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“The Librarians” Spin-Off Moves To TNT -- (link) - Remlik Aug 23, 08:06 1
- This is where it belongs, but it also signals that TNT is back on the original programming bandwagon. - David Aug 23, 08:14
Interesting. Butler University in Indianapolis is renovating an old dorm building (closed in 2019) into a boutique hotel with Hilton - oblique Aug 23, 07:58 5
- Small rooms, bathroom down the hall, communal showers? -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 23, 10:35
- we just got a curio (renovated from a beautiful old apartment building downtown). it's hot f*cking garbage. so chintzy everywhere. - ☀️ mandy chem ☀️ Aug 23, 08:01
- yeah not a fan of this. -- nm - Remlik Aug 23, 07:59 2
  - I expect there to be a fair amount of disagreement with this decision. It does seem odd considering campus space issues but is good from a building - oblique Aug 23, 08:00 1
    - Sure I guess that's nice, but parking is going to be even worse, the congestion will increase. -- nm - Remlik Aug 23, 08:07
I’m no math whiz but if 43% is your general ceiling you might have a problem winning -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 23, 07:51 10
- SUPPRESS THAT VOTE!!! -- nm - Spawn Aug 23, 08:06
- General is not the issue when Dems have won 7 out the past 8 popular votes but only won office 5 times. Plus Obama and Biden were >51% - Max Aug 23, 08:03 6
  - but there comes a point where the national % lead does translate at the state level to be insurmountable -- nm - mr mooch Aug 23, 08:08 4
    - Sure, if you get down to 37% you might not be able to McGovern the country. Until then, swing state polling please. -- nm - Max Aug 23, 08:13 3
      - For the top, sure, just don't forget that these percentages carry downballot implications for coast to coast. -- nm - con_carne Aug 23, 08:17
      - Biden did (barely) with 4.5% popular vote margin, Kamala might not even need that much -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 23, 08:15 1
        
        For one thing, that article font is *terrible* for reading. For another, shut up shut up shut up. -- nm - Max Aug 23, 08:17
  - word. have your joy that people are on board with the message and then get to work where it counts most. -- nm - ☀️ mandy chem ☀️ Aug 23, 08:08
- Yep—yet, the Republican Pres candidates always lose the popular vote—the electoral math goes their way -- nm - Trending Aug 23, 07:56 1
  - see jasmine below. gotta overperform in raw votes and gotta overperform in swing states. leave no question about who won. -- nm - ☀️ mandy chem ☀️ Aug 23, 07:59
Jasmine Crockett explains the anti-majoritarian biases of our racist electoral college and senate seat apportionment -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 23, 07:45 1
- ♡ her -- nm* - mud Aug 23, 07:58
Jerome Powell: fine you fucking babies. will you shut up about interest rates now for a goddamn minute? -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 23, 07:39 1
- "We're doing away with interest rates altogether and categorizing everything by graded curve now." -- nm* - Max Aug 23, 07:46
Ronda Rousey with the shocking face turn... -- (link*) - David Aug 23, 07:35 21
- That's a great step forward. -- nm - Remlik Aug 23, 08:04
- Holy crap, that's an interesting story of one celeb's experience with online misinformation -- nm - con_carne Aug 23, 07:45
- Impressive. And honestly you really believe that she's means it and it's been eating her up since I don't think many people were aware of it and she - pmb Aug 23, 07:43 1
  - right -- nm - prayformojo Aug 23, 07:48
- context -- (link) - oblique Aug 23, 07:43 6
  - yeah, this is really important. she got an uncensored lambasting and i'm sure it shook her. while i appreciate an apology, only doing it when it - colin Aug 23, 07:48 2
    - But also, a lot of people get uncensored lambastings and the usual response is either to give a false apology or dig even deeper. -- (edited) - Roger More Aug 23, 08:10 1
      - To wit, Hulk Hogan's response this week to his stupidity was, "That wasn't me. That was the beer talking." -- nm - David Aug 23, 08:11
  - Yeah, there's a running joke on that forum that nobody hates wrestling and wrestlers as much as wrestling fans. They were savage. - David Aug 23, 07:48 2
    - In her case especially since she seemingly hated the business after being gifted a prime role. - Will Hunting Aug 23, 08:04 1
      - Yup. I suspect she's coming to terms with the fact that she's been used as an asset most of her life. - David Aug 23, 08:06
- “I don’t like getting punched in the face so that avenue is closed and I’m not very popular otherwise so I need to stop being a nut job.” -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 23, 07:42 2
  - Remember to read the second page if you haven't yet. This apology is full-throated and sincere. -- nm - David Aug 23, 07:45 1
    - It’s a very good apology, I grant her that. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 23, 07:59
- wow. that's something. -- nm - prayformojo Aug 23, 07:38 6
  - Tim, Pete, and maybe Hunting are on Reddit Squared Circle. She apparently did an AMA there the other day, and people were merciless about it. - David Aug 23, 07:44 5
    - I’m not. I don’t want to be that in the weeds - and Reddit isn’t my thing to boot. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 23, 08:01
    - I'm not saying anything revolutionary here but lots of people lived in very protective bubbles from reality for a long time - Reagen Aug 23, 07:50 3
      - Changing your beliefs is tough for anyone. People relying on just facts, logic and being correct all the time would do well to remember that -- nm - con_carne Aug 23, 08:14
      - I really like what you said here. -- nm - prayformojo Aug 23, 07:56
      - Well said. -- nm - David Aug 23, 07:53
ST Poll: Your favorite non-headliner speakers from the DNC? Rising stars perhaps/politicians to keep an eye on? -- (edited) - con_carne Aug 23, 07:30 6
- not lesser known but AOC clearly has leveled up in her candidate skills. more mature without losing the passion that inspired her run to start -- nm - mr mooch Aug 23, 07:36 3
  - And she got disowned by the DSA or some such because she didn’t call Joe and/or Kamala war criminals. -- nm - Tim Aug 23, 08:15 1
    - literally the best thing that could ever happen for her future prospects, either as a senate candidate or more -- nm - mr mooch Aug 23, 08:16
  - Man, that was a good one. -- nm - con_carne Aug 23, 07:39
- I thought Wes Moore did well. -- nm - Dano Aug 23, 07:32 1
  - MD governor, yup big infrastructure and caring energy -- nm - con_carne Aug 23, 07:34
Final Full Weekend in August Poll: What are your weekend plans ? -- nm* - Andie Aug 23, 07:19 31
- Not much, several weddings and a pre season football game watch with mom -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 23, 10:33
- Tractor festival—watching Ed Wood and Longlegs, and then yard work and general kid mayhem…possibly stop at Voodoo Donuts 🍩 -- nm - Trending Aug 23, 08:11
- TWO meetings tomorrow. -- nm - Spawn Aug 23, 08:07
- All-In 2024! -- nm - David Aug 23, 07:52
- Draft at BWW this eve. Sat: Kane Brown @ BMO, Sun: Def Leppard / Journey @ SoFi - JD Aug 23, 07:44
- driving at either 55mph or 40 mph partway to new mexico (depending on whether the transmission cooperates). -- nm - colin Aug 23, 07:42
- I have to box up my mother's apartment. She is moving across the hall next weekend to a renovated one -- nm - decline Aug 23, 07:35
- i have a wedding to attend this afternoon. otherwise more summer cleaning, and resting. -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 23, 07:34
- High school football season starts tonight. My 4-year old's soccer career begins in the morning. -- nm - Volnelk Aug 23, 07:33
- Heading to my sister's house to relax, swim in the pool and BBQ. -- nm - Krusty Aug 23, 07:32
- Darryl Hall cancelled tonight (Covid); Tomorrow Sunflower Maze, Art Show at Cold Springs Winery, Albertsons Open (pro golf) Goo Goo Dolls - crash davis 😺 Aug 23, 07:32 2
  - holy smokes -- nm - prayformojo Aug 23, 07:32 1
    - Last night I did some service work for the Elks Club and then saw The Beach Boys. Darryl Hall is messing up my flow - crash davis 😺 Aug 23, 07:35
- Dinner and seeing the Pretenders tonight with friends. Dinner tomorrow with family. Finalizing plans for our trip to Italy in October. -- nm - pmb Aug 23, 07:30 1
  - Chrissy throws her harmonica to the right, position yourself accordingly -- nm - crash davis 😺 Aug 23, 07:33
- Seeing Bruce tonight. Spending the rest of the weekend getting stuff done around the house. A starts third grade on Tuesday. -- (edited) - znufrii Aug 23, 07:29 1
  - 😺😺😺😺😺 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Aug 23, 07:36
- Working all weekend. MIL visiting -- nm - prayformojo Aug 23, 07:27 1
  - sorry man -- nm - crash davis 😺 Aug 23, 07:37
- Hamlet in the park tonight. Jays game on Sunday. -- nm - Andie Aug 23, 07:25 1
  - 😺 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Aug 23, 07:36
- the area where our friends have a camp flooded badly two weekends ago and the water is finally low enough to get close to it. we're going to check - ☀️ mandy chem ☀️ Aug 23, 07:23 4
  - it could also be almost fine! we know that the boat that we use to get to camp was washed away so we are taking canoes to get across the creek -- no - ☀️ mandy chem ☀️ Aug 23, 07:33 [Attachment] 2
    - Many rivers to cross? -- nm - Max Aug 23, 07:34 1
      - it is in fact a lot of f*cking rivers. -- nm - ☀️ mandy chem ☀️ Aug 23, 07:36
  - :( -- nm - Andie Aug 23, 07:25
- Getting my daughter off to school. Possibly finishing the drainage/lining on the outdoor planter and moving it to the backyard. Playing bass in church - oblique Aug 23, 07:22
- heading to the Lake till Tuesday. Head home finish packing up the youngest and take her to University Friday then back to the Lake for the long wekend -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Aug 23, 07:22
- Flying to London tonight -- nm - ty97 Aug 23, 07:21 2
  - for how long? -- nm - Andie Aug 23, 07:25 1
    - Takes about 7 hours to get there. We'd get there faster if it weren't for the Supreme Court. -- nm* - Southwest airlines, probably Aug 23, 07:28
Some of y'all need to spend time reconsidering the Audacity of Hope. -- nm - David Aug 23, 07:09 2
- I need him to write a sequel 'Hope, not Blinders' -- nm - ty97 Aug 23, 07:18 1
  - Might as well subtitle it Living with Fear. -- nm - David Aug 23, 07:36
The Crow 20%, Blink Twice 79%, Between the Temples 86%, Strange Darling 97% -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Aug 23, 06:58 1
- I'm going to see Longlegs. -- nm - Spawn Aug 23, 07:09
TV PSA: MLB, WNBA, NWSL, Let's Make a Deal, Smackdown, AEW Rampage, Pachinko, Lady in the Lake, The Killer, Horizon: An American Saga, - Beaker 🍺 Aug 23, 06:57 1
- on hiatus till after Labour Day. link to Futon Critic provided (learn to fish people!) -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Aug 23, 06:57
Southwest Air "Bags fly free" may be on the way out -- (pic) - budice Aug 23, 06:32 [Attachment] 9
- wonder if this is like Wendys with surge pricing... they're "leaking" the info to get a feel for how bad the backlash will be. -- nm - colin Aug 23, 07:51
- activist investors ftw -- nm - mr mooch Aug 23, 07:29
- I highly doubt it. Market research makes sense, but I don't see it happening. -- nm - ty97 Aug 23, 06:39
- batards -- nm - decline Aug 23, 06:37
- they are wrecking their whole unique market. LOL. -- nm - Epiphany Aug 23, 06:36 4
  - Herb is fuming in the afterlife. -- nm - Baron of the Rings Aug 23, 06:46
  - At this point their only advantage is that they have direct flights rather than the hub & spoke model used by other airlines -- nm - Fuzzy Aug 23, 06:39 2
    - And they actually do have hubs! (they call them focus cities). They just have many, many, many point to point flights that bypass those 'hubs' -- nm* - ty97 Aug 23, 06:45
    - about that...*cuts directs in half* we think ya'll went to deplane and sprint to a gate to make a connection. Think of the Cardio!! -- nm - Southwest probably Aug 23, 06:41
The thing about the DNC convention to me was how strong the lineup of the "new guard" of Democrats are and how exceptionally well the old guard - oblique Aug 23, 06:05 45
- even crazier, they put this together in 30 days. if Joe hadn't moved for the earlier debate, he woulda been the one giving that speech last night -- nm - mr mooch Aug 23, 07:31 1
  - not to nitpick but . . . there was no macarena -- nm - mr mooch Aug 23, 07:43
- Biden's stepping aside and the turn of events that followed and continue to happen still blow my mind. - con_carne Aug 23, 06:47 7
  - What's striking is there is ZERO equivalence on the Republican side. The party is a complete wasteland. -- nm* - oblique Aug 23, 06:50 6
    - Nodding back to my reply to Loyola, it sure seems like a lot of potentially smart Republicans that we might be able to work with are in the woods. -- nm - con_carne Aug 23, 06:53 5
      - Related, as someone from Illinois who voted Republican in the past, I do love Adam Kinzinger. He is what Republicans should be -- nm - oblique Aug 23, 06:56 4
        
        I disagree with him on virtually all policy, but I have a lot of respect for him and would always know that he is acting in good faith. That's how it - pmb Aug 23, 07:40
        
        The thought of working with common sense Repubs again is giving me West Wing warm and fuzzies. - con_carne Aug 23, 07:15
        
        I still remember when he ran for County Board and won when he was 20. - Dark Callisto 🦊 Aug 23, 07:05 1
        
        The perfect candidate to counter the 'weird' narrative. -- nm - Roger More Aug 23, 07:15
- I think she’s a weak candidate to represent US interests on the world stage. Especially in comparison to Hillary Clinton and John Kerry of elections - Loyola Aug 23, 06:18 26
  - She was barely even one of the most feared prosecutors on the West Coast! Lightweight! -- nm - David Aug 23, 07:51
  - She is a fighter (compared to Trump that was just gullible.) -- nm - Spawn Aug 23, 07:10
  - Possibly, but this just means she needs an exemplary Sec of State. It's pretty unusual to have a President that's strong on both domestic policy and - mara Aug 23, 06:56 1
    - OMG mayor pete for sec state. I swoon. -- nm - ☀️ mandy chem ☀️ Aug 23, 07:00
  - Don't you think Trump ought to get the blame for this perceived weakness? We weakened a lot of ties around the world during his admin. -- nm - con_carne Aug 23, 06:49
  - "Her main selling point seems to be that she’s not Donald Trump." Well I'm sold then! (though I think she offers quite more) -- nm - ty97 Aug 23, 06:41
  - Did you listen to all of the speech? - Inigo Aug 23, 06:35 9
    - I'd also say her main theme for the U.S. is restoring the freedoms we used to have. -- nm - Inigo Aug 23, 06:38 8
      - Right. Just getting us back to par is a win at this point. -- nm - znufrii Aug 23, 06:39 7
        
        agreed. The Supreme Court is a problem that needs fixing -- nm - Southwest probably Aug 23, 06:43 6
        
        ha! -- nm - prayformojo Aug 23, 07:05
        
        WOKE AIRLINES -- nm - Tim Aug 23, 07:00
        
        Supreme Court justices should have to pay for their baggage -- nm - Roger More Aug 23, 06:46
        
        Restore open seating on the Supreme Court, Southwest! -- nm* - Inigo Aug 23, 06:45
        
        Airlines getting political! -- nm - ty97 Aug 23, 06:44 1
        
        LOL - Epiphany Aug 23, 07:04
  - You nailed it. For me, her main selling point is she's not TFG. That's enough. All I need. -- nm - King Of Oklahoma Aug 23, 06:30
  - I'll just point out that the american electorate disagreed with you on clinton and kerry. they both lost. - ☀️ mandy chem ☀️ Aug 23, 06:27
  - I think we need someone who can bolster the concept of America being the beacon, including human rights and democracy, and she's strong there. -- nm - Max Aug 23, 06:21 7
    - This is closest, from the outside. She represents a shift from an angry, fear-based approach to a much more positive and aware and hopeful one. -- nm - Andie Aug 23, 06:34 1
      - Yep. (NM) - Marlowe Aug 23, 07:30
    - Also, I would say that she seems like a different candidate than she did 4 years ago. More confident and better rounded. I think she 4 years of - pmb Aug 23, 06:26 1
      - One more thing to add. Biden accomplished a lot in 4 years. The biggest point of this term is to build on stability and show the previous 4 years - pmb Aug 23, 07:33
    - Her 25k for new home buyers is a master stroke tbf. -- nm - Loyola Aug 23, 06:25 2
      - meh. Hard to get excited about cash to buy homes that don't exist and where that money will just end up being a higher selling price to begin with - oblique Aug 23, 06:26 1
        
        I agree with your im, but as a vote getter for anyone buying a house in the next few years, it’s a gold plated political play. -- nm - Loyola Aug 23, 06:35
- I think it's super interesting that people have been saying that there's "no bench" in the party for like years but suddenly we have bench coming - ☀️ mandy chem ☀️ Aug 23, 06:10 6
  - During Obama, there was no bench. His above it all sense of politics destroyed the state parties. Trump brought it back in 2018, 2020… - Will Hunting Aug 23, 06:28 4
    - More positively, I'd also say that Obama being elected president gave a sense that anyone could be President. - Roger More Aug 23, 06:36 3
      - I think he opened doors but from a legit “leader of the party” standpoint, he failed. The bench now is the list of people who came up in the 16-18 - Will Hunting Aug 23, 06:49 2
        
        No disagreement - I'm pointing out a passive effect, and you're right to question "what did he actively do?" -- nm - Roger More Aug 23, 06:54 1
        
        Sorry, this is the internet. I’m not used to people generally agreeing. - Will Hunting Aug 23, 06:55
  - Boomers, man. -- nm - Roger More Aug 23, 06:18
- I month ago, if you’d have asked whether the Democratic Party was capable of this I would have laughed. - znufrii Aug 23, 06:09
"crooks, deviants, cynics, and weirdos" -- (link) - mud Aug 23, 06:03
Cleaning Big Ben in 1980; starts at 1.30 mark -- (link) - Loyola Aug 23, 05:59 [youtube] 1
- NOOOOOPEnopenopenopenope I couldn't even watch all of it. -- nm - sycor Aug 23, 06:50
ratatatatatata -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 23, 05:54 3
- I bet you say that to all the boards - Epiphany Aug 23, 05:58 2
  - watching a couple of the Warning videos on youtube (along with some electric callboy, cause they are hilarious). - tRuMaN Aug 23, 06:01 1
    - Youtube's algorithm is whack. Spotify is so much better. -- nm - Epiphany Aug 23, 07:02

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