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morale-improving beatings set to resume again -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 5, 15:44 1
- *clenches…something* -- nm - Jerome Powell Jul 5, 15:53
Russia has stolen over 700,000 Ukrainian children. That's a war crime and it'd be nice if The Hague pursued it as such. -- (link) - TWuG Jul 5, 14:59 10
- I'm sure it's that or more, Russia has been trying to wipe the people of Ukraine out of existence since Stalin and before... -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 5, 16:23
- That number seems grossly inaccurate. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 5, 15:09 7
  - for reference, japan abducted 670,000 koreans during WW2. no way that number is real, they can barely keep food moving to the front line, how on - colin Jul 5, 16:02
  - yeah, extra 0 there for sure -- nm - mud Jul 5, 15:15 5
    - It's actually 7 kids and three of them were in a trench coat trying to appear like an adult. -- nm - Qale Jul 5, 15:29
    - It's a Russian claim, so it's like they are admitting to extra criming -- nm - TWuG Jul 5, 15:20 3
      - why are we (Mop, you, me and our pals at Reuters) bothering with it? -- nm - mud Jul 5, 15:24 2
        
        Because it's an actual war crime to take children. -- nm - TWuG Jul 5, 15:25 1
        
        yeah which they've grossly committed and we know that, but the #! .. oh I give up (it was just a rhetoricalish-like question anyways) -- nm - mud Jul 5, 15:27
- Or at least send Caviezel there to get them back -- nm - Beryllium Jul 5, 15:01
Houston schools have been taken over by the state. How's it been going? Blaming tech errors, some teachers were sent emails saying they'd been fired. - Qale Jul 5, 14:43 3
- Mike Miles sounds like a sack of shit. -- nm - colin Jul 5, 15:57
- And others? Well, this week, due to those technical errors, didn't receive pay. - Qale Jul 5, 14:45 1
  - And even if/when they do get their pay? Bill dies in special session of State Legislature, keeping teachers average behind middle-of-the-pack. - Qale Jul 5, 14:55
Wrestling: awww....Eddie Kingston won a title.... -- (link) - Remlik Jul 5, 14:41 3
- Not just any belt...a *Japanese* one. -- nm - David Jul 5, 15:19 2
  - does that hold significance for him especially? -- nm - Remlik Jul 5, 15:20 1
    - He's said many times that finding All Japan matches as a teen changed his life. -- nm - David Jul 5, 15:43
Did you even try to sell any EV Hummers in the parking lot?! -- nm* - Qale Jul 5, 14:33
Demo on our main level starts tomorrow, so just moved my desk down to the basement. I haven't spent a lot of time down here, but looking around, - prayformojo 🐵 Jul 5, 14:15 4
- open the box! -- nm - Dano Jul 5, 14:54
- pray for prayformojo -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 5, 14:18 1
  - Exits months later looking like Gollum -- nm - budice Jul 5, 14:27
- Let me know if you find my stapler. -- nm - Milton Jul 5, 14:17
This is amazing. Wisconsin Governor line item vetoes the 20 from 2023/24 in an education funding bill and makes it run indefinitely. - TWuG Jul 5, 14:00 1
- their new Sup Ct majority really needs to get moving on ungerrymandering that state, for starters -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 5, 14:05
DJT believes he found the cocaine culprit. (can we fucking please get the F out of this timeline?) -- (pic) - Jovian Jul 5, 13:38 [Attachment] 24
- "Are you sure the Gatlin Brothers didn't leave it behind accidentally?" -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jul 5, 15:53
- Only someone who's done cocaine would use the term "common ground up Aspirin". -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 5, 14:31 2
  - I like the term: Booger Sugar -- nm - Pippy Quintas Jul 5, 14:38 1
    - California Snow, Bolivian Marching Powder -- nm - TWuG Jul 5, 14:50
- Tired: Dank Brandon. Wired: Crank Brandon. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 5, 13:58
- I thought he was going to say it was all those missing 2020 ballots and finely shredded into cocaine -- nm - eag Jul 5, 13:51
- I figured for sure it was DJT's baggie. - JaxSean Jul 5, 13:43 11
  - it would have been Adderall or something like it. but 45's WH literally had a Dr Feelgood on staff -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 5, 13:59 4
    - if there was a blacklight equivalent for drugs, the Trump White House probably glowed like a sun. -- nm - TWuG Jul 5, 14:01 2
      - Please GOd, never take a black light in there. -- nm - loosilu Jul 5, 14:02 1
        
        CSI Wash DC on the case -- nm - eag Jul 5, 14:04
    - Who's now in the House. -- nm - loosilu Jul 5, 13:59
  - No one is more relieved than him. - loosilu Jul 5, 13:46 5
    - that was suspected wayyy back during the Hillary-Donald debates -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 5, 14:06 2
      - Before that, pretty sure. -- nm - loosilu Jul 5, 14:06 1
        
        had friends on both sides of the pharmacutical biz, prescribers and consumers point it out immediately -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 5, 14:10
    - I would bet my life on this. All I own and then my life. -- nm - Jovian Jul 5, 13:48 1
      - It explains a lot. -- nm - loosilu Jul 5, 13:50
- I hate that they found a new thing to throw to their cult. -- nm - loosilu Jul 5, 13:40 3
  - I agree. But if it wasnt this, it would just be something else. His base is fully radicalized at this point. It doesnt take much at all. -- nm - Jovian Jul 5, 13:44 2
    - What it comes down to is I hate seeing him happy. -- nm - loosilu Jul 5, 13:44 1
      - Another misconception driven by his maga base, he is the furthest thing from happy. -- nm - Jovian Jul 5, 13:47
- That is the Pot calling the Kettle's Son a crackhead. Eric can't even drive the highway without getting twitchy -- nm* - Pippy Quintas Jul 5, 13:39 1
  - I thought Don Jr was the one always on coke. -- nm - colin Jul 5, 15:58
Former Gators QB Jalen Kitna (son of Jon) pleas to 2 misdemeanors, original charges were 5 counts of child porn. -- (link) - Strongbad Jul 5, 13:35 4
- His not being listed as a sex offender is a grotesque miscarriage of justice. -- nm - David Jul 5, 13:36 3
  - (Where's Jim Caviezel to stop this???) -- nm - David Jul 5, 13:36 2
    - hopefully RIP soon enough. - Jovian Jul 5, 13:44
    - Which SEC team will give him a 2nd chance? - Strongbad Jul 5, 13:38
Jim "Adrenochrome" Caviezel's movie "Sound of Freedom" made an estimated $14.2 million (updated) yesterday. -- (edited) - Inigo Jul 5, 13:22 12
- F this guy -- nm - Jovian Jul 5, 13:25 11
  - Agreed. Believing anyone drinks the blood of babies is crazypants. - Inigo Jul 5, 13:28 10
    - I believe this is true. It's been a long time since I actually read them and didn't continue once she put out more, however. -- nm - Qale Jul 5, 14:28
    - What about Peter Thiel? -- nm - Beryllium Jul 5, 13:59 1
      - (To be fair to Thiel, who never deserves fairness ever again, I'm pretty sure everyone is consenting in that weird practice.) -- nm - Beryllium Jul 5, 14:00
    - Right? It's like drinking whisky before it's been aged. -- nm - Reagen Jul 5, 13:37 5
      - You pair this with California cheeseburgers, don't you? -- nm - David Jul 5, 13:38 1
        
        like I would eat avocado. -- nm - Reagen Jul 5, 13:44
      - Some stuff we just don't even type, Reagen. -- nm - Inigo Jul 5, 13:37 2
        
        what's Caveizel gonna do about it, drive a car into a crowd of people that happens to contain me in it? -- nm - Reagen Jul 5, 13:38 1
        
        As long as it also has babies in it. -- nm - loosilu Jul 5, 13:41
    - that's digging deep in to Protocols of Zion (blood of innocents used to make matzo crackers) -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 5, 13:30
There should be a hot pot version of Hot Ones. Because, man, I just found out. -- nm - Tom Not So Yum Jul 5, 13:17 1
- I think I haven't found out. What is there to find out? -- nm - loosilu Jul 5, 13:22
Thank GOD the Coliseum tourist wasn't American. -- nm - loosilu Jul 5, 13:16 1
- But your first, second, third and fourth toughts when you read about it were that he was. (NM) - Marlowe Jul 5, 14:21
FYI, it's no longer a question of *if" Barbie is a hit, but how big a hit it will be. - Inigo Jul 5, 13:13 6
- For some reason this bothers me. I think this is my leftover childhood Barbie dislike. -- nm - loosilu Jul 5, 13:15 5
  - And also I really, really hate that color. -- nm - loosilu Jul 5, 13:15 4
    - redheads universally do -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 5, 13:19 3
      - Just seeing it gives me a rash. And it's going to be freaking everywhere. -- nm - loosilu Jul 5, 13:20 2
        
        get some green raybans to neutralize it -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 5, 13:22 1
        
        Already have some. :) -- nm - loosilu Jul 5, 13:24
North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson (R) says dictators like Hitler, Stalin and Mao are being taken out of context and promotes reading their writing -- (link) - Remlik Jul 5, 13:13 26
- I'd like to hear the rest of what he says after the video cuts off. I'm not sure he's advocating for people to read their writings or - Krusty Jul 5, 13:48 10
  - OK, after reading a little more, take it the bad way. -- nm - loosilu Jul 5, 13:57 4
    - *always* take it the bad way! -- nm - Jovian Jul 5, 13:58 3
      - I don't want to be hasty. -- nm - loosilu Jul 5, 14:00 2
        
        That he actually used Pol Pot, of all people, is the tell. - Jovian Jul 5, 14:04 1
        
        Yeah I didn't get that. -- nm - loosilu Jul 5, 14:07
  - or just a long winded way of defending Moms for Liberty using a Hitler quote and actually citing him. -- nm - Jovian Jul 5, 13:57
  - Yeah, I can't tell. He may be referring to the far right misusing quotes. -- nm - loosilu Jul 5, 13:55 3
    - He's a right wing a-hole himself but I just can't see him telling people they should listen to dictators and lefty communists. - Krusty Jul 5, 14:04 2
      - (he's a CFNJ) -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 5, 14:06
      - I get it, it's not something you want to be mistaken about. - loosilu Jul 5, 14:06
- Hey, Hal Wyler literally told us to talk to terrorists. -- nm - Max Jul 5, 13:19
- well they know exactly who their messiah currently is, so its time to dumb down the classic dictators for their masses. - Jovian Jul 5, 13:17
- Ban books on diversity but highlight right wing propaganda. Great job there North Carolina. -- nm - Pippy Quintas Jul 5, 13:15 12
  - well, but Stalin and Mao, which is kind of confusing - Reagen Jul 5, 13:18 11
    - I'm pretty sure he's being taken wrong here and is not advocating for these dictators. -- nm - Krusty Jul 5, 13:51 6
      - he's not and he is. - Jovian Jul 5, 14:00 5
        
        That video doesn't tell me enough. He gets cut off. -- nm - Krusty Jul 5, 14:02 4
        
        Just read more about him and who he was speaking to. It's the book burner moms. -- nm - loosilu Jul 5, 14:03 3
        
        ie The book burners who just used an Adolf Hitler quote on their newsletter two weeks ago. -- nm - Jovian Jul 5, 14:06
        
        I know who he is and to whom he was speaking. I want to know what he says after that tweet because I know who he is and where he's talking. - Krusty Jul 5, 14:06 1
        
        If you find it, I'd like to see it. -- nm - loosilu Jul 5, 14:08
    - you think this disgusting overweight Uncle Tom here on stage has any idea the differences between the fascists he just named dropped? -- nm* - Jovian Jul 5, 13:21 3
      - totalitarian != fascist. Neither Stalin nor Mao were fascists. -- nm* - Reagen Jul 5, 13:24 2
        
        heh. I did almost just say 'despots' instead of fascist. -- nm - Jovian Jul 5, 13:26 1
        
        despots is true enough. -- nm - Reagen Jul 5, 13:27
Home alone tonight, with an empty fridge. What should I get for dinner? -- nm - znufrii 🦄 Jul 5, 13:06 8
- Salad. - Beryllium Jul 5, 14:55
- Ribs. You can be messy with no shame. -- nm - Krusty Jul 5, 13:54
- Whatever your spouse hates the most, so the leftovers are all yours. -- nm - loosilu Jul 5, 13:47
- Cheesesteak and fries -- nm - JaxSean Jul 5, 13:36 1
  - I've had cheesesteaks twice already in the past week...so, maybe yeah. -- nm - znufrii Jul 5, 15:10
- what don't you normally have because the other half doesn't like it or thinks its unhealthy for you, India, Mexican, 72oz porterhouse? -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 5, 13:25
- Korean bbq takeout -- nm - decline Jul 5, 13:10
- Cheez-its. -- nm - Spawn Jul 5, 13:06
I just some 🍕 💰 on Felix Bautista to win AL CY—his SO % is over 50% at a 18/9in rate -- nm - Flavorize Jul 5, 13:06
Tuesday was the world’s hottest day on record, beating the last record day…set on Monday. -- (link) - Loyola Jul 5, 12:56 2
- Today is even hotter. -- nm - Spawn Jul 5, 13:02 1
  - It's like Wednesday hot. Tarzan couldn’t take this kind of hot. -- nm - Max Jul 5, 13:12
GM sold ____ Hummer EVs last quarter: -- nm - Reagen Jul 5, 12:49 12
- Imagine how many they'd sell if they actually tried to. -- nm - TWuG Jul 5, 13:52 1
  - 48? -- nm - Reagen Jul 5, 15:03
- those things must be the automotive equivalent of a black hole, you can see gravitational distortion as it rolls down the street. -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 5, 13:29 1
  - heh -- nm - JaxSean Jul 5, 13:35
- The answer: - Reagen Jul 5, 12:58 3
  - “well we tried” -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 5, 13:02
  - I was close -- nm* - decline Jul 5, 12:59 1
    - it's uncanny. -- nm - mud Jul 5, 13:00
- 3,125 -- nm - VMan Jul 5, 12:55
- 3 -- nm - spamlet 🤦🏻‍♂️ Jul 5, 12:54
- 1 million! -- nm - decline Jul 5, 12:53
- Zero! They don't even make it anymore! - ty97 Jul 5, 12:52
this is the most accurate statement Ive seen written about Twitter yet: -- (pic) - Jovian Jul 5, 12:42 [Attachment] 9
- Im not on board with that logic causing what we're seeing now. -- nm - budice Jul 5, 12:55 8
  - Elon bought it to kill it. That is and was always his goal. -- nm - Jovian Jul 5, 13:07 7
    - I actually don't think he did, i don't think his ego allows for that. -- nm - Andie Jul 5, 13:21 3
      - And even if the money doesn't feel real to him, he's still not going to make this one grand donation to end it and sink all that money. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jul 5, 14:22
      - I mean, Ive been off the Elon is a genuine genius Train for awhile now. But I just have a VERY hard time believing he is truly this inept. -- nm* - Jovian Jul 5, 13:27 1
        
        He's an Olympic level archer who thinks that also makes him an Olympic level swimmer. - TWuG Jul 5, 13:56
    - Then why did he try to back out? -- nm - Spawn Jul 5, 13:11 2
      - That might be when he figured out he was over his head. -- nm - loosilu Jul 5, 13:22
      - cold feet? maybe some of his dark money backers for this deal got cold feet. I dunno -- nm - Jovian Jul 5, 13:20
"Police Investigating Stabbing Aboard British Airways Flight" I'm sorry, what? - ty97 Jul 5, 12:42 2
- The assailant is being charged with one count of crossing into the First Class cabin. -- nm - Max Jul 5, 13:23
- it's the most dangerous way to travel!! -- nm - decline Jul 5, 12:43
Evidently, it's Barney the Dinosaur that's next to get the Barbie treatment. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Jul 5, 12:37 3
- Blumhouse? -- nm - Spawn Jul 5, 13:03
- 4-1-93 Barney sat in with the Grateful Dead -- (link) - Peglegpete Jul 5, 12:43 [youtube]
- Props to Variety, btw, for that picture. Those kids look in genuine peril. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 5, 12:42
Variety: ‘Well, then why are they asking all these great actors to do it, and why are they saying yes?' - mud Jul 5, 12:31
zoom zoom -- nm - oblique 🌈 Jul 5, 12:31 1
- I guess I can retire the rainbow -- nm - oblique Jul 5, 12:31

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