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Question of the day -- (pic) - prayformojo Nov 19, 13:01 [Attachment] 9
- ohhhh Koosh balls!! I inundated my High School with these my senior year, they were *everywhere* - Jovian Nov 19, 13:04
- Answer (spoiler) -- (pic) - prayformojo Nov 19, 13:01 [Attachment] 7
  - Bonus question -- (pic) - prayformojo Nov 19, 13:02 [Attachment] 6
    - x -- nm* - prayformojo Nov 19, 13:02 5
      - Answer (spoiler) -- (pic) - prayformojo Nov 19, 13:03 [Attachment] 4
        
        1/2. -- nm - loosilu Nov 19, 13:16
        
        1/2 -- nm - decline Nov 19, 13:14
        
        2/2 -- nm - Diva🦃🦃🦃 Nov 19, 13:10
        
        2/2 -- nm - David Nov 19, 13:05
That 2mil dollar house is amazing on the outside and then looks like the most absurdly over the top garish disaster inside - Will Hunting Nov 19, 12:53 1
- Also,I don't know what's happening in Colts Neck, but acreage, condition, building size/condition, in wealthy NJ should be multiple times that price. -- nm - Max Nov 19, 13:04
Shuggie Bain? -- (link) - mud Nov 19, 12:53
Lou Holtz tested positive for COVID-19 -- nm - budice Nov 19, 12:52 5
- I thought Lou Dobbs at first and wasn't feeling too bad about that. -- nm - Green Bean Cuzzinrole Nov 19, 12:53 4
  - this one is ok too, though imo. -- nm - Diva🦃🦃🦃 Nov 19, 12:56 2
    - zero F's are given -- nm - Jovian Nov 19, 13:02
    - Yep big time Trumper -- nm - eag Nov 19, 13:02
  - heh thats what i thought too. I almost broke out into a dance. -- nm - Jovian Nov 19, 12:54
Nice. 401(k) company contribution is going up by $750 next year. - znufrii Nov 19, 12:39 3
- And will now allow in-plan Roth conversions, so that’s nice. -- nm - znufrii Nov 19, 13:02
- well look at you! -- nm - ty97 Nov 19, 12:43
- Invest it all in pork bellies -- nm* - decline Nov 19, 12:41
whoa -- (link) - mud Nov 19, 12:37 7
- It is beyond time for Republicans to condemn this. That it has no change of working doesn't change it being damaging. -- nm - Reagen Nov 19, 12:42 2
  - "political Siberia" -- nm - mud Nov 19, 12:44 1
    - The Bastille -- nm - 🦃 TWuG 🚀 Nov 19, 12:45
- I guess this is about the Rudy presser which wasnt on CNN, I don't who carried it? -- nm - mud Nov 19, 12:39 3
  - I think FOx carried it...but even they said he's full of shit. -- nm - Remlik Nov 19, 12:44 2
    - umm no, they played it much closer to the vest then calling it bullshit. -- nm - Jovian Nov 19, 13:02
    - the News part of Fox can see beyond January. They're desperate to stay relevant, despite what their evening crazies want. -- nm* - mud Nov 19, 12:47
In its fourth season, The Fosters commits the cardinal sin of largely only letting bad things happen to the characters. I don’t think I can finish it. -- nm - Qale Nov 19, 12:37 3
- They do not foster the people. -- nm* - con_carne Nov 19, 12:38 2
  - No. They do not. -- nm* - Qale Nov 19, 12:52
  - Autonick cleansing post -- nm - con_carne Nov 19, 12:46
IT people question - tRuMaN Nov 19, 12:34 1
- couldn't the more wattage damage it? I know I've been warned before about using the wrong plug (they all look the same). -- nm - JaxSean Nov 19, 12:44
This is my question as well -- (link) - Jovian Nov 19, 12:28 14
- So let me get this straight, the media is upset that America is largely not paying the media reporting on Trump any mind? Woo boy. -- nm - Qale Nov 19, 12:39 1
  - Tell us we're pretty! -- nm - Media Nov 19, 12:47
- He literally is 1 for 24 or worse in court cases. It’s not like he’s succeeding in his effort. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 19, 12:37 4
  - It's 1-29 now I believe -- nm - decline Nov 19, 12:38 3
    - And if the 1 win is the philly observers case, that got overturned this week. -- nm - znufrii Nov 19, 12:41 2
      - Whichever that let them watch his loss from closer, which really isn’t a win if you think about it. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 19, 12:41 1
        
        Yeah. That one got overturned after the fact this week. -- nm - znufrii Nov 19, 12:43
- All of the press conference bullshit matters exactly zero to the cases they make in court, which are falling embarrassingly short -- (edited) - Reagen Nov 19, 12:37
- My question in response? -- (edited) - znufrii Nov 19, 12:32
- Rudy is doing pretty well. - 🦃Spawn🦃 Nov 19, 12:32
- Isn't the effective response "let the courts throw out his garbage challenges?" -- nm - Roger More Nov 19, 12:31 1
  - And ST telling you to chill out? -- nm - David Nov 19, 12:32
- Close. Down. Twitter. -- nm - spamlet Nov 19, 12:31
- I would think that all the courtroom victories over it would count as an effective defence, no? -- nm - Beryllium Nov 19, 12:30
Speaking of renaming. Sinclair has sold the naming rights to the Fox Sports channels to Bally’s. They’ll be renamed at some point. -- (link) - spamlet Nov 19, 12:26 6
- "In mid-October Twin River bought the Bally's name from Caesars Entertainment." They also bought the Bally's hotel/casino in Atlantic City from Caesars. -- nm* - Mop Nov 19, 12:31
- $85 million for ten years? How broke are they? -- nm - David Nov 19, 12:28 4
  - Who? -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 19, 12:37 1
    - Sinclair's version of regional Fox networks -- nm - David Nov 19, 12:50
  - Broke enough they’ve pulled all the channels from every OTT provider. -- nm - spamlet Nov 19, 12:30
  - Very. I don't understand how they even got to keep the Fox name for as long as they did. -- nm - Mop Nov 19, 12:29
Months ago, someone on ST posted a link to MTV's "Lost Weekend" with Van Halen, and I've had that tab open in my browser ever since. -- (link) - Mop Nov 19, 12:26 [youtube] 2
- That’s what Instapaper is for. -- nm - spamlet Nov 19, 12:26 1
  - *looks up what Instapaper is on YouTube* -- nm - Mop Nov 19, 12:28
Gargle gargle -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 19, 12:23
Baghdad Bob could do a better job than Guiliani or any of the recent Trump lawyers. -- nm - ReluctantCornucopia Nov 19, 12:18
Seattle Seahawks' stadium to be renamed Lumen Field -- (link) - Beaker Nov 19, 12:17 6
- So the players are going to be called the Illuminati -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 19, 12:37 1
  - I figured that would be the diehard fan section. -- nm - 🦃Spawn🦃 Nov 19, 12:39
- CenturyLink can't just keep changing their name! We're on to you and your shitty internet! -- nm* - Mop Nov 19, 12:22
- i wonder how many candles it will take for that sign -- nm* - tRuMaN Nov 19, 12:19
- That doesn’t seem like a bright idea. -- nm - spamlet Nov 19, 12:18 1
  - Look at you with such a dim witted comment -- nm - oblique Nov 19, 12:20
Got a pop-up notification that Walmart had X-Box X systems available at 3. Not true. -- nm - Volnelk Nov 19, 12:14 9
- They did had one in my cart but then as always couldn't get through checkout -- nm - eag Nov 19, 12:44
- I'm waffling on this. For the first time in my life, I may be of the opinion that I want something that I can't afford. - Mop Nov 19, 12:27 1
  - ehhh zero interest blanace xfer infinity. -- nm - amanda jeans Nov 19, 12:29
- I called our store, they have 10! - 🦃Spawn🦃 Nov 19, 12:17 2
  - Go! - David Nov 19, 12:26 1
    - But... COVID!!! -- nm - 🦃Spawn🦃 Nov 19, 12:27
- lying bastards! -- nm - decline Nov 19, 12:15 2
  - Now I have one in my cart but it wont let me check out. -- nm - Volnelk Nov 19, 12:17 1
    - they're such a tease -- nm - decline Nov 19, 12:21
Local study shows mask mandate reduced daily growth rate of infection by 40% after 12 weeks. -- (link) - spamlet Nov 19, 12:07 6
- Brought to you by the New England Journal of Duh. -- nm - znufrii Nov 19, 12:21 3
  - Thanks for this. Just posted it on Facebook. Remember Facebook? -- nm - Mop Nov 19, 12:23
  - yeah - well, it's not so duh here in the Bible Belt. nm - Johnny Lawrence Nov 19, 12:22 1
    - You guys should listen more to New England. -- nm - znufrii Nov 19, 12:25
- Huh? Really? - said nobody with any kind of common sense. -- nm - Mop Nov 19, 12:14 1
  - Although that seems kind of terrible, effectiveness-wise -- nm - rollo Nov 19, 12:15
Close close match today. Almost anybody could win it. Here is your final category, relevant to nothing in particular: The US Presidency - Gene Raybaron Nov 19, 12:04 56
- Ding ding ding. There's the bell. Time's up. Pencils down. - Gene Raybaron Nov 19, 12:16 9
  - And by my reckoning, today's winner is Mara! You go girl! - Gene Raybaron Nov 19, 12:17 8
    - all the victory cookies! 🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪 -- nm - rollo Nov 19, 12:23
    - 👏👏 -- nm - Krusty Nov 19, 12:21
    - *stands to thunderous applause* Thank you, thank you. Thank you so much. Thank you. Stop, you guys, please. You're all so wonderful. Thank you. -- nm - mara Nov 19, 12:20 1
      - *slowly extends giant old-timey hook towards mara from offstage....* -- nm - prayformojo Nov 19, 12:35
    - I demand a mile by mile recount of former Russian territories...and mara will pay for it! -- nm - Beaker Nov 19, 12:20
    - medal count: - mud Nov 19, 12:20 2
      - Thanks again for playing everyone! I'll try not to wait as long for the next one. -- nm - Apple Baron Betty 🥧 Nov 19, 12:33 1
        
        thx! -- nm - mud Nov 19, 12:34
- CIA Director -- nm - Beaker Nov 19, 12:14 1
  - X -- nm - Gene Raybaron Nov 19, 12:15
- Energy? -- nm - znufrii Nov 19, 12:14 1
  - X -- nm - Gene Raybaron Nov 19, 12:14
- nm -- nm* - budice Nov 19, 12:09 3
  - ahem, haven't you already given an answer? -- nm - Gene Raybaron Nov 19, 12:10 2
    - otay -- nm - budice Nov 19, 12:10 1
      - ^^^^^ doesn't know the rules -- nm - rollo Nov 19, 12:10
- Speaker of the House -- nm - ty97 Nov 19, 12:07 3
  - 2 points. -- nm - Gene Raybaron Nov 19, 12:08 2
    - Tripled my points! Woo! -- nm - ty97 Nov 19, 12:09 1
      - Life is all about the small victories. -- nm - Gene Raybaron Nov 19, 12:15
- Kiefer Sutherland. nm - Johnny Lawrence Nov 19, 12:06 1
  - should be 24 points though... -- nm - Gene Raybaron Nov 19, 12:10
- Commerce Sec -- nm - prayformojo Nov 19, 12:06 1
  - 10 census-taking points! -- nm - Gene Raybaron Nov 19, 12:08
- Treasury -- nm - Strongbad Nov 19, 12:06 1
  - 5 Hamilton points. -- nm - Gene Raybaron Nov 19, 12:08
- Pro tempore -- nm - Krusty Nov 19, 12:06 1
  - 3 points for president pro tem -- nm - Gene Raybaron Nov 19, 12:07
- Homeland Security for the win! -- nm - rollo Nov 19, 12:05 2
  - This would be the winner if there were only 10 cabinet positions. -- nm - Mop Nov 19, 12:14
  - X -- nm - Gene Raybaron Nov 19, 12:07
- Secretary of the Agriculture -- nm - decline Nov 19, 12:05 3
  - womp wompo -- nm - Gene Raybaron Nov 19, 12:07 2
    - mara is the Worst! -- nm - decline Nov 19, 12:08 1
      - Here, have a comfort cookie. -- nm - mara Nov 19, 12:10
- Sec of Agriculture -- nm - mara Nov 19, 12:05 9
  - 9 points! (mara is smrt) -- nm - Gene Raybaron Nov 19, 12:07 7
    - All credit to The West Wing. - mara Nov 19, 12:08 6
      - FWIW, I've watched this advice in action fail. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Nov 19, 12:15 1
        
        You're Canadian, so... -- nm - Roger More Nov 19, 12:28
      - nm -- nm* - mara Nov 19, 12:12
      - also applied knowledge since we just had an ag question :) -- nm - Gene Raybaron Nov 19, 12:12 2
        
        That would have been subliminal at best. -- nm - mara Nov 19, 12:13 1
        
        Secretary of Inception! -- nm - rollo Nov 19, 12:14
  - dammit! -- nm - decline Nov 19, 12:05
- Secretary of the Interior -- nm - Roger More Nov 19, 12:05 1
  - 8 points. -- nm - Gene Raybaron Nov 19, 12:06
- Sec of State -- nm - budice Nov 19, 12:05 1
  - 4 points. -- nm - Gene Raybaron Nov 19, 12:06
- defense -- nm - mud Nov 19, 12:05 1
  - sniped! -- nm - Gene Raybaron Nov 19, 12:06
- Secretary of defense -- nm - Volnelk Nov 19, 12:05 1
  - 6 points. -- nm - Gene Raybaron Nov 19, 12:05
- Donald Trump 1 thru 10 -- nm - Jovian Nov 19, 12:05
Time is up! Here is your wodka. - Gene Raybaron Nov 19, 12:03 7
- I thought you wanted the smallest countries. Ugh. -- nm - Krusty Nov 19, 12:05 4
  - He wanted the smallest.....as long as they were in the top 10 largest -- nm* - ty97 Nov 19, 12:08 3
    - Yeah, I just went for a small one and didn't realize how it worked exactly. Oh well, fun anyway -- nm - Krusty Nov 19, 12:10 2
      - Glad you admitted it is fun, you won't have to sit in the corner with David -- nm - Roger More Nov 19, 12:24 1
        
        Heh. :-) - Krusty Nov 19, 13:03
- *shakes fist* -- nm - Strongbad Nov 19, 12:04 1
  - You missed it by approximately the size of a postage stamp. -- nm - Apple Baron Betty 🥧 Nov 19, 12:32
Huh. BuzzFeed is acquiring HuffPost as part of a larger deal with Verizon Media Group, the companies announced. -- (link) - decline Nov 19, 12:02 3
- I hadn't realized that Wordpress's parent company bought Tumblr. I thought Pornhub was the leading bidder. - Mop Nov 19, 12:13
- Huh. Sad. Verizon is selling off it's "OATH" properties piecemeal. TechCrunch? Engadget? Yahoo? AOL? What about them? - Mop Nov 19, 12:11
- good, now two listicle/clickbait publications can finally merge into one garbage pile. -- nm - colin 🤏 Nov 19, 12:03
Like read this thread and tell me these people shouldn't be sent to political Siberia. -- (link) - Reagen Nov 19, 12:01 3
- That Powell attorney said on Sunday she was going to "release the kraken" ... no idea why she's waiting. Kraken would be perfect for 2020... -- nm - JenBro Nov 19, 12:04 1
  - obvs a hockey fan -- nm - decline Nov 19, 12:06
- They should receive the same fate as all defeated mercenaries throughout history -- nm - rollo Nov 19, 12:03
Ty - I'll be in Estero 12/17 through 1/4 - am staycationing by myself. Drinks maybe? -- nm - JenBro Nov 19, 12:01

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