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major federal construction projects now subject to collective bargaining thanks to Biden -- (link*) - hollywood big shot Dec 19, 11:24
Nazi rhetoric gets co signed by Republican US Senator -- (pic) - Jovian Dec 19, 11:20 [Attachment] 3
- Lady Lindsay says it's just words, we really shouldn't listen to what he says -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 19, 11:23 1
  - No. No we really really shouldnt ignore him. -- nm - Jovian Dec 19, 11:34
- (Alabama's best) -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 19, 11:20
Letterman: Darlene Love Xmas show..... -- (link) - Remlik Dec 19, 11:12 [youtube] 2
- Iirc, she is the one who sang on the Christmas Time for the Jews cartoon on SNL -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 19, 11:24
- Santa's Christmas Special: With Paul Shaffer & Darlene Love -- nm - Spawn Dec 19, 11:24
Color Purple (the hidden musical version) is good, actually -- (link) - hollywood big shot Dec 19, 11:05 6
- I saw a commercial for it last night during Below Deck where it was all about it being a musical. -- nm - Dano Dec 19, 11:28
- 88% currently (44/6) -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Dec 19, 11:15
- It should end up being the second biggest film this Christmas. It'll have a huge $20+ million Christmas day. -- nm - Inigo Dec 19, 11:13
- we like to refer to it as "A bold new take" - oblique Dec 19, 11:09 2
  - ABNT! -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 19, 11:11 1
    - Gesundheit. -- nm - B'nai B'ron Dec 19, 11:16
Here is something not seen since the end of World War II. Way to go Putin, just achieving the fond wishes of the Russian people. -- (link) - crash davis Dec 19, 11:02
it would be great if Dems pretended to be mad about private equity strip mining everything of value while also getting a tax break to do it -- (link) - hollywood big shot Dec 19, 10:50 1
- the line of "only Communists would want those to not be sold to Capitalists." is why they dont. -- nm - tRuMaN Dec 19, 11:20
lol someone paid the NFT apes ransom -- (link) - hollywood big shot Dec 19, 10:47 1
- .. why? -- nm - mud Dec 19, 10:50
From the Sportatorium to ‘The Iron Claw’: The Legacy of World Class Championship Wrestling -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Dec 19, 10:45 3
- I was just telling Kim about this. -- (link) - David Dec 19, 11:03 [youtube]
- I remember WCCW being on ESPN in the afternoons as a kid. -- nm - Tim Dec 19, 10:47 1
  - I used to watch it on one of the UHF channels before cable. I loved WCCW. -- nm - pmb Dec 19, 11:25
Minnesota's got a brand new flag -- (link) - hollywood big shot Dec 19, 10:35 3
- That's not one of the finalists I was promised. - B'nai B'ron Dec 19, 10:59
- It's better than what they had but I think they had better color and star options than what they chose. Still, I like it -- nm - Krusty Dec 19, 10:38 1
  - It will certainly get them out of CGP Grey's F group. Certainly no worse than C. -- nm - B'nai B'ron Dec 19, 11:12
Colorado banned plastic bags -- (link) - budice Dec 19, 10:32 20
- *likes* -- nm - Cargo Pants Dec 19, 11:11
- New York did in 2019, took effect in 2020. It’s fine. -- nm - Tim Dec 19, 10:47 3
  - also, judging from LA's ban over a decade in place . . . they're not 100% banned anyway -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 19, 10:48 2
    - I may have a stockpile at home taken from my employer after we couldn’t use them anymore, plus food establishments can still use them. -- nm - Tim Dec 19, 10:50 1
      - maybe there's a loophole for what is deemed true "plastic" but grocery stores etc all still have a plastic-y bag they use -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 19, 10:54
- Rampant wokeness! Trump will save us! -- nm - Mop🧹 Dec 19, 10:44
- The nearby town our Trader Joe's is in has banned them (as has Chicago). Not a bother there but I've often wondered what the grocery pickup places do -- (edited) - oblique Dec 19, 10:38 1
  - In NJ everyone uses reusable bags. But I've seen lots of people who just take their stuff out to their car in a cart and dump it in the trunk - decline Dec 19, 10:51
- living in PA, but working in NJ I always forget that NJ has them banned and man is it a pain in the ass if I stop someplace in NJ -- nm - decline Dec 19, 10:36 11
  - our county started taxing them. Anecdotally I can tell you the number of them I see blowing around and getting caught in bushes has fallen - prayformojo 🐵 Dec 19, 10:48 5
    - Reducing the amount of the most beautiful thing in the world that you see by the same -- nm - Reagen Dec 19, 11:08
    - They've been banned here for a while and cost money before that. The days of plastic bag litter are gone - it's lovely. -- nm - Andie Dec 19, 10:54 3
      - Though the days of me having to buy garbage bags have begun -- nm - Roger More Dec 19, 10:56 2
        
        Ever since we have city managed compost, we don't even put bags in the kitchen bin. It gets a little dirty and we wash it twice a year and that's it -- nm - Guigue Dec 19, 11:08
        
        oh, for sure. i buy dollarama small garbage bags for cat litter. so, that's a thing. -- nm - Andie Dec 19, 10:57
  - Same when I’m in Delaware. Though one of our neighboring townships just banned them as of October. -- (edited) - Znufrii, exceeds expectations Dec 19, 10:43 1
    - Doylestown banned them over the summer, but I don't really shop there anymore -- nm - decline Dec 19, 10:45
  - Keep reusable bags in your glove box and trunk. -- nm - Krusty Dec 19, 10:39 2
    - with some latex gloves and bottles of bleach. just in case -- nm - tRuMaN Dec 19, 11:08
    - I have them at home and use them for local shopping - decline Dec 19, 10:48
Beacon 23 has been renewed at MGM...solid little sci fi show -- nm - Remlik Dec 19, 10:30
Catching up, the SNL Facebook argument was actually valid. -- nm - Spawn Dec 19, 10:20
BTW, Kim and I don't play Whamageddon since I love the song, but the Utah Jazz cheerleaders would have knocked us out last night. - David Dec 19, 10:14 [youtube] 4
- LDB!!! -- nm - Spawn Dec 19, 11:13
- Jazz Bear! -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Dec 19, 10:18
- Yeah I like the song too the song that has really grown on me.though is Christmas Wrapping -- nm - eag Dec 19, 10:18
- that was cute -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Dec 19, 10:17
Holiday poll Team Snow Mizer or Heat Mizer ? - eag Dec 19, 10:12 8
- Burgermeister Meisterburger -- nm - rollo Dec 19, 14:52
- 🌨️ -- nm - Krusty Dec 19, 10:41
- team get out of LA before the heavy rain starts -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 19, 10:33
- Heat. It's 50*F here in Jax (feels like 45*), and the ground is cold and the toilet seat is cold and the water takes forever to get hot. - JaxSean Dec 19, 10:21
- God, i love them both. -- nm - Andie Dec 19, 10:18
- Snow. -- nm - tRuMaN Dec 19, 10:18
- Snow. - Dark Callisto 🦊 Dec 19, 10:13 1
  - co-signed -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Dec 19, 10:16
If I hadn’t already been knocked out of LDB, it would have gotten me today. - Dark Callisto 🦊 Dec 19, 10:05 4
- So cheerful in Downtown Knoxville -- nm - budice Dec 19, 10:10
- ah but bagpipes knocks you out in style -- nm - crash davis Dec 19, 10:08 1
  - If you're at a wake! -- nm - David Dec 19, 10:14
- You're really bad at this. -- nm - David Dec 19, 10:05
Fetterman vows to block US Steel deal -- (link) - Znufrii, exceeds expectations Dec 19, 09:58
A History of Blasphemy Laws in the United States -- (link) - crash davis Dec 19, 09:45
My parents "winter village" in their house was shown on the Chicago NBC news last night -- (link) - oblique Dec 19, 09:35 7
- Neat! -- nm - Znufrii, exceeds expectations Dec 19, 10:51
- I see the news credits Bob first, but I'm thinking Carol might be more of the leader in this village creation. -- nm - crash davis Dec 19, 10:00 1
  - The structure was all my dad's handiwork but it was definitely necessitated by my mom's collection :) - oblique Dec 19, 10:16
- Famous local celebs now. Nice collection. -- nm - budice Dec 19, 09:51 1
  - Funny part is they haven't lived in Illinois for decades -- nm - oblique Dec 19, 10:16
- that’s a nice display! my mom had some of those. :) - — nm - i.b.! Dec 19, 09:49
- that's quite a village! They must have been thrilled it got shown. :) -- nm - Andie Dec 19, 09:48
80-year old Swiss billionaire and Hermes heir planning to disinherit his own foundation and adopt his 51-year old gardener -- (link) - Znufrii, exceeds expectations Dec 19, 09:30
Volcano view from a helicopter. The variety of colours is interesting: orange for rock, a bit of blue (sulfur fire?), and a bit of yellow (??) -- (link) - Beryllium Dec 19, 09:29 [mastodon] 5
- Yellow is probably a hotspot. -- nm - Reagen Dec 19, 11:17
- the guy st was posting about related to all this, Willsy (?) had a livestream last night where he talked about a drone they were going to fly over -- (edited) - tRuMaN Dec 19, 09:51
- so dang cool -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Dec 19, 09:31 1
  - probably not *that* cool -- nm - decline Dec 19, 09:33
- wow -- nm - Andie Dec 19, 09:30
“Do not drive, operate machinery or make any important decisions” ST Poll - What important decisions should I make today? -- nm* - Znufrii, exceeds expectations Dec 19, 09:21 10
- It's festivus, or close enough, you should totally tell each of us what our problem is. -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 19, 10:57
- to drink or not to drink, that is the daily question -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Dec 19, 10:38 1
  - No alcohol for the remainder of the day. Oddly they didn’t provide any additional instructions beyond resuming my regular diet. - Znufrii, exceeds expectations Dec 19, 10:47
- Vacation home in Belize! -- nm - David Dec 19, 10:05
- open up that wall you've always thought should be removed. -- nm - Andie Dec 19, 09:48
- Whether or not, after going through this, you've earned that bottle of Pappy Van Winkle? -- nm - crash davis Dec 19, 09:47
- Madonna tickets -- nm - Roger More Dec 19, 09:39
- Quit your job in spectacular fashion. -- nm - spamlet Dec 19, 09:35
- obviously you need to go buy a sports car -- nm - decline Dec 19, 09:27
- To get another dog. -- nm - Dano Dec 19, 09:25
boy she must be fun: "Trump Georgia Co-Defendant’s Lawyers File Notice to Withdraw From RICO Case" - Jovian Dec 19, 09:05 7
- I'm going with "she didn't listen, she wasn't on board, and they aren't getting paid." -- nm - JaxSean Dec 19, 09:39 1
  - (but you didn't hear that from her lawyer) -- nm - Dano Dec 19, 09:48
- “I'm not saying any of those things did or didn't happen..." -- nm - Dano Dec 19, 09:13 3
  - Love the delusion found within these MAGA filthbags, she probably genuinely believes he would name her Press Secretary under his Fourth Reich. -- nm - Jovian Dec 19, 09:15 2
    - She probably also genuinely believes he knows who she is, or cares. -- nm* - Znufrii, exceeds expectations Dec 19, 09:53
    - I'm not NOT saying that she's a nutter who won't listen to or pay her lawyers. -- nm - Dano Dec 19, 09:16
- the one with the Smile mugshot -- (link) - hollywood big shot Dec 19, 09:09
Judge on Monday ordered release of the trove of long-sealed Epstein docs. Reveal those with ties to him. -- (link) - budice Dec 19, 09:00
Early 2024 will bring more of Atlantic City to Fallout 76. Late 2024, the original map expands southward into Shenandoah, Virginia. -- (link) - Qale Dec 19, 08:59
Jake Paul to partner with USA Boxing ahead of Paris Olympics -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Dec 19, 08:55 1
- That headline needs a little bit of unpacking. - Mop🧹 Dec 19, 08:58
haven't the families been through enough already, Jerry? -- (link) - hollywood big shot Dec 19, 08:52
From B2 regarding picture frames, for the last couple of years I've been getting metal prints with float mounts. No frames or mats. - Fuzzy Dec 19, 08:46 2
- I’ve seen ads for displate that I’m intrigued by - James Webb telescope prints. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 19, 08:53 1
  - yeah those would look cool in that format. - tRuMaN Dec 19, 09:05
The NHL opened it first since season today on 1917. -- nm - Jovian Dec 19, 08:29 5
- ...? -- nm - Spawn Dec 19, 08:33 4
  - "Oh Dec 19th, the National Hockey League began its first season.. - Jovian Dec 19, 08:45 3
    - Toronto would have to wait one more year for it's first championship -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 19, 08:49 2
      - The important thing is who won the Stanley Cup in 1917 -- nm - crash davis Dec 19, 09:58 1
        
        beginner's luck -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 19, 10:45
Madonna’s Celebration Tour was truly incredible. It’s the show fans have wanted. Run, do not walk. Absolutely incredible. -- nm - MDH Dec 19, 08:24 16
- Glad it met/exceeded your expectations! -- nm - Dano Dec 19, 09:27
- what time did she start (i ain't driving to the Forum for an 11 o'clock show) -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 19, 08:27 13
  - I just watched the instagram story of someone I follow who went last night - showtime 8:30, didn’t start until after 9:45, played until 12:53. — nm - i.b.! Dec 19, 09:03
  - Started at 10:35, ended at 12:55. Worth every penny and every single minute of wait. I’m still sort of shell shocked. -- nm - MDH Dec 19, 09:01 2
    - ah, I should have refreshed again. :) - the above person said it was totally wort it, too. she nabbed a ticket only over the weekend, pretty high up - i.b.! Dec 19, 09:06
    - she should get the Sphere next -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 19, 09:04
  - You know that Grand Canyon was just a movie, right? -- nm - JD Dec 19, 08:42 6
    - pixie getting old and gotta get to bed. -- nm - Spawn Dec 19, 08:44 5
      - Were all getting old on here - eag Dec 19, 09:02
      - everyone in LA is in for the night by 8p. we're not Indianapolis methheads -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 19, 08:47 3
        
        fun story...they broke into the bank next to our downtown location with manned 24 security, & stole all the copper from the heating units -- nm - Remlik Dec 19, 08:51 2
        
        that .. doesn't seem like much fun. -- nm - mud Dec 19, 08:59 1
        
        well 'fun' being used in sarcastic way. -- nm - Remlik Dec 19, 09:28
  - You should just stay home. - Spawn Dec 19, 08:34 1
    - go get your Rolling Stones tix, boomer -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 19, 08:40
- Woot -- nm - JD Dec 19, 08:26
pretty damning 1/6 text if you take the texter at their word -- (link) - hollywood big shot Dec 19, 08:20 3
- This poster is also on Threads now -- (link) - JaxSean Dec 19, 09:56
- we all knew about this all along but to have it confirmed is so depressing. democracy what? -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 mandy chem 🏳️‍🌈 Dec 19, 08:33 1
  - yeah. Logan (and all the other youth) see this stuff and I know it shapes a world view. -- nm - Spawn Dec 19, 08:34
in other (STL) Cardinals fan news... -- (link) - hollywood big shot Dec 19, 08:13
The World would run better if it was run our way -- nm - tRuMaN Dec 19, 08:09
word -- nm - Spawn Dec 19, 07:47 7
- up -- nm - Mop🧹 Dec 19, 07:48 6
  - yours -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Dec 19, 07:50 5
    - to -- nm - tRuMaN Dec 19, 07:51 4
      - lose -- nm - mud Dec 19, 07:54 3
        
        it -- nm - Spawn Dec 19, 08:00 2
        
        groove -- nm - budice Dec 19, 08:01 1
        
        before -- nm* - tRuMaN Dec 19, 08:03

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