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14 Feb 2014

Destination: Russia

With the world’s eyes on Russia, host of the Winter Olympics in Sochi, the faults of a socialist-based society are more visible than ever. Although liberals hold Mother Russia as the model for a utopian society, mistakes and failures abound. In this edition of “Afterburner” on PJTV, Bill Whittle spells out the differences of the totalitarian state of Russia and the liberty, choice and personal responsibility of the USA. But, Whittle warns, are the policies and tendencies of the current administration driving us toward the Russian way of life?

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08 Aug 2013

Jihadists Target Olympics

Jihadists get in some giant slalom practice ahead of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. Although this bunch looks more like downhill racers because as soon as they start flapping their jowls, it’s all downhill from there. Score them as “zeroes” for originality.

(EDITOR’S NOTE: The original video has disappeared from YouTube. In its absence, we present a Vice video about these jihadists. The Vice description: “Islamic extremists in Russia want to blow up the Sochi Winter Olympics. They’ve already succeeded in terrorizing a city 600 miles away with three separate suicide attacks in which more than 40 people have died since the end of October. Russia’s Jihadists come from loosely affiliated cells modeled on Al Qaeda whose goal is the creation of an Islamic Emirate in the southern part of the country. Their dream state would also include Sochi itself.”)

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