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PT6A posted:It's especially ridiculous, because the alternate universe story goes like this: It's even possible it went down like that and then she decided to play it another way to write some Serena Joy rear end tweet trying to get women to act like slaves.
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https://twitter.com/NoahShachtman/status/1112360127825395712 this story is still in its infancy, and there are a whole lot of unknowns because we haven't seen evidence of any of the claims, but i think it got less attention yesterday than it should've Bezos' security people argue that AMI didn't just pay off his girlfriend's brother, Sanchez, to steal his texts, but rather that they originally found out about his girlfriend from Saudi-backed hacking of Bezos' phone and have been trying to cover it up by making Sanchez the fall guy. the richest man in the world setting out to prove MBS hacked him because of the WaPo's coverage of KSA is.. a very big story
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I thought it was weird that I haven't heard anything about that lately.
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eke out posted:https://twitter.com/NoahShachtman/status/1112360127825395712 Considering MBS, I wouldn't be surprised.
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Archonex posted:Keep reading the replies to Mussolini's...I want to say, grand daughter? Everyone just loving dunks on her for defending a literal fascist (while in office in a parliament no less!) and she is just too loving thick to realize that she's damaging her career and defending the legacy of a monster. For bonus points read the stuff that's in italian. There is not a single loving tweet saying "Okay, this is acceptable."from other people in that entire back and forth. I see you are unfamiliar with Alessandra Mussolini.
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You'd think someone that involved with technology would know that cell phones aren't very secure and to not keep poo poo like that one them, but then again billionaires are usually morons.
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CubanMissile posted:You'd think someone that involved with technology would know that cell phones aren't very secure and to not keep poo poo like that one them, but then again billionaires are usually morons. There has never been any evidence that Amazon knows dick about phones
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Considering how desperate Saudi Arabia is to modernize their economy, Bezos could offer HQ3 in Riyadh in exchange for MBS's head and the King might do it.TheScott2K posted:There has never been any evidence that Amazon knows dick about phones The Amazon Fire phone was Bezos' pet product so that statement checks out.
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Archonex posted:Keep reading the replies to Mussolini's...I want to say, grand daughter? Everyone just loving dunks on her for defending a literal fascist (while in office in a parliament no less!) and she is just too loving thick to realize that she's damaging her career and defending the legacy of a monster. For bonus points read the stuff that's in italian. There is not a single loving tweet saying "Okay, this is acceptable."from other people in that entire back and forth. She's unironically going full whataboutism since everyone is dunking on her.
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Mar 31, 2019 15:56
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mango sentinel posted:I see you are unfamiliar with Alessandra Mussolini. Enlighten us, please. From the outside Italian politics looks like an ongoing civil war full of Game of Thrones backstabbery and I want it confirmed.
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Mar 31, 2019 15:58
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https://twitter.com/daveweigel/status/1112369508453367808 What if, indeed.
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Mar 31, 2019 16:04
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Arcsquad12 posted:Enlighten us, please. From the outside Italian politics looks like an ongoing civil war full of Game of Thrones backstabbery and I want it confirmed. I'm not an expert on Italian politics, but: she's an unabashed defender of her grandfather at every turn and my understanding of her politics is "socially liberal ethnofascist." Her fascist leanings are nothing new to Italian voters and is in line with the rest of her public life, not some shock that will damage her political career.
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Mar 31, 2019 16:11
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I'D BUY THAT FOR A DOLLAR. https://twitter.com/EoinHiggins_/status/1112336647964815360
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Mar 31, 2019 16:12
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Apparantly unpopular opinion but if someone is watching television or otherwise consuming media it can be rude to strike up a conversation with someone clearly engrossed. Gay people are human beings and deserve love and equality though so Denise and I are at an impasse.
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CubanMissile posted:You'd think someone that involved with technology would know that cell phones aren't very secure and to not keep poo poo like that one them, but then again billionaires are usually morons. There’s no cure for horny
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Mar 31, 2019 16:25
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Groovelord Neato posted:I'D BUY THAT FOR A DOLLAR. We were in the Robocop universe but the timeline diverged when the not-yet-megacorp that would become OCP went bankrupt in 2008.
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Mar 31, 2019 16:26
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Chef Boyardeez Nuts posted:Apparantly unpopular opinion but if someone is watching television or otherwise consuming media it can be rude to strike up a conversation with someone clearly engrossed. I feel like that's not the part people are objecting to, so much as the overall context of what she wrote. 
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Mar 31, 2019 16:26
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Archonex posted:Also, I know Jim Carrey has had some bad moments in the past but it seems like he's turned a corner and then some. That was loving savage. That he hooked in the descendant of an actual, no poo poo, pro-genocidal fascist that's in office and made an rear end of herself publicly is just icing on the cake. He's still a New Age Antivaccine nutcase
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CommieGIR posted:He's still a New Age Antivaccine nutcase He's backed off on that a bit, IIRC, since he broke up with possible dumbest person alive Jenny McCarthy.
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Mar 31, 2019 16:29
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Phobic Nest posted:We were in the Robocop universe but the timeline diverged when the not-yet-megacorp that would become OCP went bankrupt in 2008. i like how the WOULD YOU LIKE TO KNOW MORE bits in starship troopers are maybe a bit too toned down.
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Mar 31, 2019 16:29
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Groovelord Neato posted:i like how the WOULD YOU LIKE TO KNOW MORE bits in starship troopers are maybe a bit too toned down. ...wait a minute... ...do you think Paul Verhoeven could be...God?  It would explain a few things.
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Raenir Salazar posted:Considering MBS, I wouldn't be surprised. On Chapo they said KSA is an entire country run buy Don Jr.'s and Jared Kushners. Chef Boyardeez Nuts posted:Apparantly unpopular opinion but if someone is watching television or otherwise consuming media it can be rude to strike up a conversation with someone clearly engrossed. A basketball game isn't really the same as an episode of a TV show where missing one line of dialogue can possibly be a big deal. You can half-watch a basketball game and talk to someone for a few minutes just fine, unless you're a performatively-macho toddler, I suppose.
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Plus if something really awesome happens they'll replay it in slow motion a few times anyway. Or you can do that yourself with your DVR and catch up at the next commercial break.
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Mar 31, 2019 16:34
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Groovelord Neato posted:i like how the WOULD YOU LIKE TO KNOW MORE bits in starship troopers are maybe a bit too toned down. I mean we don't have live executions on TV...yet. I'm glad that movie exists and I'm glad Verhoven took one look at the book went "this is fascist apologia and I should loving know because I nearly got exploded by Nazis" and set out to make a satirical bent on what a military-run "democracy" would look like. It's just a shame it's maybe a bit too good of a satire. Angry_Ed fucked around with this message at 16:37 on Mar 31, 2019 |
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Groovelord Neato posted:I'D BUY THAT FOR A DOLLAR. I'm hearing the echo in her studio and I'm now 90% sure her mic actually isn't connected and they just use the onboard mic on a camera.
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Majorian posted:...wait a minute... Let's see here Glorified sexual violence, check Biting social satirization though the lens of that glorification, check. Sci-fi-esque dystopian setting. Check. Welp, were pretty much hosed guys.
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Mar 31, 2019 16:36
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Heck Yes! Loam! posted:Let's see here Truly bizarre grotesquery of an 80's/early-90's supervillain in control of everything, check.
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Mar 31, 2019 16:38
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Majorian posted:Truly bizarre grotesquery of an 80's/early-90's supervillain in control of everything, check. Corporate profits and consumerism above public service and safety, check. Violent, lethal anti-theft devices? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLhWzMOccTg Check!
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Angry_Ed posted:I mean we don't have live executions on TV...yet. the movie came out a bit too early. it's a perfect satire of post-9/11 america.
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Lycus posted:Tell me that's a 'shop. Fox news, of course it isn't
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Heck Yes! Loam! posted:She'll be able to get her husband much more beer now i guess. a) She is THE DENISE of that statement, because she wrote a takedown of The View for the Federalist b) She was at McCain's wedding because Meaghan McCain is married to Denise's boss, the co-founder/EiC of the Federalist c) He formed the Federalist in part because he got fired from every legitimate/pseudo-legitimate journalistic outlet that hired him as a wunderkind conservative due to a frothy mix of plagiarism, lying, and being a non-disclosed paid agent of other countries writing about said counties So really the entire thing is an ouroboros of shitheads. I don't know who McAllister's husband is but he's clearly a champ too.
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I'm sorry honey, your granddad was a raving rear end in a top hat fascist and a moron to boot.
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Majorian posted:Truly bizarre grotesquery of an 80's/early-90's supervillain in control of everything, check. The satirical moral being lost on the people it was originally satirizing. Check
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mango sentinel posted:I see you are unfamiliar with Alessandra Mussolini. Yeah. The idea that anyone would permit a recent descendant of a genocidal fascist to be in political power is a bit mind boggling all by itself actually. Especially when they're literally quoting nazi apologia verbatim. Which I think is still a crime in Italy?
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Phobic Nest posted:We were in the Robocop universe but the timeline diverged when the not-yet-megacorp that would become OCP went bankrupt in 2008. I dunno, this feels more Starship Troopers as Robocop was anchored in some sort of reality
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Nemo Somen posted:I think at this point, most people have already decided what they think of Trump and Barr's memo changes nothing. If someone hates Trump, they probably have other reasons to hate him, and if someone loves Trump, they'd probably either ignore the memo if it was bad or things would remain the same as before. The only thing the memo does for some people is justify voting for Trump but those seeking vindication would have probably voted Trump anyway. I wonder too, the media hasn't covered the Barr letter perfectly but they keep reiterating that this isn't an exoneration. I wonder if that message is penetrating. Even if it isn't acting like a mob boss publicly, even if you are innocent, is not a great way to get people to support you. But mostly yah given who Trump is and what he says forces you to pick a side but he has no savvy so it mostly sides people against him.
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SocketWrench posted:I dunno, this feels more Starship Troopers as Robocop was anchored in some sort of reality Not sure what I would pick if I had to choose. Probably RoboCop, but I'm much more familiar with ST so I know how bad that one gets.
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Heck Yes! Loam! posted:Not sure what I would pick if I had to choose. Probably RoboCop, but I'm much more familiar with ST so I know how bad that one gets. Well, Robocop takes place in Detroit under a crime epidemic during a time when real Detroit was under a crime epidemic and people were searching for an answer, any answer. Robocop also had to follow law and rules, and felt some emotion as to who he was and people around him. Starship Troopers is really none of that with the only emotion being "My friend and/or fuckbuddy is gone, kill everything"
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