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erronis

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13. As Stalin said: It depends on who is doing the counting.

Reply to Big Blue Marble (Reply #2)

Tue Feb 24, 2026, 07:53 PM

23 hrs ago

Perhaps not a good paraphrase.

But which poll of online viewers would you trust? All the major networks are now under the sheets with the regime - probably a lot of co-mingling going on down there.

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