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lbwtaylor

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    Comment #42402312

    I meant that he built the business out of attaching sandy hook parents and similar actions. I think that's the obvious reading for anyone who knows anything about Jones. I sure cou…

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    Comment #42400354

    The poster suggested that Jones actions on Sandy Hook were an outlier. One 'bad' action. They were not. He built his business on Sandy Hook and similar actions, and that's clearly …

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    Comment #42396608

    That is exactly what he built his business on - attacking people with bald face lies and using the generated outrage to sell snake oil.

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    Comment #42390047

    The amount of folks here supporting Alex Jones is completely shocking to me. He built a business out of attacking and re-victimizing parents whose children were murdered. He's scum…

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    Comment #42368457

    This answer is the only intuitive one for me, thanks.

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    Comment #42131213

    Futures markets serve an important role outside of speculation, i.e. producers managing their future price risk. Betting markets do not.

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    Comment #41906565

    My parents transferred an old car to my older brother and insured me and him on it and signed something saying we were not permitted to drive the other cars. Not sure if that is pe…

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    Comment #41533943

    You can desire the police cooperate with the hostage takers, without taking the side of the hostage takers. The proof is in the pudding - the police ended the hostage taking with n…

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    Comment #41533918

    But the hostage takers are the ones who created the hostage situation, not the police. They are the ones that caused the risk to the lives of the hostages - in fact that it the who…

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    Comment #41292587

    I don't feel the need to pay a commission for a digital storefront. I know a lot of folks find value in app store/steam etc... but I find almost no value. At the same price, I woul…

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    Comment #41269160

    I am a fan of fidelity. They have a cash management account with checking features. You can choose between a bank sweep at ~2.5% or a money market at almost 5%. Edit: There are alw…

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    Comment #41257293

    Why do we have interoperable email but not interoperable text? Actually we do now, thanks to regulatory action forcing Apple.

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    Comment #41257034

    >I like it. If I didn’t, I just wouldn’t buy Apple products. I’m not sure why that’s so hard for people. Because Apple is so aggressive about lock-in that it excludes reasonable in…

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    Comment #41249164

    There is a rather large difference to having plans and dealing with an actual incident. Not to bicker, but a dedicated command room sounds like a fun plan but the opposite of what …

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    Comment #40756415

    Camera's don't have to be hidden to prevent guests. It is allowed and becoming very common to have cameras at entrances and becoming common to restrict guests during the day as wel…

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    Comment #40753006

    It's just basic urban planning and zoning. You can't run a factory in your apartment and you can't run a hotel. Plenty of cities restrict where hotels can operate. This is nothing …

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    Comment #40450379

    >>The artists aren't reaping these fees This is not true. The fees are just there to mask the cost of the ticket: >>According to Ticketmaster, the fees are determined “in collabora…

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    Comment #40444985

    Taylor Swift doesn't care that "it’s just way too easy for random people on the internet to monitor how much fuel exhaust they waste" She wants privacy, as is amply demonstrated by…

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    Comment #40384097

    The fraudsters are American so the US Government certainly has jurisdiction over their actions. Blockchain doesn't really matter to that.

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    Comment #40276831

    I'm surprised the article makes no mention of lead. >> Aged vinegars, favored by gourmets and sometimes costing $100 a bottle, contain more lead than the quicker brewed, less expen…

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    Comment #40204564

    The calculation is wrong. With daily revenue of $520.4mm, it takes less than half a day to generate revenue of $196mm. It's also a less interesting approach than it would be by loo…

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    Comment #39296440

    >Epoch Times is also owned by the Falun Gong, an outlet that plays a significant part in US politics I was aware that Epoch was owned by Falun Gong, I was unaware they play a signi…

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