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Wasn't there a whole movie - or several - about trying to keep the US Marshal list of people in witness protection from falling into the wrong hands? -- (link) - Mop Feb 28, 10:45 1
- M:1's Macguffin is the NOC-list -- nm - hollywood big shot Feb 28, 10:46
Grandson and K. Flay are going on tour together. Strong desire to go to this one for sure. -- (link) - Qale Feb 28, 10:39 1
- Looks like Silver Spring would be the closest venue to me. -- nm - Dano Feb 28, 11:04
This made me giggle: ‘Scanners are complicated’: why Gen Z faces workplace ‘tech shame’ - JD Feb 28, 10:24 2
- our interns and analysts are *way* more tech savvy than the olds, insofar as online things. my job description is for doing most of the hard copy stuf - hollywood big shot Feb 28, 10:45
- IRQ :) -- nm - oblique Feb 28, 10:35
when you’re the GOP majority, you let yourself do it -- (link) - hollywood big shot Feb 28, 10:24
Monday Box Office: AntMan 3 $1.7M, Cocaine Bear $1.6M -- (link*) - budice Feb 28, 10:13 2
- record snowpack in Cali the week Cocaine Bear drops. coincidence or just superior marketing? -- nm - hollywood big shot Feb 28, 10:42
- bastards! -- nm - oblique Feb 28, 10:15
McDavid got to 50 goals for the first time last night. In game 61 out of 82 - Reagen Feb 28, 10:08 3
- Bruins are at 97 points already. -- nm - Volnelk Feb 28, 10:24
- yeah, he is okay as a player -- nm - crash davis Feb 28, 10:11
- If only he could goaltend. GAA is 20th in the League, yeesh. -- nm - budice Feb 28, 10:10
"So Geno, how would you like a free Prime subscription?" -- (link) - crash davis Feb 28, 10:06
“ Ukraine will become a Nato member in the “long term”, the alliance’s secretary general, Jens Stoltenberg, has said.” - Loyola Feb 28, 09:56 4
- When Obama and/or Trump were Presidents? - Jovian Feb 28, 10:08 3
  - When Poroshenko was president of Ukraine? - znufrii, promoted Feb 28, 10:26
  - If you remember back then, Ukraine's economy and government seemed too corrupt for NATO standards and we thought Putin could be reasoned with. - crash davis Feb 28, 10:13
  - A pox on both their houses, and European leaders too. -- nm - Loyola Feb 28, 10:12
'Mafia Mamma' w/ Toni Collette and Monica Bellucci. -- (link) - mud Feb 28, 09:51 [youtube] 3
- and then there will be the inevitable musical adaptation: Mafia Mamma Mia -- nm - JD Feb 28, 09:54
- Mamma Mia -- nm - what Beak read Feb 28, 09:54
- ...in bed -- nm - budice Feb 28, 09:51
An ftx co-founder just flipped on SBF -- (link) - Beryllium Feb 28, 09:45 [mastodon] 8
- if you’re in line to drop dime on SBF, STAY IN LINE! -- nm - hollywood big shot Feb 28, 10:19
- SBFs girlfriend from Alameda and another cofounder also flipped before this -- nm - budice Feb 28, 09:50 5
  - Flipping like popper toys. Good. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 28, 09:55 4
    - ELI5: What's a popper toy? - JD Feb 28, 09:58 3
      - Poppers are drugs that dilate your blood vessels to allow more blood to reach the heart. -- nm - budice Feb 28, 10:04 1
        
        Uh....that definition I knew 8-P -- nm - JD Feb 28, 10:09
      - Rubber circles that you flip inside out and then wait for them to pop back into shape - they fly into the air once they pop -- nm - Beryllium Feb 28, 10:01
- bastard! -- nm - decline Feb 28, 09:48
Los Angeles Dodgers infielder Gavin Lux will miss the 2023 season with a torn ACL in his right knee. -- nm - Beaker Feb 28, 09:41 5
- I feel bad but my initial reaction was to laugh as wasn't Lux supposed to be the way the Dodgers were going to smooth over the leaving of Trea Turner? -- nm - JD Feb 28, 09:57
- That sucks. -- nm - Krusty Feb 28, 09:56 2
  - Sux. -- nm - Diva Feb 28, 10:30 1
    - It was right there! 🤦🏻‍♂️ -- nm - Krusty Feb 28, 10:38
- Fernando Tatis Jr back in the lineup today -- (link) - budice Feb 28, 09:44
Wow, insurance is stupid -- nm - ty97 Feb 28, 09:37 5
- jenbro, don't hurt him - hollywood big shot Feb 28, 10:49
- I'll never complain after our adjuster covered our trailer after the flood hit -- nm - Beaker Feb 28, 09:50
- It's stupid that it costs so much and yet covers so little. it's also stupid that it's needed. - sycor Feb 28, 09:44
- home, medical, auto, life. its all a game -- nm - budice Feb 28, 09:39 1
  - Hate the game— -- nm - Flav Feb 28, 09:50
I've never even heard of that Coldplay/BTS song. - ty97 Feb 28, 09:29 1
- Went to #1 (because BTS), fell off quickly. - Tim Feb 28, 09:36
"was this the concession you made to become speaker?" -- (link) - mud Feb 28, 09:29 1
- Keith Morrison VO: It was. -- nm* - znufrii, promoted Feb 28, 09:46
Variety: Sci-Fi Thriller ‘Divinity’ .. "Guests in attendance .. were also treated to writer-director Alcazar showing up in a terrifying mask." - mud Feb 28, 09:18
nm -- nm* - hollywood big shot Feb 28, 09:14
Giants expected to cut Kenny Golladay on march 15th -- (link) - Beaker Feb 28, 09:07 1
- beware the ides -- nm - hollywood big shot Feb 28, 09:11
LEGO sets coming in March (slideshow, but the first one, whoa) -- (link) - Beaker Feb 28, 09:01 2
- Rivendell!!!! -- nm - crash davis Feb 28, 10:44
- Of those I think Wall-e is the only one I'm interested in. But come April the new Indiana Jones sets come out. -- nm - sycor Feb 28, 09:04
At Least $100,000 Worth Of Magic Cards Dumped In Landfill -- (link*) - Beaker Feb 28, 08:58 1
- "There is no indication of over printing." Cynthia Williams, Wizards of the Coast president. -- nm - Qale Feb 28, 10:53
We were fortunate to have a wonderful conversation with Col. Harry Stewart Jr. He's one of the few surviving Tuskegee Airmen of WWII. Here's his - Diva Feb 28, 08:24 9
- Awesome! -- nm - Dark Callisto Feb 28, 10:15
- that's fantastic. those guys are heroes. -- nm - Remlik Feb 28, 08:52
- That's really great. Hero gets tossed around a lot but he definitely qualifies under any definition. -- nm - spamlet Feb 28, 08:44 1
  - Interestingly enough, we were told that they prefer to not be called 'Hero'. They saw themselves as doing a job they were called on to do. - Diva Feb 28, 08:46
- Awesome! Was this an event? -- nm - JaxSean Feb 28, 08:42 2
  - it was a Bank-sponsored thing. The Black Professional and the Military Support affinity groups here co-produced the engagement. - Diva Feb 28, 08:51 1
    - Very cool -- nm - JaxSean Feb 28, 08:54
- that's awesome -- nm - hollywood big shot Feb 28, 08:30
- that is very cool -- nm - crash davis Feb 28, 08:25
I don't think they need to make the Gambit change proposed on B2. - the wrong element Feb 28, 08:19 3
- I find Enchantress to be pretty balanced. You're losing a turn T4 onward to counter cards in play at the time. You could make the argument that -- (edited) - oblique Feb 28, 08:29 2
  - The thing with Cosmo is that unless you have great instincts you are probably waiting until turn 5 to play it. - the wrong element Feb 28, 08:35 1
    - I had a game this weekend where the first location gave a copy of your opponents card. I got his wong. The second location was +5 energy - oblique Feb 28, 08:39
Bloc Party announced headline shows in NYC/DC between Paramore support shows -- nm - MDH Feb 28, 08:19 1
- Bloc… Quebecois Party? -- nm - Mop Feb 28, 08:36
Landlord is kind of being a jerk about moving out early. I knew there would be a problem. - sycor Feb 28, 08:16 13
- Effing Landlords. -- nm - Qale Feb 28, 10:54
- Can you find a subtenant? They can assume the rest of your lease and then sign a new one after the end. Probably requires LL consent and may have - pmb Feb 28, 09:04 1
  - Not allowed to sublease. -- nm - sycor Feb 28, 09:38
- That’s terrible. Maybe withhold payment of the fees you find onerous until such time as your attorney can investigate the legality of them? -- nm - Loyola Feb 28, 08:55
- Your last paragraph: work is work,. He would much rather not have to do anything for another (however many) months. -- nm - Spawn Feb 28, 08:28 1
  - Effing renters. Am I right? -- nm - spamlet Feb 28, 08:46
- Check your states renter's rights. They vary wildly from state to state, but some of those fees might not be kosher. -- nm - crash davis Feb 28, 08:20 4
  - It's NC, right? He has no rights. -- nm - spamlet Feb 28, 08:49 1
    - Yeah pretty much. -- nm - sycor Feb 28, 08:55
  - My guess is most of these are totally illegal -- nm - Guigue Feb 28, 08:25 1
    - Especially if the lease mentioned any of it. -- nm - Spawn Feb 28, 08:29
- is it more/less than your security deposit? -- nm - hollywood big shot Feb 28, 08:17 1
  - I think more. But I'd still rather not just abandon the lease and be one of those people. But that might be the cheaper option. - sycor Feb 28, 08:22
Weezer has announced a tour with Modest Mouse, Spoon, and others - MDH Feb 28, 08:16 1
- they're playing a festival here on June 18 and then they're at the casino in Gary Indiana in July with that tour. -- nm - Remlik Feb 28, 08:53
the more you find out what a sniveling little crook Snyder is the more it makes sense that no other NFL owner would want the same microscope - hollywood big shot Feb 28, 08:10 1
- Don the Con wishes he, or his team thought of those. He could of billed his campaign for the use of his jet and painting TRUMP on the side -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 28, 10:35
and then there's the musical genres where Pippy and I are uh, rather different - JD Feb 28, 08:07 [Backboard] 28
- Can't feel my face & Blinding Lights. Dark Horse is meh. Can't stop this feeling is a crime against humanity -- nm - Epiphany aka sneaky link Feb 28, 08:15 7
  - Oh and I forgot: Best that I could look up, Max the Hack is a quarter billionaire give or take 10-15 million -- nm - JD Feb 28, 08:34 2
    - Love it. Dude is extremely talented and the Pop Airwaves love him. We are so inverse you and I! -- nm - Epiphany aka sneaky link Feb 28, 08:36 1
      - Well part of me is inverse. I'm starting to think that if you could distill parts of music fandom into pure versions, they would absolutely hate each - JD Feb 28, 08:46
  - With you on Can't stop. I find it interesting that it is the later stuff that you find tolerable - JD Feb 28, 08:29 3
    - True to your IM. Just something about his writing style that doesn't speak to my soul - Epiphany aka sneaky link Feb 28, 08:39 2
      - Oooooh. That so makes sense to me. Whatever he's good at, that's not how you appreciate music. I feel like I should figure out away for you to be - JD Feb 28, 08:42 1
        
        *giggling at the IM - true! -- nm - Epiphany aka sneaky link Feb 28, 09:07
- I thought Taylor wrote all her own stuff though? -- nm - Beaker Feb 28, 08:15 11
  - He’s an earworm machine and she went to him when she went pop. Never Ever Getting Back Together was her first #1 -- nm - Tim Feb 28, 09:19
  - Looking at wiki, looks like she wrote the lyrics and Max and composed the melody with Max. So I think his contribution varies. -- nm - Spawn Feb 28, 08:48 4
    - ok, this makes sense. -- nm - Beaker Feb 28, 08:51 3
      - heh -- (link) - Spawn Feb 28, 09:20 1
        
        LOL from that thread -- (link) - Roger More Feb 28, 09:28
      - Even with the typo! -- nm - Spawn Feb 28, 08:55
  - Whoa. Just read B2. Wow. -- nm* - Spawn Feb 28, 08:31
  - right? this was the shocking revelation for me too -- nm - Epiphany aka sneaky link Feb 28, 08:15 3
    - When she shifted to pop from country (Red album) she enlisted all the pop songwriters -- nm - MDH Feb 28, 08:18 2
      - Yep. For a while there was some question how much (if any) she was actually contributing. -- nm - pmb Feb 28, 09:01 1
        
        Yup. But she made sure she got a writing credit on every song. -- nm - MDH Feb 28, 09:22
- Here's his full writing/production credits. The 50 blue highlights were Top 10s. -- (link) - MDH Feb 28, 08:13 2
  - Heh. I know what you listened to recently 8-) -- nm - JD Feb 28, 08:15 1
    - Actually not his episode, I'm listening to Kelly Clarkson's right now. :-) -- nm - MDH Feb 28, 08:16
- i love a lot of those songs -- nm - Beaker Feb 28, 08:12
- Every song until Maroon 5 is a banger. -- nm - MDH Feb 28, 08:10 1
  - I'm not a fan of the Weeknd to the point that I'm not a fan of those songs. Maroon 5 needs to go. Full Stop. So in an upset, I'm not a fan of more - JD Feb 28, 08:14
- Blank Space and I Kissed a Girl ... and my 0.5 selection is Baby 1 more time -- nm* - rollo Feb 28, 08:09 1
  - Those two for me, for sure. [oops. Shake it Off makes mine three]. -- nm* - Spawn Feb 28, 08:33
lol Florida -- (link) - hollywood big shot Feb 28, 08:06 2
- Ponte Vedra = fairly affluent and/or the very rich, and mostly white. So, that all tracks. - JaxSean Feb 28, 08:58
- EggsDown... -- nm - Diva Feb 28, 08:53
LYC TMI - Beaker Feb 28, 08:04 8
- Was this on the North or South side? -- nm - Walt_Disney Feb 28, 08:30 2
  - cops and such on the south... -- nm - Beaker Feb 28, 08:45 1
    - seemed like 1/4 from south, 3/4 from the north (there was also a car parked illegally so we wondered if that was from them or another cop) -- nm - Beaker Feb 28, 08:46
- I witnessed the same thing going to work a few years ago. You should feel free to talk to people if you need to. - MDH Feb 28, 08:09
- :-[ -- nm - mud Feb 28, 08:09
- I'm sorry. This is not what you want to see right before Disneyland -- nm - crash davis Feb 28, 08:06
- oh, how horrible, so sorry you had to experience that. -- nm - Andie Feb 28, 08:05
- Yikes :( -- nm - Beryllium Feb 28, 08:05
NYT Guest Opinion Essay: I Am Mourning the Loss of Something I Loved: McNuggets - crash davis Feb 28, 07:57 2
- did Ronald MAGADonald write this? -- nm - hollywood big shot Feb 28, 08:00 1
  - I sort of file it in a new (for me) genre. Last year I read Tara Westover's Educated, JD Vance's Hillbilly Elegy, and Barack Obama's A Promised Land - crash davis Feb 28, 08:13
Kennedy Center has replaced Kiss of the Spider Woman with "Spamalot" starring James Monroe Iglehart, Leslie Kritzer, Alex Brightman, and Rob McClure -- nm* - MDH Feb 28, 07:56
OTD 40 years ago, U2 released their 3rd album WAR. -- (link) - mud Feb 28, 07:37 [youtube] 4
- What was it good for? -- nm - crash davis Feb 28, 07:39 3
  - plenty! -- nm - mud's 1983 Feb 28, 07:41 2
    - bzzt, I would have accepted "absolutely plenty" as an answer though -- nm - crash davis Feb 28, 07:43 1
      - aww .. I just got up -- nm - mud Feb 28, 07:45
An Elf? A Witch? Mexico’s President Says It’s the Mythical Aluxe - crash davis Feb 28, 07:37 7
- i mean, it's a monkey, right? (or possibly a sloth.) -- nm - Andie Feb 28, 07:54 1
  - or a bear .. yeah, a bear -- nm - sasquatch Feb 28, 07:56
- pfft, they're just a myth -- nm - chupacabra Feb 28, 07:40
- the tweet from the President -- (link) - crash davis Feb 28, 07:38 3
  - [twitter translation for any that don't wanna clickthrough: - mud Feb 28, 07:45 2
    - Is he getting high on his own supply? -- nm - Epiphany aka sneaky link Feb 28, 07:49 1
      - :-] -- nm - mud Feb 28, 07:57
catturd is no Food Chem -- nm - Beaker Feb 28, 07:36 1
- You're just jealous you're not on first name basis with Elon Musk! -- nm - Jovian Feb 28, 07:36
Falcons release QB Marcus Mariota, saves $12M in cap space -- nm - Beaker Feb 28, 07:34
Nice job on the signage for the Jakie Robinson Parkway NYC -- (link) - Beaker Feb 28, 07:33

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