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Las Vegas judge sentences speeding woman on cocaine who killed drunk driver high on meth - JD May 15, 13:59 2
- Casey should have watched for that speed -- nm - zeitgeist May 15, 14:08 1
  - That notion just crossed my mind. -- nm - Spawn May 15, 14:09
CNN *realllly* wants you to know that the FBI should never ever should have opened a Trump-Russia probe. Its right there in this 4-year long report. - Jovian May 15, 13:38 4
- soon a post will read "CNN really wants you to know about these supplements, they totally didnt rip this idea off another guy" -- nm - tRuMaN May 15, 13:48 3
  - I mean... -- (pic) - Jovian May 15, 13:50 [Attachment] 2
    - I mean, that's what he said, but then he didn't recommend any charges or changes as a result. Also wouldn't comment on what he found on Trump - pmb May 15, 14:13
    - now launch an investigation into Biden's roll in Benghazi -- nm - zeitgeist May 15, 14:09
Everclear fall tour with The Ataris and The Pink Spiders - MDH May 15, 13:36
Steve Nicks - adds 13 additional dates to her fall arena tour - MDH May 15, 13:29
Romeo Santos - Fall arena tour - MDH May 15, 13:28 1
- Not if he is in jail. -- nm - Spawn May 15, 13:29
happy birthday, Krusty!! :) - — nm - i.b! May 15, 13:24 1
- Thanks, .b! 🤗 -- nm - Krusty May 15, 17:09
Let's go Pool Boys - JD May 15, 13:19 1
- !!! -- nm - JD May 15, 13:30
Crazy we now live in a world where the Kennedy's are the scumbags - Jovian May 15, 13:02 5
- Right!?! -- nm - Mtv May 15, 13:10
- out of what, 290 siblings, there was bound to be an outlier. -- nm - loosilu May 15, 13:06 2
  - Um you have had a couple of them go on trial - eag May 15, 13:31 1
    - My dad says that family has a reckless streak. -- nm - loosilu May 15, 13:33
- well . . . - hollywood big shot May 15, 13:06
A Democratic Virginia state rep's staff were assaulted by a man with a bat looking for the rep. -- (link) - TWuG May 15, 12:29 5
- He’s a US Rep from VA, not a state rep. -- nm - Will Hunting 🍔🍟🍔🍹🍷 May 15, 12:46
- wth, I was in Fairfax this morning. -- nm - loosilu May 15, 12:40 3
  - You've said too much. -- nm - ty97 May 15, 13:03 2
    - I don't even own a bat! - loosilu May 15, 13:04 1
      - "I came here to break skulls and chew bubblegum, and I'm all out of gum." -- nm - loosi holding two (very old) skulls si May 15, 13:06
Did this shark-attacks-kayaker video get posted yet? It's more of a ramming, not a bloody mess, but it's a cool video. -- (link) - Beryllium May 15, 12:22 1
- Oh HELL no. -- nm - loosilu May 15, 13:37
I mean this is pretty much exactly how they started with the Jews in the 1930s -- (link) - Jovian May 15, 12:18 13
- I guess yay that it took an actual World War for the US to round up the Japanese -- nm - JD May 15, 13:24
- there's a reason why 160 years ago they called it: Bloody Kansas. -- nm - Peglegpete May 15, 13:06
- My mom and dad were talking about moving to Nova Scotia yesterday... - Dark Callisto May 15, 12:47 7
  - The door is of course open. -- nm - Reagen May 15, 13:25
  - I loved it there - but that was only a week. -- nm - Meg May 15, 13:16
  - you'd be welcome! -- nm - canada May 15, 13:02
  - My mom lives there, in the Annapolis Valley. It's very nice there. - Beryllium May 15, 12:59 1
    - Their army of Christmas trees will love it. -- nm - Spawn May 15, 13:01
  - My Canadian mother is my escape plan. -- nm - loosilu May 15, 12:51
  - AT LEAST YOU WOULD HAVE ME, FRANKIE MCDONALD FROM NOVA SCOTIA!! -- nm - Qale May 15, 12:49
- I'm going to go willingly. Cause this state sucks. - Pippy Quintas May 15, 12:45
- Its literally how chinese were expelled from some *american* cities. IE Tacoma had a mob led by a judge round up and force them onto a train -- (link*) - zeitgeist May 15, 12:28 1
  - In California they designated their towns as health hazards and burned them out. -- nm - Meg May 15, 12:36
Broadway's "MJ" which opened in February 2022 has recouped its investment. -- nm - MDH May 15, 12:15
IRS to TurboTax: eat shit -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 15, 12:14 6
- Excellent, if it turns out to be available for everyone and not just under certain circumstances. - Max May 15, 15:40
- I'll believe it when I see it. -- nm - Mop🧹 May 15, 13:44
- Now only if more resources were available to process them faster, and answer the phones -- nm - budice May 15, 12:25 2
  - Look into this year's stats. Things are much improved. - TWuG May 15, 12:27
  - This is the first step to AI taking care of the entire process. -- nm - Spawn May 15, 12:26
- Finally! -- nm - TWuG May 15, 12:24
I'm tempted to enter one (or more) of my photos in this wildlife photography contest, but the voting is "by donation" which is weird. -- (edited) - Beryllium May 15, 12:08 7
- Hey we could crowd fund and buy you a trophy -- (link) - zeitgeist May 15, 13:30
- This was the first one that came to mind for entering. I might choose a different edit that includes a nearby house, though. -- (link) - Beryllium May 15, 12:12 [flickr] 4
  - Or this recent one -- (link) - Beryllium May 15, 12:13 [flickr] 3
    - Or perhaps... Mister Falcon -- (link) - Beryllium May 15, 12:14 [flickr] 2
      - of those i think the deer is the most striking! -- nm - Andie May 15, 12:21 1
        
        Indeed! I think the framing of the antler, piercing the negative space in that corner, sells it. -- nm - Beryllium May 15, 12:23
- "vote" early, and "vote" often! -- nm - Spawn May 15, 12:10
lol Showtime -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 15, 11:47 10
- That would be almost 20 years after Weeds premiered, pretty wild. -- nm - Max May 15, 11:55 9
  - “There are a million things that are claimed to be in some sort of development.” -- (link) - mud ♪ May 15, 12:33
  - And about 17 since it went completely off the rails. -- nm - spamlet May 15, 12:17 2
    - Yes. First two seasons were fantastic. -- nm - psilotum May 15, 12:23 1
      - Yup. Hated it after those seasons. -- nm - Krusty May 15, 12:37
  - absolute rudderless -- nm - hollywood big shot May 15, 11:57 4
    - *Nods head* I honestly feel like all of these folks are just so lost, and they have no idea what to do. -- nm - MDH May 15, 12:09 2
      - they know (pay TV writers to develop new show ideas) they just refuse to do it -- nm - hollywood big shot May 15, 12:13 1
        
        case in point: they just did it with Yellowjackets -- nm - hollywood big shot May 15, 12:17
    - Market cap: $10bil. Declined offer for Showtime: $3bil. -- nm - Mop🧹 May 15, 12:07
Matty Three-Quarters has a new job -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 15, 11:37 1
- Started on 3-28 -- nm - budice May 15, 11:39
How well is LIV Golf doing on the CW? Stations across the country cut away at 6:30 PM ET with four holes to go -- (link) - budice May 15, 11:37
something's popping in Denmark -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 15, 11:13 2
- Oh, I didn't realize that Disaster Area was still touring -- nm - Beryllium May 15, 11:22
- Ragnarok -- nm - Beaker 🍺 May 15, 11:16
DeSantis Eliminates Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Funding at Florida Public Universities -- (link) - budice May 15, 11:13 20
- Fla Dems danced in the aisles at the end of the legislative session -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 15, 11:15 19
  - "which may explain why the rest of the country is beating the door down to get into the Sunshine State" -- I don't know who wrote this... - David May 15, 11:26 18
    - the question has been raised whether we will go back (and we love the Parks and Disney; just too much crazy) -- nm - Beaker 🍺 May 15, 11:33 17
      - You'd think there'd be a bottom to the barrel of stupid they're dishing out, but it's an endless parade of "hold my beer" -- nm - TWuG May 15, 11:44 15
        
        there is no bottom to fascism. -- nm - Jovian May 15, 12:06
        
        the bottom of the barrel has a Fascism basement. - Pippy Quintas May 15, 11:49 7
        
        The true shame is the self-inflicted wounded will always have a scapegoat to blame. The party of "personal responsibility", my ass. -- nm - TWuG May 15, 11:51 6
        
        but everyone else must " boot strap up". -- nm - Pippy Quintas May 15, 11:54 5
        
        part of the greater issue is that what?? 75% of the US population doesn't believe this is really happening. meaning - Pippy Quintas May 15, 11:58 4
        
        20% of ST doesnt believe this is happening or that it is an existential threat to the US. -- nm - Jovian May 15, 12:08 1
        
        YOU LEAVE FOODCHEM OUT OF THIS!!! -- nm - David May 15, 13:14
        
        Some of the far right says "activist doctors" let women get close to death to make a point. -- nm - loosilu May 15, 12:07 1
        
        OMG. I'm going to file that with crisis actors and antifa tearing down monuments. -- nm - Pippy Quintas May 15, 12:27
        
        Nothing's gonna change until after the primary. It's only gonna get dumber. - David May 15, 11:47
        
        you'd think it would make it easy for Dems to campaign on "hey we're NOT the Nazis" and yet . . . -- nm - hollywood big shot May 15, 11:46 3
        
        Well, yeah, but Florida voters seem to want Nazis, so... -- nm - TWuG May 15, 11:50 2
        
        (ahem) Not ALL Florida voters. -- nm - JaxSean May 15, 12:42
        
        not just Florida. The bulk of the Republican party is now firmly a fascist movement. - Jovian May 15, 12:07
        
        Or at least the barrel would flood from being so far below sea-level. -- nm - Spawn May 15, 11:45
      - WDW is doing a summer travel offer that was just announced. That's because of reasonable people like you. -- nm - David May 15, 11:35
Afternoon coffee? - znufrii 🦄 May 15, 11:08 1
- No, coffee at *midnight*. -- nm - Taylor May 15, 11:36
Neil Gaiman on the line.... -- (link) - Remlik May 15, 11:03 2
- It's Upfronts week in NYC. Watch for some chaos. -- nm - Mop🧹 May 15, 11:05
- Looks humid. -- nm - Mop🧹 May 15, 11:04
qale did you get this far in Zelda yet? -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 15, 10:58 2
- Not on purpose. I did miss a catapult arc that sent one into the drink. -- nm - Qale May 15, 12:55 1
  - monster! -- nm - hollywood big shot May 15, 13:17
Britney Spears and Sam Asghari's marriage 'is in deep trouble' -- (link) - budice May 15, 10:57 3
- Someone may need to be appointed to look after her. -- nm - Spawn May 15, 11:09
- I was sure those 2 crazy kids would make it work! -- nm - Mop🧹 May 15, 11:05
- TMZ has a special on Britney on Fox tonight -- nm - Beaker 🍺 May 15, 10:58
Yikes! Thanks for the correction on B2, znu. -- nm - Mop🧹 May 15, 10:55 1
- I only thought to doublecheck because we are currently in the middle of Welcome to Wrexham. -- nm - znufrii 🦄 May 15, 11:07
Oh look, gun rights for Ja Morant -- (link) - budice May 15, 10:53
Avatar 2 hitting D+ and HBO Max on June 7th -- nm - Beaker 🍺 May 15, 10:52 7
- I guess maybe I'll watch it sometime -- nm - oblique May 15, 10:55
- Ant Man and Wasp Quantumania hitting D+ May 17th (this Wednesday) -- nm - Beaker 🍺 May 15, 10:55 5
  - Shazam! Fury of the Gods, May 23rd on Max! -- nm - Mop🧹 May 15, 11:05
  - Letterkenny special on HULU (Crave in Canada I assume) May 19th -- nm - Beaker 🍺 May 15, 10:56 3
    - It's a Victoria Day special? While I appreciate it (one of my favorite holidays), but there be some confused Americans. -- nm - Mop🧹 May 15, 11:07 2
      - Learning opportunity. -- nm - Andie May 15, 11:46 1
        
        Long weekend for camping and drinking. -- nm - Beaker 🍺 May 15, 11:52
So our marketing department created a very nice lockscreen background for one of our employees returning home/work from active duty - oblique May 15, 10:50 1
- "they DOCK YA" -- nm - hollywood big shot May 15, 10:51
The Bear | Season 2 Official Trailer | FX (June 22nd) -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 May 15, 10:47 [youtube] 1
- YES, CHEF! -- nm - mud ♪ May 15, 12:14
Good news, everybody! (For me anyway) Landlord just called, they have a new tenant. So I won't have to pay rent and mortgage for June! -- nm - sycor May 15, 10:46 17
- Nice!! -- nm - Krusty May 15, 10:54
- fucking renters -- nm - hollywood big shot May 15, 10:47
- My son is trying to get out of his lease early (Oct). Keep telling him that there's not much he can do w/o opening up the conversation with his - oblique May 15, 10:47 14
  - Depends how to lease is written it may not be that bad. We didn't have an early exit clause in our lease so we were kind of screwed. - sycor May 15, 10:50 12
    - I asked him if he has a copy of the lease so we can check something like that. His job approved him to go full remote so he's anxious to move to MI -- nm - oblique May 15, 10:51 11
      - you never go full remote -- nm - Beaker 🍺 May 15, 10:59 10
        
        Yeah I would not plan on moving far, you never know when/if the company may change their minds. -- nm - sycor May 15, 11:12 3
        
        Hopefully he signed a remote worker contract -- nm - Pippy Quintas May 15, 11:25 2
        
        Even that's not a guarantee for a permanent situation. Our expires in July so they are modifying our telework stuff. - sycor May 15, 11:32 1
        
        Your IM is very likely -- nm - Pippy Quintas May 15, 11:34
        
        If you go full remote, invest in a real chair. I didn't, and I think it's to blame for half of my recent health issues. -- nm - Beryllium May 15, 11:01 5
        
        I need a new chair. Need a few (more than a few) more hours of OT to get that fancy one people here like. -- nm - sycor May 15, 11:23 3
        
        Secret Lab! we all love ours and my wife rues the day she went with a cheaper chair -- nm - Beaker 🍺 May 15, 11:28 2
        
        Yeah that's the one. I don't remember if I wanted the Titan Evo or 2020 or Omega though. I don't remember the differences. - sycor May 15, 11:38
        
        Sitting in mine right now! -- nm - spamlet May 15, 11:36
        
        "Which half?" The lower half. -- nm - Beryllium May 15, 11:19
  - burn down the apartment -- nm - Beaker 🍺 May 15, 10:48
NY Times Pitchbot 100% on point with the actual NY Times - Jovian May 15, 10:46 1
- the news side hasn't been much better on the story, but David French shouldn't have a column in any serious paper's operation -- nm - hollywood big shot May 15, 11:03
I've got soul but I'm not a soldier -- nm - Mr. Havens May 15, 10:45
GOTG3 beats estimate was $62.6M weekend (estimate was $60.5). 47% drop, 3rd best all-time for MCU -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 May 15, 10:42 3
- I saw it yesterday. spoiler - judge indianapolis jones May 15, 11:13 1
  - PETA loves the movie, BTW. -- nm - Spawn May 15, 11:19
- up against . . . Hypnotic. - hollywood big shot May 15, 10:46
is it Friday yet? -- nm - Beaker 🍺 May 15, 10:39 1
- Well it's not The Weeknd. -- nm - JaxSean May 15, 10:40

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