Potus ???

[sime42]

18 minutes ago, Yournamehere said:

Meanwhile, the Voice of Hope in the Darkness of Oppression has been closed down: Radio Free Europe (which you may only have heard of as an R.E.M. song) broadcast hope to the eastern bloc countries throughout the years of the cold war and continued to be a thorn in the side of Putin & Lukashenko.

Well it's gone, not finally defeated by force or intrigue: all Putin had to do in the end was ask The Donald to close it down for him.

 

Excerpt from Wiki reads

Proposal by DOGE to shut down

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In February 2025 the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) put forward a proposal for RFE/RL and Voice of America as two government-owned media agencies, to be considered for closure as a cost saving measure for the U.S. federal government.^[76] The latest proposal comes after previous suggestions by other government officials to shutter the agency.^[77][78] In March 2025, DOGE imposed a 30-day total freeze on funding to RFE/RL and other USAGM outlets, with the intention of making that permanent.^[79]

 

 

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What a shit show. The sanctity of Freedom of Speech eh?!

 

Putin must be happy as a pig in shit now that his favourite little puppet is back on stage.

 

 

[GarethM]

20 minutes ago, Yournamehere said:

Meanwhile, the Voice of Hope in the Darkness of Oppression has been closed down: Radio Free Europe (which you may only have heard of as an R.E.M. song) broadcast hope to the eastern bloc countries throughout the years of the cold war and continued to be a thorn in the side of Putin & Lukashenko.

Well it's gone, not finally defeated by force or intrigue: all Putin had to do in the end was ask The Donald to close it down for him.

 

Excerpt from Wiki reads

Proposal by DOGE to shut down

[edit]

In February 2025 the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) put forward a proposal for RFE/RL and Voice of America as two government-owned media agencies, to be considered for closure as a cost saving measure for the U.S. federal government.^[76] The latest proposal comes after previous suggestions by other government officials to shutter the agency.^[77][78] In March 2025, DOGE imposed a 30-day total freeze on funding to RFE/RL and other USAGM outlets, with the intention of making that permanent.^[79]

 

 

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Well that's a saving of "$886-million budget in 2024, according to its latest report to Congress."

 

 

reuters.com

WWW.REUTERS.COM

 

[Yournamehere]

Also, I've been thinking of late,"If only Dennis Leary were still about, surely there is no better time than the present for him to do a new version of his song". Well guess what? He is and he has.

Altogether now: "He's an asshole, he's an asshole, he's the world's biggest asshole"

Makes my happy that!

 

Linky to unfortunately sanitized ut clip

[Yournamehere]

6 minutes ago, GarethM said:

Well that's a saving of "$886-million budget in 2024, according to its latest report to Congress."

 

 

reuters.com

WWW.REUTERS.COM

 

He's running a country, not a company: they are different: one has to maximise profit for shareholders t'other has to maximise services for citizens.

It was always recognised that RFE was priceless in maintaining a western presence in Eastern Europe.

[GarethM]

Just now, Yournamehere said:

He's running a country, not a company: they are different: one has to maximise profit for shareholders t'other has to maximise services for citizens.

It was always recognised that RFE was priceless in maintaining a western presence in Eastern Europe.

In the cold war maybe, as you're effectively arguing for state sponsored propaganda in Europe and Asia via CIA/NSA etc.

 

I seem to remember that didn't end well for certain Lord Haw haw.

 

And didn't hear you moaning when we scaled down the world service, as that's our version of a propaganda tool.

[Steven P]

Criticism of The Massive Trump and you are straight in to defend him, The radio thing is just more evidence of Trump walking away from the traditional European allies of the US, and playing into Communist Putins hand.. again...

[Steven P]

30 minutes ago, Yournamehere said:

Also, I've been thinking of late,"If only Dennis Leary were still about, surely there is no better time than the present for him to do a new version of his song". Well guess what? He is and he has.

Altogether now: "He's an asshole, he's an asshole, he's the world's biggest asshole"

Makes my happy that!

 

Linky to unfortunately sanitized ut clip

 

Not heard that one for ages. On the worls laptop, perhaps not one to youtube just now, later

[GarethM]

4 minutes ago, Steven P said:

Criticism of The Massive Trump and you are straight in to defend him, The radio thing is just more evidence of Trump walking away from the traditional European allies of the US, and playing into Communist Putins hand.. again...

How is that defending, it's 3/4 of Trillion dollars FFS of propaganda around the world.

 

So is it propaganda?, or able to stand on it's own feet.

[Mark J]

1 hour ago, Yournamehere said:

Also, I've been thinking of late,"If only Dennis Leary were still about, surely there is no better time than the present for him to do a new version of his song". Well guess what? He is and he has.

Altogether now: "He's an asshole, he's an asshole, he's the world's biggest asshole"

Makes my happy that!

 

Linky to unfortunately sanitized ut clip

I would have loved to read Hunter S. Thompson's critique of the current state of affairs. 

[GarethM]

Regarding this propaganda funding you're so shocked by, are you equally unhappy that Rory Stewarts Mrs's charity for teaching art in Afghanistan or something has been cut ?.