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Austin has a lot going on… -- (link) - Qale Jan 31, 17:35 [tiktok] 4
- 6th Street is overrated #IAmOld - ty97 Jan 31, 17:38 1
  - Same with Hollywood Blvd / Highland -- nm* - budice Jan 31, 17:41
- That horse was then booked for assaulting an officer. -- nm - Reagen Jan 31, 17:37 1
  - I told my friend they obviously train just as well on horses as they are on anything else. -- nm - Qale Jan 31, 18:20
never change LA: the investigating sheriff in the Rebecca Grossman case apparently had been one of the assholes sharing Kobe Bryant's crash photos - hollywood big shot Jan 31, 17:32
Krusty, I’m gonna need you as backup because I’m about to brawl -- (link) - ty97 Jan 31, 17:26 3
- C&P please -- nm - Krusty Jan 31, 17:34 2
  - Screenshot -- (pic) - spamlet Jan 31, 17:47 [Attachment] 1
    - Thank you! 1st: The ambiance at L&B is atrocious. It's on a major avenue with a ton of traffic. We're there for the pizza. It's amazing. - Krusty Jan 31, 17:50
Ten days until Costa Rica! -- nm - Dano Jan 31, 17:21 3
- Jealous! -- nm - spamlet Jan 31, 17:50
- let's all go! -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jan 31, 17:28
- Excited for you! -- nm - ty97 Jan 31, 17:27
My bulgur has arrived. Tabbouleh, tabbouleh, tabbouleh, oi, oi, oi! -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jan 31, 17:16
"This is a good economy" -- nm - Jerome Powell Jan 31, 17:06
this tweet aged like a fine wine -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jan 31, 16:55
now watching the new Alexander docudrama on netflix/ pretty good -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Jan 31, 16:46 2
- "hey Alex, we all think you're pretty . . . great" -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 31, 16:48 1
  - Pretty... preeeeetty... great. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jan 31, 17:07
Well great. Just got a call from a credit card company. Apparently someone applied for a credit card in my name. They caught it. - pmb Jan 31, 16:38 5
- dang it - hollywood big shot Jan 31, 17:33
- Glad they caught it but ugh -- nm - ty97 Jan 31, 17:28 1
  - yeah, that sucks, sorry pmb -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jan 31, 17:29
- Everyone’s SSN is floating out there by now. -- nm - spamlet Jan 31, 17:19 1
  - Yup. All of our info is out there. It's been leaked or stolen many times over. -- nm - Krusty Jan 31, 17:35
Yeah, of course it's Peter fucking Thiel -- (link) - Reagen Jan 31, 16:19 3
- "Oh, he's pulled his arms off. That's got to be disappointing!" -- nm - David Jan 31, 16:45
- jfChicken -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jan 31, 16:26
- What could possibly go wrong? - Znufrii, promoted Jan 31, 16:22
The NFL spared no expense in setting up hotel rooms for the media -- (link) - JD Jan 31, 16:03 10
- I'm going to Vegas next week (Tuesday-Thursday). Wonder how crazy it will be. -- nm - pmb Jan 31, 17:28
- Fuckin' nubby. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jan 31, 17:21 1
  - This. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 31, 17:24
- I'm old enough to remember when the Luxor was fancy. - mafic Jan 31, 17:01 3
  - I'm old enough to remember when the Excalibur was fancy as my family went a few months after it opened. We didn't stay there, of course. - Krusty Jan 31, 17:45 1
    - I've generally stayed at Excalibur - mostly because I know my way off the freeway directly to their parking structure :/ -- nm - Meg Jan 31, 18:03
  - Guess it snot. -- nm - Last Of My Kind Jan 31, 17:10
- Just asking for an attack by a Chipacabra. -- nm - Qale Jan 31, 16:26
- Yuck I’d rebel -- nm - Pippy Jan 31, 16:10
- Someone offered to pay for a plane ticket there for bday. I passed. crowds gonna be somethin -- nm - budice Jan 31, 16:05
LIRe: The first part of Pod Save America's episode today has a good summary of Alina Habba's weird "objections" and chances of appeal. - ReluctantCynic Jan 31, 15:55 [youtube] 1
- I'm assuming that ineffective assistance of counsel applies only to criminal trials? -- nm - crash davis Jan 31, 16:10
Chloe gets it -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jan 31, 15:54 1
- Don't you know you've been living in Disney York for the last 30 years? What did you expect, tie dyes and book carts? - Max Jan 31, 17:48
it just dawned on me* what I'm making for dinner tonight - prayformojo 🐵 Jan 31, 15:50 7
- nmbcd -- (link*) - mafic Jan 31, 16:52 2
  - not found -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jan 31, 16:56 1
    - clicking the link seems to work. for me at least. -- nm - mafic Jan 31, 17:00
- how long did it take you to notice that you're outside the Tastee Freeze? -- nm - crash davis Jan 31, 16:08 1
  - He had to shoo away Jack and Diane. -- nm - Qale Jan 31, 16:28
- change it up and just make the chili. -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 31, 16:02
- Change it up and make a curry dog -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 31, 16:00
I don't think I've been to a premiere with none of the cast in attendance before, but now I have. At least Sean Durkin showed up. -- nm - LMS Jan 31, 15:42 1
- classic Durkin -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jan 31, 15:42
The flames of my adoration for Taylor Swift are being fanned by many MAGA gasbags. -- (edited) - ReluctantCynic Jan 31, 15:33 1
- Just waiting for Kid Rock to shoot one of her albums in his back yard. -- nm - Max Jan 31, 17:50
Your new Packers DC is Boston College HC Jeff Hafley. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 31, 15:28
Florida leg moving forward with reversing Parkland ban on AR-15 sales to under 21 yrs old -- (link*) - hollywood big shot Jan 31, 15:19
Bill to ban Oct 7 Hamas attackers from immigrating to the US passes House 422-2 - Strongbad Jan 31, 15:07 6
- Nice sentiment, but purely performative. - ReluctantCynic Jan 31, 15:26 3
  - And yet 2 couldn’t help but run into it. -- nm - spamlet Jan 31, 15:37 2
    - Yeah that feels like a forced error. Even if you are against the performative stupidity, that’s an own goal it seems (without knowing more) -- nm - ty97 Jan 31, 17:30
    - Right? - ReluctantCynic Jan 31, 15:44
- tackling the tough issues head on -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 31, 15:10
- Idiots. -- nm - pmb Jan 31, 15:10
this week's Good Climate News - prayformojo 🐵 Jan 31, 15:01 3
- the indonesia entry is particularly welcome (but watch for an increase in prices for the kajillion food items that contain palm oil). — nm - i.b.! Jan 31, 15:08
- I believe the construction industry already uses circular saws. -- nm - crash davis Jan 31, 15:03
- deck chair shuffling, alas -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 31, 15:02
from B2; I curious what Spawn considers weird food that he'd be willing to try if he lost his sense of smell/taste? mashed potatoes? - crash davis Jan 31, 14:49 1
- essentially i would probably be food that touches other food. -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 31, 15:21
Tronning, I see I'm late to the party here, but Mac turned me onto boygenius and I *reaaaaaaaalllllly* like their stuff -- nm* - prayformojo 🐵 Jan 31, 14:46 1
- okay zoomer -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 31, 14:47
i need a few kilos of whatever Matthew Vaughn is smoking this week -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jan 31, 14:41
“Three Ingredient Tonkatsu Sauce” - Znufrii, promoted Jan 31, 14:36 5
- is one of the ingredients "premade tonkatsu sauce"? -- nm - mafic Jan 31, 16:59
- For me, tonkatsu falls into the category that I'd rather pay somebody to make it well than for me to destroy my kitchen inexpertly attempting to deep -- (edited) - JD Jan 31, 14:48 1
  - I pan fried them (used chicken thighs) and they turned out pretty darn tasty. -- nm* - Znufrii, promoted Jan 31, 16:14
- Brought to you by One a Day vitamins. -- nm - pmb Jan 31, 14:37 1
  - "Then why does it say I should take two?" - ReluctantCynic Jan 31, 15:34
Agent Argylle spoiled by article 3 years ago announcing the film (spoilers in linked article) -- (edited) - budice Jan 31, 14:28 1 1
- also by having Matthew Vaughn direct it. -- nm - Reagen Jan 31, 14:39
MLB could vote on the Orioles sale as early as next week giving plenty of time for them to sign a free agent -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 31, 14:20 2
- Crazy to think Snyder and Angelos both leaving in a 12 month period. - Strongbad Jan 31, 14:35 1
  - Totally different realms of bad owners. - Will Hunting Jan 31, 14:59
Hockey to Atlanta took another step forward today. County commits to $390M of public funding towards development if the arena lands an NHL team. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 31, 13:43 11
- I clearly don't watch as I thought they had a team. -- nm - Krusty Jan 31, 13:49 10
  - Flames left for Calgary. Thrashers left for Winnipeg. - Strongbad Jan 31, 14:06 8
    - The Thrashers, that's who I was thinking of. I don't remember the Flames being in Atlanta. - Krusty Jan 31, 14:10 5
      - Flames left around 1980. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 31, 14:34 2
        
        I was 4 -- nm - Krusty Jan 31, 14:44 1
        
        That's no excuse! :) -- nm - Strongbad Jan 31, 14:49
      - "If there's fan support" aye, there's the rub - Reagen Jan 31, 14:18 1
        
        Thrashers had 10K season ticket holders when the team left IIRC -- (edited) - Strongbad Jan 31, 14:26
    - Hamilton and Quebec City (and possibly Markham) are eagerly hoping they get one. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jan 31, 14:09 1
      - All three to be named "Roughriders" -- nm - Beryllium Jan 31, 14:32
  - twice -- nm - Dano Jan 31, 13:54
private jet parking in the Las Vegas Valley is sold out. Local airports are expecting over 1000 jets to land for Super Bowl weekend, -- nm - budice Jan 31, 13:42 1
- I predict Taylor will land 5 minutes away from me at the Henderson airport saturday night. it's far easier to get in & out of than Reid. -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 31, 13:58
Can someone with ESPN access please post this article? -- (link) - Will Hunting Jan 31, 13:37 15
- done - budice Jan 31, 13:39 14
  - nonsense -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 31, 14:24
  - Thanks and yep… they got it right. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 31, 14:09 12
    - I was 10 or 11 at the time. They're the whole reason for my football obsession. -- (edited) - samara Jan 31, 14:45
    - Nope, they got it wrong. - pmb Jan 31, 14:17 10
      - We'd win 13-10 on a special teams play. - Will Hunting Jan 31, 14:19 9
        
        You wouldn't score 13. -- (edited) - pmb Jan 31, 14:32 8
        
        We’d scheme you into a few drives for field goals, then Darrell would take a McMahon duck to the house or Brian Mitchell would take a kick back. - Will Hunting Jan 31, 15:01 7
        
        You apparently never watched them play. - pmb Jan 31, 15:18
        
        Matt Ryan would pass to Julio Jones all day on both of you. - David Jan 31, 15:05 5
        
        That LaFleur guy might be good too. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 31, 15:24
        
        I'm sorry, this ranking includes only those teams that won Super Bowls; ya know, winners. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 31, 15:11 3
        
        Like I said… -- nm - David Jan 31, 15:15 2
        
        *Looks again for the Falcons championships* -- nm - pmb Jan 31, 15:19 1
        
        It’s the one the NFL randomly flipped. -- nm - David Jan 31, 15:19
The Messenger, a startup digital news website that promised to deliver "non-partisan" news coverage, is shutting down -- (link) - budice Jan 31, 13:33 6
- I've literally never heard of it until now. -- nm - spamlet Jan 31, 14:06 2
  - Me neither. But I've been loving my Ground News subscription lately. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jan 31, 15:35 1
    - And I mean we’re prime potential customers for it. - spamlet Jan 31, 17:20
- I’ve seen two new endeavors in recent days that purport to have the same kind of mission, but they’re missing that it’s not ok to present both sides - i.b.! Jan 31, 13:52
- (it was the furthest thing from "non-partisan" good riddance) -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 31, 13:37 1
  - It burned through money without any regard for any party or common sense -- nm - JD Jan 31, 13:59
Update: I’m still not 50 - ty97 Jan 31, 13:31 1
- Glad to hear it! -- nm - Krusty Jan 31, 13:58
when you can’t even bring yourself to extend a bunch of corporate Trump tax breaks b/c it might be good news for Joe Biden -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jan 31, 13:14 2
- Nothing like fire and brimstone at Social Media CEOs only to do nothing -- nm - budice Jan 31, 13:32
- I thought this one might have been close to death? - Jovian Jan 31, 13:17
‘Colin From Accounts’ Renewed for Season 2 at Paramount+ -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Jan 31, 13:09 1
- I doubt this was Paramount's decision. -- nm - LMS Jan 31, 15:35
Thank you, RC. That was helpful. -- nm - David Jan 31, 13:08 6
- And thank you. - ReluctantCynic Jan 31, 13:11 5
  - Logistically, what are Disney's legal options for a federal court ruling seeped in political bias? Appeal? Re-filing? - David Jan 31, 13:13 2
    - Yeah, kinda like pixie said. Appealing to the 11th Circuit is possible. But winning is unlikely. - ReluctantCynic Jan 31, 14:02
    - appeal to the . . . 11th Cir. -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 31, 13:44
  - And thank you. - Spawn Jan 31, 13:11 1
    - And thank you. - ReluctantCynic Jan 31, 14:03
David, I left you something on B2. And the judge in the Disney case is a lot worse than even the hollywood big shot described. - ReluctantCynic Jan 31, 13:08 5
- Yeah, the judge who dropped out last year pointedly stated that DeSantis was judge-shopping. -- nm - David Jan 31, 13:10 3
  - His shopping excursion was obviously successful. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jan 31, 13:11 2
    - *nods* mmmmhmmm *points to* Aileen Canon's ruling today. -- nm - DJT Jan 31, 13:14
    - That's the thing. Judge-shopping really seems to work with this stuff. -- nm - David Jan 31, 13:13
- Sorta figured imho -- nm - budice Jan 31, 13:09
The problem with Senators barking at tech types about protecting children online is that I don't believe their sincerity. - Qale Jan 31, 13:04 7
- If a Senator opens their mouth, I don't believe them. -- nm - Spawn Jan 31, 13:11
- I should add that the Kids Online Safety Act is not the answer either. -- (link) - Qale Jan 31, 13:07 5
  - Q, is the suicide rate higher now than 20 years ago? How many deaths could have been prevented if there wasn't a gun readily available? -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 31, 13:12 4
    - A quick search the CDC suggests the rate has increased by 30% between 2000 and 2020. It was 10.4 per 100k to 14.2 per 100k in 2020. -- nm - Qale Jan 31, 13:19 1
      - Yikes, that is significant -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 31, 13:24
    - To keep kids off the ap, they will have to require scans of government ID. So everyone can be tracked to a single dossier -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 31, 13:15 1
      - Isn't that similar to what pornhub is saying they are trying to do and why I now cannot access pornhub? Not I visit PH or anything. - sycor Jan 31, 14:54
DTL: I really don't get what shadiouz thinks he gets out of listing like 10 maxes. -- nm - spamlet Jan 31, 12:37 7
- 37/46/51/NR -- nm - spamlet Jan 31, 14:25 1
  - 30 / NR x 3 -- nm - Baron the Wonder Horse Jan 31, 15:01
- He doesn't understand courtesy, or a lot of things actually. - Baron the Wonder Horse Jan 31, 13:34 3
  - I guess it probably goes back to he thinks people are colluding (which happened in this thread but I didn't feel like setting him off, guess I should) -- nm - spamlet Jan 31, 13:41 2
    - Colluding by changing players from already named players? - Will Hunting Jan 31, 14:29 1
      - Right. I monitor the thread to see if anyone is maxing guys I planned on radaring. If they are, I swap. - Baron the Wonder Horse Jan 31, 15:00
- You added a lot of terms after shadiouz that aren't needed. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 31, 13:03

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