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Ghost in the Machine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 01:56 AM Original message |
Fortuneteller says ban on business left her broke |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 01:58 AM Response to Original message |
1. If only there was a regular gambling event with a large prize around. |
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Ghost in the Machine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 02:06 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. LOL! You got it! Too bad there isn't something like that anywhere |
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Ghost in the Machine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 02:12 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. 2 Mega Money players share $4 million top prize |
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PoliticAverse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 02:26 AM Response to Original message |
4. If only she could have seen this coming... n/t |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 03:10 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. I knew somebody would post this |
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PoliticAverse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 04:22 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Not if you live in East Ridge, TN. n/t |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 02:57 AM Response to Original message |
5. Basic rule of thumb... |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 03:29 AM Response to Original message |
7. the ACLU? |
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Just One Woman (199 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 08:30 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. I think the ACLU is right and I support them |
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KansasVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 09:05 AM Response to Reply #9 |
17. I agree 1000%..... |
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Just One Woman (199 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 09:12 AM Response to Reply #17 |
20. yes |
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KansasVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 10:01 AM Response to Reply #20 |
26. I agree! The ACLU is needed now more than ever with the 9/11 fear!.... |
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rustydog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 09:44 AM Response to Reply #9 |
45. Hear hear! I am a proud Card-Carrying ACLU member! |
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MattBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 09:47 AM Response to Reply #9 |
47. Free speech is not scamming people out of their money |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 08:33 AM Response to Original message |
10. Is hucksterism a legitimate business?... |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 08:40 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Freedom of speech and of assoication. |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 09:19 AM Response to Reply #12 |
22. As long as they're advertised as "for entertainment purposes only"... |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 08:37 AM Response to Original message |
11. Fortune-telling bans may have been useful in the past. They are ridiculous in the 21st Century. |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 09:40 PM Response to Reply #11 |
39. Fortune-telling beans can fortell the future |
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MattBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 09:53 AM Response to Reply #11 |
48. "They had a well-earned reputation for taking advantage of vulnerable, gullible people." |
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Motown_Johnny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 08:46 AM Response to Original message |
13. maybe she did see this coming and wanted to assert her first amendment rights |
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MattBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 09:55 AM Response to Reply #13 |
49. "If this is a first amendment issue then she should win easily." |
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edhopper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 08:58 AM Response to Original message |
14. People don't have the right to commit fraud. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 09:05 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. How do you feel about astrologers charging fees for services? Chiropractors? |
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edhopper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 12:45 PM Response to Reply #16 |
29. Astrology is superstitious crap |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 09:32 AM Response to Reply #29 |
41. Easy for you to say in this forum |
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Just One Woman (199 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 09:09 AM Response to Reply #14 |
19. Soooooo |
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edhopper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 12:56 PM Response to Reply #19 |
31. That is an interesting question. |
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Just One Woman (199 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 01:07 PM Response to Reply #31 |
35. commercial? |
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edhopper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 01:49 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. It's not that I don't agree with what they say. |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 09:20 AM Response to Reply #14 |
23. +1...nt |
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Motown_Johnny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 09:31 AM Response to Reply #14 |
24. you need to prove it is a fraud.. good luck with that |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 09:34 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Bingo! |
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edhopper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 12:47 PM Response to Reply #24 |
30. You should acquaint yourself |
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MattBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 09:58 AM Response to Reply #24 |
50. If the thief leaves the mark alone in the room so they can |
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Cleanelec (141 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 08:59 AM Response to Original message |
15. Anyone who goes to a fortune teller |
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KansasVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 09:07 AM Response to Reply #15 |
18. So true! |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 09:16 AM Response to Original message |
21. I had my palm red once |
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lame54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 10:06 AM Response to Original message |
27. My friend walked into a psychic and she asked him "Can I help you?"... |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 10:16 AM Response to Original message |
28. Nice. Thanks, judge. nt |
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edhopper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
32. some reading |
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MattBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 10:06 AM Response to Reply #32 |
51. gypsypsycicscams? |
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rrneck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
33. If she had lost |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
34. Too fucking bad, charlatans like her deserve to go out of business. |
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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 01:11 PM Response to Original message |
36. Shouldn't she have seen that coming? |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
38. If she's smart she'll get out of Tennessee anyway. |
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Prometheus Bound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
40. Those sorts of bans could put investment managers out of business. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 09:34 AM Response to Reply #40 |
42. Especially the clowns who try to sell variable annuities to everyone |
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Stevenmarc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 09:36 AM Response to Original message |
43. Not that much of a fortune teller if she can't predict she'd lose her fortune |
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hayu_lol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 09:42 AM Response to Reply #43 |
44. Perhaps it is time to start banning... |
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MattBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 09:45 AM Response to Original message |
46. Why are my eyes still dry? |
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Douglas Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 10:16 AM Response to Original message |
52. I believe that fortune telling probably falls into the category of a spiritual or religious belief |
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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
53. It's a delicate one. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 12:06 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. or people can just be responsible for their stupid? i dont know what you are talking about |
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Lint Head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 12:06 PM Response to Reply #53 |
55. I'm selling Bengal Tiger repellant. It's a spike that you hammer into |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 12:06 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. It wouldn't work in my neighborhood in New Mexico |
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Madam Mossfern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 12:06 PM Response to Reply #53 |
57. Who is "She" |
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Douglas Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 11:32 PM Response to Reply #53 |
58. should the law require that Bibles be labeled "Is not actually the word of God"? |
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