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  • What TV series has the best intro song or sequence? What TV series have the worst intro song or sequence?

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  • I didn't know that anyone was replacing the original massive attack intro. What a very silly thing to do.

  • What TV series has the best intro song or sequence? What TV series have the worst intro song or sequence?

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  • House

  • U.S. government takes 10% stake in Intel, as Trump expands control over private sector

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  • Just to clarify and add to what you said, equity shares are not stocks. The gov gets dividends and such, but it isn't stock that is bought and sold on wall street. It's all about profitability and not about speculation. If the company makes money, so does the gov. If it loses money, the gov loses money.

  • Florida is now the 2nd most financially distressed state in the US — topped only by Texas, Google helps reveal

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  • And momentum grew. You are right. But there are quite a few names lost to history that were a little too early or in the wrong place to be remembered. Not to mention, things didn't work out too well for him or his followers after Harper's ferry. Sure it was a catalyst, but it was one of the last major uprisings before the war. Not the first, and it is maybe just by chance that his uprising is the one we remember. We only have the fortune of hindsight to know that was a major pivotal moment.

    Who's to say where in the timeline we are? That decision is decided long after events and who wins in the long term. But the inherent momentum, the zeitgeist, is still of upmost importance.

  • Florida is now the 2nd most financially distressed state in the US — topped only by Texas, Google helps reveal

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  • Ok. You first.

    That has always been the problem with the 2a crowd from either side. Momentum. The first few ten or hundred or thousand are considered crazy wildcards and psychopaths.

    Luigi may be a patron saint to a lot of people, but ain't nobody stepping up without more momentum. And it never showed up.

    This isn't any different, and that's why it doesn't work yet. Pay your taxes. Use the rest on things you support. Take that tax write off to give the gov a little less and donate to causes that are important. Get in arguments and talk politics at the bar and with your family, but put the guns away. It doesn't help. So enough of it.

    Momentum is what's important.

  • Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell survivor testified she met Donald Trump at age 14

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  • Jesus fucking Christ. For all I've kept up with this, and I really do try to pay attention to it all, that's the first testimony I've actually watched. And I hated all twenty minutes of it.

    That is absolutely chilling.

  • Southwest flight from Burbank drops hundreds of feet to avoid possible collision

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  • I assure you, the pilot forgot about the issue as soon as the plane landed, other than being mildly annoyed and bitching to his buddies. It's really not a big deal. A random geriatric cirrus pilot in any class c airspace in any part of america has caused more of of an issue than this did.

  • Southwest flight from Burbank drops hundreds of feet to avoid possible collision

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  • Yeah it's by the book. and not a real concern. But the media is picking up on SOP and having issues because it sounds scary to those that don't know.

    Were it not for recent stories and the general vibe, no one would have even noticed other than the weird feeling you get in your tummy when a plane moves in a way you didn't expect. And that happens a lot. Bigger moves are made regularly to correct wind shear or avoid turbulence.

  • Delta regional jet pilot apologizes to passengers for ‘aggressive maneuver’ to avoid a B-52 bomber

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  • I've been slowly finding out that, the more about a subject I know, the more ridiculous the people on Lemmy are...

  • Delta regional jet pilot apologizes to passengers for ‘aggressive maneuver’ to avoid a B-52 bomber

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  • Yeah it was a go around. Not newsworthy at all. It's actually a correct and a fairly routine response. The fact that it was a military plane is the only reason it was given any traction. And that's not a unique occurrence either!

    Funny how the most down voted person is the only correct one here.

    Hell I've made military jets perform a go around because of me being too slow on approach. God forbid that hits the national news! "Local 172 pilot wastes taxpayer funds by flying anemic plane"

  • Senate votes to kill entire public broadcasting budget in blow to NPR and PBS

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  • Hey fair enough and good on you. Keep up the good fight.

  • Senate votes to kill entire public broadcasting budget in blow to NPR and PBS

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  • Local government will do very little. Local businesses and individuals of a philanthropic mindset or personal will, that's what we've got. "Civic duty" keeps it afloat, and those sort of businesses and people become more rare by the day. In the places that need it the most, the political mindset is so corrupted, I fear we will never get it back.

    If it existed, it's dead now. Our current situation is my only proof. But I would love for you to prove me wrong.

    Pessimism or realism, I don't know what the difference is anymore tbh. I'm not stopping, but damn it it feels like a losing battle.

  • Senate votes to kill entire public broadcasting budget in blow to NPR and PBS

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  • The people that work in public radio are like career gov workers or direct care workers. I say that because I've been two of those three, and count some career beurocrats as good friends.

    . The people that work in these industries will sell their souls to keep fighting the good fight. Underpaid and understaffed. But in this case, the economics will start to eat away at local stations and the people who truly believe will be forced to abandon it eventually.

    Economics are economics.

    At the end of the day, it's a public service. The federal government is a necessary part of how it continues to exist. Public services are not very viable through charity as a sole funding source. They aren't money makers. They provide a free service for the bare minimum.

    The most insidious bit is that none of these stations will disappear tomorrow. They are filled with dedicated individuals that will fight tooth and nail to keep them running. And donors that will try their best to keep them afloat.

    The true toll, like everything this administration is doing, will take years to unfold. One by one stations will drop out and close. And it will be with a whimper. A death by a thousand cuts. Exsanguinated to death drop by drop.

    Many will drop out before this administration ends. And I have little faith in the compitence of their replacements to restore this funding. Even if "my side" wins.

    There really isn't that much federal influence to the public broadcasting sector, other than providing funds and some regulations on what they can or can't say. And it's not a 'can or can't say' propaganda thing. It's a "don't put a dollar value to products in your underwriting", or " don't endorse and sell trump gold coins to the elderly" sort of restrictions. Public radio doesn't have advertisers. They have underwriters. They get their name out as a sponsor to the programming, not to sell a product. Those are the rules.

    They are just stealing funds from nonprofits at this point.

  • Senate votes to kill entire public broadcasting budget in blow to NPR and PBS

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  • I don't care about the write off. I care because public radio is something I worked in for a half decade and well afterwards it gave me a connection to my community and the world at large. I'll give more money to spite them. Fuck their right off. I donate because it is good and true. And fuck anyone that says otherwise.

  • Senate votes to kill entire public broadcasting budget in blow to NPR and PBS

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  • Most of the funding goes to member stations for upkeep. Don't wait for the next pledge drive. Donate tomorrow.

  • Sometimes you just get it wong

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  • It's a reference to a silly story where the lesson is to not be a judgemental shithead just because someone else fucked up.

    Yeah it's the bible. I don't care if God is real or not, nor your opinion on it. I also use references from the writings of Vonnegutt, the music Dolly Parton, and 90s anime.

    Because you can get moral lessons from fiction. We do it all the time. My reference isn't even that deep. But somehow the ten word literary cudgel I bludgeoned you with still didn't make the point. It's a cautionary statement.

    You are acting like the crowd of shitheals that wanted to stone a woman to death, just like in the biblical story. That's not a good look nor is it a good indication of your 'moral compass'. Sorry I thought you could infer that from my one sentence quote from a very well distributed piece of literature.

  • Sometimes you just get it wong

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  • It's funny. That story I referenced is describing exactly your sentiment.

  • Sometimes you just get it wong

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  • Let he who has not sinned cast the first stone.

  • Meteorologists Say the National Weather Service Did Its Job in Texas

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  • I vented on a local Facebook group when that happened. Saying that the continued police abuse of the emergency alert system would quickly cause the alerts to mean nothing. I frequently also got amber alerts for the opposite end of the state, well over twelve hours away.

    To say that my concern was an unpopular opinion would be a massive understatement. People were downright hostile. A lot of locals could never fathom that what I was saying was true. And they used all the four letter words to tell me so. A sheriff's deputy called me a godless cop hater and a disgusting person.

    Fortunately that particular cop is unemployed for abusing his power and some domestic abuse allegations. Oh and trying to fight his neighbor while in uniform.

    And and I'm still right. They abused the alert system so much it is useless. And children and the elderly and innocent paid that price with their lives.