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Adam Lambert, 'Moana' Star Auli’i Cravalho Taking Over Lead Roles in Broadway's 'Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club' -- (link) - LMS Jul 24, 09:09
Adam Silver reportedly still sick of Zaddy’s bullshit -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 24, 08:56
So, we just dried out from last Tuesday and they are calling for "torrential downpours" here this afternoon (already raining pretty hard.) -- (link*) - Andie Jul 24, 08:39 [Attachment] 2
- did they get your roof fixed? or is that leaking again? -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 24, 08:52 1
  - currently not leaking. -- nm - Andie Jul 24, 08:52
Olympic Events Most Likely To Kill Me, A Mildly Athletic Blogger By Kelsey McKinney - JD Jul 24, 08:20 20
- I am in constant awe of the women being able to do anything on the balance beam... - Will Hunting Jul 24, 09:01 1
  - gym class was always the wait for a dude to slip and end up nutting themselves -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 24, 09:06
- I could see myself running right into the vault... Well, walking at a brisk pace, anyway. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 24, 08:21 17
  - Sub-Poll so what's the most lethal event for you? - JD Jul 24, 08:35 15
    - My neurologist told me the most common sport-caused traumatic brain injury came from soccer. -- nm - Landbeck Jul 24, 08:52 3
      - That's Scott Sterling's music! -- (link) - Mop🧹 Jul 24, 08:54 [youtube] 2
        
        the best. the volleyball one is also awesome -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 24, 08:57
        
        HUGE Studio C fan! But the real problem is people running into each other. Looking at the ball on the ground rather than at the opponent. -- nm - Landbeck Jul 24, 08:57
    - The one where you're skiing with a gun. Biathlon? -- nm - Strongbad Jul 24, 08:49 1
      - Oh. So if we're doing both Winter and Summer. Any of the non cross country skiing events ☠️ -- (edited) - JD Jul 24, 08:56
    - Surfing. Any of the combat sports (Taekwondo, Judo, Boxing) -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 24, 08:48
    - Any of the combat sports, save fencing (which just gets you whacked with a stick). I'd also last a very short time in basketball - Reagen Jul 24, 08:40 2
      - Except Olympians have /died/ fencing. -- (link) - Landbeck Jul 24, 08:49 1
        
        Yes, but they've changed the equipment in response. -- nm - Reagen Jul 24, 08:58
    - Ski jump -- nm - con_carne Jul 24, 08:40
    - pole vault -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 24, 08:39 1
      - I would consider this but I don't think I can even lift the pole so can't even make the run so can't miss the plant - JD Jul 24, 08:49
    - i'd say boxing OR surfing -- nm* - Beaker 🍺 Jul 24, 08:36 1
      - Hmmm..there's gloves and headgear for boxing. Oh! and weight classes so I'd like to think that'd be a more long term CTE type thing for me -- (edited) - JD Jul 24, 08:45
  - this is Mop -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Jul 24, 08:29 [youtube]
It is kinda funny that there are really way too many letters in the word committee. -- nm - LFG Jul 24, 08:17 1
- remove 6 letters, add an A and that committee could be an email -- nm - rollo Jul 24, 08:37
How an NBA journeyman built a $600M empire -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Jul 24, 08:14 3
- Highly recommended read. Finished it earlier. -- nm - David Jul 24, 08:30 1
  - yeah, was really good -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 24, 08:31
- Time travel? -- nm - LFG Jul 24, 08:17
Oof. Oilers hire terrible person as new GM. -- (link) - mafic Jul 24, 08:02 6
- Scotty Bowman literally called his son Stanley. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 24, 08:55
- Pretty frustrating. Sorry, Spock. -- nm - David Jul 24, 08:15 1
  - He's not even a good GM. Coat tails Stanley Cup. -- nm* - Reagen Jul 24, 08:21
- yeesh -- nm - budice Jul 24, 08:12
- this was harsh -- nm* - Beaker 🍺 Jul 24, 08:05
- Uggggggggggh -- nm - Reagen Jul 24, 08:04
IMO, one of the most remarkable things about that swing is kind of how unremarkable it is -- (link) - JD Jul 24, 07:45 [Backboard] 1
- One of the most reassuring things about it. -- nm - Roger More Jul 24, 07:51
YO! SLACKERS - can I interest anyone in a Dark Sky Park in Northern Michigan STravaganza Gathering??? details inside - JenBro Jul 24, 07:39 9
- I'd be up for it. And we could put the Dark Sky reserve of Southern Oregon on the list for a future trip. - ReluctantCynic Jul 24, 07:45 2
  - Absolutely still on the list! -- nm - Landbeck Jul 24, 09:09
  - I have never been to the northwest - would be up for it! -- nm - JenBro Jul 24, 08:01
- Is there wifi? -- nm - Roger More Jul 24, 07:45 1
  - I am pretty sure True Stream has it covered, but I will confirm. -- nm - JenBro Jul 24, 08:00
- The heart is willing to always do stuff like that, it is the budget that fights it :) (so that is "I can't commit at this time") -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 24, 07:43 1
  - I can relate! -- nm - JenBro Jul 24, 08:01
- I'd be interested in the info. With my son living nearby, certainly would be an option for us depending on scheduling -- nm - oblique Jul 24, 07:42 1
  - that’s right! He lives where Pete Buttigiege lives! -- nm - JenBro Jul 24, 08:02
Bank of Canada drop interest rate to 4.5% (quarter point drop) -- (link*) - Beaker 🍺 Jul 24, 07:34
Top Russian Economist Dies After Falling out of Window -- (link) - decline Jul 24, 07:28 5
- "the injuries she received were incompatible with life" -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 24, 08:51
- Microsoft would like to point out that it wasn't their fault. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 24, 07:38 1
  - heh -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 24, 08:54
- Windows coming soon from A24 -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 24, 07:36
- Oh? Was there some sort of economic crisis in russia recently? Ah. I see. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 24, 07:32
Pelosi will not be in attendance for Bibi's bullshit -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 24, 07:20
Trump's nephew recalls a certain word being thrown around the family house by his uncle with great regularity -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 24, 07:07 3
- At any time up to the early 2000's, this would immediately have disqualified a candidate. Today, it's "I mean, we knew." -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 24, 08:23 1
  - eh, as Sunday proved, you can still force any candidate out of the race if your party has the backbone. and if you don't, that's an active choice -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 24, 08:26
- ulp -- nm - mud Jul 24, 07:10
Deadspin just rung up Karl Malone -- (link) - budice Jul 24, 06:57 8
- I think the replies here are fairly telling about how insipid this is. And I say that as someone who doesn't like Karl Malone. -- nm - David Jul 24, 07:40
- please explain for those of us who don't get it :) -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 24, 07:20 6
  - It's Drake's house allegedly cross-referenced with Canada's sex offender list, as used by Kendrick Lamar in Not Like Us -- nm - Roger More Jul 24, 07:31 4
    - Still? Has Malone been accused of abuse ala Drake? -- nm - King Of Oklahoma Jul 24, 07:33 2
      - I don't know, but wiki says that Demetress Bell's mother was 13 when she gave birth -- nm - Roger More Jul 24, 07:41
      - doesn't he have like 18 kids or something? -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 24, 07:36
    - explain it to me like I am 5 -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 24, 07:33
  - Same. -- nm - King Of Oklahoma Jul 24, 07:23
Buttigieg is probably more effective as a surrogate than as a VP candidate anyway. -- (link) - Dano Jul 24, 06:57 [youtube] 27
- If he'd want it, Press Secretary? Put him in front of a camera every day. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 24, 08:54 3
  - Yeah, I envisioned him doing a lot of those as the modified CoS. -- nm - LFG Jul 24, 09:09
  - Would that be a step back? He'd be effective at this job though -- nm - Pippy Jul 24, 09:08 1
    - I'm not sure. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 24, 09:25
- Chief of Staff -- nm - LFG Jul 24, 07:26 7
  - You need a seasoned beltway insider for that. Remember, he would be boss to a lot of smart old people. -- nm - con_carne Jul 24, 07:52
  - Seems a little too behind-the-scenes for someone of his talents, honestly. -- nm - znufrii Jul 24, 07:40 1
    - Evolve the roll? -- nm - LFG Jul 24, 07:42
  - I want Pete to be president one day. Is Chief of State a path to the presidency? -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 24, 07:38 2
    - I think it's more a path to a Cabinet position, but also I'd say that WHCOS is more for people whose public service does not include wanting to be an - Roger More Jul 24, 07:51 1
      - Got a best friend? Is he smarter than you? That’s your chief of staff. -- nm - mara Jul 24, 08:19
  - Word. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jul 24, 07:35
- Those are the same things, is what I'm saying. -- nm - con_carne Jul 24, 07:18
- He's so good at this. It kind of blows my mind how facile he is discussing these things live (not a written speech). -- nm - pmb Jul 24, 07:13 12
  - He's the most presidential politician we have today by a longshot. -- nm - Inigo Jul 24, 07:17 11
    - He's like Jed Bartlett come to life. -- nm - pmb Jul 24, 07:57 1
      - What is Martin Sheen doing these days? VP! -- nm - Andie Jul 24, 08:10
    - In what way is he more "presidential" than Harris? -- nm - King Of Oklahoma Jul 24, 07:25 7
      - I think he's just always one step/thought ahead of whoever he's talking to. He's always calm but never boring. -- (edited) - Inigo Jul 24, 07:37 6
        
        he's pretty boring -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 24, 07:59 4
        
        he speaks with very little inflection it is a little dull; you have to get used to it. -- nm - ☀️ mandy chem ☀️ Jul 24, 08:43 2
        
        i like what he says but he needs to add some Kirk to his Spock -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 24, 09:04 1
        
        very true. -- nm - ☀️ mandy chem ☀️ Jul 24, 09:08
        
        If that were true, I don't think he'd be on TV so much -- nm - con_carne Jul 24, 08:38
        
        I understand what you're saying. Thanks. -- nm - King Of Oklahoma Jul 24, 07:51
    - agreed -- nm - Pippy Jul 24, 07:20
- "It's like having a dragon" -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 24, 06:58
"a colored sorority" -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 24, 06:56 6
- Are we sure it wasn’t “college sorority”? -- nm - mara Jul 24, 07:12 3
  - Ok - that's what I thought I heard, but my ears are cloudy from a concert last night and I could have been wrong. nm - Turd Ferguson Jul 24, 07:29 1
    - He’s talking pretty fast, and he’s a bit of a mush mouth. -- nm - mara Jul 24, 07:32
  - You are right. He does say 'college'. Just listened again several times. -- nm - Jovian Jul 24, 07:21
- nvm -- nm* - Jovian Jul 24, 07:02 1
  - nvm -- nm* - Jovian Jul 24, 07:03
Former Cowboy and current Raider Michael Gallup has retired after 6 seasons -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Jul 24, 06:43
PYBG - mud Jul 24, 06:41 4
- vnpf! -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 24, 06:42 3
  - thx, I saw you do it (again!) so I gave'r my best -- nm - mud Jul 24, 06:44 2
    - Truth be told, while sometimes purple jumps in my mind, I often mentally solve the other categories but don't enter them until I've solved for purple. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 24, 07:17 1
      - yeah, that's the gameplan and it's fine until you get punched in the face (thx, mike) -- nm - mud Jul 24, 07:24
ESPN reports that Indiana Pacers guard Andrew Nembhard on Wednesday agreed to a three-year, $59 million contract extension with the team. -- nm - Remlik Jul 24, 06:41
from B2, Happy Birthday Decline! Happy Birthday CT! -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 24, 06:40 6
- Hope you both have a great day! -- nm - Strongbad Jul 24, 07:33
- Happy birthdays! -- nm - King Of Oklahoma Jul 24, 07:26
- Happy Birthday!! -- nm - Jovian Jul 24, 06:57
- ST birthday buddies are the best! Happy Birthday! -- nm - oblique Jul 24, 06:48
- cheers!! -- nm - mud Jul 24, 06:42
- Happy Birthday Guys! -- nm - Pippy Jul 24, 06:41
A Complete Unknown Trailer (Bob Dylan pic) -- (link) - LMS Jul 24, 06:39 [youtube]
the Taylamala effect -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 24, 06:31 1
- $126m in donations since Sunday LFG -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 24, 06:35
do it jerome and be legends -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 24, 06:26 1
- Canada expecting a cut today fwiw -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 24, 06:29
Apprently Crowdstrike sent out a $10 UberEats voucher to their customers to apologize except it was infinitely reusable so they cancelled it -- (link) - oblique Jul 24, 06:23 2
- Everything they touch turns to Crowdstrike. -- nm - Loyola Jul 24, 06:48
- i remember this episode of Silicon Valley -- nm - prayformojo Jul 24, 06:25
Oregon is on fire -- (link) - decline Jul 24, 06:23
ST Investment Poll - If you are an investor in a Mutual Fund that contains the word “Income” it its name would you expect… - znufrii Jul 24, 06:21 10
- Probs B -- nm - mafic Jul 24, 08:19
- A. Primary objective is income/dividends -- nm - Strongbad Jul 24, 06:52
- B. Though B and A have similarities. But basically, it's investments that provide dividends and similar. -- nm - ty97 Jul 24, 06:48
- A -- nm - Loyola Jul 24, 06:46
- A - Pippy Jul 24, 06:41
- D or even E could be A, could be B could be A & B -- nm* - Beaker 🍺 Jul 24, 06:33
- D, but I really wouldn't draw many conclusions based on the name of the fund -- nm - prayformojo Jul 24, 06:30
- C -- nm - VMan Jul 24, 06:27
- c -- (edited) - decline Jul 24, 06:26
- only b/c we do so much work in the space "income" is more of a term of art to me. More B than A (versus a stable value guaranteed return type) -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 24, 06:24
christofascist state scores 2034 winter Olympics bid -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 24, 06:20 3
- How about not being so "on" all the time and simply saying Utah? -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 24, 06:41 2
  - L3 -- nm - Strongbad Jul 24, 06:54
  - i'll stop when they stop -- (link*) - hollywood big shot Jul 24, 06:52
Anyone planning on watching Time Bandits today (Apple)? -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 24, 06:20 3
- It looks like the Canadian Slackers have it covered. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 24, 08:22
- no, because I watched them last night: -- (link) - mud Jul 24, 06:34 [Backboard]
- I watched the first episode already. It's pretty darn good. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 24, 06:27
Tennis star Coco Gauff will join LeBron James as a flag bearer for the United States Olympic team on Friday -- nm - decline Jul 24, 06:17 1
- noun, verb, "DEI" -- nm* - JD Vance Jul 24, 06:37

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