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Slacker · Jul 24, 2018

Slacker · Jul 24, 2018

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Trump in Missouri: "It's all working out. Just remember: What you're seeing and what you're reading is not what's happening."

Anyone think Obama would have done this?
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"Fake eyes, folks! FAKE EYES!!!"

Slacker · Jul 24, 2018

YankeeFan said: ↑

You know how when Trump says, "A lot of people don't know this, but..." it usually means he just learned something?

Well, that's how I feel about Ragu and this post. I checked Nixon's Wiki page to make sure I got the number of books he published correct, and then a little later, I had a serious case of déjà vu when I read Ragu's post, where he poses as some kind of Nixon scholar, regaling is with some of his favorite anecdotes.

Let's take a look:

Ragu: Nixon wrote his memoirs way more quickly than he had hoped to, he did the Frost interviews, because he really needed the money. Or else he might have stayed pretty absent, not so much because that was what he wanted, but because he was being shunned. Not that I am shedding any tears for the dishonest prick, but his lawyers ate up everything he had, and supposedly at one point he was down to $500 in his bank account. The money he got from the Frost interviews helped put him back on his feet.

Wiki: He had hoped to wait before writing his memoirs; the fact that his assets were being eaten away by expenses and lawyer fees compelled him to begin work quickly. He was handicapped in this work by the end of his transition allowance in February, which compelled him to part with many of his staff, including Ziegler.In August of that year, he met with British talk-show host and producer David Frost, who paid him $600,000 (equivalent to $2,730,000 in 2017) for a series of sit-down interviews, filmed and aired in 1977. They began on the topic of foreign policy, recounting the leaders he had known, but the most remembered section of the interviews was that on Watergate. Nixon admitted that he had "let down the country" and that "I brought myself down. I gave them a sword and they stuck it in. And they twisted it with relish. And, I guess, if I'd been in their position, I'd have done the same thing." The interviews garnered 45–50 million viewers—becoming the most-watched program of their kind in television history.

The interviews helped improve Nixon's financial position—at one point in early 1975 he had only $500 in the bank—as did the sale of his Key Biscayne property to a trust set up by wealthy Nixon friends such as Bebe Rebozo.

The shocking thing is that Ragu's version is shorter, but for a guy who's been credibly accused of plagiarism here before, you'd think he'd be more careful about sharing three facts, in the same order, using almost the same words.
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LOL. You big dumb beautiful dumbass.
This is a message board. Plagiarism issues do not apply here.
That includes using Wiki for supporting references. You dummy.

Webster · Jul 24, 2018

Slacker said: ↑

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The farmers have been propped up for years for their votes. This is just less subtle and because of the ill thought out tariffs.

Slacker · Jul 24, 2018

Webster said: ↑

The farmers have been propped up for years for their votes. This is just less subtle and because of the ill thought out tariffs.
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It's pushing that out front again for everyone to consider in the current context.

outofplace · Jul 24, 2018

YankeeFan said: ↑

Yeah, especially when compared to the flawless record of the Obama EPA.

EPA says it won't repay claims for spill that caused yellow rivers
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YankeeFan · Jul 24, 2018

Slacker said: ↑

LOL. You big dumb beautiful dumbass.
This is a message board. Plagiarism issues do not apply here.
That includes using Wiki for supporting references. You dummy.
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He didn’t use it as “supporting reference”you dummy.

He passed off anecdotes he’d just read, as something he had remembered about Nixon, and was passing along to us.

And while he may have changed it up enough to not be plagiarism, of course you can commit plagiarism on a message board. Ragu’s posting history proves that.

Don’t believe me? Shoot @JR a PM. He’ll fill you in.

DanOregon · Jul 24, 2018

Man - Lanny Davis would be played by Garry Marshall in the movie of this this - if, of course, Marshall was still alive.
Full interview: Michael Cohen's attorney Lanny Davis opens up about Mueller investigation

Slacker · Jul 24, 2018

Steak Snabler said: ↑

This has probably showed up on this thread somewhere in the previous 8,200-odd pages, but I still think it's funny:

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It's obvious now that Fucko had Bassett killed.
The Trump Steaks were loaded with tumor sauce.

"John, Merry Christmas, and enjoy my signature steaks! Killer sauce!"

heyabbott · Jul 24, 2018

Slacker said: ↑

"Fake eyes, folks! FAKE EYES!!!"
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heyabbott · Jul 24, 2018

BTExpress said: ↑

Guess what?

Canada doesn't have ambassadors to Angola, Brazil, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Belize, Indonesia, Morocco, Peru, Bolivia and Singapore.

And the world keeps turning.

List of Ambassadors and High Commissioners of Canada - Wikipedia
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Della9250 · Jul 24, 2018

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