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The start of this song fools me into thinking Cyndi Lauper's gonna come in -- (link) - Reagen Nov 25, 13:58 [youtube]
Do I order a single Thanksgiving dinner from the local eatery or just eat Ruffles all day tomorrow? -- nm - Mop Nov 25, 13:54 9
- yikes, where are the kids and miss? -- nm - ⌚👻🦃🏈 Nov 25, 14:08
- C, all of the above? -- nm - Strongbad Nov 25, 14:07
- only if they're All Dressed. -- nm - Reagen Nov 25, 14:04 3
  - You know they don't have salt & vinegar Ruffles in the U.S.? -- nm - Mop Nov 25, 14:05 2
    - and they have the nerve to call themselves a country. -- nm - Reagen Nov 25, 14:06 1
      - Right? Figure it out. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 25, 14:06
- what type of chip dips? -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 25, 14:02
- The local eatery would appreciate your support - zunkskunk+ Nov 25, 14:02
- Whichever makes you happier - JD Nov 25, 13:59
Okay, but like ... why? -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 25, 13:52 6
- what do union labor get these days? -- nm - ⌚👻🦃🏈 Nov 25, 14:09
- I mean, if you're having to dig a long trench or hole(s), and can rent that thing for $50-$100, that's a lot less manual work. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 25, 14:08
- Look, you try digging a hole at the beach for a niece who keeps saying "deeper!" and you'll want one of these fairly quickly. -- nm - Max Nov 25, 13:55
- Cause sometimes you just gotta dig - JD Nov 25, 13:55
- The question of "why" is rarely in the minds of the Japanese. -- nm - Mop Nov 25, 13:54 1
  - 何？ -- nm - spamlet Nov 25, 14:17
So, I'm enjoying Fallout 4. BUT, how the ever loving fuck did anyone ever figure out the power system without an electrical engineering degree. - 🦃 TWuG 🚀 Nov 25, 13:50 3
- It is so complicated, people actually trade items in 76 to have others do the electric for them. -- nm - Qale Nov 25, 14:22
- I don't know how these puzzle games would survive if players weren't allowed to share tips/solutions with each other. - Max Nov 25, 13:53
- Magnets? -- nm - JD Nov 25, 13:51
and yet more JP thoughts, are there really circuit breaker / electrical contacts that you have to pump up? -- (edited) - JD Nov 25, 13:49
Mackenzie Davis almost unrecognizable with that hair. -- nm - mud Nov 25, 13:39 1
- I can only assume you're looking in through her window right now? -- nm - Mop Nov 25, 13:49
Lookin like Trubisky in at QB for da Bears -- (link) - budice Nov 25, 13:26 2
- I'm rather pleased with this decision, but I keep waiting for all the "Matt Nagy and Mitch Trubisky are the perfect combination for the Bears" ... - ReluctantCornucopia Nov 25, 13:31 1
  - Really, it was "Matt Nagy and Nick Foles are the perfect combination for the Bears" ... in March. - zunkskunk+ Nov 25, 13:39
:-P. -- nm* - mud Nov 25, 13:12 2
- :) -- nm* - Peglegpete Nov 25, 13:14 1
  - 🤷‍♂️ -- nm* - JD Nov 25, 13:18
Trump just tweeted that he's pardoned Flynn -- nm - zork Nov 25, 13:12 39
- Manafort next up. Then probably Assange. -- nm - Jovian Nov 25, 13:34 7
  - Arrange has no loyalty to Trump and thus Trump has no loyalty to Assange. -- nm - Mop Nov 25, 13:42 3
    - He worked directly with Stone. Who worked directly with Assange. -- nm - Jovian Nov 25, 13:45 2
      - He was a patsy. -- nm - Mop Nov 25, 13:48 1
        
        He really was pasty. -- nm - Qale Nov 25, 14:23
  - Maybe Trump will insist on calling congress together mid January for a last SOTU where he'll give out pardons and medals to all the guests. -- nm - Max Nov 25, 13:35 2
    - Proud Boys founder will get a Medal of Freedom I bet -- nm - Remlik Nov 25, 13:42 1
      - "They're the...proudest boys you've ever met, really..." -- nm - Max Nov 25, 13:44
- I heard that if pardoned, you can still be required to testify, no 5th amendment, can be charged with perjury if lying - zeitgeist Nov 25, 13:34
- Lucky turkey! -- nm - Mop Nov 25, 13:28
- Fun fact: Sydney Powell is his lawyer. -- nm - spamlet Nov 25, 13:27
- Ghislaine likely next -- nm - budice Nov 25, 13:21 2
  - would be fun to see the Qult try and square that circle. -- nm - Reagen Nov 25, 13:56 1
    - she's an innocent victim, forced to serve, why else would she -- nm - ⌚👻🦃🏈 Nov 25, 14:11
- Don't worry. He'll commit more crimes soon! -- nm - David Nov 25, 13:18
- Can you pardon someone who is still on trial? -- nm - Mop Nov 25, 13:18 19
  - Yup. -- nm - ReluctantCornucopia Nov 25, 13:24
  - The president’s powers of pardon are basically absolute. -- nm - spamlet Nov 25, 13:23 10
    - I mean, I don't think we actually know that. I don't think they've been challenged. I think it's always been unclear to what extent he can pardon - pmb Nov 25, 13:26 5
      - The last SCOTUS case I can think of was from the early 1970's. -- (edited) - ReluctantCornucopia Nov 25, 13:35 3
        
        So could someone be videoed murdering someone, be on trial for it, and the president pardon them, and they get set free? - JaxSean Nov 25, 13:58 1
        
        from any federal prosecution, yes. -- nm - Reagen Nov 25, 13:59
        
        I suspect that the court (if it's not in pure fealty to Trump and originalism) would consider whether that extends to granting the ability of a - pmb Nov 25, 13:45
      - The upshot is he can't pardon anyone outside of federal prosecution. -- nm - Mop Nov 25, 13:33
    - Don't worry, that'll never be abused, as long as you clone Washington. -- nm - The Founders Nov 25, 13:25 3
      - The theory is that the executive branch is responsible for carrying out the laws. And since the President is head of the executive branch.... -- nm - spamlet Nov 25, 13:28 2
        
        If the word "faithfully" has no meaning, why do the other words? ("he shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed") -- nm - mara Nov 25, 13:32 1
        
        It's more epic when Journey is involved. -- nm - Max Nov 25, 13:33
  - Trump plans to pardon himself before it even starts - zork Nov 25, 13:19
  - Yes, weirdly enough. -- nm - David Nov 25, 13:18 5
    - If the trial is underway and the pardon is given before a verdict is delivered, which takes precedence? -- nm - Beryllium Nov 25, 13:23 4
      - Pardon -- nm - spamlet Nov 25, 13:23 3
        
        I believe I spoke clearly. Now answer the question. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 25, 13:28 2
        
        Prosecutors and defendants make last minute deals before verdicts often enough, I wouldn't say a pardon at that point is anything extraordinary. - Max Nov 25, 13:31 1
        
        "I am serious, and don't call me Shirley." (My reply to spam was intended as a joke) -- nm - Beryllium Nov 25, 13:38
- Holiday news dump! -- nm - spamlet Nov 25, 13:17
- Errol? -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 25, 13:14 1
  - and I thought my reference was old -- nm - JD Nov 25, 13:15
- All he did was try to get his games back so that kind of seems reasonable - JD Nov 25, 13:14
anyone with espn + mind c&p this article please? -- (link) - Beaker Nov 25, 13:01 3
- Sure ... - ReluctantCornucopia Nov 25, 13:05 2
  - merci! -- nm - Beaker Nov 25, 13:18 1
    - нет проблем -- nm - ReluctantCornucopia Nov 25, 13:24
So more Jurassic Park thoughts: Who divorced who? Dr Malcom or the ex Dr Malcoms -- nm - JD Nov 25, 13:01
Million dollar idea...a pepper spray with extra large molecules...so you can spray a holes who refuse masks but not bother everyone else -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 25, 12:51 3
- I mean, that million will come in handy for your legal fund. -- nm - loosilu Nov 25, 12:56 2
  - Don't worry, zeitgeist. I'll not only represent you on the criminal charges, I'll file the patent application for you! -- nm - ReluctantCornucopia Nov 25, 13:01 1
    - "The defense will now submit the packaging that clearly states that the product is intended for bears only" - Recalcitrant Sinnick Nov 25, 13:18
Miami Zoom, from the makers of Miami Vice -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 25, 12:48
TNA impact exec and internet wrestling writer, Bob Ryder, died overnight after a fight with cancer. -- (link) - Will Hunting Nov 25, 12:47 5
- oh no that's a shame. I've read him for years -- nm - Remlik Nov 25, 12:52
- Yes, he used to run 1wrestling back in the day. It was a major site at the turn of the 2000s. -- nm - David Nov 25, 12:52 3
  - yup him and Dave Schere. -- nm - Remlik Nov 25, 13:01
  - I almost wrote “and wrestling journalist (shuttup David)” -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 25, 12:53 1
    - I think he ran the only Prodigy site that outlived Prodigy. -- nm - David Nov 25, 12:54
Inspired by yet another viewing of Jurassic Park: what's the fastest biped? -- (edited) - JD Nov 25, 12:42 13
- anyone running away from the dinosaur with me. -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 25, 13:17
- my mother-in-law, as soon as the waiter brings the check - prayformojo Nov 25, 12:59 2
  - 😃👏 -- nm - JD Nov 25, 12:59 1
    - (j/k, she's pretty terrific) -- nm - prayformojo Nov 25, 13:19
- MABEL -- nm - 🦃Spawn🦃 Nov 25, 12:53 1
  - ? -- nm - mud Nov 25, 13:14
- Kangaroo, maybe. -- nm - Roger More Nov 25, 12:49
- Ostrich yo. Those effers can move. -- nm - mafic Nov 25, 12:45
- If the Swiss Family Robinson taught me anything, it's the ostrich. -- nm - Max Nov 25, 12:44 4
  - This or an emu would be my guess. -- nm - znufrii Nov 25, 12:46 1
    - Emu = slower. No natural predators -- nm - Roger More Nov 25, 12:50
  - This is why it had to have been a sick ostrich. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 25, 12:46 1
    - (allegedly) -- nm - JaxSean Nov 25, 13:01
NFL on Wednesday announced it has postponed the Thanksgiving Ravens-Steelers game until Sunday afternoon. -- (link) - mud Nov 25, 12:38 1
- Relevant? -- (pic) - JD Nov 25, 12:45 [Attachment]
Colts place Deforrest Buckner on Covid list -- (link) - Remlik Nov 25, 12:37
B2: I don't think it was kids who were confused -- (link) - JD Nov 25, 12:34 1
- that episode both confused and aroused me -- nm - Beaker Nov 25, 12:38
EB Games/Gamestop has a Venomized Fantastic Four Box dropping Black Friday (2 different Venomized versions of each member) - Beaker Nov 25, 12:30
"Siri, show me the whiniest possible culture warrior complaint" -- (link) - Reagen Nov 25, 12:27 9
- "Kylee"...of course. -- nm - MDH Nov 25, 13:59
- I'm confused...is a "Mask Karen" someone who insists you wear a mask or one that won't wear a mask? -- nm* - .🍁 Nov 25, 12:33 6
  - Guessing from context that it’s supposed to mean people who complain to a manager about others not wearing masks? -- nm - znufrii Nov 25, 12:48
  - Karens do not understand how to use "Karens". -- nm - 🦃Spawn🦃 Nov 25, 12:37 1
    - This. -- nm - znufrii Nov 25, 12:45
  - Maybe that Karen sees someone wearing a mask but threatens to call the cops and claim the person wasn't wearing it. -- nm - Max Nov 25, 12:35 2
    - Particularly if the person is BIPOC -- nm - Beryllium Nov 25, 12:44
    - Ahh...that might give one an edge during a regular Black Friday Sale. -- nm* - .🍁 Nov 25, 12:39
- 😆 -- nm - JD Nov 25, 12:31
today is a day that as day goes is a 2020 -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 25, 12:23 9
- What fresh hell are you experiencing today? -- nm - ReluctantCornucopia Nov 25, 12:25 8
  - It's all the same hell, isn't it? -- nm - loosilu Nov 25, 12:27 3
    - I wish. -- nm - David Nov 25, 13:19
    - Yeah, but I keep hoping for something different. -- nm - ReluctantCornucopia Nov 25, 13:01
    - Recycled, at best. -- nm - 🦃Spawn🦃 Nov 25, 12:54
  - becoming sick cause holidays and stuff. - tRuMaN Nov 25, 12:27 3
    - Feel better. Definitely not a fun time of year to be blech feeling -- nm - Pippy Nov 25, 12:44
    - Can you taste? -- nm - loosilu Nov 25, 12:27 1
      - well, depends on what taste you mean. - tRuMaN Nov 25, 12:28
Chewbacca Chia! -- nm - .🍁 Nov 25, 12:22
PropSwap down due to AWS -- (link) - budice Nov 25, 12:22
LOL -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 25, 12:22 1
- There are presents. -- nm - 🦃Spawn🦃 Nov 25, 12:30
Happy gazpacho soup day -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 25, 12:19 [youtube]
How Trump’s coup attempt failed. -- (link) - znufrii Nov 25, 12:12 22
- I appreciate how he got constantly shot down in court. 4 years ago he claimed election fraud and put together a committee. - Mop Nov 25, 12:31
- 15 minutes ago: "we have to turn the election over, because there's no doubt we have all the evidence we have all the affidavits, we have everything. - Jovian Nov 25, 12:19 15
  - Mr President, if one judge rules against you, maybe they're an idiot. But if *every* judge rules against you, maybe you're the idiot. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 25, 12:25 7
    - But, but Affidavits!! Signed by people who would rather they not be disclosed publicly and are not partisan at all!! What more could anyone want! -- nm - Trump Nov 25, 12:33 3
      - "I didn't get the lunch they promised me." -- nm - Mop Nov 25, 13:58
      - "I saw a dude stuff 50000 Trump ballots in his pants " -- nm - Anonymous affidavit Nov 25, 12:42
      - Actual evidence? - .🍁 Nov 25, 12:38
    - 1-36 and that one got overturned and he filed suit in 5 different states -- nm* - eag Nov 25, 12:30 2
      - Nevada just nixed another one. 1-37 -- nm - decline Nov 25, 12:31 1
        
        He's trying to set a record that can never be beat. -- nm - .🍁 Nov 25, 12:40
  - I'm guessing no more than maybe 20 people at this event? -- nm - eag Nov 25, 12:24 6
    - vid: -- (link) - mud Nov 25, 12:26 5
      - "It would be easy for me to say, oh lets worry about four years from now..." - 🦃Spawn🦃 Nov 25, 12:50 1
        
        He will be in prison hopefully in 4 years -- nm - eag Nov 25, 13:00
      - Not a cult -- nm - Jovian Nov 25, 12:31
      - Hard to tell from that vid but I stand by my number -- nm - eag Nov 25, 12:29 1
        
        when they clap it sounds like 20. -- nm - mud Nov 25, 12:32
- I TOLD YOU -- nm - jovian s.i. Nov 25, 12:18 1
  - Heh - znufrii Nov 25, 12:19
- An intern was running through the halls with a scale model of the plan, tripped, smashed it to pieces, then glued it back together in a hurry. -- nm - Max Nov 25, 12:14 2
  - brilliant. -- nm - mud Nov 25, 12:19 1
    - "Why is my action figure on top of the State Department? I should be in the White House." "Me too!" "Nice try, Mike, you wait in the car." -- nm - Max Nov 25, 12:22
*achoo* -- nm - 🦃Spawn🦃 Nov 25, 12:07 3
- Pee-too. -- nm - Mop Nov 25, 12:09 1
  - Leeloo. -- nm - ReluctantCornucopia Nov 25, 12:35
- "I'll get a cloth." -- nm - mud Nov 25, 12:07

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