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Natinals shut down Monday workout as they await results of COVID testing from Friday. -- (link) - Diva Jul 6, 08:12
Ok, so I was pretty well off line all weekend. Logged on this morning - are people really canceling Hamilton and Lin-Manuel? nm - Daniel Prime Jul 6, 08:01 12
- I do remember seeing some criticism of LMM over his supposed anti- stance on PR independence in the face of yet more presidential asshattery - znufrii, silly old man Jul 6, 08:09
- Seeing complaints that he glorified all of these slavers and didn't say enough in the show about it. nm - Daniel Prime Jul 6, 08:07 8
  - That's not really canceling, though. -- nm - Whatever the Hell It Is You Do in Maracello Jul 6, 08:16
  - oh, timely from the twitter feed -- (link) - ty97 Jul 6, 08:14
  - And that he’s anti-statehood for PR. -- nm - Marquis de spamulette Jul 6, 08:09 1
    - Here's a summary of the PR controversy -- (link) - ty97 Jul 6, 08:12
  - Just send them a Picard Oh Come On gif and move on. -- nm - Baron Burr Jul 6, 08:09 3
    - You're the worst, Burr -- nm - ty97 Jul 6, 08:09 2
      - "You are the worst, Burr'. -- nm* - Diva Jul 6, 08:13
      - *snort* -- nm - Baron Burr Jul 6, 08:11
- No? -- nm - ty97 Jul 6, 08:04
- no -- nm - Epiphany -Empress of the Rainbow Valley Jul 6, 08:02
AMZN: 3000 -- nm - Reagen Jul 6, 08:00
SCOTUS: A case about contraception and religious institutions is left and of course Trump taxes (as well as about 2 more minor ones) - JackDawson Jul 6, 07:40 5
- any timeline on when those will come out? -- nm - colin Jul 6, 07:49 4
  - I’d say a week or two -- nm - JackDawson Jul 6, 07:53
  - Next opinion date not announced yet -- nm - ty97 Jul 6, 07:49
  - or are we one or two a week for the next month? -- nm - colin Jul 6, 07:49 1
    - if my recollection of past terms with a significant number of major decisions saved for the end is correct, they'll start releasing them every day - znufrii, silly old man Jul 6, 07:53
New Maine Poll: -- (link) - mud Jul 6, 07:36 6
- Far too close for comfort. -- nm - znufrii, silly old man Jul 6, 07:38 3
  - Yup. Margin of error for what should be the easiest senate pick of the night is not amazing -- nm - JackDawson Jul 6, 07:39 2
    - especially with 12% undecided - znufrii, silly old man Jul 6, 07:43
    - though as little as 9 months ago, Collins had a lead in the teens. -- nm - Reagen Jul 6, 07:41
- I hope her wishy washy ass gets voted out -- nm - Epiphany -Empress of the Rainbow Valley Jul 6, 07:38 1
  - Oh, she's not wishy washy. She knows exactly what she's doing and who's in charge. She just panders to the left because it makes her look good. -- nm - Mop Jul 6, 07:54
Kagan watched Hamilton this weekend - from her opinion - JackDawson Jul 6, 07:18 2
- HA! -- nm - ty97 Jul 6, 08:02
- Nicely put. -- nm - Whatever the Hell It Is You Do in Maracello Jul 6, 07:54
SCOTUS: States can bar faithless electors -- nm - JackDawson Jul 6, 07:11 18
- makes sense to me - you don't want rogue actors being able to muck things up just because. -- nm - Reagen Jul 6, 07:32
- IANAL but it seemed to me pretty obvious that states would have a lot of leeway on rules on their electors. -- nm - Dano Jul 6, 07:28 4
  - That’s the basis for the decision and that principle has tremendous implications— it’s definitely a move against the electoral college in a slight way -- nm - JackDawson Jul 6, 07:32 3
    - I was thinking this too. It's probably the right decision (or the decision I think is right since I think EC is awful) - ty97 Jul 6, 07:49 2
      - Unanimous with this court makes it pretty clear. -- nm - Dano Jul 6, 07:58 1
        
        It basically seemed like a no-brainer to me, but again, what do I know? -- nm - ty97 Jul 6, 08:03
- I found it funny that the 4 who sued refused to vote Clinton even though she won the popular vote in their state. -- nm - MDH Jul 6, 07:22 3
  - It was to try to get republican electors to vote for Powell and deprive trump a majority -- nm - JackDawson Jul 6, 07:26 2
    - Well that's simply delusional. -- nm - MDH Jul 6, 07:46 1
      - You may recall that a large number of you were totally deluded back then as to whether how or when you’d “stop Trump” from becoming - JackDawson Jul 6, 07:55
- Yes -- nm - JackDawson Jul 6, 07:21
- Is that it for today? -- nm - Marquis de Krusty Jul 6, 07:18
- Why do they hate atheists? (NM) - Marlowe Jul 6, 07:15
- What about faithful electors? -- nm - Roger More Jul 6, 07:15 4
  - Interesting that it’s unanimous— if the electoral college pledge ever passes that’s a good sign -- nm - JackDawson Jul 6, 07:15 3
    - are you referring to the popular vote compact (or whatever it's called)? I was curious about the implications for that of this decision. -- nm* - znufrii, silly old man Jul 6, 07:16 2
      - Reading it to see if any implications (I’m sure it’s not mentioned though it was at oral arg) but yes I am -- nm - JackDawson Jul 6, 07:22 1
        
        Yeah. It seems to me like you could infer that they are saying States have a lot of freedom with what they do with their electors - Dano Jul 6, 08:06
Attempts to collect government issued or government guaranteed debts cannot be exempted from a ban on robocalls by debt collectors. - znufrii, silly old man Jul 6, 07:11 3
- Scotusblog is moot now that they’re not handing them in court you can just refresh the court’s website and get the result faster as in the above ;-) -- nm - JackDawson Jul 6, 07:13 2
  - heh. - znufrii, silly old man Jul 6, 07:13 1
    - It takes them weirdly longer than it would take an average lawyer to post the results - click refresh on scotus’s website click on opinion then scroll - JackDawson Jul 6, 07:15
Breaking news! Xbox Games Showcase is July 23rd at 9AM Pacific. -- (link) - Shaun Jul 6, 07:08
Four of our branches are opening today for the first time since March! Also today, this headline in the local news: "COVID Infections Rising - Whatever the Hell It Is You Do in Maracello Jul 6, 07:07
Happy 85th birthday, Dalai Lama. I know you read this board. -- nm - Baron Burr Jul 6, 06:59 2
- I'm sure CY would pass on our best wishes.😉 -- nm - Meg Jul 6, 08:23
- OMG, that's who Gort is! -- nm - prayformojo Jul 6, 08:03
I am on screener duty at the office today. We are adding more people back part time. Right now: -- (pic) - Andie Jul 6, 06:51 [Attachment] 14
- Unrelated, are you playing softball at all this summer or not? - Guigue Jul 6, 07:12 3
  - No. City didn't issue any league permits for this summer. -- nm - Andie Jul 6, 07:14 2
    - Too bad (or maybe "Good"? I'm not sure yet). -- nm - Guigue Jul 6, 07:41 1
      - I was okay with missing it this summer! -- nm - Andie Jul 6, 08:18
- Stay safe! -- nm - Marquis de Krusty Jul 6, 06:56
- Are you allowed to shoot people who don't pass? -- nm - Baron Burr Jul 6, 06:55 5
  - One could argue she’s under a moral obligation to do so. -- nm - mafic Jul 6, 07:01 2
    - "I can do nothin' for you, son." *click* -- nm - True Grit Andie Jul 6, 07:29 1
      - I laughed extra hard at this visual -- nm - Epiphany -Empress of the Rainbow Valley Jul 6, 07:37
  - or turn away those you don't like? -- nm - decline Jul 6, 07:00 1
    - "Sorry Chad, your temperature is 112 degrees. No I can't show it to you" -- nm - rollo Jul 6, 07:14
- Yuck. Stay safe! -- nm - JaxSean Jul 6, 06:54
- very fashionable darling! -- nm - Epiphany - Empress of the Rainbow Valley Jul 6, 06:54
- Such power you wield -- nm - decline Jul 6, 06:53
re: timelines, we saw a movie title on Amazon, The Mandella Effect, and we went down a wormhole of "examples." One I found was the JFK assassination. - JaxSean Jul 6, 06:45 5
- Did you have any snacks? (Remember when our movie reports included snacks?) -- nm - Whatever the Hell It Is You Do in Maracello Jul 6, 07:12
- was the movie good ? -- nm - decline Jul 6, 07:04 2
  - We haven't watch it yet, but added it to our watchlist. - JaxSean Jul 6, 07:21
  - If we all tell him it was he’ll believe it. -- nm - Marquis de spamulette Jul 6, 07:17
- And I still say those bears are Jewish! -- nm - Baron Burr Jul 6, 06:51
3 Congressional Races To Watch In New Jersey’s Democratic Primary -- (link) - ty97 Jul 6, 06:43
Frederick Douglass statue torn down in Rochester, NY -- (link) - znufrii, silly old man Jul 6, 06:41
Trump going after NASCAR and Bubba Wallace -- (link) - Beaker Jul 6, 06:28 10
- I wonder if people told him that if he announced a televised ceremony where he would resign would have the largest ratings EVER, if he would do it. NM - Marlowe Jul 6, 07:03
- The President of the United States is upset that a group would choose not to display a flag of an group that killed hundreds of thousands of Americans - Will Hunting Jul 6, 07:00 3
  - Saying the quiet parts out loud now. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 6, 07:49 1
    - "now"? -- nm - znufrii, silly old man Jul 6, 07:51
  - he honestly believes most americans are as racist as he is and thinks it's the way to win. - colin Jul 6, 07:47
- Ugh. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 6, 07:00
- I hate this timeline. -- nm - Marquis de Krusty Jul 6, 06:35 1
  - agreed -- nm - JaxSean Jul 6, 06:45
- Eyes on the prize! -- nm - Reagen Jul 6, 06:29 1
  - pro-Confederate Flag, against black driver...seems on par for his base -- nm - Beaker Jul 6, 06:29
The healing power of Black art: a collection of musicians, artists, and photographers to sit with a while. -- (link) - spamlet Jul 6, 06:27
Looks like Kasabian is (possibly) done for now. - JaxSean Jul 6, 06:23 8
- Sounds like they clubbed their foot -- nm - ty97 Jul 6, 06:28
- What's Kasabian? -- nm - decline Jul 6, 06:26 6
  - A root vegetable found in the mountains of Borneo -- nm - Marquis de Krusty Jul 6, 06:37
  - It's a gourmet variety of updog. nm - ralph wiggum Jul 6, 06:34 3
    - i'd liken it more to a henway -- nm - prayformojo Jul 6, 06:35 2
      - Or possibly a bofa. nm - ralph wiggum Jul 6, 06:41 1
        
        Maybe more like a butfore? -- nm - mafic Jul 6, 06:42
  - To quote this YouTube commenter: "Kasabian were masters of making catchy songs with titles you never remember" -- (link) - JaxSean Jul 6, 06:34 [youtube]
If things don't change in the next 10 hours there will be Yankees playing baseball live on my TV tonight and I can't wait. :-) - Marquis de Krusty Jul 6, 06:16 1
- If children are less likely to suffer the effects of the pandemic, why didn’t we have Little League all this time? Or... just random kids in parks. -- nm - Qale Jul 6, 07:38
Assuming it doesn't fall apart due to the virus, I thought I would run a pool for the MLS is Back tournament -- (link) - zork Jul 6, 06:08
Remember my concern that the pandemic is making our side veer into Dismissal of science and ignorance to advance a political message? Yeah... -- (link) - JackDawson Jul 6, 05:33 10
- In the end, people are people and will want to believe the science that supports their POV. - Name Withheld By Request Jul 6, 07:26
- I'm not sure that's the conclusion I get after reading the article. - Marquis de Krusty Jul 6, 05:50 8
  - They’re recounting epidemiologists having different reactions depending on the type of protest - JackDawson Jul 6, 06:01 2
    - I don't think silence = ignorance -- nm - JaxSean Jul 6, 06:09 1
      - (but it does show bias, which is bad) -- nm - JaxSean Jul 6, 06:09
  - They talk about how people are concerned about both the protests spreading the virus but also the need for the protests. But I didn't get that there - Marquis de Krusty Jul 6, 05:57 4
    - I generally agree with this. And then there is the actual results that show that the protests haven't led to a spike. - pmb Jul 6, 06:16 3
      - Right this makes sense — by the same token there seems to be no proof of spikes from the people who protested shutdowns either...the very thing - JackDawson Jul 6, 07:00 2
        
        I don't know that those were studied though (and they were dramatically smaller in scale). So I don't think you're comparing apples to apples. -- nm - pmb Jul 6, 07:20 1
        
        I'm not the one claiming that one set of gatherings will result in one result and another in another -- nm - JackDawson Jul 6, 08:25
ST What did you watch this weeekend? -- nm - Beaker Jul 6, 04:23 22
- Hamilton B+, first 3 episodes of Doom Patrol B+, Destination Wedding B -- nm - Mop Jul 6, 08:15
- Not Hamilton - NA. Rest of the HP movies (C+?) -- nm - colin Jul 6, 07:48 1
  - started watching The Capture.. i'm intrigued. -- nm - colin Jul 6, 08:01
- Hamilton: A+, Some Warrior Nun: B (slow start), Destiny 2 with ST people: A+ -- nm - Shaun Jul 6, 07:16
- Hamilton - A+. S4 Hart of Dixie (yeah, that name though) - A. Ep 1 Warrior Nun - B. -- nm - General Whee Jul 6, 06:44
- Extraction B-. Lots of motor racing A. -- nm - zunk takes things literally Jul 6, 06:41
- Hamilfilm, A - znufrii, silly old man Jul 6, 06:24
- Hamilton - A+ -- nm - pmb Jul 6, 06:24
- Hamilton A+, Sopranos S5 (rewatch #5or6) -- nm - mud Jul 6, 06:12
- Hannibal Season 1 B-, first couple episodes of The Great A, 1/2 of season 1 of Good Behavior A-. -- nm - Epiphany -Peking Duckling Jul 6, 06:07
- The first four episodes of The Outsider -- nm - zork Jul 6, 06:04
- Hours of YouTube, mostly Traffic and Blind Faith. -- nm - loosilu Jul 6, 05:44 1
  - I also watched a bunch of YouTube but mostly cams of birds around the world with a Revolutionary War doc thrown in after watching Hamilton -- nm - Marquis de Krusty Jul 6, 05:59
- Warrior Nun: B -- nm - decline Jul 6, 05:39 1
  - also spoiler - decline Jul 6, 06:55
- Hamilton: A+, Unsolved Mysteries: B-, Home Game: A (I highly recommend this show), iZombie S4: B -- nm - Marquis de Krusty Jul 6, 05:39
- Knives Out: A-. Stuber: A-* Onward: B+. Finished up GOT S6: B--. - JaxSean Jul 6, 05:19
- 1917, A+ as a technical piece of filmmaking, B+ as an actual film. -- nm - mafic Jul 6, 05:16 2
  - I'm in a similar place on 1917. Technically awesome, story just OK. -- nm - Baron Burr Jul 6, 06:48 1
    - so glad we got to see it in theater - it really is best there. -- nm - colin Jul 6, 07:48
- Hamilton A+ ; first 5 episodes of Warrior Nun: B -- nm - Beaker Jul 6, 04:24 1
  - 1st 3 eps of Warrior Nun - C, Midway - D, Grant doc on History Channel - B+. -- nm* - Diva Jul 6, 05:03
TV PSA: Below Deck Med, Black Ink Crew Chi, Bachelor, Raw, Titan Games, Who's Line is it Anyway?, Penn & Teller, I May Destroy You, Stargirl (DCU), -- nm - Beaker Jul 6, 04:20 1
- So Weird (Disney+), other stuff -- nm - Beaker Jul 6, 04:20
local friend has this conjecture that an early gossip girls episode had hints about Epstein/Maxwell in a show.... - zeitgeist Jul 6, 01:52
Ennio Morricone is dead. -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 6, 00:49 4
- G,B,U is my ringtone -- nm - zork Jul 6, 06:09
- RIP! (NM) - Marlowe Jul 6, 06:07
- He wrote The Mission score, an astonishingly beautiful work. -- nm - loosilu Jul 6, 05:43
- also Charles Webb, author of The Graduate -- (link) - zeitgeist Jul 6, 02:42
Not to be outdone by China's report of a potential new swine flu (or was it avian flu?), there's now a report of bubonic plague out of ... China. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 6, 00:21 4
- last time I went to Kazakhstan there was plague around the China/Mongolia/Kazakhstan border region. it's not a big deal if caught earlyish. -- nm - mafic Jul 6, 01:59
- fyi black plague is a constant problem with rodents esp on the west coast...but its a bacterial infection and is easily cured with simple antibiotics - zeitgeist Jul 6, 01:25 2
  - so you're saying anti-antibiotics will be the new craze of the crazy anti-vaccine movement in the US... -- nm - Beaker Jul 6, 05:13 1
    - Lemme see, the negatives cancel, so... probiotics? -- nm - mafic Jul 6, 06:15
I love this. -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 6, 00:13

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