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more blue wall polling PA/WI/MI shows modest to less modest leads for Kamala -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 13, 10:59 5
- I echo all the cautions about polling and that the election is months away, but I do enjoy that I'm sure these are making Trump apoplectic. -- nm - Dano Aug 13, 11:03 4
  - While I know all of this - considering Joe and the Dems were dead in the water just 3 weeks ago - every one of these polls makes me giddy... - Turd Ferguson Aug 13, 11:07
  - i saw a theory on twitter that he isn't doing rallies now b/c SS told him they can't assure his safety outdoors but he's too cheap to actually pay for - mr mooch Aug 13, 11:06 2
    - I would imagine that facilities are demanding cash up front because he still owes most of them from 16 and 20 -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 13, 11:19
    - He and the RNC are broke. -- nm - Tim Aug 13, 11:07
this is the same Florida middle school where Dubya was on 9/11 -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 13, 10:51 2
- . -- (link) - ghost of Todd Heap Past Aug 13, 11:00
- good lord, that parent must feel awful -- nm - JaxSean Aug 13, 10:54
Reagen Alert: St Louis Blues tender rare offer sheets to two Oilers (defenseman Philip Broberg and forward Dylan Holloway) -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Aug 13, 10:46 3
- Wow. Been a minute since the Blues did this. We got SOOOOO - Turd Ferguson Aug 13, 11:02
- McDavid hitched -- nm - budice Aug 13, 10:49
- Beaker Alert: Auston Matthews is your new Leafs captain -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 13, 10:49
Simone Biles' Gold Over America Tour (GOAT) coming to a city near you this fall -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 13, 10:43
Aiyuk to PIT: If SF gives the final sign-off, it's done. -- nm - budice Aug 13, 10:43
Paramount bone cutting has begun. RIP Paramount Television -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 13, 10:41
“the children are right to laugh at you, Kaitlin” -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 13, 10:12 4
- It kinda wasn't supposed to be a laugh line, but he kinda put air quotes on the word objective. -- nm - Max Aug 13, 10:16 3
  - well there isn't anyone in mainstreammedia more objective than her so .. -- nm - mud Aug 13, 10:18 2
    - lol -- nm - mr mooch Aug 13, 10:20 1
      - Your laugh is incorrect, Meganaut! -- nm - mud Aug 13, 10:22
*Botswana shows out to welcome home its first ever gold medal winner -- (link*) - mr mooch Aug 13, 10:10 1
- Zimbabwe and Botswana are not the same country. -- nm* - Baron of the Rings Aug 13, 10:44
Google Product Event starting -- (link) - budice Aug 13, 10:03 [youtube] 1
- Can't watch, but the updated articles make me want to get the P9 Pro and return my P8 Pro just for the minor updates and most of all the smaller size. - sycor Aug 13, 11:17
Bob Casey is probably not savvy enough to exploit it but the Patriots owner involving himself in a Pennsylvania senate race is any easy layup -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 13, 10:02 4
- The Casey ads are constantly hitting on McCormick’s Connecticut mansion and his investments in China. -- nm - Dano Aug 13, 10:36 2
  - he sounded pretty low-energy at the Philly rally for Kamala -- nm - mr mooch Aug 13, 10:38 1
    - He's not flashy, but have never been worried about his seat. He's led even when Biden struggled and has a double digit lead in 2 of the last 3 polls. -- nm - Dano Aug 13, 10:41
- at this point DSCC can/should spend the next 80 days going nuclear in MT, FL, and TX -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 13, 10:06
Vikings QB J.J. McCarthy has a torn meniscus in his right knee, per HC Kevin O’Connell. -- nm - budice Aug 13, 09:44 5
- How did he get an MRI so fast?! -- nm - sycor SI Aug 13, 10:19 2
  - Rich people taking the MRI appointments from us commoners. grumble grumble grumble -- nm - sycor Aug 13, 11:03
  - ouch (ha) -- nm - mr mooch Aug 13, 11:00
- prolly could get Cousins back lol -- nm - mr mooch Aug 13, 09:50
- oh man. -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Aug 13, 09:49
Lyc, Interest rate update, my HYS account has dropped 10 bps to 4.65% APY. *handwaving freakoutery* -- (edited) - znufrii Aug 13, 09:26 5
- Interesting. 12 mo is still 4.9 but they are offering a 9mo 5.10 APY. Math is hard so I don't feel like figuring out which is technically better - sycor Aug 13, 10:56 1
  - Inverted yield curves are *weird* - znufrii Aug 13, 10:59
- I care. I care a lot. - Epiphany Aug 13, 09:44 1
  - I’m using it to arbitrage my car loan (2.99% apr) -- (edited) - znufrii Aug 13, 09:47
- On my last CD renewal, I chose the slightly lower 18 mo term over the 1 year term just to hold onto that rate longer. - Baron of the Rings Aug 13, 09:32
This man gave Ireland's Olympic gold medal rowers a ride home from the airport -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Aug 13, 09:25 3
- cool. -- nm - mud Aug 13, 09:34
- that's pretty great -- nm - Andie Aug 13, 09:30
- So he was fully prepared in case the road was flooded. -- nm - Baron of the Rings Aug 13, 09:27
Speaking of hacking: My internet ads are definitely being determine by David -- (pic) - ty97 Aug 13, 09:15 [Attachment]
I like to imagine that everything happening in the presidential election is going exactly to some intricate Dark Brandon plan - Dano Aug 13, 09:00 5
- i like this a lot -- nm - prayformojo Aug 13, 09:24
- I’m as surprised as anyone at the Dems ability to get their shit tight so quickly, but that seems far too convenient of a narrative. -- nm - znufrii Aug 13, 09:03 3
  - It's my birthday so I can have whatever narrative I want for today. :) -- nm - Dano Aug 13, 09:20 2
    - YEAH!!! -- nm - David Aug 13, 10:31
    - Well then, happy birthday to you! -- nm - znufrii Aug 13, 09:50
Clooney says that no film is “worth” working with a “miserable f--k like David O. Russell.” -- (link) - budice Aug 13, 08:34 3
- But I liked Three Kings. -- nm - sycor Aug 13, 09:09
- He's getting cranky and unfiltered in his old age. - Epiphany Aug 13, 09:09 1
  - Bitter Clooney is good Clooney -- nm - budice Aug 13, 09:14
Nashville folks should probably avoid the legal confines of Millersville if at all possible -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 13, 08:30
Ah yes, school is back. Traffic jam outside my window :/ -- nm - Meg Aug 13, 08:28
If cars are required to have turn signals, shouldn't planes have them too? -- nm - budice Aug 13, 08:11 2
- Yeah, but Pennsylvania pilots wouldn't use them. -- nm - Dano Aug 13, 09:01
- Hmmmmmm...... - JD Aug 13, 08:27
Omni Loop | Mary-Louise Parker, Ayo Edebiri | September 20 -- (link) - mud Aug 13, 08:09 [youtube]
July wholesale inflation rose just .01%, lower than expected (Jerome) -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 13, 08:03 1
- Forecast 0.2, Report 0.1. They were off by 50%! -- nm - Baron of the Rings Aug 13, 09:21
Important read. - ty97 Aug 13, 07:54 17
- (Change your x links to Twitter, people) -- nm - Tim Aug 13, 09:27 6
  - Or better yet, use something else. Those posters need to learn they should use another site. (NM) - Marlowe Aug 13, 09:56 5
    - it’s been two years. none of the competitors appear to actually want to be the next Twitter. Threads is a joke -- nm - mr mooch Aug 13, 09:59 4
      - But it's a perpetuating cycle. You give them the traffic and likes and views and shares. And Elon gets $$. And assholes continue to get amplified. - Dark Callisto 🦊 Aug 13, 10:17 2
        
        I would love to only be on threads for news and info. Zuck won’t allow it to be that -- nm - mr mooch Aug 13, 10:24 1
        
        yeah, I don't think threads is the answer either. I'm not there. -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Aug 13, 11:00
      - A joke that is not Xitter, so.. (NM) - Marlowe Aug 13, 10:09
- Harris within five points in Florida -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 13, 07:57 9
  - (Rick Scott is eminently beatable, if you think senate majority is important or something) -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 13, 08:09 8
    - if Dems lose 3 (WV, MT, OH) they need FL & TX ! -- nm - mud Aug 13, 08:22 7
      - Abbott and Paxton will contest any win that Collin Allred may have -- nm - Epiphany Aug 13, 08:26 5
        
        Afaik, the county or state voter registrators can change results they don't like... -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 13, 11:17
        
        first he would have to choose to actually run a campaign against the objectively weirdest sitting senator. should be fish in a barrel -- nm - mr mooch Aug 13, 08:28 3
        
        except, he's holding back and not picking fights. It is an odd campaign. So far. Meanwhile Cruz wants us all to believe after YEARS of GOP type shenni - Epiphany Aug 13, 08:33 2
        
        Chuck Schumer needs to read him the riot act or cut off the money spigot -- nm - mr mooch Aug 13, 08:36 1
        
        agreed -- nm - Epiphany Aug 13, 09:13
      - yes they do -- nm - mr mooch Aug 13, 08:23
(at least) three news outlets were leaked hacked Trump campaign oppo research on their own VP candidates a month ago and continue to sit on that info -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 13, 07:50 17
- Maybe not regurgitating leaked info and actually doing your own investigating and verification would be a good journalistic standard. -- nm - Max Aug 13, 07:54 16
  - "it gives us no pleasure to hold ourselves to a higher standard than we chose to give Hillary and the DNC for months on end in 2016" -- nm - mr mooch Aug 13, 07:56 15
    - Devil's advocate: maybe they learned a lesson from 2016 and wouldn't repeat that mistake given the chance to relive it. -- nm - ty97 Aug 13, 07:57 14
      - I agree, but I really don't want to hear Trump complaining about being hacked and how it's a foreign plot to undermine his campaign, when he openly - pmb Aug 13, 08:30
      - you legit think if the Biden/Harris campaign had also been hacked they wouldn't be running those materials? cause i have a bridge to sell you if so -- nm - mr mooch Aug 13, 07:59 12
        
        In 2016, the leaked info was published by Wikileaks. Once it was out in the public domain, there wasn't really an option to not report on it -- nm - Roger More Aug 13, 08:57 5
        
        as these outlets are apparently proving today, you can choose not to report on stolen materials if you want to -- nm - mr mooch Aug 13, 09:02 3
        
        how WaPo editors chose to handle the WikiLeaks info in 2016 -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 13, 09:04 [youtube] 2
        
        There's a prisoner's dilemma at play. Once Wikileaks published, it was inevitable that news organisations would break and report on it rather - Roger More Aug 13, 09:17 1
        
        the prisoners appear to be hanging extra tight this time around -- nm - mr mooch Aug 13, 09:35
        
        Looking it up, TheHill.com also got direct leaks from Guccifer (though I see them as Trump-leaning) -- nm - Roger More Aug 13, 09:01
        
        I wouldn't know that, but I definitely believe there's little good reason to publish leaked info just because an audience super wants to read it. - Max Aug 13, 08:09 5
        
        i'm fine with making a newsworthiness call but none of the outlets have said the info is unreliable or not newsworthy. they're just sitting on it -- (edited) - mr mooch Aug 13, 08:12 4
        
        i thought politico said in its article yesterday that they were unsure of its trustworthiness. -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 13, 08:23
        
        But... so? What is it you think you're missing out on that would be material to governance? -- nm - Max Aug 13, 08:14 2
        
        i don't know because they won't say what is specifically in the dossiers -- nm - mr mooch Aug 13, 08:21 1
        
        but also none of these explanations are accompanied by any kind of apologies for getting it wrong the last time -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 13, 08:24
ty, as Nancy Pelosi proved after one bad debate, the GOP could be done with Trump this afternoon if they chose to. they could have been done at either - mr mooch Aug 13, 07:47 4
- I'm not arguing with any of that. I'm curious if the primary voters will give him yet another try after two losses. -- nm - ty97 Aug 13, 07:49 3
  - His base will with some marginal loss is my guess. The question is if traditional republicans can pull together a different kind of candidate (not a - pmb Aug 13, 08:34
  - I really don't think they will. At some point, they'll have to sit back and realize that they, as a party, haven't had a win since 2016. nm - Turd Ferguson Aug 13, 08:03
  - I just do not see it. If Harris goes on to win in November, the GOP *will* move on. -- (edited) - Jovian Aug 13, 07:57
The Washington Commanders signed receiver Martavis Bryant, who last played in the NFL six years ago -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Aug 13, 07:43
A very happy joint birthday to Dano and Mop! -- nm - crash davis 😺 Aug 13, 07:32 1
- Indeed. Happy b, gents! (NM) - Marlowe Aug 13, 07:45
Bad Monkey (Apple tomorrow) currently 100% at RT (only 4 reviews) -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Aug 13, 07:19 3
- I cannot wait. -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Aug 13, 10:24
- 100% after 10 reviews -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Aug 13, 09:19
- Looking forward to this. -- nm - sycor Aug 13, 07:22
The last in the Banksy animal series has appeared at London Zoo -- (link) - LMS Aug 13, 07:10 10
- did I see that someone already sprayed over part of the rhino one? -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 13, 07:52 4
  - Yes, and the car plus traffic cone is now missing. -- nm - LMS Aug 13, 08:01
  - clout-chasing cunt -- nm - mr mooch Aug 13, 07:54 2
    - I agree with moochcumber. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Aug 13, 08:34
    - ooooo you should trademark that and make CCC panties or similar -- nm - JD Aug 13, 08:29
- Nice one! -- nm - Krusty Aug 13, 07:13 4
  - Is it though? - Cuzzin Todd Aug 13, 07:26 3
    - A few have been good and a few not so much. I like this one with the gorilla freeing the other animals. It is strange that he doesn't - Krusty Aug 13, 07:29 2
      - I believe he has said through his representatives that he just wanted to do something fun, in light of recent events in the UK -- (edited) - znufrii Aug 13, 08:27 1
        
        Sounds good to me. -- nm - Krusty Aug 13, 08:42
wired.com: Black Sororities and Fraternities Are Mobilizing Online and in Secret Chats for Voter Turnout - mud Aug 13, 06:48
Google with Pixel product announcements later today -- (link) - budice Aug 13, 06:42 [youtube] 1
- I have a Pixel 8 Pro I picked up for cheap on Prime Day. I haven't opened it yet as I'm curious about the P9 Pro. Not sure I care about the AI stuff - sycor Aug 13, 06:50
PBGY - crash davis 😺 Aug 13, 06:38
The largest iceberg in the world (about the size of Rhode Island) is caught in a 'Taylor Column' and is slowly spinning in circles in the Sothern Ocean -- (link*) - decline Aug 13, 06:37 6
- pffft... that's the smallest state. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Aug 13, 07:29
- If you stay on it for a full revolution, can you mark it down as a Rode Island. -- nm* - crash davis 😺 Aug 13, 06:40 2
  - I award you 97 ty points. I also award you 97 sycor points because he actually really appreciated this. -- nm - ty97 Aug 13, 07:17
  - Go to your room and think about what you've done. -- nm - sycor Aug 13, 06:51
- "In Your Southern Ocean" - 7th favourite Taylor Swift song -- nm - Reagen Aug 13, 06:39 1
  - Which Ex is Spinning in Circles about -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 13, 11:26
I work with a researcher who keeps changing the specs on a project and then wondering why it's taking so long to complete said project. -- (edited) - Baron of the Rings Aug 13, 06:29
Strands - decline'd - that was the fastest I've ever done one. The words just jumped into my eyes - crash davis 😺 Aug 13, 06:29
Wordle 1,151 5/6 - crash davis 😺 Aug 13, 06:28
The Monkey - In Theaters February 21, 2025 (based on Stephen King's short story) -- (link*) - Beaker 🍺 Aug 13, 06:25 [youtube] 1
- written by the guy who did Longlegs (Osgood Perkins) -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Aug 13, 06:26
LYC: We are going to war with the yard this fall. This summer has been a cold war of attrition. Weeds have been pulled holding the line. The wild -- (edited) - oblique Aug 13, 06:25 3
- I have a lot of crabgrass that popped up due to some of the grass dying in the early summer drought. So far the crabgrass is winning. - sycor Aug 13, 06:53 2
  - Sedgehammer - oblique Aug 13, 07:08 1
    - LOL Yeah I have a pump sprayer, Going to try to get the crabgrass sprayed this week. Then I'll deal with the nutsedge. - sycor Aug 13, 07:12
a muscle in my left eyebrow has been randomly twitching for a day now. I think I am going to tell everyone i have rockbrow now. -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 13, 06:22
Chapter 2: In which Amanda attempts to outsmart the system by ordering the blue backpack -- nm - Baron of the Rings Aug 13, 06:15 3
- According to the 100 doors problem, this is the first step toward eventually receiving a red backpack - rollo Aug 13, 08:46 1
  - right on -- nm - prayformojo Aug 13, 18:56
- I have been watching a lot of arrested dev lately and this is prime "next time on" material. -- nm - ☀️ mandy chem ☀️ Aug 13, 07:01
Alien: Romulus nsy, Skincare nsy, My Penguin Friend nsy, Consumed nsy, The King Tide 95% (19) -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Aug 13, 06:11 1
- I just read Romulus and Skincare is my Penguin. - Jovian Aug 13, 06:25
Everyone watching the Trump Musk debacle: What did you expect?: "Emphysema, birth defects, cancer. But not this." -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Aug 13, 06:10 2
- "One billion watchers!' - Elon Aug 13, 06:30 1
  - He’s delulu -- nm - Epiphany Aug 13, 07:05

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