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$600 COVID Stimulus Direct Deposits start tonight. Checks Mailed tomorrow. -- (link) - budice Dec 29, 15:48 9
- So I'm confused by the $2000 talk... in the unlikely event that passes, will everyone get an additional $1400? Or is it a new stimulus so - Cuzzin Tauld Lang Syne Dec 29, 15:56 7
  - We'll have to do the spreadsheets all over again! -- nm - Max Dec 29, 16:20
  - I'll bet it's the former if it happens which it won't because poison pills will sink it and then those two losers in GA will .. - mud Dec 29, 16:00
  - PS5 Money Now, Additional Money later if approved -- nm - budice Dec 29, 15:58 1
    - Nah, I'll just donate it to the foodbank or something. -- nm - Cuzzin Tauld Lang Syne Dec 29, 15:59
  - $1,400 for a total of $2,000 -- nm - spamlet Dec 29, 15:58 1
    - but Fidelity will mess it up somehow -- nm - ty97 Dec 29, 15:59
  - $1,400 -- nm - Krusty - Diamond Dog Dec 29, 15:58
- ~We goin' Sizzler, we goin' Sizzler~ -- nm - zunkskunk+ Dec 29, 15:53
I just registered for the covid vaccine. Since I'm not essential, not yet 65, and in good health I'm guessing...March? - zunkskunk+ Dec 29, 15:42 5
- me too. I'm hoping a 1 shot vaccine is out by the time my number is called. -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 29, 15:55
- Where do you register? I haven't seen anything on that. -- nm - pmb Dec 29, 15:55 3
  - how are the ruby chips? my state made a 4 phase list of the order who gets the shot when. healthy 18-64 is last. -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 29, 15:57 2
    - I've seen the phases, just not anywhere you can actually register. Just a priorities list. -- nm - pmb Dec 29, 15:59
    - So, I have to admit, I don't love them, but my wife does. So they are . . . gone. :) -- nm - pmb Dec 29, 15:58
how is this legal?! -- (link) - mud Dec 29, 15:37
Is anyone looking for a PS5? -- nm - Dano Dec 29, 15:35 1
- 1000's are. We've been trying but it's not critical for us. We can wait. - zunkskunk+ Dec 29, 15:40
Kate Beckinsale's cat cannot *wait* for the holidays to be over! -- (link) - 🦌sleighformojo🛷 Dec 29, 15:32 2
- 4d ago: "Willow received a stick of catnip dynamite and has ruined Christmas by turning into Hans Gruber. We all regret it" -- nm - Max Dec 29, 15:37
- kill it with fire! -- nm - mud Dec 29, 15:33
just rebuilt my personal finance spreadsheet for next year. so that's done. -- nm - amanda jeans Dec 29, 15:02 7
- Just zeros all the way down for me. Easy, peasy! -- nm - Qale Dec 29, 15:34
- Awesome, now do mine! - zunkskunk+ Dec 29, 15:19
- I just did this this weekend as well and set my future payroll tax withholding $ to put me on a zero refund/balance. -- nm - Max Dec 29, 15:15
- I still need to do this. Maybe on the plane home on Thursday. - ty97 Dec 29, 15:12 2
  - How is your boyfriends brother? -- nm - Pippy - Dec 29, 15:32 1
    - rapid test was negative. non-rapid test not back yet. They are in North Carolina in the car (they left this morning) -- nm - ty97 Dec 29, 15:33
- it's personal finance spreadsheet season, motherf'er! -- nm - 🦌sleighformojo🛷 Dec 29, 15:07
Dec. 29 Birthdays: Jon Voight (82), Marianne Faithfull (74), Ted Danson (73), Patricia Clarkson & Paula Poundstone (61), Lilly Wachowski (53), - Max Dec 29, 14:48 1
- You forgot my mom on your list. -- nm - Cuzzin Tauld Lang Syne Dec 29, 15:58
So I've decided my first podcast of 2021 is going to be on one of my favorite bad movies of the 80s... - Edward Havens, Host of The FilmJerk Podcast Dec 29, 14:43 [Attachment] 6
- I should rewatch that. It's been 35 yrs, after all. -- nm - mud Dec 29, 14:57 1
  - You can stream it for free, with ads, on PlutoTV -- (link) - Edward Havens, Host of The FilmJerk Podcast Dec 29, 15:59
- Let's rock! *sax* -- nm - Max Dec 29, 14:48
- Is it because I mentioned Vangelis below!?! -- nm - Spawn Dec 29, 14:47 1
  - Uhm... no? - Edward Havens, Host of The FilmJerk Podcast Dec 29, 15:58
- Woot!! -- nm - Pippy Dec 29, 14:45
Up next: The Cheez-It Bowl. - Diva🎅🏾 Dec 29, 14:28 4
- and here I thought all day that this was a new product Cheez-It was rolling out. :( -- nm - Jovian Dec 29, 15:13
- :-] -- nm - mud Dec 29, 14:43
- BWAHAHAHA -- (edited) - Spawn Dec 29, 14:30 1
  - 🤣 -- nm - Diva Dec 29, 15:03
Pretty big full moon during a pink/purple sunset tonight, that was nice. -- nm - Max Dec 29, 14:22
The worst political predictions of 2020 -- (link) - Reagen Dec 29, 14:11 10
- Heh, one of those predictions was by one of my law school professors (the "500, no 5000, will die from COVID"). This is a guy who one day during - pmb Dec 29, 15:18 6
  - His interview with Isaac Chotiner where he tried to triple down on why he wasn't wrong was amazing. -- nm - Reagen Dec 29, 15:24 5
    - here -- (link) - Reagen Dec 29, 15:28 3
      - God, this reminds me of so many law school discussions. The University of Chicago was (and probably still is) the hub of the law and economics theory - pmb Dec 29, 15:54 2
        
        if there's one common thread through history it's that humans are completely rational robots that always act in their best self-interest. -- nm - Reagen Dec 29, 15:55 1
        
        One of my favorite arguments on this (which is actually a big case in my field) was a decision written by Richard Posner (a professor at my school and -- (edited) - pmb Dec 29, 16:07
    - I'm sure. -- nm - pmb Dec 29, 15:27
- "0-3." -- nm - David Dec 29, 14:32
- This doesn't appear to be a link to my terrible attempts at predicting outcomes. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 29, 14:19
- oops -- nm - carville Dec 29, 14:17
Death Cult To Host Big NYE Bash at Mar-a-Lago -- (link) - mud Dec 29, 13:48 7
- They don't care, they've already had it, have antibodies and the vax...you know they got despite denials -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 29, 14:35
- Could you imagine if there was, like, Kool-aid? -- nm - Spawn Dec 29, 13:49 5
  - OH YEAH! -- nm - The Kool-Aid Man Dec 29, 15:36
  - YES. Yes I can. -- nm - Owlsley Stanley Dec 29, 14:12
  - sadly, I can. -- nm - mud Dec 29, 13:53
  - We couldn't get that lucky. -- nm - ❄TWuG 🚀 Dec 29, 13:50 1
    - If they did not drink it until *after* the ball dropped, we might. -- nm - Spawn Dec 29, 13:51
nmbPippy - Spawn Dec 29, 13:38 1
- Yes, yes it did. -- nm - Pippy Dec 29, 14:44
Boston Dynamics is working hard to convince us that their robots won't be used to hunt us down and murder us. -- (link) - Roger More Dec 29, 13:13 25
- I must be the only person who, from the very beginning, thought their robots were just cool. -- nm - mara Dec 29, 14:21 19
  - Things can be terrifying and cool at the same time. The robo dogs are neat. The gymnastic assassin robots, not so much. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 29, 14:30
  - no, not cool. Cool: -- (pic) - mud Dec 29, 14:29 [Attachment] 15
    - or: -- (pic) - mud Dec 29, 14:32 [Attachment] 14
      - or: -- (pic) - mud Dec 29, 14:37 [Attachment] 1
        
        or: -- (pic) - mud Dec 29, 14:40 [Attachment]
      - Last night I was listening to Gavin Friday's holiday show on U2 X Radio and he played Rachel's Theme by Vangelis. -- nm - Spawn Dec 29, 14:37 11
        
        sweet -- nm - mud Dec 29, 14:38 10
        
        Did not know the name, but it was instantly familiar and before it had ended I had guessed Blade Runner. -- (edited) - Spawn Dec 29, 14:44 [youtube] 9
        
        Jóhann Jóhannsson (RIP) contributed to lotsa great scores: Sicario, Arrival, BR2049, Mandy, The Theory of Everything -- nm - mud Dec 29, 14:53 8
        
        Sweet. Over my 4 day weekend (almost here) I have a note to do a deep dive. -- nm - Spawn Dec 29, 14:58 7
        
        Hans Zimmer, Tangerine Dream, Michael Kamen, Michael Nyman, Howard Shore, Brian Eno -- nm - mud Dec 29, 15:01 6
        
        I know them pretty well except Nyman and Shore. -- nm - Spawn Dec 29, 15:07 5
        
        I'll bet you know Legend & Dark Knight! (my fave is BR2049 by Zimmer) -- nm - mud Dec 29, 15:10 4
        
        Yeah, I know Zimmer and Tangerine Dream stuff pretty well. -- nm - Spawn Dec 29, 15:18 3
        
        I like Mica Levi. Some don't. -- nm - mud Dec 29, 15:22 2
        
        Under the Skin! - Spawn Dec 29, 15:28 1
        
        :-] -- nm - mud Dec 29, 15:31
  - 'collaborator' -- nm - decline Dec 29, 14:24 1
    - Not only do I welcome our new robot overlords, but I wish to subscribe to their newsletter. -- nm - mara Dec 29, 14:26
- I would applaud the director but they immediately killed him after that. -- nm - Spawn Dec 29, 13:40
- This reminds me I should continue to watch Better off Ted on Hulu -- nm - kilbowl full of jelly 🎅 Dec 29, 13:27
- Die Jedi Die! -- nm - C3PO Dec 29, 13:25
- They're going to steal our jobs of end credit montages in light-hearted comedies! -- nm - Reagen Dec 29, 13:21
- A kinder, gentler machine gun hand. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 29, 13:13
That other site dilemma. For the last 10 years or so I've always played a YTD portfolio along with my main (I don't play my main portfolio very - pmb Dec 29, 13:12 1
- Movies will be back, this summer I'm sure, meanwhile clean up on bonds as stars loose box office average, or did they change things? -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 29, 14:00
Southern California 'stay-at-home' lockdown extended indefinitely -- nm - budice Dec 29, 12:54 1
- Yeaaa people aren't following it -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Dec 29, 14:02
This looks great. Fran Lebowitz and Martin Scorcese walking and talking about NYC. -- (link) - Krusty - Diamond Dog Dec 29, 12:39 1
- So there ARE fans of Fran Lebowitz here! I was just checking... -- nm - Mop Dec 29, 13:38
Honest Trailers | 2020 (feat. Patton Oswalt) -- (link) - Beaker Dec 29, 12:13 [youtube] 5
- 2:50 is for JaxSean! -- nm - Spawn Dec 29, 12:20
- There should be a 2020 pitch meeting ...... hmm -- nm - Beryllium Dec 29, 12:19 3
  - Barely an inconvenience! -- nm - Mop Dec 29, 14:21 1
    - I gave it a try -- (link) - Beryllium Dec 29, 14:35
  - A Trump 2016 one, as well. -- nm - Spawn Dec 29, 13:06
Fidelity customers might think this year blows, and they're mostly right. But one positive thing to mention: you people. You've all been a bright - crash davis Dec 29, 12:07 8
- you've all earned a smiling kitty 😺 -- nm - crash davis Dec 29, 12:11 7
  - :-D -- nm - mud Dec 29, 12:12 6
    - You might like this. I've got a Victrola turntable now (walmart special, nothing great). First album I bought: Miles Davis : Kind Of Blue -- nm - crash davis Dec 29, 12:15 5
      - Damn, you can't do better -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 29, 13:59
      - nice. Funny story on the tune "So What" (that may be apocryphal, so don't let it ruin) .. - mud Dec 29, 12:24
      - solid choice. That'd sound great on vinyl -- nm - 🦌sleighformojo🛷 Dec 29, 12:19 2
        
        I keep my rock and stuff on other media. I'm only getting vinyl that makes me feel like a cool kitty -- nm - crash davis Dec 29, 12:22 1
        
        A rock or something. - Spawn Dec 29, 12:40 [Attachment]
ouch ouch, bad language in this -- (link) - Jovian Dec 29, 12:05 15
- I'm trying to figure out if my favorite part of the follow up is the guy opened a Twitter account: Mr. TeaKO or that is name is Barry Allen -- (link) - JD Jan 4, 15:31 [Backboard]
- My response yesterday -- (link) - ❄TWuG 🚀 Dec 29, 13:42 1
  - *snort* -- nm - Pippy Dec 29, 14:45
- I hadn't seen the whole tape - I only saw the short versionw with the Dave Matthews Band song at the end. Dude was methed - Pippy Dec 29, 13:21
- Emmy nom for the lady holding the camera and doing commentary. -- nm - loosilu Dec 29, 13:19
- Stolen from Twitter meme -- (pic) - flavorize Dec 29, 13:06 [Attachment] 2
  - *snork* -- nm - Spawn Dec 29, 13:37
  - ha!! -- nm - Pippy Dec 29, 13:18
- you can tell he's getting ready when he drops the can... -- nm - Beaker Dec 29, 12:28 6
  - shocking that the asshole didn't see his beating coming into the station. -- nm - Reagen Dec 29, 12:43 4
    - Nah, these idiots bank on nobody throwing hands. -- nm - Spawn Dec 29, 12:44 3
      - I suppose. Nobody that's been clocked in the head before would campaign for a second round. -- nm - Reagen Dec 29, 12:46 2
        
        Doubt he had ever taken a punch. Trump has emboldened a lot of assholes that previously hid. - Spawn Dec 29, 12:48 1
        
        Most people like that who take a hit, from what I understand, quiet down but grow their rage. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 29, 13:13
  - yep -- nm - mud Dec 29, 12:29
I just want *one thing* to go right in 2020! -- nm - ty97 Dec 29, 12:01 21
- Screw you too. -- nm - Bill Bailey Dec 29, 13:04
- Hey, screw you! -- nm - Joe Biden Dec 29, 12:09 1
  - but since you're not in office yet, you're a 2021 thing -- nm - crash davis Dec 29, 12:10
- lol, see B2! -- nm - Spawn Dec 29, 12:04 3
  - Hush, you. You're the facebook of ST -- nm - ty97 Dec 29, 12:05 2
    - ? ! -- nm - mud Dec 29, 12:11 1
      - ty would fire me, but my contract is iron-clad. -- nm - Spawn Dec 29, 12:12
- may not help, but you could try going to a Fidelity branch if one is near you - decline Dec 29, 12:03 2
  - none all that close -- nm - ty97 Dec 29, 12:04 1
    - (there's one two blocks from my apartment if I was home) -- nm - ty97 Dec 29, 12:04
- I blame spamlet. And decline. -- nm - ty97 Dec 29, 12:01 10
  - Eh, nothing new :) -- nm - spamlet Dec 29, 12:07
  - I could be a total jerk and point out the Schwab is better at this stuff than Fidelity -- (edited) - decline Dec 29, 12:05 8
    - I prefer Schwab. My father recommended Fidelity. - ty97 Dec 29, 12:08 7
      - I'm with Fidelity because all of my 401(k)s have always been there. -- nm - spamlet Dec 29, 12:09 6
        
        Hmm. Well, my broker is EF Hutton. -- nm - Spawn Dec 29, 12:10
        
        My parents have apparently had good experiences with Fidelity and are surprised. - ty97 Dec 29, 12:10 4
        
        I don't have that but as I mentioned we have a financial planner that did all the background work for us. -- nm - spamlet Dec 29, 12:17 2
        
        My dad keeps asking me questions and I suggested that he might want an accountant with some of the stuff he is doing - ty97 Dec 29, 12:29 1
        
        During the drops in March we hired a planner because we do have some assets from my wife's parents that we inherited and she couldn't take managing - spamlet Dec 29, 12:38
        
        I only take investment advice from old guys in limos who have spare Grey Poupon -- nm - crash davis Dec 29, 12:12
Jon Huber Was an Amazing Human Being, and Also a Professional Wrestler -- (link) - Beaker Dec 29, 12:00
Oh, the space force uniforms aren't real. Yay. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 29, 11:47 3
- Casual space force. -- nm - ✨Spawn✨ Dec 29, 11:54 2
  - Space Force (Netflix) dealt with this issue and it was much more entertaining than today. -- nm - mud Dec 29, 12:06 1
    - I figured Melania would have messed them up. -- nm ✨Spawn✨ (aka Spawn) Dec 29 '20, 08:22 -- nm - Spawn Dec 29, 12:08

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