Every so often, I like to read Pravda. This newspaper used to be the state media organ of the Soviet Union, and it survives today in Russia as a mass circulation daily. The name "Pravda" is Russian for "Truth", but there is nothing in the paper but pure propaganda. Even today, long after the demise of the Soviet state, Pravda remains an organ for state propaganda. As such it provides an interesting insight into what president Putin of Russia and his swarms of apparatchiks want the average citizen of Russia to believe. Here are two interesting reports in the current edition of the paper.
First, there is an article entitled "The death of Hugo Chavez and the trend of high tech assassinations in global politics." The article discusses how the USA has either killed or attempted to kill leaders around the world by giving them cancer. Here is the list of leaders that Pravda lists as the targets of America's nefarious activities:
1. Cristina Kirchner, current president of Argentina, with thyroid cancer in 2011
2. Ollanta Humala, current president of Peru, with cancer in the gut in 2011
3. Hugo Chavez, former president of Venezuela, with prostate Cancer in 2011
4. Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, former president of Brazil, with cancer of the larynx in 2011
5. Nestor Kirchner, former president of Argentina, with colon cancer in 2010
6. Fernando Lugo, former president of Paraguay, with lymph cancer in 2010
7. Evo Morales, current president of Bolivia, with cancer in the nasal cavities in 2009
8. Dilma Vana Rousseff, current president of Brazil, with cancer in the lymphatic system
in 2009
9. Alexander Litvinenko, former Russian secret service officer, with polonium-210
poisoning in 2006
10. Yassar Arafat, former chair of the PLO, with brain hemorrhage in 2004
11. Khaled Meshaal, the leader of the Hamas, with the poisonous shutdown of the brain
in 1996
In fairness, Pravda says that the Israelis attacked Meshaal, not the Americans. Nevertheless, the concept is the same.
A second article is entitled "France-UK-US Neo-Imperialistic Trash". Here are two excerpts from this gem:
Why is it that France, from time to time, gets ideas above its station? Why is it that French Presidents, increasingly, start acting like failed Napoleons? Why is it that British Prime Ministers, while acting like war criminals, like to emulate the arch-war criminal, Churchill?
And as regards Churchill, the war criminal of the First World War, hated by London taxi drivers because he was known as a stingy son of a bitch; he sent millions to their deaths in 1914-1918 through utter incompetence (Gallipoli), his speeches were oiled with champagne and brandy, his legacy was the disintegration of the British Empire which he claimed to support. I say...this here is ours, and that there is yours, eh what? Bring me a ruler to draw a nice straight line on a map...
I see no reason to comment on this garbage. I just would like to remind everyone that president Obama now claims to have good relations with Russia after the famous "reset" of our diplomacy.
During the Soviet Union, the other large paper in Moscow was Izvestia, which in Russian means News. The people had a saying at the time: In Izvestia (News) there is no truth and in Pravda (Truth) there is no news. It looks like things have not changed.
First, there is an article entitled "The death of Hugo Chavez and the trend of high tech assassinations in global politics." The article discusses how the USA has either killed or attempted to kill leaders around the world by giving them cancer. Here is the list of leaders that Pravda lists as the targets of America's nefarious activities:
1. Cristina Kirchner, current president of Argentina, with thyroid cancer in 2011
2. Ollanta Humala, current president of Peru, with cancer in the gut in 2011
3. Hugo Chavez, former president of Venezuela, with prostate Cancer in 2011
4. Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, former president of Brazil, with cancer of the larynx in 2011
5. Nestor Kirchner, former president of Argentina, with colon cancer in 2010
6. Fernando Lugo, former president of Paraguay, with lymph cancer in 2010
7. Evo Morales, current president of Bolivia, with cancer in the nasal cavities in 2009
8. Dilma Vana Rousseff, current president of Brazil, with cancer in the lymphatic system
in 2009
9. Alexander Litvinenko, former Russian secret service officer, with polonium-210
poisoning in 2006
10. Yassar Arafat, former chair of the PLO, with brain hemorrhage in 2004
11. Khaled Meshaal, the leader of the Hamas, with the poisonous shutdown of the brain
in 1996
In fairness, Pravda says that the Israelis attacked Meshaal, not the Americans. Nevertheless, the concept is the same.
A second article is entitled "France-UK-US Neo-Imperialistic Trash". Here are two excerpts from this gem:
Why is it that France, from time to time, gets ideas above its station? Why is it that French Presidents, increasingly, start acting like failed Napoleons? Why is it that British Prime Ministers, while acting like war criminals, like to emulate the arch-war criminal, Churchill?
And as regards Churchill, the war criminal of the First World War, hated by London taxi drivers because he was known as a stingy son of a bitch; he sent millions to their deaths in 1914-1918 through utter incompetence (Gallipoli), his speeches were oiled with champagne and brandy, his legacy was the disintegration of the British Empire which he claimed to support. I say...this here is ours, and that there is yours, eh what? Bring me a ruler to draw a nice straight line on a map...
I see no reason to comment on this garbage. I just would like to remind everyone that president Obama now claims to have good relations with Russia after the famous "reset" of our diplomacy.
During the Soviet Union, the other large paper in Moscow was Izvestia, which in Russian means News. The people had a saying at the time: In Izvestia (News) there is no truth and in Pravda (Truth) there is no news. It looks like things have not changed.
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