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Beaker, I know you've been asking about WDW lately, so here's a link for 20% off for CDN people. -- (link*) - Shaun Sep 25, 05:42 3
- cool, thanks! -- nm - Beaker Sep 25, 05:45 2
  - Also it looks like gas is going up tonight. -- nm - Shaun Sep 25, 05:48 1
    - figured, I fill up a vehicle last night at Costco -- nm - Beaker Sep 25, 05:53
UBER lost $5.2 BILLION in the THREE months ending in June -- (link) - Beaker Sep 25, 05:37 7
- It’s always so strange when capitalist networks or societies publish articles saying “capitalists following capitalist rules 101” like this one - JackDawson Sep 25, 05:41 6
  - Just like with WeWork. The minute they raise rates to break even. They're likely sunk -- nm - budice Sep 25, 05:49
  - The thing with Uber though is...what's the model for growth to profit? -- nm - ty97 Sep 25, 05:42 3
    - by that I mean: Uber is everywhere. They have Uber Eats too. But they are still losing tons of money. What is their grand plan? -- nm - ty97 Sep 25, 05:43 2
      - To make as much money as possible for their shareholders and executives before the whole thing comes crashing down -- nm - decline Sep 25, 05:59 1
        
        See, we do understand Capitalism! -- nm - Qale Sep 25, 06:03
  - the companies you mention though seemed to have a plan that made sense. Uber's plan seems to be lighting money on fire -- nm - Beaker Sep 25, 05:42
Interesting impeachment number analysis and how to from Nate Silver -- (link*) - JackDawson Sep 25, 05:07
sitwap: Wisconsin serial killer allegedly confesses to killing Teresa Halbach (the murder victim in the 'Making a Murderer' case) - Diva Sep 25, 04:52 2
- They're still in the process of determining the validity of his story but this would be amazing. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 25, 05:11
- ! -- nm - prayformojo Sep 25, 04:55
SURVIVOR!: pick a number between 1 and 20. GO! -- nm - Beaker Sep 25, 04:45 5
- 6 -- nm - decline Sep 25, 06:02
- 8 -- nm - Krusty Sep 25, 05:31
- 1, Bob. -- nm - Volnelk Sep 25, 05:28
- 17 -- nm - JaxSean Sep 25, 05:16
- 11 -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 25, 04:50
TV PSA: Survivor, Chicago Med, Fire, PD, Goldbergs, Schooled, Suits (series finale), Country Music, Masked Singer, WWENXT, Hypnotize Me, Modern Family -- nm - Beaker Sep 25, 04:40 4
- Property Brothers, Challenge, Real HW, Black Ink Crew, Big Brother, Single Parents, AHS 1984, Stumptown, South Park, Crank Yankers, Samantha Bee, -- nm - Beaker Sep 25, 04:42 3
  - It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Pennyworth (in Canada), other stuff -- nm* - Beaker Sep 25, 04:43 2
    - 8: Survivor, Suits, Goldbergs, Schooled, Chicagos and Pennyworth (I was considering Stumptown but Wednesday is too crazy already for shows) -- nm* - Beaker Sep 25, 05:33
    - 4) Goldbergs, Schooled, Masked Singer and Sunny. -- nm - Krusty Sep 25, 05:31
Nutria, California's varmints -- (link) - con_carne Sep 25, 03:30 2
- Rodents of Unusual Size -- (link) - Dano Sep 25, 04:24 [youtube] 1
  - omg -- nm - con_carne Sep 25, 04:31
Finally starting to process the 10GB of photos I took on sunday -- nm - Beryllium Sep 25, 00:44 1
- this wouldn't be hard if it was 2 5GB photos -- nm - decline Sep 25, 06:03
This is worthy of wholesome-memes. -- (link) - Beryllium Sep 24, 23:13 5
- Wait, wait, wait--that's pretty good. But, does that top a movie, about Nic Cage going to recover his kidnapped, truffle foraging pig? -- (edited) - Flavorize Sep 24, 23:39 4
  - Forgot the movie--Those two sentences, starting with "The feature project" and ending with "to recover her," is perhaps one of the best short stories - Flavorize Sep 25, 00:18 3
    - Love means never having to say "I'm Hungry" -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 25, 01:01 2
      - Go ahead...make...my...breakfast -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 25, 01:02 1
        
        Here's looking at you, Pig -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 25, 01:03
Psst—Qadree Ollison may be playing for the Falcons this week. Ito and that return guy they think is a backup rb both on concussion protocol - Flavorize Sep 24, 22:54 3
- That Devonta Freeman contract is *awesome* -- nm - Strongbad Sep 25, 04:25
- maybe Freeman will actually get a few freaking points this week then... -- nm - Beaker Sep 25, 03:54
- Probably won’t do much as the backup, but keep an eye on him -- nm - Flavorize Sep 24, 22:56
My attempt at street photography. It kind of feels like two different photos in one. -- (link) - Beryllium Sep 24, 21:08 [flickr] 7
- "Here we see how the photographer uses physical separation to highlight the divide in society between the have and have nots" -- nm - Reagen Sep 25, 03:55 1
  - I'm going to quote you on that. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 25, 10:26
- My attempt at street photography -- (pic) - . Sep 24, 23:06 [Attachment] 1
  - hah! :) -- nm - Beryllium Sep 24, 23:13
- Two different average photos, in one average photo, that is to say. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 24, 22:42 2
  - two separate groups doing the same oblivious thing oblivious of each other, classic street imagery -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 24, 22:52 1
    - Pfft, you know they got the ol' side eye on each other. I would -- nm - con_carne Sep 25, 04:37
PRESIDENTIAL HARASSMENT! - Spawn Sep 24, 21:01
Fun fact. Sitwap. The Ukraine call was literally the day after Mueller testified just to show you exactly how few F’s Trump gives. -- nm - Volnelk Sep 24, 20:56
Would you stream your car, netflix-style? -- (link) - Beryllium Sep 24, 20:34 3
- They make some interesting claims. Though some of it could be misreporting - TWuG Sep 24, 20:53 2
  - It definitely felt vaporous to me. And how can a U-shaped seat get a 5 star safety rating? -- nm - Beryllium Sep 24, 21:04 1
    - I'm pretty sure it can't. Side impact would be especially brutal, I would think. -- nm - TWuG Sep 24, 21:05
there really is a DT twitter post for almost everything. nm but: -- (link) - b. Sep 24, 19:56
WaPo article on the whistleblowing indicates that Rudy was sticking his fingers where he shouldn't have. - Mop Sep 24, 19:51 4
- Eh, Rudy's probably going to be the fall guy. And then he'll get pardoned. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 24, 20:10 3
  - The thing to remember is that loyalty to Trump stops when prison becomes the likeliest outcome. - TWuG Sep 24, 21:08 1
    - "wait...what?" -- nm - Paul Manafort Sep 24, 21:22
  - ^ obviously this notion is parroted from twitter and I'm just too lazy to have said so -- nm - Beryllium Sep 24, 20:15
Jimmy James is apparently writing headlines for CNN now. -- (pic) - Dano Sep 24, 19:20 [Attachment] 7
- I realized this only makes sense if it's NaMeSaKe. -- nm - . Sep 25, 00:46
- Crash Namesake Delaware Welcome Center is my third favorite Wilco album. -- nm - Dano Sep 24, 20:00 1
  - well done -- nm - rollo Sep 24, 20:25
- ha. maybe a text box size issue? nm but: -- (link) - b. Sep 24, 19:49
- super karate monkey death car? -- nm - Tim Sep 24, 19:47
- Does little jimmy have fear? A thousand times no! -- nm* - Macho Business Donkey Sep 24, 19:31 1
  - Jimmy has fancy plans, and pants to match. - howie Sep 24, 19:46
Movie idea: The Anaheim Job. A down-on-his-luck Mark Wahlberg (the actor, playing himself) hatches a plan to steal every movie in the Disney vault. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 24, 18:49 6
- "Hey Bambi, I heard you're a deer. How's that going for you? Ok. Say hello to your mother for me." -- nm - The Anaheim Job Sep 24, 20:04 1
  - oh no. i've created a monster. a hilarious, hilarious monster. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 24, 20:09
- he should go after the money in Uncle Scrooges Money Bin instead. -- nm - Peglegpete Sep 24, 19:12
- "You didn't really think there was an actual vault, did you, Mr Wahlberg? It's a metaphor for stoking the fires of artificial demand!" - Beryllium Sep 24, 18:53
- And in the end, he uploads them to every cloud so everyone can watch them for free? -- nm - Max Sep 24, 18:52 1
  - Yes. "Courtesy of Wahlburgers", biggest advertising campaign in the world. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 24, 18:54
Mayor Pete on CNN. - Spawn Sep 24, 18:42 7
- I've been thinking about this clip today, hoping that the few congressional republicans who may still have some integrity will do the right thing. -- (link) - b. Sep 24, 19:44 1
  - Agreed -- nm - Spawn Sep 24, 21:02
- He's married. WAIT, *you're* married. - Max Sep 24, 18:49 3
  - Go on! -- nm - Spawn Sep 24, 21:03
  - speaking of his husband, this is funny. nm but: -- (link) - b. Sep 24, 20:13
  - how about settling for a big fan of his? -- nm - b. Sep 24, 19:45
- the smartest person in your godforsaken country -- nm - mud Sep 24, 18:48
If we are so worried about incels shooting up the place during screenings of Joker, how quick can we get Brie Larson digitally added into the film? - Qale Sep 24, 18:30 4
- Wouldn't they be too busy jizzing in their pants at their own vindication to get their guns out? -- nm - Beryllium Sep 24, 18:35 3
  - They called for boycotts of movies with female superheroes. -- nm - . Sep 24, 19:24 2
    - No, i mean it wouldn't be necessary to add her because they would already be incapacitated. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 24, 19:33 1
      - Oh? -- nm - . Sep 24, 19:49
Found out tonight that my daughter's art teacher for her senior year of high school is Miss Illinois. I learned this because she's in my pottery class - TWuG Sep 24, 18:28 1
- O.O -- (link*) - zeitgeist Sep 24, 20:43 [youtube]
I couldn't resist ... heheheh -- (link) - Beryllium Sep 24, 18:26
heh "Trending in Canada #ImpeachTheMF 40.1K Tweets" -- nm - mud Sep 24, 18:08 2
- I really want Mexico to impeach him. -- nm - budice Sep 24, 18:09 1
  - or at least release a line of peach-flavoured jarritos -- nm - Beryllium Sep 24, 18:14
*ding* -- (link) - Beryllium Sep 24, 17:55 [flickr]
90°+ days at various cities in 2019 (not including today): Phoenix: 138 Las Vegas: 121 Orlando: 111 Miami: 105 Dallas/Ft Worth: 100 Atlanta: 80 ... -- (edited) - budice Sep 24, 17:47 1
- Halifax: 1 -- nm - Reagen Sep 24, 18:01
Somebody from my other board just posted this Trump tweet saying "There is always a tweet". Check out the 1st comment -- (link) - Amoxy Sep 24, 17:22 1
- Love this one "Many people say ceclining writing skills are a sign of Alzheimer's" -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 24, 20:15
Meanwhile, in CNN's other headlines: "Jon Cryer says he didn't lose his virginity to Demi Moore but regrets nothing" -- nm - Max Sep 24, 17:21
200 Dems now -- nm - Jovian Sep 24, 17:19 13
- So many candidates. You'd think the field would have narrowed by now. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 24, 17:57
- with Nancy on board and it being just an "inquiry" why isn't it 235? -- nm - mud Sep 24, 17:22 11
  - or 234. Tulsi's out: -- (link) - mud Sep 24, 17:44 10
    - she's on odd one -- nm* - ty97 Sep 24, 17:59 2
      - She is a Netanyahu patsy. -- nm - David, Earth’s Mightiest Hero Sep 24, 18:51 1
        
        Only the best people... (NM) - Marlowe Sep 24, 18:58
    - Man, we were *this* close to being united. -- nm - Reagen Sep 24, 17:57
    - LOL -- nm - mud Sep 24, 17:56
    - And with that, Captain Marvel abandoned Earth to solve other problems in the galaxy, hoping to return one day and take credit for helping at the end. -- nm - Max Sep 24, 17:49 1
      - Heh -- nm - Pippy, Dipping the dip Sep 24, 18:10
    - go home Red Sparrow -- nm - Jovian Sep 24, 17:45
    - This was Tulsi's chance to be the first Republican to support impeachment. -- nm - Tim Sep 24, 17:44 1
      - heh, I was thinking it doesn't help her case re: being a plant. (she's so bad, ugh.) -- nm - b. Sep 24, 19:48
Steve Jobs Personally Called Disney CEO to Say He Hated Iron Man 2 -- (link) - budice Sep 24, 17:13
Charles Blow rocks -- (link) - mud Sep 24, 17:08
Even with a minimal Downton Abbey background, the movie was a delight. B+ -- nm - budice Sep 24, 17:04
I liked IT2 better than the first one. - Amoxy Sep 24, 17:00 3
- heck yes - Jovian Sep 24, 17:02 2
  - Spoiler - Amoxy Sep 24, 17:05 1
    - spoils - Jovian Sep 24, 17:14
Reagen, I sent you contact info on FB. -- nm - Meg Sep 24, 16:57
Machu Picchu news -- (link*) - Peglegpete Sep 24, 16:57 1
- Macho Pikachu would get more clicks. -- nm - Mop Sep 24, 19:38
$100k means one hell of a trip to Vegas. -- (edited) - Super Daddy Princess Sep 24, 16:43 3
- I could definitely stay on Leave of Absence longer than I first anticipated. -- nm - Qale Sep 24, 17:04
- bank it and call accountant to see how much of that I really will have after taxes, etc. wait a week then pay off more of the mortgage -- nm* - Peglegpete Sep 24, 16:53
- $100k directed at a mortgage paydown means one hell of a reduction in my monthly expenses. - Beryllium Sep 24, 16:52
“Nats eliminate Phillies, Harper to delight of fans” -- nm - David, Earth’s Mightiest Hero Sep 24, 16:39
Andrew Johnson was brought up on impeachment for what amounted to a statutory act. -- nm - Reagen Sep 24, 16:36 18
- How so? They impeached him for violating the specific letter of the constitution. I know we’ve taken this to plaid when Benjamin Franklin - not presen - JackDawson Sep 24, 16:48 9
  - Can you explain Articles 10 and 11 of Johnson's impeachment then to a layman? -- (edited) - Max Sep 24, 17:10 3
    - I don't understand how the harmless error doctrine relates here (below) -- nm* - Max Sep 24, 18:42 1
      - It makes no difference because they clearly impeached based on crimes and misdemeanors. In any case if you firmly believe the congress does or should - JackDawson Sep 24, 19:29
    - The harmless error doctrine. The allegations are sufficient to support an indictment on valid counts -- nm - JackDawson Sep 24, 18:30
  - I'm just saying if we're calling that a "high crime"... -- nm - Reagen Sep 24, 17:04 3
    - “Other” -- nm - JackDawson Sep 24, 18:31
    - constant treason route seems obvious -- nm - con_carne Sep 24, 17:29 1
      - "I am a maaaaaaan of constant treason ..." heheh -- nm - Beryllium Sep 24, 17:56
  - I'm really not arguing that "offending America" is a viable standard. I just am arguing that it is potentially broader than your reading. -- nm - pmb Sep 24, 16:53
- Go the Capone route and get Trump for falsifying the weather report. - Max Sep 24, 16:41 7
  - Wasn’t that an actual crime in the 19th century under things like the alien and sedition acts and the like? The 1A was not interpreted in the way you - JackDawson Sep 24, 18:33
  - Exactly. What about his threats to the press. Is that not undermining the first amendment? That recent story about the administration not - pmb Sep 24, 16:56 4
    - Sounds like “impeach no matter what because we’ve determined he’s a threat standard” - JackDawson Sep 24, 18:37 3
      - Are you saying the Ukraine thing doesn't cross that line? -- nm - . Sep 24, 19:50 2
        
        Huh? It’s way beyond the line. Huh? - JackDawson Sep 24, 19:54 1
        
        I'm obviously missing some context in this discussion. - . Sep 24, 20:33
  - Sure. I mean, if we’re being accused of wanting to impeach from Day One, might as well dump it all at the Senate’s doorstep. -- nm - Qale Sep 24, 16:50
I don't think about mass shootings and I work at a movie theater! Hope for the best, prepare for the worst is how I like to go through life. - con_carne Sep 24, 16:35 6
- I remember a time when the board gave me crap for asking if I should be worried about the kids looking at pics of guns on the next computer. You told - . Sep 24, 20:54
- I work at a high school. It’s forever weaved into daily activity. -- (edited) - Volnelk Sep 24, 17:18 1
  - We had an incident at work back in 2012 that to this day I still think about - Strongbad, Champ Champ Sep 24, 17:46
- Besides, doesn’t Hollywood deliver the most bombs directly to the theatre anyway? - Qale Sep 24, 16:40 1
  - You are absolved of your Lenoisms. It makes you the plethora that you are. -- nm - con_carne Sep 24, 16:43
- Part of it may be that I grew up poor in LA. We too had a random gun violence trend for a while. You just... you live your life, man. You go on. -- nm - con_carne Sep 24, 16:37

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