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Discovery gone? Where will I get my fix of Battlebots?

I've avoided posting this because it's can easily become partisan and I know we want to avoid that on this board. I do think it's important though.

With Trump threatening tariffs as of late, I'm wondering is that is just a smoke screen to demand concessions on long held American beefs. Americans have always wanted access to our "sacred cows". (Not sure is that is a politically correct term these days but I'm using it.) Restrictions on US dairy sales and ownership of banks come to mind.  Applicable to this board though is the issue ownership of Canadian broadcasting and telecommunication companies (Bell, Rogers, Telus, etc.). Would Trump demand an end to our protection? Would we cave in and change our Telecommunications and Broadcast Acts ownership laws if that meant avoiding tariffs? Would the Canadian Government secretly offer that as a bargaining chip? My hunch is that anything is on the table because we want to keep the economy going and avoid a deep recession plus the Americans have incredible economic power over us. Sigh. :/

Your thoughts?

I use the myTuner app on ROKU to listen to Jazz.FM91, CBC, etc. when I'm in my office. It's like TunedIn. Today, I came across https://play.you.radio/ which seems to have countless commercial free, steaming channels. Like tons of them. The footer says it's from the United Arab Emirates and part of ROR Investment & Securities. They also have an Android and Apple app. 

It's like digital TV; either the signal is there or it's not. I prefer that to holding the antenna for my Dad so he could watch the Leaf's game.

mic'em wrote:

Odds likely 11-1. 

LOL
 

I like this format and was a big fan of the Office and Modern Family. I plan to check it out.

I suggest that someone come up with an election night drinking game based on phrases uttered like popular vote, swing state, the wall, fascist, etc.

Thing is with specialty channels is they have celebrities. People watch the Food Network to see Bobby Flay, Anna Olsen and Ted Allen. It will be tough for Corus's knockoffs to complete.

Well deserved. Congratulations John!

The station's potential audience is "aging out" -- of which I am one.  They need to find the next incarnation of CJRT before it's too late. What might that be?

I never enjoyed Breaking Bad or The Sopranos. Succession is another that escapes me. To each his own.

Can a musician actually stop a politician from playing their music or do they give up their rights when they sign a recording contract? Do politicians pay the musicians for this public playing of the song? 

When I read about protests proclaiming "I don't want candidate X playing my music", it often is worded to imply that they can't do anything about the playing of the song but they're instead making a public statement that they don't want to be associated with the candidate.

Related but not the same, it makes me think of Burton Cummings revoking all public performance of certain songs to stop the Guess Who ™ from performing live. The article said no one could perform these songs live and would impact his income. I'm assuming most artists don't take such extreme measures like the political sitiuation mentioned above.

Thanks in advance for your insights!
 

Bob Newhart provided me with many, many laughs. RIP Bob.

Thank you for sharing this. It was a lot of fun to watch.