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OK, I've got my long program running. Just let me put on my toupee and toup-B and I'll be ready to start. -- nm - Apple Baron Betty 🥧 Nov 19, 10:56
Covid closures: All Smithsonian Museums and the Nation Zoo will close Monday - no reopen date announced -- nm - decline Nov 19, 10:56
Apparently HuffPo still exists. Being acquired from Verizon by Buzzfeed. -- (link) - spamlet Nov 19, 10:53
Eagles place 3 players on the Covid list including WR Arecega-Whiteside -- (link) - decline Nov 19, 10:51 3
- That'll hurt their odds for an NBA championship. -- nm - VMan Nov 19, 10:58 1
  - ha! -- nm - prayformojo Nov 19, 10:58
- ~He's going back in his cage but he's feeling just fine.~ -- nm - 🦃Spawn🦃 Nov 19, 10:52
Woj: Klay Thompson has suffered a season-ending Achilles tear. -- nm - budice Nov 19, 10:32 1
- his right leg this time I think right? (left last year) -- nm - Beaker Nov 19, 10:57
the Dominion machines conspiracy theory will be quite the footnote in history books, as it actually consumed 45*'s brain matter. -- (link) - mud Nov 19, 10:32 2
- They are doing exactly what Trump wants is why! All the news coverage is *still* about him and not Biden. That's what a megalomaniac wants! - spamlet Nov 19, 10:58
- “They’re waiting for the president to realize it...,” so they’ve been living under a rock for the last four years? -- (edited) - znufrii Nov 19, 10:42
Wrigley Field designated as a National Historic Landmark -- (link) - oblique Nov 19, 10:28 1
- So now they’ll never get a decent park? -- nm - spamlet Nov 19, 10:53
SITWAP: Surprise! Trump admin lies and withholds info on stockpile. -- (link) - VMan Nov 19, 10:28
yep, its just me -- (link) - Jovian Nov 19, 10:10 11
- Mmmm...I love the smell of sedition in the morning. -- nm - znufrii Nov 19, 10:24
- Yes, we all agree. He's trying whatever he can to stay President. - Inigo Nov 19, 10:19 5
  - I wouldn't wholly agree with the IM. - JaxSean Nov 19, 10:34
  - (Yet.) (NM) - Marlowe Nov 19, 10:27 2
    - Don't do that. Jovian already can't sleep as it is. -- nm - David Nov 19, 10:31 1
      - Well, me neither. Remember, I come from a place where some institutions don't quite work as they should, so I am overly suspicious. (NM) - Marlowe Nov 19, 10:34
  - The second most likely outcome to President Biden is Acting President Pelosi. -- nm - Reagen Nov 19, 10:25
- take a break for a bit sir. knock out some pushups and go for a power walk. -- nm - Remlik Nov 19, 10:18
- Good grief. We all like and care for you. Take an internet break. -- nm - MDH Nov 19, 10:17
- You gotta get off the internet for a while, man. -- nm - David, Horny New Guy Nov 19, 10:13
- I mean, he's kind of the Tucker Carlson of MSNBC. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 19, 10:12
If you preorder Cyberpunk 2077 on Stadia, you get the Premier edition upgrade for free. -- (link) - JaxSean Nov 19, 10:10 2
- ...if it's ever released -- nm - decline Nov 19, 10:15 1
  - Eventually it'll join Matt Damon in the seven-timer's No-Show Club. -- nm - Max Nov 19, 10:16
DTL Pep Rally: Regular season ends in 2 hours, here's what's at stake - rollo Nov 19, 10:03
Apple M1 Mac reviews coming in -- (link) - spamlet Nov 19, 09:58 [youtube] 3
- Oh they called out Overcast as working fantastic. That’s literally my dream. -- nm - spamlet Nov 19, 10:07
- Spoiler. Would have been their first 10 review but the webcam is so bad it knocked down the score. -- nm - spamlet Nov 19, 10:06 1
  - I don't necessarily want a good webcam. On any given day, my face looks like it's at war with itself. - Beryllium Nov 19, 10:11
*barf* -- (link) - decline Nov 19, 09:51 17
- (if you think that's gross though, don't look up the time it happened to Christina Aguilera) - Max Nov 19, 10:10 3
  - Also, I'm not sure that anyone else is visibly sweating. Is it possible he has a fever? -- nm* - mara Nov 19, 10:25 2
    - Or possibly not telling the truth? -- nm - 🦃Spawn🦃 Nov 19, 10:57
    - considering the company he's been keeping .. -- nm - mud Nov 19, 10:27
- Maybe it's just me but I'm starting to think this guy's kind of a laughingstock. -- nm - rollo Nov 19, 10:07
- He's so full of shit it's just draining from his pores. -- nm - Max Nov 19, 10:06 2
  - this post is so unlike you. don't you mean "crap"? -- nm - amanda jeans Nov 19, 10:28 1
    - yes -- nm - Max Nov 19, 10:35
- Wondering how he tucks that in -- nm - budice Nov 19, 09:58
- He looked directly at Art of the Covenant. - JaxSean Nov 19, 09:55
- I just love legitimate the-atre -- nm - prayformojo Nov 19, 09:54
- Did zeitgeist pitch his proposal for a Trump OnlyFans site again? -- nm - Mop Nov 19, 09:54
- That or he's spontaneously bleeding from his temple. -- nm - Reagen Nov 19, 09:53
- He also acted out a scene from My Cousin Vinny -- (link) - Roger More Nov 19, 09:52 3
  - They're also claiming Hugo Chavez worked to rig the election - which is an amazing 7 year plan - decline Nov 19, 09:59 2
    - Sounds not at all like perjury. -- nm* - David, Horny New Guy Nov 19, 10:07
    - If I were getting paid $20K a day, I'd drag things out as long as possible too. -- nm - Roger More Nov 19, 10:04
Michigan Lawmakers are flying into DC to meet with President Trump tomorrow, at his request. -- (link) - budice Nov 19, 09:51 5
- because we don't have enough covid spread in our state already ... -- nm - JenBro Nov 19, 10:43
- I expect a number of them are going to back out the same way the Wayne Co. officials changed their minds when the spotlight was shined on them. - Mop Nov 19, 10:27
- "Lawmakers"? -- nm - Spawn Nov 19, 10:14
- Superspreader event -- nm - decline Nov 19, 09:56
- "Please hop on to mass transit and step into my virus parlor." -- nm - Max Nov 19, 09:52
A security "vulnerability"...? That'll allow Chinese "researchers" to access your home network...? GRACIOUS ME! However did that happen?! - TCL Nov 19, 09:50 2
- WHICH MEANS THE CHINESE ARE WATCHING YOU FROM INSIDE YOUR HOUSE! -- nm - decline Nov 19, 09:52 1
  - I just assumed... -- nm - Mop Nov 19, 09:53
Wallabies in Britain? APPROVED! -- nm - Mop Nov 19, 09:46 1
- yeah, i love it. -- nm - Andie Nov 19, 09:58
Giggity giggity -- (link) - Reagen Nov 19, 09:44 1
- someone needs to take one for the team and listen to the 3 hour hearing and give us the highlights. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 19, 09:59
sitwap: a trainer with covid could have exposed 50 people, but this cross fit gym in VA had reworked their ventilation systems during lockdown. -- (link) - JaxSean Nov 19, 09:43 4
- a coach at CJ's Gymnastics gym tested postive last night. -- nm - Remlik Nov 19, 09:51
- Velvet Minnick is a cool name -- nm - decline Nov 19, 09:49
- I love that my gym is so similar to the one in that article. Doing all the right things. -- nm - oblique Nov 19, 09:46
- "We went from suck to blow." -- nm - Mega Maid Gym Nov 19, 09:45
IN Daily totals: 2521, 1629, 1589, 1551, 1766, 2880, 2461, 2741, 2009, 2062, 2587, 3649, 3205, 3505, 2787, 3080, 2951, 3756, 4462, 4714, 5007, 4689, 4213, 4879, 5156, 6654, 5708, 8541, 6844, 5218, 5541, 6143, 7420 -- (edited) - Spawn Nov 19, 09:43 6
- ugh -- nm - mud Nov 19, 10:28
- Your hospitalization numbers are still very concerning too. (no real increase in deaths though, which should be a silver lining.) -- nm - JaxSean Nov 19, 09:49 2
  - what % of hospitalized people die these days? do we know? -- nm - amanda jeans Nov 19, 09:51 1
    - It depends. Each state reports differently (FL isn't reporting hospitalizations, IN seems to be). -- (pic) - JaxSean Nov 19, 09:58 [Attachment]
- you are my kinda people! -- nm - Beaker Nov 19, 09:44
- nm -- nm* - decline Nov 19, 09:43
After many iterations, Animal Crossing New Horizons finally allows people of color to see representations of themselves. -- (link) - Qale Nov 19, 09:39
I can absolutely confirm that illegal voting in Philly is "as common as people getting beaten up at a Philadelphia Eagles basketball game." -- (link) - decline Nov 19, 09:39 6
- He's not wrong -- nm - rollo Nov 19, 10:12 1
  - The riot when they won the Stanley Cup was unbelievable. -- nm - Reagen Nov 19, 10:27
- "I have allegations and hearsay, those are *kinds* of evidence?" -- nm - Reagen Nov 19, 10:03
- that should get him $25k a day -- nm - Beaker Nov 19, 09:44
- That's only because Phillies fans are all talk and no action! -- nm - Max Nov 19, 09:41
- dear lord. -- nm - Diva🦃🦃🦃 Nov 19, 09:40
Congratulations, Hollywood. You almost got it... the Cowboy Bebop cast includes *some* Asian actors. -- (link) - Mop Nov 19, 09:38
Well, that's an amazing prototype phone... -- (link) - Mop Nov 19, 09:33
Tyson Foods is run by fucking sociopaths. -- (link) - 🦃 TWuG 🚀 Nov 19, 09:30 3
- Well? How much did they win? -- nm - Max Nov 19, 09:40
- WHO SNITCHED?! -- nm - Mop Nov 19, 09:33
- Didn't James Gunn write this movie? -- nm - 🦃Spawn🦃 Nov 19, 09:31
World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov on What The Queen’s Gambit Gets Right -- (link) - Beaker Nov 19, 09:26 15
- For anyone enjoying Queen's Gambit but hasn't seen Searching For Bobby Fischer, you have your homework assignment. - Max Nov 19, 09:41 5
  - that made my 1993 Top Ten. -- nm - mud Nov 19, 10:23
  - One of my favorites - I believe BOP's all time best column "Underrated Gems" praised this nearly a couple decades ago. -- nm* - rollo Nov 19, 10:05
  - Trick or treat! -- nm - David, Horny New Guy Nov 19, 09:45
  - I've seen it multiple times. What I didn't see and will watch later is "Queen of Katwe." -- nm* - Krusty Nov 19, 09:44
  - Saw that one years ago. -- nm - Diva🦃🦃🦃 Nov 19, 09:41
- I want to watch it all over again from beginning to end. -- nm* - Diva🦃🦃🦃 Nov 19, 09:39 3
  - Wait, can we watch it backwards - Spawn Nov 19, 10:16
  - I think despite some of the heavier content I'll watch it with Abby over Thanksgiving -- nm - prayformojo Nov 19, 09:47
  - I still need to finish it :( -- nm - decline Nov 19, 09:40
- Jesus, Slate. Any chance you got this in ... you know ... audio book format? -- nm - Mop Nov 19, 09:35
- It's such a strange movie (well, mini-series). It's got the Inception effect. I'm still thinking about it days after seeing it. -- nm - Mop Nov 19, 09:34
- Without clicking I know the chess boards/games are set up perfectly. -- nm - 🦃Spawn🦃 Nov 19, 09:27 2
  - he was an advisor on the series -- nm - mud Nov 19, 09:33 1
    - And that's why they got the chess boards set up perfectly! - Mop Nov 19, 09:35
Happy Malice at the Palace day -- (link) - Remlik Nov 19, 09:23 [youtube] 2
- That's Tim Donaghy as referee. -- nm - Mop Nov 19, 09:53
- The moment the wheels came off. -- nm - 🦃Spawn🦃 Nov 19, 09:25
Meg, I know you've been wanting to stay at the Hotel Del Coronado. Travelzoo has a deal and it includes parking. -- (link) - jnine Nov 19, 09:06 3
- It’s gorgeous -- nm - Pippy - Nov 19, 10:38 1
  - It is. We used to go to brunch there with my mom when she would come to SoCal. She loved it there. -- nm - jnine Nov 19, 10:49
- 👍 One of these days, once I'm sure there'll be an indoors restaurant open. -- nm - Megberry Sauce 🦃🥧🏈 Nov 19, 09:31
Objectively, it's quite a conundrum for less radical segments of the GOP. They could form a new party and cede control for a couple generations, or - rollo Nov 19, 09:05 10
- That was a deep cut on the Peru joke. Nicely done. -- nm - spamlet Nov 19, 09:11
- The GOP civil war idea lost of lot of steam when the current clown got 73mil votes. - Will Hunting Nov 19, 09:08 7
  - I also don't think Dems should necessarily beat themselves up. Biden *smashed* the vote record. -- (edited) - Reagen Nov 19, 09:50 1
    - an actual cheerful post. -- nm - mud Nov 19, 10:25
  - Yeah. The Lincoln project needs to actually keep going. Democrats need to change their messaging and I think the further left side of the democrats - pmb Nov 19, 09:35 1
    - I agree. I have no idea what it gains them, and I'm pretty sure what it loses them, by using that self-definition. (NM) - Marlowe Nov 19, 09:56
  - Yeah. I was disappointed on this front. I see no reason to expect (or from their point of view - desire for) fundamental change. - Name Withheld By Request Nov 19, 09:13
  - Totally agree, just thinking about the Lincoln Project and others who may feel "trapped" in the current GOP. They have little to no recourse unless - rollo Nov 19, 09:12
  - a cheerful post. -- nm - mud Nov 19, 09:10
- Ranked choice/instant runoff voting might solve the new party problem, it seems to me. -- nm - mara Nov 19, 09:08
Hee, the week before Barack's book hits the bestseller list, Michelle's book reappears. -- (link) - mara Nov 19, 09:05 1
- Throw a Pokeball at it! -- nm - Apple Baron Betty 🥧 Nov 19, 09:07
Wrestling: Zelina Vega has sat down with Sag-Aftra for a convo.... -- (link) - Remlik Nov 19, 08:59
There's a surprising number of Dodgers WS gear in black which seems a bit odd -- nm - Krusty Nov 19, 08:57 5
- The only type I would wear. -- nm - 🦃Spawn🦃 Nov 19, 08:59 4
  - I'm looking at gifts for people and was surprised to see a lot of shirt in black before I got to them in blue -- nm - Krusty Nov 19, 09:09 3
    - I imagine they are the better sellers, as well. Thinking on it, 3/4 of my Tornoto WS shirts are black. -- nm* - 🦃Spawn🦃 Nov 19, 09:10 2
      - It sort of makes sense as black is the most popular color in clothing but for me with sports teams I want to wear the team's colors. - Krusty Nov 19, 09:13 1
        
        No colors anymore, I want them to turn black - 🦃Spawn🦃 Nov 19, 09:14
McGregor will fight Poirier - Jan. 23rd -- nm - Diva🦃🦃🦃 Nov 19, 08:57
an unusual BOLO -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 19, 08:54 2
- An unusual Rolo -- (pic) - rollo Nov 19, 09:10 [Attachment] 1
  - This is how you trick children you hate. -- nm - Mop Nov 19, 10:23
a good thread -- (link) - Jovian Nov 19, 08:52 12
- a good bed -- (pic) - 🦃Spawn🦃 Nov 19, 08:56 [Attachment] 7
  - a good shed -- (link) - mara Nov 19, 08:59 6
    - A good sled -- (pic) - ty97 Nov 19, 09:02 [Attachment] 1
      - a good med -- (pic) - mud Nov 19, 09:03 [Attachment]
    - a good bread -- (pic) - prayformojo Nov 19, 09:02 [Attachment] 3
      - A good head -- (pic) - rollo Nov 19, 09:07 [Attachment] 2
        
        a good shred -- (pic) - prayformojo Nov 19, 09:09 [Attachment] 1
        
        A good spread -- (link) - Reagen Nov 19, 10:06 [Image]
- (aka Not Matthew Gaetz) -- nm - decline Nov 19, 08:55
- Oh I misread that as Gaetz at first. I was extremely skeptical. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 19, 08:54 2
  - I mean, it's Media Matters, so some skepticism is warranted. -- nm - Apple Baron Betty 🥧 Nov 19, 09:04 1
    - it should?? - Jovian Nov 19, 09:18

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