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In reply to the discussion: Batshit Bannon was nattering to perplexed Alabamians about the "Fourth Turning" last night [View all]Kirk Lover
(3,608 posts)49. Really liking the Batshit Bannon moniker...I'll have to use it and often.
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Batshit Bannon was nattering to perplexed Alabamians about the "Fourth Turning" last night [View all]
highplainsdem
Dec 2017
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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
True. Everything I've read about the films he's made says they're mediocre at best.
highplainsdem
Dec 2017
#48
Lmfao. Poor Chet (Bill Paxton was an awesome guy and so funny in that role).
anneboleyn
Dec 2017
#32
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
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
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
". . . 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
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