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Handmaid's tale and 1984 top Amazon's best sellers list today -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 8, 12:38 1
- no doubt -- nm - mud Nov 8, 12:39
haven’t we suffered enough this week -- (link) - mr mooch Nov 8, 12:30 1
- yesssss! as it was foretold. the movie to save us all... -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 8, 12:31
Matt Berry's Movember Hockey Night In Canada Intro -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Nov 8, 12:27 [youtube]
Amsterdam bans protests after anti-Semitic squads attack Israeli soccer fans -- (link) - oblique Nov 8, 12:00 1
- and in Chicago at Depaul -- (link) - oblique Nov 8, 12:03
So with Newsome being termed out in 2 years Kamala could run for Govenor of Calif which she would win. -- (edited) - eag Nov 8, 11:51 12
- Senate (wasn't she already before the VP pick?) would suit her more. -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 8, 12:27 4
  - She won't go back to the Senate. Especially since she'd have to primary Adam Schiff now. -- nm - Turd Ferguson Nov 8, 12:29 3
    - Alex Padilla’s a nonentity in his seat but yeah nothing really to be gained by going back -- nm - mr mooch Nov 8, 12:31
    - Her old seat is held by Padilla who isn't up for re-election until '28, but I agree with you. -- nm* - Bayronmax Nov 8, 12:31 1
      - Whoopsie - that's right. Schiffty Schiff took Feinstein's seat. I still say she won't go back to the Senate though. -- nm - Turd Ferguson Nov 8, 12:33
- Nixon but without getting your butt kicked -- nm - Reagen Nov 8, 12:17 1
  - Glad I'm not the only nerd who though of Nixon in '62. - Bayronmax Nov 8, 12:29
- I like it -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Nov 8, 12:17
- I don't hate the idea. -- nm - amanda Nov 8, 12:02
- If she wants it, I agree. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 8, 12:00
- Entirely possible -- nm - budice Nov 8, 11:55
- sure, she'd be fine -- nm - mr mooch Nov 8, 11:53
i feel like this is something an ster would name. Some created a company to sell engraving machines, and they called themselves - tRuMaN Nov 8, 11:43 1
- Smaller Smarter Stronger -- nm - JD Nov 8, 11:51
Can’t wait for retailers to break out a Trump Tarriff line item on receipts, like they did for Obamacare -- nm - znufrii Nov 8, 11:28 1
- oh that's so funny -- nm - amanda Nov 8, 12:02
Top Gear brings the funny. -- (link) - ReluctantCynic Nov 8, 11:25
Well that's a first. On a webinar for work. Presenter just slipped in the word "jackass" and just went right on speaking. - Strongbad Nov 8, 11:18 12
- L3. Presenter dude just described election as "the dumbest economic idea of the 1930's" vs "the dumbest economic idea of the 1970's" -- nm - Strongbad Nov 8, 11:47 3
  - 1930s is obviously tariffs, but 1970s is...? (The dumbest I can think of is Nixon's price controls, but Harris' anti-price gouging policy - Roger More Nov 8, 11:53 2
    - WIN (whip inflation now) -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 8, 12:07
    - Yes, price control -- nm - Strongbad Nov 8, 11:55
- I had dinner with our Florida attorney who has put a line from My Cousin Vinny into every trial he is in. - Epiphany Nov 8, 11:43
- God Pave America? -- nm - Reagen Nov 8, 11:36 5
  - There was actually some stupid town in California - Strongbad Nov 8, 11:39 3
    - nmbl -- (link) - Strongbad Nov 8, 11:52
    - "I classify my car as a weapon so it's against my second amendment rights to have speed limits" - Reagen Nov 8, 11:41 1
      - This arrest for DUI violates my first amendment right of freedom of expression -- nm - firesign theatre Nov 8, 12:26
  - L5 -- nm - znufrii Nov 8, 11:36
- Wow. Congrats to Nashville. Half cent sales tax for public transit and sidewalks passed 65/35. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 8, 11:24
There's a kid walking around school wearing a sweatshirt that in huge letters says "LEAKY BUT WHOLE". I didn't even say anything. It's brilliant. -- nm - Volnelk Nov 8, 11:06 1
- The sequel to the South Park RPG Stick of Truth was called The Fractured But Whole. -- nm - Tim Nov 8, 11:16
"Macaulay Culkin has joined the Season 2 cast of Fallout" - David Nov 8, 11:05 3
- At first I was like ... hmm. But then I was like ... yeah, that could really work. - Beryllium Nov 8, 11:12
- very cool. -- nm - mud Nov 8, 11:07
- I hope they do some easter egg type thing with him heating up a doorknob or hitting someone with a paint can -- nm - oblique Nov 8, 11:07
Here's a depiction of the amount of effort it can take to verify the accuracy of a common factoid -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 8, 11:05 [youtube] 1
- David Suzuki shout out! -- nm - Mop🧹 Nov 8, 11:25
FDA: Phenylephrine is sh*t. Stop using it. You might as well shove an M&M up your nose. -- (link) - Bayronmax Nov 8, 10:58 6
- Though if you're taking Phenylephrine nasally, you've got other issues -- nm - JD Nov 8, 11:11 5
  - What about *motions behind* -- nm - oblique Nov 8, 11:13 4
    - Phenylephrine still approved for that. -- nm - Bayronmax Nov 8, 11:34
    - I don't think an M&M would do much in that regard. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 8, 11:16 2
      - is this like how you've "heard" about strip club dinners are bad too? -- nm - oblique Nov 8, 11:17 1
        
        Uhm - ReluctantCynic Nov 8, 11:18
"UF basketball coach accused of sexual harassment and stalking" - David Nov 8, 10:43 3
- Oh, this is messed up. -- (link) - David Nov 8, 10:49 2
  - (I really hope they beat FSU by 50) -- nm - Strongbad Nov 8, 11:30
  - Wow. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 8, 11:29
LIR mud's post. So basically the Latino thing comes down to no one (not just Latinos) not understanding economics and cause and effect. And the Dems - sycor Nov 8, 10:42 38
- There's also this chart -- (link) - Reagen Nov 8, 10:47 [BS] 36
  - what i think the issue is, is that people think lower inflation means prices go down. - tRuMaN Nov 8, 12:30 4
    - True, although lots of prices (particularly grocery related) did, because the majority of the inflation was caused by supply chain and other - pmb Nov 8, 12:40
    - And are locked into an information fortress that has no incentive to correct them. -- nm - znufrii Nov 8, 12:38 1
      - yup -- nm - Epiphany Nov 8, 12:39
    - This is 10000% the case. -- nm - Turd Ferguson Nov 8, 12:34
  - I have that poster blocked. Or they have blocked me. Heh. -- nm* - Qale Nov 8, 11:56
  - This, among everything else, is now the problem. - Mel Profit Nov 8, 10:48 29
    - You do not come back from it. -- nm - Jovian Nov 8, 12:08 1
      - a WWIII, a second Revolution, or a second Civil War - Jovian Nov 8, 12:11
    - This, to me, is the singular biggest problem (really for almost everything). -- nm - pmb Nov 8, 10:52 4
      - And in defense of our less intellectually stimulated citizens, our adversaries made it worse. When do we start effing with them? - Mel Profit Nov 8, 11:08 3
        
        I'm not at all convinced that we aren't. I just think their controls are so much tighter than ours, it's less effective. -- nm - pmb Nov 8, 11:12 2
        
        very likely and not something that gets talked about. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 8, 11:16
        
        "National Security" carveout for Sec 230 immunity -- nm - mr mooch Nov 8, 11:16
    - Like is the stock market performing well necessarily good for everyone? Not always. But it's an objective fucking fact that it's higher than ever. -- nm - Reagen Nov 8, 10:50 21
      - What we're up against...2018, stock market was all time high - hail Trump!!! 2024, stock market at a new all time high - the economy is terrible!! - Turd Ferguson Nov 8, 11:27 17
        
        I feel like the state of the stock market doesn’t figure a lot in the lives of many in rural America. They more than likely see more readily the price - Loyola Nov 8, 11:39 12
        
        That is absolutely true. Which is why it was maddening to see those same people suck Trump's tiny little mushroom dick - Turd Ferguson Nov 8, 11:42 4
        
        (he does have a tiny penis, right? like gonzo sized? I know this is not super relevant.) -- nm - amanda Nov 8, 12:10 2
        
        It was described as mushroom like by someone (Daniels?) -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 8, 12:17 1
        
        Yeah - Stormy -- nm - Turd Ferguson Nov 8, 12:29
        
        I think there’s those who will always vote with one party. And then there’s those who will vote for whoever they think can effect the most change to - Loyola Nov 8, 11:51
        
        That's the point... - Mel Profit Nov 8, 11:41 6
        
        Wage growth was higher than the inflation rate. Job growth was unprecedented. Managed to bring down inflation without a recession. Even the WSJ wrote - pmb Nov 8, 12:27
        
        But the fuck of it is... the lower quartile had its best improvement since FDR. -- nm - Reagen Nov 8, 11:45 4
        
        I just can't. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 8, 11:57
        
        I have to imagine many feel behind the 8 ball so to speak. What good is beating inflation a little bit when you've been behind for so long? -- (pic) - oblique Nov 8, 11:57 [Attachment] 2
        
        I wonder where the money went...? -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 8, 11:58 1
        
        Biden/Harris took it so they could give kids sex change operations in school. Duh! -- nm - Turd Ferguson Nov 8, 11:59
        
        And yet *we’re* the ones accused of living in a bubble. -- (edited) - znufrii Nov 8, 11:30
        
        but this has been the information environment since Obama's administration. it's Dems' job as a party to deal with that in their messaging and comms - mr mooch Nov 8, 11:29 2
        
        Which doesn't answer my question - how do you combat that? -- nm - Turd Ferguson Nov 8, 11:30 1
        
        I saw someone say that Kamala's war chest would be better spent on a liberal Fox News station. -- nm - Reagen Nov 8, 11:38
      - The Stock Market is spicy. It's also purple. And it has kitties. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 8, 11:01 2
        
        kitties?! -- nm - mud Nov 8, 11:28 1
        
        Yes. And they eat carbon dioxide. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 8, 11:33
- I think it's more taking credit for all they accomplished (and sure placing blame on Trump where appropriate and necessary). But the need to reflect - pmb Nov 8, 10:45
follow-up on dawson’s post (some “Latinos” did understand the assignment more than others) -- (link) - mr mooch Nov 8, 10:24 1
- wtf, white women? I cannot. -- nm - loosilu Nov 8, 10:30
Just saw a kid wearing a shirt saying "Jesus is my anchor" and what I thought was - Reagen Nov 8, 10:20
paying for trillions in tax cuts with tariffs. what could go wrong -- (link) - mr mooch Nov 8, 10:18 2
- I need a new 50" TV during holiday shopping season, speaking of. I also am going to buy a new cell phone on black friday for insulation. -- nm - amanda Nov 8, 10:19 1
  - Yup, any big purchases should be done before he gets to enact this nonsense. -- nm - Inigo Nov 8, 10:29
I’ve been driving for 5 hours and just stopped. My knee almost gave out from the strain of a new position. - Will Hunting Nov 8, 10:05 10
- Cruise control is helpful for long drives -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 8, 10:11 9
  - WHat's it useful for? I hate it so much I never figured out the pros. - loosilu Nov 8, 10:21 7
    - Cruise control keeps me from speeding too much. also saves gas, the main reason car makers made it standard. but you see how weird other drivers are - zeitgeist Nov 8, 12:43
    - I found even attempting to use cruise control driving anywhere within 150 miles of DC was useless -- if not dangerous. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 8, 11:29 1
      - agreed. our weekend in Maryland/DC was very frustrating. people drive slow, or the speed limit, in the wrong lane - Epiphany Nov 8, 11:47
    - I love it for driving I-70 across Missourah. I also love that I can adjust the speed up and down from buttons on the steering wheel. -- nm - Bayronmax Nov 8, 11:24
    - I use it with lane keeping and auto-follow, and the car basically drives itself. -- nm - znufrii Nov 8, 10:26 2
      - I have to google these. -- nm - loosilu Nov 8, 10:27 1
        
        These are newer car features that keep your car an appropriate distance from the one in front (so it automatically slows if necessary) - pmb Nov 8, 10:47
  - not me, I hate it. -- nm - loosilu Nov 8, 10:14
all the papers and investment banks predicting a recession for the past four years have a chance to do the funniest thing ever in January -- (link) - mr mooch Nov 8, 09:54 16
- I'm half tempted to urge the Democrats to just get out of the way. - Mel Profit Nov 8, 09:58 15
  - I'm tempted to urge the Democrats to just walk out of each chamber in protest. - ReluctantCynic Nov 8, 11:27
  - they'll pull Dem votes from NJ/NY just to reinstate the SALT cap, alas -- nm - mr mooch Nov 8, 11:25
  - I'm way past half tempted. -- nm - Turd Ferguson Nov 8, 11:22
  - Just let it all burn. Some people will need to feel the pain before they learn. -- nm - Mop🧹 Nov 8, 10:34
  - I don't think the Democrats can stop them from passing a budget or from Trump issuing 20% tariffs on all imports. - Inigo Nov 8, 10:21 2
    - I 100% want him to do that, because everyone I meet who voted Trumnp is convinced their lives will instantly get cheaper. -- nm - loosilu Nov 8, 10:22 1
      - Yup -- nm - Epiphany Nov 8, 12:02
  - Leopards. Faces. - znufrii Nov 8, 10:19
  - it's not my country, so, i get that i don't *really* have a say, but i sort of agree - Andie Nov 8, 10:14
  - Wasn't that Macron's strategy to an extent? Let people live under the far right policies for a bit and find out? -- nm - Dano Nov 8, 10:13 1
    - Of course that didn't quite materialize in the last French election though. -- nm - Dano Nov 8, 10:14
  - Then that’ll just reinforce to the morons that Government is the enemy. Who’s mantra is that? -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 8, 10:07 3
    - but it's THEIR government. -- nm - loosilu Nov 8, 10:15 2
      - *blames it on the Deep State instead* -- (edited) - MAGA, probably Nov 8, 10:17 1
        
        Right. Obama is so powerful, he's still blocking Trump. -- nm - loosilu Nov 8, 10:30
I think too, that a lot of the blame should be laid directly at Merrick Garland's feet for being the most pathetic and feckless AG in our history. - Jovian Nov 8, 09:53 19
- Yes, I've been thinking about that. -- nm - loosilu Nov 8, 10:15
- but instead we quite literally have seen a history repeat of the Beer Hall Putsch. -- nm - Jovian Nov 8, 09:59 3
  - jan. 6/21 was the Beer Hall Putsch of 1923. This week was the Reichstag victory of 1933. -- nm - mud Nov 8, 10:07 2
    - When does the Capital Building get burned down? -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 8, 10:47
    - Yep. Kind of what I meant. That his victory completes the circuit from 1923 to 1933. -- nm - Jovian Nov 8, 10:12
- Yet again they brought a spatula to a gun fight. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 8, 09:56
- Senate dems had subpoena power for four years. never used it publicly for anything -- nm - mr mooch Nov 8, 09:55 8
  - I really don't think that makes a difference. Nobody cares about that. The Jan.6 committee did incredible work and it barely moved the needle. - pmb Nov 8, 10:04 5
    - doesn’t bode well for the next four years if the default Dem position is “ah well nevertheless” -- nm - mr mooch Nov 8, 10:36 3
      - The landscape isn't the same going forward as it was the last 4 years. I'm just saying it wasn't effective before. The actual legal proceedings - pmb Nov 8, 10:42 2
        
        Republicans get up every morning thinking how they can do anything to make the Democratic brand toxic, and they’re pretty good at that job - mr mooch Nov 8, 10:47 1
        
        They have a much more defined media sphere that they adhere to so it's a constantly reinforcing bubble. Democrats are different. - pmb Nov 8, 10:49
    - I'm so tired of hearing about the damn needle. -- nm - mud Nov 8, 10:09
  - Im sorry, but the AG is supposed to be the top cop. He failed in that spectacularly. -- nm - Jovian Nov 8, 09:58 1
    - well at least all the institutionalist Dems have learned their lesson for good now -- nm - mr mooch Nov 8, 10:04
- Still not convinced anyone would care. -- nm - ty97 Nov 8, 09:54 3
  - talking yourself into “nothing matters” before ever taking any action pretty much guarantees you’ll be right -- nm - mr mooch Nov 8, 10:02
  - Oh I disagree. If he was aggressive and moved fast, he could have been toast before he gained full cult leader status. -- nm - Jovian Nov 8, 09:57 1
    - He had full cult leader status before taking office. -- nm - loosilu Nov 8, 10:16
LIR - reading Forever Strong by Gabrelle Lyon. ( muscle strength is the key to a long life) I'm also on a free Macro Counter. -- nm - Epiphany Nov 8, 09:46 2
- I think it was reddit (or was it here) recently where I read that balance was an indicator of dementia and they recommended standing on one leg while - oblique Nov 8, 11:16 1
  - good to know -- nm - Epiphany Nov 8, 12:49
Who cares about Iowa anyway? -- (edited) - ReluctantCynic Nov 8, 09:34 [Attachment] 1
- Hehehe -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 8, 09:55

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