Two networks talk about going off the air in response to...something I don't understand: [link] (is that TiVo for over the air signal?).
I don't fancy spending the next month trying to get librarian out of the carpet.
Spike ,'Chosen'
Natter 71: Someone is wrong on the Internet
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
§ ita § - Apr 08, 2013 11:06:40 am PDT #17735 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Trudy Booth - Apr 08, 2013 11:08:26 am PDT #17736 of 30001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
One of those rare days when I'm not having to sleep on a moving tour bus, so I decided to treat myself to a lie-in. The phone rang a couple of times in the night, but I ignored it, assuming it was a wrong number. Got up late to find that breakfast had finished and heavy snow had fallen overnight. Headed out onto the streets of Calgary to find coffee. Power up my wifi and what do I find? Thatcher's dead and I've got a dozen of emails to answer about her. Not content with destroying the ability of working people to organize in the workplace for decent wages, that damn woman has seriously messed up my day off. -- Billy Bragg
brenda m - Apr 08, 2013 11:20:10 am PDT #17737 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
I sort of feel like linking them back to their own post. But I won't.
An emoticon smiley-face after the link totally insulates you from any flack. At least I'm pretty sure that's how it works.
Jesse - Apr 08, 2013 11:22:45 am PDT #17738 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
ita, I'm trying to get my head around Aereo, and.... I don't know.
Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 08, 2013 11:25:16 am PDT #17739 of 30001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
That Aero thing would logistically have to transmit the free network broadcast with whatever inserted content the network put in place, wouldn't it? So people watching in realtime would still be seeing the commercials? Is the network objection that it doesn't allow them to track live + x days ratings like DVRs do?
Nora Deirdre - Apr 08, 2013 11:25:19 am PDT #17740 of 30001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
Hooray, our horrible governor backed away from the tax plan that would have eliminated/reduced insanely income/corporate taxes in favor of income and taking away non-profit tax exempt status! Booyah, Bobby Jindal, you know no one got time for that down here - his approval numbers are tanking - in the 30s - which is pretty crazy considering that when he got re-elected the LA Democratic party didn't even bother even promoting their candidate due to his overwhelming popularity and the crazy Republicanism in the state.
Jesse - Apr 08, 2013 11:36:01 am PDT #17741 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Is the network objection that it doesn't allow them to track live + x days ratings like DVRs do?
That's at least part of it.
billytea - Apr 08, 2013 11:38:24 am PDT #17742 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Oh, hey: Musicians hating on Thatcher, through the years:
The very first thing I thought of when I heard the news was Elvis Costello's Tramp The Dirt Down. (Shipbuilding, incidentally, is one of my absolute favourite Costello songs.)
As a final comment, allow me to contribute this: [link]
le nubian - Apr 08, 2013 11:47:28 am PDT #17743 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
ND,
I have been reading about Jindal. His tax plans were completely insane and thoroughly misguided. I am glad the GOP business sector was against it because it is unclear if anything would have deterred him otherwise.
Consuela - Apr 08, 2013 11:48:33 am PDT #17744 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Elvis Costello's Tramp The Dirt Down
Oh, I'd forgotten that song. It's a good one. I was reminded of Sinead O'Connor's Black Boys on Mopeds, which isn't as pointedly about Thatcher as Costello's.