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new outrage for me, tapping around the site with will’s company’s award, I learned Rs in congress left out continuing compensation for radiation - i.b.! Jan 25, 09:36 2
- probably because Mitch no longer controls and/or has any say with Senate Republicans -- nm - Jovian Jan 25, 09:38 1
  - as I said/the article says, he didn’t want it included. -- nm - i.b.! Jan 25, 10:33
"The #Panthers are currently working to finalize a deal to make #Bucs OC Dave Canales their next head coach." - David Jan 25, 09:28 1
- Scheftys tweet grammar off "Buccaneers’ offensive Dave Canales" -- (edited) - budice Jan 25, 09:32
The black and white/color split screen is the funniest thing AEW has ever done. -- nm - Tim Jan 25, 09:21 2
- “ I believe you were recently body shamed. Which I think is ridiculous — because there is so much more to shame about you.” -- nm - Tim Jan 25, 09:21 1
  - The tattoo story is hysterical. They were at a music festival that gave away free tattoos. - David Jan 25, 09:25
Immaculate trailer - Sydney Sweeney, Simona Tabasco -- (link) - budice Jan 25, 09:19 [youtube] 5
- that trailer makes it seems like 1/2 of the movie was filmed in the dark -- nm - decline Jan 25, 09:35
- A movie about cleaning? -- nm - Spawn Jan 25, 09:28 1
  - Second to Nun -- nm - budice Jan 25, 09:30
- Any nudity? -- nm - Mop🧹 Jan 25, 09:19 1
  - (yes) -- nm - budice Jan 25, 09:21
Road House trailer -- (link) - Roger More Jan 25, 09:17 [youtube] 3
- how does that qualify as a remake? -- nm - decline Jan 25, 08:19 -- nm - Mop🧹 Jan 25, 09:19 2
  - ugh, should have scrolled down -- nm - Roger More Jan 25, 09:21 1
    - To be fair, Jake is so swoll, he can't be contained in a single post. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jan 25, 09:37
Wizards fire Wes Unseld Jr and replace him with another schlub -- (link) - Will Hunting Jan 25, 09:05 2
- They legitimately have the worst roster in the NBA. -- nm - David Jan 25, 09:26
- get those season tix NoVa residents -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 25, 09:10
"Texans offensive coordinator Bobby Slowik will meet with Falcons owner Arthur Blank, CEO Rich McKay and GM Terry Fontenot today at Blank's home." - David Jan 25, 09:02
Shōgun (FX) Trailer HD - Red band trailer (Feb 27th) -- (link*) - Beaker 🍺 Jan 25, 08:52 [youtube] 4
- I had no idea they were making this but I'm in. Tangent: I learned the other day that James Clavell wrote the screenplay for the original The Fly - Roger More Jan 25, 09:20
- I honestly can't wait for this -- nm - JaxSean Jan 25, 09:02 1
  - Looking forward to it as well -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jan 25, 09:02
- Looks good -- nm - Beryllium Jan 25, 08:57
if the sun didn't set each day, California would be 100% energy independent -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jan 25, 08:50 8
- If they ramped up storage capacity I wonder if they could pull it off. -- nm - Tim Jan 25, 09:38
- I saw the idea to cover the water basins with solar … calm evaporation loss and it’s already useless development space. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 25, 08:58 2
  - It's doable. -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 25, 09:14 [flickr]
  - "That's how the libs get liberalism into the water supply!" -- nm - Twitter, probably Jan 25, 09:03
- so they just need giant space mirrors to direct sunlight to CA 24/7 -- nm - decline Jan 25, 08:52 3
  - An actual kind of possible thing! -- nm* - Reagen Jan 25, 09:04 2
    - I saw this on Futurama. People burst into flames. -- nm - David Jan 25, 09:05 1
      - I didn't say it was a *good* idea. -- nm - Reagen Jan 25, 09:06
Interesting: SAG-AFTRA Defends Alec Baldwin: 'An Actor’s Job Is Not to Be a Firearms Expert' -- (link) - budice Jan 25, 08:48 4
- If he were anyone else, this would have been over and done a long time ago. -- nm - Jovian Jan 25, 09:04
- absolutely correct. that is why it is a whole other job. if Baldwin is responsible, it is only in his Producer role. -- nm - Andie Jan 25, 08:50
- and yet a producer's job is to ensure that qualified gun experts are hired so actors don't kill people -- nm - decline Jan 25, 08:49 1
  - Oddly none of the other producers are on trial for this so… -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 25, 08:57
for once i agree with fucko's press secretary -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jan 25, 08:43
Weather irony, lyc - Znufrii, promoted Jan 25, 08:43
MY PARENTS ARE SELLING THE HOUSE! - Mop🧹 Jan 25, 08:30 7
- Now if I could just get my dad to sell his place and move up here as he's been talking about doing for 2 years. - sycor Jan 25, 08:42
- Where will they live? -- nm - spamlet Jan 25, 08:32 5
  - Montreal. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jan 25, 09:19
  - Mop's basement -- nm - decline Jan 25, 08:33 3
    - Pretty sure they will take over his bedroom, and *he* will end up n the basement. -- nm - Spawn Jan 25, 08:49 1
      - kinda depends on how nice his basement is -- nm - decline Jan 25, 08:50
    - Put the lotion in the basket -- nm - budice Jan 25, 08:40
Accuweather says we have 'drizzle.' Just as wet as rain ;/ Later today they promise 'some' sun. -- nm - Meg Jan 25, 08:27 2
- And I only now realised our eclipse viewing in April could be affected by weather. We got lucky in Nashville. -- nm - Meg Jan 25, 08:33 1
  - Biden better get the weather right, or he will lose my vote. -- nm - Spawn Jan 25, 08:42
Anyone use voice-to-text software for PC that they'd recommend? -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jan 25, 08:15 5
- I've been using the "Dictate" feature in MS Word and it's been perfectly cromulent so far. - ReluctantCynic Jan 25, 08:37 2 1
  - Huh huh, uh .. huh huh -- nm - Spawn Jan 25, 10:25
  - Thanks! -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jan 25, 08:44
- My voice is my passport -- nm - budice Jan 25, 08:37
- I don't, but Dragon was the standard years ago. -- nm - psilotum Jan 25, 08:36
Vrabel sounds like the favorite in Carolina with Arthur Smith as his OC. -- nm - David Jan 25, 08:08 1
- *rubs hands together* -- nm - Annie Agar Jan 25, 08:16
Road House - Official Trailer | Prime Video -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Jan 25, 08:02 [youtube] 22
- I’m dying at whatever the fuck Conor is trying there. Can I get his driver since that thing just won’t snap. - Will Hunting Jan 25, 08:56
- how does that qualify as a remake? -- nm - decline Jan 25, 08:19 15
  - Road house, guy named Dalton, evil rich guy. I just want to know who is going to be playing the Sam Elliot character. -- nm - sycor Jan 25, 08:36 11
    - me too! -- nm - Epiphany Jan 25, 09:02
    - Trivia: Gyllenhaal was 42 while filming this; Sam Elliot was 44 while filming the original. -- nm - Max Jan 25, 08:42 6
      - He’s looked 55 for 35 years. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 25, 08:45
      - Sam Elliot was born with that mustache and he has always been "old". -- nm - sycor Jan 25, 08:45 4
        
        He's moustache-less in The Contender and it's actually disturbing. -- nm - Reagen Jan 25, 09:05
        
        he was 16 years old in Tombstone -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jan 25, 08:46 2
        
        "I was the only basso in choir all through elementary school." -- nm - Sam Elliot Jan 25, 08:49
        
        heh. He was in Butch Cassidy. Which was '69. -- nm - Spawn Jan 25, 08:49
    - Them losing the nomad aspect of Dalton makes me sad. -- nm - Spawn Jan 25, 08:41 2
      - Daltons suck -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 25, 09:05
      - he lives on a boat. Come on man -- nm - Epiphany Jan 25, 09:03
  - there's a roadhouse and some fights -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jan 25, 08:31 1
    - And most importantly, a Dalton. -- nm - Spawn Jan 25, 08:37
  - ala Mr & Mrs Smith? -- nm - Spawn Jan 25, 08:22
- I'll watch it. Looks different enough from the original to be able to stand on it's own. -- nm - sycor Jan 25, 08:15 1
  - agreed -- nm - Tay Tay Jan 25, 08:23
- There is a Dewey Crowe vibe to that one guy. -- nm - Spawn Jan 25, 08:06 1
  - absolutely. done on purpose I am sure -- nm - Epiphany Jan 25, 09:05
- Related: Road House director Doug Liman to boycott premiere over streaming release -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Jan 25, 08:03
The Bear, S2, I get the love for “Forks” -- (edited) - Znufrii, promoted Jan 25, 07:55 3
- I can watch Forks any day. I don't know that I can ever watch Fishes again. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jan 25, 08:31
- They're very different episodes, and I understand the argument for each one. - David Jan 25, 07:59 1
  - I know a guy like that too who experienced something similar, he’s a bartender in NYC. -- (edited) - Znufrii, promoted Jan 25, 08:11
"I just finished this really funny Netflix show called Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. Anybody else seen it?" - David Jan 25, 07:49 20
- Tried to watch it but couldn't make it past half of S1. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 25, 08:30
- "Anybody else...?" posts are a growing pet peeve for me. - Max Jan 25, 07:59 6
  - I dunno. Even ST seemed to be: "You watched what?" when I watched the Hanzo the Razor films during quarantine -- nm - JD Jan 25, 08:17
  - Or it could just be David. -- nm - Spawn Jan 25, 08:07
  - If you are looking for validation, park your car - Reagen Jan 25, 08:01 1
    - If you're looking for....🤣 -- nm - JD Jan 25, 08:04
  - My favorite subreddits are the ones that Anybody else... posts. - David Jan 25, 08:01 1
    - Just like that gif from that movie that came out in the 1900s -- nm - Beryllium Jan 25, 08:02
- ST just went to Defcon 2. The plane to our private island leaves imminently. It’s your last chance to escape the rabble. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jan 25, 07:54
- heh, you aint kidding. - Jovian Jan 25, 07:52 4
  - Which is wild, because Reacher is a normie a series as there is. -- nm - Reagen Jan 25, 08:00
  - We, the jury, find that Jovian’s actions were justified. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jan 25, 07:56
  - That last one cannot be real. - sycor Jan 25, 07:54 1
    - It is, more or less. It was last year, but the convo more or less went that way! -- nm - Jovian Jan 25, 08:04
- Watched it and enjoyed it, and a perfect example of a multi-season sitcom that has zero cultural impact years later since it was only streaming. - MDH Jan 25, 07:51 5
  - I barely even see the memes dozens of times each week... -- nm - David Jan 25, 08:00 4
    - heh, I watched it last year near the start of my return to tv-ing in part because of the number of times I had seen memes/clips/references. — nm - i.b.! Jan 25, 08:59
    - Cultural impact extends beyond the Internet. -- nm - MDH Jan 25, 08:59 2
      - But this seems like faulting somebody like Robyn for not being Madonna due to a lack of a monoculture music scene -- nm - JD Jan 25, 09:11
      - sure; but the internet counts, too. — nm - i.b.! Jan 25, 09:01
sometimes twitter is still fun actually -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jan 25, 07:46 6
- absolutely *love* this movie. -- nm - Jovian Jan 25, 07:48
- love the fight scene -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jan 25, 07:48 4
  - Loved the scene with the English teacher. You know the one. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jan 25, 07:52 1
    - Yep. The entire movie is literally filled with great scenes. -- nm - Jovian Jan 25, 07:56
  - one thing i learned from that thread is Spielberg was apparently an EP but took his name off before it was released -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 25, 07:50 1
    - Did the same on Fandango. -- nm - Spawn Jan 25, 08:10
Cold War Conversations is a fantastic podcast, too. And congrats to Will Hunting for the award mentioned on B2! - ReluctantCynic Jan 25, 07:36 3
- Indeed! I need to re-read Yellow Dirt - the investigation into the Navajo uranium contamination. -- nm - Meg Jan 25, 07:50
- ooh, I missed that Will gets five kitties a tiger and a moose 😺😺😺😺😺🐯🫎 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jan 25, 07:43 1
  - seriously, that’s a big achievement! congratulations! 🌍💕 — nm - i.b.! Jan 25, 09:25
Podcast lineup: Simmons, The Daily, Science Friday, Criminal, U Springin' Springsteen (just ended), Cautionary Tales -- nm - rollo Jan 25, 07:34
It's National Moose Day -- nm - budice Jan 25, 07:32 1
- 🫎🫎🫎 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jan 25, 07:41
Microsoft is laying off 1,900 employees at Activision Blizzard and Xbox this week -- (link) - decline Jan 25, 07:17 3
- Most valuable company in the world… -- nm - Mop🧹 Jan 25, 07:54
- Also, both the Blizzard CEO and Chief Design Officer are leaving -- nm - decline Jan 25, 07:23 1
  - and yet nothing of value was lost -- nm - budice Jan 25, 07:26
I guess this guy is Canada's problem now? 😆 -- (pic) - Jovian Jan 25, 07:10 [Attachment]
The U.S. economy grew by a bustling 3.1 percent in 2023, shaking off recession fears and offering an upbeat picture of consumers and businesses -- (link) - decline Jan 25, 07:02 5
- ~40% of americans think we’re in a recession. that’s lower than it was, and I don’t want to be negative; but that doesn’t include a lot more who know - i.b.! Jan 25, 08:55
- The Fed went on to describe the economy as "perky" and "up for anything." -- nm - Max Jan 25, 08:36
- only 3 quarters left for fucko - hollywood big shot Jan 25, 07:30 1
  - He issued a Fatwa last night. Im curious to see what effect that has on Republicans that havent pledged their allegiance to A.H. yet. -- nm - Jovian Jan 25, 07:35
- When will the bad news for Biden stop?; -- nm - Inigo Jan 25, 07:10
The next 5 HOF ballots are stacked - crash davis 😺 Jan 25, 06:55 6
- I'd say it's the opposite. Two next year and then maybe one each year after. Rather weak, imo. -- nm - Krusty Jan 25, 08:39
- Can't wait to hear the reason some douchebag doesn't vote for Ichiro on the first ballot. -- nm - Louis Litt Jan 25, 07:14 4
  - "Pearl Harbor." -- nm - Reagen Jan 25, 07:25
  - I know it is coming. I'm just wondering if the same guy votes for ARod -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jan 25, 07:24 1
    - or Manny -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jan 25, 07:24
  - this -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jan 25, 07:19
We haven't reached dogs yet, but for the past 12 hours it has definitely been raining cats -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jan 25, 06:40 1
- poor cats, hopefully all of them still have all their lives. -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 25, 06:54
Vic Fangio Philly DC -- nm - budice Jan 25, 06:34 1
- Approved -- nm - rollo Jan 25, 07:31
thx crash - I got the same subject. I was really confused when I looked at the definition -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jan 25, 06:34 1
- I'm thinking someone was really tired when arranging the email this morning -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jan 25, 06:36
I love Pod Save America but Pod Save the World is my jam. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jan 25, 06:33
its so fluffy! -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 25, 06:31 1
- Thanks. I just had it stuffed. -- nm - Baron the Wonder Horse Jan 25, 06:39
Jan. 25 - No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted. - Aesop -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jan 25, 06:31

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