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I know it's been 27 years since Eraser was released, but - Max May 31, 20:44 7
- but how long since Fraser? -- nm - mafic May 31, 21:57
- I like that movie. -- nm - Beryllium May 31, 20:58
- huh. I don't think I knew about Pastorelli -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 May 31, 20:50 2
  - I was a big fan of his Cracker show, so i've known for a long time :( -- nm - Beryllium May 31, 20:59
  - He was the one who made me go look "whatever happened to- oh." -- nm - Max May 31, 20:51
- Shut your mouth. James Cromwell was in that movie. -- nm - Roger More May 31, 20:46 1
  - I know! (And John Slattery and Camryn Manheim.) -- nm - Max May 31, 20:49
“I can’t stop the bus every time you see a girl in shorts.” -- nm - Qale May 31, 20:41 1
- Classroom Field Trip Transcripts -- nm - Max May 31, 20:51
Prefab house, from Home Depot for less than a Tesla -- (link*) - Flavorize May 31, 20:10 4
- WA just passed a law allowing in-law units, and up to 3 or 4 in areas near public transp. 44k is actually a good price. - zeitgeist May 31, 21:58
- probs at least double with site prep, utilities, finishing etc. assuming you have the land already. -- nm - mafic May 31, 20:17 1
  - Yes, i was pricing this sort of thing out yesterday. But that was on land that cost $399K -- nm - Beryllium May 31, 20:28
- I'll take 8 -- nm - Beryllium, resort speculator May 31, 20:12
new month new warcrime -- (link) - mud May 31, 19:58 25
- When did bombing the enemy capitol become a war crime? -- nm - Ender May 31, 20:03 24
  - 1977, most recently, probably? -- (link*) - znufrii May 31, 20:21 1
    - Thank you -- nm - Ender May 31, 21:18
  - "the enemy" is doing a lot of work there -- nm - hollywood big shot May 31, 20:09 19
    - Is it? In what definition is Ukraine not Russia's enemy? Germany bombed London. The Allies bombed Berlin. -- nm - Ender May 31, 20:16 18
      - What would you say Ukraine was doing that justified Russia initiating war and killing civilians? -- nm - Max May 31, 20:45 10
        
        Since when is that the definition of "enemy"? -- nm - Ender May 31, 21:03 9
        
        What would you say Ukraine was doing that justified Russia initiating war and killing civilians? -- nm - Max May 31, 21:12 8
        
        Again... That has nothing to do with the definition of "enemy" Was the US not Japan's enemy in 1945? -- nm - Ender May 31, 21:20 7
        
        What would you say Ukraine was doing that justified Russia initiating war and killing civilians? -- nm - Max May 31, 21:30 6
        
        Repeating the same stupid question doesn't make you smart. -- nm - Ender May 31, 21:47 5
        
        Dodging it doesn't make you someone to look up to. -- nm - Max May 31, 21:54 4
        
        It's called a non sequitur, dude. I don't owe you a response to straw men. -- nm - Ender May 31, 22:00 3
        
        It's the fundamental question to your question - how does one get to just declare an enemy and kill their civilians without justification? - Max May 31, 22:07 2
        
        I'm perfectly willing to admit that under the 1977 revisions to the Geneva Convention it's a war crime. -- (edited) - Ender May 31, 22:21 1
        
        Maybe I've misread, but it looked like your comparison to London/Berlin wasn't just a question about a date of rule changes. - Max May 31, 22:46
      - Ukraine is Russia's victim. -- nm* - Beryllium May 31, 20:26
      - the (unprovoked) invasion itself was in violation of int'l law from day one. never mind stealing Crimea eight years ago -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 31, 20:22 1
        
        no but russia really doesn't like them see? -- nm - mafic May 31, 20:25
      - this ain't WWII. indiscriminate attacks were added in the '70s. -- nm - mafic May 31, 20:18
      - Are those not war crimes too? -- nm - Roger More May 31, 20:18 2
        
        and even if they technically weren't then, they are now. -- nm - mafic May 31, 20:19 1
        
        And even if they weren’t technically at the time, I’m sure that the Blitz and the V2 campaigns were seen as criminal and not seen as “bad stuff - Roger More May 31, 20:45
  - intentionally targeting civilians and/or hospitals is. -- nm - mafic May 31, 20:05 1
    - or it's an indiscriminate attack. take your pick really. -- nm - mafic May 31, 20:06
I think I should have a nice milktoast snack before bed. -- nm - Dano May 31, 19:51 1
- Maybe some peanut butter milktoast? -- nm - Beryllium May 31, 19:53
So many guys come back from Tommy John good as new that it’s easy to forget that some still just…don’t. -- (link) - Tim May 31, 19:35
Thursday NYT xword: Rated I for: I hate that freaking kind of nonsense - prayformojo 🐵 May 31, 19:31 1
- I mean Thursday tho. still my slowest one since like 2019. -- nm - mafic May 31, 20:03
Stilson 2024 -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 31, 19:26 9
- The real story is that dude on the left. -- nm - David May 31, 19:43 4
  - The "Oh shit. This is gonna be a meme." look. -- nm - Mop May 31, 20:36 2
    - yeah it’s a meme -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 31, 20:48 1
      - “You’re a funny guy, Don!” -- nm - Roger More May 31, 20:49
  - "Welcome to the Baby Hunger Games." -- nm - Seneca May 31, 20:13
- he's got the munchies for a california cheeseburger? -- nm - mafic May 31, 19:31
- it's like a goddamn Renaissance painting -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 May 31, 19:29 2
  - laughing is hard -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 31, 19:35 1
    - must something about florida politics cause here's Rick Scott -- (link) - zeitgeist May 31, 22:06 [Image]
The Reds just won their second-ever series against the Red Sox. -- nm - Ender May 31, 19:17
Heh, the fun of the AAA ballpark experience. -- (link) - Ender May 31, 19:14
interesting CA Senate race split: Katie Porter votes No, Schiff votes Yes -- nm - hollywood big shot May 31, 19:13 1
- That is interesting -- nm - Pippy May 31, 19:13
PwC busy burning themselves to the ground in Australia. senior partner advising the government on changes to the tax code told other partners and - mafic May 31, 19:09 2
- Conflict of interest thingy? Or favorable tax rules? -- nm - budice May 31, 19:17 1
  - conflict of interest and divulging confidentialinfo. dude was under multiple NDAs at the time, and they all knew it. -- nm - mafic May 31, 19:18
Do they need 60 votes in the senate?....will they get them? -- nm - zeitgeist May 31, 18:48 2
- The Dems and Republicans both like being rich, so yes -- nm - Pippy May 31, 19:11
- Probably. Mitch has said he is supporting the bill. The main question is how long it will take. -- nm - znufrii May 31, 18:50
lol@Mitch "Republican unity forced @POTUS to negotiate" - znufrii May 31, 18:47
Debt deal passes House 314-117. -- nm - budice May 31, 18:27 8
- Here's Why That's Bad News For Joe Biden -- nm - NYT Pitchbot May 31, 18:51
- if I understand things correctly .. the bill passes, with less Dem NOs than GOP NOs -- (link) Posted by mud May 31 '23, 09:55 -- (pic) - mud May 31, 18:31 [Attachment]
- 71 GOP votes against has to have McCarthy sweating. -- nm - znufrii May 31, 18:28 5
  - Wasn’t there something in the Bible about building a House of Representatives on a foundation of sand? -- nm - Qale May 31, 18:30
  - Also McCarthy promised 150 GOP votes. Only delivered 149. -- (edited) - znufrii May 31, 18:30 3
    - He forgot to vote for it himself! Do’h! - Qale May 31, 18:31 2
      - Boebert apparently missed the vote by seconds (not that she would likely have been a yes) -- nm - hollywood big shot May 31, 19:11
      - Heh, -- nm - znufrii May 31, 18:56
NYT: more on dum-dum's handling of the classified documents from Maggie Haberman, Jonathan Swan and Alan Feuer. -- (edited) - mud May 31, 18:22 1
- He lost his classification authority the moment Biden was sworn in. -- nm - loosilu Jun 1, 05:50
let them fight -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 31, 18:21 5
- I've been laughing at "milktoast" all day. -- nm - znufrii May 31, 18:36 1
  - She’s going to respond by setting Chick Fila sandwiches on fire with a flamethrower live on air -- nm - Pippy May 31, 19:15
- What's going to happen? Can we get a ST getting pool re 2024 pres candidates now? -- nm - Kellyanne Scrabblestats May 31, 18:35 2
  - Donny runs from federal lockup for the next year, still buries Meatball Ron at the convention -- nm - hollywood big shot May 31, 18:54 1
    - yep -- nm - mud May 31, 19:26
I think President Biden has played the MAGA Republicans like a fine fiddle. - Under the Influence May 31, 18:20 13
- eh. never should have negotiated in the first place. - hollywood big shot May 31, 18:34 10
  - kicking it past the election is a huge win. - znufrii May 31, 18:45 6
    - declaring it unconstitutional and telling Kev to prove it in court or eat shit would have been bigger - hollywood big shot May 31, 18:50 5
      - Good luck trying to get Wall St. to buy any new issues until it's settled then. Oops. -- nm - znufrii May 31, 18:51 4
        
        And you'd really put the fiscal fate of our country in the hands of those Fed Soc goons you love whining about? -- (edited) - znufrii May 31, 18:53 2
        
        well now he has two years until the next one. perfect time to get SCOTUS on the record about it -- nm - hollywood big shot May 31, 18:58 1
        
        Sounds like a horrible idea to me, to put a case to this SCOTUS that you know you will lose. -- nm* - znufrii May 31, 19:04
        
        well yeah, he needed to start the process on 1/22/22 -- nm - hollywood big shot May 31, 18:52
  - Its the "Well I can work with Repulbicans too checkbox. For the next election." -- nm* - budice May 31, 18:38 2
    - "Bipartisanship" is overrated. his best ratings came when he was sticking it to the GOP and just passing the shit that he could pass -- nm - hollywood big shot May 31, 18:51 1
      - "I can work with them. I can cow them. Vote for me - I'm motherfukinf Dark Brandon." -- nm - Beryllium May 31, 19:04
- Just a show from the get go -- nm - budice May 31, 18:26
- It got more yes votes on the Dem side of the House than from the GOP majority, so, yeah. -- (edited) - znufrii May 31, 18:24
Debt limit deal gets its 218 votes to pass the House, 60 republicans voting against so far -- nm - znufrii May 31, 18:19
Two graduations today at the high school stadium next door. Right now the earlier school is leaving and the 6:00pm group arriving. Chaos since noon! -- nm - Meg May 31, 18:00
please Jamie Dimon. save us, you're our only hope -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 31, 17:52 1
- Jamie Epstein needs to clear his name first -- nm - budice May 31, 18:03
nothing but respect for the writer who can be as ambivalent about their show as the critics -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 31, 17:29
For everyone here. If you want to understand evangelicals, read the Left Behind book series. - loosilu May 31, 17:18 10
- Yuck. But accurate. - ReluctantCynic May 31, 18:19
- Can I just watch the movies instead? -- nm - Dano May 31, 17:23 8
  - 5 hours of hollywood heartthrob Kirk Cameron? yes please! -- nm - mafic May 31, 18:09
  - My impression of the first movie was, it was much better than it had to be. Did not see remaining. -- nm - loosilu May 31, 17:53 1
    - Not true, saw second on video, found it mediocre. -- nm - loosilu May 31, 17:54
  - sure why not? -- nm - loosilu May 31, 17:52
  - yes -- nm - Remlik May 31, 17:47 3
    - but don't. - mud May 31, 17:51 2
      - that's why I said if you want to understand evangelicals. -- nm - loosilu May 31, 17:54 1
        
        I was raised one. Been there, done that. -- nm - Qale May 31, 18:37
Tomorrow's potentially fun scenario: It's going to be +30 but the smoke from the big fire south of us is supposed to hit us heavily in the afternoon - Reagen May 31, 17:18 6
- with any luck the smoke will overwhelm your sense of smell. -- nm - mafic May 31, 18:14
- The people complaining about the rules to prevent additional fires is a complete circle of people who complained about wearing a mask. -- (link) - Beaker 🍻 May 31, 17:39 3
  - inconvenient as it sometimes is I'm glad the fire rules are so strict here. guy that accidentally caused the fire a couple years ago is facing - mafic May 31, 18:24
  - oh man. -- nm - loosilu May 31, 17:55
  - $25k fines for illegal burns! - Reagen May 31, 17:50
- yuck -- nm - mud May 31, 17:32
I think Mom may like my cat better than I do. - ReluctantCynic May 31, 17:07 1
- If Portia had only known she'd have moved in with you sooner ;-) -- nm - Meg May 31, 18:07
Russian op. An aide who has accused Pres Biden of sexual assault (incident from years ago) is now in Russia. - TWuG May 31, 16:58
At a bar, thanks for asking. Eavesdropping on group of MAGAites who are saying the reckoning is coming. Serious q: what happens in the reckoning? - Kellyanne Scrabblestats May 31, 16:36 45
- they don't know either. their entire political worldview is nothing more than epithets and shibboleths. -- nm* - znufrii May 31, 19:09 2
  - Epithets and Shibboleths, the least well know Tommy James and the Shondells song. -- nm - TWuG May 31, 19:34
  - In fact, if I were the sort of person who wrote books about that sort of thing, that would actually be a pretty good title. -- (edited) - znufrii May 31, 19:11
- I think they imagine the "lock her up" scenario - all the laptops are found, with grooming on them, and all their opponents are imprisoned - Max May 31, 18:51
- I had a similar discussion today about the "plan" for Jan 6 - Fuzzy May 31, 17:16 3
  - They had a belief (and, I suppose, still do) that disrupting the proceedings would be enough to make room for a takeover by force/judicial fiat - Reagen May 31, 17:25
  - Right? I guess "what are the exact steps?" -- nm - Kellyanne Scrabblestats May 31, 17:17 1
    - They seem to believe that the American Revolution was won because "we the people" were righteous. - Fuzzy May 31, 17:42
- ask yourself, who has the most guns -- nm - zeitgeist May 31, 17:11 1
  - The military. -- nm - TWuG May 31, 18:24
- The Reckoning is the title of one of the Left Behind Books -- nm - loosilu May 31, 17:11 1
  - almost 25 years ago in NYC my Jewish roomie got into Left Behind books. I read them too. - loosilu May 31, 17:15
- rat em out to to feds! -- nm - hollywood big shot May 31, 17:02
- Well first there was The Storm. Then came The Kraken. And since both were extremely unsatisfying to them, it is now The Reckoning. -- nm - Qale May 31, 16:57 2
  - Seattle is getting an NBA team? -- nm - Dano May 31, 17:02 1
    - feels like a pro lacrosse team. -- nm - Reagen May 31, 17:14
- What they think: Jesus shows up and he will guide them to salvation. Reality: Jesus shows up as a black lesbian woman and turns them all gay. - Walt_Disney May 31, 16:57
- R.E.M. reunion tour -- nm - hollywood big shot May 31, 16:50 7
  - this also reminds me I’ll be back home the same weekend as my 35th HS get together dinner and I’m dreading all the Fox talk - hollywood big shot May 31, 16:53 6
    - honestly, lean the fuck into it. -- nm - loosilu May 31, 18:01
    - Why would possibly want to attend any High School reunion. Much less the 35th. -- nm - Qale May 31, 17:00 4
      - I never have and don't give a flying. -- nm - loosilu May 31, 18:02
      - Yep. I didn't like most of them during HS. Odds are I won't care for most of the folks who show up. -- nm - TWuG May 31, 17:02
      - it’s just a dinner with some locals. if I wasn’t already in town visiting family I wouldn’t go. but they’ll know I’m home so… -- nm - hollywood big shot May 31, 17:01 1
        
        I’d turn out the lights on the cardboard box like I do on Halloween. -- nm - Qale May 31, 17:29
- everyone drinks Bud Lite and shops at Target -- nm - Beaker May 31, 16:49 1
  - Honest answer: The Purge -- nm - Beaker May 31, 16:53
- Two words: Dance. Fight. -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 May 31, 16:46
- In the Reckoning is the belief that all the people they don't like will be - TWuG May 31, 16:44 8
  - So like the government no longer has any patience for any liberal thought? It's prosecutable? -- nm - Kellyanne Scrabblestats May 31, 16:46 7
    - Heather: people actually believe that?? -- nm - Kellyanne Scrabblestats May 31, 16:47 6
      - it is not even the craziest thing people believe. -- nm - Reagen May 31, 16:58 2
        
        Thank God trump is going to win in 2024 to keep this from happening - ?? -- nm - Kellyanne Scrabblestats May 31, 17:14
        
        Heck, that's barely even "crazy". It's just Biblical doomsdaying. That stuff is a dime a dozen. -- nm - TWuG May 31, 17:04
      - It's a conservative wet dream fantasy where laws no longer restrain them. The government would be th -- nm - TWuG May 31, 16:51 2
        
        This is the actual answer. It’s why Trump is so exhilarating. He has yet to be held accountable. They want to be him so bad. -- nm - Qale May 31, 16:59
        
        Them, people like them. -- nm - TWuG May 31, 16:51
- Jeopardy gets cancelled and Wheel of Fortune is extended to the full hour. -- nm - Beryllium May 31, 16:43 2
  - Hush your mouth. -- nm - Wilkes-Baron, PA May 31, 16:54 1
    - I'm tellin ya, monsters! -- nm - Beryllium May 31, 17:53
- apparently we're all traitors and will be put up against the wall and shot. -- nm - Remlik May 31, 16:39 4
  - But like by whom? Like who will reckon us? A super conservative congress? -- nm - Kellyanne Scrabblestats May 31, 16:41 3
    - The group you're listening to will have free rein to exact punishments. They'll get to rape, kill, and/or torture - TWuG May 31, 16:46 1
      - Sounds logical and likely. -- nm - Kellyanne Scrabblestats May 31, 17:13
    - Jan 6 Part 2: Sedition Boogaloo. -- nm - Reagen May 31, 16:43
barbecue sauce -- nm - hollywood big shot May 31, 16:27 1
- hrrmmm .. cow -- nm - mud May 31, 16:28

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