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modern day American fascism and racism. its pretty much mainstream at this point -- (link) - Jovian Sep 23, 12:41
Astronauts: Looking to trade a RB for a WR/TE - Strongbad Sep 23, 12:34 2
- What will Cole Kmet get me!?! -- nm - Spawn Sep 23, 12:40 1
  - An open bench spot when you drop him -- nm - Krusty Sep 23, 12:50
Sasha Calle's Supergirl will reportedly get her own HBO Max series after debuting in The Flash film -- and Michael Keaton's Batman might join her -- (link) - Remlik Sep 23, 12:22 2
- Wait... wha!?! Also, did we know that before MKEAT, Steve Martin was the preferred actor for Beetlejuice? -- nm - Spawn Sep 23, 12:42
- meh, bring back Laura Vandervoort -- nm - Jovian Sep 23, 12:34
Snork. The correction at the bottom of this story is a doozy. -- (link) - Tenetennbaron Sep 23, 12:14 3
- meanwhile nestle keeps building bottling plants in drought prone areas, wonder why? -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 23, 12:22
- Numbers, how do they work? -- nm - Beryllium Sep 23, 12:17
- just a rounding error -- nm - decline Sep 23, 12:15
Driving home last night there was a rainbow that started straight up, angled slightly and then shot into space. -- (pic) - Spawn Sep 23, 12:12 [Attachment] 5
- and then the murders began -- nm - prayformojo Sep 23, 12:14
- Say hi to Heimdall for me. -- nm - Tenetennbaron Sep 23, 12:14 1
  - WOULD THE OWNER OF THE BLUE PRIUS ...... -- nm - Beryllium Sep 23, 12:16
- Aliens -- nm - decline Sep 23, 12:13 1
  - And driving in today... -- (pic) - Spawn Sep 23, 12:15 [Attachment]
WTAF ? ! -- (link) - mud Sep 23, 12:05 2
- Fox News in its entirety should have all their press credentials revoked. (with their King, Tucker Carlson going all in on white supremacy last night) -- nm - Jovian Sep 23, 12:38
- vid: -- (link) - mud Sep 23, 12:11
RC, Mop. last night's Grand Designs -- (link) - Peglegpete Sep 23, 12:02 [youtube] 1
- Interesting. And fodder for tonight's TV viewing. Thank you! -- nm - ReluctantCynic Sep 23, 12:42
And our power is out. - znufrii Sep 23, 11:45 12
- PECO says 10:50pm. Over/Under? -- nm - znufrii Sep 23, 12:35 2
  - it's on fire? Over - decline Sep 23, 12:37
  - I'll take the under on this -- nm - Krusty Sep 23, 12:37
- Looks like a blown transformer on a pole up the street. - znufrii Sep 23, 12:16 3
  - And now the top of the utility pole is on fire. -- nm - znufrii Sep 23, 12:24 2
    - Livestream? :) -- nm - oblique Sep 23, 12:25
    - grab your garden hose and save the neighborhood! -- nm - decline Sep 23, 12:25
- ~I'm living' in that 21st century Doing something mean to it Do it better than anybody you ever seen do it~ -- nm - Yeezy Sep 23, 12:01
- Matrix 4 marketing. -- nm - Spawn Sep 23, 11:55
- it's not even raining here -- nm - decline Sep 23, 11:49 1
  - Still raining a little here, not hard at all though, compared to earlier. -- nm* - znufrii Sep 23, 11:52
- but Capt'n I'ma givin it all she's got -- nm - Scotty Sep 23, 11:48
I'm thinking I might subscribe to Twitter Blue just for the silliness of it. - Beryllium Sep 23, 11:33 13
- I've been trying to talk myself out of hosting a bitcoin miner. ~$8400 investment. 1 year ROI. $8-9k profit / yr after. 3-5 year lifespan. -- nm - oblique Sep 23, 11:35 12
  - try harder -- nm - mud Sep 23, 12:13
  - I wouldn't do that anywhere that had non-renewable power on its grid -- nm - Beryllium Sep 23, 11:54 1
    - That's for one of the hosting providers. I wouldn't put one in my house for sure -- nm - oblique Sep 23, 12:13
  - one of my FB friends says he has 3 and while he barely breaks even on mining, he saves big bucks on heating the house - zeitgeist Sep 23, 11:47 1
    - Residential power rates are significantly higher than what a dedicated hosting facility offers, so yeah, I can bet it is harder to break even -- nm - oblique Sep 23, 12:12
  - environmental impact: devastating -- nm - decline Sep 23, 11:43 4
    - Let the plebes that don't have bitcoin worry about that -- nm* - spamlet Sep 23, 12:11
    - yeah -- nm - prayformojo Sep 23, 11:49
    - yep -- nm - Andie Sep 23, 11:48
    - This -- nm - Krusty Sep 23, 11:48
  - ST should go in on one. -- nm - Spawn Sep 23, 11:36 1
    - I'd pitch in for this. Heck, even if it was just you, oblique, and I. - ReluctantCynic Sep 23, 12:13
11 Questions with William Shatner -- (link) - Beaker Sep 23, 11:28
Remember the "Maderna" woman accused of making fake vaccine cards to get into Hawaii? Yeah, she skipped out on her court date and has a warrant out -- (link) - oblique Sep 23, 11:11 1
- they expected her to use a computer? she can't even spell! -- nm - decline Sep 23, 11:13
Zillow! -- (link) - Strongbad Sep 23, 11:10 18
- How is this so cheap?? -- nm - Jovian Sep 23, 12:02 3
  - Is $660k cheap? That's (somewhat) expensive here. -- nm - JaxSean Sep 23, 12:34 1
    - My 1000 sq ft (not fancy) condo would sell for about that if we replaced the ancient kitchen. -- nm - Andie Sep 23, 12:44
  - Looking? I think it's all the tin. -- nm - rollo Sep 23, 12:07
- I like the master bathroom a lot, but the rest is good-gawd-wtf. -- nm - JaxSean Sep 23, 11:46
- Tinnnnnnnnnnnnn roof! Rusted. -- nm - rollo Sep 23, 11:37
- is it haunted? last 3 families who lived their were murdered? cause that is really nice for that price -- nm - Beaker Sep 23, 11:18
- they sure do love their cherubs -- nm - Beaker Sep 23, 11:15
- Someone likes tin ceilings… - znufrii Sep 23, 11:15
- they sure like some fancy ceilings -- nm - decline Sep 23, 11:14
- It's glorious. It would cost $4m+ here in Victoria. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 23, 11:14 7
  - Actually at 0.3 acres it might be more like 6m+ in Victoria proper -- nm - Beryllium Sep 23, 11:16 6
    - Or look at this garbage for 1.8m -- (link) - Beryllium Sep 23, 11:22 3
      - But that's "location location location." -- nm - JaxSean Sep 23, 12:36
      - oh hell no -- nm - Pippy love Roxanne Sep 23, 11:25 1
        
        "Luxe Shotgun Shack" is going on my late-stage capitalism bingo card. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 23, 11:28
    - At 1.6m this one is minuscule in comparison -- (link) - Beryllium Sep 23, 11:20
    - Here's a tasteful comparable in Victoria's oak bay region -- (link) - Beryllium Sep 23, 11:17
I’ve said for years “what if Bledsoe doesn’t get hurt?” Is the biggest What If in sports history. - Tim Sep 23, 11:06 5
- I think he would have started for the Pats eventually. The injury just sped things up. -- (edited) - Inigo Sep 23, 11:30
- It's possible that Tom never plays an NFL game, in that What If scenario, which massively rewrites the last 23(?) years of the NFL. -- nm - Shaun Sep 23, 11:15 2
  - Colts would have stayed in the east and went to a couple more SBs, for one. -- nm - Spawn Sep 23, 11:17 1
    - Philip Rivers likely gets to a Super Bowl or two and he’s a no-question HOFer -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 23, 12:15
- Then Brady would suck, as that was part of the deal Brady made. -- nm - Spawn Sep 23, 11:08
Marvel vs Capcom video game graded a 9.8. sells for $47,500 -- (link) - Remlik Sep 23, 10:58 1
- just leaving this here -- (link) - Beaker Sep 23, 10:59 [youtube]
Twitter restricted Maxime Bernier's account for 12hrs after he urged followers to 'play dirty' with journalists -- (link*) - Beaker Sep 23, 10:57 2
- Somebody's a sore loser... -- nm - No Longer Calm David Sep 23, 11:12
- if Canada had Proportional Representation these racist assholes would have 21 seats. -- nm - Beaker Sep 23, 10:58
WB Animation: Injustice - Red Band trailer. -- (link) - Shaun Sep 23, 10:37 [youtube] 4
- F-. Yeah. -- nm - Spawn Sep 23, 11:02
- can't wait. to their credit DC does awesome animated movies. -- nm - Beaker Sep 23, 10:42 1
  - Yep. -- nm - Shaun Sep 23, 10:55
- Now we're talking! -- nm - The Allfather Sep 23, 10:42
Amazon: making everything old, new again. I Know What You Did Last Summer trailer (now in series format!) -- (link) - decline Sep 23, 10:22 [youtube]
Colts: The Hundley era is about to begin.... -- (link) - Remlik Sep 23, 10:07 2
- can't they have Wentz use a wheelchair or something? -- (edited) - decline Sep 23, 10:11 1
  - He plays this week, he might be in the wheelchair anyhow. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 23, 10:33
Also, from the press conference -- (link) - znufrii Sep 23, 09:59 7
- Remember when so many people wanted her out as Speaker? She’s proven to be rock solid and better than you anyone could imagine. -- nm - MDH Sep 23, 10:05 6
  - This is combative and unless they deliver, it won’t matter. Until Manchin and Sinema vote aye, and Nancy gets AOC to vote for the bipartisan bill -- (edited) - Will Hunting Sep 23, 10:09 5
    - And giving the press all the details so they can deliver a death of a thousand cuts to a deal that hasn’t even been made yet serves…what, exactly? - znufrii Sep 23, 10:56 4
      - Then don’t call a press conference. Easy. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 23, 11:20 3
        
        It's about messaging, and she's controlling the message -- nm - rollo Sep 23, 11:33 2
        
        Clearly, this reporter isn’t enthused about her controlling the message, which when he buys ink by the barrel is a problem. - Will Hunting Sep 23, 11:45 1
        
        "When?" is the follow up question Pelosi avoided by giving her slightly glib but on-brand response, instead of yours. - rollo Sep 23, 12:06
And speaking of the reconciliation bill, they’ve apparently agreed on the revenue framework to pay for it. - znufrii Sep 23, 09:39 17
- Who's they? -- nm - spamlet Sep 23, 09:42 13
  - Tenacious D. -- nm - tRuMaN Sep 23, 10:18 1
    - Yes. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 23, 10:46
  - Democratic leadership and the president. - znufrii Sep 23, 09:45 6
    - Gotcha. The House released their proposal last week and the Senate has been dribbling it out so I wasn't sure who. -- nm - spamlet Sep 23, 09:46 5
      - And if you start seeing deets, let me know. - spamlet Sep 23, 09:48 3
        
        I’m basically just cribbing from the guardian live blog, but I’ll mention it here if I see anything. -- nm - znufrii Sep 23, 09:50 2
        
        Looks like it’s the House bill + -- (link) - spamlet Sep 23, 10:31 1
        
        Thx! -- nm - znufrii Sep 23, 10:52
      - Yeah, I wasn’t sure if what came out of ways and means was meant to be the full pay-for or what. -- (edited) - znufrii Sep 23, 09:48
  - NancyChuckJoe -- nm - mud Sep 23, 09:42 1
    - Ah yes NCJ think I have there CD -- nm - eag Sep 23, 09:49
  - Illuminati and Hollywood Elite -- nm - Beaker Sep 23, 09:42 1
    - heh -- nm - mud Sep 23, 09:44
- big deal. What's the price$ ?! -- nm - AOC vs. Manchin Sep 23, 09:41 2
  - TBD *locks both of you in a room to figure it out between yourselves* -- nm* - NancyChuckJoe Sep 23, 09:55 1
    - good idea! -- nm - sane progressive americans Sep 23, 10:14
That was a great article, mara. Thanks for sharing it. - Krusty Sep 23, 09:33
Speaking of tigers… -- (link) - znufrii Sep 23, 09:13
How Tenacious D Became the Clown Prince Saviors of Rock ’n’ Roll -- (link) - Beaker Sep 23, 09:11 3
- Uh... that's a bit much, no? -- nm - Mop Sep 23, 09:18 2
  - very -- nm - Spawn Sep 23, 09:35
  - No. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 23, 09:31
LIR - Mud - have you ever seen King Crimson play live? - JenBro Sep 23, 09:08 3
- thrice. First time was Three of a Perfect Pair tour and it was outside in Toronto in some flat space and our seats were lousy. -- (edited) - mud Sep 23, 09:21 2
  - wow - I'm jealous ... and concur with you about mid-70's - sadly I was too young. - JenBro Sep 23, 09:54 1
    - I have A LOT of live recordings from then (screenshot for those that missed it): -- (pic) - mud Sep 23, 10:17 [Attachment]
ha! The director of Norbit is now the head of Paramount? -- (link) - prayformojo Sep 23, 09:04 6
- I heard that on some podcast. -- nm - Remlik Sep 23, 09:30 1
  - same -- nm - Beryllium Sep 23, 09:31
- Someone didn’t listen to SitV! -- nm - Dark Callisto Sep 23, 09:29 2
  - I even remember where I was standing when first I heard this outlandish, incomprehensible factoid. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 23, 10:10
  - He's in trooooooooouble. -- nm - The Allfather Sep 23, 09:58
- is this the very definition of failing upward? -- nm - chicken daddy Sep 23, 09:15
B2: Spawn is a true authority on break away clothing, I thank him for his knowledge. -- nm - chicken daddy Sep 23, 09:03 3
- I finally could not succeed in business with my assless chaps, so they were the next best thing. -- nm - Spawn Sep 23, 09:14 2
  - 3, 2, 1 .. "assless chaps" is redundant, they're all assless!! -- nm - pedantic poster Sep 23, 09:28 1
    - You gotta emphasize the positives, though. -- nm - Spawn Sep 23, 09:37
B2: isn't everyone from Tiger King s1 either dead or in jail? -- nm - Beaker Sep 23, 09:02 2
- I watched S1 and was fascinated but I don't think I can muster enough energy to watch or care about them for a whole S2 -- nm - decline Sep 23, 10:19
- I have to assume this is what a second season will focus on. Where they are now. And Joe Exotic hopes for a pardon by DJT -- nm - Jovian Sep 23, 09:07
Gov Abbots ‘steel wall’ looks stupid as shit and likely cost Texas sooo much money. -- (link) - Qale Sep 23, 08:58 2
- you'd be surprised how quickly a car burns vs a wall or fence... -- nm - chicken daddy Sep 23, 09:05 1
  - I’ve played enough GTA to not be that surprised. -- nm - Qale Sep 23, 09:07
B2: D+ -- nm - mud Sep 23, 08:55 6
- B1 will be available on Disney+ in December. -- nm - Max Sep 23, 09:01 5
  - ST+ status gets it upon release. -- nm - Spawn Sep 23, 09:03 3
    - I wish Bery would be clear if ST: The Movie is exclusive to theaters or going day and date. -- nm - Inigo Sep 23, 09:23 2
      - I think Andy Dick's contract (playing pixie) has some rather odd stipulations about that. -- nm - Spawn Sep 23, 09:36 1
        
        There's only 2 reasons go ever go into a bathroom with Andy Dick...God I hope he's high -- nm - Beaker Sep 23, 09:37
  - I can't wait. [heads to arrggh Bay] -- nm - mud Sep 23, 09:03

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