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LA Times was set to endorse Harris until owner forbid them to...won't allow endorsement for 45 either -- (link) - Remlik Oct 22, 18:25 2
- This is probably why he won't let them endorse her. -- (link) - jnine Oct 23, 00:08
- (billionaire pharma guy) - mr mooch Oct 22, 18:26
Director of Hillbilly Elegy, Ron Howard? -- nm - Max Oct 22, 18:18
THROW THE DAMN TOWEL!!! -- nm - David Oct 22, 18:11 1
- 5-0 is a big hole but still a whole third period to play yet -- nm - mr mooch Oct 22, 18:13
Krusty Alert! -- (link) - mud Oct 22, 18:09 1
- Ha! I bet he's got bars for days. -- nm - Krusty Oct 22, 18:25
Frontier, Spirit Airlines Revive Merger Talks (I figured it was only a matter of time before we say this headline) -- (link) - ty97 Oct 22, 17:54 1
- would it, functionally, look any different than Spirit declaring BK and Frontier just buying their assets after liquidation? -- nm - mr mooch Oct 22, 18:01
I mean it would be one way to get her off the bench -- (link) - mr mooch Oct 22, 17:52
"When a midwesterner calls you a dipshit, you done fucked up" -- nm - Beryllium Oct 22, 17:52
John Kelly is talking to the NYT -- (link) - mr mooch Oct 22, 16:54 7
- Fuck him. He didn't make it public when it mattered. -- nm - loosilu Oct 22, 16:55 6
  - He knows he’ll be in the first wave, of the Trump “jail my opponents/disloyality” tour -- nm - Trending Oct 22, 18:27
  - I thought this at the time, but I can also understand their belief that they needed to be there to be the guardrail (and they would be fired and - pmb Oct 22, 17:26 1
    - I actually totally agree. I listened to most of the Ezra Klein pod kilbi mentioned earlier and your theory really tracks. -- nm - amanda Oct 22, 18:13
  - it matters now, too -- nm - mud Oct 22, 17:20 2
    - It matters, but his followers are too far gone to be reached now. -- nm - Andie Oct 22, 18:02 1
      - It's the fringe voters that might care. The traditional republicans that don't like Trump but want their tax cuts (and don't like the abortion law - pmb Oct 22, 18:06
Interior Chinatown | Official Trailer | Hulu -- (link) - Beaker 🍻 Oct 22, 16:52 [youtube] 7
- You Donald Ducked me. -- nm - pmb Oct 22, 18:12
- I'll watch -- nm - Beryllium Oct 22, 17:16
- Get in, loser, we're going snoopin' - Max Oct 22, 17:11
- aahh finally! DaisyQuake! where tf has she been the last 5 years?! -- nm - mud Oct 22, 17:04
- She's actually Chinese on her father's side - JD Oct 22, 16:57 1
  - Chloe Wang! -- nm - mud Oct 22, 17:06
- shot during the strike last year -- nm - mr mooch Oct 22, 16:54
Annie Agar NFL Meeting Week 7 -- (link) - JD Oct 22, 16:32
‘Matlock’ With Kathy Bates Renewed for Season 2 at CBS -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Oct 22, 16:19 1
- Beef season 2: Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan, Charles Melton, and Cailee Spaeny -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Oct 22, 16:21
If Monday Night Football Was Scripted: Week 7 -- (link) - Beaker 🍻 Oct 22, 16:11 [youtube]
Readers 1.0 ordered. I've never worn glasses in my life. Getting old sucks! -- nm - Strongbad Oct 22, 15:37 5
- lol poor you! -- nm - loosilu Oct 22, 16:56
- I just bought a pair this month and told my brother, aside from the grey hairs and aches it's the fact that readers work that really makes me feel old -- nm - Max Oct 22, 15:43 3
  - I still don't need readers at all. For me it's the needing a hip replacement. - loosilu Oct 22, 16:57 1
    - My hip hurts, too. But it’s just tendinitis. - Dark Callisto 🦊 Oct 22, 17:26
  - The Old Max - mr mooch Oct 22, 16:26
B2 Rams have been in "win now" for the past three seasons or so. Definitely looks like they're giving up on that. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 22, 15:35
Get excited. New Twenty update coming tonight. -- nm - Qale Oct 22, 15:33 2
- Yay! -- nm - Pippy Oct 22, 17:28
- I'm looking forward to it! -- nm - ReluctantCynic Oct 22, 15:50
meg complains about Denny's, they respond -- (link) - mr mooch Oct 22, 15:30 3
- Heh, and that was just from reading the menu. At least I have three in my neighborhood, and the other two are Disneyland close. -- nm - Meg Oct 22, 15:46
- Meg strikes again. -- nm - Qale Oct 22, 15:34
- no one person should have such power. - colin Oct 22, 15:34
Fought my way through Costco for volunteer lunch fixin's and they had hardly anything I wanted. - Meg Oct 22, 15:30
I was scanning headlines and was teased with the hope of a profession based family name in the grand tradition of Carpenter, Taylor, or Smith - JD Oct 22, 15:12
'Kurt Olsen Helped Trump Fight His 2020 Defeat. Trump Is Talking to Him Again.' -- (edited) - mud Oct 22, 14:51 2
- a bit from Kamala Harris /Haile Jackson interview: -- (pic) - mud Oct 22, 14:59 [Attachment] 1
  - NPR: U.S. intel officials say Russia is behind attempts to smear Tim Walz - mud Oct 22, 16:05
Georgia Supreme Court maintains block on controversial election rules from Trump allies -- nm - Jovian Oct 22, 14:43 1
- Good. I was concerned -- nm - Pippy Oct 22, 17:42
Here is just a smattering of Newsweek 'story headlines' for just today: -- (edited) - Jovian Oct 22, 14:22 23
- I'm curious the hold Newsweek has on the r/politics subreddit. They're often the selected story mods keep when news breaks, always have at least one - colin Oct 22, 14:46 9
  - The Newsweek label is being used like someone shoving their hand up a corpse and trying to make it look alive like a puppet. -- nm - Reagen Oct 22, 14:50 8
    - Hmmm -- nm - Terrifier Producers Oct 22, 16:30
    - That's true of a lot of things these days. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 22, 14:54
    - Right. Its not even the same Newsweek any longer. - Jovian Oct 22, 14:52 5
      - Addressed how? -- nm - zunk takes things literally Oct 22, 15:07 4
        
        Investigated as enemies of the state -- nm - Jovian Oct 22, 15:36 3
        
        Ah ok. That sounds like something right out of TFG's play book. - zunk takes things literally Oct 22, 15:52 2
        
        Yea exactly. That's why and how we're here. - Jovian Oct 22, 15:56 1
        
        I believe in freedom of the press, even if I don't like how it's always presented. I'm against people like you and trump who want to muzzle "news" - zunk takes things literally Oct 22, 16:59
- (Why are you bothering to read Newsweek?) -- nm - Reagen Oct 22, 14:35 10
  - I get: Tears at Dog's Face As He Leaves Adoption Event Where 'Nobody' Chose Him -- (link) - JD Oct 22, 15:16
  - I dont. I scroll through stories on MSN. They usually are all Newsweek, Daily Caller, Daily Mail, The Telegraph. - Jovian Oct 22, 14:36 8
    - (Why are you bothering to scroll through stories on MSN?) -- nm - znufrii Oct 22, 14:39 7
      - when I was working in a SCIF, that was pretty much my only news source. -- nm - loosilu Oct 22, 14:50
      - because there is news to be found there, not much, but is there. Just like there is still some to be found on the Twitter Hellscape. -- nm - Jovian Oct 22, 14:41 5
        
        What are you doing with it that you need to seek it out so ravenously? - Beryllium Oct 22, 14:46 1
        
        I like to see what is happening and also what is being pushed by the fourth Reich on a daily basis. -- nm - Jovian Oct 22, 14:49
        
        Worth wading through all that dreck for? -- (edited) - znufrii Oct 22, 14:44
        
        I mean its f**king better then CNN and seeing the same f**king headline up there all f**king day. - Jovian Oct 22, 14:42 1
        
        (which *finally* just updated because of the GA Supreme Court ruling) -- nm - Jovian Oct 22, 14:44
- Oh here's another very important one from them: 'Donald Trump's Joe Rogan Interview: How to Watch and Listen' -- nm - Jovian Oct 22, 14:28 1
  - Is it possible to catch E coli from a podcast? -- nm - Beryllium Oct 22, 14:35
Former Abercrombie and Fitch and subject of the Netflix documentary White Hot charged with sex trafficking. -- (link) - Qale Oct 22, 14:20
Coworker: “it says Wang Health is calling?” Me: “Maybe they’re urology.” -- nm - Tim Oct 22, 14:16 2
- 👋 -- nm - JD Oct 22, 15:23
- Don’t be a dick, Tim. -- nm - Qale Oct 22, 14:56
Quick, someone feed a couple of dozen QPC to that guy who was running the fries over the weekend. E. Coli linked to McDonalds. -- (link) - Qale Oct 22, 14:13 1
- what amazing timing for an E. Coli outbreak. -- nm - colin Oct 22, 14:46
The Belgians have 7 runners out on yard 81. That's crazy. -- nm* - Dano Oct 22, 14:04 2
- and Eckert has been phenomenal -- nm - prayformojo Oct 22, 14:08
- they've been a machine -- nm - prayformojo Oct 22, 14:07
First movie of the night is an all time classic, "Young Frankenstein." -- nm - Krusty Oct 22, 13:57 5
- What knockers! -- nm - ReluctantCynic Oct 22, 14:26
- Frau Blücher! -- nm - eag Oct 22, 14:20
- Putting’ on the Ritz! -- nm - Trending Oct 22, 14:14
- It's pronounced "fronk-en-steen" -- nm - Bayronmax Oct 22, 14:08
- Mel Brooks' 2nd best picture. -- nm - mud Oct 22, 13:58
R.I.P. Lynda Obst, 74 -- (link) - mud Oct 22, 13:51 1
- dang. she was a real one (don't smoke, folks) -- nm - mr mooch Oct 22, 13:58
“But when the bill came, he became angry. “It doesn’t cost 60,000 bucks to bury a f--king Mexican!” -- (link) - mr mooch Oct 22, 13:46 6
- Ezra Klein's latest podcast is an interesting breakdown on Trump. Basically noting that many of the things he told people to do during his presidency - oblique Oct 22, 14:03 3
  - it wasn't for lack of trying, Ezra. -- nm - mr mooch Oct 22, 15:11
  - This is all part of Project 2025 as well. They want it throughout government. Not even just the cabinet. -- nm - pmb Oct 22, 14:29 1
    - Yup. the four pillars is a very real thing -- nm - Pippy aka Desparada Oct 22, 14:39
- Yet the military and veterans will vote for Trump in overwhelming numbers. -- nm - Mop🧹 Oct 22, 13:57
- entire article posted below. -- nm - mud Oct 22, 13:48
‘Beef’ S2 will star Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan, Charles Melton & Cailee Spaeny -- (link) - mud Oct 22, 13:41
This flight has live TV and I see two different middle aged white men watching the Obama speech, and nobody is watching Fox. Harris landslide! -- nm - ty97 Oct 22, 13:39
‘I Need the Kind of Generals That Hitler Had’ - mud Oct 22, 13:31 2
- I kiss you for posting this text! -- nm - ☀️ amandachem ☀️ Oct 22, 14:36
- Long, but did read. Knew a bunch and still amazed by the further details and TFG’s depravity. -- nm - VMan Oct 22, 14:11
Honest Trailers | Alien: Romulus -- (link) - Beaker 🍻 Oct 22, 13:31 [youtube] 1
- EEEW! -- nm - Sally Oct 22, 13:39
Mike Evans is "hurting pretty good" today - Out 2+ weeks -- nm - budice Oct 22, 13:29 1
- Week 12 return, after Week 11 bye week -- nm - Trending Oct 22, 14:15
My next movie outing should be A Real Pain with Kieran Culken and Jessie Eisenberg, I do believe. Nov. 19th. A bit of a haul to get to, but sure. -- nm - Qale Oct 22, 13:21 1
- I thought I’d go to Saturday Night, but that really isn’t theater important as a platforming Searchlight release that may be harder to find later. -- nm - Qale Oct 22, 13:27
my partner made the (difficult) hike up to the TWA Flight 260 crash site just now. said she wasn't prepared for how sad it would make her. - colin Oct 22, 12:59 5
- Sometimes it’s impossible to prepare oneself for that kind of emotion. It’s almost primal. -- nm - Qale Oct 22, 13:03 4
  - I had that reaction a couple years ago visiting the trade towers ground zero. It surprised me and I felt like I was prepared for it prior -- nm* - oblique Oct 22, 13:22 3
    - USS Arizona memorial (and really all of Pearl Harbor) is the same way. -- nm - Turd Ferguson Oct 22, 13:27
    - Like it’s been a long time. Long enough that it’s meme material for the generation that wasn’t yet born. But then you’re there and it’s like, oh. -- nm - Qale Oct 22, 13:25 1
      - I was glad my daughter was with me. She was born in 2002 and doesn't really have a frame of reference but appreciates it probably more so now seeing - oblique Oct 22, 13:34
All politics is local, they say. What does it say when there are neither Trump nor Harris signs at my early polling location? -- nm - Qale Oct 22, 12:58 1
- Plenty on the ballot too. - Qale Oct 22, 13:02
looks like I picked the wrong week to not start smoking juul -- (link) - mr mooch Oct 22, 12:49 1
- such a weird choice to ineffectively block out the phone number. Also, decline got only like 1/3 of that, wtf? -- nm - oblique Oct 22, 12:50
Is it the whole environment of nobody fails, participation trophies that led to 'mid' being derogatory? -- (edited) - JD Oct 22, 12:36 8
- A mid NBA player is still in the top tier of the game. As is most players in the top tiers of pro sports. -- nm - . Oct 22, 16:05
- "middling" is not a compliment. -- nm - Mop🧹 Oct 22, 13:30
- Mid is just a substitute for the word average which most typically consider demeaning. I keep saying that a C graded movie is not bad. It’s just…mid. -- nm - Qale Oct 22, 13:05
- "When I grow up I want to be middle management." -- (link) - Max Oct 22, 12:48 [youtube]
- Pretty sure "middling" has always been deployed denigratingly. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 22, 12:41 1
  - It's kind of the hedging bettor's dream ;-) -- nm - JD Oct 22, 12:45
- Just teenage angst/cockiness in another form. -- nm - Reagen Oct 22, 12:38 1
  - Yeah this—just a way to put a dig/insult on someone that someone else likes/thinks is cool/thinks is good looking -- nm - Trending Oct 22, 12:44
PFM: SlackerTalk don't pay my bills. The amount I'm paid to post here doesn't even begin to cover my monthly Faberge egg expenses - prayformojo Oct 22, 12:35 5
- Shouldn’t have negotiated your NIL deals through Florida and UNLV. -- nm - David Oct 22, 13:08
- That's odd - cause my ST pay covers all that and more. Maybe you're just doing it wrong. -- nm - Turd Ferguson Oct 22, 12:58
- I keep eating my Kinder egg collection -- nm - ty97 Oct 22, 12:54 1
  - Pooping out toys. -- nm - Qale Oct 22, 13:06
- the annual insurance on your Faberge egg collection has to be amazingly high :)))))))))))))) -- nm - Peglegpete Oct 22, 12:43
so LIR I don't know where it is. I thought a lot about it. my favorite horror franchise is Fear Street on Netflix. It is genius. -- nm - Pippy aka Desparada Oct 22, 12:31 3
- yeah, we really enjoy it and look forward to the next iteration of it -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Oct 22, 12:43
- Added to the list -- nm - JD Oct 22, 12:36
- I forgot about these, but yeah. It was unexpectedly terrific -- nm - prayformojo Oct 22, 12:36
Have you ever wanted to run a quaint, small-town bed and breakfast in a historic 19th century mansion? Now is your chance! -- (link) - znufrii Oct 22, 12:31 11
- tbh, we've seriously considered buying a small RV park.. would be lovely. -- nm - colin Oct 22, 12:46
- any Ghosts -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Oct 22, 12:43 7
  - Nah - they all got sucked off. -- nm - Turd Ferguson Oct 22, 13:27
  - yeah, that place has fucking ghosts 100% -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Oct 22, 12:45 5
    - Probably. -- nm - znufrii Oct 22, 12:49 2
      - I also get “Hallmark movie in real life” vibes every time I walk by. -- (edited) - znufrii Oct 22, 12:57 1
        
        The description says it was used in a Hallmark movie -- nm - oblique Oct 22, 13:20
    - any regular non-sexy Ghosts? -- nm - oblique Oct 22, 12:45 1
      - ew. boring. -- nm - Pippy aka Desparada Oct 22, 13:18
- they say timing is everything, but if I had just won the lottery yesterday, Id already be calling the broker on this listing. - Jovian Oct 22, 12:42
- that basement is massive -- nm - Pippy aka Desparada Oct 22, 12:33
zoom zoom -- nm - oblique Oct 22, 12:27

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