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for the 1st time, a Trump Tweet gets "flagged" by Twitter. -- (link) - mud May 26, 15:12
Meanwhile in MLB the owners are trying to divide the players before the upcoming CBA negotiations. -- (link) - spamlet May 26, 15:04
So Oilers vs. Blackhawks when the playoffs end up starting. -- nm - Shaun May 26, 15:02
I don't think it's prudent, but the hockey-gasm of an NHL round-robin tournament has got me excited. -- nm - Mop May 26, 15:01
Biden's not so short list for VP -- (link) - zeitgeist May 26, 14:42 7
- and...he's had someone turn him down... -- (link*) - zeitgeist May 26, 15:16
- Is it a female democrat you’ve heard of? She’s on the list. -- nm - spamlet May 26, 15:14
- I don't see Oprah. -- nm - tRuMaN May 26, 15:12 1
  - heh -- nm - mud May 26, 15:13
- I don't see Marianne Williamson on that list. -- nm - Dano May 26, 15:11
- Kamala or I'm voting for Trump!!! - Mop May 26, 14:46 1
  - That Lucifer guy in that show is pretty sexy. I don’t watch it, but I’ve seen the evidence. -- nm - Qale May 26, 14:51
Actor Richard Herd has died at the age of 87. - David May 26, 14:40 1
- Admiral Paris from Star Trek Voyager! -- nm - Remlik May 26, 14:48
Quebec reports 614 new COVID-19 cases, 70 more deaths Tuesday -- nm - Beaker May 26, 14:18
Praise Him: PASON 2 on its way -- (link*) - budice May 26, 14:01 13
- No. More. Mr. Nice. Guy! -- nm - Mop May 26, 14:04 6
  - Faster and Forgivinger -- nm - zeitgeist May 26, 14:05
  - 2Passionate2Christ -- nm - David May 26, 14:05 4
    - 2Close2Christ -- nm* - budice May 26, 14:08 3
      - revenge of the jesuits -- nm - zeitgeist May 26, 14:13 2
        
        Ecumenical Boogaloo. -- nm - Open Baron May 26, 14:36 1
        
        excellent, I was trying to get that one -- nm - zeitgeist May 26, 14:41
- Err... -- nm - Reagen May 26, 14:02 5
  - "will be titled The Resurrection, given that it will follow Jesus' resurrection following his crucifixion" That makes sense -- nm - ty97 May 26, 14:04
  - I didn’t see the film. Does it include the after resurrection? -- nm - Qale May 26, 14:04 3
    - couldn't tell ya, I had to turn it off - it was too violent -- nm - Pippy - Crazy Town Banana Pants May 26, 14:41 2
      - Why I’ve never watched it. -- nm - spamlet May 26, 15:04
      - It was no Stadium Stampede though. -- nm - Qale May 26, 14:51
Looks like sit-down restaurants are being asked to use disposable silverware on meals -- nm - budice May 26, 14:00 1
- does anybody use critical thinking? dish washers apply soap and heat, the same hands or gloves would be setting metal or plastic -- nm - zeitgeist May 26, 14:03
Wow, defending Cup champs, best record in the west - NOT a hub city for the playoffs. Dang. -- nm - Marty Byrde May 26, 13:53 3
- Wonder if that had to do with local leadership -- nm* - spamlet May 26, 13:55 2
  - Prolly. Or maybe the fact that it seems to be business as usual in the city with 19 shootings over the weekend. -- nm - Marty Byrde May 26, 14:01
  - SFAN -- nm - spamlet May 26, 13:55
Wind of Change is really fascinating so far. The entire thing’s on Spotify but I’m going week by week through Apple and the 3rd episode dropped today. -- nm - Tim May 26, 13:45
so corrupt: DOJ has dropped its insider trading investigations into Kelly Loeffler -- nm - Jovian May 26, 13:41 1
- It's not a coincidence how much Drumpf and Bozonaro are starting to resemble each other with those things. (NM) - Marlowe May 26, 14:46
Cristian Cooper, the bird watcher the woman threatened with calling the cops...former Marvel Comics editor and writer & now editor of a science magazine -- (link*) - Remlik May 26, 13:37 16
- Although as pointed out on Twitter, it really doesn't matter what he does or that he went to Harvard. - ty97 May 26, 13:41 14
  - you're right of course. I thought it was interesting because of his comic book background. and I sell comic books. -- nm* - Remlik May 26, 14:10
  - yeah, I have no idea what that would matter at all. -- nm - groiny May 26, 13:43 12
    - I think it's more of a "going the extra mile to eliminate all doubt about what she was afraid of". -- nm - Reagen May 26, 13:54 8
      - as if the camera just standing there filming did not tell that story..... - groiny May 26, 14:00 7
        
        But you don't know what happened before he started filming! -- nm - Dano May 26, 14:25
        
        It’s a preemptive strike against the inevitable racist “he was no saint, himself” backlash -- nm - znufrii May 26, 14:02 1
        
        this -- nm - Pippy - Crazy Town Banana Pants May 26, 14:42
        
        For sure. But there's always someone out there who'll go anthropologist on the guy's life to find one thing they did wrong to justify it. -- nm - Reagen May 26, 14:02 3
        
        I probably would have been arrested after going after her for strangling her dog. - groiny May 26, 14:12 1
        
        Yup. -- nm - David May 26, 14:33
        
        the mutherfvcker returned a library book late -- nm - zeitgeist May 26, 14:07
    - He's a "nice" black guy. One of the "good" ones. -- nm - loosilu May 26, 13:46 2
      - Yes. -- nm - JackDawson May 26, 13:55
      - so, like the Yeti, those are rarely seen. -- nm - groiny May 26, 13:51
- jeez the story gets buried under pop overs that will NOT close, not worth the trouble -- nm - zeitgeist May 26, 13:40
Hockey: NHL will go straight to playoffs with 24-team format if it can resume its suspended season. -- (link*) - budice May 26, 13:37 2
- Leon Draisaitl is now officially the Art Ross winner. He should get the Hart as well unless voters are dumb. -- nm* - Shaun May 26, 14:44
- The perfect NHL season. -- nm - psilotum May 26, 13:51
MSNBC reporting Live on people not wearing masks. Bystander claps back stating crew isn't wearing them (vid) -- (link*) - budice May 26, 13:26
Hmmm what was the name of this game show in this meme? -- (edited) - Jovian May 26, 13:26 10
- That's not Sale of the Century is it? -- nm - ty97 May 26, 13:32 7
  - Thats it! -- nm - Jovian May 26, 13:39
  - Pretty sure that it is. -- (link) - JaxSean May 26, 13:37 [Image] 5
    - Ahhh, my 80s daytime gameshow watching pays off! -- nm - ty97 May 26, 13:40 4
      - I used to looove that show -- nm - Jovian May 26, 13:41 3
        
        It was all about Press Your Luck -- nm - ty97 May 26, 13:42 2
        
        I think that show has my favorite game show story with the guy who figured out the patterns of the game -- (link) - JD May 26, 13:46 [youtube]
        
        oh that to for sure. But that came later - Jovian May 26, 13:44
- Meme? Gong Show? MXC? -- nm - JaxSean May 26, 13:27 1
  - lol work phone rang in middle of posting that. meme is there now! -- nm - Jovian May 26, 13:31
Blizzcon Cancelled -- (link) - budice May 26, 13:18 2
- Just give us our Diablo IV footage already! -- nm - Open Baron May 26, 13:22
- IndyFurCon canceled... -- (link) - Remlik May 26, 13:21
Flo-Rida: WDW and SeaWorld will present their reopening plans to the Orange County Economic Recovery Task Force tomorrow morning at 10am -- (link*) - budice May 26, 13:14 16
- I have some type of mental block that I can't remember which one is in CA and which one is in FL. - Pippy - Crazy Town Banana Pants May 26, 13:17 15
  - Which hotel? Here's a trick to remember: the one with Walt Disney in the title is in Florida. - David May 26, 13:21 1
    - Ummm - Haaaa - I didn't even know that. I thought it was Disneyland and Disney World. -- nm - Pippy - Crazy Town Banana Pants May 26, 14:44
  - DisneyLAnd is in LA. -- nm - loosilu May 26, 13:21 2
    - and Disney wORLd is in Orlando -- nm - GregW May 26, 14:06
    - this -- nm - JaxSean May 26, 13:24
  - We also have an Orange County here in NY state where one of our ST posters is. -- nm* - ty97 May 26, 13:18 9
    - Both Disneyland and Walt Disney World are in Orange County. -- nm - David May 26, 13:22 6
      - Our Orange County has a Legoland! (if it's open yet) -- nm* - ty97 May 26, 13:23 5
        
        oh, opening delayed until 2021 due to COVID -- nm - ty97 May 26, 13:24 4
        
        LEGOLAND Florida got slapped down the other day. - David May 26, 13:32 3
        
        That surprises me. Aren't they managed by the mother ship? -- nm - loosilu May 26, 13:33 2
        
        If you mean Lego, no. Merlin Entertainment runs LEGOLAND. -- nm - David May 26, 13:45 1
        
        Thanks. I would have been surprised if Lego did that. They seem fastidious. -- nm - loosilu May 26, 13:47
    - for the life of me, I can't think of this can possibly be -- nm - Pippy - Crazy Town Banana Pants May 26, 13:21 1
      - It's not SyrDragon, he's up near Ithaca. -- nm - loosilu May 26, 13:23
During the naughts, I had a co-worker named Frances that caused a lot of damage in FL. We had lots of fun pasting headlines on her cubicle. - loosilu May 26, 13:04 2
- LOLOL, just noticed I didn't mention it was a hurricane. -- nm - loosilu May 26, 13:24
- I actually didn’t make the connection when it came to our own Kare. She’s just always been Kare. -- nm - Qale May 26, 13:14
I'm frustrated about the concert "postponements" because that means that I'm carrying all the ticket charges on my cards. - amanda May 26, 13:03 27
- Totally agree. -- nm - pmb May 26, 13:25
- I imagine you could see if the credit card company wants to do anything about it. -- nm - Qale May 26, 13:15
- It's like politicians "suspending" their campaigns instead of ending them. They're not technically out so they don't have to give up any money. -- nm - Open Baron May 26, 13:13
- They also don't have the capital to make refunds for everything -- nm - decline May 26, 13:08
- That's why I cancelled as much as I could. Plus the rush of refunds could take some time -- nm - budice May 26, 13:07
- Are people allowed to get refunds for postponed shows? - ty97 May 26, 13:07 2
  - not on this one -- nm - groiny May 26, 13:13
  - In the future, if it gets cancelled. If rescheduled, maybe. -- nm - loosilu May 26, 13:08
- its horrible and I hope they get a class action over it -- nm - Pippy - Crazy Town Banana Pants May 26, 13:06 5
  - You win! Here's $2 off a future show. - Ticketmaster May 26, 13:26 4
    - Heh. I didn't even get that -- nm - JD May 26, 13:27 3
      - Are you sure? -- (link) - JaxSean May 26, 13:31 2
        
        Oh hey! Thanks for that as it turns out I was wrong. I've got $31.50 (14 x 2.25) - JD May 26, 13:37
        
        back in the 80s there was a class action over fees, the settlement was so in their favor I wonder if they didn't sponsor the suit themselves... - zeitgeist May 26, 13:35
- You know the rule. Ticketmaster *always* wins. -- nm - loosilu May 26, 13:05
- yep, and 4 tickets to that wrigley show is $$$$ -- nm - groiny May 26, 13:05 11
  - I mean, the "convenience charges" alone on my tickets is over $100. it just feels so shady that I pay them to make ticketing easier - amanda May 26, 13:11 10
    - Actually that makes me wonder...who is keeping that money? At what point does a ticketing service pay the promoter? Combined with declines comment - JD May 26, 13:15 8
      - I'd think and I could be wrong - the promoter doesn't get paid UNTIL the show actually happens. - Pippy - Crazy Town Banana Pants May 26, 13:20 7
        
        Whoa. *whistles* that some serious deep pockets to be able to front some of the really big shows that go on sale nearly a year in advance - JD May 26, 13:25 6
        
        Do they use local union ironworkers for that? -- nm - loosilu May 26, 13:27 4
        
        So I was able to look up that thing was officially "The Claw" but nothing on how / who built it -- (link) - JD May 26, 13:40 3
        
        "The 360° tour crew consisted of 137 touring production crew supplemented by over 120 hired locally." From wiki. - loosilu May 26, 13:54 1
        
        Oh. Heh. Chalk that one up to being more engineer than having common sense. I was looking for the company that built structure - JD May 26, 13:58
        
        That's fantastic. Never would have known in a million years. -- nm - loosilu May 26, 13:48
        
        it's why Live NAtion sold $500 Mill of itself to MBS the Saudi Prince -- nm - Remlik May 26, 13:27
    - for sure, it sucks -- nm - groiny May 26, 13:13
Guys, you’re bored. You know what would fix it for $18? An amazing city sim game and a bunch of DLC. The main game is just $1 right now so no risk. -- (link*) - spamlet May 26, 13:03 2
- This was one of the 2 free games for PS+ this month. It's almost as boring as that Farming sim game -- nm - decline May 26, 13:05 1
  - You’re as boring as the farming sim game. -- nm* - spamlet May 26, 13:08
I love this. -- (link) - Spawn May 26, 13:03 1
- do you believe him? -- nm - mud May 26, 13:38
Honest Trailers: Friends -- (link) - Beaker May 26, 13:02 [youtube]
Did we miss this? Carnival Cruise Lines is under House investigation. Apparently it happened a month ago. - loosilu May 26, 13:00 12
- And they're already advertising for future cruises :/ -- nm - Meg May 26, 13:32 2
  - They need capital. I think they're gonna get a lot of lawsuits. -- nm - loosilu May 26, 13:35 1
    - Yup, and I also get daily emails from Royal Caribbean say this is my *Last Chance* to sign up and save $300 😀 -- nm - Meg May 26, 13:52
- It's not lupus. -- nm - House, M.D. May 26, 13:23
- There's always a relevant West Wing quote. Here's the one for this news. - Open Baron May 26, 13:12 1
  - Nice. -- nm - loosilu May 26, 13:17
- For? -- nm - ty97 May 26, 13:02 3
  - "A House committee wants to know why Carnival didn't act sooner to protect the health of passengers and staff. " -- (link) - ty97 May 26, 13:03 2
    - I kinda thought it was obvious. -- nm - loosilu May 26, 13:06
    - People tend to frown on plague ships. -- nm - David May 26, 13:04
- I wonder if Riley Tench will testify? -- nm - decline May 26, 13:02 1
  - That poor kid. - David May 26, 13:03
FX: Archer wakes up from his coma in the 11th season -- (link) - budice May 26, 12:58 2
- Glad to hear this. -- nm - Spawn May 26, 13:01
- Mother promptly reveals their relationship as a love story. -- nm - David May 26, 12:59
WSJ: Quibi advertisers including Pepsi, Taco Bell and Walmart have asked to revise deal terms as the service struggles to attract viewers -- (link) - budice May 26, 12:55 1
- Who could have *possibly* seen the failure of Quibi coming??? -- nm - David May 26, 12:59
Minneapolis cops who murdered a black man in custody have been fired. Hopefully soon to be arrested and tried -- (link) - TWuG May 26, 12:50 2
- Look, we are *trying*, OK? But we got some slow learners over here. -- nm - White People May 26, 13:04
- Good. Thats the first step -- nm - Jovian May 26, 12:54
And now? -- nm - Spawn May 26, 12:49 3
- .. for something .. -- nm - mud May 26, 12:50 1
  - meh. -- nm - Completely Indifferent May 26, 14:49
- And then? -- nm - budice May 26, 12:50

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