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Topic: ridiculous headlines 101
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katatonic Knowflake Posts: 4344 From: Registered: Apr 2009
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posted July 09, 2010 11:23 PM
and the stories that sport them:#1 "WHO WON THE US RUSSIA SPY SWAP? http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38171888/ns/us_news-security so the news is out that both the us and russia are still spying on each other. did you know that? probably. so to drag it out to more than a single factual story and hopefully pump up the adrenalin in audiences, msn has come up with this ingenious slant... IP: Logged |
Node Knowflake Posts: 782 From: Nov. 11 2005 Registered: Apr 2009
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posted July 10, 2010 08:57 AM
quote: The calculus comes down to much more than the number of spies being exchanged by each side, analysts said Friday. The key variable is how much valuable information each was able to draw out of the spies in their custody and how much they’ll be able to be get from the returned spies.
I remember my bro and I sitting on his bedroom floor looking for all the spy vs spy cartoons we could find in a stack of MAD mags. Good times
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AbsintheDragonfly Knowflake Posts: 638 From: Gaia Registered: Apr 2010
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posted July 10, 2010 09:46 AM
I loved those too, in spite of the fact that I didn't understand them at the time.IP: Logged |
katatonic Knowflake Posts: 4344 From: Registered: Apr 2009
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posted July 10, 2010 10:55 AM
very dark absurd stuff. thanks for the reminder node IP: Logged |