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DHS official in deep doo-doo -- (link) - TWuG Apr 19, 08:13 3
- I don't believe this is just for bringing in his personal electronic device. He did something much bigger or it's a political witch hunt. -- nm - jnine Apr 19, 08:20
- Remember when the Republicans broke into the SCIF with their cellphones and live streamed it? Good thing they were punished appropriately. - loosilu Apr 19, 08:19
- Don't TikTok at work, people. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 19, 08:16
Thing I don't understand: People who complain that other people don't "dress up" to fly. - ty97 Apr 19, 08:11 8
- I'd like to know how much leg room the old PanAm flights had when people dressed up to fly. - Max Apr 19, 08:48
- This is how I expect you to look ty! -- (pic) - crash davis Apr 19, 08:17 [Attachment]
- Though (probably too many Air Disaster eps) I do always question my choice of footwear and wonder if I should get some 'real' shoes to fly - JD Apr 19, 08:15
- everyone should wear jammies when flying -- nm - decline Apr 19, 08:13 4
  - Wait, the airline doesn't provide you with pajamas? -- nm - ty97 Apr 19, 08:14 3
    - No and that camera on you isn't really their in house entertainment either. -- nm - jnine Apr 19, 08:22
    - Those aren't pajamas, ty. Now put your clothes back on. -- nm - loosilu Apr 19, 08:20
    - 😏 -- nm - JD Apr 19, 08:16
Branch Davidian compound burns to the ground 30 years ago today. - Jovian Apr 19, 08:09
How about that home ice advantage? -- nm - crash davis Apr 19, 08:03
This week in Republicans behaving badly: -- (link) - Jovian Apr 19, 08:02 6
- Just another Friday night at Chilis! -- nm - Remlik Apr 19, 08:22
- Now, we've got a problem. Now? -- nm - JD Apr 19, 08:20
- By the power invested in me. -- nm - Spawn Apr 19, 08:09 1
  - hehe loved that, 'invested' -- nm - Jovian Apr 19, 08:13
- I suspect there was alcohol in that cup. -- nm - jnine Apr 19, 08:08 1
  - heh I think it was in all the cups. -- nm - Jovian Apr 19, 08:09
Compton Smash-and-Grab headline tied to Cheap Airline Fare article. This is LA on a Wed -- (link) - budice Apr 19, 08:01
Postscript to Coachella 2023 Day 1: That night's fashion look was what I'm calling the baked potato -- (edited) - JD Apr 19, 08:00 3
- At Cal Jam, I was wearing shorts and a t-shirt, with a hoodie tied around my waist. When it got cold thar night, my friend was amazed when I untied -- (edited) - jnine Apr 19, 08:06 2
  - "and rolled up inside were sweat pants..." OMG. bows to the master - JD Apr 19, 08:09 1
    - Yeah, when I went to Coachella, it was still hot at night. Desert Trip, same location, was pleasant,not cold. CJ was October? I think. The US festival -- (edited) - jnine Apr 19, 08:15
Cubs are 10-6 and the cardinals are 7-11 and life is good. -- nm - zunkskunk Apr 19, 07:59
Germany lists the Patriot system it promised to Ukraine as delivered. - crash davis Apr 19, 07:56
Per my BBC podcast this morning, two countries do not have fuel economy standards. One of them is Russia. What's the other? -- nm - spamlet Apr 19, 07:56 24
- UK -- nm - LMS Apr 19, 08:05 9
  - Nope but in a way it’s the closest answer thus far. - spamlet Apr 19, 08:07 8
    - India -- nm - eag Apr 19, 08:09 7
      - No but you understood the hints. -- nm - spamlet Apr 19, 08:10 6
        
        I'm guessing it's a English colony or former -- nm - eag Apr 19, 08:11 5
        
        Probably giving it away but I intentionally did not answer a question elsewhere in the thread. -- nm* - spamlet Apr 19, 08:16 2
        
        Australia - Andie Apr 19, 08:17 1
        
        *ding* -- nm - spamlet Apr 19, 08:17
        
        Isn't that like 90% of earth though? -- nm - ty97 Apr 19, 08:12 1
        
        Well that or part of the Roman empire yes -- nm - eag Apr 19, 08:14
- Mexico -- nm - decline Apr 19, 08:04 3
  - Nope -- nm - spamlet Apr 19, 08:06 2
    - Canada! -- nm - decline Apr 19, 08:07 1
      - It may be a libertarian hellscape, but it has standards. -- nm - spamlet Apr 19, 08:08
- Vatican City -- nm - crash davis Apr 19, 07:59 5
  - I'll say it's not a micro country as who knows if they counted those. -- nm - spamlet Apr 19, 08:00 4
    - I'm thinking back and I'm not sure they have cars. -- nm - loosilu Apr 19, 08:21
    - Is it made of strictly islands, like the Maldives or something? -- nm - crash davis Apr 19, 08:02 2
      - Everything is an island if you're strict enough with your definition. -- nm - spamlet Apr 19, 08:04 1
        
        No man is an island -- nm - John Donne Apr 19, 08:06
- china? -- nm - colin Apr 19, 07:57 1
  - Nope -- nm - spamlet Apr 19, 08:03
- Saudi Arabia? -- nm - jnine Apr 19, 07:57 1
  - Not them either -- nm - spamlet Apr 19, 08:03
What’s the likelihood of success of a lawsuit (class action?) against a cable company to force unbundling (i.e remove Fox News from my package)? -- nm - Mop Apr 19, 07:54 8
- not a chance - decline Apr 19, 08:04
- Seems like this would be like trying to force Sam Adams to remove the Alpine Lager from their Gameday Variety Pack. -- nm - mara Apr 19, 07:57 4
  - +10 Qale points for explaining it in beer terms. -- nm - Qale Apr 19, 08:08 3
    - Yee ha! -- nm - mara Apr 19, 08:09 2
      - Interestingly enough this brought you out of the negative. -- nm - Qale Apr 19, 08:17 1
        
        Yeah, that's real INTERESTING, Qale. -- nm - mara Apr 19, 08:38
- Zero. -- nm - MDH Apr 19, 07:56
- Are you in the British Royal line? -- nm - spamlet Apr 19, 07:55
OTD 50 years ago, David Bowie released his sixth (and probly best) album Alladin Sane. -- (link) - mud Apr 19, 07:54 [youtube]
Found 97’s twitter account -- (pic) - spamlet Apr 19, 07:45 [Attachment] 5
- I'm suddenly mad that this has not happened to me. - ty97 Apr 19, 07:55 1
  - The kid sent it to me and said "jealous?" - spamlet Apr 19, 07:57
- to be fair, it's a nice skill to have. go through ID check, empty your pockets into your bag, on the belt, go on through. what are people doing?? - colin Apr 19, 07:47 2
  - I can't comprehend people in the PreCheck line having no idea what to do. - ty97 Apr 19, 08:09
  - I haven't flown anywhere since the late 90s so I would be one of those clueless people. -- nm - Pachypodium baronii Apr 19, 07:59
U.S. Defense Secretary Hopes Sweden Will Join NATO by Summer - crash davis Apr 19, 07:39 11
- Helsinki...Sweden -- nm - Die Hard TV Reporter Apr 19, 07:54
- IKEA meatballs for everyone! -- nm - ty97 Apr 19, 07:44 4
  - funnily enough, I ended up at IKEA's website a couple days ago and salivated at the fish and seafood. -- nm - crash davis Apr 19, 07:49 3
    - The lingonberries get me. -- nm - jnine Apr 19, 08:10 1
      - 👍I love lingonberries -- nm - crash davis Apr 19, 08:13
    - Who got to you, crash? Was it NATO? I knew all that hockey watching would poison you! -- nm - Mop Apr 19, 07:55
- Just a matter of time. But I dont foresee Russia invading just Sweden any time soon though. - Jovian Apr 19, 07:44 2
  - Yeah, I just can't believe they aren't in already due to two would-be despots' hurt feelings -- nm - crash davis Apr 19, 07:51 1
    - Hopefully they will get in before 2024. Before those two would-be despots (Orban and Erdogan) have their own Despot in the US to take orders from. -- nm - Jovian Apr 19, 07:55
- to get special travel discounts to Sweden -- nm - budice Apr 19, 07:40 1
  - it is a wonderful country -- nm - crash davis Apr 19, 07:52
lyc: Expired Cert Issue led to a 12-hour ordeal at work. - budice Apr 19, 07:35
Insidious: The Red Door trailer -- (link) - budice Apr 19, 07:29 1
- It already saw this on Picard. -- nm - Mop Apr 19, 07:55
Dano news network: Scottish ultra-marathon runner disqualified after using car in race -- (link) - decline Apr 19, 07:16
Catching up on backboards - ST, you're gonna pay for this, but I agree with David-cumber on the Dominion thing. - Turd Ferguson Apr 19, 07:14 17
- Realistically, there was never going to be a “win”. All we could hope for (and got) was for Fox to keep punching itself in the dick as much as it did. -- (edited) - znufrii Apr 19, 07:48 1
  - best case it did what it needed to - confirmed for sane people out there this is just an act. - colin Apr 19, 07:57
- I would like to have seen them have to do an hourly on air announcement that they lied about the validity of the election results and that their on ai - jnine Apr 19, 07:36 5
  - As well as an ongoing crawler at the bottom of the screen stating, "This network is propaganda." and "This program is not factual and should be viewed - Spawn Apr 19, 07:39 4
    - I keep telling my Fox viewing dad they are classified as entertainment and not news.He always acts like he's never heard it before, no matter how many - jnine Apr 19, 07:45 3
      - I'm truly sorry about your dad's health. -- nm - David Apr 19, 10:09 1
        
        Thank you. I really don't think that's the reason he's enthralled with Fox. His wife is 14 years younger and she's more conservative. It's the way they were raised and where they live. It's one of the reasons I -- (edited) - jnine Apr 19, 11:13
      - Kool-Aid should make Fox flavor. -- nm - Spawn Apr 19, 08:07
- I've come around to the fact that the reaction means more than the ruling. If Dems and others don't magnify the facts that are known, its a fail. - Volnelk Apr 19, 07:27 1
  - It needed to be an on air admission by Fox. My dad watches them non-stop. I brought up they lied about the election and he said he had heard something - jnine Apr 19, 07:41
- $1.6B is 1/4th of their revnue for a 3-month period -- (edited) - decline Apr 19, 07:17 6
  - David is right. The big fight is their carriage fees. They are the 2nd most expensive network to carry. You wanna hurt them, call your - Will Hunting Apr 19, 07:24
  - this stat cannot be right. I know they make money. But they are not pulling in 1.6 billion profit every three months. -- nm - Jovian Apr 19, 07:22 4
    - oops, you're right. That's revenue - not profit -- nm - decline Apr 19, 07:23
    - they make $100 million a year profit at best, if I had to guess. -- nm - Jovian Apr 19, 07:23 2
      - this is low though. Net income for the 3 month ending 12/31 was $321M -- (link) - decline Apr 19, 07:28 1
        
        yikes. So it still amounts to little under a one year profit penalty. :( - Jovian Apr 19, 07:41
So, it looks like we will be fostering kittens or mom + kittens sooner than later. We get to give them their temp names. Not knowing what numbers -- (edited) - Andie Apr 19, 07:05 8
- North, Chicago, Psalm, etc -- nm - rollo Apr 19, 08:12 1
  - heh. (but nope!) :) -- nm - Andie Apr 19, 08:15
- Winken, Blinken, & Nod; Parsley, Sage, Rosemary & Thyme - I'm bad at this :) -- nm - crash davis Apr 19, 07:29 5
  - Are you going to Scarborough faire? -- nm - Qale Apr 19, 08:18
  - I was going to do P,S,R and Thyme. -- nm - jnine Apr 19, 07:46
  - i like those! -- nm - Andie Apr 19, 07:35
  - John, Paul, George, & Ringo; Mick, Keith, Charlie & Bill -- nm - crash davis Apr 19, 07:30
  - A, B, C, D - decline Apr 19, 07:30
Unsurprising The Wicker Man 50th anniversary screening is sold out - great line up of guests -- (link) - LMS Apr 19, 06:54 5
- I would love to go to this. The remake should be burned. -- nm - jnine Apr 19, 07:02 3
  - why is it burned?? why is it burned?? -- nm - colin Apr 19, 07:58 2
    - Not the bees!! -- nm - Qale Apr 19, 08:18
    - It's trash compared to the original. -- nm - jnine Apr 19, 08:01
- That movie is so weird. -- nm - loosilu Apr 19, 07:00
David Lynch reminisces about the time when George Lucas wanted him to direct Return of the Jedi -- (link) - budice Apr 19, 06:34 1
- that curtain is everything. Also he did go on to direct Dune instead so is ROTJ that different? -- nm - rollo Apr 19, 08:11
Is RSS still a thing and is there a good RSS feed app/program? - TWuG Apr 19, 06:33 4
- Feedly for me, and NetNewsWire is going strong too -- nm - Beryllium Apr 19, 08:09
- The Old Reader is most like what Google used to have. -- (link) - mara Apr 19, 06:48
- I've been using Feedly for years -- nm - Guigue Apr 19, 06:40 1
  - Same. -- nm - Marlowe Apr 19, 07:19
Netflix has revised their revamped crackdown on password sharing to happen sometime this quarter in the US - decline Apr 19, 06:26 11
- How does this work? I have Netflix and I use it at my house, when I housesit and at my mom's old house. They may all be available on all of them at - jnine Apr 19, 06:58 8
  - Here is how they are doing it in Canada - decline Apr 19, 07:21 5
    - So, I won't be able to use it because I can't log into my wifi from my mom's old house, which is actually mine now. That sucks. -- nm - jnine Apr 19, 07:49 3
      - are you there for over a month at a time? if you are there for less than that, it won't matter. -- nm - Andie Apr 19, 07:54 2
        
        Not usually I was there for 6 weeks in a row last year. -- nm - jnine Apr 19, 07:59 1
        
        Best case scenario, if you know you'll be there for over a month you can switch your primary on netflix to there. Worst case, you'll need to pay extra - decline Apr 19, 08:06
    - yeah, you have to connect to your home wifi monthly, on all devices that will use the account. -- nm - Andie Apr 19, 07:24
  - I would imagine they look for simultaneous streams, or streams at locations that are WAY too far apart. -- nm* - loosilu Apr 19, 07:01 1
    - These locations are over 509 miles away from each other. -- nm - jnine Apr 19, 07:03
- Also Netflix, They are increasing the streaming quality of the 'Basic with ads' Plan to 1080p (from 720) -- nm - decline Apr 19, 06:55
- i assume this will also crack down on people using a VPN to get shows available in other countries, yes? -- nm - colin Apr 19, 06:29
Whoa. the PS5 STAR WARS Jedi: Survivor download size is 147.577 GB -- nm - decline Apr 19, 06:13 1
- *cries* -- nm - PS5 SSD Apr 19, 06:27
Not your grandfather's opera -- (link) - TWuG Apr 19, 06:09 8
- But, is there nudity? -- nm - jnine Apr 19, 06:49 2
  - Drones rarely wear clothes, jnine -- nm - decline Apr 19, 06:51 1
    - Rarely is the key. -- nm - jnine Apr 19, 06:54
- General Dynamics has sponsored the Opera season at KC for years. But of course a Twitter guy won't do that research. -- nm - MDH Apr 19, 06:18
- Was it written by an AI ? -- nm - decline Apr 19, 06:16
- Meh, I’ll wait for the Bugs Bunny version of this -- nm - Flavorize Apr 19, 06:10 2
  - I get that he wants to kill the wabbit, but I don't understand why. Perhaps something was lost in the translation from Italian. -- nm - Pachypodium baronii Apr 19, 06:27
  - Everything I know about opera I learned from Tom and Jerry. -- nm - spamlet Apr 19, 06:14
Digits 15/15 (doesn't seem to give the old summary when I click share anymore). Anyway, real easy peasy today -- nm - decline Apr 19, 06:09
Waffle 2/5 - decline Apr 19, 06:08 2
- 3 - 453 - GregW Apr 19, 19:10
- 2/5 - znufrii Apr 19, 06:37
Wordle 3/6 - decline Apr 19, 06:07 4
- 4/6 - znufrii Apr 19, 06:34 2
  - Did you know there's a subway version of Wordle? -- (link) - Krusty Apr 19, 06:37 1
    - Thanks I hate it. - znufrii Apr 19, 06:50
- 3/6. Current streak: 1. :( -- nm - Pachypodium baronii Apr 19, 06:19
New Foo Fighters album, But Here We Are, is available for preorder on their website. New sigle Rescued is on spotify, Amazon music and YouTube and - jnine Apr 19, 06:00 2
- Meh. -- (link) - Mop Apr 19, 07:58 [youtube] 1
  - It's obviously about Taylor and Dave is drumming. -- nm - jnine Apr 19, 08:59
Another DeSantis ally endorses Trump -- (link) - znufrii Apr 19, 05:48 9
- how unlikable must this guy be that they'd rather back trump? -- nm - colin Apr 19, 06:15 7
  - Don't. F- with. The Mouse. -- nm - Spawn Apr 19, 07:24
  - Maybe they're just going by polling. -- nm - mara Apr 19, 06:21 2
    - true, it's not looking good for meatball pudding hands. not that it's looking great for trump either, but at this point, they're kind of stuck. -- nm - colin Apr 19, 06:24 1
      - Jeb! Has a better chance against Donald than DeSantis who should have st9od back for the VP slot -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 19, 13:20
  - They're all in denial about Trump's long, looong, longshot chance in the general -- nm - rollo Apr 19, 06:16 2
    - Biden isn't that popular either and remember what the polling looked like when he ran against Clinton. It looked like he had no chance. Plus, we know - jnine Apr 19, 06:48 1
      - That was *8* years ago. The scales are off the eyes of so many who unwittingly voted Trump into office in 2016 - not everyone, but enough to deny him -- nm - rollo Apr 19, 08:06
- is he the guy who met with Puddin' boy, walked out of the meeting and immediately endorsed Trump? -- nm - Beaker Apr 19, 05:49
50 years ago today, NYPD detective Robert Thorn warned humanity that the food they were eating was not, in fact, made from plankton. -- nm - decline Apr 19, 05:45 1
- "PEEEEE-PULLLLLLLLL!!!!" -- nm - prayformojo Apr 19, 05:47

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