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The Chair of the House Freedom Caucus wants Fauci gone and the economy reopened -- (link) - ty97 Apr 13, 12:49 3
- Good thing the old leader of the Freedom Caucus... well, shit. -- nm - spamlet Apr 13, 12:58
- Well he should go meet and greet the folks as they come back to work, then. Handshakes for everyone! -- nm - Beryllium Apr 13, 12:52
- Death Panels -- nm - Bacon Apr 13, 12:51
Anyone hear from Dogbert recently? -- nm - . Apr 13, 12:48
Susan Collins, be concerned -- (link) - ty97 Apr 13, 12:44
California, Oregon & Washington Announce Western States Coronavirus Re-opening Pact -- (link) - ty97 Apr 13, 12:43 2
- Copycats! -- nm - NY, NJ, CT, RI, PA & DE Apr 13, 12:44 1
  - The wording makes it sound coordinated actually. - ty97 Apr 13, 12:46
Seeing all these newscasters from home, surprised more don't have an office workspace to broadcast from. Some in their kitchens -- nm - budice Apr 13, 12:35 3
- Just hope they’re wearing pants. -- (link) - spamlet Apr 13, 12:48
- Maybe the lighting's better? -- nm - B-A-ron Apr 13, 12:39
- If they work in a studio, why would they have a home office? -- nm - ty97 Apr 13, 12:37
Peter Gabriel has put up some film from his September 2010 concert in Verona. Almost three ours of live concert footage total. - ReluctantCynic Apr 13, 12:30 5
- oh HELL yeah!!! -- nm - Spawn Apr 13, 12:34 1
  - Yep. This will be on all the time when David's still asleep. -- nm - Dark Callisto Apr 13, 12:36
- Things aren't bad enough? - Krusty Apr 13, 12:34 2
  - Now *I'm* the one banging pots and pans and angry muttering. -- nm - Dark Callisto Apr 13, 12:36 1
    - You are not! You're sitting there with a cat in your lap! - David Apr 13, 12:37
Me: I like this Covers Channel but I need an app to tell me who's performing. Brain: Dummy, put Shazam on your phone. - B-A-ron Apr 13, 12:23
American FINALLY extends elite status. - spamlet Apr 13, 12:23 6
- Disney still hasn't extended my pass. -- nm - budice Apr 13, 12:32
- Apparently it showed up in the app last night for a moment so folks figured it was on its way. Glad they finally did it. -- nm - ty97 Apr 13, 12:30
- Assholes -- nm - JackDawson Apr 13, 12:25
- I apparently have like $1800 credit with them from cancelling my son's flight to Prague but they never sent me a confirmation email and there is no - oblique Apr 13, 12:24 2
  - Find the e-mail with the original locator number / ticket number. Use that as reference when rebooking (probably by phone? Not sure if can online) -- nm - ty97 Apr 13, 12:31 1
    - Thx. I have all that and the online did seem to want to charge me $0 for the ticket when I faked it so it seems like it's valid - oblique Apr 13, 12:32
VLIR: Weekend viewing. Fast Color: C+, Contagion: B+, Discovery S1: A+, Ozark S3 first few episodes: B+, SNL @ Home: C+, edit: also skyped with my parents on Sunday -- (edited) - oblique Apr 13, 12:23 9
- Community S1 E 1 - 20: A. 10 minutes of Jay & Silent Bob's latest: D-. -- nm - Spawn Apr 13, 12:37 2
  - Randomly, I watched the six timelines episode of Community last night. -- nm - David Apr 13, 12:38 1
    - Had never seen the first 18 episodes, so that was quite the treat. I did not know what the number was, so each one I was hoping for another "new" one. - Spawn Apr 13, 12:44
- IMO SNL@Home was better than C+. And the ninja turtles cartoon was fantastic. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 13, 12:31 5
  - Agreed. Solid B. -- nm - Spawn Apr 13, 12:36
  - Like most SNL, it was a few A+ moments (weekend update, especially the end, and the turtles), a few B moments (the zoom call) and then a bunch of hot - oblique Apr 13, 12:33 3
    - Kid your face is hot garbage YEAH THAT'S A GINSBURN -- nm - Beryllium Apr 13, 12:35 2
      - It was funny how off Tom Hanks was. We're finding the same things with our Pastors when recording them for church. They are just totally out of - oblique Apr 13, 12:38 1
        
        Ease up on ol' Tommy Tim-Tam, mate! (When he said "36", it was supposed to be an Australian accent, but it sounded like an impression of ... - Beryllium Apr 13, 12:51
Today I've been getting emails from local business letting me know how happy they are that TN's "stay at home" order is over tomorrow! Back to - kelly Apr 13, 12:22 14
- Which businesses? - Dark Callisto Apr 13, 12:32 9
  - My hairdresser and Nathan’s karate place. -- nm - kelly Apr 13, 12:42 8
    - Both are small businesses so I’m sure they’re hurting, but opening now just seems so unsafe. -- nm - kelly Apr 13, 12:46 6
      - The two should really combine -- nm - prayformojo Apr 13, 12:48 4
        
        Call it Karate Chops -- nm - Bacon Apr 13, 12:49 3
        
        Ha!!! -- nm - kelly Apr 13, 12:51
        
        this is brilliant -- nm - Epiphany Apr 13, 12:50
        
        ha! -- nm - prayformojo Apr 13, 12:50
      - I think there are a lot of places that are we either open or we go out of business. The small business loans are going to be too late before they fix - Bacon Apr 13, 12:48
    - Oh man. -- nm - Dark Callisto Apr 13, 12:46
- oh man -- nm - prayformojo Apr 13, 12:25 3
  - Yeah, there's not a chance I'm bringing N to karate with a bunch of other kids, or going to kickboxing. -- nm - kelly Apr 13, 12:32 2
    - they can open and you can choose not to go. - Epiphany Apr 13, 12:51 1
      - Oh yeah, we won’t be going. Not yet. -- nm - kelly Apr 13, 12:52
A 64-year-old man accidentally ejected himself from a fighter jet at 2,500 feet -- (link) - Bacon Apr 13, 12:14 12
- Sacre bleu! Sacre violette even! -- nm - B-A-ron Apr 13, 12:26 1
  - Alternate joke: Why do we even have that lever? -- nm - B-A-ron Apr 13, 12:27
- Did the jet crash? The article doesn't say. -- nm - David Apr 13, 12:23 6
  - The article says "The pilot was not ejected and managed to land the plane safely, despite suffering some minor facial injuries during the ordeal. " -- nm - mara Apr 13, 12:26 1
    - Totally my fault! I read it twice and still missed that. Thanks! -- nm - David Apr 13, 12:39
  - Good point. He was a passenger so I assume the pilot landed the plane safely. -- nm - Bacon Apr 13, 12:25 2
    - Actually, it's only because of a malfunction that the pilot wasn't also ejected. He landed the plane and ran away as fast as he could. - Beryllium Apr 13, 12:30 1
      - DAMN!! -- nm - Bacon Apr 13, 12:33
  - The picture showed the avion (plane) in the bottom left corner. Assuming it's fine. He was a passenger. -- nm* - VMan Apr 13, 12:25
- Probably didn't signal either. -- nm - Max Apr 13, 12:15 2
  - What do you mean. The left turn signal was on from the time they took off. -- nm - pmb Apr 13, 12:33
  - I bet he signaled in his pants -- nm - oblique Apr 13, 12:16
Jim, I'm working on paying off debt at the moment, trying to get the town in K.K. condition. - Dark Callisto Apr 13, 12:14 6
- Also, we're a long way from KK. Still one star rating. Only 1 bridge and 1 incline so far. just paid off bridge #2. nm - Turd Ferguson Apr 13, 12:21
- I need better animals. I NEED Tex. And Marshal. -- nm - Turd Ferguson Apr 13, 12:16 4
  - I really think Marshal is cuter than he's ever been. - Dark Callisto Apr 13, 12:21 3
    - I've seen videos of some amazing towns...we don't even have any goals like that. Like - I don't know how to improve the town, ya know? nm - Turd Ferguson Apr 13, 12:23 2
      - I like Bud pretty well. He's very... Lebowski. But yeah. Frita. Ugh. - Dark Callisto Apr 13, 12:35 1
        
        right now, ours is just a mish mosh of stuff. nm - Turd Ferguson Apr 13, 12:44
The Revival, Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder are now: - Tim Apr 13, 12:13
RIP: John Conway -- (link*) - oblique Apr 13, 12:13 4
- btw, Berry. XKCD links should auto-expand like twitter :) -- nm - oblique Apr 13, 12:17 3
  - Agreeance. Also, OMG I was just reading about cellular automata the other day after reading Permutation City. -- nm - B-A-ron Apr 13, 12:33 2
    - dork -- nm - oblique Apr 13, 12:34 1
      - Truly. Great book though. -- nm - B-A-ron Apr 13, 12:36
Well Trump told the truth for once. I recognize the names of the Reopen America Council members. -- nm - VMan Apr 13, 12:10
My Friday semi meltdown. - Bacon Apr 13, 12:10 4
- its scary to be in those situations. You did the best you could - Epiphany Apr 13, 12:23 3
  - comment about my post - Bacon Apr 13, 12:29 2
    - This has been my weekend. Arguing with myself and I am doing it here now. - Bacon Apr 13, 12:32 1
      - please don't melt down. You literally did what you had to do. - Epiphany Apr 13, 12:54
Think I have it. The last few words decide it. - Spawn Apr 13, 12:01 2
- My neighborhood has one of those. Homeowners association owns it. It's on a lot up the street. -- nm - zunkskunk with the bad take Apr 13, 12:25
- so not privately public, but publicly private? -- nm - decline Apr 13, 12:06
As a reminder, here's what the XFL accepted as the cost of doing business. -- (link) - David Apr 13, 12:01 [Backboard] 8
- I am shocked they went bankrupt!! - Bacon Apr 13, 12:02 7
  - They'll get to use the pandemic as an excuse now. Ratings had already failed by then. - David Apr 13, 12:03 6
    - St. Louis is really upset about this. This city really embraced the Battlehawks in a very short time. nm - Turd Ferguson Apr 13, 12:18 1
      - Dang your IM -- nm - spamlet Apr 13, 12:20
    - It's like when David Hasselhoff blamed the low viewership of his Pay Per View on the OJ White Bronco chase. -- nm - Dano Apr 13, 12:11 3
      - I was watching a sporting event when that OJ Bronco chase happened, and they had split screen. I can't remember the sporting event -- nm - Bacon Apr 13, 12:20 2
        
        Knicks playoff game most likely -- nm - Jovian Apr 13, 12:21
        
        NBA playoffs probably. -- nm - spamlet Apr 13, 12:21
When you’ve lost the guy who created an ad comparing a triple amputee to bin Laden and Saddam, that kinda says it all. -- nm - Tim Apr 13, 12:00
From B2– which six states have their own council? -- nm - JackDawson Apr 13, 12:00 4
- This one? -- (link) - znufrii Apr 13, 12:01 3
  - Just in time for tornadoes! -- nm - Spawn Apr 13, 12:46
  - Thanks and that’s great -- nm - JackDawson Apr 13, 12:14 1
    - West Coast govs getting on board with the idea as well -- (link*) - znufrii Apr 13, 12:42
hahaha. now *that's* a council -- nm - prayformojo Apr 13, 11:58
So, how is your quarantine going? -- nm - David Apr 13, 11:57 55
- now i'm getting elopements cancelled because they want to wait a month so they can have a regular wedding and pretend everything is normal -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 13, 13:47
- My wife just dressed up as Joe Exotic to take pictures with the cats. so... -- nm - TWuG Apr 13, 12:21 4
  - Should we alert the local authorities? -- nm - David Apr 13, 12:23 1
    - If i disappear, check the litter boxes for my remains. -- nm - TWuG Apr 13, 12:25
  - We're going to need pics -- nm - oblique Apr 13, 12:23 1
    - if TWUG ever loved us at all - he will post them for us -- nm - Epiphany Apr 13, 12:52
- Having just gotten out of the hospital while COVID was breaking, so having my rehab/recovering stuff mixed in with everything else going on in the - prayformojo Apr 13, 12:18
- I'm handling the whole thing far better than expected still. - ty97 Apr 13, 12:14 7
  - somehow I still haven't fully finished unpacking though. - ty97 Apr 13, 12:19 6
    - And I'm out of bagels :( -- nm - ty97 Apr 13, 12:19 5
      - make your own! -- nm - decline Apr 13, 12:22 1
        
        Hahahahaha! - Krusty Apr 13, 12:26
      - Out of? The bagel stores in the city are still open? I need a bagel so badly! The stores here closed weeks ago. :-( -- nm - Krusty Apr 13, 12:21 2
        
        Bagels aren't essential? -- nm* - spamlet Apr 13, 12:25 1
        
        I'd say for us it certainly is! - Krusty Apr 13, 12:28
- More and more people have told me maybe I shouldn't come in to a building where a medical clinic is testing for COVID, but my office chair is better - Max Apr 13, 12:14
- it's 98% the same as being retired. -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 13, 12:13
- Much busier than I anticipated. On the one hand I'm grateful to be busy. It's good for me and it's good for the firm. But everything is an - pmb Apr 13, 12:12
- I may cave in and adopt a kitten - I've been waiting until I'm not planning travel ... seems like that will be now. -- nm - JenBro Apr 13, 12:10
- Good. That might change by the end of the week as I'm not working this week. Trying really hard not to go out until the end of week or so - JD Apr 13, 12:09
- It sucks. I'm better off than most but it sucks. -- nm - zunkskunk with the bad take Apr 13, 12:08
- It seemed like we were sprinting to Easter and then last night it was like "um, now what". I'm in a pretty good rhythm. Hoping to do 2 days at home - oblique Apr 13, 12:08
- I went to sleep around 10pm Saturday night, and while I was up for about 4 hours early Sunday morning (from 4-8am), I slept until 2 am today. - JaxSean Apr 13, 12:08 1
  - ennui -- nm - decline Apr 13, 12:09
- We're doing okay so far but my kitty is up and down with her health which is stressful. I've lost a lot of clients when this is over so I've got - Krusty Apr 13, 12:07
- I flip between being super productive/loving the "down time" spent with the fam to being so paranoid and stressed that I can't think about anything - kelly Apr 13, 12:07
- I was really, really bored this past long weekend -- nm - decline Apr 13, 12:04 1
  - you shut your who*e mouth -- nm - prayformojo Apr 13, 12:05
- I apparently missed an awful two weeks at work and returned when we hit the tipping point. - Tim Apr 13, 12:04 4
  - the dermatology thing is weird -- nm - prayformojo Apr 13, 12:05 2
    - I don’t get why they’re even open, but plenty of acne and eczema stuff daily, -- nm - Tim Apr 13, 12:08 1
      - I'm guessing they're open for cancer screenings but people are just taking advantage. - spamlet Apr 13, 12:20
  - I'm surprised about dermatology. I guess people want their quarantine pictures to look perfect. -- nm - David Apr 13, 12:05
- Well after listening to our compnay town hall this morning feeling better - eag Apr 13, 12:03 3
  - Glad to hear it's just a furlough. Best of luck with this! -- nm - Krusty Apr 13, 12:33
  - Well, that's a positive! -- nm - David Apr 13, 12:04 1
    - Best case scenario im back at work in early May - eag Apr 13, 12:08
- Not enough drinking. - znufrii Apr 13, 12:02 1
  - seriously though, we're getting through it well enough it seems shitty of me to complain about anything. -- (edited) - znufrii Apr 13, 12:17
- It's educational. -- (link) - VMan Apr 13, 12:01
- gettin' fat. -- nm - mud Apr 13, 12:00
- Not ideal, but mostly fine. -- nm - Shaun Apr 13, 12:00
- To be perfectly honest? Over it -- nm - JackDawson Apr 13, 11:59
- This is the one time where everyone is jealous of the others. I wish I was on quarantine, and my quarantined friends wish they were working. -- (edited) - Bacon Apr 13, 11:59 4
  - I wanted some time off but this is not at all what I was hoping for. I just wanted a few days to rest and hangout with some friends. - Krusty Apr 13, 12:11 2
    - Yeah, nobody has it good right now. We are just doing the best we can right? WE have a long road ahead to get through this shitstorm -- nm - Bacon Apr 13, 12:12 1
      - Pretty much. Just try and find positivity where you can during this. -- nm - Krusty Apr 13, 12:14
  - In fact I am having to burn 2 vacation days today and tomorrow to get some extra time home. -- nm - Bacon Apr 13, 11:59
- I got a new office chair, so that's good. -- nm - Dano Apr 13, 11:58
- I teeter on the edge of kinda ok and stressed to the point of shutting down. nm - Turd Ferguson Apr 13, 11:58 5
  - Remember that you can always talk to me when you're feeling overwhelmed or just need a friend. - David Apr 13, 12:01 4
    - Appreciate it. Pretty sure I need happy pills anyway. Been having trouble harnessing my inner-hulk anyway... - Turd Ferguson Apr 13, 12:06 3
      - I would imagine that online educations become exponentially more popular now. -- nm - David Apr 13, 12:07 2
        
        yeah - that worries me. I want one of the boys to be able to finish up AT school. nm - Turd Ferguson Apr 13, 12:10 1
        
        Not to mention - I'm about done having shit taken away from me. nm - Turd Ferguson Apr 13, 12:12

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