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Tarc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-28-10 11:18 AM
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Is Freeperland down today?
Haven't been able to get more than a "connection timed out" all morning. I need my daily dose of birther/teaparty absurdities, as they lighten the day so much.

Are they busy scrubbing away James O'Keefe's FR account, posts, etc...? Just like they have done in the past, e.g. George Tiller's assassin?
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meegbear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-28-10 11:19 AM
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1. I'll take your word for it, thanks
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JBoy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-28-10 11:21 AM
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2. Appears so.
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blondeatlast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-28-10 11:21 AM
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3. Down as in depressed? Probably. After a year in mom's basement and the SOTU last
night, their spirits are likely way down.

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Arkansas Granny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-28-10 11:31 AM
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4. I've been getting a "cannot display page" message. I wanted to check out
their reaction to some of Obama's remarks last night.
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M155Y_A1CH Donating Member (921 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-28-10 11:33 AM
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5. Who cares?
I know I'm not gonna add to their site/page count to find out.
:shrug:
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Tarc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-28-10 11:39 AM
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6. It's always wise to keep track of the enemy
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pipi_k Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-28-10 11:58 AM
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11. It's a grim job, but someone has to do it....
My thanks to the brave souls who share the outrages and entertainments taken from the armpit of the cyber-world...

I get too itchy going over there myself

:7

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M155Y_A1CH Donating Member (921 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-28-10 02:51 PM
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17. Easy enough to do
by simply tuning in to mainstream media.
No need for any of us to go slogging through the muck over there. We don't need that passel of useless pukes to relay the GOP talking points. All you need to do is listen to CNN or read the NY Times.

Do you seriously think that those idiots over there are any danger to us?
It's more of a comedy site where the jokes are delivered with an angry voice and are not very funny.
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Tarc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-29-10 12:27 AM
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18. "Do you seriously think that those idiots over there are any danger to us?"
Attitudes like this just lost us Ted Kennedy's seat.
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M155Y_A1CH Donating Member (921 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-29-10 01:59 AM
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20. I don't mean to sound so snarky
I just think that it is gross. I feel it's debasing to one's self to read that kind of negativity on a regular basis. It would make me feel like s@&t to read post after post. I would want to throttle one of them in about 15 minutes. I looked them over years ago thinking I could get a head start on the latest talking points. Battle prep, right?
I found no insight there, only incite. They are ditto heads and the talking points don't come from there.
I vowed never again. For my blood pressure, particularly.
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krispos42 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-28-10 11:42 AM
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7. They are DOWN
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SeattleVet Donating Member (708 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-28-10 11:47 AM
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8. The hamster died - they are on the way to the pet store
to get another.

Maybe their freepathon wasn't going fast enough, and this is their way of 'encouraging' donations?
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krispos42 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-28-10 12:12 PM
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12. Their freepathons are now the majority of their time, I think.
DU runs them for a week for whatever they can get. The freepers run theirs until they get a set dollar amount, and that's been taking longer and longer over the past couple of years.


DU has a lot of excess capacity in that we can turn off extra features like avatars and siglines to preserve bandwidth for discussion in times of high usage. I don't think FR can do that.
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theothersnippywshrub Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-28-10 11:51 AM
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9. Rimjob always shuts it down a couple of times during his fundraiser.
It apparently stimulates the coprophagous to donate.
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rd_kent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-28-10 11:54 AM
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10. Seems to be back up
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tosh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-28-10 12:21 PM
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13. I could have sworn you said
"Seemes to be backed up" and that visual was NOT pleasant but perfectly appropriate.
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krispos42 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-28-10 12:22 PM
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14. Look at their fundraising
This quarter started January 1st and will probably end sometimes tomorrow or Friday.


Their last "freepathon" ended Nov. 2 but started October 1st. They spend one month in three begging for money!

:rofl:
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lpbk2713 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-28-10 12:24 PM
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15. RWingnuts have always been technophobes.




They know as much about running a website as they do about running a country.





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krispos42 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-28-10 12:25 PM
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16. Seems to be cutting in and out
Maybe their hamster IS on it's last legs!
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Arkana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-29-10 12:28 AM
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19. That place looks like such shit I'm surprised they haven't died before now.
RimJob must spend the donation money on spinners for his wheelchair.
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