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Tag Archives: nonsense
Do You Feel Anxiety When You Lose Facebook Friends?
Well, that was weird. I had somebody I know (met her twice) friend me on Facebook and then after I accepted her friend request, she deleted me. And we have about 40 friends in common — on Facebook and in … Continue reading
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Tagged anxiety, differentiation, facebook friends, nonsense, passionate marriage
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Reverend Jeremiah Wright
Fred emails: 1. The nonsense about the government injecting blacks with aids is an example of standard left wing BS of dodging responsibility. Aids is spread by promiscuity and drugs. By blaming the government (or whites), Wright is telling the … Continue reading
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Tagged bad behavior, bs, corrective action, delusional, delusions, distorted view, dodge, ego, Jeremiah Wright, national platform, nonsense, possibilities, promiscuity, pulpit, race relations, racial hatred, reverend, sympathy, white guilt, whitey
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Who Are These Weird Child-Abusing Breslaver Hasidim?
Maven writes on Failed Messiah: This group was a fringe militant group that ran afoul of the law and all common sense a few years ago when they tried to blow up the Mosque. They have no Orthodox or other … Continue reading
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Tagged common sense, economic situation, great thinker, Judaism, Kabbalah, kippa, maven, messiah, militant group, mosque, nonsense, opposition, psychiatric unit, psychopaths, psychos, reputation, schizophrenics, science education, son of sam, Torah, uzi, Yeshiva
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When Will We Have Our First Valleywag Suicide?
Michael Arrington writes: Today I read all the sordid details about the alleged sexual encounter between a notable technology visionary and a woman who appears to be looking for as much publicity as possible. Where did I read it? On … Continue reading
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Tagged attendee, blogger, chris anderson, dui, employment termination, founder chris, Gossip, michael arrington, New York Times, nonsense, personal lives, ramp, rsquo, search engines, sexual encounter, silicon valley, sordid details, valleywag, visionary, woes
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