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Looks like the same space cadet I posted about uptopic, who congratulated the anchor on the baby she was having because Jones was in favor of abortion.

 

I'm OK that it didn't.

What's Anderson Cooper's job, exactly? One-man BS detector? Does he think the audience won't see a woman who's full of it?

I just don't get the point, really. It feels more like theater than journalism. Why is she on there? If you know she's going to spin a bunch of BS, then just don't book her. Don't book her and then badger and berate her like she's a fool. What's that accomplish?

 

There is no end to what Trump will ask of his party. He is defined by shamelessness, and so there is no bottom. And apparently there is no end to what regular Republicans are willing to give him. Trump may soon ask them to accept his firing of Robert Mueller, and yes, after some sighing, they will accept that, too.

That’s the way these corrupt bargains always work. You think you’re only giving your tormentor a little piece of yourself, but he keeps asking and asking, and before long he owns your entire soul.

The Republican Party is doing harm to every cause it purports to serve. If Republicans accept Roy Moore as a United States senator, they may, for a couple years, have one more vote for a justice or a tax cut, but they will have made their party loathsome for an entire generation. The pro-life cause will be forever associated with moral hypocrisy on an epic scale. The word “evangelical” is already being discredited for an entire generation. Young people and people of color look at the Trump-Moore G.O.P. and they are repulsed, maybe forever. ...

The rot afflicting the G.O.P. is comprehensive — moral, intellectual, political and reputational. More and more former Republicans wake up every day and realize: “I’m homeless. I’m politically homeless.”

Opinion | The G.O.P. Is Rotting

 

Call those spinners out. Cooper took his shot. Once he did, I wanted him to go all the way. Theater aspect, whatever.

 

The tweetstorm after this should be a beaut.

Skier Lindsay Vonn Says She Isn't Representing Trump At The 2018 Winter Olympics | HuffPost

 

HuffPost? Now that's some unbiased reporting! Hahahhahahaa Fake News!

 

Has Trump weighed in on Russia not being there yet?

 

Here's another reason not to like what the FCC is doing with the Net Neutrality repeal. Complete corporate shills.

ISP disclosures about data caps and fees eliminated by net neutrality repeal


"There have been two major versions of the FCC's transparency requirements: one created in 2010 with the first net neutrality rules, and an expanded version created in 2015. Both sets of transparency rules survived court challenges from the broadband industry.

The 2010 requirement had ISPs disclose pricing, including "monthly prices, usage-based fees, and fees for early termination or additional network services."

That somewhat vague requirement will survive Pai's net neutrality repeal. But Pai is proposing to eliminate the enhanced disclosure requirements that have been in place since 2015.

Here are the disclosures that ISPs currently have to make—but won't have to after the repeal:

• Price—the full monthly service charge. Any promotional rates should be clearly noted as such, specify the duration of the promotional period and the full monthly service charge the consumer will incur after the expiration of the promotional period.
• Other Fees—all additional one time and/or recurring fees and/or surcharges the consumer may incur either to initiate, maintain, or discontinue service, including the name, definition, and cost of each additional fee. These may include modem rental fees, installation fees, service charges, and early termination fees, among others.
• Data Caps and Allowances—any data caps or allowances that are a part of the plan the consumer is purchasing, as well as the consequences of exceeding the cap or allowance (e.g., additional charges, loss of service for the remainder of the billing cycle).

Pai's proposed net neutrality repeal says those requirements and others adopted in 2015 are too onerous for ISPs.

"[W]e retain the transparency rule as established in the [2010] Open Internet Order, with some modifications, and eliminate the additional reporting obligations of the [2015] Title II Order," Pai's proposal says. "We find many of those additional reporting obligations significantly increased the burdens imposed on ISPs without providing countervailing benefits to consumers or the Commission."

The FCC is also making it harder for consumers to find ISPs' disclosures. Under the 2010 and 2015 rules, disclosures had to be made on provider websites and at the point of sale so that consumers would know what they're getting into before they buy service.

But Pai's proposal says ISPs should be able to make disclosures in "the least burdensome" way. Going forward, this is how the FCC will require disclosures to be made:

We give ISPs two options for disclosure. First, they may include the disclosures on a publicly available, easily accessible website... Alternatively, ISPs may transmit their disclosures to the Commission, and we will make them available on a publicly available, easily accessible website."

 

My goodness, she is a special brand of stupid.

 

Sure - why not. Worked out great for the last President not to send a US team to an Olympics.
Sarah Sanders Leaves Open Possibility of U.S. Skipping 2018 Olympics: ‘No Official Decision’ Yet (UPDATE)

 

1996

Patti LaBelle's Disastrous Tree Lighting Performance Is the Only Good Christmas Tradition

 

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