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His Wikipedia bibliography is hilarious.quote:Non-fiction Start off as a late-80's self-help shill, move through the 90's riding the wave of interest in serial killers, into the 00's with celebrity criminal clap-trap and Tea Party blowjobs. Media whores don't come more shameless.
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It's like the literary equivalent of Nancy Graces twitter account
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Nov 4, 2014 21:00
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Intel&Sebastian posted:My favorite part of Supreme Commander Ablow's American Jihad was that he couldn't stop himself from elaborating on what his facist freedom factory would do the United States too and that it'd be such a golden utopia that you'd actually enjoy paying taxes because you'd know they were all going towards the glorious march of conservative principles at gunpoint across the globe. He also called taxation a tithe to the Lord and a sacred duty. You know how much the Lord wanted to be Caesar so that sweet gold would be rendered unto Him!  Still, it might be worth it if this meant offshoring profits to dodge taxes is treason and apostasy. Apple, Goldman-Sachs, Mitt Romney, you are Anathema!  
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Nov 4, 2014 21:14
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The Air Force Just Fired Two More Nuclear Missile Commandersquote:To: Whenifhow; tx_eggman quote:To: SpinnerWebb quote:To: Whenifhow quote:To: Terry L Smith
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Oh good they're beating off to a loving nuclear explosion again.
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Nov 4, 2014 23:01
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So is anyone else planning to take a slight break from the thread after the inexorable rear end kicking the dems are about to receive today? I'm already having trouble resigning myself to the fact I'm going to have to see Scott Walker's stupid, smug, ever punchable wet turd face for another four years as he burns this state to the ground. I still can't fathom that the side that thinks the U.S. President actively wants a nuclear explosion on U.S. soil is actually going to not only win, but by all accounts win convincingly. It's seriously depressing me large numbers of people are so vicious and hate filled towards anyone even slightly different.
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Nov 4, 2014 23:17
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I would stick around for a bit, never underestimate the Freep ability to find the thing to complain about in any situation.
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Nov 4, 2014 23:30
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Yeah, even in 2010 they bitched plenty. Then again, I live in California, so that wasn't as bad an election as it could've been.
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Nov 4, 2014 23:33
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Pokemaster #421 posted:So is anyone else planning to take a slight break from the thread after the inexorable rear end kicking the dems are about to receive today? I'm already having trouble resigning myself to the fact I'm going to have to see Scott Walker's stupid, smug, ever punchable wet turd face for another four years as he burns this state to the ground. I still can't fathom that the side that thinks the U.S. President actively wants a nuclear explosion on U.S. soil is actually going to not only win, but by all accounts win convincingly. It's seriously depressing me large numbers of people are so vicious and hate filled towards anyone even slightly different. They'll just drum up pissing fits after Obama doesn't explode nuclear loving bombs over the Heartland after losing.
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Nov 4, 2014 23:35
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Pokemaster #421 posted:So is anyone else planning to take a slight break from the thread after the inexorable rear end kicking the dems are about to receive today? I'm already having trouble resigning myself to the fact I'm going to have to see Scott Walker's stupid, smug, ever punchable wet turd face for another four years as he burns this state to the ground. I still can't fathom that the side that thinks the U.S. President actively wants a nuclear explosion on U.S. soil is actually going to not only win, but by all accounts win convincingly. It's seriously depressing me large numbers of people are so vicious and hate filled towards anyone even slightly different. Sit back and enjoy the silver lining: the misery well at freerepublic will never go dry
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Nov 4, 2014 23:40
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Even though Republicans are going to win big, they'll be "establishment" Republicans so Freep will still cry tears about it. They aren't going to be as good as the 2012 ones, and hopefully the 2016 ones will also be much better, but I'm willing to look for any silver lining after the disappointment tonight will bring.
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Nov 4, 2014 23:41
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Ah forgive me, in my election day despair I forgot the holy freep maxim of always more, always worse. Thanks for giving me a silver lining! Although that makes me wonder what the world would look like if they ever were satisfied enough to stop bitching. I'd imagine it would involve piles upon piles of immigrant skulls and me no longer alive to see it. And probably one single black guy that everyone in the country tries to be friends with to prove they're not racist. Pokemaster #421 fucked around with this message at 23:56 on Nov 4, 2014 |
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Nov 4, 2014 23:54
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Pokemaster #421 posted:Although that makes me wonder what the world would look like if they ever were satisfied enough to stop bitching. It would be one person, alone in the world, after the inevitable infighting of who was really the purest conservative. I feel like there's been many sci-fi stories about this kind of thing.
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Pokemaster #421 posted:Although that makes me wonder what the world would look like if they ever were satisfied enough to stop bitching. Like this: 
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Pokemaster #421 posted:Although that makes me wonder what the world would look like if they ever were satisfied enough to stop bitching. Look, if you want the Eye of Terror to open, that's one thing, but don't come crying when it warps your body and mind.
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Nov 5, 2014 00:15
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I wonder how many more people are going to get purged out in the 2016 primaries. There can't be that many disposable people any more. Threads rarely get above 100 comments anymore. I am sure looking forward to it though!
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Nov 5, 2014 00:19
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Pokemaster #421 posted:Ah forgive me, in my election day despair I forgot the holy freep maxim of always more, always worse. Thanks for giving me a silver lining! Although that makes me wonder what the world would look like if they ever were satisfied enough to stop bitching. I'd imagine it would involve piles upon piles of immigrant skulls and me no longer alive to see it. 
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Nov 5, 2014 00:35
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AVeryLargeRadish posted:Like this: Creatures without hope, who live for nothing except to spread misery and sadness to the world and undue anything good they may have done in the past. Yep that sounds like Freep.
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Nov 5, 2014 00:43
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I'm feeling kind of melancholy today. Even though I'm not very enthusiastic for my Senate candidate, I still went out to vote for her today, and will most likely do it again in December when the run off occurs. I just don't know if I can take another month of negative ads
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Nov 5, 2014 00:49
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mints posted:I'm feeling kind of melancholy today. Even though I'm not very enthusiastic for my Senate candidate, I still went out to vote for her today, and will most likely do it again in December when the run off occurs. I just don't know if I can take another month of negative ads That's the whole point of negative adds. Don't give them what they want.
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quote:If you remember, some missile commanders were fired in the past, and it came out, that they REFUSED a presidential order to launch missiles on this country. Ah yes I do recall when the President of these United States ordered a nuclear missile strike upon his own country, and all that came from it was those brave patriots who said "no" to him were fired.
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Nov 5, 2014 02:05
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mints posted:I'm feeling kind of melancholy today. Even though I'm not very enthusiastic for my Senate candidate, I still went out to vote for her today, and will most likely do it again in December when the run off occurs. I just don't know if I can take another month of negative ads Stop watching TV. Television is pointless, anyway.
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Nov 5, 2014 02:11
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Mister Adequate posted:Ah yes I do recall when the President of these United States ordered a nuclear missile strike upon his own country, and all that came from it was those brave patriots who said "no" to him were fired. And somehow not immediately replaced with the guy who would say yes. OBOZO takes no for an answer the first time on destroying the country before moving to the next dastardly plot.
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Nov 5, 2014 02:16
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I think this pretty much sums up Election Night  Sen. Mitch McConnell wins re-election It's bad. quote:To: Morgana quote:To: Morgana Better than a Democrat, at least. quote:To: Obadiah It's... good?  quote:To: Obadiah quote:To: Obadiah No, it's bad. quote:To: Morgana It's... alright, maybe? quote:To: tanknetter quote:To: Rides_A_Red_Horse Nope, still bad. quote:To: refermech quote:To: Morgana quote:To: RC one quote:To: Morgana quote:To: Morgana quote:To: refermech quote:To: Morgana I wonder if there's a word for that kind of awkward feeling you get when you end up agreeing with someone but for the completely opposite reasons. quote:To: Morgana
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Yeah I still think it's pretty funny that Freep's freaking out about ICBMs.
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Kasich won again in Ohio, and we got one Kevin Bacon for state Senate. I don't know enough about him, but he's got a memorable name. Ugh.
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Duke Igthorn posted:Oh please, everyone knows that the "fish" and "loaves" were metaphors for 18 hour work days for pennies with no overtime at sewing machines and scrubbing toxic chemicals with your bare hands. Religion: The Opiate of the Masses Especially if you want to manipulate the masses into working themselves to death for your benefit, under the assumption that they're doing God's will. Remember that it was the clergy who were the most powerful throughout history.
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Uhm, that really kind of depends on the society and time period. Really kind of a blanket statement there, and that Marx quote is about soothing pain, not drugging people.
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Everyday Lurker posted:Religion: The Opiate of the Masses I'm going to have to call you out on taking that quote out of context. The whole quote is "Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people". At the time, opium was considered a legitimate medicine for treating depression and psychosis. What he is saying is that religion is a means of coping with being exploited. He's saying that a just world would have no need for religion, not that religion must be done away with to create a just world.  Edit: Beaten. Tiberius Thyben fucked around with this message at 05:12 on Nov 5, 2014 |
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Tiberius Thyben posted:I'm going to have to call you out on taking that quote out of context. The whole quote is "Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people". At the time, opium was considered a legitimate medicine for treating depression and psychosis. What he is saying that religion is a means of coping with being exploited. He's saying that a just world would have no need for religion, not that religion must be done away with to create a just world. I guess years of hearing that quote taken out of context have done a number on its interpretation. I hope that doesn't discount the use of religion as a means of controlling the masses. 
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Everyday Lurker posted:I guess years of hearing that quote taken out of context have done a number on its interpretation. I hope that doesn't discount the use of religion as a means of controlling the masses. Oh! Not at all. Hope that didn't come off as too harsh. Just hear it from a lot of people as well, and it starts to get on my nerves. I agree that Religion is a handy tool for social control. Just that it is not inherently 'evil'. Tiberius Thyben fucked around with this message at 05:11 on Nov 5, 2014 |
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Nov 5, 2014 05:09
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Everyday Lurker posted:I guess years of hearing that quote taken out of context have done a number on its interpretation. I hope that doesn't discount the use of religion as a means of controlling the masses. Don't worry about it. Phrases get twisted over time as they're repeated ad-nauseum. For example, the GOP honestly believes that "lifting yourself by your boostraps" is something everyone should be able to do, despite it specifically being a phrase meaning "something impossible to do on your own".
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Jagged Jim posted:I think this pretty much sums up Election Night Well, the only thing that has made me feel better about the complete conservative sweep tonight is that freepers aren't happy either.
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Jagged Jim posted:I think this pretty much sums up Election Night Thank you, Freep thread. I was pretty down after seeing the election results, and seeing them disappointed that a RINO won got a belly laugh out of me. Do you think there's any way to convince Tea Parties that big money will push RINOs over True Republicans and get them to oppose it?
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quote:To: naturalman1975 quote:I know him personally and he isn’t. The media has done a very good job of portraying in a particular way - especially the left wing media (which is a lot of it). They do it because on most issues - not all, but most - he’s a conservative and the media loves to make conservatives look stupid. Because of his constitutional role in the UK, he’s also limited in his ability to respond - if I’d been treated the way he was, I’d be tempted to introduce some newspaper editors and TV producers to the ancient delights of the Tower of London. But he can’t, even if he wanted to. quote:Really? The most powerful man in England can’t find a decent PR person to make sure his message is crystal clear? "my friend the Prince of Wales" - a Freeper MeLKoR fucked around with this message at 12:32 on Nov 5, 2014 |
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MeLKoR posted:"my friend the Prince of Wales" Is he also friends with that other Freeper that was a Hollywood producer that greenlit Ironman, and then fired all of his employees that voted for Obama?
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I was tempted to sympathize just a little bit with him because he puts out a coherent and sensible argument about a constitutional monarchy from a conservative viewpoint, but he had to go and ruin it by prefacing it with an unsupported claim of personally knowing the crown prince of England.
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The Duchess of Cornwall works at Nintendo and she told me that Donkey Kong Country 5 was going to have Sub-Zero as a playable character.
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quote:I doubt you understand the financial situation. The Prince of Wales income comes from his landholdings and properties - mostly in the Duchy of Cornwall. He owns these properties in pretty much the same way as anybody else who has inherited wealth. Unless you call for all of those who have inherited wealth to hand it over to the people - a remarkably socialist position - I can't see the justification for saying he should. If the monarchy ended tomorrow, these properties would remain the property of Charles Windsor, private citizen. If anything, he'd have more power over them. This is also somewhat incorrect. While it's true that Prince Charles gets some of his income from landholdings, he's done a remarkable job of diversifying the Royal Family's investment portfolio and increasing their personal wealth. Over here he has a reputation of being something of a doof because he has an awkward look to him, but from what I've read he's actually quite a shrewd investor.
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Slashrat posted:an unsupported claim of personally knowing the crown prince of England.
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