Could we fit all the people that support Trump into Montana? Build a wall around them, ala Escape from New York, and call it a day. They'd have their wall to protect them from the scary brown people.
In October 1994, the FCC gave stations a choice of being carried under the must-carry rules or under a new regulation requiring cable companies to obtain retransmission consent before carrying a broadcast signal. The retransmission consent ruling gave desirable local stations increased power to negotiate the terms of carriage the cable company would provide, including channel preference.
So the local stations can either choose must-carry or re-transmission consent when dealing with cable-cos.
The former means that the cable-co has to carry the channel, but they don't have to pay to channel owner to do so. The latter means that the cable-co is not required to carry the channel, but if it does it has to pay a re-transmission fee to the station owner.
Here's where everything goes to hell. The station owner is always going to choose the re-transmission fee option, because must-carry doesn't get them any money. That option means that the cable-co doesn't have to carry the channel, but the station owner knows that people will scream bloody murder if they can't watch their favorite network shows or sports, and the cable-co will eventually have to cave in.
I just booked a flight for my mother on Allegiant. Initial price for round trip was $200 - not bad. As I started clicking the screens to book the trip:
*Picking you seat fee: $11 - $21 per flight, back -> front *Each carry on bag - $20 - $50, depending on buying at booking or at the airport *Each checked bag - $30 - $50, depending on buying at booking or at the airport
Taking a single carry on and choosing an isle seat in the middle of the plane added another $69...
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Is there a legitimate reason to ship cash? I'm genuinely curious, as it seems like a pretty risky thing to do, even without the cops involved.
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Maybe they were trying to get a Medal of Freedom from Trump? He's giving one to Tiger Woods for winning a golf tournament, so why not?
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Don't count on it. A lot of times you have to purchase the DLC from the same store you purchased the game.
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I never understood why he was never smuggled out of the embassy and taken to Ecuador. Especially after the UK police stopped camping outside.
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He will win in 2020. El Tortuga cannot be stopped!
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Re: I never heard the U.S. say Huawei IS spying…
The same thing could be said about US firms like Cisco.
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Can you imagine the hysteria on countless fronts if a US company like AT&T was banned from other countries without any supporting data?
There's more proof that AT&T spies for the US Government than Huawei spies for the Chinese.
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So Pai's a liar, just like his boss. Go figure
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Could we fit all the people that support Trump into Montana? Build a wall around them, ala Escape from New York, and call it a day. They'd have their wall to protect them from the scary brown people.
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More like a golden shower.
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I prefer the urbandictionary.com definition of Ajit Pai
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Re: Re: Okay, now I read this re-write, looks solid as PART of t
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And how about UK Music's Michael Dugher who really wants to blame Google for everything:
Has OOTB finally been unmasked?
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Here's where it all went wrong
In October 1994, the FCC gave stations a choice of being carried under the must-carry rules or under a new regulation requiring cable companies to obtain retransmission consent before carrying a broadcast signal. The retransmission consent ruling gave desirable local stations increased power to negotiate the terms of carriage the cable company would provide, including channel preference.
So the local stations can either choose must-carry or re-transmission consent when dealing with cable-cos. The former means that the cable-co has to carry the channel, but they don't have to pay to channel owner to do so. The latter means that the cable-co is not required to carry the channel, but if it does it has to pay a re-transmission fee to the station owner.
Here's where everything goes to hell. The station owner is always going to choose the re-transmission fee option, because must-carry doesn't get them any money. That option means that the cable-co doesn't have to carry the channel, but the station owner knows that people will scream bloody murder if they can't watch their favorite network shows or sports, and the cable-co will eventually have to cave in.
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*Picking you seat fee: $11 - $21 per flight, back -> front
*Each carry on bag - $20 - $50, depending on buying at booking or at the airport
*Each checked bag - $30 - $50, depending on buying at booking or at the airport
Taking a single carry on and choosing an isle seat in the middle of the plane added another $69...
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They know exactly who Jesus is. He's one of those damn Mexicans trying to enter the country illegally to take our jobs and rape our women. /s
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