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oh I have a poll for the next board (no rush, just reminding myself) -- nm - ty97 Aug 10, 08:29 7
- hurry... -- nm - Spawn Aug 10, 08:30 6
  - hurry... -- nm - Spawn Aug 10, 08:30 5
    - hurry... -- nm - Spawn Aug 10, 08:30 4
      - heh -- nm - mud Aug 10, 08:31
      - Doin' a double raise takeout here? -- nm - Reagen Aug 10, 08:31 1
        
        harrrrrd! -- nm - mud Aug 10, 08:31
      - ok -- nm - Spawn Aug 10, 08:30
Ben Affleck lists his Pacific Palisades mansion for $30 million -- (link) - budice Aug 10, 08:23
I haven't given blood since like college. I should donate blood, right? -- nm - ty97 Aug 10, 08:14 8
- yeah, I feel bad that I donated once and haven't done it since. I should really do that also -- nm - oblique Aug 10, 08:17
- Depends, are you still a homo? -- nm - Qale As Folk Aug 10, 08:15 5
  - wait, ty97 is gay?!? -- nm - oblique Aug 10, 08:17 1
    - he's a -sapien -- nm - JaxSean Aug 10, 08:31
  - My read is that I'm eligible. -- nm - ty97 Aug 10, 08:15 1
    - I was being glib, of course. You should do as you wish. -- nm - Qale As Folk Aug 10, 08:19
  - Right? -- nm - MDH Aug 10, 08:15
- Thought I'd want to donate to a non-profit or something, not some place that is making profit off my blood -- nm - ty97 Aug 10, 08:15
Taking the Fifth can be used against you in a civil case. -- (link) - mara Aug 10, 08:08 7
- CSPAN: "If you're innocent, why are you taking the 5th Amendment?" -- (link) - budice Aug 10, 08:29
- Civil Case vs Rikers Island is an easy choice -- nm - budice Aug 10, 08:16
- Maybe I'm reading it incorrectly, but I'm confused by the use of "civil" twice in the tweet? -- nm - MDH Aug 10, 08:15 4
  - I think the confusion may be from using the three phrases, "civil investigation," "civil case," and "civil suit." Law-taking folks can correct me, but - mara Aug 10, 08:20 3
    - Ah okay, that helps - thanks! -- nm - MDH Aug 10, 08:29
    - That’s my read as well. -- nm - znufrii Aug 10, 08:22
    - Well, the phrase "investigation is civil," not "civil investigation." -- nm - mara Aug 10, 08:22
This seems tailor made for ST -- (link) - ty97 Aug 10, 07:58 2
- Get on it Mojo. -- nm - Qale As Folk Aug 10, 08:15
- I got 99 movie crosswords, but an Avatar ain't one. -- nm - Spawn Aug 10, 07:59
Huh. We have a Jersey Mike's ghost kitchen in Manhattan now -- nm - ty97 Aug 10, 07:49 34
- oh hey, it's the same ghost kitchen as Chili's, haha. Also Earl of Sandwich, Flavortown, and many others -- (link) - ty97 Aug 10, 08:28
- I don’t think I’ve ever had Jersey Mikes, not even in New Jersey. -- nm - znufrii Aug 10, 08:27 3
  - There would be no reason to on the east coast (if you have access to a good deli / sub shop) - out here it's like a taste of home -- nm - rollo Aug 10, 08:32
  - I'm not actually sure if I've been to one in Jersey. But I've there in many states, including Hawaii. -- nm - ty97 Aug 10, 08:29
  - My son really likes their sandwiches. I'm not a fan -- nm - oblique Aug 10, 08:28
- honest question: What is a ghost kitchen? -- nm - Jovian Aug 10, 08:18 5
  - Ahhhh! thanks! -- nm - Jovian Aug 10, 08:21
  - A restaurant that doesn’t have physical location, only a digital storefront to order delivery. - znufrii Aug 10, 08:21
  - restaurant that doesn't have a storefront and operates out of an existing one with different branding. Delivery only. -- nm - Reagen Aug 10, 08:20 2
    - They apparently offer pickup too, but yeah, you're right. This 'Jersey Mikes' is apparently part of 'Kitchen United Mix' - ty97 Aug 10, 08:24
    - In Calgary, Pirate Pizza places were common - Reagen Aug 10, 08:22
- they cook ghosts? -- nm - Beaker Aug 10, 07:59 3
  - It's smart. Light meal, zero calories. -- nm - David Aug 10, 08:03 1
    - gotta make sure you eat the power pill first. -- nm - Reagen Aug 10, 08:23
  - Ghost cooks -- nm - VMan Aug 10, 08:00
- Why? The last thing we need is a place that makes sandwiches. We have more than enough options. - Krusty Aug 10, 07:57 8
  - I thought of you walking past the Michigan Ave. Jollibee this weekend :) -- nm - oblique Aug 10, 08:07 1
    - :-) - Krusty Aug 10, 08:23
  - My kingdom for a good steak and cheese in DC. -- nm - MDH Aug 10, 08:03 1
    - Here too. They don't know how to do it. -- nm - Diva Aug 10, 08:05
  - We will not stand for this insinuation that New Jersey is in any way good! -- nm - con_carne Aug 10, 08:02
  - Sometimes you need that wonderful #16 Chicken Philly -- nm* - ty97 Aug 10, 07:59 2
    - A chicken cutlet with cheez whiz? Is that what it is? If so, we're good without that. - Krusty Aug 10, 08:21
    - We need one here, then. My favorite bar in college made the *best* ones. Now, I cannot find a good one. -- nm - Spawn Aug 10, 08:01
- i was going to make a joke about how people can't get free smells any more, but i think that's jimmy johns -- nm - colin Aug 10, 07:51
- They've expanded a lot in the DC area as well. I guess I'm surprised they weren't already in NYC? -- nm - MDH Aug 10, 07:50 8
  - Some chains can really struggle in Manhattan. Chili's opened a ghost kitchen as well recently but that's their only Manhattan presence too. -- nm - ty97 Aug 10, 07:52 7
    - You'll like this. DC had a Cheesecake Factory open downtown during March 2021. Many thought it wouldn't do well. - MDH Aug 10, 07:59 6
      - Every international visitor I've known in the past 5 years has wanted to go to a Cheesecake Factory. -- (edited) - Max Aug 10, 08:05 2
        
        Yeah, even people visiting from various towns across the US probably don't have a Cheesecake Factory so want to try it -- nm - ty97 Aug 10, 08:09 1
        
        Yup. I would have invested if I could. Gold mine. -- nm - MDH Aug 10, 08:10
      - Yeah, if it's in a touristy area it could do well for sure. - ty97 Aug 10, 08:01 2
        
        All of DC's Ruby Tuesday's closed, and I liked that place. -- nm - MDH Aug 10, 08:04 1
        
        The one in my parents town closed too. There is a proposal to tear it down and replace it with a WaWa -- nm* - ty97 Aug 10, 08:06
IYC: A random (unscored) "Pollster" polled the 2024 General between Biden/Trump/Matthew McConaughey (smh). what were the percents? -- nm - MDH Aug 10, 07:39 11
- 40/40/20? -- nm - mud Aug 10, 07:40 10
  - That's almost on the nose, so I'm just going to spoil: 37%, 39%, 14%. -- nm - MDH Aug 10, 07:41 9
    - So 51-39 -- nm - rollo Aug 10, 07:59 2
      - Yeah, there's a reason why Republican money has switched to DeSantis. - David Aug 10, 08:02 1
        
        Good point ... kind of like how the prior season's sports champ is always the opening betting favorite but rarely a good bet -- nm - rollo Aug 10, 08:28
    - 10% missing or voted on a fourth option? -- nm - Max Aug 10, 07:42 4
      - 3-way split: Jon Stewart/ George Clooney/ Rihanna -- nm - mud Aug 10, 07:44 2
        
        you forgot Kanye! -- nm - Beaker Aug 10, 07:59
        
        0.3% voted for Queen Elizabeth -- nm - ty97 Aug 10, 07:45
      - Likely undecided, but I didn't look at the detail. -- nm - MDH Aug 10, 07:43
    - egad -- nm - mud Aug 10, 07:42
Phillies are now 40-19 since the start of June. -- nm - budice Aug 10, 07:35
Stacy Abrams announces a positive test for COVID. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 10, 07:30
The Goop-ification of wellness is on the way out (you can thank Gen Z; it was millenials who needed everything to be Insta-perfect, remember?) - con_carne Aug 10, 07:24 7
- I like what I've seen from Gen Z so far. They seem like kindreds -- nm - Reagen Aug 10, 07:37 6
  - I agree with this 100. They seem to be the best hope for future political/social sanity at this point. -- nm - rollo Aug 10, 07:56 3
    - Agreed. I like the idea that it is not just my son that is the way he is. -- nm - Spawn Aug 10, 07:58
    - which is ironic, by the time they're in their 30s the planet will be a burnt husk. -- nm - mud Aug 10, 07:58 1
      - What good is a used up world, and how can it be worth having? -- nm - Spawn Aug 10, 08:01
  - My son (being born in 2000) has a bit of overlap in his tendencies between Millennials and Gen Z. My daughter is solidly Gen Z in her attitudes - oblique Aug 10, 07:40 1
    - You typo-ed 2020 -- nm - ty97 Aug 10, 07:42
Ferrari recalling most cars sold since 2005. Faulty brake fluid cap -- (link) - TWuG Aug 10, 07:18
Trump taking the 5th in deposition -- (link) - budice Aug 10, 07:12 11
- and here's his statement -- (link) - Jovian Aug 10, 07:25 7
  - None of this is his style of grammar except for capitalized words. I presume written by his lawyer. Was this a doc or did he speak it? - Max Aug 10, 07:36 2
    - NYT calls it a "statement released shortly after questioning began." -- nm - mara Aug 10, 07:52
    - oh it was one hundo written by his lawyers - Jovian Aug 10, 07:44
  - At least someone on his team had the forethought to address his previous statements about people taking the fifth. -- nm - Dano Aug 10, 07:35 1
    - New Trump Concept -- nm - Spawn Aug 10, 07:56
  - there's no way in hell he wrote that statement. -- nm - colin Aug 10, 07:33
  - [barf] -- nm - mud Aug 10, 07:32
- Not sure what else people expected to happen. - znufrii Aug 10, 07:23
- wow -- nm - mud Aug 10, 07:21
- as innocent people do. -- nm - Jovian Aug 10, 07:15
Armboxing -- (link) - Strongbad Aug 10, 07:09 3
- Isn't Barstool banned on ST? -- nm - Mop Aug 10, 07:48 1
  - should be. -- nm - colin Aug 10, 07:51
- Names are in Cyrillic, that tracks. -- nm - Reagen Aug 10, 07:14
Release the bulls! -- (link) - ty97 Aug 10, 07:05
I never know what to make of Sarah Kendzior's takes, but this 8/8 thing is weird. I don't really know what her point is, but it's weird. -- (link) - mara Aug 10, 07:03 10
- That would be hilarious if he had planned to announce on Monday and just plain forgot… -- nm - znufrii Aug 10, 07:28 3
  - Well, the raid was pretty early, right? Maybe 6 or 7:00 am? So he may have intended to announce via a statement and then decided not to. Although - mara Aug 10, 07:32 2
    - I’m reminded a bit of the parable of the sower, in a way -- (edited) - znufrii Aug 10, 07:51
    - I would think that the raid would have made him more "I AM RUNNING" than he was previously. so it kind of makes no sense to me that he didn't - amanda Aug 10, 07:50
- Apparently 88 means "Heil Hitler" to white supremacists. -- (link) - Dano Aug 10, 07:08 5
  - Back To The Future, thank you. -- nm - Spawn Aug 10, 07:53
  - Yup, knew that, but is it just coincidence that the raid occurred on the 8th? Maybe the FBI thought it would be funny, after Trump's post? -- nm - mara Aug 10, 07:11 3
    - Not sure that the FBI are known for their sense of humour -- nm - Roger More Aug 10, 07:42
    - Someone who's clever with numbers can find all kinds of connections. I wouldn't read too much into it without direct evidecne. -- nm - loosilu Aug 10, 07:21 1
      - without Stephen Miller advising, there is a lot less coded white supremacy/nazi stuff making it into his comms and graphics. -- nm - colin Aug 10, 07:47
Watched Ep 1 of The Sandman last night. (very minor spoiler) - JaxSean Aug 10, 06:55 2
- I think he has done some narration. -- nm - Spawn Aug 10, 08:34
- Alien 3 -- nm* - Jovian Aug 10, 06:56
Biden heading to South Carolina for beach vacation -- (link) - budice Aug 10, 06:53 2
- He should have booked a stay at Mar-a-Lago -- nm - Dano Aug 10, 07:04
- that son of a b8tch -- nm - maga Aug 10, 06:55
Elon sells another $7 billion worth of TSLA -- (link*) - znufrii Aug 10, 06:51 3
- 3 months after saying he wouldn’t. - Will Hunting Aug 10, 08:17
- 6.9B .. "Nice." -- nm - budice Aug 10, 06:52 1
  - You can't buy it all, budice. -- nm - Mop Aug 10, 07:49
Framed: 2/6. Moviedle: 1/6. Actorle: 3/8 - Marlowe Aug 10, 06:49
It's going to be a '2 cups of coffee' morning around here, I can just tell. -- nm - Diva Aug 10, 06:46 1
- Word. -- nm - budice Aug 10, 06:48
A thing that is generally not fun: dropping boiling pasta water on a socked foot - Reagen Aug 10, 06:42 4
- Hope you're ok. Next time take socks off and put them in the boiling water. - zunk takes things literally Aug 10, 07:04
- I hate when that happens. -- nm - mud Aug 10, 06:58
- Yikes! -- nm - Krusty Aug 10, 06:47
- that is definitely frowned upon this establishment -- nm - St. Epiphany Aug 10, 06:43
A good interpretation of the outrage that I saw - Reagen Aug 10, 06:37 5
- Ha! This is perfect! -- (link) - Jovian Aug 10, 07:13
- I'm sure they have the same reaction when a black person claims the police planted evidence. -- nm - Dano Aug 10, 06:43
- They sound absolutely unhinged. They lost their minds because law is being carried out. Law. -- nm* - Diva Aug 10, 06:38 1
  - they are unhinged. And this is their last grasp for power. - Jovian Aug 10, 06:40
- Yup. - znufrii Aug 10, 06:38
"The Menu" - New Trailer (A-Taylor Joy, N Hoult, R Fiennes) -- (link) - budice Aug 10, 06:34 2
- Looks very interesting. -- nm - Krusty Aug 10, 06:52
- Good House - Official Trailer (2022) Sigourney Weaver, Kevin Kline -- (link) - budice Aug 10, 06:43
MDoomH - I think you're awesome and smart. But sometimes I think you only see the darker side of things. What were your reactions here to the - Diva Aug 10, 06:33 11
- My reactions were that I've been in jury duty since 7/14, and really was only posting here between breaks. :-) - MDH Aug 10, 06:48 10
  - was your comment on B2 that omar has less support than twitter thinks she does? I couldn't parse it. -- nm - amanda Aug 10, 07:13 7
    - That’s been his point pretty consistently, about the Squad and tweet-happy progressives in general, yes. -- nm* - znufrii Aug 10, 07:20 6
      - The sheen on The Squad came off a while ago, honestly. -- nm - Qale As Folk Aug 10, 08:19
      - Yep. Twitter isn't real life, and there's a lot of far left online dems who don't udnerstand that. -- nm - MDH Aug 10, 07:26 4
        
        I do agree but also point out that the same is true of the far right. right? so doom and gloom everywhere, not just for the dems. -- nm - amanda Aug 10, 07:52 1
        
        good point. -- nm - Diva Aug 10, 08:05
        
        On the other hand I think you tend to rely on single point analyses and a heaping dose of confirmation bias to support that viewpoint. :) - znufrii Aug 10, 07:38 1
        
        That may be the case, and I'll admit that. - MDH Aug 10, 07:46
  - I also meant to mention that the price of gas keeps falling and there was a great jobs number recently. - Diva Aug 10, 07:12 1
    - Oh 100% agree. Like I said, there's been so much good news, I'm not sure what I'd lead with! -- nm - MDH Aug 10, 07:27
Also, today is his deposition with the NY AG. -- nm - znufrii Aug 10, 06:32
wow - last board went a minute. -- nm - Diva Aug 10, 06:28

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