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Private railcars are making a comeback. - TWuG May 1, 14:44 1
- With extra suspension -- nm - William Howard Taft May 1, 15:02
i can see why CNN would want to give this fuckhead 90 minutes of softballs from Succession Kerry -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 1, 14:42
holy shit, Taika Waititi To Direct 'Klara And The Sun', the book I'm still traumatized from (not really .. but yeah ..) -- (link) - mud ♪ May 1, 14:37 2
- right after his Star Wars, and Akira . . . -- nm - hollywood big shot May 1, 14:39 1
  - probly b4 (I hope) -- nm - mud ♪ May 1, 14:40
Here, ST law-talking types, have a legal at the CFTOD's countersuit: -- (link) - David May 1, 14:31 4
- Something I don't understand, notification/process requirements aside, is why FL is powerless to change the 11th hour agreements. - Max May 1, 14:48 2
  - as i understand what the old Disney board did was to adopt restrictive covenants (if properly adopted) that run with the land itself upon filing -- nm - hollywood big shot May 1, 14:52 1
    - Right, but what makes that permanent rather than something the new board or FL legislature can un-adopt? -- (edited) - Max May 1, 14:58
- sounds like the "Cooper" in Cooper & Kirk is a FedSoc shitheel, so the point of the counterclaim is as much about lining their pockets with Florida $$ -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 1, 14:37
Chloe Fineman at the Met Gala: -- (link) - mud ♪ May 1, 14:26 9
- Rita Ora -- (link) - budice May 1, 15:01
- Taika -- (link) - budice May 1, 15:00
- Penélope Cruz -- (link) - budice May 1, 14:51 1
  - vid: -- (link) - mud ♪ May 1, 14:54
- Duo Lipo (Dua Lipa) -- (link*) - budice May 1, 14:50 1
  - vid: -- (link) - mud ♪ May 1, 14:52
- Anna Wintour and Bill Nighy -- (link) - mud ♪ May 1, 14:47
- Rita Ora & Taika on their way! -- (link) - mud ♪ May 1, 14:43
- Lala Anthony -- (link) - budice May 1, 14:33
This is happening about 10 miles from me. Huge pileup with deaths. - TWuG May 1, 14:21
sad to report Sha Na Na will no longer tour -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 1, 14:18 3
- Mick and Keith still touring coming up on 60 years ( first show was in 64) -- nm - zeitgeist May 1, 15:58
- They're still alive? -- nm - pmb May 1, 14:31 1
  - Only 2 original members from the TV show I see -- nm - eag May 1, 14:54
Variety: Academy Sets New Oscar Campaign Rules - mud ♪ May 1, 14:09 1
- I don't understand why Sherry Lansing couldn't have a party for Tom Cruise? -- nm - jnine May 2, 15:06
"A trip to Disney has become very expensive, easily exceeding $10,000 for a family of four for four days." -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 1, 14:05 9
- There are also easy enough ways not to, but as with everything there are trade offs. -- nm - znufrii 🦄 May 1, 14:15 1
  - Also, what a horribly written and factually incorrect article. -- nm - znufrii 🦄 May 1, 14:19
- People who think this is true are precisely the ones who need to use Disney travel agents. -- nm - David May 1, 14:12 1
  - that's probably what we'd have spent without points and vouchers, but flights are 1200 per from here at that time of year. -- nm - Reagen May 1, 14:53
- I always wonder why people don't just go to Europe, it'll cost the same. -- nm - loosilu May 1, 14:09 4
  - That's exactly what I'd do if I had $10k to spend on a vacation. -- nm - Krusty May 1, 14:17
  - the whole point of American travel is to not go anywhere outside of America -- nm - hollywood big shot May 1, 14:11 2
    - True. And also to never go anywhere unfamiliar. -- nm - loosilu May 1, 14:12 1
      - and that's the brilliance of the World Showcase ;-) -- nm - JD May 1, 14:29
Started a Win11 PC Build. DDR5, etc -- nm - budice May 1, 13:53
Collider's The 10 Best Movies of 1984: - mud ♪ May 1, 13:48 8
- 9/10 Never heard of Stop Making Sense. -- nm - Krusty May 1, 14:18 2
  - Talking Heads concert film -- nm - Tim May 1, 14:20 1
    - Ahhh. Thanks! I know it and I've seen some it. I didn't know the title. -- nm - Krusty May 1, 14:22
- 8/10 -- nm - Jovian May 1, 13:52 4
  - which two haven't you seen? (I've seen all 10) -- nm - mud ♪ May 1, 14:10 3
    - Blood Simple and Stop Making Sense - Jovian May 1, 14:11 2
      - A24 is restoring SMS for a re-release this year. Blood Simple is terrific -- nm - hollywood big shot May 1, 14:16
      - Coens' first (which I saw opening weekend), and the picture many regard as the best concert film (due to Demme's masterful directing) -- nm - mud ♪ May 1, 14:16
TIL: in the early 2000s, Clive Davis tried to do for Run-D.M.C. what he did for Santana…and it did not go well. -- (link) - Tim May 1, 13:46 [youtube] 2
- This is interesting. It was a terrible album and a shame that they even released it. -- nm - Krusty May 1, 14:08 1
  - How many people had to turn them down before they got to the Third Eye Blind guy? -- nm - Tim May 1, 14:56
"Not even Daniel Dale!" -- (link) - mud ♪ May 1, 13:30 1
- Hello, I am here. -- nm - DanielDaleGPT May 1, 13:34
So Vardy hit the crossbar, our captain was stretchered off the field, Pickford saved a penalty and we're still down 2-1 - JD May 1, 13:15 2
- IWOBI -- nm - JD May 1, 13:19 1
  - go Team! yeah Sports! - tRuMaN May 1, 13:38
dear god Maryland not David fucking Trone -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 1, 13:12 2
- Alsobrooks? Someone got lazy in the department of names. -- nm - TWuG May 1, 14:30
- Senator Raskin. PLEASE -- nm - Jovian May 1, 13:22
Woody Harrelson talks Mathew McConaughey bond while Justin Theroux comments on sleeping NAKED on airplanes -- (link) - budice May 1, 13:10
911 Lone Star renewed by FOX (for season 5) -- nm* - Beaker 🍻 May 1, 13:05 4
- 911 cancelled by FOX, picked up by ABC for season 7 -- nm - Beaker 🍻 May 1, 13:05 3
  - Wow. That’s interesting. -- nm - MDH May 1, 15:08
  - one of my friends writes on it. yay -- nm - hollywood big shot May 1, 13:08
  - ‘The Morning Show’ Snags Early Season 4 Renewal at Apple TV+ -- nm - Beaker 🍻 May 1, 13:07
The Patriot Hammer -- (link) - Beaker 🍻 May 1, 13:03
Met Gala stage is set -- (link) - budice May 1, 13:01
“I’m an *exceptional* thief” -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 1, 13:00 1
- The queen's staff probably did a complete inventory after their tea -- nm - zeitgeist May 1, 15:07
Bryce Harper cleared to play -- nm - budice May 1, 12:46 1
- "Oops, we cleared Bryce Dallas Howard instead" *Phillies win the world series* -- nm - Beryllium May 1, 12:55
Andie you are just too kind ... I LOVE the shirt and am so excited about the chips and candy!!! - JenBro May 1, 12:43 6
- oh good! did the chips survive the trip???? -- nm - Andie May 1, 12:45 5
  - YES but they may not survive the night!!! OMG - adobo phillopino?? YUM -- nm - JenBro May 1, 12:45 4
    - I miss Toronto so much ... still working on my passport -- nm - JenBro May 1, 12:46 3
      - good! i wanted to get it all to you sooner, but, life... -- nm* - Andie May 1, 12:47 2
        
        oh don't give it a second thought - it arrived on the perfect day - I'm leaving early to get an oil change - I can snack while they work on my car! -- nm - JenBro May 1, 12:50 1
        
        I heard you were expecting big snow in the UP? -- nm - Meg May 1, 12:57
I forgot I have a walk a block from The Met. Getting to Central Park won't be easy with things blocked off and people lining the sidewalks. -- nm - Krusty May 1, 12:40
So I'm curious is anyone going to tell me that CNN has not made a complete turn to the right here?? - Jovian May 1, 12:40 40
- How is this different from 2016? They were wall to wall Trump. -- nm - loosilu May 1, 14:10
- I agree with you. Seeing the NYT do their own version of such as we get deeper into 2023 as well. -- nm* - Qale May 1, 13:05 1
  - this place is just crawling with radical leftist progressive hippies who hate all media, won't be satisfied until Bernie & AOC have taken over!! - mud ♪ May 1, 13:22
- Don't watch enough to know, but I don't really know how any news organization handles Trump at the moment. He's the GOP front runner for president. - pmb May 1, 13:05 6
  - Where is Biden's town hall then? Doesnt get one? How about DeSantis? - Jovian May 1, 13:08 5
    - DeSantis hasn't announced he's running yet, but they would do one with him too. Really, they will do any legitimate contender which in ordinary times - pmb May 1, 14:00
    - There will absolutely be Biden town halls. I don't think you need to worry about that. -- nm - pmb May 1, 13:58
    - I'm sure they'd do a Biden one if Biden asked, to be fair. - ty97 May 1, 13:29 1
      - They’d love to do a Biden town hall, I’m sure. just think of all the new material they’d get to lie about him with. -- nm - znufrii 🦄 May 1, 13:32
    - This is Trump owning the libs. - Spawn May 1, 13:10
- I can not say as I quit watching them some time ago. - Spawn May 1, 12:53 3
  - you still love me though, right? -- nm - mud ♪ May 1, 12:56 2
    - and I do as well. I just disagree with you vehemently on this point! -- nm - Jovian May 1, 13:01
    - Of course. It is totally debatable how far a swing is too much. -- nm - Spawn May 1, 13:00
- would it matter if someone did? -- nm - Diva May 1, 12:51 2
  - no, it was rhetorical. -- nm - Jovian May 1, 13:00
  - evidently not. -- nm - mud ♪ May 1, 12:58
- yes. Once more I'll say that a shift to the center, to be LESS LIKE MSNBC, is not a swing to the right (to be more like Fox) It is a calculation to .. - mud ♪ May 1, 12:43 22
  - Sorry but the right wing is so fvcking nazi that centrist CNN seemed like socialists, so now center is right conservative -- nm - zeitgeist May 1, 13:18
  - I agree with mud. - Reluctant Cynic May 1, 12:54 5
    - It’s affirmative action and in line with the principles of a liberal media organization. -- nm - Roger More May 1, 14:14
    - Spoken like a true high level corporate exec! -- nm - Jovian May 1, 12:56 3
      - Merely parroting the corporate/politico speech I know only so well. -- nm - Reluctant Cynic May 1, 13:08 1
        
        lol oh okay! Then you did it perfect!! -- nm - Jovian May 1, 13:09
      - lol I also look forward to when Fox News extends the Town Hall invitation to Joe Biden. -- nm - Jovian May 1, 12:58
  - nobody pointed a camera at empty Trump stage harder in 2016 than Jeff Zucker. they’ve never been anywhere close to MSNBC -- nm - hollywood big shot May 1, 12:52 2
    - At the time I was working at FEMA and they had all the major networks on wall screens. CNN was all Trump. -- nm - loosilu May 1, 14:12
    - They are 90% of the reason he got so much visibility in 2015 2016. He got 20-30 minutes of CNN airtime after every single debate. -- nm - Jovian May 1, 12:55
  - but hasn't the center moved to the right? -- nm - colin May 1, 12:52 4
    - I'd say that since Jan. 6/21 your average centrist has definitely shifted left. -- nm - mud ♪ May 1, 12:54 1
      - i feel like liberals have shifted to the right.. most people didn't need to move their views to stay "centrist" and stay on the right. - colin May 1, 13:05
    - there is no center. There is democracy and then their is the American Fascist movement. -- nm - Jovian May 1, 12:53 1
      - there is a center on a lot of issues. they together amount to where we fall left/right. -- nm - colin May 1, 13:03
  - its a calculation to normalize this fascist and squeeze out ratings. -- nm - Jovian May 1, 12:47 3
    - give me a chance, love. You won't be disappointed. -- nm - kaitlin May 1, 12:49 2
      - its not amusing in the least. Its steps like this that will help him back into power. - Jovian May 1, 12:50 1
        
        who watches CNN anyway? -- nm - colin May 1, 13:07
  - SMH -- nm - Jovian May 1, 12:45 2
    - my logic is unassailable. -- nm - mud ♪ May 1, 12:46
    - You dont have DJT on CNN ever. In any capacity. -- nm - Jovian May 1, 12:46
I’m watching the world snooker final. It’s first to 18. Guy is winning 16-12. Other guy coming back into it. Commentator goes; “at 16-10 down he had - Loyola May 1, 12:34 2
- “And that’s a bad miss.” -- nm - znufrii 🦄 May 1, 12:44
- So. Many. Rabbits. -- nm - Spawn May 1, 12:34
John Stobart, Celebrated Maritime Painter, Dies at 93 Dismissing modern art as “baloney,” he made millions as a master of historical harbor paintings. - crash davis 😺 May 1, 12:31 1
- That's a very strong niche market. -- nm - loosilu May 1, 14:13
Darryl Sutter was not the problem with the Flames, but he was also not the solution. -- nm - Reagen May 1, 12:24 2
- Kind of like Grifol with the White Sox -- nm - spamlet 🤦🏻‍♂️ May 1, 12:39
- Phrased like that, his dismissal makes more sense (assuming they have an idea of what the solution is) - crash davis 😺 May 1, 12:36
My latest pretty webcam is probably my prettiest. I'm blasting the bitrate, though, and can't quite remove all the artifacting. -- (link) - Mop🧹 May 1, 12:23 [youtube]
OMG..we're winning. COYB (even if we're in away pink) -- nm - JD May 1, 12:19 4
- I need both of those teams to somehow lose the game so Forest will stay above relegation -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 May 1, 12:33 1
  - A draw might as well as have been a loss point wise but at the same time for Everton that might have been one of those draws that feels like a win -- nm - JD May 1, 14:00
- were winning 😐 -- nm - JD May 1, 12:26 1
  - Vardy. Anybody have any suggestions on how to stream Championship marches? -- nm - JD May 1, 12:35
ty, do the tulip festival. I was there too early and was bummed. -- nm - loosilu May 1, 12:14 3
- I don't know if I asked you directly: How were the Vermeers? -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 1, 12:15 2
  - Amazing. Totally worth the trip. The gallery really did them justice. -- nm - loosilu May 1, 12:21 1
    - 😺😺😺 -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 1, 12:22
Iranian Insider and British Spy: How a Double Life Ended on the Gallows - crash davis 😺 May 1, 12:03
repost: Trump Town Hall in NH next week on CNN! Kaitlin Collins to moderate. -- nm - mud ♪ May 1, 12:02 14
- I look forward to the Tucker Carlson run in when he hits her with a chair -- nm - Beaker 🍺 May 1, 12:22 1
  - heh -- nm - mud ♪ May 1, 12:24
- Variety: - mud ♪ May 1, 12:17
- Why? Is he going to answer to election being stolen? Wall being built/not built? Dude is going to lie and then say “ambush media” - Flavorize May 1, 12:16 1
  - Yeah, he will just shout over her. -- nm - Spawn May 1, 12:18
- smh -- nm - Jovian May 1, 12:09 8
  - she gon' sass him, he not gon' like it, hilarity will ensue, don't miss it! -- nm - mud ♪ May 1, 12:10 7
    - like Bill Mahr's 'interview' of Elon Musk on Friday, you could not pay me to watch it. -- nm - Jovian May 1, 12:11 6
      - [spittake] .. well, I never! -- nm - kaitlin May 1, 12:14
      - I try to avoid all things Trump, but if we're getting paid, I've got to ask: how much? -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 1, 12:14 4
        
        $1meeelion dollars! -- nm - tRuMaN May 1, 12:55 1
        
        lol we still say this in our house. That movie came out so long ago -- nm - Pippy can't read May 1, 12:59
        
        lol oh not much. To be home in front my tv? A $100 would do it. :) -- nm - Jovian May 1, 12:24 1
        
        👍 -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 1, 12:38
Foxconn really emphasizing the "con". Lordstown deal falls through. -- (link) - TWuG May 1, 12:02

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