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surrender now, kyrsten -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jan 25, 12:01
Someone turned a Tesla into a submarine -- (link) - budice Jan 25, 11:54 1
- not captured, the fire that took place 10 mins later when the car exploded (ok, not really) - tRuMaN Jan 25, 11:56
I’m watching golf for a few mins. The amount of time they’re spending lining up putts is really something. -- nm - Loyola Jan 25, 11:47 11
- Literally the first thing to be banned under a Jovian Planetary Empire. -- nm - Jovian Jan 25, 12:22
- It varies. Some guys like Kevin Na are painful. Others don't waste any time. -- nm - Baron the Wonder Horse Jan 25, 11:59
- Speed golf, i would watch. -- nm - Spawn Jan 25, 11:48 4
  - There is such a thing. They run around the course in 70 mins and shoot even par. - Loyola Jan 25, 11:57 2
    - 1 minute = 1 stroke. So add time to complete to score and end up with a score in the 130-150 range depending on course and skill of golfer -- nm - JD Jan 25, 12:03 1
      - Ah, thanks. -- nm - Loyola Jan 25, 12:06
  - Putt clap. -- nm* - tRuMaN Jan 25, 11:56
- Sooooo....you want a putt clock? -- nm - JD Jan 25, 11:48 3
  - Is there a time limit on the PGA Tour? - zunk takes things literally Jan 25, 12:11 1
    - They have rules - they only enforce them on amatuers who they can bully. - Will Hunting Jan 25, 12:17
  - For sure. Mark your ball when you walk into the green initially. Get off green. Then when it’s your turn to putt, you get 20 seconds *wavy hand motion - Loyola Jan 25, 11:51
this would seem to be a violation of his oath of office -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jan 25, 11:47 1
- I'm so glad we can just ignore the Supreme Court whenever we want to. How come there is not a smack down coming for this flagrant disrespect for the - Epiphany Jan 25, 11:59
Japan's Moon lander made it to the Moon, but is upside down. -- (link) - TWuG Jan 25, 11:45 2
- ... and even that quirk might not be an issue -- nm - Beryllium Jan 25, 11:49 1
  - Just flip the photos it sends? -- nm - Spawn Jan 25, 11:49
[snork] -- (pic) - mud Jan 25, 11:37 [Attachment] 12
- "Donald John Trump-" "Former government employee Donald John Trump." "..." "Say it." -- nm - Max Jan 25, 12:05
- ~ three minute man ~ -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jan 25, 11:57
- is the jury limited in the amount they award? I'm thinking of that great moment in The Verdict (1982) -- nm - mud Jan 25, 11:57 2
  - And the principal's remarks in Billy Madison -- nm - Roger More Jan 25, 12:02
  - for compensatory, limited to a reasonable award that makes the plaintiff whole for damages; punitives, less so - hollywood big shot Jan 25, 11:58
- how does he get to make statements without cross examination ? -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 25, 11:43 3
  - he was crossed. -- nm - decline Jan 25, 11:49
  - bomb threat -- nm - Spawn Jan 25, 11:46
  - you don't -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 25, 11:44
- L4! -- nm - Epiphany Jan 25, 11:43
- literally nothing good ever comes from putting your defendant client on the stand (especially with 91 other felony counts hanging over his head) -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 25, 11:41
- neechay -- nm - Spawn Jan 25, 11:38
Saw a bald eagle on the lake ice today! Haven't seen one in the wild before. - TWuG Jan 25, 11:28 13
- I guess you’re just barely too far north? They winter here at the confluence of the Missouri and Mississippi. -- nm - spamlet Jan 25, 11:47
- You need to get yourself the new AI binoculars, that can identify the birds for you. A snip at $5k. -- (link) - Loyola Jan 25, 11:45 5
  - it...looks....like...a man. -- nm - SNL Korean/Icelandic Salon Lady Jan 25, 11:48 2
    - Was that SNL or was it MadTV/Mrs Swan? -- nm - Beryllium Jan 25, 11:51 1
      - Oooh...good catch. I totally forgot MAD TV -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 25, 12:55
  - I was driving, so not really an option. But that's pretty neat! -- nm - TWuG Jan 25, 11:46 1
    - Isn’t it! Really cool application. -- nm - Loyola Jan 25, 11:48
- cool! — nm - i.b.! Jan 25, 11:44
- There are a bunch of them at one of the lakes I fish at about 45 min from here. Recently, I saw one in a field near my house - decline Jan 25, 11:35
- Frozen? -- nm - Spawn Jan 25, 11:33 2
  - No -- nm - TWuG Jan 25, 11:34 1
    - Ah, cool! -- nm - Spawn Jan 25, 11:35
- Very nice! We have some the come back and nest around the lakes in the area. I'm hoping I'll be able to get some decent shots this year since I have - sycor Jan 25, 11:31
hey parents, if you thought buying your kid a Fisher Price recorder was a bad choice . . . -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jan 25, 11:28 [youtube] 2
- That reminds me. While I was visiting my parents at Christmas, I found my melodica that I had for music class in like 2nd or 3rd grade - JD Jan 25, 11:47 1
  - whoops! heh. my youngest older sister had one and got really good with it. — nm - i.b.! Jan 25, 11:50
Caption this -- (pic) - Jammed Uzi Jan 25, 11:27 [Attachment] 5
- "Gee, if they're that long no wonder you wear a bra." "You go to the principal's office right now." -- nm - Max Jan 25, 12:08
- "Cup check, 1-2" - Jammed Uzi Jan 25, 11:48
- AI vision of the future for Free Lunch Programs. -- nm - VMan Jan 25, 11:39
- " Grab em by the Udders" - Epiphany Jan 25, 11:31
- "The annual Milk A Teacher Day is much more popular since Miss Williams joined the faculty." -- nm - TWuG Jan 25, 11:31
does anyone know what the “zero sugar” packets blue bottle coffee offers are? — nm - i.b.! Jan 25, 11:21 1
- they only offer email customer support, but it was super fast! it’s wholesome brand, so erythritol. — nm - i.b.! Jan 25, 11:48
keep going, Tesla -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jan 25, 11:21 2
- Michael Burry getting excited -- nm - colin Jan 25, 11:23
- lol "We were dead wrong expecting Musk and team to step up like adults in the room on the call and give a strategic and financial overview of the - hollywood big shot Jan 25, 11:23
But the Identity Politics -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jan 25, 11:19
Current New England Patriots receiver Kayshon Boutte was arrested today after he allegedly placed more than 8,900 bets while underage with a fake acct -- (link) - budice Jan 25, 11:10 6
- He was chased out of LSU for a sex scandal, too. -- nm - David Jan 25, 11:29 2
  - 8900, impressive -- nm - budice Jan 25, 11:39 1
    - About 25% of the students! -- nm - Spawn Jan 25, 11:48
- there’s more here - he’s not accused of throwing a game, but he did bet on LSU. nm but; -- (link) - i.b.! Jan 25, 11:14
- and . . . ? -- nm - ESPN Bets Jan 25, 11:12
- You can be arrested for underage gambling ? -- nm - decline Jan 25, 11:12
i can't tell if this guy is saying it like it's actually a bad thing -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jan 25, 11:04 1
- "For instance, me, I still can't forgive the Eye-Ties." -- nm - Reagen Jan 25, 11:09
Lyc choir stuff - Znufrii, promoted Jan 25, 11:01 2
- lyc, it’s been heartwarming to see you’ve found something that you’re passionate about/that brings happiness. :) - — nm - i.b.! Jan 25, 11:11 1
  - :) - Znufrii, promoted Jan 25, 11:18
huh, reading about the WH's pharamacy and all the shaddy-shaddiness that took place 5-6 yrs ago. - tRuMaN Jan 25, 10:52 2
- looking forward to the senate committee hauling Dr Feelgood's ass over from the house for hearings - hollywood big shot Jan 25, 10:56 1
  - oh yes yes, good ole Rep. Dr Ronny 'Theordor Morell' Jackson -- nm - Jovian Jan 25, 10:58
Damon (to star) and Affleck (to direct) are teaming up again for a Netflix movie. Big 'huh' for me, the article says Affleck is making a sequel to The Accountant -- (link*) - decline Jan 25, 10:41 10
- I would totally watch an accountant sequel. -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 mandy chem 🏳️‍🌈 Jan 25, 11:28
- I think it was the most played movie in the history of TNT. -- nm - David Jan 25, 10:46 2
  - I mean, I loved it and have rewatched it several times. I just never thought they would make a second one -- nm - decline Jan 25, 10:48 1
    - Exactly. I had no unanswered questions -- nm - Epiphany Jan 25, 11:33
- he better not continue to steal my life story. I mean, wait, no. -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 25, 10:44
- Last In....{cocks shotgun} First Out! -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jan 25, 10:44
- The Tax Accountant -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jan 25, 10:44 3
  - The Audit -- nm - Spawn Jan 25, 11:29 2
    - Deductions Boogaloo -- nm - Epiphany Jan 25, 11:34 1
      - FIFO vs LIFO -- nm - Reagen Jan 25, 11:37
Today in Finding Out: someone made a porn Taylor Swift Deepfake, and I hope they got the right guy because they basically went after his whole life - Reagen Jan 25, 10:29 3
- Oh, you don't want Beyonce fans mad at you either. -- nm - Roger More Jan 25, 10:42 1
  - Realized the pun as I was posting, went with it anyway. -- nm - Reagen Jan 25, 10:46
- My understanding is they went after the person who posted the video on twitter. Doxxed him and contacted all his friends and relatives -- nm - decline Jan 25, 10:33
-- -- nm* - mud Jan 25, 10:22
Trailer for Sleeping Dogs -- (link) - budice Jan 25, 10:22 [youtube] 2
- looks good. -- nm - mud Jan 25, 10:27 1
  - I was going to watch but thought it might be better to just let it lie -- nm - rollo Jan 25, 10:28
lol “primaries? we don’t need no stinkin primaries” -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jan 25, 10:13 15
- Eh. Primaries have only really been a thing for like 50 years. -- nm - Dano Jan 25, 11:16 2
  - Parties are 100% in their right to nominate whoever as private clubs, it's just amusing to see them scramble. -- nm - Reagen Jan 25, 11:18 1
    - I agree that the drama is fun, and it can have a larger effect. I just don't see it as an affront to democracy. - Dano Jan 25, 11:45
- it's 1933 all over again !!! -- nm - mud Jan 25, 10:29 1
  - It certainly is. -- nm - Jovian Jan 25, 10:30
- "Biden is a dictator and the DNC is in the tank" trolls in shambles -- nm - Reagen Jan 25, 10:21 8
  - I laugh at the children who expected Biden to have to re-earn nomination. 1980 was the last serious primary to a sitting president. - Tim Jan 25, 10:27 5
    - and it largely got us Ronald Reagan (thanks Ted) -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 25, 10:41
    - You see some of what they think should be done and it's like "no, what you're thinking of is the Mob or a dictatorship" - Reagen Jan 25, 10:31 3
      - I’m also mad Biden doesn’t enact universal healthcare by fiat. -- nm - Tim Jan 25, 10:33 2
        
        "he should have stuck to his one term promise!" That's... not a thing he did. -- nm - Reagen Jan 25, 10:37 1
        
        David Trone pulled the "two-term pledge" card in his MD senate debate, like there's any penalty for breaking it in 12 years . . . -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 25, 11:00
  - if only Debbie Wasserman Schultz had known you could actually do that -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 25, 10:26 1
    - .. -- nm* - Reagen Jan 25, 10:37
- unreal, just adopt the Swastika as your flag at this point Republicans. -- nm - Jovian Jan 25, 10:14
Colman Domingo Cast as Patriarch Joe Jackson in Michael Jackson Biopic -- (link) - mud Jan 25, 10:09
Sudden realization: As of about a minute ago, Mac has *2 quarters* of high school left -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jan 25, 10:05 2
- The Disney College Program just started taking applications yesterday, and I realized she's probably eligible next year. -- nm - David Jan 25, 10:08 1
  - When we were down there for Dopey, we met someone who goes to SCAD who is in the college program -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jan 25, 10:10
For those who enjoy learning, I wanted to heartily endorse The Night School Bar, where my sister is a member of the faculty. - Dark Callisto 🦊 Jan 25, 09:53 5
- Bah. The Yorgos Lanthimos class doesn't include Dogtooth. -- nm - Dano Jan 25, 10:28
- "*scrolling scrolling... I don't see anything-- oh wait, Octavia Butler!" -- nm - Baron the Wonder Horse Jan 25, 09:58
- "*scrolling scrolling ... yeah, that's definitely your sister" -- nm - Reagen Jan 25, 09:56 2
  - It's uncanny. -- nm - David Jan 25, 09:58
  - oh yeah. I've sometimes seen photos of her that I thought were me. -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Jan 25, 09:58
Elle King is having a bad time. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Jan 25, 09:50 8
- I promise you that Ft Worth Billy Bob's patrons would be just as drunk as she was and wouldn't notice -- nm - Epiphany Jan 25, 10:03
- "If you're gonna come for the King, you're best missing it entirely." -- nm - Max Jan 25, 10:00
- She was drunk and didn’t wanna go home. -- nm - Tim Jan 25, 09:58 1
  - This -- nm - JD Jan 25, 09:59
- Hoping she has checked in somewhere to get help. -- nm - zunk takes things literally Jan 25, 09:57 2
  - I really hope so. I’ve liked her music a lot, had no idea she’s been having these issues. — nm - i.b.! Jan 25, 10:31
  - Sounds like it -- nm - Epiphany Jan 25, 10:02
- yeah, she was a mighty embarrassment at Dolly's birthday celebration. -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Jan 25, 09:55
Not technically six words but it's a contender for Hemingway -- (link) - Reagen Jan 25, 09:49 [Image]
starting to think billionaire owners are bad for journalism actually -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jan 25, 09:46 2
- I don’t know what the $ answer is, but BI adding a paywall for almost everything had to hurt even more than nyt/wapo or magazine type sites.— nm - i.b.! Jan 25, 10:42 1
  - you'd have to get over the antitrust hurdles but MoviePass For Newspapers could actually be a good thing -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 25, 10:51
WWE Founder Vince McMahon Accused of Sexual Abuse and Trafficking in Lawsuit by Former Employee -- (link*) - budice Jan 25, 09:41 21
- So like Jeffrey Epstein but with adults? -- nm - Jovian Jan 25, 10:06 1
  - I could only get through 1 episode on Netflix but I had no idea how large that ring was. - Epiphany Jan 25, 10:10
- Also not unconvinced Endeavor kept him around to negotiate the new tv deals and then let the hammer drop. -- nm - Tim Jan 25, 10:04
- nice to see Ari giving Anthony Pellicano a steady job again -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 25, 10:03
- Johnny Ace always has a creepy vibe about him too. -- nm - Tim Jan 25, 10:00
- It's always the ones you most suspect. -- nm - Reagen Jan 25, 09:46 4
  - You have no idea how fucked Brock Lesnar is about to be. -- nm - David Jan 25, 09:50 2
    - He needs to not be in the Rumble now. - Tim Jan 25, 09:57 1
      - I don't know what plans they had, but if much of this gets out, he's persona non grata. - David Jan 25, 09:58
  - Hulk Hogan and Bubba the Love Sponge was quite the revelation -- nm - budice Jan 25, 09:48
- There is a LOT going on behind the scenes with TKO this week. Some of these reports and rumors are jaw-dropping. -- nm - David Jan 25, 09:46
- Non-twitter link -- (link) - Dark Callisto 🦊 Jan 25, 09:44 4
  - Now I get this is likely to some level true...but this stuff seems "Stacy getting kidnapped by elves" naivety / stupidty - Will Hunting Jan 25, 12:10
  - ye ghads, a whole lot to unpack in there -- nm - Epiphany Jan 25, 10:01 2
    - The WSJ article is sooooooooooo much worse. Like, I haven't posted it because some of it is so vile. -- nm - David Jan 25, 10:07 1
      - Jentucky Fried Chicken - Epiphany Jan 25, 10:09
- So what you're saying is that there's a list of names out there of wrestlers who participated in this behavior? -- nm - Mop🧹 Jan 25, 09:44 4
  - There's a “WWE Superstar” listed under the plaintiffs in lawsuit - JD Jan 25, 10:10 2
    - Just to be clear, the wrestler is Lesnar, not Cain Velasquez. -- nm - David Jan 25, 10:15 1
      - Yeah, he's a totally different type of criminal. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 25, 12:00
  - sounds like she is going to get her missing $ 2mil and more -- nm - Epiphany Jan 25, 10:05
Navarro gets 4 months -- (link*) - mud Jan 25, 09:39 [Attachment] 1
- "You are not a victim. You are not the object of a political prosecution. These are the circumstances of your own making." -- (pic) - mud Jan 25, 10:24 [Attachment]

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