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My local weather gurus earlier this year opened up a new site called The Eyewall. They are bringing their specialty to covering the west coast storm. -- (link) - Qale Aug 19, 10:11 1
- so the west coast gets some side eye -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 19, 10:54
The argument that some states’ Sec of State can declare Trump ineligible to run for President and keep him off the primary ballot -- (link*) - mara Aug 19, 09:22 3
- iirc, there's nothing in the constitution and nobody figured they needed a law to prevent it -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 19, 10:47
- Yup—going to be super messy. -- nm - Flavorize Aug 19, 10:10
- somebody's probably going to have to sue to force the issue -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 19, 09:56
Days since NFL arrest: 0 -- (link) - budice Aug 19, 09:09
Pete Alonso's heel turn this year isn't something I saw coming. -- nm - David Aug 19, 08:50 6
- Awww, he didn’t do it on purpose. He felt horrible about it afterwards. - Tim Aug 19, 08:52 5
  - Context -- (link) - Tim Aug 19, 08:55 4
    - In the longer video, he looks in the dugout and then tosses the ball. It looks 10 thousand percent intentional. - David Aug 19, 09:21 3
      - Probably looked to the dugout 'cause he didn't know how many outs. Like Tim said, he's a lunkhead. -- nm - zunk takes things literally Aug 19, 09:42 2
        
        it’s common for players to toss hits into the crowd after the play is over. Pete is Ken. His job is baseball. - Tim Aug 19, 09:51 1
        
        technically, bat - hollywood big shot Aug 19, 10:08
Republicans really are the worst. -- (link) - TWuG Aug 19, 08:33 2 1
- "I’ve certainly out of joking and out of spite called him a ‘fa***t’ more than once.” - Will Hunting Aug 19, 09:20 1
  - His brother haaaaaates him. Zero doubt about that. -- nm - David Aug 19, 09:21
The Angels, Dodgers and Padres are all home so in advance of the storm, they’re playing doubleheaders today. -- nm - Tim Aug 19, 08:28 8
- That's interesting. I take it that's typical of back east -- nm - con_carne Aug 19, 09:50 4
  - If they know something's coming, the leagues will get games moved in early to get things in while freeing up police resources - Will Hunting Aug 19, 09:57 3
    - Please get your tongues out of your cheeks and tell us what to do. -- nm - con_carne Aug 19, 10:06 2
      - Bend over and kiss your asses goodbye? If the storm won't get you, the mudslides will...and if they don't, the wildfires that follow will. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 19, 10:17 1
        
        Y'all think that we're fancy enough to live in parts where those cliches apply? This is a chance for the LA River to shine - JD Aug 19, 11:05
- It's a beautiful day! Let's play two! -- nm - Ernie Banks Aug 19, 09:43
- Good smart call by mlb. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 19, 08:30 1
  - Couple more Halo losses ahead of the storm -- nm - budice Aug 19, 08:43
Alabama signed a HS Senior class of 24 today. Son of 2012 NFL Draft pick Dre Kirkpatrick -- nm - Strongbad Aug 19, 08:17 2
- Cool—Additionally Tre mustve been a young, young dad. Awesome for both -- nm - Flavorize Aug 19, 09:08 1
  - Yeah the math is crazy. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 19, 11:18
Wouldn't want to be cruising to Ensenada this weekend. I've sailed on both the Radiance and Navigator in the past. No word of cancelations - yet. -- (link) - Meg Aug 19, 07:58 1
- locally some folks were saying they were going to BC and wanted tips on camping and restaurants -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 19, 10:56
lol The Onion -- (link) - hollywood big shot Aug 19, 07:48 1
- I’d be real interested to see how much is him and him alone vs the other guys who came with him. All are better than the originals but 3-4 at once - Will Hunting Aug 19, 08:17
Warrior on HBO is a terrific. It's Deadwood lite. But it's quite good.... - Remlik Aug 19, 07:45 2
- Last night my friend was talking about how much he loved it. -- nm - Krusty Aug 19, 07:54 1
  - the cast top to bottom is terrific. -- nm - Remlik Aug 19, 10:14
Strider keeping my NLCY bet alive…2nd game in-a-row giving up zero runs. Now leads NL with 14 wins and a zillion SOs -- nm - Flavorize Aug 19, 07:42 6
- I'm seeing current odds at +450, only 2 better are Snell and Gallen -- nm - Strongbad Aug 19, 08:19 5
  - That’s insane. He’d have the highest ERA ever for a winning pitcher. - Will Hunting Aug 19, 08:28 4
    - He's not in ESPN's top five. - David Aug 19, 08:47 3
      - I think they're low on Snell...ERA leaders really don't finish off the podium - Will Hunting Aug 19, 09:28
      - A guy came up with a simple formula that is accurate at 55%ish predictive—I can’t remember the first part but “+ SO/10” is the last part - Flavorize Aug 19, 09:15 1
        
        I love Strider more than the air I breathe, but he ain't winning this year. -- nm - David Aug 19, 09:22
Early morning dad joke … -- (pic) - Flavorize Aug 19, 07:08 [Attachment]
Not quite Tungsten Arm old, but the Angels do something for the first time since 1979 in a losing effort. -- (link) - spamlet Aug 19, 06:19 1
- Ohtani -- (pic) - budice Aug 19, 07:12 [Attachment]
PSA; The World Athletics Championships are on tv. -- nm - Loyola Aug 19, 05:28
Xlon deleted his Xcret about removing blocking. -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 19, 02:36
When Hilary was first tracked it was going to be just a tropical storm when it hit LA, 24 hours later its going to be a lvl 4 in San Diego -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 19, 02:03 3
- Palm Springs expected to get a years worth of rain in 24hrs, Mojave might 2 or 3 years worth. -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 19, 02:18 2
  - The real question: Is Jim Cantore there? -- nm - Dano Aug 19, 04:59 1
    - And are there Waffle Houses in SoCal? -- nm - mara Aug 19, 06:58
It would be interesting if someone could, mathematically, utterly destroy all cryptocurrencies in one fell swoop. - Beryllium Aug 19, 00:52
A friend sent me a notice that the drive through we visit often had listeria in the milk shake machine that killed 3, 3 more hospitalized -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 18, 22:54 6
- Here’s the government alert. “All six people had conditions that made their immune systems less able to fight disease.” -- (link) - Mop🧹 Aug 18, 23:12 5
  - age 92, failing kidneys... I think that qualifies... now to convince her to get checked out. tv news said it can take 2 months to manifest -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 18, 23:23 4
    - Your mom will outlive us all. -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 19, 00:18 1
      - mom actually worries about this. -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 19, 02:22
    - I’d be devastated if I took my kids out for a milkshake and one of them died because of it. -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 18, 23:29 1
      - To be honest, I don't think I'd care to meet the person who wouldn't be devastated by that. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 19, 00:06
Foundation S2E6 - Beryllium Aug 18, 22:45
TIL: Mr. Dressup is essentially a spin-off of Mr. Rogers, a show Fred Rogers first introduced on the CBC in 1962. - Mop🧹 Aug 18, 21:29
Connections 69, dude - prayformojo 🐵 Aug 18, 21:18 7
- Mine - decline Aug 19, 05:18
- I had one miss as well - Dano Aug 19, 04:57
- Mine - Fuzzy Aug 19, 04:55
- Nice (spoilers) - spamlet Aug 19, 02:25
- extra tricksy one. - i.b! Aug 19, 00:27
- Got suckered in. Should've looked longer. - VMan Aug 18, 22:07
- nice - Tim Aug 18, 21:28
Wordle 791 6/6 - prayformojo 🐵 Aug 18, 21:14 4
- 6 - decline Aug 19, 05:16
- 5/6 - Fuzzy Aug 19, 04:49
- 6/6 for me also. - landbeck Aug 19, 02:46
- 5/6 - spamlet Aug 19, 02:26
Vegas regional flood control people have been clearing the homeless out of the storm drain tunnels/etc. the past 2 days because of the rain now here. -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 18, 20:21 4
- Be safe. I'm not optimistic about this much rain in the desert. -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 18, 21:18
- I'm sure we'll be fishing them out here when the storm hits :/ -- nm - Meg Aug 18, 20:24 2
  - yeah. you have too big an underground storm drain system to warn everyone in advance. -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 18, 20:27 1
    - They're on the islands and banks of the L.A. River, no matter how much warning they get a few of them get swept downstream. -- nm - Meg Aug 18, 21:01
The over/under of DJTs weight is 273.5 -- nm* - Jovian Aug 18, 20:19 3
- Kilo's? -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 18, 20:27
- I don’t need to fat shame him. I can indictment shame him instead. My only crime was a misdemeanor. -- nm - Qale Aug 18, 20:26 1
  - You broke a heart in the first degree -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 18, 21:25
John Ford's 1927 Rolls Royce just hammered at $60K. -- (link) - Peglegpete Aug 18, 20:09 1
- Heck! You can buy a brand new car for that much! -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 18, 21:32
100M of Musk followers have less than 10 tweets posted to their account. -- (link) - budice Aug 18, 19:59
Hmm, our Sunday tour has been canceled due to the storm threat. I'm glad we had the trees trimmed - hope it will be enough. -- nm - Meg Aug 18, 19:55
Top Chef contestant Lee Anne Wong lost her restaurant in Lahaina and is now feeding her community. -- (link*) - Meg Aug 18, 19:02 2
- Sheldon Simeon is there as well and appears in some of these videos. -- nm - David Aug 18, 19:44
- that tracks -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Aug 18, 19:28
Watching “Legend” with Tom Cruise now. Has anyone seen this? Thoughts? -- nm - MDH Aug 18, 18:58 12
- The director's cut - con_carne Aug 18, 21:12
- Director's Cut is much better. Awesome Tim Curry. -- nm - Spawn Aug 18, 20:55 1
  - This. Jerry Goldsmith score -- nm - con_carne Aug 18, 21:03
- Haven't seen either version. ("Two different versions of this movie feature soundtracks by either Tangerine Dream or Jerry Goldsmith.") -- nm - Beryllium Aug 18, 19:07 4
  - I wonder which version I own on Vudu. Looks like there’s only one version available on digital. -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 18, 19:26 3
    - Sounds like the length is the way to check. The non-director-cut version sounds obscenely short. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 18, 19:28 2
      - Hmmm… 90 minutes. That’s a bad sign. -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 18, 19:31 1
        
        Yeah. Director's cut is 113 minutes. European version is 94, American is 89 -- nm - Beryllium Aug 18, 19:56
- in theaters when it was released, but famously not the cut Ridley wanted. can’t remember if I watched the director’s cut since. Mia Sara still my quee - hollywood big shot Aug 18, 19:06 3
  - I’m watching the directors cut. -- nm - MDH Aug 18, 19:13 2
    - I used to quote a lot of the tim curry lines. -- nm - Spawn Aug 18, 20:57 1
      - What is light without Spawn? -- nm - Bari Seldon Aug 19, 07:32
B.C. declares state of emergency amid ‘worst wildfire season in our province’s history’ - mud Aug 18, 18:49 1
- I’ll be there the first week of September. If you could not burn down Vancouver before then, that’d be great. -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 18, 19:14
Bijan's first carry -- (link) - Strongbad Aug 18, 18:28 1
- What I saw: Biden. -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 18, 19:32
Apparently most of Helix is out front of the hotel smoking their favourites. -- nm - VMan Aug 18, 18:24
Lorcana! -- (pic) - Tim Aug 18, 18:06 [Attachment] 3
- !!!!! -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Aug 18, 19:33
- AWESOME -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 18, 19:13
- *rrrriiipp* -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 18, 18:13
My teenager linked me to a video called "Audiences hate bad writing, not strong women". I haven't watched it yet. - Beryllium Aug 18, 17:54 10
- Another video on the channel he linked: "Sound of Freedom Is the Least Controversial Movie in the World" - Beryllium Aug 18, 18:06 [youtube] 5
  - The movie itself isn’t very controversial. It’s who is producing it and the unusual release details like buying tickets regardless of actual viewers. -- nm - Qale Aug 18, 20:25 1
    - Yes, the money laundering, predation, and even the disappointing words and beliefs of Caviezel. -- (edited) - Beryllium Aug 18, 20:47
  - Looks like a great opportunity to teach critical thinking. -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 18, 19:24 2
    - I ended up watching the one he linked ... it had a reasonable point. - Beryllium Aug 18, 21:40 1
      - be careful, videos like that are a link in the chain.. omissions, then more omissions, then missing large points to nitpick small ones -- nm - colin Aug 19, 08:29
- You...have a teenager? -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 18, 17:57 3
  - as of this summer, yes -- nm - Beryllium Aug 18, 17:58 2
    - Seriously? Time is flying by way too fast. -- nm - Krusty Aug 18, 19:02
    - That’s nuts! Also nmbBery - Pippy 🏳️‍🌈 aka lady on the plane Aug 18, 18:58
So, I ran into our favorite local character the other day... - znufrii Aug 18, 17:40 1
- …..a wall named…Jimmy -- nm - Pippy 🏳️‍🌈 aka lady on the plane Aug 18, 18:45
the Gooding really expensive Pebble Beach car auction day 1 is live right now. Charlie Ross is back as auctioneer. -- (link) - Peglegpete Aug 18, 17:37 [youtube] 1
- $8.6 million hammer for the 1962 ferarri cover lot. -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 18, 19:44
Imagine somehow blowing your credibility as a boycotter because you just can’t give up Bud Light? -- (link) - Will Hunting Aug 18, 17:32 4
- Every accusation is a confession. (I assume the link is Kid Rock) -- nm - JaxSean Aug 18, 19:14
- You think credibility has anything to do with it? -- nm - znufrii Aug 18, 17:41 2
  - I mean on his idiot side...he folded in front of the rabble...for Bud Light. - Will Hunting Aug 18, 17:51 1
    - I'm pretty sure he would go with Lisa as well. Doubt he's particular. -- nm - VMan Aug 18, 18:22
My favorite part about donating blood is telling the staff that I’m the only donor they’ll ever meet who got malaria on purpose. - landbeck Aug 18, 17:25 3
- I was once prevented from donating because I'd taken malaria pills in the last few months. -- nm - Meg Aug 18, 20:26
- Heh -- nm - Pippy 🏳️‍🌈 aka lady on the plane Aug 18, 18:54
- Ha! -- nm - Krusty Aug 18, 17:33
federal judge (correctly) upholds Copyright Office ruling that AI generated works are not protectable -- (link) - hollywood big shot Aug 18, 17:19
Here comes the bride -- (pic) - Fuzzy Aug 18, 17:16 [Attachment] 8
- Can't believe I found this picture. It's from Halloween 2016. These are cosplayers, not cast. -- (pic) - Mop🧹 Aug 18, 19:23 [Attachment] 5
  - That's awesome! Was that in Anaheim? -- nm - Fuzzy Aug 18, 19:35 4
    - Yes, that time was in Anaheim. Trying to remember why I was there at Halloween. -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 18, 23:17 3
      - Educause! Anaheim, 2016. Man, that was bugging me. -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 18, 23:27
      - Yeah, you were here in mid-October 2013 but I'm not sure when your later visits were. 2013 was the Starr Ranch visit. -- nm - Meg Aug 18, 23:23 1
        
        I suspect that was Streaming Media West, in Huntington Beach, in November 2013. -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 18, 23:28
- very nice -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Aug 18, 17:19 1
  - I ended up with many shots of her. She gave me a lot of interaction -- nm - Fuzzy Aug 18, 17:24
LA is typically cazh about a Cat 4 hurricane making landfall a few hundred miles south this weekend - hollywood big shot Aug 18, 17:07 3
- To be fair, it doesn't really look like it's even going to be cloudy much less rain by looking at the bright blue sky and pretty much no wind - JD Aug 18, 17:51
- To sit on the couch and watch the weather channel? Sure. -- nm - Krusty Aug 18, 17:36 1
  - The joke is that these things always turn out to be nothing. I know how that sounds now but still. -- nm - con_carne Aug 18, 21:01
Current dew point: 50F - prayformojo 🐵 Aug 18, 17:06
Found the groomers -- (link) - znufrii Aug 18, 17:03 3
- It’s so frustrating -- nm - Pippy 🏳️‍🌈 aka lady on the plane Aug 18, 18:55
- He's a Catholic priest, znu. I'm sure that whatever he's doing with that 18-year-old, it's entirely chaste. -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 18, 17:16
- Leave it to someone from Alabama to do it backwards. If he’d just gone to Italy first… -- nm - Qale Aug 18, 17:06

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