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Trailer for new Wes Anderson film The French Dispatch -- (link) - LMS Feb 12, 07:24 [youtube] 3
- "They will fail to notice the torn ticket stub for an unclaimed hat which sits alone on the upper shelf of a cloakroom in a bus depot on the outskirts -- (edited) - Reagen Feb 12, 07:38
- Absolutely count me in. One of the films I have been most looking for this year. (NM) - Marlowe Feb 12, 07:31
- ohboyohboyohboyohboyohboyohboyohboyohboyohboy ! -- nm - mud Feb 12, 07:31
Coronavirus recovery rate up to 82% -- nm - rollo Feb 12, 07:21 4
- What's the definition on "recovery rate"? 18% of patients aren't dying, are they? -- nm - Ender Feb 12, 07:23 3
  - There are many people in critical condition pending a final result in cure or not. It was around 20% last I saw a few days ago -- nm - Bacon Feb 12, 07:25
  - 1% are dying -- nm - LMS Feb 12, 07:24 1
    - Which implies 17% who contracted it are still infected. -- nm - ty97 Feb 12, 07:25
Apparently a friend of mine wrote a Shakespearean adaptation of The Room - znufrii, human scum Feb 12, 07:19
My day so far. -- (pic) - Spawn Feb 12, 06:54 [Attachment] 8
- :-[ -- nm - mud Feb 12, 07:25
- If it's not too damaged, a good tire guy should be able to plug it for you. -- nm - Shaun Feb 12, 07:08 4
  - Thats a pretty good rip on the tire, likely need new one -- nm - budice Feb 12, 07:10 3
    - Yeah, that’s a goner. That would be cause to look for a good, cash only, used tire place for me and practice my failing high school Spanish. -- nm* - Qale Feb 12, 07:19 2
      - Duck tape. -- nm - zunk lake county Feb 12, 07:22 1
        
        Mythbusters said plausable. -- nm - Qale Feb 12, 07:26
- Nailed or Screwed? -- nm - budice Feb 12, 07:06 1
  - About a year ago I had two of those happen in one week -- nm - budice Feb 12, 07:07
This is nuts: 26% of the *world population* (2 billion users) have WhatsApp -- (edited) - decline Feb 12, 06:36 4
- It is very prevalent here. Families, friends, work groups, everybody uses WhatsApp. (NM) - Marlowe Feb 12, 07:37
- i have it, i use it for one thing only - my friend who travels a lot uses it to call me. (i prefer calling through FB messenger when travelling.) -- nm - Andie Feb 12, 07:16
- That’s a lot of porn, and unfortunately quite a bit likely unpleasant. -- nm* - Qale Feb 12, 07:13
- I have it but haven't used it in years. - zunk lake county Feb 12, 06:51
PS4: Dreams - Launch Trailer -- (link) - Shaun Feb 12, 06:15 [youtube] 6
- wth? -- nm - decline Feb 12, 06:24 5
  - Release Date trailer is a bit less hectic. -- (link) - Shaun Feb 12, 06:29 [youtube] 4
    - so, Little Big Planet but you make your own game worlds? -- nm - decline Feb 12, 06:34 3
      - Review. -- (link) - Shaun Feb 12, 07:04
      - There's also a proper story mode, like LBP as well. -- nm - Shaun Feb 12, 06:38
      - Seems so. It's been in early access for awhile so there should be a tonne of community based content to play on the 14th. -- nm - Shaun Feb 12, 06:34
Knives Out sequel names -- (edited) - Beron Cherry Feb 12, 06:12
Concern: Sanders wins plurality of delegates/votes but other candidates coalesce behind centrist (pre or at convention)— his deranged supporters again - JackDawson Feb 12, 05:48 44
- Yeah, the Bernie Bros scare the shit out of me as well. Curious to see what ST things though: would Bernie getting the nom be so bad? -- nm - Turd Ferguson Feb 12, 05:57 41
  - I'll vote blue no matter who. -- nm - zunk lake county Feb 12, 06:52
  - Bernie getting the nom might just be enough to convince me to vote for Trump... -- nm - Ender Feb 12, 06:50 21
    - I am not voting for Trump but I wouldn't check the box for Bernie either. I like my 401k too much and he would crater the stock market. -- nm - Bacon Feb 12, 07:00 12
      - You obviously can make your own choices but a lot of very very very very bad things are done in the world to satisfy stockholders. Doesn't make it ok. -- nm - Andie Feb 12, 07:30 3
        
        (also, as below, the market IS going to crash, it has to. it's a cycle and the world is imploding in many ways, it will trigger at some point.) -- nm - Andie Feb 12, 07:34 2
        
        yup, The factors that have created this bull market are unsustainable -- nm - decline Feb 12, 07:37
        
        Correction yes, crash only if Bernie gets in there. HEY OH! :) -- nm - Bacon Feb 12, 07:36
      - I think he would given shockingly centrist, other than tax rates. -- nm - Reagen Feb 12, 07:11 7
        
        I don't think so, but I think he'd have a hard time getting most of what he wants done. I think Bernie is wrong on most issues (though often right - pmb Feb 12, 07:41
        
        I don’t think he has an accommodating bone in his body. - spamlet Feb 12, 07:22
        
        I think he'd have a GOP Senate and get none of his platform passed. BUT voters will be terrified of his proposals nonetheless. -- nm - ty97 Feb 12, 07:18 4
        
        And if/when things do turn, the GOP spin is better so it's all his fault - Will Hunting Feb 12, 07:28 3
        
        Considering the economy will inevitably turn at some point (during the next admin? Who knows, since it's felt due for so long, maybe it can hold out) - ty97 Feb 12, 07:33 2
        
        Right, real-world blame isn't matched by the political blame... -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 12, 07:34 1
        
        So so true. I don't blame/credit POTUS (of either party) for much of the economic cycle. - ty97 Feb 12, 07:37
    - Seems a little dramatic. -- (edited) - znufrii, human scum Feb 12, 06:52 3
      - A specific policy? I doubt you could find a single policy I agree with him on. -- nm - Ender Feb 12, 06:55 2
        
        "Don't put children in cages"? I mean that's one at least -- nm - ty97 Feb 12, 07:26
        
        I’m just trying to get a sense of where four more years of Trump becomes a reasonable trade-off, that’s all. -- nm - znufrii, human scum Feb 12, 06:57
    - Seriously? that suggests you think he'd be worse than Trump. I cannot even fathom that thought. nm - Turd Ferguson Feb 12, 06:51 3
      - Well you see it in this thread already. "My 401k is more important" -- nm - ty97 Feb 12, 07:19 2
        
        Money is always important. That’s why it’s called money. -- nm - Qale Feb 12, 07:20 1
        
        It shouldn't be more important than human lives, Mr Devito. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 12, 07:42
  - Yes. If not in the short-term; in the long-term. - Will Hunting Feb 12, 06:23 1
    - More importantly, in 2020, a census year...you want the widest base you can possibly get up and down the line. - Will Hunting Feb 12, 06:37
  - I think he can win. -- nm - Reagen Feb 12, 05:59 15
    - I think he’s almost American Jeremy Corbyn. Unpopular and scary outside his base. Trump is savvy enough to exploit that. - mafic Feb 12, 06:12 6
      - Corbyn was *-40*. Sanders is either negative single digits, or even in positives, depending on what question is asked. -- nm - Reagen Feb 12, 06:17 5
        
        Before the general election has begun....... -- nm* - ty97 Feb 12, 07:20 4
        
        So what, you're saying there are people that don't know what Bernie stands for? - Reagen Feb 12, 07:26 3
        
        It means that the attacks haven't even started yet. You know what a general election is like. - ty97 Feb 12, 07:30 2
        
        And they'll happen for any candidate. -- nm - Reagen Feb 12, 07:33 1
        
        Of course, but some people have allowed for more effective lines of attack than others. - ty97 Feb 12, 07:38
    - I'm actually starting to think so as well. I'm also starting to think that he might actually bring a shit ton of people to the polls - Turd Ferguson Feb 12, 06:01 3
      - I've contemplated it, but my guess is he drives more people to not vote (Bacon) or maybe vote Trump (Ender) than he bring to the polls for himself. - ty97 Feb 12, 07:39
      - He gives them idealistic visions that aren't feasible. - Will Hunting Feb 12, 06:35 1
        
        FWIW, I like most of Bernie's proposals (not all, but most). - ty97 Feb 12, 07:40
    - Sure but that’s not what I’m contemplating - he can probably win it all, yes - most of then probably can -- nm - JackDawson Feb 12, 06:01 3
      - don't get me wrong - I don't think he's the best choice for the long run. But for solving Problem #1 - he'll work. -- nm - Reagen Feb 12, 06:09 1
        
        Yep, this. He has all these great sounding ideas and none of them will actually happen. But for me, that's not what's important this time around - Turd Ferguson Feb 12, 06:10
      - What blows me away about this shit is the thought process so many of these people have... - Turd Ferguson Feb 12, 06:04
- Yup. I think the non-conspiracy version of that is that it plays out faster. Where as candidates drop out, they throw support to not-Bernie. -- nm* - Volnelk Feb 12, 05:57 1
  - Yes my version is not a conspiracy, just a way in which it plays out mechanically that he still has most votes -- nm - JackDawson Feb 12, 06:01
This week's edition of The Twenty is loaded with more mainstream acts like Stone Temple Pilots, Dua Lipa, and Theory of a Deadman. - Qale Feb 12, 05:48 [spotify]
yup. not working this morning now that i found Grandma's boy is on HBO right now. -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 12, 05:42
Today is the day that pitchers and catcher report! Spring training is officially started! Woo hoo!!! -- (pic) - Krusty Feb 12, 05:06 [Attachment] 2
- If only we’d had warning it was happening today - Pippy Feb 12, 05:39 1
  - :-) -- nm - Krusty Feb 12, 05:52
TV PSA: Survivor, AEW Dynamite, Chicago Med, Fire PD; Black Ink Crew, Riverdale, Goldbergs, WWE NXT, Masked Singer, Real HW, Schooled, Modern Family, -- nm - Beaker Feb 12, 04:55 4
- I've checked my Tivo 4 times to make sure it will record Survivor. Almost every year the guide updates to some new show and my OnePass fails - oblique Feb 12, 05:12 1
  - Not as good as Jim's, but The Ringer has a Survivor preview article -- (link) - Beaker Feb 12, 06:22
- NOVA, Property Brothers, Party of Five, Magicians, Summer House, Sistas, LEGO Masters, Martha & Snoop, Single Parents, Criminal Minds, Good Trouble, -- nm - Beaker Feb 12, 04:57 1
  - The Soup, Stumptown, Samantha Bee, Miz & Mrs, Awkwafina is Nora From Queens, Cherish the Day, other stuff -- nm* - Beaker Feb 12, 04:57
538: Bernie Sanders is the most likely person to win D nomination. The chance of a contested convention is high and increasing. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 12, 04:16 7
- Every year since 2004, we've heard about contested conventions...it's not realistic. - Will Hunting Feb 12, 04:53 3
  - Yep, the money dries up to the people that are floundering. -- nm - Reagen Feb 12, 04:56 2
    - CA being on Super Tuesday throws a wrinkle in that though. As does Bloomberg. -- (edited) - ty97 Feb 12, 05:06 1
      - I agree with ty, but I still don't think it's likely. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 12, 05:35
- 538: Bernie won NH but underperformed projections by 2-3 points. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 12, 04:36
- Data nerds are trying to will a unicorn into existence. -- nm - Reagen Feb 12, 04:26 1
  - Right now, I'm with you. I don't think any of the models incorporate the bangwagonning that will happen. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 12, 04:31
From backboards: You can transfer Pokemon from Gen 3 up to Home via all the various 3DS methods including Bank. -- nm - Qale Feb 12, 04:12 1
- It’s pretty complicated though. (This link only shows through Sun/Moon but once you get to being able to do Pokemon Bank, you’re golden.) -- (link) - Qale Feb 12, 04:14
St Louis Blues defenceman Jay Bouwmeester collapsed on the bench during a game last night with what's being called a "cardiac episode" - Reagen Feb 12, 02:27 3
- It is the dad’s trip as well. Game in Vegas is up in the air. -- (link) - spamlet Feb 12, 05:42
- Local media reported they had to paddle him on the bench but no confirmation yet. Should be a presser this morning. -- nm - spamlet Feb 12, 05:11 1
  - ! -- nm - prayformojo Feb 12, 05:17
Astros are meeting as a team today (Weds), tomorrow there’s suppose to be a sort of apologython, where several players will be available to apologize - Flavorize— Feb 12, 00:35 5
- They need to say they're giving back the banners, the rings and everything else they stole. -- nm - Krusty Feb 12, 05:04 1
  - Self sanctioning themselves wont mean anything - eag Feb 12, 07:11
- Watch how many of their players repeat the same things. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 12, 04:48 1
  - "I'm sorry I can't be more candid with you guys about everything because of ongoing legal matters," - Will Hunting Feb 12, 04:55
- especially with the Blue Jays pitcher lawsuit outstanding -- nm - Beaker Feb 12, 04:46
Think you’ve seen everything in wrestling...well... -- (link) - Flavorize— Feb 12, 00:25
Also speaking of dogs, I give you this very good boy (nmblink) - ralph wiggum Feb 11, 23:39 1
- Would read Hairy Pawter 12/10 -- nm - rollo Feb 12, 06:29
Boeing did not sell a single jet in January (airbus sold over 200) which I think is their first time blanking -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 11, 23:10 3
- I just didn’t have enough folding money at the time. -- nm - Qale Feb 12, 03:35
- I seem to remember a slight continuing problem with one of their models. -- nm - mafic Feb 11, 23:33 1
  - Was it the Starliner? -- nm - Beryllium Feb 11, 23:37
did anybody mention that Disneyland raised prices, now over $200 a day.... -- (link) - zeitgeist Feb 11, 23:01 2
- This is a misleading summary of the article. -- nm - Qale Feb 12, 03:39
- definately buying some of their stock after I win the lottery -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 11, 23:45
DOJ pulls the appointment of the supervising attorney of the roger stone prosecution shortly after the team resigns. she was to be treasury undersecr -- (link) - zeitgeist Feb 11, 22:39
Who will hand Philip Rivers a starting job for 2020? Its starting to look more and more like the Falcons. -- (link) - crash davis Feb 11, 22:32 8
- Pinch me, I'm dreaming! - David Feb 11, 22:38 6
  - That’s a wise idea. Just not a 1st rounder. You need to have a guy in 2 years so might as well take a lottery ticket. - Will Hunting Feb 12, 03:28
  - "how about I put this infected bandaid on that open wound and attach it with this rusty thumb tack?" -- nm - Reagen Feb 12, 02:29
  - $68.9M dead cap if cut/traded, this year--His contract is stacked. He's getting paid$39M/yr in both 2021+2022, when everything is totaled up. -- nm* - Flavorize Feb 11, 23:48
  - In all honesty, it would be silly to do that unless you can get an Aaron Rodgers backing up Brett Favre situation. -- nm - crash davis Feb 11, 22:39 2
    - Oh, there's zero percent chance of it, but fans talk stupid shit during the offseason. I had one guy telling me to buy a certain breakfast cereal. -- nm - David Feb 11, 22:42 1
      - I'm so sorry that you did experience the benefits of Wilson Wheaties. -- nm - crash davis Feb 11, 22:43
- LOFL -- nm - Spawn Feb 11, 22:35
Speaking of dogs, here's what happened to my brother and his wife. -- (edited) - David Feb 11, 22:28 4
- Holy mother! Good thoughts to your family -- nm - Pippy Feb 12, 05:38
- STOP PICKING ON THAT POOR DOG! NM - ralph wiggum Feb 11, 23:38
- Jeebus -- nm - Spawn Feb 11, 22:37
- wow, that is a lot and I wish them the best. Your brother is right, the dog is not at fault. -- nm - crash davis Feb 11, 22:31
The article I'll link below is long and terrifying. But I ran into the fruit of it on Sunday and pmb alluded to it on B2 -- nm - crash davis Feb 11, 22:23 3
- The Billion-Dollar Disinformation Campaign to Reelect the President -- (link) - crash davis Feb 11, 22:24 2
  - I read the NPR article where they interviewed the author. It was all I could stomatch. -- nm - Mop Feb 12, 05:23
  - one thing they do, is sheer volume, you can't respond with fact check when by the time you come back, there's another dozen shameless, bullshit ads -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 11, 22:36
I'm sick of Westminster being in the pocket of Big Poodle! nm - ralph wiggum Feb 11, 22:05 3
- Forget it, Wiggie, it's Poodletown -- nm - prayformojo Feb 12, 05:11
- and Big Pomeranian, Big Terrier, Big Maltese and Big Chihuahua! -- nm - crash davis Feb 11, 22:21
- Dog hater! -- nm - David Feb 11, 22:18
from bb, I don't know if it was posted here, as I'm so behind; but the monmouth national poll that was released today showed Pete at 8% with nonwhites - b. Feb 11, 21:46
Inside 'Breaking Bad' actor's cabin-style Idaho retreat -- (link) - crash davis Feb 11, 21:45 1
- ANTLERS, Bitch -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 11, 23:03
Idaho is getting a lot of anti-vax refugees fleeing California and WA as they passed new laws denying philosophical rejections to school vax rules -- (link) - zeitgeist Feb 11, 21:45 1
- I've noticed the influx, some of whom are crazies who need to pick up and move again to crazy town. -- nm - crash davis Feb 11, 21:49
Writer orders the same meal at Outback, Longhorn, and Texas Roadhouse, here are the results -- (link) - crash davis Feb 11, 21:38 9
- Man, what a terrible job the author must have. But it’s a living. -- nm - Mop Feb 12, 05:22
- “..the bread was pre-stabbed...” -- nm - Qale Feb 12, 03:45
- You've done the lord's work, Irene Jiang. -- nm - David Feb 11, 21:52 6
  - Agreed, but anyone that has been to all three already knows Roadhouse is the best. -- nm - Spawn Feb 11, 22:39 5
    - Word. We stopped going to Outback ever. We rarely go to Longhorn. But TR - it's always an option. -- nm - Turd Ferguson Feb 12, 06:43
    - Nah, it’s Longhorn. But TR does win the bread war. -- nm - David, Troll Summoner Feb 11, 22:49 1
      - Oh my god yes. TR bread and butter is the most holy of holy things. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 12, 05:24
    - I'd like to try them but the closest one is 30 miles away. Outback is 1.6 miles :/ -- nm - Meg Feb 11, 22:47 1
      - Road trip! -- nm - David, Troll Summoner Feb 11, 22:50
Has anyone tried the sour pickles at Katz's Deli? -- (link) - crash davis Feb 11, 21:25

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