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Authorities asking people not to call 911 to report someone cut in front of them at the market :/ -- nm - Meg Mar 12, 23:12 1
- 911 should only be called after the people in line justifiably kneecap the line cutter. -- nm - Max Mar 12, 23:16
Someone on twitter started a Dr Bonnie Henry Fan Club account. I approve. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 12, 22:57
Heh, TV ad for the L.A. run of Book of Mormon. Too bad it's been shut down along with Hamilton and others. -- nm - Meg Mar 12, 22:50
I'm guessing it wouldn't be the best idea to have a Biden/Porter ticket, but ... maybe? - Beryllium Mar 12, 22:39 2
- Make her VP and then rework the Senate rules to get her to preside actively in every session. -- nm - Max Mar 12, 22:58 1
  - Ooh, I like it. The US of the past decade has felt like a company with a massive process gap ... -- nm - Beryllium Mar 12, 23:07
It would be fun if the Canadian lab with the vaccine in testing actually nailed it and solved this thing. - Beryllium Mar 12, 22:33
The jam and jelly has been severely dented at Jewel an Whole foods, bread gone, nut butters gone, frozen pizza stocks way down. -- nm - . Mar 12, 22:15 4
- Things learned today: Jewel still around -- nm - budice Mar 12, 22:23 3
  - Jewel Staite's not around enough. -- nm - Max Mar 12, 22:28 1
    - Yes, she should post more. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 12, 22:34
  - It's a hot property in a big market. -- nm* - . Mar 12, 22:26
New Milhouse Funko! -- (link) - Krusty Mar 12, 21:53 2
- I have it pulled up to show Kim. He's perfect/pathetic. -- nm - David Mar 12, 22:04 1
  - I ordered it. He's too cute! - Krusty Mar 12, 22:08
I was wondering if streaming companies would do something during this crisis to promote themselves. Stuff like... - Mop Mar 12, 21:39 7
- China flipped a bunch of cinematic releases to streaming. I don't see that one happening. -- nm - mafic Mar 12, 22:17
- WGN, or their owners, mentioned a couple weeks ago what a boon it would be for streaming. -- nm - . Mar 12, 22:09
- I don't believe mine's been capped but I've long suspected it's being throttled in favor of business users. Right now I'm about ready to call Spectrum - Meg Mar 12, 21:50 2
  - Any other choices besides Spectrum? I have never used it but I have friends that hated it very much -- nm - Bacon Mar 12, 21:57 1
    - They seem to be the system of choice here locally right now. And *anything* has to be better than U-verse. -- nm* - Meg Mar 12, 21:58
- Netflix offers 1 free day to watch Contagion, Outbreak, and Black Death -- nm - Bacon Mar 12, 21:43 1
  - Why watch it when I can live it. -- nm - Mop Mar 12, 21:49
guys, guys, guys !!! I think we're missing a huge opportunity here. there's GOT to be a Chuck Norris joke in all of this corona virus stuff somewhere ... -- nm* - call me Ishmael Mar 12, 21:33 4
- coronavirus has been diagnosed with Chuck Norris -- nm - Tim Mar 12, 21:43
- 80 year old Chuck Norris gets coronavirus... dies. -- nm - Mop Mar 12, 21:37
- Actually Dasani -- (link*) - budice Mar 12, 21:35 1
  - "I already have tap water." -- nm - Beryllium Mar 12, 21:57
Amazon TP inventory basically sold out -- nm - budice Mar 12, 21:18
this son of a bitch is actually ranting about Joe Biden and his response to H1N1 back in 2009. - Jovian Mar 12, 21:09 1
- But not politicizing the matter, right? -- nm - David Mar 12, 21:16
Okay, Friday the 13th. This should fix everything. - Spawn Mar 12, 21:01
But aside from that... -- (link) - Beryllium Mar 12, 20:50
I should have been heading to Riverside early in the morning for the conference. I need to go somewhere!! -- nm - Meg Mar 12, 20:48 6
- do you have a boat? -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 12, 21:00 2
  - I may need one. They've been fishing people out of the L.A. and San Gabriel Rivers again this afternoon. -- nm - Meg Mar 12, 21:15 1
    - I just got off the phone with a friend in Lake Havasu City. he has the same weather we got -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 12, 22:05
- Drive to Costco and back -- nm - budice Mar 12, 20:49 2
  - Maybe I'll walk there. Not that they have anything left on the shelves so I won't have to carry anything home. -- nm - Meg Mar 12, 20:55 1
    - And I do need a couple of things from that Office Depot next to them :) -- nm - Meg Mar 12, 21:57
Yikes...satellite images show what looks like mass graves being prepared in Iran a couple days after the c19 was announced -- (link) - zeitgeist Mar 12, 20:46
Australia and New Zealand are currently playing cricket in an empty stadium. -- nm - mafic Mar 12, 20:46 1
- F1 Aussie GP cancelled -- nm - budice Mar 12, 20:46
Premarket -700 looking at 21,056.62 -- nm* - Bacon Mar 12, 20:33 1
- -800 -- nm - Bacon Mar 12, 20:38
No, the Fed announcing $1.5T in monetary easing is not the same as the federal government spending $1.5T on your beloved social programs. -- (edited) - znufrii Mar 12, 20:20 3
- he's only interested in the f'n stock prices, they're buying stocks and bonds to pump up the prices...but it won't be enough ever -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 12, 20:36
- Fed Triple Pump -- nm - budice Mar 12, 20:34
- But what if it was? -- nm - Beryllium Mar 12, 20:29
pro tip: Eat out as much as possible while you can, and/or buy gift cards/certificates for local places - Tim Mar 12, 20:10 1
- yup local groups are already talking about that -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 12, 20:32
PGA tour cancels the Players CHampionship & all events through Valero Texas Championship -- nm - Remlik Mar 12, 20:02
NBA - A Letter to NBA Fans -- (link) - budice Mar 12, 20:01
Bitcoin just above 5000 -- nm - budice Mar 12, 19:57 1
- chart -- (pic) - budice Mar 12, 20:20 [Attachment]
Fed Govt: No dealio yet for coronavirus -- (link) - budice Mar 12, 19:46 2
- They don't like that Nancy reached for a permanent paid sick leave policy for all Americans. She'll probably have to compromise on that tomorrow. -- nm - crash davis Mar 12, 19:49 1
  - Yeah I mean how horrible she is -- nm - JackDawson Mar 12, 20:05
Biden - Porter? -- nm - Dano Mar 12, 19:43
I'd like to keep living where I do, so please don't tell my neighbors; over the past six months I've been mightily impressed with Nancy Pelosi. -- nm - crash davis Mar 12, 19:42
Huh. -- (link) - Beryllium Mar 12, 19:40 1
- two years from now:"I mean not literally, through a renegotiated trade deal. I never meant they'd *actually* pay for it." -- nm - mafic Mar 12, 19:45
For those in the US, a lot going on, but please be sure to complete your census. First mailings were sent out today. -- (link) - Don Homer Mar 12, 19:34 17
- It's not that important really. I don't file taxes either -- nm - Bacon Mar 12, 21:29
- Completed mine this morning - after convincing myself it wasn't the phony one. -- nm - Meg Mar 12, 19:50
- Oh, I threw that away. Throwing away all our mail in case of COVID19. -- nm - Spawn Mar 12, 19:38 3
  - You’d rather have someone come to your door? -- nm - Don Homer Mar 12, 19:39 2
    - Oh, I shoot those that approach my door unannounced. -- nm - Spawn Mar 12, 19:42 1
      - shooting an agent of the federal government is a federal offense, no parole...just sayin, do you have any fava beans? -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 12, 20:34
- Got mine, doing it now. -- nm - znufrii Mar 12, 19:36 10
  - You can check you area’s response rates here starting next Friday 3/20. -- (link) - Don Homer Mar 12, 19:38 1
    - nice. -- nm - znufrii Mar 12, 19:47
  - 👍🏻👍🏻 -- nm - Don Homer Mar 12, 19:37 7
    - interesting update to the race/ethnicity questions, now race AND origin? - znufrii Mar 12, 19:42 6
      - any questions about citizenship? -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 12, 20:49 1
        
        No, but I'm white so they probably skipped it. -- nm - znufrii Mar 12, 20:57
      - Oh, the write-in is more like an ancestry now. -- nm - Don Homer Mar 12, 19:45 2
        
        yeah, ended up listing 6 countries for A, as both my wife and I are European mutts, more or less. -- (edited) - znufrii Mar 12, 19:47 1
        
        And...done. -- nm - znufrii Mar 12, 19:48
      - Same as 2010. We wanted to combine that into a single question, but weren’t able to. -- nm - Don Homer Mar 12, 19:45
Tom Hanks. Still the best. -- (link) - Andie Mar 12, 19:33 1
- sweet -- nm - mud Mar 12, 19:34
The XFL has finally canceled. -- nm - David Mar 12, 19:30 3
- Yeah, the Tim and then Remlik posts on B2 made me laugh. -- nm - Spawn Mar 12, 19:45
- Houston has a new champion team!! -- nm - Qale Mar 12, 19:42
- My copmany is in full panic mode after everyone else shut down -- nm - budice Mar 12, 19:31
US Soccer president resigned after shameful defense in USWNT case. nm but: -- (link) - i.b.! Mar 12, 19:28 4
- Once more... Good! -- nm - Krusty Mar 12, 21:56
- GOOD. Good riddance. Reminds me of the tone deaf response from the women’s gymnastics leadership. -- nm - Mop Mar 12, 20:23
- Good. -- nm - znufrii Mar 12, 19:35
- former player Cindy Parlow Cone to be acting President. nm but: -- (link) - i.b.! Mar 12, 19:30
This looks like a cozy game that’s not called Animal Crossing for Nintendo Switch. -- (link) - Qale Mar 12, 19:22 [youtube]
didn’t see it posted today: Pete B. is hosting in place of Jimmy Kimmel tonight - no audience, guests are Patrick Stewart and Tony Hale. — nm - i.b.! Mar 12, 19:22
Disney Parks just shut the remainder down -- (link) - budice Mar 12, 19:08 1
- Iger is a mad genius -- nm - Beryllium Mar 12, 19:12
The PGA Players Championship has been cancelled. -- nm - Beaker Mar 12, 19:06
Xbox Live Might be up again -- (link*) - budice Mar 12, 19:05 1
- I could really go for some Halo and Black Ops right now -- nm - Beryllium Mar 12, 19:08
You know, with so many sporting events being canceled, people jonesing to watch some competitive play may go to Twitch (and the other streamers). -- nm - Mop Mar 12, 19:01
Logged on to bank account to check on something and my brokerage account caught my eye. Lolololololololololo -- nm - JackDawson Mar 12, 18:59 6
- yeah, I'm happily mostly cash right now, but the rest is... not pleasant. my retirement account is only down 4% this week though, which seems nice. -- nm - mafic Mar 12, 19:07 5
  - I was chatting with a friend today. Her husband manages a hedge fund, and all their savings are in that fund. - Marlowe Mar 12, 19:20 4
    - Did you tell her that they should have *puts on sunglasses* hedged their bets? -- nm - Beryllium Mar 12, 19:37 1
      - I.. lol.. - Marlowe Mar 12, 19:43
    - stocks I have left are basically where they were in early January 2019. -- nm - mafic Mar 12, 19:35 1
      - My pension plan is heavy on stocks and I can't really do much about it, but I think we are back to July 2018. (NM) - Marlowe Mar 12, 19:44
I would have expected the NHL's "we've canceled everything, here's a refund" approach would be better than my organization's. - Mop Mar 12, 18:58
Welcome to the party, Canada -- nm - ML Mar 12, 18:55 10
- Sophie Trudeau just tested positive -- nm - Beryllium Mar 12, 18:55 9
  - Sophie Grégoire Trudeau -- nm - budice Mar 12, 19:05 3
    - Yes, that one. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 12, 19:07 2
      - but what about the other Sophie Trudeaux? -- nm - mafic Mar 12, 19:09 1
        
        Why I oughta -- nm - Beryllium Mar 12, 19:11
  - Yep, and the PM is now in quarantine -- nm - ML Mar 12, 18:56 4
    - Pretty sure that is when invasions usually happen. - Spawn Mar 12, 18:58 1
      - Pfft, your army would be wheezing the whole time and we'd just be sniping them with hockey pucks from a mile away - Beryllium Mar 12, 19:10
    - NOW's OUR CHANCE! To hope for the best for them both. -- nm - Canadian Conservatives Mar 12, 18:58 1
      - *Canada spontaneously elects Trudeau to another term* -- nm - Mop Mar 12, 18:59
Expedia now has a form for cancelling flights because of an "event". Better than having to wait on hold for 6 hours. - Mop Mar 12, 18:53 3
- If my flight is successfully refunded, then I'll only be left holding the bag on a single hotel reservation. - Mop Mar 12, 19:02
- "Will this event break your mother's heart? If so, no refund." -- nm - Spawn Mar 12, 18:55 1
  - heh -- nm - mud Mar 12, 19:15
*crosses fingers that alcohol kills something other than livers* -- nm - Beaker Mar 12, 18:52
I really hope the looting doesn't start soon. People are stupid. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 12, 18:51
GET IT IN THE HOLE! -- nm - Beaker Mar 12, 18:50 3
- SPORTS?! ARE YOU WATCHING SPORTS?! What channel! I thought everything was canceled! I need a fix! -- nm - Mop Mar 12, 18:53 2
  - World Women's Curling champs just got cancelled -- nm - Reagen Mar 12, 18:56 1
    - FUCK CORONAVIRUS! -- nm - Mop Mar 12, 18:59
I've been pretty much curled up in a fetal position all day. You should hear Minnie protest when I tell her I have to get up and take my lap with me:/ -- nm - Meg Mar 12, 18:50 4
- In an relaxing way or a sore/sad way? -- nm - Beryllium Mar 12, 18:54 3
  - Combination of factors. Minor health concerns, political and financial chaos, fun things I wanted to do being canceled, and it's been raining all day. -- nm - Meg Mar 12, 18:59 2
    - :-( -- nm - Krusty Mar 12, 19:20
    - :-/ -- nm - Beryllium Mar 12, 19:07
Golf is not having fans now at PGA events? I am going to really miss hearing GET IN THE HOLE guy, said nobody ever. -- nm - Bacon Mar 12, 18:49
Yeah, this is a problem, if accurate -- (link) - ty97 Mar 12, 18:38 10
- Does the CDC actually do testing? It was my understanding they supplied tests to other (local) agencies. -- nm - Mop Mar 12, 18:56 2
  - Right. I’d expect the testing done by state and local health authorities to be much higher. -- (edited) - znufrii Mar 12, 19:07 1
    - this account (former FDA commissioner is behind it) is tracking expanding testing capacity. not all at cap, of course; but it’s good to see the trend - i.b.! Mar 12, 19:16
- Perth opened three dedicated clinics on Tuesday and has done about 1,000 since then. -- nm - mafic Mar 12, 18:47 2
  - though we also have a lady who flew back from London, felt sick, but didn't want to miss the symphony. she'd even arranged testing for the next day. - mafic Mar 12, 18:49 1
    - It's nice to know dumbassery isn't only an American trait. - Cuzzin Todd Mar 12, 18:51
- So you're saying we should put the Utah Jazz in charge of public health? - Cuzzin Todd Mar 12, 18:41 2
  - ON IT *starts licking nearby people* -- nm - Rudy Gobert Mar 12, 18:43
  - Huge step up, so, yeah. -- nm - Spawn Mar 12, 18:43
- Fake News -- nm - Donald Trump Mar 12, 18:39
The parade that killed thousands (aka why social distancing works). -- (link) - Cuzzin Todd Mar 12, 18:37 1
- That's amazing. -- nm - Mop Mar 12, 18:55
We’ve got movie sign!!! -- (link) - Qale Mar 12, 18:35
Bush, Live and STP cancel Australian tour -- nm - Remlik Mar 12, 18:35

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