My wonderful but politically misguided father got me a subscription to the Times a couple of years ago, and I always enjoyed reading the batshit insane headlines before chucking it into the trash. But! You also get the FREE perk of being put on every god damn freeper mailing list in existence, and my neighbors probably think I'm some sort of ex-pat militia member at this point. Damn you, Moon! #washingtontimes
Are we still operating under the assumption that the Washington Post is the liberal opposition to the Times? The WaPo (or maybe just the editorial page) seems like it's positioning itself to fill the neo-con void and I'm more than prepared to completely ignore their bullshit as well. The Weekend is still pretty legit but otherwise, the cord is nearly cut. #washingtontimes
@Helio: They are neo-con for sure. They let that failure of a human being Jendayi Frasier write an op-ed that made cancel everything with them #washingtontimes
I was at an event at the Council on Foreign Relations ( John Kerry) and it was opened up to questions. Reporters were sitting in the back. Except one, Barbara Slavin from the Washington Times. She was sitting with that awful Congresswoman Harman. I noticed it because all the other questions came from the back. Even stranger was Congresswoman Harman asking Sen.Kerry a question as well as if she couldn't kick with him on the Hill. It was very odd because she asked her question (really 3) after it was announced that these would be the last questions taken. I put her in my Moonie category that day. #washingtontimes
@Go Like Hell Machine: Sorry, I will try to explain it without any shortcuts. I went to an event at the council on foreign relations in DC. John Kerry was speaking , he had just gotten back from Afghanistan. The reporters were all sitting in the back , they had to. It was marked media. The room was small. All the questions came from the back, except this one lady Barbara Slavin who got up to ask the question, but she wasn't in the media section . She was sitting next to Democrat Congresswoman Harman. The Washington Times has been quite supportive of Harman through her possibly criminal involvement with those Israeli spies. i know this is really confusing. My point was that no other media- there were some heavy hitters there- sat in anywhere near the front. The second weird thing was Harman asking Sen. Kerry a question , like a reporter would. The mediator said these will be the last 3 questions and Harman raised her hand. She then asked 3 questions in one, they were not friendly questions either. I thought it was odd since I am assuming as Democrats in foreign relations committees albeit in 2 different houses of congress, she could ask him whatever questions she wanted at some other time. I think those questions were for the benefit of the Washington Times. I hope this makes some sense #washingtontimes
I've actually wondered that because there aren't as many people becoming Moonies as there were before, replenishing his coffers, how long the Rev would continue to drain his fortune. #washingtontimes
@Magister: I wrote a book about this. It turns out the Moonies are doing just fine in the cash department, mostly by separating Japanese widows from their cash. Google "spiritual sales."
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It's been so long since I've met any Moonies and television cults have gone all Waco, I figured that after the market crash, he'd be running out of funds.
I didn't think about globalization and how it could bolster religious empires. One world, indeed. Thanks.
Hehe. And just when Scientology thought they'd weathered the worst of it:
An Anonymous protester in Nashville sues for $6m for assault, wrongful arrest and malicious prosecution - [www.wsmv.com]
And the St Petersburg Times begins another ass-whooping 3-part series of articles, commencing today with articles and videos about how Scientology tracks down staff who leave without permission - using private investigators and tracing their credit cards... www.truthrundown.org
Couple of things. One, their Rome opening that they keep referring to has not been mentioned by any corroborating source that I have seen. It's just been a flood of press releases on free news services. They can't even afford PR Newswire anymore, it seems.
Second, any out of work journalists - Scientology's Freedom Magazine is hiring! It says they cover human rights and social betterment issues, but really their specialty is a good smear. Perhaps a place to go if your ethics aren't good enough for TMZ? [www.journalismjobs.com]
WTF, is that why they re-routed the normally super speedy 16th street bus today. It made me late for the Coen brother's movie.
And that crazy alien attracting shield thing they put on that beautiful old pre-war totally looks like a bad set piece. Fucking whack jobs.
they were setting those ribbons and that crest up for days this week, my bus rolled past it on the way to work. I wouldn't think they'd want to call so much attention to themselves---did they do this kind of stuff when they were on the other side of dupont? #scientology
The guy with no head got my hopes up for a repeat performance of this type of $cieno crowd magic. Featuring yet another guy with no head. [www.lermanet.com]
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It's been so long since I've met any Moonies and television cults have gone all Waco, I figured that after the market crash, he'd be running out of funds.
I didn't think about globalization and how it could bolster religious empires. One world, indeed. Thanks.
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My money would be on Richard Mellon Scaife.
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An Anonymous protester in Nashville sues for $6m for assault, wrongful arrest and malicious prosecution - [www.wsmv.com]
And the St Petersburg Times begins another ass-whooping 3-part series of articles, commencing today with articles and videos about how Scientology tracks down staff who leave without permission - using private investigators and tracing their credit cards... www.truthrundown.org
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Second, any out of work journalists - Scientology's Freedom Magazine is hiring! It says they cover human rights and social betterment issues, but really their specialty is a good smear. Perhaps a place to go if your ethics aren't good enough for TMZ?
[www.journalismjobs.com]
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And that crazy alien attracting shield thing they put on that beautiful old pre-war totally looks like a bad set piece. Fucking whack jobs.
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And the Scientology joint is one of the only places in downtown Winnipeg open late enough that it's safe to walk down their street.
Coincidence? Probably, yeah. But they are the center of the continent, so be warned... #scientology
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