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Out of Office set- Imma Free -- nm - budice Jul 1, 16:12
Maddow: "this is a death squad ruling. They (MAGA) asked for 100% immunity, they got 105%" -- nm - mud Jul 1, 16:11 1
- Yea Laurence Tribe was apoplectic on CNN as well. -- nm - Jovian Jul 1, 16:17
I don’t see the appeal nor helpfulness of turning ST into another social media space to doomscroll. But that’s just me. -- nm - Qale Jul 1, 16:03 1
- 😺 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 1, 16:10
this is why (among other reasons) Newsom would have trouble ever winning over a majority of the Democratic Party -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 1, 15:53 3
- Also the right is convinced that California is a failed state due to his leadership. -- nm - Tim Jul 1, 15:56 2
  - although we should probably give up on the fantasy that there is a Dem the right wing would find acceptable - Reagen Jul 1, 15:59 1
    - 👍to the IM -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 1, 16:01
Jaysom Tatum gets $314 million over 5 years. The owner announcing he's selling. Coincidence? -- nm - David Jul 1, 15:33 3
- They're now the 4th team to go over the second apron and are very limited in what they can do going forward. - Krusty Jul 1, 16:10
- Both key stars now under long term contracts, team set record for wins and point differential along with league champ. Kind of hard to argue that the - JD Jul 1, 15:37 1
  - Go Out on Top as they say -- nm - budice Jul 1, 15:44
"The president will deliver remarks at 7:45pm at Cross Hall on this morning's SCOTUS ruling." -- (pic) - mud Jul 1, 15:04 [Attachment] 2
- So I've ordered Seal Team 6 to end Justices Alito and Thomas and ordered the court to reconsider the ruling. As for Alito and Thomas, we wish them - Dark Brandon Jul 1, 15:20 1
  - Do you still wanna replace me? -- nm - eag Jul 1, 15:26
Ralph Nader is catching some backlash for this take. -- (link) - Roger More Jul 1, 14:47 6
- Who? Oh. Another fossil. Got it. -- nm - Qale Jul 1, 15:58
- *a member of the right wing acts horribly, a member of the left wing blames another member of the left wing* -- nm Posted by crash davis 😺 (aka crash -- (edited) - crash davis 😺 Jul 1, 15:02 1
  - SCOTUS Gives Trump Absolute Immunity; Why This Is Joe Manchin's Fault -- nm - Slate Pitchbot Jul 1, 15:08
- I mean... -- nm - Jovian Jul 1, 14:55
- justifiably so -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 1, 14:49 1
  - seriously. f. him, and as if he’s not without fault. — nm - i.b.! Jul 1, 14:56
Well, that’s one way to win a penalty shootout. -- nm - znufrii Jul 1, 14:47 1
- I don’t think I’ve ever seen a shootout win like that - JD Jul 1, 15:22
gonna need Schoolhouse Rock to update this one -- (link*) - hollywood big shot Jul 1, 14:22 [youtube] 1
- Definitely. They skipped over some bodies. -- nm - Max Jul 1, 14:37
oh crap! HAPPY CANADA DAY! (nearly forgot) -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 1, 14:20
You are a gentleman beyond compare znu -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 1, 14:13 2
- Spoils - znufrii Jul 1, 14:16 1
  - Being over halfway on day one of a 31 day challenge is very heartening to me. Thank you so much. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 1, 14:21
Max wants to take P+ to the Smush Room -- (link*) - budice Jul 1, 14:10 4
- Wouldn’t this mean that HBO and Showtime would be finally under the same roof? -- nm - Qale Jul 1, 16:04
- You gotta have money to entertain a merger. - Mop🧹 Jul 1, 15:58
- It sounds like it wants to explore its streaming joint. Which sounds . . . worse. -- nm - pmb Jul 1, 14:45
- That's me! -- nm - CineParaMax Jul 1, 14:38
Ive been watching all the Hellraiser movies. Started watching VIII last night. Did we know that Lance Henriksen, Henry Cavill, and Katheryn Winnick - Jovian Jul 1, 14:09 5
- Are you watching in release order or franchise chronological order? -- nm - JD Jul 1, 15:39 2
  - Ha. No, not at all. -- (edited) - Jovian Jul 1, 16:22 1
    - I've enjoyed the one with Dean Winters (6) and Adam Scott (4) the most. -- nm - Jovian Jul 1, 16:26
- do not do not do not get your hopes up. that being said it's amusing -- nm - Remlik Jul 1, 15:33 1
  - Oh I'm not at all. It's just cracking me up. And Kathryn is just as eye catching as ScarJo is in The Island. - Jovian Jul 1, 16:27
🇨🇦 -- nm - Beryllium Jul 1, 14:05
in happier news… -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 1, 14:05
Here's an argument for the best case scenario of what Jack Smith should do now. It's not everything we would want, but it's at least something. - pmb Jul 1, 14:05
“who knew The Lion King was gonna be so big?!” -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 1, 13:52
So I should totally wear an “RIP USA” shirt and fly an upside-down American flag at the Fourth of July bike parade, right? -- (edited) - znufrii Jul 1, 13:44 10
- If nothing a future president does is illegal, then everything he does is legal. Including cancelling future presidential elections under the guise of - Loyola Jul 1, 14:08 1
  - which is why Joe could do the funniest thing imaginable. Right now. -- nm - Jovian Jul 1, 14:22
- Seriously we need to move away from this - eag Jul 1, 13:49 7
  - Can the unprecedented events that are unfolding around us right now actually BE taken too seriously? nm - Turd Ferguson Jul 1, 14:21 2
    - If you know the history of these United States - eag Jul 1, 14:42 1
      - the thing with current happenings is that there’s an unprecedented bad set. it’s not just a bump in the road, and making it seem less concerning - i.b.! Jul 1, 14:54
  - 👍🏻 - i.b.! Jul 1, 14:09 1
    - I know it's been a rough few days politically - eag Jul 1, 14:15
  - LISTEN TO THIS MAN! -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 1, 13:59
  - we need a few days to mourn the loss of our country and everyhting we 'knew' about government. this is a political 9-11 -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 1, 13:51
Kansas new law goes into effect today. Doctors must ask and record the reason why a woman has an abortion. Reportable data twice a year. - Pippy Jul 1, 13:44 3
- "Because pregnant" -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 1, 13:58
- can't they just tattoo a scarlet letter on their chest? "A" -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 1, 13:47 1
  - Or they can just wear a shirt like Nancy Mace. One to show this and two to show how busty they are: -- (pic) - Jovian Jul 1, 13:49 [Attachment]
David, kim, others - any tips for the Mickey's scary Halloween? -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Jul 1, 13:36 7
- 1) Watch the shows. They're great. 2) Prioritize the rides with holiday overlays. 3) Decide your character greetings ahead of time. - David Jul 1, 14:41
- What date are you going? - Dark Callisto 🦊 Jul 1, 13:42 2
  - He probably won't get hot if he wears a belly dancer costume - decline Jul 1, 13:50
  - Sept 30th I think it is (or within 2-3 days of that) -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Jul 1, 13:50
- get ready to be scared -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 1, 13:39
- "don't go" -- nm* - decline Jul 1, 13:37 1
  - too late -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Jul 1, 13:38
This has to be David in disguise, right ? -- (link) - decline Jul 1, 13:34 2
- He splits his time between there and the I heart Bryce Harper subreddit -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 1, 13:37
- Seems a little brief to be David. -- nm - LFG Jul 1, 13:35
Tom Grossi is a Kraken fan apparently -- (link) - Beaker 🍻 Jul 1, 13:31 [youtube]
Cedar Fair and Six Flags merger is officially complete. Here is the new logo -- (pic) - budice Jul 1, 13:22 [Attachment] 2
- graphic design is their passion -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 1, 14:03
- SFEC -- nm - rollo Jul 1, 13:47
ST poll: what concert would you like to go to of a band that has broken up? -- nm - Pippy Jul 1, 13:17 40
- New Order. -- nm - mud Jul 1, 14:35 1
  - saw the o.g. lineup twice (1989 & 1993) -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 1, 14:38
- Talking Heads -- nm - kelly Jul 1, 14:33
- The Smiths, Oingo Boingo -- nm - JD Jul 1, 14:04 1
  - if morrissey hadn’t shown himself to be a horrible person, I might say the smiths, too. — nm - i.b.! Jul 1, 14:13
- X, black flag.... MDC is a bluegrass band now -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 1, 13:44 4
  - X is still around and starting a tour this weekend -- (link) - gort Jul 1, 14:15
  - Traffic -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 1, 13:45 2
    - saw them in 94 fantastic show -- nm - Remlik Jul 1, 15:53
    - Great answer. Traffic and Blind Faith could have done what Death Cab / Postal Svc are doing -- nm - rollo Jul 1, 13:48
- original Irish Descendants -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Jul 1, 13:40
- MuteMath. Journey (with Steve Perry). -- nm - JaxSean Jul 1, 13:40
- Talking Heads, they did a reunion show IIRC, but not a tour. esp with the rest of the band, Belew and Harrison -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 1, 13:32 2
  - Yup. -- nm - LFG Jul 1, 13:34 1
    - Belew and Harrison did a tour playing the TH catalog, I didn't hear of it in time, late in the pandemic though. -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 1, 13:36
- So many of the bands that sprang to mind have members who are gone. I think everyone from The Police is still alive -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 1, 13:21 21
  - I was trying to think only of broken up bands with no main members dead, and only The Police and Pink Floyd came to mind - Jovian Jul 1, 13:25 7
    - Pink Floyd is the one I would have wanted to see (with the ignorance of Waters' beliefs). Also Queen with Freddie Mercury. I saw them with Adam - pmb Jul 1, 13:37 2
      - Oh, and Led Zeppelin. -- nm - pmb Jul 1, 13:45 1
        
        the Eagles say even Hell won't freeze that much -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 1, 13:48
    - Uhm, I would not lump them together in degree of "shitheels", though. -- nm - LFG Jul 1, 13:26 3
      - thats true, not even in the same realm as Waters -- nm - Jovian Jul 1, 13:27 2
        
        Waters hates Trump, hates the SC. - LFG Jul 1, 13:36 1
        
        yea but he's in the same vein as RFK Jr. -- nm - Jovian Jul 1, 13:38
  - They reunited in '08. Still pissed I could not go. Over 150 shows. -- nm* - LFG Jul 1, 13:24 3
    - I saw them then. Also saw them back in 1980. -- nm* - pmb Jul 1, 13:34
    - good job, stupid -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 1, 13:26
    - indeed -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 1, 13:26
  - n/m -- nm* - Krusty Jul 1, 13:22 8
    - Dune was only a movie. Sting didn't die in that. -- nm - Reagen Jul 1, 13:24 7
      - "I was in Only Murders In the Building." "Corpse?" "Why would you think that?" "..." "Shut up." -- nm* - Max Jul 1, 13:28 3
        
        somebody saw him at Vidcon but didn't say hi, and then was mad at themselves even though they've never listened to any of his music. so why be mad? -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 1, 13:33 2
        
        “ Sting would be another person who's a hero. The music he's created over the years, I don't really listen to it, but the fact that he's making it… - Roger More Jul 1, 14:21 1
        
        they should listen to some of it. the bloom would be off the rose pretty quickly -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 1, 14:29
      - Right, he died in The Labryinth. - Jovian Jul 1, 13:26
      - But I think his acting career did -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 1, 13:25
      - Ha! I had Bowie in my head instead of Sting. -- nm - Krusty Jul 1, 13:25
- The Beatles - hollywood big shot Jul 1, 13:21 2
  - They released a new album last year. Not sure if they're touring though. -- nm - pmb Jul 1, 13:36 1
    - they're not. Tracy has really bad stage anxiety, apparently -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 1, 13:39
"The Boston Celtics majority ownership group, led by Wyc Grousbeck, is planning to make the franchise available for sale." - David Jul 1, 12:52 5
- Buy Low, Sell High. Too many other owners sell Low -- nm - budice Jul 1, 12:55
- Dear Donald, If we buy you this, will you go away? -- nm - LFG Jul 1, 12:53 3
  - Ha. Never ever. Not now. My friends on the court just gave a green light do anything and everything I ever dreamed of. -- nm - American Hitler Jul 1, 13:06 2
    - What of we threw in the Patriots? - LFG Jul 1, 13:13 1
      - on Herr Majesty's orders, DJT now owns all the teams, *all* teams....oh and all restaurants are now Taco Bells, carry on. -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 1, 13:35
Arby's has brought back potato cakes!!! -- nm - David Jul 1, 12:45 13
- grab. them. cakes. -- nm - Junkyard Dog Jul 1, 13:21
- woo! — nm - i.b.! Jul 1, 13:13 1
  - only for a limited time. :( - nm but: -- (pic) - i.b.! Jul 1, 13:21 [Attachment]
- Trish loved their potato cakes. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 1, 12:48 2
  - It was maddening that they took their best item off the menu. -- nm - David Jul 1, 12:48 1
    - I could see no rationale for it -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 1, 12:57
- Ha. You just pointed out the only piece of joy I have encountered today! :) -- nm - Jovian Jul 1, 12:47 6
  - Everything's coming up Jovian! Go out and celebrate! -- nm - David Jul 1, 12:48 5
    - Oh I am going to get out alright, but it'll be in early 2025 and its not going to be to celebrate. -- nm - Jovian Jul 1, 12:50 4
      - They're just potato cakes, Jovian! -- nm - David Jul 1, 12:51 3
        
        lol. well maybe if they bring back those hushpuppy fish sticks too from several months ago. -- nm - Jovian Jul 1, 12:54 2
        
        OCEAN MEAT -- nm - colin Jul 1, 13:00 1
        
        WE HAVE THE... -- nm - LFG Jul 1, 13:03
quarter-century tradition of respectful dissents while the FedSoc goons take a wrecking ball to American democracy -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 1, 12:45
LIR. If Drumpf is re elected, he is definitely locking up Hilary. It will score him points with his base. He's evil and mean. - Pippy Jul 1, 12:40 9
- Nobody will be able to tell him no, uh sir, you can't do that... because they'll be gone and replaced with someone who will no matter what -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 1, 13:02 4
  - "It's totally different. Nixon went purge and then immunity claim. Mine goes immunity and then purge. It's not the same." -- nm - Vanilla Ice Jul 1, 13:06
  - IT IS A LITERAL FOURTH REICH - Jovian Jul 1, 13:04 2
    - spoils - Beryllium Jul 1, 13:37 1
      - First they went after LGBTQ, and mentally challenged, well jews were already excluded from government and professional jobs using *our* Jim crow laws -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 1, 14:08
- nvm, everyone already said that. -- nm* - colin Jul 1, 12:57
- I honestly do not think that will happen. Audits of her last 20 years, No Fly List and whatever else he can think of, though. -- nm - LFG Jul 1, 12:51
- That, pardoning everyone involved with Jan 6 and the false electors, and leaving NATO are all things that happen within his first month. -- nm - Jovian Jul 1, 12:41 1
  - Lets see, what else. Probably would abolish the FBI at some point, concentration camps for non-citizens, a total abortion ban with criminal penalties, - Jovian Jul 1, 12:47
NHL contract grades: Brandon Montour gives Kraken what they need on the blue line - crash davis 😺 Jul 1, 12:36 1
- NHL contract grades: The Kraken take a pricey gamble on Chandler Stephenson - crash davis 😺 Jul 1, 12:38
TV PSA: Raw, American Ninja Warrior, Name That Tune, The Wall, Race to Survive, Cris Miro, Love Island, The 1% Club, Memory, Star Trek Prodigy, - Beaker 🍻 Jul 1, 12:32 1
- these titles this time next year: Raw, American MAGA Warrior, Name that Migrant, The Wall, Race to Survive, Cris Miro: Immigrant, Epstein Island, 1% - Jovian Jul 1, 12:40
You know spies. Bunch of bitchy little girls. -- nm - David Jul 1, 12:30 1
- Rubber Duckie with the best response -- (link) - budice Jul 1, 12:32

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