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my attempt at a flower photo -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 25, 20:24 [flickr] 1
- Pretty -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 25, 20:32
‘My Worldview Has Been Destroyed’: Chinese Banking Scandal Tests Faith in the System - crash davis Jul 25, 20:12 2
- They'd still have their Bitcoin. #AnarchistFacts -- nm - David Jul 25, 20:23 1
  - *smiles* -- nm - crash davis Jul 25, 20:34
Guys, I need some help, particularly from people in LA, I guess. - Marlowe Jul 25, 19:59 3
- for a photog, this nice person took some awesome pics of George Lucas Talk Show when it was in LA last month -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 25, 21:02 1
  - for example -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 25, 21:04
- Cool! - psilotum Jul 25, 20:56
I've never had a Choco Taco, but now that I can't, I'm craving one. -- nm - TWuG Jul 25, 19:57 1
- I used to like them -- nm - crash davis Jul 25, 19:59
Whatever happened to Jeanne Tripplehorn? She just disappeared. -- nm - David Jul 25, 19:45 14
- On that subject, Alexis Dziena really seems to have disappeared. - the wrong element Jul 25, 20:54
- She's on The Gilded Age, and is great. That show is such a fun watch. -- nm - MDH Jul 25, 20:54 1
  - Just saw below. Whoops! -- nm - MDH Jul 25, 20:54
- She had a good run in the Morman wives show. -- nm - Max Jul 25, 19:59 2
  - I love that show. -- nm - Kellyanne Scrabblestats Jul 25, 20:03 1
    - The scene where they talk about feeling like they're having an affair as husband and wife sticks in my head. -- nm - Max Jul 25, 20:11
- she's right behind you. - mud Jul 25, 19:57
- Are you being serious? Because her IMDb says she's been steadily employed. -- nm - TWuG Jul 25, 19:57 2
  - I had The Firm on just now, and I couldn't recall the last time I'd seen her in anything. -- nm - David Jul 25, 20:01 1
    - She has a poor agent who can't land her anything on the Hallmark Christmas Channel -- nm - crash davis Jul 25, 20:04
- I had a movie crush on her in the early 90s -- nm - crash davis Jul 25, 19:57 3
  - But she has been on The Gilded Age which I think MDH likes and The Terminal List which I quit after episode one -- nm - crash davis Jul 25, 19:58 2
    - Yep, I heart The Gilded Age. It's so campy. -- nm - MDH Jul 25, 20:55
    - I never watched Big Love or Criminal Minds, so she sort of dropped off my radar around 1998 -- nm - crash davis Jul 25, 20:01
Rick and Morty: Vindcators 2 on youtube -- (link) - RemliKhan Jul 25, 19:31 [youtube] 1
- "Give me a problem - I'll tell you how I can solve it with a train." (spoils) -- (edited) - Beryllium Jul 25, 19:41
Rick James Dio - "Holy Mary Jane" -- (link) - RemliKhan Jul 25, 19:26 [youtube]
Full Frontal With Samantha Bee becomes the latest victim of Zaslav's cost-cutting. -- nm - David Jul 25, 19:22 2
- Comedy Central could do themselves a favor and bring her back aboard following Trever Noah. They’ve had trouble with that spot ever since Colbert left -- nm - Qale As Folk Jul 25, 19:33 1
  - Oh, I think she's getting Netflix money. -- nm - David Jul 25, 19:40
Quantum Leap reboot gets a new showrunner after filming 3 episodes -- (link) - RemliKhan Jul 25, 19:21 3
- Oh boy. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 25, 19:21 2
  - It's a show I want to be good, but I suspect will not be. - TWuG Jul 25, 19:25 1
    - If it survives the first season, I expect it'll have a much more watchable second season -- nm - Beryllium Jul 25, 19:26
This takes gall: GOP lawmaker attended gay son's wedding 3 days after voting against same-sex marriage bill -- (link) - TWuG Jul 25, 19:09
Heh, they wasted no time in questioning Theory’s push. - Will Hunting Jul 25, 19:06
Leverage:Redemption is on the Ion channel -- nm - RemliKhan Jul 25, 19:02 4
- We've been getting ads for it on Freevee -- nm - crash davis Jul 25, 19:17
- It mayr be bad makeup but Christian has rosey highlights on his face like a classic heavy drinker. Maybe he just needs some sun. - Max Jul 25, 19:15 2
  - I put that to being shot during lockdown. so they couldn't go all out -- nm - RemliKhan Jul 25, 19:23
  - What, like my skin condition? -- nm - Beryllium Jul 25, 19:16
I'm better at Madden than Tom Grossi. - David Jul 25, 18:34 [youtube]
Splitting T. Rex Into 3 Species Becomes a Dinosaur Royal Rumble - crash davis Jul 25, 18:27
Whoever didn't tell me that too chef Canada is on disco plus is fired, ty97. -- nm - Kellyanne Scrabblestats Jul 25, 18:15
Guys! Guys! I found this new show on HBO max. It's freaking awesome. It's called - sycor Jul 25, 18:10
Remlik, (or anyone else) what was the rationale the show used for the Federation not using Romulan cloaking technology? -- nm - crash davis Jul 25, 18:10 12
- thanks everyone, I appreciate the answers even if I think the show's rationale is a load of fertilizer -- nm - crash davis Jul 25, 18:31
- IUC, the Romulan/Federation peace treaty prevents UFP ships from using them. It was meant to maintain a more equitable balance of power - TWuG Jul 25, 18:13 9
  - Gene Roddenberry always said the Federation doesn't sneak around...but the Treaty of Algeron forbid it -- (link) - RemliKhan Jul 25, 18:24 8
    - I wonder if Roddenberry would have changed once the USAF started developing stealth planes -- nm - crash davis Jul 25, 18:30 7
      - Maybe. -- nm - RemliKhan Jul 25, 18:54
      - The Defiant in DS9 had cloaking. And I'd expect that clandestine Starfleet services used cloaked ships. - TWuG Jul 25, 18:35 5
        
        Admiral Pressman when he was Captain Pressman with a Lt. Riker tried to work on it on the Pegasus. -- (link) - RemliKhan Jul 25, 18:54
        
        Sisko was a bit more pragmatic than Roddenberry. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 25, 18:36 3
        
        Sisko was an idiot. He knew that Vulcan was out there and yet he did not hold regular baseball practice until it was almost too late -- nm - crash davis Jul 25, 18:56
        
        Related -- (link) - Roger More Jul 25, 18:40 1
        
        Is this about Tuvix? If boimler had been on VOY, that wouldn't have been a problem. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 25, 18:59
- Spoils? - sycor Jul 25, 18:11
Oh joy! Even a Canadian passport renewal needs me to include two references, with full contact information. -- nm - Mop Jul 25, 18:04 3
- Yikes! My last passport was issued 17 years ago. So much for "renewal". -- nm - Mop Jul 25, 20:41
- Haven’t they always? They almost never contact them. I imagine they verify the details tho. - mafic Jul 25, 18:46
- I have to do that next year. Leaving me wondering ... do I even know two references? -- nm - Beryllium Jul 25, 18:16
Because of course you should release a movie called Easter Sunday in August. -- nm - Dano Jul 25, 17:52 4
- ... a lot of Christmas movies aren't released around Christmas. July, for Die Hard. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 25, 19:16
- It's following the blueprint of Crazy Rich Asians, which was a smash. -- nm - MDH Jul 25, 18:59 1
  - But it wasn't called A Crazy Rich Asians Hanukkah and then released in June. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jul 25, 19:11
- That has me wondering as well. - Cuzzin Todd Jul 25, 18:30
geeeze, Stephen Harper endorses Pierre Poilievre -- (link) - mud Jul 25, 17:39 6
- Not really a surprise. -- nm - Reagen Jul 25, 19:49 1
  - did GWB endorse Trump? -- nm - mud Jul 25, 19:57
- Eww. And also, not good. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 25, 17:39 3
  - wants to be on record backing the winner I guess -- nm - mud Jul 25, 17:43 2
    - Ladies and gentlemen, the next loser! -- nm - Mop Jul 25, 18:03
    - Ewwwwwwww. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 25, 17:45
WWE: Well Vince's day got worse...the SEC AND Federal Prosecutors have launched investigations... - RemliKhan Jul 25, 17:28 2
- This whole thing is a work. He's going to tag-team with Elon to wrestle Gary Gensler and an anonymous Lucha Libre Wrestler-Lawyer at WrestleMania -- (edited) - Beryllium Jul 25, 17:39
- more - RemliKhan Jul 25, 17:31
The department heads on Below Deck Med this season are a hot mess. -- nm - Dano Jul 25, 17:20 2
- Really are, and what casting dumbass casts two stews who look exactly the same with names that both start with "Nat"? -- nm - Ender Jul 25, 20:51
- I don't understand casting two people who you can't tell apart. They must be someone on the scene's type. -- nm - jnine Jul 25, 20:12
repost -- nm* - Beryllium Jul 25, 17:11
Manziels Ex had her baby with Nick Canon -- (link) - budice Jul 25, 17:07
LIR never had a choco taco but now I want a Push pop. -- nm - sycor Jul 25, 17:07
Wow, brutal ad against Greg Abbott -- (link) - TWuG Jul 25, 17:04 2
- MAGA! :-D -- nm - mud Jul 25, 17:21
- *clap clap* -- nm - Beryllium Jul 25, 17:11
Tom Glavine from todays gamecast -- (pic) - budice Jul 25, 16:57 [Attachment]
Brutal hippo attack caught on camera -- (link) - Strongbad Jul 25, 16:44
HBO Max has Nathan Fielder’s first show, Nathan For You. It’s amazing how much I hated it considering I think The Rehearsal is great. -- nm - Dano Jul 25, 16:28
Why does it take longer to run from second to third than it does to run from first to second? - crash davis Jul 25, 16:27 2
- I gave blood today. I might be loopy. -- nm - crash davis Jul 25, 16:28 1
  - Well it certainly wasn't a homerun, but it didn't strike out. -- nm - sycor Jul 25, 16:58
I really wish the Democrats wouldn't do shit like this. -- (link) - znufrii Jul 25, 16:14 4
- Why? Give yourself the best playing field you can for the general. The GOP voted for the guy, it's on them that he won the nom. -- nm - TWuG Jul 25, 19:45
- When gamesmanship is more important than discussing policy or issues, we’re all in deep trouble. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jul 25, 16:15 1
  - On the other hand, if the GOP ain't going to purge these f*ckers... -- (edited) - znufrii Jul 25, 16:35
- Same. -- nm - Dark Callisto Jul 25, 16:15
LOL this a nicer more funny Darwin Award video (no destroyed face!) -- (link) - Jovian Jul 25, 16:01
Miami is a perfectly cromulent city. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jul 25, 15:51 4
- I've heard they have a nice beach there. - znufrii Jul 25, 15:53 3
  - Surprisingly, I have a “business social” at Joe’s Stone Crab in an hour. Ish. - ReluctantCynic Jul 25, 15:58 2
    - you're better off living where you are. between hurricanes, global warming and oceans rising, half of Florida will be underwater before your dead. -- nm - Peglegpete Jul 25, 16:22
    - We were in Miami Beach in February. Didn't really get a chance to explore the mainland apart from a visit to Wynwood Walls, which I'd also highly recommend -- nm* - znufrii Jul 25, 16:00
Walmart smooshed after market close after cut to profit forecast amid inventory backlog -- (link*) - znufrii Jul 25, 15:50 1
- I was thinking of selling my shares this week...well, phudge -- nm - crash davis Jul 25, 15:51
Kyler Murray's new contract has a homework clause that they call "independent study" -- (link*) - Strongbad Jul 25, 15:44 2
- Bad look for both him, and the team, that it’s in there—he has made comments about not liking to watch film, and just letting the game come to him -- nm - Flavorize Jul 25, 16:22 1
  - Horrible that they felt like they needed to put it in there. - Strongbad Jul 25, 16:45
Does it bother anybody else that nobody on a Starfleet ship will raise the shields unless the captain says so? - David Jul 25, 15:42 15
- well why should they? we are all one big happy fleet! -- nm - RemliKhan Jul 25, 17:22
- military discipline! why do you hate the chain of command? -- nm - mafic Jul 25, 15:55 3
  - Chain of command is a hindrance if the ship can be destroyed in the ten seconds it takes between issuing the order and getting 'em up, especially... - Beryllium Jul 25, 15:58 1
    - They were really into computer control until a cadet named Kirk took on the Kobyashi Maru scenario -- nm - crash davis Jul 25, 16:01
  - it is like his ideas that crypto is positive, he is becoming an anarchist -- nm - crash davis Jul 25, 15:57
- I don't think you are qualified to raise shields, David -- nm - crash davis Jul 25, 15:54
- It bothers me that a lot of things don't happen in shows unless the leader barks an order. - Beryllium Jul 25, 15:49 2
  - that was just his schtick -- nm - mud Jul 25, 15:51 1
    - Oh, I got that. It was the uselessness of them that bothered me. I'm not even sure who he was talking to or how he expected them to hear him. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 25, 15:54
- Depends on what effects raising the shields have on other systems. - TWuG Jul 25, 15:47 4
  - I agree with Tee Wuu Gee. - ReluctantCynic Jul 25, 15:56 3
    - Thanks! Also, I have someone interested in talking with you about art. - TWuG Jul 25, 16:02 2
      - Awesome! - ReluctantCynic Jul 25, 16:14 1
        
        Email sent - TWuG Jul 25, 16:52
- raising them disrupts his Netflix stream and he's touchy about that. -- nm - mud Jul 25, 15:47
B2: Iron Man 2 is a bottom 3 Marvel movie. - mafic Jul 25, 15:41 11
- I enjoy both independent of anyone else's rankings and I accept all different rankings for Iron Mans. -- nm - Max Jul 25, 19:22
- Thor the Dark World is an experience I care not to repeat -- nm - crash davis Jul 25, 16:02 6
  - This. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 25, 16:46
  - I've rewatched it and deemed it worthy. -- nm - mud Jul 25, 16:25
  - That might be the worst to me. -- nm - MDH Jul 25, 16:11 3
    - Incredible Hulk tho -- nm - mafic Jul 25, 16:17 2
      - That's the only one from Phase 1 to 3 I never saw. -- nm - Swilcan Baron Jul 25, 16:38 1
        
        same here. -- nm - mud Jul 25, 16:47
- I lean closer to this than some other theories. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 25, 15:55
- I was ready to disagree with the header, but then I read the IM. Now, I'm ready to test you for CTE. -- nm - David Jul 25, 15:42 1
  - it's a very contained personal drama all about Shane Black having a nervous breakdown and going to therapy. - mafic Jul 25, 15:52
DTL: Our decision to implement the olé defense was not well-considered. -- nm - Swilcan Baron Jul 25, 15:39
Re the Marvel movies. I think it’s becoming like actual comics where you watch what you like and kind of ignore the rest. - Volnelk Jul 25, 15:15 15
- I remember seeing the reading list for Civil War and it was like "this isn't my *job*, man" -- nm - Reagen Jul 25, 16:09 1
  - We're in a situation right now where my older son doesn't remember early marvel movies because it's been so long since he watched them -- (edited) - Beryllium Jul 25, 16:17
- This is the most accurate take. Makes a whole lot of sense -- nm - Pippy Reacher Jul 25, 15:46
- Now that the rights to the Mutant characters are back with the mothership, I want a Dazzler uh, probably Disney+ show. I don't think she'd get a movie - JD Jul 25, 15:28 11
  - Q: do you guys have the animated X-Men series on D+ yet? -- nm - Reagen Jul 25, 16:07 4
    - We do. I don't know how long we've had it, though. -- nm - David Jul 25, 16:36 3
      - I've been prodding G to watch it. It's right in her wheelhouse right now. -- nm - Reagen Jul 25, 16:42 2
        
        Nice! It was comically far ahead of its time. -- nm - David Jul 25, 16:46 1
        
        No pun intended -- nm - JD Jul 25, 17:42
  - But she has to keep the roller skates. -- nm - Swilcan Baron Jul 25, 15:51 1
    - Absolutely! -- nm - JD Jul 25, 15:53
  - "Sorry, we can't hear you over our idea for a Jubilee series" -- nm - Beryllium Jul 25, 15:35 3
    - It's X-Men 97. -- nm - David Jul 25, 15:40 1
      - Yes, the jubilee series. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 25, 15:47
    - Put those hands together. -- nm - Volnelk Jul 25, 15:37

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