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[Cha]

1. What?!

[pangaia]

16. jesus, it's just satire!!! And pretty damn good....

[GliderGuider]

2. Here's a readable PDF...

http://www.library.upenn.edu/docs/kislak/dp/1987/1987_04_02.pdf

Well, well, well. What's goin' on 'ere then?

[MaeScott]

3. Thanks for the PDF...my, he's been busy all along.

[GliderGuider]

4. Making his bones... nt

[csziggy]

6. Reading other items in that PDF - is that a satirical newspaper?

From the headline article:

Among the items purchased were 2000 camoflague "Jams" shorts, 4000 Bennetton flannel paisley shirts, several hundred Timberland hiking boots and 10,000helmets with the official Contra logo.

Calero would not comment on any of the Wharton revelations other than the need for rebel armies to look good.

"I can honestly say that we are the preppiest rebel army in Central America," Calero said last night. "Win or lose {the civil war} we can reveal the fact that we looked sharp."

Regan commented: "They look marvelous."

On the second page is an article titled: Pope uses wheels to pick up chicks followed by Vanna and Fidel exchange vows.

[GliderGuider]

7. It's apparently a university student newspaper.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Daily_Pennsylvanian

[csziggy]

9. I got that - but many of the articles seem to be satirical - UPDATE - see page 6 "It's a Joke"

AHA - the article/editorial on page 6 titled It's a Joke gives it away:

The Daily Pennsylvanian's annual gag issue has a long history, of which another chapter has been written today. Every year about this time, tradition dictates that DP editors turn their usually proper paper into a playful parody.

As much as I would love to link Donald Trump to the Iran-Contra affair, I don't think the front page article here is real. Every other source that alludes to it seems to link back to this issue of the The Daily Pennsylvanian.

[pangaia]

14. Of course it is...

[csziggy]

17. Look at page 6 with the article/editorial titled "It's a Joke" nt

[FailureToCommunicate]

5. "Reagan claims ignorance"

[muriel_volestrangler]

8. Who is tweeting to whom, and who is calling him 'Cuckenwald'?

It's always good to remember Reagan's extensive criminal activity, but is there particular reason for it now?

[demmiblue]

19. Kurt Cuckenwald ‏@KCuckenwald is the one who replied to the original tweet:

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I don't know why someone would post one of his replies. His is a vile person... take a look at his twitter page.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

10. Fake news. Please don't waste our time with 30 year old junk

[Fast Walker 52]

11. 30 year old fake news?

[Bernardo de La Paz]

12. Yes, it was fake then (and just as dull) & resuscitating it now on the basis of a fake tweet is crap

"too blurry to read" -- lame

The OP should do their homework one time instead of making dozens or hundreds of DU reader do the homework to discover that this is an ossified pile of turds that wasn't funny haha even 30 years ago at the time.

A simple search by the OP would have saved us all a bunch of wasted time.

[Ligyron]

13. I love The Onion and gags like this but...

this type of thing is way over most people's heads and throws confusion into the definition of "fake news".

Already the cons are trying to gaslight the news media (among others) and claim the mantle of fake news as their own.

[pangaia]

15. What a riot!!!

These guys are WAY BETTER than the ONION!

WAY, WAY, WAY better....

Hell, it fooled some people here...

[demmiblue]

18. Kurt Cuckenwald @KCuckenwald is a vile person.

I don't know why you are giving him recognition.

[riversedge]

20. I just discovered-don't know for sure, but is Kurt Cuckenwald @KCuckenwald & kurteichenwald

the same person. Sure looks like it to me.

Kurt Eichenwald ‏@kurteichenwald Has done lots of good investigative stories. I just looked into the Kurt Cuckenwald account when you responded to my post.

???????


https://twitter.com/KCuckenwald (opened an account in Dec of 2016)


https://twitter.com/kurteichenwald

[demmiblue]

21. Oh, my.

Kurt Cuckenwald @KCuckenwald is a disgusting parody/satire account aimed at Kurt Eichenwald .

You should take a moment to read through some of his tweets.

ProTip: if the word 'cuck' is ever used, you know it is an alt-right arsehole.


Edit: Here is an example

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[riversedge]

22. Yes, Oh my!! I read a few--enough. What a crappy thing to do to the real Kurt!