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March 18, 2013

Koch Brothers Interested in Buying LA Times?
— Ace

Interesting. Via the Hollywood Reporter:

The Kochs, who some sources say are interested in the clout they could gain through the Times' editorial pages, could bid on their own or combine in a bid with Doug Manchester, the San Diego real estate magnate who bought the San Diego Union-Tribune in November 2011.

I'd be less interested in their editorials than in their insistence on actual balanced coverage -- negative stories about both Republicans and Democrats, with equal resources and attention to both; what a concept.

If they buy this thing, I'd suggest they ask Mickey Kaus and Patrick Frey for some critiques of the paper as it currently stands. Kaus has a number of non-political complaints about the paper, chiefly, if I remember, that it's boring, and apparently deliberately so, and seems aloof to the city's number one industry, entertainment. Which is crazy -- not only are entertainment stories more interesting than people care to admit, but in the case of the Los Angeles Times, they should be the paper's beat. It's like the Wall Street Journal deciding they find economic & market news so beneath them.

Every newspaper smuggles entertainment stories into the news to drive sales. The Los Angeles Times is the only big paper with a justification for doing so.

Speaking of conservative entries into the media, the Herring broadcasting company is planning a cable news channel to compete with Fox.

One America News Network will provide Americans a new, credible source for national and international news and investigative reporting as well as talk shows designed to foster an independent, cutting-edge debate about the policies, issues and solutions facing the country,Â” CEO Robert Herring Sr. said in an announcement on the Washington Times website.

And Glenn Beck would like you to call up your local cable station and ask them to carry Blaze TV.

After all, if you are a cable subscriber, your money is already bankrolling MSNBC, CNN, NBC, ABC, CBS a host of other foreign news and overwhelmingly number Leftist leaning "information" channels. And as of July, you will be helping to pay the salaries of Al Jazeera TV. (Al Gore recently sold his Current TV to Al Jazeera for an amazing sum of money- considering the low viewing audience they have).
Now- Beck has put out a call to all journalists and bloggers to "Link Arms"- and to share information with one another -in order to get news and information out to wider and broader audiences- outside the mainstream media.

Sounds about right.

Posted by: Ace at 12:50 PM | Comments (216)
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1 Maybe they could get them to open their vaults.

Posted by: wiserbud at March 18, 2013 12:52 PM (WCe8r)

2 the Herring broadcasting company is planning a cable news channel to compete with Fox.

Don't you believe it. Those fucking Cod are behind this.

Posted by: some pollock at March 18, 2013 12:52 PM (3zG7W)

3 Barack Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a malignant traitor.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at March 18, 2013 12:53 PM (4OvDk)

4 A herring broadcasting company would be doomed. I can watch a fish for a while, but pretty soon it gets borrrrrrring.

Posted by: A Cat at March 18, 2013 12:53 PM (8ZskC)

5 FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS: GEORGE SKELTON'S HEAD ON A STICK

Posted by: CAC at March 18, 2013 12:54 PM (g0G9O)

They could also buy a movie studio, too.

Jus' sayin'...

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at March 18, 2013 12:54 PM (+z4pE)

7
Just to see the Lefties heads asplode would be reason enough.

Posted by: fixerupper at March 18, 2013 12:54 PM (nELVU)

8 Speaking of Al Jazeera, maybe they'd hire that petulant agricultural school graduate.

Posted by: kathysaysso at March 18, 2013 12:54 PM (6H6o8)

9 Are they reading this? buy the inky. hire me and my husband. WE WILL OWN PHILADELPHIA of course, who actually wants to own philly . . .?!?!?

Posted by: BlackOrchid at March 18, 2013 12:55 PM (J6kXj)

10 Speaking of conservative entries into the media, the Herring broadcasting company is planning a cable news channel to compete with Fox.

No Shark Week for you!

Posted by: Discovery Channel at March 18, 2013 12:55 PM (8ZskC)

11 Cause and effect. A backlash of the King and his minions has finally begun. Is it now possible to take out a dinosaur network like ABC, CBS or NBC?

Posted by: renaissance woman at March 18, 2013 12:55 PM (XYSwB)

12 That is the sound of thousands of beams of light combining to explode the liberal collective head.

Posted by: © Sponge at March 18, 2013 12:56 PM (xmcEQ)

Yes Please!!!

I would consider a paid/mailed subscription to a Truly Conservative Newspaper from LA or another major city. I live in the midwest and I refuse to support the local paper, the (red) Star and Tribune.

Posted by: rd at March 18, 2013 12:56 PM (zLp5I)

14 Why waste money on the print media like the LA slimes... TV is the place to be.I'm still reeling over the Hillary story backing gay marriage. I personally don't care if gays want to marry, but I think it should be up to the individual States. Ca. says yes but Utah should be able to say no... Just my 2 cents worth...

Posted by: Hello, it's me Donna let it burn really.really bummed at March 18, 2013 12:56 PM (9+ccr)

15 New reality show: Herring Lumberjacks

Posted by: Cicero, Semiautomatic Assault Commenter at March 18, 2013 12:56 PM (8ZskC)

16 Herring Sea Gold.

Posted by: Waterhouse at March 18, 2013 12:57 PM (3zG7W)

17 Maybe they could get them to open their vaults.

Posted by: wiserbud at March 18, 2013 04:52 PM (WCe8r)

Bad thing is, if the sale is final, the liberal douchebag that knows where the pertinent information is, will destroy it.

Posted by: © Sponge at March 18, 2013 12:57 PM (xmcEQ)

18 @13: Forget Truly Conservative. One that actually covered the Dem scandals we hear about daily on the blogs *and* IDs the perps would be great.

Posted by: Ian S. at March 18, 2013 12:57 PM (B/VB5)

19 If you read the comments section, this is probably a good idea. It's like the number one spot where L.A. natives air out their grievances with progressives.

Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at March 18, 2013 12:58 PM (NzBQO)

20 I would trade MSNBC on my cable box for non-stop reruns of Wild Kingdoms special on mating habits of the Tsetse fly.

Posted by: Marcus at March 18, 2013 12:58 PM (GGCsk)

21 Looks like we're getting the band back together.

Posted by: Jake, the Blues Brothers at March 18, 2013 12:58 PM (wR+pz)

22 Koch Brothers Interested in Buying LA Times?

They ought to buy some media outlet just to watch the MFM heads explode like in Scanners

Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 18, 2013 12:58 PM (1Jaio)

23 New reality show: Herring Lumberjacks Herring Hunters. Featuring the patriarch of the family who hand built herring calls in his back yard and sold them out of his truck.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 18, 2013 12:59 PM (/i5F8)

24 And Glenn Beck would like you to call up your local cable station and ask them to carry Blaze TV. The man is nefarious.

Posted by: Arnold Toht at March 18, 2013 01:00 PM (QupBk)

25 By the way, I would trade Fox for a new network where I didn't have to watch Megan Kelly hide her liberal Incredible Hulk from emerging.

Posted by: Marcus at March 18, 2013 01:01 PM (GGCsk)

26 If I were a billionaire, I'd buy the LA Times just to get the Khalidi tape.

Posted by: toby928© Red Partisan at March 18, 2013 01:01 PM (QupBk)

27 If they wanted to make a difference, I think they could take over McClatchy Newspapers pretty easily.

Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo intellectual at March 18, 2013 01:01 PM (wR+pz)

28 @27: That tape will be destroyed if any sale goes through, I guarantee it.

Posted by: Ian S. at March 18, 2013 01:02 PM (B/VB5)

Which is crazy -- not only are entertainment stories more interesting than people care to admit, but in the case of the Los Angeles Times, they should be the paper's beat.

ISWYDT. Two birds, one stone.

Brilliant!

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at March 18, 2013 01:02 PM (+z4pE)

30 Bigger question: Will they be allowed to buy it?

Posted by: Aruges at March 18, 2013 01:03 PM (MDchW)

31 I'd buy it just so I could fire all the staff. I'd replace them with rank amateurs who weren't tainted

Posted by: @PurpAv at March 18, 2013 01:04 PM (MIhYM)

32 We do cover entertainment. We covered Arnold Schwarzenegger's movie career with a five-part front page series when he ran for governor. That's like entertainment.

Posted by: The L.A. Times at March 18, 2013 01:04 PM (8ZskC)

33 If the Koch brothers are involved in anything, the wailing of the liberals will bring down buildings.

Posted by: Faux Snooze at March 18, 2013 01:04 PM (mka2b)

America needs honest reporting in its papers. Right now, the papers of record are all uniformly liberal / socialist.

We need at least one paper with an alternative outlook.

After the conservative themed paper succeeds (and it will), maybe someone will imitate them. After all, FOX is making a LOT of money. But, I am surprised no one has tried to duplicate Fox's success.

Posted by: rd at March 18, 2013 01:04 PM (zLp5I)

35 I hope they ask for and get all property... including the Khalidi tape.

Posted by: jb at March 18, 2013 01:04 PM (E4449)

36 Posted by: Hello, it's me Donna let it burn really.really bummed at March 18, 2013 04:56 PM (9+ccr) De-lurking... Actually, California voters voted against same-sex marriage with Proposition 8; now it is before the Supreme Court. Apparently the will of the voters don't mean much when it's against the liberals.

Posted by: I Be That Chick at March 18, 2013 01:05 PM (rV9U4)

37 I think they could take over McClatchy Newspapers pretty easily.

A cub scout troop could stage a successful hostile takeover of McClatchy

Posted by: @PurpAv at March 18, 2013 01:05 PM (MIhYM)

38 Newspaper - $1 Tape in our Vaults - $120,093,875.93

Posted by: LA Times at March 18, 2013 01:05 PM (MMC8r)

39 YES YES YES.....

please please please...

hey Ace if I ever win the "idiots tax and lottery" I'll hire you on as editor emeritus of a few newspapers I'll try to buy.

Posted by: sven10077-ArkLaTex travelogue and Researcher at March 18, 2013 01:05 PM (LRFds)

40 I wonder if the LA Times has sold its real estate already? This could be a real estate play if they haven't. I would be surprised if they hadn't hocked it already.

Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo intellectual at March 18, 2013 01:05 PM (wR+pz)

41 I'd buy it just so I could fire all the staff.

I'm skeptical of kickstarter, but I'd throw in $5 for you.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at March 18, 2013 01:05 PM (/kI1Q)

42 Those fucking Cod are behind this. There is no Cod.

Posted by: Meester MuMu at March 18, 2013 01:06 PM (MMC8r)

43 The LA Times' total daily circulation is about 640,000. The population of LA County is about 10 million. The population of California is about 38 million. The national registered electorate is about 180 million.

Posted by: Reality Check, Unheeded at March 18, 2013 01:06 PM (pmsMR)

44 #42 The L.A. Times building in downtown LA is literally falling apart. You don't notice it until you drive past it on the 10 at the right time of day and the sunbeam highlights all the cracks from a half-mile away.

Posted by: CAC at March 18, 2013 01:06 PM (g0G9O)

45 This could be a win-win even if the Koch Bros. get outbid for the paper

Lefties going apeshit over THOSE GUYS buying a sacred icon of "ethical journalism" will pull out all the stops to overpay for a dying rag, therefore bankrupting the birdcage liner

Posted by: kbdabear at March 18, 2013 01:07 PM (mCvL4)

Why doesn't Trump buy something? Instead we have sports illustrated and glamour ----run by progholes.

Posted by: F&U at March 18, 2013 01:07 PM (O7ksG)

47 Not to throw real science into the mix, but here is NOAA data that refutes the warmists: http://tinyurl.com/qhl3r2 The original predictions in the original papers have all been refuted. "Bad scientist, no grant for you." would be appropriate. Two big volcanic eruptions and we will beg for more coal plants to save the planet with CO₂.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 18, 2013 01:07 PM (u82oZ)

But, I am surprised no one has tried to duplicate Fox's success.

Perhaps it took this last election for the power brokers on the Right to figure out that It's the Culture, Stoopid. Influence that, get into people's heads (literally), tell them a bit of truth, and Viola! you have the beginning of the end of Leftardismness in America.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at March 18, 2013 01:07 PM (+z4pE)

49 I would love to see this. I live in LA and cancelled an LA Times subscription long ago so I just get the WSJ now. The entire issue with the LA Times is that they have delusions of grandeur and consider themselves a massively important national newspaper instead of just a local newspaper with a massive user base. I'm in the tech community in LA and have many, many friends that have tried for 10 or 15 years to get the Times to cover the LA tech scene and they never do it. They have always turned up their noses at it as a mere "local story".

Posted by: Kaisersoze at March 18, 2013 01:07 PM (mUY87)

50 The L.A. Times building in downtown LA is literally falling apart. You don't notice it until you drive past it on the 10 at the right time of day and the sunbeam highlights all the cracks from a half-mile away.

Those aren't cracks. They're nuance.

Posted by: The L.A. Times at March 18, 2013 01:08 PM (8ZskC)

51 Bigger question: Will they be allowed to buy it?

Right after Rush gets to buy a football team.

Posted by: wiserbud at March 18, 2013 01:08 PM (WCe8r)

52 I also might add that if the Koch Brothers were to buy the Los Angeles Times, the Khalidi tape would have to be part of the sale. The shit would hit the fan then.

Posted by: I Be That Chick at March 18, 2013 01:08 PM (rV9U4)

53 @39 Well, here are their numbers, Koch Brothers could easily come up with $250 Mill to buy the whole thing. http://tinyurl.com/c5yoxtw

Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo intellectual at March 18, 2013 01:08 PM (wR+pz)

54 Sumbitch. Koch Bros buy the LA Times and Shitcago will have to send snow plows to scrape the leftard brain fragments (admittedly small and slimy) from the streets.

Posted by: maddogg at March 18, 2013 01:09 PM (OlN4e)

55 32I'd buy it just so I could fire all the staff. I'd replace them with rank amateurs who weren't tainted

Posted by: @PurpAv at March 18, 2013 05:04 PM (MIhYM)

I'd think any amateur that had any type of 'schooling' would be tainted. Replacing them with conservative bloggers though might be fun to watch. The staff could train their replacements for a few weeks just for your pleasure.

Posted by: Stateless Infidel at March 18, 2013 01:09 PM (AC0lD)

56 I would have loved if Al Jazeria had kept Joy Bayheart on. I'd pay money to watch a visiting Iman wale on her with a stick. That's Entertainment.

Posted by: Paladin at March 18, 2013 01:09 PM (YNPwP)

57 Tune in in September for our new series "Desperate Biblical Housewives!"

Posted by: NBC at March 18, 2013 01:09 PM (MMC8r)

No way can the Koch Bros buy the LA Times. Imagine the panic on the Left. More importantly, imagine the fundraising potential. The Left has vast resources at its disposal, even more than the Kochs. They'll top whatever bid is offered, and throw in Lindsay Lohan and a pound of Peruvian flake as sweeteners (in separate containers, of course).

Posted by: troyriser at March 18, 2013 01:09 PM (vtiE6)

59 Well, here are their numbers, Koch Brothers could easily come up with $250 Mill to buy the whole thing.

Yoo-hoo! Koch boys, over here!

Posted by: Newsweek, Still Just A Dollar at March 18, 2013 01:10 PM (8ZskC)

60 55 Bigger question: Will they be allowed to buy it? Who's going to stop them? There is no anti trust issue. It's an open market. They don't have the class a stock shit that the NY Slime has.

Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo intellectual at March 18, 2013 01:10 PM (wR+pz)

61 Self-Barrel insertion of wrong thread.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 18, 2013 01:10 PM (u82oZ)

62 > I'd buy it just so I could fire all the staff.<

The hell with that. I'd keep them around. First there would be a conservative reeducation camp followed by a few weeks of hazing.

Posted by: Marcus at March 18, 2013 01:10 PM (GGCsk)

63 Well, it's better than giving your money to Karl Rove.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 18, 2013 01:11 PM (XkWWK)

64 The biggest problem with the LAT and others like it, is that their writers are all of the same background and share the same viewpoint. To say nothing of GOP vs. Dem, they all write with a single set PC, soft-headed assumptions.

It's just boring as hell.

Weft's Reorg Plan Part I
A ) Fire everyone.

B ) Hire the best back and make it a priority to hire people from industries other than 'journalism.' You know, people who actually have professional knowledge of the topics being investigated; real estate, finance, entertainment, small biz owners, engineers, etc.

Can you imagine a science article written by, god forbid, A SCIENTIST!

C ) If any prospective hire answers the question, "Why do you want to be a writer?" with "I want to change the world." - show them the door.

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at March 18, 2013 01:11 PM (UCv7P)

I don't see the LA Times as a particularly good investment or something that would bring a great deal of prestige to the message. TV and radio are where the right gains credibility for their internet operations, so that's where the money should go.

However, if the Kochs invest in the LA Times, it could help eliminate any money they have earmarked to give that big, fat, nasty, greasy, fat, stank, bloated, cheesy-backed, 12-sandwich-eatin' bastard Rove.

Posted by: jwest at March 18, 2013 01:11 PM (u2a4R)

66 We'll throw in Newsweek for $2.

Posted by: LA Times at March 18, 2013 01:12 PM (MMC8r)

67 Koch brothers? Those were the two dudes who always snuck into #3 switchboard underway right? Seriously....to the marines stationed on the forestal on the 86 med cruise... That was nasty

Posted by: Navycopjoe at March 18, 2013 01:12 PM (Yu5xN)

68 I think it would make more sense if Fox would just stream on the internet. I would pay a fee for that. And then dump cable once and for all! If any TV show is actually good, I would gladly pay to rent or buy the DVD or the streaming.

Posted by: PJ at March 18, 2013 01:12 PM (ZWaLo)

69 I'd buy it just so I could fire all the staff.<

The hell with that. I'd keep them around. First there would be a conservative reeducation camp followed by a few weeks of hazing.

Posted by: Marcus at March 18, 2013 05:10 PM (GGCsk)

And by hazing, you do mean college like waterboarding?

Posted by: Stateless Infidel at March 18, 2013 01:12 PM (AC0lD)

70 If I owned the LA Times I'd have a beat reporter so far up Tony Villar's ass his mistresses would taste shoe leather when they kissed him.

Posted by: Fritz at March 18, 2013 01:13 PM (WM+rJ)

71
Well if they buy the whole thing for $1 it might work. Either that or they need to think of it as "political charity". Newsies are a dying industry, but the name might give their stories clout in the interwebz.

Plus that tape. You know the one.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 18, 2013 01:13 PM (IY7Ir)

72 Finally, a smart play. We could easily gobble up a bunch of media outlets and see some real change. The media is a good 90% of the problem, if it wasn't for the MSM, Democrats would never win a single election.

Think if we just completely blew off one election cycle, and threw those billions normally used for worthless commercials and instead bought newspapers and local tv stations in swing states. One bad election cycle for a generation of change? Sounds good to me.

Posted by: McAdams at March 18, 2013 01:13 PM (JDGrt)

73 I'd like to see the Koch bros fire the whole staff first day, from the bottom to top. It would be such a pleasure to hear the leftard imbeciles whine and cry about getting deep fucked by the Koch Bros. Heh.

Posted by: maddogg at March 18, 2013 01:13 PM (OlN4e)

74 The Koch brothers aren't stupid enough to buy something somebody else wants to sell really badly. Why piss money down a hole?

Posted by: spongeworthy at March 18, 2013 01:13 PM (r5w1L)

75 The LAT is notorious for these 4-6 page full page stories on bullshit. Deep within the article usually towards the end, is a factoid that negates their 20,000 word screed.

Posted by: Ghostly Aspiration at March 18, 2013 01:14 PM (PP8La)

76 47 This could be a win-win even if the Koch Bros. get outbid for the paper Lefties going apeshit over THOSE GUYS buying a sacred icon of "ethical journalism" will pull out all the stops to overpay for a dying rag, therefore bankrupting the birdcage liner Posted by: kbdabear at March 18, 2013 05:07 PM (mCvL4) Who at you kidding. They will refuse to sell to the Koch brothers no matter what and take a much much lower offer from fellow liberals instead.

Posted by: Buzzion at March 18, 2013 01:14 PM (PmE9g)

77 Okay, who wants to quit before we fire them?

Posted by: Koch Bros, Day One at March 18, 2013 01:15 PM (MMC8r)

Sven:

Lived a long time in nw Arkansas, beautiful country, great people. If work was there I'd love to be back in a NY minute!!!

This news is fantastic. Open up new news outlets. Buy up old and dying ones.

And hey, did you see that the Washington Post is going behind a PAYWALL very soon. Never never never to be heard from again...

Posted by: Prescient11 at March 18, 2013 01:15 PM (tVTLU)

79 Koch Brothers could easily come up with $250 Mill to buy the whole thing.

Or wait a year and get it for $100M....or less.

Posted by: @PurpAv at March 18, 2013 01:16 PM (MIhYM)

80 Who at you kidding. They will refuse to sell to the Koch brothers no matter what and take a much much lower offer from fellow liberals instead.

Posted by: Buzzion at March 18, 2013 05:14 PM (PmE9g)

Either way, ass deep in WIN!

Posted by: maddogg at March 18, 2013 01:16 PM (OlN4e)

81 Hostile takeover, maybe?

Posted by: zsasz at March 18, 2013 01:16 PM (MMC8r)

82 Hostile takeover, maybe? Is LAT publicly traded?

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at March 18, 2013 01:16 PM (4OvDk)

83 Did someone say "coke?"

Posted by: Obeezelbub at March 18, 2013 01:17 PM (UOM48)

62 No way can the Koch Bros buy the LA Times. Imagine the panic on the Left. More importantly, imagine the fundraising potential. The Left has vast resources at its disposal, even more than the Kochs. They'll top whatever bid is offered, and throw in Lindsay Lohan and a pound of Peruvian flake as sweeteners (in separate containers, of course).

----------

I had the same thought.

Is this a Shakedown?

LA Times: "We need money...and we need it now! We have this tape, and it is...Golden."

But they should take a lesson from what happened to Blaggo, and not get too greedy.

Posted by: wheatie at March 18, 2013 01:17 PM (rwujx)

85 Posted by: Fritz at March 18, 2013 05:13 PM (WM+rJ) Ok, that was funny! Actually, the LA Weekly has been on his ass like flies on shit since he's been mayor. They hate him!

Posted by: I Be That Chick at March 18, 2013 01:17 PM (rV9U4)

Okay, who wants to quit before we fire them?

Anybody remember the Sacred Five W's? OK, you three, over there.

The rest of you, sorry, here's a pink slip.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at March 18, 2013 01:18 PM (+z4pE)

87
I'd be less interested in their editorials than in their insistence on actual balanced coverage -- negative stories about both Republicans and Democrats, with equal resources and attention to both; what a concept.

I'd almost settle for a consistent policy on identifying a politician's party in any news story. First mention of their name in the story MUST be in the First, Last (party) format.

Of course, this kills off the "Name That Party!" game we all know and love.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 18, 2013 01:18 PM (TIIx5)

88 Did someone say "coke?" I'm on a plane in 5.

Posted by: lisa murkowski at March 18, 2013 01:18 PM (QupBk)

89 Oh yeah and someone might want to repost the information for t he NCAA tournament yahoo group or bump Dave's post for it. I saw some asking a out it earlier and it was originally put up before you could even fill in your bracket.

Posted by: Buzzion at March 18, 2013 01:19 PM (PmE9g)

90 Is LAT publicly traded?

It's owned by Tribune Co.

Posted by: Cicero, Semiautomatic Assault Commenter at March 18, 2013 01:19 PM (8ZskC)

91 Hrm. This is weird.
http://is.gd/OUOu9F

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at March 18, 2013 01:19 PM (/kI1Q)

92 Is LAT publicly traded? I'm too lazy to check.

Posted by: zsasz at March 18, 2013 01:19 PM (MMC8r)

93 Roll it.

Posted by: SGT. York at March 18, 2013 01:20 PM (H1IKD)

94 84 Prescient 11,

Glad to hear it...I try to help people with what areas of the region to look at for what they're looking for.
Were money no issue I'd start paying folks to move and start over.

Drain the blue swamps.

Posted by: sven10077-ArkLaTex travelogue and Researcher at March 18, 2013 01:20 PM (LRFds)

95 If the Koch Bros made Glen Beck the Chief Editor, man, the leftards could surf on the self inflicted wound drippings flowing through the street. I must cut back on the mental masturbation......

Posted by: maddogg at March 18, 2013 01:21 PM (OlN4e)

They should buy the USA Today instead. If possible.

Posted by: polynikes at March 18, 2013 01:21 PM (m2CN7)

97 also might add that if the Koch Brothers were to buy the Los Angeles Times, the Khalidi tape would have to be part of the sale. The shit would hit the fan then. Posted by: I Be That Chick at March 18, 2013 05:08 PM (rV9U4) That's reason enough to buy the LA Times, expose the JEF!

Posted by: CarolT at March 18, 2013 01:21 PM (z4WKX)

98 the only way things will be "fair and balanced" is if people are forced to watch MSNBC for the same amount of time that they watch FOX.

Posted by: mallfly at March 18, 2013 01:22 PM (bJm7W)

99 It's owned by Tribune Co. But is it its own company? My understanding is very, very sketchy, but as far as I know there are two ways to do a hostile take over. One- Publicly Traded Company Only: Buy up as much of the stock as you possibly can, and start using your weight in board meetings. Two- Public or Private Company: Buy up as much of the debt as you can, then start calling in the debts. In either case, the company has to be its "own" company, even if some other corporation owns it.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at March 18, 2013 01:22 PM (4OvDk)

100 USA Today? Is that worthless birdcage liner still around?

Posted by: maddogg at March 18, 2013 01:22 PM (OlN4e)

101 It's a terrible investment; they won't do it. Much more bang for the bang with electronic media.

Posted by: soothsayer, of the Righteous & Harmonious Fists at March 18, 2013 01:22 PM (qpM85)

102
If any prospective hire answers the question, "Why do you want to be a writer?" with "I want to change the world." - show them the door.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 18, 2013 05:11 PM (UCv7P)

Show them the door, my ass. More like "Boom! Taste my nightstick".

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 18, 2013 01:22 PM (TIIx5)

103 You know, there's a video the LaLa Times owns I'd like to broadcast....

Posted by: Roger Ailes at March 18, 2013 01:24 PM (+GpbP)

104 You know, there's a video the LaLa Times owns I'd like to broadcast....

Posted by: Roger Ailes at March 18, 2013 01:24 PM (+GpbP)

105

It's owned by Tribune Co.

They own the local ~~fishwrap~~, ~~birdcage liner~~, ~~puppy training device~~ rag down here. I cancelled their subscription years ago, and told some poor girl hawking their wares last year that there was no way in hell I'd consider starting it back up when they viscerally hate conservative viewpoints.

Good, I hope they're in trouble, big time. May their entire empire crumble at their stinky feet.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at March 18, 2013 01:24 PM (+z4pE)

106

It's owned by Tribune Co.

Good, I hope they're in trouble, big time. May their entire empire crumble at their stinky feet.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at March 18, 2013 01:24 PM (+z4pE)

107 heh

Trending on the Twatter:
#ObamaIsNotSatan

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at March 18, 2013 01:24 PM (UCv7P)

108 heh

Trending on the Twatter:
#ObamaIsNotSatan

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at March 18, 2013 01:24 PM (UCv7P)

109 Will there be Page 3 girls?

Posted by: zsasz at March 18, 2013 01:24 PM (MMC8r)

110 Will there be Page 3 girls?

Posted by: zsasz at March 18, 2013 01:24 PM (MMC8r)

111 Just eats babies because he likes the taste. Nothing demonic. #ObamaIsNotSatan

Posted by: zsasz at March 18, 2013 01:25 PM (MMC8r)

112 Just eats babies because he likes the taste. Nothing demonic. #ObamaIsNotSatan

Posted by: zsasz at March 18, 2013 01:25 PM (MMC8r)

113 But is it its own company?

It probably is a separate corporation but its stock is owned by Tribune. There's no way to force a deal under those circumstances (besides an involuntary BK, maybe). Tribune would have to agree to sell.

That shouldn't be too hard. Tribune Co. is bleeding cash and its trying to unload most of its newspapers now. http://tinyurl.com/c6sx77b

Posted by: Cicero, Semiautomatic Assault Commenter at March 18, 2013 01:25 PM (8ZskC)

114 But is it its own company?

It probably is a separate corporation but its stock is owned by Tribune. There's no way to force a deal under those circumstances (besides an involuntary BK, maybe). Tribune would have to agree to sell.

That shouldn't be too hard. Tribune Co. is bleeding cash and its trying to unload most of its newspapers now. http://tinyurl.com/c6sx77b

Posted by: Cicero, Semiautomatic Assault Commenter at March 18, 2013 01:25 PM (8ZskC)

115 Trending on the Twatter:
#ObamaIsNotSatan

Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 18, 2013 05:24 PM (UCv7P)

I'm offended that there were doubts.

Posted by: Satan at March 18, 2013 01:26 PM (AWmfW)

116 #ObamaIsNotSatan

Satan's wife is hot.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at March 18, 2013 01:27 PM (/kI1Q)

117 If anyone but a liberal buys it, the shredders and the furnace will be going full force. No way will they let "the tape" see the light of day.

I say, keep the reporters on. Make them be real reporters! Heads will explode.

Posted by: PJ at March 18, 2013 01:27 PM (ZWaLo)

118 Maybe they could get them to open their vaults. Posted by: wiserbud at March 18, 2013 04:52 PM (WCe8r) That was my immediate thought, too. But I'm sure the current ownership would inexplicably "lose" the contents in a "robbery" before they turned everything over. Fucktards. All of them.

Posted by: NukemHill at March 18, 2013 01:28 PM (7WLzC)

119 112 Will there be Page 3 girls?

Posted by: zsasz at March 18, 2013 05:24 PM (MMC8r)

Foldout.

Posted by: Helen Thomas at March 18, 2013 01:28 PM (AWmfW)

120

One rains down fiery death from the skies to smite his enemies. The other is the devil.

#ObamaIsNotSatan

Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 18, 2013 01:29 PM (UOM48)

121 dropped DirecTV months ago. Amazon Prime and Netflix.

No more reality shows. No more commercials. No more shopping channels. News is worthless, nothing they've said there I didn't already know at least 10 hours prior online.

$39/year for Amazon Prime (I'm a professor neener neener!)
$15? $17/mo for Netflix

About a $100 reduction on my DirecTV bill and **no more freaking commercials!**

Most shows you want to watch you can just hook your laptop up to the 737" LCD via HDMI and just go to their side (Downton Abbey bitches!) for free.

Now I'm in the middle of season 1 of Sons of Anarchy (which I missed) so excuse me.

Posted by: tangonine at March 18, 2013 01:29 PM (x3YFz)

122 They might not be allowed to buy it because Beck wanted to buy Gore's network and he refused to sell it to him. Apparently Al Jazeera is more to Gore's thinking.

Posted by: CarolT at March 18, 2013 01:29 PM (z4WKX)

123 With minimum wage going to $22 an hour I will be able to afford the Deluxe Premium Gold Cable Package.

Posted by: Some minimum wage drone who has been listening to Elizabeth Warren. at March 18, 2013 01:29 PM (l3vZN)

124 Satan has a birth certificate. #ObamaIsNotSatan

Posted by: zsasz at March 18, 2013 01:30 PM (MMC8r)

125 It wont matter, they wil just call it a funny name like they do 'faux news' and therefore not a reliable news source like say, HuffPo or MSDNC.

Posted by: Schwalbe: The Me-262© at March 18, 2013 01:32 PM (UU0OF)

126 The 'Professor Reynolds Theory' in action?

Posted by: locomotivebreath1901 at March 18, 2013 01:32 PM (7qVSn)

127 MOAR!

Posted by: Brother Cavil, Ampersand Whisperer at March 18, 2013 01:32 PM (fMiHM)

128

@14 -

Ca. says yes but Utah should be able to say no... Just my 2 cents worth...

-----------------------------

Actually, California has said "No" twice.

The first time California said No, the peoples' will stood for a little while until the highest California court basically said, "The fact that you created Civil Unions means that blocking Same Sex Marriage is a violation of the state constitution." So Californians said "Our constitution now defines marriage as between a man and a woman." And then a rather blatantly biased federal judge said, "You're violating the US Constitution."

The US Supreme Court is currently planning on hearing the case.

Posted by: junior at March 18, 2013 01:33 PM (UWFpX)

129 I'm sure the Justice Department can find some pretext for disallowing any media sale to the Kochs.

Posted by: somebody else, not me at March 18, 2013 01:33 PM (nZvGM)

130 and as we tell our co-workers and friends: Lookie here: we get to watch what we want to watch when we want to watch it. No commercials. No DVR. $22 a month.

They are dropping their cable/DirecTV like it's Michael Moore's tighty whiteys.

And no more goddam Shep Smith!

Posted by: tangonine at March 18, 2013 01:35 PM (x3YFz)

131 One America News Network and Blaze TV had damn well better be made available in a manner that does not require me to give money to the cable TV fucktards.

Posted by: SpongeBob Saget at March 18, 2013 01:35 PM (epxV4)

132 because when the Devil Went Down to Georgia lookin' for a soul to steal he did it in person. Obama would just send a drone

#ObamaIsNotSatan

Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 18, 2013 01:36 PM (UOM48)

133 With minimum wage going to $22 an hour I will be able to afford the Deluxe Premium Gold Cable Package.
Posted by: Some minimum wage drone who has been listening to Elizabeth Warren. at March 18, 2013 05:29 PM (l3vZN)

Not mentioning that with the rise of minimum wage to $22 per hour, everything in the world will go up in price approx. $25 per hour.

Posted by: © Sponge at March 18, 2013 01:36 PM (xmcEQ)

134 #ObamaIsNotSatan? Prove it!

Posted by: Temper Tantrum at March 18, 2013 01:36 PM (AWmfW)

135 Will there be Page 3 girls?

Posted by: zsasz at March 18, 2013 05:24 PM (MMC8r)

Unfortunately, in L.A. they would all have ugly fake tits.

Posted by: somebody else, not me at March 18, 2013 01:36 PM (nZvGM)

136
In an effort to combat global warming, the Dept of Sciency Stuff will mandate that all window air conditioners be turned around this summer, so the cold air blows outside.

Posted by: Sticky Wicket at March 18, 2013 01:37 PM (0IhFx)

137

Unfortunately, in L.A. they would all have ugly fake tits.

Like Karl Rove.

Posted by: Sticky Wicket at March 18, 2013 01:37 PM (0IhFx)

138 because when the Devil Went Down to Georgia lookin' for a soul to steal he did it in person. Obama would just send a drone

#ObamaIsNotSatan

Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 18, 2013 05:36 PM (UOM4

Now THAT'S funny.

Posted by: © Sponge at March 18, 2013 01:37 PM (xmcEQ)

139

131 One America News Network and Blaze TV had damn well better be made available in a manner that does not require me to give money to the cable TV fucktards.

----------

Blaze TV is available now on Dish TV.

I've been thinking of subscribing to Dish TV for this very reason.

Posted by: wheatie at March 18, 2013 01:37 PM (rwujx)

140 Because the greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world, he didn't exist.

#ObamaIsNotSatan

Posted by: © Sponge at March 18, 2013 01:38 PM (xmcEQ)

141 LOL. Barbra Streisand's reaction will make it all worth it!

Posted by: Our European Moral Superiors at March 18, 2013 01:39 PM (QgAFR)

142 Internet subscription service?

Posted by: SpongeBob Saget at March 18, 2013 01:39 PM (epxV4)

143 OMG!!!! Kochtapus tentacles infiltrating the liberal meeja!!!

QUESTIONMAN, WHERE ARE YOU!??!!?!!

Posted by: Tex Lovera at March 18, 2013 01:39 PM (wtvvX)

144

Because the devil wears Prada...and we all know that the Emperor has no clothes.

#ObamaIsNotSatan

Posted by: wheatie at March 18, 2013 01:40 PM (rwujx)

145 Guess what's being "saved" in the Senate's budget resolution? Saturday delivery of mail, a.k.a. junk mail. What fiscal crisis?

Posted by: soothsayer, of the Righteous & Harmonious Fists at March 18, 2013 01:41 PM (Ba6aP)

146 GOP insisting and helping choose debate moderators? Story in handle. No Moar Krispy Krawly.

Posted by: HoboJerky, now with 74% more DOOM! at March 18, 2013 01:42 PM (FsUAO)

147 The reason no one emulates FOX, until now, is that they'd rather loose money than give voice to the opposition. Its the same reason they never made another Biblical or Christian themed movie after The Passion (and actually tried to destroy Gibson, with a lot of help from himself) since.

I like the idea of diversifying the entertainment complex, but I'd love to see a major media company get taken over, like Disney.

Posted by: Iblis at March 18, 2013 01:42 PM (9221z)

148 Satan didn't need a teleprompter to deceive Eve in the garden.

#ObamaIsNotSatan

Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 18, 2013 01:43 PM (UOM48)

149 Satan lies with conviction.

#ObamaIsNotSatan

Posted by: © Sponge at March 18, 2013 01:44 PM (xmcEQ)

150 Satan is the puppetMASTER, not the puppet.

#ObamaIsNotSatan

Posted by: © Sponge at March 18, 2013 01:46 PM (xmcEQ)

151 The problem with The Blaze is that it's identified as Glenn Beck's channel. So the only people watching will be converted viewers.

It's a much better route to buy something like the LA Times. And keep it more or less the same with just a slowly changing political bent. If they come out swinging from day 1 and rebrand the LA Times as the LA CONSERVATIVE TIMES, only conservatives will read it.

CBS never advertizes itself as liberal. It's officially a center of the road, non-ideological network. That's what a Koch owned LA Times has to be as well. Mainstream, centrist, no agenda.....except with a center right agenda.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at March 18, 2013 01:46 PM (HDgX3)

152 and when all the angels assembled before God in the book of Job, whom did God decide to have a chat with..?

Posted by: mallfly at March 18, 2013 01:47 PM (bJm7W)

153

Heh.

Satan does not wear Mom jeans.

#ObamaIsNotSatan

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at March 18, 2013 01:49 PM (+z4pE)

154 Lucifer was once an angel.

#ObamaIsNotSatan

Posted by: © Sponge at March 18, 2013 01:49 PM (xmcEQ)

155 Satan is the puppetMASTER, not the puppet.

Oh, that's nice.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at March 18, 2013 01:50 PM (/kI1Q)

156 "Herring broadcasting company is planning a cable news channel to compete with Fox." Seems to me there are diminishing returns in the Scare-shit-outta-grandma-so-she-buys-faux-doubloons demo. Maybe they can veer toward the right bright light of the knucklehead truth, and do stories about flatchested feminists and Al Gore Is Still Fat, and Here's Hopin' For a Big Terror Attack! You could sell the eyeballs to fishlure makers and gay porn magazine subscriptions.

Posted by: andrew breitbart at March 18, 2013 01:51 PM (8ENqI)

157

They could play the Monty Python fish slapping dance at the top of every hour.

Or the network could cut down the mightiest tree in the forest with itself.

Or both!

Posted by: Timmay! at March 18, 2013 01:51 PM (ipirO)

158 Ooh, something smells bad in this thread.

Posted by: Cicero, Semiautomatic Assault Commenter at March 18, 2013 01:52 PM (8ZskC)

159 Oh lookie...volcano boy is here.

Posted by: wheatie at March 18, 2013 01:52 PM (rwujx)

160

Remember when the LAT published their poll that said that Gray Davis would handily withstand the recall election?

Good times, good times.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at March 18, 2013 01:53 PM (IDSI7)

161 I just wish the Koch Brothers would buy the Boston Globe just to see all the bow-tied bumkissers shit their pants.

Posted by: Armando at March 18, 2013 01:55 PM (5iuEW)

162 146 The reason no one emulates FOX, until now, is that they'd rather loose money than give voice to the opposition.

Posted by: Iblis at March 18, 2013 05:42 PM (9221z)

_______________

MSNBC makes about $200M a year. That's a lot less than Fox, but it's wrong to say other "lose" (or loose) money by not being a right wing cable channel.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at March 18, 2013 01:55 PM (HDgX3)

163 The Peoples' Revolutionary Times of L.A.

Posted by: OCBill at March 18, 2013 01:55 PM (Mj+FA)

164 The Chandlers are old money, don'tchaknow. "Entertainers" are beneath them.

Posted by: Mrs Compton at March 18, 2013 01:57 PM (dX4hn)

165 >>>Remember when the LAT published their poll that said that Gray Davis would handily withstand the recall election?

That was rich. Almost like when they claimed Schwarzenegger was a republican.

Posted by: Fritz at March 18, 2013 01:57 PM (WM+rJ)

166 Oh, that's nice.

Posted by: HeatherRadishÂ™ needs a beer at March 18, 2013 05:50 PM (/kI1Q)

Whell.......thankyouverymuch......

Posted by: © Sponge at March 18, 2013 01:57 PM (xmcEQ)

167 Sucks that outfits like TMZ are thriving as sources for entertainment "breaking news" because papers like the LA Times aren't interested in covering it.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 18, 2013 02:02 PM (9eDbm)

168 I think the Koch brothers will run their business the way they see fit....

Posted by: phoenixgirl, commenter at the best conservative blog at March 18, 2013 02:02 PM (gwo7o)

169 Is there an AoS group of bracket morons? Start the Madness.

Posted by: Craig Poe at March 18, 2013 02:02 PM (BVkEs)

170 "I'd be less interested in their editorials than in their insistence on actual balanced coverage -- negative stories about both Republicans and Democrats, with equal resources and attention to both; what a concept." Yes. It's all about teh Stories/Narrative. Editorials are less important/influential.

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at March 18, 2013 02:03 PM (GHpOB)

171 Quitting time -> comment pause.

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at March 18, 2013 02:03 PM (UCv7P)

172 Remember when the LAT published their poll that said that Gray Davis would handily withstand the recall election?

_________________

What are you talking about?

9/25 - 9/29 poll showed Davis losing the recall by 56% which was pretty much in line with every other poll taken.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/Congressional/California_Recall3.html

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at March 18, 2013 02:04 PM (HDgX3)

173 Koch Bros earn billions the old-fashioned way: massive federal energy subsidies, state-gov land giveaways, and Macktruck-sized tax loopholes.

Posted by: andrew breitbart at March 18, 2013 02:05 PM (8ENqI)

174 "175 Remember when the LAT published their poll that said that Gray Davis would handily withstand the recall election? _________________ What are you talking about? 9/25 - 9/29 poll showed Davis losing the recall by 56% which was pretty much in line with every other poll taken. http://www.realclearpolitics.com/Congressional/California_Recall3.html Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at March 18, 2013 06:04 PM (HDgX3) " You really need to learn to be slightly less combative.

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at March 18, 2013 02:05 PM (GHpOB)

175 Too bad we cant bust into the nightly news ala The Running Man.

....They are lying to you.....

Posted by: Red Shirt at March 18, 2013 02:06 PM (FIDMq)

176 "176 Koch Bros earn billions the old-fashioned way: massive federal energy subsidies, state-gov land giveaways, and Macktruck-sized tax loopholes. Posted by: andrew breitbart at March 18, 2013 06:05 PM (8ENqI) " Sure. Getting all my information from a troll seems wise.

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at March 18, 2013 02:06 PM (GHpOB)

177 Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at March 18, 2013 06:05 PM (GHpOB)

_____________

So accept made up shit as reality. Got it.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at March 18, 2013 02:07 PM (HDgX3)

178 172 Is there an AoS group of bracket morons? Start the Madness.

You wingnuts wanna see my brackets?

Posted by: Obeezelbub at March 18, 2013 02:07 PM (UOM48)

179 Liberal crazies will soon be dominating this thread, because Koch Brothers = ARGGGGGHHH THOSE EVIL 1%er MANIPULATING BASTARDS!!! STOMP! STOMP! STOMP!

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 18, 2013 02:07 PM (9eDbm)

180 176 Koch Bros earn billions the old-fashioned way: massive federal energy subsidies, state-gov land giveaways, and Macktruck-sized tax loopholes.

Posted by: andrew breitbart at March 18, 2013 06:05 PM (8ENqI)

___________

Don't forget polluting the environment and killing puppies.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at March 18, 2013 02:08 PM (HDgX3)

181 "180 Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at March 18, 2013 06:05 PM (GHpOB) _____________ So accept made up shit as reality. Got it. Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at March 18, 2013 06:07 PM (HDgX3) " Yeah. This kind of thing is sort of what I meant.

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at March 18, 2013 02:08 PM (GHpOB)

182 erg, tell us about volcanoes.

Posted by: Obeezelbub at March 18, 2013 02:08 PM (UOM48)

183 You really need to learn to be slightly less combative.

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney

He's on a personal mission to prove Dale Carnegie wrong.

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at March 18, 2013 02:08 PM (UCv7P)

184 176 Koch Bros earn billions the old-fashioned way: massive federal energy subsidies, state-gov land giveaways, and Macktruck-sized tax loopholes.

Posted by: andrew breitbart at March 18, 2013 06:05 PM (8ENqI)

___________

How does someone earn billions from tax loopholes by the way? This is the stupidest thing libtards say (among many stupid things). You can't earn money via tax loopholes. You can pay less tax. But you can't earn a dime through the tax code....well unless you're an Obamaphone owner who gets the EITC.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at March 18, 2013 02:09 PM (HDgX3)

185 Where I am, now, it's dark, and I can't get a boner.

Posted by: andrew breitbart at March 18, 2013 02:10 PM (8ENqI)

186 Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at March 18, 2013 06:04 PM (HDgX3) No, he is talking about the LA Times polls they released when the recall election first started.

Posted by: I Be That Chick at March 18, 2013 02:12 PM (rV9U4)

187 My apologies for the hobby horse that follows-- I understand Argentina's Kirchner asked the Pope to intervene over the Falklands. I could certainly understand the Church's desire to go back to old familiar ground--having a Spanish-speaking government that officially recognizes and supports the Roman Catholic church go take over non-Cathoilc lands simply because the residents of that Catholic nation believe they have a right to--but I would suggest the Church might want to refrain. Or at least, this time could the Jesuits not hack off the hands of the pagans as they try to convert the coquered populace? My Offensive comment of the day: Of course, there are probably a lot of young and virginal Kelper boys priests could sodomize in Stanley, so taking over the islands has that going for it.

Posted by: C. at March 18, 2013 02:12 PM (IbgOI)

188
Yeah. This kind of thing is sort of what I meant.

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at March 18, 2013 06:08 PM (GHpOB)

____________

Someone said: LA Times published a poll saying Davis would win

I said: No they didn't, they published a poll saying he would lose and here is the link to it.

That's combative.

OK, so what is the correct response? Hey I know you are making shit up. But I'll agree with you anyway. DEATH TO THE LA TIMES!!!!!!

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at March 18, 2013 02:12 PM (HDgX3)

189

187176 Don't forget inventing crack cocaine!

Didn't they build all of those condom factories after inventing AIDS?

Posted by: Cicero Kid don't need no stinkin' ampersands at March 18, 2013 02:12 PM (UrENZ)

190 The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he doesn't exist. #ObamaIsNotSatan

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 18, 2013 02:12 PM (9eDbm)

191 "189 Where I am, now, it's dark, and I can't get a boner. Posted by: erg at March 18, 2013 06:10 PM (8ENqI) " You're probably in Obama's closet.

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at March 18, 2013 02:13 PM (GHpOB)

192 OT, but Mia Love is on a local radio show right now. Is interested in running for Matheson's seat again, has now hired a Hatch strategist Dave Hanson to advise her, will run her campaign if she does. Started last time with no money, no name recognition, and ended up only 768 votes behind the Matheson machine. Says learned needs to start early, not begin from behind, if she is to have a chance. Learned the importance of GOTV Efforts and not relying on the names at the top of the ticket (ie Romney) to drive voters to the polls. Get people more engaged. Hope she does it!

Posted by: LizLem at March 18, 2013 02:14 PM (8wqqE)

193 #ObamaIsNotSatan Satan stands up when he pees.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 18, 2013 02:15 PM (9eDbm)

194 "192 Yeah. This kind of thing is sort of what I meant. Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at March 18, 2013 06:08 PM (GHpOB) ____________ Someone said: LA Times published a poll saying Davis would win I said: No they didn't, they published a poll saying he would lose and here is the link to it. That's combative. OK, so what is the correct response? Hey I know you are making shit up. But I'll agree with you anyway. DEATH TO THE LA TIMES!!!!!! Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at March 18, 2013 06:12 PM (HDgX3) " You keep trying to bite my head off...

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at March 18, 2013 02:15 PM (GHpOB)

195 buying the media...someone has to "own" the propaganda rag. Besides, corporations are people, too... Koch being "American" multinational corp.

Posted by: panzernashorn at March 18, 2013 02:16 PM (MhA4j)

196 "196 "andrew breitbart" vs. Moo vs. MUMR fite Posted by: JDP at March 18, 2013 06:13 PM (60GaT) " Murder any Hispanics today, JDP?

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at March 18, 2013 02:16 PM (GHpOB)

197 197 --- And God willing the Libertarians won't run a spoiler.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at March 18, 2013 02:17 PM (C8mVl)

198 198 #ObamaIsNotSatan Satan stands up when he pees.

So does Mooch.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 18, 2013 02:17 PM (UOM48)

199 So, if all the cock fights have been settled, perhaps we can return to our regularly-scheduled programming.

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at March 18, 2013 02:19 PM (GHpOB)

200

The Koch brothers are fellow morons!

Hey, guys, howzabout bankrolling a 3 month bender for the entire moronoshpere???

Posted by: imp at March 18, 2013 02:21 PM (oGrkY)

201 LA Times hardly speaks for the GOP, anyway. Looks like the "grumpy old men" of the GOP are digging in their ideological heels by stating their party's only problem is "a communications issue". (Jerry Doyle) What we got here, is failure, to communicate. (Captain)

Posted by: panzernashorn at March 18, 2013 02:22 PM (MhA4j)

202 Why should you care about 2000 folks on the Falklands? Because how big do you think a space colony is going to be? We need to establish a template, a ruling paradigm now, rather than later. And "Former Third World peoples always gets their way" is, I submit, a poor one. Whereas self-determination is a very good one.

Posted by: C. at March 18, 2013 02:24 PM (IbgOI)

203

So accept made up shit as reality. Got it.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo

There's normal, there's high-functioning autism, and then there is Moo moo.

Posted by: imp at March 18, 2013 02:25 PM (oGrkY)

204 Someone, I'm sure already mentioned this, but it would be nice to see the Rashid Khalidi tape if the LA Times fell into enemy hands. Heh!

Posted by: Jaimo at March 18, 2013 02:28 PM (rNR/C)

205
Schadenboner time.

Story on Drudge, Maher is whining about his high taxes.

Posted by: Sticky Wicket at March 18, 2013 02:28 PM (0IhFx)

206 Meanwhile, the Koch Brothers have been quietly financing a research project to manufacture soft drinks from a surprising source - anthracite and a popular winter-time drink. Their new product - Koch Coke-Cocoa-Coke.

Posted by: 2nd (Blue) Uniform at March 18, 2013 02:38 PM (wJliR)

207 Oh, please buy the LATimes. I really want to read a local newspaper again!

Posted by: LASue at March 18, 2013 02:51 PM (gjIQF)

208 #ObamaIsNotSatan ~ because Satan wouldn't eat a dog

Posted by: Hrothgar at March 18, 2013 02:54 PM (Cnqmv)

209 Satan wouldn't eat a dog

Let him try.

Posted by: Kerberos at March 18, 2013 03:02 PM (QTHTd)

210 Soros earns his billion by healing Gaia, protecting the mustangs from becoming dog food, and distributing free birth control to flukes.

Posted by: angel with a sword at March 18, 2013 03:08 PM (3RiPs)

211

Posted by: 2nd (Blue) Uniform at March 18, 2013 06:38 PM (wJliR)

I lol'd. You know the libs have an agenda against someone when they know how to pronounced a hated righty's name before most of the right even know. Kotch? Koke? Kock? I had never heard of them so had no idea. Thanks to the left now I do!

Posted by: LizLem at March 18, 2013 03:10 PM (8wqqE)

212 #Obama is not Satan - Satan can throw a mean fastball.

Posted by: Donna V. at March 18, 2013 03:12 PM (7FqJH)

213 This is a one time post...no questions...no comments later from one who knows. The Koch brothers will not do anything. Period. They (or should I say their reps) were presented with cutting edge tech that would have turned the cyber war for the election and they chose to stick with ORCA which now we all know was a big bust except for the political consultants who grabbed millions for their own pockets. Orca never worked or even was field tested pre-vote. They were warned and they sat on their hands believing the BS they were handed. Not very bright..or perhaps the nicer way to put it...they trusted the wrong people to give them advise. At their age I don't see any revelation about getting righteous in salvation of this country or this system. Sorry guys, but you are barking up the wrong tree on this.

Posted by: buffy at March 18, 2013 03:46 PM (INAPN)

214 Odd, I blocked moo moo and Andrew Beitbart/erg also disappeared. Or was it troll buster?

Posted by: museisluse at March 18, 2013 03:54 PM (DGx2X)

215

The LA Times has the infamous Khalidi tape

http://tinyurl.com/d6ndujt

Posted by: disa at March 18, 2013 04:22 PM (R+h7Q)

216 If the Kochs buy the LAT, I'd like to see them fire absolutely everyone and replace them with people from the Breitbart operation, along with people from Cato and just for giggles some of the Reason wackos.

It. Could. Work.

Posted by: filbert at March 18, 2013 05:19 PM (NaNKB)

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