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a book we just got in the library today is titled "Everybody Has A Podcast...except you" -- nm - crash davis Feb 10, 18:02 1
- Not I! -- nm - Mop Feb 10, 18:04
I am currently reading a live thread of NYC Mayor candidates talking to the Staten Island Democrat Club. - ty97 Feb 10, 17:59 1
- That actually sounds incredibly interesting. - ReluctantCynic Feb 10, 18:06
How to turn on — and off! — a Zoom cat filter Like the cat lawyer, you can spice up conference calls using settings in the desktop Zoom app or with ex - crash davis Feb 10, 17:53 2
- I like how people were surprised he turned out to be an asshole. It was like a 90/10 bet! -- nm - Reagen Feb 10, 17:55 1
  - I am shocked since lawyers are famous for making everyone happy. -- nm - crash davis Feb 10, 17:57
Intentionally slow playing Magic people are on my list - spamlet Feb 10, 17:51 7
- YOU'VE GOT ONE EFFING CARD IN YOUR HAND! NO NEED TO PULL THIS SHIT! -- nm - spamlet Feb 10, 17:54 6
  - Are you way ahead on board? -- nm - Tim Feb 10, 17:54 5
    - No, he's done this from the first draw. -- nm - spamlet Feb 10, 17:55 4
      - Then they’re hoping you just concede out of frustration and move on to the next game. -- nm - Tim Feb 10, 17:56 1
        
        Game crashed so it worked. -- nm - spamlet Feb 10, 18:01
      - He's apparently an inactive streamer. I've had time to Google him. -- nm - spamlet Feb 10, 17:56 1
        
        So being a streamer means he should have already been on your list! -- nm - Qale Feb 10, 18:16
The internet found a thing about trump's law talkin guy -- (link) - Beryllium Feb 10, 17:34
Q: Is there any reason why any R senator who wants Trump convicted, but is too chicken to vote against him wouldn't just fail to show for the vote? - ralph wiggum Feb 10, 17:24 13
- Pragmatically, no. But the R's who've publicly declared opposition to Trump are likely going to vote against him anyway. As for the silent ones ... - ReluctantCynic Feb 10, 18:06
- I think they all had to take an oath last week to be there for the duration, not speak, etc. -- nm - mud Feb 10, 17:51
- They'd take the same heat in their primary. It would be seen as a failure to defend Trump, the same as a conviction vote. -- nm* - ty97 Feb 10, 17:30 2
  - I'm interested to see in a few cycles how this does play out. The GOP basically looks back at W as 'meh, whatever' now. - ty97 Feb 10, 17:33 1
    - And he won two terms -- nm - Dano Feb 10, 18:06
- Yes. I believe if 16 (or so) of the R's just don't show up for the vote, they can get a conviction. - howie Feb 10, 17:29
- IM correct. 2/3 of just those present to vote. -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 10, 17:27
- The turtle for sure -- nm - eag Feb 10, 17:27
- I wonder if votes were secret, how much a difference it would make.. (NM) - Marlowe Feb 10, 17:26 4
  - All the difference. But I dont think its legal. -- nm - Jovian Feb 10, 17:33 3
    - This article ponders that it is, but would need 80%+ of those present to agree not to record the votes. -- (link) - Max Feb 10, 17:35
    - It should not be secret, for vote integrity, we need to know who voted and how. (in any vote in Congress) -- nm - ty97 Feb 10, 17:34 1
      - I agree. It's just a mental exercise. (NM) - Marlowe Feb 10, 17:51
This may be incredibly obvious to everyone but me but on the dating apps there are a LOT of single women with kids. -- nm - Tim Feb 10, 17:09 15
- Single Women in their 30s w/kids > Single Women in their 20s, who like to hike -- (edited) - Flavorize— Feb 10, 17:42
- now search for single fathers with kids. I'm sure there are a lot. -- nm* - Peglegpete Feb 10, 17:23
- Swipe away from the ones with >10, they're just on the app to steal DNA. -- nm - Max Feb 10, 17:22
- Tim's ready to go full About a Boy up in here. nm - ralph wiggum Feb 10, 17:17 4
  - Start wavin that Brady cash around! -- nm - Reagen Feb 10, 17:45 2
    - Also "Hello ladies, I'm on a podcast..." -- nm - Reagen Feb 10, 17:47 1
      - Vaccinated is absolutely on my profile while that still means something. -- nm - Tim Feb 10, 17:54
  - Just so long as he doesn't replicate Dead Duck Day. -- nm - IAmQale Feb 10, 17:22
- Spoiler - Spawn Feb 10, 17:16 6
  - heh - mud Feb 10, 17:23
  - Also Dating .... sucks - eag Feb 10, 17:20 4
    - You and me both, my brother. -- nm - Mop Feb 10, 17:22 3
      - In the famour words of Det Roger Murtaugh -- (edited) - eag Feb 10, 17:24 2
        
        You guys aren't make feel any better -- nm - JD Feb 10, 17:54 1
        
        We get Tim in on this and we can have a Last Vegas type adventure. You never saw that movie, right? No one did? You don't know about the murder-su -- nm - Mop Feb 10, 18:05
this snowfall is pretty unimpressive so far -- nm - Beryllium Feb 10, 17:09 1
- melted almost right away here. (today and Monday) -- nm - mud Feb 10, 17:18
last night I was saddened to find out I couldnt stream (or purchase to stream) Johnny Dangerously anywhere. -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 10, 16:59 7
- They're violating your constitmatutional rights! -- nm - Reagen Feb 10, 17:48
- I have a few titles like that, including an 80s wire fu film called Zu: Warriors from the Magic Mountain - con_carne Feb 10, 17:08 1
  - i have johnny dangeroulsy on vhs..... why do i have a vhs without a vhs player? reasons thats why! -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 10, 17:09
- I wonder why -- nm - Krusty Feb 10, 17:01 3
  - fargin iceholes probably. -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 10, 17:03 2
    - More likely the cork soakers. -- nm - Fozzie Baron Feb 10, 17:05 1
      - fargin sneaky bastages -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 10, 17:07
Didn't this already get announced? (Cruise ban extension in Canada) -- (link) - Beryllium Feb 10, 16:56 1
- Announced last week, yes -- nm - David Feb 10, 17:07
Lady Mormont cast as Ellie in the Last of Us for HBO -- (link) - Remlik Feb 10, 16:53 1
- Pray for the undead. -- nm - Max Feb 10, 16:54
And the worst most awful R take of the day award goes to: - Jovian Feb 10, 16:45
The captain of our boat was casually talking to a crewman about the brakes going out. - David Feb 10, 16:26 15
- Don't worry, it's all part of that new Jungle Cruise experience. -- nm - Mop Feb 10, 17:10
- "If you all could just dangle your feet in the water to create some drag and slow us down, that'd be great." -- nm - Captain Disney Feb 10, 17:03
- "Any idiot can get a boat moving; it takes a sailor to stop one." -- nm - Beryllium Feb 10, 16:58
- Abandon ship! -- nm - budice Feb 10, 16:29
- Bad brakes on a boat? Are you in a 1970s Cadillac? -- nm - Max Feb 10, 16:29 7
  - Hmm, what’s a nautical mechanical issue that sounds like brakes when you’re wearing a face mask? - David Feb 10, 16:33 6
    - Maybe breakers were tripped shutting down the engine. Is the boat using an inboard or outboard motor? -- nm - TWuG Feb 10, 16:39 5
      - David refuses to travel on any boat not powered by wind. -- nm - mafic Feb 10, 16:44
      - Inboard, I guess. It’s the Friendship Boats. -- nm - David Feb 10, 16:44 3
        
        You'll definitely break a caterpillar drive if you try to feed it a whole gator. -- nm - Max Feb 10, 16:51
        
        Then it could be breakers being tripped cutting power to the prop. -- nm - TWuG Feb 10, 16:50 1
        
        Could also be breakers as in waves. -- nm - Ender Feb 10, 17:58
- Boats have brakes? -- nm - TWuG Feb 10, 16:28 2
  - They do if the boat is on rails ;-) -- nm - JD Feb 10, 16:51 1
    - I actually deleted that part of a response above. If it is a rail ride, it definitely has brakes -- nm - TWuG Feb 10, 16:55
Now playing: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Cook Thief His Wife and Her Lover - prayformojo Feb 10, 16:10 2
- That needs at least two Oxford commas. -- nm - IAmQale Feb 10, 17:09
- Pleasant dreams. -- nm - con_carne Feb 10, 16:52
6,000 vaccine doses potentially spoiled due to a freezer malfunction. Don't they have a damned monitor on those freezers?!? -- (link) - Meg Feb 10, 16:03 3
- Must be using 7-11 Slurpee machines. Darn things are always out or order. -- nm - Max Feb 10, 16:26
- Factual error: it's okay for 5 days at fridge temperatures after removal from the deep freeze. Six hours after being mixed/prepared. -- nm - Tim Feb 10, 16:06 1
  - Yep, reading more closely I guess it was the refrigerator that malfunctioned so would not have been thawed for more than a couple of hours at most. -- nm - Meg Feb 10, 16:10
RIP Larry Flynt -- (link) - Meg Feb 10, 15:58
Convicting trump doesn't fully solve the problem. - Beryllium Feb 10, 15:53 1
- I think it'll take a generation to get anywhere near solutions to most of the problems we're seeing. And at least four or five years to ... - ReluctantCynic Feb 10, 15:56
I wonder how many of these republicans will vote to acquit simply because they are afraid for their security if they don't. A NYT reporter just - pmb Feb 10, 15:35 25
- *WE DON'T NEGOTIATE WITH TERRORISTS* in a booming voice, followed by a child-like *we just let them get what they want no questions asked* - Marlowe Feb 10, 16:39
- Sen Roy Blunt: "Well you know, I mean, you have a summer where people all over the country were doing similar kinds of things. I don't know what the " - Jovian Feb 10, 15:56 4
  - Honest question: how many cops were killed during the summer protests? Heck, how many people total died in the protests? - Marlowe Feb 10, 16:55 3
    - 25, according to this non-profit associated with Princeton. -- (link) - Name Withheld By Request Feb 10, 20:37
    - Never mind the context of the president inciting and the target being elected officials in the seat of government. -- nm - TWuG Feb 10, 16:57 1
      - Yeah, I know, of course. But I would like to have an idea of comparative "human cost", if you will, of a few months of protest compared to Jan 6th. NM - Marlowe Feb 10, 17:02
- They’re afraid for their political careers and bank accounts, not their safety. I don’t buy that for a second. -- nm - mafic Feb 10, 15:51 4
  - Yep. They could neuter actual physical threats just by resigning. Not exactly courageous, but better than being cowed by - TWuG Feb 10, 15:56
  - I do. They’re cowards. And just about everyone of them would make more out of office than in. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 10, 15:56 2
    - They’re doing what they wanted to and using it as an excuse. Credible threats go to the FBI. -- nm - mafic Feb 10, 16:04 1
      - We’ve seen video of the FBI’s talents of handling credible threats the last two days. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 10, 17:12
- If Romney has a lick of sense, he's working his fellow GOP Senators trying to get votes to convict. -- nm - TWuG Feb 10, 15:47 1
  - indeed. -- nm - mud Feb 10, 15:49
- Okay... and how many Dems are getting the same treatment for doing the right thing. -- nm - VMan Feb 10, 15:42
- some of them sure.others like Cruz, Graham and Hawley aren't paying attention at all, and at times the R side had 33 seats empty.... - Remlik Feb 10, 15:37 5
  - To be fair, though, a small number of the 33 Senators absent from the Chamber have been sitting at desks in the Cloak Room. - ReluctantCynic Feb 10, 15:45 3
    - Cowards still. If they can't stand up to those trying to intimidate them, they're worthless -- nm - TWuG Feb 10, 15:48 1
      - Having been in similar positions before, I don't blame the ones avoiding an angry mob to try to do their jobs. - ReluctantCynic Feb 10, 15:56
    - 33 R Sens in the closet! -- nm - Twits Feb 10, 15:47
  - The NYT live chat indicated that they were all pretty much watching when the videos started and it got into the attack itself. -- nm - pmb Feb 10, 15:42
- Better give in to them, then? Yeesh Marco. -- nm - Reagen Feb 10, 15:37 3
  - Not exactly profiles in courage, but it's at least a better answer than "because it will help me politically". -- nm - pmb Feb 10, 15:41
  - Courage isn’t exactly his middle name. -- nm - spamlet Feb 10, 15:38 1
    - Acquit me and I definitely won't try to kill you again the next time it's convenient! -- nm - Reagen Feb 10, 15:39
- huh -- nm - prayformojo Feb 10, 15:36
Pirates Of The Caribbean Pitch Meeting -- (link) - Beaker Feb 10, 15:20 [youtube] 1
- Sniper moons are TIGHT! -- nm - VMan Feb 10, 15:38
Question of the day -- (pic) - prayformojo Feb 10, 15:10 [Attachment] 10
- Answer (spoiler) -- (pic) - prayformojo Feb 10, 15:10 [Attachment] 9
  - Bonus question -- (pic) - prayformojo Feb 10, 15:10 [Attachment] 8
    - Answer (spoiler) -- (pic) - prayformojo Feb 10, 15:11 [Attachment] 7
      - 2/2 -- nm - Krusty Feb 10, 15:57
      - 1/2. Missed the first. Had I missed the second my sensei would have killed me. -- nm - spamlet Feb 10, 15:53 1
        
        Spoilers - Beryllium Feb 10, 15:54
      - 2/2 -- nm - ReluctantCynic Feb 10, 15:31
      - 1/2. Spoils - Beryllium Feb 10, 15:29
      - 2/2 -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 10, 15:17
      - 2/2 -- nm - David Feb 10, 15:16
What makes me happy today: I've been accepted as a volunteer at a huge vaccination facility out at the Portland airport. -- nm* - ReluctantCynic Feb 10, 14:59 3
- Thank you! -- nm - Meg Feb 10, 15:23 1
  - And thank you! (and Krusty too) - ReluctantCynic Feb 10, 15:46
- Nice! Good luck with that. -- nm - Krusty Feb 10, 15:09
Watching the impeachment trial and it's been absolutely gripping. Hollywood screenwriters could learn something about storytelling from these guys. - pmb Feb 10, 14:34 2
- this movie would end with Pence testifying -- nm - Jovian Feb 10, 14:57
- The Future is Unwritten -- nm - mud Feb 10, 14:54
“I look forward to thanking him,” -- (link) - mud Feb 10, 14:32 1
- "We love you," -- (link) - mud Feb 10, 14:34
Harry Winks is bad at soccer. -- nm - Volnelk Feb 10, 14:24 4
- highlights from this game will be fun to watch later today. -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 10, 14:41 3
  - For some. -- nm - Volnelk Feb 10, 14:52 2
    - I was actually working so I missed the extra time but didn't sound good for Spurs 8-| - JD Feb 10, 15:09 1
      - Expected goals were 3.9-1.5 in favor of Spurs. 5-4 final. That’s some finishing from Everton. -- nm - Volnelk Feb 10, 15:34
Ohhh...kaaay. A yellow card, on that play? on that player? -- nm - JD Feb 10, 14:04 1
- No complaining. You got that penalty kick. -- nm - Volnelk Feb 10, 14:11
Harry Kane. He’s one of our own. -- nm - Volnelk Feb 10, 13:59
Sure, of course, why wouldn't it be even? Kaaaaaane -- nm - JD Feb 10, 13:59
Kim is doing a fun thing on Instagram and FB if you haven’t seen. -- nm - David Feb 10, 13:58 7
- It's been really cute and enjoyable. -- nm - Krusty Feb 10, 14:47
- oooh, dramatic development this afternoon! -- nm - prayformojo Feb 10, 14:06 3
  - You have no idea. - David Feb 10, 14:07 2
    - So glad he was found! -- nm - Krusty Feb 10, 14:46
    - that's incredible that you found him -- nm - prayformojo Feb 10, 14:13
- it's charming -- nm - prayformojo Feb 10, 14:01
- livestreaming her gift shop purchases? GO KIM!!! -- nm - ty97 Feb 10, 14:00

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