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For the 50% who feel the economy is doing OK or better, there's this... -- (link) - Roger More Sep 15, 11:23
This White Sox season has been rough but I'm sure there's help com...wait I'm receiving some new information. - spamlet Sep 15, 11:23 4
- It could be worse. You could be the Royals in their rebuild ... and have the worst record in baseball. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 15, 11:27 2
  - They're worse than Oakland? -- nm - David Sep 15, 11:28 1
    - 46-101 vs 46-100 at the moment (KC has the 101 losses.) - Will Hunting Sep 15, 11:29
- it is really tough for me to tell, but I think there might be a smidge of sarcasm in there -- nm - crash davis Sep 15, 11:24
Bama is benching Milroe, starting sophomore Buchner, the Notre Dame transfer. -- nm - Volnelk Sep 15, 11:23
Everton to be purchased by 777 Partners -- (link) - JD Sep 15, 11:17 3
- that's too many partners! -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 15, 11:22 2
  - board meetings must be a nightmare -- nm - decline Sep 15, 11:31
  - Half the Premier League owned by American investors. -- nm - Volnelk Sep 15, 11:22
A lovely rewrite of something that came from bill maher -- (link) - Beryllium Sep 15, 11:08 [mastodon]
Poutine from a local diner for lunch just now - it's so good! -- (pic) - JenBro Sep 15, 10:58 [Attachment]
Briefly, "The Day The Crayons Quit" was banned in Katy, TX because one crayon was depicted without its wrapper and thus, naked. Well, okay then. - Qale Sep 15, 10:57 9
- It's worse, banned because it teaches critical race theory. -- (link) - zeitgeist Sep 15, 11:24 1
  - Fixed link here. That's discussing a different book from 2021 , but yes, also terribad. -- (link*) - Qale Sep 15, 11:28
- The Day The Crayons Quit is one of my favorite kids books. Can I have a link so I can give my director a non-ST version of this story? -- nm - crash davis Sep 15, 11:07 4
  - It would be paywalled, but alright. -- (link*) - Qale Sep 15, 11:08 3
    - gracias - they didn't paywall that one on me -- nm - crash davis Sep 15, 11:13 2
      - Houston Chronicle's paywall is weird. I can avoid it using uBlock Origin in Edge but that's it. I'd subscribe, but they only allow cancellations... - Qale Sep 15, 11:32
      - And now that I almost made the director's head blow up, I thank you again -- nm - crash davis Sep 15, 11:18
- That's a wonderful book. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 15, 11:05
- "The list included $93,000 worth of books, including dictionaries and textbooks." - Will Hunting Sep 15, 11:01
Hugh Jackman Splits from wife Deborra-Lee Furness -- (link*) - budice Sep 15, 10:55 8
- Their Youngest kid recently turned 18.. So similar to what happened with Jennifer Grey and Clark Gregg(Agent Coulson dude) -- nm* - budice Sep 15, 11:14
- "Youngest child turns 18" is the old and married version of "It's Leo's GF's 25th birthday!". -- nm - Roger More Sep 15, 11:14 2
  - I...don't know that one. -- nm - David Sep 15, 11:16 1
    - It's a recurring pattern, and I think plenty of non-celeb marriages end this way too. There's no child support or custody - Roger More Sep 15, 11:22
- People article -- (link) - budice Sep 15, 10:59
- whoa. this is actually shocking. -- nm - Andie Sep 15, 10:57 2
  - not to anyone who's read CDAN for the last ten years -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 15, 11:01 1
    - whatever they had going on it seemed like they were both happy with it, best friends. and i believe about 30% of CDAN. -- nm* - Andie Sep 15, 11:02
new Frasier trailer hoooboy -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 15, 10:53 [youtube] 6
- OMG. I forgot how bad network TV could be. Also... he's back in Boston and he's not drinking at Cheers? FUCKER. He's DTM. -- nm - Mop🧹 Sep 15, 11:15 3
  - Second episode they will mention that Diane lost it, flew to Boston and murdered Sam at the bar and then burned it to the ground. -- nm - Spawn Sep 15, 11:46 1
    - ‼️ -- nm - mud Sep 15, 12:03
  - apparently he just hired some twitter randos and gave them the show to run -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 15, 11:19
- It looks like it belongs on TV Land. Like, it's fine... but dated, which means it's probably fine. -- nm - Qale Sep 15, 11:10 1
  - especially compared to Real Frasier, it all feels so hacky and dumb (KG put on the voice but he's not coming off as "Frasier") -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 15, 11:12
I hate legaleze. HAO patio updated guidelines. - sycor Sep 15, 10:45 2
- That's how I read it -- nm - oblique Sep 15, 10:47 1
  - Just seems dumb to split it up like that. But it will make getting the patio extension done a little easier. -- nm - sycor Sep 15, 11:06
far be it from me to stand in the way of anyone choosing to become Idahoans, but other than land and the batshit crazies what doe Oregon have to lose? -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 15, 10:44 6
- Afaik, those rural areas need the taxes the libtards in the coastal cities pay. So go ahead take east WA too, call it Columbia for the river - zeitgeist Sep 15, 11:12 2
  - If we got eastern WA, we'd have total potato dominance -- nm - crash davis Sep 15, 11:22 1
    - Yeah but, you can't tax exports to other states, what could they do for revenue, tax potato sales in general? That will go over well with bundy -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 15, 11:30
- That has been going on for years. It must be old news day at the Post. Incidentally, it includes all of Oregon's potato growing areas. - crash davis Sep 15, 11:05 1
  - Also, all our best prisons! Oh no! Whatever will we do? -- nm - Mop🧹 Sep 15, 11:09
- Can we give part of Southern Illinois to Indiana? :) -- nm - oblique Sep 15, 10:46
If so many Americans believe that we're near record levels of unemployment, that the stock market is down for the year, etc. We deserve to fail. -- nm - Qale Sep 15, 10:42 4
- ie deserve to get the King back in 2025. -- nm - Jovian Sep 15, 10:49 3
  - I get that ignorance is sometimes bliss, but this is being diametrically opposed to reality. How on Earth do you combat that? -- nm - Qale Sep 15, 10:59 2
    - You cannot. We are way past through the looking glass. -- nm* - Jovian Sep 15, 12:07
    - Pass law require news programs maintain accurate information or not call it news. Remember right wing owns most broadcast n cable channels -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 15, 11:17
it’s possible I gasped: hugh jackman and deborra-lee separate after 27 years of marriage. — nm -- (edited) - i.b! Sep 15, 10:42 1
- wowwwwww :( -- nm - JenBro Sep 15, 11:18
Pew Research Center: Public Has Mixed Views on the Modern American Family -- (link) - MDH Sep 15, 10:31 1
- Part 3 about divorce and open marriages is interesting. And of course the LGBT stat cracked me up -- nm - MDH Sep 15, 10:48
Speaking of air conditioning, it feels great to be able to have all the windows open again. -- (edited) - znufrii, vice president Sep 15, 10:30 2
- this weather is fanfreakingtastic! -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 15, 10:48
- In Russia windows open you! - Yakov Smirnov Sep 15, 10:39
Interesting "release" attributed to the MGM hackers -- (link) - oblique Sep 15, 10:21 1
- ha this sounds pretty close to the WGA update emails on negotiations with the studio CEOs -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 15, 10:35
Roger Goodell to the NFL players: fuck them knees -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 15, 10:13 1
- Mouthpiece getting paid $50M/yr from the owners isn’t going to bite the hands that feed him. -- nm - Flavorize Sep 15, 10:40
Speaking of houses. My son is buying a home in MI. - oblique Sep 15, 10:11 8
- Welcome to Northern Michigan!!! -- nm - JenBro Sep 15, 10:54 2
  - get his ass, JB - hollywood big shot Sep 15, 11:22 1
    - LOLOLOL ... not sure we can handle day care on premises. It's been a while since we had one of them. -- nm - JenBro Sep 15, 12:55
- Bit of a fixer upper but I dig it. Good luck to them! -- nm - sycor Sep 15, 10:48
- With a dungeon? -- nm - Mop🧹 Sep 15, 10:42
- Ah, right on the dirty finger. - 99 Luftbaron Sep 15, 10:36 1
  - That's waaaaaaaaay up there. -- nm - Volnelk Sep 15, 10:40
- Wow, hope that goes well for him/them! -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 15, 10:20
from a travel blogger is is flying into Bhutan: "Only 24 pilots in the world are certified to land at Paro Airport in Bhutan - one of the most - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 15, 10:09 2
- "Thanks, I'll take the train" -- nm - decline Sep 15, 10:11 1
  - now I'm wondering if mafic has ever flown into there. frankly I'd be surprised if he hadn't -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 15, 10:51
that sounds like election judge jones’ music -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 15, 10:05
If anyone has a WSJ account and can do a c/p for me on this article, I'd greatly appreciate it. TIA -- (link) - crash davis 😺 Sep 15, 09:55 2
- Here, my love. - David Sep 15, 10:18 1
  - gracias! -- nm - crash davis 😺 Sep 15, 10:22
Challenge:USA new ep. spoil - mud Sep 15, 09:53 3
- it was another great Elimination game (spoils) - Jovian Sep 15, 10:03 2
  - probly - mud Sep 15, 10:13
  - also (spoils) - Jovian Sep 15, 10:08
You know, we continue to mock the "Great Target Canadian Disaster"©, but Lowe's adventures in Canada have evaporated billions as well. -- (link*) - Name Withheld By Request Sep 15, 09:50 4
- Is this SAP's fault, too? -- nm - Mop🧹 Sep 15, 09:52
- I'm just glad we're embracing the 'Rona -- nm - Beryllium Sep 15, 09:52 2
  - It's owned by an American hedge fund now. I have no great patriotic loyalty (if I ever did). -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Sep 15, 09:52 1
    - I mean for the jokes. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 15, 10:02
Does anyone want to be my (essentially next door) neighbor? -- (link) - MDH Sep 15, 09:46 21
- I really dislike 3 store townhomes, but it is nice looking aside from that. And a wee bit out of my range. -- nm - sycor Sep 15, 10:51
- I adore it. $ 8700 a year in taxes and HOA. yikes. and I'm spoiled - Pippy the Lioness Sep 15, 10:01 2
  - The only way I could possibly afford it would be to start charging DC bottoms for the privilege of having an actual top living amongst them. -- nm - Qale Sep 15, 10:30
  - Mostly taxes, our HOA is honestly underpriced. You have me laughing with clips on the mirror! -- nm - MDH Sep 15, 10:19
- Or mine? (Across the street) -- (link) - znufrii, vice president Sep 15, 09:55 16
  - or, you could live in my building! -- (link) - Andie Sep 15, 10:44 1
    - That's pretty spiffy, I dig it. -- nm - sycor Sep 15, 11:02
  - Or you could live on my street (if you're willing to re-paint) - nmbl - howie Sep 15, 10:30 1
    - hashtag green -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 judge jones 🏳️‍🌈 Sep 15, 10:41
  - if this is a poll, here's the closest house to me for sale. -- (link) - 🏳️‍🌈 judge jones 🏳️‍🌈 Sep 15, 10:23 6
    - Perfect for Boro Bros. hashtag #borobros -- nm - Max Sep 15, 12:04
    - it looks like a huge yard. -- nm - Andie Sep 15, 11:00
    - you ever want to pay $1.125m for a 2bd apartment? -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 15, 10:41 1
      - this 2bd across the street from me squeaks in under a million. bargain! -- (link) - Andie Sep 15, 10:52
    - They're building new homes next to us. Basically finishing off our street which currently deadends. -- (link) - oblique Sep 15, 10:26 1
      - They are still finishing up my neighborhood too. -- (link) - sycor Sep 15, 10:59
  - that is a very mary house. -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 judge jones 🏳️‍🌈 Sep 15, 10:21
  - I think it's cute! But I can't do no central air. -- nm - MDH Sep 15, 10:20 1
    - Honestly, our mini-splits have been a great solution for it. -- nm - znufrii, vice president Sep 15, 10:29
  - Nice!! What is " open parking"? and no central AC? does it not get hot there? - Pippy the Lioness Sep 15, 10:05 1
    - It’s on-street parking. Central air hadn’t been invented yet when the house was built so no provision for ductwork. We were in the same boat with ours and added mini-splits. -- (edited) - znufrii, vice president Sep 15, 10:25
Biden: "Those record profits have not been shared fairly, in my view, with those workers. .. No one wants a strike, but I respect workers right to use their options under the collective bargaining system" -- nm* - mud Sep 15, 09:24 3
- Unless railroads are involved -- nm - budice Sep 15, 09:26 2
  - (they eventually did get their paid leave) -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 15, 09:37
  - the old spice must flow -- nm - Beryllium Sep 15, 09:28
Dear Universe, if you could make people stop being dumb on this nice Friday I would appreciate it. -- nm - sycor Sep 15, 09:08 4
- And that’s how we get an extinction level event. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 15, 09:15 2
  - I'd almost be okay with it. -- nm - sycor Sep 15, 09:58
  - [snork] -- nm - mud Sep 15, 09:25
- just a tiny ask -- nm - crash davis 😺 Sep 15, 09:10
Thank you all, I needed to urgently call my manager (who is German) -- nm - ty97 Sep 15, 08:59 4
- +49 bro -- nm* - mafic Sep 15, 09:28 2
  - He appreciates you taking time away from kicking torps -- nm - crash davis 😺 Sep 15, 09:29 1
    - and sometimes bananas. -- nm* - mafic Sep 15, 09:32
- It's 2023 ty97 :) - oblique Sep 15, 09:02
For the second straight year, the C26 conference title game is upstaged by the C11 one *shakes fist at Starkville* -- nm - spamlet Sep 15, 08:51 4
- I can, with a win vs Atlantic City, secure an NTT 60th+-place finish. - Will Hunting Sep 15, 09:45
- Who cares about that? What about the 5th place game in C29? ^^ -- nm - 99 Luftbaron Sep 15, 09:44
- so like what DTL season are y’all in. is it the 26th century yet? -- nm - mafic Sep 15, 08:58 1
  - S60! -- nm - spamlet Sep 15, 09:00
Kilbo, re your point on B2 about how people feel about the economy, this Paul Krugman article addresses the disconnect. - pmb Sep 15, 08:51 5
- there’s an economist thing about how covid divorced sentiment from reality. -- (edited) - mafic Sep 15, 09:00
- can anyone C&P? -- nm - oblique Sep 15, 08:58 2
  - ‘I’m OK, but Things Are Terrible’ - crash davis 😺 Sep 15, 09:02 1
    - gracias -- nm - oblique Sep 15, 09:22
- ironic that the party that only knows how to focus on Pocketbook Issues to the exclusion of literally everything else is also so terrible at it -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 15, 08:52
(Vlad, Vlad, buddy; you can set them up to be slaughtered but you gots to pay them) Russian Soldiers Rue 'Colossal' Regiment Losses in Video Address to Putin -- (link*) - crash davis 😺 Sep 15, 08:42 6
- Well, they were going to die anyway. -- nm - Mop🧹 Sep 15, 08:44 5
  - I've seen reports that they are doing a second 300,000 man mobilization because evidently something happened to the first one. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Sep 15, 08:47 4
    - According to UK intelligence reported, 97% of Russia's army is now in Ukraine -- (link) - Mop🧹 Sep 15, 09:57 2
      - I mean... some countries should take now. Like, I dunno, Georgia... Moldova... CHINA... -- nm - Mop🧹 Sep 15, 10:04 1
        
        JAPAN. -- nm - Mop🧹 Sep 15, 10:05
    - "Andrei ... don't tell me you've lost another 300,000" -- nm - Beryllium Sep 15, 09:15
You know how you install the Unreal Editor on 24 computers in a lab? - Mop🧹 Sep 15, 08:41 4
- Noted: Epic Games doesn't seem to mind if you do 2FA 18 times in a row. -- nm - Mop🧹 Sep 15, 09:11
- is this enterprise software? -- (pic) - mafic Sep 15, 08:52 [Attachment]
- Just peaked at their documentation. Yeah, what a joke. They do have this though in case you haven't seen it -- (link) - oblique Sep 15, 08:49 1
  - Looks like it's even more insane on Windows. I mean, I know I can make it work on a Mac (which is what I'm condemned with) - Mop🧹 Sep 15, 09:05
(how are the windows in China?) China’s Defense Minister Has Not Been Seen in Weeks, Fueling Intrigue - crash davis 😺 Sep 15, 08:39
Spamlet, HOW do I dial the + key? -- nm - ty97 Sep 15, 08:38 7
- it's right next to the Any key -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 15, 08:47
- hold down zero bro -- nm - mafic Sep 15, 08:41 5
  - ta-da! -- nm - ty97 Sep 15, 08:47
  - this guy internationals -- nm - oblique Sep 15, 08:44
  - (not very) fun fact: all my contacts are saved with +[country code] because then it works everywhere. -- nm - mafic Sep 15, 08:43 2
    - a pair of my contacts are in my eyes - crash davis 😺 Sep 15, 08:58
    - Same. -- nm - spamlet Sep 15, 08:45
HURRICANE! -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Sep 15, 08:37 1
- The man the authorities came to blame -- nm - Beryllium Sep 15, 08:40

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