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NPR To Lay Off 10% of Staff In Cuts Equal to Those That Followed the 2008 Great Recession

This Biden Economy is the bomb!!!


NPR's chief executive announced the network would lay off roughly 10% of its current workforce -- at least 100 people -- and eliminate most vacant positions. CEO John Lansing cited the erosion of advertising dollars, particularly for NPR podcasts, and the tough financial outlook for the media industry more generally.

Literally everyone has a podcast now. My neighbor's cat has a podcast. It's called Meowraar. It's not bad, he's pretty based for a cat. Kind of racist against birds, though.

Someone's selling a T-shirt that reads "I DON'T CARE ABOUT YOUR PODCAST" and I thought about buying one but then I realized: this will offend far too many people.


"When we say we are eliminating filled positions, we are talking about our colleagues - people whose skills, spirit and talents help make NPR what it is today," Lansing wrote in a memo to staff today. "This will be a major loss."

Spirit? Sounds like code for "The DEI staff is taking a big hit."

But alas, no.

On an annual budget of roughly $300 million, Lansing says, revenues are likely to fall short by close to $30 million, although that gap could reach $32 million.

"We're not seeing signs of a recovery in the advertising market," Lansing says in an interview. "Nothing is nailed down yet except the principles and what we know we have to reach."

The leftwing media is eating sh!t all over:

The layoffs are in keeping with an increasingly grim landscape for media companies over recent months. Vox Media cut jobs by 7%; Gannett and Spotify by 6%. The Washington Post, owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, eliminated its Sunday magazine and a handful of other jobs. After becoming part of Warner Bros. Discovery, CNN cut hundreds of jobs and killed off its brand-new streaming service, CNN+.

As I mentioned glumly in the comments yesterday, the advertising market has crashed. It's hitting me, too. It's hitting everyone.

But I'm glad it's hitting them.


Tech companies that also rely heavily on advertising are undergoing layoffs too. Amazon, Google, Meta and Microsoft have announced more than 50,000 job cuts combined in just the past few months

...

He also vowed to make sure job cuts do not fall disproportionately on employees of color.

Good, fire all the white staffers who've been there for years. This is what they urge for others; let them enjoy the benefits of DEI hiring.

Speaking of diseased leftwing media legacies that deserve to be put out of their misery: Megyn Kelly gave a rousing call for LeMon's #Cancellation.

LeMon has lorded over everyone as King of Woke Morality and demanded the #Cancellation of everyone else.

She mentions that Don LeMon used to say very un-Woke things before he became Woke -- things he'd now call you a N@zi for saying.

She's not kidding around. Here's Don LeMon in his White Supremacist days, before he found that he got more attention as a Woke Supremacist.

Don LeMon also went through a phase when he was gleefully using the n-word, including holding up a large sign on CNN with the n-word spelled out in two foot tall letters.


This video from eight years ago has gone viral again:

Posted by: Ace at 03:05 PM




Comments

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1 1st

Posted by: GF at February 24, 2023 03:04 PM (aJxr8)

2 c'mon up!

Posted by: DanMan at February 24, 2023 03:05 PM (DB6tu)

3 Literally everyone has a podcast now. My neighbor's cat has a podcast. It's called Meowraar. It's not bad, he's pretty based for a cat. Kind of racist against bird, though.
++++
I'd tune in

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 24, 2023 03:05 PM (t0OGg)

4 "When we say we are eliminating filled positions, we are talking about our colleagues - people whose skills, spirit and talents help make NPR what it is today," ...
++++
What NPR is today is an enterprise that's running out of money and can't survive in its current form, and so is laying off lots of people.

I don't think he thought that statement through very well.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 24, 2023 03:06 PM (t0OGg)

5 Sponge
Third dammit.
Fourth plus.
Shit

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at February 24, 2023 03:06 PM (ufFY8)

6 Hey...remember when Paul Ryan ran the House with a Republican Senate and Republican White House and not a single government program got cut?

Cause I member...

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, mired in filth and awfulness with Ralph Bakshi at February 24, 2023 03:07 PM (LvTSG)

7 learn to code, assholes...oh chatLGBT+ took that over.

learn to onlyfans...oh, you're ugly.

actually...this is all kind of scary

Posted by: sockamster, footage at February 24, 2023 03:07 PM (MLrvz)

8 What a shame.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 24, 2023 03:07 PM (yQpMk)

9 "We're not seeing signs of a recovery in the advertising market," Lansing says in an interview. "Nothing is nailed down yet except the principles and what we know we have to reach."
++++
NPR doesn't run ads, do they? They didn't used to. They'd have some sponsorships, but not ads.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 24, 2023 03:07 PM (t0OGg)

10 Downfall was a great film.

Posted by: Archer at February 24, 2023 03:07 PM (gmo/4)

11 CEO John Lansing cited the erosion of advertising dollars

---

Wait, what?

But I thought...

Posted by: Trainwreck: Billions of people stuck with a broken immune response at February 24, 2023 03:07 PM (o/smN)

12 Should be 100%

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 24, 2023 03:07 PM (ynpvh)

13 Is there a way to contribute to Ace without Paypal? I don't have much extra money but I'd like to help if I can.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at February 24, 2023 03:08 PM (p+1gI)

14 Inflation back on the bounce, credit card debt going through the roof, NPR has to be falling down the ladder of priorities even for the liberal scum that support them. Now if we can get Biden off his Ukraine Jones....

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at February 24, 2023 03:08 PM (oWBc3)

15 9 NPR doesn't run ads, do they? They didn't used to. They'd have some sponsorships, but not ads.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 24, 2023 03:07 PM (t0OGg)

=========

They have ads on their website, at least.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, mired in filth and awfulness with Ralph Bakshi at February 24, 2023 03:08 PM (LvTSG)

16 Oh no!



Anyway...

Posted by: Heavy Meta at February 24, 2023 03:08 PM (gryET)

17 I like how the GOP has never taken on NPR, or any other domestic foe for that matter, when they have power.

If I was President W, I'd have had Rush be on NPR's evening commute.

for equity. also, being anti-american is hate speech, so we needed to clean up NPR. after all, hate speech is not protected speech, libs.

Posted by: sockamster, footage at February 24, 2023 03:08 PM (MLrvz)

18 13 Is there a way to contribute to Ace without Paypal? I don't have much extra money but I'd like to help if I can.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at February 24, 2023 03:08 PM (p+1gI)

Question I asked yesterday in one of the threads.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 24, 2023 03:08 PM (ynpvh)

19 Wait.
Ad revenue?

These fuckers are supposed to be public.

Fuck them sideways with a pineapple and cut their funding.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at February 24, 2023 03:08 PM (ufFY8)

20 NPR doesn't run ads, do they? They didn't used to. They'd have some sponsorships, but not ads.

--

Tons of them. Not normal ads, but still ads. Volvo and Subaru crap constantly around here.

Posted by: Trainwreck: Billions of people stuck with a broken immune response at February 24, 2023 03:08 PM (o/smN)

21 The layoffs are in keeping with an increasingly grim landscape for media companies over recent months. Vox Media cut jobs by 7%; Gannett and Spotify by 6%. The Washington Post, owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, eliminated its Sunday magazine and a handful of other jobs. After becoming part of Warner Bros. Discovery, CNN cut hundreds of jobs and killed off its brand-new streaming service, CNN+.
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Unemployment sucks, and I don't usually relish it when it happens or gloat about it.

But not in media. Every media job lost is a net benefit to our civilization. The more the merrier. Yes, it will suck for those individuals but those individuals are working in the service of evil and it is better to have as few people as possible working in that service. I am *thrilled* to hear news like this. Bring it on. Amplify it. Make it more.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 24, 2023 03:09 PM (t0OGg)

22 My boss had a phone interview with these people the other day. I called it "National Propaganda Radio," and he actually laughed. "My father used to call it that!"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 24, 2023 03:09 PM (J2vNu)

23 Don LeMoan should shove a CFL bulb up his ass.

Posted by: wth at February 24, 2023 03:09 PM (v0R5T)

24 Nine out of ten American children go to bed each night without a slice of pizza!

Posted by: The Ad Council at February 24, 2023 03:09 PM (Xrfse)

25 CNN cut hundreds of jobs and killed off its brand-new streaming service, CNN+.


Akshually, CNN+ committed suicide, if I remember correctly.

Posted by: Flyover at February 24, 2023 03:09 PM (Rbu5d)

26 Literally everyone has a podcast now. My neighbor's cat has a podcast. It's called Meowraar. It's not bad, he's pretty based for a cat. Kind of racist against bird, though.

***
I should set one up for my cat Stirling then. His big hate is toward wasps. (Not White Anglo-Saxon Protestants, but actual insects.)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 24, 2023 03:10 PM (J2vNu)

27 Hey all, it is with such great sadness to have to tell you all that our dear friend and outstanding 'ette, WDS - Westminser Dog Show - Diane, passed away yesterday.
I have no further info but will let you know if and when I hear more.

Posted by: SnailRacer at February 24, 2023 03:10 PM (1Wt13)

28 It's weird that this is the best job market in 50 years with the best economic recovery ever and even NPR is reduced to laying off recovering stroke victims and on-air talent with speech impediments.

Posted by: Trainwreck: Billions of people stuck with a broken immune response at February 24, 2023 03:10 PM (o/smN)

29 Kind of racist against bird, though.


Except for the boobies, naturally.

Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at February 24, 2023 03:10 PM (ufFY8)

30 >>766 y'all are gonna get banned commenting on old threads Posted by: DanMan at February 24, 2023 03:06 PM (DB6tu)

What if we all self-suicided together, at the same time?

(Zod Goes First)

Posted by: ZOD at February 24, 2023 03:10 PM (Q/6pY)

31 Akshually, CNN+ committed suicide, if I remember correctly.

I didn't know CNN+ was a friend of the Clintons.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at February 24, 2023 03:10 PM (p+1gI)

32 "Hey...remember when Paul Ryan ran the House with a Republican Senate and Republican White House and not a single government program got cut?"

something I remember was Paul Ryan was building a wall around his house in Janesville while refusing to fund any of the border wall. And saying he needed because he didn't want his family harassed.

Posted by: DanMan at February 24, 2023 03:10 PM (DB6tu)

33 28 It's weird that this is the best job market in 50 years with the best economic recovery ever and even NPR is reduced to laying off recovering stroke victims and on-air talent with speech impediments.
Posted by: Trainwreck: Billions of people stuck with a broken immune response at February 24, 2023 03:10 PM (o/smN)

========

"It's what we wanted."
-AZ, MI, GA, and PA

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, mired in filth and awfulness with Ralph Bakshi at February 24, 2023 03:11 PM (LvTSG)

34 Nope, don't give a fuck.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at February 24, 2023 03:11 PM (CZBWZ)

35 Kind of digging this based Don Lemon fella.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at February 24, 2023 03:11 PM (KbCG3)

36 What will happen to these people? Not qualified for Space! Farce.

Posted by: Eromero at February 24, 2023 03:11 PM (z3WCn)

37 On an annual budget of roughly $300 million, Lansing says, revenues are likely to fall short by close to $30 million, although that gap could reach $32 million.

PRO TIP: Just call yourselves Ukraine and the feds will bury you in free money.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 24, 2023 03:11 PM (guGkK)

38 If NPR goes bust, who will program Girl928? She will just be wandering around like a lost kitten.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 24, 2023 03:11 PM (yQpMk)

39 The concept of national public radio seems so Radio Free Europe to me in terms of being "dated".

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at February 24, 2023 03:11 PM (oWBc3)

40 What will happen to the salty balls?


Posted by: Archer at February 24, 2023 03:12 PM (gmo/4)

41 Holy crap! The Lemon making sense? I suspect JT's birdbath just froze solid!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 24, 2023 03:12 PM (a3Q+t)

42 ZOD?

Posted by: ZOD at February 24, 2023 03:12 PM (Q/6pY)

43 It would be better to lay off 97%

Posted by: Skip at February 24, 2023 03:12 PM (xhxe8)

44 "Hey...remember when Paul Ryan ran the House with a Republican Senate and Republican White House and not a single government program got cut?"

--

My favorite remains when he used his True Conservative budget negotiation skillz to negotiate a budget that possibly would save something like four billion dollars over ten years at the same time the feds were pumping $80+ billion into the economy each and every month.

Posted by: Trainwreck: Billions of people stuck with a broken immune response at February 24, 2023 03:12 PM (o/smN)

45 Hey all, it is with such great sadness to have to tell you all that our dear friend and outstanding 'ette, WDS - Westminser Dog Show - Diane, passed away yesterday.
I have no further info but will let you know if and when I hear more.
Posted by: SnailRacer at February 24, 2023 03:10 PM (1Wt13)

WHAT?!

Posted by: Jordan61 at February 24, 2023 03:12 PM (DRSnL)

46 Hey all, it is with such great sadness to have to tell you all that our dear friend and outstanding 'ette, WDS - Westminser Dog Show - Diane, passed away yesterday.
I have no further info but will let you know if and when I hear more.
Posted by: SnailRacer at February 24, 2023 03:10 PM (1Wt13)

RIP and prayers up for her and her family.

Posted by: Catherine at February 24, 2023 03:12 PM (ZSsrh)

47 Best thing to happen to NPR since Daniel Schorr aged out.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 24, 2023 03:12 PM (8e9gw)

48 Alas, it's one more media outlet that won't be able to hire Tater Stelter.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 24, 2023 03:12 PM (guGkK)

49 Good, fire all the white staffers who've been there for years. This is what they urge for others; let them enjoy the benefits of DEI hiring.
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I've got six months, I think, before it hits me. Either that or 18 months, likely not in the middle area. I'll cross that bridge when I get to it. It would be suicidal to fire engineers or systems administrators or effective managers instead of DEI drones in HR, but that's what I suspect will happen. 1-2 HR drones will be dropped to make it look good, but it will be white women. If there are any white men in HR, it will be them instead.

We're not in a tech recession yet, but I strongly suspect that one is coming. Most of the tech layoffs have been undoing some of the absurd payroll bloat that tech companies amassed during COVID. If it continues at large scale, it'll be into tech recession territory.

That will have interesting consequences, given how much narrative enforcement big tech does, and how much of the control infrastructure is run by them.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 24, 2023 03:12 PM (t0OGg)

50 Whoa. Rest in peace, WDS.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at February 24, 2023 03:13 PM (Xrfse)

51 You can post on an old thread.

ZOD has explored this.

Kneel.

Posted by: ZOD at February 24, 2023 03:13 PM (Q/6pY)

52 I used to listen the the NPR station out of Ignacio, Co all day. They had a great variety of music 9am to noon and 1pm to 4pm. They often had in studio guests when someone was playing a concert in Durango and I heard a lot of good acts, Darrell Scott, Susan Tedeschi, Infamous Stringdusters, Keb Mo and many more. I had to turn it off at 4, because listening to the news was torture.

Posted by: huerfano at February 24, 2023 03:13 PM (dTFZY)

53 "NPR's chief executive announced the network would lay off roughly 10% of its current workforce -- at least 100 people -- and eliminate most vacant positions."

There are a 1,000 employees at NPR?? I would have guessed maybe a few hundred, tops. What do these thousand people do for the company all day??

Posted by: Elric Blade at February 24, 2023 03:13 PM (iFTx/)

54 "Question I asked yesterday in one of the threads."

yep, I asked last week too. I removed all my PayPals and even when I hit credit card PayPal wanted my e-mail or phone number before it would allow me to go further

Posted by: DanMan at February 24, 2023 03:13 PM (DB6tu)

55 Hey all, it is with such great sadness to have to tell you all that our dear friend and outstanding 'ette, WDS - Westminser Dog Show - Diane, passed away yesterday.
I have no further info but will let you know if and when I hear more.
Posted by: SnailRacer at February 24, 2023 03:10 PM (1Wt13)

Well fuck.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 24, 2023 03:13 PM (yQpMk)

56 CEO John Lansing cited the erosion of advertising dollars
........

They should go for some toe fungus ads.

Posted by: wth at February 24, 2023 03:13 PM (v0R5T)

57 When people go out of their way to tell you that they listen to NPR they are basically virtue signaling.
They want you to think they are smart, when in reality they're really stupid.

Posted by: redridinghood at February 24, 2023 03:13 PM (NpAcC)

58 Oh wait, that was schweddy balls.

Posted by: Archer at February 24, 2023 03:13 PM (gmo/4)

59 There may not be a less symapthetic group than journalists. Enjoy your funemployment, motherfuckers!

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls - an election is simply a festival for the majority at February 24, 2023 03:13 PM (ppBhU)

60 21//Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 24, 2023 03:09 PM (t0OGg)

What he said.

Posted by: Flyover at February 24, 2023 03:13 PM (Rbu5d)

61 Jeez. Thanks and sorry to the family.

Posted by: Trainwreck: Billions of people stuck with a broken immune response at February 24, 2023 03:13 PM (o/smN)

62 The only time I've ever listened to NPR was years ago because Armed Forces Radio carried some of their programming and we were captive a audience.
To my knowledge I've never heard anyone's podcast.

Posted by: Cosda at February 24, 2023 03:14 PM (MGkpQ)

63 >>> 27 Hey all, it is with such great sadness to have to tell you all that our dear friend and outstanding 'ette, WDS - Westminser Dog Show - Diane, passed away yesterday.
I have no further info but will let you know if and when I hear more.
Posted by: SnailRacer at February 24, 2023 03:10 PM (1Wt13)

Thank you for letting us know.

Prayers up for Mr WDS.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at February 24, 2023 03:14 PM (llON8)

64 51 You can post on an old thread.

ZOD has explored this.

Kneel.
Posted by: ZOD at February 24, 2023 03:13 PM (Q/6pY)

========

Ace shared that "old" for auto-banning purposes is either 7 or 10 days. He couldn't remember which.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, mired in filth and awfulness with Ralph Bakshi at February 24, 2023 03:14 PM (LvTSG)

65 Very sad news about WDS.

Posted by: 496 at February 24, 2023 03:14 PM (lsvOu)

66 @6

>>Cause I member...

He also got "suckered" into f**king military pensions by quite possibly the stupidest people in the Senate, Patty "How You Like Those Sneakers" Murray.

He put the CON in CON-servative.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 24, 2023 03:14 PM (up/3i)

67 Best thing to happen to NPR since Daniel Schorr aged out.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 24, 2023 03:12 PM (8e9gw)

What an annoying voice that douchebag had.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at February 24, 2023 03:14 PM (ufFY8)

68 Someone's selling a T-shirt that reads "I DON'T CARE ABOUT YOUR PODCAST

———

I thought about selling a bumper sticker “Heterosexual Pride”

I even have a symbol: a circle with a line piercing a quadrant to its center.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at February 24, 2023 03:14 PM (j968P)

69 Hey all, it is with such great sadness to have to tell you all that our dear friend and outstanding 'ette, WDS - Westminser Dog Show - Diane, passed away yesterday.
----------

Arrgh.

Very, very sorry to hear that. Thoughts and prayers for the family.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 24, 2023 03:14 PM (miw4b)

70 As I mentioned glumly in the comments yesterday, the advertising market has crashed. It's hitting me, too. It's hitting everyone.

Basically advertisers believed the hype about online advertising and thought it would be super valuable and learned that is not. So yeah, its a kick in the pills for guys like you as advertisers stop paying as much because they aren't earning much.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 24, 2023 03:14 PM (0hOvj)

71 NPR laying off people is just a fucking shame!

Posted by: Tex Lovera at February 24, 2023 03:14 PM (wtvvX)

72 Eyes of Blue Aryan Fury and an ass like a young Kiefer Sutherland.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at February 24, 2023 03:14 PM (e+csY)

73 Hey all, it is with such great sadness to have to tell you all that our dear friend and outstanding 'ette, WDS - Westminser Dog Show - Diane, passed away yesterday.
I have no further info but will let you know if and when I hear more.
Posted by: SnailRacer at February 24, 2023 03:10 PM (1Wt13)
++++
How terrible. Prayers for her family.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 24, 2023 03:15 PM (t0OGg)

74 Stat i heard on a ... podcast the other day:

Some 75% of consumer debt is held by women.
Some 80% of advertising is aimed at woman

Basically women are more susceptible to buy what they can't afford.

You might think these layoffs are 50/50 biological men/women. I'm going to bet, though, that media layoffs skew much more toward female.

Better get on Only Fan, ma'am.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 24, 2023 03:15 PM (q6fOb)

75 >27 Hey all, it is with such great sadness to have to tell you all that our dear friend and outstanding 'ette, WDS - Westminser Dog Show - Diane, passed away yesterday.
I have no further info but will let you know if and when I hear more.

Posted by: SnailRacer at February 24, 2023 03:10 PM (1Wt13)

Wow. I lurked for a long time before actively posting. She was a mainstay of the ONT. So sad.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at February 24, 2023 03:15 PM (gryET)

76 WDS - Westminser Dog Show - Diane, passed away yesterday.

Awful news. I know it is inevitable but I have to echo ACE with STOP DYING. I have had enough hardship and sadness in my life already this year without you guys hopping the twig. Please take care of yourselves.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 24, 2023 03:15 PM (0hOvj)

77 As I mentioned glumly in the comments yesterday, the advertising market has crashed. It's hitting me, too. It's hitting everyone.

--

Spoiler alert:

The middle class with kids has hunkered down and pretty much stopped spending money.

Posted by: Trainwreck: Billions of people stuck with a broken immune response at February 24, 2023 03:15 PM (o/smN)

78 Every media job lost is a net benefit to our civilization.
___

The fewer left in media, the more streamlined our propaganda becomes. The ones remaining our either on our payroll, or too stupid to realize they are giving us what we want for free. I think we're ok in our plan to destroy your civilization. Let me know when the people wake up and start cutting into our bureaucracy. Ha! I made a joke! Now get back to work, peasants!

Posted by: Governments Everywhere at February 24, 2023 03:16 PM (fs1hN)

79 >>Ace shared that "old" for auto-banning purposes is either 7 or 10 days. He couldn't remember which.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, mired in filth and awfulness with Ralph Bakshi at February 24, 2023 03:14 PM (LvTSG)

Unproductive ambiguity.

Kill him/it/them.

Posted by: ZOD at February 24, 2023 03:16 PM (Q/6pY)

80 "The layoffs at NPR show the dire need for federal intervention in our media. That is why Congress will be allocating eleventy billion dollars to our vaunted 4th pillar of government."

- Chuck Schumer in front of a nodding Mitch (probably)

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at February 24, 2023 03:16 PM (KbCG3)

81 ... You might think these layoffs are 50/50 biological men/women. I'm going to bet, though, that media layoffs skew much more toward female. ...
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 24, 2023 03:15 PM (q6fOb)
++++
What's the sex distribution of media jobs? I would *guess* that the employment makeup skews female, but I don't know for sure.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 24, 2023 03:16 PM (t0OGg)

82 My Spidey Sense is telling me that a government bailout is coming to NPR and most likely all other propaganda outlets too.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at February 24, 2023 03:16 PM (17s+e)

83 NPR To Lay Off 10% of Staff
.......

Maybe they should relocate to Ukraine.

Posted by: wth at February 24, 2023 03:16 PM (v0R5T)

84 I DON'T CARE ABOUT YOUR PODCAST! is the new NO, I WON'T SIGN YOUR PETITION!

Posted by: Posting "First" should be a hangin' offense! at February 24, 2023 03:17 PM (u4IIQ)

85 The fewer left in media, the more streamlined our propaganda becomes. The ones remaining our either on our payroll, or too stupid to realize they are giving us what we want for free. I think we're ok in our plan to destroy your civilization. Let me know when the people wake up and start cutting into our bureaucracy. Ha! I made a joke! Now get back to work, peasants!
Posted by: Governments Everywhere at February 24, 2023 03:16 PM (fs1hN)
++++
Oh, sure. It doesn't reduce the amount of propaganda, but making propagandists unemployed is still a net benefit.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 24, 2023 03:17 PM (t0OGg)

86 Kind of racist against bird, though.


right in front of it's owner's HATE HAS NO HOME HERE lawn sign, even.

Cats are like that...spiteful

Posted by: kallisto at February 24, 2023 03:17 PM (dCxaZ)

87 Weird how "media organizations everywhere" are struggling, but Tucker is going gangbusters and Gutfeld is topping the charts. Kinda like that lady in NY who couldn't believe Nixon won because she didn't know anyone who voted for him.

Posted by: red speck at February 24, 2023 03:17 PM (gS3OW)

88 If NPR goes bust, who will program Girl928? She will just be wandering around like a lost kitten.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 24, 2023

***
A girl kitten? I'd introduce her to my male Stirling, but he's already had his little trip to the vet. Too bad.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 24, 2023 03:17 PM (J2vNu)

89 What an annoying voice that douchebag had.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt
--------

Schorr once blatantly mis-reported a 'news' item. I actually called the local NPR affiliate and protested the broadcast.

They re-broadcast it an hour later.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 24, 2023 03:17 PM (miw4b)

90 ..Daniel Schorr...What an annoying voice that douchebag had.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at February 24, 2023 03:14 PM (ufFY

No kidding.

Posted by: ZOD at February 24, 2023 03:17 PM (Q/6pY)

91 70 As I mentioned glumly in the comments yesterday, the advertising market has crashed. It's hitting me, too. It's hitting everyone.

Basically advertisers believed the hype about online advertising and thought it would be super valuable and learned that is not. So yeah, its a kick in the pills for guys like you as advertisers stop paying as much because they aren't earning much.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 24, 2023 03:14 PM (0hOvj)
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There's also advertising on more platforms now. Every public area is festooned with digital screens showing ads. It's annoying as fuck, but you can't avoid them. And a lot of ad dollars are going to "influencers" and other forms of alternative promotion. There's only so many ad dollars to go around. So some types of ads have to be cut.

Posted by: Elric Blade at February 24, 2023 03:17 PM (iFTx/)

92


Will that old skinny twat Terry Gross get laid off?

I always wanted Gene Simmons to turn her mic off and give her a solid tonguing and shtupping, she needed it, that dried up skinny shrew.

Posted by: Rev The Buzz at February 24, 2023 03:17 PM (2or0b)

93 Basically advertisers believed the hype about online advertising and thought it would be super valuable

I'm legitimately interested in knowing why they thought this. Is there anyone who isn't irritated by online advertising? (I can name one time it's led me to buy something: King Harv. But he's the King after all.)

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls - an election is simply a festival for the majority at February 24, 2023 03:17 PM (ppBhU)

94 NPR doesn't run ads, do they? They didn't used to. They'd have some sponsorships, but not ads.


Its a really fine line. They do what used to be called ads in the early days of radio, where they mentioned sponsors and gave them preferential treatment in content. Is it what we call ads now? Not really, but it is pushing a product or business.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 24, 2023 03:18 PM (0hOvj)

95 Spoiler alert:

The middle class with kids has hunkered down and pretty much stopped spending money.
Posted by: Trainwreck: Billions of people stuck with a broken immune response at February 24, 2023 03:15 PM (o/smN)

This. Except delete the "pretty much." Ya just can't get blood from a stone.

Posted by: Catherine at February 24, 2023 03:18 PM (ZSsrh)

96
Don LeMoan should shove a CFL bulb up his ass.
Posted by: wth

You have to screw those in.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 24, 2023 03:18 PM (63Dwl)

97 Hey all, it is with such great sadness to have to tell you all that our dear friend and outstanding 'ette, WDS - Westminser Dog Show - Diane, passed away yesterday.
I have no further info but will let you know if and when I hear more.
Posted by: SnailRacer at February 24, 2023 03:10 PM (1Wt13)

Oh, Dear Lord.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Southpaw at February 24, 2023 03:19 PM (xPJvm)

98 When people go out of their way to tell you that they listen to NPR they are basically virtue signaling.
They want you to think they are smart, when in reality they're really stupid.
Posted by: redridinghood at February 24, 2023 03:13 PM (NpAcC)
.........

So they are vegans?

Posted by: wth at February 24, 2023 03:19 PM (v0R5T)

99 I have a podcast that repeatedly opines on my man crush for Hannity, Zelensky and any nice set of manly ass cheeks that wants to shoot J6 protesters.

Posted by: Lindsey's Graham at February 24, 2023 03:19 PM (c+w3Q)

100 >>>13 Is there a way to contribute to Ace without Paypal? I don't have much extra money but I'd like to help if I can.

thanks, Beckoning, I'm looking into another donation platform, and will announce one soon.

Posted by: ace at February 24, 2023 03:19 PM (C1Zwz)

101 (I can name one time it's led me to buy something: King Harv. But he's the King after all.)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls - an election is simply a festival for the majority at February 24, 2023 03:17 PM (ppBhU)

Was that the old King Harv or the new ripped My Lord Harv?

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 24, 2023 03:19 PM (yQpMk)

102 hahahaha, someone DEFINITELY needs to spoof and NPR OnlyFans.

Posted by: Trainwreck: Billions of people stuck with a broken immune response at February 24, 2023 03:19 PM (o/smN)

103 Its a really fine line. They do what used to be called ads in the early days of radio, where they mentioned sponsors and gave them preferential treatment in content. Is it what we call ads now? Not really, but it is pushing a product or business.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 24, 2023 03:18 PM (0hOvj)
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Yeah, but are those sponsorships coming out of those companies' ad budgets? I figured that they'd be laundering those sponsorship dollars through an affiliated "charitable foundation."

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 24, 2023 03:19 PM (t0OGg)

104 Kind of racist against bird, though.
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right in front of it's owner's HATE HAS NO HOME HERE lawn sign, even.

Cats are like that...spiteful
Posted by: kallisto at February 24, 2023

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Miss Linda keeps saying that when I put fresh litter down and one of my cats immediately uses it, it's spiteful. "No," I say, "he's just marking his territory. Stand back, you don't want to get anything on your shoes."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 24, 2023 03:19 PM (J2vNu)

105 I even have a symbol: a circle with a line piercing a quadrant to its center.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken


Reminds me of an old SNL skit

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at February 24, 2023 03:19 PM (NW9xb)

106 btw sorry about how late this was, I thought I published it 50 minutes ago.

Posted by: ace at February 24, 2023 03:20 PM (C1Zwz)

107 thanks, Beckoning, I'm looking into another donation platform, and will announce one soon.
Posted by: ace

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Do the one where you can get anonymous gift card donations. Be Walmart rich.

Posted by: Trainwreck: Billions of people stuck with a broken immune response at February 24, 2023 03:20 PM (o/smN)

108 After becoming part of Warner Bros. Discovery, CNN cut hundreds of jobs and killed off its brand-new streaming service, CNN+.

Say, I wonder how Son of Mike Wallace is doing these days...

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at February 24, 2023 03:20 PM (ZSK0i)

109 100 >>>13 Is there a way to contribute to Ace without Paypal? I don't have much extra money but I'd like to help if I can.

thanks, Beckoning, I'm looking into another donation platform, and will announce one soon.
Posted by: ace at February 24, 2023 03:19 PM (C1Zwz)

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It's gonna be OnlyFans, isn't it?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, mired in filth and awfulness with Ralph Bakshi at February 24, 2023 03:20 PM (LvTSG)

110 Don't worry, the Donks will shove some NPR pork into a must pass bill add in some Ukraine money as a sweetener for the GOP and NPR will have all of the cash it needs to weather the storm.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 24, 2023 03:20 PM (up/3i)

111 Will that old skinny twat Terry Gross get laid off?
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Not during skinny twat month!

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at February 24, 2023 03:20 PM (17s+e)

112 Only #DrunkDonLeMon can save NPR now,

Posted by: ShainS -- Transgenderism is the Tip of the Transhumanism Spear at February 24, 2023 03:20 PM (dr1Vw)

113 And a lot of ad dollars are going to "influencers" and other forms of alternative promotion. There's only so many ad dollars to go around. So some types of ads have to be cut.

That is a good point, advertisers are moving around trying to find somewhere that works. Some places they advertise, they know doesn't work but are loyal to the business or cause (aka why huge companies advertise on CNN). Others they just are trying to find where advertising actually gets results and success which is increasingly difficult online.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 24, 2023 03:20 PM (0hOvj)

114 he's pretty based for a cat. Kind of racist against bird, though.

That's speciesism, not racism. And the cat possess the power and privilege in the dynamic, so he's doubly wrong, unless it's a black or LGBTQIA2S+ cat hating straight cis male white birds. You're delving into PhD level calculations and theory.

Posted by: Professional Grievance Grifter at February 24, 2023 03:20 PM (JCZqz)

115 Do the one where you can get anonymous gift card donations. Be Walmart rich.
Posted by: Trainwreck: Billions of people stuck with a broken immune response at February 24, 2023 03:20 PM (o/smN)
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So Ace should run an Indian call center scam?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 24, 2023 03:20 PM (t0OGg)

116 thanks, Beckoning, I'm looking into another donation platform, and will announce one soon.

Excellent.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at February 24, 2023 03:21 PM (Xrfse)

117 When I lived out around DC, my one ultralib boss used to listen to NPR.

It taught me how to really control my gag reflex.

Posted by: Tex Lovera at February 24, 2023 03:21 PM (wtvvX)

118 btw sorry about how late this was, I thought I published it 50 minutes ago.
Posted by: ace at February 24, 2023 03:20 PM (C1Zwz)

We kept busy debating the worst movie ever.

Posted by: Jordan61 at February 24, 2023 03:21 PM (DRSnL)

119 Will that old skinny twat Terry Gross get laid off?

I always wanted Gene Simmons to turn her mic off and give her a solid tonguing and shtupping, she needed it, that dried up skinny shrew.

Posted by: Rev The Buzz at February 24, 2023

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An image search suggests she looks like Gilbert Gottfried.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 24, 2023 03:21 PM (J2vNu)

120 Kinda like that lady in NY who couldn't believe Nixon won because she didn't know anyone who voted for him.
Posted by: red speck at February 24, 2023 03:17 PM (gS3OW)


Pauline Kael

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 24, 2023 03:21 PM (guGkK)

121 Don LeMoan should shove a CFL bulb up his ass.
Posted by: wth

You have to screw those in.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 24, 2023 03:18 PM (63Dwl)

Bayonet base.

Posted by: Tex Lovera at February 24, 2023 03:22 PM (wtvvX)

122 This. Except delete the "pretty much." Ya just can't get blood from a stone.

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We're still spending a little here and there, but it's wildly different than it used to be. 80%+ reduction at least, and nothing that advertising would influence us about, that's for sure.

Posted by: Trainwreck: Billions of people stuck with a broken immune response at February 24, 2023 03:22 PM (o/smN)

123 It taught me how to really control my gag reflex.
Posted by: Tex Lovera at February 24, 2023 03:21 PM (wtvvX)

Not a problem for me.

Posted by: Kumala at February 24, 2023 03:22 PM (ufFY8)

124 It's gonna be OnlyFans, isn't it?

Sexy Shelves. Ewok Back Hair Grooming.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 24, 2023 03:22 PM (0hOvj)

125 @109

>>It's gonna be OnlyFans, isn't it?

Well the way it works is that he has to also have a softcore YouTube or TikTok channel that he uses to entice people to go to his only fans page.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 24, 2023 03:22 PM (up/3i)

126 THIS IS WORSE THAN THE GREAT DEPRESSION!

Posted by: Woke Media! at February 24, 2023 03:22 PM (2tUFv)

127 It's gonna be OnlyFans, isn't it?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, mired in filth and awfulness with Ralph Bakshi at February 24, 2023

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If that means I can download free Ashley Tervort content, I'm all for it!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 24, 2023 03:22 PM (J2vNu)

128 It's gonna be OnlyFans, isn't it?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, mired in filth and awfulness with Ralph Bakshi at February 24, 2023 03:20 PM (LvTSG)
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He will be unsuccessful if he tries it. After hitting various professional obstacles, I tried to work my through the pundit-to-OnlyFans pipeline and was stymied at every turn. The post-pundit content creators on OnlyFans are a very close-knit group and try to prevent any truly conservative voices from surfacing on the platform. I am currently looking for investors so I can build my own OnlyFans.

Posted by: David French at February 24, 2023 03:22 PM (t0OGg)

129 WDS - Westminser Dog Show - Diane, passed away yesterday.
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*sigh* And we lose another great one...

I met her at the TXMOME in 2021. She was a delightful woman and I'm very glad I was able to get to know her.

Prayers for her family and loved ones at this time.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 24, 2023 03:23 PM (YIVH2)

130 Jeff Bezos Hires Investment Firm to Examine Washington Commanders Purchase

Posted by: Neo at February 24, 2023 03:23 PM (RovqD)

131 Yeah, but are those sponsorships coming out of those companies' ad budgets?

I don't think so, probably classed as charitable giving.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 24, 2023 03:23 PM (0hOvj)

132 10 Downfall was a great film.
Posted by: Archer at February 24, 2023 03:07 PM

That dude with the mustache had some fire ideas!

Posted by: Kanye at February 24, 2023 03:23 PM (JCZqz)

133 Do the one where you can get anonymous gift card donations. Be Walmart rich.

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So Ace should run an Indian call center scam?

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That or Epoch.

Some of you pervs will know that name.

Seriously, though, that might be an option for a subscription service.

Posted by: Trainwreck: Billions of people stuck with a broken immune response at February 24, 2023 03:23 PM (o/smN)

134 I have had enough hardship and sadness in my life already this year without you guys hopping the twig. Please take care of yourselves.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
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Elderly (8 good friend and neighbor fell last week. Lucked out (?) with only a bruised shoulder.

Yesterday, at coffee with The Geezers (one 91 year-old, one 94 year-old, both Korean war vets), I lectured them about it like they were children. 'G-dammit, you fellas watch your damned step, I don't want to hear this about you guys'.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 24, 2023 03:23 PM (1O1T3)

135 An image search suggests she looks like Gilbert Gottfried.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 24, 2023 03:21 PM (J2vNu)

So, she ain't no Catherine Zeta Jones?

Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at February 24, 2023 03:23 PM (ufFY8)

136 WDS Rest in Peace 🙏

Posted by: Skip at February 24, 2023 03:24 PM (xhxe8)

137 Naked Ewoks with only a tool belt on putting up shelves.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at February 24, 2023 03:24 PM (17s+e)

138 I was joking to a date that, with my beard, I was beginning to look the part of a DC economist. I had the urge to start a podcast dedicated to crypto, DC sports, and local microdistilleries.

Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at February 24, 2023 03:24 PM (wmDcS)

139 I think this is mostly a purge.


It started with Musk in twitter. The other tech companies understood that the easiest way to stay competitive and efficient is to cut the bottom 10%.

This was standard management practice thanks to Jack Welch at GE and all his acolytes. If you run a big company and do not have regular layoffs, you are nuts.

But I think it is spreading, not for efficiency, but as a loyalty purge.
NPR? Really - are they hurting for sponsors, or are they purging. You tell me.

Posted by: Gentlemen, this is junta manifest at February 24, 2023 03:24 PM (V8Z0w)

140 27 Hey all, it is with such great sadness to have to tell you all that our dear friend and outstanding 'ette, WDS - Westminser Dog Show - Diane, passed away yesterday.
I have no further info but will let you know if and when I hear more.

Posted by: SnailRacer at February 24, 2023 03:10 PM (1Wt13)

My condolences to her family.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 24, 2023 03:24 PM (ynpvh)

141 87 Weird how "media organizations everywhere" are struggling, but Tucker is going gangbusters and Gutfeld is topping the charts.
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Interesting that despite this, you see very few recognizable brand name advertisers for these shows. Almost as if there is a blacklist somewhere.

Also, Tucker was mocking the R reps that won't come on his show to explain why Ukraine is so darn important and answer a few questions that they don't get from the lickspittle media. I used to enjoy in the first year of his show when D's (even Schiff!) would come on and spar. Let them talk and hang themselves with their own twisted logic. They are also boycotting.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 24, 2023 03:24 PM (fs1hN)

142 ace, set up an onlyfans NPR spoof account and let that be how we send you our money.

Posted by: Trainwreck: Billions of people stuck with a broken immune response at February 24, 2023 03:24 PM (o/smN)

143 @120

>>Pauline Kael

She was a beloved and influential film critic, Quinten Tarantino name checked here every five seconds when he was coming up.

She is literally the poster girl for Cloistered Mid-Atlantic Elites.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 24, 2023 03:24 PM (up/3i)

144 @52 This must be true, in the small markets at least, nationwide. My local NPR (Radio) station was just terrific for many kinds of music, and local music programming and commentary. During the Clinton years, National inserted itself and doubled the time spent in 'news' and political content, and they lost a lot of fans.

You don't have to go all the way back to remember when a failure to meet "Pledge Week" finances meant that the pledge program got extended until--you--gave. I suppose, since they never have a new idea in a govt venture, that this will return and get worse.

The TV side was much more 'flexible,' and went over to mixed content and 1-800 golden oldies ads years ago. I don't even think they have the same 'administrators.'

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at February 24, 2023 03:25 PM (jYCXf)

145 If you go a couple years without hearing any tv news, the affectation (running parallel to the regional accent) will bug the crap out of you.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at February 24, 2023 03:25 PM (44ww/)

146 138 I was joking to a date that, with my beard, I was beginning to look the part of a DC economist. I had the urge to start a podcast dedicated to crypto, DC sports, and local microdistilleries.

Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at February 24, 2023 03:24 PM (wmDcS)

Shaved my beard off in 2001 or 2002 when I found out I bore a canny resemblance to one of the FIB most wanted.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 24, 2023 03:25 PM (ynpvh)

147 I lectured them about it like they were children. 'G-dammit, you fellas watch your damned step, I don't want to hear this about you guys'.

I have been lecturing my mom for a while about drinking more water. She's a very modest, old fashioned lady who fears it will make her have to go to the bathroom too much. Mom its good for you.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 24, 2023 03:25 PM (0hOvj)

148 Hey all, it is with such great sadness to have to tell you all that our dear friend and outstanding 'ette, WDS - Westminser Dog Show - Diane, passed away yesterday.
Posted by: SnailRacer

Oh my! RIP Sweetie. This breaks my heart.

Posted by: Tonypete at February 24, 2023 03:25 PM (qoGsy)

149 Don Lemon and Keith Olberman should team up on NPR.

IT WOULD BE RATINGS GOLD.

Posted by: Tex Lovera at February 24, 2023 03:26 PM (wtvvX)

150 uncanny, not canny. damn fingers.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 24, 2023 03:26 PM (ynpvh)

151 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 24, 2023 03:19 PM (J2vNu)

my friend's cat used to leave a little "present" on the pillow, on her husband's side of the bed.

I think kitteh knew he was cheating on her

Posted by: kallisto at February 24, 2023 03:26 PM (dCxaZ)

152 thanks, Beckoning, I'm looking into another donation platform, and will announce one soon.
Posted by: ace
........

Are you going to keep PayPal too? I just hit it.

Posted by: wth at February 24, 2023 03:26 PM (v0R5T)

153 Hey all, it is with such great sadness to have to tell you all that our dear friend and outstanding 'ette, WDS - Westminser Dog Show - Diane, passed away yesterday.
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Arrgh.

Very, very sorry to hear that. Thoughts and prayers for the family.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.

Seconded !

Posted by: JT at February 24, 2023 03:26 PM (T4tVD)

154 That or Epoch.
Some of you pervs will know that name. ...
Posted by: Trainwreck: Billions of people stuck with a broken immune response at February 24, 2023 03:23 PM (o/smN)
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I didn't know that name. I just looked it up. There's this gem:
... if you buy something from any one of their affiliates theyll just send your credit card info around and and tell you they will bill you every month for the nex 6months usually to fake porn sites that do not even function well ...

That's incredibly funny. He is at least as upset that the porn sites don't work well as he is that he got scammed.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 24, 2023 03:26 PM (t0OGg)

155 149 Don Lemon and Keith Olberman should team up on NPR.

IT WOULD BE RATINGS GOLD.

Posted by: Tex Lovera at February 24, 2023 03:26 PM (wtvvX)

They could use the Obamas, Sparkle Markle, and Harry.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 24, 2023 03:26 PM (ynpvh)

156 An image search suggests she looks like Gilbert Gottfried.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 24, 2023
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So, she ain't no Catherine Zeta Jones?
Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at February 24, 2023

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Maybe Terry looked like that when she was young. I'll bet she had a pet sabertooth; they were all the rage in the late Pleistocene.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 24, 2023 03:26 PM (J2vNu)

157 My Spidey Sense is telling me that a government bailout is coming to NPR and most likely all other propaganda outlets too.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at February 24, 2023 03:16 PM (17s+e)

My thoughts also.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at February 24, 2023 03:27 PM (BdMk6)

158 143 @120

>>Pauline Kael

She was a beloved and influential film critic, Quinten Tarantino name checked here every five seconds when he was coming up.

She is literally the poster girl for Cloistered Mid-Atlantic Elites.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 24, 2023 03:24 PM (up/3i)

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She berated David Lean so harshly in person after he made Ryan's Daughter that he didn't make a movie again for over a decade.

Pauline Kael was a bitch.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, mired in filth and awfulness with Ralph Bakshi at February 24, 2023 03:27 PM (LvTSG)

159 Major sponsor Pete Swettys Balls dropped all NPR ad buys.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at February 24, 2023 03:27 PM (17s+e)

160 I can't find any fault with what LeMon said in the first clip. What happened to that guy? Did he decide personal wealth and power was worth more than the prosperity of the people he claims to champion?

Yes. Yes he did.

Posted by: Archimedes at February 24, 2023 03:27 PM (eOEVl)

161 "This will be a major loss."

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LOL.

Every single NPR staffer losing their job:
1. Voted for Biden
2. "Believes in Science" and had zero sympathy for those who lost everything due to Fauci/Brix

Good riddance

Posted by: Jay in PA at February 24, 2023 03:27 PM (i7Q7S)

162 I prefer to contribute directly when possible. Even if PayPal is the main option, keep in mind we are using a tool of the enemy to keep an operation they *despise* open for business.

One way to look at it is to examine your budget. How many streaming platforms are you paying for right now?

Could you cut one and donate that money to AoSHQ instead? You probably get *at least* as much value for your dollars here...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 24, 2023 03:28 PM (YIVH2)

163 >>> 139 I think this is mostly a purge.


It started with Musk in twitter. The other tech companies understood that the easiest way to stay competitive and efficient is to cut the bottom 10%.

This was standard management practice thanks to Jack Welch at GE and all his acolytes. If you run a big company and do not have regular layoffs, you are nuts.

But I think it is spreading, not for efficiency, but as a loyalty purge.
NPR? Really - are they hurting for sponsors, or are they purging. You tell me.
Posted by: Gentlemen, this is junta manifest at February 24, 2023 03:24 PM (V8Z0w)

Could be both.

Very happy I made some changes not too long ago.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at February 24, 2023 03:28 PM (llON8)

164 my friend's cat used to leave a little "present" on the pillow, on her husband's side of the bed.

I think kitteh knew he was cheating on her
Posted by: kallisto at February 24, 2023

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Who knows, maybe the cat smelled some foreign perfume!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 24, 2023 03:28 PM (J2vNu)

165 Almost as if there is a blacklist somewhere.

There absolutely is. It started with blogs and assorted online sites over a decade ago, and has spread to television. Very stupid behavior on the part of the companies to only advertise to one portion of their consumers, but they're willing to suffer for the cause. Or collapse for the cause, as the case may be.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 24, 2023 03:28 PM (0hOvj)

166 Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 24, 2023 03:23 PM (1O1T3)

now those are the men with the REAL staying power...

my 87 yr. old uncle told his sister he wants her to teach him how to make gnocchi.

Posted by: kallisto at February 24, 2023 03:28 PM (dCxaZ)

167 Hey all, it is with such great sadness to have to tell you all that our dear friend and outstanding 'ette, WDS - Westminser Dog Show - Diane, passed away yesterday.
Posted by: SnailRacer
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*wipes tears*

RIP...

Posted by: SMH at February 24, 2023 03:28 PM (c4Tyo)

168 ... he's pretty based for a cat. Kind of racist against birds, though.

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Speciesist! Ornithophobe!

Posted by: ShainS -- Transgenderism is the Tip of the Transhumanism Spear at February 24, 2023 03:28 PM (O1yA5)

169 151 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 24, 2023 03:19 PM (J2vNu)

my friend's cat used to leave a little "present" on the pillow, on her husband's side of the bed.

I think kitteh knew he was cheating on her

Posted by: kallisto at February 24, 2023 03:26 PM (dCxaZ)

ala Amber Heard?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 24, 2023 03:29 PM (ynpvh)

170 "Terry Gross," the man said. The other men didn't look up from the nail-cask game of checkers.
"She has a Yankee voice," he said. The men grunted.
"This one time," said one of the men at the cask, slowly, "she talked to some guy who was dressed up like the devil. Kiss something."
The sun set a minute more. "He was the devil. He was a Jew."
"Ain't she a Jew? Or what do you call it, a 'Jewess?'"
"Don't matter. Anyway, he was a rock and roller, and got a bunch of girls. I think that bothered her."
"It's not the kind of music I would listen to."
"Me neither."
"Me neither."
A pause.
"I wonder if she fell in love with him because he disdained her. Women will do that, fall in love with a guy who walks on her."
"They will."
Checkers.

Posted by: ZOD Faulkner at February 24, 2023 03:29 PM (Q/6pY)

171 10% layoff? That doesn't represent even a pimple on the posterior of "junk" among the personnel at NPR. A 30% layoff would represent a good--but not sufficient--start.

Posted by: GlendaleGreybeard at February 24, 2023 03:29 PM (K57hO)

172 Condolences about WDS. I remember her from back when I lived in CO and attended Meat-ups.

Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at February 24, 2023 03:29 PM (wmDcS)

173 Shaved my beard off in 2001 or 2002 when I found out I bore a canny resemblance to one of the FIB most wanted.
Posted by: jim
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*cough* *cough* years ago, I was 'detained' a couple of times by Euro police. Turned out I bore a resemblance to a Baader Meinhof guy. It was the beard.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 24, 2023 03:29 PM (g59Yt)

174 I am currently looking for investors so I can build my own OnlyFans.
Posted by: David French

OnlyPharasees could be a hit with the DC crew, I tells ya! Like number one with a bullet, whatever that means.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 24, 2023 03:30 PM (XF9Gj)

175 She berated David Lean so harshly in person after he made Ryan's Daughter that he didn't make a movie again for over a decade.

Yeah that was back in the day when a movie reviewer could be powerful and influential. I don't think there are any more like that today, unless its guys like Nerdrotic and Critical Drinker.

Lean made some of the best movies of all time, and who the hell is Kael?

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 24, 2023 03:30 PM (0hOvj)

176 speaking of tight money...
in my little town the Country Club solicited for 'Boozy Bingo' that occurred last night. They said they can only do it if at least 24 showed up. It brought in close to 90 people.

My son's wife hit a $610 jackpot on a $5 parlay. Greek Bros. tonight for steaks all around!

Posted by: DanMan at February 24, 2023 03:30 PM (DB6tu)

177 Hey all, it is with such great sadness to have to tell you all that our dear friend and outstanding 'ette, WDS - Westminser Dog Show - Diane, passed away yesterday.
Posted by: SnailRacer

So sorry to hear that. My best to her family.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at February 24, 2023 03:30 PM (17s+e)

178 10% layoff? That doesn't represent even a pimple on the posterior of "junk" among the personnel at NPR. A 30% layoff would represent a good--but not sufficient--start.

I'll believe they're serious when they get rid of superannuated fossils like Nina Totenberg. She's 79, for crying out loud.

Posted by: Archimedes at February 24, 2023 03:31 PM (eOEVl)

179 The Terry Gross interview that I recall was with a ghey Filipino banjo player. You couldn't make this shit up.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 24, 2023 03:31 PM (g59Yt)

180 I don't see how what is literally State Media can go broke. We will be bailing them out.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 24, 2023 03:32 PM (yQpMk)

181 I'll believe they're serious when they get rid of superannuated fossils like Nina Totenberg. She's 79, for crying out loud.

Is Christiane Amanpour still doing stuff for them? I remember her doing remotes in the 80s.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 24, 2023 03:32 PM (0hOvj)

182 179 The Terry Gross interview that I recall was with a ghey Filipino banjo player. You couldn't make this shit up.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 24, 2023 03:31 PM (g59Yt)

...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 24, 2023 03:32 PM (ynpvh)

183 175 She berated David Lean so harshly in person after he made Ryan's Daughter that he didn't make a movie again for over a decade.

Yeah that was back in the day when a movie reviewer could be powerful and influential. I don't think there are any more like that today, unless its guys like Nerdrotic and Critical Drinker.

Lean made some of the best movies of all time, and who the hell is Kael?
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 24, 2023 03:30 PM (0hOvj)

========

He was genuinely flummoxed as to why Ryan's Daughter wasn't up to par with his earlier films, so he invited a bunch of critics (including Kael) to meet him to discuss it. They proceeded to just shit on him for something like two hours.

I find critics useful, but holy shit, dude...that was awful. Never mind that he's the man who made Lawrence of Arabia and they're just the ones who sit around and tell people to watch it, that's just shitty behavior in genearl.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, mired in filth and awfulness with Ralph Bakshi at February 24, 2023 03:32 PM (LvTSG)

184 The middle class with kids has hunkered down and pretty much stopped spending money.
Posted by: Trainwreck: Billions of people stuck with a broken immune response at February 24, 2023 03:15 PM (o/smN)

This. Except delete the "pretty much." Ya just can't get blood from a stone.
Posted by: Catherine at February 24, 2023 03:18 PM (ZSsrh)

They're just lazy and stupid. They have three jobs, they should get four, and work more hours! Beans and rice, rice and beans, and if they have more than one job working from home they're thieves, they're scum, they're stealing! They should give all their time to one employer!

Posted by: Dave Ramsey, Boomer extraordinaire at February 24, 2023 03:33 PM (C3uQd)

185 "Kind of racist against birds, though."

Wouldn't that be 'speciesist'?

Posted by: aelfheld at February 24, 2023 03:33 PM (Zy9Yy)

186 Hey all, it is with such great sadness to have to tell you all that our dear friend and outstanding 'ette, WDS - Westminser Dog Show - Diane, passed away yesterday.
I have no further info but will let you know if and when I hear more.
Posted by: SnailRacer at February 24, 2023 03:10 PM (1Wt13)
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Very sorry to hear this. Thanks, SnailRacer.

Posted by: Weasel at February 24, 2023 03:33 PM (WoIMU)

187 People who used marijuana daily were found to be about one-third more likely to develop coronary artery disease (CAD) compared with people who have never used the drug, according to a study presented at the American College of Cardiology's Annual Scientific Session Together With the World Congress of Cardiology.

Posted by: Neo at February 24, 2023 03:33 PM (RovqD)

188 I'm not familiar with ghey Filipino banjos. I assume they are high strung.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 24, 2023 03:33 PM (yQpMk)

189 One brilliant part of the Trump tax cuts was everyone now just takes the standard deduction ($25,000 for a married couple) so there's almost nobody anymore handing out these $100 checks to worthless orgs to get that tax deduction because there's zero benefit unless you give more than the standard deduction limit and itemize.

Places like NPR and PBS have to be feeling that pinch.

Posted by: Blago at February 24, 2023 03:33 PM (cOFom)

190 I want to see stories about these fired employees living in cardboard boxes and eating moldy Vienna sausages at the local homeless camp. I hope they all contract cholera.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at February 24, 2023 03:33 PM (D25PY)

191 160 I can't find any fault with what LeMon said in the first clip. What happened to that guy? Did he decide personal wealth and power was worth more than the prosperity of the people he claims to champion?

He A: was trying to help his boy Biden out by somehow making age an issue for a potential Republican challenger

B: told a bunch of middle-aged career women (and their millions of unhappy, middle-aged AWFL viewers) the truth about women's value in society as a whole. I bet boxed wine, Häagen-Dazs and kitten sales skyrocketed that evening.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at February 24, 2023 03:33 PM (JCZqz)

192 This Biden Economy is the bomb!!!

Just like that Veracruz oil facility in Mexico blowning up!

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 24, 2023 03:33 PM (ynpvh)

193 For years I've been trying to limit our advertising on social media platforms, materially arguing there was no return for those dollars. What always came back as justification was an ethereal argument about "exposure" and "views". I suppose that works so long as nobody asks for a financial analysis to back it up. You expect to get something back in return for those dollars spent, in the way of your core business. It's meant to be an investment in that endeavor, not an in kind contribution to your political philosophy justified through pathos pleas to an ever willing group of your sycophants. Now, things are getting tough irrespective of what BLS vomits into the surveys, and the first thing to go (behind people who are dead weight) is the bullshit political charity disguised as "advertising".

Posted by: Marcus T at February 24, 2023 03:34 PM (c+w3Q)

194 Literature, not movies.

Posted by: ZOD Faulkner at February 24, 2023 03:34 PM (Q/6pY)

195
They're just lazy and stupid. They have three jobs, they should get four, and work more hours! Beans and rice, rice and beans,
Posted by: Dave Ramsey
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One word: Turnips

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 24, 2023 03:34 PM (q0Hle)

196 "They're just lazy and stupid. They have three jobs, they should get four, and work more hours! Beans and rice, rice and beans, and if they have more than one job working from home they're thieves, they're scum, they're stealing! They should give all their time to one employer! They're just Trump voters!"

Posted by: Joy Bahar at February 24, 2023 03:34 PM (DB6tu)

197 185 "Kind of racist against birds, though."

Wouldn't that be 'speciesist'?

Posted by: aelfheld at February 24, 2023 03:33 PM (Zy9Yy)

Most cats *LOVE* birds.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 24, 2023 03:35 PM (ynpvh)

198 184...They're just lazy and stupid. They have three jobs, they should get four, and work more hours! Beans and rice, rice and beans, and if they have more than one job working from home they're thieves, they're scum, they're stealing! They should give all their time to one employer!
Posted by: Dave Ramsey, Boomer extraordinaire at February 24, 2023 03:33 PM (C3uQd)

A swing! And a miss!

Posted by: Flyover at February 24, 2023 03:35 PM (Rbu5d)

199 These people possess the same quality of character as the super-geniuses coding AI. Put that in your instruction pipeline and smoke it.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at February 24, 2023 03:35 PM (Jg7EG)

200 My buddy has a podcast to help people go to sleep. He uses a Microsoft text to voice to read random, boring text like the tax code. He has 300 followers last I checked.

Posted by: bonhomme at February 24, 2023 03:35 PM (eyxn4)

201 >188 I'm not familiar with ghey Filipino banjos. I assume they are high strung.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 24, 2023 03:33 PM (yQpMk)

Likely because they fret a lot.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at February 24, 2023 03:35 PM (gryET)

202 (Waves to Neo)

Posted by: Skip at February 24, 2023 03:36 PM (xhxe8)

203 187 People who used marijuana daily were found to be about one-third more likely to develop coronary artery disease (CAD) compared with people who have never used the drug, according to a study presented at the American College of Cardiology's Annual Scientific Session Together With the World Congress of Cardiology.

Posted by: Neo at February 24, 2023 03:33 PM (RovqD)

Also a correlation to binge eating. At least it's not from eating out all the time, like with lesbians.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 24, 2023 03:36 PM (ynpvh)

204 187 People who used marijuana daily were found to be about one-third more likely to develop coronary artery disease (CAD) compared with people who have never used the drug,
____

Nicotine is so much worse than nicotine, heck, so is flavored nicotine vaping. Here, have some Doritos and a Covid booster shot.

Posted by: Government Science totally not on the take at February 24, 2023 03:36 PM (fs1hN)

205 Let me just say

Posted by: DB - Spanning the globe at February 24, 2023 03:36 PM (geLO8)

206 OK, so what's this whole thing about Frankenlump's "Lady Macbeth" wife running for the Canadian Border all about?

Posted by: XTC at February 24, 2023 03:36 PM (UnA8+)

207 188 I'm not familiar with ghey Filipino banjos. I assume they are high strung.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 24, 2023 03:33 PM (yQpMk)

And need to be played from the back 9.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 24, 2023 03:36 PM (ynpvh)

208 They have three jobs, they should get four, and work more hours!

"Ya mon! So lazy wit' only tree jobs!"
--Jamaican

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 24, 2023 03:36 PM (0hOvj)

209 The middle class with kids has hunkered down and pretty much stopped spending money.
Posted by: Trainwreck: Billions of people stuck with a broken immune response at February 24, 2023 03:15 PM (o/smN)

This. Except delete the "pretty much." Ya just can't get blood from a stone.
Posted by: Catherine at February 24, 2023 03:18 PM (ZSsrh)

Destroying the middle class has been a goal of progressives since Lenin. This is deliberate and intentional.

Posted by: Elites and dependent class only at February 24, 2023 03:36 PM (C3uQd)

210 I grew a beard so I'd no longer resemble Stalin.

Posted by: Tonypete at February 24, 2023 03:36 PM (qoGsy)

211 @101 I placed an order with the late King Harv's (the young Duke is named David) just last week. I guess you know, they ship your order while you're still placing it. Because I found them through their running jokes with Sarah Hoyt, there's always a little humor involved. I made a quip about the ad they run here, and got back an 'appropriate' ad card and a li'l ol' joke on there.

They really are fun to do business with. Kind of expensive, compared to some; absolutely worth it.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at February 24, 2023 03:37 PM (jYCXf)

212 Nicotine is so much worse than nicotine (and marijuana!). Shouldn't have laid off all the editors.

Posted by: Government Science totally not on the take at February 24, 2023 03:37 PM (fs1hN)

213 195
They're just lazy and stupid. They have three jobs, they should get four, and work more hours! Beans and rice, rice and beans,
Posted by: Dave Ramsey
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One word: Turnips

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 24, 2023 03:34 PM (q0Hle)

No comrade, beets.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 24, 2023 03:37 PM (ynpvh)

214 "He uses a Microsoft text to voice to read random, boring text like the tax code."

heck just read the tax code after working all day

Posted by: DanMan at February 24, 2023 03:37 PM (DB6tu)

215 I want to see stories about these fired employees living in cardboard boxes and eating moldy Vienna sausages at the local homeless camp. I hope they all contract cholera.
Posted by: Maj. Healey
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Let me know when Ira Glass is finally gone.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 24, 2023 03:38 PM (q0Hle)

216 187 People who used marijuana daily were found to be about one-third more likely to develop coronary artery disease (CAD) compared with people who have never used the drug,
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I'd guess lack of motivation to be physically active and munchies have much to do with that... plus the demographic of people who smoke pot.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at February 24, 2023 03:38 PM (17s+e)

217 so is flavored (non!) nicotine vaping.
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two errors in one post! Good enough for gov't work.

Posted by: Government Science totally not on the take at February 24, 2023 03:38 PM (fs1hN)

218 ala Amber Heard?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 24, 2023 03:29 PM (ynpvh)

that cat taught Amber everything she knew

Posted by: kallisto at February 24, 2023 03:38 PM (dCxaZ)

219 Missed the mask/collapse of science post, but note that the lack of efficacy for face coverings in preventing transmission of influenza-like illnesses had been studied for nearly 70 years when C19 hit. The casual, instant statement of the loathsome Fauci along these lines at the outset was natural and real, since this was the settled understanding of the situation.

The Danish study in summer 2020 was making the data rubble bounce, since its outcome was easily predictable. The near impossibility of getting it published, however, nicely highlighted the lysenkoist, unscientific collapse of public health science as revealed by the C19 episode.

So the Cochrane meta-study is great and welcome, but even a tiny bit of subject literacy and effort yielded the same conclusions at the very start of The Great Idiocy. CDC itself published a meta-study in May 2020 - just about the time they reversed, without evidence, their "guidance" on the matter - which really is "chef's kiss" as to how absurd and unhinged the CDC and public health science generally has become.

Posted by: rhomboid at February 24, 2023 03:38 PM (OTzUX)

220 No comrade, beets.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 24, 2023 03:37 PM (ynpvh)


How we dreamed of beets.

*munches radish*

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 24, 2023 03:38 PM (yQpMk)

221 The Old Joe And The Sea:

"He was an old man and he had fished without a hat so that the sun had baked his brain into a solid custard. He fished, every day, rising with the dawn, pulling the wooden skiff onto the sand at sunset. He was old, and he had not been right about many things, and he did not catch many fish, and he could not walk well. It was not from a war injury. He was not brave. He just could not walk well, and he stumbled, and the village on the beach felt sorry for him and gave him ice cream. No one knew why he was pitied. But he was."

Posted by: ZOD Hemingway at February 24, 2023 03:39 PM (Q/6pY)

222 Don Lemon never found a black hole he didn't pass up.. IYKWIMAITYD

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at February 24, 2023 03:39 PM (w/RvR)

223 Here, have some Doritos and a Covid booster shot.
Posted by: Government Science totally not on the take
........

*looks at Dorito chip between fingers*
*pause*
*eats Dorito chip anyway*

Posted by: wth at February 24, 2023 03:39 PM (v0R5T)

224 27 Hey all, it is with such great sadness to have to tell you all that our dear friend and outstanding 'ette, WDS - Westminser Dog Show - Diane, passed away yesterday.
I have no further info but will let you know if and when I hear more.
Posted by: SnailRacer at February 24, 2023 03:10 PM (1Wt13)


oh no...
I had no idea she was having health problems

Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at February 24, 2023 03:39 PM (CCSxw)

225 Russian ambassador to UN tries to hijack a minute of silence for the victims of the Russian aggression in Ukraine. It does not go well for him. Please clap.


https://tinyurl.com/cnhdn944

Posted by: Archimedes at February 24, 2023 03:39 PM (eOEVl)

226 20 years to a fair amount on way home of NPR, oh knew it was a bunch of Leftists but still did. Was a hang over from Gulf War when they carried daily briefs live.

Posted by: Skip at February 24, 2023 03:39 PM (xhxe8)

227 Hey all, it is with such great sadness to have to tell you all that our dear friend and outstanding 'ette, WDS - Westminser Dog Show - Diane, passed away yesterday.
I have no further info but will let you know if and when I hear more.
Posted by: SnailRacer at February 24, 2023 03:10 PM (1Wt13)
*******
So sorry to hear this.
Sending prayers for her family.
RIP WDS!

Posted by: redridinghood at February 24, 2023 03:39 PM (NpAcC)

228 ala Amber Heard?

Speaking of, evidently the Aquaman 2 movie is so bad even Jason Momoa wants out of his contract. Supposedly its even more boring than the first one.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 24, 2023 03:39 PM (0hOvj)

229 Biden is clearly not keeping "the GOP from wrecking the economy"
another failed promise. But it's the GOP's fault.

Posted by: Fool Otto at February 24, 2023 03:40 PM (DB16e)

230 184 They're just lazy and stupid. They have three jobs, they should get four, and work more hours! Beans and rice, rice and beans, and if they have more than one job working from home they're thieves, they're scum, they're stealing! They should give all their time to one employer!
Posted by: Dave Ramsey, Boomer extraordinaire at February 24, 2023 03:33 PM (C3uQd)

ONLY FOUR JOBS? G'wan, you lazy motherf***er! If you came 'round my house wit only four jobs, rudeboy, Me say, me'd bumboclat kick yeer butt out on the streets!

Posted by: Your Average Jamaican at February 24, 2023 03:40 PM (UnA8+)

231 Filipino banjos. I assume they are high strung.

Likely because they fret a lot.

They take it up the plectrum.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at February 24, 2023 03:40 PM (jYCXf)

232 Most cats *LOVE* birds.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 24, 2023

***
They'd love to have the birds for dinner.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 24, 2023 03:40 PM (J2vNu)

233 The Old Joe And The Sea

Needs shorter sentences.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 24, 2023 03:40 PM (0hOvj)

234 Listen to NPR for a half hour, I dare you. Between the cheerleading for the Ukraine War, their obsession with everything "green", fanatical support for authoritarian COVID dogma, vaccine commercials, anything remotely Republican or Middle America = Bad, ad nausea America is irredeemable and racist tropes, you will either want to shoot yourself or watch MSNBC for relief.

Posted by: Marcus T at February 24, 2023 03:40 PM (c+w3Q)

235 228 ala Amber Heard?

Speaking of, evidently the Aquaman 2 movie is so bad even Jason Momoa wants out of his contract. Supposedly its even more boring than the first one.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 24, 2023 03:39 PM (0hOvj)

might be a fishing scam

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 24, 2023 03:40 PM (ynpvh)

236 "Hey...remember when Paul Ryan ran the House "

=====
Ah, yes. The "budget hawk" who knew all the "legislative in's and outs" that was going to absolutely bamboozle Obama.

Reality: He got something like $20 billion in "cuts" over 10 years. Which was the equivalent to you reducing your spending by $2.83 over 10 years.

LOL

Posted by: Jay in PA at February 24, 2023 03:40 PM (i7Q7S)

237 >>>I'd guess lack of motivation to be physically active and munchies have much to do with that... plus the demographic of people who smoke pot.

>Magic brownies really are the perfect addiction. I'm surprised we haven't seen more suicide overdoses.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at February 24, 2023 03:41 PM (Jg7EG)

238 As I mentioned glumly in the comments yesterday, the advertising market has crashed. It's hitting me, too. It's hitting everyone.

--

Spoiler alert:

The middle class with kids has hunkered down and pretty much stopped spending money.
Posted by: Trainwreck: Billions of people stuck with a broken immune response at February 24, 2023 03:15 PM (o/smN)

Such a shocker when massive inflation and mass layoffs are going around. Its only happened EVERY TIME this happens.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 24, 2023 03:41 PM (eoQWY)

239 Speaking of, evidently the Aquaman 2 movie is so bad even Jason Momoa wants out of his contract. Supposedly its even more boring than the first one.

I suppose that's possible in a metaphysical sense, but it seems unlikely in the real world.

Posted by: Archimedes at February 24, 2023 03:41 PM (eOEVl)

240
Jimmy Carter is still dying.

Trump's fault.

Posted by: Auspex at February 24, 2023 03:41 PM (j4U/Z)

241 "162 I prefer to contribute directly when possible. "

How do you do that?

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at February 24, 2023 03:41 PM (p+1gI)

242 It's funny how much one will care for a person even if they only met once or twice IRL but interacted often here.

Posted by: Tonypete at February 24, 2023 03:42 PM (qoGsy)

243 >>233 The Old Joe And The Sea
Needs shorter sentences.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 24, 2023 03:40 PM (0hOvj)

Wrong.

Posted by: ZOD Hemingway at February 24, 2023 03:42 PM (Q/6pY)

244 Literally everyone has a podcast now.

*pours one out for the late, lamented AoSHQ podcast*

Posted by: spindrift at February 24, 2023 03:42 PM (h5TKJ)

245 I find that many old hippies still treat NPR like a god.

I wonder if them dying off in droves caused the downturn?

Posted by: Maj. Healey at February 24, 2023 03:42 PM (D25PY)

246 cough* *cough* years ago, I was 'detained' a couple of times by Euro police. Turned out I bore a resemblance to a Baader Meinhof guy. It was the beard.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 24, 2023 03:29 PM (g59Yt)

I was in Germany during the Moro murder reaction. US military bases went into lockdown.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at February 24, 2023 03:42 PM (BdMk6)

247 I suppose that's possible in a metaphysical sense, but it seems unlikely in the real world.

Still made a billion dollars on panting women seeing it over and over to gasp over Momoa's chest.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 24, 2023 03:42 PM (0hOvj)

248 Also a correlation to binge eating. At least it's not from eating out all the time, like with lesbians.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 24, 2023

***
Carpet-munchers don't cook?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 24, 2023 03:43 PM (J2vNu)

249 236 "Hey...remember when Paul Ryan ran the House "

=====
Ah, yes. The "budget hawk" who knew all the "legislative in's and outs" that was going to absolutely bamboozle Obama.

Reality: He got something like $20 billion in "cuts" over 10 years. Which was the equivalent to you reducing your spending by $2.83 over 10 years.

LOL
Posted by: Jay in PA at February 24, 2023 03:40 PM (i7Q7S)

And he had to be begged to take the job. He had a long, hard "think" to finally succumb to the pressure to take the job, for the good of the nation.
Pfffft.

Posted by: Flyover at February 24, 2023 03:43 PM (Rbu5d)

250 I don't see how what is literally State Media can go broke. We will be bailing them out.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 24, 2023 03:32 PM (yQpMk)

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I wondered the same thing. Why not just throw $20 million at them ... it's apparently free money, and what difference at this point does it make?

Posted by: ShainS -- Transgenderism is the Tip of the Transhumanism Spear at February 24, 2023 03:43 PM (O1yA5)

251 247 I suppose that's possible in a metaphysical sense, but it seems unlikely in the real world.

Still made a billion dollars on panting women seeing it over and over to gasp over Momoa's chest.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 24, 2023 03:42 PM (0hOvj)

https://is.gd/gp8IkJ

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 24, 2023 03:43 PM (ynpvh)

252 Jimmy Carter is still dying.

Trump's fault.

Posted by: Auspex
===

Orange Man kills Peanut Man!

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at February 24, 2023 03:44 PM (17s+e)

253 It's funny how much one will care for a person even if they only met once or twice IRL but interacted often here.

Posted by: Tonypete
___

Yes it is...

Posted by: SMH at February 24, 2023 03:44 PM (c4Tyo)

254 Hey all, it is with such great sadness to have to tell you all that our dear friend and outstanding 'ette, WDS - Westminser Dog Show - Diane, passed away yesterday.
I have no further info but will let you know if and when I hear more.
Posted by: SnailRacer at February 24, 2023 03:10 PM (1Wt13)

That absolutely fucking sucks. RIP Diane.

Posted by: Insomniac - paying respects at February 24, 2023 03:44 PM (II3Gr)

255 One other thing propping up this plastic banana economy was rising house prices with low interest rates.

A lot of folks could refinance to a lower monthly payment to be able to keep food on the table.

All them folks are out of money now; inflation has caught up to the money they'd saved on their mortgage. And there is no more refinance left.

Now things get fun

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 24, 2023 03:44 PM (q6fOb)

256 Literally everyone has a podcast now.

*pours one out for the late, lamented AoSHQ podcast*
Posted by: spindrift at February 24, 2023 03:42 PM (h5TKJ)
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The CutJibNewsletter podcast is the modern incarnation...No ace (yet), but the COBs do a great job discussing the issues of the day.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 24, 2023 03:44 PM (YIVH2)

257 Now that you start quoting accents? The most fun part of the NPR layoffs is going to be hearing them cover it.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at February 24, 2023 03:45 PM (jYCXf)

258 In other News:
Paris Hilton Reveals She Had an Abortion in Her 20s

o O.......only one?

Posted by: wth at February 24, 2023 03:45 PM (v0R5T)

259 {{{Insomniac}}}

Posted by: SMH at February 24, 2023 03:45 PM (c4Tyo)

260 "Hey...remember when Paul Ryan ran the House "

I remember when Joe Biden wore him like an athletic supporter in the debates.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at February 24, 2023 03:45 PM (D25PY)

261 I want to see the patronizing piece by some NPR reporter with laid off staff at a diner/coffee shop.


"The atmosphere is grim here at Hipster Coffee house. The future is uncertain as clients here grapple with the harsh realities of their pink slip they just received, and how to pay the bills. Between yoga lessons, treks to Kilimanjaro and donations to Planned parenthood some cuts will have to be made. Will the monthly trust fund check be enough? Will a job doing useful, productive work be necessary? The sense of doom hangs in the air like stale marijuana smoke. (dishes clink in the background)"

Posted by: Ripley at February 24, 2023 03:45 PM (cUYo/)

262 I just responded to the ad on the left side near the top of the home page that shows a PayPal button and bought a unit of Ace of Spades.

Posted by: Roland F Hirsch at February 24, 2023 03:46 PM (oMkPq)

263 'two errors in one post! Good enough for gov't work.'

I believe the style guide up dated that to 'Good enough for Delaware'

Posted by: DanMan at February 24, 2023 03:46 PM (DB6tu)

264 I 'member when you could listen to people talk on the radio... live.

Podcasts.... meh.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 24, 2023 03:46 PM (Q4IgG)

265 247 I suppose that's possible in a metaphysical sense, but it seems unlikely in the real world.

Still made a billion dollars on panting women seeing it over and over to gasp over Momoa's chest.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 24, 2023 03:42 PM (0hOvj)
_____________

I actually thought it was pretty good. For Marvel movies, I have expectations lower than an earthworm's dick. Aquaman exceeded them. The underwater setting was interesting, and the casting was surprisingly good.

Posted by: Elric Blade at February 24, 2023 03:47 PM (iFTx/)

266 Fist bump Insom

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 24, 2023 03:47 PM (0hOvj)

267 The most fun part of the NPR layoffs is going to be hearing them cover it.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at February 24, 2023 03:45 PM (jYCXf)

Hope they interview Rahul Ligma and Daniel Johnson...

Posted by: Tex Lovera at February 24, 2023 03:47 PM (wtvvX)

268 'Forgotten 80s Mystery Click'

Yep, that is their best album.

Posted by: Puddleglum at February 24, 2023 03:47 PM (sAmhv)

269 265 247 I suppose that's possible in a metaphysical sense, but it seems unlikely in the real world.

Still made a billion dollars on panting women seeing it over and over to gasp over Momoa's chest.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 24, 2023 03:42 PM (0hOvj)
_____________

I actually thought it was pretty good. For Marvel movies, I have expectations lower than an earthworm's dick. Aquaman exceeded them. The underwater setting was interesting, and the casting was surprisingly good.

Posted by: Elric Blade at February 24, 2023 03:47 PM (iFTx/)

And at least he released the Kraken

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 24, 2023 03:47 PM (ynpvh)

270 Hahaha

I'd rather have my money going to Ukraine instead of NPR.

Both are bottomless pits of useless waste and grifters, but at least someone in Africa gets guns from the Ukraine waste.

Posted by: RIP Tyler Nichols - Those white supremacist cops will face justice at February 24, 2023 03:48 PM (Fj1Uw)

271
And a lot of ad dollars are going to "influencers" and other forms of alternative promotion. There's only so many ad dollars to go around. So some types of ads have to be cut.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor


I've been watching a lot of backpacking vids on the toob-of-yoo lately, and virtually everything is stuff like "Best 5 Cast Iron Frying Pans For Your Ultralight Backpacking Adventure". All are sponsored vids, which means "I'm a shill whore, whoring myself out for whore money."

The good ones take the gear out into the woods and use it in shitty weather to show you how it holds up. Plus they get some decent photography of wooded landscapes in to make things interesting. The crap ones do the whole vid from their crap desk in their crap apartment talking about how great the equipment is in the woods.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 24, 2023 03:48 PM (n+4am)

272 Jill Biden just said her mentally defective, daughter showering spouse was going to make an announcement. I thought maybe he would finally admit that climbing stairs or the English Language were not his strengths. But apparently he's going to announce another presidential run. At least that's what's implied.

Posted by: Marcus T at February 24, 2023 03:48 PM (c+w3Q)

273 I thought Fridays were supposed to be chill days at work? WTF?

Posted by: rickb223 at February 24, 2023 03:48 PM (G8h7g)

274 WDS was such a sweetie. When she saw me and Mrs. Mahon in Texas she gave us big hugs, and then scolded us for missing the last 2 CO Morondezvouses.

Rest in peace, dear lady, and prayers to her family.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Southpaw at February 24, 2023 03:48 PM (xPJvm)

275 "White Supremacist Lemon" actually made sense. I wonder how they flipped to be a sellout to Dark Side.

Posted by: illiniwek at February 24, 2023 03:48 PM (Cus5s)

276 I"m devastated by the news about WDS. She was one of my first blog friends IRL.
This is horrible news.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at February 24, 2023 03:48 PM (Y+l9t)

277 The CutJibNewsletter podcast is the modern incarnation...No ace (yet), but the COBs do a great job discussing the issues of the day.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 24, 2023 03:44 PM (YIVH2)

The cleaning company that does the studio refuses to clean up all of the Ewok fur during shedding season, which apparently is between early January and late December.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 24, 2023 03:48 PM (XIJ/X)

278 259 {{{Insomniac}}}
Posted by: SMH at February 24, 2023 03:45 PM (c4Tyo)

Right back at you. What terrible news.

Posted by: Insomniac - paying respects at February 24, 2023 03:48 PM (II3Gr)

279 As I mentioned glumly in the comments yesterday, the advertising market has crashed. It's hitting me, too.

* Digs in sofa cushions *
Tip jar time!! Back in the day I took good care of my favorite bartenders . You got them beat three ways to Sunday Ace.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * Phuck U, War!! at February 24, 2023 03:48 PM (sBwpA)

280 265 I actually thought it was pretty good. For Marvel movies, I have expectations lower than an earthworm's dick. Aquaman exceeded them. The underwater setting was interesting, and the casting was surprisingly good.
Posted by: Elric Blade at February 24, 2023 03:47 PM (iFTx/)

Is this another "get it wrong on purpose" things, where the whole point is to expose anyone who corrects it as a pathetic dork who doesn't spend enough time at the Gym or the Range, or at least the Office?

Posted by: Your Average Jamaican at February 24, 2023 03:49 PM (UnA8+)

281 173 Shaved my beard off in 2001 or 2002 when I found out I bore a canny resemblance to one of the FIB most wanted.
Posted by: jim
-----------
*cough* *cough* years ago, I was 'detained' a couple of times by Euro police. Turned out I bore a resemblance to a Baader Meinhof guy. It was the beard.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 24, 2023 03:29 PM (g59Yt)

I was told bearded me looked like the Unabomber.

Posted by: N.Lurker at February 24, 2023 03:49 PM (eGTCV)

282 Naked Ewoks with only a tool belt on putting up shelves.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at February 24, 2023 03:24 PM (17s+e)

I think we have enough Ace stories to do an Ewok calendar.

Posted by: Beartooth at February 24, 2023 03:49 PM (N52dd)

283 272 Jill Biden just said her mentally defective, daughter showering spouse was going to make an announcement. I thought maybe he would finally admit that climbing stairs or the English Language were not his strengths. But apparently he's going to announce another presidential run. At least that's what's implied.

Posted by: Marcus T at February 24, 2023 03:48 PM (c+w3Q)

It was the Taco Bell he ate...depends are full.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 24, 2023 03:49 PM (ynpvh)

284 This is a long watch, 45 min.+, but this woman is dropping bombs in front of Arizona committee. Corruption, money laundering, election tampering and she names some names, until they make her stop naming names because of "the explosive allegations"
https://tinyurl.com/573j3uvx

Posted by: Fool Otto at February 24, 2023 03:49 PM (DB16e)

285 The advertising business is failing partially because they've become Woke. That and the ability of people to be able to skip ads if they want .

Posted by: polynikes at February 24, 2023 03:49 PM (6pcCZ)

286 Carpet-munchers don't cook?

Widespread gasp.
Nobody believes you walked into that one.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at February 24, 2023 03:49 PM (jYCXf)

287 I wonder how many she had in her teens.

Posted by: wth at February 24, 2023 03:49 PM (v0R5T)

288 Off, bloody sock.

Posted by: XTC at February 24, 2023 03:50 PM (UnA8+)

289 Podcasts?

Need to be a VTuber

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 24, 2023 03:50 PM (rY7Qv)

290 Spirit?

********

Staff learning to code send semaphore: "We've got spirit, yes we do. We've got spirit, how 'bout you?"
**point at staff in unemployment line**

Staff in unemployment line: "We've got spirit, yes we do. We've got spirit, how 'bout you? "
**point at staff learning to semaphore**

Repeat...

Posted by: Muldoon at February 24, 2023 03:50 PM (ykeLU)

291 Such a shocker when massive inflation and mass layoffs are going around. Its only happened EVERY TIME this happens.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 24, 2023 03:41 PM (eoQWY)

---------

And the results of the same old failed policies are totally unpredictable and unexpected ... except for EVERY TIME they're implemened and fail.

Posted by: ShainS -- Transgenderism is the Tip of the Transhumanism Spear at February 24, 2023 03:50 PM (O1yA5)

292
OUT: "I'm going to run!"
IN: "I've got the runs!"

Posted by: Tex Lovera at February 24, 2023 03:50 PM (wtvvX)

293 280 265 I actually thought it was pretty good. For Marvel movies, I have expectations lower than an earthworm's dick. Aquaman exceeded them. The underwater setting was interesting, and the casting was surprisingly good.
Posted by: Elric Blade at February 24, 2023 03:47 PM (iFTx/)

Is this another "get it wrong on purpose" things, where the whole point is to expose anyone who corrects it as a pathetic dork who doesn't spend enough time at the Gym or the Range, or at least the Office?
Posted by: Your Average Jamaican at February 24, 2023 03:49 PM (UnA8+)
_______________

I meant to say "superhero movies" but just farted out "Marvel" because that's what I think of when I think of SH movies. Marvel, DC, they are all the same bullshit.

Posted by: Elric Blade at February 24, 2023 03:51 PM (iFTx/)

294
I think kitteh knew he was cheating on her
Posted by: kallisto
***
Who knows, maybe the cat smelled some foreign perfume!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Pepe LePew

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 24, 2023 03:51 PM (63Dwl)

295 "As I mentioned glumly in the comments yesterday, the advertising market has crashed. It's hitting me, too. It's hitting everyone."

Canary in the coal mine for a recession. Advertising is the first thing companies cut to pinch pennies.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at February 24, 2023 03:51 PM (UuD2k)

296 What NPR is today is an enterprise that's running out of money and can't survive in its current form, and so is laying off lots of people.

I don't think he thought that statement through very well.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 24, 2023 03:06 PM (t0OGg)

NPR should stick to playing music. Lay off the politics and "public affairs" 100%.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 24, 2023 03:51 PM (tkR6S)

297 289 Need to be a VTuber
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 24, 2023 03:50 PM (rY7Qv)

VTubers are suspect.

They only exist so that male degenerates with voice changers can get their hands on some of that eThot cash.

Posted by: XTC at February 24, 2023 03:51 PM (UnA8+)

298 >>273 I thought Fridays were supposed to be chill days at work? WTF? Posted by: rickb223 at February 24, 2023 03:48 PM (G8h7g)

Chill day here. Approved a third-party transfer of Australian-purchased Browning .50 cals to Ukraine, easy day.

TAKTAKTAKTAKTAKTAKTAKTAKTAK!!! TAKTAKTAK!

(Epitaph: Zod Facilitated The Transfer Of Music-Makers)

Posted by: ZOD Hemingway at February 24, 2023 03:51 PM (Q/6pY)

299 This is horrible news.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at February 24, 2023 03:48 PM (Y+l9t)

It is. I'm stunned. Just this week I was thinking that the Morondevous was coming up and I needed to start making arrangements.

Posted by: Jordan61 at February 24, 2023 03:52 PM (DRSnL)

300 The most fun part of the NPR layoffs is going to be hearing them cover it.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at February 24, 2023 03:45 PM (jYCXf)

Hope they interview Rahul Ligma and Daniel Johnson...
Posted by: Tex Lovera


Are they calling for the death of the CEO like they did for Musk?

Posted by: rickb223 at February 24, 2023 03:52 PM (G8h7g)

301 I remember when Joe Biden wore him like an athletic supporter in the debates.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at February 24, 2023 03:45 PM (D25PY)

AKA Joe being the rude, loudmouth piece of shit he's always been

Posted by: A dude in MI at February 24, 2023 03:52 PM (/6GbT)

302 There's a cold wind blowin' out thar.

A cold wind gathers no moss.

Or something like that.

Posted by: JT at February 24, 2023 03:52 PM (T4tVD)

303 "As I mentioned glumly in the comments yesterday, the advertising market has crashed. It's hitting me, too. It's hitting everyone."

Canary in the coal mine for a recession. Advertising is the first thing companies cut to pinch pennies.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe

Especially since advertising is a business tax write off.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 24, 2023 03:53 PM (G8h7g)

304 Let me put my singularity inside your black hole.

Posted by: Don LeMon Astronutter at February 24, 2023 03:53 PM (OZjDX)

305 Is there a way to contribute to Ace without Paypal? I don't have much extra money but I'd like to help if I can.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at February 24, 2023 03:08 PM (p+1gI)

This! Why not just get a P.O. box to which we could send cash or a check?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 24, 2023 03:53 PM (tkR6S)

306 297 They only exist so that male degenerates with voice changers can get their hands on some of that eThot cash.
Posted by: XTC at February 24, 2023 03:51 PM (UnA8+)

Addendum : Or so Trannies can hide that they don't pass.

Posted by: XTC at February 24, 2023 03:53 PM (UnA8+)

307 The advertising business is failing partially because they've become Woke. That and the ability of people to be able to skip ads if they want .

And its pretty easy to ignore ads even when you can't adblock them to oblivion. TV and Radio, all content stops, you have to wait to see the next segment of Charles in Charge or whatever. Online its just a banner to the side or at the top, and you can just pretend it doesn't exist while you browse and do what you want.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 24, 2023 03:53 PM (0hOvj)

308 "cough* *cough* years ago, I was 'detained' a couple of times by Euro police. Turned out I bore a resemblance to a Baader Meinhof guy. It was the beard.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 24, 2023 03:29 PM (g59Yt)

I was in Germany during the Moro murder reaction. US military bases went into lockdown.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at February 24, 2023 03:42 PM (BdMk6)"

We were detained once by the Polizei outside a local German establishment for "fighting" with some locals. But it was more like wrestling and when they arrived we were all sharing a drink and laughing. In fact one of the locals pissed on the Polizei's tire for bothering us.

Posted by: Marcus T at February 24, 2023 03:53 PM (c+w3Q)

309 "Hey...remember when Paul Ryan ran the House "

Was he the guy who got has ass handed to him on a broadcast television debate by the coked up Joe Biden?

Posted by: Reuben Hick at February 24, 2023 03:53 PM (l7lsb)

310 The good ones take the gear out into the woods and use it in shitty weather to show you how it holds up. Plus they get some decent photography of wooded landscapes in to make things interesting. The crap ones do the whole vid from their crap desk in their crap apartment talking about how great the equipment is in the woods.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 24, 2023 03:48 PM (n+4am)

Girl In The Woods is one of the better YouTubers that actually use the products they push for outdoor gear.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at February 24, 2023 03:54 PM (BdMk6)

311
*Condescending NPR Whisper Voice*

You fuckers can't fire me, I am the Voice of the Nation. Fucking Trotskyist running dog traitors.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 24, 2023 03:54 PM (n+4am)

312 I can't believe the news about WDS! Prayers for her family. I am in shock. Thank you Snailracer for letting us know the sad news.

Posted by: Iris with her selfsame badge of honor at February 24, 2023 03:54 PM (foa6+)

313 There's a cold wind blowin' out thar.

A cold wind gathers no moss.

Or something like that.
Posted by: JT at February 24, 2023 03:52 PM (T4tVD)

I thought a rolling fat man gathers no moss

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 24, 2023 03:55 PM (dO/0d)

314 That is a good point, advertisers are moving around trying to find somewhere that works. Some places they advertise, they know doesn't work but are loyal to the business or cause (aka why huge companies advertise on CNN). Others they just are trying to find where advertising actually gets results and success which is increasingly difficult online.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 24, 2023 03:20 PM (0hOvj)

I imagine the best way is to contact the streamer directly for the audience they like and have them write and perform the ad. This does what Youtube claims they did for them but never did and probably save tons of money on production.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 24, 2023 03:55 PM (eoQWY)

315 Baader Meinhof guy. It was the beard.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.

I was told bearded me looked like the Unabomber.
Posted by: N.Lurker

*******

I've been told my beard makes me look like Rosie Grier.



Or was it Rosie O'Donnell?

Posted by: Muldoon at February 24, 2023 03:55 PM (ykeLU)

316 I just saw the news about WDS. I don't want to believe it.

She was (I don't like that tense) so full of life and love.

Posted by: screaming in digital at February 24, 2023 03:55 PM (aBJcM)

317 This! Why not just get a P.O. box to which we could send cash or a check?

Preferably in stacks of unmarked small bills.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at February 24, 2023 03:56 PM (l7lsb)

318 "Literally everyone has a podcast now."

Ace turned me on to Tim Pool. I watch it pretty regularly now, but I turn it off as soon as Ian says something more abysmally stupid than he said the nite before.

Posted by: Long gpCoin at February 24, 2023 03:56 PM (MvF+J)

319 Hey all, it is with such great sadness to have to tell you all that our dear friend and outstanding 'ette, WDS - Westminser Dog Show - Diane, passed away yesterday.
I have no further info but will let you know if and when I hear more.
Posted by: SnailRacer at February 24, 2023 03:10 PM (1Wt13)

Oh, crap! I met her. She was a real sweetheart, a fine lady. Condolences to all her family and friends.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 24, 2023 03:56 PM (tkR6S)

320 I just saw the news about WDS. I don't want to believe it.

She was (I don't like that tense) so full of life and love.
Posted by: screaming in digital at February 24, 2023 03:55 PM (aBJcM)

WDS?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 24, 2023 03:56 PM (dO/0d)

321 I'm old enough to remember when I could be excited about Ryan, Cantor and McCarthy - and then I met them.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at February 24, 2023 03:56 PM (oWBc3)

322 Posted by: Fool Otto at February 24, 2023 03:49 PM (DB16e)

thanks for that fool Otto

Posted by: kallisto at February 24, 2023 03:56 PM (dCxaZ)

323 WDS?
Posted by: Nevergiveup

Westminster Dog Show - Diane.

Posted by: Tonypete at February 24, 2023 03:56 PM (qoGsy)

324 This blonde in a dress is delighted at the news of further increases in the unemployment of journalists:
https://is.gd/ldmSku

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 24, 2023 03:56 PM (t0OGg)

325 Just read about WDS. To say that I'm heartbroken doesn't even come close. Praying for her family.

Posted by: Ladyl at February 24, 2023 03:57 PM (DH20y)

326 WDS?
Posted by: Nevergiveup

Westminster Dog Show - Diane.
Posted by: Tonypete at February 24, 2023 03:56 PM (qoGsy)

Sigh

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 24, 2023 03:57 PM (dO/0d)

327 NOOD Microsoft

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 24, 2023 03:57 PM (ynpvh)

328 Eternal rest grant unto Diane, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon her. May her soul, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.

TXMoMees won't be the same without her...

Posted by: SMH at February 24, 2023 03:57 PM (c4Tyo)

329 318 "Literally everyone has a podcast now."

Ace turned me on to Tim Pool. I watch it pretty regularly now, but I turn it off as soon as Ian says something more abysmally stupid than he said the nite before.
Posted by: Long gpCoin at February 24, 2023 03:56 PM (MvF+J)

Ian only exists because Tim thought the only person he could always look smarter than is a drugged out hippie (Yes, I know Ian can code, but he's still a drugged out hippie).

It's the whole reason he kicked Adam Crigler off the show (and Adam moved to Sweden).

Posted by: XTC at February 24, 2023 03:57 PM (UnA8+)

330 Hey all, it is with such great sadness to have to tell you all that our dear friend and outstanding 'ette, WDS - Westminser Dog Show - Diane, passed away yesterday.
I have no further info but will let you know if and when I hear more.
Posted by: SnailRacer at February 24, 2023 03:10 PM (1Wt13)

Oh, crap! I met her. She was a real sweetheart, a fine lady. Condolences to all her family and friends.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon


Aw damn. Amen. Condolences to all. 😢

Posted by: rickb223 at February 24, 2023 03:57 PM (G8h7g)

331 The crap ones do the whole vid from their crap desk in their crap apartment talking about how great the equipment is in the woods.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 24, 2023 03:48 PM

Personally, I find the woods a great place for a crap.

Posted by: The Bear at February 24, 2023 03:57 PM (a3Q+t)

332 I'll never forgot when Daniel Tosh of all people pointed out a YouTube channel that was little girls doing things that came very close to but not crossing a line. It was clearly aimed at the pedo crowd.

It had billions of views and it took years for YouTube to reluctantly take it down.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at February 24, 2023 03:58 PM (UuD2k)

333 "Best 5 Cast Iron Frying Pans For Your Ultralight Backpacking Adventure"
===

Snort

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at February 24, 2023 03:58 PM (17s+e)

334 @248
forgot to add she's also making claims the cartels are involved with the laundering and bribes.

Posted by: Fool Otto at February 24, 2023 03:58 PM (DB16e)

335 Prayers up for WDS.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at February 24, 2023 03:58 PM (LcCxQ)

336 White men then White women will be laid off

Posted by: Gonzotx at February 24, 2023 03:59 PM (MwHgU)

337 216 187 People who used marijuana daily were found to be about one-third more likely to develop coronary artery disease (CAD) compared with people who have never used the drug,
===

I'd guess lack of motivation to be physically active and munchies have much to do with that... plus the demographic of people who smoke pot.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at February 24, 2023 03:38 PM (17s+e)
----
I'm guessing you are a habitual pot user so are trying to blame personal and social factors rather than the chemicals in pot? If it were tobacco would you do the same or blame the chemicals?

Posted by: Ciampino - never a mention of the truth at February 24, 2023 03:59 PM (qfLjt)

338 outstanding 'ette, WDS - Westminser Dog Show - Diane, passed away yesterday

Godspeed and think of all the dogs welcoming on that rainbow bridge.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko Solutions at February 24, 2023 03:59 PM (PJ+eS)

339 Dammit, Horde! Quit dying on me before I can make a MoMe! Prayers for the WDS family.

Posted by: Brother Tim, still the worst commenter on the blog at February 24, 2023 03:59 PM (OUMaO)

340 er @284 not 248

Posted by: Fool Otto at February 24, 2023 03:59 PM (DB16e)

341
NPR should stick to playing music. Lay off the politics and "public affairs" 100%.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 24, 2023 03:51 PM (tkR6S)

That music they play is white oppression, man.

Posted by: Auspex at February 24, 2023 04:00 PM (j4U/Z)

342 I'd guess lack of motivation to be physically active and munchies have much to do with that... plus the demographic of people who smoke pot.

That probably is the case, especially these days with edibles. I mean, there might be some connection directly with THC, but there's almost no study done on that for some reason.

I am strongly inclined to believe that there are real, good health benefits that can be found from marijuana, but nobody seems to be interested in doing anything except researching either how great it is or how awful it is.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 24, 2023 04:01 PM (0hOvj)

343 > "Best 5 Cast Iron Frying Pans For Your Ultralight Backpacking Adventure"
____________
Yea, I don't get that either. Who takes cast iron backpacking?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 24, 2023 04:02 PM (Q4IgG)

344 Literally everyone has a podcast now.


Come for the chai -stay for the chaat.

Posted by: Champak Bhumia at February 24, 2023 04:02 PM (M3hSG)

345 >>I'm guessing you are a habitual pot user so are trying to blame personal and social factors rather than the chemicals in pot? If it were tobacco would you do the same or blame the chemicals?
Posted by: Ciampino -

I've smoked weed on the regular since 1986. I stopped "cold turkey" 8 weeks ago. There is zero withdrawal.

Posted by: Fool Otto at February 24, 2023 04:02 PM (DB16e)

346 Yea, I don't get that either. Who takes cast iron backpacking?
--------------
Daniel Boone.

Posted by: Puddinhead at February 24, 2023 04:03 PM (uia9V)

347 It had billions of views and it took years for YouTube to reluctantly take it down.

I read an article a few years back about how it was a standard practice on Youtube videos of little girls for pedos to share time codes of a flash of underwear or something they found hot. Youtube knew about this but did nothing for a long time until forced to.

Its like Twitter, supposedly they had hosts of pedo accounts on there but were so busy banning and restricting conservatives they didn't do anything about the scum.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 24, 2023 04:03 PM (0hOvj)

348 "Why not just get a P.O. Box?"

Because of Postal Inspectors. And that settles that.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at February 24, 2023 04:04 PM (jYCXf)

349 I've smoked weed on the regular since 1986. I stopped "cold turkey" 8 weeks ago. There is zero withdrawal.
----------------
I gave it up in college. The potency got so much stronger than the giggle pot that I became wallpaper. I did not like that and quit.

Posted by: Puddinhead at February 24, 2023 04:04 PM (uia9V)

350 Well. Shit.

I love you, Diane

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 24, 2023 04:05 PM (W2Pud)

351 Wait, so advertising can function similarly to buying / selling art and be borderline money laundering and payoffs, can't it?

Posted by: RIP Tyler Nichols - Those white supremacist cops will face justice at February 24, 2023 04:05 PM (9sm/M)

352 Another Donation platform that I only know by name is Locals

I think they partner with Rumble also

Posted by: Blanco at February 24, 2023 04:05 PM (F0+HC)

353 I stopped "cold turkey" 8 weeks ago. There is zero withdrawal.

I think it varies a great deal person to person. Some have extremely strong pyschological addiction or social problems (I always had a joint when I did this). Some break off easy. My dad smoked for years in the air force and then he just stopped one day. He said once in a while he'd get the urge to have a smoke, but otherwise nothing.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 24, 2023 04:06 PM (0hOvj)

354
I've been waiting for awhile for a chance to use that Cast Iron Frying Pan joke.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 24, 2023 04:08 PM (n+4am)

355 Who takes cast iron backpacking?

I found a cast aluminum frying pan among some antiques once, and thought oh boy this will be great. Turned out, by the time you use enough aluminum to achieve the thermal mass you use for iron cookery, it weighs about the same. And that is probably why backpackers' recipes don't use dutch ovens much.

Lots of boiling bags and freeze-dried packets there.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at February 24, 2023 04:08 PM (jYCXf)

356 @284
forgot to add she's also making claims the cartels are involved with the laundering and bribes.

Posted by: Fool Otto at February 24, 2023 03:58 PM (DB16e)

---------

Compared to the Biden Crime Family, she's a piker -- but Soros' Butt-Bitch Hobbs is also owned by the ca rtels, And while they pulled out all the stops to deny Kari Lake the office.

Posted by: ShainS -- Transgenderism is the Tip of the Transhumanism Spear at February 24, 2023 04:08 PM (Kujh6)

357 I've smoked weed on the regular since 1986. I stopped "cold turkey" 8 weeks ago. There is zero withdrawal.
Posted by: Fool Otto at February 24, 2023 04:02 PM (DB16e)

For you maybe but that's not the case with most. Psychological withdrawal is real.

Posted by: polynikes at February 24, 2023 04:09 PM (6pcCZ)

358
I've been told my beard makes me look like Rosie Grier.
Or was it Rosie O'Donnell?
Posted by: Muldoon

Two heads are better than one.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 24, 2023 04:12 PM (63Dwl)

359 >>Compared to the Biden Crime Family, she's a piker -- but Soros' Butt-Bitch Hobbs is also owned by the ca rtels, And while they pulled out all the stops to deny Kari Lake the office.

When the Hobbs name got mentioned it was actually a Republican on the committee that asked her to move on, she was making "explosive allegations"

Posted by: Fool Otto at February 24, 2023 04:12 PM (DB16e)

360
Ahhh ... perhaps the sonorous droning of NPR's sophomoric "newscasters" will soon be nothing but a bad memory.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 24, 2023 04:18 PM (pNxlR)

361 "Megyn Kelly gave a rousing call for LeMon's #Cancellation. "

Megyn is the perfect whore. She helped to oust Roger Ailes. Told her she was looking good, 'give me a spin' = sexist misogynist. Then went off on FOX Conservatives and fled to CNN.

It's the money and facetime; she will do or say whatever is profitable at the time.

Posted by: Braenyard at February 24, 2023 04:24 PM (LC5ur)

362 10% is barely chub-worthy. Anything less than 25% on a Friday news dump is disheartening.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at February 24, 2023 04:26 PM (Jg7EG)

363 I hope NPR shitcans Nina Deathmountain. She is an obnoxious hack and I'm sure they pay her an obscene salary.

Posted by: Ray Van Dune at February 24, 2023 04:51 PM (Xm07S)

364 the erosion of advertising dollars, particularly for NPR
Wait, WHAT?! NPR isn't supposed to have "avertising dollars", is it? It's publicly supported so it doesn't have to rely on the nasty influence of corporate money. When did this happen?

(Oh, I know, it's always been supported by corporate money. But it's not what they say when they whine about taxpayer funding every year in Congress.)

Posted by: GWB at February 24, 2023 05:04 PM (NJ9MR)

365 Providing that NPR is nothing but leftists propaganda since it first started Broadcasting this will be a letdown for the left

Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at February 24, 2023 05:05 PM (wGqjj)

366 Based on their content, I would argue that any posiition at NPR is virtually "vacant".

Posted by: Levin at February 25, 2023 10:49 AM (kk8TL)

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