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Crockeett's initial statement on this Trump/Republican/MAGA cancel culture (transcript):

I have been briefed somewhat about this Colbert situation, not fully and I'm waiting on a segment. Um, I have done Colbert a number of times if you pay attention. I've done the View a number of times. I've done Kimmel a number of times. I've done all these shows a number of times. We did receive um information suggesting that um the federal government did not shut down this segment.

Number one, that is my understanding that the federal government did not didn't shut this down and we will do an official statement once we get another official statement
that we anticipate is going to be coming um from Carr. All right. So, we will read
what they say and then we'll go from there.

It is our understanding that Colbert either Mr. Colbert or CBS decided that they just get more (distorted) and this was because of a fear that the FCC may say something to them and that there may have been advice to just have me on and then they could clear the issue.

Um it was my understanding that someone somewhere decided we just don't want to do that and instead we're going to just do it this way. So, I don't believe and and let me be clear, I don't have any love for the current FCC. I don't want anybody to believe that I do. I do not have any love for them.

I do think that there are additional layers um at play here. And so before we put
out our formal statement, I do want to make sure that Paramount, who is um the parent company, puts out theirs and we have exactly what happened um versus kind of the mania that just so happened to play out on the very first day of early voting, which feels kind of (distorted).

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Given Crockett's been on multiple times, across the networks, including the View (which has also been strong armed over Talarico) CBS should have just shut their mouths.

But I'm damn glad they didn't! LMAO!

Hi Doc Sarvis:

There's so much unpacking to do about the UK side of this mess, I don't know where to begin.

~The Royal Family has been stung with scandals before, like Camilla Parker-Bowles, Lady Diana's harsh treatment.
~Separately, the UK government has suffered scandals: the Profumo Affair, the Cambridge Five.
~The late Queen reportedly knew about Andrew's sexual escapades with underaged nymphets.
~The Lord Chamberlain was a former director of MI5 and had the "ability to see around corners." But King Charles replaced this uber-competent man with a wealthy political hack when he assumed the throne.
~Inexplicably, the Royal Family hosted Dummkopf Trumpf last year. For what or whose benefit is anyone's guess.
~Then King Charles de-royalizes his younger brother, depriving him of all immunities and privileges.

To save the Royal Family, they have let go of a liability, namely Andrew.

During WWI, the UK Royal Family had to support a war against Cousin Willie (Kaiser Wilhelm) and then they refused to let cousin Nicky (Czar Nicholas II) into the UK after the Russian Revolution. The UK had their share of labor problems and the masses were unhappy with the war.

The difference between the UK and the US reactions may have to do with our system of government and responsiveness.

In the UK, the Royal Family can strip someone of their privileges on-two-three or Parliament can hold a vote of no confidence and snap elections are held.

In the US, we have to wait four years to kick a scoundrel out or try and convince the entire US Congress (both parties) to impeach him.

British longevity and tradition may play a part as well. The Brits survived much longer and more than us Americans. They gave us the Magna Carta and the British pound (along with the Japanese yen and the Russian ruble) are the oldest currencies in the world.

Two countries are described by historians as "experiments": America and the (secular) Turkish Republic. The same might be said of modern day Germany, but I haven't come across that.

The millennia-old United Kingdom that gave the world Shakespeare is certainly not an "experiment."

There is a drudge.com contributor with a British name 'GTBRIT' or somesuch who can probably speak more about this than me.


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