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???? FEMA gave a $55,000,000 no-bid contract to a bankrupt company with no employees for N95 masks – which they don't make or have – at 7x the cost -- (link) - ty97 Apr 15, 20:36 3
- Yipes, check out this unrelated suit from 2018 re: the two principals behind the LLC named in the article (nmblink) -- (link) - ralph wiggum Apr 15, 20:56
- At this point, the grift of america is an unquenchable gaping maw. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 15, 20:38 1
  - I'd put money on the biz had made a big donation to Donny's campaign or inauguration, that's how that 2 person electrical shop got 300m contract -- nm - to rebuild Pt Rico electrical system Apr 15, 23:20
Heh. Not funny, but a little bit funny. -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 15, 20:32
Whew, the editor's note at the bottom of this article -- (link) - ty97 Apr 15, 20:14 1
- :( nm - ralph wiggum Apr 15, 20:21
Now pkaying: Animal Crossing. Friend code for the Switch inside if you'd like to join me. - ReluctantCynic Apr 15, 20:06 1
- Has anyone told you about tarantula island yet? -- nm - Qale Apr 15, 20:08
Now playing: Community S2E14 - Advanced Dungeons and Dragons -- nm - Spawn Apr 15, 19:54 2
- Now Playing: Community S4E8 - Herstory of Dance -- nm - Ender Apr 15, 19:58 1
  - Brie Larson! Everybody! Brie Larson!!! -- nm - Ender Apr 15, 20:57
I'm sorry but what -- (link) - Reagen Apr 15, 19:43 2
- Love it. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 15, 20:04
- ah yes, pulmonary gold disease, the silent killer. -- nm - mafic Apr 15, 19:51
Cuomo orders all residents to mask up in public if they can't remain at least 6 feet apart. -- (link) - TWuG Apr 15, 19:39
Pegleg may have seen this, but still worth a look: Tomb of Queen Marasankh III 3D tour from Harvard -- (link) - Max Apr 15, 19:38
so, that movie. cool cool cool -- nm - prayformojo Apr 15, 19:27 5
- *slap* -- nm - dinner guest Apr 15, 19:36
- It’s worth it for the cinematography alone. -- nm - Dano Apr 15, 19:31 3
  - Florence Puuuuuugh! -- nm - Reagen Apr 15, 19:34 2
    - I kept mentally doing that through the whole move, which sorta took away from the atmosphere -- nm - prayformojo Apr 15, 19:35 1
      - She is the absolute Queen of ugly criers. -- nm - Reagen Apr 15, 19:43
Trailer for Psych 2: Lassie Come Home -- (link) - TWuG Apr 15, 19:27 2
- That initial close up shot made Gus look like Turk. I was confused (and maybe accidentally racist?) nm - ralph wiggum Apr 15, 20:04
- Nice! Also... Lassie!!! -- nm - Krusty Apr 15, 19:32
California will help undocumented with checks of $500 from a mix of taxpayer and charitable donations -- (link) - zeitgeist Apr 15, 19:21
Confession: I sometimes check my sports scoreboard app just in case. -- nm - Dano Apr 15, 19:15
STIS: tax impact question for the COVID stimulus checks - Strongbad Apr 15, 19:12 3
- I think mara posted a link to, not the same, but similar question this morning? -- nm - ty97 Apr 15, 19:13 2
  - Yes, similar. Technically ours isn't a dependent. Thanks for the link! -- nm* - Strongbad Apr 15, 19:16
  - not sure if it address your question, but this link -- (link) - ty97 Apr 15, 19:14 [Backboard]
Best Buy to furlough 51,000 store employees, cut pay of executives -- (link) - budice Apr 15, 19:11 1
- I want to believe that the economy will recover quickly, but... -- nm - David Apr 15, 19:21
Rachel Maddow had no idea how to deal with this answer from a politician. Maddow: If he asked you to be his running mate, would you say yes? -- (link) - ty97 Apr 15, 18:58 1
- A direct response, what kind of crazy 8s that? -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 15, 19:05
Wrestlers react to WWE's releases (a lot of them clearly adored Fit Finlay) -- (link) - Tim Apr 15, 18:49 1
- All the producers were furloughed but Angle. Makes sense since they aren’t working. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 15, 19:09
Michael Caputo?! -- (link) - mud Apr 15, 18:45 3
- Is he Goebbels or Goering in this pantheon of nazi henchmen? -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 15, 19:24 2
  - Hess -- nm - mud Apr 15, 19:52 1
    - Mulvaney was Hess -- nm - Jovian Apr 15, 20:50
Gravity warps time. Ok. But what if objects are affected by gravity because they are seeking the place where time moves slowest - JD Apr 15, 18:40
remember when towns *hated* cruising? would sicc the cops on cars that drove by more than once...our town's chamber o commerce sponsoring cruise night - zeitgeist Apr 15, 18:01 4
- Wait holup. Do we still get to have the sex or no? Cause that’s kind of part of the point. -- nm - Qale Apr 15, 18:55 1
  - I missed that part of it..but I'd guess that the same folks who hooked up cruising would hook up any where so... -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 15, 19:07
- No, but that does seem like something towns would do. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 15, 18:26 1
  - In LA, San Jose and other California towns Friday nights would have massive traffic jams, entire san Fernando valley would be a quagmire -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 15, 18:31
Spice up your next Zoom meeting (nmblink) - ralph wiggum Apr 15, 17:54 2
- There was a kangaroo... in my living room. -- nm - Mop Apr 15, 18:54
- Well, I didn't have the Llama square in Threat Profile Bingo -- nm - Beryllium Apr 15, 18:13
sitwap? Donald Trump names WWE’s Vince McMahon as adviser to restart US economy -- (link) - zeitgeist Apr 15, 17:47 11
- Along with mark Cuban, Jerry Jones, and others -- nm - Remlik Apr 15, 18:37 1
  - Yeah but, after flack for Jared and Ivanka, he goes, oh you don't like them, well I'll show you -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 15, 19:10
- A guy who declared bankruptcy THIS week in an endeavor is in charge of helping us start the economy. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 15, 17:59
- the history books are gonna look weird for this time. -- nm - Reagen Apr 15, 17:48 7
  - books? -- nm - Tim Apr 15, 17:52 5
    - They require a little effort on your part, they make no "bee-bee-bee-bee-beeps." On your way, please -- nm - con_carne Apr 15, 18:01 3
      - +20 Qale Points -- nm - Qale Apr 15, 18:56
      - sure you can get books that have pop up paper sculptures and a chip that sings or make farm animal sounds to go with the story, Donny would read that -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 15, 18:03 1
        
        Remember when Bush read My Pet Goat? That might strain Donny's intellect. -- nm - TWuG Apr 15, 18:10
    - Right? If we're lucky, we'll get printouts of Twitter threads. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 15, 17:54
  - I hope I live long enough. -- nm - loosilu Apr 15, 17:51
there's a really weird kind of evil about Will Poulter -- nm - prayformojo Apr 15, 17:40 1
- He's a ventriloquist dummy that was granted a wish. -- nm - Reagen Apr 15, 17:49
Just watched The Legacy of Arrow Development. Didn’t know that X was their last project 8( and that Disneyland was their first major contract 8) - JD Apr 15, 17:21 [youtube]
"Are you eating pizza soup?" -- Declan, asking about pasta that came with our pizza -- nm - Beryllium Apr 15, 17:19 1
- Tell him yes and he can't have any. -- nm* - . Apr 15, 17:58
Stonehenge news -- (link) - Peglegpete Apr 15, 17:10
Fallout 76: Wastelanders... I come humbly to admit bugs that I experienced yesterday were cleared up by... *ahem* turning off and back on my XBOX. - Qale Apr 15, 17:10 1
- back when I'd occasionally do software support people would get SO ANGRY when you told them to do this. -- nm - mafic Apr 15, 18:11
Now playing: Midsommar -- nm - prayformojo Apr 15, 17:04 18
- *clears throat* You guys are talking abbout it, I need new viewing. Can someone give a bullet description? -- nm - loosilu Apr 15, 17:29 10
  - I watched it last week, and all I can say is: Dano liked it. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Apr 15, 18:19 1
    - And that it contains frontal nudity. -- nm - B-A-ron Apr 15, 18:22
  - trippy horror movie with 20 somethings that go to a pagan commune in Sweden during the Midnight Sun. -- nm - Reagen Apr 15, 17:32 7
    - Does anyone punch a person wearing a bear head? -- nm - Qale Apr 15, 17:43 3
      - not the bees! -- nm - mafic Apr 15, 18:12
      - Um -- nm - Dano Apr 15, 17:59 1
        
        Still mad that I missed out on this. -- (link) - B-A-ron Apr 15, 18:11
    - why do I feel like I've seen this. They were wearing costumes? one girl was left behind and she could tell the story? -- nm - loosilu Apr 15, 17:42
    - I thought it was about a relationship going bad? Gone bad? Though I haven’t seen it either. Oh...also from the guy who did Hereditary -- nm - JD Apr 15, 17:35 1
      - I mean, it's an element of it. -- nm - Reagen Apr 15, 17:38
- well, it certainly starts pleasantly enough.... -- nm - prayformojo Apr 15, 17:15 2
  - Oh, you've not seen it! Well, this'll be fun. -- nm - B-A-ron Apr 15, 17:28 1
    - That opening sequences makes an excellent short film all on its own. -- nm - B-A-ron Apr 15, 18:10
- Uff da! -- nm - B-A-ron Apr 15, 17:14
- *atonal groan* -- nm - Reagen Apr 15, 17:12
- Alone? -- nm - budice Apr 15, 17:08
- oh Im jealous - Jovian Apr 15, 17:05
The last two episodes of Better Call Saul would have been top ten for Breaking Bad. -- nm - David Apr 15, 17:02 3
- Lalo has beena great add -- nm - Beaker Apr 15, 17:10 1
  - I hear some people think he's handsome. Don't look, Pippy! -- nm - B-A-ron Apr 15, 18:09
- omg for sure - Jovian Apr 15, 17:04
Last night in a fit of boredom I started designing a prototype interface for a Slackertalk app. - Beryllium Apr 15, 16:54 2
- No app! Mobile web site! -- nm - Mop Apr 15, 18:56 1
  - I don't think I can get the granularity of interaction I'd need from a website. Not for what I have in mind. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 15, 19:17
In it's first week, Quibi hit 1.7 million... subscribers? No. Downloads. -- (link) - Mop Apr 15, 16:48
My biggest lesson from quarantine is, I'm really, really bad at meal planning. I live alone, so I've always just bought ingredients last minute - loosilu Apr 15, 16:45 15
- loosi in the kitchen... -- (link) - zeitgeist Apr 15, 18:32
- Is that what it is? Is that why people come to the grocery store every day, or every other day? -- nm - Qale Apr 15, 17:10 13
  - I used to. Snacks on demand. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 15, 17:29
  - I have no idea about other people. For years I have just gone to the store quickly and bought a few things. That's normal in Europe, where they have - loosilu Apr 15, 17:28 11
    - Yup, In London we'd get off the tube and walk up the street to our bedsitter. On the way we had our choice of butcher, greengrocer, baker, grocer, and - Meg Apr 15, 18:18
    - yup, lots of mass transit, people would stop at a few farmer stalls in the town square, take their tram home. my favorite bus option was... - zeitgeist Apr 15, 18:07
    - Cities as well. Those who don’t have cars and/or live someplace that is several floors up and doesn’t have an elevator -- nm - JD Apr 15, 17:33 8
      - Yes! no car, small kitchen. That's how it works. -- nm - loosilu Apr 15, 17:43
      - I live in Houston, but I’m on the first floor. -- nm - Qale Apr 15, 17:42 6
        
        It's super common in European cities for people to have a tiny fridge, sometimes just a cube. Culture expects fresh ingredients for everything. -- (edited) - loosilu Apr 15, 18:14 5
        
        I am terrible about eating the same thing for a few days in a row. -- nm - Qale Apr 15, 18:58
        
        Heh to your IM. I just finished the last of the spaghetti that I made last Friday and have been eating two servings per day -- (edited) - JD Apr 15, 18:45 1
        
        well done! certainly I can live off it. But it makes me feel depressed. -- nm - loosilu Apr 15, 19:23
        
        My meat divided into service sized portions and frozen. That way I have something different each night. Some is cooked, like a roast, other is raw. -- nm - Meg Apr 15, 18:22 1
        
        I think I did that at some point, years ago. I can't say I was good at it. I think I was dismayed at what I had to eat. -- nm - loosilu Apr 15, 19:22
King Lear (2018/BBC): B/B+; The leads were all really, really good. Pugh needed more screen time. Lost a half letter grade by really rushing the last - prayformojo Apr 15, 16:32 1
- Karl Johnson from Hot Fuzz! And the brilliant show Mum. -- nm - LMS Apr 15, 16:50
Video: Hospital staff cheers as woman reunites with her baby, born by C section, while she was on a ventilator for 11 days. Yes, COVID. -- (link) - loosilu Apr 15, 16:28
Roy Halliday was apparently an idiot in a plane. - Will Hunting Apr 15, 16:25 3
- SI straight up won't load if you have an ad blocker on now - Reagen Apr 15, 16:45 1
  - Here - spamlet Apr 15, 18:02
- Yeah, this was what was expected days after the crash. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Apr 15, 16:27
$50 for Charlie, Bobby, Sam & Dean, Castiel as Steve, Castiel Keychain, Crowley from Supernatural, plus Sherlock and Dr Watson (Pop site puts them at - Beaker Apr 15, 16:19 3
- Jesus, what's your total Pop count at now? -- nm - Shaun Apr 15, 16:25 1
  - 270 (me plus the kids), but probably closer to 280 as a couple aren't logged -- nm - Beaker Apr 15, 16:30
- Kelly has a Patriots 3-pack. Brady/Edelman/Gronk that’s 230. We had two but sold one for 80 2 years ago. - Will Hunting Apr 15, 16:22
A student tweeted to ask Obama to give a nationwide commencement speech for all the HS and college students who won't have a ceremony this year. - loosilu Apr 15, 16:12 6
- Lynda Barry gives a good commencement speech. -- nm - . Apr 15, 17:58
- I dunno. Giving speeches. Mugging for the camera. Doesn't really sound like his scene. -- nm - B-A-ron Apr 15, 17:15
- Uh, don't we need him to raise a lot of money for the Democrats? He didn't break his silence after all this time for this, settle down kids -- nm - con_carne Apr 15, 16:59
- A number of commencement regulars (incl. Hillary) are giving national commencement addresses. Doesn't seem that far out of the realm of possibility. - Mop Apr 15, 16:25 2
  - I didn't know this was a thing. Is there a list somewhere? -- nm - loosilu Apr 15, 16:27 1
    - Yup, here. Sorry, I should have linked. -- (link) - Mop Apr 15, 16:31
repost from this AM, for any that missed it, that like the 7pm racket, from my 'hood .. -- (link) - mud Apr 15, 15:38 1
- Cut it out, you’re gonna start a howl! -- nm - Qale Apr 15, 16:47
WHAT. -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 15, 15:36 8
- I'm sure this is Lt. Barclay's fault somehow. -- nm - B-A-ron Apr 15, 16:30 3
  - Is Barclay Murdoch or is Murdoch Barclay? -- nm* - TWuG Apr 15, 16:37 2
    - Actually they're both Matt Frewer. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 15, 16:39 1
      - Berlinghoff Rasmussen! It makes sense! -- nm - TWuG Apr 15, 16:41
- It checks out. -- nm - Mop Apr 15, 16:23
- It gets weird when you know that Tommy Westphal imagined St Elsewhere which crosses over with Cheers -- nm - TWuG Apr 15, 16:16
- oh yeah.... -- (link) - Remlik Apr 15, 15:41 [youtube] 1
  - Although maybe ironically Ted Danson has only been on The Orville -- nm - Beryllium Apr 15, 15:45
Thank you, everyone. She is being moved to Hopkins sometime this evening. -- nm - Don Homer Apr 15, 15:36 4
- If you have any medical questions feel free to ask. - James Bond (aka Igor) Apr 15, 20:40
- Wishing you and your family all the best. -- nm - Mr. Havens Apr 15, 18:09
- She's in the best hands in the world. -- nm - loosilu Apr 15, 16:10
- Just read the backboard. Add my good wishes as well. -- nm - Dano Apr 15, 15:37
back into King mode today. Now threatening to shutdown Congress. - Jovian Apr 15, 15:24 2
- Same as it ever was -- nm - Bacon Apr 15, 15:26 1
  - This is not my beautiful House... of Representatives -- nm* - Qale Apr 15, 16:47

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