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YTTV is still way cheaper than cable.  When I switched a few years ago, promo prices at Xfinity and Uverse were starting at $95, before taxes (which Xfinity also had at least $30 extra in add-on fees, which for some reason was taxes and not included in the quoted price). Promotional bundle prices had both at around $130-$140 when including taxes.   Non-promo prices after 2 years then jumped to over $200, so I had to play that switching game.

So no complaints about the price going to $72.99.  Location spoofer still works to get any game I want.

posted by majorspark

I consider myself a pretty big consumer of media.  Until this week I never heard of Laura Loomer.

Same.  Not the first time, either.  It was liberal posters whining about Project 2025 where I first heard about that.  And we can go on and on and on - the left is always looking for that right-wing boogieman to demonize Republicans with.

posted by CenterBHSFan

And I just saw a clip of somebody on Morning Joe complaining about other media outlets. To paraphrase, reporting on Trump objectively is helping him.

This is hilarious because they still haven't learned from 2016.  For a party that thrives on playing the victim card, you'd think they would know better than to turn Trump into a victim.

posted by geeblock

Meanwhile your guy is parading around with Laura loomer who spends her days making racist comments and tweets.

I agree that's deplorable, but if Obama and Kamala can hang out with racists, why can't Trump?

posted by Devils Advocate

I always thought that kneeling before something showed subservience.

Or reverance.  LOL, can you imagine the shit storm if someone said people were kneeling for the national anthem out of extreme reverance...

posted by Dr Winston O'Boogie

There was very popular story in the late 1980s and 1990s about Ronald Reagan sending - through his emissary - a picture to Ghadaffi of Ghadaffi's house with the message "If you are responsible for harming another American, we know where you live will destroy you." .  

Funny thing is, we ended up doing this - I think it was Clinton that sent a cruise missile through Ghadaffi's front door [literally]!  He was very quiet after that.

posted by queencitybuckeye

"Additional" is a more accurate term than "separate". The distinction matters.

Oh, I suppose that explains why they kneel for one but not the other.

posted by geeblock

I’m pretty sure what trump will say. 

1. If I lose you will have a gang leader from Venezuela for a landlord. 

2. You say good bye to Billy in the morning and he comes home from school with an operation. 

3. They want to kill babies after they are born. 

4. I will make tariffs and china will pay your taxes. 

Gut you can feel free to ignore this post. It’s a joke. 

You say you're joking but this was probably the most accurate post you've made in months.

posted by BR1986FB

If Trump doesn't go off script tomorrow, which I know is hard for him, and attacks her solely on the economy/inflation and immigration, especially after the recent developments in Colorado (apartment building) and Springfield, Ohio, he should distance himself from her in these polls. Big "if" that he won't go off script on some tirade.

Ehhh, I'm not so sure.  First off, it's hard to pull off a decisive win unless you flail around like Dementia Joe, because both sides media will be in full spin mode.

Second, if people don't know who they're voting for or don't know enough about Kamala...are those really people you expect to tune into a debate?

My guess is the 5% or whatever undecideds are out there are going to wait until the last minute and vote for who they think will win.  Wanting to vote for the person who wins, rather than who necessarily represents you best, is a real thing.

If I was Trump, I'd just be running non-stop ads of her past radical positions and flip flops and word salads.  She should be even easier to dispatch than Joe.  She's running an image campaign, and there's an awful lot out there on her that paints a rather bad image.  Just dispel the Hollywood makeover by showing people who she really is.

posted by queencitybuckeye

You're too smart to know that these are not in conflict.

But they actually are.  They literally are demanding a separate anthem for black people.

Thought I saw where this kid was apparently obsessed with Parkland.

Maybe we should try just not covering these shootings, because aside from the obvious copycat angle, almost all these kids are suicidal and want to go out causing as much pain and suffering for their revenge.  And with every shooting we remind them again of this reality and provide a blueprint.  The coverage of these events is like porn to those psychopaths.  Take away the infamy and notoriety and school shootings will drop dramatically.  You want to censor everything, try censoring something that could actually make a difference.

I'm not sure guns and mental health have changed all that much.  But Columbine changed everything.

"Separate but equal is racist..."

"Also, we want our own anthem"

posted by geeblock

What a pompous ass lol f u how about that 

OK, bro.  You seem like totally rational and in control.

posted by geeblock

Wow ok bro 

Yeah, bro

posted by geeblock

So last weekend is spent in Pennsylvania in butler county and I guess because it’s a swing state every commercial is a political ad for the election. And some of them were really wild. I go out of my way to avoid commercials so I’m not sure but I don’t see hardly any in Ohio. Are there lots of ads where others here live? 

If you were remotely rational, you'd be AMAZED at how fucking stupid you are...

posted by iclfan2

Education is a scam. More $ is spent per pupil than ever, and it all goes to admin fees. No one cares about “the kids”. Yet the typical clowns cry that education is lacking and they need more money. 

It's massively screwed up.   "Associate" professors are taking the lionshare of early and entry-level courses, and getting like $3k per semester.  Which works out to less than $30 per hour (with little to no benefits).

Meanwhile, you have K-6 teachers making the equivalent of over $2500 per week, or well over $60 per hour (again, ignoring pension and other benefits).

Sorry, but my uncle home-schooled their kids, and those kids did very, very well.  Granted, mom was pretty smart.  But you'll never convince me teachers are our best and brightest nor that their results aren't easily obtainable by anyone who remotely gives a shit.

And I'm not arguing most teachers don't care.  I'm simply saying that the skill and ability required doesn't warrant above average pay.  If you made the median salary, around $50k, but for only 9-10 months of work, that's about right.

posted by jmog

Can anyone explain why K-3 eventually needs a masters?

My guess is it ultimately comes down to wages.  Union negotiates requirements, then turns around and says "these people are highly educated, they need to be paid more".

Chicago teachers, which seem to strike every new contract, START at an annual salary of $56k.  More experienced teachers with advanced degrees make over $108k.  That data was from 5 years ago.  If you're an AP teacher basically teaching college, then maybe $100k is reasonable.  The rest are overpaid, like a lot when you consider pensions.

There's already a shortage of mental health workers in this country.  Multiple school psychs to talk to kids "weekly" isn't remotely feasible.

But if you want to put A LOT more kids on A LOT more drugs, that's probably a good idea.

posted by Heretic

To me, it's weird. If I knew someone who, in their personal life, flip-flopped on stuff like a politician does, they'd get no farther than "casual acquaintance" with me because I wouldn't trust them enough to really want them around. But in this world, being like that gets you all sorts of TV appearances and feature stories.

Yeah, it's funny that our most "electable" candidates are people none of us would probably want to be associated with.

To be fair, as a representative of the people "flipping" to what the voters want could be considered what the job requires.  But I think what happens today is politicians just tell people what they want to hear, no matter if it's a bad idea or untenable.  They then rely on the "opposition party" to block that agenda, and then blame the other party for broken campaign promises.

Like Biden knew he couldn't pass student loan forgiveness.  He was creating a wedge issue, and yet another attack on the courts.  When Trump does it, he doesn't "respect the rule of law", but when Dems do it it's never about undermining the courts, it's about "fairness".

posted by kizer permanente
I've never met my great uncle or "cousins" (2nd cousins) and they live 45 min away. I only know they exist. I wouldn't expect them to vote for me b/c their grandpa had a brother who had a family of his own. 

Well, Walz also hasn't talked to his brother in 8 years.  So seems like he doesn't get along with anyone, really, in his family.