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I'm current on The Rehearsal. And I backboarded all of Dano's comments. It is fascinating stuff. spoiler thoughts - rollo Aug 12, 17:30 1
- That was point was pretty funny -- nm - Streep Aug 12, 17:33
This is a true story that happened about 60 seconds before I tweeted it. -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 12, 17:28 3
- points if it was a Batman mask -- nm - crash davis Aug 12, 17:30 2
  - in this case, the mask itself wasn't actually from 2020, but it did get forgotten in the jacket pocket for a few weeks. KN95. White. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 12, 17:31 1
    - I appreciate the honesty, but no points -- nm - crash davis Aug 12, 17:34
"Breaking News: After being stabbed, Mr. Rushdie is on a ventilator and cannot speak. His arm and liver are injured, and he may lose an eye" -- nm - David Aug 12, 17:26 4
- It's always with a jolt that I remember Padma was married to him -- nm - Streep Aug 12, 17:30 2
  - I was just looking at her age gap relationships, but both happened when she was in her 30s. - David Aug 12, 17:42
  - whenever I think of that, I think "I gotta write me some books" -- nm - crash davis Aug 12, 17:33
- that is horrible -- nm - crash davis Aug 12, 17:28
Lifelong Californian. Just learned this bit. - con_carne Aug 12, 17:24 3
- When I bought my house I got a disclosure that I am in a flood plain. It barely even rains so I never worried about it, until now. -- nm - jnine Aug 12, 18:57 2
  - doesn't it seem weird that you have to worry about floods in the worst drought in recent history -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 12, 20:02 1
    - Weird and worrying. Our house in N CA is in an area that is very susceptible to flooding. They just did a project to reinforce the levees, but a - jnine Aug 13, 20:05
Looks like Zach Wilson hurt his knee making a move. Non-contact injury. Good thoughts! -- (edited) - Krusty Aug 12, 17:04 8
- He walked off the field on his own and without a limp. Still very concerned. Very. -- nm - Krusty Aug 12, 17:06 7
  - *Cue Jimmy G bidding war* -- nm - Flavorize Aug 12, 17:31 6
    - Nah. They'd be better off with Flacco. Jimmy G isn't the answer. -- nm - Krusty Aug 12, 17:34 5
      - He's night and day better than Flacco, though. -- nm - David Aug 12, 17:43 3
        
        Flacco is a dessicated corpse at this point. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 12, 17:48 2
        
        *misreads as designated corpse* Man, I just don't understand baseball anymore. -- nm - Barons Barons Barons Aug 12, 17:59
        
        Right. -- nm - David Aug 12, 17:50
      - Saleh and Jimmy G…The Revenge Tour…49ers connection. Jets D is really what ya got to worry about…but hope Wilson is ok. -- nm - Flavorize Aug 12, 17:41
holy shit, Rushdie -- (link) - mud Aug 12, 16:56 2
- FWIW, if you're on a ventilator, it's gotta be pretty hard to speak. -- nm - Mop Aug 12, 17:32
- Also, he's on a ventilator. -- nm - loosilu Aug 12, 17:16
heh -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 12, 16:50 1
- "pacinol intercourse" -- nm - Beryllium Aug 12, 16:50
Now Playing: Black Phone -- nm - Streep Aug 12, 16:44
Pitch: a Kesha biopic starring Florence Pugh. -- nm - Max Aug 12, 16:36 3
- y'all are just killin me here -- nm - Streep Aug 12, 16:39 2
  - Meryl Streep can't play Kesha. -- nm - Max Aug 12, 16:40 1
    - I can do whatever I want. -- nm - Meryl "Homelander" Streep Aug 12, 16:41
Tatis Jr PEDs trouble. 80games -- nm* - budice Aug 12, 15:57 4
- You'll never hit two grand slams in one inning that way, son. -- nm - Barons Barons Barons Aug 12, 16:49 1
  - Did you miss Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa in the 90s? -- nm - David Aug 12, 17:12
- He busted -- (link) - Reagen Aug 12, 16:01 1
  - Oof. Not good. -- nm - Krusty Aug 12, 17:10
Canadian Trump (Doug Ford) swallows bee while responding to question about healthcare -- (link) - zork Aug 12, 15:54 2
- Free, it should be free, when you swallow a bee -- nm - Beryllium Aug 12, 16:13 1
  - :-] -- nm - mud Aug 12, 16:14
WR Drake London (knee) is out for the rest of Preseason Game 1 -- nm - Strongbad Aug 12, 15:48
Want to see something gross? I moved furniture in the attic today and vacuumed under it. -- (pic) - Kellyanne Scrabblestats Aug 12, 15:48 [Attachment] 3
- looks like whole grain fettuccine -- nm - crash davis Aug 12, 15:51
- wouldn't chubbers prefer a nice attic lounge chair rather than hiding under furniture? -- nm - Max Aug 12, 15:50 1
  - Ha ha ha. Ha ha ha. (I got her a futon to sit on up there (there used to be a bed) so we will see. -- nm - Kellyanne Scrabblestats Aug 12, 15:59
My one sentence non-spoiler review of Bodies Bodies Bodies: - Barons Barons Barons Aug 12, 15:36 2
- Nice -- nm - Spawn Aug 12, 15:40 1
  - I did quite enjoy it and not just for the IM. Also, holy crap, that's little Rue from Hunger Games! -- nm - Barons Barons Barons Aug 12, 15:49
Fri 3pm work mtg cancelled - budice Aug 12, 15:01 2
- Were you scheduled to have a press conference on how outraged you are that Mar-A-Lago was searched? -- nm - Mop Aug 12, 15:37
- Can’t hate on a good ol’ classic counterspell Cancel. -- nm - Qale As Folk Aug 12, 15:22
Bad news: my AC was out almost all week. Good news: it was an easy fix. - Tim Aug 12, 15:00 1
- I shall return -- nm - squirrel Aug 12, 15:07
Legal Eagle trying to make a video on the Trump search warrant as news continues to break… -- (link) - Mop Aug 12, 14:54 [youtube]
Who is (or will be) the biggest music act of the 2010s and *only* the 2010s? - Tim Aug 12, 14:49 33
- When did Imagine Dragons fall off - Will Hunting Aug 12, 17:36 2
  - Top ten hit this year. -- nm - Tim Aug 12, 17:45 1
    - (even though I can't figure out why) -- nm - Tim Aug 12, 17:45
- I have absolutely no idea, thanks to all of you, maybe I will look less clueless. -- nm - loosilu Aug 12, 17:19
- Ed Sheeran -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 12, 16:14 3
  - Two big hits less than a year ago. -- nm - Tim Aug 12, 16:15 2
    - I thought he was one of the biggest touring acts of the 10s -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 12, 16:17 1
      - Yeah but no hits. Tim said. -- nm - con_carne Aug 12, 17:10
- Amy Winehouse -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 12, 15:40 2
  - LOve her,. I think she is more naughts. -- nm - loosilu Aug 12, 17:18
  - Rehab 2006, all you guys who said Kesha are forgiven -- nm - crash davis Aug 12, 15:46
- A year ago I would have said Psy but I think he just came back. Also Macklemore and Meghan Trainor. -- nm - Max Aug 12, 15:36 1
  - Wikipedia says Psy had a #1 hit in Korea this year (may have helped that a member of BTS was on the song). The other two aren't bad choices. - Tim Aug 12, 15:40
- Dead & Co. -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 12, 15:30
- Newer Kesha songs include the following: - Qale As Folk Aug 12, 15:27 8
  - Praying remains one of the most powerful songs I've ever heard. -- nm - Tim Aug 12, 16:15 1
    - If the radio version had the same arrangement as her Grammy performance, it’s amazing. Instead they tried to show off her vocal talents with runs - Will Hunting Aug 12, 17:35
  - I am very uncool, so everyone else probably hates this song, but my favorite Kesha performance is Timber with Pitbull - crash davis Aug 12, 16:07 1
    - It's going down. -- nm - Tim Aug 12, 16:15
  - Taste so good is fantastic. The rest are filler. -- nm - MDH Aug 12, 15:58 1
    - I will not tolerate this Kesha slander! -- nm - Qale As Folk Aug 12, 16:02
  - She never should've dropped the dollar sign -- nm - Barons Barons Barons Aug 12, 15:29 1
    - I can’t fault her for it. Had to have been pretty cathartic. -- nm - Qale As Folk Aug 12, 15:41
- I know next to nothing about modern pop music and EVEN I know that Tik Tok came out in 2009 and thus Kesha does not count -- nm - crash davis Aug 12, 15:17 5
  - Kesha 100% counts. Wasn’t a hit until 2010. -- nm - MDH Aug 12, 15:57 2
    - I'm willing to round up but doesn't #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 multiple weeks in December make it a hit in 2009? -- (edited) - Max Aug 12, 16:00 1
      - didn't some characters in the first Dr. Strange have a similar conversation? -- nm - crash davis Aug 12, 16:17
  - Small asterisk as it was late 2009 and it was the first #1 hit of the 2010s. -- nm - Tim Aug 12, 15:18 1
    - August 7th, *eyebrow raise^ -- nm - crash davis Aug 12, 15:21
- I LOVE Kesha, but I’d assume she’s near the top of that list. And honestly…Nicki Minaj as a solo artist. -- nm - MDH Aug 12, 15:12 1
  - see below about Kesha. I feel like Nicki gave way to Cardi B who gave way to Megan Thee Stallion and now Doja Cat. -- nm - Tim Aug 12, 15:16
- Chainsmokers -- nm - The Allfather Aug 12, 14:53 1
  - I think that's right and also Kesha (for unfortunate reasons) - Tim Aug 12, 14:56
No wonder there's supply line issues. Even Optimus Prime is moving away from trucking -- (link) - JD Aug 12, 14:46 [youtube]
House passes reconciliation act 220-207, now headed to WH -- nm - Strongbad Aug 12, 14:44 6
- 🐱‍👤 -- nm - crash davis Aug 12, 15:06
- Wont save House Maj, but good enuf for Senate hold -- nm - budice Aug 12, 14:45 4
  - I like the way the House is trending too. -- nm - The Allfather Aug 12, 15:06 3
    - The GOP is taking the House but as things are trending it won't be a complete wipeout as it was looking like a couple months ago. -- nm - Tim Aug 12, 15:10 2
      - I don’t view it as a certainty. There’s a path now. -- nm - The Allfather Aug 12, 15:11 1
        
        I have an "if the election were today" take. There's still a chance. - Tim Aug 12, 15:25
DTL: the NTT had a pretty chalky board…the 16’s are 63/65/77/128 in ranking. Thats as solid as I can recall. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 12, 14:35 3
- Is this the first NTT with all 5 of us included? -- nm - rollo Aug 12, 17:07 1
  - It is. We came really close in S29. - Barons Barons Barons Aug 12, 17:59
- I don't really understand why I'm not a 16. I'm ranked #71. Maybe getting a bump from pulling off the double? -- nm - Barons Barons Barons Aug 12, 15:12
nm -- nm* - Strongbad Aug 12, 14:27
If you see me, weep: medieval stones emerge from drying rivers placed to warn of drought and starvation -- (link) - zeitgeist Aug 12, 14:09
Alleged violations of federal law could result in more than three decades of prison time. -- (link) - budice Aug 12, 14:07 4
- Hello! We at Newsweek hope you enjoyed our article on Wednesday that was proven to be completely false. Here is another article for you to enjoy. -- nm - Jovian Aug 12, 14:26
- I'm most worried about what documents he has already sold or gave away to foreign leaders. -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 12, 14:09 2
  - Yeah, he's jonesing for putin's approval...if he gave away nuke secrets, isn't that capital crime -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 12, 14:12 1
    - lovely. a CNN expert just said espionage reasons would not have been included if that wasn't the intent -- nm* - Peglegpete Aug 12, 14:27
Doritos Ketchup and Mustard? -- (link) - budice Aug 12, 13:53 8
- I recently found Lay's Ketchup+Cheese chips that I'm liking. It's a crossover with Cheetos. -- nm - zork Aug 12, 15:58
- HEB has had waaaaay more strange flavors. Pizza was good as it was like combos. Fried Chicken was bad as it was like burnt potato chips. - Qale As Folk Aug 12, 15:47
- There's a Honey Dijon Miss Vickie's that are crack like. -- nm - Reagen Aug 12, 15:03 1
  - Memories of my run across the border to the Soo with JenBro. -- nm - Meg Aug 12, 15:30
- I wouldn't automatically reject those, since our Canadian friends enlightened me on Ketchup crisps. But I am cutting back on carbs -- nm - crash davis Aug 12, 14:08 1
  - Ketchup chips need to be Old Dutch or - on a stretch - Lays. Anything else is apostate. - Beryllium Aug 12, 15:13
- Yuck 🤢 -- nm - JD Aug 12, 14:07
- ughh - Jovian Aug 12, 13:56
Self-Gratifying: Legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin leaving CNN -- nm - budice Aug 12, 13:32 3
- Well he should have a soft landing then.... -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 12, 14:14
- How would their ratings not go up if they brought in LegalEagle. -- nm - Max Aug 12, 13:54
- oh they should hire Kilmeade. In a sane world that pos would have been fired from Fox over last night. -- nm - Jovian Aug 12, 13:37
So after a lifetime in new york and florida, why not reactivate McNeil Island in the pacific northwest to store him? - Beryllium Aug 12, 13:28 8
- He's deathly allergic to the west coast, so I like it. -- nm - loosilu Aug 12, 17:22
- Tinyest/furthest Aleutian island most vulnerable to sea level rise. -- nm - con_carne Aug 12, 14:23
- A. The island is occupied by farmers and (no you can't call them) prison guards for the sex pred commitment center, the prison is a stripped shell -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 12, 14:17 2
  - Quite a beurocratic screwing, the social services had to run the non prison commitment center, they built it on McNeil as the prison was there.... - zeitgeist Aug 12, 16:04
  - Oh, so they're already set up for him. Cool. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 12, 15:10
- If it came to that, Camp Cupcake would be just fine. Its not like he can escape by evading Blind Alice and Rex, the three legged guard dog. -- nm - crash davis Aug 12, 13:49 2
  - the Eyrie cells in Game of Thrones which Tyrion was put into, also work for me. -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 12, 14:04 1
    - and with a brain addled idiot to whack him with a blackjack whenever he speaks -- nm - Jovian Aug 12, 14:24
Library of Congress archived every single public tweet sent between 2010 to 2017 -- (link) - budice Aug 12, 13:27 2
- I'm famous forever! -- nm - Max Aug 12, 15:41
- Were they all found in a box in Mar-a-Lago? -- nm - Mop Aug 12, 14:37
One good thing. When the former president lost his bid for re-election, I gave up MSNBC and Hallie Jackson. Because of this kerfuffle, I went home - crash davis Aug 12, 13:24 7
- Get in line for Katy. -- nm - loosilu Aug 12, 17:20
- KT... - zork Aug 12, 15:40
- Yes she is...and smart -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 12, 14:06
- You know who else is cute? You two! -- nm - con_carne Aug 12, 14:04
- Katy Tur is back? -- nm - David Aug 12, 13:25 2
  - from 12-1 (my time) the program read Katy Tur Presents -- nm - crash davis Aug 12, 13:26 1
    - and Hallie has the hour that follows Katy -- nm - crash davis Aug 12, 13:27
Can't wait for someone to say - eag Aug 12, 13:23
"The S&P 500 closed its fourth consecutive week of gains, a feat not achieved since October. Experts disagree on how long the rally will last." -- nm - David Aug 12, 13:22 3
- FOREVER! -- nm - Mop Aug 12, 13:33
- COVID counts likely to go up during wintertime which might impact -- nm - budice Aug 12, 13:26
- I'm up 10% from the bottom, although still down 12% on the year - Reagen Aug 12, 13:24
Let's MAGA - eag Aug 12, 13:20 1
- He was jonesing to sell nuke secrets to the Saudis while in office. -- nm - loosilu Aug 12, 17:22
I LOVE this idea. (MLB) -- (link) - Strongbad Aug 12, 13:19 4
- So long as it’s something like this. -- (link) - Mop Aug 12, 15:46 [youtube]
- Love it! -- nm - Krusty Aug 12, 14:16
- I had thought Bob had passed. Its nice to know he is still with us -- nm - crash davis Aug 12, 13:26 1
  - I think he is still doing Brewers' play by play -- nm - Strongbad Aug 12, 14:28
More from the search warrant -- (link) - Strongbad Aug 12, 13:18 1
- Mmmmmm, crime fruit. --nm - howie Aug 12, 14:55
The "TS/SCI"docs would be unredacted docs as well. Which could lead into ops and as mentioned nuclear armaments. -- nm - budice Aug 12, 13:17 2
- maybe we should nuke Mar-a Lago from orbit, just to be sure. -- nm - mud Aug 12, 13:31
- The nuke docs have an additionl marking (which I forget). -- nm - loosilu Aug 12, 13:28
I was about to click on a local news site to see what I've missed the last two days. Then I remembered - I was only about 30 miles from home :) -- nm - Meg Aug 12, 13:15
lock him up. -- nm - mud Aug 12, 13:13 5
- Send him to the RAFT! -- nm - eag Aug 12, 13:18
- I love how out of left field this was. "Treason! Insurrection! Cronyism! ... ESPIONAGE?!" -- nm - Mop Aug 12, 13:13 3
  - for me this just follows logically from everything else over the last seven years. I'm not saying "no surprise" though, because it's all been .. - mud Aug 12, 13:18 2
    - It's mainly only surprising because it seems like such a giant bright line and he had plenty of other grifts going. -- nm - pmb Aug 12, 13:32 1
      - yeah, I guess I'm meaning it in a more psychoanalytical way? He has zero morals or good sense. -- nm - mud Aug 12, 13:35

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