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David news network: The Hallmark Channel will now include LBGTQ stories in their Christmas movies -- (link) - decline Jul 24, 07:27 1
- Is Black Swan a Christmas movie? -- nm - Blue Punch Baron Jul 24, 07:34
B/c I'm just now getting around to Last Dance, I see Rodman's alma mater's mascot is... uncomfortable. - Blue Punch Baron Jul 24, 07:27 1
- Now the Savage Storm. -- nm - Judge Bane Jul 24, 07:29
Yesterday was the amuse bouche. Today is Opening Day proper which means it's my annual opportunity to post this passage. - Name Withheld By Request Jul 24, 07:15
I hope American doesn't get any ideas -- (link) - spamlet Jul 24, 07:12 1
- What could possibly go wrong? -- nm - Spawn Jul 24, 07:23
Anyone care to try and enter a sneaker drawing for me? It's going right now and ends in 6 minutes. I'm a size 12. Thanks!!! -- (link*) - Krusty Jul 24, 07:03 19
- I didn't have time to complete my sign up. Not sure if being in Brazil would let me enter anyway. (NM) - Marlowe Jul 24, 07:29 1
  - Usually it's US only with other countries getting it at 10am their time. -- nm - Krusty Jul 24, 07:32
- I think I’m three minutes late. -- nm - mafic Jul 24, 07:12 12
  - I was late to post it here. I hate bothering everyone with my sneaker crap but these are super limited and I figured a little help -- (edited) - Krusty Jul 24, 07:17 11
    - Hey, if I bother everyone here with my being creepy crap, you can bother everyone here with your sneaker crap! -- nm - Qale Jul 24, 07:27 1
      - Ha! -- nm - Krusty Jul 24, 07:36
    - You left out the part that they are ugly as fuck. :) -- nm - Bacon Jul 24, 07:18 8
      - and this is not a joke. I looked multiple times to make sure this is the shoe you wanted so I wouldn't get stuck with them if I clicked on the wrong - Bacon Jul 24, 07:19 7
        
        Hahaha!! - Krusty Jul 24, 07:22 6
        
        It's that yellow fur that makes me wonder what the fuck they were thinking. I am still waiting for an email reply -- nm - Bacon Jul 24, 07:23 5
        
        They made them in orange and green as well. None look good. -- (link*) - Krusty Jul 24, 07:26 4
        
        Holy crap those are horrid!! -- nm - Bacon Jul 24, 07:27 3
        
        The colors were off in that pic but yeah, they're a bit much. I guess if you really love the Grateful Dead or are a six year old they're great. -- nm - Krusty Jul 24, 07:30
        
        Oh well Nike replied: Your Entry Wasn't Selected -- nm - Bacon Jul 24, 07:29 1
        
        I figured but thanks for giving it a try! I appreciate the help everyone here gives me with this. :-) -- nm - Krusty Jul 24, 07:33
- Entered. -- nm - Mop Jul 24, 07:09
- Done -- nm - Bacon Jul 24, 07:08
- In. Good luck! -- nm - spamlet Jul 24, 07:07 1
  - Thank you, all!! -- nm - Krusty Jul 24, 07:11
Tony Luke's is an iconic Philly cheesesteak place. He's huge in the city. He just got indicted for tax fraud for scamming the IRS out of $8 million -- (link) - decline Jul 24, 06:54
Former NBAer Nate Robinson to fight someone named Jake Paul (YouTube?) on the Tyson undercard. -- nm - MDH Jul 24, 06:46 3
- You know Jake Paul...the guy who went in the suicide forest, in Japan, and was filming. Guy who filmed himself looting in a mall, earlier this year -- nm* - Flavorize Jul 24, 06:50 1
  - Some of those may have been his equally dipshit brother, who I have no need of distinguishing between. -- nm - Reagen Jul 24, 06:53
- "Doors lock from the outside!" -- nm - Reagen Jul 24, 06:47
kiting checks question: I am writing a check on a nonlocal bank to a contractor today. what are the chances it gets presented to my bank TODAY? - amanda Jul 24, 06:38 1
- If he deposits it today I believe you may have an issue - decline Jul 24, 06:42
SCIENCE! Eating chocolate weekly cuts risk of heart disease - Blue Punch Baron Jul 24, 06:30
Now just imagine if our state security apparatus was in the hands on someone as scrupleless as trump, but actually competent -- (link*) - znufrii still hasn't gotten a haircut Jul 24, 06:13 4
- Yeah. I've thought for a while that good thing Trump is incompetent. - Dano Jul 24, 06:19 3
  - It may be too much to ask, but I'm hoping this acts as a wake-up call for people and might result in the next administration reining this in. - znufrii still hasn't gotten a haircut Jul 24, 06:22 2
    - Yes because the executive is totally interested in reducing their power. - spamlet Jul 24, 06:34 1
      - see my IM -- nm - znufrii still hasn't gotten a haircut Jul 24, 06:35
Happy birthday, Cuzzin Todd! Happy birthday, Decline! Woo hoo!!! Have a great day, guys! -- nm - Krusty Jul 24, 05:34 8
- HBD -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 24, 10:38
- Happy birthday! -- nm - spamlet Jul 24, 07:08
- happy happy guys! -- nm - Diva Jul 24, 07:04
- Thanks! -- nm - decline Jul 24, 06:42
- Happy b, guys! (NM) - Marlowe Jul 24, 06:31
- have a great day, fellas! -- nm - prayformojo Jul 24, 06:25
- Happy Birthday! -- nm - Dano Jul 24, 06:11
- Don Homer! -- nm - Beaker Jul 24, 05:56
JFC—L.A. Times: Florida Has A COVID Death Every 8 Minutes -- nm - Flavorize Jul 24, 05:26 1
- "A man is mugged in new york city every 8 minutes. This... is that man" -- nm - rollo Jul 24, 07:10
The UNCW professor who was pushed to resign due to inflammatory tweets has been found dead in his home. -- (link) - Will Hunting Jul 24, 05:21 1
- Outraged college students? You don't say! -- nm - Blue Punch Baron Jul 24, 06:16
wap? Sarah Cooper: How to person woman man camera tv -- (link) - prayformojo Jul 24, 05:11 [youtube]
Popcorn Champs: Terminator 2 -- (link) - Beaker Jul 24, 05:08
TV PSA: Bering Sea Gold, Smackdown, Arena, RuPaul, Greatest #Athome Videos, Jim Gaffigan: The Pale Tourist (Amazon), Rogue Trip (D+), other stuff -- nm - Beaker Jul 24, 04:44 1
- Great Performances: She Loves Me (PBS), Room 104 (HBO) -- nm - Beaker Jul 24, 04:44
Two Christopher Columbus statues have been removed in Chicago. Chicago Italian-Americans are pissed. - . Jul 24, 03:48 1
- I saw that Sopranos episode -- nm - Beaker Jul 24, 04:22
She had one leg in the east/ One leg in the west/ I’m down there in the middle/Just trying to do my best -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 24, 02:04
Obama didn't brag half as much about winning the Nobel prize as donny did about passing the cognitive test. -- nm - facebook Jul 24, 01:49 6
- TBF, both required similar amounts of effort. -- nm - Ender Jul 24, 04:44 4
  - Nah, bullshitting the american public 24/7 takes a lot more work than not being a warmongering dick-waver. -- nm - znufrii still hasn't gotten a haircut Jul 24, 06:17 3
    - Let’s be real...Obama deserves a Nobel Peace Prize in 2009 about as much as I did. - Will Hunting Jul 24, 06:33 2
      - All true. - Beryllium Jul 24, 07:25
      - Exactly. It was about the hope of what he could do vs. what he had achieved. That said, fb's point stands. -- nm - Diva Jul 24, 07:13
- If/when Biden wins, I hope he gets one too. Just to rub it in on the Orangina. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 24, 02:11
someone points out the 'federal' goons in Portland have ZTI logos on some uniforms, that's the new logo for Blackwater 'contractors' -- (link) - zeitgeist Jul 24, 00:37 3
- It actually seems to be a cybersecurity company (and their website exceeded bandwidth). -- nm - loosilu Jul 24, 02:37
- "Donnie's Gestapo and the Wall of Moms" does have a ring to it -- nm - con_carne Jul 24, 00:42 1
  - It should, it was Frank Zappa's highest charting album so... -- nm - rollo Jul 24, 07:08
China picks the US councelate in Chengdu to close in retaliation (since they tend to be chess player smart, what ramifications of this?) -- (link) - zeitgeist Jul 23, 23:51
Where do we stand on the Mary Trump book? Did it get released? Is it old news? - Mop Jul 23, 23:18 4
- in her interviews she seems like a normal enough person, but she has the same vocal cadences and accent as him - Reagen Jul 24, 04:42
- She's making the rounds and more than stood her ground against Megan McCain. - . Jul 24, 03:51
- released, apparently the donald is a liar, an asshole, a manipulator, and, get this, a narcisist...who knew -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 23, 23:53 1
  - AND if there is money involved, don't underestimate a hit or 3 on close relatives. -- nm - Peglegpete Jul 24, 00:00
San Quinten says an 8th death row inmate has died from c19 -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 23, 23:12
Bolivia is serious about this Due To The Pandemic game -- (link) - con_carne Jul 23, 23:01 2
- I only learned last week that Evo Morales is no longer president of Bolivia and the reasons why are... messy. -- nm - Mop Jul 23, 23:09
- Hmmm... -- nm - Trump Jul 23, 23:08
Union University TN which received some 40m in federal funding recinded a scholarship when it learned the student was gay...oh, its legal -- (link) - zeitgeist Jul 23, 22:32 1
- More accurate, he was refused admission (which included a scholarship) after it was discovered he was gay. It’s a Christian conservative school. - Mop Jul 23, 23:07
Also, it's important to me that you know this was a real thing that happened. -- (link) - David Jul 23, 22:23 [youtube]
WA state passes 50,000 and 14or1,500 deaths, my county was down to teens of new cases, now over 100, opening rolled back, bars to close again, - zeitgeist Jul 23, 22:04
Judge in Ghislaine maxwell case will release papers and will not gag order the lawyers -- (link) - zeitgeist Jul 23, 21:55
One more week until my telephone appt with the podiatrist. This is really ridiculous :/ All the facilities around the county and they - Meg Jul 23, 21:47
The best idea from The Morning Show pilot is a Gilmore Girls musical. -- nm - David Jul 23, 21:46
The full video of Biden and Obama talking is up. So good. -- (link*) - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 23, 21:21 [youtube] 1
- It's no person, man, woman, camera, tv. -- nm - jnine Jul 23, 21:40
It happened again. Get text from the landlord of the neighboring unit. There's water supposedly leaking from my unit. - Tim Jul 23, 21:16 6
- If your plumber can't see anything on your side it might just be her problem and she wants you to pay for it. -- nm* - . Jul 23, 23:38
- Taser. -- nm - Qale Jul 23, 22:00 1
  - blow dart -- nm - Strongbad Jul 24, 04:46
- see if you can hire an independent adjustor...or maybe the downstairs folks should since they are suffering the damange and the mold -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 23, 21:53
- Yes, call your insurance yesterday. -- nm - Spawn Jul 23, 21:29 1
  - this -- nm - Peglegpete Jul 23, 21:34
Heidi hasn’t been on the last several episodes of AGT. Apparently she got sick and collapsed during filming, although they say it wasn’t COVID. -- nm - Mop Jul 23, 21:10
Holy shit this doom patrol is good ... -- nm - Beryllium Jul 23, 21:10 2
- I really enjoyed the first three episodes I saw. -- nm - Mop Jul 23, 21:51 1
  - yeah but like THIS episode ("Dumb Patrol") is *really* good. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 23, 21:55
As a reminder, if you're ever feeling lonely and need a friend, I'm always around to quip a bit. -- nm - David Jul 23, 21:05 2
- You’re Quibbi? Oh finally! Now it all makes sense. -- nm - Qale Jul 23, 22:02 1
  - Nah, I'm more like Baywatch... -- (link) - David Jul 23, 22:18 [youtube]
hee -- (link) - Tim Jul 23, 20:59 4
- So, do more cut-outs show up for Sox games than fans in the preCovid times? -- nm - . Jul 23, 23:26
- When the game started, I told my friend there would be all kinds of jokes about the cutouts staying past the 7th inning, unlike the fans. -- nm - jnine Jul 23, 21:44 1
  - Cleveland Indians games in the 70's & 80's didn't need masks/social distancing. nobody was ever there. the stadium seated 80k, 5k was tops some days. -- nm - Peglegpete Jul 23, 21:47
- Ha! -- nm - Krusty Jul 23, 21:05
Now Playing: Bowling for Columbine. Didn’t see it before, unfortunately appears as relevant as it was at release. -- nm - Qale Jul 23, 20:52 2
- IMO the subject of the movie is not even guns, it's fear. And that fear is definitely still there -- nm - Guigue Jul 23, 21:03 1
  - You are right. In fact, it is far far worse. And Americanized fear was exported. -- nm - Qale Jul 23, 21:08
Post-COVID syndrome posts -- (pic) - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 23, 20:32 [Attachment] 2
- Another -- (pic) - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 23, 20:33 [Attachment] 1
  - And so forth -- (pic) - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 23, 20:34 [Attachment]
and yeah, New York's congressional delegation is about to be younger, Blacker, gayer and more progressive overall. - Tim Jul 23, 20:32 9
- (combined age of Eliot Engel, Nita Lowey and Jose Serrano: 232.) - Tim Jul 23, 20:41 5
  - Carolyn Maloney will probably eek out a win (though not a given). She is 74, her opponent is 36 -- nm - ty97 Jul 23, 20:44 4
    - Are there numbers for that race? -- nm - Krusty Jul 23, 20:47 3
      - Very very very close -- (link) - ty97 Jul 23, 20:50 [Backboard] 2
        
        Both campaigns say they're in the lead right now. -- (link) - Tim Jul 23, 20:51 1
        
        Thanks, guys! -- nm - Krusty Jul 23, 21:05
- Barring something very strange occurring, first two openly gay black men going to Congress -- nm - ty97 Jul 23, 20:40
- Younger, Blacker, Gayer ought to be the top-selling album of 2020 -- nm - Beryllium Jul 23, 20:33 1
  - I would run test audiences with Queer instead just to see if we can’t punch it up a little. -- nm - Qale Jul 23, 22:05
I'm loving the world building of Carnival Row. -- nm - Ender Jul 23, 20:12 1
- I'm especially loving the kobolds-as-puppets part. -- nm - Ender Jul 23, 20:35
So as to remove any concerns, CBS will reportedly infect all houseguest on Big Brother with coronavirus before isolating them in the house. -- nm - Mop Jul 23, 20:07 1
- The secret twist is that one of them has tested positive -- nm - Dano Jul 23, 20:09
Alright, I admit it, I'd travel to Halifax to buy this sailboat ... -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 23, 19:55 3
- only $1,000 US a foot....what's that white roll on the galley table? one of the last photos?? hiding a pipe? a mast? -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 23, 22:37
- Who wouldn’t, for those haylards? And a roller curling Genoa Doyle! - mafic Jul 23, 20:16 1
  - Heh. The typos make me wonder if it would be safe to sail it through panama. - Beryllium Jul 23, 20:18
Disney Parks update: Days to be added back on Expired APs reflecting the closure window. May be Disneyland specific -- nm* - the ice Jul 23, 19:54 1
- I love your unsourced news. It plays into my suspicion that you’re secretly Bob Iger. -- nm - Mop Jul 23, 19:55
Yanks/Nats game called. -- (link*) - the ice Jul 23, 19:53 1
- Yankees win! Theeeeeee Yankees win! -- nm - Krusty Jul 23, 19:59
"capitol hill's mystery soda machine" -- nm - Tim Jul 23, 19:52 2
- Fresca? Oh, now I know it's fake. That's such a made up TV name for a soda. -- nm - Blue Punch Baron Jul 24, 06:16
- Oh, it’s not what I thought it was. I thought it was the soda machine that Rand Paul secretly moved into the rotunda one night. -- nm - Mop Jul 23, 20:00
Big news in running groups today is the Garmin ransomware attack. I can’t sync my run! -- (link) - Dano Jul 23, 19:37 1
- I wondered what that "server maintenance" was about. nm - ralph wiggum Jul 23, 20:16
How to person woman man camera tv. -- (link) - Volnelk Jul 23, 19:30 7
- They had to pick words that appealed to his narcissism, I guess. Heh. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 23, 20:27 3
  - I genuinely believe he’s using it as an example because it’s things he can see from where he is standing. -- (edited) - Volnelk Jul 23, 20:58 2
    - I love lamp -- nm - znufrii still hasn't gotten a haircut Jul 24, 06:12
    - Of course he is. You would never use those words in an actual test as they're too close in association. -- nm - Reagen Jul 24, 02:04
- “...you get extra points!” -- nm - Mop Jul 23, 19:54
- Why do I find her attractive even with that voice? It's very confusing. -- nm - Max Jul 23, 19:32 1
  - It's because she used to work at Flickr. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 23, 19:45
Here's the details on the restraining order against federal goons in Portland. Seems pretty limited. -- (link) - Mop Jul 23, 19:30

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