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oh that last line -- (link) - ty97 Jul 9, 12:27
A quiz just for ty. No helping! What year did all of these things happen? - Dano Jul 9, 12:27 6
- *psst* It's after 1972. -- nm - Baron Burr Jul 9, 12:29
- according to Zager & Evans. In the year 2525 -- nm - Peglegpete Jul 9, 12:29 1
  - Noice. 5 Baron points for that weird song. -- nm - Baron Burr Jul 9, 12:29
- ty turned 89 -- nm - JackDawson Jul 9, 12:28 1
  - I thought he was 97 -- nm - Dano Jul 9, 12:29
- 2024 -- nm - ty97 Jul 9, 12:28
LIR: David. Ok, that is interesting. Do you see your library in 4K on other devices like an iPhone? Do you buy most of your movies directly from a - oblique Jul 9, 12:22
Thomas' concern about the aggrandized executive and for more power to Congress during Obama is GONE. From Mazars - JackDawson Jul 9, 12:17 10
- I feel like there's almost this reflexive need to try to make it not about Trump that causes them to make sweeping determinations with overly broad - pmb Jul 9, 12:21 5
  - I've read both Mazars and Vance and I'm satisfied that they reached a reasoned outcome that has support in law (both with shockingly little precedent - JackDawson Jul 9, 12:23 4
    - "that actually tried REALLY HARD to see beyond Trump" I am glad to hear that -- nm - ty97 Jul 9, 12:24 3
      - Alito started with: This dispute is all about President Trump and the current politics. Two conservative whiners. When they lose they whine, it's in - JackDawson Jul 9, 12:28 2
        
        *throws tomatoes* -- nm - ty97 Jul 9, 12:31 1
        
        Full answer you to your Oklahoma question now that I've gotten to it: Tribes or Feds can prosecute the Indians. States or Feds can prosecute the non- - JackDawson Jul 9, 12:33
- Give him a year, he'll have a change of heart -- nm - ty97 Jul 9, 12:20 3
  - This is from his dissent in the Oklahoma case, which is just amazing given his daily foot stomp that the Court isn't deciding more 2A cases and his hu - JackDawson Jul 9, 12:27
  - I hope so cause that would mean Biden is President -- nm - JackDawson Jul 9, 12:24 1
    - (Well that was my assumption in the snide remark) -- nm - ty97 Jul 9, 12:25
I'll do one more What Year is This and then perhaps move on. The following all occurred in the same year. What year? - Diva Jul 9, 12:10 17
- Guess - znufrii, silly old man Jul 9, 12:14 1
  - Damnit. -- nm - znufrii, silly old man Jul 9, 12:15
- 1986 -- nm - ty97 Jul 9, 12:12
- This one I do not know. - Spawn Jul 9, 12:11 1
  - N -- nm - Diva Jul 9, 12:13
- spoil - spamlet Jul 9, 12:11 7
  - Doh wrong disaster -- nm - spamlet Jul 9, 12:11 6
    - oh man, you aren't just giving bad answers like me? - ty97 Jul 9, 12:12
    - I almost went there. -- nm - Spawn Jul 9, 12:12 4
      - I didn’t read the rest as it would have been obvious. -- nm - spamlet Jul 9, 12:13 3
        
        Yeah, 86 was my senior year of HS. -- nm - Spawn Jul 9, 12:14 2
        
        That was the Challenger year. I was in first grade. -- nm - spamlet Jul 9, 12:29
        
        Wow, old -- nm - ty97 Jul 9, 12:23
- guess - Beaker Jul 9, 12:10 1
  - Y -- nm - Diva Jul 9, 12:11
- Spoils - Will Hunting Jul 9, 12:10 1
  - Y -- nm - Diva Jul 9, 12:11
Now that we're in our first week of partially open libraries, my district has set a new record for COVID cases. -- (pic) - Maracello Jul 9, 12:09 [Attachment] 3
- oh jeez -- nm - Diva Jul 9, 12:13
- Burn all the books! -- nm - Baron Burr Jul 9, 12:11
- yeesh -- nm - mud Jul 9, 12:10
More History - All the following occurred in the same year. What year (easier)? - Diva Jul 9, 12:02 21
- 1822 -- nm - ty97 Jul 9, 12:10 10
  - (I am bad at history) -- nm - ty97 Jul 9, 12:11 9
    - those 1822 movie premieres, gee, I don't know...:) -- nm - Diva Jul 9, 12:12 8
      - *REALLY* bad at history (especial the dates part of history) -- nm - ty97 Jul 9, 12:19
      - Damn, Diva is Trebek’ian in her disdain for fools. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 9, 12:17 3
        
        How did Jane Lynch get the Weakest Link gig over Diva? -- nm - Baron Burr Jul 9, 12:22 2
        
        Weakest Link is BELOW Diva -- nm - ty97 Jul 9, 12:23 1
        
        True, but it pays well, and then she could buy that giant mansions and we could all mooch off her and live in the pool house. - Baron Burr Jul 9, 12:28
      - *REALLY* bad at history (especial the dates part of history) -- nm - ty97 Jul 9, 12:13 2
        
        "Uh... yesterday?" -- nm - Spawn Jul 9, 12:13 1
        
        this almost made me pee from laughter. -- nm - Diva Jul 9, 12:16
- my guess based on bambi - JackDawson Jul 9, 12:04 2
  - N -- nm - Diva Jul 9, 12:04 1
    - *shakes fists wildly* -- nm - JackDawson Jul 9, 12:04
- spoil - Spawn Jul 9, 12:02 6
  - Yonh. Y -- nm - Diva Jul 9, 12:03 5
    - oh the Spawn is cheating game. got it. -- nm - JackDawson Jul 9, 12:04 2
      - heh. My mother was one. My grandmother used to talk about it. It was one of the movies that made her love movies and helped pave the way to them much - Spawn Jul 9, 12:07 1
        
        wow you're even older than ty97 which I did not think was possible -- nm - JackDawson Jul 9, 12:16
    - I was the mud on this one. -- nm - Spawn Jul 9, 12:04 1
      - I was going to say the next year! -- nm - mud Jul 9, 12:05
Work is giving us a work from home bonus to pay for any office purchases we have/had to make to provide an ergonomic efficient WFH space. -- nm - Dano Jul 9, 12:01
What the actual... -- (link) - TWuG Jul 9, 12:01 4
- For now Im just wearing them around the house. ya -- nm - zunk takes things literally Jul 9, 12:18
- For now Im just wearing them around the house. A lot of ya -- nm - zunk takes things literally Jul 9, 12:18
- ? -- nm - mud Jul 9, 12:06
- E.PIC. -- nm - Spawn Jul 9, 12:01
well this is certainly an interesting mask -- (link) - Remlik Jul 9, 11:56 4
- you can get wedding dress with a mask that matches the bodice cups -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 9, 12:29
- "If it doesn't work 100%, better not to do it all!" -- nm - Reagen Jul 9, 12:23
- And also, I think it will look good on you. -- nm - Spawn Jul 9, 11:58
- I have seen them with a window so you can see the entire mouth, as well. -- nm - Spawn Jul 9, 11:58
Starbucks requiring facemasks nationwide starting next-week -- (edited) - the ice Jul 9, 11:48 4
- I just stopped driving through about 2 weeks ago = it seems dicey *shrug* - I'm certainly not going in. Mask or not -- nm - Epiphany-screaming in my heart Jul 9, 11:53 3
  - But this is great. I talked at lunch about how the more places that do this, the sooner/more it will become accepted. If one place requires it, but - Spawn Jul 9, 11:54 2
    - I agree with you. -- nm - Epiphany-screaming in my heart Jul 9, 12:03 1
      - It is like seat-belts or smoking, until there is a law passed, a lot of people will always ignore. Even when faced with overwhelming evidence. -- nm - Spawn Jul 9, 12:10
A 14th QAnon supporter has won a spot on the ballot for this fall. The new GOP folks -- (link) - decline Jul 9, 11:48
History buffs: In what year did the following happen? - Diva Jul 9, 11:47 25
- Guess - Will Hunting Jul 9, 12:00 1
  - N -- nm - Diva Jul 9, 12:02
- Based on USSR, 1923? -- nm - JackDawson Jul 9, 11:54 1
  - N -- nm - Diva Jul 9, 11:56
- 1927? -- nm - Shaun Jul 9, 11:52 1
  - N -- nm - Diva Jul 9, 11:53
- 1920? -- nm - Marquis de Krusty Jul 9, 11:50 1
  - N -- nm - Diva Jul 9, 11:51
- 1928 -- nm - Dano Jul 9, 11:50 1
  - N -- nm - Diva Jul 9, 11:51
- Guess. - Marlowe Jul 9, 11:50 1
  - N -- nm - Diva Jul 9, 11:51
- I am pretty sure they did not all happen in spoil - Spawn Jul 9, 11:50 4
  - Y -- nm - Diva Jul 9, 11:51 3
    - Nosferatu was the giveaway for me. -- nm - mud Jul 9, 11:52 2
      - yonh. -- nm - Diva Jul 9, 11:52
      - Spoils - Spawn Jul 9, 11:52
- Just a wild guess, but I'll hide it anyway -- (edited) - Maracello Jul 9, 11:50 1
  - N -- nm - Diva Jul 9, 11:50
- guesses - Beaker Jul 9, 11:48 5
  - It all happened in the same year. Guess the year. -- nm - Diva Jul 9, 11:49 4
    - Really? Then my answer stands. Wow. I only knew the first because the anniversary. -- nm - Spawn Jul 9, 11:50
    - so you're saying some of my guesses are waaaaaay off then :) -- nm - Beaker Jul 9, 11:50 2
      - all were wrong. -- nm - Diva Jul 9, 11:52
      - I was most comfortable with my USSR guess...(1917) -- nm* - Beaker Jul 9, 11:50
Shaun: a bunch of new Funkos on Toys R Us website. All out of stock currently, but will be updated eventually when available I'm thinking -- (link) - Beaker Jul 9, 11:43 1
- But never fear, Backstreet Boys are in stock! -- nm - Spawn Jul 9, 11:44
Press Sec. Kayleigh McEnany: "You have Obama and Biden who get away with this but yet we need to go investigate President Trump." -- (link) - the ice Jul 9, 11:38 15
- Got away with what? -- nm - spamlet Jul 9, 12:10 2
  - I too refuse to watch the video. Perhaps somebody will and tell us. -- nm - Maracello Jul 9, 12:13 1
    - right? -- nm - Diva Jul 9, 12:16
- just a tad prettier than the Mouth of Sauron -- nm - Jovian Jul 9, 11:59 1
  - ... until you hear what come out of it. -- nm - Spawn Jul 9, 11:59
- "get away with" implies wrongdoing, so the Trump team is just mad they're getting caught. - TWuG Jul 9, 11:53
- This? -- nm - Spawn Jul 9, 11:43 1
  - this ..this .. this fixing the '16 election stuff! ..wait .. -- nm - kaylee Jul 9, 11:50
- She also said the Manhattan DA was "rebuked" by the Supreme Court -- nm - decline Jul 9, 11:42 3
  - I could be wrong but I think Vance is going to get the records in short order (if he files things quickly and efficiently) -- nm - JackDawson Jul 9, 11:55 1
    - One would hope he had filings waiting on the ruling and will have them all submitted by Monday -- nm - TWuG Jul 9, 11:56
  - lying, wrong and stupid. Now there's a trifecta. -- nm - Diva Jul 9, 11:48
- What is this bitch lying about today? -- nm - Diva Jul 9, 11:41 1
  - Nazi Barbie is the worst -- nm - Epiphany-screaming in my heart Jul 9, 11:42
- *sniff* *sniff* ahh, desperation -- nm - ty97 Jul 9, 11:40
JetBlue will end service in Long Beach in October, transfer routes to LAX -- (link) - the ice Jul 9, 11:33 1
- Not a huge surprise. They were at Long Beach when they were young and LAX was not available / was too expensive. - ty97 Jul 9, 11:39
And with Helen Mirren's hip-hop album dropping later this year... -- nm - Reagen Jul 9, 11:32 5
- linky -- (link) - Dano Jul 9, 11:48 [youtube] 1
  - James had better flow. -- nm - Reagen Jul 9, 12:22
- Though she has more, she completed the British and American cycle by winning each with the same role in each respective discipline. - Dano Jul 9, 11:42
- her cover of 911 Is a Joke will be legendary -- nm - prayformojo Jul 9, 11:37
- I love revisiting some of her 1970's interviews on YouTube. Brassy hot chick who was clearly smarter than her interviewers thought. Good on her. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jul 9, 11:34
Deevs, is anyone one away from winning it? -- nm - David Jul 9, 11:30 14
- I'm only six wins away. -- nm - Baron Burr Jul 9, 11:41 6
  - You're tied with Kanye West! -- nm - Dano Jul 9, 11:44
  - I'm seven wins away -- nm - ty97 Jul 9, 11:41 3
    - Yep, one of yours is being preemptively retracted after revelations of vote tampering. -- nm - Baron Burr Jul 9, 11:43
    - Yeah, you have no hope. -- nm - David Jul 9, 11:42
    - I can do it in 8 -- nm - Epiphany-screaming in my heart Jul 9, 11:42
  - You've got this! I believe in you! -- nm - David Jul 9, 11:41
- I was thinking of guessing Derek Jacobi but I can't think of an Oscar for him. -- nm - Dano Jul 9, 11:35
- is anyone one away from winning it? -- nm - Diva Jul 9, 11:31 5
  - If that's what you mean, both Judi Dench and Mark Rylance need an Emmy. -- nm - Diva Jul 9, 11:34 3
    - Oh - and Reading Is FUNdamental, Deevs. -- nm - Diva Jul 9, 11:36 2
      - I didn't write it well, but thank you for the info! That was a brilliant question. -- nm - David Jul 9, 11:39 1
        
        I didn't read it well. *me embarrassed* -- nm - Diva Jul 9, 11:41
  - Things are gonna change for me. - Spawn Jul 9, 11:32
There's just a whole lot to unpack in this tweet -- (link) - decline Jul 9, 11:28 3
- Really, both the fungus and the produced medicine share similar end results. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 9, 11:37
- La gross morte? -- nm - Spawn Jul 9, 11:34
- Me reacting as I read this -- (pic) - prayformojo Jul 9, 11:30 [Attachment]

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