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Obama and Dubya will head up a 250th half-tricentennial celebration (?) for July 4, 2026. don't let that fuckhead have to be involved y'all -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 1, 10:49 13
- Top the 1893 Worlds Columbian Exposition or dont do a thing - Jovian Aug 1, 10:57 3
  - Maybe not the serial killer part. -- nm - Reagen Aug 1, 10:58 2
    - heh. I will point out that Murder House was *not* part of the Expo. - Jovian Aug 1, 12:31
    - or maybe only that part -- nm - rollo Aug 1, 11:02
- Dickhead didn't join other multi pres gatherings like that one in the oval with Biden, Obama, Bush Jr and Clinton but not him -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 1, 10:57
- "half-tricentennial" Fuck no, that's not a thing. "Quarter millennia," maybe? -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 1, 10:54 3
  - Wouldn't "half-tricentennial" be only 150? -- nm - VMan Aug 1, 11:11
  - Wikipedia has 4 options and none of them are half-tricentennial: Sestercentennial, Semiquincentennial, Bicenquinquagenary, and Quarter-millennial -- (link) - oblique Aug 1, 10:56 1
    - "250th" -- nm - rollo Aug 1, 11:01
- He might be poisoned or imprisoned by then -- nm - rollo Aug 1, 10:52 3
  - ‘ Death by Dasani Water Bottle’ never occurred to me -- nm - Epiphany Aug 1, 10:53 1
    - I don't think he would fit through a window so it would go to the russians 2nd favorite way of disposing of agents after they fail or become unuseful -- nm - rollo Aug 1, 10:55
  - From your lips to God's ears -- nm - Jovian Aug 1, 10:53
There's women's boxing at the Olympics. Cue furor about gender. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Aug 1, 10:45
Keanu Reeves And Alex Winter Reuniting For Broadway Production Of 'Waiting For Godot' -- (link) - LMS Aug 1, 10:32 3
- Waiting for Go-whoaaa. -- nm* - pmb Aug 1, 10:54
- as had been foretold -- nm* - prayformojo Aug 1, 10:38 1
  - (this is really funny.) -- nm - ☀️ mandy chem ☀️ Aug 1, 10:41
I feel like you’re just inviting the inevitable first question at the VP debate “how do your own biracial children identify to others?” -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 1, 10:21 4
- I clicked through on that tweet and in another tweet by dude saw this posted by vance in 2023. - ☀️ mandy chem ☀️ Aug 1, 10:33 [Attachment] 1
  - He is repugnant. Him. He needs to shut up - Epiphany Aug 1, 10:49
- Forget all that. Imagine being his wife and just taking this comment on the chin from your husband? For the sake of political expediency. - Jovian Aug 1, 10:23 1
  - "Obviously, she's not a white person..." -- nm - oblique Aug 1, 10:33
free longlegs tix if you were born on the 14th -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 1, 10:11
“Why didn’t he do it when he was president?” -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 1, 10:07 6
- sometimes it's fun to play "HOW WILL MAGA SPIN THIS?" something like "biden compromised national security by getting dangerous criminals released back - ☀️ mandy chem ☀️ Aug 1, 10:25 1
  - That's basically was was said when Brittney Griner was exchanged for Viktor Bout -- nm - Roger More Aug 1, 10:27
- What a fuckstick. How do you actually ask that question? -- nm - Jovian Aug 1, 10:12 3
  - more interested if they ever write the headline that naturally follows “Biden/Harris Secures Russian Hostages’ Release In a Major Blow to Trump” -- nm - mr mooch Aug 1, 10:17 2
    - Even just a follow up q. "Mr Trump, President Biden asked why Whelan's release was not arranged while you were President? What do you say to that?" - Roger More Aug 1, 10:21 1
      - Yes. -- nm - Epiphany Aug 1, 10:52
49ers to induct RB Frank Gore into their HOF. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 1, 09:52 1
- Awesome. He’s great -- nm - Epiphany Aug 1, 10:54
Alina Habba, speaking at a Trump rally: “Habba: Unlike you Kamala, I know who my roots are and where I come from” - Trending Aug 1, 09:46 9
- Doubling down is in their DNA. Is it so hard to admit when they’re wrong? -- nm - Epiphany Aug 1, 10:55
- Why is his defense attorney who lost his case for him speaking at a rally ? -- nm - decline Aug 1, 10:00 2
  - She is *always* with him. Essentially lives at Maralago. And because she is his side piece. -- nm* - Jovian Aug 1, 10:14
  - Grifters gonna grift. -- nm - znufrii Aug 1, 10:05
- my law school was third-tier but even we dunked on her alma mater (Widener) as the worst of the worst -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 1, 09:48 2
  - are there still two wideners? do both suck equally? -- nm - ☀️ mandy chem ☀️ Aug 1, 09:49 1
    - not sure if they ever consolidated. the one in PA was where you went when you absolutely couldn't get in anywhere else as i recall -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 1, 09:51
- It's a dominance and attention play. Call them weird, race obsessed losers and move on. -- nm - Reagen Aug 1, 09:48 1
  - I like this plan -- nm - Epiphany Aug 1, 10:57
It's all happening. -- (pic) -- (link*) - amandaphone Aug 1, 09:25 [Attachment] 7
- Spectacular -- nm - Epiphany Aug 1, 10:59
- you're gonna be able to turn on all your lights 24/7!! -- nm* - decline Aug 1, 09:40
- I’m hoping SealTeam6 can get those hostages out -- nm - Trending Aug 1, 09:39 3
  - (the hostages will be cats (who are terrified of noise and of people) on install days.) -- nm - ☀️ mandy chem ☀️ Aug 1, 09:46 2
    - 😭 poor kitties -- nm - Trending Aug 1, 09:46 1
      - Ugh I hate even thinking about it. The basement is where they hide when they are scared and is also where my electric panel is. -- nm - amandaphone Aug 1, 09:52
- sorry, I needed to edit the grab. -- nm* - ☀️ mandy chem ☀️ Aug 1, 09:26
All the mlb 1st round picks have signed in advance of the deadline at 5pm -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 1, 09:07
Gov Wes Moore ran a full practice in pads with Univ of Md football squad -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 1, 09:06 2
- He's a beast. -- nm - Inigo Aug 1, 09:11
- Given MD’s trainer history, he managed to jump from 7th on the depth chart to starter before he tore an ACL. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 1, 09:08
GUARD: My Lord, Gandalf the White is here to see you DENETHOR: I did not know he was White until a number of weeks ago, when he happened to turn White -- (edited) - Trending Aug 1, 09:05 1
- LOL -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 1, 09:50
Dano's Top 20 Songs for July - Dano Aug 1, 09:00 4
- Scene Queen is so hot. So is Sofi. -- nm - Qale Aug 1, 12:20
- I like A Tear In Space from the new Glass Animals -- nm - Tim Aug 1, 09:44 1
  - That was on my June list because they released it as a single before the album release. -- nm - Dano Aug 1, 09:46
- I have heard exactly zero of those. -- nm - Spawn Aug 1, 09:40
🤣—this is so sad—casting spoilers for FF villain though (in case you’re living under a rock). -- (pic) - Trending Aug 1, 08:57 [Attachment]
"- about an hour before he notified the world he was dropping out of the presidential race on July 21 .." -- (pic) - mud Aug 1, 08:50 [Attachment] 9
- VP Harris was personally involved in the negotiations at a high level -- (link) - hollywood big shot Aug 1, 09:41 4
  - "While Trump is weirdly obsessing about race, VP Harris is getting ready for the business of governing and negotiating with world leaders" -- nm - Reagen Aug 1, 09:46 2
    - "I'm running for the White House . . . he's running from the big house" -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 1, 09:50 1
      - Directed by Garry Marshall -- nm - Roger More Aug 1, 10:04
  - of course she was -- nm - Spawn Aug 1, 09:42
- of course he did -- nm - physics,getting slapped around by Olympic gymnasts Aug 1, 09:36
- "and a lottery protected 2nd round pick in 2026" -- nm - Reagen Aug 1, 09:21
- Romania also offered to toss in Andrew Tate but Russia declined. -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 1, 08:53 1
  - heh -- nm - mud Aug 1, 08:55
ST Poll — Who is your town’s most famous Olympian? -- (link) - znufrii Aug 1, 08:44 27
- Apolo Ohno, speed skater -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 1, 11:09
- Russ Howard. Gold Medal in Curling (winter)....or Marianne Limpert Silver in Swimming (summer). -- nm - Walt_Disney Aug 1, 11:04
- Kurt Angle. Actually from a nearby suburb, but close enough -- nm - Fuzzy Aug 1, 10:15
- Maurice Greene i believe. -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 1, 09:50
- I remember this guy as he graduated from the same high school as my kids -- (link) - oblique Aug 1, 09:50
- Elvis Stojko, or PK Subban, or Milos Raonic for Toronto, maybe? From my home town, probably Elizabeth Manley or Brian Orser. -- nm - Andie Aug 1, 09:31
- Sidney Crosby, technically, but Ellie Black, I guess. -- nm - Reagen Aug 1, 09:26
- JJK, baybee!!! -- nm - Turd Ferguson Aug 1, 09:25
- Technically born in Wilmington, but since most associate him with UNC, as in Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, I'm claiming Michael Jordon. - sycor Aug 1, 09:17 4
  - Actually, Jordan was born in Brooklyn. I could claim him but since his family moved to NC when was very young I don't. -- nm - Krusty Aug 1, 09:22 2
    - Oh dang I just saw Cumberland Hospital. I thought they meant Cumberland down here and didn't actually look at it. -- nm - sycor Aug 1, 09:24 1
      - Funny coincidence. His family moved to NC when he was 4 or 5 so we can claim him but he wasn't raised here so I don't think it really counts. - Krusty Aug 1, 09:32 [youtube]
  - And Berkoff, NC State swimmer, just won a medal. So that's pretty dope. -- nm - sycor Aug 1, 09:19
- Meghan Agosta would be my guess -- nm - VMan Aug 1, 09:17
- Just some guy named Phelps. -- nm - Inigo Aug 1, 09:10
- Most famous? Probably Dan O'Brien. But my personal favorite is Mariel Zagunis. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Aug 1, 09:06 1
  - Anna Peplowski is from a town about 10 miles from where I grew up. And graduated from my high school's most hated rival. -- (link) - ReluctantCynic Aug 1, 09:33
- it's hard here because of penn state. I can't easily google for "state college natives." -- nm - ☀️ mandy chem ☀️ Aug 1, 08:57 1
  - Frederick Richard! -- nm* - hollywood big shot Aug 1, 08:58
- Bob Beamon -- nm - Krusty Aug 1, 08:56 1
  - For Brooklyn and not NYC it would probably be Riddick Bowe. -- nm - Krusty Aug 1, 09:25
- This awesome gal, this year—and Frank Shorter for all-time -- (link*) - Trending Aug 1, 08:54
- Jade Carey is currently enrolled in Oregon State University. -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 1, 08:50 1
  - Conversely, how many NHL stars from Montreal have won Gold? -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 1, 08:51
- i think the closest we've ever gotten is qualifying round of swimming -- (link) - hollywood big shot Aug 1, 08:48 1
  - (my hometown. my current town . . . c'mon) -- (link) - hollywood big shot Aug 1, 08:57
- I don’t think we had one. - Will Hunting Aug 1, 08:47
this is good for Kara-Murza too because of his health concerns -- nm - mud Aug 1, 08:42
Balls. In Gershkovich’s official request of clemency from Putin prior to his release, he asked if Putin would be willing to sit for an interview. -- (link) - znufrii Aug 1, 08:39 2
- more than the paper he actually works for ever showed while he was being held hostage -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 1, 09:45
- Via Zoom, presumably. -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 1, 08:49
nasal COVID-19 vaccine halts actual transmission (inject it straight into my nose) -- (link) - hollywood big shot Aug 1, 08:38 1
- That's what the Nazis want! -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 1, 09:00
Goddamnit - znufrii Aug 1, 08:34
John Angelos is officially your problem now, Nashville -- (link) - hollywood big shot Aug 1, 08:26
you'd think these dudes would eventually figure out that Mossad will find a way to get your ass no matter where on Earth you go - hollywood big shot Aug 1, 08:23
Poll: Can you name who killed Kennedy? Who tried to kill Reagan? Guy who tried to kill Trump? - Andie Aug 1, 08:21 20
- Oswald, Hinkley, who? -- nm - Spawn Aug 1, 09:38
- How about Ford ? (2 attempts) - decline Aug 1, 09:00 1
  - Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme & Sarah Jane Moore -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 1, 09:01
- I could name the first 2. Not Trump. And speaking of, I have no kept up, did they ever find a motive? - sycor Aug 1, 08:30 4
  - Death by cop. - Mop🧹 Aug 1, 08:38 3
    - Very sad if this is accurate. I hate that mental health treatment isn't more widely available and that it is so stigmatized by some. -- nm - sycor Aug 1, 08:40 2
      - To think this could have been a school shooting. -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 1, 09:01 1
        
        but he picked this cause school was out or school shootings are so mundane now. Needed a bigger impact -- nm - Epiphany Aug 1, 09:10
- CIA, Hinkley, Sleepy Joe -- (edited) - Turd Ferguson Aug 1, 08:25
- spoils cause I am not sure I am correct - Epiphany Aug 1, 08:22
- Yes, yes, no, but only because Sondheim isn’t around to update Assassins. -- nm - znufrii Aug 1, 08:22
- Oswald Hinkley Crooks -- nm - mud Aug 1, 08:22
- Oswald, Hinckley, Crooks -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 1, 08:22 5
  - bonus for correct spelling? -- nm - mud Aug 1, 08:28 4
    - one thing i had never put together before is a reason cops use assassins' three names is so they don't get confused with normie citizens having the - hollywood big shot Aug 1, 08:43 3
      - yeah I figured this out 44 years ago with Mark David Chapman -- nm - mud Aug 1, 08:46 2
        
        thank god! -- nm - Mark Eugene Chapman Aug 1, 08:50 1
        
        tell me about it! -- nm - Lee Harold Oswald Aug 1, 08:51
- Yes, yes, no -- nm - prayformojo Aug 1, 08:21 1
  - this -- nm - JaxSean Aug 1, 09:22
amanda - have you listened to the Terribly Famous podcast? - Andie Aug 1, 08:13 1
- ohhhhhh no but I will. -- nm - ☀️ mandy chem ☀️ Aug 1, 08:14
Re NAJB Trump interview: “They didn't move Trump off the stage that fast when the dude tried to assassinate him” -- nm - Trending Aug 1, 08:11 7
- I keep reading NAJB as NBA Jam, and get confused. then I remember what it stands for, and think "well what else was gonna happen" -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 1, 08:31 2
  - BOOM SHAKALAKA -- nm - Strongbad Aug 1, 08:36 1
    - "He's on (liar liar pants on) fire!" -- nm - rollo Aug 1, 08:42
- "If Kamala was trying to deny her Indian heritage she would have changed her name to Nikki" -- (link) - hollywood big shot Aug 1, 08:29 2
  - *snork!* -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 1, 09:51
  - 🤣 -- nm - Trending Aug 1, 08:33
- L4!! -- nm - Epiphany Aug 1, 08:23
DTL: Starkville notches 9th FF in 32 seasons, just under 2 years of real time. Seeks 3rd title as the only remaining 1 seed tho it's - rollo Aug 1, 08:10 7
- Recruiting wise I'll have 3 large ties (5/5, 6/6, 6/6), a CL, a 0/1 3-pt edge, and a 28RP that will either be clear or 1/1. How're you looking? -- nm - rollo Aug 1, 08:15 6
  - A 5/5, a 2/2, 2 CL’s, a tie on a 7’ guy with an 8.667 ast/to ratio and a 3pt chase. - Will Hunting Aug 1, 08:53
  - You would -love- CFB25. -- nm - David Aug 1, 08:43 2
    - I imagine I would, but I'd have to buy a gaming system and spend time gaming. I suspect my joystick skills make the passive DTL the better choice - rollo Aug 1, 08:49 1
      - Pitfall's map was confusing. But this is a game of getting clear recruiting leads. Then, you watch helplessly as bigger programs chase you down. -- nm - David Aug 1, 08:56
  - 1 large tie, 2 moderate ties, 3 clear leads. Nobody looks like a world beater, but I had to pass on some of the juicier prospects for height. -- nm - Baron of the Rings Aug 1, 08:34
  - 1 of those 6/6s is for the #1 guy on my board Raequan Wiginton, 6-time star of the game who is E scouted at EF+E-E-E ... come to papa -- nm - rollo Aug 1, 08:26
XBox Game Pass Ultimate $9/mo codes -- (link) - budice Aug 1, 08:10
97 - the difference between $20 for early bird and $20 for an assigned seat is that - - Turd Ferguson Aug 1, 08:00 1
- Ah, I can see how it helps with last minute bookings -- nm - ty97 Aug 1, 08:33
My crackpot idea around water is to fill in the Qattara Depression -- (link) - Reagen Aug 1, 08:00 1
- Easy there Nasser -- nm - Roger More Aug 1, 08:02
Vman, right? I was totally expecting some funny from that set-up! -- nm - prayformojo Aug 1, 07:58 7
- The closest I could get was "for holding his microphone too high" -- nm - rollo Aug 1, 08:17 3
  - They didn’t like his s(ch)tick -- nm - Trending Aug 1, 08:29 2
    - there it is: high-schticking -- nm - rollo Aug 1, 08:40 1
      - ! -- nm - mud Aug 1, 08:43
- Might need a wellness check on JD—this is one of those, “If you were kidnapped, what would you say to signal you’re in danger,” moments -- nm - Trending Aug 1, 08:00
- oh wait: " He *postponed* a planned Ph.D. in English to take an entry-level job at TheFan 590" - ha! now I get it -- nm - prayformojo Aug 1, 08:00 1
  - I don't write the headlines, I just repost them -- nm - JD Aug 1, 08:00
Word. -- nm - Turd Ferguson Aug 1, 07:58

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