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I have a strong feeling that the GOP is populated by the insane, stupid or awful. -- nm - mud Jul 28, 11:49 2
- And the top levels of the Democratic Party are populated by the complacent, incompetent, or outdated. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 28, 11:54
- por que no los tres? -- nm - Reagen Jul 28, 11:52
"Will y’all please stop comparing Betsy DeVos to Dolores Umbridge? Dolores Umbridge worked in a school." *burn* -- nm - oblique Jul 28, 11:44 1
- *Hem* -- nm - Betsy DeVos Jul 28, 11:46
IL: 1076 new cases on 28,331 tests (3.79%) with 30 deaths. 7 day rolling average is 3.8%. -- nm - oblique Jul 28, 11:34 8
- Since July 11, the numbers are likely more skewed than they were before. I don't believe them within 25-50%. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 28, 11:37 7
  - I don't have much trust in any numbers coming out of FL (did something change on July 11th?) -- nm - oblique Jul 28, 11:44 5
    - Hospitals have to send data to HHS instead of CDC as of that date. -- (link) - JaxSean Jul 28, 11:48 3
      - Well, yes, but to be fair the data we're posting here generally is coming from the state department of health, not HHS or the CDC -- nm - oblique Jul 28, 11:49 2
        
        Are the state departments getting them directly from the hospitals as well? -- nm - JaxSean Jul 28, 11:51 1
        
        I presume from the hospitals "The data on this site is what has been entered into Illinois' National Electronic Disease Surveillance System (I-NEDSS)" -- (link) - oblique Jul 28, 11:55
    - I have trust that child hospitalizations in FL have surged, just in time for back to school. -- nm - Spawn Jul 28, 11:45
  - Right? Fake News!!! -- nm - POTUS Jul 28, 11:39
If Michael J Fox didn't have Parkinson's, could you imagine him as Benji in Mission Impossible? -- nm - Beryllium Jul 28, 11:24 11
- If he didn't have Parkinson's, he would have wanted the Ethan Hunt role. -- nm - Inigo Jul 28, 11:33 4
  - Lots of people want lots of things, but it is a Cruise production. -- nm - con_carne Jul 28, 11:57
  - I kinda want to live in that universe. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 28, 11:43
  - One year older than Tom Cruise! -- nm - Spawn Jul 28, 11:41 1
    - And one inch shorter! -- nm - Beryllium Jul 28, 11:42
- (I just saw his bit on Scrubs and it seemed very Pegg-ish, hence the question) -- nm - Beryllium Jul 28, 11:33
- Yeah, mainly because of Casualties of War -- nm - con_carne Jul 28, 11:30
- Too old, not nerdy enough. He'd be better as a CIA suit and they should lean into the Parkinson's - Roger More Jul 28, 11:30 2
  - Based on his Good Wife work he'd be good as a villain. -- nm - Max Jul 28, 11:58
  - He is only 9 years older than Pegg, but I agree. -- nm - Spawn Jul 28, 11:31
- No. -- nm - Spawn Jul 28, 11:28
This might be my new favorite shirt -- (link) - oblique Jul 28, 11:22 1
- :-] -- nm - mud Jul 28, 11:23
My dad has come into the room 4 times in the last hour to tell me he's not going to bother me while I work. -- nm - loosilu Jul 28, 11:19 6
- start shooting rubber bands at him -- nm - decline Jul 28, 11:41 1
  - Five times! -- nm - loosilu Jul 28, 11:46
- Hey. Hey. Hey. Hey. - Spawn Jul 28, 11:30 1
  - Basically. -- nm - loosilu Jul 28, 11:32
- My MIL has completely forgotten that other people need to work during the day, since she retired. -- nm - Reagen Jul 28, 11:23
- he wuvs yoo -- nm - mud Jul 28, 11:23
As an aside, too many of the politicians on the Finance committee are doing a poor job with the Kielbergers. CPC Cooper and NDP Angus esp. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jul 28, 11:16 1
- WE has also lost the following sponsors in the last week: Telus, RBC, KPMG, Loblaws, GoodLife Fitness... -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jul 28, 11:23
The Miami Marlins' season has been officially paused...with the team in quarantine with 19 positive test results. -- (link) - decline Jul 28, 11:09 27
- Only took 19? -- nm - the ice Jul 28, 11:38 1
  - N-n-n-n-nineteen, nineteen - Spawn Jul 28, 11:43
- THANK YOU! -- nm - Flavorize Jul 28, 11:37
- For perspective, in baseball terms, that's *two* starting lineups, two starting pitchers, and a closer. ON ONE TEAM! -- nm - David Jul 28, 11:27
- My question: how the hell does that happen this badly? - Will Hunting Jul 28, 11:12 22
  - Part of the process players are supposed to go through is self-checking, at home, before they leave. 2 temps plus a questionnaire. -- (edited) - Flavorize Jul 28, 11:34
  - These guys are much closer to each other than a typical office. Just in the dugout, the locker rooms, etc. Buses to and from the hotel, etc. -- nm - pmb Jul 28, 11:29 4
    - Thing is...they don't have to be. Hell, they could have made them play with masks on. -- nm - oblique Jul 28, 11:33 3
      - Why don't you try having sex with a mask on? -- nm - Spawn Jul 28, 11:48 2
        
        With or without pets? -- nm - oblique Jul 28, 11:49 1
        
        You can not have a sport without a D, kilbo. -- nm - Spawn Jul 28, 11:49
  - Back when you were saying the players were being idiots, they were *begging* owners to take safety plans seriously. - David Jul 28, 11:26
  - It's a sports team. They're in close quarters, working out, breathing hard, doing everything together. -- nm - loosilu Jul 28, 11:20
  - SO contagious. -- nm - Andie Jul 28, 11:19 3
    - *has a breakdown* -- nm - that girl on pippy's fb si Jul 28, 11:42 2
      - EVERYONE ALREADY HAS IT!! -- nm - Beaker Jul 28, 11:43 1
        
        L3 -- nm - Diva Jul 28, 15:58
  - This is why I'm all for schools testing every student prior to school starting and I wish businesses would do the same - oblique Jul 28, 11:18
  - Travel + no bubble + not quarantining once a positive test is found. This was bound to happen. -- nm - Inigo Jul 28, 11:17 2
    - Also, Miami has a much higher positive rate than Tennessee does. -- (edited) - Inigo Jul 28, 11:20
    - Agreed - easy for this to collapse like a house of cards with no bubble and w/travel. wouldn't be surprised if it happened to another organization too -- nm - Diva Jul 28, 11:19
  - smuggled in hookers? late night run to a bar? breakfast cook coughing on all the plates? -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 28, 11:15
  - as soon as they instituted travel they were fucked -- nm - Beaker Jul 28, 11:14
  - Jeter's disease-transmission karma finally rebounding sharply? -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jul 28, 11:14 1
    - no gift bags for opponents were the problem! -- nm - Beaker Jul 28, 11:15
  - As I said, MLB chose to have a 100m dash in a minefield. (NM) - Marlowe Jul 28, 11:14 1
    - They had to thread a rather wide needle. - Will Hunting Jul 28, 11:17
Wait. There was no scheduling conflict around Trump throwing the pitch at a Yankee game? They never invited him? -- (link) - decline Jul 28, 10:57 6
- Wait, I thought Deadspin didn't do politics now. -- nm - David Jul 28, 11:03 2
  - It’s the only thing they do nowadays. All of it badly. -- (edited) - Will Hunting Jul 28, 11:14
  - That is sports! -- nm - Spawn Jul 28, 11:04
- He also sadly had to cancel the invitation from Topps to make the card of it. "Would have been HUGE!" -- nm - Spawn Jul 28, 11:01
- It was an open invitation from Yankee mgmt scumbag Randy Levine, from last year. - Jovian Jul 28, 11:00
- he apparently made up the invite and the cancellation -- nm - oblique Jul 28, 10:59
U.S. Requires Hurricanes To Quarantine For 2 Weeks Before Traveling To Other States -- (link) - the ice Jul 28, 10:53
Minnesota "umbrella man" supposedly identified as a Hell's Angels member looking to incite racial violence -- (link) - Reagen Jul 28, 10:51 1
- Credit to the police... I guess? They found the guy. But no one's ever going to know or acknowledge the truth. - Mop Jul 28, 11:54
Just got our WFH til 2021 email -- nm - the ice Jul 28, 10:43 2
- I don't need an e-mail. Camboys always work from home. -- nm - Mop Jul 28, 10:54
- my sister too today. -- nm - amanda Jul 28, 10:51
And we’ve just arrived for our first official college visit. - spamlet Jul 28, 10:33 11
- University of Colorado? The Stanford of Colorado -- nm - Flavorize Jul 28, 10:56 5
  - We have plans in early september to visit Colorado Collge, University of Colorado Boulder, and the University of Northern Colorado. -- nm - oblique Jul 28, 10:58 4
    - All great colleges...locations are very different, but all 3 are really cool. -- nm - Flavorize Jul 28, 11:07
    - Boulder is an amazing place. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 28, 11:04
    - Boulder is beautiful. -- (edited) - znufrii still hasn't gotten a haircut Jul 28, 11:03 1
      - yeah, I love the town. My aunt & uncle live there. My uncle used to have a pizza shop in town that was fabulous - decline Jul 28, 11:05
- Don't believe anything they tell you. Overheard the tour guides as I walk across campus and I have to wonder "what college are they talking about?" -- nm - Mop Jul 28, 10:44 1
  - If your tour guide looks like Tom Green - you know you're in trouble -- nm - decline Jul 28, 10:47
- Where you be? -- nm - Daniel Prime Jul 28, 10:43
- "This is a College. This is a school of higher learning." -- nm - the ice Jul 28, 10:36
- Woot!! -- nm - Epiphany loves Elsie Jul 28, 10:34
I have a harissa inspired dry rub. It's like crack as a popcorn seasoning. -- nm - Dano Jul 28, 10:33 5
- huh -- nm - prayformojo Jul 28, 10:34 4
  - Here's the rub -- (link) - Dano Jul 28, 10:37 3
    - That explains it all -- nm - con_carne Jul 28, 11:16
    - that's the name of my combination spice store/conflict resolution management business. -- nm* - Reagen Jul 28, 10:47 1
      - It's a good name really. -- nm - Max Jul 28, 12:00
Canadians... (Especially the Maritime-based ones...) Has there been any speculation why Nova Scotia and Ottawa are loath to do a public inquiry? - Name Withheld By Request Jul 28, 10:31 16
- (McNeil is also a bit of a one-man show) -- nm - Reagen Jul 28, 10:49
- the dark speculation is that there's some dirty shit with the RCMP that's being covered up. -- nm - Reagen Jul 28, 10:46 14
  - That's literally the only theory I can come up with. If I was the next CPC leader, this would be my #1 Maritime policy announcement. - Name Withheld By Request Jul 28, 10:55 12
    - Also, I think this hangs on the provincial party, and McNeil specifically - Reagen Jul 28, 11:02 9
      - Perhaps, but considering how important Atlantic Canada is to Ottawa, WE or no WE, the PMO isn't going to fuck around with those seats. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jul 28, 11:04 8
        
        a couple MLAs broke ranks today - with a majority of 1 it's not impossible it leads to an election here - Reagen Jul 28, 11:11 7
        
        I have a buddy here whose aunt was one of the victims. This is his #1 federal voting issue at the moment. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jul 28, 11:12 6
        
        Actually just saw on Twitter that Minister Furey has said the province would do an inquiry if Ottawa comes around. Fully on Trudeau's shoulders now. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jul 28, 11:13 4
        
        Local sentiment still feels like it's on McNeil, whatever the truth of it is. -- nm - Reagen Jul 28, 11:24 3
        
        He's former RCMP, right? -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jul 28, 11:27 2
        
        no, he was an appliance repairman. -- nm - Reagen Jul 28, 11:30 1
        
        Maytag man? (I looked it up. It's Furey who is ex-Mountie.) -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jul 28, 11:38
        
        same for all my relatives in NS -- nm - Beaker Jul 28, 11:13
    - a "denturist drug smuggler/gun runner with body disposal chemicals" would be rejected by Fargo as outlandish. -- nm - Reagen Jul 28, 10:59 1
      - Who, as per some MacLeans reporting, may have been a paid informant. (They've stood by their speculation/reporting.) -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jul 28, 11:03
  - My off the cuff theory is that there is overlap with Five Eyes that can't be revealed. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 28, 10:51
August Community Day: Magikarp! nm - Daniel Prime Jul 28, 10:28 10
- MY KINGDOM FOR A SHINY MAGIKARP. it's when I'm camping, right? so I'll miss it? -- nm - amanda Jul 28, 10:42 6
  - i got TWO in the past few days. (i had three, ever, previous to Saturday. I would GLADLY trade you one...) -- (edited) - Andie Jul 28, 11:12
  - But wait - if you have internet at all - pop an incense, you'll get one. nm - Daniel Prime Jul 28, 10:44 3
    - does this work? camp is here. even the hotel doesn't ahve internet. -- (link) - amanda Jul 28, 10:49 2
      - You're really in the sticks -- nm - decline Jul 28, 11:12
      - hmmm...bummer. I've done community days on camping trips where my phone got service. In fact, we just did Gastly that way. nm - Daniel Prime Jul 28, 10:51
  - August 8 -- nm - spamlet Jul 28, 10:42
- And it’s the day we’re driving back from space camp. The kid will have to catch for me. - spamlet Jul 28, 10:41
- Oh hells yes. Shiny fishie finally. -- nm - spamlet Jul 28, 10:31 1
  - Love my red Gyarados. -- nm - loosilu Jul 28, 10:43
After speaking with MLB, the Nationals have learned they did NOT want to skip the series. They want Florida to take a bus from Baltimore to DC, though - David Jul 28, 10:24
How do you scan the code with the app? I can generate a code but I don't see where to scan someone else's. -- (edited) - Krusty Jul 28, 10:21 16
- btw, here is Spotify's official announcement on it -- (link) - oblique Jul 28, 10:52 2
  - It is in beta so perhaps what we've seen isn't completely what's in the announcement - JD Jul 28, 11:02 1
    - Yes. I remember when Facebook announced Rooms it took forever for it to actually roll out -- nm* - oblique Jul 28, 11:08
- You don't scan it. You need to take a marker and draw the code on your screen -- nm - decline Jul 28, 10:23 1
  - With a sharpie. -- nm - loosilu Jul 28, 10:36
- on your phone bring up the song queued/stopped/playing window, and in the lower left is the Connect menu - JaxSean Jul 28, 10:23 6
  - saw you were listening for a little bit :D -- nm - JaxSean Jul 28, 10:24 5
    - From this brief tryout, it won't work like Turntable as it really is designed as a local feature. At the moment, I can only the ST use of a trusting - JD Jul 28, 10:29 1
      - Hmmm...strange way to do it. Sucks we won't have some sort of Turntable replacement. -- nm - Krusty Jul 28, 10:32
    - Thanks! I got in and I think I can hear what you're playing, Parasite Eve. But it said I'm not in the session when I thought I was - Krusty Jul 28, 10:27 1
      - Yeah, that's one of my playlist. It's...odd feature. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 28, 11:02
    - i ended my session -- nm - JaxSean Jul 28, 10:27
- just shout at your phone -- nm - colin Jul 28, 10:22 3
  - It never works -- nm - Krusty Jul 28, 10:22 2
    - feels good though, doesn't it? -- nm - colin Jul 28, 10:23 1
      - Always -- nm - Krusty Jul 28, 10:28
Kansas City Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes now part owner of Royals -- (link) - Beaker Jul 28, 10:16 1
- That's very, very cool. -- nm - David Jul 28, 10:22
Do you know this one girl, with hair like this? -- nm - Mop Jul 28, 10:16
Let's presume that MLB sticks to the plan. Should teams have to forfeit when they have outbreaks like the Marlins? -- nm - David Jul 28, 10:16 8
- No-Then division teams benefit the most--In Marlins example, the forfeits could cause NL east to have 3 playoff teams--Competitive balance -- nm - Flavorize Jul 28, 10:49
- Yes. It’s the only way to get teams to take it seriously. -- nm - spamlet Jul 28, 10:29
- No, they have the 60-person player pools offsite for a reason. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 28, 10:24 2
  - Well they have a 27 person pool offsite. They take 33 of the 60 with them. - spamlet Jul 28, 10:32
  - This. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jul 28, 10:25
- No, they should have to field teams of players from the local mental asylums. One Flew Over the Major League. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 28, 10:23
- I think nothing from this season should go into the record books, so it wouldn't matter whether or not they forfeit. -- nm - Maracello Jul 28, 10:18 1
  - agreed -- nm - decline Jul 28, 10:21
zoom zoom -- nm - oblique Jul 28, 10:15 1 1
- That is your answer for everything. -- nm - ♤Spawn♤ Jul 28, 10:16

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