Randomness

[Dawn]

Never letting people borrow money ever again...

[Faust]

^^oh my god i just browsed around that site and that is the craziest shit i've ever seen.

and of course there is also beck university

you hit the nail on the head too faust. all of these conservative mouthpieces (and the neo-con movement in general) rely entirely on emotion (hate) and fear mongering.

just take a moment to compare a Thom Hartmann radio program with Rush, or Hannity, or the worst offender Glenn Beck. I say he is the worst because of the way he drags his version of Christianity into literally everything

btw my little post on the cosmic calendar nearly killed this thread dead.

Seriously though, someone has to step up and sue Fox for libel or defamation. I mean the kind of shit they spout is insane.

[BeauIXI]

you hit the nail on the head too faust. all of these conservative mouthpieces (and the neo-con movement in general) rely entirely on emotion (hate) and fear mongering.

And as such, these methods are literally classified as logical fallacies.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appeal_to_emotion

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oh what a teaser. now i really wish i understood what exactly he was saying (which i understand is impossible in an English translation, however accurate, due to the often untranslatable nuances of mother tongues and cultural idiosyncracies...)

[zamb]

feeling sick, and I was planning on working till 2 am. was suppose to start the week with a bang and its not working they way it should
My main assistant is is out today, and maybe tomorrow as his son got into some problems in school.................
Next up, working with some chemicals indoors, experimenting with fabric treatments for the upcoming collection and inhaled something I shouldn't have............will try to rest up and start the day early tomorrow.

[Arcane]

Is it boring if I buy my girlfriend a iPod mini? Is it better to go for a touch or classic? Or something else? Tips? Panic? Yes!

[cjbreed]

And as such, these methods are literally classified as logical fallacies.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appeal_to_emotion

check this out:
fallacious arguments

fallacious arguments in action


both parties are guilty of using logical fallacies. but as faust alluded to the republican party does so in a systematic, focused, calculated, large scale, well funded manner using fox news, the wall street journal, talk radio, and endless spam email campaigns literally crammed full of outright lies. i know because they get forwarded to me constantly.

the power of these bullshit emails is frightening. they get forwarded over and over and no one bothers to check the facts but simple minded folks fall for the "appeal to emotion" and before you know it the whole world thinks barack obama is both a muslim and a jew hating christian extremist a la rev jeremiah wright and he was born in kenya and he's a pawn of the new world order and the federal reserve and he is the antichrist and harbinger of the end times and on and on and on.

and the scariest part of all is that millions of people believe it.

[BeauIXI]

True say, man, no such thing as widespread critical consciousness.

Incidentally,

[Faust]

/\ What is this place? There are quite a few references to SZ on there.

[Faust]

Well, today confirms that politically Italy is a third world country masquerading as a democracy.

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/\ What is this place? There are quite a few references to SZ on there.

I did not know SZ was so widespread...

4Chan is basically the end point of the Internet.

[MikeN]

What are the SZ references?

[BeauIXI]

I did not know SZ was so widespread...

4Chan is basically the end point of the Internet.

[Faust]

What are the SZ references?

Just links to SZ. FtB, that doesn't tell me much.

[cjbreed]

beau is closer. it is the beginning and end. it is divided into different boards but the /b/ board is an internet free for all with virtually no rules relating to content. it is the end because it is like a toilet. but it is the beginning because this is where much of what becomes common on the internet originates, with respect to webspeak, internet memes, inside jokes and so on. (lolcats, rick rolling, pedobear all that shit comes from 4chan) its like reddit but drunk and on speed. its funny but loaded with porn and links to viruses and stuff.