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Man, never use your AAdvantage miles to book a hotel. - Mop🧹 Jul 23, 09:19 1
- yeah, every time we use any of that shit I always fear the worst -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 23, 09:41
I hope these republicans asking Pres Biden to resign - eag Jul 23, 09:15 10
- wait now they want him to resign?? -- nm - ☀️ mandy chem ☀️ Jul 23, 09:31 5
  - Some are saying it for health reasons, others for policy reasons. -- (link) - mara Jul 23, 09:34 2
    - So long as Harris is Veep, she can claim all of Biden's victories and discard the unpopular decisions. - Mop🧹 Jul 23, 09:40 1
      - yup. -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 23, 09:41
  - It was pretty much their first talking point. “If he’s not fit to run, he’s not fit to serve.” -- nm - znufrii Jul 23, 09:32 1
    - To be clear, it was Trump, rather than professional pundits seeking air/spitballing. -- nm - con_carne Jul 23, 09:35
- According to Senator Mike Lee, they arent even sure he is alive or has been replaced with a replicant. - Jovian Jul 23, 09:21 3
  - Cylon, obviously. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 23, 09:30
  - The “Biden is dead” stuff is so lame— -- nm - Trending Jul 23, 09:25 1
    - its all coming from Laura Loomer too -- nm - Jovian Jul 23, 09:26
anyone watching Those About to Die? 2 epis in and liking it (it is no Rome, but then, what is) -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 23, 09:07 3
- Through first two episodes. But yea, its definitely no Rome or Spartacus. - Jovian Jul 23, 09:14 2
  - yup. I like Ramsay Bolton too -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 23, 09:34 1
    - Oh hes solid, as is the guy playing Domitian. -- (edited) - Jovian Jul 23, 09:36
CIN: Blonde Burrow has arrived for training camp. -- (link*) - budice Jul 23, 09:01 4
- I don't hate it. -- nm - Dano Jul 23, 09:39
- Hopefully he also has a new wrist -- nm - rollo Jul 23, 09:18
- ADRENALINE IN MY SOUL -- nm - David Jul 23, 09:05 1
  - The real Slim Shady just stood up. -- nm - budice Jul 23, 09:06
abortion will be illegal after six weeks in Iowa -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 23, 09:00
35 years ago, Terry Funk made a surprise return to the NWA, injuring Ric Flair and igniting one of the hottest pro wrestling feuds of the 1980's -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Jul 23, 08:56 5
- It was a legendary feud. Afterward, he lost an I Quit match and somehow turned face. -- nm - David Jul 23, 09:06 4
  - I remember that shit from when I was a kid watching Wrestling on Sundays on our local station. Terry and Dory Funk. Awwww yeah -- nm - Turd Ferguson Jul 23, 09:09 3
    - This will blow your mind. -- (link) - David Jul 23, 09:17 2
      - Wow. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 23, 09:29
      - HO-LEE SHIT! That's nuts. And they can't call it an "explosive death match" when there's an 83 year old dude in it. -- nm - Turd Ferguson Jul 23, 09:18
NFL and NFLPA starting high level talks for an 18th regular season game -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Jul 23, 08:53 4
- The friend of a cousin of a son of an owner already told me it is going to happen. -- nm - LFG Jul 23, 08:54 2
  - So... Irsay's dealer? -- nm - Reagen Jul 23, 09:02
  - Were you at 31 Flavors when you heard this? -- nm - Krusty Jul 23, 08:59
- START THE DRAFT! -- nm - oblique Jul 23, 08:54
We aren’t the only people with the Taylor Swift/DNC thoughts. Theyre everywhere. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Jul 23, 08:48 6
- They need to get Queen Bee and Tay-Tay at the DNC. Taylor can do a pop song and Beyonce can do country - that should melt all the GOP minds. -- nm - Turd Ferguson Jul 23, 09:22
- she publicly endorsed Biden in 2020. it wouldn't be out of character - hollywood big shot Jul 23, 08:56 4
  - She should but I think she can see what it would do to young fans in Trumper households, though. -- nm - LFG Jul 23, 08:58 2
    - Elaborate? -- nm - con_carne Jul 23, 09:31 1
      - my take is not so much about "Republicans buy records too" as young people in GOP homes will get potential grief from their hillybilly parents -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 23, 09:36
  - but like on election day, right? it has to be before to matter. at least a week before. -- nm - ☀️ mandy chem ☀️ Jul 23, 08:58
I hate to dredge up a topic that was heated at the time, but I think it's good to discuss - what impact did young folks have on Biden dropping out? - colin Jul 23, 08:45 19
- What would the connection even be? If I'm Biden, I'd see such protest votes as a matter of course in a democracy with freedom of speech. -- nm - con_carne Jul 23, 09:08
- I doubt polling was a factor. It would have been the donor flow and discussion with his family. -- nm - Max Jul 23, 08:55 3
  - The politico article says that internal swing state data from polling done last week is what finally convinced him -- nm* - ty97 Jul 23, 09:03 2
    - well then. Is it known if the younger demographic tipped the swing state numbers? -- nm - Max Jul 23, 09:07 1
      - he had actually been improving his share of the senior votes over 2020. this was just the bottom falling out with swing voters -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 23, 09:13
- Directly, I would say close to zero. Indirectly, maybe 10%. I don't think Biden thought about it at all and I don't think anyone who pushed Biden - pmb Jul 23, 08:53
- I don't think any to be honest. I seriously believe his health drove this. - Pippy Jul 23, 08:49 8
  - Yeah—getting Covid was the last straw -- nm - Trending Jul 23, 08:57
  - 100000000% (I work in finance. I calced this number myself.) -- nm - ☀️ mandy chem ☀️ Jul 23, 08:52 6
    - word. But my calc actually was for Debate Performance/Health. -- nm* - LFG Jul 23, 08:53 5
      - and that interview. that interview was disastrous. -- nm - ☀️ mandy chem ☀️ Jul 23, 08:55 4
        
        "President Putin".. also pretty bad. -- nm - colin Jul 23, 08:55 3
        
        see, that is where I was like.." Okay, this is over" -- nm - Pippy Jul 23, 09:02 2
        
        "vice president trump" for me. -- nm - ☀️ mandy chem ☀️ Jul 23, 09:12 1
        
        Me too. -- nm - mara Jul 23, 09:39
- Threatening to allow the opposition to win may “work” on some level, sometimes, but it won’t always. Plus it’s just irrational. -- nm - mara Jul 23, 08:48 2
  - The concept of lesser evil seems to be lost to a good number of people everywhere, but mostly in the US. (NM) - Marlowe Jul 23, 08:49 1
    - I never understood the stance to begin with: I won't vote for the guy continuing to support the war, but the other guy who will win will continue it? - Pippy Jul 23, 08:52
- maybe 10%? the votes he was bleeding in battleground states weren't the little college snots -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 23, 08:46
Kamala billboard spells it out -- (pic) - budice Jul 23, 08:37 [Attachment] 8
- I'd watch that show. I presume it's about an inmate up against other inmates. -- nm - Max Jul 23, 09:14
- here's the tweet from the head of the PAC that is running them (has a good view of the other side of the billboard) -- (link) - oblique Jul 23, 08:50 2
  - *laughing* -- nm - kelly Jul 23, 09:32
  - LOFL -- nm - LFG Jul 23, 08:52
- yup -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jul 23, 08:38
- FTW -- nm - LFG Jul 23, 08:37
- ha -- nm - Andie Jul 23, 08:37
- OH MY GAWD that is glorious -- nm - Pippy Jul 23, 08:37
This is kind of fascinating. How to fight the disinformation about Harris on social media. -- (link) - pmb Jul 23, 08:36 5
- i can't view threads on twitter - did someone unroll it so it can be read? -- nm - colin Jul 23, 08:39 4
  - here -- (link) - oblique Jul 23, 08:48
  - It doesn't look like it. The full thread is little too bare bones, but the general idea is that by coopting the phrases and changing the attached - pmb Jul 23, 08:47 2
    - The hashtags specifically, right? -- nm - mara Jul 23, 08:48 1
      - Yes. -- nm - pmb Jul 23, 08:50
hearing from one of our reporters that Jimmy Carter has died. - Dark Callisto 🦊 Jul 23, 08:34 18
- Jeebus. It may help for people to read what they are retweeting before doing so -- (link) - Reagen Jul 23, 08:57 [Image] 2
  - though Mike Lee is a uniquely credulous dum dum -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 23, 08:59 1
    - and if any sitting Dem senator pushed as much hoax shit on their twitter as he does on the reg, their state's voters would probably fire them - hollywood big shot Jul 23, 09:09
- but actuarily, a good chance his funeral takes place between now and November (which all the former presidents typically attend) -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 23, 08:41 4
  - but he's not dead yet! -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 23, 08:54 3
    - He thinks he'll go for a walk -- nm - rollo Jul 23, 09:29
    - "fuck it, get him in the dirt" -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 23, 09:08 1
      - He's pining for the peanut patch -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 23, 11:34
- oh no -- nm - LFG Jul 23, 08:36
- Damn. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 23, 08:36
- (we'll see if it's true - she's in the process of doing the fact checking) -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Jul 23, 08:34 6
  - nope, fake news! Sorry, all. An outlet had reported it but retracted. -- nm* - Dark Callisto 🦊 Jul 23, 08:39 5
    - This means Carter is still in the running for VP -- nm - rollo Jul 23, 08:42
    - Have the reporter beheaded, please. -- nm - LFG Jul 23, 08:40 3
      - Carter would survive that treatment. - Will Hunting Jul 23, 08:41
      - Right? - Dark Callisto 🦊 Jul 23, 08:41 1
        
        Yup. Although I won't be surprised if it's the precursor alert. -- nm - David Jul 23, 08:47
- RIP. A remarkable man -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jul 23, 08:34
John Green has frequently mentioned how the White River is deeply polluted. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 23, 08:31
"I hate when people laugh at me. .. I hate it." -- (link*) - mud Jul 23, 08:30 1
- I absolutely love the fact that the party of "fuck your feelings, snowflake" is so triggered by a laugh. -- nm - Turd Ferguson Jul 23, 08:31
It's like Logan Paul has never been on the Internet. His Prime energy drink has been using terms like "Olympics", "Olympian", and "Team USA". -- (link) - Mop🧹 Jul 23, 08:29
CNN is like whoa whoa slow down everyone! Current headline: 'Harris faces warning signs ahead of strong start' -- nm - Jovian Jul 23, 08:24
try that again -- (link*) - mud Jul 23, 08:20 5
- Who's the hottie on Hugh's arm? -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 23, 08:37 2
  - Ryan Reynolds -- nm - LFG Jul 23, 08:38 1
    - Ah. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 23, 08:46
- L.F.G!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -- nm - LFG Jul 23, 08:35 1
  - My Wolverine rewatch had X3 last night. After a speech he says, "Lets go." And in my mind... -- nm - LFG Jul 23, 08:51
not sure why I am surprised but Trump is milking getting shot for all its worth. Gross -- nm - Pippy Jul 23, 08:17 11
- (shot at) - hollywood big shot Jul 23, 08:19 8
  - Bruh - we've been told about this. It doesn't matter!!! nm - Turd Ferguson Jul 23, 08:24 7
    - i think lying about actually getting shot matters a great deal -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 23, 08:45 6
      - I think so as well - but we've been told about this, dammit!!! nm - Turd Ferguson Jul 23, 08:50 1
        
        we still haven't actually been told and the same press that drummed Biden out of the race over "aging" is just taking a convicted liar at his word -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 23, 09:06
      - He actually played it badly. He should have been stoic, grateful they missed/just grazed (whatever it was), said we should all be sending our - Andie Jul 23, 08:49 3
        
        His biggest weakness as a man is that he is utterly incapable of even pretending empathy for anyone but himself. -- nm - Jovian Jul 23, 08:51 2
        
        Yup -- nm - Pippy Jul 23, 09:07
        
        It's not a big, it's a feature -- nm - con_carne Jul 23, 09:05
- Does he mention it was a member of his own party that did it? -- nm - LFG Jul 23, 08:19 1
  - Never -- nm - Pippy Jul 23, 08:37
Cardinals have…a (pro) Trump HR celebration that they are now doing -- (link) - Trending Jul 23, 08:13 19
- He's just cupping his hand to his ear, almost Hulk Hogan style. That's not a Trump thing. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 23, 09:09 1
  - Cupping the ear and doing the fist raise. He’s doing the Trump. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 23, 09:28
- They're saying it's not about Trump but about a player who was a DJ in college. - Krusty Jul 23, 08:30 6
  - I struggle to give them the benefit of the doubt here since Philly and St. Louis were the two biggest anti-vaxx teams. - David Jul 23, 08:46
  - I'm gonna need the tape on that - I want to see them doing it before the shooting. -- nm - Turd Ferguson Jul 23, 08:32 1
    - I'm looking and I don't see it. -- nm - Krusty Jul 23, 08:46
  - That is total and complete horseshit -- nm - Jovian Jul 23, 08:31 2
    - I think they're lying. I've gone through a bunch of games with HRs and I don't see the celebration. They didn't do it just 9 days ago when Burleson - Krusty Jul 23, 08:45 1
      - If this becomes a Let's Go, Brandon, Kim's gonna have to watch Cards games without me from now on. -- nm - David Jul 23, 08:48
- Jesus fucking christ. Kim!!! Did you know about this????? -- nm - Turd Ferguson Jul 23, 08:25 4
  - Can someone give me a non-Twitter link? - Dark Callisto 🦊 Jul 23, 08:48 2
    - Never mind, found the CNN one. - Dark Callisto 🦊 Jul 23, 08:50 1
      - I'm gonna run out of sports teams at this rate. nm - Turd Ferguson Jul 23, 08:57
  - Make em earn it. Bean em in the ear hole. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 23, 08:27
- and also, poor Jim. - Jovian Jul 23, 08:25 2
  - Whatever happened to that guy? -- nm - LFG Jul 23, 08:30 1
    - That dude? He was a dick. -- nm - Turd Ferguson Jul 23, 08:32
- St. Louis is boring. -- nm - Last Of My Kind Jul 23, 08:22
- Smart move St Louis. Smart. (and just like that the St Louis Cardinals dethrone Houston as my most hated sports franchise) -- nm* - Jovian Jul 23, 08:16
apparently we have an actual HIV vaccine (insane) but there's just one small catch -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 23, 08:13 3
- Will it kill you? -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 23, 08:38 1
  - 40k a year? Yes. -- nm - LFG Jul 23, 08:39
- Who are you doing to celebrate? -- nm - con_carne Jul 23, 08:19
Canadians - what was your favorite Jasper National Park moment? (it getting torched) -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Jul 23, 08:09 3
- that's so sad. - Andie Jul 23, 08:19
- When I broke my wrist there. -- nm - Reagen Jul 23, 08:19 1
  - good times -- nm - LFG Jul 23, 08:32
Andie—yeah—I’d be pissed. That’s an unprofessional response, from them. -- nm - Trending Jul 23, 08:08 3
- I agree, but I would probably blow it off so as not to create further delays in getting what I want done -- nm - rollo Jul 23, 08:32 2
  - oh, i am not responding with anything other than politeness and professionalism. But if need further legal work done in my hometown, it won't be with - Andie Jul 23, 08:43
  - Yeah, light them up after you get it. -- nm - LFG Jul 23, 08:36
TIL: The 2024 Olympics surfing venue is 9700+ miles from Paris: Tahiti. IMO that's waaay better than the 2028 softball venue being outside of LA - JD Jul 23, 08:08
I like that ST has not even mentioned the couch. -- nm - LFG Jul 23, 08:02 7
- Is this a Kamala thing or a Deadpool spoiler? -- nm - Trending Jul 23, 08:09
- well we all assumed ty would just sleep on it and tell us about it. -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 23, 08:08
- the couch? -- nm - mud Jul 23, 08:08 4
  - This. -- (link) - LFG Jul 23, 08:18 3
    - Made up -- (link) - mara Jul 23, 08:39 1
      - I figured, but wanted to be sure. Thanks! -- nm* - LFG Jul 23, 08:40
    - Speaking as a guy—this is in the realm of possibilities/something a guy would think up—additionally dude is weird and a politician so… - Trending Jul 23, 08:22

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