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watched Videodrome for the first time. saw a lot of things i wish i had not. -- nm - colin Sep 9, 18:06
Obama on the Wildfires -- (link*) - budice Sep 9, 17:57 5
- I totally read that - con_carne Sep 9, 18:10
- why. didn't. he. fucking. do. something. - colin Sep 9, 18:02 3
  - you see, we have three separate but equal branches of government..... -- nm - crash davis Sep 9, 18:07 2
    - but are they...? are they really? -- nm - colin Sep 9, 18:08 1
      - Two of them are. If you have a Senate Majority Leader who hates you, its tough to get stuff done as a President. -- nm - crash davis Sep 9, 18:11
*yawn* Whistleblower accuses Trump appointees of downplaying Russian interference and White supremacist threat -- (link) - Mopsy Sep 9, 17:51 1
- "This Is 2020." -- nm - mud Sep 9, 13:22 -- nm - mud Sep 9, 17:54
AEW spoilers - David Sep 9, 17:49 6
- spoiler - the wrong element, bad guy Sep 9, 17:53 5
  - He was legitimately a guy who should have been main eventing 5 years ago. Cena and him were strong. - Will Hunting Sep 9, 18:01
  - Are you saying that I actually have to come back and start watching AEW again? -- nm - Qale Sep 9, 17:56 3
    - If you want Kim to like you, yes. -- nm - David Sep 9, 17:56 2
      - Well Kim already likes me, but I can flip back and jump into regular watching instead of a match here and there. -- nm* - Qale Sep 9, 17:58 1
        
        She does, yes, but also yes. -- nm - David Sep 9, 18:03
Huh. Alek Skarlatos of “15:17 to Paris” is running for Congress. *IN MY DISTRICT!* Heh, I had no idea. - Mopsy Sep 9, 17:43 1
- (SEE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN I WATCH BROADCAST TV?!) -- nm - Mopsy Sep 9, 17:44
So speaking of Scandinavia, forced to live in one of the four, where would you live Poll? - Jovian Sep 9, 17:39 25
- I guess any is fine, compared to the BS that is my here and now. (NM) - Marlowe Sep 9, 18:12
- I've been to three of the four, all three were nice, but I think Sweden might be the best fit for me. -- nm - crash davis Sep 9, 18:03 4
  - which one did you like the most? i've never spent much time other than in copenhagen. -- nm - colin Sep 9, 18:05 3
    - They were all work trips so tough to say for sure. - ty97 Sep 9, 18:10
    - Sweden, I got to spend time on the coast, in the cities, and in some beautiful farmland. My time in Norway and Denmark was shorter. -- nm - crash davis Sep 9, 18:09 1
      - You can have Norway, it's the Idaho of Scandinavia -- nm - ty97 Sep 9, 18:11
- Denmark, because i can travel to the others. rest are cold/weird. -- nm - colin Sep 9, 18:01
- I want to say Copenhagen because it's pretty far south relatively for Nordics, so more temperate, but Stockholm is quite wonderful too. -- nm - ty97 Sep 9, 17:58 1
  - stockholm was beautiful. loved the city. if i had to pay out of pocket for it, i'd cry though. -- nm - colin Sep 9, 18:03
- Finland isn't Scandi. Probably Norway. -- nm - mafic Sep 9, 17:56 1
  - oh, like Estonia? -- nm - colin Sep 9, 18:03
- Faroe Islands -- nm - znufrii finally got a haircut Sep 9, 17:49 1
  - One of the sailing channels I follow (No Bullshit Just Sailing) is going to be posting their epic Norweigan Sea sail, which includes the Faroes -- (link) - Beryllium Sep 9, 17:57 [youtube]
- They’re all good. It’s like asking which of my children is my favorite. Denmark, I guess. - Mopsy Sep 9, 17:47
- Norway -- nm - Beaker Sep 9, 17:45
- Sweden would probably be my first choice, but if you include Iceland I might reconsider. -- nm - Sam SeaBaron Sep 9, 17:42
- Norway. Sweden seems to have some dangerous cultural undercurrents. -- nm - prayformojo Sep 9, 17:42 4
  - can you expound? -- nm - colin Sep 9, 18:04 2
    - The whole "let them die" thing from earlier this year. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 9, 18:06 1
      - like, the "herd immunity" thing or am i missing it? -- nm - colin Sep 9, 18:07
  - Some guy in Norway nominated Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize! -- nm - Mopsy Sep 9, 17:48
- Denmark, for sure. - Beryllium Sep 9, 17:42
- ...you know, the polls have been pretty strong for Biden this past week. - Reagen Sep 9, 17:41
- Denmark obviously. Gotta pay my respect to Dane, right? -- nm - Qale Sep 9, 17:40
- Sweden but I would love any of them -- nm - David Sep 9, 17:40
Lucid revealed their full lineup of EVs tonight. -- (link) - TWuG Sep 9, 17:38 2
- “Oh, you got the Touring, ‘eh? I guess you couldn’t spring for the *GRAND* Touring?” -- nm - Mopsy Sep 9, 17:44
- "Handles like a dr... oh. I see." -- nm - Reagen Sep 9, 17:39
How bad is it? I’m watching local news. -- nm - Mopsy Sep 9, 17:35
The $300 that Trump was sending those on unemployment via his executive order is now over. That ended up retroactively lasting 6 weeks. -- nm - Qale Sep 9, 16:57
This smokey overcast sky is getting really depressing. We were promised Santa Ana winds to blow it out to sea but it's dead still out there 😒 -- nm - Meg Sep 9, 16:54 2
- Yep. I went outside to go to the mailbox. It was like a ghost town out there. Eerily quiet. Wait... did I miss an evacuation notice? -- nm - Mopsy Sep 9, 17:37 1
  - And they tell us tomorrow could be worse as the smoke from the north reaches us. -- nm - Meg Sep 9, 18:05
Marcus Smart has been having a really good playoffs -- nm - prayformojo Sep 9, 16:51
shocking revelation of the day: Finland and Norway border each other -- nm - prayformojo Sep 9, 16:50 27
- Uhm...a big chunk of my family is named Johnson because of that. -- nm - . Sep 9, 17:24 2
  - And they founded the town of Rock Ridge. -- nm - Sam SeaBaron Sep 9, 17:39 1
    - The common clay of the New West. You know... morons. -- nm - TWuG Sep 9, 17:47
- Get out. Next you'll be telling me France borders Brazil. -- nm - Sam SeaBaron Sep 9, 17:24 3
  - I mean, there's only water between them so sorta -- nm - ty97 Sep 9, 17:25 2
    - French Guiana is an overseas dept of France. The border between it and Brazil is the longest border France has with any nation. -- nm - Sam SeaBaron Sep 9, 17:29 1
      - France has a speck of land in the Pacific near Mexico called Clipperton Island. Its economic zone is approximately the same size as France. -- nm - Reagen Sep 9, 17:43
- Norway and North Korea are separated by one country. -- nm - Reagen Sep 9, 17:22 1
  - [grumble] -- nm - Greece Sep 9, 17:33
- My favorite thing about Finland is the conspiracy theory that Finland does not actually exist. -- nm - MDH Sep 9, 17:17 1
  - A Finn probably started it. -- nm - . Sep 9, 17:22
- threadjack: name a recent shocking revelation - Tim Sep 9, 16:53 15
  - just watched for the first time, is good. -- nm - colin Sep 9, 18:01
  - After years of avoiding watching, Schitt's Creek is really good. - Flavorize Sep 9, 17:19 3
    - Fold in the cheese, Flavorize! - kelly Sep 9, 18:01 1
      - So great! -- nm - Flavorize Sep 9, 20:21
    - Ew, Flavorize. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Sep 9, 17:35
  - I learned that pfm didn't realize Norway and Finland bordered each other -- nm - ty97 Sep 9, 17:06 2
    - wait what? since when? -- nm - Tim Sep 9, 17:11 1
      - dammit! -- nm - prayformojo Sep 9, 17:14
  - that Finland and Norway border each other. like, I *just* posted. -- nm - prayformojo Sep 9, 17:01 1
    - Did you know that Denmark and Sweden border each other? -- nm - ty97 Sep 9, 17:05
  - Eating Mediterranean is legit good for me. Like, the nutrition numbers are shockingly good considering how amazing it tastes. -- nm - Qale Sep 9, 17:00 1
    - yay! -- nm - Diva Sep 9, 17:10
  - Lily & Alfie Allen -- nm - mud Sep 9, 16:58 2
    - Oh yeah? Well Lily Collins is the daughter of Phil Collins! -- nm - Mopsy Sep 9, 17:53 1
      - pfft -- nm - mud Sep 9, 17:56
Option 1: Snowflakes. Option 2: Never happened. -- (link) - ty97 Sep 9, 16:43 4
- I'm not a fan of picking at every cop. A lot of them are noble. -- nm - David Sep 9, 16:53 2
  - Every story like this so far has been a lie so I'm quite dubious. - ty97 Sep 9, 16:59 1
    - (also there's a bar and grill next door that has bacon items, though who knows if that had anything to do with it) -- nm - ty97 Sep 9, 16:59
- Suck it up, princess. -- nm - mara Sep 9, 16:46
Good news, everybody! I figured out how to link my Xfinity account to my Peacock account! AP Bio Season 3, Episode 2... coming up! -- nm - Mopsy Sep 9, 16:41 2
- Dude, you're an Xfinity subscriber? You've had access to Peacock longer than the general public and the first paid tier no less -- nm - JD Sep 9, 16:42 1
  - I went full Peacock. You’re never supposed to go full Peacock, but I did. -- nm - Qale Sep 9, 17:22
Here's the thread I was looking for earlier arguing in support of Woodward not publishing COVID audio sooner -- (link) - ty97 Sep 9, 16:28 12
- I see that HOAX is trending. I'm just gonna shut down Twitter right now. -- nm - David Sep 9, 16:33 6
  - Oh, Woodward is just a liberal activist you know, not a journalist. (The cognitive dissonance // troll farms // whatever) -- nm - ty97 Sep 9, 16:39 4
    - Twitter's continued looking the other way on fake accounts and trolling is so vile. -- nm - David Sep 9, 16:44 3
      - Agreed. And the way they can kick shit onto trending topics is a pain in the ass. Gives it way more support than it deserves. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 9, 16:46 2
        
        The Hoax tag isn't trending here I'm glad to say -- nm - ty97 Sep 9, 16:47 1
        
        (Though Hannity is so I'm not on a high horse or anything) -- nm - ty97 Sep 9, 16:47
  - But then you'll miss out on all the BR2049/Fury Road/Mandy photos out of San Francisco -- nm - Beryllium Sep 9, 16:35
- That's an interesting line of reasoning -- nm - prayformojo Sep 9, 16:30 3
  - I'm really stumped on how I feel about it. -- nm - ty97 Sep 9, 16:52 2
    - Like, do I think Woodward coming forward earlier would have made much difference? No, I really don't. - ty97 Sep 9, 16:53 1
      - I tend to agree with you. - Marlowe Sep 9, 17:00
- And from the same person a bit later in the day, some notes from an interview with Woodward (thread again) -- (link*) - ty97 Sep 9, 16:28
League one sign-up details: - David Sep 9, 16:25 3
- Remlik, were you really wanting to draft for me? The team settings would allow me to have a co-manager. This could be interesting. -- nm - crash davis Sep 9, 16:30 2
  - ha no thanks. I'd really mess it up. -- nm - Remlik Sep 9, 16:32 1
    - okey dokey, I thought I would ask :) -- nm - crash davis Sep 9, 16:34
The harshest punishment imaginable -- (link) - Reagen Sep 9, 16:07 7
- I mean, it's no 'loss of vacation days'. -- nm - mafic Sep 9, 17:57
- Wait, that is frowned upon up there? -- nm - Wakanda Forever Sep 9, 16:17 2
  - How many children have you sold this year alone? -- nm - crash davis Sep 9, 16:20 1
    - It is September, so I have already lost count. - Wakanda Forever Sep 9, 16:26
- Here’s a story about the police chief in Manchester, NH refusing to re-instate an officer despite arbitration. -- (link) - Mopsy Sep 9, 16:16
- I guess a slap on the wrist would have hurt too much. -- nm - David Sep 9, 16:11
- Da-phoque -- nm* - budice Sep 9, 16:08
this paragraph from pfm's link below reminds me how many people Trump has gone through (though the # of actual names is far far from complete) - crash davis Sep 9, 16:00
znufrii from B2: Power to you for offering rides, I really think that's a great thing to do. - MDH Sep 9, 16:00 3
- That’s the idea at least. - znufrii finally got a haircut Sep 9, 16:13 1
  - If they are R you can drop them off at the wrong precinct. -- nm - Wakanda Forever Sep 9, 16:32
- it is awesome! let me know when you guys reach Wyoming please -- nm - crash davis Sep 9, 16:02
this is a pretty bitchin' face mask -- (link) - prayformojo Sep 9, 16:00
I would be interested in playing BF this year -- nm - jack foley Sep 9, 15:56 2
- Okay. As a quirky request, would you reply below? Otherwise, I'm afraid I'll accidentally forget. -- nm - David Sep 9, 16:02 1
  - No problem -- nm - jack foley Sep 9, 16:36
Kool & the Gang co-founder Ronald “Khalis” Bell, a co-writer and producer of the group's biggest hits has passed away -- (link) - Remlik Sep 9, 15:44
justsecurity.org's timeline of the coronavirus response is pretty interesting -- (link) - prayformojo Sep 9, 15:31 1
- This CBS one starts in Jan. and stops in Apr. but also includes U.S. case counts with the events. -- (link) - Max Sep 9, 15:36
If you haven't yet, check out kare's new redesigned at kitchentreaty. It's a nice crisp look. She's re-indexing the recipes to list main ingredients -- (link) - prayformojo Sep 9, 15:22
If you would like to participate in a one-off Blood Feud redraft league, please post in this thread. -- nm - David Sep 9, 15:10 30
- Yes -- nm - jack foley Sep 9, 16:44
- Posting league info here as well. -- (link) - David Sep 9, 16:28 1
  - Second league sign-up info... -- (link) - David Sep 9, 16:50
- Yes. -- nm - the wrong element, bad guy Sep 9, 16:16
- Yes. -- nm - Shaun Sep 9, 16:08
- yes, Im in -- (link) - jacques foley Sep 9, 16:03 [Backboard] 1
  - Thank you! -- nm - David Sep 9, 16:04
- Nods--Yes -- nm - Flavorize Sep 9, 15:37
- Yes. -- nm - Inigo Sep 9, 15:36
- Sure. -- nm - znufrii finally got a haircut Sep 9, 15:33
- OK. -- nm - Reagen Sep 9, 15:18
- Yes -- nm - Wakanda Forever Sep 9, 15:14
- yes -- nm - the ice Sep 9, 15:12
- would it be a short live draft? -- nm - crash davis Sep 9, 15:12 16
  - One of the drafts that takes about an hour, yes. -- nm - David Sep 9, 15:19 13
    - okay, but depending on the when I might have to autodraft -- nm - crash davis Sep 9, 15:22 12
      - It'll probably be tomorrow afternoon since the season starts in the evening. -- nm - David Sep 9, 15:33 11
        
        I'll be at work. So if you need me to drop out, I'll do that. I'm flexible -- nm - crash davis Sep 9, 15:45 1
        
        Nah, you can set your rankings beforehand. -- nm - David Sep 9, 15:51
        
        Crash Davis has given me full authority to draft for him -- nm - Remlik Sep 9, 15:42 8
        
        The SeaColts would be a tough out. -- nm - David Sep 9, 15:51
        
        Get me Philip Rivers and all the other Colts! -- nm - crash davis Sep 9, 15:44 6
        
        The objective is to win games, crash. - the wrong element, bad guy Sep 9, 16:19 4
        
        whoa, I've been off base on the objective for two decades now -- nm - crash davis Sep 9, 16:31
        
        Yeah, if you want meaningless fantasy points, Rivers is kind of your guy. -- nm - Reagen Sep 9, 16:21 2
        
        For a team that usually required him to pass often. - the wrong element, bad guy Sep 9, 16:59
        
        He has helped me win a couple of championships. -- nm - Wakanda Forever Sep 9, 16:33
        
        *blink* -- nm - Wakanda Forever Sep 9, 15:51
  - nm -- nm* - the ice Sep 9, 15:13 1
    - was that the one with Vin Diesel and Michelle Rodriguez? -- nm - crash davis Sep 9, 15:14

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