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#601 Re: The Garden » Current Events Thread » 290 weeks ago
Haley is more of a war hawk than DeSantis. Haley probably is a bigger fan of the military industrial complex.
What exactly is the GOP stand on this? Less on defense spending and intervening in wars and shit or more military hawkishness?
The problem with media sort of candidates like Tucker Carlson is that I have no idea what his real thoughts are on things. I mean he might be just saying shit for ratings or entertainment purposes. I think he's smarter than the stuff he peddles.
It's literally for entertainment purposes only.
While I hadn't watched Fox News heavily since the early 2000s, that info turned me off to it completely.
When Fox was being sued for various shit said by Hannity, Tucker, etc. Fox admitted it wasn't meant to be real news(which is a tad ironic), for entertainment purposes only, and no one in their right mind would believe what is being said on the shows.
How this info didn't destroy their careers and kill off Fox News shows in a nutshell how fucked up this country is.
Before SG responds with "But CNN lies too!....
Yes they do. So does MSNBC. However, nothing those two outlets have done comes close to the insanity of admitting your show isn't news but propaganda disguised as entertainment.
Last week's admission by CNN that they played up Covid for ratings and to make Trump look bad is getting awfully damn close though.
I want all these media outlets regulated again.
No lies...only news. The panels of talking heads needs to be limited to a set amount of hours a week. You also have to give equal time to both sides.
I think he's smarter than the stuff he peddles.
He's an elitist...heir to the Swanson foods fortune....who plays a character on TV that relates to the common man. Millions of people fall for it. Apparently like Trump, he's mocked the idiocy of his own followers in private.
These people are despicable and insidious.
The problem on a larger scale is that these people just need to report the news and deliver facts. I don't mind if you have one or two of these opinion shows but fuck when almost every news show is skewed with the anchor's opinions, I mean what happened to these people being neutral or objective. Try watching the BBC or whatever. There's very little opinion and just the simple matter of fact delivery of news stories. And to be honest, if I wanted slanted opinon types I'd go online.
I disagree on giving both sides equal time. If one side is peddling false shit, then NO you don't need to give them airtime. No real time was needed to give the Dems their defund the police thing or the Republicans lie about election fraud. That's one of the big problems really. It just helps one side spin and obfuscate.
As far as Carlson is concerned, I'm shocked he's still relevant given how Jon Stewart fucking nuked him on live tv in 2003.
#602 Re: The Garden » Current Events Thread » 290 weeks ago
Republican men and/or Trump supporters will not vote for a woman. Period.
That and at points she sounds reasonable and sane. If the Trump electorate is still a huge block of the Repbulican primary voters then she aint crazy enough for them. Plus the woman thing. I mean she needs to get out of the primary but she needs to appeal to this block and she already has several things going against her.
#603 Re: The Garden » Current Events Thread » 290 weeks ago
A lot of republicans are wanting him to run, and he's smart and more moderate than most conservatives, but I'm not sure he has "it." I still think Haley will be a force to be reckoned with. I'd only get behind a populist if I ever voted Republican. The Vance/Carlson (whatever you think about him) wing are a burgeoning movement with Republicans with their anti corporatist views. Traditional/W. Bush conservatives hate them, so that's a good sign. Tucker is more in line with Elizabeth Warren than most Democrats are.
The problem with media sort of candidates like Tucker Carlson is that I have no idea what his real thoughts are on things. I mean he might be just saying shit for ratings or entertainment purposes. I think he's smarter than the stuff he peddles.
The problem Haley has is she is a woman AND a minority running in the Republican Party.
It appears Marjorie Taylor Green is creating an openly white supremacist caucus in the House of Representatives.
The media is trying to turn her into the next Trump.
She had zero power and influence until the media gave it to her. In a normal world, she would've been mocked week one and then ignored completely on the national level. She would've lost reelection.
Thanks to the media...she's a rising star. That's exactly what they want.
I can't stand her or that imbecile from Colorado. CNN really wants her to be another Trump.
I'm calling it now....one of those two becomes Senator in the next election.
Those two are just freaking clowns. I have zero respect for them at all. Just fucking embarrassments. Some of these congresspersons don't even want to understand or know the legislative process or how to help their constituents in the district they represent. That's the awful part. I don't really care if you make a fool of yourself as long as you bring home the bacon and pork to your district that's fine. Those things provide jobs or address issues in the community/whatever.
#604 Re: The Garden » The Wrestling thread » 290 weeks ago
Dark Side of the Ring season 3 premiers May 6th. Brian Pillman, Nick Gage, Ultimate Warrior, Grizzly Smith (yikes), the Plane ride from hell, and Dynamite Kid will have episodes. Can't fucking wait, especially especially for the Pillman episode.
Plane Ride from hell for me. Ric Flair WILL NOT come off looking good in that one at all. Jim Ross got interviewed for that one I think.
#605 Re: The Garden » Covid 19 » 291 weeks ago
Breathing problems... asthma of course along with decades of smoking cigs, weed in my teens-late 20s, and also smoked some hash, opium, and oxy
Major back pain
Haven't got an actual diagnosis but pretty sure I have neuropathy in my legs and also have that feeling in my hands occasionally
Arthritis
Acid reflux issues likely made worse by all the drugs going down my throat. In 2013 I had to get a minor procedure done to fix a small tear.
A fatty/enlarged liver along with any damage from all the acetaminophen
High cholesterol due to the drug addicts diet
Urinary tract issues
My hearing is getting worse.
Like Pasnow said, your body generally starts breaking down in your 40s and my lifestyle made it worse than it should've been.
Im probably a perfect candidate to potentially die from either option I choose.
Im not some loony antivaxxer screaming about the vaccine being the mark of the beast.
You wanna get 10 Covid shots and blow the doctor to get to the front of the line? Be my guest.
Im just in no rush to get something that may kill me and I don't give a fuck what media outlets that push big pharma in general are telling me to do.
The fact they intentionally bury stories about vaccine deaths is a red flag. People can potentially die from any vaccine...let the stories out.
I'll more than likely get the shot at some point....but it won't be peer pressure, the media, family, or twittering SJW zombies forcing me to do it.
I'll do it on my own timescale.... probably when the parks open this summer.
Even when you get the shot, it doesn't change anything. You still have to wear masks, gloves, social distance, and drumroll please....
You can still get sick.
In other words, I'll be risking my life to take a shot for something that could still kill me after I take it.
Great choices....
Sympathies and understanding from me as I also have a LOT of those issues as well. And this is kinda related to the covid vaacine, a lot of these remedies have side effects. I'm not anti vax and will get it soon. But as an example, I occassionally use an asthma inhaler, I always get anxiety afterwards. There's this pain reliever that gets rid of my osteoarthritis really well BUT I get ashtma/breathing issues and insomnia afterwards and it's probably habit forming if I had to take it daily. Prostate problems/urinary problems, the urologist prescribed some med I never heard of. I went and looked up the side effects of this drug. It was like a long ass list and I passed on taking that drug. As an aside, I reccomend Pumpkin seed oil for urinary/prostate issues, it works for me with very little side effects.
I got the J&J one-dose today. I’ll let y’all know how it goes.
My brother got it. He said like 4-5 hours later it all crashed on him and he felt a shit ton of symptoms (body aches, flu etc) but it only lasted a day.
Other family members have gotten the Moderna shots. Arm pain +fatigue were the complaints there.
#606 Re: The Garden » Current Events Thread » 291 weeks ago
We're dealing with two major foreign policy crises simultaneously. It could potentially spread our military very thin...and what happens if the Middle East flares up, North Korea, or some Black Swan event?
Russia has 85k troops on the border with more on the way and Putin currently won't negotiate.
China and the US are having a standoff in the South China Sea....and China is flying more jets near Taiwan.
This could get hot really quick.
They can't really do anything with either of these issues. They are both on the other guy's "main turf". Plus, I'm pretty sure we depend on China and need them more than they need us (cough...all those MADE IN CHINA goods..that the US citzens seem to buy).
#607 Re: The Garden » The Wrestling thread » 292 weeks ago
James wrote:I still can't hardly believe that no NWA wrestlers ever made the rounds to Carson, Letterman, Arsenio, etc.
I was reading more of the Observer newsletters. It's late 89.
Arsenio Hall wanted NWA/WCW to send some of their wrestlers to his show.
They ignored the request.
He then personally called them...asked for The Freebirds, Lex Luger, Flair and Missy Hyatt, among others....and NWA/WCW refused.
Their reasoning?
He let WWF wrestlers appear on his show.
The incompetence is unbelievable. You would think they would have learned from Crockett's failures...but no...same as it ever was.
Yes WWF stars appeared on all the morning and late night shows...and it's a big reason why the WWF was such a huge aspect of pop culture in the 80s and 90s.
So they decide to punish their own company and wrestlers because McMahon was successful at it.
I was thinking about this when you mentioned that Sting match the other day. Sting should have been a bigger star and had some cross cultural appeal if NWA/WCW bothered promoting their company like WWF did. I mean if roided out guy like Warrior could achieve that type of appeal there's no reason Sting shouldn't have done the same. Maybe not to the Hogan level but still he would have been a lot more well known.
This is why they were always kind of behind the WWF. I think the wrestling for WCW/NWA may have been better but the WWF killed them in promoting their own product.
I do think Bischoff tried to remedy this a bit when the NWO phenomena hit (some of it was for ratings though) by booking celebs to raise the profile of WCW but it was too late as the WWF had established their hold on that since the 1980s.
#608 Re: The Garden » The Wrestling thread » 292 weeks ago
That's the role/infleunce of ECW there. Just the brawling/garbage style of wrestling there (I'm not saying this as a negative either). Even Austin (forced by injury of course) modified his style. He used to incorporate a lot more wrestling holds/maneuvers before transitioning to the kick stomp stunner template his matches had.
That's not even the best Mankind-Undertaker brawl style match. The 1996 Summerslam one was far better. This one just had the iconic moment.
#609 Re: The Garden » NFL 2019 » 292 weeks ago
I'm late on this but the Bears solution to their qb issue (for 2020) anyway was to sign a maybe over the hill Andy Dalton? Sounds like another
7 to 9 win season in CHI.
#610 Re: The Garden » Current Events Thread » 292 weeks ago
Unless we absolutely need to, we should not intervene at all in Eastern Europe. It's just messy over there with all types of issues like Belarus' election and human rights issues.
