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So, I'm starting to understand why US Gymnastics is so pissed. -- (link) - David Aug 14, 13:38 8
- “Bitch, please. We’re the United States. We’re Olympic champions in litigation. By the time we’re done with you, you’ll be giving her a GOLD.” -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 14, 14:12
- that gal worked her ass off for years to do that one thing, they screwed up their one job but won't correct it, we should defund the games till theydo -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 14, 13:59 2
  - To be fair, all of the competitors worked their asses of for years. - Fuzzy Aug 14, 14:12 1
    - sometimes an obvious mistake can be made... but the difficulty multiplier can still provide a higher total score. - zeitgeist Aug 15, 00:09
- I'm not changing the standings. -- nm - Baron of the Rings Aug 14, 13:53
- "the only thing we gold medal in more than gymnastics is litigation so . . . fair warning" -- nm - mr mooch Aug 14, 13:51
- At least from what I’ve read, the Romanian delegation had the decency to ask that the bronze be shared. -- nm - znufrii Aug 14, 13:47 1
  - That's obviously the right answer. I'm not quite sure why they need to be so precious with something like this when it kind of flies in the face of - pmb Aug 14, 14:07
now I’m interested to know what’s in JD Vance’s leaked Trump file b/c the stuff that was already public just keeps getting weirder -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 14, 13:34 10
- relatedly, Iran's attempts to hack both campaigns are reported to be ongoing and wide-ranging -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 14, 14:01
- Maybe Vance is just a brilliant never Trumper who played the long con to gain the VP position to sabotage the campaign from the inside! -- nm - Dano Aug 14, 13:48
- He has an uncanny knack for saying somewhat normal things in the most abnormal way possible -- nm - oblique Aug 14, 13:38 7
  - agreed, it is his # 1 problem. 2nd is: he is not as smart as he thinks he is -- nm - Epiphany Aug 14, 13:49
  - Normal people: "having grandparents around is a good support network, because parenting is hard." Vance: "once you stop making babies - Reagen Aug 14, 13:44 5
    - towards the end, he is categorizing what he " thinks" the liberals want. just pay someone and don't send grand ma - Epiphany Aug 14, 13:51 4
      - He's got the whole thing backwards, defining purpose from biology - Reagen Aug 14, 13:58
      - just like his "higher taxes on childless people" is functionally equivalent to a "child tax credit" but he says it in the most obtuse way -- (link) - oblique Aug 14, 13:57 2
        
        Ugh -- nm - Epiphany Aug 14, 14:20
        
        "Most game shows reward knowledge. We punish ignorance!" -- nm - Reagen Aug 14, 14:00
Trump did WHAT?! - Mop🧹 Aug 14, 13:18 3
- when you’re absolutely not panicking about your campaign to stay out of prison collapsing by the hour -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 14, 13:37 1
  - Policy speech in South Carolina, which he won in both previous elections. That speaks confidence! - Mop🧹 Aug 14, 14:06
- All's quiet on the dingaling front -- nm - Beryllium Aug 14, 13:19
any coaster heads brave enough to ride the Black Hole? -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 14, 13:17 9
- sure, I would go for a ride. -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 14, 14:44
- I'm in, fo sho! -- nm - Turd Ferguson Aug 14, 14:01
- I am too tall for this, according to the site. -- nm - Reagen Aug 14, 13:48 2
  - attached heads are overrated -- nm - mr mooch Aug 14, 13:55 1
    - I think it's more about ensuring you have the same number of feet going in and coming out. -- nm - Reagen Aug 14, 14:09
- That is pretty similar to the Yukon Striker here (which i won't ride) -- (link) - Andie Aug 14, 13:36 [youtube]
- I'm in -- nm - oblique Aug 14, 13:27
- Sure. The first part looks essentially like a drop tower ride. -- nm - Dano Aug 14, 13:26
- I don’t think I could ride front car. Rear car…yeah. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 14, 13:22
I cleverly solved my zero-minute problem today! - prayformojo Aug 14, 13:04 4
- You invented time travel! -- nm - Dano Aug 14, 13:24 2
  - I'll give your regards to Shane Carruth -- nm - prayformojo Aug 14, 13:25 1
    - Which one? -- nm - Dano Aug 14, 13:26
- So...more MOJO, less mayhem? -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 14, 13:11
I'm on a horse! -- (pic) - Mop🧹 Aug 14, 13:02 [Attachment] 12
- 😺🐴🐎🏇 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Aug 14, 13:59
- are you the one in orange -- nm - mafic Aug 14, 13:55
- Awesome! -- nm - Krusty Aug 14, 13:53
- I just booked our AirBnB for August 2026 in Iceland. So excited to go back (not in February) -- nm - oblique Aug 14, 13:26 1
  - We’re going in October. Hopefully. - znufrii Aug 14, 13:29
- Did they dress you in orange so they can find you when you fall off the horse? -- nm - sycor Aug 14, 13:06 5
  - It’s so the hunters wouldn’t shoot us. - Mop🧹 Aug 14, 13:07 4
    - It's a truly amazing place that is basically trying to kill you in about a dozen different ways -- nm - oblique Aug 14, 13:27 2
      - Tell me about it. -- nm - Arne Saknussemm si Aug 14, 13:32
      - Roundabouts, yes. Snakes, no. -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 14, 13:31
    - When is the dry week? I want to go that week. -- nm - sycor Aug 14, 13:10
- Nice! -- nm - Beryllium Aug 14, 13:05
"Gravity's Rainbow?" "It's a novel." "I know. I haven't read it." "Neither have I. Nobody has." - prayformojo Aug 14, 12:58 1
- I feel I’ve heard a similar joke about “Infinite Jest.” -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 14, 13:17
Hmmm, so I eat a Filet o Fish for lunch today, and have massive heartburn now. However... - Jovian Aug 14, 12:46 5
- I eat crackers to keep my stomach settled from all this allergy drainage, so why not? -- nm - Spawn Aug 14, 12:51 2
  - Club Crackers FTW! -- nm - sycor Aug 14, 13:06 1
    - "I told you I don't like ethnic food." -- nm - con_carne Aug 14, 13:30
- French fries as an antacid? Sign me up. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 14, 12:47 1
  - lolol Im just saying that that was the only thing different today. - Jovian Aug 14, 12:50
Addison now hurt for Vikings…Remember the name Nailor during FF draft time -- nm - Trending Aug 14, 12:36
Yea just let it still rip Fox News. Lol this headline: Time magazine's Kamala cover is one more reason for Americans to be disgusted by liberal media - Jovian Aug 14, 12:36 4
- Show me one photo of Harris on Faux that doesn't look like she's sucking a lemon -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 14, 13:10
- I thought it was beautiful. -- nm - Spawn Aug 14, 12:44
- but I thought Trump called it beautiful.. -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 14, 12:44
- huh? It's a beautiful cover. They really are in the Upside Down over there. -- nm - mud Aug 14, 12:38
in other former Packer QB news… -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 14, 12:36
This is a truly amazing NFL stat about McCarthy's injury. -- (link*) - David Aug 14, 12:34 5
- I wonder if Jefferson is just cursed now. -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 14, 12:44
- that.....doesn't seem like it should be right. wow. -- nm - prayformojo Aug 14, 12:35 3
  - It's not normal for rookie QBs to be in too many plays. Elway got rushed into it, Montana was coddled 2 years -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 14, 12:43 2
    - Montana played every game as a rookie and was starting by the middle of season 2. Now, they throw them to the fire - Will Hunting Aug 14, 12:46
    - Most first round rookies start by the sixth game now. -- nm - David Aug 14, 12:45
Canadian males 18-29 would vote 60-40 for Trump. (And at least 33% of 18-29 females.) -- (link) - Name Withheld By Request Aug 14, 12:27 11
- i don't think that's markedly different from the same age group, at least for under-30 US male voters. they've really been done in by the Rogan shit - mr mooch Aug 14, 13:13 3
  - plus, most of them are quite stupid. -- nm - mud Aug 14, 13:19
  - I agree with you on that. I found it noteworthy that it was that aligned for Cdn "kids" though. We're usually 25-pt to the left of the Dem-Rep divide. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Aug 14, 13:15 1
    - I wonder if there's a general equating of Canadian politicians with their closest equivalents in the US - Roger More Aug 14, 13:28
- Some [Canadians] just want to watch the [US] burn. -- nm - Spawn Aug 14, 13:00
- Canada: still a good 4-6 years behind the US in almost everything -- nm - rollo Aug 14, 12:44 3
  - except human rights, and banking. -- nm - Andie Aug 14, 12:52 2
    - nmbA - prayformojo Aug 14, 13:09 1
      - oh, will go see - i missed it. Thanks! -- nm - Andie Aug 14, 13:54
- Alternate headline: Harris would destroy Trump, but poor sample sizes lead to hilarious outcomes with voters under 30. -- nm - David Aug 14, 12:29 1
  - Oh, to be sure, this wasn't any cheerleading for Trump. More an observation. I have strong rooting interest for him to go up in smoke in November. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Aug 14, 12:35
WestJet reporting that it will continue to proactively cancel flights "for the foreseeable future" as it repairs 16 of its hail damaged 737s. -- (link*) - ty97 Aug 14, 12:18 1
- We were in Calgary during that storm and even within a couple miles of the airport, but nothing more than pea-sized where we were. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Aug 14, 12:28
Challenge 40 chart: -- (pic) - mud Aug 14, 12:13 [Attachment] 6
- NYT: How ‘The Challenge’ Made Reality TV a Real Career -- (edited) - mud Aug 14, 12:57
- "wing_roulette" -- (link) - mud Aug 14, 12:24 1
  - Man, Nurys is just *fire* -- nm - Jovian Aug 14, 12:58
- "Yes, but what does it all mean Basil??" -- nm - Austin Powers Aug 14, 12:14 2
  - Teasing. But man its crazy how many from Season 30 are on this cast. - Jovian Aug 14, 12:24
  - CT Is King, that's what. -- nm - mud Aug 14, 12:18
Channing Tatum and Zoe Kravitz visit Criterion... - Remlik Aug 14, 12:10 18
- You mean Gambit and Catwoman? -- nm - Spawn Aug 14, 12:12 17
  - I'd watch that. -- nm - mud Aug 14, 12:13 16
    - Oh, mon cher', don' be encoeur'gin' dat. -- nm - Baron of the Rings Aug 14, 12:23 14
      - D&W was my first glimpse of Gambit. (not a comic reader) -- nm - mud Aug 14, 12:25 13
        
        What you actually want is a Gambit & Rogue movie. - Baron of the Rings Aug 14, 12:32 12
        
        or ANY mutant movie. Who would you cast in your G&R picture? -- nm - mud Aug 14, 12:35 11
        
        Chloe Moretz and Dacre Montgomery -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Aug 14, 13:00
        
        Taylor Kitsch and Blake Lively. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 14, 12:51
        
        Somebody with a legit Southern accent, like Dakota Fanning -- nm - Baron of the Rings Aug 14, 12:47
        
        If she wasnt Wade's love interest, I would cast Baccarin as Rogue. -- nm - Jovian Aug 14, 12:42 7
        
        I was going to say Sweeney for Rogue, but you already cast her in a different role -- nm - Fuzzy Aug 14, 12:46 5
        
        I have actually dreamed of Sweeeney as Tigra. -- (edited) - Spawn Aug 14, 12:50 3
        
        enough with the Sweeney geez when is her 15 minutes up. She'll always be just one of the girls on Euphoria to me. -- nm - mud Aug 14, 12:53 1
        
        I think she is the ScarJo of her generation -- nm - Fuzzy Aug 14, 13:53
        
        now *thats* hawt -- nm - Jovian Aug 14, 12:52
        
        LOL and I almost answered Sweeney again for Rogue. -- nm - Jovian Aug 14, 12:47
        
        Olivia Cooke. -- nm - mud Aug 14, 12:44
    - Id like to request a Black Cat (Sweeney) and Dazzler (Swift) team-up movie. -- nm - Jovian Aug 14, 12:15
and then the firings started -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 14, 12:07 7
- He already doesn’t listen to their advice. From JD Vance to his attacks on Kamala and the Elon interview, none of that was their doing. - Mop🧹 Aug 14, 13:07
- Must be their fault! -- nm - David Aug 14, 12:26
- but the Daily Mail? -- nm - JD Aug 14, 12:21 1
  - They probably could stand to have some firings there too. -- nm - Qale Aug 14, 12:23
- Yep. They go. KAC comes back. And then JD goes. And Nikki rides in on her white horse. -- nm - Jovian Aug 14, 12:13 2
  - If you’re gonna ride… don’t ride the white horse. -- nm - Qale Aug 14, 12:23 1
    - If you wanna be rich… -- nm - Dano Aug 14, 12:29
Seattle's newish South Lake Union Transit street cars cannot get repair parts, entire system down till they custom make, it's 10 years old -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 14, 12:06 1
- S-L-U-T -- nm - JD Aug 14, 12:20
Embargo done: Alien:Romulus reviews released -- nm - budice Aug 14, 12:05 3
- i'm guessing like 75% fresh on RT? -- nm - mr mooch Aug 14, 12:06 2
  - 85% after 68 reviews so far -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Aug 14, 12:36
  - Fair, some mixed thoughts out there -- nm - budice Aug 14, 12:07
From B2: Maybe it's just my bubble but I do find it surprising that an assassination attempt on a candidate was treated as a nothingburger. - Dano Aug 14, 11:58 8
- I used to be an undocumented immigrant. So if there's a story you'd like to see get more coverage, my suggestion would be to write the Editor or a - con_carne Aug 14, 12:31
- It’s because he was only very barely grazed and the shooter was nonsensical. -- nm - Qale Aug 14, 12:25
- Yes. It seems like it happened and the new cycle was something else so quickly -- nm - ty97 Aug 14, 12:04 1
  - Maybe that's the tik-tok-ification of everything? Or maybe, as others said, it's that there was no real 'motive' story to cover. - ty97 Aug 14, 12:05
- I think had the shooter been a democrat they would have made a bigger deal. The wanted the mentally ill Republican shooter to get out of the news - sycor Aug 14, 12:01 1
  - I think that's part but also, the dems did something unprecedented and changed their nominee shortly thereafter and it completely changed everything. -- nm - pmb Aug 14, 12:25
- i think it's more analogous to the couple attempts on Ford by the Manson women. when you miss, it's just "well... that happened!" especially when half - mr mooch Aug 14, 12:01 1
  - Sarah Jane Moore was a nutjob in her own right, but not associated with Manson afaik -- nm - znufrii Aug 14, 12:04
WHO names mpox a global health emergency for second time as virus surges in Africa -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Aug 14, 11:52 6
- It’s a little late to name MxPx as a threat at his point. -- nm - Qale Aug 14, 12:26
- Been watching BBC News pretty much non-stop for 2 days. Turns out... stuff happens outside the U.S. all the time, including this! -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 14, 11:58
- Who? -- nm - Spawn Aug 14, 11:53 3
  - the Who Doctor. -- nm - Remlik Aug 14, 12:07 1
    - blueberry milkshakes sound a'ight. -- nm - Spawn Aug 14, 12:11
  - First base. -- nm - Dano Aug 14, 11:58
From an entertainment sense, Kaep to the Jets would be the funniest thing. -- nm - Reagen Aug 14, 11:42 2
- The first must-watch season of Hard Knocks ever! -- nm - David Aug 14, 12:04
- brilliant -- nm - prayformojo Aug 14, 11:49
Nassau County, NY now bans masks. -- (link*) - znufrii Aug 14, 11:32 2
- They tried something similar here but it had to cut down and exceptions made for health issues, etc. - sycor Aug 14, 12:04
- Law is - presumably - set to go in effect on Oct. 31st? -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 14, 11:59
Taylor Swift has a chance to get the funniest case of laryngitis ever -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 14, 11:32 1
- That's how she'll transition her tour to become the Travis Kelce Show. -- nm - Max Aug 14, 11:41
Got a deal on a slightly better trailer (and it's already decked with a ramp), so we're putting all the accessories on and we should be good? - colin Aug 14, 11:26 4
- glad we have the money to fix this, but it's a sucky way to start several weeks on the road. -- nm - colin Aug 14, 11:26 3
  - Nice that you were able to get it taken care of so quickly. Hopefully the rest of the trip is fantastic! -- nm - Krusty Aug 14, 11:31
  - Every journey has its challenges. The main thing is to… - Qale Aug 14, 11:29 1
    - Enjoy the Journey, colin. -- nm - Spawn Aug 14, 11:30
the first US market with a median home price of $2m is . . . -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 14, 11:24 4
- This is the Silicon Valley, not the Bay. Yes, I saw the headline. -- nm - jnine Aug 14, 12:18
- No wonder he was just sitting on a dock. -- nm - Spawn Aug 14, 11:26 2
  - Hey, you can't park there. Where's your neighborhood resident sticker. Sorry no loitering -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 14, 11:34
  - ~.. in the bay~ -- nm - mud Aug 14, 11:31
Word. -- nm - Turd Ferguson Aug 14, 11:24

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