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Hong Kong Disneyland is re-closing due to Coronavirus. -- nm - David Jul 13, 07:41 6
- Well dang. If they can't do it... -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 13, 07:45
- Orlando Bar Owners on CNBC wondering why they're shutdown(again) when WDW can open -- nm* - the ice Jul 13, 07:43 1
  - I think the whole world knows why - Epiphany - In The Heat of the Momentum Jul 13, 07:46
- Oh. Dammit. Now, I kind of feel like Spawn 8( -- nm - JD Jul 13, 07:43
- See, it's not just my fault! -- nm - Trump Jul 13, 07:43
- we are never going to get away from this - Epiphany - In The Heat of the Momentum Jul 13, 07:42
Tired: TSLA 1500. Wired: TSLA 1750. -- nm - Reagen Jul 13, 07:37
Since we like to talk about bikes. Here's a $4k made-to-measure carbon fiber e-bike -- (link) - oblique Jul 13, 07:33 7
- I've thought about adding triathlons to my repertoire, but it's always been the bike expense that's held me back. - Dano Jul 13, 07:47 2
  - yeah, that is what is holding me back from triathlons too. - Epiphany - In The Heat of the Momentum Jul 13, 07:49
  - I feel so blessed to have found a local gym that is doing everything right. 6 person classes. Never seen more than 10 people the place at once. -- nm - oblique Jul 13, 07:48
- Ok....I know how this is going to sound but $4K for a built to measure carbon fiber frame bike sounds like a really good price - JD Jul 13, 07:42 3
  - right there with you. -- nm - Reagen Jul 13, 07:43
  - Yeah. Compared to the $12k stuff we were posting about before, that seems like a crazy good deal -- nm - oblique Jul 13, 07:43 1
    - A custom fit bike.... I don't know anybody who owns one of those. Even 2 or 3 degrees of separation - JD Jul 13, 07:45
Harrison Ford...78 today -- nm - Remlik Jul 13, 07:32 2
- he belongs in a museum. FYI Daughter of Visual Effects expert shared his draft of the Original Star Wars script -- (link) - the ice Jul 13, 07:37
- I’m already aging around the clock!!! -- nm - Qale Jul 13, 07:34
Happy birthday jnine!! -- nm - Herkellys Mulligan Jul 13, 07:29 5
- Thank you all! -- nm - jnine Jul 13, 14:07
- Happy Birthday!! -- nm - Epiphany - In The Heat of the Momentum Jul 13, 07:43
- cheers ! -- nm - mud Jul 13, 07:42
- Yeah!!! -- nm - Krusty Jul 13, 07:41
- happy bday! -- nm - the ice Jul 13, 07:36
Chipotle is testing cauliflower rice in some US restaurants -- (link*) - oblique Jul 13, 07:27 10
- It became quite popular in a hurry. I dunno how many times I had to sub or short it on my picked carts. -- nm - Qale Jul 13, 07:29
- And in true Chipotle fashion, $2 more. WTF? -- nm - oblique Jul 13, 07:29 8
  - I'd go there more if they didn't charge for chips. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 13, 07:42 1
    - I just wish their rewards were a bit better. Seems to take forever to earn a free bowl and there's rarely any other reward. The guac thing is nice - oblique Jul 13, 07:44
  - that is awful and they should be ashamed -- nm - Epiphany - In The Heat of the Momentum Jul 13, 07:41 3
    - I pay a lot more for prepped riced veggies than regular rice. I don't like it but *shrug*. -- nm - Diva Jul 13, 07:44 2
      - I feel like its like airplane fees - does it really cost $ 2 more? they have taken an easy menu with easy pricing ( which was one of their original - Epiphany - In The Heat of the Momentum Jul 13, 07:48 1
        
        Oh. I totally get it and understand that frustration. I so rarely go to Chipotle even before c-19, the $2 didnt seem like a big deal. but yeah, - Diva Jul 13, 07:52
  - i would probably pay it. -- nm - Diva Jul 13, 07:40
  - Ridiculous company that needs to go away -- nm - JackDawson Jul 13, 07:31
Lucifer trailer -- (link) - Remlik Jul 13, 07:18 [youtube] 3
- This can’t be real. Netflix doesn’t give shows 5 seasons. -- nm - Qale Jul 13, 07:29
- Any nud....? Oh. -- nm - Dano Jul 13, 07:21 1
  - Hilarious -- nm - Spawn Jul 13, 07:37
Ghost of Tsushima - Launch Trailer. -- (link) - Shaun Jul 13, 07:14 [youtube] 5
- Is this an open-world map game? -- nm - Strongbad Jul 13, 07:35 2
  - Yes. Have a look. -- (link*) - Shaun Jul 13, 07:36 [youtube] 1
    - OK, that's pretty. (I'm finishing up AC Odyssey right now) -- nm - Strongbad Jul 13, 07:38
- Looking oh so good. (But I like the Japanese trailer recently released more.) (NM) - Marlowe Jul 13, 07:17 1
  - Yep. Definitely playing with the Japanese audio track. Will tinker with the black&white mode after I get through the game the first time. -- nm - Shaun Jul 13, 07:23
Why don't the Redskins have a new nickname planned yet? Probably because some realtor in Alexandria beat them to the punch and trademarked every -- (link) - Beaker Jul 13, 07:13 11
- Trumpers -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 13, 07:27
- Washington Kraken is still available. -- nm - Baron Burr Jul 13, 07:20
- The flipside is he spent money trademarking Washington Radskins. -- nm - mafic Jul 13, 07:17 2
  - Apparently some guy in California is responsible for that one. -- nm - ty97 Jul 13, 07:18 1
    - Betting on Snyder being stupid is usually a good bet. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 13, 07:31
- Aren’t you supposed to have some purpose in trademarking a name? Like, this is pure squatting, right? -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 13, 07:15 5
  - Yes. It has to attach to some sort of brand. And even then there are likely limitations if there's no reason for confusion. -- nm - pmb Jul 13, 07:30
  - Even if they'd win in court, it's probably cheaper to just buy the one they want, I assume. -- nm - Dano Jul 13, 07:18
  - "I'm considering new names for my realtor business" -- nm - Beaker Jul 13, 07:17 2
    - That probably wouldn't interfere with their using the trademark. It really would only likely be an issue if it was another professional sports team. - pmb Jul 13, 07:29
    - RADSKINS. That's the best. -- nm - oblique Jul 13, 07:17
Money Plane trailer: Edge, Denise Richards, Thomas Jane, Kelsey Grammer 'star' -- (link) - Remlik Jul 13, 07:11 [youtube] 5
- Come on Thomas Jane have some self respect! -- nm - Epiphany - In The Heat of the Momentum Jul 13, 07:44
- Can someone - perhaps Kelsey Grammar - explain what the Money Plane is in a sussinct and possibly profane manner? -- nm - Mop Jul 13, 07:43
- Looking at IMDB, Joey Lawrence and both of his brothers are in the move as well -- nm - ty97 Jul 13, 07:14 2
  - Whoa! -- nm - Mop Jul 13, 07:38
  - HA! -- nm - Remlik Jul 13, 07:16
weekend viewing: -- nm - mud Jul 13, 07:09 22
- Old Guard A- I was apparently blinded by Charlize to the shortcomings that others found - JD Jul 13, 07:51
- Old Guard: B-. Warrior Nun E1&2: B+. Supernatural Season 10: B- (218 episodes down!) -- nm - Spawn Jul 13, 07:44
- Old Guard: A-, Finished Warrior Nun: B-, Prime Suspect Seasons 1 -3 A, B and B-. -- nm - Diva Jul 13, 07:42
- Old Guard B. -- nm - Remlik Jul 13, 07:38
- Old Guard B (sorta wish this was more of an 8 ep arc with a second season). Priest, C+ -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 13, 07:28 4
  - It was good but had the Netflix sheen to it. - Reagen Jul 13, 07:40 1
    - yeah I loved how - major spoilers - Beaker Jul 13, 07:45
  - I almost wonder if there is too much to try in a show. Alot of rabbit holes to go down while a 2 hour movie keeps it tighter - Beaker Jul 13, 07:39 1
    - Jafar! -- nm - Shaun Jul 13, 07:46
- Long Shot. B+ -- nm - Volnelk Jul 13, 07:28 1
  - We watched this fairly recently. Much better than I expected it to be. -- nm - Shaun Jul 13, 07:37
- The Old Guard - B. Second half of Warrior Nun - A-. -- nm - Dark Callisto Jul 13, 07:21
- Palm Springs: A, A Kid From Coney Island: B+, Unsolved Mysteries: B, A few episodes of Flinch on Netflix: B- -- nm - Krusty Jul 13, 07:19
- Never Have I Ever S1 A+. One of the sharpest shows I've seen in a long time. Invisible Man C+. -- nm - zunk takes things literally Jul 13, 07:18 1
  - Never Have I Ever is fantastic. -- nm - oblique Jul 13, 07:19
- The Old Guard: B+ -- nm - Shaun Jul 13, 07:15
- Palm Springs: A-. A bunch of Kim's Convenience episodes: B. Japan Sinks 2020: B - JaxSean Jul 13, 07:15
- Multiple West Wing S1 episodes: A. Now I want to rewatch all of Sports Night. -- nm - Baron Burr Jul 13, 07:15
- South Park s1: B (So frickin’ weird in retrospect.) GotG2: D (Lost its balance) Black Panther: A+ (Wakanda Forever) Infinity War: A+ (Breathtaking) -- nm - Qale Jul 13, 07:14
- Old Guard B+ -- nm - Beaker Jul 13, 07:14
- Greyhound (AppleTV+): B-. Only (Netflix): B. Desperado (Netflix): B (spoiler-free deets inside) - oblique Jul 13, 07:14
- Greyhound , Band of Brothers rewatch , Solo: A SW Story rewatch , Almost Famous Bootleg Cut rewatch -- all good -- nm - mud Jul 13, 07:11
(some good news) WASHINGTON (AP) — Judge orders new delay in federal executions, hours before 1st scheduled lethal injection; appeal expected. -- (link) - ty97 Jul 13, 07:06
It is not a good sign in 2020 when your industry is being compared to cruise ships. -- (link) - Beaker Jul 13, 07:00
Unsurprising: Texas Typhoon is owned by Tilman Fertitta. He gave Gov. Abbott 450k in the last election. So there is why it’s open. -- nm - Qale Jul 13, 06:57 3
- Yeah, he's turned out to be a supervillain. -- nm - Dark Callisto Jul 13, 06:58 2
  - And he pays James Harden so doubly bad. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 13, 07:16
  - Fertitta inexplicably has tigers at his shitty Houston Aquarium. His roots are so entwined with the city, we’re never getting rid of him. -- nm - Qale Jul 13, 07:09
mask-wearing (Gallup): Democrats 94%, Republicans 46% -- (link) - mud Jul 13, 06:56 6
- Both sides! -- nm - Reagen Jul 13, 07:41
- *smh* -- nm - znufrii, silly old man Jul 13, 07:15
- This HAS to be the dumbest thing since I don't know what -- nm - JackDawson Jul 13, 07:00 3
  - so this. -- nm - Diva Jul 13, 07:22
  - Right? -- nm - Dark Callisto Jul 13, 07:16
  - It's an actual death cult. -- nm - loosilu Jul 13, 07:02
Manchester City regains Champions League eligibility -- (link) - znufrii, silly old man Jul 13, 06:52 2
- In the corrupt world of soccer, it’s difficult to come up with something that makes you go “Well THAT is absurd.” and yet here we are. - Volnelk Jul 13, 06:55 1
  - Soccer sits around thinking "Whew, thank goodness boxing's around to make us look better." -- nm - Baron Burr Jul 13, 06:58
Here's 31 mins of Assassin's Creed Valhalla gameplay, if you are interested. -- (link) - Shaun Jul 13, 06:45 [youtube] 5
- It looked good, seems right in my wheelhouse. (NM) - Marlowe Jul 13, 06:46 4
  - 3rd person!!! -- nm - Shaun Jul 13, 06:53 3
    - Exactly! Meaningful, visible character customization! (NM) - Marlowe Jul 13, 06:54 2
      - Nov. 17th, if you didn't see the release date. -- nm - Shaun Jul 13, 06:54 1
        
        I knew it was 2020 but not the exact date, thanks! (NM) - Marlowe Jul 13, 06:59
New systemic study shows Voter Registration down to fractional levels of this time in 2016, Republicans far outpacing Democrats. -- (link) - JackDawson Jul 13, 06:33 1
- Thanks, Jack. I haven't had my daily panic attack yet. -- nm - loosilu Jul 13, 06:43
Some friends just moved from Perth to Swedish Lapland this week. Flew through Qatar. Masks mandatory at all times in airports and on planes - mafic Jul 13, 06:16 2
- Coming soon to PS5, a survival game set near the Arctic Circle: The Lapp of Oz. -- nm - Baron Burr Jul 13, 06:39
- That's ... a dramatic change. -- nm - loosilu Jul 13, 06:21
"There is nothing Americans can do to save public education right now." -- (link) - znufrii, silly old man Jul 13, 06:15 28
- Plans here are being announced on Wednesday. I’m so worried. I do not want to go back or send my kid back with cases skyrocketing, but I also need - Herkellys Mulligan Jul 13, 07:21 2
  - My hope is that our school says mandatory masks. No mask, you learn remotely. Let the no-mask contingent deal with that themselves. My wish is for - oblique Jul 13, 07:24 1
    - Just the fact that we have a no mask contingent shows we are beneath the lowest of third world countries in this respect, right? -- nm - JackDawson Jul 13, 07:32
- Exactly what they want. Education will become a privilege to those that can afford it. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 13, 06:27 1
  - They also want an uneducated populace but I don't think this is some master plan to get there. -- nm - Krusty Jul 13, 06:31
- (excellent article btw) -- nm - JackDawson Jul 13, 06:25
- I can't even imagine. We're already nervous as hell about how the fall is going to go and we basically have zero COVID-19. -- nm - Shaun Jul 13, 06:25 1
  - yup -- nm - Beaker Jul 13, 06:26
- Our school is announcing plans tomorrow. The parent group has been a shitshow all weekend. The icing on the cake was last night when people were -- (edited) - oblique Jul 13, 06:22 18
  - It seems unreasonably cost prohibitive to test everyone within the school system ever 2-3 days. -- nm - Qale Jul 13, 06:42 5
    - It is what Harvard proposed for returning students. Guess we can throw trillions around but can't get funding to test students returning to school... -- nm - oblique Jul 13, 06:53 3
      - Until testing becomes so readily available it’s as on-demand as a lipid screening, I can’t see the entire nation testing its school system that much. -- nm - Qale Jul 13, 07:12
      - Harvard is the #1 richest university in the US. -- nm - loosilu Jul 13, 06:58
      - Airlines are people too oblik (and they donate to politicians) -- nm - JackDawson Jul 13, 06:58
    - Not to mention enough wriggling to shift the earth on its axis -- nm - Baron Burr Jul 13, 06:44
  - why are people opposed to testing? (My sister expressed similar refusals with her kids but I couldn't get why) - JackDawson Jul 13, 06:26 11
    - Because if you don't know, it's not your fault, and if you do know, then you have to do something about it. - Reagen Jul 13, 06:35 6
      - Probably this. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 13, 06:46
      - There's a lot of reasons for it but if there's a scarlet letter stigma attached to it I wonder if people have been contributing to it with holier than - JackDawson Jul 13, 06:37 4
        
        One of my realizations during this is that people are in general even less knowledgeable about basic science than I thought possible. -- nm - Reagen Jul 13, 06:48 3
        
        You put it nicely, most are... not the sharpest tool in the shed. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 13, 06:54
        
        It's sort of disturbing -- nm - JackDawson Jul 13, 06:49 1
        
        "sort of"? -- nm - znufrii, silly old man Jul 13, 07:07
    - A lot of people think there’s danger in testing. Like risk of exposure, for example. There’s also the conspiracy nuts who think the testing is - mafic Jul 13, 06:32 2
      - The President also wants less testing so less cases reported (that is a US thing only, not sure about Dawson's sister) -- nm - ty97 Jul 13, 06:33 1
        
        My suspicion is a bit of the oblik reason: doesn't want to have to quarantine if a positive shows up? She DOES NOT want the kids in the house in the - JackDawson Jul 13, 06:35
    - Becuase people are selfish, ignorant assholes. -- nm - Shaun Jul 13, 06:27
- Thankfully there's plenty to do to save big businesses! -- nm - JackDawson Jul 13, 06:17
Bollywood icon Aishwarya Rai and her daughter have tested positive for c-19. Her husband and father in law are already hospitalized w/the virus. - Diva Jul 13, 06:15
LYC: Booked our first AirBnB for our Indiana jaunt in a few weeks. It isn't a whole house setup but it is a separate basement apartment in a country - oblique Jul 13, 06:12
“...several testers have reported that their Magic Wands have stood up to years of daily use without breaking.” Oh! -- nm - Qale Jul 13, 06:09 2
- “I use them for shoulder massages!” -- nm - mafic Jul 13, 06:17 1
  - My friend just told me that she disagrees with the reviews. Their most preferred model is “too big.” I also thought where were the Japanese toys? -- nm - Qale Jul 13, 06:40
Heh. While I don't think they should be open at all: Disney won't give you a picture from your ride if you don't wear a mask -- (link*) - oblique Jul 13, 06:04 1
- Unless it’s followed by “...and will remove you from the park.” I don’t give a shit. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 13, 06:40
[an error occurred while processing this Washington Directives] -- nm - Qale Jul 13, 05:43 4
- The Washington Permanent Select Committee. -- nm - mafic Jul 13, 05:59 3
  - The Washington Task Forces -- nm - Strongbad Jul 13, 05:59 2
    - The Washington Foggy Bottoms. -- nm - mafic Jul 13, 06:03 1
      - (heaven help you if you just had root canal) -- nm - Baron Burr Jul 13, 06:31
TV PSA: Antiques Roadshow, Below Deck Med, Black Ink Crew Chi, CMA, Titan Games, Raw, Who's Line is it Anyway, I May Destroy You, Penn & Teller, -- nm - Beaker Jul 13, 05:38 3
- Stargirl (DCU), Ranma 1/2 (Hulu), The Nest (Acorn TV), Big Time Bake, other stuff -- nm - Beaker Jul 13, 05:40 2
  - I recommend The Nest. -- nm - LMS Jul 13, 06:08 1
    - Well sure, they make great thermostats, but what should I watch? -- nm - mafic Jul 13, 06:09

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