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Fauci: vaccine - it’s "when and not if." -- (link) - mud Jun 23, 09:14 3
- He also just said that antibodies aren't enough. You have to get the right kind of antibodies, or it won't stop infection. - David Jun 23, 09:20 1
  - swell -- nm - mud Jun 23, 09:26
- Wait, is that guy still around? -- nm - 'Merica Jun 23, 09:19
Novak Djokovic's stunning turn into elite Tennis' Typhoid Mary is a bit of a shocker. (djocker?) - Diva Jun 23, 09:11 5
- There were other exhibition tennis tournaments with some slight differences. - Dano Jun 23, 09:22
- We were just watching BBC News making fun of him. -- nm - David Jun 23, 09:11 3
  - shoot, I would have loved to have seen that. -- nm - Diva Jun 23, 09:12 2
    - It was like, "World's #1 player is stupid anti-vaxxer who claims he would refuse cure. We're about to find out." -- nm - David Jun 23, 09:13 1
      - Watch what happens next!! -- nm - Diva Jun 23, 09:14
Good article on the crazy night it's supposed to be for NYC Congressional primaries. -- (link) - Tim Jun 23, 09:11 6
- And with all the mail in votes I wonder how long it will be before we get a decision in a lot of these races. -- nm - Krusty without grass Jun 23, 09:16 5
  - (Are you in a Congressional district with a primary? What about Dawson?) -- nm - Tim Jun 23, 09:17 2
    - Yes, I had a lot to vote on this year. -- nm - Krusty without grass Jun 23, 09:19 1
      - And as much as I tried I couldn't get any info about the district leaders so I left those blank. -- nm - Krusty without grass Jun 23, 09:19
  - That's what I'm a little afraid of come November. We're not gonna know on election night. -- nm - Tim Jun 23, 09:16 1
    - I have the same concern as well as others. -- nm - Krusty without grass Jun 23, 09:20
My hair is...still better than Boris Johnson's. -- nm - David Jun 23, 09:04 3
- I'm fairly certain my hairstyle at this point starred in quite a few 70's porn films. -- nm - JaxSean Jun 23, 09:12
- Jesus Christ, we're losing the Coronavirus battle to Boris fucking Johnson. - David Jun 23, 09:05 1
  - To be fair, he actually cares about it now that he's had it. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 23, 09:20
When evaluating historical behaviour of entertainment figures, here's the rule set I'm going to use ... - Beryllium Jun 23, 08:58
Aaron Sorkin's "Trial of the Chicago 7" to netflix. -- nm - MDH Jun 23, 08:52 1
- can't wait -- nm - mud Jun 23, 09:08
I feel like Trump wanting to do a second round of stimulus checks is him hoping to buy votes. - crash davis Jun 23, 08:52 8
- I'd be happy to just get my tax refund. -- nm - Mop Jun 23, 09:20
- If businesses are included I am sure his companies will clean-up, again. - Spawn Jun 23, 09:14
- that was my immediate first thought when I saw that -- nm - JaxSean Jun 23, 09:13
- word -- nm - tRuMaN Jun 23, 09:02
- They have to do something. He's either low 40s or upper 30s right now, depending on which polls you believe. -- nm - David Jun 23, 08:57 2
  - I saw a socialist state legislator say "if there was a simple bill that was just monthly payments to Americans, he'd sign it in a heartbeat. - Tim Jun 23, 08:59 1
    - It’s like his appearances on WWE with money falling from the sky. -- nm - Qale Jun 23, 13:24
- I mean, his name was on the checks!!! - Spawn Jun 23, 08:56
The Lincoln Project is the epitome of "the enemy of my enemy is my friend." - Tim Jun 23, 08:46 10
- In an earlier day they would have been extreme conservatives. They actually believe in conservative ideals which is different than most republicans - pmb Jun 23, 08:52 9
  - It's really why the two party system cannot hold. - Tim Jun 23, 08:57
  - True, but I would rather have ten of them than one Trump. -- nm - Spawn Jun 23, 08:53 7
    - Of course. My point is just, don't get too comfortable with them. As long as they serve their purpose now, fine, but my concern is just that they're -- (edited) - pmb Jun 23, 08:56 6
      - We'll need to remind Biden repeatedly that they aren't friends and can't be trusted to bargain in good faith -- nm - TWuG Jun 23, 09:10
      - I agree in that people need to know *who* they are. They made it a little clear, with Lincoln in there name but people are still learning (see B2). - Spawn Jun 23, 08:58 4
        
        "Most people don't know that Abraham Lincoln was a Republican" - DJT - crash davis Jun 23, 09:03 3
        
        The funniest was when Rand Paul went to ... I wanna say Emory? And tried to tell a bunch of black college students that. -- nm - Reagen Jun 23, 09:19 1
        
        whitesplaining -- nm - Spawn Jun 23, 09:24
        
        "Lincoln was a Republican and freed the slaves, the Democrat Party was the KKK." - Tim Jun 23, 09:04
I saw a woman at the store yesterday and the word that immediately popped into my mind was "statuesque". I then immediately started wondering if - crash davis Jun 23, 08:43 12
- you'd get 10 years for trying to topple her, dude -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 23, 15:22
- Like in Iowa? -- nm - Roger More Jun 23, 08:51 3
  - I'm not getting the Iowa reference. Please fill me in :) -- nm - crash davis Jun 23, 08:53 2
    - here -- (link) - Roger More Jun 23, 08:55 [Backboard] 1
      - Ah, thanks. Not only did the Confederacy lose the war, they lost the best memorial battle as well. -- nm - crash davis Jun 23, 09:00
- Why did you want to tear her down? -- nm - Spawn Jun 23, 08:44 6
  - I wanted to give her armor and a sword because she looked like a Nordic goddess - crash davis Jun 23, 08:46 5
    - Ah. Semi-tangent, did you see this? -- (link) - Spawn Jun 23, 08:49 [Backboard] 4
      - It is similar, but we are more talented than those losers. -- nm - crash davis Jun 23, 08:51 3
        
        You take the cork out of the bottle before drinking? - Spawn Jun 23, 08:52 2
        
        RC already has a straw in it before the game begins -- nm - crash davis Jun 23, 08:54 1
        
        Ah, expert level indeed. -- nm - Spawn Jun 23, 08:55
This is how humanity ends. -- (link) - Mop Jun 23, 08:43 2
- I bet those would have tasted great -- nm - Mola Ram si Jun 23, 08:46
- oh no, where is James Franco? -- nm - crash davis Jun 23, 08:44
Mexico City earthquake -- nm - JackDawson Jun 23, 08:36 20
- YouTube TV has nine different live news channels, and none of them is covering this yet. -- nm - David Jun 23, 09:07 4
  - I’m sure the Times will have a COVID SPREADS DUE TO EARTHQUAKE article up before we go to bed tonight -- nm - JackDawson Jun 23, 09:09
  - Okay, thank God for Telemundo. They've got it now. -- nm - David Jun 23, 09:08 2
    - They've downgraded it slightly to 7.5. Still having aftershocks. - David Jun 23, 09:11 1
      - yikes, that's significant. -- nm - loosilu Jun 23, 09:19
- Here's a webcam in Mexico City. Watch the clock at the top-right and jump back to nearly 10:31 AM. -- (link) - Mop Jun 23, 08:54 [youtube] 6
  - Well, remember that the camera's building is also moving - I think that magnified the swaying effect. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 23, 09:05 3
    - Yeah, that was just a stiff breeze! -- nm - Spawn Jun 23, 09:12 1
      - Right? And it's hard to tell because the potato camera doing the filming is not a russet. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 23, 09:21
    - ... and that was 500km away from the epicenter. Damn. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 23, 09:11
  - Mexico City airport. You can see the camera jiggle a bit around 10:31-10:32, but not much else. -- (link) - Mop Jun 23, 08:58 [youtube] 1
    - Zocalo, the big plaza in downtown Mexico City... you can see people pouring into the streets at about 10:29 AM. -- (link) - Mop Jun 23, 09:02 [youtube]
- Pacific Tsunami Warning Center prelim analysis: Hazardous tsunami waves are possible along the coasts of Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras -- nm - decline Jun 23, 08:53
- Dear 2020, it's still June -- nm* - budice Jun 23, 08:51 1
  - ik, r? ffs. -- nm - Diva Jun 23, 09:01
- Damn :( When I went to bed last night I had the distinct thought that there'd be an earthquake to wake me up, but I meant locally ... and smaller. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 23, 08:43
- 7.7 being reported with center in Oaxaca -- nm* - decline Jun 23, 08:41
- woof. 7.7 -- nm - Reagen Jun 23, 08:40 2
  - Oh, God. -- nm - David Jun 23, 08:57
  - epicenter in Oaxaca. -- nm - Reagen Jun 23, 08:41
It's 11:30 a.m. Arizona has already reported 3,593 new cases. - David Jun 23, 08:34 12
- And Martha McSally is losing so badly, she wants to give taxpayers $4,000 to...take vacations. -- (link) - Tim Jun 23, 08:51 1
  - "might as well swear in the astronaut guy now if her numbers are making her this desperate." -- nm - Tim Jun 23, 08:53
- That's huge. I don't think we ever had a day that bad and we were top 5 in cases a month ago. -- nm - pmb Jun 23, 08:48 5
  - That’s NY levels per capita I think? Or close? -- nm - JackDawson Jun 23, 08:49 4
    - It's gotta be close. I didn't check NY's daily numbers, but that's a big number (especially per capita). -- nm - pmb Jun 23, 08:57 3
      - Our peak I think was 11K so I think per capita it’s got to be close -- nm - JackDawson Jun 23, 09:02 2
        
        I think we peaked at about 2800 cases (thankfully we're down to around 500-600/day now and still dropping). Thought it would go up with Phase 3, but - pmb Jun 23, 09:14
        
        On the 20th we had 6300 cases here in Arizona -- nm* - eag Jun 23, 09:04
- I think they only publish numbers once a day -- nm - prayformojo Jun 23, 08:41 2
  - Forget it, he's rolling. -- nm - Boon Jun 23, 08:43 1
    - LOL -- nm - JenBro Jun 23, 08:49
- Good thing they stop reporting after 3 pm so everyone can eat dinner. -- nm - Bjarön Jun 23, 08:37
Listening to Trump's people explain why no masks are required tonight is something. Reporter: The city requires masks. - Spawn Jun 23, 08:23 4
- In little, tiny font at the corner of a random page.. - Marlowe Jun 23, 08:46
- “So the President is pro-choice?” -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 23, 08:34
- Ah, those damn dirty freedom-loving fascists. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 23, 08:24 1
  - "Shouldn't the president lead by example?" - Spawn Jun 23, 08:26
I'm catching up on Dave Chang's podcast and have backtracked to the episode with the artist David Choe - JD Jun 23, 08:17 1
- Choe is on a couple different episodes of Ugly Delicious and I love when he's there. He's so irreverant and out there. I always feel like anything - Diva Jun 23, 08:38
In things I'd like to have but will never ever actually buy, Ford is bringing back the Mach 1 Mustang -- (link) - crash davis Jun 23, 08:12 11
- Nice. I passed a new Corvette last week and thought it was a Ferrari. -- (pic) - Spawn Jun 23, 08:17 [Attachment] 10
  - That is something else -- nm - crash davis Jun 23, 08:28 3
    - Paper plate, the owner did not want to play. I was hoping he would give chase, but he was lame. -- nm - Spawn Jun 23, 08:31 2
      - While it seems lame, if I was in it, I'd probably laugh at other drivers and ignore them. -- nm - crash davis Jun 23, 08:34 1
        
        Well yeah but for the record, Ferrari drivers tend to have fun. - Spawn Jun 23, 08:39
  - I can see several similarities, but it does feel a bit too "American" for Ferrari still. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 23, 08:23 3
    - Too many sharp lines and kind of chunky where Ferrari is about a rounded and sleek look with their cars. -- nm - Krusty without grass Jun 23, 08:33
    - True. To further, I had just finished gassing up and it went past. So at speed, the colors and shape made me think it was a Ferrari. I jumped in - Spawn Jun 23, 08:30 1
      - I can see that being my reaction too when a shiny red cars flies by me. -- nm - Krusty without grass Jun 23, 08:34
  - It's beautiful, although all hypercars are starting to look the same. Not that I mind. -- nm - Mop Jun 23, 08:23 1
    - Agreed on the first sentence, disagreed with the second. -- nm - Spawn Jun 23, 08:25
Montana Supreme Court: Fossils are not minerals. - Bjarön Jun 23, 08:04 4
- The court is correct. Some fossils are minerals. Most you would probably argue on a technical level are rocks. -- nm - mafic Jun 23, 08:38
- This goes back to the Sue T-Rex discovery, although it's too late to save anyone from that clusterfuck. -- nm - Mop Jun 23, 08:29
- I was about to *raise finger* to this but the article presents a good reasoning. -- nm - Reagen Jun 23, 08:10
- interesting story, I appreciate you posting that -- nm - crash davis Jun 23, 08:09
Alfalfa from Little Rascals actor arrested over the weekend for "Huffing (compressed) Air" -- (link) - budice Jun 23, 07:59 15
- Wasn’t that an Eddie Murphy SNL sketch? -- nm - mafic Jun 23, 08:39
- Drug abuse is surely one thing where police funds can best be repurposed to social services. - Mop Jun 23, 08:26
- Really thought it was this guy. - zunk takes things literally Jun 23, 08:15 [Attachment]
- “Then clouds opened up and God said, I hate you Alfalfa!” -- nm - Spawn Jun 23, 08:01
- I did not know that was a thing -- nm - crash davis Jun 23, 08:00 10
  - The ones we had at an old job said inhalation might cause instant death. Seemed wise not to test that claim. -- nm - mafic Jun 23, 08:41
  - Picture kilbo cleaning keyboards at work, taking an occasional hit -- nm - budice Jun 23, 08:07 2
    - I always picture kilbo with minions who clean his keyboards -- nm - crash davis Jun 23, 08:10 1
      - all crazed on whippets! -- nm - mud Jun 23, 08:14
  - Yes, it's why it's locked up in electronics stores like razor blades in grocery stores - Reagen Jun 23, 08:04 3
    - Lock up the Reddi-wip! -- nm* - Krusty without grass Jun 23, 08:08 2
      - Relatedly, clean our your computer fans. My running temp dropped 20 degrees after doing this the other day. -- nm - Reagen Jun 23, 08:26 1
        
        Yup, inside the tower too if you have a desktop. - Krusty without grass Jun 23, 08:30
  - It's the propellant. -- nm - loosilu Jun 23, 08:03 1
    - Hmm, not quite. I looked it up. -- (link) - loosilu Jun 23, 08:06
Percentage of Americans who say death penalty is morally acceptable at record low: -- (link) - budice Jun 23, 07:53 5
- We’re pro life for abortion. But fucking die of covid etc -- nm - JackDawson Jun 23, 07:58
- GOOD. Now let's get some of those people on the Supreme Court. -- nm - ty97 Jun 23, 07:54 2
  - They would never make my list! -- nm - POTUS for life Jun 23, 07:56
  - We can do it. I'll take Sotomayor and you take Alito and lets get this done. -- nm - crash davis Jun 23, 07:55
- good, and I hope it goes even lower in the future -- nm - crash davis Jun 23, 07:54
The Sahara dust cloud has reached Jamaica -- (link) - decline Jun 23, 07:51 5
- The good thing is that it should suppress hurricane formation. -- nm - Dano Jun 23, 07:58
- oh I want to take ya -- nm - Spawn Jun 23, 07:52 3
  - grrrrrr.. -- nm - mud Jun 23, 07:53 2
    - Bermuda, Bahama -- nm - crash davis Jun 23, 07:57
    - *dances* -- nm - Mark Naird Jun 23, 07:55
Does anyone know where Pippy left her keys? -- nm - David Jun 23, 07:47 6
- Here...... -- (pic) - Meg Jun 23, 08:24 [Attachment] 1
  - that is awesome -- nm - crash davis Jun 23, 08:48
- I got tired of losing them, so they go on the Octopus Keyring Holder. -- nm - Epiphany - The UnOrganized Jun 23, 07:57 2
  - Maybe you should keep your marriage license there. -- nm - David Jun 23, 08:17 1
    - *giggling* - Epiphany - The UnOrganized Jun 23, 08:19
- I think there's a cool aspect about celebrating being together rather than worrying about any particular date. -- nm - budice Jun 23, 07:51
One! - Spawn Jun 23, 07:47 12
- Love -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 23, 15:26
- Punch. -- nm - tRuMaN Jun 23, 08:01 1
  - Man! -- nm - Beryllium Jun 23, 08:17
- Is the loneliest number! -- nm - Strongbad Jun 23, 07:58
- Yours? -- nm - loosilu Jun 23, 07:54 5
  - lol, no. Close though. Miata convertible. -- nm - Spawn Jun 23, 07:55 4
    - I forgot about those. -- nm - loosilu Jun 23, 08:03 1
      - This one is white, in mint condition. So they are rightly worried about getting asphalt on it. Plus, it will be penned in. It could have parked about - Spawn Jun 23, 08:07
    - Then have a couple dudes pick it up and move it rather than wait for a tow truck -- nm - crash davis Jun 23, 07:57 1
      - I mentioned that to the paving company but they said they got in trouble last time they did that. They have time as they are working other areas first -- nm - Spawn Jun 23, 08:00
- I win! -- nm - Flavorize Jun 23, 07:49
- Singular sensation. -- nm - Bjarön Jun 23, 07:49

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