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French President Macron wins re-election -- nm - budice Apr 24, 11:01 16
- I suspect her $10 Million loan from a Russian bank is going to come due. -- nm - Remlik Apr 24, 11:21 3
  - Maybe, but with sanctions, would she even be allowed to pay it back? -- nm - Beryllium Apr 24, 11:32 2
    - They won't care. I suspect there may be some faulty windows involved -- nm - Remlik Apr 24, 11:42 1
      - It's like a twisted version of the elevator subplot from Kate and Leopold ...... -- nm - Beryllium Apr 24, 11:46
- Le Pen concedes defeat -- nm - budice Apr 24, 11:19 2
  - Was it because of putin's war? I thought right wing was coming on strong in France and Germany, I guess putin crotch kicked them.. -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 24, 11:34 1
    - Not really. The bad economy in general, with Le Pen getting the disillusioned vote as she pretended to be a mild cat-owning grandma. - Marlowe Apr 24, 11:41
- by 16 points, after all the fuss - Reagen Apr 24, 11:04 7
  - Surely this spells trouble for Biden! In this article I'll explain how.... -- nm - TWuG Apr 24, 11:23
  - Scorigami? -- nm - prayformojo Apr 24, 11:17
  - Yeah, hopefully he can right the ship economically to take back some of the difference in 5 years. (NM) - Marlowe Apr 24, 11:09 4
    - He's term limited, so he'll have to pass it off to someone. -- nm - Reagen Apr 24, 11:14 1
      - For someone who is not a far-right Pootin-lover, in any case. (NM) - Marlowe Apr 24, 11:28
    - He can’t run again and his party is basically still just him. -- nm - spamlet Apr 24, 11:14 1
      - although they do have a near majority in the Assembly. Le Pen's party, now if you want to talk about a party of 1... -- nm - Reagen Apr 24, 11:19
- Yay! -- nm - Beryllium Apr 24, 11:02
Ruscist Ambassador To Canada Oleg Stepanov lying HIS FACE OFF this morning: -- (link) - mud Apr 24, 10:36
The Bad Guys $24.0, Sonic 2 $15.2 ($145.8), Fantastic Beasts 3 $14.0 ($67.1), The Northman $12.0, The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent $7.2 -- (link*) - Beaker Apr 24, 10:29
protestor tried to rush the bball court again last night -- (link) - Beaker Apr 24, 10:25 8
- what are they protesting? -- nm - Remlik Apr 24, 10:50 6
  - shitty reffing -- nm - Beaker Apr 24, 11:44
  - They are protesting (alleged) animal cruelty conducted by a company owned by the same person who owns the Timberwolves. At least that's what I heard. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Apr 24, 10:52 4
    - ah -- nm - Remlik Apr 24, 10:57
    - You have heard correctly. -- (link*) - ML Apr 24, 10:54 2
      - Good Lord. I didn't realize the "business" was (spoilers?) - ReluctantCynic Apr 24, 11:59 1
        
        Any death is unjustified in their opinion. -- nm - spamlet Apr 24, 12:44
- That security guard is gonna get an offer sheet from the Jets. -- nm - Reagen Apr 24, 10:29
Documentary about the Balmoral luxury hotel from 2019 telling us about how excited they are for 2020. -- (link) - Mop Apr 24, 09:49 [youtube]
nerdlegame 95 3/6 - crash davis Apr 24, 09:37
Tucker Carlson Has a Cure for Declining Virility A promo for an upcoming Fox show describes a testosterone “calamity” among American men, along with a - crash davis Apr 24, 09:12 7
- The gayest thing I've seen since 'The Birdcage'. -- nm - Diva Apr 24, 12:23
- So the primary thing is that Tucker is doing his whole ‘what happened to men’ thing. But the secondary thing is that he is making moola off Joovv. -- nm - Qale Apr 24, 11:01
- The company should have been named ojo. Amiright..or even olo (fn auto correct damn near ruined my joke) -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 24, 10:51
- The company should have been named ojo. Amiright..or even old -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 24, 10:50
- Let us know how the tanning goes.... - Remlik Apr 24, 09:16
- Grifters going to grift -- nm - Pippy Apr 24, 09:14 1
  - The whole concept greatly amuses me. Starting with the right grifter to sell 'manliness' is Tucker -- nm - crash davis Apr 24, 09:28
Looks like old HSX passwords were acquired. Getting a guy asking me for a 'donation' -- nm - Remlik Apr 24, 09:07 2
- I’ll donate my portfolio to them if they want it. Have fun! -- nm - Dark Callisto Apr 24, 10:50
- I gave up on my accounts years ago ... ah well. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 24, 09:26
BoxOffice Game: 520 - Marlowe Apr 24, 09:00 1
- 830 - Will Hunting Apr 24, 10:18
"Biden has a young voter problem, but Democrats do not." Interesting -- (link) - ty97 Apr 24, 09:00 5
- I knew the first part, I figured that would cause the Dems overall to have a problem but apparently not -- nm - ty97 Apr 24, 09:01 4
  - You can be mad at Biden and also realize what’s going to happen when the GOP takes the House. - Tim Apr 24, 09:04 3
    - hey what if the GOP didn't take the House? What if everyone got out and voted like the future of your country was at stake? Wouldn't it be nice? - mud Apr 24, 09:21 2
      - I apologize, I dont know what got into me. I did wake up with a migraine again this morning, often happens in spring. -- nm - mud Apr 24, 10:39 1
        
        I definitely don’t like the idea that it’s an automatic that GOP takes the house. It’s self-defeating for sure. -- nm - Qale Apr 24, 11:03
Mary News: Happy birthday to the National’s Bryce and Aaron Dessner -- nm - Remlik Apr 24, 08:31
The Batman starring....Adam West -- (link) - Remlik Apr 24, 08:25 2 1
- "auughghgh!" - Reagen Apr 24, 08:47
- I'd watch that. -- nm - Baruno Apr 24, 08:45
Kilbo needs to get a BMW i7 EV - tRuMaN Apr 24, 08:06 1
- 31" 8k. Inside a car. "all 17 pixels I can see are razor sharp" -- nm - Reagen Apr 24, 08:09
Huh. Seth Rogen has done Hot Ones three times. -- nm - Mop Apr 24, 07:41
Full Mando gear at a Sporting event -- (link) - budice Apr 24, 06:51 1
- This is the way. -- nm - Mop Apr 24, 07:39
Framed and Actorle both 1/6. -- nm - Dark Callisto Apr 24, 06:26 1
- Me too! - Baruno Apr 24, 06:38
Bike mileage: Last week: 179; YTD: 2637*; miles to 5K goal: 2363; 2637 miles from home puts me in the ghost town of Kitsault, British Columbia -- (link) - prayformojo Apr 24, 05:57
One week after Scott Boras said Michael Conforto was completely healthy he undergoes season ending shoulder surgery. -- (link) - spamlet Apr 24, 05:29 2
- Someone could sign him after the draft since he’ll no longer cost a pick. But this is still hilarious. -- nm - Tim Apr 24, 07:05
- Passed on $18M QO? Sheesh -- nm - budice Apr 24, 05:44
Actorle - 6/8 - prayformojo Apr 24, 03:45 1
- 1 - Diva Apr 24, 12:05
Worldle #93 4/6 (100%) (mine was a repeat, sp) - prayformojo Apr 24, 03:38 2
- 3 - Diva Apr 24, 11:34
- #Worldle #93 1/6 (100%), I got a different country spoiler - crash davis Apr 24, 09:33
Wordle 309 4/6 - prayformojo Apr 24, 03:37 7
- 309 3/6 - GregW Apr 24, 10:12
- Wordle 309 4/6 - crash davis Apr 24, 09:31
- 4 - decline Apr 24, 07:44
- 3 - spamlet Apr 24, 06:37
- 4 - Rollo Apr 24, 06:25
- 4 - Shaun Apr 24, 05:57
- 3/6 - znufrii Apr 24, 05:29
TV PSA: Riverdale, American Idol, When Calls the Heart, Simpsons, Equalizer, Naked and Afraid, Great North, Bob's Burgers, Weakest Link, NCIS LA, NBA -- nm - Beaker Apr 24, 03:35 5
- UK has Grace, Gentleman Jack and a repeat of Normal People EPs 1-4. -- nm - LMS Apr 24, 04:58
- Rookie, Transplant, SWAT, Attack on Titan, 61st Street, Fear TWD, Circus, Gaslit, The First Lady, From, Sanditon, Outlander, Billy the Kid, NHL, MLB, -- nm - Beaker Apr 24, 03:38 3
  - Barry, The Man Who Fell to Earth, Before We Die, The baby, other stuff -- nm - Beaker Apr 24, 03:39 2
    - 2: Oak island in Canada and I'll binge Barry when the season is done and we get a free month of Crave -- nm - Beaker Apr 24, 06:51
    - 3) The Simpsons, Bob's Burgers and Barry. Can't wait for Barry! -- nm - Krusty Apr 24, 06:19
Good morning. Spelling Bee. -- (pic) - prayformojo Apr 24, 03:26 [Attachment] 9
- By the time we retire, social security will be some kind of PIFFLE DOLE. -- nm - Max Apr 24, 11:29
- IDEOFLOP - CNN+, for example -- nm - Max Apr 24, 11:22
- PODFILE - Like killfile, but the person is just nutso. -- nm - VMan Apr 24, 07:15
- my pet Samoyed got caught in the rain, and now she is completely DEFLOOFED -- nm - prayformojo Apr 24, 06:16
- Come on down to FOLDED PIE for some calzones. -- nm - Reagen Apr 24, 05:24
- LOPEFIELD -its where cantaloupes grow. -- nm - Pocket Jones Apr 24, 05:11
- Heaping whipped cream on everything, living that DOLLOP LIFE. -- nm - Reagen Apr 24, 05:03
- FOIPDLE - the guessing game about obtaining government information -- nm - Reagen Apr 24, 03:43
- FOLDPIE - what you do when you want to eat a whole pie quickly. -- nm - . Apr 24, 03:42
According to the Bing main page Eloy Jimenez was injured in a match against the Cubs. -- nm* - . Apr 24, 02:33
Wordle 309 4/6 - TWuG Apr 24, 01:34 1
- This was a battle. 5/6. - Marlowe Apr 24, 05:52
Wimpy bumbling Oscar Isaac is annoying as crap. -- nm - Max Apr 23, 23:48 2
- He's that good of an actor! -- nm - Mop Apr 24, 07:42
- *kicks the hot take machine* Give Max better opinions! -- nm - David Apr 23, 23:54
Bird found that is bilaterally male on one side and female on the other. Pennsylvania, not Florida. -- (link) - zork Apr 23, 23:25 7
- That bird's a werd, werds a bird -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 24, 10:54
- Life finds a way. -- nm - Mop Apr 24, 07:41
- Joe Biden's woke bullshit is even spreading to the surveillance drone program... -- nm - Ender Apr 24, 01:27 1
  - Heh. -- nm - znufrii Apr 24, 08:07
- The bird just removed a chip out its back last week. -- nm - Max Apr 23, 23:44
- That second note of (also in Pennsylvania) has me wondering how many nuclear reactors are in that area. -- (edited) - Beryllium Apr 23, 23:42
- 5 minutes later: "Florida proposes new Don't Say Jay bill" -- nm - Beryllium Apr 23, 23:32
No law, no order. Just chaos, all the way down. -- nm - Spawn Apr 23, 22:27 1
- You got a lot of cats. -- nm - mud Apr 24, 06:13
Framed in 1. I think that's the easiest one I've seen. - David Apr 23, 22:05 4
- Same here. -- nm - kelly Apr 24, 06:02
- Yep. 1/6 - Marlowe Apr 24, 05:11
- 3/6. I couldn't place it, but probably haven't seen it since it came out. - JaxSean Apr 23, 22:55
- Wordle in 5. I really thought I had it in 2. - David Apr 23, 22:08
Just finished my column on the White Sands footprints. Yes, I'm fascinated by this subject and can't wait for us to make the recording available. -- nm - Meg Apr 23, 21:52 1
- cool. -- nm - mud Apr 24, 06:14
ST Picard: When was the last time I watched something with as many actors over 70? -- nm - Mop Apr 23, 21:28 5
- Expendable? Maybe they were just in their 60s....bucket list? -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 23, 21:46
- For all sorts of reasons I feel very much like I'm not the target demographic. -- nm - Max Apr 23, 21:43
- any episode of Murder She Wrote -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 23, 21:43 1
  - Landsbury turned 71 in the last season. She was in her 60s through most of the run. -- nm* - Mop Apr 24, 07:44
- Friends reunion -- nm - con_carne Apr 23, 21:40
Not to be a downer, but does anyone see the problem with this? -- (link) - ty97 Apr 23, 21:22 21
- I think it might be possible to get that composition from Jersey City. -- (pic) - Beryllium Apr 23, 21:56 [Attachment] 3
  - Cape Liberty, that is -- nm - Beryllium Apr 23, 21:58 2
    - Now I want to eat here -- (link) - Max Apr 24, 00:35 1
      - Nice view. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 24, 00:56
- Mc Cartney chartered a jet to fly in an early electric car prototype -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 23, 21:49 2
  - Greta sailed across the ocean so she wouldn't fly and pollute, but two guys flew in to sail the boat home. -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 23, 21:50 1
    - Then there is the whole insane bio ethanol gas scam ,Koch bros are laughing their asses off,yes I know one is dead ,but still.... -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 23, 21:52
- Jokes on you. Those are hundreds of glowsticks. -- nm - Jovian Apr 23, 21:44
- We have met the enemy, and he is us. -- (pic) - Peglegpete Apr 23, 21:39 [Attachment]
- I'm guessing the joke is -- (edited) - znufrii Apr 23, 21:34
- They really should have turned off the lights to keep from confusing migrating birds. -- nm - . Apr 23, 21:30
- The whole using energy to be green? I mean maybe it doesn’t take more than usual. 🤔 -- nm - Qale Apr 23, 21:30 4
  - Right. The way to celebrate Earth Day is to *turn off the lights* -- nm - ty97 Apr 23, 21:32 3
    - That is a different event called Earth Hour. -- (link*) - Qale Apr 23, 21:34 2
      - I'm just saying, you don't celebrate saving the Earth by....having needless lighting on the top of the building (regardless of color choice) -- nm - ty97 Apr 23, 21:37 1
        
        And I’m saying you got the ways people mark the date wrong! Earth Day has typically been more about trees than electricity. -- nm - Qale Apr 23, 22:14
- I do. -- nm - znufrii Apr 23, 21:29
- That tall one on the left doesn't look like the old WTC to me, if that's what you mean. -- nm - Max Apr 23, 21:27 2
  - Empire State, One Vanderbilt (recently completed tower next to Grand Central) and one of the awful newer super tall skinny condo towers -- nm - ty97 Apr 23, 21:32 1
    - and the building on the far right is oddly the Citi building (nee Traveler's) at 388 Greenwich St., where I used to work. -- nm* - znufrii Apr 23, 21:35
- (I mean other than the fact that the Statue of Liberty is photoshopped in) -- nm - ty97 Apr 23, 21:24
Globle in 9 and proud! toughie. -- nm - loosilu Apr 23, 21:13 1
- Worldle in 3, yes! -- nm - loosilu Apr 23, 21:15
Oh! I bought a half-pie at the store today. Guess the flavour. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 23, 21:12 4
- Mincemeat - Meg Apr 23, 22:04 3
  - ahahahaah no. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 23, 22:11 2
    - Hawiian - Meg Apr 23, 22:21 1
      - Hah :) (Spoiler answer inside) - Beryllium Apr 23, 22:22
There’s about 5 minutes in this week’s Halo that begs the question “Why isn’t the whole series like this?” - Mop Apr 23, 21:04
Star Wars, lyc, watching episodes III and VII on consecutive nights is a very jarring juxtaposition of filmmaking styles. -- nm* - znufrii Apr 23, 20:33
Hmm. An ebike alone can't get me to one of the destinations I often drive to (the sailboat). But I can ride halfway there and then catch a bus. Hmm. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 23, 20:12 6
- Should I make that dorky video on B2 public? Or is it too pointless? -- nm - Beryllium Apr 23, 21:15
- Can't you pedal some of the way? -- nm - Mop Apr 23, 20:14 4
  - I just said, halfway. But that's because only the first half has safe riding trails, the back half is riding on the side of narrow curvy highway. - Beryllium Apr 23, 20:23 3
    - Ah, yeah. Biking on the highway… not recommended. -- nm - Mop Apr 23, 21:28 2
      - Apparently there's a bike weight limit on the bus, and it rules out this particular bike from that plan ... -- nm - Beryllium Apr 23, 21:37
      - But it's soo exciting! - . Apr 23, 21:32
This is a good real-time map of the ongoing war in Ukraine. - Mop Apr 23, 20:01 1
- your last sentence is partially right. Except the world will except that peace. -- nm - Remlik Apr 23, 20:34
I helped build this art project last summer and will help build another this summer. - TWuG Apr 23, 19:39 1
- well done -- nm - mud Apr 23, 21:57
The Gilroy Garlic Festival has been indefinitely postponed - due to the pandemic and the mass shooting :( -- nm - Meg Apr 23, 19:35 2
- And a few other things. -- (link) - . Apr 23, 20:16 1
  - Well thatsucks. -- nm - colin Apr 24, 06:25
Retired Utah Senator Orrin Hatch passed away -- nm - Remlik Apr 23, 19:31
PBWorks just messaged to say that we need to update Slacker Talk or lose it. - David Apr 23, 19:17 3
- Done, made an edit -- nm - budice Apr 23, 19:22
- That's weird. (I'm not a pbworks admin, but maybe you've been set as one?) -- nm - Beryllium Apr 23, 19:22 1
  - I think that was the case for backup -- nm - Max Apr 23, 20:22

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