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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
Its also funny how people constantly accuse Soros of not being an actual Jew, as he supposedly collaborated with the Nazis.
Yep. A 14 year old boy, big Nazi collaborator, for sure. Probably chief of the SS or something like that.
Edited by Forenperser on Sep 26th 2019 at 10:53:02 AM
Certified: 48.0% West Asian, 6.5% South Asian, 15.8% North/West European, 15.7% English, 7.4% Balkan, 6.6% ScandinavianBecause he actually is rich and influential. And he supports left-wing organizations.
I can't think of another Big Donor like him on the Left. He is essentially what the Koch brothers are/were for the Right.
Certified: 48.0% West Asian, 6.5% South Asian, 15.8% North/West European, 15.7% English, 7.4% Balkan, 6.6% ScandinavianIt's because he's Jewish, there are other wealthy supporters of liberalism but they don't belong to demographics that as effectively fill far-right mythos as a Jewish man like Soros does.
"Einstein would turn over in his grave. Not only does God play dice, the dice are loaded." -Chairman Sheng-Ji YangFun Fact:
In the Empire series by Orson Scott Card, George Soros has his Expy found an organization of leftist radicals to take over the United States with mecha and G.I. Joe-esque superweapons.
Author of The Rules of Supervillainy, Cthulhu Armageddon, and United States of Monsters.And he's Jewish, which triggers all the subconscious antisemitism in certain right wing people. Remember, the "Jewish capital that rules the world" is a well-known antisemitic trope.
Edited by SeptimusHeap on Sep 26th 2019 at 11:03:03 AM
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman![]()
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Ew, Orson Scott Card. That guy should just admit he's a Republican already.
Honestly George Soros being at the head of any real far-left enterprise should be ridiculous on its face.
"For all those whose cares have been our concern, the work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives, and the dream shall never die."OK, folks. We are willing to give it a try. Please be on your best.
Some campaign humor: Mayor Pete was doing an interview with Hacks on Tap - whose hosts are David Axelrod, the Chief Strategist of Obama's campaign team, and Mike Murphy, a political consultant to McCain and Romney - and Murphy noticed that Buttigieg was campaigning with a bus full of reporters, similar to what McCain had done.
Murphy advised him to "water down the coffee and load them up on donuts like we did." That way after the sugar high has passed the reporters will be too tired to ask hard questions later on.
@Parable I know it's extremely cynical (and a joke), but that's actually really clever.
Leviticus 19:34

Recap on George Soros:
Guy who escaped being sent to a death camp in his youth, made it big in finance and currently a hedge fund manager, a supporter of free trade, regularly donates to liberal causes because he knows all too well the dangers of fascism (see the death camp thing mentioned earlier), and once broke the bank of England. Oh, and he's a bogeyman for every rightwinger out there. Alex Jones checks under his bed every night to make sure Soros isn't lying in wait for him. Viktor Orbán of Hungary also has a hate-boner for Soros.
Edited by M84 on Sep 26th 2019 at 4:39:14 PM
Disgusted, but not surprised