Donald I, emperor of the world.

[briantrumpet]

This one could have legs: flat out denial that evidence exists of a Trump lackey taking a $50k bribe.

 

[Pinno718]

Kirk and the far right, Farage et al:

[Kirk] "He wasn't a grass roots MAGA hero, he was a professional grievance salesman."


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcIe3lSH0PU

 

[midlandsgrimpeur]

Kirk and the far right, Farage et al:

[Kirk] "He wasn't a grass roots MAGA hero, he was a professional grievance salesman."


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcIe3lSH0PU

The whole MAGA lot have got more grievances than the Masterchef HR department.

 

[Pinno718]

The whole MAGA lot have got more grievances than the Masterchef HR department.

It's worth a watch.

 

[secretsqirrel]

Kimmel is back

 

[midlandsgrimpeur]

It's worth a watch.

Oh, I have certainly watched it. I genuinely understand the notion that disenfranchised people often feel govt. doesn't work for them. What I can never understand if why they fall for grifters who have no interest in them at all, are usually wealthy and whose actual lives bear no resemblance to the people they claim to represent. How can anyone from a poor and marginalised background think Farage understands their lives better than Starmer (or dare I mention her name, Angela Rayner)? Both of whom actually come from similar backgrounds to them.

 

[midlandsgrimpeur]

Kimmel is back

Kimmel back, widespread condemnation here of Farage's proposed end to ILR. Perhaps we are starting to get somewhere.

 

[Pinno718]

Oh, I have certainly watched it. I genuinely understand the notion that disenfranchised people often feel govt. doesn't work for them. What I can never understand if why they fall for grifters who have no interest in them at all, are usually wealthy and whose actual lives bear no resemblance to the people they claim to represent. How can anyone from a poor and marginalised background think Farage understands their lives better than Starmer (or dare I mention her name, Angela Rayner)? Both of whom actually come from similar backgrounds to them.

It was the global network that was clarified by her that struck me - it now makes a bit more sense.
It becomes more clearer why Trump won't support Ukraine. We have presupposed that Putin has kompromat on him but it's much more likely that Trump is embedded in this ugly web of billionaires cashing in on hate and misinformation.
As for Farage - he's another slimy toad.

...and we're all embracing AI.

 

[Pblakeney]

...and we're all embracing AI.

Not all.
(That won't come as a surprise. 😉)

 

[briantrumpet]

Kimmel is back

John Oliver said that rather than roll over and give the bully your dinner money, people like Iger should simply say "Fûck you, make me" when Trump & his lackeys make unconstitutional threats. Maybe there might yet be a bit more of a fightback, if a few more companies and their handsomely-paid CEOs would just say the words John Oliver suggests are appropriate.

 

[icowden]

Not all.
(That won't come as a surprise. 😉)

What has AI ever done to you?

 

[midlandsgrimpeur]

John Oliver said that rather than roll over and give the bully your dinner money, people like Iger should simply say "Fûck you, make me" when Trump & his lackeys make unconstitutional threats. Maybe there might yet be a bit more of a fightback, if a few more companies and their handsomely-paid CEOs would just say the words John Oliver suggests are appropriate.

I don't have figures but a suggestion that Disney has been met with a hell of a lot of cancelled subscriptions. I don't care if that is the reason rather than any principled stance, but if so it highlights that a lot of big businesses will looking at the risk reward of appeasing Trump. If consumer pushback hits them harder financially and that causes execs to ignore Trump then maybe that offers a means of challenging him. Principles may not matter in the US but money most certainly does.

 

[Pblakeney]

What has AI ever done to you?
View attachment 10102

I bet that character would vote Farage.

 

[C R]

I don't have figures but a suggestion that Disney has been met with a hell of a lot of cancelled subscriptions. I don't care if that is the reason rather than any principled stance, but if so it highlights that a lot of big businesses will looking at the risk reward of appeasing Trump. If consumer pushback hits them harder financially and that causes execs to ignore Trump then maybe that offers a means of challenging him. Principles may not matter in the US but money most certainly does.

We cancelled our Disney+ due to this and let them know that was the reason. We will not be renewing it even if Kimmel is back.

According to the graun, production of the show will resume, but it isn't clear how it will go on air:

Though production of Kimmel’s show will resume as usual Tuesday, it remains unclear how available the broadcast will be. Sinclair, which ran a Kirk tribute in place of Jimmy Kimmel Live! last week, has stated that it will not allow Kimmel’s show back on its stations – including ABC in the Washington DC metro area – until he apologized to Kirk’s family, made a “meaningful personal donation” to them and met with Sinclair representatives. The show will, as ever, be available online after the ABC broadcast.

 

[Pinno718]

I bet that character would vote Farage.

Al Murray's "English Landlord" is a satirical character who uses a right-wing, patriotic persona to mock and lampoon populist politics,

• Parody of populism: The Landlord's "common sense" solutions are a parody of populist political rhetoric, often delivered while waving a pint of beer. In 2015, the character stood for election in South Thanet against Nigel Farage, forming the "Free United Kingdom Party" (FUKP) to highlight the absurdity of personality politics.