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Jacksonville residents voted for a sales tax hike to pay for pension costs, but the city decided to raid that fund to pay for upgrades to a private NFL -- (edited) - decline Aug 14, 08:57 3
- Bortles gotta get *paid*! -- nm - Jason Aug 14, 09:00
- That is horrendous -- nm - Epiphany Aug 14, 08:59 1
  - apparently a big part of the blame is with the polititians - decline Aug 14, 09:07
Tim Walz, big Joel Schumacher Head -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 14, 08:49
Poltergeist house is on the market if you’re feeling brave -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 14, 08:42 7
- Love this. Though first thing Id do is chop down the trees hiding this house from the street. - Jovian Aug 14, 08:56
- Inspection report says the house is clean. -- nm - Max Aug 14, 08:46
- Have they moved the graves yet? -- nm - Baron of the Rings Aug 14, 08:44 2
  - "You left the bodies and you only moved the headstones! You only moved the headstones! Why? Why?!?" -- nm - JaxSean Aug 14, 08:54 1
    - HA! I was actually just about to type this exact quote. - Jovian Aug 14, 08:55
- Zillow -- (link) - sycor Aug 14, 08:44 1
  - I'm generally not crazy about older decor, but it's very fitting in the house and still looks good. I'd definitely update a few things, but overall, I - sycor Aug 14, 08:47
NFL: TB Bucs turned down $6B offer for the franchise -- nm - budice Aug 14, 08:37
Off to buy a new trailer :( -- nm - colin Aug 14, 08:35 6
- dang. sorry to hear that -- nm - prayformojo Aug 14, 08:49
- 8( -- nm - JD Aug 14, 08:45
- Dammit. -- nm - Qale Aug 14, 08:43
- Damn. :-( So sorry. -- nm - Krusty Aug 14, 08:43
- Oh that stinks. :( Sorry man! -- nm - sycor Aug 14, 08:43
- ahh man :( -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Aug 14, 08:42
Is it lunchtime yet? I'm famished. -- nm - Baron of the Rings Aug 14, 08:34 1
- No. I have a meeting in 10 so I can't eat until after that -- nm - oblique Aug 14, 08:51
What the actual hell Google? You want $200 for a mental link band for the Pixel Watch?! Just for the band?! -- nm - sycor Aug 14, 08:33 3
- The bands have sensors in them. the metal band for my Samsung is 250 bucks -- nm - decline Aug 14, 09:04 2
  - There is no mention of sensors in the listing. What do they do? -- nm* - sycor Aug 14, 09:11 1
    - huh. I stand corrected. I just looked it up. My band has these 2 small metal plates that I assumed were sensors (sure look like it) - decline Aug 14, 09:22
Scientists find aging isn’t linear -- (link) - znufrii Aug 14, 08:28 2
- "So your body's changing - believe me, I know how that feels." -- (link) - Captain America Aug 14, 08:33 [youtube]
- Per the SSA life tables, it's all downhill after age 10. - Baron of the Rings Aug 14, 08:31
because the last one went so well . . . -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 14, 08:11 29
- Harris should announce one for the the exact same time. -- nm - Spawn Aug 14, 08:59 1
  - Nah, let this dipshit continue to light himself on fire every couple of days. -- nm - Jovian Aug 14, 09:02
- Jesus Christmas this guy... -- nm - Jovian Aug 14, 08:50
- All he’s going to say is: Kamala is dumb, we have lots of oil, Kamala won’t do press conferences and she’s exploiting her heritage for political point - Trending Aug 14, 08:45
- Why should the press show? I mean, it’s a sarcastic rhetorical, but still. He’s not going to say -anything- he hasn’t said before. -- nm - Qale Aug 14, 08:45
- He believes he can talk his way back into America's good graces. It's like a band who hasn't had a hit record in nine years but keep trying. -- nm - David Aug 14, 08:16 23
  - So, all he needs to do is record American Idiot? -- nm - crash davis 😺 Aug 14, 08:34 2
    - He doesn't need to record it he's living it. - Cuzzin Todd Aug 14, 08:37 1
      - It hurts a little. But I mainly wanted to say "American Idiot" in the context of him -- nm - crash davis 😺 Aug 14, 08:39
  - I suspect he's also trying to draw a contrast with VP Harris. - Baron of the Rings Aug 14, 08:33 11
    - Kamala staying away from the press corp after what they what they did to Biden is the smartest move she could ever make. -- nm - Jovian Aug 14, 08:54 2
      - 100% percent. I've been pointing out the press is asking crappy questions of Vance. it is not a fact finding mission but a " gotcha" sound bite - Epiphany Aug 14, 08:58 1
        
        Well exactly, Joe Biden gave a fantastic speech about NATO about a week after the debate debacle. But he called DJT, Vice President Trump. And well, - Jovian Aug 14, 09:01
    - they are leaning into it cause it is all they GOT -- nm - Epiphany Aug 14, 08:52
    - Personally I think they should both be interviewed by Philomena Cunk. -- nm - LMS Aug 14, 08:37 3
      - Or Jiminy Glick. -- nm - Baron of the Rings Aug 14, 08:44
      - Ha! Yes! -- nm - Krusty Aug 14, 08:44
      - 😺😺😺😺😺😺😺😺😺😺 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Aug 14, 08:38
    - It's just racists thinking in racist terms, like the dreaded "Athlete X is a good speaker" racism from the 80s and 90s. -- nm - David Aug 14, 08:34
    - they've been saying it for weeks and her leads keep getting bigger - mr mooch Aug 14, 08:34 1
      - but if the Very Serious Press members really do only care about "policy" i look forward to them forcing Trump to engage with them on that level for - mr mooch Aug 14, 08:59
  - That reminds me, FH and I just bought Def Leppard / Journey tickets for her stepson for his birthday - JD Aug 14, 08:30 5
    - I have missed a few chapters in the life of JD. I keep seeing FH and I would like to be informed about her. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Aug 14, 08:37
    - Stepson? -- nm - David Aug 14, 08:33 3
      - Yes. Her stepson, the former Div III pitcher. Semester or so away from a MBA - JD Aug 14, 08:44 2
        
        Is their mother still alive, or is she their only parent? -- nm - David Aug 14, 08:49 1
        
        Mom is still alive and all stories are that she's a rather prickly person - JD Aug 14, 08:58
  - the smartest thing he's done since 1/6/21 was staying out of the GOP primary debates. Biden prolly woulda been leading all year if he had participated -- nm - mr mooch Aug 14, 08:28 1
    - Uhhhh... no. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Aug 14, 08:38
Stonehenge altar stone revealed to have come from Scotland, not Wales as previously thought -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 14, 08:11 3
- that's bonkers. -- nm - mud Aug 14, 08:19 2
  - divine tornado -- nm - Spawn Aug 14, 08:20 1
    - big, if true. -- nm - mud Aug 14, 08:21
KRAVEN - New Trailer (HD) -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Aug 14, 08:03 [youtube] 2
- spoilers - Beaker 🍺 Aug 14, 08:06 1
  - !!! -- nm - PGIAM Aug 14, 08:13
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power | Season 2 – Official Trailer | Prime Video (August 29th) -- (link*) - Beaker 🍺 Aug 14, 08:00 [youtube]
LYC:Acquaintance asked me for some FF standard scoring league advice—seeing that STers play mostly standard/non-ppr leagues I’m dropping here too— - Trending Aug 14, 07:49 1
- thanks! -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Aug 14, 07:53
Dragon Pete gets a prime time DNC slot on Wednesday (VP night I think) -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 14, 07:42 2
- will they bring out a couple GOPers spouting bullshit and then let Pete destroy them? -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Aug 14, 07:54 1
  - Playing the part of two GOPers: two kitchen chairs. -- nm - Spawn Aug 14, 07:57
if Kamala worked at the U St McDonald’s in college, she can whup Putin’s ass all day long -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 14, 07:38
I just got an Oura ring and I already hate it. - znufrii Aug 14, 07:36 3
- hehe that's why I don't wear my fitbit during the day. It annoyed me too much so I only wear it when exercising. -- nm - sycor Aug 14, 07:48
- We will never shame you. -- nm - Cheez-It® Aug 14, 07:37 1
  - TIL that Cheez-Its are made in Chicago -- (link) - oblique Aug 14, 08:00
sweet. ‘The Gentlemen’ Renewed For Season 2 By Netflix -- (link) - mud Aug 14, 07:33 6
- Ah, not a Buffy spinoff. -- nm - Baron of the Rings Aug 14, 07:48 3
  - ::tilts head, smiles:: - Spawn Aug 14, 07:54 2
    - I've only seen a few episodes of Buffy, but this is one of them and it really stuck with me. -- nm - Baron of the Rings Aug 14, 08:03 1
      - ::puts fingers together:: -- nm - Spawn Aug 14, 08:16
- nice -- nm - decline Aug 14, 07:44
- Hell yeah! -- nm - Spawn Aug 14, 07:36
Harris now apparently up in NC and AZ as well -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 14, 07:18 12
- W former AZ gov endorsing dickface the other day. I was trying to identify a more pathetic Republican? is it him (Ducey)? or that f*ckstick up in NH? - Jovian Aug 14, 07:59 1
  - still Nikki Haley for me -- nm - mr mooch Aug 14, 08:07
- Sid Rosenberg arguing with former congressman Peter King this morning on 770: - Jovian Aug 14, 07:54
- "There's an old Vulcan proverb: Only Harris could go to South Carolina." -- nm - Max Aug 14, 07:39 5
  - FL is gonna be in play by Nov -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 14, 07:44 4
    - i am spending Nov 1 - 5 in Florida, those dates are coincidental, I didn't think about it. -- (edited) - Andie Aug 14, 07:49 3
      - We’ll be at my parents’ house in SC that weekend. Flying home on Election Day, most likely. - znufrii Aug 14, 07:55 1
        
        yeah, we fly on the 5th too. i joked that we'll be out of the country before the results are in. -- nm - Andie Aug 14, 07:57
      - oh boy -- nm - mr mooch Aug 14, 07:50
- She gonna steal the election in every state. -- nm - Spawn Aug 14, 07:26 1
  - god willing. -- nm - Andie Aug 14, 07:30
- and here come the ads -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 14, 07:22
US DoJ considering the rare antitrust remedy of breaking up Google -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 14, 07:16
7000 bikini miles YTD -- nm - prayformojo Aug 14, 07:08 1
- And you've never looked toighter. Toight like a toiger. -- nm - Baron of the Rings Aug 14, 07:09
Supacell has been renewed for a second season at Netflix. -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Aug 14, 06:57 2
- I liked it. - decline Aug 14, 07:45 1
  - I did too. It was the show that Heroes should have been. - ReluctantCynic Aug 14, 08:45
If you’ve ever wanted to score last minute tickets to Burning Man, now is your chance. -- (link*) - znufrii Aug 14, 06:56 5
- my boss goes every year, which alone would mean i never will -- nm - mr mooch Aug 14, 07:13 4
  - I would have before it became a TechBro retreat. -- nm - Qale Aug 14, 07:25 3
    - i definitely missed the window in which i would have maybe enjoyed it. -- nm - Andie Aug 14, 07:31 2
      - I've always thought that I couldn't meet the original everybody contributes vibe. Like, when society breaks down and there's no power, I'm useless -- nm - JD Aug 14, 07:47 1
        
        enh, just bring food and share. -- nm - Andie Aug 14, 07:50
Believe It, Ripley: The Case for ‘Alien’ as Hollywood’s Greatest Franchise -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Aug 14, 06:47 3
- only two of the movies are any good -- nm - mr mooch Aug 14, 07:33 2
  - like Terminator, James Cameron achieved perfection with the second one and then nobody could figure out where to take the concept next for 30+ years -- nm - mr mooch Aug 14, 07:34 1
    - Ewoks. -- nm - Spawn Aug 14, 07:45
Well, looks like we're going to see Come From Away (again). 3rd row center in January in Chicago. I do love this show so much. Still wish that - oblique Aug 14, 06:45 3
- Wow - nice. Such an amazing show. -- nm - Turd Ferguson Aug 14, 06:52
- I have friends who, but for an hour, could well have been part of the true story. - Baron of the Rings Aug 14, 06:51
- (if 9/11 had happened 2 years earlier we would of probably had plane people at our place in Norris Arm (about 40 minutes from Gander)) -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Aug 14, 06:49
STIS: job opportunity. they ask for your marketable strengths and talents... - Beaker 🍺 Aug 14, 06:35 3
- I've not done it yet but would you be opposed to putting it into Chat GPT and then reworking it before you send it? - Epiphany Aug 14, 07:02 2
  - I was going to start with the ones they mention in the body of position -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Aug 14, 07:03 1
    - it might be a risk, but I'd select the skill you think is most important to them and highlight it in your response - Epiphany Aug 14, 07:05
David Mitchell’s has a new detective series called Ludwig coming soon -- (link) - LMS Aug 14, 06:30 3
- Sounds interesting. I'll definitely check it out. -- nm - Krusty Aug 14, 06:57 2
  - me too! -- nm - mud Aug 14, 07:08 1
    - Hopefully his thought process involves playing piano. -- nm - Spawn Aug 14, 08:29
Disney+ terms prevent allergy death lawsuit, Disney says -- (link) - LMS Aug 14, 06:19 18
- The restaurant that she ate at isn't Disney owned nor operated restaurant. It's at Disney World but it's not at a park -- nm - JD Aug 14, 07:54 1
  - this definitely adds a layer of complication. -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Aug 14, 08:39
- "The Happiest Place on Earth" "Inadmissible, Your Honor - that's Disney*Land*'s slogan." -- nm - Max Aug 14, 07:35
- I always understand there is a risk of death when watching old episodes of Hannah Montana. -- nm - Qale Aug 14, 07:27 1
  - well, when you're allergic to cheese, yeah -- nm - oblique Aug 14, 07:32
- This is messed up on so many levels. I feel for that guy. Honestly, it doesn't even seem like he's being greedy, Disney should just - sycor Aug 14, 06:25 5
  - I mean yes, but I'd like some specifics too. Did she order a hot fudge sundae with extra nuts but with no dairy and nuts and then they decide to sue.. - Beaker 🍺 Aug 14, 06:28 3
    - She was a doctor, and would die, and they told them. $50,000 suit? Pay up Disney. -- nm - Andie Aug 14, 06:44 1
      - Article only says greater than 50k. I suspect it's considerably higher. But I agree. Force settlement if you like, Disney, but be generous. -- nm* - Baron of the Rings Aug 14, 06:49
    - I get where you are coming from, but at also, someone with a deathly allergy is usually pretty cautious. - sycor Aug 14, 06:42
  - Evil corporations do evil sh!t -- nm - decline Aug 14, 06:26
- This is a case of 'lawyers gonna lawyer' but WOW -- nm - ty97 Aug 14, 06:21 6
  - Perpetual mandatory arbitration clause attached to an online account instead of specific transactions seems pretty evil. -- (edited) - znufrii Aug 14, 06:34 5
    - Most people (me included) don't read the fine print. Normally it's too difficult to understand and too long. Plus it screws the consumer normally - sycor Aug 14, 06:43 1
      - Nor I, I’m just noting the disingenuous framing of the argument -- (edited) - znufrii Aug 14, 06:48
    - word to your im Haven't there been cases where fine print has been thrown out due to it being too long and legalize for a normal person to understand? -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Aug 14, 06:36 2
      - yes, or it is against " public policy" - Epiphany Aug 14, 07:04
      - Isn’t that all fine print, though? :) -- nm - znufrii Aug 14, 06:42
when does the review embargo for Alien Romulus lift? -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Aug 14, 06:15 3
- 12pm today. Disney has moved to Wednesday at 12 embargo lift -- nm - Inigo Aug 14, 06:27 1
  - merci gents -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Aug 14, 06:28
- As far as I can tell, it's when people start posting Rotten Tomato scores. -- nm - con_carne Aug 14, 06:26
TV PSA: Bad Monkey, Time Bandits, Sunny, MasterChef, Who Wants to be a Millionaire, America's Got Talent, Big Brother, Claim to Fame, - Beaker 🍺 Aug 14, 06:15 2
- UK has new series of Celebrity Race Across the World (includes Kelly Brook) -- (link) - LMS Aug 14, 06:28
- when we get Apple will definitely watch Bad Monkey, also plan to read the book (hold placed at the Library); MasterChef for the wife -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Aug 14, 06:18
Spirit Airlines new fare system is here -- (link) - ty97 Aug 14, 06:15
LIR: I think you mean the P9 Pro XL. The P9 Pro is smaller. Yes, there is a P9, P9p and P9pXL. I agree the XL is way to big. P9p is 6.3. -- nm - sycor Aug 14, 06:09
LIR: 12-month inflation drops to 2.9% in July -- (link) - znufrii Aug 14, 06:06
BGPY - mud Aug 14, 06:04
Everybody at the cabana gettin' tipsy -- nm - Baron of the Rings Aug 14, 05:59 1
- SHABOOZEY! -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Aug 14, 06:10

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