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If you've run into a troll, you've come to the right place! What do you want to do? I need a Finished Post so I can...

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Troll Busters! An Introduction

Troll Busters! nellie - February 17, 2010 85

Those of us who post at other sites (HP, Raw Story, McClatchy, The Hill) are all too familiar with the infiltration of Talking Point...

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