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Kari Lake lol -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 9, 13:03 3
- just a tad little bit of panic happening here. -- nm - Jovian Apr 9, 13:10
- quite a character .. she's not actually real is she? -- nm - mud Apr 9, 13:05
- It's always funny when the programming betrays them. "It's a state thing." "Yes, and you're the state." "No, other states." -- nm - David Apr 9, 13:05
CBS renews FBI for 3 seasons. Most Wanted and International 1 season each. -- nm - MDH Apr 9, 12:56
OTD 40 years ago, R.E.M. released their 2nd album Reckoning. -- (link) - mud Apr 9, 12:54 [youtube] 1
- My favorite of theirs -- nm - rollo Apr 9, 13:05
Going through music today and I’ve just realized it’s not Oliver Anthony. It’s Oliver Anthony Music. Like, music is part of the name. lol. -- nm - Qale Apr 9, 12:42
"Judge rules Grizzlies' Ja Morant acted in self-defense against teen" - David Apr 9, 12:39
nm -- nm* - Spawn Apr 9, 12:20
Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum: Fly Me to the Moon. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Apr 9, 12:19 [youtube] 10
- I'm just going to say it. This is too much heavy lifting for Tatum. - Pippy: Apr 9, 12:33 6
  - I liked his musical bit in Hail Caesar. Otherwise he mostly leaves me cold. -- nm - na-Baron Apr 9, 12:57 1
    - same. -- nm - mud Apr 9, 12:58
  - ... too much clothing? -- nm - Spawn Apr 9, 12:37 3
    - heh. I mean he can act better than John Cena but he's no Marky Mark. -- nm - Pippy: Apr 9, 12:38 2
      - That's an incredible spectrum of acting. -- nm - Mop🧹 Apr 9, 12:40 1
        
        Almost a swirl, even. - Spawn Apr 9, 12:41
- what Greg Berlanti writes when they take his DC toys away -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 9, 12:27
- "I know more about the moon than I do about you" is *terrible*, but the 52 mission gag WORKS! -- nm - David Apr 9, 12:23 1
  - I can't figure out if I'm supposed to take any part of this movie seriously. - Mop🧹 Apr 9, 12:25
NM -- nm* - Strongbad Apr 9, 12:19
Fallout to premiere on Amazon tomorrow at 9PM EST (all 8 episodes) -- nm* - Beaker 🍺 Apr 9, 11:56 7
- It’s crazy that I should have been squarely in the Magic the Gathering x Fallout target, but I’ve cooled on both. - Qale Apr 9, 12:11 2
  - The show will be its on thing, and I am fine with that. -- nm - Spawn Apr 9, 12:15 1
    - It’s a real shame it’s Amazon. -- nm - Qale Apr 9, 12:17
- It looks really good and I've never played the game -- nm - Pippy: Apr 9, 12:07
- they were setting up the big-ass premiere at the Chinese Theater today -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 9, 11:58 2
  - seems to bode well. originally it was the 12th, then the 11th, and now to the 10th. Moving it up gives me hope -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Apr 9, 12:00 1
    - They just changed it and it was released during the eclipse. -- nm - Spawn Apr 9, 12:28
Indiana State Basketball star Robbie Avila has entered the NCAA transfer portal -- nm - Remlik Apr 9, 11:55
Sylvester Stallone's alleged bad behavior pushes extras and the casting agent out of Tulsa King -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Apr 9, 11:55 5
- I read this yesterday on Deadline. I'm indescribably amused by the whole "they should surround me with pretty girls" thing. -- nm - David Apr 9, 12:23 2
  - 'fat guy with a cane' did make me giggle though -- nm - Jovian Apr 9, 12:25 1
    - (in the context is correct, that it was because they were casting 20 somethings for a bar/club scene) -- nm - Jovian Apr 9, 12:26
- That's pretty disappointing. But since he just picked up and moved himself and his family to Florida. Maybe its right on point. -- nm - Jovian Apr 9, 12:22 1
  - Anytime I see that someone lives in/moved to West Palm Beach, I know they're a lost cause. -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Apr 9, 12:28
Red Sox's shortstop Trevor Story to have season-ending shoulder surgery -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Apr 9, 11:51 3
- here's where the Story's season ends -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 9, 11:52 1
  - A little souvenir of a terrible year -- nm - JD Apr 9, 11:55
- F'n pitch clock. -- nm - David Apr 9, 11:52
Vegas: Beatles Cirque du Soleil show ending 7/7/24 -- (link) - budice Apr 9, 11:48 10
- UCL Spoils - JD Apr 9, 12:32 2
  - I see the connection you're drawing here -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Apr 9, 12:32 1
    - In my time on ST, I've posted so many replies as new topics, I guess I was finally due for the reverse -- nm - JD Apr 9, 12:35
- what band should they do next? -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 9, 12:12 4
  - How about Queen or U2? -- nm - Strongbad Apr 9, 12:20 2
    - Stones? -- nm - Spawn Apr 9, 12:21 1
      - U2 play next door, stones still tour -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 9, 14:31
  - Elton...led zep... -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 9, 12:17
- It is a very good show. Sad to see it go -- nm - Pippy: Apr 9, 12:07 1
  - I enjoyed it very much. -- nm - Mop🧹 Apr 9, 12:13
Member of the Royal Astronomer Society of Canada caught the ISS transiting the sun during the eclipse - oblique Apr 9, 11:45 3
- Impressive. Very impressive. -- nm - znufrii Apr 9, 11:54
- very cool -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Apr 9, 11:47 1
  - He posted the stats on it. The transit was 0.56 seconds. Crazy -- nm - oblique Apr 9, 11:48
the AZ attorney general (D) responds to the state sup ct’s abortion ruling, refusing to prosecute any doctor under it (she won by 300 votes) -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 9, 11:37 1
- she looks fun. I would drink rose and watch HGTV with her. -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 mandy chem 🏳️‍🌈 Apr 9, 12:00
A remarkable sports streak continues. -- nm - David Apr 9, 11:27 5
- fascinating -- nm - Spawn Apr 9, 11:28 2
  - right. such an eloquent story. -- nm - tRuMaN Apr 9, 11:35 1
    - An inverse-5PD story. -- nm - Spawn Apr 9, 11:37
- Link… -- (link) - David Apr 9, 11:27 1
  - every team lining up to face SDSU in the opening rounds next year -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 9, 11:39 [youtube]
Calipari resigned -- (link) - budice Apr 9, 11:15 4
- Calipari vid -- (link) - budice Apr 9, 11:17
- To go to Grand Canyon. - na-Baron Apr 9, 11:16 2
  - Liberty, Liberty, LIB-erty -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 9, 11:17 1
    - Bibberty -- nm - Tim Apr 9, 11:23
one thing about getting back into producing tunes is you become aware that things like Jagwar Twin exist and he raps the Oompa Loompa song, but worse -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 9, 11:07 [youtube] 6
- Or you could read the lists that some of the ST'ers post ;-) -- (link) - JD Apr 9, 11:15 [Backboard] 2
  - i don't *want* to know about a Jagwar Twin -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 9, 11:17 1
    - "FEAR" -- nm - Spawn Apr 9, 11:17
- on the flip side, the new Lenny Kravitz is really good in a "Seal 1991" way (prime remix material) -- (link*) - hollywood big shot Apr 9, 11:14 [youtube]
- That slaps. -- nm - Spawn Apr 9, 11:13
- Oddly, I don't hate it. I wouldn't want to hear on repeat or anything, but it's not Bound 2 bad. -- nm - na-Baron Apr 9, 11:12
The Challenge returns tomorrow !! (it's just an All Stars season, but g-g-g-gigitty) -- nm - mud Apr 9, 11:04
For no apparent reason, today I found myself recalling Puttin' On The Hits. And why yes there was a future "celebrity" on it. -- (link) - na-Baron Apr 9, 11:03 [youtube] 1
- p-p-p-p-puttin on the hits! -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 9, 11:04
AirForce Sec Kendall will be a passenger on AI controlled fighter jet to demonstrate next gen drones -- (link) - zeitgeist Apr 9, 11:00 1
- this is the setup to a Steven Seagal 90's action movie -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 9, 11:02
For some reason I thought maybe I had seen a total eclipse before 2017 in my life but seemingly not... -- (edited) - oblique Apr 9, 10:59 4
- I definitely don't remember experiencing anything like totality in 2017. -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Apr 9, 12:37
- The 1979 partial happened where i was in grade school too. they had us locked up inside with the curtains drawn. As a kid i was sure - Andie Apr 9, 12:06
- definitely a bucket list -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 9, 11:01 1
  - I was really impressed by the DWARF II scope I used. I'm hoping to get out sometime in the next week or so and try to photograph that comet - oblique Apr 9, 11:05
Bridget Jones 4, straight to the Cock -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 9, 10:58
18 years ago today, i rolled into LA at about 8 o'clock at night to my empty apartment. one thing i didn't realize i should have done ahead of time - hollywood big shot Apr 9, 10:47 3
- No way it's been that long!! That's almost half the time I've been in SoCal. -- nm - Meg Apr 9, 11:22 2
  - alas, tis true -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 9, 11:26
  - that's almost as long as ST have been around -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 9, 11:24
*throws a Higgs boson at nubby* -- (link) - znufrii Apr 9, 10:34
--- -- nm* - mud Apr 9, 10:30
Arizona Supreme Court says Civil War law banning nearly all abortions must be adhered to -- nm - Remlik Apr 9, 10:30 9
- this is an in-kind donation to Ruben Gallego, but also proof that packing supreme courts work -- nm* - hollywood big shot Apr 9, 10:32 2
  - probably total coincidence that the AZ GOP wants to give their packed court lifetime tenure now too -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 9, 10:45 1
    - ugh -- nm - mud Apr 9, 11:04
- Gilead comes to Arizona. -- nm - mud Apr 9, 10:31 5
  - there will be a Nov referendum, which also boosts Joe's chances of retaining AZ immeasurably -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 9, 10:52 2
    - exactly. GOP please keep pissing off women, see what happens. - Pippy: Apr 9, 11:09 1
      - They are more than happy to keep their safe seats and not govern because that’s the 2nd part of the small (ineffective) government party they’ve built - Will Hunting Apr 9, 11:38
  - POLITICO: - mud Apr 9, 10:42 1
    - That last sentence is divine. -- nm - David Apr 9, 10:55
it would be cool if MAGA voters were ever subjected to the same treatment by beltway media dopes as the Free Palestine crowd -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 9, 10:25 8
- She's absolute trash as a person and representative, but she clearly was talking about the House objections to certify the election and not the riot. -- nm - Inigo Apr 9, 10:34 7
  - *sigh* equally as illegal, and subverting the 250-year peaceful transition of power is arguably worse than mere breaking & entering - hollywood big shot Apr 9, 10:40
  - Two sides of the same coin, really. -- (edited) - znufrii Apr 9, 10:37 5
    - Right. -- nm - David Apr 9, 10:56
    - One is legally and procedurally allowed, but horribly wrong. - Inigo Apr 9, 10:40 3
      - Parsing the various means by which they sought to subvert our democracy is seeking to make a distinction without a difference. -- (edited) - znufrii Apr 9, 10:47
      - there were no legitimate legal or procedural grounds to ever throw the 2020 election to the HoR (Eastman just got disbarred for pretending there were) -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 9, 10:43 1
        
        I'm talking and she's talking about the House members formal objections to the swing state electoral college vote verification. -- (edited) - Inigo Apr 9, 10:52
Star Wars:Outlaws story trailer. -- (link) - Volnelk 🍊 Apr 9, 10:22
Judge rules Grizzlies' Ja Morant acted in self-defense against teen -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Apr 9, 10:21
I’m of the radical legal opinion that laws allowing people to run over protestors without liability have some First Amendment free speech issues -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 9, 10:17 1
- Does the bodily harm thing count their vehicle? -- nm - Spawn Apr 9, 10:21
Rifftrax’s Point Break kickstarter beat out the MST3K Reunion one. Whoa. It’ll be in theaters August 8th and 13th. -- (edited) - Qale Apr 9, 10:17
the dude who caught 715 finally got to hold the ball again after 50 years -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 9, 10:14
Listening to SITV, figured I'd look at Paramount's stock ticker to see what happened... -- (pic) - oblique Apr 9, 10:07 [Attachment] 5
- Thanks for all of the info below. it is helpful. -- nm - Pippy: Apr 9, 10:23
- Control of the company is through National Amusements who owns a small portion of Paramount stock but nearly all voting shares. - Mop🧹 Apr 9, 10:16
- I hate graphs like this. by hiding the 11 and lower portion it makes the changes seem way larger than it actually is -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Apr 9, 10:14
- You can google specifics, but the gist is that shareholders believe any deal is gonna wreck them. - David Apr 9, 10:11
- there are no shortage of qualified bids if the board wanted to accept. the problem is Shari thinks she is entitled to a premium to retire all the debt - hollywood big shot Apr 9, 10:10
Has anyone used a Washer/Dryer combo? do they last? -- nm - Remlik Apr 9, 10:06
"but the Costco price includes delivery, installation & haul-away" - this is huge -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Apr 9, 10:03
and could one of you Costco-ers tell me the price on this? -- (link) - prayformojo 🐵 Apr 9, 10:02 15
- Keep in mind if you're getting a lot of big ticket items like this, to get the Business Membership and get 2% back. -- nm - JaxSean Apr 9, 10:08 8
  - and another 2% if you use the credit card they have their deal with too -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Apr 9, 10:13 2
    - Yup. I got the Citi card because it also gets presale to a lot of concerts! -- nm - JaxSean Apr 9, 10:21 1
      - I like it for the 30 seconds it saves me when getting gas :) - Beaker 🍺 Apr 9, 10:22
  - Yes, we got a check a while ago for some of our house supplies...and then promptly lost it. -- nm - David Apr 9, 10:13 3
    - you can do below. OR you can get another one if you go in and tell them. they'll void the old one and issue a new one -- nm - Remlik Apr 9, 10:25
    - If you download the app, you can redeem it on there, since it's tied to your account. -- nm - JaxSean Apr 9, 10:20 1
      - Thank you! I will look into that! -- nm - David Apr 9, 10:21
  - interesting. thanks! -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Apr 9, 10:11
- pretty sure this is the one we bought last year (in Canada). free delivery and takeaway of the old one -- nm* - Beaker 🍺 Apr 9, 10:05 1
  - oh sh*t, I forgot to call on this. We can't even take the old frig to the dump without having it serviced to take the freon out. - Pippy: Apr 9, 10:07
- nm -- nm* - prayformojo 🐵 Apr 9, 10:04
- $ 1749.99 -- nm - Pippy: Apr 9, 10:03 2
  - Pippy can pull Costco prices from a holster! -- nm - David Apr 9, 10:12
  - thank you ma'am -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Apr 9, 10:07
Came in second in my firm's NCAA bracket pool. Interestingly, I had no time to figure out my own bracket so I used that tool someone posted where you - pmb Apr 9, 10:01 9
- I didn't play this year because I thought Purdue would go far and could not pick them. - Spawn Apr 9, 10:25
- Algebracket! My buddy took it a step further and asked ChatGPT what metrics were the most valuable and then set his sliders based on that. -- (edited) - Volnelk Apr 9, 10:18
- you’re ready to trade for an actively-managed fund on Wall Street -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 9, 10:07
- That's what I used, and I won the ST bracket. -- nm - JaxSean Apr 9, 10:06 1
  - I used my expertise and came second ... after reading 1 article and watching maybe 10 minutes of action :) -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Apr 9, 10:16
- awesome! -- nm - Pippy: Apr 9, 10:04
- did you win anything ? -- nm - decline Apr 9, 10:02 2
  - This was just a contest run by the firm, so I won lunch for 4 at a good restaurant near my office. -- nm - pmb Apr 9, 10:04 1
    - neecha! 2 martini lunch here you come!! -- nm - decline Apr 9, 10:05

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