Ron DeSantis Escalates His Fight With Disney; Mentions Possibility of Building State Prison on Land Adjacent to Disneyworld

This escalation comes after Disney's escalation. Just before DeSantis' replacements for the Reedy Creek development board were set to come in, the old Disney-shill members voted all of the board's authority to be transferred to the Disney Corporation for all of eternity, or at least as close as is legally possible:

The newly created Central Florida Tourism Oversight District says the binding agreement passed last month by the previous board hands Disney total power over development of the area.
The declaration is valid until "21 years after the death of the last survivor of the descendants of King Charles III, king of England", according to the document.
The King in GermanyImage source, Getty Images
Such so-called royal lives clauses have been inserted into legal documentation since the late 17th Century, and they are still found in some contracts in the UK, though rarely in the US.

And he talked about playing hardball until Disney relents.

DeSantis is fighting this obviously-illegal transfer of political power to a corporation and will get it revoked in court or by the legislature, or both.

The Florida Legislature will reassert that the state has control of Disney World's Reedy Creek Improvement District, Gov. Ron DeSantis declared in the theme park's backyard Monday.
At a news conference in Lake Buena Vista, DeSantis also said lawmakers would take away the company's self-inspection of rides and monorails and allow the state to examine a ride if someone is seriously injured on it.
He then mused about potentially selling off utilities, and even developing district land that Disney doesn't own.
"People are like, 'Well, ... what should we do with this land?" said a smiling DeSantis. "... Maybe create a state park, maybe try to do more amusement parks? Someone even said, 'Maybe you need another state prison?' Who knows? I just think that the possibilities are endless."
He also said the last-minute moves by the outgoing board to grant Disney wide-ranging powers over the district had a "plethora of legal infirmities" and that a provision of state law allowed the state to revoke such development agreements.
DeSantis' hand-picked oversight board, which will meet on Wednesday, will also consider revoking the development agreement and other measures, he said.
The governor said lawmakers could move on the bills as soon as next week.
Asked whether the state would take away the ride inspection exemption granted to all major theme parks in the state, including Universal Orlando, SeaWorld, Busch Gardens and Legoland, DeSantis suggested only Disney would be affected.

DeSantis threatens to build a PRISON next to Disney as payback for trying to strip his powers: Florida Governor ramps up Reedy Creek war and refuses to let 'corporate kingdom' serve 'as its own government'

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DeSantis railed against the Disney corporation for trying to outmaneuver him when it cut a special deal with the old oversight board it controlled before the new board, appointed by him, took over.
'They thought that they could create some type of development agreements that would essentially render everything that we did null and void and put them in control in perpetuity for this. Well that's not going to work. That's not going to fly,' he said.
He said legislation is in the works to nullify that agreement.
'One of the Florida's statutes provides the legislature with the authority to revoke development agreements in this exact type of instance,' he said during the press conference.

'And so I've worked with both leaders of the House and Senate. There is a bill that will be put out in the Florida Legislature that will make sure that the agreements purported to be entered into by Disney are revoked and the people's will is established,' he noted.
'We will not have one corporation serving as its own government,' he declared.
He said that even if the legislature didn't revoke the agreement, the deal wouldn't hold up legally, calling it a 'sham agreement.'
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'For them to try to do an end run around the people of Florida to shows how arrogant they are,' the governor told iHeart radio in Orlando Monday morning.
'We are also going to have our state control board meet on Wednesday. And they're going to be unveiling a series of initiatives designed to make sure that Disney is held accountable and so stay tuned for those as well.'

A source tells The Federalist's Tristan Justice that this corrupt scheme is void.

According to Florida statute, local governments -- in this case, the Reedy Creek board -- are required to take three steps when making changes to special district agreements such as the one that established Disney's quasi-governmental status. They must hold two public hearings, advertise those hearings in a local newspaper, and offer notice by mail to "all affected property owners before the first public hearing."
In a statement to the Associated Press, Disney said the agreements took place in public.
"All agreements signed between Disney and the District were appropriate, and were discussed and approved in open, noticed public forums in compliance with Florida's Government in the Sunshine law," the company said.
Disney's first hearing on the issue was held Jan. 25, and the second on Feb. 8. The company advertised proceedings in the Orlando Sentinel. The last requirement of Florida law, however, that all affected property owners be given notice by mail, was skipped entirely, according to sources familiar with Disney's proceedings. The missed mandate means the company would have to restart the process for its 11th-hour resolution to be valid.

The Florida Governor suggests the state may sell Reedy Creek utilities to a private entity. It should be noted that utility companies such as Duke Energy have donated heavily to the Friends of Ron DeSantis PAC. pic.twitter.com/eCSwj3xC2s
— Mickey Views (@MickeyViews) April 17, 2023

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1 BOLD

Posted by: Alec Baldwin at April 17, 2023 05:33 PM (ppBhU)

2 STILL BOLD

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls - an election is simply a festival for the majority at April 17, 2023 05:33 PM (ppBhU)

3 No longer

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at April 17, 2023 05:34 PM (Vwz3I)

4 See?

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at April 17, 2023 05:34 PM (Vwz3I)

5 So dropping a Duke on Disney??

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at April 17, 2023 05:35 PM (Vwz3I)

6
Ron DeSantis Escalates His Fight With Disney; Mentions Possibility of Building State Prison on Land Adjacent to Disneyworld

Disney's new "Pick Up That Hitchhiker?" ride is gonna be lit!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 17, 2023 05:36 PM (pNxlR)

7 Building a prison next to Disneyland doesn't seem fair. I thing an airport would be much better.

Posted by: Ripley at April 17, 2023 05:37 PM (cUYo/)

8 The declaration is valid until "21 years after the death of the last survivor of the descendants of King Charles III, king of England", according to the document.

I automatically thought that meant Bonnie Prince Charlie and not the current Chuck.

(A Scotsman can dream, eh?)

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at April 17, 2023 05:37 PM (N3zMI)

9 It should be noted that utility companies such as Duke Energy have donated heavily to the Friends of Ron DeSantis PAC

OH NOOOO!!!!

Anyway....

Posted by: Puddleglum at April 17, 2023 05:37 PM (sAmhv)

10 Building a prison next to Disneyland doesn't seem fair. I thing an airport would be much better.

Posted by: Ripley at April 17, 2023 05:37 PM (cUYo/)

Bombing Range

Posted by: Archer at April 17, 2023 05:38 PM (gmo/4)

11 What a total GOPe corporate cuck. Now, go enjoy a cold Bud Light!

Posted by: Donald Trump Jr. at April 17, 2023 05:38 PM (xPl2J)

12 Fire with fire, b1tches!

Posted by: One and only Ron at April 17, 2023 05:38 PM (VsUo2)

13 Is that land upwind? How about a feedlot?

Posted by: Emmie at April 17, 2023 05:39 PM (Emce2)

14 I daw Plethora of Legal Infirmities open for Muse at Coachella back in 2014....

Posted by: runner at April 17, 2023 05:39 PM (xNg0H)

15 DeSantis railed against the Disney corporation...
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Ironic as Disney's government has exempted its monorail from annual safety inspections.

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at April 17, 2023 05:39 PM (Vwz3I)

16 10 Building a prison next to Disneyland doesn't seem fair. I thing an airport would be much better.

Posted by: Ripley at April 17, 2023 05:37 PM (cUYo/)

Bombing Range

Posted by: Archer at April 17, 2023 05:38 PM (gmo/4)

Landfill

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls - an election is simply a festival for the majority at April 17, 2023 05:39 PM (ppBhU)

17 *saw !

Posted by: runner at April 17, 2023 05:39 PM (xNg0H)

18 13 Is that land upwind? How about a feedlot?
Posted by: Emmie at April 17, 2023 05:39 PM (Emce2)

AND a papermill.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at April 17, 2023 05:39 PM (N3zMI)

19 wow- Ron really has a case of the ass for Disney

like Ahab and the whale

Posted by: DB - interrupting the broadcast at April 17, 2023 05:39 PM (geLO8)

20
Bombing Range

Posted by: Archer

Disney's new "Oopsie!" ride is gonna be lit!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 17, 2023 05:40 PM (pNxlR)

21 Sewage treatment plant.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at April 17, 2023 05:40 PM (XMwZJ)

22 my God, the fucking insurrectionists running twitter are promoting so much anti-desantis shit, constant leftwing drivel.

Posted by: sockamster, gator at April 17, 2023 05:40 PM (MLrvz)

23 Building a prison next to Disneyland doesn't seem fair. I thing an airport would be much better.

Posted by: Ripley at April 17, 2023 05:37 PM (cUYo/)

Declare the property no longer a part of FL, then build a wall around it with a death line - Berlin 1960.

Posted by: Archer at April 17, 2023 05:40 PM (gmo/4)

24 Could do a Prison-Amusement park. The rides would be thrilling with the Drop the Soap Splash Ride, Pirates of Rikers, Shank-Town, Shiv-Tea Cups, It's a Small Dick...

Posted by: Cheri at April 17, 2023 05:40 PM (oiNtH)

25 Building a prison next to Disneyland doesn't seem fair. I thing an airport would be much better.

Posted by: Ripley at April 17, 2023 05:37 PM (cUYo/)
______________

Section 8 housing.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 17, 2023 05:40 PM (YqDXo)

26 Joe Biden suggested that Ron put a Chinese Level IV Biolab next door.

Posted by: Confucius at April 17, 2023 05:40 PM (VsUo2)

27 Is there a prevailing wind direction near Dizzyworld? If so, build a sanatorium for AIDS and monkeypox victims directly upwind of it.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 17, 2023 05:40 PM (tkR6S)

28 A guy called Thomas Peterffy, a big Republican donor, is looking at NOT donating or supporting Ron DeSantis because of "book banning" in schools (sexually explicit tran-sexual tomes) and his stance on abortion (limitations that look like what abortion laws are in most of Europe).
More at Zero Hedge.
https://tinyurl.com/mdhr2chm

This confirms my premise that the top donors (100-200
rich people) in the Republican Par-tay have more in common with the top Democrat Par-tay donors than with the regular folk.

Posted by: A face in the crowd..... at April 17, 2023 05:40 PM (vcOmj)

29 "21 years after the death of the last survivor of the descendants of King Charles III, king of England"

You can do that?

Posted by: Ned Racine at April 17, 2023 05:40 PM (rDG9M)

30 Man, I MUST work plethora of legal infirmities into something !

Posted by: runner at April 17, 2023 05:40 PM (xNg0H)

31 Paper mill.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at April 17, 2023 05:41 PM (ZqJGw)

32 the old Disney-shill members voted all of the board's authority to be transferred to the Disney Corporation for all of eternity, or at least as close as is legally possible:
_____________

Please. How can one body encumber the actions of future bodies in perpetuity?

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 17, 2023 05:41 PM (YqDXo)

33 how about making all roads leading into DisneyWorld toll roads at $10K per car, $250K per bus, in perpetuity or until 100 years after the last Biden cadavers up.

Posted by: x at April 17, 2023 05:41 PM (ZBPE2)

34 To boldly go where no citizen of Endor has ever gone before!

Posted by: Dr. Bone at April 17, 2023 05:41 PM (V4X9X)

35 Thomas Peterpuffery?

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at April 17, 2023 05:41 PM (XMwZJ)

36 Rendering Plant.

Posted by: Archer at April 17, 2023 05:42 PM (gmo/4)

37 Fuck joe biden AND fuck Disney.

Posted by: Marooned at April 17, 2023 05:42 PM (kt8QE)

38 Disney was exempt from STATE inspections on their rides and REEDY CREEK (DISNEY WORLD) specifically had the MONORAIL exempt from inspections.

Disney could Hire their own property evaluation inspectors, that was ended.

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at April 17, 2023 05:43 PM (dKiJG)

39 Pig farm.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 17, 2023 05:43 PM (YqDXo)

40 I approve of Gov. DeSantis' "Disney Pedo to Prison Pipeline" initiative.

Posted by: Stu Podaso at April 17, 2023 05:43 PM (MnTZ8)

41 Ron sure does seem thin skinned. Not the kind of temperament for president.

Nikki Haley 4 president.

Posted by: TJM's phone at April 17, 2023 05:43 PM (LvTSG)

42 Ironic as Disney's government has exempted its monorail from annual safety inspections.
Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at April 17, 2023 05:39 PM (Vwz3I)

Well, I don't think any theme park/amusement park should be exempt from State safety inspections for their rides.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 17, 2023 05:43 PM (tkR6S)

43 The Florida Governor suggests the state may sell Reedy Creek utilities to a private entity.

Force them to power entirely with green energy, and pay the commiserate costs. Give them exactly what they want. Give it to them good and hard.

Posted by: Flyguy at April 17, 2023 05:44 PM (VrVjC)

44 "21 years after the death of the last survivor of the descendants of King Charles III, king of England"
************
Could be sooner than they think.

Posted by: IRA Provos at April 17, 2023 05:44 PM (jmw2u)

45 Cuff and perp walk Mickey on a daily basis.

Posted by: N, L. at April 17, 2023 05:44 PM (eGTCV)

46 Well, I don't think any theme park/amusement park should be exempt from State safety inspections for their rides.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 17, 2023 05:43 PM (tkR6S)
_____________

Agreed. Actually, it's stupid of Disney to be responsible for inspecting their own rides. Imagine the liability if/when there's an accident. Having a third part inspect them provides some shelter from that.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 17, 2023 05:45 PM (YqDXo)

47 "21 years after the death of the last survivor of the descendants of King Charles III, king of England"
************
Could be sooner than they think.

Ron should have them all killed.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls - an election is simply a festival for the majority at April 17, 2023 05:45 PM (ppBhU)

48 Cattle rendering abattoir.
The sweet smell of victory.

Posted by: Ouchy #1 at April 17, 2023 05:45 PM (VsUo2)

49 I like the cut of this guy's jib

Posted by: Grape Juice Plus at April 17, 2023 05:45 PM (ufJfM)

50 Walt Disney State Prison

You could keep it full just with Disney employees.

Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at April 17, 2023 05:45 PM (iKBwy)

51
Mickey Mouse, Pederast

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 17, 2023 05:46 PM (pNxlR)

52 the old Disney-shill members voted all of the board's authority to be transferred to the Disney Corporation for all of eternity, or at least as close as is legally possible:
_____________

Please. How can one body encumber the actions of future bodies in perpetuity?
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 17, 2023 05:41 PM (YqDXo)

You're talking about the people who get the federal laws on trademark and copyright changed/extended regularly.

Posted by: TexasDan at April 17, 2023 05:46 PM (z/ifB)

53 33 how about making all roads leading into DisneyWorld toll roads at $10K per car, $250K per bus, in perpetuity or until 100 years after the last Biden cadavers up.
Posted by: x

A toll road to enter Disney property, and a toll road to leave Disney property.

Posted by: Stu Podaso at April 17, 2023 05:46 PM (MnTZ8)

54 I watched a YT video which made the agreement, Charles III, king of England is the most senior direct descendant of Charlemagne.

Posted by: Archer at April 17, 2023 05:46 PM (gmo/4)

55 At some point, this Mexican Standoff will resolve itself, hopefully DeSantis doesn't get burned.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 17, 2023 05:47 PM (RSVcK)

56 DeSantis is certainly using the power of his office to try and crush the conservative nemesis Disney. Normally I would care about authoritarians doing this, but because I no longer defend Wall Street Corporations that screw over Main Street, I say "more, please."

Posted by: Coki at April 17, 2023 05:47 PM (LGV1j)

57 Special prison for pedos.
Vertical integration for Disney.

Posted by: Ouchy #2 at April 17, 2023 05:47 PM (VsUo2)

58 >>>The last requirement of Florida law, however, that all affected property owners be given notice by mail, was skipped entirely, according to sources familiar with Disney's proceedings.

They would have to show a real effort to have done this. Otherwise the agreement will be ruled as unenforceable. I don't think a Judge wants to recklessly ratify an illegal agreement with one side clearly not having a good faith negotiating agent.

Posted by: mikethemoose at April 17, 2023 05:47 PM (YHZy+)

59 A guy called Thomas Peterffy, a big Republican donor, is looking at NOT donating or supporting Ron DeSantis because of "book banning" in schools (sexually explicit tran-sexual tomes) and his stance on abortion (limitations that look like what abortion laws are in most of Europe).
More at Zero Hedge.
https://tinyurl.com/mdhr2chm

This confirms my premise that the top donors (100-200
rich people) in the Republican Par-tay have more in common with the top Democrat Par-tay donors than with the regular folk.
Posted by: A face in the crowd..... at April 17, 2023 05:40 PM (vcOmj)

Good. You need much more of that. Drive away the big-donor faggots, and the little donors become much more important to the GOP, which might actually have to sit up and take notice.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 17, 2023 05:47 PM (tkR6S)

60 Bill Kristol
@BillKristol

DeSantis really wants to be Orban.

Posted by: redridinghood at April 17, 2023 05:47 PM (NpAcC)

61 OT it will be interesting to see if Akron goes up in flames tonight. A grand jury declined to indict cops who shot a African American youth. He was fleeing from cops shot at cops from car then got out of car went into a bldg and cops shot him about 40x.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 17, 2023 05:47 PM (Uk8NJ)

62 "Actually, it's stupid of Disney to be responsible for inspecting their own rides. Imagine the liability if/when there's an accident. Having a third part inspect them provides some shelter from that.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara"
***************
Any shelter from when alligators grab little kids at the resort?

Posted by: Cosda at April 17, 2023 05:47 PM (jmw2u)

63 Only thing better could be a sewage treatment plant

Posted by: Skip at April 17, 2023 05:47 PM (xhxe8)

64 Nothing says putrid like a paper processing mill.

Posted by: Ouchy #3 at April 17, 2023 05:48 PM (VsUo2)

65 Duke Energy was buddy buddy with Obama.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 17, 2023 05:48 PM (63Dwl)

66 The Florida should require that Disney rides must be operated by carnies and have those county fair carnival rides.

Posted by: Beartooth at April 17, 2023 05:48 PM (SJLjq)

67 Walt Disney State Prison

You could keep it full just with Disney employees.

Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at April 17, 2023 05:45 PM (iKBwy)

Well, the pedophile cell block would definitely be crowded.

Posted by: Archer at April 17, 2023 05:48 PM (gmo/4)

68 A toll road to enter Disney property, and a toll road to leave Disney property.
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Environmentalists agree, you have to get tax money from EVs to pay for highways somehow!

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at April 17, 2023 05:48 PM (Vwz3I)

69 Nuclear power plant named Chernobyl II.

Posted by: Ouchy #4 at April 17, 2023 05:49 PM (VsUo2)

70 >>>Ron sure does seem thin skinned. Not the kind of temperament for president.

Nikki Haley 4 president.

Posted by: TJM's phone

>I want to take Nikki to Unkraine and give her a Zelenskyy. In Spades.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at April 17, 2023 05:49 PM (V4X9X)

71 46 Well, I don't think any theme park/amusement park should be exempt from State safety inspections for their rides.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Who has more to lose?
Who has more knowledge of what is safe for these systems?
Who is less inclined to take payoffs or pad regulations with unnecessary bs?

Most regulations are not doing what most people think they are doing. I am not a libertarian who thinks they all need to be abolished, but a lot.

Posted by: Ned Racine at April 17, 2023 05:49 PM (rDG9M)

72 "Fuck Mickey Mouse! Fuck him in the asshole with a big rubber dick, then break it off and beat him with the rest of it. I hope mickey dies. I do, I hope he god-damn dies. I hope he gets a hold of some tainted cheese, and dies lonely and forgotten, behind the baseboard of a soiled bathroom, in a poor neighborhood, with his hand in Goofy’s pants. Mickey Mouse – no wonder no one in the world takes our country seriously. We're wasting valuable television-time, informing our citizens of the age of an imaginary rodent!" -- George Carlin

Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at April 17, 2023 05:50 PM (iKBwy)

73 They better watch out for suicide bombers dressed as Mickey Mouse at Chuck's coronation

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 17, 2023 05:50 PM (Uk8NJ)

74 Mickey Mouse, Pederast
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 17, 2023 05:46 PM

This fall, on CBS...

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 17, 2023 05:50 PM (Wnv9h)

75 love the Gov!

Posted by: BlackCisOrchid at April 17, 2023 05:50 PM (w0NJk)

76 Sulfur processing facility

Posted by: Ouchy #5 at April 17, 2023 05:51 PM (VsUo2)

77 Damn it! Unkraine shares a beach with Wakanda.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at April 17, 2023 05:51 PM (V4X9X)

78 @sahilkapur

NEW: Republicans reject Feinstein committee swap, putting Democrats in a bind

Cornyn is a NO.
Tillis is a NO.

Blackburn, Cotton, Fischer, Capito and Ernst are also a NO.

Ernst: “We're not going to help the Democrats with that.”

No apparent path to 60.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 17, 2023 05:51 PM (ZLI7S)

79 Asked whether the state would take away the ride inspection exemption granted to all major theme parks in the state, including Universal Orlando, SeaWorld, Busch Gardens and Legoland, DeSantis suggested only Disney would be affected

That's an unforced error.

What he should have said: Any theme park with covenants that were "in effect until twenty one (21) years after the death of the last survivor of the descendants of King Charles III, King of England" would be subject to immediate inspection.

Posted by: Chuck C at April 17, 2023 05:51 PM (xttsV)

80 I find it interesting that a company that has spent decades rehabilitating the American view of the monarchical system would insert a legal clause tied to the British monarchy, when we fought a bloody revolution to separate ourselves from that system.

Where's all the "but muh democracy!" whiners now?

Posted by: pookysgirl, born a free American at April 17, 2023 05:51 PM (dtlDP)

81 This confirms my premise that the top donors (100-200
rich people) in the Republican Par-tay have more in common with the top Democrat Par-tay donors than with the regular folk.

they all have dumb as shit woke wives/girlfriends/favorite daughters (or "daughters")

Posted by: BlackCisOrchid at April 17, 2023 05:52 PM (w0NJk)

82 Bill Kristol
@BillKristol

DeSantis really wants to be Orban.
Posted by: redridinghood at April 17, 2023 05:47 PM

He says that like it's a bad thing.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 17, 2023 05:52 PM (Wnv9h)

83 >>>Normally I would care about authoritarians doing this

When corporations become brazenly political beyond their business scope they don't deserve to be treated like businesses anymore. The idea is we treat corporations apolitically because their profit motive is supposed to be fundamentally apolitical inasmuch as politics doesn't directly impact their business. When they use their power to Wade into the political arena to use their profits to pursue specific ideological political goals they should be treated as ruthlessly as you would a foreign actor in the same instance. As the soulless corporation knows no loyalty beyond its own ambitions, and is not practically accountable to the fate of any sovereign.

Posted by: mikethemoose at April 17, 2023 05:52 PM (YHZy+)

84 NEW: Republicans reject Feinstein committee swap, putting Democrats in a bind

good work now stick to it you weasels

Posted by: BlackCisOrchid at April 17, 2023 05:53 PM (w0NJk)

85 71 46 Well, I don't think any theme park/amusement park should be exempt from State safety inspections for their rides.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Who has more to lose?
Who has more knowledge of what is safe for these systems?
Who is less inclined to take payoffs or pad regulations with unnecessary bs?
_______________

OTOH, who is more susceptible to corporate pressure, corporate employees or third parties?

Compare and contrast:

"Timmy is now a quadriplegic? Well, the ride passed all of the state safety inspections, so ..."

"Timmy is now a quadriplegic? Our paid employees didn't find any problems."

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 17, 2023 05:53 PM (YqDXo)

86 @78 Pierre Delecto "come on guys, play nice"

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 17, 2023 05:53 PM (Uk8NJ)

87 78 @sahilkapur

NEW: Republicans reject Feinstein committee swap, putting Democrats in a bind

Cornyn is a NO.
Tillis is a NO.

Blackburn, Cotton, Fischer, Capito and Ernst are also a NO.

Ernst: “We're not going to help the Democrats with that.”

No apparent path to 60.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 17, 2023 05:51 PM (ZLI7S)

Excellent to hear.

Posted by: Nova Local at April 17, 2023 05:53 PM (exHjb)

88 60 Bill Kristol
@BillKristol

DeSantis really wants to be Orban.

Ron wants to east goulash?

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls - an election is simply a festival for the majority at April 17, 2023 05:53 PM (ppBhU)

89 I favor a landfill. Nothing fills the air like a landfill.

Posted by: Secaucus NJ, Freemont CA at April 17, 2023 05:53 PM (rDG9M)

90 83 >>>Normally I would care about authoritarians doing this

nope he is fulfilling the wishes of the people who he represents

Posted by: BlackCisOrchid at April 17, 2023 05:53 PM (w0NJk)

91 I thought the jurisdiction kerfluffle was done and done a few months ago. I remember everyone high-diving over it.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at April 17, 2023 05:54 PM (BdMk6)

92 Collins is also a no.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 17, 2023 05:54 PM (ZLI7S)

93 Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 17, 2023 05:53 PM (YqDXo)

See, e.g., inspection of the O-rings on the Challenger.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 17, 2023 05:54 PM (YqDXo)

94 Anyhoo, Charles is not "King of England", he's King of the United Kingdom.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at April 17, 2023 05:54 PM (N3zMI)

95 High-fiving

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at April 17, 2023 05:54 PM (BdMk6)

96 Prison, coal-burning power plant, scrap yard, sewage treatment plant, huge cattle stockyard etc. Lots of possibilities for land use that will benefit all Floridians.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 17, 2023 05:55 PM (S21ch)

97 Afternoon.

Disney fucking itself is hilarious.

Call Me Chato over at YouBoob makes some very good points about how Disney corporate culture is ruining all of its subsidiary businesses.

https://youtu.be/i2UNE66UY4o

Posted by: Robert at April 17, 2023 05:55 PM (hEG32)

98 54 I watched a YT video which made the agreement, Charles III, king of England is the most senior direct descendant of Charlemagne.

----

A warning to us all about the dangers of inbreeding.

Posted by: Just Lily at April 17, 2023 05:55 PM (RLLZj)

99 83 >>>Normally I would care about authoritarians doing this

When corporations become brazenly political beyond their business scope they don't deserve to be treated like businesses anymore. The idea is we treat corporations apolitically because their profit motive is supposed to be fundamentally apolitical inasmuch as politics doesn't directly impact their business. When they use their power to Wade into the political arena to use their profits to pursue specific ideological political goals they should be treated as ruthlessly as you would a foreign actor in the same instance. As the soulless corporation knows no loyalty beyond its own ambitions, and is not practically accountable to the fate of any sovereign.
Posted by: mikethemoose at April 17, 2023 05:52 PM (YHZy+)
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Ding ding ding ding

These corporations are no longer operating as fiduciaries of their shareholders and maximizing returns above all else. They are now basically extremely well-funded PACs with dedicated revenue streams. Time to treat them as such.

Posted by: ballistic at April 17, 2023 05:55 PM (oXNqT)

100 Put in a nuclear power plant. Come on Ron. Do it. You know you want to.

Posted by: Regular joe at April 17, 2023 05:55 PM (nnp+f)

101 Actually, it's stupid of Disney to be responsible for inspecting their own rides. Imagine the liability if/when there's an accident. Having a third part inspect them provides some shelter from that.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara"

It is a 3rd party, They are hired inspectors by the Reedy Creek government (Disney) that inspects the rides. Which is why it was a big Deal that Bob Iger admitted that Reedy Creek and Disney are one and the same.

Toll Roads that only for Busses in Disney World would be really funny.

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at April 17, 2023 05:55 PM (dKiJG)

102 See, e.g., inspection of the O-rings on the Challenger.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 17, 2023 05:54 PM

O-ring inspector? Is that a thing?

Posted by: Pete Bootyjudge at April 17, 2023 05:55 PM (Wnv9h)

103 Bill Kristol can go sit on a cactus for all I care

Posted by: Skip at April 17, 2023 05:55 PM (xhxe8)

104 78 @sahilkapur

NEW: Republicans reject Feinstein committee swap, putting Democrats in a bind

Cornyn is a NO.
Tillis is a NO.

Blackburn, Cotton, Fischer, Capito and Ernst are also a NO.

Ernst: “We're not going to help the Democrats with that.”

No apparent path to 60.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 17, 2023 05:51 PM (ZLI7S)
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Great to hear. None of the shit they pulled with Jumanji, the tenth Supreme Court Justice, appointed in the expectation that what's name would pull his own rip cord.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 17, 2023 05:55 PM (YqDXo)

105 Could be sooner than they think.
Posted by: IRA Provos at April 17, 2023 05:44 PM

Second look at a new Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell?

Posted by: Flyguy at April 17, 2023 05:55 PM (VrVjC)

106 When corporations become brazenly political beyond their business scope they don't deserve to be treated like businesses anymore.

Joh-na-than! Joh-na-than! Joh-na-than!

Queue up Bach's Toccata & Fugue in D Minor.

Posted by: Archer at April 17, 2023 05:55 PM (gmo/4)

107 It's probably great that Mitch is not able to secure the Ds and the Uniparty the win. A messy R conference becomes an unwieldy one that is every man/woman for themselves...and NO one wants to be the person that lets libs put even more lawless people on the courts...

Posted by: Nova Local at April 17, 2023 05:55 PM (exHjb)

108 I'm legit surprised the GOP senate chuckleheads are playing hardball over the Feinstein maneuver.

There has to be a reason but one escapes me at this moment.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 17, 2023 05:56 PM (RSVcK)

109 WDW already makes it super hard for people not staying on their properties to come to their resorts.

I'd love them to get a taste of their own medicine. Make it so, Ron.

Posted by: BlackCisOrchid at April 17, 2023 05:56 PM (w0NJk)

110 OTOH, who is more susceptible to corporate pressure, corporate employees or third parties?

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara

I see you have never worked with any regulations or inspectors.
Also, you do not seem to know anyone who works for government. (Who are these honest "third parties" you speak of who are immune to pressure or bribes?

The solution is sunlight regulations, and requirements for liability insurance.

Posted by: Secaucus NJ, Freemont CA at April 17, 2023 05:56 PM (rDG9M)

111 Put a landfill in the area.

Posted by: irongrampa at April 17, 2023 05:56 PM (KATBx)

112 I understand that Chicken farms are particularly odorous. Wouldn’t it be a shame if that ended up next to the Magic Kingdom.

Disney better wise up quickly. You can rarely beat city hall. And all of Disney’s competitors have been desperate to level the playing field for tourist attractions. Disney had an advantage for years - I’m surprised Universal and Sea World haven’t asked Florida to make Disney pay reparations.

Posted by: JakeSpeed at April 17, 2023 05:56 PM (Vu1jV)

113 There's around 900K cattle in Florida at any one time. The Disney Magic Feedlot idea is golden.

Posted by: Angus Hereford at April 17, 2023 05:57 PM (Nn3xT)

114 It is a 3rd party, They are hired inspectors by the Reedy Creek government (Disney) that inspects the rides. Which is why it was a big Deal that Bob Iger admitted that Reedy Creek and Disney are one and the same.
______________

The inspections need to be done at arm's length. None of that getting your employees/ family members etc. to inspect your rides.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 17, 2023 05:57 PM (YqDXo)

115 I'm legit surprised the GOP senate chuckleheads are playing hardball over the Feinstein maneuver.

There has to be a reason but one escapes me at this moment.

They decided to try something new?

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at April 17, 2023 05:57 PM (Bd6X8)

116 As an aside, if Disney wants to remake its animated classics they shouldn't be doing live action remakes. What they *should* do is team with Japanese anime studios to go anime style remakes.

Reimagined Beauty & The Beast but with Beast being a ten foot tall hulking savage and Belle having huge, bouncing breasts.

Posted by: Robert at April 17, 2023 05:57 PM (hEG32)

117 Do I have to go to the Treehouse to find out how this proves DeSantis is in Soros's pocket?

Posted by: Eeyore at April 17, 2023 05:57 PM (TgBWG)

118 This was so prdictable. All the crowing and cheering that the woke press indulged in when DIsney pulled its fast one, the French column included, wass so incredibly stupid. Hey Bob Iger, did you really think escalating the battle against the state governor where you earn essentially all your parks income made sense? Your condescension was just so dumb, allowing as how you would welcome a visit from the governor to discuss the terms of his surrender.

Now, sewage will back up, your customers will find their hotels cllosed by health inspectors, roads "temporarily" closed, employees investigated for child porn (easy one, that!) and taxes mushrooming like summer growth. Empty hotels, empty parks, prisons, garbage recycling plants and maybe a highway or two built through eminent domain..

An unwinnable battle, indulged in only for ego purposes.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 17, 2023 05:58 PM (kFkHo)

119 Cornyn is a NO.

That's nice. I'm still voting against the POS every chance I get, including in the general.

Posted by: Oddbob at April 17, 2023 05:58 PM (nfrXX)

120 Can we lock up Disney pedos in that prison?

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at April 17, 2023 05:58 PM (Mzdiz)

121 Most likely the Senators smell an opportunity to squeeze for whatever pet issues they've wanted for years. Especially since there still isn't, AFAIK, any resolution to the whole budget limit problem.

Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at April 17, 2023 05:58 PM (wmDcS)

122 I'm legit surprised the GOP senate chuckleheads are playing hardball over the Feinstein maneuver.

There has to be a reason but one escapes me at this moment.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 17, 2023 05:56 PM (RSVcK)

The money number isn't where the GOPe needs it to be, yet.

Posted by: Archer at April 17, 2023 05:58 PM (gmo/4)

123 88 60 Bill Kristol
@BillKristol

DeSantis really wants to be Orban.

No one cares what numbnuts grifter Cap'n Bill thinks.

Posted by: N, L. at April 17, 2023 05:59 PM (eGTCV)

124 I see you have never worked with any regulations or inspectors.
Also, you do not seem to know anyone who works for government. (Who are these honest "third parties" you speak of who are immune to pressure or bribes?

The solution is sunlight regulations, and requirements for liability insurance.
Posted by: Secaucus NJ, Freemont CA at April 17, 2023 05:56 PM (rDG9M)
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No, I haven't, but I was thinking of having the inspections carried out not by the government, but by the underwriters of the liability insurance. It's their balls on the anvil if anything goes wrong.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 17, 2023 05:59 PM (YqDXo)

125 An unwinnable battle, indulged in only for ego purposes.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 17, 2023 05:58 PM

Not ego, Trans.

Posted by: Chuck C at April 17, 2023 05:59 PM (xttsV)

126 Reedy Creek did not have comply with the Sunshine law so any accident that happened on property could be swept under the rug.

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at April 17, 2023 05:59 PM (dKiJG)

127 Look at how people get excited when the Republicans announced that they're not going to help the Democrats. That tells you all you need to know.

Posted by: Not trying to be mean but... at April 17, 2023 05:59 PM (uxL/Q)

128 O-ring inspector? Is that a thing?
Posted by: Pete Bootyjudge

My favorite related story - The competitive bid to Thiokol stated that the boosters needed to be built on site since joints are a high risk component and only necessary if transported.

It is suspected that NASA went with Thiokol because building in many congressional districts won them many friends.

Posted by: Gentlemen, this is junta manifest at April 17, 2023 06:00 PM (rDG9M)

129 Greg Price
@greg_price11
Fetterman has made his triumphant return to the Senate.

https://tinyurl.com/378a9d98

Posted by: redridinghood at April 17, 2023 06:00 PM (NpAcC)

130 but by the underwriters of the liability insurance. It's their balls on the anvil if anything goes wrong.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 17, 2023 05:59 PM

My guess is they self-insure. But if they do have a liability carrier, then yes, that would be the best.

Posted by: Chuck C at April 17, 2023 06:00 PM (xttsV)

131 Desantis is going to build the happiest prison on earth.

Posted by: Joe, living dangerously at April 17, 2023 06:01 PM (fKIdX)

132 This was so prdictable. All the crowing and cheering that the woke press indulged in when DIsney pulled its fast one, the French column included, wass so incredibly stupid. Hey Bob Iger, did you really think escalating the battle against the state governor where you earn essentially all your parks income made sense? Your condescension was just so dumb, allowing as how you would welcome a visit from the governor to discuss the terms of his surrender.
______________

It was incredibly stupid. Iger just handed a populist governor the perfect target to make that governor's popularity (in Florida, and nationwide) skyrocket. Dumb.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 17, 2023 06:01 PM (YqDXo)

133 Fetterman has made his triumphant return to the Senate.

what a sad joke

I again apologize for my corrupt state

Posted by: BlackCisOrchid at April 17, 2023 06:01 PM (w0NJk)

134 No, I haven't, but I was thinking of having the inspections carried out not by the government, but by the underwriters of the liability insurance. It's their balls on the anvil if anything goes wrong.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara

So we agree. Sorted.

Posted by: Gentlemen, this is junta manifest at April 17, 2023 06:02 PM (rDG9M)

135 Cornyn is a NO.

No apparent path to 60.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 17, 2023 05:51 PM (ZLI7S)

...

Cornyn is going to put on a good act for awhile here as he tries to become the new majority leader.

Posted by: TexasDan at April 17, 2023 06:02 PM (z/ifB)

136 Rendering plant

Manure composting facility

Stockyard

Posted by: Stu Podaso at April 17, 2023 06:02 PM (MnTZ8)

137 Walt Disney was King of Cartoons.

Posted by: Pee Wee at April 17, 2023 06:02 PM (63Dwl)

138 Building a prison next door to disney would be epic!

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 17, 2023 06:02 PM (ncXxy)

139 >Republicans reject Feinstein committee swap, putting Democrats in a bind

GOPe wants the courts, rather than the voters, to be their firewall versus the Dems.

Posted by: davidt at April 17, 2023 06:02 PM (SYTee)

140 It was incredibly stupid. Iger just handed a populist governor the perfect target to make that governor's popularity (in Florida, and nationwide) skyrocket. Dumb.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 17, 2023 06:01 PM (YqDXo)

It's almost as if the people who destroyed the Star Wars franchise were imbeciles.

Posted by: Just Lily at April 17, 2023 06:02 PM (RLLZj)

141
Disney's in a bind
Way behind
And willing to make a deal

But not with DeSantis. They will fight. And they've got a shit ton of money to play with, even if it costs the shareholders everything.

It's a pissing contest now. Everyone's gonna' smell funky when it's over.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 17, 2023 06:03 PM (Q4IgG)

142 My favorite related story - The competitive bid to Thiokol stated that the boosters needed to be built on site since joints are a high risk component and only necessary if transported.

It is suspected that NASA went with Thiokol because building in many congressional districts won them many friends.
Posted by: Gentlemen, this is junta manifest at April 17, 2023 06:00 PM (rDG9M)
_______________

Why did NASA ignore the warnings of engineers re the O-rings? Because NASA brass was determined to launch the Challenger at that time, cold weather notwithstanding, for the PR. Which, God knows, they got plenty of.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 17, 2023 06:03 PM (YqDXo)

143 Manure processing plant. The kind that reduces the manure to fertilizer, nitrate products, extracts any saltpeter out of the mix for packaging.

OMG, the smell is enough to gag a Seattle homeless panhandling junkie. And they do their thing right next to the Seattle Fish Market.

*sees official Diver's Flag out in the middle of the manure settling tank*

Oh, look! Disney's new ride is up and running now!

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveton, TX

Posted by: Jim at April 17, 2023 06:03 PM (e6UQI)

144 82 Bill Kristol
@BillKristol

DeSantis really wants to be Orban.
Posted by: redridinghood at April 17, 2023 05:47 PM

He says that like it's a bad thing.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

Heh! That's what I was thinking.

Posted by: Puddleglum at April 17, 2023 06:03 PM (sAmhv)

145 I again apologize for my corrupt state

Posted by: BlackCisOrchid at April 17, 2023 06:01 PM (w0NJk)

No need. Not your fault.

Posted by: Archer at April 17, 2023 06:04 PM (gmo/4)

146 This no vote puts the Feinstein people on the hook for the delays. They will relent by Saturday and we will get a 30 something or Schiff.

Posted by: Jamaica NYC at April 17, 2023 06:04 PM (Eeb9P)

147 Iger can't win this, so what is he doing? Is he going to resign as CEO and announce he's running for president to fight fascism?

Posted by: Not trying to be mean but... at April 17, 2023 06:04 PM (uxL/Q)

148 Bill Kristol
@BillKristol

DeSantis really wants to be Orban.

Posted by: redridinghood at April 17, 2023 05:47 PM (NpAcC)

Don't we all?!

Posted by: pookysgirl, humming a Hungarian folk tune at April 17, 2023 06:04 PM (dtlDP)

149 Look at how people get excited when the Republicans announced that they're not going to help the Democrats. That tells you all you need to know.
Posted by: Not trying to be mean but... at April 17, 2023 05:59 PM

They can announce whatever they want. My money is still on Feinstein wants out, the Dems want to make her a martyr as the GOP forces out an elderly stateswoman and the GOP makes money because the "did something". Everyone wins, Kabuki theatre at it's finest.

Posted by: Flyguy at April 17, 2023 06:04 PM (VrVjC)

150 Another LOSE for Desanctimonious. Boy you Neocons sure can picks 'em. TRUMP 2024 2028.

Posted by: MikeNew at April 17, 2023 06:05 PM (EAg9Y)

151 Cornyn is a NO.

That's nice. I'm still voting against the POS every chance I get, including in the general.
Posted by: Oddbob at April 17, 2023 05:58 PM (nfrXX)

...

Maybe ace can invent a straw poll widget for the site, and he can put up a Cornyn poll every morning so we can vote against that POS daily over coffee.

Posted by: TexasDan at April 17, 2023 06:05 PM (z/ifB)

152 126 Reedy Creek did not have comply with the Sunshine law so any accident that happened on property could be swept under the rug.
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at April 17, 2023 05:59 PM (dKiJG)

Like the kid that got ate by an alligator at one of Disney's hotels?

Posted by: Beartooth at April 17, 2023 06:05 PM (SJLjq)

153 My premise is that the GOPe does nothing but cooperate with the donks . Ask yourself, what does Chuck want?

Posted by: Jamaica NYC at April 17, 2023 06:06 PM (Eeb9P)

154 60 Bill Kristol
@BillKristol

DeSantis really wants to be Orban.

***

That's pretty funny, Bill. You should put that in your magazine. Oh, wait.

Posted by: Azathoth at April 17, 2023 06:06 PM (wb1YC)

155 120 Can we lock up Disney pedos in that prison?
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at April 17, 2023 05:58 PM (Mzdiz)

Why yes of course and we can apply the Reedy Creek rules of due process—-no hearing.

Posted by: 7man at April 17, 2023 06:06 PM (qwO6y)

156 147 Iger can't win this, so what is he doing? Is he going to resign as CEO and announce he's running for president to fight fascism?
Posted by: Not trying to be mean but... at April 17, 2023 06:04 PM (uxL/Q)
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That's why it's stupid: he can't win. DeSantis holds all the cards (in this case, the legislature), and the more Iger resists, the more popular DeSantis gets.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 17, 2023 06:06 PM (YqDXo)

157 Has David French the Apostate written the long form version of the Cap'n Bill tweet?

Posted by: N, L. at April 17, 2023 06:06 PM (eGTCV)

158
The missed mandate means the company would have to restart the process for its 11th-hour resolution to be valid.

The Pennsylvania Secretary of State at the time neglected to advertise in every county newspaper some change in state law that effected the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) bankruptcy case. A women, one of the most protected of classes. Fired.

Don't get in the way of trial lawyers cozying up to the free buffet to get 33% of 20% of the net worth of the BSA. When they should have gone for 100% bankruptcy.

:: Burp ::

Posted by: Divide by Zero at April 17, 2023 06:07 PM (enJYY)

159 >>GOPe wants the courts, rather than the voters, to be their firewall versus the Dems.

It also forces Democrats to do nothing or work to push out a woman from the Senate. Democrat women voters might not like that very much.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 17, 2023 06:07 PM (ZLI7S)

160 That's why it's stupid: he can't win. DeSantis holds all the cards (in this case, the legislature), and the more Iger resists, the more popular DeSantis gets.

it's a sunk cost fallacy - Iger can't bring himself to stop fighting

lol it's funny

Posted by: BlackCisOrchid at April 17, 2023 06:07 PM (w0NJk)

161 133 Fetterman has made his triumphant return to the Senate.

what a sad joke

I again apologize for my corrupt state
Posted by: BlackCisOrchid

With Yakkety Sax as his walk in music. Don't apologize. PA is saddled with 2 big, corrupt, blue cities and a useless GOP.

Posted by: Puddleglum at April 17, 2023 06:07 PM (sAmhv)

162 Has anyone considered this move by Disney to reboot King Ralph as a multi film franchise? They kind of hinted at it with the clause about the royal family.

Posted by: Mishdog at April 17, 2023 06:07 PM (hyrne)

163 "law", LOL

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - we are being gaslighted 24/365 at April 17, 2023 06:07 PM (1WdLY)

164 I've been looking for a shingle master craftperson. Let's nip that rainy season in the 90 yr old bud!

Posted by: Dr. Bone at April 17, 2023 06:07 PM (V4X9X)

165 As an Iowan, I feel experienced enough to propose that anything that involves chicken manure should be built next to Disney.

You can smell that stuff for MILES and it's got an ammonia undertone that'll make your eyes water the closer you get to it.

Posted by: pookysgirl hates manure-knifing days at April 17, 2023 06:08 PM (dtlDP)

166 it's a sunk cost fallacy - Iger can't bring himself to stop fighting

lol it's funny
Posted by: BlackCisOrchid at April 17, 2023 06:07 PM (w0NJk)
_____________

Exactly. It's the old Chinese handcuffs; the harder you try to extract your fingers, the harder it clamps down. The only way to win is not to play.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 17, 2023 06:08 PM (YqDXo)

167 Desantis is going to build the happiest prison on earth.
Posted by: Joe, living dangerously

Then he needs to build it in Tijuana, Disneyland for adults.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at April 17, 2023 06:09 PM (FVME7)

168 It is suspected that NASA went with Thiokol because building in many congressional districts won them many friends.

***

If I recall correctly from that era, the original designed for the solid rocket boosters had them designed as one long airframe unit and were to be floated down the Mississippi to get to Florida. That was immediately shitcanned by Congress screaming at NASA because there were too many missed opportunities for graft and pork by hauling them across the country in pieces.

Posted by: Azathoth at April 17, 2023 06:10 PM (wb1YC)

169 Just jack up amusement park, property taxes and offset it with a residential property tax cut.

It just cuts out a lot of the legal wrangling and hits them where it hurts. I also love seeing liberals whine about a MegaCorps taxes going up.

Posted by: Blago at April 17, 2023 06:10 PM (nC1Gw)

170 Why did NASA ignore the warnings of engineers re the O-rings? Because NASA brass was determined to launch the Challenger at that time, cold weather notwithstanding, for the PR. Which, God knows, they got plenty of.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara

To be fair (sorry, I do not mean to be contradictory) I think whenever anything like this goes wrong you can find an engineer who predicted it. I don't know how obvious it was beforehand. I know that I have walked out of projects that were unsafe but I have never been in on anything this big. Anyone who claims they predicted it and did not walk off needs to be ignored.

The whole program at that point was PR, though. First woman, First black, first geezer, first teacher --opps, scratch that last one.

Posted by: Gentlemen, this is junta manifest at April 17, 2023 06:10 PM (rDG9M)

171 One liberal land has decided to become decidedly pro-cop...and anti-Soros prosecutor...

https://tinyurl.com/ycuzb7ue

"Grand jury declines to indict Fairfax Co. officer who shot unarmed man near Tysons Corner Center" is the headline...and then the rest is that he was shoplifting, ran, and then decided heading for the forest in the dark was a good idea...

Now, I don't know that this was the best shoot...but I don't think it was ever beating criminal reasonable doubt. Especially if government land won't even give you the indictment - either terrible prosecutorial presentation or grand jury relationship...or a message sent that we aren't blue like other places...

Posted by: Nova Local at April 17, 2023 06:10 PM (exHjb)

172 I think building a prison next to the gigantic theme park that Orlando has turned into would be a pretty stupid self-own for the sake of social media kudos. Disney is being punished well enough just by yanking its special status.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 17, 2023 06:10 PM (0hOvj)

173 The prison guards need to dress as Mickey, Minnie and Goofy.

Posted by: N, L. at April 17, 2023 06:10 PM (eGTCV)

174 Fetterman has made his triumphant return to the Senate.

what a sad joke

I again apologize for my corrupt state
Posted by: BlackCisOrchid at April 17, 2023 06:01 PM (w0NJk)

Hello, goodnight everyone

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at April 17, 2023 06:10 PM (NtVYv)

175 94 Anyhoo, Charles is not "King of England", he's King of the United Kingdom.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at April 17, 2023 05:54 PM (N3zMI)

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This is not a trivial point. There hasn't been a "King of England" since 1707, when England and Scotland were effectively dissolved (along with their respective kingships), replaced by the United Kingdom of Great Britain. Charles III is King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

So even if every other legal avenue to overturn the old board's power grab failed (and I'd rather it be overturned on a more general "this is bullshit on stilts" position rather than picking at a detail error), it could still be easily brushed aside for this.

Posted by: Qwinn at April 17, 2023 06:10 PM (xu9tO)

176 Duke Energy was buddy buddy with Obama.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot,
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Big time...really big time.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 17, 2023 06:11 PM (f6J3V)

177 Iger can't win this, so what is he doing? Is he going to resign as CEO and announce he's running for president to fight fascism?
Posted by: Not trying to be mean but... at April 17, 2023 06:04 PM (uxL/Q)
_____________

That's why it's stupid: he can't win. DeSantis holds all the cards (in this case, the legislature), and the more Iger resists, the more popular DeSantis gets.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 17, 2023 06:06 PM

Pretty soon disney is going to have to file an in kind political contribution for desantis the way this is going. They are literally pi$$ing off 3/4 of the population of Florida by pulling this $hit.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 17, 2023 06:11 PM (ncXxy)

178 That's why it's stupid: he can't win. DeSantis holds all the cards (in this case, the legislature), and the more Iger resists, the more popular DeSantis gets.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 17, 2023 06:06 PM

Even leaving DeSantis out of it, I imagine that the Legislature is pissed off.

Posted by: Chuck C at April 17, 2023 06:11 PM (xttsV)

179 I take that back - terrible cop presentation and/or hatred of the prosecutor...both were probably true

...

Posted by: Nova Local at April 17, 2023 06:11 PM (exHjb)

180 https://tinyurl.com/mvt5np59
20 Tweets from Bad Blue

Really good stuff this evening

Posted by: Skip at April 17, 2023 06:11 PM (xhxe8)

181 The Florida Governor suggests the state may sell Reedy Creek utilities to a private entity. It should be noted that utility companies such as Duke Energy have donated heavily to the Friends of Ron DeSantis PAC.

How much did Disney donate? Because you know they did. Does that make it okay to turn it over to a different business?

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 17, 2023 06:12 PM (0hOvj)

182
NEW: Republicans reject Feinstein committee swap, putting Democrats in a bind

Tillis is a NO.
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*That* really surprises me.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 17, 2023 06:12 PM (f6J3V)

183 This rider is so obviously illegal and unenforceable it would not pass a cursory document inspection from the notary at my local savings and loan.

Posted by: LenNeal at April 17, 2023 06:12 PM (Z94Ov)

184 Comcast was as well holding fundraisers for Barky

Posted by: Skip at April 17, 2023 06:13 PM (xhxe8)

185 I love Trump but DeathSantis is a god.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at April 17, 2023 06:13 PM (LcDIH)

186 The idea that a group could make a rule ... that extends through time and applies to another group ? That's retarded. That implies that a group would simply obey ... because the sacred scrolls say so.

Of course ... that retardation also applies to those that ratified thousands of tyrants at home ... rather than one an ocean away.

The Anti-Federalists were right.

Posted by: Tailor at April 17, 2023 06:13 PM (zpt1t)

187 I again apologize for my corrupt state
Posted by: BlackCisOrchid at April 17, 2023 06:01 PM (w0NJk)

Speak for yourself

Posted by: Zombie John Murtha at April 17, 2023 06:13 PM (rDG9M)

188 Imminent Domain all of Disney for affordable housing.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 17, 2023 06:14 PM (8bcdK)

189 No; DeSantis is not a God either.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 17, 2023 06:14 PM (Keyt1)

190 The prison idea next to Disney is great. They could have a small small world ride with child rape displays and rioting and murder and grand theft car. Wow the possibilities are endless

Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 17, 2023 06:14 PM (Irn0L)

191 I'd rather it be overturned on a more general "this is bullshit on stilts" position rather than picking at a detail error),

Posted by: Qwinn at April 17, 2023 06:10 PM

I don't know. "Your vaunted corporate lawyers screwed up the King Charles clause" is amusing on its own.

Posted by: Chuck C at April 17, 2023 06:15 PM (xttsV)

192 *That* really surprises me.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 17, 2023 06:12 PM (f6J3V)

Me too... Wonder how long they'll hang out

Posted by: It's me donna at April 17, 2023 06:15 PM (bs+z0)

193 Nobody commented on my Ned Racine sock above

IIRC, the plot line in Body Heat was that he wrote a will that bequeathed the estate in perpetuity. That was why Matty picked him up, and picked him as the fall guy.

Posted by: Zombie John Murtha at April 17, 2023 06:15 PM (rDG9M)

194 >>>No; DeSantis is not a God either.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Lower case, not an actual god

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at April 17, 2023 06:15 PM (LcDIH)

195 what a sad joke

I again apologize for my corrupt state
Posted by: BlackCisOrchid at April 17, 2023 06:01 PM (w0NJk)

Hello, goodnight everyone
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at April 17, 2023 06:10 PM (NtVYv)
********
No need to apologize, but I would avoid drinking the water.
I think they're putting mind altering drugs in it.

Posted by: redridinghood at April 17, 2023 06:16 PM (NpAcC)

196 > I understand that Chicken farms are particularly odorous. Wouldn’t it be a shame if that ended up next to the Magic Kingdom.

Pig farms are WAAAAAAAAAAY worse.

Posted by: bonhomme at April 17, 2023 06:16 PM (j2Xg6)

197 If we're apologizing for States, I'm sorry for California....

Posted by: It's me donna at April 17, 2023 06:16 PM (bs+z0)

198 The world's largest swine farm and amusement park,
Hog World debuts on Reedy Creek in 2024...

Posted by: Mister Ghost at April 17, 2023 06:17 PM (TGPs7)

199 The prison idea next to Disney is great. They could have a small small world ride with child rape displays and rioting and murder and grand theft car. Wow the possibilities are endless
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 17, 2023 06:14 PM (Irn0L)
---
You could dedicate an entire wing to Disney child-groomers. And one wing for the rest of the K-12 groomers in FL education.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 17, 2023 06:17 PM (BpYfr)

200 The pedophiles and groomers started this shit. Burn Disney down.

Posted by: Jak Sucio at April 17, 2023 06:17 PM (Aoykm)

201 >>>what a sad joke

I again apologize for my corrupt state
Posted by: BlackCisOrchid at April 17, 2023 06:01 PM (w0NJk)

Truth. PA is awful.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at April 17, 2023 06:17 PM (LcDIH)

202 The prison idea next to Disney is great.

Section. Eight. Housing.

Posted by: Chuck C at April 17, 2023 06:17 PM (xttsV)

203 I understand that Chicken farms are particularly odorous. Wouldn’t it be a shame if that ended up next to the Magic Kingdom.

Pig farms are WAAAAAAAAAAY worse.
Posted by: bonhomme at April 17, 2023 06:16 PM (j2Xg6)
---
Where should they put the sriracha manufacturing facility?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 17, 2023 06:18 PM (BpYfr)

204 It's a small cell af-ter all
It's a small cell af-ter all

It's a small, small cell

Posted by: Mickey at April 17, 2023 06:18 PM (sWM8x)

205
As an Iowan, I feel experienced enough to propose that anything that involves chicken manure should be built next to Disney.

You can smell that stuff for MILES and it's got an ammonia undertone that'll make your eyes water the closer you get to it.

Posted by: pookysgirl hates manure-knifing days at April 17, 2023 06:08 PM (dtlDP)

As a Pennsylvanian with grandparents with a chicken coop I rate your statement 100% true. I remember driving, in the middle of the night, behind a trailer full of live Purdue chickens and wanting to stick a scented pine tree air freshener up each nostrils.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at April 17, 2023 06:18 PM (enJYY)

206 The idea that a group could make a rule ... that extends through time and applies to another group ? That's retarded. That implies that a group would simply obey ... because the sacred scrolls say so.

Of course ... that retardation also applies to those that ratified thousands of tyrants at home ... rather than one an ocean away.

The Anti-Federalists were right.

Posted by: Tailor at April 17, 2023 06:13 PM

This is seriously like the Pentavaret stuff in that I married an axe murderer movie from michael meyers made. Colonel Sanders until he went tits up.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 17, 2023 06:19 PM (ncXxy)

207 > The whole program at that point was PR, though. First woman, First black, first geezer, first teacher --opps, scratch that last one.
______________

NASA's Artemis 3rd mission is supposed to have the first woman and POC land on the moon while the two white dudes who get them there chill in orbit.

If it were me... I'd leave them there.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 17, 2023 06:19 PM (Q4IgG)

208 This is not a trivial point. There hasn't been a "King of England" since 1707, when England and Scotland were effectively dissolved (along with their respective kingships), replaced by the United Kingdom of Great Britain.

I simply do not care. Anyone who obeys this - based on such minutia ? I don't care about them either.

We've reached the "let it all burn because its just stupid" portion of the program.

Posted by: Tailor at April 17, 2023 06:19 PM (zpt1t)

209 Turn DisneyWorld into a gator refuge. Allow them to ramble through the park.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at April 17, 2023 06:19 PM (LcDIH)

210 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPMS6tGOACo

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 17, 2023 06:19 PM (ncXxy)

211 Arrest Iger for child abuse.

Posted by: N, L. at April 17, 2023 06:20 PM (eGTCV)

212 Years ago I worked as a maintenance mechanic for a trucking company. The depot that I was at was right next to a huge mushroom farm. The farm had a giant mound of horse shit the size of Khufu's pyramid for growing the shrooms. That is what we need to park next to the mouse house.

After a rain when the sun came out it would smoke like Mt Etna and the reek was ungodly.

Posted by: The guy that moves pianos for a living at April 17, 2023 06:20 PM (ZvsxP)

213 yeah, I vote for pig farm

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - we are being gaslighted 24/365 at April 17, 2023 06:21 PM (1WdLY)

214 DeSantis is not a god-upper OR lower case, although I appreciate your respect for him, Wyatt, and I think he's a good man and a fine Governor.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 17, 2023 06:21 PM (Keyt1)

215 >>>After a rain when the sun came out it would smoke like Mt Etna and the reek was ungodly.
Posted by: The guy that moves pianos for a living

So smells like Biden?

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at April 17, 2023 06:21 PM (LcDIH)

216 The declaration is valid until "21 years after the death of the last survivor of the descendants of King Charles III, king of England", according to the document.

US law does not recognize titles of nobility. This should be the major fuck up involved but I'm sure some homunculi of a Hawaiian judge would be ok with it.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 17, 2023 06:22 PM (jzzG8)

217 I lived many years in an area with a variety of livestock farms--hog barns are the worst. In time they become the wurst.

Posted by: N, L. at April 17, 2023 06:22 PM (eGTCV)

218 you need to see the video of that big lug jumping out of his stretch-SUV in shorts and hoodie to understand why I'm apologetic

he makes the USA look crappier than he looks

he's an embarrassment

Posted by: BlackCisOrchid at April 17, 2023 06:22 PM (w0NJk)

219 Florida is going to win, DeSantis doesn't need to be parsimonious.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at April 17, 2023 06:22 PM (oWBc3)

220 I would also demand DNA tests on Diana's two boys.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 17, 2023 06:23 PM (8bcdK)

221 >>>DeSantis is not a god-upper OR lower case, although I appreciate your respect for him, Wyatt, and I think he's a good man and a fine Governor.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

He certainly won't take any gruff from the left.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at April 17, 2023 06:23 PM (LcDIH)

222 The farm had a giant mound of horse shit the size of Khufu's pyramid for growing the shrooms.
Posted by: The guy that moves pianos

And I'm till looking for the Donkey!

Posted by: Zombie Ronald Reagan at April 17, 2023 06:23 PM (rDG9M)

223 Wiki excerpt - Peterffy is founder and owner of Interactive Brokers
During the 2016 presidential election cycle, Peterffy gave heavily to Republicans and donated $5,400 to the campaign of Republican nominee Donald Trump. Discussing the 2016 election in 2021, he said "I am actually not a Trump fan at all. I hope he won't run again." Peterffy also says the Republican Party is "completely adrift". However, he did donate $5,400 to the 2020 Trump reelection campaign and cited his support for the president because he is "very committed to antisocialism, anticollectivism". Peterffy lives three doors down from Mar-a-Lago, where he is a member.

Peterffy donated $7 million to the Senate Leadership Fund a super PAC closely-linked to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. In the 2022 election he donated $6.8 million to Republican-aligned super PACs.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 17, 2023 06:23 PM (fs1hN)

224 it would be funny if the state put like, massive billboards all along the roads in that corridor

and sold ads on them to Universal and LegoLand and Sea World lol

Posted by: BlackCisOrchid at April 17, 2023 06:24 PM (w0NJk)

225 If we're apologizing for States, I'm sorry for California....
Posted by: It's me donna at April 17, 2023 06:16 PM

Yeah....Massachusetts. Oops.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 17, 2023 06:24 PM (Wnv9h)

226 literally every other tweet:

"haha, ron densatis lost to disney., also it rained"

"burhhh wha about clarence thomas corrupotion getting monies from friend, wat that?"

Posted by: sockamster, gator at April 17, 2023 06:24 PM (MLrvz)

227 I don't care if I win or lose ... but damn it, you will treat my pet peeves with RESPECT !!!

Posted by: Tailor at April 17, 2023 06:24 PM (zpt1t)

228 Disney's attempt to shift everything off to another body doesn't work or change anything. Its a lame stunt hoping to stall for time but the truth is, the state's deal still holds and the state's law still controls that land. If the state decides its over, then its over, no matter what subgroup of a corporation's spin-off has legal title.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 17, 2023 06:25 PM (0hOvj)

229 Surprised no one is talking about the DeSantis brain trust blanketing the NRA convention with allegations that Trump is soft on guns. Setting aside that his Presidency was far better for gun owners than anyone had a right to expect, this is the kind of absolutely retarded take that the NeverTrump movement is famous for. And NRA members, like CPAC members, can see clearly which politicians show up- and which ones stuck with their fundraising tours.

Posted by: trev006 at April 17, 2023 06:25 PM (DTm0P)

230 @218

>>he makes the USA look crappier than he looks.he's an embarrassment.

Pennsylvania could have been repped by a world famous thoracic heart surgeon, holder of numerous patents in surgical techniques.

Alas, there was that unfortunate crudite incident, the rest is history.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 17, 2023 06:25 PM (up/3i)

231 225 If we're apologizing for States, I'm sorry for California....
Posted by: It's me donna at April 17, 2023 06:16 PM

Yeah....Massachusetts. Oops.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

You got a f--ing problem, a--hole?

Posted by: New Jersey at April 17, 2023 06:25 PM (rDG9M)

232 Don't know if this has been mentioned because I haven't been around all day, but just saw polls from Arizona and PA on RCP which show Trump losing to Biden but DeSantis beating Biden.
I find this very interesting.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at April 17, 2023 06:26 PM (Y+l9t)

233 Iger is rich and powerful, therefore smart. He built Disney into an empire through his creative genius of buying up other franchises and slowly killing them, so he must be a The Smartest Man In The Room.

Posted by: Regular joe at April 17, 2023 06:26 PM (nnp+f)

234 The GOPe just doing some pretend fighting back to make them look tougher for primary season.

The deal is probably to be extra mean girls to McCarthy when it comes to the budget negotiations, make it seem like the House is being ridiculous in not giving Biden the Pedo everything he wants.

Posted by: UwU_Power at April 17, 2023 06:26 PM (dG1OT)

235 Pay no attention to my Baluga-like forehead.

Posted by: John Cornyn at April 17, 2023 06:26 PM (sWM8x)

236 Florida is going to win, DeSantis doesn't need to be parsimonious.
Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at April 17, 2023 06:22 PM (oWBc3)

That's what I'm talking about Indig.....uh. Yeah!!

Posted by: Jeb! at April 17, 2023 06:26 PM (Aoykm)

237 Disney's attempt to shift everything off to another body doesn't work or change anything. Its a lame stunt hoping to stall for time but the truth is, the state's deal still holds and the state's law still controls that land. If the state decides its over, then its over, no matter what subgroup of a corporation's spin-off has legal title.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 17, 2023 06:25 PM

Yep. And the kicker is if disney had not said anything we would not be having this conversation, but no they had to make a political statement and then refused to back down when they got called on it.

This is all on disney and them doubling down on stoopid.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 17, 2023 06:27 PM (ncXxy)

238 I'm not going to get caught in a DeSantis vs. Trump feud. I'll take either if they can actually win, and I'm sure if they do win I'll be disappointed in their job performance after that win.

Posted by: DFCtomm at April 17, 2023 06:27 PM (NTi06)

239 Thanks Skip !

Posted by: JT at April 17, 2023 06:27 PM (T4tVD)

240 Nobody needs to apologize for their state unless they're a politician or votes for Democrats, Heck, I've only voted against Democrats for about 14 years and I'm not even going to apologize for NJ.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 17, 2023 06:27 PM (Keyt1)

241 232 Don't know if this has been mentioned because I haven't been around all day, but just saw polls from Arizona and PA on RCP which show Trump losing to Biden but DeSantis beating Biden.
I find this very interesting.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at April 17, 2023 06:26 PM (Y+l9t)

Arizona and PA won't go for Trump or DeSantis with the way "voting" is being done

Posted by: It's me donna at April 17, 2023 06:27 PM (bs+z0)

242 Yo Wyatt Earp, saw the dirt bike rally in Philly. Interesting times. Very Mad Max.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at April 17, 2023 06:28 PM (oWBc3)

243 Governor Meatball Has The Meat!

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at April 17, 2023 06:29 PM (R/m4+)

244 86 @78 Pierre Delecto "come on guys, play nice"
Posted by: Smell the Glove

...as he's on all fours looking back over his shoulder as the train of Disney pervs are lining up behind his bare ass for their turn at "Lucky Pierre".

Posted by: Oops! He Did It Again at April 17, 2023 06:29 PM (VsUo2)

245 Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 17, 2023 06:17 PM (BpYfr)

Did the outraged students manage to wake/sober up in time for their second scheduled display of outrage?

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at April 17, 2023 06:30 PM (nC+QA)

246 Arizona and PA won't go for Trump or DeSantis with the way "voting" is being done
Posted by: It's me donna at April 17, 2023 06:27 PM (bs+z0)

+++++++

You should have included a spoiler alert on that for some of the true cons, but look how far they've come since 2016. There might be hope for them yet, if there is anything left to save by the time they've bought a clue.

Posted by: DFCtomm at April 17, 2023 06:30 PM (NTi06)

247
Pennsylvania also could have had a combat veteran as Senator. An author and woman of color, extremely conservative, who would have divided the Philadelphia vote/fraud in half and swept the state.

Melania liked Oz. Or so the excuse goes.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at April 17, 2023 06:31 PM (enJYY)

248 I automatically thought that meant Bonnie Prince Charlie and not the current Chuck.

(A Scotsman can dream, eh?)
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at April 17, 2023 05:37 PM (N3zMI)

Makes loyalty toast with hand over the water glass.

Posted by: Fox2! at April 17, 2023 06:31 PM (jf6Id)

249 Ah, Jeb! At 246, keyboard warrior hubris. Love you guys, great paving stones in the coming times.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at April 17, 2023 06:31 PM (oWBc3)

250 Disney's chutzpah is only exceeded by their hubris.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 17, 2023 06:31 PM (8bcdK)

251 Convicts of the Caribbean does have a nice ring to it.

Posted by: Citizen Cake at April 17, 2023 06:31 PM (CwhoI)

252 236, my apologies.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at April 17, 2023 06:31 PM (oWBc3)

253 Polls are meaningless, its all about the paper, and who can collect and jam the most paper into the tabulators.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 17, 2023 06:32 PM (up/3i)

254 Nood.

Posted by: Flyguy at April 17, 2023 06:32 PM (VrVjC)

255 218 you need to see the video of that big lug jumping out of his stretch-SUV in shorts and hoodie to understand why I'm apologetic

he makes the USA look crappier than he looks

he's an embarrassment
Posted by: BlackCisOrchid

C'mon, man. He was mayor of Braddock, PA!! It's on all the Top 10 lists (don't look it up). It was a mess when he took over and when he left it was...exactly the same!!! So, no real damage done!!

Posted by: Puddleglum at April 17, 2023 06:32 PM (sAmhv)

256 And pertaining to everything - this is all because of corporate law.

All corporate law does is create a very, very big financial entity ... by which anyone with the necessary ambition can rise within and then manipulate to their own ends, with little or no personal responsibility.

But we love our cars. So we love our corporations. Which absolutely hate us.

Posted by: Tailor at April 17, 2023 06:33 PM (zpt1t)

257 Germany's housing prices down 10% in the last two years.

*POP*

https://bit.ly/41uMPtW

Posted by: bonhomme at April 17, 2023 06:33 PM (j2Xg6)

258 If DeSantis really wanted to play hardcore, he could mandate that all law enforcement policies on Disney property will be the same as Chicago's.

Posted by: Citizen Cake at April 17, 2023 06:33 PM (CwhoI)

259
You got a f--ing problem, a--hole?
Posted by: New Jersey at April 17, 2023 06:25 PM (rDG9M)

Speaking of a-holes, on Friday, I was using the ladies room in the Wawa at a heavily trafficked part of the state of PA not that far from NJ, and there was some chick who has having a fight with her boyfriend while she was on the toilet, Every other word was "F'ing". It seemed an inappropriate place to have a have a telephone slugfest with her boyfriend, especially since there were only two stalls and there were four people waiting to use the bathroom. She could have been from PA or NJ, but she could have saved the "f-fest" fight till she got in her car.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 17, 2023 06:33 PM (Keyt1)

260 249 Ah, Jeb! At 246, keyboard warrior hubris. Love you guys, great paving stones in the coming times.
Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at April 17, 2023 06:31 PM (oWBc3)

+++++++

You aren't a professional writer, as most of us aren't, but that might as well have been encrypted.

Posted by: DFCtomm at April 17, 2023 06:34 PM (NTi06)

261 petterfly has cut back funding since 2018, so hes full of hot air, he does give mcconnell apiece of the actions though

Posted by: no 6 at April 17, 2023 06:35 PM (PXvVL)

262 LOL Netflix is doing a Cleopatra miniseries... and they .. they cast a ... a black woman... I'm sorry I am laughing too hard.. they cast a black woman as the Macedonian Cleopatra because everyone in Africa is black, you see?

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 17, 2023 06:36 PM (0hOvj)

263 OK so I'm a bit calmer now. Netflix removed a petition to stop the show over this ridiculous race swapping because it "violated their community standards"

https://tinyurl.com/mxansxtx

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 17, 2023 06:38 PM (0hOvj)

264 you need to see the video of that big lug jumping out of his stretch-SUV in shorts and hoodie to understand why I'm apologetic

he makes the USA look crappier than he looks

***

I realize this genetic throwback wears clothes slightly less well than the average horse does but you would think that someone would point out to Quasimodo that he needs to stop dressing like a roadie for a rap group at some point in his life.

Posted by: Azathoth at April 17, 2023 06:39 PM (wb1YC)

265 REI is leaving Portland after 20 years.

So, so sad.

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at April 17, 2023 06:40 PM (sWM8x)

266 Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 17, 2023 06:17 PM (BpYfr)

Did the outraged students manage to wake/sober up in time for their second scheduled display of outrage?
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at April 17, 2023 06:30 PM (nC+QA)
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I was gonna post about this on the ONT, but not really. It was 5 sad looking dudes (and actual dudes) holding pathetic signs that no one could read unless you were right up next to them. Worst. Protest. Ever.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 17, 2023 06:40 PM (BpYfr)

267 Miss Lindsey: This is a stark reminder that Al Qaeda and ISIS still exist, and is yet another example of how having troops stationed in the region – working with partners – allows America to hit the terrorists before they hit us.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 17, 2023 06:40 PM (xAJtR)

268 Is swabbing decks still a thing? Or do they spend all their time with LGBTQLMNOP+ poetry?

https://twitter.com/i/status/1646205509568020488

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 17, 2023 06:40 PM (fs1hN)

269 LOL Netflix is doing a Cleopatra miniseries... and they .. they cast a ... a black woman... I'm sorry I am laughing too hard.. they cast a black woman as the Macedonian Cleopatra because everyone in Africa is black, you see?

***

It's a pity they can't drop the people behind that show off somewhere in Cairo so they can explain to the Egyptians how they're actually Africans.

Posted by: Azathoth at April 17, 2023 06:42 PM (wb1YC)

270 nood hits

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at April 17, 2023 06:44 PM (Vwz3I)

271 Too much DEI for REI made it DIE?

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 17, 2023 06:44 PM (xAJtR)

272 More than one Cleopatra movie coming out, also controversial (just as outrageous as being wrong about the ethnicity of Cleopatra is the claim that she is very bland looking, them's fightin' words) -

“Which Hollywood dumbass thought it would be a good idea to cast an Israeli actress as Cleopatra (a very bland looking one) instead of a stunning Arab actress,” asked journalist Sameera Khan. “Shame on you, Gal Gadot. Your country steals Arab land & you’re stealing their movie roles.”

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 17, 2023 06:47 PM (fs1hN)

273 If I recall correctly from that era, the original designed for the solid rocket boosters had them designed as one long airframe unit and were to be floated down the Mississippi to get to Florida. That was immediately shitcanned by Congress screaming at NASA because there were too many missed opportunities for graft and pork by hauling them across the country in pieces.

Posted by: Azathoth at April 17, 2023 06:10 PM (wb1YC

The original SRBs were designed to be "similar to" the SRMs from the Titan family of boosters. There was a program to develop a single pour motor using the site of an abandoned TVA nuclear plant, which was cancelled after Challenger. There was also a project to develop a graphite wound SRM casing, probably related, also cancelled after Challenger. There was a big deal when the two demonstrators were delivered by rail to Marshall. They're currently attached to the sub-scale shuttle demonstrator at the Alabama Space and Rocket Center.

Posted by: Fox2! at April 17, 2023 06:52 PM (jf6Id)

274 262 LOL Netflix is doing a Cleopatra miniseries... and they .. they cast a ... a black woman... I'm sorry I am laughing too hard.. they cast a black woman as the Macedonian Cleopatra because everyone in Africa is black, you see?

When will they cast Hitler as a black guy? Plenty of Hitler on the screens.

Posted by: free tibet at April 17, 2023 07:59 PM (HGRa3)

275 Ace has been rooting for DeSantis
His polling has been going down. I don't think going against Disney is going to help

Posted by: Paul at April 17, 2023 08:38 PM (1TxAR)

276 Tһis poѕt will assіst the internet peoplｅ for setting up new blog or
even a blog from start to end.

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