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Police in pursuit of a stolen police car. Suspect is apparently singing over the police frequency. -- (link) - Meg May 8, 19:45 3
- Driver stopped on the freeway just south of here, bounced out of the car and proceeded to do pushups before being taken into custody. -- nm - Meg May 8, 19:50
- Well, I guess that's one way for MC Sus to drop his first single -- nm - Beryllium May 8, 19:45 1
  - 🔥🔥🔥 -- nm - IAmQale May 8, 20:01
Reminder: Chinese Rocket re-entry set for tonight -- (link) - budice May 8, 19:40 [youtube] 5
- Welp. I had a good run. -- nm - IAmQale May 8, 20:01
- If we die tonight, we love you all. Carry on. -- nm - JaxSean May 8, 19:47
- the NBC Debris experts are ready for a road trip -- nm - Peglegpete May 8, 19:45 2
  - Oh god, what if they get superpowers? I can't stand the thought of the first real life Fantastic Four being an anchor team. - Beryllium May 8, 19:47 1
    - "WFF4, The Fantastic Four ... at Six!" -- nm - Beryllium May 8, 19:48
Ya know, if I'm in the NYPD Sergeant's Benevolent Association, I'm probably not throwing stones about people being shot in TIMES SQUARE -- (link) - ty97 May 8, 19:02 2
- The heads of the various police unions are awful people. I'd hate to be a good cop and have these guys running my union. -- nm - Krusty May 8, 19:22
- Probably the place with the most police in NYC at any time. And, like the shooting was at 7th & 44th? Hey guess what is at 7th & 43rd? -- (pic) -- (link*) - ty97 May 8, 19:03 [Attachment]
Today was fun :) -- (pic) - Beryllium May 8, 18:28 [Attachment] 6
- How can you tell the chainsaw axe murdering leather face psychos if everyone is wearing a mask -- nm - zeitgeist May 8, 19:38 1
  - *puts on a mask before entering the store* "Dammit, what's the point any more?!??" -- nm - Robber May 8, 19:41
- Nice! -- nm - Krusty May 8, 18:57
- HE'S ON A BOAT! -- nm - Mop May 8, 18:42
- Rorschach! -- nm - mud May 8, 18:32 1
  - "And I'll look down and say ... READY TO TACK" -- nm - Beryllium May 8, 19:23
Former NFL defensive end Brandon Bair saves man after fiery train crash -- (link) - Beaker May 8, 18:26 3
- Well done by him! -- nm - Krusty May 8, 19:00
- "Bair was spurned into action" That's not right... is it? -- nm - Mop May 8, 18:41 1
  - It would be a huge stretch to consider it correct. -- nm - Beryllium May 8, 19:45
Just finished Theo Fluery's book. What a total douchebag -- nm - CQ May 8, 17:49 4
- did he write a new one or is this Playing With Fire from 2009? -- nm - Beaker May 8, 18:21 1
  - Yeah, Playing with fire. -- nm - CQ May 8, 18:27
- Yup. I'm sorry he's been through a bunch of stuff he shouldn't have had to, but he's still a dick. -- nm - Reagen May 8, 17:58 1
  - (he's also anti-mask curious) -- nm - Reagen May 8, 19:13
Woman of the Year: A-; now playing: Treasure of the Sierra Madre -- nm - prayformojo May 8, 17:47 5
- In some ways the movies we chose tonight are very different. In other ways… -- nm - spamlet May 8, 19:00
- Please tell me you know who Humphrey Bogart is. -- nm - Under the Influence May 8, 18:49
- my first thought was: "that's a weird baseball movie"; but then I saw it wasn't Ender -- nm - Beaker May 8, 18:01
- You have been on fire with your selection. (NM) - Marlowe May 8, 17:57 1
  - indeed. -- nm - mud May 8, 17:58
Watching Mars Attacks! with the kid. It’s not streaming anywhere so we’re lucky I had already. - spamlet May 8, 17:40 7
- Ack ack! -- nm - Qale May 8, 18:29 4
  - I made the 2 out of 3 branches joke at dinner and she didn’t know what I was talking about. I had to educate her. - spamlet May 8, 19:10 2
    - I think it’s fine, but honestly I’ve outgrown my Tim Burton phase. -- nm - IAmQale May 8, 20:02
    - "I want the people to know .." - Beryllium May 8, 19:25
  - He just made the international sign of the donut. -- nm - Tim May 8, 18:32
- Also the military kid is a pre-famous Jack Black. -- nm - spamlet May 8, 17:41 1
  - Oh, wow, even before The Jackal. - Beryllium May 8, 19:17
Ambiance tonight with DJ Qale in the turntable room. 10e/7p. -- nm - Qale May 8, 17:19
awww, poor Bo Obama -- nm - prayformojo May 8, 15:42 4
- Did you guys hear about Buddy?? -- nm - ML May 8, 16:18 1
  - age brings low speed. -- nm - loosilu May 8, 16:20
- is there any news about Clinton's dog? -- nm - loosilu May 8, 16:15
- It's hard losing a pet. But Bo lived a great life and I'm sure the Obama family got great joy out of him. Our oldest dog will be 16 on the 18th. She - zunk xometimes May 8, 15:48
dude almost got choked to death on UFC just now -- nm - Beaker May 8, 15:41
Khan re-elected as London Mayor. -- nm - LMS May 8, 15:29 2
- awwwww, the DM readership has something to bitch about other than Meghan -- nm - loosilu May 8, 16:16
- KHAAAAAAAANNNNNNN -- nm - Reagen May 8, 15:42
I’m not even ironically interested in SNL tonight. -- nm - Volnelk May 8, 14:59 8
- I usually just watch update. Someday Colin Jost is gonna snap. -- nm - . May 8, 17:29
- Miley being on tonight is enough for me. - Jovian May 8, 15:36 2
  - same. -- nm - loosilu May 8, 16:18
  - *ding* -- nm - Spawn May 8, 15:39
- I never watched it, and Hugo Drax hosting would never ever ever convince me to do it. (NM) - Marlowe May 8, 15:29 1
  - did you not? you are missing out. Most of it is just ok. The moments of brilliance are transcendent. -- nm - loosilu May 8, 16:17
- At least this week I've heard of the musical act! -- nm - Cuzzin Todd May 8, 15:01 1
  - many musical acts got their start there, same as other late night shows. I always try to give them a chance for that reason. -- nm* - loosilu May 8, 16:22
Picking a movie to clean to is a challenge. I have to have seen it before. I have to like it, but not like it too much or else it will distract me. -- nm - Dano May 8, 14:29 3
- Decided on Friends with Benefits -- nm - Dano May 8, 14:34 1
  - Justin’s ass was too distracting. I had to go back to music. Turned on the Broadway channel on XM. -- nm - Dano May 8, 16:02
- Heat is my go-to for this -- nm - prayformojo May 8, 14:32
It occurs to me watching Woman of the Year (been hitting the TMC Classic Film Festival hard) that this might be the first time I've seen... - prayformojo May 8, 13:01 13
- are you sure? he had so many. But you would have had to watch old movies, not everyone's thing. -- nm - loosilu May 8, 16:20
- Wow. In addition to the mentioned, Old Man and the Sea is one I love. -- nm - Spawn May 8, 13:55
- Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner was incredible. Watched it for the first time this year. -- nm - MDH May 8, 13:41 1
  - His final. He died a few months before I was born, same year that was released. There was actually discussion of my name being Spencer. -- nm - Spawn May 8, 13:58
- The baseball scene from this is one of the funniest from the first 50 years of movies. - David May 8, 13:21 2
  - Loved that scene. And I've never watched Guess Who's.... -- nm - prayformojo May 8, 13:27
  - (You've never seen Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?) -- nm - David May 8, 13:23
- It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World was the only one of his I had seen for a long long long long time. I may have only seen Father of the Bride too. -- nm - Max May 8, 13:18
- I'm right there with you. I've also never seen a Katherine Hepburn film, at least not all the way through. -- nm - Reagen May 8, 13:07 4
  - The Philadelphia Story is wonderful. -- nm - kelly May 8, 19:03
  - You never watched "The African Queen" all the way through? -- nm - Under the Influence May 8, 18:48 1
    - Or any moment of it. -- nm - Reagen May 8, 19:08
  - I can check them both off cause I've seen Desk Set. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd May 8, 14:44
My gas station has bottles of Pappy and some super high end Suntori whiskies behind the counter. - spamlet May 8, 12:58 5
- For a relaxing time... -- nm - znufrii May 8, 15:01
- Probably resales? I'd love to know how much -- nm - JaxSean May 8, 14:47 3
  - $2k for the Pappy. I think the highest Suntory was $1,100. -- nm - spamlet May 8, 15:21 1
    - Crikey -- nm - JaxSean May 8, 16:56
  - Seriously, bottles listed for $200-500 are resold for $2,000-5,000 -- nm - zeitgeist May 8, 15:17
deck floor replaced as are the stairs. next job (in a couple weeks) will be the privacy wall and new fencing. Looks sooooo much better -- nm - Beaker May 8, 12:55
Scotland Election Results: SNP falls one short of majority -- (link) - budice May 8, 12:51 2
- Tell me about it... -- nm - Israel May 8, 15:18
- 2nd verse, same as the first - Reagen May 8, 12:52
"Tennessee top tackler To'o To'o transfers to Tide" -- nm - prayformojo May 8, 12:44 2
- 👏 -- nm - JD May 8, 14:51
- It’s........quite a punch in the ding ding. -- nm - Volnelk May 8, 13:50
May 8 Birthdays: David Attenborough (95), Marvin March (91), Toni Tennille (81), Beth Henley (69), Alex Van Halen (68), David Keith (67) - Max May 8, 12:24 1
- always loved Ricky's music :(( -- (link) - Peglegpete May 8, 12:29 [youtube]
St. Albans Cathedral in the UK has a new carving of a man wearing a mask. -- (link) - Peglegpete May 8, 12:23
R.I.P. Bo -- (link) - mud May 8, 12:08 2
- Damn. :-( -- nm - Krusty May 8, 12:56
- Aww, dammit. -- nm - . May 8, 12:44
TV PSA: NHL, UFC, SNL (Elon Musk and Miley Cyrus), VAX LIVE: The Concert to Reunite the World, other stuff -- nm - Beaker May 8, 11:55
Such a long long time to be gone, and a short time to be there -- nm - rollo May 8, 11:41
An "interetsing" YT vs Roku note. Each day when I turn on my TV and click YTTV it now has to load for a few seconds. It had never done that before - Spawn May 8, 11:03
Krusty alert. Kinda. -- (link) - Volnelk May 8, 10:57 2
- Interesting article. A lot of brands seem to be doing the recycled or sustainable sneaker and they sell pretty well. -- nm - Krusty May 8, 13:03
- Looks like those "animators make kid's drawings come to life" -- nm - Reagen May 8, 11:12
If you're interested in a new podcast The Lazarus Heist from BBC World Service is good. Starts about the Sony hack and expands from there. - LMS May 8, 10:40 1
- I heard about it but was waiting for someone hear to take the plunge. Thanks! -- nm - spamlet May 8, 10:46
I feel like these Nigerian prince scams would have a higher success rate if they focused exclusively on these Trumpers. I mean, Steve Bannon realized this. -- nm* - Mop May 8, 10:26 1
- Plus, their refusal to admit being wrong would be an asset for the send more money parts. -- nm - Spawn May 8, 10:48
That's an uh, interesting way for City to head into the half -- nm - JD May 8, 10:19 2
- What the hell was that PK ‘attempt’? -- nm - Will Hunting May 8, 10:20 1
  - Panenka. It works assuming the keeper is geared up to dive one way or the other. -- nm - Volnelk May 8, 10:55
I just learned of Umpire Scorecards -- (link) - JD May 8, 09:57 8
- Baseball isn't really baseball anymore, of course. But if they remove the umpires, it'll be even less so. -- nm - IAmQale May 8, 10:56
- Is there any wiggle room in the alleged accuracy scores? Or are we 100% certain when we say “missed calls”? -- nm - Mop May 8, 10:27 2
  - The FAQ describes the methodology -- (link) - JD May 8, 10:32 1
    - It seems to be there’s still a lot of subjectivity to these percentages. -- nm - Mop May 8, 10:35
- Dear Lord, that font is straight out of a 1950s textbook. -- nm - Baron Nefcy May 8, 10:09 2
  - Acre Bold. New to look old. -- nm - Reagen May 8, 10:14 1
    - They succeeded. -- nm - Baron Nefcy May 8, 11:04
- Yes, whenever the difference is more than a run in a one-run game, the losing team's fans inevitably retweet. -- nm - David May 8, 10:09
Right now, the Lakers would participate in the play-in tournament. - David May 8, 09:54 2
- Lebron got hurt and Anthony isn’t exactly been an iron man over the years. - Will Hunting May 8, 10:21 1
  - Schroder being out as well definitely isn't helping -- nm - JD May 8, 10:37
Ransomware attack shuts down pipeline system that carries 45% of east coast gasoline. -- (link) - spamlet May 8, 09:45
WTF is this commercial? -- (link) - David May 8, 09:33 [youtube] 19
- It feels like a Garfunkel and Oates sketch -- nm - TWuG May 8, 11:56
- And why is it so far left of center? Hmmm... looks like the last Google update has videos playing panes on my ST. Weird. Carry on. -- nm* - Spawn May 8, 10:50
- With an ingredient I can pronounce! -- nm - Mop May 8, 10:33
- Dude with the flower is gonna get lucky. -- nm - Dano May 8, 10:09 1
  - Dean Cain Jr. -- nm - Mop May 8, 10:33
- I haven't seen a product/jingle ad mismatch like that since WKRP. -- (link) - Baron Nefcy May 8, 10:04 [youtube] 4
  - Thank you for reminding me of this! -- nm - David May 8, 10:08 3
    - As well as Bailey Quarters. The precursor to Pam Beesly. -- nm - Spawn May 8, 10:55 2
      - Floyd on WKRP: -- (link) - mud May 8, 14:01 [youtube]
      - heh .. yeah -- nm - mud May 8, 11:50
- I appreciate Sue from the Redfin commercial for casually having a slammin' bod -- (link) - con_carne May 8, 09:56 [youtube] 2
  - and now I hate both you and David as now I think that Sue is a happy Paragard customer -- nm - JD May 8, 10:34
  - I kind of hate you as now I'm never going to be able to just kind of let that play in the mental background but instead I'll actually be watching -- nm - JD May 8, 10:01
- Now this gum ad though -- (link) - JD May 8, 09:44 [youtube] 3
  - rattling the fence did make me laugh. -- nm - Max May 8, 12:58
  - I had to stop watching halfway... -- nm - zeitgeist May 8, 10:59
  - "Yes, this is definitely what women desire" -- nm - that ad agency May 8, 09:46
- Seems pretty straightforward to me. I mean they literally spell it out for the viewer -- nm - JD May 8, 09:39
- ... a success? -- nm - Beryllium May 8, 09:36
Heh. Any weezer fans here? Or haters? -- (link) - Beryllium May 8, 09:29 12
- Grapes of Wrath, their latest, was on my contenders list for The Twenty for awhile. I decided against it getting the nod. -- (link) - IAmQale May 8, 11:00 [youtube]
- I thought you were going to post this. -- (link) - Dano May 8, 10:08 [youtube] 2
  - "2 SNL writers get into an argument. The other writers start transcribing." -- nm - Reagen May 8, 10:22
  - I'm on both sides of this "The best then the worst" and also "This is a thing people care about?" -- nm - Reagen May 8, 10:20
- Even This Is Us had a go at Weezer in a 90s flashback scene sp - con_carne May 8, 09:55
- First two albums, yes. Just about everything else, ye gods. -- nm - Reagen May 8, 09:41 6
  - nah they have some good stuff on the later albums and some trash. -- nm - Remlik May 8, 10:09 1
    - They’ve now released four albums in the last two years. The covers album was fun, but almost everything else is meh. -- nm - Tim May 8, 10:14
  - Ah, Billy Corgan syndrome of believing the hype. -- nm* - spamlet May 8, 09:52 3
    - Not really? The criticism of Pinkerton broke Rivers. -- nm - Reagen May 8, 10:15 2
      - Ah. I honestly haven’t paid much attention since the debut and figured since that was much loved he went the other way. -- nm - spamlet May 8, 10:22 1
        
        It got a critical reappraisal after Weezer went stupid. - Reagen May 8, 10:29

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