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“A WaPo endorsement for president had been written and was ready to publish before Jeff Bezos decided the paper would not endorse.” -- nm - Trending Oct 25, 12:19 1
- Mara's right about the whole thing. -- nm - David Oct 25, 12:20
Taylor Swift-Themed Cruise Returns to Miami After Search for Missing Passenger Who Fell Overboard Was Suspended -- (link) - budice Oct 25, 12:03
There goes all the Rookie of the Year bets... - David Oct 25, 11:58 1
- Well…hold on…if anyone can manipulate the media/awards voters it’s Lebron James—only like 50 people voting on these—easy to trade access 4 votes -- nm - Trending Oct 25, 12:01
Help me reconcile some thoughts on newspaper endorsements. - Beryllium Oct 25, 11:39 16
- They already have an op/ed page. Maybe they should discontinue that too. -- nm - mara Oct 25, 11:59 2
  - I think that's where my confusion came from - that it was the advice columnists doing the endorsing, not the reporters. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 25, 12:09 1
    - Now I’m confused, but maybe I’m just unaware of who’s doing the reporting and who’s doing the editorializing. -- nm - mara Oct 25, 12:15
- Newspaper endorsements are an informed relay/public service of what the “political math” adds up to—by choosing not to, you’re saying it’s a zero - Trending Oct 25, 11:50
- I'd be happy if papers didn't endorse anyone and instead endorsed voter turnout. -- nm - Max Oct 25, 11:48
- The 'hot water' is because owners seems to be using a heavy hand to block what the editorial staff would otherwise do. That's scary. - ty97 Oct 25, 11:46 8
  - Related, Dwayne Johnson's wiki page says he stopped endorsing because of reaction. - Max Oct 25, 11:56
  - Add on to that: If these owners have a philosophical problem with endorsements (similar to you) then why wasn't this change made previously. -- (edited) - ty97 Oct 25, 11:47 6
    - The owners don't have a philosophical stumbling block, they are billionaires with financial reasons to block it -- nm - Beryllium Oct 25, 11:50 1
      - *Jack Nicholson nodding gif* -- nm - Trending Oct 25, 11:56
    - FINALLY: LAT and WaPo owners/managers not allowing the editor to endorse two weeks before the election is *in itself* an endorsement...of Trump -- nm - ty97 Oct 25, 11:49 3
      - Yes. If they made that decision after the last election and explained their reasoning, ok (though I would still disagree in something as - pmb Oct 25, 12:08
      - Yes, it clearly is. It's in proactive service of what Trump would want (without nakedly committing to it) -- nm - Beryllium Oct 25, 11:51 1
        
        And thus why the papers are in hot water. How can you trust either LAT or WaPo now? -- nm - ty97 Oct 25, 11:52
- Newspapers have two arms: the news staff and the editor/opinion staff. The two don't mix. It's the latter that issues endorsements. -- nm - ty97 Oct 25, 11:45 1
  - well... it was that. I wouldn't say the divide is so clear with thin staffs these days. -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Oct 25, 11:49
I was today years old when I found out William Tell was Swiss. -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Oct 25, 11:37 1
- So am I! Distantly. Found out by tracking back my family name. - Bayronmax Oct 25, 11:51
I feel Sir Peter Cartwheel never really got the credit he deserved -- nm - Trending Oct 25, 11:32
Decisions Decisions. I'm have vacation booked on Christmas Eve and between Christmas and New Year. I have one unplanned vacation day left. - ty97 Oct 25, 11:21 1
- Both half days—two brutally slow days to work a full day on -- nm - Trending Oct 25, 11:33
“Black Insurrectionist”…best known for his widely believed MAGA 2024 conspiracy theories…is not actuallly black and has a very sketchy past -- (link) - Trending Oct 25, 11:20 2
- I love that this is confirmed by someone named "Albano". -- nm - Reagen Oct 25, 11:25 1
  - Captain Lou! -- nm - Volnelk Oct 25, 11:31
Heh. New album release. 23 songs, total runtime 38:47 -- nm - Dano Oct 25, 11:17 1
- I thought the Ramones were all dead. -- nm - mud Oct 25, 11:50
Lily Allen Says She Earns More Money from Feet Pics on OnlyFans Than Spotify -- (link) - decline Oct 25, 10:55 6
- Direct link to Consequence. -- (link) - Qale Oct 25, 11:53
- Music laws/music legislation is set up to reward the song writers more than artist performing so if you write your own songs and own the music… - Trending Oct 25, 11:03 3
  - people pay lots of money to look at pictures of her feet -- nm - decline Oct 25, 11:24 2
    - Yep—she owns the feet 👣 so she gets the $$$ -- nm - Trending Oct 25, 11:31
    - Freaky people. -- nm - Reagen Oct 25, 11:25
- Good for her. Feet are gross. -- nm - Krusty Oct 25, 10:59
I've had my phone on Do Not Disturb for several days. It's very freeing. - Bayronmax Oct 25, 10:54
Woo, chilly Philly -- (link) - ty97 Oct 25, 10:52
Lost Silk Road cities discovered in Uzbek mountains....(link) -- (link) - Walt_Disney Oct 25, 10:47
Freedom Causus leader says North Carolina's electors should be given to Trump because of hurricane disenfranchisement. -- (link*) - Inigo Oct 25, 10:39 5
- They really hate democracy -- nm - Krusty Oct 25, 10:41 4
  - They are all scared of Trump…and their only path to succeed, within the party, is blind allegiance and relentless suck-up ism— -- nm - Trending Oct 25, 10:51 1
    - Andy Harris is a chickenshit pissy for anything extreme. It’s not Trump in his case, he’s just gutless. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 25, 11:10
  - They're fine with democracy going away for Democrats. -- nm - Inigo Oct 25, 10:44 1
    - ie Fascism -- nm - Jovian Oct 25, 10:52
Saoirse: ‘Please Don’t Be on the Fence’ -- (edited) - mud Oct 25, 10:38
Crash & RC. the new Grand Designs. The people caught a lot of shit from viewers after it aired for being such a stupid expensive folly. -- (link) - Peglegpete Oct 25, 10:35 [youtube] 1
- I just finished watching and thought it was a wonderful heartwarming personal build and the UK viewers were way too harsh in their thoughts. -- nm - Peglegpete Oct 25, 11:20
Blue Streak might get a sequel. Next they should do one for Nothing to Lose. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 25, 10:16 7
- "You must be really fast" gave me one of the biggest laughs ever from a movie. -- (link) - David Oct 25, 10:58 [youtube]
- That latest Bad Boys was pretty good (for a popcorn flick) but I think it benefited from a cool directing style and not so much Lawrence - Trending Oct 25, 10:20 4
  - I saw too much of Lawrence for my liking -- nm - Roger More Oct 25, 10:28 1
    - Also, the shift of the Bad Boys franchise into the supernatural is unexpected. (I hope they fight Miami vampires in the next one) -- nm - Roger More Oct 25, 10:29
  - He's never really been a multidimensional actor... but if the writers work with it just the right way, entertainment can be found. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 25, 10:21 1
    - He was Kevin Hart, before Kevin Hart…agree can mine it and do a decent job on a small budget. Hollywood is just so funny—always riding the “hot” hand -- nm - Trending Oct 25, 10:26
- They should do one for Life. Life is arb! -- nm - Dano Oct 25, 10:17
President Biden to apologize for 150-year Indian boarding school policy -- (link) - Remlik Oct 25, 09:55 2
- He's very sorry he voted for it. -- nm - Bayronmax Oct 25, 10:10 1
  - I hate that I laughed at this. -- nm - sycor Oct 25, 10:13
Jovian News Network: Charlamagne tha God Slams CNN for "Bullsh**" Trump Coverage: “Nobody’s Had an Honest Conversation About Donald Trump Since 2016” -- (link) - con_carne Oct 25, 09:54 5
- These shows aren’t set up for the amount of bad faith/lying from one side—they are reporters and not interrogators.Lead but can’t parlay with the scum -- nm - Trending Oct 25, 10:08 3
  - there are many lying MAGAholes they could just not book on a nightly basis - mr mooch Oct 25, 10:11 1
    - Yep—100%aabut then they can’t claim to be “fair and balanced”…network already tanking because of implied biases -- nm - Trending Oct 25, 12:03
  - It's been nearly a decade, they've had ALL the time to adapt -- nm - ty97 Oct 25, 10:10
- lol yep he shook Cooper and it was great. - Jovian Oct 25, 10:05
Commanders QB Jayden Daniels did practice today, GTD -- nm* - budice Oct 25, 09:34 5
- Dan Quinn just said he did—they were hiding the QBs in the practice bubble—🤷‍♂️ -- (link*) - Trending Oct 25, 09:37 [Attachment] 1
  - Bring it on! -- nm - #5 Defense Oct 25, 10:13
- Panthers WR Diontae Johnson is out -- nm - budice Oct 25, 09:36 2
  - Imagine the poor Panthers #1 WR with Bryce Young as your QB and Patrick Surtain III on you. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 25, 12:47
  - he gettin' traded -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Oct 25, 11:14
Bezos’ ex-Murdoch flunky strikes again -- (link) - mr mooch Oct 25, 09:22 19
- Hopefully the Streisand Effect will do its thing here. -- nm - mara Oct 25, 11:15
- People proactively predicting the wants of fascists & acquiescing before being asked ... is how fascists come to power. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 25, 10:45
- Because he's scared of Trump. What the fuck is even the point of being a billionaire then?!?! -- nm - Reagen Oct 25, 10:34 5
  - Isn’t the point of being a billionaire to stay one? -- (edited) - znufrii Oct 25, 10:34 1
    - To do and say whatever the fuck you want. -- nm - Reagen Oct 25, 10:38
  - Democracy Dies In Broad Daylight -- nm - mr mooch Oct 25, 10:34 2
    - As someone wisely pointed out, they've announced they can't been trusted to cover a second Trump term. -- nm - Reagen Oct 25, 10:38
    - (there will always be another thing to avoid doing to piss off the fascist anyway) -- nm - mr mooch Oct 25, 10:36
- cowardly -- nm* - Andie Oct 25, 10:09
- pathetic -- nm - mud Oct 25, 09:41 8
  - see below. They see the writing on the wall and they are covering their bases is my guess. - Jovian Oct 25, 09:47 7
    - It doesn't mean they see the writing on the wall, but it does seem like they are trying to protect themselves from retribution, which is pathetic for - pmb Oct 25, 09:50 6
      - Well that is what I mean, they're *very* worried about retribution. Which tells me they think the odds are in his favor. -- nm - Jovian Oct 25, 10:01 4
        
        Nobody knows the odds at this point. It's potentially at least close and they're covering their asses. -- nm - pmb Oct 25, 10:03 2
        
        And even if the odds were known, the impacts of a Trump victory balance them out. - Roger More Oct 25, 10:22
        
        The sad thing regardless is the Washington Post will be one of the first to go. -- nm - Jovian Oct 25, 10:06
        
        yeah (or 50/50) -- nm - mud Oct 25, 10:03
      - Totally agree. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Oct 25, 09:51
- people get real nervous and scared that is going to be the Fourth Reich here after all. -- nm - Jovian Oct 25, 09:34
It’s Juan Soto’s Birthday today….GM1 of the WS…won’t be as easy for the Dodgers as people thinking it’ll be. Seeing lots of LA in 5 or Sweep calls -- nm - Trending Oct 25, 09:20 2
- Fernando's birthday is Nov. 1, Game 6. -- nm - jnine Oct 25, 10:10
- You should look other places. I'm mostly seeing people say it'll go 7 games. -- nm - Krusty Oct 25, 10:09
Yesterday: FUCK! Windows PE? I have no fucking idea what I'm doing. Today: ROAAAARR!!! I AM THE GOD OF WINDOWS! - Mop🧹 Oct 25, 08:59 2
- *twitch* - oblique Oct 25, 09:10
- As the guy who made the Windows images for my company for 10 years, I got this reference. - Inigo Oct 25, 09:09
I apologize for not remembering her handle here but we know this person - oblique Oct 25, 08:52 [tiktok] 8
- Granted that "The List" is not comprehensive, but that name is not on it. -- nm - Mop🧹 Oct 25, 09:00 7
  - more - Andie Oct 25, 09:04 6
    - I think she became a realtor or was one. -- nm - Walt_Disney Oct 25, 10:40
    - I want to say it was like Beth445. -- nm - David Oct 25, 09:18 1
      - That sounds right -- nm* - ty97 Oct 25, 09:22
    - I also remember a “Beth” type handle … TT days? -- nm - Trending Oct 25, 09:06 1
      - pretty sure, yeah. -- nm - Andie Oct 25, 09:07
    - She’s in Facebook our group -- nm* - oblique Oct 25, 09:05
‘Alien: Romulus’ Sequel coming (maybe titled 'Alien: Yvaga'?) -- (link) - mud Oct 25, 08:46 2
- No, we won't give you a good Alien vs Predator movie, but what about MOAR Alien and Predator movies? And a series? -- nm - Mop🧹 Oct 25, 08:50 1
  - yes, please -- nm - mud Oct 25, 08:52
I told my therapist I’m scared of living in a tall building…she said it’s only an apartment complex -- nm - Trending Oct 25, 08:33
Ask Google who invented backflips. -- (link) - mara Oct 25, 08:11 7
- Flip Wilson? -- nm* - . Oct 25, 10:17
- What're you guys talking about? -- nm - Earl of Sandwich Oct 25, 09:31 1
  - Tell me about it. -- nm - Otto Titsling Oct 25, 09:32
- Ah, it’s from Quora. Also referenced in the Urban Dictionary. -- nm - mara Oct 25, 09:09
- “Walter Liesner: Set the Guinness World Record for the oldest person to perform a backflip at the age of 94 years and 268 days in 2007”—👀 -- nm - Trending Oct 25, 08:59 1
  - cripes, how many attempted at 93 and didn't make it to 94? -- nm - Max Oct 25, 10:08
- Do a barrel roll. -- nm - Bayronmax Oct 25, 08:29
Monkey bread is very sweet and I can't see pepperoni being a good addition. -- nm - Krusty Oct 25, 08:04 1
- I'm now thinking that monkey bread with pickled jalapenos might be tasty as well. - ReluctantCynic Oct 25, 09:50
Demi Moore and Hugh Grant, neither has ever received an Oscar nomination. -- nm - budice Oct 25, 08:01 12
- Me neither. -- nm - con_carne Oct 25, 08:16
- Probably way down the list of never-nominated actors that deserve one though. -- nm - Roger More Oct 25, 08:13 10
  - If you had to choose between who had the better, overall career/body of work…Meg Ryan or Demi Moore? -- nm - Trending Oct 25, 08:18 9
    - Demi. Ghost was a huge hit and she was part of some Oscar stuff like Few Good Men that I don’t think Meg can compare to. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 25, 09:03 4
      - agreed. -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Oct 25, 11:15
      - Yeah that with GI Jane and Demi went through an "I am an actore" period. I don't know that Meg ever did, maybe she was typecast. -- nm - con_carne Oct 25, 09:08 2
        
        The Doors, Courage Under Fire, In The Cut. She definitely leaned more into what made her commercially successful -- nm - Roger More Oct 25, 09:17 1
        
        Ah. Didn't like her in that/haven't seen/haven't seen. -- nm - con_carne Oct 25, 09:49
    - Demi's is more interesting. Other than Sally, I couldn't think of a single memorable Ryan role. nm - Dignan Oct 25, 08:33 2
      - Goose's wife -- nm - JD Oct 25, 09:18
      - Joe vs the Volcano? -- nm - Reagen Oct 25, 08:48
    - Meg -- nm - Andie Oct 25, 08:19
Speaking of food, just booked here for J’s birthday dinner next month. -- (link) - znufrii Oct 25, 08:00
I didn't take the PHL short connection. I'm connecting in Charlotte instead. Where to get lunch at the Charlotte airport? - ty97 Oct 25, 07:59 8
- Somewhere that serves Cheerwine. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 25, 09:00
- The BBQ place in the main food court. -- nm - JaxSean Oct 25, 08:29
- Brookwood Farms Carolina BBQ -- nm - Roger More Oct 25, 08:10
- aren't you like super-elite and can get into all the lounges? -- nm - oblique Oct 25, 08:01 4
  - Have you *been* to the Admirals Club? It's not exactly a meal. -- nm - ty97 Oct 25, 08:41 3
    - I've only done the United clubs (mostly breakfast and it's been very good) and then I think we paid to get into one in Jacksonville during a long - oblique Oct 25, 08:45 2
      - I can get into the Admirals Club due to my British Airways status, and I have Priority Pass through my CSR Visa. - ty97 Oct 25, 08:51 1
        
        How long are you there? I'd totally go over to E to play games for an hour :) -- nm - oblique Oct 25, 08:55
Little Shrew (Snowflake) - Written and directed by Kate Bush -- (link) - mud Oct 25, 07:57 [youtube]
Waterfalls *are* nice -- nm - ty97 Oct 25, 07:56 3
- I'm used to rivers and lakes. -- nm - Reagen Oct 25, 07:56 2
  - 👍 -- nm - JD Oct 25, 07:58
  - I'm gonna chase you off this board. -- nm - ty97 Oct 25, 07:57

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