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TV Execs Warn FCC: NextGen TV DRM Could Turn Free TV Into Gambling and Pay-TV Platforms
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In Kissimmee, FL, the Democratic Sheriff, and the ONLY Hispanic Sheriff in Florida, was arrested for being part of a gambling ring that operated two machine-based "casinos" in the Orlando area. They showed them on TV, with giant windows allowing a clear view of banks of colorful lighted machines, in full view of the main road through town. They also openly posted videos on Instagram. They even had all the proper corporate documentation properly filed with the state and local governments, as well as their lawyers' documentation. They didn't try to hide it at all. It seems pretty obvious that they THOUGHT their business was legal.
And yet, I watched the local news channel that "broke" the story, and was selling it hard so they'd get viewership credibility, clutching their pearls in gasping tones, about the horror of this "massive $20 million dollar a year gambling operation!"
And then they cut to a commercial...
An ad for the Hard Rock's MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR gambling operation, 45 minutes up the road.
But at least DeSantis got rid of the Hispanic Sheriff in the last Democratic stronghold in Florida, and replaced him with his hand-picked guy with years of immigration enforcement experience.
His name is DeathSanits (after how many Floridians died during COVID)
I usually call him DeSatan.