Hallo! Sorry to have missed posting on Sunday. Had two sons over plus a DIL and VT*Grand. We intended to pick strawberries and try ice cream, but huge thunderstorms went through their area. So they came to our house and we had a bonfire, grilled and had strawberry shortcake (thanks to a farm stand). Very good time together. And! DIL. Who has worked in a vet’s office, helped us do the fluids treatment for Spinnaker, ahead of her ultrasound on Monday.
Guardian: Open season on ABC as FCC moves up public comment process for renewals.
Over the next few weeks, anyone in the US can plead their case that Disney’s ABC should not be permitted to renew its broadcast licenses for the eight local television stations they own.
After the Federal Communications Commission’s stunning decision in late April to force ABC to apply early to renew its licenses – a move widely seen as retaliation against critics of Donald Trump – the nation’s top media regulator opened up the pleading cycle process to critics and supporters until 29 June.
The early renewal order represents one of the most significant actions the Trump administration has taken against a media company, a potential regulatory death-blow to go alongside the myriad legal actions taken against the press and access restrictions placed upon journalists.
The FCC’s order came one day after Trump and his wife, Melania, lobbied for ABC to cancel the late-night show starring Jimmy Kimmel, prompting some to claim it was politically motivated. But chair Brendan Carr has said that the decision was based solely on the early findings of an investigation into Disney’s diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) practices.
ABC is extremely skeptical of the FCC’s stated rationale for the early renewal order, arguing in an 18-page memo in late May that the DEI investigation was simply a pretext for retaliating against a disfavored broadcaster and chilling its speech.
Either way, now that the FCC has begun the process of reviewing ABC’s licenses, critics of the network have a golden opportunity to land their blows. -- nordy
UPDATE! Spinnaker does NOT have cancer!! Yayyyy!!! She has some gut issues, which we now have a plan for. We are greatly relieved!! Poor kitty will now, finally!, have a break from vet visits!!!
Thanks!! We were absolutely horrified to find that they shaved her belly for the ultrasound. Poor kitty! Such an indiginity!! I know it will grow back, but I also know it will feel yucky until it does. But, here we are. And we have a plan for her early stage kidney disease and how to take care of what ails her. That's worth a LOT. (Good thing too, because it all came to about $3000!)
Hallo!
ReplyDeleteSorry to have missed posting on Sunday. Had two sons over plus a DIL and VT*Grand. We intended to pick strawberries and try ice cream, but huge thunderstorms went through their area. So they came to our house and we had a bonfire, grilled and had strawberry shortcake (thanks to a farm stand). Very good time together. And! DIL. Who has worked in a vet’s office, helped us do the fluids treatment for Spinnaker, ahead of her ultrasound on Monday.
Wild to hear of so many tornadoes in Illinois this year. Vermont gets maybe one per year, and we’ve already had 3…two on the same day!
ReplyDeleteGuardian: Open season on ABC as FCC moves up public comment process for renewals.
ReplyDeleteOver the next few weeks, anyone in the US can plead their case that Disney’s ABC should not be permitted to renew its broadcast licenses for the eight local television stations they own.
After the Federal Communications Commission’s stunning decision in late April to force ABC to apply early to renew its licenses – a move widely seen as retaliation against critics of Donald Trump – the nation’s top media regulator opened up the pleading cycle process to critics and supporters until 29 June.
The early renewal order represents one of the most significant actions the Trump administration has taken against a media company, a potential regulatory death-blow to go alongside the myriad legal actions taken against the press and access restrictions placed upon journalists.
The FCC’s order came one day after Trump and his wife, Melania, lobbied for ABC to cancel the late-night show starring Jimmy Kimmel, prompting some to claim it was politically motivated. But chair Brendan Carr has said that the decision was based solely on the early findings of an investigation into Disney’s diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) practices.
ABC is extremely skeptical of the FCC’s stated rationale for the early renewal order, arguing in an 18-page memo in late May that the DEI investigation was simply a pretext for retaliating against a disfavored broadcaster and chilling its speech.
Either way, now that the FCC has begun the process of reviewing ABC’s licenses, critics of the network have a golden opportunity to land their blows. -- nordy
UPDATE! Spinnaker does NOT have cancer!! Yayyyy!!!
ReplyDeleteShe has some gut issues, which we now have a plan for. We are greatly relieved!!
Poor kitty will now, finally!, have a break from vet visits!!!
That's wonderful news!
DeleteGreat news!!
DeleteThanks!! We were absolutely horrified to find that they shaved her belly for the ultrasound. Poor kitty! Such an indiginity!! I know it will grow back, but I also know it will feel yucky until it does. But, here we are. And we have a plan for her early stage kidney disease and how to take care of what ails her. That's worth a LOT. (Good thing too, because it all came to about $3000!)
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