Topic: Power play by CBS
started by: grassman
Posted by grassman on Dec. 05 2014,8:12 pm
Has anyone else lost CBS off their dish network tonite? It has come time to put all of these feeders in line. $100 A MONTH TO WATCH TV. They need to go to the top this time to cut costs. We are getting tapped out. 
Posted by Expatriate on Dec. 05 2014,9:52 pm
In Albert Lea I’m able to get Fox, MeTV, CBS ,My32, ABC, NBC, CW, 14 channels in all for free with an HD antenna. time to move back home for the good life grassman!
Posted by Self-Banished on Dec. 05 2014,10:05 pm
^^the po'dunk life
Posted by Expatriate on Dec. 06 2014,5:24 am
grassman, you can stream from all the major networks, they’ll give you their programing free, they post it 24 hours after the on air time but that works for me. CBS is trying to push monthly memberships for full programing but you can still watch their current line up free on the computer.
If you have a sophisticated TV you can transfer the picture/sound from the computer to the TV screen.
Posted by Expatriate on Dec. 06 2014,5:59 am
(Self-Banished @ Dec. 05 2014,10:05 pm)
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^^the po'dunk life
Another dumbass comment by Self Banished.
Posted by grassman on Dec. 06 2014,6:00 am
^Thanks. This is really a sad deal. Greed just rears it's ugly head. The "pretty people" need more cash.
Posted by Self-Banished on Dec. 06 2014,7:29 am
(Expatriate @ Dec. 06 2014,5:59 am)
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(Self-Banished @ Dec. 05 2014,10:05 pm)
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^^the po'dunk life
Another dumbass comment by Self Banished.
Keep thinking that po'dunk
Posted by grassman on Dec. 10 2014,3:08 pm
...and the scenario against just regular folk gets worse.Wealthy donors allowed to give more to political parties: The bill increases the individual limits that donors can give to national parties to help fund conventions, building funds and legal proceedings, such as recounts. The change would effectively allow rich donors to give ten times more than they can today to support political parties. Republicans who pushed for the change say they are substituting more private money for the taxpayer money that was collected for national political campaign committees, but instead used to fund a pediatric cancer bill that passed earlier this year.
Banks allowed to use taxpayer money to engage in potentially risky trades: The bill rolls back a provision that was part of financial reforms for Wall Street banks. It reverses a rule that was enacted in 2010 that barred banks from using taxpayer backed funds from trading in derivatives. Democrats argue these often risky trades helped contribute to the financial collapse in 2008.
Gee Wally, where do laws come from. Beaver, they come from wherever the money is, everyone knows that you little squirt.
Posted by Self-Banished on Dec. 10 2014,5:41 pm
(grassman @ Dec. 10 2014,3:08 pm)
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...and the scenario against just regular folk gets worse.
Wealthy donors allowed to give more to political parties: The bill increases the individual limits that donors can give to national parties to help fund conventions, building funds and legal proceedings, such as recounts. The change would effectively allow rich donors to give ten times more than they can today to support political parties. Republicans who pushed for the change say they are substituting more private money for the taxpayer money that was collected for national political campaign committees, but instead used to fund a pediatric cancer bill that passed earlier this year.
Banks allowed to use taxpayer money to engage in potentially risky trades: The bill rolls back a provision that was part of financial reforms for Wall Street banks. It reverses a rule that was enacted in 2010 that barred banks from using taxpayer backed funds from trading in derivatives. Democrats argue these often risky trades helped contribute to the financial collapse in 2008.
Gee Wally, where do laws come from. Beaver, they come from wherever the money is, everyone knows that you little squirt.
Wealthy donors allowed to give more to political parties: The bill increases the individual limits that donors can give to national parties to help fund conventions, building funds and legal proceedings, such as recounts. The change would effectively allow rich donors to give ten times more than they can today to support political parties. Republicans who pushed for the change say they are substituting more private money for the taxpayer money that was collected for national political campaign committees, but instead used to fund a pediatric cancer bill that passed earlier this year.
Banks allowed to use taxpayer money to engage in potentially risky trades: The bill rolls back a provision that was part of financial reforms for Wall Street banks. It reverses a rule that was enacted in 2010 that barred banks from using taxpayer backed funds from trading in derivatives. Democrats argue these often risky trades helped contribute to the financial collapse in 2008.
Gee Wally, where do laws come from. Beaver, they come from wherever the money is, everyone knows that you little squirt.
Oh yes and the Dems are as pure as the wind driven snow
Posted by grassman on Dec. 11 2014,6:05 am
These are what is in the spending bill that was just passed by Congress. 
I did not refer to any Party, the article does. Facts are facts?
Posted by Rosalind_Swenson on Dec. 11 2014,6:42 am
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Incredibly, no matter how many times we see this played out, Americans continue to naively buy into the idea that it’s our politics that divide us as a nation. As if there were really a difference between the Democrats and Republicans. As if the policies of George W. Bush were any different from those of Barack Obama. As if we weren’t a nation of sheep being fattened for the kill by a ravenous government of wolves.
We’re in trouble, folks, and changing the dealer won’t save us: it’s time to get out of the game.
We have relinquished control of our government to overlords who care nothing for our rights, our dignity or our humanity, and now we’re saddled with an authoritarian regime that is deaf to our cries, dumb to our troubles, blind to our needs, and accountable to no one.
Even revelations of wrongdoing amount to little in the way of changes for the better.
For instance, after six years of investigation, 6,000 written pages and $40 million to write a report that will not be released to the public in its entirety, the U.S. Senate has finally concluded that the CIA lied about its torture tactics, failed to acquire any life-saving intelligence, and was more brutal and extensive than previously admitted. This is no revelation. It’s a costly sleight of hand intended to distract us from the fact that nothing has changed. We’re still a military empire waging endless wars against shadowy enemies, all the while fattening the wallets of the defense contractors for whom war is money.
We’re in trouble, folks, and changing the dealer won’t save us: it’s time to get out of the game.
We have relinquished control of our government to overlords who care nothing for our rights, our dignity or our humanity, and now we’re saddled with an authoritarian regime that is deaf to our cries, dumb to our troubles, blind to our needs, and accountable to no one.
Even revelations of wrongdoing amount to little in the way of changes for the better.
For instance, after six years of investigation, 6,000 written pages and $40 million to write a report that will not be released to the public in its entirety, the U.S. Senate has finally concluded that the CIA lied about its torture tactics, failed to acquire any life-saving intelligence, and was more brutal and extensive than previously admitted. This is no revelation. It’s a costly sleight of hand intended to distract us from the fact that nothing has changed. We’re still a military empire waging endless wars against shadowy enemies, all the while fattening the wallets of the defense contractors for whom war is money.
< https://www.rutherford.org/publica...e_state >
Posted by Liberal on Dec. 11 2014,9:32 am
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Paranoia is the irrational and persistent feeling that people are ‘out to get you’ or that you are the subject of persistent, intrusive attention by others. This unfounded mistrust of others can make it difficult for a person with paranoia to function socially or have close relationships. Paranoia may be a symptom of a number of conditions, including paranoid personality disorder, delusional (paranoid) disorder and schizophrenia.
The cause of paranoia is unknown but genetics are thought to play a role. Treatment depends on the condition diagnosed as its cause, and may include treatment by psychological therapy or medication.
Symptoms
Paranoid symptoms may range from mild to severe. They depend on the cause but, generally, a person who is paranoid may:
Be easily offended
Find it difficult to trust others
Not cope with any type of criticism
Assign harmful meanings to other people’s remarks
Be always on the defensive
Be hostile, aggressive and argumentative
Not be able to compromise
Find it difficult, if not impossible, to ‘forgive and forget’
Assume that people are talking ill of them behind their back
Be overly suspicious – for example, think that other people are lying or scheming to cheat them
Not be able to confide in anyone
Find relationships difficult
Consider the world to be a place of constant threat
Feel persecuted by the world at large
< http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/bhcv2...ymptoms >
Posted by grassman on Dec. 11 2014,4:01 pm
Surely you jest.^^^^