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Translating: "Some of Trump's support is racist. The other part of it is racist, but with more words." -- (link) - Reagen Jul 7, 07:19 2
- Krystal Ball? Really? Most people don't use their porn name professionally -- nm - Daniel Prime Jul 7, 07:24 1
  - "Her father Edward Ball is a physicist and mother Rose Marie Ball, a teacher. The name Krystal came from her father, a physicist who wrote his - ty97 Jul 7, 07:28
ST Poll -- Without looking, do you know who uses the domain of theice.com? If not, what would you think it's for? -- nm* - znufrii, silly old man Jul 7, 07:11 14
- Something stupid. -- nm - Spawn Jul 7, 07:41
- The artist formerly known as budice -- nm - the ice Jul 7, 07:35 1
  - Ha! -- nm - Epiphany -Orange Julius Denier Jul 7, 08:01
- DaBeers Diamonds -- nm - Epiphany -Orange Julius Denier Jul 7, 07:33
- My guess would be Dentine gum. -- nm - Mop Jul 7, 07:30
- Either Cube or T. -- nm - zunk takes things literally Jul 7, 07:23
- Vanilla -- nm - Beaker Jul 7, 07:14
- No and one of those companies that sells ice in bags -- nm - Marquis de Krusty Jul 7, 07:13 5
  - make sure you pay for the expedited shipping. -- nm - Reagen Jul 7, 07:22 3
    - Heh. :-) We used to ship ice to Europe. - Marquis de Krusty Jul 7, 07:24
    - non-expedited orders are referred for processing to bagowater.org -- nm - rollo Jul 7, 07:24 1
      - Ha! -- nm - Marquis de Krusty Jul 7, 07:25
  - Good answer. - znufrii, silly old man Jul 7, 07:21
- Tonya Harding. -- nm - Baron Burr Jul 7, 07:13
Missed this one from awhile back: Sarah Cooper: How to moistly. -- (link) - Shaun Jul 7, 07:06 2
- My favorite part is the wink after "that is okay" -- nm - Dano Jul 7, 07:08 1
  - Yeah the wink is great. -- nm - Shaun Jul 7, 07:09
Excited about picking up new kitty tomorrow. Still debating names. - Dano Jul 7, 07:02 16
- Radar -- nm - Spawn Jul 7, 07:43 1
  - I actually did consider that to keep with the MASH theme and he seems more like a Radar than a Klinger. -- nm - Dano Jul 7, 07:47
- Jack Biscuit -- nm - Epiphany -Orange Julius Denier Jul 7, 07:23
- Klinger makes me smile. -- nm - zunk takes things literally Jul 7, 07:23
- Hamilton -- nm - budice Jul 7, 07:20
- Wrongturn? -- nm - Roger More Jul 7, 07:18
- One of those suggestions is Good. -- nm - Qale Jul 7, 07:17 1
  - I was Desparately Wanting someone to reply with that. -- nm - Dano Jul 7, 07:35
- Gray kitty...Smoke. -- nm - Shaun Jul 7, 07:10 1
  - Smokey -- nm - budice Jul 7, 07:11
- Kitty Purry, Mr. Meowgi, uh... Rahm Emeownuel? -- nm - mafic Jul 7, 07:09 1
  - Puma Thurman? I'll show myself out. -- nm - mafic Jul 7, 07:36
- Judge Kitty Kitty Meow Meow Face-Shwartstein, but only for the cat shows. Something shorter for everyday use. -- nm - Baron Burr Jul 7, 07:05 3
  - I'll take opinions/suggestions, but I've learned from Boaty McBoatface not to give the internet final say. -- nm - Dano Jul 7, 07:06 2
    - Jake Jortles. -- nm - Baron Burr Jul 7, 07:19 1
      - If I was going for an NFL themed name I think I'd go with Tucker -- nm - Dano Jul 7, 07:34
This morning's nonstop Hamilton earworm (spoiler) - prayformojo Jul 7, 06:54 14
- Non-stop does become an earworm easily -- nm - ty97 Jul 7, 07:25
- One of my favorite parts of seeing it live...when he says "everybody" and the entire crowd sings along. Good times. -- nm - Daniel Prime Jul 7, 07:07
- I'm still shocked that King George is the lead from Mindhunter. -- nm - Inigo Jul 7, 06:56 11
  - Groff-sauce was also in Glee. -- nm - Daniel Prime Jul 7, 07:02
  - Kristoff!!! -- nm - Shaun Jul 7, 07:00 2
    - That too! -- nm* - Inigo Jul 7, 07:00
    - Jesse from Glee! -- nm - Beaker Jul 7, 07:00
  - He looks larger as King George. -- nm - Marquis de Krusty Jul 7, 06:59 6
    - Most people look small compared to Cameron Britton. -- nm - Reagen Jul 7, 07:04 5
      - He was scary good as Kemper. -- nm - Marquis de Krusty Jul 7, 07:06 4
        
        Ellie Kemper? That's some range -- nm - Roger More Jul 7, 07:20
        
        Have you seen the side by sides of him and Kemper? nm - Daniel Prime Jul 7, 07:18 1
        
        I just did and he's actually bigger than Kemper but looks so much like him. -- nm - Marquis de Krusty Jul 7, 07:20
        
        Indeed. Loved him in Umbrella Academy too. -- nm - Baron Burr Jul 7, 07:09
Novavax gets $1.6 billion towards production of Coronavirus vaccine, with 100 million does expected by January 2021 -- (link) - znufrii, silly old man Jul 7, 06:50 1
- Future Headline: Expected cost to Canadians...free. Expected cost to Americans $5,000 -- nm - Beaker Jul 7, 06:52
Holy, these dudes rasslin. -- (link) - Shaun Jul 7, 06:46
IL: Daily COVID deaths, 7-Day average: 18, lowest since March 26th -- nm - rollo Jul 7, 06:39 7
- nice -- nm - JackDawson Jul 7, 06:47
- The U.S.'s 3 day death average is also the lowest since March 26th. - Inigo Jul 7, 06:46 3
  - 7 day average is barely above March 30th levels. -- nm - Inigo Jul 7, 06:54 2
    - this makes me think that the US numbers for March-April were probably at least 4-5 times what the testing caught. - mafic Jul 7, 07:00 1
      - Probably all of the above, and this new strain is contagious, but less deadly. -- (edited) - Inigo Jul 7, 07:04
- WtGIL -- nm - prayformojo Jul 7, 06:41 1
  - 2 weeks ago it was 49 ... good job indeed -- nm - rollo Jul 7, 06:46
We've finally identified the line of what's more important to Chuck Grassley than playing along with the current GOP: not dying. -- (link) - Cuzzin Todd Jul 7, 06:21
Uh, DeSean...? -- (link) - Reagen Jul 7, 06:02 9
- “Anyone who feels I have hate towards the Jewish community took my post the wrong way,” he said as he believed he was quoting Hitler. -- nm - pmb Jul 7, 06:52
- I was gonna guess he got it from Farrakhan. -- nm - Baron Burr Jul 7, 06:24 1
  - Or Ice Cube. -- nm - Baron Burr Jul 7, 06:25
- This isn’t the first time, right? -- nm - spamlet Jul 7, 06:23
- I can't wait to hear the Eagles excuse this one. -- nm - Marquis de Krusty Jul 7, 06:19 3
  - there's no excuse for it -- nm - rollo Jul 7, 06:55
  - ~...and I can't tell you why...~ -- nm - Eagles Jul 7, 06:28
  - ~Take it, to the limit, one more tiiiime.~ -- nm - Eagles Jul 7, 06:24
- Yeah... -- nm - General Whee Jul 7, 06:10
We saw bats flying around outside of our living room window last night. This is huge. I'd like to think they are chilling in our bat house now. - Shaun Jul 7, 05:47 16
- Somewhere, Raoul Duke just felt a shudder go up his spine. -- nm - Baron Burr Jul 7, 07:02
- Someone is holding the "B" key down. - Dano Jul 7, 06:15
- awesome. great news. where did you get the bat house? -- nm - Beaker Jul 7, 06:13 4
  - I made mine. there are super easy plans online. -- nm - amanda Jul 7, 06:41 1
    - this is what I'm doing once the mobile chicken coop is done. -- nm - mafic Jul 7, 07:04
  - We've had the bat house since like 2011, so I do not recall where we got it exactly. It was occupied the first year we had it, nothing since... - Shaun Jul 7, 06:38
  - (probably elsewhere too, but here specifically they've been almost wiped out due to a virus) -- nm - Beaker Jul 7, 06:15
- That's awesome! -- nm - General Whee Jul 7, 06:10
- you should get a bat call detector! a biologist that came to a site I worked at had one. he'd sit by the fire, or a light and point it up at night. - mafic Jul 7, 05:56 6
  - huh. it was one of these, and turns out they're not cheap. so maybe not? -- (link) - mafic Jul 7, 07:03 2
    - I did a quick google, and yeah, I'll pass. -- nm - Shaun Jul 7, 07:05
    - but apparently there's a not super expensive one for iphones -- (link) - mafic Jul 7, 07:05
  - aren't the bats in Australia like man eaters or something? Super poisonous at the very least right? -- nm - Beaker Jul 7, 06:49
  - Want! -- nm - Andie Jul 7, 06:49
  - That sounds like a super cool device. -- nm - Shaun Jul 7, 06:39
- We need a bat house. Haven't seen bats in maybe 5 years. -- nm - Maracello Jul 7, 05:48
Bruising budget complicates Corey Johnson’s mayoral prospects -- (link) - ty97 Jul 7, 05:45 7
- I'm done with him. I'm looking for someone else. He failed us at a very important time and if he can't deal with a weak mayor - Marquis de Krusty Jul 7, 05:55 6
  - "outraged both left-flank Democrats who wanted deeper cuts to the NYPD and pro-police moderates who believe it will lead to increased crime." - ty97 Jul 7, 05:58 5
    - And he lost. He talked a big game but failed when we needed him the most. He couldn't convince his colleagues on police reform at this time - Marquis de Krusty Jul 7, 06:04 4
      - oh I'm not arguing to vote for him. It's a long time before I know who I'm voting for (don't even know who is running) - ty97 Jul 7, 06:05 3
        
        He didn't have the votes and I wonder if a better leader would have been able to get more. -- nm* - Marquis de Krusty Jul 7, 06:07 2
        
        The part that worries me is if no leader would. - ty97 Jul 7, 06:10 1
        
        We do need new council members and thankfully most of them are gone next year being term limited out. -- nm - Marquis de Krusty Jul 7, 06:13
Pete Best is feeling magnanimous, for some reason. -- (link) - Maracello Jul 7, 05:44
Hey all, join the pool for the MLS is Back tournament. No soccer knowledge required ... -- (link) - zork Jul 7, 05:42
Something I've long said is that the GOP is just better at marketing than the Dems. -- (link) - Cuzzin Todd Jul 7, 05:39 3
- When it comes to politics, Republicans are good politicians, Democrats are snowflakes -- nm - JackDawson Jul 7, 06:08 2
  - Well, it's a lot easier to argue for going to back to where we used to be than convince people to go forward towards somewhere new - znufrii, silly old man Jul 7, 06:14 1
    - It's also easier to market when a) you have no message b) you then proceed to make up or adopt any message whatsoever and c) you make sure to adopt th - JackDawson Jul 7, 06:26
Unemployment: United Airlines to issue thousands of Layoff notices. -- (link) - budice Jul 7, 05:37
A rumor has surfaced that Warner Bros. is planning to develop a reboot of Justice League entitled Rebirth that's separate from the Snyder Cut. -- (link) - Beaker Jul 7, 05:07 2
- I'd forgotten there even was a Justice League movie. I mean without Gleek what was the point? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jul 7, 05:53
- At some point they’re just going to stop trying to make fetch happen right? -- nm - spamlet Jul 7, 05:33
The Lincoln Project is now trying to trigger Trump's paranoia, apparently. -- (link) - Maracello Jul 7, 05:01 4
- That ad has an audience of 1 -- nm - Dano Jul 7, 06:14 3
  - All of their ads have had an audience of 1. They exploited his lack of control for fundraising purposes. -- nm - spamlet Jul 7, 06:28
  - [...an audience of one...] -- nm - whispers Jul 7, 06:21
  - Yup. -- nm - Maracello Jul 7, 06:18
Yikes. Georgia Tech not requiring facemasks in class More than 850 faculty sign letter of concern -- (link) - prayformojo Jul 7, 05:01 1
- This was resolved yesterday. USG statement. -- (link) - Strongbad Jul 7, 07:24
holeeeee hell, that was a storm that hit over night. House shook a couple of times and the power was knocked out briefly -- nm - prayformojo Jul 7, 04:59
TV PSA: Deadliest Catch, Stargirl, Chopped, Dirty Jobs, The Vote, Million Dollar Listing, Tom Papa: Freaked Out, Celebrity Show-Off, Dirty John, -- nm - Beaker Jul 7, 04:19 1
- Supermarket Stakeout, Tribute To Stiller & Meara...With Ben Stiller!, Jim Jefferies: Intolerant (Netflix), Secrets of the Dead, other stuff -- nm - Beaker Jul 7, 04:20
NPR tweeted the Declaration of Independence, trumpers didn't like it.... -- (link) - zeitgeist Jul 7, 02:29 2
- (Three years ago) - JaxSean Jul 7, 03:17 1
  - It's an annual event. -- (link*) - . Jul 7, 03:43
Bolsonaro denies c19 symptom claims.... -- (link) - zeitgeist Jul 6, 22:43 1
- The quote is incomplete. He said after mentioning his lungs are clean that he is waiting for the results of a test he made yesterday. (NM) - Marlowe Jul 7, 05:55
We did it! For the first time, yesterday Texas claimed the top spot for new cases! Nice job everybody. -- nm - Qale Jul 6, 22:34 4
- REMEMBER THE ALAMO!!! -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jul 7, 05:59
- USA! USA! USA! -- nm - Beaker Jul 7, 05:13
- Rachel Maddow was saying tonight that we're going past the tipping point where it will not be possible to contact trace with 1% infected, no stopping - zeitgeist Jul 6, 22:40 1
  - Oh I already have been trying to tell that to those who mention tracing. Tracing is irrelevant with this many cases. We need more than the mask... - Qale Jul 6, 22:50
The allies used SS soldiers to guard the Nuremberg trials. -- (link) - Mop Jul 6, 21:45 [youtube]
This is the Costco I went to with my dad the other day -- (link) - ty97 Jul 6, 21:07 8
- What an idiotic t-shirt. -- nm - Maracello Jul 7, 04:56
- Do these people not understand that they'll lose their jobs every time? -- nm - David Jul 6, 21:30 2
  - "We meet again, consequences of my actions." -- nm - Reagen Jul 7, 05:23
  - the woman who deliberately coughed on a baby was fired from job at a school district -- (link) - zeitgeist Jul 6, 23:31
- There’s some encouraging follow-up in the replies. Costco escorted the man out of the store. How long until he’s identified? -- nm - Mop Jul 6, 21:13 3
  - even so, we still can't neuter him :((( -- nm - Peglegpete Jul 6, 21:36 2
    - Not unless prop 98 is passed. -- nm - Mop Jul 6, 21:43 1
      - I'm glad the prop vehemently insists on no anesthetic -- nm - Peglegpete Jul 6, 23:06
Prissy English traveler flew Harbour Air from Nanaimo to Vancouver. -- (link) - Mop Jul 6, 21:01 [youtube] 8
- $95 per flight? Sheesh -- nm - JaxSean Jul 7, 02:16 1
  - compared to the ferry, it's surprisingly competitive. I knew a lawyer who'd commute from an island just off Nanaimo to Vancouver every day. - mafic Jul 7, 06:00
- Fun! -- nm - Beryllium Jul 6, 21:14
- oh sure, but that filthy plane he loves! -- nm - mafic Jul 6, 21:08
- Huh. Harbour Air flies to Tofino. Is that new? -- nm - Mop Jul 6, 21:04 3
  - There's a Victoria-Tofino route that was going to open up this summer but it ran into some viral troubles -- nm - Beryllium Jul 6, 21:15 1
    - That seems to be going around. -- nm - Mop Jul 6, 21:17
  - they've done it in the summer at least since I was in Vancouver. -- nm - mafic Jul 6, 21:09
Now Playing: Guardians of the Galaxy 2. Um... I skipped this one before. What the hell is this? Lost the balance of whimsy and seriousness, did they? -- nm - Qale Jul 6, 21:00 3
- It's bottom tier MCU. -- nm - Shaun Jul 7, 05:11
- kinda -- nm - mud Jul 6, 21:14 1
  - It got too irreverent and ended with the blue/red special effects orgasm so many comic book movies do. It is a good thing I like the characters, - Qale Jul 6, 22:52
I guess Disney and McDonald’s are playing nice again. McDonald’s has opened a new solar powered, energy efficient restaurant at WDW. -- (link) - Mop Jul 6, 21:00 [youtube] 1
- It's not about playing nice. There was a popular McDonald's already there. It got torn down and modernized. -- nm - David Jul 6, 21:28
Halle Berry gave an interview where she said her next role would likely be a transgender woman who becomes a man and kept saying 'her' - ty97 Jul 6, 20:59
Heh. -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 6, 20:57 1
- So a butthead of wine would drink it whole hog. -- nm - Max Jul 6, 21:57
What’s wrong with NY Aquarium? -- nm - Mop Jul 6, 20:53 2
- I’m assuming they are whining about tourists. -- nm - Marquis de spamulette Jul 7, 05:14
- "It smells of fish!" -- nm - Beryllium Jul 6, 20:54
Yes, sure, ban tiktok. I don't strongly object to that. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 6, 20:51 2
- It seems perfectly reasonable to ban TikTok given how shady and unregulated it is. But there’s so many other offenders out there. - Mop Jul 6, 20:54 1
  - That company should also be banned, yeah. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 6, 20:55
WWE: that Bayley Askua match was excellent -- nm - Remlik Jul 6, 20:49

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