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Fort Rod Stewart -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 31, 17:29 2
- ! -- nm - mud Aug 31, 17:35
- a little old fashioned, but that's all right -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 31, 17:34
Gunnar Henderson needs a batting helmet that fits. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 31, 17:18
Always good catching a drive-by glimpse of Sceire. - ReluctantCynic Aug 31, 17:18
Serena-Kontaveit has been a lot of fun so far -- nm - prayformojo Aug 31, 17:16
Don't get too excited, but the Democrats just picked up Alaska's House seat. -- (link) - Tim Aug 31, 17:15 13
- Invasion of the Alaskan Election Dpt in 3... 2... (NM) - Marlowe Aug 31, 17:37
- Woooooof, either people don't know how RCV works, or Alaska really, really wants Palin to go away. -- (link) - Tim Aug 31, 17:35 5
  - She did it backwards. She was a politician and then a reality TV show star, not the other way around. -- nm - Qale Aug 31, 18:04
  - Yes? - ML Aug 31, 17:43 2
    - And quickly she got out over her skis and proved the Peter principle -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 31, 17:44 1
      - That was bad, and then she compounded the error by going full maga - ML Aug 31, 17:47
  - *makes even hands sign* -- nm - Reagen Aug 31, 17:36
- It is always good when crazy people are denied the reins of power. -- nm - Reagen Aug 31, 17:19
- I'll meet you halfway and get excited by ty's post and not by yours -- nm - crash davis Aug 31, 17:17 4
  - Nobody believed me when I suggested this last week -- (link) - Tim Aug 31, 17:31 [Backboard] 3
    - I totally did. It is only your Mets posts I don't believe. -- nm - crash davis Aug 31, 17:38
    - I thought it was self-evident. -- nm - Reagen Aug 31, 17:34
    - I did ! -- nm - mud Aug 31, 17:33
The Democrat won in Alaska for Congress, beat Sarah Palin -- nm - ty97 Aug 31, 17:14 7
- 👍 -- nm - mud Aug 31, 17:26
- Name. A. Magazine. -- nm - prayformojo Aug 31, 17:22
- It's due to Ranked Choice Voting and dislike of Sarah Palin, but all 3 candidates are also on the ballot in November, apparently. -- nm - Tim Aug 31, 17:16 4
  - Yeah, the GOP vote will consolidate around the other Republican enough in November to change this outcome, but still interesting. -- nm - ty97 Aug 31, 17:45 1
    - Maybe? If you're crazy enough to vote for her once,I don't see you being swayed by math. -- nm - Reagen Aug 31, 17:47
  - And Lisa Murkowski is breathing a little easier now. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 31, 17:18 1
    - 45 has endorsed someone else of course, but Murkowski is pretty safe. -- nm - Tim Aug 31, 17:47
Seriously, they are hilariously fixated on the idea that "That's not how the FBI found the documents" - Reagen Aug 31, 16:57 3
- My favorite bit on all this is that if he had really turned over all the documents the FBI wouldn't now have access to them. Now they're evidence. -- nm - .🎡 Aug 31, 17:41
- “If these documents were so secret why’d they share a picture of them?” was the foxnews gem I heard tonight. -- nm - znufrii Aug 31, 16:59 1
  - Now our enemies know what top secret documents look like! -- nm - Reagen Aug 31, 17:00
FFL Reminder: FJS Draft in 20 mins -- nm - budice Aug 31, 16:41 4
- I'm not going to make it, I'm at work for another hour, so autodraft do your worst -- nm - crash davis Aug 31, 17:10
- I may draft Tom Brady in the FJS just for the hell of it. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Aug 31, 16:46 2
  - That post in Astronauts didn't scare you off? - the wrong element Aug 31, 16:51 1
    - Nope. I've lived through more than enough Derrick Henry trash talk to get a thick skin. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Aug 31, 16:59
Your most streamed songs globally and in the US. Kate Bush did very well.... -- (link) - Remlik Aug 31, 16:39
Crash, I just walked through the work room at the library. There's better than 40 boxes of books waiting to be processed and shelved. - Meg Aug 31, 16:37 5
- Are any of them Top Secret? -- nm - Dano Aug 31, 17:43
- that sounds like quite a work load ahead of everyone, my sympathies -- nm - crash davis Aug 31, 17:08
- crash is that far behind? Really? - ReluctantCynic Aug 31, 16:47 2
  - some days it feels like it -- nm - crash davis Aug 31, 17:09
  - If he's not maybe he can come down and help our guys ;) -- nm - Meg Aug 31, 16:52
Welcome to the show, Gunnar Henderson! -- nm - David Aug 31, 16:34 3
- Baltimore gonna be real good in a couple years. - Tim Aug 31, 16:47 2
  - They have managed to hit on just about every 1st rounder in the last 3-4 years outside of Kjerstad. Elias is a wizard. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 31, 17:04
  - We don’t know who the new owner will be but they’ve run large payrolls in the past. - Will Hunting Aug 31, 17:01
Will, the Jays are having an auction and the 3 day fishing trip with Buck Martinez is only 30k. -- nm - Reagen Aug 31, 16:03 7
- What’s Canada’s stance on capital murder? -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 31, 16:13 5
  - I have faith that you can stage a fishing accident -- nm - crash davis Aug 31, 16:16 4
    - Totally normal to shoot a trout 3 times. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 31, 17:00 1
      - Mike has suffered long enough. -- nm - Reagen Aug 31, 17:01
    - Vicious Nightcrawler Attack! -- nm - Ender Aug 31, 16:46
    - Why even wait to hit the boat. -- nm - budice Aug 31, 16:19
- NFTs of the 500deck activites at least double that -- nm - budice Aug 31, 16:10
IYC: The bf was quoted/interviewed and in the NYT today. His work did a poll on online misinformation. -- (link) - MDH Aug 31, 16:03
Suez canal blocked. Again. -- (link) - TWuG Aug 31, 15:57 3
- Smooth Move ExLax -- nm - budice Aug 31, 16:15
- they need a bigger canal, or a smaller boat restriction -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 31, 16:07
- Yeah, being 90° to the canal will do that. -- nm - Ender Aug 31, 15:59
Gary Player, who is a Golf Saudi ambassador, rips Cam Smith and LIV Golf on a BBC interview. -- (link) - budice Aug 31, 15:52 1
- excellent. -- nm - mud Aug 31, 15:55
We as a people don't deserve Elle Duncan. -- nm - David Aug 31, 15:31 1
- I love her. -- nm - Diva Aug 31, 15:54
Would you like to know what an earpod run over by a bus looks like? It is your lucky day. -- (edited) - Andie Aug 31, 15:19 [Attachment] 4
- Does it still work? ;). I keed. Sorry, but looks like it held up quite well all things considered. Maybe a brand spokesperson role comes out of it. -- nm - VMan Aug 31, 16:31
- Oof, sorry. -- nm - David Aug 31, 15:34
- :( -- nm - budice Aug 31, 15:32
- :-[ -- nm - mud Aug 31, 15:30
FFL Draft Reminders: FJS in 2 hours. Yay! in 3 Hours. -- nm - budice Aug 31, 15:14
Ross Douthat - With ‘House of the Dragon’ and ‘The Rings of Power,’ We’ve Entered the Age of Blockbuster TV - crash davis Aug 31, 14:58 2
- This is one of your rare posts that didn't trigger one of my block words. That's hard to do when when the post is this long. -- nm - Ender Aug 31, 15:50 1
  - Now I wonder what the redacted version of ST looks like -- nm - crash davis Aug 31, 16:15
heh -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 31, 14:50
In non shocking news My United flight is delayed because of an earlier flight issue and they never move planes. 80% of connecting flights will miss. -- nm - MDH Aug 31, 14:48 3
- (that's crap) Any interesting passengers? -- nm - Max Aug 31, 14:49 2
  - None yet. Just a lot of angry people that United didn’t sub in a plane when the previous was 6 hours delayed. -- nm - MDH Aug 31, 14:50 1
    - Oh, and the plane will have been at the gate for 2.5 hours before takeoff. They just cannot function. -- nm - MDH Aug 31, 14:52
GOT: House of Dragons just lost it's show runner -- (link) - Remlik Aug 31, 14:43 4
- Sapochnik believes it was a boaking accident. -- nm - David Aug 31, 14:57
- Well, killing off characters was to be expected to this is a well crafted surprise. -- nm - Max Aug 31, 14:48
- That's not an important job, right? -- nm - Barons Barons Barons Aug 31, 14:47 1
  - I have yet to see it in the credits of any show. Must be like the guy who cleans the porta potties. -- nm - con_carne Aug 31, 14:50
DTL Conf. Tourney Seed Roundup: Buffalo (5), Hartford (2), Starkville (2), Branson (1), Shawnee (3) -- nm - rollo Aug 31, 14:32 1
- 21 seasons without a conf title and now we win back-to-back. Woo-hooooooo! - Barons Barons Barons Aug 31, 14:38
DoJ unlikely to bring charges against Trump until after the midterms -- (link) - znufrii Aug 31, 14:24 2
- when McCarthy and McConnell assume leadership and put trumpets to lead investigating committees and squash it all -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 31, 14:40
- Maybe they should wait until (checking 2016 timeline...) October 28, 2024. -- nm - Max Aug 31, 14:28
Groiny and Spamlet get their out….LaRussa is away for a unknown duration for health issues. Saving face to resign after the season. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 31, 13:14 11
- He secretly booked another appearance on To Tell The Truth. -- nm - Barons Barons Barons Aug 31, 14:43
- And an FYI, he was going to go last night. Even had pregame interviews with press. Then something happened and team docs pulled him out about an hour - zunk takes things literally Aug 31, 13:32 5
  - I’m not saying it’s a ploy. I’m saying Reinsdorf now has all the reason to let him go without firing him like he merits. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 31, 13:35 4
    - That’s not how we do things. They made Robin Ventura publicly fire himself. -- nm - spamlet Aug 31, 13:36 3
      - But Tony is special to Jerry. He’s the drunk uncle that Jerry fired too soon 35 years ago. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 31, 13:46 2
        
        What I mean is we don’t fire people. - spamlet Aug 31, 13:51 1
        
        Kenny Williams cashing his semi monthly paycheck this very day. -- nm - zunk takes things literally Aug 31, 13:56
- Hoping he'll be OK. He's 77 years old. Unfortunately we cashed it in about a week ago. Should have run away with the weak ass division. From the - zunk takes things literally Aug 31, 13:25
- I hope that he’s okay even if I haven’t been the biggest fan of his or his hiring. - spamlet Aug 31, 13:18 2
  - Jeff Torborg is still alive. -- nm - Krusty Aug 31, 13:19 1
    - We didn’t fire him so not sure he’s eligible 😂 -- nm - spamlet Aug 31, 13:24
To Prevent a Martian Plague, NASA Needs to Build a Very Special Lab - crash davis Aug 31, 13:13
truck profits will be the death of us all -- (link) - hollywood big shot Aug 31, 13:05 3
- I got to thinking yesterday, and if it makes you feel any better, after I get my F-150 Lightning, my next EV should be a recumbent e-bike -- nm* - crash davis Aug 31, 13:25 2
  - I've never tried a recumbent. I don't think my body would be able to handle the posture. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 31, 13:37 1
    - I've never tried a recumbent myself, but I think it is the lifestyle I'm aiming for -- nm - crash davis Aug 31, 13:51
Oh. The Yung Gravy lyric from Betty isn't "never gonna lose my socks" -- nm - Dano Aug 31, 12:46 2
- 🎶 Never gonna drop my trou 🎶 -- nm - Mop Aug 31, 13:37
- ~Pull up with a Zelda and a peach and a daisy~ -- nm - St. Epiphany Aug 31, 13:26
High on Life released 25 minutes of gameplay. It looks like a lot of fun. -- (link) - Krusty Aug 31, 12:35 5
- lolomg I just cant with the aussie talking knife. -- nm - Jovian Aug 31, 13:09
- That looks like a game I'd enjoy playing. -- nm - Mop Aug 31, 13:04
- heh. "There goes our E for Everybody rating." -- nm - JaxSean Aug 31, 12:49 2
  - LOL -- nm - Jovian Aug 31, 12:59
  - The little jokes kill me. I'm looking forward to this one. -- nm - Krusty Aug 31, 12:51
Hillary Clinton at the Venice Film Festival -- (link) - budice Aug 31, 12:28
Bret Stephens - This Is the Other Way That History Ends - crash davis Aug 31, 12:26 1
- as usual, Bret Stephens needs to get his head unstuck from his ass. - mud Aug 31, 12:42
Invest 91L is getting its act together and will soon be a tropical storm. Expect it to curve away from the US later in the weekend. -- nm - Qale Aug 31, 12:25
There's *a lot* to unpack in these 5 minutes of the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. -- (link) - Mop Aug 31, 12:17 [youtube] 1
- Imagine Ed McMahon sitting that close to Johnny for years. - Max Aug 31, 12:38
Breaching Dams ‘Must Be an Option’ to Save Salmon, Washington Democrats Say - crash davis Aug 31, 12:14 7
- Switch to nucular. *problem solved hand wipe* -- nm - Barons Barons Barons Aug 31, 12:24 4
  - Genetically altering the salmon so they can jump over dams sounds like a dam good idea. -- nm - Max Aug 31, 12:52 1
    - Fill the rivers with Red Bull -- nm - Beryllium Aug 31, 12:55
  - I'm currently more interested in exploring the new unit of energy measurement: the kilbo. How many kilbos per annum do the dams produce? -- nm - crash davis Aug 31, 12:35 1
    - Hang on just a minute here. - ReluctantCynic Aug 31, 12:37
- This is interesting in that it fails to mention (since it wasn't its focus) that the first to call for breaching the dams was Rep Mike Simpson (R-ID) - crash davis Aug 31, 12:17 1
  - everytime its suggested that maybe we shouldn't scorch the earth and pave paradise, they go all "well maybe you should take down (local dam that the - economy is based on Aug 31, 14:44
Thai baht Thai baht Thai baht -- nm - Reagen Aug 31, 12:07 4
- ~my name is kiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiidddddd....~ -- nm - ML Aug 31, 13:19
- *Billy Blanks appears before you* -- nm - rollo Aug 31, 13:18
- ~Gonna do the baht all night long~ -- nm - budice Aug 31, 12:10
- Thai baht Thai baht Thai bite, dammit! -- nm - Barons Barons Barons Aug 31, 12:09
Well, that went a lot better than yesterday. They at least didn't expect me to be a walking coding encyclopedia. We'll see... -- nm - Ender Aug 31, 12:07 10
- 👍🐱‍👤 -- nm - crash davis Aug 31, 12:21
- Glad to hear that and hopefully you hear back from them very soon. -- nm - Krusty Aug 31, 12:18
- We need you to get this job too. We need less unhappy Ender. -- nm - Qale Aug 31, 12:14
- Can you tell me what would be the correct code injection timing on a 1967 Cray CDC 7600 with a 60 bit processor and 8 MB of RAM? -- nm - Interviewer Trotter Aug 31, 12:13 5
  - Nobody could answer that question! -- nm - Mona Lisa Vito Aug 31, 12:42 1
    - Hey, your maternity clock is ticking faster than that! -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 31, 13:11
  - These guys were much more "I'm sure you could pick up our tech stack, let's talk about broader architecture and design concepts and what you'd do." -- nm - Ender Aug 31, 12:16 2
    - Then they need better writers. My parody is way funnier. -- nm - Barons Barons Barons Aug 31, 12:19
    - What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow? -- nm - Spawn Aug 31, 12:18
- 👍👍 -- nm - decline Aug 31, 12:08
I *literally* reported on the Showtime/Paramount+ merger months ago. Also, just get Walmart+. -- nm - Mop Aug 31, 12:04 4
- Mop is lit. -- nm - Idris Aug 31, 12:45
- literally -- nm - decline Aug 31, 12:08
- Walmart+? EWW -- nm - St. Epiphany Aug 31, 12:06 1
  - Yeah, no thank you. -- nm - Spawn Aug 31, 12:17
hashebeenarrestedyethehasnt?!whythehellnot? -- nm - mud Aug 31, 11:57 1
- He *might* have played Pink Floyd for me today. I was getting allergy shots so I missed a block. -- nm - Spawn Aug 31, 11:59
zoom zoom -- nm - oblique Aug 31, 11:47

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