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What it looks like when a cult loses its leader. -- (link) - Volnelk Nov 23, 17:12 5
- Oh, no, poor babies got a reality check from, well, reality. It hurts so much. (NM) - Marlowe Nov 23, 17:25
- The replies are epic. -- nm - ♤Spawn♤ Nov 23, 17:21 1
  - "Instead of the election feeling like Christmas, it is more like Hanukkah." -- nm - ⌚👻🦃🏈 Nov 23, 18:01
- obviously 400+ EVs would have been best, but this slow rolling humiliation is an excellent runner-up prize. -- nm - Reagen Nov 23, 17:20 1
  - The Ponzi scheme lost its Ponzi -- nm - budice Nov 23, 17:24
Oh this is grand Rush turns on Trumps legal team -- (link*) - eag Nov 23, 17:01 1
- jeez, he's been promising BIG news about anything for ages, His investigators are finding incredible stuff on obama's birth cert, - ⌚👻🦃🏈 Nov 23, 17:23
Heh, daily emails from Burlington featuring their winter coats. What would I do with a winter coat?? -- nm - Meg Nov 23, 16:54 2
- visit Jenbro, or even the Kansas clan -- nm - ⌚👻🦃🏈 Nov 23, 18:10
- Wear it? -- nm - budice Nov 23, 17:00
what's at 1401 cconst ave NW? -- nm - amanda jeans Nov 23, 16:53 3
- NOAA, perhaps? -- (link) - prayformojo Nov 23, 16:57
- Department of Commerce -- (link) - spamlet Nov 23, 16:55 1
  - why is em writing to joe there? -- nm - amanda jeans Nov 23, 16:58
So now Fauci can get reaquainted with Biden -- nm - eag Nov 23, 16:53 1
- "Well, Don, do you like apples? Cuz I got Fauci's number! How do you like them apples?" - Beryllium Nov 23, 17:20
MLB has a cool Christmas ornament that would have been perfect for my stalker but it doesn't ship until Jan. 11th which is useless - Krusty aka "Fancy Feet" Nov 23, 16:51
Your top 10 songs: Mood, Therefore I Am, Positions, I Hope, Laugh Now Cry Later, Holy, Blinding Lights, Lemonade, Dakiti, For the Night - Tim Nov 23, 16:50 1
- That sounds like the description for one hell of a night - JD Nov 23, 17:23
Sen. Feinstein says she will step down as top Democrat on the Judiciary Cmte. in the new session of Congress, marking a victory for progressives -- (link) - Remlik Nov 23, 16:45 2
- very nice -- nm - Jovian Nov 23, 17:19
- good -- nm - mud Nov 23, 17:03
Jessie Buckley's insane marionette walk in Fargo is just unsettling. -- nm - Reagen Nov 23, 16:41 2
- yup -- nm - Diva🦃🦃🦃 Nov 23, 17:25
- yes -- nm - mud Nov 23, 17:08
Here are the digital games on sale on Nintendo Switch. First party highlight is only Link's Awakening. But making other games portable may interest... -- (link) - Qale Nov 23, 16:24
OMG, it's true. I got on my phone to zoom in on the letter, and she's a "two spaces after the period" person. -- nm - mara Nov 23, 16:22 28
- You had to zoom in to see it! -- nm - Max Nov 23, 17:11
- this reminds me of the whole "spaces over tabs" bit on Silicon Valley -- nm - prayformojo Nov 23, 16:58
- I’m a two-spacer, but I’m old. -- nm - Dano Nov 23, 16:36 3
  - I stopped doing it when I started posting on the internet. -- nm - David Nov 23, 17:00
  - Ditto. I correct it, but, it is ingrained. -- nm - Andie Nov 23, 16:54
  - Yup, some habits are hard to break. -- nm - Meg Nov 23, 16:49
- So the correct punctuation in a letter... -- nm - MDH Nov 23, 16:30 10
  - Right? -- nm - pmb Nov 23, 16:42 2
    - Proportional Fonts, mother fuckers, do you speak it?! -- nm - Reagen Nov 23, 16:46 1
      - 😆 -- nm - JD Nov 23, 17:24
  - ...if you're using a typewriter. -- nm - mara Nov 23, 16:32 6
    - I do find it odd I’m like the youngest here and do two spaces. I realize I’m in the minority. -- nm - MDH Nov 23, 16:33 5
      - That's the norm in my profession. -- nm - pmb Nov 23, 16:42
      - I assume you were taught this in school? Your teacher probably used a typewriter before a computer. -- nm - mara Nov 23, 16:34 3
        
        Ignore this -- nm* - pmb Nov 23, 16:43
        
        I honestly don’t know. I never really took typing. I still can’t “type” perfectly. I’m sort of a hybrid type/hunt and peck. -- nm - MDH Nov 23, 16:36 1
        
        But somebody must have told you to put two spaces after the period. (Sorry, I don't want to give you a hard time. I'm just curious about how you became a two-spacer.) -- nm* - mara Nov 23, 16:38
- Now you understand why I didn't think it ought to have been made public. It's because I am also one of those people. -- nm - Qale Nov 23, 16:25 9
  - I am too. -- nm - MDH Nov 23, 16:30
  - But just *look* at it, Qale. Looks at how stupid it looks!! -- nm - mara Nov 23, 16:28
  - *makes the sign of the cross with my fingers and backs away* -- nm - mara Nov 23, 16:27 2
    - *head drop* I know. I'm so ashamed. Five-time novelist, Oxford comma enthusiast, and yet there's that one last stumbling block. -- nm - Qale Nov 23, 16:28
    - *makes the sign of very cross, indeed* -- nm - znufrii Nov 23, 16:28
  - TWO SPACES FOR THE TWO-SPACE GOD -- nm - Beryllium Nov 23, 16:26 3
    - Did you see my Know Your Meme link? -- nm - mara Nov 23, 16:27 2
      - yes, it was exactly what I needed, thanks :) -- nm - Beryllium Nov 23, 16:32 1
        
        :-) -- nm - mara Nov 23, 16:33
- She deserves everything that comes her way. -- nm - Reagen Nov 23, 16:24
So, do we think that Murphy lied in her statement, or did Trump throw her under the bus by taking credit later when he hadn't done anything? -- nm* - David Nov 23, 15:57 19
- I think all 3 are true. -- nm - ty97 Nov 23, 16:53
- Interesting note from Maggie Haberman: she still never calls him the president-elect. -- nm - Reagen Nov 23, 16:22 1
  - Yup, some are saying this isn't an actual ascertainment letter. -- (link) - mara Nov 23, 16:25
- I think she lied. Someone in the White House told her to delay until they told her to move forward. -- nm - zunkskunk+ Nov 23, 16:19
- yes -- nm - mud Nov 23, 16:19
- Yes. -- nm - znufrii Nov 23, 16:04
- When in doubt, I trust Trump the least of any American walking the planet. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 23, 15:59 4
  - It's an Among Us kill if that's the way it happened. -- nm - David Nov 23, 16:01 3
    - My gut feeling. Trump has realized how badly the last few days have been, not on the bottom line but in how badly overall. - Will Hunting Nov 23, 16:12 1
      - Nah. She couldn't hold off any longer and he had to look like he was in charge. -- nm - spamlet Nov 23, 16:41
    - What's the name for the tongue-blade? -- nm - Beryllium Nov 23, 16:10
- I have to say the latter is more probable. I haven't tried to look at the timeline closely. -- nm - mara Nov 23, 15:58 5
  - He tweeted 42 minutes ago. The report came out 54 minutes ago. So, it's a blurry timeline. - David Nov 23, 16:01 4
    - he's just a pathetic asshole as we've all known for many many years. -- nm - mud Nov 23, 16:18
    - Your IM is his modus operandi. -- nm - spamlet Nov 23, 16:16
    - It amounts to his first admission that he's lost reelection, no? So does he walk it back when he realizes he just admitted he lost? -- nm - 🦃 TWuG 🚀 Nov 23, 16:14 1
      - No, I think his tweets are (stupidly) trying to say that initiating the transition is the best thing to do while his cases go forward. -- nm - mara Nov 23, 16:16
- Yes -- nm - ♤Spawn♤ Nov 23, 15:58 1
  - I knew somebody would answer this, but I'm genuinely curious which one people believe. -- nm - David Nov 23, 15:59
Putin Says He Needs More Clarity on Winner of U.S. Presidential Vote -- (link) - Remlik Nov 23, 15:48 2
- pmb says he doesn't give a shit about what Putin needs. -- nm - pmb Nov 23, 16:25 1
  - He's not wrong when he says that there are issues with the electoral system in the US. They may not be the ones he thinks are issues, but they - Marlowe Nov 23, 16:44
Surprisingly hard to Google for: the origin of "____ for the ____ God" -- nm - Beryllium Nov 23, 15:38 4
- I don't follow. Can you give an example of the expression without blanks? -- nm - mara Nov 23, 15:48 3
  - Blood for the blood god -- (link) - Reagen Nov 23, 15:51 2
    - Pizza for the pizza god. -- nm - Mop Nov 23, 15:56
    - Isn't Warhammer the origin? -- (link) - mara Nov 23, 15:54
TIL:I have a cousin appointed to the Biden Cabinet...also Janet Yellen is a cousin... -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 23, 15:32
My mother asked me for a list of books I would like for folks to use as an idea gift list. I had to stop myself at 20 titles. :) -- nm* - Apple Baron Betty 🥧 Nov 23, 15:20 2
- Included on the want-to-read list is this gem of a title: "Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead" - Apple Baron Betty 🥧 Nov 23, 15:25 1
  - Heh, just yesterday I included this paragraph in a newsletter column I was writing. - Megberry Sauce 🦃🥧🏈 Nov 23, 15:45
This is highly entertaining. -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 23, 15:19 [youtube]
Help with public policy development: What are job sectors where COVID or COVID restrictions has eroded their market need? - Name Withheld By Request Nov 23, 15:19 12
- Commercial real estate sales reps. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 23, 16:00
- Party clowns. -- nm - ♤Spawn♤ Nov 23, 15:54 1
  - No word of a lie, I have a juggler/acrobat riding me in emails to the boss for us not considering his profession for support right now. - Name Withheld By Request Nov 23, 16:26
- Hair stylists -- nm - mara Nov 23, 15:49
- Food service wholesalers. -- nm - Megberry Sauce 🦃🥧🏈 Nov 23, 15:41
- Dentists are facing disaster, patients down, PPE and cleaning exp high, other medical professionals who can't do c19 are furloughed -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 23, 15:37 3
  - Criminal defense is way down because cops aren't arresting for anything less than major felony - zeitgeist Nov 23, 15:39 2
    - Retail clothes sales, dry cleaning services -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 23, 15:55 1
      - auto industry was way off, like way off, plus mechanics and tires as less driving means less needing. gas biz way down -- nm - ⌚👻🦃🏈 Nov 23, 18:09
- Hotels, casinos, restaurants -- nm - Commies Cancel Baby Yoda Nov 23, 15:36
- Photogs were killed off by the digital age as much as classified ads, the ones that are still working aren't doing that bad - zeitgeist Nov 23, 15:35
- Probably included with Photographers, but drone pilots ... -- nm - Beryllium Nov 23, 15:20
GSA’s Emily Murphy signs off and says the transition can begin -- (link) - mara Nov 23, 15:09 30
- Sweet. I can finally take down my yard signs. - znufrii Nov 23, 15:49 1
  - We still have ours up, probably through the electoral oollege vote, if not the inaurguration. -- nm - mara Nov 23, 15:57
- So this is like the 5th time he's lost one election? It's very generous of him to do this for us. -- nm - Reagen Nov 23, 15:43 2
  - That's not even half the number of times he's lost Georgia. -- nm - David Nov 23, 15:52
  - giggity giggity goo -- (link) - Reagen Nov 23, 15:52
- That means Donnie caved. -- nm - loosilu Nov 23, 15:35 2
  - Nah. Murphy is just more afraid of Congress than an impotent president. -- nm - Mop Nov 23, 15:49
  - But he surely won't see that as 'conceding' -- nm - Megberry Sauce 🦃🥧🏈 Nov 23, 15:46
- Sometimes we don't need to know how the sausage is made. There's no reason why this letter had to be so readily available to the drama-hungry public. -- nm - Qale Nov 23, 15:34 1
  - She was becoming a "name" and not in a good way. The Los Angeles Times was using her name in headlines this past week. - crash davis Nov 23, 17:19
- Had she left out all the woe is me it would have been decent. She's now solidified she's never working in Government again. -- nm - MDH Nov 23, 15:27
- heh twitter: Appomattox -- nm - Jovian Nov 23, 15:17
- nice -- nm - budice Nov 23, 15:13
- Good, but that statement is a load of crap. I'll take it anyway. -- nm - pmb Nov 23, 15:13 5
  - what's your take on what shifted? -- nm - loosilu Nov 23, 16:05 1
    - I think it's a combination of the dominant narrative changing as the lawsuits get shot down,Michigan certifying and fear of having to explain herself - pmb Nov 23, 16:12
  - "I was never directed or pressured by any Executive official" - watch her be fired within 48 hours. -- nm - Reagen Nov 23, 15:15 2
    - Trump has just tweeted that he recommended GSA administrator Emily Murphy allow the transition to proceed, which contradicts Murphy's letter. -- nm - mara Nov 23, 15:27
    - I started to type “Here’s hoping.” That’s how angry I am about this statement. But I still don’t wish the loss of a job on anyone during a pandemic. -- nm - David Nov 23, 15:17
- Everyone’s terrified of Katie Porter. -- nm - David Nov 23, 15:11 10
  - So unfair, with Emily conceding before stepping into the ring, we'll never know who would have won that fight! -- nm - Max Nov 23, 17:20
  - I want her in the Senate badly. Get that fossil Feinsten out of there. -- nm - Jovian Nov 23, 15:15 1
    - Speaking of -- (link) - Reagen Nov 23, 15:53
  - Right? Katie plus the MI certification, maybe? -- nm - mara Nov 23, 15:12 6
    - I’m sure she will say it was the certification, but that is one magnificently total bullshit statement she wrote. -- nm - David Nov 23, 15:16 1
      - Oh, I'm on my laptop and can't zoom in on the graphic so hadn't read it. -- nm* - mara Nov 23, 15:17
    - Plus her job and being on the right side of history -- nm - budice Nov 23, 15:15 3
      - Her job? Seems to me she ought be looking for a new one. -- nm - mara Nov 23, 15:15 2
        
        I think he meant that as in "that's already your job anyway" :) -- nm - con_carne Nov 23, 15:38 1
        
        Oh, right, duh. -- nm - mara Nov 23, 15:46
So I have an incredible amount of respect for Sam Elliott and I watch Family Guy every week. And yet... when Sam Elliott appeared on Family Guy... - Mop Nov 23, 15:00 2
- Does he own the ranch, or are all ranchers just obliged to let him pitch his tent when he shows up? -- nm - Beryllium Nov 23, 15:03 1
  - Por que no los dos? -- nm - con_carne Nov 23, 15:41
Ken Jennings Will Be First Interim ‘Jeopardy!' Host -- (link) - budice Nov 23, 14:56 3
- *nod* That was so much a given Vegas wouldn't even give you odds on it. Still hope to see Dan Patrick get a tryout. -- nm - Apple Baron Betty 🥧 Nov 23, 15:19
- Obvie. -- nm - Mop Nov 23, 14:58 1
  - Rebound guy. -- nm - ♤Spawn♤ Nov 23, 16:25
Onion -- (link) - Jovian Nov 23, 14:55 2
- My pitch: "Jared Kushner Waiting Patiently For Call From Biden Administration Wondering What 6 Positions He'll Be Taking" -- nm - Reagen Nov 23, 15:07 1
  - "Yes, Jared, Hello? We have a position for you in the Mideast. We hear that's your thing." - Beryllium Nov 23, 15:18
SITWAP: Conservative media moron Dan Bongino has floated the idea of running for President in 2024 if Trump is not on the ballot - Mr. Havens Nov 23, 14:51 3
- 100% okay with this. He lost twice in MD running for House and Senate. He’s a huge joke. -- nm - MDH Nov 23, 16:17
- good ole shovelface himself -- nm - Jovian Nov 23, 14:55
- Bongino allegedly has some ownership link in Parler (although that's been questioned.) -- nm - Mop Nov 23, 14:53
Premier League may welcome back fans........but wait. -- (link) - Volnelk Nov 23, 14:50
WWE and Xbox fans, this Gears of War 5 add-on is free right now... -- (link) - Mop Nov 23, 14:46
HEY! What'd we decide on weighted blankets? One of my daughters wants one. Point me in the right direction. -- nm - Mop Nov 23, 14:42 7
- I use three regular blankets so I can vary the weight as necessary. But "weighted" definitely helps me sleep better. -- nm - 🦃 TWuG 🚀 Nov 23, 16:11
- Cj *LOVES* her blanket. I just got a 20 pound one from Amazon. -- nm - Remlik Nov 23, 15:30
- I'll give them a thumbs up - decline Nov 23, 15:20
- My wife and I just got Gravity Blankets. She uses it at night. I use it on the couch to nap. -- (edited) - Volnelk Nov 23, 14:54 2
  - Out of sheer morbid curiosity... how do you launder one of these things? -- nm - Mop Nov 23, 14:57 1
    - You don’t. Spot clean. Unless it has a cover that comes off. Some do. Either zip or buttons. Like I said, that’s why I chose Gravity. -- nm* - Volnelk Nov 23, 14:59
- No personal experience, but c|net just did an article -- (link) - mara Nov 23, 14:46
"Nevarro Nummies" - Williams Sonoma offering the Official Blue Macarons from the Mandalorian - -- (link) - budice Nov 23, 14:41 3
- Four bucks a bite. -- nm - Mop Nov 23, 14:51 1
  - Still, it's cheaper than the previous episode's snack would have been. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 23, 14:54
- $50 for 12 macarons is more than I'd ever consider. But it's not unfair. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 23, 14:49

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