Claim: New CNN CEO May Can High-Dollar, Low-Impact Money Sinks Like Anderson Cooper and Fake Jake Tapper

I previously mentioned this general story. But the reporting there was that CNN would likely pressure its Million Dollar Failures to voluntarily reduce their salaries.

This article claims he's looking to "axe" CNN's gold-plated dog turds.

Big-bucks talent will become history at CNN as the spiraling network's new honcho slashes budgets and takes aim at anxious anchors with oversized salaries, insiders say.
New CEO Mark Thompson is preparing ruthless cuts to remake the network as ratings plunge -- leaving Anderson Cooper, Chris Wallace, Wolf Blitzer and Jake Tapper facing dates with the axman, a source says.
"Anderson knows he's on the chopping block because he makes a whopping $20 million a year. He's already started looking for a new gig!" a network insider exclusively tells In Touch. "Chris Wallace takes $8 million and figures he's a likely target, too!"

There's a well-trafficked rumor that Arnold Schwarzenegger played a huge prank on Sylvester Stallone. The two had big egos and were in a big competition for box office supremacy in the mid-late eighties.

The rumor goes that Schwarzenegger deliberately leaked the lie that he was extremely interested in a script called Stop or My Mom Will Shoot! Stallone heard this, and then bought the rights to the script.

The film went on to bomb.

I don't know if that's true, but I'm pretty sure Fox News pulled a Stop or My Mom Will Shoot! with Chris Wallace and CNN.

Insiders say other network favorites -- including $15 million man Blitzer and $8 million gent Tapper -- are also bracing for the boot!

This article uses more exclamation points than I usually see in a credible news report.

This is interesting: The report claim that the Mark Thompson is looking to replace his Million Dollar Failures with people who can actually draw an audience:

Sources say he has no use for the star system and the hefty salaries that come with it. He's reportedly seeking to replace marquee names with talent who built their audiences on social media -- including former FOX and NBC anchor Megyn Kelly, who has 1.72 million subscribers on YouTube.

Is this true? Well, CNN's ratings are crap, of course. And Discovery-Warner head David Zaslav is looking to sell off parts of his ungainly media conglomerate. He's trying to cut the dysfunction out of CNN to make it an attractive buy for some other company.

I guess he's trying to pull a Stop or My Mom Will Shoot! with CNN.

But first he has to make it look like not-such-a-basketcase.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 05:30 PM

Comments

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1 2 mins in the future?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 04, 2024 05:28 PM (di6C2)

2 Stop or My Mom Will Shoot!

Posted by: Stacy at March 04, 2024 05:31 PM (SYTee)

3 IIRC, Aaaaaarnold confirmed the rumour in that recent Netflix bio.

Posted by: NotEnoughLampposts at March 04, 2024 05:31 PM (JCiCd)

4 Throw CNN from the train.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 04, 2024 05:32 PM (qPw5n)

5 I could imagine big stars punking each other

Posted by: Skip at March 04, 2024 05:32 PM (fwDg9)

6 Well now.

Posted by: BifBewalski at March 04, 2024 05:32 PM (MsrgL)

7

Sefton ready for his show biz chance at XiNN!!!

(not really)

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 04, 2024 05:33 PM (x0n13)

8 "Big-bucks talent will become history . . . "

He said 'talent'. He keeps using that word. I do not think that word means what he thinks it means.

Posted by: Tonypete at March 04, 2024 05:33 PM (eacmp)

9
Jake Tapper is insufferably intellectually dishonest. He's the modern day Dan Rather.

Posted by: Frank Barone at March 04, 2024 05:33 PM (+oR7L)

10 Got nuttin on this topic.

Posted by: whig at March 04, 2024 05:34 PM (bk5GW)

11 How hard to you think Roley Poley Erik Erikson is staring at his phone right now?

Posted by: Orson at March 04, 2024 05:34 PM (dIske)

12 I used to watch Headline News, which seemed to rotate their talking heads regularly

what happened to that channel?

Posted by: Don Black at March 04, 2024 05:34 PM (oCjPU)

13 There has to be someone who can furrow his brow like Tapper.
Athletes make a lot of money because they are rare commodities on the open market.
There is no way these clowns have rare talents.

Posted by: Northernlurker at March 04, 2024 05:35 PM (xcrUy)

14 Meagain Kelly, oh sorry she's not disfavored around here anymore, ahem, "Megyn Kelly" has 1.72 million subscribers. Why would she want to go back to a place like CNN, with all the bullshit?

Posted by: Marcus T at March 04, 2024 05:35 PM (gPomr)

15 CNN is a money sink. But it's also a source of power, so it will go on, I'm sure.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, New Dune 2 review at March 04, 2024 05:35 PM (xcxpd)

16 Estelle Getty or Geddy?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 04, 2024 05:35 PM (di6C2)

17
New CEO Mark Thompson is preparing ruthless cuts

I wonder where Ruth went?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 04, 2024 05:35 PM (63Dwl)

18 16 Estelle Getty or Geddy?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 04, 2024 05:35 PM (di6C2)

J. Pauline Spaghetti . . .

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 04, 2024 05:36 PM (x0n13)

19 CNN is a CIA op.

Posted by: davidt at March 04, 2024 05:36 PM (SYTee)

20 Did CNN find the plane yet?

Posted by: Evergreen question at March 04, 2024 05:36 PM (5UExA)

21 12 I used to watch Headline News, which seemed to rotate their talking heads regularly

what happened to that channel?
Posted by: Don Black
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Died after a remake that Zucker forced on them.

Posted by: whig at March 04, 2024 05:36 PM (bk5GW)

22 17
New CEO Mark Thompson is preparing ruthless cuts

I wonder where Ruth went?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 04, 2024 05:35 PM (63Dwl)

Ruth Buzzi

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, New Dune 2 review at March 04, 2024 05:37 PM (xcxpd)

23 Oscar was maybe worse than Stop or my Mom will Shoot!.

Seeing Stallone's career as half-full may be better and more interesting. Cliffhanger is a perfect 90s film.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at March 04, 2024 05:37 PM (cf/0E)

24 "or Geddy?"

Geddy could probably sing the top news stories of the day and get better ratings than those assclowns.

Posted by: Bosk of Port Kar at March 04, 2024 05:37 PM (VMFAF)

25 12 I used to watch Headline News, which seemed to rotate their talking heads regularly

what happened to that channel?
Posted by: Don Black at March 04, 2024 05:34 PM (oCjPU)

Lynne Russell, a former anchor is married to Chuck DeCaro. Both are confirmed conservatives.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 04, 2024 05:37 PM (x0n13)

26 If CNN tried to lure Tucker Carlson, I'd laugh like a meth-addicted hyena.

Posted by: DaisyB at March 04, 2024 05:37 PM (AbL8c)

27 19 CNN is a CIA op.
Posted by: davidt
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Clowns in Action?

Posted by: whig at March 04, 2024 05:37 PM (bk5GW)

28 Reading a teleprompter and getting to work on time isn't that much of a special talent.

Posted by: Northernlurker at March 04, 2024 05:37 PM (xcrUy)

29 12 I used to watch Headline News, which seemed to rotate their talking heads regularly

what happened to that channel?
Posted by: Don Black

It's the Murder Porn Channel now. They still play 20+ year old episodes of The Forensic Files. The 20+ year old episodes of TFF gets higher viewership than CNN.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 04, 2024 05:37 PM (sAmhv)

30 20 Did CNN find the plane yet?
Posted by: Evergreen question at March 04, 2024 05:36 PM (5UExA)

"Still way too dark up there."

- - Don Lemon's proctologist

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 04, 2024 05:38 PM (x0n13)

31 Fake But Accurate.

Posted by: Dan Rather at March 04, 2024 05:38 PM (5UExA)

32 23 Oscar was maybe worse than Stop or my Mom will Shoot!.

Seeing Stallone's career as half-full may be better and more interesting. Cliffhanger is a perfect 90s film.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at March 04, 2024 05:37 PM (cf/0E)

I liked Oscar. It had Peter Reigert in it and he's always interesting when the patter is snappy.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, New Dune 2 review at March 04, 2024 05:38 PM (xcxpd)

33 Not only is the border wide open, the Biden administration is flying illegals straight into the country from other countries. 320,000, that we know about so far.

Posted by: fd at March 04, 2024 05:38 PM (vFG9F)

34 Shit they should hire us here as a "Ace of Spades Round Table" and we have rotating members sit in. Foul language could be a problem for some of us Cough Cough, but we can figure that our. And And, get this, maybe every week we have banned member join in? Fireworks! And Ace could even join us from behind a curtain.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 04, 2024 05:38 PM (PQ4m2)

35 23 Oscar was maybe worse than Stop or my Mom will Shoot!.

Seeing Stallone's career as half-full may be better and more interesting. Cliffhanger is a perfect 90s film.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at March 04, 2024 05:37 PM (cf/0E)

Stallone has more talent in his pinky than Schvartzeschvartze can ever dream to have.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 04, 2024 05:39 PM (x0n13)

36 Jake Tapper is insufferably intellectually dishonest. He's the modern day Dan Rather.
Posted by: Frank Barone

Being in with the gun control crowd rots one's brain from teh inside. FWIW, Jake Tapper was a spokesperson for Handgun Gun Control before it became the Brady Bunch.

Posted by: whig at March 04, 2024 05:39 PM (bk5GW)

37 Imagine being the guy who said: "Hey, we need to pay Wolf Blitzer $15 million per year!!"

LOL

Posted by: Jay in PA at March 04, 2024 05:39 PM (i7Q7S)

38 Foul language could be a problem for some of us Cough Cough, . . . .
Posted by: Nevergiveup

"Horse Hockey!!"

Posted by: Tonypete at March 04, 2024 05:39 PM (eacmp)

39 Aw baloney!

Posted by: fd at March 04, 2024 05:39 PM (vFG9F)

40 Top 15

Posted by: olddog in mo at March 04, 2024 05:40 PM (ju2Fy)

41 I always like the part in the movie "Twins" where Schwarzenegger walk past the Rambo poster, looks at it, feels his own bicep, then waves and laughs at the poster. Especially when you remember Stallone is a shrimp.

Posted by: Marcus T at March 04, 2024 05:40 PM (gPomr)

42 33 Not only is the border wide open, the Biden administration is flying illegals straight into the country from other countries. 320,000, that we know about so far.
Posted by: fd at March 04, 2024 05:38 PM (vFG9F)
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Just read this story over at DM. Just when you thought it couldn't get any worse.

This is bat sh*t crazy.

Posted by: WisRich at March 04, 2024 05:40 PM (G0vdT)

43 Oops. Thought I'd refeshed.

Posted by: olddog in mo at March 04, 2024 05:40 PM (ju2Fy)

44 I always like the part in the movie "Twins" where Schwarzenegger walk past the Rambo poster, looks at it, feels his own bicep, then waves and laughs at the poster. Especially when you remember Stallone is a shrimp.
Posted by: Marcus T

Schwarzenegger is pretty short also.

Posted by: Tonypete at March 04, 2024 05:40 PM (eacmp)

45 A guy that looks like Daffy Duck wearing glasses makes $20M a year. What a country.

Posted by: Pudinhead at March 04, 2024 05:41 PM (FmapG)

46 "Just read this story over at DM. Just when you thought it couldn't get any worse.

This is bat sh*t crazy.
Posted by: WisRich"

We can't deport but we can damn sure fly them in. The treason is off the charts.

Posted by: fd at March 04, 2024 05:41 PM (vFG9F)

47 "I used to watch Headline News"

==========

I miss Natalie Allen...

Posted by: Jay in PA at March 04, 2024 05:41 PM (i7Q7S)

48 35 23 Oscar was maybe worse than Stop or my Mom will Shoot!.

Seeing Stallone's career as half-full may be better and more interesting. Cliffhanger is a perfect 90s film.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at March 04, 2024 05:37 PM (cf/0E)

Stallone has more talent in his pinky than Schvartzeschvartze can ever dream to have.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton

A great Stallone movie that is very un-Stallone like is Copland. It's a damn fine film.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 04, 2024 05:41 PM (sAmhv)

49 Any chance we can get a flaming skull with Nelson Muntz laugh to head these types of headlines?

Posted by: Blake - semi lurker at large at March 04, 2024 05:41 PM (tT6L1)

50 Second attempt to rebuild CNN in fewer years.

Posted by: Braenyard at March 04, 2024 05:42 PM (l4R+l)

51 34 Shit they should hire us here as a "Ace of Spades Round Table" and we have rotating members sit in. Foul language could be a problem for some of us Cough Cough, but we can figure that our. And And, get this, maybe every week we have banned member join in? Fireworks! And Ace could even join us from behind a curtain.
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 04, 2024 05:38 PM (PQ4m2)

_________________________________

It's all fun and games until some moron lets the term "Clamhammer" out, and you end up with a half hour dead air as everyone tries to recover some semblance of sobriety.

Posted by: Orson at March 04, 2024 05:42 PM (dIske)

52 Well, the only real value old names have would be "trustworthiness", and they threw that out the window. Many times a week. Over the course of years. Now they just need a young name out of Yale that gets along with "The Troops" and you can cut Tapper's cost by a factor of 10.

Posted by: Flyguy at March 04, 2024 05:42 PM (OYxA4)

53 @33

Just when I thought things couldn't be worse.

Flying in 300k+ illegals, on our dime. And the government won't say where because of "national security."

Posted by: Ignoramus at March 04, 2024 05:42 PM (Gse2f)

54 I miss Natalie Allen...
Posted by: Jay in PA at March 04, 2024 05:41 PM (i7Q7S)

I miss Karen Allen

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 04, 2024 05:42 PM (PQ4m2)

55 Mark Thompson to new CNN anchorettes

https://shorturl.at/oqvRU

Posted by: The Frumious Follywood at March 04, 2024 05:42 PM (OdQjK)

56 Blitz Wolfser, ace reporter? That guy’s still wasting perfectly good air?

Posted by: Eromero at March 04, 2024 05:42 PM (o2ZRX)

57 Screw your freedom!

Posted by: Arnold Schwarzenegger at March 04, 2024 05:42 PM (5UExA)

58 42 33 Not only is the border wide open, the Biden administration is flying illegals straight into the country from other countries. 320,000, that we know about so far.
Posted by: fd at March 04, 2024 05:38 PM (vFG9F)
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Just read this story over at DM. Just when you thought it couldn't get any worse.

This is bat sh*t crazy.

Posted by: WisRich at March 04, 2024 05:40 PM (G0vdT)

++++

Which makes Biden pretty perfect for the job. He stumbles and mumbles around giving non-answers when questioned. And the press is loathe to do any followup. So the puppet-masters continue to swamp our country with illegals unabated.

Posted by: washrivergal at March 04, 2024 05:43 PM (7YG60)

59 "Schwarzenegger is pretty short also."

He's taller and a lot bigger than Stallone. I saw Stallone at an event and was shocked at how small he was.

Posted by: Marcus T at March 04, 2024 05:43 PM (gPomr)

60 57 Screw your freedom!
Posted by: Arnold Schwarzenegger at March 04, 2024 05:42 PM (5UExA)

________________________

No way...I understood what he said.

Posted by: Orson at March 04, 2024 05:43 PM (dIske)

61 This article uses more exclamation points than I usually see in a credible news report.
Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace

Maybe they're the new punctuation to show Millennial uptalking.

Posted by: mikeski at March 04, 2024 05:44 PM (DgGvY)

62 Why not hire Tucker and give him whatever he wants? CNN would have a real audience in one day.

Posted by: Pudinhead at March 04, 2024 05:44 PM (FmapG)

63 Blitz Wolfser, ace reporter? That guy’s still wasting perfectly good air?
Posted by: Eromero at March 04, 2024 05:42 PM (o2ZRX)

They're all oxygen thieves.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at March 04, 2024 05:44 PM (R4t5M)

64 @14 "Megyn Kelly" has 1.72 million subscribers. Why would she want to go back to a place like CNN, with all the bullshit?

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Agreed. She's repeatedly said that going indie streamer was one of the best things that she did. Outside of CNN offering her an outsized salary, I doubt she would be interested. And since CNN is supposedly dropping their talent because of out-sized salaries, that seems unlikely.

Posted by: junior at March 04, 2024 05:44 PM (METl5)

65 He's taller and a lot bigger than Stallone. I saw Stallone at an event and was shocked at how small he was.
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Most actors are small. The camera really likes tiny people. Weird.

Posted by: Pudinhead at March 04, 2024 05:45 PM (FmapG)

66 Remember when MTV got rid of their high end VJs and went to the Reality Show format?

somehow I doubt Wolf will have a short career as a B list star, and Cooper is probably not going to be running a podcast any time soon.

Posted by: Kindltot at March 04, 2024 05:45 PM (D7oie)

67 Stallone has more talent in his pinky than Schvartzeschvartze can ever dream to have.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 04, 2024 05:39 PM (x0n13)

Eh, Rocky is probably his apex.

Demolition Man

I really liked Tango and Cash?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 04, 2024 05:45 PM (di6C2)

68 Exclamation points:

https://youtu.be/VSKn8RlD7Is

Posted by: Obligatory Seinfeld reference at March 04, 2024 05:45 PM (5UExA)

69 Clown Noise Network.

Posted by: davidt at March 04, 2024 05:45 PM (SYTee)

70 I hope all those guys have been saving their pennies and investing wisely.

Just kidding! May they all be on their fourth mortgage and be hoping for a dry spot under the third bridge of their choice.

Posted by: Clay at March 04, 2024 05:46 PM (AZQc9)

71
THIS is CNN

Posted by: James Earl Jones at March 04, 2024 05:46 PM (+oR7L)

72 Most actors are small. The camera really likes tiny people. Weird.
Posted by: Pudinhead at March 04, 2024 05:45 PM (FmapG)
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That's why they don't hang out with basketball players.

Posted by: WisRich at March 04, 2024 05:46 PM (G0vdT)

73 > IIRC, Aaaaaarnold confirmed the rumour in that recent Netflix bio.

Keep in mind, even in Arnie confirmed it, the dude's a well-documented liar.

Example: For years and years, he claimed his PR for bench was 500. Given the fact that it's such a nice, round number, and it didn't happen in competition, I've always doubted it. But then a few years ago, he suddenly started claiming his PR for bench was 525. Doubt removed. He lied.

He also bragged about giving his bodybuilding competition bad advice.

He also cheated on his wife.

Posted by: bonhomme at March 04, 2024 05:46 PM (6OrcJ)

74 I mean, aren't there YouTube channels that get more views than some CNN shows?

As pointed out earlier, the demographic that watches cable news is 65+.
I mean, it's basically Boomers stuck in their habits, turn on evening news, nod, grouse and mutter, watch Matlock, go to bed.

That's not a growth market.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 04, 2024 05:46 PM (NlXbI)

75 Stallone can be a great actor within a limited range. He's quite good at showing physical pain while saying few words.

Posted by: Ignoramus at March 04, 2024 05:46 PM (Gse2f)

76 Oops. Thought I'd refeshed.
Posted by: olddog in mo

I don't think I ever feshed in the first place.

Posted by: mikeski at March 04, 2024 05:47 PM (DgGvY)

77 I really liked Tango and Cash?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 04, 2024 05:45 PM (di6C2)

Did anyone see Samaritan, or was that the problem?

Posted by: Kindltot at March 04, 2024 05:47 PM (D7oie)

78 "Insiders say other network favorites --"
Favorites of the "Network"?
Or favorites of the (scarce) Viewers?
Silver haired Gay Devil, Anderson gets $20Mill,
80's Scud Stud Blitzer $18 Million,
Tapper and Wallace $8Mill each..
Does Anderson draw 3 times the viewers of the $8Million guys? Does Blitzer draw double?
Who...based upon wage/draw has the best ratio of Bang for Buck?
Why are all of the Top Guys at CNN....Guys?
WHITE Guys!!!

Posted by: birdog at March 04, 2024 05:47 PM (SFGDK)

79 12 I used to watch Headline News, which seemed to rotate their talking heads regularly

Linda Blair has been approached for this job.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at March 04, 2024 05:47 PM (DsA2n)

80 "Most actors are small. The camera really likes tiny people. Weird."

Tom Cruise comes to mind. I saw him in NY and was tempted to rest my beer on his head. But all kidding aside he was very gracious, regular and very funny with a great sense of irony.

Posted by: Marcus T at March 04, 2024 05:47 PM (gPomr)

81 IIRC, Schwarzenegger is 6ft at least.

https://tinyurl.com/mud77jtx

May not be the best proof picture.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 04, 2024 05:47 PM (di6C2)

82 Anyone can read a teleprompter. No need to pay them millions a year to do it. It’s a $100k job at most.

Posted by: Montec. at March 04, 2024 05:48 PM (YofvK)

83 I especially hate Jake Tapper for knowingly lying with plausible intellectual sincerity. It's how he pretends to be fair and balanced.

Posted by: Ignoramus at March 04, 2024 05:48 PM (Gse2f)

84 Bogie was much shorter than Ingrid Bergman.

Posted by: Is it a movie thread now? at March 04, 2024 05:48 PM (5UExA)

85 He also cheated on his wife.
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Well, she was a Kennedy. How much stringy chicken that talks all fucked up can a man take?

Posted by: Pudinhead at March 04, 2024 05:49 PM (FmapG)

86 Did anyone see Samaritan, or was that the problem?
Posted by: Kindltot at March 04, 2024 05:47 PM (D7oie)

I saw it. Like the general story idea a lot.

Execution was just a bit off.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 04, 2024 05:49 PM (di6C2)

87
Remember "Crossfire" on CNN? That was a decent show.

Buchannan actually worked for CNN. Could you imagine that now? The interns would be protesting and hold their breath until he was fired.

Bob Novak was on there too. Good show.

Posted by: Frank Barone at March 04, 2024 05:50 PM (+oR7L)

88 82 Anyone can read a teleprompter. No need to pay them millions a year to do it. It’s a $100k job at most.
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They forgot that those that bring Box Office with them are the only ones that should get a big salary. Other than Tucker, I know of no front news guy/gal that can do that.

Posted by: Pudinhead at March 04, 2024 05:51 PM (FmapG)

89 All the major media is anymore is long-distance therapy for liberals.

Constant affirmations of why they are right; grief counseling when they lose.

Like right now, they're "bargaining" on the SC loss by consoling them with alternative ways they're going to keep Trump off the ballot.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 04, 2024 05:51 PM (NlXbI)

90 Last I even regularly watched Communists News Network was when Glenn was on right after work

Posted by: Skip at March 04, 2024 05:51 PM (fwDg9)

91 Lauren Bacall in the last scene of To Have And Have Not? That little wiggle and smile.

Posted by: Eromero at March 04, 2024 05:51 PM (o2ZRX)

92 "The camera really likes tiny people. Weird.

With big heads.

I once walked past a guy on Fifth Avenue and thought "that can't be Al Pacino, he's only 5' 2"

Posted by: Ignoramus at March 04, 2024 05:51 PM (Gse2f)

93 CNN missed their chance to buy Megyn Kelly a long time ago. She should look at buying CNN.

Posted by: Mad Max in VA at March 04, 2024 05:51 PM (YQ4mh)

94 >>> 42 33 Not only is the border wide open, the Biden administration is flying illegals straight into the country from other countries. 320,000, that we know about so far.
Posted by: fd at March 04, 2024 05:38 PM (vFG9F)
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Just read this story over at DM. Just when you thought it couldn't get any worse.

This is bat sh*t crazy.
Posted by: WisRich at March 04, 2024 05:40 PM (G0vdT)

I'm pretty sure this was happening for the duration of the JEF admin.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at March 04, 2024 05:51 PM (llON8)

95 Pacino makes Stallone look like a giant

Posted by: Jay in PA at March 04, 2024 05:52 PM (i7Q7S)

96 Average age of CNN viewer is 67. It was 60 in 2017.

Which means it’s the same people watching today as were watching in 2017. No new, younger viewers are joining. In 10 years the average will be 77 and that’s when everyone starts dying off.

It’s a dying network. Literally. Same goes for Fox and MessNBC.

Posted by: Montec. at March 04, 2024 05:52 PM (YofvK)

97 IIRC, Schwarzenegger is 6ft at least.

https://tinyurl.com/mud77jtx

May not be the best
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 04,

According to the Internet Schwarzenegger is 6'2".

Posted by: Northernlurker at March 04, 2024 05:52 PM (xcrUy)

98 I once walked past a guy on Fifth Avenue and thought "that can't be Al Pacino, he's only 5' 2"
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I know. Good actor but there is no way he would be considered a Mob Boss. Those guys average around 6' and have some real muscle.

Posted by: Pudinhead at March 04, 2024 05:52 PM (FmapG)

99 "Anyone can read a teleprompter"

I give you Slow Joe Biden!

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 04, 2024 05:53 PM (PQ4m2)

100 Cable news?

Posted by: That's cute at March 04, 2024 05:53 PM (5UExA)

101 Ahnold woofloo pussy 'fck your freedoms' can eat shit and die.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at March 04, 2024 05:53 PM (llON8)

102 If you cut my pay.... I'll quit!!

- Fake Jake Tapper.... probably

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 04, 2024 05:53 PM (Q4IgG)

103 Gee, you hold up the money to the Ukraine and the CIA News Network has to tighten its belt. Hold a bake sale, guys.

Posted by: t-bird at March 04, 2024 05:53 PM (qLouo)

104 no way he would be considered a Mob Boss. Those guys average around 6' and have some real muscle.
Posted by: Pudinhead at March 04, 2024 05:52 PM (FmapG)

Carlos Marcello

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 04, 2024 05:54 PM (PQ4m2)

105 Arnold's best movie was Conan the Barbarian.

Posted by: nurse ratched at March 04, 2024 05:54 PM (/ku3A)

106 > Stallone has more talent in his pinky than Schvartzeschvartze can ever dream to have.

I was trying to think of a movie where you can actually see Schwarzenegger use some range. True Lies, Total Recall, and Kindergarten Cop come to mind, but it's still not much.

In Total Recall, the scene where his construction site buddy has a bunch of guys carrying Arnold and he's saying, "Come on, what did I do? What's going on?" His line delivery is laughably bad.

When he's being intense and delivering short statements, he does well. Everything else is pretty weak.

Posted by: bonhomme at March 04, 2024 05:54 PM (6OrcJ)

107 "Good actor but there is no way he would be considered a Mob Boss. "

That's what the suits at Paramount thought, but Coppola wouldn't relent.

The Offer is a mini-series about the making of The Godfather. It's priceless.

Posted by: Ignoramus at March 04, 2024 05:55 PM (Gse2f)

108 Anyone can read a teleprompter. No need to pay them millions a year to do it. It’s a $100k job at most.
-------------
AI generated content, that creates an engaging collage of stills and clips, while the voice over narrates the news story, is getting better and better.
A 10-15 minute clip that goes in-depth with 1-2 commercials at the beginning vs. slogging through a hour with 7-10 commecials hoping they'll cover the topic you want.

Cable news is dead.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 04, 2024 05:55 PM (NlXbI)

109
If you want a laugh, read all the replies to Jen Griswold's tweet about losing 9-0:

https://tinyurl.com/yl8qkq7t

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 04, 2024 05:55 PM (w6EFb)

110 Many years ago, I would watch The McLaughlin Group Saturday evening, and This Week with David Brinkley Sunday morning

those shows were reasonably balanced

Posted by: Don Black at March 04, 2024 05:55 PM (oCjPU)

111 IMO, the best movie Arnold ever did was Predator.

T2, maybe second.

True Lies is in there somewhere.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 04, 2024 05:55 PM (di6C2)

112 Get your ass to Mars.

Posted by: Eromero at March 04, 2024 05:56 PM (o2ZRX)

113 Get in the chopper.

Posted by: Pudinhead at March 04, 2024 05:57 PM (FmapG)

114 New CNN CEO May Can High-Dollar, Low-Impact Money Sinks Like Anderson Cooper and Fake Jake Tapper
___

Oh no.

Anyway...

Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 04, 2024 05:57 PM (fs1hN)

115 oCjPU)

13 There has to be someone who can furrow his brow like Tapper.
Athletes make a lot of money because they are rare commodities on the open market.
There is no way these clowns have rare talents. Posted by: Northernlurker at March 04, 2024 05:35 PM (xcrUy)
—————-

[Smirks]

— Kamala Harris

Posted by: Elric Blade at March 04, 2024 05:57 PM (cnp9F)

116 Wasn't A-Frod the first 20 million (annual) baseball contract?

Leaving aside the steroid questions, you'd still have to think Anderson Cooper is no A-Frod.

Posted by: BurtTC at March 04, 2024 05:57 PM (dGCAG)

117
"I used to watch Headline News"
==========
I miss Natalie Allen...
Posted by: Jay in PA

Andrea Thompson

www.imdb.com/name/nm0005487

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 04, 2024 05:57 PM (63Dwl)

118 SNL parodied McLaughlin group beautifully.

Wrong!!!!

Posted by: Montec. at March 04, 2024 05:57 PM (YofvK)

119 > According to the Internet Schwarzenegger is 6'2".

I saw Schwarzenegger in person once. He's not 6'2". I'd guess 6'0".

Posted by: bonhomme at March 04, 2024 05:57 PM (6OrcJ)

120 Mafia heroes?

Posted by: Yep, I thought it was a movie thread at March 04, 2024 05:57 PM (5UExA)

121 Arnold's best movie was Conan the Barbarian.

Posted by: nurse ratched

Hear the lamentations of their women.

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at March 04, 2024 05:57 PM (igi3K)

122 The Offer is a mini-series about the making of The Godfather. It's priceless.
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Is it on NextFlix?

Posted by: Pudinhead at March 04, 2024 05:57 PM (FmapG)

123 I climb de Alps... barefoot.

Posted by: wth at March 04, 2024 05:58 PM (v0R5T)

124 118 SNL parodied McLaughlin group beautifully.

Jane, you ignorant slut!

Posted by: Still a classic at March 04, 2024 05:58 PM (5UExA)

125 I’m what fucking universe is Andersen Cooper worth $20M a year??? This has got to all be a money laundering scheme or some kind of kickback deal.

Posted by: Elric Blade at March 04, 2024 05:58 PM (cnp9F)

126 110 Many years ago, I would watch The McLaughlin Group Saturday evening, and This Week with David Brinkley Sunday morning

those shows were reasonably balanced

Posted by: Don Black at March 04, 2024 05:55 PM

"Out of Time, Bye-Bye!"

Posted by: John McLaughlin at March 04, 2024 05:59 PM (+oR7L)

127 >>> 125 I’m what fucking universe is Andersen Cooper worth $20M a year??? This has got to all be a money laundering scheme or some kind of kickback deal.
Posted by: Elric Blade at March 04, 2024 05:58 PM (cnp9F)

*cough*

Posted by: your tax dollars at work at March 04, 2024 05:59 PM (llON8)

128 @122 The Offer is on Paramount+

In my Sean Connery Bond voice: But of course!

Posted by: Ignoramus at March 04, 2024 06:00 PM (Gse2f)

129 119 > According to the Internet Schwarzenegger is 6'2".

I saw Schwarzenegger in person once. He's not 6'2". I'd guess 6'0".
Posted by: bonhomme at March 04, 2024 05:57 PM (6OrcJ)

I'd guess 5' 10". I was surprised how small he was. My husband is 6', he was definitely shorter than my husband.

Posted by: CaliGirl at March 04, 2024 06:01 PM (WR4xZ)

130 Wolf Blitzer is still around?

He looked old during Desert Storm.

Dude, Jimmy Carter needs a roommate.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 04, 2024 06:01 PM (JNS2V)

131 I’m what fucking universe is Andersen Cooper worth $20M a year??? This has got to all be a money laundering scheme or some kind of kickback deal.

Posted by: Elric Blade at March 04, 2024 05:58 PM (cnp9F)

No universe. Parallel or otherwise.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 04, 2024 06:01 PM (VwHCD)

132 Berserker!

How are you doing? You tough bastard!

Posted by: nurse ratched at March 04, 2024 06:02 PM (4HRJf)

133
Speaking of Skylvester Skallonk...

I watched the Rifftrax of "COBRA," today.
They say Stallonke turned down Beverly Hills Cop to do Cobra.

You know what? Cobra is a damn good flick. Yes, it's ridiculous, but it's EXACTLY what an action movie should be: Entertaining!

Posted by: Soothsayer at March 04, 2024 06:03 PM (DmjIm)

134 Ahnold, " it vas shrinkage!"

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 04, 2024 06:03 PM (JNS2V)

135 Wolf always looks constipated.

Posted by: Montec. at March 04, 2024 06:04 PM (YofvK)

136 If Trump somehow wins, what are the odds of a military coup?

50/50?

Posted by: Not trying to be mean but... at March 04, 2024 06:04 PM (xQGdr)

137 Average age of CNN viewer is 67. It was 60 in 2017.

Which means it’s the same people watching today as were watching in 2017. No new, younger viewers are joining. In 10 years the average will be 77 and that’s when everyone starts dying off.

It’s a dying network. Literally. Same goes for Fox and MessNBC.
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Which is also why that demographic is the strongest support for Biden-- they watch an endless stream of pro-Democrat propaganda with no clue of reality.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 04, 2024 06:04 PM (NlXbI)

138 Seattle City Attorney files an affidavit of prejudice against a Seattle Municipal Court Judge.

Judge Vaddadi routinely overrules prior findings of probable cause by her fellow judges; repeatedly fails to find probable cause in situations where, clearly, probable cause exists; makes improper rulings related to public safety in domestic violence and DUI cases; and frequently makes erroneous evidentiary rulings for unjustified reasons, rather than articulating any legal analysis.

Chief Walton-Anderson wrote in the CAO memo, "Judge Vaddadi routinely raises arguments on behalf of defendants without prompting or argument from their own attorneys."

"The resounding input from attorneys that have appeared in her courtroom is that her decisions demonstrate a complete lack of understanding, or perhaps even intentional disregard, of the evidence rules, even on basic issues."

http://tiny.cc/jq07xz

More of this please.

Posted by: bonhomme at March 04, 2024 06:05 PM (6OrcJ)

139 They say Stallonke turned down Beverly Hills Cop to do Cobra.

—

Turned down which role?

Posted by: Montec. at March 04, 2024 06:05 PM (YofvK)

140 I met Liam Neeson once who has the opposite problem. He's a squat 6'4". I noticed in Taken that they often surround him with relatively tall people so he looks normal

Posted by: Ignoramus at March 04, 2024 06:05 PM (Gse2f)

141 Wolf always looks constipated.
Posted by: Montec. at March 04, 2024 06:04 PM (YofvK)

Especially on Jeopardy !

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at March 04, 2024 06:05 PM (NtVYv)

142
One of the only times I ever heard by grandfather swear was when he would watch the McLaughlin Group whenever Eleanor Clift opined or ABC's This Week when Sam Donaldson was on.

He called Sam Donaldson "That Asshole"
He called Eleanor Clift "stupid broad".

Posted by: Frank Barone at March 04, 2024 06:06 PM (+oR7L)

143 @14 "Megyn Kelly" has 1.72 million subscribers. Why would she want to go back to a place like CNN, with all the bullshit?

--------

Agreed. She's repeatedly said that going indie streamer was one of the best things that she did. Outside of CNN offering her an outsized salary, I doubt she would be interested. And since CNN is supposedly dropping their talent because of out-sized salaries, that seems unlikely.
Posted by: junior at March 04, 2024 05:44 PM (METl5)

She already got burned signing to a liberal channel and getting dumped. If she did it a second time she's absolutely stupid.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 04, 2024 06:07 PM (eoQWY)

144
SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink Group 6-41
SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral SFS
March 4th at 6:44 p.m. ET

https://tinyurl.com/4aujm2uv

Posted by: Ciampino - all Spacey tra la la at March 04, 2024 06:07 PM (qfLjt)

145 Liam Neeson looked like a giant in Schindler. Maybe that was done on purpose to make him look larger than life.

Posted by: Montec. at March 04, 2024 06:07 PM (YofvK)

146 He's reportedly seeking to replace marquee names with talent who built their audiences on social media -- including former FOX and NBC anchor Megyn Kelly, who has 1.72 million subscribers on YouTube.

===

She will ask for 100 million. What will they do then ??

Posted by: runner at March 04, 2024 06:07 PM (V13WU)

147
He called Sam Donaldson "That Asshole"
He called Eleanor Clift "stupid broad".

Posted by: Frank Barone

He wasn't incorrect in either case.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 04, 2024 06:07 PM (vJmTB)

148 Just...watching those guys. $15 million? who fucking agreed to that? $20 million? Why is tuning in CNN hoping to catch a glimpse of superstar Wolf Blitzer?

Tell you what, I'll read the news for $1 million, and I promise to buy a new suit and get a haircut. Just find a guy with a nice voice and pleasant demeaner to read the damn news.

Posted by: El Mariachi at March 04, 2024 06:08 PM (ARlwA)

149 He called Sam Donaldson "That Asshole"

No love lost between those groups. Donaldson referred to the McLaughlin Group as "Dr. McLaughlin's Gong Show"

Posted by: Halfhand at March 04, 2024 06:08 PM (YYt0O)

150 > I'd guess 5' 10". I was surprised how small he was. My husband is 6', he was definitely shorter than my husband.

Sounds about right. I was a few feet away and he went by fairly quickly.

Posted by: bonhomme at March 04, 2024 06:09 PM (6OrcJ)

151 What say you, Elanorrrrr?

Posted by: Big John McLaughlin at March 04, 2024 06:09 PM (63Dwl)

152 Exclamation Points Add Truthiness !!!!!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying to us for decades at March 04, 2024 06:09 PM (PFYt9)

153 139 They say Stallonke turned down Beverly Hills Cop to do Cobra.

—

Turned down which role?
Posted by: Montec. at March 04, 2024 06:05 PM (YofvK)
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The lead role! But that was when BHC was going to be a straight-up violent action movie. Stallone dropped out when the studio wanted to make it more of an action-comedy, and then when EM stepped in the comedy was amped up even further.

Posted by: Elric Blade at March 04, 2024 06:09 PM (cnp9F)

154 You know what? Cobra is a damn good flick. Yes, it's ridiculous, but it's EXACTLY what an action movie should be: Entertaining!

Pretty sure Cobra had a higher body count than Commando which is impressive when you consider Ahnuld took at an entire batallion of Val Verde troops + El Presidente and Chain mail wearing Bennett.

Posted by: Wonkish Rogue at March 04, 2024 06:09 PM (OZjDX)

155 If Trump somehow wins, what are the odds of a military coup?

50/50?
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That is a reasonable guess.
And I no longer think the enlisted will demure on the orders.
The Iowa 57th Trannie Battalion will fire on civilians.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 04, 2024 06:09 PM (NlXbI)

156 They might as well go after Tucker, no ? lol CNN will dump Wallace, Tapper and Mr. Vanderbilt and re-emerge with Kelly, Tucker and Herridge !

Posted by: runner at March 04, 2024 06:09 PM (V13WU)

157
Turned down which role?
Posted by: Montec

I assume the role of the banana in the tailpipe. Or was that 48 Hours?

Posted by: Soothsayer at March 04, 2024 06:10 PM (DmjIm)

158 Cobra is awesome. Beverly Hills Cop is fine. But I don't like it enough to watch it a couple of times a year like Cobra.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 04, 2024 06:10 PM (0FoWg)

159 This is who Doritos just partnered with to be their brand ambassador in Spain.

https://tinyurl.com/33xxfbja

Posted by: Ciampino - all the time at March 04, 2024 06:10 PM (qfLjt)

160 Probably the non Eddie Murphy and non Judge Rheinhold roles.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 04, 2024 06:11 PM (JNS2V)

161 >>> 133
Speaking of Skylvester Skallonk...

I watched the Rifftrax of "COBRA," today.
They say Stallonke turned down Beverly Hills Cop to do Cobra.

You know what? Cobra is a damn good flick. Yes, it's ridiculous, but it's EXACTLY what an action movie should be: Entertaining!
Posted by: Soothsayer at March 04, 2024 06:03 PM (DmjIm)

Beverly Hills Cop was 1984; Cobra was 1986.

Wikipedia says "Cobra is the second and final film which featured the collaboration between Stallone and Nielsen after Rocky IV (1985) until Creed II (201

, and their only film they worked together after their marriage before they divorced in 1987. The film's screenplay was largely inspired by Stallone's original screenplay for Beverly Hills Cop (1984)." ... uh, what? Wiki and IMDB say Beverly Hills Cop was written by Danilo Bach and Daniel Petrie Jr.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at March 04, 2024 06:11 PM (llON8)

162 In case you run short:
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at March 04, 2024 06:11 PM (2aohS)

163 France amended its constitution to guarantee abortion as a right. Final vote was 780-70 in the parliament. 3/5 is needed to amend the constitution.

Posted by: Montec. at March 04, 2024 06:12 PM (YofvK)

164
"125 I’m what fucking universe is Andersen Cooper worth $20M a year???"

I think it's called "Our Democracy".

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying to us for decades at March 04, 2024 06:12 PM (PFYt9)

165 How about shitcan the "celebrity" news anchors like Blitzer, Tapper, and Cooper, and just do the fucking NEWS for a change ?

Posted by: deadrody at March 04, 2024 06:12 PM (wTPOq)

166 154 You know what? Cobra is a damn good flick. Yes, it's ridiculous, but it's EXACTLY what an action movie should be: Entertaining!

Pretty sure Cobra had a higher body count than Commando which is impressive when you consider Ahnuld took at an entire batallion of Val Verde troops + El Presidente and Chain mail wearing Bennett.
Posted by: Wonkish Rogue at March 04, 2024 06:09 PM (OZjDX)
———-

Stallone wanted Cobra to be even more violent and brutal. They shot a number of scenes that the studio deemed too bloody or gruesome, so they edited down. Sadly no “directors cut” exists.

Posted by: Elric Blade at March 04, 2024 06:12 PM (cnp9F)

167 Remember back when CNN began -- and they had zero known, on-air people? Bernard Shaw wasn't some hotshot they hired to get them afloat. They didn't have a Peter Jennings or Tom Brokaw. They were an alternative to the old networks -- promising breaking coverage you could rely on. Now, they're just a bloated corpse of Ted Turner, feeding the likes of Vanderbilt progeny and The Dumbest Man Ever To Appear On Celebrity Jeopardy.

Posted by: red speck at March 04, 2024 06:13 PM (0Id0S)

168 https://youtu.be/wyMzVT_IjNU?feature=shared

Once again, stupid fucking cops.

No reasonable articulable suspicion of anything.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at March 04, 2024 06:13 PM (ufFY8)

169 Who makes better movies and series now? Rambo was damn good, telling the do gooders not to travel down the river, and they get murdered and Caught, and Rambo kills everyone in sight, Tulsa King is good, What has Arnold done

Posted by: Patrick from Ohio at March 04, 2024 06:13 PM (dKiJG)

170 10 and 20 million dollar salaries are why MSM/cable newz is going to supplanted by AI.

Soon

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 04, 2024 06:13 PM (Q4IgG)

171
But I don't like it enough to watch it a couple of times a year like Cobra.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

Fuckyeah!

Posted by: Soothsayer at March 04, 2024 06:13 PM (DmjIm)

172 You do not do that to a Vanderbilt.

Now that I've said something on-topic, I can make my off-topic joke.

Nikki Haley won the Republican Washington DC primary. Yeah, it turned out the Republican voter liked her.

Posted by: Splunge at March 04, 2024 06:14 PM (oBPoz)

173 Should I worry about this , from previous thread - "Six Justices -- the five "conservatives," plus Roberts -- voted for an opinion stating that Congress alone has the power to announce who is disabled from holding federal office due to "insurrectionary" acts. Presumably Congress would actually pass a law stating that certain persons named in the law were insurrectionists and not eligible to hold federal office."

I have a bad feeling about this.

Posted by: runner at March 04, 2024 06:14 PM (V13WU)

174 The Dumbest Man Ever To Appear On Celebrity Jeopardy.
Posted by: red speck

They already fired Don LeMon sometime ago. Wait, he wasn't on Jeopardy. Was he? That would have been a train wreck.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 04, 2024 06:15 PM (sAmhv)

175 Today Rambo would be a trans woman and the bad guys would be white supremacists with red hats.

Posted by: Montec. at March 04, 2024 06:15 PM (YofvK)

176 ...Because that is how we got Universal Healthcare act, aka Obamacare...

Posted by: runner at March 04, 2024 06:15 PM (V13WU)

177 Nimroda Haley, the jokes write themselves.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 04, 2024 06:15 PM (m1Uxm)

178 Anyone can read a teleprompter. No need to pay them millions a year to do it. It’s a $100k job at most.
-------------
AI generated content, that creates an engaging collage of stills and clips, while the voice over narrates the news story, is getting better and better.
A 10-15 minute clip that goes in-depth with 1-2 commercials at the beginning vs. slogging through a hour with 7-10 commecials hoping they'll cover the topic you want.

Cable news is dead.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice

Go the vtuber route. Virtual avatar and motion-cap software.

Now you can have an ugly person in pajamas and no makeup do the same job. No makeup artists, no live studio cameraman. Heck, no live studio with expensive lighting and shit. You're back to just needing someone with a decent "radio voice," and one neckbearded nerd to run the computer doing the mo-cap stuff.

Of course, you lose the coveted "Dick Shortwood's wardrobe was provided by Joseph Abboud" ad in the credits.

Posted by: mikeski at March 04, 2024 06:16 PM (DgGvY)

179 He called Sam Donaldson "That Asshole"
He called Eleanor Clift "stupid broad".

Posted by: Frank Barone at March 04, 2024 06:06 PM (+oR7L)

Your Grandfather was very perceptive and a wise man

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 04, 2024 06:16 PM (PQ4m2)

180 I missed out on the Stallone Judge Dredd. Is it worth watching? Right now my only reason for watching would be to hear him say "I am the lerw."

Posted by: Splunge at March 04, 2024 06:16 PM (oBPoz)

181 Flying in the rich Indians and Pakis makes more sense than them trooping across Mexico

Posted by: Jamaica at March 04, 2024 06:16 PM (IG7T0)

182 Stallone wanted Cobra to be even more violent and brutal. They shot a number of scenes that the studio deemed too bloody or gruesome, so they edited down. Sadly no “directors cut” exists.

Tough to beat the garden shed scene in Commando for sheer brutality. I didn't think that saw blades and machete a thon could be anymore brutal and then I saw the deleted scenes. Yeesh.

Posted by: Wonkish Rogue at March 04, 2024 06:17 PM (OZjDX)

183 >>> 180 I missed out on the Stallone Judge Dredd. Is it worth watching? Right now my only reason for watching would be to hear him say "I am the lerw."
Posted by: Splunge at March 04, 2024 06:16 PM (oBPoz)

I found it meh, although some 'Rons may disagree. I have *not* seen the Karl Urban version which Ace enjoyed.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at March 04, 2024 06:17 PM (llON8)

184 Oh kami, the stupidity...

At Burger King employee is saying this is hurricane season.

And she probably votes.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 04, 2024 06:17 PM (JNS2V)

185 Five hours until Rachel Maddow has an on-air neurological event...
==================
Ace nailed it. SCOTUS will have her spitting. I've never watched her live, and I won't start now, but the video clips should be outstanding.

Posted by: The Frumious Follywood at March 04, 2024 06:18 PM (Gk2Vx)

186 180 I missed out on the Stallone Judge Dredd. Is it worth watching? Right now my only reason for watching would be to hear him say "I am the lerw."
Posted by: Splunge at March 04, 2024 06:16 PM (oBPoz)
——-

Yes. Underrated. And with a sexy af Joan Chen playing a crazy bitch. She should have been a bigger star.

Posted by: Elric Blade at March 04, 2024 06:18 PM (cnp9F)

187 Demolition Man is a great movie. It mocks the Left better than anything else I can think of.

Posted by: Splunge at March 04, 2024 06:18 PM (oBPoz)

188 Is it worth watching?

Rob Schneider as the "comic relief" is its only redeeming quality, I'm afraid.

Posted by: Halfhand at March 04, 2024 06:18 PM (YYt0O)

189
Presumably Congress would actually pass a law stating that certain persons named in the law were insurrectionists and not eligible to hold federal office."

I have a bad feeling about this.
Posted by: runner

Democrats announce they are now working on federal legislation to remove Trump from the ballots

https://tinyurl.com/484pmjb3

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 04, 2024 06:18 PM (63Dwl)

190 "the Karl Urban version which Ace enjoyed."

It rips off the first Raid movie, which is one of the best action movies ever. Raid 2 is even better. Made in Singapore where life is cheap

Posted by: Ignoramus at March 04, 2024 06:19 PM (Gse2f)

191 180 I missed out on the Stallone Judge Dredd. Is it worth watching? Right now my only reason for watching would be to hear him say "I am the lerw."
Posted by: Splunge

It's not memorable. I know I watched it but I can't remember much about it. The cast was solid. Armande Assante, Diane Lane, Max von Sydow. I think the movie was pretty awful though. Only saw it once and it was a couple of decades ago. I was probably drunk.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 04, 2024 06:19 PM (sAmhv)

192 True Lies, I still enjoy that movie occasionally.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 04, 2024 06:19 PM (a1415)

193 Megyn Kelly made the wrong play about Trump and thought He would lose and not resonate with the American public, She forgot they hated FOX news more than TRUMP and she was also the one to bring down Roger Ailes, she got what she deserved

Posted by: Patrick from Ohio at March 04, 2024 06:19 PM (dKiJG)

194 190 "the Karl Urban version which Ace enjoyed."

It rips off the first Raid movie, which is one of the best action movies ever. Raid 2 is even better. Made in Singapore where life is cheap
Posted by: Ignoramus

Thought they made it in Indonesia, where life is cheaper.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 04, 2024 06:20 PM (sAmhv)

195
They already fired Don LeMon sometime ago. Wait, he wasn't on Jeopardy. Was he? That would have been a train wreck.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 04, 2024 06:15 PM (sAmhv)

Where's the fuckin plane Don ?!

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at March 04, 2024 06:20 PM (NtVYv)

196 32 23 Oscar was maybe worse than Stop or my Mom will Shoot!.

I liked Oscar. It had Peter Reigert in it and he's always interesting when the patter is snappy.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, New Dune 2 review at March 04, 2024 05:38 PM (xcxpd)
----
We all enjoyed 'Oscar' in my house. Tim Curry was great and the Fanucci Brothers were a riot.

Posted by: Ciampino - A favorite Stallone movie at March 04, 2024 06:20 PM (qfLjt)

197 "Democrats announce they are now working on federal legislation to remove Trump from the ballots "

Tell me that you're stupid, without telling me that you're stupid.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 04, 2024 06:21 PM (a1415)

198 @173

>>Presumably Congress would actually pass a law stating that certain persons named in the law were insurrectionists and not eligible to hold federal office."

Absent of some judicial or specific tribunal, congress can't simply name people or groups insurrectionists.

There has to be some sort of legitimate legal process, the defendant has to have his day in court, otherwise we're no better than a banana republic.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 04, 2024 06:21 PM (XV/Pl)

199 This is who Doritos just partnered with to be their brand ambassador in Spain.
https://tinyurl.com/33xxfbja
Posted by: Ciampino

Rats. I can't boycott them any more than I already am.

Posted by: mikeski at March 04, 2024 06:21 PM (DgGvY)

200 @194 Indonesia, yes

Posted by: Ignoramus at March 04, 2024 06:21 PM (Gse2f)

201 Anderson Cooper is the whitest white guy outside of Johnny Winter, but he's gay, so $20 million.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at March 04, 2024 06:21 PM (MeG8a)

202
Oooh! Oooh!
You know who SUCKS? Siskel and the other Guy, that's who.

I've been watching their old episodes on Youtube and they hated All The Good Movies! Siskel & Ebert had been a couple of stupid asswipes all their lives.

For example, they both hated The Evil Dead, and didn't even acknowledge Alien for their best of 1979 episode.

Posted by: Soothsayer at March 04, 2024 06:21 PM (DmjIm)

203 I might watch if there was a show with Sheryl Attkisson, Catherine Herridge Megan Kelly and Lara Logan doing the 'view' format.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 04, 2024 06:21 PM (m1Uxm)

204 >>> 190 "the Karl Urban version which Ace enjoyed."

It rips off the first Raid movie, which is one of the best action movies ever. Raid 2 is even better. Made in Singapore where life is cheap
Posted by: Ignoramus at March 04, 2024 06:19 PM (Gse2f)

I'd have to check but I'm pretty sure the new(er) Judge Dredd was written before and only *produced* after The Raid. Not having seen the former I don't know how closely the plots line up but having the same basic premise means there will be some overlap.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at March 04, 2024 06:22 PM (llON8)

205 I'm astounded that someone would waste $20 million on a person without a personality and a very poor sense of history.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 04, 2024 06:22 PM (lTGtQ)

206 192 True Lies, I still enjoy that movie occasionally.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 04, 2024 06:19 PM (a1415)

True Lies is wonderful. The only thing wrong with it is that it makes me like Tom Arnold, which really should not be.

Posted by: Splunge at March 04, 2024 06:22 PM (oBPoz)

207 France amended its constitution to guarantee abortion as a right. Final vote was 780-70 in the parliament. 3/5 is needed to amend the constitution.
Posted by: Montec. at March 04, 2024 06:12 PM (YofvK)

I would say france can go F itself, but maybe I should just say "Go invade Russia... again, you stupid ugly french frog fags."

Same thing.

Posted by: BurtTC at March 04, 2024 06:23 PM (dGCAG)

208 " it makes me like Tom Arnold, which really should not be."

yeh...that caught me too....but it worked.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 04, 2024 06:23 PM (a1415)

209 >Anderson Cooper is the whitest white guy outside of Johnny Winter, but he's gay, so $20 million.

Posted by: gourmand du jour

and his mother was famous for something, designer jeans or whatnot

Posted by: Don Black at March 04, 2024 06:23 PM (oCjPU)

210 Democrats announce they are now working on federal legislation to remove Trump from the ballots

https://tinyurl.com/484pmjb3
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 04, 2024 06:18 PM (63Dwl)

yeah, exactly. I wonder if that was again Roberts , going for his beloved consensus.

Posted by: runner at March 04, 2024 06:23 PM (V13WU)

211 190 "the Karl Urban version which Ace enjoyed."

It rips off the first Raid movie, which is one of the best action movies ever. Raid 2 is even better. Made in Singapore where life is cheap
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Indonesia. But yes, both Raid films are awesome. Also see Chocolat and Born to Fight (the remake). And The Rebel from Vietnam.

Posted by: Elric Blade at March 04, 2024 06:23 PM (cnp9F)

212 I do recall that Wolf Blitser played on celebrity jeopardy and lost to the wastebasket.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 04, 2024 06:23 PM (lTGtQ)

213 "Anderson knows he's on the chopping block because he makes a whopping $20 million a year.

Someone could buy an entire island for that kinda money.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 04, 2024 06:24 PM (IG4Id)

214 Matt Urban >>> Karl Urban

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at March 04, 2024 06:25 PM (ufFY8)

215 Wolf Blister was in Mission:Impossible- Fallout

Posted by: Don Black at March 04, 2024 06:25 PM (oCjPU)

216 "Democrats announce they are now working on federal legislation to remove Trump from the ballots"

Ex post facto anyone?

Posted by: fd at March 04, 2024 06:25 PM (vFG9F)

217 203 I might watch if there was a show with Sheryl Attkisson, Catherine Herridge Megan Kelly and Lara Logan doing the 'view' format.
Posted by: Ben Had at March 04, 2024 06:21 PM (m1Uxm)

In the "Leg Chair!"

Posted by: fly gal at March 04, 2024 06:25 PM (wpiSB)

218 I watch some Skye news from NZ and Australia. Those news readers are good, professional people and they make a small fraction of what news people in the US make.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at March 04, 2024 06:25 PM (MeG8a)

219 I said it's back to the drawing board, you didn't think the Marxists would end their Trump 2024vwar did you?

Posted by: Skip at March 04, 2024 06:25 PM (fwDg9)

220 But first he has to make it look like not-such-a-basketcase.
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I don't wee how that is possible.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at March 04, 2024 06:26 PM (17s+e)

221 Berserker!

How are you doing? You tough bastard!

Posted by: nurse ratched at March 04, 2024 06:02 PM (4HRJf)

I'm doing good under the circumstances. Healing fast. Pretty much back to my normal self, only improved. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 04, 2024 06:26 PM (VwHCD)

222 " I do recall that Wolf Blitser played on celebrity jeopardy and lost to the wastebasket."

I thought he had lost to the trash IN the wastebasket.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 04, 2024 06:26 PM (a1415)

223 This is why the left wins in the long run. A scotus ruling doesn’t stop them. Yeah this legislation has less than 0% chance of happening in the house. But it’s a show that they will stop at nothing.

Posted by: Montec. at March 04, 2024 06:27 PM (YofvK)

224 The best "TV news channel guy in a movie" cameo was Jim Cramer in Iron Man.

Posted by: Splunge at March 04, 2024 06:27 PM (oBPoz)

225 180 I missed out on the Stallone Judge Dredd. Is it worth watching? Right now my only reason for watching would be to hear him say "I am the lerw."
Posted by: Splunge at March 04, 2024 06:16 PM (oBPoz)

No, no it isn't.

Armand Assante?!

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 04, 2024 06:27 PM (di6C2)

226 I do recall that Wolf Blitser played on celebrity jeopardy and lost to the wastebasket."

I thought he had lost to the trash IN the wastebasket.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice

I think both had zero points, which was better than Wolf.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 04, 2024 06:27 PM (lTGtQ)

227 221 I'm doing good under the circumstances. Healing fast. Pretty much back to my normal self, only improved. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 04, 2024 06:26 PM (VwHCD)

Very glad to hear it.

Posted by: Splunge at March 04, 2024 06:27 PM (oBPoz)

228 This is who Doritos just partnered with to be their brand ambassador in Spain.

https://tinyurl.com/33xxfbja

Posted by: Ciampino

Damnit. I like Doritos. They want a pedohile to market their product, i ain't purchashing it anymore.

Posted by: BifBewalski at March 04, 2024 06:28 PM (MsrgL)

229 Just have random tubers read the news on a rotating basis. Cheaper, and better quality than the current asshoes!

We need different assholes!

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at March 04, 2024 06:28 PM (ufFY8)

230 I'm astounded that someone would waste $20 million on a person without a personality and a very poor sense of history.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 04, 2024 06:22 PM (lTGtQ)

If the guy can consistently hit at a 1.000 OPS, and play an infield position, I can understand the 20 mil... again, assuming it's not all steroids.

Posted by: BurtTC at March 04, 2024 06:28 PM (dGCAG)

231 This is why the left wins in the long run. A scotus ruling doesn’t stop them. Yeah this legislation has less than 0% chance of happening in the house. But it’s a show that they will stop at nothing.
Posted by: Montec.

They don't have a choice at this point. They went all in on the coup.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at March 04, 2024 06:28 PM (R4t5M)

232 Wolf Blister was in Mission:Impossible- Fallout
Posted by: Don Black at March 04, 2024 06:25 PM (oCjPU)
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No, that was Benji in a mask.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at March 04, 2024 06:28 PM (DeFcY)

233 That's Juliette Lewis, not the Bud Light tranny

Posted by: Don Black at March 04, 2024 06:29 PM (oCjPU)

234 You know something I just thought of? True Lives would have been better with someone besides Arnold.

The premise is not unlike RED. Although he is not retired. The idea is someone you would not imagine was a spy is a spy. You need someone who looks relatively normal, but can project menace when they need to. I think Willis pulled off the concept better.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 04, 2024 06:29 PM (di6C2)

235 The last thing I watched with Stallone was a recent 6 episode series called Tulsa King. It was pretty good. I think they're doing another 6 episodes later this year.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at March 04, 2024 06:29 PM (MeG8a)

236 Bring in the new assholes!

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at March 04, 2024 06:29 PM (R4t5M)

237 "I think both had zero points, which was better than Wolf."

Is that where Sean Connery was -5490 points?

'I'll take The Rapist for 200, Tribeck'

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 04, 2024 06:29 PM (a1415)

238 Democrats announce they are now working on federal legislation to remove Trump from the ballots"

Ex post facto anyone?

Posted by: fd

If pronouncing him guilty and removing him from the ballot without actual charges or trial, and bills of attainder are ok, why not ex post facto?

Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 04, 2024 06:29 PM (lTGtQ)

239 So it turns out that the reason Biden's dogs keep going savage and biting people is that Joe keeps thinking they are his 12 year old mistresses.

"C'mere, honey. Ooh, you smell like dog food."

Posted by: Splunge at March 04, 2024 06:29 PM (oBPoz)

240 I missed out on the Stallone Judge Dredd. Is it worth watching? Right now my only reason for watching would be to hear him say "I am the lerw."
Posted by: Splunge at March 04, 2024 06:16 PM (oBPoz)

No, no it isn't.

Armand Assante?!

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 04, 2024 06:27 PM (di6C2)
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I liked the guy who was the Plucky Comic Relief.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at March 04, 2024 06:30 PM (DeFcY)

241 190 "the Karl Urban version which Ace enjoyed."

It rips off the first Raid movie, which is one of the best action movies ever. Raid 2 is even better. Made in Singapore where life is cheap
Posted by: Ignoramus at March 04, 2024 06:19 PM (Gse2f)

NO it didn’t, both came out the same time, and DREDD was in production before RAID started production, DREDD is still better that RAID,

Posted by: Patrick from Ohio at March 04, 2024 06:30 PM (dKiJG)

242 199 This is who Doritos just partnered with to be their brand ambassador in Spain.
https://tinyurl.com/33xxfbja
Posted by: Ciampino

Rats. I can't boycott them any more than I already am.
Posted by: mikeski

Search your cupboards and pantry. Maybe there*s a forgotten snack bag somewhere. If so, boycott accomplished.

Posted by: Clay at March 04, 2024 06:30 PM (AZQc9)

243 201 Anderson Cooper is the whitest white guy outside of Johnny Winter, but he's gay, so $20 million.
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Technically, his serious eyewear (also kinda gay) gets about half the money.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 04, 2024 06:30 PM (fs1hN)

244 >> Absent of some judicial or specific tribunal, congress can't simply name people or groups insurrectionists.

Bingo. I was reading in the weeds of the all this. The "controlling" authority on this is something called Griffin's Case, opinion written by Chief Justice Chase soon after the passage of the 14th.

He concluded Sec. 3 wasn't "self-executing". Congress had to set up the procedures for this.

And it would require due process. Congress couldn't, Bill of Attainder style, declare someone guilty of insurrection and disqualify them.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 04, 2024 06:31 PM (w6EFb)

245 IIRC, Doritos is part of Frito-Lays which is Pepsi.

Finally I will have some impact in a boycott. Fritos will be tough to give up. I like them with a lunch sandwich.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at March 04, 2024 06:32 PM (17s+e)

246
I just read over the dissenting opinions on that Colorado Supreme Court decision. The dissents cited Griffin's Case.

SCOTUS used that as well.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 04, 2024 06:32 PM (w6EFb)

247 You know who else was self-executing?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at March 04, 2024 06:32 PM (DeFcY)

248 245 IIRC, Doritos is part of Frito-Lays which is Pepsi.

Finally I will have some impact in a boycott. Fritos will be tough to give up. I like them with a lunch sandwich.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at March 04, 2024 06:32 PM (17s+e)

Dammit. Tostitos Cantina style.

But Pepsi is easy.

Dammit, Mtn Dew.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 04, 2024 06:33 PM (di6C2)

249 Seeing Aaaaahnold in any role where he plays an Everyman doesn’t work for me. How many accountants do you know that look like that? Zero. That’s how many.

Posted by: Montec. at March 04, 2024 06:33 PM (YofvK)

250 247 You know who else was self-executing?
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at March 04, 2024 06:32 PM (DeFcY)

Heath Ledger?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 04, 2024 06:33 PM (di6C2)

251 Nighthawks was a pretty good Stallone movie. Also had Billy Dee Williams, Rutger Hauer and Lindsay Wagner. Plus Stallone in a dress

Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 04, 2024 06:34 PM (58LrU)

252 249 Seeing Aaaaahnold in any role where he plays an Everyman doesn’t work for me. How many accountants do you know that look like that? Zero. That’s how many.
Posted by: Montec. at March 04, 2024 06:33 PM (YofvK)

That's my point. Plus, as sad as it may be, Arnold can look threatening, but does not do the silent menace as well. I dunno, it is hard to explain.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 04, 2024 06:34 PM (di6C2)

253 You know who else was self-executing?
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I know it wasn't Epstein

Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 04, 2024 06:34 PM (fs1hN)

254 Nood

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at March 04, 2024 06:35 PM (ufFY8)

255 I suspect he abuses his dogs, kicks them, hits them possibly

Posted by: Skip at March 04, 2024 06:35 PM (fwDg9)

256 meh, can't think of a single frito-lay / pepsi product I use, so already boycotting them 100%

*spit*

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying to us for decades at March 04, 2024 06:39 PM (PFYt9)

257 willowed, lol

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying to us for decades at March 04, 2024 06:39 PM (PFYt9)

258 "Democrats announce they are now working on federal legislation to remove Trump from the ballots"

Political pron for their cult like followers.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 04, 2024 06:46 PM (sAmhv)

259 Stallone made better movies. Had a better family life. Has gorgeous and smart daughters, never disgraced himself with politics or fat, ugly spic maids.

Arnold is just waiting around to die at this point, while Sly is still making fun and interesting entertainment.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at March 04, 2024 07:00 PM (FU0ZW)

260 I suspect CNN can hire the trany Budweiser used. He';d be more popular, probably more informed and objective to boot.

Posted by: Bill at March 04, 2024 07:42 PM (bXvrr)

261 "This article uses more exclamation points than I usually see in a credible news report."

Yes - I judge supposed serious written commentary by the number of exclamation points - more than 2 and I laugh at the writer.

You know who you are.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at March 04, 2024 07:58 PM (w6EFb)

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