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OC: 100 gather at Huntington Beach Pier to protest stay-at-home orders -- (link) - budice Apr 17, 14:09 17
- Seriously, f*ck these people. - JaxSean Apr 17, 14:28 2
  - You don’t have to be nice sometimes. There are some situations where niceness is not appropriate at all. -- nm - Qale Apr 17, 14:29
  - Yes. I've typed out about 17 meaner things but this response is fine and nicer than mine. -- nm - Dark Callisto Apr 17, 14:29
- Another article, more pics -- (link) - budice Apr 17, 14:25 1
  - Oh they suck at grammar too. Nice! The trifecta. -- nm - Qale Apr 17, 14:25
- Is it Straight Pride time again, already? -- nm - Qale Apr 17, 14:23
- Another pic shared to HB Community FB -- (pic) - budice Apr 17, 14:15 [Attachment] 3
  - "COVID-19 IS A LIE" sign, with a full suit and mask on. O...K. -- nm - JaxSean Apr 17, 14:23 1
    - SOAP IS A LYE -- nm - Beryllium Apr 17, 14:24
  - i should show up to some of these and hand out "Drink Brawndo" signs. -- nm - colin Apr 17, 14:18
- quick q: why is dude wearing a hazmat suit if he wants S@H lifted? -- nm - amanda Apr 17, 14:13 5
  - he's playing a scientist -- nm - prayformojo Apr 17, 14:18 2
    - Is that why that one girl has glasses and a ponytail? -- nm - Qale Apr 17, 14:23 1
      - no. it's so that when she takes them off, that one dude will realize *she was beautiful all along* -- nm - prayformojo Apr 17, 14:25
  - to hide he is wearing both belt & suspenders to hold his pants up? -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 17, 14:18
  - he wants people to sneeze on him, but also knows that it's kinda gross in any situation. -- nm - colin Apr 17, 14:17
- Yeah, that fits. -- nm - Reagen Apr 17, 14:13
Streets of Rage post made me want to watch Streets of Fire this weekend. -- nm - Dano Apr 17, 14:04
Heh. -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 17, 13:51
Land O Lakes drops Indian maiden from packaging after almost 100 years -- (link) - Peglegpete Apr 17, 13:38 5
- :( no more boobies -- nm - decline Apr 17, 14:25
- They already cut her image to just her head. - . Apr 17, 13:51 1
  - Current image, on West Coast package -- (link) - . Apr 17, 13:54
- 22 million +1 -- nm - U.S. unemployed Apr 17, 13:42 1
  - :( -- nm - budice Apr 17, 13:51
HAHA. Whoever edited Stanley from the Office yelling at Trump deserves an award.... -- (link) - Remlik Apr 17, 13:36
PPP Loans: Chase alone has a $20B backlog of applications -- nm* - budice Apr 17, 13:35
melted glacier in NOrway reveals artifacts from the Iron age to Medieval times -- (link) - Peglegpete Apr 17, 13:25
~screams incoherently~ I'm doing the shopping for my mother. Every week she sends me a list and asks if I have any questions. I text back questions - decline Apr 17, 13:24 2
- yeah, mom still has trouble answering the phone, can not see well enough to read texts -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 17, 13:45
- "Josh said you like goldfish." -- (link) - Max Apr 17, 13:27 [youtube]
IL: +1842, +62 deaths (largest case increase to date). Schools closed for the rest of the school year -- nm - oblique Apr 17, 13:23 1
- I thought they already had been. -- nm - . Apr 17, 14:06
Posted by one of my Facebook connections (i can't call some of these people "friends" anymore) - Turd Ferguson Apr 17, 13:22 8
- This feels like a person who would be confused that people don't immediately age up on Jan 1. -- nm - Reagen Apr 17, 14:06
- if only we had a select team of professionals to plan and respond to a pandemic after the lessons learned from covid 1-18 -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 17, 13:47 1
  - But, we did. And they were in fact prepared. However, they didn't do much of anything. -- nm - JaxSean Apr 17, 14:25
- "they didn't learn a THING from COVID-1 through 18!!!!" -- nm - colin Apr 17, 13:31 2
  - An actual thing Kellyanne Conway said on television. -- nm - Tim Apr 17, 14:17 1
    - yeah, i know. i wish i didn't, but i do :( -- nm - colin Apr 17, 14:18
- Because a year ago it was 2019?? -- nm - mara Apr 17, 13:29
- "Its (sic) a sequel. The heroes just have to do what they did in the other films!" (NM) - FB connections Apr 17, 13:28
Repost: Streets of Rage 4 releases April 30th. -- nm - Shaun Apr 17, 13:12
Delta: $5.4 billion total, $1.6 billion in unsecured loans, and " warrants to acquire about 1 percent of Delta stock at $24.39 per share over 5 years" - colin Apr 17, 13:09 4
- Disney: I figure it expedited securing additional funding asap. Iger in the mix helps credibility. Was at $15B secured a couple days ago -- nm - budice Apr 17, 13:14 3
  - Disney Chairman Bob Iger Appointed to California’s COVID-19 Business Recovery Task Force -- (link) - budice Apr 17, 13:38 1
    - gonna see if he can wiggle out of even more state taxes? -- nm - colin Apr 17, 14:14
  - AMC is looking for $500M, supposedly, to try and stay alive. not looking good. -- nm - colin Apr 17, 13:19
Black Keys concert officially cancelled - Reagen Apr 17, 13:06 7
- Just a minor issue. -- nm - B-A-ron Apr 17, 13:18 1
  - I see what you did there. -- nm - . Apr 17, 14:05
- But how would you even reschedule? -- nm - Spawn Apr 17, 13:12 4
  - Pick a date and hope. Up until recent, it was also a way to hang on to the money so that factored into rescheduling - JD Apr 17, 13:38 3
    - Just postpone all 2020 concerts to 2021. -- nm - psilotum Apr 17, 13:44 2
      - And do two concerts a day?! I don't know that even JaxSean can handle that pace. -- nm - Max Apr 17, 13:50 1
        
        CHALLENGE: ACCEPTED -- nm - JaxSean Apr 17, 14:29
A friend is doing a virtual 24 hour endurance challenge. She has to run 5 miles in each of 6 consecutive 4 hour periods. - Dano Apr 17, 12:58 1
- Or else psychohubby sends back the Peloton -- nm - con_carne Apr 17, 13:08
LIBERATE QO'NOS, and save your bat'leths. Martok wants to take them! -- nm - Gul Dukat Apr 17, 12:55
Delta: change fee waivers have been extended to allow travel through Sept. 30, 2022 (for travel through September 30, 2020) -- nm - ty97 Apr 17, 12:48 5
- ELI5, please. -- nm - Krusty Apr 17, 13:21 2
  - no charge to change flights to up to that date. -- nm - Reagen Apr 17, 13:22 1
    - Thanks! -- nm - Krusty Apr 17, 14:00
- Come on, guys! -- nm - Doug Parker Apr 17, 12:51
- also applies to canceled flights from March through September. Applies to existing bookings as of today. -- nm - ty97 Apr 17, 12:48
2014 FOX Trump call in interview - sgtmike Apr 17, 12:45 4
- Complaining that he couldn't hire people because they were better off not working? His salary offers must have been crap. -- nm - Max Apr 17, 12:50 2
  - Or they just don't want to work for him and are using that as an excuse. -- nm - Meg Apr 17, 13:18
  - "The labour movement sucks because it makes it harder for us to exploit people." - Capitalists, i guess. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 17, 13:12
- This was his audition for Putin. - Spawn Apr 17, 12:46
Have you ever seen a murder - a straight-up slaying - on Twitter? Now you can. -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 17, 12:44 5
- I just giggled for about five minutes at the various people dunking on him. -- nm - Dark Callisto Apr 17, 14:21
- I do not wear shoes at home, like ever. I'm not going to start now. -- nm - B-A-ron Apr 17, 13:22 2
  - i've just painted my feet black, nobody really can tell the difference. -- nm - colin Apr 17, 14:15
  - I mean, duh -- nm - Canada Apr 17, 13:23
- oh SNAP!!!! -- nm - Spawn Apr 17, 12:47
Not exactly breaking news but: WHO issues warning about coronavirus testing -- (link) - oblique Apr 17, 12:39
Is it true that the "reopen america" protests are mainly happening in swing states? -- nm - Beryllium Apr 17, 12:35 5
- I thought they were blue states. -- nm - mara Apr 17, 12:55 1
  - Michigan's blue, isn't it? -- (link) - mara Apr 17, 12:56
- da -- nm - Spawn Apr 17, 12:52
- I don't know, I forgot to check my "shit idiots say so you can megaphone them on the Internet" news feed -- nm - con_carne Apr 17, 12:48
- pretty much -- nm - decline Apr 17, 12:41
538's latest five polls (in case you're wondering why) - David Apr 17, 12:34 3
- Still above 40. -- nm - Max Apr 17, 12:35 2
  - f*cking crazy. -- nm - amanda Apr 17, 12:38
  - He hasn't been under 40 since January of 2019. But you can look at the graph to see which way this is trending. - David Apr 17, 12:38
brilliant new Fiona Apple is brilliant. -- nm - mud Apr 17, 12:11 2
- Nice try, Trump repost bot -- nm - con_carne Apr 17, 12:30 1
  - No, you're thinking of Tim Apple. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 17, 12:33
That Time They Rewrote Star Trek Just To Add a Beard -- (link) - Mop Apr 17, 12:09 [youtube] 1
- And now I know the term Growing The Beard. -- nm - B-A-ron Apr 17, 13:18
Howard Finkel Was the Voice of a Generation -- (link) - Beaker Apr 17, 12:07
10 years ago in theaters: Kick-Ass, Death at a Funeral, (ltd): The Perfect Game, The Joneses, Exit Through the Gift Shop, The Secret in Their Eyes - Max Apr 17, 11:59 [youtube] 10
- 15 years ago: The Amityville Horror, (ltd): State Property Blood on the Streets, Palindromes, Down and Derby, House of D - Max Apr 17, 12:00 [youtube] 9
  - 20 years ago: 28 Days, Keeping the Faith, American Psyco, Where the Money Is, (ltd): East is East - Max Apr 17, 12:00 [youtube] 8
    - 25 years ago: Jury Duty, The Pebble and the Penguin, (ltd): Stuart Saves His Family - Max Apr 17, 12:00 [youtube] 7
      - 30 years ago: Crazy People, (ltd): The Gods Must Be Crazy II, Vital Signs - Max Apr 17, 12:01 [youtube] 6
        
        35 years ago: Cat's Eye, Ladyhawke, (ltd): Girls Just Want to Have Fun, Fraternity Vacation - Max Apr 17, 12:01 [youtube] 5
        
        40 years ago: The 52nd Oscars held on April 14, 1980 (opening sequence clip) -- (link) - Max Apr 17, 12:15 [youtube]
        
        nice trailer! -- nm - mud Apr 17, 12:05
        
        40 years ago: The Private Eyes, Stalker - Max Apr 17, 12:01 [youtube] 2
        
        55 years ago: Beach Blanket Bingo - Max Apr 17, 12:05 [youtube] 1
        
        60 years ago: Who Was That Lady? (Dean Martin's first Golden Globe nom) - Max Apr 17, 12:08 [youtube]
PSA: One World: Together at Home broadcast is tomorrow -- (link) - oblique Apr 17, 11:56 1
- And today is Bosch Day and also two new episodes of Making The Cut -- nm - crash davis Apr 17, 11:58
He's actively trying to kill people now. -- nm - loosilu Apr 17, 11:54 19
- a good short on point thread -- (link) - Jovian Apr 17, 12:19
- two thoughts: He either got *really* bad news this morning. OR. He is laying the groundwork to start having his Nazi rallies again. -- nm - Jovian Apr 17, 12:05 5
  - Like that maybe he's losing support among his solid base by not "opening up the country?" -- nm - Dano Apr 17, 12:35
  - I strongly support his rallies. The more packed, the better. -- nm - loosilu Apr 17, 12:19 1
    - Heighten the curve! -- nm - mara Apr 17, 13:30
  - "Or"? -- nm - znufrii, stimulated Apr 17, 12:07
  - he wants his rallies back so bad, he's been practicing on the WH press corps -- nm - mud Apr 17, 12:07
- At least he's consistent, his inactivity was killing people -- nm - JD Apr 17, 12:02
- Is it wrong that I wish that was reversed? nm - Turd Ferguson Apr 17, 12:01 1
  - Well, yes, but that's what I meant when I said that America elected the Trolley. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 17, 12:03
- I don't think he really wants to, I just think we've hit the logical conclusion of magical thinking. -- nm - crash davis Apr 17, 11:57 7
  - I didn't say it was his goal. :/ -- nm - loosilu Apr 17, 12:02 2
    - The word "actively" threw me. Sorry. I'm just saying I don't see much planning or any goals there. I think he is magical thinking. -- nm - crash davis Apr 17, 12:07 1
      - Agreed. -- nm - loosilu Apr 17, 12:29
  - I don’t think he cares one way or the other. -- nm - znufrii Apr 17, 11:57 3
    - He cares as far as it affects his re-election chances. -- nm - crash davis Apr 17, 11:59 1
      - and that alone -- nm - mud Apr 17, 11:59
    - Well... duh. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Apr 17, 11:58
- Non-Americans since day one. -- nm - Spawn Apr 17, 11:55
And apparently there has now been a confirmed case in our offices. - znufrii, stimulated Apr 17, 11:54
I want to wish Bery a Happy Bosch Day -- nm - crash davis Apr 17, 11:54 6
- Yay! Watched S6E01 already. Very good so far. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 17, 12:04 1
  - I'm on lunch. I will get to start this evening (and that by itself will get me through the rest of the work day) -- nm - crash davis Apr 17, 12:06
- me too ! -- nm - mud Apr 17, 11:59 3
  - Happy Bosch Day mud! -- nm - crash davis Apr 17, 12:00 2
    - and to you ! -- nm - mud Apr 17, 12:01 1
      - Thanks! -- nm - crash davis Apr 17, 12:02
I want to make sure people here know about Evan Berger, the tik tok guy who does Obama/Trump buddy skits. Good follow, good impressionist -- (link) - con_carne Apr 17, 11:48 [tiktok]
I closed my bank account after filing my last IRS return, so I'm one of those folks who will get a paper check with the President's name on it. - ReluctantCynic Apr 17, 11:46 6
- Frame it and write "SUX" next to the Memo. -- nm - Reagen Apr 17, 11:57
- or, they've sent it to that now defunct account and it's just sitting there -- nm - decline Apr 17, 11:49
- I'm more interested in how one economically functions without a bank accout -- nm - JD Apr 17, 11:49 1
  - Check cashing places will let you do nearly everything you need. -- nm - Krusty Apr 17, 11:51
- I am doing everything I can not to. - Spawn Apr 17, 11:47 1
  - Same -- nm - Krusty Apr 17, 11:52
No Touch Thermometer! Take their temperature from a distance! -- nm - Mop Apr 17, 11:42 5
- Phillip K Dick just sent me an email about this! -- nm - decline Apr 17, 11:48
- Well, I mean the technology exists -- nm - JD Apr 17, 11:47 3
  - *SO* much better than my 3 yard anal thermometer. God, can you imagine..?! -- nm - Mop Apr 17, 12:09 1
    - I read this in Dean Pelton's voice. - Spawn Apr 17, 12:12
  - I think it is a good use for a satellite. -- nm - Spawn Apr 17, 11:48
LIR: I have four masks, all homemade, and some manufactured ones on the way. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Apr 17, 11:39 1
- I get a new surgical style (non N95) mask everyday at work -- nm - crash davis Apr 17, 11:51
good liquor store run. pretty sure they undercharged me on wine...score! -- nm - Beaker Apr 17, 11:36 12
- I also saw when I was driving in today that the parking lot for the liquor store here in NJ was more crowded than the Trader Joe's -- nm - decline Apr 17, 11:55 2
  - wait. did you move to NJ??? -- nm - amanda Apr 17, 12:31 1
    - nope. business is in NJ and I'm onsite It today -- nm - decline Apr 17, 12:44
- PLCB is now apparently accepting a limited number of online orders a day. I have not been able to get a slot yet. -- nm - znufrii, stimulated Apr 17, 11:52 3
  - yeah, that should become a little easier. I saw Wolf is letting state store employees start back at the stores to fill online orders -- nm - decline Apr 17, 11:56 2
    - *votes for wolf.* (need gin) -- nm - amanda Apr 17, 12:32
    - Oh, cool. -- nm - znufrii Apr 17, 11:58
- Local store with a great wine selection is closing. Mrs. zunk there now loading up at discount. -- nm - zunkskunk Apr 17, 11:47
- I think we have about a 3-day stash right now. -- nm - Shaun Apr 17, 11:39 3
  - I'm pretty sure I have a 3 year stash at this point. - JaxSean Apr 17, 11:54
  - buying booze for the next 2 weeks for the 3rd time this week -- nm - Beaker Apr 17, 11:40 1
    - Uhm... ;) -- nm - . Apr 17, 13:57
wap? Smugglers sawed into Trump’s border wall 18 times in one month in San Diego area, records show -- (link) - prayformojo Apr 17, 11:36
LIBERATE ST! -- nm - Spawn Apr 17, 11:35 3
- liberté, égalité, fraternité -- nm - ReluctantCynic Apr 17, 11:36 2
  - francais basir vos -- nm - Spawn Apr 17, 11:39
  - trois couleurs: bleu, blanc, rouge -- nm - mud Apr 17, 11:39

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