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The teen stars of the 1968 “Romeo & Juliet” are suing Paramount for $500M for child abuse for the nude scenes. -- (link) - MDH Jan 3, 16:51 2
- I just posted the other day I wasn't keen on the idea of fiddling with the statute of limitations temporarily and want a national blanket law reform - Qale Jan 3, 19:01
- I hope California learns about the law of unintended consequence from this little farce. -- nm - crash davis Jan 3, 16:57
Forecast high of 66 tomorrow -- nm - ty97 Jan 3, 16:49
I was not aware of this. (C-SPAN) -- (link) - Strongbad Jan 3, 16:45 1
- She looked happier talking to Gosar than she did with Gaetz -- nm - crash davis Jan 3, 16:52
now playing: The Menu -- nm - crash davis Jan 3, 16:45
Some post-bike-ride dessert ... -- (pic) - Beryllium Jan 3, 16:41 [Attachment]
January 3 wins the "When will Zion Williamson get hurt again?" Pool - Strongbad Jan 3, 16:37
I have long foretold of the coming war between the Ryans and the Chrises (don't know how to make Chris plural). I deem them the Gray Man wars. -- nm - crash davis Jan 3, 16:25 7
- penis-penes, Chris-Chres -- nm - loosilu Jan 3, 16:33 5
  - For a mixed gender collection of people named Chris, the neuter plural Chria is also an option -- nm - One Baron Posting Jan 3, 16:41 3
    - what's the feminine? -- nm - loosilu Jan 3, 16:42 2
      - Evert -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 3, 16:42 1
        
        of course Chris Evert would have whipped Jim Rome's ass in about any sport so it was always a weird slur for him to be throwing around -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 3, 16:45
  - C'mon, I'm eating pasta here! -- nm - Chris Evans si Jan 3, 16:36
- the Ryani and the Chrisides -- nm - mafic Jan 3, 16:32
My dilemma: Should I have nachos or stuffed red peppers for dinner? -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jan 3, 16:24 5
- nachos with roasted red peppers. -- nm - loosilu Jan 3, 16:42
- and the answer to your question is a half portion of each -- nm - crash davis Jan 3, 16:38 1
  - Yet another reason why ST is so important: Dilemma solved! - ReluctantCynic Jan 3, 16:50
- I wonder if tacos also think of me -- nm - crash davis Jan 3, 16:35
- Nacho stuffed red peppers! -- nm - con_carne Jan 3, 16:33
I've been waiting for Royal Cab to post shore excursions for the cruise I'm taking in May. Today they posted one for Seattle. A city tour with - Meg Jan 3, 16:17 2
- yeah, that doesn't sound right -- nm - crash davis Jan 3, 16:36 1
  - They're scrambling to book options. We were originally scheduled to go to Astoria but they had to switch to Seattle. - Meg Jan 3, 16:55
Krugman = If the economy is like a football game, do we really want it to be boring? - crash davis Jan 3, 16:15
We've chosen a puppy. We'll be picking her up to bring home on Monday. Haven't picked a name yet. -- (pic) - TWuG Jan 3, 15:59 [Attachment] 12
- awww! beagle? -- nm - loosilu Jan 3, 16:43 2
  - Basset -- nm - TWuG Jan 3, 16:43 1
    - wow! I can see it, had no idea the pups looked like that. -- nm - loosilu Jan 3, 16:44
- Obviously you should name her - Strongbad Jan 3, 16:42 1
  - Angela -- nm - rollo Jan 3, 21:04
- I have just met her and I love her. -- nm - Dark Callisto Jan 3, 16:38
- that face, my goodness. *all.the.kisses.* congratulations all around! :) - — nm - i.b! Jan 3, 16:21
- Congrats!! So cute!! -- nm - Krusty Jan 3, 16:20
- ❤❤ -- nm - Meg Jan 3, 16:11 1
  - Love the freckles!! -- nm - Meg Jan 3, 16:28
- Aww! Hooray! -- nm - Dano Jan 3, 16:04
- 😺👍 -- nm - crash davis Jan 3, 16:02
what Kevin's failure really tells us is this is King Ralph's moment to restore us to a monarchy -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 3, 15:57 9
- the German monarchists can give us a Kaiser! -- nm - crash davis Jan 3, 15:59 8
  - You should settle for no less than a Jacobite -- (link) - Reagen Jan 3, 16:03 6
    - weird fact: some of the German courtesy titles go to everyone in the family. - mafic Jan 3, 16:24 2
      - That is unusual. It reminded me that for $45 I can become a Laird of Glencoe -- (link) - crash davis Jan 3, 16:31 1
        
        The price I was originally quoted was CA $54 so I know the VPN is working -- nm - crash davis Jan 3, 16:32
    - He’s not the one that the German nut jobs we’re just t arrested for insurrection I hope. -- nm - spamlet Jan 3, 16:12 1
      - a gay anti-Nazi, probably not. -- nm - Reagen Jan 3, 16:15
    - Very good anti-nazi credentials, would give us claim to Bavaria, the UK, and Ireland (since the 1701 Act was post Stuart). I like it -- nm - crash davis Jan 3, 16:08
  - Harry is available. -- nm - LMS Jan 3, 16:03
I wonder if commotio cordis is the origin of things like The Five Finger Death Punch - Reagen Jan 3, 15:51 1
- *swipes beard* -- nm - Pei Mei Jan 3, 15:52
Jeremy Renner gives Renner update -- (link) - budice Jan 3, 15:46 2
- Poor guy. -- nm - loosilu Jan 3, 16:32
- 😺 -- nm - crash davis Jan 3, 16:03
Also, apparently, while there is no speaker, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) is second in line of succession. -- nm - ty97 Jan 3, 15:46 1
- the unelected speaker is the designated survivor! -- nm - crash davis Jan 3, 15:52
RC SIGNAL: They wouldn't do it. However, I am seeing suggestions that the Senate right now can pass what it wants and send it to Biden? - ty97 Jan 3, 15:34 31
- Short Answer: Unfortunately, no. And folks below got the major points, but there is one small twist that *could've* allowed this. - ReluctantCynic Jan 3, 16:19 1
  - who could possibly have foreseen that Kev woudn't have the votes in two weeks? (other than everyone who can count) -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 3, 16:26
- my understanding is that when there's no house or senate Jack Ryan is president. -- nm - mafic Jan 3, 15:45 5
  - Which one? Baldwin? Ford? Affleck? Krasinski? Jeri Ryan's ex husband? -- nm - Beryllium Jan 3, 16:06 4
    - A Grand Council of all of them. -- nm - Reagen Jan 3, 16:08 3
      - They will need to elect a Speaker of the Ryans. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 3, 16:15 2
        
        I nominate Reynolds, with Gosling as Vice-Speaker of the Ryans -- nm - crash davis Jan 3, 16:16
        
        aw fuck, here we go round again - Reagen Jan 3, 16:16
- Abortion codified -- nm - budice Jan 3, 15:42
- Cool it, Sorkin. -- nm - Reagen Jan 3, 15:42 7
  - It's not something that would happen, I'm just curious about the details -- nm - ty97 Jan 3, 15:42 6
    - I'm spitballing here - crash davis Jan 3, 15:49 4
      - Also seems similar to the "David Atchison was president for a day" theory -- (link) - Reagen Jan 3, 15:52 3
        
        So you’re saying we were an anarchy for 24 hours. -- nm - spamlet Jan 3, 15:57 1
        
        12 short years later the Republic fell apart. I think there's a straight line there that's obvious. -- nm - Reagen Jan 3, 16:00
        
        That was some interesting trivia, thank you -- nm - crash davis Jan 3, 15:56
    - I think this is the same thing as "the VP gets to reject any electoral votes they want" in reading of the constitution. -- nm - Reagen Jan 3, 15:43
- the Roberts goon squad is happy to kill any Dem law that passed both houses for all sorts of bullshit reasons - hollywood big shot Jan 3, 15:41
- Article 1 Section 7 kills that bit of wishcasting. - spamlet Jan 3, 15:38 10
  - But there is no House! -- nm - ty97 Jan 3, 15:39 9
    - There is no Dana only Zuul -- nm - Strongbad Jan 3, 15:41
    - There is. They just don't have a Speaker. -- nm - Dano Jan 3, 15:40 6
      - There isn't. None of them have been sworn in. -- nm - ty97 Jan 3, 15:41 5
        
        I maintain there is an asylum even if the lunatics have not been properly inprocessed -- nm - crash davis Jan 3, 15:58
        
        Which is a cluster mess in its own right. They can’t get sworn in until they hash out a leader? Seems like an oversight in process. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 3, 15:55 3
        
        Well, look, we didn’t contemplate *this* -- nm - The Founders Jan 3, 15:59 2
        
        A bunch of bickering looneys? I think they contemplated exactly this. -- nm - Reagen Jan 3, 16:08 1
        
        I agree - the system is working in its own fucked up way. You were a monster and a genius, Jefferson! -- nm - rollo Jan 3, 16:12
    - NO -- nm - Schoolhouse Rock Jan 3, 15:40
- Doubt it. The Constitution says a bill has to pass both the House and Senate to be sent to the president. -- nm - Dano Jan 3, 15:38
- NO -- nm - Schoolhouse Rock Jan 3, 15:37
Sheesh. This working stuff is for the birds. -- nm - Dano Jan 3, 15:22 2
- i'm still waiting for anyone in the office to give me some new work (since a week before xmas) -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 3, 15:23 1
  - We fixed the *glitch*. So he won't be receiving a paycheck anymore, so it will just work itself out -- nm - con_carne Jan 3, 15:26
Oh look, more trump fundraising/super pac shenanigans! -- (link) - znufrii Jan 3, 15:17
Trump declined to say if he's sticking by his endorsement of Kevin McCarthy for speaker. "We'll see what happens. We'll see how it all works out" -- (link) - ty97 Jan 3, 15:02 2
- If Trump is realistic about a) his chances in 2024, b) his convictability, c) his age and health he puts in for Speaker in 3...2...1... -- nm - rollo Jan 3, 15:12
- ... and then however it turns out he'll claim it was because he supported the winner. -- nm - pmb Jan 3, 15:11
ROFLMAO - Jovian Jan 3, 15:01 3
- Called it. -- (link) - Ender Jan 3, 15:06 2
  - 👍 -- nm - crash davis Jan 3, 15:23
  - Nice. -- nm - znufrii Jan 3, 15:10
You know how we don’t have budgets any more and instead Congress just collectively agrees to pass continuing spending resolutions..? - Mop Jan 3, 14:59 5
- that's how it was under Boehner/Ryan. Dems passed appropriation bills -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 3, 15:09
- You're confusing the budget with the debt ceiling. -- nm - mara Jan 3, 15:03 2
  - ~That's the deficit / They really made a mess of it! / That's the deficit raaaaaaag! Thank you!~ -- nm - prayformojo Jan 3, 15:18
  - Just like a member of Congress! -- nm - ty97 Jan 3, 15:03
- I’m pretty sure the last big bill funded for the year just to avoid these dipshits. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 3, 15:01
Southwest Airlines is giving passengers caught up in its schedule meltdown 25,000 frequent flyer points as a "gesture of goodwill." -- (link) - ty97 Jan 3, 14:46 9
- Here, have more of the last thing you want! -- nm - loosilu Jan 3, 16:45
- they also got sued today -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 3, 15:10 1
  - again? -- nm - ty97 Jan 3, 15:35
- *No guarantee that the flight you book with those miles will actually exist. -- nm - Dano Jan 3, 15:05
- We’re all good now, right? -- nm - Southwest Jan 3, 14:58
- "25000 miles on American or no deal" -- nm - Reagen Jan 3, 14:49
- I'm not familiar with their program, but nerdwallet thinks Southwest miles/point are worth 1.5 cents each (in which case that's a $375 value) -- nm - ty97 Jan 3, 14:48 1
  - For a random flight I just checked, it was 1.7. In general, points earned and spent are proportional to trip cost, and can be used for any flight. -- nm - psilotum Jan 3, 15:09
- *increases redemption amounts by 25,000 miles* -- nm - also Southwest Airlines, probably Jan 3, 14:48
The funniest thing is that MAGA does brag that TFG got the vaccine out in record time. - loosilu Jan 3, 14:44 3
- heh. this is actually my go to line when I decide to falsely placate my maga peeps. "Oh well yes I agree, he did have some accomplishments, " - Jovian Jan 3, 14:49
- yeah I never got that. -- nm - Remlik Jan 3, 14:45 1
  - It's simple if you only think in phrases that are chantable. -- nm - loosilu Jan 3, 14:48
Damar Hamlin’s fundraiser now almost $5 million -- nm - znufrii Jan 3, 14:44
James Bond: Aaron Tayler Johnson is a favorite right now -- (link) - Remlik Jan 3, 14:37 13
- Jeremy Renner as the favorite for the Baddie called The Mangler -- nm - budice Jan 3, 14:50
- My serious choice would be Richard Madden -- nm - crash davis Jan 3, 14:49
- James Bond gets any woman he wants, right? So I'm thinking Pete Davidson -- nm - crash davis Jan 3, 14:46 1
  - "No Mr. Bond, I expect you to die!" "...kay." -- nm - Reagen Jan 3, 14:47
- Daily Heil was saying some soap actor who was in Celebrity Big Brother was favourite today. -- nm - LMS Jan 3, 14:46
- Kevin McCarthy's got this -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 3, 14:41
- I thought he was great as Tangerine. I think he could pull off Bond. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 3, 14:39 5
  - He's great in everything, but I'd agree that the Tangerine turn makes me think he can be Bond, too. -- nm - Dark Callisto Jan 3, 14:52
  - He doesn't have a Bond feel to me - ty97 Jan 3, 14:41
  - oh yeah that's right. that was him. yeah I think he could do it. -- nm - Remlik Jan 3, 14:41 2
    - "Give us a bo''le o' wadda love, but don't shake it like you're giving it a wank, yeah?" -- nm - Bond, Geordie Bond Jan 3, 15:31
    - And he kind of got shafted by Marvel, so ... hopefully it goes well for his career. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 3, 14:43
- Igor will always be my favorite -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 3, 14:39
LIR zeitgeist: sent. -- nm - sycor Jan 3, 14:37 1
- Ok -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 3, 14:37
This baby was born on the first round of votes. He’s now 4 months old -- (link) - Beaker Jan 3, 14:36
House adjourns by voice vote until tomorrow at noon. -- (link) - ty97 Jan 3, 14:35 1
- *rushes back to vote McCarthy after Dems have left* -- nm - GOP Jan 3, 14:36
House has adjourned until noon tomorrow after three failed votes for Kevin McCarthy. -- nm - budice Jan 3, 14:34 1
- Speaker to be determined by the winner of the Bills-Bengals game -- nm - crash davis Jan 3, 14:36
I'm going to Egypt in three weeks. I should book some excursions soon I figure. -- nm - ty97 Jan 3, 14:31 7
- There must be a place that books decent tours. Discovery was advertising one with one of the huge antiquities experts. - loosilu Jan 3, 14:47
- Also, I'm willing to receive mysterious parcels via mail right before you disappear on an antiquities dig. -- nm - crash davis Jan 3, 14:34
- And when you come back we still won't have a house speaker -- nm - Eag Jan 3, 14:33
- If you take a cruise down the Nile and there is a mysterious death, I am available as a detective. I do charge for expenses. -- nm - crash davis Jan 3, 14:33
- I hear the Nile river cruise is spectacular. -- nm - Benoit Blanc si Jan 3, 14:32 2
  - wrong detective friend -- nm - Hercule Poirot Jan 3, 14:33 1
    - Hey cuz, how's your homie Hastings? Phillip is still trying to get the hang of sourdough. -- nm - Benoit Blanc si Jan 3, 14:37
and here is one of the worst takes of the day: -- (link) - Jovian Jan 3, 14:29 2
- ... says the person who would clearly agree to a sled race with cats instead of dogs. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 3, 14:31 1
  - "Just like a lib! Saying cats cant do what dogs can do!!" -- nm - Jovian Jan 3, 14:33

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