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more Cunk next year -- (link) - mr mooch Dec 3, 11:15
Ladies, be sure to marry a man who will jump on a polar bear and fight him to protect you -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Dec 3, 11:09
far be it from me to be a wet blanket on John Thune's 30-day reconciliation timetable but . . . the house margin will be one vote for a little longer -- (link) - mr mooch Dec 3, 11:07
Sacramento A’s to Las Vegas: price of the brick just went up -- (link) - mr mooch Dec 3, 10:56
Asleep at the Wheel in the Headlight Brightness Wars -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Dec 3, 10:53 3
- my first thought was the band Asleep at the Wheel headlining a festival called 'brightness wars'. weird name for a fest. -- nm - gort Dec 3, 11:07
- this is timely. Bright headlights was a safety tip at a recent meeting. fucking hate driving at night -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Dec 3, 10:57 1
  - the higher clearance of Muh Trucks makes it much worse, in my experience -- nm - mr mooch Dec 3, 10:59
Gwen Stacy didn’t die in the Mexico issues of Spider-man… -- (link) - Trending Dec 3, 10:52
Today’s connection puzzle is right up ST’s alley - Trending Dec 3, 10:50 4
- I beefed it. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 3, 10:57 3
  - beefed? Is that synonymous with x'd, crashed or fooked? Or "nailed it", aced it and smashed it? -- nm - mud Dec 3, 11:00 2
    - Biffed. Fooked. (It's a Dropout/MakeSomeNoise variant) -- nm - Beryllium Dec 3, 11:04 1
      - Oh actually - Beryllium Dec 3, 11:12
Also, I posted this on the weekend, but shit's going down in Georgia (the country). - Mop🧹 Dec 3, 10:18
probably a fair question to ask incoming congresspeople whether they would vote to overturn martial law if the next president declared it unilaterally - mr mooch Dec 3, 10:09 18
- That is hilarious - Jovian Dec 3, 10:15 15
  - Yes yes, everything is about America. - Reagen Dec 3, 10:28 12
    - He might be a super villain, but he's also an incredible idiot. I'll never believe that he's able to plan ANYthing that actually works. nm - Jim Dec 3, 10:39 5
      - he has a literal stay out of jail free card now from John Roberts for any crime he commits over the next four years -- nm* - mr mooch Dec 3, 10:46 1
        
        he LITERALLY has carte blanche from the 9 Nobles (I refuse to call it a court any longer) - Jovian Dec 3, 10:49
      - He had 4 years to learn what he did wrong the first time. He has. -- nm - Jovian Dec 3, 10:42 2
        
        It’s more that the people actually running things are much more dangerous this time around. He just wants to watch TV and play golf. -- nm - Tim Dec 3, 10:44 1
        
        like any modern King would want to do. - Jovian Dec 3, 10:46
    - your IM is exactly what he is -- (edited) - Jovian Dec 3, 10:38 5
      - Ok, so I like you and we're on the same side, but I'm muting you if every single post of yours is doing to be this for the foreseeable future. -- nm - Reagen Dec 3, 10:53 4
        
        I'm as doom and gloom as the next guy - but these boards are starting to be excruciating. -- nm* - Jim Dec 3, 11:14 3
        
        I highly recommend Hallmark movies, especially Deck the Walls. -- nm - David Dec 3, 11:16 2
        
        Netflix got a bunch of these and the algorithm keeps recommending them to me - decline Dec 3, 11:18
        
        Our list so far this year: Hot Frosty, Merry Gentlemen, The Noel Diary and Our Little Secret. - Jim Dec 3, 11:18
  - I'm 90% convinced that this actually gave him some new ideas. (NM) - Marlowe Dec 3, 10:17 1
    - Oh make no mistake, he has thought of doing exactly this well before this morning. - Jovian Dec 3, 10:20
- Hah, you are funny. (NM) - Marlowe Dec 3, 10:10 1
  - lol yep, Herr Hegseth would surely order the US Military to stand down - Jovian Dec 3, 10:16
FWIW, Samsung stock has been in freefall and the martial law hasn't helped it. If the company cannot stabilize, South Korea's in trouble. -- nm - Mop🧹 Dec 3, 10:05 4
- I thought I read that martial law has been lifted. -- nm - mara Dec 3, 10:07 3
  - The president is now technically required to end martial law but has not said he would and there’s no timeframe. - mara Dec 3, 10:14
  - Tricky. The guys that the martial law prohibited from convening struck it down. If the military is with him, well, who knows what's happening. (NM) - Marlowe Dec 3, 10:09
  - parliament voted to lift it but the military said they'll ignore parliament -- nm - decline Dec 3, 10:08
My God, that Snow White trailer does not inspire confidence. -- nm - Mop🧹 Dec 3, 10:02
Roger More posted this yesterday but, yes, Biden should issue a pardon for Manchin, and let the senator sort that one out. -- nm - Mop🧹 Dec 3, 09:58 2
- Should pardon Pelosi, all the prosecutors, the VindermanBrothers, Hillary and Harris. Prempt the kangaroo court -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 3, 10:11 1
  - and Jim Comer can go cry to John Roberts about how "but that's illegal!" -- nm - mr mooch Dec 3, 10:13
so shit is really going down on Muppet Twitter this morning -- (link) - mr mooch Dec 3, 09:52 4
- Is this about the couple behind Muppet History? -- nm - JaxSean Dec 3, 10:23 1
  - well at least one of them -- nm - mr mooch Dec 3, 10:25
- How about you just tell us what you've read, since none of us can actually read the posts? -- nm - Mop🧹 Dec 3, 09:53 1
  - nah -- nm - mr mooch Dec 3, 09:54
As protesters shout, NC Senate Republicans override Cooper veto of powers-stripping bill. [Real authoritarian shit going down] -- (link) - oblique Dec 3, 09:51 [BS] 2
- Nazi's gonna nazi -- (edited) - Jovian Dec 3, 10:06
- South Korea president declared martial law, wtf -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 3, 10:01
Eminem's mother has passed away -- nm - Remlik Dec 3, 09:20 1
- same age as me. A man is rattled. -- nm - mud Dec 3, 09:21
Whoa. The Ringer changed their whole layout of the website. -- nm - Volnelk Dec 3, 09:15 1
- Relatedly, here is a Ringer ranking list of Ringer rankings. -- (link) - Volnelk Dec 3, 09:17
Bel-Air to end after Season 4 -- (link) - Remlik Dec 3, 09:14
Ed Sheeran to perform in Bhutan, in country's 1st-ever international concert -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Dec 3, 09:13 1
- This reminds me of the Get Back Beatles documentary—where they guy kept bugging them to play in Egypt and wouldn’t take no - Trending Dec 3, 09:29
ever wish for breaking news or a scandal to knock the bullshit out of MSM's attention? This pardon stuff is nauseating. -- nm - mud Dec 3, 09:10 14
- stealing valuable news cycles from Dems total capitulation on every corrupt/rapist cabinet nominee -- nm - mr mooch Dec 3, 09:37 1
  - yeah! -- nm - mud Dec 3, 09:39
- it is absolutely ridiculous the coverage on this non-issue. -- nm - Jovian Dec 3, 09:24 9
  - weirdly the beltway press rediscovers its ability to gin up fake outrage about things when Joe Biden does it -- (link) - mr mooch Dec 3, 10:15 [BS]
  - every outgoing prez has a dodgy pardon, don't they? -- nm - mud Dec 3, 09:29 7
    - It doesnt even matter. The former guy pardoned his own criminal cabal to the letter. -- nm - Jovian Dec 3, 09:42 6
      - The problem, as I see it, is that he said multiple times that he wouldn't do it. And then he did. nm - Jim Dec 3, 09:47 5
        
        because the incoming DOJ/FBI is going to be a legal death squad -- nm - mr mooch Dec 3, 09:48 3
        
        Yep. It sure f**king is. We are so deep into this Fourth Reich already that it amazing to me that we are having discussions - Jovian Dec 3, 09:51
        
        also he changed his mind on running for another term. who cares -- nm - mr mooch Dec 3, 09:49 1
        
        no one cares. The liberal media wants them to care though because they know the King won, and anything to sully the previous is just okay by them. - Jovian Dec 3, 09:53
        
        sure it was a bad look. But is LITERALLY all they are talking about. - Jovian Dec 3, 09:48
- And people wonder why I’ve stopped reading the news. -- nm - znufrii Dec 3, 09:12 1
  - I don't. -- nm - mud Dec 3, 09:15
fair to say Dems are not going to vote for cuts to Social Security or Medicare -- (link) - mr mooch Dec 3, 08:53 24
- since you're the only person left on twitter :) bsky link -- (link) - oblique Dec 3, 08:54 [BS] 23
  - “Saved” = not spent on helping people we don’t like. -- nm - znufrii Dec 3, 09:32 2
    - But I’m open to the idea of means testing social security benefits for high income households, if that’s what they mean. -- nm - znufrii Dec 3, 09:45 1
      - Dems prolly shoulda lifted the earning cap when they had the votes -- nm - mr mooch Dec 3, 09:55
  - I would love for someone to take on the argument for why cutting costs is necessary. Running a deficit is not in and of itself a bad thing. - pmb Dec 3, 09:29 10
    - Not even to mention that cutting government waste has been a marketing pitch for decades. - Qale Dec 3, 09:49 2
      - Government waste is code for “spending money to help people I don’t like.” Nothing more. -- nm - znufrii Dec 3, 10:00
      - It's incredibly dumb. Every large enterprise has waste. Is it bad to make sure you're cutting where you can and not overspending? Of course not. - pmb Dec 3, 09:56
    - People couldn't get past 'expensive eggs!!!' to avoid voting for an autocrat and you want to campaign on macroeconomic theory? -- nm - ty97 Dec 3, 09:36 4
      - I would just start with this: "Look at the overall continued growth of the economy over the last 15 years. Look at the overall growth of wealth for - pmb Dec 3, 09:49
      - no, just start from the base position that running government Like A Business is a dumb way to think of what governments do -- nm - mr mooch Dec 3, 09:39
      - (Yes, my post is a gross oversimplification of this election but you get the point) -- nm - ty97 Dec 3, 09:37 1
        
        "Libraries don't have to ever make a profit" is how you frame it for the dumbshit median voter -- nm - mr mooch Dec 3, 09:40
    - well it would be a good argument for Dems to make as a party. someone should try it -- nm - mr mooch Dec 3, 09:35
    - Here's John Oliver talking about the National Debt. -- (link) - Inigo Dec 3, 09:35 [youtube]
  - Heh. -- nm - David Dec 3, 08:59
  - if bluesky automatically pushed these posts into my following/discover feeds like twitter i wouldn't have to use it for news - mr mooch Dec 3, 08:56 6
    - huh? Following is a feed of your followers. literally. chronological IIRC so not sure how you're not finding you see those things. EDIT -- (edited) - oblique Dec 3, 09:01 5
      - i don't follow anyone on either. i just want to monitor posts -- nm - mr mooch Dec 3, 09:02 4
        
        what does that even mean? - oblique Dec 3, 09:09 3
        
        "mysterious pixie" somehow follows some feed without any accounts in it. -- nm - mud Dec 3, 09:14 2
        
        he's fully algorithmic -- nm - oblique Dec 3, 09:14 1
        
        Fully Algorithmic was my 3rd least favorite Grandaddy album -- nm - prayformojo Dec 3, 09:30
  - "we" being old and poor people -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Dec 3, 08:56
“I’m not even sure they were kissing the ring. I think they were kissing a little bit lower than that,” -- (link) - mud Dec 3, 08:51 4
- the guy who got a senate seat by running the impeachment now just wants to talk about Pocketbook Kitchen Table Issues -- (link) - mr mooch Dec 3, 09:01 1
  - whataboutism is beneath you. -- nm - mud Dec 3, 09:04
- "Every accusation is a confession." -- nm - David Dec 3, 08:59 1
  - evergreen -- nm - mud Dec 3, 09:02
40 years of Whamageddon -- (link) - mr mooch Dec 3, 08:50
I'm waiting for Kim before we watch this, but LeBatard Show got maced at UM/OSU. -- (link) - David Dec 3, 08:30 [youtube]
Fanboy Expo: Knoxville Tn....Kate Mulgrew will be there -- nm - Remlik Dec 3, 08:29 2
- So I need an alibi. Got it. -- nm - David Dec 3, 08:29 1
  - You were with me trying to explain why SEC basketball should be taken seriously in March. - Will Hunting Dec 3, 08:32
So, during Covid we converted a spare bedroom on the third floor into an office. - znufrii Dec 3, 08:28 1
- Ugh! Hopefully it'll be an easy fix. -- nm - Krusty Dec 3, 09:45
"South Korea's parliament votes to block martial law" -- nm - David Dec 3, 08:16 5
- Good for them. But I imagine it won't go well; at best, the declaration is being done for the stated reason, which is a big ongoing threat there. - Beryllium Dec 3, 08:31 4
  - From what I've read it's more your IM than anything else. This is political and not because of an imminent threat to the people's safety. -- nm - Krusty Dec 3, 09:46 3
    - Looks like the president - who declared martial law - is a Trump-style conservative, so fuck him. -- nm - Mop🧹 Dec 3, 09:52 2
      - Yup. -- nm - Krusty Dec 3, 10:01
      - it was a trial run -- nm - Jovian Dec 3, 09:54
There's always somebody for everybody. In this case on the topic of running -- (link) - JD Dec 3, 08:15 [Backboard] 1
- In this case, Kate Halliwell is completely on board - JD Dec 3, 08:16
#alieninvasion was trending because apparently a 15-year-old prophecy about New York getting invaded, today -- (edited) - Trending Dec 3, 08:08 [Attachment] 1
- Nostradamus has really fallen off, man. -- nm - Qale Dec 3, 08:14
"Texans' Azeez Al-Shaair suspended 3 games after Trevor Lawrence hit" -- nm - David Dec 3, 08:07 1
- good -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Dec 3, 09:00
this morning's downtown fog: -- (link) - mud Dec 3, 07:50 1
- cool! -- nm - Andie Dec 3, 07:57
PGYB - mud Dec 3, 07:45
Amid a national backlash against criminal justice reform, Illinois has achieved something extraordinary. It’s working better than anyone expected. -- (link) - oblique Dec 3, 07:43 [BS] 1
- I read this yesterday and it was a good article with some insight into why we have had such trouble with it here. - Krusty Dec 3, 07:56
B2: I think the only live action Disney I've enjoyed (loved really) was Beauty and the Beast. Songs and cast were all outstanding - Beaker 🍺 Dec 3, 07:42 12
- Pete's Dragon is excellent -- nm - LMS Dec 3, 08:43
- Really liked BatB and Aladdin -- haven't seen / cared about the others. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 3, 08:34
- I'm hopeful for Moana too -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Dec 3, 08:26 1
  - We love the first Moana—Just saw Moana2–despite the box office $$$, it’s forgettable—meh songs and plot—good animation though -- nm - Trending Dec 3, 08:32
- I liked Jungle Book and Lion King. I look forward to Lilo & Stitch. Snow White looks good too. Y’all be sipping too much haterade. -- nm* - Qale Dec 3, 08:18 2
  - My unreasonable disappointment with Lilo & Stitch is that they waited so long that Jason Scott Lee can't realistically be David - JD Dec 3, 08:34 1
    - And the Doogie Howser show in Hawaii! -- nm - David Dec 3, 08:53
- We've enjoyed/loved all of them except The Lion King, which looked too fake. -- nm - David Dec 3, 08:05 1
  - what I hated about The Lion King was how badly acted it was. They were so stilted. Even the songs were lifeless in that version. -- nm - oblique Dec 3, 08:07
- Agreed—useless money grabs—They do all have their moments—I don’t think I’ve rewatched any, except maybe Cinderella -- nm - Trending Dec 3, 08:01
- I think I’ve made my feelings on the matter clear. -- (link) - znufrii Dec 3, 07:50 [Backboard] 1
  - Agreed. -- nm - Krusty Dec 3, 07:56
not only is it apparently sub-zero outside, the eggnog shakes are inside where he can’t even touch them -- (link) - mr mooch Dec 3, 07:42 1
- too young to be drinking low-fat -- nm - crash davis 😺 Dec 3, 07:44
So for Christmas, I'm looking forward to the Maria Callas movie, the Bob Dylan movie, and the Rohirrim movie. Any others I should be aware of? - crash davis 😺 Dec 3, 07:37 3
- Seen Conclave yet? Maybe A Better Man? -- nm - LMS Dec 3, 08:44
- Nosferatu (93% after 57 reviews) -- nm* - Beaker 🍺 Dec 3, 07:39 1
  - impressive -- nm - crash davis 😺 Dec 3, 07:41
Most games in NFL history with 450+ passing yards and 4+ TDs: Peyton Manning 3 Jameis Winston 3 -- nm - Trending Dec 3, 07:33 5
- He was immediately compared to Peyton Manning in terms of awesomeness. -- nm - Dano Dec 3, 08:48 1
  - by some current Denver Broncos defenders... -- nm - David Dec 3, 11:03
- Jeudy has been unreal, as well, since Winston became QB -- (pic) - Trending Dec 3, 07:36 [Attachment]
- Did you say Peyton or Paintin' -- nm - rollo Dec 3, 07:35 1
  - 🤣 -- nm - Trending Dec 3, 07:59

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