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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 12:18 PM Original message |
WTO Proposes Slavery for Africa |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 12:21 PM Response to Original message |
1. WTF???????????? |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 02:22 PM Response to Reply #1 |
27. My response, exactly |
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marylanddem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
2. Is this article a put-on? Is it for real???? |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 12:29 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. I suspect it is a put-on |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 12:46 PM Response to Reply #10 |
18. Yup. When Bush said, "There ought to be limits to freedom", he was talking about the Yes men |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 08:17 AM Response to Reply #10 |
28. But the conference probably was real ! |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 12:39 PM Response to Reply #2 |
16. Since truth is often stranger than fiction, especially these days, ... |
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av8rdave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
3. wow..."compassionate slavery" |
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gulfcoastliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
4. Unreal - K&R... nt |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 12:32 PM Response to Reply #4 |
12. Of course it is: it's the Yes Men. |
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marylanddem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
5. If you google "hanniford Schmidt" it was apparently a send-up |
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Vickers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
6. Hint: "hijinks" is in the URL |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 12:28 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. DOh--------------- I missed that |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 01:22 PM Response to Reply #7 |
23. Don't feel bad, it's kind of their point |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
8. The YES men get it |
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Incitatus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
9. from the same site- Halliburton solves global warming! |
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Lucy Goosey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
11. The Yes Men are anti-corporate culture-jammers... |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 12:36 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Correct, it's totally believable |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
14. Wow. That is what I call biting satire. |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 12:39 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. It's not just a made up article. |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 12:53 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. Holy shit! I didn't catch that part. |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
17. It's the YesMen... Hurray !!! |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 01:08 PM Response to Original message |
20. Brilliant! |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
21. "hijinks" is usually a tipoff, darlings. |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 01:19 PM Response to Original message |
22. Please tell me this "hikinks" link is for satire. Please. n/t |
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McCamy Taylor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
24. Sometimes satire is less crazy than the truth. |
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nichomachus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 02:15 PM Response to Original message |
25. Watch the Yes Men in action |
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tjwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
26. The yes men strike again!! |
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