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Moostache

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23. The Corvair spacecraft thas been taken over --

Mon Dec 8, 2014, 10:05 PM

Dec 2014

"conquered", if you will -- by a master race of giant space ants.

It's difficult to tell from this vantage point whether they will consume the captive earth men or merely enslave them.
One thing is for certain, there is no stopping them; the ants will soon be here.

And I, for one, welcome our new insect overlords.
I'd like to remind them that as a trusted TV personality, I can be helpful in rounding up others to toil in their underground sugar caves.

- Kent Brockman

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A paragraph from Chris Hedges' piece on Truthdig today that adroitly summarizes where we are..... [View all] marmar Dec 2014 OP

As brilliant and succinct a description as ever there could be. hifiguy Dec 2014 #1

I don't know if 'we' are doomed, but the recurring crises given to us KingCharlemagne Dec 2014 #15

doomed? DemandsRedPill Dec 2014 #26

They� will welcome, even foster the great die-off. It will mean more for them. Enthusiast Dec 2014 #37

The die-off part is actually easy to facilitate. hifiguy Dec 2014 #44

Inform Hillary Please billhicks76 Dec 2014 #58

Better yet, inform Nicaraguan Presudent Daniel Ortega! staggerleem Dec 2014 #60

Unfortunately true.... daleanime Dec 2014 #2

TY, marmar, K & R, kudos as always to Chris Hedges, mother earth Dec 2014 #3

Thank you, woo me with science Dec 2014 #4

Pretty phucking great...knr joeybee12 Dec 2014 #5

DURec. bvar22 Dec 2014 #6

By 'Square Deal' were you attempting to refer to Harry S. Truman's 'Fair Deal'? I've KingCharlemagne Dec 2014 #14

The Square Deal dates from Roosevelt-- Jackpine Radical Dec 2014 #18

Thanks for that. As you probly guessed, I was too lazy to Google search the phrase, thinking KingCharlemagne Dec 2014 #20

The early Progressives WERE Republicans. Jackpine Radical Dec 2014 #34

Yeah, well aware. Hell, Abe Lincoln was probably the last U.S. president KingCharlemagne Dec 2014 #38

Yes, I was referring to Truman's "Fair Deal". bvar22 Dec 2014 #54

Please read Jackpine Radical's gloss on this point. Turns out there KingCharlemagne Dec 2014 #55

Ah yes 2naSalit Dec 2014 #7

powerful. thanks. Faryn Balyncd Dec 2014 #8

K & R !!! WillyT Dec 2014 #9

Heartbreaking. Because it's true. calimary Dec 2014 #10

K&R abelenkpe Dec 2014 #11

Absolutely true. nt truebluegreen Dec 2014 #12

Yep! neverforget Dec 2014 #13

Chris always seems to speak eloquently what I've pondered throughout life. He Get's it and adirondacker Dec 2014 #16

alas, Hedges is right. nt navarth Dec 2014 #17

sacred dimension AlbertCat Dec 2014 #19

Yes, actually we do. GliderGuider Dec 2014 #21

something apart from the mundane. AlbertCat Dec 2014 #24

sacred stone space Dec 2014 #27

I like the archaic definition best. AlbertCat Dec 2014 #28

To be fair to the author, he follows the word with an appositive... Pacifist Patriot Dec 2014 #33

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Well said. nt mother earth Dec 2014 #52

K&R JEB Dec 2014 #22

The Corvair spacecraft thas been taken over -- Moostache Dec 2014 #23

K&R. Well said. Overseas Dec 2014 #25

Good companion piece on YouTube: marmar Dec 2014 #29

K&R blackspade Dec 2014 #30

This is an awesome piece.... N_E_1 for Tennis Dec 2014 #31

Absolutely - this needs to reach every citizen. Pass it on, people! polichick Dec 2014 #48

du rec. xchrom Dec 2014 #35

K&R! This post should have hundreds of recommendations! Enthusiast Dec 2014 #36

Sickening Our prisons have become slave labor colonies for the poor. hedda_foil Dec 2014 #39

all these words concerning heaven05 Dec 2014 #40

voting for one of two corporate candidates..... marmar Dec 2014 #43

The money RUNNING heaven05 Dec 2014 #45

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K&R SalviaBlue Dec 2014 #42

So very true. raouldukelives Dec 2014 #46

nailed nationalize the fed Dec 2014 #51

"They will not rest until it is all gone." hifiguy Dec 2014 #56

Dead on. k&r polichick Dec 2014 #47

"We are a society of captives." This is why the normal responses don't work. polichick Dec 2014 #49

Corporations aren't something else The2ndWheel Dec 2014 #50

And the Corps flaunt their "superiority" in our faces... Dont call me Shirley Dec 2014 #53

One further caveat - always remember, dear children, that when the Republicans do the truedelphi Dec 2014 #57

I sometimes wonder when corporations will begin fighting each other. KansDem Dec 2014 #59

They'll have to fight reach other to buy up more and more, continued growth as it's called. appalachiablue Dec 2014 #61