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44 percent of Republicans believe that Bill Gates is plotting to use a mass COVID-19 vaccination campaign... to implant microchips in billions... - Mop May 23, 14:28 5
- Laura Ingraham is pushing this theory. -- nm - jnine May 23, 15:41 1
  - She's one of the most despicable. I think she and Coulter have high IQs. They are doing this by choice. -- nm - loosilu May 23, 16:09
- Gates is the new bogeyman for Trumpers. Donnie is profoundly threatened by real self made billionaires. -- nm - loosilu May 23, 15:41
- There’s a lot of disturbing information there about people believing false narratives about COVID because of their political views. Really disturbing -- nm - JackDawson May 23, 14:34 1
  - This is the result of five years of the Trump cult. -- nm - loosilu May 23, 15:41
Wichita Falls, TX: "Anytime we get hail over about 4 inches in diameter that’s a pretty rare event." -- (link) - GregW May 23, 14:27 1
- "Yeah, we're used to baseball size hail, but softball size? That's different" -- nm - ty97 May 23, 14:34
In truly important news, an edited version of Back to the Future Part II made it from Universal to Netflix and people are upset. -- (link) - Mop May 23, 14:23 1
- Long national nightmare? - Spawn May 23, 14:32
The Who's Tommy released on this day in 1969. -- nm - Remlik May 23, 13:46 2
- Just like you! -- nm - loosilu May 23, 13:49 1
  - right? -- nm - Remlik May 23, 14:19
Proposed 24 Team NHL tournament —spoiler alert 🚨 Avs are going to win this -- (pic) - Flavorize May 23, 12:52 [Attachment] 2
- HABS MAKE THE PLAYOFFS, BITCHES! - Mop May 23, 14:34
- Nah. Canucks v Leafs for the final. -- nm - Beryllium May 23, 13:15
Heh, pre-quarantine I rarely made impulse purchases - but Jalapeno/Pepper Jack Beef patties!! and some new-season cherries. -- nm - Meg May 23, 12:23 4
- When I shop now I buy ALL the calories. -- nm - TWuG May 23, 13:08 2
  - I seem to be the opposite. I am unintentionally skipping meals. -- nm - Qale May 23, 13:19
  - Yep, I just calculated the points on these. They'll be about the only thing I eat that day 🙄 -- nm - Meg May 23, 13:15
- yum -- nm - prayformojo May 23, 12:36
Poison Ivy is by far the best part of this show for me. -- nm - Will Hunting May 23, 12:22 23
- This is where the whole swearing on cable tv is fine by me. The series just works. -- nm - budice May 23, 14:08
- King Shark and Bane would be 1/2, but I was just commenting on how they've drilled the relationship between Ivy and Harley. -- nm - David May 23, 12:33 18
  - I’m on S1:E6 so limited Bane has been sparse. -- nm - Will Hunting May 23, 13:28
  - (The most recent two episodes of season two have had remarkable character development.) - David May 23, 12:44 16
    - For me it turned a big corner storywise around 9 - Reagen May 23, 13:46
    - There was a moment in S1 where it seemed like they went "Hey, can we go serial with this?" "uhh... sure?" -- nm - Reagen May 23, 13:05 14
      - Which one are you referencing? -- nm - David May 23, 13:10 13
        
        Spoilers for episode 2-6 - David May 23, 13:12 12
        
        DC is to small screen as Marvel is to big screen, and vice versa. - Spawn May 23, 13:29 11
        
        AOS is better than the best six seasons of DC live action TV combined. - David May 23, 13:31 10
        
        Hence the IM. -- nm - Spawn May 23, 14:39
        
        AOS is better than several of the Marvel movies. -- nm - . May 23, 14:19 1
        
        whoa -- nm - mud May 23, 14:21
        
        ... did you not like Doom Patrol? -- nm - Beryllium May 23, 13:42 6
        
        Haven't watched it. The show looks impossibly low rent. -- nm - David May 23, 14:04 4
        
        It has Timothy dalton, Brendan Fraser, and matt bomer. -- nm - Beryllium May 23, 14:11 3
        
        it shouldn't work but it does. It's weird. -- nm - Remlik May 23, 14:20
        
        settled, low rent -- nm - budice May 23, 14:12 1
        
        And Alan Tudyk. In breeches. -- nm - Beryllium May 23, 14:20
        
        This is a valid point -- nm - JD May 23, 13:45
- Bell is a homerun. -- nm - Spawn May 23, 12:24 1
  - I wouldn’t have picked her voice if I didn’t know. - Will Hunting May 23, 12:26
- She's the Ann Perkins. -- nm - Reagen May 23, 12:22
This is me—writing edition - Flavorize May 23, 12:00 1
- Guilty. -- nm - znufrii May 23, 12:29
It's Hungry Hungry Hippos, at best. -- nm - Spawn May 23, 11:53
Question for those that have seen all of Game of Thrones episodes (major, major spoils) - JaxSean May 23, 11:40 2
- yes -- nm - prayformojo May 23, 11:42 1
  - Thanks -- nm - JaxSean May 23, 11:42
"Oh, a planet? You mean like in space?" -- nm - con_carne May 23, 11:34 1
- Puppy -- nm - Spawn May 23, 11:40
dinosaur news. lottsa mammoths found at site of a new Mexican airport being built -- (link) - Peglegpete May 23, 11:17 3
- mammoths arent dinosaurs, - mud May 23, 11:58 2
  - PENGUINS AND POLAR BEARS! -- nm - loosilu May 23, 16:10
  - Who died and made you Blathers? - Qale May 23, 12:44
I've the fire blazing here and having an ice cold beer, who needs the pub. -- nm - Loyola May 23, 11:17
Twenty One Pilots perform Level of Concern on Jimmy Fallon, with their friends (including Paul Meany from Mute Math!) -- (link) - JaxSean May 23, 10:46 [youtube]
Apparently, Dominic Cummings, Boris Johnson’s chief advisor, was exhibiting COVID-19-like symptoms at the end of March, so he took a little trip. -- (link) - Mop May 23, 10:42
"Soundproof Child Play Domes" -- nm - Me, Googling Things May 23, 10:29 2
- sometimes I picture you're Ron Swanson to their Leslie Knopes -- nm - prayformojo May 23, 10:32 1
  - I think that does me too much of a favour but it's ballpark. -- nm - Reagen May 23, 10:35
"How 'bout ketchup." -- nm - con_carne May 23, 10:27
Japanese wrestler & netflix star Hana Kimura takes her own life after some vicious cyberbullying... -- (link) - Remlik May 23, 10:25 1
- Jesus Christ. -- nm - Mop May 23, 10:59
Eli Manning is on Twitter -- (link) - Flavorize May 23, 09:56 2
- I mean, what is he thinking? -- (pic) - Mop May 23, 10:46 [Attachment]
- Read this as “Elle Fanning” and got excited. -- nm - Mop May 23, 10:42
Perhaps the last HSX IPO? -- (link) - Under the Influence May 23, 09:54
Jeff Passan at ESPN covers the Juan Soto scenario today. - David May 23, 09:39 2
- I’d rather hear Jim Parsons’s take. -- nm - Mop May 23, 10:47
- Rumor is that former PGA golfer Anthony Kim’s insurance policy was north of $10M. It’s why he’s never played since. -- nm - MDH May 23, 10:09
This was me, yesterday - Flavorize May 23, 09:19 3
- Biden’s FDR-style jobs program? :) -- nm - znufrii May 23, 09:45
- The comments are great. -- nm - loosilu May 23, 09:35
- .. umm .. -- nm - mud May 23, 09:33
Speaking of ridiculously priced vehicles, I saw a McLaren out today - Reagen May 23, 09:11 14
- See them pretty often -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) May 23, 11:41
- I lived in LA at 17, walking sunset Blvd a Lamborghini Espada pulls out right in front..it was love at first sight - zeitgeist May 23, 11:38
- It's the best Mr Bean car -- nm - Beryllium May 23, 11:25
- Of all the similar looking hyper cars (which all look beautiful), the McLaren is probably my favorite. -- nm - Mop May 23, 11:24
- I see those with some frequency. Either that, or I always take notice of them when I do -- nm - con_carne May 23, 10:03
- I once saw one on the road. It's beautiful. -- nm - loosilu May 23, 09:46
- They're beautiful cars! - Krusty May 23, 09:40 7
  - the wraps he probably writes off as business expenses -- nm - JaxSean May 23, 09:53 1
    - They're color wraps and not the ones for a business that you see on regular cars. So strange to me. - Krusty May 23, 09:55
  - There's a Maserati (and everything else) dealer near me. If I'm lucky I spot some of the cars at the supermarket parking lot across the street. - loosilu May 23, 09:48 [Image] 1
    - Those are insane! I had a poster of the Lamborghini Countach on my wall as a kid. -- (link*) - Krusty May 23, 09:53
  - Ford vs. Ferrari made me really want a Shelby. And I'm not a car guy. -- nm - David May 23, 09:43 2
    - We have a black one always parked *on the street* in front of my poor apartment building -- nm - con_carne May 23, 10:07
    - I drive them in games when I can. A souped up Mustang, yes please! - Krusty May 23, 09:47
Want to feel better about any bad financial decisions you’ve made? -- (link) - spamlet May 23, 09:01 11
- I buy my cars used, for cash. Worked reasonably well so far. Now I just need to get a boat loan. That's totally safe, right? - Beryllium May 23, 10:29 1
  - I see what you did there. -- nm - spamlet May 23, 12:06
- The concept of getting to drive the car you want seems too foreign to me to even get to the negative loan rollovers. -- nm - Qale May 23, 10:16
- How about this one -- (link) - znufrii May 23, 09:23 3
  - I saw that yesterday. The sub has a lot of stories like this. -- nm - spamlet May 23, 09:53 2
    - *smgdh* -- nm - znufrii May 23, 10:02 1
      - Click down in the comments on the one I posted for the guy with the charger. -- nm - spamlet May 23, 10:05
- They're in for a world of annoyance once Dewey Crowe realizes he's been had. -- nm - Reagen May 23, 09:20
- I...just...what? -- nm - znufrii May 23, 09:10
- How did that loan get approved? It sounds like a clerical error. -- nm - David May 23, 09:05
- What? How? - ty97 May 23, 09:02
This picture doesn't look real - zunkskunk May 23, 08:43 5
- Valerian and the City of Two Thousand Planets -- nm - Max May 23, 14:35
- Had a vew days over the last week where I felt like I was back in Seattle, minus the hills. -- nm - . May 23, 14:10
- Very nice! -- nm - Beryllium May 23, 10:00
- Wow. -- nm - David May 23, 08:55
- It's on my list for a Road Scholar week. If we are ever able to travel again. -- nm - Meg May 23, 08:47
Laughing at local TV weather folk. Having full on spaz attacks because temps may go into triple digits this weekend. Huh? This is - Meg May 23, 08:38 2
- Last summer was 7 years ago. -- nm - zunkskunk May 23, 08:39 1
  - True. I was doing a survey on travel yesterday and couldn't believe it was only about 4 months since our cruise. I can barely remember it. -- nm - Meg May 23, 08:46
Mrs. zunk hit the grocery and it looks like she is planning some top shelf margaritas. - zunkskunk May 23, 08:34 [Attachment]
COVID-19: Things in Alabama are worse than usual. -- (link) - Mop May 23, 08:26 3
- Great. Lots of locals have gone to Bama since Florida was slower to get moving again. -- nm - Will Hunting May 23, 08:41 1
  - All we can do is protect our family. We can work from home and take precautions when shopping, but I’m worried about children and schools. -- nm - Mop May 23, 11:12
- :( I do hope my grandson is being careful. -- nm - Meg May 23, 08:30
And I just found out the Larry Csonka news on top of the Hana Kimura news. I need the world not to suck for like five straight days. - David May 23, 07:59 2
- Ugh, I wasn't familiar with the Japanese wrestler but it sounds like a suicide. Kairi Sane on Twitter (translated) - Tim May 23, 10:08 1
  - Yes, she was the leader of the Tokyo Cyber Squad, which I'm pretty sure I'd mentioned on ST. - David May 23, 10:33
"Hannaford’s husband declined to comment for this story." - David May 23, 07:32 6
- That’s something. I’m not saying a 3 year old is easy but you should be able to last more than a week. - spamlet May 23, 08:09 2
  - Stay at home moms everywhere are like, "remember when you came home and asked me what I did all day? THIS is what I did all day. Every day. For a long - kelly May 23, 10:47 1
    - Run, Hunting! RUN!!! -- nm - David May 23, 11:28
- He is really doing a Hannaford on that woman. -- nm - Loyola May 23, 07:58 1
  - Put this in the dictionary. -- nm - Mop May 23, 11:13
- Jeebus, that is clearly a husband worth fighting for. - Marlowe May 23, 07:38
Re B2: here’s the wife’s twitter account, announcing the article and the responses to her about it -- (link) - Flavorize May 23, 07:30 2
- No one is really talking about the kid all that much and what this is doing to him. :( -- nm - Qale May 23, 07:34 1
  - Good point in the article about “good mom” pressure, that is prevalent these days. Definitely could’ve parked him in front of a tv -- nm* - Flavorize May 23, 07:36
What's good today, ST? -- nm - ReluctantCynic May 23, 07:11 12
- HBD -- nm - zeitgeist May 23, 11:41
- happy birthday -- nm - Peglegpete May 23, 09:42
- Happy birthday! -- nm - spamlet May 23, 08:21
- Happy Birthday! -- nm - JaxSean May 23, 07:59
- Beautiful weather. French toast for breakfast. Roof over my head. - zunkskunk May 23, 07:56
- Happy B-day! Whatcha going to do today? -- nm - Flavorize May 23, 07:27 2
  - Not a damn thing, and lots of things. :-) - ReluctantCynic May 23, 07:37 1
    - Sounds like a grand day! -- nm - Flavorize May 23, 07:41
- Nothing much yet but I hope you have a great birthday! -- nm - Krusty May 23, 07:25 2
  - Dammit ... - ReluctantCynic May 23, 07:27 1
    - You're not old enough to start forgetting your own birthday -- nm - Krusty May 23, 07:33
- breakfast was good -- nm - tRuMaN May 23, 07:21
It had been months since my last encounter with West Virginia’s infamous cryptid. Unfortunately this version was Vengeful and had to be put down. -- (link) - Qale May 23, 07:04
A part of Fisherman's Warf in San Fran currently on fire -- (link) - eag May 23, 07:03 1
- apparently lost the musee mechanic -- nm - zeitgeist May 23, 11:39
Suck it up, princess. -- (edited) - znufrii May 23, 06:53
German Soccer - Borussia Monchengladbach are playing their home match in front of 13,000 cardboard cut-out fans -- (link) - budice May 23, 06:51
Krusty, am I reading SNKRS correctly and release of those shoes was moved to Tuesday the 26th? -- (link) - JD May 23, 06:49 [Backboard] 8
- sidenote - I didn't get the email, so assuming I didn't win the local raffle -- nm - JaxSean May 23, 07:39 4
  - Thanks for entering! I haven't won any of the many I entered either. They're very limited and nearly impossible to get but thank you for trying! -- nm - Krusty May 23, 07:45 3
    - If anything, it made me aware of a skate shop not far from here that I'll go check out. - JaxSean May 23, 07:59 [Attachment] 2
      - Hopefully with stores like this being there it will bring others to the area. And you better watch out for HGTV to come in and do a flipping - Krusty May 23, 08:42
      - Can I buy a 40k crackhouse and... just remove the crack? -- nm - Qale May 23, 08:02
- Yeah, they made it a drawing and moved it to Tuesday. -- nm - Krusty May 23, 06:52 2
  - I'd actually forgotten about them. Woke up because of birds singing outside my window. Few minutes later my alarm went off and had to think - JD May 23, 06:59 1
    - Haha! I really appreciate your willingness to help! 🙏😁 -- nm - Krusty May 23, 07:04
gonna have to turn on the a/c for the first time this year today. high in the upper 80s and sunny. -- nm - tRuMaN May 23, 06:44

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