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Joe Perez 10-06-2018 11:18 AM


Originally Posted by stratosteve (Post 1505262)
Not sure I follow

:bowrofl:

Joe Perez 10-06-2018 11:30 AM


Originally Posted by z31maniac (Post 1505258)
Side note: I really dig all the pics you share of the news room and engineering infrastructure at the station.

I've built a lot of control rooms over the years, but WGN Control 2 is my favorite. We had enough space to make it three rows deep, and enough ceiling height to elevate each row 8" above the one in front of it. Normally, the back row is empty, but during special coverage (elections, breaking news, etc), the executive producers sit there so that they can be right in the action, versus at their regular offices back in the newsroom.

The overall effect is very much like a small-scale version of Mission Control at NASA, especially when the vibe is flowing and everyone is in their groove. I keep a wireless headset in my office which is tied to the news party-line intercom channel, so that in an emergency I can hear everything that the producer / director / TD are saying. I had it on all day yesterday (thank FSM for lithium batteries), and it was really quite satisfying to listen to everyone just being cool as a cucumber and acting like utter professionals as Chicago was teetering on the brink of riot. The director during the 1p-2p shift was actually leaning back in his chair and casually sipping coffee while calling the shots for the biggest news story of the year. I interpret the fact that the whole news staff was just calm and relaxed as validation of that fact that the stuff my team built works.


The photos I post are pretty cherry-picked. Most of the images in my DCIM directory are indistinguishable from any large IT operation. Like this, for instance. I mean, who isn't tired of being on the roof of the John Hancock tower? (yawn.)


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stratosteve 10-06-2018 12:28 PM

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stratosteve 10-06-2018 04:18 PM

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Joe Perez 10-06-2018 05:00 PM


Originally Posted by Braineack (Post 1505155)
Christine Blasey Ford killed Jesus.

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ryansmoneypit 10-06-2018 05:15 PM

Whoever built and installed Lindsey Graham's front bridge should be out of business. I could do better with modeling clay.

Joe Perez 10-06-2018 05:20 PM

To be clear, we're talking about prosthetic dentistry, right?

Assuming this to be the case, I prefer the Thai peanut salad. No idea how they consistently churn out such amazing dishes with such simple ingredients.

BGordon 10-08-2018 03:12 PM

So did anything actually come of the riot possibilities as a result of the 2nd degree murder conviction?

Joe Perez 10-08-2018 04:11 PM


Originally Posted by BGordon (Post 1505483)
So did anything actually come of the riot possibilities as a result of the 2nd degree murder conviction?

Fortunately, no.

There were a lot of people on the street, and a few minor skirmishes with police, but as night fell, the crowds dissipated without any major violence.

The vibe in the city seems to be "It's nice that he was convicted, but that doesn't fix the system" Activists are calling for pretty much everyone to resign.

It will be interesting to see what happens during the sentencing. This isn't over.

Braineack 10-09-2018 09:10 AM

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BGordon 10-09-2018 03:17 PM

I don't know where you come up with that stuff but it sure is FUNNY.

Personal favorite is the Alyssa Milano tweet.
Noticed it was from 2017
Guess haters just keep on hating.

Joe Perez 10-09-2018 07:39 PM

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Monk 10-09-2018 09:26 PM

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mgeoffriau 10-09-2018 09:30 PM

Kind of looks like Egon on the left.

good2go 10-10-2018 03:09 AM


Originally Posted by mgeoffriau (Post 1505764)
Kind of looks like Egon on the left.

Ehh, looks like Hillary's bitch to me.

Braineack 10-10-2018 08:44 AM

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Joe Perez 10-10-2018 08:52 AM

This didn't take long:

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Braineack 10-10-2018 11:22 AM

#believeallwomen



An attorney hired by Minnesota Democrats to investigate domestic abuse allegations against Minnesota Democratic Rep. Keith Ellison reportedly concluded the accuser’s claim was “unsubstantiated.”

Ellison’s ex-girlfriend, liberal activist Karen Monahan, accused Ellison of physically and emotionally abusing her during their years-long relationship.

Monahan’s refusal to produce a video she claimed proved Ellison’s alleged abuse led Minnesota attorney Susan Ellingstad “to conclude that the allegation is unsubstantiated,” according to a draft version of Ellingstad’s report obtained by The Associated Press.

“An allegation standing alone is not necessarily sufficient to conclude that conduct occurred, particularly where the accusing party declines to produce supporting evidence that she herself asserts exists,” Ellingstad wrote, according to The AP.


#impeachcoons


Senator Chris Coons threw parties at which cocaine was present in addition to wild drinking and petty crime, according to two former classmates of the Delaware Democrat.

Coons attended the wealthy Tower Hill prep school in Wilmington, Delaware, where he graduated with the class of 1981. Coons’ mother married the Gore-Tex waterproof clothing magnate. After moving into a massive ten-thousand square foot mansion, Coons’ mother and stepfather would head to Europe while Coons would host “wild ragers” with “booze kegs” and “white powder.”

“Women were everywhere in bikinis,” recalled a former Tower Hill classmate of Coons.

Coons gave an interview with the newspaper at his alma mater, and remembers: “Going to football training camp the summer before my freshman year was a harrowing experience—it was a new school, a new culture, a new group of guys—but some of my closest friends through high school, college and into today came out of that experience.”

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“I worked harder in high school than I did at Amherst College or at Yale Law School, and if I hadn’t had Tower Hill, I don’t think I would have made it through either,” Coons said.

The New Republic reported: “Coons, who had grown up wealthy and connected in Delaware, might well have followed this route. His mother was married to Robert Gore, whose family founded the company that makes Gore-Tex.”

BLP will update this story upon receiving response from Senator Chris Coons’ Washington office.


Joe Perez 10-10-2018 12:35 PM

Just because a woman deliberately presents herself as a sex-object, and then refuses to provide any corroborating evidence ex post facto, does not mean that there is any reason at all to doubt her claims that rape occurred.

(Also, sidebar: aren't we living in a post-gender culture in which the terms "man" and "woman" are obsolete symbols of a failed patriarchy? I'm confused.)

Braineack 10-10-2018 01:06 PM

#rapeisasocialconstruct


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