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I'm headed to DC from Richmond. How late does the metro run? I plan to park and rail in. -- nm - colin Jun 24, 08:05 2
- Please don’t break into the Capitol building. -- nm - Qale As Folk Jun 24, 08:41
- 1AM -- nm - MDH Jun 24, 08:07
Box Office: ‘Elvis’ Banks $3.5 Million in Previews, ‘The Black Phone’ Scares Up $3 Million -- (link) - LMS Jun 24, 08:03 2
- I know I can look this up, but I know some of you will have good advice. -- nm - colin Jun 24, 08:05 1
  - Elvis is Baz and Black Phone is Joe Hill - so either way, should be a good time -- nm - St. Epiphany Jun 24, 08:13
Even Saudi Arabia thinks the US is moving a bit too fast back to Middle Ages. (NM) - Marlowe Jun 24, 07:58
Remember: this is an intentional distraction away from January 6th. -- nm - David Jun 24, 07:57 13
- Im not sure of that. But it was wise for the Committee to halt the hearings when they did and to start them back up in July. -- nm - Jovian Jun 24, 08:04
- Real answer: the country does not care one bit about 1/6 - they are over it, it's evident. The hearings aren't changing any minds. -- nm - MDH Jun 24, 08:03 8
  - He wanted me to commit grave felonies and subvert the constitution and my oath of office to destroy democracy, but I'd still vote for him in '24 -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 24, 14:01
  - I disagree. -- nm - Diva Jun 24, 12:05
  - I think they care deeply, but won’t say anything unless prompted about it. Which makes it ‘feel’ different than 9/11. -- nm - Qale As Folk Jun 24, 08:18
  - That is not true. There are many stories and polling that shows that. However, it's unclear whether it is just hurting Trump or others in his party. -- nm - pmb Jun 24, 08:09
  - this is also not true. - Jovian Jun 24, 08:06
  - You're like the Mel Kiper of politics. -- nm - David Jun 24, 08:05 2
    - 1/6 was a nonfactor in Fall 2021 races, and it's a nonfactor now. They attacked my city, but the country doesn't care. -- nm - MDH Jun 24, 08:06 1
      - Sure, Peyton Manning gets all the hype, but Ryan Leaf's upside makes him the better pick. -- nm - David Jun 24, 08:15
- ? SCOTUS decisions are always issued in June? -- nm - Strongbad Jun 24, 07:59
- And something we've known for months. -- nm* - Dano Jun 24, 07:58 1
  - Yup. -- nm - David Jun 24, 08:00
This *is* the Bad Place! -- nm - Mop Jun 24, 07:46
THat text was a joke, right? -- nm - loosilu Jun 24, 07:22 2
- That depends. IS your refrigerator running? -- nm - rollo Jun 24, 07:38 1
  - IT was a news alert for you know what. That's how I found out. -- nm - loosilu Jun 24, 07:42
Well, f*ck. -- nm - znufrii Jun 24, 07:18
The speaker in my laptop is busted. Should I just get external speakers (like Bose or something) and hook them up to the device? -- nm - Diva Jun 24, 07:14 6
- A Jabra speak 410 is very cheap, a nice USB speaker and microphone combo. It's what I use all day, it's great. -- nm - colin Jun 24, 07:40
- If the laptop has bluetooth there are many small speakers with better sound than laptop speakers. And you can go cheaper than Bose. -- nm - zunk takes things literally Jun 24, 07:35
- Can I assume you dislike wearing a headset? -- nm - Shaun Jun 24, 07:15 3
  - the bigger question - how did she blow out the speaker? what was she listening to a full volume? - St. Epiphany Jun 24, 07:39
  - Sometimes it still sounds funky with the headset. -- nm - Diva Jun 24, 07:18 1
    - uh oh, could be the audio chip is bad, try reinstalling the audio drivers -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 24, 14:02
Roe and Casey are overruled -- nm - decline Jun 24, 07:13 65
- Assholes. These Justices are a joke. I hope they rot in hell. -- nm - St. Epiphany Jun 24, 07:23 6
  - Anyone voting Republican anymore can rot in hell. -- nm - Don Homer Jun 24, 07:47
  - I'm so sorry I couldnt hang on for 2 more months -- nm - RBG Jun 24, 07:26 4
    - I actually feel bad for her. The destruction of her legacy has been hard to watch. -- nm - MDH Jun 24, 07:29 1
      - I dont' think I do, not in this case. -- nm - loosilu Jun 24, 07:42
    - Be more sorry you didn't retire 4 years earlier like you should have. -- nm - loosilu Jun 24, 07:27 1
      - exactly. this. -- nm - Jovian Jun 24, 07:27
- I do think this will make tons of people vote for Democrats this November. -- nm - Inigo Jun 24, 07:19 56
  - Well that's a huge fucking relief, those worthless dicks. - colin Jun 24, 07:39
  - I'm going to level set so we can just get ahead of this. It's going to have zero impact. Dems are going to get wiped out. - MDH Jun 24, 07:27 51
    - Having a pretty major court case decision that’s stood for decades overturned is pretty much an earthquake. -- nm* - Qale As Folk Jun 24, 08:30
    - This is the attitude that the people doing these things want and NEED you to have. -- nm - David Jun 24, 08:01
    - I think it's an uphill battle, but we don't know a lot of things still. I don't think the impact of these decisions is nothing. It will get more - pmb Jun 24, 07:34 18
      - Sabato has a net of 36 toss-up House seats. That’s the over-under line for me on GOP gains. - Will Hunting Jun 24, 07:52 14
        
        I do think the Republicans have done the Democrats some favors in several Senate races by whom they have nominated. - Dano Jun 24, 08:23
        
        Swing Voter: "Gas prices. Economy. Inflation." -- nm - MDH Jun 24, 08:15 5
        
        For some, sure. Probably even most. But not all. But more importantly turnout is typically much lower in midterms so it amplifies those swing votes - pmb Jun 24, 08:21 2
        
        That doesn't seem to be true about midterms (lower turnout) anymore I thought? -- nm - ty97 Jun 24, 08:25 1
        
        It’s lower still. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 24, 08:27
        
        Yep. And “well, they passed a gun bill so they’re trying.” -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 24, 08:16 1
        
        this. this is the only reason some got on board. Its a great 'feather in the cap' right before elections. -- nm - Jovian Jun 24, 08:26
        
        I've also got a poli-sci degree, and data analysis is, in my view, premature at the moment. The reason that we typically have these wave elections in -- (edited) - pmb Jun 24, 08:07 6
        
        Well said. Like 2020, this isn't going to be an election that has any prior model we can use for comparison. - David Jun 24, 08:17 5
        
        The gerrymandering will give the republicans a few seats in the house automatically. But it does make some other races less clear. -- nm - pmb Jun 24, 08:22
        
        2020 …you mean the election that went GOP outside of Trump and the seats he tanked? - Will Hunting Jun 24, 08:22 3
        
        The mail-in one where the GOP guy controlled the mail yet they still lost the big one, yeah. - David Jun 24, 08:28 1
        
        Okay, the rules are simple…popular vote doesn’t matter. It hasn’t for 230 years so…. Trump came closer to a 2nd term than Hillary did to a 1st. - Will Hunting Jun 24, 08:37
        
        Yep. But your last sentence should read: Reality is, the country is finding that it likes fascism more than democracy. -- nm - Jovian Jun 24, 08:24
      - Yeah. I think the House is gone (Dems have a structural disadvantage there on top of everything else), but the Senate is still up for grabs. -- nm - Dano Jun 24, 07:44
      - This is probably where I am right now. I don't know what impact it will/won't have. - ty97 Jun 24, 07:38
      - I Much Prefer this take to the doomsayers. -- nm - mud Jun 24, 07:36
    - Thanks Debbie Downer. Keep up the doomsaying so people see it as a foregone conclusion. That's definitely helpful. -- nm - TWuG Jun 24, 07:30 25
      - Burying your head in the sand has certainly worked well so far, keep it up! -- nm - ty97 Jun 24, 07:34 17
        
        Both of you need to stop being so damn negative. You make the bad outcome more likely by accepting defeat now when work and attitude are important. -- nm - TWuG Jun 24, 07:37 16
        
        Voting doesn't work. Direct action does. It's time for direct action. You can't vote your way out of this shit. - colin Jun 24, 07:44
        
        This is utterly false. -- nm - MDH Jun 24, 07:39
        
        That's false and ridiculous -- nm - ty97 Jun 24, 07:38 13
        
        It's called self-fulfilling prophecy and and the baking-in of negative expectations in life. Even the Fed Chairman talked about it a couple weeks ago -- nm - con_carne Jun 24, 07:40 8
        
        If I have a national TV show with millions of viewers, then talk to me about that. I don't though. - ty97 Jun 24, 07:42 7
        
        More importantly, see my post above to pmb, I don't even consider it a foregone conclusion! I think it's a tough environment for the Dems.... - ty97 Jun 24, 07:44 6
        
        Respectfully, the problem here is... - David Jun 24, 08:13 2
        
        Are you all high today? That's not at all what happened. -- nm - ty97 Jun 24, 08:30
        
        okay that last sentence made me chuckle for the pure visualization of it -- nm - St. Epiphany Jun 24, 08:15
        
        I'm afraid I don't know what you're talking about, you appear to be talking past me and not know what I meant to say. -- nm - con_carne Jun 24, 07:48 2
        
        Not at all, I'm speaking directly to you. - ty97 Jun 24, 07:49 1
        
        When you have bad expectations in life, it creates a self-fulfilling prophecy because no one wants to learn they have made bad choices in life. - con_carne Jun 24, 07:54
        
        "Hillary Clinton lost the 2016 election because ty97 posted on ST that Trump might win" - NYT -- nm - ty97 Jun 24, 07:39 3
        
        You words have an audience. I'm assuming that audience is broader than ST. If you're only negative here, your impact is negligible - TWuG Jun 24, 08:01 1
        
        I don't really discuss politics outside of here since this is (WAS) a place you could openly voice opinions. Not anymore I guess. - ty97 Jun 24, 08:14
        
        whoa -- nm - mud Jun 24, 07:41
      - Please don't delude yourself into thinking there's any other option. I'd rather you understand now. -- nm - MDH Jun 24, 07:32 6
        
        Oh, for the love of... -- nm - David Jun 24, 08:04
        
        Is it because you're bad at handling disappointment and you think everyone else must be bad at it too? - con_carne Jun 24, 07:37 1
        
        Yes, and setbacks build character. -- nm - David Jun 24, 08:06
        
        Whatever, doomsayer. And more broadly, screw defeatism and castrophizing. It's unhealthy and destructive. -- nm - TWuG Jun 24, 07:35 2
        
        THis. -- nm - loosilu Jun 24, 07:44
        
        yep -- nm - mud Jun 24, 07:37
    - Wiped out and if that doesn't work they will successfully steal any and all elections they can -- nm - St. Epiphany Jun 24, 07:30 3
      - no one wants to mention it, but when the GOP takes the house they can successfully prevent a Dem president from taking office in 2024. -- nm - MDH Jun 24, 07:32 2
        
        Yes. I'm a 100% Jovianian right now on all fronts - St. Epiphany Jun 24, 07:34 1
        
        ohhh I like that - Jovian Jun 24, 07:39
  - We can only hope. -- nm - sycor Jun 24, 07:25 1
    - And send thoughts and prayers -- nm - JaxSean Jun 24, 07:29
  - I think you might be right. -- nm - loosilu Jun 24, 07:24
- NPR: -- (link) - mud Jun 24, 07:18
Does this still work? Anyway--run by update: Roe is gone -- nm - JackD Jun 24, 07:13 35
- Miss you here. Hope you are not working too hard. -- nm - Strongbad Jun 24, 07:58
- In 24 hour the court prevented Democratic states from regulating guns — and allows Republican states to prohibit abortions - decline Jun 24, 07:43
- I knew it was coming, but a part of me was still a little hopefully. And now all of me is just indescribably disappointed. -- nm - sycor Jun 24, 07:23
- Y'all what the fuck. -- nm - colin Jun 24, 07:18
- Reading: Thomas asks court to overrule gay marriage and Lawrence v. Texas -- nm - JackD Jun 24, 07:15 26
  - how about Loving v Virginia while they are at it? - St. Epiphany Jun 24, 07:27 7
    - It's not as sexy, but what is really next and will affect each of us is the end of the administrative state - JackD Jun 24, 07:32 3
      - this interesting. so who does that benefit? the big corps? the rich/elite? -- nm - St. Epiphany Jun 24, 07:36 2
        
        Exactly both of those. Correct. -- nm - JackD Jun 24, 07:36 1
        
        Thanks. -- nm - St. Epiphany Jun 24, 07:40
    - That's the one thing Thomas won't overturn. -- nm - loosilu Jun 24, 07:28 2
      - He won't always be around and he can always say no and be out voted. - St. Epiphany Jun 24, 07:33
      - He is kinda hoping the wife will go to jail so he can divorce her and do kill Loving as well. (NM) - Marlowe Jun 24, 07:31
  - Not surprised at all. -- nm - sycor Jun 24, 07:23
  - Kavanaugh: Gay marriage and gay rights are safe and won't be overruled -- nm - JackD Jun 24, 07:19 6
    - yeah because those are establish precidents, just like he said Roe v Wade was established precident -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 24, 14:06
    - “…yet” -- nm - znufrii Jun 24, 07:21 3
      - I mean, it's self-defeating, since in the next breath he says "the court should not have weighed in into a decision with profound moral implications" - JackD Jun 24, 07:23 2
        
        Zero reason there shouldn't be a court packing plan, if it could be pulled off - Reagen Jun 24, 07:26 1
        
        This is McConnell's proudest accomplishment. He just doesn't care. If no one can stop him, he'll do anything. -- nm - loosilu Jun 24, 07:26
    - Riiiiiiiight - Reagen Jun 24, 07:20
  - wtf is happening down there? -- nm - Andie Jun 24, 07:16 9
    - Bernie people couldn't bring themselves to vote for 'her'. -- nm - Remlik Jun 24, 07:44 3
      - see, i feel that's blaming the wrong people. Those people voted for change for the better, not strategic, but voted for progress. Be angry at the -- (edited) - Andie Jun 24, 08:18
      - Exactly. ANd it was JUST enough. -- nm - loosilu Jun 24, 07:50
      - *ding* -- nm - mud Jun 24, 07:45
    - TFG stuffed the court is what happened. -- nm - loosilu Jun 24, 07:23
    - As I saw someone else put it: they're ruled by ghosts with powdered wigs. -- nm - Reagen Jun 24, 07:17 3
      - That's just an artifice for policymaking. -- nm - pmb Jun 24, 07:30 1
        
        Yeah, republicans only care about founders’ intent (or any rules really) when it gets them what they want. -- nm - mafic Jun 24, 08:01
      - They THINK they are. They have anointed themselves. That's what's so messed up. -- nm - loosilu Jun 24, 07:25
- omg - we miss you!!! - Andie Jun 24, 07:14 1
  - Miss you too, sorry for the drive-by, it's an insanely busy day today but hopefully more life updates soon! - JackD Jun 24, 07:33
- it's a dark day -- nm - decline Jun 24, 07:14 1
  - truly -- nm - St. Epiphany Jun 24, 07:24
The Kansas City Iced Tea - rollo Jun 24, 07:10 1
- A Baltimore Caesar using Old Bay for the rim of the glass - Reagen Jun 24, 07:14
Spelling B: My drag name is MAEVE PANTENE -- nm - rollo Jun 24, 07:07
I am apparently, a rebel driving around without a front license plate in IL - oblique Jun 24, 07:04 7
- We only have rear plates here. -- nm - znufrii Jun 24, 07:07 2
  - yeah, NB went to just the rear a few years ago. Andie's comment below nails my thoughts too -- nm - Beaker Jun 24, 07:13
  - honestly this seems weird to me, it implies you never need to identify a car driving towards you. I mean, i don't really care, just logically i don't get it. -- nm* - Andie Jun 24, 07:12
- are you registered in Illinois? -- nm - Andie Jun 24, 07:06 3
  - Yup. I have the second plate, it is in my trunk currently. The car has no bracket for it and I'm un-inclined to drill into it given the proximity of - oblique Jun 24, 07:16 2
    - You could get ticketed. - Dark Callisto Jun 24, 07:22 1
      - Yeah, there apparently is a bill to go to single plate. I do wonder if since the advent of EVs that it isn't being enforced much - oblique Jun 24, 07:33
hehe. That was some episode of The Boys. (spoils) - Jovian Jun 24, 07:03
Global Bitcoin mining energy usage has dropped to roughly the annual consumption of Argentina -- (link*) - znufrii Jun 24, 06:58 1
- Maybe I should get myself a new graphics card on the cheap :) -- nm - oblique Jun 24, 07:05
The Black Phone 87% (101/15), Elvis 81% (145/35) -- nm - Beaker Jun 24, 06:57 1
- Surprised at the Elvis score based on the Cannes reactions. - Dano Jun 24, 07:24
Toyota recalls its first electric cars amid fears the wheels could fall off -- (link) - znufrii Jun 24, 06:47
this comment got me regarding Obi Wan - spoilers - Beaker Jun 24, 06:45 3
- I watched the finale last night (spoilers) - oblique Jun 24, 06:48 2
  - my take - spoilers - Beaker Jun 24, 06:54
  - In a word, convenient. That was my take. -- nm - Volnelk Jun 24, 06:52

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