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Flavorize...did you make safe your bet after? -- nm - Beaker Apr 9, 16:35 1
- Cashed it out, mid round —2.5X profit but not the 43X I was hoping. Also cashed out a Rahm +950 ticket on Friday for 2X profit 🤷‍♂️ - Flavorize Apr 9, 16:52
10 years later... -- (link) - budice Apr 9, 16:35
Looks at the weather for the week. 87 on Thursday. Go home Spring, you’re drunk. -- nm - Dano Apr 9, 16:29 2
- I had a patron tell me that last winter we had 153 consecutive days where it did not get above 60F. Saturday was this winter's 153rd day below 60 - crash davis Apr 9, 17:32
- Yeah, I'm going to have some very unhappy doggies this week. -- nm - Krusty Apr 9, 16:57
Great! Just sent out a Zoom link to about 300 people with an incorrect meeting time. That'll teach me to read things before I send them :/ - Meg Apr 9, 16:27
Stadler was 28 when he won the Masters? i probably thought he was already like 40 -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 9, 16:17
As much as I’d love to be able to take off a week in mid-February to go on the Disney Wish to the Bahamas, it ain’t happening. - znufrii Apr 9, 16:11
Bench clearing brawl... In women's world hockey, Romania vs Bulgaria -- (link) - Reagen Apr 9, 16:08
OMG, I NEED A DJ! - Mop Apr 9, 16:05 2
- Consider these guys, I know the founder... -- (link) - Remlik Apr 9, 16:27 1
  - I once almost sold The Trades to a company that crowd sourced playlists from people at parties. - Mop Apr 9, 16:36
I appreciate that I'm in the echo chamber, but after every video I've seen today about the war in Ukraine, I think Russia's in bigger trouble... - Mop Apr 9, 16:00 2
- It’s more likely that he put a very large nail in their coffin. They can’t “win” this conventionally so they’re going to need to be subservient - Will Hunting Apr 9, 16:04 1
  - One video I saw suggested that Putin's chairman of the joint chiefs is in line to succeed him. - Mop Apr 9, 16:07
Jon Rahm does have an apparel sponsor but he needs a better one. -- nm - zunkskunk Apr 9, 15:48
"Elon must be the biggest asshole I've ever come across...and I'm a Trump biographer" -- nm - Mast post of the day Apr 9, 15:42 1
SNLs cold open last night -- (link) - Jovian Apr 9, 15:34 6
- James Austin Johnson's "Trump" impression is the best. -- nm - pmb Apr 9, 16:00 5
  - we still havent seen Walken try it. If he ever does, it'll be over. -- nm - mud Apr 9, 16:02 2
    - Does the Dead Zone count? Or Max Shreck? -- nm - Beryllium Apr 9, 16:28 1
      - um .. no? -- nm - mud Apr 9, 17:22
  - He was very good. Is that his real neck or a makeup job? - Will Hunting Apr 9, 16:01 1
    - Pretty sure it’s makeup or prosthesis -- nm - mara Apr 9, 16:06
Angels were leading 6-0 after the 5th inning today -- (pic) - budice Apr 9, 15:30 [Attachment] 4
- Bottom of the 9th, bases loaded, 2 outs: Rendon HBP 10-8 -- nm - JD Apr 9, 16:07 2
  - Renfoe doubles: 10-10 -- nm - JD Apr 9, 16:08 1
    - ....and Drury struck out to end the inning. Off to the top of the 10th -- nm - JD Apr 9, 16:10
- 7 inning game? Slaughter rule. - zunkskunk Apr 9, 15:47
Timberwolves just punching errything today -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 9, 15:20
Ravens sign OBJ, 1yr up to $18M. $15M guaranteed -- (link*) - budice Apr 9, 15:19
Meg, have you heard anything about the spring bloom in Mojave? Must be insane this year with the extra rain -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 9, 15:07 2
- Yup, although desert communities are trying to discourage the crowds. -- (link) - Meg Apr 9, 15:29 1
  - I guess the recent cold weather delayed them some, but things are looking good now. -- nm - Meg Apr 9, 15:32
R.I.P. Michael Lerner, 81 -- (link) - mud Apr 9, 15:07 1
- aww man. all-timer -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 9, 15:27
Super Mario Bros $146.4 ($204.6), John Wick 4 $14.6 ($147.1), D&D $14.5 ($62.3), Air $14.5 ($20.2), Scream 6 $3.3 ($103.8) -- (link) - Beaker Apr 9, 14:58 1
- I sure am glad I don’t run the KIDS fund. -- nm - Qale Apr 9, 15:45
so, has Sarah Polley sent the Oscar back yet? -- nm - prayformojo Apr 9, 14:57
TV PSA: The Masters, American Idol, The Company You Keep, Blacklist, Rabbit Hole, Catching Lightning, Lucky Hank, Spy Among Friends, Succession, - Beaker Apr 9, 14:55
after all, why shouldn’t I keep it… -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 9, 14:48 1
- That's made for a Balrog -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 9, 14:51
the Onion predicted -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 9, 14:22
spamlet, I may need your advice and assistance with my brother's beer run. - Reluctant Cynic Apr 9, 14:16 2
- It's 3 Floyds (you were close). -- nm - pmb Apr 9, 14:46 1
  - 3Floyds! - Reluctant Cynic Apr 9, 14:51
The Rudy Gobert trade may be the worst in the history of organized sport. -- (link) - Volnelk Apr 9, 14:02 1
- And that's even before taking into account that he caused Covid. -- nm - Dano Apr 9, 14:13
Analysis of 3,000 year old human hair found in a spanish burial cave shows ancient shamans used psychedelics -- (link) - zeitgeist Apr 9, 14:02 3
- And this is news?? -- nm - Meg Apr 9, 14:43 1
  - If you ask nicely they might give your wig back -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 9, 17:10
- hell yeah! -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 9, 14:02
There's a MLB player batting .083 with a .547 OPS going into today's games. 2 for 24 with 2 solo HR. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 9, 13:50 3
- He should petition MLB to draw a woman’s face on the ball. He’d never miss. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 9, 14:03
- Judge? -- nm - Flavorize Apr 9, 13:57 1
  - .364 with 4 hrs. He's crushing the ball. -- nm - Krusty Apr 9, 14:03
can you get suspended for throwing hands at your own teammate? -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 9, 13:49 2
- The Warriors opted not to -- nm - JD Apr 9, 14:02
- At least he didn't touch any microphones. -- nm - David Apr 9, 14:01
At 4-4, the Reds officially can't start worse than 3-22 this year. -- nm - Ender Apr 9, 13:33
"He likes this hole" *shank* -- nm* - budice Apr 9, 13:31
NBA: Warriors put up record 55 points in 1st Qtr today -- (link*) - budice Apr 9, 13:28
TB Rays 9-0 -- nm - budice Apr 9, 13:06
Rabbit season indeed. -- (link) - Qale Apr 9, 12:59 1
- aww -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 9, 13:18
big MJ energy -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 9, 12:47 2
- Plot line for Creed IV established -- nm - Reagen Apr 9, 13:28
- HA! -- nm - Remlik Apr 9, 13:27
Masters: Leaders teed off an hour ago and they're thru 3 holes. -- nm - budice Apr 9, 12:31 7
- Mental Game has taken over *stressed* -- nm - budice Apr 9, 13:23
- "Great for all of us stuck doing the Easter thing" - budice Apr 9, 12:40
- Golf needs a pitch clock -- nm - Tim Apr 9, 12:33 3
  - *light bulb goes off* -- nm - Greg Norman Apr 9, 12:43
  - It happens, occasionally -- (link) - Reagen Apr 9, 12:37 1
    - Course it was a no name guy and not one of the insanely slow guys week in and week out. - Will Hunting Apr 9, 12:40
- It's the tournament golf fans deserve. -- nm - David Apr 9, 12:32
lyc: at the grocery, I just really wanted a spice, but more and more things went into my cart. I told myself that I would be pissed if I spent $100 - crash davis Apr 9, 12:27
Seattle has a TV reporter named Kakade... pronounced cock a day... my inner beavis n butthead is in overdrive -- (link) - zeitgeist Apr 9, 12:18 2
- someone must tell Rachel Maddow. She loses it just by seeing the word: pecker. -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 9, 12:32 1
  - welllll -- (pic) - zeitgeist Apr 9, 13:16 [Attachment]
I got a signed book written by Truitt Cathy. - Qale Apr 9, 12:17
Adesanya genuinely doesn't seem to understand how lucky he got last night. -- nm - David Apr 9, 12:07
Modelo Chelada Pina Picante - I was unsure that beer, pineapple and chile peppers would go together, but they do in a curiously refreshing way. -- nm - crash davis Apr 9, 11:54 3
- Thanks! I’m going to try this -- nm - Pippy Apr 9, 12:13 1
  - Let me know what you think -- nm - crash davis Apr 9, 12:20
- this slide down the slippery slope was started with freakin pineapple on a freakn pizza -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 9, 12:12
That feeling you get when you go to the grocery store and suddenly say "aw hell, spamlet is right" -- nm - crash davis Apr 9, 11:45 13
- about what? -- nm - Beryllium Apr 9, 11:57 9
  - He said Anheuser Busch would be fine if I didn't buy any Bud Light. - crash davis Apr 9, 12:04 7
    - While Corona and Modelo are AB-InBev owned brands globally, in the US they are distributed by Constellation Brands due to anti-trust concerns. -- nm* - znufrii Apr 9, 12:07 6
      - interesting, thank you -- nm - crash davis Apr 9, 12:18 5
        
        And I missed that AB InBev actually lost its lawsuit against Constellation over Corona Seltzer -- (link) - znufrii Apr 9, 12:27 4
        
        Did they really lose though ? - Pippy Apr 9, 12:34 3
        
        I don't buy commercial but I do make my own, which is basically alcoholic Bubly - Reagen Apr 9, 12:36 2
        
        I could see that. It’s the chemical taste I can’t get past - Pippy Apr 9, 13:55 1
        
        Agreed for the most part. High Noons (grapefruit) are the best though. -- nm* - znufrii Apr 9, 14:10
  - Everything. Things would be easier if more people realized this. - spamlet Apr 9, 11:58
- I say that just about every day. - Reluctant Cynic Apr 9, 11:47 2
  - It is chagrin inducing. -- nm - crash davis Apr 9, 11:50 1
    - Leave my chagrin alone! -- nm - Qale Apr 9, 12:32
Uk production of The Bodyguard musical shut down after attendees kept singing along to the songs. -- (link) - Ender Apr 9, 11:44 1
- I hate rock concerts when the audience does this. I'm glad they shut it down. -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 9, 12:09
This is a pretty fascinating podcast ep I think people here would enjoy. -- (link) - spamlet Apr 9, 11:32
Ooh, Royal Cab. has repositioning cruises between the west coast and Hawaii. I could do that! -- nm - Meg Apr 9, 11:20 4
- The ship we were on has a 10-day repositioning cruise out of Miami at the end of this month, to Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao before heading up to NYC for the summer. -- (edited) - znufrii Apr 9, 12:33 3
  - The one I'm taking next month is coming around through Panama from Miami. I'm taking it from L.A. to Vancouver and it'll stay up there for - Meg Apr 9, 12:48 2
    - *adds a Panama Canal transit to my future cruise vision board* -- nm - znufrii Apr 9, 13:09 1
      - This one leaves next week ;-) -- (link) - Meg Apr 9, 13:48
Ok. Gambling-wise (and personally) I’m on anyone but Koepka. -- nm - Volnelk Apr 9, 11:14 1
- go Rahm -- nm - mud Apr 9, 11:15
On a separate note, I started reading The Power Broker (Robert A. Caro's mammoth biography of Robert Moses) this past week. Nothing like some light vacation reading. -- (edited) - znufrii Apr 9, 11:13 2
- it's exhaustively great, and depressing to realize that he locked NYC into his car-based vision for maybe all-time -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 9, 11:17 1
  - And I'm planning on following it with Dan Doctoroff's "Greater Than Ever" - znufrii Apr 9, 13:14
staunch defenders of democracy against the tyranny don't generally shell out their hard-inherited wealth to buy off the judges -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 9, 11:10 27
- Name one decision that was influenced. One. -- nm - Ender Apr 9, 11:11 26
  - How would we know for sure. How can you know any of them weren't? That's why ethics standards exist (and the limitation on application to the SC is - pmb Apr 9, 14:48 1
    - Thank you -- nm - mara Apr 9, 16:07
  - Citizens United, Shelby Co., the Wisc. gerrymandering etc etc etc - hollywood big shot Apr 9, 11:19 11
    - Oh, he was involved in all those? -- nm - Ender Apr 9, 11:21 10
      - Oh, to be this naive... -- nm - TWuG Apr 9, 11:29 9
        
        the perpetually born-yesterday crowd -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 9, 11:41
        
        I just like that suddenly this week Thomas is a completely reasonable person who only ruled like that because he was bought off... - Ender Apr 9, 11:32 7
        
        he was long a dissenter with Scalia & Alito only because they didn't have six reliable FedSoc votes to impose their agenda -- nm* - hollywood big shot Apr 9, 11:56
        
        You though he was reasonable? Lol. -- nm - znufrii Apr 9, 11:38 2
        
        He's not saying what he thinks, he's saying what the media is depicting (a framing device for the outrage) -- nm* - Beryllium Apr 9, 11:39 1
        
        Ah. Still, laughable to think it’s an either/or situation. -- nm - znufrii Apr 9, 11:43
        
        That's the problem with accepting gifts, we can't know if Thomas holds these opinions or is bought off. - TWuG Apr 9, 11:37 1
        
        And "or both" is no excuse for keeping it secret -- nm - Beryllium Apr 9, 11:38
        
        This is a fair point, but "what a colossal asshole" gets old after 30 years. "Whoa, he's an Asset of HYDRA? Shocking!" is exciting. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 9, 11:36
  - This is the type of conversation about ethics that I find interesting. - Reluctant Cynic Apr 9, 11:15 11
    - Both are damaging -- nm - Pippy Apr 9, 11:35
    - deflection and denial from obvious (self-admitted even) corruption is not a conversation. it's just more gaslighting -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 9, 11:18 7
      - Hard to take gaslighting accusations seriously from Mr "HE LOVES HITLER!!!" -- nm - Ender Apr 9, 11:24 6
        
        even if the guy’s home museum was Franklin Mint trash, 20 years of undisclosed grift to a SCOTUS justice is corruption by any other name -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 9, 11:45 1
        
        with thomas kinkade on the walls! -- nm - Beryllium Apr 9, 11:47
        
        What other reason to have a signed book and art he created? - TWuG Apr 9, 11:35 2
        
        I'll also note, that being pals with a person who collects such stuff is bad judgement. That man should have no friends -- nm - TWuG Apr 9, 11:40 1
        
        and yet all the AEI shills he pays for are all over twitter defending his honor. weird how donations work -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 9, 11:48
        
        If that's not his reason for it, can we then accuse him of cultural appropriation from nazis? -- nm - Beryllium Apr 9, 11:29
    - in an asymmetrical information environment where we would in the normal course have no indication of the latter, the former is key. -- (edited) - znufrii Apr 9, 11:18
    - the point is moo - mud Apr 9, 11:16
Happy Easter to all who celebrate, and Happy Sunday to all who don't! -- nm - David Apr 9, 11:04 7
- Happy Easter to you as well! -- nm - spamlet Apr 9, 11:57
- 😺👍 -- nm - crash davis Apr 9, 11:43
- same 2 u, bub -- nm - mud Apr 9, 11:08
- happy day of smearing lamb blood on your door so a god of love doesn't kill your children -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 9, 11:06 3
  - The Old Testament God was not a benevolent being. - TWuG Apr 9, 11:43
  - That's not actually Easter Sunday, that's Passover. -- nm - Ender Apr 9, 11:08 1
    - "We was ... too late" -- nm - The Bishop! Apr 9, 11:28

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