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Musk moving X and SpaceX to Texas, because California supports transgender rights or something like that - Jovian Jul 16, 13:43 4
- The man has a trans daughter... -- nm - Andie Jul 16, 13:48 2
  - who disowned him because he was such a dick -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 16, 13:51
  - "You cant win them all!" Andie - Jovian Jul 16, 13:50
- Pretty sure it's just because Texas has an X in it. -- nm - Roger More Jul 16, 13:45
The power is back! (At my house not everywhere.) Woo! -- nm - Andie Jul 16, 13:38 1
- You will now be asked to WFH. -- nm - LFG Jul 16, 13:38
MAGAs just finding out JD Vance has, “A non-white wife”… -- nm - Trending Jul 16, 13:27 2
- And a practicing Hindu according to Wikipedia. Ohhh the horrors of a non-Christian woman so close to the Presidency!!!! -- nm - Walt_Disney Jul 16, 14:13
- OMG! She is from a horrible place, too. - LFG Jul 16, 13:34
three days without so much as a peep from whatever doctor(s) treated the presidential candidate who claims to have been shot in the ear -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 16, 13:27 8
- The longer this goes, the more I'm certain he wasn't actually shot. nm -- nm - Turd Ferguson Jul 16, 13:35 7
  - I mean, he was definitely shot at. I suspect the damage was extremely minimal (he's extraordinarily lucky). I would not be surprised if they are - pmb Jul 16, 13:39 6
    - I guess last night he said he shouldn't be there, he should be dead? - LFG Jul 16, 13:44 3
      - he is a sociopath of the highest order, your IM was never ever EVER on the table. -- nm - Jovian Jul 16, 13:49
      - first thing i've ever agreed with him about -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 16, 13:44 1
        
        ha -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 16, 13:47
    - i guess it's more the stark contrast between no apparent interest in even finding out v. three straight weeks of press bullying the sitting prez - hollywood big shot Jul 16, 13:43 1
      - Exactly. Think they'd let this slide if it were Biden? Not a fuckin chance. -- nm - Turd Ferguson Jul 16, 13:45
Worldwide Box Office Update (see IM): Inside Out 2 hits $1.35B, Bad Boys $375M; Despicable Me 4 nears $450M, Quiet Place $225M - MDH Jul 16, 13:01 3
- IF deserves better than this. Just sayin. -- nm - Turd Ferguson Jul 16, 13:15 2
  - It is right there with Quiet Place, though! -- nm - LFG Jul 16, 13:23 1
    - The Imagination of John Krasinski is nothing if not consistent -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 16, 13:31
Trae Crowder on JD Vance -- (link) - Reagen Jul 16, 12:49 5
- Dirka Dirka -- (pic) -- (link*) - JD Vance si Jul 16, 13:23 [Attachment]
- "like pounding beers with a spreadsheet" -- nm - Tim Jul 16, 13:11 2
  - yup -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jul 16, 13:20
  - Sounds like fun. -- nm - Eve Online players Jul 16, 13:11
- I watched that earlier. He's so dang great. -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Jul 16, 12:55
STIS: Should I consider replacing a kitchen faucet on my own? Or hiring a handyman to do it? - ReluctantCynic Jul 16, 12:46 17
- Just make sure to reattach the hot and cold in right order. -- nm - . Jul 16, 13:54 2
  - our handy guy got it backwards, didn't say anything as it was cheap and a favor -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 16, 14:00
  - I've replaced kitchen and bathroom faucets, and toilets. My dad was the one with the talent for mixing up the hot and cold. -- nm - . Jul 16, 13:58
- It's not that hard at all. You can do it. I believe in you. -- nm - Turd Ferguson Jul 16, 13:14
- Amy did our bathroom faucets, but she is kinda gifted or something. -- nm - LFG Jul 16, 13:07
- if you replace it yourself, will you live stream it so those of us who have gone through such "fun" can laugh at you? -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 16, 13:07 1
  - Yes. And I'll even dress as a plumber. - ReluctantCynic Jul 16, 13:42
- I thought the same thing. Watched half a youtube video and went "no way." Handyman did the whole thing in maybe 20 minutes. -- nm - MDH Jul 16, 13:02
- make a list of all the stuff around the house which needs to be done besides the Fawcette, and call a handyman -- nm - Peglegpete Jul 16, 13:00 1
  - if just the Fawcette, I trust that you can do it yourself. -- nm - Peglegpete Jul 16, 13:01
- You can do it. Just make sure you have plumbers tape, good wrenches, and stretch properly first. - JaxSean Jul 16, 12:59
- Just the faucet is easy as long as you turn off the water first. - Krusty Jul 16, 12:58 1
  - I recently replaced the faucet in our kitchen. Easy peasy. If you're unsure there are lots of YouTube videos that walk you through it. -- nm - Krusty Jul 16, 12:59
- they have indoor plumbing in Oregon? -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 16, 12:54 1
  - Yes. We learned much on the Oregon Trail, especially how to prevent dysentery. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jul 16, 13:43
- As already noted, basin I would have done. Faucet I would likely try myself first this time. Unless faucet is really funky with lots of.extras. -- nm - VMan Jul 16, 12:53
- My dad and I replaced my kitchen sink a while back when we first moved into our first home (the whole basin). That stuff is generally - oblique Jul 16, 12:49
worst NBA owner by a goodly margin is big mad the league might be going down the path of… the NFL -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 16, 12:31 1
- And he's never going to sell. -- nm - Krusty Jul 16, 12:43
I'll share a puppy pic today. - pmb Jul 16, 12:25 [Attachment] 8
- sssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss sssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssswee t (hmm that was weird, i didn't key all those sssss) -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 16, 13:45
- I love ALL the puppy pics. - Dark Callisto 🦊 Jul 16, 12:56
- That is a fine lookin' pup. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jul 16, 12:47
- Awwww -- nm - Pippy 🇨🇦 Jul 16, 12:43
- So cute!! -- nm - Krusty Jul 16, 12:42
- I love puppy pics! -- nm - Dano Jul 16, 12:26
- Cute! Looks like a happy pup! Recent haircut? -- nm - Trending Jul 16, 12:26 1
  - Got a trim a couple of weeks ago. -- nm - pmb Jul 16, 12:27
Comedy Pet Photography Awards 2024 Winners -- (link) - JD Jul 16, 12:18 1
- Mission Impossible cat -- nm - Max Jul 16, 12:22
happy Pandora's Box Opening Day to all who celebrate -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 16, 12:08
"Marvel removes Jewish superhero Sabra's Israeli identity for new Captain America movie" -- (link*) - budice Jul 16, 12:07 3
- And also Galactus is now human-sized, Invisible Woman is now visible, and Jubilee is now the most powerful mutant in existence. - Baron of the Rings Jul 16, 13:00
- The hummus attacks will just seem out of nowhere now. -- nm - Reagen Jul 16, 12:33 1
  - ha! -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jul 16, 12:45
“The doom loop of modern politics” - Loyola Jul 16, 12:00
Union Station in Toronto: -- (link) - mud Jul 16, 11:51 3
- Power is out in the CBC newsroom. -- (link) - budice Jul 16, 12:16 1
  - No news is good news! -- nm - Trending Jul 16, 12:25
- Don Valley Parkway -- (link) - mud Jul 16, 11:54
No, I didn't make it. Website maps chipotle cost variances across the US -- (link) - oblique Jul 16, 11:47
Amazon Enforces New Office Hours. "Coffee badging" refers to employees who badge in, get coffee, and leave to satisfy their RTO -- (link) - budice Jul 16, 11:34
i think Karen Bass was still a better choice than Rick Caruso but it's getting harder to see how -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 16, 11:31
Well, so far our flight isn't delayed. 🤞 -- nm - Beryllium Jul 16, 11:26
Trump hasn’t called the other victims families…but apparently has a gofundme going @ $4M so far -- nm* - Trending Jul 16, 11:22 11
- a drop in the bucket compared to the 45 million *a month* that Elon Musk has promised his campaign. -- nm - Jovian Jul 16, 12:01 3
  - And if there's one thing that Musk is great on, it's backing up his public statements. -- nm - Reagen Jul 16, 12:34 1
    - Well the WSJ did an entire article on it. -- nm* - Jovian Jul 16, 12:36
  - Though is one thing that Musk would be buying in a Trump presidency continued government subsidies for EVs? -- nm - Dano Jul 16, 12:26
- If it’s established that there were shortcomings in the actions of the Secret Service, I wonder if the victim’s families would have recourse to a - Loyola Jul 16, 11:27 1
  - scotus ruled that law efforcement has no obligation to do anything to enforce the law....NOTE: they already beefed up security after CIA informed -- nm - SS about the Iran threat Jul 16, 13:50
- Any chance they see any of that money? -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 16, 11:25 1
  - 0.01% -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 16, 11:47
- for himself or them? -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 16, 11:25 2
  - tbh I didn't expect anything other than for him. I was going to reply with .. - Beryllium Jul 16, 11:43
  - L3! -- nm - LFG Jul 16, 11:42
Secret Service had ramped up protection after learning about an Iranian plot to assassinate 45 -- (link) - Remlik Jul 16, 11:18 4
- Uhm... "a development that led to the Secret Service increasing security around the former president in recent weeks" - LFG Jul 16, 12:26 1
  - I was in a room of dumbass conservative family members when he got shot -- they're all ranting about Soros... - Will Hunting Jul 16, 12:32
- good good. more fuel for his campaign that quite frankly doesnt need any. - Jovian Jul 16, 12:02
- I hope they all have golf cleats. -- nm - LFG Jul 16, 11:30
tired: unread emails, wired: unopened texts -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 16, 11:17 1
- 0 -- nm - oblique Jul 16, 11:57
Honest Trailers | Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Jul 16, 11:16 [youtube]
Oddity - Official Trailer (100% at RT) -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Jul 16, 11:14 [youtube]
Collecting my "zero bump" marker -- (link) - Reagen Jul 16, 11:14 7
- I'd bet it's still marinating. Wouldn't race to issue that marker yet. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jul 16, 12:26 1
  - I mean maybe, but the lack of severity of injury plus the extremely known quantity of Trump says to me that no one moves on this. -- nm - Reagen Jul 16, 12:33
- it's *wild* that a 20-year old came within 1mm of blowing a presidential candidate's head off on live TV only 72 hours ago -- nm* - hollywood big shot Jul 16, 11:36 3
  - and it apparently generated zero overall sympathy from the general public -- nm - decline Jul 16, 11:37 2
    - lotta bitten tongue injuries in the ER on sunday -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 16, 11:40 1
      - Kyle Gass wishing he was one. -- nm - mud Jul 16, 12:01
- *snatches the marker, runs over to the roulette table, and places the marker on the bar between 4 and 5* -- nm - Baron of the Rings Jul 16, 11:33
the "Try on virtually" feature on Warby Parker is pretty cool -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jul 16, 11:04 1
- Do they sell cock rings? -- nm - grooiney Jul 16, 11:07
The Challenge 40: Eras trailer, let's try that again -- (link) - mud Jul 16, 11:01 [youtube]
Wall Street to Zaddy: you really suck at this -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 16, 10:55 1
- I've had this article open in a tab for a week. Look at that loveable face. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Jul 16, 10:57
Huh? They're ripping up the street outside *again*!! - Meg Jul 16, 10:46 3
- (invisible) mistakes were made -- nm - LFG Jul 16, 11:14 1
  - Working on manhole covers. Maybe they paved them over. -- nm - Meg Jul 16, 11:47
- Edinger is just shredded near Bella Terra in HB -- nm - budice Jul 16, 10:52
The Deal Guy is doing his Prime Day marathon. He's gonna kill himself doing this. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Jul 16, 10:45 [youtube] 1
- "And if you want a to stay updated on Amazon deals this is the lowest price I've seen on the AI Smart Speaker To Replace...The Deal Guy... oh..." -- nm - Max Jul 16, 11:02
She was very drunk. -- (link) - Tim Jul 16, 10:42 8
- One of her songs is called Wishful Drinking, so... awkward to perform that one again -- nm - Reagen Jul 16, 10:56 2
  - She stole that from Carrie Fisher. -- nm - Baron of the Rings Jul 16, 11:00
  - hey now -- nm - budice Jul 16, 10:58
- They should have got Enrico Palatzo to sing it -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 16, 10:52
- Pain -- (link) - JD Jul 16, 10:51 [youtube]
- Guess it wasn't the autotune -- nm - oblique Jul 16, 10:49
- May you never fuck up so badly that you have to check into rehab the next day. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 16, 10:44 1
  - trust me. it's also not too smart to check into rehab so stoned on highballs you OD. -- nm - Jerry Garcia Jul 16, 10:50
Ingrid Andress addresses national anthem criticism, saying she was drunk and is checking into a rehab facility. -- nm - budice Jul 16, 10:41 1
- Whether this is true or not this is a brilliant PR move to recover her career from last night. -- nm - Jovian Jul 16, 10:43
FB lib group post: trumpnuts are cutting their ear in solidarity. Claims it started in Idaho, don't worry crash we know you just cosplay -- nm - Van Gough Jul 16, 10:38
Ringer's best shows on 2024 so far - Beaker 🍺 Jul 16, 10:38 5
- The Sympathizer should have worked better for me than it did. (And the gimmick blew.) -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jul 16, 12:28
- 5: Conan Must Go, Mr and Mrs Smith, Tokyo Vice, Shogun, Fallout -- nm - Beryllium Jul 16, 12:00 1
  - (In no particular order) -- nm - Beryllium Jul 16, 12:00
- 2 (Mr. and Mrs. Smith, and Fallout). -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 16, 11:28 1
  - Word. Started Ripley and immediately realized it was not for me. Like, 2 minutes in. - LFG Jul 16, 11:52
BB: the contest the wife won was not only $1K, 2 tickets to Calgary on Westjet BUT also 2 tickets anywhere they fly to out of Calgary - Beaker 🍺 Jul 16, 10:36 9
- and move to somewhere decent? -- (link) - JD Jul 16, 10:53 [youtube]
- Incredible!!@ -- nm - Andie Jul 16, 10:45
- "I don't know officer, he claimed his wife had won a couple tickets to fly anywhere in the world out of Calgary. Just assumed that's a thing up there" -- nm - me, when the RCMP comes knocking Jul 16, 10:44
- Dayam -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 16, 10:40
- Looks like WestJet goes to Tokyo from Calgary... -- nm - oblique Jul 16, 10:38 3
  - Also Seoul, Paris, Barcelona, Rome -- nm - Reagen Jul 16, 11:58 1
    - Barcelona is leading with Iceland in 2nd currently -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 16, 12:27
  - This. -- nm - gort Jul 16, 11:14
- That's an awesome win! Congrats!! -- nm - Krusty Jul 16, 10:38
get to SCOTUS Bobby Goldbrick -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 16, 10:34 1
- Diplomatic Immunity! -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 16, 10:36
has Andie started building an ark yet? -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 16, 10:30 10
- 165,000 w/o power in Toronto. Flooding everywhere, TTC stations shut -- (link) - budice Jul 16, 10:42 7
  - I am sitting at my desk eating Shanghai noodles. Debating how to get home. -- nm - Andie Jul 16, 10:47 6
    - How many floors is your building? -- nm - Meg Jul 16, 11:58
    - Don't eat them. Fashion them into a rudimentary raft. -- nm - Baron of the Rings Jul 16, 10:54
    - Row v Wade -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 16, 10:52 3
      - Andie, find a contest to win a boat, quick! -- nm - LFG Jul 16, 13:45
      - 👍 -- nm - JD Jul 16, 10:58
      - snort -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 16, 10:57
- Just saw some of the Toronto news....was checking on Andie...Mrs Disney is in Toronto area right now and supposed to fly back tonight -- nm - Walt_Disney Jul 16, 10:42 1
  - May she have an easier time than her flight out! -- nm - Meg Jul 16, 11:05
Well, since I don't have any new games I'm itching to play and my build is only about 10% off for Prime Day, I think I'm going to wait until BF - oblique Jul 16, 10:28 3
- 20% Off Amazon Warehouse/Resale items as well. Does include CPUs, Memory, etc -- nm - budice Jul 16, 10:38
- NMS - sounds like something big is brewing. Sean has been posting on X again -- nm - decline Jul 16, 10:30 1
  - I played that new expedition for about 2 days and I flaked on it. I do hope they make it a new game mode going forward. -- nm - oblique Jul 16, 10:31
To the Francophones here, was the French on my form correct? I know about as much French as Jed Bartlet so I relied on Google Translate. -- nm - Baron of the Rings Jul 16, 10:28 3
- I think I must have missed a link somewhere. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 16, 10:41 2
  - The Olympics pool up at the top of the page. -- nm - Krusty Jul 16, 10:58
  - Look up. ^^^^^ -- nm - Baron of the Rings Jul 16, 10:51
ahahaha -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 16, 10:27
LIR: Mop. Three Gorges -- (link) - oblique Jul 16, 10:26
All I know is that Cole Pennington threw for nearly 10k yards, won the Heisman, and led Marshall to a 16-0 record last night. - David Jul 16, 10:25 1
- What did Grampa think? -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Jul 16, 12:57

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