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10. I've seen a lot of Bannon-Manson comparisons on Twitter.

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Batshit Bannon was nattering to perplexed Alabamians about the "Fourth Turning" last night [View all] highplainsdem Dec 2017 OP

there got to be at least one person in that crowd thats going... samnsara Dec 2017 #1

Apparently not with the Alabama Republicans HopeAgain Dec 2017 #2

Shorter version: "Hi, I'm Steve Bannon - I'm a Mel Gibson kind of Catholic . . . hatrack Dec 2017 #3

I can't help but be reminded of the weird interest in paranormal theories and pseudo-scientific Nitram Dec 2017 #4

Agree Bannon and Trump are lower-case Nazis. It's well known that Trump would read highplainsdem Dec 2017 #14

Right. Leni Rifenstahl without the artistry. Nitram Dec 2017 #25

True. Everything I've read about the films he's made says they're mediocre at best. highplainsdem Dec 2017 #48

She. nt marybourg Dec 2017 #52

By "he" I meant Bannon. His films were mediocre at best. highplainsdem Dec 2017 #56

"Team, brand, and standard" No thank you. I prefer being an American Achilleaze Dec 2017 #5

+1,000,000 highplainsdem Dec 2017 #11

Bannon, translated: I am a crypto-Satanist meow2u3 Dec 2017 #6

Bannon is a cult leader. democratisphere Dec 2017 #7

At least a wannabe cult leader. highplainsdem Dec 2017 #13

This 'fourth turning' agitprop sounds familiar C_U_L8R Dec 2017 #8

I've seen a lot of Bannon-Manson comparisons on Twitter. highplainsdem Dec 2017 #10

Fortunately, he wears his beliefs on the outside C_U_L8R Dec 2017 #12

Lmfao. Poor Chet (Bill Paxton was an awesome guy and so funny in that role). anneboleyn Dec 2017 #32

Indeed! C_U_L8R Dec 2017 #37

So Bannon is ushering in his own personal version of Armageddon. n/t woodsprite Dec 2017 #9

He's certainly trying to. highplainsdem Dec 2017 #15

that is what he wants bdamomma Dec 2017 #46

I swear it's like they're in a cult. Initech Dec 2017 #16

Exactly. highplainsdem Dec 2017 #47

TOO FUNNY HAB911 Dec 2017 #17

What turning? Turning of the worm? n/t Baitball Blogger Dec 2017 #18

Someone tried to explain "The Fourth Turning" here, and it sounded like bollocks to me then muriel_volestrangler Dec 2017 #19

Thanks for that link! I hadn't seen that old DU thread. I agree with you completely that highplainsdem Dec 2017 #24

The Fourth Turning equals...the fourth reich? workinclasszero Dec 2017 #20

Funny, that is exactly what I was thinking. smirkymonkey Dec 2017 #21

Yup workinclasszero Dec 2017 #22

Bad comparison. Germany WAS an authoritarian state Hortensis Dec 2017 #23

Well we will will see what happens when Dump fires Mueller workinclasszero Dec 2017 #26

Well, it's pretty evident we've reached the stage of atrophy with trump and bannon and that crowd. brush Dec 2017 #27

Entropy...but atrophy fits doesnt it? Much better. Bannon is a sad cultist who is too chicken anneboleyn Dec 2017 #34

Oops. You're right. I re-read the snip, it does say entrophy, but in my mind it automatically... brush Dec 2017 #36

he is a puppet of the mercers and Kochs DonCoquixote Dec 2017 #43

I was taught the same thing CanonRay Dec 2017 #28

I went to parochial schools at times, too. Most kids WEREN'T brainwashed by what they were taught, highplainsdem Dec 2017 #30

"History is seasonal, and winter is coming. " Nostradamus couldn't have done any better.......... LongTomH Dec 2017 #29

Yep. The Fourth Turning is apocalyptic BS for people who'd be embarrassed to talk about Nostradamus highplainsdem Dec 2017 #33

He's even dumber than I thought NastyRiffraff Dec 2017 #31

The number of people who have wanted a holy war/Apocalypse scare me. moriah Dec 2017 #35

Me, too. highplainsdem Dec 2017 #44

If I want to hear a fat MFM008 Dec 2017 #38

LOL! highplainsdem Dec 2017 #41

". . . dont act in a way that might provoke Crisis-era authority to deem you guilty." How tblue37 Dec 2017 #39

Authoritarian, and chilling. Again, the book's scenario is what Bannon wants. What he's trying highplainsdem Dec 2017 #40

He hasn't mastered Terran language and gestures yet. Orsino Dec 2017 #42

LMAO! highplainsdem Dec 2017 #50

Bottom line is this... they break American history up into 80-year chunks scheming daemons Dec 2017 #45

Thanks for explaining their framework. You're right that it's utter nonsense, Real life, and real highplainsdem Dec 2017 #51

Really liking the Batshit Bannon moniker...I'll have to use it and often. Kirk Lover Dec 2017 #49

Wish the MSM MontanaMama Dec 2017 #53

Wow! Bannon read a book KT2000 Dec 2017 #54

I used to be a drunk. Comatose Sphagetti Dec 2017 #55

What a loathsome and scary man Ol Gin Blossom is nt Hekate Dec 2017 #57