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zeemike

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3. It is something to take our minds off other things more important to us.

Reply to jberryhill (Original post)

Sat Dec 20, 2014, 05:55 PM

Dec 2014

But I don't watch the TV so I would guess it is 24/7 outrage and speculation...sucking the air out of how badly they are or about to fuck us.
And it works every single time...you would think by now we would get it but we don't.
Torture report is fading away...cops shooting people is fading away...Cromnebus is gone and done with...TPP is next.
And the new boogie man?...North Korea to add to the Isis fear campain...the media plays us like a fiddle.

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"Too much Sony drama" [View all] jberryhill Dec 2014 OP

Things have just gotten too fucking weird pscot Dec 2014 #1

Thanks for this. elias49 Dec 2014 #2

It is something to take our minds off other things more important to us. zeemike Dec 2014 #3

The media has turned into a circus of fear mongering. Fred Sanders Dec 2014 #5

Sony was fending off the hackers demands for almost four weeks...if it began with money, what Fred Sanders Dec 2014 #4