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Raising the minimum wage to a reasonable level would be a good first step in helping retail workers. -- nm - crash davis Mar 31, 19:52 2
- An excellent suggestion -- nm - JackDawson Mar 31, 20:01
- The math on the $1200 benefit is an especially bad reflection of minimum wage. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 31, 19:53
A friend just sent this link - not because of the movie angle but because of our interest in the Southwest and the Native community. -- (link) - Meg Mar 31, 19:48 4
- Love that they did it by re-purposing a casino :) -- nm - Meg Mar 31, 20:07
- I see it's a post Civil War movie-I'd love to see Hanks in a western or a modern western. Remake City Slickers? -- nm - Flavorize Mar 31, 20:00
- First Native American-Owned Film Studio Shoots Tom Hanks - Max Mar 31, 19:56 1
  - *whew* -- nm - Flavorize Mar 31, 19:57
ST Poll Rank the storylines in Rat Race, from funniest to least funny: - Jovian Mar 31, 19:46
California Health Corps site scored 25,000 sign-ups in its first day, Governor Newsom says - crash davis Mar 31, 19:37 1
- IIRC the machines being refurbished by Bloom engineering are the 170 CA got from the federal stockpile, everyone non functional -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 31, 20:31
BC woman launches class action lawsuit because airlines are giving out vouchers and not refunds -- (link) - Beryllium Mar 31, 19:23 12
- My dad is fighting with airlines over canceled dUBLIN trip.This shit gives him life. He's happiest when he's taking on the man. -- nm - loosilu Mar 31, 19:46 1
  - His latest thing is that trip insurance was VERY EXPENSIVE, I am guessing it did not cover what he wanted, I held the phone away from my face -- nm - loosilu Mar 31, 19:48
- Fuck that. I got a full refund. -- nm - Mop Mar 31, 19:38 9
  - Not a penny less. (Vouchers are useless if the airlines go belly up. Of course, full refunds might cause them to go belly up.) - Beryllium Mar 31, 19:41 8
    - I don’t understand what they’re doing. Aren’t they obligated to give you a refund if they canceled the flight, as they did in this case? -- nm - Mop Mar 31, 19:43 7
      - oh shit. I have aa flight booked in june I should cancel. thanks for reminding -- nm - amanda Mar 31, 19:51 3
        
        You're not going. -- nm - loosilu Mar 31, 19:52 2
        
        Right, but maybe waiting for the airline to cancel would be better ... -- nm - Beryllium Mar 31, 19:53 1
        
        But they won't. They'll adjust your flight to route you through 3 cities on opposite ends of the country and taking 12 hours. -- nm* - Meg Mar 31, 20:08
      - Some contracts specifically exclude pandemic. I'll give you my 80 year old dad's phone number and he will explain in detail. -- nm - loosilu Mar 31, 19:49 1
        
        Ha!!!! -- nm - zunkskunk with the bad take Mar 31, 19:55
      - Depends what the contract says. The airlines are saying 'force majeure' because it's an event out of their control -- nm - Roger More Mar 31, 19:47
Israel"s (sfek) ultra conservative religious sects are just as batshit crazy as evangelicals, refusing to social distance etc.... -- (link*) - zeitgeist Mar 31, 19:22
Anyone who posts an April Fool's thing tomorrow is an insensitive asshole. - David Mar 31, 19:15 13
- What if my hilarious April Fool's gag is posting that April Fool's is cancelled? -- nm - Roger More Mar 31, 19:40 4
  - This is along the lines of what I was thinking, except at a code level. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 31, 19:42 3
    - Change ST's clock so every post tomorrow is on April 2? -- nm - Roger More Mar 31, 19:44 2
      - No. Changing the clock would corrupt things. - Beryllium Mar 31, 19:45 1
        
        You’re both in timeout for 25 hours and 12 minutes. -- nm - David Mar 31, 19:48
- what about tonight? -- nm - JackDawson Mar 31, 19:27 1
  - YSMM :) -- nm - Meg Mar 31, 19:30
- sends you a draft notice to report to corona war -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 31, 19:25
- What if ... no, it would be wrong. Yet so tempting. - Beryllium Mar 31, 19:25
- I will likely permanently shun any brand who tries anything. -- nm - Tim Mar 31, 19:23
- And I am not. So you when you see me break the story of Bryce Harper traded to the Braves tomorrow, take it as fact. -- nm - crash davis Mar 31, 19:20
- I hate April Fools in a good year. This is decidedly not a good year. -- nm - ty97 Mar 31, 19:19 1
  - Exactly. -- nm - David Mar 31, 19:28
This is one of those tips by a professional (I've been burned before, IE: hold your breath 10 sec) but a couple local healthcare folks say good tips - zeitgeist Mar 31, 19:13 5
- This isn't common sense. It's bad info. ignore for your own good. -- nm - loosilu Mar 31, 19:57
- There's a lot of very bad info here. ibuprofen makes it worse. Only Tylenol is ok. Do not follow any of this advice. -- nm - loosilu Mar 31, 19:56 2
  - The ibuprofen thing has been walked back as not proven. -- (link) - Reagen Mar 31, 20:00 1
    - The advice in this essay is still bullshit. -- nm - loosilu Mar 31, 20:06
- Medical, life saving tips from someone who doesn't know the difference between "your" and "you're"? No thanks -- nm - JackDawson Mar 31, 19:14
I wonder what I should take a macro photo of tonight ... -- nm - Beryllium Mar 31, 19:03
Cuomo was something else tonight. -- nm - mud Mar 31, 18:57
We are all on the cruise ship now. Some of us get our needs met the others provide room service -- (link) - JackDawson Mar 31, 18:40 26
- I feel this article is grasping the trunk of the elephant -- nm - crash davis Mar 31, 19:19 1
  - Yes it’s not even scratching the surface -- nm - JackDawson Mar 31, 19:22
- That's a sobering illustration, for sure. - znufrii Mar 31, 19:19
- I've been struggling with this. What's the alternative? I haven't figured it out. - ty97 Mar 31, 18:45 22
  - Groceries - zunkskunk with the bad take Mar 31, 18:58 4
    - It expands way way beyond that. My nephew works at this plastic plant in Bingham, NY (he's actually pictured, lol). They were told they're staying o - JackDawson Mar 31, 19:13 2
      - Binghamton? Binghamton sucks, by the way. -- nm - loosilu Mar 31, 19:58
      - all that PPE is plastic and extra essential -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 31, 19:14
    - I just wanna get groceries. I'll pray you wanna get close to me - JD Mar 31, 19:08 [youtube]
  - You have to basically flatten not just the curve but the economic and health pain, not leave it in one sector. Massive, massive tax increases on anyon - JackDawson Mar 31, 18:58 2
    - I guess I was thinking more of....things that could realistically happen in the country -- nm - ty97 Mar 31, 19:00 1
      - Anything COULD happen. Nothing will, because we are a terrible race that has inflicted enough damage. -- nm - JackDawson Mar 31, 19:01
  - And, of course, ban sales of non-essential items if they're putting the workers in danger. - JackDawson Mar 31, 18:54
  - There's plenty of solutions. Start with free health care for all essential workers and their families. Massive tax credits - JackDawson Mar 31, 18:51 12
    - tax credits do very little for the people you are talking about -- nm - crash davis Mar 31, 19:23 6
      - why is that? It's a way of lowering their tax bills as close to zero as possible/giving them an automatic raise -- nm - JackDawson Mar 31, 19:26 5
        
        Most of the lower wage workers in this country pay no federal income tax right now. -- nm - crash davis Mar 31, 19:43 4
        
        Tax credits are refundable -- nm - JackDawson Mar 31, 19:53 2
        
        i.e. file your taxes and get a check even if you paid zero into the system? -- nm - crash davis Mar 31, 20:00 1
        
        Yes -- nm - JackDawson Mar 31, 20:02
        
        47%! -- nm - znufrii Mar 31, 19:51
    - I guess I was thinking on the micro level (what should/could I do) than the macro (since I don't control that) - ty97 Mar 31, 19:00 4
      - Limit the amount of non-essential/leisure activity we provoke and engage in is probably the most one can do - JackDawson Mar 31, 19:03 3
        
        Yeah, that's my issue - ty97 Mar 31, 19:08 2
        
        I was talking to max about this recently. I'm just trying to put everything into my "subscribe and save" and have that delivered less frequently. - amanda Mar 31, 19:50
        
        I wouldn't worry too much about yourself personally, you're quite a considerate and thoughtful person about others--this is more a "policy we need to - JackDawson Mar 31, 19:09
This evening’s throwback song: Caught by the Fuzz - Supergrass -- nm - Dano Mar 31, 18:40
Andrew Jack, actor in 3 star wars movies and voice coach for Lord of the Rings dies of c19, alone as wife is quarantined in Aus after flying from NZ -- (link) - zeitgeist Mar 31, 18:36
I just finished Star Trek: Discovery. A+. Is there going to be a S3? -- nm - Spawn Mar 31, 17:56 24
- oh great, Remlik will try to recruit me again. -- nm - loosilu Mar 31, 18:24 2
  - CBS All Access for free 30 days use code GIFT -- nm - Remlik Mar 31, 19:29 1
    - OMG STOP -- nm - loosilu Mar 31, 19:51
- yes. they're just about finished filming. Now go watch the Short Treks. Section 31 with The Emperor to star. -- nm - Remlik Mar 31, 18:19 4
  - Convince me to watch season 2. One of these weekends I'll probably start watching Picard. - Under the Influence Mar 31, 18:33 3
    - Spoils...and a trailer -- (edited) - Remlik Mar 31, 19:29 [youtube] 1
      - 2nd trailer -- (link) - Remlik Mar 31, 19:35 [youtube]
    - Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 31, 18:36
- "We've written ourselves into a corner! What do we do now?" "I dunno... time travel?" "GENIUS!" - Mop Mar 31, 18:02 8
  - The same thing we do every night, Pinky - try to take over the galaxy! -- nm - Brain Mar 31, 18:39
  - Any scifi writers room. -- nm - Remlik Mar 31, 18:21
  - “We’ve written ourselves into a corner! What do we do now?” “I dunno... Amnesia?” “GENIUS!” -- nm - Qale Mar 31, 18:16 1
    - what do we do now? when in doubt have someone come through the door with a gun in their hand -- nm - Raymond Chandler Mar 31, 18:20
  - your heresy has been noted for the Time of the Grand Inquisitor -- nm - crash davis Mar 31, 18:08 1
    - first up against the wall? -- nm - mud Mar 31, 18:09
  - Legends of Tomorrow is the only show that should be allowed to use time travel -- nm - Beaker Mar 31, 18:03 1
    - what about character death then regeneration? -- nm - Doctor Who Mar 31, 18:06
- of course -- nm - mud Mar 31, 17:58
- Yes, it was promod at the beginning of Picard season finale -- nm - Beryllium Mar 31, 17:57 5
  - That's right. Excellent. - Spawn Mar 31, 17:59 4
    - I will potentially enjoy it more if (spoils) - Beryllium Mar 31, 18:01 1
      - spoils... - Remlik Mar 31, 18:20
    - S3 will be better than S2 -- nm - mud Mar 31, 18:00 1
      - No way it is spoil - Spawn Mar 31, 18:05
Impact Wrestling signs Kylie Raye. -- nm - Remlik Mar 31, 17:45
so the quake has taken over the local news completely, I guess they only really had one topic to talk about before it hit -- nm - crash davis Mar 31, 17:35 27
- Tastes Great or Less Filling? -- nm - prayformojo Mar 31, 17:59 1
  - Tastes Great; Less Filling is a dead cause -- nm* - crash davis Mar 31, 18:00
- Original vs Extra Crispy? -- nm - VMan Mar 31, 17:48 1
  - original -- nm - crash davis Mar 31, 17:54
- Bonzo vs Moon -- nm - loosilu Mar 31, 17:46 18
  - that could get quite heated -- nm - crash davis Mar 31, 17:47 17
    - Take a stand now! -- nm - loosilu Mar 31, 17:48 16
      - Bonzo! -- nm - mud Mar 31, 17:51 15
        
        with much respect to Moon, I must also pick Bonzo -- nm - crash davis Mar 31, 17:53 11
        
        Bonzo was Moon's biggest fan. He insisted on being in the studio when Moonie did the drums for Won't Get Fooled. -- (edited) - loosilu Mar 31, 17:53 10
        
        I feel I need to add. The guitar players of that time wanted to kill each other. The drummers were super mega besties. - loosilu Mar 31, 18:15 9
        
        I didn't realize that you were also an impressionable 14 yr old rocker in 1969 who was to dedicate the next 20+ years to the cause. -- nm - mud Mar 31, 18:23 8
        
        This says to me you are a passionate fan. I don't specifically understand what you mean. I LOVE both bands. -- nm - loosilu Mar 31, 18:25 7
        
        you talk like you were there. I was trying to be funny. (you're not 65 are you?) -- nm - mud Mar 31, 18:28 5
        
        LOLOL born in 68, I love 60s bands. -- nm - loosilu Mar 31, 18:29 4
        
        cool. -- nm - mud Mar 31, 18:30 3
        
        you? -- nm - loosilu Mar 31, 18:31 2
        
        an impressionable 14 yr old rocker in 1969 who was to .. -- nm - mud Mar 31, 18:37 1
        
        I found out. If you go on Youtube. You can listen to any bootleg. I dove deep into WHO bootlegs. You can dive deep into any band you love. It's there. -- nm - loosilu Mar 31, 18:42
        
        wooops -- nm* - Bacon Mar 31, 18:27
        
        Moon was Page's first choice for led zep, and he also came up with the bands' name. - loosilu Mar 31, 17:52 2
        
        pfft - mud Mar 31, 17:56 1
        
        LOL!!!! So, Beck and Page tried very hard to poach Moon from Townshend. - loosilu Mar 31, 18:01
- dvorak vs. qwerty keyboards. -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 31, 17:43 1
  - dvorak is dead -- nm - crash davis Mar 31, 17:53
- the Census! -- nm - Max Mar 31, 17:42 1
  - that is too titillating a subject for Idaho -- nm - crash davis Mar 31, 17:55
Interesting prediction tweet thread -- (link) - Volnelk Mar 31, 17:27
Best Tweet I've seen all year ... -- (link) - ReluctantCynic Mar 31, 17:20 6
- I sent you mine and the kid’s character descriptions. Did you see them? -- nm - spamlet Mar 31, 17:34 2
  - I did! I'm working on that this evening, in fact. - ReluctantCynic Mar 31, 17:53 1
    - Cool, thanks. -- nm - spamlet Mar 31, 17:55
- I don't need more snack options! -- nm - Krusty Mar 31, 17:34
- Now they're just sucking up to trump. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 31, 17:26 1
  - Okay, that's funny. - ReluctantCynic Mar 31, 17:30
B2, I'm with Crash, Zoey has great singing and dancing - SyrDragon Mar 31, 17:19
March 2020 has been one hell of a year -- nm - Beryllium Mar 31, 17:16 2
- Day 7031. -- nm - loosilu Mar 31, 17:25
- And we really needed to beware the Ides. At least in Illinois - . Mar 31, 17:19
I don't have a crystal ball, but his approval bump seems to have crested. - Reagen Mar 31, 17:16 2
- But my television ratings are through the roof. Huge ratings, the best ratings for a President ever. They will even be bigger ratings soon, very big -- nm - Bacon Mar 31, 18:12
- European leaders are at like 90% approval right now. Just like W was immediately after 9/11 -- nm - loosilu Mar 31, 17:26
Oh, I'm gonna share it on Marco Polo. - ReluctantCynic Mar 31, 17:15 2
- Don't you do it!! This is why nobody joins our group -- nm - Bacon Mar 31, 17:15 1
  - Hey, maybe Spawn and I can get more folks to join us! -- nm - ReluctantCynic Mar 31, 17:21
Wealth is the vector -- (link) - JD Mar 31, 17:13
There it is. 6.5 72km W of Challis, Idaho. 10km deep -- nm* - Bacon Mar 31, 17:12 9
- ooooh... volcanoes. -- nm - mafic Mar 31, 17:39
- Yep, I was wrong about m3.1 -- nm - Beryllium Mar 31, 17:16
- That is roughly where the one from 1984 I referenced occurred. -- nm - crash davis Mar 31, 17:13 4
  - its quiet...*too* quiet...there were dozens of aftershocks in 83, during the news interview they said its been verrry very quiet -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 31, 18:12
  - oops, 1983 -- nm - crash davis Mar 31, 17:17
  - I can't tell from the USGS map is that in the Sawtooths? -- nm - Bacon Mar 31, 17:14 1
    - yeah -- nm - crash davis Mar 31, 17:16
- Crash trish check in please -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 31, 17:13 1
  - B2 -- (link) - JD Mar 31, 17:14 [Backboard]

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