Bill Doskoch

Sample dialogue from Showgirls: “You’re a stripper!” “I’m a dancer!” Says it all!

Brendan Carr tweet: Broadcasters that are running hoaxes and news distortions - also known as the fake news - have a chance now to correct course before their license renewals come up. The law is clear. Broadcasters must operate in the public interest, and they will lose their licenses if they do not. And frankly, changing course is in their own business interests since trust in legacy media has now fallen to an all time low of just 9% and are ratings disasters. The American people have subsidized broadcasters to the tune of billions of dollars by providing free access to the nation’s airwaves. It is very important to bring trust back into media, which has earned itself the label of fake news. When a political candidate is able to win a landslide election victory after in the face of hoaxes and distortions, there is something very wrong. It means the public has lost faith and confidence in the media. And we can’t allow that to happen. Time for change! Trump "Truth": Yet again, an intentionally misleading headline by the Fake News Media about the five tanker planes that were supposedly struck down at an Airport in Saudi Arabia, and of no further use. In actuality, the Base was hit a few days ago, but the planes were not “struck” or “destroyed.” Four of the five had virtually no damage, and are already back in service. One had slightly more damage, but will be in the air shortly. None were destroyed, or close to that, as the Fake News said in headlines. The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal (in particular), and other Lowlife “Papers” and Media actually want us to lose the War. Their terrible reporting is the exact opposite of the actual facts! They are truly sick and demented people that have no idea the damage they cause the United States of America. Fortunately, as proven by our Great and Conclusive Election Win in 2024, the People of our Country understand what is happening far better than the Fake News Media! President DONALD J. TRUMP

FCC to journalists: cover the Iran war the way the president prefers or lose your broadcast license.

"No quarter" is an international war crime. That's what the defense secretary champions in a White House full of criminals.

The Framing Game: Why We Call Affordable Mobility “Too Costly” While Subsidizing Cars. Or: How a society convinced itself that saving money is actually spending it

“We’ve all trained ourselves to see car infrastructure as ‘normal’— and therefore its costs as invisible. Roads aren’t expensive, they’re just there. Parking spaces aren’t subsidies, they’re just ‘necessary’.”

The “Framing Game” via @katjadiehl.bsky.social.

Smith has hired a crony to manufacture a report saying Nenshi is the reason the water main failed

#ableg

Fake rooms, props and a script to lure victims: inside an abandoned Cambodia scam centre Sprawling compound, including mock-up banks and police offices, uncovered by Thai military during border clashes

Fake rooms, props and a script to lure victims: inside an abandoned Cambodia scam centre

Dark money group offers influencers $1,500 for posts attacking Chicago Democratic primary candidate Progressive House candidate Kat Abughazaleh told MS NOW the secretive campaign is “filled with false and defamatory claims.”

EXCLUSIVE: A dark money group is offering influencers $1,500 for posts attacking Chicago Democratic primary candidate @katmabu.bsky.social

www.ms.now/news/kat-abu...

Pink Floyd’s “Time.”

Goodfellas, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Bladerunner, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.

“The sooner David Ellison takes over that network, the better.” — Pete Hegseth, war minister, speaking of CNN today. In public.

Orbánization of the media is having a moment because of Hegseth's performance.

Read Greg Sargent's interpretation. bsky.app/profile/greg...

Bezos’ Post Charm Offensive After being MIA during sweeping layoffs at the paper, Jeff Bezos met with a small group of Washington Post staffers, where the discussion ranged from the paper’s future to the mogul’s role in “Melania...

After being MIA during sweeping layoffs at the paper, Jeff Bezos met with a small group of Washington Post staffers, where the discussion ranged from the paper’s future to the mogul’s role in “Melania.”

The details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/jeff-bezos...

When you’re stupid enough, all kinds of things can happen

Tech oligarchs reshape humanity while billionaires of old seem quaint From Gates to Musk and Altman, today’s ultra-rich steer AI and tech, raising questions about who decides the future

Tech oligarchs reshape humanity while billionaires of old seem quaint

Carney says he supports US invading Iran, Cuba, and possibly Canada "with some regret" "It's a good thing that Trump is the most peaceful president in history who ends all wars, right?"

Carney says he supports US invading Iran, Cuba, and possibly Canada "with some regret"

Majority consensus reached on Iran's next supreme leader, Mehr news reports A majority consensus over a ​successor to Iran's slain ‌Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has more ​or less been ​reached, Assembly of Experts ⁠member Ayatollah Mohammadmehdi Mirbaqeri ​said on Sunday, ​according to Mehr news agency.

Majority consensus reached on Iran's next supreme leader, Mehr news reports reut.rs/3Ng58Sa

A reminder of a time when humanity was a given when choosing statesmen.
Three minutes of time worth sharing.

NYT: In war’s first week, a punishing military campaign with no coherent endgame

I spend a lot of time criticizing the U.S. media’s failures to confront the fascist regime. But I think the NY Times and other outlets are showing serious skepticism about this appalling war. The coverage is far less sycophantic than in the Iraq war, for example. They need to keep exposing the lies.

What Is Kari Lake Trying to Achieve? The Arizona politician has wasted millions of dollars while blocking U.S. efforts to bring reliable news to repressive countries.

Background www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Your cost of living likely to go higher as Trump’s war-induced oil price hike seeps into Canadian economy Economists say that while a price increase for oil and gas is welcome news in Canada's oil patch, the longer the war with Iran lasts the more likely inflation will

Your cost of living likely to surge as Donald Trump’s war-induced oil price hike seeps into Canadian economy

I don't ever want to hear that it's wrong to call them Nazis again.

Geopolitical turmoil in the Middle East once again shows that reliance on volatile oil and gas exposes economies to price shocks.

Renewables, electrification and storage offer more stable long term energy costs and stronger energy security.

In fairness, by his own past accounts, he likely thought they were losers for getting killed.

On this day in 1983, New Order released “Blue Monday” as a 12-inch single on Factory Records. It would go on to become the best-selling 12-inch single in history, cementing its place as one of the most influential tracks of the decade.

Is this meta or what? Anwar Knight, former weather guy with CTV Toronto, is playing a weather guy in a Tim Hortons “roll up the rim to win” TV ad.

Ah, thanks!

Wasn’t the name Bobby Bittman, or was that a totally different Eugene Levy character?