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global1

(25,248 posts)
Mon Nov 16, 2015, 01:04 PM Nov 2015

Had To Turn All News Shows Off Today As The Drama Queens & Warmongers Are All Out In Force....

Fear, fear, fear. Monday morning quarterbacking. Stories that are meant to evoke emotions and tug at the heart strings while the commentator is trying to win a Pulitizer. I've had it.

I had to switch to sitcoms and history.

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ChisolmTrailDem

(9,463 posts)
5. Probably hate it. Displaced Tweety - he's prolly not happy as much as he loves to hear...
Mon Nov 16, 2015, 01:19 PM
Nov 2015

...himself talk, spittle and all.

Brian Williams, on the other hand, sucks BIG TIME. Gawd he is awful! I never watched him much because I watched the evening news since Brokaw, Rather, and Jennings. I was fooled into liking him with his appearances here and there, he was pretty funny on Fallon...



But his ongoing, monotoned droning during breaking news is extremely old already.

I never thought I'd say this, but bring Tweety back to the breaking news anchor spot.
 

ChisolmTrailDem

(9,463 posts)
2. You beat me to commenting on the FEAR! FEAR! FEAR! mindfucking going on. And I've only been...
Mon Nov 16, 2015, 01:12 PM
Nov 2015

...watching MSNBC but I'm sure it's the same across the dial.

 

ChisolmTrailDem

(9,463 posts)
6. And now, for the past 20 minutes or so, they've been talking (w/ DiFi) about needing a way...
Mon Nov 16, 2015, 01:22 PM
Nov 2015

...for authorities to decrypt secure Internet communications in order to be able to read terrorist communications.

And we all KNOW that won't be used exclusively for terrorist communications.

Orsino

(37,428 posts)
3. Now is not the time to discuss gun regulation. Let's have a decent interval to mourn the dead...
Mon Nov 16, 2015, 01:14 PM
Nov 2015

...during which we'll fast-talk you into yet another undeclared war.

 

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)
8. Always a good idea to tune the gum-flapping out
Mon Nov 16, 2015, 01:26 PM
Nov 2015

I have checked the news for factual reports of the situation.

Drooling over a panel of idiots' opinions is unconstructive.
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