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No Zoom for Oscars 2021, as Academy Says ‘In-Person Telecast Will Happen’ -- (link) - mud Dec 1, 18:25 2
- This is the year we really need a Billy Crystal opening. -- nm - Max Dec 1, 18:36
- They all getting vaccines yo! -- nm - Pippy - Dec 1, 18:33
Has anyone tried a weighted blanket? I'm considering it. -- nm - loosilu Dec 1, 18:20 2
- yes. CJ has one and she *loves* it. really helps with sleep -- nm - Remlik Dec 1, 18:29
- Yup. We got two Gravity blankets. My wife uses it at night. I use mine on the couch. - Volnelk Dec 1, 18:25
Streaming into the Peacock: December highlights. -- (edited) - Qale Dec 1, 18:17 2
- Streaming into the Hulu: December highlights. - Qale Dec 1, 18:24 1
  - Streaming into the Netflix: December highlights. - Qale Dec 1, 18:31
The people are my children, I am their father. I shall hold them to my bosom and embrace them. "Have you ever embraced someone dying of plague, sire?" -- nm - Potus Commodus Dec 1, 18:14
Day 1 of my Advent calendar - Mistletoe Meg 🎄🎅 Dec 1, 18:04 [Attachment] 3
- Nice! -- (pic) - JD Dec 1, 18:11 [Attachment] 1
  - 😁 -- nm - Mistletoe Meg 🎄🎅 Dec 1, 18:19
- that'd do -- nm - prayformojo Dec 1, 18:05
how long till the mean tweet? -- (link) - Jovian Dec 1, 17:47 7
- He's completely unable to lead, he can't make a decision...all he can do is bitch, whine and complain. -- nm - tinsel geist Dec 1, 19:05
- I’m also like 100% convinced that had there been one more stimulus payment to everyone in September or October, he pushes 400 EV. - Tim Dec 1, 18:27
- True, but get the crap out of here with that beard. You're not in a Guy Ritchie film. -- nm - Max Dec 1, 18:05 1
  - 'e's a fucking crumpet, 'e is. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 1, 18:42
- He ain’t wrong. 65k votes flipped and he is re-elected. - Will Hunting Dec 1, 17:58 1
  - Agreed. Scary how close he came. Stupid EC -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Dec 1, 18:31
- Empathy isn't a Republican strong suit. -- nm - Qale Dec 1, 17:54
I’m not even all that gung ho about prosecuting Trump but I will be amused if he finds a way to pardon himself and then gets indicted by New York. -- nm - Dano Dec 1, 17:31 10
- Also how sweet would it be if he announced the pardon at his tiny desk and then walked out of the room without signing it. -- nm - Max Dec 1, 17:41
- And then meets his ultimate fate at the hands of building contractors he stiffed in the 1980s, in Fargo Season 5. -- nm - Max Dec 1, 17:40
- He’s having to think of all his crimes as he plans the pardon. Imagine how exhausting that would be. -- nm - David Dec 1, 17:32 7
  - thats why he's got Rudy and Jenna - Jovian Dec 1, 17:45
  - Would he even recognize he did wrong, or will someone else have to make up the list? -- nm - Mistletoe Meg 🎄🎅 Dec 1, 17:36 5
    - It’s a good question. -- nm - David Dec 1, 17:36 4
      - He wouldn’t have to name specific crimes. It could be a blanket pardon for any past crimes. It can’t cover future crimes and only federal crimes. -- nm - Dano Dec 1, 17:40 3
        
        Ford was only able to do it for Nixon’s time in the White House fwiw. -- nm - David Dec 1, 17:43 2
        
        Was he only able to or did he just choose to? I know he put a specific time frame on it but I didn’t know he was restricted to that time frame. -- nm - Dano Dec 1, 17:46 1
        
        He was specifically pardoning him for crimes around Watergate. Anything else he would have been on the hook for. - spamlet Dec 1, 18:16
Washington FT to sign QB Taylor Heinicke as its Quarantine QB, potentially avoiding a similar situation that Denver ran into this weekend. -- nm - Strongbad Dec 1, 17:28 2
- Who? -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 1, 17:35 1
  - Back up XFL QB -- nm - Dano Dec 1, 17:38
Any baseball fans interested in this book? If so, it’s yours. -- (pic) - spamlet Dec 1, 17:12 [Attachment] 2
- I'll take it -- nm - Mr. Havens Dec 1, 17:25 1
  - Can you shoot me an email? - spamlet Dec 1, 17:29
Halsey's "Be Kind" is not really the type of song for a dance remix. - ty97 Dec 1, 17:10
My Secret Stalker's second package has shipped. -- nm - TWuG Dec 1, 17:04
I can't believe David got away with posting about Kim's weight on the backboards without getting slugged. -- nm - Qale Dec 1, 16:47 3
- *confusedlook.gif* -- nm - David Dec 1, 16:52 2
  - Oh. Two hours. -- nm - David Dec 1, 16:53 1
    - Bwha ha ha! -- nm - Qale Dec 1, 17:23
Nestle and Cargill attorneys making some interesting arguments in front of SCOTUS -- (link) - TWuG Dec 1, 16:20 1
- Corporations aren’t people! -- nm - Mop Dec 1, 16:58
NVidia RTX 3060 Benchmarks. At or above the 2080 for $400 -- (link*) - budice Dec 1, 16:04 1
- I'm after a new card, my issue is that I can't get the Nvidia versions in Australia -- nm - Karl_S Dec 1, 16:32
Two Golden State Warriors test positive for COVID-19 upon rejoining team -- (link) - Beaker Dec 1, 16:03
How can I possibly have at least 3 rolls of birthday wrap and no Christmas?!? - MistletoeMeg 🎄🎅🎄 Dec 1, 15:28 5
- It's Jesus's birthday, so you can use it. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Dec 1, 16:10
- use the other side of the paper on the outside so it doesn't mention birthday -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 1, 16:03
- I wish I lived closer, I could porch drop 16 rolls and not miss it - Pippy - Dec 1, 15:31 2
  - I have a bigger wrapping paper problem. I like to put 10-20 layers on presents to frustrate friends as they opened it. -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 1, 17:00 1
    - with an occasional layer of a thick tape so they cannot rip it to get to the end fast. -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 1, 17:02
Again the disconnect between what the public keeps saying and what is happening in the hospital. - James Bond (aka Igor) Dec 1, 15:19 5
- An aside: Any thoughts on what might happen if/when the CDC regains control of the overall numbers? -- nm - Qale Dec 1, 16:26 3
  - Not sure. I haven't followed that. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Dec 1, 16:30 2
    - Generally, I take the numbers posted on worldometers' site as likely low to more modestly so as even the reported data became political. -- nm - Qale Dec 1, 17:26 1
      - The numbers are lower than true infection. Still many not been tested -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Dec 1, 18:33
- Well if it's going after 30somethings thank god I'm way- oh sh -- nm - Max Dec 1, 15:21
CNN: The Justice Department is investigating a potential crime related to funneling money to the White House in exchange for a presidential pardon, -- (link) - mud Dec 1, 15:12 28
- this doesn't stop my call of him being held for treason later -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 1, 16:22
- 170M. -- nm - ♤Spawn♤ Dec 1, 15:48
- Lawyer for Trump is a Lifetime Appointment -- nm - budice Dec 1, 15:40 1
  - A 20-to-life appointment. -- nm - Mop Dec 1, 15:47
- more -- (link) - mud Dec 1, 15:17 4
  - So... Roger Stone? -- nm - Mop Dec 1, 15:50 3
    - Stone, Milken or DeBartolo would be my guess. -- nm - Reagen Dec 1, 16:01 2
      - I went down the list. What a rogue’s gallery of some of the worst people in America. That Susan B. Anthony... terrible! -- nm - Mop Dec 1, 16:59
      - por que no los tres? -- nm - znufrii Dec 1, 16:04
- REAGEN CALLED IT!!! -- nm - David Dec 1, 15:15
- 3 hours! -- (link) - Reagen Dec 1, 15:13 [Backboard] 17
  - The Tiger dude? or some financier on the run, a wealthy pedophile or Ghislain? -- nm - tinsel geist Dec 1, 15:18 9
    - I'm actually interested in who in the WH they caught coordinating it. -- nm - Max Dec 1, 15:25 3
      - Eric or Don Jr would be dumb enough to be caught, hell during the transistion in 16 they were literally bragging they can get $$$ for access - tinsel geist Dec 1, 15:54
      - All of them, I presume. -- nm - David Dec 1, 15:25 1
        
        "Here's a thick binder with all my alibis." *half bow* -- nm - Kayleigh Dec 1, 15:30
    - hope its not Tiger King. A perverse part of me wants that clown to have his sentence at least commuted. -- nm - Jovian Dec 1, 15:21 3
      - Trump going to jail for that would be *hilarious* though -- nm - Reagen Dec 1, 15:42
      - I can’t imagine he has enough money to make that happen. -- nm - znufrii Dec 1, 15:23 1
        
        He's definitely never going to recover financially from this. -- nm - Reagen Dec 1, 15:27
    - I hope it's her. I hope she rots. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 1, 15:19
  - "Hey, try not to break any laws on the way through the parking lot!" -- nm - Max Dec 1, 15:18 5
    - 37?!! nm - ralph wiggum Dec 1, 15:32
    - L4!, -- nm - Pippy - Dec 1, 15:30 3
      - I had forgotten about the great sight gag at the end of that scene -- (link*) - Max Dec 1, 15:32 [youtube] 2
        
        Yep that’s the best part of the scene -- nm - spamlet Dec 1, 16:47
        
        Lol -- nm - Pippy - Dec 1, 16:29
  - Let me be your hype man. -- nm - David Dec 1, 15:15
mystery Monolith disappears from Romania -- (link) - Peglegpete Dec 1, 14:56 4
- I hope this is an Elder Scrolls VI promotion that lasts until next November. -- nm - Qale Dec 1, 16:28
- Next stop: Antarctica. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 1, 14:57 2
  - now orbiting Saturn, probly -- nm Posted by mud Nov 28 '20, 20:26 -- nm - mud Dec 1, 14:58 1
    - -- -- -- -- nm* - mud Dec 1, 16:37
Biden 225,435(90%) Trump 20,184 (8%) -- (link) - mud Dec 1, 14:45 2
- Biden 156,645 (81%) Trump 31,440 (16%) -- (link) - mud Dec 1, 14:50 1
  - So there went NY’s (mirage of a) GOP shift. -- nm - Tim Dec 1, 15:12
Abrams: “Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue .. should join us in condemning those who engage in these despicable attacks. Georgians deserve better...” -- (link) - mud Dec 1, 14:43 1
- Here's the Georgia Attorney General (R) -- (link) - Strongbad Dec 1, 16:30
Reuters: Saudi minister rejects Iranian accusation on scientist's killing -- (link) - mud Dec 1, 14:40 5
- "We strictly do all our butchering in-house." -- nm - Jovian Dec 1, 15:09
- my mind keeps going back to West Wing and killing Shareef, but I know if Trump ordered the hit, he'd tweet we did it. -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 1, 14:53 3
  - agreed. I was also wondering what should worry us more: Saudi/Iran conflict or Israel/Iran conflict. -- nm - mud Dec 1, 14:57 2
    - Iran/saudi would bring back 4-5 dollar gas...but Israel/iran would get us involved which gets EU involved which means WW3 -- nm - tinsel geist Dec 1, 15:03 1
      - I think Biden would have much better chance of defusing the latter. -- nm - mud Dec 1, 15:05
Related to that 30 Rock situation, we watched animated Jungle Book yesterday on D+ and a disclaimer runs before it now about cultural insensitivity. -- nm - Volnelk Dec 1, 13:58 2
- This film includes partial indigenous nudity. -- nm - Qale Dec 1, 16:30
- Saw it pop up on Aladdin a few weeks ago -- nm - znufrii Dec 1, 13:59
I can has my eyes and ears clawed out plz? -- (edited) - znufrii Dec 1, 13:51 2
- Why do you hate Christmas? -- nm - decline Dec 1, 14:15
- haz not has. -- nm - tRuMaN Dec 1, 13:53
re: the poll below - I am going gangbusters at level 10 today. Don't you know the mod I'm working in shuts down because 'too much traffic'... - Diva🎅🏾 Dec 1, 13:46
Speaking of slacking sales force, rate your WFH productivity on a 1-10 scale. - David Dec 1, 13:36 36
- 2 to 4, depending on the day -- nm - Mr. Havens Dec 1, 17:27
- Easily more productive from home -- nm - Karl_S Dec 1, 16:03
- I can use curse words when WFH that I can’t use in the office so I feel like that makes me more productive. -- nm - spamlet Dec 1, 15:14 5
  - I hear you. -- nm - David Dec 1, 15:23 4
    - I didn’t think I was that loud. - spamlet Dec 1, 15:30 1
      - Your chair could use some WD-40 -- nm - con_carne Dec 1, 15:32
    - Feel your emotions in a 4-letter word or three! No having to go find a place to count to 10 backward -- nm - con_carne Dec 1, 15:27 1
      - It’s definitely cathartic. -- nm - David Dec 1, 15:29
- 6. I’ve realized how much better I am at explaining things to people when they are in front of me. - Volnelk Dec 1, 14:33 1
  - By far. I don't "sage on the stage" but I do digress (Who? Me? Nooooo) and you kind of need an audience for that to see if it's working. - Reagen Dec 1, 14:42
- Looks: 10, Dance: 3 -- nm - Max Dec 1, 14:25
- Well - Carrie and I went and bought a new camper for 3 hours or so in the middle of the workday yesterday. nm - Johnny Lawrence Dec 1, 14:18
- 0 retired -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 1, 14:16
- 9 -- nm - prayformojo Dec 1, 14:13 3
  - What's Heather? -- nm - David Dec 1, 14:24 2
    - 24 -- nm - prayformojo Dec 1, 14:28 1
      - I figured. -- nm - David Dec 1, 14:30
- 6 or 7. I’m more productive than in the office because a yellow Skype at home is slacking. Yellow at work means away talking to users. - Will Hunting Dec 1, 14:08
- 8.7 -- nm - JaxSean Dec 1, 14:06
- 7.5 -- nm - Beryllium Dec 1, 14:01 1
  - But my in-office productivity is about a 6.5, so ... -- nm - Beryllium Dec 1, 14:02
- Generally 5-6. I can pull off an 8 every once in a while and a 3 on other days. -- nm - pmb Dec 1, 13:55
- 3, feel like crap. just crap. -- nm - tRuMaN Dec 1, 13:53
- 7ish - some days are better than others -- nm - Pippy Dec 1, 13:53
- Today is a 3. Usually a 5 or 6. -- nm - znufrii Dec 1, 13:52
- 8, most likely -- nm - Yuletide Callisto 🎄🎄 Dec 1, 13:51 1
  - You're like a 12 on most days. That's what had me thinking about it. -- nm - David Dec 1, 13:53
- 4. I'm fundamentally worse at my job when away from the office. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Dec 1, 13:43 1
  - Word. -- nm - Johnny Lawrence Dec 1, 14:17
- 7 I suppose - I get my stuff done, done well and on time. But I have plenty of "downtime" during my work day where I'm not working. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Dec 1, 13:41
- Today has been a 10. Most days 8. On rare occasions - 3. -- nm - Diva🎅🏾 Dec 1, 13:41
- I am about a 6 today -- nm* - Andie Dec 1, 13:39
- 7 - I get my stuff done in my own good time -- nm - VMan Dec 1, 13:38
- today probably 3. -- nm - loosilu Dec 1, 13:38
- today 14. yesterday 2. varies. -- nm - amanda jeans Dec 1, 13:38 1
  - candy helps. -- nm - amanda jeans Dec 1, 13:43
It's 15 degrees warmer in Maine than it is in Georgia. -- nm - Dano Dec 1, 13:34 1
- Still no snow forecast for DC. Feels like many years since we last had snow on the ground in December. -- nm - Max Dec 1, 14:24

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