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Offline Sanguine

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Stephen K. Bannon Steps Down from Breitbart News Network
« on: January 09, 2018, 09:18:20 pm »
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Stephen K. Bannon has stepped down from Breitbart News Network, where he served as Executive Chairman since 2012.

Bannon and Breitbart will work together on a smooth and orderly transition.

Bannon said, “I’m proud of what the Breitbart team has accomplished in so short a period of time in building out a world-class news platform.”

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/01/09/stephen-k-bannon-steps-breitbart-news-network/

You say "stepped aside", I say "fired".
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Offline Frank Cannon

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Re: Stephen K. Bannon Steps Down from Breitbart News Network
« Reply #1 on: January 09, 2018, 09:27:18 pm »
@Sanguine

I see it's already a thread. Bully for you matching wits with the likes of Frank Cannon.

As for this fat ass Bannon. I am surprised this took so long. This corporate meeting took place a couple days ago and usually people getting the ax get it right away. They usually don't give folks time to clean out their desk and have a going away party.
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Re: Stephen K. Bannon Steps Down from Breitbart News Network
« Reply #2 on: January 09, 2018, 09:27:23 pm »
Sounds like the door is closed, locked and barricaded ...

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According to Breitbart CEO Larry Solov, “Steve is a valued part of our legacy, and we will always be grateful for his contributions, and what he has helped us to accomplish.”
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Re: Stephen K. Bannon Steps Down from Breitbart News Network
« Reply #3 on: January 09, 2018, 09:28:32 pm »
Quote from: Frank Cannon on January 09, 2018, 09:27:18 pm
@Sanguine

I see it's already a thread. Bully for you matching wits with the likes of Frank Cannon.

As for this fat ass Bannon. I am surprised this took so long. This corporate meeting took place a couple days ago and usually people getting the ax get it right away. They usually don't give folks time to clean out their desk and have a going away party.

I suspect they might have been a bit afraid of him.  He doesn't seem to have many limits as to what he will do.
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Steve Bannon out at Breitbart
« Reply #4 on: January 09, 2018, 09:28:40 pm »
Steve Bannon out at Breitbart

Jonathan Swan 14 mins ago

Steve Bannon is stepping down as executive chairman of Breitbart News.

The big picture: Trump got his scalp. He forced everyone inside and close to White House to make a binary choice: “it’s me or Steve.” For everyone, including some of Bannon’s close allies, it was an easy choice. Almost everyone abandoned Bannon.

Between the lines:
•This was the Mercer’s forcing his hand. It wasn’t just Bannon’s quotes to Wolff but how he mishandled the fallout. He took five days to issue a weak apology, which fell flat.

<..snip..>

https://www.axios.com/bannon-steps-down-from-breitbart-1515531865-997e7908-962a-4e4b-b8b9-5319eacdbb35.html
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Re: Steve Bannon out at Breitbart
« Reply #5 on: January 09, 2018, 09:29:53 pm »
Looks like Steve picked the wrong week to quit mainlining Jim Beam
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Re: Stephen K. Bannon Steps Down from Breitbart News Network
« Reply #6 on: January 09, 2018, 09:30:46 pm »
Quote from: Frank Cannon on January 09, 2018, 09:27:18 pm
@Sanguine

I see it's already a thread. Bully for you matching wits with the likes of Frank Cannon.
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Not even a competition, Frank.
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Re: Steve Bannon out at Breitbart
« Reply #7 on: January 09, 2018, 09:30:55 pm »
Must have failed the Piss Test.
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Re: Stephen K. Bannon Steps Down from Breitbart News Network
« Reply #8 on: January 09, 2018, 09:32:20 pm »
Quote from: Sanguine on January 09, 2018, 09:30:46 pm
Not even a competition, Frank.

I know. It's tough keeping up with me.
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Re: Steve Bannon out at Breitbart
« Reply #9 on: January 09, 2018, 09:32:34 pm »
Quote from: Wingnut on January 09, 2018, 09:30:55 pm
Must have failed the Piss Test.

Only if that means he staggered into HR and pissed into a potted plant.
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Re: Stephen K. Bannon Steps Down from Breitbart News Network
« Reply #10 on: January 09, 2018, 09:33:36 pm »
Merged topics
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Re: Stephen K. Bannon Steps Down from Breitbart News Network
« Reply #11 on: January 09, 2018, 09:35:44 pm »
Breitbart needs to salvage some dignity, while there's still a chance.
Good call on their part.
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Re: Stephen K. Bannon Steps Down from Breitbart News Network
« Reply #12 on: January 09, 2018, 09:37:26 pm »
Quote from: GrouchoTex on January 09, 2018, 09:35:44 pm
Breitbart needs to salvage some dignity, while there's still a chance.
Good call on their part.

It's a start but they have a long row to hoe to get back to respectable.
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Re: Stephen K. Bannon Steps Down from Breitbart News Network
« Reply #13 on: January 09, 2018, 09:39:05 pm »
From the hilarious Twitter spoof account, DPRK_News:


https://twitter.com/dprk_news/status/950839692899086336

“US Breitbart newspaper editor Steve Bannon accepts offer from @DPRK_News to become chief critic of fortified wines, malt liquors, and various synthetic pleasure drugs, including methamphetamine and "K2 Rocky Mountain High."

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Re: Stephen K. Bannon Steps Down from Breitbart News Network
« Reply #14 on: January 09, 2018, 09:41:02 pm »
Quote from: Wingnut on January 09, 2018, 09:37:26 pm
It's a start but they have a long row to hoe to get back to respectable.

They’re comment board is infested with white supremacist types now, and there has been a steady brain drain going on there since Trump. Hard to see them ever recovering.
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Re: Stephen K. Bannon Steps Down from Breitbart News Network
« Reply #15 on: January 10, 2018, 12:21:36 am »
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Mr. Bannon’s departure, which was forced by a onetime financial patron, Rebekah Mercer, comes as Mr. Bannon remained unable to quell the furor over remarks attributed to him in a new book in which he questions President Trump’s mental fitness and disparages his elder son, Donald Trump Jr.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/09/us/politics/steve-bannon-breitbart-trump.html?_r=0&smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur
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Re: Stephen K. Bannon Steps Down from Breitbart News Network
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Re: Stephen K. Bannon Steps Down from Breitbart News Network
« Reply #17 on: January 10, 2018, 12:48:00 am »
Quote from: Frank Cannon on January 10, 2018, 12:23:57 am


I would love to have a dumpster dive time machine.
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