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Kamala's first event as presidential candidate -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 22, 08:59
i still hope Kamala never sits down for that NYT interview -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 22, 08:58 3
- I wonder why NYT hates that man so much. -- nm - Diva Jul 22, 09:16
- FUCK THEM -- nm - David Jul 22, 09:09
- Yeah, the media came up with a new rule that if any part of the economy wasn't great than the whole thing sucks. -- nm - Inigo Jul 22, 09:00
heh, this small comment about last nights House of the Dragon made me crack up (spoils) -- (edited) - Jovian Jul 22, 08:49
Stolen from Twitter: As of this moment, the 2024 election would be the first since 1976 to not have a Bush, Biden or Clinton on a presidential ticket. - Walt_Disney Jul 22, 08:49 2
- if RFK wasn't assassinated in 68, his former staffers don't hold a reunion on Chappaquiddick in July 69 and Teddy doesn't drive off the bridge - hollywood big shot Jul 22, 08:55
- Someone should float the rumor that Kamala is looking at Hunter Biden as a potential VP. That might just end Hannity and them. -- nm - Turd Ferguson Jul 22, 08:55
So those who work and were affected by Cloudstrike everything good now - eag Jul 22, 08:45 9
- Airplanes are back. -- nm - . Jul 22, 12:15
- Now for *Crowdstrike, it ain't. That company is toast. -- nm* - Mop🧹 Jul 22, 09:23 2
  - stock is -30% now. RIP -- nm - oblique Jul 22, 09:28 1
    - Dave's Garage is a great YouTube channel from a retired Windows developer. He broke down what Crowdstrike did wrong. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Jul 22, 09:32 [youtube]
- Supposedly Crowdstrike had a fix on Friday, but not everyone affected used it. *shrug* -- nm - Diva Jul 22, 09:17 1
  - It was Friday... -- nm - . Jul 22, 12:15
- Our system is fixed but I still need to go through a procedure to get my VPN back up and running. - pmb Jul 22, 09:16
- But Delta Airlines is still struggling. Not with IT but with rescheduling all those flights. -- nm - Meg Jul 22, 08:56 1
  - Secretary Pete has given them a stern talking too -- nm - Pippy Jul 22, 09:15
Hmm, our city council meeting tomorrow night has been cancelled and the next one is scheduled three weeks from now. Wonder what that's about? -- nm - Meg Jul 22, 08:44 5
- It's summer, who wants to sit in a room full of people? -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 22, 10:01
- They’ve been recalled to their home planet. -- nm - Loyola Jul 22, 09:32
- covid? - oblique Jul 22, 09:19 1
  - or, they are just using that as an excuse and you just have a reputation - decline Jul 22, 09:22
- A new candidate for council pres who recently freed up his 2025 schedule needs time to prepare -- nm - rollo Jul 22, 09:00
Lebron James will be the flag bearer for Team USA at the Paris opening ceremonies. - Will Hunting Jul 22, 08:38 9
- Eh, he’s proud to represent his country same as everyone else. Why not him. Maybe it’ll bring more eyeballs to the olympics. -- nm - Loyola Jul 22, 09:35
- My understanding is that it's voted on by the athletes and not by the US Olympic Committee. I also think it should be someone else. There has to be - Krusty Jul 22, 09:15 1
  - Or an athlete who's been at the Olympics more than once and hasn't carried the flag. -- nm - . Jul 22, 12:13
- Simone or Ledecky for the women? -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 22, 08:45 5
  - Simone since I think Ledecky has another cycle in her. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 22, 09:01
  - Lebron 6' 9"...Simone 4' 8" -- nm - decline Jul 22, 08:50
  - If they want to make a statement, it should be Griner, a black lesbian wrongfully imprisoned by Russia. -- nm - David Jul 22, 08:47 2
    - word -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jul 22, 08:54
    - oh, agreed -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 22, 08:54
"As noted by a reporter at the Knoxville News, a recent SEC press release cited “TEX” as the abbreviation for Texas" - David Jul 22, 08:38
So Joe is now a lame duck and has total immunity for all of his actions. - decline Jul 22, 08:31 2
- he's out on the front porch of the white house, cleaning his shotgun. -- nm - colin Jul 22, 08:38
- HAM Biden! -- nm - David Jul 22, 08:34
remind me never to mess with an elk -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 22, 08:26
Random Roles with Blair Underwood -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Jul 22, 08:14
ST Stolen From Twitter Poll: Whata your favorite black and white movie? —I’ll start Third Man -- nm - Trending Jul 22, 08:10 39
- Maltese Falcon. Young Frankenstein. Werewolf by Night. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 22, 09:43
- Casablanca, Some Like It Hot, The Apartment, Maltese Falcon, High Sierra, Treasure of the Sierra Madre, Sabrina. -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Jul 22, 08:52
- Its a Wonderful Life -- nm - Walt_Disney Jul 22, 08:49
- Ed Wood (for movies that didnt need to be in B&W I guess) -- (edited) - Jovian Jul 22, 08:38
- I have quite a soft spot for Bring Up Baby. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 22, 08:31
- 12 Angry Men -- nm - Loyola Jul 22, 08:31
- I almost watched 3rd Man yesterday but my viewing partner eschews black and white -- nm - rollo Jul 22, 08:29 1
  - The worst thing about The Third Man is that damn zither. -- nm - mara Jul 22, 08:30
- M. -- nm - colin Jul 22, 08:27 1
  - i've always like the old comedians (Keaton, Chaplin)..7 Chances and The Great Dictator are two of my favs. In modern times, The Artist was lovely. -- nm - colin Jul 22, 08:40
- so so many .. - mud Jul 22, 08:23
- The Night of the Hunter and Touch of Evil were the first two that popped into my head. -- nm - Dano Jul 22, 08:16
- Young Frankenstein. Also, Raging Bull, Pi, Clerks, 12 Angry Men and Psycho. -- nm - Krusty Jul 22, 08:15
- It's A Wonderful Life but Lawrence of Arabia also up there -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 22, 08:15 3
  - wait... -- (pic) - mara Jul 22, 08:24 [Attachment]
  - wait . . . - hollywood big shot Jul 22, 08:16 1
    - heh; forgot it was in colour; the first time I ever watched it was on a B&W TV at university at like 2AM :) -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 22, 08:28
- Casablanca but in recent years I've watched 8 1/2 more times due to Claudia and the general strangeness of it -- nm - JD Jul 22, 08:14
- All About Eve. Followed closely by Seven Samurai, Casablanca and Sunset Blvd. (NM) - Marlowe Jul 22, 08:14
- Clerks -- nm - budice Jul 22, 08:14 1
  - This -- nm - J Jul 22, 08:37
- Rear Window was good. I can't think of anything I liked better. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 22, 08:13 9
  - Casablanca, Notorious, Bringing Up Baby, Woman of the Year, The Artist -- nm - David Jul 22, 08:34 1
    - No- No- Notorious♪ -- nm - simon le mud Jul 22, 08:40
  - (Here's a list of Hitchcock's B&W films) -- (link) - mara Jul 22, 08:18 4
    - Ok, that's weird. My brain is doing funny things this morning. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 22, 08:20 3
      - Memory is weird. Once you visualize something, your brain doesn't know if the image is something experienced or something imagined. -- nm - mara Jul 22, 08:25 2
        
        It's called the Mandingo effect -- nm - Roger More Jul 22, 08:29 1
        
        Ha! -- nm - mara Jul 22, 08:29
  - It is a little known fact that it is in B&W. Even Hitch and DoP Robert Burks swear it is in color. (NM) - Marlowe Jul 22, 08:16
  - Yeah—few used B&W better than Hitchcock…love that movie too -- nm - Trending Jul 22, 08:14
- I'd be hard pressed to think of one but an honorable mention for me is Dead Again (half black and white). Don't know why but I love this movie. -- nm - oblique Jul 22, 08:12
- Paper Moon, Night of the Hunter, The 39 Steps, Roman Holiday -- nm - LMS Jul 22, 08:12 2
  - All great ones—wish more people would see The 39 Steps so great and criminally underrated -- nm - Trending Jul 22, 08:13 1
    - Forgot The Apartment, but I could be here forever with Billy Wilder films on the list. -- nm - LMS Jul 22, 08:23
- I'd probably pick an Astaire/Rogers (Swing Time), or It's a Wonderful Life, or Citizen Kane, or Casablanca, or.... -- nm - mara Jul 22, 08:11 1
  - Forgot about Wonderful Life—that’s a yearly ritual for me -- nm - Trending Jul 22, 08:12
- of late, Roma. all time? prolly still Citizen Kane -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 22, 08:11 1
  - though if it's just favorite movie that happens to be in b&w (not best use of b&w as a medium) . . . My Man Godfrey -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 22, 08:46
'Homicide: Life on the Street' Finally Set to Stream, Launching in August on Peacock -- (link) - LMS Jul 22, 08:03 5
- The first 2 seasons are exquisite television -- nm - rollo Jul 22, 08:28
- we did it, Joe -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 22, 08:09 1
  - I've emailed our Head of Acquisitions. -- nm - LMS Jul 22, 08:17
- There's still hope for Ed TV! :-) -- nm - Krusty Jul 22, 08:08 1
  - ~It'll be coming home next year~ -- nm - Reagen Jul 22, 08:13
Update on Biden and ballots in GA. The DNC nominee will be on the ballot. -- (link*) - Strongbad Jul 22, 07:57 7
- I know it's a state by state thing. Are there any states where Biden is actually already on the ballot? -- nm - Dano Jul 22, 08:05 1
  - I think the only state where there was a potential problem was Ohio, and that's been fixed. - mara Jul 22, 08:08
- Am I misreading this? I dont see where it says that at all? - Jovian Jul 22, 08:00
- That says the opposite - whoever the Dems nominate will be on the ballot -- nm - Roger More Jul 22, 07:59
- "Whomever the Democrats nominate will be on as well." Seems like they're saying it won't be him as he hasn't been nominated. -- nm - Krusty Jul 22, 07:59 2
  - Sorry for the confusion. Yall are correct. My typing didn't match my brain. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 22, 08:01 1
    - Ha! All good. :-) -- nm - Krusty Jul 22, 08:08
If you were running for office, and could get any song to be your "anthem/walk-on-stage song" what song would you pick? -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 22, 07:53 11
- Something upbeat or optimistic. Feelin' Good, Here Comes the Sun, Lovely Day (yeah, just use the playlist from Biden's inaugural concert) -- nm - mara Jul 22, 08:14
- It's Alright -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 22, 08:10
- I'll steal pitcher Craig Kimbrel's from a few years ago. "Sweet Child 'O Mine". Just the intro. It gets turned down when Axl sings. -- nm - Last Of My Kind Jul 22, 08:09
- Shaboozy! -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 22, 07:59
- Balls Mahoney's theme song -- nm - Strongbad Jul 22, 07:58
- Smooth criminal -- nmbsha - oblique Jul 22, 07:58 1
  - real answer - Sabotage, Beastie Boys (even if they sue me) -- nm - oblique Jul 22, 08:01
- Triumph - Wu Tang Clan -- (link) - Krusty Jul 22, 07:57 [youtube] 2
  - Time 4 Sum Aksion - Redman -- (link) - Krusty Jul 22, 08:00 [youtube] 1
    - I remember Tyson used this song to come down to the ring and the song lasted longer than the fight as Mike knocked the guy out in seconds. -- nm - Krusty Jul 22, 08:03
- Big Shit Poppin by T.I. -- nm - Roger More Jul 22, 07:56
hey when she's right she's right -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 22, 07:43 11
- Haley thought the GOP would go for her…they’ll eventually run Sarah Huckabee as their first woman, GOP Presidential candidate. Haley blew her shot -- nm* - Trending Jul 22, 07:49 9
  - For me. This election cycle exposed Haley as nothing but an exceptionally ambitious person who would do or say anything to get elected. - Jovian Jul 22, 08:03 8
    - I mean, that's basically politicians -- nm - ty97 Jul 22, 08:14 1
      - Yes. Some are just better at it not looking that way than others. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 22, 08:22
    - there was so much more she could have said to actually win the nomination. if anything she didn't take the gloves off until it was far too late - hollywood big shot Jul 22, 08:06 5
      - She read the room. -- nm - Diva Jul 22, 09:13
      - Yup—I remember Clinton vs Obama and how nasty that got—Haley didn’t even try to really go after Trump. -- nm - Trending Jul 22, 08:11 3
        
        My opinion, it would have come off strange given she was a member of his cabinet that left on relatively good terms. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 22, 08:16 1
        
        he was convicted of 34 felonies and his opponents' reaction was "no, it's the judge and jury who were wrong" -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 22, 08:18
        
        Clinton/Obama made me stop reading Andrew Sullivan. -- nm - mara Jul 22, 08:15
- *chuckling* -- nm - Pippy Jul 22, 07:48
Can ST summarize any key takeaways from Biden speech? - LFG Jul 22, 07:40 2
- which Biden speech? -- nm - mud Jul 22, 08:02 1
  - I thought he spoke today. -- nm - LFG Jul 22, 09:34
My fave part of the X-box controllers is that yes, Logan has pockets in his suit. f- the lines! -- nm - LFG Jul 22, 07:39
Shapiro may ultimately be the more strategic VP pick but Beshear seems uniquely suited to gut JD Vance in a one-on-one debate -- (link*) - hollywood big shot Jul 22, 07:37 9
- Do VP debates *really* matter though? -- nm - ty97 Jul 22, 07:39 2
  - Imo, not at all. But I also think it her pick should be Pete. -- nm - Inigo Jul 22, 07:42
  - in this campaign everything matters -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 22, 07:41
- Would Harris/Shapiro be too one issue focused ( women's rights)? -- nm - Pippy Jul 22, 07:38 5
  - I felt it was more the dual-attorney general angle. She might need a VP with slightly different credentials than her -- nm - oblique Jul 22, 07:48 1
    - i think people are overthinking these distinctions. end of the day the ticket is still running against Trump -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 22, 07:59
  - most voters since Dobbs: "It's the only argument I need, Shawn!" -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 22, 07:42 2
    - Yep, given it’s won every election since…ride heavy on it. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 22, 07:43
    - Oh agree a 100% and apropos of nothing, Shapiro's Tik Toks came up several times last night in my for you page. I've never seen him before. Hmmm -- nm - Pippy Jul 22, 07:43
I don't see Newsom on the ticket, just because I think two Californians isn't a great idea. -- nm - ty97 Jul 22, 07:36 6
- and constitutionally infirm for the same reason Lil Marco was -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 22, 07:38 3
  - Explain? -- nm - mara Jul 22, 07:52 2
    - VP and Prez candidates can't be from the same state (or that state's electoral votes don't count) -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 22, 07:57
    - NM -- twelfth amendment. -- nm - mara Jul 22, 07:56
- and I also believe their is Constitutional issues with this as well? -- nm - Jovian Jul 22, 07:38
- *ding* -- nm - LFG Jul 22, 07:37
Volnelk, an essential recruiting tip... - David Jul 22, 07:15
TIFF Galas & Presentations Lineup -- (edited) - LMS Jul 22, 07:10
FWIW, I highly recommend electing ex-prosecutors around 60 years old as national leaders. -- nm - LMS Jul 22, 07:07 3
- I had no idea who you were talking about. Until I looked up Kamala's age. She looks fantastic for 59. - Pippy Jul 22, 07:47 1
  - *cries in 52* :) -- nm - oblique Jul 22, 07:48
- Especially when their opponent is a convicted felon facing dozens of additional charges -- nm - decline Jul 22, 07:44
Kameltoe is trending on “X” not for any picture, but because MAGA is a bunch of sexists and this is their attempt to attack Kamala -- nm - Trending Jul 22, 07:07 10
- "Yes, I am a woman. Next?" -- nm - Kamala Jul 22, 07:38 1
  - I'd go with something along the lines of "Crude jokes about female anatomy are what we expect from the 'Grab 'em by the pussy' party. - mara Jul 22, 08:00
- Very on Brand for both Maga and Twitter -- nm - Pippy Jul 22, 07:27
- I don't feel this will win anyone over to their cause. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 22, 07:21
- and with X being owned and ran by possibly the biggest antisemite, misogynist and racist on the planet, I am sure thats by design. -- nm* - Jovian Jul 22, 07:16 1
  - With the sense of humor of a 12 year old boy. -- nm - pmb Jul 22, 07:27
- How very junior high school. -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Jul 22, 07:09 3
  - That's it right there. That's what MAGA is. They're the middle school bullies. Nothing more, nothing less. nm - Turd Ferguson Jul 22, 07:11 2
    - Armed middle school bullies, yes. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 22, 07:53
    - A bit more dangerous, but, yes. -- nm - LFG Jul 22, 07:38
Word. -- nm - budice Jul 22, 07:06

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