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Reporter asking the PGA if they still intend to hold the Championship at a Trump course... -- (link*) - Remlik Jan 8, 10:55
"Deutsche Bank to pay $100 million to avoid prosecution in alleged foreign bribery scheme" really isn't a headline that resolves the central issue. -- nm - Max Jan 8, 10:53 1
- If you're gonna bribe me, you're gonna have to make it worth my while. It needs to cover the cost of the fines, at least! -- nm - Mop Jan 8, 11:01
Rumor with no confirmation at all: RDJ and Lucasfilm having talks about him in a Star Wars Movie.... -- (link) - Remlik Jan 8, 10:42 3
- His putdowns of Vader will be epic. -- nm - Max Jan 8, 10:46
- Star Wars Avengers Multiverse -- nm - budice Jan 8, 10:45
- I've had supply problems of every kind. I've had labor difficulties... -- nm - Tony Stark si Jan 8, 10:45
Man photographed with his feet on Speaker Pelosi's desk during the Capitol Hill siege has been arrested -- (link) - budice Jan 8, 10:37 21
- Just let me know when they get Viking man he's from my state - eag Jan 8, 10:43 1
  - uh, he's a shaman, show a little respect. -- nm - colin Jan 8, 11:03
- Arrests seem to be going okay so far. I'm waiting on news of a Waco-type standoff. -- nm - Max Jan 8, 10:39 18
  - Sitwap? FBI put up pics of wanted people and found 6 state legislators from different states in the group. -- (link) - decline Jan 8, 10:42 12
    - i hope to god Amanda Chase gets arrested. she's been a horrific shit-stirrer here, showing up with assault rifles with boogs/proud boys to the - colin Jan 8, 11:06 1
      - and she was confirmed to be in the crowd that attacked the capitol building. i doubt she went inside, she's not that stupid. -- nm - colin Jan 8, 11:10
    - One of them is the leader of a popular Florida metal band who used to put out a ton of solid albums (con_queso is prolly pissed. I should txt.) -- nm - con_carne Jan 8, 11:00 3
      - who is that? -- nm - colin Jan 8, 11:06 1
        
        Jon Schaffer of Iced Earth/Demons & Wizards -- nm - con_carne Jan 8, 11:09
      - (Not a legislator) -- nm - con_carne Jan 8, 11:00
    - Local state legislators are crazy pants! -- nm - Mop Jan 8, 10:56
    - A Republican state representative from West Virginia, Delegate Derrick Evans, has been charged in connection with Wednesday’s rioting at the Capitol. -- (link) - decline Jan 8, 10:53
    - That might be conflating two different threads there, unless it’s a different group of six state legislators? -- (edited) - znufrii Jan 8, 10:50 2
      - maybe? -- nm - decline Jan 8, 10:53 1
        
        I could also have misread, there’s a lot of information of various levels of credibility out there. -- nm - znufrii Jan 8, 10:55
    - wow -- nm - prayformojo Jan 8, 10:44
  - awfully fucking slow actually. People were getting arrested day of during the summer. -- nm - Remlik Jan 8, 10:40 4
    - *black people* fixed that for ya -- nm - MDH Jan 8, 10:58 1
      - “See? We learned our lesson about unreasonable use of force! Isn’t this what you wanted?” -- nm - Defunded police, probably Jan 8, 11:03
    - Slow yes. I mean without incident. -- nm - Max Jan 8, 10:43 1
      - gotcha sir. -- nm - Remlik Jan 8, 10:53
I did have a dream that Melania is a Fembot installed by Putin. She attended the inauguration and assassinated Biden. - Spawn Jan 8, 10:26 3
- From Russia With Lasers -- nm - Max Jan 8, 10:38
- "Nipple Fire" -- (edited) - budice Jan 8, 10:31
- And so President Kamala would kick her ass? -- nm - Mop Jan 8, 10:28
My problem with Trump resigning would be - eag Jan 8, 10:26
Hmm. Subways has "Protein Bowls" now. If they made them with rice, I'd visit Subways more and Panda Express less. -- (link) - Mop Jan 8, 10:19 9
- There basicly sandwiches turned into salads -- nm* - eag Jan 8, 10:22 6
  - If Jesus had done that at Cana, they would've called off the wedding. -- nm - Hibernating Baron Jan 8, 10:51
  - Right. But I assume you can get the "oven roasted chicken" or "steak and cheese" without any of that veggie stuff. Put that on a bed of rice... *chef's kiss* -- nm* - Mop Jan 8, 10:25
  - And they already had salads, so this feel more like a marketing thing. -- nm - ty97 Jan 8, 10:24 3
    - If it means they're baking less of that stanky ass bread, that's a win for us all. -- nm - con_carne Jan 8, 10:26 1
      - if you don't like their bread, why would you even go to one? they all smell the same the world over. -- nm - colin Jan 8, 10:30
    - it's on a bed of shredded cheese instead of veggies. -- nm - colin Jan 8, 10:24
- Chipoltway? -- nm - ty97 Jan 8, 10:22
- but the protein is the worst part of a subway sandwich -- nm - colin Jan 8, 10:22
In more "2021 can kiss my ass" news, Neil Peart has died. - the wrong element, bad guy Jan 8, 10:00 8
- *AGAIN!* Poor guy can't catch a break. -- nm - Mop Jan 8, 10:20
- Jesus, Mary, and Joseph ... -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jan 8, 10:11
- One year anniversary of. -- nm - con_carne Jan 8, 10:04
- A year ago. -- nm - pmb Jan 8, 10:03 2
  - A year ago yesterday. That's probably what the story said/meant to say. -- nm - David, Horny New Guy Jan 8, 10:04 1
    - Looks like my news feed is from the same place Remlik gets his. - the wrong element, bad guy Jan 8, 10:07
- Condolences to Remlik. -- nm - Andie Jan 8, 10:01 1
  - it's still another kick to the chest for a 2nd year in a row! -- nm - Remlik Jan 8, 10:41
Just because it comes up every now and then, Melania is still in the White House. -- (link) - mara Jan 8, 09:54 5
- With the crowd still regional, I'd say that was a stupid security decision after Trump turned on them and said "you'll pay." - Max Jan 8, 10:43
- honestly, i am super-surprised that she is there. i generally assume she's in NY -- nm - Andie Jan 8, 10:01 2
  - Hasn't been in here in years, thankfully. -- nm* - Krusty - Diamond Dog Jan 8, 10:59
  - It's how her husband makes sure Pence stays out. - the wrong element, bad guy Jan 8, 10:04
- Her attempts to escape have failed. -- nm - Mop Jan 8, 09:57
Here's some videos of a rescued baby beaver building dams inside the house with household objects. -- (link) - Mop Jan 8, 09:52
Hold on, whose... actually don't answer that -- (link) - Reagen Jan 8, 09:42 7
- security guy lowers his mask to talk with a bunch of maskless insurrectionists -- nm - Max Jan 8, 11:01
- I knew before any such thing was reported that these yahoos were going to urinate and defecate in inappropriate places. -- nm - mara Jan 8, 09:44 4
  - On the upside: DNA. -- nm - mara Jan 8, 09:46 3
    - Would hate to be the forensic person that has to pick up that sample -- nm - eag Jan 8, 09:49 1
      - Especially since it's a known transmission vector for covid. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 8, 09:58
    - gross -- nm - decline Jan 8, 09:48
- heh, Name Tag Guy!!! -- nm - Spawn Jan 8, 09:43
Nancy Pelosi's lap top was stolen from her office in the coup attempt. - pmb Jan 8, 09:40 6
- heh, which I looking now at! -- nm - vlad Jan 8, 09:41
- "It was a laptop that was only used for presentations." -- (link) - decline Jan 8, 09:41 3
  - Let's hope. Some of the presentations could include classified materials. -- nm - pmb Jan 8, 09:43 1
    - true -- nm - decline Jan 8, 09:48
  - aka porn -- nm - Beaker Jan 8, 09:42
- That's where we were hiding Hunter Biden's emails to Hillary! -- nm - Mop Jan 8, 09:41
All hope may be lost Hope Hicks may resign again -- nm - eag Jan 8, 09:39
et tu, Hope? -- (link) - 45* Jan 8, 09:39 4
- Oh, staying on to "smooth the transition"? Sure, sure. -- nm - Mop Jan 8, 09:40
- Longest-serving? Didn't she just come back? -- nm - Spawn Jan 8, 09:39 2
  - yeah, during the campaign -- nm - mud Jan 8, 09:40 1
    - Uhm, seems like she would already be gone then. - Spawn Jan 8, 09:42
The Dilbert asshole thinks Trump should resign. (!) -- nm - Reagen Jan 8, 09:36 7
- Is he on Parler, does anyone know? -- nm - mara Jan 8, 09:57
- Pretty sure I saw him amongst the attackers. -- nm - Spawn Jan 8, 09:37 1
  - I wish. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 8, 09:58
- But don't draw too much attention to it or he might change his mind. -- nm - Mop Jan 8, 09:36 3
  - he'll change his mind by 4PM -- nm - colin Jan 8, 10:18 1
    - "You pointed out the obvious consequences of my statement, by which you fell into my nefarious trap" -- nm - Reagen Jan 8, 11:00
  - He didn't post that to *the entire Internet* just so that the entire Internet could comment on it, sheesh -- nm - Reagen Jan 8, 09:38
IN Covid - Spawn Jan 8, 09:30 4
- I saw last night the positivity rate is almost 28% there now. That's . . . not good. -- nm - pmb Jan 8, 09:46 3
  - I'm a broken record, but I still think too much attention is focused on positivity rates. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 8, 10:49 2
    - the higher the rate the higher the number of undiagnosed cases too. it generally means it's running rampant. -- nm - Andie Jan 8, 10:53 1
      - Sure, but (just my opinion) focuses on the wrong glaring issue, being hospitalizations being overwhelmed and deaths. - JaxSean Jan 8, 11:02
Seeing more clues that there was coordination behind the coup -- (link) - decline Jan 8, 09:25 7
- There were reports that Capitol building staff directed them to Schumer's office but they couldn't find it. -- nm - mara Jan 8, 09:47
- Not *that* long ago, heads would be rolling over this. -- nm - Andie Jan 8, 09:30 3
  - Actually, I think this is the first time that heads will roll. Keep in mind democratic control begins in less than 2 weeks. There's still a lot fact - pmb Jan 8, 09:33 2
    - no, i meant, literally. as in, people would have been killed for these crimes in the past. -- nm - Andie Jan 8, 09:50 1
      - One can dream. -- nm - pmb Jan 8, 09:59
- jfc -- nm - prayformojo Jan 8, 09:28
- the hearings will be awesome. -- nm - mud Jan 8, 09:28
Today is a good day. - David Jan 8, 09:22 2
- Barbecue sauce. -- nm - Volnelk Jan 8, 09:27 1
  - "Checkmate, mate!" -- nm - David Jan 8, 09:31
This one is for Diva. -- (link) - Shaun Jan 8, 09:19 2
- Is this where we exclaim “Them pearls?!” -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 8, 09:45
- 🤣🤣🤣 -- nm - Diva Jan 8, 09:35
I need 16 random simple words to use as a "attentiveness" item for a training session I am helping run. - tRuMaN Jan 8, 09:17 15
- Folty -- nm - Strongbad Jan 8, 10:10
- floor, tree, sky, book, child, run, walk, sing (verbs okay?) -- nm - mara Jan 8, 09:43
- Spectacle. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jan 8, 09:41
- Wolf -- nm - Volnelk Jan 8, 09:28
- Funko -- nm - Beaker Jan 8, 09:24
- monkey - Spawn Jan 8, 09:23
- Bioshock -- nm - David Jan 8, 09:23
- Peanut -- nm - Krusty - Diamond Dog Jan 8, 09:22
- Cambodia -- nm - Reagen Jan 8, 09:20
- Person, woman, man, camera, TV -- nm - decline Jan 8, 09:19 2
  - Could not remember it all. 3 hour of sleep last night added to the 2 from the night before may be part of the problem. -- nm - Spawn Jan 8, 09:20
  - have to use these. -- nm - Beaker Jan 8, 09:19
- camera -- nm - Spawn Jan 8, 09:18 2
  - person -- nm - Spawn Jan 8, 09:18 1
    - woman, man, tv -- nm - Spawn Jan 8, 09:19
So, my former boss posted a three-minute video review of the damage done to his hideaway office in the Capitol during the coup attempt. - ReluctantCynic Jan 8, 09:16
Is the tron down? Went to find my "Little by little" posts and it seems to think "little" has never been posted. -- nm - Spawn Jan 8, 09:15
God bless the masochists who decide they need to pick apart Trump’s speeches to explain them to the rest of us -- (link*) - znufrii Jan 8, 09:14
"Growing up in South Carolina with a family that goes back ten generations, Cameran Eubanks knew from a young age that ...." Uh, don't all families? -- (link) - mara Jan 8, 09:11 5
- "growing up in a family that goes back ten generations in South Carolina" -- (edited) - Reagen Jan 8, 09:14 1
  - Growing up in a 10th-generation South Carolina family. -- nm - Max Jan 8, 10:45
- Real World: San Diego alumni -- nm - Volnelk Jan 8, 09:12 2
  - After googling this, Southern Charm sounds pretty wild. -- nm - David Jan 8, 09:25 1
    - It is. I haven't watched all of it, but have happened by the occasional marathon. -- nm - Volnelk Jan 8, 09:28
This is poetry -- (link) - Reagen Jan 8, 09:09 1
- "poety. pure poetry. an A+++++++" -- nm - Bark Multiverse Jan 8, 09:15
Not a single person on B2 suggested Sound of Music. -- nm - Hibernating Baron Jan 8, 09:08 12
- Which is the one where in the second half the American characters have to go crawling and killing up the Italian countryside.... - con_carne Jan 8, 09:23 7
  - Miracle at St Anna? -- nm - Roger More Jan 8, 09:34
  - Not The Dirty Dozen. -- nm - LMS Jan 8, 09:31
  - is that the one with Clint, Stherland and tele? -- nm - Beaker Jan 8, 09:26 1
    - Kelly's Heroes, but that was set in France -- nm* - Roger More Jan 8, 09:27
  - Not sure. Under the Tuscan Sun? -- nm - Beryllium Jan 8, 09:24 2
    - the night of shooting stars -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 8, 11:45
    - It's like from the sixties. -- nm - con_carne Jan 8, 09:25
- Was The Book Thief suggested? -- nm - LMS Jan 8, 09:16
- Or Casablanca. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 8, 09:10 2
  - for a middle schooler to watch? -- nm - decline Jan 8, 09:24
  - both good choicesw -- nm - Beaker Jan 8, 09:15
Three Hundred Big Boys is such a storytelling masterpiece. -- nm - David Jan 8, 08:59 1
- Yeah, form is content. -- nm - Spawn Jan 8, 09:00
I mean you'd hate to say this without making sure you attributed it properly -- (link) - Reagen Jan 8, 08:59 7
- skip to 1:25 if you want to hear it among the poor audio -- nm - Spawn Jan 8, 09:05
- We need to be honest about the fact that Nazis are back. - David Jan 8, 09:02 5
  - Apparently a popular t-shirt at Wednesday's rally/riot was 6MWNE. - pmb Jan 8, 09:27 1
    - horror -- (link) - mud Jan 8, 09:30 [Backboard]
  - Like holy shit this guy -- (link) - Reagen Jan 8, 09:04 1
    - This man has a serious knee fetish. -- nm - David Jan 8, 09:07
  - from their secret base on the moon? - tRuMaN Jan 8, 09:03
LA Dodgers Legend Tommy Lasorda passed away at 93 -- (link*) - budice Jan 8, 08:54 6
- 2021 can kiss my ass. -- nm - Spawn Jan 8, 09:01 4
  - Nope they just extended 2020 by another month -- nm - eag Jan 8, 09:11 3
    - Year? March 283rd, 2020. -- nm - Spawn Jan 8, 09:17
    - I thought it was agreed that we start the year on the 20th -- nm - mud Jan 8, 09:12
    - Lousy Smarch weather. -- nm - Hibernating Baron Jan 8, 09:12
- :-( -- nm - Krusty - Diamond Dog Jan 8, 09:00

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