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The NHL players didn't kneel which made Don. Jr. very happy but upset a lot of the fans who took it upon themselves to kneel if the teams - Krusty Aug 1, 06:49
Happy birthday, mafic! Woo hoo!!! -- (edited) - Krusty Aug 1, 06:44 10
- HBD -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 1, 11:20
- Happy b! (NM) - Marlowe Aug 1, 08:15
- Happy birthday! -- nm - kelly Aug 1, 07:43
- Happy BDay dude! -- nm - budice Aug 1, 07:34
- happy birthdaaay! -- nm - colin Aug 1, 07:18
- cheers ! -- nm - mud Aug 1, 06:56
- Have a great birthday, kiddo! -- nm - prayformojo Aug 1, 06:55
- I celebrated in the traditional Australian way, by drinking beer and yelling at kangaroos to get off my lawn. -- nm - mafic Aug 1, 06:52 1
  - Hell yeah! - Krusty Aug 1, 06:55
- Happy birthday! -- nm - ty97 Aug 1, 06:47
Fun march last night - in the wealthiest neighborhood of our city, there's a man who is a major part of ICE detention centers. Seems if you show up - colin Aug 1, 06:34 1
- Nice to hear everything stayed civil and that the march went off without an incident. Keep up the good work and stay safe! -- nm - Krusty Aug 1, 06:40
"This is the hottest new restaurant in LA. All of the sushi is made from fish previously owned by celebrities" -- nm - prayformojo Aug 1, 06:02 1
- this sounds like a Future Man bit -- nm - colin Aug 1, 06:35
This Day in NHL/NBA History lists are gonna be weird for the rest of time. -- nm - Reagen Aug 1, 03:56 1
- 4pm game time!!!! Tis a rare occurrence. -- nm - Shaun Aug 1, 05:50
"The planet is healing itself" -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 1, 01:42
pelosi defends marijuana position in the covid19 package -- (link) - zeitgeist Aug 1, 00:09
LA Protestor with hands up shot (with 'non lethal' round) in the head, suffering serious brain injury...former marine...there's video -- (link) - zeitgeist Jul 31, 23:57
Bryan Cranston Breaks Good, donates his plasma after recovering from c19 and urges everyone to wear their damn masks -- (link) - zeitgeist Jul 31, 23:02 2
- Huh, did we know that Cranston got COVID-19? -- nm - Mop Aug 1, 07:02 1
  - we do *now* -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 1, 11:22
I honestly never get tired of seeing my car get software updates. - TWuG Jul 31, 21:35 7
- have they ever 'improved' something that ruined something you liked the way it was? -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 31, 22:31 1
  - Not yet. -- nm - TWuG Jul 31, 22:52
- As compared to the ones I saw in the village tonight :) I'll take the '57 Chevy or the 72 Dodge Charger. -- nm - Meg Jul 31, 22:01
- Games added? To play while autopilot is on? -- nm - jnine Jul 31, 21:56 3
  - No. Only while in park. I can stream YouTube and Netflix, as well. - TWuG Jul 31, 22:28 2
    - "I'm not sure what happened, officer. I was just putting the red 8 on the black 9 and the whole thing went haywire." -- nm - Blue Punch Baron Aug 1, 06:52 1
      - Fortunately, the entertainment stuff is all handled by a completely separate computer from the Full Self Driving -- nm - TWuG Aug 1, 07:16
Friday is Car Show night down in the village. I was down there to pick up my dinner. Lots of signs about masks and social distancing. The spectators - Meg Jul 31, 21:27
Huh. Hadn’t realized Lollapalooza was this weekend. Here’s the live stream. -- (link) - Mop Jul 31, 21:09 [youtube] 1
- here's what's on my earphones tonight.... -- (link) - zeitgeist Jul 31, 23:03
Hurricane Isasis lookin’ kinda rugged. After careful analysis of the data, I’m guessing a grazing landfall near Boca Raton at about 1000 millibars. - Qale Jul 31, 21:04
The Rockets-Mavs game is fun - JD Jul 31, 21:01 1
- I had it on and thought the game was almost over when it was like 111-103. Then, I realized it was only the third quarter. -- nm - David Jul 31, 21:39
Good thing this season doesn't count. -- nm - Tim Jul 31, 20:08 2
- It could be worse. You could be a Mets fa...oh. -- nm - David Jul 31, 20:18 1
  - So far it looks like the WS winner will be whichever team that produces the least positives. -- nm - . Aug 1, 00:06
YouTube TV has added an incredible new feature to sports programming: "Catch up to live through key plays" - David Jul 31, 19:49 5
- I wonder if there’s people behind that or if it’s algorithms. -- nm - Mop Jul 31, 20:43
- I saw that tonight. I'm still thinking about jumping ship, though -- nm - prayformojo Jul 31, 19:57 3
  - But... you could watch an entire baseball game in 3 minutes! -- nm - Mop Jul 31, 20:44 1
    - An entire soccer game in 10 seconds! -- nm - TWuG Jul 31, 20:52
  - You and I are very different people. -- nm* - David Jul 31, 20:17
Trump announces on AF1 that he’s banning TikTok in the US. - Volnelk Jul 31, 19:44 9
- Great... now I have to get tik-tok. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Aug 1, 05:59
- Even if MS buys it? -- nm - . Aug 1, 00:07
- how much up is the stock since he said it? -- nm - Peglegpete Jul 31, 21:00
- But I just joined it like a couple of weeks ago! -- nm - Qale Jul 31, 20:19
- Doesn't this feel....I dunno....not Constitutional? -- nm - ty97 Jul 31, 20:12 2
  - Kings got no time for Constitutions -- nm - Jovian Jul 31, 21:11
  - Discussed on ST at length. A Chinese company can be prohibited from doing business in the US but there’ll be trade consequences. Like Hauwei. -- nm - Mop Jul 31, 20:19
- If only people who used tiktok were old enough to vote. - the wrong element, bad guy Jul 31, 20:01 1
  - There are some. Every little bit helps. -- nm - Volnelk Jul 31, 20:05
Wait. Did CQ not post for months and then just casually show up guessing trivia and nobody noticed? Welcome back. Congrats to Villa! -- nm - Volnelk Jul 31, 19:38 1
- We have several lurkers. I hope some of them will come back after the election. -- nm - David Jul 31, 20:19
yeesh -- (link) - mud Jul 31, 19:37
At two different locations I saw Ventura County sheriff's deputies not wearing masks when talking to the public. Ridiculous. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 31, 19:31 2
- the security guard at the recorders didn't wear one and he was talking to dozens of people per hour as temp receptionist, giving instructions - zeitgeist Jul 31, 20:36 1
  - at least the cops were outside -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 31, 20:36
Gardner! -- nm - Krusty Jul 31, 18:56 11
- Enjoy it just saw a report season could be over on Monday -- nm - eag Jul 31, 18:59 10
  - Don't bring that juju here! - Krusty Jul 31, 18:59 9
    - Just let the Yanks and Dodgers play a 7 game series for the title and end the season in two weeks. -- nm* - Krusty Jul 31, 19:07 8
      - In South Dakota away from everybody -- nm - eag Jul 31, 19:54 4
        
        They can use the Field of Dreams. That would make an awesome series -- nm - Krusty Jul 31, 19:57 3
        
        It be a pitchers nightmare - eag Jul 31, 20:02 2
        
        About Kershaw finds out how other pitchers live. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 1, 07:25
        
        Yikes! Well, MLB likes high scoring games with lots of HRs. - Krusty Jul 31, 20:10
      - Oh. I see how it is. Highest payroll qualifies for the finals ;-) -- nm - JD Jul 31, 19:13 2
        
        🤷🏻‍♂️ Gerrit Cole ain't cheap. -- nm* - Krustylu Jul 31, 19:17 1
        
        Mookie either. -- nm - jnine Jul 31, 19:39
That was a bomb by Gardner. -- nm - Diva Jul 31, 18:56 1
- Nice first hit of the season -- nm - Krusty Jul 31, 18:59
The music supervisor for Umbrella S2 had a fun with the soundtrack -- nm - prayformojo Jul 31, 18:45 1
- I’m been adding song after song to my playlist because of it. -- nm - Mop Aug 1, 07:32
Couldn't decide what to have for dinner, so ordered fish & chips *and* a Greek salad with chicken. I now have food for days! 😁 -- nm - Meg Jul 31, 18:25
CNN: Mitch signals to Republican Senate candidates: Distance from President Trump if necessary -- (link) - mud Jul 31, 18:01 1
- He scratched his nose and rubbed his elbow! It’s the signal! -- nm - Mop Jul 31, 20:44
One of you fellow nerds explain this to me. -- (link) - Flavorize Jul 31, 17:52 6
- I only hear one. Do I have a brain tumor? -- nm - mud Jul 31, 17:55 5
  - Me too. -- nm - Judge Bane Jul 31, 18:04 4
    - I hear both -- nm - Krusty Jul 31, 18:20 3
      - Saw this yesterday. I also hear both. -- nm - Shaun Jul 31, 18:26 2
        
        It's the Yanni/Laurel thing all over again. :-) -- nm - Krusty Jul 31, 18:30 1
        
        In other words, magic. -- nm - zunk takes things literally Jul 31, 19:46
he looks like he is about to laugh out loud. - Jovian Jul 31, 17:45 1
- A pair of rapists if recent reports are true -- nm - TWuG Jul 31, 18:08
Gio! -- nm - Krusty Jul 31, 17:24 2
- I just missed his and Judges getting out of my car - Jovian Jul 31, 17:25 1
  - Neither were bombs but they all count the same when they get over the fence -- nm - Krusty Jul 31, 17:32
I actually didn't renew my MLB audio subscription this year because I don't think they'll finish the season. -- nm - Tim Jul 31, 17:20 6
- The Dodgers gave me a full subscription for free, but all of their games are on local or network. I could watch everyone else I guess. -- nm - jnine Jul 31, 17:22 4
  - Yeah, if you don't live in the market of your team, the MLB TV subscription is worth every penny, imo (maybe just not this season). -- nm - Tim Jul 31, 17:24 3
    - In LA, only 40% of people can watch locally because of the cable deal they signed. They finally got on DirectTV this year. I gave the subscription - jnine Jul 31, 17:28 2
      - If there in area all the games will be blacked out. -- nm - spamlet Jul 31, 18:01 1
        
        They're in San Diego County so they're good. -- nm - jnine Jul 31, 18:28
- I ordered MLB.tv in the before times. I got a credit for the first part of the season not played so I’m hoping they’ll do it again. -- nm - spamlet Jul 31, 17:21
Phil Spencer likes Craig. -- (link) - Shaun Jul 31, 17:08
Judge! -- nm - Krustylu Jul 31, 17:00
buy PINK2...Psychedelic Furs release 1st album in nearly 30 years. (NPR) -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 31, 16:56
Harris County (Houston) decides to just pile on 2,114 new cases today, easily becoming our worst one day total ever. That would put it 14th on the day - Qale Jul 31, 16:55
Sarah Cooper: How to TikTok -- (link) - prayformojo Jul 31, 16:52
She Dies Tomorrow opens in Drive Ins this weekend. VOD next weekend. -- (link) - Dano Jul 31, 16:42 [youtube] 1
- oooooohhhh -- nm - prayformojo Jul 31, 16:44
This is probably the last thing I should be watching today ... . -- (link) - ReluctantCynic Jul 31, 16:41 [youtube]
I love that the big scandal that's emerged from the NBA games resuming is that the lake in the bubble has been stocked with lots of fish - prayformojo Jul 31, 16:33 3
- Catching fish seems sooooo much better than the other possible things that one could currently catch -- nm - JD Jul 31, 16:51 2
  - Lou Williams doesn’t know of what you speak. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 31, 17:02 1
    - I think my favorite part of that story is the stories being written about the food reviews of Magic City -- nm - JD Jul 31, 17:13
Matthew Rhys when he's not speaking American is WEIRD. -- (link) - Mop Jul 31, 16:27 [youtube] 1
- You mean when he's being Welsh? -- nm - . Aug 1, 00:16
Twitter bans David Duke. -- (link) - znufrii, drinking heavily Jul 31, 16:27
d'oh -- (link) - mud Jul 31, 16:25 3
- I imagine they hold _a lot_ of sway in her district. -- nm - Blue Punch Baron Jul 31, 16:39
- Ugh!! -- nm - Krusty Jul 31, 16:34
- Well, that won't do. -- nm* - Mop Jul 31, 16:28
Bwahahahaha! -- (link) - TWuG Jul 31, 16:21
Tommy Kahnle likely needs Tommy John surgery. :-( The day Chapman is cleared to return we lose one of our best arms out of the pen. -- nm* - Krusty Jul 31, 16:01 9
- I'm having a hard time getting any type of excitement for baseball this year. One big effin asterisk -- nm - CQ Jul 31, 16:16 4
  - Maybe I'm emotionally spent after what Aston Villa pit me through the last month. lol -- nm - CQ Jul 31, 16:20 2
    - That was quite the run in after Project Restart -- nm - JD Jul 31, 16:53
    - Ha! It's a fake season but it's live baseball* and they're wearing the laundry I root for. - Krusty Jul 31, 16:24
  - There's a real chance it's over in a week anyway. -- nm - David Jul 31, 16:19
- Offs -- nm - Diva Jul 31, 16:14
- *hands you a tissue* Guess you'll have to make do with the 2016 AL Cy Young winner* - Will Hunting Jul 31, 16:12 1
  - Heh. :-) -- nm - Krusty Jul 31, 16:23
- brutal -- nm - Jovian Jul 31, 16:04
Ellen Page looks *old* now -- nm - prayformojo Jul 31, 15:54 1
- She's just catching up to her old lady name. -- nm - con_carne Jul 31, 16:23
Umbrella Academy episode 2.03 midpoint, spoiler - mud Jul 31, 15:52
this week is the type of week that if I drank I would be drinking heavily right now. -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 31, 15:39 7
- I justcracked open my first pint -- nm - CQ Jul 31, 16:08
- Say it with me now, "I... need... a drink!" -- nm - ♤Spawn♤ Jul 31, 15:46 2
  - i need a drink. yet alcohol all has a horrible after taste to me. -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 31, 15:51 1
    - That just means you need another drink. -- nm - ♤Spawn♤ Jul 31, 17:40
- What a coincidence -- nm - znufrii, drinking heavily Jul 31, 15:40 2
  - lol. have a few for me. -- nm* - tRuMaN Jul 31, 15:41 1
    - Cheers! -- nm - znufrii, drinking heavily Jul 31, 16:15
How to tick tack -- (link) - budice Jul 31, 15:25
So, those Twitter hackers only got a little over $100,000. That’s less than I would have expected. -- nm - David Jul 31, 15:18 6
- Even the Garmin hackers asked for $10M -- nm - Dano Jul 31, 18:49
- I kind of hope they get employed rather than imprisoned. - TWuG Jul 31, 15:42
- But adjusted down to 17 year olds, not bad. -- nm - ♤Spawn♤ Jul 31, 15:37 2
  - They would have gotten away with it if not for those meddling adults. -- nm - David Jul 31, 15:39 1
    - ISWYDT -- nm - mud Jul 31, 15:41
- At the time, it was 345,500. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 31, 15:26
TikTok’s future has me thinking about Microsoft’s mobile strategy. - Mop Jul 31, 15:05 1
- Google's attempts to "Facebook " failed...remember circles? -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 1, 02:52
So if I’m understanding... if you’re not an Ultimate subscriber, you have to buy Halo Infinite, but then you can player multiplayer online for free. - Mop Jul 31, 14:41
James Murdoch resigns from News Corp board over creative differences -- (link) - TWuG Jul 31, 14:30 4
- Roman announced as new CEO. -- nm - Reagen Jul 31, 15:22 1
  - Heh, I thought the same thing when I saw the notification. -- nm - spamlet Jul 31, 17:22
- To be clear, this is the company that owns WSJ as well as the UK and Australian newspapers, but NOT Fox News. -- nm - Mop Jul 31, 14:49
- He’s the freaking boss. -- nm - Mop Jul 31, 14:38
Hot ocean waters along East Coast are drawing in ‘weird’ fish and supercharging hurricanes -- (link) - prayformojo Jul 31, 14:28 1
- Including this little weirdo. -- (pic) - Mop Jul 31, 14:52 [Attachment]
The Trump Circle by their animal avatars - Beryllium Jul 31, 14:27
Yeah you know I just wonder, I wonder, every place I go My letter's gone dead, and my pencil it won't write no more -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 31, 14:17

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