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Grigor Dimitrov who has been participating in the Djokovic organized tournaments with spectators and no social distancing tests positive for COVID-19. -- (link) - Dano Jun 21, 16:55 5
- There it is, 5th paragraph: Tennis player. -- nm - JaxSean Jun 21, 16:59 4
  - Thank you! -- nm - Mop Jun 21, 17:42
  - Hottie and ex boyfriend of Serena Williams, Maria Sharapova, and Nicole Scherzinger. -- nm - Dano Jun 21, 17:02 2
    - At the same time? -- nm - spamlet Jun 21, 17:09 1
      - Possibly two of them. He likely contributed to the Serena-Maria feud. -- nm - Dano Jun 21, 17:18
JFC -- (link) - mud Jun 21, 16:53 1
- Putin! -- nm - Mop Jun 21, 17:43
So that just happened. I just got back from seeing my Dad for the first time in 4 months. He just called me to let me the county just called him and - Jovian Jun 21, 16:33 12
- sorry man, good thoughts -- nm - Beaker Jun 21, 17:41
- Good thoughts for a mild case for your dad and that you stay healthy. -- nm - Dano Jun 21, 16:58
- Sorry and good wishes for his recovery (and to you!) -- nm - JackDawson Jun 21, 16:55
- :( -- nm - budice Jun 21, 16:44
- Oh no. Good thoughts for him (and you!). -- nm - Dark Callisto Jun 21, 16:44
- damn -- nm - prayformojo Jun 21, 16:42
- Yikes, I’m so sorry. Get tested ASAP. -- nm - David Jun 21, 16:41 1
  - He needs to quarantine for now and test in a few days. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jun 21, 16:59
- :( he didn't tell you they tested him before you come by? -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jun 21, 16:39 2
  - yeah, that’s sus. But either way, I still didn’t want Jovian to win the closest case. -- nm - Qale Jun 21, 16:57
  - Yeah? Oof. Good thoughts. -- nm - JaxSean Jun 21, 16:51
- :-[ -- nm - mud Jun 21, 16:35
A was very excited to spray the soap trying to kill lanternflies. Should I be concerned I’m raising a psychopath? -- (edited) - znufrii Jun 21, 16:31 13
- I'd never heard of a lanternfly and thought you were using a regionalism for lightning bug. -- nm - Bjarön Jun 21, 16:38 12
  - I only know them because of Animal Crossing. -- nm - Dark Callisto Jun 21, 16:46 6
    - Has any place started talking about how New Horizons might actually not be that great? -- nm - Qale Jun 21, 16:59
    - So they're a real thing or an AC thing? -- nm - JaxSean Jun 21, 16:52 4
      - Real - AC is educational! - Dark Callisto Jun 21, 16:54 1
        
        They are in the current game. -- nm - Qale Jun 21, 16:59
      - They’re very real -- (link*) - znufrii Jun 21, 16:53 1
        
        "Some researchers believe that a severe cold interval is required for the eggs to develop past a certain point" I'm staying in the heat then. - JaxSean Jun 21, 16:57
  - Oh no, they’re an invasive species that arrived here in the past few years. -- nm* - znufrii Jun 21, 16:44 3
    - What eats lanternflies? You should import some of those. -- nm - Bjarön Jun 21, 16:47 2
      - And how do we get rid of those? - znufrii Jun 21, 16:51 1
        
        Little old ladies who swallow flies -- nm - Beryllium Jun 21, 17:00
  - Yup -- nm - Spawn Jun 21, 16:39
Hee, Credit Karma suggests I take out a low-interest loan to pay off my outstanding debt. The credit card balance that'll be paid in full on the 25th. - Meg Jun 21, 16:27 2
- I get the same thing for my only non-mortgage debt that is for my new A/C which is 0%. Hard to beat that. -- nm - GregW Jun 21, 16:55
- Yeah, I get those, too. -- nm - David Jun 21, 16:28
snork -- (link) - Jovian Jun 21, 16:09 1
- That’s too deep. Can I have one with the Curb Your Enthusiasm music? -- nm - Mop Jun 21, 16:11
Columbus, OH is all-in on 2020. -- (link) - Mop Jun 21, 16:08
Haven't had my camera out in about three months. Today I took it with me to walk down to the village. -- (link) - Meg Jun 21, 15:47 [flickr] 4
- Bery, this is very cool functionality. -- nm - David Jun 21, 16:03
- wait, is that Todd Marinovich the former quarterback? -- nm - prayformojo Jun 21, 15:51 2
  - Yup :) -- nm - Meg Jun 21, 15:58 1
    - wow. had no idea -- nm - prayformojo Jun 21, 16:02
this looks like a mean drunk coming home to beat his wife (Donny stomping across the lawn, loose tie, lost in his own head after return from rally) -- (link) - zeitgeist Jun 21, 15:33 [Image] 1
- it really does. -- nm - loosilu Jun 21, 15:39
suspect in the arson of the Wendy's in atlanta is believed to be Rayshard's girlfriend -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 21, 15:29 1
- Watch her get ten years and the killer cop get probation at worst, if so. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 21, 16:18
Much like the “service dog” vest loophole—this card is now a way for people to try to avoid wearing masks -- (pic) -- (link*) - Flavorize Jun 21, 15:00 [Attachment] 4
- that has been disproven. Also you can wear a face shield instead. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jun 21, 16:40
- People at Disney Springs have tried this and gotten sent home. -- nm - David Jun 21, 15:31
- Not really. They have to offer accommodations but they don't have to let you in. -- nm - Reagen Jun 21, 15:06 1
  - And most places already do. Shop online, curbside pickup, personal shoppers. Those are accomodations. -- nm* - . Jun 21, 15:23
Molly Jong-Fast: ".. the racism he ran on is no longer in style," -- (link) - mud Jun 21, 14:54 1
- If you don't follow her on twitter, you should. -- nm - loosilu Jun 21, 15:07
Kentucky cut its polling places down from 3,700 to only 200 for Tuesday's primaries. -- (link) - budice Jun 21, 14:52 7
- The whole election system in the US is a joke, to be honest. It's impressive the country got this far. (NM) - Marlowe Jun 21, 15:40 2
  - I was proud of it, until Trump. -- nm - loosilu Jun 21, 15:43 1
    - Electoral college plus how easy it is to disenfranchise voters sounds very weird to people outside the US. (NM) - Marlowe Jun 21, 15:48
- Is there mail in. -- nm - . Jun 21, 15:33 2
  - Stacy Adams wasn't able to vote because her mail in ballot was sabotaged being preglued shut. i'm sure thousands in urban areas will have lost mail -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 21, 15:35 1
    - LOLOL, there are no urban areas in KY. -- nm - loosilu Jun 21, 15:40
- I can’t -- nm - JackDawson Jun 21, 14:56
Biden Campaign Ad on the Testing Slowdown comment -- (link) - budice Jun 21, 14:50
we should get Soros to hire a couple hundred POC to go to a rally with BLM shirts to get refused entry so there can be a lawsuit about discrimination -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 21, 14:26 15
- Meh, let the Trumpers have their rallies and then let's vote him out in November -- nm - ty97 Jun 21, 14:27 14
  - Good luck. It won't be an easy win. - Beryllium Jun 21, 14:31 13
    - I am certainly taking nothing for granted. Full speed ahead. -- nm - ty97 Jun 21, 14:32 12
      - One polling place for 615,000 people shows what we are up against. -- nm - Spawn Jun 21, 14:36 2
        
        Ugh -- nm - JackDawson Jun 21, 14:44 1
        
        Budice posted the above like perfect timing -- nm - Spawn Jun 21, 15:17
      - To wit -- (link) - ty97 Jun 21, 14:35 8
        
        Anyone who thinks it’s over or a cakewalk to me looks really brazen and foolish given 2016 -- nm - JackDawson Jun 21, 14:40 7
        
        I'm terrified, but also think that basic decency can win in November. -- nm - Tim Jun 21, 15:31 1
        
        I think if there were no voter shennanigans going on, I'd feel pretty confident. But since the voting is run by the lunatics, I'm terrified -- nm - JackDawson Jun 21, 15:37
        
        I don't know anyone who thinks this. -- nm - Reagen Jun 21, 14:58 3
        
        same. -- nm - loosilu Jun 21, 15:08
        
        Thankfully I don’t either -- nm - JackDawson Jun 21, 15:03 1
        
        Even the Bernie Bros have been quiet of late. -- nm - Reagen Jun 21, 15:11
        
        Precisely. Have the mindset that it is a dead heat or that Biden is behind. Keep that mindset. -- nm* - ty97 Jun 21, 14:42
Fire Department estimates Tulsa crowd size at just under 6,200. -- (link) - GregW Jun 21, 14:18
Whoever is Jean Smart’s agent needs a raise: Fargo, Legion, and Watchmen? All great shows, and she’s great in them. -- nm - Mop Jun 21, 14:14 2
- She is definitely the best part of Watchmen. - David Jun 21, 14:17 1
  - We finished up Watchmen last night, and agreed. A- overall. -- nm - JaxSean Jun 21, 14:26
holy heck. those were the best grits I've even. -- nm - prayformojo Jun 21, 14:08 1
- I can't even if they aren't sweet. -- nm - Max Jun 21, 14:08
Tennessean is investigating how a paid advertisement from a fringe religious group was published on Sunday -- (link) - budice Jun 21, 13:54 7
- i'll tell you how they did it, they paid in full cash check or card -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 21, 14:27
- It was a full-page ad? -- nm - GregW Jun 21, 14:24 1
  - Yes -- (link) - Spawn Jun 21, 14:34 [Backboard]
- Someone Callisto knows is getting fired -- nm - ty97 Jun 21, 13:55 3
  - Yeah, multiple someones, I think. -- nm - Dark Callisto Jun 21, 14:03
  - It sucks. They're good people. - David Jun 21, 14:01 1
    - Yikes -- nm - Epiphany Eggs and Bacey Jun 21, 14:48
The radio stations down here, even though most of them are 'mix' stations or 'greatest hits' stations, still seem to have very thin playlists - ty97 Jun 21, 13:45 2
- The only Toto I have! -- nm - Spawn Jun 21, 13:50 1
  - I have a Toto story, I can never remember what I told to whoom. -- nm - loosilu Jun 21, 15:45
Siberia hit an all-time high today of 100F. -- (link) - GregW Jun 21, 13:42
9 years ago Obama indicated he would withdraw 10k troops from Afghanistan. It was a number I decried as a typo. Should be 100k. -- nm - Qale Jun 21, 13:40
Trish's doc called me. Long story short, I can't pick her up tomorrow. She'll stay under observation. -- nm - crash davis Jun 21, 13:36 9
- hugs again -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 21, 14:28
- Still sending good vibes y'alls way -- nm - JaxSean Jun 21, 14:28
- :( -- nm - Tim Jun 21, 14:16
- damn. sorry to hear this -- nm - prayformojo Jun 21, 14:07
- :( -- nm - David Jun 21, 14:02
- Damn it. -- nm - Spawn Jun 21, 13:49
- :( -- nm - ty97 Jun 21, 13:45
- I’m sorry, man. Was hoping for better news. -- nm - spamlet Jun 21, 13:38 1
  - She better get home before D&D day. I need my mind fully free to work on the door problem. -- nm - crash davis Jun 21, 13:41
When you get right down to it, the time has come to give the lands back to the dinosaurs. -- nm - Spawn Jun 21, 13:28 3
- I'm all for giving the dinosaurs North Dakota and Manitoba -- nm - crash davis Jun 21, 13:36
- It's only fair. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 21, 13:29 1
  - What have you got to lose? -- nm - SMOD Jun 21, 14:54
TV PSA: Hightown, John Legend and Family, Lucy Worsley's Royal Myths & Secrets, United We Sing, Good Witch, Grantchester, Perry Mason, Snowpiercer, -- nm - Beaker Jun 21, 13:06 2
- The Chi, NOS4A2, Penny Dreadful, Worst Cooks, Why We Hate, Patriot Act With Hasan Minhaj (Netflix), Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, other stuff -- nm - Beaker Jun 21, 13:08 1
  - NOS4A2's back! wooHOOO ! -- nm - mud Jun 21, 13:15
He mop, Trump's campaign went from saying they would have no debates to wanting to have more than three. - Spawn Jun 21, 13:01 4
- I see nothing good coming out of having a debate this time around. -- nm - Qale Jun 21, 13:30 3
  - Everyone knows exactly who Trump is. Biden? -- nm - Spawn Jun 21, 13:43 2
    - Biden is Uncle Joe in the cool shades telling Barack Dad jokes -- nm - Remlik Jun 21, 15:01
    - We don’t care. We are voting for him -- nm - Epiphany Eggs and Bacey Jun 21, 14:50
Ann Wilson of Heart turned 70 this past Friday -- nm - ty97 Jun 21, 12:55 1
- :( -- nm - budice Jun 21, 12:55
The protestor arrested for trying to enter the rally with tix for the crime of wearing an "I can't breathe" tshirt, can she sue? campaign, cops? -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 21, 12:50 11
- The joke is on them, since she would have made noticeable difference in crowd numbers if she got in. (NM) - Marlowe Jun 21, 13:12 1
  - But she would not count after the audience killed her. -- nm - Spawn Jun 21, 13:14
- probably not, is my guess. -- (edited) - znufrii, silly old man Jun 21, 12:56
- I don't think she can sue for not being let in, but maybe for the arrest itself? Dunno. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 21, 12:52 7
  - She was arrested for refusing to leave private property. -- nm - Spawn Jun 21, 12:59 6
    - Then the question is on what grounds was she asked to leave? -- nm - Meg Jun 21, 13:02 5
      - it doesn't matter. If I, as a store owner, don't want Spawn in my store I can boot him. -- nm - Remlik Jun 21, 15:02 1
        
        you can but ..you can't. -- nm - mud Jun 21, 15:20
      - They reserve the right to deny entry. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 21, 14:31
      - I don't think it matters. -- nm - Ender Jun 21, 13:05
      - I think it is in the ticket verbiage that they can refuse entry to anyone they choose. -- nm - Spawn Jun 21, 13:04
I just had a bomber of Barleywine and I'm about to eat vast quantities of smoked meat. Happy Father's Day! -- nm - Reagen Jun 21, 12:45 2
- sounds firken awesome -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 21, 12:46
- I love a good barleywine -- nm - TWuG Jun 21, 12:46
Trump is 6'3" if he's standing on a cinder block. -- nm - Reagen Jun 21, 12:41 2
- The main thing I was getting at, is will we have Biden showing that he is taller? -- nm - Spawn Jun 21, 13:02
- maybe if he'd do that for the remainder of his term his minions can more easily kiss his big butt -- nm - mud Jun 21, 12:45
Finally watched the MCU Hulk movie last night. C+. That's by far my least favorite MCU character. Makes you appreciate what Ruffalo did with it - prayformojo Jun 21, 12:30
Florida man DOES NOT want to wear a mask at Walmart -- (link) - budice Jun 21, 12:13 10
- Of course these are likely the same people who think that businesses shouldn't have to serve gay people. - pmb Jun 21, 13:24
- I am shocked... SHOCKED... it’s an old white dude. -- nm* - Mr. Havens Jun 21, 12:43 3
  - This is always my guess as I drive past pickup trucks with Trump stickers. - JaxSean Jun 21, 14:30
  - He has privileges I mean rights, Ed. -- nm - Spawn Jun 21, 13:11 1
    - "blessings" -- nm - znufrii, silly old man Jun 21, 14:30
- I just want to point out that the moment we get inside, there’s a woman without a mask. -- nm - Mop Jun 21, 12:17 4
  - I couldn't tell if she was without a mask or if it just blended with her face. Compression on the video was not great. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 21, 12:18 3
    - two wm employees just standing there, one with, one w/o, just watching their coworker almost get punched in the face -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 21, 12:39 2
      - I’m sure management doesn’t want employees brawling with customers. - Mop Jun 21, 13:04 1
        
        Yes there are rules -- nm - Epiphany Eggs and Bacey Jun 21, 14:52
WWE: the Undertaker announced his future plans at the end of the Last Ride documentary. News spoils. -- (edited) - Will Hunting Jun 21, 12:11 2
- Thanks for the spoiler. Might want to put that with a warning in the IM. -- nm - pmb Jun 21, 13:20 1
  - Normally I would agree but, lol, Undertaker has retired like four times now. -- nm - Qale Jun 21, 13:33

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