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Is this legal inside a polling place? -- (pic) - St. Epiphany Nov 8, 09:22 [Attachment]
Catalina Wine Mixon is the Caveman of Cavemen. Judge Jeudy making a strong push in Vamps too of late -- nm - Beaker Nov 8, 09:06 2
- Samara might of put up the highest team score I have seen...at least that I can recall (193.20) - Beaker Nov 8, 09:09 1
  - About 2010, we had a 198 in Astronauts. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 8, 09:22
Binance buying FTX after causing liquidity crunch for it. -- (link) - spamlet Nov 8, 08:57 5
- So, wait, they created a run on the bank and are now stepping in to buy the bank? - decline Nov 8, 08:59 3
  - El Salvador wants them to be their new Finance Minister -- nm - Beaker Nov 8, 09:02
  - Shut up or Mr. Potter will introduce you to an open window. -- nm - Mop Nov 8, 09:00
  - Regulators? This is crypto! -- nm - spamlet Nov 8, 09:00
- LOL -- nm - Mop Nov 8, 08:59
Xander Bogaerts opts out of Red Sox contract -- nm - Beaker Nov 8, 08:45 1
- Xander looking for a $ Bag -- nm - budice Nov 8, 08:47
Voting has become a very Influencer-Friendly Acitivity. Social Media posts everywhere encouraging vote -- nm - budice Nov 8, 08:43 3
- This isn't very small d democratic of me but: If you need someone like Kim Kardashian to tell you to vote, just stay at home. - crash davis Nov 8, 08:48 1
  - Right? Give me Tom Selleck telling me to vote - zunk takes things literally Nov 8, 08:51
- Sadly, much like trips to Santorini, voting is something influencers do but their followers don't. -- nm - Mop Nov 8, 08:45
*does the "I got a sticker, I got a sticker" dance* -- nm - crash davis Nov 8, 08:42
Zac Efron as Kevin Von Erich in The Iron Claw -- (link) - Beaker Nov 8, 08:40 1
- That was quick, we've only just started shooting the film. -- nm - LMS Nov 8, 08:55
If my wife and I win the lottery, I can't think of anything I'll want to do more than get rid of as much of it as possible as quickly - TWuG Nov 8, 08:37 23
- Another point, tied to the legacy discussion in the thread, I would NOT want my name attached to the philanthropy. - TWuG Nov 8, 09:20
- I know David and Spawn have said as much, but if I won, I'd find a way to split it with the Slackers. - Mop Nov 8, 09:04 1
  - Ditto -- nm - Max Nov 8, 09:13
- I do know I would attempt to build something that would be iconic and beautiful that would remain standing forever. - Jovian Nov 8, 09:03 1
  - And as an example you listed two things that no longer exist. - Mop Nov 8, 09:06
- Imma be the worst rich person ever. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 8, 08:49 4
  - that is a very competitive field -- nm - crash davis Nov 8, 11:52
  - that is a very competitive field -- nm - crash davis Nov 8, 08:50 2
    - Imma stage bum fights across the street from UFC events for 1/10th the cost. - Will Hunting Nov 8, 08:55 1
      - Hey! Limp Bizkit is cool. Kid Rock is a douche. - JaxSean Nov 8, 08:57
- Yup. There’s a style of living I would want to become accustomed to, but that would still only account for a fraction of the take. -- (edited) - znufrii Nov 8, 08:43 1
  - My wife and I want to call ours NAA - TWuG Nov 8, 08:46
- Absolutely, so much of it would go to charity. - ty97 Nov 8, 08:39 10
  - So many black tie galas. -- nm - znufrii Nov 8, 08:58 2
    - I'd be rich enough to donate so I don't have to go to them. -- nm - spamlet Nov 8, 09:11
    - Id definitely make whatever donation I needed to make to get invited to the Met Gala. -- nm - Jovian Nov 8, 09:00
  - Not a yacht but Id definitely buy a very nice boat for my Jersey shore house (*ahem* mansion) -- nm - Jovian Nov 8, 08:48 1
    - same here, brother :) -- nm - decline Nov 8, 08:49
  - you would totally buy a jet :) - decline Nov 8, 08:46 2
    - or *the* Jets -- nm - rollo Nov 8, 08:48 1
      - Crazy thing is that even this whole jackpot might not be enough to buy an NFL team. -- nm - psilotum Nov 8, 09:24
  - There is literally nothing I need in my life, that can be bought, so it would just guarantee my current standard of living. - TWuG Nov 8, 08:45
  - Put the capital in a trust to preserve it, and give the income the trust generates away -- nm - rollo Nov 8, 08:42
ST Poll — What are the sci-fi (classic or contemporary) books you love to hate? -- (edited) - znufrii Nov 8, 08:37 2
- Most of the stuff from the "golden age" of SF. It was foundational to the genre but has aged horribly. - TWuG Nov 8, 08:39 1
  - Ill say this though, The Martian Chronicles is a wonderful novel. - Jovian Nov 8, 08:41
Every NFL Fan's Reaction to Week 9 -- (link) - Beaker Nov 8, 08:19 [youtube]
Hee, Florida - Potential cat-1 hurricane - "ho-hum" California - 1 to 4 inches rain "Evacuate the Canyons"!! -- (link) - Meg Nov 8, 08:16 3
- Flash flooding is no joke, Meg! - TWuG Nov 8, 08:41
- Comes with living in desert. Conversely we treat earthquakes like the cannon sequence in Mary Poppins - JD Nov 8, 08:30 [youtube]
- everybody needs some time on their own -- (link) - hollywood big shot Nov 8, 08:27 [youtube]
Finished up The Patient (B+). Now binging through Welcome to Wrexham. (WtW minor spoils) - JaxSean Nov 8, 08:12 1
- Yeah, the John Green bit was great. I guess it was a favor for poaching the best player from his team. -- nm - Mop Nov 8, 08:59
The Whale trailer (more of a teaser) -- (link) - decline Nov 8, 08:09 [youtube]
Chiefs-Chargers game has been flexed into the Nov. 20, 8:20 PM ET time slot. -- nm - budice Nov 8, 08:08
Sharon Horgan’s ‘Bad Sisters’ Renewed For Season 2 At Apple TV+ -- (link) - LMS Nov 8, 08:06 3
- I kind of hate this. These aren't like spoiler - Kellyanne Scrabblestats Nov 8, 09:24
- this is *fabulous* news! -- nm - mud Nov 8, 09:02 1
  - unless you're the next murder victim -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 8, 09:07
funny goalie mic’d is funny. nm but: -- (link) - b. Nov 8, 08:06 1
- That gets a like. -- nm - Mop Nov 8, 08:46
No winning Powerball tickets -- nm - ty97 Nov 8, 08:05 17
- No winners verified $2.3B Wed 11/9 -- (link) - budice Nov 8, 08:20 5
  - jeebuz -- nm - oblique Nov 8, 09:22
  - 😒 -- nm - Qale Nov 8, 08:25
  - Only 2 with 5 of 5 #s -- (link) - budice Nov 8, 08:22 2
    - In the context of the lottery, what's a power play? -- nm - JD Nov 8, 08:27 1
      - For an extra $1 you get a multiplier (2x-10x) on the lower prizes. -- nm - znufrii, official Gen-Xer Nov 8, 08:30
- we didn't have any, or Powerball didn't have any? (site still says results pending) -- nm - JaxSean Nov 8, 08:13
- so its going to get to the point where ST could buy the Commanders? I'm in only if we change the stupid name. - crash davis Nov 8, 08:10 8
  - So, the Washington Generals? -- nm - Strongbad Nov 8, 08:14 1
    - sounds like a team that wins! -- nm - crash davis Nov 8, 08:16
  - "Orange Crush" - ReluctantCynic Nov 8, 08:11 4
    - With eyeliner? -- nm - Qale Nov 8, 08:22 2
      - Hey, even better. Now we have an entrance song. - ReluctantCynic Nov 8, 08:31 1
        
        I thought Orange Crush by REM automatically followed your name -- nm - crash davis Nov 8, 08:44
    - I thought they were kind of headed in the correct direction with their temp name and they should be WAFC -- nm - JD Nov 8, 08:13
  - as long as we don't go with the seemingly obvious STalkers -- nm - JD Nov 8, 08:11
- ayyiyi. — nm - b. Nov 8, 08:07
my latest LYC podcast recommendation: Go! Go! USA! With Brendan Hunt -- (edited) - JD Nov 8, 08:03
The Oral History of the First Season of ‘Hard Knocks’ -- (link) - Beaker Nov 8, 07:31
More Mastodon thoughts: I didn't think I would mind content warnings for political posts, but it's actually pretty annoying. This makes finding a - mara Nov 8, 07:17 10
- I joined a very intellectual instance by mistake. Sheesh. I cannot find a pop culture and politics instance that's open to new members. -- nm - mara Nov 8, 07:49 3
  - this is why I haven't joined yet - finding a good instance seems too much. You should start your own instance for us -- nm - decline Nov 8, 07:58 1
    - No, that's Bery's job. However, I think I've hit on one. I'll let you know. -- nm - mara Nov 8, 08:22
  - From what I can tell a lot of servers are marked as not open but if you apply you’ll be accepted. - spamlet Nov 8, 07:51
- Mastodon thoughts: What are those small creatures swarming around with pointy sticks? - crash davis Nov 8, 07:42 5
  - There's a heavy metal band named Mastodon. I keep thinking you all are referring to them. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 8, 08:02
  - *toots* -- nm - Mastadon Nov 8, 07:55 2
    - Is that what its called on Mastodon, like a tweet on Twitter? Hey guys, Biden just tooted. -- nm - crash davis Nov 8, 08:00 1
      - YUP -- nm - Spawn Nov 8, 08:06
  - apes -- nm - mud Nov 8, 07:54
"Growling concern of hurricane conditions in the metro Orlando area." -- nm - budice Nov 8, 07:09 11
- That's where my sister-in-law lives. We're headed there in a week and half for Thanksgiving. -- nm - pmb Nov 8, 07:50
- There's a hurricane coming? -- nm - JaxSean Nov 8, 07:37 6
  - Nicole. Like a Cat 1 maybe. -- nm - ty97 Nov 8, 07:59 2
    - It sucks for that area around Daytona, but otherwise, meh. - JaxSean Nov 8, 08:01 1
      - Cat 1 hopefully will result in minimal damage -- nm - ty97 Nov 8, 08:03
  - ~I'm caught in a hurricane, I'm leaving here dead or alive~ -- nm - St. Epiphany Nov 8, 07:47
  - Hurricane Marge -- nm - Spawn Nov 8, 07:43
  - Storm! -- (link*) - decline Nov 8, 07:42 [youtube]
- Watches and Warnings -- (link) - decline Nov 8, 07:31
- Grrrrr -- nm - Mop Nov 8, 07:22
- (Literally boarding a plane right now to Orlando) -- nm - MDH Nov 8, 07:17
Disney+'s Percy Jackson series has added Lin Manuel Miranda to the cast -- (link) - decline Nov 8, 07:01
Letter Boxed solution (I haven't solved one for quite a while) - prayformojo Nov 8, 06:55
did everyone enjoy Avenue 5's Election Special? - mud Nov 8, 06:51 5
- what's Avenue 5? -- nm - decline Nov 8, 06:53 4
  - Armando Iannucci's latest Satire Spectacular -- nm - mud Nov 8, 06:55
  - HBO space farce from creator of Veep -- nm - prayformojo Nov 8, 06:55 2
    - oh, right. The one with Hugh Laurie - decline Nov 8, 06:59 1
      - It took a bit to click with me, but now it's must-watch. Blisteringly accurate portrayal of one possible future for humanity. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 8, 09:20
TV PSA: NHL, Resident, Deadliest Catch, WWE NXT, Monarch, Beyond Oak Island, Chainsaw Man, Judy Justice, Reasonable Doubt, Claus Family 2, -- nm - Beaker Nov 8, 06:38 1
- Election stuff, Black Ink Crew, Behind Every Star, Neal Brennan, Triviaverse, Queen Sugar, Below Deck Adventure, Say Hey Willie Mays!, other stuff -- nm - Beaker Nov 8, 06:40
another "democratic" election where 1+ billion square acres of land gets more representation than 10 million actual voting persons -- (link) - hollywood big shot Nov 8, 06:38 20
- GOP represents a lot of dirt. -- nm - colin Nov 8, 07:08 1
  - Not to mention the land -- nm - Beryllium Nov 8, 09:37
- Frankly, the Founding Fathers were bastards and they got exactly what they wanted. (NM) - Marlowe Nov 8, 07:01 13
  - Yup. This is what I was going to post. - ReluctantCynic Nov 8, 07:11 12
    - Somebody needs to write the alternative history novel where the Great Compromise never happened, and we became two counties instead of one. -- nm - mara Nov 8, 07:21 11
      - That's a great writing prompt. - ReluctantCynic Nov 8, 07:27 9
        
        Ignore the War of 1812, the real interesting wildcard is the Mexican-American War. Basically the South caused that war - crash davis Nov 8, 07:32 8
        
        Right? - ReluctantCynic Nov 8, 07:49
        
        even before that, who would the First French Republic sell Louisiana to? -- nm - crash davis Nov 8, 07:35 6
        
        Good question. Would Pont de Nemours take the pragmatic approach and split the Louisiana Purchase into two sections, one for each country? - ReluctantCynic Nov 8, 07:43 5
        
        They would have bid it off to whoever paid the most. - Will Hunting Nov 8, 07:46 1
        
        Exactly. But bidding parcels against two competitive buyers would've been a strategy to consider. - ReluctantCynic Nov 8, 07:51
        
        Or would the Yankees outbid them and effectively box the South in? We know traditionally Yankees can't resist spending a lot of money on free agents -- nm - crash davis Nov 8, 07:46 2
        
        *golf clap* -- nm - mara Nov 8, 07:50 1
        
        Thank you, you're very kind. I could spend all day thinking about this so its fortunate that I have to get dressed and go earn a sticker -- nm - crash davis Nov 8, 07:53
      - or they just let Sherman and Grant burn the whole South to a cinder -- nm - Beaker Nov 8, 07:26
- I live in a place with a population greater than 3 states and don’t have a house rep or senator. -- nm - MDH Nov 8, 06:39 3
  - Have you tried voting? I hear you can just vote your way to changing things. -- nm - colin Nov 8, 07:08 1
    - Ohio GOP: LULZ! -- (link) - hollywood big shot Nov 8, 08:14
  - "that dilutes our power" -- (link) - hollywood big shot Nov 8, 06:45
Jeebus: Total spending on 2018 midterms: $5.7 billion. Estimate for 2022? At least $16.7 billion (that's a lot of ads) -- (link) - decline Nov 8, 06:37 3
- And all my ads are for people in the neighboring state! - Barynn Nov 8, 07:27
- How are hard working political people supposed to get by when advertising prices are going through the roof? -- nm - Max Nov 8, 07:17
- And you know rich people don't give away that kind of money if they didn't know it was worth it. -- nm - colin Nov 8, 07:05
OTD 50 yrs ago, Lou Reed released his 2nd album TRANSFORMER -- (link) - mud Nov 8, 06:30 [youtube]
new board, another post about The Sexiest Man Alive 2022 - Chris Evans - St. Epiphany Nov 8, 06:30 7
- Old Man Cap! -- nm - Spawn Nov 8, 07:22 3
  - 41 is old in come circle. LOL -- nm - St. Epiphany Nov 8, 07:22 2
    - nice Freudian slip there :) -- nm* - Beaker Nov 8, 07:27 1
      - I had to look 5 times. It will stay -- nm - St. Epiphany Nov 8, 07:43
- Agreed. -- nm - Diva Nov 8, 06:30 2
  - cause I'm prone to gossip. There is pretty good evidence he is dating the Warrior Nun actress. Alba Batiste -- (link) - St. Epiphany Nov 8, 06:37 [Image] 1
    - He sure does. -- nm - Diva Nov 8, 06:49
Powerball: 10-33-41-47-56 with a red Powerball of 10. -- nm - budice Nov 8, 06:29
if you die in the game, you die for real -- (link) - hollywood big shot Nov 8, 06:27
I don't think my precinct with get DOJ inspectors, decline. They're mainly looking for accessibility, and my polling place is a dream from that standp - Kellyanne Scrabblestats Nov 8, 06:18
TikTok extends lead as U.S. teens favorite social platform -- (link) - budice Nov 8, 06:17
SITV news network: The new owners of the CW had a **great** quarter -- (link) - decline Nov 8, 06:16 1
- "The big broadcaster closed its purchase of the CW Network on Sept. 30, the last day of the third quarter." basically before all the bloodletting -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 8, 06:28

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