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View of downtown DC checkpoints from my office. -- (pic) - Max Jan 19, 11:12 [Attachment] 9
- I saw this in a movie not long ago.... -- nm - JaxSean Jan 19, 11:36 1
  - Who dares me to lean out the window with a loudspeaker and play a War of the Worlds BWAAAAAAAAHHR noise? -- nm - Max Jan 19, 11:38
- Probably just me but the random file name seems vaguely appropiate -- nm - JD Jan 19, 11:28
- nm -- nm* - prayformojo Jan 19, 11:19
- wowa. stay safe. -- nm - colin Jan 19, 11:18 3
  - also, know it's a long shot that anything happens, but we're 2 hours down the road if you need a place or need help. -- nm - colin Jan 19, 11:19 2
    - My brother's in Fredericksburg, but I've always figured to get there in a crisis would probably mean going out to WV to avoid I95. - Max Jan 19, 11:22 1
      - I am very proficient on where safety is when it comes to West Virginia by this point. -- nm - Qale Jan 19, 11:26
- Any sign of Cthulhu yet? -- nm - Mop Jan 19, 11:14
Parler trolling on FB -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 19, 11:09
You asked for it, you got it! Snyder Cut Justice League is going to be a 4 hour movie, not a 4 part miniseries. -- nm - Shaun Jan 19, 10:55 23
- It's as if Trump started making movies and told people "Nobody's seen a movie this big before. Scorsese couldn't make a movie this long." - Max Jan 19, 11:34
- I couldn’t sit through a 4 hour good movie, No chance on this. -- nm - pmb Jan 19, 11:27
- PEEAARRRLLLSSS!!! -- nm - Diva Jan 19, 11:12 5
  - I’m certainly clutching mine. -- nm - mafic Jan 19, 11:17 1
    - HA! -- nm - Diva Jan 19, 11:20
  - Shit were there even pearls in JL? I don't remember. -- nm - Shaun Jan 19, 11:14 1
    - effin Joss!!! -- nm - Spawn Jan 19, 11:30
  - Every 5th frame will be... PEEAAARRRRLLLLLSSSSSS! -- nm - Spawn Jan 19, 11:14
- The best part about the Snyder Cut finally getting a release? - Edward Havens, Host of The FilmJerk Podcast Jan 19, 11:09 4
  - Man of Steel: The Snyder Cut! -- nm - Mop Jan 19, 11:18
  - exactly. thank god. -- nm - colin Jan 19, 11:17
  - yeah but he really wanted it as mini-series; so we don't rest till they re-release it as a mini-series!! -- nm - Beaker Jan 19, 11:10 1
    - No. No. No no no. No no no no no no no no. No no nonononononononononononononononononononononon onononono - Edward Havens, Host of The FilmJerk Podcast Jan 19, 11:12
- those 4 new minutes of new footage will change everything! -- nm Posted by Beaker (aka Anniebecca) Jan 17 '21, 16:42 -- nm - Spawn Jan 19, 11:02
- Nobody asked for this. We've actively petitioned against it. -- nm - David, Horny New Guy Jan 19, 11:00 4
  - Did you storm the WB headquarters with your protest? -- nm - eag Jan 19, 11:03 2
    - "Just try it. We'll lock you in the water tower with the rest of them!" -- nm - Beryllium Jan 19, 11:06 1
      - Wakko reallly wants to meet ya. -- nm - Hibernating Baron Jan 19, 11:20
  - It's an economic stimulus package masquerading as a film. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 19, 11:00
- I'll probably watch it but will also probably regret wasting 4 hours of my life -- nm* - decline Jan 19, 10:58
- Its gonna disappoint thats my prediction - eag Jan 19, 10:57 2
  - True, but the *dunks* will not -- nm - Beryllium Jan 19, 11:00
  - Everybody will still make a podcast about it -- nm - budice Jan 19, 10:58
Biden making his departure speech from Deleware -- nm - eag Jan 19, 10:54
Director Haspel has retired from the CIA -- (link) - decline Jan 19, 10:44
WB planted a flag on March 17th... 2023 for a Willy Wonka prequel. -- (link) - Mop Jan 19, 10:41 10
- What makes them think they could write a better story than *checks author* Roald Dahl? - Beryllium Jan 19, 11:11
- I bet Edgar Wright would knock that out-of-the-park -- nm - Flavorize Jan 19, 10:56
- There needs to be a Not Another Origin Tale spoof movie. - con_carne Jan 19, 10:47 3
  - this is actually not a bad idea. -- nm - amanda jeans Jan 19, 10:53 2
    - Except it’ll end up with those asshats that ruined spoof movies forever by constantly making them. -- nm - Qale Jan 19, 10:53 1
      - Why don't you do what's right and forget 2000s culture ever existed:) -- nm - con_carne Jan 19, 11:06
- uh. no. -- nm - colin Jan 19, 10:47
- ... but why -- nm - Reagen Jan 19, 10:42 2
  - Because they need a franchise, dammit!!! -- nm - Mop Jan 19, 10:43 1
    - I hope they do an Oompa Loompa origins story next -- nm - decline Jan 19, 10:49
Huh. "Can't stop the signal, Mal" guy was on RAW last night. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 19, 10:40
Huh. ST pop quiz: Guess who is the largest farm land owner in America? -- nm - decline Jan 19, 10:39 14
- Kevin Costner -- nm - Beaker Jan 19, 11:04
- Ted Turner? I know some guy in texas owns more than a whole county -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 19, 10:58 2
  - (I looked) He's the 2nd largest land owner (but most of it's not farmland) -- nm - decline Jan 19, 11:05 1
    - Turner also owns the largest private herd of the animals in the world. - decline Jan 19, 11:15
- Sam Donaldson. -- nm - Hibernating Baron Jan 19, 10:43 2
  - Heh. That’s actually not a bad guess. -- nm* - spamlet Jan 19, 10:47 1
    - Thanks, I was trying to think of famous people with farms. Michael Keaton was my next choice. -- nm - Hibernating Baron Jan 19, 10:57
- I think I saw this in the news. (spoilers) - ReluctantCynic Jan 19, 10:40 4
  - Correct! by a large margin -- (link) - decline Jan 19, 10:41 3
    - Huh, there’s a billionaire here who owns ~100 times that. Australia has weirdly big ranches though. -- nm - mafic Jan 19, 11:16 1
      - the largest landowner in the US is John Malone with 2.2M acres - decline Jan 19, 11:20
    - "Buy land; they're not making any more of it and it will always appreciate." - JaxSean Jan 19, 11:10
- McDonalds -- nm - Andie Jan 19, 10:39 1
  - sorry. caveat 'Private owner' (not a corporation) -- nm - decline Jan 19, 10:41
Don’t get too excited, but there may be movement on my extended unemployment benefits claim. Contacting my US Congresswoman, Garcia, has... - Qale Jan 19, 10:39 4
- Good luck. -- nm - Edward Havens, Host of The FilmJerk Podcast Jan 19, 11:07
- nice -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 19, 11:00
- Crossing fingers for you. -- nm - spamlet Jan 19, 10:48
- sexcellent. -- nm - colin Jan 19, 10:47
we started lovecraft country last night. spoiler? - amanda jeans Jan 19, 10:38 5
- *laughs* -- nm - WandaVision Jan 19, 11:30
- The book or the show? -- nm - Hibernating Baron Jan 19, 10:43
- Do I want to watch it? (Just finished Titans and need my next binge) -- nm - decline Jan 19, 10:40 1
  - we just watched two episodes. I don't know if I want to finish it, honestly. I will, but... it's so weird. -- nm - amanda jeans Jan 19, 10:46
- lol -- nm - JaxSean Jan 19, 10:39
Speaking of Rob Halford, there's a reporter in an early Ted Lasso episode that I could have sworn was him. - David, Horny New Guy Jan 19, 10:25 1
- Also, the entire reason why PFM's daughter loves me is that I got her a Totoro backpack at the Japan pavilion. - David, Horny New Guy Jan 19, 10:27
Hmm. -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 19, 10:24
So what I was trying to figure out with regards to pardons and the fifth amendment but IANAL... - Dano Jan 19, 10:22 3
- afaik, prosecutors big fear in granting immunity to an informant who was a member of the gang is they get on stand and confess to all the crimes -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 19, 11:03
- UANAL? -- nm - Qale Jan 19, 10:41
- My understand is that you can't plead the fifth if speaking won't incriminate you. -- nm - TWuG Jan 19, 10:31
NY Jets say let's goooooo -- (link) - budice Jan 19, 10:13 1
- :-) -- (link) - Krusty - Diamond Dog Jan 19, 10:16 [Image]
Saved By The Bell revival renewed for season 2 -- nm - Beaker Jan 19, 10:13 1
- admission: I watched this. it was awful, but I loved it, -- nm - amanda jeans Jan 19, 10:37
So looks like my daughter's sprint line is getting the T-mobile treatment. Bonus: we get 5GB of hotspot -- (link) - oblique Jan 19, 10:12
Pfizer Inc told Canada on Tuesday it will receive no coronavirus vaccines the week of Jan 25 and supplies will be cut back sharply over the next three weeks -- (link*) - decline Jan 19, 10:04 11
- something's gotta give with these vaccines. how is manufacturing so slow, how are projected shipments so off? - amanda jeans Jan 19, 10:47
- Which is utter crap. Canada paid, up front and early, for more vaccines per person than any other country. No one is pleased about this. -- nm - Andie Jan 19, 10:34 1
  - (wouldn't be as annoyed if it was a matter of evenly distributing to all countries, but it does not appear to be that.) -- nm* - Andie Jan 19, 10:38
- Pharmaceutical companies aren't exactly popular here. I wonder why they're trying to add to that? -- nm - Beryllium Jan 19, 10:07 7
  - They're trying to mass-manufacture during a pandemic. It's a big ask. -- nm - David, Horny New Guy Jan 19, 10:26
  - As more countries approve vaccines and start to order, they are probably stretched thin. (NM) - Marlowe Jan 19, 10:20 1
    - Biden flexed. -- nm - Spawn Jan 19, 10:22
  - Well, maybe if Canadians weren't so mean this wouldn't happen -- nm - decline Jan 19, 10:09 3
    - Sorry. -- nm - Shaun Jan 19, 10:47
    - That's what you get for not agreeing to become a state! -- nm - Hibernating Baron Jan 19, 10:21 1
      - Shoulda sold Trump Greenland like he asked! -- nm - mafic Jan 19, 11:19
Hooray! My niece's Christmas gift finally arrived from China! Mom showed me a pic and it's just as adorable as promised. -- (pic) - Hibernating Baron Jan 19, 10:01 [Attachment] 6
- 👍👍👍 -- nm - prayformojo Jan 19, 10:10
- Oh wow! -- nm - Mop Jan 19, 10:02 4
  - What store did you buy this from? Do they have other characters? -- nm - Mop Jan 19, 10:05 3
    - the China store -- nm - decline Jan 19, 10:06 2
      - Yeah, ghibli.store -- nm - Hibernating Baron Jan 19, 10:06 1
        
        David's wallet is already nervous. -- nm - Mop Jan 19, 10:09
I think I'm living through a Black Mirror episode today. Major freaking ghosts in the machine -- nm - prayformojo Jan 19, 09:55 2
- At least it's not the episode with the pig. -- nm - LMS Jan 19, 09:58 1
  - Word -- nm - Pippy Jan 19, 10:10
My latest song discovery that I have on perma-repeat fills two ST criteria: it could be Qale's Retro Pleasure and Amoxy loved this kind of music -- (link) - con_carne Jan 19, 09:53 [spotify] 5
- Very nice find. -- nm - Qale Jan 19, 10:48 1
  - Thanks! It's from the Deep Dive 80s Rock Spotify playlist I linked before. I've been on that kinda nonstop. -- nm - con_carne Jan 19, 10:51
- It's a truly great track -- nm - LMS Jan 19, 10:20 2
  - Never heard it before! But I've always liked the band's name. -- nm - con_carne Jan 19, 10:22 1
    - Baby I Don't Care was also a great track. -- (link) - LMS Jan 19, 10:35 [youtube] 1
If politicians were ice cream flavours, what would they be? Like, Trudeau might be maple walnut in a chocolate dipped waffle cone, or - Beryllium Jan 19, 09:51 5
- Side note - There's a ice-cream parlour near Trump's Scottish golf course that's got an ad for PeachMint ice-cream, double scoops only. -- nm* - LMS Jan 19, 10:00 2
  - Ha! -- nm - Pippy Jan 19, 10:10
  - that's awesome -- nm - JaxSean Jan 19, 10:05
- Kid, you're weird. -- nm - Mop Jan 19, 09:57
- McConnell = Turtle -- nm - JaxSean Jan 19, 09:51
From B2: this is one of my favorite RR parodies. (Suckers) -- (link) - kelly Jan 19, 09:45 1
- I'm still bitter from when Randy Rainbow left Deep Purple to start his own band. -- nm - con_carne Jan 19, 09:49
So - when does Pardon-palooza start and why will it not end until Joe Exotic is free? -- nm - Johnny Lawrence Jan 19, 09:42 6
- I imagine we're all joking, but I suspect Joe Exotic is in jail on state charges, so Trump can't pardon. -- nm - Mop Jan 19, 09:45 4
  - nope. he's in jail on federal charges of animal abuse. -- nm - decline Jan 19, 09:54 3
    - Ah, thank you. -- nm - Mop Jan 19, 10:00 2
      - and they're so convinced he'll get a pardon they have a limo outside his prison just waiting for the pardon to come through - decline Jan 19, 10:06 1
        
        It's all about being a white guy with lots of press. In the meantime, God forbid that you're black or brown and got caught with a joint in your pocket -- nm - Mop Jan 19, 10:07
- Between tonight and tomorrow morning. Expecting more scandalous ones to be last-minute -- nm - budice Jan 19, 09:45
I said after the attack on the Capitol that while it was disappointing that these insurgents weren't treated like the police treated BLM protesters... - Mop Jan 19, 09:42 2
- I do love the fact that there is still some consequence to shitting on the US -- nm - oblique Jan 19, 09:59 1
  - In some cases, *literally*. -- nm - Mop Jan 19, 10:00
WHY DID NOONE TELL ME THAT TACO BELL IS BRINGING BACK POTATOES. BIDEN'S AMERICA IS ALREADY LOOKING BETTER! -- nm - ty97 Jan 19, 09:42 2
- This calls for a Taco Bell nacho fries interstitial! -- (link) - Mop Jan 19, 09:47 [youtube] 1
  - I’ve certainly seen Stranger Things than this. -- nm - Qale Jan 19, 09:49
Oh, so is this the next stage of fallout from the net neutrality loss? -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 19, 09:41 1
- Gotta get in all your garbage before Biden becomes President! -- (edited) - Mop Jan 19, 09:44
Biden selects transgender doctor Rachel Levine as assistant health secretary -- (link) - prayformojo Jan 19, 09:41 3
- All the comments I read on the article on Facebook were either "She ruined PA" or basically transphobic -- nm - oblique Jan 19, 09:57 2
  - Criticism of her nursing home policy is fair. The rest is not. -- nm - Hibernating Baron Jan 19, 10:04
  - Facebook is a vile place -- nm - decline Jan 19, 10:01
Goodbye to one of my favorite lunch stops (pre-covid) - Bark Multiverse Jan 19, 09:41 7
- I don't have anything against Longhorn, but, really? - JaxSean Jan 19, 09:51 2
  - they have a very solid affordable lunch menu. But its been 9 months now since Ive eaten anywhere near work. - Bark Multiverse Jan 19, 09:54 1
    - I truly heart Chilis. I wish there was one closer. -- nm - MDH Jan 19, 09:56
- Well Shirley, it doesn't look like this pandemic will be ending any time soon. Get the gasoline. -- nm - Mop Jan 19, 09:48
- Huh, you're a bit further out in NJ than I thought -- nm - ty97 Jan 19, 09:44 1
  - No you're right. Mt Olive is just where I work. Im about 25 miles east of that. -- nm - Bark Multiverse Jan 19, 09:46
- I feel you. We still haven't gotten over the loss of our chinese food place. -- nm - MDH Jan 19, 09:42
I would love to see what Mitch is seeing on his tote board. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 19, 09:40 2
- I have to believe he thinks they have it if he's making these statements. He doesn't do things without knowing the outcome. -- nm - pmb Jan 19, 09:46 1
  - Right. And it won’t be 67, it’ll be more to protect that 67th voter. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 19, 10:16
VP Pence is not expected to attend President Trump's sendoff at Joint Air Force Base Andrews tomorrow morning -- (link) - budice Jan 19, 09:39

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