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Heh, I swear I hadn't seen this when I posted my comment about them earlier -- (link) - Reagen Feb 21, 14:50
Canuckle 12 4/6 - zork Feb 21, 14:26
wow, Most all Qanon, antivax, trucker freedom conspiracy sites are run by scammers in foreign countries..Guardian article.... -- (link) - zeitgeist Feb 21, 14:23 1
- I am shocked! SHOCKED I say! -- nm - ReluctantCynic Feb 21, 14:37
Um, I wonder if I just hit on my perfect lineup. -- (edited) - spamlet Feb 21, 14:22 9
- It must be triple digit day. - CinnaBaron Feb 21, 14:35 2
  - Sweet! -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 21, 14:40
  - Nice! -- nm - spamlet Feb 21, 14:40
- I didn't really look at the details ... 60 rebounds? 60? Jesus H. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 21, 14:31 1
  - I mean that part's not really sustainable. -- nm - spamlet Feb 21, 14:33
- You got a scrimmage to test it out -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 21, 14:25 3
  - Thanks! I just sent one to rollo as well. -- nm - spamlet Feb 21, 14:25 2
    - Got it. Ran fast in my earlier test scrimmages, which told me to run normal, so that's what you're getting this time. -- nm - rollo Feb 21, 14:36 1
      - Totally fine. -- nm - spamlet Feb 21, 14:39
Apparently Putin is ordering Russian troops in for "peacekeeping" duties -- nm - zork Feb 21, 14:19 3
- This whole situation is eerily starting to turn into the military thriller I'm writing. - ReluctantCynic Feb 21, 14:46 1
  - Well, stop writing it! -- nm - spamlet Feb 21, 14:58
- Crap. How did I miss the thread below? -- nm - zork Feb 21, 14:30
San Fran's iconic Sir Francis Drake hotel known for its doormen in Beefeater uniforms is being renamed after the namesake slaver was cancelled -- (link) - zeitgeist Feb 21, 14:11
“Starting Feb 28, the pharmacy department at CVS Pharmacy locations in your area may be closed from 1:30 to 2:00pm daily for lunch.” - znufrii Feb 21, 14:08 5
- Company wide. About effing time. - Tim Feb 21, 14:16 2
  - Lord! Ours is always closed from 1-2. -- nm - Dark Callisto Feb 21, 14:26
  - That’s good news! I was assuming they were just cutting a position. -- nm - spamlet Feb 21, 14:17
- Our Walgreens has been closed at the same time for a few years. It's because they only have one there at any given time. -- nm - spamlet Feb 21, 14:13 1
  - Some states mandate it. I think Walgreens was ahead of See Vee Ess on this one. - Tim Feb 21, 14:17
Damn. A good co-worker of mine had a massive stroke on Friday and passed this morning. He was 51. - Will Hunting Feb 21, 14:03 5
- :( -- nm - budice Feb 21, 15:45
- Sorry to hear sir -- nm - Remlik Feb 21, 14:23
- I'm so sorry. Death is never easy but that sudden and that young... -- nm - spamlet Feb 21, 14:06
- I'm so sorry for your loss. -- nm - David Feb 21, 14:04
- That's awful, I'm so sorry -- nm - ty97 Feb 21, 14:04
American Airlines cancels/suspends more international flights over widebody plane shortage - ty97 Feb 21, 13:55
Fatburger CEO Earned 9 Million Amex Points Sending Company Funds To Son’s Paypal Account -- (link) - budice Feb 21, 13:40 3
- "Paying 2.8 cents apiece for Membership Rewards points is, in fact, criminal" -- nm - David Feb 21, 13:55
- That man's a hero *salutes* - spamlet Feb 21, 13:49 1
  - All those points *drools* -- nm - ty97 Feb 21, 13:52
Putin orders peacekeeping mission in Donetsk and Luhansk -- nm - budice Feb 21, 13:22 11
- Basically whatever he says, it's the opposite. -- nm - Dark Callisto Feb 21, 13:34 9
  - I do wonder how desperate the situation is in Russia that he's doing this. -- nm - David Feb 21, 13:56 6
    - He's nearing 70. Could he be worried about shaping his 'legacy'? -- nm - ty97 Feb 21, 14:01
    - He wants a War - eag Feb 21, 13:59 4
      - He's a smart man; he's nowhere near delusional enough to believe that Russian could win a war with the West. -- nm - David Feb 21, 14:01 2
        
        What Will said - eag Feb 21, 14:12 1
        
        I'm sure that's all part of it. The other is money. They've been making bank on oil due to this crisis - Remlik Feb 21, 14:24
      - He doesn't want a war per se. He wants to see us fold. Because we've done a great job of that the last 15 years - Will Hunting Feb 21, 14:01
  - All he wants is peace! -- (link) - Mop Feb 21, 13:48 [youtube] 1
    - ....in the USSR -- nm - ty97 Feb 21, 13:52
- LOL -- nm - Mop Feb 21, 13:24
England will end all COVID restrictions as of Friday. Will also be shutting down all free mass-testing centers. -- nm - MDH Feb 21, 12:26
Medina Spirit stripped of Kentucky Derby victory; trainer Bob Baffert suspended 90 days -- (link) - Beaker Feb 21, 12:01 5
- Did the horse have a comment? "Neigh" -- nm - rollo Feb 21, 13:55
- That was almost a year ago. say do the race bettors get paid? do the ones that thought they won have to give the money back? -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 21, 13:32
- The punishment sounds light. - Diva Feb 21, 12:40
- She was only 3 years old, that's under 16 so she shouldn't be held responsible for her actions. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Feb 21, 12:26 1
  - She was 65 in horse years. - Will Hunting Feb 21, 12:31
Even though he is a musichead I actually give Remlik points for not recognizing an Imagine Dragons quote when he hears it. - Spawn Feb 21, 11:59 5
- eh...busy processing this weeks shipment. -- nm - Remlik Feb 21, 12:11 4
  - 3 for you. 1, 2, 3 for me. -- nm - oblique Feb 21, 12:19 3
    - only when it comes to the JLA/Avengers graphic novel -- nm - Remlik Feb 21, 12:20 2
      - Just out of curiosity, how is the Ms. Marvel comic (Beyond the limit) doing? A high school classmate of mine who graduated with me wrote it -- nm - oblique Feb 21, 12:32 1
        
        oh I know who she is. It does ok. But where it's really going to sell? when it's in grpahic novel form in time for the tv show. Then it's going... - Remlik Feb 21, 13:07
Xfl announces working partnership with the Nfl - Remlik Feb 21, 11:46 10
- The XFL is still a thing? Huh. -- nm - Krusty Feb 21, 12:55 9
  - Even the USFL is coming back -- nm - rollo Feb 21, 12:58 2
    - I'll buy that for $3. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 21, 13:01 1
      - I understood that reference. -- nm - Captain America Feb 21, 13:02
  - The Rock and his wife and company bought it from Vince for like $15mil -- and seem to be stepping back to build up a good foundation. - Will Hunting Feb 21, 12:57 5
    - Ah, that's who Dany Garcia is! -- nm - Mop Feb 21, 14:22
    - Good to hear it's out of Vince's hands. Is it less gimmicky? -- nm - Krusty Feb 21, 13:06 3
      - I dunno what their rules are going to be but the 2020 version had some well-regarded ones - Will Hunting Feb 21, 13:13 1
        
        Interesting. I'll check out the highlights when it returns. -- nm - Krusty Feb 21, 13:22
      - you mean the gimmicks the NFL copied? :) No idea on any of that yet to be honest. -- nm - Remlik Feb 21, 13:08
A podcast on interracial buddy tropes in movies -- (link) - . Feb 21, 11:35
pop quiz! we have 15 leased vehicles in my unit at work. so far this year, we've paid $94k for them, so they are not cheap. how much are we paying per - amanda jeans Feb 21, 11:31 12
- Wait..is this 2022 value? Like, 15 cars have cost 94k after 2 months? Or school year... so 6 months? - Will Hunting Feb 21, 12:42 7
  - sorry our FY is July. so july to now. about $840 per month. -- nm - amanda jeans Feb 21, 12:48 6
    - and our average is $50.08 per mile. wtf, coworkers? -- nm - amanda jeans Feb 21, 12:49 5
      - So each car drives like 15-16 miles a month? - Will Hunting Feb 21, 12:54 4
        
        Get them Segways! -- nm - spamlet Feb 21, 13:16 3
        
        I was about to suggest golf carts, but winters in Happy Valley would suck. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 21, 13:20 2
        
        They're not being used anyway. -- nm - spamlet Feb 21, 13:31 1
        
        But never give them a reason not to use the vehicles. - Will Hunting Feb 21, 13:32
- Total, they've driven 300 miles, so $315 or so. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 21, 12:08
- $2,022/mile -- nm - Max Feb 21, 11:44
- ∞. They haven't been driven. -- nm - spamlet Feb 21, 11:37
- 625 (312.50 x 2) -- nm* - budice Feb 21, 11:31
zeit, there are less than ten people in my whole building most days. nobody knows when I interview on my lunch hour. - amanda jeans Feb 21, 11:27
Putin says Ukraine is a "U.S. colony" with a "puppet regime" -- nm - budice Feb 21, 11:27 1
- "no fair, that's our bit!" -- nm - Reagen Feb 21, 11:33
The battle of two interim teams is the #6 GotD. -- nm - spamlet Feb 21, 11:15 4
- Over half that conference is interim teams! I want to transfer. -- nm - CinnaBaron Feb 21, 11:21 2
  - Chicago is the team I'd go to if we could transfer. -- nm - spamlet Feb 21, 11:24 1
    - On a strategy note, I've adjusted my shooting preferences to try to funnel the ball more toward my best scorers. - CinnaBaron Feb 21, 12:03
- Not happy about my loss to an interim this morning -- nm - rollo Feb 21, 11:18
so far Vlady's speech is evoking the virtues of Lenin, Empire and Soviet history. -- nm - mud Feb 21, 10:47 1
- I wonder how Bozonaro, who calls everyone opposed to him a dirty commie, feels about his visit to Putin last week. - Marlowe Feb 21, 11:55
RIP Steve Fonyo -- (link) - Reagen Feb 21, 10:47 1
- Complicated person. Unfortunate passing. (I assume the cause will turn out to be tainted drugs, which has killed more people here than has Covid.) -- nm - Beryllium Feb 21, 10:54
Oh, the orange one's social network is online now? Sounds like folks are joining it to, you know, post some actual truths. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 21, 10:46 8
- Let's join and do that too! -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Feb 21, 10:48 6
  - At $4.99/wk—it’s such a bad grift. 3% of all US credit card fraud once came from via Trump’s re-elect campaign, in addition -- nm - Flavorize Feb 21, 11:19 2
    - Snopes suggests that's not accurate. However, it appears that it does cost some kind of campaign contribution to join his social media platform. -- (link) - Qale Feb 21, 11:24
    - It's whaa?!?!?! -- nm - zunk xometimes Feb 21, 11:22
  - I would prefer not to volunteer my information to that group of people. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 21, 10:56 2
    - That’s why I volunteer other people’s information. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 21, 11:20 1
      - The other Patriotic (t) social media sites for true amurikans and no libtards allowed had thousands sign up using names of top conservatives... - zeitgeist Feb 21, 13:39
- oh boy -- nm - mud Feb 21, 10:48
Ugh. -- (link) - Reagen Feb 21, 10:28 10
- Ugh is right. Also, some people don't understand the word demographics. -- nm - zork Feb 21, 14:11
- Disgusting -- nm - Spawn Feb 21, 11:28
- Eff that bitch. -- nm - Diva Feb 21, 10:54
- Gross -- nm - Epiphany Feb 21, 10:31
- obscene -- nm - mud Feb 21, 10:31 5
  - Man, her feed is a trash fire. -- nm - Reagen Feb 21, 10:34 4
    - Her wikipedia page reflects that. - David Feb 21, 10:37 3
      - paired with Theo Fleury for Battle of the Blades! Well, that fits. -- nm - Reagen Feb 21, 10:42
      - She's Crazy Hot, though I remember Dignan falling on the side of something being off with her back in the day - Reagen Feb 21, 10:39 1
        
        You forgot a comma methinks - spamlet Feb 21, 11:13
Heh. -- (link) - Beryllium Feb 21, 10:23
~Insane in da Ukraine~: French President Macron convenes urgent meeting of the National Security Council to discuss Russia-Ukraine -- nm - budice Feb 21, 10:22 2
- "You guys, what's this news that keeps popping up in my feed? Is there a feud between Russia and Ukraine?" -- nm - Max Feb 21, 10:39
- Chief of Russia's communist party says Russia may use military force to protect newly-recognized Donetsk and Lugansk republics -- nm - budice Feb 21, 10:27
Who has a Baltics vacation scheduled later this year? -- nm - ty97 Feb 21, 10:18 3
- Already had a holiday in Ukraine (Yalta) so I'm good (much as I enjoyed the borscht). -- nm - LMS Feb 21, 10:28
- Iceland 2/2023. Seems like I can only book travel through 1/17 via Chase so I have to wait a little longer. Iceland Air seems to be the only game in - oblique Feb 21, 10:28
- you? -- nm - mud Feb 21, 10:19
Other kid in NJ brawl who got sat on a couch while his Black counterpart was tackled and cuffed says police actions were "plain old racist" -- (link*) - znufrii Feb 21, 10:13 1
- Sounds like despite the fighting the kids were still more mature than the adults. -- nm - . Feb 21, 12:24
I'm a nerd so I looked at the NFL Coaching turnover --- the Steelers have had 3 coaches since the end of the LBJ presidency. -- (edited) - Will Hunting Feb 21, 10:12 1
- It works great as long as you select the right coach -- nm - rollo Feb 21, 10:26
(because I can't stop making lists!) My Top 30 Comedies: - mud Feb 21, 10:02 2
- "I was punched in the face. What's your excuse?" -- nm - Qale Feb 21, 10:23
- Do the Right Thing is a comedy...? -- nm - Inigo Feb 21, 10:04
Reports of Attack on Ukraine, soldiers killed -- (link) - budice Feb 21, 09:54 15
- I know the US has Afghanistan fatigue, but we can't let Putin take over Ukraine. - Inigo Feb 21, 10:03 3
  - your IM is wrong. Estonia, Lativa and Lithuania are NATO members. -- nm - znufrii Feb 21, 10:05 1
    - You and Reagen are right. I misread the countries that have been let in. -- nm - Inigo Feb 21, 10:07
  - point of order: the Baltic states are. -- nm - Reagen Feb 21, 10:04
- Putin national address expected soon -- nm - budice Feb 21, 09:55 10
  - Putin tells European leaders that he will recognize Donetsk and Luhansk as independent states (Eastern Ukraine). -- nm* - budice Feb 21, 10:06 9
    - ugh - not good -- nm - mud Feb 21, 10:08 8
      - No, but this feels like how he backs out of this. -- nm - Reagen Feb 21, 10:12 7
        
        Or, the "proper leaders" of these areas request Russian troops to fight off Ukrainian insurgents -- nm - zork Feb 21, 14:15
        
        Yeah, like in Georgia and Moldova, that was always the goal. Unfortunately, there are enclaves like this everywhere. - Mop Feb 21, 11:49 1
        
        Flip it and encourage everyone to acknowledge anti-Putin territories in Russia as independent. -- nm - Max Feb 21, 11:58
        
        Oh so all he wanted was to give the people the right of self-determination and was willing to use force to make that happen. That's nice. -- nm - Max Feb 21, 10:17 1
        
        I mean, not necessarily. It seems like a diplomatic decision (like the US not recognizing Taiwan as being part of China). It's not without - pmb Feb 21, 10:32
        
        Hopefully this. -- nm - spamlet Feb 21, 10:15
        
        it may also give Biden cause to say "fuck no" to yesterday's agreement to a summit. -- nm - mud Feb 21, 10:14
Russian stock market sees 17% haircut -- (link) - Reagen Feb 21, 09:53
You want ranch or hot honey on yer possum-strami sangwich? Anything's possible at the HICK DELI -- nm - rollo Feb 21, 09:53
zoom zoom -- nm - oblique Feb 21, 09:52

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