Christopher Nolan Rips Former Partner Warner Bros. for Putting All Movies on HBO

Warner Bros. -- now owned by an incredibly-indebted AT&T -- announced that it would put all of its 2021 movies on HBO Max, with an obligatory, barely-even-counts simultaneous release in movie theaters.

Movie theaters might not even be willing to show a movie that's also on TV at the same time.

Hollywood is reacting angrily. Christopher Nolan, who has a long history with Warner Bros., ripped the company: "Some of our industry's biggest filmmakers and most important movie stars went to bed the night before thinking they were working for the greatest movie studio and woke up to find out they were working for the worst streaming service."

On [December 3rd], Ann Sarnoff -- whose ungainly title is chair and CEO of WarnerMedia Studios and Networks Group -- and Warner Bros. film studio chairman Toby Emmerich called the heads of the major agencies to drop a bombshell: Warners was about to smash the theatrical window, sweeping its entire 17-picture 2021 film slate onto its faltering HBO Max streaming service, debuting them on the same day they would open in whatever theaters could admit customers.
Surprisingly to some in the industry, sources say the idea was the brainchild of Warner Bros. COO Carolyn Blackwood who, looking at a relatively weak 2021 slate, saw an opportunity to avoid the humiliation of potentially bad grosses while currying favor with streamer-obsessed higher-ups.

AT&T doesn't care about the movie business. They only care about the streaming business, and HBOMax has had a poor roll-out. It's an also-ran in the streaming wars.

(To be honest, like most people, I don't even understand what HBOMax is. Is it just the premium side of the already-a-premium-channel HBO? Is it Powered-Up HBO? I don't know! No one does!)

AT&T's move to put all of 2021's movies on HBO, with only a crippled, contractually-obligatory theatrical release, will almost certainly result in lawsuits.

Remember, a lot of the big names in movie production, from producers to directors to stars, get a big cut of a movie's theatrical box office.

And Warner/AT&T has just effectively cancelled, or at least crippled, the theatrical box office-- to benefit HBOMax.

Which the movie's talent has no financial interest in.

The instant response in Hollywood was outrage and a massive girding for battle. "Warners has made a grave mistake," says one top talent agent. "Never have this many people been this upset with one entity." Like others, he had spent much of the day dealing with calls from stunned and angry clients. And that swooshing sound you hear? It's the lawyers, stropping their blades as they prepare for battle: that Warners was self-dealing in shifting these movies to its own streamer, perhaps, or that the company acted in bad faith. Some talent reps say the decision affects not only profit participants but others who have worked on films as the move might affect residual payments. They expect and hope that the guilds will get involved. (The Writers Guild of America declined to comment.)

This is a huge sacrifice play to get HBOMax off the ground. Theatrical exhibition of five of the biggest movies could have brought AT&T maybe one and a half billion dollars. (I'm guessing they take about half of box office receipts, and that the five biggest movies might have grossed three billion all together.)

Instead, they'll get some sign-ups for $10 a month.

They're losing a lot of money here. This only makes sense if they can get a lot of sign-ups, and those signing up stay signing up for a year. Instead of just dumping it after the movie they were interested in is shown.

Midnight's Edge, whose sources tipped them that this was coming weeks ago, have another tip from their sources: AT&T might have done this even without covid.

The reason is that AT&T's entry into the streaming wars, HBOMax, is failing to generate many sign-ups, and buying a library of content for a streaming service was the whole reason for AT&T's acquisition of Warner Bros.

AT&T needs some kind of big attractive content to get people to sign up. Disney has that in The Mandalorian, but what does AT&T have?

Their sources tell them that AT&T had expected that they would launch HBOMax on the promise of four or five Game of Thrones spinoff shows. But, of course, everyone decided they hated Game of Thrones at the finale, and all interest in Game of Thrones immediately fell off to near zero. Further, most of the spinoff shows have been cancelled -- one of them for being "too woke," reportedly.

So HBOMax is debuting its service with the promise of delivering... nothing much, really.

AT&T greenlit the Snyder Cut of Justice League in an attempt to give HBOMax some kind of catchy unique sales proposition. But that's just one movie.

Midnight's Edge's sources tell them that AT&T, therefore, essentially cancelled all the planned 2021 theatrical releases in order to fill the gap created by the implosion of the Game of Thrones franchise.

So if Hollywood begins collapsing -- if this is, as many expect, the first domino that will almost completely end theatrical exhibition in movie houses and cut Hollywood's revenues by, who knows, maybe 75% -- can we say maybe that this was all due to Benioff and Weinberg's total fumble on Game of Thrones?

Has Winter finally come for the media?

(And does this mean obese loudmouth leftist George R.R. Martin singlehandedly destroyed Hollywood due to his laziness?)

>>>9 Huh. So they're putting it out there for anyone with capturing software to watch at their leisure?

yup.

I just don't think you can make enough money to support a big version of Hollywood with streaming.

I think the biggest boxing match charged like $75 for the evening's matches, and pulled in like $400 million.

Hollywood can't make big ticket blockbusters if the most it can make off them is $400 million.

True, they'd keep a big share of that $400 million, rather than splitting it 50/50 with theaters, but this still isn't enough money to support Hollywood As We Know It.

Plus: How many times per year will they have a big enough draw to make $400 million?

Add in piracy and forget it.

I think Hollywood is going to shrink, and salaries are going to shrink even more.

Posted by: Ace at 06:02 PM

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1 uhhh...

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at December 08, 2020 06:01 PM (7Fj9P)

2 First(ish!)

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at December 08, 2020 06:02 PM (7Fj9P)

3 FAILURE TO COMMUNICATE civil war

Posted by: Krissy Wallace Phonics Class at December 08, 2020 06:02 PM (LPu4X)

4 ?

Posted by: Unkaren at December 08, 2020 06:03 PM (vGJY7)

5 If there ain't gonna be a Real United States, why the fuck should there be a Hollywood?

Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain, Cryptid Anarchist at December 08, 2020 06:03 PM (Clxcy)

6 5th

Posted by: BifBewalski AOS Moron at December 08, 2020 06:03 PM (VcFUs)

7 The parasite killed the host. This is what happens afterwards.

Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain, Cryptid Anarchist at December 08, 2020 06:03 PM (Clxcy)

8 #5 YOUR A Lutheran ALSO?

Posted by: Krissy Wallace Phonics Class at December 08, 2020 06:03 PM (LPu4X)

9 Huh. So they're putting it out there for anyone with capturing software to watch at their leisure?

Posted by: Undercover Brother at December 08, 2020 06:04 PM (fCk49)

10 hiya

Posted by: JT at December 08, 2020 06:04 PM (arJlL)

11 Also welcome to being in this together, Hollywood.

Posted by: Undercover Brother at December 08, 2020 06:05 PM (fCk49)

12 All I can say is that it's too bad Hollywood collapsed before somebody took out an option on one of my books.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 08, 2020 06:05 PM (2JVJo)

13 Could they both lose? Please?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 08, 2020 06:05 PM (63Dwl)

14 >>(And does this mean obese loudmouth leftist George R.R. Martin singlehandedly destroyed Hollywood due to his laziness?)

South Park nailed that guy.

Posted by: garrett at December 08, 2020 06:05 PM (2ZUMm)

15 HBO. Home Box Office.

I like this. It's like going to the movies but staying Home.

I think this one has legs.

But how do we get them to buy overpriced concessions.
Maybe Uber drivers....

Posted by: Burnt Toast at December 08, 2020 06:06 PM (/Dgcm)

16 What's worse, if you have a cable service such as Fios, you can just log into HBOmax or plus whatever the hell it is, with you Fios login. So essentially, you don't pay anything extra for that service; nice.

Posted by: stourma at December 08, 2020 06:06 PM (bbYBJ)

17 ALERT HORDE! THIS IS REAL

https://tinyurl.com/y325x58y

This is new today

Posted by: weirdflunky at December 08, 2020 06:06 PM (cknjq)

18 Good for Nolan

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Trump WON, buy guns at December 08, 2020 06:07 PM (ifmtJ)

19 Can't see them in theaters so it's that or don't make any.

Posted by: Skip at December 08, 2020 06:07 PM (9sWOw)

20 Having a deja vu moment re: Texas v SCOTUS

Posted by: Braenyard - wearing Brooks Bros clothes and white shoes at December 08, 2020 06:07 PM (CZm2G)

21 They need to come out with HBOMaxMax

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 08, 2020 06:07 PM (63Dwl)

22 14 >>(And does this mean obese loudmouth leftist George R.R. Martin singlehandedly destroyed Hollywood due to his laziness?)

South Park nailed that guy.
Posted by: garrett at December 08, 2020 06:05 PM (2ZUMm)

God knows nobody else wants to. That's why he writes so much porn.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Trump WON, buy guns at December 08, 2020 06:08 PM (ifmtJ)

23 Put it on anything you want...I'm not interested, really.

I'll read the book.

Posted by: garrett at December 08, 2020 06:08 PM (2ZUMm)

24 Good.
Let it burn then salt the earth.

Posted by: mpfs, Biden will never be my president. MAGA Forever! at December 08, 2020 06:08 PM (79p/O)

25 Don't blame me, I BEGGED for more dick shots in the finale.

Posted by: George R.R.R.R. Martin at December 08, 2020 06:08 PM (YgPn2)

26 This is why I insisted that DB and David would be meeting with the headsman. I personally enjoyed Shazam (aka the real Captain Marvel), but WB has done a generally piss poor job with its cinematic universe. So you can't blame Game of Thrones solely, though they are a major cause of the failure.

What we are seeing now is Hollywood accounting in action. The stars and directors might never see a true blockbuster again, while the execs certainly don't want to hand out more money. The problem they have is- what if the celebrities decide that diminishing returns might be a great reason to expose the pedophilia of the Singers and Epstein types?

Posted by: trev006 at December 08, 2020 06:08 PM (WSKfa)

27 Everyone has gone streaming for any kind of content. I used to like watching MASH reruns, but I think Hulu bought up the property. Now the only way I can watch it is pay Hulu or pay three bucks an episode. NBC now has Peacock, but to get the good programing you have to subscribe to their streaming service. It really sucks on so many levels.

Posted by: Old Blue - Deplorable Trump Chump at December 08, 2020 06:09 PM (VNmG1)

28 We have HBO. Once we figured out that our HBO account + amazon firestick got us onto HBO Max "free" on our TV (roku and HBO Max are having an economic dispute), we installed it. I've been watching more on HBO Max than I ever did on any other station... it is basically Netflix without an additional cost for me.

How long it will be "free" for those paying for HBO? No idea. But for now I installed it because I want to watch Wonder Woman 1984.

Posted by: Ann at December 08, 2020 06:09 PM (NDO5Q)

29
Can't fix it. Whether or not WB gets their way, Hollywood's product is still rat-shit, and they're all fucked.

Sorry, but you can't suck as much as them and stay profitable forever.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 08, 2020 06:09 PM (BvLWD)

30 Levin talking about the Pa case

Posted by: Skip at December 08, 2020 06:09 PM (9sWOw)

31 Good. Let people who want to see movies in theaters do so, and those of us who don't can also watch without waiting through the artificial blackout period, dodging spoilers.

Posted by: Xander Crews at December 08, 2020 06:09 PM (q6o8z)

32 May I recommend the AoSHQ book thread?

Posted by: stumck at December 08, 2020 06:10 PM (WFMLs)

33 >>I BEGGED for more dick shots in the finale.

The whole floppy penis bit in South Park completely ruined that series. In the best of ways.

Posted by: garrett at December 08, 2020 06:10 PM (2ZUMm)

34 I hope they all go broke and fucking starve.

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis at December 08, 2020 06:10 PM (sWM8x)

35 Hollywood has shot themselves in their collective feet with their inability to show us anything new, their woke bullshit, and their obnoxious asshole actors who cannot seem to keep their stupid ignorant opinions to themselves.

So, who cares?

Posted by: tcn in AK at December 08, 2020 06:10 PM (okGHj)

36 Read the content like a noob and I don't even like movie threads

Posted by: Zeera at December 08, 2020 06:10 PM (zUdXR)

37 Also Fuck Weiss and Benioff. Incompetent hacks who can't handle anything that isn't written already by better men.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Trump WON, buy guns at December 08, 2020 06:10 PM (ifmtJ)

38 Everyone has gone streaming for any kind of content. I used to like watching MASH reruns, but I think Hulu bought up the property. Now the only way I can watch it is pay Hulu or pay three bucks an episode.

This is why I've been stockpiling DVDs for the last few years.

Streaming is a fool's game if you want to watch old favorites. You wind up at someone else's whim.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at December 08, 2020 06:11 PM (oVJmc)

39 Die Hollywood, DIE.

May all of you in the movie business die on Satan's barbed cock.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at December 08, 2020 06:11 PM (pw+jk)

40 This is new today
Posted by: weirdflunky at December 08, 2020 06:06 PM (cknjq)

Yeah, this is the embarrassingly retarded things that happen when you can't wait to certify a result no one is really sure is real...the government officials of the State of GA are a completely demented cabal of useless lumps of flesh.

Posted by: Boswell at December 08, 2020 06:11 PM (w2LAm)

41 They've fucked themselves.

No sorrow here. I barely go to the movies and I read now more than ever.

They treat us like peasants and they know best attitude. Hurts when it bites you in the ass.

Posted by: mpfs, Biden will never be my president. MAGA Forever! at December 08, 2020 06:11 PM (79p/O)

42 I got more enjoyment out of watching Barney Miller* re-runs than watching Tenet.

Tenet blew monkey chunks.

* I had forgotten that Steven Landisburg played a fake priest in an episode of the 2nd season before coming on as Dietrich later in the series.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 08, 2020 06:11 PM (HQynW)

43 "I used to like watching MASH reruns, but I think Hulu bought up the property. Now the only way I can watch it is pay Hulu or pay three bucks an episode. "

Check out MeTV for scheduling.

I think MASH is on every week night.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 08, 2020 06:11 PM (bLiAm)

44 As an aside, I have decided to sell a "Tax the Poor" t-shirt for $72 to compete with AOC. Not only will mine tell the truth it comes with a free month of HBOmax.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at December 08, 2020 06:12 PM (r+sAi)

45 Learn to code?
or
Fuck off.

Pick one.

Posted by: Martini Farmer - Now a Pirate, Hoisting the Black Flag at December 08, 2020 06:12 PM (3H9h1)

46 I guess I probably mostly don't care at all.

Posted by: f'd at December 08, 2020 06:12 PM (8J8q/)

47 Gratifying at least that these loyal allies of the power of the state are being destroyed by the state and their addiction to COVID fear mongering control.

Posted by: steevy at December 08, 2020 06:12 PM (wgghp)

48 Louisiana, Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Kentucky, Mississippi, South
Carolina and South Dakota just joined the Texas lawsuit already on the
SCOTUS docket.

YEEE HAAAAW!!

Posted by: deplorable unperson - refuse to accept the Mask of the Beast at December 08, 2020 06:12 PM (naieP)

49
Check out MeTV for scheduling.

I think MASH is on every week night.

7:00, 6:00 Central.

Sundays, too.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at December 08, 2020 06:13 PM (oVJmc)

50 Levin saying he thinks they are fearful of court packing so denied the case.
And now any state can change election laws without proper procedures. Mail voting could be installed last moments in any state if the Democrat governor wants to.

Posted by: Skip at December 08, 2020 06:13 PM (9sWOw)

51 Nolan's films are made for the theaters. I know he is pissed. maybe be get another great show like Person of Interest.

Posted by: bat nationalist at December 08, 2020 06:13 PM (DH4sA)

52 I'm so out of touch with current culture that I have NO IDEA what a"mandalorian" is.

Is it someone who follows a religion called "Mandalore"?

Is it someone from the planet of "Mandalore"?

Is it a mandolin player from space?

Is it a puffed pastry with a custard center?

I'm now signing off so no one will tell me!

Gonna go watch another Jimmy Cagney movie!

Posted by: RKae at December 08, 2020 06:13 PM (1nyYD)

53 The only movie we were even slightly interested in was Dune.

Die HWood. You, your rapists, your sjw scolds, your pedophiles, and your satanists.

Posted by: Flyover. at December 08, 2020 06:13 PM (Rbu5d)

54 Read the content like a noob and I don't even like movie threads

Posted by: Zeera at December 08, 2020 06:10 PM (zUdXR)

===
Threads portending hollywood's death are fucking great.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at December 08, 2020 06:13 PM (pw+jk)

55 So 'capturing software'? uuuhmmmm...like what? A friend wants to know.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob -- Killn ain't hrd, its not killn thats hrd at December 08, 2020 06:13 PM (WekKK)

56 52 I'm so out of touch with current culture that I have NO IDEA what a"mandalorian" is.

Is it someone who follows a religion called "Mandalore"?

Is it someone from the planet of "Mandalore"?

Is it a mandolin player from space?

Is it a puffed pastry with a custard center?

I'm now signing off so no one will tell me!

Gonna go watch another Jimmy Cagney movie!

Posted by: RKae at December 08, 2020 06:13 PM (1nyYD)

Get back here!

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Trump WON, buy guns at December 08, 2020 06:13 PM (ifmtJ)

57 TEXAS CASE NEWS DIRECT FROM SCOTUS DOCKET: "Response to the motion for leave to file a bill of complaint and to the motion for a preliminary injunction and temporary retraining order or, alternatively, for stay and administrative stay requested, due Thursday, December 10, by 3p.m."

Posted by: Revenant at December 08, 2020 06:14 PM (+nZa8)

58 Willowed. I am entirely convinced no one in government gives a flying fuck about the wellbeing of anyone under their thumb.

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at December 08, 2020 06:14 PM (lgiXo)

59 Double Secret HBO

Posted by: DB- just DB. at December 08, 2020 06:14 PM (iTXRQ)

60 Is HBOMax worse than Peacock?

Posted by: Bumr50 at December 08, 2020 06:14 PM (SEBYZ)

61 This is why I've been stockpiling DVDs for the last few years.

Streaming is a fool's game if you want to watch old favorites. You wind up at someone else's whim.

-

I just really dislike the idea of not owning a physical anything.

I know it's old fashioned and all the cool kids just want to subscribe to everything and never have sh*t, but I like having physical stuff.

Posted by: Undercover Brother at December 08, 2020 06:14 PM (fCk49)

62 @50
Did I not say that in the last thread!!

Just wait until the SCOTUS experience surprise anal and court packing.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 08, 2020 06:14 PM (HQynW)

63 >>I have NO IDEA what a"mandalorian" is.

They are great for slicing potatoes, onions and fingertips.

Posted by: garrett at December 08, 2020 06:14 PM (pA601)

64 I used to like watching MASH reruns, but I think Hulu bought up the property. Now the only way I can watch it is pay Hulu or pay three bucks an episode.

If you have cable (I know, I know), MASH is on MeTV, along with Gomer Pyle, Happy Days and Hogan's Heroes.

The Munsters is on COZITV.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 08, 2020 06:14 PM (2JVJo)

65 Cancelled Hulu. I refuse to pay $64 a month for shit.

And I let them know it.

Posted by: mpfs, Biden will never be my president. MAGA Forever! at December 08, 2020 06:14 PM (79p/O)

66 "Remember, a lot of the big names in movie production, from producers to directors to stars, get a big cut of a movie's theatrical box office."

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Oh Noes!

Posted by: Javems at December 08, 2020 06:15 PM (8SSHh)

67 52 I suggest Blood on the Sun

Posted by: steevy at December 08, 2020 06:15 PM (wgghp)

68 I will hazard - just internet spitballing cause there is non-zero probablility that they know their business better than I do - that this is a very short sided move for Warner bros.

Movies such as we know them, the kind that can take 100s of millions to make and can from time to time generate billions in franchise merchandise and cinematic offshoots depends on the big screen explosive types of experiences and pricing.

They will not get 30 per movie on HBO max, because once everyone is online then pirating is just all too convenient. And you don't lose out on the social outing that you would have in the past because there wont be one.

Streaming requires a never ending pipeline of interesting stories and frugal production costs.

The new model will never produce another MCU.

This will also be bad for us, because as Hollywood goes online we can expect more and more draconian monitoring and control over the internet and many Governing administrations will be more than happy to put the clamps on humanity to any extent possible.

The people will be given porridge and only porridge and they will like it!

Posted by: havelhavolim at December 08, 2020 06:15 PM (fLpTX)

69 My finale had flying monkey's attacking nude sunbathers, with sexy results. Male sunbathers of course.

Posted by: George R.R.R.R.R.R.R.R. Martin at December 08, 2020 06:15 PM (YgPn2)

70 27 Everyone has gone streaming for any kind of content. I used to like watching MASH reruns, but I think Hulu bought up the property. Now the only way I can watch it is pay Hulu or pay three bucks an episode.
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Here you go:

http://bitly.ws/aLDj

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis at December 08, 2020 06:15 PM (sWM8x)

71 55 So 'capturing software'? uuuhmmmm...like what? A friend wants to know.
Posted by: Cannibal Bob

--->

I wasn't watching UFC PPV a few months back so I checked twitter like a noob to find results as they came in.

some account was streaming the fights through a live feed through a tweet.

Posted by: President Elect RedCheckmark at December 08, 2020 06:16 PM (hpcyB)

72 So 'capturing software'? uuuhmmmm...like what? A friend wants to know.

-

I have no idea, but I know I have to tell JDownloader NOT to grab every YouTube and Twitter video I click on. Who knows how that works with paid services.

Posted by: Undercover Brother at December 08, 2020 06:16 PM (fCk49)

73 42 I got more enjoyment out of watching Barney Miller* re-runs than watching Tenet.

Tenet blew monkey chunks.

* I had forgotten that Steven Landisburg played a fake priest in an episode of the 2nd season before coming on as Dietrich later in the series.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 08, 2020 06:11 PM (HQynW)

I was always surprised he never got a career after Barney Miller. He reminded me of Chevy Chase in lots of ways.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Trump WON, buy guns at December 08, 2020 06:16 PM (ifmtJ)

74 Never before has the elite Hollywood people have had the opportunity to experience what the normal Joe on the street has had to suffer with the Kungflu taking money out of their mouths with the exception of having no bankroll to back them up.

Posted by: Drider at December 08, 2020 06:16 PM (R/UH9)

75 73 I believe he was a stand up comic

Posted by: steevy at December 08, 2020 06:16 PM (wgghp)

76 Louisiana, Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Kentucky, Mississippi, South
Carolina and South Dakota just joined the Texas lawsuit already on the
SCOTUS docket.

I feel like Fox Mulder at this point. I want to believe.

I just can't.

Anyway, time for a hot bowl of chicken soup.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 08, 2020 06:16 PM (2JVJo)

77 So your saying Hollywood is pissed, andt hen there's going to be lawsuits and millions upon millions of entertainment dollars will be wasted by eating their own? And loses upon loses?

BWWWWAAAAAAHAAAAAAAHAAAAAA!!!!!

Posted by: Cannibal Bob -- Killn ain't hrd, its not killn thats hrd at December 08, 2020 06:16 PM (WekKK)

78 F their soy and circuses.

Posted by: Gilded at December 08, 2020 06:16 PM (qdQE9)

79 >>TEXAS CASE NEWS DIRECT FROM SCOTUS DOCKET: "Response to the motion for leave to file a bill of complaint and to the motion for a preliminary injunction and temporary retraining order or, alternatively, for stay and administrative stay requested, due Thursday, December 10, by 3p.m."

Posted by: Revenant at December 08, 2020 06:14 PM (+nZa

Guess we'll find out Thursday afternoon if this complain holds any merit with the SCOTUS...

Posted by: Boswell at December 08, 2020 06:17 PM (w2LAm)

80 >>>I was always surprised he never got a career after Barney Miller

he was in Forgetting Sarah marshall as a doctor

Posted by: ace at December 08, 2020 06:17 PM (nuqdl)

81 @67
Blood on The Sun is probably the most over the top film of Cagney's career and that's saying something.

The scenes of him training judo at the beginning of the film foreshadow him throwing people about later in the film.

Good stuff though.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 08, 2020 06:17 PM (HQynW)

82
I'm so out of touch with current culture that I have NO IDEA what a"mandalorian" is.

__________

I'm so old I remember it was a BIG THING! when a new Star Wars movie came out. Now it seems like there's a premiere every week. For a franchise that essestially shot its bolt after the first one.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 08, 2020 06:17 PM (mht8P)

83 I, too, do not know what a mandalore is. I know what a bangalore torpedo is, though.
Goes boom.

Posted by: huerfano at December 08, 2020 06:17 PM (DzhEB)

84
If you have cable (I know, I know), MASH is on MeTV, along with Gomer Pyle, Happy Days and Hogan's Heroes.

The Munsters is on COZITV.

I get both via broadcast.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at December 08, 2020 06:17 PM (oVJmc)

85 57 TEXAS CASE NEWS DIRECT FROM SCOTUS DOCKET: "Response to the motion for leave to file a bill of complaint and to the motion for a preliminary injunction and temporary retraining order or, alternatively, for stay and administrative stay requested, due Thursday, December 10, by 3p.m."

---> alito denied PA GOP's suit without comment.

Posted by: President Elect RedCheckmark at December 08, 2020 06:17 PM (hpcyB)

86 MASH was good before it became the Alan Alda show....

Posted by: steevy at December 08, 2020 06:17 PM (wgghp)

87 Losses. Fuskity.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob -- Killn ain't hrd, its not killn thats hrd at December 08, 2020 06:17 PM (WekKK)

88 They had to burn down every institution they spent decades capturing and turning, and they are still not assured thathey have ended the run of Orange Man Bad.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - Get Your Chestnuts Roasted at The Outrage Outlet! at December 08, 2020 06:17 PM (0QYMt)

89 51 Nolan's films are made for the theaters. I know he is pissed. maybe be get another great show like Person of Interest.

Posted by: bat nationalist at December 08, 2020 06:13 PM (DH4sA)

How CBS treated that show the last season still pisses me off.

I only started watching it because I went to high school with that guy, but it was *good*.

Posted by: Jeff Weimer at December 08, 2020 06:17 PM (dypY8)

90 So ooo... Video killed the radio star and streaming killed the movie star, and covid killed the Broadway star? Do I have that right? Or was it Professor Plum in the library with a 14 year old boy?

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at December 08, 2020 06:17 PM (Vxu+H)

91 People are willing to pay for three streaming services year around and that's it. They'll pay for another service for 2-3 months if it has some shows they want to watch.

Right now, Netflix and Amazon have a massive lead. Netflix because it was first and the breadth of their content, and Amazon because Prime is more than just a streaming service. Disney, whether we like it or not, hit a homerun with The Mandalorian at a time they absolutely needed it and it also coincided with the MCU wrapping up and Covid.

I tried HBOMax, it sucked. The Peacock is actually a decent platform with a lot of free content and in my mind is far-better positioned. Hulu has FX material which, quite honestly, is better than whatever HBO has right now. Hulu is something I'll subscribe to for a 2-3 months every year.

Posted by: Trich at December 08, 2020 06:17 PM (7wCmd)

92
Levin saying he thinks they are fearful of court packing so denied the case.

------

This is more or less what I've been saying. The Court reacts to fear of consequences, nothing else.

It's also the reason why I was so adamant, so many times, that Trump needed to be less concerned with appointing judges than flagrantly and publicly violating them and their orders in the most humiliating possible fashion.

You only have to whip those dirty dogs good and hard once or twice, before they whimper and piss themselves in the corner.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 08, 2020 06:17 PM (BvLWD)

93 its a shame the toll this will take on lebron james

Posted by: sound awake at December 08, 2020 06:17 PM (4mBS8)

94 61 This is why I've been stockpiling DVDs for the last few years.

Streaming is a fool's game if you want to watch old favorites. You wind up at someone else's whim.

-

I just really dislike the idea of not owning a physical anything.

I know it's old fashioned and all the cool kids just want to subscribe to everything and never have sh*t, but I like having physical stuff.
Posted by: Undercover Brother at December 08, 2020 06:14 PM (fCk49)

I do too....but I literally don't have space for all the movies I want to own. I have a library full of books I haven't read yet already....actually...I should get on that.

Carry on

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Trump WON, buy guns at December 08, 2020 06:18 PM (ifmtJ)

95 I think I'll just put my favorite three guilty pleasure movies in constant rotation:

1. Battle: Los Angeles

2. The Edge of Tomorrow

3. Battleship

and take up reading The Great Works, while Hollywood works out whether they'd like to ever gain my business again.

Posted by: Sharkman at December 08, 2020 06:18 PM (BM2fS)

96 Learn to fucking code?

Yes, yes. Money laundering will have to take on a new face.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at December 08, 2020 06:18 PM (WOYcU)

97 he was in Forgetting Sarah marshall as a doctor
Posted by: ace

----> trunamphiacting role

Posted by: President Elect RedCheckmark at December 08, 2020 06:18 PM (hpcyB)

98 Has Winter finally come for the media?

___________

They're determined to kill all of their white walkers ...

Posted by: ShainS at December 08, 2020 06:18 PM (AySDY)

99
Don't worry. There will be a bailout of the entertainment industry in Bidenstan.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 08, 2020 06:18 PM (mht8P)

100 Cancelled Hulu. I refuse to pay $64 a month for shit.

WHa-? That's as bad as cable.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at December 08, 2020 06:18 PM (oVJmc)

101 Nolte had a good take on why Warner Bros is doing this, the siren song of streaming killing the golden goose of movies:

"You see, Warner Bros. isn't looking at this move as one that leaves a billion dollars in box office money on the table. Nope. Warner Bros. is looking at this as a move that, over time, delivers billions and billions of dollars...
This news about Wonder Woman 1984 isn't about the pandemic, it's about the math, it's about where the real money is, and the real money is in the golden goose of streaming subscriptions."

https://www.breitbart.com/
entertainment/2020/11/19/
wonder-woman-1984-surrenders-with-move-to-streaming/

Posted by: LizLem at December 08, 2020 06:18 PM (Rbfr/)

102 Gonna go watch another Jimmy Cagney movie!

Posted by: RKae at December 08, 2020 06:13 PM (1nyYD)

Allow me to suggest The Roaring Twenties, The Public Enemy and One, Two, Three.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 08, 2020 06:18 PM (2JVJo)

103 Were there going to be woke dragons in any of the cancelled GOT spinoffs? Like fry an entire village because some street urchin assumed its gender?

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at December 08, 2020 06:19 PM (xWtao)

104 >>> Threads portending hollywood's death are fucking great.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at December 08, 2020 06:13 PM (pw+jk)

========

I will feel really bad if all those movie stars lose their "platform" for telling me how I am literally Hitler.

Posted by: Swingin' for the downs at December 08, 2020 06:19 PM (HSzKG)

105 (To be honest, like most people, I don't even understand what HBOMax is. Is it just the premium side of the already-a-premium-channel HBO? Is it Powered-Up HBO? I don't know! No one does!)
Posted by: Ace

I thought it was a marketing gimmick to make people think of "skinemax", because boobies. Sex sells.

Posted by: vice-president-elect mikeski at December 08, 2020 06:19 PM (P1f+c)

106 Well I wanted to go with one more obscure. Everybody knows White Heat or Public Enemy. I also enjoy The Gallant Hours

Posted by: steevy at December 08, 2020 06:19 PM (wgghp)

107 "Accordingly, the Coffee County Board of Elections and Registration have voted to certify the votes cast in the Election Night report, the letter states"

Is this a typo or is this what they did?

Posted by: f'd at December 08, 2020 06:19 PM (8J8q/)

108 I figure most of the movie industry exists so they can bang starlets and kids, so whatever they do it's so they can get back to doing that.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 08, 2020 06:19 PM (hku12)

109 gross

there are now topless pics of the womyns soccer dyke Megen Rapanoe out there now

so be carefull

Posted by: will choose a nic later at December 08, 2020 06:20 PM (GIeIM)

110 Elon Musk: Bye, California, I've Moved To Texas

Posted by: Braenyard - wearing Brooks Bros clothes and white shoes at December 08, 2020 06:20 PM (CZm2G)

111 109 Fried eggs?

Posted by: steevy at December 08, 2020 06:20 PM (wgghp)

112 I'm wondering how much money has been lost pushing the opening of Top Gun's reboot back, and back, and back again. I mean the interest on the production costs of a movie would add up just like any other investment, until they finally break that thing out for public consumption. At this point if I'm Tom Cruise I'd be worried that the producers would be considering having him off-ed just for the publicity it would generate.

Posted by: President Elect - MrObvious at December 08, 2020 06:20 PM (k+h+d)

113 The Gallant Hours is outstanding.

Posted by: mpfs, Biden will never be my president. MAGA Forever! at December 08, 2020 06:20 PM (79p/O)

114 >>Fried eggs?

with a side of nipple hair, no doubt.

Posted by: garrett at December 08, 2020 06:20 PM (pA601)

115 I have an AT&T landline. Thing barely works.

Posted by: wth at December 08, 2020 06:21 PM (v0R5T)

116 109 gross

there are now topless pics of the womyns soccer dyke Megen Rapanoe out there now

so be carefull
Posted by: will choose a nic later at December 08, 2020 06:20 PM (GIeIM)

I think I'll go with the fappening pics of Whitney Johns instead.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Trump WON, buy guns at December 08, 2020 06:21 PM (ifmtJ)

117 They're losing a lot of money here. This only makes sense if they can get a lot of sign-ups, and those signing up stay signing up for a year. Instead of just dumping it after the movie they were interested in is shown.

HBOMAX is thrown in as part of my cable package (don't even bother with the cut the cord stuff with me, for what I need and want it doesn't work). So, sure, I'm paying for it somehow but since my bill didn't go up when it rolled out, I don't know what the backend deal is.

What killed HBOMAX at initial rollout was not being on Roku and Fire TV, mainly Roku. Roku has the largest hunk of market share and not having that deal in place was a killer on momentum. Sure, it's there now, but people went to get it and couldn't and screw that.

Posted by: alexthechick - Boobs and hysteria at December 08, 2020 06:21 PM (GbPPJ)

118 The last Mandalorian episode was garbage. Looked like a cheesy low budget TV show from the eighties. Plot is going nowhere. Take baby Yoda to location A. Take baby to location b. Take baby Yoda to location C.

Repeat.

Posted by: Max Power at December 08, 2020 06:21 PM (q177U)

119 Elon Musk: Bye, California, I've Moved To Texas

Leave your leftism behind, Elon.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at December 08, 2020 06:21 PM (oVJmc)

120 Willowed:
Don't look now, but DJT has retweeted two of the twitter conservatives, and they are running around ectastic.

@major patriot
@pepe matter (remove spaces for both)

Both closely tied to Q

Posted by: artemis at December 08, 2020 06:21 PM (AwPyG)

121 TEXAS CASE NEWS DIRECT FROM SCOTUS DOCKET: "Response to the motion for leave to file a bill of complaint and to the motion for a preliminary injunction and temporary retraining order or, alternatively, for stay and administrative stay requested, due Thursday, December 10, by 3p.m."

Posted by: Revenant at December 08, 2020 06:14 PM (+nZa

+++++++

I know some of these words.

Sounds like SCOTUS will decide on the 10th if they want to hear arguments or reject the suit.

Is that right?

Posted by: pmurT at December 08, 2020 06:22 PM (ojwvu)

122 I have it through Spectrum...for the moment. HBOMax has a decent amount of content. But, like all of the other streamers, virtually all of their new shows and movies stink. Pick a genre, almost any genre, and then see how much SJW signalling, foul language, nudity, and/or violence you can cram into it. It is boring and repetitive. The other thing, if you really want to repeat watch something, you get it on disc. Why suffer the whims of a streamer?

Posted by: WOPR - Tactically Dramatic is Failue at December 08, 2020 06:22 PM (WVeiZ)

123 The only movie I really want to see is No Time To Die.

I know, I know, james bond.

Posted by: mpfs, Biden will never be my president. MAGA Forever! at December 08, 2020 06:22 PM (79p/O)

124
Both closely tied to Q
Posted by: artemis

According to whom?

Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at December 08, 2020 06:23 PM (RWKfZ)

125 >>I have NO IDEA what a"mandalorian" is.
.......

I think it's a cross between a ukulele and a vuvuzela.

Posted by: wth at December 08, 2020 06:23 PM (v0R5T)

126 Nolte had a good take on why Warner Bros is doing this, the siren song of streaming killing the golden goose of movies:

"You see, Warner Bros. isn't looking at this move as one that leaves a billion dollars in box office money on the table. Nope. Warner Bros. is looking at this as a move that, over time, delivers billions and billions of dollars...
This news about Wonder Woman 1984 isn't about the pandemic, it's about the math, it's about where the real money is, and the real money is in the golden goose of streaming subscriptions."

https://www.breitbart.com/
entertainment/2020/11/19/
wonder-woman-1984-surrenders-with-move-to-streaming/
Posted by: LizLem at December 08, 2020 06:18 PM (Rbfr/)

Further, if you are a movie studio... or whatever, at some point you gotta realize you can't keep giving these so-called geniuses a billion dollars to make a movie, only to sit on pins and needles hoping the thing doesn't bomb at the box office.

Must be awfully tempting, as with all our "entertainment" for the people who sell the crep to move product much more modestly, with safer outcomes that don't rely on tentpole hits to keep them from sinking financially.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 08, 2020 06:23 PM (hku12)

127 Next up ...a Democrat win means rich movie stars get taxed 90%.

Posted by: torabora at December 08, 2020 06:23 PM (Xz6dN)

128 All entertainment now and forever will be women( particularly black women) being better than men at everything....

Posted by: steevy at December 08, 2020 06:23 PM (wgghp)

129 109 gross

there are now topless pics of the womyns soccer dyke Megen Rapanoe out there now

so be carefull

Posted by: will choose a nic later at December 08, 2020 06:20 PM (GIeIM)

====
If I accidentally click on a link that has this, can I sue the dyke bitch for my permanent loss of female beauty sight?

Because it may not permanent but will be months to recover.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at December 08, 2020 06:23 PM (pw+jk)

130 80 >>>I was always surprised he never got a career after Barney Miller

he was in Forgetting Sarah marshall as a doctor
Posted by: ace at December 08, 2020 06:17 PM (nuqdl)

That's.....something. I always expected he'd get more work.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Trump WON, buy guns at December 08, 2020 06:24 PM (ifmtJ)

131 I'm having trouble seeing a downside here.

Posted by: President-elect Emmie at December 08, 2020 06:24 PM (ofYez)

132 >>>"Some of our industry's biggest filmmakers and most self-important movie stars went to bed the night before thinking they were working for the greatest movie studio and woke up to find out they were working for the worst streaming service."

lolgf

>>>Add in piracy and forget it.

I used to be against it as a general rule. Now? I don't want to be the only sucker following the law, when nobody else can be bothered to give a rats ass. And I certainly can't be bothered to tell everyone how evil it is to deprive the people who want me re-eductated of more their filthy money.

Reap and sow, bitchtits.

Posted by: flounder at December 08, 2020 06:24 PM (KnJdm)

133 You Maniacs! You blew it up! Ah, damn you! Damn you all to hell!

Posted by: United Artists at December 08, 2020 06:24 PM (4I/2K)

134 Yes, when it wasn't offered on the Roku, we gave up. Is it there now?

Posted by: Quirky Bookworm at December 08, 2020 06:24 PM (EbJ6H)

135 121
Sounds like you are correct. So we will know if America lives or is dead Thursday. Great

Posted by: Jmel at December 08, 2020 06:24 PM (bVhJi)

136 121: The defendant states have until December 10, 3p.m. to file their response. Depending on the court rules (I'm not sure off the top of my head), Texas may then get a chance to file a reply.
Given that SCOTUS has asked for a responsive briefing, its not likely that we will know whether SCOTUS will take it up until at least Thursday, maybe a bit longer if Texas get a chance to reply.

Posted by: Revenant at December 08, 2020 06:24 PM (+nZa8)

137 135 It's dead Jim!(Jmel)

Posted by: steevy at December 08, 2020 06:25 PM (wgghp)

138 he had a good run with Jos A Banks

Posted by: x at December 08, 2020 06:25 PM (0tE/i)

139 124 if his handle includes Pepe, there is a good chance being Q

Posted by: Rusty at December 08, 2020 06:25 PM (+SloN)

140 I have NO IDEA what a"mandalorian" is.
.......

I think it's a cross between a ukulele and a vuvuzela.
Posted by: wth at December 08, 2020 06:23 PM (v0R5T)

Exactly. When the woman is hyper-aroused, and the outer layer (called the ukelele) opens, exposing the vuvuzela, that thingy at the very tip of it is called the mandalorian.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 08, 2020 06:25 PM (hku12)

141 so whats the best 'capture software'?

Posted by: Cannibal Bob -- Killn ain't hrd, its not killn thats hrd at December 08, 2020 06:25 PM (WekKK)

142 This is why I've been stockpiling DVDs for the last few years.

Streaming is a fool's game if you want to watch old favorites. You wind up at someone else's whim.
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at December 08, 2020 06:11 PM (oVJmc)

Ownership FTW!

Posted by: Gaelic Girl's Irish Democracy at December 08, 2020 06:25 PM (5FCda)

143 I know some of these words.

Sounds like SCOTUS will decide on the 10th if they want to hear arguments or reject the suit.

Is that right?
Posted by: pmurT at December 08, 2020 06:22 PM (ojwvu)

No. Like, not at all.

One of the very few areas of original jurisdiction for SCOTUS is cases between the states. Since Texas is suing other states, the case starts at SCOTUS.

All that order does is set the deadline for the response by the other states to what Texas filed. That's it. What it does show is that this is the most rocketed of dockets.

Rocket docket is the term for when matters are put on an expedited hearing schedule.

Posted by: alexthechick - Boobs and hysteria at December 08, 2020 06:26 PM (GbPPJ)

144 I have several unopened DIY hair on fire kits for sale. Just send me the $$$.

Posted by: Somewhere South of I-80 at December 08, 2020 06:26 PM (uxUoN)

145
Remember it was me who first came up with The Manditorian, the mask enforcer.

Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at December 08, 2020 06:26 PM (ir0g0)

146 It won't work. Even if WB has a killer slate of movies (I am guessing they don't), it won't work.

Streaming is a continuous cost. You pay every month (or maybe you pay annually like I opt to do where possible, but it amounts to the same thing). Why pay every month? Catalogue and to keep abreast of the new stuff.

HBOMax clearly doesn't have a good enough catalogue (I dunno, I never looked), because no one is signing up. So that leaves the new stuff that is exclusive to the service. And now we have a problem.

To justify that continuous cost, there needs to be continuous content and content that your customers want to watch. Disney+ and its exclusives - most notably, as Ace mentioned, "The Mandalorian" - does this because they're serials. Netflix has serials and movies and documentaries and standup comedy - they flood the zone (catastrophically expensive, but Netflix's investors remain credulous and they can get away with it). CBS All Access also does this, notably with their dreadful Star Trek products.

Continuous cost requires continuous content and/or (usually "and") a banging catalogue. Rhe most cost-effective way (which matters unless you're Netflix) to deliver continuous content is through serials. Movies don't work for this, because they're one-offs and they're fairly short. Add in that this was the *original* plan for HBOMax but they had to scuttle it because they ruined their most valuable serial IP (Game of Thrones), and this is a sticksave measure that isn't going to work.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 08, 2020 06:26 PM (hYcqw)

147 They can't die soon enough for me. But I'm sure they'll get a big, fat Hollywood bailout by a phony "president" Biden...if it comes to that.

Posted by: Lady in Black at December 08, 2020 06:26 PM (O+I8R)

148 REDBANZAI is right:

Jenna Ellis
@JennaEllisEsq
�
28s
Police cars revolving lightIMPORTANT POINT REPORTERS ARE MISSING IN PA SUIT:

The Supreme Court only denied emergency injunctive relief. In the order, it did NOT deny cert.

@MikeKellyPA's suit is still pending before the U.S. Supreme Court.

Posted by: havelhavolim at December 08, 2020 06:26 PM (fLpTX)

149 "Musk ramped up his rhetoric about shelter-in-place orders around the nation, calling them "fascist.""

Posted by: Braenyard - wearing Brooks Bros clothes and white shoes at December 08, 2020 06:26 PM (CZm2G)

150 Whoreywood is dying?

"Ding dong the witch is dead."

Posted by: JAS at December 08, 2020 06:26 PM (2BZBZ)

151 Add in piracy and forget it.

I used to be against it as a general rule. Now? I
don't want to be the only sucker following the law, when nobody else can
be bothered to give a rats ass. And I certainly can't be bothered to
tell everyone how evil it is to deprive the people who want me
re-eductated of more their filthy money.

Reap and sow, bitchtits.

Posted by: flounder at December 08, 2020 06:24 PM (KnJdm)

====
Yep I have proclaimed casa Jukin a piracy free land.
JUKINTOREA

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at December 08, 2020 06:26 PM (pw+jk)

152 Can we all agree that PA changed election rules unconstitutionally? And if so, all ballots submitted under unconstitutional rules should be thrown out?

What is so hard?

Posted by: JM in Florida at December 08, 2020 06:27 PM (HCeRP)

153 I love, love , love "Masked Singer", can't wait for "Masked Dancer".

Someone pass me the Bon Bons.

Posted by: Javems at December 08, 2020 06:27 PM (8SSHh)

154 Exactly. When the woman is hyper-aroused, and the outer layer (called the ukelele) opens, exposing the vuvuzela, that thingy at the very tip of it is called the mandalorian.
Posted by: BurtTC

Diversity Med School Applicant, FTW !!!!

Posted by: Adriane the Do What They Wanna Do Critic ... at December 08, 2020 06:27 PM (LPnfS)

155 there are now topless pics of the womyns soccer dyke Megen Rapanoe out there now

Sounds like a cure for the five hour election.

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at December 08, 2020 06:27 PM (lgiXo)

156 114
>>Fried eggs?

with a side of nipple hair, no doubt.

Posted by: garrett at December 08, 2020 06:20 PM (pA601)

I looked. 0.

Posted by: flounder at December 08, 2020 06:27 PM (KnJdm)

157 Police cars revolving lightIMPORTANT POINT REPORTERS ARE MISSING IN PA SUIT:

The Supreme Court only denied emergency injunctive relief. In the order, it did NOT deny cert.

@MikeKellyPA's suit is still pending before the U.S. Supreme Court.

-----> oh. well, that's something.

Posted by: President Elect RedCheckmark at December 08, 2020 06:27 PM (hpcyB)

158 Posted by: Revenant at December 08, 2020 06:24 PM (+nZa

Thank you

Posted by: pmurT at December 08, 2020 06:28 PM (ojwvu)

159 149 Hmmm, maybe because they are fascist....

Posted by: steevy at December 08, 2020 06:28 PM (wgghp)

160 Posted by: LizLem at December 08, 2020 06:18 PM (Rbfr/)

The golden age of streaming is over. Too many players with too much content divided into too small of slices. You know people are hopping in and out just to see what they want. That's why the big name series, like The Mandalorian, are getting weekly episode releases. We're going to be back to a commercial break model in streaming soon.

Posted by: WOPR - Tactically Dramatic is Failue at December 08, 2020 06:28 PM (WVeiZ)

161 Is that right?
Posted by: pmurT at December 08, 2020 06:22 PM (ojwvu)

That's what it looks like to me - its passed the first real hurdle, that its in the right place and it will be looked at to see if they want to go forward with it. A lot of these seem to get dumped long before they wind up on the docket, just out of hand, much less have a date assigned to determine by the full court if this has merit.

I suspect that this decision on Thursday will have an opinion actually written if denied regardless of their thoughts on merit just simply because of the ramifications of denial.

Posted by: Boswell at December 08, 2020 06:28 PM (w2LAm)

162 I can actually provide some insight in regards to some of ATT's idiocy, here: at the time they glommed on Warner, they were chasing some half-baked white whale of data collection.

You see, movie tickets don't do them much good in that regard. But app installs - both mobile and TV streaming hardware - does. They would rather have streamers than media in theaters. I don't know if they had a specific plan, or if they just had some pointy-haired executives chasing the cool new thing.

You can basically bet that whatever they had in mind was sleazy; they told DOJ in the antitrust suit that they weren't going to take certain actions on acquiring Warner, and then did exactly those things almost immediately.

Posted by: there are only three star wars films at December 08, 2020 06:28 PM (EEVQU)

163 I BEGGED for more dick shots in the finale.

I mean, who shows dragons without showing giant dragon dicks?

Big, huge, swinging floppy dragon dicks knocking people off their feet, knocking down castles.

Really who even needs fire when you've got a giant dragon dick?

And HBO could've had THREE, count'em Three huge floppy dragon dicks swinging around every minute of the last season.

Man....

...no one understands my art.

*sigh*

Posted by: George RR Martin at December 08, 2020 06:28 PM (dWwl8)

164 Exactly. When the woman is hyper-aroused, and the
outer layer (called the ukelele) opens, exposing the vuvuzela, that
thingy at the very tip of it is called the mandalorian.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 08, 2020 06:25 PM (hku12)

====
THE LITTLE MANDALORIAN IN VUVUZELA BOAT.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at December 08, 2020 06:29 PM (pw+jk)

165 100 Cancelled Hulu. I refuse to pay $64 a month for shit.

WHa-? That's as bad as cable.
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at December 08, 2020 06:18 PM (oVJmc)

you can literally get everything for free without even using torrents. I have no idea why people pay one cent for this stuff.

Posted by: bat nationalist at December 08, 2020 06:29 PM (DH4sA)

166
Levin saying he thinks they are fearful of court packing so denied the case.

This makes no sense.
Hearing the case is one sure way to prevent "court packing" in the near future.

Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at December 08, 2020 06:29 PM (ir0g0)

167 Further, most of the spinoff shows have been cancelled -- one of them for being "too woke," reportedly.

More woke? How? No. Wait. Don't answer that. They'll be spinning of a GoT show involving a incestual lesbian couple and a dragon.

Posted by: Puddleglum at December 08, 2020 06:29 PM (djGd9)

168
Kyle Becker
@kylenabecker
41m
HUNTER BIDEN. Personal computer

The Senate report on Hunter Biden just dropped.

The damning report doesn't just "raise conflicts of interest concerns, they raise CRIMINAL, FINANCIAL, COUNTERINTELLIGENCE and EXTORTION concerns."

Alarming stuff about the Bidens' ties to Ukraine & China.Down-pointing red triangle

Posted by: IrishEi at December 08, 2020 06:29 PM (sGotD)

169 After a viscous fight to avoid anything Disney +, I lost and ended up watching the Mandalorian Season 1.

There are some decent episodes, but some terrible ones. Like the 8th episode season finale. Fucking Titty Watitty directed it (Thor Ragnarok director) and that fucking guy can't avoid fucking up a script.

It's like he doesn't care. The fucking episode ignored its on continuity and rules set IN that fucking episode.

Oh, I was pissed by the time credits rolled.

But there were some good episodes. The one with Clancy Brown was good. And Nick Nolte did a fine job, surprisingly short though. I thought he'd be taller.

Gina Carcano revs my engine

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Trump WON, buy guns at December 08, 2020 06:29 PM (ifmtJ)

170 ATC: and if the complainants played it right then they left the respondents with the bare minimum of time to respond.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - Get Your Chestnuts Roasted at The Outrage Outlet! at December 08, 2020 06:30 PM (0QYMt)

171 Exactly. When the woman is hyper-aroused, and the outer layer (called the ukelele) opens, exposing the vuvuzela, that thingy at the very tip of it is called the mandalorian.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 08, 2020 06:25 PM (hku12)
........

I hope there's an instruction manual comes with that.

Posted by: wth at December 08, 2020 06:30 PM (v0R5T)

172 Lot's of streaming content of old classics and great stuff from before a year or two. Hollywood has FAILED to make anything good for years.

Posted by: JAS at December 08, 2020 06:30 PM (2BZBZ)

173 Did people see the presser for the Staten Island Bar? Loved it, the accents and everything.

They point out that SNL (which is using a loophole to stay open during COVID) mocked them in a skit for trying to stay open. One of the guys on the show, Pete Davidson, is a Staten Island kid. They point out his firefighter dad died on 9/11, they raised money and supported him and his mom through that. For Pete to mock people who supported his fam, when they are now struggling to get by, on national TV is just appalling.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94itzKrh-U4

Posted by: LizLem at December 08, 2020 06:30 PM (Rbfr/)

174 @152
Yes, that's a given that PA SC superseded their authority, but the SCOTUS signed off on that lawlessness.

I'm looking at you John Roberts.

Lets pray that the SCOTUS corrects it's error and isn't cowed by the Deep State and the howling leftist mob.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 08, 2020 06:30 PM (HQynW)

175 I don't see how streaming services can maintain the cash flow, particularly when there are so many in competition.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at December 08, 2020 06:31 PM (oVJmc)

176 Can we all agree that PA changed election rules
unconstitutionally? And if so, all ballots submitted under
unconstitutional rules should be thrown out?

What is so hard?

Posted by: JM in Florida at December 08, 2020 06:27 PM (HCeRP)

And you know who has the power to fix it? The PA legislature can fix it tomorrow if they so choose. They have plenary power in this situation.

Posted by: WOPR - Tactically Dramatic is Failue at December 08, 2020 06:31 PM (WVeiZ)

177 When the woman is hyper-aroused,

---> well, that's an impossibility.

Posted by: President Elect RedCheckmark at December 08, 2020 06:31 PM (hpcyB)

178 Now they are all straight to video actors lol.

Posted by: ryukyu at December 08, 2020 06:31 PM (vKhgw)

179 152 Can we all agree that PA changed election rules unconstitutionally? And if so, all ballots submitted under unconstitutional rules should be thrown out?

What is so hard?
Posted by: JM in Florida at December 08, 2020 06:27 PM (HCeRP)

++++++

1) Because the media IS the democrat party,

2) the media's candidate was fraudulently decalred the winner by the media

3) the media has spent the past month saying Biden won, insisting he be called "President Elect," speaking of his second term as an inevitability, ignoring Trump in all ways except to laugh whenever a liberal court throws out a challenge, and otherwise shaping the narrative that this election is a settled matter

4) the supreme court might not want to do something that simply "appears" to overturn the "perceived" settled matter of an election, even if it is fraudulently decided

5) also you're racissss

Posted by: pmurT at December 08, 2020 06:31 PM (ojwvu)

180 "I thought he'd be taller."

Me too.

Posted by: Tom Cruise at December 08, 2020 06:31 PM (2BZBZ)

181 I recall an article from about 2 years ago (maybe by Nolte at BB) that declared that production costs for a movie are steadily falling, and that within a decade a decent quality movie could be made for $35k using faked actors, off the shelf CGI, etc.

You'd still have to shell out residuals to the deepfaked actors, ad costs etc, but I'm talking production costs.

I like action-adventure flicks, and there's not much difference in any one of them these days.

Very formulaic.

Posted by: GnuBreed at December 08, 2020 06:31 PM (veMj1)

182 Exactly. When the woman is hyper-aroused, and the outer layer (called the ukelele) opens, exposing the vuvuzela, that thingy at the very tip of it is called the mandalorian.
Posted by: BurtTC

Listen to Burt- he's pre-med!

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 08, 2020 06:32 PM (YPglU)

183 After a viscous fight to avoid anything Disney +, I lost and ended up watching the Mandalorian Season 1.

Sounds thick and sticky.

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at December 08, 2020 06:32 PM (lgiXo)

184 Gina Carcano revs my engine
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Trump WON, buy guns at December 08, 2020 06:29 PM (ifmtJ)

I rate this as true.

Posted by: Inogame - Trump Won at December 08, 2020 06:32 PM (+2xjH)

185 You have to wear a chainmail glove if you slice your taters with a mandalorian.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at December 08, 2020 06:32 PM (H5knJ)

186 The damning report doesn't just "raise conflicts of interest concerns, they raise CRIMINAL, FINANCIAL, COUNTERINTELLIGENCE and EXTORTION concerns."

Alarming stuff about the Bidens' ties to Ukraine & China.Down-pointing red triangle
Posted by: IrishEi at December 08, 2020 06:29 PM (sGotD)

Nice.

Posted by: Gaelic Girl's Irish Democracy at December 08, 2020 06:32 PM (5FCda)

187 ...no one understands my art.

*sigh*

Posted by: George RR Martin at December 08, 2020 06:28 PM (dWwl

lol

Posted by: flounder at December 08, 2020 06:32 PM (KnJdm)

188
Lets pray that the SCOTUS corrects it's error and isn't cowed by the Deep State and the howling leftist mob.

If they don't they've just established that cheating is the new standard and there aren't any others.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at December 08, 2020 06:32 PM (oVJmc)

189
Alternate poat title from Special Guest commenter Steven Seagal:

Welcome To My World, Bitches

Posted by: Steven Seagal at December 08, 2020 06:32 PM (ir0g0)

190 The golden age of streaming is over. Too many players with too much content divided into too small of slices. You know people are hopping in and out just to see what they want. That's why the big name series, like The Mandalorian, are getting weekly episode releases. We're going to be back to a commercial break model in streaming soon.
Posted by: WOPR - Tactically Dramatic is Failue at December 08, 2020 06:28 PM (WVeiZ)

It amuses me that people are now agitating for bundles of streaming services. Oh. You mean like tiers of channels with cable?

It was inevitable once broadband was widely available and people saw that streaming was viable that people would yank back their own IP to try to get some precious dollars.

Hell, Discovery is now going to have Discovery Plus. Everything is going to go premium streaming tier and we're right back to things being in channels. It's just coming over the cable to your modem, not your tv.

Oh and don't forget even the premium tier of Hulu has commercials. That's bundled in with my cell phone service.

And I agree on physical media. Look what happened with the Charlie Brown specials. Those got bought by Apple to force people to Apple Plus. Yeah, people are getting weary of okay what thing is on what service again and aren't we supposed to be saving money, not having it cost more?

Posted by: alexthechick - Boobs and hysteria at December 08, 2020 06:32 PM (GbPPJ)

191 Looks like January 6thor January 20th is back in the menu.

https://tinyurl.com/yxbeyrob

No the Supreme Court did NOT decline to hear the Pennsylvania case: they denied the request for a court order overturning PA election BEFORE HEARING the case.

BIG difference.

Thoughts on SCOTUS here: (below)

Posted by: bat nationalist at December 08, 2020 06:32 PM (DH4sA)

192 Gina Carcano revs my engine
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Trump WON, buy guns at Decembe

mine too, she gives me tingles like climbing the rope in gym class

she turns my hair pink too!!

Posted by: Megen Rapanoe at December 08, 2020 06:33 PM (GIeIM)

193 gonna be a whole lot of wailing in my AO over this...

i'll be LOLing, because i just checked: the fuck cupboard is empty and the field where i grow fucks to give is barren.

Suck it Hollyweird!

Posted by: redc1c4 at December 08, 2020 06:33 PM (FlyB3)

194 I like action-adventure flicks, and there's not much difference in any one of them these days.

Very formulaic.
Posted by: GnuBreed at December 08, 2020 06:31 PM (veMj1)

None can hold a handle to the good old days. Predator, Commando, Die Hard, etc.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 08, 2020 06:33 PM (YPglU)

195 184 Gina Carcano revs my engine
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Trump WON, buy guns at December 08, 2020 06:29 PM (ifmtJ)

I rate this as true.
Posted by: Inogame - Trump Won at December 08, 2020 06:32 PM (+2xjH)

She reminds me of Gina Gershon, with muscles.

Boner fuel, for real.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Trump WON, buy guns at December 08, 2020 06:33 PM (ifmtJ)

196 The RLM boys discuss this in their Quarantine Catch-Up:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pe03wFRySok

(Around 37 minutes)

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Iron Fist in Velvet Glove in Iron Gauntlet Clutching an Iron Mace at December 08, 2020 06:33 PM (Dc2NZ)

197 And you know who has the power to fix it? The PA legislature can fix it tomorrow if they so choose. They have plenary power in this situation.

Since nothing is criminal anymore, lets just buy the damned election.

What is the price of the PA legislature?

Why hasn't eBay made a deal yet with the PA legislature and handle the on-line auction for purchasing the First Prize in the Multi-Trillion Dollar Global Slush Fund Presidential Sweepstakes?

Posted by: President Elect 🐧 at December 08, 2020 06:33 PM (C+evo)

198 Netflix has a model that was working. Pay the actors a flat fee. Do not publish the number of viewer. No "piece of the gross" shit.

Posted by: JAS at December 08, 2020 06:33 PM (2BZBZ)

199 After a viscous fight to avoid anything Disney +, I lost and ended up watching the Mandalorian Season 1.

Sounds like a sticky situation.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at December 08, 2020 06:33 PM (H5knJ)

200 171 Exactly. When the woman is hyper-aroused, and the outer layer (called the ukelele) opens, exposing the vuvuzela, that thingy at the very tip of it is called the mandalorian.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 08, 2020 06:25 PM (hku12)
........

I hope there's an instruction manual comes with that.
Posted by: wth at December 08, 2020 06:30 PM (v0R5T)

up-up-down-down-left-right-left-right-B-A-start

Posted by: Inogame - Trump Won at December 08, 2020 06:33 PM (+2xjH)

201 @157
This is not unusual in a situation where there are competing cases on the same subject.
The court chooses the one it wants to rule on, and deflects the others without really denying.
So, still think the texas case is the star of the show. It will do exactly what is needed, set a precedent that the states are the watchdogs of each other, and the constitutional issue is inarguable.

Posted by: artemis at December 08, 2020 06:33 PM (AwPyG)

202 "The Supreme Court did NOT decline to hear the Pennsylvania case: they denied the request for a court order overturning PA election BEFORE HEARING the case. "

Posted by: Braenyard - wearing Brooks Bros clothes and white shoes at December 08, 2020 06:34 PM (CZm2G)

203 The best Mandolarian is the original french BRON COUCKE one.

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Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at December 08, 2020 06:34 PM (pw+jk)

204
The damning report doesn't just "raise conflicts of interest concerns, they raise CRIMINAL, FINANCIAL, COUNTERINTELLIGENCE and EXTORTION concerns."

Alarming stuff about the Bidens' ties to Ukraine & China.Down-pointing red triangle

Joe may not qualify for a security clearance.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at December 08, 2020 06:34 PM (oVJmc)

205 'Hold a handle' geez. Hold a 'candle'.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 08, 2020 06:34 PM (YPglU)

206 HUNTER BIDEN. Personal computer

The Senate report on Hunter Biden just dropped.

The damning report doesn't just "raise conflicts of interest concerns, they raise CRIMINAL, FINANCIAL, COUNTERINTELLIGENCE and EXTORTION concerns."

Alarming stuff about the Bidens' ties to Ukraine & China.Down-pointing red triangle
Posted by: IrishEi at December 08, 2020 06:29 PM (sGotD)
........

Oh goody. I'm sure Barr is signing indictments as we speak.

Posted by: wth at December 08, 2020 06:34 PM (v0R5T)

207 I'm unusually irritable, grumpy and pissed off. I want to throat punch a politician but that's forbidden.
Why is that forbidden?

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at December 08, 2020 06:34 PM (lgiXo)

208 Jenna Ellis tweet reminding people that the court did NOT deny cert to the Kelly case. 5m. ago

Posted by: Jen the original at December 08, 2020 06:34 PM (/ftBx)

209 I thought Gina Carano was fired from The Mandalorian?

Posted by: steevy at December 08, 2020 06:34 PM (wgghp)

210 I think Hollywood is going to shrink, and salaries are going to shrink even more.

****************

Starlets can still show us their bewbs.

Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original trans-Wookie at December 08, 2020 06:34 PM (xxG/v)

211
After a viscous fight to avoid anything Disney +, I lost and ended up watching the Mandalorian Season 1.

Sounds like a sticky situation.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls

That's the thick of it.

Posted by: Steven Seagal at December 08, 2020 06:34 PM (ir0g0)

212 Not again! LOL

Posted by: Gaelic Girl's Irish Democracy at December 08, 2020 06:35 PM (5FCda)

213 Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at December 08, 2020 06:34 PM (pw+jk)

The best Mandalorian needs to report to the barrel.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 08, 2020 06:35 PM (YPglU)

214 178 Now they are all straight to video actors lol.
Posted by: ryukyu at December 08, 2020 06:31 PM (vKhgw)

it's funny because the scam pandemic revealed that low budget movies in certain gernes are just as entertaining. It's almost as if the rating system is a scam.

Posted by: bat nationalist at December 08, 2020 06:35 PM (DH4sA)

215 The Studios still have China is asshoe theaters or will this HBO thingy effect that too?

Posted by: Mr. Meeseeks, Look at me at December 08, 2020 06:35 PM (2DOZq)

216 Oh SHIT!!

I hope somebody cleaned up the barrel or at least Fabreazed the corners.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at December 08, 2020 06:35 PM (pw+jk)

217 If they don't they've just established that cheating is the new standard and there aren't any others.
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at December 08, 2020 06:32 PM (oVJmc)

+++++++

Don't be silly. if you cheat here's what will happen:

1) the democrats/media will sic the FBI on you immediately

2) election certification will be halted immediately

3) ballots will be thrown out in red county after red county, as many as needed till the cheat is overturned

4) failing that, democrat state houses will simply exercise their Article 2, Sec 1.2 right to seat electors themselves

5) you will be locked up for life for election fraud

That's what will happen.

Posted by: pmurT at December 08, 2020 06:35 PM (ojwvu)

218 197
Since nothing is criminal anymore, lets just buy the damned election.

What is the price of the PA legislature?

i dunno. i'm a tough act to follow.

Posted by: Fang Fang at December 08, 2020 06:35 PM (v3pYe)

219 Rocket docket is the term for when matters are put on an expedited hearing schedule.

Posted by: alexthechick - Boobs and hysteria at December 08, 2020 06:26 PM (GbPPJ)

I'm not a lawyer and this is more a tongue in cheek question. Could SCOTUS tell the listed states that since the legislature has the power in this situation, the legislature must supply counsel? Hey, it would be fun to watch heads explode.

Posted by: WOPR - Tactically Dramatic is Failue at December 08, 2020 06:35 PM (WVeiZ)

220 I think the rumor is that both Georgia and Penn legislators are nervous about Atlanta and philly burning down if they do their job.
So its a tough situation.

Posted by: artemis at December 08, 2020 06:35 PM (AwPyG)

221 171 Exactly. When the woman is hyper-aroused, and the outer layer (called the ukelele) opens, exposing the vuvuzela, that thingy at the very tip of it is called the mandalorian.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 08, 2020 06:25 PM (hku12)

I heard it has impenetrable armor!

Posted by: Javems at December 08, 2020 06:35 PM (8SSHh)

222 Rocket docket is the term for when matters are put on an expedited hearing schedule.

Rocket in My ~~Docket~~ Pocket -

https://youtu.be/Xe0XitIq5O8

Posted by: BackwardsBoy - #BidenCheated at December 08, 2020 06:35 PM (HaL55)

223 Mary4P I had hopes the case today was a slam dunk especially as the Democrats totally disregarded Judge Alito orders, the SoS Kathy Boockvar and the Pa SC stomped all over the laws.
I have not much hope now.

Posted by: Skip at December 08, 2020 06:35 PM (9sWOw)

224 The mandalorian's gina is not Haywire's Gina.

she got bulky for mandalorian. like benching two plates...those shoulders and arms. no bueno.

Posted by: President Elect RedCheckmark at December 08, 2020 06:35 PM (hpcyB)

225 I like action-adventure flicks, and there's not much difference in any one of them these days.

Very formulaic.
Posted by: GnuBreed at December 08, 2020 06:31 PM (veMj1)

I don't mind formulaic. A formula usually exists because it works. And I'll take a formulaic story well told than something that tries to be unique and ends up being shit.

Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at December 08, 2020 06:36 PM (jOcSX)

226 >>>Whoreywood is dying?

I won't be satisfied until geezers like pacino and deniro are lapping at my ballsack for holiday alms.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at December 08, 2020 06:36 PM (WOYcU)

227 Sounds like a cure for the five hour election.
Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at December 08, 2020 06:27 PM (lgiXo)

Bob Dole approves this message.

Posted by: Bob Dole at December 08, 2020 06:36 PM (uxUoN)

228 Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at December 08, 2020 06:34 PM (pw+jk)

The Barrel has refused your injunctive relief from swimming in the bilge water at the bottom there for barrel pickles....

Posted by: Boswell at December 08, 2020 06:36 PM (w2LAm)

229 My first thought about the Fang Fang thing was: was she hot at least?

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 08, 2020 06:36 PM (YPglU)

230 Ok now I understand why on the one hand it's only injunctive relief that's been denied (not cert) but also that many legal experts like Levin are taking this as the death of case.

From the Redstate article:

"The other thing to take note of here is that the Plaintiffs have not yet filed a Petition for a Writ of Certiorari with the Court. That is the document that actually requests that the Court review the decision of the Court which is being appealed. Emergency Applications like the one filed are used in an effort to preserve the status quo, and to prevent the lower court's decision from taking effect while a Petition for review is being prepared, or after one is filed and pending."

Basically, everything that they'd asked for up until point was in fact denied.

Posted by: havelhavolim at December 08, 2020 06:37 PM (fLpTX)

231 Since nothing is criminal anymore, lets just buy the damned electio

----> hahaha, you're funny. Nothing is criminal to the left. You republicans gonna sit there and obey, son.

Posted by: President Elect RedCheckmark at December 08, 2020 06:37 PM (hpcyB)

232
Add in piracy and forget it.

I think Hollywood is going to shrink, and salaries are going to shrink even more.

Good. These asshoe need to lose prominence in the influence market.

Posted by: BifBewalski AOS Moron at December 08, 2020 06:37 PM (VcFUs)

233 @219
It's Texas v Pennsylvania, and state lawsuits are executive in nature, so it's brought by the AG against the AG .

Posted by: artemis at December 08, 2020 06:37 PM (AwPyG)

234 @209
She was not fired.
It would appear that Favrau is the one producer in Hollywood that can contend with and be cowed by the twitter mobs.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 08, 2020 06:37 PM (HQynW)

235 Jukin, the hell.

I'm not a lawyer and this is more a tongue in cheek question. Could SCOTUS tell the listed states that since the legislature has the power in this situation, the legislature must supply counsel? Hey, it would be fun to watch heads explode.
Posted by: WOPR - Tactically Dramatic is Failue at December 08, 2020 06:35 PM (WVeiZ)

Off the top of my head, the appropriate counsel for the state would be that state's attorney general.

Posted by: alexthechick - Boobs and hysteria at December 08, 2020 06:37 PM (GbPPJ)

236 the Deboonkers are having meltdowns. lol

https://tinyurl.com/y33v7633

Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, and South Dakota have just joined Texas Scotus case over the election.

Posted by: bat nationalist at December 08, 2020 06:37 PM (DH4sA)

237 That's why the big name series, like The
Mandalorian, are getting weekly episode releases. We're going to be back
to a commercial break model in streaming soon.

Posted by: WOPR - Tactically Dramatic is Failue at December 08, 2020 06:28 PM (WVeiZ)

===============================
A model known well by all YouTube account holders who refuse to pay the Google tribute.

Posted by: mrp at December 08, 2020 06:37 PM (Pqytn)

238 >you can literally get everything for free without even using torrents. I have no idea why people pay one cent for this stuff.

I know
I've already seen the entire 4th season of The Crown
without cable or any other service
just an internet connection

Posted by: DB- just DB. at December 08, 2020 06:37 PM (iTXRQ)

239 234 Good

Posted by: steevy at December 08, 2020 06:37 PM (wgghp)

240 If you want people to help you, you've got to let them make money.

Or you can keep everything in-house. Your call.

Posted by: t-bird at December 08, 2020 06:37 PM (4EIFd)

241 I heard it has impenetrable armor!
Posted by: Javems at December 08, 2020 06:35 PM (8SSHh)

We couldn't tell you if that is true or not.

Posted by: Every Imperial Stormtrooper at December 08, 2020 06:37 PM (uxUoN)

242 I won't be satisfied until geezers like pacino and deniro are lapping at my ballsack for holiday alms.
Posted by: Dr. Bone at December 08, 2020 06:36 PM (WOYcU)

Dude. Why would you WANT that?

Why would you put that image in my head?!

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 08, 2020 06:38 PM (YPglU)

243 171
Exactly. When the woman is hyper-aroused, and the outer layer (called
the ukelele) opens, exposing the vuvuzela, that thingy at the very tip
of it is called the mandalorian.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 08, 2020 06:25 PM (hku12)

........

I hope there's an instruction manual comes with that.

Posted by: wth at December 08, 2020 06:30 PM (v0R5T)

Unfortunately, you need a Rosetta Stone to figure it all out.

Posted by: flounder at December 08, 2020 06:38 PM (KnJdm)

244 Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, and South Dakota have just joined Texas Scotus case over the election.

---> preview of the Houses' state delegation vote for Trump over biden.

Posted by: President Elect RedCheckmark at December 08, 2020 06:38 PM (hpcyB)

245 >>> I recall an article from about 2 years ago (maybe by Nolte at BB) that declared that production costs for a movie are steadily falling, and that within a decade a decent quality movie could be made for $35k using faked actors, off the shelf CGI, etc.

We are there. The movie Tangerine was nominated for an Oscar. Shot completely on an iPhone.

THIS is the time for really revolutionary and conservative indie films to emerge, if young filmmakers step up.

Posted by: LizLem at December 08, 2020 06:38 PM (Rbfr/)

246 I think the rumor is that both Georgia and Penn legislators are nervous about Atlanta and philly burning down if they do their job.
So its a tough situation.
Posted by: artemis at December 08, 2020 06:35 PM (AwPyG)

Antifa/BLM should not have veto power over the Constitution.

Posted by: Gaelic Girl's Irish Democracy at December 08, 2020 06:38 PM (5FCda)

247 After a viscous fight to avoid anything Disney +, I lost and ended up watching the Mandalorian Season 1.

That Back to the Future thing still around? And now it's a series about the car?

Posted by: Shooter McGavin at December 08, 2020 06:38 PM (4uSHG)

248 My Mom made me take mandalorian lessons when I was a kid, but I ended up switching to the banjo.

Posted by: wth at December 08, 2020 06:38 PM (v0R5T)

249 Gina gives me the same vibe as Katie Sackoff. No bueno.

I guess I'd sleep with 'em if it was the only way to keep them from climbing a skyscraper and swatting down planes.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at December 08, 2020 06:39 PM (H5knJ)

250 Jukin to the Barrel, please, Jukin to the Barrel..

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Trump WON, buy guns at December 08, 2020 06:39 PM (ifmtJ)

251 Awww Crap! Gov Polesmoker (D-Covid Positive) just extended the freaking mask mandate for another month. cocksucker.

Posted by: Old Blue - Deplorable Trump Chump at December 08, 2020 06:39 PM (VNmG1)

252 Gina Carcano is one stocky woman; not that's a bad thing.

Posted by: stourma at December 08, 2020 06:39 PM (bbYBJ)

253 I know some of these words.

Sounds like SCOTUS will decide on the 10th if they want to hear arguments or reject the suit.

Is that right?

Posted by: pmurT

It means the 10th is the deadline the S Ct has set for PAGAWIMI to respond to TX's filing. Then the Supremes will do something after that on a schedule that hasn't been given to us yet.

Posted by: Sharkman at December 08, 2020 06:39 PM (BM2fS)

254 I heard it has impenetrable armor!

I heard it has teefs. Lots of 'em. Big long shiny sharp ones.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy - #BidenCheated at December 08, 2020 06:39 PM (HaL55)

255 246 I think the rumor is that both Georgia and Penn legislators are nervous about Atlanta and philly burning down if they do their job.
So its a tough situation.

---->

right. the gop will fight any foreign tinpot but not the local teachers union

Posted by: President Elect RedCheckmark at December 08, 2020 06:39 PM (hpcyB)

256 @230
The USSC is choosing which case it likes. One nice ruling. (sometimes a court will bundle up a bunch of similar cases together, but this would not be the case, or it would be unlikely. A state is suing other states in Texas v Penn

Posted by: artemis at December 08, 2020 06:39 PM (AwPyG)

257 You've come a long way, Philadelphia.

Posted by: Undercover Brother at December 08, 2020 06:39 PM (fCk49)

258 On a new release movie that my kids want to see, the only thing that keeps me from taking the family is I can't get a good pirated copy.

If it goes VOD, I can get a perfect quality first release and it saves me like $60. I'm not the only one. If I can do this all the time, it's hard for me to go back to the theaters.

I can see Hollywood going under as they keep giving away product to help some flailing streaming service.

Posted by: Blago at December 08, 2020 06:39 PM (gkdnV)

259 I think the rumor is that both Georgia and Penn legislators are nervous
about Atlanta and philly burning down if they do their job.

So its a tough situation.

Posted by: artemis at December 08, 2020 06:35 PM (AwPyG)

I'm willing to take that chance.

Posted by: Shooter McGavin at December 08, 2020 06:39 PM (4uSHG)

260 I heard it has impenetrable armor!

Posted by: Javems at December 08, 2020 06:35 PM (8SSHh)

===============================
Sweat pants, firmly tied.

Posted by: mrp at December 08, 2020 06:39 PM (Pqytn)

261 Holy crap. I knew I liked our AG. I am surprised Beshear was not pissy (probably was.)

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 08, 2020 06:40 PM (YPglU)

262 "are nervous about Atlanta and philly burning down"

Would be shame. Lovely places, they are.

Posted by: havelhavolim at December 08, 2020 06:40 PM (fLpTX)

263 247 After a viscous fight to avoid anything Disney +, I lost and ended up watching the Mandalorian Season 1.

That Back to the Future thing still around? And now it's a series about the car?
Posted by: Shooter McGavin at December 08, 2020 06:38 PM (4uSHG)

hadn't heard about a Back to the Future series.
*shudder*

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Trump WON, buy guns at December 08, 2020 06:40 PM (ifmtJ)

264 Gina Carcano is one stocky woman; not that's a bad thing.

Posted by: stourma

She's attractive, but has only one facial expression, sadly. "Stony-Faced Resolve".

Posted by: Sharkman at December 08, 2020 06:40 PM (BM2fS)

265 OT-Church Militant (Conservative RC new site) now doing a live stream analysis of the latest state by state election fraud cases:

https://www.churchmilitant.com/

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 08, 2020 06:41 PM (WkPC9)

266 She is a bit intimidating.

Posted by: stourma at December 08, 2020 06:41 PM (bbYBJ)

267
Basically, everything that they'd asked for up until point was in fact denied.
Posted by: havelhavolim at December 08, 2020 06:37 PM (fLpTX

Then why are they hearing the case at a later date? Maybe, they are looking to enjoin certain cases? Maybe they are waiting for DNI Ratcliff's report pursuent to EO 13848? maybe they are too busy batin'?

Posted by: bat nationalist at December 08, 2020 06:41 PM (DH4sA)

268 >>>Why would you put that image in my head?!
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop

Snap out of it, dammit! This is war!

Gear Up!

Posted by: Dr. Bone at December 08, 2020 06:41 PM (WOYcU)

269 SCOTUS is wiping their butts with the Texas case.

Posted by: Biohazard Legal Team at December 08, 2020 06:41 PM (uYp+q)

270 229 My first thought about the Fang Fang thing was: was she hot at least?

Not Dress Thread quality.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at December 08, 2020 06:41 PM (oVJmc)

271 264 Gina Carcano is one stocky woman; not that's a bad thing.

Posted by: stourma

She's attractive, but has only one facial expression, sadly. "Stony-Faced Resolve".
Posted by: Sharkman at December 08, 2020 06:40 PM (BM2fS)

Just happens to be in my wheelhouse...

Posted by: Inogame - Trump Won at December 08, 2020 06:42 PM (+2xjH)

272 Angela Marsden, owner of the Pineapple Hill Grill in CA, in a good interview. She is so real on screen, I just want to hug her.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49qHv5rvSRU

I guess the thing being shot across the street was the new Golden Girls whatever. Another tired retread.

Posted by: LizLem at December 08, 2020 06:42 PM (Rbfr/)

273
I like Gina. She's not a hollywood celery scumbag.

She put on about 25 pounds from season 1 to 2 on the Baby Yoda show.

Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at December 08, 2020 06:42 PM (ir0g0)

274
The golden age of streaming is over.

__________

The half-life of a transplutonium element is longer than this "age".

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 08, 2020 06:42 PM (mht8P)

275 246 I think the rumor is that both Georgia and Penn legislators are nervous about Atlanta and philly burning down if they do their job.
So its a tough situation.
Posted by: artemis at December 08, 2020 06:35 PM (AwPyG)
++++++

Well...if they want to burn down the strongholds of voter fraud and save the second coming of Sherman the trouble of doing it.

Fine.

Posted by: pmurT at December 08, 2020 06:42 PM (ojwvu)

276 "It think Hollywood is going to shrink and salaries are going to shrink even more."
Adding this to my prayers.

Posted by: redridinghood at December 08, 2020 06:42 PM (NpAcC)

277 Joe may not qualify for a security clearance.
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at December 08, 2020 06:34 PM (oVJmc)
~~~~~

Presidents are exempt. How do you think the Mocha Messiah got in?

Posted by: IrishEi at December 08, 2020 06:42 PM (sGotD)

278 249 Gina gives me the same vibe as Katie Sackoff. No bueno.

I guess I'd sleep with 'em if it was the only way to keep them from climbing a skyscraper and swatting down planes.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at December 08, 2020 06:39 PM (H5knJ)

You know, Faye Raye said the same thing and look where it got her!

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 08, 2020 06:42 PM (YPglU)

279 Kyle Becker

@kylenabecker

41m

HUNTER BIDEN. Personal computer

The Senate report on Hunter Biden just dropped.

The damning report doesn't just "raise conflicts of interest
concerns, they raise CRIMINAL, FINANCIAL, COUNTERINTELLIGENCE and
EXTORTION concerns."

Alarming stuff about the Bidens' ties to Ukraine China.Down-pointing red triangle

Posted by: IrishEi at December 08, 2020 06:29 PM (sGotD)

On his show today, Dan Bongino was talking about this. He mentioned Hunter in China in 2014 and some late night friends with benefits he had that he was warned about. Bongino was talking about the Swallowswell story and how many politicians and business types foreign governments have the dirt on and use that dirt.

Posted by: TheQuietMan at December 08, 2020 06:42 PM (a4xU3)

280 Starlets can still show us their bewbs.

Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original trans-Wookie at December 08, 2020 06:34 PM (xxG/v)

I'm gonna need a hacked pornhub password ain't I.

*fires up Tor*

Posted by: GnuBreed at December 08, 2020 06:42 PM (veMj1)

281
Antifa/BLM should not have veto power over the Constitution.
These assholes joined forces with Lt Gov Geoff Duncan and bullied the legislators into not voting today because they allegedly shit their pants over Antifa/BLM burning down their rice bowls.

Light em up.

David RalstonTitle: Speaker of the House

Capitol Address
332 State Capitol
Atlanta, GA 30334
404.656.5020 - Office
404.656.5644 - Fax

District Address
PO Box 188
Blue Ridge, GA 30513
706.632.2221 - Office
706.632.6193 - Fax

david.ralston@house.ga.gov

Senator Mike Dugan
236 State Capitol
Atlanta, GA 30334
Office: (404) 656-7872
mike.dugan@senate.ga.gov

Senator Butch Miller
321 State Capitol
Atlanta, GA 30334
Office: (404) 656-6578
butch.miller@senate.ga.gov

Posted by: deplorable unperson - refuse to accept the Mask of the Beast at December 08, 2020 06:43 PM (naieP)

282 Exactly. When the woman is hyper-aroused, and the outer layer (called

the ukelele) opens, exposing the vuvuzela, that thingy at the very tip

of it is called the mandalorian.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 08, 2020 06:25 PM (hku12)

A vuvuzela once bit my sister.

Posted by: flounder at December 08, 2020 06:43 PM (KnJdm)

283 It was thoughtful of PA to threaten the Supremes w/riots. Always a good way to make your point.

Posted by: Braenyard - wearing Brooks Bros clothes and white shoes at December 08, 2020 06:43 PM (CZm2G)

284 AT&T is actually the old and worst run of the Baby Bells, Southwestern Bell. They pushed horrible technology (Uverse) doing a massive disservice to customers and employees. They kept acquiring companies to disguise how poorly they were doing.

Posted by: iandeal at December 08, 2020 06:43 PM (BALvA)

285 So is this the first time 9 states have gone to SCOTUS over a national election?
Historic!

Posted by: wth at December 08, 2020 06:43 PM (v0R5T)

286 Not sure the answer is ( SC talking) We let the state make up laws so the law is what they say it is.

Posted by: Skip at December 08, 2020 06:43 PM (9sWOw)

287 Can anyone supply a tweet or press release from a single non-Texas AG that has announced they're filing a lawsuit like Texas'?

Cause all I've seen from an official source is Lousiana's AG merely saying he agrees with it, not that he has officially joined.

Posted by: pmurT at December 08, 2020 06:44 PM (ojwvu)

288 I will bet a lot of money that the Justices are in some very safe place, right now.
this is for all the left's marbles.

Posted by: artemis at December 08, 2020 06:44 PM (AwPyG)

289 The RLM boys discuss this in their Quarantine Catch-Up:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pe03wFRySok

(Around 37 minutes)

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Iron Fist in Velvet Glove in Iron Gauntlet Clutching an Iron Mace at December 08, 2020 06:33 PM (Dc2NZ)

Best part was Mike's spit takes.

I don't think I have any interest in watching anything they talked about.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 08, 2020 06:44 PM (hku12)

290 Starlets can still show us their bewbs.

Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original trans-Wookie at December 08, 2020 06:34 PM (xxG/v)

I'm gonna need a hacked pornhub password ain't I.

*fires up Tor*
Posted by: GnuBreed

Use Ace's password: shelvinghacks

Posted by: rickb223 at December 08, 2020 06:44 PM (5kNms)

291 63 >>I have NO IDEA what a "mandalorian" is.

Those are those little oranges, right?

Posted by: Bacon Jeff at December 08, 2020 06:44 PM (VGRuw)

292 Is her name really Fang?

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at December 08, 2020 06:44 PM (PUmDY)

293 OT-Church Militant (Conservative RC new site) now doing a live stream analysis of the latest state by state election fraud cases:

https://www.churchmilitant.com/
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 08, 2020 06:41 PM (WkPC9)

Thanks, Fen. The last one you linked to was very good analysis.

Posted by: Gaelic Girl's Irish Democracy at December 08, 2020 06:44 PM (5FCda)

294 I think the rumor is that both Georgia and Penn legislators are nervous about Atlanta and philly burning down if they do their job.

We need to go back to controlled burns to stop these wildfires.

Posted by: t-bird at December 08, 2020 06:45 PM (ZS2+d)

295 oh hollywood stars and big names crushed
so sad
*plays tiny violin*

Posted by: vmom Trump Won! at December 08, 2020 06:45 PM (nUhF0)

296 When I gently caress her mandalorien, all hell breaks loose.

Posted by: Balrog of Morgoth at December 08, 2020 06:45 PM (ma0+Q)

297 Exactly. When the woman is hyper-aroused, and the outer layer (called the ukelele) opens, exposing the vuvuzela, that thingy at the very tip of it is called the mandalorian.

Posted by: BurtTC

I hope there's an instruction manual comes with that.

Posted by: wth

up-up-down-down-left-right-left-right-B-A-start

Posted by: Inogame - Trump Won

Let's hear now from our expert in such things, Sam Kinison, who advises: "learn to lick the alphabet!":

https://youtu.be/UXo1kBxgd2k

Posted by: Sharkman at December 08, 2020 06:45 PM (BM2fS)

298 229 My first thought about the Fang Fang thing was: was she hot at least?
Not Dress Thread quality.
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at December 08, 2020 06:41 PM (oVJmc)

Fan BinBing: Dress Thread Worthy
Fang Fang: Barrel Worthy

Posted by: LizLem at December 08, 2020 06:45 PM (Rbfr/)

299 I think the rumor is that both Georgia and Penn
legislators are nervous about Atlanta and philly burning down if they do
their job.
So its a tough situation.

Posted by: artemis at December 08, 2020 06:35 PM (AwPyG)

It's too bad that Georgia and Penn don't have law enforcement or National Guard to stop that.

Posted by: TheQuietMan at December 08, 2020 06:45 PM (a4xU3)

300 https://tinyurl.com/y5t4ty8c

WE HAVE RECEIPTS

ARIZONA

We found alleged deceased people were sent ballots, and many of those ballots were allegedly cast per the voter database

Results were submitted to
@GeneralBrnovich
under penalty of perjury

Intake Number: EIU-2020-29902-2316 (see video clip)

Posted by: bat nationalist at December 08, 2020 06:46 PM (DH4sA)

301 Been gone all day... What happened with Alito?

Posted by: It's me donna at December 08, 2020 06:47 PM (Zmnko)

302 I think the rumor is that both Georgia and Penn legislators are nervous about Atlanta and philly burning down if they do their job.

If I was a GOP legislator, I'd consider that a feature, not a bug. I live right outside Houston, and I'm always wondering how I can get Houstonians to burn the place down.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at December 08, 2020 06:47 PM (H5knJ)

303 ATT doesn't care about the movie business. They only care about the streaming business, and HBOMax has had a poor roll-out. It's an also-ran in the streaming wars.

My daughter has a Disney Plus subscription, and installed in on our TV. Thus, we get the channel for free. I'd heard it was by far the best of the new streaming services, and that may be true. However, I watched the Mandalorian in a week, a couple of other movies and NatGeo program, and now seem to have more or less exhausted what interests me.

As bad as it is for D+, it's much worse for others. I honestly don't know how they're making money this way.

Posted by: pep at December 08, 2020 06:47 PM (v16oJ)

304 Use Ace's password: shelvinghacks
Posted by: rickb223 at December 08, 2020 06:44 PM (5kNms)

I initially read that as Svengali. Oddly, it would also fit (ace the fricking francophone.)

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 08, 2020 06:47 PM (YPglU)

305
Antifa/BLM should not have veto power over the Constitution.
Posted by: Gaelic Girl's Irish Democracy at December 08, 2020 06:38 PM (5FCda)

This is why we have an Insurrection Act. If used, i shall need to see a doctor about four hour insurrection erection.

Posted by: BifBewalski AOS Moron at December 08, 2020 06:47 PM (VcFUs)

306 So, I was getting a ride out to a golf course and the driver, an acquaintance from church and bowling says that if the SCOTUS lets Trump win Detroit and Philly and LA etc. are going to burn to the ground.

I reply "You say that like it's a bad thing."

Posted by: JAS at December 08, 2020 06:47 PM (2BZBZ)

307 294 I think the rumor is that both Georgia and Penn legislators are
nervous about Atlanta and philly burning down if they do their job.

It's rare to find a problem with such a self-imposed solution.

Posted by: pep at December 08, 2020 06:48 PM (v16oJ)

308 The SC will dump pleninary power to the state legislatures who can, thru silence, agree to any result presented to them.

Posted by: Jamaica NYC at December 08, 2020 06:48 PM (4vNgL)

309 So 'capturing software'? uuuhmmmm...like what? A friend wants to know.

I use PlayOn from the eponymous playon.com.

Posted by: G'rump928(C) at December 08, 2020 06:48 PM (yQpMk)

310 I can hardly wait to see actor salaries fall to the point their jobs become a 6 figure salary, with two weeks paid vacation per year, and, if they have a decent agent, 1 sick day per month.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at December 08, 2020 06:48 PM (WEBkv)

311 I have NO IDEA what a "mandalorian" is.

Those are those little oranges, right?

No, no, no. It's a mafematics root thingy.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy - #BidenCheated at December 08, 2020 06:48 PM (HaL55)

312 @286
That's kinda what the rule is. The states get to make up their own laws, and no one is supposed to override them.
The defendants in the Texas suit ae in trouble because they allowed the governor to override the state laws, which violates the US Const which gives plenary power only to the state legislature
The USSC doesn't get involved unless the state law violates the federal constitution--here, it's an equal protection problem. The state that is not following the constitution is allowing too many false votes, to the detriment of the states who are following the constitution

Posted by: artemis at December 08, 2020 06:49 PM (AwPyG)

313 Bongino was talking about the Swallowswell story and how many politicians and business types foreign governments have the dirt on and use that dirt.
Posted by: TheQuietMan at December 08, 2020 06:42 PM (a4xU3)
~~~~~

It's scoundrels and scallywags all the way down.

Posted by: IrishEi at December 08, 2020 06:49 PM (sGotD)

314 I think the rumor is that both Georgia and Penn

legislators are nervous about Atlanta and philly burning down if they do

their job.
So its a tough situation.

Posted by: artemis at December 08, 2020 06:35 PM (AwPyG)

====
The democrat party has learned the lessons of the NAZI brownshirts well.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at December 08, 2020 06:49 PM (pw+jk)

315 Mob rule will get us to burning times, the thought giving I to prevent it is idiotic. Soon the mob learns it's power and uses it.

Posted by: Skip at December 08, 2020 06:49 PM (9sWOw)

316 Well crap

https://www.playon.tv

Posted by: G'rump928(C) at December 08, 2020 06:49 PM (yQpMk)

317
I live right outside Houston, and I'm always wondering how I can get Houstonians to burn the place down.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at December 08, 2020 06:47 PM (H5knJ)

_________

The Moron Mayor and the Teen Gauleiter will still insist on masks being worn.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 08, 2020 06:49 PM (mht8P)

318 It's too bad that Georgia and Penn don't have law enforcement or National Guard to stop that.
Posted by: TheQuietMan at December 08, 2020 06:45 PM (a4xU3)

Isn't it a pity? Isn't it a shame?

Posted by: Gaelic Girl's Irish Democracy at December 08, 2020 06:49 PM (5FCda)

319 >Been gone all day... What happened with Alito?

Turns out it wasn't Alito- it was Barzini all along.

Posted by: DB- just DB. at December 08, 2020 06:50 PM (iTXRQ)

320 >>I think the rumor is that both Georgia and Penn

legislators are nervous about Atlanta and philly burning down if they do

their job.
So its a tough situation.

not really, you want to burn and loot,

we can switch to live ammo

Posted by: Megen Rapanoe at December 08, 2020 06:50 PM (GIeIM)

321
I can hardly wait to see actor salaries fall to the point their jobs become a 6 figure salary, with two weeks paid vacation per year, and, if they have a decent agent, 1 sick day per month.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at December 08, 2020 06:48 PM (WEBkv)

__________

I can hardly wait to see them replaced by CGI characters.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 08, 2020 06:50 PM (mht8P)

322 Fan BinBing: Dress Thread Worthy

Fang Fang: Barrel Worthy

Posted by: LizLem

Neither one is a Jing Tian.

Posted by: pep at December 08, 2020 06:50 PM (v16oJ)

323 Salaries can't shrink!! Do you have any idea what my Amber Heard legal costs are?

Posted by: Johnny Depp at December 08, 2020 06:50 PM (CXjkn)

324 the remedy Texas is seeking is the most uncontroversial, pro-constitutional remedy possible.

It's the one remedy that doesn't require SCOTUS to divine out of thin air a solution to the problem. they don't have to throw out votes, decide which votes are good and which aren't deny states the right to seat electors, etc.

All it's doing is asking SCOTUS to recognize there has been a problem and to solve it looking at the rule book for the solution: The Constitution offers the remedy: Article 2, Section 1.2 - states seat their own electors

The court can do that and effectively wash their hands of it. They won't be in any way directly changing the outcome of the election. They can look the other way and say "the state houses can choose to accept the results of the November vote if the want. We're not going to make them one way or another."

Meanwhile the state houses, cowards all, can use the SCOTUS order to seat the electors they want, irrespective of the vote, arguing that SCOTUS' ruling admitted the election was tainted and they will thus send (Trump) electors.

Both sides meet in the middle.
Everyone wins except the Democrats.

Sounds like a Merry Christmas to all who say Merry Christmas.

Posted by: pmurT at December 08, 2020 06:51 PM (ojwvu)

325 I've heated up some garlicky ribs. The dog wants her share but I've read garlic is toxic to dogs.

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at December 08, 2020 06:51 PM (lgiXo)

326 That playon site is begging for an intellectual property bust.

Posted by: attila the irritable at December 08, 2020 06:51 PM (w7KSn)

327 well not my sock tho

Posted by: will choose a nic later at December 08, 2020 06:51 PM (GIeIM)

328 Mobs burn cities all summer, so what's the difference now If they continue?

Posted by: Skip at December 08, 2020 06:51 PM (9sWOw)

329 QUX ... quantum user experience ... no keyboards, voice only ... no censorship because your TV becomes your own platform.

Imagine ROKU but you build your own portal ... portals are regular people. alternative to YouTube ... can't get banned. Built off Android, but not Google's Android (like through Linux) ... so Google can't censor ... or track.

I'm just hearing about it, but sounds interesting.

https://tinyurl.com/y6esfwoy

Posted by: illiniwek at December 08, 2020 06:51 PM (Cus5s)

330 Exactly. When the woman is hyper-aroused, and the outer layer (called

the ukelele) opens, exposing the vuvuzela, that thingy at the very tip

of it is called the mandalorian.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 08, 2020 06:25 PM (hku12)

I saw one once.

It was running around my backyard spitting out babies everywhere.

It was scary.

I hid under my bed.

Posted by: naturalfake at December 08, 2020 06:51 PM (dWwl8)

331 I guess movie takes are better than talking about the coup...

Posted by: DJ3Way at December 08, 2020 06:51 PM (bhPL1)

332 Ricky Schroder has been getting pretty sporty as of late. Telling Antifa, come at me bro. I only know this because my wife is a Ricky Schroder superfan and keeps me informed.

Silver Spoons man, how am I supposed to compete with boy band Richie Rich.

Posted by: banana Dream at December 08, 2020 06:52 PM (l6b3d)

333 Turns out it wasn't Alito- it was Barzini all along.

Posted by: DB- just DB. at December 08, 2020 06:50 PM (iTXRQ)

================
Barzini is a pimp.

Posted by: Ted Cruz at December 08, 2020 06:52 PM (CXjkn)

334 I think the rumor is that both Georgia and Penn legislators are nervous about Atlanta and philly burning down if they do their job.

What if we were to burn things down if they don't?

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at December 08, 2020 06:52 PM (oVJmc)

335
So ATL and PHI will burn if the GA and PA legislators do their job? Notice they don't worry about what happens if they don't?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 08, 2020 06:52 PM (mht8P)

336 Hollywood loves China, they should love the WuFlu, too. No theaters, ever again. 20 year lockdown, because New WuFlu coming soon to not a theater near you.

Posted by: klaftern at December 08, 2020 06:52 PM (RuIsu)

337 Cities across the country have been burning all year, all over the country. Looting and murder for the special sauce. Dems shrug. People losing their livelihoods. Dems shrug and double-down on violence and more burning. People defending their property are called racists. Dems shrug. Now the Dems are threatening more burning, more looting, and more violence if their political thuggery isn't certified?

Posted by: mrp at December 08, 2020 06:52 PM (Pqytn)

338 This is why we have an Insurrection Act. If used, i shall need to see a doctor about four hour insurrection erection.
Posted by: BifBewalski AOS Moron at December 08, 2020 06:47 PM (VcFUs)

***********

Which is why the nood pictures of Megan Rapone have been released - this will cure any four hour insurrection erections!

Everything is falling into place!

Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original trans-Wookie at December 08, 2020 06:52 PM (xxG/v)

339 Pirating was already dirt simple. This just makes it easier to get 4K rips of stuff.

Posted by: Broseidon at December 08, 2020 06:52 PM (icI8A)

340 I think Hollywood is going to shrink, and salaries are going to shrink even more.

I really hope so and the same for professional sports too. Crush them all.

Posted by: TheQuietMan at December 08, 2020 06:53 PM (a4xU3)

341 https://twitter.com/We_Have_Risen/
status/1336405436908662793

Replying to
@We_Have_Risen
Who is on the Patent for "Adjudication"?

"Ballot Adjudication in Voting Systems Utilizing Ballot Images"

(cant make Tinyurl so remove space)
https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/de/ c0/45/5c2744d3143350/US9202113.pdf

Posted by: bat nationalist at December 08, 2020 06:53 PM (DH4sA)

342
Mobs burn cities all summer, so what's the difference now If they continue?
Posted by: Skip

Right.

Other than Terrorism Works, I don't understand the rationale, here.

Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at December 08, 2020 06:53 PM (FCP94)

343 330 Exactly. When the woman is hyper-aroused, and the outer layer (called

the ukelele) opens, exposing the vuvuzela, that thingy at the very tip

of it is called the mandalorian.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 08, 2020 06:25 PM (hku12)

I saw one once.

It was running around my backyard spitting out babies everywhere.

It was scary.

I hid under my bed.
Posted by: naturalfake at December 08, 2020 06:51 PM (dWwl

LOL

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Trump WON, buy guns at December 08, 2020 06:53 PM (ifmtJ)

344 I can hardly wait to see them replaced by CGI characters.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 08, 2020 06:50 PM (mht8P)
----------------

That fear is why actors will take the pay cut.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at December 08, 2020 06:53 PM (WEBkv)

345 the reason Georgia and Penn are the dog's supper right now is because the governors are corrupt.
So they are not likely to stop a riot. But Trump can federalize the national guard like he did in Portland.

Posted by: artemis at December 08, 2020 06:53 PM (AwPyG)

346 I just finished the Queen's Gambit on Netflix, and despite the implausible, obvious liberal politics, it was one of the finest series I've ever seen. Plus, Anya Taylor-Joy's eyes are just mesmerizing. Seriously, you could have set a bomb off next to me and I wouldn't have noticed.

Posted by: pep at December 08, 2020 06:54 PM (v16oJ)

347 Exactly. When the woman is hyper-aroused, and the outer layer (called

the ukelele) opens, exposing the vuvuzela, that thingy at the very tip

of it is called the mandalorian.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 08, 2020 06:25 PM (hku12)

I saw one once.

It was running around my backyard spitting out babies everywhere.

It was scary.

I hid under my bed.
Posted by: naturalfake at December 08, 2020 06:51 PM (dWwl

If your lady friend's mandalorian spits out anything, why that's special. You should be proud. Most women's don't.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 08, 2020 06:55 PM (hku12)

348 324, thst is the result the Dems want: elections don't matter only who controls the legislatures. Black mail, Corruption and Fear are the names of our Triumvirate

Posted by: Jamaica NYC at December 08, 2020 06:55 PM (4vNgL)

349 Ricky Shroder is an unlikely hero.
So is James Woods.
Comes the hour, comes the man

Posted by: artemis at December 08, 2020 06:55 PM (AwPyG)

350
Meanwhile the state houses, cowards all, can use the SCOTUS order to seat the electors they want, irrespective of the vote, arguing that SCOTUS' ruling admitted the election was tainted and they will thus send (Trump) electors.

Both sides meet in the middle.
Everyone wins except the Democrats.

Sounds like a Merry Christmas to all who say Merry Christmas.
Posted by: pmurT at December 08, 2020 06:51 PM (ojwvu)

This assujes the state legislatures are not elite corruptocrat commies, even the GOPe ones.

Posted by: BifBewalski AOS Moron at December 08, 2020 06:55 PM (VcFUs)

351 >> I think the rumor is that both Georgia and Penn legislators are nervous about Atlanta and philly burning down if they do their job.

admitting violence works may not be the best idea

Posted by: will choose a nic later at December 08, 2020 06:56 PM (GIeIM)

352 >>the reason Georgia and Penn are the dog's supper right now is because the governors are corrupt.
So they are not likely to stop a riot. But Trump can federalize the national guard like he did in Portland.

It's not just GA and PA, it's all states in the Texas suit.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 08, 2020 06:56 PM (ZLI7S)

353 I probably have bigger boobs than Megen

Posted by: f'd at December 08, 2020 06:56 PM (JqDrN)

354 @348
But the beauty of the Texas case is just this: if your legislature pulls shenanigans, the other states will come after you. They will be jealously policing each other.

Posted by: artemis at December 08, 2020 06:57 PM (AwPyG)

355 premeditation proof of Perkins Cole involvement of election rigging.

https://tinyurl.com/y3nw45z3

Replying to
@We_Have_Risen
Definitely/Probably the most concerning re-tweet of all time...

Posted by: bat nationalist at December 08, 2020 06:57 PM (DH4sA)

356 Did George R.R. Martin ghostwrite the 3.5 D+D supplement Draconomicon? Because that book states that dragons are, uh, genitally gifted.

Posted by: Broseidon at December 08, 2020 06:57 PM (icI8A)

357 335
So ATL and PHI will burn if the GA and PA legislators do their job? Notice they don't worry about what happens if they don't?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 08, 2020 06:52 PM (mht8P)

...

Is this intended as some sort of deterrent?

Will all the famous people move to Canada too?

Posted by: TexasDan at December 08, 2020 06:57 PM (yL25O)

358 I've been using PlayOn desktop to record streaming shows, and then using Plex to play them on my Roku.

Posted by: G'rump928(C) at December 08, 2020 06:57 PM (yQpMk)

359 In the TX complaint, the AG specifically requests that SCOTUS not decide who won the election, or deny anyone's vote, but that they make a determination that remedy here be that a decision to vote on electors be returned to the state legislature as required by the constitution - I really think this is a winning argument.

It gives all the squishes on the court a chance to just say in their opinion that they're following the constitution and not deciding who won.

Posted by: Boswell at December 08, 2020 06:57 PM (w2LAm)

360 From John Hinderaker, one of the the attorneys at Powerline:

Still, Texas's lawsuit represents the most credible and practical challenge to Joe Biden's tainted victory that I have seen.

1. Good news.
2. He said taint.

Posted by: motionview at December 08, 2020 06:57 PM (pYQR/)

361 @352
Sorry, I meant in terms of rioting/national guard.

Posted by: artemis at December 08, 2020 06:57 PM (AwPyG)

362 Streaming is good l, but i hate the fact they can alter content. QED simpson season 3 no longer has the stark raving dad episode because of Michael Jackson. Everyone pussed out over that. On the other hand my season 3 box set is now worth like $ 80 used!

Posted by: Mishdog at December 08, 2020 06:58 PM (F/Rk0)

363 Amazing that all of Hollywood may be looking at porn-level budgets.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at December 08, 2020 06:58 PM (oVJmc)

364
Silver Spoons man, how am I supposed to compete with boy band Richie Rich.
Posted by: banana Dream at December 08, 2020 06:52 PM (l6b3d)

Woodrow Call will most definitely ride up on some Adytifa and commence some whup ass if they harrass his bastard.

Posted by: BifBewalski AOS Moron at December 08, 2020 06:58 PM (VcFUs)

365 I'm calling it now - if the SCOTUS kicks this back to either the legislatures or House assemblies ... WI, GA, MI, and PA STILL all go for Biden. Thats how useless the GOP has become.

Posted by: Endeavor To Persevere at December 08, 2020 06:58 PM (SCvwT)

366
2. He said taint.
Posted by: motionview at December 08, 2020 06:57 PM (pYQR/)

__________

Say it taint so!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 08, 2020 06:58 PM (mht8P)

367 352 >>the reason Georgia and Penn are the dog's supper right now is because the governors are corrupt.
So they are not likely to stop a riot. But Trump can federalize the national guard like he did in Portland.

It's not just GA and PA, it's all states in the Texas suit.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 08, 2020 06:56 PM (ZLI7S)

And the LAST thing even a Repub Politician from those States will do, is ADMIT they screwed up.

They somehow believe they can get things back to normal, even though they KNOW the election had major problems.

Posted by: Romeo13 at December 08, 2020 06:58 PM (d9rwJ)

368 If I was a GOP legislator, I'd consider that a feature, not a bug. I live right outside Houston, and I'm always wondering how I can get Houstonians to burn the place down.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at December 08, 2020 06:47 PM (H5knJ)

My brother in law lived in the Woodlands for a while. Fucking traffic was insane.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at December 08, 2020 06:58 PM (z1TQ/)

369 Amazing that all of Hollywood may be looking at porn-level budgets.
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at December 08, 2020 06:58 PM (oVJmc)

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Heh, low def sets on high def tv's should be amusing.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at December 08, 2020 06:58 PM (WEBkv)

370 356 Did George R.R. Martin ghostwrite the 3.5 D+D supplement Draconomicon? Because that book states that dragons are, uh, genitally gifted.
Posted by: Broseidon at December 08, 2020 06:57 PM (icI8A)

Does it feel nihilistic and horrifying? Do a lot of characters get raped because you get the feeling that the author is just a craven, greasy sack of shit who gets off on that kind of thing?

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 08, 2020 06:58 PM (YPglU)

371 360 From John Hinderaker, one of the the attorneys at Powerline:

Still, Texas's lawsuit represents the most credible and practical challenge to Joe Biden's tainted victory that I have seen.

1. Good news.
2. He said taint.
Posted by: motionview at December 08, 2020 06:57 PM (pYQR/)

'Taint surprising?!?!?!

Posted by: browndog at December 08, 2020 06:58 PM (BgMrQ)

372 If Atlanta, Milwaukee, Chicago, Detroit, and Philadelphia become participants under consent decrees that mandate witnessed and verifiable elections with federal onsite scrutiny, that would not be a bad thing for the Republic.

Posted by: mrp at December 08, 2020 06:59 PM (Pqytn)

373 363 Amazing that all of Hollywood may be looking at porn-level budgets.
Posted by: Mr. Peebles

Kind of fitting really.

Posted by: Puddleglum at December 08, 2020 06:59 PM (djGd9)

374 In the TX complaint, the AG specifically requests that SCOTUS not decide who won the election, or deny anyone's vote, but that they make a determination that remedy here be that a decision to vote on electors be returned to the state legislature as required by the constitution - I really think this is a winning argument.

It gives all the squishes on the court a chance to just say in their opinion that they're following the constitution and not deciding who won.
Posted by: Boswell at December 08, 2020 06:57 PM (w2LAm)

It also has the benefit of being the most Constitutionally appropriate remedy.

So that's not gonna happen.

Posted by: alexthechick - Boobs and hysteria at December 08, 2020 06:59 PM (GbPPJ)

375 Have pity on those of us who have AT&T as our ISP. We're tied, therefore to Yahoo Mail. Epic suckitude.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 08, 2020 06:59 PM (cGzEU)

376 an we say maybe that this was all due to Benioff and Weinberg's total fumble on Game of Thrones?

And the winner of the Oscar for "Most Relieved" is ...

Kathleen Kennedy!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 08, 2020 06:59 PM (DMUuz)

377 Posted by: pmurT at December 08, 2020 06:51 PM

Problem with letting state legislators pick is that in MI our Repub majority said a couple weeks ago that the Dems got the majority of votes and that they would select Dem electors. No wiggle room for those cowards.

Posted by: clutch at December 08, 2020 06:59 PM (9UmRs)

378 271 264 Gina Carcano is one stocky woman; not that's a bad thing.

Posted by: stourma

She's attractive, but has only one facial expression, sadly. "Stony-Faced Resolve".
Posted by: Sharkman at December 08, 2020 06:40 PM (BM2fS)

Just happens to be in my wheelhouse...
Posted by: Inogame - Trump Won at December 08, 2020 06:42 PM (+2xjH)

I think she has a killer smile.

I'm not defending her acting range. She just revs me up. I like fitness models and girls who can fight/shoot.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Trump WON, buy guns at December 08, 2020 06:59 PM (ifmtJ)

379 https://twitter.com/Millie__Weaver/
status/1336455788097900546

Meetings at the Trump hotel trying to bypass gate keepers.

Let's pray that we can get our AFL-CIO whistleblowers video deposition to
@RudyGiuliani
and
@GenFlynn

Posted by: bat nationalist at December 08, 2020 06:59 PM (DH4sA)

380 I think Hollywood is going to shrink, and salaries are going to shrink even more."

That would be nice, but it would only be truly satisfying if everyone in Hollywood died horribly.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 08, 2020 06:59 PM (V2Yro)

381 It gives all the squishes on the court a chance to just say in their opinion that they're following the constitution and not deciding who won.
Posted by: Boswell

So they kick it back to the states and the states fold because they don't want BLM to burn their cities.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 08, 2020 06:59 PM (5kNms)

382 From Gateway Pundit:

"USPS Contract Driver and Whistleblower Jesse Morgan Interrogated by FBI - Instead of Investigating Information they Started Harassing his Family" (VIDEO)

https://preview.tinyurl.com/yxbpegqs

Posted by: IrishEi at December 08, 2020 06:59 PM (sGotD)

383 >>> 358 I've been using PlayOn desktop to record streaming shows, and then using Plex to play them on my Roku.
Posted by: G'rump928(C) at December 08, 2020 06:57 PM (yQpMk)

I use playon but I wish it wasn't limited to 720p. I think that was some kind of concession on their part to not be sued into the ground.

Posted by: banana Dream at December 08, 2020 07:00 PM (l6b3d)

384 359 In the TX complaint, the AG specifically requests that SCOTUS not decide who won the election, or deny anyone's vote, but that they make a determination that remedy here be that a decision to vote on electors be returned to the state legislature as required by the constitution - I really think this is a winning argument.

It gives all the squishes on the court a chance to just say in their opinion that they're following the constitution and not deciding who won.
Posted by: Boswell at December 08, 2020 06:57 PM (w2LAm)

exactly, yes

Posted by: pmurT at December 08, 2020 07:00 PM (ojwvu)

385 330 Exactly. When the woman is hyper-aroused, and the outer layer (called

the ukelele) opens, exposing the vuvuzela, that thingy at the very tip

of it is called the mandalorian.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 08, 2020 06:25 PM (hku12)

No, pretty sure that's wrong. A mandalorian is like an old timey small guitar. Either that or a vegetable & finger slicer.

Posted by: I Have Questions at December 08, 2020 07:00 PM (RGRIY)

386 I think the rumor is that both Georgia and Penn legislators are
nervous about Atlanta and philly burning down if they do their job.

You know what they need? Some type of rules or something so that people who wanted to burn buildings would get some sort of punishment. Like maybe putting them in one of those jail thingys I keep hearing about where they put bidness owners who try to keep going in spite of the ChiCom WuFlu tyranny that keeps them all closed for no reason. After they turned loose all the real criminals who were in there for things like murder and robbery and rape and those types of outdated crimes that apparently don't exist anymore.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy - #BidenCheated at December 08, 2020 07:00 PM (HaL55)

387 I can hardly wait to see them replaced by CGI characters.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 08, 2020 06:50 PM (mht8P)
----------------

That fear is why actors will take the pay cut.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at December 08, 2020 06:53 PM (WEBkv)

I used to find all the baseball hot stove league stuff interesting. Winter meetings, free agent signings, blockbuster trades.

Not anymore.

I wonder what happens going forward though. Any more $200 million contracts in the future? Any more multi-year deals, at all?

If your current roster has a .250 hitting first baseman who jacked 25 homers in a normal year, is he WORTH $15-20 mil a year? Or a closer who works 70 innings a year?

Let's see what happens, which industry has a severe clampdown on salaries, and which ones manage the decline, versus have it all collapse underneath them.

Should be interesting.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 08, 2020 07:00 PM (hku12)

388 Meanwhile the state houses, cowards all, can use the SCOTUS order to seat the electors they want, irrespective of the vote, arguing that SCOTUS' ruling admitted the election was tainted and they will thus send (Trump) electors.

Both sides meet in the middle.
Everyone wins except the Democrats.

Sounds like a Merry Christmas to all who say Merry Christmas.
Posted by: pmurT at December 08, 2020 06:51 PM (ojwvu)

I would like a guarantee that the state houses would seat pro-Trump electors, especially if they are cowards.

Posted by: President-elect Emmie at December 08, 2020 07:01 PM (ofYez)

389 Amazing that all of Hollywood may be looking at porn-level budgets.
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at December 08, 2020 06:58 PM (oVJmc)

Acne and C-Section scars ftw.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at December 08, 2020 07:01 PM (z1TQ/)

390 Posted by: clutch

Orange Irish, yes. But American first.

Posted by: Gaelic Girl's Irish Democracy at December 08, 2020 07:01 PM (5FCda)

391 It also has the benefit of being the most Constitutionally appropriate remedy.

So that's not gonna happen.
Posted by: alexthechick - Boobs and hysteria at December 08, 2020 06:59 PM (GbPPJ)
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I really hope it happens, because the screaming by the left would be epic.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at December 08, 2020 07:01 PM (WEBkv)

392 >>>I really hope so and the same for professional sports too. Crush them all.

Don't buy their promotional garbage. Don't buy their tickets.

I don't need special sneaker shoes with a logo totally built upon slavery. Free the Communist cobblers!

Posted by: Dr. Bone at December 08, 2020 07:01 PM (WOYcU)

393 Problem with letting state legislators pick is that in MI our Repub majority said a couple weeks ago that the Dems got the majority of votes and that they would select Dem electors. No wiggle room for those cowards.
Posted by: clutch at December 08, 2020 06:59 PM (9UmRs)

+++++

Fair point, but Trump only needs three, and even though AZ isn't mentioned, I think they will fall in line if the others start to fall. One domino, and all that.

AZ, GA, and PA, and that's ballgame.

Posted by: pmurT at December 08, 2020 07:01 PM (ojwvu)

394 Jack Posobiec
@JackPosobiec

Democrat operative Marc Elias is trying to decrease poll watchers for the Georgia runoff election

Posted by: redridinghood at December 08, 2020 07:02 PM (NpAcC)

395 So that's not gonna happen.
Posted by: alexthechick - Boobs and hysteria at December 08, 2020 06:59 PM (GbPPJ)

Ugh - no victory tits for us....

Posted by: Boswell at December 08, 2020 07:02 PM (w2LAm)

396 I'm not defending her acting range. She just revs me up. I like fitness models and girls who can fight/shoot.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Trump WON, buy guns at December 08, 2020 06:59 PM (ifmtJ)

You're the market for all the bikini gun models I have seen, aren't you?

Not throwing shade, just not my thing. For me, the attitude is what makes em attractive, not twirling a pistol.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 08, 2020 07:02 PM (YPglU)

397 198 Netflix has a model that was working. Pay the actors a flat fee. Do not publish the number of viewer. No "piece of the gross" shit.
Posted by: JAS at December 08, 2020 06:33 PM (2BZBZ)

==============

Is that why the Netflix action flicks are so boring and repetitive?

Posted by: JM in Florida at December 08, 2020 07:02 PM (HCeRP)

398 HBO Max is more than just HBO.

It is a full blooded streaming service and it has the entirety of the Warner Bros catalog behind it.

The UI is confusing, though, and it makes it hard to find those 40k titles that are the WB ctalog.

It doesn't have the things that we take for granted in the other streams - no recommendations, for example. Genre browse is very limited in one part of the UI, and then way too many titles in another part.

Posted by: blaster at December 08, 2020 07:02 PM (ZfRYq)

399

NOOOOD

Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at December 08, 2020 07:02 PM (FCP94)

400 Exactly. When the woman is hyper-aroused, and the outer layer (called

the ukelele) opens, exposing the vuvuzela, that thingy at the very tip

of it is called the mandalorian.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 08, 2020 06:25 PM (hku12)

No, pretty sure that's wrong. A mandalorian is like an old timey small guitar. Either that or a vegetable & finger slicer.
Posted by: I Have Questions at December 08, 2020 07:00 PM (RGRIY)

Listen man, I went to college.

I've even SEEN a mandalorian on a woman. Once.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 08, 2020 07:02 PM (hku12)

401 Not that I won't laugh at George RRRRR Marrrrrtin if it really is all his fault that Harveywood burns to the ground, but I think Jar Jar Abrams and whatsferface the grrlpower dipshit should get some blame too, because fairness and stuff.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 08, 2020 07:02 PM (02b6n)

402 358 I've been using PlayOn desktop to record streaming shows, and then using Plex to play them on my Roku.
Posted by: G'rump928(C) at December 08, 2020 06:57 PM (yQpMk)

IWebTv app for apple and roku allows you to stream in real time from sites onto roku from apple device. even 1st generation ipads and Iphones. Hell, the IWebTv app gives you sites to find stuff from live sports to live tv to streaming sites.

Posted by: bat nationalist at December 08, 2020 07:03 PM (DH4sA)

403 353
I probably have bigger boobs than Megen

Posted by: f'd at December 08, 2020 06:56 PM (JqDrN)

You know the rules.

Posted by: flounder at December 08, 2020 07:03 PM (KnJdm)

404 From Gateway Pundit:

"USPS Contract Driver and Whistleblower Jesse Morgan Interrogated by
FBI - Instead of Investigating Information they Started Harassing his
Family" (VIDEO)

https://preview.tinyurl.com/yxbpegqs

Posted by: IrishEi at December 08, 2020 06:59 PM (sGotD)

Why am I not surprised by this.

Posted by: TheQuietMan at December 08, 2020 07:03 PM (a4xU3)

405 As bad as it is for D+, it's much worse for others. I honestly don't know how they're making money this way.
Posted by: pep at December 08, 2020 06:47 PM (v16oJ)

Get enough people to sign up and a good chunk of them will never bother to cancel. Just exists eternally on their credit card bill right next to that gym membership.

Posted by: Sjg at December 08, 2020 07:03 PM (gDSJf)

406 Oh that's weird. There's a new thread, about this election business. I wonder what people will talk about in the comments.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 08, 2020 07:04 PM (hku12)

407 Jack Posobiec

@JackPosobiec

Democrat operative Marc Elias is trying to decrease poll watchers for the Georgia runoff election

Posted by: redridinghood at December 08, 2020 07:02 PM (NpAcC)

I heard on Steve Bannon's show that Ratshitberger added 20 more ballot drop boxes. It's like he's throwing the election for the Democrats.

Posted by: TheQuietMan at December 08, 2020 07:04 PM (a4xU3)

408 Posted by: Endeavor To Persevere at December 08, 2020 06:58 PM (SCvwT)

Yep.

Posted by: Kabuki Theatre at December 08, 2020 07:04 PM (L5N0m)

409 @391
Yeah, you never know.
The Constitution is supposed to be interpreted first from its language and then from evidence of the founder's understanding of issues at the time.
So little did we know that the founders were all about abortion and gay marriage.

Posted by: artemis at December 08, 2020 07:04 PM (AwPyG)

410 Not throwing shade, just not my thing. For me, the attitude is what makes em attractive, not twirling a pistol.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 08, 2020 07:02 PM (YPglU)
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Gina can do attitude and twirl a gun. What's not to like?

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at December 08, 2020 07:04 PM (WEBkv)

411 Does anybody watch new movies anymore?

Posted by: dantesed at December 08, 2020 07:05 PM (88xKn)

412 "USPS Contract Driver and Whistleblower Jesse Morgan Interrogated by FBI - Instead of Investigating Information they Started Harassing his Family" (VIDEO)

https://preview.tinyurl.com/yxbpegqs

**************

F*cking FIB. If for no other reason, I hope that Trump wins just so that he can make the FIB's lives miserable during his second term.

Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original trans-Wookie at December 08, 2020 07:05 PM (xxG/v)

413 Amazing that all of Hollywood may be looking at porn-level budgets.
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at December 08, 2020 06:58 PM (oVJmc)

Holy shit.

Without enormous budgets they might have to start to rely on writing and creativity. I doubt that compelling stories and old fashioned artistic cinematography have a place in movies.

Posted by: clutch cargo Now 100% Lubricant Free at December 08, 2020 07:05 PM (L8ADy)

414 As said I will believe this new case works when it works, I have no faith it will. Probably as Levin thinks the SC is running scared of the Socialists taking over which they are sure they will.

Posted by: Skip at December 08, 2020 07:06 PM (9sWOw)

415 real problem is this:

1) They borrow money to make movies.

2) These are short term loans. High interest, but short terms. Say a 1 year loan at 15%.

3) the terms of the loans are odd - the interest sometimes doesn't kick in till after a certain date (the release date). The interest may accelerate over time, the first few months being cheap, but later being very expensive. The idea is to force the studio to recognize the win or loss on an investment quickly.

4) All the money is spent, the movies are in the can.

5) They are looking at a highly uncertain return on investment.

6) They are paying interest on those loans, having recouped nothing, and having already paid all the talent.

7) They can't take out new loans for new content until the old loans are paid back. the drain is plugged. meaning they can't even fund new content for HBO Max until this movie situation is fixed.

they are not in a revenue neutral potion. they are losing money like crazy until those movies are released. Each month they are bleeding money. And the bleeding is getting worse.

9) Accountants look at a movie that cost say $150 million to make. They are paying several million a month to hold that film. In two years, that film will have cost them an extra $35 million. Maybe even $50 million. They are paying interest on the interest.

10) Release it now, you can write off the loss. And move forward.

11) Assume the $150 million invested only gets you, say $70 million in revenue. That is enough to pay back half the loan. The rest can be negotiated into long term debt.

12) Various guilds and stars have clauses in their contract for acts of god. That is what they are going to lean on.

Posted by: Inspector Kemp at December 08, 2020 07:06 PM (EwPKb)

416 I feel like telling the fucking universe to fucking get fucked

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at December 08, 2020 07:07 PM (lgiXo)

417 nood

lawfare expanding a bit

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Trump WON, buy guns at December 08, 2020 07:07 PM (ifmtJ)

418 406 Oh that's weird. There's a new thread, about this election business. I wonder what people will talk about in the comments.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 08, 2020 07:04 PM (hku12)

Badgers, Boobs and Guns.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 08, 2020 07:08 PM (YPglU)

419 I would like a guarantee that the state houses would seat pro-Trump electors, especially if they are cowards.
Posted by: President-elect Emmie at December 08, 2020 07:01 PM (ofYez)

Reasonable concern.

They want to be re-elected would be my answer. Yes there's a fear that Atlanta may burn, but you know what the GOP reps in GA care about more than Atlanta? Their jobs. A little political cover from SCOTUS will be all they need to fall in line with the Trump voters, who will be screaming for them to act in the right way. Same with those in PA, and I believe, in MI, too.

Posted by: pmurT at December 08, 2020 07:08 PM (ojwvu)

420 This is great news! Let's hope all their institutions die the same sad way. Let them infight and preen and claim a better way while selling downward until they all start asking for individual donations from CCP members.

Posted by: runninrebel at December 08, 2020 07:09 PM (mQoUp)

421
Ricky Shroder is an unlikely hero.
So is James Woods.
Comes the hour, comes the man
Posted by: artemis at December 08, 2020 06:55 PM (AwPyG)

Matthew "Nude Bongos" McConaughey has been making some serious red pill statements lately.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 08, 2020 07:10 PM (EGyGV)

422 Die Hollywood Die.

Posted by: redridinghood at December 08, 2020 07:11 PM (NpAcC)

423 Does anybody watch new movies anymore?
Posted by: dantesed at December 08, 2020 07:05 PM (88xKn)

I don't bother with nearly any new media. Rather than gamble on things being worth the price, I prefer to just wait until the hype and marketing have died off and then pick and choose the things I know I'll enjoy or trusted sources recommend.

As long as marketing campaigns are still spending tens or even hundreds of millions though, I'm pretty sure I'm in the minority.

Posted by: Sjg at December 08, 2020 07:14 PM (gDSJf)

424 Louisiana, Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Kentucky, Mississippi, South Carolina and South Dakota just joined the Texas lawsuit already on the
SCOTUS docket.

YEEE HAAAAW!!
Posted by: deplorable unperson - refbit.use to accept the Mask of the Beast at December 08, 2020

That's good and fairly quick. I assume they have been in communition for a bit. Doubt my lefty IL AG will sign on, LOL,

Posted by: Farmer at December 08, 2020 07:15 PM (uEauf)

425 I just noticed Pa appended the certification of the election to their response, so stopping that from happening is moot. The naming of electors is entirely within the province of the legislature.

SCOTUS may have determined no action from the court is needed right this minute,since the legislature can stop the fraud if it chooses, and hearing the merits of the case can be done at any time (for the sake of future elections integrity).

Posted by: Huck Follywood, Fopps News Sucks at December 08, 2020 07:21 PM (CXjkn)

426 But...but...I still get 50 million dollars for two months work, right? Right?

Posted by: Tom "Totally Not Gay" Cruise at December 08, 2020 07:23 PM (lV9Tz)

427 Hollywood gave me and people like me the finger a long time ago. So this is pure schadenfreude for me.

Posted by: Brown Line at December 08, 2020 07:39 PM (S6ArX)

428 I think the rumor is that both Georgia and Penn
legislators are nervous about Atlanta and philly burning down if they do
their job.
So its a tough situation.

Posted by: artemis at December 08, 2020 06:35 PM (AwPyG)

They better start worrying about the civil war the will start if they don't do their job.

Posted by: redbanzai the Southerner at December 08, 2020 07:47 PM (946rW)

429 SCOTUS may have determined no action from the court
is needed right this minute,since the legislature can stop the fraud if
it chooses, and hearing the merits of the case can be done at any time
(for the sake of future elections integrity).

Posted by: Huck Follywood, Fopps News Sucks at December 08, 2020 07:21 PM (CXjkn)

They will determine on the merits if they are going to do that very quickly. Literally nobody is going to stand for a "yah the election was stolen" after the fact.

Posted by: redbanzai the Southerner at December 08, 2020 07:49 PM (946rW)

430 HBOmax is actually the best streaming service - they have the entire HBO movie and tv show catalog plus I think some other content, on demand. You no longer have to pay a cable company to get that content.

Att includes HBOmax in my mobile phone package, so I dropped it from my cable package.

Maybe the rollout was bad...but it has way better content than any other streaming service.

Posted by: KLH at December 08, 2020 07:50 PM (SXkjk)

431 Burn baby burn. Let these elites start working for what they are worth. $2000 a week max. Actors made poverty wages in the past.

Posted by: Smileynn at December 08, 2020 07:52 PM (3w9Fm)

432 So Hollywood; how's it going with your failing business model? Given that smaller studios can produce good product, you're going to have to adapt.

And by "adapt," I mean "start coding."

Posted by: NR Pax at December 08, 2020 08:09 PM (Z7Jj3)

433 Plus: How many times per year will they have a big enough draw to make $400 million?

Add in piracy and forget it.

I think Hollywood is going to shrink, and salaries are going to shrink even more.
------

Is this the part where I'm supposed to care?
Because I'm not feeling it.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at December 08, 2020 08:13 PM (z79tQ)

434 Is this the part where I'm supposed to care?

Because I'm not feeling it.

And that sums up the thread perfectly.

Posted by: NR Pax at December 08, 2020 08:17 PM (Z7Jj3)

435 424 Louisiana, Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Kentucky, Mississippi, South Carolina and South Dakota just joined the Texas lawsuit already on the SCOTUS docket.

Yep. I mean, why not? Fuck Pennsylvania. Fuck the Penn State court. THEY don't get to decide the next president all by their lonesome, and if they can't run a clean election, fuck them. In fact, continue fucking them till they guarantee the problem is fixed once and for all.

During the civil rights era, the court had no problem putting extreme restrictions on the election laws the states of the south could enact, to ensure a fair election. What is the difference here?

Posted by: Inpector Kemp at December 08, 2020 08:21 PM (EwPKb)

436 37 Also Fuck Weiss and Benioff. Incompetent hacks who can't handle anything that isn't written already by better men.

Imagine their stunning level of incompetence. They were GIVEN the story, yet the moment they run out of novels, they have no fucking idea what to do or how to wrap it up.

From the guy who brought you X-Men origins Wolverine....

Posted by: Inpector Kemp at December 08, 2020 08:29 PM (EwPKb)

437 Is literally ANYONE surprised that the idiots at the helm of this disaster in the first paragraph are named Ann and Carolyn ?

Shit, let's put women in charge of some more things we'd like destroyed.

Posted by: deadrody at December 08, 2020 09:20 PM (V9901)

438 Let me make a prediction: Movies will become totally digital/virtual - no actors needed. And you'll be able to select who plays which part in any movie. Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall will be making a comeback, in color, visual form, and audio. Deep fakes aren't just for politics, you know. And Hollywood and the Oscars will be gone forever.

Posted by: Biden's Dog at December 08, 2020 11:55 PM (4S1Up)

439 "Only the legislature can determine the electors."

"A court ordered mail in ballots."

"Oh... I guess we count them, but don't worry, we'll check the postmarks and signatures on the ballots."

"No one did that, and we have evidence that people falsified the dates."

"Oh.. they're already mixed in. And well, there are observers watching everything. That's the law."

"They were forced out."

"Oh...Too late now. I guess by 'law' I meant suggestion. I guess take it up with your legislature."

"You mean the ones who benefitted from the fraud?"

*shrug*

Posted by: Karen at December 09, 2020 03:52 AM (DuM9A)

440 We're watching Studio Ghibli films on HBO Max. You can watch on 3 devices simultaneously, so we and two other users are paying for one membership. So it's a good deal for us, but I'm not seeing AT&T making money if everyone were like me.

Posted by: Bud Norton at December 09, 2020 08:46 AM (6cOMd)

441 Streaming is the current Three Card Monte on the ave internet. Same guys, different front face. It would be a shame to see something happen to Hollywood. Just kidding.

Posted by: Ray Mota at December 09, 2020 01:21 PM (AVxHd)

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