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Can somebody C&p this story for me? -- (link) - Name Withheld By Request Aug 11, 07:17 7
- inside - Reagen Aug 11, 07:18 6
  - Danke. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Aug 11, 07:21 5
    - Aside, I liked this comment from McGill Economics prof Stephen Gorden. -- (link) - Name Withheld By Request Aug 11, 07:23 4
      - OK, but should we not ever listen to capable people once they've done their service? -- nm - Reagen Aug 11, 07:24 3
        
        There are certain positions that are vital to remain free from partisanship. Giving up those roles is the price of admission to the office. - Name Withheld By Request Aug 11, 07:36 2
        
        Here's the same Gordon on why its a bad thing. -- (link) - Name Withheld By Request Aug 11, 07:37 1
        
        This feels generally baby/bathwaterish. Talented people are talented people. -- nm - Reagen Aug 11, 07:42
In case you really like playing games on your phone with a controller, xCloud on Android goes into beta today, free for all GPU subscribers. -- (link*) - Shaun Aug 11, 07:04
End of an era - prayformojo Aug 11, 06:45 [Attachment] 13 1
- That's sad. But, pigtails don't last and eventually you have to kick them out of the house, so... -- nm - Max Aug 11, 08:31
- Just out of curiosity, how much does it cost to have the tree removed? We have 2 dead in our backyard and I'm contemplating the hit to my wallet -- nm - oblique Aug 11, 07:06 7
  - We just had ours removed 2 weeks, but it was a huge water oak tree that was ~ 100 years old. - JaxSean Aug 11, 07:12 1
    - pic -- (pic) - JaxSean Aug 11, 07:21 [Attachment]
  - This is from a general landscape guy, not a tree service. We're getting two done - prayformojo Aug 11, 07:09
  - We took down a huge pine and a maple in our yard for ~1200, but that included stump grinding on the pine. -- nm - Reagen Aug 11, 07:08 3
    - ooof -- nm - oblique Aug 11, 07:08 2
      - yeah, big ones can get really expensive -- nm - decline Aug 11, 07:09 1
        
        bigguns -- nm - the ice Aug 11, 07:20
- That pic would make a great movie poster. I love it. -- nm - Blue Punch Baron Aug 11, 06:59 1
  - I Know What You Did Last Quarantine -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 11, 13:57
- Awwwwww. -- nm - Judge Bane Aug 11, 06:57
- That’s cute. We lost the tree that we took all of Emma’s first day of school pictures in front of a couple of years ago. It just wasn’t the same -- nm - spamlet Aug 11, 06:45
"So is the rest of Phil Collins as good as this?" "A ha ha ha ha ha. ...No." -- nm - Reagen Aug 11, 06:44 2
- "Okay, what else in the 80s... hey, where ya goin'?" -- nm - con_carne Aug 11, 07:03
- *chuckle* -- nm - Judge Bane Aug 11, 06:58
Venus has a wall of acid clouds which causes atmospheric super-rotation -- (link) - decline Aug 11, 06:43 4
- wall of acid.. nice. -- nm - colin Aug 11, 07:00
- What about Serena? (NM) - Marlowe Aug 11, 06:52
- "Wall of Acid Clouds" is the B-Side to WAP. -- nm - Reagen Aug 11, 06:45 1
  - Is that what happens when you slip too far towards the B-side from the P-word? -- nm - Qale Aug 11, 06:47
Inspired by yesterday’s song hunt, I’m going to try something new. Presenting Qale’s Moment of Retro-Pleasure. -- (link) - Qale Aug 11, 06:42 [youtube]
“The term ‘China Plague’, setting aside the problem that it is racist, is also inaccurate, given a plague is spread by bacteria.” -- nm - znufrii, drinking heavily Aug 11, 06:39
DNC Convention Schedule reportedly Released. "Sen Kamala Harris" and "VP Nominee" mentioned separately -- (link*) - the ice Aug 11, 06:18 30
- *looks down at this thread. remembers lying homophobe fuckwit Pence is current VP. laughs.* -- nm - Diva Aug 11, 07:17 6
  - Right? Lord. Same old statement "it takes one reason for a republican to vote for someone, and one reason for a democrat not to" -- nm - MDH Aug 11, 07:40 1
    - YUP!! -- nm - Diva Aug 11, 07:46
  - You're right, we shouldn't expect better from the side we support than the other one. -- nm - spamlet Aug 11, 07:25 1
    - nope spammy - all of the women currently being considered woud be much better candidates than Pence. It's not even close. -- nm - Diva Aug 11, 07:36
  - right? like, literally anybody is better than what we have now. -- nm - colin Aug 11, 07:19 1
    - I can't imagine anyone in the thread is going to NOT vote for Biden based on his VP. It's more the desire (at least for me) for him to 'do no harm' - ty97 Aug 11, 07:23
- It better not be Bass. She's a scientologist. -- nm - Remlik Aug 11, 06:55 4
  - And has a Cuba problem. -- nm - spamlet Aug 11, 07:02 3
    - I'm kind of amazed the "Cuba problem" is still really a thing. I suppose a few thousand voters in Florida (which could actually be a difference maker) - pmb Aug 11, 07:12 2
      - Ask Al Gore. Elian Gonzalez literally changed the world. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 11, 07:16
      - If you’re trying to convince people you aren’t a bunch of communists, having someone that repeatedly celebrated Castro and worked for him isnt good. -- nm - spamlet Aug 11, 07:14
- I normally wouldn’t watch any of this, but since I’m desperate for coherent speechifying, I might just do it this year. -- nm - Qale Aug 11, 06:50
- If he picks Susan Rice, it’s the worst choice possible. Even worse than Bernie/Warren. - Will Hunting Aug 11, 06:43 2
  - Yup. So dumb. -- nm - spamlet Aug 11, 06:48
  - My brain will explode as I scream "WWWWWHHHHHYYYYYYYYYY" if he chooses Rice -- nm - ty97 Aug 11, 06:44
- From the NYT today: "As a precaution, planners have scheduled speaking times for some top vice-presidential contenders in case they are not picked," -- (link*) - the ice Aug 11, 06:41
- Everyone knows you never put two Tammy's in a row. Amateur mistake. - Krusty Aug 11, 06:26 2
  - It's how you get Ron Swanson to attend. -- nm - Reagen Aug 11, 06:29 1
    - Ha! -- nm - Krusty Aug 11, 06:36
- Yes, and just before Biden. She’s the nominee. -- nm - spamlet Aug 11, 06:24 8
  - Though I guess Demings and Rice are both not on the schedule at all. -- nm - spamlet Aug 11, 06:26 7
    - Neither is Gretch -- nm - eag Aug 11, 06:41 1
      - Whitmer is on Monday -- nm - ty97 Aug 11, 06:44
    - There should be speakers Monday and Tuesday as well, right? -- nm - ty97 Aug 11, 06:37 4
      - Yes Michelle Obama and Bernie are on Monday Pres Clinton and AOC on tuesday among others -- nm - eag Aug 11, 06:40 1
        
        Ugh, do they have to invite Bill? -- nm - ty97 Aug 11, 06:43
      - They aren’t on the schedule those days either. -- nm - spamlet Aug 11, 06:39
      - Oh I guess so. I couldn’t remember how far they cut down. -- nm - spamlet Aug 11, 06:38
- It's a rope-a-dope, ice! -- nm - decline Aug 11, 06:19
Oldest is away at a day camp and youngest decided it was a good time to stage a Lego coup - Reagen Aug 11, 05:45
David, your math doesn’t work on the podcast. - spamlet Aug 11, 05:00 3
- i thought the advertised "cost" was just a marketing thing.. like, it didn't cost anywhere near to make the actual product. am i incorrect? - colin Aug 11, 07:04
- Movies are never profitable. Just ask the studio. -- nm - Blue Punch Baron Aug 11, 06:32 1
  - Depends on who they’re talking to. -- nm - spamlet Aug 11, 06:35
Bindi Irwin expecting -- (link) - the ice Aug 11, 04:58
NCAA had the UofAz Pres on CNBC making the same argument. Being on campus is like a bubble and should be sports, etc etc -- nm - the ice Aug 11, 04:49
Better than Edmure Tully. -- (link) - Reagen Aug 11, 04:43 3
- Don't blame me, I voted for Dickon! -- nm - prayformojo Aug 11, 06:04 2
  - All the ladies chose Podrick. -- nm - Blue Punch Baron Aug 11, 06:33
  - *stifles snort* -- nm - Bronn Aug 11, 06:06
This is pretty smart and cool. -- (link) - Reagen Aug 11, 04:35 [Image] 7
- that's smart. also: memento. -- nm - pedant patrol Aug 11, 05:48 2
  - no, he can only enjoy it for a very brief time. -- nm - Reagen Aug 11, 05:55 1
    - why, did Robby Insmikoski cough on it? -- nm - mafic Aug 11, 06:02
- The players should agree to sign every ball they hit before mailing. - Will Hunting Aug 11, 04:39 3
  - Like this Rawlings guy did? -- nm - Mop Aug 11, 06:48
  - Good idea. The team can have the ball(s) waiting at the locker after the game. I was just watching a talk between Bauer, Clevinger, Jomboy and - Krusty Aug 11, 06:35 1
    - I blame Mike Trout. -- nm - Manfred Aug 11, 06:40
Happy Birthday Meg! - Beaker Aug 11, 04:24 23
- HBD -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 11, 13:54
- Happy birthday with a cherry on top -- (pic) - LMS Aug 11, 07:25 [Attachment]
- happy day! -- nm - colin Aug 11, 07:01
- Have a great day! -- nm - Remlik Aug 11, 06:54
- Meg! Happy birthday you whirling dervish. -- nm - Qale Aug 11, 06:54
- Happy Birthday!! -- nm - Shaun Aug 11, 06:37
- cheers !! -- nm - mud Aug 11, 06:26
- Happy Birthday Mama! How does it feel to finally hit the big 3-0? :D -- nm - JaxSean Aug 11, 06:20
- Happy Birthday!! -- nm - decline Aug 11, 06:18
- Happy birthday, Meg! Woo hoo!!! - Krusty Aug 11, 06:17
- Happy birthday! I hope it's a great one! -- nm - zunkskunk scared stupid Aug 11, 06:15
- Happy birthday!! -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Aug 11, 06:11
- Hope you have a great day! -- nm - Strongbad Aug 11, 06:11
- Happy Meg Day! -- nm - prayformojo Aug 11, 06:06
- Happy birthday!! -- nm - Marlowe Aug 11, 05:55
- Happy Birthday! -- nm - MDH Aug 11, 05:49
- happy bday! -- nm - the ice Aug 11, 05:48
- happy happy Meg! -- nm - Diva Aug 11, 05:47
- Happy birthday!!! -- nm - ty97 Aug 11, 05:46
- Have a great day! -- nm - Andie Aug 11, 05:46
- Happy happy! -- nm - ♤Spawn♤ Aug 11, 05:46
- Happy Birthday! :) -- nm - Beryllium Aug 11, 04:54
- Happy Birthday Meg! -- nm - . Aug 11, 04:29
TV PSA: NHL, NBA, America's Got Talent, Stargirl, America's Book of Secrets: Special Edition, Chopped, Tell Me a Story, Million Dollar Listing, -- nm - Beaker Aug 11, 04:19 1
- World of Dance, Will Smith: Off The Deep End, Greenleaf (OWN), other stuff -- nm* - Beaker Aug 11, 04:20
Today I'm going to central London for the first time since March. Visiting the National Gallery followed by a free IMAX screening of Dunkirk. - LMS Aug 11, 03:55 1
- I haven't been to downtown Chicago about that long. Looks like I'm gonna have to wait longer. -- nm - . Aug 11, 04:07
So. Putin says Russia has a vaccine. And one of his daughters has already received it. Okay. -- nm - Andie Aug 11, 02:53 6
- So now trump can complain that the FDA is part of the deep state conspiracy and is holding back our vaccine development to hurt his re-election -- (edited) - znufrii, drinking heavily Aug 11, 05:14
- According to reports, their testing compares to a Phase 1 trial only. Meanwhile US vaccines are in Phase 3 -- nm - the ice Aug 11, 04:14
- Depends how willing you are to skip clinical trials. I wouldn’t be surprised if they had something stage 2/3 and are selling it to the richies. - mafic Aug 11, 03:29 3
  - More worryingly they're giving it to doctors and teachers first. -- nm - LMS Aug 11, 03:58 2
    - I mean they were throwing doctors out windows for speaking up so I don’t think they worry that much about that. -- nm - spamlet Aug 11, 05:28
    - There’s about to be a lot of windows in danger. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 11, 04:37
Minsk—Rigged election has caused mass protests and police/military extreme action against them -- (link) - Flavorize Aug 11, 01:00 8
- Lukashenko is perfectly willing to kill a whole bunch of people to stay in power. - mafic Aug 11, 03:34 4
  - There's a solid chance this ends up with him Ceaușescued. -- nm - Reagen Aug 11, 03:51 3
    - Which is incentive for him to fight like mad. -- nm - Mop Aug 11, 07:29
    - ah, that was a Christmas to remember -- nm - mud Aug 11, 06:23
    - yeah, he's pretty much said flat out he won't be Yanukoviched. -- nm - mafic Aug 11, 05:46
- Arrested protesters made to lay, face down for hours -- (link) - Flavorize Aug 11, 01:02 2
  - This one is pretty scary...riot police busing to small protest groups and beating the shit out of them -- (link) - Flavorize Aug 11, 01:03 1
    - Hey Billy Barr, what do you think? we can do that right? -- nm - Donald Aug 11, 02:34
The Phil Collins resurgence ripple effect -- (link) - Flavorize Aug 11, 00:15 1
- I saw this on Rex Chapman's Twitter feed and must have watched it 20 times already. It's perfect! Also, the kid's family chimed in to say - Krusty Aug 11, 06:42
"A Page You Like Changed Its Name from Leverage to Leverage 2" -- nm - David Aug 10, 22:41
Trout since paternity leave: .367 AVG, 9 R, 6 HR, 10 RBI, 1.373 OPS (7 games) -- nm - the ice Aug 10, 22:31 1
- Bellinger needs to have a kid asap. -- nm - jnine Aug 11, 00:53
Congrats Rhea County Tennessee, you have the latest high school photography hero! -- (link) - con_carne Aug 10, 22:28 2
- East TN is so dumb. -- nm - Judge Bane Aug 11, 07:01
- oooh, this one is slightly smarter. blurred faces = no privacy violation, but harder to see lack of masks. -- nm - mafic Aug 11, 00:20
This is a glorious burn from Will Hardner er I mean Gardner -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 10, 22:27
This got a good chuckle out of me—watch all the way to the end -- (link) - Flavorize Aug 10, 22:23
Its been 25 years since Jerry Garcia died -- (link) - zeitgeist Aug 10, 22:22
I need like a healthy all-biscuit diet. -- nm - David Aug 10, 21:56 6
- So are you Jessie or Festus? -- nm - Qale Aug 11, 06:56
- combine Mop and Bery and make biscuit poutine (but replace bean with cheese, obv.). -- nm - mafic Aug 10, 22:19 2
  - 4 hours. -- nm - David Aug 10, 22:24
  - This sounds like it would only be good if consumed *immediately*. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 10, 22:22
- Have you considered gluten free biscuits slathered in bean curds? - Mop Aug 10, 22:14
- Biscuits and gravy, maybe? Depends on your definition of healthy. - Beryllium Aug 10, 22:08
quake swarm on San Andreas fault near mexican border worries geologists -- (link) - zeitgeist Aug 10, 21:36 2
- 1% chance of an M7 in the next week in SoCal. But there's also a swarm up near me; around here, that activity is helpful for the fault. - Beryllium Aug 10, 22:21
- Saw that on the earthquake map earlier. That's an area of hot springs and earlier volcanic activity. - Meg Aug 10, 21:48
Posted on FB by a teacher friend. -- (pic) - Meg Aug 10, 21:33 [Attachment] 2
- ST live video dance party tomorrow night, everyone -- nm - Max Aug 10, 21:36 1
  - Why do you think I want avatars, Max? -- nm - ♤Spawn♤ Aug 10, 22:49
WTH is this? -- (pic) -- (link*) - JD Aug 10, 21:27 [Attachment] 7
- apparently it doesn't work. I think it's supposed to make the pseudoephedrine less soluble in the method mostly used to extract it. -- nm - mafic Aug 10, 21:40 2
  - Dammit! I want Sudafed back on the shelves. Stupid meth heads. -- nm - Mop Aug 10, 21:59 1
    - Hear hear. Phenylepherine is worthless. -- nm - Blue Punch Baron Aug 11, 06:36
- can't be crushed like the other pills can. -- nm - Tim Aug 10, 21:34 2
  - Oh, that actually makes sense. I'm also glad I asked and will try to remember that in case I ever purchase a product labelled as such - JD Aug 10, 21:37 1
    - Like Tim says, they wouldn't crush. I guess it would be like chewing a gummy candy. -- nm - Meg Aug 10, 21:57
- We're on it, JD. -- nm - Max Aug 10, 21:31
When you come home you can eat, pork and beans I eats mo' chicken, any man seen -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 10, 21:22

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