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So what’s the scenario? He appears, pleads not guilty, pays bail, surrenders passport? Trial date set? -- nm - mara Mar 20, 08:45
Wordle: 4/6 (the yellow corner edition) - oblique Mar 20, 08:45 1
- "oooooh!" *high fives* -- nm - Office drones Mar 20, 08:50
"I just— I can't speak to that." -- (link) - mud Mar 20, 08:33 5
- I think if he was realistic about the nomination, he needs to lean into this and actually take on Trump. - Volnelk Mar 20, 08:37 3
  - Refusing To Confront A Rapey Racist Crook Since 2015 should be the GOP's motto -- nm - hollywood big shot Mar 20, 08:47
  - He is being exposed for what he is. A cheap empty suit who is fed lines by his handlers. -- nm - Jovian Mar 20, 08:45 1
    - and he may just waiting for multi indictments to drop before going on the attack. But then again... -- nm - Jovian Mar 20, 08:46
- .. .. -- (link) - mud Mar 20, 08:36
Canadian budget carrier Flair Airlines had four planes seized by a hedge fund, per reports. -- (link) - ty97 Mar 20, 08:26
An airline has offered passengers counseling after a flight was diverted when it was hit by 'severe wind-speeds' and high turbulence -- (link) - ty97 Mar 20, 08:22
Slogans such as 'Show us your Regina' and 'The city that rhymes with fun' received criticism -- (link) - Beaker Mar 20, 08:21 3
- An Incel's favorite part of Saskatchewan. -- nm - crash davis Mar 20, 08:27 2
  - Even though they've never been and couldn't find the fun even if they went -- nm - TWuG Mar 20, 08:40 1
    - Instead of improving their lives, they'd rather just blame Saskatchewan. -- nm - crash davis Mar 20, 08:45
Boris Johnson is being dragged in for questioning this week. -- (link) - LMS Mar 20, 08:18 1
- Hold my beer. -- nm - New York DA Mar 20, 08:19
Has anyone watched Struggle Meals, currently on Peacock and originally I guess on YouTube. At first I thought it was a little over the top but then - Meg Mar 20, 08:14 1
- My secret shame was 7-11 taquitos but then they replace the little packets of Tapatio hot sauce with some cheap ass clear goo -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 20, 12:31
SpaceX is launching, on average, every 4 days. On pace for 90 launches this year. - TWuG Mar 20, 08:04
hasAaronRodgersbeentradedyet?.com - Beaker Mar 20, 08:00 3
- I saw some speculation on The Athletic that the Packers are moving slowly just to be petty to Rodgers. He may have annoyed them. -- nm - crash davis Mar 20, 08:09 2
  - Also their cap sitch is better if they trade him post-June 1 anyways (cap hit spread over 2 years versus all in 1 ) -- nm - budice Mar 20, 08:13 1
    - Thank you! That makes a lot of sense. -- nm - crash davis Mar 20, 08:15
If this is cricket, I think even I could play. -- (link) - TWuG Mar 20, 07:55 1
- Is that gentleman available for a tryout on Thursday? -- nm - Anaheim Angels Mar 20, 07:58
Rupert Murdoch(92) Engaged to Ann Lesley Smith(66) Less Than a Year After Divorcing -- (link*) - budice Mar 20, 07:52
I have questions. Many questions. -- (link) - TWuG Mar 20, 07:46 10
- I did appreciate this observation -- (link) - Roger More Mar 20, 08:43 1
  - Yep. "This cooking thing is magic. I could never do it. Glad I have a woman who understands it." -- nm - TWuG Mar 20, 08:45
- Ffs, why? -- nm - znufrii, meh and problematic Mar 20, 08:05 2
  - And "Spend that time in making a sauce, not remaking the least important part of a pasta dish" - TWuG Mar 20, 08:12 1
    - tbf, her sauce was extremely complicated -- nm - crash davis Mar 20, 08:37
- Make your own pasta from store bought pasta! -- nm - Jovian Mar 20, 08:03
- rage bait. don't fall for it. -- nm - colin Mar 20, 07:49 3
  - exactly. *makes the fattest pasta you've ever seen* "Looks more like linguine than fettucine" -- nm - Roger More Mar 20, 08:34 1
    - The guy with the camera: “wow…wow…. Look at that” - kelly Mar 20, 08:41
  - Its all fun and games until the Mark Twain prize goes to f&&&ing TikTok -- nm - crash davis Mar 20, 07:54
I guess I need to be better about keeping up with my cholesterol meds, huh? - znufrii, meh and problematic Mar 20, 07:41 7
- Get a pill box. I got one and it's helped a LOT. And my meds aren't even really THAT important. -- nm - sycor Mar 20, 07:46 2
  - This is over two years, mind you. - znufrii, meh and problematic Mar 20, 08:01 1
    - I just get distracted working. I rarely take a break (other than lunch). If I realized if I didn't use the box it would be 2-3pm - sycor Mar 20, 08:06
- That might be nice. -- nm - Your effen doctor Mar 20, 07:42 3
  - Reminds me that I need to also schedule my annual checkup appointment - znufrii, meh and problematic Mar 20, 07:55 2
    - I think I due for one last year. No one called me though. I guess I have to call them. Not my first, still dreading. -- nm - sycor Mar 20, 07:59
    - gotta bite the bullet and get er done -- nm - crash davis Mar 20, 07:56
Question for Picard and ST fans (Picard spoils) -- (edited) - Jovian Mar 20, 07:37 7
- I wouldn't be opposed but they would have to play it straight and not try to be comedic. -- nm - sycor Mar 20, 07:47 2
  - spoils - Jovian Mar 20, 07:50 1
    - apparently the Strange New worlds/ Lower Decks crossover is bananas. Frakes directed it. can't wait. -- nm - Remlik Mar 20, 08:14
- spoil spec... - Remlik Mar 20, 07:47 3
  - ohhhh (spoils) - Jovian Mar 20, 07:50 2
    - Spoiler - Mop Mar 20, 08:19
    - yeah Mike Mccan wanted the show set before the Romulan devastation and Mars Attack. -- nm - Remlik Mar 20, 08:09
Seaweed Is Having Its Moment in the Sun It’s being reimagined as a plastic substitute, even as cattle feed. But can seaweed thrive in a warming world? - crash davis Mar 20, 07:37
AC:NH 3rd Anniversary since release -- (link*) - budice Mar 20, 07:33
Yikes, two staff members stabbed by a student in a HS here. (It's an in service day for me) - Reagen Mar 20, 07:19 5
- Glad you are okay, hope everyone is okay. - ty97 Mar 20, 07:40 1
  - I'm in school, kids aren't - Reagen Mar 20, 07:41
- ‼️ -- nm - mud Mar 20, 07:32
- eek, glad ur safe -- nm - budice Mar 20, 07:21 1
  - indeed -- nm - crash davis Mar 20, 07:26
Steel barricades arriving outside Manhattan criminal court -- (link) - Strongbad Mar 20, 07:14 8
- i'm so excited to watch maga protesters fight with police. no counterprotesters there, just let them have at it. -- nm - colin Mar 20, 07:32 2
  - the police on duty should dress in drag, just to rub it in -- nm - Beaker Mar 20, 07:35 1
    - half the of the protesters will be cops. -- nm - colin Mar 20, 07:36
- This would be an excellent birthday present. -- nm - Reagen Mar 20, 07:29 2
  - Gonna be hard to top. "It's a lovely gift, but it's no Trump indictment. You kids should try harder for Mommy's birthday." -- nm - TWuG Mar 20, 07:48 1
    - "something with Putin? Seems like a start." -- nm - Reagen Mar 20, 08:48
- Definitely breaking out a bottle of the good beer tomorrow. -- nm - TWuG Mar 20, 07:24
- Perp walk! -- nm - budice Mar 20, 07:18
The monsters running the bus from Portland Maine to Boston made Allie watch this abomination. -- (link) - colin Mar 20, 07:13
To Fall in Love With Cabbage, Do This In Yotam Ottolenghi’s cabbage rolls with walnuts and sour cream, the dreaded vegetable becomes a star. -- (edited) - crash davis Mar 20, 07:11 2
- I will do anything he tells me. Never gone wrong with Yotam. -- nm - mafic Mar 20, 07:12 1
  - He's definitely in my top 3 favorite Yotams -- nm - prayformojo Mar 20, 07:25
Ole Miss upset #1 seed Stanford in the second round of the women's tourney. What was the last year that a #1 seed failed to reach the Sweet 16? -- (edited) - spamlet Mar 20, 07:09 3
- 2008? - Will Hunting Mar 20, 07:36 1
  - Close enough, 2009 -- nm - spamlet Mar 20, 07:38
- unsure. but it is kinda cool that the Women in the first two rounds get home court advantage...didn't help in this case though -- nm - Beaker Mar 20, 07:13
"Knowledge is knowing the tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting the tomato in a fruit salad." -- (link) - crash davis Mar 20, 06:46 6
- the absolutely no-question most prolific tomatoes we have ever grown are these: Lemon Drops from Seed Savers Exchange -- (edited) - Andie Mar 20, 06:52 5
  - Amish paste were the big winners here last year. This year’s weird winner is Armenian cucumber. I may never have another cucumber again. - mafic Mar 20, 07:07 3
    - “Oh,*my*!” -- nm - znufrii, meh and problematic Mar 20, 07:33
    - I was thinking of English cucumbers. I will look for this Armenian. -- nm - crash davis Mar 20, 07:20
    - that's a big cucumber!! -- nm - Andie Mar 20, 07:17
  - heh, synchronicity - The guy who wrote the book I linked is an OG from seed savers, I just read about them yesterday & now you are linking me -- nm* - crash davis Mar 20, 06:57
Framed: 1/6. Moviedle: 1/6 (but got lucky because my first two guesses were not in the database). Actorle: 1/8. - Marlowe Mar 20, 06:44 1
- Wordle: 4/6 - Marlowe Mar 20, 06:52
LYC, we started our garden seeds yesterday. A bunch of new-to-us fruiting plants (mostly nightshade family). Tzimbalo, Kangaroo Apple, Green Jaltomata - Andie Mar 20, 06:42 6
- I wish I had luck starting from seeds. I’ve never been able to get a tomato seedling to last one it’s in the ground - the stalk gets mushy. -- nm - kelly Mar 20, 08:18
- lmk now the litchi tomatoes come out.. ours had zero flavor, it was like eating nothing, but we also had them in some poor soil. -- nm - colin Mar 20, 06:45 1
  - i will! -- nm - Andie Mar 20, 06:48
- I assume you start them indoors? -- nm - crash davis Mar 20, 06:44 2
  - yes, seed starter trays. one of them (jaltomatas, i think) take 3 to 6 weeks just to germinate. -- nm - Andie Mar 20, 06:47 1
    - I'm taking a gardening class through the library. I've learned more in two sessions than my past stumblebum trial and error seasons. - crash davis Mar 20, 06:51
The Secret Behind Japan’s Delicious Strawberries: Kerosene - crash davis Mar 20, 06:40 4
- guy i worked with in california said when he was a kid during orange growing season, if there was a freeze, you got dragged out of bed, into the - colin Mar 20, 06:44 3
  - Thats one of our talking points at Stanley Ranch and we have a smudge pot on the property. They're still used in some places further inland and - Meg Mar 20, 07:55
  - I had a friend who said they turned the sprinklers on. Freezing water releases heat and protects the fruit. They’d keep them on until the sun came up. -- nm - mafic Mar 20, 07:11 1
    - oh interesting. - colin Mar 20, 07:14
sitwap - Adam Sandler Is Awarded the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor - crash davis Mar 20, 06:25 6
- Seems an odd honor for someone that isn't funny. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Mar 20, 06:40 5
  - pfft. well deserved. Plus everything I've ever heard about him say he is a great person. -- nm - Beaker Mar 20, 07:08 3
    - two great dramatic roles - Punch Drunk Love & Uncut Gems -- nm - mud Mar 20, 07:33 2
      - Apparently the one from last year is great too. (Hustle?) -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 20, 07:37 1
        
        Hustle was indeed great -- nm - rollo Mar 20, 08:35
  - "crash davis declined to comment on whether this was a surer sign of apocalypse than the recent disturbing climate report" -- nm - crash davis Mar 20, 06:43
Matchbox 20 is touring large amphitheaters this summer with Matt Nathanson and Ben Rector - MDH Mar 20, 06:20
Finally Frank Cross can execute his true vision -- (link) - Reagen Mar 20, 06:14 3
- "Illustrative image, because you seriously do not want to see the real thing." I was indifferent, but now I gotta see them. -- nm - TWuG Mar 20, 06:17 1
  - Actual images in this story. They aren't cute antlers, but also not much to look at. -- (link) - TWuG Mar 20, 06:19
- Hopefully very tiny antlers. - Will Hunting Mar 20, 06:16
John Wick 4 92% (72/6) -- nm - Beaker Mar 20, 06:00 3
- I am impressed they manage to keep quality given this concept could have easily become absurd farce when he eclipsed Pol Pot’s - Will Hunting Mar 20, 06:10 2
  - agreed. also the 2 hour and 45 minute run time. surprised reviews were ok with that length -- nm - Beaker Mar 20, 06:12 1
    - Over an hour longer than the first -- nm - Reagen Mar 20, 06:27
45 classified document case: Defense Atty must hand over atty-client notes, breaking atty-client priv over fraud. -- (link) - budice Mar 20, 05:37 1
- ha! -- nm - mud Mar 20, 05:39
9/16, 4/8, 3/4, 2/2 -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 20, 05:29 8
- 7/16, 5/8, 2/4, 1/2. -- nm - St. Louis BaronHawks Mar 20, 06:35
- 5/16, 3/8, 3/4, 2/2 -- nm - oblique Mar 20, 06:10
- No point in even looking as my bracket is a complete mess. -- nm - Krusty Mar 20, 05:43 4
  - I can shockingly still win if UCLA makes the final and the chaos monkey strikes the South and East. -- nm - Reagen Mar 20, 06:11 1
    - Heh, chaos monkey. :-) -- nm - Krusty Mar 20, 06:35
  - I am only consoled that my coin flipping bracket is doing worse than the one I randomly guessed at. -- nm - mafic Mar 20, 06:05 1
    - Yeah, I'd feel like a schmuck if the coin flip was doing better. -- nm - Krusty Mar 20, 06:12
- 6/16, 4/8, 2/4, 1/2 -- nm - mud Mar 20, 05:37
TV PSA: Voice, Raw, Bachelor, All American x 2, Neighborhood, 911, Bob Hearts Abishola, NCIS, Quantum Leap, NCIS Hawaii, Good Doctor, Perry Mason, -- (edited) - Beaker Mar 20, 05:18
ST: what did you watch this weekend? -- nm - Beaker Mar 20, 05:17 26
- Champions (B+ it's very sweet and legit funny) -- nm - hollywood big shot Mar 20, 08:30
- 12 Hours of Sebring: A; ST: Picard: A; Mandalorian: A; Shadow and Bone (beginning of season 2): B; X: The Generation that Changed the World: A -- nm - ReluctantCynic Mar 20, 07:04 2
  - I sent you the referral yesterday if you didn't see it. - spamlet Mar 20, 07:12 1
    - Thank you. - ReluctantCynic Mar 20, 07:18
- the first season of some weird anime show (also the only season out there) - tRuMaN Mar 20, 06:51
- A bunch of Always Sunny A+, Crimes of the Future - C-, House of Darkness A- -- nm - Jovian Mar 20, 06:45
- Jax Icemen vs Savannah Ghost Pirates (B-), They Might Be Giants (A), Devils vs Lightning (C). -- nm - JaxSean Mar 20, 06:12
- The Recruit S1 7/10 Boston Strangler 5/10 Most of Shadow and Bone S1 (8/10 so far) -- nm - crash davis Mar 20, 06:09 2
  - hmmm, we had started S&B but stopped, I might have to start that up again on my own -- nm - Beaker Mar 20, 06:13 1
    - I recommend and Season 2 is very good as well -- nm - decline Mar 20, 06:19
- around 1/2 of Season 2 of Shadow and Bone: B+ - decline Mar 20, 06:09
- Sports-A, Mayor of Kingstown S2-B+ (strong final episodes) -- nm* - zunkskunk Mar 20, 05:56
- We Have A Ghost: B+. Lasso: A. Shrinking: A. -- nm - oblique Mar 20, 05:53
- Cocaine Bear A-, Picard (newest) A+, Last of Us (last 2) A but thought the very end slipped to a B. -- nm - sycor Mar 20, 05:29 8
  - spoil for TLoU - mud Mar 20, 05:34 7
    - The entire show was very faithful to the game but especially the ending. -- nm - Krusty Mar 20, 05:48
    - I never played the game. And the story direction was okay. I just felt that last few scenes were a little flat, or something. -- nm - sycor Mar 20, 05:38 5
      - end of last episode felt rushed to me, still liked it though -- nm - Beaker Mar 20, 05:44 4
        
        one other The Last of Us season finale major potential spoiler / comment - Beaker Mar 20, 06:48 3
        
        MAJOR spoils above and here -- (edited) - Jovian Mar 20, 06:51 2
        
        gotcha (season 2 or 3 spoilers above) -- nm - Beaker Mar 20, 06:56 1
        
        yea (spoils) -- (edited) - Jovian Mar 20, 07:07
- Daisy Jones eps.7/8, each episode is worse than the previous -such disappointment- C+/B-; Lucky Hank 1st ep. A; The Gray Man rewatch A; curling; NCAA -- nm - mud Mar 20, 05:25
- NCAA nearly exclusively. I did watch a few episodes of Hypothetical last night before bed. -- nm - Krusty Mar 20, 05:22
- Jesus Revolution: B. Most of S1 of Shrinking: B - spamlet Mar 20, 05:19
- Jack Ryan s3: B+; The Last of Us A -- nm* - Beaker Mar 20, 05:17

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