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Sounds like one of Canada's Snowbirds jets crashed in Kamloops, possibly into a house. -- nm - Beryllium May 17, 11:53 6
- holy crap, there's a video (shows the planes taking off and then encountering trouble/ejecting/crashing) -- (link) - Beryllium May 17, 12:32 1
  - Sounds like one of the pilots died -- nm - Beryllium May 17, 12:35
- Picture from the scene -- (link) - Beryllium May 17, 12:22 3
  - And I think this is a "before" of the house -- (link) - Beryllium May 17, 12:22 2
    - This is the house the pilot ejected onto -- (link) - Beryllium May 17, 12:27 1
      - I don't know whether procedure is to try and land close to the crash site, but if not ... sounds like it was low. -- (pic) - Beryllium May 17, 12:29 [Attachment]
China urges food companies to boost supplies on fears of further COVID-19 disruption -- (link) - zeitgeist May 17, 11:24 3
- I'd be happy if China urged its citizens not to be eating bats anymore. -- nm - Loyola May 17, 12:16 2
  - They should eat crawfish instead. - Qale May 17, 12:20 1
    - snails, nuetria, frogs, sea urchins, squid -- nm - zeitgeist May 17, 13:41
The ex-pharma exec leading Trump's COVID-19 vaccine program has $10 million in stock options for a company getting federal funding -- (link) - zeitgeist May 17, 11:22 1
- One of the few times he didn't lie. - Spawn May 17, 11:32
Good thing mop's landlord didn't make him take a video of the place for the next renters. It would've ended up something like this. -- (link) - Beryllium May 17, 11:01
Mojo climbs into my lap and, when I don't acknowledge him, reaches up and pats my face. I tell what a good buddy he is, - Meg May 17, 10:36 2
- :) -- nm - Diva May 17, 11:54
- pay attenshun *swat* -- nm - Mojo si May 17, 10:54
Forbes breaks down the tax effects of the HEROES Act. -- (link) - GregW May 17, 10:27 3
- "Stimulus Checks Account For Almost Half" - David May 17, 10:40 2
  - This is for the new one. -- nm - znufrii, silly old man May 17, 10:55 1
    - The point is, this is Forbes complaining that too much of it goes to "those people" -- nm* - ty97 May 17, 11:23
David Wright's selection by the Mets in the 2001 MLB Draft can be traced back to 1967. - Tim May 17, 09:49 2
- I miss real baseball. - David May 17, 10:38
- I saw that yesterday in the WAR article. -- nm - spamlet May 17, 10:09
After Zoom there will be....the Square. - Volnelk, Caveman and Survivor # Picking Champion. May 17, 09:08 3
- It's like a big tv screen. They should just make it a wall entertainment center that does this too. You could be at a live concert, play, movie, - jnine May 17, 11:03
- Me: "My boss wouldn't approve my $0.10/hr raise last year, they'll never approve th..." Boss: "APPROVED" -- nm - JaxSean May 17, 09:41
- I really like this. -- nm - Qale May 17, 09:12
Ice bridge joke - Flavorize May 17, 09:03 2
- Dog backpack -- (link) - Flavorize May 17, 09:04 1
  - maybe he's from NYC -- (link) - zeitgeist May 17, 11:05 [Image]
if nothing else, The Great got me to memorize the rulers of Russia from 1263 until the October Revolution - prayformojo May 17, 08:46
NYC mail forwarding requests by zip code for April -- (link) - spamlet May 17, 08:45 3
- That's pretty much a population density map... -- nm - Guigue May 17, 08:55
- The first signs were how much less garbage the city picked up in those areas. The rich ran away to safety but they also brought the virus - Krusty May 17, 08:49 1
  - This effect is mirroring what happened in West Virginia in FO76 The rich abandon their homes and all flock to the ski resort (and become cannibals.) -- nm - Qale May 17, 09:09
Is Stevie Wonder okay? I don’t see any news but I’m seeing a few of his songs show up on the iTunes chart? -- nm - Dano May 17, 08:38 7
- Did you receive the email I sent you this weekend? - landbeck May 17, 10:35
- He turned 70 this week. Hopefully that’s it. -- nm - spamlet May 17, 08:40 5
  - I would have guessed he was older. Then I find he started when he was 11. -- nm - zunkskunk May 17, 08:48 1
    - hence "Little Stevie" Wonder -- nm - zeitgeist May 17, 10:49
  - Wonder why Wonder the multi-hit wonder is charting wonderfully? Wonder no more! -- nm - con_carne May 17, 08:46
  - That could be it. It’s just a few, they’re not the songs you’d expect and they’re low on the chart. -- nm - Dano May 17, 08:42
  - Yeah, that's why thankfully. -- nm - Krusty May 17, 08:41
Russia passed Spain today for reported cases -- nm - prayformojo May 17, 08:32
This is pretty good— -- (link) - Flavorize May 17, 08:26 3
- You monster! -- nm - Spawn May 17, 11:28
- ? ! -- nm - mud May 17, 08:31 1
  - The special effects I’ve seen people put out there, on casual stuff like this, is amazing -- nm - Flavorize May 17, 08:51
Secret Service unearths overseas fraud ring stealing millions in US unemployment benefits -- (link) - budice May 17, 07:58 3
- It's important to note that this wasn't discovered during document reviews or audits, but by listening to Trump tell Putin how to do it via cell phone -- nm - Will Hunting May 17, 08:34 2
  - I can't tell if you're being sarcastic. Nothing is unpossible with Trump -- nm - TWuG May 17, 09:37 1
    - Hey, let’s give some credit to the joke teller and not all of it to Trump’s utter disregard for decency and limits. -- nm - Will Hunting May 17, 09:57
You’d think Facebook would have trained their facial recognition well enough to be able to tell me what my avatar should look like - znufrii May 17, 06:45 1
- I hate all the clothing options. So much green. -- nm - Andie May 17, 06:46
I think i might start doing regular early early morning walks again. So nice, and isolated! (Pic) -- (pic) - Andie May 17, 06:43 [Attachment] 5
- Do want. -- nm - Qale May 17, 07:29
- the light in your IG photos is *so* nice. -- nm - amanda May 17, 07:17
- Awesome -- nm - Epiphany May 17, 07:03
- Looks so nice -- nm - Krusty May 17, 06:47
- nice -- nm* - budice May 17, 06:43
Spawn! Spawn! Spawn! -- (link) - Shaun May 17, 04:43 1
- Let it begin!!!! -- nm - Spawn May 17, 11:29
TV PSA: PGA Golf, Batwoman, American Idol, Beverly Hills Dog Show, Call the Midwife, Hightown, Real HW, Naked and Afraid, Simpsons, Worst Cooks, -- nm - Beaker May 17, 03:30 4
- Snowpiercer, Billions, Duncanville, Bob's Burgers, Good Witch, I Know This Much is True, Killing Eve, Supergirl, Vida, World on Fire, Family Guy, -- nm - Beaker May 17, 03:32 3
  - Celebrity IOU, Baptiste, Insecure, Taylor Swift, Penny Dreadful City of Angels, Wall, Run, Rick & Morty, Cats (YouTube, the play not the movie) -- nm - Beaker May 17, 03:35 2
    - NASCAR, Patriot Act With Hasan Minhaj (Netflix), The Au Pair Nightmare (Lifetime), The Last Dance (ESPN), other stuff -- nm* - Beaker May 17, 03:35 1
      - 5- Last Dance, The Simpsons, Bob's Burgers, Killing Eve and Rick and Morty -- nm - Krusty May 17, 05:34
No words for how stupid this is -- (link) - Reagen May 17, 02:51 1
- t-university...trump steaks=restaurant vac-packs...t-water=water...t-vodka=bulk alcohol...does anyone still expect quality? -- nm - zeitgeist May 17, 03:24
Conspiracy material: Chinese Ambassador to Israel (appointed only Feb) found dead of natural causes (suspiciously) -- (link) - zeitgeist May 17, 02:09 2
- “Police are investigating this as death by natural causes" - Mop May 17, 08:21 1
  - local news: body found hacked to pieces, house ransacked, asked for info police respond "we are looking into this as a homicide" -- nm - zeitgeist May 17, 10:55
RNC continues with planned convention in NC aug 24th with 50,000 attendees, at Donalds insistence (demos are still dithering) -- (link*) - zeitgeist May 17, 00:41 2
- I really hope they don't get so sick they end up not being able to vote. -- nm - jnine May 17, 12:13
- Yes. Please go ahead. -- nm - Mop May 17, 08:19
Do I need to watch this "Graduate Together" thing? Any valuable takeaways other than "Obama is great"? -- nm - Mop May 16, 23:40 1
- it was a treat to hear a leader speak in complete sentences, complete thoughts with a vocabulary with more than 30-40 words -- nm - zeitgeist May 17, 00:20
13 sailors from the USS Roosevelt test positive again after being cleared by two tests, then reporting symptoms again weeks later -- (link) - zeitgeist May 16, 23:24 2
- Third time's a charm! -- nm - Loyola May 17, 01:34
- This is fine! -- nm - Mop May 16, 23:39
The fire tonight was in a building carrying supplies for smoke shops. The associated huge explosion was caused by propane cylinders possibly being - Meg May 16, 23:13 2
- Seattle times is referring to the place as a hash oil manufacturing site -- nm - zeitgeist May 17, 00:10 1
  - 3 firemen injured critically -- nm - zeitgeist May 17, 00:21
Elon Musk hits benchmarks to get 730M bonus in stock options -- (link) - zeitgeist May 16, 23:09 3
- Can he go away now? -- nm - Beryllium May 16, 23:14 2
  - He's got 39 billion...maybe if we convince him to take his rocket ship to a planet more suited to his world view... -- nm - zeitgeist May 16, 23:22 1
    - Pretty sure runaway capitalism is home right here in the USA. -- nm - Qale May 17, 06:42
I count this as 'street photography', since I took the photo from the street ... -- (link) - Beryllium May 16, 22:00 [flickr] 1
- "Rain Cheek" -- nm - Max May 16, 22:18
Not sure I'd want to be anywhere near Tonapah, NV right now. -- (link) - Meg May 16, 20:47 16
- looks like its near that walker lane fault line -- (link) - gort May 16, 23:44 3
  - I was wondering how it might relate to that previous swarm in the Ridgecrest/China lake area. Makes sense. -- nm - Meg May 17, 08:01
  - Hey, there's a face we don't see around very much! -- nm - Mop May 16, 23:45 1
    - i look in once a week or so to see the news -- nm - gort May 16, 23:47
- Weird stuff. -- (link) - Beryllium May 16, 20:55 3
  - Wonder if that has anything to do with the fact that was a silver mining area? -- (link) - Meg May 16, 22:04
  - a belly button -- nm - zeitgeist May 16, 22:03
  - *watches Kevin Bacon to see where he runs* -- nm - Max May 16, 21:51
- Bombing runs from Nellis -- nm - Will Hunting May 16, 20:52 7
  - Not quite sure that accounts for the 6.5 from the other day - or is this the new Super Duper Missile? 😏😏 -- nm - Meg May 16, 20:58 6
    - Super Dua Lipa Missile? -- nm - ty97 May 16, 21:36 5
      - You are not allowed to be this funny. -- nm - Qale May 16, 22:14
      - hmmmm. approved! -- nm - prayformojo May 16, 21:50
      - Aliens -- nm - Peglegpete May 16, 21:48 2
        
        Yeah, we never did hold that Area 51 gathering :( -- nm - Meg May 16, 21:58 1
        
        where ever 3 or more slackers gather there be aliens -- nm - zeitgeist May 16, 22:04
WWE: Drew Gulak's contract has expired and he's free to go wherever he wants. had a great match with Daniel Bryan on Smackdown -- nm - Remlik May 16, 20:16
The Microsoft Sidewinder Force Feedback 2 is 25 years old and is still the best flight stick for PC. That's crazy. -- nm - Mop May 16, 20:05
Massive commercial structure fire in L.A. with reports of up to 10 firefighters down. But no sign of them being transported :-( -- nm - Meg May 16, 19:32 2
- cell phone video -- (link) - zeitgeist May 16, 22:02 1
  - NBC LA -- (link) - zeitgeist May 16, 22:15
Now Playing: Ant-Man. Another of the few flicks I skipped during the MCU rollout. -- nm - Qale May 16, 18:54 6
- I ended up really liking it once it got past the stuffy start. It did a great job of modernizing the gags of Interspace and Honey I Shrunk... -- nm - Qale May 17, 06:39
- *gasp* Pena is great. -- nm - Max May 16, 20:07 4
  - Yep. Marvel dropped the ball by not having him cut a series of stories summing up the events that lead to Endgame. -- nm - Volnelk, Caveman and Survivor # Picking Champion. May 16, 21:03 1
    - yup -- nm - Beaker May 17, 03:23
  - It started off like it was going to be a stinker, but it really amped things up. As for not watching at release, there were tooooo many of them man. -- nm - Qale May 16, 20:26 1
    - I disagree. Quarterly should be the minimum goal. -- nm - Spawn May 17, 11:59
Former Miss America and NFL comentator Phylis George has passed -- (link) - eag May 16, 18:18
I didn't know actor Micheal Jeter was a broadway guy...holy cow look at his dancing skills... -- (link) - Remlik May 16, 18:14 4
- If the Muppets were real. - Max May 16, 22:20
- Yeah. That. -- nm - znufrii, silly old man May 16, 18:26
- 8 times a week -- nm - ty97 May 16, 18:21 1
  - amazing. -- nm - Remlik May 16, 20:29
“Doing what feels good, what’s convenient, what’s easy — that’s how little kids think,” -- (edited) - mud May 16, 18:02
Number 57 -- (link) - Beryllium May 16, 17:54 1
- Very nice! -- nm - Mop May 16, 23:44
Alcohol sales up dramatically during pandemic - particularly boxed wine. - Meg May 16, 17:53
NFL: Most receiving yards on catches 20+ yards downfield in last three seasons -- (link) - budice May 16, 17:35
Star Wars: Ahsoka Tano gets live action series for Disney post Rebels.....Sabine and Bo-Katan join as well -- (link*) - Remlik May 16, 16:38 2
- Man, that Star Wars news is crazy. They're building a universe off of Star Wars Rebels. -- nm - Mop May 16, 19:38
- Star Wars Mandalorian....Sasha Banks will be on season 2 -- nm - Remlik May 16, 16:41
I've started The Newsroom (US) rewatch, just finished the 3rd ep. "The 112th Congress" and it occurred to me that Will McAvoy should be .. - mud May 16, 15:59
Blackstone Shale Oil co files for bankruptcy -- (link) - zeitgeist May 16, 15:54 1
- Blackstone did not file for bankruptcy. An oil division did. They are very different things. -- nm - MDH May 16, 16:16
Talk about cringe inducing. Wow -- (link) - Jovian May 16, 15:50 3
- Clearly won't go quietly into the night -- nm - budice May 16, 17:15
- Thus marking the closest Donald Trump has ever come to war. -- nm - Will Hunting May 16, 15:54 1
  - Except for almost starting WW3 a few months ago -- nm - Beryllium May 16, 17:47
Dead & Co. concert at 5 pm pac. on you tube is from 12/31/19 -- (link) - Peglegpete May 16, 15:42 [youtube] 1
- set list -- (edited) - Peglegpete May 16, 15:53
Google is kicking podcast apps out of the Play Store for having access to COVID-19 content. -- (link) - spamlet May 16, 15:40 1
- more info -- (link) - . May 16, 18:13
TIL -- (link) - Beryllium May 16, 15:35 4
- Cool -- nm - Mop May 16, 19:38
- aha, so his bright light magic trick is just magnesium burning in the pipe! -- nm - Max May 16, 17:59
- Well yeah, any where else would be... uncomfortable. -- nm - Spawn May 16, 16:21
- You puff puff pass! -- nm - con_carne May 16, 16:09
4.5 games out of a wild card with 6 games left. Let's see if I can God Mode the O's into the playoffs. The odds are not in my favour. -- nm - Shaun May 16, 15:27
Takes longer standing in line outside the market now than it does to shop once you're in there, but I have fresh fruit & veggies now! Tomorrow it's - Meg May 16, 15:18
RIP director Lynn Shelton -- (link) - Dano May 16, 15:14 1
- Before I clicked I nearly posted, "I hope Marc is okay." That is awful. -- nm - Spawn May 16, 16:12
it looks like we're going to get approximately 6 feet of rain this week -- nm - prayformojo May 16, 15:07 1
- Perhaps it would be a fun prank to plant a bunch of Orbeez in someone's yard tomorrow. -- nm - Max May 16, 15:26
French arrest Rwanda genocide figure on 25th anniv, last major wanted man with 5m reward, will face Hague -- (link) - zeitgeist May 16, 14:51
Almost ablaze still you don't feel the heat It takes all you got just to stay on the beat You say it's a living, we all gotta eat -- nm - zeitgeist May 16, 14:47 1
- but you're here alone there's no one to compete if mercy's a business I wish it for you more than just ashes when your dreams come true -- nm - Peglegpete May 16, 15:40

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