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unsurprisingly, showing his ass as a Nazi sympathizer was only the second-worst thing Curt Schilling did this week -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 28, 10:25 1
- He’s an absolute shit-heel…the news he shared is brutal though. That’s horrible. - Will Hunting Sep 28, 10:34
so day one of the impeachment is going well apparently -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 28, 10:22 3
- CNN/MSNBC (prudently) only had bits then pulled away, but there's some great clips on Twitter (AOC, Connolly, Raskin) -- nm - mud Sep 28, 10:26 1
  - :::: -- (link) - mud Sep 28, 10:27
- "Welcome to the GOP where everything is made up and the truth don't matter. " -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Sep 28, 10:24
Disney Plus Password Sharing Crackdown to Begin Nov. 1. Canada to get dinged first. -- (link) - decline Sep 28, 10:01 11
- I remember reading something a few days ago about some alliance being formed by Disney, Netflix, and others. I'm sure it will end poorly for consumers -- nm - sycor Sep 28, 10:13 1
  - it always was going to when your business model is unsustainable -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 28, 10:19
- whelp farewell Loki season 2. Farewell. :( - Jovian Sep 28, 10:02
- yup. got this email yesterday - Beaker 🍺 Sep 28, 10:02 7
  - am very much considering cancelling -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Sep 28, 10:03 6
    - I'm especially pissed that they try and do this on a specific date where I am signed up for an annual subscription. -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Sep 28, 10:17
    - I have the hulu/D+ bundle and it ain't worth 25 bucks a month. I'll be cancelling next week -- nm - decline Sep 28, 10:10 4
      - I have annual D+ and hulu and am switching to monthly in advance of password sharing BS. I wouldn't have disney every month if I didn't share. -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 judge jones 🏳️‍🌈 Sep 28, 10:20 3
        
        To the torrents! -- nm - JD Sep 28, 10:20 2
        
        free month trial in December every year to have it over Christmas. Done. -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Sep 28, 10:22
        
        I mean yes. -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 judge jones 🏳️‍🌈 Sep 28, 10:21
Class-action lawsuit seeks compensation for Canadian consumers who bought Cold-FX products -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Sep 28, 09:58 1
- fingers crossed there will be a similar one against horse diaritics curing Covid. -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Sep 28, 09:59
wait, the Dolphins are getting +3 against the Bills? The sportsbooks saw last week right? -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Sep 28, 09:53 4
- +3 on the road vs a good opponent — that’s an early season fuck if we know line. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 28, 10:00 2
  - Seattle +1.5 vs the Giants is also very weird. they've seen the Giants right? -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Sep 28, 10:02 1
    - Seattle has no pass rush—favors Danny Dimes and Giants being able to move the ball. Chargers -5.5 over LV seems low, considering how bad Hoyer is… - Flavorize Sep 28, 10:11
- But this week they'll be tired from toting that ball around. -- nm - Baron Hardcoden Sep 28, 09:56
I put out a new murder mystery written by Rupert Holmes. I was gratified to find out it was the same Rupert Holmes who did Escape (Pina Colada Song) -- nm - crash davis Sep 28, 09:40 3
- Yes, I've read at least one of his mysteries! -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Sep 28, 09:53
- hope it's harder to solve than the mystery in that song -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 28, 09:45 1
  - Said just like someone who is not into health food but is into champagne -- nm - crash davis Sep 28, 09:47
I haven't watched Survivor in years but am giving this season a try. (spoiler thoughts from season premiere) - Dano Sep 28, 09:36 15
- spoil - mud Sep 28, 10:00
- spoiler - 🏳️‍🌈 judge jones 🏳️‍🌈 Sep 28, 09:50 12
  - Spoils - jnine Sep 28, 11:37
  - spoils - Jovian Sep 28, 09:56 10
    - it is shitty casting by the Survivor team - Beaker 🍺 Sep 28, 10:00 7
      - re: hannah specifically, I'm sure spoiler - 🏳️‍🌈 judge jones 🏳️‍🌈 Sep 28, 10:10 1
        
        I would bet that was the case. spoils - Jovian Sep 28, 10:22
      - yep (spoils) - Jovian Sep 28, 10:02 3
        
        hopefully taken lessons from TAR Canada. They are batting like .900 - 1.0 every season. Almost no team to root against - Beaker 🍺 Sep 28, 10:09
        
        ooohhhh TAR non spoiler - 🏳️‍🌈 judge jones 🏳️‍🌈 Sep 28, 10:06 1
        
        Yes. They are so wholesome and the son isn't difficult to look at either. -- nm - Dano Sep 28, 10:29
      - agreed. -- nm - mud Sep 28, 10:00
    - I kinda wished we could .. - mud Sep 28, 09:58 1
      - LOLOL spoils - Jovian Sep 28, 10:01
- spoils - Jovian Sep 28, 09:44
Hector Neros is an idiot. -- nm - The Allfather Sep 28, 09:30 1
- eff that guy -- nm - crash davis Sep 28, 09:46
Saudi agent (also golfer) Patrick Reed gets his defamation suit dismissed with prejudice by federal judge -- (link) - Jovian Sep 28, 09:27 1
- loser. (lol, "$1 billion") -- nm - mud Sep 28, 10:02
Jesse Watters is a f#cking idiot, ICYDK -- (pic) - mud Sep 28, 09:14 [Attachment] 6
- That first reply though... not sure if sarcasm or.... something much worse. -- nm - sycor Sep 28, 09:20 4
  - Sounded like 100% sarcasm to me, especially factoring in the normal online name. - Beryllium Sep 28, 09:24 3
    - definitely sarcasm imo -- nm - Jovian Sep 28, 09:27
    - L3 to the IM name. -- nm - sycor Sep 28, 09:25 1
      - Honestly tempted to try burning a bsky invite code on it -- nm - Beryllium Sep 28, 09:34
- He is not though. This is all by design. 80% of his viewers wont know or care. This is Fox's business model. -- nm - Jovian Sep 28, 09:18
My good news of the day. 6 month dental cleaning/ checkup. No cavities. Go me! - sycor Sep 28, 09:11 5
- 😺 -- nm - crash davis Sep 28, 09:41
- vndh! -- nm - Dano Sep 28, 09:20
- Did the solar people come, yet? Any updates on the last minute road paving —did you and GF get home ok, or did they block you off? -- nm - Flavorize Sep 28, 09:16 1
  - ha! Solar install is this coming Tuesday. By the time I got home I was able to drive on the road. But we checked with several neighbors and no one - sycor Sep 28, 09:24
- Slackertalk would be shocked and appalled if they fully knew mud's dental situation. -- nm - mud Sep 28, 09:16
Reuters: Multiple deaths at Rotterdam university hospital shooting -police - mud Sep 28, 09:05 4
- I am always shocked when it is not an American city. -- nm - Spawn Sep 28, 09:10 2
  - My first thought too. Wait, Rotterdam in New York? -- nm - Volnelk Sep 28, 09:11 1
    - my first thought was wait, where is the US version of Rotterdam again?? -- nm - Jovian Sep 28, 09:28
- how horrible. -- nm - Andie Sep 28, 09:09
Senate Dems get their first report from the IRS on tax avoidance by the ultra-rich: top 2k earners either don't file at all and/or owe $900m -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 28, 08:56 7
- Honestly, in the grand scheme of things, less than a billion..? Seems like not a lot. -- nm - Mop🧹 Sep 28, 09:11 6
  - The implication is 2-fold: 1 - Rich people aren't hiding as much money as I was led to believe. Try harder! - Mop🧹 Sep 28, 09:52
  - agreed. $500k on average a person. BUT if we know about that much then that is the tip of the iceburg of shit they are hiding -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Sep 28, 09:25 1
    - *ding ding* -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 28, 09:40
  - "A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon, you're talking about real money." -- nm - ReluctantCynic Sep 28, 09:23
  - I guess you have a point -- nm - public school teachers Sep 28, 09:20
  - ah well nevertheless . . . just keep it then -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 28, 09:16
Pippy, if you’re around (nmb Pippy) - znufrii, vice president Sep 28, 08:51 1
- No plan really. Text me or call me - Pip Sep 28, 11:14
XFL2 giving up already -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 28, 08:50 4
- They had a good run. - Spawn Sep 28, 09:09
- That's kind of what that says and kind of not. They are merging. - Volnelk Sep 28, 09:08
- The Rock gotta eat -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Sep 28, 08:55
- XSFL -- nm - budice Sep 28, 08:51
NY AG releases witness list for the upcoming fraud trial, including all the crook kids -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 28, 08:38 2
- nice! -- nm - mud Sep 28, 08:40 1
  - I SO want a family portrait mug shot. -- nm - Spawn Sep 28, 08:56
Trip update! - Andie Sep 28, 08:38 18
- 😺😺😺 -- nm - crash davis Sep 28, 09:38
- Fantastic! -- nm - Volnelk Sep 28, 09:10
- That’s some tasty lemonade that you made from those lemons 🍋! Enjoy! -- nm - Flavorize Sep 28, 09:08
- awesome sauce -- nm - sycor Sep 28, 09:07
- nice! -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Sep 28, 08:55
- wow -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 28, 08:43
- Awesome. Still bummed for your mom, but glad it worked out like it did. -- nm - Dano Sep 28, 08:41 7
  - i am SO bummed for her. she wants to go away SO BADLY and her trips keep getting cancelled for a number of reasons. -- nm - Andie Sep 28, 08:44 6
    - This just means you should go again with her. -- nm - JaxSean Sep 28, 08:45 5
      - the worst thing is *my mom paid for the cruise* that my friend and i are now taking. - Andie Sep 28, 08:50 4
        
        her response to you was very gracious -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 28, 08:56 3
        
        she feels guilty that she is the one that got sick, which is nuts, but she does. -- nm - Andie Sep 28, 09:05 2
        
        tell her she owes you another trip to make up for it -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Sep 28, 09:25
        
        we are going to take her to Mexico or something this winter, our treat. -- nm - Andie Sep 28, 09:15
- awesome -- nm - decline Sep 28, 08:41
- nice!! -- nm - mud Sep 28, 08:40
- Very awesome though! -- nm - JaxSean Sep 28, 08:40
- nice! -- nm - Beryllium Sep 28, 08:38
pt 2 of the Phil Hartman remembrance -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 28, 08:33 [youtube]
ST: TNG premiered on this date in 1987 -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 28, 08:24
“Unless Senator Menendez is coming today to resign, I am not interested in hearing his ‘explanation’ for gold bars stashed in a mattress," - Fetterman -- nm - mud Sep 28, 08:19 2
- Have you never heard of goldlumbar support? -- nm - Baron Hardcoden Sep 28, 08:37
- But Menendez is wearing a suit! -- nm - Joe Manchin Sep 28, 08:34
amanda's stepbrother is the jolly green giant? -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 28, 08:06
Argylle — Official Trailer | Apple TV+ -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Sep 28, 08:06 [youtube] 30
- *googles "how to watch things on Apple TV without getting an Apple TV subscription"* -- nm - Roger More Sep 28, 08:35 4
  - i got you. - colin Sep 28, 08:48
  - going to theatres too I think -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Sep 28, 08:46 1
    - yep -- (link) - mud Sep 28, 08:49 [Backboard]
  - figure out which of your neighbors has it and just hangout outside their window -- nm - decline Sep 28, 08:37
- oh my yes -- nm - Beryllium Sep 28, 08:33 2
  - I checked my release calendar for Feb.2 and this opens opposite Wise Guys (deNiro playing TWO real-life mobsters)s( -- nm - mud Sep 28, 08:36
  - aka Stranger Than Spy Fiction -- nm - Beryllium Sep 28, 08:33
- Rockwell was enough to be interested. But holy crap! -- nm - sycor Sep 28, 08:31 1
  - Plus John Cena! -- nm - Mop🧹 Sep 28, 09:12
- Oh, that looks fun. -- nm - znufrii, vice president Sep 28, 08:25
- nice -- nm - budice Sep 28, 08:20
- Kitty! -- nm - Baron Hardcoden Sep 28, 08:18
- that cast! Rockwell! Cranston! Jackson! Boutella! O'Hara! that cat! -- nm - mud Sep 28, 08:15 10
  - this had me at Lipa slinking around and then Rockwell just solidified it. -- nm - Jovian Sep 28, 08:28 1
    - Your levitating. -- nm - Spawn Sep 28, 08:35
  - CENA! -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Sep 28, 08:24 7
    - [shrug] .. ? the dude from The Suicide Squad? -- nm - mud Sep 28, 08:27 6
      - David's favorite wrestler AND wrestler turned actor iirc -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Sep 28, 08:32 5
        
        He'll get out-acted by the cat. -- nm* - David Sep 28, 09:04 3
        
        The real cat or the CGI cat? -- nm - Baron Hardcoden Sep 28, 09:06 2
        
        As somewhat of a fan of Cena's acting, I'm still confident the answer here is "yes" -- nm - Beryllium Sep 28, 09:08
        
        The AICGI cat. -- nm - Spawn Sep 28, 09:08
        
        :-] -- nm - mud Sep 28, 08:33
- Yep. Sure. You had me at Dua Lipa. -- nm - Volnelk Sep 28, 08:09 4
  - I assume she is the blonde at the beginning? -- nm - JaxSean Sep 28, 08:44 1
    - I will fight your face -- nm - Jovian Sep 28, 08:58
  - can brewskie beer me anytime -- nm - budice Sep 28, 08:24
  - I mean... -- nm - Jovian Sep 28, 08:22
- holy shit, this looks awesome -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Sep 28, 08:08
What are the odds that an illness brought back from school would _not_ be covid, at this point? -- nm - Beryllium Sep 28, 08:04 12
- There's a lot of non-covid crud going on around down here, too. -- nm - JaxSean Sep 28, 08:46 3
  - my brother's kid brought a respiratory infection in.. we're still recovering from that 2 weeks later. brutal. -- nm - colin Sep 28, 08:49 1
    - Sounds similar to the respiratory bug I've been fighting since flying home from Chicago two weeks ago. - ReluctantCynic Sep 28, 09:36
  - My mom had a routine doctor's office visit scheduled this week and had to cancel due to a stomach bug. She called my sister because she was going to - Spawn Sep 28, 08:47
- I had a cold cold two days ago. Negative COVID test. Just the time of year. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Sep 28, 08:36
- There's a good chance it's a cold or similar. A few of my clients have had something but not Covid. -- nm - Krusty Sep 28, 08:24
- Not quite school but Amy is constantly fighting various bugs from daycare. -- nm - Spawn Sep 28, 08:19 1
  - :-( -- nm - mud Sep 28, 08:29
- My wife's been sick since we got back from vacation. Not COVID. Actual other viruses still exist :) -- nm - oblique Sep 28, 08:07 3
  - What’s the one that is super common—RV? RSV? RTV? Something like that -- nm - Flavorize Sep 28, 08:17 2
    - dengue is super common in Bangladesh right now -- nm - decline Sep 28, 08:24
    - RSV is big in young kiddos. There's also hand-foot-mouth. -- nm - Baron Hardcoden Sep 28, 08:21

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