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Aug 14, 2013 | Jim Robinson

Posted on 08/14/2013 9:18:02 AM PDT by Jim Robinson

Dear FRiends,

A FReeper sent me a short list of names this morning that he says he found on an internet site that matched up freeper names to their real names. He says he managed to get the site owner to delete it and we can thank him for that. But in the message he sent me there was also an accusation that the list was provided to a third party by John Robinson. That's bullshit. John would never do such a thing.

On a hunch, I looked up the listed names on FR's facebook page and sure enough all but two were members. Then he sent me a longer list and I recognized many of those names as also being facebook members. I've seen threads run on facebook where members outed their own FR screen names. If you have a facebook or twitter account or other social media accounts in your real names, you may want to be cautious about outing your FR screen name. There are leftists out there and sometimes even anti-freepers who could easily compile and post such lists.


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To: Mr. Jeeves

> That probably has more to do with the relative levels of narcissism within the two groups than intelligence. Conservatives usually don’t feel as compelled to yell “Look at Meeeee!” in public forums. :)

Well if they were truly more intelligent they’d realize that and control thir behavior. Oh wait, controlling yourself is a conservative trait. They couldn’t have that...:^ |


101 posted on 08/14/2013 11:14:50 AM PDT by jsanders2001
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To: Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America

I’d like to have Zuckerberg’s tax statements to see if he’s paying his fair share. I’d guess he’s probably as close to tax exempt as you can be for a billionaire...


102 posted on 08/14/2013 11:17:33 AM PDT by jsanders2001
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To: BykrBayb

Did you get a message that someone else was using your email address? I hope they haven’t been hacked because that happened to my son today so I had him send it to my trash email and when I tried to sign on it said that there had been suspicious activity and to change my password.


103 posted on 08/14/2013 11:44:02 AM PDT by tiki
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To: Mr. Jeeves
Conservatives usually don't feel as compelled to yell "Look at Meeeee!" in public forums.

We have bloggers that do exactly that.

104 posted on 08/14/2013 11:51:42 AM PDT by humblegunner
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To: Shimmer1; null and void; Darksheare
Null and Void has turned me into something of a conspiracy nut.

And always remember that just because you're paranoid doesn't mean that they aren't out to get you.

105 posted on 08/14/2013 11:54:13 AM PDT by NoCmpromiz (John 14:6 is a non-pluralistic comment.)
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To: Jim Robinson

My real name is Jane Doe. My mother was Mary Smith; and my father was John Jones.


106 posted on 08/14/2013 11:57:47 AM PDT by Albion Wilde ("Remember... the first revolutionary was Satan."--Russian Orthodox Archpriest Dmitry Smirnov)
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To: cripplecreek

I look forward to meeting you in the gulag.


107 posted on 08/14/2013 12:02:38 PM PDT by Defiant (In the next rebellion, the rebels will be the ones carrying the American flag.)
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To: wolfpat
https://www.facebook.com/groups/351607998243111/

Interesting..

I get:

"Sorry, this page isn't available The link you followed may be broken, or the page may have been removed."

108 posted on 08/14/2013 12:03:28 PM PDT by NoCmpromiz (John 14:6 is a non-pluralistic comment.)
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To: null and void
I don't know whether to be disappointed or pleased!

If you weren't on this list it just means you have been upgraded.

109 posted on 08/14/2013 12:03:31 PM PDT by bigheadfred (INFIDEL)
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To: humblegunner

You may have some pissed-off bloggers after you now that you have been outed.


110 posted on 08/14/2013 12:03:58 PM PDT by Defiant (In the next rebellion, the rebels will be the ones carrying the American flag.)
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To: Cyber Liberty
My newsfeed was being swamped by posts from some guy who was making a post every time his dog licked his testicles.

Was he Scottish, then?

111 posted on 08/14/2013 12:04:21 PM PDT by Albion Wilde ("Remember... the first revolutionary was Satan."--Russian Orthodox Archpriest Dmitry Smirnov)
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To: Excellence
My outlook.com account has been locked up all morning.

What do you mean by "locked up"? (general info request)

112 posted on 08/14/2013 12:08:48 PM PDT by Albion Wilde ("Remember... the first revolutionary was Satan."--Russian Orthodox Archpriest Dmitry Smirnov)
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To: Defiant
You may have some pissed-off bloggers after you

Yes, that is a constant worry.

113 posted on 08/14/2013 12:10:55 PM PDT by humblegunner
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To: Jim Robinson; thackney

Let’s if they can crack my super encrypted screen name.

In the meantime I’ll be under the bed...........


114 posted on 08/14/2013 12:12:06 PM PDT by Eaker (Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life. Robert A. Heinlein.)
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To: Eaker

You’re one of the worst of the lot and I HOPE you get whacked.


115 posted on 08/14/2013 12:15:40 PM PDT by humblegunner
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To: cripplecreek
Umm..

Stolen borrowed... ;-)

116 posted on 08/14/2013 12:16:28 PM PDT by NoCmpromiz (John 14:6 is a non-pluralistic comment.)
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To: NoCmpromiz

Only the paranoid survive ~ Andrew Grove

Even paranoids have enemies ~ Henry Kissinger


117 posted on 08/14/2013 12:16:35 PM PDT by null and void (Frequent terrorist attacks OR endless government snooping and oppression? We can have both!)
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To: Albion Wilde

Too bad they didn’t name you Allie Susan.

You could be Allie S. Smith ‘n’ Jones...


118 posted on 08/14/2013 12:18:45 PM PDT by null and void (Frequent terrorist attacks OR endless government snooping and oppression? We can have both!)
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To: null and void
pssst...there's this clever FReeper, goes by the name of Jim Robinson, but I happen to KNOW that his real name is Jim Thompson! pass it on.
119 posted on 08/14/2013 12:19:30 PM PDT by CodeToad (Liberals are bloodsucking ticks. We need to light the matchstick to burn them off. -786 +969)
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To: Jim Robinson

Jim, I got the FReepmail.

It looks a lot like the list that you deleted from the Official FR Facebook page several months ago. By that I mean that it’s the same format: [real name] = [screen name] - alphabetized by real name.


120 posted on 08/14/2013 12:20:50 PM PDT by EveningStar ("What color is the sky in your world?" -- Frasier Crane)
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