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Italy will ban unvaccinated people from some public places, including indoor restaurants, gyms, cinemas, museums, and sporting events.... -- (link) - Remlik Jul 22, 11:43 1
- good. -- nm - Diva Jul 22, 11:45
Welcome to the dead cap era - Flyers send GhostBear to Arizona ... plus two picks. For nothing. -- (link) - Reagen Jul 22, 11:42 2
- This is what I hate the most about sports caps. -- nm - David Jul 22, 11:43 1
  - Teams always assume the cap will climb. Covid doesn’t like assumptions. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 22, 11:44
"Dream Hunter", tell me, how do I hunt down the dream of having a quarter million dollars to burn? -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 22, 11:40
The worst part of soccer isn't the lack of scoring -- although I was 75 minutes into the second match before one occurred -- it's the flopping. - David Jul 22, 11:25 13
- I think they so rarely get any call they weren't going to get anyway or substantial pause in momentum it just seems counterproductive. - Max Jul 22, 11:28 4
  - There were some notable moments in the Euros where a player *should* have flopped because they were clearly fouled but didn't get the call. -- nm - Reagen Jul 22, 11:32 2
    - And that's it. So many fouls don't get called, unless you hit the ground. And I've mentioned it before... - Dean Winchester Jul 22, 11:40 1
      - I played through everything, except the time heat made me pass out on the field. -- nm - Max Jul 22, 12:52
  - It's one of the refreshing part about watching the women play as they tend to play through it which leads to some amazing plays -- nm - JD Jul 22, 11:31
- And let me guess: he rolled around on the grass clutching his head like he'd been shot in the face. - Baron of the Rings Jul 22, 11:27 1
  - It was a South Korean player right by the goal. He acted like the leg had been amputated. - David Jul 22, 11:37
- The flopping is absurd, yes, but do we not realize how much that happens in the NFL? -- nm - ty97 Jul 22, 11:26 5
  - You mean NBA, right? Every NFL hit is like a 25 MPH car crash. -- nm - David Jul 22, 11:34 2
    - Kickers and some QBs flop, but yeah, the rest not so much. -- nm - Inigo Jul 22, 11:40 1
      - I get a kicker…you can’t touch them so they’ll exaggerate any touch. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 22, 11:43
  - UEFA Soccer LEagues have penalties for flopping -- nm - stim-mie Jul 22, 11:28
  - Sports Center has recurring segment: Phantom of the Floppera for the NBA -- nm - JD Jul 22, 11:28
Return to office update: vaccines will be required. - znufrii Jul 22, 11:25
Last of Us: Anna Torv has been cast for HBO show -- (link) - Remlik Jul 22, 10:55 2
- The Many of Us. -- nm - Mop Jul 22, 11:13 1
  - "video game with large list of characters has sprawling cast" -- nm - Reagen Jul 22, 11:34
Whoa - NFL teams could end up with forfeit if their unvaccinated players have an outbreak that cancels a game that can't be rescheduled. -- (link) - Dean Winchester Jul 22, 10:44 15
- The bigger news is that the forfeiting team is responsible for any financial losses. - the wrong element Jul 22, 11:24 3
  - Your move, Village Idiot Cole Beasley. -- nm - David Jul 22, 11:25 1
    - he'll retire and get a sports job at Newsmax -- nm - Remlik Jul 22, 11:42
  - And the NFL is prepared to bring in specially trained Hollywood accountants for just such an occasion. -- nm - Baron of the Rings Jul 22, 11:25
- I don't even think a potential reschedule should be on the table. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jul 22, 11:13 4
  - agree. -- nm - Diva Jul 22, 11:20
  - It sounds like it basically isn't. - the wrong element Jul 22, 11:18 1
    - Yeah, a Yankees scenario where the sick are already vaccinated…you get a pass. You not vaccinated, boo hoo, take an L -- nm* - Will Hunting Jul 22, 11:42
  - right -- nm - prayformojo Jul 22, 11:15
- I never want to hear an unvaccinated player talk about their desire to win. - the wrong element Jul 22, 11:08
- Excellent -- nm - ty97 Jul 22, 11:06
- lame, but still better than now. ad in a second and third forfeit. make them know it will really hurt. -- nm* - Peglegpete Jul 22, 11:06
- SEC commissioner said similar. About fucking time. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 22, 11:02
- good. -- nm - Remlik Jul 22, 10:52
- good. -- nm - Diva Jul 22, 10:52
omglol heck no -- (link) - Jovian Jul 22, 10:31 1
- Nailed it! -- nm - Carnie Jul 22, 11:15
“FBI failed to fully investigate Kavanaugh allegations” - znufrii Jul 22, 10:26 1
- durr. -- nm - Diva Jul 22, 10:31
Catholic priest who wants to prevent Biden from receiving communion resigns in sex scanda -- (link) - Remlik Jul 22, 10:00 12
- Ok - so when you KNOW you have this shit in your closet? Why do you put yourself out there for something like this? - Dean Winchester Jul 22, 10:31 4
  - THIS IS WHAT I'M SAYING! -- nm - Mop Jul 22, 11:14
  - Well, he announced the final vote at the conference, which he had to do as the general secretary of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. It's reported he supported it. -- nm* - mara Jul 22, 11:07
  - pride and arrogance. -- nm - Remlik Jul 22, 10:56
  - THIS. Jesus. -- nm - loosilu Jul 22, 10:54
- But he still gets communion, right? -- nm - Mop Jul 22, 10:10 4
  - As it was conveyed to me, Communion is actually *for* sunners -- nm - TWuG Jul 22, 10:31 2
    - Well that explains Warren Beatty. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 22, 10:35 1
      - Stupid autocarrot -- nm - TWuG Jul 22, 10:43
  - If he goes to confession, does penance, and shows contrition, yes. -- nm - Baron of the Rings Jul 22, 10:14
- Should priests not be using Grindr? is that bad? -- nm - Jovian Jul 22, 10:06 1
  - Don't be a Kiddr, oh wait, that's probably still OK -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 22, 10:31
So Everton appointed a 'good' manager that the fanbase hates, has a first team player under police investigation, is in Florida (!) for an exhibition - JD Jul 22, 09:48 1
- Spurs new football director is from Juventus. Apparently his move is to negotiate with as many as ten teams at the same time to find good deals. - Volnelk Jul 22, 10:49
Question of the day -- (pic) - prayformojo Jul 22, 09:36 [Attachment] 14
- Answer (spoiler) -- (pic) - prayformojo Jul 22, 09:37 [Attachment] 13
  - Bonus question -- (pic) - prayformojo Jul 22, 09:37 [Attachment] 12
    - Answer (spoiler) -- (pic) - prayformojo Jul 22, 09:38 [Attachment] 11
      - 2/2 -- nm - loosilu Jul 22, 12:18
      - 2/2 -- nm - znufrii Jul 22, 10:36
      - 2/2 -- nm - Peglegpete Jul 22, 10:16
      - 2/2 -- nm - Meg Jul 22, 09:54
      - 2/2, educated guess on the 1st one. - JaxSean Jul 22, 09:54 4
        
        (spoilers) - Baron of the Rings Jul 22, 10:17 3
        
        *blank stare* -- nm - JaxSean Jul 22, 10:53 2
        
        *smh* -- (pic) - Baron of the Rings Jul 22, 11:07 [Attachment] 1
        
        AH - JaxSean Jul 22, 11:45
      - 2/2 -- nm - JD Jul 22, 09:41
      - 2/2 -- nm - Diva Jul 22, 09:41
TV networks just threw Nielsen under the bus. -- (link) - Mop Jul 22, 09:36
The last few days, I've been listening to The Smithereens 11. Such a great album. Not a weak song on it IMO -- nm - prayformojo Jul 22, 09:33 1
- current earworms: Big Town (Big Dish), Tougher Than the Rest (Springsteen), I Still Believe (The Call) -- (link) - Max Jul 22, 10:46 [youtube]
DTL: whew, the guy I was gonna YOLO instead of Jones went from 25 to 11 in the latest update so it doesn’t look people are dropping off. -- nm - spamlet Jul 22, 09:26 4
- Yeah, you're already committed. Take a shot at the big guy. Also, win #1! Wooooo! - Baron of the Rings Jul 22, 09:48
- Don’t drop anything until after tomorrow’s games. You’ll find out tomorrow what the tie is for everyone. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 22, 09:43 2
  - But if I have two guys that are 7 and 11 overall recruited I’m gonna have a ton of ties, right? -- nm - spamlet Jul 22, 09:48 1
    - Likely but sometimes, you just gotta roll with them if you don’t have other options. You won’t know options till tomorrow because you might be maxed - Will Hunting Jul 22, 09:50
LOL ! - Jovian Jul 22, 09:18 1
- "What are you doing?" "*Throwing* stuff!" -- nm - Max Jul 22, 09:20
McCartney just (like 15 minutes ago) released a new video with Beck, and it's fantastic. -- (link) - loosilu Jul 22, 09:18 [youtube] 8
- this does nothing for me. Is that supposed to be Beck doing the dancing? I prefer Chris Walken/Daft Punk. -- nm - mud Jul 22, 10:31 2
  - I guess it's supposed to be Beck but I'm sure it's not him. -- nm - loosilu Jul 22, 10:56
  - you mean fatboy slim? -- nm - Beryllium Jul 22, 10:45
- Whoa -- nm - mara Jul 22, 09:55
- oh that's excellent. Using Paul from the McCartney II era for the McCartney III reimagine album he just put out. -- nm - Remlik Jul 22, 09:35
- Aspects of that reminded me of at least five other videos. - Baron of the Rings Jul 22, 09:32 2
  - Weapon of Choice was my first thought. -- nm - loosilu Jul 22, 10:55
  - one of the instruments reminded me of The Prisoner -- nm - Beryllium Jul 22, 10:41
Last 7 days of positive cases in the county where I work: 15, 26, 9, 12, 22, 58, 51. -- nm - mara Jul 22, 09:13 5
- Is that bad? That looks bad. -- nm - Mop Jul 22, 09:37
- Good job! - Signed, Florida -- nm - JaxSean Jul 22, 09:30
- We only track weekly now because Kane is our mayor, but we went from 198 active cases last week to 414 this week. -- nm - Dark Callisto Jul 22, 09:20 1
  - oh boy... -- nm - Diva Jul 22, 09:36
- dang -- nm - prayformojo Jul 22, 09:17
Severe Internet Website Issues - Apparent DNS Failures impacting . SouthWest, UPS, FedEx, Akamai, etc -- (link*) - stim-mie Jul 22, 09:08 12
- Akamai is the origin of the problem, apparently. -- (link) - mara Jul 22, 09:42
- Yup, and Fidelity. They say I can log in (didn't try) but their home page with the news and market links is down. -- nm - Meg Jul 22, 09:25 1
  - And they lied :/ -- nm - Meg Jul 22, 09:38
- CNBC Reporting -- (link) - stim-mie Jul 22, 09:22
- But I really need Fedex today. -- nm - Max Jul 22, 09:18
- Downdetector lists dozens of websites including Amazon, Costco, etc -- (link) - stim-mie Jul 22, 09:14 3
  - that's a distressing chart.. the reliance on just a few providers for most of the world's services is a huge problem. -- nm - chicken daddy Jul 22, 09:45 2
    - When stuff like this happens I assume it is either Akamai (it was) or Cloudfare (not this time) - oblique Jul 22, 09:54
    - It's an Oligopy world, we're just living in it. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 22, 09:47
- It's always DNS -- nm - oblique Jul 22, 09:10
- olympics.com is acting weird.. wonder if that's related -- nm - chicken daddy Jul 22, 09:09 1
  - Seeing reports of it on reddit tech subreddits -- (link) - oblique Jul 22, 09:12
fyi, CBC has some really good olympics coverage. also, mulvad is 5 euros a month and has really good connectivity to canada. -- nm - chicken daddy Jul 22, 09:06 1
- I'm glad you added that about VPN, because... yeah. Growing up in Canada, it was clear the CBC Olympic coverage was always superior. - Mop Jul 22, 09:28
SEC Network has proposed a system of 4 pods of 4 if Texas and Oklahoma join the SEC -- (link) - stim-mie Jul 22, 08:57 8
- Pac 12 should reach out to Boise ST ,BYU and maybe the Kansas schools -- nm - eag Jul 22, 09:58 2
  - Kansas is nowhere near the Pacific! -- nm - Baron of the Rings Jul 22, 10:31 1
    - And how close are Nortre Dame and Louisville to the Atlantic Coast? -- nm* - eag Jul 22, 10:38
- As a condition of joining, you must win your conference once in a decade. Sorry Texas, get *ucked. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 22, 09:49
- Hahahah Tennessee. Cut off from both of their rivals. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 22, 09:44
- Are you trying to completely kill the Big XII? Because this would do it. -- nm - Baron of the Rings Jul 22, 09:26
- Good luck Missouri. -- nm - spamlet Jul 22, 09:16
- 8 pods of 2. -- nm - Spawn Jul 22, 08:59
i'm with Mel.. i like The Village, it was a good movie with some great elements. i also like Lady in the Water - chicken daddy Jul 22, 08:54 23
- Village had fantastic tension and cinematography. Lady had the cinematography but was forgettable otherwise. -- nm - Max Jul 22, 09:10
- A twist in LitW would have been a welcome respite from the shitty dialogue. -- nm - Reagen Jul 22, 09:07 3
  - 'struth -- nm - mud Jul 22, 09:08
  - (and M Night's rampaging ego in the script) -- nm - Reagen Jul 22, 09:08 1
    - oh yeah, forgot he was in that... -- nm - chicken daddy Jul 22, 09:09
- I was not a fan of The Village but liked Lady In The Water quite a lot. That made The Happening hurt even more. - Baron of the Rings Jul 22, 09:02 5
  - Old is the first M. Night I've had the slightest inkling to see since The Lady in .. -- nm - mud Jul 22, 09:13 4
    - The Happening is wildly entertaining, but not for the reasons he thought it would be. - Reagen Jul 22, 09:24 1
      - agreed. (I went 1st weekend but didnt wanna) -- nm - mud Jul 22, 09:29
    - I will need WoM to be good. That dude has burned me one-too-many times. I see that we got Pig and I am hoping the theater is empty enough to go - Spawn Jul 22, 09:17 1
      - I have a good feeling about Pig. I adored Mandy, although that is obviously a completely different ..animal. -- nm - mud Jul 22, 09:21
- I like the Village but (spoils) and I never watch Lady in the Water. I probably should at some point. -- (edited) - sycor Jul 22, 09:01 1
  - yeah, 'The Village' wasn't bad. -- nm - Diva Jul 22, 09:06
- I am struggling to remember LitW...all I think of is that movie were that lady fucks the fishguy. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 22, 08:57 7
  - Splash 2 -- nm - Max Jul 22, 09:11
  - spoiler! -- (edited) - mud Jul 22, 09:04
  - *blink* *blink* Did not realize you were around! -- (link) - Spawn Jul 22, 09:01 [Backboard] 3
    - I wonder where tubshark ended up? I literally think I threw him away... - Mel Profit Jul 22, 09:05 2
      - There should be a song written for this. - Spawn Jul 22, 09:08 1
        
        by zappa? -- (link) - mud Jul 22, 09:10 [youtube]
  - which is also a great movie.. i should double feature those, maybe do a triple with Creature From the Black Lagoon -- nm - chicken daddy Jul 22, 08:59
- I loved The Village and I really liked Lady in the Water as well. -- nm - Dean Winchester Jul 22, 08:56
- Also...you could (Village spoilers) - Mel Profit Jul 22, 08:56
B2 has an aroma redolent of motor oil and burnt rubber, with notes of tobacco, leather and wet stone. Pairs well with chicken. -- nm* - znufrii Jul 22, 08:48 7
- horse blanket is my favorite tasting note... - chicken daddy Jul 22, 08:51 1
  - *smh* -- nm - znufrii Jul 22, 09:06
- Sounds like an expensive whiskey. -- nm - sycor Jul 22, 08:50 4
  - I'll take a double. -- nm - Meg Jul 22, 08:52 3
    - No guns on the bar, lady. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 22, 08:53 2
      - Meg doesn't need guns. She is the weapon. -- nm - sycor Jul 22, 09:00 1
        
        true...guns are just for if she's in a hurry. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 22, 09:06

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