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MC Fresh Breath

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  1. Regarding number two, from what I'm seeing on reddit (so not totally verified) CNN edited this part out when they uploaded the video. Kind of tells you all you need to know. Edit: The YouTube upload was indeed edited. Comments are calling it out but yeah.
  2. Sure, but saying it out loud on a national news station is a bit different don't you think?
  3. "In United States constitutional law, plenary power is a power that has been granted to a body or person in absolute terms, with no review of or limitations upon the exercise of that power. The assignment of a plenary power to one body divests all other bodies from the right to exercise that power, where not otherwise entitled. Plenary powers are not subject to judicial review in a particular instance or in general. " --Wikipedia
  4. Horrible. Poor old man was fighting for his life against an animal. Also, all the 'gay' jokes are not funny.
  5. not yet. but this statement alone really and truly bothered me: https://www.kxan.com/news/texas-politics/ut-austin-could-receive-funding-advantages-if-it-meets-white-house-demands/
  6. I'm also not that big on the NFL but my oldest son has been getting into it, playing fantasy football, e.t.c. At age 16 I don't expect him to know all the gory behind the scenes of the politics around this stuff. So I can either enjoy some last couple of years of Father/Son bonding before he leaves for college or I can enjoy time with him which happens to sometimes be during an NFL game.
  7. Fair enough. I'm reading some more backpages on this thread. I guess the open racism is still tough to stomach. Not that anyone asked, but I'm back to not watching college football which has been my norm for a long time now. Pre-dates Trump really. When I broke my wrist during snowboard season last year I watched some of the playoff games and enjoyed it, so got a bit back into it. Now the Texas news has me back out. That and all the other issues I have had with college sports for a long time (mainly the money in it versus for actual students). But Texas bending the knee and saying they feel honored Trump chose them to manipulate was too much. Fuck all that.
  8. I'm really only barely familiar with Bad Bunny. I know he's popular. I've listened to some tracks. I get that somehow the right is upset with him doing the halftime show. Is it really just because he's not white? Is that the new halftime show requirement? From a clip in this thread I see Bad Bunny did a WWE (?) promotion of some sort. Vince McMahon pretty Maga-ish if I recall correctly. Hell, the NFL did moments of silence around the league for Charlie Kirk and is owned by corrupt billionaires. Feels like made up conflict among people who are not even enemies.
  9. Sorry but pointing out hypocrisy over the last decade is pure folly as evidenced by those in charge right now.
  10. Didn't expect to be sick to my stomach on a Friday. But here we are.
  11. I don't normally go to too many .gov websites. and I have only skimmed the past two pages of this thread. apologies if already posted. but check out the banner: https://www.hud.gov/
  12. Anyone counting on the military to save us from fascism lives in a different mind space than I do.
  13. whoever the 'legit' skateboarder is can go fuck himself. hope he lands primo forever.
  14. based on my experiences in 2022 just go to Port Aransas.
  15. quoting myself, but came across this today: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Esther So yeah.
  16. You bring up interesting points and I appreciate you taking the time. My concern with Kimmel isn’t or wasn’t the number of viewers. My concern is with the FCC threatening dissent in a manner similar to a mob boss. As uh, Ted Cruz pointed out. And of course our coarse president gleefully using the government to go after his personal enemies. The point to the media in general is they should be screaming every day about how not normal this all is. But for the most part they won’t because that’s not what ownership wants.
  17. I'd have to dig into newspaper ownership back then which I'm not inclined to do. The consolidation the articles seem to speak about (and there are tons out there) discuss the Telecommunications Act of 1996, continuing what had taken place in the 80s under Reagan. Pretty sure that was during the cable era. As well, the replacement for the newspaper in many instances is the local news. https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/insights/media-consolidation-means-less-local-news-more-right-wing-slant 2019, so a bit dated. But see the Sinclair and Nexstar stuff recently. When I brought this up it was in response to the legitimate complaints about the normalization of trump within the news media however (NYT included. For my takes on the NYT just read up anything by Chris Hedges). Even the three networks of the past would have been screaming from the rooftops over the things this administration is doing and passing off as normal. To some extent that is this corporate consolidation. Thus Bezos killing op-eds recommending voting for Kamala. Thus the LA Times doing similar. That said I agree with you here " is when the admin leans on Alphabet to make criticism of Trump unavailable in their search results. " and your concerns about social media consumption. So then we have Musk controlling X and now Larry Ellison to control Tik-Tok. Speaking of Ellison, who is full bore Trumpian Maga, there is his son: But wait, its gets better: . https://jacobin.com/2025/09/trump-ellison-tiktok-media-consolidation Now granted, that's me moving the goal posts on you a bit, as that purchase has not actually taken place yet. But I have no faith it won't be allowed. Like I said, I think you and I overall agree. Well, I hope we do. Billionaires spoon feeding America isn't good for us.
  18. That was a bs call
  19. Your 40 years ago statement rings false to me. Maybe I’m misunderstanding. https://www.usconstitution.net/media-consolidation-impact/
  20. This came up with the Kimmel issue. But I believe this is why you rightfully feel this frustration: https://techstartups.com/2020/09/18/6-corporations-control-90-media-america-illusion-choice-objectivity-2020/
  21. War ravaged Portland is what they want to make happen. Leave my adopted State alone, fucktards.
  22. I have never even been to Portugal, but I read about their retirement visa the other day. Seems much more attainable for those not in surly elite levels. Am I off base? This is more a curiosity question as while I question and direction and get nervous (like anyone with a brain), I have no current plans of leaving. I have a freshman and junior in high school. The junior currently plans go to school in state. I love where I live. For now. That stated, still curious and I do wonder about the viability of happily retiring in the US.
  23. every time he says "not politically correct" or "weren't politically correct" he's dog whistling. duh, i know. but it is so blatant.
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