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reality speaks's avatar

When the WSJ writes “a person familiar with”. This is code for we just made this shit up. Just as the NYT uses anonymous all of the time who has never ever once got it right.

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Craig Kisciras's avatar

Today's WSJ quotes Green Sweatshirt as saying, "Ill Be Waiting" in response to Putin's offer of peace talks. As if Zelensky(y) is the adult who holds all the cards instead of the fool watching what is left of his country disintegrating piece by piece.

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Abiding Dude's avatar

Putin is in total control in Ukraine and HE will decide what's what.

Trump trying to dictate to or bully him will only make a royal ass of himself.

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Chiadrum's avatar

“This is what we want to be true so we will pretend that we have a source”

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Mary Ann Caton's avatar

My favorite phrase in all of journalism. It never fails to make me laugh.

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Roger Beal's avatar

"Unnamed sources tell us ... "

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Doug's avatar

Like anyone with a story to tell is "unnamed"... Everybody has a name - it's on your damned birth certificate, along with your gender!

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on the doss's avatar

Unnamed is even more popular than mohammud. Was mo maybe unnamed.

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Juliann's avatar

I am beginning to like “Thank you for your attention to this matter”. Yes sir.

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Jeff S's avatar

Er, I have it on high authority that you are correct, Sir.

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kittynana's avatar

@Reality- I took it as the person didn't want his/her name used because this person said s/he can think like AOC and who wants to admit that? ;)

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Annie's avatar

Old libbies over 55 are useless. In the retirement community I lived in they were the most unhappy and unhealthy people around. During the last presidential election they put up flag signs saying "chose joy." I thought they should be taking their own advice. They weren't joyful when their gal, kamala, lost. It was fun laughing at them. 😉

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Lydia Lozano's avatar

It is so freeing when you no longer care what they think.

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AM Schimberg's avatar

They are so grumpy! And seemingly HATE children by the way they treat me with my 5 kiddos!

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kittynana's avatar

@Annie- I had a friend like that. She died of a heart attack. No lie.

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Annie's avatar

Agree 💯. Not many are reading their BS anymore.

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