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John Hopkins just updated the covid tracker site, now with all kinds of stats and county information -- (link) - Remlik Apr 14, 19:28 5
- My county is so big (2300 sq mi; 2.2 million people). I'd really like to know the situation in my neighborhood. -- nm - psilotum Apr 14, 20:09
- also if you want some really detailed stuff that includes testing numbers, these guys are good. -- (link) - mafic Apr 14, 19:41
- Montgomery County, PA: 2354 confirmed cases, 76 deaths -- nm - znufrii Apr 14, 19:36
- my county has 1,000 (known) cases and about 50 dead -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 14, 19:30
- 33,616 cases in Queens -- nm - Remlik Apr 14, 19:30
Joel McHale: Community movie is going to happen he hopes.... -- (link) - Remlik Apr 14, 19:18 2
- He can’t live with the taint of hosting a Tiger King Reunion -- nm - Pippy-‘ Apr 14, 19:35
- Volnelk: is going to date supermodels. He hopes. -- nm - ty97 Apr 14, 19:35
This made me laugh -- (link) - JD Apr 14, 19:03 1
- Not a good link -- nm - Krusty Apr 14, 19:03
The 2 million cases plateau might be crossed overnight -- nm - prayformojo Apr 14, 18:57 4
- hmmm... Works here? Have to see if I can figure out another way to post that one -- nm - JD Apr 14, 19:36 2
  - It wants me to download something to open with my media player. It says playlist in the file name -- nm - Krusty Apr 14, 19:40
  - 🤦🏻that's suppose to be in the above thread -- nm - JD Apr 14, 19:37
- Hurray!!! - Qale Apr 14, 19:10
Walked to the grocery store (*flex!*). Found some toilet paper (*double flex!*). Cottonelle Ultra (*triple flex!*). Now how do I get home? -- nm - Mop Apr 14, 18:45 3
- Shut. Up. That's my brand. God, I miss it. -- nm* - loosilu Apr 14, 19:21
- Are you armed? -- nm - VMan Apr 14, 18:45 1
  - And Dangerous -- nm - eag Apr 14, 18:50
And now for something completely different... -- nm - VMan Apr 14, 18:41 2
- What's brown and sounds like a bell? -- (edited) - VMan Apr 14, 18:41 1
  - I object to all the sex on television. - VMan Apr 14, 18:42
peeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek -- (link) - Beaker Apr 14, 18:32
Dano? -- (link) - decline Apr 14, 18:31 1
- My bunghole is fine now. -- nm - Dano Apr 14, 18:51
Over 2,000 deaths today. But let's race to reopen the economy. -- nm - loosilu Apr 14, 18:30
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. XFL files for bankruptcy. Venues like UoH left holding $200k bag. -- nm - Qale Apr 14, 18:03 3
- Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before -- (link) - mud Apr 14, 18:05 [youtube] 2
  - My most significant ex-boyfriend Ashley was a huge Morrissy fan. Me... not so much. -- nm - Qale Apr 14, 18:07 1
    - but just listen to that! It's irresistible -- nm - mud Apr 14, 18:29
WaPo (Nottheonion):In unprecedented move, Trump administration orders president’s name to be printed on millions of Americans’ stimulus checks -- (link*) - budice Apr 14, 17:55 8
- Not to give him ideas but, I am surprised he has not assumed Treasury Secretary (or whatever) to sign all money. -- nm - VMan Apr 14, 18:25 1
  - This move was signaled a while back. No shock here. -- nm - VMan Apr 14, 18:25
- he probably also wanted the IRS to include a donation envelope for his re-election campaign with the checks. -- nm - tRuMaN Apr 14, 18:04 1
  - He should be sending those checks by UPS or FedEx. Using the Post Office is hypocritical. -- nm - . Apr 14, 18:19
- He really doesn't understand digital deposits. -- nm - David Apr 14, 18:03 1
  - IIRC they were originally opposed to digital for this specific reason. They wanted Trump's name on it; somewhere, anywhere. -- nm - VMan Apr 14, 18:26
- This has nothing to do with the election in a few months, nothing whatsoever. (NM) - Marlowe Apr 14, 17:58
- How will we get those without the USPS? -- nm - . Apr 14, 17:58
I spotted a bottlecap on the beach today. The tide was waaaay out. -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 14, 17:52 [flickr] 1
- Keeping it's distance, obviously. -- nm - Mop Apr 14, 18:43
Goodness, Frozen 2 is simply terrible. -- nm - MDH Apr 14, 17:33 17
- I fully disagree. -- nm - Diva Apr 14, 19:14
- How? -- nm - . Apr 14, 18:00
- I won't say it's horrible, but it's the worst thing they released in a decade, at least. (NM) - Marlowe Apr 14, 17:57
- How DARE you?! - ty97 Apr 14, 17:53 1
  - Hi there! Hope you are doing okay in nyc. Know it’s bad up there so stay safe. -- nm - MDH Apr 14, 17:59
- Still, name your favorite two songs. -- nm - Max Apr 14, 17:37 1
  - "The Next Right Thing"! "Into the Unknown"! -- nm - mud Apr 14, 17:45
- Shit, duck, here comes David. -- nm - znufrii Apr 14, 17:37 9
  - ... followed by me. I liked it better than the first, and I *loved* the original. -- nm - kelly Apr 14, 17:55 2
    - Me too. -- nm - Dark Callisto Apr 14, 17:57 1
      - yonh! -- nm - Diva Apr 14, 19:18
  - If someone is going to argue that up is down, there's no point in engaging. -- nm - David Apr 14, 17:40 4
    - up is down - znufrii Apr 14, 17:48
    - I was genuinely mad/surprised it didn’t get an Oscar nom since 1 was so good. Now watching it, makes total sense. -- nm - MDH Apr 14, 17:44 1
      - It'll have to settle for being the most popular animated movie ever. -- nm - David Apr 14, 18:02
    - ~Into the Unknown~ -- nm - budice Apr 14, 17:42
  - Disney should be embarrassed for this. There is no plot and the songwriting is incredibly lazy. And I liked Frozen. -- nm - MDH Apr 14, 17:39
And then I go and blow it all by saying something stupid like I love you. -- nm - David Apr 14, 17:30 4
- I just finished watching that. Rhea Seehorn is a godamned treasure. -- nm - Reagen Apr 14, 17:45 1
  - nice scene -- nm - mud Apr 14, 17:46
- ~like exploding you~ -- nm - prayformojo Apr 14, 17:33
- *blindfold and ciggy* -- nm - Man Card si Apr 14, 17:33
Made Thai chicken salad for dinner! it tastes amazing. Also, why the fuck did I do this? good lord, so many separate things, so much chopping. - loosilu Apr 14, 17:28
Star Wars Fan Comic Retcons Boba Fett's Biggest Blunder -- (link) - Beaker Apr 14, 17:16
ST? fyi -- (link) - Jovian Apr 14, 17:01
"... and the babadook" -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 14, 16:55 5
- Fantastic! -- nm - Mop Apr 14, 18:42
- that is some funny shit -- nm - Beaker Apr 14, 17:00
- "And this virus doesnt care if you're rich or poor. And honestly? maybe it should." -- nm - Jovian Apr 14, 16:58 2
  - Oh, did he say poor? I thought he said bored. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 14, 17:30 1
    - lol oh maybe he did said that, thats even funnier -- nm - Jovian Apr 14, 18:02
Now playing: Narconomics. If I'm not working this week, I might as well learn something -- nm - JD Apr 14, 16:44
crash davis has the authority to do what crash davis has the authority to do - crash davis Apr 14, 16:36 11
- Until Trish raises an eyebrow! -- nm - Under the Influence Apr 14, 17:07 1
  - or the pets -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 14, 17:15
- This is the worst Rock promo in years. -- nm - Qale Apr 14, 16:54
- That explains all the treacherous ear shooting. -- nm - David Apr 14, 16:52 3
  - I mean, you swear that it's accidental, but I never saw you on Destiny 2, which didn't allow team killing... -- nm - David Apr 14, 16:52 2
    - I was there briefly, just long enough to confirm that I sucked at that game. One night I played with you, Jax, and Jaxlette. -- nm - crash davis Apr 14, 16:55 1
      - Ah, right. That was when Jax's daughter proved to be the ultimate teammate. Also, you and Jax were there. - David Apr 14, 16:57
- But only because we allow you to crash. You mess up and then we will have to direct you to do crash things. -- nm - VMan Apr 14, 16:39 3
  - no. my authority to do crash type things is absolute -- nm - crash davis Apr 14, 16:40 2
    - Well, then I take no responsibility. -- nm - VMan Apr 14, 16:40 1
      - as you shouldn't, all crash type things shall fall on my shoulders...should I fail to update you on Bigfoot, its on me -- nm - crash davis Apr 14, 16:45
wut -- (link) - Jovian Apr 14, 16:34 3
- Meh. That word soup is hardly the worst he's delivered ever. Even this week. -- nm - Mop Apr 14, 16:44 2
  - okay. what about this? -- (link) - Jovian Apr 14, 16:54 1
    - I generally think that political memes are childish. But I have to admit, I do like this. -- nm - Qale Apr 14, 17:22
I see we have reached the point in the Magic: Arena cycle where every deck I face has all the right answers no matter what I play. -- nm - Qale Apr 14, 16:33 2
- Ikoria’s out Thursday so it all goes crazy then. -- nm - Tim Apr 14, 16:39 1
  - Yeah. This always happens to me. Like clockwork. -- nm - Qale Apr 14, 16:41
Cleaned the leftover leg of lamb, bone is boiling to make broth, lamb stew for dinner tomorrow. -- nm - Dano Apr 14, 16:30 5
- Paint your doorway with the blood of the lamb -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 14, 16:43 1
  - he should have last week. only 2 nights of Passover left. -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 14, 16:47
- you won't wake up in the dark ever again to that awful screaming of the lambs -- nm - Hannibal Lecter Apr 14, 16:32
- You can’t eat exotic animals! You’ll cause a pandemic! -- nm - Qale Apr 14, 16:32
- Thoughts and prayers. -- nm - VMan Apr 14, 16:31
"If you keep talking, I'll leave and you can have it out with the rest of these people." -- (link) - mud Apr 14, 16:20 7
- "don't make me flip the lights on and off." -- nm - mafic Apr 14, 17:44
- "would you? We might get some actual information then." -- nm - Reagen Apr 14, 16:33
- I somewhat wish they would (and could) just get up and walk out. -- nm - VMan Apr 14, 16:29
- How long until the press starts throwing fruit at him? -- nm - jnine Apr 14, 16:28 2
  - If Meg was a reporter, she’d have already flung her not-perfect bananas. -- nm - Qale Apr 14, 16:30
  - 281 days. -- nm - mud Apr 14, 16:29
- presidenting at its best. -- nm - tRuMaN Apr 14, 16:21
LOL -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 14, 16:20
JCPenney preparing Bankruptcy filing -- (link) - budice Apr 14, 16:20 1
- I called that! - zunkskunk with the bad take Apr 14, 16:38
Toilet Paper Acquired -- nm - Dano Apr 14, 16:13 1
- One Square per Encounter should last -- nm - budice Apr 14, 16:19
Everyone has always known that China lies about their pandemics. Everyone plans around that. Blaming China for lying is bullshit. Blaming WHO - loosilu Apr 14, 16:09 4
- WHO did a far better job than his own CDC. -- nm - Qale Apr 14, 16:29 2
  - Ooh, this is a tough one. I dunno. Who? -- nm - Beryllium Apr 14, 16:30 1
    - Cindy Lou Who! -- nm - Qale Apr 14, 16:31
- Maybe if there was a special China advisor to notify him about those (alternative?) facts. -- nm - VMan Apr 14, 16:25
Somber, but not (quite) depressing: I'm taking the time to update my end-of-life decision documents. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Apr 14, 16:09 8
- I have all that. What I've not done is give copies to family members and my medical facility :/ -- nm - Meg Apr 14, 18:37
- you have a 20' oval mausoleum with Batman and Lena the Hyena heads on repro's of Michelangelo statues. the cat gets any leftover $$. -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 14, 16:25
- Dude, when you die can I have your walkman? -- nm - Qale at 12yrs old Apr 14, 16:23 1
  - You can have whatever you want. - ReluctantCynic Apr 14, 17:36
- Yeah, we need to do this. -- nm - znufrii Apr 14, 16:17
- I keep meaning to do this, or at least write something down for my family -- nm - ty97 Apr 14, 16:14
- yup doing that as well. -- nm - Remlik Apr 14, 16:13
- I'm doing my will. -- nm - jnine Apr 14, 16:12
This sums things up nicely -- (link) - TWuG Apr 14, 16:08
Star Trek: Frakes held a 1 hour interview on FB... -- (link) - Remlik Apr 14, 15:50
‘Stay away from me please’ -- (link) - mud Apr 14, 15:50
King Trump will be authorizing each governor to reopen their state at a time of their choosing. -- nm - Volnelk Apr 14, 15:50 22
- does he allow the Sun to set today and rise again tomorrow? -- nm - tRuMaN Apr 14, 16:19 3
  - so that aside, whats going to happen is some states will rush to start back to impress him -- (edited) - tRuMaN Apr 14, 16:20 2
    - Likely. Then bitch that the feds have to redeploy and do their job. -- nm - VMan Apr 14, 16:24 1
      - OR a state that isn’t badly off will reopen and Republicans will be like SEEEEEE? -- nm - Volnelk Apr 14, 16:44
- So same as always?? He says something, he gets everyone riled up end of the earth the republic is dead and then the next day retreats? Amusing in how - JackDawson Apr 14, 16:15 7
  - You realize your response to the response is part of the cycle too. -- nm - Volnelk Apr 14, 16:39 2
    - And so’s this response! What a predictive bunch we are -- nm - JackDawson Apr 14, 16:42 1
      - Hamsters on the wheel, my friend. -- nm - Volnelk Apr 14, 16:43
  - THAT'S IT!! I am going back to reading the New York Times! -- nm - Jack's BF Apr 14, 16:30
  - Not exactly a retreat. Still problematic. - znufrii Apr 14, 16:22 1
    - it was a Trumpian retreat -- nm - Jovian Apr 14, 16:23
  - Kid, your face is boring. -- nm - ty97 Apr 14, 16:16
- "by choice, man, by choice" -- nm - Reagen Apr 14, 16:07
- Relatedly, I have also authorized all the supermodels in the world to date other people, as I am off the market and would prefer they don’t call me. -- nm - Volnelk Apr 14, 16:06 1
  - Ha! Perfect! -- nm - David Apr 14, 16:08
- Yup. Behold his munificence. -- nm - VMan Apr 14, 15:55
- a full retreat from his bullshit from last night -- nm - Jovian Apr 14, 15:54 3
  - They can't quit if I fire them first! -- nm - loosilu Apr 14, 16:10
  - No, I'm ordering them to make the decision! See?!?! My power! -- nm - Trump Apr 14, 15:57
  - Just wait till tomorrow night's edition, it will change again. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 14, 15:55
- a Benevolent Philosopher King Saint Guy -- nm - mud Apr 14, 15:53
- “We were already doing that.” -- nm - znufrii Apr 14, 15:51
It really is very 1984. Except two minutes of hate lasts about an hour. -- nm - VMan Apr 14, 15:49 3
- I would like to thank: Wendys, McDonalds, Burger King, Chic fa le, fedex, proctor and gamble, merck, pzifer, thermofisher, abbvie, roche, Ford, GM, Ap -- nm - Jovian Apr 14, 15:51 1
  - Donor (or potential) roll call. -- nm - VMan Apr 14, 15:51
- Sorry. -- nm - VMan Apr 14, 15:49

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