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Oklahoma City voters on Tuesday approved a 1% sales tax for six years to help fund a new downtown arena for the Thunder -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Dec 13, 05:48 4
- Semi related DC made a last ditch effort last night to keep the Caps/Wizards. $500M. -- nm - MDH Dec 13, 06:08
- *smh* Their owners are worth billions and should be paying for it. -- nm - Krusty Dec 13, 06:02 2
  - billionaires don't pay for things - decline Dec 13, 06:04 1
    - So true -- nm - Krusty Dec 13, 06:04
May seem strange but I've never rented a movie through Apple or Prime or anything but may now that Taylor's film is available. How does it work? - Volnelk Dec 13, 05:40 5
- you can only rent it first? Lame -- nm - JaxSean Dec 13, 06:14 1
  - For $19.89 -- nm - Volnelk Dec 13, 06:25
- Prime is 30 days to start watching the video and 48 hours to finish once started (I assume apple is similar) -- nm - decline Dec 13, 05:42
- Generally for Prime, you have 30 days to start watching, and 48 hours to finish once you start. -- nm - znufrii Dec 13, 05:42 1
  - You can rewatch as many times as you want during the 48 hours. -- nm - Dano Dec 13, 06:02
Tesla to recall nearly 2 million cars (almost every one sold in the US) to fix their Autopilot software that kills people. This is an OTA recall -- (link) - decline Dec 13, 05:26 2
- Can you c&p the article. I'm curious what the Posts take is -- nm - TWuG Dec 13, 06:09 1
  - sure (short article) -- (edited) - decline Dec 13, 06:13
Stephen King makes a good point -- (link) - prayformojo 🐵 Dec 13, 04:28
TV PSA: Survivor, Amazing Race (Finale), Masked Singer, Quantum Leap, Sullivan's Crossing, Spencer Sisters, Magnum PI, Slow Horses, The Challenge, - Beaker 🍺 Dec 13, 04:26 1
- Survivor, Amazing Race and Boney M concert -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Dec 13, 04:32
Wordle 907 4/6 - prayformojo 🐵 Dec 13, 04:10 3
- Wordle 907 3/6 - crash davis 😺 Dec 13, 06:20
- 4 - rollo Dec 13, 05:34
- 3 - decline Dec 13, 05:28
Yamamoto has the good stuff -- (link) - hollywood big shot Dec 12, 22:41
Why was the corned beef discharged from the hospital? - JD Dec 12, 22:34 1
- heh -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Dec 13, 05:34
Connections 185. Perfect - TWuG Dec 12, 22:02 7
- Connections Puzzle #185 - crash davis 😺 Dec 13, 06:18
- purple last. - mud Dec 13, 05:56
- Purple first - znufrii Dec 13, 05:48
- No issues. - VMan Dec 13, 05:31
- no mistakes - decline Dec 13, 05:30
- I hemmed and hawed a lot but....no mistakes, PO - prayformojo 🐵 Dec 13, 04:16
- Heh. Slightly different. - Beryllium Dec 13, 00:06
Roddy Ho, big wanker or biggest wanker? -- nm - crash davis 😺 Dec 12, 21:53 1
- biggest -- nm - Beryllium Dec 12, 21:56
Fresh bottle of sriracha. It’s my lucky day! -- nm - Qale Dec 12, 21:50
The Gem have announced their 2024 season. Pippin, Evita, Seussical, and Cinderella. Only four shows rather than their usual five, but - Meg Dec 12, 20:59 1
- So so those each run for multiple weeks/months? -- nm - JaxSean Dec 13, 06:01
Hmm, I can't find a streaming service that has Homicide: LOTS -- nm - Beryllium Dec 12, 20:38 4
- I literally told our head of acquisitions to buy the series yesterday. -- nm - LMS Dec 12, 23:16
- because it's not on any of them -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 12, 20:38 2
  - I guess the pilot is kinda still out there -- (link) - hollywood big shot Dec 12, 21:20
  - Yup. David Simon said the music rights are the holdup to it going to streaming. Gotta buy the DVDs or sail the high seas and download it. -- nm - Krusty Dec 12, 20:46
great third period, Leafs! -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 12, 19:42 2
- oh it's the Connor Bowl in Edmonton tonight i see -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 12, 20:04 1
  - Connor Roy feeling left out - Reagen Dec 12, 20:24
New York is getting new Congressional maps, again -- nm - ty97 Dec 12, 19:21 10
- New York abstains... courteously. -- nm - Lewis Morris Dec 13, 05:53 1
  - +76 znu points - znufrii Dec 13, 06:00
- Santos has Congressional Immunity now and can run again right? -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Dec 13, 04:08
- "After today’s redistricting ruling @CarolynBMaloney tells me she would most definitely consider running again" -- (link) - ty97 Dec 12, 19:44 1
  - just take the L ffs -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 12, 19:48
- For 2024 or after? -- nm - Tim Dec 12, 19:38 2
  - You can run in 2024 in a newly drawn district! -- nm - ty97 Dec 12, 19:46
  - for 2024 -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 12, 19:39
- fukk yeah! -- nm - Dems Dec 12, 19:23 1
  - don't get excited. these are the NY Dems. probably just means Sean Patrick Maloney will find a way to fuck them over another winnable district -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 12, 19:39
Indiana Film Journalists Association nominates ALL THE MOVIES -- (link) - Dano Dec 12, 19:06 2
- But we know who's going to win (and it rhymes with Shindiana Bones). -- nm - Mop🧹 Dec 12, 19:30
- "we just really like movies, you guys." -- nm - Tim Dec 12, 19:09
Is that not worse (hockey players are built different) -- (link) - Reagen Dec 12, 18:52 1
- jeebus -- nm - Tim Dec 12, 18:55
Alright, new Slow Horses. River Cartwright is the opposite of Nicholas Angel. - Beryllium Dec 12, 18:08 3
- spoilers for S3E4 - Beryllium Dec 12, 18:32 2
  - spoils - Beryllium Dec 12, 18:36 1
    - I'm beginning to think we'll have to wait another series or two to see .. - mud Dec 12, 19:26
Anyone got a half mil I can borrow? -- (link) - spamlet Dec 12, 18:02 6
- Half a MILF? -- nm - What Qale Read Dec 12, 21:46 1
  - Same. -- nm - David Dec 12, 21:47
- What interest rate are you offering? -- nm - Meg Dec 12, 19:13 1
  - this is like samara sending you a trade request -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 12, 19:41
- Ever since Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit, I've preferred the Ferrari 550 Maranello... -- (link) - Beryllium Dec 12, 18:21
- I’ll check my couch cushions. -- nm - VMan Dec 12, 18:03
Hey znu... I'm thinking of registering for a Spring half marathon for motivation. Looking at Jim Thorpe April 27/28. - Dano Dec 12, 17:54 4
- Jim Thorpe is very nice. That should be a pretty run -- nm - decline Dec 13, 05:40
- That's probably the weekend before Broad Street. I've been on that train ride though, it's beautiful. -- nm - znufrii Dec 12, 18:18 2
  - Training run! -- nm - Dano Dec 12, 18:24 1
    - Not out of the realm of possibility for the 7-miler, actually. -- (edited) - znufrii Dec 13, 06:13
NHTSA to require onboard system to prevent intoxicated drivers from starting their car...once they can find one that works. -- (link*) - znufrii Dec 12, 17:45 1
- Nope. -- nm - Pip Dec 12, 19:01
First episode of Fargo's new season is surprisingly (sp) - prayformojo 🐵 Dec 12, 17:30
R.I.P. Andre Braugher, 61 -- (edited) - mud Dec 12, 17:29 19
- A truly great actor -- nm - crash davis 😺 Dec 12, 21:53
- WTF?! -- nm - Mop🧹 Dec 12, 19:31
- Just saw this news. That sucks. He was a great actor and a lot of range. Nine nine! -- nm - sycor Dec 12, 19:10
- Momma still alive. Dang -- nm - con_carne Dec 12, 18:53
- God damn that sucks -- nm - Jovian Dec 12, 18:47
- :( -- nm - Tim Dec 12, 17:48
- Damn. 😪 -- nm - Krusty Dec 12, 17:44
- Oh, oh man. -- nm - spamlet Dec 12, 17:43
- aawwwww mmmaaaaaannnn -- nm - Remlik Dec 12, 17:38
- One of the best and most underrated of our time. So so brilliant. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 12, 17:36
- the fuck? that's awful -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 12, 17:35
- ahh man. this one hurts :( -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Dec 12, 17:34
- Braugher singing Free Bird in Duets -- (link) - Max Dec 12, 17:34 [youtube] 1
  - very nice. -- nm - mud Dec 12, 17:41
- :( -- nm - budice Dec 12, 17:33
- oh hell -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Dec 12, 17:33
- Oh no :( -- nm - Beryllium Dec 12, 17:32
- :((((( -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 12, 17:32
- NOOOO! -- nm - David Dec 12, 17:30
One thing very right about Merry Little Batman is ... - Beryllium Dec 12, 17:21
"Lawsuit alleging rape against punter Matt Araiza dropped" -- nm - David Dec 12, 17:08 1
- Item to note. Greater than zero shot, unless more allegations or NFL Security knows something. -- nm* - budice Dec 12, 17:19
"NBA's in-season tournament championship game set ratings mark not seen in nearly 6 years" -- nm - David Dec 12, 17:05 2
- Laker fans are thirsty even for pretend rings -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 12, 17:07 1
  - It'll still count for something. Mimics the FA Cup of sorts. Now whether Bron and AD will put that effort towards a 82-game season+playoffs. -- nm* - budice Dec 12, 17:25
‘Hightown’ Ending With Season 3 on Starz -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Dec 12, 16:43 1
- ‘Love Is Blind’ Renewed for Two More Seasons on Netflix -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Dec 12, 16:43
Russia isn't (currently) losing or going bankrupt. oil is paying for almost all of the war, and Putin's happy to throw troops at Ukraine forever. -- nm - mafic Dec 12, 16:37 16
- Putin has had two close calls with the ruble nearly cratering. He can't survive too many more. It isn't the dollar. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Dec 12, 21:55
- A global economist I trust recently stated that China will own Russia forever because its economy has collapsed so much. - David Dec 12, 17:13 8
  - I bet China has got mineral rights locked up and are getting ready to drill -- nm - Remlik Dec 12, 17:49 2
    - I mean not entirely how it works. Russia is pretty strict on royalties and foreign control of mineral assets. - mafic Dec 12, 18:04 1
      - ah. thank you. -- nm - Remlik Dec 12, 18:08
  - Russia's economy is churning along just fine for the moment. a bit overheated inflation-wise, but weirdly scaling up military production does a - mafic Dec 12, 17:38 2
    - Soaring inflation, impending recession after they just got out of a recession, and all the positive news comes from Russia's economic folks. - David Dec 12, 17:48 1
      - most of Russia's Chinese debt is energy-related, which is pretty easily serviceable for them. Russia isn't in crisis yet. -- nm - mafic Dec 12, 17:56
  - Oh. So it's a double secret proxy war against china. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 12, 17:23 1
    - You're joking, but America and Canada are in an economic cold war with China. -- nm - David Dec 12, 17:27
- Troops eventually run out. And losing leader makes what troops are left a lot less effective and a lot more disaffected. - TWuG Dec 12, 17:08 5
  - sure eventually, but he's banking on being able to outlast the west. depending on the US election next year he might be right. - mafic Dec 12, 17:33 4
    - Sure, and Afghanistan was great for Russia. -- nm - David Dec 12, 17:38 1
      - That was a different time, they had to deal with Milton "Rambo" Friedman. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 12, 17:49
    - did you read the Fiona Hill interview? It's swell. (I'm a fan) -- (link) - mud Dec 12, 17:36
    - The recent history of Russia is "Lose a stupid war, get a revolution" times... 4? -- nm - Reagen Dec 12, 17:35
Maryland got the new FBI HQ, NoVa is getting the Caps and Wizards, apparently -- (link) - hollywood big shot Dec 12, 16:19 1
- That concert venue will flop immediately. This decision by Leonsis is so out of his mind I wish him well. I guess when HQ2 screws you, you need it. -- nm - MDH Dec 12, 17:15
Sources: Giants, OF Jung Hoo Lee agree on 6-year, $113M deal -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Dec 12, 16:18
Hoodie DONE in New England per reports (end of season most likely) -- nm* - Beaker 🍻 Dec 12, 16:17 1
- 👏🏽 -- nm - Krusty Dec 12, 16:20
one of the parents at my kid's school is selling homeopathic first aid kits and it's so hard not to make "I already carry a water bottle" jokes. - mafic Dec 12, 15:54 1
- "Or a big fat placebo. It's all the same crap." -- nm - B'nai B'ron Dec 12, 16:51
Sorry Mr. Beast, your bars are all on clearance. -- nm - Qale Dec 12, 15:45 1
- New boss said we were going to have to do a GoFundMe for him. This new boss does no work but is kinda funny. -- nm - Qale Dec 12, 15:50
KBO star Jung Hoo Lee expected to sign 6 year deal with Giants -- (link) - spamlet Dec 12, 15:33 1
- Dodgers meeting with Yamamoto today -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 12, 15:43
Getting rid of Al Michaels and keeping Chris Collinsworth is like keeping Mike Morgan and letting Greg Maddux walk. -- nm - David Dec 12, 15:15 3
- Black Collinsworthmas -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Dec 12, 16:10
- Getting rid of Al Michaels makes no sense to me, even leaving everyone else out of the conversation. It makes zero sense. -- nm - ty97 Dec 12, 15:33 1
  - doesn't he work for Amazon? -- nm - Remlik Dec 12, 17:55
So Texas is being glossed Howdy Arabia and it's trending on Twitter. The land of SharYeeHaw Law -- nm - Bacon Dec 12, 15:04 9
- Ted and Cornyn both running scared. dont let them hide -- (link) - hollywood big shot Dec 12, 19:46
- I am officially moving Twitter into the same category as Amazon. - Qale Dec 12, 15:51
- un-elect Ted Cruz in a year - hollywood big shot Dec 12, 15:09 5
  - Colin is going to have to do 300% better than his current lackluster effort to accomplish that. - Qale Dec 12, 15:52 4
    - i would probably start with standing up for the woman who the Texas Sup Ct just tried to murder (other than tweeting mad about it) -- nm* - hollywood big shot Dec 12, 15:55 3
      - Showing up at the Uvalde press conference didn’t even budge Beto’s numbers. I don’t know what can be done. -- nm - Qale Dec 12, 15:59 2
        
        going full Fettermann on him 24/7, and Cruz is infinitely worse than Dr Oz -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 12, 16:03 1
        
        just as a general rule for anyone campaigning for office, if you haven't done at least one thing a day to make your opponent look worse to your voters - hollywood big shot Dec 12, 16:21
- Well, that’s perfect. -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Dec 12, 15:06
What's your reaction to hearing the term "homeopathic eyedrops"? -- nm - Beryllium Dec 12, 14:59 15
- Turns red eyes blue -- nm - con_carne Dec 12, 20:06
- literally water -- nm - mafic Dec 12, 15:50
- no thanks, I don't want to go blind -- nm - decline Dec 12, 15:46 1
  - Yeah, my first thought on reading about it was the eye-eating parasites from The Expanse -- nm - Beryllium Dec 12, 15:57
- is it a new band name? -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 12, 15:43
- Sugar pill -- nm - David Dec 12, 15:15
- water -- nm - Andie Dec 12, 15:14
- Avert your gays. -- nm - Max Dec 12, 15:09
- Here's a little mud in your eye -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 12, 15:09 1
  - :-[ -- nm - mud Dec 12, 15:10
- "so, water?" -- nm - Reagen Dec 12, 15:03 1
  - Water that once heard a rumor about some medicine somewhere. -- nm - B'nai B'ron Dec 12, 15:14
- no homo. - tRuMaN (materially correct) Dec 12, 15:03
- Nope. -- nm - Krusty Dec 12, 15:03
- The FDA says they should be pulled off shelves. -- (link) - Beryllium Dec 12, 15:02

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