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Bears at Patriots - WHO YOU GOT!!?? -- nm - Beaker Oct 24, 17:01 3
- I need Rhamondre Stevenson to put up 75 fantasy points. -- nm - psilotum Oct 24, 17:20
- Lots of turnovers from CHI. A pick 6 would be nice. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 24, 17:04
- I'll go Bears. They have a good pizza in their city and their team doesn't contain Hoody -- nm - crash davis Oct 24, 17:03
so do we think this dick is the director of Smile or Barbarian? -- (link) - hollywood big shot Oct 24, 16:56 5
- Are either of those streaming yet? -- nm - Barynn Oct 24, 17:09 3
  - Barbarian goes on HBO Max this week (directed by a comedian, which could go either way) - hollywood big shot Oct 24, 17:11 2
    - Barbarian has a couple of kind of name actors -- nm - Dano Oct 24, 17:16 1
      - which makes me think he might have been aiming for higher -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 24, 17:21
- "let me jump on board your next film which will undoubtedly be a fun set not full of egotists" -- nm - Reagen Oct 24, 17:02
Jets trade for JAX RB James Robinson -- nm - Strongbad Oct 24, 16:51 5
- Is he good? I'm sorry but I don't know him. -- nm - Krusty Oct 24, 17:05
- Kim and Krusty just combined forces as fangirl and fanboy. -- nm - David Oct 24, 16:55 3
  - Form of: Redbird Flying in a Jet! -- nm - Dark Callisto Oct 24, 16:59 2
    - I'll allow it -- nm - con_carne Oct 24, 17:06
    - Haha! -- nm - Krusty Oct 24, 17:05
French Arms To Ukraine Red roses…and artillery (from The Economist) - crash davis Oct 24, 16:51 1
- I'm not certain, but I'm thinking the country the French officials are sh!# talking is Germany. But since the French are never afraid to name the US, - crash davis Oct 24, 16:56
is there a greater dignity-shredding way to make millions of dollars than coaching Univ. of Texas? -- (link*) - hollywood big shot Oct 24, 16:40 3
- Coaching at Texas A&M? -- nm - Strongbad Oct 24, 16:52
- He could be Brian Kelly. -- nm - Barynn Oct 24, 16:46
- senate minority leader? -- nm - mafic Oct 24, 16:45
Funny: Kasparov mocking Musk for terrible geopolitical understanding. Hilarious: Kasparov mocking Musk for terrible *chess* understanding. -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 24, 16:25 1
- If I ever got a Twitter account, Kasparov would be one of my "follows" -- nm - crash davis Oct 24, 16:43
I almost never watch ESPN except for an actual event so watching this MNF pregame is difficult. These people are cringe. - zunk takes things literally Oct 24, 16:24
gonna be in Sydney in November? wanna get naked with 2,000 other people? -- (link) - mafic Oct 24, 16:23 2
- I wasn't before. -- nm - psilotum Oct 24, 16:52
- No. Also no. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 24, 16:26
he growth of craft beer is creating demand for a new type of beer expert (from The Economist) - crash davis Oct 24, 16:15 1
- We have a cicerone on the board at our co-op brewery. - psilotum Oct 24, 16:51
What are some so afraid Graham will say under subpoena? -- nm - prayformojo Oct 24, 16:04 4
- anything bad about Trump, because then Trump turns on him. -- nm - mafic Oct 24, 16:24
- Question 1: “Does Donald Trump possess any incriminating evidence about you that would cause you to exhibit this spinelessness?” -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 24, 16:11 2
  - Trump is literally on tape with the Georgia SoS making the ask so anything he asked of Lindsey himself would only be cumulative - hollywood big shot Oct 24, 16:22
  - "No, Donald J Trump is not in possession of that material." -- nm - Beryllium Oct 24, 16:21
those truffles in the Spain Universal Yums are just filthy delicious -- nm - prayformojo Oct 24, 16:02
Time to start my yearly watching of The Thing(1982). It's not Halloween season for me if I don't watch it at least once. -- nm - Krusty Oct 24, 16:02 15
- I rather enjoyed the 2011 version as a companion piece. -- nm - Barynn Oct 24, 16:19
- I'm seeing it at the cinema Halloween night this year. -- nm - LMS Oct 24, 16:13 1
  - Oooh, nice! So jealous! -- nm - Krusty Oct 24, 16:15
- That’s a strong tradition -- nm - Dano Oct 24, 16:05 11
  - It's better than my weird yearly Christmas Eve tradition of watching Mr. Mom. :-) - Krusty Oct 24, 16:19 8
    - I love that. Honestly, I could probably watch a Michael Keaton movie to celebrate every holiday. -- nm - Dark Callisto Oct 24, 17:12
    - That is great. Ever since I've learned about it, I've wanted to go to an Italian Feast of the Seven Fishes -- nm - crash davis Oct 24, 17:05 1
      - So much food! There's also spaghetti to go with the fish and of course salad and other things. Can't forget dessert with the Italian pastries and - Krusty Oct 24, 17:13
    - That's awesome. -- nm - spamlet Oct 24, 16:20 4
      - I enjoy these little yearly traditions. -- nm - Krusty Oct 24, 16:29 3
        
        Have you seen This Is Us? - con_carne Oct 24, 17:12 2
        
        I haven't because I heard it's rather sad. -- nm - Krusty Oct 24, 17:38 1
        
        I remember now, yup. -- nm - con_carne Oct 24, 18:46
  - they should have done the Clue thing with different endings in different theaters -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 24, 16:16
  - Yeah—I really like that idea -- nm - Flavorize Oct 24, 16:10
Cashed out my Phillies to win the World Series bet, so if they do win I’m taking credit. -- nm - Dano Oct 24, 16:01 3
- What did you end up cashing at 9-1? 10-1 return? -- nm - Flavorize Oct 24, 16:09 1
  - It was only about 5-1 -- nm - Dano Oct 24, 16:27
- 👍 -- nm - crash davis Oct 24, 16:02
Isaac Mizrahi will play Amos Hart in Chicago on Broadway for a 3 week run in November. -- nm* - MDH Oct 24, 15:50 1
- should do a drag version, with the main roles gender-swapped -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 24, 15:51
10/24 powerbawl tix -- nm* - zeitgeist Oct 24, 15:46 6
- grazie! -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 24, 15:49
- Set one -- (pic) - zeitgeist Oct 24, 15:48 [Attachment] 4
  - Set 2 -- (pic) - zeitgeist Oct 24, 15:49 [Attachment] 3
    - Roll over from 10/22 group -- (pic) - zeitgeist Oct 24, 15:50 [Attachment] 2
      - Roll over from the 10/19 pool -- (pic) - zeitgeist Oct 24, 15:51 [Attachment] 1
        
        And I grabbed three entries on my way home this afternoon. -- (pic) - ReluctantCynic Oct 24, 15:59 [Attachment]
so, a supreme comes to the aid of a senator who, along with the judge's wife, plotted to overthrow the government .. and the country doesnt bat an eye -- nm - mud Oct 24, 15:18 12
- You have a fundamental misunderstanding of what happened. - spamlet Oct 24, 15:37 9
  - even the facially neutral granting of an administrative stay allows for the possibility that Miss Lindsey has a colorable claim to avoid valid process - hollywood big shot Oct 24, 15:41 5
    - It's basically making it up to the court to rule rather than making a unilateral decision which is actually appropriate here (though recusal would be - pmb Oct 24, 16:21 1
      - I'm still trying to find cases that are on point here. - ReluctantCynic Oct 24, 16:49
    - Assuming that Lindsey is telling the truth about why he called the Georgia Secretary of State, I'd say the process has been fine. - ReluctantCynic Oct 24, 15:44 2
      - That's a huge assumption, imo. -- nm - Krusty Oct 24, 16:02 1
        
        It is. Especially with him. But I'm striving not to be a hypocrite. -- (edited) - ReluctantCynic Oct 24, 16:07
  - Yep. It's a nothing-burger. - ReluctantCynic Oct 24, 15:40 2
    - nobody is stopping Graham from complying with the subpoena and invoking his Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination if he thinks he's in - hollywood big shot Oct 24, 15:45 1
      - Does he have a Fifth Amendment right to exert in this case? - ReluctantCynic Oct 24, 16:03
- Diana Ross must be stopped! -- nm - ty97 Oct 24, 15:23
- pffft, no -- nm - john grisham Oct 24, 15:19
a private advocacy group is doing more to keep Nazis from intimidating AZ voters than Merrick Garland or the FBI -- (link) - hollywood big shot Oct 24, 15:13 1
- I read that as a *pirate* advocacy group. Now I'm sad. -- nm - Mop Oct 24, 17:06
Making homemade black bean burgers for the first time tonight -- nm - prayformojo Oct 24, 15:00 3
- cool, I would like to do that sometime. Tonight I'm going to make myself a pot of homemade split pea soup for the first time -- nm - crash davis Oct 24, 15:19 2
  - here's what I used. I'd go a little easier on the bread crumbs. I didn't put in feta, but I meant to add in cotija but forgot -- (link) - prayformojo Oct 24, 15:20 1
    - thanks! -- nm - crash davis Oct 24, 15:23
Your top 10 songs before the Taypocalypse: Unholy, Bad Habit, As It Was, California Breeze, I Like You (A Happier Song), I Ain’t Worried, You Proof, Forever, Super Freaky Girl, Real Spill -- (edited) - Tim Oct 24, 14:56 9
- No Taylor Swift? -- nm - The Allfather Oct 24, 15:09 4
  - she's not really a big deal anymore. -- nm - Reagen Oct 24, 15:10 3
    - "Taylor Swift fandom is Q-Anon for people who were a pleasure to have in class" -- (link) - hollywood big shot Oct 24, 16:26
    - Look what you made me do! -- nm - Tay-Tay 10/31/22 Oct 24, 16:18
    - poor has-been -- nm - mud Oct 24, 15:13
- Sam Smith is the first openly non-binary person, and Kim Petras is the first transgender person to have a US #1 song. -- nm - Tim Oct 24, 14:58 3
  - Never did I think Kim Petras would have a #1, even with how the charts are today. -- nm - MDH Oct 24, 15:37 1
    - Some of her other stuff is shown in that video I linked, and, uh, yikes. -- nm - Tim Oct 24, 16:10
  - And here’s a breakdown of it, it’s formulated in a lab for the TikTok age. -- (link) - Tim Oct 24, 15:01 [youtube]
-deleted- -- (edited) - Jovian Oct 24, 14:36 3
- the little hat is what makes the whole thing -- nm - crash davis Oct 24, 14:56
- I think it's an AR virtual pet, based on the comments -- nm - JaxSean Oct 24, 14:53 1
  - lol yep its all BS :( -- nm - Jovian Oct 24, 14:53
House of the Dragon - season one - small spoils - Jovian Oct 24, 14:14 13
- Not a fan of these scripts. It’s a tad boring. Family Drama without twists -- nm - Epiphany Oct 24, 14:37 2
  - [torches your state] -- nm - vhagar Oct 24, 15:01 1
    - It would be an improvement -- nm - Epiphany Oct 24, 16:26
- Spoils - Roger More Oct 24, 14:35 1
  - and - peglegpete Oct 24, 14:37
- Spoilers - David Oct 24, 14:17 7
  - why then (spoils) - Jovian Oct 24, 14:20 6
    - The only one of these I think is accurate is the last one. -- nm - David Oct 24, 14:35 1
      - yep -- nm - mud Oct 24, 14:46
    - spoils - Dark Callisto Oct 24, 14:35 1
      - Hmmmm. I can roll with this. (small spoils) -- (edited) - Jovian Oct 24, 14:37
    - spoils -- (edited) - Jovian Oct 24, 14:23 1
      - There’s good people on both sides 😉 -- nm - Flavorize Oct 24, 15:48
Oh man that sucks when other countries just assume they can take stuff that belongs to you -- (link) - Reagen Oct 24, 14:11 3
- ah jeez rick -- nm* - Beryllium Oct 24, 14:44
- someone should write a book: Without Warning by John Birmingham. But this time its Russia. -- nm - Jovian Oct 24, 14:18
- oh that poor poor oppressed nation -- nm - crash davis Oct 24, 14:14
WB continues the Black Adam lie with a shockingly convenient actual of $67.004 million. - David Oct 24, 13:58 9
- DWAYNE JOHNSON’S BEST OPENING AS A LEAD. -- nm - Volnelk Oct 24, 14:58
- Is the $67m specifically important? -- nm - spamlet Oct 24, 14:06 4
  - No. It's more that tracking said $75 million and they didn't want to admit it was $60 million. - David Oct 24, 14:12 3
    - and they also get Bruce Nash to write things like "Black Adam beats expectations!", which he should know better than. -- nm - Reagen Oct 24, 14:36 1
      - Huh, didn’t realize he was still doing the numbers. -- nm - spamlet Oct 24, 15:02
    - Oh, gotcha. I was wondering if something else opened at 67 they had to beat. -- nm - spamlet Oct 24, 14:15
- Prolly as fuzzy as that accounting math that says Billion dollar movies haven't turned a profit -- nm - budice Oct 24, 14:05
- when you fire your studio's Feige and let the C-List character dictate casting choices, what else to expect? -- (link) - hollywood big shot Oct 24, 14:05
- Someone paid $4 million for a special personal screening. -- nm - Reagen Oct 24, 14:03
st poll: what musical artist should I listen to for the next couple of hours while working? -- nm - tRuMaN Oct 24, 13:53 28
- The Trews -- nm - Beaker Oct 24, 14:39
- Renaissance -- (link*) - peglegpete Oct 24, 14:24 [youtube]
- what sort of mood do you want? rock, space, metal, country? etc. -- nm - peglegpete Oct 24, 14:20
- PropellerHeads -- nm - spamlet Oct 24, 14:17 2
  - They don’t have enough material for hours. -- nm - Qale Oct 24, 15:32 1
    - Sadly, you are correct. -- nm - spamlet Oct 24, 16:19
- Tool. -- nm - Reagen Oct 24, 14:08 1
  - ♡ -- nm - mud Oct 24, 14:11
- Tom Waits -- nm - Dark Callisto Oct 24, 14:06 1
  - ♡ -- nm - mud Oct 24, 14:11
- Loreena McKennitt -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 24, 14:05 1
  - ♡ -- nm - mud Oct 24, 14:10
- Kate Bush -- nm - mud Oct 24, 14:02 2
  - that's your answer for everything -- nm - Dano Oct 24, 14:06 1
    - hell yeah -- nm - mud Oct 24, 14:08
- Sinead O'Connor -- nm - Dano Oct 24, 14:01
- Rather than a musical artist, stack up a few soundtracks from TV shows and movies you like. - ReluctantCynic Oct 24, 14:01
- Vivaldi -- nm - decline Oct 24, 14:00 1
  - that would actually be very pleasant, which is why I like Reagen's answer better -- nm - crash davis Oct 24, 14:11
- The Hunna. Start with , “ you can’t break what’s broken” -- nm - Epiphany Oct 24, 13:59 2
  - I wish they'd tour over here. - JaxSean Oct 24, 14:09 1
    - I’d definitely see them -- nm - Epiphany Oct 24, 14:39
- Cigarettes After Sex -- nm - rollo Oct 24, 13:58
- Muse -- nm - JaxSean Oct 24, 13:57
- Philip Glass - znufrii, official Gen-Xer Oct 24, 13:55
- I read on ST that Carly Rae Jepsen dropped a new album -- nm - crash davis Oct 24, 13:55
- Brown Bird. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 24, 13:55
- John Cage -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 24, 13:54
If I were a real man, I'd go to Toronto and do the Brave The Edge Walk at the CN Tower. I may not be a real man. -- (link) - crash davis Oct 24, 13:50 11
- i may eventually die a foolish death, but i'll be damned if i do it in the name of Canada -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 24, 15:24
- I would walk that walk with you. -- nm - tRuMaN Oct 24, 14:02 1
  - okay, but immediately afterwards all go pro footage gets edited to remove my screams -- nm - crash davis Oct 24, 14:07
- My folk took my 6-year-old daughter up the tower and she freaked during the dark section. My mom called and asked if - Meg Oct 24, 13:59 2
  - well she did spend approx 9m in an enclosed dark space -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 24, 14:06
  - I could see how it might sound that way -- nm - crash davis Oct 24, 14:04
- Free yourself from the gatekeeping constraints of toxic masculinity and realize that the measure of a man is not how he challenges his own fears, - Beryllium Oct 24, 13:54 4
  - A better reply would be that their season isn't open in April and thus we could keep up the fiction that I would do it. -- nm - crash davis Oct 24, 13:56 3
    - I bet this is where real men in Toronto go -- (link) - crash davis Oct 24, 14:00 2
      - The Weekend filmed a video there. -- (link) - Roger More Oct 24, 14:27 [youtube] 1
        
        thanks, I'll watch this on my break! -- nm - crash davis Oct 24, 14:41

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