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If you'll indulge me, some Charcoal Pit talk... - rollo Aug 21, 12:46 5
- heart and hug emojis -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 21, 18:15
- love this. -- nm - Andie Aug 21, 14:02
- Big Hugs -- nm - Epiphany Aug 21, 13:10
- Well told. -- nm - Reagen Aug 21, 13:01
- ❤️😭 -- nm - Trending Aug 21, 12:51
Robert F. Kennedy plans to endorse Donald Trump in his dropout speech on Friday, per ABC -- nm - budice Aug 21, 12:29 2
- Brain worm recognize brain worm -- nm Reagen Aug 8 '24, 14:12 -- nm - Max Aug 21, 12:31 1
  - His 2 uncles and his dad would be so proud of him - eag Aug 21, 12:47
HumbleBundle has bundles for Resident Evil, Lego, Capcom, others -- (link) - budice Aug 21, 12:16 1
- Pretty good deals but I already own most of the Lego games. And not being Xbox compatible means a no from me. - sycor Aug 21, 12:27
“welcome back Clarice… quid pro quo” -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 21, 12:11 1
- Does the Pope still use the Popemobile? -- nm - Spawn Aug 21, 12:13
Prigozhin crawled to Moscow so Zelensky could fly -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 21, 12:07
The Crow reviews embargoed till Thursday night. Always a good sign... -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Aug 21, 11:57 1
- Shoulda been a Crow-verse-explaining backflip origin prequel series. -- nm - con_carne Aug 21, 12:06
Maisie Peters is opening for Noah Kahan, or as I like to call her, British Sabrina Carpenter. -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 21, 11:52 4
- She opened for Taylor Swift at Wembley earlier this week. She's slumming here. -- nm* - Mop🧹 Aug 21, 11:55
- It's chilly in the O2. If folks could hop up and down and warm things up, I'd appreciate it. -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 21, 11:53 2
  - are you there right now? My boss is at the concert with his grandkids. -- nm - Andie Aug 21, 12:28 1
    - It's a small, small world. -- nm - Spawn Aug 21, 12:31
hee -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 21, 11:38 2
- uh, that hair cut, it ain't regulation -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 21, 11:42
- Now let's see some corgi queen's guards stand still. You can't do it. -- nm - Max Aug 21, 11:41
Just checked out of curiosity, Clinton had several national polls with double digit leads in October (after the Billy Bush tape). -- nm - Dano Aug 21, 11:33 14
- i.e. still fuck James Comey -- nm - mr mooch Aug 21, 11:37 2
  - HIX NIX DIX PIX -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 21, 11:43 1
    - what ever happened to him? oh yeah, he pretty much single handedly gets donny the win and gets tossed aside like yesterday's condom -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 21, 11:48
- Does Harris have emails? -- nm - Spawn Aug 21, 11:35 10
  - Anecdotally I heard the Democrats had overconfidence toward Trump (the polls may be one reason why) and were pretty much measuring the drapes - con_carne Aug 21, 11:42 7
    - For sure, Dems weren't just measuring for drapes in 2016, they had already ordered them. Interestingly, the GOP was kinda in that mood this year.... - ty97 Aug 21, 12:11 1
      - I heard that about the GOP too -- nm - con_carne Aug 21, 12:13
    - See my emphatic posts the last couple of weeks about focusing on the blue wall. Don't Hillary this up. -- nm - ty97 Aug 21, 12:07
    - Everyone did. There was no reason at all that he should have won that election. -- nm - Turd Ferguson Aug 21, 12:05
    - I know I did. 2016 was far and away my worst political miss. -- nm - David Aug 21, 11:48 1
      - It was unexpected. I'll never forget the election night party I attended which pretty much began with an already-celebratory tone. -- nm - con_carne Aug 21, 11:50
    - apparently they blew off WI and the rust belt to try and take AZ which seemed in play. but, really, look AT him, he's a disaster, amiright -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 21, 11:46
  - she will by October. I think Michelle was correct, they will start to lie about Kamala - Epiphany Aug 21, 11:36 1
    - I nearly added "yet" at the end of my question. -- nm - Spawn Aug 21, 11:38
RFK Jr. will discuss 'his path forward' in Phoenix on Friday -- (link) - mara Aug 21, 11:27
Rookie QB Bo Nix is officially the Broncos Week 1 starter -- nm - budice Aug 21, 11:24
I had a weird dream last night where I was on vacation in Boston ... and the Massachusetts state house burned down. - Beryllium Aug 21, 11:21
Why No One Wants To Sell You A $25,000 EV -- (link) - oblique Aug 21, 11:17 5
- same reason they don't wanna sell you a $25k ICE vehicle. the EPA and DoT need to change the light truck standards back - mr mooch Aug 21, 11:23 2
  - "They’d rather you buy the $60,000 Silverado now and just finance it forever." -- nm - mr mooch Aug 21, 11:27 1
    - and a crap ton of people do. What is the incentive to make cheaper cars? -- nm - Epiphany Aug 21, 11:36
- because they don't want my money -- nm - Beryllium Aug 21, 11:22 1
  - It’s definitely backfiring—car sales are down and by EOY it’ll be a legit super buyers market (think opposite of Covid car deals) -- nm - Trending Aug 21, 11:24
Not-The-Onion: Chick-Fil-A streaming service plans underway -- (link) - budice Aug 21, 11:17 1
- Hatr -- nm - mr mooch Aug 21, 11:40
YDC: This weekend is the National Book Festival. I'm going to see Douglas Preston/Lincoln Child speak about the Perdergast series. -- nm - MDH Aug 21, 11:11
(FB) God explaining circumcision for the first time -- (link) - prayformojo Aug 21, 11:02
how casting works: you want Beyoncé and Taylor to headline your project, you get… -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 21, 10:44 18
- I just remembered Taylor Swift has several shows at Wembley Stadium this week, which is why she's unavailable. - David Aug 21, 11:23 12
  - Some UK wrestler, Will Ospreay, who's going to be at All In was a guest on my favorite podcast, Off Menu. He was more enjoyable to listen to than - Krusty Aug 21, 12:17 1
    - He's Kim's favorite. Also, his theme song, Elevated, is an absolute banger. -- nm - David Aug 21, 12:18
  - All done. Someone needs to be tracking flights. -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 21, 11:56 2
    - she should have been home hours ago if she took off after the tuesday show ended. -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 21, 12:01 1
      - Maybe she is sad because she was not back in time to sing Shake It Off? -- nm - Spawn Aug 21, 12:04
  - last was yesterday. - Spawn Aug 21, 11:25
  - her last show was sunday? monday? she could make it back and perform. "jet lag is a choice." she's not supporting harris (maybe "not yet" but - ☀️ mandy chem ☀️ Aug 21, 11:24 3
    - I hated seeing Kelce with Morgan Wallen who was wearing dumb ass KC Kicker's jersey. -- nm - Epiphany Aug 21, 11:39
    - Yet she can fly back, from Japan…same day to watch Travis play in the SB -- nm - Trending Aug 21, 11:27 1
      - sitting is easier than performing -- nm - Spawn Aug 21, 11:28
  - her last show was yesterday -- nm - mr mooch Aug 21, 11:24 1
    - exactly as I said. it was yesterday. -- nm - ☀️ mandy chem ☀️ Aug 21, 11:25
- Put Kamala in the rigging. -- nm - Reagen Aug 21, 11:13
- My money was on Julia Roberts and Bruce Willis. -- nm - Baron of the Rings Aug 21, 11:02 2
  - Now I have to watch The Player again. -- nm - David Aug 21, 11:10
  - Bruce and Julia were your mid-90s wants. you got Sly Stallone and Jeanne Tripplehorn -- nm - mr mooch Aug 21, 11:05
- great choice of photos. I love that they coordinated. -- nm - ☀️ mandy chem ☀️ Aug 21, 10:55
Speaking of Royal Albert Hall and Anna Lapwood, I came across this incredible performance from Letters Live and have been meaning to share. -- (link*) - znufrii Aug 21, 10:40 [youtube]
ST Poll: Are you a "eat the same thing everyday for lunch" person or more random? -- (edited) - oblique Aug 21, 10:20 18
- At school I eat the same thing (a salad kit from Kroger/Walmart, a pineapple Chobani yogurt.) Chips sometimes -- nm - kelly Aug 21, 12:21
- I have one thing from each place I go, but I go different places. -- nm - Spawn Aug 21, 11:21
- I eat different things for lunch that I have in the house. 50% of the time it is leftovers -- nm - Epiphany Aug 21, 11:09
- I'm eating lunch less and less. I'm super impressed with my wife - she packs a week's worth of lunches on Sundays, loads up her lunchbox the night before and just grabs it on her way out the door in the am -- nm* - prayformojo Aug 21, 10:50
- I have a pre-prepared meal plan that I use and I generally just grab one without looking at what it is. -- nm - Dano Aug 21, 10:49
- I don't eat lunch. Just breakfast and dinner. My breakfast is the same protein shake every day. Boring but easy and tasty. -- nm - Krusty Aug 21, 10:43
- Pretty much the same rotating stuff for breakfast and lunch. Not trying to have any midafternoon Beethoven symphonies if you catch my drift. -- nm - con_carne Aug 21, 10:29 1
  - Hopefully, not the 5th. -- nm - Roger More Aug 21, 11:30
- I eat the same thing everyday for lunch for months on end. right now it's veggies and humus - decline Aug 21, 10:25
- I eat what is around (usually a sandwich), but will also get rid of leftovers. I grew on peanut butter and jam every day -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Aug 21, 10:23
- I have a general daily rotation for work lunch: Mendo Monday, Wild Card Tues, Saffron Wed, company orders in on Thurs, Grand Central Mkt Fri -- nm - mr mooch Aug 21, 10:22
- Subpoll: I read 1 out of 4 Americans eat fast food, every day (during the week)…anyone come close to this and what are your favs? -- nm - Trending Aug 21, 10:21 6
  - Nathan comes pretty close. - kelly Aug 21, 12:23 2
    - When Mom was worried about my brother the Doc said "he can't grow up and out at the same time" -- nm - Meg Aug 21, 12:35 1
      - *ding* -- nm - Spawn Aug 21, 12:42
  - I may get lunch out once a week. Chic Fila -- nm - Epiphany Aug 21, 10:47
  - When in San Francisco it was sour dough toast with jam for breakfast and either slice pizza or burrito for lunch. Now it's egg n bagel - zeitgeist Aug 21, 10:38
  - I used to prior to covid. Not so much now since I don't go to the office as often. -- nm - sycor Aug 21, 10:29
Spike saved his DOUG signs. -- (pic) - mud Aug 21, 10:17 [Attachment] 1
- I would wear a DOUG shirt if it were a good color -- nm - ☀️ mandy chem ☀️ Aug 21, 10:18
CNN: 57% Harris 43% Trump (yikes) -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 21, 10:14 46
- My days of not taking polls seriously are coming to a middle. -- nm - David Aug 21, 11:11 3
  - This one appears to be bogus. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Aug 21, 11:41 2
    - I heard 68.75% Harris 31.250% Trump. - Spawn Aug 21, 11:54
    - I'd believe it because that doesn't pass the laugh test. -- nm - David Aug 21, 11:52
- His internal poll #s may be worse and may explain this nonsense from him this morning -- (pic) -- (link*) - Jovian Aug 21, 10:47 [Attachment] 12
  - He misses Joe so much it is killing him -- nm - Epiphany Aug 21, 11:22
  - question. what is he saying here? "biden is mad"? ok, he's not running. next? -- nm - ☀️ mandy chem ☀️ Aug 21, 10:54 9
    - He is saying many things! Harris is a communist who ousted Biden in a coup. Biden hates her, Pelosi, the Obamas, and George Clooney. -- (edited) - Jovian Aug 21, 11:00
    - "Dems are cheating, I should win by default" -- nm - Reagen Aug 21, 10:56 7
      - ohhh the coup was cheating? is that right? (HOW DO YOU SPEAK TRUMP??) -- nm - ☀️ mandy chem ☀️ Aug 21, 10:57 6
        
        I don't recommend it as a usual thing, but start every thought process with "what if only my needs mattered out of anyone in the world?" - Reagen Aug 21, 11:07 3
        
        What would Caligula do? -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 21, 11:10 2
        
        eat grapes, throw off a toga and have sex with EVERYONE? -- nm - Epiphany Aug 21, 11:20 1
        
        randomly kill people, esp if he liked the guy's wife or daughter -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 21, 18:12
        
        he also wants Kamala to reimburse him for the $100m he spent attacking Biden before he dropped out -- nm - mr mooch Aug 21, 11:03 1
        
        Ha, oh...SCOTUS overturns district and appeals dismissals and awards Donald allll the money, likes their new RVs -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 21, 11:06
  - loser. -- nm - mud Aug 21, 10:48
- We all know I'm A) a poll aggregation fans (anti-single poll) and B) poll skeptic. BUT are those the best numbers against Trump of anyone ever? -- nm - ty97 Aug 21, 10:41 2
  - Are the numbers real? -- nm - mara Aug 21, 11:07 1
    - I'm not sure -- nm - ty97 Aug 21, 12:09
- I don’t really get excited about national polls. -- nm - Tim Aug 21, 10:31 2
  - Harris leads in all swing states except Nevada -- (link) - mara Aug 21, 11:15
  - How was Hillary polling two months out? Yeah, that left a scar. -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 21, 10:42
- I 'd like some deets on that (sample size, location, etc) poll. -- nm - mud Aug 21, 10:26
- Is that poll actually on CNN’s page somewhere? The link takes me to their convention coverage -- nm - mara Aug 21, 10:26 1
  - Plus, I don’t see any quality poll where the two major candidates add up to 100%. The latest real poll I find has 48 to 44. -- nm - mara Aug 21, 11:12
- That both does and doesn't surprise me. You can feel the relief of "having a non-Trump/Biden option" crowd surging her, but that feels too much a gap. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Aug 21, 10:24 2
  - prolly not that wide but even half that would still cook his ass in EVs. bigger question is how long the congress side waits for it to keep getting - mr mooch Aug 21, 10:28 1
    - I need to dig into the swing seats to get a sense of just who is threatened and might show a crack in party unity to save themselves. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Aug 21, 10:30
- Still not putting any faith in polls, but there's definitely a trend. Just not clear if it's reflective of anything or just more dems willing to - pmb Aug 21, 10:23 6
  - most of the movement seems to be shy Dems coming home enthusiastically (which I think most would have eventually by Election Day) - mr mooch Aug 21, 10:26 1
    - I heard on a pod that part of getting people to vote -- esp in groundbreaking elections -- is convincing them to give themselves permission to vote - ☀️ mandy chem ☀️ Aug 21, 10:53
  - I got the impression six weeks ago that there were some Dems who might have not bothered to vote in Nov. This hopefully shores that up - Max Aug 21, 10:26 3
    - again, makes me want to doorknock. (I won't; I hate doorknockers.) -- nm - ☀️ mandy chem ☀️ Aug 21, 10:56 2
      - Man, I hope I get multiple people at the door for the next fed and prov elections here. I gots some things ta say! -- nm - Reagen Aug 21, 11:41 1
        
        "And another thing-" "I, uh, really just needed this to be a hit and run, grab your vote and go kinda thing." -- nm - Max Aug 21, 11:45
- Obama: "I think that's what they call shrinkage" *makes hand motion* -- nm - oblique Aug 21, 10:16 8
  - repost: -- (link) - mud Aug 21, 10:29
  - That was god-tier comedic timing. -- nm - Reagen Aug 21, 10:20 6
    - It was just amazing -- nm - Jovian Aug 21, 10:43
    - I love stand-up comic Obama. -- nm - pmb Aug 21, 10:24
    - timing and the expression on his face was vaudeville-esque. "omg what did my hands just do?" -- nm - Max Aug 21, 10:24 3
      - yes -- nm - Epiphany Aug 21, 11:22
      - The voice cracking ever so slightly as if even he can’t believe what he’s doing. -- nm - znufrii Aug 21, 10:30
      - yep -- nm - mud Aug 21, 10:25
- I’m trying not to get confident but the trends for both are undeniable. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Aug 21, 10:16
“black and white milkshake” -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 21, 10:11 2
- "I dunno if it's worth five dollars but it's pretty f'ing good." "That'll be $15." -- nm - Max Aug 21, 10:14 1
  - Ha -- nm - Jovian Aug 21, 10:43
Found a video game store/arcade less than a mile from the hotel. Played a bit of pinball, some fun games but none of the classics. - Tim Aug 21, 10:09 5
- Dig Dag? Bobotron? Afteroids? I've never heard of any of these games! -- nm - Baron of the Rings Aug 21, 10:13
- It also claims to be the largest arcade in New York State, which is a surprising claim if there isn’t one in NYC. -- nm - Tim Aug 21, 10:10 3
  - We have arcades and there's one in my neighborhood that's 5k sq ft which is likely one of the largest in the city. - Krusty Aug 21, 10:19 2
    - 10th place is the bodega with the Ms. Pac-Man *and* Centipede. -- nm - Reagen Aug 21, 10:44 1
      - Ha!! -- nm - Krusty Aug 21, 20:12
I'm off to the Royal Albert Hall for a classical concert (Beethoven's Ninth by memory). You can listen to it on BBC radio 3 tonight if you want to. -- nm - LMS Aug 21, 10:06 6
- if they have the number listed somewhere, please let us know how many holes it took to fill the Albert Hall tomorrow. -- nm* - Peglegpete Aug 21, 10:21
- Very cool! Have a great evening! -- nm - Krusty Aug 21, 10:21
- Nice. Been watching a lot of Anna Lapwood videos lately. She’s the organist there, and I just love that space. -- nm - znufrii Aug 21, 10:20
- the theme from Die Hard! -- nm - mr mooch Aug 21, 10:08 2
  - Ode to a security guard who looks like Huey Lewis -- nm - VMan Aug 21, 10:16
  - That's how I've been describing it to everyone. Forgot to wear a white vest today. -- nm - LMS Aug 21, 10:11
DNC ratings for night two 55% higher than RNC -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 21, 10:01

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