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Yes and no. They’re also the folks who kept Trump from owning an NFL team, which was an “original sin” moment that bruised Trump’s ego and helped form him into the spiteful vindictive asshole he is.

@superrific , I mean no disrespect, but have you picked up on the vibe that this board probably isn’t the proper forum for tales of your sex life, and that most posters here aren’t really that interested?

The Rupert Murdoch school of “journalism” has proven to be far more profitable than any traditional school of journalism could’ve imagined. And when combined with the proliferation of online “new media”—ie, propagandists—journalism as we’ve known it is dead.

Tom Waits.

As I said, I have zero problems revisiting naming conventions. And I get it—I don’t want Trump’s name…or the names of any of our past racists and otherwise despicable politicians or public figures—on our roadways or airports or museums. But I remain unconvinced that corporate naming would curb...

Ok cool. Again, tell me where the cost savings would come from.

Where’s the money savings coming from?? Again, when’s the last time you bought a beer or meal at a corporate-named NFL, NBA, or MLB stadium? Did you find those prices cheap in comparison to airport prices? Look, I’m not against revisiting the naming conventions of airports or any other...

Right. Because corporations never exploit consumer prices when given a captive audience. When’s the last time you bought a beer at a major league ballpark or NFL stadium?

Jfc, do we really need corporate naming on every last thing in the country? Sports stadiums, endowed university chairs, buildings, parks, concert venues, etc just aren’t enough?

The present congress is (A) too old to understand the dangers inherent in social media and AI technology, and (B) dependent upon funding from the founders and owners of the platforms and technologies they should be regulating.

It’s like a promise from Trump…always 2 weeks away.

Fair. But I do think we tend to underestimate the impact of CDC/NIH/ public health stuff. Without that, the impetus for the laws is nonexistent.

And the subsidies to push tobacco farmers to grow other crops.

I hope this is sarcasm, given: —Mandated warnings on cig packaging. —CDC and NIH studies and public health outreach to curb smoking. —laws against selling and marketing tobacco to minors. —laws against cigarette vending machines in the open

Doesn’t matter. Trump and Melania walk away with $45 mil, and Bezos will make billions in new government contracts.