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The current state of canadian politics -- (link) - Beryllium May 29, 14:55
Blacklisted Chinese Companies Rebrand as American To Dodge Crackdown -- (link) - budice May 29, 14:43 2
- I look forward to an "American" PHEV that goes 1,300-miles, then. - LFG May 29, 14:47
- STPOD -- nm - con_carne May 29, 14:47
super bugs got quite a boost during the pandemic, rampant use of anti-biotics for patients who didn't need them, sometimes because drs had nothing els -- (link) - zeitgeist May 29, 14:26
small town: ain't that some shit?! - Pippy Blue Sky May 29, 14:21 10
- That is some shit. I think she should vociferously complain to the cops. -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 29, 14:32
- What happens if she doesn't pay the charge? -- nm - con_carne May 29, 14:26 2
  - they eventually sell it at auction. It is worth between $ 3k and $ 5k. I think she is just going to go pay for it. -- nm - Pippy Blue Sky May 29, 14:32 1
    - It's always easy to advise "lawyer up" but no. Doesn't not seem right -- nm* - con_carne May 29, 14:39
- that towing charge.... -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 May 29, 14:23 5
  - granted they did not send the notice until a few days ago, so of course it added up. but still. Couldn't the police pay it? - Pippy Blue Sky May 29, 14:25 4
    - its probably just the storage charge which can equal a hotel room cost. $100 a day? towing is a major scandal/corruption source - zeitgeist May 29, 14:29 3
      - It put the car in a secure area so the murderer could not access it. Sucks, but I imagine SOP. -- nm - LFG May 29, 14:33 1
        
        Every tow yard I've seen, while surrounded by a chain link barbed wire fence could be accessed with bolt cutters... - zeitgeist May 29, 16:18
      - Yeesh -- nm - Pippy Blue Sky May 29, 14:33
*cuts down the Regional nets* - Will Hunting May 29, 14:17 1
- This is one of those "the semis is the finals" matchups with Odessa -- nm - rollo May 29, 15:10
we're just sitting around finishing something at work, drinking beers. private sector is super. -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 mandy chem 🏳️‍🌈 May 29, 14:12 1
- Fever-Seattle game tomorrow, you and Ann can bet -- nm - hollywood big shot May 29, 14:42
update: Joe Biden, in fact, did not do that at the gas pumps -- (link*) - hollywood big shot May 29, 14:07 2
- Enron2, max gets mad -- nm - zeitgeist May 29, 16:20
- What time frame? "That's about $3000 per family". -- nm* - LFG May 29, 14:18
“Hey did you finish designing that entryway to the apartment project in Poland? Sure did boss, real old-timey just like you asked for” -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 29, 14:05 2
- 😬 -- nm - Krusty May 29, 14:09
- Oh my -- nm - LFG May 29, 14:06
Dollar Tree has acquire 170 SoCal 99 Cents stores (presumably for more than $168.30) -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 29, 14:02 4
- Wait? Aren’t they in bankruptcy or something? -- nm - ty97 May 29, 14:27
- Just more Dollar Trees. All 99 Cents stores have liquidated -- nm - budice May 29, 14:05 2
  - Firesale, everything on sale for $2.50 -- nm - Beryllium May 29, 14:35 1
    - $2.49 -- nm - LFG May 29, 14:36
legal protip: if your license is suspended don’t call in to your zoom court hearing from the car -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 29, 13:41 1
- I've heard 9f cops following former drivers out to the parking lot immediately after getting suspended. -- nm - zeitgeist May 29, 13:52
ST Poll Spawn inspired: who are your b'day twins? Disclosure: I got John Lennon so I already won -- nm - con_carne May 29, 13:28 76
- Michael B. Jordan, Tom Hiddleston, not Chris Hemsworth. -- nm* - Last Of My Kind May 29, 15:05
- Blaise Pascal, Paula Abdul, Zoe Saldana, Aung San Suu Kyi, Ann Wilson, Robin Tunney, Boris Johnson, Dirk Nowitzki, Jacob deGrom, Macklemore -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 29, 14:28
- Chris Hemsworth, Viola Davis, Hulk Hogan, Steve Wozniak, and same year Ian McDiarmid. -- nm - Meg May 29, 14:26
- Jackie O, Bill Bradley, Hannah Waddingham, and Banksy (probably) -- nm - Masked Baron May 29, 14:07 1
  - I love the "probably". Wonder if I have any of those -- nm - con_carne May 29, 14:08
- Chazz Palmenterti, George Brett, Emmitt Smith and Andy Murray. -- nm - Krusty May 29, 14:03 3
  - Let's see I got one famous actor and three others who are guaranteed to be New York Yankees. -- nm - con_carne May 29, 14:05 2
    - The actor is a Yankees fan and the other three are definitely not Yankees. :-) - Krusty May 29, 14:08 1
      - See, this is the kind of randomness I was looking for in this poll. -- nm - con_carne May 29, 14:21
- Side-note. I always dreamed of marrying someone with the same birthday. I... dated 3 in college (met in bars on birthday). -- (edited) - LFG May 29, 14:00 1
  - Well that's how it goes -- nm - con_carne May 29, 14:49
- Let's see: John Lithgow, Emma Stone, Jon Favreau, Michael Gambon, Trey Parker, Evander Holyfield and same year - Mango! -- nm - Turd Ferguson May 29, 13:57
- Remlik. Also, Joan Collins and Drew Carey. - ReluctantCynic May 29, 13:55
- President Hayes, Buster Keaton, Charlton Heston, Dick Tracy, Susan Sarandon, Pogo, Melissa Benoist, Alicia Silverstone, Rachel Leigh Cooke -- nm - Peglegpete May 29, 13:53 1
  - That's fucking amazing -- nm - con_carne May 29, 14:00
- David -- (edited) - oblique May 29, 13:52 9
  - Don't forget David's favorite! "Coach" Ben Wade!! -- nm - Turd Ferguson May 29, 13:59 4
    - Which sport is this? -- nm - David May 29, 14:00 3
      - ooooh - you know!! I should get you a Cameo for your BDay this year! -- nm - Turd Ferguson May 29, 14:03 1
        
        TIL he grew up in Knoxville -- nm - Beryllium May 29, 14:04
      - Are you thinking of LSU's Will Wade? -- nm - David May 29, 14:01
  - You and I share the tenth most common birthday. - David May 29, 13:58 3
    - Okay, that's disgusting. -- nm - con_carne May 29, 15:02
    - My sister's kid was also born that day! -- nm* - Dark Callisto 🦊 May 29, 13:59
    - (I'm blaming the middle one on slutty Halloween costumes.) -- nm - David May 29, 13:58
- Timothy Olyphant and I are EXACT birthday twins down to the day/year. -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 May 29, 13:44 4
  - Lucky!! -- nm - Pippy Blue Sky May 29, 13:56
  - congrats -- nm - Peglegpete May 29, 13:55
  - (for NOT the same year, Jimmy Stewart and Matt Czuchry). - Dark Callisto 🦊 May 29, 13:47
  - Birthdate twins. It comes out the BNL guy and Faith Hill and I are triplets! -- nm - LFG May 29, 13:46
- Jerry Orbach. Nellie McClung. Bela Lugosi. Tommy Douglas. Earl Hindman. Tom Petty. Aragorn. Les Stroud. The current VPOTUS. Snoop. -- nm - Beryllium May 29, 13:42
- The Queen of England. I win. and that sexy beast Oded Fehr. -- nm - Pippy Blue Sky May 29, 13:42 11
  - Gonna have to engage the no dead people rule on this -- nm - con_carne May 29, 13:43 10
    - Uhm... you started with *Lennon*. -- nm - LFG May 29, 13:45 7
      - Crap. -- nm - con_carne May 29, 13:45 6
        
        LOL. -- nm - Pippy Blue Sky May 29, 13:53
        
        Point taken. Okay see Lennon is immortal now. And thee the queen's main job now is to be dead -- nm - con_carne May 29, 13:47 4
        
        "In our lifetimes" works. -- nm - LFG May 29, 13:48 3
        
        I like the "all time" thing better actually. Less math to do -- nm - con_carne May 29, 13:52 2
        
        I guess I would have asked, "Who have you shared a birthday with?" In that case, it would be lifetime. -- nm - LFG May 29, 14:04 1
        
        Yes. -- nm - con_carne May 29, 14:51
    - Oded ain't dead -- nm - Beryllium May 29, 13:44 1
      - I am thankful he is not. yowza -- nm - Pippy Blue Sky May 29, 13:54
- Hailee Steinfeld :) -- nm - Jovian May 29, 13:41
- John Williams, Mary Steenburgen, Klay Thompson, James Dean -- nm - budice May 29, 13:41 1
  - I love three out of those four. I mean, I'm sure that fourth person is extremely notable in their field -- nm - con_carne May 29, 13:45
- Who are we telling our birth date too? Since health facilities and other companies can't ask for sec sec # your BD is key. -- nm - zeitgeist May 29, 13:40 3
  - The Great Birthday Turtle already knows them anyway. -- nm - JaxSean May 29, 13:44 1
    - All of ST, really. Tron "birthday" and all is revealed. -- nm - LFG May 29, 14:19
  - Ah, right. I'll go ahead and say I am not out to steal your identities. -- nm - con_carne May 29, 13:42
- Shaq, Harriett Tubman, Michelangelo, Mr. Cobra Kai himself Martin Kove, Cyrano, Connie Britton, Rob Reiner, Tom Arnold, DL Hughley -- nm - sycor May 29, 13:39 3
  - Winner in volume -- nm - con_carne May 29, 13:41 2
    - Yeah the volume of name recognition is pretty dope. -- nm - sycor May 29, 13:45
    - Careful, I know a dozen more off the top of my head! -- nm - LFG May 29, 13:44
- Alfred Hitchcock -- nm - Dano May 29, 13:38 2
  - (and Mop) -- nm - Dano May 29, 13:39 1
    - Yep. I went to school with a girl who shares the same date, down to the year. - Mop🧹 May 29, 13:51
- Carole Burnett and Giancarlo Esposito. -- nm - pmb May 29, 13:35 3
  - I left out Channing Tatum and Jet Li. -- nm - pmb May 29, 14:00 1
    - Sry, your list lacks variety. -- nm* - con_carne May 29, 14:10
  - the classic pairing -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 May 29, 13:55
- I counter Bill Murray to your Lennon. (you still win, but still) - LFG May 29, 13:33 2
  - I like yours better honestly -- nm - con_carne May 29, 13:35 1
    - Musically I have Faith Hill (same year) or Bare Naked Ladies singer/drummer Tyler Stewart. Also, Jason Derulo and someone called Wale. -- (edited) - LFG May 29, 13:36
- Kate Upton, Gina Gershon, Leelee Sobieski and Elizabeth Hurley. (And of course, BrokerGreg) - JaxSean May 29, 13:33 6
  - I guess this gives some legitimacy to astrology -- nm - zeitgeist May 29, 13:48
  - "She boobily titted down the stairs" -- nm - Reagen May 29, 13:43
  - wow, your rack is amazing -- nm - Max May 29, 13:36 1
    - Me and DJ Qualls even it out overall though. -- nm - JaxSean May 29, 13:43
  - See, I feel like I shoulda known this after all this time. That's amazing -- nm - con_carne May 29, 13:36
  - dang -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 May 29, 13:33
- Qale you get Lennon too if course🥰 -- nm - con_carne May 29, 13:31
- Christoph Waltz same day same year & same age!! -- nm* - Peglegpete May 29, 13:31 1
  - Okay that's pretty good. -- nm - con_carne May 29, 13:31
- Gregory Peck Bette Davis -- nm - hollywood big shot May 29, 13:30 1
  - Solid. -- nm - con_carne May 29, 13:32
Nick Mohammed adds a winky face to his tweet promoting the "Complete Series" of Ted Lasso! What does it mean?! -- (link) - Mop🧹 May 29, 13:20
Dude with suspended license joins court hearing via Zoom while driving -- (link) - budice May 29, 13:18
Jury wants to rehear the jury instructions. I'm assuming it goes to the issue of whether they have to have unanimous agreement on which crime the - pmb May 29, 13:09 2
- judge has just dismissed the jury for the day -- nm - budice May 29, 13:12
- Theyre usually handed to them in writing iirc -- nm - budice May 29, 13:10
"Animalistic A.I. and an angry Ashley Judd" -- nm - in the subject of a NYT email I just got May 29, 13:07 1
- Could one tell the difference? -- nm - Max May 29, 13:09
I before E: except when your foreign neighbor Keith receives eight counterfeit beige sleighs from weird feisty caffeinated weightlifters. -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 29, 12:58 3
- This sounds like a plot Len Deighton would write. -- nm - Max May 29, 13:01 2
  - The Eindhoven Feint -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 29, 13:03 1
    - The Height of Deceit -- nm - Max May 29, 13:08
China's BYD achieves 1,300-mile driving range with their latest PHEVs. Starting price? $13,772 -- (link) - decline May 29, 12:57 3
- We can't have that! -- nm - Mop🧹 May 29, 13:24
- We saw quite a few of these in New Zealand - they look like a Porsche SUV. (They also have "Build Your Dreams" badge on the back gate.) -- nm - JaxSean May 29, 13:09 1
  - They are getting more and more common here, as well. Even if they are really pricey, I think. (NM) - Marlowe May 29, 13:21
Alfonso Ribeiro no fan of Tyler Perry -- (link) - budice May 29, 12:47 1
- A birthday twin I was not aware of. -- nm - LFG May 29, 13:02
LIR In n Out: Always had people recommending the secret menu, but never saw the need to look past the double double. -- nm - con_carne May 29, 12:42 4
- IMO the burger is great, the fries are just wasted calories - like eating cardboard. -- nm - MDH May 29, 12:50
- Skip the fries. They need to double cook those like everyone else does but they refuse *shrug" -- nm* - con_carne May 29, 12:47 2
  - interesting, the fries do not seem to be receiving a lot of praise -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 29, 12:48 1
    - They fucking suck that's why. I still get them though cause it fills in the corners -- nm - con_carne May 29, 12:53
Get her 7th Tony ready: Audra McDonald stars in "Gypsy" opening in November on Broadway. -- nm - MDH May 29, 12:40 3
- I was in Gypsy many years ago. It was kind of a blast. -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 May 29, 12:51 2
  - Need more information -- nm - con_carne May 29, 13:07 1
    - I was one of Baby June's "Newsboys" (farmboys, etc.) - Dark Callisto 🦊 May 29, 13:49
Congrats znufrii board! Woot woot! -- nm - con_carne May 29, 12:33 11
- Don Homer! -- nm - oblique May 29, 13:50
- Woohoo! That's awesome! -- nm - sycor May 29, 13:49
- Conga Rats! -- nm - Dano May 29, 13:05
- Yeah, I did some tronning as I missed an episode or two so now I know what is up. Congrats!!! -- nm - LFG May 29, 12:53 1
  - Well that's why I'm here to ballyhoo. -- nm - con_carne May 29, 13:03
- 👍👍 -- nm - Meg May 29, 12:43
- this is a pretty terrific development -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 May 29, 12:42
- congrats! -- nm - Pippy Blue Sky May 29, 12:40
- Congrats! -- nm - MDH May 29, 12:39
- Yay! -- nm - pmb May 29, 12:34
- 👍 -- nm - znufrii May 29, 12:33
I got your pecker testimony right here. -- nm - Reagen May 29, 12:32
first they came for scripted shows, and i said nothing for i was a reality TV producer . . . -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 29, 12:28
reee-tain-errrr -- nm - hollywood big shot May 29, 12:27
Could be interesting. -- nm - LFG May 29, 12:26 1
- but then again .. -- nm - mud May 29, 12:33

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