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Hedge fund billionaire outbids crypto crowd fund to purchase first print constitution nearly 44 million -- (link) - zeitgeist Nov 19, 14:29 2
- winning bid also marked a sharp appreciation from the $165,000 the document sold for back in 1988 -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 19, 14:33
- Can he edit it to take out the stupid parts? (NM) - Marlowe Nov 19, 14:32
Salma Hayek set to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame Friday evening. -- (link) - budice Nov 19, 14:21
Blade: Delroy Lindo joins the cast, -- (link) - Remlik Nov 19, 14:09 1
- Surprised they recasted Blade so late in the game, but I'll allow it. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 19, 14:13
MY NEW SHOES WERE JUST DELIVERED!!!!!!!!!!!! (why am I posting before I go get them??) -- nm - amanda jeans Nov 19, 13:53 4
- Pics! -- nm - Krusty Nov 19, 13:59 3
  - Pic and bonus -- (pic) - Pocket Jones Nov 19, 14:40 [Attachment] 1
    - Now change your nic to Indiana Jones -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 19, 15:58
  - or it didnt happen -- nm - budice Nov 19, 14:16
The villains in Ms. Marvel are... (spoilers) - The Allfather Nov 19, 13:34 5
- 1994 1st appearance -- nm - Remlik Nov 19, 14:07 2
  - So they probably don't even have cocaine to blame. -- nm - Reagen Nov 19, 14:07 1
    - well the creators of the comic sure do I bet -- nm - Remlik Nov 19, 14:09
- What if that were an AEW tag team? -- nm - Reagen Nov 19, 13:38 1
  - I'd root for injuries. -- nm - The Allfather Nov 19, 13:38
Dash for Cash: Free Money on the I-5 Freeway earlier today near San Diego -- (link*) - budice Nov 19, 13:33
I missed this yesterday: New York state reports 8,115 new coronavirus cases, the biggest one-day increase since April -- (link) - ty97 Nov 19, 13:32 9
- IMO number of cases is a meaningless metric now. And -- nm - MDH Nov 19, 14:17 1
  - I agree and want to hear your "and." -- nm - Pocket Jones Nov 19, 14:29
- we had 3000 the other day here in Indiana -- nm - Remlik Nov 19, 14:07 2
  - 4 people have died here because of a religious gathering and people are looking to make heads roll -- nm - Reagen Nov 19, 14:12 1
    - Heads Gonna Roll -- (link) - mud Nov 19, 14:20 [youtube]
- And away we go! -- nm - Tim Nov 19, 13:47
- I'm hoping I can go get my booster tomorrow. - Krusty Nov 19, 13:41
- (upstate appears to be driving the numbers right now) -- nm - ty97 Nov 19, 13:32 1
  - What part of “upstate?” -- nm - Tim Nov 19, 13:47
Broncos are signing WR Tim Patrick to a three-year contract extension worth up to $34.5 million with $18.5M guaranteed -- nm - budice Nov 19, 13:28 3
- He's been really, really good this year. He's the rare guy who had the light come on at 27. -- nm - The Allfather Nov 19, 13:42 1
  - I agree. Ive had him as a fillin before. Been steady. -- nm - budice Nov 19, 14:34
- that's a lot to give to a made up person. -- nm - Reagen Nov 19, 13:30
whee, boys, she's a-comin in -- (link) - Reagen Nov 19, 13:24
"Right-Wing Extremists Cheer Rittenhouse Verdict in Predictable Fashion" -- (link) - mud Nov 19, 13:21 1
- By shooting black people? -- nm - pmb Nov 19, 13:48
I-5 N shutdown due to police pursuit. Friday Rush Hour in LA about to begin -- (link*) - budice Nov 19, 13:20 1
- That's no buena -- nm - ty97 Nov 19, 13:24
WR Amari Cooper OUT Sunday, placed on the Reserve/COVID-19 list -- nm - budice Nov 19, 13:03 3
- Ceedee gonna eat. -- nm - Cowboy BeBaron Nov 19, 14:31
- positive test. ineligible to play on Thanksgiving against the Raiders too -- nm - budice Nov 19, 13:15
- of course -- nm - oblique Nov 19, 13:04
Police identify remains in SC home as someone on the 15 most wanted list -- (link) - oblique Nov 19, 13:02 2
- and now it's the 14 most wanted list -- nm - decline Nov 19, 13:04 1
  - OJ is on it. -- nm - Mop Nov 19, 13:14
I forget who I used to talk Boxing with here but...tomorrow's a big day - Mel Profit Nov 19, 12:45 10
- Prayformojo -- nm* - Diva Nov 19, 12:47 9
  - Thanks darling! PFM - you watching the fight tomorrow night? -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 19, 12:49 8
    - 50/50...I don't do a lot of PPVs. But it's funny you bring this up..... - prayformojo Nov 19, 12:53 6
      - Boxing hasn't been the same since HBO got out. I loathe the guys on Showtime. That former wrestling announcer make sme want to punch kittens. - Mel Profit Nov 19, 13:00 3
        
        What's his name? -- nm - The Allfather Nov 19, 13:11 1
        
        Wait, if it's Mauro Ranallo, that's Tim's guy! -- nm - The Allfather Nov 19, 13:44
        
        If you have part of the bundle already, you can all it in and gets credits -- nm - budice Nov 19, 13:04
      - (but I might pony up for it just because of Bud) -- nm - prayformojo Nov 19, 12:54 1
        
        He's a bad man. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 19, 13:01
    - Yes, siree! -- nm - Holo-PFM Nov 19, 12:51
One of these years I want the President to declare 'No Pardons' and then wheel out a couple of cooked turkeys and invite all the press for dinner -- nm - decline Nov 19, 12:43 2
- this is something 45 would have done except he really doesn't like turkey anyway -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 19, 12:46
- mmmm .. I like it! -- nm - mud Nov 19, 12:45
President Biden says he is now “angry and concerned” with Rittenhouse verdict, urges peaceful protests. -- (link) - budice Nov 19, 12:38
Meanwhile, in Georgia, the Arbery case is the inverse. I’d be surprised if the jury honestly doesn’t convict. - Will Hunting Nov 19, 12:34 9
- Well yeah, he's the one of the two that's actually guilty. -- nm - Ender Nov 19, 15:04
- (McMichael/Bryan case) -- nm - Roger More Nov 19, 14:00
- They also face federal charges after this case. -- nm - TWuG Nov 19, 13:51
- One can hope. -- nm - znufrii Nov 19, 12:45 2
  - nope. not allowed. - mud Nov 19, 13:04 1
    - Hope is harder these days. Even for the hopeful. -- nm - Qale Nov 19, 13:10
- I already expect rioting after this verdict. If that case goes the same way... -- nm - Subversive Nov 19, 12:42
- Didn't I read that the defendants themselves said that he never provoked them - eag Nov 19, 12:40 1
  - i know but that's what will make a NG worse -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 19, 12:47
tell me you’re a Canadian visiting the U.S. without telling me you’re a Canadian visiting the U.S. -- (link) - Beaker Nov 19, 12:34 1
- Didn't even have to bust out the maple leaf Speedo -- nm - Cowboy BeBaron Nov 19, 12:38
and then there's this guy, still yelling into the void. He has a new pet name for Mitch though. - Jovian Nov 19, 12:33 3
- Chuckles like he did during his last election debate knowing it was rigged already and says "don't worry old man, I got this" -- nm - mitch Nov 19, 14:06
- It's not a void if people keep echoing it -- nm - Beryllium Nov 19, 12:36 1
  - Avoid the Void -- nm - Dominope Pizza Nov 19, 13:10
Question of the day -- (pic) - prayformojo Nov 19, 12:33 [Attachment] 7
- Answer (spoiler) -- (pic) - prayformojo Nov 19, 12:33 [Attachment] 6
  - Bonus question -- (pic) - prayformojo Nov 19, 12:34 [Attachment] 5
    - Answer (spoiler) -- (pic) - prayformojo Nov 19, 12:34 [Attachment] 4
      - 2/2, I've seen the second one somehwere before. no idea where. -- nm - loosilu Nov 19, 14:35
      - 2/2, first one could have been spoils - znufrii Nov 19, 13:17
      - 2/2 (random guess on the bonus) -- nm - decline Nov 19, 12:35 1
        
        ditto -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 19, 12:48
Shang-Chi….B? I was whelmed (spoils) - Will Hunting Nov 19, 12:14 11
- Whelmed would be C, wouldn't it? "It was a movie that existed." -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Nov 19, 12:34 1
  - that's underwhelmed! -- nm - mud Nov 19, 12:40
- It was to dark. but the dragon battle was fun -- nm - Remlik Nov 19, 12:27 4
  - agreed. I liked it and the movie. I was pleasantly surprised. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 19, 12:36
  - Spoils - Will Hunting Nov 19, 12:29 1
    - they could have done more sure. spoils... - Remlik Nov 19, 12:36
  - I didn't think it was too dark but it was moving too quick -- nm - eag Nov 19, 12:29
- It's probably in the top tier of my MCU list -- (edited) - eag Nov 19, 12:25
- It had an odd amount of unnecessary profanity given the rest of the tone. -- nm - Max Nov 19, 12:18 2
  - I literally did not notice. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 19, 12:30
  - I noticed that too. I didn’t mind but it was significantly more than before. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 19, 12:21
I don't have much to say today except that I feel incredibly unsafe protesting now, much more than when cops were allowed to riot unchecked. -- nm - colin Nov 19, 12:01 7
- what has me worried now is the unchecked enthusiasm proud boys will have as they become self appointed poll watchers in Texas -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 19, 12:45
- I can only imagine. - znufrii Nov 19, 12:09
- Not sure if you recall, but a paramilitary cosplayer started yelling "i feel unsafe" while holding an AR and facing down Allie, unarmed and standing - colin Nov 19, 12:04 4
  - It's absolutely horrifying and you're right. This will result in more protestors being shot. - Mel Profit Nov 19, 12:16 3
    - yeah, i'll still go out, but the thought of wearing plate carriers is now front of mind. -- nm - colin Nov 19, 12:40 1
      - I'll be on the outside of crowds for sure. - Mel Profit Nov 19, 12:48
    - IM: good on ya -- nm - mud Nov 19, 12:19
Hulu Trailer: Mother/Android “Androids were a part of our everyday life and then one night everything changed,” -- (link) - decline Nov 19, 11:48 [youtube] 10
- This is the future Zuckerberg wants. -- nm* - Mop Nov 19, 12:54
- "FROM A PRODUCER OF THE BATMAN" -- nm - Mop Nov 19, 12:52
- Her "Shadow in the Cloud" was a fun pulpy movie.... -- (link) - Remlik Nov 19, 12:31 [youtube] 2
  - this keeps popping up on one of the streaming services (hulu?) in my recommended list. Now I'll have to watch it - decline Nov 19, 12:33 1
    - it's quite fun. But a pulp movie for sure. Don't spoil yourself. -- nm - Remlik Nov 19, 13:04
- I misread this as Asteroids and thought ("we were never *that* close...") -- nm - Max Nov 19, 12:18
- twist: - mud Night Shamalyon Nov 19, 11:58
- Could this be an Army of the Dead future timeline, if the outbreak hadn't occurred? And then an Android takes the infection back, SkyNet style? - Beryllium Nov 19, 11:57
- I'm there -- nm - prayformojo Nov 19, 11:55
- It is like, robot dogs disappeared! -- nm - Spawn Nov 19, 11:52
Could the families sue him civilly? -- nm - Pocket Jones Nov 19, 11:46 1
- yes -- nm - decline Nov 19, 11:52
I found a very good photographer on Flickr today -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 19, 11:31 [flickr]
Tesla's Fremont factory in the news again. Now for sexual harassment -- (link) - oblique Nov 19, 11:29
I was just surprised it took the jury so long. -- nm - ty97 Nov 19, 11:19 12
- What a brutal reminder of how effed the system is. -- nm - Subversive Nov 19, 12:29
- President Biden on Rittenhouse verdict just now, arriving on the South Lawn: “I stand by what the jury has to say. The jury system works.” -- (link) - budice Nov 19, 11:50 2
  - Yep. That's how a President needs to respond. -- nm - Jovian Nov 19, 12:19
  - Full Q and A on the Rittenhouse verdict and President Biden -- (link) - budice Nov 19, 11:53
- Almost like they wanted people to think they actually deliberated. -- nm - Spawn Nov 19, 11:35 7
  - they OVERdeliberated. - mud Nov 19, 12:24
  - I don't envy the jury in this case, they certainly had a tough job. -- nm - ty97 Nov 19, 11:36 5
    - I don't envy juries in any cases, really. -- nm - Qale Nov 19, 11:51 2
      - Yup. From experience, you're very aware of what you're being asked to decide. - spamlet Nov 19, 12:02
      - Certainly, but this case extremely so -- nm - ty97 Nov 19, 11:57
    - Maybe if they actually *did* their job. -- nm - Spawn Nov 19, 11:37 1
      - Based on the facts in front of them and jury instructions given, I can't say they didn't do their job. The prosecution had a lot of bad moments and - pmb Nov 19, 12:25
The Rittenhouse Trial Could Never Have Been What Americans Wanted -- (link) - oblique Nov 19, 11:18 5
- I respectfully disagree. Not guilty = he did nothing wrong vs guilty = he did something wrong. -- nm* - Spawn Nov 19, 11:38 4
  - I found this interesting as well: How a Vaguely Worded Wisconsin Law Could Let Rittenhouse Walk -- (link) - oblique Nov 19, 11:43 3
    - Here's also a key part of that instruction. - pmb Nov 19, 12:30 2
      - The weapon he was carrying didn't match the description of an unlawful weapon based on WI law. The statute specified if the barrel was less than a - jnine Nov 19, 17:39
      - What little I read was there was some issue regarding the length of the weapon when it comes to Wisconsin law? -- nm - oblique Nov 19, 12:42
Unless he goes the grifter/ conference route, He’s going to be a sitting member of Congress within 3 hours terms. -- nm - MDH Nov 19, 10:54 10
- Rep Cawthorn already posted video of him offering an internship. (make that two now) -- nm - Jovian Nov 19, 10:58 9
  - Also pedophile Gaetz offered him one as well -- nm* - eag Nov 19, 11:02
  - "You have a right to defend yourselves. Be armed. Be dangerous. Be more." - Cawthorn -- nm - Volnelk Nov 19, 11:00 6
    - So, basically, this gives Americans permission to walk around armed, create horrible situations, then shoot people, right? -- nm - Andie Nov 19, 11:02 5
      - But we probably could put those laws that let people run over protesters to the test this weekend -- nm - oblique Nov 19, 11:12
      - I guess that means it's okay to go hang out near a school that had a mass shooting in the past, and shoot the first dad that tries to tackle me -- nm - Guigue Nov 19, 11:09
      - White ones, at least. -- nm - znufrii Nov 19, 11:04
      - only if you're white -- nm - decline Nov 19, 11:03 1
        
        And male. -- nm - loosilu Nov 19, 11:17
  - He’s massively popular with the Trump base. And fringe suburban angry white voters. -- nm - MDH Nov 19, 10:59
For those who missed it... another poor white boy victim. -- (link) - Mop Nov 19, 10:43 [Backboard]
15th Anniversary of the Wii -- (link) - Mop Nov 19, 10:42 4
- I hated the controls on that thing SOOOO much, I don't think I've touched a Nintendo gaming system since. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Nov 19, 10:48 2
  - It certainly didn't let itself to gamers, but the Wii was a blockbuster that brought in droves of casual gamers. -- nm - Mop Nov 19, 10:50 1
    - Which made it easier for me to sell it and get it out of my house. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Nov 19, 11:25
- Wii would like to play. -- (link) - Qale Nov 19, 10:47 [youtube]

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