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“the Biden administration is anti-woman and anti-science.” -- nm - mud Feb 28, 14:02 2
- "the Biden administration is glue and we are rubber." -- nm - Beryllium Feb 28, 14:17
- If they say it, it must be true. -- nm - Mop Feb 28, 14:05
Here's a cool way to sanitize stadium seats. -- (link) - David Feb 28, 13:58
Watching a few minutes of chicago med ... asking myself "Does nobody make it in this hospital??" -- nm - Beryllium Feb 28, 13:47
Reminder: GGs 8pm ET/5pm PT on NBC -- nm - budice Feb 28, 13:31 1
- my picks - mud Feb 28, 14:19
In the absence of Trump, the nutbags want DeSantis -- (link) - Reagen Feb 28, 12:44 8
- (CPAC straw, Orlando) -- nm - mud Feb 28, 13:11
- With Trump in the field it's: Trump 55%, DeSantis 21%, and Noem 4%. -- nm - MDH Feb 28, 13:08 4
  - lol at Cruz and Hawley doing anything to get the MAGA folks in 2024 and....nope -- nm - Tim Feb 28, 13:09 3
    - There are two more CPACs between now and then. -- nm - mara Feb 28, 13:53
    - and Cruz won the CPAC straw poll in 2016 -- nm - Dano Feb 28, 13:41 1
      - It helped that the vote occurred in Cancun. -- nm - David Feb 28, 13:42
- It makes sense. DeSantis's whole approach the past several years has been to achieve this. -- nm - ty97 Feb 28, 12:47 1
  - Yeah, that's been his plan all along. -- nm - David Feb 28, 12:53
Verizon: Turn off 5G to save battery -- (link) - GregW Feb 28, 12:36
What do you call someone who keeps track of vaccination doses? -- (edited) - Beryllium Feb 28, 12:24 1
- There's no pill to cure what ills you for breaking out with that...but I'm going to need an aspirin -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 28, 12:29
This guy (Hojgaard) is 19-years-old (some say the best teen golfer ATM) and while this shot tracker looks like crap, it's miles better than I can do - Flavorize Feb 28, 12:07 [Attachment] 2
- How did he hit backwards on shot 4? -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 28, 12:20 1
  - It looks like the ball might have rolled back down the green on shots 3 and 4, so he had to go around to get a better angle? -- nm - rollo Feb 28, 13:47
wait, so is Trump's inauguration March 4th or March 20th? These folks need to coordinate, methinks .. -- (link) - mud Feb 28, 11:27 4
- I like that Biden is in on it. -- nm - Todd Manning Feb 28, 13:04
- March 4th is when all the illegal democrats are rounded up and marched forth to prison, donald is made president for life on the 20th -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 28, 11:31 2
  - (and the Pope) -- nm - Spawn Feb 28, 11:43 1
    - Pope has immunity, out of jurisdiction and if you mess with the pope, Steven Colbert will have some harsh jokes to say... -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 28, 12:26
Wanda vision speculation - Beryllium Feb 28, 11:17 3
- WandaVision thought I had (spoils) - pmb Feb 28, 14:48 2
  - No. Spoil - Spawn Feb 28, 15:26 1
    - Right (spoil) - Beryllium Feb 28, 15:32
Imagine thinking 50 weeks ago that the future of box office would rely on Tom & Jerry and The Croods 2. -- nm - David Feb 28, 11:17 7
- suck it, Christopher Nolan! -- nm - Tim Feb 28, 11:18 6
  - now I want to see "Christopher Nolan's Tom & Jerry" -- nm - prayformojo Feb 28, 11:22 5
    - "Tom & Jerry inversion" -- nm - budice Feb 28, 11:23 4
      - Tom gets stuck in a time loop trying to kill Jerry. -- nm - LMS Feb 28, 11:38 3
        
        But it turns out to be a dream -- nm - Beryllium Feb 28, 11:45 2
        
        Is Tommy Westphall the dreamer? -- nm - TWuG Feb 28, 11:54 1
        
        Not yet. We have to go deeper for that. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 28, 12:02
Butler beats Villanova 4 out of 5 times in Hinkle Fieldhouse.... -- nm - Remlik Feb 28, 11:11
as you know, I live in the middle of nowhere. my costco pal is visiting next week. what do I need? -- nm - amanda jeans Feb 28, 11:11 11
- Mini egg rolls, comes in two bags to a box ( you can share) street corn dip, candied pecans, choc almonds? -- nm - Pippy Feb 28, 14:37
- Bounty napkins. -- nm - Todd Manning Feb 28, 13:06
- The pail of potato salad and vat of cheese balls -- nm - VMan Feb 28, 13:06
- Is this like a Costco delivery service? -- nm - budice Feb 28, 11:37 1
  - sasha's coming to town!!!! someone remember to post SASHA WEEKEND!!! for me on weekend plans poll. -- nm - amanda jeans Feb 28, 11:39
- Peanut butter, crackers, deodorant, cheerios, and TP. -- nm - Flavorize Feb 28, 11:35
- Toilet paper and paper towels? -- nm - Krusty Feb 28, 11:33
- vodka (their french stuff is probably relabeled grey goose) simple mills almond flour crackers... - zeitgeist Feb 28, 11:30 3
  - I also live in PA, where costco doesn't sell booze. -- nm - amanda jeans Feb 28, 11:38 2
    - Oil of Olay is on sale....Kirkland "he" laundry pods are highly rated -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 28, 12:31 1
      - Cat Litter. -- nm - Meg Feb 28, 12:39
Eat your heart out, Marilyn Monroe. -- (link) - David Feb 28, 11:06 1
- happy birthday to American Psycho Sprinkler, Mister Moisture Lance Archer. -- nm - Tim Feb 28, 11:07
So you can still get a year of CBS All Access/Paramount+ for $50 with code PARAMOUNTPLUS. -- nm - Tim Feb 28, 11:03 7
- do you have link? -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 28, 12:42 2
  - Don't need one, just put that code in when you go to sign up/pay. -- nm - Tim Feb 28, 12:45 1
    - blerg, doesnt work for current subscribers. -- (edited) - tRuMaN Feb 28, 13:39
- this is what I did. I would always rather pay up front, espesh if disco. -- nm - amanda jeans Feb 28, 11:10
- 18months for $25 -- (link) - budice Feb 28, 11:07 [Backboard] 2
  - was a loophole that's kaput. -- nm - Tim Feb 28, 11:07 1
    - It was beautiful while it lasted. I’m glad I didn’t pay full price. Twilight Zone is disappointing -- nm - Pippy Feb 28, 14:38
Should I do a self-reply to indicate that the pandemic is why I haven't been eating in at restaurants, or is it clear enough? -- (link) - Beryllium Feb 28, 11:01 3
- Looks mighty tasty! Also--the wrap sorta looks like a watermelon skin -- nm - Flavorize Feb 28, 11:34 1
  - Indeed it does, I noticed that when I was processing it :) Decided not to deemphasize that aspect. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 28, 15:33
- sure why not -- nm - mud Feb 28, 11:16
Between some awful stereotyping on my part and too much MCU, every time I see a Tuchel interview, I think that Hydra is just openly running Chelsea -- nm - JD Feb 28, 10:48 2
- I mean, considering the players he leaves on the bench, you are probably correct. -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 28, 12:42
- You may not be wrong. -- nm - Volnelk Feb 28, 10:52
Started listening to the podcast The Battersea Poltergeist which is a docudrama starring Dafne Keen, Toby Jones and Burn Gorman. -- nm - LMS Feb 28, 10:41
rumor: Amber Heard has been future endeavored from Aquaman 2 -- nm - Remlik Feb 28, 10:37 11
- I would have fired her for acting so poorly, and I mean actual acting. -- nm - . Feb 28, 14:00 1
  - She is almost unrecognizable in The Stand and her acting is horrible -- nm - Pippy Feb 28, 14:40
- inaccurate. -- (link) - budice Feb 28, 10:39 8
  - I read on its wikipedia page that she was fired March, 2021. - . Feb 28, 13:50
  - It's inevitable. Even WB wouldn't screw this up. -- nm - David Feb 28, 11:06 5
    - It's moot. No one wants Aquaman 2 -- nm - rollo Feb 28, 13:35 1
      - *ding* -- nm - mud Feb 28, 13:39
    - Did she get more toxic in the last week? -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 28, 11:22 2
      - She is currently running a smear campaign on WB to keep the gig. - David Feb 28, 11:31 1
        
        Given how bad WB is, it’s likely both deserve each other. - Will Hunting Feb 28, 11:39
  - thank you! -- nm - Remlik Feb 28, 10:46
Someone dreamed a new religion that most of us can get behind.... -- (pic) - zeitgeist Feb 28, 09:56 [Attachment] 2
- I mean... you can’t prove it’s wrong! -- nm - Mop Feb 28, 10:27
- You could make a religion out of that. - IAmQale Feb 28, 10:13
Apparently Henry Cavill and Gina Carano dated for a hot second, and people are calling him out for it. Make of that what you will. -- nm - Mop Feb 28, 09:51 10
- Need I remind you all that he once made a movie with Armie Hammer?! -- nm - Mop Feb 28, 10:25 3
  - A rich tapestry of morons, I should clarify. -- nm - Reagen Feb 28, 10:27 2
    - ST is one of the obscene drawings on the edge of the tapestry, isn't it? -- nm - Beryllium Feb 28, 10:29 1
      - (The ones that people find quaintly amusing centuries later) -- nm - Beryllium Feb 28, 10:29
- Now we have to monitor what our exes end up becoming? Yeah, no. -- nm* - IAmQale Feb 28, 10:17 1
  - Yup -- nm - spamlet Feb 28, 12:08
- the internet is a rich tapestry. Not every campaign is worth noting. -- nm - Reagen Feb 28, 10:17
- Nothing? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Feb 28, 10:07
- "People are dumb and do dumb things." -- nm - Beryllium Feb 28, 09:57
- She kinda looks like him. Some people date versions of themselves. -- nm - Flavorize Feb 28, 09:57
A short video about the major overhaul at LAX. - Mop Feb 28, 09:46 [youtube]
vid: -- (link) - mud Feb 28, 09:39 2
- I don’t know how, but I’m sure a cat was behind this. -- nm* - Mop Feb 28, 09:45
- One thing I do not want to own is a pool. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 28, 09:41
explain the efficacy rating of the vax, how did they derive 95% - zeitgeist Feb 28, 09:38 1
- They compare it to a placebo control group. - znufrii Feb 28, 09:42
Debra Messing ! -- (link) - mud Feb 28, 09:32
I imagine mafic can share some wisdom about this giant gold mine in Australia. -- (link) - Mop Feb 28, 09:30 [youtube]
Tom & Jerry $13.7M weeknd -- (link) - budice Feb 28, 09:29 5
- That’s a huge number. Wow. -- nm - MDH Feb 28, 09:48 3
  - The death of theaters is much ado about nothing. -- nm - IAmQale Feb 28, 10:15
  - As discussed in this week’s episode of— Oh shit, I better publish it! -- nm - Mop Feb 28, 09:49 1
    - *refreshes email* *kicks dirt* -- nm - Krusty Feb 28, 10:59
- *pops champagne corks.* BONUSES FOR EVERYONE! Well... the boss, anyway. -- nm - AMC Theaters Feb 28, 09:31
For the Miyazaki fans: Adam Savage one day builds - Studio Ghibili Diorama -- (link) - Mop Feb 28, 09:28 [youtube]
Mop: Something’s gonna have to change. That’s unsustainable. Creators hate editors. A creator that IS also their editor? That’s not good. - IAmQale Feb 28, 08:55 20
- YEAH! Fuck the editor! -- nm - Mop Feb 28, 09:13 2
  - RELEASE THE MOP CUT! -- nm - Spawn Feb 28, 09:19 1
    - Sounds like a type of haircut -- nm - eag Feb 28, 09:28
- I fear that one day David and I will kill Mop because of how much time he spends editing us to sound good. -- nm - Tim Feb 28, 09:00 16
  - About 4 hours editing last night. Might be a record. I don’t know what I’m supposed to do now. Fold laundry? -- nm - Mop Feb 28, 09:25 15
    - Qale is right. We should all organize our thoughts as you did this week. -- nm - Dark Callisto Feb 28, 09:27 14
      - I never get tired of hearing that I’m right. - IAmQale Feb 28, 10:19
      - staying on message to a related topic is a tough thing to do when starting out. The other thing is stop using insider industry terms w/o explanation.. - Remlik Feb 28, 09:53 11
        
        I feel like I've explained what it is so often that I'm wasting 60 seconds every time I do. -- nm - David Feb 28, 10:29 10
        
        I totally get that. Totally. But every time you say it. I wonder what the hell you're talking about. - Remlik Feb 28, 10:36 9
        
        It's ARPU, average revenue per user. But that's a good note, thanks. - David Feb 28, 10:39 8
        
        Yeah, I never knew what it meant when our CEO talked about it in town halls, either. - Dark Callisto Feb 28, 12:02
        
        ARPU is the mascot for Streaming Into the Void. -- nm - IAmQale Feb 28, 11:47 4
        
        It's no Rudiger. -- nm - David Feb 28, 13:51
        
        “Arpoo!” “Are not!” -- nm - znufrii Feb 28, 13:30
        
        ARPUD2 where are you -- nm - rollo Feb 28, 13:24
        
        ARPU merch items! -- nm - Remlik Feb 28, 12:02
        
        "So the Average Revenue Per User or ARPU....blah blah blah" - Remlik Feb 28, 10:48 1
        
        This is useful, thanks. -- nm - David Feb 28, 10:52
      - We’re definitely getting there. -- nm - Mop Feb 28, 09:28
A very long running list of all the ways Brexit has screwed the UK, just as remainders predicted -- (link) - TWuG Feb 28, 08:45 2
- It does seem that those most impacted are those who voted against BREXIT: London, Scotland, Northern Ireland. - Mop Feb 28, 09:23
- Consequences: None. -- nm - Mop Feb 28, 09:14
I'm all for bipartisanship. But that's a pipe dream in today's political culture. I'm over the way Democrats are being criticized for not getting repug -- (edited) - Diva Feb 28, 08:03 17
- heh, "repugs" -- nm - mud Feb 28, 08:50
- Agreed. We need to think of bipartisanship as legislation that is in the interests of both parties' *voters*, not both parties' legislators. By that - mara Feb 28, 08:32 7
  - Outstanding point -- nm - rollo Feb 28, 13:17
  - solid -- nm - Max Feb 28, 11:48
  - Yes, this is very good -- nm - ty97 Feb 28, 10:54
  - This, exactly. -- nm - Dark Callisto Feb 28, 08:45
  - I think Biden has done a fairly good job emphasizing this so far. -- nm - znufrii Feb 28, 08:33 2
    - Let's see him force through some legislation by killing the filibuster, then. - TWuG Feb 28, 08:37 1
      - they'll need more than 50 then. There will always be a Manchin and/or a Sinema. -- nm - mud Feb 28, 08:48
- The republicans only call for bipartisanship when the democrats have power. They don't give a shit about coming to an agreement with the dems when -- (edited) - Krusty Feb 28, 08:26 3
  - Yep -- nm - Diva Feb 28, 09:38
  - And there’s a bunch of relics who remember how things “used to work” and fall for it every time. -- nm - Tim Feb 28, 08:34 1
    - This! Stop playing by old standards and rules. No one else is! -- nm - Pippy Feb 28, 14:53
- Hard to be bipartisan when for all intents and purposes there’s apparently only one party left that’s even capable of governing. -- nm* - znufrii Feb 28, 08:11
- Amen, everyone knew where politicians stood before it was proposed. Battles are won before fought.Minimum Wage will be good midterm issue. Other battles on hold until Covid stim passes (USPS, etc) -- nm* - budice Feb 28, 08:10 2
  - Then they better take care of it quick, becausecthe USPS thing is damaging a lot of small businesses. -- nm - . Feb 28, 13:54
  - The pandemic should have been #1 priority by every single member of government top to bottom. It never was. But the next best time to start is now. -- nm - IAmQale Feb 28, 08:49
Pujols! -- nm* - budice Feb 28, 07:48

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