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    Image of Uncle_Billy_Slumming Uncle_Billy_Slumming
    06/18/09

    In reply to The Billions in Fake Treasury Bonds We All Wished Were Real
    Uh, why are we dismissing conspiracy so quickly? This is huge. Back before we agreed on a single currency, different banks printed their own. Who is to say that this isn't the official currency of the shadow government?


    More likely though it's an operation meant to be publicized, either as a distraction, or for some other purpose. It's a huge amount, so one would think every financial crime lawperson in Europe would be involved with this until it quiets down. But then again there's no reason to suspect that the european financial crimes people aren't dirty.

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    Image of TableNine TableNine
    06/18/09

    In reply to The Billions in Fake Treasury Bonds We All Wished Were Real
    Well at least they didn't confiscate the kajillion dollar bills with the Statue of Liberty on it they had in their wallets.
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    Image of Paul.B.Dodd Paul.B.Dodd
    06/18/09

    In reply to The Billions in Fake Treasury Bonds We All Wished Were Real
    Doesn't the North Koreans dabble in counterfeit US currency? This definitely wouldn't be out of their realm of suspicious behaviors. Who knows if the two people in custody are really Japanese nationals. North Korean officials have been known to travel using fake passports all the time.
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    Image of Smitros Smitros
    06/18/09

    @Paul.B.Dodd:


    "Dabble" is putting it mildly, from what I've heard. That, with methamphetamine production, international insurance fraud (see today's Washington Post) and other skullduggery are what prop up the regime's position and lifestyle. At the risk of overstatement, imagine a feudal lord (or Tony Soprano) with nuclear aspirations.

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    Image of Nice Beaver Nice Beaver
    06/18/09

    In reply to The Billions in Fake Treasury Bonds We All Wished Were Real
    Just imagine how much tentacle porn they could have purchased if those bonds were real.
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    Image of Bedheadjc Bedheadjc
    06/18/09

    @Nice Beaver: +1
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    Image of Uncle_Billy_Slumming Uncle_Billy_Slumming
    06/18/09

    @Bedheadjc:


    Nice, Nice Beaver

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    Image of Mount_Prion Mount_Prion
    06/18/09

    In reply to The Billions in Fake Treasury Bonds We All Wished Were Real
    It sort of had to be fake. If it wasn't, oh god, that would have been REALLY bad.
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    Image of The Lone Scout The Lone Scout
    06/18/09

    In reply to The Billions in Fake Treasury Bonds We All Wished Were Real
    Gajillions in bearer bonds, Swiss scenery, and the world at your feet--one can dream.
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    Image of The Lone Scout The Lone Scout
    06/18/09

    @The Lone Scout: (Are Treasurys bearer bonds? Likely registered, right? Foiled again.)
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    Image of Wrongavore Wrongavore
    05/29/09

    In reply to Mancow Responds, Again
    The thing is, why would he go on Olbermann if he thought the whole thing was a hoax. It seems as though his intentions were in the right place. It would have been a different story if he came out of it saying that by no means was it torture.
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    Image of John Cook John Cook
    05/29/09

    @Wrongavore: So the fact that he came up with the right answer makes the fact that it was all an empty farce OK?
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    Image of pacific_reporter pacific_reporter
    05/29/09

    In reply to Mancow Responds, Again
    Just to clarify, to call Olbermann, Mancow, and Gawker part of "the debate" is rather disingenuous.
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    Image of valet_of_the_dolls valet_of_the_dolls
    05/29/09

    @pacific_reporter: You're right. We should leave it to the experts, like torture pimp John Yoo.
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    Image of MacnairEetion MacnairEetion
    05/29/09

    In reply to Mancow Responds, Again
    It seems like from the beginning he said he thought it would be "a joke" because he didn't think it was torture and that he could take it (he admitted as much on Olbermann).

    He got someone to do it, who obviously didn't know what he was doing - but I don't see why half-assed waterboarding couldn't have been more torturous than he expected.

    I get this could have all been for ratings (either way you look at it, it was), but I don't get why he would change his opinion on it. That, to me, seemed genuine.
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    Image of WashingMyHair WashingMyHair
    05/29/09

    @MacnairEetion: Yes. To me, the fact that it was half-assed but he still claimed it was tortured is still a win for the anti-torture crowd. No brainer!


    If they did it the "proper way", I'm sure he'd be even more scared shitless. So this is really a non-issue in my mind.

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    Image of BadUncle BadUncle
    05/29/09

    In reply to Mancow Responds, Again
    I just want to know what a "mancow" is.
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    Image of The Real JR The Real JR
    05/29/09

    In reply to Mancow Responds, Again
    To end the whole controversy, let's call this a mulligan and do it over.
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    Image of Steverino Begins Steverino Begins
    05/29/09

    @The Real JR: HA. I second this.


    "Yeah, Derek claims his frat house was torturing him during initiation, but it was a total mulligan. He was laughing and drinking beers the whole time. That hanging part was a little weird, though. If it had gone on any longer it would have been a total hutchence."

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    Image of econdave econdave
    05/29/09

    In reply to Mancow Responds, Again
    Who cares? You still haven't given us a reason as to why, if Mancow faked it, he would claim it was torture, given that he held the opposite opinion before.


    Until you can answer that one simple question, give it a rest.

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    Image of John Cook John Cook
    05/29/09

    @econdave: Well, one reason would be to get on Olbermann and generate a lot of publicity. But it doesn't need diabolical premeditation to be fake. Just a half-assed attempt at getting publicity that doesn't answer any questions about waterboarding and its merits or demerits. I don't think it has any merits. But I don't want my case to be made on bullshit stunts carried out by idiots.
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    Image of jasonelias jasonelias
    05/29/09

    In reply to Mancow Responds, Again
    Now I kind of wish that Mancow had drownded.
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    Image of dado dado
    05/29/09

    In reply to Mancow Responds, Again
    Never get in the mud with cows.
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    Image of TRexstasy TRexstasy
    04/26/09

    In reply to Jesse Watters' Twitter Account is Fake
    Who's Amanda Carpenter?
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