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Several of my coworkers just called hotels to cancel their reservations at a conference this weekend. The front desk sounded... pretty upset. - Strongbad Mar 4, 11:17 3
- No joke, the impact of this on the economy is substantial. If it lasts a long time it will be horrendous. It's not just that industry either. - pmb Mar 4, 11:22
- You know, now would be a fantastic time to take a trip. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Mar 4, 11:19 1
  - except for the whole getting sick and dying thing -- nm - decline Mar 4, 11:25
phrasing is a thing -- (link) - decline Mar 4, 11:17
heh -- (link) - Jovian Mar 4, 11:16
How to make your own hand sanitize -- (link) - decline Mar 4, 11:11
Genesis reunion tour info. NO Gabriel -- (link) - Peglegpete Mar 4, 11:00 4
- no Gabriel, no Genesis. -- nm - mud Mar 4, 11:19
- Genesis Reunion Tour Info: NO Dark Callisto in attendance. - Dark Callisto Mar 4, 11:12 1
  - Thank God. - David Mar 4, 11:15
- Tomorrow: The Genesis tour is being postponed due to the coronavirus. -- nm - pmb Mar 4, 11:02
With 99% vote counted, Biden wins TX by 4.2%. Bloomberg at 14.8%. -- nm - GregW Mar 4, 10:54 2
- Bloomberg's tears will sustain me in my moments of need. -- nm - David Mar 4, 11:01
- Lol, Bloomberg. -- nm - znufrii Mar 4, 10:55
Since I'm all clean and fancy now I might just...RUN THE DISHWASHER. - Diva, Queenmaker si Mar 4, 10:47 2
- Hi, welcome to roughly every 40 hours of my life. - Volnelk Mar 4, 10:52
- Nick Jonas thinks you are out of control. -- nm - Shaun Mar 4, 10:50
JUST IN: Sen. Bernie Sanders will deliver a campaign update from his headquarters in Burlington, Vermont, at 2:00 p.m. EST. -- (link) - spamlet Mar 4, 10:45 15
- Read her timeline for a summary of the event. - spamlet Mar 4, 11:20
- "Following our big wins on Super Tuesday, join us live for a reaction to results and an update on how we will win the nomination." -- (link) - ty97 Mar 4, 11:14 1
  - I started watching and then was like why am I watching this... I just voted already. -- nm - Qale Mar 4, 11:20
- "I was only kidding about that whole 'The person who has the most votes should become the nominee' thing.” -- nm - decline Mar 4, 11:13
- There's no way he's dropping out, unless a health issue has developed -- nm - ty97 Mar 4, 11:11 1
  - "This race is so close it's gonna give me a heart attack!" -- nm - Max Mar 4, 11:16
- he'll go 3rd party. -- nm - Remlik Mar 4, 11:07 1
  - He'll be super innovative and go 4th party. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 4, 11:13
- "Bernie accepts Biden's resignation from the race." -- nm - budice Mar 4, 10:57
- "I am once again asking you to do targeted harassment in my name. Make these babies cry." -- nm - ML Mar 4, 10:56
- He's suspending his campaign and endorsing Joe Biden? -- nm - Strongbad Mar 4, 10:52 2
  - Suspending it to start a study group which he hopes you all will join. -- nm - Bardi Gras Mar 4, 10:57
  - One can hope. -- nm - znufrii Mar 4, 10:56
- "We're not out yet. Bernie Fever is spreading like coronavirus!" -- nm - Max Mar 4, 10:47 1
  - hee -- nm - mud Mar 4, 11:20
"Bucks of Youth, I knew you'd come." - David Mar 4, 10:41 [youtube] 1
- *breaks out her Matt Hardy t-shirt* -- nm - Dark Callisto Mar 4, 10:45
Today's burning question: "Do Oregon's prompt payment policies provide providers a private right of action?" - ReluctantCynic Mar 4, 10:35 5
- Check your email, counselor. -- nm - ML Mar 4, 10:57 1
  - Checked and replied, your honor. And I beg the court's indulgence for the lack of citations. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Mar 4, 11:19
- Possibly. -- nm - Bardi Gras Mar 4, 10:50
- Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers! -- nm - oblique Mar 4, 10:39 1
  - Peter Piper picked a new profession because his pepper pickling was the pits. - znufrii Mar 4, 10:42
Lol, Fidelity. “To help you navigate during higher than usual market activity, we’ve streamlined your experience for the things you do most.” -- (edited) - znufrii Mar 4, 10:32 2
- Yeah they starting doing that last week. I’m okay with it -- nm - spamlet Mar 4, 10:34 1
  - I mean yeah, I get it. I just find the wordsmithing of it all to be rather amusing. -- nm* - znufrii Mar 4, 10:35
Hmm, I totally forgot to check up the leaning tower of Dallas -- (link) - oblique Mar 4, 10:29 [youtube] 2
- The degree of mopping here is unacceptable, yet amateurish. You people really need to try harder. -- nm - Mop Mar 4, 10:47
- Would have been cool to have been on that bus driving by. -- nm - Max Mar 4, 10:30
Sooo, Mike Trout can sort of drive a ball. -- (link) - Shaun Mar 4, 10:23
For the record, healthcare for all will possibly (high likely actually) put me out of my job. - sycor Mar 4, 10:18 15
- Kim's doctor yesterday vented a lifetime of frustration on us. It was like, "I keep people alive until they're expensive for healthcare providers..." - David Mar 4, 10:29 4
  - Yeah even having insurance is a pain in the ass when the insurance company decides they don't want to cover something anymore. -- (edited) - sycor Mar 4, 10:32 3
    - On the flip side - what about when a payer decides "fuck you all" we want to pay less...so, either agree to it or we'll set you as "out of network."nm - Turd Ferguson Mar 4, 10:41 2
      - Sorry my post above was meant to complain about insurance companies. Edited for some clarify. I have no problem with my doctor. -- nm - sycor Mar 4, 10:44 1
        
        Ahhhh...ok. I thought it was a really weird post the way I read it. :) -- nm - Turd Ferguson Mar 4, 10:57
- what about supplemental insurance? -- nm - rollo Mar 4, 10:28 1
  - AFLAC! -- nm* - A duck, or Nick Saban Mar 4, 10:29
- Yeah, any kind of full public healthcare is going to take out all or most of the health insurance industry -- (edited) - ty97 Mar 4, 10:21 6
  - I would expect a significant portion of the workforce would transition instead to federal jobs, but yeah, not everyone. -- nm - znufrii Mar 4, 10:25 4
    - Exactly - it's not like we go to Medicare for All and it wipes out all the people who work in the industry. nm - Turd Ferguson Mar 4, 10:36 3
      - It would reduce fairly meaningfully. Insurance brokers, claims determinations would presumably be much more limited, etc. - pmb Mar 4, 11:01 2
        
        Probably so - but you also have to factor in that there will be even more focus on waste and proper billing. - Turd Ferguson Mar 4, 11:08 1
        
        I think you have that backwards. Insurance companies profits depend on not paying for things they don't have to. If you think the government is - pmb Mar 4, 11:15
  - Here Medicaid is actually a disability based program. We follow the same rules and guidelines that SSA use -- (edited) - sycor Mar 4, 10:25
- Sorry this should have been down below. Oh well. -- nm - sycor Mar 4, 10:19
Deal reached for $8.3 Billion to fight Corvid -- (link) - Remlik Mar 4, 10:18
Batman: New Batmobile slaps.... -- (link) - Remlik Mar 4, 10:13 5
- Looks like a 70s muscle car. Like a Barracuda. May fit in well with the idea that it's an origin movie. -- nm - Mop Mar 4, 10:46
- Am I then only one who is just like "Really? More Batman?" -- nm - oblique Mar 4, 10:42 2
  - last solo batman film was in 2012. -- nm - Remlik Mar 4, 11:04 1
    - That's like saying Hulk hasn't done a movie since 2008. -- nm - David Mar 4, 11:12
- Wayne Industries Two Thousand -- nm - TWuG Mar 4, 10:40
The Dixie Chicks just dropped a new single, the lead off their new album. The reaction to this is going to be something. -- (link) - MDH Mar 4, 10:12 [youtube] 10
- This is why I refused to date songwriters. Sorry, Adele. -- nm - Bardi Gras Mar 4, 10:52 1
  - Are you why her marriage broke up? -- nm - David Mar 4, 11:03
- What's the backstory for folks who don't follow? -- nm - rollo Mar 4, 10:43 2
  - Adrian Pasdar of Heroes cheated on her, they are now divorced, and she ain't playing. -- nm - MDH Mar 4, 10:49 1
    - And if you google, it was a vicious divorce where he got a court to order her to pay him $150k at one point. -- nm - David Mar 4, 10:49
- Holy. Fuck. -- nm - David Mar 4, 10:34
- Heh. I've been getting the Gaslighter adsin my FB feed for a few weeks now -- nm - JaxSean Mar 4, 10:15 1
  - spoiler - JaxSean Mar 4, 10:22
- Adrian Pasdar taking a body blow there. -- nm - Remlik Mar 4, 10:14 1
  - No holds barred. -- nm - MDH Mar 4, 10:28
Mip TV an international TV conference canceled... -- (link) - Remlik Mar 4, 10:10
Omg approved!! Wohoo!! Bye bye Times Square!!! Hello new apt!!! -- nm - JackDawson Mar 4, 10:02 19
- Congrats! Woo hoo! -- nm - Krusty Mar 4, 11:26
- Congrats! -- nm - ReluctantCynic Mar 4, 10:34
- They couldn't turn down one of the top 40 under 40! -- nm* - David Mar 4, 10:26 1
  - You’re right I’m having a good week which, fuck -- nm - JackDawson Mar 4, 10:32
- nice! -- nm - Remlik Mar 4, 10:21
- why am I getting a Green Acres opening vision?? :)) -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 4, 10:18
- neechay! -- nm - Strongbad Mar 4, 10:13
- Congrats! -- nm - MDH Mar 4, 10:13
- But... Times Square is the crossroads of the world! -- nm - Mop Mar 4, 10:12
- nice! dibs on the couch surfing! -- nm - JaxSean Mar 4, 10:12
- Congrats! And Conga Rats! (hopefully not in your new place but I'll send miniature conga poles just in case) -- nm - ty97 Mar 4, 10:11 1
  - Asshole!!! -- nm - JackDawson Mar 4, 10:14
- Congrats! -- nm - spamlet Mar 4, 10:06
- yonh! -- nm - Diva, Queenmaker si Mar 4, 10:04
- Congrats! When’s the housewarming party? -- nm - znufrii Mar 4, 10:03 4
  - He has to have all his Mexican family over first for their big fiesta! -- nm - spamlet Mar 4, 10:05 1
    - You’re joking but.... -- nm - JackDawson Mar 4, 10:06
  - I’m thinking may or may just merge with gay pride brunch since we’re the parade route now lol -- nm - JackDawson Mar 4, 10:05 1
    - Nice. -- nm - znufrii Mar 4, 10:05
Cholos watching Mean Girls.... -- (link) - Remlik Mar 4, 10:00
New pics from The Batman. -- (link) - Shaun Mar 4, 09:53
omg HSX isn't available in Europe anymore?! -- nm - Loyola Mar 4, 09:52 4
- At this point you may as well post your username and password on pastebin yourself. - spamlet Mar 4, 10:07
- Thanks -- nm - Loyola Mar 4, 09:57
- Try Opera's built-in VPN feature. -- nm - Shaun Mar 4, 09:54
- It is if you VPN -- nm - Roger More Mar 4, 09:53
Let's say Biden is the candidate. If you're on his campaign staff, how many debates do you want? -- nm - David Mar 4, 09:52 6
- Zero. -- nm - Remlik Mar 4, 10:15
- Zero. "If you can't make this choice right now a fucking "debate" won't help you." -- nm - TWuG Mar 4, 10:09
- 0. Trump was threatening he wouldn't debate, take him up on it. -- nm - jnine Mar 4, 10:04
- Isn't the standard 4? (2nd-VP?) I can't remember it being any different -- nm - Strongbad Mar 4, 09:53
- -4 -- nm - JackDawson Mar 4, 09:53 1
  - this. -- nm - Diva, Queenmaker si Mar 4, 10:04
Honeywell (the thermostat guys) have quietly been working on a quantum computer for 10 years and are now ready to release it -- (link) - decline Mar 4, 09:48 1
- I was reading about this yesterday. If their numbers are correct, they've got the competition crushed at the moment. -- nm - David Mar 4, 09:51
The new hot water heater is installed! The new hot water heater is installed! T-20 minutes until hot shower! -- nm - Diva, Queenmaker si Mar 4, 09:48 3
- *thud* -- nm - Mel si Mar 4, 09:51
- Tankless? -- nm - Strongbad Mar 4, 09:49 1
  - next time. -- nm - Diva, Queenmaker si Mar 4, 09:53
*moves his countdown clock dial back seven months* -- nm - Roger More Mar 4, 09:44 2
- We will remember the summer of 2020 as the time when no movies were released in theaters. -- nm - David Mar 4, 09:45 1
  - I might have remembered it that way even if there wasn't a coronavirus -- nm - Roger More Mar 4, 09:47
the type and amount of medicine since surgery has been staggering. I'm on 10 different prescriptions, and there wwere a number of others - prayformojo Mar 4, 09:28 2
- did they give you the good drugs? -- nm - decline Mar 4, 09:42 1
  - no! -- nm - prayformojo Mar 4, 09:58
Just once, just *once*, I’d like for my friends to own up to the fact that Bernie’s plan to pay for m4a screws me - znufrii Mar 4, 09:24 24
- You're rich *AND* white! *GASP* -- nm - Strongbad Mar 4, 09:49
- You’re not rich but you’re also not wanting for either right? My rule is that if you or your spouse can tap mom or dad for help you just don’t face t - JackDawson Mar 4, 09:46 20
  - I think it's just the flipside of the older and the rich who might vote GOP. - ty97 Mar 4, 09:56 2
    - And people not supporting Bernie and/or preferring Bloomberg because they don’t want their taxes to go up are also another flip of that, so... -- nm - JackDawson Mar 4, 10:03 1
      - yes -- nm - ty97 Mar 4, 10:22
  - Sure. And I’m not even arguing that I shouldn’t contribute more in one scheme or another, I just want them to be honest enough to admit it. -- nm - znufrii Mar 4, 09:49 16
    - because you pay more in taxes or what? Sorry just catching up wanna make sure I understand your point correctly -- nm - JackDawson Mar 4, 09:52 15
      - FB meme: “m4a is great for everyone, nothing bad will happen!” Me: “actually I did the math and it’s not, for me, because taxes” Them: *crickets* - znufrii Mar 4, 09:57 14
        
        Got it. Thanks ! (Yeah I mean they should acknowledge it but if we aren’t willing to pay more in taxes to improve all of our lots— remind me how we’re - JackDawson Mar 4, 10:00 2
        
        I’m fine paying more in taxes, I’d just prefer they not go up by 30% or more in one fell swoop. -- nm - znufrii Mar 4, 10:05 1
        
        Understandably so -- nm - JackDawson Mar 4, 10:06
        
        I've been quite open that my taxes will go up under a healthcare for all system. That's cool with me. - ty97 Mar 4, 09:59 10
        
        in theory, we could ditch employer-sponsored healthcare, right? because I will happily transfer the $8k per year I pay for health care to taxes that - amanda Mar 4, 10:00 8
        
        I presume most employers would in fact start dropping it as a benefit -- nm - ty97 Mar 4, 10:22 1
        
        Which as a state employee would hurt recruitment, unless they increased salaries to offset the saving of not providing coverage. - sycor Mar 4, 10:38
        
        Yes that would be part of it. -- nm - spamlet Mar 4, 10:20
        
        This. And healthcare needs to include rental and vision. Everything covered, including prescriptions. - TWuG Mar 4, 10:15 2
        
        effing renters! -- nm - jnine Mar 4, 10:33
        
        Hey now, we don't even have that here. Baby steps! -- nm - Shaun Mar 4, 10:21
        
        me too. -- nm - Diva, Queenmaker si Mar 4, 10:05
        
        Yep. -- nm - Dark Callisto Mar 4, 10:01
        
        At least they’ve mostly abandoned the argument that my employer will make up the difference. -- nm - znufrii Mar 4, 10:00
- "I just want people to have healthcare and not die" - ty97 Mar 4, 09:40
- will you be my sugar daddy? -- nm - decline Mar 4, 09:27

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