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Ah, that's how to phrase it: "Do not obey in advance" -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 25, 16:17 [mastodon]
The Floor spoils - Jovian Oct 25, 16:16
2025 Lincoln Navigator, base price $101,990. That's a lot of money for Not-A-Cadillac. -- (link) - Bayronmax Oct 25, 15:47 2
- Once drove a Caddy CTS/DTS rental from LA to Vegas. That ride was smoooth. -- nm - budice Oct 25, 16:05
- "The new base price is equally massive." Indeed. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Oct 25, 15:52
My letter to the Editor of the Post. - pmb Oct 25, 15:21 10
- Thank you for this. -- nm - Diva Oct 25, 16:25
- Well done. -- nm - loosilu Oct 25, 16:16
- May I crib this for my own LTE? - ReluctantCynic Oct 25, 15:58
- 👍👍 -- nm - mud Oct 25, 15:57
- Terrific -- nm - Trending Oct 25, 15:54
- "I haven't seen this kind of late-season management debacle in DC since the Commanders went 4-13 last last year." -- nm - Annie Agar Oct 25, 15:47
- Excellent. -- nm - mara Oct 25, 15:33
- Brief. To the point. Nice. -- nm - Mop🧹 Oct 25, 15:23
- "P.S. bwak bwak bwaaaaak" -- nm - Reagen Oct 25, 15:23
- really well said -- nm - prayformojo Oct 25, 15:22
World Series: NY Yankees vs LA Dodgers - WHO YOU GOT!!?? -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Oct 25, 15:07 11
- Dodgers -- nm - eag Oct 25, 15:46
- Yankees baby!! -- nm - Jovian Oct 25, 15:44
- Dem Bums. -- (link) - zunk takes things literally Oct 25, 15:42 [Backboard]
- Dodgers for Fernando. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Oct 25, 15:38
- Dodgers for Fernando. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 25, 15:35
- Go Yankees!!! -- nm - Krusty Oct 25, 15:20
- Ohtani! -- nm - mud Oct 25, 15:12
- I've felt the Dodgers are the best team the past two seasons. However, I was just telling Kim I expect the Yankees to win. - David Oct 25, 15:09
- Dodgers in 6 -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Oct 25, 15:08
- I’m scurrred about what Sotostantonjudge will do to our crummy pitching but also expect us to generally beat the hell outta their starters ourselves -- nm - mr mooch Oct 25, 15:08
- Yankees—I’m a rebel…but actually looking forward to this more than most previous WS—star studded -- nm* - Trending Oct 25, 15:08
Ch 11 Bankrupt - TGI Fridays -- (link) - budice Oct 25, 15:02 1
- Clearly, they just needed more flair. -- nm - Bayronmax Oct 25, 15:44
I’ve been debating my election night plans. - Dano Oct 25, 15:00 11
- Going to a movie etc honestly sounds really smart. I am not personally smart enough to do that, but I hope you are. -- nm - loosilu Oct 25, 16:17
- In 2016, we climbed a mountain and camped with no cell service for 2 days. It was really nice, might do again. -- nm - colin Oct 25, 15:44 1
  - Reminds me when my ex n I went camping for the weekend up Yosemite, had no idea of the huge Oakland hills fire that burned thousands of homes - zeitgeist Oct 25, 16:03
- I'm watching until I get sleepy. There's really no possibility of anything else, for me. -- nm - mara Oct 25, 15:35 3
  - Same. I expect things won't be resolved for several days again. And then the lawsuits. -- nm - pmb Oct 25, 15:49
  - I'm going to gamify it a little. I found a timeline of how the AP called each state last time, and I'm going to check to see which are earlier or later. -- (link*) - mara Oct 25, 15:42 1
    - And I'm going to use the Cook Political Report to try to keep track of key House and Senate races as results come in. - mara Oct 25, 15:43
- If I were emperor, reporting any precinct vote counts would be illegal until every vote was counted. - Max Oct 25, 15:11 1
  - I'm coming around to the annoyance of "it's a deadlocked election" - zero votes are counted, and it's not a football game. -- nm - Reagen Oct 25, 15:22
- As usual, doom scrolling st, fb, reddit and now mastodon -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 25, 15:09
- I'm keeping to my usual routine. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Oct 25, 15:02
LA Traffic is toast for all of tonight's activities -- (edited) - budice Oct 25, 14:55 [Attachment] 3
- Gilmour would be my choice. There's a game 2 tomorrow. -- nm - zunk takes things literally Oct 25, 15:56
- That’s cooler than this… -- (pic) - Trending Oct 25, 14:58 [Attachment] 1
  - No high level political fund raiser that would require the secret service to shut down parts of the freeway? -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 25, 15:02
So, who wins the election? Harris or Trump? What does your gut say? -- nm - Inigo Oct 25, 14:44 20
- Harris. Same reason my gut thought Biden would win. - loosilu Oct 25, 16:19
- If it isn't harris, it's bad bad bad news. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 25, 16:18 1
  - How many slackers can sleep on your couch? -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 25, 16:47
- Truly not sure what to think -- nm - ty97 Oct 25, 16:11
- My gut's been highly uncooperative this week so I wouldn't listen to anything it has to say. -- nm - Bayronmax Oct 25, 15:44
- My gut says "this is way too much pressure on me". Pretty much tied in knots. My brain says the polls are skewed towards Trump and Harris wins. My - pmb Oct 25, 15:42 1
  - Harris wins popular vote by 15 20 millions, red states pull certifying bullshit which muddied the electoral college either house or SCOTUS "annoints" -- nm - The first president for life Oct 25, 15:57
- My gut says Harris. -- nm - mara Oct 25, 15:38
- Harris by... 75 EV. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 25, 15:36
- Harris by 2020 + a little. -- nm - Reagen Oct 25, 15:16
- Harris by Obama 2012 margins -- nm - mr mooch Oct 25, 15:04
- My thoughts on the topic haven't changed much lately. -- (edited) - ReluctantCynic Oct 25, 15:02 2
  - FWIW, it's not a majority of 538 votes, it's a majority of the ones that are submitted. - Reagen Oct 25, 15:20 1
    - Well, yeah. As a matter of rules and practice. As far as I know, there is enough fodder for any number of Constitutional challenges. - ReluctantCynic Oct 25, 15:37
- "Man, I don't even have an opinion." -- nm - Marvin from Pulp Fiction Oct 25, 15:00 1
  - "What? How can you not..." -- nm - You know what the next bit it Oct 25, 15:16
- I think (hope 🤞) that it’s similar to what happened in Mexico—polls show neck-and-neck but result is big blowout by female candidate -- nm - Trending Oct 25, 14:52
- I think Harris, but unease is growing. -- nm - prayformojo Oct 25, 14:52 1
  - yeah my unease is off the scale. -- nm - mud Oct 25, 15:08
- My gut says I'm terrible at making predictions (see 2016) -- nm - znufrii Oct 25, 14:51
Star Trek: Jeri Taylor, creator and showrunner of Star Trek Voyager has passed -- (link) - Remlik Oct 25, 14:42
Oh and I see he called Anderson Cooper a gay slur today as well. God it is going to get so fucking bad here. -- nm - Jovian Oct 25, 14:39 1
- ugh -- (link) - mud Oct 25, 15:03
I've subscribed to the Post, either print or electronic, as far as I can remember, since we bought our first house (2008). I cancelled today. - prayformojo Oct 25, 14:27 7
- Bravo. -- nm - Diva Oct 25, 14:37
- On the page with their explanation, there's a space to write a letter to the editor. You can let them know there. -- nm - pmb Oct 25, 14:34 2
  - thank you -- nm - prayformojo Oct 25, 14:37 1
    - and done -- nm - prayformojo Oct 25, 14:44
- Good for you—👏 -- nm - Trending Oct 25, 14:31 1
  - George Conway cancelled his today as well for what it is worth. -- nm - Jovian Oct 25, 14:31
- heh: "We could know the details now of exactly how this WaPo endorsement fiasco played out behind the scenes, but Bob Woodward will save it for his - Jovian Oct 25, 14:29
Here's one for the White Collar reboot: Cheese Crimes! -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 25, 14:02
And to give credit when it is occasionally due, the NYT (this time) got it right with their editorial today. - pmb Oct 25, 14:01
Finally! Balatro black deck win over Violet Vessel! - Bayronmax Oct 25, 13:35 2
- Those are all words I understand but not in that order -- nm - oblique Oct 25, 13:39
- Nice! -- nm - znufrii Oct 25, 13:38
get their asses LA Times -- (link) - mr mooch Oct 25, 13:31 2
- Hey New Yorkers, that must have hurt real bad when the Dodgers left you, right? Well guess what, we are about to make it hurt even more. -- nm - con_carne Oct 25, 14:22
- oh that other newspaper that has shed all its credibility -- nm - Jovian Oct 25, 13:56
maybe this is how they actually planned to turn out all those Amish votes in Lancaster Co? -- (link) - mr mooch Oct 25, 13:07 15
- it's all nuns using a church as their address. -- nm - Peglegpete Oct 25, 14:07
- I'd put money on this being a MAGA idiot "testing the system" or otherwise making these fraudulent registrations. -- (link) - oblique Oct 25, 13:32 7
  - I wouldn’t even go that far. Occam’s Razor, it’s just a paid canvasser trying to grift a buck. -- nm - znufrii Oct 25, 15:10 1
    - This. -- nm - Mop🧹 Oct 25, 15:15
  - And they'll still use it as evidence of voter fraud and attempts to steal the election, even though they did it. -- nm - pmb Oct 25, 13:34 4
    - If/when it gets tied to Elon's $1M giveaway...oh boy -- nm - oblique Oct 25, 13:35 3
      - I mean there is definitely a reason why this Bond Villain told Carlson that he is "f**ked" if Kamala wins. -- nm - Jovian Oct 25, 13:59 2
        
        He's too entangled in national security. I wonder, if he's arrested, if there is a Deadman switch that would??? - zeitgeist Oct 25, 14:07 1
        
        If Kamala wins, the DoJ is going to be on his ass like flies on sh**. -- nm - Jovian Oct 25, 14:10
- wasn’t this the clown the Telegraph was just fellating a few days ago? -- (link) - mr mooch Oct 25, 13:13
- Something I never really thought about but do Amish Americans vote? We have Hutterite colonies up here and they are a not insignificant bloc in... - Name Withheld By Request Oct 25, 13:13 4
  - 80,000 in central PA -- nm - decline Oct 25, 14:10 1
    - I think that is the amount of people he said attended his McDonalds visit. - Jovian Oct 25, 14:43
  - typically in very small numbers, apparently. -- nm - Reagen Oct 25, 13:14
  - not typically -- nm - mr mooch Oct 25, 13:14
Plus, why should it be acceptable journalism to endorse a Senate candidate but not a Presidential candidate? I mean, what’s the actual reasoning? -- nm - mara Oct 25, 12:44 14
- We are all in trouble if - Strongbad Oct 25, 12:51 12
  - It truly is mind boggling that this is both where we are and that powerful people and institutions are more inclined to get in line than fight back. - pmb Oct 25, 12:58 8
    - Like if Bezos can't fight back, who can? -- nm - Dano Oct 25, 13:52 5
      - I don't think he wants to. I think he's pro-Trump. -- nm - mara Oct 25, 14:04 3
        
        I think he's pro-being-a-billionaire. -- nm - znufrii Oct 25, 14:24 1
        
        Yep. Just keep his stuff and move on. -- nm - pmb Oct 25, 14:35
        
        Yep. He has had a million opportunities to do or say anything. -- nm - Jovian Oct 25, 14:20
      - He doesn't want to fight back, because the initial phases of fascism are alluring to him and his ilk. - Beryllium Oct 25, 14:03
    - If only sitting Presidents were completely immune from taking whatever actions they feel are necessary to preserve our union. - Jovian Oct 25, 13:12
    - and which they appear to be doing based on the poll version of sniffing their own farts. -- nm - Reagen Oct 25, 13:01
  - We also had that quote from the WSJ reporter of "I don't want to be the truth nanny" - THAT'S YOUR ONE FUCKING JOB -- nm - Reagen Oct 25, 12:53 1
    - Correct. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 25, 12:54
  - yep and it was all good until we elected our first fascist. - Jovian Oct 25, 12:52
- the reasoning is Fear -- nm - Jovian Oct 25, 12:49
Sitwap: Phil Lesh of the grateful dead has passed -- nm - Remlik Oct 25, 12:42 6
- OMG. -- nm - zunk takes things literally Oct 25, 13:10
- :-[ -- nm - mud Oct 25, 13:03
- Damn—that sucks. End of an era—my wife will be devastated too -- nm - Trending Oct 25, 12:46
- Mother F - Jovian Oct 25, 12:45
- NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -- nm - Peglegpete Oct 25, 12:43 1
  - sorry sir. -- nm - Remlik Oct 25, 12:54
What do you think they'll call America's Kristallnacht in the history books? -- nm - Jovian Oct 25, 12:31 3
- The United Patriots Purge -- nm - Trending Oct 25, 12:34 2
  - Tr(i)umpf of the Swill -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 25, 15:06
  - Nope—wait—I’m going to change—too much there—I’ll say, “Americans for America” or “AAmerica” for short -- nm - Trending Oct 25, 12:43
I very much read this wrong and was about to take up arms to defend ice cream -- (pic) - oblique Oct 25, 12:24 [Attachment] 12
- Ice cream is overrated. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 25, 12:53
- Jungle gyms are disappearing at an alarming rate. -- nm - Max Oct 25, 12:26 9
  - When's the last time you saw a phone booth? Won't someone please think of Superman?! -- nm - David Oct 25, 12:40 2
    - He can use the public urinal stalls like a normal person -- nm - Beryllium Oct 25, 12:41 1
      - Superman has to die, so that we can ALL fly -- nm - Trending Oct 25, 12:43
  - Seesaws have been hunted nearly to extinction -- nm - Beryllium Oct 25, 12:39 5
    - merry-go-rounds, those metal turn tables with bars to hold on to, sure vomit comets -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 25, 12:48 3
      - I've seen some recently that are perfectly flush with the surrounding soft padded ground - so wheelchair users can use them. It's a neat accommodation -- nm - Beryllium Oct 25, 12:53 2
        
        TBF, I haven't been to playground in decades, it would seem...suspicious -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 25, 12:56 1
        
        Fair, yeah. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 25, 13:11
    - 😭 -- nm - Trending Oct 25, 12:40
- Just wait until Big Montessori hears about this -- nm - Trending Oct 25, 12:26
American Hitler at it again -- (edited) - Jovian Oct 25, 12:21 [Attachment] 9
- This reminds me of Baghdad Bob. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 25, 12:57 1
  - Yeah....except we laughed at Bob...we're not laughing -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 25, 14:02
- I hate skullduggery -- nm - decline Oct 25, 12:30 1
  - Admiral Winston Skulduggery would be so ashamed if he knew his actions in the Middle Ages would eventually lead to this -- nm - Trending Oct 25, 12:32
- Bezos afraid that the U.S. will cancel Amazon’s government contracts, if Trump wins (and WP endorses Kamala)—Trump’s “revenge” talking points hitting -- nm - Trending Oct 25, 12:25 1
  - He's been yammering about how Bezos is taking advantage of the USPS when that's the main thing that saved the postal system - zeitgeist Oct 25, 12:53
- We had a clean new board... -- nm - David Oct 25, 12:23 2
  - yep and you stole my ****ing first - Jovian Oct 25, 12:23 1
    - Saved you from yourself. -- nm - David Oct 25, 12:29
In omnia paratus! -- nm - David Oct 25, 12:20

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