Not so funny real life Capt Trips thread
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Watching the PGA team event today... Pretty big crowd, not a mask in sight.
I mean... You do you Louisiana, just glad I don't have to deal with that level of stupidity.
I mean... You do you Louisiana, just glad I don't have to deal with that level of stupidity.
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Alaska lawmaker blasted airline for ‘mask tyranny.’ Now she’s banned from the only flights to the capital.
Last week, a police officer responded to an Alaska Airlines terminal in Juneau as state Sen. Lora Reinbold clashed with staffers over mask rules. It was a familiar battle for the Republican lawmaker, a vaccine skeptic who has blasted flight attendants as “mask bullies” and accused the airline of “mask tyranny.”
Now, she isn’t welcome on their flights at all. Alaska Airlines this weekend banned Reinbold “for her continued refusal to comply with employee instruction regarding the current mask policy,” the airline said in a statement to The Washington Post.
That’s a serious problem for the lawmaker, because Alaska Airlines operates the only regular flights to the state capital from her home in the Anchorage area, the Anchorage Daily News reported. Reinbold scrambled on Sunday to get to Juneau via an arduous 14-plus-hour car ride, including a jaunt through Canada, to reach a ferry to the capital.
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Makes me even more of a fan.
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If Gronk being in Tucson this week is any indicator, COVID has evaporated in Arizona. (Must be the dry heat.) He hosted a party this past weekend and it was packed.
I bet we see a rise of chlamydia tho.
I bet we see a rise of chlamydia tho.
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Jesus Christ. Cucker Carlson is a fucking sociopath.
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If anything, they can't possibly be getting a lot of ad dollars from Tucker anymore. Does anyone know of any of these companies besides My Pillow? Fox News is still a business. They have shareholders that are looking for profits, right?
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Ark Encounter!!! Isn't that the Kenneth Ham historically accurate museum about the story of Noah?
My friend was badgering me to start watching John Oliver again, and after hearing the Pod Save guys calling Tucker a White Supremacist, I pulled up this clip. I really thought my friend and the PSA guys were exaggerating, but this is pretty compelling.
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Fox News makes more from subscriber fees (if you get the channel, you're paying for it, even if you don't watch it) than advertisers.
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Oh, handouts. Shocking.
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That's the kind of business analysis I expect from a politics writer. If they are getting $1.2B from advertisers - nearly 50% of their revenue - I promise you it absolutely is critical to their survival.DSafetyGuy wrote: ↑Tue Apr 27, 2021 12:01 pmFox News makes more from subscriber fees (if you get the channel, you're paying for it, even if you don't watch it) than advertisers.
Totally Kafkaesque
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But this is a political analysis, not a financial one. We know this because its all retrospective; Carlson doesn't generate ad revenue but Carlson still holds a prime-time spot. The $1.2B is a result of their decision to prioritize message over revenue.
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I doubt the message would be much different if Fox put a different talking head in that slot.
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What I'm saying is they could go far right conservative without the (overt) white nationalism and immediately increase the ad revenue in the slot. They choose not to.
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If I'm not mistaken, the distribution of the bundling fees is based on ratings.
There are a ton of networks up here whose existence is almost solely supported by the fees charged by the cable companies.
There are a ton of networks up here whose existence is almost solely supported by the fees charged by the cable companies.
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Sure, but more horrifying than the thought of a capitalist country waiving patent rights for the good of mankind?
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We did it!
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Just found out that one of my next door neighbour's kids had Covid 10 days ago. Yesterday, there was a birthday party for his brother at their house and their must have been 30 people there.
Yes, they are Orthodox Jews.
These fucking people man.
Yes, they are Orthodox Jews.
These fucking people man.
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God will protect them.
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Yep.
Never mind their neighbours.
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The COVID Outbreak on Everest Is Getting Worse
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I'm back in Spokane to move my daughter out of her dorm. And I'm amazed how many people aren't wearing masks.
We were in REI yesterday evening, and there was an older guy arguing with a younger man, who was refusing to wear a mask. I couldn't let the older guy deal with it alone, so I said 'just wear a mask...every one else is. And there's a sign on the door saying Masks Required'. And the guy just exploded about how he knows more about Covid then anyone else, that he's a grown man making his own decisions, and that masks don't work. Then he told me to mind my own business. I said 'you not wearing a mask is my business'.
Then a manager showed up and took over. The guy was ranting about how he spends thousands of $$$ in that store, and the manager said 'doesn't matter, you have to wear a mask. If you don't want to wear one, you can shop online'. Then the guy said 'I'm going to cancel my membership'. And she said 'Let me get the customer support # for you'. Finally the guy stormed out of the store.
What a nightmare...
We were in REI yesterday evening, and there was an older guy arguing with a younger man, who was refusing to wear a mask. I couldn't let the older guy deal with it alone, so I said 'just wear a mask...every one else is. And there's a sign on the door saying Masks Required'. And the guy just exploded about how he knows more about Covid then anyone else, that he's a grown man making his own decisions, and that masks don't work. Then he told me to mind my own business. I said 'you not wearing a mask is my business'.
Then a manager showed up and took over. The guy was ranting about how he spends thousands of $$$ in that store, and the manager said 'doesn't matter, you have to wear a mask. If you don't want to wear one, you can shop online'. Then the guy said 'I'm going to cancel my membership'. And she said 'Let me get the customer support # for you'. Finally the guy stormed out of the store.
What a nightmare...
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My parents are up and it was just warm enough to sit outside last night so we hit a local fave and I had my first non-homemade burger since before COVID and it was fucking great.
We’re friends with the manager on duty and she was talking to us last night when the hostess came out and said three customers came in and wanted to be seated without masks, was that ok? She said no, mask up or leave. They left.
We’re friends with the manager on duty and she was talking to us last night when the hostess came out and said three customers came in and wanted to be seated without masks, was that ok? She said no, mask up or leave. They left.
I felt aswirl with warm secretions.
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Nice.
Lol
Lol
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Can one of you smart, well-informed guys give me the details on this Fauci emails kerfluffle?
When I try to learn about it, all I get is right-wing shrieking.
When I try to learn about it, all I get is right-wing shrieking.
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Literally if any article calls them "leaks" it's bullshit. They were obtained via FOIA. So you can gauge entire articles by that one word.
NPR broke down what was in them and some takeaways:
https://www.npr.org/2021/06/03/10028657 ... cis-emails
Ultimately, much ado about nothing as usual. Just republicans trying their damnedest to smear him to appease King Orange Pissbaby.
NPR broke down what was in them and some takeaways:
https://www.npr.org/2021/06/03/10028657 ... cis-emails
Ultimately, much ado about nothing as usual. Just republicans trying their damnedest to smear him to appease King Orange Pissbaby.
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I've been waiting for the Vox Explainer on those because I can't figure out what the scandal is supposed to be.
And his one problem is he didn’t go to Russia that night because he had extracurricular activities, and they froze to death.
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Yeah, DeSantis couldn’t help but shit himself by claiming Florida emerged from Faucism.
The GOP has been reduced to a cult.
The GOP has been reduced to a cult.
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Every time from here until the year death of the universe any discussion of policy someone needs to repeat “literally hundreds of thousands of Americans needlessly died due to Republican inaction and incompetence during COVID”. That needs to be the “but her emails” rebuttal brought up constantly and hammered into them d as no their supporters.
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That would be uncouth though! The second a Democrat quips like that brows are furrowed and their own coworkers will condemn them for not being stately enough.
But when the Republican president does it for 4 years on Twitter, no big deal.
But when the Republican president does it for 4 years on Twitter, no big deal.
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mister d wrote:Couldn't have pegged me better.
EnochRoot wrote:I mean, whatever. Johnnie's all hot cuz I ride him.
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mister d wrote:Couldn't have pegged me better.
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Fucking Gonzaga.
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So fucking stupid. Like, if I spend 10 hour watching conspiracy theories on 9/11... I can just say I've done "research" and that makes whatever I'm saying legit?
So. Fucking. Stupid.
So. Fucking. Stupid.
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Some vaccinated folks got COVID this weekend in Seoul. It's kind of a big deal as I start my week here. This pandemic is far from over.
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