... and let me tell you, if Cyber War replaces Cold War, they are winning this time...

iWatch anyone?

That's exactly what I am talking about, you actually do believe the state propaganda and then even spread it around like this.

Gays in Russia face considerably less hardship than in South Carolina or Georgia. And its only couple years when it was true on Federal level as well.

But go ahead, feel proud of yourself: "Yeah, I've been a gay basher all my life, but I'm totally not anymore since yesterday. Go me! USA USA!"

But 50% people watch and believe Fox News in US. Virtually nobody trusts the state media in Russia. That is a big difference. Every lie has two participants, the lier and the believer. And in Russia there are simply no more believers for the propaganda, unlike US, evidenced by your comments.

And we were talking about spying and privacy violations and I can assure you that US is now in fact much worse in this regard than Russia today.

You guys just assume as a fact that Russia is worse than US. I don't think that is true anymore.

Not quite, it is just that middle class in California makes $100k a year. Look at the average salaries of BART employees for example. More than 2/3 are north of $100k. Family income of $200k a year is solid upper middle class level. You don't start to even think about the term "rich", until you make near to $500k a year per household.

ACA among other things expands the Medicaid program you are so fond of. Except in states where Republican governors play politics with people's health. Imagine you were earning just enough not to qualify for Medicaid.

Your comment, dear sir, is strangely familiar. I've heard it somewhere before. Ah, I remember, the Spanish Inquisition. No, no, I think it was even earlier, yeah, the Constance Council: "John Huss remained ardent in his faith in God and in his faith in God’s Word. At his trial, he was given the opportunity to recant. He would not do so. A large procession of people led him away to the place where he would be burned at the stake."

5-HTP

I've got a better way, lets release some greenhouse gases, trap the heat until the oceans boil, reuse old steam engines. WIN!

They should learn from US that this doesn't work. Why don't they simply label them as whacko and conspiracy theorists and let them run their mouth off. It's not like they can do anything. By blocking them, they just give credibility to what they write. The freedom of speech in US is such a great tool of mass control. See, if things were bad, we wouldn't let you speak, like the Russian or Chinese do, so clearly, we are the good guys, no story here, move on. So much better approach. Same with freedom of movement. Yeah, you can go anywhere you like, but please make sure you get vaccinated for this two page long list of deadly diseases and check with the embassy for the terrorist activity in your destination. Oh, you changed your mind and will go to Hawaii? Good. Why deny issuing passports when 96% of people won't even ask for them with just a little bit of scare tactics and squeezing the extra money out of population. Then just cut back vacation days to 0 and no problem.

Russia is so backward. Freedom propagandized is the key to real enslavement.

Yes, there is. Free public health, mandatory vaccination. Oh no! Communist alert!

Their original name bdlinux was too obvious, so the NSA renamed it selinux for "side entrance".
 

... the productivity in Turkey went up by 237%

That's why I furiously masturbate in front of my webcam as much as possible. Now the poor sods have to watch. I exact my revenge any way I can get it.