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Youtube TV price hike: Surprised they didn't decide to offer tiering or MTV/Viacom as an addon. Made it a less-cool option. Almost ATTNow-like -- nm* - the ice Jul 7, 09:38
Movie Theater Giants Sue New Jersey Over "Unconstitutional" COVID-19 Closures -- (link) - ty97 Jul 7, 09:37 9
- Jesus. There should be immediate and brutal backlash to this. The state can't tell a business to close due to public health? - Mop Jul 7, 09:44 1
  - is this the best use of their limited funds? frivolous lawsuits? -- nm - Epiphany -Orange Julius Denier Jul 7, 09:51
- "AMC, Cinemark and Regal say that if churches are reopening, so must movie houses." that's funny -- nm - prayformojo Jul 7, 09:42 6
  - Well, they probably shouldn’t be reopening churches either. -- (edited) - znufrii Jul 7, 09:51
  - It’s such a dumb argument. You have a constitutional right to worship not to go to the movies. -- nm - spamlet Jul 7, 09:47 3
    - I'm not a lawyer, but if public health is the argument (which it is) how can they allow assembly of X people in one place but not another? - ty97 Jul 7, 09:51 2
      - Also not a lawyer but from my understanding the bar to close churches is much higher and basically if anything else indoors is open they should be too -- nm - spamlet Jul 7, 09:57
      - That was the argument they used here in NY to overturn the ban on church services. -- nm - Marquis de Krusty Jul 7, 09:57
  - There's a real part of me that is hoping that they lose - JD Jul 7, 09:43
I thought this was a fascinating supply chain article in the COVID times: "The lives upended around a $20 cheeseburger" -- (link) - MDH Jul 7, 09:31
Not quite an obituary, but Vulture has a *long* piece on Quibi that might as well be an obituary. -- (link) - Mop Jul 7, 09:31 4
- I actually think the pandemic hurt them. The whole premise was “on the go” watching and we’re not going anywhere. -- nm - spamlet Jul 7, 09:49 1
  - yep -- nm - Andie Jul 7, 11:44
- When I ask Whitman what TV shows she watches, she responds, “I’m not sure I’d classify myself as an entertainment enthusiast.” - Mop Jul 7, 09:40
- i actually want to see the Princess Bride episodes -- nm - Andie Jul 7, 09:38
At least Joe West is consistent. He makes bad calls in baseball as well as outside. -- (link) - Marquis de Krusty Jul 7, 09:25 5
- "I refuse to take advice from Joe West about who is safe and who is not." -- nm - Reagen Jul 7, 09:38
- He'll reconsider when he gets sick. -- nm - Mop Jul 7, 09:36 1
  - I didn't... (NM) - Bozonaro Jul 7, 09:38
- Translation: I'm an entitled conservative who believes in the conspiracy theories that make me feel safe yet angry. -- nm - Inigo Jul 7, 09:34 1
  - Yup -- nm - Marquis de Krusty Jul 7, 09:36
New Stuff from Gary Larson -- (link) - JD Jul 7, 09:04 14
- I'd gladly trade Scott Adams for more Gary Larson. But, frankly, these 3 new cartoons are weak. -- nm - Mop Jul 7, 09:18 4
  - The last one is darker than I expected. -- nm - loosilu Jul 7, 09:23 2
    - Maybe I just don't get it, but I don't see the joke. -- nm - Mop Jul 7, 09:31 1
      - Me neither. -- nm - loosilu Jul 7, 09:40
  - I can only dream of being able to dabble in a new to me medium so poorly - JD Jul 7, 09:22
- OMG, I clicked the right arrow and ... -- nm - zork Jul 7, 09:17 8
  - Okay zorky... -- nm - Spawn Jul 7, 09:21 7
    - I laughed at the second one. I feel like I'm missing something on the third. -- nm - Baron Burr Jul 7, 09:22 6
      - The first one is missing something. Spoilers - Mop Jul 7, 09:34
      - My take on the third one is that's one aspect of The Far Side. Sometimes it is just...odd - JD Jul 7, 09:26 3
        
        I have no doubt that he just gets an idea and runs with it. He has no idea what will hit and what will not. - Spawn Jul 7, 09:32 2
        
        "See, he's pushing on the door ..." - zork Jul 7, 09:34 1
        
        You could figure out pretty quickly who'd be pushing on a pull door just from reactions to that cartoon. -- nm - TWuG Jul 7, 10:14
      - That's my response. -- nm - loosilu Jul 7, 09:25
meanwhile, in Iran.... -- (link) - prayformojo Jul 7, 08:54 1
- Watched the Zero Days documentary about stuxnet. Very interesting -- nm - the ice Jul 7, 08:55
Mafic is the only cool person on this board - zork Jul 7, 08:54 3
- I don't think [sports] are going to happen -- nm - Jaxsean s.i. Jul 7, 09:19
- I need photos so I can pick the teams with the hottest players. -- nm - Dano Jul 7, 09:04 1
  - Preach -- nm - Epiphany -Orange Julius Denier Jul 7, 09:45
Haberman: Our first look at the Mary Trump book, - mud Jul 7, 08:53
I wish that just one (American) article about teams reviewing their aboriginal-related names would mention the Edmonton Eskimos - zork Jul 7, 08:52
Eagles statement on Desean -- (link) - decline Jul 7, 08:47 7
- So nothing. No suspension. Nothing. -- nm - Marquis de Krusty Jul 7, 09:20 1
  - They shook their finger at him and gave him an incredulous "Oh you..." What more could you want? -- nm - Baron Burr Jul 7, 09:24
- He's just posted an apology on Instagram. -- (link) - Mop Jul 7, 08:54 1
  - I mean, who knew Hitler was against the Jews? -- nm - Beaker Jul 7, 09:13
- Translation: We think DeSean might still have something left in the tank -- nm - rollo Jul 7, 08:52 2
  - unrelated: new Kathleen Edwards coming in August. -- nm - Reagen Jul 7, 09:17 1
    - sweet, we should probably compare notes on recent finds soon -- nm - rollo Jul 7, 09:50
Deutsche Bank fined $150m by NY regulators over compliance failures relating to its relationship with Jeffrey Epstein -- (link) - znufrii, silly old man Jul 7, 08:26
B2 inspired - what is your current earworm. All Hamilton songs are welcome in this poll. -- (edited) - Epiphany -Orange Julius Denier Jul 7, 08:25 [youtube] 26
- Dear Mr. Fantasy. -- nm - loosilu Jul 7, 09:17 1
  - play us a tune -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 7, 11:18
- Saturday Night's All Right for Fightin'. -- nm - Diva Jul 7, 09:13 1
  - ♫ Saturday, in the park, round about the fourth of July ♪♪ -- nm - zork Jul 7, 09:16
- Copacabana - zork Jul 7, 08:48 8
  - that was mean - Epiphany -Orange Julius Denier Jul 7, 08:51 7
    - A friend on Facebook posted yesterday that he woke up with a MacArthur Park earworm. -- nm - Dano Jul 7, 09:14
    - mwah-from-a-distance -- nm - zork Jul 7, 08:52 5
      - I had to start humming I Don't Know How to Love Him in a choice of lesser evils - JD Jul 7, 09:07 4
        
        Did you scream and shout? -- nm - Baron Burr Jul 7, 09:13
        
        In high school, we did a medley from JCSS -- nm - zork Jul 7, 09:11 2
        
        oh please, last week while tipsy I did a medley of JCSS. - Diva Jul 7, 09:42 1
        
        L4!! -- nm - Epiphany -Orange Julius Denier Jul 7, 09:54
- I Don't Know How to Love Him - Yvonne Ellman - JD Jul 7, 08:46
- Recently it was Heaven Knows by The Pretty Reckless, but I've been genre hopping a lot lately so nothing much sticks. -- nm - Reagen Jul 7, 08:39
- Bang by AJR. -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 7, 08:39
- For some reason, Cheap Thrills. -- nm - Baron Burr Jul 7, 08:38
- Desparately Wanting -- nm - Dano Jul 7, 08:38
- They're both great - especially live. Mine is Non Stop. - Inigo Jul 7, 08:35
- Give Me The Night - George Benson -- (link) - TWuG Jul 7, 08:32 [youtube] 3
  - I listened to this immediately. I never get to hear it and its a fave - Epiphany -Orange Julius Denier Jul 7, 08:41 2
    - It's so good. I love his "On Broadway" and "Turn Your Love Around," too. -- nm - General Whee Jul 7, 08:52
    - then Stomp...hee -- nm - Epiphany -Orange Julius Denier Jul 7, 08:51
- It's a mashing of multiple songs from Hamilton with the lyrics likely all wrong too. -- nm - Marquis de Krusty Jul 7, 08:32 2
  - I will sometimes get a weird mashup of "Say No to This" and "How 'Bout Us" by Champaign. -- nm - General Whee Jul 7, 08:46
  - those are odd when it happens. but it happens -- nm - Epiphany -Orange Julius Denier Jul 7, 08:34
Well, Bozonaro himself confirmed that his confirmatory test was positive. He is already taking hydrochloriquine, so all is dandy. (NM) - Marlowe Jul 7, 08:17 19
- Oh, something I forgot to mention. One of his kids twitted recently "I didn't know that pigs could get corona". As they say, well well well... (NM) - Marlowe Jul 7, 09:11
- Well...I wish I could say I felt bad for him. -- nm - JackDawson Jul 7, 08:40 1
  - Same here. I won't go as far as #GoCovid, but jeez, I wish he could gain some perspective and be more compassionate. - Marlowe Jul 7, 08:48
- And the fucking idiot, during the interview, insisted that if you are young, it's quite OK to get it because the "chance of death is almost zero". - Marlowe Jul 7, 08:37 3
  - A ventilator for him would be a life saving measure, because it would stop him from talking. -- nm - Reagen Jul 7, 08:41 1
    - Interesting approach. Prophylactic ventilator. -- nm - Dano Jul 7, 08:43
  - Covid 19 is an idiot tax, but it sadly doesn't stay confined to idiots. -- nm - TWuG Jul 7, 08:40
- I can’t wait for hydrochloriquine to become Webster’s word of the year to ban. -- nm - Qale Jul 7, 08:21 1
  - or someone takes hydrochlorine due to a typo -- nm - the ice Jul 7, 08:23
- has anyone explained to him that the cult *leader* isn't supposed to drink the Kool-Aid? -- nm - Reagen Jul 7, 08:19
- Brazil will be fun -- nm - the ice Jul 7, 08:19
- Wow. Did Drumpf personally call him up and tell him to take the hydrochloriquine? unbelievable -- nm - Epiphany -Orange Julius Denier Jul 7, 08:18 7
  - They are Partners in Stupidity. -- nm - Spawn Jul 7, 08:33
  - He has been a strong defender of that shit since Day 2. Day 1 being the day that Drumpf said it was great. Fun fact: boot-licking can give you COVID19 - Marlowe Jul 7, 08:24
  - Brazil has been using excess HCQ that the U.S. sent them for a few months now. It's obviously doing wonders on keeping deaths low in Brazil. -- nm - Inigo Jul 7, 08:23 4
    - Good news is, the 7-day MA for deaths has been steady around 1000 for 45 days, but the 7-day MA for new cases has doubled, so it's working! (NM) - Marlowe Jul 7, 08:27 2
      - Our two countries have handled this awfully. Do you know what the positive test rate was a month ago in Brazil? What is it now? -- nm - Inigo Jul 7, 08:41 1
        
        They have. I don't really know that, I have not really paid too much attention to anything but reported deaths, as we are so under-tested. - Marlowe Jul 7, 08:47
    - obvie -- nm - Epiphany -Orange Julius Denier Jul 7, 08:23
From B2, the name Krystal Ball is still not as bad as the name of the former marketing director for an association of law firms we belong to. Her name - pmb Jul 7, 08:16 2
- yeow -- nm - prayformojo Jul 7, 08:28
- WITH A "K" AND AN "A", DAMN IT!!! -- nm - Spawn Jul 7, 08:21
more geography fun: despite sharing a border, it is not possible to drive directly from Missouri into the contiguous part of Kentucky - Reagen Jul 7, 08:11 2
- Ah the delight of Future City and Cairo. - General Whee Jul 7, 08:18
- Not sure who wins there, but Illinois loses -- nm - TWuG Jul 7, 08:14
From B2, in "Things that should be a lot cooler than they actually are", theice.com is actually the website for... -- (edited) - znufrii, silly old man Jul 7, 08:07
Florida: 7347 cases, 63 deaths. Last Tuesday was 6093 cases and 58 deaths. -- (link*) - Inigo Jul 7, 08:07 4
- an Aussie public health guy I follow on twitter said earlier that the few hundred cases in Victoria this week are too many for test/trace/isolate to - mafic Jul 7, 08:20 1
  - the contagion horse has already left the barn - Epiphany -Orange Julius Denier Jul 7, 08:23
- With such a small increase, I think we are through the worst of it. Lets reopen everything. -- nm - Gov. DeSantis Jul 7, 08:08 1
  - Most people are still alive. Everything is fine!! -- nm - Gov DeSantis Jul 7, 08:13
I'm listening to David Chang's podcast and this is the first time I've ever heard of a non-disparagement agreement. That's a different NDA - JD Jul 7, 08:06
I tend to get more concerned than I should be when 23andMe sends me an e-mail telling me I have new DNA relatives. -- nm - Mop Jul 7, 08:03
SiriusXM to buy Stitcher for $300m -- (link) - spamlet Jul 7, 07:56 21
- What is Stitcher? -- nm - ty97 Jul 7, 07:57 20
  - It's a podcasting platform. It's about podcasts. Spotify has gone all in on podcasts and now everyone's got to compete. -- nm - Mop Jul 7, 08:00 16
    - Podcasts need to figure out what they're doing because some are going exclusive to certain platforms and it's turning into TV/movie streaming - Marquis de Krusty Jul 7, 08:08 11
      - It's the reason I don't listen to the Athletic podcasts. They don't use RSS and force you to listen in app. -- nm - spamlet Jul 7, 08:27 1
        
        Yeah, I wasn't happy to find that out recently. -- nm - Marquis de Krusty Jul 7, 08:31
      - I'd argue that podcasts as a whole don't need to figure out what they're doing. RSS is free to all creators and one of our own has been able to -- (edited) - JD Jul 7, 08:20 6
        
        I won't listen to podcasts that go exclusive. I've lost a couple I liked but that's fine as there are plenty to choose from. - Marquis de Krusty Jul 7, 08:30 2
        
        There's approximately 87,540,302.3 podcasts out there right now. Any of them that think they're that special and indispensable need to get knocked - Reagen Jul 7, 08:37 1
        
        *laugh* I was trying to figure out how to make that point - JD Jul 7, 08:41
        
        I hear some podcasts don't use RSS. -- nm - Mop Jul 7, 08:30 1
        
        Yup, some don't. -- nm - Marquis de Krusty Jul 7, 08:30
        
        Agreed. I "subscribe" to my fave via patreon, and he seems to be going pretty strong with that approach. -- nm - General Whee Jul 7, 08:21
      - Correct. Hank Green wrote an opinion piece for the Washington Post (!!!) sounding the alarm about this. -- (link) - Mop Jul 7, 08:11 1
        
        Thanks, good read. -- nm - Marquis de Krusty Jul 7, 08:31
    - Gimlet, Joe Rogan, The Ringer and now Stitcher - JD Jul 7, 08:08 1
      - Correct. Those first 3 were bought by Spotify. Now SiriusXM has to catch up. -- nm - Mop Jul 7, 08:10
    - If I hear one more radio ad here about IHeartRadio podcasts...... -- nm - ty97 Jul 7, 08:07 1
      - That's kind of what Spotify is betting on. That one would pay for no more ads ;-) -- nm - JD Jul 7, 08:09
  - A third tier streaming app. -- nm - spamlet Jul 7, 07:59
  - It was an app that let users create their own zombies out of spare parts they had laying around the house. -- nm - Qale Jul 7, 07:58 1
    - seems legit - JD Jul 7, 07:59
mafic/Inigo: re, deaths. Scientists worldwide seem to agree that the "true" mortality rate is 0.6%, which does mean the total number of "real" cases - JackDawson Jul 7, 07:51
Florida numbers are due in about 15 minutes. I should probably evacuate the house before my mother explodes in anger against DeSantis again -- nm - ty97 Jul 7, 07:44 17
- Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry and Co-Chair of RNC Convention is self-quarantining due to virus fears. -- nm - decline Jul 7, 09:05
- The order to open all schools in Florida in a few weeks is insane. That isn't enough? -- nm - JaxSean Jul 7, 07:55 3
  - old people were targeted now lets target the young! -- nm - Beaker Jul 7, 07:57
  - Yeah, that right there is batshit crazy. -- nm - General Whee Jul 7, 07:57
  - Oh that sent her into a fit last evening -- nm - ty97 Jul 7, 07:56
- Yesterday was the first time I'd really noticed him on TV. I'm with your Mom. -- nm - Meg Jul 7, 07:50 4
  - Every time he has a press conference I'm like "Mom, don't watch. He's not going to do anything. He's not going to require masks. Don't watch." - ty97 Jul 7, 07:52 3
    - Didn't she vote for him though? -- nm - JackDawson Jul 7, 07:55 1
      - I'm not sure, it's possible. - ty97 Jul 7, 07:56
    - She *really* needs to go to CT. -- nm - Spawn Jul 7, 07:55
- Our county had 13% of the cases yesterday in the state (we're 6% of the population). - General Whee Jul 7, 07:47 5
  - Better than the US as a whole being 25% of cases and deaths world-wide but 4% of the population -- nm - zork Jul 7, 09:14
  - :( -- nm - Epiphany -Orange Julius Denier Jul 7, 08:02
  - *cries* -- nm - Herkellys Mulligan Jul 7, 07:57
  - oh no. From what I can tell death counts in Florida haven't shown large increases which is good - ty97 Jul 7, 07:51 1
    - Yeah, my boss and a couple of my people live in the same area as your parents, so I monitor the situation for awareness. -- nm - General Whee Jul 7, 07:54
- The Sunday numbers for Indiana were released at 1am Monday, showing a large dip. I still question how this is done. Monday still not released. -- nm* - Spawn Jul 7, 07:47
lol. One way hallways in schools sounds like hell. -- nm - Spawn Jul 7, 07:44
I've never totally liked the whole We Day events and had read some of the stuff about the Kielbergers, so I'm kinda enjoying the attention that.... - Name Withheld By Request Jul 7, 07:42

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