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A Nervous George Soros Lashes Out At Donald Trump: He Wants You To Be Afraid

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It appears The Establishment has decided to bring in the big guns to dislodge The GOP's nightmare scenario as Donald Trump goes from strength to strength in the polls. Writing in an op-ed for The Guardian, billionaire puppet-master George Soros urges Americans "to resist the siren song of the likes of Donald Trump," adding that "the terrorists and demagogues want us to be scared. We mustn’t give in."

Authored by George Soros, originally posted at The Guardian,

It’s not easy to resist the threats and the hysteria that surround us, but we must do, as fear is the greatest danger to open society

 

Open societies are always endangered. This is especially true of America and Europe today, as a result of the terrorist attacks in Paris and elsewhere, and the way that America and Europe, particularly France, have reacted to them.

 

Jihadi terrorist groups such as Islamic State and al-Qaida have discovered the achilles heel of our western societies: the fear of death. Through horrific attacks and macabre videos, the publicists of Isis magnify this fear, leading otherwise sensible people in hitherto open societies to abandon their reason.

 

Scientists have discovered that emotion is an essential component of human reasoning. That discovery explains why jihadi terrorism poses such a potent threat to our societies: the fear of death leads us and our leaders to think – and then behave – irrationally.

 

Science merely confirms what experience has long shown: when we are afraid for our lives, emotions take hold of our thoughts and actions, and we find it difficult to make rational judgments. Fear activates an older, more primitive part of the brain than that which formulates and sustains the abstract values and principles of open society.

 

The open society is thus always at risk from the threat posed by our response to fear. A generation that has inherited an open society from its parents will not understand what is required to maintain it until it has been tested and learns to keep fear from corrupting reason. Jihadi terrorism is only the latest example. The fear of nuclear war tested the last generation, and the fear of communism and fascism tested my generation.

 

The jihadi terrorists’ ultimate goal is to convince Muslim youth worldwide that there is no alternative to terrorism. And terrorist attacks are the way to achieve that goal, because the fear of death will awaken and magnify the latent anti-Muslim sentiments in Europe and America, inducing the non-Muslim population to treat all Muslims as potential attackers.

 

And that is exactly what is happening. The hysterical anti-Muslim reaction to terrorism is generating fear and resentment among Muslims living in Europe and America. The older generation reacts with fear, the younger one with resentment; the result is a breeding ground for potential terrorists. This is a mutually reinforcing, reflexive process.

 

How can it be stopped and reversed? Abandoning the values and principles underlying open societies and giving in to an anti-Muslim impulse dictated by fear certainly is not the answer, though it may be difficult to resist the temptation. I experienced this personally when I watched the last Republican presidential debate; I could stop myself only by remembering that it must be irrational to follow the wishes of your enemies.

 

To remove the danger posed by jihadi terrorism, abstract arguments are not enough; we need a strategy for defeating it. The challenge is underscored by the fact that the jihadi phenomenon has been with us for more than a generation. Indeed, gaining a proper understanding of it may be impossible. But the attempt must be made.

 

Consider the Syrian conflict, which is the root cause of the migration problem that is posing an existential threat to the European Union as we know it. If it was resolved, the world would be in better shape. It is important to recognise that Isis is operating from a position of weakness. While it is spreading fear in the world, its hold on its home ground is weakening. The United Nations security council has unanimously adopted a resolution against it, and the leaders of Isis are aware that their days in Iraq and Syria are numbered.

 

Of course, the outlook for Syria remains highly uncertain, and the conflict there cannot be understood or tackled in isolation. But one idea shines through crystal clear: it is an egregious mistake to do what the terrorists want us to do. That is why, as 2016 gets underway, we must reaffirm our commitment to the principles of open society and resist the siren song of the likes of Donald Trump and Ted Cruz, however hard that may be.

If ever there was a way to guarantee higher ratings/poll numbers of Trump, it is to unleash Soros on him. We eagerly await The Donald's tweeted retort, which will surely propel him even higher in the GOP primary rankings.

 

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Mon, 12/28/2015 - 14:15 | 6971031 McMolotov
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Don't forget the Saudis supposedly "hate" him, too. This is why I can't get fully on-board with Putin, even though I agree with a lot of what he says and does. It's hard to trust people who have several billion in their bank accounts.

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 14:26 | 6971068 Billy the Poet
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Putin's a great character in the seemingly imaginary game of international intrigue in which the bombs explode far from where I live.

But here in the real world  I can't get "on board" with anyone who holds the reigns of collectivist power.

My version of rainbows and unicorns: all the folks who look to Obama or Trump or Putin to finally set them free decide that they'll just start acting like free individuals without the permission of elected officials whether those officials are purported to be Messiahs or not.

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 17:57 | 6971912 WorkingClassMan
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But that's just it...we got one elitist (Trump) versus a whole heap of elitists...the lamestream media, the RINOs, the neocons, the neoliberals, the marxists in the Oral Office now, La Raza, Muslim apologists, Israeli ass-kissers, etc...

 

If Trump does NOTHING else...he's putting another nail in the coffin of the two-headed beast which ruins this country.  He's got such an ego, he will be hard for them to control, let alone OWN.  Trump has my support if for nothing else than his ability to get them all frothing at the mouth in search for his destruction. 

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 22:14 | 6972700 Billy the Poet
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Trump is such a wonderful player that he gets the media to run free commercials for him every single day even though they hate him. The media doesn't realize that by giving Trump the lion's share of coverage and having liberal talking heads say bad things about him there are actually helping him. In this case the media has failed to manipulate its viewers. This campaign is about reality and comes complete with a reality televison star who honestly speaks his mind. There is no script.

Is that it?

Tue, 12/29/2015 - 11:49 | 6974033 Demdere
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That is it, you grasp it all completely.

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 21:11 | 6972507 steveharless
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Id rather live under Trump, then the rest of the scumbags running for President

www.ViewLasVegasRealEstate.com

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 19:51 | 6972281 Georgiabelle
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This man is completely delusional. "While it (ISIS) is spreading fear in the world, its hold on its home ground is weakening. The United Nations security council has unanimously adopted a resolution against it, and the leaders of Isis are aware that their days in Iraq and Syria are numbered." What utter bullsh!t. ISIS is spreading like a cancer world wide, and they have already proven they don't need physical ground to launch their jihad. All they need is the internet and the toxic words of the Qur'an. I seriously doubt that ISIS is shaking in their boots because the UN security council adopted a resolution against them. Everyone knows the UN is completely impotent.

 

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 22:14 | 6972702 TheReplacement
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"If ever there was a way to guarantee higher ratings/poll numbers of Trump, it is to unleash Soros on him. "

 

Plus the FACT the mainstream media has been buzzing about Trump more than all the other candidates combined, dozens of times over, is still giving me a sense of something isn't as it appears.

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 12:25 | 6970461 Cognitive Dissonance
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Soros is afraid we are not afraid enough.

<Now where is that panic button? I just saw it yesterday.>

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 12:26 | 6970467 remain calm
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Fuck you George, you corrupt mother fucker.

Donald Trump

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 12:34 | 6970512 Mister Ponzi
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Usually, a 90-year old shitting his pants is a sad but nevertheless not uncommon thing. In this special case, well, ...

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 12:47 | 6970585 zeronetwork
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I hope GS dies before November

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 12:59 | 6970630 BarkingCat
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GS - is that Goldman and Sachs or George Soros???

 

Never mind, either one of them being gone would be great for this planet. Both gone and I might believe in divine intervention and reconsider being an atheist.

 

 

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 13:28 | 6970740 God
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We use to say "I'll crack that somebitch in the head with a bottle" then Marla said "you can't say that" and then we were like "why not this is fight club" then it was like crickets no answers. The we'd call the 800 number, ring, ring. Hello is Marla there (tee hee) and the dude was like yea this is Marla, ok whatever. We'd then say hey what about our freedoms of speech in fight club?!! No answer.

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 13:25 | 6970736 Baby Bladeface
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"

I hope GS dies before November"

Somehow better would be shock of election outcome he dies from.

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 13:45 | 6970843 A Nanny Moose
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Right next to the Any Key

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 14:35 | 6971104 Lumberjack
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Cog, just came across this from 2009:

Judge Won't Enter $1.4B Judgment Against Trump

http://www.law360.com/articles/81793/judge-won-t-enter-1-4b-judgment-aga...

By Anne Urda

Law360, New York (January 6, 2009, 12:00 AM ET) -- The federal district judge overseeing a bid-rigging case accusing billionaire investor George Soros, Deutsche Bank and others of engaging in a scheme to win the auction for the General Motors Building has declined to enter a $1.4 billion default judgment against defendant Donald Trump.

On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Barbara Jones dismissed Leslie Dick Worldwide Ltd.’s request for entry of a default judgment, ruling that Trump and the other defendants have begun to actively litigate the case.

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 15:15 | 6971304 Lumberjack
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Soros non-profit foundation signs lease for entire Argonaut Building 

 

http://therealdeal.com/blog/2011/09/06/soros-non-profit-open-societies-f...

 

Billionaire George Soros‘ Open Society Foundations will officially lease Lebanese investor M1 Real Estate’s Argonaut Building at 57th Street and Broadway as part of its rapid expansion plans, the Wall Street Journal reported. The charitable foundation, which offers justice and education programs in more than 70 countries, has agreed to a 30-year lease of 152,000 square feet, or all of the office space in the building at 24 West 57th Street, the Journal said. “This will be ideal because it will be a hallmark headquarters,” said Stewart Paperin, an executive vice president at the foundation. They will pay in the low- to mid-$50s per square foot, he said. The Argonaut Building has had only two previous tenants. It was once the General Motors New York City headquarters, until Hearst purchased it in 1977. The non-profit human rights organization signed a letter of intent to lease the building in April. [WSJ] 

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 12:46 | 6970574 Anasteus
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Soros' concerns are the best way how to gain even more votes. Soros, Donald's best friend.

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 23:39 | 6972952 Mareka
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I keep reading that Americans are afraid and want the government to do more to protect them.

The average folks here in Tennessee don't look very afraid.

They look pretty well armed and capable of taking care of themselves.

Just an observation.

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 12:27 | 6970449 remain calm
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Be afraid very afraid and die

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 14:26 | 6971078 caconhma
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Dear POS Mr. Soros,

You are right. We have nothing to be afraid anymore since we are already living in a fucking police state brought to us by you and your zionist banking puppeteers.

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 12:22 | 6970438 Fester
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Die damn it

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 12:43 | 6970546 Chupacabra-322
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"Americans "to resist the siren song of the likes of Donald Trump," adding that "the terrorists and demagogues want us to be scared. We mustn’t give in."

This Criminal Psychopath is Projecting. Hey, Scum Fuck. You should be very afraid.

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 22:28 | 6972736 Oldwood
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THEY have broken society down into a fearful dependent blob, all to the benefit of their beneficent powers, only to discover that divided and dependent people are subject to more than one brand of fear mongering. Especially to one that might point out WHO is truly dividing and perpetuating fear and dependency within them.

Just when they thought they had us firmly under their thumb, another comes along and steals away our affections.

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 12:22 | 6970439 DownWithYogaPants
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Scratch this down as another reason to vote for Trump

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 12:33 | 6970508 khnum
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Tis a sad reflection of this world that true Generals of Satan usually hang around for a very long time

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 12:57 | 6970620 hal10000
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Isn't Soros one of the men trying to make everyone in the English speaking world terrified of Russian aggression?

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 13:06 | 6970658 mtndds
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Soros is a alien lizard.  Dude will live forever.

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 14:06 | 6970977 Cruel Aid
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well they (soros types) dont have obamacare, so they have a much better chance of seeing 100, dang it!

Nobody wants that guy to win or live to see it happen

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 14:38 | 6971124 Escrava Isaura
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You JUST can’t make this stuff up.

 

George Soros: Don’t Be Afraid

It’s obvious that Soros is a Hedger. And a constant blogger here.

 

Now, Brother Nathanael, on Trump. Hilarious:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G59mNNfLZx8

 

“When you're born you get a ticket to the freak show. When you're born in America, you get a front row seat.” — George Carlin

 

 

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 14:58 | 6971224 ebear
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“When you're born you get a ticket to the freak show. When you're born in America, you get a front row seat.” — George Carlin

Wrong. When you're born in America, you ARE the freak show.

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 23:01 | 6971591 tmosley
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Can lizards survive hanging, disembowelment, and drawing and quartering?

My hypothesis is that they can not. Next comes the experimental phase.

Tue, 12/29/2015 - 02:45 | 6973220 HowardBeale
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That all comes after "Community Service Day," aka, Prison Bitch for a Day Day, right?

As men least we can do in an effort to deter future Soros is put "our" dicks together and see what cums of it...

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 13:15 | 6970691 SteveNYC
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For Soros, fear is a matter of convenience. If I recall, was he not preaching the "fear of a Russian invastion/takeover/whatever" to the stupid Ukies just last year?

You go George....

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 14:03 | 6970961 DavidC
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Surprised they haven't brought Henry Kissinger into play yet.

DavidC

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 14:56 | 6971215 cornflakesdisease
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He survives by bathing in the semen of young Tibetian boys.

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 15:07 | 6971262 CoolHandLuke
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Trump IS the establishment. Soros is getting just what he wants. More people to back Trump.

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 15:24 | 6971338 WorkingClassMan
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Aliens (look at his far-set eyes and leathery, blotchy pale skin) have longer lifespans than us mere mortals.  Access to superior technology and all that. 

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 16:47 | 6971625 TRM
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Hey Sorass, we're not scared, we're pissed off at the likes of you and your war mongering, regime change bullshit.

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 17:24 | 6971771 NutSEC
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Off the chain!!!! 

I knew it wouldn't be long before the ZHers were in fuuulllll koolaid mode. Really wild stuff. 

 

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2004-10-28/news/0410280265_1_donald-t...

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/8363169/Jeffr...

 

DRINK UP FOOOOOLS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BIRDS OF A FEATHER FLOCK TOGETHER!!!!

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 19:02 | 6972093 bookofenoch
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As with David Rockefeller, Henry Kissinger, George HW Bush, and Zbigniew Brzezinski...

The demons in possession of those decaying Soros-esque old corpses think they're just about to conquer the world and don't want to leave yet.

I'm serious.

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 22:01 | 6972671 Reichstag Fire Dept.
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You had me at, "Soros doesn't like him..."

Total backfire on this one, Georgie boy...or does he know that...certainly Soros would know this?! Therefore...it's a head fake...maybe. Maybe he's afraid of Trump? I'm so confused with Soros!!! :(

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 22:57 | 6972830 HotelBread
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Me twelve. That's all I need to know. Soros fears him so I like him. Trump 2016 bitchez!

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 12:23 | 6970447 robertsgt40
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There's a reason Soros has been "banned for life" from Russia.  The US should do the same.  

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 12:27 | 6970475 WillyGroper
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banned from life would serve the world better.

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 12:37 | 6970527 chunga
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Cock-suckers like Soros never find punishment on this earth. Evil always winning has got to drive people of faith absolutely nuts.

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 15:10 | 6971275 gaoptimize
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Actually, people of faith (speaking as an Orthodox Christian) take solace in the certainty that everone gets what they deserve in the end.

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 15:29 | 6971354 chunga
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I suppose that means I'll deserve it when I'm thrown in your "Lake of Fire" for the dreadful sin of not believing any of that.

Tue, 12/29/2015 - 01:09 | 6973116 Dolar in a vortex
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Time will tell, right?

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 21:47 | 6972628 Freddie
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Sadly about 25 million Russian Christians were murdered by people like Soros aka zio-Bolsheviks.

I hope the Russians never forget that and the zoligarchs who looted Russia until Putin ran them out.

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 12:46 | 6970579 sam i am
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2016 Trends Forecast, mega analysis

http://thesaker.is/2016-trends-forecast-by-andrew-korybko/

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 13:54 | 6970896 JR
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And I quote from Korybko's Chapter 1:

The overwhelming “refugee” crisis has unbalanced the origin, transit, and destination states, and in each instance, it works out to the US’ grand strategic advantage.

Concurrent with the internal weakening of Europe via the ambitious demographic transformation that the US has been engineering over the past year, American control over the continent was also promulgated via the direct form of NATO expansionism. The establishment of NATO command centers in the Baltics, Eastern Europe, and the Eastern Balkans were a move in entrenching Washington’s supremacy over the EU. So as to safeguard its full-spectrum hegemony for decades into the future, the US also made progress in pushing forward the TTIP, a coercive ‘economic governance’ tool designed to prevent Brussels from ever negotiating any independent trade agreements outside of Washington’s explicit purview. In more ways than one, 2015 can be described as the year that the US made one of its strongest power plays against Europe ever since the end of World War II.

--Andrew  Korybko

In short, the power of the moneyed interests who own the One Central Bank – the Federal Reserve Bank. “Money, money, more money, power, everything.” In short... the George Soroses.

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 12:19 | 6970426 38BWD22
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...

Trump/Cruz 2016.

Eat that, George... Mmm!!

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 12:34 | 6970510 Bumpo
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No need to bring Cruz into it.

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 12:42 | 6970561 chunga
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Imagine Blankfein's delight of having a gOldman sAchs fIrst lAdy.

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 13:05 | 6970640 Bay of Pigs
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Ted Cruz? How many times does it have to be said? His wife is a VP with Goldman Sachs and she worked with Condoleeza Rice in the Bush Administration. She also had stints with Merrill Lynch and JP Morgan.

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 13:30 | 6970766 chunga
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This is probably the same 30% of GOP rank and file that supports bombing Agrabah. Trump might get staunch non-voters like myself in his corner if he hadn't joined up with either establishment team.

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 21:50 | 6972641 Freddie
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Cruz was born in Calgary.   I cannot find Calgary on the USA map.  He also voted for TPP/TPA aka Obamatrade which is even worse than ObamaCare.

Ted Cruz being boo'ed by christians who know that his friends in Bibi-ville are totally involved in the mass murder of Christians in Syria and Iraq.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyCnwTFGnvM

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 12:55 | 6970613 Blythes Master
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Fuck GS with a cactus, sideways.

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 14:51 | 6971198 Baby Bladeface
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"

Fuck GS with a cactus, sideways."

This comment hold true whether GS meaning Georgi Soros or GS meaning Goldman Sachs.

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 19:12 | 6972142 Blythes Master
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Aye!

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 13:00 | 6970633 holmes
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Worst fucking piece of shit walking the face of this earth. Makes Al-Bag-Scum-Bag of ISIS look good in comparison.

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 13:10 | 6970673 holgerdanske
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It seems that there is no way to stop Donald. Except one.

He will most likely be killed, unless he is already too powerful for that. I suggest he sorts his own security out, nothing else can be trusted.

And if they are successful on bumping him off, who will take over?

 

Better make a plan, now!

 

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 13:12 | 6970678 williambanzai7
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SOROS

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 13:44 | 6970835 Soul Glow
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"SSSSSDDDDDDDDDRRRRRRRRRRR!"

Tue, 12/29/2015 - 02:43 | 6973222 Escapeclaws
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Please, Banzai, put his clothes back on and give the man a hat!

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 13:59 | 6970925 4 wheel drift
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ROFLMAO!!!

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 14:34 | 6970926 4 wheel drift
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dup...

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 14:05 | 6970972 DavidC
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Creepy but spot on William!

DavidC

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 14:49 | 6971183 Baby Bladeface
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Seems more real and less photoshopped...

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 14:10 | 6971003 Cruel Aid
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I dont get it, soros playing chess in his underwear?

 

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 14:16 | 6971038 MayIMommaDogFac...
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Undead Soros playing with the Grand Chessboard.

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 14:29 | 6971093 Cruel Aid
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Holy shit, i could see that guy eating the brain of the vanquished. Would not doubt that it has happened.

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 15:01 | 6971237 Lumberjack
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MONEY LAUNDERING & BANKRUPTCY FRAUD CONSPIRACY EXPOSED INVOLVING GEORGE SOROS’S INVISIBLE INTEREST IN CONSECO FINANCE & THE GM BUILDING

 

http://www.mmdnewswire.com/money-laundering-a-bankruptcy-fraud-involving...

 


NEW YORK, NY – Law Offices of David H. Relkin, Esq. on behalf of Leslie Dick Worldwide Ltd. has filed a Federal RICO Complaint in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Case No. 08-CV-7900) against George Soros, Deutsche Bank, Vornado Realty Trust, Fortress Investment Group, Donald J. Trump & 12 other RICO conspirators for $4.2 Billion in damages.

Excerpts from the 95 page RICO (Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organization Act) and Bid Rigging Complaint follow:

The action seeks to recover damages arising out of an ongoing, global RICO Enterprise which engaged in predicate acts of a pattern of racketeering and conspiracy to commit RICO, through and by means of Money Laundering, Bankruptcy Fraud, and Bid Rigging. ¶1.

The RICO conspiracy of the defendants was to invest in, operate, and acquire control of various entities involved in continuing fraudulent transactions and surreptitious and conspiratorial alliances and agreements through unlawful means, including but not limited to Money Laundering, Bankruptcy Fraud, and Bid Rigging, acquired Conseco’s prime assets, including Conseco Finance and the General Motors Building in New York City, and thereafter attempted to conceal their illicit activities.

Conseco’s Purchase of The General Motors Building With Donald J. Trump

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 15:15 | 6971312 Lumberjack
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Soros non-profit foundation signs lease for entire Argonaut Building 

 

http://therealdeal.com/blog/2011/09/06/soros-non-profit-open-societies-f...

 

Billionaire George Soros‘ Open Society Foundations will officially lease Lebanese investor M1 Real Estate’s Argonaut Building at 57th Street and Broadway as part of its rapid expansion plans, the Wall Street Journal reported. The charitable foundation, which offers justice and education programs in more than 70 countries, has agreed to a 30-year lease of 152,000 square feet, or all of the office space in the building at 24 West 57th Street, the Journal said. “This will be ideal because it will be a hallmark headquarters,” said Stewart Paperin, an executive vice president at the foundation. They will pay in the low- to mid-$50s per square foot, he said. The Argonaut Building has had only two previous tenants. It was once the General Motors New York City headquarters, until Hearst purchased it in 1977. The non-profit human rights organization signed a letter of intent to lease the building in April. [WSJ] 

Tue, 12/29/2015 - 00:03 | 6973006 JR
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George Soros’s Open Society Foundation is a prime mover behind the European refugee crisis. It provides assistance for pro-migration activists; it is a no-borders society, hence, "open society."

Soros has confirmed he wants to bring down Europe’s borders, according to Breitbart. In November, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban accused Soros – who was born in Hungary – of deliberately encouraging the current migrant crisis.

“This invasion is driven, on the one hand, by people smugglers, and on the other by those activists who support everything that weakens the nation-state,” Orban said.

Orban said, “Europe can be saved,” but only if they “take seriously the traditions, the Christian roots and all the values that are the basis of the civilization of Europe.”

http://www.breitbart.com/london/2015/11/02/soros-admits-involvement-in-migrant-crisis-national-borders-are-the-obstacle/

Here were the top 5 of Soros’s Open Society Institute Top 150 Grantees listed by Tina Trent on 19 Oct 2011, total from 2005-2009: 

Media Development Loan Fund, Inc. $15.7 million; Drug Policy Alliance, $12.5 million; Tides Foundation, $11 million; American Civial Liberties Union (ACLU), $11 million; The Alliance for Climate Protection, $10 million.

Open Society Institute Top 150 Grantees | The Soros Files http://sorosfiles.com/soros/2011/10/open-society-institute-top-150-grantees.html#ixzz33918J35d

“A global open society,” says Soros, “requires affirmative action on a global scale.”

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 13:17 | 6970700 doctor10
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a 20th century fossil squealing at being left behind.  Music to my ears.

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 13:22 | 6970718 o r c k
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This is now the #1 reason to vote for Trump.

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 18:50 | 6972076 Demdere
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said the 1000th hasbara.

More than a week ago, I said that when Hasbara begin supporting Trump, we know he was annointed from Jerusalem.

Can there be any doubt?

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 13:59 | 6970927 sschu
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Lectured by George Soros.  Give me a break please, he is the problem, not the solution.

sschu

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 14:09 | 6971000 MrNosey
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Soros is a sinister Illuminati shill.

After they assassinated JFK, they said that they would make sure that only the 'chosen ones' would be put forward for president in future and they have been very successful.

Does anyone actually believe that Trump is really independent of the machine.

The agenda rolls on......

http://beforeitsnews.com/conspiracy-theories/2015/12/as-events-spiral-ou...

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 14:37 | 6971127 Chris Dakota
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If you're right then what the hell do we have to lose?

lol nuthin

TRUMP 2016

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 14:38 | 6971132 Baby Bladeface
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You mean the spamming rolls on.

Why you since over a week spamming exact same link to exact same page?

How is link relevant to 30, 40, 50 different topics?

Never remember you post anything without including spammed link.

Not able to comment without spam and appears spam is purpose behind comment...

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 15:29 | 6971352 Croesus
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"It’s not easy to resist the threats and the hysteria that surround us, but we must do, as fear is the greatest danger to open society"

 

OKAY GEORGIE, I'LL BITE. "FEAR" ON THE PART OF WHOM? FEAR ON THE PART OF GUYS LIKE ME, WHO CAN DO FOR THEMSELVES, REGARDLESS OF STATUS, OR FEAR ON THE PARTS OF GUYS LIKE YOU, WHO WOULDN'T LAST A MINUTE IN MY SHOES. 

 

YOUR SO-CALLED 'OPEN SOCIETY', IS IN FACT A CLOSED SOCIETY; A CLOSED SOCIETY, COMPRISED OF RICH OLD COCKSUCKERS, WHO THINK THAT IT IS YOUR RIGHT TO TELL GUYS LIKE ME HOW I SHOULD LIVE MY LIFE. 

 

A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR YOU: 

 

WHO DIED AND MADE YOU KING? 

 

WHAT HALLUCINOGENIC CRAP ARE YOU SMOKING, THAT MAKES YOU THINK THAT YOU SHOULD HAVE ANY SAY IN WHAT I, OR ANYONE LIKE ME, DOES? 

 

IN CLOSING, 

 

FUCK OFF, AND DIE. 

 

 

 

 

 

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 16:46 | 6971620 MrPalladium
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But Isreal, which Soros worships, is a very closed society. It is an explicitly Jewish state.

So George, why can we not have a Christian state? Or a White European state?

Is it because Jews are special?

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 18:51 | 6972080 Demdere
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Because religious states have proven to be an inferior form of government through the ages?

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 17:35 | 6971830 Thom_333
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Well...we are already afraid and mad as hell. Soros doesn´t have to worry about that.

He and his political retinue. I'm searching for words. 

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 20:31 | 6972415 The Chief
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He disagree. He DOES have to worry about it and he KNOWS it.

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 18:41 | 6972042 kita27
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What if it is a trick? Soros knows the world can't stand him so he endorses Trump, 'his' man. ????

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 19:12 | 6972140 ASACJon
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Fuck this asshole.

From Moscow to Berlin to America, we're taking our countries back and not apologizing for our European heritage.

Trump 2016

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 20:06 | 6972325 glenlloyd
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Isn't he dead yet?

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 20:30 | 6972410 The Chief
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The fucker has been alive for hundreds of years. Someone show me a picture of a young George Soros and I will show you a photoshop job.

 

 

Tue, 12/29/2015 - 01:18 | 6973133 Dolar in a vortex
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Williambanzai7 caught a pic of Soros in the 18th century, shown here:

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-12-28/nervous-george-soros-lashes-out...

 

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 21:10 | 6972502 drendebe10
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This turd needs his lips & nostrils epoxied shut then pithed.

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 12:20 | 6970407 DownWithYogaPants
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Darth Soros should just fuck off and die already.  

It should be patently obvious to everyone now that this guy only talks his book.  He will never suggest anything just because he knows it is right and good.  It's always about increasing his net worth.  And why?  For another billion?  

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 12:29 | 6970476 Cognitive Dissonance
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The only purpose of power is to use it. Power is its own reward for those who covet it. Money is just a means to an end........moar power.

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 12:40 | 6970548 Ghordius
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I beg to differ, esteemed cog. the purpose of power is to hold it. in the same way that you might hold a gun and never discharge it in anger and yet not miss that bit at all

further, the pursuit of power is in the same category of lust as the pursuit of sex. or drugs. with the exception that with advancing age both sex and drugs lose their hold and have more collateral problems then power. addiction to power is... kind of cleaner for the addict

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 13:03 | 6970641 KesselRunin12Parsecs
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  "the purpose of power is to hold it."

 

""Fixed fortifications are monuments to man's stupidity.""

~a different GEORGE

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 12:35 | 6970516 Panafrican Funk...
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"Scientists have discovered that emotion is an essential component of human reasoning." 

                                                                              --- Creepy fucking reptile

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 12:42 | 6970555 Ghordius
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don't know about reptile, but the quote is imho correct. emotion can't be easily detached from human reasoning. with the possible exception of programming code, up to now

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 13:16 | 6970699 pods
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I think we find it ironic that a sociopath would actually print that like it was news to the rest of humanity.

pods

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 12:35 | 6970517 Ghordius
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ancient Greeks would say that nothing and nobody is purely evil/ugly or purely good/beautiful. those "purity" concepts had to wait monotheism to get popular and entrenched

Soros, viewed this way, has an evil and a good side

his good side is his support for what Popper called the "Open Society"

his bad side... well, most other comments will cover that extensively, I'm sure. and it includes his book, yes. I would add to that his "support for the EU"

seriously, Georgy boy, would you please stop your "supporting the EU"? it's... creepy

and no, really, not your business, unless you want to pay taxes here. and it makes the EU even more "something like the US" for most ZH'rs

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 12:41 | 6970553 tmosley
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That's right goy. Let all the violent radicals into your country to rape your women and murder your men. Finally Europe will pay for not accepting our Communist revolutions a hundred years ago!

"Open society" is bullshit. Freedom and self determination are what build a nation. Immigrants are fine, but they MUST be checked, and the radicals and "anarchists" turned away.

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 12:48 | 6970586 Ghordius
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bah. I am talking about what Sir Karl Popper wrote and you come with some little slithering hateful current event misreprentations. and what do you even mean by

"  Finally Europe will pay for not accepting our Communist revolutions a hundred years ago! " ?

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 13:17 | 6970705 HopefulCynical
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and what do you even mean by

"  Finally Europe will pay for not accepting our Communist revolutions a hundred years ago! " ?

Simple, really.

We all know full fucking well who and WHAT the Bolsheviks were/are.

Euope declined, a century ago, to be drawn into their little goyim-subjugating scheme, aka communism.

So now the barbarian rapist hoardes from the ME and N. Africa are being flooded into those countries.

Don't get distracted by talk of cheap labor and so forth. The real point of all of it is FUCK YOU, GOYIM FILTH. HOW DARE YOU RESIST THE DOMINION OF THE CHOSEN?

White European Christians are the #1 enemy of the Zionists. Once we're gone, they don't figure anyone else will be able to stand up to them.

The non-Zionist majority of Jews had better wake the fuck up and soon. Otherwise, they're going to (again) bear the brunt of the backlash against the psychopathic Zionist parasites.

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 14:42 | 6971147 Rhett72
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One flaw in their master scheme -- when the Muslims take over Europe, that's not gonna end well for Israel.

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 16:46 | 6971616 tmosley
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No, it ends very well for them. All the Jews come "home", and if any goy says a cross word against them, it's the Samson Option.

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 17:09 | 6971716 Chris Dakota
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Shows who the Jews hate and fear more, us.

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 17:40 | 6971857 Thom_333
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Like he cares. An ex-Kapo. Making it thru WWII by passing as an aryan and plundering his own people. And yes - there´s an open source to that quote...he admitted it at an 90 minutes interview with Mike Wallace in the 90ies. It's on youtube.

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 22:54 | 6972823 techpriest
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It would be worth taking the time to read the first chapters of Hayek's Law, Legislation, and Liberty. One of the topics covered is how many of the great mass murders of the 20th century happened precisely because of the philosophers pushing constructivist rationalism, and not being able to connect their philosophy to the result.

Further: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_society#Criticism

The ongoing problem here is that at some point, there must be some truth, some anchor, and without such there can be no meaningful discussion of what is accurate or inaccurate perception. I am sure that Soros genuinely believes he is "helping" us, but it's much like the people who were "helping" Americans by creating the Food Pyramid, and creating an obesity epidemic out of bad advice.

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 12:17 | 6970410 pods
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Will Darth Vader toss this fuck overboard already? 

pods

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 12:19 | 6970425 froze25
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Seriously man.

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 12:18 | 6970411 Duc888
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George: " "the terrorists and demagogues want us to be scared. We mustn’t give in."

 

Fuck you George, destroyer of countries.

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 13:00 | 6970631 Right-on Left-off
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Oh Yeah!  I didn't know it was a question of me being afraid or not.

More like, don't be in Dodge City after sundown, Soros.  Just goes to show what a little world Soros is in.  (Looks like Soros is the 'afraid' one)

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 14:14 | 6971028 mccvilb
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"Scientists have discovered that emotion is an essential component of human reasoning."

Oligarchs have discovered emotion is an essential suppressor of human reasoning.

There, fixed it for you, György.

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 12:18 | 6970412 Winston Churchill
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Put a stake in it Georgiu.

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 12:18 | 6970413 SMG
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Go to hell you evil Satanic Globalist Oligarch pupetmaster!   You've done more to spread evil and chaos around the world than just about anyone alive.  GO TO HELL and never come back!

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 12:19 | 6970419 Make_Mine_A_Double
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This old Nazi cocksucker is responsible for more blood and misery on this planet than some of the worst dictators of the last century.

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 13:06 | 6970655 valjoux7750
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I have to say it again, who the fuck is scared? Im not scared my family is not scared my friends arent scared. Who the fuck is scared? People like him? 

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 12:22 | 6970437 Polymarkos
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George Soros frightens me. He's the Devil in Baggy Eyes.

 

Why doesn't some one just kill that old bastard? Add Bill Gates to the list too.

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 14:20 | 6971047 Cruel Aid
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yes teaching kids to be mediocre and penalizing excellence is pure evil. Gates is equally evil to soros and above freedom and liberty. Straight up power and control, no choice.

I got mine now fuck the rest of you peons, unreal!

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 12:22 | 6970440 NotApplicable
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tl;dr: Trump supporters are jihadists.

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 12:22 | 6970441 H. Perowne
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We should be all be as rational as this Nazi collaborator. Did you ask for payment in silver or blood, Georgie, when you sold your own people off as a wee young lad?

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 12:32 | 6970502 knotjammin2
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I couldn't hang this nazi slow enough. The people Soros personally destroyed.  Fuck Soros!!  This time he will lose!!

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 12:41 | 6970550 RagnarRedux
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All of a sudden the tribe is labeling him a Nazi, hardly. He is still a full tribe member oligarch nation wrecker. Something they are notorious for.

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 16:13 | 6971500 knotjammin2
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Say what you will.  Soros got his start as a Brown Shirt.  Hang him for what he did or for what he's doing.  Just hang him!!

 

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 12:24 | 6970452 Footprint
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Soros wants to outlive my unborn grandsons.

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 16:50 | 6971638 imapopulistnow
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That fucker probably will.

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 12:25 | 6970453 Sir SpeaksALot
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"The United Nations security council has unanimously adopted a resolution against it, and the leaders of Isis are aware that their days in Iraq and Syria are numbered."

does he mean Obama and neocons?

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 12:25 | 6970454 thunderchief
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Now there is a great reason to vote Trump in, Dr Evil hates him.

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 12:30 | 6970459 Normalcy Bias
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For those who don't already know, the flowery term "Open Societies" means no borders, no state sovereignty, centralized unaccountable global authority, and few if any individual rights.

Sounds great, doesn't it?

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 12:30 | 6970490 Sacker of Cities
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You forgot to add that the vast majority of us will be serfs with a few feudal lords and an emperor over us. Serfs will be expected to carry the burden of the empire! You will be born a serf and die a serf. No rights!

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 20:05 | 6972319 Thick Willy
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Sounds like international Bolshevism.  Oh wait, it is.

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 23:00 | 6972844 techpriest
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Unless you get a PhD from the right school, and then get access to the scientific manager class. Knew a lot of those types back at the university, terrible to think how much tax money they suck down while thinking of new ways to run your life.

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 12:47 | 6970583 NotApplicable
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Surprisingly, he only uses the term a dozen times in this screed.

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 12:58 | 6970627 Ghordius
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"For those who don't already know, the flowery term "Open Societies" means no borders, no state sovereignty, centralized unaccountable global authority, and few if any individual rights."

first, the term is Open Society

second, the definition is: "a society in which individuals are confronted with personal decisions" as opposed to a "magical or tribal or collectivist society"

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 13:31 | 6970776 Tenshin Headache
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That might be the dictionary definition, but it's not what's being implemented.

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 13:55 | 6970903 NotApplicable
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You've got to be one of the biggest, self-propelled tools I've ever seen.

Is there any collectivist scam you haven't fallen for?

Tell me again how globally controlled society isn't collectivism?

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 14:37 | 6971126 Charming Anarchist
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Oh, sure!  The "personal decision" of joining the chain gang or taking a bullet to the head!  

<<second, the definition is: "a society in which individuals are confronted with personal decisions" as opposed to a "magical or tribal or collectivist society">>

Choices! Choices! CHoices! 

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 23:09 | 6972869 techpriest
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It can take a long, long time for someone to finally understand that no matter how rosy the idea sounds, it is worthless if it is contrary to Nature. You might as well ask for fried ice.

You have to love the false dichotomy too. Either you are an atomized naturalist with no emotional connection to anyone or anything, or you are starting up the next great holy war. As if there are absolutely no other metaphysical positions that could ever exist.

https://archive.org/stream/TheAbolitionOfMan_229/C.s.Lewis-TheAbolitionO...

Tue, 12/29/2015 - 05:09 | 6973307 Ghordius
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LOL. tell me again where in the definition is a "globally controlled society"? or a collectivist anything? how about basic reading skills?

I repeat extra slowly for you

the definition of Open Society is: "a society in which individuals are confronted with personal decisions" as opposed to a "magical or tribal or collectivist society"

and again, the key part: "Open Society... opposed to... collectivist society"

take it slowly with the booze, pal

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 15:36 | 6971265 Normalcy Bias
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First, you probably thought NYC would be flooded by now due to Global Warming, didn't you?

Second, you're an dumbass.

Other than that, have a nice day!

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 12:25 | 6970462 YouThePeople
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Takeaway from 'Hegelian Gorge' : Trump/Cruz 2016! 

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 12:26 | 6970464 WillyGroper
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"Fear of Death"

Me thinks he's a bit obsessed with it.

I'd bet his lineage along with bonnie prince "Chulles" traces back to...

http://bathory.org/shyla.html

Blood sucking vampires.

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 12:26 | 6970465 i_call_you_my_base
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"Scientists have discovered that emotion is an essential component of human reasoning."

LOL. Thank god for the scientists and their hard work.

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 12:26 | 6970466 replaceme
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As I get older, I try to be more accepting of others, their point of view. That being said, fuck Soros; gently, with a chainsaw.

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 12:31 | 6970494 Free_Spirit
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Don't forget the cactus... 

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 12:40 | 6970547 replaceme
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I hate when I leave out the important details - with a Christmas cactus, of course.

Tue, 12/29/2015 - 01:30 | 6973154 Dolar in a vortex
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And then a leisurely bath in hydrochloric acid.

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