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one party understands (corruptly) how to use their subpoena power when they have it to falsely smear their opponents. the other party has Dick Durbin -- (link) - mr mooch Sep 4, 11:50
interesting deal between Ottawa Senators and Brooke Henderson .. -- (pic) - mud Sep 4, 11:48 [Attachment]
Pommel Horse Guy to be on DWTS. Along with Anna Delvey, Bachelorette Jenn Tran who got ghosted by fiancé and Tori Spelling. -- nm - Diva Sep 4, 11:48 3
- and Ilona Maher -- nm - znufrii Sep 4, 11:50 1
  - Oh, good. -- nm - Diva Sep 4, 11:51
- Danny Amendola too. -- nm - Diva Sep 4, 11:50
Sign we just passed -- (link) - prayformojo Sep 4, 11:47 [Image] 2
- I know generally where you are -- nm - rollo Sep 4, 13:20
- 👍🏼 -- nm - Diva Sep 4, 11:49
i'm not terribly surprised that Bibi would have spiked a deal for hostages in July. i'm more interested if he was colluding with Trump to do it -- (link) - mr mooch Sep 4, 11:37 3
- Almost certainly at DJTs insistence and more certainly, it was done off books. -- nm - Jovian Sep 4, 12:10
- I wouldn't be surprised, I also wouldn't be surprised if 45 didn't now and Miller was behind it -- nm - Remlik Sep 4, 11:43
- very likely, and I hope evidence is found. -- nm - mud Sep 4, 11:42
Further on license plates. We found a collection of vintage plates at Stanley Ranch that had no connection to local history, so we put them on eBay. - Meg Sep 4, 11:36 1
- Geesh that is some moolah right there -- nm - Epiphany Sep 4, 12:11
ST Poll — Every year, a local group puts on a themed “Adult Prom” fundraiser supporting local charities. What should next year’s theme be (finalists inside) -- (edited) - znufrii Sep 4, 11:32 8
- Only Murders At the Adult Prom -- nm - mr mooch Sep 4, 11:43 1
  - That would actually be funny -- nm - sycor Sep 4, 11:52
- Toga! Toga! Toga! -- nm - Turd Ferguson Sep 4, 11:41
- Next year is the 40th Anniversary of Back to the Future - do "Under the Sea? -- nm - Andie Sep 4, 11:38 1
  - No it's not. BttF is only 20 years old. - sycor Sep 4, 11:51
- Barbie being the easiest for people to dress and attend, while Gatsby would be the most fun theme IMO -- nm - Trending Sep 4, 11:35 1
  - Barbie involves more scope for flexibility though. Gatsby = everyone wears tuxes or flapper dresses - Roger More Sep 4, 11:40
- Anything but Gatsby. -- nm - Spawn Sep 4, 11:34
So the Dodgers were at Anaheim last night and the Angels did this -- (link) - JD Sep 4, 11:31 3
- and Ron Washington made the decision that set up this -- (link) - JD Sep 4, 11:33 2
  - I mean it wasn't this -- (link) - JD Sep 4, 11:41
  - Mookie: "they walked Sho to get to me and i was like . . . okay" -- nm - mr mooch Sep 4, 11:34
GA school toll now 4 dead, 9 wounded...shooter alive and in custody -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 4, 11:16 1
- thoughts, prayers, register to vote in GA -- nm - mr mooch Sep 4, 11:17
oh boy they really nailed old Tim Walz now - mr mooch Sep 4, 11:13 1
- I look forward to JD Vance bringing that up in their debate. -- nm - Spawn Sep 4, 11:17
Roughly 80 animals killed, 1 arrested after Monterey County shooting spree -- (link) - JD Sep 4, 11:03 6
- which animal got arrested? -- nm - oblique Sep 4, 11:03 5
  - Skipper - of course -- (pic) - Turd Ferguson Sep 4, 11:04 [Attachment] 4
    - smile and wave boys - oblique Sep 4, 11:06 3
      - (I use this line all the time) -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Sep 4, 11:08 2
        
        same -- nm - JD Sep 4, 11:11 1
        
        Can you keep a secret, my monochromatic friend? -- nm - Spawn Sep 4, 11:34
The White Sox were 3-22 on April 25th. Then they swept the Rays. - Tim Sep 4, 10:57 2
- "That was the last time Titanic ever saw daylight" -- nm - mr mooch Sep 4, 11:04
- The AL Central is 38 games under .500. Four of the five teams are over .500. -- nm - Tim Sep 4, 10:59
Alvin Bragg to Judge Merchan: we still good for two weeks from now Your Brahner? -- (link) - mr mooch Sep 4, 10:55
‘Survivor’ 47: (2 hr. premiere Sept. 18) -- (link*) - mud Sep 4, 10:51 14
- have they had any contestants younger than 24 (born after the year it premiered) yet? -- nm - mr mooch Sep 4, 11:08 3
  - Yup - definitely -- nm - Turd Ferguson Sep 4, 11:13 2
    - .nm -- nm* - mr mooch Sep 4, 11:21 1
      - Yup. Only Covid stopped them. And even then, only for a year. And in a quick search, I think there have been 3 players younger than the show. nm - Turd Ferguson Sep 4, 11:28
- more birthday joy for me! -- nm - oblique Sep 4, 11:03
- giggity. hope they casted it well -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Sep 4, 10:57 1
  - They've actually done pretty well in the so called "new era". They've had a couple misses... - Turd Ferguson Sep 4, 11:00
- mandy - did you see Aysha from RHAP is on this season? And Jon Lovett from Pod Saves America for anyone who may listen. -- nm* - Turd Ferguson Sep 4, 10:56 6
  - andy radea is in the RHAP world too. is that baby andy? -- nm - ☀️ mandy chem ☀️ Sep 4, 11:17 3
    - They just covered it - he is baby andy. good catch. -- nm - Turd Ferguson Sep 4, 11:43
    - Hmmm...I don't know. I'm watching Rob and Mike's live preview right now. -- nm - Turd Ferguson Sep 4, 11:20 1
      - Just confirmed that the auction is back again for this season. Woo hoo!! -- nm - Turd Ferguson Sep 4, 11:30
  - odds he gets teamed up with a closet MAGA notnub? -- nm - mr mooch Sep 4, 11:10 1
    - poor nubby. -- nm - ☀️ mandy chem ☀️ Sep 4, 11:17
OMITB renewed for Season 5 -- (link) - Remlik Sep 4, 10:47 7
- i still think it's engaging enough a couple eps into s4 but Slate also might have a point -- (link) - mr mooch Sep 4, 10:50 1
  - (every good show, esp on a streamer, should get this kind of life cycle. more than 3 seasons, 10+ eps a year, not waiting 2 years between new seasons) -- nm - mr mooch Sep 4, 11:31
- how many murders can there be? -- nm - tRuMaN Sep 4, 10:48 4
  - It's a big building. -- nm - pmb Sep 4, 10:49
  - It's a big building. It's like Gormenghast. -- nm - Baron of the Rings Sep 4, 10:49 1
    - Heh. -- nm - pmb Sep 4, 10:50
  - at least 5. maybe more. -- nm - Epiphany Sep 4, 10:48
US Sanctions the top editors at Russia Today for meddling in 2024 election -- nm - Remlik Sep 4, 10:46
CIN: Ja’Marr Chase is uniform and practicing -- nm - budice Sep 4, 10:45
“In July, Donald Trump held a commanding 1 point lead over Joe Biden. Now, Kamala Harris has a narrow 4 point lead over Trump.” -- nm - Tim Sep 4, 10:40
My nephew works at CVS between classes at UMASS, this was his encounter at work on Monday - Jovian Sep 4, 10:34 [Attachment] 6
- in Boston you say? -- nm - mr mooch Sep 4, 10:44 1
  - Amherst -- nm - Jovian Sep 4, 10:45
- :( -- nm - Andie Sep 4, 10:42
- That tracks. -- nm - Tim Sep 4, 10:35 2
  - “Total is $5.” *to person in passenger seat* “if I were illegal it’d be completely free!” “…” - Tim Sep 4, 10:42 1
    - Gross. People are awful -- nm - Epiphany Sep 4, 10:46
“sorry we can’t afford to make your mid-level rom com. we broke” -- (link*) - mr mooch Sep 4, 10:28 12
- I have no idea who Alex Cooper is. I know Alice but that's not him. -- nm - Krusty Sep 4, 10:55 2
  - Yeah, saw Alice again Saturday and he has not changed a bit. -- nm - Spawn Sep 4, 11:10
  - the slightly more classy version of Hawk Tuah Girl, afaict -- (link*) - mr mooch Sep 4, 10:56
- spoiler: they're not making money on podcasts -- (link) - mr mooch Sep 4, 10:44 2
  - "Podcasting is one of the best (return on investment) mediums for advertisers." - Inigo Sep 4, 10:52 1
    - it may well be great for advertisers. so were newspapers and linear TV -- nm - mr mooch Sep 4, 10:57
- Other than my issues with Rogan, I don't have any problem with podcasters that draw in tons of ad revenue and listeners making bank. -- nm - Inigo Sep 4, 10:34 1
  - i'm not privy to their books but it feels like the usual "overpaying for loss leaders to establish dominant market share!" that never actually works -- nm - mr mooch Sep 4, 10:39
- I'd love to know how any of this makes money. I listen to a shit-ton of podcasts and ZERO ads because I skip them all -- (edited) - oblique Sep 4, 10:34 3
  - yeah I don't know how these make money. at all. -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Sep 4, 10:34 2
    - The advertisers give them money. That's how Spotify and the content creators get paid. - Inigo Sep 4, 10:40 1
      - fair -- nm* - Beaker 🍺 Sep 4, 10:44
Did you all see that the rehabilitation of Hitler officially started yesterday on Twitter? -- (edited) - Jovian Sep 4, 10:17 19
- I’m so glad I have Elmo blocked. -- nm - Tim Sep 4, 10:46 1
  - Wait until he gets to Grimace though. -- nm - Dano Sep 4, 10:58
- I legally cannot. And I would not in any way support that pile of steaming and stinking sh!t anyway. (NM) - Marlowe Sep 4, 10:38
- Apologia is the term apparently -- nm - Trending Sep 4, 10:36 1
  - That's from Latin and has evolved to mean justification without an admission of wrongdoing (which an apology would admit the wrongdoing) -- nm* - con_carne Sep 4, 11:01
- He had a guest on, that said the Nazis killed all the Jews because they couldn’t feed them all, and decided to be merciful and kill them rather than - Trending Sep 4, 10:33 2
  - unreal. Yep it just started one specific day that they started killing them to make food available for the good Germans... - Jovian Sep 4, 10:50
  - unbelievable -- nm - Epiphany Sep 4, 10:47
- no, because I don't support Twitter by giving it views or consideration at this point. -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Sep 4, 10:19 10
  - me neither. Which is why I posted this. So yall aware. - Jovian Sep 4, 10:20 9
    - You’re informing us that Tucker Carlson and Elon Musk are fascist? Please, go on. -- nm - Qale Sep 4, 10:30 8
      - No. The downplaying of Hitler directly is new. - Jovian Sep 4, 10:36 7
        
        The only thing you are a victim of is your own insistence at drowning yourself in slop disguised as news. And you know it. -- nm* - Qale Sep 4, 10:51 1
        
        👍 -- nm - Jovian Sep 4, 10:58
        
        Saying that Hitler, “just wanted to invade Poland” and was going to stop there…but Churchill made it into a bigger conflict -- nm - Trending Sep 4, 10:39 4
        
        interesting might be the set up for Trump to let Russia have Ukraine so it does not escalate into something bigger - Epiphany Sep 4, 10:48 3
        
        Yup—only way to take care of dictators is not standing in their way -- nm - Trending Sep 4, 11:25
        
        Geopolitical Realpolitik Pippy is also a show I would watch. -- nm - con_carne Sep 4, 10:53
        
        Ukraine is 1000% gone if DJT successfully starts the Fourth Reich in November. -- nm - Jovian Sep 4, 10:51
Joker 2 screened at Venice today -- (link) - mr mooch Sep 4, 10:14 3
- about what the trailers make it seem like honestly -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Sep 4, 10:16 2
  - And the first Joker movie. - con_carne Sep 4, 10:24 1
    - Yep. Considering how much I liked the first one, and then they added the second worst actress in the world to the sequel, there is - Marlowe Sep 4, 10:37
ST Poll: Do you know your license plate by heart? Your drivers' license number? - oblique Sep 4, 10:10 20
- I know all the numbers. From the DMV. -- nm - Ethan Hunt Sep 4, 11:36
- I used to. WA state DL numbers are stupid...then they changed them. Fyi, you can keep your plates when trade, sell your car -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 4, 11:02 2
  - I've had my plate since the mid-70s, on (I think)four different vehicles. -- nm - Meg Sep 4, 11:18 1
    - Didn't know it was more common. WA takes 6 months to get a new plate, the machine is old n broken -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 4, 11:27
- yes (due to parking machines / apps) / yes (uh, not really sure) -- nm - JD Sep 4, 10:47
- of course. and all of my credit cards. -- nm - ☀️ mandy chem ☀️ Sep 4, 10:42
- Yes & No, but I do have trouble remembering my SS number lately :/ -- nm - Meg Sep 4, 10:29
- yes. no -- nm - Peglegpete Sep 4, 10:28
- nope -- nm - decline Sep 4, 10:25
- no/no -- nm - Epiphany Sep 4, 10:22
- Yes to both. The second is easier due to it have a nice pattern -- nm - Baron of the Rings Sep 4, 10:17
- no/no -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Sep 4, 10:15
- yes -- nm - budice Sep 4, 10:14
- No/No -- nm - Dano Sep 4, 10:13
- Yes (x2), no. -- nm - znufrii Sep 4, 10:12
- nope, god nope -- nm - mr mooch Sep 4, 10:12
- No. And yes! -- nm - ReluctantCynic Sep 4, 10:12
- No and no -- nm - prayformojo Sep 4, 10:11 2
  - same. -- nm - tRuMaN Sep 4, 10:16
  - this -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Sep 4, 10:13
honestly better strategy than blowing your elbow out throwing 104 gas -- (link) - mr mooch Sep 4, 10:09
Ahhh remember how the RFK Jr endorsement was going to change everything? Ahh good times good times. - Jovian Sep 4, 10:01 2
- what i want to know is if as part of his endorsement, did he get the promise of immunity for hunting protected big game - tRuMaN Sep 4, 10:05 1
  - Well if he's into killing animals, he definitely saddled up with the right family. - Jovian Sep 4, 10:07
"NDP announcing it will tear up governance agreement with Liberals" - mud Sep 4, 09:57
"Some in the GOP are pining for the post-Trump era, Politico reported, but they still won't lift a finger" - mud Sep 4, 09:52 5
- Yeah they have those armed wackos, a.k.a. the base, to fear and even in the pre-Trump Tea Party days being seen with Dems will get you "primaried." -- nm - con_carne Sep 4, 10:19
- Yep... from the article: the Republican Party does not have a “top of the ticket problem” but a “voter base problem.” -- nm - Dano Sep 4, 09:55 3
  - ie Republicans like fascism. -- nm - Jovian Sep 4, 09:58 2
    - Too bad Trump's base probably enjoys that they piss you off enough to get to name-calling and doesn't know what fascism means let alone why it's bad. -- nm - con_carne Sep 4, 10:31 1
      - yes yes, the entire Trump base knows who I am and enjoys pissing me off. - Jovian Sep 4, 10:41
LOL at this Mach-E -- (pic) - Beryllium Sep 4, 09:52 [Attachment] 1
- hee -- nm - Epiphany Sep 4, 10:03
Internet Archive has lost its appeal in Hachette v. Internet Archive, the long-running, closely watched copyright case -- (link) - budice Sep 4, 09:49 2
- RIP -- nm - mr mooch Sep 4, 09:50 1
  - The Internet Archive survived the original ruling and the loss on the appeal merely means enforcement of the original ban on the IA distributing - JD Sep 4, 10:01
"At least two people were killed and at least four people were injured after gunfire erupted today at Apalachee High School in Georgia" - David Sep 4, 09:45 1
- the school’s representative in Congress -- (link) - mr mooch Sep 4, 10:05
momentary blissness -- nm - tRuMaN Sep 4, 09:39 1
- quiet desperation -- nm - ReluctantCynic Sep 4, 09:42

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