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locking down a ceasefire for hostages deal the same day all the shitheads plan on ruining your convention in the streets would be chefs kiss -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 16, 12:02 1
- Don't hold your breath...how many times have they torpedoed previous deals -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 16, 13:38
Holy sh*t I’m listening to my daughter role play Mythic Quest. - Mop🧹 Aug 16, 12:00 1
- Proud Pappa moment -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 16, 13:39
i knew about the Medicare drug price cuts in 2026 but didn't realize until Kamala's speech today that there is a $2k Medicare cap on out of pockets -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 16, 11:52 1
- Biden! -- nm - Spawn Aug 16, 11:53
Is Mop in Austria in a couple of weeks? Because I will be in Millstatt. -- nm - LMS Aug 16, 11:43 4
- EUROTRIP! Sadly, no. -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 16, 11:48 3
  - When are you in London - what's on the agenda? -- nm - LMS Aug 16, 12:01 2
    - In about 4 days. We’re going to speed run some sights then spend some extra time in a few museums. - Mop🧹 Aug 16, 12:05 1
      - V&A has a free Taylor Swift exhibition at the moment. It's near the Natural History Museum which is worth a quick visit. - LMS Aug 16, 12:26
from the bbs, I will never get shaming people over breakups online. to me that sorta proves that the person posting it isnt that great of a person. -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 16, 11:33 1
- Yeah, it is like giving away the high ground. -- nm - Spawn Aug 16, 11:34
An uninspired 8/11 on the News Quiz -- (link) - prayformojo Aug 16, 11:30
unrigging Ohio’s maps will be on the ballot. -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 16, 11:24
TimTok! -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 16, 11:20 1
- awww I love Scout! -- nm - Epiphany Aug 16, 11:41
ST Poll #HallPass #FridayFunsies: Who is on your laminated list? -- nm - oblique Aug 16, 11:19 10
- All the previously mentioned -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 16, 13:29
- Hailee Steinfeld, Rebecca Ferguson, Anna Taylor Joy, Sydney Sweeney, Jennifer Lawrence -- nm - Jovian Aug 16, 12:24 1
  - lol runner ups - Jovian Aug 16, 12:25
- Keanu, but it's more of a sit down and have coffee while talking for a few hours thing. -- nm - . Aug 16, 11:55
- I'm too old. If I responded honestly it would be creepo -- nm - mud Aug 16, 11:53 1
  - In the fantasy of the LL, it includes age adjustment. - Spawn Aug 16, 11:55
- Elizabeth Olsen, Hayley Atwell, Rebecca Ferguson, Lauren Cohan, Aubrey Plaza -- nm - Max Aug 16, 11:52
- All superheroes. ScarJo, Margot Robbie, Sweeney, Karen Gillan, Zoe Saldana. -- nm - Spawn Aug 16, 11:50
- Margot Robbie, Zendaya, Anna Kendrick, Blake Lively, Karen Gillan. -- nm* - Will Hunting Aug 16, 11:45
- Chris Evans, Jensen Ackles, Colin Farrell, Jason Mamoa, latest addition: Sam Reid -- nm - Epiphany Aug 16, 11:44
MAGA to Kaepernick—“How dare you kneel during the anthem! 🤬” Meanwhile, Laura Ingraham…American Flag as a rug… -- (pic) -- (edited) - Trending Aug 16, 11:07 [Attachment] 3
- Let's not forget the 16 republican debate when the Donald stood there smuggly while everyone else put hand on heart for the national anthem -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 16, 11:10 1
  - Saw a GOP Twitter ad recently with the picture of him humping the flag. -- nm - znufrii Aug 16, 11:11
- Pretty sure that’s against the Flag Code. -- nm - znufrii Aug 16, 11:08
Apparently we have a Meditation/Massage room in the office I’m only just finding out about now. -- nm - znufrii Aug 16, 11:05 1
- You have to pass your probie period before getting vested in the Healthcare system...congrats to Qale -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 16, 11:08
New Charly Bliss album reminds me of CHVRCHES. -- nm - Dano Aug 16, 10:58 2
- Oooooo -- nm - Epiphany Aug 16, 11:56
- her voice in a Scottish accent would do something to me. What that is I don't entirely know. -- nm - Reagen Aug 16, 11:06
SALON: Unpacking the right's "50-year plot" to wreck democracy — and why it might work -- (edited) - mud Aug 16, 10:57 1
- "Nixon nominated Powell and William Rehnquist to the Court on the same day, Oct 21, 1971" jfc 1968 fucked things so badly it may take another 50 years - mr mooch Aug 16, 11:00
Al Franken hosted an annual hot dish competition among MN’s Congressional delegation while in the Senate. Tim Walz won 3 times. -- (link) - Tim Aug 16, 10:55 4
- Hotdish, which is apparently Minnesotan for casserole. It's a casserole competition. -- nm - con_carne Aug 16, 11:47
- (Which is also where the spicy food discourse is coming from.) -- (link) - Tim Aug 16, 10:58 2
  - "can't even joke about white people without getting canceled these days" *makes the mildest self-deprecating white guy joke while being a Democrat* -- nm - mr mooch Aug 16, 11:12
  - The difference between this and a George Lopez routine would be ...*squints* -- nm - Reagen Aug 16, 11:08
ST Poll: Do you own a kilt? - JaxSean Aug 16, 10:53 26
- Nope. The only clothing I have that isn't worn regularly is a tuxedo. I found it cheaper to buy one than rent one years ago. -- nm - Krusty Aug 16, 11:51 7
  - Dude...you realize that regularly wearing a tuxedo, uh excuse me, a morning coat, while walking clients would get you media celebrity soc & msm -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 16, 13:28
  - I owned one for the longest time. Hasn’t fit in ages. Finally got rid of it a couple months ago. -- nm - znufrii Aug 16, 11:59
  - Uhm.... how often do you wear a tux? -- nm - Spawn Aug 16, 11:52 4
    - I've worn it to three events so far. -- nm - Krusty Aug 16, 12:08
    - Renting a tux is expensive. Basically if you're going to wear one more than once, it's better to buy. -- nm - pmb Aug 16, 11:54 2
      - Exactly. I ask again, how often do you wear a tux? And this would not include being a Best Man, as the tuxes always have matched, at least for the - Spawn Aug 16, 11:56 1
        
        I did buy it for a wedding. We were on our own to get them and this was my most affordable option. I wound up wearing it to a black tie dinner and to - Krusty Aug 16, 12:11
- No, but we have a guy in our office (IT) that wears one every day. -- nm - pmb Aug 16, 11:43
- Not since a college GF wore it as a skirt and never gave it back. -- nm - Spawn Aug 16, 11:35
- nah -- nm - mud Aug 16, 11:34
- No. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 16, 11:33
- no, but my family has a tartan - Dark Callisto 🦊 Aug 16, 11:23 [Attachment]
- no -- nm - decline Aug 16, 11:09
- No -- nm - JD Aug 16, 11:05
- Enough. Enough! *blasts Mexican music, throws chili peppers everywhere* -- nm - con_carne Aug 16, 11:05
- Nope... -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 16, 11:03
- No, but I have the legs for it. -- nm - David Aug 16, 11:00
- No. Dress: yes. -- nm - TFox Aug 16, 11:00 1
  - Wait, is this THE TFox? - pmb Aug 16, 11:45
- No—but I’d probably rock one—I unironically wear Hawaiiian shirts as the staple of my wardrobe these days -- nm - Trending Aug 16, 10:59
- No but I would if they weren't so expensive. I know my family tartan so I could get one. -- nm - sycor Aug 16, 10:59 1
  - Only $20 on Amazon! -- (link) - JaxSean Aug 16, 12:06
- No, the only STer I could imagine owning a kilt is znu. -- nm - ty97 Aug 16, 10:56 1
  - I’ve thought about it. -- nm* - znufrii Aug 16, 10:57
- No. -- nm* - znufrii Aug 16, 10:54
FWIW, there's already a photo out there with Mop in a kilt, standing next to Marlowe and Banzai. -- nm* - Mop🧹 Aug 16, 10:37 1
- How much do they want for it? -- nm - Trending Aug 16, 10:51
New Librarians series at the CW is dead... -- (link) - Remlik Aug 16, 10:35 4
- CW doesn't want to pay for original content? WHAT??? -- nm - David Aug 16, 10:54 1
  - Also, that site is borderline unusable due to the popups. -- nm - David Aug 16, 10:55
- "Dead Librarians? We'll take it." -- any streaming service -- nm - Beryllium Aug 16, 10:36 1
  - I think it'll end up on FreeVee like Leverage -- nm - Remlik Aug 16, 10:37
fair play, if anyone would know what it’s like to get smoked on a debate stage by Kamala it’s Tulsi -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 16, 10:30 8
- if I'm gabbard, I'm getting PAID - ☀️ mandy chem ☀️ Aug 16, 11:54
- Why...would a former democratic senator and presidential candidate help the worst ahole on earth? -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 16, 11:06 4
  - (Congresswoman) -- nm - Jovian Aug 16, 12:03
  - (as Kamala indicated, she was a fake-ass Dem and more of a Russian sleeper agent in her actual politics) -- nm - mr mooch Aug 16, 11:16 2
    - I remember that one troll used to show up here and talk up her policies, as if he had any idea what they were. -- nm - David Aug 16, 11:19 1
      - used to? -- nm - Roger More Aug 16, 11:22
- Hmmm, maybe he is going to go with this dark horse choice over Nikki to replace JD after all? -- nm - Jovian Aug 16, 10:44
- it's like immersion therapy, so he can get all his slurs out in advance. -- nm - Reagen Aug 16, 10:31
This is kind of cool. The Intuit Dome is offering free park and ride service as well as local (6 mile radius) shuttle service - JD Aug 16, 10:29 2
- - -- nm* - Jovian Aug 16, 10:43
- the whole K Line/LAX Spur routing has been a giant cock up but apparently Inglewood is taking it upon themselves to run a line eventually to SoFi/Intu -- nm - mr mooch Aug 16, 10:31
why it doesn’t pay to get specific about any policy rollouts. NYT is gonna shit on them no matter how vague you might choose to be -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 16, 10:25 3
- Right. Because it's important that she not build on the incredibly successful work of Biden and instead do something different because it's different -- nm - pmb Aug 16, 10:31 2
  - bUt BiDeN WaS sO uNpOpULaR! -- nm* - NYT Pitchbot, short circuiting Aug 16, 10:35
  - “16 million, well-paying jobs in four years” should be the first words out of every Dem’s mouth no matter what the question. it’s insane they don’t - mr mooch Aug 16, 10:35
one party understands fully the political uses of their subpoena power (albeit corruptly) the other party has Dick Durbin and Richard Blumenthal -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 16, 10:13 1
- It'll turn out to be a Taiwanese guy who owns a party store. -- nm - . Aug 16, 11:53
Anti-Irish racism was not on my Bingo card for this election. -- nm - Reagen Aug 16, 10:12
when you definitely understand why Greta Gerwig made a billion dollars -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 16, 10:10
shiny Mankey! -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Aug 16, 10:05 1
- Hun, I landed in Iceland and immediately caught a shiny "Baile" Oricorio. If I catch nothing else, this is a catch of a lifetime. -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 16, 10:29
A Missouri woman has been arrested on charges she orchestrated a scheme defraud Elvis Presley's family by trying to auction off iconic Graceland -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Aug 16, 10:04 2
- If it wasn't one of the most famous houses on earth, they nearly got away with it, if it was some elderly half blind shut in? -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 16, 13:34
- Nope, nope, nope. We're disowning this own and keeping Chappell Roan. -- nm - Missouri Aug 16, 10:13
Marvel Cites ‘Egregious Misconduct’ For Firing X-Men ’97 Showrunner Beau DeMayo -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Aug 16, 09:49 15
- Are we entirely sure that's not an adult film actor name? -- nm - Baron of the Rings Aug 16, 10:03
- what that apparently actually entailed (reportedly) -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 16, 09:56 13
  - Google Beau DeMayo.... hmmm, I'm not sure I would complain. -- nm - Dano Aug 16, 10:41 3
    - You're part of the problem! -- nm - Reagen Aug 16, 10:51 2
      - I mean he *IS* hot. It's not like if Harvey Weinstein was sending me nude photos. -- nm - Dano Aug 16, 10:57 1
        
        If they're unwelcome and unrequested, it is EXACTLY like Weinstein. - David Aug 16, 10:58
  - Really, really smart of him to play the victim on social media. -- nm - David Aug 16, 10:24 1
    - You can imagine the Disney lawyers saying "We can leave this folder closed and on the table ... yeah, you know which folder. - Reagen Aug 16, 10:29
  - Using Cyclops here is a choice. -- nm - con_carne Aug 16, 10:05 1
    - apparently his choice, if you read other articles. -- nm - Reagen Aug 16, 10:11
  - "send nudes" not send nudes. -- nm - Max Aug 16, 09:59
  - was that wrong? -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Aug 16, 09:58
  - Yeah, that’s do it. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 16, 09:58 2
    - Yep. -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 16, 10:19 1
      - UPDATE! -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 16, 11:17
appar dak jo and chris martin are splitsies. like every dude I know has dak jo as their hall pass. -- (link) - ☀️ mandy chem ☀️ Aug 16, 09:43 12
- Really? If I were single and she hit on me I would decline. -- nm - Spawn Aug 16, 11:07 2
  - you're drunk. She hot. -- nm - mud Aug 16, 11:27 1
    - Her face is the most forgettable in Hollywood. I look at her and I see girls from HS that I ignored. -- nm - Spawn Aug 16, 11:52
- she seems funny on the late night shows but also I get the sense she smokes prodigious amounts of weed -- nm - mr mooch Aug 16, 10:05 1
  - My kind of lady -- nm - TFox Aug 16, 10:36
- Who? -- nm - znufrii Aug 16, 10:03 1
  - exactly. I looked and was like, oh, yeah, nah -- nm - oblique Aug 16, 11:18
- Maybe briefly in Social Network but she's not someone I'd want to have a beer with so pass on the pass. -- (edited) - Max Aug 16, 09:56 1
  - "So, tell me everything about your parents." -- nm - King Of Oklahoma Aug 16, 10:02
- Ahh. Dak Jo. That didn't connect right away lol. Yeah, she'd be a hall pass. - King Of Oklahoma Aug 16, 09:56
- Wouldn’t be in my top 25 probably. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 16, 09:53
- Uh, each to their own? - JD Aug 16, 09:47
Polling analysis: Harris campaign’s path to victory now runs through Rust Belt or Sun Belt -- (link) - znufrii Aug 16, 09:37 11
- zunk's analysis: path runs through Door County, WI. -- nm - King Of Oklahoma Aug 16, 09:57
- If she wins the Sun Belt, then she's won the Rust Belt, I expect. But what do I know. Also, remember this time eight years ago...... - ty97 Aug 16, 09:54 3
  - Given how Trump can’t spend, punish him everywhere. Hillary ignored the Blue Wall. - Will Hunting Aug 16, 09:57 2
    - do we know they're broke? or just suspect? -- nm - ☀️ mandy chem ☀️ Aug 16, 10:00 1
      - Given how little they’re spending and how he is with money…there’s like a 5% chance it’s strategy and 95% he’s embezzling / shell gaming the RNC. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 16, 10:01
- Also, VP net favorability: Walz +9, Vance -12 -- nm - znufrii Aug 16, 09:42 1
  - It's not like you can actually choose anyway... ohhhh, waitttt -- nm - ☀️ mandy chem ☀️ Aug 16, 09:43
- It's not like you can actually choose anyway. -- nm - Reagen Aug 16, 09:38 3
  - unless they can manage to also pull off 50+/50 senate outcome nothing's gonna get done other than bare minimum keep the lights on spending bills -- nm* - mr mooch Aug 16, 09:43 2
    - That Senate map is a problem. Reps stand to pick up some seats while the Dems are pretty much all on defense. -- nm - con_carne Aug 16, 09:56 1
      - every Dem candidate was outrunning Biden even in OH and MT. I think Tester (probably) squeaks it out in the end but when you have a -- (edited) - mr mooch Aug 16, 10:04
Since the discourse today seems to be about White Guy Spicy, yesterday in the airport - Reagen Aug 16, 09:33 5
- lol “Tim Crow” -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 16, 10:15 1
  - (it made more sense for Dems to try and define JD Vance since he was an unknown quality but so is Kamala and the GOP keeps attacking Walz instead) -- nm - mr mooch Aug 16, 10:23
- They were doing a public service. -- nm - ty97 Aug 16, 09:56 1
  - I joked to M afterwards that - Reagen Aug 16, 09:59
- disgraceful. -- nm - mud Aug 16, 09:34
Ontario's top court has upheld the sexual assault conviction of Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard, the former frontman for the band Hedley -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Aug 16, 09:32
oh sure, put this lot back in charge. What could go wrong? -- (pic) - mud Aug 16, 09:31 [Attachment] 6
- but it's in their DNA to take care of you! -- nm - rollo Aug 16, 09:41
- the absolute slime of humanity. every.single.one.in.that.pic. -- (edited) - Jovian Aug 16, 09:35 2
  - The campaign said that Lewandowski is there to help Trump mellow out by giving him someone to bro with on the plane (paraphrasing) -- nm - Trending Aug 16, 09:37 1
    - I believe that. A fellow sexual deviant like himself may actually calm him down. -- nm - Jovian Aug 16, 09:40
- Lewanski bragged to a woman he was trying to pick up at a bar that he had stabbed multiple people…birds of a feather 🪶 flock together -- nm - Trending Aug 16, 09:33 1
  - He meant it tough guy wise but really it was a pack of sleeping Girl Scouts . -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 16, 09:54
"Wall of Water" surges through downtown Montreal (up to 10 meters high, roughly 32 feet!) -- (link) - Andie Aug 16, 09:31 1
- yikes -- nm - prayformojo Aug 16, 09:32
spoil - mud Aug 16, 09:27 1
- You. Bastard. - Spawn Aug 16, 09:28

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