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Tommy_Carcetti

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74. Thank you everyone for all the recs! And while I have you, a completely shameful self-promotion!

Wed Mar 28, 2018, 10:26 AM

Mar 2018

Do you enjoy satire?

Great! I'm glad you do.

Unfortunately, this next thing isn't satire. But it is a fascinating read.

Part One and Two of my introspective on Kremlin Propagandist Konstantin Rykov and his role in the 2016 Presidential Election:

Part One: https://www.democraticunderground.com/100210416264

Part Two: https://www.democraticunderground.com/100210416302

At least two more parts to come.

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BREAKING NEWS: George Soros to declare bankruptcy. [View all] Tommy_Carcetti Mar 2018 OP

Solid. Nt NCTraveler Mar 2018 #1

I get it, but DownriverDem Mar 2018 #71

I dont get your but. NCTraveler Mar 2018 #73

some of your satire is outright funny.. this one, to me, misses the mark. Keep trying, though hlthe2b Mar 2018 #2

ugggg really rtracey Mar 2018 #34

'guess it is too spot on for what the RW is spewing and thus pushes my buttons... hlthe2b Mar 2018 #37

too me rtracey Mar 2018 #57

I beg to differ... GetRidOfThem Mar 2018 #49

Oh NOOoooossss!!!!111 jpak Mar 2018 #3

George Sorors pamdb Mar 2018 #4

Well done, sir. Yas got me! Adrahil Mar 2018 #5

Got me too...at least the first paragraph got me....Then the last few words of the first paragraph.. Stuart G Mar 2018 #10

That. Was. Great! Glamrock Mar 2018 #6

And the right will be spreading this post as truth in Baitball Blogger Mar 2018 #7

You got me..! HipChick Mar 2018 #8

Lol! K&R demmiblue Mar 2018 #9

Must be why my latest check bounced! Freddie Mar 2018 #11

You got a check??!? Dayum--how did I miss payroll?? lastlib Mar 2018 #69

Giggety. louis-t Mar 2018 #12

Fake news! That's not the reason at all gratuitous Mar 2018 #13

Onion? Whatever, very funny! mountain grammy Mar 2018 #14

Ha! Cary Mar 2018 #15

Brilliant! LiberalLovinLug Mar 2018 #16

This seems to me Right Wing Satire bucolic_frolic Mar 2018 #17

Its left wing sarcasm. askyagerz Mar 2018 #19

It's a satire on what they're literally saying on Fox News. Dave Starsky Mar 2018 #24

Not really RhodeIslandOne Mar 2018 #27

Well thanks bucolic_frolic Mar 2018 #29

satire doesn't come naturally to some people. . annabanana Mar 2018 #40

No - it would be Right Wing false claims whopis01 Mar 2018 #41

Kick JohnnyRingo Mar 2018 #18

Yes, $500 per head and free lodging and meals add up fast. Blue_true Mar 2018 #20

Not to mention the dental plan. Dave Starsky Mar 2018 #25

Excellent Scalded Nun Mar 2018 #21

Well done, Mr. Carcetti! Bravo! Glorfindel Mar 2018 #22

Fox should win a Pulitzer for this one. Chipper Chat Mar 2018 #23

Too good malaise Mar 2018 #26

Well done. geardaddy Mar 2018 #28

Bravo, indeed! debsy Mar 2018 #30

People call me a paradox Nevernose Mar 2018 #31

Damn. You made me look. old guy Mar 2018 #32

Brilliantly played! NRaleighLiberal Mar 2018 #33

Hahahahahahahaha!!! ConnorMarc Mar 2018 #35

This is going to make managing my checkbook much harder. PurgedVoter Mar 2018 #36

Get your bus driver's license. Jim Lane Mar 2018 #64

K&R stonecutter357 Mar 2018 #38

Oh, VERY good! This explains the recording that I got when I called for my pay: annabanana Mar 2018 #39

Poor Mr. Soros... magicarpet Mar 2018 #42

Bwahahahahaa!!!! DinahMoeHum Mar 2018 #43

Dam it to hell I knew that would happen njhoneybadger Mar 2018 #44

You got me! red dog 1 Mar 2018 #45

Wishful thinking Fritz Walter Mar 2018 #46

Send this to Trump TeeVee. See how far they run with this story. muntrv Mar 2018 #47

Assumed this came from Hannity. Enoki33 Mar 2018 #48

If he did really go bankrupt, who would become their new bogeyman? BlueStater Mar 2018 #50

Sometimes you knock 'em outa the park and sometimes its a swing and a whiff... marble falls Mar 2018 #51

Eh, I tried. I threw out this satire piece in the middle of working on Rykov research. Tommy_Carcetti Mar 2018 #54

Sounds too much like an employment situation to me. I'm alergic. marble falls Mar 2018 #56

B R I L L I A N T Eliot Rosewater Mar 2018 #52

Stop. It. underpants Mar 2018 #53

This needs to be meme'd and sent out into the ether... LeftinOH Mar 2018 #55

Comical and clever. BobTheSubgenius Mar 2018 #58

Damn. stage left Mar 2018 #59

Ya got me, hook, line and sinker yonder Mar 2018 #60

That bankruptcy qualifies him to run for president IronLionZion Mar 2018 #61

I'm sure it wasn't easy finding all those child actors dreamland Mar 2018 #62

OK...took awhile, but I get it now. PatrickforO Mar 2018 #63

You had me looking for the Borowitz link. Well done, you. chia Mar 2018 #65

I love good satire Gothmog Mar 2018 #66

Brilliant Dopers_Greed Mar 2018 #67

This is gonna be shared on my Facebook feed anytime now AwakeAtLast Mar 2018 #68

Damn Sunsky Mar 2018 #70

Oh, snap! Nitram Mar 2018 #72

Thank you everyone for all the recs! And while I have you, a completely shameful self-promotion! Tommy_Carcetti Mar 2018 #74

Love it! NastyRiffraff Mar 2018 #75