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There's way too much Milli Vanilli in this Menendez Brothers show on Netflix. You will have an ear worm after the first episode. -- nm - Krusty Sep 19, 16:55
Pats @ Jets - WHO YOU GOT!!?? -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Sep 19, 16:42 6
- The alligator released onto the field. -- nm - Reagen Sep 19, 17:03
- It'd be shocking if the Pats lost to the Jets based on their recent history, but I'm always on Team Krusty. -- nm - David Sep 19, 16:52 3
  - Pats shaky OL vs Jets front 7 -- nm - budice Sep 19, 16:57 1
    - PTI had the stat that the Jets have beaten the Patriots once in regulation since 2011. It's that one-sided. - David Sep 19, 17:06
  - I appreciate you! -- nm - Krusty Sep 19, 16:53
- Jets to cover -- nm - rollo Sep 19, 16:52
51/51 Club- Ohtani tonight: 6/6 3 HR 10 RBI 2 SB 17 TB -- nm* - budice Sep 19, 16:39 8
- that third one was absolutely swatted -- (link) - mr mooch Sep 19, 17:04 1
  - Well that did look like a batting practice pitch -- nm - eag Sep 19, 17:08
- 60/60 isn't completely out of the realm -- nm - mr mooch Sep 19, 16:57 1
  - More like 55/55 -- nm - eag Sep 19, 16:59
- Holy Jesus -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Sep 19, 16:52
- Is six the most hits ever in a game for someone with three homers? I can't imagine that's happened often. Just getting six ABs is hard. -- nm - David Sep 19, 16:52 1
  - Also 4 HRs-One Game done only 18 times -- (link) - budice Sep 19, 16:55
- Yep sorry Tim but MVP right there -- nm - eag Sep 19, 16:51
30 mins to the Kamala-Oprahfest from Detroit -- nm - mr mooch Sep 19, 16:29 3
- basically an Avengers Assemble of all the different [x] For Harris zoom groups -- nm - mr mooch Sep 19, 17:02 2
  - this is kind of fascinating. all the look and feel of an old-school Oprah episode -- nm - mr mooch Sep 19, 17:05 1
    - Bryan Cranston, Chris Rock, Julia Roberts, Meryl Streep, Traci Ellis-Ross, Ben Stiller zooming in. stacked af -- nm* - mr mooch Sep 19, 17:08
Went to Costco for goodies for the bookstore Halloween treat bags. Wanted to renew membership at checkout. Can't do it until it expires at month end!! -- nm - Meg Sep 19, 16:18 1
- That’s screwy. What kind of two bit operation are they running there? - Barony Bunch Sep 19, 16:31
Den of Thieves 2: Pantera Trailer (WTF! How did I just hear about this!!) -- (link*) - Beaker 🍻 Sep 19, 16:17 [youtube] 2
- Would prefer Honor Among Thieves 2. -- nm - Barony Bunch Sep 19, 16:37
- plus it doesn't give the whole fucking movie away. -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Sep 19, 16:20
There’s nothing wrong with losing one’s hair, I’m just astounded that Trump allowed this video to be posted -- (link) - mara Sep 19, 16:15
Netflix is releasing a holiday variety music special featuring pop star Sabrina Carpenter -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Sep 19, 16:08 7
- that’s that me espresso -- nm - Tim Sep 19, 16:15
- Welp, time to find out if she is related to The Carpenters - con_carne Sep 19, 16:13 4
  - Karen Carpenter never had curves like that. -- nm - Mop🧹 Sep 19, 16:20 1
    - Yeah but, but, Sabrina can't drum and doesn't have a voice anywhere near Karen's - JD Sep 19, 16:24
  - Disney factory product, this year’s big pop breakthrough. -- nm - Tim Sep 19, 16:16 1
    - Checking the songs now. Did she change her name to Carpenter because she sings some easy listening-ass music? - con_carne Sep 19, 16:46
- I hear she's like an American Maisie Peters. -- nm - Mop🧹 Sep 19, 16:10
Ohtani joins and creates the 50/50 club. - David Sep 19, 15:59 12
- 20-4 lol -- nm - mr mooch Sep 19, 16:41
- Dude just had UCL surgery unreal -- nm - budice Sep 19, 16:18 2
  - And he may pitch in October -- nm - eag Sep 19, 16:26
  - Well 'just' is kind of relative. He was an Angel when he had the surgery. ;-) -- nm - JD Sep 19, 16:22
- Good day for 'just' a DH. Double, stolen base, single, stolen base, double but out at third attempting to take extra base, HR, HR - JD Sep 19, 16:16 3
  - *giggle* He got another at bat. HR, 3 RBI -- nm - JD Sep 19, 16:29 1
    - Dodgers batted around, scored six, left bases loaded but Ohtani didn't get a second AB in the 9th so he's going to finish 6 for 6, 3HR, 10 RBI, 2 SB - JD Sep 19, 16:41
  - Oh and stolen base 51 makes it 28 consecutive successful attempts -- nm - JD Sep 19, 16:20
- Also he’s the first Dodger to hit 50 home runs. -- nm - Tim Sep 19, 16:13
- NL MVP, just hand it to him -- nm - budice Sep 19, 16:07 2
  - :( -- nm - Tim Sep 19, 16:12 1
    - It's over, Tim. -- nm - David Sep 19, 16:50
Survivor week one mega spoils -- (link) - mr mooch Sep 19, 15:50
heh -- (link) - mr mooch Sep 19, 15:45
Sheriff arrested in shooting death of KY judge -- (link) - Reagen Sep 19, 15:40 1
- ~I shot the sheriff~ -- nm - budice Sep 19, 15:42
Warner Brothers: Bloodbath at Atlantic Records in the executive branch. -- nm - Remlik Sep 19, 15:26 3
- well one of the top execs is the Diddy dude. but really what is even a record label now but a pipeline for Spotify -- (link) - mr mooch Sep 19, 15:30 2
  - one of them was in town last night with my boss and he found out last night via text -- nm - Remlik Sep 19, 15:42 1
    - Geesh -- nm - Epiphany Sep 19, 16:42
Danny Boyle just showing off now…28 Years Later shot on an IPhone 15 Max with some attachments -- (pic) - Trending Sep 19, 15:15 [Attachment]
Univ of FL genetic therapy restores sight in blind patients, a medical first -- (link) - mr mooch Sep 19, 15:10
cat lost in Yellowstone somehow manages to travel 900 miles home to his "lucky" owners -- (link) - mr mooch Sep 19, 15:00 1
- dumb cat missed the mark by 200 miles. -- nm - colin Sep 19, 15:32
DJT is now free to sell his 115m shares in Truth Social, currently valued at $1.7b -- (link) - mr mooch Sep 19, 14:57 4
- Could see him dump it if he loses -- nm - budice Sep 19, 15:04
- $14.70 was the closing price -- nm - Peglegpete Sep 19, 15:02 2
  - Isn’t there another bonus tranche of shares for him if it stays above $12 a little longer? -- nm - VMan Sep 19, 15:52 1
    - Nah, the earnout shares were based on the price following the IPO, he already received those -- nm - znufrii Sep 19, 15:55
first lead (1pt) I’ve seen for Allred in TX from any pollster -- (link) - mr mooch Sep 19, 14:44 7
- are the MI and NV GOP nominees utter lunatics? Those leads are shocking. - Tim Sep 19, 15:15 4
  - it's a C+ pollster so grains of salt but generally bad candidate quality across the board for GOP - mr mooch Sep 19, 15:17 3
    - I mean everything else but Texas tracks for me, popular incumbents in WI and PA, solidly D Maryland for an open seat. -- nm - Tim Sep 19, 15:20 2
      - (I still believe DeSantis has pied pipered a lot of Rs to Florida, it’s not going to be competitive again for a while if ever.) -- nm - Tim Sep 19, 15:22 1
        
        1m FL dems just . . . didn't vote in 2022. and Rick Scott is every bit as unpopular as Ted Cruz. gotta go all in on FL at this point -- nm* - mr mooch Sep 19, 15:23
- That Ohio number is concerning. - Will Hunting Sep 19, 14:50 1
  - they're spending ungodly money against Brown but he's no Tim Ryan -- nm - mr mooch Sep 19, 14:52
Sweatpea trailer. New series with Ella Purnell. Looks pretty interesting. -- (link) - sycor Sep 19, 14:16 [youtube]
"Dana Walden, co-chairman of Disney Ent., still has a leading edge, according to nearly a dozen industry players, corporate rivals and Disney sources" -- (link) - mr mooch Sep 19, 14:15 1
- lol "Iger also is willing to step into an exec. chairman role if the right CEO candidate is found before his contract expires, another source adds" - mr mooch Sep 19, 14:17
show tunes hoes, decide my niece's musical next month: Hamilton (she's already seen, i have not) or Six (neither of us have seen it). -- nm - mr mooch Sep 19, 14:09 6
- I feel like the 2nd half of Hamilton isn’t as stellar as the first but it’s overall amazing…haven’t seen Six. -- nm - Trending Sep 19, 15:06 2
  - Act II is generally the letdown in most musicals -- nm - mr mooch Sep 19, 15:08 1
    - Don’t get me wrong—I nearly wept when I first saw Hamilton—one of the most impressive pieces of art in the last 20 years -- nm - Trending Sep 19, 15:20
- Hamilton dummy -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Sep 19, 14:18
- Kelly enjoyed Six. If I’d already seen Hamilton, I’d pick Six but since you’ve never seen it…Hamilton. - Will Hunting Sep 19, 14:17
- Hamilton is much better, but Six is fun. It's also fairly short. -- nm - Fuzzy Sep 19, 14:14
ESPN averaged 1.2m viewers for its WNBA games this season, only 350k fewer than their NBA games (1.56m) -- (link) - mr mooch Sep 19, 14:01
Nigel Farage, philanthropist, is giving up his ownership of the Reform Party entirely out of the goodness of his heart -- (link) - mr mooch Sep 19, 13:58 1
- "Fuck, I wasn't supposed to win a seat" -- nm - Reagen Sep 19, 14:10
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Pitch Meeting -- (link) - Beaker 🍻 Sep 19, 13:55 [youtube]
But wait, there’s more! From POLITICO: Mark Robinson’s email was registered on Ashley Madison, a website for married people seeking affairs -- nm* - mara Sep 19, 13:45 5
- what kind of dumbass uses their regular email for down low activities?... I'm pretty sure blacknazi is available on gmail -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 19, 14:46
- and apparently slept with his wife's sister several times and boasted about it here. -- nm - Jovian Sep 19, 14:33
- still kinda think that's not as bad as advocating murder, which he did three months ago in public -- (link) - mr mooch Sep 19, 13:49 2
  - To the right, it may be worse. Especially women. -- nm - mara Sep 19, 13:55
  - “The sitting vice governor of my home state? Never heard of the guy” -- (link) - mr mooch Sep 19, 13:52
Annie Agar: David Tepper is the worst. Matthew Berry: Hold my beer -- (link) - JD Sep 19, 13:44 [youtube]
Zaslav's top lawyer has exited the company -- (link) - mr mooch Sep 19, 13:43
ST Poll: have you ever had a DNA swab? sent off for a DNA test? -- nm - Pippy aka Bad Monkey Sep 19, 13:19 26
- Yep. With 23andMe, even. But also for DNA matching as a transplant donor. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Sep 19, 15:33
- hello no. -- nm - colin Sep 19, 15:24
- yes -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Sep 19, 15:18
- No. Never saw the point. "You are various white Europeans." I already know that. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Sep 19, 15:03
- yes -- nm - Dano Sep 19, 14:23
- No, I'm with pmb on this. -- nm - Fuzzy Sep 19, 14:12
- no -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Sep 19, 14:12
- yes -- nm - Peglegpete Sep 19, 13:56
- No but the Deep State has it anyway. -- nm - zunk takes things literally Sep 19, 13:47
- possibly in one of my various hospital stays but none that come to mind -- nm - mr mooch Sep 19, 13:40
- mom did a decade ago but hasn't checked back in in years -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 19, 13:26
- My brother did a couple of times. (I forget detail breakdown, but more or less half northern European half southern European with a 2% dash of Mongolian) -- nm* - Jovian Sep 19, 13:23
- I did with Ancestry around 20 years ago, so it didn't have many markers back then. -- nm - Max Sep 19, 13:20 1
  - Same, just ethnic mix. -- nm - Meg Sep 19, 13:35
- No, but I have to say that people not wanting to do it because a relative might be a murderer or a rapist seems kinda sus. -- nm - mara Sep 19, 13:20 10
  - I always thought that would be a feature, like is your weird cousin *that* weird -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 19, 13:28
  - I've seen Gattaca. That's enough reason for me to pass on it. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 19, 13:25
  - I just don't like the idea of my dna being in a public database. Who knows what that information might be used for in the future. - pmb Sep 19, 13:23 6
    - This is my twin brother. My mom has had it done though. Found out some interesting stuff as well. -- nm - con_carne Sep 19, 14:06
    - I agree. -- nm - Strongbad Sep 19, 13:39
    - yeah, over a decade of social media posts is now fodder for the AI psy-ops overlords, the terminator won't be a stiff robot, but a very affable -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 19, 13:30
    - This is completely valid - JD Sep 19, 13:29
    - Western civilization is on the precipice of eating itself. When that bill finally comes due, shit will go down that makes 1984 look tame. I don't want - Beryllium Sep 19, 13:28 1
      - all we have to do is look at China now. - zeitgeist Sep 19, 13:32
  - 😏 -- nm - JD Sep 19, 13:21
- Not that I know of -- nm - JD Sep 19, 13:20
can someone please get Krysten Ritter in a solid series stat? Orphan Black: Echoes has been cancelled. -- nm - Jovian Sep 19, 13:14 9
- She's already had Veronica Mars, Breaking Bad and Jessica Jones. Let's not get greedy. - the wrong element Sep 19, 13:30 5
  - Don't Trust the B---- In Apartment 23 -- nm - JD Sep 19, 13:36 4
    - I liked it, but it isn't on the level of those others. - the wrong element Sep 19, 13:41 3
      - yeah, Traffic Light would be the IM. -- nm - mud Sep 19, 13:50 1
        
        That is the other contender. - the wrong element Sep 19, 13:56
      - Oh, yes, it is. -- nm - David Sep 19, 13:46
- She’d be a perfect addition to The Bear— -- nm - Trending Sep 19, 13:17 1
  - House of Dragon producers should have gotten her to portray Alys Rivers. -- nm - Jovian Sep 19, 13:21
- I'm not so interested in starting Veep but I'd watch New Veep with Ritter. -- nm - Max Sep 19, 13:15
also not quitting today: Lorne Michaels -- (link) - mr mooch Sep 19, 13:11 6
- As executive producer he gets to stand around and nod approval now and then, get paid millions, I'd hang in as long as possible too -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 19, 13:14 5
  - I heard Howard Stern interviewing Colin Jost and Michael Che and he asked them if they would be interested in Lorne's job when he finally retires and - pmb Sep 19, 14:07 3
    - i think that's true on one level. i also get the sense from hearing other SNL war stories that he makes the show work that way to make himself - mr mooch Sep 19, 14:25 2
      - the Steve Jobs divide and conquer management method? I can see that. Isn't Tina Fey next in line for the position? -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 19, 14:35 1
        
        Needs fresh blood—Tina Fey would be perfect -- nm - Trending Sep 19, 15:08
  - no he's still hands on, but that's not necessarily a good thing for the show -- nm - mr mooch Sep 19, 13:19
Industry renewed for season 4 by HBO -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Sep 19, 13:00 2
- damn. - mud Sep 19, 13:10
- "maybe we can beat FX at the next emmys!" -- nm - mr mooch Sep 19, 13:05
what's the world coming to if you can't speak your mind freely on a porn forum? -- nm - mr mooch Sep 19, 12:45 11
- 'Whatever you're accusing me of I didn't do. If I did do it, there was nothing wrong with it. I did it because of Democratic rhetoric.' -- nm - Max Sep 19, 13:13 3
  - It's possible he knew the accusations, isn't it? Lots of times, the news outlet reaches out for comment, esp when it's somebody running for office. -- nm - mara Sep 19, 13:20 2
    - I have no idea of this case, I'm just assuming the PR playbook applies. -- nm - Max Sep 19, 13:21 1
      - They gave him 48 hours to comment. He agreed to an interview this morning where he denied it was him. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Sep 19, 13:24
- I love how quick the Harris campaign moves on things: - Jovian Sep 19, 13:02
- Eh. The reported comments are generally no worse than what he says publicly now. “I like tranny porn” is better than his public statements. -- nm - Dano Sep 19, 12:54 4
  - Going in a different direction, actively participating in a porn forum seems disqualifying. -- nm - Reagen Sep 19, 13:22
  - I’m not going to kink shame folks, but don’t support crazy anti-trans rhetoric if you’re indulging in it. Don’t preach “family values” or else if - Trending Sep 19, 13:04 2
    - Alas, hypocrisy is the last thing on people's minds when voting. -- nm - con_carne Sep 19, 16:07
    - Its the sort of hypocritical behavior 45 brought to the mainstream -- nm - budice Sep 19, 13:14
- coming to that running for political office is out of the question -- nm - Jovian Sep 19, 12:54
Word. -- nm - Turd Ferguson Sep 19, 12:42

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