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Flying cicada caused driver to crash car into pole, Cincinnati police say -- (link) - decline Jun 8, 08:38
I just got an email from someone at the company who makes our merch. Job title? "MASTER MACGYVERER". - Andie Jun 8, 08:35 1
- heh I like it -- nm - JaxSean Jun 8, 08:35
Wait, ProPublica wasn't guessing? Someone gave them tax return data on several dozen people for the last 15 years? -- (edited) - spamlet Jun 8, 08:32 3
- How would this proposal work in a down market year I wonder? - ty97 Jun 8, 08:38 2
  - Therein lies one of the big problems with non-realized gains and losses. -- nm - pmb Jun 8, 08:39
  - Given the stupidity of whomever designed the GILTI provisions, probably no benefit and then paying again on the way up. -- nm - spamlet Jun 8, 08:39
OPERATION SAVE THE BEER -- (link) - mud Jun 8, 08:30
Guys do I want to see Patton Oswalt in Philly 10/9 or Pittsburgh on 12/10? -- nm - amanda jeans Jun 8, 08:25 2
- yes -- nm - Spawn Jun 8, 08:29
- Depends on the covid numbers at the time, so, both? -- nm - Beryllium Jun 8, 08:26
Canadian PSA: Record breaking Lotto Max tonight. $70M with 47 $1M draws (lump sum, tax free) -- nm - Beaker Jun 8, 08:12 2
- Come on free ticket! Do your work. -- nm - Shaun Jun 8, 08:36
- After getting two free plays 2 draws ago, I got zilch on the last draw, so I think I'm out for this one. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 8, 08:19
Concert Tour Announcements in full swing this week: Kesha, Counting Crowes, EWF, Judas Priest, Deadmau5 -- nm - MDH Jun 8, 08:09 16
- EMF or EWF? - JaxSean Jun 8, 08:12 7
  - Earth Wind and Fire -- nm - MDH Jun 8, 08:14 4
    - Where is their show on Sept 21st? -- nm - Spawn Jun 8, 08:15 2
      - Saenger Theater, New Orleans -- nm - MDH Jun 8, 08:16 1
        
        Thanks. A bit too far for a road trip! -- nm - Spawn Jun 8, 08:16
    - Ah thanks. Pass. (I'd go see EMF though...) :D -- nm - JaxSean Jun 8, 08:15
  - Unbelievable - Spawn Jun 8, 08:14 1
    - What the **** waaaas that? -- nm - Barontronic Jun 8, 08:17
- Additional nights for The Eagles, Foo Fighters in NYC, Springsteen on Broadway returning -- nm - MDH Jun 8, 08:10 4
  - Eagles???? -- nm - zunk xometimes Jun 8, 08:38
  - Clive Davis and De Blasio promoting a "Return to NYC" Mega-Concert for August 2021. The list of rumored stars is INSANE. -- nm - MDH Jun 8, 08:11 2
    - I don't know country/this seems stacked for a 5k person venue: Blake Shelton w/ Lindsay Ell, Tracy Byrd, Martina McBride, Trace Adkins -- nm - MDH Jun 8, 08:15 1
      - Most of those names are legacy stars. I think Blake is the only current “star” -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 8, 08:30
- That is an... eclectic line-up. -- nm - Spawn Jun 8, 08:10 2
  - Apologies, just different acts announcing tours -- nm - MDH Jun 8, 08:11 1
    - Sorry, meant to post that as, "Spawn's First Thought". -- nm - Spawn Jun 8, 08:11
STPOLL: Do you wear a watch / fitness tracker? If so, do you wear it when bathing, or do you remove it? -- nm - JaxSean Jun 8, 08:04 17
- Apple Watch that gets charged while I shower. -- nm - spamlet Jun 8, 08:40 1
  - and the charger doesn't electrocute you ? -- nm - decline Jun 8, 08:45
- Just an app on my phone to track bike rides, otherwise no. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jun 8, 08:39
- I have 3-4 in a rotation. I take them off in water. -- nm - zunk xometimes Jun 8, 08:37
- I wear a watch but never in the shower. -- nm - Krusty Jun 8, 08:36
- Yes. Even though it is technically waterproof, I take it off. -- nm - Shaun Jun 8, 08:35
- Yes, cloth band waterproof, so in the shower it goes. -- nm - Reagen Jun 8, 08:28
- Yes (Mi Band 6). I take it off to shower. -- nm - oblique Jun 8, 08:19
- Yes, Apple Watch. I remove it. -- nm - Dark Callisto Jun 8, 08:18
- A few years back I had a fitbit I wore all the time. Went swimming with it on and it's now just a bracelet -- nm - decline Jun 8, 08:10
- Fitbit. Usually wear it in the shower, but i take it off to sleep. -- nm - Andie Jun 8, 08:07 4
  - Why don't you use it to track your sleep? -- nm - JaxSean Jun 8, 08:30 3
    - If i wear it *all* the time, my skin gets irritated. I would rather it track activity than sleep. -- nm* - Andie Jun 8, 08:31 2
      - I do the same and for the same reason. -- nm - Dark Callisto Jun 8, 08:33 1
        
        interesting -- nm - JaxSean Jun 8, 08:33
- Fitness tracker. I take it off. -- nm* - znufrii Jun 8, 08:06
- yes, remove. - tRuMaN Jun 8, 08:06
Logan has not reacted well not Pfizer #2. Shot Sunday, bad Monday and Monday night. =0( -- nm - Spawn Jun 8, 07:53 14
- I'm not entirely looking forward to potentially feeling like crap after stab #2. -- nm - Shaun Jun 8, 08:05 6
  - Water and Tylenol -- nm - Strongbad, Champ Champ Jun 8, 09:59
  - I felt fine on both Pfzier jabs -- nm - Remlik Jun 8, 08:18
  - My own dataset, but more people I know felt fine than felt crappy after either shot. -- nm - JaxSean Jun 8, 08:06 3
    - The CDC summary reports I've seen support that. Fatigue and headache are fairly common. Other reactions much less so. -- nm - Barontronic Jun 8, 08:11 2
      - I was majorly fatigued after my first shot the next day. -- nm - Shaun Jun 8, 08:36
      - I think I read that kids are reacting more than adults? -- nm - Spawn Jun 8, 08:16
- :-( I felt like crap for about 36 hours after my second shot. Hopefully he feels better as the day goes on. -- nm - Krusty Jun 8, 08:00
- Been there. Poor guy. -- nm - jnine Jun 8, 07:58
- Aw poor big guy. It does that sometimes. Tuesday should be much better. -- nm - Barontronic Jun 8, 07:55
- :( -- nm - budice Jun 8, 07:55
- hope he feels better fast -- nm - prayformojo Jun 8, 07:55 2
  - Last night after dinner he went up to his room and I went up the office and we both passed out for a few hours. - Spawn Jun 8, 08:02 1
    - :-[ -- nm - mud Jun 8, 08:07
The ‘Loki’ Entrance Survey -- (link) - Beaker Jun 8, 07:51
A reminder of why I miss seeing Ward Burton and the Cat car in NASCAR these days. -- (link) - ReluctantCynic Jun 8, 07:44
We may or may not have watched the first 8 minutes of In The Heights multiple times last night :) Also, after the first watching YouTube suggested an - oblique Jun 8, 07:41 4
- Also - there are apparently a lot of shots in the opening of the actual business owners and workers in Washington Heights on the job. - Dean Winchester Jun 8, 08:29 1
  - Love that! -- nm - Krusty Jun 8, 08:37
- I love how many people he's come across in his orbit over the last 15 years who they put in the movie. Re$iduals forever. - Diva Jun 8, 08:13
- You're making moves. You're making deals, but guess what? - Barontronic Jun 8, 07:57
crazy picture of a tornado outside of Denver yesterday -- (link) - decline Jun 8, 07:40 3
- I vividly remember when we lived in Colorado Springs, standing on the back deck and seeing 3 tornadoes coming over the mountains. - JaxSean Jun 8, 07:58
- Another angle -- (link) - Beryllium Jun 8, 07:49
- wow, I've never seen something like this -- nm - prayformojo Jun 8, 07:41
ST Poll: Have you ever been to an outdoor funeral at the gravesite like they do in movies and TV? - Krusty Jun 8, 07:36 21
- No. I hate funerals too. Like, all of it. Please don’t have one for me. -- nm - Qale Jun 8, 07:59 1
  - My dad had zero ceremony. That was a mistake. For me, i want more of a wake, I guess. Maybe even an STravaganza type. -- nm - Spawn Jun 8, 08:03
- A lot more yes answers than I expected. Very interesting. -- nm - Krusty Jun 8, 07:58
- yes -- nm - tRuMaN Jun 8, 07:57
- Of course. -- nm - Spawn Jun 8, 07:51
- Yes, for my stepfather. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 8, 07:47 1
  - (Actually, it was two locations - a viewing indoors and then more stuff at the gravesite) -- nm - Beryllium Jun 8, 07:48
- Yep, twice. Both times for a pagan-oriented service for the deceased. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jun 8, 07:46
- Yes, for BadDaddy :( -- nm - Meg Jun 8, 07:44 4
  - Here - -- (pic) - Meg Jun 8, 07:55 [Attachment] 3
    - 😢 -- nm - JaxSean Jun 8, 08:21
    - <3 -- nm - Andie Jun 8, 07:56 1
      - I had hoped a couple of other Slackers would be there but I was our sole representative. -- nm - Meg Jun 8, 08:06
- My wife (as a minister)has done a few of these....but usually the outdoor ones are very small and just a couple of close family or friends. -- nm - Walt_Disney Jun 8, 07:44
- follow-up question: If yes, did you notice a man in a trench coat and sunglasses standing a way aways on a hill - prayformojo Jun 8, 07:40 1
  - Maybe this guy? -- (pic) - zunk xometimes Jun 8, 07:46 [Attachment]
- Yes but it's been a while. Probably one of my grandparents back around when I was in high school/early college -- nm - oblique Jun 8, 07:39 1
  - Yeah, same with me. Most recent ones have been at a church or funeral home, followed by the ceremony at the gravesite. -- nm - JaxSean Jun 8, 07:42
- Yes. For my grandmother - decline Jun 8, 07:39
- no. -- nm - Andie Jun 8, 07:38
- Yes -- nm - Dano Jun 8, 07:38
AND my day has turned around. Through a work connection, ik am now getting Pfizer shot #2 at 12:30. Score. -- nm - Andie Jun 8, 07:28 10
- sweet -- nm - mud Jun 8, 08:08
- I mean yay! But also now you’ve doomed tonight. -- nm - Qale Jun 8, 08:00
- Hooray!!! -- nm - Walt_Disney Jun 8, 07:44
- ohhhhhhhh nice -- nm - amanda's borrowed jeans Jun 8, 07:40
- Nice!! -- nm - Krusty Jun 8, 07:36
- Remember to wear loose fitting pants. -- nm - Barontronic Jun 8, 07:34
- nice to see the Andi-fication of Tuesday is well underway -- nm - prayformojo Jun 8, 07:31
- nice, Just remember that if you experience fuzzy vision after the shot it may not be due to the vaccine... -- nm - decline Jun 8, 07:31
- Nice! -- nm - znufrii Jun 8, 07:28 1
  - I had an appointment for June 24th, so this is better! -- nm - Andie Jun 8, 07:29
From yesterday’s Apple event I wonder if iPad getting Translate will allow selection of Live Text from manga. That’d be pretty sweet. -- nm - Qale Jun 8, 07:25
Catching up on the backboards: Thanks for the links, Reagen. And I'm now planning "Meg Day" in Portland a year from now. -- (edited) - ReluctantCynic Jun 8, 07:23 2
- Yay! I actually switched to the shorter cruise so I could spend 3 nights in Portland - arrive Friday, leave Monday. - Meg Jun 8, 07:39 1
  - We'll hope for streets crowded with sailors! ;-) ;-) - ReluctantCynic Jun 8, 07:43
Reminder: Today Amazon is turning on Sidewalk - if you don't want to be part of the mesh network you need to actively turn it off -- (link) - decline Jun 8, 07:05 1
- And even if you’ve turned it off in the past, double check. Sometimes it will get “reset” to the default (on). -- nm - spamlet Jun 8, 07:06
Haw haw -- (link) - Reagen Jun 8, 07:00
If one wants to argue for a wealth tax, go for it. However, this framing of 'true tax rate' is bizarre -- (link) - ty97 Jun 8, 06:55 15
- They’re setting up for arguing that unrealized gains should be taxed, not necessarily wealth. -- nm - spamlet Jun 8, 07:06 12
  - And this. He does make a reference to taxes as a percentage of total wealth in the thread, but that’s not the point of the article. -- nm - znufrii Jun 8, 07:09 11
    - I’d also be curious to see a comparison of how that might work, compared to a wealth tax. -- nm - znufrii Jun 8, 07:16 2
      - It’d likely be constitutional for one. - spamlet Jun 8, 07:17 1
        
        Fair point. -- nm - znufrii Jun 8, 07:20
    - I mean, if he wants to go with this, every homeowner in the country would get *crushed* this past year - Will Hunting Jun 8, 07:15 7
      - Obviously they’re talking about wealth on a scale far greater than home ownership. -- (edited) - znufrii Jun 8, 07:19 6
        
        Obviously they’re using scare tactics to rally the troops to hate the rich who passively grew their wealth but aren’t selling to realize their gains. - Will Hunting Jun 8, 07:26 5
        
        I would be skeptical of any proposal that would include taxing unrealized gains at the full cap gains rate, but there’s a lot of room for a lower rate -- (edited) - znufrii Jun 8, 07:34 3
        
        You could even think of it as just making estimated annual tax payments on your future capital gains, instead of a tax in and of itself. -- nm* - znufrii Jun 8, 08:12 2
        
        It would also partially resolve the issue of trying to eliminate stepped-up basis when assets are inherited. -- nm* - znufrii Jun 8, 08:17 1
        
        I’m putting way too much thought into this, aren’t I? -- nm - znufrii Jun 8, 08:20
        
        And then there's the issue of large privately held companies vs. public ones. Sure, Forbes et al. make an estimate of value but they're still guessing - Barontronic Jun 8, 07:33
- Yeah, mine would only be about 1 or 2% as well. -- nm - Reagen Jun 8, 07:03
- I love his conclusion that this “might not be optimal” - znufrii Jun 8, 06:57
If you thought Gov. Abbott of Texas was done trying to kill his constituents, ho ho, you are so wrong. Signs ban on vaccine requirements by businesses - Qale Jun 8, 06:50
Oh, this is sneaky. The FBI developed a messaging app and then covertly distributed it to a bunch of gangs and organized crime groups. Operation Trojan Shield -- (link*) - decline Jun 8, 06:26 5
- "it's this great new app NotACop." -- nm - Reagen Jun 8, 06:32 1
  - "Fone By Irene" is a funny name for an app! -- nm - TWuG Jun 8, 06:35
- Next time on: The Wire -- nm - prayformojo Jun 8, 06:30 2
  - I can finally retire, baby! -- nm - Fuzzy Dunlop Jun 8, 06:37
  - Wow. I just can’t… I mean… Wow. -- nm - Elliot Stabler Jun 8, 06:35
Six Jacksonville area schools renamed from Confederate sources -- (link) - Reagen Jun 8, 06:24 8
- The anti-maskers are like, "We want to protest, too!" -- nm* - Inigo Jun 8, 06:39
- Now about that name Jacksonville.... -- nm - Barontronic Jun 8, 06:35 3
  - It's better than Cowford -- nm - JaxSean Jun 8, 06:46 2
    - Is it? -- nm - oblique Jun 8, 06:48 1
      - I guess technically it was Cow Ford. And yes. Yes it is. -- nm - JaxSean, changing name to CowSean Jun 8, 06:52
- I was pleasantly surprised when it passed. However, they didn't have the picture of the dividing areas when they were voting. -- (link) - JaxSean Jun 8, 06:31
- I misread this at first and thought "yeah, that's pretty Florida" -- nm - ty97 Jun 8, 06:27
- Repeat: *FROM* -- nm - rollo Jun 8, 06:26
TV PSA: NHL, NBA, America's Got Talent, LEGO Masters, WWE NXT, Flash, Deadliest Catch, Superman & Lois, Mental Samurai, New Amsterdam, Cruel Summer, -- nm - Beaker Jun 8, 06:24 6
- So My Utube TV no longer carries our CW station. But the shows are in my library the day after they air. -- nm - Spawn Jun 8, 07:50 4
  - only Arrowverse show I watch now is Legends. The rest all got even too bad for me to watch, while Legends remains delightful -- nm - Beaker Jun 8, 07:52 3
    - I fast forward through most of Flash these days. But I do watch Superman & Lois. -- nm - Spawn Jun 8, 07:58 2
      - I didn't even start. Supergirl already did all the villains esentially -- nm - Beaker Jun 8, 08:11 1
        
        So far I have really enjoyed it. spoil - Spawn Jun 8, 08:14
- Mr Inbetween, The Amusement Park (Shudder), otehr stuff -- nm - Beaker Jun 8, 06:25

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