Curt McGirt Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 (edited) Sounds like prospectors combing the land for gold deposits in the wild west. "Hey, I heard there's money to be made in Boston, time to pick up stakes and move." Judging from the talk Jon Stewart had with an FTC rep on The Daily Show on Monday, I have serious doubts as to their level of power in this country anymore. Edited April 3 by Curt McGirt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greggulator Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 Just now, Curt McGirt said: Sounds like prospectors combing the land for gold deposits in the wild west. Judging from the talk Jon Stewart had with an FTC rep on The Daily Show on Monday, I have serious doubts as to their level of power in this country anymore. I've had to write a few things on the FTC and its oversight on mergers/acquisitions. They do a lot with the resources they have. There has been an increase in the amount of anti-trust challenges under Biden, and a lot of other changes that make it more difficult for these to proceed. There are new rules proposed and being considered (and some in place already) to increase their oversight but there are people fighting these rules in the eternal push/pull over how much our government should regulate business. There probably should be a lot more. But, especially under the Biden Administration, there has been a huge push to increase oversight. The SEC governs different things. But they put through a lot of rules about what I write about that resulted in what a lot of people called the most significant changes to the government's regulatory power over the US financial industry since Dodd-Frank. (That's the laws put in place after the 2008 financial crisis.) And the rules Biden put in place were also watered down from what they were originally asking for. There's a lot more we should do. There are a lot of people really pushing for stricter anti-trust concerns -- Bernie and Elizabeth Warren come to mind, but probably the person most effective in highlighting the issue is Amy Klobuchar. I'll check out the Jon Stewart thing either. That crosses all of my paths since I write about this stuff and was/am also a stand-up coming. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 I have to admit I just got disheartened and turned off the interview after awhile. Also her opening up nearly every answer with "Well, look..." screamed to me "she isn't gonna tell the truth". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technico Support Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 59 minutes ago, Greggulator said: and was/am also a stand-up coming. I find sitting or lying down easier 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godfrey Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 (edited) Thanks @Greggulator, I appreciate the perspective. I don't want to get into it too much but I work on the other end of the financialized housing system, dealing with the fallout at ground level so to speak, and it just sucks that to fund some peoples' retirement we have to ruin others' Edit: Huh it didn't tag right Edited April 3 by Godfrey 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technico Support Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 (edited) 11 hours ago, hammerva said: So who had Drew Gulak accused of sexual harassment on their 2024 bingo card? According to Ronda Rousey, Drew grabbed the strings on her sweatpants. His completely serious defense is that he went to shake hands with her and his hand got caught on the string of her pants. That's like that time I tripped and fell ass first right onto a dick. It happens. Edited April 3 by Technico Support 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonzombie Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 Lots of things are broken here in this magical land. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirSmUgly Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 11 minutes ago, Technico Support said: His completely serious defense is that we went to shake hands with her and his hand got caught on the string of her pants. That's like that time I tripped and fell ass first right onto a dick. It happens. I see you've never been in a sauna while drunk, mister judgmental. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamhock Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 All of this pension talk makes me realize what a unicorn I am in the modern age, having being employed at two private-sector companies (including my current one) that offered a pension plan. I say "offered", because both ended enrollment in the plan to new employees and just kept the legacy folks in there. And my current employer is as solid as they go - a private monopoly that can never be leveraged/sold/merged. I look at the projected "if you stay here until 65, your benefit is:" page on the pension site every month like an obsessive recluse. At my advanced age, I just need to grimly hold onto my current job for another dozen years, and take the lump sum distribution. I'll be one of those jerks from my grandparents' generation - not well-off, but with plenty of non-perishable goods in the bomb shelter. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GodzillaPerez Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 There is a scenario where I see Gulak's point of view. Granted, it's in the fictional "Curb Your Enthusiasm" universe. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirSmUgly Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 Every time I see GodzillaPerez'z sig, I think two things: John Nord should have had a better career That might be the best opening to a wrestling match ever (runner-up is the baseball slide out of the darkness that Owen Hart hits on Waltman at KotR '94) On another note, Ronda Rousey being the one to air out all of these wrestling weirdos in the modern WWE was not on my bingo card, but I'm here for it. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodyChamp Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 What exactly happened at 1:01 in this video? The noise. Were they pumping slam into the canvas noise? https://youtu.be/opspjkqrF50?si=eCu_3cpokLpBeNkG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coletti Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 19 minutes ago, BloodyChamp said: What exactly happened at 1:01 in this video? The noise. Were they pumping slam into the canvas noise? https://youtu.be/opspjkqrF50?si=eCu_3cpokLpBeNkG Sounds like somebody outside is hitting the steps right before the choke slam. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nice Guy Eddie Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 3 hours ago, GodzillaPerez said: There is a scenario where I see Gulak's point of view. Granted, it's in the fictional "Curb Your Enthusiasm" universe. Not complete without the CYE theme https://youtu.be/Ag1o3koTLWM?si=3ujRxX_s_55WgeGR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChesterCopperpot Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 1 hour ago, Coletti said: Sounds like somebody outside is hitting the steps right before the choke slam. Yeah - it's Eddie whipping Bubba Ray into the steps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shartnado Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 11 hours ago, SirSmUgly said: I see you've never been in a sauna while drunk, mister judgmental. There are times, when you have tons of experience on the issue that is being discussed and at the same time find yourself thinking: "Wait a minute, have I been doing this all wrong somehow? ALL this time?!?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 if I were an on-screen wrestling persona, I'd wonder how many segments I could get out of knocking off Joe Flaherty's Guy Caballero character until enough people figured out what was going on now, i'm still pretty tired of on-screen authority figures but I could embrace the idea of someone falsely claiming to be an authority figure 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxB Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 Wasn't that Drew McIntryre's gimmick in his first WWE run? When Teddy Long would book him like a midcarder, and then he'd show up with a letter (he claimed was from) Vince, saying to put him in the main event instead? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nate Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 How mutually exclusive are we allowing "Drew Gulak: Sex Pest" and "victims of school shootings are crisis actors" to be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert S Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 21 hours ago, Technico Support said: His completely serious defense is that he went to shake hands with her and his hand got caught on the string of her pants. That's like that time I tripped and fell ass first right onto a dick. It happens. That reminds me of a classmate in school who accidentally grabbed a teacher by her tits. It went something like we was walking around a right corner, for whatever reason had his hands up and was talking (and looking) to a colleague on his left side. Obviously the teacher was also walking around that corner in the other direction. From what I got the guy (who was around 15-16 from what I remember) was really embarrassed while the teacher (who from what I remember was pretty young and good looking - just to paint a picture) took it cool (because it was obvious that it was not on purpose). On the other hand, how is anyone expected to take a move or strike from Gulak if he can't even hit a stationary target like a hand. Or is he also used to thigh slapping that he even wants to do that when shacking somebody's hand? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbarrie Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 On 4/2/2024 at 9:20 PM, Greggulator said: This is what I write about professionally. I am sleep deprived so bare with me if I mix anything up. You mixed up "bare" and "bear".:) But seriously, many thanks for this and your subsequent posts. Your explanations on subjects like this are always engaging and informative. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 8 hours ago, AxB said: Wasn't that Drew McIntryre's gimmick in his first WWE run? When Teddy Long would book him like a midcarder, and then he'd show up with a letter (he claimed was from) Vince, saying to put him in the main event instead? I was thinking more like "person falsely claiming he could book other people into matches" than "person claiming to be the bosses favorite" maybe Ronnie P. Gossett showing up claiming to be the new announcer in Memphis comes to mind here too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 On 4/3/2024 at 1:11 PM, Technico Support said: His completely serious defense is that he went to shake hands with her and his hand got caught on the string of her pants. That's like that time I tripped and fell ass first right onto a dick. It happens. yeah his defense is a lot worse than the time that I was playing a form of hockey in a gym floor on a basketball court, and I kept swinging my stick into other people's hands 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 Brian Griese’s dog believes him 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technico Support Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 22 hours ago, GodzillaPerez said: There is a scenario where I see Gulak's point of view. Granted, it's in the fictional "Curb Your Enthusiasm" universe. He’s probably also a floor fucker 19 hours ago, Nice Guy Eddie said: Not complete without the CYE theme https://youtu.be/Ag1o3koTLWM?si=3ujRxX_s_55WgeGR Looool that’s my ringtone 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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