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Antelope vs Croc in race...in water...who you got? -- (link) - Remlik Apr 8, 08:43 2
- Bat vs Killer Croc...who you got? -- nm - crash davis Apr 8, 08:53 1
  - Batman. Always Batman -- nm - Remlik Apr 8, 09:02
E.P.A. Is Said to Propose Rules Meant to Drive Up Electric Car Sales Tenfold - crash davis Apr 8, 08:29 8
- They’re not incentivizing EVs. They’re de-incentivizing ICEs. -- nm - Mop Apr 8, 08:35
- This is great but…where the hell is the grid to do all this? - Will Hunting Apr 8, 08:32 6
  - This isn't going to be easy, and multiple projects and points of focus have to be going on at the same time. But it can be done. -- nm - crash davis Apr 8, 08:42 5
    - You’d think so but you should build the infrastructure first because it’s more expensive and time-costly. - Will Hunting Apr 8, 08:47 4
      - I see your point, but where is the incentive to do it without the rule? -- nm - crash davis Apr 8, 08:51 3
        
        There’s no incentive anyhow. Car makers aren’t power grid operators. - Will Hunting Apr 8, 08:55 2
        
        Because the answer isn’t politically palpable. - spamlet Apr 8, 09:08
        
        Ideally, this is one piece of a puzzle and a lot more pieces are to come. -- nm - crash davis Apr 8, 09:00
Tiger makes the cut on the number after best pal Justin Thomas chokes the last few holes. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 8, 08:27 5
- also cut: Bryson DeChambeau, Rory McIlroy, Mike Weir -- nm - mud Apr 8, 08:32 4
  - Bryson is terrible at this par 67 course. - Will Hunting Apr 8, 08:46 3
    - 12 LIVs made cut, 5 didnt :-[ -- nm - mud Apr 8, 08:53 2
      - Positives…Freddy Couples made the cut at 63. He’s amazing. - Will Hunting Apr 8, 08:57 1
        
        yep -- nm - mud Apr 8, 09:05
The Income Gap Is Becoming a Physical-Activity Divide Nationwide, poor children and adolescents are participating far less in sports and fitness activ - crash davis Apr 8, 08:18
Masters: 2nd rounds on Friday: +18, 2nd rounds today: +88 -- nm - budice Apr 8, 07:47
Clarence Thomas's billionaire sugar daddy, also a big Hitler artifact collector (and not like Indiana Jones I'm guessing) -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 8, 07:45 1
- I mean once you get one you really need to keep going and get the whole set. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Apr 8, 08:17
How Angels, Train bonded over an unlikely team anthem: ‘It’s pretty emotional for me’ - crash davis Apr 8, 07:42
For the first time in NHL history all 32 teams will be playing on the same day! -- nm - Beaker Apr 8, 07:42 3
- Well, 31. -- nm - Anaheim Ducks Apr 8, 08:26
- Blackhawks @ Kraken! -- nm - crash davis Apr 8, 07:48 1
  - KrakHawks -- nm - budice Apr 8, 07:56
BoxOffice: Super Mario $55M Fri Official (Top 10 All-Time True Friday - no previews) -- (edited) - budice Apr 8, 07:33
NYT has an article today about the Georgia investigation, speculating that the DA "could be bringing a case against Trump and an assortment of aides - mara Apr 8, 06:50 5
- I mean, we know the grand jury made recommendations to indict several. It's pretty clear it's there. I just don't know why it's taking so long. -- nm - pmb Apr 8, 07:29 1
  - i thought the new grand jury (that would do the charging itself) doesn't convene until next month - hollywood big shot Apr 8, 07:34
- This time... yadda yadda yadda... -- nm - Mop Apr 8, 07:21
- I've seen comments to the effect that the most important outcome of Bragg's case is that it has broken the "unprecedented" seal. -- nm - Reagen Apr 8, 06:51 1
  - This is my position as well - open the floodgates on this asshole -- nm - rollo Apr 8, 09:35
the evisceration of the Twitter Files, and the pantsing of Matt Taibbi -- (link) - Reagen Apr 8, 06:47
Having watched my first baseball of the season, I like the idea of the pitch clock but it's maybe a little fast? add 10 seconds to it. -- nm - Reagen Apr 8, 06:38 4
- built for TV -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 8, 07:38
- 10 seconds puts it back to where it was for like 98% of the pitches. - Will Hunting Apr 8, 07:36
- I think it needs to be lengthened for the last couple of innings. Feed the drama that comes with those innings -- nm - Flavorize Apr 8, 07:10 1
  - Point that was made in last night's game is that if you have more than 3 pitches, it's a rush to even get the call in. -- nm - Reagen Apr 8, 07:29
And we probably could have made our rescheduled Frontier flight after all. *shakes fist* - znufrii Apr 8, 06:22 2
- Also, CBP agent joking about being able to detain me because the facial recognition didn’t work? Not funny. -- nm - znufrii Apr 8, 06:25 1
  - 🐶 👎 -- nm - crash davis Apr 8, 07:50
Happy Rex Manning Day to those that celebrate. -- nm - Volnelk Apr 8, 06:13 2
- I do! I do! Oh Rexxy, you’re so sexy!! -- nm - Pippy Apr 8, 07:04
- We mustn’t dwell, no not today. -- nm - spamlet Apr 8, 06:41
The last surviving Nuremberg prosecutor, Ben Ferrncz, apparently died at 103 last night. - TWuG Apr 8, 06:00
Wordle 658 5/6 - prayformojo Apr 8, 05:39 3
- 3 - 658 - GregW Apr 8, 11:56 1
  - Waffle 442 - 4 - GregW Apr 8, 11:58
- 5 - visiting the monument - rollo Apr 8, 08:47
Oh fun. Our car apparently had to be “relocated” so they could do utility work while we were gone. -- nm* - znufrii Apr 8, 05:29 2
- Like to a vehicle witness program? -- nm - Pippy Apr 8, 07:05 1
  - Tesla saw what they did... -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 8, 11:25
Yeah, let's just start ignoring court rulings. -- (link) - Strongbad Apr 8, 05:23 4
- Such a terrible take. -- nm - Jovian Apr 8, 14:04
- Weren't there two conflicting rulings? How would they follow both? -- (link) - mara Apr 8, 09:01
- None of this is fine. Starting with protracted laws to make it harder and almost impossible to have access to a federally protected right - Pippy Apr 8, 08:36
- Yes, let's. -- nm - TWuG Apr 8, 05:57
TV PSA: NHL, UFC 287, MLS, Masters of Illusion, Totally Weird and Funny, Say Yes to the Dress, SNL (Molly Shannon; Jonas Brothers), - Beaker Apr 8, 04:14
Justice is a dish best served cold. - JD Apr 7, 22:53
Jon Stewart with some serious journalism -- (link) - psilotum Apr 7, 22:25 4
- Pulling teeth to get Summers to reveal he's fine with corporations driving inflation because they can charge, not because of actual cost. - Max Apr 8, 06:29
- Hilarious when he expected Jon to come to the rescue of Apple. -- nm - Reagen Apr 8, 03:55 1
  - He nearly short circuited when Stewart was like “yeah, no, they suck too.” -- nm - Tim Apr 8, 07:33
- Didn't realize this was from a couple weeks ago. Still good, though. -- nm - psilotum Apr 7, 22:27
No Dakota pols vote to raise their meal per diem to $45/day shortly after voting against free school meals for kids -- (link) - zeitgeist Apr 7, 22:14
Autograph Prices at Star Wars Celebration -- (pic) -- (link*) - budice Apr 7, 22:12 [Attachment] 8
- David Eckstein gets out priced by his wife. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 8, 08:25
- Carl Weathers will *not* sign your chest, so stop asking! -- nm - mafic Apr 8, 05:10 1
  - No reason for me to go now. -- nm - Krusty Apr 8, 06:31
- "I got a Star Wars autograph from Harrison..." "Ooh!" "...Davis." "Oh." -- nm - Reagen Apr 8, 03:44
- Oh Billy Dee! Sit down you pompous ass -- nm - Pippy Apr 7, 23:21 3
  - I would get 2 Anthony Daniels before him. -- nm - Spawn Apr 8, 01:09
  - charging more than ewan mcgregor? that's rich :) hopefully it's lucrative for him, though. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 7, 23:23 1
    - what if he didn't do these very often so his signature is relatively rare -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 7, 23:38
I closed out my conference today. At least I didn’t cry this time! My voice cracked, but I held fast! -- nm - Mop Apr 7, 20:16 1
- Good job! -- nm - Pippy Apr 7, 23:21
“make it look good for Adam Silver, fellas” -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 7, 20:13
Active Shooter University of Oklahoma.... -- (link) - Remlik Apr 7, 20:06 2
- False -- nm - Ender Apr 7, 22:22 1
  - "they have just found a bunch of red and gold confetti near the library possibly from a party poppers" -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 7, 23:42
Former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern delivers emotional final address to parliament -- (link) - budice Apr 7, 19:58
“you can’t cook for shit. you need that rat” -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 7, 19:50 1
- "Raccacoonie taught me so much! I didn't even know how to boil an egg! He taught me how to spin it on a spatula! I'm useless alone." -- nm - Max Apr 7, 20:06
Want This Snoopy T-Shirt? You’ll Have to Pay in Blood - crash davis Apr 7, 19:48 3
- I donated blood on March 27th, I didn't get squat. That isn't why I do that, but the Snoopy shirt is cool. - crash davis Apr 7, 19:54 1
  - Naw man. You shouldn’t ever give up your blood for free. That’s your blood! -- nm - Qale Apr 7, 19:57
- They did it here with a local and very popular fashion designer/brand. It was a huge hit and I'm glad to see them doing it more. -- nm - Krusty Apr 7, 19:53
I was going to speak of my library problems but then read Crash's post below. But here it is anyway :) - Meg Apr 7, 19:35 1
- You're right. Giving up the books would stretch the Friends budget further. Sorry the president doesn't get that -- nm - crash davis Apr 7, 19:50
Krugman - The weird new war on “woke” money - crash davis Apr 7, 19:15 2
- Won't such a law be like saying you can't buy a postage stamp, or declare IRS taxes are illegal in Florida -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 7, 19:18 1
  - That isn't what he is aiming at here. But Florida can pass all laws it wants, the primacy of the federal government is established fact. -- nm - crash davis Apr 7, 19:22
I just realized, Super Mario Brothers makes no sense. It’d be like calling James and Dave Franco the James Brothers. - Will Hunting Apr 7, 18:55 16
- It's mentioned in the '90s film but I'm guessing you missed that awfulness. -- nm - Krusty Apr 7, 19:50
- I did have the thought during the movie that - Reagen Apr 7, 19:04 1
  - Into the Marioverse - hollywood big shot Apr 7, 19:12
- Wait until you realize that the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are biologically tortoises. - howie Apr 7, 19:01 4
  - But they’re probably brothers. -- nm - Mop Apr 7, 20:08
  - I did not know this. Thanks! -- nm - crash davis Apr 7, 19:10
  - You just blew my mind. -- nm - VMan Apr 7, 19:02 1
    - The 'clock tower' in Back To The Future isn't a tower. Architecturally speaking, it's a pediment. - howie Apr 7, 19:16
- Lenny Leonard and Karl Karlson disagree. -- nm - VMan Apr 7, 19:00
- Their names are Mario Mario and Luigi Mario. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 7, 18:57 5
  - That’s somehow… dumber. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 7, 18:58 4
    - tbf there are loads of people with reduplicative names. I had a great uncle Donald MacDonald. Manure Bol’s son is Bol Bol. -- nm - mafic Apr 8, 05:15 1
      - I once heard an airport page for Jeffrey Jeffries. -- nm - Reagen Apr 8, 06:01
    - It was the 80s, man. Nothing made sense. -- nm - VMan Apr 7, 19:01 1
      - Mario Mario likes to do the bunga bunga -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 7, 19:15
- Mario Mario -- nm - Tim Apr 7, 18:57
i've been boycotting Bud Light for about 30 years already -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 7, 18:46 1
- Trying to remember if I ever broke mine. Sure I likely did if it was the last thing left. -- nm - VMan Apr 7, 18:48
From work, I should be upset, angry, wanting to kill a youngster; yet I feel oddly at peace. I am filled with joy and I wish joy to everyone on ST. -- nm - crash davis Apr 7, 18:14 20
- Hoping this is exaggerated. May the force be with you. -- nm - VMan Apr 7, 18:22 11
  - The angst from work. -- nm - VMan Apr 7, 18:22 10
    - Long story short, a 13 year old faked an accident and I was the responding librarian. I called 911 as he gave me a list of serious head injury - crash davis Apr 7, 18:30 9
      - That sounds exactly like something a 13 year old would do. -- nm* - Qale Apr 7, 20:00
      - So sorry for you. God (or whoever) bless. -- nm - VMan Apr 7, 18:44
      - hes wanting attention. My ex wife would call ambulances so they would come get her and the family would drop everything and rush to her. -- nm - Remlik Apr 7, 18:42 2
        
        That is my theory. I didn't bring it up because I said I'd keep it short. But as the paramedics were checking out the kid, his mother who knows the - crash davis Apr 7, 18:53 1
        
        very possibly. -- nm - Remlik Apr 7, 19:23
      - I’m sorry that happened. Big hugs -- nm - Pippy Apr 7, 18:33 3
        
        Thanks, I'm cool but I'll take a hug. Maybe not from Remlik, but if everyone else is giving one, I'll take one from him so he doesn't feel bad -- nm - crash davis Apr 7, 18:36 2
        
        your next order will be filled with My Little Pony books -- nm - Remlik Apr 7, 18:43 1
        
        That is not something an Ed Brubaker hero would take lightly -- nm - crash davis Apr 7, 18:54
- You've joined a cult, haven't you? -- nm - David Apr 7, 18:20 7
  - I’m not vibrating like I oughta be. I need a purpose, I can’t keep surfing through this existential misery. Now, we’re gonna need some real estate… -- nm - Qale Apr 7, 20:01 1
    - Wait, how do you spell Epiphany? -- nm - Pippy Apr 7, 20:33
  - No, I'm not sure of everything going on but I feel good this week. -- nm - crash davis Apr 7, 18:24 4
    - Because of the Kool-Aid you drank at your cult meeting? -- nm - David Apr 7, 18:25 3
      - I've given up added sugar, so I've had no Kool-aid. Maybe there is something in lime Bubly -- nm - crash davis Apr 7, 18:32 2
        
        Librarians here say it'shazardous to go into the bathroom with fentanyl laced crack/meth being smoked -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 7, 18:35 1
        
        We were discussing the planned redevelopment of the park behind our library. The branch manager said they'll miss the park and the duck pond but - Meg Apr 7, 22:38
Heather Graham: ‘Nothing Has Changed Drastically’ with Sexism in Hollywood -- (link) - budice Apr 7, 18:07
NYT crossword: Krusty's film had heart.... -- (pic) - prayformojo Apr 7, 17:43 [Attachment] 4
- Yesterday's puzzle was by Sam Buttrey. That brought a smile to my face. -- nm - Easter Baron Apr 7, 18:00
- Oooowwww! -- nm - George C Scott Apr 7, 17:46
- 3 clues down from a Shakespeare clue. -- nm - Reagen Apr 7, 17:45 1
  - Which was harder to solve, oddly enough. -- nm - VMan Apr 7, 17:49
Amateur Sam Bennett talking a lot of trash… - Flavorize Apr 7, 17:37 2
- I also believe that it was set up to be easy to start because they knew the weather would make scores tough over the weekend. - Volnelk Apr 7, 18:39
- Also—officials clear Koepka of rule infraction (would’ve been a 2 stroke penalty for telling another golfer the club they used) -- (link*) - Flavorize Apr 7, 18:05
ugh, Iranian Karens -- (link) - mud Apr 7, 17:27
I'm imagining Krusty getting up at the first musical cue in Super Mario Bros and pointing at the screen "How dare you. How. Dare. You." -- nm - Reagen Apr 7, 17:21 9
- Yup. I thought the same thing. -- nm - spamlet Apr 7, 18:07
- Wait, was it a spoil - Spawn Apr 7, 17:22 7
  - close - Reagen Apr 7, 17:23 6
    - Bastards! - Krusty Apr 7, 17:26 5
      - It's not good. At least it was technically free -- (edited) - Reagen Apr 7, 17:34 4
        
        It was fine. I was honestly expecting much worse. -- (edited) - spamlet Apr 7, 18:08
        
        I'm glad you got passes for their error and hopefully the next film will be worth your money and time. I might go check out Air on Sunday. -- nm - Krusty Apr 7, 17:56 2
        
        The kids liked it, which was the important thing. -- nm - Reagen Apr 7, 18:17 1
        
        Yup! Happy they had a fun time. -- nm - Krusty Apr 7, 18:19
I wonder if something will come of this request to investigate the Warner-Discovery merger in light of Zaslav's slashing -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 7, 17:20
"At the very least people should be able to turn it off completely." (the “for you” page) -- (link) - mud Apr 7, 17:13
NXT's got a bunch of issues (Booker T is so bad on commentary) but these 3 minutes were better than anything on 3 hours of Raw. -- (link) - Tim Apr 7, 16:56
Nashville to Shelby County: drop dead -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 7, 16:29
Lol not The NY Times pitchbot -- (link) - Jovian Apr 7, 16:24
it's-A-me! -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 7, 16:23

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