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I started reading the book “Gone Girl” and noped out after the first chapter because I couldn’t stand the yuppie narrator. Then I saw the film and loved it. Next I read some more books by the same writer and came to realize that she’s a great writer who can create really horrible characters.
Writer was so good she made me not read her book.
You might want to look up a movie called "Network.’
It went from cutting edge satire to staid docudrama in real time.
The original laws were written in broadcast days. Even if we had it today, so many people get their news from privately produced videos that there’d always be a huge number of deliberately uninformed people.
Unveiling the "Wu Tang District’ street sign on Staten Island.
Never before, have I been so offended by something I agree with 100%
I write about the Fairness Doctrine all the time.
Someone commented that they thought it was a terrible idea, because a Flat Earther would be given time.
People today are so used to propaganda that they can’t even imagine what a level playing field looks like.
You’re losing sight of the fact that he and his boss weren’t elected, haven’t been vetted by Congress, and have zero experience.
His name is the least of his problems.
That’s why my comment was [off topic]
Look at Obama. When he went up against Hilary in 2008 no one thought he had a chance.
The problem Bernie had was that he personally couldn’t do the level of organizing it would have taken. Sadly, none of his people stepped up and took the reins.
I contributed to Bernie three times, and three times I saw it sputter out.
Trump is going after senior military officers AND Social Security AND doing an end run around Congress all at once. I just hope that he doesn’t have enough fingers for the dike.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plato's_Retreat [nsfw]
The 1970s were a much, much different time.
All the top officers have been in the military for over 20 years. They have seen Presidents come and go, and are loyal to their fellow service people. Even if they like Trump, firing for political reasons isn’t going to go down well.
Go back to cave people days.
You’d want to know if anyone heard anything dangerous in the night when you woke up, and you’d like to hear if anything interesting happened during the day before you went to sleep.
They have called Social Security “the third rail” of American politics for years.
Old people vote, and they vote in every election without fail.
Jared got his money from the Saudis and now has no use for Trump. Donnie threw Ivanka’s mom in a hole in the ground to get a tax break. Loyalty runs in that clan.
[off topic] In the science fiction classic “The Forever War” Earth’s future army is all homosexual thanks to mental conditioning.
A lot of real life plastic surgery looks like AI art.
Off topic but it reminds me.
Astronaut Chris Hadfeild wrote a fun little thriller I quite enjoyed. The Apollo Murders. If the words “Soviet space pistol” stir your blood, you might want to check it out.
Old bit of political wisdom.
“The Dems fall in love and the GOP falls in line.”
Bill Clinton would have wiped the floor with George Bush Jr. but Al Gore, with the exact same policies as Bill was edged out. [let’s not get into the SCOTUS, Bill would have taken plenty of states W. took]
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I’m a native of the Northeastern United States and I’ve lived in numerous areas depicted in the media as being under the influence of ‘organized crime.’ To wit, Harlem, lower Manhattan, Hell’s Kitchen, and Staten Island.
Actual tough guys never have nicknames like ‘Big Balls.’ Never. The guys you fear have names like ‘the Chin,’ or ‘Bumpy,’ or ‘Legs.’ Al Capone’s buddies called him ‘Snorky.’
Remember when Trump got rid of the White House pandemic office?
Because Trump was a great business man who knew how to save money.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-fire-pandemic-team/