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HUGE PUBES A PLUS posted:A friend just shared this and I'm still From the CNN article about this: quote:Tichelman describes herself as a model, makeup artist and writer on what appears to be her Facebook page. It says she formerly worked at Larry Flynt's Hustler Club and studied journalism at Georgia State University in Atlanta. No, it looks very much intentional in the light of that quotation.
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McDowell posted:The best part is that after Watergate the Muskie people started thinking Hunter was an agent for Nixon poo poo, from what HST writes in the book Muskie's people already thought that. Doesn't help that Watergate proved Nixon really had played some dirty tricks against Muskie's campaign, not that they needed to.
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Jul 11, 2014 03:50
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Chantilly Say posted:poo poo, from what HST writes in the book Muskie's people already thought that. Doesn't help that Watergate proved Nixon really had played some dirty tricks against Muskie's campaign, not that they needed to. My conspiracy theory is that Nixon knew about Eagleton's mental health issues before McCarthy did
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Jul 11, 2014 03:52
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The most important thing to remember about CREEP is that they were consistently incompetent and it didn't make a difference.
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Jul 11, 2014 03:53
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The only Watergate material I ever read was Chuck Coulson's book about his conversion to Christianity, when I was at a homeless shelter. I don't know how big Coulson's role in it was but the book gave me the distinct impression he was whitewashing himself, he claimed to have known nothing about anything until after the fact.
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Jul 11, 2014 03:57
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razorrozar posted:The only Watergate material I ever read was Chuck Coulson's book about his conversion to Christianity, when I was at a homeless shelter. I don't know how big Coulson's role in it was but the book gave me the distinct impression he was whitewashing himself, he claimed to have known nothing about anything until after the fact. June 13, 1972 Colson: You know, I've still got a memo here that I sent over to that gathering place across the street in January telling us everything Muskie's doing. And I talked to them three weeks ago and they said they were taping everything, audio, and they were using video wherever we can...And they weren't. They were just doing Humphrey in California .... President Nixon: Particularly when we now saw that McGovern might well be nominated. Well, anyway, they've got it now? They've got it covered? Colson: Well, they said so [...] [Next segment] President Nixon: For example, that business of the McGovern watch, it just has to be -- it has to be around the clock [...] President Nixon: You see, because he -- could I just suggest this? Could we, for example, hire even like -- why the hell don't we hire Dick, I don't know whether Dick Perlasky, or a young reporter. Could [White House staffer Kenneth] Clawson find a good young reporter and say he's going to do a book. Teddy White does them...And he just goes over there with his press pass. He doesn't open his mouth, but he just covers the sonofabitch like a blanket. Colson: I've got a good man to use for that. President Nixon: I would do it
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Jul 11, 2014 04:05
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Joementum posted:June 13, 1972  Now I'm willing to believe HST was a Nixon plant.
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Jul 11, 2014 04:13
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Hey Absurd Alhazred? I just wanted to say that I really liked your posting in the I/P thread, and it was neat to get the chance to see an average Israeli's take on the conflict. I sorta.. hope you don't read the thread right now, because it's in a pretty bad place, but if there would be a chance for you to effortpost on what Israeli politics are like from your view, that'd be amazing to read.
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Jul 11, 2014 04:21
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illrepute posted:Hey Absurd Alhazred? I just wanted to say that I really liked your posting in the I/P thread, and it was neat to get the chance to see an average Israeli's take on the conflict. I sorta.. hope you don't read the thread right now, because it's in a pretty bad place, but if there would be a chance for you to effortpost on what Israeli politics are like from your view, that'd be amazing to read. Wasn't he the guy back during the Israeli protests was talking about how bad the Israeli middle class has it and didn't see any kind of a parallel or comparison to how Arab Israelis and the Palestinians are treated?
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Jul 11, 2014 04:26
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Pope Guilty posted:Wasn't he the guy back during the Israeli protests was talking about how bad the Israeli middle class has it and didn't see any kind of a parallel or comparison to how Arab Israelis and the Palestinians are treated? The Israeli Middle Class is having problems right now. As for the latter, I didn't see any posting like that, and my goal is not to draw him out for criticism. I'm interested in hearing what Israeli posters think about issues that don't necessarily relate to the One issue I/P threads always turn into.
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Jul 11, 2014 04:33
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SlipUp posted:That's because you know nothing about heroin, but have the courage to talk about it like you do anyway. Is this the part of the internet where I say I poo poo trains or something?
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Jul 11, 2014 04:42
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illrepute posted:Hey Absurd Alhazred? I just wanted to say that I really liked your posting in the I/P thread, and it was neat to get the chance to see an average Israeli's take on the conflict. I sorta.. hope you don't read the thread right now, because it's in a pretty bad place, but if there would be a chance for you to effortpost on what Israeli politics are like from your view, that'd be amazing to read. I really appreciate your sentiments. I'm not really an average Israeli, being an expat and, you know, being openly hostile to a lot of views most Israelis, even somewhat to the left, would defend without question. I have a lot of sympathy for the people dismissing me as a Hasbara shill, because I used to react the same way, and I have friends who still do; it hurts all the more for it. That being said, where would be a good effort post for this? And what should I cover? I think I have some insights into Zionist history (from reading a lot of books - I'm not a historian), and I have some grasp of current politics and the balance of power and geopolotics (although I'm not a political scientist), but I wouldn't want to blather on by myself and then be taken as authoritative simply because people like my posting. While I disagree with Kaal about many things, I feel he might have more insightful things to say about anything security related, and Xander's been posting legitimate things, although we have fundamental disagreements. Others have said sensible things, as well. When the I/P thread started, I was hoping for a thread where you could hear from open-minded Israelis, like me, but also from Palestinians. One second-generation refugee posted once there, I don't know if anyone else did. I do know a lot of them would just not want to talk to an Israeli in this context, and considering how often even leftist Israelis simply dismiss Palestinian history, especially an-Nakba, I can't blame them. Others dismiss talking to Israelis who are not, say, openly and publicly members of the BDS movement as heterodox normalization with the Zionist enemy; I think that's historically been shown to be a bad way of going about it, but again, up to them. In that Platonic thread people from around the world could join in the conversation, argue about substantive differences, etc. Maybe everyone could learn something. Unfortunately, we got that thread. I am not sure if it's possible to do better in D&D. Pope Guilty posted:Wasn't he the guy back during the Israeli protests was talking about how bad the Israeli middle class has it and didn't see any kind of a parallel or comparison to how Arab Israelis and the Palestinians are treated? I don't remember what you're talking about. If you could link to a thread I will be able to defend or be embarrassed about what I said there, depending on what it was that I said, if I did said anything. It's been three years, I do most of my I/P arguing with people on Facebook, and I don't remember that I was very involved with I/P threads here until maybe the 2013 elections, or the refugee thread, whichever one came first. I could be wrong, though.
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I'd hold on to that effortpost for now. Someday, a better thread will arise. We have to hope.
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Jul 11, 2014 04:47
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Every time I see references to I/P threads or arguments I have to doublecheck and correct my assumption that it's another EFF thread.
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Jul 11, 2014 04:48
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Which parties have you voted for, Alhazred?
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Jul 11, 2014 04:48
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illrepute posted:Someday, a better thread will arise. We have to hope. History isn't on your side there. But it's nice to be optimistic.
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Jul 11, 2014 04:49
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It kinda sucks how people can get so angry at a culture or group they refuse to believe any of them have anything worth saying. A lot of Israelis are assholes, yes. Why should Absurd have to take the blame for that, especially if he doesn't espouse the views people take issue with? Then again there's probably no such thing as neutral ground when it comes to Israel/Palestine. 
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Jul 11, 2014 04:52
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The Monkey Man posted:Which parties have you voted for, Alhazred? I only voted for a party once, and it was for Meretz. For a while I thought I was too radical left wing to do something like voting. Now if I had to choose I would probably vote for Balad (Tajamua, or National Democratic Assembly), a Palestinian nationalist secular party, because while I disagree with some of their views, I think that they are going good places, particularly with their outreach to Mizrahi Jews. I mean, if I could vote for a parliamentarian, I would definitely vote for Ahmed Tibi, but he is currently in a coalition of parties which include the Southern Islamic movement, and I don't see myself voting for a religious party. However, I think that now that I've moved out of the country, it is inappropriate for me to vote there. It is also logistically a hassle, because there are no absentee ballots. razorrozar posted:It kinda sucks how people can get so angry at a culture or group they refuse to believe any of them have anything worth saying. A lot of Israelis are assholes, yes. Why should Absurd have to take the blame for that, especially if he doesn't espouse the views people take issue with? As we speak my country is bombing people it has kept in an open-air prison for almost a decade now. There are probably at least 100 dead by now (80 last reported), and many more are likely. This, furthermore, has nothing to do with providing the Israeli people with any geopolitical or security gains. So even if we were to accept Israeli claims as to the precision and legitimacy of their bombing campaign, those people have all been killed for absolutely no good reason. I entirely understand why people are upset. I am upset. Most of my friends are upset, and opposed to this, but I get into arguments with friends-of-friends who aren't. Even after having given up on trying to convince them of the immorality of our government's action, just trying to argue on the merits for Israelis qua Israelis, you have to climb a sheer cliff of spite. It's very disheartening.
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Jul 11, 2014 05:02
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Don't be sad, friend. I grew up a Yankees fan. If I can be taught the errors of my ways, anyone can.
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Jul 11, 2014 06:03
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Just poppin' in to say I laugh every time I see this pic look at his stupid pouty face, just look at that big stupid baby
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Jul 11, 2014 06:07
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Wolfsheim posted:Just poppin' in to say I laugh every time I see this pic Is that Governor Perry? Why the long face, Ricky-poo?
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Jul 11, 2014 06:12
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Literally "if they take a picture of me smiling with the Kenyan, I'm finished." Obama was probably just riffing the whole time trying to get him to crack. The Finest President.
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Jul 11, 2014 07:09
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SedanChair posted:Literally "if they take a picture of me smiling with the Kenyan, I'm finished." Obama was probably just riffing the whole time trying to get him to crack. The Finest President. Yeah, but what's the context? Some kind of inter-governmental thing where the State of the Republic of By God Texas has to deal with those damned DC Carpetbaggers?
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Jul 11, 2014 07:13
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Wasn't it the Super Serious Meetup to Discuss the Immigrant Crisis?
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Jul 11, 2014 07:14
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SedanChair posted:Wasn't it the Super Serious Meetup to Discuss the Immigrant Crisis? Holy crap, you were right. I'm GISing it and he is absolutely serious in each and every photo. Absurd Alhazred fucked around with this message at 07:26 on Jul 11, 2014 |
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Jul 11, 2014 07:17
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They must be sweating behind their masks knowing that if they so much as smirk the tea-party shogggoths will boil out of the air vents and flay their tongues.
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Jul 11, 2014 07:24
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SedanChair posted:Literally "if they take a picture of me smiling with the Kenyan, I'm finished." Obama was probably just riffing the whole time trying to get him to crack. The Finest President. Obama is so chill. I have no idea if this is true but I read somewhere that he smoked so much weed in college that his friends called him Barack Oganja. I don't know if I could be so cheery under the pressures he's under.
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Jul 11, 2014 07:31
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barack oganja and the choom gang need to have a reunion concert
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Jul 11, 2014 07:33
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Joementum posted:If you liked Nixonland, you'll love Before the Storm, which is Perlstein's book about the Goldwater '64 movement. Having read both, I don't think Perlstein is arguing in Nixonland that Dick was the source of the modern political divide in the US. Rather, I think he uses the book to explain the circumstances that surrounded Nixon's resurrection in '68 and re-election in '72, specifically that the "silent majority" was very real. It's good context to have if you grew up in the 80's, 90's, or 00's and learned from TV documentaries that the only things that happened in the late 60's was Woodstock, the Beatles, and The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test. That was a minority movement that had an outsized impact on popular culture and I think the point of Nixonland is to tell the other side of the tale, focusing on the avatar of the silent majority. before the storm is next on my reading list and i read fear and loathing on campaign trail years ago but i think i was too young to really appreciate it. might give it a re-read. i usually stay away from books about politics but i had heard so many good things about nixonland over the past few years that i had to check it out and it's really been eye opening maybe it wasn't that nixon was the source of the modern political divide, but he seems to make the case that nixon found out a way to exploit the fears and anxieties it in a way that allowed the 1972 landslide to happen, like the realization that he could get the hard hats to vote against their own economic interests by appealing to their distrust of hippies and other "cultural" issues. after he showed how effective the strategy could be, it has been used by the right ever since
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Jul 11, 2014 08:43
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Zizek: Plagiarist
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Jul 11, 2014 10:39
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drilldo squirt posted:Who is zizek? You've never heard of Zizek? Let me frame it in this way: Do you know of a man whose bedroom is adorned with two posters: one of Stalin, the other a promotional poster for Battlefield: Modern Warfare? That's Zizek. (i'm not kidding)
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Jul 11, 2014 10:45
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Zizek is a Markov generator given human form.
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Jul 11, 2014 10:47
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If Zizek didn't exist, we'd have to invent him.
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Jul 11, 2014 10:55
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illrepute posted:You've never heard of Zizek? He sounds like a cool guy.
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Jul 11, 2014 11:03
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drilldo squirt posted:He sounds like a cool guy. He is, plagiarism notwithstanding. I'll have to dig up the article of a journalist interviewing him one time, with Zizek conducting the interview through his closed bathroom door while sitting on the toilet.
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Jul 11, 2014 11:09
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So is he just crazy or selling books to idiots for money?
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Zizek is popular because Zizek is an incredibly goony man. I strongly suspect he adorns his bedroom with anime posters.drilldo squirt posted:So is he just crazy or selling books to idiots for money? Fallacy alert: False Dichotomy. Why not both?
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Discendo Vox posted:Zizek is popular because Zizek is an incredibly goony man. I strongly suspect he adorns his bedroom with anime posters. Based on his plagiarism and toilet thing it gives the impression of a dude who found a nitch to write for and wrote what they wanted to hear. Sorta like glen beck.
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