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Adjusts happened on the other site, not sure I've ever seen someone do what Jon Favreau just did. -- nm - MDH Aug 20, 11:46 3
- For those of us who have not been there in years, what did he do. -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 20, 11:47 2
  - Adjusted to $250. -- nm - MDH Aug 20, 11:50 1
    - Ah, as I recall Lee Pace did that once. -- nm - Baron of the Rings Aug 20, 11:51
BBC/CNN Don posts AI video clip implying that Taylor Swift endorsed him. Yeah that will go over well -- (link) - zeitgeist Aug 20, 11:40
If I may contribute to the "What that side is saying/they still got nothin" posts -- (link) - con_carne Aug 20, 11:37 [Image] 1
- he won reelection by 1% because Dems abandoned his opponent to burn piles of cash on Val Demings in FL instead. -- nm - mr mooch Aug 20, 11:48
she did it Joe -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 20, 11:37
Seattle Storm got Gabby Williams -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 20, 11:36 1
- Practice 1: The 3 point line and how not to step on it. - Baron of the Rings Aug 20, 11:45
I hope David Chase made Zaslav pay through the nose for this few hours of fluff -- (link*) - mr mooch Aug 20, 11:31 3
- very very very much looking forward to this. -- nm - mud Aug 20, 11:33 2
  - there are already hours of interviews with him on YouTube expounding at length on the making of the show -- nm - mr mooch Aug 20, 11:36 1
    - this will be more than just that. -- (link*) - mud Aug 20, 11:39 [youtube]
Edmonton Oilers are NOT matching the Blues offers for Broberg and Holloway. will get a 2nd and a 3rd in 2025 -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Aug 20, 11:30 1
- They also extracted another prospect and another pick from the Blues. -- nm - Reagen Aug 20, 11:44
cuckoo -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 20, 11:26 [youtube]
Brian Danielson and Brie Bella might have the cutest baby in the world. -- (link) - David Aug 20, 11:19 1
- That’s some good smack-talk from Swerve. - Will Hunting Aug 20, 11:40
i feel like a 50-100% markup from the "base" quoted fare for an airline ticket is pretty much the definition of a bait and switch -- nm - mr mooch Aug 20, 11:18 1
- i don't mind (as much) paying an extra $180 for "economy plus" to the extent it's folding in the checked bag fees. oh, you actually want to sit down - mr mooch Aug 20, 11:20
Have you heard of a Coolcation? It’s where climate change is driving people to visit cooler climes on their vacation. -- (link) - Loyola Aug 20, 11:12 6
- literally the reason the Hamptons and Cape Cod have been a thing for 200 years -- nm - mr mooch Aug 20, 11:54
- It is called a "swimming pool". -- nm - Spawn Aug 20, 11:48
- People did this since ancient times. The rich people fled the cities for the mountains cause it was stinking hot. -- nm - Reagen Aug 20, 11:15 3
  - NYrs went to the Catskills, my town Lakewood started as summer homes for tacoma and Seattle families -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 20, 11:46
  - Can confirm. -- nm - Zeus si Aug 20, 11:19 1
    - But…there was that one time (Residents by Mt Vesuvius) -- nm - Zeus SI Aug 20, 11:27
Tennis star Jannik Sinner tested positive for a steroid twice but will not be suspended -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Aug 20, 11:03 9
- Now I want to know if topical steroids are associated with improved athletic performance. -- nm - Baron of the Rings Aug 20, 11:30 4
  - Mom uses a topical steroid cream for years, doc said it doesn't get absorbed so should be safe -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 20, 11:49 2
    - But did you check her 40 time before and after? -- nm - Baron of the Rings Aug 20, 11:50 1
      - I want her banned from Pickleball for life! -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Aug 20, 11:52
  - Why, yes, my mind then immediately went to the Futurama episode with the cream that granted superpowers. -- nm - Baron of the Rings Aug 20, 11:33
- I was reading about that. It made me think of what past or present sports star, if they were now revealed to have been doping, would be devastating - Loyola Aug 20, 11:11 1
  - Ripken Jr for me. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 20, 11:19
- Because sinners are forgiven? -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 20, 11:06 1
  - Dont know what a positive test is anymore -- nm - budice Aug 20, 11:08
Nothing like spending your morning working on a project to find out you already set up the same feature differently years ago and forgot about it - oblique Aug 20, 10:57 3
- memory is one of the first things to go - decline Aug 20, 10:59 1
  - What???? - Last Of My Kind Aug 20, 11:37
- Busywork, busywork. Lunch! -- nm - budice Aug 20, 10:59
“Did you bring that thing I secretly wanted you to grab but never actually mentioned to you?” -- (edited) - znufrii Aug 20, 10:55
Subway restaurants are closing without warning, about two dozen in the PNW -- (link) - con_carne Aug 20, 10:53 4
- Without warning? Are there people trapped inside? -- nm - Roger More Aug 20, 10:59
- yikes. (Summary: franchise owner says their bank account was hacked and it caused them to get cut off by the US Food supplier) -- nm - Beryllium Aug 20, 10:56
- Subway restaurants close after franchise owner hacked and couldn't pay their bills -- nm - oblique Aug 20, 10:56 1
  - Who, I missed that part. Maybe it was the subject of that emergency meeting last week - con_carne Aug 20, 10:59
Lamar Jackson has been waived from camp -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 20, 10:47 2
- ML wants his bit back -- nm - Reagen Aug 20, 10:53 1
  - it's literally called @MLFootball -- nm - mr mooch Aug 20, 11:26
he needs to be arrested if this is actually accurate: “The reporting is that former President Trump is on the phone with the PM of Israel urging him - Jovian Aug 20, 10:36 10
- Seems like something the protesters in Chicago might want to know about. -- nm* - znufrii Aug 20, 10:50
- Sounds like Carter/Reagan all over again. -- (link) - Max Aug 20, 10:40 2
  - and LBJ/Nixon -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 20, 10:41 1
    - (if we have him on tape with Bibi conspiring, release the tapes Joe) -- nm - mr mooch Aug 20, 10:42
- who is reporting? -- nm - rollo Aug 20, 10:38 2
  - I just googled. Here was the result. -- (link) - David Aug 20, 10:42 1
    - ah wow -- nm - rollo Aug 20, 10:50
- I do not know the laws involved, but this sounds like treason to me. -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 20, 10:37 2
  - we're not at war with either side so not treason per se. but an ongoing Logan Act violation (which is never enforced alas) -- nm - mr mooch Aug 20, 10:38 1
    - If it IS accurate. The absolute gall of this man to tell Bibi to not make a deal. - Jovian Aug 20, 10:42
Your top 10 songs: A Bar Song (Tipsy), I Had Some Help, Not Like Us, Espresso, Birds of a Feather, Million Dollar Baby, Good Luck Babe!, Please Please Please, Lose Control, Too Sweet -- (edited) - Tim Aug 20, 10:32
Flight Aware data breach including SSNs (WHY) -- (link) - Reagen Aug 20, 10:28 2
- *shrug* All of our SSN are already out there now -- nm - decline Aug 20, 10:34 1
  - Flight Aware users are a group more likely to have stuff to hack n steal -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 20, 11:05
What happens if RFKjr bows out of the race? - Beryllium Aug 20, 10:27 6
- I think the majority of his supporters don’t vote for Prez, but a number go back to Trump. -- nm - mara Aug 20, 10:33
- The people who would have voted for him pick some other random person to vote for. -- nm - Dano Aug 20, 10:30 4
  - Jill Stein has entered the chat. -- nm - znufrii Aug 20, 11:07
  - Well, it would be customary for him to endorse someone on the way out. -- nm - con_carne Aug 20, 10:38 2
    - I don't think people are voting for him as much as they are voting against the two major party candidates. -- nm - Dano Aug 20, 11:03 1
      - That, and some people still get fuzzies from the last name. -- nm - Baron of the Rings Aug 20, 11:43
Help! I'm trying to post an attachment (from the office). System says I need to be logged in. Header says I am. -- nm - Meg Aug 20, 10:19 4
- Clear cache, log out, log back in? -- nm - con_carne Aug 20, 10:24
- So I can post a message but not an attachment. -- nm - Meg Aug 20, 10:20 2
  - There's sometimes a cookie bug where some pageloads are logged in and some aren't. Perhaps that's what's happening? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 20, 10:21 1
    - Logging out and logging back in, or logging in on a different ST domain, might sufficiently jiggle the cables -- nm - Beryllium Aug 20, 10:24
I guess having their $4b Sunday Ticket verdict overturned (for now) really gave the NFL pause about their pricing strategy -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 20, 10:17 6
- Why $75 for local games? Is that the average price of cable? -- nm - Krusty Aug 20, 10:42
- We paid $379 for 2024 Sunday Ticket. Why is this dude paying $740? -- nm - David Aug 20, 10:19 4
  - Actually, it was $349 with the early bird discount. -- nm - David Aug 20, 10:20 3
    - it's the price through the Apple app store -- (link) - decline Aug 20, 10:33 2
      - Somebody teach these Apple pinheads to shop around. -- nm - David Aug 20, 10:40 1
        
        also, your price is if you also have YTtv. Sunday Ticket only is 479 - decline Aug 20, 10:45
Rumor: Sid Meier’s Civilization VII (CIV 7) will be released on Feb 11th, 2025 -- nm - decline Aug 20, 10:16 2
- This might finally be what gets me to upgrade my gaming PC -- nm - oblique Aug 20, 10:43
- Ooh, I didn't know there was gameplay coming up. -- nm - Reagen Aug 20, 10:19
DNC ratings up 21% over night one of RNC -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 20, 09:53 6
- Woo! Three more viewers! -- nm - David Aug 20, 10:18
- Harris needs the mother of all speeches for the last day—hope they have all the top minds rocking this -- nm - Trending Aug 20, 10:07
- In swing states? Give us the swing state ratings. -- nm - Max Aug 20, 09:58 2
  - Philly was the top market for Joe’s speech -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 20, 10:02 1
    - Get enough voter turn out in Philly and Pittsburgh (both on that list) and Harris wins the race. -- nm - Fuzzy Aug 20, 10:18
- Yet another thing that will bother Donald more than losing the election. -- nm - Dano Aug 20, 09:57
Billion dollar app idea; Twitter 2 -- nm - Loyola Aug 20, 09:47 5
- No, i think that era is over. Centralized social media is a pestilence. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 20, 10:04
- I suggested “Twitter but we’ll ban the nazis” like 6 years ago. -- nm - Tim Aug 20, 09:57
- ok, Jian Yang -- nm - prayformojo Aug 20, 09:49 1
  - "JIAN YANG!!" -- nm* - rollo Aug 20, 10:24
- it's what BlueSky is, mas o menos. -- nm - Reagen Aug 20, 09:48
update Buccee's Boo Tumbler Cup Quest - Andi - Epiphany Aug 20, 09:32 3
- Speaking of which - eag Aug 20, 09:40
- oh, please don't knock yourselves out! - Andie Aug 20, 09:34 1
  - No problem. He drives all around Texas anyway for work. His workers LOVE LOVE Buccee's - so they are stopping anyway. LOL. - Epiphany Aug 20, 12:01
So, the richest man in the world took out a loan and the lenders don’t think he can pay? Take the fucking collateral - Will Hunting Aug 20, 09:22 21
- If it’s not great from the banks’ point of view, doesn’t that mean it’s good from Musk’s point of view? -- nm - mara Aug 20, 10:41 2
  - No. A failing company isn't good for anybody. But it does seem like Musk really doesn't care about losing this money. -- nm - pmb Aug 20, 10:49 1
    - He's not in it for the long haul. He just wanted to try to overthrow democracy and increase his influence. He appears to have failed at both. - David Aug 20, 10:55
- It’s not about them thinking he can’t pay, but thinking they could find a bigger sucker to take it off their books. -- (edited) - znufrii Aug 20, 09:45 1
  - Their only hope now is for interest rates to drop far enough that the rate premium offsets the risk discount -- nm - znufrii Aug 20, 09:57
- Isn’t this what they all do? Take out bigger and bigger loans to always be in debt and never have to pay taxes (or very much in taxes) -- nm - Trending Aug 20, 09:30 1
  - this is a tax loophole I wouldn't mind seeing closed -- nm - rollo Aug 20, 10:20
- The collateral isn't worth the value of the loan. He's also, apparently, not in default. -- nm - pmb Aug 20, 09:29 10
  - He's still making payments so no default. On a more reasonable level of principle, kind of a dream customer. - JD Aug 20, 09:33 4
    - Nope. That's not how it works for these loans. They have a maturity date (probably 5 years). At that point the loans are due. Usually they will be - pmb Aug 20, 09:37 3
      - They’ll have to take a haircut on the principal, for sure, but that’s a five-years-from-now problem -- nm - znufrii Aug 20, 09:54 1
        
        Only about 2 years at this point. That’s when they start thinking about exits. -- nm - pmb Aug 20, 10:00
      - Ah. Thanks for the explanation. Hence the whole hung description. - JD Aug 20, 09:39
  - How is that possible? Isn't the purpose of collateral to get something of equal or greater value? -- nm - David Aug 20, 09:30 4
    - if the collateral is stock share and the price drops... -- nm - Max Aug 20, 09:33 3
      - Then congrats on now owning 5% of Tesla or whatever he pledged. - Will Hunting Aug 20, 09:40 1
        
        Banks do not want to own things -- nm - decline Aug 20, 09:57
      - but then you build in the equivalent of a margin call to the transaction so the lender is never less than fully secured (forget the term) -- nm - mr mooch Aug 20, 09:38
- I wouldn't be surprised if he wasn't required to back the loans except for with perhaps the business itself and they don't want that -- nm - JD Aug 20, 09:26
- I presume they worry he'll never work with them again, which would make me say "Thank God." -- nm - David Aug 20, 09:24 1
  - Meanwhile, who ends up footing the bi--Oh, right. -- nm - con_carne Aug 20, 09:32
An idiot wrestler threw a chair at Su Yung and did this. -- (link) - David Aug 20, 09:20 14
- oh good lord -- nm - Tim Aug 20, 09:56
- I thought this was just an unruly fan … not a dumb wrestler. - Will Hunting Aug 20, 09:42 3
  - A lot worse than a fractured skull? What would that even be? -- nm - David Aug 20, 09:43 2
    - Her not standing up after getting her head cracked. - Will Hunting Aug 20, 09:44 1
      - Fittingly, that is her gimmick. She's the Undead Bride. -- nm - David Aug 20, 09:48
- Like, I get it. Chairs and tables are a big thing these days. But your performers have to be smarter than that. - Turd Ferguson Aug 20, 09:29 3
  - This is an independent show, but I'd expect this guy to be blackballed. It was unconscionably reckless and unprofessional. -- nm - David Aug 20, 09:30 2
    - Sure was. I can imagine throwing a chair at just the right angle to not hurt someone is hard. So just don't do it. Problem solved. -- nm - Turd Ferguson Aug 20, 09:31 1
      - But then you don’t look cool or badass. - Will Hunting Aug 20, 09:43
- Here's the video if you want to see it. I'll describe it as NSFW. - David Aug 20, 09:23 4
  - To clarify - Reagen Aug 20, 09:32 3
    - Her immediate reaction is like, "are you ***king kidding me?!?" -- nm - Jovian Aug 20, 10:03
    - Chair shots to the head are effectively banned in the big promotions, at least if thrown they can be deflected with the hands but still look like they - Tim Aug 20, 09:55
    - Yes. It's just like a tin can hitting your head when done correctly. -- nm - David Aug 20, 09:34
if Y2K takes place on NYE 1999, doesn't that imply that it exists six days after the events in Go? -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 20, 09:17
So, when do we think college football GMs will suffer Black Monday? After the NIL deadline? After Signing Day? The end of the season? - David Aug 20, 09:08 5
- Cant blame the players for getting paid -- nm - budice Aug 20, 09:12 4
  - how much *are* players getting paid? -- nm - ☀️ mandy chem ☀️ Aug 20, 09:58 1
    - Depends on their skill level, and university they are attending, but some are getting 7 figures… -- nm - Trending Aug 20, 10:06
  - Oh, I love everything about it, including Mike Gundy telling his kids to stop asking for their allowance yesterday. -- nm - David Aug 20, 09:15 1
    - And the Darker Side. Where NIL $$ promises were made and not kept. -- nm - budice Aug 20, 09:20
Strands #170 took 1 hint and forever (yellow 3rd) - decline Aug 20, 09:06 1
- yeah, that was a toughie -- nm - prayformojo Aug 20, 09:07
Oh, hey, a certain movie I've been mocking for a little while did in fact report weekend box office: $420k. $326 per. - Baron of the Rings Aug 20, 09:05
So I watched Terrifier and like 15 minutes of Terrifier 2 last night - JD Aug 20, 09:05 1
- One word. - Spawn Aug 20, 11:14
Apocalypse response email with a follow up “Unsubscribe” email from one of the receivers is sad hilarious. -- nm - landbeck Aug 20, 08:57 2
- Might as well throw in a, "STOP THE MADNESS!" -- nm - Spawn Aug 20, 08:59
- Our's were all of the "I don't think this is for me, please remove me." If the 75 emails in your inbox saying the same thing wasn't a clue what - Andie Aug 20, 08:59

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