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on Thursday May 23 2019, @05:06AM
from the here's-hoping-the-fat-lady-has-laryngitis dept.
from the here's-hoping-the-fat-lady-has-laryngitis dept.
Netflix changed how we watch TV, but it didn't really change what we watch...
Netflix has achieved its incredible growth by taking distribution away from cable companies. Instead of watching The Office on cable, people now watch The Office on Netflix.
This edge isn't sustainable.
...
Disney's cable business has stagnated over the past seven years. But in about 175 days, Disney is set to launch its own streaming service called Disney+.It's going to charge $6.99/month—around $6 cheaper than Netflix.
And it's pulling all its content off of Netflix.
This is a big deal.
No more Bunk'd on Netflix? Nooooooooooooooo...
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Netflix has 175 Days Left to Pull Off a Miracle... Or It's All Over
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 23 2019, @08:42PM (3 children)
That will not be enough. Senate will have to be at least 50(D) with VP as tie breaker. Don't forget how after Obama's election Treason Turtle declared that his only goal was to make Obama a 1 term president - and then set about doing everything he could to make it so. He, more than anone else currently in office, is the author of this country's misfortunes. Also don't foget that 'reasonable' guys like John McCain were promising impeachment proceedings from day 1 if Clinton were elected. The Яepublicans aren't going to suddenly start acting like the loyal opposition once the Mad Potus is out of office.
Basically if we ever want to get back to governing the country rather than oligarchs looting the country, its going to take D majorities in both houses of congress and in the whitehouse.
And even then, that won't be enough, Treason Turtle has been packing the courts with grossly misqualified hyper-partisans. Never before has anyone with an "unqualified" rating from the US ABA (American Bar Association) been appointed to the federal judiciary. Treason Turtle has put six(?) of them on since Twitler took office and most recently he nominated the wife of a russian lobbyist within hours of that lobbyist's client announcing a new aluminum plant to be built in Kentucky with substantial tax dollars.
Our only hope is that these judges have been so badly vetted that investigations will turn up criminal activities in their background that lead to impeachment. Treason Turtle reduced vetting time from 30 hours to 2 hours a couple of months ago in order to speed up the process of ramming them through, so there are probably a lot of skeletons in their closets.
One bright spot - Uncle Clarence Thomas seems to have too much ego to resign any time soon, so if he croaks with a D senate & whitehouse there might a chance to get a judge who doesn't strap on the Fox goggles every night. But if the Mad Potus loses and election (and doesnt tear the country apart trying to hold on) Uncle Tom might decide to retire during the lame duck session.
(Score: 2) by bob_super on Thursday May 23 2019, @08:59PM (2 children)
But we can expect that the patriotic leader of the senate will apply to any lame-duck nominee the same logic that he applied to a last-year-of-term nominee, and refuse to consider a candidate from the outgoing loser president, reserving that nomination to the incoming legitimate president.
It will totally happen.
Right.
Settled.
Totally.
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 23 2019, @09:18PM (1 child)
Also we are gonna need leaders who aren't afraid to exercise power. Biden is going around talking like he didn't have a front row seat to 8 years of the GOP's massive opposition to governing, Schumer is an inept puppy and Pelosi has been insanely milquetoast. Even Bernie is too cowardly to endorse ending the filibuster (a senate tradition that is not in the constitution and was created to pacify the white supremacists from the south so they could block all civil rights laws). The D old-guard are acting like the codependent spouse of someone with narcissistic personality disorder - so consumed with managing the feelings of an abusive partner that they can't even think of standing up for themselves.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 23 2019, @10:21PM
Well to be fair that is their actual position. Their JOB is to work with those lizard people to achieve results for the country. After a time I imagine it is exactly like an abusive relationship.