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Honestly, yes, put him in charge -- (link) - Reagen Jun 24, 07:49 1
- Let Him Cook -- nm - budice Jun 24, 07:52
I wonder if Putin is gonna unleas his secret weapon.....Steven Segal -- nm - eag Jun 24, 07:40 4
- "To kill a cook ... you need another cook!" -- nm - Reagen Jun 24, 07:41 3
  - Rachael Ray? -- nm - mud Jun 24, 07:45 2
    - I'm just imaging some line delivered by him in Under Siege 3. -- nm - Reagen Jun 24, 07:48
    - Yes, Rachel Ray -- nm - budice Jun 24, 07:46
Kadyrov's Chechens arrive in Rostov, immediately surrender -- (link) - Reagen Jun 24, 07:39 1
- :-D -- nm - mud Jun 24, 07:42
Google Maps is still showing me a 4 star hotel in downtown Moscow along the river that I can book for 100 dollars a night...(link) - Walt_Disney Jun 24, 07:36
"The Canadians have been trying to take Florida for years and I say we let them do it" -- (link) - mud Jun 24, 07:30 1
- The original tweet there is hilarious -- nm - Walt_Disney Jun 24, 07:37
Voronezh vid: -- (link) - mud Jun 24, 07:23 8
- more -- (link) - mud Jun 24, 07:23 7
  - That looked like a bus -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 24, 11:26
  - more -- (link) - mud Jun 24, 07:24 5
    - more -- (link) - mud Jun 24, 07:24 4
      - more -- (link) - mud Jun 24, 07:25 3
        
        more -- (link) - mud Jun 24, 07:26 2
        
        I think this is the exact location of that clip -- (link) - Reagen Jun 24, 07:29 1
        
        ~whoa-oh we're half way there, whoa OH livin' on a prayer~♪ -- (link) - mud Jun 24, 07:41
I did my duty as a citizen of the world today and learned how to pronounce Prigozhin. pree-GO-zhin. - prayformojo 🐵 Jun 24, 07:21 1
- Just call him Werner Herzogs long lost twin brother -- nm - eag Jun 24, 07:25
'“Daddy, why did Russia and the Titan both implode this week?” - when I told him “to distract from the Hunter Biden guilty plea,” he started crying' -- (link) - mud Jun 24, 07:15 2
- Lol too funny. Was just about to post this. - Jovian Jun 24, 07:18
- I just don't know why Putin decided to go woke. -- nm - Reagen Jun 24, 07:17
ERMAHGERD! ST:SNW was so good this week. A+++ -- nm - sycor Jun 24, 07:05
Sure, ousting Putin is cool and all, but Wagner is notorious for selling weapons to insurgents and, well, 4,000 nukes… - Mop🧹 Jun 24, 07:00
Anyone want to make a guess what happens in about two hours when the Wagner convoy gets to Moscow. Its amusing but there are civilians and soldiers... - Walt_Disney Jun 24, 07:00 2
- I expect there will be a lot of milling about with little to no shooting. Maybe a few government buildings occupied. - Mop🧹 Jun 24, 07:04 1
  - Perception becomes reality in these cases very quickly. Lenin expected to be executed within hours during his putsch and was shocked that he was - Reagen Jun 24, 07:16
It's stupid humid out today. Like 900% humidity. -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jun 24, 06:45 2
- Yes but what is the dew point -- nm - con_carne Jun 24, 08:14 1
  - about 95! -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jun 24, 12:27
Very informative summary of the Russian situation -- (link) - mara Jun 24, 06:44 1
- Thanks -- nm - Pippy 🏳️‍🌈 Jun 24, 07:08
Google Maps traffic views around Moscow are sumthin' right now. -- nm - Reagen Jun 24, 06:38
If you’re a D+ subscriber check your credit card offers. I have $10 back on my AMEX for 6 months. - spamlet 🤦🏻‍♂️ Jun 24, 06:22 2
- I’ve still got the original 3-year Disney bundle offer banked since shortly after I subscribed, I switched to Verizon. - Mop🧹 Jun 24, 06:55
- I'm offered $6 12 times, but I subscribe annually so *dang it* -- nm - Reagen Jun 24, 06:28
Mark Hertling: "Funny, I just addressed each of those, and more, on CNN. But so many are still boycotting the network because of a stupid town hall." -- (link) - mud Jun 24, 05:58 2
- "3) The world is so fortunate Trump lost in 2020." -- (link) - mud Jun 24, 06:07 1
  - A. Blinken: "The United States will stay in close coordination with Allies and partners as the situation continues to develop." -- (link) - mud Jun 24, 06:10
“The problem with mercenaries is that they need to be paid to start fighting. And, unless you are very lucky, you end up paying them even more to stop.” -- nm* - znufrii 🦄 Jun 24, 05:58
Twitter rumors that Putin is on plane to St Petersburg after his request for help from allies was rejected. -- nm - Walt_Disney Jun 24, 05:49 1
- He's Florida's problem now. -- nm - Mop Jun 24, 05:52
"We are fascinated and having a lot of popcorn." -- (link) - mud Jun 24, 05:26 3
- (that is a lot of popcorn) -- (link) - mud Jun 24, 06:05
- "Are the elites fleeing?" -- (link) - mud Jun 24, 05:41 1
  - Anne Applebaum/ theatlantic: Russia Slides Into Civil War -- (edited) - mud Jun 24, 05:49
I'm updating my wardrobe and bought these jeans last night. It's the '90s up in this place. -- (link) - Krusty Jun 24, 05:14 [Image] 4
- did you order your wallet chain? -- nm - Remlik Jun 24, 07:21 1
  - Hahaha! :-) - Krusty Jun 24, 07:31
- and also the crocheted sweater? -- nm - Reagen Jun 24, 05:20 1
  - Umm... no. -- nm - Krusty Jun 24, 05:27
So New York spent $50k to send immigrants to states they wanted to go, but Florida spent $1.5mil to send them from Texas to New York? -- nm - . Jun 24, 04:43
TikTok blamed for a big rise in 'subway surfing' riding on top of moving trains. several kids killed recently, -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 24, 02:37 1
- It happened here last month. Teen died. -- (link) - Andie Jun 24, 06:57
Prigozhin claims he occupies the Russian Command Headquarters and military sites throughout Rostov -- (link) - zeitgeist Jun 24, 01:58
If Putin needs advice on how to stop an armed column advancing oh his capitol, maybe he could ask Ukraine -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 24, 00:55 1
- Man if Russia collapses a lot of GOP representatives (and Senators) are gonna be unemployed -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 24, 01:10
The sub that imploded was Mission 5; a guy who went on Mission 3 a few weeks ago posted video. - loosilu Jun 23, 23:03 [youtube] 15
- At first I thought it was weird that this was only Mission 5, then when they said the first 3 didn't go off it made sense... -- nm - Ender Jun 24, 01:02 14
  - Mission 4 failed too. Mission 5 was the last one. -- nm - loosilu Jun 24, 08:12
  - The final reports are going to be fascinating reading -- nm - Beryllium Jun 24, 01:31
  - So this was only the 2nd or 3rd trip down? no dozens of 'dry' runs? -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 24, 01:11 11
    - I'm not sure why it's called Mission 5 when they've been doing this for a while. Mike Reiss from The Simpsons went down three different times last - Krusty Jun 24, 04:58 10
      - Did he do it with OceanGate? There must have been other options previously. -- nm - Andie Jun 24, 06:58 2
        
        I'm not sure there were other options. As far as I know all the others are research vessels. -- nm - loosilu Jun 24, 08:16
        
        He did. It was the same company. -- (link) - Krusty Jun 24, 07:11
      - "You're remember for the rules you break about ordinal numbers" -- nm - Reagen Jun 24, 05:14
      - Probably mission 5 of 2023. -- nm - mafic Jun 24, 05:10 5
        
        One of the people on it posted on Saturday (the day before) that it was likely to be 'Titan's only trip in 2023.' -- nm - Andie Jun 24, 06:59 3
        
        It was their last chance for the year after all the others failed. He was determined to get there on this trip. -- nm - loosilu Jun 24, 08:15
        
        good prediction. -- nm - Reagen Jun 24, 07:17
        
        This: -- (pic) - Andie Jun 24, 07:03 [Attachment]
        
        That could be it and makes sense. 👍🏽 -- nm - Krusty Jun 24, 05:11
That justalex video about the Titan sub is blowing up. 250k views and climbing. His next highest is 20k. Most are just a few hundred. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jun 23, 22:55
W insisted that any hot dogs prepared in the White House should be steamed and never grilled. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jun 23, 22:33 6
- Chicago dogs are boiled or steamed on steamed poppy seed bun. -- nm - . Jun 24, 04:57 1
  - Wait—the buns are steamed too? -- nm - Flavorize Jun 24, 06:50
- I've had steamed hotdogs and they are great. But I also like to slice them in various ways and grill them for extra surface area. - Beryllium Jun 23, 23:49 1
  - Heathen! the ketchup part -- nm* - . Jun 24, 04:57
- I guess he was right about one thing -- nm - hollywood big shot Jun 23, 22:49 1
  - Nope, still wrong like you. Grilled is far superior. -- nm - Krusty Jun 24, 04:07
Alright, I finally finished Extraction II. It was just okay. I'd watch a third one, though. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 23, 22:13
Pause the video on my PC and get up to put some things away. Cats think it's bedtime and both hop up on the desk to say good night :) -- nm - Meg Jun 23, 21:57 7
- I'll always remember Reagen saying to me "cats are the OCD freaks of the animal world" because it is so true - crash davis 😺 Jun 23, 22:05 6
  - ... I thought that was raccoons? -- nm - Beryllium Jun 23, 22:06 5
    - Not having lived with raccoons, I feel unqualified to compare and contrast -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jun 23, 22:14 4
      - They wash their food & their hands before they eat -- nm - Beryllium Jun 23, 22:23 3
        
        Yet still piss all over my attic... -- nm - Ender Jun 23, 22:24 2
        
        that's supposed to be rather toxic -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 24, 00:45
        
        I guess that is why I've never lived with them. They're over at your house taking a pee -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jun 23, 22:30
Turkey, a great American fowl, used to be served regularly at state dinners. But it has not been served since the Eisenhower administration. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jun 23, 21:50 11
- Ebenezer Scrooge bought a goose, right? Do Brits still buy geese for the big holidays? -- nm - Ender Jun 23, 22:21 4
  - The German side of the family used to have goose for Christmas until they got too expensive. -- nm - . Jun 24, 04:59
  - To her last days my Mom never forgave the GIs camped down the road when their lovingly raised Christmas goose went missing. - Meg Jun 23, 22:32
  - The Guardian 8 Oct 2022: "Fears of Christmas goose shortages as UK’s biggest producer hit by bird flu" -- (link) - crash davis 😺 Jun 23, 22:26
  - The one as big as me, sir?! -- nm - Street Urchin Outside Scrooge’s Window Jun 23, 22:25
- JFK was the first President to serve an American wine at a state dinner. LBJ was the first to serve American wines exclusively. -- nm* - crash davis 😺 Jun 23, 21:51 5
  - Truman at two separate state luncheons, one for the Dutch Prime Minister, and one for Winston Churchill, served Fritos. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jun 23, 21:52 4
    - Gerald Ford dancing with Queen Elizabeth II at a state dinner. By the looks of her, this was her Olivia Colman years -- (link) - crash davis 😺 Jun 23, 22:13 [Image] 3
      - Who was it #45 served fast food? Yes, I know it wasn't a state dinner. -- nm - Meg Jun 23, 22:27 2
        
        national champs Clemson University -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jun 23, 22:28 1
        
        And it was cold. -- nm - . Jun 24, 04:53
Putin orders Prigoshin to be arrested for mutiny. Moscow limits internet, parks military trucks at intersections. -- (link) - zeitgeist Jun 23, 21:44
Wordle 735 4/6 - prayformojo 🐵 Jun 23, 21:43 1
- 4 - Fuzzy Jun 24, 04:15
Elly's double was 116.6 off the bat with a 16° launch angle. As one scribe described it, "it almost went through the wall". -- (link) - Ender Jun 23, 21:26 4
- 4 of the Reds' 6 highest paid players this year do not currently play for the Reds. - Ender Jun 24, 01:34
- Future HOF Joey Votto on the Reds and Elly: He's having the time of his life watching these guys and Mickey Mantle is mentioned. -- (link) - Ender Jun 23, 21:56
- This Braves-Reds series is apparently the Battle of 2002... -- (link) - Ender Jun 23, 21:28 1
  - (Tonight was also the first matchup between a pitcher and a hitter who were both born in 2002.) -- nm - Ender Jun 23, 21:30
never change KD -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 23, 21:13
AEW: HAHA this was a great moment on Rampage tonight.... -- (link) - Remlik Jun 23, 20:59 1
- I’ve hated The Acclaimed since Day One-ish but this is awesome. -- nm* - Qale Jun 23, 21:15
Even Russian state media won't be able to hide this one. So, the ripple effects should be fascinating. - David Jun 23, 20:57 13
- You need some serious pull to do a coup across a large land mass -- nm - budice Jun 23, 21:19 1
  - I'm thinking Waggoners best, maybe only chance of survival is to throw in with Ukraine, cept for crimes of war -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 23, 21:22
- Putin so destroyed Russian media and press, they're not going to say anything. They'll fall out a window if they do. -- nm - Remlik Jun 23, 21:01 10
  - TikTok still gets through. I follow a fair amount of Russian cuties. -- nm - Qale Jun 23, 21:15
  - Doesn't matter. The people will remember tanks in a big city. -- nm - David Jun 23, 21:11 8
    - Huh, funny thing about memories -- nm - PRC Jun 24, 04:50
    - How is Igor in Vladivostock going to know what is going on in Rostov On Don? It is 4,222 miles away -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jun 23, 21:18 6
      - How do you and I know each other? -- nm - David Jun 23, 21:21 5
        
        We live in a free country. If we were Russia, and Apple pulled the unlocking phones BS they do with the FBI, Tim Cook - out the window. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jun 23, 21:26 4
        
        now who's being a real Igor in Vladivostock? -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jun 23, 21:30 3
        
        I'm being pragmatic. We have a free press, and half of the country thinks the other half is being fed lies. What if you controlled all media? -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jun 23, 21:33 2
        
        I talk to Russian people in Discord all the time. - David Jun 23, 21:51 1
        
        I just want you to realize that the chance of Anna Kendrick asking me out is only marginally better than the Predators winning next year's Cup. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jun 23, 21:56
From a thread of Russian jokes: A Russian arrives at the Polish border: “Nationality?” “Russian.” “Occupation?” “No, no, just visiting.” -- (link) - TWuG Jun 23, 20:56
Tesla FSD: what does the Stop sign mean, Dave? -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 23, 20:47 2
- Is FSD meant for city streets? I thought it was a highway thing. -- nm - Ender Jun 24, 01:07
- I guess it's a good thing that it's sold as a level 2 ADAS that *requires* supervision. He was a dumbass not to brake as soon as he saw the - TWuG Jun 23, 21:13
because I enjoy grossing you people out: I had a free two topping medium pizza from Dominoes - crash davis 😺 Jun 23, 20:45 2
- That's so crazy that it just might work -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 23, 21:14
- Food truck it and charge $8 a slice. Sure, why not. -- nm - Qale Jun 23, 20:54
“Call of Duty cutscene bullshit” lol -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 23, 20:45 4
- I assume this is an Extraction 2 review, because I had the exact same thought. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 23, 20:49 2
  - They hide behind kitchen cabinets to dodge heavy machine gun fire. That ... doesn't work. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 23, 20:49 1
    - Oh, fooled again. It's another accurate Russia take. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 23, 20:50
- haha! it's about as scripted as well as a cut scene -- nm - Remlik Jun 23, 20:48
nobody in SoCal would lift a finger for San Diego, tbf -- nm - hollywood big shot Jun 23, 20:40
How many phone numbers would you say you know by memory? I might be at 1.5. Mine and maybe one of my parents' cells, but not sure which one. -- nm - Ender Jun 23, 20:37 8
- 5 - mine, my wife’s, my Dad’s cell, and my folk’s and in-law’s land lines. -- nm - landbeck Jun 24, 03:22
- You should think about, if you get arrested, they'll take your cell and you'll have to call someone on an old school pay phone. - zeitgeist Jun 23, 21:19
- 2. Mine, my wife's. I don't know my daughter's number, so if I lose my phone... -- nm - TWuG Jun 23, 21:14
- Three - My home and cell - and the cab company 714-444-4444. -- nm - Meg Jun 23, 20:59
- at least five - mine, my mom, work, city hall, my optometrist (last four is 2020) ...if I think a bit I'll come up with others -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jun 23, 20:41
- 1 at this point. My brain has rightfully decided number memory now belongs to plu produce codes for work. -- nm - Qale Jun 23, 20:41 1
  - I remember when Vons Pavilions opened here in town. I'd run into groups of new checkers in the produced dept. being drilled on identifying produce and - Meg Jun 23, 21:35
- Two -- nm - znufrii 🦄 Jun 23, 20:39
‘No Hard Feelings’ Review: How Lucky Can a Nerdy Kid Get? - crash davis 😺 Jun 23, 20:37 1
- I wished Hollyweird would stop shoving this cis straight stuff down my throat during Pride month! *drinks a BudLight* -- nm - Qale Jun 23, 20:43
Vindman -- (link) - Jovian Jun 23, 20:36

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