cactusflinthead

Disgruntled grumbling

This season grieves me.

I didn't start a bombing run until you did. You negged the only comment I had in the thread until this one. You earned every one of them. Maybe try not being a dick. See how that works out for you.

Wilks, Dunn, and Paxton

I've got time to kill, so I have been busy with covering negs and giving them back.

Is that a bit? There are some people in clit denial? Well we know he's been denied. But...for real?

Damn that's a hard 2 points

Who could have foreseen such a thing? I've avoided this thread and I see no reason to change that.

What the hell does this all mean? "Under this new shareholder rights plan, Cumulus Media will issue one right for each share of Class A and Class B common stock owned by March 4, 2024. These rights will become exercisable if any entity acquires 15% or more of Cumulus’s Class A common stock, offering other shareholders the option to buy additional shares at a significant discount, thus diluting the acquirer’s stake. This condition applies equally to all shareholders, with the board retaining the option to terminate the plan if necessary. Renew also acquired a sizeable share of Audacy in August. Cumulus Chairman of the Board Andrew Hobson stated, “Given the facts, the Cumulus Board firmly believes it is necessary to adopt a limited-duration rights plan to protect the interests of all Cumulus shareholders. The Rights Plan is intended to enable the Company’s shareholders to realize the long-term value of their investment, ensure that all shareholders receive fair and equal treatment in the event of any proposed takeover of the Company, and guard against tactics to gain control of the Company without paying all shareholders an appropriate premium for that control.” “Cumulus Media’s leadership maintains open dialogue with its investors, including the Group, and intends to continue that practice.” https://radioink.com/2024/02/22/cumulus-media-takes-poison-pill-as-hostile-takeover-emerges/

WASHINGTON (AP) — A man who was employed as a Tennessee sheriff’s deputy when he assaulted police officers protecting the U.S. Capitol from a mob of Donald Trump supporters was sentenced on Thursday to nearly six years in prison. Ronald Colton McAbee wore a bulletproof vest with two patches — one that said “SHERIFF” and another bearing an insignia for the Three Percenters militia movement — when he stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6. 2021. https://apnews.com/article/ronald-mcabee-sheriffs-deputy-capitol-riot-9ec6b70f0af0c722c8d3aa83902ebf17

Today in FAFO

I'm in the "get in the dance and see what happens" camp.

Utah https://www.thecooldown.com/green-business/turf-buyback-program-utah-lawn/ In January, the state legislature proposed earmarking $12 million to continue paying residents to give their thirsty, high-maintenance grass the old heave-ho. Since 2019, Utah’s turf buyback program has helped homeowners pull up over four million square feet of lawn. In return, participants get cash to landscape with climate-approved plants or hardscaping.

Occasionally, Lewis will need to take a break from staring at his own dysfunctions and addictions to bury himself in the phobias and pain of others—writer Richard Yates, for instance, whose new collection of short stories Lewis keeps beside him. “He’s very dark, an alcoholic,” he says of the dead author, whose writings are thick with gloom. Or maybe Lewis will pop into his portable CD player a disc by the late confessional folkie Tim Hardin, who wrote so viscerally of his anguish you could taste blood and tears on every track. “Heartbreaking shit.” The comedian offers his highest praise. By the way, Richard Lewis swears he’s never been happier. Long cat interview with Wilonsky from 2001 https://www.thepitchkc.com/hope-sinks/

https://twitter.com/BettyBowers/status/1762934805182787819?t=xK4nds_c-ht16NcVjYh0Ag&s=19 Oh Elon doesn't allow embedding of the tweet. That's ok bud. I can screenshot it.

Oof

Meanwhile

Well that didn't last long

Oh hell yeah. Top shelf