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Go Andy! Go Venus! -- nm - Dano Jun 30, 11:01
French police say they have arrested a woman suspected of causing a huge crash during the Tour de France by waving a sign in the riders' path -- nm - mara Jun 30, 10:56 1
- in a case of French irony, it was a sign about bicycle safety -- nm - crash davis Jun 30, 11:00
my company has not told people that they cannot come back to work if they are not vaccinated. But for those who aren't there will be stipulations. - Diva Jun 30, 10:46 15
- I went to a Dodger game last night and was one of about 100 people out of 48,000 wearing a mask.Being around so many people was culture shock. I'd -- (edited) - jnine Jun 30, 10:59
- Everybody trying to use the honor system on vaccinations around here. Like rolling the dice -- nm - budice Jun 30, 10:53 3
  - My cousin lives in one of those far right counties in CA where they wouldn't let you in places if you were wearing a mask. Since they lifted the mask - jnine Jun 30, 11:01 1
    - smdh -- nm - Diva Jun 30, 11:07
  - Our church is doing this also to not offend people (ugh). Masking optional but recommended for non-vaccinated. - oblique Jun 30, 10:57
- They sound like they are trying to have it both ways. - ty97 Jun 30, 10:49 2
  - Absolutely. I understand the what and why. I just wish they'd make it even harder. -- nm - Diva Jun 30, 11:00
  - you have to think also there is probably a bit of social component there (not that it may matter to people) but if you're like 1 of 10 - oblique Jun 30, 10:51
- Sounds a lot like what the university is doing. Realistically (assuming those are rapid tests), twice a week testing would catch someone - oblique Jun 30, 10:49
- i'm guessing legal had something to say on the issue.. -- nm - chicken daddy Jun 30, 10:49 1
  - yep -- nm - Diva Jun 30, 11:05
- Whoa. The rectal exams seemed a bit drastic, though. -- nm - Mop, Montreal Canadiens Fan Jun 30, 10:47 3
  - Well when the thing you're performing has SO MUCH NUDITY. -- nm - IAmQale Jun 30, 10:50
  - f*ck those a-holes. making everyone around them do all the work to get the populus safer. -- nm - Diva Jun 30, 10:50
  - The rectal exams will continue until morale improves! -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jun 30, 10:49
Cosby: Phylicia Rashad reaction -- (link) - budice Jun 30, 10:41 3
- Pretty sure I knew that she felt this way. I love her, and I guess I can see how she's blind to a good friend's bad deeds, but no ma'am, no. -- nm - ty97 Jun 30, 10:54
- Madame Defarge's list added some interesting names today. -- nm - Mop, Montreal Canadiens Fan Jun 30, 10:45
- i like all the people today pretending he was totally lying when he admitted to raping a bunch of women and that's why he's out. -- nm - chicken daddy Jun 30, 10:44
Not a lot of streaming news so far this week, so look out for something crazy to happen, like Netflix buying Disney. -- nm - Mop, Montreal Canadiens Fan Jun 30, 10:39
Zillow Listing! -- (link) - Strongbad Jun 30, 10:32 20
- So sex bed and murder shed included. Nice. -- nm - JaxSean Jun 30, 10:57 1
  - 2 apartments downstairs, steady supply of victims. -- nm - jnine Jun 30, 11:02
- I *never* would have guessed that was built in the 80s! - Cuzzin Todd Jun 30, 10:38 1
  - the tile is so recognizable -- nm - oblique Jun 30, 10:43
- Weird pond shape. Also no mention of fish in it. Pass -- nm - crash davis Jun 30, 10:37 3
  - can always stock the pond :) -- nm - decline Jun 30, 10:37 2
    - but the fish will move to the big section that is some one else's property. -- nm - crash davis Jun 30, 10:39 1
      - nevermind, I was looking at the wrong thing -- nm - crash davis Jun 30, 10:46
- That is an exceptionally large mirror behind the bed. -- nm - jnine Jun 30, 10:36 5
  - behind? did you miss the hanging one? -- nm - oblique Jun 30, 10:42 1
    - I did. I was looking at the skylight thinking they wanted to be seen from all over and missed that one. -- nm - jnine Jun 30, 10:55
  - You need a large one with all that exposed wood. -- nm - Baronnoo Jun 30, 10:42
  - And not one above the bed??? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jun 30, 10:39
  - Every Angle. -- nm - Strongbad Jun 30, 10:38
- 10 acres with a pond? I would totally live there - although I'd probably take those mirrors down right quick -- nm - decline Jun 30, 10:35 5
  - With a proper deep clean, I would totally live there. -- nm - Strongbad Jun 30, 10:37 4
    - You want to move up in the "Most likely to raise chickens" rankings -- nm - crash davis Jun 30, 10:48 1
      - I live in suburban Georgia... pretty high up there already! -- nm - Strongbad Jun 30, 10:53
    - also, why does the farmed portion look like a penis? -- nm - decline Jun 30, 10:41 1
      - I thought the penis was the pond -- nm - crash davis Jun 30, 10:45
New Orleans Saints signing RT Ryan Ramczyk to five-year, $96 million extension -- (link) - Beaker Jun 30, 10:27 1
- Ram Jam! Ram Jam! Ram Jam! -- nm - Baronnoo Jun 30, 10:40
I opted for Buona Beef (beef and sausage bowl). Noticed they had a meatless italian beef option now but was very surprised to learn that it is not - oblique Jun 30, 10:25 2
- do you have a gluten allergy" -- nm - crash davis Jun 30, 10:29 1
  - wife (not specifically an allergy) - oblique Jun 30, 10:38
The NSA had to release this statement today. -- (link) - Mop, Montreal Canadiens Fan Jun 30, 10:20 17
- Yesterday's statement. And he triple-downed on it after it was released on his show last night. "It doesnt prove that Biden and the NSA arent reading -- (edited) - Jovian Jun 30, 10:28 3
  - Google is the one reading your emails. And by reading, I mean using bots to scan them to sell you stuff. -- nm - IAmQale Jun 30, 10:50
  - So he's admitting Biden still has the competency to read with the intent to thwart his agenda? I guess he isn't all Sleepy Joe after all. -- nm - jnine Jun 30, 10:33
  - He has a point - Spawn Jun 30, 10:31
- He meant NASA, obvie. -- nm - Spawn Jun 30, 10:25
- "Tucker Carlson has never been an intelligence target of this Agency because he has no usable intelligence" -- nm - crash davis Jun 30, 10:24 4
  - Furthermore, nobody with any intelligence even watches Tucker Carlson. (NM) - Marlowe Jun 30, 10:35 3
    - he is the #1 watched show for MSM -- nm - Jovian Jun 30, 10:36 2
      - I don't know what MSM means, but I stand by what I said. (NM) - Marlowe Jun 30, 10:51 1
        
        main stream media -- nm - Jovian Jun 30, 12:02
- I really wish that there was a legal shitstorm that would come down on every one of these lies that come out of these people mouths - oblique Jun 30, 10:23 4
  - You’d have to prove he doesn’t believe it. It’s tough when they say so. much. crazy. shit. - spamlet Jun 30, 10:32
  - THIS -- nm - Diva Jun 30, 10:26 2
    - stalker -- nm - oblique Jun 30, 10:26 1
      - 😆 -- nm - Diva Jun 30, 10:28
- Of course they would say that -- nm - decline Jun 30, 10:21 1
  - This. Who wants to read his emails, they're in crayon. -- nm - jnine Jun 30, 10:31
another day another 182 unmarked graves found in Canada near a residential school -- (link) - Beaker Jun 30, 10:18
ADP private payrolls report for June, +692k. -- nm - znufrii Jun 30, 10:18 2
- Someone got a raise! -- nm - Spawn Jun 30, 10:35
- That sounds good. Is it in line with expectations? -- nm - crash davis Jun 30, 10:32
Andy Dick arrested in L.A. on suspicion of assault with deadly weapon -- (link) - Beaker Jun 30, 10:17 2
- I assume he was inflicting his act upon someone. -- nm - Baronnoo Jun 30, 10:43
- "The 55-year-old Road Trip actor"? How about 4 seasons of NewsRadio instead? - JaxSean Jun 30, 10:20
ST Poll: How long have I been on hold waiting to speak to a customer support supervisor at Hertz? PIRR to the closest minute without going over. - ReluctantCynic Jun 30, 10:07 8
- Spamlet wins, and Bery gets the bonus. - ReluctantCynic Jun 30, 10:30
- 31.25 min -- nm - Spawn Jun 30, 10:16
- 49 minutes. Four tries. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 30, 10:12
- 55 -- nm - mara Jun 30, 10:11
- 69 -- nm - spamlet Jun 30, 10:11
- 2.4 months -- nm - ty97 Jun 30, 10:11
- 29 minutes and three on the bonus -- nm - crash davis Jun 30, 10:10
- 42 -- nm - JaxSean Jun 30, 10:10
we're finally moving to V2 of this software, which means that ***we're no longer needing to use Internet Explorer*** to access it -- nm - prayformojo Jun 30, 10:05 18
- God I hate Edge. (most work things have moved to it from IE and it sucks.) -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jun 30, 10:14 13
  - Chrome is already installed on most systems, so I use it. Edge just another instance of it -- nm - budice Jun 30, 10:25
  - Really? Edge is Chrome. I love it's enterprise features. I use Edge for all my work stuff and Chrome for personal. -- nm - oblique Jun 30, 10:21
  - And MS is determined to force it (and Bing) on everyone that uses Windows :( -- nm - Meg Jun 30, 10:18
  - Why the hate? I use both Chrome and Edge at work and I use Edge exclusively at home. Edge just seems to be browser. No better nor worse -- nm - JD Jun 30, 10:18 9
    - Because pages won't load in it a large portion of the time that'll come right up if I try IE. Works fine on my "at home" laptop. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jun 30, 10:22 4
      - Interesting. That would indeed lead to hate. I don't remember any delays but now I'll be thinking about it -- nm - JD Jun 30, 10:24 3
        
        It's more infuriating at times than interesting, particularly as more and more things no longer work in IE at all. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jun 30, 10:25 2
        
        Oh. That's kind of one me for partially mis-reading your first post. I'm not sure that Edge is to blame for current websites not being IE compatible -- (edited) - JD Jun 30, 10:31 1
        
        The minutiae is immaterial to me. "I hate Edge" sums it up whoever or whatever is actually to blame. ;) -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jun 30, 10:36
    - Same. I'm perfectly happy with it. -- nm - pmb Jun 30, 10:19
    - It’s probably old Edge not Chromium Edge -- nm - spamlet Jun 30, 10:19 2
      - Chromium Edge is what Chrome used to be: a fast, Chromium based browser that doesn't use up many resources. - Inigo Jun 30, 10:28 1
        
        Yup. I use it on my PC for most everything. -- nm - spamlet Jun 30, 10:35
- Our main CRM still uses IE. -- nm - spamlet Jun 30, 10:11
- 5/3 has a banking app we use to scan checks that requires IE still. *sigh* -- nm - oblique Jun 30, 10:08 1
  - same -- nm - Max Jun 30, 10:13
- We still have apps that require IE. We also have apps that dont work with IE -- nm - budice Jun 30, 10:06
Um, what the fuck? -- (link) - Beryllium Jun 30, 09:55 1
- We posted the exact same tweet -- nm - MDH Jun 30, 09:55
Wtf is this Bill Cosby news. - colin Jun 30, 09:54 13
- he served 3 years of his 3-10 year sentence, so there's that -- nm - decline Jun 30, 10:07 3
  - That was my first thought. Plus, you know, the Constitution. -- nm - mara Jun 30, 10:12 2
    - Also, Castor is the lawyer mocked for his performance during Trump's 2nd impeachment. His promise (while DA) not to prosecute Cosby in 2005 is why this happened -- nm* - decline Jun 30, 10:16 1
      - oh yeah, I remember him. He suuuuuucked... -- nm - Diva Jun 30, 10:28
- Him and Kevin Spacey are working on a buddy comedy movie -- nm - Beaker Jun 30, 10:03 3
  - For a comedy movie, thats pretty dark -- nm - budice Jun 30, 10:05
  - Or Jello pudding commercial -- nm - eag Jun 30, 10:04
  - 2005 called, they are very interested. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 30, 10:04
- yeah, that's pretty effed up -- nm - decline Jun 30, 09:56
- Bill Cosby's conviction overturned by PA Supreme Court, will be released from jail immediately. -- (link) - MDH Jun 30, 09:55 3
  - AP link -- (link) - budice Jun 30, 09:57
  - Apparently because the DA broke one of its deals... hmm. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 30, 09:56 1
    - reply: "Our justice system would be even worse if it is not held accountable for deals it makes. This is the ugly side of our free society" -- nm - JaxSean Jun 30, 10:16
I just got the deuxieme dose et il ne semble pas y avoir d'effets secondaires... Tabarnak! -- nm - Reagen Jun 30, 09:53 5
- *smiling cat in a beret emoji* -- nm - crash davis Jun 30, 10:08
- Crap. Reagen is broken. -- nm - Krusty Jun 30, 09:55 3
  - See! They want to make us all French pansies! -- nm - Anti-vaxxers Jun 30, 10:22
  - They gave him the dose that was labelled in French -- nm - Beryllium Jun 30, 09:57 1
    - Get the man some English beer quick! -- nm - Krusty Jun 30, 10:01
Interesting point (and I agree on the first part) -- (link) - Reagen Jun 30, 09:50 1
- The BOE is the worst in a sea of bad political appointments. -- nm - Krusty Jun 30, 10:09
I have my re-booked Kansas reservation on hold. I *know* the minute I pull the trigger AA will mess with it again. - Meg Jun 30, 09:50 1
- not if you book today! (Schedule changes run on weekends :) -- nm - ty97 Jun 30, 09:53
heh the cornyness of this is off the charts, but love it. - Jovian Jun 30, 09:49 2
- Corny but fun. I like it. -- nm - Krusty Jun 30, 10:02
- I belong in the air -- (link) - JD Jun 30, 09:57 [youtube]
Max is totally imagining me naked. - colin Jun 30, 09:46
FCC “Stir/Shaken” technology will be implemented at the end of the month (hey, that’s today!) to block phone number spoofing. -- (link) - Mop, Montreal Canadiens Fan Jun 30, 09:45 1
- 'bout time! -- nm - Meg Jun 30, 09:47
Happy 35th Anniversary to Madonna's True Blue album -- nm - MDH Jun 30, 09:44 4
- one of my favorite MTV things ever was the true blue video contest. -- nm - amanda jeans Jun 30, 09:53 1
  - for the youngins. -- (link) - amanda jeans Jun 30, 09:55
- Wow you're old -- nm - ty97 Jun 30, 09:45 1
  - I was born after the album came out. The day the single was released. :-) -- nm - MDH Jun 30, 09:50
3-year sentence for Allison Mack -- nm - Jovian Jun 30, 09:44 10
- The other day Bery made a reference I didn't get (par for the course). I went to wikipedia to see if it was a Battlestar Galactica reference [slight BSG spoiler] -- (edited) - crash davis Jun 30, 09:49 7
  - Yup. She married Mack to get a green card. -- nm - David Jun 30, 09:56
  - I've never seen BSG. What was the reference? -- nm - Beryllium Jun 30, 09:53 5
    - You said something about a Number Five. I went to see if it was BSG because I forgot what # Tricia Helfer was. I can't believe you've never seen BSG -- nm - crash davis Jun 30, 09:57 4
      - Number Five is a character in Umbrella Academy -- nm - Beryllium Jun 30, 09:58 3
        
        Number Five is alive -- (link) - JD Jun 30, 10:06 [youtube]
        
        And I can't believe that YOU forgot Six -- nm - Beryllium Jun 30, 09:58 1
        
        Yes, I can't believe I forgot it myself. -- nm - crash davis Jun 30, 10:01
- snitches get preferential treatment and reduced sentences -- nm - decline Jun 30, 09:47
- She'll be very popular. -- nm - David Jun 30, 09:45
"I'm Miss Minutes, and it's my job to catch you up before you stand trial for your crimes!" -- nm - David Jun 30, 09:44
Trevor Bauer under investigation for sexual assault. -- (link) - jnine Jun 30, 09:42

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