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9 minutes ago, Red Five said:

Kimmel is a very popular guy in those circles. If he can get axed by the president because he doesn't like his jokes, with no major push back, then we're pretty much done there. Soon anything Trump likes will be off the air.

you mean doesn't like?

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20 hours ago, aggie08 said:

Ah yes, all those comedians with hours and hours of sets about the benefits of masks and importance of vaccinating the majority.

Their reality is what they want it to be, so no use discussing irrational narratives.  His view only gathers the credit we give it--tree falling in the woods.  But Adam's basically saying he doesn't give a shit about government sanctioned cancel culture, which makes him a nazi. 

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22 hours ago, sidis said:

while i agree that nextstar and abc are being gutless and not calling the bluff (sinclair is honestly just a piece of shit company) and i am not absolving them from their kowtowing, the fcc chairman made multiple public threats yesterday regarding the revocation of their broadcasting licenses. it's not a "may be the case" situation. it was a clear and direct existential threat to the broadcasting network.

i certainly believe these pussies should have said "do it and we will see you at the supreme court" but their being pussies likewise does not mean you get to obfuscate and distract from the point that it was the government that set the censorship events into motion via abuse of their power. private organizations acting in the best interest of their bottom line is certainly contributing to the ethical decline of our society...but it pales in comparison with a shithead brownshirted sycophant abusing their governmental role in a moment of naked corruption.

So we got media, law, military, universities, arts, medical and scientific communities shackled, and anybody else?  We still thinking we're going to have a free and fair election coming up in midterms and for the presidency in 2028?  

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4 minutes ago, Bozo_Casanova said:

I know this is a whatabout thing but seriously what is he whatabouting

His own relevancy. 

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3 minutes ago, Bozo_Casanova said:

I know this is a whatabout thing but seriously what is he whatabouting

I thought about it for about 10 seconds and gave up. I'm sure there is some common theme between what has happened with Kimmel and the pandemic from five years ago.

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On 9/18/2025 at 10:40 AM, wildcat09 said:

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100% of libertarians are frauds, take two.

Yep, the party of small government.

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35 minutes ago, Bozo_Casanova said:

I know this is a whatabout thing but seriously what is he whatabouting

I tried racking my brain for a comedian who was "cancelled" for being anti-vax or anti-mask. Then I kicked myself for wasting thought on something that Adam Corolla said.

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They're only getting money off of ads if they can meter them. In a digital age where your cable company knows exactly what the fuck you're watching at any one time, the metrics show one person watching, not the other thousand people watching the stream. And if it's from OTA then they don't even have that metric.
Your phone knows if you happen to mention toasters to your wife, and shows you toaster ads for the next 2 weeks. Any ad you see or hear is being tracked.
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13 minutes ago, Huckleberry said:

Unfortunately I've also had to include contributions to any entity associated with capitulating to this authoritarian regime, which means I've canceled my Burnt Ends and Texas One Fund recurring payments as well as deciding no further contributions to UT academics will happen either. 

What does this mean? UT or Texas Football has run afoul and is licking a boot on this issue or is there a specific thing I'm missing or are you talking about just generally UT is going along to get along and go with the flow and trying to not upset the applecart which is morally wrong?

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1 minute ago, Vegas64 said:

What does this mean? UT or Texas Football has run afoul and is licking a boot on this issue or is there a specific thing I'm missing or are you talking about just generally UT is going along to get along and go with the flow and trying to not upset the applecart which is morally wrong?

UT in general has already started well down the path of appeasing the authoritarian right. Plus, of course, it's a state institution so it's unavoidable in many respects. 

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18 minutes ago, Huckleberry said:

So Disney is talking to Kimmel to try to get him back on the air. I assume they are telling him exactly how cowardly they are and how nice they want him to be. If they come to an agreement I'm certainly not restarting my subscription but I'm sure many will. 

I'm using this as an opportunity to trim costs from my life by eliminating money sent to corporate beasts in as many places as possible. Unfortunately I've also had to include contributions to any entity associated with capitulating to this authoritarian regime, which means I've canceled my Burnt Ends and Texas One Fund recurring payments as well as deciding no further contributions to UT academics will happen either. 

So far with just media and recurring UT-related cancellations I'm at about $3500 per year saved. Imagine getting paid to have a clearer conscience, that's a win-win.

Are the media oligarchs finally fed up and tired of being part of the virtue signaling culture wars? There is zero chance Rafi says this unless he was told to by certain people.

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I've never sent money to UT other than paying for season tickets and tuition for myself and two of our kids.  UT is rich as shit.  My support goes to my undergrad institution, not UT.

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1 minute ago, Huckleberry said:

UT in general has already started well down the path of appeasing the authoritarian right. Plus, of course, it's a state institution so it's unavoidable in many respects. 

Understood. Sucks immamac/BurntEnds had to be collateral damage to the general UT machine having to, as you said, go with the flow on a lot of things as a state institution. 

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16 minutes ago, Modessit said:

Your phone knows if you happen to mention toasters to your wife, and shows you toaster ads for the next 2 weeks. Any ad you see or hear is being tracked.

Is this just with toasters or other stuff?

 

 

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11 minutes ago, Vegas64 said:

Understood. Sucks immamac/BurntEnds had to be collateral damage to the general UT machine having to, as you said, go with the flow on a lot of things as a state institution. 

Oh immamac is still getting my treefiddy for the site itself but yeah, it's regrettable overall. Collateral damage will happen (well not really, it would take a lot more and a lot more important people than just me to make a dent, again this is for my conscience).

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17 minutes ago, 'stache said:

Are the media oligarchs finally fed up and tired of being part of the virtue signaling culture wars? There is zero chance Rafi says this unless he was told to by certain people.

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if someone asked him "what did you hate about what kimmel said about the charlie kirk assassination?" he would have no fucking idea what to say. there wasn't one 'controversial' thing said that got him in hot water, and none of the late night comics were making light of it.

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47 minutes ago, Huckleberry said:

So Disney is talking to Kimmel to try to get him back on the air. I assume they are telling him exactly how cowardly they are and how nice they want him to be. If they come to an agreement I'm certainly not restarting my subscription but I'm sure many will. 

I'm using this as an opportunity to trim costs from my life by eliminating money sent to corporate beasts in as many places as possible. Unfortunately I've also had to include contributions to any entity associated with capitulating to this authoritarian regime, which means I've canceled my Burnt Ends and Texas One Fund recurring payments as well as deciding no further contributions to UT academics will happen either. 

So far with just media and recurring UT-related cancellations I'm at about $3500 per year saved. Imagine getting paid to have a clearer conscience, that's a win-win.

Kimmel’s conditions should be:

1. No apology from him.

2. Apology from Disney to his viewers and Americans for caving to political pressure. 
 

Maybe also a contribution to a trans youth support group or something.  If he wants to go really hard in the paint. But fuck any apologies. On 1A go scorched earth. 

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The real problem is that the FTC has become the real enforcer for Trump over the business world. So many large corporations need FTC approval for one of their continual M&A activity. Everyone saw that Trump was able to make CBS bend to their will to approve their sale.

I'm not naive that pressure has never been applied in past administrations but to the extent that the President greenmails organizations is beyond past behavior. And this is just what we know. These organizations could very well be hiring firms quietly tied to the Trump Org in order to get federal approvals. 

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35 minutes ago, Huckleberry said:

UT in general has already started well down the path of appeasing the authoritarian right. Plus, of course, it's a state institution so it's unavoidable in many respects. 

I’ll continue to support Burnt Ends.  That’s a far as I’ll go.

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48 minutes ago, 'stache said:

Are the media oligarchs finally fed up and tired of being part of the virtue signaling culture wars? There is zero chance Rafi says this unless he was told to by certain people.

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Counterpoint: fuck that fucking fuck, he built this beast to do exactly what he's doing.  He supports this shit.  He does.  Don't believe what he said above, because he's Ted Cruz, and if he's talking, he's lying and doing so in complete contempt of every other human being on earth.

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21 hours ago, Chopper said:

 

All my kids bitched when they found out it was canceled. I said y’all are welcome to pitch in and get your own account. Crickets.

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Posted
2 hours ago, Mdhorn said:

His own relevancy. 

Is there something he still does? I’ll be honest and say the last I heard of him was The Man Show. I figured maybe he might’ve attempted producing or something like that.

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5 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

Counterpoint: fuck that fucking fuck, he built this beast to do exactly what he's doing.  He supports this shit.  He does.  Don't believe what he said above, because he's Ted Cruz, and if he's talking, he's lying and doing so in complete contempt of every other human being on earth.

Might I suggest Ted take a vacation. Perhaps to Africa to go on a trophy hunt. Maybe he decides on wanting to get a Cape Buffalo. I think we could all pitch in and help him do this. I mean what could go wrong hunting one of those gentle beasts?

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17 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

Counterpoint: fuck that fucking fuck, he built this beast to do exactly what he's doing.  He supports this shit.  He does.  Don't believe what he said above, because he's Ted Cruz, and if he's talking, he's lying and doing so in complete contempt of every other human being on earth.

Well yeah, or course. But, first, I don't think he or his kind actually believe the full maga shit, they are just going along with it because the voters are buying it and that's all they care about (which in some ways is worse). Second, it's my belief that one of the only ways out of this is for the oligarchs to finally say "that's enough" and tell these shitheels to fucking knock it off already. It's eventually gotta get bad enough for business that they'll pull that trigger. Maybe the cancellations are doing that work but maybe also some Hollywood big wigs are telling them they're going to stop working with Disney and that would be really bad for the bottom line. 

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8 minutes ago, UpperWestside said:

Might I suggest Ted take a vacation. Perhaps to Africa to go on a trophy hunt. 

Is Dick Cheney still alive?  Ted could use a hunting buddy.

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9 minutes ago, UpperWestside said:

Might I suggest Ted take a vacation. Perhaps to Africa to go on a trophy hunt. Maybe he decides on wanting to get a Cape Buffalo. I think we could all pitch in and help him do this. I mean what could go wrong hunting one of those gentle beasts?

Man the entire state of Texas would have to be flooded and then frozen solid for Cruz to take a vacation that big



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