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[Day Man]

On 9/18/2025 at 1:31 PM, brabus said:

This was a business decision. If one of your employees is saying or doing things that may hurt your business in one or more ways, you have every right to fire them. Jimmy Kimmel is a POS leftist elite, but he wasn’t fired directly for that, he was fired for being a threat to the success of the business based on his unacceptable rhetoric to the majority (and his ratings were declining). This is in no way a 1A violation, but rather we’re finally seeing consequences for people’s words/actions. He and everyone else is welcome to say horrible things and be a total POS without fear of gov persecution, but they will also be free to reap the consequences of those words dealt out by employers, individuals, etc.

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/22/disney-abc-jimmy-kimmel-return.html

[BashiChuni]

kimmel is a fool and what he said in the moment was entirely inappropriate.

it's fine that he's back on air. i wasn't a fan of what the FCC guy said...government has NO place censoring speech. Just because the Biden Admin massively censored free speech during COVID doesn't make it right. 

kimmel's ratings are in the trash...dude averages 160,000 views per night. he's shouting into the wind and no one cares.

[bfargin]

Not surprised kimmel is back, you know, the facists running the country that are taking plays out of the nazi playbook to quash such brave truth tellers.

[brabus]

1 hour ago, Day Man said:

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/22/disney-abc-jimmy-kimmel-return.html

Too bad. Though Disney has a long track record of losing billions over stupid decision making. Guess they just want to keep losing. No sweat off my back.

[HeloDude]

Wait…I thought the left said that Trump is who caused Kimmel off the air because Trump is against free speech?  So did Trump change his mind, or…?

[Clayton Bigsby]

Could it possibly be that Disney executives are spineless pussies who cave to pressure from all sides?

Bill Maher had a great commentary on that this past weekend, one consolation for Jimmy that he said was “well, at least you won’t have to pretend to like Disneyland anymore!”

[disgruntledemployee]

On 9/21/2025 at 4:26 PM, GKinnear said:

No offense, but even Ms. Cleo knew you were going to post something about this.

Key quote in case you didn't read the whole thing "...because [Homan] had not held an official government position at the time of the meeting with undercover agents..."

It's difficult to get bribed if you have no governmental authority, one of the key elements of the crime.

Also has anonymous sourcing, so excuse me if I'd like to see a bit more before I get concerned.  

 

And just like a Jerry Springer episode, I 100% expected someone here to fight to defend Homan.

Ret 4 star Burke gets 6 years for bribery (see commanders dropping like flies), yet Homan walks out of a restaurant with a paper sack holding 50K in cash and gets to keep his job, etc.  S/ That makes perfect sense. /S

Let me ask a buddy that does consulting.  Stand by....... Yep, he said that if a potential client shows up with a sack of cash, as ADM Akbar says, "Its a trap!"

While Homan gets off with a technicality (more like cronyism), he was going to be in a high govt position when he took the bribe and thus his influence was bought. 

Yo, can we get some chemo up in here?  Got some Homan syndrome growing.

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[GKinnear]

2 hours ago, disgruntledemployee said:

And just like a Jerry Springer episode, I 100% expected someone here to fight to defend Homan.

Ret 4 star Burke gets 6 years for bribery (see commanders dropping like flies), yet Homan walks out of a restaurant with a paper sack holding 50K in cash and gets to keep his job, etc.  S/ That makes perfect sense. /S

Let me ask a buddy that does consulting.  Stand by....... Yep, he said that if a potential client shows up with a sack of cash, as ADM Akbar says, "Its a trap!"

While Homan gets off with a technicality (more like cronyism), he was going to be in a high govt position when he took the bribe and thus his influence was bought. 

Yo, can we get some chemo up in here?  Got some Homan syndrome growing.

Hold up Broseph... Burke's a distractor....you only brought up Homan, so that's what we're discussing.

There's another thread about commander's getting fired if you want to discuss him there.

Also, I never defended Homan...just the sloppy sourcing, and the fact is in the article you posted that elements of the crime weren't met. 

Outgoing Democrat admins have twice now tried to investigate an incoming Trump appointee...third time is a trend.

It's Tuesday now and this issue has dried up in the media, so there's nothing there...good luck hoping this time it sticks.

[disgruntledemployee]

I brought up a comparison in the world of bribery, Brony.  Burke gets a 6er in the Fed pen, probably not as friendly as Madam Maxwell's digs, and Trump buddy Homan plays on.  

You could have said something like, "yeah, that's shady, taking a paper sack of cash," but no, went straight to attacking the reporting, which was a story because the DOJ made it news by dropping the case.  Why bud?  Aren't we allowed to have decent people running govt offices these days?  This is my reason for posting it here, no matter what letter is behind their name.

As for drying up, maybe tomorrow.  Ds in Congress are requesting the FBI release the bribe engagement tapes.  Wanna bet that doesn't happen?

 

[GKinnear]

2 hours ago, disgruntledemployee said:

I brought up a comparison in the world of bribery, Brony.  Burke gets a 6er in the Fed pen, probably not as friendly as Madam Maxwell's digs, and Trump buddy Homan plays on.  

You could have said something like, "yeah, that's shady, taking a paper sack of cash," but no, went straight to attacking the reporting, which was a story because the DOJ made it news by dropping the case.  Why bud?  Aren't we allowed to have decent people running govt offices these days?  This is my reason for posting it here, no matter what letter is behind their name.

As for drying up, maybe tomorrow.  Ds in Congress are requesting the FBI release the bribe engagement tapes.  Wanna bet that doesn't happen?

 

Listen Brochacho, you used Burke as an obvious example of the Trump admin for a) nominating Homan, who was of such questionable ethics that he would accept a bribe, and b) that there is an implied conspiracy by Trump, then directing the FBI to drop the charges...or else your "That makes perfect sense" comment is wildly misleading.

You could also admit you didn't read the article, or chose to ignore the comment that there was no bribery as a fact of law, or admit that its a little sus that the Biden admin would choose to set-up a honey-trap (i.e. entrapment) investigation into the leading contender for the border security role...something he claimed he was unable to do without more laws from Congress, and was shown to be wrong about by Homan and Trump.

The only reason it's being reported on is because Democrats in Congress are pushing it...just like the Ukraine perfect phone call impeachment, or the novel use of fraud statutes, or creative estimations of real estate valuation as the basis of a loan in which everyone made money, and there was no victim.

I never said I wouldn't call out Homan guilty...but there was no initial suspicion to start an investigation, the Democrats have a history of chasing naked, raw political power since Obama was in office, and the weaponization of government (FBI, DOJ, CIA, IRS, etc) against Republicans and independents that get in their way.

I'll close the same way I closed last time, but in a bigger font, and emphasized, since you missed it last time:

 

Excuse me if I'd like to see a bit more before I get concerned.