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A partial explainer about all the unmarked Federal police that patrolled DC for the past week -- (link) - spamlet Jun 9, 06:35
Bill & Ted Face the Music trailer -- (link) - decline Jun 9, 06:33
Was wondering when we'd have a local protest march, turns out we're having two tomorrow -- (link) - znufrii, silly old man Jun 9, 06:29
Trump claims, via tweet, that elderly Buffalo man, who was pushed to ground, was trying to scan+shut down police equipment -- (edited) - Flavorize Jun 9, 06:24 10
- Makes sense. Terrorist organizations, like Antifa, usually pick 75+ old men who can easily be pushed into the ground by police. - Inigo Jun 9, 06:33
- There are worse conspiracy theories about that old guy being a stuntman with fake blood. It’s dumb. It’s so dumb. -- nm - Qale Jun 9, 06:32 3
  - I'm sure there's dumb out there, but this is our dumb President putting it out there. -- nm - JaxSean Jun 9, 06:33 2
    - Fox and Friends is too unreliable these days, so he's livetweeting OANN now instead -- nm - znufrii, silly old man Jun 9, 06:35
    - Not technically. It’s his future network OANN. -- nm - Qale Jun 9, 06:34
- dig up stupid -- nm - Beaker Jun 9, 06:30
- There's no way he wrote that - decline Jun 9, 06:29
- With his X-Men powers? -- nm - Reagen Jun 9, 06:29
- "He couldn't possibly go any lower." - JaxSean Jun 9, 06:27
- I...really don't like this dude -- nm - JackDawson Jun 9, 06:27
STIS: Microsoft Office help please - Beaker Jun 9, 05:43 7
- If reboot doesn’t work check to make sure she’s signed in. I’ve found if you’re on 365 it likes to log you out and then freak out every so often. -- nm* - spamlet Jun 9, 06:06
- Annoying but necessary question, did she reboot? -- nm - loosilu Jun 9, 05:56 2
  - first thing I did followed by jiggling the cables :) -- nm - Beaker Jun 9, 06:29
  - I have no meaningful input, but after working for a software company for several years this helps a surprising amount of the time. -- nm - mafic Jun 9, 05:59
- you could try running the office repair tool -- (link) - decline Jun 9, 05:48 2
  - it worked! thanks decline!! -- nm - Beaker Jun 9, 06:29 1
    - 👍 -- nm - decline Jun 9, 06:30
High speed police chase! -- (link) - Shaun Jun 9, 05:39
Meanwhile, at Liberty -- (link) - prayformojo Jun 9, 05:20 1
- Bibberty? -- nm - Reagen Jun 9, 06:27
Hooray! the only new covid cases in Australia today (2) were from returned travellers already in quarantine. first time for no domestic transmission. -- nm - mafic Jun 9, 05:01
I love that the Press Secretary is bragging about Trump getting 8% of the black vote -- nm - Beaker Jun 9, 05:01 2
- BVM -- nm - POTUS Jun 9, 05:28
- The other 92% being not allowed to vote? -- nm - LMS Jun 9, 05:08
TV PSA: America's Got Talent, Deadliest Catch, Stargirl, Dirty John, Genetic Detective, World of Dance, Last OG, Where Do We Go From Here?, other stuf -- nm - Beaker Jun 9, 04:00
I'm onto the 'O' in my Lockdown CD Listening Party (just one entry). -- nm - LMS Jun 9, 03:35 16
- O-Town obviously. -- nm - Qale Jun 9, 06:33 1
  - heh -- nm - Epiphany -not ADAB Jun 9, 06:46
- Crap, I missed the N's. Had Meshell Ndegeocello at the ready. -- nm - Ba'rona Beast Jun 9, 06:06 1
  - So you could show off that you can spell it? -- nm - loosilu Jun 9, 06:31
- Obie Trice -- nm - Krusty Jun 9, 05:20 2
  - Real name no gimmicks -- nm - Spawn Jun 9, 05:44 1
    - :-) - Krusty Jun 9, 06:11
- No-one guessed right - it was Sinead O'Connor -- nm - LMS Jun 9, 05:11 1
  - Damn. -- nm - loosilu Jun 9, 05:45
- Offspring or Ozzy Osbourne -- nm - Beaker Jun 9, 04:46
- OMC -- nm - mafic Jun 9, 04:38 1
  - How bizarre. -- nm - Qale Jun 9, 06:38
- Oasis, obviously. -- nm - loosilu Jun 9, 04:34
- ODB -- nm - prayformojo Jun 9, 04:27
- OLP -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 9, 04:19
- OMD -- nm - Dark Callisto Jun 9, 03:37
"If the public was so concerned about what my client did to George Floyd, why didn't they intervene!" -- (link) - Reagen Jun 9, 03:15 4
- I....what? -- nm - znufrii, silly old man Jun 9, 05:43
- so police want people to tackle police, got it -- nm - Beaker Jun 9, 03:53 1
  - What could possibly go wrong? -- nm - Spawn Jun 9, 05:45
- maybe they should have called the cops or something. -- nm - mafic Jun 9, 03:16
Iran will execute a citizen for spying for CIA leading to the assassination of the general Suliman in Iran last year -- (link) - zeitgeist Jun 9, 01:18
trump claims that wall around white house is to prevent staff from quitting en masse -- (link) - . Jun 9, 00:50 1
- Maybe it is to keep something in! -- nm Posted by Spawn Jun 4 '20, 15:26 -- nm - Spawn Jun 9, 05:30
Toronto police chief who kneeled with protestors a few days ago, abruptly announces retirement a year early.... -- (link) - zeitgeist Jun 9, 00:24
I have 86% of my work done for the week. This has never happened before. -- nm - David Jun 8, 22:52
Peas and raisins up the nose? Hold my beer. -- (link) - Max Jun 8, 22:51 3
- What she's not telling you is that it's a baseplate. -- nm - Reagen Jun 9, 03:17
- In the US? *cringe* I kind of want to see the resulting bill, out of morbid curiosity. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 8, 23:01 1
  - She probably has health insurance through work. -- nm - loosilu Jun 9, 04:52
I mean.. -- (link) - Jovian Jun 8, 22:17 2
- So, Mitch wins in a walk? -- nm - znufrii Jun 9, 05:16
- MAKE IT SO -- nm - Beryllium Jun 8, 22:25
an explanation of what happened at Seattle East Precinct yesterday, and probably led to today's abandonment of it. -- (link) - Beryllium Jun 8, 22:01 5
- devils advocate: the driver was just trying to leave, he stopped when people blocked his way, then someone reached in to grab him, he fired in self... - zeitgeist Jun 8, 23:04 4
  - The devil doesn't need an advocate, he can hire a lawyer. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 8, 23:08 3
    - Local news, he says he was lost...brother is a seattle cop at the precinct -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 8, 23:12 2
      - That explains how he was able to destroy evidence in his social media accounts while still in custody. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 8, 23:15 1
        
        That's shady right there. -- nm - . Jun 8, 23:41
Speaking of pets—this guy just shot up on my short list -- (link) - Flavorize Jun 8, 21:47
You know, I keep thinking about how inept Trump is. This time, the dude aimed for a police state and has accidentally triggered... - David Jun 8, 21:35 8
- If Putin meddled in the election not to just elect Trump but to weaken the US and break down it’s power, respect & control wouldn’t it look like this? -- nm - Volnelk Jun 8, 21:57 1
  - Oh, that's absolutely what happened. He took a page from the espionage playbook to destabilize a region. -- nm - David Jun 8, 21:58
- Secretly his entire presidency has been a giant psy-op to trick the republicans into self-destructing, and he's actually a democrat. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 8, 21:40 5
  - Like he’s desperately tried to get fired from a job he didn’t really want and was only goofing when he applied - Epiphany Jun 8, 21:48 4
    - A four year long reality TV show. We just have to somehow ensure it's not renewed. -- nm - Meg Jun 8, 21:53
    - I really do want a bunch of respected Never Trump folks to start calling for his resignation. He'd lose his mind. -- nm - David Jun 8, 21:52 1
      - I always thought Matalin / Carville was the strangest pairing, but how the hell do the Conways stay married? -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 9, 04:21
    - Like in Office Space. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 8, 21:51
Tucker Carlson.....well.... -- (link) - ty97 Jun 8, 21:18 10
- If anyone is an expert on this it's a white guy on Fox News. - . Jun 8, 23:06
- I will say, without hearing anything from before he clip.... - ty97 Jun 8, 21:38 4
  - I agree with this. I hate when there can be wiggle room in the argument. -- (edited) - Volnelk Jun 8, 21:54
  - “And that makes it better?” “Doesn’t it?” -- nm - znufrii Jun 8, 21:39
  - He's not someone who gets any benefit of the doubt on this particular topic. - David Jun 8, 21:39 1
    - I understand. I'm just saying, don't given him the opportunity to weasel out by hitting him for that if he didn't say that - ty97 Jun 8, 21:41
- If I were his lawyer (since I'm watching the Good Fight at the moment), I'd tell him to say he was talking about Dems, which would sound plausible -- nm - Max Jun 8, 21:35
- Time for another batch of corporate boycotts... -- nm - David Jun 8, 21:29 2
  - You'll never shake us! -- nm - Old Glory Robot Insurance Jun 9, 02:40
  - I’m shocked he’s survived cancel culture so far. -- nm - Mop Jun 8, 21:30
Has anybody seen Waking Sleeping Beauty? The documentary about Disney Animation from 1984 to 1994 - JD Jun 8, 21:09 3
- I think so, if it's the one I'm thinking of on Disney+. -- nm - Mop Jun 8, 21:23 1
  - Disney+ is where I watched it -- nm - JD Jun 8, 21:26
- probably. I have seen so many Disney documentaries. I'm still waiting for one to be done on the Snow White after party weekend in Palm Springs. -- nm - Peglegpete Jun 8, 21:15
Karen must work for the seattle police dept, they showed debrie of an explosive device thrown at them, ha, it was a candle they stomped at a shrine -- (link) - zeitgeist Jun 8, 21:04 2
- Is there a way to watch Seattle local news / video livestreaming? -- nm - Max Jun 8, 21:07 1
  - facebook seattle times...they had multiple live cams on the protests including the car that ran through and shot the guy trying to pull him out -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 8, 21:10
This is a good thread, IMO. -- (link) - Beryllium Jun 8, 20:38 2
- I will say that I treat every interaction with a cop like I would with an animal that I'm not entirely certain has been domesticated. -- nm - Reagen Jun 9, 02:35
- This is what peak Karen performance looks like. -- nm - Max Jun 8, 21:00
Another vote for watching John Oliver's Last Week Tonight on police violence. He gets to the root of a lot of the problems. -- nm - Mop Jun 8, 20:15
SITWAP: Hey ST-Did you hear about that cheese factory that exploded in France? - Flavorize Jun 8, 19:57 12
- *g* -- nm - JD Jun 8, 21:10
- I don't give edam -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 8, 21:02 1
  - Very good! -- nm - Flavorize Jun 8, 21:40
- Why do dogs float in water?? -- (pic) - Meg Jun 8, 20:12 [Attachment] 8
  - Ha! Love it -- nm - Flavorize Jun 8, 21:40
  - Hey Meg, I did go back and watch the video -- nm - Epiphany Jun 8, 21:02 6
    - Wahoo! I also finished an artsy film with your name sake: Mojave. Oscar Isaac + Garret Hedlund. - Epiphany Jun 8, 21:06 3
      - I think I remember when that came out but I've never seen it. -- nm - Meg Jun 8, 21:10 2
        
        It’s full of it’s self -- nm - Epiphany Jun 8, 21:12 1
        
        I just read the plot in Wikipedia - no thanks :/ -- nm - Meg Jun 8, 21:18
    - I sent them a nice donation with a note to tip the bar boy :) He's actually the personal trainer of one of their staff. -- nm - Meg Jun 8, 21:04 1
      - Hee! :) -- nm - Epiphany Jun 8, 21:07
Netflix's Night on Earth has some pretty incredible footage. The story arc of the vampire bats on the beach was crazy. Even better than..... - prayformojo Jun 8, 19:34 3
- It’s a beautifully shot series -- nm - Epiphany Jun 8, 21:08
- ...and the reveal of the Assassin of the Dessert was grrrrrreat -- nm - prayformojo Jun 8, 19:47 1
  - It's always the last one you suspect. -- nm - Mop Jun 8, 20:35
So ... I take it that seattle police east precinct is expected to burn tonight? -- nm - Beryllium Jun 8, 19:28 13
- So much has happened at this point that I'm confused. TL;DR behind this? -- nm - ty97 Jun 8, 19:36 11
  - They abandoned it today. -- (link) - Beryllium Jun 8, 19:38 5
    - And the Seattle mayor ordered the police not to use tear gas for the next thirty days. Which the police responded to by using tear gas... - Beryllium Jun 8, 19:40 1
      - ...on themselves! -- nm - roll coal, boys! Jun 8, 21:17
    - Why? -- nm - ty97 Jun 8, 19:39 2
      - I don't believe they have issued a statement. They were filmed moving large items out of it earlier today. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 8, 19:40 1
        
        Ah ok. I was thinking something had happened with officers from that precinct or something. -- nm - ty97 Jun 8, 19:41
  - strongly recommend John Oliver. Devoted entire show to how our police are rooted in white supremacy. Powerful. -- nm - loosilu Jun 8, 19:38 3
    - Haven't seen it but was telling a friend about how the klan is big in the departments in big cities and even recruit there. One of CPD's bigger scandals is rooted in that. -- nm* - . Jun 8, 20:27
    - It's on my list to get to -- nm* - ty97 Jun 8, 19:39 1
      - First time I ever saw him almost lose it and cry. -- nm - loosilu Jun 8, 19:40
  - (Seriously finding it difficult to keep up with all the news) -- nm - ty97 Jun 8, 19:38
- (I'm not advocating for it, to be clear. If anything, behaviour of police over the past two weeks suggests that they'd be the ones lighting it up.) -- nm - Beryllium Jun 8, 19:29
guys, ruin a band with a letter, I was crying laughing. You're awesome -- nm - loosilu Jun 8, 19:25 5
- THREE! - mud Jun 8, 19:30 4
  - I made mud quirk the tiniest of smiles! My day is made! - TWuG Jun 8, 20:13 2
    - Tears for Sears -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 8, 21:09 1
      - Backstreet Bots -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 8, 22:13
  - the third one is mine, I should have held it. -- nm - loosilu Jun 8, 19:35
Triple trouble! - Jovian Jun 8, 19:17 [youtube] 1
- One of my fav movies, from when I was a kid-- -- nm - Flavorize Jun 8, 19:30
Dew point at 11am today: 45. Dew point at 11am Wednesday: 71. F that noise -- nm - prayformojo Jun 8, 19:16 3
- My windows close at midnight and anyone still caught outside... good luck. -- nm - Max Jun 8, 19:30
- Dew point at: Florida. Every day. -- nm - ty97 Jun 8, 19:19 1
  - Florida State Motto: "Do The Dew" -- nm - Beryllium Jun 8, 19:20
" .. it is definitely not about black lives and remember that when they come for you, and at this rate, they will." -- (link*) - mud Jun 8, 19:14 6
- Why does his face look like that? Spray Tan? -- nm - Epiphany Jun 8, 21:11 1
  - Colloidal Trump -- nm - TWuG Jun 8, 21:16
- What does racism look like? -- nm - Spawn Jun 8, 20:53
- Time for another batch of corporate boycotts... -- nm - David Jun 8, 19:28
- Asha: It’s their Kryptonite. -- (link) - mud Jun 8, 19:18 1
  - And white people's fears are their drug of choice. -- nm - JaxSean Jun 8, 19:20

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