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Let’s just go see how my clean energy ETFs are doing today.... -- nm - znufrii Feb 22, 08:02 3
- My "end of quarantine" stocks (DAL and AAL) are booming today. -- nm - Volnelk Feb 22, 08:17 1
  - Their engines didn’t explode this weekend! Buy! Buy! Buy! -- nm - spamlet Feb 22, 08:20
- DON'T. LOOK. -- nm - ty97 Feb 22, 08:08
STIS: Does anyone know if Disney is planning to release Hamilton on DVD at some point? -- nm - MDH Feb 22, 07:57 4
- Everything I see suggests "*shrug*" -- nm - Mop Feb 22, 08:21
- What's a DVD? -- nm - decline Feb 22, 08:01 2
  - Disney Video Device -- nm - Beryllium Feb 22, 08:13 1
    - HD-DVD -- nm - budice Feb 22, 08:13
A meteor over Alberta this morning ... -- (link) - Beryllium Feb 22, 07:54 1
- Meteor over Alberta is my third favorite Tegan and Sara album. -- nm - Dano Feb 22, 08:31
Daft Punk have broken up!! Nooooooooooo!!!! -- (link) - orio Feb 22, 07:39 5
- Both members replaced by Pedro Pascal. -- nm - Mop Feb 22, 08:22 1
  - Oh, I heard one was ScarJo. -- nm - Spawn Feb 22, 08:23
- Oh, you guys were on it 50 minutes ago.. I just had it pop into my screen, lower right-hand corner, as notification from Rolling Stone. ST is faster. - orio Feb 22, 07:41 2
  - ST is always faster. And yeah, it’s certainly not great. But I like to celebrate successes and that is an eternity in music to stick together. - IAmQale Feb 22, 07:42 1
    - Alive 2017 almost happened - maybe - orio Feb 22, 07:47
PSA: J! guest host for the next two weeks is exec producer Mike Richards. From the few preview snippets, he seems very enthusiastic. -- nm - Fozzie Baron Feb 22, 07:34 1
- I know that name but can't remember why -- nm - prayformojo Feb 22, 07:46
"Angel Heart" ('87) or "Wild at Heart" ('90) .. ? -- nm - orio Feb 22, 07:29 8
- Like a bunny. -- nm - Spawn Feb 22, 08:17
- Wild at Heart. -- nm - LMS Feb 22, 07:54
- Angel Heart - namesake -- nm - Pippy Feb 22, 07:42 2
  - ! -- nm - Fozzie Baron Feb 22, 08:08 1
    - I just thought it was pretty - so I started using it. - Pippy Feb 22, 08:37
- Angel Heart for nekked Lisa Bonet -- nm - groiny Feb 22, 07:31 2
  - This is the correct answer. -- nm - Volnelk Feb 22, 07:50
  - Bill, that you? -- nm - orio Feb 22, 07:32
Theyyy’re grrrrrrrrrrreat! -- (link) - znufrii Feb 22, 07:23 1
- A second opinion: -- (link) - Beryllium Feb 22, 07:40
Groiny - how you doing? -- nm - Pippy Feb 22, 07:02 27
- not much change really, still have clots in lungs and leg, just takes time for those to dissolve. - groiny Feb 22, 07:11 25
  - Damn it, kick that shit! -- nm - Spawn Feb 22, 08:19
  - oof, sorry man, hope it all heals up soon! -- nm - ty97 Feb 22, 07:29
  - Nice. Keep it up. If your ears were likely ringing the other day, that's not a side effect of any medication you were taking. - JaxSean Feb 22, 07:23 6
    - I wonder if we will ever have a large scale ST trip again. -- nm - groiny Feb 22, 07:28 4
      - This time I promise I'll give you the front seat with lots of leg room. -- nm - Meg Feb 22, 07:56
      - We will. We'll all meet in Vegas, and by that time, we'll ALL be in wheelchairs. -- nm - JaxSean Feb 22, 07:44 2
        
        funny cause its true -- nm - Pippy Feb 22, 08:36
        
        The early bird buffet is gonna rock! -- nm - decline Feb 22, 07:46
    - nice to know that. -- nm - groiny Feb 22, 07:26
  - Is there a time frame for when you can expect things to clear up? - Krusty Feb 22, 07:13 15
    - the shelf life for a clot is 3 months. - groiny Feb 22, 07:16 14
      - best wishes ! -- nm - mud Feb 22, 07:46
      - I am thinking of you and wishing a speedy and complete recovery for you. -- nm - Pippy Feb 22, 07:29 3
        
        what am I wearing in your thoughts? -- nm - groiny Feb 22, 07:30 2
        
        Gerard Butler's 300 costume, but that is not important right now. - Pippy Feb 22, 07:51
        
        hopefully not the Cellmate chastity belt -- nm - decline Feb 22, 07:33
      - Ugh! Maybe we can figure out something we can all do online together. Games, movie streaming, etc. -- nm - Krusty Feb 22, 07:28 3
        
        I was considering this game y'all are playing these days. - groiny Feb 22, 07:30 2
        
        :-( Hopefully that changes soon. When you feel up to it we can do a party viewing of a movie one night and just have fun mocking it. -- nm - Krusty Feb 22, 07:34 1
        
        sounds fun -- nm - groiny Feb 22, 07:40
      - good thoughts for you -- nm - Beaker Feb 22, 07:26
      - I was going to ask if they were in the veins or arteries but your IM seems to have answered the question. - spamlet Feb 22, 07:19 3
        
        thanks, I am pretty thankful that I am alive, as the clot goes to brain or heart, and it is game over man. - groiny Feb 22, 07:22 2
        
        Yeah. It’s an extremely serious situation. But you’ve got this... and you’ve got us. -- nm - IAmQale Feb 22, 07:40 1
        
        thanks, but I don't have much to do with it. I can only take my meds and pray -- nm - groiny Feb 22, 07:41
- This! It's nice to see you posting and I hope you're feeling much better these days. -- nm - Krusty Feb 22, 07:05
SCOTUS denied Trump's Pennsylvania election challenge as moot -- (link) - budice Feb 22, 07:01 14
- I still think there's a valid open question about how the mail in rules were determined even though it wouldn't change the results. -- nm - Dano Feb 22, 08:17
- Thomas dissented. F*ck him. -- nm - znufrii Feb 22, 07:01 12
  - I actually think he has a point. It wouldn’t matter in this case but it does seem they should hear a case to set a precedent somewhere. - spamlet Feb 22, 07:21 3
    - He’s not exactly shy about his opinion on the merits in his dissent, so let’s not kid ourselves where he ends up. -- nm* - znufrii Feb 22, 07:27 2
      - He's one vote of 9 so *shrug*. I'd rather see it get decided so next time we know. -- nm - spamlet Feb 22, 07:57 1
        
        What happens if they take it, and decide that Pennsylvania's election results should get overturned? - Inigo Feb 22, 08:21
  - And Alito and Gorsuch. (NM) - Marlowe Feb 22, 07:10 1
    - Of course. -- nm - znufrii Feb 22, 07:16
  - I see you are working blue today. I approve - Pippy Feb 22, 07:02 5
    - That's Eiffel 65 not Daft Punk. -- nm - Fozzie Baron Feb 22, 07:14 4
      - if I get an ear worm, I'm coming for you Baron!! -- nm - Pippy Feb 22, 07:26 3
        
        ..blue, da-ba-dee... -- nm - orio Feb 22, 07:32 2
        
        shh! you trying to get me in trouble? -- nm - Fozzie Baron Feb 22, 07:35 1
        
        nah, just working on pulverizing the culpability and deflecting :) -- nm - orio Feb 22, 07:37
Jezebel (doing important reporting): Who Forgot to Invite Chun-Li to the Mortal Kombat? -- (link) - MDH Feb 22, 07:00 3
- 🤦🏻 -- nm - JD Feb 22, 07:53
- An aside: I never liked the Mortal Kombat franchise. But I did love the movie soundtrack. -- nm - IAmQale Feb 22, 07:49
- *smh* Everyone knows she's from Super Smash Bros. -- nm - Krusty Feb 22, 07:04
If you took a PPP loan it may still be taxed at the state level. -- (link) - spamlet Feb 22, 06:57 2
- Also the rules changed again today. -- (link*) - spamlet Feb 22, 07:18
- Tom Brady owes some taxes then -- nm - budice Feb 22, 06:58
V: Daft Punk Have Split Up, Publicist Confirms -- (link*) - budice Feb 22, 06:49 4
- Decompiled. -- nm - Reagen Feb 22, 06:56
- Bad move. They could've just swapped someone else in under the helmets and kept the gravy train running for decades. -- nm - Fozzie Baron Feb 22, 06:55 2
  - "Did Daft gain weight? Why does Punk have boobs now?" -- nm - JaxSean Feb 22, 07:20 1
    - They evolve with the music. -- nm - Fozzie Baron Feb 22, 07:23
Seattle needs to fire Mather before the sun sets today. He shouldn't be allowed to run an MLB club. -- nm* - Krusty Feb 22, 06:38 13
- I have missed this story, can you give me the cliffs notes version of what happened? -- nm - groiny Feb 22, 06:58 11
  - ESPN article about it... -- (link) - Krusty Feb 22, 07:05 6
    - ok, I really don't see the big deal, to be honest. -- nm - groiny Feb 22, 07:14 5
      - It was basically, I’m tired of paying for translators so non-English people should learn English to play for the Mariners. - spamlet Feb 22, 07:23 4
        
        Plus he pissed off the team captain and best player by calling him overpaid and said he won’t be wearing a Mariners uniform next year. - spamlet Feb 22, 07:25 3
        
        well, to be honest, Seager is overpaid. -- nm - groiny Feb 22, 07:27 2
        
        Eh, they signed him his rookie year because they thought they were screwing him. I'm not sad that he came out on top. -- nm - spamlet Feb 22, 07:58 1
        
        he had a couple miserable years in there, bounced back a bit last year -- nm - groiny Feb 22, 07:59
  - He made a couple poor comments about two particular foreign players and their inability to speak english. -- nm - Volnelk Feb 22, 06:59 3
    - As well as openly admitting to manipulating or planning to manipulate player's service time. -- nm - Krusty Feb 22, 07:01 2
      - everyone does this, why is it a big deal to say it? -- nm - groiny Feb 22, 07:12 1
        
        Yeah, I don't see that part as a huge deal. - Volnelk Feb 22, 07:15
- He should be gone already and if I was a Mariner fan I’d be questioning it today. -- nm - spamlet Feb 22, 06:40
Supreme Court rejects Trump effort to shield tax records from NY prosecutors -- (link) - budice Feb 22, 06:37 6
- "The work continues." -- nm - Manhattan DA Vance Feb 22, 06:53 1
  - He better hurry because he's out of a job this year. -- nm - Krusty Feb 22, 07:12
- I find news breaks like this difficult to understand. Did the court reject on merits? Or did they reject cert? -- nm* - ty97 Feb 22, 06:51 3
  - Application for a stay was denied, per the order list. -- nm - znufrii Feb 22, 06:53 1
    - Separately, f*ck Clarence Thomas. -- nm - znufrii Feb 22, 07:00
  - They denied a motion for further delay (corrected) -- nm* - spamlet Feb 22, 06:52
Susan Collins is a no on Neera Tanden. I'm no Tanden fan, but Collin's argument after all the Trump folks she *did* vote for (Hi Kavanaugh!) is LOLOLOL -- (link*) - ty97 Feb 22, 06:33 2
- F*ck that sanctimonious bullshit. -- nm - znufrii Feb 22, 06:49
- I guess in her world since Trump encouraged and incited animosity then those picks were fine. Haha. -- nm - Inigo Feb 22, 06:34
Perseverance’s view -- (link) - spamlet Feb 22, 06:32
NYC Mayoral race perspective -- (link) - ty97 Feb 22, 06:27
Dominion Voting Systems filed a lawsuit this morning against MyPillow and its CEO Mike Lindell for $1.3 billion. -- nm - budice Feb 22, 06:27 4
- They’re looking to turn the MyPillow guy into a MyPillowBiter. -- nm - IAmQale Feb 22, 07:52
- When are they going to sue Trump and his family? -- nm - pmb Feb 22, 07:28 1
  - "Statue of limitations." -- nm - Alec Baldwin Trump si Feb 22, 07:35
- Good. -- nm - znufrii Feb 22, 06:31
Decided to check our flight to Denver on Wednesday. Looks like United changed the plane on us. Our tickets were all over the place now with none of - oblique Feb 22, 06:20 8
- What was the plane before? ORD-DEN is the type of route they could have had a 772 planned for, so the grounding could have changed it. -- nm - ty97 Feb 22, 06:21 7
  - Looks like it was a 737-900 -- nm - oblique Feb 22, 06:22 6
    - 2662 or 1821? -- nm - ty97 Feb 22, 06:23 5
      - 1821 -- nm - oblique Feb 22, 06:32
      - Both of those have been 739s for the past week at least so I guess not a last minute change. - ty97 Feb 22, 06:24 3
        
        Our hotel in Texas got cancelled also. Luckily there are a lot of Hyatts in Dallas. Guessing they had some sort of water/pipe problem at that one. -- nm - oblique Feb 22, 06:33
        
        Ohhh your IM is quite the upgrade. - spamlet Feb 22, 06:29 1
        
        They undoubtedly have slack in their fleet, though I wonder how many of their widebodies are still parked. - ty97 Feb 22, 06:42
Golf: USGA announces amateurs are now allowed to accept endorsements, as well as benefit from his or her name, image or likeness -- (link) - budice Feb 22, 06:14 1
- the women should endorse panties -- nm - Rudy G Feb 22, 06:14
Oh, [student] is going to love hugging you!! me: awwww. - new student’s parent Feb 22, 06:13 8
- That is.........certainly something. -- nm - Volnelk Feb 22, 07:01
- felt up by a student today? -- nm - groiny Feb 22, 06:59
- eeesh -- nm - prayformojo Feb 22, 06:48
- Creepy parents makes creepy students. -- nm - Inigo Feb 22, 06:29 1
  - He has a lot of special needs. I’m not sure it’s intentional or learned creepiness, but still...no huggy. -- nm - new student’s parent Feb 22, 06:45
- Wow -- nm - Pippy Feb 22, 06:17
- Uhhhh -- nm - MDH Feb 22, 06:16
- So Day 1 lesson: personal boundaries. -- nm - Reagen Feb 22, 06:15
Minnesota Timberwolves fire coach Ryan Saunders; finalizing deal with Toronto Raptors assistant Chris Finch -- (link) - Beaker Feb 22, 06:11
"We had to use things we know to figure out the problem? That's not math." -- nm - Classroom Transcripts Feb 22, 06:02 2
- Right! You can only use math things for math, not obscure trivia like number of letters in the alphabet. -- nm - Fozzie Baron Feb 22, 06:05 1
  - He was in that conversation! -- nm - Reagen Feb 22, 06:12
Chiefs have signed Sterling Skye Mahomes to a 23-year contract. She's a little undersized yet, but should grow into the role. -- nm - Fozzie Baron Feb 22, 06:01
The Best Video Game Character Bracket -- (link) - Beaker Feb 22, 06:01 5
- Bo Jackson will win every round while his competitor dives listlessly at his feet from behind. -- nm - Inigo Feb 22, 06:26
- I just don't Master Chief, the dude has the personality of paperboard -- nm - Guigue Feb 22, 06:19 1
  - (goes below) -- nm - Guigue Feb 22, 06:19
- Damn. Master Chief (1) vs Commander Shepard (16) in the first round? -- nm - Shaun Feb 22, 06:16 1
  - Chief caught a break with The Oxen in the 8/9 match. Had it been Dysentery that'd be all he wrote. -- nm - Fozzie Baron Feb 22, 06:28
Weekend Viewing - actually saw Nomadland IN THEATRE!!! A - thought provoking. - JenBro Feb 22, 05:58 11
- Scotties tournament, Interstellar rewatch -- nm - mud Feb 22, 07:48
- Monster Hunter: C-, first few episodes of New Amsterdam: B+ -- nm* - Shaun Feb 22, 06:40
- Some movie about the Countess of Bathory C-, I Care A Lot B, SNL -eh. - Pippy Feb 22, 06:27 1
  - also Nightstalker. Very chilling BUT they dragged it out. 2 episodes would have covered it. -- nm - Pippy Feb 22, 07:28
- Tribes of Europa (NF). B. - decline Feb 22, 06:17
- Lupin: B/B+. Entertaining and at times clever but a little unsatisfying. -- nm - Fozzie Baron Feb 22, 06:12 2
  - Most important thing I learned from the credits: French has words with three consecutive E's. - Fozzie Baron Feb 22, 06:22 1
    - What's the big deal? -- nm - Hawaii Feb 22, 07:04
- Devil in a Blue Dress: A-; WandaVision A; The 100 season 5 epis 7-8 B; 3 epis of The Expanse season 2: B+ -- nm* - Beaker Feb 22, 06:00 2
  - You're right that Devil in a Blue Dress is criminally underrated. - Inigo Feb 22, 06:12 1
    - "she's got $7,000 Mouse!" "Oh my God, oh my gosh" that line cracks me up -- nm - Beaker Feb 22, 06:14
After that NewsMax interview where the host walked off, that defamation lawsuit warms my heart - Will Hunting Feb 22, 05:56
TV PSA: Neighborhood, Raw, Ellen's Game of Games, Bachelor, 911, All American, Bob Hearts Abishola, Black Lightning, All Rise, Snowpiercer, Wall, -- nm - Beaker Feb 22, 05:50 2
- UK gets WILTY and new series of Unforgotten -- nm - LMS Feb 22, 07:10
- 911 Lone Star, Good Doctor, Bull, Independent Lens, “Mr. SOUL!” (PBS), Beartown (HBO), The Investigation (HBO), other stuff -- nm - Beaker Feb 22, 05:52

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