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Uh oh. Trump is on page 38 of the playbook. -- (link) - Volnelk Apr 1, 10:48 5
- "Upon information and belief"? WTF? -- nm - crash davis Apr 1, 10:51 1
  - UPON IT!!! -- nm - Spawn Apr 1, 10:53
- Huh, not even a peep about N Korea's missile testing... yet. -- nm - VMan Apr 1, 10:50 2
  - yet? He gave up on NK on January 8 2016. -- nm - Jovian Apr 1, 10:51 1
    - But he still has that beautiful letter. -- nm - Spawn Apr 1, 10:53
ST Quiz: Which state's population has the highest percentage of people 65 or older? -- nm - ty97 Apr 1, 10:44 18
- well, wait … are we talking permanent residents, or the folks who go south during the winter and then head back north in the spring? -- nm - call me ishmael Apr 1, 11:14
- Cali just has an eff load of people in the state -- nm - budice Apr 1, 10:52
- Arkansas -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 1, 10:51
- Lowest I would guess... Illinois? DC is probably pretty low. -- nm - Max Apr 1, 10:49 2
  - #50 Utah 11.1%. #49 Alaska 11.8%. #48 Texas 12.6% -- nm - ty97 Apr 1, 10:50 1
    - (DC not listed) -- nm - ty97 Apr 1, 10:51
- Idaho. -- nm - Loyola Apr 1, 10:46 1
  - Nope, bears gotta eat. -- nm - crash davis Apr 1, 10:49
- Percentage to Population? Arizona. I would guess Florida is largest total population though. -- nm - JaxSean Apr 1, 10:46 1
  - Florida is also #2 in number of people over 65. Not really even close, California beats it handily. -- nm - ty97 Apr 1, 10:47
- Maine? Florida? Connecticut? -- nm - Andie Apr 1, 10:45 4
  - Florida is #2 20.5%. Eeked out by.....Maine! #1 at 20.6% (I was shocked) - ty97 Apr 1, 10:46 3
    - I picture Maine as full of wizened old fishermen. -- nm - Andie Apr 1, 10:51 2
      - Hey....I live an hour from those people. Don't insult them like that!!! :P - Walt_Disney Apr 1, 10:55
      - I *never* would have guessed Maine - ty97 Apr 1, 10:53
- flroida -- nm - Beaker Apr 1, 10:45
- Arizona? -- nm - oblique Apr 1, 10:45 1
  - #12. 17.5% -- nm - ty97 Apr 1, 10:46
STIF&S: What is the current order in PA? -- nm - Diva Apr 1, 10:43 4
- cheesesteak, extra onions -- nm - crash davis Apr 1, 10:44 1
  - wiz, wit extra. -- nm - how it's actually ordered Apr 1, 10:44
- Stay-at-home order in place through April 30, schools closed until further notice. -- nm - znufrii Apr 1, 10:43
- stay at homey -- nm - budice Apr 1, 10:43
My favorite mixed metaphor of the crisis is "The cat is out of the barn" -- nm - crash davis Apr 1, 10:39
Today is a good day for Metal. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 1, 10:32
Florida man -- (link) - ty97 Apr 1, 10:31 13
- I still don't see how this has changed from what it was before. - JaxSean Apr 1, 10:34 7
  - He hadn't issued a statewide order before. He had 'urged' it for four counties in the Miami area. -- nm - ty97 Apr 1, 10:34 6
    - I guess it's important for it to be ALL counties. - JaxSean Apr 1, 10:45 1
      - Yes, many had. That is exactly what he stated for why he was not doing so. -- nm - Spawn Apr 1, 10:50
    - Yeah, he had stated that COVID was not a concern for a lot of counties. -- nm - Spawn Apr 1, 10:36
    - Yeah, I remember thinking that FL was just bat shit crazy. Old population, no order. WTF -- nm - oblique Apr 1, 10:35 2
      - and a billion 20 year olds recently visited. -- nm - Andie Apr 1, 10:40
      - and one of the states that refused expanded medicare -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 1, 10:37
- Florida man gets his act together -- nm - Beryllium Apr 1, 10:33 4
  - dithering 3 weeks means a million more infections -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 1, 10:37 3
    - He had to get through $pring Break. -- nm - Spawn Apr 1, 10:40
    - Yes. He's definitely a Mayor Vaughn in this. Perhaps even moreso than Trump. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 1, 10:38
    - Thankfully a lot of people were already choosing to self-isolate, which should hopefully help -- nm - ty97 Apr 1, 10:38
908,000 cases - Spawn Apr 1, 10:30
Piece of shite McConnell claims Impeachment distracted from virus response. -- (edited) - Diva Apr 1, 10:22 19
- They fired the general in charge of pandemic planning from the NSC and never replaced him because of the impeachment? -- nm - crash davis Apr 1, 10:41
- the 9 campaign rallies and what, like, 8 golf days didn't distract him at all? -- nm - colin Apr 1, 10:37
- I think McConnell's comment yesterday was more for him and his party than DJT -- nm - Jovian Apr 1, 10:35 3
  - They're obviously not fit to lead if they can't do their effin jobs. -- nm - Diva Apr 1, 10:37 2
    - oh of course. They all need to be put on Nuremberg type trials when all said and done. But I just mean, McConnell said this yesterday - Jovian Apr 1, 10:41 1
      - the original post was changed. I understood what you wrote. - Diva Apr 1, 10:45
- I've seen that before. Assholes. (That's kind) -- nm - JackDawson Apr 1, 10:28
- Didn't President Bullshite say that it didn't impact his response at all? Or has he walked that back? -- nm - Beryllium Apr 1, 10:27 5
  - fixed. The rest of the point still stands. -- nm - Diva Apr 1, 10:31 2
    - Turtles McNationfucker is indeed a massive shite. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 1, 10:33 1
      - hee -- nm - JaxSean Apr 1, 10:39
  - Anything to excuse his failure. -- nm - loosilu Apr 1, 10:28 1
    - He literally said it yesterday. There's video -- nm - ty97 Apr 1, 10:30
- Nixon and Clinton managed to pass major bipartisan legislation while they were being impeached. I guess Donnie is helpless and weak. -- nm - loosilu Apr 1, 10:26
- "Impeachment of Donald Trump 2019 began on Wednesday , December 18 and ended on Wednesday , February 5, 2020" -- nm - Spawn Apr 1, 10:26 3
  - right. The narrative doesn't even hold up to casual scrutiny. Plus, last night he said he couldn't have done a better job if he hadn't been impeached -- nm - decline Apr 1, 10:28 1
    - I had to fix original post. -- nm - Diva Apr 1, 10:33
  - And then, golf and rage rallies. -- nm - loosilu Apr 1, 10:27
- "President Trump too busy not testifying in impeachment trial to pay attention to pandemic warnings." -- nm - znufrii Apr 1, 10:25
Animal Crossing players. The gate to Kismet is open. Ask the dodos to search and it should come up. - Qale Apr 1, 10:19 2
- *dances on your head* Do-do, dodelee-do-do, do-dedelee-do-do-do. Woo hoo! -- nm - B-A-ron Apr 1, 10:24
- this looks like English... -- nm - Beaker Apr 1, 10:20
DoorDash now delivers from convenience stores -- (link) - oblique Apr 1, 10:18 2
- "Doordash? Great, I need 10 gallons of gas, please." -- nm - Spawn Apr 1, 10:25 1
  - cue the video of Asian lady filling trashbags with gasoline, tying them off and putting in the back of her mini hatchback -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 1, 10:40
Had a plan all set for today. It only took 15 minutes for that be blown to hell. - Dano Apr 1, 10:16
Ex-NSA hacker drops two zero-day Zoom exploits -- (link) - oblique Apr 1, 10:16 5
- oh you need local access for the original exploit. meh. -- nm - ty97 Apr 1, 10:18 3
  - This other exploit is far worse -- (link) - oblique Apr 1, 10:19
  - Yeah, it's not OMGWTFBBQ exploits but Zoom is having a bad week press wise -- nm - oblique Apr 1, 10:18 1
    - Yeah. -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 1, 10:25
- fun! -- nm - ty97 Apr 1, 10:17
Kudos to the MTA for this -- (link*) - ty97 Apr 1, 10:10
Trailer for Gerard Butler comet destroying the world movie (trailer seems typical of recent ones and seems to give away alot) -- (link) - Beaker Apr 1, 09:57 [youtube] 8
- CJ is pumped for this -- nm - Remlik Apr 1, 10:54
- oh great, now he really is gonna want to buy Greenland -- nm - Jovian Apr 1, 10:29
- There's no world where "chunks of comets are hitting Earth" = "Yay, let's go watch the fun!" -- nm - Reagen Apr 1, 10:25 3
  - Important to note that the movie seems to be set in Florida -- nm - Roger More Apr 1, 10:46
  - How about a world where a dangerous contagious virus outbreak = let's go party at a crowded beach? -- nm - Dano Apr 1, 10:40
  - No, hitting earth is bad. Hitting earth's atmosphere is pretty. And let us now marvel at the idea of Gerard Butler watching the Leonids. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 1, 10:26
- That was a pretty good movie. - Spawn Apr 1, 10:10
- Armageddon, but they decide to let it happen. -- nm - 2021 disaster movie reboots Apr 1, 10:10
On a scale of 1 to 10...how much will the crisis alter your vacation plans for next year? - Loyola Apr 1, 09:56 35
- next year? no concerns right now. but we'll talk again this time next year when we see how things develop ... -- nm - call me ishmael Apr 1, 11:15
- Zero, wasn't planning any this year but I am using 2 weeks right now just to lay low for a bit -- nm - J Apr 1, 10:48
- I just turned down a wedding in seattle for early next year, I figure that's when the 3rd wave hits -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 1, 10:43
- Prolly a big fat 9. The plan was to go to Italy in 2021. -- nm - Diva Apr 1, 10:40
- 1 at this point. The Rock Boat cruise is already bought and paid for (Jan 2021). - JaxSean Apr 1, 10:32
- I have no plans for next year. I barely had any set for this year. -- nm - Krusty Apr 1, 10:30
- 0 - Didn't have anything planned thru the end of the year but was going to plan a "big trip" for next year. - Cuzzin Todd Apr 1, 10:23
- Wait and see what Italy looks like. -- nm - loosilu Apr 1, 10:17
- 100%. Likely do something local to NB rather than fly to Florida or an all-inclusive somewhere -- nm - Beaker Apr 1, 10:17
- No idea. This year? Our cruise in Dec 2020. Will have to make a call in September. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 1, 10:16
- 1 Though for this year, I was talking to my parents last night and looks like the end of July trip to Hawaii for my cousin's wedding is off -- nm - JD Apr 1, 10:13
- 4 -- nm - tRuMaN Apr 1, 10:07
- I have to go *somewhere*. Daughter reminded me yesterday that I'm welcome at any time. This just a couple of days after her saying she's - Meg Apr 1, 10:05 1
  - Maybe forgot herself? Stay safe. -- nm - Loyola Apr 1, 10:12
- For 2021? No idea at this point. I don't even know what May 2020 will be like at this point for the virus. -- nm - ty97 Apr 1, 10:04
- 10 - building a bunker - Pippy- blueberry bungie jumper Apr 1, 10:03 5
  - I plan to talk my way into someone else's bunker. I have a flawless strategy. - David Apr 1, 10:10 2
    - Oh, that is on my list of things to *say*. -- nm - Spawn Apr 1, 10:18
    - That's insidious. -- nm - Loyola Apr 1, 10:13
  - i want a bunker too, but like.. not in the US. -- nm - colin Apr 1, 10:03 1
    - that much is abundantly clear -- nm - Pippy- blueberry bungie jumper Apr 1, 10:04
- 10. the only one that was planned is now cancelled. -- nm - Andie Apr 1, 10:00 1
  - oh, 2021? probably no change. -- nm - Andie Apr 1, 10:02
- For this year everything is still up in the air but not looking good. - spamlet Apr 1, 10:00 1
  - This reminds me, I need to cancel our Easter hotel near church... -- nm - oblique Apr 1, 10:00
- 1, i'm gonna be stir crazy by then. need to get to an AV convention in Barcelona in February (hope all is well by then). - colin Apr 1, 10:00 2
  - that said, i have a lot of anxiety now going out when we need to get food, etc. i may find that i'm a bit too freaked out to travel for a bit. -- nm - colin Apr 1, 10:02 1
    - this is me - Pippy- blueberry bungie jumper Apr 1, 10:04
- 0 - Will probably try and travel more than we would have otherwise once this is all over to make up for it. -- nm* - znufrii Apr 1, 09:59 1
  - I expect prices to be $$$$$ because everyone will want to make up for lost time -- nm - ty97 Apr 1, 10:05
- No effect. I'm still planning currently to go to Dallas this summer (at least we are if my daughter's jazz camp is still on) -- nm - oblique Apr 1, 09:59
- I had no plans. But I do want to get out east at some point. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 1, 09:58
- Define "next year". You mean 2021? -- nm - Spawn Apr 1, 09:56 2
  - Yes. -- nm - Loyola Apr 1, 09:57 1
    - We would not plan it until January of 2021. So will have to see what the world looks like then. -- nm - Spawn Apr 1, 09:59
part-time cab driver here tested positive. -- nm - Beaker Apr 1, 09:51
I'm not sure if the word count script is even still running. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 1, 09:45 1
- how can you cheat me like this‽ -- nm - colin Apr 1, 09:46
i miss turntable, that would be awesome to have right now. get an st room together. -- nm - tRuMaN Apr 1, 09:43 4
- We could do Spotify playlist and change it every day? - JaxSean Apr 1, 10:36 2
  - Is this a thing still? -- (link) - oblique Apr 1, 10:40 1
    - Yeesh. "Take actions in Spotify on your behalf Control Spotify on your devices" - JaxSean Apr 1, 10:43
- Word -- nm - Krusty Apr 1, 10:30
..and the shelter in place for my County finally came. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 1, 09:41 1
- Jacksonville Mayor has ours starting Friday. "Safer At Home mandating that citizens remain at home except for critical and essential needs." -- (link) - JaxSean Apr 1, 09:46
All the comings and goings from Netflix in April -- (link) - Beaker Apr 1, 09:39 9
- I Love You, Man is leaving today but P.S. I Love You is arriving. -- nm - Spawn Apr 1, 09:42 1
  - Not a good trade. -- nm - pmb Apr 1, 09:49
- Where is season 2 of Tiger King!? - Jovian Apr 1, 09:41 6
  - I can't even imagine what Season 2 would even LOOK like. *spoils* - Pippy- blueberry bungie jumper Apr 1, 09:48 4
    - Here kitty kitty - Trisha Apr 1, 10:27
    - you're so close to writing fan fiction... just flesh it out. -- nm - colin Apr 1, 09:49 2
      - I do know a lot about bitchin Cameros. Let me see what I can do. - Pippy- blueberry bungie jumper Apr 1, 10:01 1
        
        *like* *subscribe* -- nm - colin Apr 1, 10:03
  - That will be about the case that Florida police just reopened. Spoiler - loosilu Apr 1, 09:43
Wait - is "winning ST" a good thing? -- nm - Turd Ferguson Apr 1, 09:34 9
- Spoken like someone not winning ST. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 1, 09:54 1
  - Right? -- nm - David Apr 1, 09:55
- we take what we can get these days. -- nm - colin Apr 1, 09:45
- Has somebody won the COVID-19 pool?! -- nm - Mop Apr 1, 09:43
- depends. If its spawn winning, probably not. -- nm - tRuMaN Apr 1, 09:37
- “No giving it back!” -- nm - znufrii Apr 1, 09:36
- Most dubiously. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Apr 1, 09:35
- About the same as Most Improved Poster. -- nm - Spawn Apr 1, 09:35 1
  - But better than a gift from Spawn. -- nm - Shaun Apr 1, 09:37
yup -- nm - tRuMaN Apr 1, 09:33
The tix were to be my gift to ST. -- nm - Spawn Apr 1, 09:33 1
- that's going to be a HARD PASS from me dawg -- nm - Pippy- blueberry bungie jumper Apr 1, 09:38

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