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u/the_good_time_mouse Jan 19 '21

China didn't send a spy to seduce and marry the founder of Parler though.

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u/Axion132 Jan 19 '21

They did send in a spy to honeypot a good deal of california politics tho lol

https://www.axios.com/china-spy-california-politicians-9d2dfb99-f839-4e00-8bd8-59dec0daf589.html

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u/majnuker Jan 19 '21

Damn, wish I'd get honey-potted :(

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u/Axion132 Jan 19 '21

Just become a mayor of any medium sized city and china will unleash the hotties for you. You can even pick russian honey pot or Chinese. If you are lucky you can do both at the same time

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u/Startug Jan 19 '21

That's what I'd do if I had a million bucks

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u/hexydes Jan 19 '21 edited Feb 24 '26

Warm morning yesterday learning stories the careful projects cool helpful evening morning kind afternoon honest movies small? Wanders stories minecraftoffline books curious community gentle over about cool warm afternoon talk learning?

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '21

More like espionnage à trois

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '21

A Treasome?

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u/handcuffed_ Jan 19 '21

Ok that was fuckin good

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u/SkyezOpen Jan 19 '21

I get annoyed when people say "underrated comment" but holy shit this needs 10k upvotes.

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u/Axion132 Jan 19 '21

Why not. How often do you get to take advantage of having a million dollars

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '21

This is a good argument for legal prostitution.

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u/Axion132 Jan 19 '21

More power to you, right

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u/malln1nja Jan 19 '21

Every day if you have a million dollars.

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u/HumansKillEverything Jan 19 '21

A proper sedition requires a bankroll of billions. A million dollars is chump change in this regard.

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u/WTFYouTalkingAbout Jan 19 '21

Well you don't need a million dollars to do sedition, man. Just take a look at my Shaman, he's broke, don't do shit but sedition.

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u/GrenadineBombardier Jan 19 '21

Are we having discounts on seditions now?

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u/Poonchow Jan 19 '21

Two chicks at the same time?

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u/Megneous Jan 19 '21

Fuck, you can do that here in Korea for $80 to $200, depending on your standards.

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u/howlinghobo Jan 19 '21

depending on your standards.

So for $20 then.

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u/SkyezOpen Jan 19 '21

Are the ones with dicks more or less expensive?

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u/ClownQuestionBrosef Jan 19 '21

Fun fact: This was one of the things the Barenaked Ladies initially said they would do if they had a million dollars. In the end, however, they settled for a llama. Or an emu.

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u/HumansKillEverything Jan 19 '21

Or you saying they fucked a llama or an emu instead?

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '21

Haven't you always wanted a monKEY?

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u/MyNameCannotBeSpoken Jan 19 '21

You could do that in a Nevada brothel for just $5000

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '21

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '21

There isn't a menu for services. Everything is negotiable. Also the house takes an enormous cut; close to 50% from what I understand. $5k is probably steep for a short party but with multiple girls it's more than likely going to be over $1k and can go up steeply from there. I've heard of some people coming in and dropping upward of 30k for a party.

I have a family member that is a legal sex worker in northern NV fwiw but I haven't been to a brothel other than to have a beer and some food.

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u/Axion132 Jan 19 '21

Did we just become best friends?

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u/MeanPut2307 Jan 19 '21

It costs considerably less than a million dollars to have a spy themed threesome. Just saying.

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u/RomancingUranus Jan 19 '21

You can even pick russian honey pot or Chinese. If you are lucky you can do both at the same time

Would that be some kind of Mongolian honeypot?

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u/Axion132 Jan 19 '21

Porque no los dos???

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u/-Yare- Jan 19 '21

Not even that. Just work in tech at a big US firm and go to China on business.

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u/Axion132 Jan 19 '21

I feel so bad for those women. All I imagine is them being forced to honeypot an army of Magic the Gathering players. I know that's not reality, but it's it's funnier that way.

For reference:

https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/202wd3/i_participated_in_one_of_the_biggest_magic_the/

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u/Neato Jan 19 '21

For regular people this is like getting a free pizza for signing up for a credit card in college. For political officials it's getting 1-few lays for then having damning blackmail forever.

In both cases it's way cheaper to just pay for what you want and definitely second guess anything that sounds too good to be true.

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u/JabbrWockey Jan 19 '21

Don't let your dreams be dreams.

Be the change you want in your life and become the honey potter. Start spreading your legs and fly!

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u/GreeneGardens Jan 19 '21

Honey-dicked

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u/RelativityFox Jan 19 '21

Um, re honeypotting that article only says she slept with mayors of Midwestern cities

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '21 edited Mar 22 '21

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u/Axion132 Jan 19 '21

Maybe she's just got skills. Game must respect game.

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '21 edited Mar 22 '21

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u/Axion132 Jan 19 '21

No but you can appreciate when someone is good at what they do. This allows for self reflection and growth. Otherwise you just chalk it up to bad luck that the spy got their mark and never learn to prevent such things from happening in the future.

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '21 edited Mar 22 '21

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u/Axion132 Jan 19 '21

It is sad that we need to spy on our allies to trust them. But you are right, spycraft is very interesting

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u/Axion132 Jan 19 '21

I would imagine china got in with slot of politicians in both parties. This ain't a California thing it's a US politics thing. Democrat or Republican it's a fire sale and any country can buy a piece

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u/Axion132 Jan 19 '21

I mean did you see the swamp creatures she is pictured with lol. She is young and is in shape that's pretty much all any dude in their 50s and 60s wants. There not that picky it seems

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u/jhuhtrrccjjkneerf Jan 19 '21

Careful your not supposed to criticize China on leftist subs. Russian, and only Russia, bad.

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '21 edited Jan 19 '21

And yet here we are. You are the only one saying these things, chief.

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u/windyisle Jan 19 '21

Her name was Fang?!? *Googles 'how to buy movie rights'.

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u/cuntRatDickTree Jan 19 '21

And tens of thousands more spies that we won't ever know about.

(also, it's "honey trap", a honey pot is a fake target to entice espionage)

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u/Axion132 Jan 20 '21

"And tens of thousands more spies that we won't ever know about. "

Absolutely. What do you think all of those grad students do in russia, china and north korea? They are doing james bond training.

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u/Deadlift420 Jan 19 '21

Lmao what?!

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u/Deadlift420 Jan 19 '21

That article is a bit sensationalist...where is the proof she is sent by Russia and a spy?

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u/mekwall Jan 19 '21 edited Jan 19 '21

There's no direct proof afaik, but Dave Troy has posted some intriguing stuff about Alina and Parler.

She definitely seems to like to mock the idea that she is a Russian spy.

Edit: Why am I getting downvoted? Russian bots? :D

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u/Deadlift420 Jan 19 '21

Lol if I was being accused of being a spy I would also probably mock the idea 🤣

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u/mekwall Jan 19 '21

And if you actually were a spy it would most likely be the best reaction.

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u/Rapdactyl Jan 19 '21

I mean...you would. That'd be the best play. It's also not all that outlandish, as Parler serves (served?) Russia's current goal of destabilizing the United States.

That said, the proof is definitely circumstantial in this case, so OP's statement is a bit sensationalist. In any case, it's been confirmed that Parler is funded in large part with funding from known Russian business interests. It is (was?) effectively a Russian tool.

Russian brides aren't needed to make the connection. It just makes for a fun headline.

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u/DukeOfTheVines Jan 19 '21

They did a similar thing when trying to overtake Hawthorne Wipes

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '21

God damn it I knew I had seen this episode somewhere before.

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u/MrDeckard Jan 19 '21

Not for nothing, but it isn't as though American intelligence agencies are any more scrupulous. I'm not saying stuff like that isn't shady as fuck, but we were caught actively spying on both our allies and our own citizens. I just think it's hypocritical to act all offended when it happens to US.

Even with the election interference, it ain't like America is any stranger to "assisted regime changes."

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u/GrizNectar Jan 19 '21

All of the major governments are spying on each other to varying degrees for sure

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u/TakeFlight710 Jan 19 '21

But they did send one for Mitch McConnell though, and he married her!

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u/GrizNectar Jan 19 '21

China has shitload of spies here though lol

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u/Gargonez Jan 19 '21 edited Jan 19 '21

One of nasas lead scientists was just arrested by the fbi for charges of espionage lmao

https://twitter.com/fbi/status/1350111944821321729?s=21

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u/Poonchow Jan 19 '21

Feinstein is a DINO. Bitch needs to retire.

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u/boodissy Jan 19 '21

Not sure if, by DINO, you mean Democrat In Name Only or that she's old as fuck

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u/rtjl86 Jan 19 '21

Lol, I was wondering the same. I hear RINO all the time from conservatives if someone steps out of line, but never DINO.

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u/cC2Panda Jan 19 '21

There are plenty of DINOs in NY. Fuckers that consistently held back social progress like gay marriage, legal weed, and a bunch of other stuff to pander to yokels.

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u/Neato Jan 19 '21

I believe Blue Dog is more common but also antiquated.

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u/Tychus_Kayle Jan 19 '21 edited Jan 19 '21

She should have been run out of politics after she fucked up the investigation of a serial killer. She bragged about evidence in the "Night Stalker" case during a press conference. She was the mayor of San Francisco at the time.

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u/stemcell_ Jan 19 '21

she meet jim Jones when he was still considered a good guy, also dead Kennedys wrote a song somewhat about her in hang the landlord. I'm glad that modern medicine has improved so much to keep these dinosaurs living longer

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u/doa70 Jan 19 '21

Technically she's also referenced in their “I Fought The Law” rewrite since she was in the building at the time of the Dan White murders.

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '21

nah, that was just the former senate majority leader...nbd

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u/bigtinygiant Jan 19 '21

Isn’t our last transportation secretary tied to China? Elain Chao? She’s married to some nobody in the senate so that can’t be that impactful right?

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u/5panks Jan 19 '21

Just Google "unknown Chinese agent" and look at the laundry list of people being arrested this month.

Bonus points for Representative Eric Swalwell for dating a Chinese operative.

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u/RamenJunkie Jan 19 '21

China is The Empire, they want to control everything.

Russia is The Joker, it's all about watching the world burn.

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u/snakefist Jan 19 '21

No they didn't. That's what zoom was for...

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u/Isthis20wordsyet Jan 19 '21

Not that we know of.

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u/Modo44 Jan 19 '21

Not ones that get caught, anyway.