tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post9138200928024383441..comments2024-03-28T00:02:35.850-05:00Comments on driftglass: Sunday Morning Comin' Downdriftglasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09379167083253389153noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-71476149848591258432016-08-23T11:21:31.608-05:002016-08-23T11:21:31.608-05:00I read "Trump/RUS connection" and though...I read "Trump/RUS connection" and thought "rodents of unusual size?" before realizing she meant Russia, then I realized the former was much more accurate and comprehensive.ChicagoPathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07534062880127589011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-74628107193596728112016-08-21T21:31:54.838-05:002016-08-21T21:31:54.838-05:00"Take two nepenthe and call me in the morning..."Take two nepenthe and call me in the morning."<br /><br />They do say a gramme is better than a damn, and that evil's an unreality if you take a couple of grammes.Neo Tuxedohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15455041641080873400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-60744919909168559812016-08-21T21:14:18.011-05:002016-08-21T21:14:18.011-05:00Matthew Dowd argues like a child, frankly, but I ...Matthew Dowd argues like a child, frankly, but I guess that is the standard for the Sunday Shows nowadays.Jimbohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13891331049535299222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-22668409665093790592016-08-21T19:47:40.237-05:002016-08-21T19:47:40.237-05:00Why don't you accept people for where they are...Why don't you accept people for where they are in the present, Driftglass? The reason you will never be anything but a pariah dirty hippy blogger is that you keep insisting that history actually hapenned. Take two nepenthe and call me in the morning. Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18381401837276132767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-48044403093277271552016-08-21T19:39:10.531-05:002016-08-21T19:39:10.531-05:00“Well, you would talk actual facts and substance. ...<i>“Well, you would talk actual facts and substance. Watch these shows, they’re all superficial nonsense.”</i><br /><br />"You know this and I know it, and what folly is this to be toasting an independent press."<br />-- John Swinton to the New York Press Club, date uncertainNeo Tuxedohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15455041641080873400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-7151688547382949272016-08-21T17:20:52.277-05:002016-08-21T17:20:52.277-05:00dinthebeast
Don't know the details, but Ailes...dinthebeast<br /><br />Don't know the details, but Ailes, age 76, supposedly has a non-compete clause as part of his buyout that would run into his 80's. With what they paid him ($40 million?), can't believe they don't have a non-compete bolted together with titanium rivets.<br /><br />HOWEVER, the principals (Trump & Ailes) have enormous self-confidence in their own specialness and being above the rules. The perfect denouement would be their trying to get away with some cuteness ("just an informal advisor") in a media deal and Murdoch's sons going after them with flamethrowers and castrating shears to protect the Fox News investment.bowtiejackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03269786110593961195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-17448450436692345832016-08-21T17:04:28.732-05:002016-08-21T17:04:28.732-05:00". . . someone getting the hell out of a burn...". . . someone getting the hell out of a burning building even if they're the one that started the fire."<br />And the winner of the Golden Apercu Award is . . . <br /><br />Meanwhile, speaking of the Sunday shows, David Cay Johnston has a new book out, The Making of Donald Trump, which is a close examination of the slime trail that has been Trump's actual career (SPOILER ALERT! "Follow the money"). <br />Johnston is a very smart, incredibly meticulous guy, but the darndest thing is happening. Wait let him tell about it:<br /><br /> "Last week I did 19 hours on TV and radio one day, and then 12 hours, and 12, and 11. It’s all I’ve been doing since the book came out. It’s TV and radio to the point where it’s all a big blur. I have been on national television in Australia, multiple channels; Japan, Canada, multiple channels; England, multiple channels; France, multiple channels; Germany, national news programs.<br /><br />"None of the three U.S. networks have had a word about my book. And they have not had me on the Sunday morning talk shows."<br /><br />Curiouser and curiouser, huh?<br /><br />"I had a producer for a cable show, who I know and bitched about some of this with, and who said to me, “David, they would never have you on a Sunday morning talk show for the most obvious reason. You should know that.” I said, “What’s the obvious reason?” She said, “Well, you would talk actual facts and substance. Watch these shows, they’re all superficial nonsense.” <br /><br />http://www.rawstory.com/2016/08/new-book-reveals-con-man-donald-trump-is-even-sleazier-and-more-underhanded-than-you-think/<br /><br /><br />bowtiejackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03269786110593961195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-11353144581733148082016-08-21T16:29:08.608-05:002016-08-21T16:29:08.608-05:00Yeah,looks like it's gonna get ugly again... O... Yeah,looks like it's gonna get ugly again... On the other hand, I accidentally saw Breitbart slamming Fox, so perhaps that whole "Trump TV/ Ailes media empire" trope might have some merit after all?<br /><br /> -Doug in Oakland dinthebeasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12941071534250216503noreply@blogger.com