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FoxNewsSucks

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16. I agree, but have a couple points.
Thu Mar 2, 2023, 01:32 PM
Mar 2023

I watched this video, and listen to most Meidas Touch podcasts. Despite the shitting-on being done in other posts, they are generally reliable. I think of their group as being like the Lincoln Project, but always been Democrats/liberals instead of "not-tRumpers".

The problem I have with this, and other similar posts, is that there was no summary of the video. I don't usually have time to watch a 5 minute video, much less 12, 20 or hour-long videos that some post. And am often in a place where it's not practical to stop and watch a video. I'm sure others have similar circumstances. So good posts get overlooked because there isn't even a paragraph or two summarizing the point of the video. I realize that this is my problem, but still, I wish that those who post video would also take a minute to write a summary of why the video is important.

I've seen other mention of the ubiquitous cat posts, along with suggestions of how to minimize seeing that kind of thing. I do get a guilty pleasure from the dog and other rescue type posts; it is a little bit of a break. The minute-by-minute diary thing got tedious a long time ago. For the life of me I don't see why a post about sleeping position followed by a burst of kitty flatulence upon awakening gets in the "Trending" section while good political posts sink. Using the ignore function will keep you from seeing those posts, but that poster puts up good political things as well which I do want to read. So I don't know what the answer is.

Anyway, I hope the posts above are correct that this will not be the effective stall that blows every conviction up. But I can never forget that republicons will use every dirty trick, sink unimaginably low, and do anything to get their way. Including trying something like this.

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Sorry I'm very hard of hearing. I can't get what most videos are saying. Biophilic Mar 2023 #1
"Brady" evidence is any evidence in the hands of the prosecution Ocelot II Mar 2023 #3
...or which might impeach the credibility of a witness Effete Snob Mar 2023 #6
Thank you. Biophilic Mar 2023 #9
I doubt very much that's the reason. The defendants already got all their Brady evidence Ocelot II Mar 2023 #2
Once again your version is shorter and more to the point than mine below. Effete Snob Mar 2023 #5
Thank you, but you performed a valuable service by explaining Ocelot II Mar 2023 #7
Well you are making me feel a little better, BUT given the stacked courts I can believe they will... usaf-vet Mar 2023 #10
Slow Down NowISeetheLight Mar 2023 #17
I'm not wasting a quarter of an hour to watch some guy rant Effete Snob Mar 2023 #4
Yup. Ocelot II Mar 2023 #8
It seems DU has been getting inundated with this kind of thing, picking up the last few months or so Chakaconcarne Mar 2023 #11
I too almost always would rather read than watch Silent3 Mar 2023 #13
Reading is a wonderful way to get information. Until you are in your seventies with the onset.... usaf-vet Mar 2023 #14
Absolutely, people have different information preferences Effete Snob Mar 2023 #15
You have a point, of course; but it would be nice if more of these videos Ocelot II Mar 2023 #18
Totally agree. usaf-vet Mar 2023 #21
"We are a long way off from indictments turning into trials turning into prison sentences" Silent3 Mar 2023 #12
I agree, but have a couple points. FoxNewsSucks Mar 2023 #16
Cat videos are normally posted in the Lounge, where they belong, and can be ignored Ocelot II Mar 2023 #19
I'm not knocking any animal videos, including cats. FoxNewsSucks Mar 2023 #20
So says the ocelot, lol Effete Snob Mar 2023 #24
Well, yeah. My people. Ocelot II Mar 2023 #25
Agreed, agreed, agreed! I would also love a summary. I have pets but would never post there..... usaf-vet Mar 2023 #22
I have a squirrel that visits every day for walnuts Effete Snob Mar 2023 #23
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