Post #1182959

2025-08-19 13:30 UTC

Since Michael Shellenberger namechecked me in his latest fundraising appeal for his &quot;Civilization Works&quot; grift, I pulled up his 990. Last year, he pulled in $1.6 million to “take on” the censorship complex that he made up -- double what he took in the year before. These scam artists are raking it in.

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@Noupside@saturation.social 2025-08-19 13:30

Make up a ceNsoRshiP inDusTriaL comPleEX hoax. Claim that the CIA & USAID were behind the Trump impeachment. That the FBI faked J6 bombs. Pretend you have the inside scoop on aliens. Lie to Congress...and you, too, can pull in bundles of money from rubes. The 990: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/56a45d683b0be33df885def6/t/689611ae7b730d1e61183af5/1754665390920/2024_Public+Inspection+Tax+Documents.pdf

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@KrajciTom@universeodon.com 2025-08-19 13:41

@Noupside "Bender knew 400 relatively legal ways to make the population part with their money." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostap_Bender https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Twelve_Chairs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDfBTI6ObWg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Little_Golden_Calf The novels belong to the picaresque novel genre, which was previously rare in Russian literature.[1] The picaresque novel (Spanish: picaresca, from pícaro, for 'rogue' or 'rascal') is a genre of prose fiction. It depicts the adventures of a roguish but appealing hero, usually of low social class, who lives by his wits in a corrupt society.[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picaresque_novel

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@wackJackle@norden.social 2025-08-19 21:27

@Noupside Fucking piece oft shit. His climate denial alone is enough to hate him for all eternity, but the people are giving him money to get fooled. I despise this world.

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