anonymouse

Cook and O'Brien also dropped by the Apple Lakeside Shopping Center in Metairie, surprising employees there. Cue, Cook, and O'Brien were sighted at Domilise's Po-Boys & Bar on Annunciation Street in the downtown area.

I think you mean a) the Apple Store at the Lakeside Shopping Center in Metairie, and b) Domilise's Po-Boys & Bar on Annunciation Street in the Uptown area (which as "Uptown" might suggest, is not at all "downtown").

phillyfanatic09 said:

DAalseth said:

Stabitha_Christie said:

Xed said:

CheeseFreeze said:

beowulfschmidt said:

Apple could also just pull out of the UK entirely, fire all their UK employees, and stop buying UK goods and services.  I know they won't, but feck all fascist governments.

By that logic, they need to pull out of the USA immediately. 

Because Apple is in the US that means they should prop up fascism and a police state?

Not directed at you personally, but people need to learn what fascism is. Fascism is a type of authoritarianism but not authoritarianism is fascism. 

Fascism is a far-right system of government marked by centralization of authority under a dictator, a capitalist economy subject to stringent governmental controls, violent suppression of the opposition, and typically a policy of belligerent nationalism and racism.

The U.K. is capitalist, and we can certainly argue that this would be a stringent movement control the rest of the definition doesn't fit at all. There U.K. isn't governed by the far-right, it isn't a dictatorship, there isn't violent suppression of opposition and the list goes on. So, yeah, not fascism at all 

“Agreed, the UK isn’t there. The US however…”

While what Trump is doing is disturbing, illegal and authoritarian, he is not a fascist. 

Xed said:

anonymouse said:

One show not mentioned in the article that is absolutely worth watching is "Shrinking". Given that it's only at two seasons so far, you could potentially watch the entire available series in a weekend.

I may have to give that another go. I watched the pilot episode but it didn't hook me.

melgross said:

That’s not really far. I’ve done more than that through Manhattan many times over the years. It’s at most a 25 minute walk, depending on traffic lights. Often, it takes less time. I can make it in 15 minutes the way I walk.