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iandhr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-22-11 03:17 PM
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Facebook CIA Project: The Onion News Network ONN
 
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DeSwiss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-22-11 03:23 PM
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1. So when you can't stop the TRUTH.....
...parody it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMWz3G_gPhU">Do You Have A Facebook?

- I'm sure that all those people with backgrounds in national security and the CIA being involved in the creation of Facebook is all just one big coincidence......
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Charleston Chew Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-22-11 03:38 PM
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2. my experience has proven that
The joke tends to be a lot funnier when you do not reference The Onion in the headline.
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Charleston Chew Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-24-11 03:58 AM
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12. this is what I'm on about
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CIA's Facebook Program Dramatically Cut Agency's Costs

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x566289
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CrawlingChaos Donating Member (583 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-22-11 03:57 PM
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3. "it allows me to interact with my fans...."
"...without having to see, hear or smell them."

Heh.
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pam4water Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-22-11 05:13 PM
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4. LOL "That's how got my brother." XD
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greiner3 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-22-11 05:15 PM
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5. I thought Onion News did satire;
And not fact based reporting.
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Agent William Donating Member (628 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-22-11 05:16 PM
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6. Haha, Agent Frank Lewis....win...nt
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Marblehead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-22-11 05:18 PM
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7. I think the onion
has more cred than most networks
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pam4water Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-22-11 05:21 PM
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8. Big K&R
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neoralme Donating Member (812 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-22-11 05:41 PM
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9. I suspected this a long time ago. This is
Edited on Tue Mar-22-11 05:43 PM by neoralme
a parody of something that IS happening, which is why I don't use Facebook or Twitter, and other social networks. We are living in Italy in 1926 immediately prior to OVRA.
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RufusTFirefly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-22-11 07:30 PM
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10. Another classic Onion story where it would be even funnier if it weren't true
Remember this one?

Bush: 'Our Long National Nightmare Of Peace And Prosperity Is Finally Over'
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pansypoo53219 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-22-11 08:55 PM
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11. heh. i guess i am not the only one
who started thinking about facebook=big brother.
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