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the people freaking out over the idea that restaurants in some states will need to keep a log of visitors - tRuMaN May 20, 09:48 1
- "I don't want people in the grocery store to know what I'm buying" -- nm - Reagen May 20, 09:50
if any of your taco bells still have loaded taco burritos, today is their last day. I recommend you get you some! -- nm - amanda May 20, 09:47 2
- Beef frito burritos for $1 are hard to beat -- nm - budice May 20, 09:48 1
  - they're location-specific. we haven't had them in ages, I think. -- nm - amanda May 20, 09:53
Muppets Now coming to Disney+ July 31st -- (link*) - Beaker May 20, 09:47
hehe -- (link) - Jovian May 20, 09:43
Dawnbreaker, PandaPool and Dustin in hockey gear Funkos today. They also sent a Wolverine topped pen...good job eBay seller -- nm - Beaker May 20, 09:41
If you are just starting out in programming in general, how easy is Python to learn? -- nm - Will Hunting May 20, 09:40 2
- The basic language is very easy to learn -- nm - decline May 20, 09:44
- I would say it's a good choice as a starter language. -- nm - Beryllium May 20, 09:43
Oregon GOP gives Senate nomination to QANON believer -- (link) - Reagen May 20, 09:36 3
- The General Election is gonna be a helluva lot of fun around here. - ReluctantCynic May 20, 10:00 1
  - Will any of them win? -- nm - jnine May 20, 10:40
- excellent -- nm - Putin May 20, 09:38
Lunch Poll - Roasting Marshmallows - Which # are you? -- (pic) - budice May 20, 09:17 [Attachment] 28
- 4-5 -- nm - Krusty May 20, 09:50
- 4 -- nm - loosilu May 20, 09:40
- 5-6 -- nm - amanda May 20, 09:38
- 6 -- nm - tRuMaN May 20, 09:31
- 4 -- nm - kelly May 20, 09:30
- 4 -- nm - prayformojo May 20, 09:29
- Any. It's all good. -- nm - VMan May 20, 09:27
- 3.5 -- nm - Will Hunting May 20, 09:25
- 3 -- nm - Dano May 20, 09:24
- 4 -- nm - znufrii, silly old man May 20, 09:23
- 6. Set that sucker on fire. -- nm - Open Baron May 20, 09:22 1
  - "some people just like to watch the world burn" -- nm - budice May 20, 09:26
- 4 -- nm - jnine May 20, 09:21
- 0 - Spawn May 20, 09:21 9
  - Vegans ruin everything. -- nm - Open Baron May 20, 09:24 2
    - Whole Foods has vegan marshmallows. -- nm* - jnine May 20, 09:25 1
      - I sit by my preposterous overgeneralization. -- nm - Open Baron May 20, 09:29
  - On this we must part ways. -- nm - jnine May 20, 09:22 5
    - spoiler - Spawn May 20, 09:24 3
      - Was it roasted? They're a totally different experience. Also, maybe your tastes have changed since you were 5. -- nm* - jnine May 20, 09:26 2
        
        It is a texture thing. They just do not make sense as food. More like spackle or something. The ONLY food I have ever changed my mind on is... - Spawn May 20, 09:29 1
        
        Again, you are wrong. All eggs are disgusting, especially when made into the abomination known as mayonnaise. -- nm - jnine May 20, 09:32
    - it's always fun when crazy-foodie Spawn rears his head -- nm - decline May 20, 09:24
- I'm good with 4-6 -- nm - pmb May 20, 09:21
- 3.5 -- nm - Reagen May 20, 09:19 1
  - This -- nm - JaxSean May 20, 09:23
- 4 -- nm - decline May 20, 09:19
- 3 -- nm - Beaker May 20, 09:18
Motherland: Fort Salem has been renewed for a second season at Freeform -- nm - Beaker May 20, 09:13 5
- glad to hear this. It's actually a very decent show -- nm - decline May 20, 09:19
- I understood the middle part of that sentence. -- nm - Reagen May 20, 09:14 3
  - Really? That is the part that surprised me. -- nm - Spawn May 20, 09:15 2
    - Me too. That show looked way weird. -- nm - Dark Callisto May 20, 09:17 1
      - you should give it a try. The overall story has an interesting alternate earth and the character arcs are pretty good too -- nm - decline May 20, 09:21
How many times a day are you washing your hands? - apparently it should be between 6-10. -- (link) - LMS May 20, 09:11 4
- Anytime I touch anything from outside my place I wash my hands as well as the usual times like after using the bathroom -- nm - Krusty May 20, 09:52
- probably on the low end of that range -- nm - decline May 20, 09:20
- I'd say at least that. -- nm - Dark Callisto May 20, 09:18
- In in that neighborhood -- nm - budice May 20, 09:11
Here's how I spent a large chunk of my Tuesday night. -- (link) - Shaun May 20, 09:09 3
- Seriously?!? So great!!! -- nm - Krusty May 20, 09:53
- I was on the Dodgers' zoom party Monday night with Dave Roberts,Justin Turner, Kershaw, Bellinger, Andre Eithier, and a bunch of other players. These - jnine May 20, 09:31 1
  - That's awesome! -- nm - Krusty May 20, 09:52
The body of former World Wrestling Entertainment star Shad Gaspard was found early Wednesday on Venice Beach -- (link) - Beaker May 20, 09:06 1
- a real shame. He was in Birds of Prey and was getting work in Hollywood as a stunt person. Was starting to write screenplays -- nm - Remlik May 20, 09:11
The Normal People Soundtrack is available here -- (link) - LMS May 20, 09:06 1
- Although I'm more a fan of the Indie soundtrack for 'The A Word' -- (link) - LMS May 20, 09:07
Got a great 1000 piece Coco puzzle at Walmart yesterday. -- nm - Beaker May 20, 08:59 1
- That would be awesome if it was just a close up pic of a glass of coco. -- nm - Spawn May 20, 09:03
LYC: Just ordered a "smart locker" system for work for pick-up/drop off of IT gear to users. Looks just like the ones at Home Depot or that Amazon use - oblique May 20, 08:53 9
- Cool idea there -- nm - budice May 20, 08:56 5
  - We're probably also going to set up two workstations on either side to use as "help desks" (literally) and likely drop a ring doorbell or something - oblique May 20, 09:05 4
    - You Rang? -- nm - Lurch Help Desk person May 20, 09:11 1
      - Isn’t that redundant? -- nm - spamlet May 20, 09:51
    - don't forget the bulletproof glass and auto-cannons -- nm - decline May 20, 09:08 1
      - You should see the plexiglass contraption they build around our reception desk -- nm - oblique May 20, 09:22
- After you deposit something in the locker and close the door, everything is irradiated to kill off any living organisms? -- nm - Mop May 20, 08:56 2
  - That would be a cool addition for sure - oblique May 20, 09:03
  - spoiler - Spawn May 20, 08:57
Remember when Ron Johnson, Apple Stores Chief, was chosen as the new CEO of J.C. Penney? That went well. - Mop May 20, 08:48 8
- I do feel bad for the JC Penny, their restructuring plan was working but Covid completely finished them off. -- nm - Jovian May 20, 08:49 7
  - Totally agreed. Sears was done when they were done. JCP, not. -- nm - Spawn May 20, 08:50 6
    - That's the problem with Retailers with long histories. Tend to stick around long past their prime -- nm* - budice May 20, 09:12
    - FWIW, neither Sears nor JCP are gone. Just another "restructuring, closing stores, laying off employees" bankruptcy. - Mop May 20, 08:53 4
      - Macy's can f- right off. They killed Lazarus, which was a quality store. -- nm - Spawn May 20, 08:58 2
        
        They absorbed most of the other legacy department stores. Meier & Frank, Marshall Field's, etc. - Mop May 20, 09:07 1
        
        Will be converted into condos! - Spawn May 20, 09:10
      - ... wow. I thought Sears was long gone. Looks like there is one left in Indiana (and a handful of their offshoots). -- nm - Spawn May 20, 08:55
Honestly, the middle of the country is what is going to elect the President; they elected the House last year. Any candidate who gives the middle a - Will Hunting May 20, 08:46 29
- It's not clear that it was the middle or the abscence of the left that elected trump. Poli-sci people disagree on this point. -- nm - JackDawson May 20, 09:49
- And frankly, VP is probably the least useful position for promoting actual policy changes that the progressive flank says they want. -- (edited) - znufrii, silly old man May 20, 08:56 26
  - I really think that is less true than it would appear. The VP has a seat at the table. Ultimately the president chooses, but the VP job has changed - pmb May 20, 09:10 4
    - I just don't see Biden ceding a substantial enough policy brief to make, for example, a Warren-as-VP choice make sense -- (edited) - znufrii, silly old man May 20, 09:14 3
      - I agree that she's not the right choice for that reason. And I think any senatorial selection has to be viewed through the lens of what happens if - pmb May 20, 09:17 2
        
        MA has supermajority Dem government. They can (and have in the past) change the rules of this. - Reagen May 20, 09:22 1
        
        I know that's all doable, but it requires a lot of effort and would provide more what aboutism responses for when republican legislatures strip power - pmb May 20, 09:25
  - There's no evidence that suggests the identity of the VP candidate has ever flipped an election -- nm - con_carne May 20, 09:03 20
    - Never take a chance with a bad choice. Do no harm. - Will Hunting May 20, 09:05 18
      - So then you won't be horrified when I suggest the VP candidate needs to be from California because Most Populous State? -- (edited) - con_carne May 20, 09:40 2
        
        I think Kamala is a wonderfully quality candidate and should be a front runner choice. - Will Hunting May 20, 09:45 1
        
        Okay, but admit that "California" as all but a cuss word in these middling places you're talking about and we are setting ourselves up to make a bad - con_carne May 20, 09:47
      - I am just not living in this same world as people who are focusing on "wait, but what happens if he dies" as an election decision. -- nm - Reagen May 20, 09:10 5
        
        As a deciding factor between presidential candidates, sure. But that doesn't mean I don't care about who they pick. Especially with someone his age, - pmb May 20, 09:15 4
        
        And if nothing else, I see it as the possible frontrunner candidate in 8 if not 4 years. -- nm - Spawn May 20, 09:16 3
        
        Right. He recently said he views himself as a bridge to the future of the party. I wouldn't be shocked by a single term. -- nm - pmb May 20, 09:18 2
        
        Remember WAY back (2018 IIRC) I said Biden/Mayor Pete one term for that exact reason. And maybe Biden runs on "one term to fix what Trump broke". -- nm - Spawn May 20, 09:32 1
        
        No president who is serious about the job can run "one term". It's like a brokered convention, fun to discuss but not remotely possible. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request May 20, 10:34
      - otoh, Pence was crucial, imo. -- nm - znufrii, silly old man May 20, 09:07 8
        
        I don’t know ... Trump’s personality And Hillary Hate won that election. - Will Hunting May 20, 09:16 6
        
        Putin won in '16 -- nm - mud May 20, 09:45
        
        It was a rearguard action to shore up the evangelical base to signal they wouldn't be left behind. -- (edited) - znufrii, silly old man May 20, 09:19
        
        It gave cover to more traditional republicans as a rationalization to vote for Trump. -- nm - pmb May 20, 09:19
        
        You are not remembering well, at all. Pence brought political clout and stability (BWAHAHAHA) to the ticket. -- nm - Spawn May 20, 09:17 2
        
        He also solidified the bargain with the evangelical vote. -- nm - Open Baron May 20, 09:21
        
        I knew enough he was playing the good hand oftaking one for the team and getting drubbed. - Will Hunting May 20, 09:20
        
        He learned from McCain. -- nm - Spawn May 20, 09:11
    - You betcha. -- nm - Spawn May 20, 09:03
- Agreed completely. And for your reasoning is why I want Amy or Kamala to be picked. -- nm - Jovian May 20, 08:52
Jim - was in a meeting but am on my way. -- nm - Dark Callisto May 20, 08:43
Ventured out to get prescriptions. Fairly sure the mask situation ship here in Houston has already sailed. Very few masks now. -- nm - Qale May 20, 08:38
So we were promised a $300 bonus for working an average of 30 hours a week for April (and same for May. It’s being paid as a separate check this week - Tim May 20, 08:37 [Attachment] 3
- sounds about right. Bonus payments are usually taxed at 22% without allowances, because those are accounted for in your regular paycheck. Then 8% for payroll taxes and any state/local taxes. -- nm* - znufrii, silly old man May 20, 08:46
- Suddenly you have an opinion on payroll taxes! ;-P - Open Baron May 20, 08:39 1
  - Republican in no time -- nm - budice May 20, 08:40
Andie: Ben Platt is a Netflix special -- (edited) - Beaker May 20, 08:35 3
- thanks! -- nm - Andie May 20, 08:38
- and the Bombshell show is the stars of the NBC show SMASH doing Broadway - Beaker May 20, 08:37 1
  - plus the final season of The 100 starts and Ultimate Tag (which actually doesn't look half bad) -- nm - Beaker May 20, 08:39
feed me Headstones ASAP -- nm - mud's iPod May 20, 08:35 6
- the only band I know of to break up because they were mad the lead singer *quit* heroin. -- nm - Reagen May 20, 08:39 2
  - Well, I just lost the Fake or Canadian? band challenge. -- nm - loosilu May 20, 08:40 1
    - You should have been here last Aug/Sept. -- nm - Reagen May 20, 08:44
- and when LMS gets to her 'L' , do not under any circumstance feed me Huey Fucking Lewis -- nm - mud's iPod May 20, 08:36 1
  - I think when I move onto the lockdown cassettes listening party you might be in luck. -- nm - LMS May 20, 08:48
- THat's not a real band. -- nm - loosilu May 20, 08:35
We never found out who LMS' H band was. -- nm - loosilu May 20, 08:33 21
- speaking of H bands, there was a local fundraiser here in town & the bands were performing music of Adam Schlesinger and bands were asking... - Remlik May 20, 09:04 3
  - Wow, missed that. It's a shame they can't do a second album. - loosilu May 20, 09:06 2
    - lost in the feeds of the past week on FB... - Remlik May 20, 09:21 1
      - got it. -- nm - loosilu May 20, 09:39
- Ed Harcourt and Richard Hawley. I've not nothing for 'I' so will be onto the 'J's soon. -- nm - LMS May 20, 08:46 9
  - Iron Butterfly is sad. -- nm - VMan May 20, 09:12
  - No INXS? -- nm - Roger More May 20, 09:08 1
    - On cassette -- nm - LMS May 20, 09:25
  - You make Indigo Girls sad. -- nm - Open Baron May 20, 08:59
  - Is your Iggy Pop under "P" and Billy Idol under "B"? -- nm - Spawn May 20, 08:48 4
    - As if anyone would actively listen to Billy Idol. -- nm - Shaun May 20, 08:49 3
      - I may have to borrow David's Time-Out set-up for this. You are awful. -- nm - Spawn May 20, 09:14
      - Hot in the City seems really appropriate today. -- nm - LMS May 20, 08:50 1
        
        Spawn Fact: The first car Spawn owned (a Chevy Vega) lost it's speakers to that song. ~I'm a chain 'round an A-bomb~ -- nm - Spawn May 20, 08:52
- Is there any doubt that it's Hüsker Dü? -- nm - Open Baron May 20, 08:36 3
  - I could see Happy Mondays. -- nm - loosilu May 20, 08:40 2
    - Was never into the Madchester scene although there's a few tracks I like. -- nm - LMS May 20, 08:51
    - I need some of that. Only have a couple tracks -- nm - mud May 20, 08:42
- This happens more often than you might think. -- nm - Spawn May 20, 08:33 2
  - I'm distressed. -- nm - loosilu May 20, 08:34 1
    - My notebook for her is SO incomplete. -- nm - Spawn May 20, 08:35
OFFS. Tuesday: owner calls in deck repair. Wednesday: crew is repairing deck, gets chewed out by owner for using his electricity to power their saw. -- nm - Spawn May 20, 08:32 6
- *Nathan Fillion uhhh.gif* -- nm - Reagen May 20, 08:33 5
  - Further stupid because this is a condo, so in the not so long run, he is paying the contractor. - Spawn May 20, 09:02 4
    - go throw dimes at his house -- nm - Beaker May 20, 09:33
    - if it's even that much! -- nm - Reagen May 20, 09:25 2
      - Oh, for sure. Just giving my guys an easy-out. Ridiculous the way some people treat contractors. -- nm - Spawn May 20, 09:27 1
        
        Especially when they're working at their house in the middle of a pandemic. -- nm - jnine May 20, 09:50

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