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NQ6U
09-18-2015, 01:29 PM
No, it's still around but...the "properties" of the National Geographic Society have been acquired by 21st Century Fox (http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/10/business/media/national-geographic-and-fox-form-a-commercial-media-company.html?_r=0).

Here's the cover of December issue:

http://assets.amuniversal.com/149e9cb03e300133073c005056a9545d

WØTKX
09-18-2015, 05:09 PM
https://claytoonz.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/cjones09112015.jpg

K4PIH
09-18-2015, 05:19 PM
No, it's still around but...the "properties" of the National Geographic Society have been acquired by 21st Century Fox (http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/10/business/media/national-geographic-and-fox-form-a-commercial-media-company.html?_r=0).

Here's the cover of December issue:

http://assets.amuniversal.com/149e9cb03e300133073c005056a9545d

That's funny! Oh well it had to happen sooner of later. No we'll am article on the evolution of the Kardasian butt!

W3WN
09-18-2015, 09:43 PM
I had a good chuckle when I read Tom the Dancing Bug this morning. Bolling tends to be very liberal, even so, sometimes he nails it -- and this was one of those times.

Now, just wait until this gets posted Over Yonder. The Usual Suspects will believe it's true (just see that thread about Baoefeng allegedly bringing THP back... almost shocking how many have missed the acronym formed from the "Factual Amateur Radio Technology Services" name... see http://forums.qrz.com/index.php?threads/baofang-purchased-tokyo-hi-power-assets-new-sdf-hf-radio-in-design.493675/ )

NA4BH
09-18-2015, 11:17 PM
Y5U was duped? I'll mark that down in my book. What's next, dogs sleeping with cats?

WØTKX
09-18-2015, 11:37 PM
I posted that Baufeng SDR nonsense here, a long time ago. The spoofiness was ignored. Heheheh!

:bbh:

kb2vxa
09-20-2015, 12:39 AM
Well, it looks like Nat Geode went in the same trash basket as the New Jork Crimes did years before. Does anybody have a match?

PA5COR
09-20-2015, 03:22 AM
No match, but I have some Nafta....

W3WN
09-20-2015, 08:44 AM
I posted that Baufeng SDR nonsense here, a long time ago. The spoofiness was ignored. Heheheh!

:bbh:
It takes a while for The Usual Suspects to catch up.

And even longer for them to catch on.

n6hcm
09-20-2015, 11:01 PM
Well, it looks like Nat Geode went in the same trash basket as the New Jork Crimes did years before. Does anybody have a match?

i thought that was the wall street urinal that was bought up by fox ...

KG4CGC
09-20-2015, 11:53 PM
i thought that was the wall street urinal that was bought up by fox ...

It was. Three years ago.

W3WN
09-21-2015, 10:58 AM
i thought that was the wall street urinal that was bought up by fox ...It was.

And unlike the NatGeode post that's thrown The Usual Suspects into Their Usual Hissy Fit, that sale was for real.

n2ize
09-22-2015, 03:00 AM
Well, it looks like Nat Geode went in the same trash basket as the New Jork Crimes did years before. Does anybody have a match?

Remember when Bob Dylan grew his hair down to his feet so strange he looked like a walking mountain range. Then he rode into Omaha on a horse. Out to the country club and the golf course, carrying a New York Times, shot a few holes and blew their minds.

BTW, is there a New Yersey Tymes ? I could picture it at a news stand as ol' Shep passed the diner on route 1.

WØTKX
09-22-2015, 07:43 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGVpMnjidts


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGVpMnjidts

KG4CGC
09-22-2015, 11:24 AM
It was.

And unlike the NatGeode post that's thrown The Usual Suspects into Their Usual Hissy Fit, that sale was for real.


On September 9, 2015, the National Geographic Society (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Geographic_Society) announced a deal with 21st Century Fox (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/21st_Century_Fox) that would move the magazine to a new partnership, National Geographic Partners, controlled by 21st Century Fox.[6] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Geographic_%28magazine%29#cite_note-6)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Geographic_%28magazine%29