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You have to be down here in the States to realize just how tightly controlled the corporate media is and how much they practise Soviet-style censorship through creative omission.

Jello Biafra

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Jello Biafra
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: June 17
Actor
Environmentalist
Film Actor
Human Rights Activist
Journalist
Peace Activist
Politician
Singer
Songwriter
Boulder
Colorado
Eric Reed Boucher
Eric Boucher
Eric R. Boucher
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