CBS "News" Fears Mass Layoffs Under New Skydance Ownership

[I] can guarantee that the 42-year-old Ellison -- the son of mega-billionaire Larry Ellison of Oracle fame, who is a MAGA supporter of the president -- isn't thinking about the CBS News legacy as he prepares to complete his $8 billion combo.
In fact, from what I hear, continuing in the grand tradition of Murrow, Wallace and Cronkite is not at the top of Ellison's mind because, for one, it ain't so grand any longer, and two (maybe most important), he knows it's a lousy business.
It's not worth the trouble that it generates. We don't even know if it's profitable since Paramount doesn't disclose the news division's P&L statements. Plus, its product has moved so far to the left that it angers more than half the country.
Full disclosure: I don't know David Ellison personally but people I trust do, and they tell me he's substantive, much more than a lucky sperm kid that being Larry's son confers. His independent studio Skydance has produced such recent blockbusters as "Top Gun: Maverick" and "Mission: Impossible -- The Final Reckoning."
He doesn't get his news from TikTok -- far from it.
For the time being, he wants to keep the news division but also move away from its progressive leanings. (A person close to him says look for investments in "truth-based" news.) He does appreciate the CBS News legacy that he is about to buy -- as long as the numbers are working and he believes they aren't, I am told.
And that's where things could get scary for the news division.
Ellison, I am told, equates CBS with football more than he does with Cronkite. If he's looking to grow stuff, he and his point man in running the new company, former NBCU chief Jeff Shell, are looking at CBS Sports as the tip of the spear.
Everything else is about to get the mother of all efficiency reviews, my sources say.
Layoffs are likely, as are smaller salaries and squeezed budgets.
In Ellison's worldview, CBS News' legacy has cachet but when an anchor like Tony Dokoupil gets upbraided by management -- as he did last year -- for questioning the work of far left author Ta-Nehisi Coates, and Coates' rationalization of the Oct. 7 massacre, something needs to change.

...
If I were in the news division, I would be afraid, very afraid.

One can imagine that part of the reason CBS "News" "journalists" fought the Trump settlement is precisely because they wanted to block the Skydance sale from happening, because they knew the new management would fire their lazy, incompetent hack asses.

Paramount slashed 3.5% of its workforce in June.

And that came after it cut 15% of its workforce in 2024.

The latest cuts come after the media giant slashed about 15% of its workforce last year, part of an effort to trim costs by $500 million and return the company to profitability.
For the first three months of the year, Paramount reported net earnings of $152 million on revenue of $7.1 billion, compared with a loss of $563 million on revenue of $7.6 billion in the year-ago period.

From May: CBS "News" may get rid of Leslie Stahl and Scott Pelley.

Staffers are now speculating whether Pelley and Stahl will be the next to go, following the exit of former 60 Minutes showrunner Bill Owens last month.
Both correspondents had made their loyalty to McMahon and Owens known, as the network continues to navigate the president's suit.

Meanwhile, at CNN and ABC "News:"

This is CNN. This is Dana Bash.

Two weeks after the NC flood, after it became painfully clear that the federal response was inadequate, Dana Bash was viciously defending the Biden/Harris Admin and warning about the dangers of politicizing a storm response.

It's only two days… pic.twitter.com/OFGTumuN2L
— MAZE (@mazemoore) July 6, 2025

Perhaps it is time to ring the lawyers again. Perhaps ABC News needs a refresher course. https://t.co/SEnWxo5bzj
— Bo Snerdley (@BoSnerdley) July 6, 2025

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1 I think the main page got broken...

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 07, 2025 03:31 PM (N1DT3)

2 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 07, 2025 03:32 PM (Zz0t1)

3 Nice recovery, Ace.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 07, 2025 03:33 PM (Zz0t1)

4 was once blank, now back!

Posted by: geezer_der_mensch at July 07, 2025 03:33 PM (mF2X5)

5
ESPONJA!!11!!11!!

Posted by: AltonJackson at July 07, 2025 03:33 PM (tljrc)

6 There are no "journalist" stars, just as there are barely any movie stars left.

There is almost no draw from a name. There's no reason to pay these teleprompter readers millions of dollars. Give then 6 figures and fire them for some other pretty face that can read if they demand more.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 07, 2025 03:33 PM (N1DT3)

7 Skydance is owned by Ellisons ? Interesting.

Posted by: runner at July 07, 2025 03:33 PM (g47mK)

8 Mass layoffs huh? About time IMO.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 07, 2025 03:33 PM (e5NfL)

9 >>>Staffers are now speculating whether Pelley and Stahl will be the next to go, following the exit of former 60 Minutes showrunner Bill Owens last month.

That's a shame. Anyway . . . .

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 07, 2025 03:34 PM (i24o9)

10 Oh no!!!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 07, 2025 03:34 PM (ULPxl)

11 They did all of MI movies.

Posted by: runner at July 07, 2025 03:34 PM (g47mK)

12 Oh, no!

Anyway....

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 07, 2025 03:34 PM (dPfyF)

13 #LearnToPodcast

Posted by: Curly Shuffle at July 07, 2025 03:35 PM (sfpgX)

14
Deeply shocked and saddened by Ciampino passing away. I remembered him in my Rosary intentions just now and dedicated a decade to the repose of his soul. Pretty pathetic, I know, but it's the best I can do.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 07, 2025 03:35 PM (EFq9Y)

15 There are no "journalist" stars, just as there are barely any movie stars left.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian

Mister, we could use a man like Ted Baxter again.

Posted by: Bulg at July 07, 2025 03:35 PM (77rzZ)

16 Leslie Stahl is a shriveled up c*nt.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 07, 2025 03:35 PM (Zz0t1)

17 7 Skydance is owned by Ellisons ? Interesting.
Posted by: runner
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Oligarchs have been buying media properties on the cheap for awhile now. They are not buying them for their tremendous profitability though. More like protection from the gubmint and its minions.

Posted by: whig at July 07, 2025 03:35 PM (ctrM5)

18 Oh no...

Posted by: steevy at July 07, 2025 03:35 PM (YwEeS)

19 Staffing shortages at NWS..on a holiday weekend..ever actually work, George?

Posted by: A dude in MI at July 07, 2025 03:36 PM (/6GbT)

20 Oh no...
Posted by: steevy

Anyway...

Posted by: Bulg at July 07, 2025 03:36 PM (77rzZ)

21 Broadcast and cable news is going to be dramatically different in 3-5 years.

FOXNews and ABCNews will still probably be the top dogs of a greatly diminished landscape.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 07, 2025 03:36 PM (XV/Pl)

22 There is almost no draw from a name. There's no reason to pay these teleprompter readers millions of dollars. Give then 6 figures and fire them for some other pretty face that can read if they demand more.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 07, 2025 03:33 PM (N1DT3)

(I'll note that fox news pays its newreaders like $300K (still too much) for programs that pull more than double the eyes of any CBS news program.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 07, 2025 03:36 PM (N1DT3)

23 I think CBS news ratings would actually improve if they periodically had on a spanish speaking host wearing a bee costume, and he would randomly be chased by a giant fly swatter.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 07, 2025 03:36 PM (uWKK8)

24 Leslie Stahl is a shriveled up c*nt.
Posted by: Sponge

She was pretty back in the day.

Posted by: Bulg at July 07, 2025 03:37 PM (77rzZ)

25 I didn’t know the main page could go blank like that! I’m glad it’s back!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 07, 2025 03:37 PM (ZVgZ4)

26 Sponge!

How was the lake? How is the First! Lady?

Posted by: nurse ratched at July 07, 2025 03:37 PM (W2Pud)

27
She was pretty back in the day.
Posted by: Bulg at July 07, 2025 03:37 PM (77rzZ)

________

Before electricity.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 07, 2025 03:37 PM (EFq9Y)

28 Flooding and Death AND LAYOFFS are What Happens when you Cut Government!

The Trump Curse: It's Real -- And It's Spectacular ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Flooding and Death are What Happens when you Cut Government! at July 07, 2025 03:38 PM (Aug9c)

29 I didn’t know the main page could go blank like that! I’m glad it’s back!
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

Ace has hired Mitch McConnell as a Cob?

Posted by: Bulg at July 07, 2025 03:38 PM (77rzZ)

30 25 I didn’t know the main page could go blank like that! I’m glad it’s back!
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 07, 2025 03:37 PM (ZVgZ4)

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Open tags on the main page have...greater impacts.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 07, 2025 03:38 PM (GBKbO)

31 Dana should get bashed. By an illegal alien.

While in a flood zone.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 07, 2025 03:38 PM (Zz0t1)

32 14
Deeply shocked and saddened by Ciampino passing away. I remembered him in my Rosary intentions just now and dedicated a decade to the repose of his soul. Pretty pathetic, I know, but it's the best I can do.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
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The Lord listens to earnest prayers from everyone and as a child of the Father, for his people, he acts to fulfill those prayers as he knows best.

Like Ciampino, your presence brings light into the darkness of this world. May you and he be blessed on this day and his family.

Posted by: whig at July 07, 2025 03:38 PM (ctrM5)

33 "For the time being, he wants to keep the news division but also move away from its progressive leanings. (A person close to him says look for investments in "truth-based" news.) He does appreciate the CBS News legacy that he is about to buy -- as long as the numbers are working and he believes they aren't, I am told."

That sounds like he'll say the right things but do nothing.

And what can he do? It's impossible to move any of these far-left "news" sources more to the center. That will piss off the few viewers they do have, and won't pick up any new viewers because nobody outside the far left trusts them.

It's like The View: the few bitter partisan lunatics that actually watch the show want to see the bitter partisan lunatics who are on the show.

Posted by: Elric The (One and Only) Blade at July 07, 2025 03:38 PM (iFTx/)

34 >>>Staffers are now speculating whether Pelley and Stahl will be the next to go, following the exit of former 60 Minutes showrunner Bill Owens last month.

That's a shame. Anyway . . . .
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 07, 2025 03:34 PM (i24o9)

Time for the rest home. All the banana pudding you can eat.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 07, 2025 03:38 PM (wVcYX)

35 Charles Gasparino - NY Post:

For the time being, he wants to keep the news division but also move away from its progressive leanings. (A person close to him says look for investments in “truth-based” news.) He does appreciate the CBS News legacy that he is about to buy — as long as the numbers are working and he believes they aren’t, I am told.
>>

Current CBS employees have every reason to be concerned about their future employment prospects.

Posted by: mrp at July 07, 2025 03:39 PM (rj6Yv)

36 I think CBS news ratings would actually improve if they periodically had on a spanish speaking host wearing a bee costume, and he would randomly be chased by a giant fly swatter.

Somebody’s been watching Mexican television!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 07, 2025 03:39 PM (ZVgZ4)

37 I think CBS news ratings would actually improve if they periodically had on a spanish speaking host wearing a bee costume, and he would randomly be chased by a giant fly swatter.
Posted by: Tom Servo

Sounds like Sabado Gigante.

Which had a plethora of hot babes on it, by the way.

Posted by: Bulg at July 07, 2025 03:40 PM (77rzZ)

38 Sponge!

How was the lake? How is the First! Lady?
Posted by: nurse ratched at July 07, 2025 03:37 PM (W2Pud)

We had a great time. Weather, other than the rain, was really quite good for being July in Texas. She was the ONLY one to catch any fish while out on the boat. Nothing real big, but she was the winner there.

It was our first camping trip in a year, so she was ecstatic.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 07, 2025 03:40 PM (Zz0t1)

39 If I or some insane reason purchased a network, I would shut down the news entirely. I wouldn't scramble thigs or hire new people or change direction, I would just end the entire news department and shut down that division. Its a net loser that almost nobody watches, and even the people who have it on don't watch it.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 07, 2025 03:40 PM (dfIr7)

40 FOXNews and ABCNews will still probably be the top dogs of a greatly diminished landscape.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

More likely to be NBC than ABC. Comcast owning it is why.

I think spinning off the TV properties is next for Disney but Iger simply cannot let go (probably for personal reasons) as they continue to decline. I'd imagine that a new Disney CEO might not have the same nostalgia for the conglomerate that Iger built.

Posted by: whig at July 07, 2025 03:40 PM (ctrM5)

41 Leslie Stahl is a shriveled up c*nt.
Posted by: Sponge

She was pretty back in the day.
Posted by: Bulg at July 07, 2025 03:37 PM (77rzZ)

Beauty is only balls deep

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at July 07, 2025 03:41 PM (NtVYv)

42 Skydance is owned by Ellisons ? Interesting.
Posted by: runner
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Oligarchs have been buying media properties on the cheap for awhile now. They are not buying them for their tremendous profitability though. More like protection from the gubmint and its minions.
Posted by: whig at July 07, 2025 03:35 PM (ctrM5)
__

That, and easy access to celebrities and THOTs who are easy to fuck

Posted by: Elric The (One and Only) Blade at July 07, 2025 03:41 PM (iFTx/)

43 Dana should get bashed. By an illegal alien.

While in a flood zone.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 07, 2025 03:38 PM (Zz0t1)
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Paging Robert Fisk...

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 07, 2025 03:41 PM (XZ5S6)

44 In honor of Dear Departed Brother Ciampino, I solemnly intone my go-to slur against all the CBS newstw@ts, which is:

FACCIABRUTTA

or in this case, because plural:

FACCIEBRUTTE

Posted by: kallisto at July 07, 2025 03:41 PM (dCxaZ)

45 39 If I or some insane reason purchased a network, I would shut down the news entirely. I wouldn't scramble thigs or hire new people or change direction, I would just end the entire news department and shut down that division. Its a net loser that almost nobody watches, and even the people who have it on don't watch it.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
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Hire cheap gangs of newsreaders that literally read AP, Reuters, etc. stories on the air. Headline News Service redux.

Posted by: whig at July 07, 2025 03:42 PM (ctrM5)

46 Willowed from previous thread: I just saw photo of ICE (deceased, thank God) shooter's car on the NY Post site. "Cordis Die" was spray painted on side of car. Duck-Duck-Go, said that is a pseudo-Latin phrase from Call of Duty used by revolutionaries. Maybe some gamer morons can elucidate.

Posted by: Martin Tell at July 07, 2025 03:42 PM (sFNX2)

47 It's really quite sad that there's so many millionaire news readers out there......talk about a filled need where there is none.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 07, 2025 03:42 PM (Zz0t1)

48 Oligarchs have been buying media properties on the cheap for awhile now. They are not buying them for their tremendous profitability though. More like protection from the gubmint and its minions.
Posted by: whig at July 07, 2025 03:35 PM (ctrM5)

They just write it off.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 07, 2025 03:43 PM (Zz0t1)

49 Ciampino was born in Italy, I think. In any case, he spoke Italian. One day I was mouthing off in Italian, in an ironic way, and he asked me what offense did my target commit?

it was so cute

he had such a good heart

Posted by: kallisto at July 07, 2025 03:43 PM (dCxaZ)

50 Hire cheap gangs of newsreaders that literally read AP, Reuters, etc. stories on the air.
Posted by: whig

In Pig Latin.

Posted by: Bulg at July 07, 2025 03:43 PM (77rzZ)

51 "What's the frequency, Kenneth?"

Posted by: JM in Illinois at July 07, 2025 03:43 PM (aIUZW)

52 more bad news about Ciampino's passing - as someone said, Morons, stop this death thing...

Posted by: geezer_der_mensch at July 07, 2025 03:43 PM (mF2X5)

53 I think CBS news ratings would actually improve if they periodically had on a spanish speaking midget host wearing a bee costume, and he would randomly be chased by a giant fly swatter.

Posted by: wth at July 07, 2025 03:43 PM (UjdFS)

54 Ciampino has died?

Posted by: Ben Had at July 07, 2025 03:43 PM (HFcKg)

55 Other than the rain it wasn’t so bad for July in Texas.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 07, 2025 03:43 PM (ZVgZ4)

56 @40

>>More likely to be NBC than ABC. Comcast owning it is why.

This is damning with faint praise, but I think ABC has more credibility than NBC, ABC doesn't really have a loonybin outfit like MSNBC that drives down the parent.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 07, 2025 03:43 PM (XV/Pl)

57 If I or some insane reason purchased a network, I would shut down the news entirely. I wouldn't scramble thigs or hire new people or change direction, I would just end the entire news department and shut down that division. Its a net loser that almost nobody watches, and even the people who have it on don't watch it.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 07, 2025 03:40 PM (dfIr7)
________

I believe leftwing "news" operations are not so much for profit, but to stay politically connected and "in" with the right people

Posted by: Elric The (One and Only) Blade at July 07, 2025 03:43 PM (iFTx/)

58 "¡ay caramba!"
--bee guy

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 07, 2025 03:44 PM (dfIr7)

59 That, and easy access to celebrities and THOTs who are easy to fuck
Posted by: Elric The (One and Only) Blade
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I don't think even Bezos wants to dip his wick into the crazed WaPo pool of AWFLs.

Movies and TV yes, national news operations, not so much. The resident newsreaders are all aging out as the industry dies.

Posted by: whig at July 07, 2025 03:44 PM (ctrM5)

60 "" we're also learning"" is code for. Imma make up a bunch of shit to say that I can deny later as just preliminary information that turned out to be inaccurate...

Posted by: If my mouth is moving I'm lyinopolis at July 07, 2025 03:44 PM (Tlm8R)

61 UNRELATED:

Local Fox station has a story about a "woman" who robbed a bank.

https://tinyurl.com/bt4kmjv5

I say "woman" because of (1) the photo and (2) the multiple instances of fox putting the word (she) in to "correct" the police for referring to the dude as a dude (I can only assume.)

We live in crazy times.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 07, 2025 03:44 PM (N1DT3)

62 Ciampino was born in Italy, I think. In any case, he spoke Italian. One day I was mouthing off in Italian, in an ironic way, and he asked me what offense did my target commit?

it was so cute

he had such a good heart
Posted by: kallisto

How did he come to spend so much time in Africa? Missionary work?

Posted by: Bulg at July 07, 2025 03:44 PM (77rzZ)

63 7X Stronger than Viagra lady has a whole sweater on now.
Apparently someone off camera is saying "Put it on! Put it all on!"
fag.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at July 07, 2025 03:44 PM (Hx0tZ)

64 If CBS lays these scumbags off, then....................

"PEOPLE WILL DIE"

Posted by: Ferd Berfall at July 07, 2025 03:44 PM (BltCC)

65 I think CBS news ratings would actually improve if they periodically had on a spanish speaking host wearing a bee costume, and he would randomly be chased by a giant fly swatter.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 07, 2025 03:36 PM (uWKK

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"Georgie's Buzzing Off!"

/obligatory old SNL reference

Posted by: ShainS -- Flooding and Death are What Happens when you Cut Government! at July 07, 2025 03:44 PM (Aug9c)

66 But what future is there in broadcast news?

They're like Sears demanding the public keep shopping their stores in the mall while all they sell now is the exact same product as every other online and off-line store.

PS: Is there anyone under 50 who is home by 5:00pm in time to watch the 5:30 evening news anymore?
That really seems like a quaint luxury that somehow just disappeared in the last few decades--a regular job that let's you get home at normal hours.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 07, 2025 03:45 PM (VlwBF)

67 Ciampino has died?

Posted by: Ben Had at July 07, 2025 03:43 PM (HFcKg)

Sadly, yes. Reported a couple threads ago by a sibling.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 07, 2025 03:45 PM (Zz0t1)

68 25 I didn’t know the main page could go blank like that! I’m glad it’s back!
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 07, 2025 03:37 PM (ZVgZ4)

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Open tags on the main page have...greater impacts.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 07, 2025 03:38 PM (GBKbO)

As God is my witness, I thought the front page could fly!

Posted by: Arthur Carlson at July 07, 2025 03:45 PM (wVcYX)

69 Checked out my usual proggie asshat facebook poster. Sure enough, the lie about "staffing cuts" contributing to the Texas flood disaster is front and center.

Is there a central hive where these idiots get their talking points? Someplace where they scoop out the brains of the poster first, and then implant this nonsense vitriol?

We should kill it with fire.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 07, 2025 03:45 PM (1Gsou)

70 Hire cheap gangs of newsreaders that literally read AP, Reuters, etc. stories on the air. Headline News Service redux.

Well yeah if I bought a cable news channel that's what I would turn it into. Just flat news, just the facts, no fancy graphics, nothing exciting, and no opinion. But as I have said before, use AI animations with AI readers. And get fun with the animations. The crime report guy is a noir black and white detective. The weather reporter is a cat girl.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 07, 2025 03:45 PM (dfIr7)

71 From May: CBS "News" may get rid of Leslie Stahl and Scott Pelley.

Stahl was a good looking woman about the time of the Renaissance. Seriously, woman, hang it up. Your time has passed.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 07, 2025 03:45 PM (Riz8t)

72 Sadly, yes. Reported a couple threads ago by a sibling.
Posted by: Sponge

His daughter.

Posted by: Bulg at July 07, 2025 03:45 PM (77rzZ)

73 Viewers want CBS newscasters to make public death threats to Trump supporters, according to the latest Quinnipiac/CBS News poll.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at July 07, 2025 03:46 PM (wBaIH)

74 Shocked!

R. I. P. Ciampino!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 07, 2025 03:47 PM (dKEEs)

75 This is damning with faint praise, but I think ABC has more credibility than NBC, ABC doesn't really have a loonybin outfit like MSNBC that drives down the parent.
Posted by: Thomas Bender
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Comcast guarantees accessibility for its content is why.

Disney waited too long for ABC to be a streaming property at this late stage, I think. The future of what is left on broadcast news is in the extremes, not in the mushy middle or even center left as ABC is.

Posted by: whig at July 07, 2025 03:47 PM (ctrM5)

76 Local Fox station has a story about a "woman" who robbed a bank.

https://tinyurl.com/bt4kmjv5

I say "woman" because of (1) the photo and (2) the multiple instances of fox putting the word (she) in to "correct" the police for referring to the dude as a dude (I can only assume.)

We live in crazy times.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 07, 2025 03:44 PM (N1DT3)

First Lady has a distant relative that was a bank robber. She used disguises, but mainly a hat and fake mustache.

They were going to make a movie about her, but it never came to fruition.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 07, 2025 03:47 PM (Zz0t1)

77 Why do you need to pay $20M for some big named talking head when you could let your customers choose from pre-set news reader AI animated characters like Fabio, Cat Girl, or Marvin the Martian?

"In the news today that wascly wabbit Donald Trump decided to not let Iran use its explodium 232 cannon on Israel...."

Posted by: 18-1 at July 07, 2025 03:47 PM (t0Rmr)

78 Lesley Stahl is 83, what possible reason could there be for her continued presence on any news program?

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 07, 2025 03:47 PM (XV/Pl)

79 If I were in the news division, I would be afraid, very afraid.

My dick is going to be chafed into raw meat after this.

Worth it.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 07, 2025 03:47 PM (y9nCu)

80 Can you shut down the news if it’s a broadcast network? Isn’t there an FCC rule that they have to broadcast a certain amount of “news” to keep their license? They could do a better, and by better I mean honest, job of it, but don’t they have to have a news department?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 07, 2025 03:47 PM (ZVgZ4)

81 It drives me nuts that Larry Ellison owns one of the Hawaiian islands.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 07, 2025 03:48 PM (xcxpd)

82 "" we're also learning"" is code for. Imma make up a bunch of shit to say that I can deny later as just preliminary information that turned out to be inaccurate

Yeah someone could do a whole show on news reader aphorisms. They made fun of some of that in Anchorman with stuff like "I immediately regret that" but you could go a lot further with it. There are so many stock lines they go with like "senseless murder" as if there are so many sensible ones to contrast with

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 07, 2025 03:48 PM (dfIr7)

83 Why the long face, Dana?

Posted by: Mister Ed at July 07, 2025 03:48 PM (2sMLA)

84 CBS needs to shit-can Rosie and Joy. Even if neither ever worked for CBS.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at July 07, 2025 03:48 PM (/lPRQ)

85
I say "woman" because of (1) the photo and (2) the multiple instances of fox putting the word (she) in to "correct" the police for referring to the dude as a dude (I can only assume.)

That is a fine looking woman. I bet she has a girthy ladypenis too.

Posted by: David French at July 07, 2025 03:48 PM (t0Rmr)

86 Viewers want CBS newscasters to make public death threats to Trump supporters, according to the latest Quinnipiac/CBS News poll.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov

You ever think about poleaxes? Ever wonder about how many orange bad men you could kill with a poleaxe?
-- Andy Rooney

Posted by: Bulg at July 07, 2025 03:48 PM (77rzZ)

87 Why does Georgie Porgie still have a platform to spew his nonsense? Clinton's whipping boy is a tiresome hack.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 07, 2025 03:49 PM (QnXVi)

88 My dick is going to be chafed into raw meat after this.

Worth it.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 07, 2025 03:47 PM (y9nCu)
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Well...don't confuse the Neosporin with Ben-Gay, is all I'm saying...

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 07, 2025 03:49 PM (XZ5S6)

89 Beauty is only balls deep
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at July 07, 2025 03:41 PM (NtVYv)

Only on the AoSHQ, folks. Only here do you get this scintillating commentary. Only here.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 07, 2025 03:49 PM (1Gsou)

90
There are so many stock lines they go with like "senseless murder" as if there are so many sensible ones to contrast with
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 07, 2025 03:48 PM (dfIr7)

__________

He needed killin'.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 07, 2025 03:49 PM (EFq9Y)

91 That's a shame. Anyway . . . .
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 07, 2025 03:34 PM (i24o9)

I thought Leslie Stahl died around Season 6 of Dancing With the Stars.

Posted by: ... at July 07, 2025 03:49 PM (VPwHp)

92 The problem in the floods wasn't lack of Weather Service warnings. If anything, it is the reverse as the overwhelming flood of emergency warnings from the govt. has caused to people to tune them out because 90% of them are panic hysteria.

But the truth is, there is just a lot of bad shit that happens and the govt. can't prevent or mitigate it. This is one of those cases.

Posted by: Ripley at July 07, 2025 03:49 PM (GUOwU)

93 Lesley Stahl and Scott Pelley are dinosaurs. They have nothing in common with the viewers sought by ad executives. Stahl covered Watergate. Fifty years ago. She's the duck-bill platypus of the media industry. Scott Pelley, "The New Guy", started his CBS career during Ronald Reagan's first term. Sheesh.

Posted by: mrp at July 07, 2025 03:49 PM (rj6Yv)

94 87 Why does Georgie Porgie still have a platform to spew his nonsense? Clinton's whipping boy is a tiresome hack.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 07, 2025 03:49 PM (QnXVi)

He's hard wired into the Uniparty

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 07, 2025 03:49 PM (xcxpd)

95 Lesley Stahl is 83, what possible reason could there be for her continued presence on any news program?
Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 07, 2025 03:47 PM (XV/Pl)

She isn't afraid to stand up to Trump, silly.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 07, 2025 03:49 PM (Zz0t1)

96 Isn’t there an FCC rule that they have to broadcast a certain amount of “news” to keep their license?

It might be yeah, I would definitely challenge that. Even if it was ever a valid requirement, it certainly is not now.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 07, 2025 03:49 PM (dfIr7)

97 We stand ready to assist Ms. Stahl and Mr. Pelley at this crossroads of life.

Posted by: A Place For Mom! at July 07, 2025 03:50 PM (G5+As)

98 It drives me nuts that Larry Ellison owns one of the Hawaiian islands.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards

The one with Maryanne and Ginger on it?

Posted by: Bulg at July 07, 2025 03:50 PM (77rzZ)

99 87 Why does Georgie Porgie still have a platform to spew his nonsense? Clinton's whipping boy is a tiresome hack.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 07, 2025 03:49 PM (QnXVi)

The other trolls kicked him out from under his bridge. Couldn't stand the little twat.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 07, 2025 03:50 PM (1Gsou)

100 "In the news today that wascly wabbit Donald Trump decided to not let Iran use its explodium 232 cannon on Israel...."
Posted by: 18-1

I love it

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 07, 2025 03:50 PM (6U1c2)

101 thought Leslie Stahl died around Season 6 of Dancing With the Stars.
=
You are correct. That is how she won on season 7

Posted by: If my mouth is moving I'm lyinopolis at July 07, 2025 03:51 PM (Tlm8R)

102
But the truth is, there is just a lot of bad shit that happens and the govt. can't prevent or mitigate it. This is one of those cases.
Posted by: Ripley at July 07, 2025 03:49 PM (GUOwU)

__________

But!.. But!.. The Manhattan Project!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 07, 2025 03:51 PM (EFq9Y)

103 Stahl covered Watergate.

==

good grief

Posted by: runner at July 07, 2025 03:51 PM (g47mK)

104 81 It drives me nuts that Larry Ellison owns one of the Hawaiian islands.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 07, 2025 03:48 PM (xcxpd)

You know he has to have a hidden lair underneath the extinct volcano!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 07, 2025 03:51 PM (ZVgZ4)

105 >>>Isn’t there an FCC rule that they have to broadcast a certain amount of “news” to keep their license?
It might be yeah, I would definitely challenge that. Even if it was ever a valid requirement, it certainly is not now.

I've thought for a long time that repealing that rule would be a great political move.

Posted by: ace at July 07, 2025 03:51 PM (KRtlO)

106
His daughter.
Posted by: Bulg at July 07, 2025 03:45 PM (77rzZ)

I didn't want to gender assign, you heathen.....

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 07, 2025 03:51 PM (Zz0t1)

107 We stand ready to assist Ms. Stahl and Mr. Pelley at this crossroads of life.
Posted by: A Place For Mom! at July 07, 2025 03:50 PM (G5+As)

The line starts behind us.

Posted by: The Villages at July 07, 2025 03:52 PM (wVcYX)

108 @TheBabylonBee
Pam Bondi Confirms Ark Of The Covenant Sitting On Her Desk Waiting To Be Reviewed https://buff.ly/CJrEh1C

Posted by: Don Black at July 07, 2025 03:52 PM (AOsQT)

109 Why does Georgie Porgie still have a platform to spew his nonsense? Clinton's whipping boy is a tiresome hack.

Remember in Friends when all the girls were lusting over the sawed off twerp because they could see his new NYC apartment from their ridiculously implausible one?

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 07, 2025 03:52 PM (dfIr7)

110 Stahl covered Watergate.
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So did I.

Posted by: Meggy Mac at July 07, 2025 03:52 PM (VPwHp)

111 Lesley Stahl is 83, what possible reason could there be for her continued presence on any news program?
Posted by: Thomas Bender

Strange, isn't it. These people can't go home.

Posted by: t-bird at July 07, 2025 03:52 PM (X6k5M)

112 But it was more like an eclipse.

Posted by: Meggy Mac at July 07, 2025 03:52 PM (VPwHp)

113 It drives me nuts that Larry Ellison owns one of the Hawaiian islands.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo
.....

Lanai. We took a boat trip over there from Maui to go diving. What a weird place, looks like a Cult building a city on the western side of the mountains.

Posted by: wth at July 07, 2025 03:52 PM (UjdFS)

114
Stahl covered Watergate.

==

good grief
Posted by: runner at July 07, 2025 03:51 PM (g47mK)

_________

And Teapot Dome!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 07, 2025 03:52 PM (EFq9Y)

115 This reminds me of how much I hate the movie "News of the World."

Everything about that pile of shit just oozes the cow-stupid ignorance of everything regarding the old west and Americans spewed out by the most retarded of woke university chum.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 07, 2025 03:52 PM (VlwBF)

116 Well yeah if I bought a cable news channel that's what I would turn it into. Just flat news, just the facts, no fancy graphics, nothing exciting, and no opinion. But as I have said before, use AI animations with AI readers. And get fun with the animations. The crime report guy is a noir black and white detective. The weather reporter is a cat girl.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
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Not long before people can pull that off with home studios in series of short videos. There is an impressive documentary (not substance) where a rando dude on the internet spliced together a three hour documentary that appears to be produced by the BBC and narrated by Sir David Attenborough. Codex Pajeet III. That is what is coming.

You have cool ideas that you oughta be able to sell with a pro to make it happen.

Posted by: whig at July 07, 2025 03:52 PM (ctrM5)

117 Pam Bondi Confirms Ark Of The Covenant Sitting On Her Desk Waiting To Be Reviewed https://buff.ly/CJrEh1C

On the plus side, considering her work ethic, she doesn't have to worry about a face melting incident.

Posted by: Some Intrepid Archelogist that hates snakes at July 07, 2025 03:52 PM (t0Rmr)

118 ________

I believe leftwing "news" operations are not so much for profit, but to stay politically connected and "in" with the right people
Posted by: Elric The (One and Only) Blade
===

"Payment in kind" for poliical advertising disguised as 'news'.
They do not some pol breaking their nice things.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at July 07, 2025 03:53 PM (/lPRQ)

119 Propaganda jerks every last one of them, never letting a crisis go wasted and advocating for large controlling government bureaucracy.

They are making themselves useful only as cost reduction vehicles for David Ellison.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 07, 2025 03:53 PM (IUrgC)

120 Lanai. We took a boat trip over there from Maui to go diving. What a weird place, looks like a Cult building a city on the western side of the mountains.
Posted by: wth

Lanai, the one that used to be owned by Dole? Did they sell it to Ellison?

Posted by: Bulg at July 07, 2025 03:53 PM (77rzZ)

121 Weather reports on my phone, it is always "severe thunderstorm warning", "dangerous winds" , "coastal flooding alert", "dangerous heat". Every normal weather event is exaggerated.

Posted by: steevy at July 07, 2025 03:54 PM (YwEeS)

122 Watergate was the Worst Scandal in American History, and it even today serves as a timely reminder that Republicans are the Bad Guys and the Democrats and especially the Media are the Good Guys.

Posted by: CBS News Employee Handbook, page 14 at July 07, 2025 03:54 PM (PiwSw)

123 Trump's Big Beautiful Bill is going to kill Millions of People that have not been born yet !!!!

Posted by: Kamal Harris at July 07, 2025 03:54 PM (BltCC)

124
I believe leftwing "news" operations are not so much for profit, but to stay politically connected and "in" with the right people
Posted by: Elric The (One and Only) Blade
===

"Payment in kind" for poliical advertising disguised as 'news'.
They do not some pol breaking their nice things.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at July 07, 2025 03:53 PM (/lPRQ)

It's all one big money laundering operation.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 07, 2025 03:54 PM (Zz0t1)

125 Trump's Big Beautiful Bill is going to kill Millions of People that have not been born yet !!!!
Posted by: Kamal Harris at July 07, 2025 03:54 PM (BltCC)

I thought it defunded Planned Parenthood......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 07, 2025 03:55 PM (Zz0t1)

126 Lanai was the Pineapple Island. Isn't another one devoted to one crop?

Posted by: Boss Moss at July 07, 2025 03:55 PM (bvNHo)

127 I thought Leslie Stahl died around Season 6 of Dancing With the Stars.
Posted by: ... at July 07, 2025 03:49 PM (VPwHp)

Heaven can't take her and hell won't.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 07, 2025 03:55 PM (1Gsou)

128 14
Deeply shocked and saddened by Ciampino passing away.
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Oh, no! He'll be missed!

May he rest in peace. 🕯️

So sorry for his family, too. Prayers for comfort and strength for all. 🙏

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 07, 2025 03:55 PM (NFX2v)

129 Trump's Big Beautiful Bill is going to kill Millions of People that have not been born yet !!!!
Posted by: Kamal Harris

The devil, you say!
-- Planned Parenthood

Posted by: Bulg at July 07, 2025 03:55 PM (77rzZ)

130 >>> 121 Weather reports on my phone, it is always "severe thunderstorm warning", "dangerous winds" , "coastal flooding alert", "dangerous heat". Every normal weather event is exaggerated.
Posted by: steevy at July 07, 2025 03:54 PM (YwEeS)

Retarded NWS is once again telling me that 93 F in TX in July is OMG DANGEROUS HEAT!!!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 07, 2025 03:56 PM (ULPxl)

131 I've thought for a long time that repealing that rule would be a great political move.

All those broadcast rules for radio and TV were written by guys older and deader than Joe Biden's dad. They need to be gutted and rewritten for a vastly different time than over half a century ago

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 07, 2025 03:56 PM (dfIr7)

132 I've been offline for much of the day. Ciampino...was there an announcement earlier I can read?

Posted by: jen the original at July 07, 2025 03:56 PM (nzbBI)

133 The problem in the floods wasn't lack of Weather Service warnings. If anything, it is the reverse as the overwhelming flood of emergency warnings from the govt. has caused to people to tune them out because 90% of them are panic hysteria.

But the truth is, there is just a lot of bad shit that happens and the govt. can't prevent or mitigate it. This is one of those cases.
Posted by: Ripley at July 07, 2025 03:49 PM (GUOwU)

We get the alert siren here with EVERY thunderstorm.

Growing up, the tornado siren was supposed to mean "Tornado sighted in the immediate area".

Now, the siren seems to mean "we have the conditions that could spawn a tornado".

Oh, you mean EVERY thunderstorm? Yeah, thanks for scaring my daughter with your useless alert. (She has only lived in the midwest for 4 years now and hasn't learned the alerts are useless.)

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 07, 2025 03:56 PM (N1DT3)

134 Weather reports on my phone, it is always "severe thunderstorm warning", "dangerous winds" , "coastal flooding alert", "dangerous heat". Every normal weather event is exaggerated.

Reminds me of how every call center I have to call has "new menu options please listen to them before making a selection" AND "unexpectedly high call volume"

Posted by: 18-1 at July 07, 2025 03:56 PM (t0Rmr)

135 Lanai was the Pineapple Island. Isn't another one devoted to one crop?
Posted by: Boss Moss

Hawaii doesn't grow much pineapple or sugar cane anymore. It all comes from China.

Posted by: Bulg at July 07, 2025 03:56 PM (77rzZ)

136 Castle & Cooke, which was then the owner of Dole. High labor and land costs led to a decline in Hawaii pineapple production in the 1980s, and Dole phased out its pineapple operations on Lānaʻi in 1992.

In June 2012, Larry Ellison, then CEO of Oracle Corporation, purchased Castle & Cooke's 98 percent share of the island for $300 million. The state and individual homeowners own the remaining 2 percent, which includes the harbor and the private homes where the 3,000 inhabitants live

Posted by: wth at July 07, 2025 03:57 PM (UjdFS)

137 Weather reports back then, vs. weather reports now....

https://is.gd/ScTdSS

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 07, 2025 03:57 PM (Zz0t1)

138 70 The crime report guy is a noir black and white detective.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
==

Bring back McGruff to do the crime beat.

Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at July 07, 2025 03:57 PM (eb5mD)

139 Weather reports on my phone, it is always "severe thunderstorm warning", "dangerous winds" , "coastal flooding alert", "dangerous heat". Every normal weather event is exaggerated.

Posted by: steevy at July 07, 2025 03:54 PM (YwEeS)

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"Excessive Heat Warning!" every day.

In Arizona.

In Summer.

Posted by: ShainS -- Flooding and Death are What Happens when you Cut Government! at July 07, 2025 03:57 PM (Aug9c)

140 78 Lesley Stahl is 83, what possible reason could there be for her continued presence on any news program?
Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 07, 2025 03:47 PM (XV/Pl)

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The demographic for 60 Minutes and 60 Minutes+ skews older, media age 65.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at July 07, 2025 03:57 PM (mNhIh)

141 Is there a central hive where these idiots get their talking points? Someplace where they scoop out the brains of the poster first, and then implant this nonsense vitriol?

We should kill it with fire.
Posted by: tcn in AK
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The DNC NGO hive is my guess. Journolist part deux.

Posted by: whig at July 07, 2025 03:57 PM (ctrM5)

142
Now, the siren seems to mean "we have the conditions that could spawn a tornado".

OR

Sirenhead is in your backyard.

Posted by: Some Trevor Henderson fan at July 07, 2025 03:57 PM (t0Rmr)

143 Fun facts to know and tell.

Posted by: wth at July 07, 2025 03:58 PM (UjdFS)

144 MEDIAN age sixty five

Posted by: JM in Illinois at July 07, 2025 03:58 PM (mNhIh)

145 Old joke:

Q. What's the difference between Larry Ellison and God?

A. God doesn't think he's Larry Ellison.

Posted by: Bulg at July 07, 2025 03:58 PM (77rzZ)

146 132 Comment 390 in the armed gunman thread

Posted by: steevy at July 07, 2025 03:58 PM (YwEeS)

147
I haven't watched 60 Minutes in 40+ years, but I'm the demographic that would be expected to watch 60 Minutes.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 07, 2025 03:59 PM (EFq9Y)

148 Full disclosure: I don't know David Ellison personally but people I trust do

*********

Getting into humblebrag territory here....

Posted by: muldoon at July 07, 2025 03:59 PM (poXs5)

149 >>> 139

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"Excessive Heat Warning!" every day.

In Arizona.

In Summer.
Posted by: ShainS -- Flooding and Death are What Happens when you Cut Government! at July 07, 2025 03:57 PM (Aug9c)

You live in the fcking DESERT!!!

Posted by: Sam K. at July 07, 2025 03:59 PM (ULPxl)

150 A porch, lanai, and veranda walk into a bar . . .

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 07, 2025 03:59 PM (wVcYX)

151 Not long before people can pull that off with home studios in series of short videos.

Yeah five years, max. I would love to be a part of that but I'm too old and broken down.

If I was young and energetic and had some cash I'd do a daily comedy show on news and events just using ideas and bits from this blog's comments. The whole world would know the glories of Spurwing Plover and the fight of Crossbow vs Longbow, and Ben Roethlisberger would show up to shout explanations.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 07, 2025 03:59 PM (dfIr7)

152 @140

>>The demographic for 60 Minutes and 60 Minutes+ skews older, media age 65.

They forced Cronkite to retire at 65, say what you want about Cronkite, Leslie Stahl is no Cronkite.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 07, 2025 04:00 PM (XV/Pl)

153 Are any of the 60 minutes guys still alive?

Posted by: Boss Moss at July 07, 2025 04:00 PM (bvNHo)

154 How did he come to spend so much time in Africa? Missionary work?
Posted by: Bulg at July 07, 2025 03:44 PM (77rzZ)

His dad operated one of those huge construction machines to build the Owen Falls Dam in Jinja, Uganda. His father got to watch Queen Elizabeth II officially open the dam.

Thank you all that for the prayers and messages about Dad.

Posted by: Joyenz at July 07, 2025 04:00 PM (sPQoU)

155 >>I believe leftwing "news" operations are not so much for profit, but to stay politically connected and "in" with the right people

I remember seeing a clip of George back when he was working on the Clinton campaign. I think the clip was from the movie that was made about the campaign but I didn't see it so not sure.

He's on the phone threatening some reporter that if he runs with the story about Bubba and his bimbo eruptions he will never work in DC again. It's not shocking the phone call happened but a bit surprising they seemed to have no problem publicizing the call happened.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 07, 2025 04:00 PM (viF8m)

156 The last time I watched "60 Minutes" they were still running those commercials for The Hartford with the elk.

Posted by: Bulg at July 07, 2025 04:00 PM (77rzZ)

157 If we need news readers, they should be hot chicks.
Do what Mexico and Italy do.
( . ) ( . )

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 07, 2025 04:00 PM (xcxpd)

158 From May: CBS "News" may get rid of Leslie Stahl and Scott Pelley.
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Stahl was a good looking woman about the time of the Renaissance. Seriously, woman, hang it up. Your time has passed.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 07, 2025 03:45 PM (Riz8t)
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I remember watching her really good interviews with President Roosevelt. Top notch TV.

Posted by: Joe Biden (I was there!) at July 07, 2025 04:01 PM (pb3q0)

159 "Weather reports on my phone, it is always "severe thunderstorm warning", "dangerous winds" , "coastal flooding alert", "dangerous heat". Every normal weather event is exaggerated.

Posted by: steevy"

It's the same with missing/abducted child reports that are always popping up on my phone, radio, highways signs etc... The overwhelming majority, probably 99%, involve a parental dispute and one of them takes the kid without permission.

Actually child abductions by strangers are relatively rare compared the number of reports.

Posted by: Ripley at July 07, 2025 04:01 PM (GUOwU)

160 Thanks, Steevy

Posted by: jen the original at July 07, 2025 04:02 PM (nzbBI)

161 147
I haven't watched 60 Minutes in 40+ years, but I'm the demographic that would be expected to watch 60 Minutes.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 07, 2025 03:59 PM (EFq9Y)

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You may have missed the entire run of Andy Rooney: "Did you ever wonder why toilet paper sticks to your shoe? And why it can be so hard to get off? Let me take ten minutes to explain."

Posted by: JM in Illinois at July 07, 2025 04:02 PM (mNhIh)

162 I remember watching her really good interviews with President Roosevelt. Top notch TV.

***********

Franklin or Teddy?

Posted by: muldoon at July 07, 2025 04:02 PM (poXs5)

163 I remember seeing a clip of George back when he was working on the Clinton campaign. I think the clip was from the movie that was made about the campaign but I didn't see it so not sure.

He's on the phone threatening some reporter that if he runs with the story about Bubba and his bimbo eruptions he will never work in DC again. It's not shocking the phone call happened but a bit surprising they seemed to have no problem publicizing the call happened.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 07, 2025 04:00 PM (viF8m)

That's him advertising, why would he be afraid?

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 07, 2025 04:02 PM (xcxpd)

164 Rooney lived to be 100.

Posted by: Boss Moss at July 07, 2025 04:02 PM (bvNHo)

165
Thank you all that for the prayers and messages about Dad.
Posted by: Joyenz at July 07, 2025 04:00 PM (sPQoU)

Most sincere condolences to you and your family.

He will be missed.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 07, 2025 04:02 PM (Zz0t1)

166 If I was young and energetic and had some cash I'd do a daily comedy show on news and events just using ideas and bits from this blog's comments. The whole world would know the glories of Spurwing Plover and the fight of Crossbow vs Longbow, and Ben Roethlisberger would show up to shout explanations.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
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Use Pixy's forthcoming Ace AI (ver .02 beta) which neatly summarizes and contextualizes all the banter, news, tears, and comedy that AOS is famous for. Distilled for your v-casting pleasure.

Posted by: whig at July 07, 2025 04:02 PM (ctrM5)

167 as he prepares to complete his $8 billion combo.

that's the one with the giant fries and drink, right?

Posted by: anachronda at July 07, 2025 04:02 PM (v3pYe)

168 87 Why does Georgie Porgie still have a platform to spew his nonsense? Clinton's whipping boy is a tiresome hack.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone

Just one example: Bill Clinton and James Patterson on their new thriller, "The First Gentleman"

Bill & James are also not unfamiliar with guesting on The View.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 07, 2025 04:03 PM (NFX2v)

169 Deeply shocked and saddened by Ciampino passing away. I remembered him in my Rosary intentions just now and dedicated a decade to the repose of his soul. Pretty pathetic, I know, but it's the best I can do.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 07, 2025 03:35 PM (EFq9Y)
===

Praise hashem the True Judge.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 07, 2025 04:03 PM (oXJtT)

170 Thank you all that for the prayers and messages about Dad.
Posted by: Joyenz at July 07, 2025 04:00 PM (sPQoU)

Thank you for letting us know of his passing. Your father will be very much missed.

And thanks for the info about the dam. That's very cool.

Feel free to hang out here anytime you like.

Posted by: Bulg at July 07, 2025 04:03 PM (77rzZ)

171 Maybe they should just scale "60 Minutes" back to a half hour.

Posted by: muldoon at July 07, 2025 04:03 PM (poXs5)

172 150 A porch, lanai, and veranda walk into a bar . . .
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 07, 2025 03:59 PM (wVcYX)

Lips would be fine

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 07, 2025 04:03 PM (xcxpd)

173 Franklin or Teddy?
Posted by: muldoon at July 07, 2025 04:02 PM (poXs5)
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Yes!

Posted by: Joe Biden (I was there!) at July 07, 2025 04:03 PM (pb3q0)

174 150 A porch, lanai, and veranda walk into a bar . . .
Posted by: Count de Monet

What about me?

Posted by: Sunroom at July 07, 2025 04:04 PM (G5+As)

175 If we need news readers, they should be hot chicks.
Do what Mexico and Italy do.
( . ) ( . )
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 07, 2025 04:00 PM (xcxpd)

Raise the sights.

( * ) ( * )

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 07, 2025 04:04 PM (wVcYX)

176 CBS is also about $12B lighter in the pocket after the settlement with Trump regarding their doctored video interview with Kamala "Coconut Jubilee" Harris.

That alone should send a number of talking liars packing.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 07, 2025 04:04 PM (Q4IgG)

177 157 If we need news readers, they should be hot chicks.
Do what Mexico and Italy do.
( . ) ( . )
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards
========
Sexual harassment insurance is cheaper if the six packed bronzed shirtless dudes and the bikini wearing wimmen are generated and voiced by AI.

Posted by: whig at July 07, 2025 04:04 PM (ctrM5)

178
You may have missed the entire run of Andy Rooney: "Did you ever wonder why toilet paper sticks to your shoe? And why it can be so hard to get off? Let me take ten minutes to explain."
Posted by: JM in Illinois at July 07, 2025 04:02 PM (mNhIh)

Joe Piscopo did an Andy Rooney impression where he opened everything with "Did you ever wonder...."

It became quite popular. So much so, Rooney did a radio spot where he said he went back through his tapes and couldn't find a one where he started anything with "Did you ever wonder....."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 07, 2025 04:04 PM (Zz0t1)

179 Lanai was the Pineapple Island. Isn't another one devoted to one crop?
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 07, 2025 03:55 PM (bvNHo)

All of them grow Democrats

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at July 07, 2025 04:04 PM (NtVYv)

180 Willowed

I'm sorry if I shouldn't post this here.
I just wanted to let you all know that our Dad, Ciampino passed away around 12:30pm today. Dad loved everyone's witty humor here. Thank you for giving him years of enjoyment and community.
Posted by: Joyenz at July 07, 2025 02:34 PM (sPQoU)

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 07, 2025 04:04 PM (oXJtT)

181 >>Thank you all that for the prayers and messages about Dad.

Your dad was a very nice guy and valued member of this little community.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 07, 2025 04:05 PM (viF8m)

182 So this guy wants to run a news station as an actual news station and not a commie agitprop bullshit factory? No wonder so many people are angry.

Posted by: Betraying the legacy of Murrow, Wallace, Kronkite at July 07, 2025 04:06 PM (TbWk/)

183 ========
Sexual harassment insurance is cheaper if the six packed bronzed shirtless dudes and the bikini wearing wimmen are generated and voiced by AI.
Posted by: whig at July 07, 2025 04:04 PM (ctrM5)

In reviewing my homeowner's insurance, we discovered a clause in there which said I'm covered should anyone ever accuse me of child molestation in the home.

I found it a very odd clause, however in today's time, it it's probably necessary.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 07, 2025 04:06 PM (Zz0t1)

184 163 I remember seeing a clip of George back when he was working on the Clinton campaign. I think the clip was from the movie that was made about the campaign but I didn't see it so not sure.

He's on the phone threatening some reporter that if he runs with the story about Bubba and his bimbo eruptions he will never work in DC again. It's not shocking the phone call happened but a bit surprising they seemed to have no problem publicizing the call happened.
Posted by: JackStraw
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The War Room. I knew a few folks working on that campaign in 92.

Posted by: whig at July 07, 2025 04:06 PM (ctrM5)

185 Leslie Stahl is a shriveled up c*nt.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 07, 2025 03:35 PM (Zz0t1)

You're being kind.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 07, 2025 04:07 PM (snZF9)

186 In reviewing my homeowner's insurance, we discovered a clause in there which said I'm covered should anyone ever accuse me of child molestation in the home.

I found it a very odd clause, however in today's time, it it's probably necessary.
Posted by: Sponge
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Yeesh. O Tempora, O Mores.

Posted by: whig at July 07, 2025 04:07 PM (ctrM5)

187 A porch, lanai, and veranda walk into a bar . . .
Posted by: Count de Monet
.....

Bartender says: "Could you shut the damn screen door behind you, what... were you born in a barn?

Posted by: wth at July 07, 2025 04:07 PM (v0R5T)

188 ***He does appreciate the CBS News legacy
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Tiffany sounds like a stripper today but on the way back it resonated as the jeweler.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 07, 2025 04:07 PM (57fs2)

189 I'm sorry if I shouldn't post this here.

It is quite the opposite. You should and thank you for doing so. You are doing your father proud.

Your dad was a very nice guy and valued member of this little community.

hear hear. And there never were any rumors about his abuse of cannabis like certain other people here...

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 07, 2025 04:08 PM (dfIr7)

190 Been busy packing and prepping for my trip. Missed that Ciampino has passed away. Very sad. RIP.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 07, 2025 04:08 PM (sAmhv)

191 187 So.................. CNN wants me to believe that if Hooker Harris was POTUS right now and no cuts to NOAA happened that the flooding in Texas would not have happened ???
Posted by: Ferd Berfall at July 07, 2025 04:07 PM (1sBXy)

========

Their true believers believe it.

That's all that matters.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 07, 2025 04:08 PM (GBKbO)

192 Saying he's "heard" something is hardly news. he might have heard it from a 3 year old, or even worse, talking to himself.

Posted by: LASue at July 07, 2025 04:08 PM (lCppi)

193 Feel free to hang out here anytime you like.
Posted by: Bulg at July 07, 2025 04:03 PM (77rzZ)

Thanks, I'll be taking over posting the link to our kitty fund.

Posted by: Joyenz at July 07, 2025 04:08 PM (sPQoU)

194 You live in the fcking DESERT!!!

Posted by: Sam K. at July 07, 2025 03:59 PM (ULPxl)

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lol

Well-played, Helena.

Mister we could use a man like Sam Kinnison again ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Flooding and Death are What Happens when you Cut Government! at July 07, 2025 04:08 PM (Aug9c)

195 Condolences to Ciampino's family in this time of sorrow. A raised glass to a valued part of the Horde.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 07, 2025 04:09 PM (HFcKg)

196 Jessica Savidge> Lesley Stahl.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 07, 2025 04:09 PM (JtH6i)

197 Ciampino's passing seems sudden, but maybe I haven't been paying attention. I will miss him in the early morning hours.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at July 07, 2025 04:09 PM (q/UWX)

198
I pass by those lighted signs that tell you about an ethnic festival but not that traffic is rerouted over the next overpass. The message is "Silver Alert. Keller, TX. Toyota MXP 5612. Call Police". What the hell am I going to call about?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 07, 2025 04:09 PM (EFq9Y)

199 182 So this guy wants to run a news station as an actual news station and not a commie agitprop bullshit factory? No wonder so many people are angry.
Posted by: Betraying the legacy of Murrow
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The oldsters at the top of CBS news heap are in the self actualization stage. They probably already have more than enough for a comfortable life but they seek relevance as 'newsmakers' and professional courtiers for Dem presidents.

Posted by: whig at July 07, 2025 04:09 PM (ctrM5)

200 Stahl interviewed Lincoln

Posted by: Don Black at July 07, 2025 04:09 PM (AOsQT)

201 You may have missed the entire run of Andy Rooney: "Did you ever wonder why toilet paper sticks to your shoe? And why it can be so hard to get off? Let me take ten minutes to explain."
Posted by: JM in Illinois
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The Rooney episode where he expounded on Dan Rather being a liberal douchebag from overtly influencing his job ---

[parphrasing..]
Of course Dan is a liberal douche. We all are in this industry... at least we can pretend to keep it out our reports... And pretending you don't know a typewriter from a word processor. WTF did you learn on?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at July 07, 2025 04:09 PM (/lPRQ)

202 Sexual harassment insurance is cheaper if the six packed bronzed shirtless dudes and the bikini wearing wimmen are generated and voiced by AI.
Posted by: whig at July 07, 2025 04:04 PM (ctrM5)

I will accept hot AI newsreaders over the evil scrunts we have in the really real world.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 07, 2025 04:09 PM (xcxpd)

203
In reviewing my homeowner's insurance, we discovered a clause in there which said I'm covered should anyone ever accuse me of child molestation in the home.

I found it a very odd clause, however in today's time, it it's probably necessary.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 07, 2025 04:06 PM (Zz0t1)

I imagine there's some kind of clawback or invalidation in the event of criminal conviction. Interesting that these kinds of false allegations get made so much they'd actually be an insured event under your homeowner's policy. And by interesting I mean horrifying.

Posted by: Prison for false accusers at July 07, 2025 04:10 PM (TbWk/)

204 197 Ciampino's passing seems sudden, but maybe I haven't been paying attention. I will miss him in the early morning hours.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at July 07, 2025 04:09 PM

I will miss his space x notifications.

Godspeed Ciampino.

Posted by: CaliGirl at July 07, 2025 04:10 PM (77W69)

205 200 Stahl interviewed Lincoln
Posted by: Don Black at July 07, 2025 04:09 PM (AOsQT)

I babysat for her once.

Posted by: Taylor Lorenz at July 07, 2025 04:10 PM (PiwSw)

206 The message is "Silver Alert. Keller, TX. Toyota MXP 5612. Call Police". What the hell am I going to call about?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 07, 2025 04:09 PM (EFq9Y)

If you see the vehicle matching that description, tell police the location. It's an old person out on a joyride when they probably shouldn't be.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 07, 2025 04:11 PM (Zz0t1)

207
If you see the vehicle matching that description, tell police the location. It's an old person out on a joyride when they probably shouldn't be.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 07, 2025 04:11 PM (Zz0t1)

_________

Except Keller, TX is 200 miles away.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 07, 2025 04:12 PM (EFq9Y)

208
Out: Learn to code.
In: Podcasting.

Posted by: YIKES! at July 07, 2025 04:12 PM (OgWfa)

209 92 The problem in the floods wasn't lack of Weather Service warnings. If anything, it is the reverse as the overwhelming flood of emergency warnings from the govt. has caused to people to tune them out because 90% of them are panic hysteria.

the *real* problem is that orangemanbad fired the guy who thinks up names to give to storms. how were the folks in texas supposed to take it seriously if it didn't have a name?

Posted by: anachronda at July 07, 2025 04:13 PM (v3pYe)

210
Now the aholes are trying to crucify Ted Cruz because he was on vacation in Greece during the floods.

I hate those aholes!

Posted by: four seasons at July 07, 2025 04:13 PM (3ek7K)

211
Except Keller, TX is 200 miles away.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 07, 2025 04:12 PM (EFq9Y)

They may've started with a full tank of gas.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 07, 2025 04:13 PM (Zz0t1)

212 And it's 1, 2, 3, what're we fighting for?
don't ask me, I ain't got a chance
next stop is CBS Skydance
and it's 5, 6, 7, open up the pearly gates
well there ain't no time to wonder why
whoopee! we're all gonna die...

Posted by: Dirty Old Boomer Hippie Who Loves A Good Chant at July 07, 2025 04:14 PM (0TADl)

213 Learn to Coal.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 07, 2025 04:14 PM (O7YUW)

214 I will accept hot AI newsreaders over the evil scrunts we have in the really real world.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards
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Treat the 'news' as AI animated and voiced Soap Operas disguised as providing information and that is bound to be a hit.

Posted by: whig at July 07, 2025 04:14 PM (ctrM5)

215 Now the aholes are trying to crucify Ted Cruz because he was on vacation in Greece during the floods.

I hate those aholes!
Posted by: four seasons at July 07, 2025 04:13 PM (3ek7K)

Like they did for being on a scheduled family vacation during snowmageddon.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 07, 2025 04:14 PM (Zz0t1)

216 >>> 210
Now the aholes are trying to crucify Ted Cruz because he was on vacation in Greece during the floods.

I hate those aholes!
Posted by: four seasons at July 07, 2025 04:13 PM (3ek7K)

But they're ignoring Cornhole?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 07, 2025 04:14 PM (ULPxl)

217 Now the aholes are trying to crucify Ted Cruz because he was on vacation in Greece during the floods.

I hate those aholes!
Posted by: four seasons

Initial reports were that it was Athens that wàs going to flood...

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at July 07, 2025 04:14 PM (/lPRQ)

218 Now the aholes are trying to crucify Ted Cruz because he was on vacation in Greece during the floods.

What was he supposed to do about it? LOL

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 07, 2025 04:15 PM (dfIr7)

219 Jessica Savidge> Lesley Stahl.
Posted by: Smell the Glove

Oh, no question. Stahl was pretty, but Jessica was hubba-hubba.

Posted by: Bulg at July 07, 2025 04:15 PM (77rzZ)

220 Isn't Leslie Stahl the idiot on 60 minutes that said to Trump "This is 6o minutes and we have to tell the truth"...

Posted by: Ferd Berfall at July 07, 2025 04:15 PM (q/j2W)

221 We get the alert siren here with EVERY thunderstorm.

Growing up, the tornado siren was supposed to mean "Tornado sighted in the immediate area".

Now, the siren seems to mean "we have the conditions that could spawn a tornado".

Oh, you mean EVERY thunderstorm? Yeah, thanks for scaring my daughter with your useless alert. (She has only lived in the midwest for 4 years now and hasn't learned the alerts are useless.)
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 07, 2025 03:56 PM (N1DT3)

In Oklahoma a siren means to go outside in the yard and watch the tornado approaching. I believe it's the law.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at July 07, 2025 04:16 PM (g8Ew8)

222
It became quite popular. So much so, Rooney did a radio spot where he said he went back through his tapes and couldn't find a one where he started anything with "Did you ever wonder....."
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 07, 2025 04:04 PM (Zz0t1)

----

So it's one of those things that everybody think is true, but it's not.

Real Andy: " I don't know anything that mystifies Americans more than the cotton they put in pill bottles."

Posted by: JM in Illinois at July 07, 2025 04:16 PM (aIUZW)

223 New internet service at my new home. First comment here. Wonder what my hash will be.

*rolls dice*

Posted by: Doof at July 07, 2025 04:16 PM (QMAsf)

224 Just imagine what fun one could have with an AI newsreader voicing the following real news story from today.

"Mayor Bass demanded to speak to the person in charge, however, the border patrol chief hit back hard and told Bass to pound sand.
.....
“I don’t work for Karen Bass. Better get used to us now, cause this is going to be normal very soon. We will go anywhere, anytime we want in Los Angeles,” Border Patrol Chief Gregory Bovino said to Fox News reporter Bill Melugin."

Posted by: whig at July 07, 2025 04:16 PM (ctrM5)

225
Elon getting his revenge on Trump?

Grok: The staffing shortfalls at National Weather Service offices, including in Texas, stem from budget cuts and layoffs under the Trump administration in early 2025, reducing NOAA staff by hundreds to cut federal spending via initiatives like DOGE. This aimed at government efficiency but has hindered forecasting, per ex-NOAA officials and reports. Hiring resumed in June to address critical gaps.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 07, 2025 04:16 PM (nC9OT)

226
*rolls dice*
Posted by: Doof at July 07, 2025 04:16 PM (QMAsf)

You're a Quarter Mastiff.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 07, 2025 04:17 PM (Zz0t1)

227 Did y'all see the picture of the rapper "4xtra" after he blew his hand off? Dude. Don't hold fireworks after you've lit the fuse, people.

Posted by: bonhomme at July 07, 2025 04:17 PM (lIio7)

228
Queer man at secret fort?

It's lame, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at July 07, 2025 04:17 PM (3ek7K)

229 Stahl's life would change forever with the technological advent of the wheel.

Posted by: ... at July 07, 2025 04:17 PM (VPwHp)

230 Elon getting his revenge on Trump?

He recommended the cuts

Posted by: It's me donna at July 07, 2025 04:17 PM (VE6XX)

231 What is the market value of an indoctrinated, left wing, lying, imbecilic airhead?

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at July 07, 2025 04:17 PM (kTd/k)

232 >>> 221
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In Oklahoma a siren means to go outside in the yard and watch the tornado approaching. I believe it's the law.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at July 07, 2025 04:16 PM (g8Ew

While holding a 12 gauge and US flag, correct?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 07, 2025 04:18 PM (ULPxl)

233 Skydance to CBS "journalists"

Go get your shine boxes.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at July 07, 2025 04:18 PM (/U5Yz)

234 A pharma ad ban would end them all.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 07, 2025 04:18 PM (mlg/3)

235 219 Jessica Savidge> Lesley Stahl.
Posted by: Smell the Glove

Oh, no question. Stahl was pretty, but Jessica was hubba-hubba.

i'm right here, you know

Posted by: jeanne moos at July 07, 2025 04:18 PM (v3pYe)

236 "Do you want me to talk goldfinger?"
"No Senator Cruz? I want you to die."

Posted by: JM in Illinois at July 07, 2025 04:19 PM (aIUZW)

237 We get the alert siren here with EVERY thunderstorm.

Growing up, the tornado siren was supposed to mean "Tornado sighted in the immediate area".
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I remember when 'tornado watch' meant everybody ran outside to watch for tornados. Sometimes women just sat on the front porch, or took to the sideyrd to talk to neighbor lady. Husbands would mble over with a six pack of Pabst Blue Ribbon...

'Tornado Warning' meant one was sighted. Usually tearing through a mobile home park.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at July 07, 2025 04:19 PM (/lPRQ)

238 Did y'all see the picture of the rapper "4xtra" after he blew his hand off? Dude. Don't hold fireworks after you've lit the fuse, people.
Posted by: bonhomme at July 07, 2025 04:17 PM (lIio7)

The instructions CLEARLY read "Light fuse and GET AWAY."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 07, 2025 04:19 PM (Zz0t1)

239 >>Did y'all see the picture of the rapper "4xtra" after he blew his hand off?

Sounds more like 5less.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 07, 2025 04:19 PM (viF8m)

240 I don't watch the news anymore. I've already seen it.
_ Andy Rooney

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 07, 2025 04:19 PM (57fs2)

241 I believe Sam Kennison was talking about the story of African's Starving in the African Deserts because they cannot grow food because there is no water....

His answer was ... Just Move to where the F**king Food and Water are !!!!!!

Posted by: Ferd Berfall at July 07, 2025 04:20 PM (q/j2W)

242 While holding a 12 gauge and US flag, correct?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket

Beer and flag is also acceptable.

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at July 07, 2025 04:20 PM (RZ2SK)

243
Joyenz, I'm shocked. I'll miss your dad on the Overnight Thread. I'm so sorry for you and your family.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 07, 2025 04:20 PM (nC9OT)

244 234 A pharma ad ban would end them all.
Posted by: weft cut-loop

RFK is working on that. It should be ready to go in about 2030.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at July 07, 2025 04:20 PM (/U5Yz)

245 You're a Quarter Mastiff.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 07, 2025 04:17 PM (Zz0t1)

Queer man at secret fort?

It's lame, lol.
Posted by: four seasons at July 07, 2025 04:17 PM (3ek7K)

I don't like either of those, but especially not that 2nd one!

Posted by: Doof at July 07, 2025 04:20 PM (QMAsf)

246
lmao Doof

Posted by: four seasons at July 07, 2025 04:21 PM (3ek7K)

247
He recommended the cuts
Posted by: It's me donna

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Grok (looks around) Wasn't me!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 07, 2025 04:21 PM (nC9OT)

248 > Sounds more like 5less.

He eliminated the "xtra."

Posted by: bonhomme at July 07, 2025 04:21 PM (lIio7)

249
I bet muldoon can come up with a good definition.

Posted by: four seasons at July 07, 2025 04:21 PM (3ek7K)

250 The instructions CLEARLY read "Place in tall dry grass, Light fuse and GET AWAY."

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 07, 2025 04:21 PM (t8pEB)

251 When I lived in Manitoba I would get alert for a tornado when the sky turned green. In Alberta we would watch for hailstorm.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at July 07, 2025 04:21 PM (kTd/k)

252 Was he a budding STEM graduate?

Posted by: Boss Moss at July 07, 2025 04:22 PM (bvNHo)

253 'Tornado Warning' meant one was sighted. Usually tearing through a mobile home park.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher

Did it also mean you had to go out and get bread, mild and bear like when there is a snow flurry warning here in Georgia?

Posted by: Ripley at July 07, 2025 04:22 PM (GUOwU)

254 Did y'all see the picture of the rapper "4xtra" after he blew his hand off? Dude. Don't hold fireworks after you've lit the fuse, people.
Posted by: bonhomme at July 07, 2025 04:17 PM (lIio7)

The instructions CLEARLY read "Light fuse and GET AWAY."
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

He didn't read the part about NOT holding it in your hand.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at July 07, 2025 04:22 PM (/lPRQ)

255 Jessica Savidge> Lesley Stahl.

I thought you said Jessica Rabbit. Nevermind...

Posted by: Martin Tell at July 07, 2025 04:22 PM (sFNX2)

256 254 Did y'all see the picture of the rapper "4xtra" after he blew his hand off? Dude. Don't hold fireworks after you've lit the fuse, people.
Posted by: bonhomme at July 07, 2025 04:17 PM (lIio7)

The instructions CLEARLY read "Light fuse and GET AWAY."
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

He didn't read the part about NOT holding it in your hand.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at July 07, 2025 04:22 PM (/lPRQ)

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Yeah. Clearly, you are supposed to hold it in your mouth.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 07, 2025 04:23 PM (GBKbO)

257 I don't like either of those, but especially not that 2nd one!
Posted by: Doof at July 07, 2025 04:20 PM (QMAsf)

In the ancient Wakandan tongue, a Qmasf was a venerated Pickleball master, fleet of foot, quick of hand and eye, and ever vigilant of his relative position to the NVZ. It is a term of honor.

Posted by: The Wakandan Academy of Higher Learning at July 07, 2025 04:23 PM (PiwSw)

258 Front Toward Enemy.

Posted by: Boss Moss at July 07, 2025 04:23 PM (bvNHo)

259 244 234 A pharma ad ban would end them all.
Posted by: weft cut-loop

RFK is working on that. It should be ready to go in about 2030.
Posted by: Maj. Healey
---------------

Read in a couple of places that there are some respectable Republicans working behind the scenes to undermine him.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 07, 2025 04:24 PM (57fs2)

260 "I remember when 'tornado watch' meant everybody ran outside to watch for tornados. Sometimes women just sat on the front porch, or took to the sideyard to talk to neighbor lady. Husbands would amble over with a six pack of Pabst Blue Ribbon..."

parts of Wisconsin are still like this; one of the many reasons I live here!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 07, 2025 04:24 PM (dKEEs)

261 Dude. Don't hold fireworks after you've lit the fuse, people.

I was fooling around with firecrackers once in Missouri where I am pretty sure you could buy a 2000 pound butane bomb for the 4th if you could afford it.

One of them didn't go off, so I picked it up to look at it. Looking down at the top I saw a glow deep down inside there, and BAM it went off in my fingers. Stung a little but I was holding it tight down at the bottom. I don't recommend it.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 07, 2025 04:24 PM (dfIr7)

262 In the ancient Wakandan tongue, a Qmasf was a venerated Pickleball master, fleet of foot, quick of hand and eye, and ever vigilant of his relative position to the NVZ. It is a term of honor.
Posted by: The Wakandan Academy of Higher Learning at July 07, 2025 04:23 PM (PiwSw)

Better! Did he also drink a lot of bourbon?

Posted by: Doof at July 07, 2025 04:25 PM (QMAsf)

263 > Grok: The staffing shortfalls at National Weather Service offices, including in Texas, stem from budget cuts and layoffs under the Trump administration in early 2025, reducing NOAA staff by hundreds to cut federal spending via initiatives like DOGE. This aimed at government efficiency but has hindered forecasting, per ex-NOAA officials and reports. Hiring resumed in June to address critical gaps.
------------
What's not said is that the local NOAA offices were notified that Commerce, NOAA's parent department, made the decision on how much to cut. NOAA then had the choice were it's cuts were going to take place. NOAA has several sub-agencies:
National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
National Marine Fisheries Service
National Ocean Service
National Weather Service
and others.

NWS decided what and who was going to be cut.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 07, 2025 04:25 PM (Q4IgG)

264 All of my AI news readers would look like Oprah on Ozempic.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 07, 2025 04:26 PM (QnXVi)

265 Speaking of fireworks, all the fireworks stands around here used to sell stuff from Phantom Fireworks.

This year, it's some outfit called Gorilla Fireworks.

Posted by: Bulg at July 07, 2025 04:26 PM (77rzZ)

266 I've had multiple firecrackers go off in my hand. Those aren't lethal.

The big stuff, however......common sense should take hold at some point.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 07, 2025 04:26 PM (Zz0t1)

267 Front Toward Enemy.
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 07, 2025 04:23 PM (bvNHo)

LOL. Brings a chuckle to everyone that reads it.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at July 07, 2025 04:26 PM (g8Ew8)

268 In Oklahoma a siren means to go outside in the yard and watch the tornado approaching. I believe it's the law.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at July 07, 2025 04:16 PM (g8Ew

For GenZ and Millenials, any such warning means go outside and grab some selfie video for your social media hit, no matter if it means life or death.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 07, 2025 04:27 PM (i24o9)

269 261 Dude. Don't hold fireworks after you've lit the fuse, people.

I was fooling around with firecrackers once in Missouri where I am pretty sure you could buy a 2000 pound butane bomb for the 4th if you could afford it.

One of them didn't go off, so I picked it up to look at it. Looking down at the top I saw a glow deep down inside there, and BAM it went off in my fingers. Stung a little but I was holding it tight down at the bottom. I don't recommend it.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 07, 2025 04:24 PM (dfIr7)

This is why sparklers exist...for all the people who have to hold and look at their fireworks.

If a real firework doesn't go off, you don't go near it...you take a hose of water to it...from far away...

Posted by: Nova Local at July 07, 2025 04:28 PM (tOcjL)

270 > One of them didn't go off, so I picked it up to look at it. Looking down at the top I saw a glow deep down inside there, and BAM it went off in my fingers.

I believe the correct procedure is to watch it intently for a minute, ask someone if they think it's a dud, kick it over, then pretend it doesn't exist while you light another one.

Posted by: bonhomme at July 07, 2025 04:28 PM (lIio7)

271 [iIt's the same with missing/abducted child reports that are always popping up on my phone, radio, highways signs etc... The overwhelming majority, probably 99%, involve a parental dispute and one of them takes the kid without permission.

Actually child abductions by strangers are relatively rare compared the number of reports.
Posted by: Ripley

The last one i got on my phone said that the allegedly abducted child was in her late teens and "may be in the company of adult siblings".

I can't decide it that one is more likely to be "Rescue from abusive custodial parent" or "Family crime spree needs an underage perpetrator to do the crime for great leniency in sentencing."

Posted by: FeatherBlade at July 07, 2025 04:29 PM (a+4eV)

272 We had a permanent fireworks store nearby.
One day someone converted it into a drive through... Or more like a drive in. Place burst into flames. Spectacular flames.

Driver died. They think he died first then hit the store, maybe.

They did not rebuild. Might be a jinx rule in the retail fireworks business.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at July 07, 2025 04:29 PM (/lPRQ)

273 If a real firework doesn't go off, you don't go near it...you take a hose of water to it...from far away...

Sure, but when you're a 14 year old boy

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 07, 2025 04:30 PM (dfIr7)

274 For GenZ and Millenials, any such warning means go outside and grab some selfie video for your social media hit, no matter if it means life or death.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon

Stupid cliffside selfies are one thing. From what I hear the kids around here say, they'd be more likely to try to live stream their horror from the hidey hole the second a tornado producing storm shows up in the far reaches of their county.

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at July 07, 2025 04:31 PM (RZ2SK)

275 Nood Brennan

Posted by: FeatherBlade at July 07, 2025 04:31 PM (a+4eV)

276 What is the market value of an indoctrinated, left wing, lying, imbecilic airhead?
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at July 07, 2025 04:17 PM (kTd/k)

African or European?

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 07, 2025 04:31 PM (wVcYX)

277 I never watch network news. Ever. My only check-ins are when I visit my parents. And I'm always shocked to see the old dinosaurs like Jane Pauley and Leslie Stahl still singing the same lefty tune that they did 40 years ago, still trying to look passably youthful, still attempting to appear objective. And then they're flanked by the young studs like David Hairgel Muir who are desperate to come off as serious without mussing their Blue Steel posing and tailored flak jackets.

Such a bad comedy, long past its prime.

Posted by: red speck at July 07, 2025 04:31 PM (0Id0S)

278 >>>If a real firework doesn't go off, you don't go near it...you take a hose of water to it...from far away...
Posted by: Nova Local
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or throw it into the fire

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 07, 2025 04:31 PM (57fs2)

279 The big stuff, however......common sense should take hold at some point.
Posted by: Sponge

Ah, but the ladies throw common sense, how you say, "out the window" when they are with The Paolo.

Posted by: The Paolo at July 07, 2025 04:31 PM (77rzZ)

280 I remember. as a kid. pressing my nose against the big front window, watching the sky turn a light shade of green during severe weather
Turns out a tornado hit less than a mile away.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at July 07, 2025 04:31 PM (aIUZW)

281 My firework misadventures seem to affect other people and not me.

Posted by: Boss Moss at July 07, 2025 04:31 PM (bvNHo)

282 270 > One of them didn't go off, so I picked it up to look at it. Looking down at the top I saw a glow deep down inside there, and BAM it went off in my fingers.

I believe the correct procedure is to watch it intently for a minute, ask someone if they think it's a dud, kick it over, then pretend it doesn't exist while you light another one.

Incorrect. The proper procedure is to poke it with a stick, and then flick it at your friends.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 07, 2025 04:32 PM (Riz8t)

283 If AI is the future of information, I'm going to rely on the Amish that live around my sister's farm for information. It will be more accurate.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 07, 2025 04:33 PM (sAmhv)

284 Anyone ever step on a red hot sparkler wire? I never did but my brother did. Sparklers will f--- you up.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 07, 2025 04:33 PM (dfIr7)

285 275 Nood Brennan
Posted by: FeatherBlade
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It's a start.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 07, 2025 04:33 PM (57fs2)

286 Karen Bass sez:

This is footage from today in MacArthur Park.

Minutes before, there were more than 20 kids playing — then, the MILITARY comes through.

http://tiny.cc/mxuo001

LOL. Kids don't play at that park. It's completely infested with dealers, druggies, and prostitutes. Those few minutes the Feds were in MacArthur Park were probably the safest its been in years.

Posted by: bonhomme at July 07, 2025 04:37 PM (lIio7)

287 Drone footage of the regulars in MacArthur Park:

http://tiny.cc/oxuo001

Posted by: bonhomme at July 07, 2025 04:38 PM (lIio7)

288 The news media as a whole is 99 percent at fault for the state of the entire world.

The lies that gin up violence and handcuff, imprison, or kill innocent people are abundant and now overt.

They report terrible things with a giddiness that only a fucking lunatic would possess while maintaining a "non partial" reputation. They sit in high office buildings literally living off of misery. Scum. Absolute fucking SCUM

Posted by: melodicmetal1 at July 07, 2025 04:39 PM (XLfSN)

289 It was ever thus! Check out he 1939 movie Mr. Smith Goes to Washington: Jean Arthur’s reporter character is glad to play Jimmy Stewart’s naive politician character for a fool, as long as it gets headlines. She has a change of heart ♥️ of course because Hollywood: also Hollywood is that the corrupt senior senator to Jimmy Stewart’s junior tries to kill himself after his attempt at graft, blamed on Mr. Smith, Jimmy Stewart, fails due to Jimmy’s filibuster! Then having been stopped in his suicide attempt, the corrupt senator rushes in, Perry Mason style, and confesses all on the floor of the Senate! They don’t make movies like that anymore! But the graft and corruption is still there and only gotten worse!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 07, 2025 05:12 PM (ZVgZ4)

290 I want CBS to be great again.

Look, I don't think any network broadcast on-air talent should be making > $500k. Sorry, isn't worth it. And they should be asking uncomfortable questions, to everyone.

report real news in a fair and honest way, and viewers will come swarming back.

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at July 07, 2025 05:17 PM (gDhA9)

291 Fire everyone at CBS past retirement age. Mandatory retirement at 65.

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at July 07, 2025 05:18 PM (gDhA9)

292 If I or some insane reason purchased a network, I would shut down the news entirely. I wouldn't scramble thigs or hire new people or change direction, I would just end the entire news department and shut down that division. Its a net loser that almost nobody watches, and even the people who have it on don't watch it.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor

Considered Public Service. A certain percentage of the broadcast day must be devoted to public service. Required by FCC. At one station I worked at, we were able to satisfy that requirement by running many PSA's over the course of the day. This rule affects mostly OTA stations. Logger recordings are kept as part of the "public files" to verify the actual broadcasts, along with printed logs of each event, including programs, commercials, PSA's, etc. All automatically logged.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at July 07, 2025 05:49 PM (5xuJ/)

293 Fire everyone at CBS past retirement age. Mandatory retirement at 65.
Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at July 07, 2025 05:18 PM (gDhA9)

Lawsuit city. Age discrimination. Lawyers would love it. Federal law.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at July 07, 2025 05:51 PM (5xuJ/)

294 Their years of Fake/False news is catching up with See B.S. News and that's Good

Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at July 07, 2025 06:02 PM (wGqjj)

295 Does anyone have photo evidence showing Dana Bash and John Kerry together at the same time (Derby pictures don't count)?

Posted by: Truthsayer at July 07, 2025 07:00 PM (yTLyN)

296 What's funny is about 7-8 years ago, maybe less, The Hollywood reporter wrote an article where it basically said David was a failure and would never amount to much except being his daddy's son (basically because he always went big with his movies and they weren't what critics enjoyed, though still bringing in tens, if not hundreds, of millions) and it was Megan who was the great auteur and destined for greatness.

In that time David built a huge company, and we found out that Megan basically continued to have her dad bail her out since no one actually wanted to see her crappy art house movies that were only loved by critics.

Even though his dad is obviously funding this, they say it was purely David's work that got it done, and that all ther decisions are his.

Posted by: Rbastid at July 07, 2025 07:20 PM (q+j7u)

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