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Message 458 of 603 (802432)
03-16-2017 12:03 PM 		Reply to: Message 451 by Faith
03-16-2017 9:43 AM

Re: Lots of equipment can have surveillance ability
Faith writes:
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These innocent-looking devices may be spying on you, or performing other nefarious actions:
People are already shovelling their personal information onto Facebook so fast that the CIA can't read it all. Nobody needs to hack your toaster.
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ringo
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Message 481 of 603 (803129)
03-24-2017 11:41 AM 		Reply to: Message 469 by 1.61803
03-23-2017 5:38 PM

Re: Lots of equipment can have surveillance ability
~1.6 writes:
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Paraphrasing: Never in the annals of history have more un-lived lives been more chronicled.~ Lewis Black
There's an inverse law there: The more you actually do, the less time (and inclination) you have to tell people about it.
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Message 510 of 603 (824150)
11-23-2017 11:25 AM 		Reply to: Message 507 by NoNukes
10-13-2017 11:30 PM

Re: That Nasty Moron
NoNukes writes:
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Trump may be ignorant, but his ignorance never falls on the side of treating certain folks as real Americans.
As Goldfinger said, "Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action."
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Message 519 of 603 (824244)
11-25-2017 11:16 AM 		Reply to: Message 517 by Phat
11-25-2017 8:37 AM

Re: Flat Earther "Mad" Mike Hughes ...
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"It's the most interesting story in the world," Hughes told The Associated Press....
  —Phat
He seems to be channelling Trump. No doubt it will be the longest flight in the history of the world too, with the largest crowd in the history of the world watching.
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Message 533 of 603 (833770)
05-26-2018 12:00 PM 		Reply to: Message 532 by caffeine
05-26-2018 6:04 AM

Re: It's all them saved daylight hours....
caffeine writes:
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This appears to be what we call, in English, "a joke".
We also have a phrase in English, "You have got to be kidding," for when we can't believe anybody could be that stupid. But sometimes they really are.
An honest discussion is more of a peer review than a pep rally. My toughest critics here are the people who agree with me. -- ringo
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ringo
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Message 536 of 603 (833863)
05-27-2018 2:28 PM 		Reply to: Message 534 by caffeine
05-26-2018 4:10 PM

Re: It's all them saved daylight hours....
caffeine writes:
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But the structure of the letter looks so much like a joke that I'm leaning that way.
It is suspiciously lacking in spelling mistakes - but it appears to be a letter to the editor so the editor may have fixed it up.
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I'll tell my story again: In 1972, Richard Nixon was re-elected by a landslide, even as Watergate loomed on the horizon. One commentator suggested that America preferred a smart crook over an honest fool. Ever since then, if somebody prefers to be seen as an honest fool rather than a smart crook, I take his word for it.
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Cases in point: Donald Trump and ICANT.
An honest discussion is more of a peer review than a pep rally. My toughest critics here are the people who agree with me. -- ringo
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