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Judge: there is no direct link btw the warrantless entry and (Brionna) Taylor's death -- (link) - zeitgeist Aug 23, 12:50 1
- “What is linear time anyway? All is nothingness and meaningless” -- nm - Reagen Aug 23, 12:51
Outlook has labeled some pdfs I receive as junk. They are not junk. How do I tell Outlook this so I can open them? - Spawn Aug 23, 12:46 4
- I right-click, scroll down to where it says "Junk" then mark as "Not Junk" and it should move back to Inbox. -- nm* - Andie Aug 23, 12:48 3
  - These are PDFs *in* an email. The email is still in the inbox. - Spawn Aug 23, 12:51 2
    - You are in the message view exit that, you are meant to do that from the Inbox view (list of emails by time stamp) -- nm - con_carne Aug 23, 12:56
    - lol. I forwarded to gmail and I can open them. -- nm - Spawn Aug 23, 12:54
no please sir, not that. anything by that -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 23, 12:46 7
- That’s an interesting tactic given Vance is slightly more popular than herpes. - Will Hunting Aug 23, 13:26
- it's going to be torture to live here for the next 2 months -- nm - decline Aug 23, 12:52 3
  - You know what this is? This is the world's tiniest violin playing for all the states that have an outsize effect on the election :) -- nm - con_carne Aug 23, 13:05
  - They probably have a psych profile on you. -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 23, 12:54
  - “Today’s Vance Encounter Warning is Orange. Take all necessary precautions.” -- nm - Reagen Aug 23, 12:53
- I will doorknock. -- nm - ☀️ mandy chem ☀️ Aug 23, 12:48 1
  - Chubbers will answer when JD knocks. -- nm - Spawn Aug 23, 12:49
Classic anime Grave of the Fireflies coming to Netflix in September. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Aug 23, 12:35 [youtube] 1
- Super duper oof of a film. -- nm - Qale Aug 23, 12:39
Statement from the rest of RFK Jr.'s family. -- (link) - pmb Aug 23, 12:26 6
- wow -- nm - Andie Aug 23, 12:38
- I hate to see a family suffering through the poor decisions of one of their own. - David Aug 23, 12:36 3
  - I think their primary emotion is not suffering, it is embarrassment, they're all still scions -- nm - rollo Aug 23, 12:44 2
    - and anger. - Andie Aug 23, 12:49 1
      - so mad... after what he did to sully the name he's supposed to keep a low profile, it's an unwritten rule -- nm - rollo Aug 23, 12:54
- “Jr.” did so much heavy lifting during his campaign because at times he looks as bad as Trump and Biden do. -- nm - Tim Aug 23, 12:29
don't give Project 2025 any more edits, Taliban -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 23, 12:22
*sigh* Jack Smith opts not to pursue evidentiary "mini-trial" on official acts in the DC insurrection case -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 23, 12:18 20
- …before the election. I didn’t think it’d happen before then anyway. -- nm - Qale Aug 23, 12:35 12
  - It could have if he chose to pursue it. -- nm - pmb Aug 23, 12:36 11
    - Not with all of the hearings and motions the Trump team would gum up the thing with. -- nm - Qale Aug 23, 12:40 9
      - This is the hearing. There isn't any place further to turn. If he wants to appeal and spend more money that's fine. But this is the hearing that - pmb Aug 23, 13:02
      - and also with all that (and the delays it creates), he and his campaign would cry foul that he is trying to 'rig' the election against him. - Jovian Aug 23, 12:43 7
        
        He will say it is rigged no matter what - as he gums up Georgia to not certify when the time comes -- nm - Epiphany Aug 23, 12:51 3
        
        Yes I understand that, but if the DOJ is actually attempting to put evidence out there into the public, now? He will would be warranted in doing what - Jovian Aug 23, 12:53 2
        
        it is a mess -- nm - Epiphany Aug 23, 13:00 1
        
        Oh of that their is absolutely no doubt. -- nm - Jovian Aug 23, 13:03
        
        ... so? -- nm - Spawn Aug 23, 12:48 1
        
        Like my IM says, it could end up helping him in November - Jovian Aug 23, 12:50
        
        reluctantly agree -- nm - rollo Aug 23, 12:45
    - Stupid sexy double post. -- nm* - Qale Aug 23, 12:40
- Well hes immune from all crimes anyways, so -- nm - Jovian Aug 23, 12:28
- JFC. -- nm - pmb Aug 23, 12:24 4
  - Jack Smith is the new James Comey. -- nm - Spawn Aug 23, 12:26 3
    - I did not see that coming. My guess is that he's trying not to be Comey (because it's too close to the election), but it's a mistake. -- nm - pmb Aug 23, 12:27 2
      - the delays were all entirely of the defendant’s own making -- nm - mr mooch Aug 23, 12:45 1
        
        By trying not to be Comey, he is, totally. -- nm - Spawn Aug 23, 12:47
- OFFS -- nm - Spawn Aug 23, 12:21
new tv news anchor sounds like she's reading a book to preschoolers/like Cicely Strong's girl you wish you didn't start a convo with -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 23, 12:15 2
- Any nudity? -- nm - con_carne Aug 23, 12:17 1
  - I haven't seen Goodwilly nor Kokade in months ( yeah Cock a Day) -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 23, 12:59
oblique spinoff: I need a new comforter. Any favorite brands or styles? Any things to avoid? I'd prefer light instead of bantha thickness. -- nm - Max Aug 23, 12:10 5
- whatever is on sale at Macy's or costco -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 23, 12:22 1
  - Macy's sales are legendary. I have $ 20 comforters in a bag. Several. Beautiful. -- nm - Epiphany Aug 23, 13:01
- I’m know you just said, “light”—but we use a weighted blanket as a comforter…changed our lives. WAY better sleep -- nm - Trending Aug 23, 12:16
- i just swipe airplane blankets when i fly and they're on my seat -- nm - mr mooch Aug 23, 12:13
- I use ikea down comforters. I have a springweight and a winterweight. I honestly use the springweight in all but the dead of winter because - ☀️ mandy chem ☀️ Aug 23, 12:11
"In an honest system I believe I would have won the election." 😂😂😂 -- nm - Beryllium Aug 23, 12:05 2
- .... you would have been in jail already -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 23, 12:07 1
  - wait... is that donny? or RFKjr? aka roadkill -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 23, 12:09
Question for iPad users - Reagen Aug 23, 12:04 2
- Yes. Ignoring all but the pencil is the key. -- nm - Qale Aug 23, 12:36 1
  - Ok. Wanted to be sure $100 is worth it. - Reagen Aug 23, 12:50
Spoilers for marvel's Vision series - Beryllium Aug 23, 12:00 1
- You're un*bearably* naive. -- nm - Spawn Aug 23, 12:07
Marve: Spader returning as Ultron for Vision series by Picard showrunner Terry Matalas.... -- (link) - Remlik Aug 23, 11:59 1
- Hah -- nm - Beryllium Aug 23, 12:00
$100m to actblue over the four days of DNC -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 23, 11:51
RFK Jr apparently will be endorsing fucko when he officially drops out (get that veep slot Bobby) -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 23, 11:29 20
- Curious to see if his trophy wife does in fact divorce him now. As he always said she would if he ended up endorsing DJT. -- (edited) - Jovian Aug 23, 12:15
- I don't think there are many RFKJR voters. There are "none of the above" voters who will find a new "none of the above" to vote for or not vote at all -- nm - Dano Aug 23, 12:07 3
  - Enjoy your poll bump, Chase Oliver! -- nm - Dano Aug 23, 12:09
  - some of them. but he was also pulling high single digits in some polls, which most third-party cranks rarely ever do -- nm* - mr mooch Aug 23, 12:08 1
    - Has he sniffed double digits since Harris became the nominee? -- nm - Dano Aug 23, 12:11
- Such a hypocrite and a liar like the man he's endorsing. -- (edited) - Krusty Aug 23, 11:46
- Yep. Do as Spawn said. -- nm - Spawn Aug 23, 11:30 7
  - he’s been thinking it for a while -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 23, 11:53 6
    - Feels like 50-50. The main thing is it would be ineffective. Vance is a douche but the voting issue is Trump, and would still be, with RFK in tow -- nm - rollo Aug 23, 12:01 5
      - Oh and of course Trump wanted/wants it for the 'brand' (and literally nothing else), it might be the thing he understands best these days -- nm - rollo Aug 23, 12:04 4
        
        Oh yeah. He wants to claim the lineage like it’s Game of Thrones and he’s got a Stark on his side. -- nm* - Reagen Aug 23, 12:06 3
        
        I wonder if he asked and RFK said no, and then he ran out of time and had to pick someone else. I kind of can't believe it's not Trump-Kennedy - rollo Aug 23, 12:08
        
        A Trump never pays his debts. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 23, 12:07 1
        
        a 'ziggle' for you -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 23, 12:11
- But apparently is trying to weasel an apology for Warp Speed out of him first. -- nm - Reagen Aug 23, 11:30
- guess Harris didn't call him back -- (link) - oblique Aug 23, 11:29 4
  - They probably deduced it was a fake offer so that he could say Kamala asked, but he chose 45. Most obvious play in the playbook. - David Aug 23, 11:51 1
    - they were clear from day one that this has been a Steve Bannon psyop and they apparently want to grind RFK Jr. into dust if at all possible -- nm - mr mooch Aug 23, 11:56
  - Can’t imagine what cabinet spot he thinks he’s qualified for… -- nm - Trending Aug 23, 11:44 1
    - EPA would make sense if he was still that man but he's not. -- nm - Krusty Aug 23, 11:48
Smartmatic v. Newsmax set for trial on 9/30 (one suspects they don't have $780m just lying around to make it go away) -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 23, 11:21 1
- just in time for the next round of lawsuits to start -- nm - oblique Aug 23, 11:30
“ Y’all do realize Biden/Harris are in office RIGHT NOW! Why can’t they fix this country RIGHT NOW?”—*head ⬇️ desk * head ⬇️ desk* -- nm - Trending Aug 23, 11:20 39
- I love the far left/far right thing that any Democrat can single-handedly enact policy regardless of their position in government. - Tim Aug 23, 11:39 4
  - And if any of them did act above the law like Trump, the dictator outcry would overwhelm the media. -- nm - David Aug 23, 11:44 3
    - Biden could be a little freer with the executive orders, they can be used judiciously -- nm - rollo Aug 23, 11:56
    - "Biden issues executive order " omg he's a dictator, he's Hitler/Stalin.... -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 23, 11:52 1
      - But also, "he could fix the border by executive order but he won't do it." -- nm - pmb Aug 23, 12:16
- The fact that we're not likely to have majority in the house or senate at the end of this election is the one thing tempering my hope and optimism - oblique Aug 23, 11:27 11
  - I would have liked to see a call to action around this. You don't get it if you don't ask for it. Kamala: "Give me the house and senate and we'll do -- (edited) - rollo Aug 23, 11:37 10
    - -- nm* - con_carne Aug 23, 11:49
    - i think it will get there closer to election day, when the national race picture becomes clearer -- nm - mr mooch Aug 23, 11:47
    - I thought the messaging on this was pretty consistent throughout the convention - znufrii Aug 23, 11:43 4
      - Maybe not headline-level prominence, but it wasn’t not said, in the speeches I watched at least. -- nm - znufrii Aug 23, 11:55 3
        
        I was thinking specifically in KH's acceptance speech but I cede the point as I only watched highlights -- nm - rollo Aug 23, 12:07 2
        
        Fair. She didn’t hit it as specifically as other speeches, only by implication. “When Congress sends me (the) bill… I’ll sign it.” -- nm - znufrii Aug 23, 12:11 1
        
        Also it never hurts to remind ppl how government actually works every once in a while, lot of eyes on that speech -- nm - rollo Aug 23, 12:28
    - Yes -- nm - Epiphany Aug 23, 11:42
    - I'm glad it has the top spot on her policy agenda (housing supply) -- nm - oblique Aug 23, 11:39
    - exactly -- nm - prayformojo Aug 23, 11:37
- The reality is that, outside of what the Supreme Court has done, things are pretty good in America right now. -- nm - Inigo Aug 23, 11:27 18
  - It's becoming a country of haves and have nots in never seen before extremes, and if you are a have I suspect things are very good - they are for me - rollo Aug 23, 11:46 4
    - This is very true. Who is speaking for the downtrodden and the destitute? Both sides spout so much bullshit. Who has the courage to really change - Loyola Aug 23, 12:55 3
      - I disagree. - Inigo Aug 23, 12:59 2
        
        He’s my favourite Democrat politician. -- nm - Loyola Aug 23, 13:00 1
        
        In 2019 and 2020, Kamala and all primary Democrats were saying the same things. - Inigo Aug 23, 13:04
  - I'm not sure I'd go around making that statement. Affordability is a huge problem (housing, healthcare, childcare, education) -- nm - oblique Aug 23, 11:29 12
    - inflation was a global phenomenon post-COVID and the US (along with every other metric) has handled it as well or better than any other western nation -- nm - mr mooch Aug 23, 11:35 10
      - All well and good, but Harris/Walz have voter's feelings/sentiment to contend with. "These darn prices! Ikr??" is def in the echo chamber. -- nm - con_carne Aug 23, 11:57 5
        
        inflation is under 3%. Fed is cutting interest rates finally. consumer sentiment jumped as soon as Biden dropped out. none of the behavior is rational -- nm - mr mooch Aug 23, 11:58 4
        
        Good thing only rational people vote! -- nm - znufrii Aug 23, 12:12
        
        That's interesting. Hope you're right -- nm - con_carne Aug 23, 12:00 2
        
        it's not necessarily a good thing! -- nm - mr mooch Aug 23, 12:03 1
        
        See how dicey it gets! :) -- nm - con_carne Aug 23, 12:15
      - unfortunately this is a "both things are true" sitch -- nm - rollo Aug 23, 11:48
      - it is the perception issue: my groceries cost more, gas is higher. - Epiphany Aug 23, 11:43 2
        
        According to one poll I saw, people admit things are okay for themselves, but say they’re bad for other people. -- nm - mara Aug 23, 12:19 1
        
        interesting -- nm - Epiphany Aug 23, 13:10
    - It's been that way even under Trump. We as a country just decided to get mad about it and blame Biden. -- nm - Inigo Aug 23, 11:31
- yeah, this (and the mendacious "Remember how low gas prices were in September 2020?") are the two go-to memes from my dad's MAGA-pilled wife on FB - mr mooch Aug 23, 11:25 2
  - I'm getting the gas one, Kamala said 18-34 year olds are stupid, Joe opened the border " just wide open!" -- nm - Epiphany Aug 23, 11:59 1
    - oh and..." Kamala is stupid, not brain cell in her head" so the GOP messaging is working on their people -- nm - Epiphany Aug 23, 12:00
Radio host pulled off the air for being a jerk about Gus Walz. -- (link) - mara Aug 23, 11:11 2
- You know it's bad if they get fired from radio. - David Aug 23, 11:20
- Good. -- nm - znufrii Aug 23, 11:16
Does ST have a favorite mattress? Buying a new mattress seems more stressful to me than the already stressful idea of getting a new pillow - oblique Aug 23, 11:08 10
- I have the leesa hybrid. I LOVE it. -- (link) - ☀️ mandy chem ☀️ Aug 23, 12:10
- I got a Beautyrest from Mattress Firm about 1.5 years ago. I'm happy with it, but found it's a bit more stiff than I wanted. Kind of regret - decline Aug 23, 12:06
- We are on our 2nd one in 5 years and it still isn't right. I love hotel mattresses. Maybe I'll try that one next -- nm - Epiphany Aug 23, 12:01
- We have a Nectar. It's okay. But I feel like it's not as durable as it should be. It has divots. - sycor Aug 23, 11:44
- I still love my Purple, but many of the bed-in-a-box brands are quite nice. -- nm - Baron of the Rings Aug 23, 11:26 1
  - Ditto on my Purple I've had for some years. -- nm - Max Aug 23, 12:16
- Well, a new pillow should happen every year or so vs a mattress which lasts.. way longer. -- nm - Spawn Aug 23, 11:12
- I bought a douglas mattress recently. It's nice so far. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 23, 11:12
- i went with Plank online, but mainly because i wanted super ultra firm (seems fine so far, after a year and a half) -- nm - mr mooch Aug 23, 11:09 1
  - Wish I had known about Plank. We got a Nectar, which is fine, but would’ve liked it to be a touch firmer. -- nm - znufrii Aug 23, 11:14
Good question about Paralympics on B2 -- nm - Beryllium Aug 23, 11:04 6
- I hadn't even considered that. I have nothing set up so if someone else wants to organize it.... -- nm - Baron of the Rings Aug 23, 11:22 1
  - there's no fantasy football for the pro bowl, and there's no paralympics pool challenge. I don't make the rules but that's how it is -- nm - rollo Aug 23, 11:40
- very tangental - i think i am going to apply to volunteer at the Milan Olympics in 2026... - Andie Aug 23, 11:12 3
  - with your luck they'll put you on the Canadian team -- nm - mr mooch Aug 23, 11:13 2
    - oh, i have no expectation of getting selected, but i certainly won't if i don't apply. -- nm - Andie Aug 23, 11:17 1
      - i'm just saying, maybe find a luge track to take a few casual runs on the weekend -- nm - mr mooch Aug 23, 11:26
Say you, say me Say it for always That's the way it should be -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 23, 11:00 3
- Believe in who you are, You are a shining star - JD Aug 23, 11:11
- no -- nm - Spawn Aug 23, 11:03 1
  - Nooo, no..no no no no. Noooo no, you're not the one f9r me -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 23, 11:57

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