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will there be enough absences to save Big Kev? -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 3, 13:31
happy OJ Verdict anniversary -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 3, 13:28
Is that MTG's music? -- nm - Spawn Oct 3, 13:28 1
- Bullet with Butterfly Wings? Too cool for her. -- nm - VMan Oct 3, 13:31
Nancy Mace is a big Yay -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 3, 13:25 2
- she's moving up in the world, one ounce of her integrity at a time. -- nm - Jovian Oct 3, 13:27
- ho ho ho!!! -- nm - colin Oct 3, 13:25
WWE: Jade Cargill spoils... - Remlik Oct 3, 13:23 1
- I mean, she posted with a question about who she should face with a #Raw. So, it's not really a spoiler. -- nm - David Oct 3, 13:33
From a non-partisan view point, can anyone explain the best way out of the Speaker mess?.... - Walt_Disney Oct 3, 13:19 11
- Elect better people. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 3, 13:32 2
  - unrig all the districts first -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 3, 13:33 1
    - Sounds good. All of them. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 3, 13:35
- If he is forced to make a deal with Dems to stay speaker, it's a benefit, since he'll be rejecting making deals with the far right GOP members - colin Oct 3, 13:24 3
  - And Dems (for now) are basically sitting it out not willing to deal. -- nm - VMan Oct 3, 13:28
  - it's possible McCarthy steps down and nominates someone else, but that's basically his political career over (not as big of a win, but i'll take it) -- nm - colin Oct 3, 13:27 1
    - McCarthy is a non-starter for a power sharing deal, imo. I’m not sure who would be acceptable. -- nm - znufrii, vice president Oct 3, 13:29
- Good question. No idea. Better minds than mine will have to chime in. Right now all I can(fore)see is disfunction. -- nm - VMan Oct 3, 13:23
- for which party? if Liz Cheney were still in the House, could maybe put together a coalition speaker vote that shared power with Dems in some form -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 3, 13:23 1
  - (The Speaker is not required to be a House member) -- nm - Strongbad Oct 3, 13:33
- Nuke it - Spawn Oct 3, 13:22
Yay! -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 3, 13:14
My favorite song today. -- (link) - zunk takes things literally Oct 3, 13:12
Ticketmaster found a new source of inflationary pressure on prices: credit card points reward junkies -- (link) - hollywood big shot Oct 3, 13:11 1
- heh, I had thought of this. Same as when I buy appliances for our rental units and then charge back to the owners. -- nm - Spawn Oct 3, 13:23
Vote on the House Speakership underway (Roll Call all 435) -- (edited) - budice Oct 3, 13:01 4
- He's down to a two vote margin. -- nm - spamlet Oct 3, 13:10 2
  - I do wonder if it's clear he's going to lose if more Rs start voting no. -- nm - spamlet Oct 3, 13:11 1
    - .nm -- nm* - hollywood big shot Oct 3, 13:16
- *rubs hands* *queues up Amok Time music* -- nm - Jovian Oct 3, 13:03
IRS rule changes drops report requirements for online sales, ebay and ticket resales to $600. So Tay Tay profiteers have to file 1099 -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 3, 12:39 6
- I already get a 1099 for my survey point redemptions. -- nm - Meg Oct 3, 13:35
- Money sent. (For lottery) -- nm - Loyola Oct 3, 12:56
- That was a law change a few years ago, not an IRS change. -- nm* - spamlet Oct 3, 12:53
- Will those sites send sellers some kind of 1099 and report to IRS? -- nm - zunk takes things literally Oct 3, 12:49
- Agape, spilling champagne and losing monocle gif -- nm - VMan Oct 3, 12:43 1
  - Undergrad theology classes have forever tainted my ability to read the word "agape" -- nm - Baron Hardcoden Oct 3, 13:11
Laphonso Ellis sworn in as U.S. Senator, succeeding the late Dianne Feinstein - budice Oct 3, 12:38 2
- Man, he was a such a college b-ball stud. Got to see him play many times. -- nm - Baron Hardcoden Oct 3, 12:54 1
  - L4!!!!! -- nm - zunk takes things literally Oct 3, 13:23
never seen before giant dinosaur found in Europe -- (link) - Peglegpete Oct 3, 12:36 7
- attempt no landing there. -- nm - Jovian Oct 3, 12:54
- How many has it killed so far!?! - Spawn Oct 3, 12:52 4
  - If I was a dinosaur, I would like to be found someday too. -- nm - Loyola Oct 3, 12:55 3
    - Semi-tangent: Did you ever see the finale of that Dinosaurs tv show? - Spawn Oct 3, 13:00 2
      - No, but thanks. -- nm - Loyola Oct 3, 13:14
      - I can not imagine having liked the show but if I did I can not imagine watching this. -- (link) - Spawn Oct 3, 13:01 [youtube]
- Euro Neverseenbeforus. -- nm - Loyola Oct 3, 12:48
Judge hits Trump with gag order prohibiting comments about court employees, orders him to remove post -- nm - budice Oct 3, 12:19 8
- next step a ball gag order? -- nm - Peglegpete Oct 3, 13:07 1
  - Thanks, I hate it. -- nm - Qale Oct 3, 13:14
- oh, the same judge who is a hobo who drinks on the job?? how can we take anything seriously from that clown. -- nm - colin Oct 3, 12:40 2
  - That is The Honorable Hobo Who Drinks On The Job, thank you very much. -- nm - Spawn Oct 3, 12:53 1
    - Is this that hobo humpin slobo babe I heard so much about in the 90s? -- nm - colin Oct 3, 13:09
- Trump gagged - decline Oct 3, 12:20 2
  - I mean whats the biggie, he only just went after and doxed the judge's court clerk. -- nm - Jovian Oct 3, 12:27
  - McDs music. I’m lovin it! Let’s see if they enforce it with some teeth. -- nm - VMan Oct 3, 12:25
DTL peeps, any of you do any python to parse some data from the site? - Will Hunting Oct 3, 12:17 10
- Oh! Oh! I solved this once. Let me find what I wrote. -- nm - Baron Hardcoden Oct 3, 12:22 9
  - Found it. Keep in mind I am a Python noob so it's not elegant, but it could log in, scrape the recruit data, and log out again. - Baron Hardcoden Oct 3, 12:30 8 1
    - Mind if I steal that? -- nm - spamlet Oct 3, 12:37 3
      - Only if you promise not to use it for evil. -- nm - Baron Hardcoden Oct 3, 12:50 2
        
        Like Google "Don't be evil" or not actually evil? -- nm - spamlet Oct 3, 12:53 1
        
        Oft evil will shall evil mar. -- nm - Baron Hardcoden Oct 3, 13:00
    - Well that bonks the indentation but you get the idea. -- nm - Baron Hardcoden Oct 3, 12:32 3
      - I will see. I’m good with the recruits file. I’m more wanting to get the details on each players’ shooting so I’ll fiddle - Will Hunting Oct 3, 12:38 2
        
        I'm sure that won't be a problem. As you said, the trickiest part was getting in. - Baron Hardcoden Oct 3, 12:50 1
        
        Yeah, I’m very much a let’s learn stuff by doing things I like - Will Hunting Oct 3, 13:17
"cap"/"no cap" remains the dumbest new recent slang. -- nm - Reagen Oct 3, 11:57 6
- How can you possibly pick that over rizz? -- nm - Qale Oct 3, 13:15
- *grumble* *grumble* -- nm - Old Man Mel Oct 3, 12:49
- Cap/capping is from the 1900s. - the wrong element Oct 3, 12:37
- New Moderna Vax obtained. No cap. #MadernaMafia -- nm* - budice Oct 3, 12:11
- I had never heard it, so now I blame you. -- nm - Spawn Oct 3, 12:00
- Straight no cap. - Baron Hardcoden Oct 3, 11:59
Huh. I didn't realize that kidnappings for ransom actually happened outside of movies. -- (link) - Mop Oct 3, 11:55 5
- Last week was a kid held for 4 days for 500k in the San fran Bay area -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 3, 12:31
- how much is Gaetz demanding? -- nm* - hollywood big shot Oct 3, 12:13 1
  - he won't tell us!! -- nm - kev Oct 3, 12:23
- Duh. -- nm - Spawn Oct 3, 12:01
- Not all that common here but other places, yes. -- nm - spamlet Oct 3, 11:57
what I dont get about the way our Legal system is working - tRuMaN Oct 3, 11:52
A Rodgers takes “subtle” shot at Kelce and his CoVid shots commercial -- (link) - Flav— Oct 3, 11:47 7
- Rodgers is just jealous that Travis hooked up with a legit celebrity. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 3, 12:46
- Poe. Tay. Toe. Head. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Oct 3, 11:55
- Pay attention to meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! -- nm - David Oct 3, 11:54
- Aaron is probably annoyed that Taylor doesnt want to date him. -- nm - tRuMaN Oct 3, 11:53
- Rodgers will take all the shots that don't come from come from medical authorities. - Mop Oct 3, 11:52
- It does not cease to be strange to me that the anti vax crowd treats boosters as some sort of proof of something - Reagen Oct 3, 11:50
- Well, he does have a lot of time on his hands this season. -- nm - Spawn Oct 3, 11:47
Pelosi and??? are not there, in California for Feinstein funeral, I wonder if that was part of Gaetz plan to move now -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 3, 11:41
House voting on whether to "table the motion" to vacate (from Gaetz) -- nm - budice Oct 3, 11:41 5
- It's moving forward, we're getting a vote! -- nm* - colin Oct 3, 11:43 4
  - But first an hour of “debate” -- nm - znufrii, vice president Oct 3, 11:44 3
    - *puts the livestream on mute* -- nm - znufrii, vice president Oct 3, 11:49 2
      - That's what Twitter is for. -- nm - spamlet Oct 3, 11:58
      - Everything will burn, baby burn -- nm - Ash Oct 3, 11:51
Huge bonus points to Delta for having Whale Rider as an option on the plane. - David Oct 3, 11:36 1
- That'll cost you 10,000 Skymiles. -- nm - Mop Oct 3, 11:37
Car update! - Mop Oct 3, 11:36 7
- that's great -- nm - Peglegpete Oct 3, 11:59
- Glad it worked out. My tiguan experience was much less stellar (if you remember from about 4 years ago) - decline Oct 3, 11:42 2
  - Our Saturn suv got a tic tic tic in the engine that grew to "hammering " at 111k -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 3, 12:37
  - That's gut-wrenching. -- nm - Mop Oct 3, 11:43
- OK, dribbling the coffee down the front of my shirt sucked. Could they do something about that? -- nm - Mop Oct 3, 11:41
- Silent recalls are annoying, you could have saved $$ if you knew, worse paid a local mechanic $$$ if you didn't know -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 3, 11:39 1
  - Yep. It almost came to that. If it had been out of warranty, I would have paid out of pocket and never known. -- nm - Mop Oct 3, 11:41
Yeet is a great word. It really emphasizes the action with its pronunciation. -- nm - Qale Oct 3, 11:33 2
- Agreed though I wouldn't use it. -- nm - Krusty Oct 3, 11:55 1
  - You should only use it when something it really truly getting yeeted. -- nm - Qale Oct 3, 13:17
House voting now on motion to table the resolution yeeting Kev into the sun. -- nm - znufrii, vice president Oct 3, 11:33 2
- 10 GOP votes against tabling, should be more than enough to yeet Kev unless a significant number of Dems abstain -- nm - znufrii, vice president Oct 3, 11:37
- Most Republicans in Congress: Wait, does "table" mean yes or no? -- nm - Mop Oct 3, 11:37
CLE: Tito Francona signs off -- (link) - budice Oct 3, 11:31 3
- We could have had Tito and instead we hired Robin f'n Ventura. - spamlet Oct 3, 11:36 2
  - Padres should bend backwards for Tito -- nm - budice Oct 3, 11:40 1
    - He’s got several health problems and really shouldn’t be managing anymore so hopefully he’s done. -- nm - spamlet Oct 3, 11:51
Could the average person gain 1 yard in the NFL? -- (link) - David Oct 3, 11:28 [youtube] 7
- That's really a question for the offensive line. I expect (in most circumstances) that an O-line should be able to get anyone a yard. I agree with - pmb Oct 3, 12:31
- Only if the defense is required to start at least 10 yards off the line, and even then I'm not sure. -- nm - Baron Hardcoden Oct 3, 12:15
- Sure, behind a great o-line on 4th and 29 when you need to convert. - the wrong element Oct 3, 11:54
- I got long arms, run regularly, and weigh 240. I bet I could up the gut. -- nm - Reagen Oct 3, 11:52
- I know I couldn't. And on top of that, I'd end up forever shattered for the attempt. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 3, 11:30 2
  - This. So much this. There's the minor chance that some crazy mis-direction play could be drawn up and my 5' 6" frame would get lost behind the line -- (edited) - JD Oct 3, 11:41
  - Ah, bery. I think a lot more of you. I think you could do it. - Spawn Oct 3, 11:36
I could have sworn that this was the last season of OMITB. Do you hear that, TED LASSO?! - Mop Oct 3, 11:23 3
- You just wrote the 4th season…the gang tries to stop further murders from happening and the wacky residents make it a challenge -- nm - Flav— Oct 3, 11:38 2
  - One concern I had when they announced season 3 (spoiler?) - Mop Oct 3, 11:46 1
    - Spoiler - the wrong element Oct 3, 12:04
Announced Broadway Openings this season include some big names, and a fair number of adaptations - MDH Oct 3, 11:22 4
- Cabaret and Spamalot should be evergreen. Run for decades. - Mop Oct 3, 11:24 3
  - Cabaret is the UK production, where the second you enter the venue you are in the Kit Kat Club. -- nm - MDH Oct 3, 11:36 2
    - Hmm... The August Wilson? They're gonna have to remodel the place to make that work. -- nm - Mop Oct 3, 11:49
    - Fuck yes! -- nm - Mop Oct 3, 11:37
Mitski announced a spring 2024 tour - MDH Oct 3, 11:11 3
- What is a...Mitski? - Old Man Mel Oct 3, 11:18 2
  - now use it in a sentence with "yeet" -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Oct 3, 11:20 1
    - I want to "Yeet" myself out a window... -- nm - Old Man Mel Oct 3, 11:24
Highest Percent Capacity on Broadway this week: Merrily We Roll Along, Hamilton, The Lion King, Sweeney Todd, Moulin Rouge -- nm - MDH Oct 3, 11:03 1
- Lowest Percent Capacity on Broadway this week: The Shark is Broken, Here Lies Love, Some Like It Hot, A Beautiful Noise, The Cottage -- nm - MDH Oct 3, 11:04
Neb preacher shoots a child accidentally (with a homemade blank) at the start of a wedding. intended to fire in the air to get crowd's attn -- (link) - zeitgeist Oct 3, 11:03 3
- It's happens. -- nm - Mop Oct 3, 11:13 2
  - At least he has his freedom…oh, wait -- nm - Flav— Oct 3, 11:37
  - the only one to ever shoot me....was the son of a $%&@# preacher man -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 3, 11:26
Highest Grossing Broadway Shows Last week: Lion King, Hamilton, Sweeney Todd, Merrily We Roll Along, Wicked -- nm - MDH Oct 3, 10:59 3
- I adore Wicked. -- nm - Mop Oct 3, 11:19
- Lowest Grossing Shows Last Week: Melissa Etheridge: My Window, Jaja's African Hair Braiding, The Shark is Broken, The Cottage, Purlie Victorious -- nm - MDH Oct 3, 11:02 1
  - 2 of these are made. guess which ones! -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Oct 3, 11:11
wow, I didnt expect such a dramatic heel turn from Nancy Mace. - Jovian Oct 3, 10:55 1
- ms. mercurial? sure. -- nm - mud Oct 3, 11:53
YEET! -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Oct 3, 10:54 4
- KOBE! -- nm - JD Oct 3, 10:56 3
  - no crumb -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 3, 10:59 2
    - spill the T. -- nm - tRuMaN Oct 3, 11:06 1
      - Cheugy -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 3, 11:36

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