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RIP foreign investment in Russia 1991-2022 -- (link) - Reagen Mar 9, 14:34 1
- Sure puts a tarnish on the prospect of future investment, too. And I'd expect to see more than a bit of "oops, must've broken when we packed up to - TWuG Mar 9, 14:39
R.I.P. Ziggy Sigmund, 56 -- (link) - mud Mar 9, 14:33
12, 29, 72, NR -- nm - spamlet Mar 9, 14:25 2
- 45, NR, NR -- nm - Dano Mar 9, 14:31 1
  - 9, 61, NR, NR... and a quality win! -- nm* - CinnaBaron Mar 9, 14:32
Full response from DeSantis. -- (link) - budice Mar 9, 14:18 5
- "okay maybe the peons will leave me alone now." -- nm - Disney CEO Mar 9, 14:36 1
  - Disney's whole "we'll make inclusive content" as a response to supporting the politicians who voted yes on the bill is textbook lip service. - TWuG Mar 9, 14:41
- Vipers gonna vipe. -- nm - David Mar 9, 14:25 2
  - ok this is interesting. -- nm - Remlik Mar 9, 14:40
  - Perhaps this would resonate for M. Chapek. -- (pic) - Dark Callisto Mar 9, 14:31 [Attachment]
wow. I wish I would have seen that Real-PSG game -- nm - prayformojo Mar 9, 14:14
The Wawa went up 10 cents from Sunday to Tuesday. And then another 20 cents overnight -- (edited) - ty97 Mar 9, 14:12 1
- Those are the expensive pretzels. -- nm - Pocket Jones Mar 9, 14:22
Will Forte & John Cena in ‘Coyote vs. Acme’ -- (link) - mud Mar 9, 14:12
DTL: my conference is way down… we are 2 games in and not a single unbeaten is left. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 9, 14:08 2
- Congrats on going 4-0 in the DTLSTI! -- nm - rollo Mar 9, 14:12 1
  - Thanks! -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 9, 14:23
*punches you in the gut* -- nm* - Buddy Boeheim Mar 9, 13:50 1
- The "doors or wheels" guy or the "nice dress" guy? This board abounds with people who need gut punches. - Mop Mar 9, 13:54
Sharks Sleep, Even When Both Eyes Are Wide Open - crash davis Mar 9, 13:47 1
- ~sleep with one eye open!~ ♪ -- (link) - mud Mar 9, 13:51 [youtube]
Amazon announces 20-for-1 stock split, $10 billion buyback -- (link*) - budice Mar 9, 13:45 8
- As a shareholder I’ll take the bounce, but this fundamentally changes the value proposition for the future of the company. -- (edited) - znufrii Mar 9, 14:10 4
  - options become a lot more liquid, if you swing that way. -- nm - Reagen Mar 9, 14:26 1
    - I know just enough about investing in options to know that I don’t know enough to actually invest in options. -- nm* - znufrii Mar 9, 14:28
  - isn't s buyback typically done when the company feels they are undervalued? -- nm - Beaker Mar 9, 14:20 1
    - It’s a defensive move to shore up their share price instead of investing in growth. -- (edited) - znufrii Mar 9, 14:25
- Also referred to the justice dept for criminal prosecution -- (link*) - znufrii Mar 9, 14:05
- So they're still going to be uncomfortably pricy for the small investor. - Will Hunting Mar 9, 13:47 1
  - Don’t places allow you to buy fractional shares now? -- (edited) - znufrii Mar 9, 14:08
Ukraine EOD's diffuse bomb with a cup of water and 2 hands...while getting bombed -- (link*) - Remlik Mar 9, 13:42
Wait, didn't we come up with the whole "Poland should give Ukraine their planes" swap? -- nm - spamlet Mar 9, 13:37 14
- Yes. Poland wants to give *us* their planes to give to Ukraine instead. -- nm - znufrii Mar 9, 13:42 11
  - They dropped that. Now we say the whole thing is a bad idea. -- (link) - spamlet Mar 9, 13:43 10
    - I do think the Pentagon here is actually being a bit of the grown up in the room on this. There are issues that people are glossing over. I think - pmb Mar 9, 13:55 2
      - Yep. This is a good explainer. -- (link) - Dark Callisto Mar 9, 14:22 1
        
        This was 100% talked about before yesterday. -- nm - spamlet Mar 9, 14:35
    - Apparently we're saying the Poles cooked this up on their own and didn't ask us first. - Mel Profit Mar 9, 13:53 3
      - Yeah, someone broke opsec and fucked it all up. -- nm - Reagen Mar 9, 14:19
      - I swear Blinken suggested this on Meet the Press on Sunday. -- nm - pmb Mar 9, 14:05
      - Agree with your IM -- nm - zork Mar 9, 13:58
    - yesterday's news. -- (link) - mud Mar 9, 13:48 [Backboard]
    - The only way this is bad is if Vlad's going to escalate to nukes - Will Hunting Mar 9, 13:46
    - Offs. -- nm - znufrii Mar 9, 13:43
- yes, I personally introduced the idea to the world. How it got to NATO I am not sure. -- (link) - mud Mar 9, 13:41 [Backboard] 1
  - Do they follow you on Twitter? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Mar 9, 14:37
I finally got around to Killing Eve S4ep.1 holy moly what happened to that show. There were signs in S3 it was going off the rails but yikes. I'm out. -- nm - mud Mar 9, 13:30 2
- I'm sad about how much I don't like it now. spoiler - Diva Mar 9, 13:31 1
  - I haven't started this season yet but I don't recognize actual human psychology in any of it now. -- nm - Reagen Mar 9, 13:36
Baseball update -- (link) - budice Mar 9, 13:17
Me today (nsfw) -- (link) - spamlet Mar 9, 13:15 [Image] 1
- ouch, I sort of felt that way yesterday. I hope tomorrow is better -- nm - crash davis Mar 9, 13:25
There's enough Canadian fighters in Ukraine's foreign legion that they have their own battalion -- (link) - Reagen Mar 9, 13:14 7
- shit, I wanted to read but then saw it was The Post. I can't abide them -- nm - mud Mar 9, 13:33 1
  - The Dude does not abide The Post -- nm - crash davis Mar 9, 13:39
- The Devil's Brigade! -- nm - Remlik Mar 9, 13:17
- They are so polite! -- nm - Russian Soldiers Mar 9, 13:15 3
  - "Have a nice day!" *launches missile* -- nm - TWuG Mar 9, 13:34 2
    - "Do Svidaniya!" -- nm - Beryllium Mar 9, 13:45 1
      - Every missile has "sorry" written on it -- nm - zork Mar 9, 13:56
Some results from a online MSM poll about book banning: -- (edited) - Jovian Mar 9, 13:07
Scotland Apologizes for History of Witchcraft Persecution - crash davis Mar 9, 13:07
VW EV microbus (for real this time?) -- (link) - Reagen Mar 9, 13:07
Sweat pants are at least mono color, not like zubaz or those Norwegian curling team pants -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 9, 13:07
John Williams is trending...dang Obi-Wan trailer. Said it before, but that would be a massive blow for me if he passed away. -- nm - Flavorize Mar 9, 13:05
DTL: Is it just me or does this class *suck* - spamlet Mar 9, 13:05
I'm not sure how anyone who finds this reprehensible can still consider themselves a Republican. This *is* the Republican party -- (link) - TWuG Mar 9, 13:01 2
- *paging Merrick Garland* *paging Merrick Garland* - Jovian Mar 9, 13:09
- F*ck Texas. -- nm - znufrii Mar 9, 13:08
From b2: I can't imagine carrying a backpack and a gym bag (I assume kids still have gym/change clothes?), and what if you play sports and have equip? -- nm - MDH Mar 9, 13:00
Question of the day -- (pic) - prayformojo Mar 9, 12:56 [Attachment] 9
- Answer (spoiler) -- (pic) - prayformojo Mar 9, 12:56 [Attachment] 8
  - Bonus question -- (pic) - prayformojo Mar 9, 12:57 [Attachment] 7
    - I've been there. -- nm - Reagen Mar 9, 13:06
    - Answer (spoiler) -- (pic) - prayformojo Mar 9, 12:57 [Attachment] 5
      - 1 1/4 / 2 - Went back and forth on the first. -- nm - . Mar 9, 14:08
      - 1/2 -- nm - JD Mar 9, 13:20
      - *salutes the geography badge* -- nm - crash davis Mar 9, 13:02
      - 1/2 -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 9, 12:58
      - 2/2 -- nm - decline Mar 9, 12:57
credit where it's due - mud Mar 9, 12:54
"There is increasing confidence that a significant winter storm will develop late Friday across the Southeast and then spread heavy snow across the - decline Mar 9, 12:51 11
- Lousy Smarch weather. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Mar 9, 13:43
- we're supposed to get six to nine inches. -- nm - amanda jeans Mar 9, 13:37 1
  - Nice -- nm - rollo Mar 9, 13:39
- Uh oh. We're going to get stuck there again this weekend, aren't we? we'll be in Philly Friday - Tuesday. -- (edited) - JaxSean Mar 9, 12:59
- It’s the goddamned Storm of 93 again. - Will Hunting Mar 9, 12:58 1
  - Myrtle! party time! -- nm - sycor Mar 9, 13:01
- Yeah we are expecting snow here in GA but no accumulation -- nm - Strongbad Mar 9, 12:57
- Are you snowing?? There's no snowing in March baseball. There's no snowing in March baseball! -- nm - Max Mar 9, 12:54
- Saturday high of 61 with thunderstorms. Saturday night low of 22. WTF. -- nm - sycor Mar 9, 12:53
- Oh fun. -- nm - znufrii Mar 9, 12:52
- wow -- nm - prayformojo Mar 9, 12:51
Bill Lawrence is scrambling to put this into Ted Lasso as we speak, I'd wager -- (link) - Reagen Mar 9, 12:44 5
- because when people run, the comment is "nice wheels"? -- nm - crash davis Mar 9, 12:59 1
  - This was meant to go under pfm's post -- nm - crash davis Mar 9, 13:00
- It seems like there's an obvious answer -- nm - prayformojo Mar 9, 12:51 1
  - Oh, do tell. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 9, 12:53
- Brilliance and stupidity. Yin and Yang. -- (pic) - Beryllium Mar 9, 12:46 [Attachment]
To go along with Strongbad's question. - crash davis Mar 9, 12:43 3
- Nice. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 9, 12:56
- heh -- nm - mud Mar 9, 12:50
- *golf clap* for you seeing the *real* problem with his joke. -- nm - Spawn Mar 9, 12:48
Washington's Super Bowl odds before this trade: +5000 Washington's Super Bowl odds after this trade: +5000 -- (link) - Remlik Mar 9, 12:34 3
- Please tell me someone is using the headline Gone and Wentz! -- nm - Max Mar 9, 12:38
- Well, they didn't get any worse... -- nm - decline Mar 9, 12:37 1
  - Actually, ML showed me one where their odds dropped by 50%. -- nm - The Allfather Mar 9, 12:53
Guy on FaceTime while boarding my plane: “it looks fine, it’ll grow back fast, it looks good” - ty97 Mar 9, 12:28 5
- Kid cut his own hair? Kid cut mommy's hair? Kid shaved the dog? -- nm - Max Mar 9, 12:38 1
  - A cutting accident that led to a shorter cut than normal? -- nm - Beryllium Mar 9, 12:38
- Definitely the husband answer -- nm - JaxSean Mar 9, 12:31 2
  - Uh, not exactly. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 9, 12:32 1
    - I didn't say it was the smart answer. - JaxSean Mar 9, 12:34
DC Films getting pushed back. Aquaman 2 now March 17, 2023 -- nm* - budice Mar 9, 12:25 7
- Shazam 2 (12/16/22) The Flash (6/23/23) Aquaman 2 (3/17/23) Wonka (12/15/23) Meg 2 (8/4/23) -- nm - Inigo Mar 9, 12:39 5
  - LOFL. -- nm - Spawn Mar 9, 12:49
  - #*&$! -- nm - 'World Needs Heroes 2022' trailer copywriter Mar 9, 12:44 1
    - Right? Maybe make sure that's all coming out in 2022 before putting that trailer out. -- nm - Inigo Mar 9, 12:45
  - Wonka is part of the DCEU? - eag Mar 9, 12:44 1
    - You think someone can eat that much chocolate and stay as thin as he does without superpowers? -- nm - Max Mar 9, 12:44
- Ugh. I can't wait that long to not watch it! -- nm - rollo Mar 9, 12:30
Allright. Work question. How inappropriate is this comment? - Strongbad Mar 9, 12:21 30
- It's enough to make me check in with the woman and see how she felt about it, ya know, if she was ok with it. nm - Turd Ferguson Mar 9, 13:38 1
  - I should add - if I was a bystander and heard this exchange - that's what I would do. nm -- nm - Turd Ferguson Mar 9, 13:40
- Ew. -- nm - Diva Mar 9, 13:05
- That's a nope. -- nm - Dark Callisto Mar 9, 12:46 1
  - ::dances to Fingertips:: -- nm - Spawn Mar 9, 12:50
- on the surface, awful. But I still need to know more about what sort of friendship/relationship they have before burning him at a stake. -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 9, 12:42 6
  - While this is very true, it doesn't really matter. If it were overheard by someone else then that person could file the complaint. - sycor Mar 9, 12:50 3
    - I've had to have a few sit-downs, over the last year, with people who were just being too awkward. Nothing wrong being said. A "Nice dress" from an - Flavorize Mar 9, 13:02
    - I have not worked for someone else or in an office since 1983 -- nm* - Peglegpete Mar 9, 12:56 1
      - Not missing much. They did take away all the water fountains though -- nm - Flavorize Mar 9, 13:07
  - Whoa, no one is proposing burning him at the stake. Just a bit of a gentle singe. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 9, 12:43 1
    - (You're right, though. It might be an in-joke.) -- nm - Beryllium Mar 9, 12:44
- That's a no from me. -- nm - colink Mar 9, 12:35
- There is absolutely no problem here....................if the speaker was her husband. -- nm - crash davis Mar 9, 12:34
- yeah that's worth a talking to. -- nm - Remlik Mar 9, 12:34 1
  - and a paddling. Victim gets to do the paddling. Offender has to wear the dress. -- nm - Max Mar 9, 12:35
- First part is okay with a change to That's a nice dress. The second part is just bad. - sycor Mar 9, 12:33
- Didn't they just do this skit on SNL last weekend? -- nm - JaxSean Mar 9, 12:30 1
  - They went to the men's room and had raw intercourse. -- nm - Spawn Mar 9, 12:33
- I think we canned a front desk person for making these kinds of comments to our condo owners (though it was 2rd or 3rd warning). -- nm - Max Mar 9, 12:27
- That’s a 9–can’t do that. If she complains, I’d definitely issue a strong written warning to that -- nm - Flavorize Mar 9, 12:25
- Oh. And spoilers - Strongbad Mar 9, 12:24 5
  - Ugh. -- nm - Diva Mar 9, 13:09
  - that just bumped it up. That's at least a 7, probably an 8. I'm leaving some room for unwanted advances and then...10+ levels of wrong. -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 9, 12:29 2
    - Hey, I didn’t say it’d look better on my floor! That’s progress, right? -- nm - Creepy old dude Mar 9, 13:00 1
      - "Hey...do you like moustache rides?" -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 9, 14:10
  - Ewww. -- nm - znufrii Mar 9, 12:26
- totally appropriate if he is referencing her keen fashion sense - decline Mar 9, 12:24
- It's weird. So maybe a 7 out of 10 for inappropriateness? -- nm - Beryllium Mar 9, 12:23 1
  - For reference, this is an 11 out of 10. -- (link) - Beryllium Mar 9, 12:24
Clustery goodness. -- nm - Spawn Mar 9, 12:20 1
- Cluster & Eno -- (link) - mud Mar 9, 12:40 [youtube]

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