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Tom Hardy, Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan Star in New Guy Ritchie Crime Series at Paramount + -- (link) - Remlik Nov 27, 11:29 1
- I'm listening. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 27, 11:29
With appointees and resignations and D wins in CA, house majority likely will be 217 to 215 for weeks (one defector ties the vote) -- (link) - oblique Nov 27, 11:18 [BS] 1
- that reconciliation bill is gonna be an all-timer -- nm - mr mooch Nov 27, 11:19
US GDP Q3: 2.8% -- (link) - mr mooch Nov 27, 11:14 5
- People have already forgotten that the economy is terrible now that Trump won. This will just be seen as proof of his effect on the economy. -- nm - Inigo Nov 27, 11:16 4
  - In fact, I'd love to see the polling on the economy up to January 21st. I bet it's night and day vs. what it was all year. -- nm - Inigo Nov 27, 11:25 1
    - I bet it's night and day for the Republicans. Maybe night and dawn/dusk for the Democrats. - Qale Nov 27, 11:41
  - President Business! -- nm - David Nov 27, 11:22
  - they don't come by these distorted beliefs spontaneously. one has to actually fight for the brain space -- nm - mr mooch Nov 27, 11:18
Tom Cruise Cake deets: Doan’s Bakery in Woodland Hills, CA. You can order the White Chocolate Coconut Bundt on Goldbelly for delivery. -- (link) - budice Nov 27, 10:57 1
- hot tip! -- nm - Andie Nov 27, 11:02
500 ECVs for the next LBJ -- (link) - mr mooch Nov 27, 10:51 2
- JFK got one too. He spared it, and three days later... -- (link) - Roger More Nov 27, 11:11 1
  - According to wiki, the first president to pardon a turkey was Reagan, who did it to stop getting questions about whether he would pardon Oliver North -- nm - Roger More Nov 27, 11:13
I’m holding out for the Oz adaptation that fully realizes Baum’s zealotry for remaining on the gold standard -- nm - mr mooch Nov 27, 10:46
watch out ol Donny Trump, Peter Baker’s gonna really hold you to account this time! -- (link) - mr mooch Nov 27, 10:42 1
- Oh I hope the despot does kick any non-maga bootlickers out of the press room - Jovian Nov 27, 10:59
AccuRadio pledges "No Little Drummer Boy" -- (link) - Remlik Nov 27, 10:32
Against the Storm 1.5 is out (and game is on sale) -- (link) - oblique Nov 27, 10:28 [BS] 6
- Steam Sale has begun -- nm - budice Nov 27, 10:54
- Ooh, shiny! - znufrii Nov 27, 10:34 1
  - I'm over 100 hours in and I still feel like I'm just scratching the surface (just hit the Prestige level system) - oblique Nov 27, 10:36
- (is this a point and click mouse game for the most part?) -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Nov 27, 10:30 2
  - I would say so. I'll use keyboard shortcuts for things like rotating buildings but otherwise I think I'm all mouse driven -- nm - oblique Nov 27, 10:34 1
    - I may try this. thanks! -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Nov 27, 10:36
Man arrested at LAX after allegedly checking suitcases filled with over 70 pounds of meth-caked clothing -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Nov 27, 10:27 2
- Laundry used tooooo much starch -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 27, 11:41
- The cake is a lie! -- nm - Qale Nov 27, 10:42
NFL Week 13 (!) broadcast maps -- (link) - prayformojo Nov 27, 10:21 1
- 3 games tomorrow, plus a game Black Friday -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Nov 27, 10:24
LIR: I made a quick Spotify play list based on ST replies to Dano's 80s music poll. This will be up for a limited time -- (link) - con_carne Nov 27, 10:00 [spotify] 4
- Squeeze...UB40 -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 27, 11:43
- Fun facts: This came out to 44 songs (!) at 3 hr and 15 mins even after my exclusions -- nm - con_carne Nov 27, 10:03 2
  - Thanks! Listening to it now -- nm - Trending Nov 27, 11:15 1
    - Yw. Pale Shelter and Pulling Mussels From The Shell have apparently been living quietly in a corner of my brain for decades. - con_carne Nov 27, 11:37
millions of student loan debtors will see their cost of living go back up on Jan 21st -- (link) - mr mooch Nov 27, 09:59 1
- Lunchtime! -- nm - Face-eating leopards Nov 27, 10:22
independent.co.uk/: D.C. residents want Airbnb blackout for Trump inauguration and beg owners not to rent to Republicans - mud Nov 27, 09:56 11
- Naw, just Jack the price up. Like the hotels will do, like rump's resort did. -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 27, 11:36
- It seems petty and pointless - Epiphany Nov 27, 10:46 7
  - not really. I fully expect the Proud Boy crowd to show up in force this time around -- nm - mr mooch Nov 27, 10:49 5
    - Yeah, not renting to them seems like a good plan from an insurance perspective -- nm - Beryllium Nov 27, 10:52 4
      - Yeah, i don't think i would risk it. -- nm - Andie Nov 27, 11:10 3
        
        It would be like opening up your house to strangers during the Purge. - Beryllium Nov 27, 11:17 2
        
        heh -- nm - mud Nov 27, 11:19 1
        
        To be fair, perhaps they shouldn't rent to Dems that week either. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 27, 11:32
  - "So far four people have signed up" -- nm - mud Nov 27, 10:48
- That will show them! (NM) - Marlowe Nov 27, 10:17
- can't they just charge them like a million dollars a night? -- nm - mr mooch Nov 27, 10:12
ST Poll: 80s Music,B2 Dano-inspired. What are some of your favorite lesser-known 80s albums? Albums that are hopefully good the whole way through? - con_carne Nov 27, 09:33 27
- Warren Zevon, Sentimental Hygiene . David +:David, Boomtown. Jeff Healey Band, See the Light. -- nm - Spawn Nov 27, 12:01 2
  - ABC, How to Be a Zillionaire. -- nm - Spawn Nov 27, 12:03 1
    - Thanks! Heh, btw I love Warren Zevon! I had this one in my albums to check out already... well guess what, I just moved it to the top. -- nm - con_carne Nov 27, 12:06
- Dammit. I was going to say Information Society's Hack, but then I was like, lemme double check just to make sure it qualifies. It doesn't. -- (edited) - Qale Nov 27, 10:44 3
  - Well, I'm definitely adding it in any case since I only know two songs by them and yet I like those two songs. Thanks -- nm - con_carne Nov 27, 10:56
  - Their Debut album was self titled, in 1988. - JaxSean Nov 27, 10:54 1
    - Oh nice! Hack is one of the first CDs I bought for myself so that's probably why passed over the actual debut. -- nm* - Qale Nov 27, 11:11
- Hot Ones by Trooper -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Nov 27, 10:39
- A few… - Dark Callisto 🦊 Nov 27, 10:33 3
  - I love that Yaz album. Forgot about that. Allison Moyet's solo album, "Alf" was also great. -- nm - pmb Nov 27, 10:40
  - Breakfast Club by Breakfast Club (the band) - Dark Callisto 🦊 Nov 27, 10:37 1
    - Thanks! -- nm - con_carne Nov 27, 10:59
- was Business As Usual by Men at Work big in the US? -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Nov 27, 10:15 6
  - The first one was big. Cargo, not as much. -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Nov 27, 10:23 3
    - I kick my ass as I had copies from Australia my brother got when he played hockey down there; sadly lost to time -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Nov 27, 10:25 2
      - I have it on vinyl now. - Dark Callisto 🦊 Nov 27, 10:38 1
        
        I bought a copy recently too :) -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Nov 27, 10:39
  - or Cargo? -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Nov 27, 10:16 1
    - You all are delivering exactly what I need in any case. This is fun. This is my idea of fun -- nm - con_carne Nov 27, 10:23
- on the aussie tip: Boxcar (synthpop); Hummingbirds (power pop) Go-Betweens (melodic/jangle pop) -- nm - mr mooch Nov 27, 10:13 3
  - Cripes, I'm not sure I remember these bands -- nm - Roger More Nov 27, 10:50 2
    - they were lesser-known -- nm - mr mooch Nov 27, 11:07
    - Ha ha, there's a bridge in Brisbane named for the Go Betweens -- nm - Roger More Nov 27, 10:56
- So I'm not sure I'd call these obscure, but there are so many seminal albums in the 80's these are maybe less discussed - (inside) - pmb Nov 27, 10:04
- Adam and the Ants, “Prince Charming” -- nm - landbeck Nov 27, 10:03
- Ty97 reminded me. High n Dry Def Leppard -- (link) - Epiphany Nov 27, 09:56
- Personal story - con_carne Nov 27, 09:37
with the price of Bitcoin going bananas has skipper started digging up that garbage dump looking for his hard drive yet? -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Nov 27, 09:32
latest indicia of corruption/criminality from the incoming corrupt crooks -- (link) - mr mooch Nov 27, 09:30
While we talk travel (and hopefully mafic's asleep): I've been to 171 airports -- nm - ty97 Nov 27, 09:23 7
- I count 22 total. - Dark Callisto 🦊 Nov 27, 12:03
- 81 for me. But have you counted the number of countries you've visited where you've used more than one airport? -- nm - Roger More Nov 27, 11:42
- 16 I think is it -- (edited) - Beaker 🍺 Nov 27, 10:33
- Certainly not that many but my more obscure one - FUL, AVX and 308. -- nm - Meg Nov 27, 10:26 1
  - Hmm? And it looks like ROB has upgraded. The terminal was a nissen hut when we were there in 1967 :) -- nm - Meg Nov 27, 10:30
- is that a lot, it feels like a lot -- nm - oblique Nov 27, 09:26 1
  - mafic would say 'no' -- nm - ty97 Nov 27, 09:28
me today, I shall take all my network equipment down and replace this shoddy shelving with something nicer. afterwards also me - tRuMaN Nov 27, 09:17
They keep changing my plane assignment for tomorrow back and forth. It's possible I get the 9 day old plane. - ty97 Nov 27, 09:15
STIS: any good ETHICS related videos anyone has? ST came through last year with some. Also, looking for any good ones on Sam Bankman-Fried -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Nov 27, 09:09 1
- I don't have any good ethics videos to suggest, but for SBF, check out Molly White's extensive coverage. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 27, 10:07
the second annual PrayForMojo Day After Thanskgiving Living Room Ultra (PFMDATLRU) will be held on Friday. 200 miles, 10 miles an hour for 20 hrs - prayformojo Nov 27, 09:04 2
- !!!! -- nm - Andie Nov 27, 09:07
- Dude. Thoughts and prayers. - pmb Nov 27, 09:07
NYT Wednesday crossword: I loved the contrast in the groups of the themed clues -- nm - prayformojo Nov 27, 09:01
Tom Cruise delivering his holiday cake -- (link) - budice Nov 27, 08:57 [BS] 1
- some day i want to try this damn cake. -- nm - Andie Nov 27, 09:07
The Republic lead in the House will be 220-215 or perhaps 221-214. That's smaller than their current lead in the House. - ty97 Nov 27, 08:51 5
- even worse than the presidential tipping point margin, just 7500 votes kept the gavel out of Hakeem’s hand (though Kamala being the nom likely kept -- (link) - mr mooch Nov 27, 10:34
- Take your time, guys. It's not like the election was almost a month ago. (NM) - Marlowe Nov 27, 09:35
- CA-13 will be a Dem flip -- nm - mr mooch Nov 27, 08:52 2
  - CA-45 same. everyone predicts -- nm - budice Nov 27, 08:53
  - Yep -- nm - ty97 Nov 27, 08:53
Moana 2 67%, Queer 77%, Maria 76%, The Seed of the Sacred Fig 93% -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Nov 27, 08:36 3
- Wicked: 294/89% -- nm - ty97 Nov 27, 08:40 2
  - 96% audience score. Between my family and ST everyone I know who has seen it loves it -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Nov 27, 08:41 1
    - Yeah, some critics just don't like musicals -- nm - ty97 Nov 27, 08:41
B2: Zurich: you'd have to get back through security too as well though; so line wait times would be something to check for sure - Beaker 🍺 Nov 27, 08:30 18
- I think it depends on how the border control lines are when you arrive - when we went last year all the queues were long because of - Roger More Nov 27, 08:53
- Will you have luggage? When we went through Germany to Scotland, we had to get our bags and re-check through security. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 27, 08:50 6
  - Doing carry on. -- nm - Reagen Nov 27, 09:24 1
    - smart -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Nov 27, 10:01
  - Why on earth? That makes no sense. Bags should have been checked through. -- nm - ty97 Nov 27, 08:57 3
    - but can you leave security if bags are checked? If you've checked bags and then aren't on the plane isn't the plane grounded? -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Nov 27, 10:01 2
      - I've left the airport on many long layovers before. -- nm - ty97 Nov 27, 10:12
      - I guess this assumed you get delayed outside the airport -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Nov 27, 10:02
- I rejected some flights with less than 90 min layover because of that. - Reagen Nov 27, 08:46 8
  - Zurich is a rather efficient airport and one of the only European hubs I'd consider a shorter connection at but I still don't like them. -- (edited) - ty97 Nov 27, 08:55 2
    - TBC, the shorter layovers were at Montreal and Toronto. -- nm - Reagen Nov 27, 09:15 1
      - I've never connected at those, but ewwww Air Canada (from what I hear) -- nm - ty97 Nov 27, 09:18
  - Today in a forum I am on, i saw someone railing at a cruise line because their *plane* arrived late and they missed the first two days of the cruise - Andie Nov 27, 08:53 4
    - Some of the most important advice I can give any traveler: If it's a time sensitive event (cruise departure, wedding, etc) - ty97 Nov 27, 08:57 3
      - (I'm surprise how many people *don't* do this, and I've read so many sad stories as a result) - ty97 Nov 27, 08:58 2
        
        speaking of... - Andie Nov 27, 09:02 1
        
        Wooo!!!! -- nm - ty97 Nov 27, 09:14
- I don't recall Zurich being bad for security, but of course check regarding time of year // day of week, etc -- nm - ty97 Nov 27, 08:34
Someone on IG was saying Moana 2 was originally supposed to be a Disney+ series (like Cars: On the Road)—raising story and animation quality concerns -- nm - Trending Nov 27, 08:30 15
- Yes, they edited a D+ series together into a film. -- nm - LMS Nov 27, 08:39
- I just love grown-ass adult angst over kid's movies. "You mean I won't be able to completely sit through this 2 hr 10 min movie that's for children??" -- nm - con_carne Nov 27, 08:38 2
  - Tickets for my fam cost $65–keeping the rascals in their seats is tough too—if it’s going to suck/be a Disney money grab, I don’t wanna be duped - Trending Nov 27, 08:51
  - 2 hours and 10 minutes is too long for a kid movie. KIDS itself is a sleek 1 hour 31 minutes. -- nm - Qale Nov 27, 08:40
- Moana 2 was just announced in Feb. So 9 months it was put together: Animation, Music, Acting -- nm - budice Nov 27, 08:34 5
  - It was announced in December 2020 during the first Disney+ Day. -- nm - David Nov 27, 08:35 4
    - I think budice might have the day it changed to a movie from the TV show maybe? -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Nov 27, 08:37 3
      - Yes, but the project has been in active production since early 2022. It’s no rush job. -- nm - David Nov 27, 08:38 2
        
        I know writing, but wasnt sure about animation, voice, songs and such. But mostly as a movie production -- nm* - budice Nov 27, 08:44 1
        
        iirc Aulii, DJ werent gonna be a part of the series -- nm - budice Nov 27, 08:48
- Toy Story 2 was going DTV till it was awesome -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Nov 27, 08:31 4
  - Yeah, I'd say Moana 2 most closely compares to Toy Story 2's path to the screen. -- nm* - Inigo Nov 27, 08:45
  - Fingers crossed—we got our tix to see it Friday— -- nm - Trending Nov 27, 08:34 1
    - only downside I see is LMM didn't do the music -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Nov 27, 08:35
  - Yup. -- nm - David Nov 27, 08:33
Why is that hotels are so bad about making work spaces in their rooms? I'm at a hotel and the desk, when I sit in the chair is at chest height. - pmb Nov 27, 08:29 5
- Because they want you to pay for business center space? (Or is that free, part of the facilities fee you have to tack onto the rent?) -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 27, 11:40
- Agreed. Hilton brand, Home 2 Suites has a great work area. tRu by Hilton has the worst. - JaxSean Nov 27, 08:48 1
  - The worst part about tRu by Hilton? No monkey. -- nm - Qale Nov 27, 09:01
- No light on for you?! -- nm - Tom Bodett Nov 27, 08:44 1
  - heh -- nm - prayformojo Nov 27, 09:00
We'll shine like stars in the summer night. We'll shine like stars in the winter too. -- (edited) - RelucantCynic Nov 27, 08:26 2
- People they come together. People they fall apart. No one can stop us now. 'Cause we are all made of stars. -- nm - Qale Nov 27, 08:29 1
  - So shine bright, tonight, you and I, we're beautiful like diamonds in the sky. Eye to eye, so alive, we're beautiful like diamonds in the sky -- nm - mud Nov 27, 08:31

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