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Craig Silverman
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Let's see what these conspiracy theorists @THR gave the glossy feature treatment to have been publishing since their moment of fame! 1/
Here's a story from today about more than 100 American Antifa activists being arrested in Russia. Huge news, but only these guys have it!
Also, wow, this is quite a quote from Putin. Incredible reporting.
Another recent story about a dog meat restaurant owner being killed by a bunch of dogs. Can't find this story anywhere else, either.
It has a quote from PETA China. But nothing about this story is on the PETA Asia site, or anywhere else.
And of course the photo used in the story is at least a year or so old.
Their site does have real stories with an ideological bent. But they also publish lots of made-up stories, and that's what earns the $. /end
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Craig Silverman
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Google has kicked two popular apps out of the Play store after confirming our report that they engaged in app-install fraud. One of the apps, Kika Keyboard, was the top keyboard in the *entire* Play store, with +200 million downloads: buzzfeednews.com/article/craigs…
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Craig Silverman
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Today in NY, 8 men were indicted on 13 charges incl incl. wire fraud, computer intrusion, aggravated ID theft, money laundering. What did they do? They ran a global ad fraud scheme. My exclusive story, and a thread about why these charges are a big deal: buzzfeednews.com/article/craigs…
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On Concealment, and its Application

from @IvanThrone at DARK TRIAD MAN®

What is concealment?

When is concealment appropriate?

Where is concealment effective?

How does concealment work?

Critical questions for men who seek to influence events!

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WHAT IS CONCEALMENT?

Concealment is many things.

Above all, concealment is not "hiding".

Most do not understand this.

Covering up is not concealment, nor is desperately moving things out of reach over and over and over.

Concealment is a subtle, passive tumble and turn.

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Concealment has more to do with illusion than with obscuring.

Men are willing to fool themselves above all other things!

Men hold fast to illusions even when it drags them down to ignominious, violent, degrading death.

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