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Old 6th June 2014, 05:16 PM   #1
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Koch Brothers Give $25 Million To United Negro College Fund

Koch Brothers Give $25 Million To United Negro College Fund
Breitbart

Synopsis: Just what the headline says, modulo some Breitbartian snark.

Null Hypothesis:
25 Mil is pocket change to these guys, and it's good PR (or they think it is).

Conspiracy Theory:
Something else.

Have at it, folks.


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Old 6th June 2014, 05:18 PM   #2
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Oh, I am totally enraged. What???? They already knew that would be my response? Damn, they are smart. Foiled again.
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Old 6th June 2014, 08:11 PM   #3
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Old 6th June 2014, 08:46 PM   #4
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This makes me want to attend United Negro College. I figure that is going to pay for a lot of scholarships there. Any idea what their football team is like?
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Old 6th June 2014, 10:00 PM   #5
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Originally Posted by Abdul Alhazred View Post
Koch Brothers Give $25 Million To United Negro College Fund
Breitbart

Synopsis: Just what the headline says, modulo some Breitbartian snark.

Null Hypothesis:
25 Mil is pocket change to these guys, and it's good PR (or they think it is).

Conspiracy Theory:
Something else.

Have at it, folks.

Well, that's good enough for me! I'll stop paying attention to anything and everything else they support. Why they're just like me, after all. I'm sold.

(And so's Donald Sterling! Wow! We really are in a post-racist society. Kumbaya, m'lord, kumbaya....)
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Old 7th June 2014, 05:18 AM   #6
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Originally Posted by Abdul Alhazred View Post
Koch Brothers Give $25 Million To United Negro College Fund
Breitbart

Synopsis: Just what the headline says, modulo some Breitbartian snark.

Null Hypothesis:
25 Mil is pocket change to these guys, and it's good PR (or they think it is).

Conspiracy Theory:
Something else.

Have at it, folks.

What a terrible controversy to waste.
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Old 7th June 2014, 03:10 PM   #7
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Gee you guys are no fun.

I was hoping to reap a harvest of conspiracy theories.
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Old 7th June 2014, 04:01 PM   #8
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How is their donating to UNCF supposed to make it harder to "demonize" them for denying climate change? Weak.

The article's spin is showing like a gratuitous nip-slip.

It's a conspiracy of cognitive dissonance! WAKE UP SHpppllleeee111!!!!11`
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Old 14th June 2014, 09:43 AM   #10
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Making a no-strings-attached donation of this size is a no-brainer win for them publicity-wise. One can get a better idea of their racist views on education by their attempt to re-segregate the schools of North Carolina’s Wake County, and by noting that one ran for President on a platform calling for abolition of public education.

Interesting factoid: The combined wealth of David and Charles Koch puts them at #1 in the world according to Forbes.com, ahead of Bill and Melinda Gates. They're newcomers to the #1 slot, with their wealth appreciating by $14 billion last year. Normalized to standard working hours, that's almost $4 million per hour for each brother. Is it a coincidence that the hugely profitable Koch Industries is also one of the biggest polluters in U.S.A.?
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Old 23rd June 2014, 01:09 AM   #11
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My understanding is the Koch brothers also started a rather infamous astroturf campaign... the Tea Party.

Unforgivable.
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Old 23rd June 2014, 02:05 AM   #12
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Originally Posted by Mister Earl View Post
My understanding is the Koch brothers also started a rather infamous astroturf campaign... the Tea Party.

Unforgivable.
Yes of course.

The evil masterminds behind all things right wing.

Get rid of the Koches, and nobody would ever have a right wing thought again.

Like Limbaugh used to be, only worse.
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Old 23rd June 2014, 02:06 AM   #13
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Originally Posted by Swammerdami View Post
Making a no-strings-attached donation of this size is a no-brainer win for them publicity-wise. One can get a better idea of their racist views on education by their attempt to re-segregate the schools of North Carolina’s Wake County, and by noting that one ran for President on a platform calling for abolition of public education.
Finally.

A real conspiracy theory.
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Old 26th June 2014, 02:14 AM   #14
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I wonder how they found the fund. The did they google "Negro College Fund" and this was the top of the list?
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Old 26th June 2014, 02:01 PM   #15
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Originally Posted by Abdul Alhazred View Post
Yes of course.

The evil masterminds behind all things right wing.

Get rid of the Koches, and nobody would ever have a right wing thought again.

Like Limbaugh used to be, only worse.
Are you OK? You seem upset about something.
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