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Should be a wild four years.

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If a law that is unconstitutional is passed, isn't the point of the judicial is to, while reviewing the case regarding someone who was harmed due to the law, determine that the law is unconstitutional and therefore void? As a check on the legislative? If that's not what judicial review is then please correct me.
The check on legislatures passing unconstitutional legislation are lamp posts.
 
I think Deutsche bank refused to do service with Trump after Jan 6, but that's as much as I remember. Point is, they have many alternatives, and people practically throwing themselves at his feet to do business. That is not the case with people seriously affected by Mastercard's grip like Null.
Melania and Baron got debanked. It’s in her book if you want a source.
 
a lot like Stern, he didn't necessarily do anything new, but he did it on an accessible mainstream platform so it was able to hit with a lot of people who probably would have preferred [that local guy who does it better] but he's everywhere
Unserved markets, with Stern it was mainly construction workers, with Limbaugh it was Conservative political analysis. Neither markets were well served by the FCC's policy on content, requiring fencesitting levels unimaginable to even Tim Pool viewers. Turns out the death of the fairness doctrine in '87 revealed major political thought markets had been nearly banned outright, with the proof openly available in the published ratings.

TL : DR Government regulation to do a thing, did the exact opposite of the stated goal.-The definition of government regulation.
 
They're going to coast on Disney Plus profits for a long time.
Disney+ is not profitable. It won't be profitable for another few years. It was a 10 year loss before it became solvent and that was based on 2019 estimates. Disney knew this going in but had to make a landfall for streaming. It may or may not be worse off now. A lot of those estimates were based off the idea that Disney+ was going to be performing well. Instead, the platform is dying. Kathleen Kennedy has nuked Star Wars from orbit as an IP. The MCU streaming shows have all been various degrees of terrible and were expensive. Their movies are doing moderately well but that came at the cost of the theatrical releases. Then you had Scarlet Johansson's lawsuit that dealt Disney a devastating blow as now they had actually had to pay talent and couldn't get out of it. I don't think the shows are solvent. I think all the OG Disney+ shows were losses. I can't name a single good Disney+ show not named The Mandalorian. If Disney were to come out now and say Disney+ wouldn't be profitable until 2035, I'd wholeheartedly believe it. If anything, I think Disney+ has done more harm than good for Disney.
 
He revolutionized AM talk radio, but I don't know how. His show stunk. I guess it was a time and place thing.
I grew up listening to Rush and he was always the most interesting thing on the radio except for maybe Coast to Coast. His show was cozy, complete with in-jokes, a slow moving personal narrative, and enough comedy to pierce the slog that is US politics.

That isn't to say he was perfect, looking back he had a MASSIVE blindspot and didn't really understand how pervasive the RINO mentality was in the Republican superstructure, but Rush primed the grass roots for the MAGA takeover of the Republican party.

Helps that he's dead too so I can never meet my metaphorical hero and be sorely disappointed.
 
I can't name a single good Disney+ show not named The Mandalorian.
Legend Of The Three Caballeros is pretty good, iirc that was an existing project that ended up there, though.
I grew up listening to Rush and he was always the most interesting thing on the radio except for maybe Coast to Coast. His show was cozy, complete with in-jokes, a slow moving personal narrative, and enough comedy to pierce the slog that is US politics.

That isn't to say he was perfect, looking back he had a MASSIVE blindspot and didn't really understand how pervasive the RINO mentality was in the Republican superstructure, but Rush primed the grass roots for the MAGA takeover of the Republican party.

Helps that he's dead too so I can never meet my metaphorical hero and be sorely disappointed.
considering how much he shared shock jock dna with Stern it's kinda weird how shitpost conservatism hit a lot of people out of nowhere in more modern times
 
Disney+ is not profitable. It won't be profitable for another few years. It was a 10 year loss before it became solvent and that was based on 2019 estimates. Disney knew this going in but had to make a landfall for streaming. It may or may not be worse off now. A lot of those estimates were based off the idea that Disney+ was going to be performing well. Instead, the platform is dying. Kathleen Kennedy has nuked Star Wars from orbit as an IP. The MCU streaming shows have all been various degrees of terrible and were expensive. Their movies are doing moderately well but that came at the cost of the theatrical releases. Then you had Scarlet Johansson's lawsuit that dealt Disney a devastating blow as now they had actually had to pay talent and couldn't get out of it. I don't think the shows are solvent. I think all the OG Disney+ shows were losses. I can't name a single good Disney+ show not named The Mandalorian. If Disney were to come out now and say Disney+ wouldn't be profitable until 2035, I'd wholeheartedly believe it. If anything, I think Disney+ has done more harm than good for Disney.
everyone wanted to be netflix without figuring out why netflix worked, also disney is cannibalizing itself as are most of these other streamers because they lose money putting high budget shows and films on a platform where it doesn't make financial sense. the only studio in a better position than it was a decade ago is Sony and its exlusively from deciding to sell content to others instead of making their own platform.

Even netflix is sort of fucked because their own content isn't worth it but enough people are too lazy to cancel after years that they're remaining profitable way llonger than people expected
 
Are you feeling liberated by what has been? Nothing says liberation like 25% tariffs that the consumer will pay.
Imagine how angry the Canucks have been over the 293% tariff/tax they've been paying on dairy products for decades! I hear it made milk so unaffordable that they had to start putting it in bags to save money. :cryblood:
 
Disney+ is not profitable. It won't be profitable for another few years. It was a 10 year loss before it became solvent and that was based on 2019 estimates. Disney knew this going in but had to make a landfall for streaming. It may or may not be worse off now. A lot of those estimates were based off the idea that Disney+ was going to be performing well. Instead, the platform is dying. Kathleen Kennedy has nuked Star Wars from orbit as an IP. The MCU streaming shows have all been various degrees of terrible and were expensive. Their movies are doing moderately well but that came at the cost of the theatrical releases. Then you had Scarlet Johansson's lawsuit that dealt Disney a devastating blow as now they had actually had to pay talent and couldn't get out of it. I don't think the shows are solvent. I think all the OG Disney+ shows were losses. I can't name a single good Disney+ show not named The Mandalorian. If Disney were to come out now and say Disney+ wouldn't be profitable until 2035, I'd wholeheartedly believe it. If anything, I think Disney+ has done more harm than good for Disney.
Historians will study the downfall of Disney for 100 years in order to determine how to go about destroying things liberal faggots and/or nerds like in a way they not only don't resist but outright embrace. They basically infected star wars and marvel shit with cultural AIDS.

They did by accident what the feminazis tried and failed to do to to video games with minimal fallout. I am still not convinced the slow death of cape shit, race swapping, and female directors isn't an intentional couterpunch for gamergate. Trump got them to destroy themselves in a way that improved his numbers and turned public perception agaisnt their gay ideals.
 
These 2 assholes and the Supreme Court at the time are more responsible for our countrys democracy never haveing a long term chance than anyone
This is absolutely retarded revisionist history that I have to wonder what retard grifter you got this idea from.

Without Marbury v. Madison, the Constitution would not be considered law at all. Judicial Review is a direct consequence of recognizing the Constitution as an actual legal document and not just some non-binding statement of ideals a la the Declaration of Independence. You cannot recognize that the Constitution, which includes the bill of rights, as being the supreme law of the land and also say that a law cannot be declared unconstitutional. That doesn’t make sense.

Without Marbury v. Madison we would have no Constitution today. We would be on the same level as Britain.
 
Even netflix is sort of fucked because their own content isn't worth it but enough people are too lazy to cancel after years that they're remaining profitable way llonger than people expected
I'm not convinced about Netflix. I really believe this shit is Operation Mockingbird 2.0. Nobody has access to their finances. They finance disaster after disaster. Nobody can see how successful a show is or isn't.
 
I'm not convinced about Netflix. I really believe this shit is Operation Mockingbird 2.0. Nobody has access to their finances. They finance disaster after disaster. Nobody can see how successful a show is or isn't.
Does it even have any cultural relevance anymore? Last show I saw discussed that came out of Netflix was the school stabber one all the UKies are freaking out over.
 
I'm not convinced about Netflix. I really believe this shit is Operation Mockingbird 2.0. Nobody has access to their finances. They finance disaster after disaster. Nobody can see how successful a show is or isn't.
Pretty sure theyve been forced to let people see viewership data for a couple of years now. That was one of the big things the strike was about. Hint all that reality show and Adam sandler trash is the only stuff being watched.

But overall they make so much money it doesn't matter if their TV shows or movies don't get watched.

Theybe been slowing down their release schedule too and shoving way more reality shows down people's throats
 
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