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The ocean cam from yesterday is now eerily calm - and has a new flag! -- (link) - decline Sep 14, 07:49 [youtube] 3
- Or it repaired itself. -- nm - Reagen Sep 14, 07:54 2
  - The chat is saying that its not live its prerecorded supposedly the camera went down last night -- nm - eag Sep 14, 07:56 1
    - oh, that makes sense -- nm - decline Sep 14, 08:00
Making Venom PG-13 means I will NOT be seeing it in the theatre. Fucking bunch of wusses. -- nm - Beaker Sep 14, 07:14 23
- I'll see it if the reviews are mostly good as I have an Unlimited card so makes no difference, unless it's a crowded weekend. -- nm - LMS Sep 14, 07:53 2
  - and it is a crowded weekend, Star is Born and Johnny English 3 also out. -- nm - LMS Sep 14, 07:56 1
    - It should be out *today*. I have no movie to use my pass to go to. WTF? -- nm - Spawn: I AM Blood Feud Sep 14, 07:57
- Making Venom look like an Inflatable rubber suit means I will not be seeing it in theaters. -- nm - Mop Sep 14, 07:40 4
  - spoiler - Spawn: I AM Blood Feud Sep 14, 07:43 3
    - wait, so Venom is a blowup doll? -- nm - decline Sep 14, 07:47 2
      - Well, Venom is more fluid than solid. - Spawn: I AM Blood Feud Sep 14, 07:56
      - *perks up* -- nm - groiny Sep 14, 07:50
- This is easily a wait for Netflix movie for me. -- nm - Shaun Sep 14, 07:36 2
  - Since I have the AMC Pass I will go, but am not expecting much from it. -- nm - Spawn: I AM Blood Feud Sep 14, 07:40 1
    - Yeah that helps. I am not paying $11 for it. -- nm - Shaun Sep 14, 07:46
- As I said, they want it to fit into the Spider-Man universe for crossover ability. Yes, that is a huge flaw in their logic, but that is the long term - Spawn: I AM Blood Feud Sep 14, 07:34 3
  - It is truly disappointing. Venom was *the* storyline when I collected Amazing Spiderman comics and those issues are still the only ones I own that - oblique Sep 14, 07:36 2
    - Venom is one of those disconnects between big comic fans and "normies". - Reagen Sep 14, 07:57 1
      - Your *face* is one of the disconnects! -- nm - Spawn: I AM Blood Feud Sep 14, 07:58
- Making Venom looks so sucky means I will NOT be seeing it in the theatre. (NM) - Marlowe Sep 14, 07:31 1
  - It does look pretty terrible. -- nm - Dark Callisto Sep 14, 07:33
- I am going to watch it opening against A Star is Born (with huge buzz) with a lot of interest. -- nm - MDH Sep 14, 07:29
- it's only 112 minutes of your life -- nm - decline Sep 14, 07:26
- I cannot imagine not going to see this in the theater. - Jovian Sep 14, 07:25 1
  - yeah, PG-13 is fine in my book -- nm - groiny Sep 14, 07:49
- You have a strange criteria for seeing a movie in a theater. I would have not seen it because it looks bad but now with A-list I'll go because it's - oblique Sep 14, 07:22 1
  - Similarly I'll go see it if it plays on the Dolby Cinema screen at my local AMC -- nm - JD Sep 14, 07:49
Beaker alert. -- (link) - Shaun Sep 14, 07:06 5
- nah -- nm - Beaker Sep 14, 07:10 4
  - I'm in a dry spell. I haven't purchased a new one in a bit. -- nm - Shaun Sep 14, 07:13 3
    - hitting EB Games shortly to see what their $5 deals are today and then to Walmart looking for Venomized Ghost rider -- nm - Beaker Sep 14, 07:14 2
      - I checked the site. There's not a single Pop for $5 this week. -- nm - Shaun Sep 14, 07:19
      - and eggs -- nm - Beaker Sep 14, 07:15
This is a good tweet. -- (link) - Shaun Sep 14, 07:06 2
- My firm has so far raised $440k internally for scholarships/funds in his name. Look for more action from us on the matter too. -- nm - MDH Sep 14, 07:58
- the penalty for possession is shot dead in your own home I guess -- nm - Beaker Sep 14, 07:11
Destiny 2: Forsaken raid goes live today. Hopefully it's a good raid. -- nm - Shaun Sep 14, 06:59 2
- I will play this one every bit as much as I did the last one -- nm - groiny Sep 14, 07:55 1
  - I imagine I'll play it slightly less. -- nm - Shaun Sep 14, 07:55
I added an external disclaimer to any outside email coming into our company today. Time to first ticket asking why: 1h 45m -- nm - oblique Sep 14, 06:45 6
- "Beware, this is an outside email" -- nm - budice Sep 14, 06:49 1
  - For internal messages I put "The email is coming from inside the house" -- nm - oblique Sep 14, 06:51
- you need to come up with a snarky answer -- nm - decline Sep 14, 06:48 3
  - "what disclaimer? WHAT DID YOU DO TO YOUR COMPUTER?" -- nm - Andie Sep 14, 06:48 2
    - There must be a glitch. Try turning it off and turning it on again, or jiggling the cables - Strongbad Sep 14, 06:52
    - Now we know who has all PC viruses. -- nm - budice Sep 14, 06:50
Mission Impossible tickets are BOGO at AMC starting today with the coupon from AMC's website. -- nm - MDH Sep 14, 06:44
Paul Manafort has agreed with federal prosecutors to plead guilty in the Mueller probe. -- nm - decline Sep 14, 06:31 3
- A superseding criminal information filed against Manafort alleges conspiracy against the U.S. (money laundering, tax fraud, failing to file - decline Sep 14, 06:47 1
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- Soooo...should we have some sort of pool for when he'll get his pardon? -- nm - NiKlaus Sep 14, 06:36
ty97, Alessandra Biaggi seems pretty awesome. Is she in your district? -- (link) - decline Sep 14, 06:21 4
- No, my guy (who is also Dawson's guy) ran unopposed but he's never been IDC -- (link) - ty97 Sep 14, 06:54
- No, she's from the Bronx. -- nm - Krusty Sep 14, 06:28 2
  - he should move to the Bronx and vote for her then -- nm - decline Sep 14, 06:29 1
    - She'll win rather easily in Nov. :-) It's a good day today with her winning. -- nm - Krusty Sep 14, 06:31
Alan Doyle sure knows how to do a concert. Great show last night. -- nm - Beaker Sep 14, 06:19 5
- We have friends who saw him earlier this year and they said he puts on a great show. -- nm - Shaun Sep 14, 06:24
- who is Alan Doyle? -- nm - decline Sep 14, 06:20 3
  - he was lead singer for Great Big Sea (great Newfoundland band). Now he is touring as a solo act -- nm - Beaker Sep 14, 06:20 2
    - I am glad you explained what Great Big Sea is. -- nm - Spawn: I AM Blood Feud Sep 14, 07:56
    - this is him singing here with them (he also played this last night) -- (link) - Beaker Sep 14, 06:21 [youtube]
The Boston news is so weird. Diva, everyone you guys know okay? -- nm - Andie Sep 14, 06:14 2
- we're fine - thx. it's nuts. -- nm - Diva Sep 14, 06:46
- my first thought was some type of sabotage/hack -- nm - decline Sep 14, 06:15
Mandy 95% (72/4), The Predator 34% (47/90), White Boy Rick 61% (39/25), A Simple Favor 84% (53/10), Halloween 82% (32/7) -- nm - Beaker Sep 14, 06:09 1
- Predator was a B-/C+ movie. Good campy 80s style action feel but very disjointed making for a bit of a haphazard telling of the story. -- nm - oblique Sep 14, 06:11
I'm so sleepy. I'm 98% sleepy. -- nm - Mandy 98% Sep 14, 06:08 4
- 95%!! -- nm - Beaker Sep 14, 06:10 3
  - what?? I blame ty97! -- nm - Mandy 95% Sep 14, 06:12 2
    - ty > Mandy -- nm - ty97 Sep 14, 06:17 1
      - oh my *god.* is this what the revolution feels like?? -- nm - Mandy 95% Sep 14, 06:43
Sperm donar #2757 linked to at least 45 kids -- now they're connecting online -- (link) - oblique Sep 14, 06:01 3
- I think I saw this movie -- nm - Beaker Sep 14, 06:03
- that's a lot of sperm -- nm - decline Sep 14, 06:02 1
  - He didn't throw away his shot -- nm - oblique Sep 14, 06:04
Kelly, I found the perfect christmas gift for Will -- (link) - decline Sep 14, 05:59 1
- I LOVE this! If only I had enough direct sunlight for it. -- nm - Covington Sep 14, 08:04
Prisons in hurricane's path not evacuated -- (link) - LMS Sep 14, 05:45
The first Delta Airbus 220-100 (fka CS100) -- (link) - ty97 Sep 14, 05:37
TV PSA: Battlebots, Masters of Illusion, Live PD, TKO, In Search Of, Wynonna Earp, Killjoys, Bill Maher, That's Funny, other stuff -- nm - Beaker Sep 14, 04:48 2
- Bojack Horseman (season 5) and American Vandal (season 2) drop on Netflix -- nm - Beaker Sep 14, 04:48 1
  - Oh shoot, decisions decisions. Do I want to laugh, cry, or both? -- nm - Baronarama Sep 14, 05:44
The people calling cops for rescues already piss me off. - Will Hunting Sep 14, 03:48 8
- It is not like they were told they would not be rescued. -- nm - Spawn: I AM Blood Feud Sep 14, 07:45
- they had a woman on NPR this morning who was like "oh I had no idea rescuers would rescue me if I needed it. I just thought I would stay - Mandy 95% Sep 14, 07:05
- "In a matter of seconds, my house was flooded up to the waist, and now it is to the chest," said Peggy Perry, who along with three relatives, was trap - Bacon Sep 14, 06:54 3
  - "Millions either flee or prepare for mayhem - The tropical cyclone is expected to unload 10 trillion gallons of rainfall in North Carolina, weather." - Andie Sep 14, 07:53
  - If only people had known. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 14, 06:57 1
    - dumb people are dumb -- nm - decline Sep 14, 06:59
- But they are all rugged individualists. -- nm - Reagen Sep 14, 06:53
- yup -- nm - Beaker Sep 14, 04:45
Beetle: Volkswagen's iconic car comes to the end of the road -- (link) - Covington Sep 14, 03:30
moderately amusing: if phone screens keep growing at the current pace, by ~2026 they'll be the size of an ipad mini. -- (link) - mafic Sep 14, 02:21 5
- I feel like I'm ... wrong, because I don't think I want a bigger screen. am I wrong? I have a pixel regular and it fits in my pocket fine. - Mandy 95% Sep 14, 06:13 4
  - i definitely don't want a bigger phone than my current one. I even think my LG is a smidge bigger than I'd like. -- nm - Andie Sep 14, 06:19 1
    - G6 correct? It's a nice size. I do really like that a lot of the newer flagships are coming in a less wide form factor. - Shaun Sep 14, 06:24
  - I definitely don't want a bigger phone -- nm - decline Sep 14, 06:17
  - The Pixel 2 regular is actually bigger than it should be because of how large the bezels are. - Shaun Sep 14, 06:16
Brett Kavanaugh reportedly accused of sexual misconduct in letter flagged to the FBI by Democrats -- (link) - budice Sep 14, 02:13 14
- Seeing what the rumoured details are it seems pretty stupid and nothingburger. -- nm - Reagen Sep 14, 04:18 13
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    - this appears to be the claim -- (link) - ty97 Sep 14, 05:27 10
      - Feinstein thought *that* was FBI worthy? -- nm - Inigo Sep 14, 05:58 4
        
        Her hands were tied. -- nm - Reagen Sep 14, 06:42 2
        
        That's hot. -- nm - Baronarama Sep 14, 07:13
        
        They were? Better let the FBI know. -- nm - Ender Sep 14, 07:12
        
        she received the letter and when it started to leak that she had something she was worried about being accused of withholding information so turned it - decline Sep 14, 06:20
      - Clearly the committee should ask him 1,278 more follow-up questions about it. -- nm - Baronarama Sep 14, 05:45 3
        
        Yes, with more manipulated videos. -- nm - Strongbad Sep 14, 05:58 2
        
        Sheldon Whitehouse thinks his attending a party means Kavanaugh has an alcohol addiction. -- nm - Baronarama Sep 14, 06:29 1
        
        This WOULD explain the keg hidden under his desk during the confirmation hearings... -- nm - Ender Sep 14, 07:16
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  - Yeah. -- nm - Dark Callisto Sep 14, 04:50
I mean dontcha just *hate* these slow news weeks? Sheesh. -- nm - con_carne Sep 14, 01:42
10 years since Lehman collapse: 5 million fewer babies and the trend continues -- (link) - zeitgeist Sep 14, 01:12 3
- "In other words, if you are a young person who, say, watched the Dow Jones plummet over 500 points in one day - your appetite for risk is slim." - Baronarama Sep 14, 05:57
- this is super interesting -- nm - Mandy 98% Sep 14, 05:37
- "We trust no one" -- nm - Covington Sep 14, 03:23
a small town along route 66 gets a new newspaper: the Uranus Examiner -- (link) - zeitgeist Sep 14, 00:57 5
- Do. Not. Want. -- nm - Spawn: I AM Blood Feud Sep 14, 07:46
- Wonder if Hertz rents cars there? -- nm - SyrDragon Sep 14, 07:21
- You can get some really nice fudge there. -- nm - Baronarama Sep 14, 05:54
- They were sad they had to go for their second choice, though, as the Uranus Daily Bugle was taken. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 14, 01:00 1
  - Uranus Observer....Uranus Mirror....Uranus Insider...Uranus Eyewitness...Uranus Dailey... -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 14, 10:08
Seems I'm in trouble. Sent G'son some birthday money before I went out for the evening. Checked my mail during dinner...message from daughter... - Meg Sep 13, 23:24 4
- boy needs to learn to keep his mouth shut! -- nm - mafic Sep 14, 00:56
- how *much* did you send? maybe you should check for any extra unintended zeros -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 14, 00:55
- Did you send via web services, like venmo or PayPal? -- nm - JaxSean Sep 14, 00:09
- Keep in mind, G'son is in Alabama, daughter is in Kansas......ain't the electronic age grand? -- nm - Meg Sep 13, 23:25
I updated that video from last night. Now with silly music and a small number of sound effects. I thought of narrating it, but decided against it. -- (link) - Beryllium Sep 13, 22:59 [SmugMug] 1
- And a blog post explaining what it is. -- (link) - Beryllium Sep 13, 23:55
I am now persuaded that ... (major spoilers) - ReluctantCynic Sep 13, 22:25 1
- subscribe to: The History Guy on You Tube. he does 10 minute documentaries on all sorts of things we should know, but don't -- (link) - peglegpete Sep 13, 22:45 [youtube]
the new Big Brother HOH is: - peglegpete Sep 13, 22:03
Man, my internal filter for what counts as a suspicious email is a bit out of whack. - Beryllium Sep 13, 21:43
Of note(?): in NY-14 (Ocasio-Cortez): Cuomo 68%, Nixon 32% -- nm - Tim Sep 13, 21:27 13
- (I just can't understand being super excited to vote for the status quo) - Tim Sep 13, 21:28 12
  - The status quo wasn't in Sex and the City 2. - David Sep 13, 21:38
  - Everything I'm reading is that people couldn't get over Nixon's lack of experience -- nm - ty97 Sep 13, 21:31 10
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      - Obama had more experience than both of them. -- nm - Krusty Sep 14, 05:40 6
        
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        He was also a State Senator from 1997 to 2004. -- nm - Inigo Sep 14, 07:03 2
        
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        I agree with the content of your IM. I just think Obama had light years more political experience that Nixon or Trump had when running for office. -- nm* - Inigo Sep 14, 07:18
        
        I didn't say it was, just that he had more experience than both of them. He actually ran for office and won. - Krusty Sep 14, 06:27
        
        Yes, but I think what Jack was getting at is it was still a topic of conversation with Obama. -- nm - Strongbad Sep 14, 05:43
    - The results in the other races are fascinating because of the turnout. Hocul won because of Western NY(!). Maloney and Teachout split - Tim Sep 13, 21:36 1
      - I was really hoping Hocul would lose and there'd be someone to check Cuomo. -- nm - Krusty Sep 14, 05:41
Two games into the season, Baltimore's already a helter skelter team. -- nm - David Sep 13, 21:25
Mop, LIR, but I explain why the IDC going down hard is a big deal. -- nm - Tim Sep 13, 21:13 4
- Is there any risk of the Dems losing control of the assembly? -- nm - Mop Sep 13, 21:34 3
  - Nope. Currently 104 D, 41 R. -- nm - Tim Sep 13, 21:38 2
    - I didn't know it was that lopsided. That's insane. -- nm - Reagen Sep 14, 06:34 1
      - The legislature is that way because NYC has a large presence on it. The state senate is tied with an asshole D in Brooklyn siding with the GOP. -- (edited) - Krusty Sep 14, 06:39
***KEVIN. LIVES.*** -- (link*) - Spawn: Blood Feud God Sep 13, 21:10 3
- Anything for a KVN -- nm - Beryllium Sep 13, 21:35
- Related: Overlord seems like a Cabin in the Woods sequel, which makes us wish they'd do a Kevin movie. -- nm - David Sep 13, 21:23 1
  - Kevin in the Woods? -- nm - Beryllium Sep 14, 00:11

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