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100bps no longer off the table per Bloomberg -- (link) - spamlet Sep 13, 14:52
T-10 for 5th stage booster ignition -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 13, 14:44 1
- boostered and flued too -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 13, 15:43
In West Virginia, now you're forced to give birth to your your own nephew. - loosilu Sep 13, 14:22 5
- In Alabama they’ll keep you in jail if you’re pregnant and arrested for smoking pot. -- nm - znufrii Sep 13, 14:33
- Wait, so you are forced to have sex with your... oh.. got it. Yeah, still awful. -- nm - Spawn Sep 13, 14:30
- Ugh, these people taking away women's right suck ass. - St. Pippy Sep 13, 14:24 2
  - It's the Taliban takeover the right warned us about! -- nm - loosilu Sep 13, 14:29
  - And pretty soon you won't even be able to do that. -- nm - con_carne Sep 13, 14:25
Michelle Branch and Patrick Carney Call Off divorce -- (link) - budice Sep 13, 14:09 1
- The grass AIN'T greener. -- nm - Spawn Sep 13, 14:11
Cool beans. My company is doing a promo with ABC/Abbott Elementary (we sell educational supplies) -- (link) - con_carne Sep 13, 13:55 1
- 👍👍 -- nm - crash davis Sep 13, 14:41
To Save Whales, Don’t Eat Lobster, Watchdog Group Says - crash davis Sep 13, 13:54 6
- Why should we listen to them, dogs don't even eat fish. -- nm - con_carne Sep 13, 14:47
- Fukka you whale. -- nm - Qale Sep 13, 14:06
- Right Whales, Wrong Food -- nm - Max Sep 13, 13:59
- Sorry whales. 🦞 wins. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 13, 13:55
- Done. I hope they appreciate my sacrifice. -- nm - Reagen Sep 13, 13:55 1
  - Since I have a weird allergy, I've been saving right whales for a couple decades. But I liked reading about high tech fishing gear -- nm - crash davis Sep 13, 13:59
Tom Colicchio’s New Pasta Sauces Look to Regional Italy - crash davis Sep 13, 13:35 3
- I think I'd like to try Liguria -- nm - crash davis Sep 13, 13:38 2
  - Don't take Liguria if you're allergic to Liguria -- nm - prayformojo Sep 13, 14:04 1
    - until you just mentioned it, I never considered how much new prescription meds sound like regions of Italy -- nm - crash davis Sep 13, 14:09
RIP Ken Starr -- nm - Jovian Sep 13, 13:34 3
- Yeah, no. -- nm - colin Sep 13, 13:47
- This is kinda ironic. He was the leading option to fill a spot on the USSC but was nixed by the DOJ for concerns he wouldn’t be reliably conservative - Will Hunting Sep 13, 13:43
- apparently just announced but former Capt Hazelwood of the Exxon Valdez died of COVID in late July at 75 -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 13, 13:39
What's the %age chance that Pujols gets to 700 career home runs by the end of the year? - prayformojo Sep 13, 13:30 4
- or, Does Putin Live To See Pujols Get 700? -- nm - Max Sep 13, 14:09 1
  - Depends on whether Pujols gets there this month! -- nm - David Sep 13, 14:11
- Somehow, it's up to 50/50. -- nm - David Sep 13, 13:37 1
  - I'd like him to do it. But he already did what I wanted...pass ARod -- nm - crash davis Sep 13, 13:41
Ramsey Lewis, Jazz Pianist Who Became a Pop Star, Dies at 87 - crash davis Sep 13, 13:28
Monday officially a day off here. -- nm - Reagen Sep 13, 13:26 2
- *grumble* *grumble* stupid American Revolution -- nm - Dano Sep 13, 13:27 1
  - it's pretty funny the number of people that think it's a permanent day, and that think the federal government can dictate holidays to the provinces. -- nm - Reagen Sep 13, 13:56
"According to a new analysis from Samba TV, U.S. viewership for The Crown (Netflix) spiked more than 600%" - David Sep 13, 13:17 11
- I knwo they're filming the last season. But I have to think there are convos for 2 more to cover Liz's entire reign -- nm - Remlik Sep 13, 13:56 1
  - season 5 is not the last season. season 6 will be all the post-Diana shit -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 13, 14:51
- "Wait, when do the dragons show up?" -- nm - Reagen Sep 13, 13:27
- ‘House of the Dragon’ Viewership Up 5% With Episode 4 -- (link) - budice Sep 13, 13:25 3
  - it was literally the best episode so far. But spoil question - did you think they inferred Damon.... - St. Pippy Sep 13, 14:22 2
    - agreed -- nm - mud Sep 13, 14:31
    - I agree with the conclusion in your IM. (more spoilers) - ReluctantCynic Sep 13, 14:25
- "and accordingly, Netflix has spun off The Crown into its own new streaming service called Crown+" -- nm - Jovian Sep 13, 13:18 3
  - "Crown+ will now be known as Regent" - Beryllium Sep 13, 13:22 1
    - CorgiNet will now be known as Corgi Premium Plus -- nm - amanda Sep 13, 13:25
  - Crown++++ -- nm - prayformojo Sep 13, 13:22
So yea, these polling numbers seem way too good to be accurate -- (link) - Jovian Sep 13, 13:15 14
- And then there’s this bit -- (link) - znufrii Sep 13, 13:36
- Seems like a new, but fairly decent polling organization. -- (link) - ReluctantCynic Sep 13, 13:25
- They’re 8-10points high on the Democrats except for Rubio? …. That’s an interesting methodology. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 13, 13:23
- my sister is willing to bet $100 that fetterman will win by less than six. I might be willing to bet 4.5 but not six. I live in very red country - amanda Sep 13, 13:22
- Yes, the Polling Warning Signs Are Flashing Again Democrats are polling well in exactly the places where surveys missed most in 2020. - crash davis Sep 13, 13:22 8
  - lets not forget that a democrat was polling well ahead of McConnell last election too. -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 13, 13:42 6
    - Every poll showed Amy McGrath had no chance. -- nm - Tim Sep 13, 14:33
    - Lindsay was the one with a mirage challenger in polls. - Will Hunting Sep 13, 13:54
    - Which polls were those? -- (edited) - znufrii Sep 13, 13:46 1
      - I must have gotten suckered by those Facebook ads saying she had this blue wave.... -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 13, 14:47
    - I can't forget that. I gave whatshername $5. But if I'm being honest, I considered it a $5 middle finger to Mr. McConnell at the time. -- nm - crash davis Sep 13, 13:45
    - 538 had McConnell at +13 and McGrath with only a 4% chance of winning on election day. -- nm - David Sep 13, 13:44
  - “This time for sure!” -- nm - znufrii Sep 13, 13:35
- Remember when Rubio swore he wouldn't run for re-election? - David Sep 13, 13:20
The Billboard Hot 100 chart, for this week in the year 1987 - MDH Sep 13, 13:09 18
- The Grateful Dead’s only top 40 hit, which does make them a one-hit wonder. -- nm - Tim Sep 13, 14:34 1
  - But seriously, who can take only one hit? -- nm - Spawn Sep 13, 14:36
- 1984 please? -- nm - crash davis Sep 13, 13:33 1
  - *plays synth intro* -- nm - Spawn Sep 13, 14:12
- I can rock #7 at karaoke. -- nm - David Sep 13, 13:20
- lol man the 80s were the best - Jovian Sep 13, 13:17
- ~'/Cant we try just a little bit harder. Cant we try just a little bit more~'/ -- nm - Jovian Sep 13, 13:16 1
  - and I blame myself for intentionally inserting this earworm on my own self. -- nm - Jovian Sep 13, 13:24
- ugh. thanks. -- nm - Spawn Sep 13, 13:10 9
  - Hair Band Trivia - do you know which song kept Pour Some Sugar on Me from ever reaching # 1? -- nm - St. Pippy Sep 13, 13:11 8
    - Can't remember the name of the song, but wasn't it by ... (spoilers) - ReluctantCynic Sep 13, 13:27 7
      - Richard Marx had a lot of hits in that timeframe. -- nm - MDH Sep 13, 13:28 6
        
        Hold Onto the Nights -- nm - Spawn Sep 13, 13:32 5
        
        yes - his new song is pretty awesome -- nm - St. Pippy Sep 13, 14:23
        
        Well, I probably cancelled out my buying vote as I owned both Hysteria and the Richard Marx eponymous album -- nm - JD Sep 13, 13:43 3
        
        I own a couple of his. -- nm - Spawn Sep 13, 13:45 2
        
        Satisfied? -- nm - con_carne Sep 13, 13:47 1
        
        I give up. -- nm - Spawn Sep 13, 13:53
The Billboard Hot 100 chart, for this week in the year 2000. - MDH Sep 13, 13:04 2
- #4 is one of the best songs of all time. -- nm - David Sep 13, 13:21
- 1987 -- nm - Spawn Sep 13, 13:05
geez Justin, is this a good idea? -- (link) - mud Sep 13, 12:54
R.I.P. Page Pate, 55 -- (link) - mud Sep 13, 12:44
DOW -1278 -- nm - mud Sep 13, 12:41 2
- awesome sauce!!! We have something to latch onto again. -- nm - MAGA Sep 13, 12:46
- I like that hat on you. -- nm - Spawn Sep 13, 12:42
WSJ: Paramount is considering shutting down Showtime and shift all of the content into Paramount+ -- (link) - budice Sep 13, 12:07 7
- They announced this a couple of weeks ago. -- (link) - David Sep 13, 12:34
- If I get Billions with my P+ that's good. If this is a reason for them to jack the P+ price up %% that's not good. -- nm - Max Sep 13, 12:15 1
  - and house of glass! it's my turn to buy so if price goes up, you have a year to watch billions - amanda Sep 13, 12:27
- I am all for that -- nm - crash davis Sep 13, 12:10 2
  - Showtime is part of my Cable bundle atm. Might reconsider -- nm - budice Sep 13, 12:11 1
    - Yeah, I might reconsider dumping it. -- nm - Spawn Sep 13, 12:24
- As foretold on... -- nm - Spawn Sep 13, 12:08
King Charles' Staff Told They Could Lose Their Jobs as He Moves to Buckingham Palace -- (link) - budice Sep 13, 12:03 3
- I would love "up to 100" staff. "pinky, will you please brush chubbers? yes, that's your whole job." -- nm - amanda Sep 13, 12:24 2
  - Uhm, Chubbers *is* staff. -- nm - Spawn Sep 13, 12:40
  - I've seen chubbers. That is a full time job. -- nm - Dano Sep 13, 12:31
So I'm nominated for Gemini award (Canadian Emmys)this year, I got my ticket today. General Admission Balcony. - Guigue Sep 13, 11:57 15
- Phenomenal! Congrats! -- nm - David Sep 13, 13:51
- Nice! Congrats! -- nm - Remlik Sep 13, 13:05
- Congrats on the nomination!! -- nm - Krusty Sep 13, 12:52
- Cool! If you win, you have to thank SlackerTalk! -- nm - Dano Sep 13, 12:32 3
  - I'd be too exhausted running down from the Balcony to remember to thank anybody :P -- nm - Guigue Sep 13, 12:38 2
    - "THANK YOU SLACKERS" ::collapses as time runs out for speech:: -- nm - Spawn Sep 13, 12:39 1
      - [likes] -- nm - mud Sep 13, 12:47
- Git that. -- nm - Spawn Sep 13, 12:25
- cheers!! -- nm - mud Sep 13, 12:19
- Congratulations!! -- nm - Diva Sep 13, 12:10
- That's pretty cool. What for? -- nm - oblique Sep 13, 11:59 2
  - We do a New Years show in Quebec, it's a sketch show about the past year. It's a tradition and it gets millions of viewers (the past 3 years have been - Guigue Sep 13, 12:05 1
    - 👍👍👍 -- nm - prayformojo Sep 13, 12:12
- WTG!! -- nm - Beaker Sep 13, 11:59
- CONGRATULATIONS!!!! -- nm - Andie Sep 13, 11:59
Lol, Mitch: “You’ll have to ask him about it.” re: “Look-at-me” Lindsey’s national abortion ban. -- (edited) - znufrii Sep 13, 11:54 13
- "Here, let me just get right up under that bus" -- LG -- nm - Beryllium Sep 13, 12:13 12
  - Lindsay probably getting a strong talking to about this crap. -- nm - St. Pippy Sep 13, 12:23 11
    - On the other hand, the republican base, assuming that Trumpism is a worse rallying cry, are going to have to rally around turning out for abortion - oblique Sep 13, 12:35 3
      - I've read this three times. what? -- nm - St. Pippy Sep 13, 12:37 2
        
        Firing up the base to come out to support abortion (because Trump is a weaker reason). -- nm - Spawn Sep 13, 12:43 1
        
        they have*nothing* good (or popular) to run on!! -- nm - mud Sep 13, 12:45
    - and he probly doesn't care anymore because he's a lost puppy recently owned by a fake president. -- nm - mud Sep 13, 12:25 6
      - agreed -- nm - St. Pippy Sep 13, 12:33
      - again, imo this was not his idea. He was extorted to do this. -- nm - Jovian Sep 13, 12:33 4
        
        He's been putting a version of this out since 2013. Doesn't mean he hasn't be extorted but this is not shocking. It's stupid strategically -- nm - St. Pippy Sep 13, 12:36 3
        
        it makes literally no logical sense at all. Aug 7th he said the literal opposite. - Jovian Sep 13, 12:45 2
        
        It’s more likely that the Senate guys are all throwing shit against the wall so Lindsay is doing what he thinks is wise to exhort the base out - Will Hunting Sep 13, 12:53
        
        I agree, it seems like he is poisoning the well. -- nm - St. Pippy Sep 13, 12:51
Umm. -- (link) - Beryllium Sep 13, 11:54
Quebec MP Alain Rayes leaves Conservatives to sit as Independent after Poilievre win -- (link) - Beaker Sep 13, 11:48 1
- Good move. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 13, 11:50
Sep. 13 birthdays: Don Bluth (85), Jaqueline Bisset (78), Isiah Whitlock, Jr. (68), Dave Mustaine (61), Fiona Apple (45) - Max Sep 13, 11:47 [youtube]
Morrissey has announced a fall US Tour - MDH Sep 13, 11:43 5
- … -- (pic) - Dark Callisto Sep 13, 11:46 [Attachment] 1
  - :-D -- nm - mud Sep 13, 12:15
- Or did Morrissey fall on a US Tour? -- nm - budice Sep 13, 11:44 2
  - Morrisey announced the fall of the US. -- nm - Spawn Sep 13, 11:47 1
    - while on tour -- nm - budice Sep 13, 11:53
You know how you all joke that we're living in the worst timeline? You *really* shouldn't joke about that, because you made it come true!!! -- (pic) - prayformojo Sep 13, 11:40 [Attachment] 5
- Ick! -- nm - St. Pippy Sep 13, 12:41
- 40 years old. Which generation? -- nm - Spawn Sep 13, 11:44
- *shakes head* -- nm - The Good Place Sep 13, 11:42 2
  - what's wrong w/ the Peppers? I'm no huge fan but I like them (undeniably excellent musicians) -- nm - mud Sep 13, 12:23
  - As long as you didn't pay for it, you're in the clear -- nm - Baronbarian Sep 13, 12:10
zoom zoom -- nm - oblique Sep 13, 11:38 1
- oh oh, you just used up the juice you needed to charge the car with -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 13, 12:34

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