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Commented on PSA: Ignore the news
Wise words, Charlie. Enjoy your holiday and let other people worry. Or not....
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Commented on Brief note: drinks, Wednesday 17th, Kuala Lumpur
A warning about the impossibility of finding taxis in key locations during rush hour and heavy rain is almost mandatory when talking about Kuala Lumpur and the surrounding areas. I hope you're having a great time in KL, Charlie, and...
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4861brown commented on
PSA: Ignore the news
A new saying should be "Great Conspiracies require great proof." Not great willingness to believe....
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Trottelreiner commented on
PSA: Ignore the news
Well, at the moment the idea of two lone wolves is the null hypothesis; as already mentioned, i don't believe into a conspiracy myself, but i wouldn't be that surprised, either. if you want to see a real intelligence clusterfuck, we are just having one of those in germany, atm, with regards to our extreme political right. on the one hand, when they tried to ban our local bnp substitute a few years ago, there was this nice bit where the whole party seemed to be in the pay of the german verfassungsschutz: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Democratic_Party_of_Germany#The_2001.E2.80.932003_banning_attempt but then, all of this didn't...
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Trottelreiner commented on
PSA: Ignore the news
btw, attention, link to daily snail... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2314095/The-hunt-Misha-Bomb-investigators-search-mysterious-bald-red-bearded-Armenian-man-accused-radicalizing-Tamerlan.html Tamerlan took an interest in Infowars, a conspiracy theory website. oh frag......
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Greg. Tingey commented on
PSA: Ignore the news
Talking of "Ignoring" the news .. How about deliberately suppressing the news, complete with secret courts & secret trails & gagging orders on the convictions. Right here in Britain Started by Blair (of course) but still in effect, under Camoron. Health warning, it is from the Daily Nazi, so should be read with great care. But, they have gone public on it, so ... See: HERE and a comment article ... here as well What really strikes me as sinister is the name of this secret-jailing organisation: "The Court of Protection" Reminds me of: "Committee of Public Safety"...
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zhochaka commented on
PSA: Ignore the news
Has anyone ever noticed how many exciting fictional characters, whether freelance or agents for state-sponsored bodies, behave like the actors behind conspiracy theories. The idea sells. It must have a certain semi-conscious appeal to the mass audience. OGH has the Laundry. There was Bulldog Drummond and Simon Templar. There is James Bond (now with Royal Approval), and there was Modesty Blaise. Some of this may be linked to the long secret war against Communism, but it was around before the 1917 Revolution. We've learned, as consumers of entertainment, to like this stuff, and maybe that makes is more susceptible to...
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