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Krusty, don't look. Beloved 80 yo dog walker killed in carjacking -- (link) - zeitgeist Aug 22, 12:45
Katy Tur interviewing Jake Sherman .. - mud Aug 22, 12:41 1
- pic -- (link) - mud Aug 22, 12:46
Me: My spot check of data suggests about 90% of cases fall into this group. Researcher: Could you run a formal analysis for the paper? - Baron of the Rings Aug 22, 12:30
Mariners are going to fire Scott Servais and replace him with Dan Wilson (never a manager before) - Will Hunting Aug 22, 12:28
pity the poor crew having to work on this -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 22, 12:16
Jordan Klepper on Comedy Central’s The Daily Show said, “That’s the second time this summer - ☀️ mandy chem ☀️ Aug 22, 12:15 1
- He’s my fave on that show -- nm - mara Aug 22, 12:36
Bono. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 22, 12:09 14
- like, ALL of the Avengers. -- nm - Andie Aug 22, 12:32 1
  - nah, the stage would collapse. -- nm - mud Aug 22, 12:35
- someone check reddit. only person can keep a secret - someone already knows who it is -- nm - Epiphany Aug 22, 12:23 2
  - Made me look - con_carne Aug 22, 12:39
  - "three can keep a secret, if two of them are dead." -- nm - ben franklin Aug 22, 12:29
- Bruce. -- nm - mud Aug 22, 12:10 8
  - Bob Dylan -- nm - mara Aug 22, 12:40
  - Not that he couldn’t get there and back, but he’s in between shows in Philly (played here last night and we’re seeing him tomorrow night) -- nm - znufrii Aug 22, 12:19 4
    - hence the night off! -- nm - Andie Aug 22, 12:31
    - Gritty! -- nm - Beryllium Aug 22, 12:26 2
      - "That's it, man. Game over, man! What the fuck are we gonna do now? Might as well put HER in charge!!" -- nm* - Pvt. Hudson (who is definitely MAGA) Aug 22, 12:33 1
        
        If Kamala could pull that one off, it might actually convince some of the MAGA folks to change their votes - JD Aug 22, 12:38
  - Vilanch - Jovian Aug 22, 12:11 1
    - That would be infinitely more entertaining. -- nm - Baron of the Rings Aug 22, 12:35
it’s not Hot Ones but Kamala plays TrackStar -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 22, 12:04 1
- excellent. -- nm - mud Aug 22, 12:09
Callisto Protocol is this week's free game at Epic Games. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Aug 22, 11:58 1
- I hated this game -- nm - decline Aug 22, 12:01
More non-sequitur responses: Ben and JLo - "We're giving it another go for democracy!" -- nm - rollo Aug 22, 11:58 1
- Barron. “Ya know, my dad is a real asshole. Did you know there’s a Tiffany? He doesn’t either.” -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 22, 12:07
New York City is planning to sell apartments on the Upper West Side of Manhattan just two blocks from Central Park for as low as $173,801 -- (link) - ty97 Aug 22, 11:55 13
- I'm applying when I get home. We qualify based on the income requirements. 🤞🏻🤞🏻 -- nm - Krusty Aug 22, 12:03 5
  - i hope you get this more than any pair of dunks -- nm - mr mooch Aug 22, 12:10
  - UES lottery -- (link) - ty97 Aug 22, 12:07
  - Astoria lottery -- (link) - ty97 Aug 22, 12:07
  - Awesome! Good luck!!!! -- nm - ty97 Aug 22, 12:03 1
    - Thank you! And for the links to the others. I'd love to live on the UWS. - Krusty Aug 22, 12:24
- are you going to buy one ? -- nm - decline Aug 22, 12:01 1
  - . -- (link) - ty97 Aug 22, 12:02 [Backboard]
- (income restrictions apply) -- nm - ty97 Aug 22, 11:55 4
  - That seems prudent, or you know some rich dude would buy them all up and then bulldoze them for a skyscraper. -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 22, 12:09
  - (via housing lottery) -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 22, 11:59 2
    - I think I've skimmed the article well enough, but I feel I'm missing the "WHY?" - Mop🧹 Aug 22, 12:12
    - NB: Under 200k, but monthly maintenance (think HOA) is like $1000 -- nm - ty97 Aug 22, 12:03
Liz Cheney wouldn't be a surprise really. GWB or Dick Cheney would be (especially GWB) but is that a good thing? Does it feed the uniparty talk? - ty97 Aug 22, 11:52 9
- Be great if we could walk out someone who doesn't get booed. -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 22, 11:59 1
  - Right, so no Red Sox players -- nm - ty97 Aug 22, 12:00
- GWB in Texas could maybe move the needle -- nm - mr mooch Aug 22, 11:55 3
  - Uh, did I miss some news about these clowns? -- nm - con_carne Aug 22, 12:27
  - I'd prefer not to image rehab a war criminal -- nm - rollo Aug 22, 11:57 1
    - tell it to the Obamas -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 22, 12:00
- Now, if it's Ivanka....... -- nm - ty97 Aug 22, 11:52 2
  - (it's not, of course) -- nm - ty97 Aug 22, 11:53 1
    - Marla or Tiffany -- nm - eag Aug 22, 11:55
70% of Harris donors since her entry into the race (1.5m) are new, non-Biden donors -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 22, 11:43
Bigger surprise than Oprah planned for DNC tonight -- nm - budice Aug 22, 11:42 4
- If not Taylor Swift, Sabrina Carpenter? -- nm - Loyola Aug 22, 12:02
- Uma? -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Aug 22, 11:48 2
  - well played -- nm - rollo Aug 22, 11:49
  - pfffft -- nm - ☀️ mandy chem ☀️ Aug 22, 11:49
Well, that was a let-down. Basically a 30-second promo for BARK Reading Therapy Dogs. - Meg Aug 22, 11:36 1
- as long as the dog wasn't dressed in drag -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 22, 12:17
UK postcard (belatedly) delivered 121 years after it was sent -- (link*) - mr mooch Aug 22, 11:26 2
- Thanks DeJoy! -- nm - Max Aug 22, 11:43
- "WTF - postage due!?!?!" -- nm - rollo Aug 22, 11:42
just can't make this shit up. -- (pic) - mud Aug 22, 11:25 [Attachment] 6
- it's a money grab. he will collect cash and say it's for J6ers but keep it for himself. -- nm - ☀️ mandy chem ☀️ Aug 22, 11:38
- If this is true - is he just throwing this thing now? Maybe he decided he doesn't want to do it anymore. -- nm - Turd Ferguson Aug 22, 11:33 4
  - People were saying he was throwing it in 2016, and there were stories after about how horrified he was that he won. - Roger More Aug 22, 11:39 2
    - not 'horrified' just surprised as the rest of us, he had no plan or real ideas for an admin. like the movie The Candidate - zeitgeist Aug 22, 12:14 1
      - good ol' Peter Boyle -- nm - mud Aug 22, 12:18
  - he *never* wanted the job. he wanted the power and the prestige, not the job. -- nm - Andie Aug 22, 11:33
ST What are you reading? -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Aug 22, 11:16 9
- Eyes of the Void (The Final Architecture #2) - Adrian Tchaikovsky -- nm - Jovian Aug 22, 11:55
- The Broken Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin -- nm - Roger More Aug 22, 11:31
- The Solitaire Mystery by Jostein Gaarder -- nm - Baron of the Rings Aug 22, 11:29
- Hammered out The Stand again during my holidays earlier in the month. Now on The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt. (Kids are ruined today.) -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Aug 22, 11:29
- Summer by Edith Wharton and 888 Love and the Divine Burden of Numbers by Abraham Chang -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Aug 22, 11:27
- 2/3rds the way through Darktown -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 22, 11:24
- Driven to Distraction: Recognizing and Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder From Childhood Through Adulthood -- nm - znufrii Aug 22, 11:22
- ebook: Primal Hunter 10. Audiobook: Wheel of Time 4 -- nm - decline Aug 22, 11:19
- just got Toxic Prey from the library (new John Sandford); 1/2 through Bad Monkey and have I Only Read Murder waiting in the wings -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Aug 22, 11:17
Max linked to the Back to School trailer on B2. This came up in my writing earlier today. What percentage of people do you think know RDJ was on SNL? -- nm - David Aug 22, 11:11 9
- Yeah but he was only there for cocaine -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 22, 11:34
- I just read this this morning. what a class this was. - ☀️ mandy chem ☀️ Aug 22, 11:14
- Wasn't that the same season Anthony Michael Hall was on? -- nm - Turd Ferguson Aug 22, 11:13 5
  - Yup. Anthony Michael Hall was the primary reason he got the gig. AMH was more famous and influential at the time. -- nm - David Aug 22, 11:14 4
    - RDJ was on Smartless and he talked about being on SNL. - Inigo Aug 22, 11:31 1
      - that was the best episode of smartless I've listened to -- nm - rollo Aug 22, 11:50
    - And ya know, he hasn't had the huge career, but he turned out to be a pretty good actor. Loved his version of The Dead Zone. -- nm - Turd Ferguson Aug 22, 11:23 1
      - That was a fantastic series -- nm - Jovian Aug 22, 12:03
- low single digits. -- nm - Reagen Aug 22, 11:12
Let's say who we WANT it to be, just for the messy fun of what would follow. Like, if Brad showed up with Jennifer Aniston. Or, Arnold S showed up - Andie Aug 22, 11:10 55
- is jennifer garner big enough? -- nm - ☀️ mandy chem ☀️ Aug 22, 11:59 10
  - Big enough to tease as a surprise? No, not in this context at least. (No actor would be, outside of maybe Clint Eastwood) -- nm - ty97 Aug 22, 12:01 7
    - you don't think Tom Hanks? remember when he got covid and people were prematurely in mourning? -- nm - ☀️ mandy chem ☀️ Aug 22, 12:10 5
      - No actor/celebrity showing up at the DNC would warrant a 'huge surprise' teaser -- nm - ty97 Aug 22, 12:17 4
        
        i think James Dean would -- nm - mr mooch Aug 22, 12:18
        
        He's beloved, no question. But does he cause a "you don't want to miss tonight?" tweet? -- nm - ty97 Aug 22, 12:18 2
        
        (If the tweet isn't just spam) -- nm - ty97 Aug 22, 12:18 1
        
        1) Andie wouldn't be asking us to look at spam. Harumph. 2) relax bro, the person has a bio, a patreon and a YT channel. Think we're good. -- nm - con_carne Aug 22, 12:26
    - *rides on stage on a motorcycle with a giant American Flag* -- nm - Tom Cruise Aug 22, 12:03
  - What's in your ballot? - Max Aug 22, 12:00 1
    - *laughs, boos* -- nm - rollo Aug 22, 12:05
- Kid Rock and Hulk Hogan. What can I say guys they're just really good in a convention setting -- nm - rollo Aug 22, 11:45
- Want? Pres. Bush. Hope? Sen. Mitt Romney. Expect? Tom Hanks. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Aug 22, 11:42
- Slash n Axl -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 22, 11:31
- Melania endorsing Kamala. -- nm - Dano Aug 22, 11:25 3
  - Could you imagine? -- nm - ty97 Aug 22, 11:43
  - She's apparently as Nazi as her husband but would vote RFKjr -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 22, 11:32
  - ha -- nm - Andie Aug 22, 11:25
- Wet Leg performing Chaise Longue. -- nm - Dano Aug 22, 11:22 2
  - they're for Jill Stein -- nm - rollo Aug 22, 11:34 1
    - That’s why it would be a big surprise! -- nm - Dano Aug 22, 12:12
- Will Smith and Chris Rock -- nm - con_carne Aug 22, 11:21
- Sean Spicer and Melissa McCarthy as Sean Spicer -- (link) - Max Aug 22, 11:19 [youtube] 1
  - she was so great at this -- nm - Andie Aug 22, 11:24
- Thomas Pynchon -- nm - mr mooch Aug 22, 11:15
- Dolly Parton. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 22, 11:15 9
  - I want it to be T Swizzle or Beyonce. But after them - Dolly would be fantastic. -- nm - Turd Ferguson Aug 22, 11:18 8
    - I want it to be all three of them -- nm - ty97 Aug 22, 11:18 7
      - Snoop cause he's like been everywhere -- nm - eag Aug 22, 11:21 1
        
        ohhhhhhh this isn't bad. -- nm - ☀️ mandy chem ☀️ Aug 22, 11:21
      - And Travis and Jay-Z. As long as we're talking crazy talk. In seriousness though - P!nk will be there tonight, yes? nm - Turd Ferguson Aug 22, 11:20 3
        
        Maybe Pink will have Em with her. They have a couple songs tongether. -- nm - Turd Ferguson Aug 22, 11:22 2
        
        I would love this. can I get a witness? -- nm - ☀️ mandy chem ☀️ Aug 22, 11:40 1
        
        Hell yeah! -- nm - Turd Ferguson Aug 22, 11:51
      - 9 to 5 reunion -- nm - mr mooch Aug 22, 11:20
- video link of Taylor and a guitar, singing something she wrote yesterday. -- nm - mud Aug 22, 11:14 2
  - a duet with James Taylor -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 22, 12:24 1
    - yes! -- nm - mud Aug 22, 12:30
- The thought started coming to my mind Harry and Meghan -- nm - eag Aug 22, 11:13 13
  - It would get headlines, but they aren't even American so I don't see it -- nm - ty97 Aug 22, 11:18 9
    - well, she is. -- nm - Andie Aug 22, 11:24 8
      - did she defect from canada? -- nm - ☀️ mandy chem ☀️ Aug 22, 11:37 6
        
        She is from LA. She just happened to be living in Toronto when they met. She's actually American (not Canadian at all.) -- nm* - Andie Aug 22, 11:38 5
        
        Right. Suits was filmed in Toronto-York, so that makes sense -- nm - Turd Ferguson Aug 22, 12:02 1
        
        i mentioned it before... - Andie Aug 22, 12:04
        
        oh, I thought she was yours -- nm - ty97 Aug 22, 11:44 2
        
        me too. I obviously blame you. -- nm - ☀️ mandy chem ☀️ Aug 22, 11:48 1
        
        I'll take the blame on this one. -- nm - ty97 Aug 22, 11:59
      - And I think he was.trying too -- nm - eag Aug 22, 11:37
  - Or even Zelynsky -- nm - eag Aug 22, 11:14 2
    - this is interesting but I think too polarizing. -- nm - ☀️ mandy chem ☀️ Aug 22, 11:59 1
      - could easily backfire -- nm - rollo Aug 22, 12:02
- I was gonna suggest Arnold on B2. I could definitely see this. He HATES the Trump. But would he still be considered bigger than Oprah? nm - Turd Ferguson Aug 22, 11:13
- oh I love the arnold idea. kim k, maybe? kanye is anti-democrat so she'd be kicking him while also endorsing. - ☀️ mandy chem ☀️ Aug 22, 11:12 1
  - it's so interesting bc like 16 years ago, i would be like "ok who's on tv?" but now nobody is on tv. would chappell roan endorse? -- nm - ☀️ mandy chem ☀️ Aug 22, 11:16
the yacht that sank off Sicily was hosting a victory party after its billionaire owner beat a decade-long DOJ case against him. lead partner was among -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 22, 11:09 2
- Posieden will not be trifled with -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Aug 22, 11:11 1
  - not that i believe in karma but . . . prolly shoulda pled out -- nm - mr mooch Aug 22, 11:13

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