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To: combjelly who wrote (729407)	7/28/2013 12:07:50 PM
From: Bonefish	3 Recommendations Recommended By joseffy longnshort TideGlider Respond to of 1572481

Look up the Quantum fund. I can't believe you were giving advice on AMD and Intel.

To: combjelly who wrote (729407)	7/28/2013 12:19:58 PM
From: Jorj X Mckie	2 Recommendations Recommended By FJB TideGlider Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1572481

The first I heard of George Soros was in 1992 when he was proudly claiming credit for breaking the English Pound and making a billion dollars doing so. The first I heard about the Koch brothers was around the time that Obama became president. They seemed to be the liberal response to the connection being made between George Soros and the progressives. I had never heard of Alinsky until Obama came around either. Of course, this doesn't mean that the progressive politicians hadn't heard of him. As we now know, most progressive politicians are quite familiar with his works.

To: combjelly who wrote (729407)	7/28/2013 12:28:08 PM
From: i-node	3 Recommendations Recommended By Brumar89 FJB TideGlider Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572481

The first I heard of Koch bros was when they bought the town I grew up in and spent millions cleaning up the environmental mess the previous owners left behind. Didn't make the news though.

To: combjelly who wrote (729407)	7/28/2013 12:36:36 PM
From: longnshort	1 Recommendation Recommended By PKRBKR Respond to of 1572481

Never heard of the Koch brothers until the left brought them up. heard of Alinsky in college heard of soros from his money making shorting currency long ago If you hadn't heard of these two you are either one stupid MF or a liar. I say both

To: combjelly who wrote (729407)	7/28/2013 12:40:13 PM
From: FJB	1 Recommendation Recommended By joseffy Respond to of 1572481

First I heard of the Koch Brothers was that they were sponsoring almost every PBS show I watched, NOVA, Frontline, Masterpiece Theatre, Live from Lincoln Center, etc., etc... It was later I found out they were the biggest philanthropists in America next to Gates, with their contributions to medical research, the arts, education, etc...

To: combjelly who wrote (729407)	7/28/2013 12:52:21 PM
From: FJB	1 Recommendation Recommended By joseffy Respond to of 1572481

Weiner campaign paid private eye $45,000 to investigate own 2011 Twitter ‘hacking’ lie, reports show The ‘hacking’ never happened — Weiner later admitted to sending the racy pics himself — but his furious attempt at damage control included an expensive investigation by T&M Protection services. BY GREG B. SMITH / NEW YORK DAILY NEWSPUBLISHED: SUNDAY, JULY 28, 2013, 2:00 AMUPDATED: SUNDAY, JULY 28, 2013, 2:00 AM DAILY NEWS PHOTO ILLUSTRATION; GETTY IMAGES In 2011, the Weiner campaign paid an investigations firm nearly $45,000 who had "hacked" the congressman's Twitter account and sent out racy photos, but it turned out the perp was Anthony Weiner himself. Serial sexter Anthony Weiner paid a private eye nearly $45,000 in campaign cash to investigate his lie that a hacker posted a crotch shot on his Twitter feed, campaign spending records show. Weiner’s brazen attempt to cover his tracks occurred shortly after Memorial Day weekend in 2011, when his first sexting scandal erupted and he went into furious spin control trying to save his career in Congress. He maintained that he had been victimized — and promised an investigation to get to the bottom of how it happened. “They’ll be looking into whether someone had my password,” he told CNN. Read more: nydailynews.com

To: combjelly who wrote (729407)	7/28/2013 7:07:04 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1572481

For some strange reason the Koch Bros love NY society. I am not sure why. However, the last time they showed up for a NY society event, they got booed. I guess they may be losing interest these days.

To: combjelly who wrote (729407)	7/28/2013 8:04:13 PM
From: i-node	1 Recommendation Recommended By Jorj X Mckie Respond to of 1572481

>> They have their fingers in just about everything on the Right. This is a total crock. Koch Brothers are fundamentally libertarian. But they recognize that under the two-party system as it stands today, no libertarian has a snowball's chance of getting elected to a position of power. But, if you're a liberal nutjob, anyone who isn't looks like some kind of right wing extremist, so your criticism, erroneous though it may be, is to be expected.