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    Putin, Responding to Sanctions, Orders U.S. to Cut Diplomatic Staff by 755


    https://nyti.ms/2u9Ox4b

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    • Of particular interest are the two translation options under the headline — both Chinese, different variants. No German or French, no Japanese. Chinese, twice.detritus
    • oh noes it looks like Trump's BFF got his feewings hurt.kona
    • He could also be dealing with Russian hackers.
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    • Why does this get -5, 'because omg'?detritus
    • +1 sympathy for the trollfadein11
    • why are you posting this omg? Merica First possibly?capn_ron
    • Sympathy for the Troll ..
      is that a new Rolling Stone album??      Ramanisky2
    • Downvote because he's implying since putin is expelling diplomats there must not have been any collusion or russian involvement during the election.dorf
    • If you frame it like that.
      Was it though?      detritus
    • @dorf, what country didn't partake in 2016 Elections. Even Mexico partook and more so with their Trump is not their president.
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    • omg - why did you post this, may i ask?
      I see this as 'politics' generally, so as much as i might disagree with omg politically generally, it's churlish to -1.      detritus
    • If I were to label the responses I'd expect to receive on any post, it would be valuable feedback and input.
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    • Are you high right now?detritus
    • Am I?detritus
    • lol @ rationalising with a trollfadein11
    • Eh? How so? I think < is a relevant political article and I think people are mindlessly or presumptively downvoting itdetritus
    • if omg posts something good elsewhere (eg. I ❤ Wood), do I downvote it because I disagree with him in some other domain? Where's the line here?detritus
    • According to the article, this is the biggest such action in Russian-American politics in my lifetime. -1?detritus
    • -1 for this administration that somehow managed to sour Russian foreign relations after saying they were going to be great. so much winning I can't stand itmonospaced
    • Sure, but surely +1 the article and articulation of the event?detritus
    • -1 because it is omg, even if the article goes against his typical Ben Garrison ways and should be a +1.capn_ron
    • articulation?monospaced
    • I don't know, I accidentally doubled up my alliteration.detritus
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