Tucker’s an ex-Fox.
There are zero details yet about who did what to whom: did Murdoch say to Carlson, “you’re fired?” Did Carlson say “you can’t fire me, I quit?” Did some other billionaire offer the right’s masculinity maven yet more cash? Is there something about to drop that would have compelled Tucker “to spend more time with his family?”
Is it irresponsible to speculate…
[All together, kids]IT WOULD BE IRRESPONSIBLE NOT TO!!!!
Have fun in the comments, my fellow jackals.
Image: Edward Matthew Ward, The Disgrace of Lord Clarendon, after his Last Interview with the King, 1846
TheronWare
Oh poor Tuckums! Hahahahahahahahahaha!
Kristine
Wonder where he’ll land? Is OAN still a thing? Could Newsmax afford him?
Llelldorin
Apparently the answer to the perennial question “is there any limit to what Fox will do” is “yes, when it costs them most of a billion dollars.”
dmsilev
He helped cost Rupert most of a billion dollars. And there are still several additional lawsuits outstanding (Smartmatic is also suing for $$$$$$, for one). Yeah.
trollhattan
The lawsuit being done and dusted, I’m guessing there’s a litany of Bad Tucker behavior that broke the dam. Here’s hoping somebody spills the goods, lord knows we’ve had some doozies when it comes to tales of bad behavior among news anchors and teevee hosts.
Buh-bye (and NBC, don’t even think of it).
Ninedragonspot
Someone should probably do a wellness check on Greenwald.
James E Powell
Is this because Kendall & Roman are running things now? Oh wait, this is reality. Sort of.
All seriousness aside, was this a double secret addendum to the settlement agreement?
Where do we think he ends up?
dmsilev
Now, the inevitable question needs to be asked: How will Fox manage to become worse? Not “if”, “how”.
Aussie Sheila
I am getting a shareholder demands vibe here. He’s too profitable for this to be the result of some ethical consideration. I wonder about the other terrible two. Maybe they’ll wait for a decent interval.
The best thing about it apart from his absence, is that this will make news that will probably pierce quite a few Fox viewer bubbles. His absence will be noticed straight away.
Mimi haha
I want him to be an ex-person.
Baud
He must have behaved kind to someone.
Dorothy A. Winsor
Maybe Carlson wants to work for Trump’s campaign
randal m sexton
Kinda interesting how the Faux News arc of career for their top propagandists goes. Glenn Beck, Bill O’Reilly, and now Tucker. Did seem like it took a bit of time for Tucker to step into the BillO shoes. Wonder who is next, and what the cause was. Perhaps Lachlan told him he has to start calming shit down and Tucker refused ?
Suzanne
My heart bleeds.
The Moar You Know
You cost your boss most of a billion dollars while claiming in your texts that the Lord God of the GOP is a fraud, well, you gonna get fired.
Tom Levenson
@Baud: the intertubes have been won for the day.
Where would you like them delivered?
schrodingers_cat
Is he running for
Presidentthe Republican nomination?ALurkSupreme
[Your favorite popcorn GIF here]
Baud
No one can escape Dark Brandon’s wrath.
trollhattan
What ghoul gets his slot? They seem fond of that Jessie Watters douchenozzle, who once did stalking for O’Reilly (thus, qualifying him).
BC in Illinois
How will the Russian media cover this?
Who will they turn to?
The Moar You Know
@Dorothy A. Winsor: the logical VP candidate.
lollipopguild
The Aliens took him back to the spaceship.
lowtechcyclist
@Mimi haha:
Not me. I want him to live a long time, alone and unloved.
dmsilev
@schrodingers_cat: Watching Trump savage him would be mordantly amusing, that’s for sure. The phrase “root for injuries” would be at the top of everyone’s mind.
hells littlest angel
Fox is doing a talent search on all the white supremacist sites to find a replacement.
Keith P.
Holy shit, I did *not* see that coming at all. I figured they’d fire Bartiromo but not Trump’s favorite bootlick.
Gravenstone
I would be almost amused (almost) if he tries a personality switch and reverts towards his prior MSNBC persona wherever he next pops up. Can’t really happen because there’s nowhere to go but down once you embrace MAGAtude (even just emulating the same). As has been said before, can’t happen to a nicer asshole.
PJ
@lowtechcyclist: It would be nice to see him personally bankrupted, but I don’t think he’s a defendant in these defamation suits.
CaseyL
Yes, of courses there must be a dedicated thread to talk about, marvel over, and generally celebrate this Very Important Defenestration.
What a huge, gaping hole this leaves in Fox’s schedule. I mean, TC was their highest-rated show, wasn’t it?
(Repeating from dead thread:) I’ve seen speculation that getting rid of Carlson is a term of the settlement with Dominion. If that is true, then it won’t just be him: there’ve got to be quite a few other propaganda peddlers breaking out in cold sweats right now.
Just One More Canuck
He’s going to Russia Today
NotMax
“Hey! Who opened the can of Instant Karma?”
Cannot. Stop. Smirking.
MisterForkbeard
@trollhattan: I mean, there’s other lawsuits pending. But I could see it if Fox left Tucker in place because it could be construed as admitting fault – and now that they got slammed for a billion and guilt has been established it’s time to start taking action so that in future lawsuits the judgments are smaller.
mellowjohn
He’s leaving to found a chain of Tucker Testicle Tanning parlors.
RaflW
I hope he packed his desk over the weekend and won’t be given a farewell show this evening. If he does get one, I’d sure hope there’s a 5 second delay and a Fox lawyer in the control room
eta: WaPo 8 mins ago says that indeed last Friday was his last show. I wonder if he said something post-settlement that was somehow covered in the agreement that would have been over some multi-million dollar additional line?
OGLiberal
@Kristine: CNN or NY Times op-ed.
MisterForkbeard
@lollipopguild: Retiring to his ranch where he can grow frozen food trays in peace and quiet.
sdhays
@The Moar You Know: No, now that Tuckums is going to be off the teevee (and, thus, out of Trump’s bedroom) in two months, Trump won’t remember who he is.
And if he does, he’ll be afraid that Tucker might overshadow him.
RedDirtGirl
@Keith P.: Well, he’s on the record saying he hated Trump, so that may have cooled that relationship a bit…
JWR
@James E Powell:
CBS.
Butch
I saw a clip of his last show on Friday; he was eating pizza and ended with “have a good weekend and see you on Monday,” so it almost didn’t look like he saw this coming.
RedDirtGirl
@RaflW: Friday was his last show.
ETA Never mind : )
cmorenc
@randal m sexton:
The one kudo I will grudgingly give to Glenn Beck is that the day when then-President Obama announced that Bin Laden had been killed and buried at sea – Beck said on-air that although he (Beck) was usually against everything Obama did, he said Obama deserved praise that day for pulling off getting Bin Laden, when none of the other RW assholes were giving Obama an inch of positive credit. True, on every other day ending in ‘ y ‘ but for that one, Beck was a barking loon.
Almost Retired
Everything Trump touches dies. Although I don’t think Trump literally touched him in an inappropriate manner, but considering that possibility works wonders as an appetite suppressant.
RaflW
@JWR: Russia Today.
sdhays
@RedDirtGirl: Counterpoint: everyone who has ever know Trump has said that at some point. I assume he’s selective on who he decides to hold a grudge against and who he decides didn’t mean it.
BC in Illinois
@Just One More Canuck:
“I’m sure Russian State TV has a slot waiting for him.”
@JuliaDavisNews
Baud
@James E Powell:
MSNBC decides to recreate the old CNN show Crossfire and pairs Tucker with Joy Reid.
ETtheLibrarian
Fox is a cesspit of rot. Tucker was one of many – and they are still there (for now). This has a bit of a “throw someone to the wolves” aspect to it (not feeling bad for old Tuck) and unless they are going to get of a few other big conspiracy voices this just feels like a little bit of nothing. This had to be more than just what he said on air.
The gossip around this will be epic. Get out the popcorn.
patrick II
“the right’s masculinity maven”.
Tucker, especially when he was upset, sounded more like a woman than any other TV broadcaster. I record Tucker’s show and about once a week I listen for as long as I can, usually about five minutes, before the overwhelming unpleasantness drives me away. Obvious, egregious lies presented by a semi-baby faced shrill fascist is just more than I can take. That he has the highest rated show on cable news says too much about a significant number of fellow americans.
My guess as to what happened. Trump. Murdoch has decided Trump will be the nominee and either Trump asked or Murdoch decided that the man who texted he couldn’t stand Trump, couldn’t wait for him to go away, that he hated him, is not going to be the face of Trump’s re-election campaign headquarters on FOX.
RedDirtGirl
@sdhays: I guess that’s true, although considering he has such thin skin, it’s hard to square.
BruceFromOhio
Free speech absolutists will howl and bleed, but it’s all business, baby. Ole’ Tuck cost Grampa Rupe a whole big pile of benjamins, cost-benefit analysis says stop throwing good money after bad.
Watch the little fascist show up on OAN or Newsmax in a month.
Jackie
@James E Powell: Running for President? Joining TFG Squad or Puddin’ Boots Squad? Maybe hook up with 3shirts Bannon?
My hope is he completely disappears and becomes a hermit.
Karen S.
That smarmy jerk will probably land on his feet somewhere because we’re living in an absurd timeline. I won’t say this is the most absurd timeline because it can certainly get more absurd.
Shalimar
@Aussie Sheila: There have been a series of protests of Carlson’s advertisers over the last few years for various fascist statements. It has been a long time since the show was profitable because no non-rightwong companies will buy ads anymore.
JML
The good thing about cycling off these loons like him is even if they replace him with another wing-nut they’ll be losing viewers, because these shows have their own brands. It’s not just “tune in to whomever is on FauxNews”, they tune in to watch their “people”. anything that culls the audience even a little is good.
cmorenc
Now if only Sean Hannity could also do something that get$ him kicked off of Fox for creating unacceptable liability expo$ure.
mrmoshpotato
Holy shitballs, Batman! Fucker Carlson got told to go fuck himself! Do Hannity, Ingram, Doocey, Kilmead, and Jesse Waters next!
Fuck ’em! -efgoldman
West of the Rockies
Bloody fabulous! I hope he’s embarrassed, enraged, and afraid.
NotMax
The moving middle finger points; and, having pointed, moves on.
;)
Mingobat (f/k/a Karen in GA)
@dmsilev: Exactly. Tuckems replaced Bill O’Reilly. BillO was horrible, but Tucker managed to be even worse.
They’re going to double down on the hate and the lies. They’ll just attack people who don’t have the resources to sue.
satby
Long overdue, but the nutjobs will see him as a martyr to “wokeness”. Being the vile POS that he is, he’ll do just fine.
scav
Surely there must be a Discord channel somewhere in want of a leader.
West of the Rockies
I hope Hannity and Ingraham and drunk-ass Pirro are shivering in their chinos (and high heels).
schrodingers_cat
@dmsilev: I never thought Trump could become President. So be careful for what you wish for.
I don’t think die-Trump supporters (who are not the R base) would vote for Carlson. Unlike Trump, Carlson has no reach beyond the Fox News bubble.
Aussie Sheila
@Baud:
That just won the week.
Jackie
@BC in Illinois: Ooooh… he’s gonna run Putin’s media empire!!!
mrmoshpotato
@James E Powell:
In Hell.
Oh, you meant on this side of the dirt.
CaseyL
@RedDirtGirl: Didn’t he have that ghastly interview with Trump recently? Where Carlson lavished such praise on Trump’s “moderation and wisdom”?
Or maybe the actual interview was done before those messages were made public…
Baud
If I were Tucker, I’d be pissed off and would want to defend my integrity by dishing out all the dirt on Fox News.
Steeplejack
Washington Post story just out:
BC in Illinois
Here’s an in-depth analysis, from a reliable observer:
Catturd says “This is the end of Fox News.”
cmorenc
@trollhattan: Jesse Waters is entirely about an “owning the libs” schtick. He could be just as annoying as Tucker Carlson, though the perverse upside is that Waters is only fascist-light, as opposed to full bore with Carlson.
Shalimar
@Baud: Tucker already had a show on MSNBC after he left CNN. Willie Geist was his newsreader and fellow frat boy jokester. It was very cringe.
schrodingers_cat
@Karen S.: He is an heir to the Swanson fortune IIRC. So this is not going to hurt him financially.
Campbell bought Swanson and we don’t know the details of his trust fund/inheritance but we can speculate that it is substantial.
Captain C
Or “No more fish sticks for you, Mr. Meanie! My family will blacklist you and you’ll have to eat Gorton’s or Mrs. Paul’s from now on! That’ll show you!”
Jackie
@Baud: You owe me a new keyboard.
UncleEbeneezer
Let’s speculate: He’s leaving so he can be free to molest baby animals while dressed in full
NaziRussian military uniform, you heard it here first!Jim, Foolish Literalist
I’m thinking Lachlan wanted a head on the wall to let everybody know who is (or will be) in charge
I wonder if judge box-o-wine and the money honey survive now
RaflW
@Karen S.: In the manner that BillO and Beck landed somewhere, yeah Fucker Tarlson will get another gig. But I don’t actually think his platform will ever again be as big as it was on Fox.
OAN and Newsmax are trying to eclipse Fox, but a) I don’t think it’ll happen – at least not soon – and later the whole Fox demo will be dead; and b) even those nets’ shysters have executives who’ve seen the Fox payout and the pending Smartmatic suit and might (maybe!) pause before hiring him.
brendancalling
@Ninedragonspot: Nah. Let him choke on his rage and die.
jonas
@BC in Illinois: Dollars to donuts he turns up with his own show on RT or something. Would be fitting for the little traitorous shit.
Sure Lurkalot
@patrick II: I thought that Murdoch had soured on Trump too but these 21st century MOTU loons can and do turn on a dime.
narya
Also too: I’ve been following Brandi Buchman off and on; today she’s reporting on the close of the PB seditious conspiracy trial. The prosecutor just finished; seems like he did an excellent job.
RedDirtGirl
@CaseyL: Yeah. I guess Drumpf doesn’t care that much when he’s getting good press.
scav
I love that they were still apparently running promos for his show earlier today.
Funny what happens when real money starts getting involved.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
@Shalimar: I think Rachel Madddow got her start on msnbc as a regular on that show. She made him very uncomfortable as I recall
and isn’t that the show where he used to dance at the end? One of those “not your fathers kind of conservative” things leftover from the Bush years
rmjohnston
More likely than Tucker being kicked to the road by FOX as punishment for the $787 million settlement is Tucker being kicked to the road as a condition, imposed on FOX by Dominion, of the settlement.
Baud
@Jim, Foolish Literalist:
“Now is the time on Sprockets when we dance.”
Captain C
@schrodingers_cat:
The difference between him and TFG, and between him and Reagan, is that TFG played a successful businessman and pro wrestler for the better part of two decades, and Reagan was an actor who knew how to exude avuncular kindness even when he was being a shit to millions via his actions. Tuck Tuck is just a smarmy nepo baby with an inheritance who’s known for being a lying asshole who kicks down on TV.
Wyatt Salamanca
This was not on my Bingo card.
O. Felix Culpa
@narya: PB? Tix.
Shalimar
@RaflW: Fox is the one who made it to trial first, but Dominion also has massive lawsuits against NewsMax and OANN. And they went even more all-in on the defamation than Fox did in an effort to lure away viewers.
Gvg
We saw text messages from discovery that he hated Trump.
I wonder if there were other texts not made public because they weren’t the subject of the lawsuit like, oh, maybe he hated Murdoch and thought he was an idiot…any other secret thing could have come to the attention of the company lawyers as a result of the lawsuit.
RaflW
@Steeplejack: A Fox on-air person freaking that Tucky “doesn’t get to survive this disaster”? Lordy. A disaster is something that happens to one.
What Fox did was an explosive self-harm. And I’m here for it, baby.
Delk
He did just buy a new Florida mansion.
laura
Happy Cake in the Breakroom Monday to all who celebrate! I’m eagerly awaiting all the tea about to spill from his former colleagues and handlers.
twbrandt
Normally, I hate Mondays.
MisterForkbeard
@Baud: Fox wasn’t pure enough for Tucker, you see. I hear they may even have had a black cameraman
RaflW
I guess it’s fire-your-guy day. CNN just cut Don Lemon.
eta: This could be a massive plot twist for Murdoch. What a mindf*ck it would be for him to hire Don for the 8pm slot.
/s
mrmoshpotato
@O. Felix Culpa: Proud Boys
Karen S.
@schrodingers_cat: Oh, I know he has oodles of money. I meant more about his career as an anti-USA propagandist. Nothing he spewed on air at Fox could ever be considered pro-USA, at least not by me. Right wingers generally despise this country and the majority of its inhabitants. Someone mentioned Russia Today and I think the smarmy asshole will be a perfect fit there.
Wyatt Salamanca
And Don Lemon is out at CNN
https://twitter.com/donlemon/status/1650533617636966400
What a way to start a week.
Captain C
@BC in Illinois: “Coming up tonight on RT, our latest host, the honest, kind, moderate, humble, and totally truthful Fucker, er, Tucker Carlson! Watch as he shows how America is the worst and always wrong, and how Russia should rule the world by right with his first guest, Glem Greenwald, who will explain how Ukraine doesn’t really exist, is a bunch of Nazis, and should be wiped from the face of the planet (which he doesn’t support)! We are totally not cranks or puppets!”
BruceFromOhio
@Baud: omg i loved that show!
“You may touch my monkey.”
Jim, Foolish Literalist
Remembering now that one thing that churned up in the wake of the great settlement was that producer Abby Grossman (?) suddenly remembered (raised eyebrow here) that she had an old company issues phone with more recordings on it
narya
@O. Felix Culpa: Proud Boys. Nordean, Biggs, Rehl, Pezzola, etc. 5 or 6 of them in this batch; two tried to take the stand in their own defense and . . . it did not go as they planned.
Captain C
@Just One More Canuck: Beat me to it!
MisterForkbeard
@Wyatt Salamanca: They can replace him with Tucker. That sounds like neu-CNN.
Anonymous At Work
NONE OF YOU ARE DOING IT RIGHT:
Start here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPIdRJlzERo
After a few verses, then you go into “When is his flight to Russia leaving?” and “What other parts of the settlement(s) haven’t been made public yet?”
Almost Retired
I wonder how this is playing in the right wing bubble? Another victim of liberal wokeness? Signs that Fox has gone squish? If I were made of sterner stuff, I’d check out Free Republic or something. But I’m not.
Bethanyanne
Buh bye Cucker Tarlson.
Karen S.
@RaflW: Yeah, I think OAN and Newsmax have to be in the mix with Russia Today as possible new homes for F*cker’s brand of anti-American claptrap.
Captain C
@BruceFromOhio:
“I HAVE AN ABSOLUTE RIGHT TO SPOUT MY BULLSHIT ON YOUR PLATFORM, AT YOUR EXPENSE AND POTENTIAL LIABILITY!!!” is not the winning argument they seem to think its.
Geminid
@Ninedragonspot: A wellness check on G. Greenwald? Maybe a vileness check.
bbleh
@UncleEbeneezer: thank you! I was going to mention the rumor about him being found naked in a whole kindergarten of children with their pet hamsters, but I figured that one was already out there so there was no point
@Almost Retired: certainly no need for US to speculate insanely: they’ll do it, and as a bonus, they’ll believe it!
Captain C
@Karen S.:
FTFY (though I agree we do live in an absurd timeline)
lowtechcyclist
@BC in Illinois:
If only.
And if Faux News went down the drain, it would just turn Newsmax into a juggernaut.
RaflW
@Almost Retired: My brief glimpse was on a 12 year old Tucky tweet that resurfaced this morning. Lots of cheers that TC is “free” or whatever. They all just seem so dam stupid (but also impossible to determine if they’re mostly bots).
Wyatt Salamanca
@RaflW:
Tucker and Lemon certainly both deserved to get taken off the air, for different reasons.
Looking forward to see which lunatic Fox News puts in Tucker’s time slot.
Anoniminous
He’ll get on the Right Wing lecture circuit, “write” (sic) a book or ten, maybe get into podcasting. I’d be surprised if he can’t come close to matching his $6 million Fox salary.
CaseyL
Since I don’t watch CNN, and therefore don’t watch Don Lemon, I’m not sure what the dynamic is behind him getting axed.
On the one hand, it could be part of the continuing Foxification of CNN.
OTOH, Lemon had gotten up to some cringey stuff, as far as I know. I mean, in terms of his reporting/commentating, not anything to do with his personal life.
Baud
@Anoniminous:
Substack, baby.
Captain C
@Mingobat (f/k/a Karen in GA):
“Hi, I’m Whitey P. White, Grand Dragon of the Klan and your new Fox evening host. Tonight, guests Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas explain why the 13th Amendment was the worst thing ever to happen to America, and probably unconstitutional to boot…”
RaflW
@Wyatt Salamanca: I don’t watch any of these networks, and am only vaguely aware of what Lemon did to screw up. I just think it’s a convenient day to cut Don because the oxygen is being consumed nearly fully by the Tuckums pyre.
p.a.
@Shalimar:
Yup. Doubt they’ll be doing anything but circular filing Tuckie’s resume if he even hopes for more on-air rush.
UncleEbeneezer
@Shalimar: SmartMatic also has a suit against Fox and has said that they want a full retraction as part of any settlement. I wonder if Tucker’s leaving is a preemptive attempt for Fox to try avoid that.
The Moar You Know
Don Lemon was a fucking moron. Nothing of value was lost with that departure.
sdhays
@jonas: Can RT afford him? Their cashflow has recently been experiencing some challenges.
Baud
So Fox is cleaning house but MSNBC hasn’t fired anybody. Tell me again which network has integrity. #RightWingSophistry.
bbleh
Markets turned around and began climbing sharply when the news broke.
Coincidence? Perhaps …
Anonymous At Work
@UncleEbeneezer: If Smartmatic has made “full retraction and sincere apology [that we write for the Fox persons to read, which is what I would do]” a redline for any settlement, then I can TOTALLY speculate that Carlson made it a redline for him as well.
randy khan
It would be delightful if he left because he refused to submit to more careful fact checking because Fox News wanted to avoid another debacle like the Dominion settlement. (Or, even better, if he refused to read some required mea culpa on the air, although I think that’s really unlikely at this point.)
different-church-lady
Is this still the same month Trump got arrested?
Scout211
@RaflW: Lemon was fired after an investigation for workplace sexism.
Tucker is being sued by Abby Grossman for workplace sexism, among other things.
Ocotillo
I don’t think Carlson’s ratings were the result of anything in particular he brought to the table. BillO was the top ratings guy when he was in that time slot. I think it’s the slot in the evening lineup. The demo that watches Fox starts nodding off by the time Carlson is over so whoever gets that timeslot will likely host the highest rated cable news show. They can but any RWNJ in the chair and as long as they don’t stray from looney tunes land, they will be fine.
trollhattan
@RaflW: It would herald a big uptick in UFO news stories on Fox.
Baud
@different-church-lady:
No, I’m pretty sure that was three years a.. OMFG!!!
MattF
It’s a reminder that Tucker is (was), after all, just another Fox employee. ETTD.
MisterForkbeard
@Almost Retired: I’m seeing a lot on twitter about “Never watching Fox again!” and “I’m following Tucker wherever he goes” from the relatively sane conservatives. Boebert has already started screaming “I stand with Tucker!”, etc.
The Qanon folks are broadly similar but more insane. Lots of “Tucker was there to give Fox credibility, but they’ve secretly been Left for a long time now”. They’re also hopeful he’s kept private copies of all the J6 security footage and will now be able to show all the FBI malfeasance that the FBI was definitely hiding. Also some “Fox was uncomfortable because Tucker is a principled truth-teller and had to fire him”
So basically what you’d expect, all around.
lowtechcyclist
A song about Fucker’s ultimate destination:
Squirrel Nut Zippers “Hell” – Music Video directed by Norwood Cheek and Grady Cooper – YouTube
sdhays
In all seriousness, I’m glad that Tucker now has the time he needs to focus on giving himself testicular cancer with his totally-not-gay ball tanner.
Steeplejack
@Shalimar:
Now Carlson has been fired by CNN, MSNBC and Fox. Quite the hat trick.
different-church-lady
@Steeplejack:
Hack trick!
BruceFromOhio
Where’s the Pitchbot? This is ripe fodder!
“Why Tucker Carlson leaving Fox News bodes poorly for America, democracy, and Joe Biden’s re-election campaign”
Betty Cracker
Huh. I’m stunned — in a good way. Also mystified. Wasn’t Carlson the top-rated host at Fox News? Is it possible the Dominion people made Fox News ax Carlson as a condition to settle their case?
Regarding Lemon, good fucking riddance. He’s dumb as a stump and a sexist ass, which usually isn’t disqualifying for an anchor position but should be.
Almost Retired
@MisterForkbeard:
@MisterForkbeard:
Thanks. Tucker as a martyr in the right wing civil war would be a thing to behold.
Jackie
@Scout211: Maybe Chuck Todd will be today’s NBC sacrificial lamb!🤞🏻
Baud
@Jackie:
You like to dream big. I’d settle for Andrea Mitchell.
rikyrah
Bye, you racist piece of garbage, you.
See ya, Tucker
Dangerman
I kinda like Cancel Culture
ETA: Who gets boned next? My money is on Pirro but Hannity would be a good bet. This feels like Dominion saying, OK, we’ll settle for 787, but there are conditions.
Anonymous At Work
@Jackie: Lemon made sexist comments on camera, had a sexual relationship with a coworker (probably against policy), and was apparently a dick to everyone behind the cameras. That, and Discovery’s MAGAt board members wanted to clear out anyone with any backbone before the election coverage, to be replaced by stenographers.
Jesse
Heading to Hungary as we speak.
Scout211
@Betty Cracker: I like the suggestion upthread that maybe, just maybe, Abby Grossman’s company phone (that management forgot to retrieve from her) has some really, really incriminating evidence on it. We can hope.
PaulWartenberg
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ahem. For a more formal analysis:
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(insert ALL the dancing GIFs here)
Baud
@PaulWartenberg:
You broke the blog.
sdhays
@Anonymous At Work: Does Don Lemon have a backbone?
Geminid
Since we’re speculating, I’ll wonder if Carson’s pro-Russian line on the Ukraine war was a factor.
different-church-lady
@Geminid:
His losing Murdoch three quarters of a billion dollars was a factor.
Baud
@Geminid: I don’t know why it would be now, after all this time.
Mr. Bemused Senior
@PaulWartenberg: [ in the voice of Grytpype Thynne] please, don’t do that.
Raoul Paste
If it hasn’t been said already, his departure will be an item on the Russian TV news tonight. They love him over there
Baud
@Raoul Paste: I hope we can trade Tucker for one of Russia’s prisoners.
trollhattan
IDK if link will work, but John Oliver did an “And now, this” on Tucker a couple weeks ago.
https://www.tiktok.com/discover/john-oliver-tucker-carlson-shut-up-racist
different-church-lady
@Mr. Bemused Senior:
This joint could do with a lot more Goon Show references, in my opinion.
patrick II
@Sure Lurkalot:
S.TSucker could not be the face of the Trump campaign on FOX . Dem ads would be quoting his hate text, his Trump is a liar text overnight: Murdoch is a practical man. Trump is a done deal and the most profitable option for Fox moving forward. Therefore, goodbye Tucker.
lowtechcyclist
@Raoul Paste:
Since it’s already tonight over there, I guess we’ll find out shortly.
Primer Gray (formerly yet another Jeff)
@mellowjohn: Tucker’s Taint and Testicle Tanning Toltalitarium
Omnes Omnibus
@ETtheLibrarian: Yes, Carlson is the sacrifice. Big enough name that it looks like they did something, but not someone with any real power. Honestly, he should have seen this coming.
Mr. Bemused Senior
@Baud: someone else quoted Roy Bland recently re. Moscow Centre getting its people back.
West of the Rockies
@Baud:
Andrea Mitchell is the Diane Feinstein of Diane Sawyers.
Roger Moore
@JML:
The bad side is that because he has his own brand, someone else will be willing to give him a shot in an attempt to take advantage of that brand.
RaflW
@Steeplejack: Less remembered, but PBS also fired Tucky. (I’ve never totally gotten over the fact that Public Broadcasting was his first national platform.)
C Stars
@Jim, Foolish Literalist: Right right, that’s what I am thinking. There’s probably more dirt on Carlson and Fox just didn’t want to deal with it, whether through media leaks or further lawsuits from Smartmatic.
@Tom Levenson: Baud always wins. But just want to include an appreciation here for your always on-point editorial illustration choices. Every single one is witty and glorious and I am wondering if you carry a museum in your skull.
WaterGirl
@Baud: fixed!
different-church-lady
And to think I was planning on getting some work done today…
Mr. Bemused Senior
@different-church-lady: I am happy to oblige.
Steeplejack
@PaulWartenberg:
For future reference, 30 characters is about the max before you breach the margin. And it’s certainly enough for us to get your hilarious hahahaha joke
ETA: And it requires the long-suffering WaterGirl to come in and do a manual fix.
MattF
Pitchbot has the real dope.
MisterDancer
And don’t forget the NBCUniversal CEO who got bounced just yesterday for an “inappropriate workplace relationship”.
Jackie
@Anonymous At Work: This leaves Lemmon free to join his old buddy Chris Cuomo at News Nation.
RaflW
@Steeplejack: Ah, thank you. I was not remembering the details of what-not-to-do.
Roger Moore
@RaflW:
And NBCUniversal is firing their CEO. They’re at least being open about why: he was engaged in an “inappropriate relationship” with a subordinate.
Elizabelle
My guess is that having to make that expensive settlement scared the Murdochs and shareholders. There is blood in the water, and they know they are the bleeding fish.
Thinking they fired Carlson so they could say in upcoming legal matters: “See, we are changing. [Don’t hit us so hard.]”
They’ve already told us they adhere to the highest journalistic standards. Um hum.
C Stars
One head of the Boebert/MTG/Kari Lake hydra quits and takes Carlson’s job….?
Or would that be too female for Carlson’s slot?
(ETA add Gabbard to that monster)
O. Felix Culpa
@mrmoshpotato:
@narya:
Thank you both!
JustRuss
I don’t see it as unlikely at all. Being a conservative means never having to say you’re sorry, he’s been a priveleged ass his whole life. Saying “you can’t make me” is entirely in character.
Jackie
@MisterDancer: Oh, darn. That means Chuckie is safe, after all.
prostratedragon
@Betty Cracker: When the settlement was announced someone from Dominion did say something about further measures besides the money.
scav
Foxe’s Book of Martyrs will have to come out with a second edition
dww44
@RaflW:
I think the timing is suspicious as well. It’s been obvious that John Malone had/has no use for Lemon since his media group took over the network in 2022…or for any on the network who he perceived as too opinionated. I think he’s still calling the shots.
Geminid
@Baud: I don’t know either. And I don’t know what Rupert Murdoch’s posture is towards the war. Carlson seems like the most extremely pro-Russion of well known public figures. He goes well beyond Gaetz and Greene, for instance.
That war will be back in the headlines soon, when Ukraine launches its upcoming offensive.
Paul in KY
@Baud: That would last 3 shows till Ms Reid strangled him.
lowtechcyclist
Rick Wilson:
Steeplejack
@RaflW:
It’s mainly an issue on cell phones, which have narrower margins, and it’s exacerbated by ALL CAPS. The comment box expands to fit the wider margin, and that makes it very hard to work with, because you only get to see one part of it at a time.
SiubhanDuinne
@PaulWartenberg:
@PaulWartenberg:
Start here.
Scout211
@Scout211: @Scout211:
Correction: Abby Grossberg, not Grossman. Sorry.
RandomMonster
Be sure to short your bow-tie stocks…
JoyceH
@Paul in KY:
Naaah. She’d just call him “Tuckum” in That Tone Of Voice and he would stroke out.
Steeplejack
@SiubhanDuinne:
Bad link.
MisterDancer
Lemon got the #MeToo treatment he deserved:
If you know knives be out — esp. if you’re Black or another marginalized group — you need to straighten up and fly right. Sounds like Lemon did the opposite, so yeah, he got to go!
eversor
I don’t get how Tucker of all people was a symbol of “masculinity”. I’m a dreaded millenial but even when I grew up a “masculine” man was sort of rough and tumble, did the manual labor, and the strong and silent type, usually pretty scruffy. Not some bow tied pompus rich obnoxious shit.
People tend to like the first type and they are still all over the place. Hell I live in rich people land and I wear working boots, jeans, and a black polo to work and I don’t shave all that much. I’m also a vet and I do the killing of local pests, the house manual labor (yes includes, trash, dishes, laundry, and all the stuff that might be thought of as “womans work”). Most of the guys around here are all like this. Not a damn one has considered ball tanning or that there is a crisis for males. I kinda like that my SO makes money. It’s a good back up and more funds for things we want to do. Would it be great if one of us made so much the other could stay home, yeah sure, but either of us would go crazy fast. That’s a talk that involves “is there a business you would like to run from home” not “my balls were clipped”.
I see the stats that men are now the minority in college, boys do less well in school, and the mortality rates are bad and these are all issues. They should be fixed. And yeah fixing it means women aren’t going to dominate in those areas, but fine fuck it. But there is no massive white male crisis in most sane areas where we all just fine our SO just has a fancier title and degree than us. My SO is vastly higher up the food chain than I am but is not as cleared so I make more, suck it it’s clearance. And Tucker looks like someone who should be shoved into a locker and has no friends. Who acts like that? He’s not the person I’d knock on their door for a cup of syrup let alone a chainsaw or a gun, let alone ask to help me jump a car or haul some crap.
It’s like the diner bullshit. I work late nights and thus I eat at diners often. Since when was this a rural thing block per block there are more in major cities and a lot of us work crazy or odd ass hours. So ask us here how we feel.
Kathleen
@Steeplejack: I don’t imagine Fox bots have the self awareness or emotional intelligence required to cultivate the fine art of “room reading”.
SFBayAreaGal
The “Flying Fickle Finger of Fate Award” has been resurrected.
MisterDancer
Symbol of toxic masculinity. Different rules, different symbols.
I don’t like dying more, no one should. However: Women may live longer, but their right to health care is certainly under direct and sustained attack, unlike, say, my right to a boner pill. Same with people outside the gender binaries; we get these issues resolved and we men will likely see a lot of the issues impacting our health also resolved.
SiubhanDuinne
@Steeplejack:
Not worth looking for a better one. It was just the stupid Hampster Dance of happy memory.
different-church-lady
@eversor:
A feature of trolling is that the less sense it makes, the more effective it is.
Hoodie
Tucker’s brand was pretty tarnished as far as being any champion of Trump. With Trump looking like the nominee, his days were numbered, especially because of his role in costing Rupert 800 million. He probably knew he was on the chopping block and that’s why he gave that fawning interview with Trump as a last ditch effort to stay, but that wasn’t enough to save him.
RaflW
Semafor says that Carlson’s executive producer Justin Wells is also out. All that sh*t doesn’t go out on the air unassisted.
Buh-bye.
Burnspbesq
Tucker’s next gig: head of content monitoring and moderation at Twitter.
Kathleen
@Wyatt Salamanca: Media will love the “both sides” aspect of this!
MattF
@Burnspbesq: Or maybe RT.
Bill Arnold
@Geminid:
Likewise – that TC has been the darling of Russian Propaganda Television has not escaped the notice of those among the US right-wing that continue to distrust Russia.
japa21
I am surprised that no one has mentioned his being the first person “fired” from Dancing With the Stars in season 3. Afterwards he complained that apparently the viewing audience was ultraliberal.
RaflW
@Hoodie: Yeah, that groveling seemed very obvious. But then again, being an obvious phony generally works really well in right wing world.
RSA
I predict a spike in look-ups of schadenfreude, pleasure derived by someone from another person’s misfortune. Maybe not this great a spike, though—a trip down memory lane:
Mustang Bobby
Well, that’s show business.
sdhays
@Burnspbesq: Where’s Elon going to cough up the cash to pay him?
RaflW
Job offer delivered
Daoud bin Daoud
@lowtechcyclist:
Little Lord Fishsticks is already unloved, but with his millions, he never has to be alone.
trollhattan
Faux Pitchbot: “Conservative media giant Fox not afraid to fix problems as they encounter them, when will Liberal media learn the same tactic?”
C Stars
@MisterDancer:Women may live longer, but their right to health care is certainly under direct and sustained attack, unlike, say, my right to a boner pill. Same with people outside the gender binaries; we get these issues resolved and we men will likely see a lot of the issues impacting our health also resolved.
Yes. Thank you.
trollhattan
@Daoud bin Daoud: Yeah, financially this is a speedbump, at most. What he’ll miss is having his mug on teevee, and all the access that got him.
Dorothy A. Winsor
@Wyatt Salamanca: MTG resigns from the House and takes Tucker’s place. Win-win
JWR
DeSantis in Japan. Is he hungover or what? Such a weird little clip.
The Moar You Know
do Hannity next
Steeplejack
@RSA:
Speaking of Trump and COVID, we missed a big anniversary yesterday: April 23, 2020, as reënacted by Sarah Cooper. How time flies.
Dorothy A. Winsor
@BruceFromOhio:
trollhattan
@Bill Arnold: I do wonder what Rupert’s politics are WRT the former Soviet Bloc. SWAG he’s closer to the Tories than US Republicans here, retaining a deep distrust of Russia and their satellites and thus, displeased at li’l Tucker’s finding Vlad and Viktor (VV!) to be so dreamy. Hell, even Lindsay Graham objects to that shit but now he’s a Republican outlier in that regard..
Jim, Foolish Literalist
@Bill Arnold: apparently Greenwald is already tweeting about the hand of the evil military industrial complex having taken down this brave voice in the wilderness
trollhattan
@JWR: Is DeSantis in fact the only person on the planet who thinks DeSantis is funny? Because he lacks even Trump’s weird and limited ability to connect with the cameras so when he “hams it up” it’s complete self-parody.
Wapiti
@Jim, Foolish Literalist: Or Rupert, out of loyalty to his spawn, is cleaning house for them. “I have much to do”, as he said in his divorce email to Jerry Hall.
Eunicecycle
@japa21: if I recall he didn’t even really dance. His partner kind of danced around him.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
Remember when this guy was the face of RW media? I don’t even remember him being on Fox. I remember he provoked Jon Stewart’s Rally About Nothing
lollipopguild
@SiubhanDuinne: I have a picture in my head of Tucker singing and dancing to ABBA’s Take a chance on me.
prostratedragon
Someone suggested Kari Lake or Gabbard. In the tricky times ahead, FOX needs someone who can seem as stupid as necessary on cue but not as actually dtupid[sic] as Boebert, and they need someone more controllable than MTG. Guess we’ll see what those creative minds come up with.
trollhattan
@Jim, Foolish Literalist: The GG line about Tucker fighting to Trump’s militarism is a complete hoot.
trollhattan
@prostratedragon: Kari Lake with the correct firmware could become a Fox news reader and owner of Liberals.
They would need to remind her to blink, while on camera.
Anonymous At Work
OH! New irresponsible speculation: Jack Teixeira stole documents and handed them over to Tucker, implicating Tucker Carlson in treason.
I’m enjoying myself way too much but who cares???
Roberto el oso
I’m a dinosaur when it comes to ability to link or paste but …. Glenn Greenwald is very sad today. He is of course implying that Tucker’s dismissal is because he was such a threat to the Deep State. According to GG the lone remaining voice of ‘truth-telling dissent’ is …. that creep Jesse Waters. (I presume GG is hoping for invitations to Waters’ show).
Scout211
@prostratedragon: Yeah, it looks like Kari Lake isn’t going back.
Baud
@prostratedragon: I haven’t been paying that much attention to her, but Gabbard’s schtick is being savvy, not stupid.
CaseyL
Umm – I hate to interrupt the party (no, really: I’m very much enjoying this!) but I do have an urgent personal issue to ask the Hive Mind about.
An adored relative is feeling suicidal. She is an elderly adult, very smart, very self-directed, who has been in chronic pain for the past many years, and is now having an RA flareup on top of everything else. She is very much in the “no one can do anything to help me” stage.
I am being very mindful of what I say to her – validating her feelings, but also making very gentle suggestions, e.g., call a pain management clinic. She is not receptive.
She’s in a different part of the country, so I can’t go bodily over there. She is also, as I said, an adult – with no previous history of depression or suicidal ideation. The pain is simply too much for her.
I’m trying to balance my love for her and sense of responsibility for her with awareness that she is a sane, sovereign being who has the right to self-determination. I do not want to call the authorities, because I don’t trust them either, to tell the truth. Putting my adored relative in a mental ward would not be helpful at all.
if anyone has any ideas, I would be very grateful!
(PS: This is not my Mom we’re talking about, but another adored relative.)
karensky
@Captain C: I am imaging a podcast with Fucker, Taibbi and Greenwald with the first guest being Tulsi Gabbard.
Wyatt Salamanca
@Jim, Foolish Literalist:
Unfortunately, I remember Glenn Beck.
Sadly, Fox News will have no trouble finding someone as toxic and repulsive as Tucker Carlson to fill his time slot.
trollhattan
@Scout211: I have news (heh) for Kari Lake: losing an election is not being censored. It’s rejection, just like little Tucker just experienced (for the Nth time).
Will he bring back the bowtie? It was apt for him.
Jackie
Faux Corporation stock is getting flushed down the toilet in response to the Tuckem news. So sad… 🤭
bbleh
@Sure Lurkalot: @rmjohnston: @patrick II: @Omnes Omnibus: @ETtheLibrarian: @C Stars: @Jim, Foolish Literalist: @JustRuss: @randy khan: seems to me like an “all of the above,” plus his overt insubordination. They show “responsible” behavior without admitting guilt, they get rid of a guy who’s becoming more of a liability than an asset, and there’s probably some score-settling as well. Whether it was an explicit demand by Dominion (I doubt it) seems kinda moot now.
What would be interesting is who among the Murdochs pushed this, and whether they all agreed or there was some fighting over it.
Eolirin
@MisterDancer: Part of (but not all of) why women live longer is because they’re more likely to seek care when they need it. If that care was less misogynistic that gap would probably widen further. There are real cultural issues at play and men need to grapple with them.
Toxic masculinity kills everyone much faster.
trollhattan
@CaseyL: How horrid. Can you call a suicide line as an interested relative? I believe they can advise concerned individuals and perhaps direct to other resources.
Citizen Alan
@MisterDancer: Personally, I thought Don lemon should have been fired years ago after he speculated on the air that a missing airliner might have been sucked into a. Black hole.
Old School
@CaseyL:
I feel for you.
In case you haven’t looked, https://sprc.org/ is a good resource.
Good luck!
Wapiti
@CaseyL: Not sure how much help this will be, but at some point my FIL was in a lot of pain, and the doctor was going to prescribe some opiate. FIL didn’t want to get hooked on that stuff. Doctor suggested that as FIL was 92, maybe his QOL could be improved, and if he got hooked on it, then :shrug: . QOL is the important thing at that age.
karen marie
That will teach me to take a shower and walk the dog. I hope the week continues this way!
artem1s
the GOP is using Tuck’s canning to cover their bad news dump too I see…
BREAKING: @GOP
PROPOSED CUTS FOR VETERANS BENEFITS ARE OUT: THREAD:
– Cuts 81,000 Veterans Health Administration jobs
– Reduces funding for rural telehealth
– Cuts 6,000 Benefits jobs INCREASING WAIT TIMES FOR HEALTH CARE
– Cuts $565M for clinic construction 1/
– Cuts 500 jobs from the cemetery service and delays the opening of 5 new facilities
– Cuts housing for 50,000 veterans
– Cuts food assistance for veterans
– DEEP cuts to mental health care
– ELIMINATES job training for homeless veterans
– CUTS the entire VA budget by 22% 2/
Meuller She Wrote
Eunicecycle
@CaseyL: This is a tough situation to be in; I’m so sorry. Can you look up some resources in her area and send her the contact information? Sometimes if depressed you don’t have the energy to even look things up. Or call your local mental health department. They might have some suggestions.
jimmiraybob
With Tucker gone who’s gonna report the Kremlin’s response?
CaseyL
@trollhattan: My concern is that will trigger what I want to avoid: involuntary confinement
I mean: I will, if no one can think of anything else that could help. But I’m hoping to avoid that step.
Mr. Bemused Senior
@CaseyL: oh dear. Is there anyone who can go in person?
CaseyL
@Mr. Bemused Senior:
The family is scattered all over the country. She has close friends, but I don’t know how to contact them.
Baud
@artem1s:
We’ll see how much vets want to own the libs.
Peale
@Gravenstone: Oh, I’m sure there are some liberals who want some kind of redemption arc to this character, so he’ll try to be the new Arianna Huffington…but I’m not really satisfied with unearned redemption arcs that are popular in Hollywood films these days. I’d prefer the catharsis of a good revenge plot death.
Burnspbesq
@sdhays:
He’ll be paid in Tesla stock, which will be fun when those shares reach a price consistent with the company’s fundamentals.
Brachiator
@sdhays:
Crypto fascist currency!
karen marie
@PJ: Give him time.
Scout211
The WaPo is reporting it is what Tucker said about management in the communications regarding the election (that were released to the public) from the Dominion trial discovery that caused the firing . And that it was indeed a firing.
narya
@CaseyL: Oof; that’s a tough one. Is it that she has tried everything and nothing works, or is it that she doesn’t think anything will work, even though there are things she hasn’t tried? If there’s a pain management practice near her, perhaps you could contact them and see what options they have? She says that she’s not interested, but it may be that she is too tired/in too much pain to explore options. I’ve done that for my parents on occasion–done the research that I can then distill for them.
And maybe ask her what she would like to do . . . and just listen to her answer. Oddly enough, there was an article in today’s FYNYT about a doc who basically lost 30 years of her career to excruciating pain after an injury–but then had some surgery that just got rid of it. That’s likely not an option for your relative, but a good pain management clinic or geriatric orthopedic specialist might have options now that just weren’t available when she was first diagnosed.
Good luck–I’m not convinced any of this is particularly helpful, so I’m also sending you and her some warm thoughts.
oatler
The sites I hateread-follow have been silent on TC, as if their warp and woof has been beaten like a rug, and they’re busy concocting a YUGE COUNTERATTACK.
MattF
Current rumor is that it was a big surprise.
JWR
@SFBayAreaGal: Hooray, for the Rowan & Martins Laugh-In reference! (I really like that show.)
Mr. Bemused Senior
@CaseyL: I don’t have much to suggest but try calling everyone you know who might be able to get you a personal connection.
Bard the Grim
@CaseyL: Sorry for both of you. At least in my State, Medicare patients can get at-home “hospice” care (visits a couple times a week), in which they focus on keeping you comfortable rather than trying to “fix” things. My father-in-law tried that and, since they ended up getting most problems under better control during that time, he went back to “OK, you can keep me alive within reason” and is doing pretty well. If your relative hasn’t already tried that, call the local hospital or her doctor there and see what they can do.
jimmiraybob
Someone should send Tucker a copy of Josh Hawley’s new book, “Manhood, The Masculine Virtues America Needs” to help him through the crisis. Might still be able to get a hard copy.
Eolirin
@CaseyL: This is hard. Not having a history of suicidal ideation and mental health issues is not that much of a protective factor here. Most people who complete suicide don’t have a history of issues.
And as someone suffering from chronic pain, I can speak from experience in how it wears you down.
If there’s already a rejection of further attempts to improve the pain, there’s not a whole lot you’re going to be able to do, and if suicide is rooted as a firm decision there’s not going to be much you can do to stop it short of hospitalization, and hoping that the hospital trip actually stabilizes things, which is very much a crap shot.
Playing for time is about the best you can do if you’re not able to have someone there. Suicide will often pass as an impulse, especially if the pain can be better managed. Getting to that without someone being physically present may be very difficult though.
If things do go there though, it’s important to respect that decision too, rather than blame yourself for it. We all die, and living in constant pain is not always worth it. It’s always best if all avenues are explored before things get to that, but if we’re going to respect agency, we need to respect agency in choosing when to give up what is a constant struggle too.
Splitting Image
The best thing about this is that Fox is getting reamed from both sides.
The January 6 crowd still hate them for being the first to call Arizona, making them part of the election theft. Everybody else hates them for letting their high-priced talent go on the air for months promoting the stolen election narrative. They’ve lost three-quarters of a billion over this.
If they had simply defended their decision to call Arizona and gotten rid of everyone who strayed from the company line, they wouldn’t be in this mess.
Anyway
@Wyatt Salamanca:
Chris Cillizza is available. Also Tulsi Gabbard ,,,
trollhattan
@karen marie: If every time you walk the dog we lose a Tucker, walk that dog!
And thank you for your service.
sukabi
@trollhattan: pretty sure Tucker kept flogging the horse that cost FOX $787 million… also was talking publicly about FOX management…don’t know what he said but it was not appreciated…
Geminid
@Baud: Gabbard has filled in as host of Carlson’s show and was a fairly frequent guest, so she’s a possibility, She’d probably welcome the exposure.
trollhattan
@Scout211: Him professing hatred of TFG perhaps worked against him, too.
Discovery is a rather remarkable thing, sometimes.
Delk
Clarence can now leave the hassles of the SC and rake in the big bucks with The Clarence and Ginni Show.
sukabi
@Aussie Sheila:
apparently FOX stocks have taken a 4.7% dive since news of his firing…
Jeffro
the really great thing??
Besides himself, Tucker has trumpov to blame for this!! The guy he supposedly “hates with a passion” (yet interviewed just last week!)
It’s true it’s true it’s truer than death and truer than taxes: Everything Trump Touches Dies!!!
#ETTD
RSA
@Steeplejack: I’d completely forgotten. Still hilarious. Thanks.
Baud
@Delk:
Like he would feel like he had an ethical obligation to resign to host a cable news program.
Baud
@sukabi:
Just 95.3% to go!
Jeffro
fixed!
pat
But it was Carlson’s comments about Fox management, as revealed in the Dominion case, that played a role in his departure from Fox, a person familiar with the company’s thinking told The Post.
“Do the executives understand how much credibility and trust we’ve lost with our audience?”
Just got this from WaPo. Seems he might have ticked off the wrong people. (Have not seen the latest comments.)
Jeffro
@PaulWartenberg: that’s great!
‘formal analysis’ LOL
gwangung
@pat: Gotta be more than that. By itself, that statement isn’t worth more than a stern talking to….
Captain C
@karensky: That sounds like more pain than is allowed by the Geneva Convention, or possibly even Gitmo.
Captain C
@artem1s: “The GOP, the party that hates veterans!”
Should be on every Democrat’s lips from now until eternity.
Albatrossity
Fox viewers today.
sdhays
@Scout211: This, I think, is the money quote:
I don’t know, that seems pretty tame to me for a place like Fox. I’m having a hard time believing this is what caused him to be fired. I mean, I get that leadership is thin-skinned and being called a liberal is the WORST THING EVAH, but…these were internal communications of coworkers venting. Not worth firing the “star” of your top-rated show.
Brachiator
@pat:
And yet I read that many Fox News viewers watch only Fox News and barely know the outcome of the Dominion suit.
And a big chunk of Republicans still believe that the election was stolen.
And of course Trump himself still spouts lies.
Nothing has changed for Fox.
Fair Economist
Ding, dong, the witch is dead!
I wonder if this could have been a secret part of the Dominion settlement
(Incidentally, looking at that Wiz of Oz clip, I’m very impressed with Munchkin organizational skills. They had a large organized marching regiment there within minutes of the the Wicked Witch being killed.)
Delk
SNL is glad this didn’t drop on Friday. I bet it’s all hands on deck at Colbert and Kimmel’s writers rooms.
prostratedragon
Delk: The mind boggles!
Wyatt Salamanca
Megyn “Shit for Brains” Kelly is unhappy that Tucker got fired
h/t https://www.mediaite.com/politics/megyn-kelly-slams-fox-news-for-terrible-move-parting-ways-with-tucker-carlson-why-is-suzanne-scott-still-there/
brantl
@Kristine: ANYBODY can afford that arsebung, NOW.
oldgold
“He Tucked around and found out.”
Wyatt Salamanca
@Delk:
And the Daily Show as well.
Would love to know how Jon Stewart is feeling about Tucker’s firing.
C Stars
@oldgold: HAHA
prostratedragon
@oldgold: In words that Luca Brasi might have used if he were here😔, may all his tans be testicular tans.
karen marie
@trollhattan: My pleasure! Thanks!
brantl
@Baud: Joy Reid can kick his ass to the curb.
BruceFromOhio
@Dorothy A. Winsor:
The replies on that thread are priceless.
hueyplong
It’s difficult to imagine a back story to this happy event that we won’t enjoy learning.
Glad I’m not handling Ms Pirro’s bar tab today.
Seanly
@Captain C: Unfortunatelly, lying and kicking down are selling points to most Americans on the right of the political specturm nowadays.
CaseyL
Hi, everyone –
Many, many thanks for the feedback. The adored relative is still with us at the moment, still very deeply depressed, and still refusing all offers of company, travel, or other assistance. (We had a three-way call between her, me, and my Mom.)
Mom and I will keep each other in the loop regarding anything we hear from Adored Relative.
BruceFromOhio
@trollhattan:
It’s the Kari Lake-tron, V2.0! Now with new Blink and Smirk functions!
*Disclaimer: Not equipped with wireless producer control set, requires cabling at installation
Wapiti
@Wyatt Salamanca: Oh, I thought her name was Megan “Santa and Jesus are both White” Kelly.
PaulWartenberg
@Steeplejack:
I couldn’t help myself.
IT WAS SCHADENFREUDE TIME.
@WaterGirl, I do apologize.
JoyceH
@CaseyL:
I have osteo-arthritis and very little knowledge of RA, so I might be totally off base, but – has she tried physical therapy? My Mom had osteo-arthritis and relied on pain killers until she could get joint replacements, but my experience has been that physical therapy wins over pain meds hands down. When I started PT, my therapist started me with sessions in the pool at the Y because other forms of PT were too painful. When Mom had pain issues, her immediate thought was always to try a different medication, so PT might not have occurred to your relative. (Of course, it might be that her issues aren’t conducive to PT, what do I know?)
Mike in NC
Tomorrow we’ll be hearing about “Putin spokesman Tucker Carlson”.
PaulWartenberg
I wanna UPVOTE every post here.
Jeffro
@Delk:
@Wyatt Salamanca:
here’s hoping Jon Stewart makes a guest appearance, solely for whatever ‘Tucker’ skit SNL comes up with!!
different-church-lady
OK, I give up. I’m not getting jack shit done today.
Baud
@Albatrossity: Haha.
JaySinWA
Does anyone have one of those wall of pictures of Fox hosts that have been let go?
Tucker, Bongino, I thought some others front pagers got the axe.
zhena gogolia
@different-church-lady: I’ve been working, need to get back to work, but Len Goodman died, Don Lemon was fired, and Tucker was fired, all on the same damn day!
Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)
@Jackie:
Doesn’t speak very well of NewsNation to hire Chris Cuomo. They truly are a right-wing outfit trying to masquerade as a “straight news” network
sukabi
@Baud: lol
Chris Johnson
YAYYY! :D
Tucker Carlson is CENTRAL to Russia’s running of Donald Trump, and a huge amount of all that bullshit. That guy is the Russian agent that Trump could never be. I am sure that he really does hate Trump, for the best of reasons: he knows what Trump is, and he’s jealous. He thinks HE should have been President. He’d have done such a better job, he thinks.
If he’s off Fox, it’s because he has been found out. He might turn up in some of the lawsuits going on. Trump was never acting alone. Trump’s an asshole, an idiot. Tucker has always been a lot smarter, and he’s been taking point for Russia all this time, very carefully.
Maybe he fled! I’d like to know if he disappeared. He would be welcome in Russia, he’s their guy in a way Trump could never be. I think he got warned, probably from Russia, that the jig was up. I think he’s busted.
different-church-lady
@zhena gogolia:
It’s like there’s a party in the break room and I’m all, “Shit, these reports are really really overdue…”
CaseyL
@JoyceH: She has been athletic all her life: biking, hiking, skiing, horseback riding. Unfortunately, that means she also has a long history of bodily injuries – all of which were addressed, but still left physical scars. She also has Reynaud’s Syndrome, and never completely healed from the most recent surgery on her feet. She really is a mess, physically: bad back, bad hips, bad feet. She doesn’t trust doctors anymore since the foot surgery, though I believe there were many other factors for it not to have gone well (i.e., the Reynaud’s).
@Wapiti: According to Mom, she has already been boosted up to morphine for pain relief, though it doesn’t sound like she has it now. Not sure what more they can prescribe.
Dorothy A. Winsor
@Chris Johnson: I wondered about the Russian angle. We’ll see
different-church-lady
@Goku (aka Amerikan Baka):
Looking forward, gotta wonder if having dozens of baby Fox’s is better or worse than one big Fox.
sukabi
@sdhays: read somewhere this morning that Anonymous is set to expose gop predators over the next 50 days….is tuckers firing connected? who knows, but tucker would be the first to jump that shark if a democrat was involved…
Timill
@CaseyL: May not be useful, but my wife has chronic pain and has found some legal-in-Tennessee CBD stuff better for her than opiates, I believe.
Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)
@artem1s:
Hey can they even call that a serious proposal?
different-church-lady
@sukabi:
Anonymous is set to expose gop predators over the next 50 days
Geminid
@CaseyL: I’ve heard of people getting pain relief from CBD oil or tincture. This is just anecdotal evidence though. I think the VA is doing studies but they have not completed them.
Kathleen
zhena gogolia
@Dorothy A. Winsor:
Hahaha
sukabi
@different-church-lady: lol, more than likely….😂😂😂😂😥😢😭😭😭
Scout211
@zhena gogolia:
I like this one:
different-church-lady
@Scout211:
“There was no reply.”
JoyceH
@CaseyL:
It’s surprising what physical therapy can do, provided you get the right therapist (and not one of those who just prescribes exercises from a book), one who gets hands on and identifies the problem. I limped literally for FIVE years with a knee that popped painfully when I bent and straightened it. The osteo-doc was ready to whip out the joint as soon as I gave the word, but the physical therapist identified the real problem. Yes, I have arthritis, ‘bone on bone’, but the problem was a tight IT band that had pulled my knee cap off track. She worked on that for several months, but – limp gone. And same old joints.
zhena gogolia
@different-church-lady: Yeah!
Paul in KY
@JoyceH: Both ways would be mustsee TV and would probably help CNN & also I would watch it on a loop for days.
zhena gogolia
@Scout211: Me too!
different-church-lady
@JoyceH:
Physical Therapists should be given Nobel Prizes and a yearly harvest feast.
Kathleen
@zhena gogolia: Between Tucker Carlson, a self avowed white nationalist, being released by Fox and Don Lemon. a Black man being released by CNN, The Woke have victimized both sides.
AWOL
@RaflW: Huh? That’s the Koch Bros Network.
pat
Trying to respond to caseyl.
I have had really good pain relieve with Diclofenac. Twice a day, I think 75 mg. Can have effects on the kidneys but in this case seems not to be a problem. I took it for years before I got my hip replacement.
Paul in KY
@trollhattan: Will have to spend alot more in vasoline, though.
Tom Levenson
@C Stars: Thanks for the kind words
No skull museum. Just a sick sense of humor.
JoyceH
@different-church-lady:
Agreed. I also think everyone on Medicare should be automatically approved for physical therapy if they want it. I figure that everyone over 65 has SOME issue that therapy could help.
Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)
@different-church-lady:
Yeah, that could be a concern. Then again, it might be better for right-wing media to be more fragmented like that, instead of being a monolithic like Fox. Maybe less influence
Paul in KY
@CaseyL: If she can’t get any good pain relief and her mind is sharp, maybe she should end it?
SiubhanDuinne
@Delk:
Ha! When I shared the news with a friend a few hours ago, my comment was “Colbert is going to be Must See TeeVee tonight!”
Jeffro
@sukabi:
@different-church-lady:
wouldn’t it be easier to just list the Rs who aren’t predators, at this point?
schrodingers_cat
CNN will recruit Tucker Carlson
MSNBC should get rid of Berner Hays.
different-church-lady
@SiubhanDuinne: It’d be hysterical if Colbert just came out and grinned for three minutes.
patrick II
@CaseyL:
If available, Marijuana actually works for many kinds of pain. you have to be careful though – because it often improves mood – – but sometimes doesn’t.
SiubhanDuinne
@different-church-lady:
He could pull that off! His studio audience would go nuts!!
Tom Levenson
@Albatrossity: Perfect!
smith
Anybody recall the strange interview Tuckems did with Matt Gaetz a couple years back, when Gaetz tried to draw Carlson into his own little contretemps?
And
Paul in KY
@patrick II: If morphine ain’t doing it, I don’t see reefer working. Maybe reefer with morphine?
Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)
@SiubhanDuinne:
I can’t wait for Seth Myers tonight!
Bruce K in ATH-GR
@different-church-lady: Now you’ve got me thinking of Neddie Seagoon presenting at Fox News, with Grytpype-Thynne and Count Moriarty engaging in behind-the-scenes skulduggery.
eclare
@zhena gogolia: Len Goodman hurt. Fuck cancer.
hilts
@schrodingers_cat:
Chris Hayes is the God of cable news hosts and he’s certainly not a Bernie booster.
Ask Bernie supporters like the Young Turks, the Majority Report, Kyle Kulinksy and Crystal Ball how they feel about Chris Hayes and they won’t have anything good to say about him.
🐾BillinGlendaleCA
@artem1s: I’m sure the speaker will not go for this, since the sign when you enter his home county says:
Kern County
Where We Honor Veterans
Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)
@schrodingers_cat:
I’m not sure CNN is that far gone yet
Scout211
As the day goes on, more reports are coming out. Here’s a new one
Link
Wyatt Salamanca
Tucker Carlson and Don Lemon should join forces with Bill O’Reilly, Chris Matthews, Charlie Rose, Matt Lauer, and Mark Halperin to launch a new cable channel – DNN the Dirtbag News Network.
Ken
Does the sign have small print, “Paying for their needs is another matter”?
Bupalos
I think the odds are that part of the settlement requires on-air apology for deliberately lying, and Tucker thought that would cost him too much in terms of right wing cred and future right wing welfare.
twbrandt
@Albatrossity:
actual lol!
Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)
@🐾BillinGlendaleCA:
Good one!
Way too many veterans vote for GOPers and they need to see the GOP doesn’t care about them
Baud
@🐾BillinGlendaleCA:
Haha. Too perfect.
JCNZ
@patrick II: Your every observation a gem. But this: “a semi-baby faced shrill fascist”? Oscar-worthy.
Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)
@hilts:
Oh God, Kyle Kulinsky, that’s a name I haven’t seen in awhile. I used to watch him in 2014-2015, up until he started up with the Hillary bashing. Afterwards, he began to bash feminists in general. I think the guy is a two-bit grifter who decided to ride that Gamergate wave
different-church-lady
@Bruce K in ATH-GR:
One of my favorites is when they had an entire show about Greenslade becoming world-famous, and legendary BBC announcer John Snagge is jealous of his salary of five Pounds a week: “Five pounds?!? There isn’t that much!”
Captain C
@Goku (aka Amerikan Baka):
They don’t need to. The FTFNYT will do it for them. Probably with an editorial titled “Why Biden Hates Vets.”
Bupalos
@Chris Johnson: the biggest stretch in all this is Ruasia warning him. No way. That regime lives to creat chaos and has zero loyalty to any burned asset. More likely to poison him than warn him.
sukabi
@Jeffro: absolutely, but where’s the fun in that?
sukabi
@smith: yes, very weird and telling…
hotshoe
@CaseyL: “celebrate this Very Important Defenestration.”
It’s a yeet!
Wyatt Salamanca
I’m genuinely happy for Poppy Harlow and Kaitlan Collins, their nightmare is finally over.
raven
@Goku (aka Amerikan Baka): Pfft, why would that matter now??
Ruckus
@TheronWare:
Maybe he’ll get a job as a large concrete block landing pad…..
MazeDancer
@CaseyL: Yes, to CBD oil. And big doses of it.
Also , PT. Have to move the body in order to, physically, create new thoughts.
different-church-lady
@Ruckus:
Or a launching pad. I hear someone needs a new one.
Ruckus
@Ninedragonspot:
Why? The answer is already NWAS.
Use your imagination.
And remember, I have been known to swear a bit….
JWR
Re Don Lemon:
Ruckus
@lowtechcyclist:
Not me. I want him to live a long time, alone and unloved.
I’d say living on the street, sleeping on the commuter train, begging for food. In Fairbanks. It does get just a bit cooler in Fairbanks doesn’t it?
Gaardian
I know that whomever Fox puts in that time slot can literally fart in a bag for an hour and Fox viewers will lap it up, but Tucker and his show have done so much damage to the personal relationship between me and my parents, it will be a relief to have him gone.
I despise that man and his Fascist edgelord schtick, and the way so many morons thoughtlessly parrot it out. The fact that there will be a transition period while the message is still getting worked out in whatever circle of hell works on Fox messaging is good news for anyone who cares about anyone who Tucker routinely targets, Urkranians, trans-people, immigrants, and anyone non-white.
Even a break in the virtually non stop hate-puke-firehose that is Fox News is a win.
different-church-lady
Well, it used to.
piratedan
have long suggested that part of the solution to getting back to a semi-sane electorate is to turn off the spigot of continual RW propaganda that emanates from Faux news 24/7, if Carlson’s termination is the equivalent of a half turn on the valve that’s a good thing overall. Would be in favor of more turns naturally but will take what we can get.
twbrandt
@oldgold:
Nominated for a rotating tag.
JWR
From Politico:
Ruckus
@Mingobat (f/k/a Karen in GA):
The locker only holds so many piles of shit. At some point the people that can be in front of a camera and sprue the crap he DID is likely not to give all that large a selection to choose from.
WaterGirl
@Scout211: Now Murdoch is suddenly concerned about the shit Tucker Carlson has been spewing for years? I don’t buy that. If anything, that story is a cover for something far more interesting.
Wyatt Salamanca
@smith:
Yeah, those were the days. Good times.
patrick II
@Paul in KY:
Depends on the type of pain. Marijuana can actually be more effective against some types of pain, particularly nerve pain. Plus it can help with mood (although not for everyone) without the same mind-numbing effect as morphine.
rikyrah
@Jim, Foolish Literalist:
BWA AH AH AH AHA HA HA HA HAH A HA
Mr. Bemused Senior
@different-church-lady: Hmm, Neddie on Fox News. I can imagine ace on-the-street reporter Bluebottle.
rikyrah
Bringing receipts on Tucker
Greg Pinelo (@gregpinelo) tweeted at 1:21 PM on Mon, Apr 24, 2023:
Nope. His bigotry goes way back. In college he said he was a member of the Jesse Helms Foundation and the Dan White Society. Dan White was the racist bigot who killed George Moscone and Harvey Milk. Who he is now is who he’s always been. https://t.co/YLvuT40mAF
(https://twitter.com/gregpinelo/status/1650565618133786641?t=BniBxWPPJXWAy41cskAu3Q&s=03)
rikyrah
Michael M. Grynbaum (@grynbaum) tweeted at 0:56 PM on Mon, Apr 24, 2023:
NEW: Tucker Carlson was informed *on Monday morning* by Fox News that he was gone from the network, per two sources briefed.
Not the first time a Fox anchor has abruptly lost their gig, but still notable given Carlson’s stature at the network.
(https://twitter.com/grynbaum/status/1650559251968843787?t=CUbH35z-xTy5q9cg3e-bbg&s=03)
Ceci n est pas mon nym
Any “Three Days of the Condor” fans here?
There’s a scene where Robert Redford is face to face with the hitman (Max von Sydow) he’s been avoiding, expecting to be shot. Instead, von Sydow shoots… well, somebody else. To which Redford says something like, “What? What? Why?” and the hitman says something to the effect of “I never ask why. But I suspect he was about to become an embarrassment.”
I suspect Tucker was about to become an embarrassment.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
Tbogg comin’….
that’s one I’ll tune in for. Do they still show it on CSPAN?
David 🌈 ☘The Establishment☘🌈 Koch
Hmmm, I thought Fox was against cancel culture 🤔
smith
@Wyatt Salamanca: Yep, lot of speculation at the time that Carlson and Gaetz were, um, double dating.
Of course, that was before Gaetz demonstrated the heretofore secret rule of our judicial system that if the only people who can finger you are slimeballs, it’s as good as a get-out-of-jail-free card.
hueyplong
@Ceci n est pas mon nym: I know that scene. Nice choice.
🐾BillinGlendaleCA
@Ken: Not that I could see, but I’m usually driving past at about 80.
BigJimSlade
Seconded a thousand times!
RaflW
@Jim, Foolish Literalist: Translation: The guy who booked me way more than any other to come blather into American homes is off the air? Unpossible! Military-industrial sabotage and tyranny!
Betty Cracker
Marge threatening us with a good time:
SiubhanDuinne
@Albatrossity:
I seem to be the only person who can’t see and enjoy your link! All I get is a home page for Google Photos, wanting me to sign in. Is there another way to see what everyone else is so amused by? (Edit: I assume I’m doing something wrong or overlooking something obvious. I always assume that about everything.)
TIA
Doc Sardonic
Leeeeeeroy Jenkinnnnns……….let’s go a Tbogg unit is within reach
Baud
@Betty Cracker:
I quit a while ago. But by Americans, maybe she means Russia-lovers living in the U.S.
sdhays
@Scout211: Concern about a discrimination lawsuit is at least more plausible than firing him over some frankly mild whining about woke executives.
And, I suppose, losing nearly $800m with the big lawsuit (Smartmatic) still to go might suggest that an employee who keeps reporting things as fact which…are not might be more expensive than he’s worth. Hard to believe we’re finally there, but…maybe?
Doc Sardonic
@Betty Cracker: God, I hope it wasn’t her number I got off the bathroom wall
Doc Sardonic
@sdhays: I also wonder if the defense they had to use when Tucker was sued back in the day, came back to bite him in the ass because it wasn’t going to work this time
Jay
Let’s TBogg this,……
Jackie
@Goku (aka Amerikan Baka): I don’t watch it; scrolling through the Guide one day saw Cuomo listed. Because it’s right leaning, I was surprised to see he has a show there.
kmax
@RaflW: you have it backwards.. the RWNJ owner of CNN was making a spot for Tuckems
JML
@Betty Cracker: Talk about rooting for injuries…MTG v FauxNews? I’m here to throw whichever one starts drowning the anvil.
Bobby Thomson
Hookers and blow
Jeffro
@Betty Cracker: they always sound like the movie trailer narration for some useless action flick.
Like, all of cable news is about to “be taught a lesson“?? Oooooo
Anyway, here’s hoping she rips her own arms off trying to whirl a kettle ball around in frustration tonight.
Kelly
Can confirm. Mrs Kelly went thru 3 physical therapists and 2 orthopedic docs before she found relief. The differences in the exercises the successful guys recommended had remarkably subtle differences from the failed efforts but immediate benefits.
NotMax
@Steeplejack
Tuck Neverlasting.
;)
Odie Hugh Manatee
Fox in disarray! I’m SOOOOOOOOOOOO happy to hear that Tucker the Fucker’s White Power Whining Hour is over (for now).
My contribution to reaching a Tbogg Unit. 👍
Betty Cracker
@SiubhanDuinne: It’s the Blue Bird of Disgruntlement!
Baud
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Baud
@David 🌈 ☘The Establishment☘🌈 Koch:
Fox is against liability culture more.
JWR
@Jim, Foolish Literalist:
I’m guessing yes, but it looks like Youtube
mightwill be streaming it as well. (Don’t know if it’s only free for members.) I’m sure there are plenty of “how to watch” sites up by now.David 🌈 ☘The Establishment☘🌈 Koch
Looks like I picked the wrong to week to sell all my stock in Amalgamated Schadenfreude.
piratedan
@Ceci n est pas mon nym: awesome film and a great scene….
for me, since we’re going to be putting on our ‘speculating hate…
for all we know, the position is now open for Alex Jones of Doocy’s boy to step into…..
Baud
@David 🌈 ☘The Establishment☘🌈 Koch:
Nominated!
zhena gogolia
@Betty Cracker: So cute.
Odie Hugh Manatee
@Ninedragonspot: “Someone should probably do a wellness check on Greenwald.”
Fuck that, let him drown in his tears of white rage…lol!
WaterGirl
@Betty Cracker: The rest of us who don’t watch Fox “News” are apparently not Americans?
Ruckus
@trollhattan:
If anyone had the charm and humanity of deathsanta, no one would ever in a million years accuse them of having one micron of ability to actually act anything or in any way like an actual human being. He’s at best a caricature of a human being, and not even a very good one.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
WaterGirl
@SiubhanDuinne: Here you go!
[photo deleted] Betty Cracker got there first. Full service blog!
Jeffro
@David 🌈 ☘The Establishment☘🌈 Koch: stealing!
hueyplong
Greenwald is in a situation similar to that of Comintern fans right after Stalin signed the pact with Ribbentrop in Aug 1939. He’s got a take on Carlson today, but it might be different tomorrow.
JWR
@Betty Cracker: Ah, cable TV, we knew you well. ;)
AM in NC
@lowtechcyclist: Ha! So funny to see this! I lived in the same dorm and was friends with Tom Maxwell and also friends with Grady and Norwood in college. I had a secret crush on Grady.
Tom lives in the town where I do, and the last time I saw him he was buying plants from my gardening business because we are old gardening people now.
Thanks for the memories!
Quinerly
Claire McCaskill seems to think Tuckems will run for president.
Does anyone know if Trump has commented on the firing?
WaterGirl
@Quinerly: That was my first thought, too.
Quinerly
Beloved in Russia.
https://www.businessinsider.com/russia-to-tucker-carlson-run-for-president-visit-moscow-2023-4?op=1
Jackie
@Jim, Foolish Literalist: I just searched it. CNN is carrying it Live. Sat 4/29 @ 8 pm ET.
different-church-lady
@Betty Cracker: Holy fuck, they still think it’s about woke instead of it being about costing Murdoch hundreds of millions per lawsuit.
Quinerly
@WaterGirl:
I have thought that Carlson would run in 2028.
Quinerly
@different-church-lady:
It’s always about being “woke.”
Noun, verb, woke.
Dan B
Tucker is fired and the sun is out. Good times!
Captain C
@Quinerly: “Yes, Tucker, run for President! You will have as much fun as you did with
our loyal compromised servantthat wonderful man Matt Gaetz.”Scout211
Baud
@Quinerly:
Tucker doesn’t have the tanned balls to debate Donald Trump.
hueyplong
@Quinerly: Tucker for President is currently an absurd concept because Trump is still alive. He owns every vote plausibly possible for Tucker, and Trump’s not the forgiving type about that text Carlson sent about despising His Orangeness.
One tweet and Carlson is like a fish stick in the sun.
sheila in nc
@Delk:
Wait a minute — Colbert is supposed to be a rerun tonight, right? What a waste!!
Quinerly
Interesting
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-04-24/tucker-carlson-s-fox-news-exit-wipes-out-690-million-in-value?leadSource=uverify%20wall
gwangung
Tbogg HO!
Have no idea what the truth is, but it’s been vastly entertaining to speculate.
(Though Lemon’s exit irritates me somewhat if it was at all connected to his pushback on Vivek Ramaswamy…pushing back on anti-black sentiments by a black person should not be punished).
The Lodger
@jimmiraybob:Might still be able to get a hard copy.
ISWYDT
Wyatt Salamanca
@SiubhanDuinne:
@Betty Cracker:
@WaterGirl:
@Albatrossity:
Bird lovers of the blogosphere unite!
The Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s Merlin Bird ID app can identify 6,000+ bird species on six continents by a picture or by song
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/merlin-bird-id-app-cornell-lab-of-ornithology/
Quinerly
@hueyplong: just repeating what Claire was just saying on MSNBC.
Like I said, I think Tucker has been setting himself up to run for president in 2028. It will be interesting to see where he lands.
Baud
@Wyatt Salamanca: Birds aren’t real.
Repatriated
@hueyplong:
Let me go on, like a fish stick in the sun….
VeniceRiley
@Burnspbesq: I legit did a spit take.
Ruckus
@artem1s:
Thank you for this info. I will contact my congressional members about this, although I’d bet none of the folks that actually represent me would ever agree with any of this bullshit.
Rethuglicans really are trying to do everything they can to destroy anything good about this country. Fucking Assholes.
Jackie
@WaterGirl: Silly, we Woke anti-Faux viewers are TRAITORS to America!
S cerevisiae
I am so glad that smug little fascist got fired.
Ken
Cracked has collected twitter burns about the firing. I’m glad to see this was correct:
Wyatt Salamanca
@Ceci n est pas mon nym:
Absolutely love Three Days of the Condor, it’s timeless.
Odie Hugh Manatee
If there was ever a time to do the Snoopy Dance, this is it. The windbags on the right are pissed, Tuck’s outta a job and Rupert is hated by those who used to love him.
Dance away…lol!
MazeDancer
@Quinerly:
Stuart Stevens tweeted earlier:
“I assume Tucker Carlson will run for POTUS. He’s the ideal GOP candidate
-White
-Inherited wealth
-Has failed repeatedly.
-Is a pathological liar
-Loves Putin
-Hates women
-Calls himself a Christian
-Has a weird obsession with sexual orientation of others
He’s a natural.”
karen marie
@CaseyL: Problem with morphine is it slows the intestine. My sister had RA and other issues. She had chronic bowel impactions from years of too much morphine. That was finally what killed her.
I’m sorry your beloved family member is going through this.
S cerevisiae
@Wyatt Salamanca: I have been using Merlin for quite a while now, I love the sound ID feature so much I want to get a more sensitive bluetooth microphone for my phone.
Princess
I’m just here for the Tbogg unit.
Wyatt Salamanca
@Baud:
Birds are real enough for me.
Ceci n est pas mon nym
As I was pondering the question, “I wonder where he’ll land next?” I had the thought, “I guess whatever Alex Jones, Bill O’Reilly and Glenn Beck are doing now, I suppose.”
And I realized I had no idea what any of those clowns were doing. And there are probably other former RWNJ stars who have disappeared, like Ann Coulter and Michelle Bachmann.
It’s kind of nice to realize so many of these poisonous people don’t actually pollute our atmosphere for very long, if you take the long view. Maybe I could hope that MTG and Lauren B will fade by 2024 as well.
🐾BillinGlendaleCA
@Baud:
This is true.
JoyceH
SIGH – Fani Willis will announce indictment decision between Jul 11 and Sep 1.
(And hasn’t this thread gotten out of hand?)
Scout211
@sdhays:
Abby Grossberg is accusing Carlson and his team of workplace bullying and harassment that was sexist, but also anti-Semitic in nature. We also don’t know what evidence was on her work phone. Maybe this is the final straw that caused Murdoch to fire him today. Maybe not. That version is getting full play right now. But who knows? There could be a new leak from a Fox News anonymous source at any time to change the narrative.
Tucker is not returning reporters’ calls right now. I imagine that he is ensconced in his lawyer’s office.
Are we at the tbogg unit yet?
JWR
@sheila in nc:
I wish someone would tell us in advance if they’re live or on Memorex, because both he and Seth Meyers keep odd schedules. Anybody got a schedule link for either?
Quinerly
To add to the TBU.
Trump has been silent on Carlson’s firing.
https://www.politicususa.com/2023/04/24/trump-goes-silent-and-says-nothing-to-defend-tucker-carlson-after-fox-news-firing.html
Jackie
The Lincoln Project has posted a Memorium to Tucker:
https://www.rawstory.com/tucker-carlson-lincoln-project-ridicule/
Video is posted at the end of the article.
NotMax
@hueyplong
Oh damn. Now have looping audio of Fishsticks in the Sun to the tune of Riders on the Storm in the brainpan.
;)
Spanky
I’m trying to picture Tuckems being escorted out by security with a cardboard box under his arm, but I’m failing at it.
And what’s in that box?
Jim, Foolish Literalist
I’m sure it’s stiff competition, but the picture of Tucker accompanying this tweet may be his most punchable ever. Also, is it just me or does it remind anyone else of Cesar Romero playing The Joker?
sheila in nc
@different-church-lady:
[Physical Therapists should be given Nobel Prizes and a yearly harvest feast.]
Upvoted. Mine is the absolute best and a champion diagnostician. Way better than the orthopedist I was seeing.
coin operated
Just here contributing to the TBogg and my $.02 to Tuckums departure.
You don’t fire your #1 primetime personality for talking bad about the C-suite…nobody’s job would be safe if that was the case. You don’t fire your #1 primetime personality because you had to settle a lawsuit…you want that man bringing the money in.
Something else is about to drop…something with criminal liability attached to it.
NotMax
“Mr. Murdoch, there’s a Sarah Palin on hold on lines one, two, three, four and five.”
//
JoyceH
@coin operated:
Abby Grossberg has released three tapes – she has NINETY.
Jay
🐾BillinGlendaleCA
@NotMax:
Might be time for an oil change(and a new onion).
hueyplong
@Quinerly: The romantic in me likes to think Trump is hitting up FoxNews to pay him to say something favorable to them, and negotiations have stalled.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
I don’t know about criminal, but I won’t be surprised if Abby Grossman costs Rupert a packet. Bill O’Reilly got shitcanned for costing the old ghoul a lot less than $787B
Ceci n est pas mon nym
@JoyceH:
Legal commentators on the Meidas Touch YouTube channel, who’ve been right about pretty much everything (including the Fox settlement), consider that a decent pace for legal matters. They don’t expect the Smartmatic defamation trial to happen until 2024 or possibly 2025. And the trial coming up in October 2023, which I think is the Letitia James civil lawsuit, is considered “amazingly speedy for New York civil courts”.
Have we hit a TBogg Unit yet? No? Then it’s not out of hand. (Hums “We’ve Only Just Begun”)
gwangung
@coin operated: Yeah….if it isn’t Dominion-court case related, then it has to be something worse, something even more on an existential threat level.
TEL
Just doing my part to help get us to a tbogg.
Spanky
@🐾BillinGlendaleCA:
No, no.
It’s
MazeDancer
Brian Stetler is reporting Tucker got “an entertainment lawyer”.
Don Lemon lawyered up, too.
So, popcorn worthy stuff on the horizon.
japa21
Tbogg
SiubhanDuinne
Almost there!!THERE!!!
gwangung
TBogg Unit!
TBogg Unit!
TBogg Unit!
Go! Go! Go!
(ETA: Missed it…by THAT much!)
🐾BillinGlendaleCA
@japa21: Not yet.
ETA: Now.
David 🌈 ☘The Establishment☘🌈 Koch
SiubhanDuinne wins BINGO!
karen marie
@Scout211: What is a tbogg unit?
Wyatt Salamanca
@sheila in nc:
If broadcast news anchors can be compelled by network executives to cut their vacations short for breaking news, the same rules should apply to late night comics.
Tucker Carlson’s firing isn’t simply breaking news, it’s breaking comedy.
Spanky
@japa21: Nope.
NotMax
@Spanky
Six dozen pilfered Fox pens and a tanning lamp.
MazeDancer
Tucker going YouTube could be profitable for him.
JWR
@JoyceH:
Yeah! We need a new thread!
;)
prostratedragon
@Jackie: Just saw that. Here’s the link directly with Pachelbel’s canon:
gwangung
@karen marie: 500 comments on a thread…
Ruckus
@narya:
I will add that as an old fart who lives in a seniors complex (over 55, oldest here is 96, several in their 90s) things happen that can affect the will to live long before the actual end. I just spent a day in the hospital because the world was literally spinning for me, and it made walking to the bathroom to throw up almost impossible. Turned out to be something simple to fix that required getting into a weird position in bed a few times to clear it up completely. But constant pain is another entire ballgame. I’ve had migraines for over half a century and only in the last few years has there been any help whatsoever. And let me tell you that I’ve had some that made me seriously question living. I’m old and still I’d like another 25 yrs or so, but I see (and sometimes experience) enough pain and suffering to understand why someone might not. Everyone has a limit and that limit is different for every one of us, and as well, we can not feel and understand someone else’s pain and symptoms, even if we’ve been there.
lowtechcyclist
@MazeDancer:
Tuckums has given us plenty of entertainment already today, but I’m sure his lawyer can add to the fun.
Spanky
@JWR: Wait, how can you tell a thread that’s out of hand from one that’s not?
gwangung
@JoyceH: Well, if there was any thread topic that would deserve to generate a Tbogg unit, this has to rank up there….
UncleEbeneezer
prostratedragon
@Spanky: Stop!! That poor song has suffered enough!
Joseph Patrick Lurker
@MazeDancer:
That’s a joke. Don Lemon’s firing isn’t an important enough story to justify him lawyering up. Don is a legend in his own mind.
Steeplejack
@karen marie:
It’s when a thread hits 500 comments. Might be in the lexicon. I can’t check right now.
trollhattan
@gwangung: Evidently it’s over the Abby Grossberg discrimination suit.
May we all see the discovery files unveiled.
gwangung
@Spanky: If Baud isn’t involved, it can’t be.
zhena gogolia
@Jackie: That video is wonderful.
Jeffro
FSM willing, there will be even less of a ‘market’ for the poison he’s selling by then. Go Gen Z, go!
Dan B
OT: India becomes the most populous country. When I was there in 2001 there were areas absolutely packed with a sea of humanity and very dry except in the far south.
Old Dan and Little Ann
Fucker tarlson is going to run for President. This is the way. Unfortunately.
trollhattan
@Joseph Patrick Lurker:
BBC News ATM: top line “Tucker Carlson leaves Fox News.”
second line “CNN anchor furious after being sacked.” Headline doesn’t name Lemon, but it’s Lemon. So he’s mad about a thing.
Jackie
What happens to all the Capitol J6 tape’s Carlson has???
Hopefully someone will be jumping all over McCarthy about this!
SiubhanDuinne
@Betty Cracker:
Thank you and hahahahahahahahahahahaha
Odie Hugh Manatee
Mission Accomplished! Achievement unlocked! Trophies and abortions for everyone!
zhena gogolia
@Wyatt Salamanca: I agree!
Ceci n est pas mon nym
@prostratedragon:
If my mediocre French is correct, the insipid “Seasons in the Sun” song is a very different animal from the angry, bitter Jacques Brel original, Le Moribund, that it purports to be a “translation” of.
Jeffro
@UncleEbeneezer: geez, no rush there Ms. Willis!
Do we need to get a betting pool going here?
UncleEbeneezer
Ruckus
@oldgold:
You do know that Tucks are medicated butt wipes, don’t you?
I mean it seems appropriate, given his first name……
SiubhanDuinne
@WaterGirl:
Thank you anyway!
UncleEbeneezer
@Jeffro:
David 🌈 ☘The Establishment☘🌈 Koch
This is a big day for the woke M&Ms
Repatriated
@MazeDancer:
What he needs is an entertainment lawyer.
NotMax
@Ceci n est pas mon nym
That calls for a palate cleansing Carousel.
;)
Tim C.
@trollhattan: Josh Marshall’s take is interesting at TPM, he thinks it’s something else and whatever it is, it’s big enough that Fox had to fire him despite the blowback they are getting from the horde of Trumpistas.
The other take he has is that we don’t know what “it” is yet.
Ruckus
@JoyceH:
I start PT again at the VA on Tuesday.
I have found that PT and effort beats the hell out of most drugs.
Steve in the ATL
Been locked in a conference room all day with union thugs and management stooges and I miss a TBogg! And also the news about T***** C******. What a day!
SiubhanDuinne
@David 🌈 ☘The Establishment☘🌈 Koch:
Wheres my damn prize!?
Miss Bianca
@Albatrossity: That birb looks MIFFED, I tells ya!
Wyatt Salamanca
Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts made an eerie joke to Tucker Carlson on Friday about potentially losing his job at Fox News, days before the network ousted its top-rated host.
https://www.mediaite.com/politics/watch-tucker-carlson-and-heritage-foundation-president-joked-about-host-exiting-fox-news-days-ago/
Sister Machine Gun of Quiet Harmony
OAN and Newsmax are about to be sued into irrelevance. Fox knows its coming and they won’t have to worry about losing market share to those networks. Now the biggest risk is Fox being sued because of defamation. Now that Dominion won, lots of lawyers smell blood. More cases will be brought. They have to dial it back if they want to remain profitable.
JWR
@Spanky: I was actually hoping for a #497 or #498. Woulda been funnier calling for a new thread right about there.
Ruckus
@Tom Levenson:
Just a sick sense of humor.
The best kind! Welcome to the club…..
Jay
Bye Bye Bugboy,………..
JPL
@coin operated: Let us hope!
Tony G
@TheronWare: Poor little boy. Thoughts and prayers. Maybe that big settlement with Dominion caught Murdoch’s interest. Tuckie will be fine though. He has a net worth of almost $400 million and, since there is such a high demand for the hatred that he peddles, he’ll continue to make money at his “craft”. If necessary he can set up his own Infowars-style broadcasting and online platform. I’d like to see him impoverished and living in a cardboard box, but he’ll be just fine.
stinger
Chipping in because I miss the bassets. Whoa, we are way over a TBogg unit!
Tony G
@Sister Machine Gun of Quiet Harmony: Say what you will about well-compensated lawyers filing class-action lawsuits — but they extract a kind of crude justice. Now I’d like to see Tuckie be hit PERSONALLY with some defamation lawsuits. HIs hundreds of millions of net worth make him a nice fat target.
Wyatt Salamanca
More good news-
Kyrsten Sinema Has a Net Favorability of -23, Per New Statewide Poll
h/t https://jezebel.com/kyrsten-sinema-has-a-net-favorability-of-negative-23-p-1850367190
Ruckus
@Paul in KY:
Pot most often relaxes, which some issues old farts have need for, because they are old and often have sort of worn out a lot of parts, so they need relaxation as much as pain go bye bye. Often as you get old things that shouldn’t stiffen up, muscles do not relax as easy as when younger and that often creates an inability to just relax, which creates chronic pain, which doesn’t have to be as bad to be overwhelming, because it can be much more wide spread.
Ruckus
@🐾BillinGlendaleCA:
Which is more important to said speaker, his job or his veteran constituents? I’ll give you 2 tries but remember before you answer, he is a selfish bastard.
RaflW
@Scout211: Interesting tidbit in the Erik Wemple blog that Fox was apparently still airing promos for Tucky’s show this morning before the firing. So, very sudden, then.
Captain C
@Wyatt Salamanca: I’m surprised it’s that high.
Jackie
@RaflW: Apparently this morning:
Gabriel Sherman: “On Monday morning, Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott called Carlson and informed him he was being taken off the air, and his Fox News email account was shut off. According to a source briefed on the conversation, Carlson was stunned by his sudden ouster from his 8 p.m. show, the most watched program in cable news last month. Carlson was in the midst of negotiating the renewal of his Fox News contract through 2029, the source said. As of last week, Carlson had told people he expected the contract to be renewed.”
“Carlson has told people he doesn’t know why he was terminated. According to the source, Scott refused to tell him how the decision was made; she only said that it was made ‘from above.’“
WaterGirl
@Jackie: I don’t see the video, only an article. Do you have a direct link to the video?
edit: never mind, I see that someone else linked to it above.
prostratedragon
@Ceci n est pas mon nym: You are absolutely correct!
“Le moribond,” Jacques Brel.
A live version with English subtitles that has to be one of his best seems to have been removed, but this one will convey the idea.
Baud
@Jackie:
Tucker’s going to sue, and Biden will have to deal with the popcorn shortage.
prostratedragon
WaterGirl, I have it @510.
Albatrossity
@SiubhanDuinne:
I honestly don’t know. According to the google folks that link should be accessible to all; the text I see when creating that link says “Let anyone with the link see photos and people in this new album.”
Try this one, not on google, but allegedly also viewable by anyone with the link.
And I see that Betty has uploaded it to the BJ media library as well! Thanks, Betty!
RaflW
@Jackie: Fox is said to be out negotiating their (obscenely high) carriage fees with the various cable companies. Maybe their first gambit after the Dominion trial, allegedly asking for $3/house/month was met with derision, and Tucker’s inflated salary coupled with nasty texts about mgt & the pending hostile workplace suit, it all added up to: buh-bye.
Albatrossity
@Miss Bianca:
He has concerns, for sure!
RaflW
@Albatrossity: Harris Faulkner looked particularly rigid and weird in that clip. But who knows what one has to endure (or enjoy! ugh) to be employed in that workplace.
oatler
@Ruckus:
“When you get a square stoned, what you end up with is a stoned square.-Dave van Ronk
David 🌈 ☘The Establishment☘🌈 Koch
60 Minutes ran a segment last night on how Tucker was smearing an insurrection, falsely saying he was an FBI agent who incited the riot on FBI orders.
The insurrectionist says he’s in hiding due to the countless death threats generated by Tucker’s propaganda.
He has a hellva case against Rupert for liable and emotional harm as he’s not a public figure.
Looks like Rupert is tired of paying tens of millions in settlements.
David 🌈 ☘The Establishment☘🌈 Koch
@Wyatt Salamanca:
-23, but with the wind chill factor she’s in Ice Bowl territory.
Chris Johnson
@Spanky: Trump’s missing papers. Of course.
Loving that Trump has been silent. They hate each other so much. There is no honor among fellow spies.
Ruckus
@Odie Hugh Manatee:
I already have trophies and have no need for an abortions, I am no longer of child bearing age.
BenCisco 🇺🇸🎖️🖥️♦️
@David 🌈 ☘The Establishment☘🌈 Koch: And on his way back to his home planet…
Ruckus
@oatler:
Also, very often, a stoned square is a happier square in the end.
I stopped decades ago but if I had all over pain, I’d be going back in some way. Unfortunately it never, ever works on my migraines. But that’s OK I have another fix for them. Which is legal medication.
kalakal
@different-church-lady:
Bloodnok would fit in well at Fox.
Eccles is a perfect fit for their audience
MazeDancer
If we hit 600, will we call that a Tucker?
Chris Johnson
@kalakal: No, far too sweet and nice.
Henry and Minnie. Their audience are one vast Henry Crun. Minnie Bannister is a sweetie, but not the sharpest batter pudding in the drawer…
Chris Johnson
@MazeDancer: Double TBogg, clearly. Goon-themed. We’ll call it a Bannister :)
kalakal
@Chris Johnson: Henry Crun. Perfect.
ColoradoGuy
So where will he end up? The snows of Moscow? The sweltering heat of Florida? In a Manhattan townhouse? Probably won’t be getting many invitations to cocktail parties.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
I’m not a regular viewer, but I find Ms Faulkner’s face always seems rather… rigid.
Scout211
Chris Johnson
@Scout211: Oh, MAN. I have to do my exercises and go to bed. I can’t be staying up to watch the carnage. I can’t even begin to guess what the mad monster is going to say about his hated rival, er I mean ‘beloved news figure’.
Chris Johnson
@ColoradoGuy: Moscow. Where he will lick his wounds and enjoy state hero status, sort of. To the extent a failed state can still afford heroes. But I’ll bet his USA privileges are limited, because the USA is Trump turf.
Or maybe it will all go to hell, much more quickly. I can’t even begin to guess at this stage.
JWR
Only 584 comments, this being 585?! C’mon, people, 15 more gets us 600! Do it for Tucker, (the traitorous bastid)!
;)
ColoradoGuy
@Chris Johnson: Of course, if he goes to Russia, his $420+ million will surely end up in Vlad’s hands, one way or another. How far gone into the FSB/QAnon fantasy world is this guy? Would he be aware that Russia is a very, very dangerous place?
The elegant cafes of Orban’s Hungary might be a more comfy (and safer) perch. But his money might still be at risk.
Florida and the towers of Manhattan are physically the safest, for him and his money. Unless the FBI knows things about him that we don’t … if so, Rupe would instantly drop him.
Rupe might be as evil as Vlad and Xi, but he’s not stupid. If Tuckums has become radioactive, Rupe would act without hesitation. Rupe will defend his Empire of Lies like the dragon he is.
Denali5
I expect it will be Budapest.
kalakal
@ColoradoGuy: Budapest gets my vote too. I think he’s going to sadly ( Hahahah etc ) disappointed, in his reception by Vlad & chums now that he’s no longer useful
Albatrossity
Hungary. Or, if the elections go the right way, Turkey.
Sadly, it won’t be Ukraine or Sudan. You can’t always get what you want…
frosty
@JWR: I’ll take it to 590 for ya! What a crazy news day!
Mr. Bemused Senior
Argentina? [ I know, the reference doesn’t really work, but I couldn’t resist. ]
MazeDancer
Tucker and Don Lemon have the same lawyer.
Who also repped Megan Kelley and Tiffany Cross against NBC.
Sister Machine Gun of Quiet Harmony
@Mr. Bemused Senior:
Don’t cry for him. The truth is he never left you. Thought this may make it harder for you to see him…
Gravenstone
@Baud: All of a sudden I have the Laverne and Shirley theme playing in my head
“Schlemiel, schlimazel. Schadenfreude Amalgamated!”
scav
So, um, if my Schadenfreude is still amalgamated after four hours, I’m am supposed to be concerned, right? Even today? Because there does seem to be due cause and all that . . .
Ahh, that’s a well-built joy one can kick the tires on.
J R in WV
What a day!
Spent the afternoon at the Cancer Center with pain issues when breathing in and out. Many tests, chest xrays, blood drawn to see if red/white/platelets were good numbers…
Won’t really see data til in the morning. I expect many phone calls early in the AM.
But Tucker was fired, and probably faces a lot of legal issues in his immediate future. And I’m feeling much better. Never leave home without your medication…
Manyakitty
@J R in WV: glad you’re feeling better! Hope this news is just the tip of the iceberg.
ColoradoGuy
Sigh. Tuckums will probably stay in the good ‘ol USA, where he can keep all of his money, and swan around in whatever circles he travels in.
But … he hit the trifecta of being fired by CNN, MSNBC, and Fox. The only way from there is down, unless you count RT as “broadcasting”. Seems like a long shot, hanging around with Tulsi and Snowden, and a huge come-down from #1 cable-news opinionator. He might have $420 million in the bank, but he’s not starting his own network … is he?
Ruckus
@J R in WV:
Ouch! Glad you feel better, now get better!
Ruckus
@ColoradoGuy:
He knows how to be crap on air. Which is why he had the job.
But I’d bet he didn’t actually take it seriously or actually like it. And he cost the owner a lot of money for that one shot of his face that looked like he got kicked in the crotch, by a very large gorilla.
BeautifulPlumage
What a joy this thread is (except CaseyL [no good advice from me, unless beloved relative lives in a state with “death with dignity’s laws. Having to clarify things might encourage them to try other pain control methods]) (and good news for JRinWV – good thoughts for your pain/breathing issues).
JWR
And @Ruckus wins the “Little Lord Fishsticks Six Hundredth Comment Award, 2023 Edition!” (And whatever that turns out to be, we hope you enjoy your prize!)
Paul in KY
@patrick II: Thank you for those points, patrick. I hope they can get relief from their pain somehow!
Paul in KY
@Ruckus: This old fart uses the reefer. Have pain from arthritic bad knee.
Paul in KY
@J R in WV: Hope everything is OK.
The Very Reverend Crimson Fire of Compassion
@Kelly: My wife is training as a physical therapist (systemic functions). The subtle differences between effective and ineffective movements is mind-blowing, and the resulting difference in outcomes couldn’t be more clear.