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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. |
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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6th June 2014, 08:11 PM | #3 |
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Cool.
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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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6th June 2014, 10:00 PM | #5 |
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7th June 2014, 05:18 AM | #6 |
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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. |
7th June 2014, 04:01 PM | #8 |
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racists
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7th June 2014, 05:06 PM | #9 |
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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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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.? |
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. |
23rd June 2014, 02:05 AM | #12 |
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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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