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SCOTUS leaves Louisiana’s current redistrict in place for the 2024 elections (sorry crackers) -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 15, 15:00 5
- Man, that conservative SCOTUS is just out of control! -- nm - Strongbad May 15, 15:41 1
  - Exception. Rule. You know how it goes. (NM) - Marlowe May 15, 16:32
- a second majority Black district ensures a D gain as they throw an apparent political rival of the governor to the wolves. -- nm - Tim May 15, 15:08 2
  - (I always forget that Louisiana currently has both the House speaker and majority leader.) - Tim May 15, 15:12
  - (fwiw, NC's shitty gerrymander flips three current D seats) -- nm - Tim May 15, 15:09
Jake Gyllenhaal hosting SNL season finale. -- (link) - Mop🧹 May 15, 14:07 [youtube] 6
- *interrupts monologue* -- nm - nude Conor McGregor May 15, 14:19
- what is Jake promoting that he is the host? -- nm - Pippy Shark May 15, 14:14 4
  - New Taylor Swift diss track. -- nm - Max May 15, 14:43
  - His abs -- nm - Beryllium May 15, 14:33
  - Probably still Roadhouse and he has an Apple TV series starting in June. -- nm - Dano May 15, 14:28 1
    - yeah Presumed Innocent (which definitely needed 8 more hours than the Harrison Ford movie to tell) -- nm - hollywood big shot May 15, 14:35
Debates: looks like June 27 on CNN is confirmed. Biden has agreed to 1 additional in Sept. Trump wants 3 more + VP. -- nm - Strongbad May 15, 14:01 6
- Biden should counter with 12 debates. -- nm - Mop🧹 May 15, 14:41 3
  - Weekly debates. Great idea. - Strongbad May 15, 14:44 2
    - 12 taped debates all dropped on Netflix at once. -- nm - Dano May 15, 14:55 1
      - Do it like a backyard race. They each have 2 answer 6 questions in an hour. You can rest during the other person's answers and whatever time you - pmb May 15, 15:13
- only the one date has been confirmed. Trump still hasn't agreed to the other conditions (no audience, mic cut off) -- nm - hollywood big shot May 15, 14:02 1
  - "Make my day, pal!" -- (link) - Strongbad May 15, 14:11
8-min ovation for Furiosa at Cannes -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 15, 13:31 8
- I never got the fake objectivity of how long the Cannes standing ovations last. It's like reporting how many best boys are named Zack and equating - Marlowe May 15, 14:36 1
  - it's to the trades what horse-race political polls are to cable news -- nm - hollywood big shot May 15, 14:40
- 87% w/30 reviews -- (link) - budice May 15, 13:40
- So, it's terrible. -- nm - Will Hunting May 15, 13:36 1
  - "our lowest rating ever, seven thumbs up." -- nm - Tim May 15, 14:56
- Sounds short -- nm - Roger More May 15, 13:35 1
  - Like, The Paperboy got 13 minutes. Hopefully, a short ovation reflects excellent editing and pacing. -- (link) - Roger More May 15, 13:38
- "“a steampunk, Wagnerian opera.” -- nm - Jovian May 15, 13:34
I know it’s because of found money, but this NFL thing seems brutally stupid. -- nm - David May 15, 13:29 4
- Four preseason games have been stupid for a long time. -- nm - budice May 15, 13:32 3
  - Good thing they got rid of the 4th a few years ago in order to cram in more human destruction to their stars. - Will Hunting May 15, 13:35 2
    - They really should pay attention at how the WC of Rugby does things. (NM) - Marlowe May 15, 13:56
    - Right? We need 1 preseason game and a 20 game season. -- nm - LFG May 15, 13:52
The Orioles Sweep Streak lives on. Down 1 in the 9th, they get a lead off single and a walk off 2-run homer to avoid a short-series sweep - Will Hunting May 15, 13:21
DEADLINE: ‘3 Body Problem’ Picked Up For New Episodes To Conclude Story -- (link) - mud May 15, 13:09 9
- "what if we solved it in one and a half bodies, guys?" -- nm - hollywood big shot May 15, 13:18
- This seems like suboptimal news as the story seemed to be setting up a 3-4 season run at the least -- nm - rollo May 15, 13:15 7
  - oh easy. certainly three of em for sure. -- nm - Jovian May 15, 13:29
  - I'm shocked and amazed that this happened to the Game of Thrones showrunners. -- nm - Roger More May 15, 13:26
  - right -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 May 15, 13:22
  - Yup. It doesn’t even indicate a full season, just new episodes. -- nm - David May 15, 13:16 3
    - :( nope. This sucks. But its still better than an outright cancellation. - Jovian May 15, 13:22 2
      - they just cut Tom Brady a check for $25m - hollywood big shot May 15, 13:25
      - Agreed to the IM. -- nm - David May 15, 13:23
Drew McIntyre and CM Punk without the ability to fight is more entertaining than 90% of wrestling feuds. - Will Hunting May 15, 13:08 6
- So I guess next they start releasing Diss Tracks? -- nm - Dano May 15, 13:20 3
  - Oddly, both targeted Drake in their initial release. -- nm - Will Hunting May 15, 13:21 2
    - has anyone used the title "New Album, Who Diss?" ? -- nm - Max May 15, 13:38 1
      - Ha! -- nm - prayformojo May 15, 13:45
- The best ones are when you don’t really know. -- nm - David May 15, 13:15 1
  - Seth’s sitting back like, “C’mon Drew, save some stuff for me!” -- nm - Will Hunting May 15, 13:17
House passes FAA re-authorization bill, off to Biden for signature. Allows for 5 more 'out of perimeter' flights at DC -- nm* - ty97 May 15, 12:55
Sweet. "Former President of Disney Imagineering Named Executive in Residence of The Savannah College of Art and Design" -- (link) - prayformojo 🐵 May 15, 12:47
ugh. Tapper may be able to wrangle fucko part of the time, but Dana Bash will be hopeless. She can rarely get through a sentence in normal convo -- (pic) - mud May 15, 12:38 [Attachment] 3
- "If Crooked Joe Biden Won't Commit To Going On Fox News I Shouldn't Have to Show Up For Fake News CNN!" -- nm - hollywood big shot May 15, 12:58 2
  - They just send Buttigieg to handle Fox News. -- nm - Dano May 15, 13:20 1
    - I could get high off 3 hours of him schooling those bozoos. -- nm - Pippy Shark May 15, 14:16
Re: art talk on b2: DC's National Gallery of Art is teaming with the Musée d’Orsay for "Paris 1874: The Impressionist Moment." So excited. -- (link) - MDH May 15, 12:35 1
- 😺😺😺 -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 15, 12:36
you’re ideally only supposed to spend 30% of monthly income on *rent* -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 15, 12:35 11
- If only more places (like here) had viable public transportation. -- nm - sycor May 15, 12:58
- That 20% number may include fuel, insurance, repairs, etc as well -- nm - ty97 May 15, 12:46
- Is the 30% pre or post tax? (I ask since this is a post-tax reading) -- nm - ty97 May 15, 12:43 8
  - My old 1 bedroom apartment is about $1,300. If it's 30% post tax I wouldn't be able to afford it on my own with that math. - sycor May 15, 13:00
  - I grew up hearing it as when buying a house the sell price should cost no more than 3x annual gross income. -- nm* - Max May 15, 12:51 6
    - you should be able to buy a house for 100x monthly rent (old rule of thumb....ouch where did that sledgehammer come from...) -- nm - zeitgeist May 15, 13:42
    - *approves you for twice that much* -- (edited) - Mortgage companies May 15, 13:11
    - Around here, for renting, they want your annual gross income to be at least 40x the monthly rent price -- nm* - ty97 May 15, 13:01
    - *look at local listings* LOLOLOLOLOLLOL - ty97 May 15, 13:00
    - whoops -- nm - oblique May 15, 12:58 1
      - Right?! -- nm - sycor May 15, 12:58
I need an old people lanyard to keep my glasses around my neck when I'm not wearing them. Is there any particular recommendation on this? -- nm - Mop🧹 May 15, 12:30 8
- in the hankie pocket of your sports coat or inside pocket of your denim, you can hang them on hte neck of your tshirt. -- nm - zeitgeist May 15, 13:47
- Are you in a movie? -- nm - LFG May 15, 12:34 1
  - He must be, because I don't think 1970s style newsrooms exist anymore. -- nm - Max May 15, 13:19
- tuck them into your white t-shirt you wear under your regular shirt. you do wear the standard old man white t-shirt, right? - oblique May 15, 12:33 2
  - are they blue light screeners? -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 15, 12:35 1
    - nah. I just get the cheap ones from the dollar store -- nm - oblique May 15, 12:45
- Croakies -- (link) - crash davis 😺 May 15, 12:33
- Hey! My 79 year old mother just got these too! - decline May 15, 12:31
Adam Sandler’s ‘Happy Gilmore 2’ Officially Confirmed at Netflix -- (link) - decline May 15, 12:27 1
- "The price is *wrong*, bitch!" -- nm - decline May 15, 12:30
god bless Jimmy -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 15, 12:11
Conan Must Go to another six countries for HBO Max -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 15, 12:03 1
- Sweet! -- nm - Krusty May 15, 12:27
excuse machine go brrrr less than six hours later -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 15, 12:02 2
- Sure Sure. A Fox debate. Right. The organization and its anchors that are knee-deep in the Maga cult to host a debate. Right. -- nm - Jovian May 15, 12:33
- fukking loser. -- nm - mud May 15, 12:06
opening statements against Goldbrick Bobby began today, a mere 7 mos after his indictment and 6 mos before the general election -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 15, 11:59 1
- He's totally throwing his wife under the bus -- nm - decline May 15, 13:00
TFW you're setting up the CFOs new phone and his open app is - oblique May 15, 11:56 3
- I hope you have a sound internal audit system -- nm - Roger More May 15, 13:21
- yuk, welp. -- nm - budice May 15, 11:58 1
  - "god I hope it's urine" -- (edited) - oblique May 15, 11:58
Amazon keeps delivering things to our office after our stated hours (it's all on the Delivery Instructions on our account). - Andie May 15, 11:51 3
- yes, you can replace all the stuff that is missing -- nm - zeitgeist May 15, 13:44
- bastards -- nm - decline May 15, 12:01
- Heh, Seems par for the course. -- nm - budice May 15, 11:53
"GME still too high versus the comps. Need more funny emojis, A bear sitting in a recliner?" -- (link) - budice May 15, 11:51
Those Netflix games are apparently part of why the schedule release was delayed. - the wrong element May 15, 11:48 6
- Wait wait, they're going to have the Steelers play the slugfest that is Pittsburgh/Baltimore and then 4 days later, play the Mahomes octane Chiefs? - Will Hunting May 15, 12:27 5
  - and Ravens/Texans same day -- nm - hollywood big shot May 15, 12:33 1
    - That’s almost as bad. Great game on paper. Reality will be four teams beat to shit playing without adequate prep. - Will Hunting May 15, 12:35
  - time for Russell to put his money where his mouth is -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 15, 12:29 2
    - It won't matter but if Tomlin wins 9 games with Kenny Pickett, Russell should be solid. - Will Hunting May 15, 12:31 1
      - Yeah, good point about Pickett as well. -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 15, 12:38
i shudder to think how much this Michelin-starred joint is charging for a tiny morel mushroom risotto but if they brought it to me on this giant plate -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 15, 11:42 2
- It's part of a 6-course $295 tasting menu (+23% service added to all checks) -- (link) - Roger More May 15, 13:24 1
  - $200 of that is for the constant dishwashing. -- nm - Max May 15, 13:27
Slovenia is a NATO member, if the assassination (attempt) is shown to be Russian connected, it could be astria all over again -- nm - zeitgeist May 15, 11:31 18
- say the line, Fred -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 15, 11:39 [youtube]
- "Fico, who is an ally of Russia, won a third term as Slovakia's prime minister last October...." - ty97 May 15, 11:37 6
  - He's more in the Orban mold. -- nm - Dano May 15, 11:41
  - Yup. If he dies, he dies -- nm - Jovian May 15, 11:40 4
    - We can't think like that or be like that. I pray for his recovery. -- nm - ty97 May 15, 11:51 3
      - 😺🪽 -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 15, 12:18
      - Sorry but not sorry. These are enemies of Western Civilization itself. - Jovian May 15, 12:11
      - eh, play silly games, win silly prizes. no totalitarian wannabe typically ends up dying warm in their bed. you wanna crack skulls for Putin? - hollywood big shot May 15, 11:56
- *Slovakia -- nm - ty97 May 15, 11:35 9
  - (I think Slovenia is also a NATO member? But Slovakia is the country whose PM was shot) -- nm* - ty97 May 15, 11:35 8
    - I dare anyone to point out the two on a globe, it's more confusing than Niger:Nigeria -- nm - zeitgeist May 15, 11:46 4
      - Just like Sweden and Switzerland. - Marlowe May 15, 13:31 1
        
        United States? United Kingdom? Who can tell them apart? -- (edited) - Andie May 15, 14:26
      - I've been to Slovakia (twice!). I haven't been to Slovenia (yet) but know exactly where it is! -- nm - ty97 May 15, 11:51 1
        
        Definitely one place where Donnie can probably point out where it is on a map. -- nm - Jovian May 15, 12:13
    - And he's been pretty pro Russia, I think. -- nm - Dano May 15, 11:36 2
      - Yep. He's pretty much a Russian asset -- nm - Jovian May 15, 11:42
      - right, but aside from all of this.... -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 May 15, 11:41
Mirage’s closing July 17, 2024.transforms into Hard Rock Las Vegas. -- (link) - budice May 15, 11:23 8
- Or so it would appear. -- nm - Reagen May 15, 11:28 1
  - I may or may not have seen what you did here. -- nm - Qale May 15, 12:31
- I thought there already was a Hard Rock in Vegas -- nm - zeitgeist May 15, 11:27 4
  - So did i -- nm - Beryllium May 15, 11:32 3
    - They sold it and it switched to a Virgin Hotel. -- nm - Mop🧹 May 15, 11:52
    - Out by the airport, IIRC. Maybe they're moving closer to the strip. -- nm - Beryllium May 15, 11:33 1
      - Oh, the cafe is probably turning into a hotel-casino -- nm - Beryllium May 15, 11:36
- A mirage can take many appearances. -- nm - LFG May 15, 11:24
so I was recently trying to find someone to mow my yard. not that I cant, not that its a huge yard, its just - tRuMaN May 15, 11:10 14
- 55 years ago while in high school I got $5 to mow a lawn. Everything, till the pandemic was 10x as much ..so really $75 should be expected - zeitgeist May 15, 11:51
- Mowing and picking up dog poop is when I do my best thinking. -- nm - Last Of My Kind May 15, 11:35 1
  - heh. I read the initial post and thought, "I am easily twice as busy at work as I was last year but no way I give up mowing." -- nm - LFG May 15, 11:42
- that is jacked up! -- nm - Pippy Shark May 15, 11:22
- euphemism? -- nm - hollywood big shot May 15, 11:19 2
  - I miss Guy. - LFG May 15, 11:20
  - sadly, no. -- nm - tRuMaN May 15, 11:20
- pave over it -- nm - LFG May 15, 11:18
- get a goat -- nm - decline May 15, 11:17 3
  - Goats are highly social animals you need at least 3 -- nm - zeitgeist May 15, 11:21 2
    - But then two become besties and the third is lonely so better get 4. -- nm - LFG May 15, 11:21 1
      - Don't worry, if you start with 3 you'll have six or 8 soon enough...literally - zeitgeist May 15, 11:27
- Remove grass and plant shrubs and herbs. Creeping thyme is awesome -- nm - zeitgeist May 15, 11:17
- Same. I've been so busy going back and forth to dad's that mowing hasn't been able to be kept up. I got the back yard mowed Monday but it's ben rainin - sycor May 15, 11:16
Sluggers and muggers Wearing fancy gold rings All the women goin' crazy For the early Roman kings -- nm - zeitgeist May 15, 11:07

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