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Apparently Mnuchin decided he could move the filing date. It's now 7/15. -- nm - spamlet Mar 20, 07:25 2
- pff, the law. -- nm - Pee-Wee Mar 20, 07:34
- I will still wait until the night of 7/14 to do mine. -- nm - Bacon Mar 20, 07:32
It's funny when chubs and Ollie sit next to each other so you can really see how chubbers chubs is. -- (pic) - amanda Mar 20, 07:23 [Attachment] 8
- ("She's right behind us.") ("I know. Don't. look.") -- nm - Max Mar 20, 07:33
- Aw, he's just big-boned. -- nm - mara Mar 20, 07:32 1
  - we like to say she "big furred." -- nm - amanda Mar 20, 07:33
- :-) -- nm - Krusty Mar 20, 07:26
- I’m hoping moving to the country will result in my version of Chubbers losing weight. -- nm - mafic Mar 20, 07:26 2
  - will you let them outside? my cats are city cats; too much traffic. -- nm - amanda Mar 20, 07:32 1
    - I think so. They go into the courtyard now and loooove it. Might limit to daylight tho because foxes. -- nm - mafic Mar 20, 07:40
- "pleasantly plump" -- nm - decline Mar 20, 07:24
With every passing day, I am more convinced everything DJT does is meant to get him thrown out of office. - Mr. Havens Mar 20, 07:11
It seems like forever ago that Rudy Gobert tested positive and the NBA shut down. - Will Hunting Mar 20, 07:11 1
- It is crazy how time seems to have lost all meaning. -- nm - pmb Mar 20, 07:28
Since it's now public I can announce my entire firm is remote now through 4/30. -- nm - MDH Mar 20, 07:10
Ah, there it is -- the first COVID case in my city. -- nm - mara Mar 20, 07:07
Thread about the latest Senate folks / stocks -- (link) - ty97 Mar 20, 07:02 4
- must.not.comment. -- nm - JackDawson Mar 20, 07:15 2
  - can you thumbs up/thumbs down? -- nm - Reagen Mar 20, 07:19 1
    - Blink twice if someone’s going to prison. -- nm - mafic Mar 20, 07:20
- I like the guy going "so you're just excluding the ones you like" - no one in the world likes both Fienstein *and* Inhofe. -- nm - Reagen Mar 20, 07:08
My Ali Express orders are finally arriving so there's a light at the end of the tunnel. -- nm - Reagen Mar 20, 07:02 1
- My order shipped on the 11th. -- nm - Shaun Mar 20, 07:09
Does anybody know where I'd find the updated/live version of this graph? -- (link) - mara Mar 20, 06:49 3
- here -- (link) - decline Mar 20, 06:56 1
  - Thanks to you both! -- nm - mara Mar 20, 07:00
- This is the guy who is posting it -- (link) - oblique Mar 20, 06:52
Scanwell aims to launch 15 minute at home coronavirus test but still needs FDA approval -- (link) - oblique Mar 20, 06:47 1
- I am super disappointed in the country’s Mad Scientists. They are really dropping the ball. -- nm - Qale Mar 20, 06:49
Four Republican Senators have now been implicated in this coronavirus insider trading scandal -- (link) - decline Mar 20, 06:46 9
- Seeing Feinstein's name as well -- nm - ty97 Mar 20, 06:48
- Oooh, Feinstein as well. -- nm - mafic Mar 20, 06:47 7
  - That's fine. Take her down too. -- nm - Mop Mar 20, 07:32
  - Any straw to muddy the waters. Fox News's take: -- (link) - Roger More Mar 20, 07:04
  - Feinstein’s husband sold a biotech company at a loss -- nm - decline Mar 20, 06:51 2
    - and it appears Johnson's sale might have been pre-planned -- nm - decline Mar 20, 06:51 1
      - and a privately held company. -- nm - Reagen Mar 20, 06:52
  - The details on that one are different. She sold stuff that went up, and wasn't in the briefing, from what I've read. -- nm - Reagen Mar 20, 06:50
  - yep. -- nm - Diva Mar 20, 06:48
Huh, Mark Cuban has... a good idea? -- (link) - mafic Mar 20, 06:44
Brady officially signs with Bucs. Makes at least one good slap remark about the Pats on the way out... - Diva Mar 20, 06:44 5
- I think what he's saying is he wanted to be paid like Tom Brady and Bill's idea of his value is he's tom brady; a declining 42yr old qb. - Sen. Loeffler Mar 20, 06:59 4
  - agree to all of this except your shady stock dealing. -- nm - Diva Mar 20, 07:06
  - So... I should short teams with overpaid veterans? -- nm - Roger More Mar 20, 07:01 1
    - I'm not even going to edit my original post just to keep your joke intact. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 20, 07:06
  - That’s a very insightful comment, Senator. -- nm - mafic Mar 20, 07:00
One of the largest grocery chains in Canada is giving sneeze guards around all the cashiers... - Walt_Disney Mar 20, 06:44
Is Dawson stuck in Mexico? Trump is expected to announce the US-Mexico border will be temporarily closed to non-essential traffic -similar to Canada -- nm - decline Mar 20, 06:41 4
- I imagine a government lawyer could get around that. -- nm - mafic Mar 20, 06:45 2
  - also you can't deny re-entry to citizens. -- nm - Reagen Mar 20, 06:48 1
    - Yeah, but is Dawson *really* a citizen? -- nm - JaxSean Mar 20, 07:19
- I’m sure he’ll be able to find a tunnel. -- nm - spamlet Mar 20, 06:42
Good news! The governor came out and announced there’s no way he’s ordering closings unless the Feds tell him to! - spamlet Mar 20, 06:38 2
- Schools are still open here because they’re dumb. “There have been no clusters centred on dispersion by children reported so far.” -- nm - mafic Mar 20, 06:40 1
  - "but you know, fingers crossed." -- nm - Reagen Mar 20, 06:42
The Canada border closure bill has effect until *June 30*. -- nm - Reagen Mar 20, 06:26 8
- Yeah, I think it’s like the school year. A lot easier to plan for a long time then roll it back than lowball and extend. You know even now there’ll be - mafic Mar 20, 06:32 7
  - My BIL and his fiancee booked their honeymoon (to Iceland) the other day for July and I thought realllly? -- (edited) - Reagen Mar 20, 06:37 6
    - That's one slow-moving insurance company -- nm - Roger More Mar 20, 06:59 4
      - Might wanna check the fine print. Friend cancelling a trip to Europe had pandemics specifically excluded in her insurance. -- nm - mafic Mar 20, 07:03 1
        
        I would hope they asked the question as they were buying the insurance. -- nm - Reagen Mar 20, 07:07
      - Right? "Oh, hello White Star Lines ... you traveling through the North Atlantic in April... sure we've got you." -- nm - Reagen Mar 20, 07:01 1
        
        I had a friend in s specialty insurance whose company insured both Qantas A380s and Rolls Royce for their engines. Oops. -- nm - mafic Mar 20, 07:06
    - Yeah, my boss is planning on site visits to Russia and Kazakhstan in June. Good luck with that. -- nm - mafic Mar 20, 06:39
No surprise, but PS5 is also Holiday 2020. -- (link) - Shaun Mar 20, 06:22
The capability of grocery stores to do temp checks on their customers is 100% doable. -- nm - Qale Mar 20, 06:20
Trending on the Internet: Tangled predicted this because she is sequestered in the tower and the kingdom is called Corona. -- nm - Volnelk Mar 20, 06:09
Weekend travel ideas -- (link*) - decline Mar 20, 06:06 3
- This is an easy one -- (link) - Roger More Mar 20, 06:16 1
  - Times like this, I wish I owned a Hawaiian shirt ... epic photo opportunities with this kind of travel. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 20, 07:35
- A 3rd bedroom? A garage? I wish I could visit a garage right now. Someone's living the high life with all that room. - Krusty Mar 20, 06:12
Happy Animal Crossing Day, Switch people! -- nm - Shaun Mar 20, 06:04 1
- I haven’t yet cranked it up. But believe me, I will soon enough. -- nm - Qale Mar 20, 06:18
Onward on Disney+ on April 3rd. Digital tonight in the US. -- (link) - Shaun Mar 20, 06:02 5
- Wow. -- nm - Mop Mar 20, 07:32
- Yay, I have a reason to log into Disney+ for one day again. -- nm - JaxSean Mar 20, 07:22
- If these guys were smart, this would be a perfect time to actually get pricing right on these things. - Will Hunting Mar 20, 06:03 2
  - I can't fathom spending $25+ for a digital movie. It's nuts. And yet, the movie industry is still baffled about why piracy exists. -- nm - Shaun Mar 20, 06:07 1
    - especially when if you wait a couple months it hits the streaming services -- nm - Beaker Mar 20, 06:15
The worst week for jobless claims in the last 50 years was in 1982: 695,000. Goldman is expecting a number around *2.2 Million* this week -- nm - decline Mar 20, 05:59 2
- The Trump administration is asking states to delay releasing unemployment-claim numbers, a sign of concern over further roiling markets -- nm - decline Mar 20, 06:37 1
  - That will go over well. -- nm - znufrii Mar 20, 06:45
NY/CT/NJ/PA barber shops, nail salons, tattoo shops, and similar closing -- (link) - ty97 Mar 20, 05:55 2
- jonathan's daughter texted me last night that she thinks we should watch haircutting videos on youtube. "those exist???" -- nm - amanda Mar 20, 05:59 1
  - They certainly do. I've cut my own hair for years but obviously it'll be much easier for men with short hair vs. women with long or styled -- (edited) - Krusty Mar 20, 06:08
NASA: When all else fails, whack the sh!t out of it with a shovel -- (link) - decline Mar 20, 05:52
I found one of the 12 Monkey's time travellers. Just received a helpdesk ticket to install 2127 Autocad. -- nm - oblique Mar 20, 05:40
Gurley to the Falcons. -- nm - Volnelk Mar 20, 05:28
Time's Person of the Year is healthcare workers, right? -- nm - ty97 Mar 20, 05:28 6
- TRUMP! He's smart enough to be a healthcare worker. Everyone says it. -- nm - Mop Mar 20, 07:34
- word of the year is already decided. -- nm - Reagen Mar 20, 05:31 4
  - Is it? I think it's a tough fight actually -- (edited) - ty97 Mar 20, 05:37 3
    - 'Toilet paper' yes, kidding. -- nm - Diva Mar 20, 05:41 1
      - haha, I did almost add it to the list! -- nm - ty97 Mar 20, 05:45
    - social distancing by a mile. -- nm - Reagen Mar 20, 05:40
Montana Senate, House races both tied -- (link) - Reagen Mar 20, 05:24
Should Burr resign: 50 yes, 23 no -- (link) - Reagen Mar 20, 04:52 17
- Resign or Hang. -- nm - Diva Mar 20, 05:29
- Yet he’ll be re-elected with large margins. - spamlet Mar 20, 05:11 15
  - Perhaps, but a lot of the people polled are seeing their 401Ks crater and they can't visit Grandma... -- nm - Diva Mar 20, 05:37 2
    - Invest in guillotine polish. -- nm - Reagen Mar 20, 06:23 1
      - *whispers* Who's best positioned in that market? -- nm - Sen. Loeffler Mar 20, 06:32
  - "I took advantage of inside information for YOU the voter...cause I represent YOU so I need money to do it properly cause I love YOU!" - Beaker Mar 20, 05:14
  - He's already said he's done in 2022 anyhow so moot. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 20, 05:13 10
    - I do think the happiest person on the planet right now is Chris Collins. This possibly ruins Loeffler. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 20, 05:14 9
      - Oh I didn’t realize she was the one appointed in GA. She’ll just claim she’s new and was following his lead. -- nm - spamlet Mar 20, 05:33 8
        
        Her claim is she doesn't make decisions for her portfolio. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 20, 05:38 7
        
        So, depending on who made that decision, it'd be fair to investigate if she's sharing confidential information, no? - Will Hunting Mar 20, 05:44
        
        Right. Pull the other one. - znufrii Mar 20, 05:44 1
        
        yeah, that's a large series of coincidences for third parties with no knowledge of the situation. -- nm - mafic Mar 20, 05:46
        
        If she 'left it to her husbsnd', that sounds like jail. -- nm - Diva Mar 20, 05:40 3
        
        No, a 3rd party. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 20, 06:51 2
        
        Note: I'm not defending this at all. It needs to be investigated to determine the truth. In this thread I am just reporting her response. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 20, 06:52 1
        
        i get it. my response was mostly a made-up riff on her husband being the CEO of the NYSE and of course he should know better... -- nm* - Diva Mar 20, 06:55
Is isn’t quite Trader Joe’s generous, but my store is giving $2 an hour Texas Proud pay bonus for 4 weeks. -- nm - Qale Mar 20, 03:50 5
- Huntington Beach brewery owner forced to lay off employees, including his sons -- (link) - budice Mar 20, 04:22 2
  - Oy! You put your bad news in your own thread buddy! -- nm - Qale Mar 20, 05:04
  - Maybe those moochers will finally get jobs of their own! -- nm - mafic Mar 20, 04:45
- WalMart hiring 150k new workers. Handing cash bonuses. -- (link) - budice Mar 20, 04:07 1
  - Yeah but fuck Walmart. -- nm - Qale Mar 20, 05:03
TV PSA: Gold Rush, Smackdown, RuPaul, Shark Tank, Blacklist, Trade, Weekly, Mira Royal Detective (Disney Channel), SW Clone Wars (D+), Steven Universe -- nm - Future Mar 20, 03:48 2
- The Letter For The King (Netflix), Self Made: Inspired The Life Of Madam C.J. Walker (Netflix), other stuff -- nm - Beaker Mar 20, 03:49 1
  - Margaret Atwood: A Word After A Word After A Word Is Power (Hulu) -- nm - Beaker Mar 20, 03:49
"idiots! You're testing for the beer!" -- (link) - Reagen Mar 20, 03:43
airlines are now flying cargo in their passenger jets to help with the jump in online orders -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 20, 02:52
New rule: covid19 will henceforth be called Trumphyllis -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 20, 02:50 1
- I can't spell that. -- nm - Mop Mar 20, 07:36
Temp now (5am): 64F. Temp n 24 hours: 32F. -- nm - Spawn Mar 20, 02:01
not a particularly informative article, but the photo is brilliant. -- (link) - mafic Mar 20, 02:00 1
- That is nearly nightmare material. -- nm - Spawn Mar 20, 02:05
Enjoy a daffodil -- (link) - Beryllium Mar 20, 01:47 [flickr]
How long will your stash of TP last? use this ap... -- (link) - zeitgeist Mar 20, 01:20 4
- default settings appear not far off, judging from my last amazon order. -- nm - mafic Mar 20, 04:48
- The grocery store had it up like walls of a castle at the front windows yesterday "relax, everyone, we have tons" -- nm - Reagen Mar 20, 03:38 2
  - The local Atlantic Superstore did that with Paper Towels last week. -- nm - Walt_Disney Mar 20, 05:00 1
    - Yeah, this was them. -- nm - Reagen Mar 20, 05:04
Brilliant epidemiologist has some things to say about Covid. -- (link) - Beryllium Mar 20, 01:19
75 in my area now positive, homeless shelters are closing, meal prog for kids closed as workers are 'anxious' -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 20, 01:13 1
- China: 2nd day reporting no new cases in Wuhan -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 20, 01:17
Who do I need to fire for not telling me that Legends of Tomorrow got pretty effing good in the second season? - Spawn Mar 20, 00:40 2
- Fire yourself. Beaker plugs this show at least once a week. -- nm - Shaun Mar 20, 05:56
- I've been saying this all along! Favorite show on TV -- nm - Beaker Mar 20, 03:43
Picard S1 E9 spoilers - Beryllium Mar 20, 00:21
my non-viral decision of the day is whether to get a Fronius or Huawei inverter for the solar panels at the new house. - mafic Mar 20, 00:12 6
- They'll use the inverter to control electrical frequencies and surreptitiously network with all of your devices. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 20, 00:20 2
  - the Fronius is WLAN-ready. Then Austrians will control my home network! -- nm - mafic Mar 20, 00:36 1
    - Pfft. As if the austrians are anything to worry about. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 20, 00:45
- What panels are you looking at? I have heard Fronius inverters are good. -- (edited) - Karl_S Mar 20, 00:17 2
  - Q CELLS Q.PEAK DUO G5+ 330W. was looking at LG as well, but seems like it's a pretty steep price increase for fairly limited gain. -- nm - mafic Mar 20, 00:21 1
    - Yeah, although that seems to come from the 25 year warranty -- nm - Karl_S Mar 20, 02:20
spotted elsewhere: "if unemployment hits 20% there'll be a lot of people with free time come election day" -- nm - Beryllium Mar 20, 00:03 1
- Meh -- nm - JackDawson Mar 20, 00:18
I know it probably doesn't need to be said, but please don't take any advice from Sean Penn, especially if the US military is involved. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 19, 23:58 1
- I wouldn't take it as advice, but a notable counter intuitive position based on his previous outspoken political views. - Max Mar 20, 07:04
Today's growth rates*= 11.8% global, 51.4% in the US. - David Mar 19, 23:45 1
- yeah, I think you'll have a week like that day in China where they changed the reporting rules and had 15k 'new' cases. -- nm - mafic Mar 19, 23:48
Picard question - Beryllium Mar 19, 23:25
"Coronials" -- (link) - Beryllium Mar 19, 23:22
I'm holding ST responsible to make sure I finish my taxes tomorrow. I've just been too busy doing nothing this week :/ - Meg Mar 19, 23:18
I'm hot blooded, check it and see, I've got a fever of a hundred and three -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 19, 23:13

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