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House judiciary committee advances contempt resolution against Merrick Garland, house oversight committee to take it up at 8pm - znufrii May 16, 13:41 2
- soo they're just proceeding as if POTUS didn't cover this under Executive Privilege this morning? - Jovian May 16, 13:44 1
  - Did you expect them to just give up and admit this sham investigation has done nothing but make a mockery of congressional authority? -- nm* - znufrii May 16, 13:53
work ugh: I hate firing defense attorneys. I am a big chicken, but I called and told him instead of emailing - Pippy Shark May 16, 13:36 6
- what are you being charged for? -- nm - zeitgeist May 16, 13:39 5
  - being too sexy for this home office - Pippy Shark May 16, 13:46 1
    - plead Nolo Contendre -- nm - zeitgeist May 16, 17:44
  - breathing. the laws in Texas against women has gone far beyond absurd. -- nm - Peglegpete May 16, 13:44 2
    - I think you mean breathing outside the home without the presence of a male family member. -- nm - tRuMaN May 16, 13:51
    - lol -- nm - Pippy Shark May 16, 13:45
Trump trial could go to Jury Tuesday or Wednesday next week. -- (link) - pmb May 16, 13:32 1
- Guilty Verdict returned in 2 hours - budice May 16, 13:37
Jesus. Abbot pardons guy who drove his car into a black lives matter protest and shot and killed a protester. -- (link) - pmb May 16, 13:27 3
- of course Merrick Garland could also be prosecuting these as 1983 cases in the civil rights division . . . -- nm - hollywood big shot May 16, 13:28 2
  - Probably didn't anticipate needing to do that given the first degree murder charge, but he should now. -- nm - pmb May 16, 13:32
  - He's a very busy and very non feckless AG. - Jovian May 16, 13:31
“you know nothing of my work, how you ever became a Supreme Court justice is a miracle” -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 16, 13:27
Michael Cohen’s go-to media hacks were Maggie Haberman, Katy Tur, and Chris Cuomo -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 16, 13:26 2
- Damn. If only I could be home right now watching CNBC coverage co-anchored by Katy Tur. -- nm - Last Of My Kind May 16, 13:39 1
  - Sorry, MSNBC. -- nm - Last Of My Kind May 16, 13:40
The Portal In Dublin this evening -- (pic) - budice May 16, 13:18 [Attachment]
Billy Zane transforms into Marlon Brando in first look at ‘Waltzing with Brando’ biopic -- (link) - budice May 16, 12:56 2
- The Phantom can be anyone he wants to be... -- nm - tRuMaN May 16, 13:18
- My good friend Billy Zane. - LFG May 16, 12:57
What the world needs now is live action remakes of Beavis and Butthead Do America and Do the Universe. -- nm - LFG May 16, 12:47
Megalopolis reviews: Hot Mess incoming -- (link) - budice May 16, 12:39 7
- Vulture: "a work of absolute madness" (not that that's a bad thing) -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 16, 13:07 1
  - Ohhh had to stop reading, there is a lot of story/plot laid out here. - Jovian May 16, 13:48
- "authorities have been dispatched and Mr. Coppola has been taken into custody. He offered little resistance." -- nm - Reagen May 16, 13:00 1
  - His only response: "Funyuns!" -- nm - rollo May 16, 13:33
- *salivates* -- nm - RT May 16, 12:40
- Welp -- (link) - budice May 16, 12:39 1
  - Or... - Marlowe May 16, 12:43
Did anyone wear their 40,000 DOW hat? -- nm - zeitgeist May 16, 12:38 1
- B2 on the first bounce this morning. -- nm - Meg May 16, 13:31
Local group home residence for mental teens getting complaints about frequent primal screams, individuals and whole groups. All hours -- nm - zeitgeist May 16, 12:28 3
- Their response should be, "... and?" -- nm - LFG May 16, 12:29 2
  - Pretty much but the neighbors literally across the street are playing cell video of what they have to live with. -- nm - zeitgeist May 16, 12:35 1
    - They should learn to scream with them. -- nm - LFG May 16, 12:36
Today I discovered a early Gen X'er who has never watched Star Wars, Breakfast Club or any Indiana Jones movie....or she does not remember.... - Walt_Disney May 16, 12:24 8
- Congratulate her on escaping the cult she was obviously born into. - the wrong element May 16, 12:30 6
  - This.....I am trying to get more insights...co-worker....she used to have Netflix but got rid of it. She doe not watch the news either.... - Walt_Disney May 16, 12:37 4
    - You know how in every survey there's 2% with no opinion on everything? You found the 2%. -- nm - Reagen May 16, 13:00
    - this would actually drive me crazy. I would want to shake her and scream "WAKE UP!" -- nm - Andie May 16, 12:45
    - "Ronald Reagan, the actor?" -- nm - Roger More May 16, 12:42
    - ... whoa. -- nm - LFG May 16, 12:38
  - Semi-tangent. I see in a 2022 article that 52% of Americans saw Avatar and liked it while 11% saw it and did not. So, 63%. - LFG May 16, 12:34
- prank - LFG May 16, 12:26
Indiana Judge rules that tacos are sandwiches -- (link) - zeitgeist May 16, 12:17 7
- just in time for mandys trip to indy -- nm - hollywood big shot May 16, 12:39
- But also, women can't have abortions. -- nm - Mop🧹 May 16, 12:25 2
  - Connect..the..dots... -- nm - zeitgeist May 16, 12:51 1
    - A foetus is not a sandwich, therefore, the Wookie is innocent. -- nm* - Indiana Cochrane si May 16, 13:24
- If a taco is a sandwich, then by extension a choco taco is an ice cream sandwich. -- nm - Masked Baron May 16, 12:22
- A grand jury would indict a taco sandwich if you wanted them to. -- nm - Judge Booby May 16, 12:20
- What about hot dogs? -- nm - LFG May 16, 12:19
TV Reminder: Evil season 4 drops May 23rd and seasons 1 and 2 are now on Netflix -- nm - Beaker 🍺 May 16, 11:29 5
- Mint Mobile customers got emails yesterday. We get 6 months of P+ for free. *Very* happy about that as I had planned to get it back next week. -- nm - LFG May 16, 11:32 4
  - IF is a Paramount movie, so that makes sense. SYNERGY! -- nm - Mop🧹 May 16, 12:07 1
    - Yeah, that was why the signature was as such. - LFG May 16, 12:07
  - Ryan Reynolds loves you lots. -- nm - Masked Baron May 16, 11:54 1
    - Indeed. He signed his email, "Your totally real friend, Ryan". -- nm - LFG May 16, 11:59
The most Krusty NYC thing ever: "Check out the new pizza recycling boxes now in Central Park" -- (link) - decline May 16, 11:07 3
- I love that we need them. :-) -- nm - Krusty May 16, 12:00
- I just don't see that many people carrying their boxes all the way to Central Park -- nm - zeitgeist May 16, 11:10 1
  - A lot of people do hence the need for the bins. As it's central, it's not a long walk from a pizzeria. -- nm* - Krusty May 16, 11:59
TIL of the term: Kitty Cats referring to smaller storms resulting in tornadoes or hail damage vs Nat Cats, Natural Catastrophes - JD May 16, 10:58
“he may be less effective than Alina Habba” is some Kendrick-level shit -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 16, 10:47 2
- Cohen is chewing up Trump attorney much like Stormy did. -- nm - LFG May 16, 12:10
- "shrieking" -- (pic) - mud May 16, 11:25 [Attachment]
Unofficially, Raquinho the Raccoon spent 161 seconds on the field tonight, which was the most by a raccoon in @MLS history. -- (link) - JD May 16, 10:46 1
- Longer than most starting pitchers in baseball. -- nm* - Mop🧹 May 16, 11:34
DOJ formally moves to reschedule marijuana (Biden was head of the Dem drug warrior class in the 1990s) -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 16, 10:45 2
- I can't believe its taking this f'n long. It was clearly a racist policy to start and got worse from Nixon's revenge on protestors... -- nm - zeitgeist May 16, 13:24
- 5pm is good for me. -- nm - LFG May 16, 12:00
i doubt the Pivot to Codifying Roe will work (esp against Angela) but Larry is nothing if not craven -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 16, 10:21 2
- "If that is the way the wind is blowing, let no one say I do not also blow!" -- nm - Reagen May 16, 10:22 1
  - apparently EMILY's List dropped a good chunk for Alsobrooks in the closing stretch to seal the deal. they gonna murk Hogan on this -- nm - hollywood big shot May 16, 10:25
Random Poll: Would you consider *anyone* you know personally to be any sort of "Influencer"? Me: No. -- nm - Andie May 16, 10:13 29
- This group would be the closest to any influencer I know -- nm - Walt_Disney May 16, 12:29 1
  - Hell, we used to buy and sell Hollywood! -- nm - LFG May 16, 12:30
- Guy from middle school I know (he's close to some of my good friends) has 1.5M instagram followers and more than that on TikTok -- nm - MDH May 16, 12:02
- My work team manages them. I don't know anyone else outside of work who has that as a job. -- nm - Max May 16, 11:43
- David is a Disney influencer! -- nm - Beaker 🍺 May 16, 11:18
- I think Mop would be the person closest to "influencer" that I know. And he's more "influencer-adjacent." - ReluctantCynic May 16, 10:50 3
  - I have an inordinate degree of influence in a very narrow vertical. -- nm - Mop🧹 May 16, 11:43 1
    - you mean a lot to very few people. like John Mulaney and Louis Farrakhan -- nm - Beaker 🍺 May 16, 11:45
  - Influencer-enabler -- nm - Beryllium May 16, 11:36
- The whole 'influencer' thing is when I *do* start to feel old (thought I'm not old). I just don't get it -- nm - ty97 May 16, 10:50
- We are all friends with a sneaker influencer! -- nm - ty97 May 16, 10:49
- My good friend from college married a gal who makes a living as a lifestyle blogger -- nm - rollo May 16, 10:48
- this woman I used to work with wanted SO badly to be an influencer. her social media is such cringe. -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 mandy chem 🏳️‍🌈 May 16, 10:48
- I have performed with women who went on to have singing and dancing careers, with some social media "influence", I suppose. -- nm - psilotum May 16, 10:44
- beyond maybe the few here in certain industries (movie reviews, disney) no, dont think any are. though a couple of them want to be. -- nm - tRuMaN May 16, 10:40
- only in the improv comedy world -- nm - hollywood big shot May 16, 10:38
- Yes. I'm friends with a few people that are fashion influencers. -- nm - Krusty May 16, 10:36
- I try hard not to be, but I am in the Disney space. I’m also friends with the Resort TV crew and acquaintances with a few others. -- nm - David May 16, 10:36 2
  - Oh, and Danny Pellegrino was a Prophet. -- nm - David May 16, 12:04
  - You are my influencer friend. -- nm - psilotum May 16, 10:54
- My team lead’s daughter is one. -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 May 16, 10:35 1
  - And I guess I’ve interacted with RJ City a fair amount even if I haven’t met him. - Dark Callisto 🦊 May 16, 10:39
- Yes. But they would fall under more those sub-categoies, not pure influencer. (NM) - Marlowe May 16, 10:32 1
  - One of my friends fits this too -- nm - Pippy 🇨🇦 May 16, 10:49
- Non-politicos? No,though one friend is trying her damnedest. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request May 16, 10:32
- nope, but I think my nephew is friends with a kid who is one -- nm - decline May 16, 10:23
- no -- nm - Peglegpete May 16, 10:18
- I do. Figure Dawson and EdDoom have some juice in the Film Game. -- nm - budice May 16, 10:16 1
  - that's true. i was putting journalism, podcasting etc in a different category, but they do cross. -- nm - Andie May 16, 10:17
Chargers: "The Butker Family" -- (link) - budice May 16, 10:07
Lyc thinking about my half-marathon training, 2:30:00 (11:30/mile) seems like a reasonable target - znufrii May 16, 10:02 8
- And for a do not exceed number: 3:13:33 -- nm - JD May 16, 10:15
- I bet you finish at least 15 minutes faster than that — I’m going to say…2:11:57 -- nm* - Trending May 16, 10:03 6
  - That seems….very ambitious for my current running level. :) -- nm - znufrii May 16, 10:07 5
    - If you have the time and willingness to commit to training, you'll be surprised how much you can improve in a few months. - Dano May 16, 11:12 4
      - The hardest part right now is finding the time. - znufrii May 16, 11:25
      - Of course finishing without worrying about a time is great too. -- nm - Dano May 16, 11:15 2
        
        Your town's running group looks pretty great. The Tuesday night workouts I think would help a lot. - Dano May 16, 11:23 1
        
        Yeah, would love to have the time to join them one of these days. I’ve found the coaching posts super helpful in the past too, for inspiration if not execution, even just on my own. -- nm* - znufrii May 16, 11:29
Bobby Iges finally gives up the game on streaming -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 16, 10:01 3
- That tweet is a very... obtuse take on what Iger actually said, and you're just repeating something very wrongheaded. -- nm - Mop🧹 May 16, 10:05 1
  - Thank you. -- nm - David May 16, 10:36
- When you offer the service for $5-$6/month, it was baked in upfront -- nm - budice May 16, 10:04
Throw it back ... into the garbage! -- nm - rollo May 16, 10:00
Milan dah-ling. Edna Mode's mansion from Incredibles on AirBnB. -- (link) - budice May 16, 09:58
Fallout 3 is annoying me and I might stop playing. Every time I try to do a quest I keep dying and having to reload. - sycor May 16, 09:58 1
- Gotta get your hands on the Lincoln Repeater. The alien blaster is great gun but I think you get that later on in the game. -- nm - Krusty May 16, 10:39
The Billboard Hot 100 for this week in 2004 (20 year anniversary) - MDH May 16, 09:56
ST Poll: How many Billboard Hot 100 #1s and Top 10s does Tina Turner have? Can you name any of them? Also, what is her signature song? -- nm - MDH May 16, 09:53 13
- If it’s the title of the biopic, it’s the signature song so What’s Love Got To Do -- nm - Will Hunting May 16, 10:11
- She had 1 #1 and 6 Top 10s. Much less than I expected. Details inside, and no one named Thunderdome! - MDH May 16, 10:00
- It's Only Love with Bryan Adams -- nm - Beaker 🍺 May 16, 10:00 1
  - We Don't Need Another Hero - Mad Max 3 -- nm - Beaker 🍺 May 16, 10:00
- Simply the Best, Better Be Good To Me, Private Dancer. And I agree with eag on signature song. -- nm - Andie May 16, 09:58 2
  - We don't need another Hero is another -- nm - eag May 16, 10:00
  - #15, #5, #7 -- nm - MDH May 16, 09:58
- Signature Song strictly solo career: Private Dancer. Entire career: Proud Mary -- nm - Dano May 16, 09:55 2
  - Private Dancer first popped into my mind. - psilotum May 16, 10:55
  - Both big hits, #7 and #4 respectively -- nm - MDH May 16, 09:58
- What's love got to do is her signature song -- nm - eag May 16, 09:55 1
  - "What's Love Got to Do with It" is her only #1 -- nm - MDH May 16, 09:57
- i am gonna say 16 and 4. and I am gonna say no, I cant name them, other than 2 -- (edited) - tRuMaN May 16, 09:54
clearly you can see on this historical graph where the Iran Hostage Crisis, 9/11, Mortgage Meltdown, and COVID all occurred -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 16, 09:51 7
- With margin of error. It's essentially a flat line -- nm - zeitgeist May 16, 12:49
- This would look more dramatic if scaled from 70-90. - psilotum May 16, 10:57 1
  - Really you’d want to plot the inverse, i.e. people who are unsatisfied. This way obfuscates any ability to determine materiality. -- nm* - znufrii May 16, 11:55
- I liked how they decided to poll more frequently for about a year and then said fuck it. -- nm - Reagen May 16, 10:18
- That’s remarkably consistent with the bumps being 5% at most. - Will Hunting May 16, 10:13 2
  - to your IM, farm crisis would be my guess (though even the 1981 recession was just a continuation of the stagflation 70s malaise to my recollection) -- nm* - hollywood big shot May 16, 10:20 1
    - Okay. Thx. -- nm - Will Hunting May 16, 10:36
Wapo Data Dept: What state best represents America? The top 3 are surprising to me - decline May 16, 09:48 3
- “represents” feels like it’s probably doing a lot of work in that premise -- nm - hollywood big shot May 16, 09:53
- Pennsylvania doesnt surprise me. You have a few urban centers and then Pennsyltucky. -- nm - Dano May 16, 09:50 1
  - Yup. -- nm - znufrii May 16, 10:03
PGAChamp: Xander -9 now -- nm - budice May 16, 09:47
DTL: I’m #1! I’m #1!! - Will Hunting May 16, 09:44 2
- *puts a sawbuck on Will to win it all* -- nm - Masked Baron May 16, 12:21
- Congrats! I on the other hand am #96. -- nm - Dano May 16, 09:51

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