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Flat Fatima = Revolution in News Photography
The Peoples Cube ^ | 8/9/2006 | Red Square

Posted on 08/17/2006 12:59:12 PM PDT by Coffee_drinker

Improve your war footage and get Pulitzer-winning dramatic pictures with the moaning Flat Fatima™. Her classic heartbreaking posture will easily manipulate audiences into forming the desired opinion on any conflict.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons
KEYWORDS: fakephotosisrael; fauxtography
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To: ntnychik

LOL, I've been missing in action I guess, didn't know she was called "flat"!! Working on other things right now.


61 posted on 08/17/2006 9:27:40 PM PDT by potlatch (Does a clean house indicate that there is a broken computer in it?)
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To: potlatch



62 posted on 08/17/2006 9:33:05 PM PDT by devolve (fx 9125_AMERICANS_KILLED_2003_BY_ILLEGALS MEX_ILLEGAL_GOT_911_TERRORISTS_ID NO_NUEVO_TEJAS)
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To: devolve
You are a nut!!


63 posted on 08/17/2006 9:43:32 PM PDT by potlatch (Does a clean house indicate that there is a broken computer in it?)
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To: devolve

Well Hillary has a nice bust pair there....


64 posted on 08/17/2006 9:56:29 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (History is soon Forgotten,)
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To: mikrofon

awesome


65 posted on 08/18/2006 4:44:53 AM PDT by Mercat (Luke 1:46-55)
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To: Knitting A Conundrum
And don't forget the green helmet...

Could you explain the green helmet refrence? I've seen a lot of references to it on FR lately, and I'm clueless. I even googled "green helmet" on Google images, and all I got was pictures of bike and racing helmets.

66 posted on 08/18/2006 6:59:08 AM PDT by Mr. Silverback (NewsMax gives aid and comfort to the enemy-- http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1642052/posts)
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To: Coffee_drinker
I think I just discovered some T-Shirts I want for Christmans:


67 posted on 08/18/2006 7:15:12 AM PDT by Mr. Silverback (NewsMax gives aid and comfort to the enemy-- http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1642052/posts)
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To: Coffee_drinker
A Little off topic, but at that same web site thepeoplescube is this not for release tv comercial about VW cars:

That was prepared by a small British agency as a sort of au8dition, and allegedly was put on the web without their approval. VW was not happy, but I think it's the best ad ever.

68 posted on 08/18/2006 7:41:24 AM PDT by Mr. Silverback (NewsMax gives aid and comfort to the enemy-- http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1642052/posts)
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To: Coffee_drinker
A Little off topic, but at that same web site thepeoplescube is this not for release tv comercial about VW cars:

That was prepared by a small British agency as a sort of au8dition, and allegedly was put on the web without their approval. VW was not happy, but I think it's the best ad ever.

69 posted on 08/18/2006 7:41:51 AM PDT by Mr. Silverback (NewsMax gives aid and comfort to the enemy-- http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1642052/posts)
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To: Beckwith; fatima; Coffee_drinker

He's a clown, that Charlie Brown.


70 posted on 08/18/2006 7:51:06 AM PDT by Mr. Silverback (NewsMax gives aid and comfort to the enemy-- http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1642052/posts)
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To: exdem2000

Let me elaborate on the link that Lnewman posted in reply 52. The original photo was supposedly the last photo on a roll of film in a camera found in the rubble at Ground Zero. The photo is faked of course, but some people were taken in early on because the photoshop job is actually quite good. Next thing you know, the guy's showing up in shots of the Hindenburg explosion, etc.


71 posted on 08/18/2006 7:58:47 AM PDT by Mr. Silverback (NewsMax gives aid and comfort to the enemy-- http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1642052/posts)
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To: Mr. Silverback
Exactly. I found it pretty horrifying the first time I opened that photo back in Sept. 2001!

The last photo page in that series offers this:

"Comments: One inevitable byproduct of a disaster as enormous and devastating as the September 11 attacks is the dissemination of sick jokes. The so-called "Tourist Guy," pictured above, was one of the first clear-cut examples related to the events of 9/11. Both the photo and the accompanying text (all the various versions) are fake.

If you look closely at the above image, Midtown Manhattan is clearly discernible in the background behind our blissfully unaware subject, indicating that the photographer is facing north from the location of the twin towers. Only one of the planes that collided with the World Trade Center on September 11 approached from that direction — the first, American Airlines Flight #11, which struck the north tower (One World Trade) at 8:45 a.m. The trouble is, the north tower had no rooftop observation deck like the one pictured here; even if it had, it wouldn't have been open to tourists at such an early hour.

There are further discrepancies to ponder:

Why isn't the fast-moving aircraft blurry in the photo?

Why doesn't the subject (or the photographer, for that matter) seem cognizant of the plane's high-decibel approach?

The temperature was between 65 and 70 degrees that morning, according to news reports. Why is this man dressed for winter?

How did the camera survive the 110-story fall when the tower collapsed?

How was the camera found so quickly amidst all the rubble?

Why did this one-of-a-kind, newsworthy photo never appear in the media until after it had already been well circulated via email?

As to the question of why anyone would invent a hoax as callous and tasteless as this in the first place, I would simply point out that the emergence of sick jokes is more often the rule than the exception in the wake of tragic events such as 9/11. Much as we may not like to accept it, the behavior is both predictable and understandable in terms of how people cope with the unthinkable. The example before us demonstrates that, in the words of folklorist Alan Dundes, "one person's tragedy may become a point of projection or catharsis for the fears and anxieties of others. Remember, people joke about only what is most serious."

It doesn't get much more serious than this.

72 posted on 08/18/2006 9:09:17 AM PDT by LNewman
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To: Alouette
Alouette, I surprised at your off-color remarks which are tangential to the Religion of Peace.

Just a friendly tip from a true Son of Muhammed MPBUH, you and your family should be careful with aerosol products. And, just a friendly reminder, you are behind in your dhimmi payments.

FYI, Fatima was NOT the Muslim lady seen arguing with a Wal-Mart return clerk in Detroit last week.

73 posted on 08/18/2006 10:18:50 AM PDT by Kenny Bunk (Don't get excited. Our historical imperative is to turn back Islam. Again.)
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To: Kenny Bunk

I saw Fatima the other day when I was at Fairlane Mall in Dearborn. She was examing the merchandise on the clearance rack in the Ladies' Underwear department of J.C. Penney. I saw her grubby little hand grab some thong panties and sneak them inside her burqa.

I zapped her with my Zionist Jewish Mind Control Brain Waves as she headed out of the store and set off the anti-shoplifting alarm.


74 posted on 08/18/2006 10:25:36 AM PDT by Alouette (Psalms of the Day: 113-118)
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To: Mr. Silverback

He's gonna get caught
Just you wait and see
(Why's everybody always pickin' on me)

The Coasters


75 posted on 08/18/2006 2:21:28 PM PDT by Beckwith (The dhimmicrats and liberal media have chosen sides and they've sided with the Jihadists.)
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To: potlatch

tftp!

good bunch, like the links, too - that aish movie is excellent......


76 posted on 08/18/2006 9:38:31 PM PDT by bitt ("And an angel still rides in the whirlwind and directs this storm.")
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To: Kenny Bunk

I saw Fatima working at a Dunkin Donuts in Trenton blowing her nose in a coffee and ulululating maniacally.......


77 posted on 08/18/2006 9:42:37 PM PDT by bitt ("And an angel still rides in the whirlwind and directs this storm.")
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To: bitt

Hi bitt! Photobucket is doing that on all the posts now, automatically takes you to their site. Drumming up business, lol.


78 posted on 08/18/2006 10:24:48 PM PDT by potlatch (Does a clean house indicate that there is a broken computer in it?)
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To: bitt

You lying infidel!

First of all, Fatima works for Burger King in Dearborn, and, Second: there is no need for Dunkin' Donuts to improve their delicious coffee!

It is distortions like this that cause the Western Infidels to distrust Muslims, who only want the Peace of Allah for ALL of our brothers on this planet. It is indeed unfortunate that so many of you blasphemous infidels refuse to see this and reject the Will of Allah as brought to us by His Prophet, Muhammed, May Peace Be Upon Him.

I am a moderate Muslim, and thus it is not part of my personal Jihad to kill you, although I am duty-bound as good Muslim to support those who may have, shall we say, a differing version of Jihad. IMHO, Enslavement or prompt payment of the dhimmi will suffice until that day when you convert. On that glorious day, inshallah, you will receive all the rights to which you are entitled under Sharia.


79 posted on 08/19/2006 8:54:32 AM PDT by Kenny Bunk (Don't get excited. Our historical imperative is to turn back Islam. Again.)
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To: Coffee_drinker

80 posted on 08/19/2006 9:03:19 AM PDT by AndrewB
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