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Rockets’ Russell Westbrook wants out of Houston -- (link) - budice Nov 11, 16:54
"I’ll take the guy with the superior fWAR, FIP, HardHit%, and K/BB over the guy with the lower ERA. Every. Single. Time."-Some Twitter Dude. -- nm - zunkskunk+ Nov 11, 16:48
Indianapolis native Ron Klain has been named COS for Joe Biden. He was the White House Ebola Response Coordinator under Obama -- nm - Remlik Nov 11, 16:48 3
- Klain's family business hosted RFK in Indy and he met RFK when he was 7 -- (link) - Remlik Nov 11, 16:51
- More importantly he was COS to both Biden and Gore previously. -- nm - MDH Nov 11, 16:51 1
  - nice. just learning about him now. -- nm - Remlik Nov 11, 16:52
Stack of messages from foreign leaders to US President-elect Joe Biden are sitting at the State Department but the Trump administration is preventing -- (link) - budice Nov 11, 16:46 1
- Tons of coupons will be expired by the time he opens them. -- nm - Max Nov 11, 17:15
LA County in response to Trump posting vid: "the ballots in the footage are valid ballots that will be processed and tallied" -- (link) - budice Nov 11, 16:43
Verdict on the accidentally-purchased tomato & olive pasta sauce, with some added spices and garlic (by me): eh. B-. Edible but too olivey. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 11, 16:42 6
- don't cook the garlic. put in on top when you eat. -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 11, 16:46 5
  - It was freeze dried. Needed the moisture from the sauce. And it helped improve things. :) -- nm - Beryllium Nov 11, 16:47 4
    - freeze dried garlic??? -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 11, 16:51 3
      - He's Canadian and lives on an island. -- nm - .👀 Nov 11, 16:53 2
        
        No, I'm just lazy. I have fresh garlic on the island. - Beryllium Nov 11, 16:55 1
        
        ;) -- nm - .👀 Nov 11, 17:08
Now playing: Halo 3. - David Nov 11, 16:40
Results of $100 on Cameo asking Dean Cain to make a video for Trump asking him to concede -- (link) - budice Nov 11, 16:39 1
- Now I must see the Mulaney / Dean Cain bit, I've never seen it. And YouTube is down. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 11, 16:45
when setting up the new router, I noticed a network in the neighborhood is named sushouse -- nm - crash davis Nov 11, 16:35 1
- dammit, going to have to reset the Alexas, 3 degrees Celsius? What is that? -- nm - crash davis Nov 11, 16:36
I had a good day today - borderline great day, actually - but can't shake a bad feeling. Even though I'm cooking dinner & listening to tunes. - Beryllium Nov 11, 16:22 5
- Did you forget your pants again? -- nm - .👀 Nov 11, 16:47 1
  - No, not that kind of bad feeling. Foreboding. Like I was *going* to forget my pants. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 11, 16:54
- It’s just because that asteroid is going to destroy Earth. Just ignore it. -- nm - David Nov 11, 16:34 2
  - More like an orange assteroid -- nm - Beryllium Nov 11, 16:35 1
    - No, that one is burning up and will disintegrate soon. -- nm - David Nov 11, 16:37
Seems like a good day for penguins (nmblink) - ralph wiggum Nov 11, 16:18
Huh, estimated power bill is triple actual usage for the last two months. I’m betting they won’t adjust. -- nm - mafic Nov 11, 16:14
I guess it helps when you don't nominate Roy Moore. -- (link) - Tim Nov 11, 16:11 1
- Also, 2017 was an off-year election. -- nm - Ender Nov 11, 16:34
archeologists find 11'th century BC fort in the Golan Heights -- (link) - Peglegpete Nov 11, 16:08
“A lot of people are going to die.” -- (link) - David Nov 11, 16:06
"it'll end in tears." -- (link) - mud Nov 11, 16:00 1
- I mean I would love to pet a lion cub, but yeah, that ain't good. -- nm - Reagen Nov 11, 16:02
First 70 days of pandemic = 140k cases. Today = 140k cases. -- nm - Volnelk Nov 11, 15:59 3
- Probably gonna be 8 days to go from 10-11M. -- nm - Reagen Nov 11, 16:46
- We are at 140k now in a day. Geez -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Nov 11, 16:03 1
  - Well, last 24 hours, but yeah. -- nm - Volnelk Nov 11, 16:28
Cy Young Award winners: Shane Bieber, Trev Bauer -- nm - budice Nov 11, 15:50 6
- Bauer has challenged Bieber to a fight to proclaim the one true Cy Young Winner. -- link -- nm - Beaker Nov 11, 16:01 1
  - Also would not surprise me -- nm - spamlet Nov 11, 16:07
- I believe these to be the correct answers. -- nm - Volnelk Nov 11, 15:55 3
  - I love Yu. - zunkskunk+ Nov 11, 16:34
  - Yup -- nm - Krusty Nov 11, 15:59 1
    - Now please please please stay, Trevor. Please? -- nm - Volnelk Nov 11, 16:29
BWAHAHAHAHA! Geroge Soros owns Parler? -- (link) - Remlik Nov 11, 15:48 11
- yeah, they wouldn't be talking to their MuchMusic reporter about this -- nm - crash davis Nov 11, 15:59
- Fake -- (link) - ty97 Nov 11, 15:52 5
  - So now Parler wants people to fact check stuff on Twitter and take down or flag false information? -- nm - Dano Nov 11, 16:31
  - But maybe we continue to tell the QAnon people that this is true? -- nm - Mop Nov 11, 15:59
  - Yeah, Wikipedia specifically says that their ownership is not disclosed. Which is kinda worse. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 11, 15:54
  - darnit! thanks! -- nm - Remlik Nov 11, 15:54
  - that's just what the Deep State wants you to believe... -- nm - Beaker Nov 11, 15:53
- (no, someone's trolling them - them = "Parler users" ) -- nm* - Reagen Nov 11, 15:49 1
  - oooo bummer. thank you ! -- nm - Remlik Nov 11, 15:51
- Nooooooooo - BUWHAAAAAAAAA -- nm - Pippy-wall to wall Raccoons Nov 11, 15:49 1
  - damnit that would have been hilarious. -- nm - Remlik Nov 11, 15:51
This seems like a bad call. -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 11, 15:48 3
- Have any second ladies worked in an administration? -- nm - Beryllium Nov 11, 16:34 2
  - Jill Biden -- (edited) - znufrii Nov 11, 16:40 1
    - That's not within the administration, though. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 11, 17:12
XBSS: That cart ride into Helgen is much much faster nine years later. -- nm - Qale Nov 11, 15:46
The internet is a scary, wonderful place. -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 11, 15:46 1
- is that to feed racoons? -- nm - crash davis Nov 11, 15:48
you IT guys would laugh at me but I spent an hour and a half wrassling a new router onto the network - and now I'm getting the speeds I was promised! - crash davis Nov 11, 15:44 3
- "Plug-And-Play my ass" -- nm - budice Nov 11, 15:48 2
  - if we're not doing phrasing anymore, yep -- nm - crash davis Nov 11, 15:52 1
    - Is it Friday night already? -- nm - mafic Nov 11, 16:11
. -- (link) - ty97 Nov 11, 15:38
Heh -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 11, 15:32
Today in ‘wrong email address’: photos of the driver’s license and credit card of some dude on Long Island. -- (link) - mafic Nov 11, 15:31 5
- And all I get when I google the sender are hundreds of Getty images results of him. -- nm - mafic Nov 11, 15:42 3
  - And also he shares a name with a suspected murderer. -- nm - mafic Nov 11, 15:44 2
    - “Shares a name”. Right. -- nm - spamlet Nov 11, 16:12 1
      - Well, he’s 17 years older than the alleged killer, but seems like it’s not a common name, so... -- nm - mafic Nov 11, 16:15
- Similarities indeed -- nm - budice Nov 11, 15:42
ActBlue has totally forgotten my name and are now sending texts to "John", asking me for GA runoff money -- nm - crash davis Nov 11, 15:23 4
- They've been calling me Adam for over a month. -- nm - TWuG Nov 11, 15:39 2
  - North Carolina Democrats think I am Stanislav, which may be why they lost. -- nm - Tim Nov 11, 15:43 1
    - I am Stanislav is my 6th favourite action film Russian baddie catchphrase. -- nm - Reagen Nov 11, 15:45
- "Dear John davis"? How hard is "crash" to remember? -- nm - prayformojo Nov 11, 15:31
a minor gripe about Richard Grennell's tenure as acting DNI (there are major ones) is he was the first openly gay person to serve at a Cabinet level position - robbing Mayor Pete of that honor -- nm* - crash davis Nov 11, 15:18 9
- acting vs permanent, I guess pete gets that distinction -- nm - ty97 Nov 11, 15:21 3
  - Yeah, and of course I'm not part of that community, but I'd assume you would want the very first to be somebody cool -- nm - crash davis Nov 11, 15:25 2
    - Alas, we'll have to settle for Pete -- nm - ty97 Nov 11, 15:29 1
      - in my experience Petes from Indiana are cool - crash davis Nov 11, 15:31
- of course, I'm assuming that Buttigieg is part of Biden's future plans -- nm - crash davis Nov 11, 15:20 4
  - He'd better be or I am unvoting -- nm - Pippy-wall to wall Raccoons Nov 11, 15:49 3
    - it doesn't quite work that way :) -- nm - crash davis Nov 11, 16:01 2
      - Think so? You should come to the ultra secret liberal agenda meetings. -- nm - David Nov 11, 16:03 1
        
        I'd like to but I only have top secret clearance, not ultra secret -- nm - crash davis Nov 11, 16:05
Xbox @Xbox · 32s We can't believe we have to say this, but please do not blow vape smoke into your Xbox Series X. -- nm - Remlik Nov 11, 15:07 5
- We get it, you vape. -- nm - Qale Nov 11, 15:44 1
  - 8 months without a mandate. -- nm - ♤Spawn♤ Nov 11, 16:29
- Oh sure. NOW they tell me! -- nm - David Nov 11, 15:09 2
  - David: now part Vape Dragon. -- nm - Pippy-wall to wall Raccoons Nov 11, 15:14 1
    - He Huffs, He Puffs... -- nm - budice Nov 11, 15:24
Michigan AG Nessel: Trump's baseless elections lawsuits essentially say 'Black people are corrupt' -- (link) - ty97 Nov 11, 15:00
There was a Band of Brothers marathon today apparently. :( Missed most of it. Last two episodes running now on HBO 2 -- nm - Jovian Nov 11, 14:57
Dunno who this grenell person is, but he got suckered. -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 11, 14:56 15
- Borat is impressed -- nm - 📆⌚👻🦃🦴🍗🍷🏈📺🍹🍺 Nov 11, 17:03
- I'm *Canadian* and I wouldn't fall for this. -- nm - Reagen Nov 11, 15:12 1
  - I’m pretty sure you wouldn’t fall for this *BECAUSE* you’re Canadian. -- nm - Mop Nov 11, 15:36
- rather immature -- nm - ty97 Nov 11, 15:10 5
  - not the first time Klippenstein has done that to some moronic conservative. -- nm - Tim Nov 11, 15:56 4
    - I kinda hate him. The brothers are grifters, too. -- nm - David Nov 11, 15:58 3
      - Not related to Krassenstein. -- nm - Tim Nov 11, 15:58 2
        
        Okay, I (obviously) get them confused. And this seems more like their style. -- nm - David Nov 11, 16:01 1
        
        I'm thankful I don't know who any of these people are. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 11, 16:46
- oof. intern’s getting *fired* -- nm - mafic Nov 11, 15:05
- acting Director of National Intelligence -- nm - crash davis Nov 11, 14:58 4
  - That's hilarious, and scary. -- nm - .👀 Nov 11, 16:52
  - "Acting" is correct. -- nm - ♤Spawn♤ Nov 11, 15:10
  - Sounds like a posting where you wouldn't want someone who is quite so credulous. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 11, 15:00
  - former acting Director, and before that a quite reviled Ambassador to Germany. -- (edited) - Jovian Nov 11, 14:59
to all my friends here who are Veterans, and to their family & friends that served. THANK YOU -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 11, 14:49
Andie, what's more 2020 than "History has its eyes on you"! :-) (jk) -- nm - mara Nov 11, 14:44
AZ: 40k remaining. Biden maintains 13k lead. Opponent needs 66% of remaining ballots to overtake him. -- (link*) - budice Nov 11, 14:43
Hmm, Amazon package scheduled for delivery today was transferred to USPS. Guess I get it tomorrow :/ -- nm - Megberry Sauce 🦃🥧🏈 Nov 11, 14:38
This Sunday is the 200th episode of Bob's Burgers. Variety has a nice article about the show and upcoming episode. -- (link*) - Krusty Nov 11, 14:35
I think the coolest thing about the first 10 years of the MCU is that they waited til the last film to use "Avengers! Assemble!" - 🦃 TWuG 🚀 Nov 11, 14:24 2
- and it wasn't even yelled! -- nm - Diva🦃🦃🦃 Nov 11, 15:08 1
  - ~Assemble~ By Avengers -- nm - Reagen Nov 11, 15:45
I mean it’s not ideal if your manager goes to jail but it’s no different than missing games because of the flu. -- (link) - spamlet Nov 11, 14:24 2
- I don't wish anything bad on the White Sox - Krusty Nov 11, 14:29 1
  - At this point that might make one of us. -- nm - spamlet Nov 11, 15:06
Huh, Hugh grant had covid back in feb/March. He didn't get nearly the press out of it that Hanks did. Heh -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 11, 14:20
Biden's already got plans in place to undo Trump's bullshit -- (link) - Reagen Nov 11, 14:20 7
- It sounds like he'll have the record for getting the most things done in the first # days in office. -- nm - Max Nov 11, 14:42
- Tear down the wall -- nm - budice Nov 11, 14:29 1
  - As badly as it's been built, it'll fall over on its own. - 🦃 TWuG 🚀 Nov 11, 14:32
- Good. I hope he gets to the public lands/national parks stuff, too. - 🦃 TWuG 🚀 Nov 11, 14:27 1
  - Indeed!! -- nm - Megberry Sauce 🦃🥧🏈 Nov 11, 14:34
- Good. One of the people on my team didn't file for unemployment for his furlough... - Dark Callisto Nov 11, 14:24
- :-) -- nm - Krusty Nov 11, 14:23
Biden's PA lead now over 50k -- nm - budice Nov 11, 14:18 1
- It'd be amusing, if it weren't sad, for Trump's supporters to realize that delay in the vote count was all of their own doing -- nm - Reagen Nov 11, 14:21
Actually B2 made me look at what is playing at the drive-in this weekend. There is a Guardians of the Galaxy/Planes, Trains and Automobiles pairing. - Andie Nov 11, 14:17 3
- Our drive-in has... a bugle corps. WHERE IS FREAKY? -- nm - Dark Callisto Nov 11, 14:25 1
  - The local drive in is going to start showing Freaky on Friday the 13th -- (link) - JD Nov 11, 14:29
- That's a very good double feature. Love Planes, Trains and Automobiles so much -- nm - Krusty Nov 11, 14:18
Hmm, Alton brown is now making Holocaust jokes on Twitter. Not a good look. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 11, 14:07 6
- I unfollowed him on IG and Twitter after this. -- nm* - Krusty Nov 11, 14:08
- (He might mean it ironically, but talking about stripes and fillings and camps is ... ick) -- nm - Beryllium Nov 11, 14:08 4
  - he apologized. but man you just don't use that topic as a joke -- nm - Remlik Nov 11, 14:11 3
    - At least not until after Weekend Update and the second musical performance. -- nm - Max Nov 11, 14:47 1
      - "SNL finds additional creative uses for Pete Davidson" -- nm - Beryllium Nov 11, 14:52
    - Now, the Spanish Inquisition on the other hand ... -- nm - Beryllium Nov 11, 14:19
Steve Kornacki's official tie retirement -- (link) - budice Nov 11, 14:06
David’s link about the history of Zork brought me to this documentary about the history of adventure games. -- (link) - Mop Nov 11, 14:06 [youtube]
So, this just popped up on my YouTube Premium... -- (pic) - Mop Nov 11, 14:02 [Attachment] 2
- They'll...make it up in volume? -- nm - David Nov 11, 14:05 1
  - Looks like you have to sign up for the 3-month free trial. I expect they’re hoping they’ll get some people in the churn. -- nm - Mop Nov 11, 14:12
New Yorker has fired writer Jeffrey Toobin -- (link) - budice Nov 11, 14:01
I played Destiny on both systems today. The contrast in speeds and colors is legitimately stunning. - David Nov 11, 13:55

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