I can remember that. Though 9/11 was caused by a cavalcade of American mistakes, which built upon themselves until some fanatics hijacked planes. And there was warnings years before, such as the earlier bombings...
Media/Journalism Cringe Megathread - Hot off the Presses
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I can remember that. Though 9/11 was caused by a cavalcade of American mistakes, which built upon themselves until some fanatics hijacked planes. And there was warnings years before, such as the earlier bombings...
essentially America thought no one would be that stupid.
Then forgot that the middle east prides itself on its stupidity.
CarlManvers2019
Writers Blocked Douchebag
When you think about it, the USA is holding back its true military destructive power
Mostly because they’re not up against an actual army
Those “stupid” guys in the Middle East are essentially guerilla fighters of a sort, they don’t necessarily have all the resources, infrastructure, discipline and training but they have the advantage that they can easily get lots of poor fools to go along with their ideals
Lose their leadership and a good portion of their current resources, bases and members? The movement will go on as always
They’ll even get middle to upper class non-muslim white dudes to join because there are so many gullible idiots looking for a purpose in life of sorts and don’t really care about people to begin with and want to follow someone
It really isn't about stupidity, none of this would have happened if the USA wasn't going balls deep in the region. If anyone is stupid, it was the USA for thinking it was a good idea...though I guess most of their allies are idiots too. Or rather most nations are idiots, because they keep on sticking the allegorical fork in the allegorical outlet just the same as the US does.
Well, at least Trump seems to realize not want to jab forks in outlets...
The only reason we cared about the middle east was oil America Is now energy independent the middle east is now asia and europes problem.
I already have the popcorn ready you want some?
Sure. It will be fun to watch once it all goes down. The Anglosphere minus the UK is going to be entirely immune to this.
Or rather "fun" in the sense of the rapt awe that one has when they see something horrifying unfolding infront of them.
CNN settles lawsuit with Nick Sandmann
The amount of the settlement was not made public during a hearing at the federal courthouse in Covington.
www.fox19.com
That's one down. Now he probably has enough money to finance all the other lawsuits.
LordsFire
Internet Wizard
CNN settles lawsuit with Nick Sandmann
The amount of the settlement was not made public during a hearing at the federal courthouse in Covington.
That's one down. Now he probably has enough money to finance all the other lawsuits.
Amusingly, because of the way our messed up legal system works, CNN caving first, will probably end up meaning they need to pay out the least; they might even get to keep the terms of their out-of-court settlement private.
The others will likely not be so lucky.
It was a means of avoiding discovery. Way too much chance of a smoking gun being in there or really embarrassing information that will inevitably be leaked.
CarlManvers2019
Writers Blocked Douchebag
Still, rather pragmatic of them
I wonder if the heads of CNN, who probably aren’t really so deep in WOKE stuff, are planning on trying to reign in on their guys to avoid accidentally making another meme or making themselves look retarded with something similar
Arch Dornan
Oh, lovely. They've sent me a mo-ron.
That was wise of them to settle first.
That's something mentioned by a lawyer I watch on YouTube that settling is better than a drawn out lawsuit.
And it's a real shame because of it.
Cringe media rising from the Washington Post
boundingintocomics.com
Title says it all!
Washington Post Publishes Article Claiming Star Wars and John Williams Score "Reproduces Harmful Prejudices in Pop Culture"
The Washington Post published an article written by Jeffery C. J. Chen, that claims John Williams and his Star Wars score "reproduces harmful prejudices in pop culture."
boundingintocomics.com
Title says it all!
LordsFire
Internet Wizard
Cringe media rising from the Washington Post
Washington Post Publishes Article Claiming Star Wars and John Williams Score "Reproduces Harmful Prejudices in Pop Culture"
The Washington Post published an article written by Jeffery C. J. Chen, that claims John Williams and his Star Wars score "reproduces harmful prejudices in pop culture."
Title says it all!
It's particularly hilarious given how aggressively egalitarian Star Wars was. Princess Leia was a real fireball, Lando Calrissian was a wonderfully charismatic character (and incredibly successful/wealthy in-setting).
Forget about race and gender, outright alien species are treated as 'just more people,' casually and easily interacted with by anyone in the Rebel Alliance or Old Republic.
The hard left really is an excellent example of how if you look for anything hard enough, you'll 'find it,' whether it's really there or not.
Arch Dornan
Oh, lovely. They've sent me a mo-ron.
Federal Judge Rules California 'Gig Labor' Law Applies To Freelance Journalists
A federal judge will not temporarily exempt freelance journalists and photographers from a broad new California labor law.
sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com
Someone's going to be told to learn to code.
LordsFire
Internet Wizard
Federal Judge Rules California 'Gig Labor' Law Applies To Freelance Journalists
A federal judge will not temporarily exempt freelance journalists and photographers from a broad new California labor law.
Someone's going to be told to learn to code.
And the media's betrayal of freedom starts coming back to haunt them.
Maybe they'll finally start learning why most regulations are bad.
Why are most regulations bad? Isn't it mostly a case of improper or inappropriate application?
Think about how much easier it is to fuck some thing up then to make it better then remember that most legislation is made by people whos experience base doesn't really cover most of the topics they regulate.
I'm not sure if he entirely counts here but there's not enough material to make a new thread about it and he's technically a contributor to the times and said they're on the case so without further ado, Paul Krugman ladies and gents:
Archive link because he realized he'd done goofed and deleted the tweet: Attention Required!
The responses are hilarious.
Archive link because he realized he'd done goofed and deleted the tweet: Attention Required!
The responses are hilarious.
PsihoKekec
Swashbuckling Accountant
No, the sprawling mass of overreaching regulation means that every well meaning law abiding citizen commits at least one offence per day and is only getting away because the state doesn't have sufficient surveilance and enforcement apparatus yet. The only ones who can really thrive in such system are those with enough money to have the lawyer armies on their retainer. It is why corporations thrive within the law enviroment that is supposed to limit them, but only suppresses small and medium companies instead.