Vice versa

> On Sep 9, 2026, at 9:17 AM, cody dooderson <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Steve;
> 
> The wikipedia article about Pravda has a nice quote
> 
>> As the names of the main communist newspaper and the main Soviet newspaper, 
>> Pravda and Izvestia, meant "the truth" and "the news" respectively, a 
>> popular saying was "there's no news in Pravda and no truth in Izvestia".
> 
> Which I think leads to the inevitable modern US version : "There is no truth 
> on Truth Social and no news on Fox News".  
> 
> 
> _ Cody Smith _
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> On Tue, Sep 8, 2026 at 7:46 PM Steve Smith <[email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>> CodyS -
>> > Oh sorry. I should have referenced that.
>> 
>> In an attempt at irony, I ironically exposed my weakness at irony!
>> 
>> I have managed to not read any TruthSocial nor X posts direct from 
>> source and virtually no FaceBookery either...  but screenshots of such 
>> still pop up too often.   Good call not providing links to such trash...
>> 
>> Do we remember when the Secret Service took Obama's Blackberry away from 
>> him when he took office?  I suspect his communications staff were behind 
>> that more than literal "security"
>> 
>> Re New 'Murrica -  I grew up with my eastern relatives actually 
>> believing that we didn't speak English and that they needed a passport 
>> to visit.   A few years ago I understand one of the bigger sellers at 
>> Doodlets downtown was a New Mexico Passport...
>> 
>> Kudos to EricS as usual for noting that Trump is a Troll first and foremost.
>> 
>> - SieveS
>> 
>> 
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