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DNC week brought in another $82m for Harris campaign ($540m total since her announcement) -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 25, 08:43 5
- I think its best to ride the big Mo. Refrain from policy details for now, don't need to create backlash/critics. -- nm - budice Aug 25, 09:02 4
  - or ever (don’t want to risk being “overprepared”) -- nm - mr mooch Aug 25, 09:25 3
    - Advice: I mean you're trying to expand the audience to get them to vote. Policy details seem quite divisive at the moment, let folks feed off the Mo. -- nm* - budice Aug 25, 09:28 2
      - Fox and the beltway hacks have been beating this drum for weeks and her poll numbers keep going up. they can kick rocks -- nm - mr mooch Aug 25, 09:33 1
        
        Trump can also 1) self-destruct 2) Felony sentencing -- nm - budice Aug 25, 10:03
"[My wiiife] has three beautiful kids" (real hard hitting stuff there Kristin W.) -- (link*) - mr mooch Aug 25, 08:07 2
- Non zero chance fuckhead believes RFK is now his running mate. -- nm - Tim Aug 25, 08:11 1
  - he was campaigning like it in AZ -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 25, 08:13
I like the look of this chart, top 10 MLB teams in AVG, SLG and ERA (starters and relievers) -- (link) - Tim Aug 25, 07:57
Crow: 4.6M weekend -- nm - budice Aug 25, 07:52 1
- but IP! -- nm - mr mooch Aug 25, 08:04
I have no internets. The service tech supposedly will arrive between 8am and noon. My guess is 11:39 -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 25, 07:39 3
- 8:50am…they got to get breakfast on the clock before they show up…will get there early because it’s the weekend -- nm - Trending Aug 25, 07:57
- 4:30 -- nm - budice Aug 25, 07:51
- 2:15 -- nm - Baron of the Rings Aug 25, 07:48
Celeb BDays: Blake Lively (37), Claudia Schieffer (54), Tim Burton (66), Tom Skerritt (91!) -- nm* - budice Aug 25, 07:18 5
- MFKK. -- nm - Last Of My Kind Aug 25, 08:55
- Lively is lucky that JLo got divorced…she was getting DESTROYED with some negative pushback on her PR behavior for her new movie -- nm - Trending Aug 25, 07:56 3
  - So lucky that I don't recall the negative PR behavior at all. - Last Of My Kind Aug 25, 08:58
  - Heaven forbid a star have fun on the PR tour. The image police are really annoying. -- nm - Inigo Aug 25, 08:44
  - It got so out of hand. -- nm - Epiphany Aug 25, 08:42
Ohtani is going to win it and it won’t be close but Francisco Lindor really does have a claim to NL MVP. -- nm - Tim Aug 25, 06:17 3
- And he should finish 5th in the AL if swapped. - Will Hunting Aug 25, 06:25 2
  - So Bobby Witt Jr 5-tool huh? -- nm - budice Aug 25, 07:03
  - Can’t argue there. -- nm - Tim Aug 25, 06:27
Beautiful morning on the Schuylkill River -- (pic) - znufrii Aug 25, 06:16 [Attachment] 4
- Cool -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 25, 10:53
- 🥰 -- nm - whisper Aug 25, 09:00
- 😺 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Aug 25, 08:49
- Very nice!! -- nm - Krusty Aug 25, 06:34
Caption this -- (link) - con_carne Aug 25, 05:10 [Image] 2
- Sweet Baby Jesus! -- nm - znufrii Aug 25, 06:52
- Billy Crystal died for our sins -- nm - Roger More Aug 25, 06:49
Murdle - x - prayformojo Aug 25, 04:32 1
- 3:47 - Fuzzy Aug 25, 05:15
Strands #175 - decline'd - prayformojo Aug 25, 04:19 2
- no misses but yellow fifth - crash davis 😺 Aug 25, 09:03
- Same - decline Aug 25, 04:49
Connections Puzzle #441 - GYPB - prayformojo Aug 25, 04:17 4
- PBGY - crash davis 😺 Aug 25, 08:48
- going for that 'purple first': xxxx - mud Aug 25, 05:03 1
  - spoiler - mud Aug 25, 05:03
- Meh - decline Aug 25, 04:46
Wordle 1,163 5/6 - prayformojo Aug 25, 04:11 3
- Wordle 1,163 4/6 - crash davis 😺 Aug 25, 08:42
- 2/6 - landbeck Aug 25, 05:41
- 3 - decline Aug 25, 04:41
The rain is falling sideways at the moment. It falls vertically until it’s head height, then gets slammed into you no matter what direction you face. - Loyola Aug 25, 02:27
French cops keep blasting down the road with sirens. More than a dozen already. They've definitely found something. -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 25, 02:23 2
- the Telegraph homme -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 25, 09:29
- I told you your truffle smuggling operation was a bad idea. -- nm - Reagen Aug 25, 02:27
Scammers are SEOing google to get fake customer service numbers, one cybercoin customer called 'coinbase' and got taken 100k -- (link) - zeitgeist Aug 25, 02:07
CEO of Telegram, russian billionaire in exile, was arrested in France for i guess failing to curb illegal usage of encrypted msg??? -- (link*) - zeitgeist Aug 25, 01:13 1
- Doesn't really appear to be "in exile". -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 25, 04:11
Would you like more covid tests via the USPS? Good news everybody! This time next month, you can order 4 more. -- (link) - Qale Aug 25, 01:12 1
- Cool. I was wondering aboot this the other day. Thanks! -- nm - Baron of the Rings Aug 25, 07:00
i heard this remix of Dancing in the Moonlight at lunch and it seems to encapsulate everything that's so bad about modern pop. all the melody/chords -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 24, 23:33 [youtube]
A photo from my halifax visit last month -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 24, 23:19 [flickr] 1
- very nice, probly out of your price range though -- nm - mud Aug 25, 05:05
happy 70th bday to The Muppets. sorry your boss hates you so bad -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 24, 23:15
Snow reported in the Sierras today!?! -- nm - Meg Aug 24, 23:10
Another article about lost songs, UK lawyer hobby is to get lost music released by record companies, most have no idea they have it... -- (link) - zeitgeist Aug 24, 22:57 1
- That’s really cool. -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 25, 00:31
Blink Twice is trying the old school horror tactic of warning audiences of its shocking content. Or is it being insensitive to actual abuse? -- (link*) - Qale Aug 24, 22:35 1
- Neither. -- nm - LMS Aug 25, 05:14
fade in on an NFL locker room, dimly lit. B&W. in the coach's office a man works late at his desk. wearing a familiar sweater. suddenly footsteps echo - mr mooch Aug 24, 22:30 1
- Ha! -- nm - Krusty Aug 25, 05:10
I could have used an ST crew with me tonight. - crash davis 😺 Aug 24, 22:26 3
- they didn't want the rest of the passengers to think they were gay too -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 24, 22:55
- “I have to go home.” -- nm - Qale Aug 24, 22:32 1
  - 👍 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Aug 24, 22:36
Horizon is a tropey made-for-tv quality attempt to replicate How the West Was Won, but it's not that interesting. -- nm - Max Aug 24, 21:35 5
- I'm sorry you didn't get the same print I saw -- nm - crash davis 😺 Aug 24, 22:26
- I was bored early on and finally stopped after an hour tonight -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 24, 22:14
- Monkey Man is as good as ST said it was - Epiphany Aug 24, 22:08 1
  - That was a fun one, yeah -- nm - Beryllium Aug 24, 22:20
- only three more parts to go… -- nm - mr mooch Aug 24, 21:37
more on Jim Harbaugh’s Chargers getting stuck in an elevator -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 24, 21:05 1
- Herbert only removed his pants. -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 25, 04:14
knives out for Dana Walden lol -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 24, 20:46 4
- Disney anticipated this with the Gorman leak. -- nm - David Aug 24, 21:45 3
  - unless they give it to another parks stooge like Chapek, Dana is the clear choice on the entertainment side. otherwise, go outside the company - mr mooch Aug 24, 22:37 2
    - I would love Kilar, but it’s Walden one and D’Amaro 1a right now. -- nm - David Aug 25, 06:43 1
      - lol do it and be legends -- nm - mr mooch Aug 25, 08:04
Minnesota has the horniest delegation in the US Senate, hands down -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 24, 20:21
air travel sluts: Spirit is fucking me on a short connection flight from Vegas to LAX when i return from London on Norse Atlantic. how to unfuck? - mr mooch Aug 24, 18:43 9
- buy a 1 way Southwest ticket for Vegas to LA -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 24, 19:34 6
  - don't say Bob Hope or John Wayne airports if you don't want LAX. the kid at the counter has no idea who they were. -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 24, 20:31 1
    - I told a local cab despatcher I wanted to go to Orange County airport (Or SNA), she thought about it and said "Oh, you mean JWA!" Well, okay then :) -- nm - Meg Aug 24, 21:03
  - And make sure you get on Captain Dave’s flight. -- nm - Dano Aug 24, 19:41 2
    - "and we'll leave the light on." -- nm - Tom Bodett Aug 24, 19:46
    - assuming you could tear him away from the party in Parking Lot B -- nm - prayformojo Aug 24, 19:46
  - or bus -- nm - budice Aug 24, 19:37
- iinm, you collect your bag to clear customs, so you'd be able to re-check it to your final destination instead of having it follow you original itinerary. -- nm* - znufrii Aug 24, 18:46 1
  - yay! thanks (fuck off Spirit!) -- nm - mr mooch Aug 24, 18:48
This is pretty cool: The Most Mysterious Song on the Internet (a song recorded in the mid-80s that *no one* has been able to identify) -- (link) - prayformojo Aug 24, 18:38 13
- There’s been a few like this. I’ve watched a number of YouTube videos about such content. And crossing the streams! MyHouse.wad is… a lot. -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 24, 23:53
- Realted: there was a hunt for a song featured in a pron in the 1980's that has been found -- (link) - Remlik Aug 24, 19:02 2
  - I heard a song that was in a porno at my old grocery store. Here is that song. -- (link) - Qale Aug 24, 22:51 [spotify]
  - here's that song -- (link) - Remlik Aug 24, 19:06 [youtube]
- not quite in the same category, I noticed today in the comments of Cyndi Lauper's Hole In My Heart video that it was never on her albums -- (link) - Max Aug 24, 18:47 [youtube] 1
  - Was for a movie called Vibes, it did get released later on a some compilations -- nm - Remlik Aug 24, 19:12
- We've been doing a variation of this on Jack Mack and the Heart Attack's site. They sang a song that none of them remember from a TV appearance. -- nm - David Aug 24, 18:41 1
  - 1) it's weird that I'd never heard of this before today and 2) it's awesome that something like this is still a mystery -- nm - prayformojo Aug 24, 18:43
- and the song itself -- (link) - prayformojo Aug 24, 18:39 [youtube] 4
  - sounds like a lot of the trash coming out of the Toronto Indie scene, early 80s -- nm - mud Aug 25, 05:07 3
    - If the Spoons and Images in Vogue had a baby.... -- nm - Andie Aug 25, 05:51 2
      - heh, I was thinking more Kinetic Ideals or Breeding Ground. -- nm - mud Aug 25, 06:01 1
        
        remember this favourite? -- (link) - mud Aug 25, 06:28 [youtube]
Last week's cumulative xword time: 103 min 44 seconds - about 43 seconds off my personal best -- nm - prayformojo Aug 24, 18:37
NBA seeking to dismiss the TNT suit tl:dr: Zaslav don't got the juice -- (edited) - mr mooch Aug 24, 18:22 1
- It's a comically aggressive counter. -- nm - David Aug 24, 18:28
Jackson Holliday got his Golden Tee, hits the game-winning double -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 24, 18:07
I've seen this guy do a half dozen of these.....they never fail to crack me up. "I guess I'm moving too fast...." -- (link) - prayformojo Aug 24, 17:44 4
- He reminds me of michael rappaport, but ... not psychotic. Yet. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 24, 17:46
- Yep—I love these! The English language is ridiculously hard -- nm - Trending Aug 24, 17:45 2
  - English is relatively easy. Verb conjugations are simple. Verb tenses are simple. Simple alphabet. No case systems. Not a tonal language. - Roger More Aug 24, 19:20
  - dude...try learning thai. -- nm - Remlik Aug 24, 18:15
Nebraska senate race is sort of flying under the radar as a reach for Dems to maybe take a flyer on in a favorable Nov environment -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 24, 17:05 3
- I've been telling folks. - ReluctantCynic Aug 24, 17:46 2
  - yeah, but you also say Go Cornhuskers, so..... -- nm - prayformojo Aug 24, 17:48 1
    - I contain multitudes! --nm - ReluctantCynic Aug 24, 18:26
C'mon, Bubba. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Aug 24, 17:01
Trey Lance Today: 34-49, 324 Yards 5 INT 52.9 Passer Rating 2 Fumbles -- nm - budice Aug 24, 16:55 1
- Jerry already saying he’s going to make the team 🤷‍♂️—Cowboys are so lost…can’t believe Zeke is their starting RB and they can’t sign Lamb -- nm - Trending Aug 24, 17:05
today, just out of spite, I consumed a large quantity of *pro*-oxidants -- nm - prayformojo Aug 24, 16:53 2
- And now you look like a cut apple left on the counter. -- nm - Reagen Aug 24, 16:57 1
  - I regret nothing -- nm - prayformojo Aug 24, 17:25
Wonder if Tim Kaine would have won the 2024 nomination in the alternate universe where Hillary is term limited. -- nm - Tim Aug 24, 15:51 17
- No, he's vanilla ice cream in a suit. -- nm - con_carne Aug 25, 03:58
- Not much, the public gets restless under a party's admin after 8, especially 12 years, bush Sr had high job ratings but 12 years we wanted change -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 24, 19:31 3
  - The question is about the nominating process, not the changing of admins -- nm - con_carne Aug 25, 04:17
  - Bush Sr lost the sky-high ratings within a year due to the economy and the tax-pledge break. - Will Hunting Aug 24, 21:05 1
    - Here’s a link — from 89% in Feb 1991 to under 50 by Feb 1992 -- (link) - Will Hunting Aug 24, 21:08
- Possibly. The bench might not be as strong with Hillary winning because mid-terms usually go the other way. - Will Hunting Aug 24, 16:24 10
  - "Don't be calculating, be genuine." "Okay, here are my progressive ideas." "No, not like that!" -- nm - con_carne Aug 25, 04:55
  - The problem with Gavin is still relevant for the actual future. He isn’t as well liked as party leaders think he is. -- nm - Qale Aug 24, 16:47 3
    - If Kamala wins in November, he’s locked down for a while. No Senate seats open, and he can’t run until 2032 … plenty of time to step on his own crank -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 24, 16:58 2
      - progressives (not the dipshit code pink crowd) wouldn’t walk across the street for his sorry ass. always sides with big biz when given the chance -- nm - mr mooch Aug 24, 17:03 1
        
        (though Alex Padilla is such a non-entity as the other senator, i could see Gav orchestrating some cushy cabinet position in a Harris WH to push him - mr mooch Aug 24, 18:28
  - And honestly I'd be surprised if Hillary even won re-election in 2020. -- (edited) - znufrii Aug 24, 16:38 4
    - There’s the idea that a competent administration would have contained Covid and she gets a rally around the flag bump. -- nm - Tim Aug 24, 16:45 3
      - This is what I think. But I am the biggest big hill fan ever. -- nm - amanda Aug 24, 18:44
      - I dunno. As much as some govt worldwide got that initial hit, by fall 2020 people were getting surly and she wasn’t the type of pol to mollify that. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Aug 24, 18:35 1
        
        it's impossible to know what a Clinton admin would have looked like in March 2020. she prolly woulda run into the same issues as Biden v. Trump 2024 - mr mooch Aug 24, 18:46
- nah -- nm - mr mooch Aug 24, 16:04
NMB Jovian—saw this and thought of you - Trending Aug 24, 15:40 [Attachment] 1
- Lolol -- nm - Jovian Aug 25, 09:30
CEO and founder of Telegram arrested in France. -- (link) - Reagen Aug 24, 15:35 1
- Lol at that quote from the russian ambassador -- nm - Beryllium Aug 24, 17:40
you can really tell which celebs have a close personal relationship with Cheryl Hines from their RFK Jr tweets -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 24, 15:34 4
- wait. goddamn. I had no idea they were married. -- nm - prayformojo Aug 24, 16:25
- It sure seems like Trump's people told him Roe was unpopular and that's why he's throwing a fit over this. -- nm - Reagen Aug 24, 15:37 2
  - It's hilarious to see him try to steal whatever he can from what worked at the DNC. "No, we're the party that will bring joy." - pmb Aug 24, 16:16 1
    - Early voting in some places is in mid-September so both yes and no on the months to go part. -- nm - Qale Aug 24, 16:50

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