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Lots of caveats but last night, Golden State became the first team to beat Lebron, at home, in regulation after trailing by 10+ in the 4th quarter - Will Hunting Jan 19, 09:37 1
- That's pretty amazing. -- nm - pmb Jan 19, 09:44
IN Covid. Still done with daily updates but things are getting a bit better. 8.2% positivity, down from 11.9% the week before. - Spawn Jan 19, 09:31 2
- Improving here as well. Parts of the state have moved back to partially open (limited indoor dining for instance). - pmb Jan 19, 09:43
- We are past holiday infections now. So, the tide should turn soon. -- nm - David Jan 19, 09:35
Does anybody have a good koshary recipe? -- nm - colin Jan 19, 09:21
Tom Brady still sad about left hangin' ref -- (link) - budice Jan 19, 09:17 1
- OK, I love that. -- nm - Mop Jan 19, 09:35
Rasmussen going out with a 51/48 approval. *salutes* farewell, you mad bastards - Reagen Jan 19, 09:10 2
- * - Spawn Jan 19, 09:12
- outstanding. -- nm - mud Jan 19, 09:11
. -- (link) - ty97 Jan 19, 09:09 10
- He really wants that conviction. - Will Hunting Jan 19, 09:39
- video -- (link) - budice Jan 19, 09:32
- Full Statement -- (link) - budice Jan 19, 09:23 3
  - Full statement - ty97 Jan 19, 09:24 2
    - "Instead, I'm going to continue to be a huge pain the ass to make it as difficult as possible for Biden to have any measure of success." -- nm - JaxSean Jan 19, 09:37
    - This -- nm - Krusty - Diamond Dog Jan 19, 09:25
- “Here are your winnings, sir.” -- nm - znufrii Jan 19, 09:12 2
  - Nice. -- nm - Mop Jan 19, 09:19
  - Haha. Perfect. -- nm - Dark Callisto Jan 19, 09:19
- Turns out his own personal safety is a hard line for him. -- nm - Reagen Jan 19, 09:11
*likes* -- (link) - Alanis Jan 19, 09:08 2
- Ha! -- nm - Krusty - Diamond Dog Jan 19, 09:19
- [snork] -- nm - mud Jan 19, 09:10
twenty twenty twenty four hours to go -- nm - ty97 Jan 19, 09:04
heh, BenAna Split. -- nm - Spawn Jan 19, 09:01 2
- :-) -- nm - KD9-3.7 Jan 19, 09:04 1
  - :-] -- (pic) - joi Jan 19, 09:08 [Attachment]
update, repair guy is here. worryingly? he is having to read the manual on his phone to figure out the repair. -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 19, 08:57 1
- Hell, *you* could have done that! -- nm - Spawn Jan 19, 08:59
24 hours 'til #inargunzargun ! -- nm - mud Jan 19, 08:55 2
- normalcy, such a gift -- nm - budice Jan 19, 09:00
- *twitch* -- nm - Spawn Jan 19, 08:59
Springsteen and Seeger sing "This Land Is Your Land" at a 2009 concert celebrating the incoming Obama/Biden administration -- (link) - mud Jan 19, 08:51
Randy Rainbow's send off to Trump. Guys, it was a long 4 years. -- (link) - Andie Jan 19, 08:51 18
- This is one of my all time favorite Randy Rainbow parodies. (Suckers) -- (link) - kelly Jan 19, 09:38
- He came up the other day in a twitter convo/poll: "Who is a gay person that is only famous to straight people?" Other notables: - MDH Jan 19, 09:11 16
  - I have no idea who RR is. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 19, 09:37 1
    - Online political musical satirist. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 19, 09:39
  - Rob Halford, although I think he was a grand marshall (sp) at a pride parade once -- nm - con_carne Jan 19, 09:31 1
    - [clapping] Good answer, good answer! -- nm - Hibernating Baron Jan 19, 09:39
  - I've been trying to think of a sports figure, but all I've got is Billy Bean. -- nm - Hibernating Baron Jan 19, 09:27
  - One for the youth/YouTube set that was a good one as well: Tyler Oakley -- nm - MDH Jan 19, 09:19
  - I don't know Randy but definitely know the others. - Krusty - Diamond Dog Jan 19, 09:15 6
    - Ellen and NPH just aren't famous to gay people, but they are recognizable. Randy and Parsons, neither. -- nm - MDH Jan 19, 09:17 5
      - Randy Rainbow is only famous to the extremely online. -- nm - Reagen Jan 19, 09:19
      - (Obviously this is generalized) -- nm - MDH Jan 19, 09:18 3
        
        Not famous or not popular? I mean, Ellen and NPH are two of the most famous and recognizable people in America. - Krusty - Diamond Dog Jan 19, 09:22 2
        
        I think it's more that there's no interaction with them, watches their shows, etc. Like generally doesn't care about them as celebs. - MDH Jan 19, 09:25 1
        
        NPH has hosted the Tonys a bunch. The gays are all over the Tonys! ;-) - Krusty - Diamond Dog Jan 19, 09:27
  - I have never heard of him. -- nm - Spawn Jan 19, 09:13 1
    - That can only mean one thing! -- nm - Dano Jan 19, 09:15
  - Ha! -- nm - Andie Jan 19, 09:12
so confused, did mahommes have a concussion, or something else? cause CBS sports has an article saying it was a different injury. -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 19, 08:33 7
- MMA people were saying that he basically got choked out. -- nm - Volnelk Jan 19, 08:53
- What's important is: which diagnosis gets Mahomes on the field this weekend? -- nm - The NFL/Chiefs/The Networks/Sports Books/Mahomes Jan 19, 08:47
- Yeah, to me on the night that looked like the lights got turned out for a second from a vein or a nerve - Reagen Jan 19, 08:38 4
  - yeah what I just read on cbs sports says it was a compressed nerve issue. -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 19, 08:56
  - Yeah—basically looked like he got choked out. Guessing they kept him out because he lost consciousness. -- nm - Flavorize Jan 19, 08:49
  - That's what I was thinking, suddenly decreased blood flow to the brain, like me when I stand up. - Hibernating Baron Jan 19, 08:47 1
    - Nothing more than what happens to me every Saturday night... -- nm - Mop Jan 19, 08:57
Damn. I have literal tears seeing armed National Guard patrolling downtown Springfield. -- nm - TWuG Jan 19, 08:19 5
- That's how I felt seeing all the NG around during the Ferguson shit a few years back. nm - Johnny Lawrence Jan 19, 08:27
- *enters hangs hat double loops and exits* -- nm - Grandpa Simpson Jan 19, 08:26
- Not the best look for sure. -- nm* - budice Jan 19, 08:25
- This is not my America. -- nm - Spawn Jan 19, 08:22 1
  - Except... it is. - Cuzzin Todd Jan 19, 08:59
Simon & Schuster cancels Senator Hawley’s book. Now Regnery has picked it up. Guess who distributes Regnery? Simon & Schuster. -- (link*) - budice Jan 19, 08:18 5
- From Mike Godwin... -- (link) - Krusty - Diamond Dog Jan 19, 08:24 4
  - S&S should kill the distribution for this. If I’m a pipeline owner and I don’t want to use one producer, I don’t let them hand it off to someone - Will Hunting Jan 19, 08:30 3
    - They will. They just need to be embarrassed into doing it. -- nm - Mop Jan 19, 08:36 2
      - *shamed*. They need to be *SHAMED* into doing it. Dammit, I hate it when I use the wrong word! -- nm - Mop Jan 19, 09:37
      - I suppose it would depend on the language in the distribution contract though I'd be surprised if S&S didn't leave themselves an out. -- nm - Dano Jan 19, 08:40
DailyBeast: Oath Keeper Leader Charged With Conspiracy in Capitol Riots -- (link) - mud Jan 19, 08:17
TIL: George Shultz is still alive and 100. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 19, 08:16 1
- *does Snoopy Dance* -- nm - Spawn Jan 19, 09:18
ST Poll: Do you agree with Nova Scotia’s new law requiring people to opt out of organ donation? - Beaker Jan 19, 08:14 26
- Solid solid A - Guigue Jan 19, 09:06
- A -- nm - znufrii Jan 19, 09:06
- A -- nm - kelly Jan 19, 09:06
- A. It means more people think/inform themselves about the decision -- nm - Roger More Jan 19, 09:01
- A. A piece of paper is not a barrier if you feel strongly about it. -- nm - Reagen Jan 19, 08:55
- Sure. It will save lives. People who feel strongly have the ability to opt out, as they should. -- nm - Andie Jan 19, 08:53
- A though Decline's suggestion did make me initially laugh and then think: er, hmmmm...how exactly would that work -- nm - JD Jan 19, 08:31
- A -- nm - Shaun Jan 19, 08:29
- I choose B. I think it should require explicit approval not explicit disapproval. -- nm - Hibernating Baron Jan 19, 08:27
- B -- nm - Krusty - Diamond Dog Jan 19, 08:22
- In general, A. However, probably E. Need more info. - JaxSean Jan 19, 08:21 3
  - I had the same q - under the law, people who are 18 or younger are not automatically deemed to have given consent. - Roger More Jan 19, 09:06 1
    - *scratches my Peggy's Cove clinic idea* -- nm - Reagen Jan 19, 09:22
  - Regarding kids specifically, i assume that will remain parental consent. -- nm - Andie Jan 19, 08:56
- Solid A. Opt out if you don't like it. -- nm - TWuG Jan 19, 08:20
- B). I don’t agree with defaulting to desecration of a body. -- (edited) - Will Hunting Jan 19, 08:18 4
  - You’re not using it anymore, so why does it matter really? -- nm - znufrii Jan 19, 09:04 2
    - Depends on your beliefs about the totality of the body. - Will Hunting Jan 19, 09:30
    - Upset Necromancers with this one trick! -- nm - Qale Jan 19, 09:08
  - They do much much worst before they put you in a coffin... -- nm - Guigue Jan 19, 09:02
- D. I think they should set up a system where people can take loans and use their organs as collateral - decline Jan 19, 08:18 2
  - Should it also be a musical? -- nm - Qale Jan 19, 08:37
  - America 2032 -- nm - Beryllium Jan 19, 08:28
- a -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 19, 08:17
- If I’m dead, I don’t care. So... A? -- nm - Qale Jan 19, 08:16
- A. For B (No) you just opt out so you always have that choice. -- nm - Beaker Jan 19, 08:15
I am cracking up at whomever said this was the theme song for America today. The lyrics... -- (link) - MDH Jan 19, 08:10 [youtube] 1
- 7x better than One Week. -- nm - Spawn Jan 19, 08:11
Former ESPN President John Skipper, Dan Le Batard Launch Meadowlark Media -- (link) - Beaker Jan 19, 08:10 2
- Interesting. -- nm - Volnelk Jan 19, 08:55
- I await the inevitable Meadowlark v. Lemon lawsuit. Don better watch himself! All they need is an excuse. -- nm - Hibernating Baron Jan 19, 08:15
Good thing about the Biden Transition. They don't need the traditional grand tours passed over by Melania and the current administration. - budice Jan 19, 08:07 7
- I wasn't excited by Biden, but he turned out to be the perfect person for the situation. - Dano Jan 19, 08:17 2
  - Not to mention there’s a Kamala waiting in the wings. And while she also wasn’t my favorite, she IS a beast. -- nm - Qale Jan 19, 08:38
  - Rebound President -- nm - Spawn Jan 19, 08:18
- For safety reasons, running is discouraged in the West Wing. -- nm - Hibernating Baron Jan 19, 08:11
- Act like you have been there. - Spawn Jan 19, 08:09 1
  - ".. and you'll be there again." -- nm - mud Jan 19, 08:12
- watch out for traps though. Need a good thief to do some checking before they go all grabbing treasures and shit -- nm - Beaker Jan 19, 08:08
love that Christmas cards are still coming in :) Jax and Jenbro today; Diva and Mel yesterday a couple last weeek -- nm - Beaker Jan 19, 08:05 3
- Oh my goodness. They were sent the second week of December. Ha! -- nm - Diva Jan 19, 08:18
- good lord, I sent those weeks ago -- nm - JaxSean Jan 19, 08:16
- Oh, Canada. -- nm - Spawn Jan 19, 08:12
If you ever thought about playing around in Elder Scrolls Online (particularly if you have Game Pass) their ESO+ is free until Jan 26th. - Qale Jan 19, 08:03
TFW when 5 of your subscribed podcasts have episodes out that seem like must listens. -- nm - Qale Jan 19, 07:58
Affordable Clean Energy rule put forward by the EPA under Trump vacated by court -- (link) - TWuG Jan 19, 07:51
*smgdh* -- (link) - znufrii Jan 19, 07:38 10
- I'm reminded that the population of Tillamook County in Oregon is 25,000. - Mop Jan 19, 08:22 1
  - That tracks, yeah. -- nm - znufrii Jan 19, 08:25
- further up on that, 2 national guardsmen found to have ties to radical groups, being removed from the forces in DC. -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 19, 08:17
- I love hearing "mathematically impossible" from people that didn't get further than high school math. -- nm - Reagen Jan 19, 07:46 4
  - in case anyone ever has to deal with these arguments: - Reagen Jan 19, 08:05
  - Just use the common sense God gave you! -- nm - znufrii Jan 19, 07:48 2
    - 2+2=5 -- nm - big bro Jan 19, 07:51
    - Leave me out of this you nutters. -- nm - God Jan 19, 07:50
- I...what? -- nm - JaxSean Jan 19, 07:41 1
  - I also love how they’re already starting to frame Biden’s call for national unity as a failure, because he won’t be able to win over some rural cuckoos -- nm* - znufrii Jan 19, 07:50
Paramount+ launches March 4. Investor Day event slated for February. -- (link) - Mop Jan 19, 07:30
man from California is facing criminal charges in Chicago after hiding in O'Hare Airport for nearly three months. Claims COVID paranoia - decline Jan 19, 07:28 5
- To your IM, alternately why didn't he just walk? -- nm - JD Jan 19, 08:39
- That'd make a great movie! -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jan 19, 07:44 1
  - Starring Tom Hanks and Catherine Zeta Jones! -- nm - Dano Jan 19, 07:47
- This is more sad than outrageous. -- nm - Qale Jan 19, 07:39 1
  - Yeah. - Dark Callisto Jan 19, 07:56
Happy 75th birthday to national treasure Dolly Parton -- nm - ty97 Jan 19, 07:22 3
- I will always love her. -- nm - Hibernating Baron Jan 19, 07:34
- She really is the tits. -- nm - Qale Jan 19, 07:28
- Ernie Pantuso, Coach on Cheers born on this date in 1924 -- nm - Remlik Jan 19, 07:24
Brexit: Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots issues jelly and gravy shortage warning -- (link) - budice Jan 19, 07:19 1
- There's a lot going on in that headline. -- nm - Reagen Jan 19, 07:22
Bad Bath and Beyond, Kohl's drop My Pillow (nmbl) - Brian Jan 19, 07:06 1
- Best mistype of the day. -- nm - TWuG Jan 19, 07:07
Rachel Levine selected as Assistant Health Secretary -- (link) - TWuG Jan 19, 07:03 1
- Nice! -- nm - znufrii Jan 19, 07:25
One. More. Day. -- nm - Krusty - Diamond Dog Jan 19, 07:03 3
- If you don't take that Wilson Phillips song off repeat, I'm going to Yah Mo burn this place to the ground. -- nm - Hibernating Baron Jan 19, 07:28
- *makes a deal with Mephisto* -- nm - Spider-Trump Jan 19, 07:07 1
  - No more libs. -- nm - Melania Maximoff Jan 19, 07:24

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