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NHL's Florida Panthers offer NIL deals to all female athletes at Florida Atlantic University -- (link) - Beaker Sep 8, 10:02
GroinyNewsNetwork: New Rob Zombie video -- (link) - JaxSean Sep 8, 10:00 [youtube]
"[Rock and Blunt's] Characters are to Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn in The African Queen as Funko Pops are to people" -- (link*) - Beryllium Sep 8, 10:00
Kenny Mayne’s Second Act -- (link) - Beaker Sep 8, 09:48 1
- “Why do you have to do the politics?” And he replied, “Because I have four daughters and a wife and I want to look at myself in the mirror.” -- nm - Beaker Sep 8, 09:51
iPhone 14 leaks -- (link) - budice Sep 8, 09:42 6
- Riding the lightning forever. -- nm - Qale Sep 8, 10:11
- Lies. It still has holes. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 8, 10:01
- Looks like an iPhone. -- nm - Mop Sep 8, 09:42 3
  - except it leaks -- nm - decline Sep 8, 09:46 2
    - That's bad. But it comes with a free Frogurt! -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Sep 8, 09:59
    - Feature not a bug. -- nm - Tenetennbaron Sep 8, 09:56
Poll #Pinball: Tell us about something rare and/or valuable that you own and cherish. - Mop Sep 8, 09:42 12
- New Mutants #98 -- nm - Volnelk Sep 8, 11:43
- I don't know how valuable it is, but it's probably rare. I love painter George Rodrigue. Before he grew in popularity... - Dark Callisto Sep 8, 10:17
- I have all five novels from author Jonathan Sexton. -- nm - Qale Sep 8, 10:12
- Three mint Liberty Head Gold Double Eagle 20$ gold coins I inherited from my father. - ReluctantCynic Sep 8, 10:11
- I'm drawing a blank here. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 8, 10:07
- Oh sure, so you can come rob us all -- nm - spamlet Sep 8, 10:07
- My wedding ring that I wear was my dad's original wedding ring (he has a new one from an anniversary). - oblique Sep 8, 10:06
- Two now-empty bourbon bottles from the 1970s -- (edited) - znufrii Sep 8, 10:00
- My Boom Blast Guitar Pedal I got last year. There are only 200 of them in the world. -- (link) - JaxSean Sep 8, 09:54
- 2009 Mike Trout Elite Extra Edition Aspirations card #’ed to 200. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 8, 09:52
- have a Mickey Mouse watch from Disney World I would of gotten there in around 1977 or so and Avengers issue #23 most expensive comic I'd bought asakid -- nm - Beaker Sep 8, 09:49
- I have a vintage Omega watch that was my father's all his life and was handed down to me. -- nm - Krusty Sep 8, 09:48
Indy City Council to vote on Mask Mandate -- nm - Remlik Sep 8, 09:40
Speaking of hospitals, Idaho is overcapacity for the first time in its history. -- (link) - loosilu Sep 8, 09:35
AA decided it was being too nice to it's passengers. -- (link) - spamlet Sep 8, 09:29 2
- It’s that much ballsier when you think about how they took a bailout last year. -- nm - David Sep 8, 09:34 1
  - If they didn't treat their passengers like dirt right after they took a bailout, they'd never be able to do it! - spamlet Sep 8, 09:37
Buying a 30-year-old cruise ship to build a floating crypto-utopia from scratch? What could possibly go wrong? -- (link*) - znufrii Sep 8, 09:29 4
- my SeaSteading community ethos would be piracy of other Seasteaders. -- nm - Beaker Sep 8, 10:09
- Peter Thiel is a troublesome spectre on humanity, but I take comfort in knowing that he'll one day end up like John McAfee. -- nm - Mop Sep 8, 09:37 1
  - When I think of peter thiel, the only image that comes to mind is that of Josef Virek. Immense wealth, but confined to a massive life support tank - Beryllium Sep 8, 10:16
- Simpsons did it. -- nm - Mop Sep 8, 09:34
Nickelback > The Strokes > Radiohead - David Sep 8, 09:18 37
- You're the worst part of your own podcast! - Qale Sep 8, 10:15 2
  - By design!!! -- nm - David Sep 8, 10:15 1
    - In all seriousness, it's kind of annoying that I can't think of any more criticism to give. Kim still is mostly relegated to hostess, but otherwise... - Qale Sep 8, 10:20
- I disagree, but I don't hate Nickelback even though I will go along with the joke. They're fine. -- nm - Dano Sep 8, 09:56 1
  - a segment in episode 7 ("Grunge") of the excellent series Metal Evolution gets Nickelback in a nutshell. - mud Sep 8, 10:03
- I have a soft spot for Radiohead because I saw them live (and it was awesome), but I've never actively listened to them. -- nm - Shaun Sep 8, 09:47
- /~ aw f---, Reagen's on a killing spree again ~/ -- nm - spamlet Sep 8, 09:38
- I never understood the reverence for Radiohead. They were... fine. Ish. Other than Creep couldn't name one of their songs. - Cuzzin Todd Sep 8, 09:35 4
  - Popularity doesn't necessarily equate to quality. I mean, look at bands like Abba, Kanye, U2, etc. They all make shitty music, but sell a lot. -- nm - JaxSean Sep 8, 09:41 2
    - I never said it did. And you shut your whore mouth about ABBA! -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Sep 8, 09:54 1
      - ABBA! ruls -- nm - Beaker Sep 8, 09:56
  - Exactly. - David Sep 8, 09:36
- agreed -- nm - Beaker Sep 8, 09:25 2
  - Wise man. -- nm - David Sep 8, 09:25
  - Take off. - Spawn Sep 8, 09:25
- I think you're using those brackets wrong. -- nm - Mop Sep 8, 09:23 1
  - The Strokes eat Nickelback for lunch...? -- nm - Spawn Sep 8, 09:24
- Nickelback <<<<<< The Strokes < Radiohead. And I don't even love Radiohead. -- nm - JaxSean Sep 8, 09:22 7
  - How could anyone love Radiohead? -- nm - David Sep 8, 09:26 6
    - The Bends is a fantastic album from beginning to end. The rest I don't enjoy much, but is still musically and lyrically 100% better than Nickelback -- nm - JaxSean Sep 8, 09:30 4
      - This is how you remind me that you’re nuts. -- nm - David Sep 8, 09:33 3
        
        You like his pants around his feet? -- nm - Spawn Sep 8, 09:34 2
        
        Wrong song -- nm - David Sep 8, 09:35 1
        
        How can you tell any of theirs apart? -- nm - Spawn Sep 8, 10:30
    - innovation. musicianship. cool. -- nm - mud Sep 8, 09:28
- DLC -- nm - Spawn Sep 8, 09:20 11
  - DIRAU -- nm - David Sep 8, 09:20 10
    - David Is Raving At U? -- nm - Spawn Sep 8, 09:21 9
      - AU is as usual -- nm - David Sep 8, 09:25 8
        
        David Is Raving As Usual. - Spawn Sep 8, 09:26 7
        
        those three groups have nothing to do with each other. They could literally be from different universes. -- nm - mud Sep 8, 09:27 3
        
        Talk to Qale. -- nm - David Sep 8, 09:29 1
        
        No no, this is all on Spammy for putting them together. -- nm - Qale Sep 8, 10:16
        
        I think we can all agree that the microscopic universe of Nickelback exists on a piece of dung in the Strokes universe, though. -- nm - Spawn Sep 8, 09:29
        
        80%! -- nm - David Sep 8, 09:26 2
        
        I would hate to see you raving at 100%. -- nm - Spawn Sep 8, 09:27 1
        
        I’m good for 51 weeks. -- nm - David Sep 8, 09:29
The Many Saints of Newark - Trailer 2 -- (link) - Shaun Sep 8, 09:14 [youtube] 1
- ohboyohboyohboyohboyohboyohboyohboyohboyohboy ! -- nm - mud Sep 8, 09:21
A candidate for Conservative Self-Owns -- (link) - Beryllium Sep 8, 09:11
Kaze Ni Nare doing pretty well on itunes. - the wrong element Sep 8, 09:08
Local hospital (Bloomington, IN) is *full*. Mainly over 50, unvaccinated. This is the only county in the state WITH a mask mandate. -- nm - Spawn Sep 8, 09:04 4
- Don't have a heart attack or car accident. -- nm - loosilu Sep 8, 09:08 3
  - As of today, one of only three counties in the "yellow". 21 in the red, rest in the orange. Lowest positivity in the state at 5.06%. - Spawn Sep 8, 09:15 2
    - The COVID dashboard gives ICU capacity by district. If you choose Monroe Co, for instance, it says district 8 has 41% of its ICU beds available. -- nm - mara Sep 8, 09:23 1
      - Which shows the numbers are sus. -- nm - Spawn Sep 8, 09:33
DC folks: Arlington Cemetery flyover at 3:05 pm, Lockheed Martin U2 "Dragon Lady" reconnaissance plane. - loosilu Sep 8, 09:03 12
- That's an unusual choice for a flyover. - JD Sep 8, 09:13 10
  - OH! my favorite flyover was the paratroopers. That was very cool. -- nm - loosilu Sep 8, 09:34 2
    - My favorite flyover is during The Wall. -- nm - Spawn Sep 8, 09:34 1
      - :-D -- nm - mud Sep 8, 09:35
  - The deceased person was a U2 pilot. -- nm - loosilu Sep 8, 09:32
  - Maybe it's a really high flyover -- nm - Beryllium Sep 8, 09:14 5
    - Well, if they state it's going to be a high altitude pass, then maybe there's actually no flyover ;-) - JD Sep 8, 09:17 4
      - It's going to have to be visible to the people at the funeral -- nm - loosilu Sep 8, 09:33
      - It would be neat if they circled around at 80,000 feet, gradually descending to a flyover. - Beryllium Sep 8, 09:28 2
        
        there's rules about that in DC airspace :) -- nm - loosilu Sep 8, 09:32 1
        
        They can just radio that they have vertigo and need to adjust their elevation. Or say that there's an electrical storm. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 8, 09:41
- Speaking of flyovers, on two separate days at the beach we saw a P-51 and F-22 flying in formation along the coast (guessing out of McGuire AFB) - znufrii Sep 8, 09:08
Jax: If you are serious and don't know/haven't watched Taskmaster you're in for a treat. The first 8 seasons are on their YouTube channel. - Krusty Sep 8, 08:58 [youtube] 11
- I'm frustrated that the last couple of seasons have not yet been made available (officially) on YouTube. -- nm - Mop Sep 8, 09:42 1
  - My guess was going to be that with the move to Channel 4 they were be told not to do it anymore but they put up season 10 which was on Channel 4. - Krusty Sep 8, 09:54
- OK I'll check them out -- nm - JaxSean Sep 8, 09:20 4
  - (Every time I've seen you or anyone post about this, I think it's Ticketmaster.) -- nm - JaxSean Sep 8, 09:21 3
    - Ha! :-) - Krusty Sep 8, 09:41 2
      - Jessica Knappett turns up in S3 of Ghosts so I am wondering who from the cast will be next. -- nm - LMS Sep 8, 09:52 1
        
        Ooh, nice. :-) That's such a great cast. They're all so good in their roles. - Krusty Sep 8, 09:57
- They don't have season 9 but do have season 10 and the Champion of Champions season. No season 11 yet either. Enjoy because they're all so wonderful. -- nm - Krusty Sep 8, 09:01
- I endorse this. -- nm - loosilu Sep 8, 09:00 2
  - If you've seen all of them then I highly recommend you check out Taskmaster NZ. Good comedians and a good assistant. I'm not a fan of the host but -- (edited) - Krusty Sep 8, 09:04 1
    - I've seen a couple of those actually. -- nm - loosilu Sep 8, 09:07
No One Gets Out Alive - trailer -- (link) - Shaun Sep 8, 08:55 [youtube]
29 Raptor engines on a Super Heavy booster -- (link) - TWuG Sep 8, 08:44 1
- Fire in the hole! -- nm - oblique Sep 8, 08:54
"In Florida, we back the blue." Also, 2 out of every 3 Florida police officers who have died this year, died of COVID soooooooooo -- nm - Volnelk Sep 8, 08:28 12
- How many were vaccinated? -- nm - Strongbad Sep 8, 09:19
- At some point, does this pandemic have a very real world impact on voting in that the dead are predominantly from one party? -- nm - oblique Sep 8, 08:55 10
  - There wS a meme recently, DeSantis has killed more republican voters than his margin of victory -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 8, 10:09
  - Potentially, yes. I was actually crunching some numbers on this topic last night. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Sep 8, 09:04 4
    - I've been wondering this for a while so would be very interested in seeing anything you have. - JaxSean Sep 8, 09:28 3
      - There are a lot of factors that are difficult or impossible to account for -- like how age skews according to party registration ... - ReluctantCynic Sep 8, 09:56
      - To your IM: to see that breakdown correlated by purple states... -- nm - Beryllium Sep 8, 09:29 1
        
        yes -- nm - JaxSean Sep 8, 09:31
  - Yes. -- (link) - Spawn Sep 8, 08:59 [Backboard]
  - Why do you think Republican politicians have gotten on the "get vaccinated" bandwagon? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Sep 8, 08:58 2
    - Of course, now may be too late to get the beast back in its cage. (NM) - Marlowe Sep 8, 09:06 1
      - I hadn't realized... - Marlowe Sep 8, 09:12
I just noticed I've had my phone accidentally on Do Not Disturb for an unknown number of days. This is worse than coming back from the store and - Max Sep 8, 08:22 1
- Wasn't an accident. -- nm - Max's Subconscious si#32 Sep 8, 08:25
I like the radio edit of Rumors (Lizzo/Cardi B). Cleaned up language is natural and not forced. It's a Cee-Lo "Forget You" scenario -- nm - Tenetennbaron Sep 8, 08:08 1
- crazy crazy -- nm - DNCE Sep 8, 08:09
Okay, now it seems real. - znufrii Sep 8, 08:05 3
- Our youngest had her 1st K day today. Tomorrow it's full-time school for both. -- nm - Shaun Sep 8, 08:25
- Good luck. Our experience has been awesome. -- nm - Volnelk Sep 8, 08:23
- In Indiana, kindergarten and preschool are pretty much the same thing except you are not paying for K. -- nm - Spawn Sep 8, 08:06
Lil Uzi Vert says fans ripped $24 million diamond out of his forehead -- (link) - spamlet Sep 8, 08:04 11
- Now he has to resort to a cheap mood ring to show his anger and depression. You bastards. -- nm - Max Sep 8, 08:18
- “How did it get in there?” “At speed.” -- nm - znufrii Sep 8, 08:16
- But now how can he be guided by the death crystals so he can die with Jessica? -- nm - Morty Sep 8, 08:12
- Vision responded with “Bitch, please.” -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 8, 08:09
- "fans" aka Thanos -- nm* - Spawn Sep 8, 08:07
- That really hurt both times it happened to me. -- nm - Dano Sep 8, 08:05 4
  - Dano lost $48M dollars -- nm - budice Sep 8, 08:09
  - Now you only use cubic zirconia, so that next time, joke'll be on them? -- nm - prayformojo Sep 8, 08:07
  - If you had a nickel... -- nm - Spawn Sep 8, 08:07
  - THe first time, it just releases the pressure. -- nm - loosilu Sep 8, 08:06
- That answered questions I wish I hadn't asked. -- nm - loosilu Sep 8, 08:04
New Last Night in Soho trailer -- (link) - budice Sep 8, 08:02 1
- nice! -- nm - mud Sep 8, 08:37
IS the Foo Fighters. They are playing tomorrow. Grohl has part ownership of the 9:30, I think. - loosilu Sep 8, 07:59 3
- He's friends with the owner of 9:30/IMP Concerts. He has an ownership stake in a different venue in DC. -- nm - MDH Sep 8, 08:08 1
  - The Anthem, right? -- nm - loosilu Sep 8, 08:18
- I was hoping it would be Wet Leg -- nm - Dano Sep 8, 08:03
Map of the Day: # of Starbucks in Every State -- (pic) - budice Sep 8, 07:57 [Attachment] 6
- In downtown urban areas they will have SB across the street from each other, if only to keep competitive franchise from getting the spot -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 8, 10:15
- CA seems to have a drinking problem. -- nm - Spawn Sep 8, 08:01 4
  - when looked at in terms of population, Washington has the biggest drinking problem - decline Sep 8, 08:09
  - They have a population problem. -- nm - loosilu Sep 8, 08:01 2
    - Now I want to see this map with per capita numbers -- nm - oblique Sep 8, 08:03 1
      - They should have done it by county. -- nm - loosilu Sep 8, 08:04
Ima set up shop at the top of Four Seasons. -- nm - The Gates Sep 8, 07:54 1
- Nucky Thompson style. -- nm - Volnelk Sep 8, 07:54

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