Tucker Carlson: If You Tell Too Many Truths, You Get Fired. <br>So I'm Bringing My Old Show to a Platform That Allows Free Speech, Twitter.<br>Jack Posobiec: Tucker's Firing Was a Condition of the Dominon Settlement?!?!

Tucker Carlson: If You Tell Too Many Truths, You Get Fired.
So I'm Bringing My Old Show to a Platform That Allows Free Speech, Twitter.
Jack Posobiec: Tucker's Firing Was a Condition of the Dominon Settlement?!?!

Looks like Tucker Carlson and Elon Musk have worked out some kind of exclusive deal for Tucker Carlson's show. Video below the fold.

But meanwhile: Carlson accuses Fox of breach of contract and fraud.

Tucker Carlson, two weeks after being ousted by Fox News, accused the network Tuesday of fraud and breach of contract -- and made a host of document demands that could precede legal action.
Why it matters: The aggressive letter from his lawyers to Fox positions Carlson to argue that the noncompete provision in his contract is no longer valid -- freeing him to launch his own competing show or media enterprise.
On Tuesday, Carlson announced he would be bringing his show to Twitter,.
"Starting soon we'll be bringing a new version of the show we've been doing for the last six and a half years to Twitter," he said in the video. "We bring some other things too, which we'll tell you about. But for now we're just grateful to be here. Free speech is the main right that you have. Without it, you have no others."
The intrigue: The Twitter move would seem to technically violate Carlson's contract with Fox, but his lawyers' letter effectively holds that Fox breached the contract first.

I don't know if this will breach his contract. Tucker has always had the right to post on social media as he chooses. He'll just be posting a bit more on social media than he used to.

Fox may have a contract for his exclusive television rights but they don't own his rights to just speak generally.

I don't think there'll be money involved. Because taking money would almost certainly breach Tucker's contract. Then Fox could sue him and attempt to get a court to force him to stay off the air.

Rather, I think Tucker will be doing this show for free. At least for now.

Why?

To put pressure on Fox. To let them know he'll compete against them, even if he's not getting paid any money to do it. To let them know that this isn't 2003 any more -- keeping someone off of television doesn't keep them from speaking and mounting a show to compete with you.

So they might as well free him from his contract.

I imagine his Twitter show will therefore play at... 8pm. With a possible "rebroadcast" at 11pm, to also hurt Fox's West Coast time zone ratings.

Update: Tucker is giving up the $25 million he's still owed on his contract, claims Puck.

If so, I guess this is a breach -- though a case of breaching second -- and I guess he will be free to make money from subscriptions and ads.

Dylan Byers
@DylanByers
NEWS: Tucker Carlson will relaunch his show *on Twitter* with help from former Fox News staff. He will forgo at least $25 million owed to him by Fox Corp. in order to break non-compete clause.
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More from Rebel News, thanks to andycanuck. That article has a transcript of his Twitter announcement.

After pointing out that there are "limits" to what truths you can say -- and that some truths will result in your being fired -- Tucker has this to say about the fake debate we see on cable news:

"You often hear people say the news is full of lies. But most of the time that's not exactly right. Much of what you see on television or read in the New York Times is in fact true in the literal sense. It could pass one of the media's own 'fact checks.' Lawyers would be willing to sign off on it, in fact they may have. But that doesn't make it true. It's not true. At the most basic level the news you consume is a lie. A lie of the stealthiest and most insidious kind," Carlson began.
"Facts have been withheld on purpose along with proportion and perspective. You are being manipulated," he continued, before explaining how lies are told through omission.
"You can't have a free society if people aren't allowed to say what they think is true," said Carlson. "Speech is the fundamental prerequisite for democracy."
...

"You see it on cable news, you talk about it on Twitter. The result may feel like a debate but actually the gatekeepers are still in charge. We think that's a bad system. We know exactly how it works and we're sick of it," he added.
"Starting soon we will be bringing a new version of the show we've been doing for the last six and a half years to Twitter," Carlson announced. "We'll be bringing some other things too, which we'll tell you about. But for now we're just grateful to be here."
"Free speech is the main right that you have. Without it, you have no others," he concluded. "See you soon."

If this is true -- whoa.

Why should Dominion care if a guy who did not make allegations against Dominion is employed or not?

@JackPosobiec
BREAKING: TUCKER CARLSON WAS TOLD BY A MEMBER OF THE FOX BOARD THAT HE WAS TAKEN OFF THE AIR AS PART OF THE DOMINION SETTLEMENT, PER TUCKER'S LEGAL TEAM
Posted by: JackStraw

Could it be because... Dominion is owned largely by Blackrock?

We’re back. pic.twitter.com/sG5t9gr60O
— Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) May 9, 2023

Posted by: Ace at 05:32 PM

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Posted by: Jordan61 at May 09, 2023 05:33 PM (DRSnL)

2 To put pressure on Fox. To let them know he'll compete against them, even if he's not getting paid any money to do it.

Hey, Fox is already paying him plenty, so no need to get paid for the doing the new show.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at May 09, 2023 05:33 PM (2tUFv)

3 Willowed:

But the “rape fantasy” is kind of a misnomer. It’s not a fantasy about getting violently raped by some smelly homeless bum with a knife at their throat. It’s a fantasy about getting “taken” by a big strong highly desirable man that the woman would fuck already anyway. Basically, it’s a scene from every romance novel ever written.

Posted by: Elric Blade at May 09, 2023 05:29 PM (X+t8I)

Right. If 50 Shades featured a poor man, it would have been an episode of Criminal Minds.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at May 09, 2023 05:31 PM (/nCD+)

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at May 09, 2023 05:33 PM (/nCD+)

4 Twitter does TV shows? I had no idea.

Posted by: Jordan61 at May 09, 2023 05:34 PM (DRSnL)

5 Sweet.

Posted by: Sharkman at May 09, 2023 05:35 PM (sEbMk)

6 He must be getting ready to quit fox news and bust his contract. Bold move when there is tens of millions of $$$$ sitting there if he keeps his mouth shut. Fox was counting on him keeping his mouth shut.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 09, 2023 05:35 PM (ncXxy)

7 They got tucked.

Posted by: Eromero at May 09, 2023 05:35 PM (4svuj)

8 Nice. I like this guy more every day.

Posted by: Forheremenaremen at May 09, 2023 05:36 PM (VOHuN)

9 Elon is probably covering any fuck you expenses

Posted by: x at May 09, 2023 05:36 PM (ZBPE2)

10 I like this very much. Not enough to ever join the twits, though.

Posted by: huerfano at May 09, 2023 05:36 PM (uE10U)

11 I just want to be clear per the last thread, I have never fantasized about Karen Gillan having her way with me. It would be so, so wrong.

Posted by: ... at May 09, 2023 05:36 PM (BXxcV)

12 Does the Twit broadcast if you don't have/want an account? Strictly curiosity, as watching anyone talk on a video is pretty much a circle of hell Dante missed IMO.

Posted by: Catherine at May 09, 2023 05:36 PM (ZSsrh)

13 Fox was counting on him keeping his mouth shut.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 09, 2023 05:35 PM (ncXxy)

He doesn't NEED the money from Fox. He's more righteously mad than he is greedy.

To spin a familiar phrase: Fox needed him to love money more than he hated Fox.

He hates Fox more.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at May 09, 2023 05:36 PM (/nCD+)

14 It must be nice to be rich enough that you can walk away from millions...

Posted by: gourmand du jour at May 09, 2023 05:37 PM (jTmQV)

15 What channel is this Twitters on?

Posted by: Octogenarian Former Fox Viewer at May 09, 2023 05:37 PM (xPl2J)

16 Corgis called.

Potential of this is off the charts.

Posted by: What's a Seawolf? at May 09, 2023 05:37 PM (U8FVn)

17 The House of Carlson Unites Forces with The House of Musk and together, they will form an unstoppable force for truth and verisimilitude...

Deep State wielding The RESTRICT ACT: About that, we'd like to have a few words with you.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 09, 2023 05:37 PM (up/3i)

18 Literally, nobody could have seen this coming.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at May 09, 2023 05:37 PM (KVGVf)

19 Hey, Fox is already paying him plenty, so no need to get paid for the doing the new show.

Posted by: The ARC of History!

Exactly. If he's still "under contract" with Fox, then he's still receiving a salary from them. So he can just talk on Twitter.

"First Amendment, maaaaaaaannnn! Groovy!!"

Posted by: Sharkman at May 09, 2023 05:37 PM (sEbMk)

20 4 Twitter does TV shows? I had no idea.
Posted by: Jordan61 at May 09, 2023 05:34 PM (DRSnL)

Matt Walsh has been posting his Daily Wire shows on Twitter because YouTube didn't like his views on Trans

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at May 09, 2023 05:37 PM (dKiJG)

21 I just want to be clear per the last thread, I have never fantasized about Karen Gillan having her way with me. It would be so, so wrong.
Posted by: ... at May 09, 2023 05:36 PM (BXxcV)

What about Kate Beckinsale?

Posted by: Jordan61 at May 09, 2023 05:37 PM (DRSnL)

22 Lowest apple on the tree, I guess:

@Breaking911 51s
BREAKING: Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) charged by Justice Department in federal probe; exact allegations unclear - CNN

Posted by: weft-cut loop at May 09, 2023 05:38 PM (jzzG8)

23 Musk has recently announced upgrades that make video feeds on Twitter much easier. He's setting up Twitter as a serious competitor to YouTube. Tucker is perfect for this effort.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 09, 2023 05:38 PM (i9ffA)

24 Tucker Carlson, two weeks after being ousted by Fox News, accused the network Tuesday of fraud and breach of contract -- and made a host of document demands that could precede legal action.

Well...as long as he doesn't have a NY jury, he'll be fine.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 09, 2023 05:38 PM (anj39)

25 3 Willowed:

But the “rape fantasy” is kind of a misnomer. It’s not a fantasy about getting violently raped by some smelly homeless bum with a knife at their throat. It’s a fantasy about getting “taken” by a big strong highly desirable man that the woman would fuck already anyway. Basically, it’s a scene from every romance novel ever written.

Posted by: Elric Blade at May 09, 2023 05:29 PM (X+t8I)

Right. If 50 Shades featured a poor man, it would have been an episode of Criminal Minds.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at May 09, 2023 05:31 PM (/nCD+)
Posted by: Washington Nearsider

LOL!!

Posted by: Puddleglum at May 09, 2023 05:38 PM (sAmhv)

26 Does the Twit broadcast if you don't have/want an account?

Posted by: Catherine at May 09, 2023 05:36 PM (ZSsrh)

I hope so. Otherwise, I'm going to have to help my mom figure out how to set up an account.

Posted by: Jordan61 at May 09, 2023 05:38 PM (DRSnL)

27 I really love this. Finally 4 Dimensional chess that's going somewhere! I do hope Tucker monetizes it somehow.

The big question is will the libtards leave twitter in protest or will they get sucked in by the ability to tweet their insults directly to Tucker?

Posted by: Iris at May 09, 2023 05:38 PM (NaH5I)

28 " I think Tucker will be doing this show for free. "

Is that the same as 'unsponsored?' No commercials? No ad-buyers to be beholden to?

Posted by: Long gpCoin at May 09, 2023 05:39 PM (MvF+J)

29 @14

>>It must be nice to be rich enough that you can walk away from millions...

Tucker "Mr. Hooper" Carlson: You wanna know how rich I am or the whole family??

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 09, 2023 05:39 PM (up/3i)

30 I imagine his Twitter show will therefore play at... 8pm. With a possible "rebroadcast" at 11pm, to also hurt Fox's West Coast time zone ratings.

Oh, you are the devious one, Chuy.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at May 09, 2023 05:39 PM (aD39U)

31 He's daring Fox to sue a journalist they fired. That'll help the Fox News brand

Posted by: Ignoramus at May 09, 2023 05:40 PM (RqMSv)

32 I just want to be clear per the last thread, I have never fantasized about Karen Gillan having her way with me. It would be so, so wrong.
Posted by: ... at May 09, 2023 05:36 PM (BXxcV)

You drink Bud Light don't you?

Posted by: Diogenes at May 09, 2023 05:40 PM (anj39)

33 Cool.
Now I get to get my Tucker fix on Twitter.

Posted by: redridinghood at May 09, 2023 05:40 PM (NpAcC)

34 Musk has said he plans to make twitter the number one destination for podcasts.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at May 09, 2023 05:40 PM (jTmQV)

35 How do you do a TV show on Twitter

Posted by: DB - in theaters now at May 09, 2023 05:40 PM (geLO8)

36 Walk away? If he takes no money for Elon he will still be getting 20m from Fox because he's not doing a show for money.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 09, 2023 05:40 PM (FpuhH)

37 Is that the same as 'unsponsored?' No commercials? No ad-buyers to be beholden to?
Posted by: Long gpCoin

Ad revenue on social platforms goes to the platform owner. Payment to the creator is separate. If he is doing it free, his previous contract has nothing to do with Twitter earning revenue.

Posted by: weft-cut loop at May 09, 2023 05:41 PM (jzzG8)

38 10 Twitter is pretty good if you tune it carefully. I was a nay-sayer for a decade, but finally tried it. You never get bored looking for fresh content, that's for sure. It's like a 30-inch dia firehose.

Posted by: Long gpCoin at May 09, 2023 05:41 PM (MvF+J)

39 I have a burning irrational hatred of Axios' "Why it matters" bullshit on every one of their stupid-assed articles.

How about you just write the story and I'll decide if it matters and why, you smarmy twats?

Posted by: ballistic at May 09, 2023 05:41 PM (oXNqT)

40 Holy Moly at long long last, I'm finally going to have to SIGN UP FOR TWITTER?!?!?

Posted by: Wow. Just Wow. at May 09, 2023 05:41 PM (sh1GZ)

41 What about Kate Beckinsale?
Posted by: Jordan61 at May 09, 2023 05:37 PM (DRSnL)

She could suck ... my blood.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at May 09, 2023 05:41 PM (aD39U)

42 At least he didn't go to that shitty Rumble.

Posted by: Mark1971 at May 09, 2023 05:41 PM (xPl2J)

43 >BREAKING: Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) charged by Justice Department in federal probe; exact allegations unclear - CNN

Posted by: weft-cut loop

I bet it's the R after his name

Posted by: DB - in theaters now at May 09, 2023 05:42 PM (geLO8)

44 There's also a report on Tucker Twitter linked in my sock.

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at May 09, 2023 05:42 PM (Vwz3I)

45 I think in the beginning Tuckers show will be unsponsored, which is fantastic. This is because it's about making a point, not about making money - not yet. And Musk realizes he might be able to cripple YouTube and end ALL cable news (in any real way) in a single blow.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 09, 2023 05:42 PM (i9ffA)

46 Musk just got a shit ton of over 50's to sign up for twitter.

Posted by: Wow. Just Wow. at May 09, 2023 05:43 PM (sh1GZ)

47 Fox is kind of screwing Tucker by keeping him on contract, just to make sure he can't work at all. Its a sleazy move but unsurprising

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2023 05:43 PM (0hOvj)

48 Did not see this one coming.

Posted by: Montec at May 09, 2023 05:43 PM (OalnH)

49 BREAKING: Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) charged by Justice Department in federal probe; exact allegations unclear - CNN

Posted by: weft-cut loop
---
He's guilty.

Posted by: New York City Jury at May 09, 2023 05:43 PM (YIVH2)

50 @43

>>I bet it's the R after his name

Gay NY Republican who actually votes like a Conservative even on Tranny and Gay sh*t.

So you know he's gots to go.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 09, 2023 05:43 PM (up/3i)

51 Is this where Tu-ca has a John Wick moment? Phone all around him start ringing, with everyone staring at him.

Posted by: Paladin at May 09, 2023 05:44 PM (7qvpm)

52 Musk is working on a way for Podcaster and writers to monetize their work. The system is still being developed, but he knows it's an important step to take things to the next level.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 09, 2023 05:44 PM (i9ffA)

53 To spin a familiar phrase: Fox needed him to love money more than he hated Fox.

He hates Fox more. - posted by Washington Nearsider

Since the ball is in Fox's court, the argument might be stated thusly: Carlson needs Fox to love money more than they hate Carlson. Fox loves money. The ratings are costing Fox far more financially than any form of emotional relief. Plus, the Carlson family is very well off. They can afford to ride this out for quite a while.

Posted by: mrp at May 09, 2023 05:45 PM (rj6Yv)

54 twitter has ads, so it has revenue. Not sure about profits, but revenue has picked up after it dipped following Musk's takeover.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at May 09, 2023 05:45 PM (jTmQV)

55 To let them know that this isn't 2003 any more

__

Wait what? Does this also mean that reflexively pushing for tax cuts for billionaires is also no longer a thing for "conservatives"?

Posted by: Montec at May 09, 2023 05:45 PM (OalnH)

56 "First Amendment, maaaaaaaannnn! Groovy!!"

I haven't seen the Fox - Tucker employment contract of course, but I bet it prohibits Tucker from setting up a competing television show, not a generalized ban on all media.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at May 09, 2023 05:45 PM (2tUFv)

57 I expect that Tucker's deal with Elon includes legal aircover and makes him whole for whatever the Fox contract holds out from him.

Musk is not afraid to let him go out and be a huge success that makes a ton of money.

Posted by: blaster at May 09, 2023 05:45 PM (pwExq)

58 2 generations from now, people might look back and say that Elon Musk was the most important and influential character in the first half of the 21st century.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 09, 2023 05:47 PM (i9ffA)

59 Tucker unfettered can rain on anybody and everybody's parade now. So I'm just going to preemptively deny all accusations right now. Didn't do it, whatever it was.

Posted by: Long gpCoin at May 09, 2023 05:47 PM (MvF+J)

60 Tomorrow's News Today:

FBI and DHS continue to search for the hacker who has shut-down Twitter for the past six months

Posted by: Gref at May 09, 2023 05:47 PM (AMIL/)

61 46 Musk just got a shit ton of over 50's to sign up for twitter.
Posted by: Wow. Just Wow. at May 09, 2023 05:43 PM (sh1GZ)
-------------------------
Just signed up. Oh, and I'm only 29ish. Didn't watch Tucker on Fox as I cut the cord years ago, but might give it a look on the Twitter machine. Very savvy move by both Tucker and Elon. Could do some damage to both legacy and onlines.

Posted by: scampydog at May 09, 2023 05:47 PM (2bFN5)

62 Fox paying Tucker to (while, same difference) generate content on Twitter in which Fox will feature badly is awesome.

Musk has probably given Tucker a handshake deal for some amount of payment when the contract actually ends so he'll have been compensated by Twitter too, eventually.

Posted by: TexasDan at May 09, 2023 05:47 PM (z/ifB)

63 How do you do a TV show on Twitter
Posted by: DB

They are rolling out new video streaming tools like YouTube's. You just log into your account and start streaming. He'll have all of the studio bells and whistles that Fox built for him at his home, plus a small crew of staff.

Posted by: weft-cut loop at May 09, 2023 05:47 PM (jzzG8)

64 2 generations from now, people might look back and say that Elon Musk was the most important and influential character in the first half of the 21st century.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 09, 2023 05:47 PM (i9ffA)

The Martian Empire will.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at May 09, 2023 05:47 PM (aD39U)

65 @JackPosobiec

BREAKING: TUCKER CARLSON WAS TOLD BY A MEMBER OF THE FOX BOARD THAT HE WAS TAKEN OFF THE AIR AS PART OF THE DOMINION SETTLEMENT, PER TUCKER'S LEGAL TEAM

Posted by: JackStraw at May 09, 2023 05:48 PM (ZLI7S)

66 Tucker's really effing up that "controlled opposition" theory.

Posted by: Fool Otto at May 09, 2023 05:48 PM (DB16e)

67 Well crap. If this holds up I'm going to have to open a Twat account. Gotta support boldness.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at May 09, 2023 05:48 PM (BdMk6)

68
Kyle Dunnigan as Tucker Carlson:

https://youtu.be/g4OtpWUpalM

Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at May 09, 2023 05:48 PM (TKX4q)

69 Or this could be a first step toward Tucker 2024 campaign. No-cost campaign advertising on Twitter, 24-7-365.

Posted by: Long gpCoin at May 09, 2023 05:49 PM (MvF+J)

70 Well...as long as he doesn't have a NY jury, he'll be fine.

I think it is safe to say that the people of NY are incompatible with the responsibilities and duties of a Constitutional Republic.

May not even be of the caliber or quality of person to be allowed to participate in Planet of the Apes.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at May 09, 2023 05:49 PM (YXHzG)

71 I would love to see Tucker interview RFK Jr.

Topic 1 : Fauci

Topic 2: JFK

Topic 3: Biden

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 09, 2023 05:49 PM (i9ffA)

72 The Martian Empire will.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at May 09, 2023 05:47 PM (aD39U)

And their great great grandchildren will tear down Musk's statue because he was 0% Martian.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 09, 2023 05:49 PM (9UlRk)

73 another fantasy vengeance movie is 9 to 5. They think they poisoned him but they didn't; then they accidentally kidnap him or something.

Posted by: ace at May 09, 2023 05:49 PM (iHBZj)

74 65 @JackPosobiec

BREAKING: TUCKER CARLSON WAS TOLD BY A MEMBER OF THE FOX BOARD THAT HE WAS TAKEN OFF THE AIR AS PART OF THE DOMINION SETTLEMENT, PER TUCKER'S LEGAL TEAM
Posted by: JackStraw at May 09, 2023 05:48 PM (ZLI7S)

...

If that's true, what did the Dominion settlement really cost Fox?

Posted by: TexasDan at May 09, 2023 05:49 PM (z/ifB)

75
This works well for Tucker as there are libtards who would never ever soil themselves by tuning into dread FOX, but twitter...

It's just a click away... And you're looking a cat videos on twitter anyway...

Posted by: naturalfake at May 09, 2023 05:49 PM (RJQ8g)

76 BREAKING: TUCKER CARLSON WAS TOLD BY A MEMBER OF THE FOX BOARD THAT HE WAS TAKEN OFF THE AIR AS PART OF THE DOMINION SETTLEMENT, PER TUCKER'S LEGAL TEAM
-

Ha

I have no doubt they had an agreement already on election night, too. I remember watching them call Arizona and repeatedly insisting that Florida and Texas were too close to call.

Posted by: Celebrate the normalization of poop fetishes or else at May 09, 2023 05:49 PM (0XgVs)

77 >>>Kyle Dunnigan as Tucker Carlson:
https://youtu.be/g4OtpWUpalM

did you see the Cumtown impression? It's better!

"What is going on here?"

"Think it can't happen? Guess again."

Posted by: ace at May 09, 2023 05:50 PM (iHBZj)

78 "TUCKER CARLSON WAS TOLD BY A MEMBER OF THE FOX BOARD THAT HE WAS TAKEN OFF THE AIR AS PART OF THE DOMINION SETTLEMENT"

Surprising nobody.

Posted by: Long gpCoin at May 09, 2023 05:50 PM (MvF+J)

79
Kyle Dunnigan's latest "fresh prez" presentation:

https://youtu.be/jQy4wSf2rJ8

Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at May 09, 2023 05:50 PM (TKX4q)

80 The best fantasy vantage movie is Stop Or My Mom Will Shoot.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 09, 2023 05:50 PM (9UlRk)

81 ut the “rape fantasy” is kind of a misnomer. It’s not a fantasy about getting violently raped by some smelly homeless bum with a knife at their throat. It’s a fantasy about getting “taken” by a big strong highly desirable man that the woman would fuck already anyway. Basically, it’s a scene from every romance novel ever written.

Posted by: Elric Blade at May 09, 2023 05:29 PM (X+t8I)

Right. If 50 Shades featured a poor man, it would have been an episode of Criminal Minds.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at May 09, 2023 05:31 PM (/nCD+)

Aren't these called "Bodice Busters" novels.
Note don't date wymens that have shelves of paperbacks full of them. Don't aske me how I know...

Posted by: Paladin at May 09, 2023 05:50 PM (7qvpm)

82 BREAKING: TUCKER CARLSON WAS TOLD BY A MEMBER OF THE FOX BOARD THAT HE WAS TAKEN OFF THE AIR AS PART OF THE DOMINION SETTLEMENT, PER TUCKER'S LEGAL TEAM

I believe that at least The Horde made that their hot-take moments after the Tucker firing was made known.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at May 09, 2023 05:50 PM (YXHzG)

83 >>>BREAKING: TUCKER CARLSON WAS TOLD BY A MEMBER OF THE FOX BOARD THAT HE WAS TAKEN OFF THE AIR AS PART OF THE DOMINION SETTLEMENT, PER TUCKER'S LEGAL TEAM

where's this from?

Posted by: ace at May 09, 2023 05:50 PM (iHBZj)

84 Vengeance.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 09, 2023 05:50 PM (9UlRk)

85 If that's true, what did the Dominion settlement really cost Fox?
-

Nothing. They're working together.

Posted by: Celebrate the normalization of poop fetishes or else at May 09, 2023 05:50 PM (0XgVs)

86 Does twitter make an app so you can watch it on a smart tv?

Posted by: gourmand du jour at May 09, 2023 05:50 PM (jTmQV)

87 Will Trump appeal the verdict from the last thread?

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at May 09, 2023 05:50 PM (gACKv)

88 I couldn't love this more. Fox News, paying Tucker $20M/year to take their entire audience from them and broadcast his show on Twitter. They really are the brightest Republican minds in media, aren't they?

Posted by: Mad Max in VA at May 09, 2023 05:51 PM (YQ4mh)

89 where's this from?
Posted by: ace at

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A commenter, post 65

Posted by: Celebrate the normalization of poop fetishes or else at May 09, 2023 05:51 PM (0XgVs)

90 well I am excited about this

will be happy to subscribe!!!

this is the way

Posted by: BlackOrchid at May 09, 2023 05:51 PM (w0NJk)

91 I just want to be clear per the last thread, I have never fantasized about Karen Gillan having her way with me. It would be so, so wrong.

Posted by: ...

She says "Hi!":

tinyurl.com/Hi-Ellipses

Posted by: Sharkman at May 09, 2023 05:51 PM (sEbMk)

92 twitter has ads, so it has revenue. Not sure about profits, but revenue has picked up after it dipped following Musk's takeover.
Posted by: gourmand du jour

Don't ignore the drones but fired, that cut 90% of expenses

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 09, 2023 05:51 PM (FpuhH)

93 Twitter has subscriptions now.. They are promoting monetization..

I wouldn't rule out Tucker going that route..

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at May 09, 2023 05:51 PM (w/RvR)

94 BREAKING: TUCKER CARLSON WAS TOLD BY A MEMBER OF THE FOX BOARD THAT HE WAS TAKEN OFF THE AIR AS PART OF THE DOMINION SETTLEMENT, PER TUCKER'S LEGAL TEAM

where's this from?
Posted by: ace at May 09, 2023 05:50 PM (iHBZj)

IT HURTS BECAUSE ACE NEVER ACKNOWLEDGES ME

Posted by: BEN ROETHELISBERGER at May 09, 2023 05:51 PM (z/ifB)

95 It has been said that Elon buying Twitter was the most important move for free speech, ever. I think this proves it.

Tucker is clear - this is non-partisan. He doesn't have to care whether he gets MyPillow ads or Toyota ads or anything. Twitter already built the monetization platform. He can do it all with direct subscription. Twitter let's you keep everything in the first year, and then they want 10% after that.

Posted by: blaster at May 09, 2023 05:51 PM (pwExq)

96 >>where's this from?

Jack Posobiec.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 09, 2023 05:51 PM (ZLI7S)

97 Texas House committee advances bill to raise age for AR-15 rifle purchases

In an unexpected move following the rally and press conference, a meeting for the committee was announced from the House floor Monday. During the meeting, the committee voted 8-5 to advance HB 2744 to the full chamber, with Republican state Reps. Sam Harless of Spring and Justin Holland of Rockwall joining the Democrats in the vote.

HB 2744, filed by Democratic Rep. Tracy King of Batesville, would prohibit selling, renting, leasing or giving a semi-automatic rifle with a caliber greater than .22 that is capable of accepting a detachable magazine to a person younger than 21 years old. Parents and relatives of children killed in the Uvalde shooting, as well as King, have said the shooting may have been thwarted had the bill been law last year. A recent University of Texas at Austin survey found a sizable majority of Texas voters - including Republicans -support raising the minimum age to buy all guns from 18 to 21.

Posted by: BetaCuck4Lyfe at May 09, 2023 05:51 PM (MFZ8i)

98 86 Does twitter make an app so you can watch it on a smart tv?
Posted by: gourmand du jour at May 09, 2023 05:50 PM (jTmQV)

Just screen mirror.

Posted by: Mad Max in VA at May 09, 2023 05:51 PM (YQ4mh)

99
"What is going on here?"

"Think it can't happen? Guess again."
Posted by: ace

Hahaha!
Instant classic.

Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at May 09, 2023 05:52 PM (TKX4q)

100 I love this so much.

My fantasy?(As they seemed to be discussed in previous thread) This is a death-blow for "news" as we know it.

A girl can dream.

Posted by: DaisyB at May 09, 2023 05:52 PM (AbL8c)

101 Tucker took great pains to show that he had nothing to do with Dominion, and never said anything libelous about them. But if Fox wants to claim he did, well their loss.
Fox News is dead. This is not a recoverable situation for them; this is a death spiral.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 09, 2023 05:52 PM (i9ffA)

102
Benny Johnson
@bennyjohnson
🚨
@DavidSacks
reacts to the possibility of Tucker Carlson getting an exclusive show on Twitter 2.0 after his video got millions more views than prime time cable news.

Subscribe To The Benny Show:

http://bennyjohnson.com/subscribe

Posted by: redridinghood at May 09, 2023 05:52 PM (NpAcC)

103 a semi-automatic rifle with a caliber greater than .22

-

Thank goodness that won't affect most AR-15s

Posted by: Celebrate the normalization of poop fetishes or else at May 09, 2023 05:52 PM (0XgVs)

104 Scanned Fox website. Hmm, no mention of Tucker move. Weird, right.

Posted by: WisRich at May 09, 2023 05:52 PM (G0vdT)

105
this is the way
Posted by: BlackOrchid

This is the way.

Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at May 09, 2023 05:53 PM (TKX4q)

106 " I think Tucker will be doing this show for free. "

Is that the same as 'unsponsored?' No commercials? No ad-buyers to be beholden to?
Posted by: Long gpCoin at May 09, 2023 05:39 PM (MvF+J)

A lot of YT videos and podcasts have ads embedded in them by the podcaster, and any money transferred in this way never goes near the platform. Tucker could do that on his podcast.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2023 05:53 PM (eoQWY)

107 never mind, I see it's from Jack Posobiec

Posted by: ace at May 09, 2023 05:53 PM (iHBZj)

108 They think they poisoned him but they didn't; then they accidentally kidnap him or something.

The golden age comics and pulps did this a lot; the bad guy tended to die because he did something stupid trying to hurt the hero, or the hero just didn't bother saving them when they might have. The hero didn't murder them technically, but they didn't care if someone fell into the gears of their own giant machine either.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2023 05:53 PM (0hOvj)

109 BREAKING: TUCKER CARLSON WAS TOLD BY A MEMBER OF THE FOX BOARD THAT HE WAS TAKEN OFF THE AIR AS PART OF THE DOMINION SETTLEMENT, PER TUCKER'S LEGAL TEAM

ok this should not be legal, especially if the plan was to keep him under contract but off the air!!

that is a first amendment violation WTF

hello?! Supremes? you freaking there or what?

Posted by: BlackOrchid at May 09, 2023 05:53 PM (w0NJk)

110 Elon Musk @elonmusk
Your support of content creators on this platform is very much appreciated.

We keep none of the subscription revenue for the first 12 months & only 10% thereafter.

Elon Musk @elonmusk · 15h
For my part, I just want to support content creators, whether or not they provide extra content when you subscribe

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at May 09, 2023 05:54 PM (Vwz3I)

111 this is the way
Posted by: BlackOrchid

This is the way.
Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at May 09, 2023 05:53 PM (TKX4q)

This is the way.

Posted by: DaisyB at May 09, 2023 05:54 PM (AbL8c)

112 Does twitter make an app so you can watch it on a smart tv?
Posted by: gourmand du jour

Twitter has had some integration with Roku streaming devices since like 2017. I have to think the new Twitter streams will have some kind of interface if they don't already.

Posted by: weft-cut loop at May 09, 2023 05:54 PM (jzzG8)

113 103 a semi-automatic rifle with a caliber greater than .22

-

Thank goodness that won't affect most AR-15s
Posted by: Celebrate the normalization of poop fetishes or else at May 09, 2023 05:52 PM (0XgVs)

IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE THE .223 CALIBER IS THE SAME DIAMETER AS A .22.

Posted by: BEN ROETHELISBERGER at May 09, 2023 05:54 PM (z/ifB)

114 I watch Tim Pool and Joe Rogan on twitter already

it's just a televised podcast tho really so sometimes drags

Posted by: BlackOrchid at May 09, 2023 05:54 PM (w0NJk)

115 "If You Tell Too Many Truths, You Get Fired."

Absolutely true in corporate media.

None of the dirt FOX (and Murdoch Empire) is spreading about Carlson had ANY weight before. They didn't care. He was bringing in viewers. He was maintaining FOX's audience across multiple platforms, nevermind nothing he said was untrue or unfair or unreasonable.

Problem was his voice was getting too big. AND he was getting power as a voice multiplier against the interests of "ownership". Their producers couldn't/wouldn't restrain his independent journalism and neither could management. He'd gone rogue.

How can corporate propaganda move with a rogue as the biggest voice in your media company? It can't. Well, not as well. So FOX endeavors/ed to suppress his message without admitting to the audience, "Yeah, we really don't do journalism here; we do propaganda." That kind of admission would destroy its very public purpose as defined by them. So it's a seek and destroy mission by the Corporation to find a strand of spaghetti they hope will stick and separate TuCa from his audience.

It won't work. So, thank you, Karma.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel Remembers Babbitt and Perna at May 09, 2023 05:54 PM (aXxgO)

116 107 Cerno! No, Poso! Damn.

Posted by: Long gpCoin at May 09, 2023 05:54 PM (MvF+J)

117 > Thank goodness that won't affect most AR-15s

Eh? .223 is greater than .22. I think most AR-15s are chambered in .223.

Posted by: bonhomme at May 09, 2023 05:55 PM (R38qh)

118 >>>100 I love this so much.
My fantasy?(As they seemed to be discussed in previous thread) This is a death-blow for "news" as we know it.
A girl can dream.

I think it's actually possible! Alt-media is already getting more views than legacy media. All that is required is one strong blow to smash the whole glass palace down.

Posted by: ace at May 09, 2023 05:55 PM (iHBZj)

119 2 years ago would you have bet a $1000 with 500 to 1 odds that Roe v Wade would be overturned within 3 years and that Twitter would be a legitimately free speech platform?

Posted by: polynikes at May 09, 2023 05:55 PM (FO8S3)

120 Willowed:
What's to stop countless store clerks and assorted lying women from coming out of the woodwork to make more accusations of rape?

Insane.

Posted by: JM in Fla/Ill - Behold the Manchurian Candidate at May 09, 2023 05:55 PM (iv7PA)

121 mangrate

Posted by: x at May 09, 2023 05:55 PM (ZBPE2)

122 hello?! Supremes? you freaking there or what?
Posted by: BlackOrchid at May 09, 2023 05:53 PM (w0NJk)

*looks up from gallon of Haagen-Dazs*

Posted by: Wide Latina at May 09, 2023 05:56 PM (DRSnL)

123 And now Axios

>>Carlson was told by a member of the Fox board that he was taken off the air as part of the Dominion settlement, two sources briefed on a conversation told Axios.

https://tinyurl.com/bdz8jm59

Posted by: JackStraw at May 09, 2023 05:56 PM (ZLI7S)

124 >>>ok this should not be legal, especially if the plan was to keep him under contract but off the air!!

we definitely need legislation requiring all corporations to *disclose* their efforts at speech suppression. And to disclose any settlements that have speech-suppression covenants.

Posted by: ace at May 09, 2023 05:56 PM (iHBZj)

125 Still incredible to think that what set this chain of events off was the lefties getting the Babylon Bee kicked from Twitter.

Talk about an own goal.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at May 09, 2023 05:56 PM (Bd6X8)

126 > Thank goodness that won't affect most AR-15s

Eh? .223 is greater than .22. I think most AR-15s are chambered in .223.
Posted by: bonhomme at May 09, 2023 05:55 PM (R38qh)

I think it's actually .22 in diameter and the 3 was added to distinguish it, but I could be wrong.

Posted by: TexasDan at May 09, 2023 05:56 PM (z/ifB)

127 "I watch Tim Pool and Joe Rogan on twitter already"

Ace turned me on to Tim Pool and now I'm a regular viewer.

Posted by: Long gpCoin at May 09, 2023 05:56 PM (MvF+J)

128 If Elon can make accessibility to Twitter "television" streams as accessible and convenient as one would surfing cable then he may just make the acquisition of Twitter pay off.

This is the moment his gamble may pay off.

Exciting times ahead.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 09, 2023 05:57 PM (up/3i)

129 I think it's actually possible! Alt-media is already getting more views than legacy media. All that is required is one strong blow to smash the whole glass palace down.
Posted by: ace at May 09, 2023 05:55 PM (iHBZj)

They pushed Greenwald out of The Intercept and he took it to substack and laughs them while backstroking in his solid gold swimming pool full of dollars.

And The Intercept isn't even legacy media.

Posted by: blaster at May 09, 2023 05:57 PM (pwExq)

130 I ditched Twitter years ago. So much hate and anger, plus Twitter insisted on putting shit on my screen I was not at all interested in. But If Musk is gong to make it a free speech destination, I might have to revisit.

Posted by: DB - in theaters now at May 09, 2023 05:57 PM (geLO8)

131 119 2 years ago would you have bet a $1000 with 500 to 1 odds that Roe v Wade would be overturned within 3 years and that Twitter would be a legitimately free speech platform?

polynikes! yes!

there are good things happening! it's just change - change isn't fun. things fall apart - that's kind of necessary and yeah it hurts

but well said seriously thanks

Posted by: BlackOrchid at May 09, 2023 05:57 PM (w0NJk)

132 going

Posted by: DB - in theaters now at May 09, 2023 05:57 PM (geLO8)

133 I think most AR-15s are chambered in .223.
Posted by: bonhomme at May 09, 2023 05:55 PM (R38qh)

...

.223 vs 5.56 could be the new horde slapfight.

Posted by: TexasDan at May 09, 2023 05:57 PM (z/ifB)

134 >>>Ace turned me on to Tim Pool and now I'm a regular viewer.

how many grains of sand make a pile?

I've been off Tim Pool for like two years. I did listen to clips of him debating "The Serfs" or whoever.

Posted by: ace at May 09, 2023 05:57 PM (iHBZj)

135 DaisyB, I think your dream will come to pass. The Alphabet broadcast networks are already dead; outside of a few nursing homes, who watches them? CNN is scraping bottom, Fox is joining them, and MSNBC is just thev247 Antifa channel. Honestly, and this very sad to say, if I want to read unbiased international news, Al Jazeera is a far better source than any American effort, especially on issues such as Ukraine.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 09, 2023 05:58 PM (i9ffA)

136 130 I ditched Twitter years ago. So much hate and anger, plus Twitter insisted on putting shit on my screen I was not at all interested in. But If Musk is gong to make it a free speech destination, I might have to revisit.

it's good now really! just try to stick with the feed to the right (Following) and build that one up

the feed on the left tab is "For You" and while mine is pretty good sometimes it is a little hinky

Posted by: BlackOrchid at May 09, 2023 05:58 PM (w0NJk)

137 117 > Thank goodness that won't affect most AR-15s

Eh? .223 is greater than .22. I think most AR-15s are chambered in .223.
Posted by: bonhomme at May 09, 2023 05:55 PM (R38qh)

.556 a better choice.

Posted by: tubal at May 09, 2023 05:58 PM (PCK5/)

138
BREAKING: TUCKER CARLSON WAS TOLD BY A MEMBER OF THE FOX BOARD THAT HE WAS TAKEN OFF THE AIR AS PART OF THE DOMINION SETTLEMENT, PER TUCKER'S LEGAL TEAM

Posted by: JackStraw

I'd like to comment on this but Democracy dies in litigious vote congregaters ability to $ue.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 09, 2023 05:58 PM (enJYY)

139 On twitter, can you filter out all the LGBT pride buttsex freak shit?

Posted by: DB - in theaters now at May 09, 2023 05:58 PM (geLO8)

140 What about Kate Beckinsale?

Posted by: Jordan61 at May 09, 2023 05:37 PM (DRSnL)

I'll plead the fifth on that one due to the identity of the questioner!!

Posted by: ... at May 09, 2023 05:58 PM (BXxcV)

141 holy smokes. the rage against Twitter and Elon on"truth social" would be hilarious if not so sad.

Posted by: Fool Otto at May 09, 2023 05:58 PM (DB16e)

142 >> ay that Elon Musk was the most important and influential character in the first half of the 21st century.

Soon to be Elon I, by the Grace of God, of the Planet Mars and his other Solar System Realms and Dominions Emperor.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at May 09, 2023 05:58 PM (Mzdiz)

143 >>>So much hate and anger, plus Twitter insisted on putting shit on my screen I was not at all interested in.

yes they have this "feature" where they just stick shit in your feed. However, you can click off that and just follow the streams of people you're following. Every once in a while they sneakily change mine off of that to just give me the bullshit "the algorithm" says I want to see. When I see they've done that, I just flip it back to content from people i'm following.

Posted by: ace at May 09, 2023 05:59 PM (iHBZj)

144 What about Kate Beckinsale?

Posted by: Jordan61 at May 09, 2023 05:37 PM (DRSnL)

Umm, yes?

Posted by: blaster at May 09, 2023 05:59 PM (pwExq)

145 Oh good I missed the TRUMP RAPE BAD BREATH SAYS PUSSY thread because that would have made me change my vote to Asa.

Posted by: wth at May 09, 2023 05:59 PM (v0R5T)

146 Parents and relatives of children killed in the Uvalde shooting, as well as King, have said the shooting may have been thwarted had the bill been law last year.
Posted by: BetaCuck4Lyfe at May 09, 2023 05:51 PM (MFZ8i)

None of the other laws stopped it. Sounds like these relatives are indulging in magical thinking. I don't fault them for thinking of ways that might have stopped the killings, but it's still irrational and a bad thing to base decisions on.

Posted by: Emmie at May 09, 2023 06:00 PM (Emce2)

147 generally.

I don't think there'll be money involved. Because taking money would almost certainly breach Tucker's contract. Then Fox could sue him and attempt to get a court to force him to stay off the air.

Rather, I think Tucker will be doing this show for free. At least for now.

----------------

I have read somewhere before that Carlson is independently wealthy and doesn't need the money, you could say like Trump but on a smaller scale. It seems people who don't owe anybody anything are extremely dangerous. They can afford the luxury of truth and bravery.

Posted by: President Select Decaf at May 09, 2023 06:00 PM (3JfbU)

148 Fox never did understand why Tucker had loyal viewers, who would move with him, but Shep Smith didn't.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 09, 2023 06:00 PM (i9ffA)

149 >What about Kate Beckinsale?

Yes, definitely

Posted by: DB - in theaters now at May 09, 2023 06:00 PM (geLO8)

150 I have read somewhere before that Carlson is independently wealthy and doesn't need the money, you could say like Trump but on a smaller scale. It seems people who don't owe anybody anything are extremely dangerous. They can afford the luxury of truth and bravery.

poor people can be courageous too

but yeah people like TuCa are helpful leading the charge

Posted by: BlackOrchid at May 09, 2023 06:01 PM (w0NJk)

151 Tucker was taken off FOX for one reason

Ukraiine

all the rest is smoke

they now have a unified narative on Ukraine

something they will need to concede to Ukraine's latest demand

1% of all western nation's GDP

Posted by: REDACTED at May 09, 2023 06:01 PM (us2H3)

152 twitter has a filter you can use, if there is a story that you're not interested in, or makes you furious, you can pull down a menu an item that indicates you don't want to see the thing that is upsetting.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at May 09, 2023 06:01 PM (jTmQV)

153 Paul Ryan is on the Fox board. He's still selling us out.

Posted by: Ignoramus at May 09, 2023 06:01 PM (RqMSv)

154 139 Sure. I've got mine tuned for STEM and coding, and it's great. If I care enough to use it for politics, I'll just set up a separate account and tune it for mudslinging.

Posted by: Long gpCoin at May 09, 2023 06:01 PM (MvF+J)

155 On twitter, can you filter out all the LGBT pride buttsex freak shit?
Posted by: DB - in theaters now

You pick the tab marked "Following" meaning you only see stuff from those accounts you are following (plus ads which are woke to some degree ) Also, you can screen out tweets with a word filter in the Settings.

Posted by: weft-cut loop at May 09, 2023 06:01 PM (jzzG8)

156 I bet we find out at some point that Bongino got canned by Fox largely for the same reason.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 09, 2023 06:01 PM (ZLI7S)

157 My cousin told me that in Air Force boot camp back in the 80's they fired .22 out of the M-16's. Is this a thing? I guess it was more economical for training personnel who will probably never fire a rifle after boot camp.

Posted by: Mark1971 at May 09, 2023 06:02 PM (xPl2J)

158 So Tucker is going to Twitter? Sorry, still not going to join that cesspool.

Posted by: wth at May 09, 2023 06:02 PM (v0R5T)

159 a semi-automatic rifle with a caliber greater than .22

-

Thank goodness that won't affect most AR-15s
Posted by: Celebrate the normalization of poop fetishes or else at May 09, 2023 05:52 PM (0XgVs)

.223 is larger than .22.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at May 09, 2023 06:02 PM (BdMk6)

160 >Posted by: ace at May 09, 2023 05:59 PM (iHBZj)

thank you, I'll consider rejoining

Posted by: DB - in theaters now at May 09, 2023 06:02 PM (geLO8)

161 we definitely need legislation requiring all corporations to *disclose* their efforts at speech suppression. And to disclose any settlements that have speech-suppression covenants.

Posted by: ace at May 09, 2023 05:56 PM (iHBZj)

Who is going to write that legislation 😀

Posted by: ... at May 09, 2023 06:02 PM (BXxcV)

162 TuCa's stepmother - who adopted him - was/is a Swanson. He's not NBA power forward rich, but he's not worried about where his next vacation home comes from.

Posted by: blaster at May 09, 2023 06:02 PM (pwExq)

163 Elon Musk, even though enormously rich, is not as free to do as he pleases as is Carlson. He depends on the government to allow him to launch his rockets. We will see that now those permits will be withdrawn.

Posted by: President Select Decaf at May 09, 2023 06:02 PM (3JfbU)

164 95 It has been said that Elon buying Twitter was the most important move for free speech, ever. I think this proves it.
Tucker is clear - this is non-partisan. He doesn't have to care whether he gets MyPillow ads or Toyota ads or anything. Twitter already built the monetization platform. He can do it all with direct subscription. Twitter let's you keep everything in the first year, and then they want 10% after that.
Posted by: blaster at May 09, 2023 05:51 PM (pwExq)

This very well could reconfigure how information and opinion are delivered; cable already was going away although to what was uncertain, and the original legacy media is in full freefall. Twitter really has been useless in many if not most ways, but such a high profile figure migrating to it to showcase content at least has tremendous potential. Musk certainly stands to benefit, so this may be a win-win.

Of course, the police state apparatus will work non-stop to shut this down and very well may do it. Bear in mind many of Carlson's primary enemies--the ADL in particular--act as a semi-gatekeepers. And there is in fact pending legislation to regulate internet "disninformation," i.e., what the State opposes.

Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at May 09, 2023 06:02 PM (KSNKu)

165 .223 Rem & 5.56 Nato

5.56 NATO vs .223 Remington: What's the Difference?
Same dimensions, different missions
by PHILIP MASSARO posted on July 28, 2018
AMMUNITION, TIPS

[see sock link]

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at May 09, 2023 06:03 PM (Vwz3I)

166 134 I'm always a couple years behind the trends.

Posted by: Long gpCoin at May 09, 2023 06:03 PM (MvF+J)

167 sponsored by Swanson Twitter Dinners

Posted by: x at May 09, 2023 06:03 PM (ZBPE2)

168 I wouldn't worry about the Texas house committee vote. The bill will die in the Texas Senate. The usual way of handling these things is that they'll "forget" to vote on it before the legislative term ends, which won't be long now.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 09, 2023 06:03 PM (i9ffA)

169 Larry Fink at BlackRock is the scariest and most powerful of the oligarchs. What, you thought Obama was the man behind the curtain? Obama's an empty suit, a front man at best. Fink, often called the King of Wall Street, is the real deal. Aside from occasional mention in business journals or the occasional softball interview, you'll hardly ever see his name mentioned, and that's the way he likes it. Fink's the one who devised and implemented the DEI corporate scoring system. What a high DEI score means is that you have Larry Fink's blessing. God help you if you don't. He will find ways to fuck you sideways if you don't.

Posted by: troyriser at May 09, 2023 06:03 PM (7Cx1V)

170 it's very fishy.

why would dominion specifically go after the one guy who didn't buy into the thing they're suing about?

reading the seams on the pitch...you can see the 2024 full court press is underway.

Posted by: sockamster, gator at May 09, 2023 06:03 PM (MLrvz)

171
Tucker has earned respect and a loyal following.
Smart move by both Tucker and Elon.... after all what else would you expect from those two?

Posted by: Beyond Norman Parameters at May 09, 2023 06:03 PM (Wd115)

172 8 If Elon can make accessibility to Twitter "television" streams as accessible and convenient as one would surfing cable then he may just make the acquisition of Twitter pay off.

This is the moment his gamble may pay off.

Exciting times ahead.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 09, 2023 05:57 PM (up/3i)
******
There needs to be an App.
I watch about half my YouTube videos on Television.
When Tucker was complaining about Fox Nation and it's accessibility this was the problem. They had no app for the television, so you were forced to watch Tucker's Fox Nation shows from your phone or computer, therefore he lost a lot of potential viewers.

Posted by: redridinghood at May 09, 2023 06:03 PM (NpAcC)

173 What about Kate Beckinsale?
........

Face down ass up in a mud puddle is good.

Posted by: wth at May 09, 2023 06:04 PM (v0R5T)

174 >>>They pushed Greenwald out of The Intercept and he took it to substack and laughs them while backstroking in his solid gold swimming pool full of dollars.

Gold coins, I would hope - not dollars.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at May 09, 2023 06:04 PM (Mzdiz)

175 148 Fox never did understand why Tucker had loyal viewers, who would move with him, but Shep Smith didn't.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 09, 2023 06:00 PM (i9ffA)

the hanging curve

Posted by: REDACTED at May 09, 2023 06:04 PM (us2H3)

176 Meanwhile over at RedState.com, it's just another day for their NeverTrump staff. Joe Cunningham sounds off about the Georgia Republican Assembly giving poor little Governor Brian Kemp and his band of sellouts a hard time.

Wahhhhh!

Just saying Kemp's name makes honest voters spit. He's the poster boy for GOPe betrayal and graft. A real piece of shit! He and Doug Ducey must have been frat brothers. I don't think anybody who's TRUTHFUL will favor Cunningham's charge that the GRA is a far-right group, when it's composed of middle class and lawful Republican voters who are still outraged over what their Gov and SOS did in Georgia in November 2020.

But then again, that's RedState.com. Protecting the GOP Establishment at all costs.

Posted by: Tracy at May 09, 2023 06:04 PM (xMtHj)

177 Ha

I have no doubt they had an agreement already on election night, too. I remember watching them call Arizona and repeatedly insisting that Florida and Texas were too close to call.

Posted by: Celebrate the normalization of poop fetishes or else at May 09, 2023 05:49 PM

When Miami/Dade went for less than 10% for biden Florida should have been called right then and there for trump, yet fox ran with the "Florida is turning purple" meme for hours.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 09, 2023 06:04 PM (ncXxy)

178 >TuCa's stepmother - who adopted him - was/is a Swanson.

as in the TV dinner empire Swansons?

Posted by: DB - in theaters now at May 09, 2023 06:04 PM (geLO8)

179
DM has a story on this here now:

https://tinyurl.com/2nb37qby

Also, perhaps a new edition to Elon I's harem, a "mystery woman" with lots of sideboob:

https://tinyurl.com/2nlvavka

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at May 09, 2023 06:05 PM (Mzdiz)

180 Ace: "I imagine his Twitter show will therefore play at... 8pm. With a possible 'rebroadcast' at 11pm, to also hurt Fox's West Coast time zone ratings."

He could also rebroadcast during Gutfeld. TuCa has already punished the rest of the evening commentary lineup. Might as well make it a royal flush.

Look, I like Gutfeld, but has he said anything about TuCa in his defense? I mean of significance over more than a ten second data reference? No? Then the free-wheeling Gutfeld is as gagged as the rest of the frontmen/women on the entire network. Management will set whatever parameter they want on the managed news and clownshow and the talking heads will kneel.

Barely a free thinker in that network that won't swallow big truths because the pay is good and beats learning to code.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel Remembers Babbitt and Perna at May 09, 2023 06:05 PM (aXxgO)

181 151 Tucker was taken off FOX for one reason

Ukraiine

all the rest is smoke

they now have a unified narative on Ukraine

something they will need to concede to Ukraine's latest demand

1% of all western nation's GDP
Posted by: REDACTED at May 09, 2023 06:01 PM (us2H3)

This is why Congress and the police state apparatus, to the extent they are distinguishable any longer, will work furiously to shut this down if at all possible.

Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at May 09, 2023 06:05 PM (KSNKu)

182 that is a first amendment violation WTF

hello?! Supremes? you freaking there or what?

Posted by: BlackOrchid

Except the Bill of Rights doesn't apply to private companies. Fox is still marginally private, though they do increasingly bend over for the Federales these days.

Posted by: Sharkman at May 09, 2023 06:05 PM (sEbMk)

183 When Tucker was complaining about Fox Nation and it's accessibility this was the problem. They had no app for the television, so you were forced to watch Tucker's Fox Nation shows from your phone or computer, therefore he lost a lot of potential viewers.

this is funny to me b/c I find it easier to share my phone or workstation to the TV (wherever in the house) rather than use the stupid UI of the tv or even Apple TV honestly!

but yes an app would be nice - obviously not twitter b/c that doesn't make sense but TwitTV or something

Posted by: BlackOrchid at May 09, 2023 06:05 PM (w0NJk)

184 the $700 million settlement makes no sense either.

There has to be a lie somewhere. You can see the left has spent the last years killing the first amendment.

parents in NoVa getting called domestic terrorists
J6 peaceful protestors getting decades in jail
Trump's lawfare vendettas
Alex jone's billion dollar DIRECTED verdict a trial balloon.

The GOP is no longer a political party and has no interest in this kinda touchy, feely bullshit. After all, corporations need H1B's and maybe we can outreach to the 6-25 million new illegal aliens.

Posted by: sockamster, gator at May 09, 2023 06:05 PM (MLrvz)

185 117 > Thank goodness that won't affect most AR-15s

Eh? .223 is greater than .22. I think most AR-15s are chambered in .223.

Posted by: bonhomme at May 09, 2023 05:55 PM (R38qh)

Warning - maths!

5.56mm divided by 25.4mm per inch= 0.21889764 inch. Rounded-up: 0.22 inch.
So ARs chambered for 5.56mm x 45mm ammo will be not be subject to the proposed law?

Posted by: Gref at May 09, 2023 06:06 PM (AMIL/)

186 Honestly, and this very sad to say, if I want to read unbiased international news, Al Jazeera is a far better source than any American effort, especially on issues such as Ukraine.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 09, 2023 05:58 PM (i9ffA)

Yes! An interesting nugget on this latest video from Tucker Carlson that it (the media's framing of narrative) was something known by "everyone working in English-speaking media".
Anyone traveling internationally knows how pervasive this is. The same damn playbook, every
time.

Posted by: DaisyB at May 09, 2023 06:06 PM (AbL8c)

187 Pressed 5.56 brass thru a .223 die, handloaded it, never had a blowup in a .223 chamber. YOLO!

Posted by: Long gpCoin at May 09, 2023 06:06 PM (MvF+J)

188 181 151 Tucker was taken off FOX for one reason

Ukraiine

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IDK, this is part of the nonstop lawfare pattern we're seeing in america to destroy 1A.

Posted by: sockamster, gator at May 09, 2023 06:06 PM (MLrvz)

189 162 TuCa's stepmother - who adopted him - was/is a Swanson. He's not NBA power forward rich, but he's not worried about where his next vacation home comes from.
Posted by: blaster at May 09, 2023 06:02 PM (pwExq)

wut ??

Posted by: Roy Tarpley at May 09, 2023 06:06 PM (us2H3)

190 .22 is metrically 5.6×15mmR. .223 is 5.56×45mm.

Posted by: Running Gag at May 09, 2023 06:06 PM (fk00N)

191 Barely a free thinker in that network that won't swallow big truths because the pay is good and beats learning to code.
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel Remembers Babbitt and Perna at May 09, 2023 06:05 PM (aXxgO)

This to a lesser extent also applied to Tucker. Unlike the others, though, he has the brains and guts to make amends for it.

Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at May 09, 2023 06:07 PM (KSNKu)

192 so glad we won control of SCOTUS so they can deny cert to all the burning issues of the day

Posted by: sockamster, gator at May 09, 2023 06:07 PM (MLrvz)

193 would prohibit selling, renting, leasing or giving a semi-automatic rifle with a caliber greater than .22 that is capable of accepting a detachable magazine to a person younger than 21 years old.

So kids shoot free at the gun range? Or does this mean they can still buy, rent, lease, or be given a fully-automatic?

Posted by: Reuben Hick at May 09, 2023 06:07 PM (YXHzG)

194 a semi-automatic rifle with a caliber greater than .22

-

Thank goodness that won't affect most AR-15s
Posted by: Celebrate the normalization of poop fetishes or else at May 09, 2023 05:52 PM (0XgVs)

.223 is larger than .22.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at May 09, 2023 06:02 PM

Don't confuse caliber commercial name for actual bore diameter.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 09, 2023 06:07 PM (Wnv9h)

195 Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at May 09, 2023 06:05 PM (Mzdiz)

Maybe he's working on getting a third set of twins.

Posted by: Jordan61 at May 09, 2023 06:07 PM (DRSnL)

196 So why did Dominion want Tucker fired. The real reason.

Posted by: WisRich at May 09, 2023 06:08 PM (G0vdT)

197 OT: sideboob is wonderful

Posted by: DB - in theaters now at May 09, 2023 06:08 PM (geLO8)

198 Gold coins, I would hope - not dollars.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at May 09, 2023 06:04 PM (Mzdiz)

Hard to swim in that!

Posted by: blaster at May 09, 2023 06:08 PM (pwExq)

199 OT - there's a video on insty of this Canuck libbie chick putting glitter on a young boy and I swear to God thank Him I wasn't there and I literally would have beaten the shit out of her

Posted by: BlackOrchid at May 09, 2023 06:08 PM (w0NJk)

200
It'll get interesting if some of the popular YouTubers and podcasters like Mr Ballen, Chubbyemu, any number of makeup-and-hair girls, true crime shows, Cocomelon and other kiddie shows, etc show up on Twitter. I'd love to see Elon put the squeeze on that suppressive YouTube.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 09, 2023 06:08 PM (lCaJd)

201 ok now I know for sure Sid is a joke sock

funny!

lol @jack does nothing now but drugs my dude

Posted by: BlackOrchid at May 09, 2023 06:09 PM (w0NJk)

202 199 Musk has ruined Twitter and his own reputation. Jack Dorsey's upcoming Twitter competitor will crush it, and bring sanity back to social media.
Posted by: Sid at May 09, 2023 06:08 PM (7U4AD)

Tell Bob "hi."

Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at May 09, 2023 06:09 PM (KSNKu)

203 "this is funny to me b/c I find it easier to share my phone or workstation to the TV (wherever in the house) rather than use the stupid UI of the tv or even Apple TV honestly!"

^ This. Or you can just use a plain old PC monitor to watch stuff like I do. Works as good as any TV I ever owned.

Posted by: Long gpCoin at May 09, 2023 06:09 PM (MvF+J)

204 Talk about an own goal.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310

An own goal on an inverted bicycle kick from the midfield line.

The odds that we are here from that silly beginning are astronomically against. Yet it happened.

"So you're saying there's a chance?!?!"

Posted by: Sharkman at May 09, 2023 06:09 PM (sEbMk)

205 190 .22 is metrically 5.6×15mmR. .223 is 5.56×45mm.

Posted by: Running Gag at May 09, 2023 06:06 PM (fk00N)

IIRC, the spec bullet diameter for .22 LR, .223 REM, and 5.56mm NATO ammo is 0.224 inch.

Posted by: Gref at May 09, 2023 06:09 PM (AMIL/)

206 That DM story is funny - you can picture the guy with the telephoto lens across the street snapping all those shots. And Musk had to know they'd be there, you don't go out on a balcony and go through all those poses without knowing that someone is watching.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 09, 2023 06:10 PM (i9ffA)

207 Did Dominion ask for Tucker's head or was it offered up by Fox. All were being told that it was part of the settlement.

Posted by: WisRich at May 09, 2023 06:10 PM (G0vdT)

208 as in the TV dinner empire Swansons?
Posted by: DB - in theaters now at May 09, 2023 06:04 PM (geLO

Yes

Posted by: blaster at May 09, 2023 06:10 PM (pwExq)

209 Literally, nobody could have seen this coming.
Posted by: Dr. Bone at May 09, 2023 05:37 PM (KVGVf)

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I must say I didn't. I thought Rupert was still sane enough not to allow that level of stupidity. I remember well the "We did it" tweet from James Murdoch's wife when Biden claimed the throne. They deserve to be destroyed for that alone.

Posted by: President Select Decaf at May 09, 2023 06:10 PM (3JfbU)

210 @172

>>There needs to be an App.

Yes, in order to make this all work, you need to be able to plop your butt down and with a Gimlet in one hand and a remote in the other, point at the TV, turn it on and have a grid of things to watch ala a cable program grid, an be able to click away to your hearts content.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 09, 2023 06:10 PM (up/3i)

211 I like that we have a richest man on earth as our personal semi-soros.

but we need more.

we need Lindell to start funding harassment suits against leftists too.

lawfare has been unilateral for decades.

what to do? endow scholarships for conservative law students, conservative PR students, and a k-street project (or just a NGO) to give these grads competitive 6 figure jobs.

Posted by: sockamster, gator at May 09, 2023 06:10 PM (MLrvz)

212 "the $700 million settlement makes no sense either."

Agreed. Recall how the NYT got away with libeling Sarah Palin

Posted by: Ignoramus at May 09, 2023 06:11 PM (RqMSv)

213 Lol, jack Dorsey coukd never figure out to run the first twitter. He hasn't learned anything.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 09, 2023 06:11 PM (i9ffA)

214 207 Did Dominion ask for Tucker's head or was it offered up by Fox. All were being told that it was part of the settlement.

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which is a weird thing to do if you're upset about other people

Posted by: sockamster, gator at May 09, 2023 06:11 PM (MLrvz)

215
Honestly, and this very sad to say, if I want to read unbiased international news, Al Jazeera is a far better source than any American effort, especially on issues such as Ukraine.
Posted by: Tom Servo

==========

Daily Mail is another source Americans can go to to find out what's going on in our own country.

I remember they were the only ones who investigated Michelle Obama's growing up "poor, underprivileged" sob story by getting pictures of the house and neighborhood she grew up in.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 09, 2023 06:12 PM (lCaJd)

216 Recall how the NYT got away with libeling Sarah Palin

///

bzzzzzzzzrt

no standing

Posted by: sockamster, gator at May 09, 2023 06:12 PM (MLrvz)

217 So where are we on Dominion now? Fount of All Cheating, Interferer With Elections, or are we throwing the Kraken under the bus finally?

Posted by: Long gpCoin at May 09, 2023 06:12 PM (MvF+J)

218 I suppose maybe the exact language of The Contract matters, but the attempt to silence a voice for political reasons would seem like "bad faith".

If his contract was for shows through Jan 2025, then they broke the contract and desire to censor the man, as well as censor his public persona (or whatever term applies to his future career).

I hadn't heard the Posobiec thang, but did wonder if that might have been part of the deal (since I think Dominion is part of the globalist machinery).

Posted by: illiniwek at May 09, 2023 06:13 PM (Cus5s)

219 I haven't seen the Fox - Tucker employment contract of course, but I bet it prohibits Tucker from setting up a competing television show, not a generalized ban on all media.

Posted by: The ARC of History!

"Hey, man. I'm just talkin' 'bout things that interest me on my Twitter account! Not a TV or Radio show. And the fact that I'm talking shit about how corrupt Fox is means you are trying to silence a whistle-blower!

Whistle-blower!!

Whistle-blower!!

Whistle-blower!!"

Nyah! Noah! Whistle-blower!

Posted by: Sharkman at May 09, 2023 06:13 PM (sEbMk)

220 Foreign news outlets should be read from time to time just to get their take on things.
Daily Mail, Skye, Agence France.
I used to read RT but dropped that because reasons...

Posted by: gourmand du jour at May 09, 2023 06:14 PM (jTmQV)

221 I always said Tucker and Musk were a natural fit, especially after Matt Walsh broadcast his show on the platform. Musk is doing something different with the platform.

Posted by: Tj at May 09, 2023 06:14 PM (7PQAW)

222 163 Elon Musk, even though enormously rich, is not as free to do as he pleases as is Carlson. He depends on the government to allow him to launch his rockets. We will see that now those permits will be withdrawn.
Posted by: President Select Decaf at May 09, 2023 06:02 PM (3JfbU)

///

Countries on or near the Equator beckon.

Posted by: JM in Fla/Ill - Behold the Manchurian Candidate at May 09, 2023 06:14 PM (vIvCx)

223 216 Recall how the NYT got away with libeling Sarah Palin

///

bzzzzzzzzrt

no standing
Posted by: sockamster, gator at May 09, 2023 06:12 PM (MLrvz)
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Easier than that. Trial was in NY in both cases. Conservatives (or so called conservatives) always lose

Posted by: WisRich at May 09, 2023 06:14 PM (G0vdT)

224 When Bongino and Tucker were announced, I thought it had SOMETHING to do with Dominion. I don't care how big a company you are, $800M is a pretty big dent in your bottom line. You will have to cut costs.

Posted by: blaster at May 09, 2023 06:14 PM (pwExq)

225 Sounds to me like the real problem is "Dominion." Might want to redirect fire. With nukes.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 09, 2023 06:15 PM (Q4IgG)

226
Denying MSM narrative is promoting Russian disinformation and is actionable.

You will be hearing from their attorneys.

Posted by: Auspex at May 09, 2023 06:15 PM (j4U/Z)

227 I was hoping for a Tucker Carlson OnlyFans.

But I guess this Twitter thing sounds okay too.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls - an election is simply a festival for the majority at May 09, 2023 06:15 PM (ppBhU)

228 I must say I didn't. I thought Rupert was still sane enough not to allow that level of stupidity. I remember well the "We did it" tweet from James Murdoch's wife when Biden claimed the throne. They deserve to be destroyed for that alone.
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zerohedge @zerohedge · 9h
*LACHLAN MURDOCH: NO CHANGES TO PROGRAMMING STRATEGY AT FOX NEWS

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at May 09, 2023 06:15 PM (Vwz3I)

229 Look, I like Gutfeld, but has he said anything about TuCa in his defense? I mean of significance over more than a ten second data reference? No? Then the free-wheeling Gutfeld is as gagged as the rest of the frontmen/women on the entire network. Management will set whatever parameter they want on the managed news and clownshow and the talking heads will kneel.

Barely a free thinker in that network that won't swallow big truths because the pay is good and beats learning to code.
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel Remembers Babbitt and Perna at May 09, 2023 06:05 PM (aXxgO)

If this Twitter thing pans out, Guttfield might move too. It might be fun to watch all this unfold.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at May 09, 2023 06:15 PM (BdMk6)

230 I know it's not the food thread but, my Aunt is in town and Mrs IMG and I are taking her out for a nice dinner. Mom isn't up for going to a restaurant in a wheelchair (should be on a walker next month), so we'll bring her something home.

Told Aunt "It's fine dining. Pierogis, yes. No peasant food, so they're not potato (Polish Grandma refused to even cook potato pierogis).

"Is there a dress code?"

"Yes. It's not a clothing optional kinda joint. So, be dressed."

Posted by: Iron Mike Golf A2E6, Easy 6 Titanium Enhanced at May 09, 2023 06:15 PM (8C7+r)

231 Easier than that. Trial was in NY in both cases. Conservatives (or so called conservatives) always lose

////////

and yet the right continues to do business in DC and NYC.

so....odd.

if there was a thing in chess where a certain square was instant death for your pieces, you'd avoid it. maybe even punish it.

Posted by: sockamster, gator at May 09, 2023 06:16 PM (MLrvz)

232 111 this is the way
Posted by: BlackOrchid

This is the way.
Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at May 09, 2023 05:53 PM (TKX4q)

This is the way.
Posted by: DaisyB at May 09, 2023 05:54 PM (AbL8c)

No, THAT is the way. Sheesh.

Posted by: Pointing to the correct path at May 09, 2023 06:16 PM (FEapg)

233 oh no, the highest taxed locale with the worst people on earth is mean to us and we can't get justice there.

Posted by: sockamster, gator at May 09, 2023 06:16 PM (MLrvz)

234 Posted by: illiniwek at May 09, 2023 06:13 PM (Cus5s)

The non-compete probably will come down to how wide of a spectrum it can be seen as having. Would Twitter streaming represent competition with cable? I don't have a ready answer but at some point a non-compete can be deemed overly broad for a number of reasons.

Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at May 09, 2023 06:16 PM (KSNKu)

235 >>>I just want to be clear per the last thread, I have never fantasized about Karen Gillan having her way with me. It would be so, so wrong.

Posted by: ...

Nor have I. Not even 53 times.

Posted by: Dr. T at May 09, 2023 06:16 PM (tp+tP)

236 Just got here, but point I want to raise.

Fox can not have a non-compete which harms Carlson's future earning potential. I guess it varies a lot with jurisdiction, but they can not, for example, keep him out of the public eye for two years. What is likely is that they will have to pay *and* he gets to work for other monies.

Posted by: Gentlemen, this is junta manifest at May 09, 2023 06:16 PM (hCbji)

237 She don't lie she don't lie she don't lie
Ukraine!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at May 09, 2023 06:16 PM (FVME7)

238 222 163 Elon Musk, even though enormously rich, is not as free to do as he pleases as is Carlson. He depends on the government to allow him to launch his rockets. We will see that now those permits will be withdrawn.
Posted by: President Select Decaf at May 09, 2023 06:02 PM (3JfbU)
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Not with SpaceX shuttling supplies and US astronauts to the space station. NASA's only other choice is Russia...whom we're in a proxy war with.

Posted by: WisRich at May 09, 2023 06:17 PM (G0vdT)

239 "Aren't these called "Bodice Busters" novels."

Bodice-rippers.

Has a different implication of the source of the bodice's failure of containment.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at May 09, 2023 06:17 PM (ou9hh)

240 @196

>>So why did Dominion want Tucker fired. The real reason.

Because Dominion is part of the Deep State Panopticon and Tucker was transmitting powerful counter narratives into the Zeitgeist and The Deep State does not like counter narratives being transmitted into the Zeitgeist and seeing as they had FOX by the balls, it was a no-brainer to make the demand.

If FOX said no, then they would have been on the hook for 1.6 billion instead of 800 billion.

The left may get their wish of finishing off FOX News on the one hand and on the other hand having a bigger more difficult headache to deal with.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 09, 2023 06:17 PM (up/3i)

241 "Sounds to me like the real problem is "Dominion." Might want to redirect fire. With nukes."

Sounds to me like Dominion has the biggest, baddest nuke arsenal. So you go launch first.

Posted by: Long gpCoin at May 09, 2023 06:17 PM (MvF+J)

242 zerohedge @zerohedge · 9h
*LACHLAN MURDOCH: NO CHANGES TO PROGRAMMING STRATEGY AT FOX NEWS
Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at May 09, 2023 06:15 PM (Vwz3I)

The idiot son thing is quite real.

Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at May 09, 2023 06:17 PM (KSNKu)

243 235 >>>I just want to be clear per the last thread, I have never fantasized about Karen Gillan having her way with me. It would be so, so wrong.

Posted by: ...

Nor have I. Not even 53 times.
Posted by: Dr. T at May 09, 2023 06:16 PM (tp+tP)

I was going to be mad at y'all. but you have met the threshhold for me to mention Amy Pond, and maybe I will allow it as I have full dibs on Lauren Boebert now.

Posted by: blaster at May 09, 2023 06:18 PM (pwExq)

244
Just saw the pic with John Kerry wearing all his Vietnam medals on his suit at Charles' coronation.

Welcome home, brave warrior.

Posted by: Auspex at May 09, 2023 06:18 PM (j4U/Z)

245 I put highest odds on the 2020 steal being ballot stuffing including games played with mail-ins, which explains Biden's overall total because of places like CA. When that wasn't enough to win the electoral college they stuffed in a few cities in key blue states.

Dominion may have helped give early insight into what was needed, but there wasn't electonic stuffing.

In my fever dreams Dominion is now insulated from challenge and will engage in electronic ballot stuffing.

Posted by: Ignoramus at May 09, 2023 06:19 PM (RqMSv)

246 Strictly in the interests of a serious discussion of the MSM and not due to the attached photos, I link...

zerohedge @zerohedge · 1h
'Sex Object' CNBC Anchor Hadley Gamble Leaves Network After Sexual Harassment Settlement

https://tinyurl.com/26f8yj6h

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at May 09, 2023 06:19 PM (Vwz3I)

247 it's not about the money.

they have all the money they want

Posted by: sockamster, gator at May 09, 2023 06:19 PM (MLrvz)

248 It would be uniquely hilarious and perfectly political to pass the 22 law and nothing change.

Posted by: Celebrate the normalization of poop fetishes or else at May 09, 2023 06:19 PM (0XgVs)

249 Rupert gave Ailies the job for ratings.

The Murdoch's don't give a shit about the truth.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at May 09, 2023 06:20 PM (5u1+1)

250 WisRich: "Not with SpaceX shuttling supplies and US astronauts to the space station. NASA's only other choice is Russia...whom we're in a proxy war with."

Want to know what's scary about that either/or? I'm more certain current US considers TuCa/Musk the bigger threat and will side with Russia.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel Remembers Babbitt and Perna at May 09, 2023 06:20 PM (aXxgO)

251 Look, I like Gutfeld, but has he said anything about TuCa in his defense? I mean of significance over more than a ten second data reference? No? Then the free-wheeling Gutfeld is as gagged as the rest of the frontmen/women on the entire network. Management will set whatever parameter they want on the managed news and clownshow and the talking heads will kneel.

Barely a free thinker in that network that won't swallow big truths because the pay is good and beats learning to code.
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel Remembers Babbitt and Perna at May 09, 2023 06:05 PM (aXxgO)

I read somewhere that the Tuesday and Wednesday after TuCa's firing, Gutfeld and his guests wore all black. I wasn't watching, but if true...well, it's more than you can say for Hannity.

Posted by: Dr. T at May 09, 2023 06:20 PM (tp+tP)

252 He can do twitter for free for a few months until the Fox settlement. I expect Fox to have to pay out in full.

Then he can work a deal with Twitter.

I called this when Musk was shopping - he wants to turn Twitter into a social media conglomerate - starting with youtube and facebook, but i expect him to go after linkdin, onlyfans, and everything.
This is why Big Tech had layoffs - they are scared because they know they are incompetent and bloated and know he can manage a business better.

Posted by: Gentlemen, this is junta manifest at May 09, 2023 06:20 PM (hCbji)

253 Elon Musk, even though enormously rich, is not as free to do as he pleases as is Carlson. He depends on the government to allow him to launch his rockets. We will see that now those permits will be withdrawn.
Posted by: President Select Decaf at May 09, 2023 06:02 PM (3JfbU)

///

Countries on or near the Equator beckon.
Posted by: JM in Fla/Ill - Behold the Manchurian Candidate at May 09, 2023 06:14 PM (vIvCx)

Yup. For the right price I'm sure the French would be more than happy to share their space facilities in Guyana.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at May 09, 2023 06:20 PM (BdMk6)

254 That sound you hear is every former blue checkmark wailing and quitting Twitter because Musk is putting on a "neo-Nazi, white supremacist, Putin humping, vaccine denier".

Gonna be a fun couple of days of watching shit libs losing their minds.

I hope Musk and Tucker have very, very good security teams.

Posted by: BetaCuck4Lyfe at May 09, 2023 06:20 PM (MFZ8i)

255 Nom compete clauses are very narrowly construed by courts. We had a vet here would had a lot of newly graduated vets come to work for him. There contact said if they left they couldn't practice within 20m. That would be upheld . A general ban on all tv might but if it didn't specify all media than a show on Twitter is good to go .

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 09, 2023 06:21 PM (eFaiq)

256 > 238 222 163 Elon Musk, even though enormously rich, is not as free to do as he pleases as is Carlson. He depends on the government to allow him to launch his rockets. We will see that now those permits will be withdrawn.
Posted by: President Select Decaf at May 09, 2023 06:02 PM (3JfbU)
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Not with SpaceX shuttling supplies and US astronauts to the space station. NASA's only other choice is Russia...whom we're in a proxy war with.
Posted by: WisRich at May 09, 2023 06:17 PM (G0vdT)
______________

And FedGov will pay billions more than necessary to "teach" Musk a lesson.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 09, 2023 06:21 PM (Q4IgG)

257 "Karen Gillan"

Image search reveals that with makeup tricks, she can range between ordinary beady rat-eyes, all the way up to Full Keane beams.

Posted by: Long gpCoin at May 09, 2023 06:21 PM (MvF+J)

258 Will Musk make offers to Lefty "broadcasters"? Not for "balance", but to create a mix, and to have a wider appeal. This does not have to narrow free speech.

Posted by: JM in Fla/Ill - Behold the Manchurian Candidate at May 09, 2023 06:21 PM (vIvCx)

259 Just saw the pic with John Kerry wearing all his Vietnam medals on his suit at Charles' coronation.
Welcome home, brave warrior.
Posted by: Auspex
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
I have never wanted a guillotine more.

Posted by: Gentlemen, this is junta manifest at May 09, 2023 06:22 PM (hCbji)

260 Now would probably be a good time to buy Twitter.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 09, 2023 06:22 PM (up/3i)

261 Want to know what's scary about that either/or? I'm more certain current US considers TuCa/Musk the bigger threat and will side with Russia.
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel Remembers Babbitt and Perna at May 09, 2023 06:20 PM (aXxgO)

No doubt, not in the least because it is true.

This is an information war, and it has appeared to me to have been lost. This is a BFD. Maybe the biggest in forever.

Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at May 09, 2023 06:22 PM (KSNKu)

262 She don't lie she don't lie she don't lie
Ukraine!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy?

Do you like Pina Coladas and grift from Ukraine?
Joe sniffs the children, Hunter sniffs cocaine.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 09, 2023 06:23 PM (vrkB7)

263 Kerry was awarded the Purple Heart thrice.

For paper cuts.

Posted by: Ignoramus at May 09, 2023 06:23 PM (RqMSv)

264 260 Now would probably be a good time to buy Twitter.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 09, 2023 06:22 PM (up/3i)

My thoughts as well. Will Larry Fink make an offer that cannot be refused?

Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at May 09, 2023 06:24 PM (KSNKu)

265 245 Sounds most reasonable to me. So we shouldn't really be pissed at Dominion anymore, I guess. They really were maligned unfairly. And we should redirect our ire toward the folx who fooled us by maligning them: The Krakenites.

Posted by: Long gpCoin at May 09, 2023 06:24 PM (MvF+J)

266 Dylan Byers
@DylanByers

NEWS: Tucker Carlson will relaunch his show *on Twitter* with help from former Fox News staff. He will forgo at least $25 million owed to him by Fox Corp. in order to break non-compete clause.

@PuckNews
4:43 PM May 9, 2023

Posted by: ace at May 09, 2023 06:24 PM (iHBZj)

267 Yup. For the right price I'm sure the French would be more than happy to share their space facilities in Guyana.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at May 09, 2023 06:20 PM (BdMk6)

Did he close the offshore oil rig launch platform?

The USG needs Elon and SpaceX more than he needs them. There is exactly ONE man rated launch system in the US that can reach orbit.

Posted by: blaster at May 09, 2023 06:24 PM (pwExq)

268 Just saw the pic with John Kerry wearing all his Vietnam medals on his suit at Charles' coronation.

Welcome home, brave warrior.
Posted by: Auspex at May 09, 2023 06:18 PM (j4U/Z)

John F'n Kerry is an idiot.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at May 09, 2023 06:24 PM (BdMk6)

269 NEWS: Tucker Carlson will relaunch his show *on Twitter* with help from former Fox News staff. He will forgo at least $25 million owed to him by Fox Corp. in order to break non-compete clause.

For certain values of forgo.

Like I said, I bet Elon is making him whole.

Posted by: blaster at May 09, 2023 06:25 PM (pwExq)

270 Posted by: ace at May 09, 2023 06:24 PM (iHBZj)

Dayum. That's a level of commitment rarely if ever seen.

Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at May 09, 2023 06:25 PM (KSNKu)

271 39 I have a burning irrational hatred of Axios' "Why it matters" bullshit on every one of their stupid-assed articles.

How about you just write the story and I'll decide if it matters and why, you smarmy twats?
Posted by: ballistic at May 09, 2023 05:41 PM (oXNqT)

———

The “why it matters” is the key phrase used to tell the Leftists what to think and say. It’s how the narrative is propagated.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at May 09, 2023 06:26 PM (4HsoB)

272 Posted by: Auspex
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
I have never wanted a guillotine more.
Posted by: Gentlemen

He's dumb but just ignore the troll.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 09, 2023 06:26 PM (FpuhH)

273 Just saw the pic with John Kerry wearing all his Vietnam medals on his suit at Charles' coronation.

I thought that he'd tossed them away years ago in disdain. Amazing the things one can find in the bottom of a Cracker Jack box.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at May 09, 2023 06:26 PM (Xrfse)

274 NEWS: Tucker Carlson will relaunch his show *on Twitter* with help from former Fox News staff. He will forgo at least $25 million owed to him by Fox Corp. in order to break non-compete clause.

@PuckNews
4:43 PM May 9, 2023
Posted by: ace at May 09, 2023 06:24 PM (iHBZj)

Wow. TuCa is not playing around.

Posted by: Dr. T at May 09, 2023 06:27 PM (tp+tP)

275 He technically may be in breach of contract. OTOH Fox sues him and discovery occurs.

That's why Fox won't sue him.

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at May 09, 2023 06:27 PM (C3G19)

276 Didn't a VP of Dominion go on (pre Elon) twitter to post that he would make sure DJT didn't win in 2020? I saw that tweet, and confirmed it *was* the guy.
Of course, memory holed by now.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at May 09, 2023 06:27 PM (jTmQV)

277 Unlike most things in contracts, non-competes are disfavored as a restraint on trade and not necessarily enforceable as written. Much depends on which state's law applies. Likely that Tucker's has DE law which is company-friendly. NY is middle of the road. CA bans them.

The specific language can also be relevant, no surprise.

If Tucker isn't getting paid it'll be hard for Fox to win. The optics of their suing a journalist they fired for speaking his mind will kill the Fox News brand.

Posted by: Ignoramus at May 09, 2023 06:28 PM (RqMSv)

278 >>He will forgo at least $25 million owed to him by Fox Corp. in order to break non-compete clause.

I don't care how rich he is that is a lot of money. I don't agree with Tucker on everything but that is one hell of a commitment to principle.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 09, 2023 06:28 PM (ZLI7S)

279 "He depends on the government to allow him to launch his rockets. We will see that now those permits will be withdrawn."

there is also his Tesla dependence on China ... and Bannon claims he still censors (on Twitter) anti-China stuff. ... idk, but it does seem Twitter is not "Pure Freedom" yet. And certainly Musk needs China to make his expensive cars, and does he bribe USA politicians via donors/lobbyists to push the Tesla Green cars?

Billionaires playing games with us ... French Revolution is calling, unless some real revolt of the masses occurs (e.g. end Budweiser and all related brands, boycott FOX so the get slashes, take back the school boards, etc.).

Posted by: illiniwek at May 09, 2023 06:28 PM (Cus5s)

280 Just because Tucker can't get paid doesn't mean that interested advertisers couldn't pay a non-profit set up by Tucker's wife for advertising during his Twitter posts.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at May 09, 2023 06:28 PM (Y7Jul)

281 Could be the biggest turn around for freedom since Elon bought Twitter.

We'll see.

JFK is unavailable for comment

Posted by: Just Lily at May 09, 2023 06:28 PM (RLLZj)

282 Go away rich kid. Fuck your Swanson Money. Go fuck yourself Tuck. You and Elon come from the same tinted stock.

Fox will sue the both of them and get their money back.

It's quite apparent that musk has an Epstein problem. Any better explanation?

Pocket change for Musk. He can pay any settlement with Fox and pay Tucker.

It won't make any money, but Musk doesn't care about that. Fox actually has increased their advertising since Tucker left. Brands don't want to be associated with him. This is why we shouldn't have Billionaires.

I did Nazi that coming!

Posted by: Intercepted Bulwark Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at May 09, 2023 06:28 PM (NCgXW)

283 276 If Fox had that kind of evidence, would they have settled?

Posted by: Long gpCoin at May 09, 2023 06:29 PM (MvF+J)

284 Dylan Byers
@DylanByers

NEWS: Tucker Carlson will relaunch his show *on Twitter* with help from former Fox News staff. He will forgo at least $25 million owed to him by Fox Corp. in order to break non-compete clause.

@PuckNews
4:43 PM May 9, 2023
Posted by: ace at May 09, 2023 06:24 PM (iHBZj)

I'm thinking he sees more purpose and happiness in this change of direction than that $25 million has to offer.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at May 09, 2023 06:29 PM (BdMk6)

285 The “why it matters” is the key phrase used to tell the Leftists what to think and say. It’s how the narrative is propagated.

-

There's something on Twitter I saw recently. Explain This Bob or similar. It's a bot that summarizes threads. Apparently it's not well liked because that's what it does, and it doesn't censor like people want it to. Folks will tweet "explain this Bob" and it will automatically work, and then there will be lots of jokes about Bob being based.

Posted by: Celebrate the normalization of poop fetishes or else at May 09, 2023 06:29 PM (0XgVs)

286 .223 is larger than .22.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at May 09, 2023 06:02 PM (BdMk6)

.22 long rifle bullet diameter is .223 (.223 Remington is .224)

This law, if passed is going to be hilariously fun. If you like clusterf*cks and goatsecwrs

Posted by: Kindltot at May 09, 2023 06:29 PM (xhaym)

287 If accurate, Tuck gets to avoid litigation and just goes elsewhere, where he'll also make stupid amounts of money, which probably is not super important to him anyway being that he's probably very well off.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls - an election is simply a festival for the majority at May 09, 2023 06:29 PM (ppBhU)

288 Under boob >> Side boob, which is still pretty good

Posted by: Ignoramus at May 09, 2023 06:29 PM (RqMSv)

289 Not a contract lawyer, but don't these types of contracts typically set out liquidated damages for breach of an NDA or non-compete? So Tucker might know exactly what he has to pay in the event he is found to be in breach of the contract?

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at May 09, 2023 06:30 PM (xDQ25)

290 @264

>>My thoughts as well. Will Larry Fink make an offer that cannot be refused?

I was thinking more about buying stock, at its current 53 bucks a share, it would seem to be undervalued currently.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 09, 2023 06:30 PM (up/3i)

291 Posted by: JackStraw at May 09, 2023 06:28 PM (ZLI7S)

Seconded. Musk also is putting an unimaginable amount on the line. I never got the full measure of the Starlink/Ukraine fuck-fuck but Musk realizes how ruthless and bloodthirsty the State is now.

Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at May 09, 2023 06:30 PM (KSNKu)

292 It's quite apparent that musk has an Epstein problem. Any better explanation?

I don't get this, what on earth are they talking about??

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2023 06:30 PM (0hOvj)

293 256 > 238 222 163 Elon Musk, even though enormously rich, is not as free to do as he pleases as is Carlson. He depends on the government to allow him to launch his rockets. We will see that now those permits will be withdrawn.
Posted by: President Select Decaf at May 09, 2023 06:02 PM (3JfbU)
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Not with SpaceX shuttling supplies and US astronauts to the space station. NASA's only other choice is Russia...whom we're in a proxy war with.
Posted by: WisRich at May 09, 2023 06:17 PM (G0vdT)
______________

And FedGov will pay billions more than necessary to "teach" Musk a lesson.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 09, 2023 06:21 PM (Q4IgG)

The Junta wants to, but Boeing has screwed the pooch for 3 years running trying to get its crew vehicle working. The NASA-contracted competitor to SpaceX for supply missions to ISS, Sierra Nevada, is at least a couple years away from first mission to ISS.

Posted by: Gref at May 09, 2023 06:31 PM (AMIL/)

294 When Bongino and Tucker were announced, I thought it had SOMETHING to do with Dominion. I don't care how big a company you are, $800M is a pretty big dent in your bottom line. You will have to cut costs.
Posted by: blaster at May 09, 2023 06:14 PM (pwExq)
*****
F Dominion.
If Tucker was paid 20M per yr if would've taken 40 years to get to 800M

Posted by: redridinghood at May 09, 2023 06:31 PM (NpAcC)

295 Trump poisoned my cat: "This is an information war, and it has appeared to me to have been lost. This is a BFD. Maybe the biggest in forever."

What's mind boggling is that that is the REAL war right now. Even if WWIII (or is it IV?) happened, the US and our continent with lots of people and assets will persist. Our conflict will have been with an overseas threat. The country can rebuild.

With the information (free exchange of ides whatnot) war, a very small number of people can destroy a nation from within never to exist again as it was. The legacy will be forever gone and, in this specific case, edited out of history because it can be done. See Orwell.

It's hard to grasp how quickly the world (and the US specifically) has changed. I hope there's a still significant silent majority to repair the damage, but if I'm putting money on the table, I'm betting historic US is gone.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel Remembers Babbitt and Perna at May 09, 2023 06:31 PM (aXxgO)

296 Welcome back Tucker.

We expect more from the J6 tapes.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 09, 2023 06:31 PM (EZebt)

297 290 @264

>>My thoughts as well. Will Larry Fink make an offer that cannot be refused?

I was thinking more about buying stock, at its current 53 bucks a share, it would seem to be undervalued currently.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 09, 2023 06:30 PM (up/3i)

Gotcha. Musk was deemed to have overpaid at the time. Maybe not.

Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at May 09, 2023 06:31 PM (KSNKu)

298 I don't care how rich he is that is a lot of money. I don't agree with Tucker on everything but that is one hell of a commitment to principle.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 09, 2023 06:28 PM (

Eh. Musk has that much between his couch cushions. Anyway, I think Tucker now cares more about hurting Fox than about his severance package.

Posted by: Dr. T at May 09, 2023 06:32 PM (tp+tP)

299 So, how does my 80 plus year old mother get Tucker on her tv? She loves Tucker.

And Hannity.

I'm going to have to figure something out.

Posted by: Stateless at May 09, 2023 06:32 PM (jvJvP)

300 Look, I like Gutfeld, but has he said anything about TuCa in his defense?

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel Remembers Babbitt and Perna at May 09, 2023 06:05 PM (aXxgO)
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Guttfeld brought up Tucker the day-of, when you could tell that people were petrified to speak his name. He made a reference to something Tucker "understood".

Not a totally intrepid, but more than anybody else.

Posted by: Axeman at May 09, 2023 06:32 PM (krQz2)

301 happiness is a warm nun

Posted by: REDACTED at May 09, 2023 06:32 PM (us2H3)

302 Just curious, but will the Democrats & Newsom kick Tesla out of California now?

Feb. 23, 2023
Elon Musk Picks California for Tesla’s Global Engineering Headquarters
Announcement with Gov. Gavin Newsom comes as Musk has taken shots at the state over the years

Posted by: BetaCuck4Lyfe at May 09, 2023 06:32 PM (MFZ8i)

303 > >He will forgo at least $25 million owed to him by Fox Corp. in order to break non-compete clause.

I don't care how rich he is that is a lot of money. I don't agree with Tucker on everything but that is one hell of a commitment to principle.
______________

Rumors are he's worth upwards of $400M. Take all the "family" monies into account.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 09, 2023 06:33 PM (Q4IgG)

304 Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel Remembers Babbitt and Perna at May 09, 2023 06:31 PM (aXxgO)

Very well put and agreed. At best this is a rearguard action albeit an interesting one. It is the whole enchilada.

Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at May 09, 2023 06:34 PM (KSNKu)

305 @297

>>Gotcha. Musk was deemed to have overpaid at the time. Maybe not.

The stock market after all is about making bets, If I had to bet right now, I would say the stock is going to go up based upon this news, if this venture is ultimately successful, it will go up a lot.

So if you dump 10k in today, you may be pleasantly rewarded on your bet.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 09, 2023 06:34 PM (up/3i)

306 >>Eh. Musk has that much between his couch cushions. Anyway, I think Tucker now cares more about hurting Fox than about his severance package.

He does but will Tucker get any of it? That is the whole point of a non-compete clause.

But I agree that Tucker is itching to speak his mind. Good for him.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 09, 2023 06:34 PM (ZLI7S)

307 I have never wanted a guillotine more.
Posted by: Gentlemen, this is junta manifest at May 09, 2023 06:22 PM (hCbji)

We shouldn't limit ourselves by French tradition. After all, until 1897 Spain used the garrote as a form of execution.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 09, 2023 06:34 PM (xhaym)

308 @273 I thought that he'd tossed them away years ago in disdain. Amazing the things one can find in the bottom of a Cracker Jack box.

----

IIRC, during the 2004 election, he revealed that he'd tossed someone else's medal(s) over the fence instead of his own. I can't remember what prompted the question he was answering.

Posted by: junior at May 09, 2023 06:34 PM (3DI1b)

309
You can't win, Fox. If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine...

Posted by: Obi Wan Carlson at May 09, 2023 06:35 PM (n+4am)

310 Ace: "If so, I guess this is a breach -- though a case of breaching second -- and I guess he will be free to make money from subscriptions and ads."

Tucker Carlson was subject to an advertising boycott on Fox News. Who will buy ads directly from Tucker and offend the woke mob?
There is only so many My Pillow ads you can do.

Posted by: BetaCuck4Lyfe at May 09, 2023 06:35 PM (MFZ8i)

311 Not unlike book I read See Something Say Nothing, it got him murdered

Posted by: Skip at May 09, 2023 06:35 PM (xhxe8)

312 "If Fox had that kind of evidence, would they have settled?"
I dunno. Maybe Fox's lawyers are stupid.
You can't rule it out... LOL

Posted by: gourmand du jour at May 09, 2023 06:35 PM (jTmQV)

313 Welcome back Tucker.

We expect more from the J6 tapes.

This. Times one thousand.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at May 09, 2023 06:35 PM (Xrfse)

314 It's hard to grasp how quickly the world (and the US specifically) has changed. I hope there's a still significant silent majority to repair the damage, but if I'm putting money on the table, I'm betting historic US is gone.
-----------
The Canada of 1967 is dead too, as the U.S. started dying in 1965 and for the same reason.

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at May 09, 2023 06:35 PM (Vwz3I)

315 302 Just curious, but will the Democrats & Newsom kick Tesla out of California now?

No.. They need the revenue

Posted by: It's me donna at May 09, 2023 06:35 PM (bs+z0)

316 After all, until 1897 Spain used the garrote as a form of execution.

That seems weirdly personal.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls - an election is simply a festival for the majority at May 09, 2023 06:35 PM (ppBhU)

317 Guttfeld brought up Tucker the day-of, when you could tell that people were petrified to speak his name. He made a reference to something Tucker "understood".

Not a totally intrepid, but more than anybody else.
Posted by: Axeman at May 09, 2023 06:32 PM (krQz2)
******
He also mentioned a Tucker matchup for POTUS.

Posted by: redridinghood at May 09, 2023 06:36 PM (NpAcC)

318 The Canada of 1967 is dead too, as the U.S. started dying in 1965 and for the same reason.
Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at May 09, 2023 06:35 PM (Vwz3I)

Exactly. This is the glasnost stage before the final services.

Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at May 09, 2023 06:37 PM (KSNKu)

319 NOOD, vile scum.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls - an election is simply a festival for the majority at May 09, 2023 06:37 PM (ppBhU)

320 The Canada of 1967 is dead too, as the U.S. started dying in 1965 and for the same reason.

Hey now just because I was born then doesn't mean the country was destroyed.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2023 06:37 PM (0hOvj)

321 Billionaires playing games with us ... French Revolution is calling, unless some real revolt of the masses occurs (e.g. end Budweiser and all related brands, boycott FOX so the get slashes, take back the school boards, etc.).
Posted by: illiniwek at May 09, 2023 06:28 PM (Cus5s)

You really don't want a French revolution, my friend. Don't listen to the Marxists who claimed it was the most moral revolution ever.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 09, 2023 06:37 PM (xhaym)

322 I don't have twitter... I guess I can read what he has to say here... It's not the same as National TV

Posted by: It's me donna at May 09, 2023 06:37 PM (bs+z0)

323 "If Fox had that kind of evidence, would they have settled?"
I dunno. Maybe Fox's lawyers are stupid.
You can't rule it out... LOL
Posted by: gourmand du jour at May 09, 2023 06:35 PM (jTmQV)

I mean, they did think people would care about all those audio leaks, so....

Posted by: Dr. T at May 09, 2023 06:37 PM (tp+tP)

324 >>Rumors are he's worth upwards of $400M. Take all the "family" monies into account.

There is an estate over in Newport where Tucker went to high school that was owned by one of the family members. Big time family money. And the high school he went to is one of the most expensive in the country.

Still, rich people don't usually get rich by walking away from $25 million. And the fact that he has all that money and is willing to thumb his nose at the ruling class rather than join them a la Trump makes me respect him all the more.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 09, 2023 06:38 PM (ZLI7S)

325 Tucker addressed much of this thinking in his Heritage speech, prior to firing.

A multi-billionaire isn't "risking more" when they speak out because he has billions, he's risking less because he has more money than you can even think of if he catches fallout.

A wage-slave that speaks out, well, he's risking his marriage, his supper, his kids, his existence.

If you can't take a risk as a billionaire, there is no point in being a billionaire.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at May 09, 2023 06:38 PM (Y7Jul)

326 Well that $$expensive restaurant lunch I sprang for didn't stick with me very long. No more restaurants.

Posted by: TMI From gp at May 09, 2023 06:38 PM (MvF+J)

327 Damn I love that guy.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at May 09, 2023 06:39 PM (pohLc)

328 " Tucker is giving up the $25 million he's still owed on his contract, claims Puck. -- If so, I guess this is a breach -- though a case of breaching second -- and I guess he will be free to make money from subscriptions and ads."

imo he should get the full contract cash. They did not let him continue his show, which influences the rest of his career (contract details may or may not be important).

They also seem to have pushed a smear campaign against him, to destroy him and keep him from being a competitor (as well as serving the left and silencing him as a citizen that does not serve the Commie State.).

"Shut up and sit in this corner, You have no Rights" ... is "terrorism", or given all the powerful entities involved (right up to AOC and Joe Biden and Schumer rejoicing that they got Tucker fired) .. it requires a RICO act investigation, special counsel.

But the Barr/Rosenstein/Wray/Garland mobsters will go to the mattresses to stop any investigation of their mafia. THEY investigate and terrorize any that look into their crimes. (Kash Patel spells that out with Bannon)

Posted by: illiniwek at May 09, 2023 06:39 PM (Cus5s)

329 That seems weirdly personal.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls - an election is simply a festival for the majority at May 09, 2023 06:35 PM (ppBhU)

It was basically a loop of wire or rope passed through a hole in an upright beam that the prisoner was strapped to. A crank twisted the wire or rope, both choking the prisoner and distorting the neck backwards over a metallic shelf or wedge that broke the spine. Eventually.

More fun than Billingsgate!

Posted by: Kindltot at May 09, 2023 06:41 PM (xhaym)

330 NOOD, vile scum.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls
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Hey! When did we all piss you off, BWAB?!

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at May 09, 2023 06:41 PM (Vwz3I)

331 He will forgo at least $25 million owed to him by Fox Corp. in order to break non-compete clause.

Free speech ain't cheap.

Posted by: t-bird at May 09, 2023 06:42 PM (amJF4)

332 For me, Tucker Carlson earned my trust over the first few years of his on Fox. This came about in an odd way. I would often fire off a text about the main story of the day to a few friends and how I would frame it if I was speaking with honesty, perspective and proportion. It was uncanny how often Tucker that evening would come at the same story from roughly the same place; it became a running joke amongst us that I was writing Tucker's show for him. Further, is that same perspective would over the course of the day would be hashed out at AoS and in the always lively comments. There is a real truth that emerges daily from the from the bloggers and the Horde Mind (tm, pat. pending), one that I have come value.

Using this as a foundation Tucker soon became the second most important voice in the nation, after Limbaugh before he passed, and then the most important voice for people that still valued our constitutional republic, the constitution and the bill of rights, liberty and freedom, civil discourse in all its forms, and the importance of spiritual foundation to everything. Tucker will inherit that which Limbaugh left behind and expand it. It's game on.

Posted by: Lost In Space at May 09, 2023 06:43 PM (iGfKR)

333 The two most important people in the United States at this moment are Carlson and Musk. Millions are waiting at the border to forever alter and soon destroy the United States so oligarchs can retain power. Glasnost is threatening that play. Quite the screenplay there.

Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at May 09, 2023 06:43 PM (KSNKu)

334 I don't have twitter... I guess I can read what he has to say here... It's not the same as National TV
Posted by: It's me donna at May 09, 2023 06:37 PM (bs+z0)
*******
You can also do the shared account thingy if you want to remain somewhat anonymous.
Sign your husband, parents or a willing friend/family member up and use their account.

Posted by: redridinghood at May 09, 2023 06:44 PM (NpAcC)

335 305 @297

>>Gotcha. Musk was deemed to have overpaid at the time. Maybe not.

The stock market after all is about making bets, If I had to bet right now, I would say the stock is going to go up based upon this news, if this venture is ultimately successful, it will go up a lot.

So if you dump 10k in today, you may be pleasantly rewarded on your bet.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

Twitter was delisted when Elon bought it.

Posted by: x at May 09, 2023 06:45 PM (ZBPE2)

336 But the Barr/Rosenstein/Wray/Garland mobsters will go to the mattresses to stop any investigation of their mafia. THEY investigate and terrorize any that look into their crimes. (Kash Patel spells that out with Bannon)
Posted by: illiniwek at May 09, 2023 06:39 PM (Cus5s)

...until they lose, if they ever do. At that point, historically, they just blend into the masses and try to avoid detection.

Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at May 09, 2023 06:45 PM (KSNKu)

337 Tucker is being disingenuous. Gab.com is much more free on free speech that Twit.

Just stating a fact.

Posted by: Close The Fed at May 09, 2023 06:46 PM (LeNk3)

338 Tucker not forced to wear a sweater? Who knows what secrets he'll share about the scum that run media.

Posted by: Seems Legit. at May 09, 2023 06:47 PM (DcKNO)

339 Shame, before everyone goes to the nood should have to say who the vile scum is.

Posted by: Skip at May 09, 2023 06:47 PM (xhxe8)

340 "You really don't want a French revolution, my friend. Don't listen to the Marxists who claimed it was the most moral revolution ever." Posted by: Kindltot

no, I don't want it, I said "it is calling", if our more peaceful means do not work.

I'm not sure how to compare our current situation with our founders' that went to war against "their own government". "We must all hang together, or surely we will all hang separately" I think is Ben Franklin.

but with China and various enemies being escorted into USA, largely military aged men, there is something very evil afoot. The unrestricted warfare is well underway.

Posted by: illiniwek at May 09, 2023 06:48 PM (Cus5s)

341 Read enough history on revolutions, it's not fun

Posted by: Skip at May 09, 2023 06:50 PM (xhxe8)

342 The two most important people in the United States at this moment are Carlson and Musk. Millions are waiting at the border to forever alter and soon destroy the United States so oligarchs can retain power. Glasnost is threatening that play. Quite the screenplay there.
Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat

Absolutely agree with you. They are the tip of the spear that rallies many and articulates what is on the tip of their tongues. These two, Tucker and Elon, have a shot at challenging and checking the endless Leftist propaganda that has and is poisoning the nation and if we get lucky the GOPe may, overtime, slowly at first and then all at once, become an actual party that can bring the leftist insurgency to a halt. Time will tell if this is true but for now we have a beginning.

Sorry about Trump poisoning your cat. I don't how he finds the time commit all the crimes he has done and still murder your cat. You should sue him. It could be worth a few million dollars to you and the best part is you don't even need evidence.

Posted by: Lost In Space at May 09, 2023 06:54 PM (iGfKR)

343 Actual bullet diameter of the 22 Long Rifle is .223
Just like the Remington 223/NATO 5.56
Either this bill makes it illegal for anyone under the age of 21 to have a 22 rimfire rifle...
OR
This bill allows the ownership of standard Armalite style rifles by that same age group
It is useful that no one writing gun control legislation knows their ass from a hole in the wall when it comes to firearms

Posted by: jscd3 at May 09, 2023 06:56 PM (3huo6)

344 OT: sideboob is wonderful
Posted by: DB - in theaters now at May 09, 2023 06:08 PM (geLO

........

OT? I did not get that memo.

Posted by: wth at May 09, 2023 07:00 PM (v0R5T)

345 Boobs are never OT here. A day could not go by without side boobs, under boobs or whatever being posted here.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2023 07:07 PM (BrEuG)

346 Al Jazeera is a far better source than any American effort, especially on issues such as Ukraine.
Posted by: Tom Servo

Good to know!!!

Posted by: Justin Castreau at May 09, 2023 07:08 PM (vSx2o)

347 Ok but how do you get Twitter to display videos on your tv? Will Twitter have an app that you can run through Roku or smart TV?

Posted by: Jaimo at May 09, 2023 07:09 PM (sOA7y)

348 Fink's the one who devised and implemented the DEI corporate scoring system. What a high DEI score means is that you have Larry Fink's blessing. God help you if you don't. He will find ways to fuck you sideways if you don't.
Posted by: troyriser at May 09, 2023 06:03 PM (7Cx1V)
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And he is sitting on a real estate investment bubble that could wipe him out. One can hope.

Posted by: Black JEM at May 09, 2023 07:13 PM (UVyKP)

349 Jury says Trump not guilty of rape... but finds him liable for assault or something.

This has something to do with his "grab them by the pussy" tape. Everyone forgets his qualifier "if they let you."

Posted by: An Observation sez China Joe not my president at May 09, 2023 07:25 PM (CecP5)

350 Love the hour day and week he announced this during the very newsy week

Posted by: Summer at May 09, 2023 07:39 PM (NB+FD)

351 I have this image in my head of some Albert Finney looking character turning to one of his son's right about now, pulling out a gun and shouting "You fucking moron!" and shooting him in the head.

Posted by: Boswell at May 09, 2023 08:02 PM (+Cgut)

352 Tucker should declare and file to run for the presidency. He could campaign every night on Newsy, Twitter, etc. Debating people on subjects of national importance would be a refreshing change from standard debates.

Posted by: madmike at May 10, 2023 08:02 AM (EXdsF)

353 Just saw the pic with John Kerry wearing all his Vietnam medals on his suit at Charles' coronation.

Welcome home, brave warrior.
Posted by: Auspex at May 09, 2023 06:18 PM (j4U/Z)

Must have been tough finding them over that Army Base fence after all those years.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 11, 2023 06:51 PM (eoQWY)

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Tucker Carlson: If You Tell Too Many Truths, You Get Fired.
So I'm Bringing My Old Show to a Platform That Allows Free Speech, Twitter.
Jack Posobiec: Tucker's Firing Was a Condition of the Dominon Settlement?!?!