ah i missed the trial.
we had our 'own' Dutch case of radio manboyism this week (http://metro.co.uk/2017/12/05/dutch-radio-station-apologises-streaker-prank-leaves-singer-tears-7134264/)
― Ludo, Wednesday, 6 December 2017 13:45 (six years ago) link
Yeah morning zoo crew culture is perpetually stuck on 1990, it's weird when I listen every now and then, same old schtick descended from Stern and a zillion small market losers killing time between Aerosmith and whatever
― Universal LULU Nation (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 6 December 2017 14:01 (six years ago) link
Lena Dunham coming across really well the new NYTimes piece, sounds like she actually was trying to point out this fucked up thing. extra fucked up that no one believed her.
bet the Clintons are counting their blessings that the TV documentary they were making w HW never got made.
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 6 December 2017 14:11 (six years ago) link
They put Taylor Swift on the cover to sell magazines--very defendable choice of editing. Would rather have more gas on the fire even if it comes at the cost of more stargazing.
― Lyudmila Pavlichenko (dandydonweiner), Wednesday, 6 December 2017 14:17 (six years ago) link
So, this is because Trumpo turned them down?
(leaving that typo in..)
― Mark G, Wednesday, 6 December 2017 14:18 (six years ago) link
Trump didn't turn them down, he was just in the running.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 6 December 2017 14:20 (six years ago) link
"I know...."
― Mark G, Wednesday, 6 December 2017 14:20 (six years ago) link
Person of the Year Runner-up: Donald TrumpPerson of the Year Runner-up: Xi JinpingPerson of the Year Runner-up: Robert MuellerPerson of the Year Runner-up: Kim Jong UnPerson of the Year Runner-up: Colin KaepernickPerson of the Year Runner-up: Patty Jenkins
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 6 December 2017 14:21 (six years ago) link
what else do i have to say
― j., Wednesday, 6 December 2017 14:27 (six years ago) link
Kim Jong Un would have been incredible
― frogbs, Wednesday, 6 December 2017 14:34 (six years ago) link
The idea of Kim Jong Un in any form is incredible
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 6 December 2017 14:39 (six years ago) link
wish they'd listed kap before trump just to twist the knife
― maura, Wednesday, 6 December 2017 15:04 (six years ago) link
there was a period this year where it felt like kap was a lock
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Wednesday, 6 December 2017 15:04 (six years ago) link
sorta reminds me of how 9/11 stole jim jeffords shine lol
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Wednesday, 6 December 2017 15:05 (six years ago) link
on a much bigger scale obv
https://www.politico.com/story/2017/12/06/al-franken-accusation-sexual-harassment-2006-281049
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Wednesday, 6 December 2017 15:30 (six years ago) link
one more time: he needs to fucking go
― Simon H., Wednesday, 6 December 2017 15:38 (six years ago) link
it's okay i'm sure his memory of that moment differs
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 6 December 2017 15:44 (six years ago) link
WNYC's Leonard Lopate and Jonathan Schwarz suspended
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 6 December 2017 17:06 (six years ago) link
As elected officials, we should be held to the highest standards—not the lowest. The allegations against Sen. Franken describe behavior that cannot be tolerated. While he’s entitled to an Ethics Committee hearing, I believe he should step aside to let someone else serve.— Kirsten Gillibrand (@SenGillibrand) December 6, 2017
Al Franken should resign.— Claire McCaskill (@clairecmc) December 6, 2017
― sean gramophone, Wednesday, 6 December 2017 17:09 (six years ago) link
this senatorship is OVAH
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 6 December 2017 17:12 (six years ago) link
they seem to be coming out en masse now, looks like a coordinated effort
Dems calling for a Senator to resign at the same time the RNC is actively trying to get a pedophile elected seems like a pretty good snapshot of where things are at right now
― frogbs, Wednesday, 6 December 2017 17:16 (six years ago) link
Tom Perez has also told him to go.
― Wag1 Shree Rajneesh (ShariVari), Wednesday, 6 December 2017 17:22 (six years ago) link
When you didn’t get the memo pic.twitter.com/uucAmzmwBN— Charlie Spiering (@charliespiering) December 6, 2017
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Wednesday, 6 December 2017 17:24 (six years ago) link
It's a metaphor, obviously
― Evan, Wednesday, 6 December 2017 17:27 (six years ago) link
the snowy owls of pure untainted politics
― imago, Wednesday, 6 December 2017 17:28 (six years ago) link
Not what they seem to recall
― remember the lmao (darraghmac), Wednesday, 6 December 2017 17:30 (six years ago) link
that was likely a scheduled tweet that someone forgot to turn off
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 6 December 2017 17:30 (six years ago) link
What do the "Great Lakes" represent?
― Evan, Wednesday, 6 December 2017 17:32 (six years ago) link
Kinda want to take back some shit I said about the NYT but don’t want to give K3v the satisfaction. Aaaaarrrrgh.
― El Tomboto, Tuesday, December 5, 2017 8:48 PM (yesterday)
;)
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 6 December 2017 17:33 (six years ago) link
http://www.wnyc.org/story/longtime-wnyc-hosts-put-leave/
― Lyudmila Pavlichenko (dandydonweiner), Wednesday, 6 December 2017 17:51 (six years ago) link
people are blaming NYPR chair Laura Walker for Lopate and Schwartz, but given how long they've been there, we don't know when the alleged offenses occurred.
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 6 December 2017 17:54 (six years ago) link
ugh at lopate, really unhappy to hear that
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Wednesday, 6 December 2017 19:11 (six years ago) link
It’s gross af that Time put a sexual predator in the runners-up, while naming victims of sexual predation as person of the year
― just1n3, Wednesday, 6 December 2017 19:13 (six years ago) link
the list isn't influenced by morality, did you notice there's also a despotic dictator in the runners up
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 6 December 2017 19:16 (six years ago) link
So fucking what?? It’s stull fucking gross
― just1n3, Wednesday, 6 December 2017 19:19 (six years ago) link
ok
― President Keyes, Wednesday, 6 December 2017 19:24 (six years ago) link
It is gross, and it was even grosser when they actually named him person of the year in 2016. No publicity is bad publicity.
― Ripped Taylor (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 6 December 2017 19:25 (six years ago) link
I can't believe this conversation happens every year when Time releases their Person of the Year. Hitler was Person of the Year in 1938. it's not a moral judgment, it's an objective call on who or what influenced the news & the culture & the world the most in that year. if the floodgates hadn't opened after Weinstein, it would've been Trump again, no one comes close.
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 6 December 2017 19:25 (six years ago) link
Sorry the world sucks, don't blame Time
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 6 December 2017 19:27 (six years ago) link
maybe they could name Hitler POTY every year, just as a reminder
― crüt, Wednesday, 6 December 2017 19:29 (six years ago) link
Yeah, we understand the intent. The problem is that Trump and probably a good many of his fans just see a magazine cover naming him person of the year and thing 'awesome'.
― Ripped Taylor (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 6 December 2017 19:35 (six years ago) link
thing think
Shaaaaaame on you, shameless person we're putting on the cover of our magazine! We hope you feel duly chastised!
― Ripped Taylor (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 6 December 2017 19:36 (six years ago) link
yeah let's accommodate idiots more, good call
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 6 December 2017 19:38 (six years ago) link
Yeah that's what I'm arguing, good reading comprehension.
― Ripped Taylor (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 6 December 2017 19:44 (six years ago) link
Even having it read "person" of the year would go over their heads
― Evan, Wednesday, 6 December 2017 19:47 (six years ago) link
changing a century old tradition to accommodate Trump and MAGA idiots really would stick it to them huh
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 6 December 2017 19:49 (six years ago) link
I don't think "accommodate" means what you think it means and holding onto a tradition for the sake of tradition is foolish.
― Embalming is a flirty business (DJP), Wednesday, 6 December 2017 19:50 (six years ago) link
accommodate as in to adjust to the stupidity of people that misunderstand the concept. i agree that traditions shouldn't be continued simply because they're old, but i see no issue with Time's POTY protocol. it's a reflection of the world, good bad and everything in between.
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 6 December 2017 19:55 (six years ago) link