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Hee! Bush sucked up to Trump and still doesn't get his endorsement for Texas AG. -- (link) - TWuG Jul 26, 17:18 3
- See, Ken Paxton is still under indictment. Trump loves that kind of guy. -- nm - Qale Jul 26, 17:25
- unreal -- nm - mud Jul 26, 17:25
- I think that makes him the dumbest Bush. Sorry Billy. -- nm - mafic Jul 26, 17:25
The next series of LEGO collectible Minifigs are from the Marvel D+ shows. (spoils) - TWuG Jul 26, 17:17
Two fully grown giraffes high. That’s a new way to reference a height. -- nm - Dano Jul 26, 17:07 1
- If giraffes stand on each other for extra height, do they stand on torsos or heads? -- nm - Beryllium Jul 26, 17:13
This is me on the Internet most of the time -- (link) - con_carne Jul 26, 17:02 [Image] 2
- "Zero. Like how many treats you have for me. Bitch!" -- nm - Qale Jul 26, 17:13
- Corvid Zero! Spread the word! -- nm - Beryllium Jul 26, 17:05
Surfing competition on the same day that a typhoon is slated to hit Japan? YES PLEASE! -- nm - Mop Jul 26, 16:49 2
- The libertarian Free State of Florida wins their first gold metal -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 26, 18:02
- Pointe Break 2 -- nm - Spawn Jul 26, 16:55
So Bermuda might have earned someone a boat-load of points in the Olympics Pool -- nm - Mop Jul 26, 16:47 10
- Darn, I knew I needed an Atlantic/ish island nation, I may hsve picked the wrong one. -- nm - . Jul 26, 16:54 7
  - They're not even a real country. What's next, Quebec gets its own team? - Baron of the Rings Jul 26, 17:01 6
    - And when is Portugal gonna come through for me, huh? -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jul 26, 17:18 2
      - footbal!!! -- nm - ronoldo Jul 26, 17:22
      - Word!!! -- nm - Strongbad Jul 26, 17:20
    - Doesn’t Hong Kong have one? -- nm - spamlet Jul 26, 17:03 2
      - And Aruba and Puerto Rico and a few other non-independent entities. -- nm - Baron of the Rings Jul 26, 17:08 1
        
        Guam -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 26, 18:03
- Nobody took them, but that's great. - Baron of the Rings Jul 26, 16:50 1
  - extremely cool. most nations cannot claim 50% or more of their team won a medal -- nm - Peglegpete Jul 26, 17:21
"The same people who claim China developed COVID-19 in a lab are developing COVID-19 variants in their unvaccinated bodies." -- nm - con_carne Jul 26, 16:45
Well that’s a first. Struck a bird during takeoff and back on the ground. - spamlet Jul 26, 16:28 8
- We stopped climbing and that seemed odd but never flew from here before so thought maybe it was SOP. - spamlet Jul 26, 16:30 7
  - And now back to terminal. The engine didn’t seem on fire so hopefully that’s a good sign. -- nm - spamlet Jul 26, 16:38 6
    - And we’re deplaning for reals. -- (edited) - spamlet Jul 26, 16:47 1
      - You don't really wanna go to Florida anyway. -- nm - Qale Jul 26, 17:19
    - yikes, glad you got back down safely. -- nm - znufrii Jul 26, 16:46 3
      - There’s a group of three kids flying unaccompanied in the row across. The oldest kid is maybe 10 and trying to keep it together. -- nm - spamlet Jul 26, 16:48 2
        
        Eesh. -- nm - znufrii Jul 26, 16:51 1
        
        They’ve taken them off the plane but we’re still on (for now) -- nm - spamlet Jul 26, 16:57
Shopping list left in a trolley -- (link) - LMS Jul 26, 16:15
I vote to have all sports competitions commentated on by Irish people - Reagen Jul 26, 16:02 5
- Eh, I'll take Aussies and a random Finn. -- nm - . Jul 26, 16:55
- Seconded. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jul 26, 16:41
- find me some Irish broadcasters who are NOT REDHEADS. -- nm - NBC Jul 26, 16:19 1
  - -20 SB Points -- nm - Strongbad Jul 26, 17:20
- That reminded me of "...from the depths of Hell!!!" -- (link) - Dano Jul 26, 16:09 [youtube]
How noiseless props are made and used in movies. -- (link) - Mop Jul 26, 15:53 [youtube] 1
- Neat! And also an indication that I don't really want to get into filmmaking (without a massive budget for experts :) ) -- nm - Beryllium Jul 26, 16:08
"People who have been in close contact with someone who has COVID-19 are not required to quarantine if they have been fully vaccinated - JaxSean Jul 26, 15:48 8
- Isn't that kind of the point of being vaccinated? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jul 26, 16:09 2
  - The broader point is that you're likely to be a bit less of a superspreader, yes. But to a narrower point, the purpose of vaccination is to - Beryllium Jul 26, 16:14
  - Yes. -- nm - MDH Jul 26, 16:10
- It’s because the chances of you having it are so low that the quarantine is overkill. -- nm - spamlet Jul 26, 15:54 4
  - I thought the vaccine wouldn't really help people NOT get it, only that it would lessen the effects vastly. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 26, 16:13 2
    - The overwhelming majority of vaccinated people won’t get it. - mafic Jul 26, 17:24
    - It preps your body to nuke the invaders before they gain any appreciable hold. - Baron of the Rings Jul 26, 16:18
  - Indeed. The odds of a false positive are likely higher. -- nm - Baron of the Rings Jul 26, 16:11
Old: final notice to renew your auto warranty. New: Your student loan forgiveness has been approved :/ -- nm - Meg Jul 26, 15:47 2
- If you haven't paid that off by now, your not gonna -- nm - JaxSean Jul 26, 16:14 1
  - I guess I should ask the amount of this outstanding loan :/ -- nm - Meg Jul 26, 17:05
One plus about the Tahoe is that car seat installation is a snap. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 26, 15:43
It pisses me off that Boone will be fired this season. - Jovian Jul 26, 15:40 1
- Agreed -- nm - Krusty Jul 26, 17:23
It rained in LA today. This is highly unusual for July. It was 3x the old record for this date. We are going to set a record for July rainfall -- (edited) - jnine Jul 26, 15:38 1
- It was just enough to make the roads slippery down here. Not much more than a heavy mist. -- nm - Meg Jul 26, 15:43
Warner Brothers/DC: Specialist, Digital Content Editor job -- (link) - Remlik Jul 26, 15:32 1
- Turns out maybe laying everyone off wasn't such a good idea. -- nm - Mop Jul 26, 15:34
Is it just me, or do these mink look suspiciously like assholes? -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 26, 14:49 4
- there were stories last year about this at mink farms -- nm - Peglegpete Jul 26, 15:13 2
  - Holland or Belgium destroyed their entire fur industry because their minks developed a varient that was transmitted to their handlers -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 26, 15:47 1
    - I also remember reading about some mink ranches here in the US getting it. -- nm - Peglegpete Jul 26, 15:56
- all of the mustelids are assholes on some level. -- nm - Reagen Jul 26, 14:51
Any idea what kind of beetle this is? -- (pic) - znufrii Jul 26, 14:31 [Attachment] 11
- Potato beetle, maybe -- nm - TWuG Jul 26, 14:39
- False Potato Beetle. -- nm - Dark Callisto Jul 26, 14:36 6
  - Is that the same as a "Colorado Potato Beetle?" -- (link) - JaxSean Jul 26, 14:59 1
    - Looks similar but I think the one in the original pic has spots that match more closely with a false potato beetle -- nm - Beryllium Jul 26, 15:45
  - Wow - what would the Nooklings give you for THAT?!?! -- nm - Dean Winchester Jul 26, 14:53 1
    - Not enough! -- nm - Dark Callisto Jul 26, 15:48
  - I am impressed. -- nm - znufrii Jul 26, 14:53
  - wow, good call! -- nm - prayformojo Jul 26, 14:43
- Ooh, I've seen one of those before (albeit deceased) -- nm - Beryllium Jul 26, 14:35 2
  - oh, maybe a bit different - the shell design doesn't match exactly -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 26, 14:37 [flickr] 1
    - ^ internet suggests this one is some kind of ten-lined june beetle -- nm - Beryllium Jul 26, 14:39
Memphis has moved up from 17 to 10 and is apparently interested in moving up further. -- nm - Volnelk Jul 26, 14:23
While watching cycling, I heard the name Pidcock so much that it lost all meaning. - David Jul 26, 14:15 11
- Anyway, when I checked out cycling, I was just surprised at how much free advertising Peloton was getting. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 26, 14:24 4
  - It's not free. They're a paid sponsor. -- nm - David Jul 26, 14:49 3
    - No, I mean, it was being used legitimately as an actual term of cycling. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 26, 14:50 2
      - Ah, gotcha. -- nm - David Jul 26, 15:14
      - I saw Peloton open up for Repechage at ACL in 2007 -- nm - Reagen Jul 26, 15:02
- In grade 4 I had a friend with the surname Pidcock, and he lived near Pidcock road -- nm - Beryllium Jul 26, 14:22 2
  - For a minute I thought I had misremembered and that it was actually called Pidcock Avenue, but maps confirms it was Pidcock Road. phew. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 26, 14:47 1
    - Don't cross the Pidcocks -- nm - budice Jul 26, 14:56
- I thought I had enough with Titmus the night before, but the Pidcock count was off the charts -- nm - crash davis Jul 26, 14:17 2
  - Ah, Abi... (And we share a birthday) -- nm* - budice Jul 26, 14:22
  - Kim's gonna divorce me over this. -- nm - David Jul 26, 14:20
the Vatican's real life Godfather 3 as trial begins on massive investment fraud by a Cardinal and others -- (link) - zeitgeist Jul 26, 14:13
Announcer: "We now take you to the women's 57kg gold medal judo bout at historic Nippon Budokan". crash "Alexa, play Live At Budokan by Cheap Trick" -- nm - crash davis Jul 26, 14:13
Tesla had a good quarter - TWuG Jul 26, 14:06
I do not want adult Calvin and Hobbes. - Krusty Jul 26, 13:33 39
- It will be issue #1 in Oxymoron Comics -- nm - con_carne Jul 26, 14:32
- why not let the creatives Breathed and Watterson do what they want? -- nm - Remlik Jul 26, 14:07 13
  - Because Han. Shot. FIRST. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jul 26, 17:38
  - lemme guess, you took James Caan's side in Misery? -- nm - crash davis Jul 26, 14:15 1
    - Kathy Bates would have hated Star Wars Last Jedi and the new He-man show. -- nm - Remlik Jul 26, 14:20
  - My understanding is it's not Watterson doing the work but Breathed. -- (edited) - Krusty Jul 26, 14:13 3
    - Watterson has approved this. He doesn't approve anything he doesn't like. The strip still exists. But the strip isn't being made anymore. -- nm - Remlik Jul 26, 14:18 2
      - Yeah, he's as famously resistant to selling out as anyone in cartooning. If he's OK with it, I'm no one to judge. -- nm - Reagen Jul 26, 14:28 1
        
        He could have millions if he's license these characters. And he simply won't do it. nm - Dean Winchester Jul 26, 14:29
  - Isn't that what people said about George Lucas? -- nm - Dean Winchester Jul 26, 14:08 5
    - A somewhat convincing argument could be made that the prequels were better than the sequels. -- nm - Spawn Jul 26, 14:48 3
      - But still no where approaching the originals, yes? -- nm - Dean Winchester Jul 26, 14:51 1
        
        Of course not! -- nm - Spawn Jul 26, 15:06
      - ! ! -- nm - mud Jul 26, 14:51
    - or Gene Roddenberry. OR Dave Filinoi, Kathleen Kennedy and others. -- nm - Remlik Jul 26, 14:19
- agreed -- nm - mud Jul 26, 13:49
- 2-1 adult Calvin and Steve Dallas have a lot in common -- nm - rollo Jul 26, 13:45
- Eh. Live and let live. I'll probably never see them anyway. Even if I do, the memories of the originals are all still locked. -- nm - VMan Jul 26, 13:43 16
  - Calvin being a child is such a major part of the strip. - Krusty Jul 26, 13:47 15
    - I don't mind Calvin growing up - but if he grows up to be a cynical douchebag (ya know....me) that will be horrible. - Dean Winchester Jul 26, 14:02 14
      - A redditor made it and it's pretty incredible. -- (link) - Dean Winchester Jul 26, 14:03 13
        
        More stuff for Krusty not to read -- (link) - JD Jul 26, 15:05
        
        OMG. As I finished it, Logan surprised me, coming out of his room when I thought he was with Amy, and told me about HS orientation. - Spawn Jul 26, 14:55 7
        
        HS?!?!? -- nm - Krusty Jul 26, 15:04 5
        
        Yeah. Three hour orientation today. Tomorrow he gets to go back and wander/memorize his class locations. - Spawn Jul 26, 15:06 4
        
        I felt the first feelings of "old" when the phrase "You're a parent of a High Schooler" was said out loud. - JaxSean Jul 26, 15:45
        
        Jebus. -- (edited) - Krusty Jul 26, 15:24
        
        Dude - I just moved my two into an apartment this weekend. nm - Dean Winchester Jul 26, 15:08 1
        
        Shutupshutupshutup -- nm - Spawn Jul 26, 15:12
        
        Dang - perfect timing. -- nm - Dean Winchester Jul 26, 15:02
        
        Yeah, I'm not reading that. -- nm - Krusty Jul 26, 14:11 1
        
        Suit yourself. It totally works for me..and like pmb said - a bit dusty. -- nm - Dean Winchester Jul 26, 14:21
        
        Jebus it's dusty in here. -- nm - pmb Jul 26, 14:08 1
        
        Right?? -- nm - Dean Winchester Jul 26, 14:09
- Are we cool with race swapped The Wonder Years? - IAmQale Jul 26, 13:37 1
  - I don't care if they're all aliens. - Krusty Jul 26, 13:39
- I'll give Breathed some leeway, especially with Watterson's blessing. But very little leeway - Hobbes needs to stay Hobbes and not - Dean Winchester Jul 26, 13:35 2
  - I don't like what I'm reading. Hobbes is now a part of Bloom County?!? WTF? -- (link) - Krusty Jul 26, 13:38
  - Hobbes has been in the strip for a while now, since June 6th, I think. -- (link) - mara Jul 26, 13:37
Article: Mayor warns that COVID-19 cases are spiking. Reply: I wonder if it's the vaccine causing it?! -- nm - David Jul 26, 13:33 3
- Nah. It’s probably concussions. -- nm - IAmQale Jul 26, 13:37 1
  - poor znu -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 26, 13:52
- *headdesk* -- nm - znufrii Jul 26, 13:35
Thats a big puppy -- (link) - Jovian Jul 26, 13:32 7
- are we certain that this bear wants to return to the wild? perhaps it likes the pampered life -- nm - crash davis Jul 26, 13:56
- eve if that bear is tame, that'd take a certain amount of courage. -- nm - prayformojo Jul 26, 13:37 4
  - And then the bear ate the monkey! -- nm - Dano Jul 26, 14:51 1
    - 👍👍👍 -- nm - prayformojo Jul 26, 15:43
  - even a swipe with a paw done playfully could permanently mark you as Clan of the Cave Bear -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 26, 14:01
  - Just dont watch The Edge or The Revenant prior to -- nm - Jovian Jul 26, 13:42
- ahhhh -- nm - Andie Jul 26, 13:33
Another Dee Gees video from the Foo Fighters. Shadow Dancing. -- (link) - Mop Jul 26, 13:29 [youtube] 6
- Finally! - Spawn Jul 26, 15:07
- I'm seeing them Sunday. Do we think they do a Dee Gees set? -- nm - pmb Jul 26, 14:01 3
  - They are here. They did one song at MSG. -- nm - jnine Jul 26, 16:27
  - Original plan was Dee Gees opening, so hopefully. -- nm - Spawn Jul 26, 16:09
  - I hope they do. Looks like it could be a lot of fun. -- nm - Mop Jul 26, 15:36
- That settles it. I am a Dee Gees fan. -- nm - crash davis Jul 26, 13:53

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