partly propaganda, I'd say you're mistaken.
Pretty sure a drone is coming to get me now, better go hide.
As far as Russia and its problems: I believe nothing of what I hear and only half of what I see. How many years now have we Americans been taught to hate Russia? This stuff is not new. Of course some of it is true and it's a horrible problem.
But if you think for a minute that everything you read, see, or hear about other countries from American newscasts or reporters is true and not at least partly propaganda, I'd say you're mistaken.
Pretty sure a drone is coming to get me now, better go hide.