Gen. Ripper posted:

You know most of the claims that Obama is rounding up GOD FEARING CHRISTIAN AMERICANS are bunk, right?

DarkHorse posted:

Man, my stupid friends have just been on a roll today



Impressive gestures towards copyright at least.

DarkHorse posted:

Man, my stupid friends have just been on a roll today



Impressive gestures towards copyright at least.

quote:

The death of Princess Diana sparked much controversy and the original reaction of the public was that she was murdered. After a media campaign that called the event an accident and blamed the paparazzi, the public was divided on the issue. Examining the evidence makes this issue a lot clearer. The film "Unlawful Killing" examines the evidence that was largely concealed from the public for years. This movie can still be found on torrent. The evidence presented in the film includes:


Diana left a note saying that she was suspecting there is a plot to murder her in a car accident. This note was hidden for years after the murder.


Evidence used during the inquest was doctored, including blood samples, autopsy results, etc. For example, only a bottle of champagne was found at the driver's apartment when the police searched it, so the police searched it again and found a lot of alcohol. The blood samples of the drivers had numbers that are physically impossible.


Witnesses saw a bright flash in the tunnel at the time of the incident. A former MI6 agent revealed that MI6 had a plan to assassinate a Serbian leader by blinding the driver in a tunnel with a bright flash.


The ambulance ride took an incredibly long time to get to the hospital.


The media distorted the verdict of the inquest. The inquest found that Diana was murdered and other road vehicles were responsible for the murder, not paparazzi.


A white Fiat Uno was seen by witnesses at the scene of Diana's death and left paint on Diana's car. James Andanson owned a Fiat Uno and lied about his whereabouts on the night of the murder. James Andanson's body was found in his burnt out white Fiat Uno. It was locked and the body had no keys on it. The fireman that found his body said that he saw two bullet holes in the back of his skull. The police declared that it was a suicide. How did he shoot himself twice in the back of the head and then set the car on fire, before he died?


People say that the royals are a harmless relic of the past. Instead of just enjoying their lavish lives that are paid for by the taxpayers, they are using their wealth and influence to murder people they don't like. Sure, they don't murder people with their own hands, but that doesn't make them any less guilty. Diana's murderers must be brought to justice. The actual assassins might be hard to find now that much of the evidence has been covered up and/or destroyed, but the people that ordered the hit can be located easily. These bloody aristocrats are living in luxury. Princess Diana tried to use her position to help people and she was murdered. Good always defeats evil and one day justice will be served.

Spite posted:

Kelly is almost too on point for me. If you showed it to people that didn't know the background I bet a lot would think it's real. Poe's law is strong.

Zwabu posted:

Where is Kelly's stuff published? Because yeah, the stuff that is reposted here is really too much like actual right wing discourse anymore, and whenever I see one I have to scratch my head and think about whether it's satire.

Spite posted:

Kelly is almost too on point for me. If you showed it to people that didn't know the background I bet a lot would think it's real. Poe's law is strong.

some idiot my mom used to with posted:

Warren Buffet is asking everyone to forward this email to 20 people; in turn ask each of those to do likewise.

In three days, most people in the U.S. will have the message. Read and pass on to 20 of your friends...











The 26th amendment (granting the right to vote for 18 year-olds) took only 3 months and 8 days to be ratified! Why? Simple! The people demanded it. That was in 1971 - before computers, e-mail, cell phones, etc.



Of the 27 amendments to the Constitution, seven took one year or less to become the law of the land all because of public pressure. Warren Buffet is asking each addressee to forward this email to a minimum of twenty people on their address list; in turn ask each of those to do likewise.


In three days, most people in The United States of America will have the message. This is one idea that really should be passed around.



Congressional Reform Act of 2013



1. No Tenure/No Pension



A Congressman/woman collects a salary while in office and receives no pay when they're out of office.



2. Congress (past, present & future) participates in Social Security.

All funds in the Congressional retirement fund move to the Social Security system immediately. All future funds flow into the Social Security system, and Congress participates with the American people. It may not be used for any other purpose.



3. Congress can purchase their own retirement plan, just as all Americans do.



4. Congress will no longer vote themselves a pay raise.

Congressional pay will rise by the lower of CPI or 3%.



5. Congress loses their current health care system
and participates in the same health care system as the American people.



6. Congress must equally abide by all laws they impose on the American people.



7. All contracts with past and present Congressmen/women are void effective 06/01/2013. The American people did not make this contract with Congressmen/women. Congress made all these contracts for themselves. Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career.





The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, so ours should serve their term(s), then go home and back to work.



If each person contacts a minimum of twenty people then it will only take three days for most people (in the U.S. ) to receive the message.



You are one of my 20+ ... please keep it going, and thanks!

Nostalgia4Infinity posted:

My usually sane mom sent this to me


Something tells me Warren Buffet didn't really send this.

quote:

Is it true that . . . Members of Congress do not pay into Social Security and when they retire they receive a pension equal to their congressional salary for the rest of their life?

The answer is no. All members of Congress pay Social Security taxes in the same amounts as they would if they were employed in the private sector at the same salary level. The amount of a congressional pension varies and depends on years of service, age at the time of retirement, and salary.

The facts: The confusion about Social Security probably results from the fact that before 1984, Senators and Representatives did not participate in the Social Security program. Like all federal government employees at that time, members of Congress were covered by a pension plan, called the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS), that did not require payment of Social Security taxes and did not provide Social Security benefits. In 1983, Congress passed a law (P.L. 98-21) that required all federal employees first hired after 1983 to participate in Social Security. The law also required all members of Congress to participate in Social Security as of January 1, 1984, regardless of when they first entered Congress. Because the CSRS was not designed to coordinate with Social Security, Congress directed the development of a new retirement plan for federal employees, called the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS), which does coordinate a federal pension with Social Security.

Members of Congress are eligible for a pension at age 62 if they have completed at least five years of service. They are eligible for a pension at age 50 if they have completed 20 years of service, or at any age after completing 25 years of service. The amount of the pension depends on years of service and the average of the highest three years of salary. By law, the starting amount of a member’s retirement annuity may not exceed 80 percent of his or her final salary.

Read a report that provides more detail on retirement benefits for members of Congress.

DarkHorse posted:

Man, my stupid friends have just been on a roll today



Impressive gestures towards copyright at least.

KillerJunglist posted:

Enough about comics! More about terrible image macros!



See? We do need tighter regulations on guns black people.

Hitch posted:

This lovely "gem" showed up in my inbox today:

Radical Griff posted:

How did the right wing convince the average American that Unions are bad for them? I just can't wrap my head around it.

Radical Griff posted:

How did the right wing convince the average American that Unions are bad for them? I just can't wrap my head around it.

Nostalgia4Infinity posted:

Warren Buffet is asking everyone to forward this email to 20 people; in turn ask each of those to do likewise.

In three days, most people in the U.S. will have the message. Read and pass on to 20 of your friends...

Warren Buffet is asking each addressee to forward this email to a minimum of twenty people on their address list; in turn ask each of those to do likewise.

In three days, most people in The United States of America will have the message. This is one idea that really should be passed around.

If each person contacts a minimum of twenty people then it will only take three days for most people (in the U.S. ) to receive the message.

You are one of my 20+ ... please keep it going, and thanks!

XyloJW posted:

Hitch posted:

This lovely "gem" showed up in my inbox today:

Je suis fatigue posted:

It doesn't work and you can't fire it? Is firing a gun just an extra option and its main function has been totally lost on us liberals? Suddenly all those "if violent why not ban hammers?" memes make sense!

Hitch posted:

I'm pretty sure it's a pun on the reported difficulty of firing a union worker. And by pretty sure... I mean I'm positive.

XyloJW posted:

I couldn't find a concrete number for the number of times people check their email per day, but the general statistical trend seems to be between once a day and three times a day, at least for the majority of people (70%+, in a study conducted 13 years ago, so I'd have to assume more now). We'll say two.

So, in 3 days, that's two sets of forwards or 6 forwards overall.

If 20 people forward it 6 times, that's 64 million people. Assuming that when they say "most people in the US" they mean more than half, that's 156,957,021.

In order to reach that many people, it would need 6.3 forwards or 3 days and 8 hours.

XyloJW posted:

I just thought that since the whole "20 people in 3 days" thing appears in the email in no less than 5 places, it must be the most important part, and chose to debunk that, since it's so oddly specific.

Hitch posted:

This lovely "gem" showed up in my inbox today:

Gen. Ripper posted:

Vaccines grandpa just posted this:



Now, to be fair, I don't know much about Aspartame, but he got it from a page called "Conspiracy Watch" which has an Illuminati thing as its profile picture, so I'm leaning towards it being BS.