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Quaint Quail Quilt posted:In the U.S.A we reward them! Blackwater CEO was her brother, Erik Prince.
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Inceltown posted:The sort of person who believed them before saw the conviction as vindication for just how right they are and that the state is trying to hold him back. So no people aren't loving morons they're worse than that. I get a lot of mileage out of the phrase "willfully dense"
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Mar 12, 2020 19:47
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goatsestretchgoals posted:Blackwater CEO was her brother, Erik Prince. Betsy and Erik’s dad created The Prince Corporation (manufacturing) and co-founded the Family Research Council, so he can burn in Hell.
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Mar 12, 2020 22:45
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Inceltown posted:I've been reading more on taxes since this post and it seems like the amount should have been $420 not $1,000. The correct number will be used going forward. I'm sorry, I didn't mean you. I meant the person thinking tenants don't pay taxes.
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Mar 13, 2020 04:49
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Spent a bunch of time bingeing John Oliver today, and this episode on psychics reminded me of this thread. They're loving con-artists that prey on desperate people who are just looking for a shred of hope or closure in their life, and I despise them. Also, if you enjoy a side order of schadenfreude: oofah, there's some delicious footage of a few getting called out on their hot garbage to their faces. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhMGcp9xIhY
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Mar 13, 2020 11:49
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You know what my favorite loving scam is? I see it in every goddamn loving issue of Popular Science I get, a big two goddamn page spread for the loving John Ellis Water Machine.
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Mar 13, 2020 14:33
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https://twitter.com/RightWingWatch/status/1238110096334479364 These loving people, man.
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Mar 13, 2020 15:20
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Does that only work if you watched it live
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Mar 13, 2020 16:44
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bird with big dick posted:Does that only work if you watched it live It works equally well however you watch it!
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Mar 13, 2020 17:42
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JacquelineDempsey posted:Spent a bunch of time bingeing John Oliver today, and this episode on psychics reminded me of this thread. They're loving con-artists that prey on desperate people who are just looking for a shred of hope or closure in their life, and I despise them. Woah. Long Island psychic is real? I thought that was just a really random SNL skit.
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Mar 13, 2020 17:45
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bird with big dick posted:Does that only work if you watched it live You have to give him like $1000, but given the cost of healthcare in the U.S. that’s a great deal!
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Mar 13, 2020 18:06
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Eric the Mauve posted:You have to give him like $1000, but given the cost of healthcare in the U.S. that’s a great deal! Yeah it only works if you send him money
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Mar 13, 2020 18:18
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D34THROW posted:You know what my favorite loving scam is? I see it in every goddamn loving issue of Popular Science I get, a big two goddamn page spread for the loving John Ellis Water Machine. I think that website design just gave me cancer of the eyes. Also, as someone who lost her mom to cancer, quacks like this have taught me how to independently move my toes so I can flip them the bird with all four of my appendages simultaneously.
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Mar 13, 2020 19:47
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BiggerBoat posted:https://twitter.com/RightWingWatch/status/1238110096334479364 My parents used to love this poo poo. They managed to catch the wave of American evangelism that hit the U.K. in the early/mid nineties, even back then I thought these fuckers were crooked. Due to all of this I’m somehow cursedly aware of the existence of the Bakkers and Kenneth Copeland. loving charlatans.
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Mar 14, 2020 23:44
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quidditch it and quit it posted:My parents used to love this poo poo. They managed to catch the wave of American evangelism that hit the U.K. in the early/mid nineties, even back then I thought these fuckers were crooked. I remember making a lot of jokes about Tammy Faye Bakker’s makeup as an elementary school kid whenever I’d see her on TV or in print.
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Mar 15, 2020 00:00
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Dave Barry posted:MARCH 30 - In an illegal industrial waste dump somewhere in Louisiana, lightning strikes two adjacent putrid pools of festering corrosive toxic slime, setting off a bizarre chain of chemical reactions that cause the pools first to bubble, then slowly, horrifyingly, to solidify and pulsate upward, gradually forming themselves into shapes that, in the ghastly light of the flickering electrical storm, appear almost human. ''Hi!'' they shriek cheerfully, into the swampland emptiness. ''We`re Jim and Tammy Faye!'' He might not have been making this up.
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Mar 15, 2020 00:31
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Midjack posted:I remember making a lot of jokes about Tammy Faye Bakker’s makeup as an elementary school kid whenever I’d see her on TV or in print. E.g. 
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Fruits of the sea posted:Woah. Long Island psychic is real? I thought that was just a really random SNL skit. My co-worker is her cousin, and he will staunchly defend her in the face of reality.
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Mar 17, 2020 15:11
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toplitzin posted:My co-worker is her cousin, and he will staunchly defend her in the face of reality. I used to work for the production company that manages her tours. She moves so much merchandise.
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Mar 18, 2020 00:18
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Midjack posted:I remember making a lot of jokes about Tammy Faye Bakker’s makeup as an elementary school kid whenever I’d see her on TV or in print. "The Eyes of Tammy Faye" is a pretty good documentary that, as I recall (I saw it 20 years ago), actually makes you kinda sorta sympathetic towards her by the end. Like I wanna say she kinda got sucked into Jim Bakker's hot charismatic nonsense just as much as any of the other rubes he takes advantage of, I felt somewhat sorry for her after watching it. The part I do distinctly recall, which is why your post made me remember watching it, was her candidly showing how she puts her makeup on. She never actually took any off that mascara off, she just added a new layer on every day. Like, there is a fossil record of makeup coating her eyelashes. Anyways, it's narrated by RuPaul, and looks like you can get it on Amazon and Netflix, if you're quarantined and looking for an interesting watch to pass the time. Heck, I might watch it again, I don't think my husband's seen it.
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Mar 18, 2020 19:23
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About a month or two I started getting the occasional obvious text spam on my phone promoting "girls in your area" kind of BS. You know the junk: "horny lady near you" with garbled junk to get past spam filters. They just seem even more pathetic now that everyone is quarantining and self-isolating.
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Mar 19, 2020 21:33
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Alkydere posted:About a month or two I started getting the occasional obvious text spam on my phone promoting "girls in your area" kind of BS. You know the junk: "horny lady near you" with garbled junk to get past spam filters. I've gotten several telespam calls; I suppose one upside to this is those hives will get cleaned out pretty rapidly though the robocalls will persist.
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Mar 19, 2020 21:43
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Midjack posted:I've gotten several telespam calls; I suppose one upside to this is those hives will get cleaned out pretty rapidly though the robocalls will persist. lmao if you think that the sort of person running these things is going to shut down. If anything they'll ramp up now people are freaking out and more likely to be available to take a call. Scammers will be loving the chaos.
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Mar 19, 2020 21:58
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I've already read an article about scammers calling people, pretending to be from the CDC, and asking for credit card #s to "reserve your COVID vaccine." I'm guessing it's particularly effective with older adults.
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Mar 19, 2020 22:14
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Whoo, man, this thread is gonna be really rich in content in the next few months I take no joy in this reality
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Mar 19, 2020 22:18
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Inceltown posted:lmao if you think that the sort of person running these things is going to shut down. If anything they'll ramp up now people are freaking out and more likely to be available to take a call. Scammers will be loving the chaos. Eventually they’ll run out of people. The callers are crammed into those places nuts to butts and lmao if you think the owners are going to spend a dime on cleaning them. One person brings it in and it’s depopulated in ten days. But yeah, until they’re knee deep in the dead they’ll certainly take advantage of panic. I got a robot telling me my electricity was going to be disconnected for lack of payment a few hours ago. I haven’t missed a bill since I started paying them.
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hyperhazard posted:I've already read an article about scammers calling people, pretending to be from the CDC, and asking for credit card #s to "reserve your COVID vaccine." I'm guessing it's particularly effective with older adults. gently caress
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Mar 20, 2020 01:30
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Why have fake car warranty scams grown so much recently? I get 3-4 calls a week. Hell, I even get 1-2 a month in the mail.
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Mar 20, 2020 02:08
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hyperhazard posted:I've already read an article about scammers calling people, pretending to be from the CDC, and asking for credit card #s to "reserve your COVID vaccine." I'm guessing it's particularly effective with older adults. I’m gonna try it on my dad
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Mar 20, 2020 02:37
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Where the gently caress to put this...? Where? I'm gonna cross post it here and in the right wing media thread but why am I hearing Dr. loving Phil of all people on radio ads lecturing me on what to do in the wake of a pandemic? As far as I recall, he's not even a real doctor. I've been tuning into some light conversation with sports radio and every 15 minutes I'm hearing advice from a reality TV day time talk show host. Cant wait for some PPV specials letting us know what the Kardashians are doing through all of this or what famous people Dr. Drew might be treating. Why do we do this?
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Mar 24, 2020 02:08
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BiggerBoat posted:Where the gently caress to put this...? Where? Dr Phil is probably spitting out more sense than Orange Man. There are a whole bunch of heads of state now saying dehumanize yourself and face to bloodshed, number must go up so olds must die.
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Mar 24, 2020 03:32
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Dr. Phil has a Ph. D in clinical psychology. Clinical psychologists with Ph. Ds are usually called “Dr.” in a treatment setting. But he isn’t a medical doctor, and has no more training in infectious disease than a Ph. D in art history.
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Mar 24, 2020 03:53
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Inceltown posted:Dr Phil is probably spitting out more sense than Orange Man. There are a whole bunch of heads of state now saying dehumanize yourself and face to bloodshed, number must go up so olds must die. To be fair, my rear end in a top hat spits out more sense about affairs than orange man.
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Mustached Demon posted:To be fair, my rear end in a top hat spits out more sense about affairs than orange man. Is your arsehole orange though? (And is it mustached?)
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Mar 24, 2020 08:45
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BiggerBoat posted:Where the gently caress to put this...? Where? I guess I haven't heard these ads, so I don't know if they're legit PSAs or someone trying to sell poo poo, but using celebrities in ads is definitely a thing. Using a "trusted" celebrity who goes by Dr. Whatever and whose career is focused on giving people advice will lend credibility to your message. People trust this idiot. Right or wrong, the honorific of Dr. makes him trustworthy, even if he's not a proper MD. The public will more likely listen to a household name like Dr. Phil as opposed a real MD they've never heard of.
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Crossposting this from some of the coronathreads because this somehow slipped past my spam filter into my actual inbox and this is an appropriate thread for it. I asked WTF this is (rhetorically) and somebody prophesized: Hazo posted:Oils. It’s always oils. Going to the link like the dumbass I was for amusement brought me to this. See if you find what is wrong.  An excerpt that tells you all you need to know. quote:While people are rushing to buy toilet paper, sanitizer, water and food in preparations for a possible "self-quarantine", Jamie has been stocking up on a product called Pure Herbal Total Defense Immunity Blend. The herbal oil blend is an essential oil blend of several high potency oils that are claimed to kill germs and viruses among other health benefits. 
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https://twitter.com/DaviePolice/status/1240999062259863554 There are also reports of phone scams to reserve your place in the testing/vaccine line.
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Mar 24, 2020 15:48
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Wow, an honest-to-god "One Weird Trick Discovered by a Mom - Doctors Hate Her!"
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hyperhazard posted:Doctors Hate Her!" Finally, truth in advertising.
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I think it will surprise nobody to learn that no one named James Murdock has published any research papers in the fields of microbiology, epidemiology, or public health.
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