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Until a speaker is chosen the new congress isn't sworn in, the jan 6th committee can still function with elected members -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 3, 14:18 1
- They need to do black or white smoke. -- nm - loosilu Jan 3, 14:20
Crash, NYC was turning around pre-Rudy, he just swept into office and took/got all the credit. - ty97 Jan 3, 14:10 7
- I am shocked to read you saying that Rudy would take credit that was not fully due to him. -- nm - crash davis Jan 3, 14:12
- and just like Biden took credit for the vaccine. (to be fair, the former guy allowed him to) - Jovian Jan 3, 14:12 5
  - I mean, Trump wasn't exactly promoting it. -- nm - loosilu Jan 3, 14:17 2
    - Oh I know. It was one of his *only* singular accomplishments and he cant brag about it because his base hates him for it. -- nm - Jovian Jan 3, 14:26 1
      - You have no idea how happy it makes me. -- nm - loosilu Jan 3, 14:43
  - I find it hilarious that they refuse to take credit for effective governance when they occasionally stumbled into it. -- nm - crash davis Jan 3, 14:15 1
    - yep. and by no means am I saying omg thank god for djt getting us the vaccine! - Jovian Jan 3, 14:27
Dang it. So busy at work today forgot to send in money for the ticket pool. -- nm - sycor Jan 3, 14:10 3
- I have to do some things so I'll add you if you are sending it now -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 3, 14:14 2
  - Just confirm -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 3, 14:14 1
    - Awesome, sent. -- nm - sycor Jan 3, 14:35
"ESPN on Tuesday stood by Joe Buck’s reporting that the NFL told the Bills and Bengals they had five minutes to warm up before resuming play" -- (link) - Ender Jan 3, 14:10 3
- I mean, if I'm torn between believing NFL executives or ESPN, I'm leaning ESPN. Even if the mouthpiece is Joe Buck. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 3, 14:12 2
  - agreed. You know they said it. -- nm - St. Epiphany Jan 3, 14:13 1
    - I think the truth is in the middle. I think the NFL thought he was injured so they said to play in 5 minutes. When it was revealed it was more….. - Volnelk Jan 3, 14:35
I've now seen Empire of Light (in case Olivia Colman is nominated). -- nm - LMS Jan 3, 14:07 1
- As well as cinematography and score. -- nm - LMS Jan 3, 14:23
apparently the strategy now is to keep revoting fast enough that something less than the 212 Dems are present to participate -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 3, 14:05
I had someone tell me that in Portland, ANTIFA burned the capitol building to the ground. I said: "I have funny news for you about the capital of Oregon" -- nm* - crash davis Jan 3, 14:01 5
- I've seen the capital up close - Eag Jan 3, 14:04 3
  - Happy you got to see it before it burned down! -- nm - ty97 Jan 3, 14:04 2
    - That's why they moved it! -- nm - Mop Jan 3, 14:15 1
      - Such a tragedy, too. The damage that move did to the Capitol Rotunda is gonna take at least 2-3 years to complete. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jan 3, 14:17
- oops, missed the thread -- nm - crash davis Jan 3, 14:02
WTH?! Tornado Warning just issued for us with a confirmed tornado. Seems to be nowhere near where I live -- nm - TWuG Jan 3, 13:57
212-202-20 -- nm - mud Jan 3, 13:56 2
- Do-Nothing Congress on its First Day -- nm - budice Jan 3, 14:05
- :-] -- (link) - mud Jan 3, 13:59
I feel like I should page Andrea for this. I have a flight arriving Zurich at 10pm and I'm leaving the following morning. Thinking of booking here: - ty97 Jan 3, 13:53 16
- I'm disappointed in the Swiss. They could have done more to make it look like a chocolate egg -- nm - crash davis Jan 3, 14:05
- If I was travelling for work, you bet I would do that (once, at least) -- nm - Beryllium Jan 3, 14:01 1
  - (of course, I'd also get banned for snoring) -- nm - Beryllium Jan 3, 14:01
- I totally would. Could it be that much worse than an airport hotel? -- nm - spamlet Jan 3, 14:00 5
  - I was immediately comparing it to the Miami Airport hotel. At least Miami had a bathroom, but otherwise?? -- nm - Meg Jan 3, 14:50
  - Right, it's a bed, it's all I need. Like if this a multi-day stay, no, I'd want a room. But for an overnight between flights? - ty97 Jan 3, 14:03 3
    - I realized I might get lifetime gold at Marriott this year so your IM is important. -- (edited) - spamlet Jan 3, 14:05 2
      - I'm nowhere close (sad face) because most of my work travel was Hilton-oriented. - ty97 Jan 3, 14:06 1
        
        oh wait, only 4 years away! Woo! -- nm - ty97 Jan 3, 14:13
- do you get to choose your capsule? (50/50 they put you above or below some creep who's jerking off inside his) -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 3, 13:56 2
  - Thanks for ruining capsules. -- nm - loosilu Jan 3, 14:03 1
    - right? !!! good gawd -- nm - St. Epiphany Jan 3, 14:14
- "Floor is hot in 10...9..." -- nm - Reagen Jan 3, 13:53 1
  - ON PROGRAM! -- nm - Beryllium Jan 3, 13:59
- Do it just so you can say you've done it. -- nm - loosilu Jan 3, 13:53 1
  - This is like $77 and the hotels at the airport are like $200+ -- nm - ty97 Jan 3, 14:02
time for Thunderdome -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 3, 13:47 1
- who goes in? who comes out? -- nm - mud Jan 3, 13:52
Rep Robert Garcia will apparently be sworn into congress on a vintage copy of Superman #1 -- (link) - budice Jan 3, 13:44 7
- while I find that kind of fun. he's a snyder guy. ugh -- nm - Remlik Jan 3, 13:52
- a 5.0 copy sold in may 2022 for $720,000 -- nm* - Peglegpete Jan 3, 13:47
- Now why don't people take progressive Democrats seriously? -- nm - crash davis Jan 3, 13:47
- Well there's the worst portmanteau I've seen all day. -- nm - Reagen Jan 3, 13:45 3
  - And yet...not wrong. -- nm - spamlet Jan 3, 13:48
  - All year. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 3, 13:46 1
    - Ever -- nm - Dark Callisto Jan 3, 13:57
Heh. -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 3, 13:41 [mastodon]
whoa, McCarthy lost another vote -- nm - aud lang zeit Jan 3, 13:25 18
- Does anybody know the process tonight? - Strongbad Jan 3, 13:43 15
  - Bring in the cots! -- nm - znufrii Jan 3, 13:52
  - I've been reading up on the House rules, but don't yet have an answer. From a Robert's Rules parlipro perspective, though ... -- (edited) - ReluctantCynic Jan 3, 13:51 9
    - I bet you are in politico-nerd nirvana right now -- nm - crash davis Jan 3, 13:52 6
      - Today may exceed the high-water mark of the impeachment hearings.* - ReluctantCynic Jan 3, 14:19
      - -5 points for missing the obvious usage of nerdvana -- nm* - ty97 Jan 3, 14:07 4
        
        I originally had that in my post, but I deemed it too repetitious -- nm - crash davis Jan 3, 14:10 3
        
        "politico nerdvana" It flows beautifully! -- nm - ty97 Jan 3, 14:14 2
        
        Yeah on second thought politico-nerd is internally redundant. -- nm - crash davis Jan 3, 14:20
        
        This thread says so much about ST. - ReluctantCynic Jan 3, 14:18
    - Thanks! -- nm - Strongbad Jan 3, 13:52 1
      - Quite welcome! - ReluctantCynic Jan 3, 14:20
  - Seriously, there needs to be a majority to adjourn. Whether they can get that majority is another question. -- nm - spamlet Jan 3, 13:45
  - Certainly not ol' Linds -- (link) - spamlet Jan 3, 13:45 2
    - how dare those brown and black people be represented, unamerican -- nm - colin Jan 3, 13:56
    - Although there wouldn't be the votes for either of those things anyway. -- nm - Reagen Jan 3, 13:47
- Vote 3: Rep. Byron Donalds R-FL switches from McCarthy to Jordan. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 3, 13:40
- What's that definition of insanity? -- nm - Dano Jan 3, 13:25
An unmarked plane can be seen circling over Bryan Kohberger's parents house for 2 hours the night before he was arrested -- (link) - spamlet Jan 3, 13:24 11
- Oh the guy one of my ex closest friends from HS compared me to because I sent him a meme of Paul Gosar? - Jovian Jan 3, 13:39 5
  - Until he gets another crime scene hung on him, he is a spree killer, not a serial killer. -- nm - Wazzu PhD in Criminology Jan 3, 13:41 4
    - Mop posted about a couple stabbed in their home late at night in remarkable similar situ -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 3, 14:06 1
      - I did read that -- nm - crash davis Jan 3, 14:09
    - or maybe just a mass murderer, I cancelled our subscription to Investigation Discovery -- nm - crash davis Jan 3, 13:43
    - Murdertato, murdertato. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 3, 13:43
- how did they not hear that? -- nm - judge amanda jones Jan 3, 13:34 1
  - small plane at 5,000 feet, easy enough to not notice. -- nm - loosilu Jan 3, 14:05
- this was the attempted govnapper, right? -- nm - Beryllium Jan 3, 13:27 2
  - The suspect in the Idaho college slayings -- nm - spamlet Jan 3, 13:30
  - Ted Bundy II -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 3, 13:28
There's only ONE man who can unite the republican party, neurosurgeon, noble prize winner and WW2 hero... George Santos -- (pic) - aud lang zeit Jan 3, 13:19 [Attachment] 15
- Has someone used AI to put Santos in historic pictures like Forrest Gump yet? -- nm - colin Jan 3, 13:57
- Santos is sitting by himself, no one is going near him. One Rep went over to say hi, Santos introduced himself and the Rep apparently darted away -- nm - ty97 Jan 3, 13:21 13
  - McCarthy needs his vote, then he's going to throw him out. - colin Jan 3, 13:58 1
    - I don't think so. McCarthy (or whoever is GOP leader) needs every vote they can get all session. -- nm - ty97 Jan 3, 14:05
  - He's like the new kid at school going to the cafeteria on his first day. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 3, 13:38 2
    - So when does someone pat him on the back and put a kick me sign on his coat -- nm* - Eag Jan 3, 13:40
    - *chuckles* Im in danger -- nm - budice Jan 3, 13:39
  - "Hi, I'm Senator Cruz from Texas. I came to meet someone I can look down on" -- nm - crash davis Jan 3, 13:27 1
    - I am the true Mili Vanili -- nm - Eag Jan 3, 13:31
  - Well, for starters he is a foreigner. Maybe. (NM) - Marlowe Jan 3, 13:27 1
    - How is Congress today, sir? Are you enjoying yourself? - ty97 Jan 3, 13:28
  - this almost works as an eleanor rigby lyric -- nm - Beryllium Jan 3, 13:23
  - imagine though. That someone *in* Congress didnt know what he looked like. - Jovian Jan 3, 13:23
  - "ohhhhhh you're Santos...ok byeeeeee" -- nm - Jovian Jan 3, 13:22
  - did everyone else start chanting ~you have Santos cooties, you have Santos cooties~ -- nm - Beaker Jan 3, 13:21
"Today I am a Viking, so if you'd just give me a spare bottle of sacramental wine and couple chocolate coins wrapped in gold foil, I'll be on my way" -- nm - crash davis Jan 3, 13:18
On New Year's Eve, I was getting a haircut in my brother's town in Connecticut. The conversation with the stylist went a now predictable way. -- (edited) - ty97 Jan 3, 13:17 45
- My HS friend tried to convince me that NYC is far worse now then the late 70s and early 80s - Jovian Jan 3, 13:36 15
  - Poor guy is gonna have to skip Santacon? -- nm - ty97 Jan 3, 13:44
  - offs, I walked from Times Square to the Port Authority bus terminal at night in 1983. From what I see on TV, its nothing like it was. -- nm - crash davis Jan 3, 13:38 13
    - Thanks to the Equalizer! -- nm - Remlik Jan 3, 13:55 2
      - I thought it was usually credited to Rudy before he lost his g-d mind. -- nm - crash davis Jan 3, 13:58 1
        
        Rudy was always a mixed bag, even before teh crazy. -- nm - loosilu Jan 3, 13:58
    - It's Disney now. -- nm - loosilu Jan 3, 13:54
    - although Times Square is hellish, just not in the way they're thinking. -- nm - Reagen Jan 3, 13:48
    - Hes out of his mind. -- nm - Jovian Jan 3, 13:43
    - The statistics back you up. - ty97 Jan 3, 13:41 6
      - There were drug dealers and porno shops everywhere and not one M&Ms store. -- nm - crash davis Jan 3, 13:44 5
        
        *everywhere* its quite literally all their was. *That* was a Hellscape. - Jovian Jan 3, 13:45 3
        
        Midnight Cowboy was accurate. -- nm - loosilu Jan 3, 14:06
        
        I was from small town Idaho. I got separated from my family. I found two cops, both of whom looked 6'4" and had batons like axe handles. I followed - crash davis Jan 3, 13:51
        
        and as a troublemaker teenager with a car and only being 25 minutes away. Well...we didnt call it Hellscape then. -- nm* - Jovian Jan 3, 13:47
        
        M&Ms are like a drug. -- nm - ty97 Jan 3, 13:45
- This is how you spot the Fox News watchers. -- nm - loosilu Jan 3, 13:35 8
  - In this case, I'm not sure it's that simple. Certainly Fox plays up that angle, no question. But they haven't been alone in this. -- (edited) - ty97 Jan 3, 13:43 6
    - Watch Fox sometime, you'll see. -- nm - loosilu Jan 3, 13:55 3
      - Right, I'm not saying Fox doesn't do that. I'm saying other news outlets were doing something similar. - ty97 Jan 3, 14:15 2
        
        I mean, Newsmax and OAN. - loosilu Jan 3, 14:19 1
        
        But to what ty said, it's not even just those outlets now. First, there is local news (if it bleeds it leads), that has always had that bent (John - pmb Jan 3, 14:34
    - All liberal cities are crime burden Apocalypses right now, ty; NYC, Chicago, Seattle, etc. That's what they say. - nm - JaxSean Jan 3, 13:52 1
      - And all of California is hell, people are running for their lives to red states. -- nm - loosilu Jan 3, 13:55
  - ^^ this -- nm - JaxSean Jan 3, 13:40
- my sister gets this when she travels. like seattle is a war zone? -- nm - judge amanda jones Jan 3, 13:32 3
  - I think some people legitimately believe Portland is gone. -- nm - ty97 Jan 3, 13:45 1
    - According to Fox News both of them were burned to the ground by BLM. -- nm - loosilu Jan 3, 13:57
  - Fox news has been saying it for a few years now. -- nm - loosilu Jan 3, 13:35
- One homeless tent and its ANARCHY gangs gotham city before batman -- nm - aud lang zeit Jan 3, 13:29
- I should go work for the tourism bureau. New Slogan: "Hey, at least we're not LA" -- nm - ty97 Jan 3, 13:25 6
  - SF would be even better. Fox News tells everyone it's covered in used needles and feces. -- nm - loosilu Jan 3, 13:36 5
    - I mean, that's been true for over a decade. I've seen it with my own eyes! - Beryllium Jan 3, 13:57
    - Reading some stuff about SF (in what I consider legitimate sources), it definitely sounds like they have their struggles right now. - ty97 Jan 3, 13:48 3
      - Oh sure, but not like it's made out to be. -- nm - loosilu Jan 3, 13:57
      - going to Sketchfest at the end of the month. will let you know (if it's still there) -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 3, 13:53
      - yes for certain. there are some issues. -- nm - St. Epiphany Jan 3, 13:51
- abolish local news channels, for starters -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 3, 13:19 7
  - its a maga thing. this is baked right into it. Every maga supporter I know believes that NYC is a hellhole now. -- nm - Jovian Jan 3, 13:37
  - Yes, but it's also just a huge right wing talking point and a huge problem with apps like Nextdoor. Everything is in your face all the time. - pmb Jan 3, 13:29
  - or abolish our Mayor -- nm - ty97 Jan 3, 13:19 4
    - NY progressives probably should stop splitting their votes -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 3, 13:21 3
      - There are a lot of non-progressive Dems in NYC as well. - ty97 Jan 3, 13:23 2
        
        either Wiley or Garcia would have been a perfectly fine mayor and had one of them done the right thing nobody would know who Eric Adams is -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 3, 13:26 1
        
        Garcia was not a progressive (but I agree she would have been a pretty good mayor) - ty97 Jan 3, 13:27
I've seen enough.... -- nm - Remlik Jan 3, 13:17
Biden should hold a rally on The Mall . . . -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 3, 13:16
COUNT THE VOTE! -- nm - ty97 Jan 3, 13:12 1
- DO IT AGAIN! -- nm - mud Jan 3, 13:15

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