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Pitbull’s Big Vegas Restaurant Opening Is...Inside a Walmart -- (link) - budice Feb 23, 11:31 3
- I feel a restaurant owned by a pitbull wouldn't be big on vegetarian options. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Feb 23, 12:01 1
  - He ain't no Vegas Vegan. -- nm - Spawn Feb 23, 12:16
- I might try the food if it wasn't for the parking problems -- nm - JD Feb 23, 11:32
10/11 on the NYT news quiz -- (link) - prayformojo 🐵 Feb 23, 11:25 4
- 9/11, I only got that high by suppressing my urges to answer LEGO every time I can. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Feb 23, 12:00
- 9/11 -- nm - decline Feb 23, 11:45
- 9/11, I'm average -- nm - Epiphany Feb 23, 11:31 1
  - Never forget (that that is not true) -- nm - Spawn Feb 23, 11:38
Epic Rap Battles of History: Godzilla vs King Kong -- (link) - Remlik Feb 23, 11:24 [youtube]
Star Trek Discovery Season 5 trailer -- (link) - Remlik Feb 23, 11:16 [youtube] 4
- I feel like I've never seen a prior season based on that trailer. - sycor Feb 23, 11:22 3
  - 4 had a couple of good episodes but you didn't miss anything -- nm - Remlik Feb 23, 11:27
  - 4 was pretty forgettable. -- nm - Spawn Feb 23, 11:25 1
    - I just read the wiki. I remember the season now, but yeah, it wasn't impressive. And I guess Season 5 is going to be it's own thing. -- nm - sycor Feb 23, 11:41
How long will I be in the virtual line for No Values tickets? -- nm - JD Feb 23, 11:01
It's a little early, but we have reached the mouse wiggling portion of Friday afternoon. -- nm - Dano Feb 23, 10:52 9
- Surely you can configure something so that Drinky Bird can wiggle it for you. -- nm - Baron the Wonder Horse Feb 23, 11:32
- Wiggle away, Dano. Wiggle away! -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Feb 23, 11:22 5
  - Now I'm seeing Dano with headphones listening to The Wiggles -- nm - crash davis Feb 23, 11:25 4
    - "hot potato, hot potato..." - Dark Callisto 🦊 Feb 23, 11:42
    - then my work here is done -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Feb 23, 11:38 2
      - You were a sleeper agent for the Wiggles this whole time?! This is gonna break Zoozie's heart! -- nm* - David Feb 23, 11:40 1
        
        tell Toofie pfm sends his regards -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Feb 23, 11:43
- i've been there for three weeks running now - hollywood big shot Feb 23, 11:02
- I hit that about 3 hrs ago. Plus I'm super annoyed. I was supposed to get word today about starting telework again. -- (edited) - sycor Feb 23, 10:59
One of the things I hope comes out of this Alabama ruling is people being more open about fertility issues instead of keeping it to themselves - Znufrii, promoted Feb 23, 10:47 12
- Nmb znufrii - Loyola Feb 23, 11:34 [Attachment]
- NBC mentioned that 2% of all USA births originate via IVF -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 23, 11:20
- Didn't I hear the stat of 41% that have used or something? But yeah, I think you are the first I have heard that have used it. So there are probably - Spawn Feb 23, 11:18
- I did not know the IM, I'm glad it worked for you guys. I don't get the point of banning IVF, these are the very people who can afford and want kids. - Epiphany Feb 23, 11:14 8
  - Yes. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 23, 11:25
  - Yep the IM hit the nail on the head. -- nm - sycor Feb 23, 11:20
  - Because the rich will always have access to these things, even if they are banned. I mean all the way to, "no recreational sex" would only apply to - Spawn Feb 23, 11:19 3
    - Marjorie Taylor Greene Wants Women to Stop Tempting Christian Men -- (link) - crash davis Feb 23, 11:21 2
      - Yeah Boebert. -- nm - sycor Feb 23, 11:24 1
        
        My thought exactly LOL -- nm - Epiphany Feb 23, 11:27
  - It's a means to an end of declaring fetal personhood to justify banning abortion. -- nm - Reagen Feb 23, 11:18 1
    - If fertilized embryos are people then God is the biggest murderer of them all. - Znufrii, promoted Feb 23, 11:31
Oh, fexofenadine, how I have missed you. -- nm - Baron the Wonder Horse Feb 23, 10:44 2
- How can I miss it if I take it everyday? -- nm - Spawn Feb 23, 10:46 1
  - Everyone on my morning Zoom sounded like Louis Armstrong. The juniper is out and wrecking us. -- nm - Baron the Wonder Horse Feb 23, 10:47
Sorry I just don't see Muslim voters in MI voting in mass for the other guy because Joe might be considered too hard on them or soft on Israel. - Jovian Feb 23, 10:21 15
- ringwing media has infiltrated foriegn language media, radio and spew shit even faux would avoid (NPR story) so they hear biden crime fam etc often -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 23, 11:44
- While I'm not super worried, it doesn't have to mean voting for Trump. They can also not show up. -- nm - Reagen Feb 23, 10:33 12
  - Right, this is the big risk -- nm - ty97 Feb 23, 11:28
  - That's the biggest risk, I think: Way too many people get too disgusted and decide not to vote. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Feb 23, 10:52 2
    - if only the Democratic party had agency on any of these multiple five-alarm fires raging daily . . . - hollywood big shot Feb 23, 11:01 1
      - Focused like a laser on potato chip bags. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 23, 11:24
  - Also, I don't agree with the idea that the US can unilaterally stop what's happening, especially when you consider - Reagen Feb 23, 10:42 1
    - certainly not when the administration views any enforcement of human rights laws as “checking Israel’s homework” -- (link) - hollywood big shot Feb 23, 10:46
  - Hopefully Hillary taught them something. -- nm - Spawn Feb 23, 10:34 5
    - no. that was to long ago. -- nm - Remlik Feb 23, 11:01 2
      - and they didn't want to learn the lesson at the time anyway (stop scaring us about the Supreme Court, Killary!) -- nm - hollywood big shot Feb 23, 11:02 1
        
        yup. -- nm - Remlik Feb 23, 11:17
    - *runs four more front page hit pieces about Biden's age* -- nm - NYT Pitchbot Feb 23, 10:44
    - "Marge, my friend...." -- (pic) - prayformojo 🐵 Feb 23, 10:43 [Attachment]
- let’s see what Uncommitted gets in the primary -- nm - hollywood big shot Feb 23, 10:22
Canadians get your $15 gift card from Dollarama after their lawsuit settlement -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Feb 23, 10:14 2
- 15 packs of M&Ms, coming up! -- nm - Reagen Feb 23, 10:35
- sure, done! -- nm - Andie Feb 23, 10:18
me, the party that spent 50 years overturning Roe v Wade, sowing -- (link) - hollywood big shot Feb 23, 10:10 4
- I mean, when KAC agrees with you... -- nm - Spawn Feb 23, 10:33 3
  - But I scratch my head that Nikki jumped on this ruling like a $5 wh*re. - Jovian Feb 23, 10:36 2
    - Isn't one of her own kids a result? -- nm - Spawn Feb 23, 10:44 1
      - No one has asked her about the other embryos that weren't used..... -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 23, 11:17
Vice History: My Wedding Night Was Interrupted by a Coke-Fueled Orgy -- (link) - budice Feb 23, 10:07 5
- Suck it, Pepsi! -- nm - Spawn Feb 23, 10:58 1
  - L4 - Max Feb 23, 11:02
- "There was a moment last night, when she was sandwiched between the two Finnish dwarves and the Maori tribesman, where I thought, wow,..." - Zoolander Feb 23, 10:57
- Ah, Montreal. -- nm - Mop🧹 Feb 23, 10:12
- s/Interrupted By/A Scheduled Part Of/ -- nm - Baron the Wonder Horse Feb 23, 10:11
Totally just gossip, but Streep and Short? Here for it. -- (link) - Andie Feb 23, 10:04
Personally, I don't understand the thinking it requires to be green on this graphic -- (link) - crash davis Feb 23, 09:54 1
- In 4 states (AL, NV, NC, SC) you don't even need a permit or registration -- nm - Roger More Feb 23, 10:01
NFL has set the 2024 salary cap at $255.4 million, +30M vs 2023 -- nm - budice Feb 23, 09:54 1
- The NFL just gave a huge break to the Niners and Chiefs. They want a rematch. - David Feb 23, 10:09
Friday Fani update. Apparently cell phone data might contradict Wade's testimony about the timing of his relationship with Willis. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 23, 09:48 1
- So 45 will end up walking due to a couple dinners and vacation, maybe 10k total and it will decided by a guy slides on MILLIONS -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 23, 11:52
Huh. On February 12th, I joined the $5 Billion club over at the old exchange. H$5,007,521,193.87 currently. -- nm - Volnelk Feb 23, 09:43
Has this ever happened to any of our single diners? - JD Feb 23, 09:25 22
- alternatively: "Dude, its Valentines Day and you and your woman are eating at Chik-Fil-A? By all means, have my table you romantic son of a gun" -- nm - crash davis Feb 23, 10:17 11
  - Applebee's was full. - Baron the Wonder Horse Feb 23, 10:46 10
    - They do have some of the best mozzarella sticks. -- nm - sycor Feb 23, 11:07 9
      - Fazoli's has mozzarella bites that beat anything on the market. - Spawn Feb 23, 11:14 8
        
        I don't know what Fazoli's is, but now I feel like I must search out this magical cheese of which you speak. -- nm - sycor Feb 23, 11:50 3
        
        Looks like the closest Fazoli's is about an hour and a half away from me. -- nm - sycor Feb 23, 11:56 1
        
        It is fast food Italian. Not great but descent. Drive-up window, even. We get it when we are in a hurry sometimes. - Spawn Feb 23, 11:59
        
        indeed. -- nm - mud Feb 23, 11:51
        
        insane in the cheese lane! -- nm - mud Feb 23, 11:21 3
        
        Logan and I had go them a few times when Amy was not eating with us. Last weekend she did. She was like, "Oh, what are these?" - Spawn Feb 23, 11:37 2
        
        I'm a cheese freak, many many varieties have been sampled by this mug. I have never had a mozzarella "stick" -- nm* - mud Feb 23, 11:41 1
        
        Cheese stick, fried cheese, whatever you want to call them. -- nm - sycor Feb 23, 11:51
- Also, Raising Cane's is on my fast food bucket list, but "not getting a seat" there will never ruin my V-Day experience. -- nm - Roger More Feb 23, 10:13
- Like psilotum said: WTF? - ReluctantCynic Feb 23, 10:12
- "Our needs are so much more important than yours" -- nm - crash davis Feb 23, 10:01 2
  - "The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few" -- nm - Roger More Feb 23, 10:04 1
    - I could see JD giving up his seat if he was dying of dilithium poisoning -- nm - crash davis Feb 23, 10:11
- that's wild. -- nm - Andie Feb 23, 09:36
- WTF?! - psilotum Feb 23, 09:28 3
  - Yeah, Singles should stay home on Couple's Day! -- nm - Spawn Feb 23, 09:32 2
    - 😏 I had one of the best nights out as single on that same Valentine's Day in 2019 - JD Feb 23, 09:48 [Attachment] 1
      - Sounds awesome. You are so sweet -- nm - Epiphany Feb 23, 11:19
Crime doesn't always pay, folks. Dude commits insider trading after hearing his BP exec wife talking about an M&A deal. Gets caught. - decline Feb 23, 09:24
There's airline dictated aircraft changes and then there's this. - JD Feb 23, 09:14 1
- Upgrade! -- nm - Volnelk Feb 23, 09:17
LIR decline. No clue about termites. It's a brand new neighborhood but used to be wooded area. - sycor Feb 23, 09:02 6
- I have never treated for, nor had termites in any of my houses. Several condos we manage have had them, on occasion. - Spawn Feb 23, 09:04 5
  - right, I mean I'm all for preventive measures but if there are no issues with it in the area then you're just throwing money away -- nm - decline Feb 23, 09:06 4
    - Like earthquake insurance -- nm - JD Feb 23, 09:27 3
      - Or car insurance. - Spawn Feb 23, 09:27 2
        
        Well, no. There's literally car wrecks in the vicinity of any car. -- nm - JD Feb 23, 09:29 1
        
        It has been over 30 years since my last wreck, and I drive a *ton*. - Spawn Feb 23, 09:38
Poll: Do you say data or data? -- nm - JD Feb 23, 08:59 9
- Lore. -- nm - Qale Feb 23, 09:15 1
  - ICWUDT -- nm - Data Feb 23, 09:25
- Day-ta -- nm - Volnelk Feb 23, 09:14
- datum, data, and DAY-tah when referencing the Star Trek character. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Feb 23, 09:12
- i switch it up, depending on how fancy i'm feeling -- nm - colin Feb 23, 09:12
- datum, it's only a single point! -- nm - ty97 Feb 23, 09:06
- data -- nm - Spawn Feb 23, 09:02
- data. -- nm - Data Feb 23, 09:00
- DAAAA ta -- nm - Epiphany Feb 23, 09:00
Stream: Priscilla now on Max, Blackberry & All of us Strangers on Hulu -- nm* - budice Feb 23, 08:53 7
- Priscilla, Queen of the Desert? -- nm - psilotum Feb 23, 09:28
- Ooh! Blackberry! -- nm - Mop🧹 Feb 23, 08:55
- Priscilla is bad. Blackberry is good. -- nm - Andie Feb 23, 08:54
- Pippy says Priscilla is her favorite movie of the last several years -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Feb 23, 08:54 3
  - I will ...cut...you! - Epiphany Feb 23, 08:55 2
    - Damn it! I was hoping for a Pippy vs Andie throw-down. - Spawn Feb 23, 08:58 1
      - heh heh -- nm - Epiphany Feb 23, 09:00
the clowns trying to impeach him (and a corner of his own DoJ/FBI) were found to be pushing Russian lies and Joe's big state of the union idea is -- (link) - hollywood big shot Feb 23, 08:51 3
- Counterpoint - shrinkflation is what voters care about more - Roger More Feb 23, 10:08 2
  - voters care about what you make them care about. Fox N*** can get their zombie horde ready to murder over a fake gas stove ban in less than a day -- nm - hollywood big shot Feb 23, 11:23 1
    - Fox News viewers aren't going to vote for Biden. His speeches aren't for them. -- nm - ty97 Feb 23, 11:29
Saints restructured QB Carr's contract and will save $23M on the cap... only $57M to go! -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Feb 23, 08:45
I know Trump and his cronies will round me up and either deport me or murder me and my family, but I just can't vote for Biden -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Feb 23, 08:43 5
- primaries are a perfect time for symbolic protests. - colin Feb 23, 09:09
- I sowed seeds of discord by putting in a Republican Primary Ballot. Anyone but Fled Cruz and I voted for everyone female or latino on the ballot - Epiphany Feb 23, 08:57 2
  - It was a family tradition to register republican so we could vote against the ahole twice. (Reagan) - zeitgeist Feb 23, 11:57 1
    - interesting -- nm - mud Feb 23, 11:58
- Blame Canada -- nm - Spawn Feb 23, 08:50
Canadian ultra low-cost carrier Lynx Air on Thursday night (22FEB24) announced it will be ending operation on 0001 Mountain Time, 26FEB24. -- (link) - ty97 Feb 23, 08:40 10
- as much as i hate it, i think Canada is geographically too large for the ULCC. In Europe an hour-long hop gets you to another country, in Canada I - Andie Feb 23, 08:43 7
  - There was recently some discussion on the airline forums about how Ryanair succeeds so well but the likes of Spirit in the US are struggling. -- (edited) - ty97 Feb 23, 08:46 3
    - oh, I forgot Avelo as well. They are only a couple of years old but seem to be doing well with their bases in secondary cities. - ty97 Feb 23, 09:11
    - Yeah, also at least here, we just don't have *that* many airports for the size and our big cities are really spread out. i know before Swoop got - Andie Feb 23, 09:05 1
      - Yep. It helps that Europe is just so compact and they just have *so many* cities. -- nm - ty97 Feb 23, 09:06
  - we fly Porter Thursday, so fingers crossed they stay in business -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Feb 23, 08:44 2
    - Porter's great, for the sheer reason that I can fly them to City Island. -- nm - ty97 Feb 23, 08:47
    - Porter isn't a ULCC. I'm sure it's perfectly fine! :) -- nm - Andie Feb 23, 08:45
- "It previously operated as Enerjet and was rebranded as Lynx Air on November 16, 2021." -- nm - ty97 Feb 23, 08:42
- Any planes still in the air at that time will immediately plummet to the ground. -- nm - Mop🧹 Feb 23, 08:41
gulf stream conveyor belt, you in danger girl -- (link) - hollywood big shot Feb 23, 08:36

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