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Statement from The Walt Disney Company on signing of Florida "Dont Say Gay" legislation -- (link) - budice Mar 28, 10:28 1
- Nice of them to say something now and not in the months leading up to the vote on the legislation. -- nm - Krusty Mar 28, 10:30
P DIDDY says its all good now Smith and Rock made up -- (edited) - eag Mar 28, 10:13 3
- The 90s called and they really want their beefs back. -- nm - spamlet Mar 28, 10:26
- sure. -- nm - Andie Mar 28, 10:19
- yeah, right -- nm - crash davis Mar 28, 10:17
Favorite presenter last night: Kevin Costner, 2nd fave: Lady Gaga being so kind to Liza. Kevin brought some gravitas to his presentation - crash davis Mar 28, 10:03 13
- Whoever had the idea of Liza Minelli going out in that state should never get to work in Hollywood again. - David Mar 28, 10:17 10
  - It was a night of bad choices all around. The 28th anniversary of a film? Extreme sports guys to talk about James Bond? -- nm - crash davis Mar 28, 10:22 3
    - 28 is a perfect number. -- nm - Baruno Mar 28, 10:23 2
      - yet Jack Bauer never needed more than 24 -- nm - crash davis Mar 28, 10:24 1
        
        Because he prefers things with more, ahem, divisions. -- nm - Baruno Mar 28, 10:27
  - She was on CBS Sunday Morning in January and didn't look great, but she can actually still sing pretty well. - MDH Mar 28, 10:20 2
    - She had no idea where she was, and the lights were scaring her. It was textbook exploitation. -- nm - The Allfather Mar 28, 10:29 1
      - Not saying she should have been there (and I agree with you). Just commenting folks should have seen CBS and made other plans -- nm - MDH Mar 28, 10:37
  - Amen. Oscar Producers have some need to wheel out legends every year or two (Kirk Douglas, Kim Novak) -- nm* - budice Mar 28, 10:20 1
    - Here is an idea: if you want legends, why don't you show the folks you're giving lifetime achievement awards to? -- nm - crash davis Mar 28, 10:23
  - agreed -- nm - Beaker Mar 28, 10:18
- Lady Gaga/Liza was simultaneously heartbreaking and heartwarming. -- nm - MDH Mar 28, 10:08 1
  - indeed -- nm - crash davis Mar 28, 10:12
Tony Kotsur, yay! - JD Mar 28, 10:03
selling thing on ebay. listed yesterday at $300. it's been selling around that. got offer for $250. reply $275 and call it a day or wait? - amanda jeans Mar 28, 09:59 11
- I see that some big time sellers on ebay sold this item for $279 and $289 lately. I'd take the $275 if it were me - Guigue Mar 28, 10:21
- Id be apt to take the $250 if offered, but feel free to offer $275. $20 give or take shouldnt hurt. No need to sit on a device like that -- nm - budice Mar 28, 10:19
- Are they selling for 300 or offered for 300? -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 28, 10:08 1
  - I checked completed listings. they're all over the place. some as high as $325. on amazon they're going for far more - amanda jeans Mar 28, 10:11
- Explain to them that it's a multi-lingual docking station and well worth the 300 bucks -- nm* - decline Mar 28, 10:01 5
  - "90W EV charging" 20% markup -- nm - oblique Mar 28, 10:03 4
    - you gentlemen are not helpful in this instance (but I still heart u.) -- nm - amanda jeans Mar 28, 10:05 3
      - How long has it been listed? If less than 3 days, I’d wait. It’s not causing any issues waiting, right? -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 28, 10:06 2
        
        one day. I can chill. reject or counter? -- nm - amanda jeans Mar 28, 10:07 1
        
        Reject. There’s no reason yet to jump on a 17% price cut. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 28, 10:10
- it is this -- (link) - amanda jeans Mar 28, 10:00
your very important news of the day is that target brand croutons are *amazing* and super inexp. you're welcome. -- nm - amanda jeans Mar 28, 09:48 6
- A lot of the Target brand stuff is surprisingly really good. - sycor Mar 28, 09:52 5
  - Walmart offbrand stuff same same. And Amazon Basic product lines expanding fast -- nm - budice Mar 28, 09:54 4
    - I had a really bad experience with walmart salad dressing that makes me loath to try their branded items again. - amanda jeans Mar 28, 10:02 3
      - There are certain categories that I always get the Walmart brand and others that I won't. Salad dressing is best left to the name brands -- nm - crash davis Mar 28, 10:12 1
        
        Yup, I bought some in Target that looked good - it wasn't. I do like Kroger's though. -- nm - Meg Mar 28, 10:25
      - link -- (link) - amanda jeans Mar 28, 10:05 [Backboard]
I had American Samoa for Worldle and a bunch of you got Australia? This is weird, I'll have to list the country inside with the results from now on -- nm - crash davis Mar 28, 09:45 12
- Yesterday I had random French island when everyone else had African country. -- nm - Baruno Mar 28, 09:46 11
  - I got random French island as well -- nm - spamlet Mar 28, 09:48 10
    - Worst salad dressing ever. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 28, 10:04 2
      - Berenice Bott's every flavor dressing -- nm - Baruno Mar 28, 10:08
      - This made me laugh. Random ingredients from both French and 1000 Island thrown together :). It would be way too sweet -- nm* - crash davis Mar 28, 10:06
    - Now I need an island to be officially named Random French Island. -- nm - Todd Manning Mar 28, 10:02
    - Me too! -- nm - Dark Callisto Mar 28, 09:56
    - Its not as fun if we aren't on the same world -- nm - crash davis Mar 28, 09:49 4
      - That's it. I'm sending in Civ Vi Eleanor of Aquitaine to bring it all under one banner -- nm - Baruno Mar 28, 09:51 2
        
        English or French? -- nm - Reagen Mar 28, 09:52 1
        
        French so we can get that Court of Love ball rolling faster -- nm - Baruno Mar 28, 09:55
      - "Hold on... Rohan? Fuck off." -- nm - Reagen Mar 28, 09:51
Thank you Reddit for a timely and interesting reference... -- (link) - oblique Mar 28, 09:42 [youtube]
Oscars drew 13.73 million viewers, a 32% increase from last year's ceremony. -- nm - budice Mar 28, 09:40 13
- who won the ST Pool? -- nm - Beaker Mar 28, 09:56
- I was entertained for most of it. - zunk xometimes Mar 28, 09:55
- They’ll think this is vindication for terrible choices. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 28, 09:43 7
  - I didn't notice the music cues BUT read 2 black Oscars winners come out to Africa; Rachel Zegler to Beggin' and Stephanie Beatriz to "La Isla Bonita" -- (edited) - Beaker Mar 28, 09:55 2
    - I noticed the first one and was like 'Really?" -- nm - Reagen Mar 28, 10:09
    - that's pretty disgusting. -- nm - amanda jeans Mar 28, 10:06
  - That's what I fear the most. Next year we get BP, BD, Performers, and 3.5 hours of stupid caustic humor as they cut all else but stil run long. (NM) - Marlowe Mar 28, 09:46 3
    - And there's a lottery among nominees to slap a presenter of their choice. -- nm - Reagen Mar 28, 09:49
    - And then Will Ferrell slaps host Colin Jost for saying the name Scarlett Johansson. -- nm* - Beryllium Mar 28, 09:47 1
      - I'll watch that! -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Mar 28, 10:17
- We also saw 32% more movies than last year :P -- nm - Baruno Mar 28, 09:43
- ZACH SNYDER Triumphant! -- nm - Beaker Mar 28, 09:41 1
  - disgusting -- nm - Spawn Mar 28, 09:42
$600 million from New York state, $250 million from Erie County for new Bills stadium. I am DISGUSTED. -- (link) - ty97 Mar 28, 09:32 1
- Mike B's opener last night had thing on billionaires that really stuck with me. Off to lunch now, but please help me remember to tell it later. -- nm - Spawn Mar 28, 09:42
None of this woulda happened if freakin Chalamet would have just worn a shirt -- nm - prayformojo Mar 28, 09:30 5
- He couldn't quite pull off the tiny magician's assistant look. -- nm - David Mar 28, 10:18
- i especially love that he picked that outfit from the women's collection of the designer. (he looked so good.) -- nm - Andie Mar 28, 10:04
- Easily best part of the night. -- nm - Qale Mar 28, 09:39
- Chris Rock did utter the name of the "Scottish Play"... - Mel Profit Mar 28, 09:33 1
  - Do you mean Macbeth? -- nm - Blackadder Mar 28, 09:51
WAP? Biden to propose 20% minimum tax on realized and unrealized capital gains for individuals worth more than $100m -- (link*) - znufrii Mar 28, 09:19 16
- The unrealized part I'm not sure on.... -- nm - ty97 Mar 28, 09:27 13
  - I'm sure I'm a no on that. -- nm - Baruno Mar 28, 09:47
  - Same. Might have to make them "realized" in order to pay the tax when they were unrealized? This is an ultrarich problem but - zunk xometimes Mar 28, 09:37 6
    - And that’ll tank the markets…you can’t drop tens of millions of shares without harming the stock price - Will Hunting Mar 28, 09:48 3
      - You can avoid that by only considering year-over-year changes in unrealized gains. -- nm - znufrii Mar 28, 09:52 2
        
        So Musk owes 30bil instead of 40. - Will Hunting Mar 28, 09:54 1
        
        As long as I get $99,999,999 of it, I'm good. -- nm - Todd Manning Mar 28, 10:01
    - I’m imagining any payments would need to be available as a credit against future gains to avoid double taxation. -- (edited) - znufrii Mar 28, 09:43 1
      - Fwiw, here’s what I came up with last year. -- (link) - znufrii Mar 28, 09:49
  - Yea unrealized as well but it would be able to paid over a period of time (5 or 9 years depending on type) -- nm - spamlet Mar 28, 09:36 3
    - do you get a refund if the stock tanks? Not everything goes up all the time -- nm - Beaker Mar 28, 09:36 2
      - There are ways to structure it so that wouldn’t be necessary, I think. -- nm - znufrii Mar 28, 09:45
      - I doubt it was considered because it’s going nowhere. - spamlet Mar 28, 09:38
  - WaPo -- (link) - znufrii Mar 28, 09:31
- Will also propose new rules for corporate stock buybacks, restricting executives from selling shares. - znufrii Mar 28, 09:23
- Yeah! Taxes, b****! Fund those schools! - Beryllium Mar 28, 09:21
ST Poll: Weekend viewing -- nm - oblique Mar 28, 09:19 14
- Lost City: B+; West Side Story (2021): C -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Mar 28, 10:19
- House of Gucci 9/10, The Oscars 4/10 -- nm - crash davis Mar 28, 09:47
- Emo Batman: B-. WandaVision ep 1 & 2: A++. - Baruno Mar 28, 09:45
- Dune (third time) A- - Mel Profit Mar 28, 09:36
- Bunnyman Vengeance. C -- nm - Todd Manning Mar 28, 09:33
- Canada v Jamaica: A+ ; BBall: B- ; Critical Role binge of campaign 2 (up to episode 9 (NEIN!) now): A- -- nm - Beaker Mar 28, 09:32
- The Bad Guys - C+. -- nm - LMS Mar 28, 09:32
- Thanks to RC I watched Frontline's Pelosi's Power: It's a pretty solid A, but I wasn't ready to watch so much Trump and 1/6 Insurrection coverage. -- nm - Qale Mar 28, 09:27
- KIMI: B/B+ for most of the film, dropping it to a B- for the rushed somewhat unearned ending -- nm - prayformojo Mar 28, 09:25
- Mike Birbiglia: A (first live show in years). Hawkins news put me in a funk, so little to no TV. -- nm* - Spawn Mar 28, 09:24
- Encanto: A-, USMNT WC qualifying: A, NCAA Mens BB Tournament: B, FH's Stepson throw 8 IP for 14 SO, 5 Hits, No runs in a Div III college win: A - JD Mar 28, 09:24 1
  - Oh and on a specific note, Pulisic's 3rd: A+ -- (link) - JD Mar 28, 09:31
- The Lost City, D+. Licorice Pizza, C-. CODA A-. -- nm - zunk xometimes Mar 28, 09:23
- The Lost City: B, Upload S2: B-, Halo EP1: B? (not sure if this resonated well with me yet. holding judgement) - oblique Mar 28, 09:22
I see my hurdle with Framed. If I've never seen the movie, I'm going to have a hard if not impossible time naming the movie - St. Epiphany Mar 28, 09:14 6
- I got it with the last but didn't get credit. (spoils) - Baruno Mar 28, 09:50
- Depends on the clue. I haven't seen yesterday's movie and got it in one. - Roger More Mar 28, 09:47 1
  - Update - today's took me 5. They need to have bigger screenshots. -- nm - Roger More Mar 28, 09:51
- I'd seen today's and it was still super hard. - Dark Callisto Mar 28, 09:34
- the obvious solution is to watch more movies -- nm - decline Mar 28, 09:18
- Big, if true. -- nm - Spawn Mar 28, 09:17
This judge is not mincing words -- (link) - Jovian Mar 28, 09:08
I guess he can’t help himself: Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich and Ukrainian peace negotiators suffered symptoms of suspected poisoning -- (link) - spamlet Mar 28, 09:05 1
- This covers that -- (link) - budice Mar 28, 09:25
How USA gets into Pot 1 of the World Cup draw: USA wins, Portugal loses, Netherlands doesn’t win, Denmark doesn’t win and Mexico doesn’t win. -- (edited) - znufrii Mar 28, 09:00 3
- What is it for Canada in pot 3 at this point? -- nm - Reagen Mar 28, 09:45 1
  - *starts putting together a spreadsheet* - znufrii Mar 28, 10:27
- Thanks -- nm - JD Mar 28, 09:07
A judge just said Trump likely committed felony obstruction of Congress — and ruled that Eastman is not protected by attorney-client privilege -- (link*) - decline Mar 28, 08:57 2
- Oops. Missed this -- nm - Jovian Mar 28, 09:08
- John Eastman was Clarence Thomas's law clerk! -- (link) Posted by mud Mar 25 '22, 17:53 -- nm - mud Mar 28, 09:04
Brutally honest Oscar ballots: #1 Tell us how you really feel -- (link) - MDH Mar 28, 08:56 4
- #2 -- (link) - MDH Mar 28, 08:57 3
  - #3 -- (link) - MDH Mar 28, 08:57 2
    - #4 -- (link) - MDH Mar 28, 08:57 1
      - I would normally say these people do AMPAS a disservice, but no, they actually represent it perfectly. (NM) -- (edited) - Marlowe Mar 28, 08:59
GF isn't feeling well and at the doctor. Her temp is 105. Good vibes would be appreciated. She is getting tested now. - sycor Mar 28, 08:45 20
- Best wishes sent ASAP -- nm - crash davis Mar 28, 09:44
- Goodness! So many thoughts. 105 is crazy high esp for an adult. Try a lukewarm bath. -- nm - Baruno Mar 28, 09:43
- good vibes -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 28, 09:07
- Testing is negative. - sycor Mar 28, 09:03 6
  - Glad it is negative. I hope she heals up quickly. -- nm - St. Epiphany Mar 28, 09:13
  - Healthy thoughts going her way! -- nm - Krusty Mar 28, 09:08
  - *phew* -- nm - znufrii Mar 28, 09:07 1
    - very much so. I was puckered for the worst. -- nm - sycor Mar 28, 09:09
  - Good news! -- nm - zunk xometimes Mar 28, 09:06
  - Hell yeah! -- nm - Spawn Mar 28, 09:06
- and more good thoughts -- nm - JD Mar 28, 09:02
- sending good thoughts -- nm - decline Mar 28, 08:55
- good thoughts. -- nm - Beaker Mar 28, 08:54
- best wishes -- nm - Remlik Mar 28, 08:54
- good vibes -- nm - budice Mar 28, 08:53
- You've got it -- nm - spamlet Mar 28, 08:52
- Good thoughts. -- nm - Tim Mar 28, 08:51
- yikes. Best Wishes! -- nm - mud Mar 28, 08:49
- You've got it. -- nm - MDH Mar 28, 08:48
- On it. -- nm - Spawn Mar 28, 08:48
zoom zoom -- nm - oblique Mar 28, 08:43 1
- Setting up a pair of meetings, as we speak. -- nm - Spawn Mar 28, 08:47

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