JohnAlbert wrote: Fri Feb 28, 2025 8:24 am Jon Stewart has really fallen off.

If he'd stayed in retirement he could have gone out on a high note. Now it looks as if his final legacy is going to be the legitimization of fascists.

Jon Stewart is an entertainer and his show airs on the "Comedy Central" network (owned by Paramount - who is trying to settle the 60 minutes lawsuit with Trump so they can close some sort of mega-merger of many billions with Larry Ellison's (Trump friend) son..feel investigate further, but it in short they are in it for the money). The show is quite literally a farce. It's not fair to him or us to consider him some kind of voice of the people. He plays a journalist on TV, but he has taken no vow to uphold journalistic integrity or anything of the sort. and his job is dependent on the shareholders.

Jon Stewart is going to slice Elon's tits off like pepperoni. If you think Jon is going to miss an opportunity to blast that fuckhead into outer space, you're wrong.

ah, guess nothing's been confirmed yet. Like the proposed Zuckerberg UFC match, he'll probably wimp out.

(blah blah we're living in Idiocracy etc.)

Ignoring the facists isn't going to work anymore. They are controlling the message and building the media. I think it's smart that democrats are starting to go on Fox News and show their viewers a different perspective. Jon Stewart isn't going to give Elon a softball interview, if it happens. If he does, he'll ruin his reputation, but I don't think that's what would motivate him to do a serious interview. Elon is getting softballed by the press. They call him a genius and "well, he's so smart, he must be doing something great!" It's disgusting.

cakes wrote: Fri Feb 28, 2025 10:17 am Ignoring the facists isn't going to work anymore. They are controlling the message and building the media. I think it's smart that democrats are starting to go on Fox News and show their viewers a different perspective.

That's different though. The messaging Bernie, AOC, Crockett, and a few governors are doing is great. Platforming fringe freaks is another story.

Elon is getting softballed by the press. They call him a genius and "well, he's so smart, he must be doing something great!" It's disgusting.

He's famously thin-skinned (banning critics on X right and left) and has yet to veer outside of the hard right bubble, at least since this all started. And we already know his playbook: he does the exact same things at every company down to the wording. Most of us should continue to laugh at his horrible clothes and moronic chainsaw wielding, and probably not expect a good faith interview to do much.

penningtron wrote: Fri Feb 28, 2025 11:43 am He's famously thin-skinned (banning critics on X right and left) and has yet to veer outside of the hard right bubble, at least since this all started. And we already know his playbook: he does the exact same things at every company down to the wording. Most of us should continue to laugh at his horrible clothes and moronic chainsaw wielding, and probably not expect a good faith interview to do much.

A coke and K freak doesn't just stop when they like. Same is true for degenerate alcoholics.

Jon Stewart will absolutely call out Musk, to his face, for being a gacked-up junkie.

This is a pretty crazy sit down. Trump does sit downs like this, where he drops bombs on people five minutes before he takes a stage. I'm shocked that Zelensky didn't bark, "Don't fucking touch me."

I'll post the presser they have planned also.

Nevermind. He just threw Zelensky out of the White House, and withdrew from peace talks and further military support.

“We had a very meaningful meeting in the White House today. Much was learned that could never be understood without conversation under such fire and pressure. It’s amazing what comes out through emotion, and I have determined that President Zelenskyy is not ready for Peace if America is involved, because he feels our involvement gives him a big advantage in negotiations. I don’t want advantage, I want PEACE. He disrespected the United States of America in its cherished Oval Office. He can come back when he is ready for Peace.”

^ The whole thing seemed staged, like it's what Trump wanted all along.

jfv wrote: Fri Feb 28, 2025 12:42 pm ^ The whole thing seemed staged, like it's what Trump wanted all along.

Bingo. Politics is now pro wrestling.

jfv wrote: Fri Feb 28, 2025 12:42 pm ^ The whole thing seemed staged, like it's what Trump wanted all along.

Yes. This is what he does. He drops demands/bombs on dignitaries five minutes before they get in front of the press. Then he gang-fucks on anyone who doesn't 'play ball'. That fucking little piglet J P Mandel is there to be a fucking tough guy, and the rest of the soulless ghouls like Howard Lutnick are there to laugh and clap like seals. This is classic 'gunboat diplomacy', or political extortion if you don't care for historic euphemisms, or a protection racket if you're into Mob culture.