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"I don't own a single share of stock," Michael Moore declares. No, his tax returns show he has owned hundreds of thousands -- profiting from some of the very companies (like Halliburton and Boeing) he viciously denounces How Moore's working-class, "regular guy" pose is contradicted by his lavish lifestyle and prima donna behavior -- such as traveling the country in a private jet accompanied by a fleet of private SUVs and bodyguards. During the 2004 campaign, John Kerry complained that the "super-rich" don't pay their fair share in taxes. Care to guess what percentage of their income Kerry and his wife, Teresa Heinz Kerry -- who are worth over $700 million -- are paying in taxes? Noam Chomsky opposes private property and calls the Pentagon "the most vile institution on the face of the earth" -- yet he has made millions in contract work for the Pentagon, owns two luxurious homes, and set up an irrevocable trust to protect his assets from Uncle Sam. Ralph Nader: how he speculates in the stocks of companies that might be influenced by his political activism. How he conceals enormous wealth and a lavish lifestyle behind a façade of pretended frugality. |
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When are you going to post the interesting random facts? |
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"I don't own a single share of stock," Michael Moore declares. No, his tax returns show he has owned hundreds of thousands -- profiting from some of the very companies (like Halliburton and Boeing) he viciously denounces Where's the proof? How Moore's working-class, "regular guy" pose is contradicted by his lavish lifestyle and prima donna behavior -- such as traveling the country in a private jet accompanied by a fleet of private SUVs and bodyguards. So what? You can't enjoy the finer things in life dressed like a scruffy cunt? I beg to differ. During the 2004 campaign, John Kerry complained that the "super-rich" don't pay their fair share in taxes. Care to guess what percentage of their income Kerry and his wife, Teresa Heinz Kerry -- who are worth over $700 million -- are paying in taxes? Tell me, or is this just an emotive statement without any factual base. I can't be bothered continuing. |
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then dont bother, let someone else post |
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Care to share Chomsky's house source? |
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Moore's loophole may be that the stock is actually owned by his non-profit foundation – not him personally. However, Moore signed the return personally and controls the activity of the corporation. Via this logic he 'owns' tens of thousands of shares – including nearly 2,000 shares of Boeing, nearly 1,000 of Sonoco, more than 4,000 of Best Foods, more than 3,000 of Eli Lilly, more than 8,000 of Bank One and more than 2,000 of Halliburton. |
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I find the notion that you have to live what you say for it to be right and that if you don't this is a total discredit to everything you've ever said a bit stupid to be honest. |
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Yes, that would be stupid. But..it would also be stupid to ignore the fact the anti-dollar market is big dollar. People have a right to know and be critical of these things so they can choose alternatives. I know too many people who see Chomsky/Moore as the be-all-end-all critic of western capitalism, when there are plenty other lesser-known voices who do a great job too. Prove me wrong |
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surprise - a lot of people are hypocrite faggots |
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jesus wasn't, he was just a faggot |
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I have an interesting random fact: Prince Charles owns Dartmoor Prison. |
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he was a communist |
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I've just been in the shower, now I'm eating cornflakes with skimmed milk. |
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If I could make millions from complaining how other people unfairly make millions, do you think I would? Damn right I would. Also, some of those are not so much facts as statements or hints, and only a small number of them are interesting. That number being zero. |
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You sick sick bastard. You are only allowed to eat cereal with full-fat or full-cream milk, and you know it. Your flagrant disregard for breakfast etiquette will one day be your undoing, sir. |
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Yeah? DEAL WITH IT |
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I have been owned with a capital P. |
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You damn right. |
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No. |
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there's an alien on board |
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you could make millions off that cute butt of yours instead. im sold |
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It isn't Kerry's fault how many taxes he has to pay. |
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Politics The German Bundestag, or Parliament, has 672 members and is the world's largest elected legislative body. In Ireland, a prime minister is a called a Taoiseach. The Indian election in 1984 was the largest election of any country. Over 379,000,000 voters were eligible to vote at over 480,000 polling stations. Elmo, a puppet from the children's television show "Sesame Street," testified on April 23,2002 during a House Labor, Health and Human Services, Education Appropriations Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. He was testifying in favour of school music education. He is the first puppet in history to testify on Capitol Hill. India is the world's largest democracy. In 1980, Saddam Hussein received a key to the city of Detroit. Bob Dole is 10 years older than the Empire State Building. Attila the Hun was a dwarf. Pepin the Short, Aesop, Gregory the Tours, Charles 3 of Naples, and the Pasha Hussein were all less than 3.5 feet tall. Winston Churchill, prime minister of England during World War II, superstitiously feared January 24 because he was certain it was destined to be the day of his death. Churchill's father had died on that date. Churchill did indeed die on January 24, 1965. Alexander Hamilton has been credited with writing George Washington's famous Farewell Address. David Atchison, as president pro tempore of the Senate in 1849, was U-S president for one day - Sunday, March 4th - pending the inauguration of President-elect Zachary Taylor on Monday, March 5th. Robert E. Lee, of the Confederate Army, remains the only person, to date, to have graduated from the West Point military academy without a single demerit. Thomas Marshall (1854-1925), U.S. vice-president, once remarked "What this country needs is a good five-cent cigar." Julius Caesar, Alexander the Great, and Dostoyevsky were all epileptics. |
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well, I don't generally like referring to [person A]s opinions as if that gave these opinions any merit; the opinions should stand on their own. Like, I don't give a fuck if someone comes up to me and says "the conclusion I came to was very Kantian!" However, if you tell me what your conclusion actually is, I'll generally be more inclined to either protest or agree. There are lots of people in my.. class (I'm doing philosophy at uni).. that keep going on and on about how they're nietzscians or whatever, but they're usually not any point in talking to. |
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my poo is orange. |
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bob's poo is orange. |
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Destroy Erase Improve |
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my poo tends to be brown, but on occasion this brown shade is light enough to possibly be called orange by some. |
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the D'' layer at the core-mantle boundary is extremely variable in thickness, with topography in excess of 200km and may be the source of mantle plumes. actually, thats not interesting. its fucking boring. from today's lecture notes. |
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interesting fact: (apparently) gew=few |
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the Coulomb Barrier is the electrostatic repulsive force which must be overcome for nuclear fusion to occur. WTFOMGROFLMAOLOLZ0rz ! |
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you forgot to add the extra 1's at the end of your capitalised lettering, to denote that you kept pressing 1 while you let go of shift |
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recycle believes that bob's poo is orange |
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I gotta take the mans word for it, who am I so say its not orange? eat plenty of carrots Mr. Obara, your poo will be orange also. Take the challange. |
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strawberries are from the rose family |
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drink lots of orange juice too. i have two hypotheses: either your peepee will be orange, or you will have orange diaorrhea. please let me know what happens! |
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destroy erase improve |
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WTFOMGROFLMAOLOLZ0rz!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111111one |
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