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I like NPR. Its good for a quick tune-in for some story that makes you say, "huh. neat." about how a jungle tribe of indigenous peoples are using avocado husks to make cod pieces for the Milan fashion show or whatever.
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In local crim law news: Oklahoma attorney accused of solicitation of murder, witness tampering Attorney accused of solicitation advised Tulsa sex workers and prostitution ring leaders (same attorney) (but different from the judge who lost his election over going to the same 'massage' parlor) (this Judge) And a peek into some staffing issues at the DAs office.
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Jan 18, 2019 19:53
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blarzgh posted:I like NPR. Its good for a quick tune-in for some story that makes you say, "huh. neat." about how a jungle tribe of indigenous peoples are using avocado husks to make cod pieces for the Milan fashion show or whatever. I like it any other time besides what was always on during my commute, which is 95% of my radio listening time. Local Public radio is still good too.
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Jan 18, 2019 19:54
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NPR is great as long as they aren't reporting on politics or policy. I had to turn off their "expert" talking about how we can't afford public healthcare.
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Jan 18, 2019 20:38
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I like NPR until they start taking calls from people. Jim, in Duluth, you’re on the air. Hello? Hello Jim, yes, go ahead. Hi. Yes. I really appreciate you taking my call. I’ve been a longtime listener. Hello? Yes Jim, go ahead, what’s your question. [Proceeds to rant cluelessly until the host hangs up on him] NPR is the source of this interview though which starts out painfully awkward and just gets better from there. https://youtu.be/qNxuL-uIaTo
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Jan 18, 2019 20:58
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The worst part of any radio is taking calls. They're proto-internet comments.
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Jan 18, 2019 21:01
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Look Sir Droids posted:The worst part of any radio is taking calls. They're proto-internet comments. It’s true. Some people understand how to do it, but callers to political shows are almost all unbearable, even the ones I agree with.
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Jan 18, 2019 21:20
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https://twitter.com/BuzzFeedNews/status/1086419880025284608 RIP
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Look Sir Droids posted:The worst part of any radio is taking calls. They're proto-internet comments. Not sports radio after the home team loses
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Tokelau All Star posted:Not sports radio after the home team loses Unless it’s Philly sports radio and then it’s magical.
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Am I supposed to believe the cops in the SDNY who obviously leaked the info to buzzfeed or the cops in the special investigation who repeatedly no commented what they had for lunch but felt the need to refute the buzzfeed article 24 hours after it was published after no commenting it prior to punishing?
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Jan 19, 2019 07:10
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Buzzfeed has said they stand by their sources and asked the special counsel’s office for clarification of what they take issue with.
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Jan 19, 2019 09:45
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That’s the most meaningless lawyery statement. “Their description of statements and characterization of documents is not accurate.”
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Jan 19, 2019 11:53
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The point is that the Big Wet Boy and his rat minions now have permission to whine all day and all night about Fake News Enemy of the People and it will have enough creedence that some people will shrug their shoulders and figure the truth is in the middle or unknowable I have to stop paying attention to American media Phil Moscowitz posted:That’s the most meaningless lawyery statement. People have been parsing it to mean that the documentary corroboration doesnt exist or at least as reported, or that Trukp didnt explicitly / personally direct him to lie
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terrorist ambulance posted:The point is that the Big Wet Boy and his rat minions now have permission to whine all day and all night about Fake News Enemy of the People and it will have enough creedence that some people will shrug their shoulders and figure the truth is in the middle or unknowable Here’s what the article says: quote:President Trump Directed His Attorney Michael Cohen To Lie To Congress About The Moscow Tower Project So the statement from SCO could mean that there were only 9 actual updates and the special counsel didn’t have any text messages, but everything else is accurate. Or there is no evidence (as described) whatsoever obtained by SCO, but SDNY obtained it and shared it with SCO. Or there is nothing accurate about the article. Or what you said. It’s totally without substance. The more important question is why they chose to comment at all. The comment was for the benefit of someone(s). Obviously SCO is furious about this leak, but other than that I agree that it’s being spun by the right to fit their fake news narrative. Just funny to hear them try to discredit the SCO by taking the SCO at face value.
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The people that buy in to the fake news enemy of the state narrative got full permission a long time ago. This particular instance isn’t going to make it noticeably worse.
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I agree in the long term it’s meaningless. Still curious the motivations of the SCO in commenting the way they did. Was it for Cohen’s benefit? Flynn? Someone else in Trump’s orbit? Someone else we don’t know about?
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They’re adjusting for a Democratic House. If they don’t correct reports like this, Democrats may rush to impeach on bad information. There was no risk of that happening when Republicans were in control, so they stayed quiet.
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Look Sir Droids posted:They’re adjusting for a Democratic House. If they don’t correct reports like this, Democrats may rush to impeach on bad information. There was no risk of that happening when Republicans were in control, so they stayed quiet. Agreed. Some House members were talking about impeachment hours after the article hit. I think it’s safe to assume Mueller wants Congress to act on his report. Better to tamp down bad information now then say nothing and let Congress assume it’s true.
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terrorist ambulance posted:The point is that the Big Wet Boy and his rat minions now have permission to whine all day and all night about Fake News Enemy of the People and it will have enough creedence that some people will shrug their shoulders and figure the truth is in the middle or unknowable
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Jan 19, 2019 18:40
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Finished the Three Body Problem trilogy last night and whoever (blarzgh maybe?) told me to keep going and read books 2 and 3, v good recommendation. I actually thought most of book 1 and the first half of 2 were pretty boring and conventional. The twists were good but really slow developing and couched in technological terms that made it not all that sci-fi. But after Liu Ji wakes up from hibernation the first time and we get the 200 yr time jump woah. It never let off the gas from there. Reminded me of all the best parts of The Foundation without the super dull parts.
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Jan 19, 2019 20:07
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Look Sir Droids posted:Finished the Three Body Problem trilogy last night and whoever (blarzgh maybe?) told me to keep going and read books 2 and 3, v good recommendation. I actually thought most of book 1 and the first half of 2 were pretty boring and conventional. The twists were good but really slow developing and couched in technological terms that made it not all that sci-fi. But after Liu Ji wakes up from hibernation the first time and we get the 200 yr time jump woah. It never let off the gas from there. Reminded me of all the best parts of The Foundation without the super dull parts. Glad you liked it! I'm reading the Bobiverse Trilogy right now and its light and fun. Not as good as TBP, but not much is in my opinion.
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Look Sir Droids posted:Finished the Three Body Problem trilogy last night and whoever (blarzgh maybe?) told me to keep going and read books 2 and 3, v good recommendation. I actually thought most of book 1 and the first half of 2 were pretty boring and conventional. The twists were good but really slow developing and couched in technological terms that made it not all that sci-fi. But after Liu Ji wakes up from hibernation the first time and we get the 200 yr time jump woah. It never let off the gas from there. Reminded me of all the best parts of The Foundation without the super dull parts. Hey I just finished that too! Based also upon blarzgh's (or whoever's) recommendation! And then, I also was reminded of the Foundation and I dusted off my old copy! And I also think that has so many dull parts I remembered why I never reread it! You and I have shared a remarkably coincidental experience this last few weeks. Are you also remodeling you kitchen? What color granite did you pick? And is your cat also diabetic? Let's see how far our coincidental convergence goes.
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BigHead posted:Hey I just finished that too! Based also upon blarzgh's (or whoever's) recommendation! And then, I also was reminded of the Foundation and I dusted off my old copy! And I also think that has so many dull parts I remembered why I never reread it! I bought a new fridge a month ago, so that sort of counts. No cats though and my dogs are all healthy dummies.
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Look Sir Droids posted:If they don’t correct reports like this, Democrats may rush to impeach on bad information. lol.
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Wapo has now released two stories from the same authors on two days that are in direct tension about what's going on in the buzzfeed article. Meanwhile buzzfeed's still backing the whole thing. It's bonkers.
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Discendo Vox posted:Wapo has now released two stories from the same authors on two days that are in direct tension about what's going on in the buzzfeed article. Meanwhile buzzfeed's still backing the whole thing. It's bonkers. meanwhile, a large fat failson in a grease stained hamburglar outfit is literally carrying bags with large comical dollar sons out from the whitehouse. those charged with "oversight" are either investigating benghazi and emails for the dozenth time, or waiting for a republican cop's "report" to decide whether they should point out the fat man's obvious and repeated crimes lol sorry bout your country. seriously looking forward to watching the revolution
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terrorist ambulance posted:meanwhile, a large fat failson in a grease stained hamburglar outfit is literally carrying bags with large comical dollar sons out from the whitehouse. those charged with "oversight" are either investigating benghazi and emails for the dozenth time, or waiting for a republican cop's "report" to decide whether they should point out the fat man's obvious and repeated crimes It is one of my sincerest beliefs about this whole situation that if the US still exists in 30 years, conservatives will look back on Trump with the same fuzzy positivity as Reagan and will have learned no lessons. People here have memories like goldfish and 100% wouldn't give a poo poo about how corrupt and evil Trump is if he wasn't also an embarrassment. There are already opinion pieces whitewashing Bush and he lowered taxes on the rich, killed hundreds of thousands of people while destablizing a whole region of the world, and legalized torture just like 15 years ago.
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Discendo Vox posted:Wapo has now released two stories from the same authors on two days that are in direct tension about what's going on in the buzzfeed article. Meanwhile buzzfeed's still backing the whole thing. It's bonkers. So what happened was political flunkies at DOJ called SCO and chewed them out, demanding a response that refuted the BuzzFeed article, so SCO (pissed about the leak) issued this statement which doesn’t really say anything but placates the DOJ flacks, lets the GOP and its surrogates muddy the waters, and punishes BuzzFeed at the same time.
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Maybe? It’s an exercise in reading tea leaves.
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joat mon posted:In local crim law news: Yeah I'll play Oslo municipal court judge charged with possession of child porn. Friday, a judge of the Oslo municipal court was charged with aquiring access to child pornography, possibly though misuse of his position. The judge was immediately removed from the bench and the prosecutor's office is now going through every trial concerning underage victims the judge presided over or participated in. Yikes. Also terrorist ambulance posted:meanwhile, a large fat failson in a grease stained hamburglar outfit is literally carrying bags with large comical dollar sons out from the whitehouse. those charged with "oversight" are either investigating benghazi and emails for the dozenth time, or waiting for a republican cop's "report" to decide whether they should point out the fat man's obvious and repeated crimes Same. Jesus loving tapdancing water polo playing Christ your loving president. It. just. keeps. getting. worse.
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Mr. Nice! posted:I mean, i don’t think he was wrong. What in there is banworthy? I’m confused.
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Look Sir Droids posted:Finished the Three Body Problem trilogy last night and whoever (blarzgh maybe?) told me to keep going and read books 2 and 3, v good recommendation. I actually thought most of book 1 and the first half of 2 were pretty boring and conventional. The twists were good but really slow developing and couched in technological terms that made it not all that sci-fi. But after Liu Ji wakes up from hibernation the first time and we get the 200 yr time jump woah. It never let off the gas from there. Reminded me of all the best parts of The Foundation without the super dull parts. If you liked it, his short story collections are also very good. I particularly liked The Wandering Earth, which is getting made into a film which will probably suck.
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ActusRhesus posted:What in there is banworthy? I’m confused. I think it's something as minor as calling people idiots, because D&D.
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The cspam IK had told guyovich he was going to ban a few people when the thread got moved to cspam and he went along with it. Had nothing to do with rule breaking. Just wanted to ban ew.
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Mr. Nice! posted:Just wanted to ban ew.
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also can he not afford the ten bux? should we start a gofundme
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Soothing Vapors posted:also can he not afford the ten bux? should we start a gofundme It got reversed but I think there was a 30 day probe too
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Soothing Vapors posted:also can he not afford the ten bux? should we start a gofundme Big lawyer needs $10: a story of the Trump economy
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First they came for the educated, privileged, upper class, angry internet warriors, and I did not speak out . . . .
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