Good point. It's just that considering all the insanity that is this year, I thought it was par for the course of this year rather than par for the course of politics in general.
Or they think they're bootleg Sega Consoles or musical paraphernalia from Phil Collins, Tony Banks, and Mike Rutherford (and maybe others, including Peter Gabriel and Steve Hackett).
I would say this is even worse than Babs because Ms. Streisand didn't anticipate a backlash, whereas Ms. Cain knew what she was doing. Ms. Streisand was ignorant but learned her lesson, whereas Ms. Cain knew that she was doing something wrong but did it anyway.
AT&T + Warner Bros.? Green light!
Disney + Fox? Have at it!
Comcast being de facto (and in some cases de jure) monopolies in some areas of the country! Knock yourself out!
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Re: Re: WTF?
Good point. It's just that considering all the insanity that is this year, I thought it was par for the course of this year rather than par for the course of politics in general.
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Re:
Or they think they're bootleg Sega Consoles or musical paraphernalia from Phil Collins, Tony Banks, and Mike Rutherford (and maybe others, including Peter Gabriel and Steve Hackett).
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Netflix Special
Is there a Netflix Documentary series based on what Richard Liebowitz is doing?
...
...because
A. I would binge the whole thing, and
B. it would damn well explain everything!
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CPB to taxpaying (and non-taxpaying) public
"We're so stupid we think a third-party clone that's clearly labeled as such is a counterfeit."
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Re: wow,
What about Austria?
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Re:
Hi, Jew Here. You misspelled "Christian". You think we're all going to hell.
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WTF?
I would say that we jumped off course and joined the looney bin, but arguments like this are par for the course in a year like 2020.
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Re:
I would say this is even worse than Babs because Ms. Streisand didn't anticipate a backlash, whereas Ms. Cain knew what she was doing. Ms. Streisand was ignorant but learned her lesson, whereas Ms. Cain knew that she was doing something wrong but did it anyway.
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Re:
Say, Mr. Stone, didn't you write a couple of Techdirt posts differentiating between Moderation, Censorship, and Discretion?
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Re:
That'll be news to Ron Wyden.
On the post: White House Supposedly Blocked Walmart From Buying Tiktok Because It Would Prove Its Rationale For Forcing A Deal Was Bullshit
Re: Re: Re: See, here's your mistake:
That's completely true, and I completely agree with it. Probably because it's completely true. ;-)
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Re:
Trump is using every trick in the book to maintain power that he'll never leave voluntarily; he'd have to be forced out kicking and screaming.
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The answer
All speech is free but some speech is freer than others.
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Re: See, here's your mistake:
The party of Trump is a far cry from the party of Eisenhower, let alone the party of Lincoln…
On the post: Bill Barr's 'Antitrust Crackdown' Of Google Is Going To Be A Weaponized Farce
Let me get this straight...
AT&T + Warner Bros.? Green light!
Disney + Fox? Have at it!
Comcast being de facto (and in some cases de jure) monopolies in some areas of the country! Knock yourself out!
Google? THEY MUST BE BROKEN UP!!!
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Re: Re: Murderous left wingers
There it is.
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Re: Re: Re: I'm pessimistic
Yeah, pretty much that. While I didn't know the details of the arcane judicial process, the most superior judge has the last word.
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I'm pessimistic
and here's why: If an appeals court says that the first amendment doesn't apply to Journalists, what are the chances that it'll apply to protestors?
Donald Trump and his reich-wing party basically use the constitution as toilet paper.
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Murdoch to Facebook and Google:
"Fuck you, Pay me!"
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Re: UN observers
Um, how are Journalists war criminals?
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