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sitwap, so now all the seized items are being returned to the newspaper, the search warrant "was withdrawn" - tRuMaN Aug 16, 16:43 5
- judge who signed the warrant has her own long history of DUIs -- (link) - hollywood big shot Aug 16, 16:47 2
  - Marion KS sounds like one of those towns Jim Rockford would get framed by the corrupt cops and shaken down for money in -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 16, 16:48 1
    - And then the A-Team would rescue him -- nm - Beryllium Aug 16, 16:50
- i just find all this fascinating, that is all. -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 16, 16:46 1
  - Yes... fash-inating -- nm - Beryllium Aug 16, 16:47
Don't mess with otters - JD Aug 16, 16:20 2
- everyone whose seen Animal House knows that. -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 16, 16:42
- I’ve got a screaming otter in my pants! - Bari Seldon Aug 16, 16:30
In memory of Robbie Robertson, check out this great cover of The Weight. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Aug 16, 16:01 [youtube]
Former Anaheim Mayor Harry Sidhu has agreed to plead guilty to federal charges including obstruction of justice, wire fraud and lying - budice Aug 16, 15:48
Watched Disney's The Black Hole last night. Why? Because I remember seeing it in a theater as a kid. Was it good? No. No, it was not. -- nm - TWuG Aug 16, 15:44 9
- Was awesome as a kid, horrible as an adult. Love the John Barry soundtrack though. -- nm - Bacon Aug 16, 16:44
- so many quick cash grabs from 78-82 trying to be the next Star Wars. did any of them really hit until Wrath of Khan? -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 16, 15:58 2
  - Battle Beyond the Stars is a cheesy, yet, fun rip off. -- nm - Remlik Aug 16, 15:59 1
    - I totally remember my dad taking me to the AFB theater to watch that and even at that age, I was like, uh, wut? I guess it's a good try -- nm - JD Aug 16, 16:02
- This makes me sad. As a child, I remember adoring V.I.N.CENT and B.O.B. as well as being freaked out by the faceplated 'robots' and Maximilian - JD Aug 16, 15:54 2
  - I remember getting toys of them in some cereal box. Shreddies, maybe? -- nm - Reagen Aug 16, 15:55 1
    - Shreddies would seem super appropriate for a Maximilian toy -- nm - JD Aug 16, 15:56
- Maxamilian was a scary growin up. Dug the movie. -- nm - budice Aug 16, 15:46
- Jack Kirby drew most of the newspaper comic adaptation. -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 16, 15:46
This is some crazy beer league shit -- (link*) - Reagen Aug 16, 15:33 1
- Ha! -- nm - Krusty Aug 16, 15:37
So the Roxy is turning 50 and Neil Young is going to play a couple of shows. 500 capacity, 50 year old historic Sunset Strip venue with Neil Young - JD Aug 16, 15:14 [Attachment] 3
- I've been to Neil's Bridge School shows before they're usually a lot better than expected from unannounced guests. if you get a $1000 tax write off GO -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 16, 15:41 2
  - also, I just got a guitar back today that had the pups changed. now it has a 59 paf neck & 63 firebird bridge. same setup as Neil. -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 16, 15:45 1
    - D'Urbano seems to be the only pickup maker who wanted to study & copy Neil's to get them right so you can get a matched pair. -- (link) - Peglegpete Aug 16, 15:54
Colts: “Jonathan Taylor returned to Indianapolis to continue his rehab, however he had a personal matter arise. He is not currently with the team..... -- (link) - Remlik Aug 16, 15:14
on MSNBC now: video footage of Roger Stone dictating the process for fake elector challenges in early Nov 2020 - hollywood big shot Aug 16, 15:07 3
- Please let his Scooby-Doo villain dressed ass get sent to the slammer. -- nm - TWuG Aug 16, 15:17 2
  - "And I would've gotten away with it, too, if it weren't for these meddling prosecutors" -- nm - Beryllium Aug 16, 15:33
  - heh -- nm - mud Aug 16, 15:17
Ari Melber (msnbc) playing unbelievable holyshit Roger Stone vid. -- nm - mud Aug 16, 15:07 8
- (I shouldn't say unbelievable with this lot, but it's stunning) -- nm - mud Aug 16, 15:23 2
  - liability for Stone probably depends on someone on that distribution list being a defendant in one of the Jan 6th cases and flipping on him -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 16, 15:29
  - (this lot = The Willard Hotel Losers) -- (link*) - mud Aug 16, 15:24 [Backboard]
- vid: -- (link) - mud Aug 16, 15:16
- to whom though? -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 16, 15:08 3
  - Eastman? I dunno. It's from Nov.5, 2020 - btwn election & election being called on the 7th -- nm - mud Aug 16, 15:14 2
    - i'd love him to catch charges from Fani or Jack but has to be some nexus between the document and other conspirators -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 16, 15:15 1
      - Roger Stone cares about only one person: Roger Stone. He'll throw everyone under the bus. - Mop🧹 Aug 16, 15:54
iPhone 15 series, AirPods, and MagSafe Charger spotted -- (link) - budice Aug 16, 15:07
Salon: "I've never seen anything like it": Economic analyst stunned at sources of Jared Kushner's funds - mud Aug 16, 14:59 1
- cc: Jim Comer -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 16, 15:02
in happier news, it will be another year without Bob Kraft in the football HoF -- (link) - hollywood big shot Aug 16, 14:42 1
- Orchid of Asia made Bob happy. Notice how that story was slid under the sunset. -- nm* - budice Aug 16, 14:44
Vlatko out -- (link) - hollywood big shot Aug 16, 14:41 1
- So they get a do-over now, right? -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 16, 14:56
RIP Jerry Moss (co-founder of A&M Records) -- (link) - hollywood big shot Aug 16, 14:37
We just got a robocall from the fire department to prep for evac lvl 2. Then someone posts the big park across town is on fire -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 16, 14:36 2
- stay safe -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Aug 16, 15:38
- Shiiiiiiiiiiiit. -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 16, 14:58
Another Hollywood problem: If you try to make a product that appeals to everybody, you'll end up with a product that serves no one. - Beryllium Aug 16, 14:27 3
- A24 basically makes niche films that it convinces people they want to see. -- nm - Qale Aug 16, 16:42
- *cracks open Bud Light* -- nm - Dylan Mulvaney Aug 16, 14:31
- Stick to the high and the lows that you're used to? -- nm - Reagen Aug 16, 14:29
Our Treadmill Fiasco has entered week three with an unexpected twist! - David Aug 16, 14:26 2
- *Benny Hill music* -- nm - budice Aug 16, 14:28 1
  - Kim's in a meeting. She messages me that they picked up the treadmill and were very nice. I run an errand. The treadmill is sitting there. -- nm - David Aug 16, 14:37
The lede in this story is just the start. Keep going because the crimes, they do multiply. -- (link) - TWuG Aug 16, 14:25 1
- Not even the Donald will mess with the alcohol board -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 16, 14:39
DTL: 11/62/NR/NR, not bad for four bigs. -- nm* - spamlet Aug 16, 14:22 7
- 1/NR/NR, sorry Will -- nm - rollo 🐙 Aug 16, 14:42 2
  - No worries -- I'm aiming big because I need everything. - Will Hunting Aug 16, 14:49 1
    - Depending on how big the tie is, I'll prolly drop off. I only maxed 3 and have a deeper net this cycle -- nm - rollo 🐙 Aug 16, 14:52
- 1/2/64/NR -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 16, 14:28
- NR x 4, though I know someone else is on one of them because he posted it. - Bari Seldon Aug 16, 14:26 2
  - Heh, we just lost by 28 and moved up 16 places. :) - Bari Seldon Aug 16, 14:34 1
    - My team is basically “I just can’t stop fouling!” - spamlet Aug 16, 15:06
Multiple Non Profits plan on buying out theaters for children to see Blue Beetle -- (link) - Remlik Aug 16, 14:21 4
- Sure, Zaslav. I totally believe that. -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 16, 14:47
- worked for Sound of Freedom -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 16, 14:29 1
  - Black Panther as well -- nm - Remlik Aug 16, 14:33
- Well, they've got to burn their profits somehow. I hope the kids enjoy it. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 16, 14:24
Cub Marcus Stroman out "indefinitely" with a rib injury while close to being back from a hip injury. -- nm - zunk takes things literally Aug 16, 14:19 2
- Mike Trout should just sit out the last month, but likely won't -- nm - budice Aug 16, 14:22 1
  - The Cubs need Stro to win a division (and playoff games). If Trout gets healthy he should play -- nm - zunk takes things literally Aug 16, 14:44
Baseball: Umpire ejects organ player for playing Three Blind Mice -- (link) - Remlik Aug 16, 14:14 1
- 😂😂 -- nm - Krusty Aug 16, 15:42
OhSt ProDay: Scout stated watching Harrison Jr "Like window shopping at a Lamborghini dealership for the model that doesn't come out until next year" -- nm - budice Aug 16, 14:10
"“Since COVID, there’s a 20% decline in available moviegoers,” a high-level studio executive who requested anonymity told TheWrap." - David Aug 16, 13:38 24
- the other thing the strike has reminded me is how much bullshit the trades will uncritically print from anonymous studio sources on a daily basis - hollywood big shot Aug 16, 14:10
- were they unavailable for Barbie and Oppenheimer? or just all the other tired franchise retreads? -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 16, 13:40 22
  - I concede you know the industry way better than I do. But I don't think that either movie are fundamentally altering the overall movie-going audience. - Name Withheld By Request Aug 16, 13:53 10
    - Right. It's the same as Top Gun: Maverick, and it's the point we're always making on the podcast. This system requires a thriving middle. -- nm - David Aug 16, 14:09 8
      - "the system" gutted the thriving middle to chase IP Tentpole Franchises for the past 15 years because dipshits like the one in the Wrap article - hollywood big shot Aug 16, 14:13 7
        
        if The System had had its way, Paramount would have dumped Maverick to P+ a year earlier - hollywood big shot Aug 16, 14:17 6
        
        You aren't wrong about that, but I think you're downplaying that "movie going audiences" are a declining, not growing, pool. - Name Withheld By Request Aug 16, 14:22 5
        
        It’s been declining for 70 years. Studios just accelerated it in the last few years by conditioning people to wait a few weeks and catch whatever on - Will Hunting Aug 16, 14:29 4
        
        I dunno. I think the 70s through 00s fundamentally expanded the number of people who considered going to the movies to be a normal casual activity. - Name Withheld By Request Aug 16, 14:50
        
        That wasn't studios. That was people training their kids to second-screen. - David Aug 16, 14:36 2
        
        2019 had limited problems. Why bother going to pay 12 a ticket if I can wait 12 weeks? - Will Hunting Aug 16, 14:40 1
        
        That was four years ago, grandpa. - The Allfather Aug 16, 15:12
    - what is an "event"? there's nothing inherently more "event-y" about a toy movie and a biopic than any other typical summer movie - hollywood big shot Aug 16, 13:58
  - "“Unless you luck into a cultural event, you have to presume that your film will make around 80% of what it might have previously earned.”" - David Aug 16, 13:41 10
    - Quick Streaming turnaround keeping people away at this point. (?) Also lets not spend $300M on a movie. -- nm* - budice Aug 16, 13:57 2
      - The second statement is the crux of the article. -- nm - David Aug 16, 14:08
      - all these anonymous studio execs in giant hot dog suits are going to find out who collapsed the theatrical window - hollywood big shot Aug 16, 13:59
    - ah yes the old "luck into a cultural event" exception to the rule -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 16, 13:43 1
      - "You, Strawberry! Hit a home run!" -- nm - Reagen Aug 16, 13:44
    - Even that 80% feels optimistic to me -- nm - Beryllium Aug 16, 13:41 4
      - this is the bullshit that lazy execs tell themselves when their IP Franchise Tentpole business model starts to eat its own tail - hollywood big shot Aug 16, 13:44 2
        
        Riddick 7: Darker Than Pitch -- nm - Beryllium Aug 16, 14:25 1
        
        audiences didn't turn out for my crummy live-action Aristocats remake? gotta be the coves -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 16, 14:28
      - (It is.) -- nm - David Aug 16, 13:42
I've used grocery delivery twice - once in Orlando when we didn't have a car, and once here just because there was a deal. -- nm - Reagen Aug 16, 13:34 6
- we used it a few times during the hard lockdown. Both for myself and we sent stuff to my mom who lived alone. Not since. -- nm - Andie Aug 16, 14:22
- My wife uses it occasionally and it drives me crazy. Half the time the orders are wrong or if you order any kind of produce, it's terrible. -- nm - pmb Aug 16, 14:17
- never -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Aug 16, 14:05
- We've had two deliveries today. -- nm - David Aug 16, 13:38
- Walmart+ seems like a deal for it -- nm - budice Aug 16, 13:37 1
  - That’s what we use. We easily save the annual fee in shit we don’t buy going to the store. -- nm - spamlet Aug 16, 13:42
"overall satisfaction with DC fast charging experiences has dropped from 674 down to 654... Level 2 charging stations, satisfaction has also decreased - hollywood big shot Aug 16, 13:28 5
- I'm nearly at 100% unsuccessful when trying to charge my car when away from home. - Mop🧹 Aug 16, 14:55
- "As expected, Tesla owners remain satisfied with their charging experience. That’s largely due to the company’s abundant and reliable DC fast-charging - TWuG Aug 16, 13:57 2
  - maybe wait until they open it up to the rest of the world's EVs and then see how satisfied everyone is with it -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 16, 14:14 1
    - The 99+% reliability of Superchargers and the continued build out of the system leave me with few concerns. - TWuG Aug 16, 14:41
- Wonder what the scale is. -- nm - budice Aug 16, 13:32
Fulton County grand jury targeted, home addresses posted -- (link) - mud Aug 16, 13:27 5
- And…MAGA are blaming Antifa -- nm - Flavorize Aug 16, 13:43
- This business will get out of control. It will get out of control and we'll be lucky to live through it. -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 16, 13:33
- That'll certainly make them drop the charges and help everyone realize how reasonable Trump and his supporters are. -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 16, 13:29 1
  - I had no idea if he was guilty, but now I know he is *clearly* innocent. -- nm - Spawn Aug 16, 13:34
- their identities are public as a matter of law in Georgia, for better or worse -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 16, 13:28
On the plus side, I just booked tickets for us to take A to see The Lion King on tour in Philly over Labor Day weekend. -- nm - znufrii Aug 16, 13:23
"Would you like interview Person X, who can explain why Amazon is mistreating Scott Adams, creator of Dilbert?" - David Aug 16, 13:14 2
- Conflict makes for good radio, David. -- nm - Bari Seldon Aug 16, 13:33
- I'll take that as a " no". -- nm - Pippy Quintas Aug 16, 13:32
Britney Spears splits from Husband Sam Asghari -- (link) - budice Aug 16, 13:13 3
- She looks…unwell. - Will Hunting Aug 16, 13:55
- I really thought those crazy kids would make it. -- nm - Spawn Aug 16, 13:35
- Yikes. That is sad. -- nm - Pippy Quintas Aug 16, 13:32
Took 24 hours, but Linus Tech Tips finally got to the right answer. Halts all work to review their processes and protocols. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Aug 16, 13:09 [youtube]
The internet thirsting over Mrs. Met -- (link) - Remlik Aug 16, 13:08 3
- Mrs Met leads me to believe there is a subset of furries into sports mascots -- nm* - TWuG Aug 16, 15:19
- gimme some fries with that shake shake booty -- nm - rollo 🐙 Aug 16, 13:57
- That milkshake brings the boys to the yard for sure. -- nm - Bari Seldon Aug 16, 13:17
Noooo! Bruce Springsteen has postponed his Philly shows tonight and Friday due to illness. New dates TBD. -- nm - znufrii Aug 16, 12:35 6
- Is it me? I've seen him twice on this tour and he's canceled his next 2 dates after each one. - pmb Aug 16, 12:42 2
  - the monocle variant -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 16, 13:09
  - The answer to this depends on whether you had backstage passes and also whether you are known in some circles as "Penny Lane" -- nm - rollo 🐙 Aug 16, 12:45
- Philly of all places too -- nm - rollo 🐙 Aug 16, 12:36 2
  - Right? - znufrii Aug 16, 12:41 1
    - That's what you get for looking down on Jersey. -- nm - Dano Aug 16, 12:42
“Riggers”, huh? Not being particularly subtle, are we? -- (link*) - znufrii Aug 16, 12:28 3
- The germans are going to have to invent a new word to describe how I'm gonna feel when this scum/douche bag finally goes down for the count -- nm - rollo 🐙 Aug 16, 12:36
- first thing I thought of when I saw it. I had a joke all ready but didn't think appropriate to post -- nm* - Beaker 🍻 Aug 16, 12:31 1
  - yeah, trying to comment using the word, the mnemonics of it is more jarring than original -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 16, 13:23
Law and Order and Showtunes -- nm - Beryllium Aug 16, 12:17 4
- Featuring the smash hit, "Objection, Your Honour!" -- nm - Beryllium Aug 16, 12:27 3
  - Jerry Orbach's rendition of "Try To Remand Her" never fails to bring a tear to my eye -- nm* - Bari Seldon Aug 16, 12:36 2
    - It's only just now occurred to me what a missed opportunity that was, to have him and not let him sing ... -- nm - Beryllium Aug 16, 13:12 1
      - Never understood why they didn't take the better parts of cop Rock to make a musical, it's got all the elements of a Broadway show -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 16, 14:43
Coraline is regularly one of the top ten bestsellers on Vudu. -- nm - David Aug 16, 12:17
~Making up a song about Corali-i-ine~ -- nm - Other Father Aug 16, 12:16
R.I.P. "Lana" Smolenska -- (link) - mud Aug 16, 12:15

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