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Land Shark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 08:19 PM Original message |
Why Time Magazine's Person of the Year choice is SO Incredibly Revealing |
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IsrealBissel (10 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 08:22 PM Response to Original message |
1. Yeah well for folks who recently put Palin on their cover? |
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Land Shark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 08:27 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Sure. ok. But Palin has at least a small radical core support, Unaccountable government has zero |
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Arctic Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 08:27 PM Response to Original message |
2. Another reason for me not to facebook. |
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Carolina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 09:25 PM Response to Reply #2 |
28. and the same reason peopIe |
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Dawson Leery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 08:30 PM Response to Original message |
4. Remember earlier this year when Newsweak was sold for a dollar? |
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Kaleko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 08:56 PM Response to Reply #4 |
16. Exactly. And platforms like WikiLeaks are replacing the old press publications. |
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Land Shark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 10:13 AM Response to Reply #16 |
36. Older TIME quote: "{Wikileaks} could become as important a journalistic tool as FOIA" |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 08:31 PM Response to Original message |
5. I just heard an interview on KTLK in Los Angeles |
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Land Shark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 08:37 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Yet look how facebook tries to shut down unincorporated movements |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 09:09 PM Response to Reply #8 |
23. I am not on Facebook and did not realize that. |
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earthlover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 03:58 PM Response to Reply #5 |
71. Teenie Boppers Unite! |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 06:43 PM Response to Reply #5 |
83. Facebook and wikileaks are not comparable in the least: |
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ClassWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 08:33 PM Response to Original message |
6. It'd be funny if, now that they've announced Zuckerberg, they'd put Assange on the cover... |
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NYCGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 08:37 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Too late: |
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Land Shark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 08:38 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Zuckerberg's seemingly hi-def face is a bit "too much information" - 4 me anyway... nt |
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NYCGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 08:39 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. It's an interesting face. But he does have remarkable eyes. |
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Land Shark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 03:14 PM Response to Reply #10 |
63. If they're real, they're real alien-looking. (as in ET...) nt |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 10:12 PM Response to Reply #7 |
30. NOW I know why this Person of the Year cover gives me the creeps! |
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RichGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 01:55 PM Response to Reply #7 |
52. He's the perfect person of the year. |
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dbmk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 03:28 PM Response to Reply #52 |
67. And that was Zuckerberg? |
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RetroLounge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 06:22 PM Response to Reply #52 |
82. And WHAT did he do THIS year? |
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elias49 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 08:40 PM Response to Original message |
11. I watched Richard Stengel interviewed on TV news tonight |
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NYCGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 08:42 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. That number is wrong. Facebook has 500 MILLION members. |
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elias49 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 08:47 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. You're correct. My honest mistype. |
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NYCGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 08:50 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Isn't posting on Facebook all about YOU? How is that non- |
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elias49 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 08:59 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Posting on Facebook IS all about you in a way - |
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NYCGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 09:00 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. And it's about communication — maybe lots of it is trivial, |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 09:02 PM Response to Reply #11 |
20. Uh, that's 500,000,000 members. You're about a thousand times |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 08:53 PM Response to Original message |
15. It's absolutee bullshit |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 09:10 PM Response to Reply #15 |
24. Now, now. He's the current darling of the wealthy elite |
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NYCGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 12:19 PM Response to Reply #24 |
42. Yeah, all those 500 million wealthy elite people on Facebook. |
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newtothegame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 03:36 PM Response to Reply #15 |
69. We shouldn't care what some private publication thinks. nt |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 08:59 PM Response to Original message |
18. So, start your own magazine and you can put the photo of anyone |
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Land Shark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 09:12 PM Response to Reply #18 |
26. No, I don't subscribe to TIME and don't think I ever will (I did, years ago) |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 09:04 PM Response to Original message |
21. This happens every year. Time's POTY is nothing but a cheap stunt, |
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Loge23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 09:06 PM Response to Original message |
22. The selection of Zuckerberg is apt for the MSM |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 09:10 PM Response to Original message |
25. The unemployed American would have been a good choice |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 09:19 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Absolutely. -eom- |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 09:42 PM Response to Original message |
29. That's OK - the movie that will inevitably be made about Assange |
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TorchTheWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 10:27 PM Response to Original message |
31. not necessarily complementary and never has been |
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Land Shark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 07:38 AM Response to Reply #31 |
32. True, and all incorporated into the take of the OP, I think. nt |
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TorchTheWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 03:09 PM Response to Reply #32 |
58. how so? |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 08:04 AM Response to Original message |
33. TIME is a business whose objective is selling magazines. |
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Land Shark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 10:05 AM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Then why would they go to such lengths to alienate their readers/buyers? |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 10:15 AM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Because it's a good story. |
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2 Much Tribulation (522 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 01:46 PM Response to Reply #37 |
97. Not sure this is going to get that much play for TIME, based on the assumed TIME plan for doing so. |
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nxylas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 10:43 AM Response to Reply #33 |
39. New? |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 11:33 AM Response to Reply #39 |
40. It didn't start this year. It blew up this year. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 03:09 PM Response to Reply #33 |
59. Actually, and it is pretty well know, |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 08:14 AM Response to Original message |
34. Recep Tayyip Erdogan came in second? IT'S AN OUTRAGE. |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 10:33 AM Response to Original message |
38. TIME helped lie America into two illegal, immoral, unnecessary and disastrous wars. |
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riverdale (881 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 04:04 PM Response to Reply #38 |
72. z |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 07:23 PM Response to Reply #72 |
87. Luce printed the Zapruder film frames BACKWARDS in order to create a false impression. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
41. Exactly. |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
43. Kicked and recommended, I couldn't agree more. |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
44. If they had gone by Internet voting Mustafa Atatürk would have been Person of the Century instead of |
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-..__... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
45. Because we have become victims of our own technology. |
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newtothegame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
46. Why does a generally anti-media site like DU even care abt who Time chose for POY? |
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Land Shark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 03:10 PM Response to Reply #46 |
61. Because it's revealing. At least that's what I thought. Many here are smart enuf to already know... |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
47. It's Simple: Zuckerberg Collects Info On Us and Turns It Over to Our Corporate Masters |
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stevenleser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 01:39 PM Response to Original message |
48. It doesnt mean anything. Time has never chosen based on their reader poll. n/t |
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AndrewP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
49. It's just a list to get people to buy their magazine. |
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TomClash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
50. You forgot one distinction |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 08:20 PM Response to Reply #50 |
93. I think generational bias may have a role, too. |
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TomClash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 08:45 PM Response to Reply #93 |
94. I loathe gen politics |
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Mosaic (851 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 09:47 AM Response to Reply #50 |
96. Bingo |
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sirthomas66 (336 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
51. I cancelled my subscription two days ago. |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
53. Time, the new Fox. nt |
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Frisbee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 02:45 PM Response to Reply #53 |
56. Nothing new about it, they have been right-leaning for a long time. |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 04:36 PM Response to Reply #56 |
76. True. |
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rurallib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 04:43 PM Response to Reply #53 |
78. Time was the FUX forerunner in oh so many ways. |
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AlbertCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 02:37 PM Response to Original message |
54. All this is very interesting... |
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robinlynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
55. Hear Hear! or is it Here here! |
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loudsue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
57. "Cop-out Of the Year" should be the title of this issue. |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
60. Good. It will make more of an impact if they do it next year. |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
62. Irony at its best.... |
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LawnLover (619 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
64. Why all the drama over this? |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 06:46 PM Response to Reply #64 |
85. So if there is nothing to see... |
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Harry Monroe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
65. Lady Gaga was 3rd?!! WTF? |
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reformist2 (998 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 03:30 PM Response to Reply #65 |
68. I know! Gaga was so 2009. It should have been Ke$ha! |
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Harry Monroe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 04:26 PM Response to Reply #68 |
74. Who the hell is Ke$ha? |
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Land Shark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 05:02 PM Response to Reply #65 |
79. It strikes me as saying a lot about the poverty of candidates among the elites |
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KillCapitalism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
66. I think the selection is lame. |
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nichomachus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
70. Wow -- that rag is still around? Who knew? Who cares? |
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City Lights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
73. Time is the new People. nt |
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MisterP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
75. I doubt Zuckerberg would've been considered had "The Social Network" not propelled awareness of his |
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Land Shark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 01:42 PM Response to Reply #75 |
98. That movie didn't really do all THAT well... nt |
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Ellipsis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
77. Hahhh... Apparently Face Book is down right now. |
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RoccoR5955 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
80. Well, that's the "Liberal" media for ya! n/t |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
81. very powerful comparison!! |
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Major Hogwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 06:44 PM Response to Original message |
84. Time magazine is just as rightwing as Facebook. |
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kpete (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 06:47 PM Response to Original message |
86. happy holiday |
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The Hitman (477 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 07:29 PM Response to Original message |
88. I won in 2006. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 07:44 PM Response to Original message |
89. If the poll was legit, and everyone who voted for Assange cancels their subscriptions, |
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LLStarks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 07:45 PM Response to Original message |
90. Zuckerberg would've made a better person of the year back in 2007 or earlier. |
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rasputin1952 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 07:55 PM Response to Original message |
91. Back in the 30's Hitler made the cover... |
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former9thward (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 08:03 PM Response to Original message |
92. You really want to go by a poll? |
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Land Shark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 09:00 AM Response to Reply #92 |
95. Problems with polls = problems with democracy |
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