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Disney, Google Reach Deal for YouTube TV -- (link) - budice Dec 19, 12:29 2
- another link confirms -- (link*) - budice Dec 19, 12:30 1
  - Also, YouTube TV... -- (link) - The Allfather Dec 19, 12:33
All dressed up and wearing my new scarf (and gloves) but my clients are a no show. -- (pic) - zeitgeist Dec 19, 12:14 [Attachment] 2
- Looking good! -- nm - flavorize Dec 19, 12:47
- LOOKS GREAT -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 19, 12:46
that's the weakest unnecessary roughness penalty I've ever seen just now on Carolina. -- nm - Reagen Dec 19, 12:07 2
- Someone needed to put them out of their misery -- nm - budice Dec 19, 12:10 1
  - CAR is a respectable franchise with a subpar team at the moment -- nm - budice Dec 19, 12:11
"We're pleased to inform you that your package will arrive on December 28th!" - The Allfather Dec 19, 11:58 2
- On the fourth day of Christmas, my friends sent to meeeeee. -- nm - Volnelk Dec 19, 12:14
- Quick! Convert to Eastern Orthodox! -- nm - Baron Please Come Home Dec 19, 12:13
Having never seen Yellowstone, I have a timeline question for folks - MDH Dec 19, 11:56 9
- It must be a Sr./Jr. name issue probably not well-elucidated in the official press release. -- (edited) - Max Dec 19, 12:38
- great garndfather -- nm - Beaker Dec 19, 12:18
- The last surviving child of a Civil War vet just died a few years ago. -- nm - Cuzzin Fa-La-La-La-Todd Dec 19, 12:16
- John Tyler, 10th president of the US, still has a living grandson. So maybe! -- nm - Reagen Dec 19, 12:02 1
  - Lyon Gardiner Tyler was 75 when Harrison Ruffin Tyler was born. Go Dad! - Baron Please Come Home Dec 19, 12:22
- It's set in present day. Maybe the men in the family father children when they're 90? -- nm - jnine Dec 19, 12:02 3
  - I've got to assume it's a skipped generation, because that big of a timeline error is unacceptable. -- nm - MDH Dec 19, 12:07 2
    - math's not ridiculous, if a bit outlandish - Reagen Dec 19, 12:13 1
      - Whether this is a story that actually needs to be told however... -- nm - con_carne Dec 19, 12:51
RIP Johnny Isakson -- nm - Strongbad Dec 19, 11:52
When McSweeney's gets it right, they're outrageously entertaining. Let's talk women in Hallmark movies... -- (link) - The Allfather Dec 19, 11:52 2
- Related: Trey Kennedy comedy video. - Will Hunting Dec 19, 12:03 [youtube]
- Any nudity? -- nm - Nuditarian si Dec 19, 11:53
We really liked 8-Bit Christmas. Some good 80s nostalgia in a very Christmas Story-ish Christmas story -- nm - prayformojo Dec 19, 11:51 2
- It's legitimately one of the most pleasant surprises of 2021. -- nm - The Allfather Dec 19, 12:10 1
  - co-signed -- nm - prayformojo Dec 19, 12:23
Big Ben—back to looking like 🗑 -- nm - flavorize Dec 19, 11:47
Cool, there's a shutout going in the Lions / Cardinals game. Makes total se....wait, what? -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 19, 11:24 5
- Cardinals gave no touches to Conner, inside the 6…Guy only has 14 TDs—but, yeah 4 straight passes should do the trick -- nm - flavorize Dec 19, 11:40 2
  - Yes more touches for Conner. -- nm - spamlet Dec 19, 11:46 1
    - "I am the oldest RB! I must be acknowledged!" -- nm - Reagen Dec 19, 11:47
- Clearly the team with 10 wins is winning -- nm - budice Dec 19, 11:26 1
  - Its like top Conference seeds are given the week off -- nm - budice Dec 19, 11:36
“ Wentz's 26.7 passing grade was the worst performance of the 2021 season. Second worst was Jordan Love's 29.2 against the Chiefs” - flavorize Dec 19, 11:15
Cam Newton -- (link) - Strongbad Dec 19, 11:11 2
- Meh, bad take by the twitter guy. He saw that the defender was going to take it all the way back and Cam tanked it into the ground to avoid the TAINT - Urban Meyer Dec 19, 11:22
- Saved a touchdown by #39. Maybe? -- nm - zunk xometimes Dec 19, 11:13
Hmm. Curious. -- (link) - Beryllium Dec 19, 11:09
I could make a comment on this photo but it would be like a moustache on the Mona Lisa. -- (link) - Reagen Dec 19, 10:35 8
- Send in The Suicide Squad. -- nm - Max Dec 19, 11:56
- Oh yeah, that's been my look a few times. Notably at volleyball -- nm - con_carne Dec 19, 11:50 1
  - I have perfectly returned a spike this way, yes. -- nm - Reagen Dec 19, 12:03
- Zen and the game of Handball, wherein the author learns to become one with the ball... -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 19, 11:46
- Oof! Great pic! -- nm - Krusty Dec 19, 11:32
- I’ve never held a handball (out of the gutter people) but shouldn’t that picture result in multiple broken bones? - Will Hunting Dec 19, 10:43 1
  - broken noses are frequent, apparently -- nm - Reagen Dec 19, 11:05
- Elle a chaud au cul -- nm - Baron Please Come Home Dec 19, 10:41
Remember how this whole Covid started on cruise ships well.... -- (link) - eag Dec 19, 10:31 7
- Do they let you off of the ships to sightsee? That's where the exposures are going to happen. -- nm - jnine Dec 19, 11:56
- I'm sweating out my departure on Thursday. I think I was more concerned about last Thursday's theater performance when very few were - Meg Dec 19, 11:37
- Health protocols on the ships are pretty tight. It's going to happen, but they are jumping on things quickly and safely -- nm - JaxSean Dec 19, 11:33 1
  - My cruise is the 4th one since the ship returned to service after refurbishment. Read a couple of reviews from the first trip just now - sounds like - Meg Dec 19, 11:40
- Took a cruise on that very ship. It's a big one. - zunk xometimes Dec 19, 11:11 1
  - I don't think they have full capacity? -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 19, 11:47
- egads -- nm - mud Dec 19, 10:56
Spider-man No Way Home $253, Encanto $6.5 ($81.5), West Side Story $3.4 ($18.0), Ghostbusters $3.4 ($117.2), Nightmare Alley $3.0; -- (edited) - Beaker Dec 19, 10:26 2
- I really wonder what Mattix number will be. Both screens and BO. -- nm - Spawn Dec 19, 10:27 1
  - Remember Matrix is on Max where you can see it on your TV safe from people - eag Dec 19, 10:35
The Panthers’ kicker got hurt in warmups. They are screwed. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 19, 10:17
In the theater to see Spidey. And then I'll be all over the BB spoiler posts! -- nm - TWuG Dec 19, 10:13
Urban keeps talking -- (link) - Reagen Dec 19, 10:02 3
- He sounds like a snowflake -- nm - JaxSean Dec 19, 11:33
- Even Florio can eviscerate him. -- nm - The Allfather Dec 19, 10:57
- Devastating take down, not that he needed the help -- nm - rollo Dec 19, 10:47
Mr. Beast brings together 15 YouTube creators for a competition to win $1 million. It’s very The Amazing Race. -- (link) - Mop Unleashed Dec 19, 10:01 [youtube] 1
- Yes, he does this. Logan tracks it. -- nm - Spawn Dec 19, 10:26
“The Democrats don’t really want to govern or legislate” take from the left really pisses me off. - Tim Dec 19, 09:43 1
- agreed -- nm - prayformojo Dec 19, 10:15
NBA: Denver-Brooklyn game today has been postponed -- nm - budice Dec 19, 09:28
Trauma surgeon breaks down all the injuries in Home Alone 1 & 2. -- (link) - Mop Unleashed Dec 19, 08:38 [youtube]
“The Last Dictator in Europe” is intentionally causing a refugee crisis. -- (link) - Mop Unleashed Dec 19, 08:36 [youtube]
Tom Holland on Hot Ones is great. He goes in hard on the first one, and immediately regrets it. -- (link) - Mop Unleashed Dec 19, 08:35 [youtube] 1
- That was one of the better episodes I've seen. Right up there with Terry Crews and Kristen Bell. -- nm - ReluctantSanta Dec 19, 09:11
$253M Spidey -- (link*) - budice Dec 19, 08:05 16
- Is that good? -- nm - Spawn Dec 19, 09:58
- SITV preview: “People love the MCU and the Omicron variant.” -- nm - Tim Dec 19, 09:18 2
  - Indiana just reported it's first omnicron case. -- nm - Remlik Dec 19, 09:49
  - if you were shocked by the post-credit scenes of the former.... -- nm - prayformojo Dec 19, 09:19
- $587.2 million worldwide, $334.2 million international (Wednesday opening internationally) -- (link*) - Inigo Dec 19, 08:23 7
  - Tom Hollands price just went up -- nm - budice Dec 19, 08:23 6
    - Anyone's price to take away from time spent fucking Zendaya should be high. -- nm - Reagen Dec 19, 08:35 5
      - (Dune spoiler) - spamlet Dec 19, 11:39 1
        
        It says a lot about my year that there's about a dozen films this year that I'd normally have seen first weekend in the theaters - Reagen Dec 19, 11:46
      - !!! -- nm - Diva Dec 19, 09:41 2
        
        crude but fair. -- nm - mud Dec 19, 09:57
        
        Thwip! Thwip! Thwip! -- nm - budice Dec 19, 09:42
- It became the biggest domestic release of 2021 after just 4 days. -- nm - Inigo Dec 19, 08:15 1
  - Currently 3rd AllTime behind 2 Avengers Movies -- nm* - budice Dec 19, 08:20
- In units we can understand, that's approximately 568 oogies. -- nm - Baron Please Come Home Dec 19, 08:12
- Probably $5 million low. The Sunday drop should be around 10% to 15%. -- nm* - Inigo Dec 19, 08:09
NBA: Trae Young has entered the league’s Covid protocols -- nm - budice Dec 19, 07:50
So how are those AirTags from Apple working out? Stalkers and car thieves love them. -- (link) - TWuG Dec 19, 07:37
Guys, you are NOT going to believe this about Manchin. - Volnelk Dec 19, 06:38 26
- I'm about 80% utterly, gob smacked frustrated with him. The other 20% is "I dunno." - ReluctantSanta Dec 19, 09:20 13
  - Apparently I saw different stats on constituent support of BBB. Much different. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 19, 10:21 4
    - I’m guessing it’s a matter of polling phrasing, where people are for the policy substance of the bill, but against the bill itself because Fox News. -- nm - znufrii, boosted Dec 19, 10:23 2
      - I was relying on DailyKos' reporting on the polling numbers. -- (edited) - ReluctantSanta Dec 19, 10:30
      - That would certainly explain the 77% number -- nm - Beryllium Dec 19, 10:29
    - (I don't know how reliable this source is) -- (link) - Beryllium Dec 19, 10:22
  - “A representative owes his constituents not only his industry, but his judgement, and he betrays them, instead of serving them, if he sacrifices that to their opinion.” -- nm* - Edmund Burke, paraphrased Dec 19, 10:10 3
    - Precisely. And I don't have enough information to judge Sen. Manchin's intent. - ReluctantSanta Dec 19, 10:17
    - yeah! -- nm - mud Dec 19, 10:12 1
      - 'Breach of His Commitments' -- (link) - mud Dec 19, 10:17
  - He’s good until 2024, and he’s most certainly not running again. - Tim Dec 19, 09:26 3
    - Wasn't he elected in 2010? Like right at the height of Obamacare debates? -- nm - ReluctantSanta Dec 19, 09:39 2
      - Special election to finish Byrd’s term. Ran again in 2012, barely re-elected in 2018. -- nm - Tim Dec 19, 09:41 1
        
        Ah! Thank you. Forgot about the special election. -- nm - ReluctantSanta Dec 19, 10:10
- Welp. We’ve had a nice run as a country. -- nm - znufrii, boosted Dec 19, 07:39
- In a political system (even two-party) that worked, this would be a non issue. - Dano Dec 19, 07:33
- IOW, the progressives we're right that decoupling Infrastructure and BBB would doom BBB. -- nm - TWuG Dec 19, 07:28 2
  - It'll pass in the new year. It'll just be modified. -- nm - Inigo Dec 19, 08:26 1
    - Bill of Theseus. -- nm - Baron Please Come Home Dec 19, 08:51
- ugh and on fox news -- (link) - budice Dec 19, 06:44
- Why not vote on segments that will pass? - budice Dec 19, 06:43 5
  - So you can keep it around as an election issue! Yes, I'm that cynical. -- nm - Baron Please Come Home Dec 19, 07:27
  - Because then you will lose Bernie et al -- nm - spamlet Dec 19, 07:10 2
    - That. And rules considerations. Breaking up BBB in the Senate would effectively delay a floor vote for a month to six weeks. - ReluctantSanta Dec 19, 09:22 1
      - Iirc, they can pass ONE budget reconciliation bill a year and they want to stuff it full as possible. Piecemeal means 60 votes -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 19, 11:53
  - “I also think he could find a way to yes on a version of it,” said one associate. “I don’t see it as dead dead.” -- (link) - budice Dec 19, 07:05
Happy birthday, Guigue! Woo hoo!!!🎂🥳🎉🎁 -- nm - Krusty Dec 19, 05:12 8
- Thanks for the BDay wishes! -- nm - Guigue Dec 19, 12:08
- HBD -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 19, 11:50
- cheers ! -- nm - mud Dec 19, 08:08
- Happy Birthday!!! I hope it's a great one! -- nm - zunk xometimes Dec 19, 08:02
- Happy bday! -- nm - Diva Dec 19, 07:42
- Happy Bday! Enjoy! -- nm - flavorize Dec 19, 06:41
- Happy birthday! -- nm - ty97 Dec 19, 06:24
- Don Homer! -- nm - Beaker Dec 19, 05:44
Good morning. Spelling Bee. -- (pic) - prayformojo Dec 19, 05:01 [Attachment] 10
- Tough robot orb - You know. That thing from the Incredibles. -- nm - VMan Dec 19, 10:01
- BROTHGUT - the weight gain from my all-soup diet -- nm - Reagen Dec 19, 08:49
- BORTHUG - an expression of condolences offered when one can't find a novelty license plate with one's name on it -- nm - Baron Please Come Home Dec 19, 08:07
- BURGTHOT - Burger King on its thirstiest days. -- nm - spamlet Dec 19, 07:38
- HOT BORG - Jeri Ryan -- nm - prayformojo Dec 19, 07:02
- Go Go Turbo Bot Trough—the most popular robot restaurant in the galaxy! -- nm* - flavorize Dec 19, 06:15
- THROBBUG - a rather indecent looking species of insect -- nm - Reagen Dec 19, 05:43
- HOTBURG a town of very attractive people -- nm - Pocket Jones Dec 19, 05:37
- GHOTURB - a place where climbing caprines live -- nm - .📯 Dec 19, 05:24
- GOTH THUG BRO HUG -greeting shared by members of a very small fraternity -- nm - prayformojo Dec 19, 05:07
TV PSA: NFL, Harry Potter: Hogwarts Tournament of Houses, Simpsons, Great North, Bob's Burgers, Claws, Family Guy, Dexter, Insecure, Yellowjackets, -- nm - Patriots Dec 19, 03:09 3
- Curb Your Enthusiasm, Blade Runner: Black Lotus, Legends of the Hidden Temple, Power Book 2 Ghost, Paramount+: 1883, Mayor of Kingstown, Yellowstone -- nm - Patriots Dec 19, 03:12 2
  - Condor, Hightown, Christmas Takes Flight, Christmas stuff, other stuff -- nm - Patriots Dec 19, 03:14 1
    - 4) NFL, The Simpsons, The Great North and Bob's Burgers. -- nm - Krusty Dec 19, 05:24
Woman in labor gives birth in a Tesla on autopilot -- (link) - zeitgeist Dec 19, 01:41 1
- I call B.S.—guessing they did it, on purpose. If your contractions are at that point, you wouldn’t be casually taking your other kid to preschool -- nm - flavorize Dec 19, 06:21
Omicron kicks JnJ ass, and china's sinovax, and russia's sputnik -- (link) - zeitgeist Dec 19, 01:03 5
- whoa, whoa... buried in the article, those fully vaxxed with Pfizer *and* prior covid infection were more likely to get reinfected than those not -- nm - previously infected Dec 19, 01:44 4
  - No. The opposite. Lowest reduction in antibodies. That is good! -- nm - Andie Dec 19, 05:59 2
    - Oh that’s good to hear. I’m triple-Pfizered and I had Covid. -- nm - kelly Dec 19, 06:18 1
      - Me too! (Assumed covid. ) -- nm - Andie Dec 19, 06:26
  - No, it's just complicatedly worded. -- nm - .📯 Dec 19, 05:19

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