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This wont happen, as CNN is now ran by the right, but they should cancel his Town Hall because of this verdict. - Jovian May 9, 13:15 3
- I’d argue that people will turn out in droves to protest, but that was going to happen already. -- nm - Mop🧹 May 9, 13:18
- at least put Carroll onstage if you're gonna give him a microphone to defame her on national TV (again) -- nm - hollywood big shot May 9, 13:16 1
  - let him defame her. They have to know it will happen and she can Dominion the shit out of CNN -- nm - Beaker 🍻 May 9, 13:23
Seriously, SpiderVerse 2 could be them playing 35 versions of What’s Up Danger with awesome visuals and I’ll give it best.movie.ever raves. -- nm - Will Hunting 🍔🍟🍔🍹🍷 May 9, 13:12
A traitor, a convicted con artist, a tax cheat and a sexual abuser walk into a bar. The bartender asks: "What are you having, Mr Trump?" -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 May 9, 13:08 2
- "Welcome to the Oxford, comma." -- nm - Max May 9, 13:16
- bravo -- nm - mud ♪ May 9, 13:12
Poll: what kind of video doorbell do you have and how much do you love it? - sycor May 9, 13:05 10
- none. a lot. -- nm - Peglegpete May 9, 13:37
- We don't anymore. Not since we moved. Instead, we just have Wyze cameras around the house. -- nm - Turd Ferguson May 9, 13:20 1
  - This. I know if someone is walking up to our door. -- nm - JaxSean May 9, 13:25
- Eufy. Love it for the lack of subscription costs. No real complaints about it. Works with everything I need it to -- nm - oblique May 9, 13:16
- Ring. It’s fine. The only problem I have with it is….. - Volnelk 🍊 May 9, 13:11
- Ring - I like it reasonably enough. - Will Hunting 🍔🍟🍔🍹🍷 May 9, 13:09
- N/A (don’t hook your house up to the internet guys) -- nm - hollywood big shot May 9, 13:08
- Mine is now a gun actually. -- nm - Jovian May 9, 13:06 2
  - ~ I, am, your singing telegram ~ *bang* *slam* *scream* "What's this? Another door??" *shower* -- nm - Max May 9, 13:12 1
    - Poor Jane -- (link) - JD May 9, 13:18 [youtube]
That's different. VA Tech hires the men's basketball coach they fired to work on the football staff. -- nm - Strongbad May 9, 12:50 1
- “I mean, onboarding a new employee is a lot of work. This guy was already around, and looking for a job.” -- nm - Mop🧹 May 9, 13:15
Chickens coming home to roost and shit. nm - Turd Ferguson May 9, 12:48
let’s go to the GOP candidates for their reactions to the Carroll verdict -- nm - hollywood big shot May 9, 12:45 3
- Witch hunt—Biased NY—20 years later—it’ll be appealed….all the greatest hits -- nm - Flavorize May 9, 13:08
- Let's.... not. - sycor May 9, 12:47
- *cricket sounds* -- nm - Jovian May 9, 12:46
Blood banks are revamping their distribution system as signficant rise in gun violence causes sudden shortages -- nm - zeitgeist May 9, 12:36
The Five Million Dollar Man -- nm - hollywood big shot May 9, 12:34 1
- Thats the Headline -- nm - Jovian May 9, 12:53
Sen. Dianne Feinstein is returning to the Senate after a nearly three-month absence due to health problems, her spokesperson says. -- (link) - Remlik May 9, 12:29 2
- They finally got the animatronics working. -- nm - Will Hunting 🍔🍟🍔🍹🍷 May 9, 12:30 1
  - Weekend at Feinstein's. -- nm - Mop May 9, 12:56
Sitwap? Beetlejuice 2,’ Starring Michael Keaton and Jenna Ortega, to Hit Theaters in 2024 -- nm - decline May 9, 12:29
Msnbc reporter explains that Carroll could feel being penetrated, but could NOT see if it was his dick or still fingers -- nm* - zeitgeist May 9, 12:27 17
- In Massachusetts it would count either way. -- nm - loosilu May 9, 12:56
- Classy. -- nm - Strongbad May 9, 12:42
- I...didn't need this post. -- nm - David May 9, 12:38 2
  - It's a crass post, but it's also the distinction they made between sexual battery (guilty) and rape (not guilty). -- nm - JaxSean May 9, 12:43
  - indeed. -- nm - mud ♪ May 9, 12:39
- It’s rape either way, isn’t it? However, I can understand that it wasn’t provable. -- nm - mara May 9, 12:34 4
  - Depends on state law. -- nm - loosilu May 9, 13:27
  - that's what I thought (see below) but that was difference btw rape and sexual assault, 45 gets to say SEE exhonorated... -- nm - zeitgeist May 9, 12:39 2
    - or he will just yell out this -- (pic) -- (link*) - Jovian May 9, 13:00 [Attachment] 1
      - sticking with the classics -- nm - zeitgeist May 9, 13:09
- CNN is hosting a town-hall for this rapist, unironically, in prime time tomorrow night. hope they ask about it! -- nm - hollywood big shot May 9, 12:33 4
  - I put it at about 60/40 he walks out in the middle of it -- nm - decline May 9, 12:36 3
    - Collins entire goal should be to make sure that happens -- nm - Jovian May 9, 12:43
    - p;ertty sure the questions are prescreened -- nm - zeitgeist May 9, 12:37 1
      - So I guess they'll nix "Mr. Trump, am I your type?" -- nm - Max May 9, 13:03
- The One in which I find out too much about this case. -- nm - Will Hunting 🍔🍟🍔🍹🍷 May 9, 12:29
- that jives to what Stormy has said about the size of his wanker. -- nm - Jovian May 9, 12:29
ST verify something for me. Who is on the left -- (pic) - ty97 May 9, 12:22 [Attachment] 12
- an AI mashup of Seyfried, Eva Green, Gillian Anderson, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Natascha McElhone. -- nm - Max May 9, 12:32 1
  - It does look at least heavily photoshopped. It took me a second to decide if it was Seyfried or someone else. -- nm - sycor May 9, 13:08
- Amanda Seyfried? -- nm - kelly May 9, 12:26 5
  - That’s who I thought but I wasn’t convinced. Thanks! -- nm* - ty97 May 9, 13:00
  - (looking a surprising amount like Emma Stone) -- nm - David May 9, 12:37 1
    - I dunno, that looks like Seyfried all the way to me. - Will Hunting 🍔🍟🍔🍹🍷 May 9, 12:38
  - yup -- (link) - decline May 9, 12:28
  - yep -- nm - Andie May 9, 12:26
- Kate Winslet -- nm - Remlik May 9, 12:24 1
  - She looks older than that now. -- nm - loosilu May 9, 12:56
- spoils? - sycor May 9, 12:24 1
  - That’d be my guess -- nm - spamlet 🤦🏻‍♂️ May 9, 12:24
Paramount Media Networks, Showtime and MTV Entertainment Studios to Lay Off 25% of Staff as MTV News Shuts Down -- (link) - Remlik May 9, 12:21 3
- I blame Kurt Loder. -- nm - David May 9, 12:38 1
  - Martha Quinn and Downtown Julie Brown need to maybe pass on their fatty bonuses, this year—bad look overall -- nm - Flavorize May 9, 12:46
- but Bakish said they were well positioned -- nm - NYT Pitchbot May 9, 12:25
*preheats the take oven* -- nm - NYT Pitchbot May 9, 12:10
UCL Semis: Real Madrid / Man City starting as well -- (link*) - budice May 9, 12:03
Eurovision starts now -- (link) - budice May 9, 12:02
Sometimes what seems like bad luck in Marvel Snap turns out to be good luck. - the wrong element May 9, 11:56
Verdict reached in the E Jean Carroll v Trump case. 3pm announcement of the outcome expected. -- nm - budice May 9, 11:50 17
- i wonder how he is gonna spin this one. Corrupt new yorkers? rigged jury? it wasnt him, it was shaggy? -- nm - tRuMaN May 9, 12:15 3
  - leftist psychos in NYC -- nm - Jovian May 9, 12:21
  - First of a dozen appeals will be filed hours before the deadline to fo so... he'll drag this out for decades -- nm - zeitgeist May 9, 12:17
  - Exoneration, jury decided he didn’t rape her, and wasn’t she just so horrible for making up those lies that he did, when she’s not even his type anyway? -- (edited) - znufrii 🦄 May 9, 12:16
- refresh refresh refresh -- nm - Jovian May 9, 12:10
- No on rape but yes on sexual assault? -- nm - zeitgeist May 9, 12:10 5
  - There's 2 charges: Sexual Battery and Defamation. Guilty on Sexual Battery so far. -- (link) - JaxSean May 9, 12:12 2
    - $3 million in damages for Defamation -- nm - JaxSean May 9, 12:18
    - Penetration, whether penial or digital, when unwanted is rape -- nm - zeitgeist May 9, 12:15
  - Correct, 2 million in damages. -- nm - LMS May 9, 12:10 1
    - Better get those campaign emails fired up. -- nm - Spawn May 9, 12:12
- That was quick. -- nm - znufrii 🦄 May 9, 11:59
- bold predict: liable AF -- nm - hollywood big shot May 9, 11:50 4
  - and it won't make a lick of difference -- nm - decline May 9, 11:55 2
    - I've never even heard of this case -- nm - MDH May 9, 12:01 1
      - multiple women testified in open court under oath that he assaulted them too over the last week -- nm - hollywood big shot May 9, 12:03
  - wooHooo -- nm - mud ♪ May 9, 11:53
There's a photo of the one soviet tank with an honor guard...the soldiers are all looking UP... scanning for Ukraine drones? -- (link) - zeitgeist May 9, 11:48 1
- Yes, Ukrainian drone. Most certainly. -- nm - Vlad May 9, 11:50
Houston is doing that flooding thing it is really good at. Stupid sexy swamp city. -- nm - Qale May 9, 11:41 3
- probably shouldn't have allowed the homes to be built in a giant flood reservoir -- nm - hollywood big shot May 9, 11:42 2
  - Oh no, it’s waaaay past that. That’s just extra. -- nm - Qale May 9, 12:01
  - Galveston elevation 15 feet, storm surge 20 feet -- nm - zeitgeist May 9, 11:50
Jack Ryan season 4 - 2 epis drop June 30th; series finale July 14th seems like. -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 May 9, 11:36 2
- That seems like a weird release schedule. Plus, I still need to watch this show. -- nm - sycor May 9, 11:40 1
  - The WGA’s got your back. -- nm - Mop🧹 May 9, 11:41
BTW, they're not in the same division, but Tampa Bay has a 21-game lead on Oakland after 36 games. - David May 9, 11:32 1
- Tampa might be able to ice the division within reason by Memorial Day. - Will Hunting May 9, 11:53
Having some yummy lemon meringue pie. It's okay for you to be jealous. -- nm - sycor May 9, 11:22 2
- Is the meringue as high as an elephant's eye? -- nm - Pachypodium baronii May 9, 11:43
- I am, in fact, truly jealous. -- nm - Andie May 9, 11:31
I was googling our deGrom contract posts and accidentally stumbled on this from Crash instead. - David May 9, 11:21 7
- Seems weird they didn’t fire the pitching coach instead of alienating the guy making 85mil. - Will Hunting 🍔🍟🍔🍹🍷 May 9, 11:38 3
  - Marmol appears to be in over his head. Even last year people were grumbling about him. -- nm - spamlet May 9, 11:39 2
    - He really does, and he’s a hothead to boot. - The Allfather May 9, 11:42 1
      - I was going to compare him to Ventura instead but I guess that works. -- nm - spamlet 🤦🏻‍♂️ May 9, 11:53
- But ST nailed the deGrom thing! -- (link) - David May 9, 11:22 [Backboard] 2
  - and... -- (link) - David May 9, 11:22 [Backboard] 1
    - I was off by a year and 10mil on the Mets next move. - Will Hunting 🍔🍟🍔🍹🍷 May 9, 11:35
In worldle it took me 3 guesses to get (spoils) - Beryllium May 9, 11:19
9 minutes of sports betting ads per Toronto Maple Leafs game (honestly, this seems low...by like at least 300%) -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 May 9, 11:16
it is *astonishing* how many new cars are in my neighborhood these days. two observations - judge indianapolis jones May 9, 11:13 8
- Counterpoint: Blue-Town, Oregon has *tons* of EVs on the road. -- nm - Mop🧹 May 9, 11:20 2
  - There are so many Tesla's around here it's ridiculous - decline May 9, 11:27 1
    - I see lots on the road but none in my blue collar, retired civil servant neighborhood. -- nm - zeitgeist May 9, 12:24
- I’ve noticed a surprising number of orange cars out and about in the last few months. Is this a new color trend? -- (edited) - znufrii 🦄 May 9, 11:20 3
  - Whoever said orange was the new pink was seriously disturbed. -- nm - Pachypodium baronii May 9, 11:44 2
    - I would be fine with an orange car, i would hate a pink one. -- nm - Andie May 9, 11:46 1
      - Andielyne! -- nm - hollywood big shot May 9, 11:50
- prolly a lot of pent up demmy demand finally working its way through, especially when EV's remain prohibitively pricey for the average buyer - hollywood big shot May 9, 11:17
Indy 500 blacked on Peacock for streaming this year in Indianapolis. -- (link) - Remlik May 9, 11:09 6
- Wanna be sure you get people into those stands. -- nm - Mop🧹 May 9, 11:39 1
  - I know that's the thinking. And it's not a bad plan...but - Remlik May 9, 12:01
- bastards -- nm - decline May 9, 11:13
- So dumb. -- nm - spamlet 🤦🏻‍♂️ May 9, 11:12
- bwahaha - hollywood big shot May 9, 11:11 1
  - don't get me started, our Gov passed the bill to ban books out of school libraries. -- nm - Remlik May 9, 11:15
Fox Corp posts $54m Q1 loss -- (link) - znufrii 🦄 May 9, 11:06 1
- the Dominion quarter -- nm - hollywood big shot May 9, 11:09
Honest Trailers | The Mandalorian Season 3 -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 May 9, 10:52 [youtube]
Why did England restore its Monarchy after its Civil War? -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 May 9, 10:51 [youtube] 7
- ~Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of England (Puritan), born in 1599 and died in 1658 (September)~ -- nm - znufrii 🦄 May 9, 11:08 1
  - :D That song has helped me get so many Jeopardy questions right. -- nm - Pachypodium baronii May 9, 11:42
- Cromwell was a dictator and died in 1658. Son Richard took over but was not a good ruler.Parliament asked monarchy to come back but with restrictions -- nm - Walt_Disney May 9, 11:06 2
  - Yeah, the monarchy was the lesser of two evils. Cromwell was a 17th century Hitler. - Mop🧹 May 9, 11:18 1
    - What does renting cotton parasites have to do with it -- nm - rollo 🐙 May 9, 11:27
- as i've heard other historians describe it, the Puritans who fled to found America were basically all the assholes who England purged after Cromwell -- nm - hollywood big shot May 9, 10:55 1
  - first they went to Holland but they didn't like them either -- nm - zeitgeist May 9, 13:12
Even if Fried is hurt for the year, he’ll still have the chance at a massive contract next year. - Will Hunting 🍔🍟🍔🍹🍷 May 9, 10:45 12
- (not a tweak to David) I also think Strider isn’t all that, at least long term. He’s on pace to throw a lot of innings this year and he’s only 24. -- nm - Tim May 9, 10:49 8
  - He won ROY with 2 pitches. - Strongbad May 9, 12:44
  - Right now. He *absolutely is* all that. Will he blow out his arm at some point? Yeah, probably. -- nm - David May 9, 10:52 6
    - He’s a stud (for now) but like every guy with an arm like that, you just wait for a 12-15 month absence. -- nm - Will Hunting 🍔🍟🍔🍹🍷 May 9, 10:55 2
      - Yeah, it's the John Smoltz thing all over again. I just expected him to blow up every few years. -- nm - David May 9, 11:03 1
        
        Since 1980, I think you can count on one-hand the top tier guys who didn’t break down. -- (edited) - Will Hunting 🍔🍟🍔🍹🍷 May 9, 11:06
    - It’s my Jacob deGrom PTSD - Tim May 9, 10:55 2
      - Degrom’s contract with Texas is the dumbest deal I can recall. - Will Hunting 🍔🍟🍔🍹🍷 May 9, 10:58
      - We knew the Rangers were idiots before the ink was dry. - David May 9, 10:58
- He won't because this would be his second Tommy John surgery. - David May 9, 10:48 2
  - There’s less 140+ guys than teams with sense. Hell get paid in some form. - Will Hunting 🍔🍟🍔🍹🍷 May 9, 10:57 1
    - I hope you're right because this sucks so bad for Fried. - David May 9, 11:00
Damn...our cable is still out...since 11 last night -- nm - zeitgeist May 9, 10:45
Jolene Jolene JOLENE -- nm - zeitgeist May 9, 10:42

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