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MLB made a proposal to the players and it initially sounds promising. Let's see if they can get this done this week. -- (link) - Krusty Jun 8, 08:12
I expected crowds to thin out starting today, but blocks around the WH are still closed to traffic and multiple protests planned today. -- (link) - Max Jun 8, 07:55 3
- I expect they will continue for, say, 5 months or so. -- nm - Spawn Jun 8, 08:06 1
  - hope so -- nm - mud Jun 8, 08:12
- Public Viewing Memorial in Houston today, Laid to Rest tomorrow -- (link) - budice Jun 8, 08:03
This poll makes me nervous because it seems like it’s easier to turn around. -- (link) - Volnelk Jun 8, 07:52 2
- What bothers me are the people who say they won't vote at all. Republicans who can't stand Trump but also can't bring themselves to vote Democrat. - Meg Jun 8, 07:59
- There's an old saying in Canadian politics: we don't vote governments in, we vote them out. -- nm - Reagen Jun 8, 07:54
Went to IKEA yesterday late in the afternoon, thinking it might be less busy. It was not. - JaxSean Jun 8, 07:47 6
- Did you buy us some meatballs? -- nm - Ba'rona Beast Jun 8, 08:14
- Haven't been there in years but I recall it was always busy. And the food was good. -- nm - zunkskunk Jun 8, 08:08
- we are going to take a day off later this month to go. during the week will be less busy, we are banking. - amanda Jun 8, 08:07 1
  - The food court was closed here, so maybe it'll be quieter during the day. -- nm - JaxSean Jun 8, 08:15
- Orders at local IKEAs have overwhelmed them. Cant order anything without an August pickup -- nm* - budice Jun 8, 07:53
- Nobody goes there anymore, it's too crowded. -- nm - Max Jun 8, 07:52
That Io Shirai moonsault looked brutal. - Will Hunting Jun 8, 07:39
Minnesota: "Driving with your car windows open can reduce the risk of COVID-19" -- (link) - budice Jun 8, 07:33 2
- Our plan to pepper spray everyone in the city is going swimmingly! -- nm - MPD Jun 8, 07:49
- "Suggested for when you're mowing down the Easter Bunny in the middle of Main Street." -- nm - JaxSean Jun 8, 07:35
Me: I should call my dentist office to see when my next appt is b/c I can't find my appt card *phone rings* - Ba'rona Beast Jun 8, 07:26 3
- Google has gone too far -- nm - ty97 Jun 8, 07:27 2
  - The whole tech industry. I get annoyed when I get phone calls from 'unidentified' but am still a little surprised when I call someone I've not - Meg Jun 8, 07:41
  - It's probably Zoom taking pictures of my teeth during meetings and forwarding the info. -- nm - Ba'rona Beast Jun 8, 07:30
CNN Poll breakdowns: Men: 48% Trump 46% Biden Women: 62% Biden 35% Trump -- nm - budice Jun 8, 06:59 24
- Biden Women? -- nm - Spawn Jun 8, 08:07 1
  - there should be a ; or / between -- nm - mud Jun 8, 08:13
- Democrats: 92% favors whites over blacks 5% treats whites and blacks equally Republicans: 37% favors whites over blacks 48% treats whites and blacks -- nm* - Justice System Question in Poll Jun 8, 07:17
- What the fuck is wrong with men? -- nm - loosilu Jun 8, 07:08 11
  - we dum -- nm - mud Jun 8, 07:12
  - "If it ain't broke (for us), don't fix it." - Men - Cuzzin Todd Jun 8, 07:10 9
    - You, as a white man in the heartland. Can you explain your fellow citizens? -- nm - loosilu Jun 8, 07:13 8
      - HA! - Cuzzin Todd Jun 8, 07:23 1
        
        *nods* -- nm - tRuMaN Jun 8, 07:26
      - If you have ingrained advantages then leveling the playing field can seem like someone taking away your rights. - Dano Jun 8, 07:20 5
        
        This is actually pretty accurate, from what I hear from people I know that feel this way. - John Murphy Jun 8, 07:42 1
        
        It's like the joke about the fish - Reagen Jun 8, 07:57
        
        That's a tough one to break through. It was for me. -- nm - loosilu Jun 8, 07:26
        
        It’s hard to get someone to understand something when their paycheck (or in this case, their understanding if their sociocultural position) depends on them not understanding it. -- nm* - znufrii Jun 8, 07:24 1
        
        And I do think it's important to distinguish between malice and ignorance. - Dano Jun 8, 07:44
- In many ways, this election is dependent on white women correcting their 2016 mistake. -- (edited) - ty97 Jun 8, 07:06 7
  - I can tell you the dumb ass bitches in Texas are going to vote for him. - Epiphany -not ADAB Jun 8, 07:57 1
    - Heh -- nm - JackDawson Jun 8, 07:59
  - You can count on Karen! -- nm - Ba'rona Beast Jun 8, 07:27
  - note - ty97 Jun 8, 07:11 3
    - Educated white women voted Hillary. -- nm - loosilu Jun 8, 07:13 2
      - College educated white women went for Clinton 51-45, not exactly fanfare material. -- nm* - ty97 Jun 8, 07:17 1
        
        I'm trying. -- nm - loosilu Jun 8, 07:19
- That's right, the woman are smarter. - zunkskunk Jun 8, 07:05
ST: What'd watch this weekend? -- nm - Beaker Jun 8, 06:22 15
- Parasite: A (some holes, but overall really enjoyable as a flick and a worthy international film to crack the Oscar nut) -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jun 8, 08:09
- S2&3: Stranger Things -- nm - Spawn Jun 8, 08:08
- Beastie Boys Story: A, Pink Panther: B, Once Upon a Time in the West: A, Ninja III: The Domination: B+, Fitzcarraldo: ?? might be the strangest thing - JD Jun 8, 08:07 1
  - "That movie was flawed!" -- nm - Reagen Jun 8, 08:09
- Kill Bill 1 and 2. It's fascinating how much I wasn't on board with 1 until after 2 and neither as much as they've grown on me in the years since. -- nm - Qale Jun 8, 07:10
- Fantasy Island - B and the first ep of Ozark - B I guess -- nm - J Jun 8, 07:04
- Finished season 2 of Succession. Fantastic last 10 minutes but the season overall was a C. Season 1 was an A. -- nm* - zunkskunk Jun 8, 06:59
- Bourne Ultimatum (rewatch) B+, Sopranos S4 (rewatch) A, Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice (2019 CNN doc) A+ -- nm - mud Jun 8, 06:58
- Krull B, Basic Instinct B+, The Firm B+ -- nm - budice Jun 8, 06:55
- 13th-A. Dark Waters-B -- nm - pmb Jun 8, 06:53
- Be Water: A; Grand Tour: Mongolia Special: B+; NASCAR and IndyCar races. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jun 8, 06:31
- About halfway through Promised Neverland. I was really unsure after the first episode but it's turned out to be more sophisticated than I expected. - Ba'rona Beast Jun 8, 06:30
- Bird of Prey. I'm not sure if that was really a movie or some 12yr olds nightmare. -- nm - tRuMaN Jun 8, 06:25 1
  - I gave it a lot of leeway since it has a decidedly unreliable narrator. -- nm - Ba'rona Beast Jun 8, 06:30
- The Witcher s1 (3rd viewing): B+ (books are good as well); Nate Landwehr vs Viktor Kolesnik from June 2019 A+++ (one of the best fights I've seen) -- nm - Beaker Jun 8, 06:24
SITWAP: John Oliver's latest episode is about the police -- (link) - Krusty Jun 8, 06:17 [youtube] 3
- Very strong stuff. (NM) - Marlowe Jun 8, 07:01
- It's really good. -- nm - loosilu Jun 8, 06:27
- Oct 3, 2016 - Police Accountability -- (link) - Beaker Jun 8, 06:20 [Backboard]
guys, this dude's statement is so embarrassing. -- (link) - amanda Jun 8, 05:56 2
- "I was only riding shotgun with racism." -- nm - Reagen Jun 8, 06:13 1
  - yup -- nm - Epiphany -not ADAB Jun 8, 07:59
ummmmmm -- (link) - ty97 Jun 8, 05:53 9
- Oh, please. We still have 63 months between now and November, 2020. We'll have 10 other disasters between then and now. -- nm - JaxSean Jun 8, 07:04
- The Hillary Hater effect. Looks like Trump was around the same this time last year, the difference is in the undecideds. -- nm - znufrii, silly old man Jun 8, 06:57 3
  - Yes, even with her leads, she had trouble breaking 50 last time - Reagen Jun 8, 07:13 2
    - I don’t think she ever did on average -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 8, 07:36 1
      - not on average, no. In the scattered single poll she did. -- nm - Reagen Jun 8, 07:59
- and "approval/disapproval" for POS in same poll is 38/57 (!) -- nm - mud Jun 8, 06:54 2
  - So is that saying 3 of the 57% who disapprove of Trump would vote for him over Biden (41%), and 2% wouldn't bother voting? -- nm* - Max Jun 8, 06:59 1
    - "He's not fascist enough" -- nm - Reagen Jun 8, 07:12
- Just need to finish the job this time. -- nm - budice Jun 8, 05:56
"I’d be up by 25 points" -- (link*) - budice Jun 8, 05:49 1
- If I wasn’t constantly harassed for three years by fake and illegal investigations, Dominion, Dominion, Dominion, and the Pah-Wraith Hoax, I’d be up - Gul Dukat Jun 8, 06:10
The whole world has gone mad -- (pic) -- (edited) - Flavorize Jun 8, 05:28 [Attachment]
Well hopefully people will quit dying now trying to find it. -- (link) - spamlet Jun 8, 04:54 2
- Oh cool. I just rewatched the old Vox video on this last week. -- (link) - Mop Jun 8, 07:17 [youtube]
- strangely enough it was NOT buried on oak island... -- nm - Beaker Jun 8, 05:11
TV PSA: Antiques Roadshow, Below Deck Med, Bachelor, Titan Games, Big Time Bake, Raw, Buried Worlds With Don Wildman, Home Town, Wall, Creepshow, -- nm - Beaker Jun 8, 04:03 1
- Camp Getaway, Duff Takes The Cake, Songland, Stargirl (DCU), The Untamed (Netflix), other stuff -- nm - Beaker Jun 8, 04:04
Hollywood protest drone flyover, wow, as big as Donald thinks his inauguration was.... -- (link) - zeitgeist Jun 8, 01:07 2
- And on the same day, Donnie is rage tweeting about NFL players kneeling. -- nm - loosilu Jun 8, 04:36 1
  - I'm not sure why this surprises anyone. he is still trying to make it about respect/disrepect of america (and the flag) -- nm - tRuMaN Jun 8, 06:39
seattle someone drove into a crowd of protestors, shot one, abandoned the car and tried to disappear into the crowd, -- (link) - zeitgeist Jun 7, 23:35
Hmm, I never saw this star wars fan film until now - 'Kenobi'. It's well-made. -- (link) - Beryllium Jun 7, 23:18 [youtube]
The temp checks and symptoms questions at the door are working, giving people are false sense of security. - James Bond (aka Igor) Jun 7, 23:10 2
- Should giving people a false sense of security be considered "working"? -- nm - Mop Jun 8, 00:03 1
  - They are working for the purpose they serve, to increase business -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jun 8, 06:17
active shooter in No Hollywood, (someone complained we get cell phone emergency alerts for curfew but not someone shooting??) -- (link) - zeitgeist Jun 7, 22:55
Big structure fire in Downtown Phoenix -- (link) - budice Jun 7, 22:35
oh...my... Fox had a graphic about how killing black men effects the stock market -- (link) - zeitgeist Jun 7, 22:06
America Is Giving Up on the Pandemic: Businesses are reopening. Protests are erupting nationwide. But the virus isn’t done with us. - ty97 Jun 7, 21:25 20
- It's a collective "forgetting." -- nm - Dark Callisto Jun 8, 06:24
- One of the staff said he was getting his tires repaired and the person near him was on the phone and said "i tested positive for covid but I feel fine - James Bond (aka Igor) Jun 7, 23:08 1
  - BUT SHE FEELS FINE JAMES, GEEZ -- nm - Beaker Jun 8, 06:05
- Yup. Most people don't seem to care anymore. Ridiculous. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jun 7, 22:36 1
  - Here you get dirty looks if you aren't wearing a mask. -- nm - . Jun 8, 00:03
- The spike in the next couple days will reflect Memorial Day, but everyone will blame the protests. -- nm - Tim Jun 7, 21:52 11
  - Things that matter in the world of Twitter arguments -- nm - con_carne Jun 8, 08:13
  - The very article ty posted talks about several experts believing the protests are risky and that there will be spikes— do you not agree? -- nm - JackDawson Jun 8, 07:11
  - The hypocrisy is already there with the people who ‘wanted it open... not like that!’ - Qale Jun 7, 21:56 8
    - And with the people who said “omg can you believe how irresponsible those large gatherings in XXX place are” and looking the other way for the protest -- nm - JackDawson Jun 8, 07:12 7
      - You'll probably agree with this article more than I do. -- (link) - znufrii, silly old man Jun 8, 07:45 6
        
        Yeah, I saw it. I'm saddened and disturbed to see the left abandon science/logic just like the right. It's the most contagious disease, tribalism -- nm - JackDawson Jun 8, 07:47 5
        
        I think there's more nuance to the arguments being made than the writer allows for, but I'll freely admit my inability so far - znufrii, silly old man Jun 8, 07:52 4
        
        I don't get why there needs to be a contradiction. We can both recognize that the protests are dangerous for COVID but needed dangers - JackDawson Jun 8, 07:59 3
        
        Maybe I just haven't seen as much of the argument you're citing. -- (edited) - znufrii, silly old man Jun 8, 08:01 2
        
        It's in this very thread. Also this guy is doing it a lot - JackDawson Jun 8, 08:05 1
        
        Maybe I'm reading it differently, then. -- (edited) - znufrii, silly old man Jun 8, 08:13
- And all those people in Vegas this weekend are taking it home with them. -- nm - Meg Jun 7, 21:45 2
  - What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas*. - Spawn Jun 7, 21:53
  - I'm sure the state produce inspectors on the Ca. line are waving everyone thru, and wishing the 30' of the original free wasn't ripped up so everyone - Peglegpete Jun 7, 21:53
Heh, Amazon order placed on the 29th for delivery to Kanab, UT. Due for delivery Wednesday 10th. Shipped today from Vegas so will take - Meg Jun 7, 21:17
Video catches police in Minneapolis slashing tires during May 31st protests. -- (link) - Mop Jun 7, 20:28
It's Charlotte's fault but I think Rhea Ripley took Io's landing right in the face. -- (link) - Tim Jun 7, 20:19
I haven't gotten stoned in a week. I need to remedy that, right now. -- nm - Mr. Havens Jun 7, 19:51 4
- So you were going to get high, but then you took an arrow to the knee. -- nm - Max Jun 7, 20:22 3
  - I was going to take an arrow to the knee, but then I got high -- nm - Mr. Havens Jun 7, 20:37 2
    - Weather Forecast: Cloudy -- nm - budice Jun 7, 20:38 1
      - Chance of meatballs? -- nm - Mr. Havens Jun 7, 20:44
hurricanes to the east and now wild fires to the west -- (link) - zeitgeist Jun 7, 19:41 5
- on the plus side, fireworks will start to be sold in another week or 2. -- nm - Peglegpete Jun 7, 21:44 1
  - LOFL. We have been hearing them on weekends for at least a month. -- nm - Spawn Jun 8, 05:54
- Stuck in the middle with you -- nm - Dano Jun 7, 19:45 1
  - The ocean is big and it’s blue. I wanna sink to the bottom with you. -- nm* - Qale Jun 7, 21:57
- Yup, we're getting red flag warnings down here. -- nm - Meg Jun 7, 19:44
CrossFit CEO apology -- (link) - budice Jun 7, 19:33 3
- ah yes. "I didn't mean to be racist, therefore I was not." -- nm - mafic Jun 7, 20:43
- I missed what he had said originally - znufrii, silly old man Jun 7, 20:20
- That’s not an apology. -- nm - David Jun 7, 20:12
www.hastrumanstartedgodofwaryet.com -- nm - Shaun Jun 7, 19:16 6
- yes. -- (edited) - tRuMaN Jun 8, 06:24 5
  - spoils - Shaun Jun 8, 06:35 4
    - lets see, spoils - tRuMaN Jun 8, 07:15 3
      - iirc, you can block those with your shield if you time it properly. -- nm - Shaun Jun 8, 07:20 2
        
        yeah I tried, - tRuMaN Jun 8, 07:28 1
        
        True. This is not a simple button masher. -- nm - Shaun Jun 8, 07:35
Heh. -- (link) - Beryllium Jun 7, 19:16 3
- Those rich guys spoonfeed the conspiracies to the right wingers to keep them from noticing they're doing the spoonfeeding. -- nm - . Jun 7, 21:26
- DeVos and her blackwater brother -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 7, 19:35
- of course -- nm - mud Jun 7, 19:28
RC, it sounds to me like you found the caterer for your housewarming party. -- nm - Peglegpete Jun 7, 19:12
US Military Could Lose Space Force Trademark to Netflix Series -- (link) - Remlik Jun 7, 19:06 2
- Suddenly I like the show a lot more. -- nm - Mop Jun 7, 19:46
- "is unlikely to make its viewers think they're watching a series about an actual branch of the U.S. military." - Max Jun 7, 19:12

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