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12 years ago @ Big Hollywood - BH Interview: Adam Bal... · 0 replies · +2 points
Back all those years ago, twitter was barely a blip on the radar. But Baldwin had already spent years connecting with "Firefly" fans online, and understood the power of a fan base to create a swell of support and demonstrate a proof of audience, independent of studios or networks.
It's also easy to forget that the core of Chuck's socially-networked, internet-enabled fans were Browncoats, who had followed Baldwin to "Chuck". And when those fans saw that a favorite show might be cancelled, they were prepared as no other fan base to take fast, aggressive and creative action to save it.
So yes, the first two seasons of the show were amazing. Yes, Scooter Rosenbaum, Matthew Miller and others brought amazing writing talent to the show. But still, the show would have been cancelled if not for the fan base, and the fan base would not have been what it was without Adam Baldwin continuing to feed it, trolls and all.
Baldwin doesn't get hired for his social media outreach. But credit where credit is due: there would not have been a season 3 (or 4 or 5) of "Chuck" without him in the cast.
12 years ago @ Big Hollywood - Liberal Film Critics P... · 0 replies · +1 points
12 years ago @ Big Hollywood - 'Straw Dogs' Blu-Ray R... · 0 replies · +1 points
However: you can have my MacBook Air when you pry it from my cold, dead hands. ;-)
12 years ago @ Big Government - Faith in Big Governmen... · 0 replies · +5 points
As detailed in today's NYTimes, Corzine used his political influence to get the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to back off from instituting a proposed rule that "would have restricted a complicated transaction that allowed MF Global in essence to borrow money from its own customers." The firm then went on to borrow that money, found itself in trouble, and at some point actually dipped into client accounts to cover their positions.
Whether those client funds are actually missing or end up being found in the system somewhere, clients were first locked out of trading, and now find themselves in the position of having to come up with the cash to re-cover their margins or else have counterparties sell their positions out from under them.
Meanwhile the SIPC & bankruptcy court seem to be prioritizing the protection of large broker-dealers ahead of small investors in their every decision. So don't believe the nonsense about, "The system worked, we let MF Global fail." This disaster has already cost the taxpayers, and will continue to cost us more.
12 years ago @ Commentary Magazine - The End of Corzineās... · 0 replies · +1 points
Funny you should say that: one of the pension funds that appears to have been defrauded by Corzine's MF Global is TIAA-CREF. You know, the teachers' union's pension fund. Oops.
12 years ago @ Big Government - Rape, Gropes, and Assa... · 0 replies · +6 points
12 years ago @ Big Government - Police Arrest 30 at #O... · 0 replies · +1 points
12 years ago @ Big Government - Police Arrest 30 at #O... · 1 reply · +3 points
12 years ago @ Big Government - Police Arrest 30 at #O... · 5 replies · +12 points
The rest of the city council "have supported the protest 'despite a storm of criticism from nearly every economic class within and outside of Portland,'" said Councilman Randy Leonard (in The Oregonian), and my question at this point is, Why? Why are we allowing this clearly illegal activity to continue? Since when is camping in public spaces a First Amendment right?
This part of downtown Portland is already full of empty storefronts, because shoppers were chased away by aggressive panhandlers that the city has failed to police. We're all just hoping that the upcoming elections will give us the chance to make a clean sweep of city government. We're a soft-hearted bunch and we're willing to do a lot to help get health care and other services to the chronically homeless, but Occupy Portland has finally exceeded our limits.
12 years ago @ Breitbart.tv - #OccupySanDiego Media ... · 0 replies · +38 points