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Post by hawkeye2015 on Feb 2, 2018 19:50:13 GMT -6
Jake Tapper calming everyone down tonight.
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Post by mb3 on Feb 2, 2018 20:55:38 GMT -6
<img>https://media.newyorker.com/cartoons/5a748b8f77be6b166b7c296b/master/w_1534,c_limit/DC020218.jpg
I’ll just leave this here. I can’t fogure out how to upload the picture, but today’s New Yorker cartoon is pretty amusing
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Post by elle on Feb 2, 2018 21:07:15 GMT -6
<img>https://media.newyorker.com/cartoons/5a748b8f77be6b166b7c296b/master/w_1534,c_limit/DC020218.jpg I’ll just leave this here. I can’t fogure out how to upload the picture, but today’s New Yorker cartoon is pretty amusing Hopefully that works.
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Post by mb3 on Feb 2, 2018 21:44:41 GMT -6
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Post by Deleted on Feb 3, 2018 6:46:03 GMT -6
If you have Twitter check out the hashtag #yomemojokes - oh my god I am dying of laughter this morning. Amazzzzzing
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Post by Deleted on Feb 3, 2018 6:48:09 GMT -6
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Post by Deleted on Feb 3, 2018 6:50:27 GMT -6
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Post by shadesofgold on Feb 3, 2018 7:00:39 GMT -6
NFL viewership down by 9% this season.
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Post by joelies on Feb 3, 2018 7:49:09 GMT -6
NFL viewership down by 9% this season. It's been dropping for the last few seasons though, hasn't it? I think the suspected reasons in prior years included the piss poor handling of domestic violence by the league and the increasing concern over CTE.
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Post by crunch on Feb 3, 2018 11:38:25 GMT -6
This is real. Fuck Paul Ryan.
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Post by blurnette989 on Feb 3, 2018 11:55:16 GMT -6
This is real. Fuck Paul Ryan. Fucking shitty human. How can anyone consider that a win?!?!
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Post by Ls2012 on Feb 3, 2018 11:55:44 GMT -6
$1.50/ week?? Seriously?? We're supposed to excited by that?
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Post by Minerva on Feb 3, 2018 11:57:09 GMT -6
Ryan is such as asshat. $1.50 a week doesn’t even cover a coffee out of the house these days.
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Post by Minerva on Feb 3, 2018 11:59:08 GMT -6
Also, this probably belongs in a different thread/board, but did you all see that Vanessa Nadal and Lin-Manuel Miranda had their second son last night?!
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Post by shadesofgold on Feb 3, 2018 12:45:55 GMT -6
NFL viewership down by 9% this season. It's been dropping for the last few seasons though, hasn't it? I think the suspected reasons in prior years included the piss poor handling of domestic violence by the league and the increasing concern over CTE. Yep. I hadn't seen detailed polling on why, but this shows that people are becoming less and less satisfied with the way they are addressing the injury problems. There has been a big push to reach women in the last 5 years or so, because they are the primary consumers in households. But that's working the other way - the article highlights how moms deciding their kids wouldn't play football has made an impact. That's been true for me to an extent. Once you decide something is too dangerous for your kid, it's harder to stomach watching other people's kids.
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Post by hawkeye2015 on Feb 3, 2018 12:55:25 GMT -6
😮
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Post by crunch on Feb 3, 2018 13:04:21 GMT -6
This is real. Fuck Paul Ryan. Oh my god he deleted the tweet!
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Post by dc2london on Feb 3, 2018 13:06:58 GMT -6
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Post by dc2london on Feb 3, 2018 13:10:33 GMT -6
Also, this probably belongs in a different thread/board, but did you all see that Vanessa Nadal and Lin-Manuel Miranda had their second son last night?! Susan Hennessy had a healthy baby girl this week too
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Post by mb3 on Feb 3, 2018 13:14:32 GMT -6
It's been dropping for the last few seasons though, hasn't it? I think the suspected reasons in prior years included the piss poor handling of domestic violence by the league and the increasing concern over CTE. Yep. I hadn't seen detailed polling on why, but this shows that people are becoming less and less satisfied with the way they are addressing the injury problems. There has been a big push to reach women in the last 5 years or so, because they are the primary consumers in households. But that's working the other way - the article highlights how moms deciding their kids wouldn't play football has made an impact. That's been true for me to an extent. Once you decide something is too dangerous for your kid, it's harder to stomach watching other people's kids. As a household that would have said they “strongly follow” the NFL in 2014 vs less so now, I can say that the CTE issue has had a big impact on this. It was partially also having my kids, since that cut down on how much time I have available to watch stuff- but the CTE stuff helped push football down my priority list when it came to choosing what to watch. Not sure if it even has to do with watching others’ kids as much as it is watching people and wondering how many of them will end up with dementia, how many are getting concussions, etc. That’s hard to look at. The protests, and people subsequently threatening to boycott over them, made me want to watch to balance out those refusing to watch. But I just couldn’t stomach it. I think, ultimately, safety is the bigger thing. I think it was mentioned upthread, but when you have young men from that target demographic age RETIRING after only a few seasons because they’re worried about CTE, that tells you a lot. When the NFL loses those guys I think they have their answer on why they’re losing that viewing demographic.
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Post by hawkeye2015 on Feb 3, 2018 14:33:31 GMT -6
This is real. Fuck Paul Ryan. Oh my god he deleted the tweet! If you liked when everyone trolled Pence with PP donations then you'll love...
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Post by Deleted on Feb 3, 2018 14:52:15 GMT -6
This is real. Fuck Paul Ryan. Oh my god he deleted the tweet! I’m legit shocked he deleted it.
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Post by crunch on Feb 3, 2018 15:19:37 GMT -6
Oh my god he deleted the tweet! I’m legit shocked he deleted it. Me too! I figured he would double down. I would love for that school secretary to come forward and be like “hey asshole I was being sarcastic”
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Post by jkjacq on Feb 3, 2018 15:24:05 GMT -6
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Post by jkjacq on Feb 3, 2018 15:27:00 GMT -6
These political attacks on the bureau must stop. If those critics of the agency persuade the public that the F.B.I. cannot be trusted, they will also have succeeded in making our nation less safe
That sums up sooo much
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Post by crimsonandclover on Feb 3, 2018 15:36:30 GMT -6
So... what did Ryan's tweet say for those of us too late to the game to see it?
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Post by athn64 on Feb 3, 2018 15:42:13 GMT -6
So... what did Ryan's tweet say for those of us too late to the game to see it? Somebody is getting an extra $1.50 a week and can pay for that Costco membership. Tax cuts helping normal Americans! /end scene (Not word for word, but the gist
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Post by crunch on Feb 3, 2018 16:09:40 GMT -6
I’m just waiting on trump to attack the military as partisan when he finds out some members are democrats. Can you imagine.
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Post by mb3 on Feb 3, 2018 16:13:39 GMT -6
Also it shall surprise no one that when I discussed the WSJ poll with family members who are all Republicans they insist that the anthem kneeling is the sole culprit for the drop in viewing. I pointed out that basically equal numbers of Democrats and Republicans have stopped watching, and they had no answer for that. They did agree that players are all risking dementia, and that it’s hard to just watch that- but insist it’s the kneeling that’s the problem. 🙄
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Post by Taitai on Feb 3, 2018 20:17:38 GMT -6
This is a very well written and important piece. Thanks for sharing.
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