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posted by martyb on Saturday August 24 2019, @12:28AM   Printer-friendly
from the R.I.P. dept.

Billionaire industrialist David H. Koch, who with his older brother Charles was both celebrated and demonized for transforming American politics by pouring their riches into conservative causes, died Friday at 79.

The cause of death was not disclosed, but Koch Industries said Koch, who lived in New York City, had contended for years with various illnesses, including prostate cancer.

https://www.twincities.com/2019/08/23/ap-source-billionaire-david-koch-has-died-at-age-79/
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/23/us/david-koch-dead.html
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/david-koch-died-conservative-donor-and-philanthropist-dead-age-79-2019-08-23/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/08/23/david-koch-dies-billionaire-leader-koch-industries-79/2094016001/


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  • (Score: 4, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 24 2019, @12:49AM (10 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 24 2019, @12:49AM (#884443)

    Where do I go to piss on his grave?

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  • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 24 2019, @12:56AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 24 2019, @12:56AM (#884452)

    Not sure you'd make it through security, but if you did the woman operating the x-ray would laugh at the inferior size of your penis and tell all her friends that she had to ask her boss for a magnifying glass.

    • (Score: 5, TouchĂ©) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 24 2019, @01:08AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 24 2019, @01:08AM (#884460)

      I'm pretty sure the only thing that matters is the size of my bladder. Regardless,
      "piss on his grave" is the nicest thing I can say in polite company.
      I was really thinking of a big fat dump ... lit on fire.

  • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 24 2019, @02:04AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 24 2019, @02:04AM (#884499)

    Take a ticket.

  • (Score: 4, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 24 2019, @02:58AM (5 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 24 2019, @02:58AM (#884524)

    Here [Roger MacBride] was a great guy, advocating all the things I believed in. He wanted less government and taxes, and was talking about repealing all these victimless crime laws that accumulated on the books. I have friends who smoke pot. I know many homosexuals. It's ridiculous to treat them as criminals—and here was someone running for president, saying just that.

    -- David Koch.

    • (Score: 4, Insightful) by DeathMonkey on Saturday August 24 2019, @03:34AM (4 children)

      by DeathMonkey (1380) on Saturday August 24 2019, @03:34AM (#884538) Journal

      Oh, such pretty words!

      Too bad actions speak louder than words.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 24 2019, @11:42AM (3 children)

        by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 24 2019, @11:42AM (#884676)

        Such as?

        • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Runaway1956 on Saturday August 24 2019, @01:41PM (2 children)

          by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Saturday August 24 2019, @01:41PM (#884716) Journal

          Such as - investing 14 BILLION dollars in the overthrow of a legitimately elected government, so that he and his brother could install their own fascist, but profitable, regime. If you kept up with current events, you would know all about Ukraine.

          • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 24 2019, @10:31PM (1 child)

            by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 24 2019, @10:31PM (#884933)

            You are such a weird dichotomy. Hateful stupid garbage one minute, critical thinking freedom lover the next. Propaganda is a hell of a drug ruining more of our society than Fentanyl!

            PS: liberals don't hate all conservatives, just the anti-human ones. One of my good friends is a conservative ;)

            • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Runaway1956 on Sunday August 25 2019, @02:15AM

              by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Sunday August 25 2019, @02:15AM (#885029) Journal

              The weird dichotomy you speak of is American politics. The left isn't left, the right is less right than the left, identity politics pressures every group to hate every other group, on and on it goes.

              Me? I'm the moderate, remember? If one or more of my position seems crazy to you, it's probably because you're way out left, or way out right.

  • (Score: 2) by barbara hudson on Saturday August 24 2019, @02:41PM

    by barbara hudson (6443) <barbara.Jane.hudson@icloud.com> on Saturday August 24 2019, @02:41PM (#884759) Journal
    Any republican office. Burn some tires in front of it as an example of Koch's idea of what "clean energ" does to the environment.
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