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(sigh) my brother out West is convinced the election was a sham and that it will be overturned. - JenBro Nov 12, 07:29 3
- this is really tough. -- nm - Diva🦃🦃🦃 Nov 12, 07:56
- It pains for sure. - Marlowe Nov 12, 07:45
- It's hard to understand why they take the word of a small (but powerful) group attempting a coup when they cannot provide proof. And for the - zunkskunk+ Nov 12, 07:37
It bears repeating, but the celebrity level of the performers on Masked Singer has increased considerably. - Apple Baron Betty 🥧 Nov 12, 07:25 3
- Spoils - Will Hunting Nov 12, 07:57
- Has it though? Season 1 inside - Roger More Nov 12, 07:42
- Spoils -- (edited) - pmb Nov 12, 07:33
What are the odds Strongbad will purchase a PS5 later today? 50-1? 200-1? -- nm - Strongbad Nov 12, 07:23 2
- 31-25 -- nm - Apple Baron Betty 🥧 Nov 12, 07:27
- I give it a Chris Harrison’s chance. -- nm - Qale Nov 12, 07:26
On PTO tomorrow, so today is my Friday, but there's not new music on Spotify today, since it is, in fact, Thursday. - JaxSean Nov 12, 07:16 4
- So what you’re saying is I need to hurry and switch up The Twenty. I’m working on it! -- nm - Qale Nov 12, 07:17 3
  - Yes, but my daily Biffy Clyro / CHVRCHES / Bring Me The Horizon / Nothing But Thieves rotation is on CHVRCHES today, so all good for now. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 12, 07:20 2
    - So you don’t want new music from Winnetika Bowing League? -- nm - Qale Nov 12, 07:25 1
      - well I do NOW -- nm - JaxSean Nov 12, 07:27
AZ is all but wrapped for Biden. No Automatic Recount given the margin and one cannot be requested -- nm - budice Nov 12, 07:16 4
- Meaning the president would now have to reverse 3 states. I've adjusted the p-value from <0.05 to <0.01. -- nm - Apple Baron Betty 🥧 Nov 12, 07:30
- Meh. I don't need your stinkin rules. -- nm - Judge Trump Nov 12, 07:18
- Love it! -- nm - Pippy - wall to wall trash pandas Nov 12, 07:17
- Suck it, Trump. -- nm - loosilu Nov 12, 07:17
ST music poll: What is the oldest song you last played on purpose? a favorite? 1 that popped in your head. Or just tell me the last song you - Pippy - wall to wall trash pandas Nov 12, 06:54 37
- I listen to radio or iTunes on shuffle so those wouldn't be intentional. Last week I played vinyl so last was "Gold Dust Woman". -- nm - zunkskunk+ Nov 12, 07:29
- I can't even recall the last song I played "on purpose." - Green Bean Cuzzinrole Nov 12, 07:26
- Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters (Heart's live youtube video) -- nm - JenBro Nov 12, 07:26
- Oldest is probably Darin's "Mack the Knife." -- nm - mara Nov 12, 07:25
- Last.fm scrobbling suggests it was Friday, November 6th. It was Hall & Oates, “I Can’t Go For That.” Everything else has been 2020 since. -- nm - Qale Nov 12, 07:21 3
  - That still works? -- nm - spamlet Nov 12, 07:22 2
    - Yep. I may have a trend here... -- (pic) - JaxSean Nov 12, 07:27 [Attachment]
    - Apparently so. I hooked it into my Spotify years ago and I guess it’s been running in the background ever since. -- nm* - Qale Nov 12, 07:23
- God Bless The Child - Billie Holliday (1941) -- nm - Strongbad Nov 12, 07:17
- Sam Cooke - A Change is Gonna Come (1963) -- nm - pmb Nov 12, 07:16
- (the answers in this thread would make a decent playlist) -- nm - prayformojo Nov 12, 07:15
- Probably Gimme Some Lovin by Spencer Davis Group. -- nm - loosilu Nov 12, 07:14 1
  - +20 SB Points -- nm - Rory si Nov 12, 07:15
- This probably doesn't count, but I've listened to 80s on 8 on XM in the last couple days. Pretty sure The Police were on there and I think it said the - sycor Nov 12, 07:13
- Since Crash posted "Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs" by Marty Robbins from 1959, I'm going with that. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 12, 07:12
- I recently played Ella's version of 'Something's Gotta Give' because it always makes me happy. -- (edited) - Diva🦃🦃🦃 Nov 12, 07:08
- Another Girl, The Beatles -- nm - mud Nov 12, 07:07
- Louis Armstrong "What a Wonderful World" would be the most recent I can think of. -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 12, 07:05
- Radar Love (1973). nm -- nm - ralph wiggum Nov 12, 07:03 2
  - Speeding across a salt flat at 85 mph? -- nm - Reagen Nov 12, 07:03 1
    - I was surprised to discover it was older than Sister Golden Hair, TBH. nm - ralph wiggum Nov 12, 07:08
- Probably Richard and Linda Thompson's Calvary Cross (1974). -- nm - Dark Callisto Nov 12, 07:02
- Trouble of the World - Mahalia Jackson -- nm - Dano Nov 12, 07:02
- Miles Davis - So What -- nm - prayformojo Nov 12, 07:01
- Battle Flag - Lo Fidelty All Stars 1998 -- nm - Pippy - wall to wall trash pandas Nov 12, 06:59 1
  - Stupid sexy flash in the pan band. -- nm - Qale Nov 12, 07:26
- Strip Polka (1942) -- (link) - Max Nov 12, 06:58 [youtube]
- Ode to Joy composed in 1822 (or so) -- nm - decline Nov 12, 06:57 1
  - Funny, I asked Alexa to play Beethoven's 9th just yesterday. -- nm - Apple Baron Betty 🥧 Nov 12, 06:58
- Here Comes the Rain Again. -- nm - Reagen Nov 12, 06:57 1
  - Or going back a couple of days, Stevie Wonder - I Wish -- nm - Reagen Nov 12, 07:01
- Live’s “Freaks.” I discovered it references the Apostle Peter in the lyrics. -- nm* - landbeck Nov 12, 06:55 5
  - I'm pretty sure they have a LOT of religious references in Ed's lyrics. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 12, 07:18
  - I saw them in concert back in the 90s. Great show. It might have actually been the tour for Secret Samadhi. -- nm - sycor Nov 12, 07:17
  - that is a cool factoid -- nm - Pippy - wall to wall trash pandas Nov 12, 07:00 2
    - “Will [you] take the first ear that comes into contact with your blade like Peter did on the hill?” - landbeck Nov 12, 07:06 1
      - I'm going to go listen to this. -- nm - Pippy - wall to wall trash pandas Nov 12, 07:07
Did we know that Richard Schiff has tested positive for COVID? :( nm - ralph wiggum Nov 12, 06:51 1
- The Good Doctor just did a Covid story line where he had to stay home to prevent him from getting COVID due to previous medical issues -- nm - Walt_Disney Nov 12, 07:32
Today in 'Both Sides Do It' ridiculousness -- (link) - ty97 Nov 12, 06:40 2
- I think its important that the issue of both sides doing it is discussed. - Pippy - wall to wall trash pandas Nov 12, 07:03 1
  - Sure there are Dems who do it. But this a random Twitter account for the Dems. On the GOP side you have the PRESIDENT and the all the leadership - ty97 Nov 12, 07:27
So when the White House press secretary says "That would be a question for the White House," who does she think should answer it? -- (link) - mara Nov 12, 06:34 8
- if she can't answer it, get her the fuck out and find someone who can. -- nm - Reagen Nov 12, 06:37 7
  - How does every press secretary manage to be more disgusting than the previous one? -- nm - loosilu Nov 12, 06:37 6
    - it is an art. And they are perfecting it. - Pippy - wall to wall trash pandas Nov 12, 06:39 3
      - Sarah didn't look pained at all, but she wasn't quite as offended taht people didn't buy it. -- nm - loosilu Nov 12, 07:14 2
        
        she pretty much always looked constipated though (at least to me). -- nm - Diva🦃🦃🦃 Nov 12, 07:16 1
        
        That's what happens when you're ugly on the inside. -- nm - loosilu Nov 12, 07:17
    - A dwindling pool of those willing to do it. -- nm - Green Bean Cuzzinrole Nov 12, 06:39
    - practice -- nm - Beaker Nov 12, 06:38
Play the Masters they said, It'll be fine they said -- (link) - budice Nov 12, 06:32 13
- I don't think the hard stuff is going to come down for quite a while. -- nm - Carl the Gardener Nov 12, 06:48
- My very best finish in a high school golf tourney was one which was shortened to 9 holes from 18 and finished in the rain. - Apple Baron Betty 🥧 Nov 12, 06:45
- So? -- nm - Rory si Nov 12, 06:41
- Not sure what the problem is here -- nm - decline Nov 12, 06:33 9
  - If the priest in Caddyshack can play the best round of his life in the rain, I don't see what the problem is -- nm - prayformojo Nov 12, 06:46 1
    - Aside: "Rat farts" is one of my go-to non-swears. -- nm - Apple Baron Betty 🥧 Nov 12, 06:51
  - play the wind and the conditions! Gah! Are they professionals or not? -- nm - Reagen Nov 12, 06:34 6
    - I mean this guy did -- (link) - eag Nov 12, 06:46 [youtube] 1
      - my brother eag -- nm - prayformojo Nov 12, 06:46
    - Just get someone to hold the ball on the tee like they do kickoffs. -- nm - spamlet Nov 12, 06:39
    - If a dude can skip a ball across the water and make a hole in one he can play in a wee bit of rain -- nm - decline Nov 12, 06:37 2
      - I once saw a priest set a course record in a massive thunder and lightning storm -- nm - Beaker Nov 12, 06:38 1
        
        didn't I see that movie? -- nm - Diva🦃🦃🦃 Nov 12, 07:10
Well this is awful: 4 teens attack boy at home, run his mother over with a van following romantic dispute -- (link) - ty97 Nov 12, 06:32 1
- Bully 2: The New Batch. -- nm - Qale Nov 12, 06:35
Jimmy Kimmel and Katie Couric are also bat-shit crazy suggestions. I don't hate the Tom Bergeron one though. nm - ralph wiggum Nov 12, 06:23 29
- I still think Ken Jennings is the best option. -- nm - pmb Nov 12, 07:17
- I haven't looked at the list but Mayim Bialik would probably work well. And Alan Alda for the SNL casting reel. -- nm* - Max Nov 12, 07:12
- I don't know how Dan Patrick fails to at least be on the betting list. -- nm - Apple Baron Betty 🥧 Nov 12, 06:54
- Is Peter Sagal on the list? -- nm - mara Nov 12, 06:44 1
  - ohhhhhhh -- nm - amanda jeans Nov 12, 07:09
- My first thought is we were discussing candidates for Biden's press secretary. -- nm - Green Bean Cuzzinrole Nov 12, 06:40 1
  - It's a combo gig. -- nm - Reagen Nov 12, 06:42
- OK, now, this is coming a little out of left field, but just hear me out, OK? Gilbert. Gottfried. - prayformojo Nov 12, 06:38 2
  - Honestly it should go to the true, undefeated Jeopardy champ - Reagen Nov 12, 06:39 1
    - I think we're thinking along the same lines here -- nm - prayformojo Nov 12, 06:39
- Who's the numbers guy who did the election map show for one of the networks (MSNBC?)? Him. -- nm - mara Nov 12, 06:36 5
  - Steve Kornacki on the Big Board. -- nm - loosilu Nov 12, 07:16
  - John King. "Wait, *Every* category is US Counties?" -- nm - Reagen Nov 12, 06:48 2
    - I actually meant the guy loosi said. -- nm - mara Nov 12, 07:41 1
      - I was giving my own example. -- nm - Reagen Nov 12, 08:53
  - oh interesting idea. -- nm - amanda jeans Nov 12, 06:38
- Sirs Anthony Hopkins or Ben Kingsley get my vote. -- nm - Max Nov 12, 06:29
- I just feel like any celebrity makes it "Jimmy Kimmel's Jeopardy" and not just Jeopardy. I don't like it. -- nm - Volnelk Nov 12, 06:28 7
  - Basically anyone they get is gonna be “not Alex Trebek” though. I wouldn’t want that gig. - spamlet Nov 12, 06:35 2
    - Of note, he was 49 when he picked up that gig. So many of those names are already normal retirement age. -- nm - Reagen Nov 12, 06:40
    - Jennings is a good pick. -- nm - loosilu Nov 12, 06:38
  - yeah, I don't want it to be some celebrity who already has some sort of schitck or established cult of personality. -- nm - Diva🦃🦃🦃 Nov 12, 06:31 3
    - The thing I like about Ken Jennings is that he *loves* Jeopardy. nm - ralph wiggum Nov 12, 06:39 2
      - He's always so impressed with himself, though. He'd actively turn me off of watching the show. -- nm - prayformojo Nov 12, 06:45 1
        
        you also see him get nervous about wagers and responses too. -- nm - Diva🦃🦃🦃 Nov 12, 07:26
- I don't like him and really don't want him as host. - Krusty Nov 12, 06:27
- I want conan o'brien. -- nm - amanda jeans Nov 12, 06:26 2
  - Conan would be great because he's so naturally personable. But he's way too famous for the gig. nm - ralph wiggum Nov 12, 06:29
  - Ha! He would piss off so many people. - Krusty Nov 12, 06:28
One cool but creepy thing that gmail does that I hatelike is, if you link a google doc in the body of your email, and one of the recipients doesn't - prayformojo Nov 12, 06:11
I may go sit on this this wwekend. what do you guys think? -- (link) - amanda jeans Nov 12, 06:08 12
- *thumbs up* -- nm - Fonzie Nov 12, 07:32
- this makes me want to look at replacing my old (had it for 10 years) sofa -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 12, 06:47
- "This item can not be shipped to your country." I can not even see the pic. Mean Americans :P -- nm - Walt_Disney Nov 12, 06:42 1
  - if you pretend you're shipping to the US you can. -- nm - Reagen Nov 12, 06:43
- that looks comfy. -- nm - Diva🦃🦃🦃 Nov 12, 06:32
- I like the lines of the seat cushion and frame, but not a fan of pillowy backs like that. -- nm - Green Bean Cuzzinrole Nov 12, 06:17 1
  - Yeah, I'd have to sit on it to check, but those back cushions may annoy me (couch looks nice though) -- nm - ty97 Nov 12, 06:20
- that looks comfier. -- nm - prayformojo Nov 12, 06:12
- much better than that one from yesterday -- nm - decline Nov 12, 06:11
- It's nice, not my cup of tea, but I definitely like the color. -- nm - sycor Nov 12, 06:10 1
  - Same. Love the color. But it looks like furniture I’d place in Fallout. -- nm - Qale Nov 12, 06:14
- Looks comfy -- nm - znufrii Nov 12, 06:09
Ravens announce another player tested positive for COVID-19 -- nm - budice Nov 12, 06:08
ESPN's website is pissing me off. I'm an ESPN+ member, but it still hides articles from me. If I log in, they still don't unlock. Hate it. -- nm - Volnelk Nov 12, 06:05 1
- ESPN website is one of the world's greatest mysteries -- nm - budice Nov 12, 06:06
B2: I’m just gonna pretend volnelk didn’t say anything about Press Your Luck. -- nm - spamlet Nov 12, 05:57 3
- Whammy! -- nm - Qale Nov 12, 06:15
- It's fun. It's nice. It isn't Jeopardy. - Volnelk Nov 12, 06:03 1
  - There's been tv shows about the end of it! - spamlet Nov 12, 06:04
Today in getting old, wtf did I do to my knee? -- nm - znufrii Nov 12, 05:57
Read the fine print. The gig clearly goes to the next most popular Canadian celebrity, which if I check my notes, is... Ryan Reynolds? - Reagen Nov 12, 05:52 17
- Neil Young -- nm - LMS Nov 12, 06:53
- Does he perform the role as Deadpool? -- nm - Qale Nov 12, 06:15
- Jim Carrey? -- nm - Strongbad Nov 12, 05:55 9
  - Squirrelly Dan! -- nm - Reagen Nov 12, 05:58 8
    - "I'll take All Egedly for $200." -- nm - JaxSean Nov 12, 06:20 2
      - "Ostriches for $1000" -- nm - Reagen Nov 12, 06:21 1
        
        "Allegedly" for $2000 -- nm - Beaker Nov 12, 06:30
    - Bryan Adams? -- nm - Strongbad Nov 12, 06:15 2
      - Jonesy? -- nm - Krusty Nov 12, 06:20 1
        
        Riley? -- nm - Pippy - wall to wall trash pandas Nov 12, 06:30
    - "You need to take 30% of that Daily Double, there" -- nm - spamlet Nov 12, 06:03 1
      - heh - Pippy - wall to wall trash pandas Nov 12, 06:30
- Don Cherry! -- nm - Beaker Nov 12, 05:52 4
  - Just over a year since he dropped off the face of the Earth - Reagen Nov 12, 05:54 3
    - he just followed me on Twitter :) -- nm - Beaker Nov 12, 06:29 1
      - (oh how the mighty have fallen) -- nm - Beaker Nov 12, 06:30
    - yikes -- nm* - Diva Nov 12, 05:55

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