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"Ahh, what is that on the floor, is it jizz?!?!" "... It's a scrape from a chair leg, bud, it's not a grand mystery." -- nm - Classroom Transcripts Nov 14, 14:08
MSNBC saying right wing PACs spent some 50m to elect Deniers to Secretary of State positions in key swing states....not one won. -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 14, 14:07 1
- How much did Stacy Abrams raise? -- nm - Strongbad Nov 14, 15:22
Unsurprisingly, Texas Gov. Abbott, not happy enough that he and all his cronies won, calls for an investigation into Harris County's election results. -- (edited) - Qale Nov 14, 14:03 2
- Unsurprisingly, every accusation is a declaration, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz calls for Mitch McConnell to be 'fired' for midterm losses. - Qale Nov 14, 14:09 1
  - McConnell's real key to power is the money. I hope Ted upsets him because I'm sure the high donation class will love Ted Cruz -- nm - crash davis Nov 14, 14:12
The Pentagon will pay Lockheed Martin more than $520 million to replace guided rockets sent to Ukraine. - crash davis Nov 14, 14:02 3
- wait, were'nt they going to refuse anymore arms sales because of the US's human/civil rights infringements? -- nm - verified twitter Nov 14, 14:12 1
  - who Lockheed Martin? -- nm - crash davis Nov 14, 14:13
- The U.S. imposes a new round of sanctions targeting Russia’s military supply chain and a wealthy gold magnate. - crash davis Nov 14, 14:03
ST Poll #Monday: Where is your next trip planned to? -- nm - ty97 Nov 14, 14:00 14
- Cape Cod next week. Chicago early next year. -- nm - Diva Nov 14, 14:52
- We’ve been talking about doing a weekend in NYC next month, but haven’t made solid plans. - znufrii Nov 14, 14:13
- Heading to the Orlando area this Sunday for Thanksgiving. -- nm* - pmb Nov 14, 14:11
- I wish I had one. (NM) - Marlowe Nov 14, 14:10
- I've got a Christmas trip, fly to Yuma, ride to LA. After that, somewhere where they drive busses onto planes. -- nm - crash davis Nov 14, 14:06
- Pechanga Casino, then Vancouver. -- nm - Meg Nov 14, 14:06
- Portland to visit the Rose -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 14, 14:06
- Nothing until January (Rock Boat cruise) -- nm - JaxSean Nov 14, 14:04
- I'm going to mosquito creek on saturday and harrisburg next week. so cosmopolitan. -- nm - judge amanda jones Nov 14, 14:04
- Kansas City. -- nm - spamlet Nov 14, 14:02 4
  - It's basically Costa Rica -- nm - ty97 Nov 14, 14:06 3
    - spamlet needs BBQ sauce! -- nm - crash davis Nov 14, 14:09 1
      - I already have the best barbecue in the state over here, no need to travel for that. - spamlet Nov 14, 14:16
    - It was, literally, we have an expiring Marriott night from our credit card. Where can we spend one night. - spamlet Nov 14, 14:08
Draft Day for the XFL tomorrow.... -- (link) - Remlik Nov 14, 13:44 1
- I feel like we should draft last since The Houston Roughnecks went undefeated in the prior truncated season. -- nm - Qale Nov 14, 13:59
Roberta Flack has ALS, can no longer sing.... -- (link) - Remlik Nov 14, 13:32 3
- that's cruel -- nm - prayformojo Nov 14, 13:45
- Very sad :( -- nm - ty97 Nov 14, 13:38 1
  - indeed -- nm - crash davis Nov 14, 13:50
Dionne Warwicke calls next. -- (link) - pmb Nov 14, 13:31 2
- ha! -- nm - Andie Nov 14, 13:34
- 👍 -- nm - crash davis Nov 14, 13:32
a T-Rex skull headed to auction. anyone got a spare $20Million?? -- (link) - Peglegpete Nov 14, 13:28 6
- Please. According to Jurassic World 2, I can get a real dinosaur for $23 million. -- nm - The Gossip King Nov 14, 13:33 1
  - But when the power goes out, the petrified skull isn't going to eat your family -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 14, 13:36
- No... but I've got a spare Charger. -- nm - Dominic "Dom" Toretto Nov 14, 13:30
- yea see? this is the kind of nonsense I would burn money on if I had won that Power Ball. -- (edited) - Jovian Nov 14, 13:30 2
  - this is definately a powerball splurge -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 14, 13:41
  - Let me give you some financial advice -- nm - Nic Cage Nov 14, 13:32
WSJ: Democrat Henry Cuellar Rejected Request From Allies of GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy to Switch Parties -- (link) - MDH Nov 14, 13:12 8
- Weigel gets it -- (link) - hollywood big shot Nov 14, 13:39
- Tell me you're screwed without telling me you're screwed. -- nm - The Gossip King Nov 14, 13:19 6
  - Nods head. "...was offered committee positions and asked what it would take for him to switch" -- nm - MDH Nov 14, 13:21 5
    - I bet he'd get primaried less as a republican. -- nm - spamlet Nov 14, 13:41 3
      - lol sure -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 14, 13:44 2
        
        I mean the progressive wing tried to take him out the last two cycles. Luckily for them, they failed. -- nm - spamlet Nov 14, 13:45 1
        
        if you think there isn’t always someone to your right in the GOP, well I don’t know what to tell you -- nm* - hollywood big shot Nov 14, 13:50
    - A lobotomy? -- nm - Cuellar Nov 14, 13:31
Poll: What movie franchise should’ve ended after 2 films? -- (link) - budice Nov 14, 13:11 21
- Star Wars (alas) -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 14, 13:55
- the Reeves/Kidder Superman -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 14, 13:47
- Cornetto trilogy. -- nm - LMS Nov 14, 13:45
- We're just going to name very movie that ever had a sequel aren't we... planet of the apes -- nm* - zeitgeist Nov 14, 13:34 2
  - Dawn of the dead! -- nm - Beryllium Nov 14, 13:38 1
    - All those Charley Chan movies with all that cringe -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 14, 14:09
- oh! Jaws! -- nm - Jovian Nov 14, 13:24 1
  - And piranha and sharknado and lake placid ..... -- nm - Beryllium Nov 14, 13:25
- Toy Story. -- nm - MDH Nov 14, 13:21
- The Godfather, The Terminator, Jurassic Park, & The Hobbit - Jovian Nov 14, 13:21
- Jurassic Park is the only one that comes to mind. But I can think of a huge number that could have ended at 0. (NM) -- nm - Marlowe Nov 14, 13:15 3
  - pirates of the caribbean. -- nm - judge amanda jones Nov 14, 13:17 2
    - 2 and 3 were filmed together, I believe. So… would have been certainly interesting. -- nm - Qale Nov 14, 13:20 1
      - Zaslav would've been involved somehow -- nm - Beryllium Nov 14, 13:26
- Alien (but I do love the Alien VS Predator spinoffs) -- nm - JaxSean Nov 14, 13:15 1
  - If only because that would have meant Hicks survived. - Jovian Nov 14, 13:23
- Star Wars -- nm - decline Nov 14, 13:14
- Star Wars -- nm - The Gallfather si Nov 14, 13:14
- Terminator -- nm - JaxSean Nov 14, 13:11 2
  - *nods head* -- nm - MDH Nov 14, 13:12
  - Godfather -- nm - zunk takes things literally Nov 14, 13:12
Ah well. Criminal charges *not* forthcoming for Rudy Giuliani . - Jovian Nov 14, 13:07
Patton Oswalt narrated a Drunk History that was never finished. 1.5 bottles of scotch, six day hangover and he required a nurse to watch him sleep and - TWuG Nov 14, 13:07 1
- Glad we did not lose him! -- nm - Spawn Nov 14, 13:09
Best Twitter verification meme yet -- (link) - TWuG Nov 14, 13:02 2
- Oof. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 14, 13:11
- Shut it down. This is perfection. -- nm - Spawn Nov 14, 13:09
Nielsen ratings by genre over time -- (link) - hollywood big shot Nov 14, 13:02 5
- Is Fox News prime time programming considered Comedy or Game Shows? -- nm - Fuzzy Nov 14, 13:36
- Very interesting. You can see when Friends left the air. When Gunsmoke left the top ten, when Sonny & Cher got divorced -- nm - crash davis Nov 14, 13:24
- It's interesting that Western is singled out, but not Cop/Detective -- nm - TWuG Nov 14, 13:04 2
  - "doctor show" (my secret favorite) -- nm - judge amanda jones Nov 14, 13:18 1
    - How you doin? -- nm - Dr. Show Nov 14, 13:57
a UVA prof speaks about his experience with the three murdered students -- (link) - hollywood big shot Nov 14, 12:56
Rod Stewart Says He Turned Down ‘Over $1 Million’ Offer to Play Qatar World Cup: ‘It’s Not Right to Go’ -- (link) - budice Nov 14, 12:52 4
- At his age, I think he would be a defensive liability for England -- nm - crash davis Nov 14, 12:53 3
  - He's match fit! -- (link) - Remlik Nov 14, 12:55 2
    - My apologies, he'd play for Scotland -- nm - crash davis Nov 14, 12:57 1
      - "general, .. don't ever fucking call me English again." -- nm - Malcolm Tucker Nov 14, 13:16
Going by the final CookPoltical ratings, Dems have so far won 100% of all expected D seats plus 69% of the Tossups and 8% of the lean R seats. -- (link) - mara Nov 14, 12:52 3
- I just read on twitter someone saying that this is a very poor result for dems. "they managed to lose five seats and will surely lose more!" - judge amanda jones Nov 14, 13:10 2
  - Never read the replies, mandy. -- nm - mara Nov 14, 14:07
  - To a larger point, that's the goal of Musk's purchase -- nonsensical misinformation. -- nm - The Gossip King Nov 14, 13:18
Paris 2024 mascot part deux -- (link) - budice Nov 14, 12:45 1
- there are two of them so that would be deux deux -- nm - crash davis Nov 14, 12:46
A defensive TD or 2 by the Eagles tonight would be nice. I need their DEF and Goedert to get me 30. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 14, 12:43
NFL - Field in Germany was terrible. -- (link) - budice Nov 14, 12:36
big ship -- (link) - mud Nov 14, 12:32
Jimbo Fisher's been such a disaster at Texas A&M that he's got the inside track on a fat Irsay contract to coach the Colts -- (link) - hollywood big shot Nov 14, 12:31 5
- see if you said Jacksonville I would have believed that. -- nm - Remlik Nov 14, 12:37
- A team coached by Jeff Saturday has never lost an NFL game. -- nm - Spawn Nov 14, 12:32 3
  - ...during the Seattle Kraken era -- nm - prayformojo Nov 14, 12:50
  - ...on a Sunday. -- nm - budice Nov 14, 12:34 1
    - On ANY day, bitches! -- nm - Jeff Nov 14, 12:44
Ouch. Last Tuesday, a Lufthansa flight from Boston to Munich diverted back to Boston *twice* before being canceled -- (link) - ty97 Nov 14, 12:19
Question of the day -- (pic) - prayformojo Nov 14, 12:15 [Attachment] 7
- Answer (spoiler) -- (pic) - prayformojo Nov 14, 12:15 [Attachment] 6
  - Bonus question -- (pic) - prayformojo Nov 14, 12:16 [Attachment] 5
    - Answer (spoiler) -- (pic) - prayformojo Nov 14, 12:16 [Attachment] 4
      - 2/2. -- nm - i.b! Nov 14, 13:01
      - 2/2 -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 14, 12:30
      - 2/2 -- nm - decline Nov 14, 12:18
      - did they change the format for how you get these? before it was all neat and tidy, not it seems to flow altogether into one long message... -- nm - Beaker Nov 14, 12:18
This video was long-ish but this guy covers the history of fonts (or, technically speaking, type faces). -- (link) - Mop Nov 14, 12:10 [youtube] 6
- It's a miracle any knowledge was retained during the unreadable black letter/gothic era. -- nm - Max Nov 14, 12:31
- You watched a half hour video on the history of fonts? I thought I posted overly long weird articles, but game respects GAME -- nm - crash davis Nov 14, 12:28 4
  - I watched an hour video on the inner workings of a Prius drivetrain last month. -- nm - Max Nov 14, 12:32 3
    - If you have a Prius, it doesn't count. -- nm - crash davis Nov 14, 12:36 2
      - I don't! I just think gear design is some sort of wizardry. -- nm - Max Nov 14, 12:37 1
        
        okay, respect to you! -- nm - crash davis Nov 14, 12:41
Is this 2FA Twitter rumor true? -- (link) - mara Nov 14, 12:08 6
- If you got the info on Twitter, hard to tell if it's true. -- nm - colin Nov 14, 12:31
- I think that's how I log in. I could log out and let you know. -- nm - Kellyanne Scrabblestats Nov 14, 12:12 2
  - Do it! -- nm - Qale Nov 14, 13:24
  - Don't! :-) -- nm - mara Nov 14, 12:14
- Upon checking, text 2fa still works for me -- nm* - budice Nov 14, 12:12
- I think it would only apply to text based 2FA, not authenticator apps. And it could be a momentary outage, not intentional. Definitely stupid if true. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 14, 12:12
Exit In is closing down in Nashville.... -- (link) - Remlik Nov 14, 12:07
You know what I really dislike? Boarding planes via a bus. - ty97 Nov 14, 12:07 9
- I don't know. Its kind of cool how the back end of the plane lowers and they drive the bus on to the plane and then secure the wheels. -- nm - crash davis Nov 14, 12:49 1
  - *starts to respond* *thinks about it* *hits delete button* -- nm - ty97 Nov 14, 12:50
- What? It's the best. But only if you're in first class and have a separate bus. -- nm - colin Nov 14, 12:32 1
  - There is rarely a separate bus -- nm - ty97 Nov 14, 12:36
- Had to do that in Peru. Cracked me up we still had to board the bus by group to…all get in the same bus. -- nm - spamlet Nov 14, 12:22 3
  - we did the same in Frankfurt -- nm - JaxSean Nov 14, 12:45 1
    - Frankfurt airport sure does love a bus -- nm - ty97 Nov 14, 12:46
  - I'm not sure I can count how times I've done it. - ty97 Nov 14, 12:37
- Where is mafic to agree with my extremely niche complaint? -- nm - ty97 Nov 14, 12:14
Asher Millstone in How to Get Away With Murder is credited as Doucheface in the German portion of the credits. -- nm - Qale Nov 14, 12:04 2
- I stopped at the end of season 4. I should go back and finish the series. It really was off the rails entertaining sometimes. - sycor Nov 14, 12:47 1
  - I’m watching it on Netflix before Shonda leaves them for putting ads all over her precious products. -- nm - Qale Nov 14, 13:20
Crypto lender BlockFi says it has significant exposure to FTX. -- nm - budice Nov 14, 12:01
TV PSA: NFL, Raw, Voice, 911, Bachelor in Paradise, Neighborhood, Bob Hearts Abishola, NCIS, All American x 2, NCIS Hawaii, Cleaning Lady, The Vow, -- nm* - Beaker Nov 14, 11:51 1
- DWTS, Below Deck Med, Avenue 5, Good Doctor, Celebrity IOU, Antiques Roadshow, Behind Every Star, other stuff -- nm - Beaker Nov 14, 11:53
how to turn $1k into a billion -- (link) - hollywood big shot Nov 14, 11:49 5
- coughcoughbullshitcoughcough -- nm - crash davis Nov 14, 12:02
- "Directionally correct misinformation" 😂 -- nm - Beryllium Nov 14, 11:55
- There were only 10 advertisers last year? - Spawn Nov 14, 11:53 2
  - that seemed weird to me too, but Margot Robbie in a bubble bath told me I hallucinated all those Bud Light and Doritos ads - crash davis Nov 14, 12:20 1
    - Officer level upgrade. -- nm - Spawn Nov 14, 12:26
Hey Colin, when are you bringing Pete around for another visit? Don't you guys need to discuss that boat you are buying or something? -- nm - Scarlett Johansson Nov 14, 11:44 4
- She was probably an early adapter. -- nm - zunk takes things literally Nov 14, 12:10
- leave me out of this. -- nm - colin Nov 14, 12:00 2
  - Oh, I plan to. -- nm - ScarJo Nov 14, 12:03 1
    - LOL -- nm - Epiphany Nov 14, 12:20
Well this is fascinating (part 1) -- (link*) - ty97 Nov 14, 11:37 3
- With it being this close there are a lot of things that ended up mattering. -- (link) - spamlet Nov 14, 12:05
- Part 2 -- (link) - ty97 Nov 14, 11:38 1
  - if it bleeds it leads -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 14, 11:53

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