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Toplowtech
Aug 31, 2004

The really sad part is that those fuckers would be the first to run out of your country straight to Europe (England i hope :france: ) and would most likely dodge the :guillotine:.

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Toplowtech
Aug 31, 2004

"I mean if you ignore the welfare queens thing and the all the references to "over sexualized women" and to "violent big, Black bucks" and him only wanting gun control AFTER the black panthers started arming themselves, how was i supposed to realize he was kinda big on racism?" :suicide:

Toplowtech has issued a correction as of 17:02 on Aug 1, 2019

Toplowtech
Aug 31, 2004

Private equity firm buy woke feminist newspaper outfit to turn profit, how will it turn?

quote:

When Jim Spanfeller and a private equity firm called Great Hill Partners took over G/O Media—formerly Gizmodo Media Group—in April, their stated goal was to make the company profitable. It was a welcome refrain for employees all too aware of how the company had languished under Univision’s doomed ownership. But as Spanfeller began to implement his vision, that hope was replaced by employee frustration and skepticism over his hiring practices and interference with the company’s journalism.

Toplowtech
Aug 31, 2004

ocrumsprug posted:

Just look at that sinister teenager, plotting to subvert democracy.
"No, see , it's not that the Emperor is naked, the real problem is the child who is lying about him being naked. Now let me clean the Emperor's pants with my tongue."

Toplowtech
Aug 31, 2004

Jose posted:

despite the fact he's running concentration cmaps the media still won't ask him a proper question. he's in his 3rd year
They are so used to the decorum of being servile to the man in charge, it's kinda like they hope he will suddenly give real president answers if they keep asking real* journos questions.

*soft balls

Toplowtech has issued a correction as of 17:46 on Aug 3, 2019

Toplowtech
Aug 31, 2004

GalacticAcid posted:

I had really hoped that generational fetishism would have died out a bit by now, particularly on a forum w/ broadly left wing if not Marxist leanings. but alas, every thread is "BOOMERS" day in and day out
Blaming a whole generation for the fault of a few relatively small groups of people with the actual power and money to ruin everyone is a great to dodge responsibility too. Wasn't me it was "my generation".

Toplowtech
Aug 31, 2004

^^^it links to nothing but the title alone angers me as a Frenchman.
Edit:okay the actual title is faaaaar better.

Breakfast All Day posted:

love how liberals give up the game instantly by applying wrong, surrendering labels to things. a fat slovenly dude who's spent decades giving himself nursing home great grandma hair to hide his baldness is "tough-guy masculine". a disingenuous amoral backroom power wielder completely indifferent to policy and theory other than as a political weapon is a "nerdish policy wonk"
Yeah, during her debates against Trump, Hillary's go-to-argument was "go to my website to read the long list of experts who said 1) i am right 2)trump is wrong 3)i will also win this election". Yeah even gender swapped s/he looked spinless.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJ9FdRaTGEo

Toplowtech has issued a correction as of 16:15 on Aug 13, 2019

Toplowtech
Aug 31, 2004

I fixed the link for you. You forgot a 4.

Toplowtech
Aug 31, 2004

brugroffil posted:

It basically came down to Theil having deeper pockets and being able to sue until he found a judge to give him a win
Deeper pockets than the long list of people(including journos) who tried to sue them and failed before, for sure. Reminder that Hogan/Thiel weren't the firsts to try to sue Gawker for defamation. When it was poorer people, Gawker and its lawyers just laughed at them and hided behind their status as Journalists and their money.

Toplowtech has issued a correction as of 04:13 on Aug 25, 2019

Toplowtech
Aug 31, 2004

Nebakenezzer posted:

True

where is sam biddle now?
The intercept.

Toplowtech
Aug 31, 2004

I really like the "but when he takes offense", yeah sure, that's why they wrote the article, not because of how insanely stupid the answer to the taken offense was.

Toplowtech
Aug 31, 2004

Doctor Jeep posted:

WHAT THE gently caress
hahaha his great grandfather was the FOUNDER of shell, this is insane
In the same genre, would it really be a surprise to you if i told you that the really rich french people fighting against the recognizing of Colonialism as a historic crime against humanity by France are the descendants of slave plantation owners and/or the heirs of companies that made a killing exploiting africa?

Toplowtech
Aug 31, 2004

the bitcoin of weed posted:

Biden has declined significantly even from the other debates it's a little insane to keep pretending he's doing fine
After the blood eye thing and considering the intracranial berry aneurysm which ended his 88 run, i am starting to think we may see Biden dying live on tv while fighting for his corporate masters. The MSM going :tif: is the best part.
vvvvvvvvv a sad petty man like me can dream, okay :colbert:

Toplowtech has issued a correction as of 18:12 on Sep 13, 2019

Toplowtech
Aug 31, 2004

LGD posted:

https://twitter.com/nytopinion/status/1173067643487760385?s=20

I wonder if we can get them to delete it a 3rd time
The two previous ones were something:

Toplowtech
Aug 31, 2004

brugroffil posted:

Aren't they both proposing wealth taxes
Yes and if Hillary had been smart and promised wealth taxes in 2016, i am sure Wall street would have been "afraid of her" too all while dropping millions in her campaign.

Toplowtech
Aug 31, 2004

^^^^^Jesus it's C-SPAM the place for lovely conspiracy theories, not an episode of West Wing.

CharlestheHammer posted:

lol Wall Street isn’t competent enough to be the puppetmaster you think they are
I don't think they are puppetmasters. :rolleyes: Puppetmasters don't act like angry kids. Warren is just their last choice in their "Everyone but Bernie" strategy. Warren is far far better than Biden (and not senile yet) but the fact they have to walk backward toward the wealth taxe candidates and bitch about their bourgois version of feminism just not to give the Jewish socialist candidate support is pretty telling about the US economic elite.

Toplowtech has issued a correction as of 15:30 on Sep 28, 2019

Toplowtech
Aug 31, 2004

Goon Danton posted:

Trump is uhhhh *spins wheel* Emperor Elagabalus
Philip the Arab

Toplowtech
Aug 31, 2004

Zurakara posted:

Was Tiberius the one that deified the kid he was loving?
Emperor Tiberius was, but i think they are talking about Tiberius Gracchus.

Toplowtech
Aug 31, 2004

Journalism dies in darkness*

*killed with the help of the people we then hire to write our Op Eds.

Toplowtech
Aug 31, 2004

Please note that we use the term media critics to describe such people, not "journalists" (with or without quotes).

Toplowtech
Aug 31, 2004

Wraith of J.O.I. posted:

can anyone with a nyt sub copy/paste the lindy west "saved by the bell and clueless are how we got trump" article people have been posting the headline of on twitter? i can't imagine how dumb it is and need to see what it says
Today in the Sick Sad World Times: Learn how 90s sitcom Daria created the Alt-Right.

Toplowtech
Aug 31, 2004

It somehow reminds me of the time when the fox pundits were all "we are america, we don't torture, we just use Enhanced interrogation techniques". Those proud Americans didn't chant "lock him up", they just "exerted their first amendment right musically."

Toplowtech
Aug 31, 2004

Yeah, I am sure the US would like to open a few low cost factories there after securing the place for capital, but i am french :france: and i know this kind of plan is why Saint Domingue was created, so your mileage may varies.

Toplowtech
Aug 31, 2004

Atrocious Joe posted:

Bloomberg News is just giving up on doing News since Bloomberg is in the election now
https://twitter.com/farhip/status/1198645499433275394?s=20
Tiny Mike gonna stole tons of Biden votes.

Toplowtech
Aug 31, 2004

Main Paineframe posted:

nah, extinction rebellion isn't even slightly radical

it's run by dedicated liberals. its founders are:
- someone who went to college to get a PhD in civil disobedience
- a longtime professional protester who went on a "psychedelic retreat" to Costa Rica after Occupy went under, and came back with the idea for XR
We had people in the France thread talking about their experience with the french branch of Extinction Rebellion, and apparently half of ER were complaining that the "Death to capital" slogan was too violent. It's a giant liberal magnet movement. Some of them are chill but will probably end up in a better movement later.

Toplowtech has issued a correction as of 18:27 on Nov 25, 2019

Toplowtech
Aug 31, 2004

atelier morgan posted:

they're okay with trans rights in a vague and general sense, but are very much all about policies that ~just happen~ to disproportionately punish trans people like being anti-sex worker and pro-the health insurance companies that gatekeep the poo poo out of what trans medical care they don't just refuse to cover for being 'voluntary' or 'cosmetic'
Yeah reminder that in most of the other countries currently with gay marriage laws, those countries' parliaments did pass a law to allow it, so politicians were actually saying out loud they were in favor of such law and actually voting for it to pass, not just sitting on the side voting for mediocre stuff like don't ask don't tell and publicly saying they believed in the sanctity of marriage until the supreme court (which they later lost because what is it good for, right?) was in favor of gay marriage.
Democrats are only good in contrast to republican evilness.

Toplowtech has issued a correction as of 17:39 on Dec 19, 2019

Toplowtech
Aug 31, 2004

I really like that the central argument advanced to justify doing something morally so basic and decent it should already be done is "it will generate money". And i wonder why it took so long and a war to stop the really lucrative business of slavery.

Toplowtech
Aug 31, 2004

Innocuous posted:

the top endorsements are baffling but take a step back and let's also gawk at the six votes for booker
He is the true NYT Editorial Board members' candidate if you ask me. Only 1% but 6 members of their vote, you know it's literally the only reason why he can have a presidential run and not be laughed out of the race.

Toplowtech
Aug 31, 2004

Pener Kropoopkin posted:

e: also it's incredible what a cowardly move it was to do a double-endorsement despite Warren still managing to get the most votes. Jesus Christ lol
"Even when a women get more vote she ends up in a tie. Women can't even win a newspaper vote." seems to be the lesson of the article.

Toplowtech
Aug 31, 2004

Yes let's listen to the opinion of the really honest man, totally not posturing, known as Newt "i started loving my new wife while the old one was dying of cancer" Gingrich.

Toplowtech
Aug 31, 2004

reignonyourparade posted:

Klobuchar is like the perfect candidate according to Pundit Ideology, even if they can recognize that she's got no hope by the math, they don't understand WHY and keep thinking "well maybe if we just give her the right push she'll catch on like she's Supposed To."
She is the stereotypical democrat liberal, how hard is it for them to understand people can hate someone for the exact same reason other like them?

Toplowtech
Aug 31, 2004

PostNouveau posted:

Tronc!!!!!!!!!!
Yes same energy.

Toplowtech
Aug 31, 2004

H.P. Hovercraft posted:

their paywall takes both beenz and flooz
Sounds like shitz.

Toplowtech
Aug 31, 2004


Brett "i am an expert in vulnerability, intellect and likeability" Stephen.

Toplowtech
Aug 31, 2004

IAMKOREA posted:

Global warming deniers should be treated like holocaust causers.
It's funny you say that because i have a venn diagram of both group and yeah it's what you think.

Toplowtech
Aug 31, 2004

Lol it's their depression phase.

Toplowtech
Aug 31, 2004

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLqKXrlD1TU

Toplowtech
Aug 31, 2004

Helsing posted:

The aide said that guys like me were 'in what we call the reality-based community,' which he defined as people who 'believe that solutions emerge from your judicious study of discernible reality.' [...] 'That's not the way the world really works anymore,' he continued. 'We're an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality. And while you're studying that reality—judiciously, as you will—we'll act again, creating other new realities, which you can study too, and that's how things will sort out. We're history's actors...and you, all of you, will be left to just study what we do'.
This quote was a comment from 2004 by someone in W wonderful administration. The source of the quote was guessed to be Bush's senior advisor Karl Rove, although Rove has denied saying it. But let's be honest, it was totally him.

Toplowtech
Aug 31, 2004

Shear Modulus posted:

giuliani was better on tv
But is Giulini still better on tv than Ben Ladin's corpse getting eaten on the floor of the Ocean?

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Toplowtech
Aug 31, 2004

GalacticAcid posted:

yea she was a normal local news anchor in Pittsburgh for a long time and then completely went off the deep end and got a radio show where she says disturbing right wing bullshit
Translation: she was always a right wing nutjob, except her anchor job wasn't allowing her to express her true feelings.

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