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Oh, but conspiracy theorist can be so much fun to fuck with. When I hear idiots talking their stupid shit I'll lean in like I'm really interested in what they have to say, and then lean over to the person I'm with and start to rapid fire nonsense whisper in their ear. If I'm alone I'll grab my phone and fake dial and start to whisper in code. Drives them batshit crazy.

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I'd beg to differ. Hurricanes are produced by chemtrails and the really big storms are caused by a combination of chemtrails, HAARP and the Republicans blowing smoke up our ass about NO SUCH THING AS CLIMATE CHANGE. Wh

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Providing loans with very 'relaxed' repayment terms is a standard way of paying for illegal services.

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Long past, in my case.

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They do have their own fora.

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It seems that the divorce was less than amicable, judging by all the accusations flying around that mysteriously only target the ex-husband.

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Lol, I remember now. Stray bits of Simpsons characters and dialoque are lodged in my mind.

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Christ. What is that Simpson's characters name ? I feel like I'm back in the Kitchen, bent over a garde-manger unit cleaning, saying " Pleez don't look at my 'dupe'. " And everyone laughing Ha-ha, cuz we had a long string of jokes abt. dupes, (like endless. ) And looking anyway because my checked poly-cotton swathed ass was right there, so to speak.

But, back to the article, interesting because the guy got screwed right out of his own shares. Sobering. I've visited Snopes only a few times to fact check my kitty ( are Tuxedo cat's smarter than other cats - ANSWER: Absolutely !!!!! )

I took a business class in entrepreneurship for wimmin, (a business bootcamp ackshually, )and of course they warned us assiduously to read the fine print. And told us out the sides of their mouths that we'd be putting our homes and cars up for surety on any loans. Which I really don't want to do, like, ever. The issue/potential landmine of controlling interest of investors is of big interest to me - just how much of my potential grub house will they WANT ?

Is the answer all of it Katie ?!

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Sigh. I know. I never made it to a con in their heyday, but I was glued to the TARcon threads afterwards. Everyone posted pictures and told their stories about meeting racers. Good times.

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I know it's tough getting past that initial capital letter thing, particularly if one is A Idiot.

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I received my first HAARP at 50.

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I hope your goals in life go a little beyond spell checking liberal websites. https://uploads.disquscdn.c...

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You've chosen… poorly.

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That's Ralphie at the computer. He's Chief of Police Wiggum's son.

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Maybe before you give to help out poor Snopes.com ask why they changed position re: *glysphomate/ Roundup from the evil MONSANTO * banneed by the entire western world

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Well I agree that glyphosate is much more harmful than Monsanto or the EPA will admit, I'm not sure Snopes is to blame, unless they have access to secret proof (which I bet does or could exist, but is not at this time factual evidence, since it is secret). I think it's important not to let pet projects cloud the potential for Snopes to be the main, if not only, repository of facts that dumb people will listen to.

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