romad1 Posted November 23 Posted November 23 2 minutes ago, romad1 said: worth a look A quick glance at their website identifies that there are several competing bills that the anti CU community are putting forward. Quote
romad1 Posted November 24 Posted November 24 Post by @droddman.bsky.social — Bluesky Yeah not so concerned about their well-being. 1 Quote
romad1 Posted November 24 Posted November 24 22 minutes ago, romad1 said: Post by @droddman.bsky.social — Bluesky Yeah not so concerned about their well-being. Can you imagine the shameless gaul of a prick who destroyed the civil service protections that have been in existence for generations, participates in the destruction of a system that funded scientific research proven to save millions of lives and perhaps countless untold millions in the future, destroys carefully nurtured careers for hundreds of thousands with untold follow-on effects for families, communities and then cries to the press about being in political danger from having done that? God speed Big Balls. 1 1 Quote
romad1 Posted November 24 Posted November 24 19 minutes ago, romad1 said: Can you imagine the shameless gaul of a prick who destroyed the civil service protections that have been in existence for generations, participates in the destruction of a system that funded scientific research proven to save millions of lives and perhaps countless untold millions in the future, destroys carefully nurtured careers for hundreds of thousands with untold follow-on effects for families, communities and then cries to the press about being in political danger from having done that? God speed Big Balls. Oh, and he/they also shattered any semblance of Inspector General and audit overwatch of the federal agencies so that political corruption can run rampant. Quote
chasfh Posted December 3 Posted December 3 I think there might be a couple things going on here: (1) With the way MAGAfied owners of the mainstream media have been caving in by giving eight-figure settlements to Trump's bogus library, it's hard to stand up for the journalistic integrity of an institution that's now fearfully pulling their punches; and (2) it's also difficult to keep the outrage over attacks on the media by this particular regime amped up for nine years running. There are so, so many other horrible things happening simultaneously on so many fronts and there's only so much attention people can pay to any one thing. That's why the Firehose Strategy works so well. Quote
Mr.TaterSalad Posted December 3 Posted December 3 On 11/23/2025 at 8:34 AM, romad1 said: A couple things on the social media Lords of Olympus. 1. https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/meta-buried-causal-evidence-social-media-harm-us-court-filings-allege-2025-11-23/ 2. We need to reform these bastards. Coulda had this women as our President. She's literally been talking about reforming and/or breaking up big social media and tech companies for years now. Quote
Motown Bombers Posted December 3 Posted December 3 I still can't get over how Elizabeth Warren whipped up a bunch of young white leftists to cancel student debt and then lied and said Biden could end all student debt with a stroke of a pen. Quote
Mr.TaterSalad Posted December 4 Posted December 4 On 12/3/2025 at 1:04 PM, Motown Bombers said: I still can't get over how Elizabeth Warren whipped up a bunch of young white leftists to cancel student debt and then lied and said Biden could end all student debt with a stroke of a pen. She didn't lie, the Supreme Court ****ed student debt cancellation over. The Higher Education Act of 1965 allows for this to be done but the Supreme Court screwed it all up. 1 Quote
Mr.TaterSalad Posted December 4 Posted December 4 What kind of biased bull**** is this? Does Melissa Hortman's family get a townhall now too? 1 Quote
gehringer_2 Posted December 4 Posted December 4 5 minutes ago, Mr.TaterSalad said: What kind of biased bull**** is this? Does Melissa Hortman's family get a townhall now too? are they repped by a young bleach blonde that wears leather pants? Quote
romad1 Posted December 4 Posted December 4 The CBC of Canada is saying something here. Its implying something, something involving people who are doing things they shouldn't with people they shouldn't and there is a coverup. Quote
chasfh Posted December 5 Posted December 5 5 hours ago, Mr.TaterSalad said: What kind of biased bull**** is this? Does Melissa Hortman's family get a townhall now too? CBS News, if not completely gone, is definitely wandering through the desert. Quote
chasfh Posted December 5 Posted December 5 5 hours ago, Mr.TaterSalad said: What kind of biased bull**** is this? Does Melissa Hortman's family get a townhall now too? Also, I just noticed this X post by CBS got ratioed as f***. Like, 6 to 1. Quote
gehringer_2 Posted December 5 Posted December 5 38 minutes ago, chasfh said: CBS News, if not completely gone, is definitely wandering through the desert. this was cute Quote
chasfh Posted Monday at 09:51 PM Posted Monday at 09:51 PM Surely you have heard about the paramount hostile takeover bid to keep Netflix from purchasing Warner Brothers Discovery, and that Trump himself is ready to put his tiny ugly thumb on the scale for paramount. I subscribing to a TV business newsletter, and I saw this post within it, which I thought was fascinating. I wouldn't say I am cynical, but I do think of myself as fairly savvy. But I did not have a clear idea of just how much social media traffic is bought, frequently by nefarious forces seeking to, frankly, destroy America as we know it. Here is an object lesson in that, right here. ***** THE DETAILS OF A SECRET CONSERVATIVE MEDIA EFFORT TO SINK THE NETFLIX BID FOR WARNER BROS. STUDIOS AND STREAMING One advantage of having a substantial readership is that I have readers from every industry and political belief. And I hear from them on a regular basis. My reader emails can top 250-300 a day. More if I am writing something that resonates strongly with some people. However, those emails also include a lot of tips and that has led to me breaking a number of stories over the past couple of years. And today’s exclusive started with a reader email I received on Friday. It came from someone who is a moderately popular conservative influencer, but also someone who has a strong sense of what he will and won’t for the cause. He had just received a unsolicited pitch from someone he didn’t know. A bland Gmail address and a name he had never heard before. But the subject of the email got his attention: I initially wasn’t sure if the pitch was legitimate, but he was able to connect me with two other conservative influencers who didn’t want to talk to me at length. But they did confirm they received the pitch and forwarded me their emails, which were identical to the one above. None of these influencers wanted to be publicly identified - for obvious reasons. But they are all relatively well-known influencers and it seems unlikely they would concoct some story to cause trouble. One of the three had responded to the pitch and had received an offer letter and contract back for approval. I’m not going to share that here, because it is filled with personably identifiable information. But this offer could make someone thousands of dollars pretty quickly, which makes me suspect that whomever is doing it is willing to pour resources into the efforts. I reached out to email address on the pitches and didn’t receive a response. I’m not going to speculate on who might be behind this or which influencers might have made a deal. Because honestly, it can be hard to determine sometimes if influencers are being bought or just jumping in to ride the engagement train of other accounts. But I will note that I saw a lot of thought-provoking tweets over the weekend on X. And I can’t help suspecting that not all of the opinions being shared by the various conservative influencers and media types were entirely sincere: Quote
LaceyLou Posted Tuesday at 06:21 PM Posted Tuesday at 06:21 PM The first image that came to my mind was the Rabbit of Seville. Quote
CMRivdogs Posted Tuesday at 06:30 PM Posted Tuesday at 06:30 PM 6 minutes ago, LaceyLou said: The first image that came to my mind was the Rabbit of Seville. Kill the Wabbit Kill the Wabbit... That's how we came to enjoy classical music in the 1960s. When men were men and Uncle Miltie dressed like a woman... 1 Quote
The Ronz Posted Tuesday at 06:48 PM Posted Tuesday at 06:48 PM (edited) 21 minutes ago, CMRivdogs said: That's how we came to enjoy classical music in the 1960s. When men were men and Uncle Miltie dressed like a woman... I learned of Georges Bizet's "March of the Toreadors" by watching a movie about a girl playing on a boy's baseball team. Edited Tuesday at 06:51 PM by The Ronz 2 Quote
CMRivdogs Posted Tuesday at 06:58 PM Posted Tuesday at 06:58 PM So many classical music pieces. I'm assuming they were all part of public domain so there was no need to get permission. Lone Ranger Theme, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, numerous Disney Cartoons. And that was before the "Young Peoples Concerts" on CBS back in the day. Quote
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