Current Events. No debates! — Page 35

Trump hates political expression and the first amendment. Almost as much as he apparently hates the national anthem because he forgot its words.

Warbler said:

dahmage said:

http://www.newsweek.com/philadelphia-mayor-trump-egomaniac-eagles-959311

Philly mayor has some words for Trump after the whole ‘you can’t come to the whitehouse anymore, superbowl champs’ fiasco.

Trump can go fuck himself.

Fox can also go fuck themselves

I’m sure Rule 34 probably still applies.

http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/rule-34

Please do not

Disney purchased 21st Century Fox.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/fox-disney-announce-new-deal-1529496937

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/06/disney-outbids-comcast-in-escalating-bidding-war-for-21st-century-fox/

Sorry, Comcast: Fox and Disney sign new merger deal, rejecting Comcast bid
Fox accepts Disney’s $71.3 billion offer, days after Comcast bid $65 billion.

The Walt Disney Company and 21st Century Fox have struck a new merger agreement, with Fox’s leadership having rejected Comcast’s attempt to outbid Disney.

Under the amended acquisition agreement announced today, Disney would buy Fox for $71.3 billion in cash and stock. This comes one week after Comcast offered Fox $65 billion in cash, which topped Disney’s previous deal to buy Fox for $52.4 billion in stock.

Comcast could try to outbid Disney again, but it hasn’t yet responded to today’s announcement of a new Disney/Fox deal.

“The amended and restated Disney Merger Agreement offers a package of consideration, flexibility, and deal certainty enhancements that is superior to the proposal made by the Comcast Corporation on June 13, 2018,” Fox said.

Fox appears to be reluctant to strike a deal with Comcast because of concerns about getting regulatory approval from the federal government. Still, Fox said that the new Disney/Fox deal “contains no changes to the provisions relating to the company’s directors’ ability to evaluate a competing proposal,” giving Comcast an opening to bid again.

“Disney believes the transaction has a clear and timely path to regulatory approval,” Disney’s announcement said. “Both companies have spent the past six months working toward meeting all conditions necessary for closing. In the amended agreement, Disney has increased the scope of its commitment to take actions required to secure regulatory approval.”

Both Comcast and Disney have acknowledged that they might have to divest certain Fox properties, such as Fox’s regional sports networks, in order to get regulatory approval. In a potential Comcast/Fox deal, regulators could examine whether Comcast would gain too much negotiating leverage over rival cable and satellite TV companies that have to purchase access to Comcast-owned programming. Disney, which already owns ESPN and ABC, could also face regulatory scrutiny of its ability to charge high prices for programming.

After AT&T’s court victory allowing it to buy Time Warner last week, Comcast has reason to think that a Comcast/Fox deal would be approved.

Disney’s new offer consists of $35.7 billion in cash, with the rest in stock. The new agreement was approved by the boards of Disney and Fox but still needs approval from the companies’ shareholders.

Comcast was hoping to have its $65 billion offer accepted at shareholder meetings that were scheduled for July 10. Disney and Fox said they decided to postpone those meetings in order to “prepare updated SEC filings and proxy materials which will be sent to shareholders.” A new date for the shareholder meetings has not yet been announced.

As we’ve previously reported, the sale to either Disney or Comcast would include 21st Century Fox’s film and television studios, cable entertainment networks, the Fox Sports Regional Networks, and international properties including Star in India and Fox’s 39-percent ownership of Sky across Europe.

The sale would also include Fox’s 30-percent stake in Hulu. Comcast already owns 30 percent of Hulu, so this deal would give it majority control of the online video service. Disney also has a 30-percent stake in Hulu, while Time Warner owns 10 percent of the company.
Further Reading

The Fox sale would not include major assets such as the Fox News Channel, Fox Business Network, and Fox Broadcasting Company. Those would be spun off into a new company, and Comcast or Disney would acquire 21st Century Fox after the spinoff.

Yuck

https://www.nbcnews.com/video/-black-panther-star-chadwick-boseman-gives-mtv-award-to-waffle-house-shooting-hero-1258961987724?v=a

Cool story. It happened about a week ago, but this is the first I’m hearing of it.

‘Heterosexual couple win right to civil partnership’…

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-44627990

Good news for the 3.3 million co-habiting couples in the UK.
 

‘Hillsborough match commander David Duckenfield will go on trial’…

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-44656778

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‘Hillsborough police chief to face manslaughter trial’…

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/jun/29/hillsborough-police-commander-david-duckenfield-to-face-manslaughter-trial
 

Happy 70th Birthday to the NHS 😃

‘NHS at 70: Moving tributes to ‘best thing in the world’ at Westminster Abbey service – live’…

https://www.theguardian.com/society/live/2018/jul/05/nhs-staff-and-patients-mark-70-years-of-the-health-service-live

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Health_Service
 

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suspiciouscoffee said:

Y’all have had national healthcare for seventy years?

I mean, uhhh, I sure am glad America doesn’t have commiecare like you! Freedom is the freedom to die because I don’t have enough money!

Get to Canada mate - or ask questions of your elected official(s) as to why he/she isn’t for such a thing…
 

I firmly believe that any country with the ability and infrastructure to offer it should do to the citizens of it’s country. Some things cannot be trusted to be run by companies for aim of profit (including education, emergency services, socials services, public transport, armed forces, prisons & courts, water, gas & electric, areas of natural beauty, wildlife or sites of historical importance, and communications (landline or internet provision) in that - along with council services (bin collections, tips, park services, libraries etc). Free pizza too (that could be a vote-winner 😉)

A form of socialism which existed before in many countries - and served many of those countries well - and still exists now for some fortunate countries in varying services too.

Yes mate, shortly after the Second World War - when the UK was still broke, rationing was still in place, and times were indeed grim - the Govt of the day built one of the most beautiful things ever in the 20th Century - saving countless lives, alleviating pain, and giving care and assistance to anyone who needed it - all free at the point of delivery - in a bid to help raise the standard of life for everyone - and in general for the good of the people.

Of course, we do pay taxes towards it, and it has come under fire and been stripped to the bone for political and reasons of greed (certai politicians want privatisation of parts and services for profit) - yet it still endures to the day, and hopefully for the next 70 years and beyond.

https://www.nhs.uk/NHSEngland/thenhs/about/Pages/nhscoreprinciples.aspx
 

PS - We’re all Commies in the UK 😉
 

Note - A few other countries have free healthcare too, though it’s not their 70th Birthday today 😉
 

oojason said:

suspiciouscoffee said:

Y’all have had national healthcare for seventy years?

I mean, uhhh, I sure am glad America doesn’t have commiecare like you! Freedom is the freedom to die because I don’t have enough money!

Get to Canada mate - or ask questions of your elected official(s) as to why he/she isn’t for such a thing…
 

Our elected officials don’t care about what their constituencies want.

Warbler said:

oojason said:

‘Heterosexual couple win right to civil partnership’…

???

I thought heterosexuals couples already had the right?

The right to marriage. This couple wanted a “civil partnership” because it’s a more “modern construct”, while marriage has a history with women being given as property, among other reasons for it being seemingly antiquated. Apparently the current law didn’t extend “civil partnerships” to heterosexual couples.

chyron8472 said:

Warbler said:

oojason said:

‘Heterosexual couple win right to civil partnership’…

???

I thought heterosexuals couples already had the right?

The right to marriage. This couple wanted a “civil partnership” because it’s a more “modern construct”, while marriage has a history with women being given as property.

I’m still waiting for my herd of goats.

What a bizarre situation.

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I’m usually pretty forward-thinking, but I don’t see much point in trying to get rid of the word marriage. It has barbaric roots since it was (and still is in some parts of the world) implemented by primitive societies, but there’s nothing misogynistic about the concept of marriage. It’s evolved past it’s archaic roots.