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Sen. Bill Cassidy, a Louisiana Repub, asked himself if he was "on acid" when he heard the WH wanted to zero out new money for testing in the middle of - Diva Jul 22, 12:17 5
- They're making Ted Cruz crazy too! -- (link) - Max Jul 22, 12:20 2
  - That might be the first time every Cotton has spoken the truth - decline Jul 22, 12:28 1
    - Maybe they shouldn't have a convention. At this rate it'll kick off like the OK Corral right when Val Kilmer winks. -- nm - Max Jul 22, 12:35
- and what was his answer? -- nm - znufrii still hasn't gotten a haircut Jul 22, 12:17 1
  - "I wish" -- nm - ty97 Jul 22, 12:18
CA is reporting a record high number of cases: +12,807 -- (link) - the ice Jul 22, 12:17
Blue Jays won't be allowed to play at PNC Park, -- (link) - mud Jul 22, 12:15 4
- They're gonna wander in the desert for 40 years. -- nm - David Jul 22, 12:31
- They should buy a corn farm in Iowa and build a new field -- nm - decline Jul 22, 12:16 2
  - "they" won't come -- nm - mud Jul 22, 12:18 1
    - There shouldn't even be a they. -- nm - Reagen Jul 22, 12:26
Dave Franco to star in Vanilla Ice biopic -- (link) - Reagen Jul 22, 12:14
backyard update - znufrii still hasn't gotten a haircut Jul 22, 12:00
Actual image of a pair of exoplanets around a sun-like star -- (link) - oblique Jul 22, 11:55
I still can't see it but wow -- (link) - ty97 Jul 22, 11:54 5
- Georgia Poll: President: Biden 47% (+4) Trump 43%, GASen: Ossoff (D) 45% (+1) Perdue (R-Inc) 44% -- (link) - the ice Jul 22, 12:04
- You know those... Shy Texans. -- nm - Reagen Jul 22, 12:01
- not with 11 pts undecided it isn't, imo. -- nm - znufrii still hasn't gotten a haircut Jul 22, 11:56
- I think with the country on fire and mail in voting suppressed, it's going to come down to "who's willing to stand in line and risk disease to vote?" -- nm - amanda Jul 22, 11:56 1
  - count me in -- nm - ty97 Jul 22, 11:57
Indiana will require masks statewide starting monday -- (link) - Remlik Jul 22, 11:46 3
- F-ing finally. -- nm - Spawn Jul 22, 11:52 1
  - right? -- nm - Remlik Jul 22, 12:09
- *makes note to pack mask for trip* -- nm - oblique Jul 22, 11:47
Video of russian goalkeeper getting struck by lightning during training -- (link*) - oblique Jul 22, 11:32 15
- Aha! -- nm - Final Destination 6 Starting Point Jul 22, 12:12
- See, Maradona? *That's* what the hand of God actually looks like. -- nm - Max Jul 22, 11:52
- dive. -- nm - Max Jul 22, 11:40 1
  - :-D -- nm - mud Jul 22, 11:47
- it looks like it happens right when he kicks the ball - decline Jul 22, 11:39 3
  - he missed the shot though -- nm - oblique Jul 22, 11:49 2
    - In his defense, he has a pretty legit excuse for shanking the kick - JD Jul 22, 11:56 1
      - NO EXCUSE -- nm - Russian Coach Jul 22, 12:12
- that looks like a Monty Python bit. -- nm - Reagen Jul 22, 11:38 5
  - Or the lost ending to the Scott Sterling video. -- nm - Dano Jul 22, 12:02
  - *SERIOUSLY* -- nm - Mop Jul 22, 11:40 3
    - "How Not To Kick a Ball" -- nm - Reagen Jul 22, 11:54
    - "It's..." -- nm - Spawn Jul 22, 11:42 1
      - CEREAL. -- nm - Mop Jul 22, 11:46
- Jesus. It looks like he pissed off God. -- nm - Mop Jul 22, 11:38
ST Poll: What are some things on your bucket list? - oblique Jul 22, 11:26 37
- Circumnavigate Vancouver Island. Publish a book. Start a business. Parlay my ROV hobby into Serious Feats of Oceanography. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 22, 12:27 1
  - (Frankly, all of these things could be lumped together into one single thing, if the chips fall in place ...) -- nm - Beryllium Jul 22, 12:27
- Scotland (was supposed to be Sept), and at some point Italy and Greece. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 22, 12:18 1
  - Scotland was awesome. I wish I had a chance to see Isle of Skye and the west coast, but I really like Edinburg and the other places I was able to see. - sycor Jul 22, 12:26
- A trip to Australia has been on my list since I was a child. Also, attend all four Grand Slam tennis tournaments. -- nm - Dano Jul 22, 12:00
- Visit all the Disney Parks, get to at least sub-orbital altitude, go to the Udvar-Hazy Center, Run a sub 2 hour half marathon -- (edited) - JD Jul 22, 11:45
- I use Google Maps and pin random places when they pop up on Reddit or other places. Pretty soon it's going to start looking like one big pin. -- nm - sycor Jul 22, 11:41
- see a tornado in person. -- nm - colin Jul 22, 11:40 8
  - in a wing suit! -- nm - Max Jul 22, 11:44
  - I saw a waterspout once - it was a long ways off shore though. -- nm - decline Jul 22, 11:44
  - I saw one once. It was when I was living in DeKalb for college. It was south of my apartment moving across a field. We were pretty far from it - oblique Jul 22, 11:44
  - I don't recommend it. - Judge Bane Jul 22, 11:42 4
    - i like extreme weather - it's really exciting, even if it is scary. -- nm - colin Jul 22, 11:55
    - I have seen a few more than that. If you are far enough away and it is moving in the right direction it can be pretty amazing. - Spawn Jul 22, 11:44 2
      - yeah, I'd imagine -- nm - mud Jul 22, 12:04
      - The furthest away one was when I was maybe eight or nine, so still scary. - Judge Bane Jul 22, 12:02
- Basically anywhere I haven't been. - spamlet Jul 22, 11:34 4
  - I've heard people say that but I've never ever ever seen them. Not even up at my parents place in WI. It's a good excuse, however - oblique Jul 22, 11:35 3
    - I saw them up in Northern Michigan. The light pollution is generally a significant issue. -- nm - pmb Jul 22, 12:10
    - I still want to go somewhere to see them properly mind you. - spamlet Jul 22, 11:39
    - I still regret not going to Iceland a few years ago. I just got nervous doing a solo trip in the middle of winter there. -- nm - sycor Jul 22, 11:37
- get a bucket. -- nm - znufrii still hasn't gotten a haircut Jul 22, 11:33 1
  - I'll never manage it, but it would be neat to get to the highest point in each of the 50 states -- (edited) - znufrii still hasn't gotten a haircut Jul 22, 11:42
- Visit the major U.S. cities I've not yet seen - Chicago, D.C., New York, Boston......... -- nm - Meg Jul 22, 11:32
- Way too many: Northern Lights, Thailand, Iceland, Yosemite, Glacier National Park, Pyramids, Japan, Great Wall. Hell there's a ton in the US - sycor Jul 22, 11:32
- Trip to Italy. Trip to China/Japan. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 22, 11:32 6
  - Oh and Middle East, Israel/Egypt/Dubai -- nm - Strongbad Jul 22, 11:32 5
    - "...and Tahiti." -- nm - Crease Jul 22, 11:34 4
      - Tahiti is not in Europe! -- nm - Blue Punch Baron Jul 22, 11:39 1
        
        And TIL: Dr. Janek (inventor of the box) was played by Donal Logue. -- nm - Blue Punch Baron Jul 22, 11:44
      - "It's a magical place." -- nm - Reagen Jul 22, 11:38
      - meh. Wife wants one of those huts over the water in Bora Bora. That's pretty far down the list. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 22, 11:38
- I don't really have one per se, but I would like to finish The Berserker and STARCH at some point. -- nm - David Jul 22, 11:30
- Publish a book, run my own business, sponsor an archaeological dig that finds something - Max Jul 22, 11:29 2
  - If you can afford to fund the dig, then you should just buy some dinosaur bones and bury them where the dig will be ahead of time -- nm - decline Jul 22, 11:30 1
    - "pull off an archaeological hoax to rival the Cardiff Giant" goes on my list -- nm - Max Jul 22, 11:33
- Only one. Make a new bucket list. -- nm - Spawn Jul 22, 11:29
Roy Den Hollander might have killed a perceived rival in the Men's Rights movement as well. -- (link*) - Diva Jul 22, 11:25
"Your trip to Orlando, FL is booked" - David Jul 22, 11:24 13
- American or Delta? -- nm - spamlet Jul 22, 11:32 8
  - Delta. We have zero faith in American. - David Jul 22, 11:34 7
    - Oh good. - spamlet Jul 22, 11:40
    - What do I need to know about AA? -- nm - Max Jul 22, 11:35 5
      - They're not well maintained here. -- nm - David Jul 22, 11:36 4
        
        Mechanical? or just sanitizing? -- nm - Max Jul 22, 11:37 3
        
        The places are run down and nasty. - David Jul 22, 11:41 1
        
        Also, I've had the worst experiences flying American with regard to delays and cancellations. -- nm - Judge Bane Jul 22, 11:44
        
        IIRC they are operating per usual with full planes with no buffer seating -- nm - sycor Jul 22, 11:38
- Jet Skis down river to the ocean, down the coast, and through the Florida swamps. -- nm - Max Jul 22, 11:31
- effin' protesters. -- nm - Spawn Jul 22, 11:29
- IIRC Cancellation Policies are extended and welcomed up until the time of the trip. Should be ok if there's a last minute concern -- nm - the ice Jul 22, 11:27 1
  - Yes, Delta has a policy that we can change through next July 31 without penalty, and we bought trip insurance. - David Jul 22, 11:29
Q Poll: "It's a tossup in Texas" -- (link) - decline Jul 22, 11:19
Heat wave here next week ... at least two days of 28C weather. (........ 82F.) -- nm - Beryllium Jul 22, 11:16 4
- I miss 82F. It's been 90-100 this week. Heat index 100+. And humid. -- nm - sycor Jul 22, 11:22 2
  - the weather has been a big wall of stupid for 3 straight weeks -- nm - prayformojo Jul 22, 11:24
  - If it got to 35C it would be like the end of days here. -- nm - Reagen Jul 22, 11:23
- :-[ -- nm - mud Jul 22, 11:19
In this episode of West Wing, neither Bartlet (NH) nor Josh (CT) seem to be familiar with leaf peeping. -- nm - Blue Punch Baron Jul 22, 11:16
ha! I liked The Killing too, I saw those two in the Hanna cast, didn't make the connection! ..getting older -- nm - mud Jul 22, 11:16
There is shameless and there is Kellyanne -- (link) - Jovian Jul 22, 11:15 3
- Like... name one. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 22, 11:21 1
  - "Florida?" "Uhhh..." -- nm - Reagen Jul 22, 11:22
- she sounds like she's trying to speak to her fakeprez & her husband at the same time. She sounds mental. -- nm - mud Jul 22, 11:19
Hot Halo rumour: Master Chief will have a grappling hook. -- nm - Shaun Jul 22, 11:10 3
- with accompanying audio -- (link) - Max Jul 22, 12:08 [youtube]
- "I'm Batman." - Master Chief Jul 22, 11:30
- *Mabel squee* -- nm - Blue Punch Baron Jul 22, 11:12
~Time to conquer all of India...er, *most* of India~ -- nm - znufrii still hasn't gotten a haircut Jul 22, 11:08
From B3: I've never written a letter to the editor per se, but I did submit a question to Wall Street Week and it was answered on air. - Blue Punch Baron Jul 22, 11:06
Wow. Jets owner Woody Johnson being accused of some not good things. -- (link) - Strongbad Jul 22, 11:05 3
- I would be more shocked if he hadn't done and said horrible things. -- nm - Diva Jul 22, 11:16
- this is my shocked face. -- nm - znufrii still hasn't gotten a haircut Jul 22, 11:10
- It's a shame for there to be a black mark on Trump's list of appointments like this. -- nm - Reagen Jul 22, 11:08
David/Bane, Allegiant does fly direct for you guys. - spamlet Jul 22, 11:04 9
- Side note: should we start referring to David as Talia al-Ghul? -- nm - Blue Punch Baron Jul 22, 11:08 3
  - Because Kim is Bane? -- nm - David Jul 22, 11:25 2
    - And because you bear a striking resemblance to Marion Cotillard. -- nm - Blue Punch Baron Jul 22, 11:37 1
      - You should hear me sing La Vie en Rose! -- nm - David Jul 22, 11:43
- Allegiant cares less about public safety than SeaWorld, and they're not at MCO. We'd need to get transportation for the trip from that airport. - David Jul 22, 11:05 4
  - why not drive? -- nm - colin Jul 22, 11:12
  - (Florida newspapers are littered with horror stories about Allegiant this summer.) -- nm - David Jul 22, 11:06 2
    - Also, your brother told us his horror story 17 times. - Judge Bane Jul 22, 11:23
    - Ah -- nm - spamlet Jul 22, 11:09
The film industry is operating here in Victoria, so that's some good news -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 22, 11:03
My grandfather had an RV and we would take family trips to the beach and setup in camp grounds (RV parks?) It was a lot of fun when I was a kid. - sycor Jul 22, 11:03 5
- That was my parents' plan when they retired and sold their house. Lasted all of six weeks before they had put down an offer on a new house. :) -- (edited) - znufrii still hasn't gotten a haircut Jul 22, 11:23
- We had an RV when I was a kid - took alot of trips, mostly across the South - we loved it -- nm - decline Jul 22, 11:21
- I'd love a van conversion if I had somewhere to park it. I drove a full-size (27 ft) RV once and that was enough :/ -- nm - Meg Jul 22, 11:06 2
  - Oh I have no idea if I can drive something that big. And I'm sure I'd be nervous as hell, but it would still be awesome to travel like that. -- nm - sycor Jul 22, 11:10 1
    - Yup, this is what I drove for a week. The Jeep and tent were what I generally used but the kids had those. -- (pic) - Meg Jul 22, 11:21 [Attachment]
ST Poll: Which Disney city are David and Callisto thinking of flying to? -- nm - ty97 Jul 22, 10:55 20
- none. they are actually going to Knotts Berry Farm. -- nm - Peglegpete Jul 22, 11:10
- They're going in October so it has to be Halloween Town. -- nm - Krusty Jul 22, 11:04
- Vista Way -- nm - Strongbad Jul 22, 11:03 3
  - Seven Seas Drive -- nm - David Jul 22, 11:04 2
    - por favor manténgase alejado de las puertas -- nm - Strongbad Jul 22, 11:07 1
      - Si -- nm - David Jul 22, 11:08
- Get your ass to Disney Mars. -- nm - Hauser Jul 22, 11:01
- Wakanda. -- nm - Blue Punch Baron Jul 22, 11:00
- Disney Reykjavik! -- nm - Beryllium Jul 22, 10:59 3
  - I'd totally go there in the summer. Winter might be a little cold to ride a coaster. -- nm - sycor Jul 22, 11:04 2
    - Surprisingly mild, actually. Winter is no worse there than here (St Louis). - spamlet Jul 22, 11:05 1
      - Oh I really want to go in winter and summer. It's on my bucket list and wish I would have gone a few years ago when I was planning a trip. - sycor Jul 22, 11:09
- I just assumed Orlando. -- nm - spamlet Jul 22, 10:58
- Orlando! - David Jul 22, 10:58 2
  - Obviously - Spawn Jul 22, 11:00 1
    - it's funny because it's true -- nm - oblique Jul 22, 11:02
- Disney Sea! -- nm - Jovian Jul 22, 10:57
- I assume Tokyo. -- nm - Mop Jul 22, 10:57
- Disney Aulani! -- nm - the ice Jul 22, 10:56
- Disney France! -- nm - Remlik Jul 22, 10:55

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