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Murder Hornet vs Japanese Bee 🐝 -- (link) - Flavorize May 6, 14:27 1
- Another immigrant stealing American pest control jobs! SAD! -- nm - Captain Cantaloupe May 6, 14:36
facebook sets up a supreme court that can rule on controversial content and even overrule the zuck himself -- (link) - zeitgeist May 6, 14:20 1
- Hand picks panel. Fires original people. -- nm - Zuck May 6, 14:27
Black paint -- (link*) - prayformojo May 6, 14:15
Redwood park had a sign Danger wild elk...it was destroyed by wild elk...because they are wild and crazy (and horny) guys -- (link) - zeitgeist May 6, 13:59 2
- Sounds like my kind of elk. -- nm - Oko, Thief of Crowns May 6, 14:31
- I was kind of sad I didn't get see an elk when I was there last summer. - sycor May 6, 14:14
Simpsons did it. -- (link) - Beryllium May 6, 13:58
Propaganda Barbie's back already?! Someone is gunning for a raise. -- nm - VMan May 6, 13:48 13
- "there were supposed to be 2.2 million deaths, and the fact there aren't is a testament to Trump and the task force." - Jovian May 6, 14:15 5
  - We are talking in past tense about a present situation? Sounds about like us. -- nm - Qale May 6, 14:31 1
    - Hey, they are now also taking credit for Trump talking up Remdesivir numerous times. I know he did on occasion, but not as much as hydroxy. -- nm - VMan May 6, 14:34
  - So...mission accomplished? -- nm - . May 6, 14:28 1
    - Sure. If you take an original projection that accounted for no countermeasures. Hard not to come under. -- nm - VMan May 6, 14:29
  - Yet. Wait for it. I hope not, but reopening may be a hell of an eye opener. -- nm - VMan May 6, 14:26
- “We don’t have time in the middle of a pandemic for publicity stunts,” -- (link) - mud May 6, 14:06 4
  - She said, while in the middle of a publicity stunt, -- nm - . May 6, 14:27
  - I liked the kick at media. Do they want to apologize for underestimating COVID? Ah, yeah, they changed their tune when facts came up. Trump kept at it -- nm - VMan May 6, 14:08
  - Stop being a media whore, Tony! -- nm - Max May 6, 14:07 1
    - LOL -- nm - Pippy - aka Brilliant Betsie May 6, 14:19
- “The notion that everyone needs to be tested is ... nonsensical,” -- nm - kayleigh May 6, 13:51 1
  - if they follow social distance/mask protocols then NO they won't. then we can isolate/quarantine the contagious, peace of mind to the negs -- nm - zeitgeist May 6, 14:06
What c19 tests work and which suck -- (link) - zeitgeist May 6, 13:48
The "Tom Cruise shoots next movie in space" news sounds like an April Fool's joke. -- nm - Mop May 6, 13:11 4
- ground patrol to major Tom ... -- nm - Peglegpete May 6, 13:41
- I say it should be a space elevator movie so he can do the Ad Astra fall more intensely. -- (link) - Max May 6, 13:14 1
  - And Google could do product placement. -- nm - VMan May 6, 13:19
- Straight to Netflix -- nm - budice May 6, 13:13
Fanatics "face coverings" for NFL & NHL showing up in my FB Feed. NFL proceeds go to CDC Foundation, NHL to Feeding America and Food Banks Canada - JaxSean May 6, 13:09 4
- I could go for a Canucks one, maybe. Or, if they have a prototype design for the new Seattle team, that might be interesting. -- nm - Beryllium May 6, 13:20 3
  - I got SM a Chicago Bears one -- nm - Pippy - aka Brilliant Betsie May 6, 13:28
  - 25% off sitewide amd a 3-pack is $24.99 ... not the worst price I've seen. -- nm - Beryllium May 6, 13:22 1
    - That's likely .com, as I know the masks on the .ca NHL shop are $35. -- nm* - Shaun May 6, 14:16
Momsplaining w/ Kristen Bell: -- (link) - mud May 6, 13:04 1
- Hap...piness -- nm - Max May 6, 13:11
when was the last time Gwen Stefani aged? -- nm - colin May 6, 12:54 4
- Those spiderwebs had some magic in them -- nm - ty97 May 6, 12:57
- 1998 -- nm - Pippy - aka Brilliant Betsie May 6, 12:57 2
  - TIL: Gwen's older than I am - JD May 6, 13:03
  - oh, she took that "i'm turning 29 again this year" joke super far? -- nm - colin May 6, 12:58
I haven't seen it, but CBS cancelling "Broke" is somewhat of a surprise due to ratings. Guess the creative team issues were bigger than led on. -- nm - MDH May 6, 12:52 1
- I liked it. There's room for improvement but thought it was a solid start with a good cast. -- nm - . May 6, 14:23
Simmering a pot of pasta sauce right now. It smells amaaaaazing. -- nm - Diva May 6, 12:41 19
- :). I made sauce Sunday for baked ziti -- nm - decline May 6, 13:24 1
  - Normally I'd do a sauce on the weekend, but with WFH I'm actually here long enough to attend to a 3 hour simmering batch. -- nm - Diva May 6, 13:36
- my Bolognese is usually 5 hours or more cooking. I only make it after I dry age some steaks and use the trimmings in the sauce. -- nm - Peglegpete May 6, 13:13
- Hang on, I'll be right up -- nm - prayformojo May 6, 13:06 8
  - Did we ever make an ST Cookbook? I need some recipes. -- nm - JaxSean May 6, 13:10 7
    - we should cause I need to search Groiny's buffalo chicken again -- nm - Pippy - aka Brilliant Betsie May 6, 13:17
    - 1/2 glass rye, 1/2 glass Coke. -- nm - VMan May 6, 13:16 2
      - Heh. I guess my contribution would be: Fill rocks glass half way with large ice cubes. Slowly add vodka and - JD May 6, 14:18 1
        
        Greek Islands Rum and Coke- Glass of rum and ice, one dash of Coke. -- nm - . May 6, 14:32
    - I'm envisioning some sort of spreadsheet or database where I can enter my current pantry and say "which recipes use this stuff?" - Max May 6, 13:13 2
      - its called google, seriously, not only specific ingredients but add in cooking method and diet/lifestyle IE: paleo instapot etc etc -- nm - zeitgeist May 6, 13:36
      - I think Epicurious let's you do that. Have not been on that site in a long time. -- nm - VMan May 6, 13:26
- I really need to try that sometime. Right now I have a Boston Butt in the crockpot, and the aroma is killing me. - JaxSean May 6, 12:56 6
  - Hmm...what did you put in there with it? -- nm - Diva May 6, 13:04 5
    - Just put a dry rub on it; brown sugar, paprika, salt and pepper. -- nm - JaxSean May 6, 13:06 4
      - classic! - colin May 6, 13:07 3
        
        liquid smoke is nasty, real smoke is the heavier stuff that hangs around down low, the liquid is captured from the chems that fly off - zeitgeist May 6, 13:39 1
        
        I have smoke powder, mesquite and hickory. -- nm - . May 6, 14:40
        
        No, not a fan. Just let it cook on it's own. - JaxSean May 6, 13:10
Frank Drebin at the Supreme Court -- (link) - Max May 6, 12:36 1
- Omg -- nm - JackDawson May 6, 13:20
The Unicorn was renewed!? AWESOME!! -- nm - Beaker May 6, 12:31 1
- keeps my CBS show count at 3 (Survivor, Amazing Race and unicorn) -- nm - Beaker May 6, 12:33
Top Chef poll: Who wins? Who do you want to win? - the wrong element, bad guy May 6, 12:29 7
- please remember to give me good marks on my Restaurant wars ice cream parlor. -- nm - Peglegpete May 6, 12:48
- Spoilers - David May 6, 12:47
- the woman with the Michilan skill comment last week. I forget her name -- nm - Peglegpete May 6, 12:38
- At this point it does seem to be between those 3. -- (edited) - Diva May 6, 12:34 1
  - I'm pretty sure I agree with all of these points. -- nm - MDH May 6, 12:52
- Padma always wins. -- nm - Open Baron May 6, 12:31 1
  - Her reactions to some of the food say otherwise. -- nm - the wrong element, bad guy May 6, 12:32
Jesus, Trump isn’t closing the task force because it’s popular...not because the pandemic is continuing unabated. -- (link) - Will Hunting May 6, 12:20 8
- "Trump...received calls from "very respected people" who urged him to keep the task force intact." - JaxSean May 6, 12:29 3
  - calls from big strong 'manly' men who cried "please sir we don't want to die" -- nm - zeitgeist May 6, 13:41
  - "I mean, my numbers guys told me this is over by the 17th, but sure what the hey" -- nm - Reagen May 6, 12:46
  - We just hoped he was kidding with the mention of Jared & Ivanka. -- nm - Spawn May 6, 12:44
- This is surprising? Everything he does is either ratings/popularity based, personal gain, vengeance or racism/xenophobia. - pmb May 6, 12:28 1
  - A miasma of all that -- nm - Beryllium May 6, 12:33
- and I mean, it *isn't*, in this incarnation. It's just that it's the only sign he's doing anything. -- nm - Reagen May 6, 12:21 1
  - Indeed. -- (link) - Beryllium May 6, 12:23 [Backboard]
Beyond Meat went on a tear today. What else does the Oracle of ST (kilbo) like?! -- nm - Loyola May 6, 12:19 19
- Home Depot - its standing room only at every location -- nm - Pippy - aka Brilliant Betsie May 6, 12:25 16
  - I was looking at Lowe's last week. -- nm - Loyola May 6, 12:33 15
    - I am not a stock broker, nor do I know the stock prices of either but there is a major difference between them - Pippy - aka Brilliant Betsie May 6, 12:44 14
      - And then there is Menard's, which is probably a midwest thing. It's cheaper than Home Depot with a lack of quality to match. -- nm - . May 6, 14:39
      - around here lowes is the better option -- nm - zeitgeist May 6, 13:42 1
        
        My ' decor' type house items came from Lowe's - fixtures, mirrors -they certainly have a nice selection - Pippy - aka Brilliant Betsie May 6, 13:47
      - Lowe's also used to specifically target women as an underserved market given HD's propensity to contractors. - spamlet May 6, 13:33
      - I would agree with your analogy, too. However, Our Lowe's have been super packed as well. -- nm - JaxSean May 6, 12:55
      - Good to know, thanks. -- nm - Loyola May 6, 12:48
      - Is Menard's nationwide? They are the only one here requiring masks be worn. -- nm - Spawn May 6, 12:45 7
        
        Looks like they're just in the Midwest -- nm - Krusty May 6, 12:58
        
        Nope, just upper midwest. - JaxSean May 6, 12:57 4
        
        I figured, as they are cheaper than the other two. I *heart* the mask policy, though I expect the others will follow suit. -- nm - Spawn May 6, 13:01 3
        
        I do not miss that commercial jingle, though! -- nm - Dark Callisto May 6, 13:03 2
        
        I was so happy the years that they weren't here. The first time I heard the commercial here I almost cried. - spamlet May 6, 13:32
        
        Well, yeah. -- nm - Spawn May 6, 13:18
        
        Doesn't ring a bell but that doesn't mean anything - I don't get out of the Midwest much. LOL. - Pippy - aka Brilliant Betsie May 6, 12:56
- Frozen concentrated orange juice futures. -- nm - Spawn May 6, 12:20 1
  - I would not be able to ID him from his younger photos, but now I want to go back and listen to his voice. -- (link) - Max May 6, 12:31 [Image]
Friday forecast: High: 51F. Low: 30F. - Spawn May 6, 12:18 1
- 2020 - skipping spring and summer and going right into fall -- nm - decline May 6, 12:19
lol, anti-Trump republican group has biggest day of fundraising after Trump twitter tirade -- (link) - znufrii, silly old man May 6, 12:12 11
- Lincoln Project, which I first posted about in Dec -- (link) - mud May 6, 12:27 [Backboard] 3
  - I've been compiling a list: - mud May 6, 12:31 2
    - Thanks. -- nm - Spawn May 6, 12:41 1
      - welcome -- nm - mud May 6, 12:43
- Other than these ads, what does an anti-Trump republican group even do? -- nm - Spawn May 6, 12:18 5
  - Screams into the void mostly. -- nm - Open Baron May 6, 12:31
  - lots of op-eds, lots of tweets. (I follow some of them, I think) -- nm - mud May 6, 12:24
  - Talks with people, builds out a support group to show the sycophants in Congress there is support if they disavow the leader. - Will Hunting May 6, 12:22
  - Pretend they aren't voting for him -- nm - ty97 May 6, 12:22 1
    - Big, if true. -- nm - Spawn May 6, 12:22
- I'm sure some Republicans are happy to just know such a group exists. -- nm - Mop May 6, 12:14
Reagen, I hear you. - David May 6, 12:08 19
- I like both Palmer and Goode but A Discovery of Witches dragged so much I had to quit. -- nm - Max May 6, 12:33 4
  - I gave up on it too -- nm - Dano May 6, 13:30
  - Yeah, Kim loooooves the books. However, we watched the pilot, and I was actively miserable. - David May 6, 12:45 2
    - Yeah, it lacks... anything the books had. And I say that as someone who loves Matthew Goode. -- nm - Dark Callisto May 6, 12:53
    - It does not. Also Palmer has inexplicably bad hair in it. -- nm - Max May 6, 12:48
- I always marvel at these lists and think at some point I should watch some of these. Then I find myself watching What About Dick - JD May 6, 12:31
- We've got Killing Eve (2), Runaways (season and a half?), The Outsider (7), The Other Two (9) - Reagen May 6, 12:20 1
  - This reminds me that I need to add Runaways and Cloak and Dagger's final seasons, thanks! I've never heard of The Other Two. - David May 6, 12:23
- What We DO in the Shadows is a must watch for us. -- nm - Remlik May 6, 12:11 5
  - I will get back to it as some point. Series started sooooo slooooow. But I have been told it really picks up. -- nm - Spawn May 6, 12:15 4
    - oh my god. Duuuudddddeeeee the sooner you pick it back up the better.... - Remlik May 6, 12:18 3
      - You got that flash drive, right? - David May 6, 12:20 2
        
        I did. I meant to say thank you sir... - Remlik May 6, 12:24 1
        
        It's 100% current until Friday. -- nm - David May 6, 12:25
- And in two weeks, the only new shows we'll watch are Top Chef and The Challenge. - David May 6, 12:10
- ... you did not watch The Rookie? - Spawn May 6, 12:09 3
  - Not yet. I wanted to finish Westworld first. - David May 6, 12:11 2
    - The Westworld finale summed up: -- (pic) - Reagen May 6, 12:53 [Attachment]
    - Rookie mistake, even. I would try to watch before a finale preview ruins a bunch. -- nm* - Spawn May 6, 12:15
Why is it the first thing I want to do when I take of my mask is scratch my nose. Every. damn. time. -- nm - Meg May 6, 12:06 11
- Try coating your nose with lemon juice for negative reinforcement every time you scratch. -- nm - Open Baron May 6, 12:33
- Pro tip; scratch your nose with your mask. -- nm - Loyola May 6, 12:16 4
  - Uhm, you are not supposed to touch your mask. -- nm - Spawn May 6, 12:20 3
    - Oh right. - Loyola May 6, 12:40 2
      - When you get right down to it, we are damned if we do, damned if we don't. - Spawn May 6, 12:42 1
        
        I need the pubs to open to get my drinking under control. -- nm - Loyola May 6, 12:51
- Where are you going that you need to wear a mask? STAY INSIDE -- nm - JaxSean May 6, 12:12 3
  - Grocery shopping, take out - zeitgeist May 6, 12:30 2
    - heh -- nm - JaxSean May 6, 12:38
    - L3! to the IM -- nm - Pippy - aka Brilliant Betsie May 6, 12:33
- No kidding, and the corners of my mouth, I think my fingers spend more time in my face than when I was a toddler sucking my thumb -- nm - zeitgeist May 6, 12:10
I wonder if they've found a cure for space dementia. -- nm - Roger More May 6, 12:02 1
- Major (tongue) Depression -- nm - zeitgeist May 6, 12:08
See? BS! -- nm - con_carne May 6, 11:57 1
- Aitch? BO! - colin May 6, 11:58

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