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Maduo posted:That's maybe the one benefit to doing such a high profile case this season; Bergdahl's situation was already an insane shitshow before Sarah Koenig got there. i guess that's one way to reddit-proof the subjects of your show. just have them be the US military, the Taliban, and some guy who is getting so much hate mail and death threats that he won't even notice a few nerdlords from the internet trying to be weird to him
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Has anyone else here watched bridge of spies yet? I'm finding a lot of parallels with this season's serial in just basically how our government is treating bergdhal. Like yeah he is a huge idiot for that initial capture but cmon man the guy was held captive in the worst conditions possible for 5 years and when we get him back we just treat him like poo poo? For as loving stupid the initial capture was and his reasons I don't think anyone deserves that treatment.
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The REAL Goobusters posted:Like yeah he is a huge idiot for that initial capture but cmon man the guy was held captive in the worst conditions possible for 5 years and when we get him back we just treat him like poo poo? Like anything since January 21, 2009, it boils down to the fact that Obama is the president.
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I wasn't impressed with this episode. Kim, or whatever her name is, seems like she's full of poo poo. How the hell does someone else cancel your visa, unless it's a government agency?
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Happy Hedonist posted:I wasn't impressed with this episode. Kim, or whatever her name is, seems like she's full of poo poo. How the hell does someone else cancel your visa, unless it's a government agency? Well she was in touch with the FBI and independent sources confirmed she wasn't full of poo poo so you seem bad at understanding thing
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Iron Crowned posted:Like anything since January 21, 2009, it boils down to the fact that Obama is the president.  Happy Hedonist posted:I wasn't impressed with this episode. Kim, or whatever her name is, seems like she's full of poo poo. How the hell does someone else cancel your visa, unless it's a government agency? Jesus Christ...
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I typically think someone is full of poo poo when they say something that doesn't make sense and then follow it with a nervous laugh. Call me crazy. I understood it just fine, that particular statement just struck me as bullshit. She also had a mysterious secret way to contact the Taliban in Pakistan. Considering the fact she was presented as some normal Joe from Tampa, that's weird.
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Happy Hedonist posted:I typically think someone is full of poo poo when they say something that doesn't make sense and then follow it with a nervous laugh. Call me crazy. I understood it just fine, that particular statement just struck me as bullshit. She also had a mysterious secret way to contact the Taliban in Pakistan. Considering the fact she was presented as some normal Joe from Tampa, that's weird. the FBI confirmed her story so are they full of poo poo too or what also she's from Portland, not Tampa. Tampa is where CENTCOM is. Is everything okay at home?
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webmeister posted:In an era of saturation-level global communications, is it that hard to believe you could get in touch with the Taliban if you really wanted to? Assuming you don't mind ending up on a bunch of watchlists etc Yeah honestly we live in a world where Sean loving Penn managed to track down el chapo before the Mexico government could.
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webmeister posted:In an era of saturation-level global communications, is it that hard to believe you could get in touch with the Taliban if you really wanted to? Assuming you don't mind ending up on a bunch of watchlists etc The REAL Goobusters posted:Yeah honestly we live in a world where Sean loving Penn managed to track down el chapo before the Mexico government could. Indeed. We are living in a world where I can tweet to one of the ISIS mouthpieces while I wait in line at Starbucks, so it is entirely acceptable to think a professional journalist could actually speak to one of these guys.
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i liked this episode. i haven't followed the bergdahl story much so i am finally understanding how some of the pieces fit together. it's pretty sad how all of the federal bureaucracies were totally not prepared for a hostage situation like his, and how that was compounded by people all up and down the DoD chain of command who didn't give a poo poo about him. i think the people I've had the most respect for so far on the rescue side are bowe's dad and friend. p.s. if any true crime nerds are still reading this thread, go watch Making a Murderer on Netflix. imo it's like the adnan case on steroids
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Dr. Gene Dango MD posted:Does anyone know where I can find the season 2 theme song without anything in the background? I like it even more than the first one. In case you're still interested, the Season 2 album is on iTunes now, and the new theme song is the track creatively called "Bowe Two (Theme)".
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Kelly posted:Indeed. We are living in a world where I can tweet to one of the ISIS mouthpieces while I wait in line at Starbucks, so it is entirely acceptable to think a professional journalist could actually speak to one of these guys. Sarah managed it, and her method for doing that basically seemed to be "speak to an Afghan journalist who knows somebody who knows somebody".
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Raxivace posted:In case you're still interested, the Season 2 album is on iTunes now, and the new theme song is the track creatively called "Bowe Two (Theme)".
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Lutha Mahtin posted:p.s. if any true crime nerds are still reading this thread, go watch Making a Murderer on Netflix. imo it's like the adnan case on steroids If you mean how its also biased portrayal of a case of clear guilt that unquestioning people lap up then sure
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African AIDS cum posted:If you mean how its also biased portrayal of a case of clear guilt that unquestioning people lap up then sure Holy poo poo
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Joe Gillian posted:Holy poo poo He's not wrong.
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Paul Zuvella posted:He's not wrong. Maybe not, but he is boring. Every discussion of season one is circular and repetitive at this point, and smug dismissals are even more boring.
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Paul Zuvella posted:He's not wrong.
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Joe Gillian posted:He's not exactly right either. With all the facts out there, medium notwithstanding, he must know something we don't to be so certain. He knows that he's smarter than you, and you're a fool to think otherwise. Seriously, you're wasting your time arguing with this guy. Jurgan fucked around with this message at 07:47 on Feb 1, 2016 |
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Adnan Syed's three day hearing on whether he will be granted a new trial started today. http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news...campaign=buffer
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I bailed after episode 2. I wouldn't be surprised if this season saw a 90% drop in listenership.
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This episode: Bowe Spergdahl
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Hail Mary pass to season one of Serial this week. Spoiler: it sucks balls. Koenig pretends she's some impartial non-actor. Adnan won't look at her. Asia McClaine apparently looks like Nikki in heels and red lipstick.... some dizzy charm city
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Do we know if adnan and Koenig ever had sex. I mean we know but do we have proof
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4 RING SHRIMP posted:Do we know if adnan and Koenig ever had sex. I mean we know but do we have proof That dude fucks. "All my conversations over the last year with this charming muscular tall man-voice Mediterranean teen quarterback were just for investigation purposes. I was not super horny in all those breathy conversations, it is an issue for the courts which i will pervert with vigilante justice" lol Kings Of Calabria fucked around with this message at 13:36 on Feb 4, 2016 |
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I cannot even begin to imagine how hot that sex was. I'm horney just thinking about it (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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4 RING SHRIMP posted:I cannot even begin to imagine how hot that sex was. I'm horney just thinking about it NPR paid for the sex tent. Between Jay Adnan and Sarah there were many shades of brown, all thrusting into a betsy ross quilt.
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4 RING SHRIMP posted:Mmmmmmmmm I'm so stupid! Kings Of Calabria fucked around with this message at 09:58 on Feb 5, 2016 |
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4 RING SHRIMP posted:Do we know if adnan and Koenig ever had sex. I mean we know but do we have proof Is this a real internet theory or just this thread being dumb?
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