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Yup. This is how I feel today. -- (link) - znufrii, Italian baseball player Mar 3, 05:22 [youtube]
People sort of started panic buying dry goods today. Pasta, rice, toilet paper. guy behind me had like 100 cases of wet wipes. -- nm - mafic Mar 3, 05:12 1
- Don’t know if it’s just their normal restock cycle, as wegmans didn’t seem too busy yesterday, but pasta and sparkling water were pretty sparse -- (edited) - znufrii, Italian baseball player Mar 3, 05:16
Today feels super. -- nm - ty97 Mar 3, 05:10
Does the fact that Warren hasn’t dropped out like Pete or Amy suggest she doesn’t really like sanders all that much? -- nm - JackDawson Mar 3, 05:02 9
- I'm sure the DNC offered jobs to consolidate the middle of the road, warren splits the lefties, remember the DNC still parses out most of the $$$ -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 3, 10:42
- Could be. Could also be that she's stubborn, and doesn't recognize the harm she's doing to progressive chances by staying in. -- nm - Inigo Mar 3, 05:20 4
  - Whats the evidence that there is significant overlap in their supporters? A lot of polls shows she’s the number two of Pete/Amy supporters and vice v - JackDawson Mar 3, 05:24 3
    - That's a good point. I just assumed with their overlap in policy and philosophy that their supporters are similar. - Inigo Mar 3, 05:28
    - I think the assumption is there based on their policies as it seems logical to go from one to the other as they're rather similar in - Krusty Mar 3, 05:26 1
      - Ideologically sure but the notion that people vote for ideology— if you still buy it you may have missed the 2016 election -- nm - JackDawson Mar 3, 05:29
- I think it’s fairly clear she doesn’t, but hasn’t gone after him as harshly as Bloomberg or Biden because there’s a lot of overlap in their supporters -- nm - mafic Mar 3, 05:09 2
  - Maybe not supporters exactly, but policies? Underpinnings of their campaigns? She’d have to get either technical or personal with Sanders. - mafic Mar 3, 05:10 1
    - Agreed all around. Sigh -- nm - JackDawson Mar 3, 05:16
The Twenty is back with some new music from Green Day, Welshly Arms, Point North, and a filthy ditty from Delacey ft. G-Eazy. Sorry, Lady Gaga... -- (edited) - Qale Mar 3, 05:00 [spotify] 2
- That Green Day album sounds all bright and poppy, but the lyrics are pretty dark. -- nm - jnine Mar 3, 16:57
- Welshly Arms was on The Rock Boat, and they're soooo good. -- nm - JaxSean Mar 3, 05:54
Tornado in Nashville -- (link) - Beryllium Mar 3, 00:18 9
- Still checking on my people there. 1 friend, her brother's shop was destroyed and her nephew's school (DCA) has a lot of damage. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 3, 04:19
- Nighttime tornados are a whole special kind of terrifying. -- nm - Qale Mar 3, 03:30
- Damage sounds bad. Probably going to be fatalities, but I don't see any specific reports on twitter yet. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 3, 01:16 4
  - 5 so far and it's still dark. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 3, 04:19
  - This twitterer says that an apartment building is "gone", but I don't know the extent of that. -- (link) - Beryllium Mar 3, 01:19 2
    - Here's a "before" of the pictured building, complete with a hugely inappropriate (in hindsight) bench ad -- (pic) - Beryllium Mar 3, 01:23 [Attachment]
    - Hmm. Maybe they mean that the left part of this structure is damaged. -- (pic) - Beryllium Mar 3, 01:22 [Attachment]
- That system is going a few miles north of us. Like 3 miles in 15 minutes. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 3, 01:11 1
  - Yikes! Be safe! -- nm - Beryllium Mar 3, 01:16
Matthews - GQ ran a column 3 days ago by a freelance journalist about her "own sexist run-in" with Matthews in the makeup room -- (link*) - budice Mar 3, 00:03
The Recording Academy only just now fired Deborah Dugan. -- (link) - Mop Mar 2, 23:15
Man, Star Trek Discovery has a major Agents of SHIELD vibe to it, only... you know... better. -- nm - Mop Mar 2, 23:03
Warren on Bloomberg- Kimmel: It seems like you don't like him that much. Warren: True, but it's not personal, it's just everything about him -- (link) - budice Mar 2, 22:57
Costco, Mesa AZ (3/2/20) 3 pm. Zero water and toilet paper -- (link) - budice Mar 2, 22:18 4
- The person commenting on the irony of costco coronavirus has a solid point. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 2, 22:23
- Read that as Costa Mesa :-) -- nm - Meg Mar 2, 22:21 2
  - me too -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 2, 22:24
  - Me too. -- nm - jnine Mar 2, 22:24
Here's a photo of a firetruck. -- (link) - Beryllium Mar 2, 22:14 [flickr] 1
- Your kids like playing in the mud? 😀😁 -- nm - Meg Mar 2, 22:20
I wonder who is going to endorse the coronavirus? -- nm - Beryllium Mar 2, 22:05 1
- That sounds like a job for Kent Brockman. -- nm - Max Mar 2, 22:06
You've got to be kidding me: Judge says Hillary Clinton must submit to a deposition regarding her fucking emails.... -- (link) - zeitgeist Mar 2, 21:52
The East wind takes us all. -- nm - Spawn Mar 2, 21:23 3
- All we are is dust in the wind, dude. -- nm - David Mar 2, 21:35 2
  - may the four winds blow you home again. roll away the dew. -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 2, 22:02 1
    - They call the wind Mariah. -- nm - jnine Mar 2, 22:25
The establishment Dems bolstering Biden to stop Bernie reminds me of the chaotic GOP attempts to stop Trump 4 years ago. -- nm - Mop Mar 2, 21:08 4
- Yes, I remember when Cruz and Rubio dropped out before Super Tuesday and endorsed Bush. -- nm* - Jovian Mar 2, 21:22
- Yes and no. The Dems are getting 'in line' much earlier -- nm - ty97 Mar 2, 21:16 1
  - (I mean, remember Cruz/Fiorina? He named a VP!) -- nm - ty97 Mar 2, 21:17
- Except it’s really more about the lessons learned from Republicans failing to do it. They let their egos keep them from consolidating until it was - pmb Mar 2, 21:16
Was there ever an Enty about an underage actress in a hotel room in the early-mid 80s, implicating an actor of some standing? - Beryllium Mar 2, 20:59 7
- There was a different one involving Emma Roberts here (nmblink) -- (link) - ralph wiggum Mar 2, 21:10 2
  - This makes me sad. He struck me as one of the “nice” guys. -- nm - Mop Mar 2, 21:11 1
    - FWIW, he was also a big customer of Heidi Fleiss back in the day. nm - ralph wiggum Mar 2, 21:14
- Buzzfeed ran the story today and Variety’s covering it all. -- (link) - Mop Mar 2, 21:07 3
  - That's similar to the Stallone story. -- nm - Max Mar 2, 22:02
  - Whoa. That is Exhibit A in "Don't read the comments" nm - ralph wiggum Mar 2, 21:37
  - Rob Lowe? -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 2, 21:24
The extreme agita I get when someone in Manhattan, giving subway directions, says 'take the blue line' -- nm - ty97 Mar 2, 20:44 16
- So far, we only have one line. A second will soon open, so they gave the first one the name "red line". - psilotum Mar 2, 21:34 5
  - I think it was LA where they were going to build a Yellow Line through predominantly Asian American neighborhoods, that didn’t go over well. -- nm - znufrii, Italian baseball player Mar 3, 04:43 2
    - Atlanta. It got called the Gold Line -- nm - Roger More Mar 3, 04:50 1
      - Right. Thx. -- nm - znufrii, Italian baseball player Mar 3, 05:01
  - That seems a bit overboard - ty97 Mar 2, 22:06
  - I live in Chicago where we have a Red Line and redlining may have started. -- (edited) - . Mar 2, 21:44
- That's someone that's either not from here or hasn't lived here more than a couple of days and shouldn't be giving directions. Color is meaningless! -- nm* - Krusty Mar 2, 20:47 9
  - I'm like "this is not Chicago!" The A C and E go all kinds of different places from each other! -- nm - ty97 Mar 2, 20:51 4
    - Meh. I’ve always find this a weird complaint. If you’re being asked it’s most likely by a tourist and then most likely to a place where the lines do g - JackDawson Mar 3, 05:01
    - The lines in Chicago used to have names but then they changed the names and then changed the names to colors. -- nm - . Mar 2, 22:02 1
      - 1993 -- nm - . Mar 2, 23:12
    - Seriously. They all end up in different boroughs -- nm - Krusty Mar 2, 20:53
  - Sounds like DC Metro talk. -- nm - Max Mar 2, 20:50 3
    - The letters and numbers for the trains have colored backgrounds but they're basically meaningless. As Ty mentioned, the A,C and E trains have - Krusty Mar 2, 20:58 2
      - The C doesn't go to the Bronx (Krusty got something wrong about the subway! Everyone smite him!) -- nm - ty97 Mar 2, 21:07 1
        
        It did originally, maybe he’s a time traveler -- nm - znufrii, Italian baseball player Mar 3, 04:23
Hulu is starting to add more FX shows. For now, Nip/Tuck, Sons of Anarchy, It's Always Sunny and American Horror Story. -- (link*) - GregW Mar 2, 20:40 [hulu] 2
- “FX on Hulu” is a new brand they’re launching which will include some original programming. Seems like an odd step. - Mop Mar 2, 21:08 1
  - Hulu is the basic cable heir apparent of the streaming age -- nm - con_carne Mar 2, 23:52
1) If Sanders beat Trump, he wouldn't have Congress so none of his healthcare or education policies would happen. 2)I can't get my 87 year old dad to - jnine Mar 2, 20:28 24
- You can do a lot with executive orders, bureaucracy, and judges. -- nm - mafic Mar 3, 04:13 1
  - Judges go through the Senate. If you don't have it, you don't get them anymore. See Merrick Garland. -- nm - jnine Mar 3, 16:01
- Someone pointed out on a radio show I listen to that Sanders has done a goid job of getting laws passed. - . Mar 2, 21:39 2
  - In 29 years, he’s been lead sponsor of 422 bills. 3 became law. 2 of 3 were to name post offices. - Will Hunting Mar 3, 00:43
  - Really? Because one of the things they always use against him in debates is that he has no legislation to talk about after all of these years. -- nm - jnine Mar 2, 21:56
- Yes, but the election of the communist freak would have to be viewed as some kind of mandate. -- nm - psilotum Mar 2, 21:37 2
  - He's a socialist. - . Mar 2, 21:40 1
    - you know what happens when lefties take over, firing squads, guillotines, re-education camps, forced suppression of religion -- nm - actual comments posted literally today Mar 2, 21:43
- # 2 tell him to SIT DOWN. England ain’t going anywhere - Pippy-with a side eye Mar 2, 20:42 4
  - Hes never been and he thinks he doesn't have forever, which I understand, but come on. He has mild Alzheimers and I think he is afraid it will be too -- (edited) - jnine Mar 2, 20:49 1
    - :/ - Pippy-with a side eye Mar 2, 20:56
  - Plus, the antique stuff will be even *more* antique in the future. -- nm - Max Mar 2, 20:43
  - Yeah, about that..... -- nm - European Union Mar 2, 20:42
- Even if he had Congress, he'd have to deal with Blue Dog Democrats or whatever they are called. -- nm - ty97 Mar 2, 20:38 4
  - And #3? -- nm - jnine Mar 2, 20:40 3
    - I rented a new apartment and it has a dishwasher. So...I guess that's restaurant like! -- nm - ty97 Mar 2, 20:41 2
      - So when you said you bought an old restaurant space, that means an apartment with a dishwasher? NYC real estate lingo is strange. -- nm - jnine Mar 2, 20:51
      - got any drugs? -- nm - Max Mar 2, 20:43
- He’d have a 50-50 Senate at best and there are several moderate Democrats who would sink most of the things he wants to do. - Tim Mar 2, 20:30 5
  - My friend went to Biden's field office to make calls today. It was shut down. because Bernie supporters were threatening and harassing the landlord -- (edited) - jnine Mar 2, 20:38
  - After what Trump has done, I think we can throw out the old playbook. Liberals WILL work together this time. -- nm* - David Mar 2, 20:33 3
    - If they want to get reelected they won't take away private health insurance, especially from unions. -- nm - jnine Mar 2, 20:40 2
      - apparently it was unions wanting health care as a major reason to belong was why both LBJ and Nixon couldn't get it done -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 2, 21:27 1
        
        I thought Nixon couldn't get it done because Vietnam was too expensive, he couldn't pay for both. He did not choose wisely. -- nm - jnine Mar 2, 21:53
It's one poll in one state but it's a wow if it turns out to be anywhere near accurate -- (link) - ty97 Mar 2, 20:17 5
- CRAZY-MAKING!! nm - ralph wiggum Mar 2, 20:39 4
  - SHE'S....RIGHT.....THERE! -- nm - ty97 Mar 2, 20:47 3
    - SHE HAS FANCY PLANS AND PANTS TO MATCH. NM - ralph wiggum Mar 2, 21:05 2
      - You're making me feel more sane. - ty97 Mar 2, 21:08 1
        
        Nmbutty - ralph wiggum Mar 2, 21:12 [youtube]
This is a good point -- (link) - ty97 Mar 2, 20:11
I get that moderate politics is what the suburban moms need. There's just one problem: coalition-building has become so toxic. - con_carne Mar 2, 20:06 5
- If one party is not acting in good faith; the party doing the right think should be shouting from the rooftops about it. Every day. Let the suburban - Will Hunting Mar 3, 00:37
- the major flaw in that is, republicans under mitch have a scorched earth policy where they will vote against their own bills if the democrats like it -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 2, 21:29 1
  - b. middle of the road, middle class just don't fucking care, not enough to do more than repost a meme, if we had million mom marches monthly... - zeitgeist Mar 2, 21:35
- I'm not sure I understand what you are saying but that could just be a comprehension issue on my end -- nm - ty97 Mar 2, 20:20
- When your potential partner in coalition fails repeatedly to come to the table in good faith, it's time to try something different. Has nothing to do with an aversion to "moderate politics". -- (edited) - znufrii Mar 2, 20:10
Beto just sent out an email supporting Biden. - GregW Mar 2, 20:05
When did ST stop resetting to the top of the page when going back? -- nm - zork Mar 2, 19:55 1
- It's not a behaviour I specifically implemented, so it may have been a browser's whim. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 2, 19:56
Remember those ads in the back of comic books? Here's what you actually got if you ordered from them. -- (link) - zork Mar 2, 19:53 [youtube] 3
- sea monkeys! -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 2, 21:36
- I always wanted to order the revolutionary war toy soldiers sets -- nm - call me Ishmael Mar 2, 20:13 1
  - I knew Russ Heath for ages. He drew a lot of those ads, like the 800[??] Roman soldiers. -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 2, 20:27
MTA implementing enhanced sanitizing procedures -- (link) - ty97 Mar 2, 19:52 3
- every 3 days? have you seen video of Chinese stations, they have squads spraying down everything every 30m (literal squads of soldiers) -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 2, 21:39 1
  - Costco has an employee moving from table to table disinfecting, as soon as someone leaves its cleaned -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 2, 21:40
- It’ll cost at least a billion dollars. -- nm - Mop Mar 2, 19:55
I just had to explain to a 63-year-old man that Laos is a country, and Vientiane is its capital. -- nm - mafic Mar 2, 19:51 5
- Vientiane would have stumped me FWIW -- nm - ty97 Mar 2, 20:20 3
  - fair. but Laos. come on man. -- nm - mafic Mar 2, 20:22 2
    - You can't expect us to remember *every* country we tried to bomb back to the stoneage. -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 2, 21:45
    - I mean especially given that it was clearly formatted as an address. he was stumped by address formatting. -- nm - mafic Mar 2, 20:23
- he was reviewing a contract. "LAY-oh? I don't even know what LAY-oh is! Vien-TIE-ANE?" -- nm - mafic Mar 2, 19:52
The Wolf House trailer -- (link) - Dano Mar 2, 19:38 [youtube]
Fucking phenomenal. -- nm - Reagen Mar 2, 19:33 4
- Hat trick in 4:38. Is that good? - Will Hunting Mar 2, 19:39 1
  - Y'all suck. -- nm - David Mar 2, 19:44
- I feel like I should pour a fresh drink and watch the 3rd period again. -- nm - Shaun Mar 2, 19:34 1
  - Watch the PPG again. McDavid was no-looking the pass the entire time while Drai was completely expecting the pass the entire time. - Shaun Mar 2, 19:52
I heard some interesting speculation on COVID19 that makes sense. Long story short: I may have already had it. - Mop Mar 2, 19:32 13
- Local NPR, someone examining old blood tests believes he came across c19 from a sample taken in mid january -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 2, 21:48
- Very doubtful and you likely just got sick like so many people that fly. People in a tube pass things around and it's probably just a bad cold -- nm - Krusty Mar 2, 20:46
- Quarantine him Bery! -- nm - jnine Mar 2, 20:20 1
  - My posts won’t appear for 2 weeks! -- nm - Mop Mar 2, 21:12
- We get flu shots but the night we got home from our cruise we got walloped by the flu. All the symptoms of Corona but the shortness of breath. -- (edited) - Bacon Mar 2, 20:10
- “6 weeks” in the Pacific Northwest certainly matches with my cold. -- (link) - Mop Mar 2, 19:54 1
  - But you would have been asymptomatic for the first 2-3 weeks -- nm - Beryllium Mar 2, 19:55
- Oddly, this year on the US East coast we had something going around in Jan/Feb that was a 2-4 sinus thing but unusually little coughing. - Max Mar 2, 19:50
- As far as I know, the first detection in humans of Covid 19 happened in late December. The theory is that that's when it jumped the species barrier. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 2, 19:33 3
  - are we entirely sure Mop is human though? -- nm - mafic Mar 2, 19:37 2
    - Heh -- nm - zork Mar 2, 19:51 1
      - I mean, maybe he's a very erudite pangolin. -- nm - mafic Mar 2, 19:55
- maybe it was swine flu. -- nm - mafic Mar 2, 19:33
It’s not as good as the watermelon but this Taskmaster task amuses me. -- (link) - Dano Mar 2, 19:28 [youtube] 1
- The pay-off with Joe Wilkinson is priceless. (nm) - howie Mar 2, 20:15

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