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DNC started the virtual phone vote for Harris nomination, though she's the only one on the ballot. will end monday. -- (link) - zeitgeist Aug 1, 23:23
more hardware: first team foil fencing gold for US . . . ever. which should always be held in a big giant baroque palace -- (link) - hollywood big shot Aug 1, 23:04 [youtube] 1
- If they’re not fencing 4 vs. 4 like a Three Musketeers movie, then what’s the point?! -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 1, 23:08
The package is still there. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Aug 1, 22:53 [Backboard] 1
- you should collect it for safekeeping, leave a note telling whomever you have it for them, after a year you can keep it...I think. -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 1, 23:25
Proposed new Olympic sport; sheep herding. Have you ever seen sheepdogs and their owner work together moving sheep from one field to another? It’s - Loyola Aug 1, 22:45 6
- it should be paired with roadrunner racing -- (pic) - Warner Bros. cartoons Aug 1, 23:09 [Attachment]
- stop trying to engineer Irish medals. what's next, potato farming? -- nm - mafic Aug 1, 22:52 4
  - viking dodging, its like dodgeball only they throw axes and spears -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 1, 23:00
  - Proposed new Olympic sport; giving directions to tourists. Put an Eskimo in an urban landscape and get him to his destination using only hand signals - Loyola Aug 1, 22:58 2
    - as long as they're not oral. I've been to Ireland. "go down the road to the red building. you can't miss the red building. the red bank we call it. - mafic Aug 1, 23:06 1
      - Lol you’ve got to throw in at the end “but I wouldn’t be going that way if I were you” - Loyola Aug 1, 23:24
crash alert: Yung Gravy’s new album just dropped. - Tim Aug 1, 22:32 1
- I guess that’s better than Serving C*nt which, honestly, not a fan of the popularity of the phrase with my fellow gays. -- nm - Qale Aug 1, 22:46
Heh, poker tonight. I got 2nd but was struggling early. Then this happened. - Will Hunting Aug 1, 22:30
Holy shit, BMX racing! I should have been watching this all day! -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 1, 22:12
80 years ago today, Anne Frank wrote her final diary entry -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 1, 22:07
do people enjoy playing water polo? they certainly never look like it. -- nm - mafic Aug 1, 21:15
Former AG Eric Holder blames political hacks for blocking bringing 9/11 detainees to US soil for trial, leaving them in quantanimo - zeitgeist Aug 1, 20:52 1
- extracting their confessions by torture always threatened the cases as a non-military crim trial -- nm - mr mooch Aug 1, 20:56
they've landed. -- (pic) - mud Aug 1, 20:49 [Attachment] 4
- Can someone point me to a website that breaks down the released persons, perhaps the way ESPN would illustrate an NBA trade? -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 1, 23:04
- The NYT gritted its teeth and posted a pro-Biden headline about it. - David Aug 1, 20:59 2
  - I hope Kamala retains his well-earned contempt for the beltway hack patrol -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 1, 21:47 1
    - It’s more days than that. You’re President through December and much of January too, dude. Do more! -- nm - Qale Aug 1, 22:50
How much are tickets to the gymnastics? All I saw was open close ceremonies for $2,000 -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 1, 20:38
Are you familiar with Heston Blumenthal? British Chef who appears on various cooking shows. He has a show on Tubi called Heston's Feasts where he -- (edited) - Meg Aug 1, 20:22 3
- Missed opportunity, I'd say. "Heston's Feastons". It's right there. -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 1, 22:16 2
  - Next up - Heston's Christmas Feast. - Meg Aug 1, 22:22 1
    - Heston’s Christian Feastons. -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 1, 22:54
judge overturns the NFL Sunday Ticket verdict -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 1, 20:17
Lyc, under my employer's personal trading policy we're allowed 10 trades per person a month, which seems like a lot as I don't do much trading -- (edited) - znufrii Aug 1, 20:14
RE: weird. Weird is an opinion, creep, degenerate, deplorable is an accusation. Calling them what they are (fascists) is unpopular for a lot of - colin Aug 1, 20:09 9
- Weird, like innumerable words in the English language, can contain multiple meanings in different contexts - Reagen Aug 1, 20:18 6
  - We Endeavour to Irrevocably Rescind Democracy. WEIRD! -- nm - VMan Aug 1, 21:08
  - wait til they hear about "bad" meaning either good or bad, depending on context and who's speaking -- nm - mud Aug 1, 20:27 2
    - You know. FAT! Pretty, hot and tempting. -- nm - C Tucker Aug 1, 21:01
    - "allow me to demonstrate!" -- nm - Reagen Aug 1, 20:29
  - Also, it hits conservatives harder because they define themselves as mainstream. Trump followers have been doing some weird weird shit and they - Reagen Aug 1, 20:22 1
    - True. When you are pandering to a group of fringe weirdos, you should be called out on carrying water for their beliefs. -- nm - colin Aug 1, 20:26
- Dems and Liberals don't mind being labelled weird as well. And they don't know ho to counter that. -- nm - . Aug 1, 20:14 1
  - Like Texas. In Austin they embrace it. Suburban Houston? It probably has them thinking. -- nm - King Of Oklahoma Aug 1, 20:17
BREAKING: @PeteButtigieg is cutting an official side trip to Indiana short tomorrow due to "unforeseen scheduling constraints." -- nm - Trending Aug 1, 20:02 4
- Pritzker says he's cancelling a performance with Blink 182 on SUnday at Lolla. -- nm - . Aug 1, 20:11 1
  - BASTARD!!!! -- nm - King Of Oklahoma Aug 1, 20:18
- Every significant Democratic politician should announce cancelled plans for next week. "Al Franken?!?!?" -- nm - Reagen Aug 1, 20:06
- Pete has an “official side”. -- nm - NYT Aug 1, 20:04
SWANSON!!!! - King Of Oklahoma Aug 1, 19:41 1
- Ron? -- nm - mud Aug 1, 19:44
this Bomani Jones guy on the CNN panel is great. - mud Aug 1, 19:30
JD Vance: rape/incest exceptions “inconvenient” excuses for having an abortion -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 1, 19:16 3
- repealing Obamacare would still be a priority for second Trump administration -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 1, 19:17 2
  - Part of Congress’ role would be to actually FUND IT! -- nm - VMan Aug 1, 19:45 1
    - Oh, and states to accept and allocate the funding. -- nm - VMan Aug 1, 19:58
Because boxer Imane Khelif comes from that woke bastion transgender paradise of Algeria. -- nm - Dano Aug 1, 19:15 6
- Frankly, once they're in the same weight class, I'd argue that gender isn't that much of a factor. -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 1, 22:50
- she has also lost nine times (*nine* times) to other female boxers -- nm - mr mooch Aug 1, 19:21 4
  - I don't recall Ferris losing *nine* times -- nm - rollo Aug 1, 20:30
  - Putting the salt in the wound, was the other one any good? Early round (Prelim IIRC) and left herself wide open for that shot. -- nm - VMan Aug 1, 19:48
  - The reactions are just plain dumb. If she were a male who decided at some point to transition to female she would have been stoned to death. -- nm - Dano Aug 1, 19:31 1
    - She's intersex. -- nm - . Aug 1, 20:08
I asked JD what he thought of Orion's belt -- (edited) - prayformojo Aug 1, 19:13 3
- I was expecting a 3 page editorial. Pfft. -- nm - VMan Aug 1, 19:49
- 👍 -- nm - JD Aug 1, 19:46 1
  - I shouldn’t say it but…. You are on DOUBLE secret probation, buddy. -- nm - VMan Aug 1, 20:03
Today I got an e-mail from a financial institution titled "Time for your mid-year finance check-in!" - ty97 Aug 1, 19:10
Big Brother update/spoiler. which houseguest was evicted tonight. - Peglegpete Aug 1, 19:08 1
- Spoiler. - King Of Oklahoma Aug 1, 20:21
Gloria Johnson (she of the expulsion from TN’s legislature) will face Marsha Blackburn in Nov for the senate seat -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 1, 19:07 3
- excellent. -- nm - mud Aug 1, 19:31
- Oh good. -- nm - kelly Aug 1, 19:23
- We liked both candidates, so we stayed out of it. Blackburn's heinous Riley Gaines commercial is all over the Olympics. - David Aug 1, 19:13
of the 28 public transit projects announced for the 2028 LA games, a whopping 10 (might) be finished in time for them -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 1, 19:02 4
- High speed rail from Las Vegas and San Francisco into downtown L.A. would be great! When’s that happening, again? -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 1, 22:56
- The L.A. Uber helicopters are going to make bank 🏦 -- nm - Trending Aug 1, 20:09
- They hired the guys who work on the CTA escalators? -- nm - . Aug 1, 20:06 1
  - The road crew from Falling Down -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 1, 20:56
My new coworker (he’ll be in the room with me all day) is a Qanon conspiracy theorist. - kelly Aug 1, 19:00 6
- "Honestly? It's weird to talk about this stuff at school. Let's talk about something else" -- nm - rollo Aug 1, 20:27 2
  - You’d think. - kelly Aug 1, 21:07
  - Yep. Shut it down & don't initiate engagement. If *they* can't do that, then it's reasonable to make a more formal request. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 1, 20:40
- it's really the worst. I had a friend from high school who got deep and aggressively into it. she has no friends anymore except online Q people. -- nm - mafic Aug 1, 19:03
- One) I feel for you. Two) tell us everything. All the time. I can't wait. -- nm - amandaphone Aug 1, 19:01 1
  - I worked alongside him a few years ago at my old school. I do know he retired from his government job because of masking and - kelly Aug 1, 19:28
Mark Kelly schedules an appearance this weekend just so he can join the fun and cancel it. -- nm - Dano Aug 1, 18:48 1
- Omg I'm dying to know. -- nm - amandaphone Aug 1, 18:55
You know that scene in Die Hart with Karl and the power saw and the telephone lines? - Mop🧹 Aug 1, 18:20 2
- Show me how this works again, Mop. *muffled gunshot* -- nm - Blackbriar Aug 1, 19:54
- this feels like taking out the back door to WOPR in WarGames - mr mooch Aug 1, 18:23
I'm going camping tomorrow night so will not be super internet until very late Saturday night. If Harris announces, can someone text me please? - amandaphone Aug 1, 18:20
when we say “weird” … -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 1, 18:18
how do I know this is spam? first it's *Doctor* Jill Biden. I mean other reasons too. - mafic Aug 1, 17:48 2
- 50 million 500 dollars. -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 1, 18:19
- It's like some of them don't even try ;) -- nm - Meg Aug 1, 17:53
Mayor Pete's schedule has changed.... -- (link) - Remlik Aug 1, 17:43 2
- that's Secretary Pete to you -- nm - Tim Aug 1, 17:52 1
  - good point -- nm - Remlik Aug 1, 18:05
There do seem to be a lot of weirdos in charge -- nm - rollo Aug 1, 17:26
oh wow. US has formally recognized Maduro’s opponent as the winner of their election -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 1, 17:22 2
- I mean they also recognised Juan Guaido as president a couple years ago and it changed nothing. -- nm - mafic Aug 1, 17:37 1
  - Right. -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 1, 18:10
David, I was lucky enough to go to Paris when I was 17 and when I saw the traffic around the arc I was mesmerized for a good 10 minutes. "How! Don't! - rollo Aug 1, 17:14 2
- Kim and I were talking about this earlier. I wonder how many accidents they have in a given day...and what that does to traffic. -- nm - David Aug 1, 18:09 1
  - When I was there a couple of years ago my wife and I were watching the craziness at the arc and guy goes by on a Vespa with his helmet in his lap and - pmb Aug 1, 20:52
Alabama couples drop IVF lawsuit that resulted in ruling equating embryos with children. -- (link*) - znufrii Aug 1, 17:11
Your word of the day: klansplaining. - JaxSean Aug 1, 17:08 1
- wow -- nm - prayformojo Aug 1, 17:10
MLB: 3rd Strike of the Day -- (link) - budice Aug 1, 17:05
how bad must the downballot polling be for Lindsey to do this in public? -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 1, 17:05 2
- yikes -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 1, 17:10 1
  - Not actually a political poll. That’s the odds on a prediction market site. -- nm* - znufrii Aug 1, 17:16
Thursday Murdle: 3:13 - that felt like the easiest puzzle I've tried so far....but a lot - prayformojo Aug 1, 16:51
glad we made all those trade deadline moves to shore up the starting pi -- -- nm - mr mooch Aug 1, 16:46
Jim Croce died when he was only 30 years old? It seemed that he was at least 45 for 20 years -- nm - prayformojo Aug 1, 16:45 2
- somebody made the point when comparing the pictures of Kamala and LBJ at the same age, people used to smoke A LOT -- nm - mr mooch Aug 1, 16:47 1
  - Sun screen and moisturizer -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 1, 17:03
I know it gets lost in the ha ha Succession is Funny of it all but the Murdochs really are as evil as it gets -- (link*) - mr mooch Aug 1, 16:29
Joe Biden just got 66 more district judge seats to fill -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 1, 16:25 1
- Good. - znufrii Aug 1, 16:31
I like Batman Caped Crusader so much I want to take it out behind the middle school and get it pregnant -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Aug 1, 16:25 3
- I haven't been f-ed like that since middle school. -- nm - Spawn Aug 2, 07:32
- Matt Gaetz burner account? -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 1, 16:31 1
  - Tracy Morgan 30 Rock -- (link) - Beaker 🍻 Aug 1, 16:38 [youtube]
anyone else hear about the Mr beast drama -- nm - mydimons Aug 1, 16:13 9
- Drama against mrbeast -- (link*) - mydimons Aug 1, 16:38 [youtube] 6
  - I’m not saying this isn’t super shady, but - kelly Aug 1, 18:55
  - I’ll wait and see on this drama. One disgruntled employee? Some corroboration would be good. - Mop🧹 Aug 1, 18:16 1
    - he literally just did a video with 50? (or so) of the biggest -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Aug 1, 18:28
  - short version -- (link) - mydimons Aug 1, 16:41 [youtube] 2
    - What a shame. I really enjoyed his videos and was happy to see him expanding into the charity work. -- nm - Krusty Aug 1, 16:59 1
      - meh. there have always been videos trying to take him down. even moreso when he backed kris initially -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Aug 1, 17:01
- this? made me sad; liked her -- (link) - Beaker 🍻 Aug 1, 16:15 [Backboard] 1
  - Yup, it was really disappointing. -- nm - David Aug 1, 16:17
Caesars sells WSOP for $500 Million -- (link) - Peglegpete Aug 1, 16:03 1
- Wow. GGPoker taking over. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 1, 17:26
Walter White has led New Mexico State to consecutive national titles. - David Aug 1, 15:49
When Football is Back -- (link) - Beaker 🍻 Aug 1, 15:43 [youtube] 1
- that's great -- nm - mud Aug 1, 15:50
dc peeps: there's a good improv show at Kennedy Center this week with one of my teachers, among other heavy hitters -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 1, 15:40
David is right. -- (edited) - mud Aug 1, 15:25 11
- What was the Cara Maria point? That she’s a little overrated? Possibly. - Volnelk 🍊 Aug 1, 15:50 9
  - That she lived long enough to become the villain. Her and Paulie whathisface are fucking toxic people. - David Aug 1, 15:56 7
    - Oh that I agree with 100%. She was always odd but early it was in a fun way. Then she hooked up with Paulie and became a WWE character of a person. -- (edited) - Volnelk 🍊 Aug 1, 16:15 6
      - you guys are suckers-for-rumors -- nm - mud Aug 1, 16:20 5
        
        Her and Paulie are terrible people. That she wore a carbon copy of Melania's green jacket, with something different written in white - Jovian Aug 1, 17:15
        
        Dude, we're the ones who have seen like 30 seasons you missed. -- nm - David Aug 1, 16:30 2
        
        I've seen S11-S39 (except S35), some rewatched. Also USA1, USA2, AllStars 1,2,3,4 -- (edited) - mud Aug 1, 16:44 1
        
        I can only conclude, from the lack of response from all three of my friends in this thread, that I've seen more of the show than any of ya -- nm - mud Aug 1, 20:30
        
        Not rumors if you’ve watched like 50 seasons of the show. It’s observations. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Aug 1, 16:25
  - that's she's now a villain. (pfft, as if) -- nm - mud Aug 1, 15:52
- . . . is not actually a thing -- nm - mr mooch Aug 1, 15:37

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