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    Steve Miller
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    It’s almost like corporations aren’t really people.

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      Gone - Land of the Free and Home of the Brave. Republicans replaced that with Be Afraid of "Them" and the Government will tell you what to do and say.

      sad

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        What we are learning this year is that American corporations can not ever... ever be trusted. Never. They'll sell out Democracy in a heartbeat. We saw this summer how so many corporations, historically "supportive" of LGBTs, withdrew support for pride events. How many of them turned their backs on efforts to be inclusive. F&#^ them all.

        I urge everyone to boycott Disney, ABC, and all their affiliates.

        BTW, Jerry Greenfield of Ben & Jerry's quit Unilever today because he says he was being stifled.

        Big business is not your friend.

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        Axtremus
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        @Bernard said in Now Jimmy Kimmel:

        ... We saw this summer how so many corporations, historically "supportive" of LGBTs, withdrew support for pride events. How many of them turned their backs on efforts to be inclusive.

        Well, historically, most of them were not supportive of LGBTs before they became supportive of LGBTs.

        I urge everyone to boycott Disney, ABC, and all their affiliates.

        i used to watch a lot of Disney shows when I had cable TV subscription, but these days I already consume very little, almost nil, of Disney or ABC's content. Nothing to do with Kimmel; it's been like this before Kimmel's cancellation. And I still plan to watch those Marvel (owned by Disney) superhero movies when new ones are released.

        Big business is not your friend.

        Never thought they were, it's really just business. I just find it hard very inconvenient to live without them. My car, the gasoline, the electricity, my phone, my computer, my Internet access, ... they are all products of "big businesses."

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          @Bernard said in Now Jimmy Kimmel:

          ... We saw this summer how so many corporations, historically "supportive" of LGBTs, withdrew support for pride events. How many of them turned their backs on efforts to be inclusive.

          Well, historically, most of them were not supportive of LGBTs before they became supportive of LGBTs.

          I urge everyone to boycott Disney, ABC, and all their affiliates.

          i used to watch a lot of Disney shows when I had cable TV subscription, but these days I already consume very little, almost nil, of Disney or ABC's content. Nothing to do with Kimmel; it's been like this before Kimmel's cancellation. And I still plan to watch those Marvel (owned by Disney) superhero movies when new ones are released.

          Big business is not your friend.

          Never thought they were, it's really just business. I just find it hard very inconvenient to live without them. My car, the gasoline, the electricity, my phone, my computer, my Internet access, ... they are all products of "big businesses."

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          Bernard
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          @Axtremus said in Now Jimmy Kimmel:

          Never thought they were, it's really just business. I just find it hard very inconvenient to live without them. My car, the gasoline, the electricity, my phone, my computer, my Internet access, ... they are all products of "big businesses."

          We pay a price for convenience, always. That doesn't mean we shouldn't enjoy convenience, but we should be aware of what we're giving up when we choose to let corporations run amok. We don't have to live in a nation where corporations have more power than the people. The people are sovereign, not corporations.

          It's not a question of whether or not you get much from Disney, ABC, CBS, and the whole lot of them. It's a question of our Constitutional rights.

          I cannot, and will not, support companies for whom Democracy and the Constitution, with it's Amendments, mean so little. They don't deserve corporate charters.

          The industrial revolution cheapened everything.

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            Corporations are only interested in one thing--making money for their shareholders and themselves. That's it. They are amoral entities. Which of course is why they should never be considered "persons." Persons, typically, have consciences. Corporations do not.

            As for Kimmel, when I heard the news, the first thing I said to Mr. Pique is, "This is getting really scary."

            And, it is. I mean, the handwriting has been on the wall for quite some time that this was where we are headed, but here is the proof. We're there now.

            I tell myself all the time, lately, that we are foolish for not getting out of this country while the getting is good. But just thinking about it is paralyzing. "Am I really sure it is time to go? How will I know when it is time to go?" Which is how my ethnic group ended up in death camps.

            I am heartened by all the strong voices in public life that are still speaking out. We have got to fight this as hard as we can, as hard as we know how. The next No Kings march is October 18th. I've joined my local Indivisible organization and I'm going to take their trainings. It feels like it isn't much, but at least it isn't nothing.

            fear is the thief of dreams

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              Corporations are only interested in one thing--making money for their shareholders and themselves. That's it. They are amoral entities. Which of course is why they should never be considered "persons." Persons, typically, have consciences. Corporations do not.

              As for Kimmel, when I heard the news, the first thing I said to Mr. Pique is, "This is getting really scary."

              And, it is. I mean, the handwriting has been on the wall for quite some time that this was where we are headed, but here is the proof. We're there now.

              I tell myself all the time, lately, that we are foolish for not getting out of this country while the getting is good. But just thinking about it is paralyzing. "Am I really sure it is time to go? How will I know when it is time to go?" Which is how my ethnic group ended up in death camps.

              I am heartened by all the strong voices in public life that are still speaking out. We have got to fight this as hard as we can, as hard as we know how. The next No Kings march is October 18th. I've joined my local Indivisible organization and I'm going to take their trainings. It feels like it isn't much, but at least it isn't nothing.

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              Bernard
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              @pique We need a national strike.

              For me, watching and reading Jen Rubin and Norm Eisen at The Contrarian helps a lot.

              The industrial revolution cheapened everything.

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                @pique We need a national strike.

                For me, watching and reading Jen Rubin and Norm Eisen at The Contrarian helps a lot.

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                @Bernard said in Now Jimmy Kimmel:

                @pique We need a national strike.

                For me, watching and reading Jen Rubin and Norm Eisen at The Contrarian helps a lot.

                totally agree about the national strike. long overdue. I have had to stop watching all the podcasts and stuff on substack. my inbox was becoming a nightmare.

                fear is the thief of dreams

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                  I suppose this speaks to @Bernard's point:

                  When even Ben & Jerry’s can’t speak out, it’s clear: the era of corporate responsibility is over | Austin Sarat

                  https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/sep/19/trump-ben-and-jerrys

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                    Link to video

                    When the world wearies and society ceases to satisfy, there is always the garden - Minnie Aumônier

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                      Steve Miller
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                      😀😀😀

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                        Piano*Dad
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                        Yeah, Maher was indeed "cancelled" by ABC under fire from the Bush administration. And he was cancelled for saying something arguably correct, that the people who flew the planes into the WTC and the Pentagon may have been scum but they were not cowards.

                        Crazy economist who likes to write about higher education.

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                          Bernard
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                          Robert Reich on the power of the people...
                          https://open.substack.com/pub/robertreich/p/the-deeper-story-behind-americas?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

                          The industrial revolution cheapened everything.

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                            Steve Miller
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                            Aaannnd -he’s back!

                            https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/22/entertainment/jimmy-kimmel-returning

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                              Wow!! I wasn't expecting that! I wonder how many affiliates will air something else in that time slot.

                              From that CNN article:

                              His show employs between 200 and 250 people.

                              Yep, that's the other thing that didn't get much attention, and that I didn't think of either. Good luck to them all!

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                                Link to video

                                LATimes has a good overview of the Kimmel story:

                                https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2025-09-23/jimmy-kimmel-returns-monologue-abc-suspension

                                When the world wearies and society ceases to satisfy, there is always the garden - Minnie Aumônier

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                                  Link to video

                                  LATimes has a good overview of the Kimmel story:

                                  https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2025-09-23/jimmy-kimmel-returns-monologue-abc-suspension

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                                  Bernard
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                                  @wtg It was a good monologue. Glad to see he's still pulling punches.

                                  The industrial revolution cheapened everything.

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                                    I agree. It was a good monologue.

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                                      Our ABC affiliate is a Sinclair station, so it was pre-empted here. I don’t actually watch TV, so I watched the monologue on YouTube. Glad he’s back.

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                                        Bernard
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                                        Are the brain dead republicans ever going to wake up!?

                                        kimmel.jpg

                                        The industrial revolution cheapened everything.

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                                          Besides all the other reasons this is problematic, doesn't the leader of a massive country have more important things to be doing with his time???

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