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Not that I'm buying one, but looked at Private Screening prices for the closest AMC and Cinemark. New releases are $300 at AMC, $150 Cinemark. -- nm - MDH Dec 30, 09:19 7
- I would pay $200 for top gun. Grab my whole bubble and go? No brainier. I miss the movies so much. -- nm - amanda jeans Dec 30, 09:45
- How many tickets does that get you? -- nm - TWuG Dec 30, 09:32 5
  - Up to 20 for Cinemark -- nm - JD Dec 30, 09:34 1
    - That sounds like a pretty good deal to me. Get the best seats, no obnoxious strangers - TWuG Dec 30, 09:38
  - just 1 - it's very private -- nm - decline Dec 30, 09:32 2
    - and a really big cushiony chair -- nm - Strongbad Dec 30, 09:35
    - *ziiiip* -- nm - Mop Dec 30, 09:34
41 y.o. Congressman from Louisiana has died of Covid. No underlying health conditions. STAY HOME EVERYONE. -- (link) - Andie Dec 30, 09:02 7
- I feel for his family. It's sad that their husband/father was a dumbfuck who got himself killed by a preventable illness -- nm - TWuG Dec 30, 09:40 2
  - i won't judge - i have no idea what his behaviour was like. Not everyone who gets it was careless. Many yes, but certainly not all. -- nm - Andie Dec 30, 09:44 1
    - He was. Many maskless rallies for his campaign. Opposed closures and restrictions. -- nm - ❄TWuG 🚀 Dec 30, 10:36
- :( -- nm - Pippy Dec 30, 09:15
- I'm surprised Trump hasn't called him a loser yet. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 30, 09:04
- I have a half day today for celebrating my daughters birthday with her. I'm going to try to take the next two weeks work from home - kilbowl full of jelly 🎅 Dec 30, 09:04 1
  - good -- nm - mud Dec 30, 09:07
NFL: Rams will be without Goff (thumb) and Kupp (COVID+) on Sunday. -- nm - Strongbad Dec 30, 09:01 3
- Didn't they sign Bortles off someone else's practice squad? -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 30, 10:42
- nm -- nm* - Flavorize Dec 30, 09:12 1
  - nm -- nm* - Flavorize Dec 30, 09:14
How much money is being spent in GA? This much money -- (link) - spamlet Dec 30, 08:49 2
- All the money? - Spawn Dec 30, 08:53
- Great time to be a lawyer, or a political consultant - Strongbad Dec 30, 08:50
For a 2021 guess: once certification happens on 1/6, what's the next GOP talking point/hopeful thing? - MDH Dec 30, 08:47 12
- Hunter Biden. -- nm - Mop Dec 30, 09:27
- — > -- (link) - mud Dec 30, 08:50 [Backboard]
- The deficit -- nm - David Dec 30, 08:50 6
  - That is already happening -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 30, 10:44
  - Yep. This, Hunter Biden and the need for more voter suppression laws to "protect the integrity of the elections" -- nm - pmb Dec 30, 09:11 1
    - after all they are The Hypocritical Party of Hyper-Hypocrisy -- nm - mud Dec 30, 09:14
  - *ding* -- nm - znufrii Dec 30, 09:09
  - Yep. Time to get to work getting spending under control. -- nm - Volnelk Dec 30, 09:04
  - 100% -- nm - decline Dec 30, 08:50
- Benghazi -- nm - Qale Dec 30, 08:48 2
  - Oh good one. I figured they'd skip Hunter Biden and go back to Clinton/Russia. -- nm - MDH Dec 30, 08:49 1
    - #sarcasm -- nm - con_carne Dec 30, 09:32
American put the 737MAX back into service yesterday. -- (link) - spamlet Dec 30, 08:45
— — -- nm* - mud Dec 30, 08:27 2
- Did you just flip me off in morse code!?! -- (edited) - Spawn Dec 30, 08:28 1
  - heh - mud Dec 30, 08:38
I couldn’t be prouder of our state -- (link) - spamlet Dec 30, 08:17 19
- Nate Silver: -- (link) - JaxSean Dec 30, 09:06 2
  - the thing I'm finding hilarious today is Republicans confusing a plurality of 14% for a majority. -- nm - Reagen Dec 30, 09:16
  - :-D -- nm - mud Dec 30, 09:07
- Well his Presidential aspirations were already on life support, looks like he fully wants to sink them. -- nm - MDH Dec 30, 08:41
- Object? That’s for babies! He should filibuster! -- nm - Mop Dec 30, 08:38
- Bolton: ” .. will embarrass themselves in history.” -- (link) - mud Dec 30, 08:36 7
  - WaPo: " .. all but ensuring a delay in cementing Biden’s win" -- (link) - mud Dec 30, 08:46 5
    - Like... by 5 minutes? -- nm - Mop Dec 30, 08:54 4
      - At least two hours of deliberation have to take place. -- nm - spamlet Dec 30, 08:59 1
        
        BATHROOM BREAK! -- nm - Mop Dec 30, 09:32
      - maybe 10. -- nm - mud Dec 30, 08:56 1
        
        *cry* -- nm - Libs Dec 30, 08:58
  - Kinzinger: zing -- (link) - mud Dec 30, 08:43
- I mean, OK, but not sure how FB and Twits "supported" Joe Biden? - JaxSean Dec 30, 08:35 5
  - As the mastermind behind it all that's just what Jeff Bezos wants you to think! - Cuzzin Tauld Lang Syne Dec 30, 08:45
  - See: Parlor -- nm - kilbowl full of jelly 🎅 Dec 30, 08:36
  - Because they blocked the president from spreading lies. Therefore they helped Biden. -- nm - spamlet Dec 30, 08:35 2
    - But FB didn't do anything with his posts, and Twitter didn't start flagging them until Election day, right? -- nm - JaxSean Dec 30, 08:40 1
      - They started flagging him this summer with the mail in ballots stuff. - spamlet Dec 30, 08:43
Has everyone received their link to Diva's New Years Eve show? -- nm - Meg Dec 30, 08:15 22
- And now I find the Gem will be showing a 3-hour countdown locally. Guess I switch to that after Diva. -- nm - Meg Dec 30, 08:40 3
  - The Gem is lucky to have you as a patron. -- nm - Diva Dec 30, 08:43 2
    - I'm lucky to have them in the neighborhood. I've never paid much attention to live theater so they've opened up a whole new world for me. -- nm - Meg Dec 30, 08:47 1
      - This is what Mel said when I did my first show in Boston. -- nm - Diva Dec 30, 09:09
- Also: Everyone please remember to tune in at your correct time zone. the 8pm ET show will start at 7pm in CT, 6 pm MT and 5pm on the West Coast. - Diva Dec 30, 08:36
- Yup -- nm - kilbowl full of jelly 🎅 Dec 30, 08:34
- Are most of you watching the early show, or will you be with me at 10:30 ? -- nm - Meg Dec 30, 08:30 4
  - Early -- nm - kelly Dec 30, 09:01
  - We will be. -- nm - spamlet Dec 30, 08:34
  - early -- nm - kilbowl full of jelly 🎅 Dec 30, 08:34
  - early -- nm - JaxSean Dec 30, 08:31
- Yup -- nm - JaxSean Dec 30, 08:29
- Yes. -- nm - kelly Dec 30, 08:27
- ayup -- nm - 🦌sleighformojo🛷 Dec 30, 08:25
- Is it different than the link in the confirmation email? I just ordered after figuring out which performance we wanted. -- nm - spamlet Dec 30, 08:24 3
  - subject "NYE Performance Link - GBSC" - ty97 Dec 30, 08:25 2
    - Ah okay thanks. Will look for it. -- nm - spamlet Dec 30, 08:29 1
      - I just got mine this morning -- nm - kilbowl full of jelly 🎅 Dec 30, 08:34
- This is a great question Meg-thanks. ST: May I add that if you're thinking of purchasing but haven't done so yet, please see the link up top. -- (edited) - Diva Dec 30, 08:23 2
  - Since we're not local, can Mel go pick up all of our Personal Party Packs? - JaxSean Dec 30, 08:31 1
    - I wish.🤣🍾🍷 -- nm - Diva Dec 30, 08:33
- yep -- nm - ty97 Dec 30, 08:19
The waiver wire is fantasy’s one true inefficiency -- (edited) - JD Dec 30, 08:14 11
- I've always said, if you're are active one the waiver wire, you should make the playoffs. Once in the playoffs, anything can happen -- nm - Flavorize Dec 30, 09:02
- The solution to this is FA Acquisition through a season-long budget, which most serious leagues use. -- nm - Strongbad Dec 30, 08:35 5
  - You are not allowed any contact with the players in my league ;-) -- nm - JD Dec 30, 08:38 3
    - You and Flavorize should come join the IDP Dynasty league that ML, RC and I play in, next time there's an opening - Strongbad Dec 30, 08:40 2
      - Uh, no. Thanks but no. The casual 10 team league I've played in for years is just fine 8-) - JD Dec 30, 08:44 1
        
        It's super high stress. You're basically a GM. - Strongbad Dec 30, 08:49
  - Even though it’s my strategy I much prefer FAAB leagues. - spamlet Dec 30, 08:37
- This sentence made me smile. - Baron the Bluenose Reinbear🐻 Dec 30, 08:30 2
  - It really hurt for me NOT to keep Waller off last year's squad - Strongbad Dec 30, 08:36
  - I had Waller and Hockenson. -- nm - Reagen Dec 30, 08:35
- I’m a terrible drafter so that’s basically my strategy every year. -- nm - spamlet Dec 30, 08:16
Friday. A brand spanking new edition of The Twenty. So get your last likes and saves from The Best of The Twenty 2020 Edition now. - Qale Dec 30, 08:09 [spotify]
One of my employees (in Salt Lake City) tested positive for the coves yesterday. Haven't heard from him today. - JaxSean Dec 30, 08:08 8
- follow-up: just heard from him. he's feeling worse today than yesterday. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 30, 08:37
- Our nephew tested positive - so I'm in quarantine til Sunday - Pippy Bells Dec 30, 08:16 6
  - :-[ -- nm - mud Dec 30, 09:02
  - Yikes. Have you gotten tested yet? -- nm - JaxSean Dec 30, 08:37 2
    - not yet. just found out -- nm - Pippy Dec 30, 08:48 1
      - good thoughts -- nm - JaxSean Dec 30, 09:02
  - Hopefully you’ll be okay! -- nm - spamlet Dec 30, 08:35
  - :( - Stay as safe and healthy as you can. - Diva Dec 30, 08:25
The outgoing President is tweeting about GA SOS's brother working for China. - ty97 Dec 30, 07:37 20
- Meanwhile, in the GA Senate hearing right now -- (link) - Strongbad Dec 30, 07:56 4
  - Isn't the Buckhead community in ATL where all the well-heeled and well-educated Black folks live and play? -- nm - Diva Dec 30, 08:12
  - Oh yeah, well why aren't there any peach trees on Peachtree Street, huh? Check and Mate. -- nm - Qale Dec 30, 08:05
  - There’s a lot of GOPers who aren’t familiar with what regions they’re trying to represent. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 30, 07:59
  - That's a lot of wrongness in one presentation. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 30, 07:58
- I assume he saw something on OANN, Newsmax or Twitter that he is uncritically repeating. - Brian Dec 30, 07:55 1
  - More likely just some random tweet. -- nm - pmb Dec 30, 08:32
- You can report it. I know I would. -- nm - Qale Dec 30, 07:43
- I yearn for the day that Trump is no longer able to make news. -- nm - Strongbad Dec 30, 07:42 10
  - After he's dead? We all do. -- nm - mara Dec 30, 08:35
  - I post about him seldomly, I'm just...I don't know the word....by this -- nm* - ty97 Dec 30, 07:45 2
    - I agree. And that wasn't directed personally at you, just us as a country. -- nm - Strongbad Dec 30, 07:51
    - Fucking moronic and imbecilic. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 30, 07:47
  - What are so many people here going to do though? There’s going to be a lot of time back in the day. -- nm - MDH Dec 30, 07:43 5
    - More time for Kylie Minogue threads - yaaaaay! -- nm - Diva Dec 30, 08:42 1
      - Can't Get You Out Of My Head was written about Trump. -- nm - Roger More Dec 30, 08:50
    - I plan on surreptitiously hitting on JD. -- nm - Qale Dec 30, 08:13 1
      - That's Officer thinking! -- nm - Diva Dec 30, 08:44
    - After I watch Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs, I'll be ready to discuss the Dr. Goldfoot movie series. -- nm - crash davis Dec 30, 07:51
- as long as it does not incite crazies to violence, I have been amused by this -- nm - crash davis Dec 30, 07:39
I have no been stimulated and I'm jealous of those that have been. - sycor Dec 30, 07:34 3
- me too! Let's riot -- nm - Pippy Bells Dec 30, 07:35 2
  - Happy Birthday will be our rallying song! -- nm - kilbowl full of jelly 🎅 Dec 30, 07:36 1
    - Damn straight it will be! -- nm - Pippy Bells Dec 30, 08:00
Baron, have you ever played Sporcle's Blind Secret Country quizzes? - 🦌sleighformojo🛷 Dec 30, 07:33
What could be better after a bowl of Cheez-Its than a bowl of Duke's mayo. Mmmmmm. -- nm - Baron the Bluenose Reinbear🐻 Dec 30, 07:10 5
- These are the things I've been asking myself. -- nm - Diva Dec 30, 07:31
- You're supposed to crush up the Cheez-its and mix it with Duke's Mayo. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 30, 07:25 2
  - And smear it on your Peachy Chick-Fil-A sammich. -- nm - Baron the Bluenose Reinbear🐻 Dec 30, 07:59
  - because 2020. -- nm - Diva Dec 30, 07:31
- Imagine the swag bag from the Duke's Mayo Bowl! -- nm - Strongbad Dec 30, 07:21
Question of the day -- (pic) - 🦌sleighformojo🛷 Dec 30, 06:56 [Attachment] 23
- Answer (spoiler) - 🦌sleighformojo🛷 Dec 30, 06:57 [Attachment] 22
  - Your IM was what I said before even looking at the answers and then I was very confused. -- nm - spamlet Dec 30, 08:05
  - 1/1 -- nm - Marlowe Dec 30, 07:54
  - 1/1 -- nm - Pippy Bells Dec 30, 07:35
  - 1/1 -- nm - Diva Dec 30, 07:32
  - 0/1 had no idea so guessed -- nm - JaxSean Dec 30, 07:24
  - 1/1 - znufrii Dec 30, 07:24
  - 1/1. -- nm - Dark Callisto Dec 30, 07:19
  - 0/1 -- nm - kilbowl full of jelly 🎅 Dec 30, 07:14 10
    - I'm guessing you overthought it. "Don't think meat, it only hurts the team" -- nm - crash davis Dec 30, 07:18 9
      - Yeah. I need to take more time and deduce more -- nm - kilbowl full of jelly 🎅 Dec 30, 07:22 8
        
        here is a take on the question - spoiler - crash davis Dec 30, 07:26 7
        
        This is way too much knowledge. - JaxSean Dec 30, 07:32 5
        
        spoiler - crash davis Dec 30, 07:33 4
        
        That’s exactly what I ended up doing. -- nm - spamlet Dec 30, 08:07
        
        spoils - JaxSean Dec 30, 07:35 2
        
        I almost always miss when I overthink it. -- nm - Dark Callisto Dec 30, 07:43
        
        only four points! -- nm - crash davis Dec 30, 07:37
        
        Yep. :) - Dark Callisto Dec 30, 07:28
  - when I was a kid, I feel like my folks had an album with both Peter and Swan Lake which might create confusion...even so its a free four points -- nm* - crash davis Dec 30, 07:13 1
    - My folks would play 'Peter and the Wolf' for us. -- nm - Diva Dec 30, 07:34
  - 1/1 - I don't think I would have been able to come up with the answer but based on the multiple choice options I "knew" it. -- nm - Dano Dec 30, 07:08
  - 1/1 -- nm - Krusty - Diamond Dog Dec 30, 06:58
”Bank, tax and insurance fraud are areas of exploration” -- (link) - mud Dec 30, 06:51

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