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So Trump negotiated the USMCA. If we need tariffs now does that mean he negotiated a bad deal? -- nm - Dano Nov 26, 08:17 3
- International law actually has teeth on this issue, so it'll be interesting what shakes out -- nm - Reagen Nov 26, 08:23
- It was a great deal. A perfect deal. Countries, big countries are coming up to him, tears in their eyes, telling him what a great deal it was. nm - Jim Nov 26, 08:21 1
  - "They're saying sir, Sir no one can do what you do better." -- nm - Jovian Nov 26, 08:48
Ya basic. The influencer lawsuit that could change the industry -- (link) - oblique Nov 26, 08:15 [BS]
lolz I missed that announcement this morning. I was wondering why the Dow nose-dived this morning. - Jovian Nov 26, 07:35 12
- -0.60% is a “nose dive”? lol. -- nm - znufrii Nov 26, 07:44 11
  - my mistake, the Dow loves his Tariff on Mexico and Canada. -- nm - Jovian Nov 26, 07:49 10
    - The Dow is not really the measure of the market and hasn't been for quite some time - Reagen Nov 26, 08:18
    - Nose dive to love…. Does moderation exist for you? - Will Hunting Nov 26, 08:17 4
      - I may have become very jaded -- nm - Jovian Nov 26, 08:21 3
        
        my read of this is that the market still thinks he's bluffing and/or he will be stopped. -- nm - Reagen Nov 26, 08:23 2
        
        If I’m Biden, I’m spending the next 6 weeks explaining what tariffs will do. Use the megaphone so when this shit happens, Fox can’t spin it on him - Will Hunting Nov 26, 08:28 1
        
        If only. He may just wander himself into a rain forest again. -- nm - Jovian Nov 26, 08:48
    - lol, OK - znufrii Nov 26, 07:58 3
      - And S&P and Nasdaq are up. Looks like just a regular old market day to me. -- nm - Dano Nov 26, 08:04
      - What do think about “ exceptions” to tariffs being given out? - Pippy Nov 26, 08:03 1
        
        Perhaps better called "indulgences". -- nm - Beryllium Nov 26, 08:19
UNC has fired Mack Brown -- nm - budice Nov 26, 07:34 1
- Nov 25: Mack Brown intends to return to North Carolina next season -- (link) - JD Nov 26, 08:07
tell me these two choruses don't sound weirdly similar. Pink's Trustfall -- (link) - prayformojo Nov 26, 07:31 [youtube] 2
- and The Weeknd's Dancing in the Flames -- (link) - prayformojo Nov 26, 07:32 [youtube] 1
  - Melody is quite similar but the chords are different. -- nm - Reagen Nov 26, 07:38
“Myrtle Mudclutch miraculously managed to make millions manufacturing magical mole-mitigating maquillage.” -- (link) - mud Nov 26, 07:06 [BS] 1
- "Grandiloquent word of the day!" Lol. Uh, relax, it's just from another language (It's the same word in Spanish, English are the weirdos) -- nm - con_carne Nov 26, 07:35
Hot Frosty isn’t afraid to go there, asking the big questions -- (link) - mr mooch Nov 26, 06:58
Wicked gets an estimated $16 million Monday. - Inigo Nov 26, 06:54 9
- The reviews from people who see it (normal audience people) are just stellar and raving. Looks like they got it right. -- nm - ty97 Nov 26, 07:06 3
  - It was the loudest applause at the end of a film I've heard since Avengers Endgame. -- nm - Inigo Nov 26, 07:20
  - Correct. It's becoming a thing. Went to Target Saturday and it was playing over the speakers and they had Wicked stands in the main aisles. - Volnelk Nov 26, 07:13
  - And a Part 2 windfall -- nm - budice Nov 26, 07:07
- I wonder how much Moana 2 will pull a lot from it this weekend, or if Wicked will keep rolling... -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Nov 26, 07:02 3
  - Wicked would definitely make more if Moana wasn't releasing. - Inigo Nov 26, 07:17 1
    - the theaters must be soooooo happy, they need this. -- nm - Andie Nov 26, 07:29
  - Wicked is brat - mr mooch Nov 26, 07:04
- wow -- nm - prayformojo Nov 26, 06:58
"The Jaws film where the shark genuinely follows the Brody family all the way to the Bahamas is no longer the stupidest thing Michael’s done." - mud Nov 26, 06:01 5
- I really like the author, Marina Hyde. She does a very good entertainment podcast with Richard Osman. -- nm - Krusty Nov 26, 06:35 4
  - I love that pod! Great behind the scenes info about tv/movie/entertainment production stuff. Nm - ralph wiggum Nov 26, 06:53 3
    - Yup. Some good discussions all around with quality behind the scenes info. I feel bad that I haven't yet watched the show she produced. - Krusty Nov 26, 07:45 2
      - Thanks to you and Wigs. I'll put this in my podcast rotation. -- nm - Inigo Nov 26, 07:48 1
        
        There's some UK TV talk, just a heads up. -- nm - Krusty Nov 26, 08:28
FF: Astro: 9-3 (2)*, 8-4 (1)*, 7-5 (1), 6-6 (3), 5-7 (2), 4-8 (2), 3-9 (1) -- nm - oblique Nov 26, 05:55 6
- Vampirates: 8-4 (2), 7-5 (3), 6-6 (4), 4-8 (2), 3-7 (1) -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Nov 26, 06:35 1
  - Caveman: 9-3 (2), 8-4 (2), 6-6 (1), 5-7 (1), 4-8 (3), 3-9 (1) -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Nov 26, 06:36
- God bless whoever decided long FG should be worth more in BF. Dicker the Kicker just saved me. -- nm - Bayronmax Nov 26, 06:01 3
  - Giggity! -- nm - RelucantCynic Nov 26, 07:56
  - I was up against him in FJS but glad I had a +30 buffer with my QB going as he scored more than my QB there too -- nm - oblique Nov 26, 06:04 1
    - too bad the Chargers offense died in the second half -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Nov 26, 06:46
Geek Deal: Hulu $1/mo or Hulu w/D+ for $2.99/mo for a year - budice Nov 26, 05:24 [Attachment] 3
- Hmm. We're on a student plan via my daughter for $1.99 + $3.99. But savings is savings... -- nm - oblique Nov 26, 06:11
- site must be getting crushed, I cant get it to send me a password reset so I can use my alternative email to get the deal. -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 26, 05:40 1
  - try different email if needed -- nm - budice Nov 26, 06:03
My wife poured a 19kg gold bar today. Gotta admit, I’m a little jealous. I’ve been in gold rooms before, but I’m the auditor so everyone is serious. - mafic Nov 26, 05:20 [Attachment] 25
- cool! -- nm - Andie Nov 26, 06:56
- That's pretty cool! -- nm - Krusty Nov 26, 06:01 1
  - word -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Nov 26, 07:19
- sweet -- nm - prayformojo Nov 26, 05:32
- Not gonna lie, I expected more gold in the gold bar. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 26, 05:24 19
  - and bigger! but good for her. -- nm - amanda Nov 26, 05:24 18
    - gold be dense. about US$1.6 million there. -- nm - mafic Nov 26, 05:29 17
      - Loco Zurich or loco London? -- nm - znufrii Nov 26, 05:32 12
        
        I think Perth, but don’t hold me to that. A lot of African producers switched to Perth in the pandemic because they did special bullion flights. -- nm - mafic Nov 26, 05:39 11
        
        Also: this could be a good addition to my “rob a remote gold mine” screenplay idea. -- nm - mafic Nov 26, 05:44 2
        
        sequel to Money Plane = Gold Plane! Starring Kelsey Grammer -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Nov 26, 05:51 1
        
        plot: the plane is too heavy, can't take off, crashes into ocean. marky mark swims up and uses a whale to drag gold to private island. -- nm - amanda Nov 26, 07:50
        
        Interesting. The only reason I have any knowledge of it is because I was working on the prospectus for a fund we have that holds physical gold. -- (edited) - znufrii Nov 26, 05:44 7
        
        My company used to do Zurich and switched to mostly Perth because of it, but generally unless you’re hedged you go wherever has the best spot price. - mafic Nov 26, 05:50 6
        
        Also, because I'm very curious, what changed in 2012 that would make someone interested in investing only in post-2012 bars? -- nm* - znufrii Nov 26, 05:55 5
        
        Conspiracy stuff as far as I’m aware. There were some rumours about tungsten-filled gold bars in 2012 that caused some lasting suspicion - mafic Nov 26, 06:15 4
        
        I'm sure someone just looked at a list of densities and thought up a dumb plan, as if that's the only check that's done. -- (edited) - Reagen Nov 26, 07:46
        
        Huh. - znufrii Nov 26, 06:21 2
        
        From a strict refining point of view nothing has really changed. They might be talking equator principles or some other regulatory framework. - mafic Nov 26, 07:05 1
        
        Appreciate the insight, thanks! -- nm - znufrii Nov 26, 07:30
      - How do they make it all super shiny? I’m serious in I’d probably never think it was gold. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 26, 05:30 3
        
        Honest answer from lots of “what do you think this is?” photos from field geos: phones love colour correcting. - mafic Nov 26, 05:37 2
        
        how realistic is the Gold Rush shows? there gold all looks super shiny -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Nov 26, 05:39 1
        
        They’re finding placer nuggets which will be pretty pure and they’re colour correcting to make it look pretty, not just going with the phone settings. -- nm - mafic Nov 26, 05:42
- Union says if you do the pour you get to keep it. -- nm - Bayronmax Nov 26, 05:23
Strands #268 Yellow 1st - decline Nov 26, 05:08
Connections Puzzle #534 xGYxxBP blech - decline Nov 26, 04:55 3
- GYBP but I still do not know what purple is. - Dano Nov 26, 05:25 1
  - No one does. Purple is back on their shit -- nm - Epiphany Nov 26, 05:41
- my 3rd recent Next Time Gxxxx - prayformojo Nov 26, 05:06
Wordle 1,256 4/6 - decline Nov 26, 04:51 2
- 5 - rollo Nov 26, 07:28
- 4 as well - prayformojo Nov 26, 05:07
TV PSA: NBA, WWE NXT, St Denis Medical, DWTS, Murder in a Small Town, Night Court, Voice, Curse of Oak Island, Accused, The Irrational, - Beaker 🍺 Nov 26, 04:49 4
- Nada but I'll catch that Jeselnik standup this weekend. -- nm - Krusty Nov 26, 06:36
- Jeselnik and Oak Island; Accused for the wife -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Nov 26, 04:50 2
  - Oak Island: Accused sounds like a courtroom spinoff where everyone involved in the show gets brought up on fraud charges for making the whole thing up -- nm - znufrii Nov 26, 05:50 1
    - heh -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Nov 26, 05:50
hmm, the Hulu $1 a month deal is live again. whoop. -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 26, 04:43
xYxxx - mud Nov 26, 04:40
Murdle: 7:15 - prayformojo Nov 26, 04:34 2
- 2:28, streak = 60 - Fuzzy Nov 26, 04:50 1
  - amazing -- nm - prayformojo Nov 26, 06:43
The Nets haven't gotten the message that they're supposed to be tanking for Flagg. They beat the Warriors last night and are currently 8-10. - Krusty Nov 26, 04:17
OTOH, Australia Dictionary gets the word of the year right: Enshittification -- (link) - zeitgeist Nov 26, 00:07 5
- nothing will ever beat bachelor’s handbag. sometimes I love this country. -- nm - mafic Nov 26, 05:21 1
  - I used “what goes in a bachelor’s handbag?” in a trivia event here. Multi choice and no one got it. -- nm - Roger More Nov 26, 05:41
- I feel like that’s at least 2-3 years too late. I want to say it’s ’vibe’ honestly for 2024. Everything was described as a variation of vibe. -- nm - Qale Nov 26, 00:21 2
  - Sanewashing -- nm - Roger More Nov 26, 04:32
  - I think that's a good choice for this year. -- nm - Krusty Nov 26, 04:25
Jonah Ray (who is way better than most give him credit for) talks about MST3K’s Turkey Day Marathon and the future of the show. -- (link) - Qale Nov 25, 23:17
From b2: Not Like Us got so over, organ players at baseball games were riffing on it. -- nm - Qale Nov 25, 23:14
FB just hit me with this memory from 4 years ago. I think we may be back there - -- (pic) - Meg Nov 25, 22:28 [Attachment]
So I can usually see Magic Eye pics and Mr Wigs can’t. For people who can see them, imagine me trying to convince him what is in this pic. -- (link*) - ralph wiggum Nov 25, 22:19 [Attachment] 2
- more efficient to just show him -- nm - rollo Nov 26, 07:25 1
  - might have to get some things out of storage. -- nm - Reagen Nov 26, 08:26
"Demure" is Dictionary dot com's word of the year for 2024. -- (link) - Peglegpete Nov 25, 21:26 2
- For a meme that didn’t even make it a week? Nah, that ain’t it, Chief. -- nm - Qale Nov 25, 22:06
- wtf was demure about '24 -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 25, 21:49
On the flip side, cratering international trade might help the climate -- nm - Beryllium Nov 25, 20:43
well there goes one path to refuge, Ireland tightens illegal immigration policy, expelling many same day as caught. -- (link) - zeitgeist Nov 25, 19:48
Mike Vrabel just told an anecdote about Urban Meyer. - David Nov 25, 19:46
Mirey's in Burkina, so I'm on my own for a couple weeks. this morning I was so on the ball, until I got to the office sans computer. -- nm - mafic Nov 25, 19:22 5
- I hear Ouagadougou is lovely this time of year -- nm - prayformojo Nov 25, 19:29 1
  - I'm more partial to Antananarivo. -- nm - Reagen Nov 25, 19:32
- How much can you do on your phone? -- nm - David Nov 25, 19:25 1
  - maybe like 8 minutes? I just drove home. when I go in tomorrow I'm taking my old laptop and setting it up there as a backup. -- nm - mafic Nov 25, 19:28
- Oof, yeah. I did that once or twice. And it was a rather long bus ride, too. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 25, 19:23
you need Phone Relief -- (link) - mr mooch Nov 25, 19:07 [youtube] 1
- Thank God, I was tired of tying a belt around my head -- nm - Reagen Nov 25, 19:13
Light plane crashes short of the runway at Fullerton airport. - Meg Nov 25, 18:42
The important thing will be to unshakeably tie the Trump administration to the cratering of the economy. - Beryllium Nov 25, 18:33 28
- Smoot-Hawley Tariff of 1930 reduced US trade by some 60% -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 25, 19:44
- I am not an international trade lawyer, but this feels like it may violate whatever NAFTA is called these days. - mafic Nov 25, 19:25 7
  - He won’t care. It’ll end up in arbitration forever. -- nm - VMan Nov 25, 19:31
  - USMCA. -- nm - Reagen Nov 25, 19:29 5
    - ~its fun to trade in the~ -- nm - Reagen Nov 25, 19:29 4
      - ♫ :-D -- nm - mud Nov 25, 19:33 3
        
        Mexico is really the United States of, so we could have a two country treaty with exactly the same name - Reagen Nov 25, 19:35 2
        
        Are you a Mexican or a Mexican't? -- nm - con_carne Nov 26, 07:13
        
        whoa -- nm - mud Nov 26, 04:41
- Agree completely. When I was walking home tonight I was thinking again about what I should pre buy. It will be insanity. - amanda Nov 25, 19:22 3
  - Like I'm pretty sure my fridge is dying. Do I just get a new one now? What happens to the price of used goods? - amanda Nov 25, 19:25 2
    - I need a fridge too. I've needed it for a year, but i think I really need it now. -- nm - jnine Nov 25, 21:40 1
      - I thought mine was dying a couple of years back but it struggles on. I actually need a complete new kitchen :/ - Meg Nov 25, 22:10
- This is a fair point, too -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 25, 18:52 [mastodon]
- It’s only 88% of our fruits and vegetables. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Nov 25, 18:34 13
  - It's a double hit - produce that's imported and produce that's picked by the migrant workers who'll be deported. -- nm - Meg Nov 25, 18:37 12
    - Yup, China is the major buyer of WA Apples and geoduck clams -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 25, 19:02 2
      - Can't count on Greeners to eat their mascot. -- nm - . Nov 26, 04:43
      - Not for long. (NM) - Marlowe Nov 25, 19:03
    - We are all going to get scurvy -- nm - Pippy Nov 25, 18:47 8
      - Good thing the Federal government will have such capable health people to take care of y'all. (NM) - Marlowe Nov 25, 18:53 1
        
        As we know, scurvy is caused when the wee gremlins in our blood aren't getting enough naps. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 25, 18:53
      - I prescribe all ST to drink 2 tequila sunrises at breakfast to prevent scurvy -- nm - Dr. Peglegpete Nov 25, 18:49 5
        
        tequila gonna cost an arm and a leg -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Nov 25, 18:51 4
        
        Mezcal. it's American made. -- nm* - Peglegpete Nov 25, 18:53 3
        
        That doesn't matter, because the tariffs will create a market demand that allows them to boost their prices 20%. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 25, 19:24 2
        
        (Demand is the wrong word for this. Exploitable opportunity, is what I mean.) -- nm - Beryllium Nov 25, 19:25 1
        
        No for sure. Like even non tariff goods will raise prices because they can. Good thing we didn't vote for the people who promised to - amanda Nov 25, 19:26

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