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It's harder to blackmail someone who feels no shame, like Trump. I suspect that if Russia did attempt to blackmail Trump he'd tell them to go ahead and publish, confident he could convince his supporters that Russia was just making...
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No children, but 2 nieces and 2 nephews. One of the nephews, aged 4, is currently collecting chicken bones. He carries a bag of them around with him, ignoring all his other toys, to his parents' bemusement. I've been writing...
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Shirin Lutzelfrau commented on
The End of the British nuclear deterrent?
Men in Black: Men in black Wikipedia Men In Black YT, Music, Will Smith, 3:52 It's a joke, as well as True on various Meta Levels. You are ex-Military, are you not? The implication is that "your kind" are using this kind of stuff in the wild. Not personally and "you" here is being used in the Latin Plural case sense. O Lucky Man! YT, Film trailer, 3:29 p.s. The joke is that you're being absolutist / determinist about my meanings when they're multiple, and you're refusing to see the multiple meanings to attempt to enforce your Mind on ours....
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Shirin Lutzelfrau commented on
The End of the British nuclear deterrent?
You've been caught on multiple occasions pretending deeper knowledge and understanding than you actually possess. No, that's not what happened at all. On multiple occasions you missed a lot of the jokes. The message wasn't actually at you at all. It's M-3/4 level. Put it this way: not very nice what you/they just attempted to pull off. (Where you/they is not you on a personal level). Hikikomori Think back to posts about those lone wolf 4GW/5GW stuff and so on. Someone (hello, Space Whales - Culture Orcas are the mirror, see?) was pushing at something a little bit nastier than...
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Shirin Lutzelfrau commented on
The End of the British nuclear deterrent?
However, I have NO idea why she thinks you will get a visit from a man in a black suit, unless it is a reference to human mortality and an undertaker. Yes, well, you hit on the third level of joke / irony there. Quite impressive, and we do love your tortoise shell and your Mind has been a great delight to us.[1] So, a film you've probably not seen, but a taster for your edification: Joe is an IRS agent scene YT, Film: Meet Joe Black, 5:08 A slight little film, almost tawdry in its schmaltz, but saved by...
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Greg Tingey commented on
The End of the British nuclear deterrent?
Yes, I am now, partly through self-conditioning, immune to almost all conventional advertising. And when I do notice, it usually annoys me. ( "Right, I'm NOT BUYING your fucking product!" ) The Seagull has long since reached that latter point, which is worse, because "she" doesn't seem to have any "product", other than simply annoying people & being a complete arsehole. Now, you will note, she's off again, ranting away in almost-total obfuscation in #558-60 .. except, of course, claiming again that "it's a joke" in one, & what a surprise, I don't believe you - I call LIAR -...
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Shirin Lutzelfrau commented on
The End of the British nuclear deterrent?
Now, you will note, she's off again, ranting away in almost-total obfuscation in #558-60 .. If you're over 40, perhaps. Or just being a GOON. Anyone under 40 from a Western Country will immediately spot many of the jokes. 558 M.I.B is a long con type UFO conspiracy that was probably used to silence/threaten people for real (back in the 50's) that then morphed into its own Conspiracy Theory (no doubt helped along by such organizations as the Scientologists etc who loved that side of things, as well as the CIA etc - c.f Operation Snow White) "Oh Lucky Man!"...
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