Where to watch tonight's Republican debate?

Robert — 10/28/2015 7:32:34 PM (archived)

I'm bemused to report that because tonight's debate, whose theme is the economy, is on a premium cable financial channel, CNBC, favored by politically conservative financiers, it's not available to the likes of us.

Yes, you have to pay to watch the Republicans debate how to dispose of our economic futures. I'm a fan of irony like this.

Also of the surely ironic suggestion I read somewhere this morning that we should all take advantage of the 7-day free trial of CNBC Pro, the normally $300/year subscription service that includes live streaming. And by "take advantage of", I think the writer was foreshadowing his suggestion to cancel shortly after the end of the broadcast of what should forevermore be known as the 2015 Fat Cat Debate. That would be so wrong, yet so just. I'm torn...

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Where to watch tonight's Republican debate? - Robert - 10/28/2015 7:32:34 PM
- Chart 4 IS table 3 - RL - 10/31/2015 4:08:20 AM
  - Ah it looks like you wisely deleted your post ... - RL - 10/31/2015 4:09:31 AM
    - That wasn't the intention - RobVG - 11/1/2015 7:51:12 PM
    - Getting a bit cocky, aren't we? - TB - 10/31/2015 6:02:58 PM
      - Cocky...? - RL - 11/1/2015 4:24:37 PM
        
        Go review a few months of this board. - TB - 11/1/2015 8:56:47 PM
      - Looks like we're all back for the next year of marathon election coverage - BuckGalaxy - 11/1/2015 7:23:05 AM
        
        Hah! Not me. I've got work to do. - TB - 11/1/2015 3:30:38 PM
        
        Buckle up, kiddies - Robert - 11/1/2015 4:17:44 PM
        
        Funny you should ask. - TB - 11/1/2015 9:22:26 PM
        
        wow - Robert - 11/2/2015 1:29:34 AM
        
        How does that support your claim? - RL - 11/2/2015 12:38:10 AM
        
        You don't have to yell. I'm right here. - TB - 11/2/2015 3:45:16 AM
        
        Ok, lets recap... - RL - 11/2/2015 11:16:48 PM
        
        The NASA study does not say that AGW is false. - TB - 11/3/2015 8:49:39 PM
        
        Keep dancing... - RL - 11/4/2015 12:41:30 AM
        
        Don't burn yourself out, RL - mcfly - 11/4/2015 4:43:26 PM
        
        I have dealt with folks paid to misinform... - RL - 11/5/2015 12:06:59 AM
        
        Not dancing. - TB - 11/4/2015 3:13:32 AM
        
        So the actual science doesn't matter to you... - RL - 11/4/2015 11:18:21 PM
        
        And the rest doesn't matter to you. - TB - 11/5/2015 3:36:21 AM
        
        The science- not the politics that has been manufactured- is all that matters - RL - 11/5/2015 10:51:56 PM
        
        By the way... - RL - 11/4/2015 2:32:24 AM
        
        3) Most everyone is clueless - SDAI-Tech - 11/3/2015 8:18:22 AM
        
        You can't have it both ways, Techie, your agenda is showing. - ER - 11/3/2015 1:45:49 PM
        
        Climate Change - SDAI-Tech - 11/4/2015 1:39:11 AM
        
        wow... - RL - 11/4/2015 2:28:35 AM
        
        Be my guest. - SDAI-Tech - 11/4/2015 2:48:27 AM
        
        There's a keeper...nice! - mcfly - 11/2/2015 1:31:06 AM
        
        Where's ER when you need him....n/t - RobVG - 11/1/2015 8:08:17 PM
        
        Working class hero. - hank - 11/1/2015 9:36:27 PM
        
        There you go, RL. A fresh example, made to order. - TB - 11/1/2015 9:52:00 PM
        
        I didn't order THAT... - RL - 11/2/2015 1:02:44 AM
        
        Believe me, that's been on the menu for a long time now. - TB - 11/2/2015 3:46:27 AM
      - "The Democrats are running a crook and a communist this year." - bowser - 11/1/2015 6:11:29 AM
- You've heard of youtube, right? - SDAI-Tech - 10/29/2015 11:10:35 AM
  - Please tell me more! - Robert - 10/29/2015 7:05:26 PM
    - Well... - SDAI-Tech - 10/30/2015 5:04:06 AM
      - Ewwww! You let your computer touch that thing? - Robert - 10/30/2015 4:39:46 PM
        
        I watched it live with no problems. - SDAI-Tech - 10/30/2015 10:53:50 PM
        
        As far as you know - Robert - 10/31/2015 3:05:17 AM
        
        Life always leads to death - SDAI-Tech - 10/31/2015 4:50:41 AM
        
        Perusing Past Problematic Prognostications - RL - 10/31/2015 4:07:03 PM
        
        Just to refresh your memories, Romney lost... - RL - 10/31/2015 4:13:52 PM
        
        Best to stretch out the journey as much as you can, then - Robert - 10/31/2015 5:53:19 AM
        
        If you want to use SDAI-tech's credit card to buy a CNBC subscription... - RL - 10/31/2015 3:37:50 AM
        
        Let's make a donation to Bernie. A large one, just to be ironic. - Robert - 10/31/2015 5:48:25 AM
        
        Use it for something better than that! - SDAI-Tech - 10/31/2015 4:54:08 AM
- Still shaking my head. - RobVG - 10/29/2015 6:27:14 AM
  - I watched it... - RL - 10/29/2015 10:27:59 PM
    - "WHY aren’t we doing THAT?!" - BuckGalaxy - 11/2/2015 3:07:46 AM
    - Well resoned n/t - RobVG - 10/29/2015 11:47:30 PM
  - High what? - Robert - 10/29/2015 7:14:16 PM
    - Would like to change witch hunt to "shooting gallery - RobVG - 10/29/2015 11:49:58 PM
    - Think what you wish, it was till a horrible forum and not the fault of the candidates. n/t - RobVG - 10/29/2015 11:45:20 PM
      - The panel - RL - 10/30/2015 10:29:14 PM
        
        minutiae n/t - RobVG - 10/31/2015 1:20:14 AM
        
        REALLY?! - RL - 10/31/2015 1:36:50 AM
        
        I might have to break down and get a Twitter account. - RobVG - 10/31/2015 2:18:29 AM
        
        You would be just as wrong on twitter- maybe more brief, but still wrong... - RL - 10/31/2015 3:22:53 AM
      - But the evening did have a clear winner - mcfly - 10/30/2015 9:04:50 PM
        
        Um, RNC pulled the NBC debate this evening. No beans to count. n/t - RobVG - 10/31/2015 1:14:19 AM
        
        Say, isn't Telemundo owned by NBC? - Robert - 10/31/2015 3:15:17 AM
        
        Can you imagine... - RL - 10/31/2015 3:42:47 AM
        
        I think you've achieved a level of paranoia adequate to our times - Robert - 10/31/2015 5:46:07 AM
        
        Doesn't address the matter at hand - mcfly - 10/31/2015 2:11:36 AM
      - Hey, why can't we edit title lines hmmmm? - RobVG - 10/29/2015 11:53:49 PM
        
        Title lines - TB - 10/30/2015 4:55:41 PM
        
        Isn't that funny... - RL - 10/30/2015 12:52:24 AM
  - One more witch hunt, more or less... - mcfly - 10/29/2015 6:07:42 PM
- I never took the "liberal media bias" seriously- untill tonight. n/t - RobVG - 10/29/2015 6:17:45 AM
  - Reasons for that. - bowser - 10/31/2015 12:44:07 AM
  - But the network wasn't motivated by "liberal media bias" - mcfly - 10/30/2015 9:27:57 PM
- Report from Boulder... - podrock - 10/29/2015 4:02:24 AM
- I don't think it matters much WHERE you watch it... - RL - 10/28/2015 10:07:45 PM
  - [snort] But I did get this screen capture of the idle stream - Robert - 10/28/2015 10:26:06 PM
    - Dang that's purdy... - mcfly - 10/29/2015 1:43:02 AM
- Wait for it - Robert - 10/28/2015 9:59:37 PM
- Ticket price - Robert - 10/28/2015 9:54:25 PM
  - About the same as a pro football game. - bowser - 10/29/2015 2:24:00 AM

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