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Bill Maher Says He Is "Glad" David Koch Is Dead, Hopes End "Was Painful." Greg Gutfeld's Response Said It All

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Ubiquitous

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Aug 26, 2019, 7:33:50 AM8/26/19
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HBO host Bill Maher said he is "glad" billionaire businessman David
Koch is dead and expressed hope that "the end was painful."

Fox News host Greg Gutfeld, however, defended Koch as a "generous
libertarian" whose accomplishments "did more for the world in a day,
than Maher will do in his lifetime."

Shifting to the topic of Koch's death from prostate cancer during his
Friday night "Real Time with Bill Maher" monologue, Maher accused the
libertarian activist and his brother, Charles, of funding "climate
science deniers for decades."

https://youtu.be/JTbjYSBqe_Y

"And now some funeral news to report," Maher said. "Yesterday David
Koch, of the zillionaire Koch brothers, died of prostate cancer. I
guess I'm going to have to re-evaluate my low opinion of prostate
cancer. He was 79, but his family says they wish it could be longer,
but at least he lived long enough to see the Amazon catch fire."

Maher continued as the audience laughed: "Condolences poured in from
all the politicians he owned, and mourners are being asked in lieu of
flowers to just leave their car engine running. As for his remains, he
has asked to be cremated and have his ashes blown into a child's
lungs."

The HBO host joked that he would surely "be condemned" by Fox News for
his "harsh words and harsh jokes" while Koch will be portrayed "as a
principled libertarian who believed in the free market." (RELATED:
Tucker: Why Are The Koch Brothers `Running The Republican Party' When
They Disagree With So Many Republicans?)

"He and his brother have done more than anybody to fund climate science
deniers for decades, so f*ck him!" said Maher. "The Amazon is burning
up. I'm glad he's dead and I hope the end was painful."

Maher's "harsh words" weren't the only vitriol directed by liberals at
the deceased billionaire, who, along with his brother, financed
conservative and libertarian causes and politicians for decades. One
example of many includes Shadowproof managing editor Kevin Gosztola,
who tweeted that the Koch family should "drop his body out of luxury
jet into blazing Amazon rainforest in Brazil."

Gutfeld called the applause at Maher's joke "evidence of a needy phony
and a gleeful mob uniting" in a Friday night tweet.

"Koch was a generous libertarian, whose millions went to fight
disease," Gutfeld wrote. "He did more for the world in a day, than
Maher will do in his lifetime."

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FPP

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Aug 26, 2019, 6:17:09 PM8/26/19
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On 8/24/19 11:26 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:
> HBO host Bill Maher said he is "glad" billionaire businessman David
> Koch is dead and expressed hope that "the end was painful."
>
> Fox News host Greg Gutfeld, however, defended Koch as a "generous
> libertarian" whose accomplishments "did more for the world in a day,
> than Maher will do in his lifetime."

Oh, God... my sides are splitting!
I WAS WRONG ABOUT GUTFELD! He doesn't suck-ass at comedy... he's quite
funny, actually!

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The Horny Goat

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Aug 26, 2019, 7:21:07 PM8/26/19
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On Sat, 24 Aug 2019 11:26:38 -0400, Ubiquitous <web...@polaris.net>
wrote:

>"He and his brother have done more than anybody to fund climate science
>deniers for decades, so f*ck him!" said Maher. "The Amazon is burning
>up. I'm glad he's dead and I hope the end was painful."
>
>Maher's "harsh words" weren't the only vitriol directed by liberals at
>the deceased billionaire, who, along with his brother, financed
>conservative and libertarian causes and politicians for decades. One
>example of many includes Shadowproof managing editor Kevin Gosztola,
>who tweeted that the Koch family should "drop his body out of luxury
>jet into blazing Amazon rainforest in Brazil."
>
>Gutfeld called the applause at Maher's joke "evidence of a needy phony
>and a gleeful mob uniting" in a Friday night tweet.
>
>"Koch was a generous libertarian, whose millions went to fight
>disease," Gutfeld wrote. "He did more for the world in a day, than
>Maher will do in his lifetime."

I'm not a great fan of either point of view though I tend to hold to
the "every man's death lessens me .... ask not for whom the bell
tolls, it tolls for thee" school of thought.

Through many years I've always surprised myself on who I've cried for
- and who I haven't. It always takes me by surprise and I've wept for
those who I never thought in a zillion years I'd cry for.

As in both Freddie Mercury and Margaret Thatcher - go figure!

Rhino

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Aug 26, 2019, 7:58:25 PM8/26/19
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He also provided much of the funding for the cancer treatment facility
where Ruth Bader Ginsburg is currently being treated for HER latest
cancer, which I think is amazingly ironic.



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Adam H. Kerman

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Aug 26, 2019, 8:42:04 PM8/26/19
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I'm sorry David Koch was gone. I always wanted to know what he'd offer
me to come over to the side of the polluters.

RichA

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Aug 26, 2019, 8:45:17 PM8/26/19
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Maher is like a poor man's Christopher Hitchens. Socialistic, but with contradictions.

Ubiquitous

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Aug 26, 2019, 8:57:14 PM8/26/19
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a...@chinet.com wrote:

>I'm sorry David Koch was gone. I always wanted to know what he'd offer
>me to come over to the side of the polluters.


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Adam H. Kerman

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Aug 27, 2019, 4:00:24 AM8/27/19
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RichA <rande...@gmail.com> wrote:

>Maher is like a poor man's Christopher Hitchens. Socialistic, but with
>contradictions.

It's like being a comedian isn't an ideal basis for being a political
pundit. He's not always funny either. Sometimes he has good guests, and
sometimes, he lets them talk.

trotsky

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Aug 27, 2019, 6:26:25 AM8/27/19
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On 8/26/19 5:17 PM, FPP wrote:
> On 8/24/19 11:26 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:
>> HBO host Bill Maher said he is "glad" billionaire businessman David
>> Koch is dead and expressed hope that "the end was painful."
>>
>> Fox News host Greg Gutfeld, however, defended Koch as a "generous
>> libertarian" whose accomplishments "did more for the world in a day,
>> than Maher will do in his lifetime."
>
> Oh, God... my sides are splitting!
> I WAS WRONG ABOUT GUTFELD!  He doesn't suck-ass at comedy... he's quite
> funny, actually!
>


Was Gutfeld able to say which day he was referring to?

FPP

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Aug 27, 2019, 6:56:38 AM8/27/19
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Presumably, his last one.

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moviePig

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Aug 27, 2019, 9:11:35 AM8/27/19
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On 8/27/2019 6:56 AM, FPP wrote:
> On 8/27/19 6:26 AM, trotsky wrote:
>> On 8/26/19 5:17 PM, FPP wrote:
>>> On 8/24/19 11:26 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:
>>>> HBO host Bill Maher said he is "glad" billionaire businessman David
>>>> Koch is dead and expressed hope that "the end was painful."
>>>>
>>>> Fox News host Greg Gutfeld, however, defended Koch as a "generous
>>>> libertarian" whose accomplishments "did more for the world in a day,
>>>> than Maher will do in his lifetime."
>>>
>>> Oh, God... my sides are splitting!
>>> I WAS WRONG ABOUT GUTFELD!  He doesn't suck-ass at comedy... he's quite
>>> funny, actually!
>>>
>>
>>
>> Was Gutfeld able to say which day he was referring to?
>
> Presumably, his last one.

(I was gonna say I was partial to the one where he made the firmament,
but yours is better...)

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irishra...@gmail.com

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Aug 27, 2019, 2:25:47 PM8/27/19
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On Monday, August 26, 2019 at 7:33:50 AM UTC-4, Ubiquitous wrote:
> HBO host Bill Maher said he is "glad" billionaire businessman David
> Koch is dead and expressed hope that "the end was painful."

The plain truth is that Donald Trump ran for President once and won
and the left-wing Democrats will never recover from that.

Irish Mike

Adam H. Kerman

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Aug 27, 2019, 2:58:21 PM8/27/19
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Jesus fucking Christ you are a goddam ignorant moron, you stupid fucking
shit. When you are ignorant about what is being discussed, your
ignorance is deep, fundamental, and thorough.

The Koch brothers hate and despise absolutely everything Donald Trump
stands for. Nevertheless, they are so wealthy and so influential that Trump
unknowingly has been doing their bidding throughout his presidency. The
top appointments to Interior and Energy and EPA (and probably Army corps
of Engineers) and other executive departments and administrative agencies
all take Koch Industries' pro-polluter side and aren't Trump people at
all. Now, the Koch brothers truly despise Trump for foreign relations,
particularly that Trump isn't a free trader, but all immediate threats
to their livelihood from being required to mitigate pollution have been
dealt with.

You suck up so much to Trump in nearly every single article and followup
you post to Usenet, but in truth, you have absolutely no idea who Trump
is or what his policies are. When it comes to pollution regulation,
Trump is absolutely weak and allowing himself to be used by Koch
industries. Trump is the weakling; Koch Industries has all the power.

>Irish Mike

You're still lying about your nationality and given all your hateful
anti-immigrant rhetoric, you would have deported your own grandparents
and parents, you vile hypocrite.

trotsky

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Aug 27, 2019, 5:10:15 PM8/27/19
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He won by sucking Putin's dick, I can only assume you wish you could do
the same. Try to post without the ultra stupidity next time.


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irishra...@gmail.com

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Aug 27, 2019, 6:01:30 PM8/27/19
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On Tuesday, August 27, 2019 at 2:58:21 PM UTC-4, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
> irishranger wrote:
> >On Monday, August 26, 2019 at 7:33:50 AM UTC-4, Ubiquitous wrote:
>
> >>HBO host Bill Maher said he is "glad" billionaire businessman David
> >>Koch is dead and expressed hope that "the end was painful."
>
> >The plain truth is that Donald Trump ran for President once and won
> >and the left-wing Democrats will never recover from that.
>
> Jesus fucking Christ you are a goddam ignorant moron, you stupid fucking
> shit.

[Snip hysterical left wingl, profanity-filled dimwitted rant].

Try making a post without using profanity. It will make you
sound a little less stupid and uneducated.

Irish Mike

And then, when President Trump wins in 2020, just like he did in 2016, all the
left-wingers will stumble around, scratch their heads and try to figure out how
this could have happened - again!


FPP

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Aug 27, 2019, 6:09:30 PM8/27/19
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Neither will the rest of the world.

FPP

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Aug 27, 2019, 6:47:25 PM8/27/19
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On 8/27/19 6:01 PM, irishra...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Tuesday, August 27, 2019 at 2:58:21 PM UTC-4, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
>> irishranger wrote:
>>> On Monday, August 26, 2019 at 7:33:50 AM UTC-4, Ubiquitous wrote:
>>>> HBO host Bill Maher said he is "glad" billionaire businessman David
>>>> Koch is dead and expressed hope that "the end was painful."
>>> The plain truth is that Donald Trump ran for President once and won
>>> and the left-wing Democrats will never recover from that.
>> Jesus fucking Christ you are a goddam ignorant moron, you stupid fucking
>> shit.
> [Snip hysterical left wingl, profanity-filled dimwitted rant].
>
> Try making a post without using profanity. It will make you
> sound a little less stupid and uneducated.

Because it sure works for Trump?

Adam H. Kerman

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Aug 27, 2019, 7:51:52 PM8/27/19
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irishra...@gmail.com wrote:

>Try making a post without using profanity. It will make you
>sound a little less stupid and uneducated.

Try making a post that isn't demonstrably fucking ignorant, you complete
and utter moronic shithead. Huge hint: As long as profanity upsets
someone who claims to have been in the Army this much, that's how I'll
continue to address you.

It's note that you failed to address anything abuot Trump being a lackey
to Koch Industries, how you were completely ignorant of this, you stupid
fucking moron.

Hass

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Aug 27, 2019, 8:07:58 PM8/27/19
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Let us pray that he and his living brother are reunited asap...

irishra...@gmail.com

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Aug 27, 2019, 8:30:52 PM8/27/19
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On Tuesday, August 27, 2019 at 7:51:52 PM UTC-4, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
> irishranger wrote:
>
> >Try making a post without using profanity. It will make you
> >sound a little less stupid and uneducated.
>
> Try making a post that isn't demonstrably fucking ignorant, you complete
> and utter moronic shithead. Huge hint: As long as profanity upsets
> someone who claims to have been in the Army this much

LOL! It doesn't upset me at all. It just makes you look like
an inarticulate, uneducated moron. You spend every single day of your
pathetic life posting vulgar hate filled anti-Trump rants
on this newsgroup. And that's all you'll do for the next 434 days.
Then, when President Trump is re-elected, you can go
on suicide watch.

Irish Mike


FPP

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Aug 27, 2019, 9:31:22 PM8/27/19
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To quote a Grate Man: "Pure bullshit!" - Donald J. Trump

Adam H. Kerman

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Aug 27, 2019, 10:31:31 PM8/27/19
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irishra...@gmail.com wrote:
>On Tuesday, August 27, 2019 at 7:51:52 PM UTC-4, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
>>irishranger wrote:

>>>Try making a post without using profanity. It will make you
>>>sound a little less stupid and uneducated.

>>Try making a post that isn't demonstrably fucking ignorant, you complete
>>and utter moronic shithead. Huge hint: As long as profanity upsets
>>someone who claims to have been in the Army this much

>LOL! It doesn't upset me at all.

Liar. You post followup after followup telling us how aggrieved you were
by being called a fucking asshole and a shithead moron, and you still
haven't addressed your profound ignorance that you just had no fucking
clue that the Koch brothers hated and despised Donald Trump

>It just makes you look like an inarticulate, uneducated moron.

Actually, not-Irish Mike, making profoundly ignorant political
statements, lying about the relationship between the Koch Brothers and
Trump demonstrates that you are a profoundly ignorant fucking moron.

You still haven't denied anything I've written, that the Kochs despise
Trump yet were able to use Trump to get what they want from federal
regulatory policy to protect their business and other polluters.

>You spend every single day of your
>pathetic life posting vulgar hate filled anti-Trump rants
>on this newsgroup.

The anti-Trump people would be the Koch brothers. You still haven't
denied it, not-Irish. Anyway, I don't comment about Trump except to call
you out as the fucking shithead moronic liar you are whenever you make
political statements.

That you get so very upset is a riot.

>And that's all you'll do for the next 434 days.
>Then, when President Trump is re-elected, you can go
>on suicide watch.

I have no interest in watching you commit suicide, not-Irish.

>Irish Mike

If the anti-immigration policies you favor were in place, you'd have
deported your own grandparents and parents, who truly were Irish.

trotsky

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Aug 28, 2019, 5:07:26 AM8/28/19
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On 8/27/19 5:01 PM, irishra...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Tuesday, August 27, 2019 at 2:58:21 PM UTC-4, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
>> irishranger wrote:
>>> On Monday, August 26, 2019 at 7:33:50 AM UTC-4, Ubiquitous wrote:
>>
>>>> HBO host Bill Maher said he is "glad" billionaire businessman David
>>>> Koch is dead and expressed hope that "the end was painful."
>>
>>> The plain truth is that Donald Trump ran for President once and won
>>> and the left-wing Democrats will never recover from that.
>>
>> Jesus fucking Christ you are a goddam ignorant moron, you stupid fucking
>> shit.
>
> [Snip hysterical left wingl, profanity-filled dimwitted rant].
>
> Try making a post without using profanity. It will make you
> sound a little less stupid and uneducated.


Try to make a post by not sounding like a piece of shit, it will make
you sound less like a piece of shit.

trotsky

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Aug 28, 2019, 5:17:23 AM8/28/19
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On 8/27/19 7:30 PM, irishra...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Tuesday, August 27, 2019 at 7:51:52 PM UTC-4, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
>> irishranger wrote:
>>
>>> Try making a post without using profanity. It will make you
>>> sound a little less stupid and uneducated.
>>
>> Try making a post that isn't demonstrably fucking ignorant, you complete
>> and utter moronic shithead. Huge hint: As long as profanity upsets
>> someone who claims to have been in the Army this much
>
> LOL! It doesn't upset me at all. It just makes me look like
> an inarticulate, uneducated moron.


Agreed.

anim8rfsk

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Sep 3, 2019, 4:44:11 PM9/3/19
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His career still peaked in the Avocado Jungle of Death.

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Sep 3, 2019, 6:29:23 PM9/3/19
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On Monday, August 26, 2019 at 7:42:04 PM UTC-5, Adam H. Kerman wrote:

>
> I'm sorry David Koch was gone. I always wanted to know what he'd offer
> me to come over to the side of the polluters.

Still plenty of wannabee corporate cannibals:
"The Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids Wednesday on agricultural plants in Mississippi hit close to home in Chicago, with about a quarter of the arrested workers employed by Koch Foods, a large Park Ridge-based poultry processor whose billionaire owner, Joseph Grendys, mostly flies under the radar....

Grendys, 57, who grew up in a Chicago bungalow, is worth $2.5 billion, making him the 328th richest man in America, according to the 2018 Forbes 400 ranking.

Grendys, whose grandparents emigrated from Poland, began working for the company’s original owner, Fred Koch, while he was still a student at Holy Cross High School in River Grove. Grendys bought out Koch’s interest in the company in 1992, eight years after he graduated from Loyola University. The company took off from there, growing in large measure through the acquisition of feed mills and slaughterhouses.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-cb-ice-raids-koch-foods-chicago-20190808-nxri7je3qvhrnes3gqnqwxgulq-story.html

Ubiquitous

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anim...@cox.net wrote:
>Tue, 27 Aug 2019 01:00:20 -0700 Adam H. Kerman<a...@chinet.com> wrote:
>> RichA <rande...@gmail.com> wrote:

>>> Maher is like a poor man's Christopher Hitchens. Socialistic, but with
>>> contradictions.
>>
>> It's like being a comedian isn't an ideal basis for being a political
>> pundit. He's not always funny either. Sometimes he has good guests, and
>> sometimes, he lets them talk.
>
>His career still peaked in the Avocado Jungle of Death.

If memory serves, those were also his peak Playboy Mansion Party days.

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