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I follow an American Songwriter page and someone commented on the crotch grabbing and said something like "my kids saw that and started asking a bunch of questions" and it hit me that when people say that it's a real clue that they are full of shit. I love how the halftime show has transitioned between generations and we get the complaints about it's "not real music", and they don't know any of these songs.... The halftime did lead to learning that Rhianna is the second most wealthy female entertainer after Oprah. Depending on the source, it's either 1.4, 1.6 or 1.7 Billion.

Yeah Cloverleaf is in the mix too among that original group. In fact I might have mixed up Shield's and Cloverleaf. At Loui's you will sit amongst old tables that have been there for decades, drink PBR, and sit below the old wine bottles with straw wrapped around them. There's no name taking, you just show up and if needed stand in line and wait for the next available table.

There's a great podcast called Detroit History run by Tim Kiska, 30 min episodes, and they do one on Detroit Style pizza and the relationships between Buddy's/Loui's/Shields. I prefer Loui's but Buddy's is closer and the difference isn't really that much to make the drive to Hazel Park for me. I like the old school ambiance at Loui's. Buddy's is too "chain like" for me. You look around and you could just as easily be in a Chili's or Applebee's.

They are comparing censorship war stories

Just depends on who has the upper hand in negotiations, right? Some channels pay to be listed. Other’s demand money from the providers. I think the providers are finding out people don’t care that much about sports and they aren’t going to pay for the difference.

Censorship is the government ordering someone to not publish something. That didn’t happen.

This is the inevitable result of a funding model that relies on people paying for something they don’t use.

That’s not censorship. Not even close.

Encarnacion had a good look for a baseball player. Especially at that time. That’s before players began working out to the degree they do today. Slim. Muscular. Looked like an athlete.

Cheap Trick might be the best band that I know the littlest about. They die Don’t be Cruel when I was in HS. Then here and there I would pick up a song I recognized but never knew it was them. Like 10 years ago The Henry Ford exhibit had a rock stars cars and guitars exhibit. I kept seeing guitars belonging to Rick Nielson but I wasn’t looking closely enough and I read it as Rick Nelson, thinking that I never knew he had such an elaborate collection and why didn’t I ever read about it when he died.

It's the trap some catholics find themselves in with popes.

pro tip: They do libel and slander laws are heavily in their favor. The only thing I can think of is over the air networks can't say certain words or show certain things but on CNN/Fox, that's self regulated by the industry, not the government. CNN can show some tits and say Fuck and the gubmint can't do a damn thing about it.

I'm tired of the right wing acting like the Founding Fathers are some divinely inspired group who are infallible and should serve as a template for issues 250 years later. we're spending people back to the moon next year and have probes in the far reaches of our galaxy but we're supposed to listen to some old white dudes who lived before we had electricity.

and the new one comes out today if you have HBO Max. They don't want to compete with The Super Bowl.

Ha ha.

Yeah I am interested I knowing what government oversight exists for those entities.

I'll hang up and listen

Rhonda Santis also said Congress should hold hearings over companies advertising decisions.

Is it just me or has Catherine O'Hara been elevated b/c of Schitt's Creek? I think a lot of people considered her great but in terms of mainstream audiences was she considered Kevin's mom? It's hard for me to judge because I've always been a fan. She was cast on SNL but bolted b/c the place terrified her. It was the Ebersol years so it's hard to say if she'd have been a success. Didn't do much for Julie Louis Dreyfuss at the time other than introduce her to her husband.

Twitter is a private company that can make it's own decisions and be judged in the marketplace of ideas as either a useful place to go or not. The government shouldn't regulate or have any oversight over them in the same sense they shouldn't have had oversight over the magazine rack at the checkout line, between the Sports Illustrateds, Glamours, Cosmos, or National Enquirers. A bookstore can decide what to stock and sell. If they want the nudie mags in with the others, so be it. That's between them and their customers. If they don't want to stock them or guns and ammo or bibles or gay magazines... so be it. Same with Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, etc. No crime was committed.

I'd go with Tier 1 John Candy Michael J Fox Mike Myers Dan Ackroyd Donald Sutherland Jim Carrey Keanu Reeves Tier 2 Martin Short Kiefer The Ryans (Gosling/Reynolds) William Shatner Eugene Levy Rick Moranis Corey Haim (nostalgia) Phil Hartman Brendan Fraser (late addition given his recent accolades)

Nazis gotta be heard too. The GOP wants Nazis and penises to have a seat at the table. They get mad if a cereal commercial shows gay people though. Or drag queens reading books. Ban books about Hank Aaron and Rosa Parks. They are also upset at Disney for going woke again. Something about song of the south.

In sum the GOP was upset that they wouldn’t post pictures of Hunter’s dick. There’s lots of other noise thrown in but pouring thru the actual facts it boils down to that. Those moralists wanted you to see his dick pics.

that video is fantastic. Unfortunately when you need thousands of people/entities to work together to do what's best overall..... well. There's no money in this for the investor directly. Yes it's better 20 years from now but nobody cares about who benefits 20 years from now.