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orwell

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44. Exactly what I have been saying for the better part of a decade...

Thu Nov 14, 2024, 06:12 PM

Nov 2024

...but very few choose to listen.

They keep buying products from these pigs and then wonder why they are covered with muck.

You are literally buying your enslavement.

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Jack E Smith! - not Jack L Smith [View all] malaise Nov 2024 OP

Wow. That's frankly terrifying. Easterncedar Nov 2024 #1

Indeed malaise Nov 2024 #2

Thanks for transcribing that Malaise so we don't have to go to x Clouds Passing Nov 2024 #23

For the visually oriented: usonian Nov 2024 #38

Perfect malaise Nov 2024 #53

JOHN LUMAN SMITH,.... You know about the name discrepancy,... correct ? magicarpet Nov 2024 #102

Dickeylee Dickeylee Nov 2024 #103

Jack E Smith is not the special counsel kkmarie Nov 2024 #117

Oh,.. excellent post by Malaise, absolutely no question. magicarpet Nov 2024 #131

Regular Jack E Smith posts catchnrelease Nov 2024 #138

Oligarchy is fascism on steroids. They've got us by the cojones. brush Nov 2024 #72

Exactly what I have been saying for the better part of a decade... orwell Nov 2024 #44

Thanks! 2naSalit Nov 2024 #80

I've never seen 53 recs on a sub post before Uncle Joe Nov 2024 #99

MoneyPOWER. Bluethroughu Nov 2024 #123

The best line malaise Nov 2024 #3

Putin and many others bdamomma Nov 2024 #54

Depends on whether he succeeds in purging military leadership or not. Karasu Nov 2024 #67

He nailed it. CentralMass Nov 2024 #4

And then some malaise Nov 2024 #9

I'm not terrified NJCher Nov 2024 #5

just the facts stillcool Nov 2024 #11

yo, Jack NJCher Nov 2024 #6

The same post is here at Bluesky ananda Nov 2024 #22

Thanks! ShazzieB Nov 2024 #46

Thanks blueseas Nov 2024 #78

Thanks malaise Nov 2024 #98

It's a parody account, not the Jack Smith in the avatar. femmedem Nov 2024 #24

Oh well, it's extremely well written, that's for sure. ShazzieB Nov 2024 #49

Thanks! I was scrolling down the comments... reACTIONary Nov 2024 #60

speaks for me as well markie Nov 2024 #7

Could you post this as its own OP, for visibility, and so we can rec it? niyad Nov 2024 #17

Agree malaise Nov 2024 #21

Wow wonderful poster. Thanks and I agree with malaise's suggestion to post as its own OP. c-rational Nov 2024 #88

Yes and so many Americans will respond to this message when our side takes this on in full force. Passages Nov 2024 #120

K & R Emile Nov 2024 #8

Not really Jack Smith J-9 Nov 2024 #10

Who cares malaise Nov 2024 #12

okay, what? Brenda Nov 2024 #29

No, it's a parody account...nt Wounded Bear Nov 2024 #32

maybe ok Brenda Nov 2024 #35

It's a parody account Babajida Nov 2024 #45

I would love it to be but the comments are spot on malaise Nov 2024 #51

What difference does that make to the validity of the posted material? niyad Nov 2024 #56

I care. There is clearly a different weight and implication based on source credibility. Gore1FL Nov 2024 #37

Exactly what diffference does that make to what was posted? niyad Nov 2024 #57

I would think that Jack Smith would carry more weight than rando-person on internet. nt Gore1FL Nov 2024 #84

So the words change meaning, based on who presents them? Got it. niyad Nov 2024 #104

The literal title of the thread is "Jack E Smith!" When it is presented as "Jack E Smith!" I expect "Jack E Smith!" Gore1FL Nov 2024 #108

The fact that it is Jack "E." Smith should have been the giveaway, since Special niyad Nov 2024 #110

Now THAT made me laugh for the first time since 11/6! n/t Cheezoholic Nov 2024 #112

Happy to help! niyad Nov 2024 #113

FFS. Why? Why? Why are you continuing this subthread. Gore1FL Nov 2024 #121

ohhhh myyyy. The irony. niyad Nov 2024 #125

And the coppery, and aluminumy. Please harass someone else over unimportant bullshit. I'm busy. nt Gore1FL Nov 2024 #127

. . . niyad Nov 2024 #128

Goodbye forever. nt Gore1FL Nov 2024 #130

I imagine the real Jack Smith cares about his name and photo being associated with words he didn't write. onenote Nov 2024 #43

This particular account has been around for quite some time now. I don't notice niyad Nov 2024 #47

?? J-9 Nov 2024 #66

It is interesting that you thought that the OP needed to be informed of that fact. niyad Nov 2024 #81

There are no charges J-9 Nov 2024 #87

J-9 hasn't posted again since this exchange. femmedem Nov 2024 #140

Malaise J-9 Nov 2024 #75

We all know that, thank you. niyad Nov 2024 #19

It doesn't look to me as if all the posters know that. femmedem Nov 2024 #28

It's pretty clear "all" don't know that. onenote Nov 2024 #42

Looks like a whole bunch of us don't know that. Iggo Nov 2024 #76

No, we DON'T "all know that." nt LAS14 Nov 2024 #91

Okay, J-9 sagetea Nov 2024 #25

Correct, and welcome to DU. femmedem Nov 2024 #26

Thanks. I've been lurking daily J-9 Nov 2024 #68

Yeah, some of those replies were uncalled for. femmedem Nov 2024 #90

Thanks. I missed that. Easterncedar Nov 2024 #101

It matters to me! I sent this out to my family! ALBliberal Nov 2024 #105

It's the last chance for the world's elite to steal everything of value before climate chaos really hits. CrispyQ Nov 2024 #13

Bet Leonard Leo is feeling oh so proud of himself these days. Scum! SheilaAnn Nov 2024 #14

My hero and there are not many left imo. FDR would agree with Smith 100%. Passages Nov 2024 #15

It's not your hero, unless your hero is a parody writer. nt LAS14 Nov 2024 #92

A parody writer who acknowledges the power and corruption of the oligarchs. Passages Nov 2024 #96

Wow! spicysista Nov 2024 #16

And what created these oligarchs? Farmer-Rick Nov 2024 #18

There were oligarchies under feudalism as well malaise Nov 2024 #33

Yes, unbridled capitalism always leads to oligarchy and fascism...nt Wounded Bear Nov 2024 #34

Speaks for me as well! niyad Nov 2024 #20

The French oligarchy FAFO'ed in 1793 Zorro Nov 2024 #27

Just recc malaise Nov 2024 #30

This message was self-deleted by its author Blue_Roses Nov 2024 #115

This may be the most important thing that you read today, especially so, considering the source. EarnestPutz Nov 2024 #31

The source is a parody site, not Jack Smith. onenote Nov 2024 #40

He's absolutely right, and if Biden were smart... infullview Nov 2024 #36

The problem with your post is that Biden is smart as are the people advising him onenote Nov 2024 #41

Like you are.... infullview Nov 2024 #119

And some people called Smith Superman lol Sewa Nov 2024 #39

so much for "we" all knowing this was a parody account. thebigidea Nov 2024 #55

Jack Smith will save democracy how fucking funny Sewa Nov 2024 #59

Thank you. Six117 Nov 2024 #48

Um, yeah relayerbob Nov 2024 #50

We are in predicament. Manage as well as you can. cachukis Nov 2024 #52

Wow! Powerful. Thank you so much for posting, malaise. wordstroken Nov 2024 #58

So, these tariffs that Shitler keeps talking about, exactly where would all of the $$ be going? OMGWTF Nov 2024 #61

Nazi Germany had its oligarchs too even if they were called industrialists bucolic_frolic Nov 2024 #62

They work hand in hand malaise Nov 2024 #65

Oh Yeah. We've know it..without lot of power and money, we also know... chouchou Nov 2024 #63

Captain Jack has spotted the iceberg we are about to hit Blue Owl Nov 2024 #64

It's a parody. nt LAS14 Nov 2024 #93

I considered making this an OP soldierant Nov 2024 #69

I think this should be its own OP, for wider visibility. niyad Nov 2024 #106

Well, Mark Cuban and Warren Buffet and... Justice matters. Nov 2024 #70

That's not a parting shot, that's Prairie_Seagull Nov 2024 #71

It's not a parting shot. It's a parody. Not the Jack Smith in the avatar. nt LAS14 Nov 2024 #89

American Oligarchy blueseas Nov 2024 #73

But I can't see it! 2naSalit Nov 2024 #74

See post #2 malaise Nov 2024 #77

Excellent Nululu Nov 2024 #79

The Gnomes of Zurich Jrsygrl96 Nov 2024 #82

Blueprints for guillotines are readily available online Orrex Nov 2024 #83

A landlord with gold toilets Puppyjive Nov 2024 #85

We need a new rule. So we can alert posts that the poster should have... LAS14 Nov 2024 #86

Out of curiosity, have you asked the same of the other parody and satire niyad Nov 2024 #109

I'm collecting examples in preparation for making an OP on the subject. LAS14 Nov 2024 #124

Very much looking forward to it. niyad Nov 2024 #126

Thanks Jack, you nailed it. republianmushroom Nov 2024 #94

Meh. Mosby Nov 2024 #95

I totally agree with Jack, but I would suggest that's it's not just American, Uncle Joe Nov 2024 #97

No, it is the stupid motherfuckers. TheKentuckian Nov 2024 #100

malaise, I believe you should make it clear in your OP that this is a fake account you are linking us to. nt DontBelieveEastisEas Nov 2024 #107

Most people here already know that padah513 Nov 2024 #111

And no matter who said it, the post is valid. GoodRaisin Nov 2024 #114

No we don't... Blue_Roses Nov 2024 #116

The truth, the whole truth, nuthin but the truth. Magoo48 Nov 2024 #118

I've known this for decades. I've been watching how our oligarchs have manipulated the economy to benefir themselves. SharonAnn Nov 2024 #122

I don't know about the rest of you, but... Omnipresent Nov 2024 #129

My sentiments exactly. sop Nov 2024 #132

No Sh*t Beowulf42 Nov 2024 #133

I'm surprised he gets away with using Jack L. Smith's picture. Sogo Nov 2024 #134

I followed him fir a while on Twitter Catherine Vincent Nov 2024 #135

Thank you for the edit to the OP to clarify which Jack Smith. n/t Ms. Toad Nov 2024 #136

The name difference does not discount or discredit the value of the message conveyed. magicarpet Nov 2024 #137

Precisely n/t malaise Nov 2024 #139