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Hmm, the NYT headline just painted this as a debacle for Trump. - David Jul 31, 12:32 4
- Yup. And I mean I just said that this was beyond the pale, even for him. -- nm - Jovian Jul 31, 12:43
- *WHY* did they let him do this?! -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 31, 12:34 2
  - Is there a 'they' telling him what to do? -- nm - Strongbad Jul 31, 12:36 1
    - lol right, exactly. -- nm - Jovian Jul 31, 12:52
tend to agree with Josh Marshall that this was Donald’s “bad debate night” moment -- (link) - mr mooch Jul 31, 12:30 1
- I find it comical (ironic, maybe?) that he was once the Teflon Don, and now everything seems to be sticking. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 31, 12:34
From backboards: I can’t find it, but I saw a video where Kamala wants us to call her Kamala. Like that is her brand. -- nm - Qale Jul 31, 12:29
Comfort dog pic: Bear - Baron of the Rings Jul 31, 12:27 [Attachment] 5 1
- But where are the llamas? -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 31, 12:28 1
  - Well, here's a llama. There's a llama. And another little llama. Fuzzy llama, funny llama. Llama, llama, duck. -- nm - Baron of the Rings Jul 31, 12:31
- Comfort dog pic: Brooksie - Baron of the Rings Jul 31, 12:28 [Attachment] 2 1
  - I'm taking this one home. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 31, 12:28
  - Such cute pooches!! -- nm - Krusty Jul 31, 12:28
Also, I want to point out, because that thread below is too long now. But the line: "“didn’t know [Harris] was Black until a number of years ago - Jovian Jul 31, 12:25 3
- He did this with Obama for years (2010 to 2015) and then eventually became President. - Inigo Jul 31, 12:29 1
  - he never ran against Obama tho -- nm - mr mooch Jul 31, 12:32
- Jon on TDS and an "on location" reporter had fun with the GOP on that on Monday. Bet they wish they had this to add. -- nm - Spawn Jul 31, 12:26
the thing about “drill baby drill” is Joe has already been doing that for most of his term -- (link) - mr mooch Jul 31, 12:25 2
- Oh? Trump is saying he's going to do something the current administration has already been doing expertly or extensively? -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 31, 12:26 1
  - Trump is all about that BBD. -- nm - Spawn Jul 31, 12:27
since i know they can do it when they want to, Nancy, Chuck and Hakeem should be calling on fucko to drop out after that display for the next 3 weeks -- nm - mr mooch Jul 31, 12:14
USA vs South Sudan is on now -- nm - Remlik Jul 31, 12:12 1
- Mr Trump, please point South Sudan out on a map. For bonus points, point South Carolina out on a map of the USA. -- nm - Jovian Jul 31, 12:13
UAW endorses Kamala -- (link) - mr mooch Jul 31, 12:09
Woo! Got back just in time for the soccer! -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 31, 12:02
Mop News Network: Apex Capital Trust has submitted a competing offer to acquire Paramount Global in an all-cash deal for up to $43 Billion -- (link) - decline Jul 31, 12:01 3
- *head desk* -- nm - David Jul 31, 12:07
- To borrow a term from David... THIS IS THE BAD PLACE! -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 31, 12:02
- hedge fund = scrap it for parts -- nm - mr mooch Jul 31, 12:02
A while back I bought some canned red thai curry soup from costco. The flavor is okay, but the subsequent heartburn is incredible. - Beryllium Jul 31, 11:57 1
- Zantac. The additional cancer risk really gives it a kick. -- nm - Baron of the Rings Jul 31, 12:08
Turn on the swimming it’s very good. -- nm - Loyola Jul 31, 11:54 1
- TMI -- nm - Spawn Jul 31, 11:58
Trump Team just cut it off -- nm - mr mooch Jul 31, 11:50 5
- The convict said that on Day One of a new administration, he's going to "drill baby drill" so people can buy bacon again... -- nm - decline Jul 31, 12:06 2
  - this is the messaging that works wonders for his base. - Epiphany Jul 31, 12:08 1
    - Yup. The Trump tariffs are so easily countered with .. - Inigo Jul 31, 12:27
- going great! -- nm - Jovian Jul 31, 11:51 1
  - at least with JD they had to kinda dig his worst clips up from over the last decade. this is like a viral video assembly line cranking at 110% -- nm - mr mooch Jul 31, 11:55
USA / AUS spoilers - JD Jul 31, 11:49 2
- Spoilers - David Jul 31, 11:52
- ugh - mr mooch Jul 31, 11:51
Jan 6th: "nothing is perfect in life" -- nm - mr mooch Jul 31, 11:47 1
- JFC -- nm - Epiphany Jul 31, 11:48
Judge denies $335M preliminary antitrust settlement between fighters and UFC. Lawsuit originally filed in 2014. Trial could start by end of 2024. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 31, 11:46 1
- Crux of the lawsuit is UFC has suppressed fighter wages through anti-competitive tactics in the MMA space. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 31, 11:47
Could use some good vibes. At the orthopedist because of a knee injury a few weeks ago. Just got X-rays, waiting for the doctor. - sycor Jul 31, 11:42 6
- "You are... not the father! Oh wait, I think I have the wrong chart." - sycor's physician Jul 31, 12:01
- feel better! -- nm - Remlik Jul 31, 11:58
- Ugh! Good and healthy thoughts going your way! -- nm - Krusty Jul 31, 11:50
- Sending all the good thoughts you kneed. -- nm - Loyola Jul 31, 11:46
- Good healing vibes going out. Get some prescription strength anti inflammatories -- nm - Epiphany Jul 31, 11:45
- Vibes might hurt. How about a nice warm compress on it and a pillow under.... -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 31, 11:44
bwahahahah "The Vice President historically has no impact" sorry JD -- nm - mr mooch Jul 31, 11:38 1
- 🤷‍♂️ -- nm - JD Jul 31, 11:42
"black microphone" -- nm - mr mooch Jul 31, 11:37
The convention of calling ex Presidents, “Mr President”, is interesting. It imparts a current veneer of unwarranted authority and seems excessively - Loyola Jul 31, 11:36 5
- I still recall the example (Strunk & White?) regarding the scenario of multiple ex-presidents in one place and what term of address to use - Baron of the Rings Jul 31, 12:05 1
  - That sounds like bad advice. Imagine referring to Reagan as Governor when everyone in the world knows he was President - Roger More Jul 31, 12:10
- I don't care for it, so I will not do it -- nm - Epiphany Jul 31, 11:46
- I've thought this for a long time. -- nm - sycor Jul 31, 11:39
- it's for all elected officials -- nm - mr mooch Jul 31, 11:37
Jesus effing Christ - I'm behind on the feed, but he just suggested that most of the people at the NABJ are - wait for it - black. nm - Turd Ferguson Jul 31, 11:34 1
- He is also pushing the narrative that Harris all of a sudden became " black". So like a white dude to tell a woman - Epiphany Jul 31, 11:47
Mormons For Harris assemble -- (link) - mr mooch Jul 31, 11:31 2
- Next, in order to keep up. The Republicans will host a zoom meeting with the Amish -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 31, 11:36 1
  - most of these people in the audience are in a buggy -- nm - Drumpf Jul 31, 11:48
Why didn't Biden keep the BJAC meeting even though he dropped out? -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 31, 11:26 1
- he's not a candidate -- nm - mr mooch Jul 31, 11:27
Letterkenny - Sun Darts (Official Music Video) -- (link) - Beaker 🍻 Jul 31, 11:12 [youtube]
Has SNL used anybody as Doug Emhoff yet? -- nm - Tim Jul 31, 11:10 6
- In the past they have used Martin Short. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 31, 11:16
- Speaking of SNL, the annual one-month window to enter the lottery for seats at a show opens TOMORROW. Link. -- (link) - Andie Jul 31, 11:14 1
  - i think there's a high prob Kamala actually shows up for the season premiere -- nm - mr mooch Jul 31, 11:15
- i mean, honestly . . . Lorne -- nm - mr mooch Jul 31, 11:13
- I can see it now ... Maya Rudolph and John Carroll Lynch -- nm - Beryllium Jul 31, 11:12 1
  - Wouldn't JCL be Walz? -- nm - Roger More Jul 31, 12:14
[snork] -- (pic) - mud Jul 31, 11:06 [Attachment] 35
- live uncut rascim feed HOLY FUCK!!!!! -- (link) - mr mooch Jul 31, 11:20 [youtube] 28
  - I turned it off and then went back because sometimes you want to watch things burn to the ground. -- (edited) - Krusty Jul 31, 11:38 13
    - normally i don't watch him but this is BUCK WILD when he has to face two black women he can't ignore or shut up -- nm - mr mooch Jul 31, 11:40 12
      - He's kinda walking all over them. - Inigo Jul 31, 11:44 11
        
        they're giving him enough rope to hang himself -- nm - mr mooch Jul 31, 11:46 10
        
        He really didn't. He just said what he wanted. -- nm - Inigo Jul 31, 11:50 9
        
        he's always going to do that. this was ripping off the mask in a forum outside his Fox/N***max softball bubble -- nm - mr mooch Jul 31, 11:51 8
        
        There was no gotcha moment, though. - Inigo Jul 31, 11:54 7
        
        did we watch the same thing? that was a full half hour of nothing but -- (link) - mr mooch Jul 31, 11:57 6
        
        yeeup. this -- nm - Jovian Jul 31, 12:01
        
        Please tell me the quote that will be used against him from that panel interview. -- (edited) - Inigo Jul 31, 12:01 4
        
        yes The Press generally has never treated him like every other presidential candidate ever but that’s bigger than just him or these reporters -- (link) - mr mooch Jul 31, 12:06
        
        it's not what he said it's the way he said it -- nm - mr mooch Jul 31, 12:02 2
        
        He's been doing that since 2016. Since 2006. Since 1996... - Inigo Jul 31, 12:05 1
        
        yea, except he is now running directly against an african-american who has a shit ton of momentum. He is in uncharted waters right now. -- nm - Jovian Jul 31, 12:12
  - (the movie was in fact not a smash hit) -- nm - mr mooch Jul 31, 11:35 3
    - do you think he could pick JD out of a lineup if he had to? i'm skeptical -- nm - mr mooch Jul 31, 11:35 2
      - He would be the one that looked like how he wished his son Don Jr looked like -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 31, 11:39 1
        
        snort - funny cause its true -- nm - Epiphany Jul 31, 12:04
  - He's turning this into a rally. -- nm - Inigo Jul 31, 11:31 1
    - let him cook . . . -- nm - mr mooch Jul 31, 11:32
  - will the NYT write the up as bad as Biden's two-hour NATO press conference? -- nm - mr mooch Jul 31, 11:31 1
    - HE IS A PSYCHOPATH! -- nm - mr mooch Jul 31, 11:33
  - LOLOLOL inflation question, blames Biden for dropping out -- nm - mr mooch Jul 31, 11:26
  - Harris Faulkner doing her part to prop up this clown -- nm - mr mooch Jul 31, 11:24
  - JD Vance: "well i guess this one way for me to have better week than last" -- nm - mr mooch Jul 31, 11:23 1
    - right?!! he is so relieved right now -- nm - Epiphany Jul 31, 11:28
  - "A black job is anyone that has a job" -- nm - mr mooch Jul 31, 11:21
  - Kamala campaign recording every second of this -- (link) - mr mooch Jul 31, 11:21 [Image]
- Just like the debate rules. They both should say/should have said okay and then done it anyway. - Dano Jul 31, 11:18
- oh he finally came out, now under fire. -- nm - mud Jul 31, 11:16 1
  - holy shit, this is unbelievable. -- nm - mud Jul 31, 11:17
- So let me get this straight... at a JOURNALIST convention, he does not want them to fact check??!!! -- nm - Epiphany Jul 31, 11:13 1
  - i mean, CNN agreed to it at the debate so . . . -- nm - mr mooch Jul 31, 11:18
- Reality has a well-known liberal bias. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 31, 11:09
expanding the map to… NC -- (link) - mr mooch Jul 31, 10:58
in their defense Soccer Canada submitted a bunch of emails...one of which, and I shit you not, was the coach going to HR trying to get - Beaker 🍻 Jul 31, 10:56
Premier League league VAR procedure in USA / Australia soccer match -- nm - JD Jul 31, 10:50 1
- that was horribly done -- nm - prayformojo Jul 31, 10:51
picking an insta fight with the GOAT probably will turn out bad for you -- (link) - mr mooch Jul 31, 10:45
B2 was board 37,000 -- nm - prayformojo Jul 31, 10:42 4
- My favorite was board 21,394. -- nm - David Jul 31, 10:43 3
  - Board 16,893 makes board 12, 445 look like board 19,868 -- nm - prayformojo Jul 31, 10:50 1
    - *knowing laugh* that is so, so true -- nm - rollo Jul 31, 11:10
  - Which Backyard Adventure was that again? 6 or 7? -- nm - Baron of the Rings Jul 31, 10:47
Some quick Challenge All-Stars S4 (spoil thought for right before the final that apply to the upcoming Challenge Season 40) - Jovian Jul 31, 10:30 7
- She's a terrible person who lived long enough to become the villain. -- nm - David Jul 31, 10:56 5
  - the hell do you know. Yet another subject area you're talking carelessly about. -- nm - mud Jul 31, 11:01 4
    - I was talking about Cara Maria for a decade now Y'all just found out about her like 8 months ago. -- nm - David Jul 31, 11:12 3
      - bullshit X2 -- nm - mud Jul 31, 11:14 2
        
        Well, this is just a blatant attempt to re-write history. -- nm - David Jul 31, 11:19 1
        
        In fact, here's a post ten years ago. -- (link) - David Jul 31, 11:20 [Backboard]
- not her fault -- nm - mud Jul 31, 10:54
LMS, is this fallout from that Southport thing? -- nm - Reagen Jul 31, 10:29 1
- It's my guess. -- nm - LMS Jul 31, 10:37
women's soccer: Canada has to beat Colombia cuz their appeal failed, it's on in an hour and-a-half -- nm - mud Jul 31, 10:25 7
- i mean . . . they did the cheating afaik -- nm - mr mooch Jul 31, 10:33 5
  - "they"? -- nm - mud Jul 31, 10:52 4
    - teams are teams. it was done for the team, the team pays the price. -- nm - Andie Jul 31, 10:54 3
      - Stupid coach. Did they deserve a 6 pt. hit? -- nm - mud Jul 31, 10:54 2
        
        6 pts may be up for debate, but there has to be a collective impact on the team. - Roger More Jul 31, 10:59 1
        
        agreed. -- nm - mud Jul 31, 11:00
- High stakes! I'm in! -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 31, 10:31
hands down the worst VP behavior is "here's a big task we'd like you to work on but absolutely no rush or deadline yet" then less than 48 hours later - mr mooch Jul 31, 10:24 4
- Haven't you been to Payroll yet? -- nm - Wilhelm Jul 31, 10:58
- Nothing to do with couches? -- nm - JD Jul 31, 10:48
- I had an email from Wed last week asking me to do something. This person knew I was on vacation for the entire week. Does their week end on Tuesday? -- nm - Baron of the Rings Jul 31, 10:46
- This is why that's bad for Kamala Harris. -- nm - NYT Pitchbot Jul 31, 10:27
Congrats to Israel on their surgical takeout of a leader of Hamas. - Loyola Jul 31, 10:23 6
- Afaik, that was the guy Hamas had to negotiate a ceasefire ... they are trying to start a regional war -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 31, 11:12 5
  - ..and the price per barrel oils is going up cause of unease in the region, so the GOP uneducated Facebook peeps can say: see gas prices are higher now - Epiphany Jul 31, 11:14 4
    - Both sides are horrible when they do this. - Strongbad Jul 31, 11:53 1
      - I do not like the stock market argument either. -- nm - Epiphany Jul 31, 12:05
    - For awhile the wholesale price of crude was literally less than zero. They were paying tankers to take it off their hands. -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 31, 11:43 1
      - good times, good times. but according to Trump - he is going to drill baby drill -- nm - Epiphany Jul 31, 12:06

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