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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: Justin Tonation on March 14, 2018, 05:43:37 pm
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A thread for business failings, career changes, and the like....
Toys ᴙ Us (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/business/wp/2018/03/14/toys-r-us-to-close-all-800-of-its-u-s-stores/?utm_term=.16ca3f69cb17)
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The cluttering up of the Dropping Like Flies thread.
Nice work.
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Mets demote Tim Tebow amid NFL’s free agent frenzy (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2018/03/14/mets-demote-tim-tebow-amid-nfls-free-agent-frenzy/?utm_term=.c1549d09d837)
Has anybody else made a greater career of mediocrity?
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Trump?
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The cluttering up of the Dropping Like Flies thread.
Nice work.
if you build it they will come...
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Mets demote Tim Tebow amid NFL’s free agent frenzy (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2018/03/14/mets-demote-tim-tebow-amid-nfls-free-agent-frenzy/?utm_term=.c1549d09d837)
Has anybody else made a greater career of mediocrity?
I don't even consider 1-18 with 11 strikeouts mediocre...that's grounds for being released.
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Vanessa Trump Files for Divorce From Donald Trump Jr. (https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/15/us/trump-jr-divorce-vanessa.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur)
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The McMaster move -- I'm-going-to-fire-him-but-just-not-yet-or-maybe-I-will-do-it-now-or-maybe-he-will-just-quit -
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The McMaster move -- I'm-going-to-fire-him-but-just-not-yet-or-maybe-I-will-do-it-now-or-maybe-he-will-just-quit -
source (https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/16/politics/mcmaster-trump-firing-analysis/index.html)
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McMaster is a little tricky, because he's a 3 Star general and has retreat rights, so you have to have a place for him to land, unless he willingly steps away to the private sector.
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The McMaster move -- I'm-going-to-fire-him-but-just-not-yet-or-maybe-I-will-do-it-now-or-maybe-he-will-just-quit -
That is not the McMaster but the Trump move...he does that to everyone
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source
I never reveal my sources
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A thread for business failings, career changes, and the like....
Toys ᴙ Us (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/business/wp/2018/03/14/toys-r-us-to-close-all-800-of-its-u-s-stores/?utm_term=.16ca3f69cb17)
Toys "R" Us Jingle in a MINOR KEY (https://www.facebook.com/chaseholfelder/videos/10155677682011026/)
sounds right.
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Andrew McCabe
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The Hilton brand? There is a theory out there that they are going down the road of past prime, and I stayed in one in dc on Thursday. Cheap everything in the room, from the tissues to the toilet paper to the coffee to the paper next to the elevator to the breakfast to the carpet in the hallway.
Gurl.
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Walkie....
Jeez man do you have to always deactivate your account
So dramatic
Edit... could have sworn that I bsaw his name deactivated... not now tho?
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Mets demote Tim Tebow amid NFL’s free agent frenzy (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2018/03/14/mets-demote-tim-tebow-amid-nfls-free-agent-frenzy/?utm_term=.c1549d09d837)
Has anybody else made a greater career of mediocrity?
I don't even consider 1-18 with 11 strikeouts mediocre...that's grounds for being released.
What about 2 for 24?
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Walkie....
Jeez man do you have to always deactivate your account
So dramatic
Edit... could have sworn that I bsaw his name deactivated... not now tho?
I, did not
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What about 2 for 24?
He should go to the minors too, mostly to work on his pitching.
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That space disco ball
https://www.theverge.com/2018/3/22/17144208/rocket-lab-humanity-star-satellite-new-zealand-astronomy
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had no idea about the Humanity Star
kinda punk rock that it was annoying the astronomers and their ability to get a good shot on a universe a billion light years away
Space Graffiti!
great band name for The James Ford Experience's spin off band that was doing a performance art tour, only in parking lots of Wawa's
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DUahDRjU0AAM5m3.jpg)
@Alex_Parker
For no reason at all, here's what it looks like when a satellite goes through Hubble's field of view whilst you are trying to image something in the distant solar system.
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I have another one of these somewhere from Gemini North, where I was splitting two components of a binary Kuiper Belt Object. They were only separated by the width of peppercorn seen from a kilometer away, and yet a satellite blasted out one of the two components.
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YOU HAD THE WHOLE SKY TO FLY THROUGH. WHY DID YOU HAVE TO PASS THROUGH THE TRILLIONTH OF THE SKY THAT MY PHD THESIS NEEDED.
Meg Schwamb, an assistant scientist at Gemini Observatory, tells The Verge.
“... Is space really for art?”
not sure why that didn't really make the news cycle at all
is this and onion story?
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Not sure if this belongs here, but I'm done with Eagles of Death Metal and Queens of the Stone Age. That Jesse is a nut, and I'm not giving him another dime. Josh is part of that band and he hasn't really jumped to condemn the remarks, so buh bye. I'm over it for the same reasons why I don't listen to Ted Nugent.
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Not sure if this belongs here, but I'm done with Eagles of Death Metal and Queens of the Stone Age. That Jesse is a nut, and I'm not giving him another dime. Josh is part of that band and he hasn't really jumped to condemn the remarks, so buh bye. I'm over it for the same reasons why I don't listen to Ted Nugent.
Bunch of complete fuckin' tweeker assholes.
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Definitely out on Eagles of Death Metal...I think Jesse suffers from mental illness...really sad...
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Definitely out on Eagles of Death Metal...I think Jesse suffers from mental illness...really sad...
Hard to imagine that they're not relegated to being a fourth-rate bar band in Iowa City or Bakersfield after this. And apologies won't cut it. We see who he really is.
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He has said really crazy stuff before post Bataclan...He is sick and needs to get help
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I think Jesse suffers from mental illness...
ya think! Meth is a helluva drug
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He has said really crazy stuff before post Bataclan...He is sick and needs to get help
I read that he was refused entry to the Bataclan (https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-europe-attacks-france-eaglesofdeathme/eagles-of-death-metal-singer-denies-refused-entry-to-paris-bataclan-anniversary-concert-idUKKBN1380K7) show that reopened the venue
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Yup...he said a lot of disgusting things following bataclan...not sure if the attack caused him to lose it or he was always sick...but sad...their show at 930 about ten years ago is one of my favorites but it’s all over now
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The Thermals
We are officially disbanding! After 15 years and 7 records, we feel our band has reached far beyond our initial expectations and goals, and are stepping away from it while we still cherish it. We traveled further, soared higher and played louder than we ever dreamed, and we now look forward to a new chapter in our lives, our art, and our friendship. We would like to thank all the great labels who have released our records, all the amazing people who have worked so hard for us, and most importantly our fans, who we consider to be some of the smartest, sweetest and most compassionate people in the world. We love you, and we hope to see you again some day.
Hutch, Kathy and Westin
*no our hutch is not in the thermals ;)
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Lindsey is out of Fleetwood.
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That is more for the “Put out of its misery” thread
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Mike Campbell and Neil Finn replacing Buckingham....kinda weird
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Lindsey is out of Fleetwood.
FTFY
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Lindsey is out of Fleetwood.
FTFY
Agreed. I mean, wtf.
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The Thermals
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Lindsey is out of Fleetwood.
FTFY
gawdammit i hate it when smakie makes me agree with him.
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The Thermals
thanks
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The Thermals
We are officially disbanding! After 15 years and 7 records
Hutch, Kathy and Westin
*our hutch is not in the thermals ;)
The Thermals
thanks
hmmm, maybe I was wrong...never seen Hutch at a Thermals show...just don't know how he pulls off the hair?
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Paul Ryan's congressional career.
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Paul Ryan's congressional career.
He'll have time to have surgery to take care of his missing spine.
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Huey Lewis and the News
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If this is it.......,please let me go
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Huey Lewis and the News
Meniere's disease...same thing as Ryan Adams
who ended up recovering after taking it easy for a bit
(but what do I know, I only play a Dr on the internet)
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They say the heart of rock and roll is still beating and from what I have seen I believe it....
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Cambridge Analytica (https://gizmodo.com/cambridge-analytica-just-shut-down-all-its-us-offices-1825698536)
Damage done, moving on.
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Ty Cobb
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Incredible run of 116 seasons!
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Gibson Guitars (exaggeratedly)
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/legendary-u-guitar-maker-gibson-files-bankruptcy-151014923--sector.html (https://finance.yahoo.com/news/legendary-u-guitar-maker-gibson-files-bankruptcy-151014923--sector.html)
Guitar Center (maybe)
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2018/04/17/guitar-center-bankruptcy/ (https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2018/04/17/guitar-center-bankruptcy/)
Ric Ocasek's marriage (definitely)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/paulina-porizkova-ric-ocasek-separate-after-28-years/2018/05/03/0f2b4c90-4ebf-11e8-85c1-9326c4511033_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.5213b8da0b9a (https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/paulina-porizkova-ric-ocasek-separate-after-28-years/2018/05/03/0f2b4c90-4ebf-11e8-85c1-9326c4511033_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.5213b8da0b9a)
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Oh no not Paulina!
That movie with Tom selleck is gold
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1. The Saturn is long gone.
The Saturn. Long live the Saturn.
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1. The Saturn is long gone.
The Saturn. Long live the Saturn.
The dream of the 90s is alive in Space's Saturn. . .
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(https://i.imgur.com/c9WdQ5O.jpg)
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(https://i.imgur.com/c9WdQ5O.jpg)
Wow, did I mention 1995 somewhere or is that a guess? More like 1995-2016. Traded her in on a used CX-5 right around Xmas 2016. Got $100 or $200 for her.
It should be noted that Brennser also had a Saturn.
Great little car for what it was. It basically had pieces falling off as I drove it, but never any major repair costs. Probably helped that I only drove it about 1000 miles per year.
Of course, mine had some rear spoilers, so a bit fancier than the one in the pic.
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https://www.stereogum.com/1995348/frightened-rabbits-scott-hutchinson-reported-missing/news/
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https://www.stereogum.com/1995348/frightened-rabbits-scott-hutchinson-reported-missing/news/
sadly, this doesn't really surprise me
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Sadly, me neither, but still bums me out. I hope they find him safe.
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Sadly, me neither, but still bums me out. I hope they find him safe.
very sad,
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Very sad indeed. One of the best "indie" bands of the past decade or so in my opinion. Hoping he turns up safe but not looking good.
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Sorry sidebarr.
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/29/abc-cancels-roseanne-barrs-sitcom-after-her-tweet-about-black-obama-aide-valerie-jarrett.html
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Sorry sidebarr.
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/29/abc-cancels-roseanne-barrs-sitcom-after-her-tweet-about-black-obama-aide-valerie-jarrett.html
Roseanne Barred
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I wonder if she takes her show somewhere else
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Sorry sidebarr.
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/29/abc-cancels-roseanne-barrs-sitcom-after-her-tweet-about-black-obama-aide-valerie-jarrett.html
Roseanne Barred
I don't watch it, but is there any chance they could kill off Roseanne, have her fatass husband marry Roseanne's sister, and call the show "Roseanne's Family?"
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I wonder if she takes her show somewhere else
Do they show sitcoms on Fox News?
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I wonder if she takes her show somewhere else
Do they show sitcoms on Fox News?
That would be redundant, of course.
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New genre, the “conspiracycom”?
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New genre, the “conspiracycom”?
that would be "conspiracom".
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I'm a little shocked how quickly this all went down
I'm sure the team trump will cry foul about this at some point...being sure to blame the liberals and their desire for a nanny state
edit...of course he did and turned into being about him...
@realDonaldTrump
Bob Iger of ABC called Valerie Jarrett to let her know that “ABC does not tolerate comments like those” made by Roseanne Barr. Gee, he never called President Donald J. Trump to apologize for the HORRIBLE statements made and said about me on ABC. Maybe I just didn’t get the call?
anyone know what those HORRIBLE statements were?
so if it's in ALLCAPS is the statement double horrible?
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I'm shocked that you left out the part where he denounced the racist tweet.
Oh, wait....
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The Opposition
And should we add locked up?
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NOFX's us tour
NOFX Say All Their U.S. Shows Have Been Canceled After Vegas Shooting Comments.
https://www.spin.com/2018/06/nofx-shows-canceled-vegas-shooting-comments/
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Justice Kennedy!!!!!
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Justice Kennedy!!!!!
Bye bye abortion rights.
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Justice Kennedy!!!!!
Bye bye abortion rights.
Yeah but I mean Hillary was uppity. What were we supposed to do?
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Have we forgotten Hillary sent emails?
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Hillary was also crooked.
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Justice Kennedy!!!!!
Bye bye abortion rights.
Yeah but I mean Hillary was uppity. What were we supposed to do?
we really need to get voter turnout higher
I did find out that 2016 was the second highest turn in 50 year (2008 being the highest)
but that's 60~%
But in battle ground states, voters turned out closer to 70%
More than 70 percent of voters turned out in Maine, New Hampshire, Colorado and Wisconsin, all states where both presidential campaigns invested heavily. Turnout hit 69 percent in hotly contested Iowa, and more than two-thirds of voters cast ballots in Massachusetts, Oregon, Maryland and Virginia.
but with the big effort for voter suppression...things can only get worse
http://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/324206-new-report-finds-that-voter-turnout-in-2016-topped-2012
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Jason Werth, presumably to prep for his seat on the Court.
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Pruitt
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Pruitt
All credit goes to the mom/teacher who confronted him at Teaism, right?
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Pruitt
All credit goes to the mom/teacher who confronted him at Teaism, right?
I'd like to think so, but he cannot be shamed (plus it was only a couple of days ago). He and his ilk can, however, be scared: something must of told him that he had to get the hell out of Dodge City.
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Diarrhea Planet
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Shitty
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Demi Lovato Herion OD...but she's OK....thank you Narcan
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Ivanka's fashion line.
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Graffiato
https://www.washingtonian.com/2018/07/31/graffiato-dc-is-officially-closed-and-may-not-be-the-last-shutter-for-mike-isabella/
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Graffiato
https://www.washingtonian.com/2018/07/31/graffiato-dc-is-officially-closed-and-may-not-be-the-last-shutter-for-mike-isabella/
Good.
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Graffiato
https://www.washingtonian.com/2018/07/31/graffiato-dc-is-officially-closed-and-may-not-be-the-last-shutter-for-mike-isabella/
Good.
I never understand this sentiment. Mike Isabella is still doing great financially and a bunch of employees who have nothing to do with his actions are out of work. This isn't exactly Biblical justice raining down from the heavens.
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Gah!
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Mike Isabella is closing his mega Tysons Corner food hall, Isabella Eatery, today
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Word on the street is that Mike will be back in rehab by the end of the month.
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Sage has left the Regrettes.
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Graffiato
https://www.washingtonian.com/2018/07/31/graffiato-dc-is-officially-closed-and-may-not-be-the-last-shutter-for-mike-isabella/
Good.
Mike Isabella is still doing great financially and . . .
Welp, I was wrong about that. One of Mike Isabella's LLCs files for bankruptcy. (https://www.richmond.com/washingtonpost/celebrity-chef-mike-isabella-declares-bankruptcy-in-wake-of-sexual/article_450dad23-bb2d-524a-bd07-28ab041b2c36.html?utm_source=RTD%20Email&utm_medium=_Breaking%20NewsActive%20Subscribers&utm_campaign=_Breaking%20News)
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Village Voice
Man that is a bummer...many fond memories and the gateway to a whole world I never knew existed outside of my little suburban Town
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Gonna be less Moonves at CBS (https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2018/09/09/cbs-head-les-moonves-faces-new-sexual-assault-accusations-six-more-women-report-says/?utm_term=.bfaeee014392)
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As an Italian hoagie connoisseur, this one hurts a little.
https://www.washingtonian.com/2018/09/21/hoagie-chain-taylor-gourmet-will-close-all-of-its-stores/
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Ed Whelan,
“will take a leave of absence” from the conservative Washington think tank after peddling the "doppelganger theory" on social media last week
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James Woods (https://www.politico.com/story/2018/09/24/james-woods-twitter-locked-out-837679) on twitter
Does that mean they are going to rename the High School?
apparently it was already in the works (https://www.indiewire.com/2018/07/family-guy-adam-west-james-woods-sneak-preview-clip-stranger-things-kanye-west-1201986513/)
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The Tommy show on 94.7
https://www.washingtonian.com/2018/10/02/the-tommy-show-is-over-at-94-7-fresh-fm/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-tommy-show-is-over-at-94-7-fresh-fm
Odd as it's one of the most popular radio shows in DC (but DC radio sucks balls Soo bad that's not saying much)
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Sears
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Big Bird (https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/17/arts/television/sesame-street-big-bird.html)
and apparently due to lack of user involvement...this forum too
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John Kelly, soon
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Kevin Hart from the Academy Awards. Thankfully.
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Kevin Hart from the Academy Awards. Thankfully.
I, for one, was stunned to learn an African-American male comedian had, at some point, said something derogatory about homosexuals. Stunned!
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Kevin Hart from the Academy Awards. Thankfully.
I, for one, was stunned to learn an African-American male comedian had, at some point, said something derogatory about homosexuals. Stunned!
I was stunned that homophobic remarks would be reason enough to remove such a great thespian from such a deserved role.
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You guys stun easy
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not sure this is the best approach... in defense of homophobic tweets...whatabout this so and so....
https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2018/12/219008/nick-cannon-amy-schumer-sarah-silverman-homophobic-tweets
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Isabella's restaurant empire:
https://www.washingtonian.com/2018/12/12/mike-isabellas-restaurant-group-is-going-out-of-business/
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Sen. Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) will resign from the Senate on Dec. 31,
word is the Duce might pick McSally (who just lost by a hair to Sinema)
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Whoever they appoint is up in 2020
McSally would be vulnerable so I hope they pick her
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Zinke resigns as Secretary of the Interior.
facing a number of ethics inquiries.
tenure marked by suppression of science, denial of climate change, and the silencing and intimidation of staff at the DOI.
So is this how you drain the swamp?
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They are all crooks / swamp people
It’s really unbelievable and makes one wonder whether republican democracy can endure in the internet age in any meaningful capacity
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Is Alex Acosta the next to go?
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So is this how you drain the swamp?
Well first you have to let them open up tons of land for their drilling companies, THEN you drain the swamp. And the oil and gas.
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The Weekly Standard...23 years and taken out by Trump in 2
“May it rest in peace!”
that exclamation point at the end is very ominous...you can almost hear the Imperial March in the background
wow the more I read about this ...I believe the GOP is turning into a mafia-style organization..no dissent in the ranks permitted
This week, Anschutz and McKibben murdered The Weekly Standard, the conservative opinion magazine that Anschutz owned. They didn’t merely close it because it was losing money. They seemed to have murdered it out of greed and vengeance.
John Podhoretz, one of the magazine’s founders, reports that they actively prevented potential buyers from coming in to take it over and keep it alive. They apparently wanted to hurt the employees and harvest the subscription list so they could make money off it. And Anschutz, being a professing Christian, decided to close the magazine at the height of the Christmas season, and so cause maximum pain to his former employees and their families.
By David Brooks
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Not sure if it's the party or the people in the party at this point. His approval ratings amongst Republicans are still high.
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(https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--EihKWX3R--/c_scale,f_auto,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800/netxdnyozanykfhbzxrg.jpg)
Edit: Okay - here ya go
Mourinho out at Man U (https://deadspin.com/jose-mourinhos-failed-tenure-at-manchester-united-is-fi-1831170461)
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author=shemptiness
so posting a pic of some old white dude with zero context (other then they were fired or retired)...doesn't really help
gotta assume it's sports related?
I sometime can figure it out by the link
https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--EihKWX3R--/c_scale,f_auto,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800/netxdnyozanykfhbzxrg.jpg
but Gawker.com shut down August, 2016
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RIP Ticketfly as the ticket vendor for Merriweather. All hail Ticketmaster. I think? Am I reading/clicking wrong?
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Dude how can you not know who Mourinho is?!?
Embarrassing
If he looks old to you look in the mirror
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Mourinho out at Man U (https://deadspin.com/jose-mourinhos-failed-tenure-at-manchester-united-is-fi-1831170461)
Christmas came early for Smackie
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If he looks old to you look in the mirror
I don't follow premiere league and he 55 years old, close to a decade older than me
and I was close..."gotta assume it's sports related?"
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James Mattis
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James Mattis
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James 'mad dog' Mattis
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MMR (http://maximumrocknroll.com/)
we are announcing the end of Maximum Rocknroll as a monthly print fanzine.
always enjoyed reading this and impressed it made it to it's 40ies
still doing the raido show (and website I assume)
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The windows phone OS
( I know, did that even exist since 2014?)
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Roger Stone won't be hitting the swingers party circuit this weekend.
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there's lots of swinging in Jail...may not be consensual tho
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there's lots of swinging in Jail...may not be consensual tho
Jail might not be such a bad place for a trysexual.
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Newseum
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Newseum
with all the fake news, they were running out of new content
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I’m going to just go ahead and list Ralph Northam’s political career and time as Virginia governor in here now.
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What I don’t get is how it didn’t come up before? Don’t campaigns do oppo research anymore?
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I’m going to just go ahead and list Ralph Northam’s political career and time as Virginia governor in here now.
I really don't know how he is going to recover from this
gotta imagine there is a new segment of VA that now like him a whole lot more...
he's got 3 more years in his term...will he at least get to appoint the next gov if he steps down?
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Ha....imagine if he appoints someone
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I’m going to just go ahead and list Ralph Northam’s political career and time as Virginia governor in here now.
I really don't know how he is going to recover from this
gotta imagine there is a new segment of VA that now like him a whole lot more...
he's got 3 more years in his term...will he at least get to appoint the next gov if he steps down?
No. Justin French, the 39 year old AA Lieutenant Governor from Fairfax, serves out the remainder of the term AND thru a loophole can run for a “second” term.
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I’m going to just go ahead and list Ralph Northam’s political career and time as Virginia governor in here now.
I really don't know how he is going to recover from this
gotta imagine there is a new segment of VA that now like him a whole lot more...
he's got 3 more years in his term...will he at least get to appoint the next gov if he steps down?
No. Justin French, the 39 year old AA Lieutenant Governor from Fairfax, serves out the remainder of the term AND thru a loophole can run for a “second” term.
Justin French?
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this guy
U.S. attorney recommends 14 years for Justin French (https://www.richmond.com/business/u-s-attorney-recommends-years-for-justin-french/article_ebddfa52-b204-5034-8895-051bc3a54b33.html)
think you mean Justin E. Fairfax
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this guy
U.S. attorney recommends 14 years for Justin French (https://www.richmond.com/business/u-s-attorney-recommends-years-for-justin-french/article_ebddfa52-b204-5034-8895-051bc3a54b33.html)
think you mean Justin E. Fairfax
Whoops. The specter of Justin French weighs heavily on the Richmond psyche. Freudian slip.
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What I don’t get is how it didn’t come up before? Don’t campaigns do oppo research anymore?
apparently you have a lot more in common with trump than you thought
Donald J. Trump Verified account @realDonaldTrump
Ed Gillespie, who ran for Governor of the Great State of Virginia against Ralph Northam, must now be thinking Malpractice and Dereliction of Duty with regard to his Opposition Research Staff. If they find that terrible picture before the election, he wins by 20 points!
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VA Attorney General Herring wore blackface....
Who is next in line? The State’s Dogcatcher?
oh shit...couldn't get any worse in VA
but gotta expect some of this in peoples past who live in VA...was the capital of the confederacy
but this sucks dog doo for VA dems
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He was trying to dress up as Kurtis Blow
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I did not expect it....although I was trying to recall if anyone at our Halloween parties dressed up as black?
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He was trying to dress up as Kurtis Blow
I will say when I read this ...his street cred went up a notch for good musical taste for a white kid in 1980 Virginia
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When I read he dressed up as a rapper in 1980 I was intrigued as there weren’t that many in the public eye....but kurtis Blow makes sense
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I think we need to modify the lyrics
To the girl in brown, stop messing around
(Break it up, break it up)
To the guy in blueBlackface, whatcha gonna do how do you save face?
And these are the breaks
Break it up, break it up, break it up!
Break down! Yo!
You say last week you met voted for the perfect guy
(That's the breaks, that's the breaks)
And he promised you the stars in the sky to not lie
He said his Cadilac history was gold good
But he didn't say it was ten years old his 80s yearbook he wore a hood
And he told you the story of his life
But he forgot the part about his wife racist past!
Huh! Huh!
Well, these are the breaks!
Break it up, break it up, break it up!
Break down!
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I don’t know if to laugh or cry but I do love that song
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PledgeMusic
They owe several artists thousands in collected funds, for completed projects. Which blows for the artists involved..
Stealing from Twitter, they were better in taking in money than giving it out.
My experience with PledgeMusic is the past was positive, got a couple items that weren’t released in the states.
https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/8497039/pledgemusic-suspends-contributions-active-crowdfunding-campaigns
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PledgeMusic
They owe several artists thousands in collected funds, for completed projects. Which blows for the artists involved..
Stealing from Twitter, they were better in taking in money than giving it out.
My experience with PledgeMusic is the past was positive, got a couple items that weren’t released in the states.
https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/8497039/pledgemusic-suspends-contributions-active-crowdfunding-campaigns
On a similar note: Patreon CEO says the company's generous business model is not sustainable as it sees rapid growth (https://www.cnbc.com/2019/01/23/crowd-funding-platform-patreon-announces-it-will-pay-out-half-a-billion-dollars-to-content-creators-in-2019.html)
Also, Patreon CEO = ˝ Pomplamoose
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Grape or fruit?
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Also, Patreon CEO = ˝ Pomplamoose
I thought that was an insult... until I found out it was a band
I know I wouldn't want to be called even 1/4 of a Pomplamoose
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I know I wouldn't want to be called even 1/4 of a Pomplamoose
Not even if you were the drummer?
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I didn't think it could get worse in Virginia
Second accusation and the left-handed defense
But I am happy to hear that northam is reported to be reading Roots
The conservatives are absolutely loving every minute of it....
@bensharpiro
God gave us VA Democrats because he loves us and he wants us to be happy
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Ben Shapiro is garbage
What is the left handed defense?
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Ben Shapiro is garbage
trust me I know....but just an example of them getting a boner over this
What is the left handed defense?
Northam insists he's not in racist photo because he's left-handed while men in photo are right-handed (https://www.foxnews.com/politics/northam-says-hes-not-in-racist-picture-because-hes-left-handed-while-men-in-kkk-blackface-are-right-handed)
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Oh boy...that is some pretty weak sauce
Was feeling good about being from VA but this all has me eating some humble pie
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Was feeling good about being from VA but this all has me eating some humble pie
Yeah hard to hold your head high as a VA Democrat
I really thought both of them had bright futures and we really trying hard to deliver on their promises to the voters who put them in there
I was excited about northam plan to make 2 year college free for VA residents...no way that's happening now
The one thing you can say...the voters had no idea this was in Notham's past (Fairfax...it was out there, but who really pays attention to the Lt gov race)
the right is determined to paint Democrats as knowing this information I still voting for him
I can guarantee you they're looking at Don byers and any other Virginia Democrat' old yearbooks and photos they can find from the 60s, 70s and 80s....mining for racist gold
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Was feeling good about being from VA but this all has me eating some humble pie
Yeah hard to hold your head high as a VA Democrat
I really thought both of them had bright futures and we really trying hard to deliver on their promises to the voters who put them in there
I was excited about northam plan to make 2 year college free for VA residents...no way that's happening now
The one thing you can say...the voters had no idea this was in Notham's past (Fairfax...it was out there, but who really pays attention to the Lt gov race)
the right is determined to paint Democrats as knowing this information I still voting for him
I can guarantee you they're looking at Don byers and any other Virginia Democrat' old yearbooks and photos they can find from the 60s, 70s and 80s....mining for racist gold
This is very interesting...
The Washington Post-Schar School poll found 47 percent (of Virginians) wanting the Democrat to step down and 47 percent saying he should stay on after the emergence of a racist photo on his yearbook page. He counts higher support among African American residents — who say he should remain in office by a margin of 58 percent to 37 percent — than among whites.
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Lindsey Buckingham's voice? (https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/fleetwood-mac-lindsey-buckingham-vocal-cord_us_5c5f6c83e4b0f9e1b17dcdcc)
He was spared, at least.
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I cannot believe Northam called slaves “indentured servants”
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I cannot believe Northam called slaves “indentured servants”
I can't believe I voted for this guy.
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your trip to mars (https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/11/18220153/mars-one-bankruptcy-bas-lansdorp-human-settlement)
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FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb
said it's happening because of “the difficulty of commuting back and forth between” Washington and Connecticut
ya right....there is a pee tape
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ya right....there is a pee tape
nah, he decided to bail before the inspector general caught up with him... he's corrupt like the rest of them.
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Morris Dees of SPLC
and Lori Loughlin lost her job on Fuller House
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Justice With Judge Jeanine
Trump is not happy about it either
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(https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/53625532_1015639775293255_7525952462704869376_n.jpg?_nc_cat=111&_nc_eui2=AeF1ZledQ5TWhdkdFBP_pEbCcpVnI3Oz7aB6sr9rMGCWXKISstJUNOuaMzPuxkglAJb-LHYKlYBBa8eBo-JKl2W6nwxEpeEdF8aFKnc7BPOjvA&_nc_ht=scontent-iad3-1.xx&oh=4dd73ce1d4e219a2bad78b4ba4c28172&oe=5D120508)
Seriously...how is this not rape?!?
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Typical Republican garbage
Of course white Protestant evangelicals support these guys
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Little Green Cars
They were awesome at Freefest several years ago.. Bummer they broke up, really enjoyed both their albums
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Shoppers grocery stores (https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2019/03/20/d-c-region-braces-for-closure-of-shoppers-stores.html)
Bye bye, Colossal Donuts :'(
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Gronk
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the Kings Dominion Law in VA
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The AAF.
https://twitter.com/darrenrovell/status/1113120390073716736
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The AAF.
man that's gonna leave a mark...being a non-sports guy...even I thought this was a bad plan
anything that trump thought was a good business idea 30 years ago seems destined to fail
but now he get's a $70 mill write off on all his profits from his other businesses....may have been the plan the whole time
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The AAF.
man that's gonna leave a mark...being a non-sports guy...even I thought this was a bad plan
anything that trump thought was a good business idea 30 years ago seems destined to fail
but now he get's a $70 mill write off on all his profits from his other businesses....may have been the plan the whole time
Your second/third paragraph confuses me. Are you under the impression that Trump owns an AAF team or his USFL ownership is somehow impacted by this league (apparently) folding?
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The AAF.
man that's gonna leave a mark...being a non-sports guy...even I thought this was a bad plan
anything that trump thought was a good business idea 30 years ago seems destined to fail
but now he get's a $70 mill write off on all his profits from his other businesses....may have been the plan the whole time
Your second/third paragraph confuses me. Are you under the impression that Trump owns an AAF team or his USFL ownership is somehow impacted by this league (apparently) folding?
Trump has nothing to do with the AAF
I meant that he though an alternate football league was a good idea 30 years ago...and it failed
so would be good advice not to try it again based on that "Trump thought it was a good business idea"
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I guess I'm still confused how Trump gets a $70mil writeoff because the AAF is folding? Or are you saying he did when his USFL team went kaput?
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I guess I'm still confused how Trump gets a $70mil writeoff because the AAF is folding? Or are you saying he did when his USFL team went kaput?
his point is that 30 years ago, trump thought it was a good idea and it went bankrupt (similar to his casinos, airline, steaks, vodka, etc.). moral of the story: stay away from things that trump thought was a good idea 30 years ago, they're going to fail.
one of those things was an alternative football league.
lo and behold, 30 years later people resurrect the idea of an alternate football league - and it crashes and burns. "if trumped touched it, you shouldn't".
that was his point. nothing more. at least per my reading.
but now he get's a $70 mill write off on all his profits from his other businesses....may have been the plan the whole time
"he" = AAF owner dude, not trump.
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but now he get's a $70 mill write off on all his profits from his other businesses....may have been the plan the whole time
"he" = AAF owner dude, not trump.
Aha. I was misapplying the pronoun to Trump as he was the last person mentioned. I follow now! My bad!
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AAF reddit -- and yes, this exists -- is circulating several reports that Dundon bought the league just for the gambling app tech and shuttering it just removes a headache for him. It was a straight up $70mil purchase for the tech.
Even if they don't make it to a championship game, lets all agree to remember Orlando as the true AAF champs. Team was straight fire.
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Ernie Grunfeld
Wizards GM
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Ernie Grunfeld
Wizards GM
it's about time!
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Algerian President ABdelaziz Bouteflika.
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Algerian President ABdelaziz Bouteflika.
say that 3 times fast
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say that 3 times fast
Somebody doesn't listen to The Economist....
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an Australian computer programmer is about to get ousted from his sanctuary at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London...and possibly extradited to the U.S.
could be interesting...
lot's of people he could screw to get leniency
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Resigned: Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen
not even a two week notice
The Neo-Con Hawks that have Trumps ear are really trying to create a world the way they envision it...Trump could honestly care less....he probably had zero opinions on most of this stuff.
But it's clear they are in charge, writing the policies and pushing the agenda. they probably even have access to his Twitter account
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an Australian computer programmer is about to get ousted from his sanctuary at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London...and possibly extradited to the U.S
Arrested in London today
"You must resist. You can resist ... the U.K. must resist.
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Julian really let himself go....
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Julian really let himself go....
POTD
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Paris is burning!!
(https://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/1200*675/notre-dame-fire.jpg)
I assume we should blame the immigrants?
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Muslim immigrants to be precise
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Muslim immigrants to be precise
(https://scontent-atl3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/57183810_2694495053899202_8337231863198253056_n.jpg?_nc_cat=106&_nc_ht=scontent-atl3-1.xx&oh=10d77142ec9d93e37357503b1dada545&oe=5D77A205)
;D
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Paris is burning!!
(https://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/1200*675/notre-dame-fire.jpg)
I assume we should blame the immigrants?
TO HELL WITH NOTRE DAME
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On brand (ie. asshole)
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hey it's possible there is no Minor Threat/Fugazi/Discord if it wasn't for Ian listening to Ted Nugent as a per-pubesent-punker
but that's a great meme
Although hatred of muslims in Paris pre-dates Trump by a bit
one of the things I remember from my visit to Paris in the late 80's was frequent graffiti in the Metro 'arabs go home' mostly in English
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On brand (ie. asshole)
you realize that was a college football joke, right? as an avid fan of michigan, jules doesn't like notre dame (the US school).
(oh, wait, i forgot that taking something out of one one context and making a joke about it in another because of similar name isn't allowed any more...)
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I just saw the spire collapse. (https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-47941794)..not a big fan of organized religion, but this is hearbreaking
you realize that was a college football joke, right?
even I got that 'joke'...
and if you thought julie was being an ass....look at this guy
@realDonaldTrump
So horrible to watch the massive fire at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. Perhaps flying water tankers could be used to put it out. Must act quickly!
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D4NxCiiU8AAAqsP.jpg)
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I got the joke but I think it’s still on brand (ie, asshole)
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Jesus . . . wept.
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Jesus . . . wept.
when I visited ND, we went to see the religious artifacts
they purported to have the actual crown of thorns....IMO religious people are so gullible
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thankfully it's out...and already 3/4 of a billion has been pledged for reconstruction
this site has cool photos that you can slide the before and after...little shocking
https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/2019/04/16/notre-dame-cathedral-before-after-and-during-blaze/3481106002/
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Can't they take that that three quarters of a billion and instead build some low income housing?
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Can't they take that that three quarters of a billion and instead build some low income housing?
NOT IN MY BACKYARD
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Can't they take that that three quarters of a billion and instead build some low income housing?
trust me, kinda feel the same way
let's spend tons of money on an old building dedicated to religion or we could literally help millions of people
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In all seriousness, isn't the Catholic Church more than well funded enough to do this repair without non-believers ponying up? I'm sure they can flip over the couch cushions at the Vatican and cover this.
That said, the Julian's American in me loves the hustle.
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In all seriousness, isn't the Catholic Church more than well funded enough to do this repair without non-believers ponying up? I'm sure they can flip over the couch cushions at the Vatican and cover this.
That said, the Julian's American in me loves the hustle.
It's owned by France, not by the Catholic Church. I didn't know that all the distances in Paris (maybe they said France?) are measured starting at Notre Dame. I'm not religious, but I do feel like it deserves to be saved because of it's influence and importance in Architecture and Art.
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Also, that building has been through some shit.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/the-gutting-of-notre-dame-is-a-body-blow-to-paris-and-all-it-represents/2019/04/15/37d4410e-5fc8-11e9-bf24-db4b9fb62aa2_story.html?utm_term=.f09e534f8697
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LVMH, famous for their luxury goods and being my forum signature, is in for a cool 200mil euros.
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Can't they take that that three quarters of a billion and instead build some low income housing?
So the argument goes like this...
$750 million of private dollars is $750 million the government doesn't have to spend, so technically, they could spend that government "savings" on low income housing, something that arguably should be the governments job and not the private sector's job (though voters in my home town thought differently).
In addition, restoring monuments and attractions only help to attract more tourists, whose taxes are a large source of the government revenue (Paris' hotel tax is 25%) so think of it as marketing for the individual, with a tax break, thinly veiled as an indirect investment in the government coffers.
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Nick Geale, the top aide to Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta, is leaving the Trump administration after a clash with White House officials who regarded him as personally difficult and an impediment to President Trump's deregulatory agenda, according to sources with direct knowledge.
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Nick Geale, the top aide to Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta, is leaving the Trump administration after a clash with White House officials who regarded him as personally difficult and an impediment to President Trump's deregulatory agenda, according to sources with direct knowledge.
Actually it sounds different from what you wrote:
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/top-labor-official-to-exit-after-white-house-probe
Former DOL staffers have in recent months told Bloomberg Law that Geale has been carrying out directives from the White House and Secretary’s office with a brash and abrasive style—laden with profanity—that’s been driving some senior personnel out of the department. The staff upheaval has been blamed for at least some delays on important DOL policy updates, such as a top White House priority to expand apprenticeship programs.
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This board should be renamed “DC Politics”
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Dress Barn
This news is actually trending on Twitter ???
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Dress Barn
This news is actually trending on Twitter ???
Who could have guessed subconsciously making people think of cows and horses when looking at themselves in your clothing might be a bad move for a modiste? Who could’ve guessed!?
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Dress Barn
This news is actually trending on Twitter ???
Who could have guessed subconsciously making people think of cows and horses when looking at themselves in your clothing might be a bad move for a modiste? Who could’ve guessed!?
It started in 1962, so I think its more the advent of internet shopping than the awful name.
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Dress Barn
This news is actually trending on Twitter ???
Who could have guessed subconsciously making people think of cows and horses when looking at themselves in your clothing might be a bad move for a modiste? Who could’ve guessed!?
i have been pondering this sweet, sweet mystery for years... WHO THE HELL NAMES THEIR CLOTHING STORE "BARN" ANYTHING?!?
(with the possible exception of a Carhartts store - i could see "The Carhartt Barn" working).
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Dress Barn
This news is actually trending on Twitter ???
Who could have guessed subconsciously making people think of cows and horses when looking at themselves in your clothing might be a bad move for a modiste? Who could’ve guessed!?
i have been pondering this sweet, sweet mystery for years... WHO THE HELL NAMES THEIR CLOTHING STORE "BARN" ANYTHING?!?
(with the possible exception of a Carhartts store - i could see "The Carhartt Barn" working).
You'd be surprised by the amount of fondness for certain farm animals held by Trumptarded women.
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Dress Barn
This news is actually trending on Twitter ???
Who could have guessed subconsciously making people think of cows and horses when looking at themselves in your clothing might be a bad move for a modiste? Who could’ve guessed!?
i have been pondering this sweet, sweet mystery for years... WHO THE HELL NAMES THEIR CLOTHING STORE "BARN" ANYTHING?!?
(with the possible exception of a Carhartts store - i could see "The Carhartt Barn" working).
You'd be surprised by the amount of fondness for certain farm animals held by Trumptarded women.
Not when they're compared to looking like one.
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Bad week for terrestrial radio stations
Mix 107.3 and the Jack Diamond show is done today after 30 years in DC
99.5 WPLJ in NuYawk will also shudder with close to 50 years on the air signs off today
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Mitski.
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dang wasn't expecting that ^
Show is with Lucy Dacus ;)
mitski
@mitskileaks
Ok...just to extra clarify, this show is in ***September*** All the shows I'm playing before September are still happening, including Houston, Los Angeles, Berlin, and Vienna, among others. Thanks.
This will be my last show indefinitely, and and I'm glad it's ending in NY where I came up.
Mitski Presale: June 5th at 10AM EDT (password: BETHECOWBOY)
General On Sale: June 7th at 10AM EDT
Tickets at (link: http://Mitski.com) Mitski.com
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Mix 107.3 and the Jack Diamond show is done today after 30 years in DC
Q107 was my jam back in the day. Couldn't get HFS in Virginia.
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Ray's the Steak in ARL
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Mitski.
mitski @mitskileaks
So many people couldn’t get tickets to our final show of this cycle, so i’ve agreed to add one more show the day after, on 9/8. And Lucy's agreed too! love you
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HBO gives Vice the boot
HBO Cancels 'Vice News Tonight,' Josh Tyrangiel to Depart (https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/hbo-cancels-vice-news-tonight-josh-tyrangiel-depart-1217028?utm_source=facebook&ute_medium=social&fbclid=IwAR2Gr1x2kqTdzLBS4PjCkzBL5vERe3g2xvdcmZuYVLQexzYXH0yLv5RDfXc)
this is a shame...some really good reporting happening on that show
often a hard show to watch as there is a lot of really depressing stories in the world that are not getting reported on
didn't know about Viceland? looks like I might get it ...channel 697
Shane Smith needs just six words to describe his grand vision for his forthcoming cable network: "We're trying not to be shitty."
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Sarah Huckabee Sanders will be leaving the White House at the end of the month
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Sarah Huckabee Sanders will be leaving the White House at the end of the month
ding dong...
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revolving cabinet doors at the white house
acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan will withdraw from the confirmation process,
will name Secretary of the Army Mark Esper to be his acting replacement
whole lot of acting going on this reality TV show
a hidden jem in the story
In a separate incident, Shanahan's son was arrested for beating his mother with a baseball hat.
Hat, not bat...
wonder if it was a MAGA hat?
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revolving cabinet doors at the white house
acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan will withdraw from the confirmation process,
will name Secretary of the Army Mark Esper to be his acting replacement
whole lot of acting going on this reality TV show
a hidden jem in the story
In a separate incident, Shanahan's son was arrested for beating his mother with a baseball hat.
Hat, not bat...
wonder if it was a MAGA hat?
bat. composite nike baseball bat. caved-in her skull.
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a hidden jem in the story
In a separate incident, Shanahan's son was arrested for beating his mother with a baseball hat.
Hat, not bat...
wonder if it was a MAGA hat?
bat. composite nike baseball bat. caved-in her skull.
so apparently Axios let a typo get out there
but that's the nice thing about the internet
now reads Shanahan's son was arrested for beating his mother with a baseball bat.
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Ticketfly as vendor for the Club and Anthem. Both are up on Ticketmaster. Probably not too much of a surprise, with Tfly being phased out and Mweather already on Ticketmaster
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Ticketfly as vendor for the Club and Anthem. Both are up on Ticketmaster. Probably not too much of a surprise, with Tfly being phased out and Mweather already on Ticketmaster
Just checked this. It looks like resale tickets are on ticketmaster, but tickets originate on ticketfly/eventbrite. Do you see any 930 shows originate on the master?
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Ticketfly as vendor for the Club and Anthem. Both are up on Ticketmaster. Probably not too much of a surprise, with Tfly being phased out and Mweather already on Ticketmaster
Just checked this. It looks like resale tickets are on ticketmaster, but tickets originate on ticketfly/eventbrite. Do you see any 930 shows originate on the master?
The transition to TM only is to be phased in. They obviously couldn't yank all the existing pre-sold shows from the original ticketing system. We'll see soon.... whether it's a event-date from which new shows will be TM only , or if it's calendar-onsale-date.
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Jam On...good riddance IMO
Thousands of Music Fans Sign Petition to Bring Jam On Back to SiriusXM (https://jambands.com/news/2019/06/18/thousands-of-music-fans-sign-petition-to-bring-jam-on-back-to-sirius-x)
sadly they replaced it with Phish radio
but I'm sure the listeners haven't even noticed
I know it's my brand, I don't like jam bands and their fans
so deal with it
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Jack Evans will resign both from his WMATA board chairman post, and from his place on the board altogether on June 27.
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Ticketfly as vendor for the Club and Anthem. Both are up on Ticketmaster. Probably not too much of a surprise, with Tfly being phased out and Mweather already on Ticketmaster
Just checked this. It looks like resale tickets are on ticketmaster, but tickets originate on ticketfly/eventbrite. Do you see any 930 shows originate on the master?
The transition to TM only is to be phased in. They obviously couldn't yank all the existing pre-sold shows from the original ticketing system. We'll see soon.... whether it's a event-date from which new shows will be TM only , or if it's calendar-onsale-date.
Has there been a change in management? Set times do not seem to be posted anymore. I checked this website, posted in the FAQ forum, Facebook, twitter and even at Merriweather on the day of the show but couldn't find any information :(
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Ticketfly as vendor for the Club and Anthem. Both are up on Ticketmaster. Probably not too much of a surprise, with Tfly being phased out and Mweather already on Ticketmaster
Just checked this. It looks like resale tickets are on ticketmaster, but tickets originate on ticketfly/eventbrite. Do you see any 930 shows originate on the master?
The transition to TM only is to be phased in. They obviously couldn't yank all the existing pre-sold shows from the original ticketing system. We'll see soon.... whether it's a event-date from which new shows will be TM only , or if it's calendar-onsale-date.
Has there been a change in management? Set times do not seem to be posted anymore. I checked this website, posted in the FAQ forum, Facebook, twitter and even at Merriweather on the day of the show but couldn't find any information :(
The owner’s official response to this issue has been: you don’t need to know the set times.
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and the last of Ray's meat empire....
Ray’s Hell Burger Closes in D.C.
and Oz Restaurant in Clarendon to Close ...that site is cursed
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https://variety.com/2019/music/news/sleater-kinney-drummer-janet-weiss-leaves-band-1203257285/
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(https://speechwriting-ghostwriting.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c53ec53ef0240a495fc4f200d-pi)
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Sir Kim Darroch, U.K. Ambassador to U.S.
I am really appalled that Trump can call people Losers, Low intelligence, very dishonest and weak...the list could go on for pages
but someone says something about him...time to pack your bags man, can't insult Mr. MAGA and get away with it?
it's bizzaro how everyone caves
He has destroyed more lives with a nasty nickname alone...amazing power his insults wield
and of course his base LOVES that he publicly insults everyone, while everyone else is appalled and sad
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Come on of course the ambassador had to resign
The job is diplomacy
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Come on of course the ambassador had to resign
The job is diplomacy
Isn't the presidents job diplomacy too?
why is it only a one way street
I get he had to resign, I don't get why it's ok for Trump to insult leaders from other countries
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Well that’s a different issue
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what a double-standard. i guess executive privilege only exists for Americans...
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and heaven forbid (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_diplomatic_cables_leak) that US diplomats make unflattering assessments (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/nov/28/us-embassy-cable-leak-diplomacy-crisis) of other countries and their politicians...
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Isn't the presidents job diplomacy too?
No, and it would be nice if he left more Diplomacy up to the State Dept.
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Acosta
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Acosta
good riddance...although Mulvaney had been frustrated with Acosta for moving too slowly deregulation.
his ass was destined to be grass as he wasn't ripping apart everything obama and dems have done over the years in a way and time frame they expected
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Rep. Paul Mitchell (R-Mich.) will not seek re-election next year
He publicly came out against trump after the 'send them back' tweet
Guess he saw the writing on the wall with 94% of GOP members behind trump there is no way he could attack trump and get reelected
Seems that Republicans can only say their mind when they are not running for re-election
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Rep. Martha Roby (R-Ala.) announced Friday she plans to retire at the end of her term, becoming the third Republican lawmaker to announce their retirement this week
rats leaving the sinking ship...
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Woodstock 50
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Rep. Will Hurd (R-Tex.) announced on Thursday that he will not seek reelection
Hurd is the only black Republican in the House and district includes 820 miles along the U.S.-Mexico border
making him the only GOP member of Congress to represent the southern border.
His departure is the ninth by a Republican incumbent
what is shocking is incumbents almost always win
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Rep. Will Hurd (R-Tex.) announced on Thursday that he will not seek reelection
Hurd is the only black Republican in the House and district includes 820 miles along the U.S.-Mexico border
making him the only GOP member of Congress to represent the southern border.
His departure is the ninth by a Republican incumbent
what is shocking is incumbents almost always win
right, but after years of being in the majority and getting used to doing whatever the hell they want, they are now feasting on the bitter pill that is being in the minority. worse yet, the writing on the wall doesn't favor them regaining the majority any time soon. with no prospects of living the good life in DC again, why bother? better to go home and make bundles of cash, or stay in DC and make bundles of cash as a lobbyist - and not have to deal with the Dems, or having to constantly defend the president.
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this brings up an interesting point...with 9 republican's not running for reelection...does that mean they could be supporting impeachment soon?
(although it's not like if the dems wanted to do it in the house they could)
The impeachment whip list is up to 119 (with amash the only non dem in there)
still need Pelosi on board...
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I doubt any of them will want to burn their bridges with the Republican Party
Remember they will need a new job
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Rep. Kenny Marchant - Fourth House Republican from Texas announces he won't run for reelection (https://www.politico.com/story/2019/08/05/kenny-marchant-texas-republican-reitres-congress-1447980)
is now the 12th House Republican retiring at the end of their term
Founding member of the House Tea Party Caucus
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this brings up an interesting point...with 9 republican's not running for reelection...does that mean they could be supporting impeachment soon?
(although it's not like if the dems wanted to do it in the house they could)
The impeachment whip list is up to 119 (with amash the only non dem in there)
still need Pelosi on board...
Pelosi won't budge until the Senate is on board, so unlikely to happen before november 2020.
Rep. Kenny Marchant - Fourth House Republican from Texas announces he won't run for reelection (https://www.politico.com/story/2019/08/05/kenny-marchant-texas-republican-reitres-congress-1447980)
is now the 12th House Republican retiring at the end of their term
Founding member of the House Tea Party Caucus
the House is looking safer and safer for the Dems in 2020. on to the Senate...
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Barneys New York, has filed for bankruptcy
someone check on julian
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not sure who yet...but lots of powerful men are going to be getting a lot of calls from the press
unsealed Epstein documents (https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6250856-EpsteinDepositions.html)
Bill richardson, Alan Dershowitz and Prince andrew are not looking that clean
no bill Clinton or trump tho...
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whoa...
Say goodbye to three of Dupont Circle’s biggest happy hours: Sign of the Whale, The Front Page, and Buffalo Billiards are all closing
Notably, both Sign of the Whale and The Front Page were named by Complex as one of the 25 Douchiest Bars in D.C. in 2012.
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God I hated Buffalo
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God I hated Buffalo
I had a few fun times there in the 90s
It not the kind of place I frequent
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Daniel Pantaleo (eric garner chokehold NYPD)
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Rep. Bill Flores (R-Texas) will not seek re-election in 2020, becoming the fifth Texas Republican — and the 15th Republican overall — to retire from the House this term.
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John Bolton
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John Bolton
was just looking for this thread to post that
is there a term for getting fired by tweet...
@realDonaldTrump
I informed John Bolton last night that his services are no longer needed at the White House. I disagreed strongly with many of his suggestions, as did others in the Administration, and therefore....
....I asked John for his resignation, which was given to me this morning. I thank John very much for his service. I will be naming a new National Security Advisor next week.
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Or this version:
John Bolton
@AmbJohnBolton
I offered to resign last night and President Trump said, "Let's talk about it tomorrow."
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Or this version:
John Bolton
@AmbJohnBolton
I offered to resign last night and President Trump said, "Let's talk about it tomorrow."
So when you get sacked, how long do you have access to your gov't twitter account? Or is that a personal account?
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John Bolton
was just looking for this thread to post that
is there a term for getting fired by tweet...
I can't believe the internet hasn't come up with a good name for this yet...but I did find this related gem
Can you fire someone over text message?
The simple answer is Yes. While it is unprofessional and rude, unless you have an employment contract or the real reason for the termination is an illegal reason, as discussed below, firing via text message is perfectly legal. Simply being fired by text message does not give you a legal claim against the employer.
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Or this version:
John Bolton
@AmbJohnBolton
I offered to resign last night and President Trump said, "Let's talk about it tomorrow."
So when you get sacked, how long do you have access to your gov't twitter account? Or is that a personal account?
it's his personal account. his first ambassadorship was back in the 80's, so he's been ambassador bolton for a long time.
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fuck, his mustache . . . for good measure.
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fuck, his mustache . . . for good measure.
To be honest, that was the only thing I liked about him and I'm notoriously facial hair adverse.
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fuck, his mustache . . . for good measure.
To be honest, that was the only thing I liked about him and I'm notoriously facial hair adverse.
walrus mustaches are the facial equivalent of a bow tie: not actually attractive, but quirky and provide instant identity.
discuss.
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fuck, his mustache . . . for good measure.
To be honest, that was the only thing I liked about him and I'm notoriously facial hair adverse.
walrus mustaches are the facial equivalent of a bow tie: not actually attractive, but quirky and provide instant identity.
discuss.
paging GGW and walkie.
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^ excellent call-outs.
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fuck, his mustache . . . for good measure.
To be honest, that was the only thing I liked about him and I'm notoriously facial hair adverse.
walrus mustaches are the facial equivalent of a bow tie: not actually attractive, but quirky and provide instant identity.
discuss.
How, dare you. Correct from all angles . . . but how dare, you. Just, for that, I am wearing one tomorrow. Also, when you wear them, in the country, no matter what your profession is . . . you are a homospectacle.
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well played...but will not be missed
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EEQ9GQEXkAEjFZg?format=jpg&name=900x900)
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SFY!
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Shane Gillis ...fired before even starting
you would think in this day and age that anyone getting a job that will be public facing, that they would do some research on the person and public things they said that everyone else will find
I will say there is a difference between a comedian and a politician
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Ok I'm jumping the gun here....Netanyahu
(I know the sidehatch kiss of death means he'll win)
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Ok I'm jumping the gun here....Netanyahu
(I know the sidehatch kiss of death means he'll win)
Does it matter if neither can form a coalition?
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Ok I'm jumping the gun here....Netanyahu
(I know the sidehatch kiss of death means he'll win)
Does it matter if neither can form a coalition?
well don't rain on my parade, but you have a point
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kik
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kik
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-49809449
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Robert Hunter
fuck
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British travel firm Thomas Cook collapses, stranding 600,000 people abroad (https://www.cnbc.com/2019/09/23/british-travel-firm-thomas-cook-collapses-stranding-travelers.html)
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British travel firm Thomas Cook collapses, stranding 600,000 people abroad (https://www.cnbc.com/2019/09/23/british-travel-firm-thomas-cook-collapses-stranding-travelers.html)
Man named Thomas Cook has wedding ruined by collapse of tour company Thomas Cook (https://news.yahoo.com/man-named-thomas-cook-wedding-172345001.html)
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Kurt Volker Has Left Ukraine State Department Post
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Bernie's campaign.
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Bernie's campaign.
and in 3, 2, 1....NKOTB responds
the heart stent thing seems a little scary...so I wish him the best of luck with that
but Sanders has raised a total of $61.5 million since he launched his presidential bid in February.
average donation was $18.07.
So don't really think he's losing momentum, I just think he has a ceiling with all these fresh faces
when it was Hil, it was easy to be the anti-hil
not so much anymore, I think Warren has stolen a lot of his base
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But, he was so young.
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Bernie's campaign.
Nah. As scary as it sounds, its actually a relatively minor procedure. Fairly common these days.
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Dude, it's over. The man's a 150 years old and he just had a health scare. It's over, Johnny.
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If only there was a thread for people who got, you know, FIRED!
Gruden makes me ask the same question as Chris Ash at Rutgers who got fired last week: why did you bring them back for this season exactly? Everyone and their mother knew they were getting fired. Their teams were going to be bad and they had no goodwill left -- what did you gain by bringing these guys back for 4-5 more games and doing this midseason? So silly.
How about the Redskins making him come to a meeting at 5AM JUST to fire him!?
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How about the Redskins making him come to a meeting at 5AM JUST to fire him!?
Wait, a team that refuses to drop its racist moniker is acting petty? I am stunned.
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If only there was a thread for people who got, you know, FIRED!
thank you...some rules need to be followed people, we can't have dogs and cats living together
(https://media1.tenor.com/images/8cc6ea931574232b6730ae470eb3a390/tenor.gif)
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iTunes
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I had many a hungover breakfasts at this place, it will be missed!
https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-beat/dine/original-woodside-deli-silver-spring-location-closes-after-72-years/
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iTunes
good riddance, can't wait for it to be killed on the PC too.
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I had many a hungover breakfasts at this place, it will be missed!
https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-beat/dine/original-woodside-deli-silver-spring-location-closes-after-72-years/
I am stunned. So many memories of this place. Some of my best cases of gastrointestinal distress started here...
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Shep Smith at Flox News
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Shep Smith at Flox News
dang...one of the few voices of reason on the network, I hope Chris Wallace is not next
Our Dear Leader really didn't like him...I'm sure that came up with Pompeo and Rupert on their Wednesday night chat
@realDonaldTrump
Watching Fake News CNN is better than watching Shepard Smith, the lowest rated show on @FoxNews. Actually, whenever possible, I turn to @OANN!
Smith’s departure follows a report that he was warned last month by Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott and network president Jay Wallace not to criticize the network’s evening anchor Tucker Carlson again.
Smith had said on the air that it was “repugnant” that Carlson had not spoken up in defense of Fox News contributor Andrew Napolitano after a Carlson guest, attorney Joseph di Genova, called Napolitano a “fool” for saying that Trump had broken the law. Di Genova is a legal adviser to Trump.
EDIT-- sounds like he asked to be released from his contract....I don't believe it
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EDIT-- sounds like he asked to be released from his contract....I don't believe it
first thing that I thought when I heard the news was "maybe he grew a pair and jumped a ship he couldn't stand to be on anymore".
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vindicated?
Why Shep Smith finally walked out of Fox News for good
https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/11/media/fox-news-shepard-smith/index.html (https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/11/media/fox-news-shepard-smith/index.html)
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I doubt we will ever know the real story of what happened and accepting the public statements of Shep and FOX seems naive.
We know a few things though...
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The Pinch...got pinched
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I love how there is total denial that Barr's meeting with Murdoch had nothing to do with it. Most are saying it was because of Tucker. I have always wondered, who is worse . . . Tucker, O'Reilly, or Alex Jones.
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I'd have to say Tucker (besides the seeming dethronement of O'Reilly & Jones).
He has a classic, white gentile look, can manage to feign a modulated tone (less and less so) and can skew young.
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and those bow ties...
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Gypsy Sally's
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Rep. Katie Hill announces resignation amid allegations of improper relationships with staffers (https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/27/politics/katie-hill-announces-resignation/index.html)
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Is this the part where one of us says she can be inappropriate with us in a hamfisted attempt at puerile comedy?
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No...that happens at the bar
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No...that happens at the bar
I'd have to have a few drinks first before I'd want *her* to take advantage of me.
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Rep. Katie Hill announces resignation amid allegations of improper relationships with staffers (https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/27/politics/katie-hill-announces-resignation/index.html)
this really irks me and sad to hear this
this post reflects my opinion
@HoarseWisperer
Hard to feel anything other than sad and angry about revenge porn succeeding in pushing out a woman Representative.
Edit--I have to temper this with...she was a supervisor of this person...so that makes this less kosher. I just don't know where the line is drawn with it's not Quidproquo or not consensual
Wasn't the real deal that money was inappropriately going to the staffer and they were going to investigate that angle and the staffer was likely to get into some legal trouble, hence Hill resigned to save the staffer's ass? That's what I read somewhere.
Honestly hadn't followed the story closely...so that's more of a problem...
ok so maybe I was wrong about this
but the Revenge porn aspect really pisses me off and I also feel there is a double standard for women
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Rep. Katie Hill announces resignation amid allegations of improper relationships with staffers (https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/27/politics/katie-hill-announces-resignation/index.html)
this really irks me and sad to hear this
this post reflects my opinion
@HoarseWisperer
Hard to feel anything other than sad and angry about revenge porn succeeding in pushing out a woman Representative.
Wasn't the real deal that money was inappropriately going to the staffer and they were going to investigate that angle and the staffer was likely to get into some legal trouble, hence Hill resigned to save the staffer's ass? That's what I read somewhere.
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OR republican Greg Walden- is retiring from the house...is that over 20 Republicans retiring from a job that has almost a 90% recidivism rate (yes the word was intended)
edit...some better deets
16 17 19 GOP House members and four senators are forgoing reelection next year without declaring their candidacy for another office, while just five Democrats in the House and one in the Senate are retiring outright. The trend mirrors 2018, when more than two dozen Republicans retired ahead of the midterms, foreshadowing the blue wave that swept in a Democratic majority.
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Gypsy Sally's
death by condo
https://dcist.com/story/19/10/25/gypsy-sallys-is-closing-will-be-converted-into-condominiums/
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Now that’s a good name for a band
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DC Duck Boats (https://wamu.org/story/19/11/05/duck-boats-ferried-supplies-on-d-day-tourists-on-the-national-mall-now-theyre-retiring/)
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96 more Sears and Kmarts closing, leaving 182 in US (https://www.businessinsider.com/sears-to-close-96-more-stores-kmart-list-sears-transformco-2019-11)
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I've been waiting a long time to announce this one.
Rep. Peter King is retiring from Congress to pursue a career in porn.
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Rep. Peter King is retiring from Congress to pursue a career in porn.
this is the annoying Repub Rep King from Long island...I was hoping you meant Iowa Congressman Steve King
but alas he is staying
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Rep. Peter King is retiring from Congress to pursue a career in porn.
this is the annoying Repub Rep King from Long island...I was hoping you meant Iowa Congressman Steve King
but alas he is staying
I was hoping he meant NFL-management shill and Monday Morning QB author Peter King.
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cortana
never really caught on in the business world to talk to your computer
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Rep. Peter King is retiring from Congress to pursue a career in porn.
this is the annoying Repub Rep King from Long island...I was hoping you meant Iowa Congressman Steve King
but alas he is staying
Ha. I didn't realize these were two different guys and thought the guy leaving was the one you are referring to. Seems like Trump would want to get rid of both Kings since he's the only true King. He's probably have to get rid of the Sacramento and LA Kings as well.
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This is an amazingly good read:
How NBA executive Jeff David stole $13 million from the Sacramento Kings (https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/28078881/how-nba-executive-jeff-david-stole-13-million-sacramento-kings)
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Or this version:
John Bolton
@AmbJohnBolton
I offered to resign last night and President Trump said, "Let's talk about it tomorrow."
So when you get sacked, how long do you have access to your gov't twitter account? Or is that a personal account?
it's his personal account. his first ambassadorship was back in the 80's, so he's been ambassador bolton for a long time.
welp...was his personal act, but trump blocked him from using it
John Bolton@AmbJohnBolton
Re: speaking up -- since resigning as National Security Advisor, the @WhiteHouse
refused to return access to my personal Twitter account. Out of fear of what I may say? To those who speculated I went into hiding, I’m sorry to disappoint!
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Ok I'm jumping the gun here....Netanyahu
(I know the sidehatch kiss of death means he'll win)
Does it matter if neither can form a coalition?
No, though he was indicted on three counts of corruption, he still remains in charge until the outcome of the next election is determined.
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Priests :( just when they were gaining some traction
P R I E S T S @PRIESTS_TWEET
We’re taking a break from the band. Thank you for everything. Our last show together for the foreseeable future is the last night of the decade https://roughtrade.com/us/events/rough-trade-nyc-priests come say hello (2020) & wave goodbye with us x
somewhat bitter they decided to do this in NYC and not DC
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Priests :( just when they were gaining some traction
P R I E S T S @PRIESTS_TWEET
We’re taking a break from the band. Thank you for everything. Our last show together for the foreseeable future is the last night of the decade https://roughtrade.com/us/events/rough-trade-nyc-priests come say hello (2020) & wave goodbye with us x
somewhat bitter they decided to do this in NYC and not DC
So we should expect a big reunion show in 12 to 18 months?
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So we should expect a big reunion show in 12 to 18 months?
yes...maybe even less when they need to pay the bills in the spring
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Canadian Conservative leader Andrew Scheer resigned for embezzling party funds.
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Canadian Conservative leader Andrew Scheer resigned for embezzling party funds.
"Scheer is accused of using party funds to pay for private school tuition for three of his four children. The fourth is not in school yet."
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Corbyn
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5 of Congressman (D...thinking of flipping R) Jeff Van Drew's staff
"no longer in good conscience continue our service in the Congressman's employ."
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Rick Gates has been sentenced to 45 days in prison
this was odd tho.... to be served on weekends
300 hours of community service and he'll also have to pay a $20,000 fine.
could have been in the 5 year range, but gave a plea deal because of all the cooperation in the muller report
guess Trump isn't going to pardon him
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930 next door neighbor Satellite Room Closing at the end of the year
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car2go
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930 next door neighbor Satellite Room Closing at the end of the year
Damn... That sucks
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TiVo (https://techcrunch.com/2019/12/19/tivo-merges-with-technology-licensor-xperi-in-3-billion-deal/)
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TiVo (https://techcrunch.com/2019/12/19/tivo-merges-with-technology-licensor-xperi-in-3-billion-deal/)
well not really...
It will continue to sell entertainment services under the TiVo brand, alongside Xperi’s own
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well not really...
It will continue to sell entertainment services under the TiVo brand, alongside Xperi’s own
TiVo has been dead for over a decade. Even Julian's America's grip on TiVo products won't save it. This wasn't a "merger", it was a $1.2b buy to dismantle the parts and sell them off. Only the name will survive because of it's brand, and only for a short while.
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I get a nice DVR with my FIOS package
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well not really...
It will continue to sell entertainment services under the TiVo brand, alongside Xperi’s own
TiVo has been dead for over a decade. Even Julian's America's grip on TiVo products won't save it. This wasn't a "merger", it was a $1.2b buy to dismantle the parts and sell them off. Only the name will survive because of it's brand, and only for a short while.
Uh, I was on record like two years ago that I wasn't buying another TiVo product (and I have no bought the edge). I didn't go out and throw my Bolt+ with Lifetime away but when it kicks, that's it.
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DVR has no appeal for me...cause I don't follow any sports (well 'cept The caber toss)
Just Hulu, netflix, Amazon, HBO and now Disney +
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I love my dvr
I can tape hundreds of episodes of paw patrol and neela princess night
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It's a brutal biz running a bar/restaurant (I see there are cleaners/yoga studios in here too), sad to see some of these go
https://www.popville.com/2019/12/list-dc-bars-restaurants-retail-closed-2019/
The Red Boat, Tom’s Chinese Laundry, District Hardware and Bike, Arqa Lebanese Fusion, Leziz, D.C. Cafe, Rosemarys Thyme Bistro, Corridor Coffee, The Outsider, The Pitch Tavern, Eat First, Wok and Roll (Adams Morgan), Maison Kayser(s), North Sea Restaurant, Via Gypset, Z Burger (Columbia Heights), The Bike Rack (Brookland and Logan), Fox Loves Taco, Hikari Sushi, Scotts DC, Southern Hospitality, Adams Morgan Cafe, Ray’s Hell Burger, Gallery 2000 Art & Framing, Arepa House, The Little Beet, Epic Philly Steaks, La Loma, Alba Osteria, Pennsylvania 6, Honeysuckle, Steam Cafe, Pizzeria Vetri, Caribbean Citations, Red Ginger, Sally’s Middle Name
, Bar Roubaix, Tanad Thai, Grand Trunk, Beefsteak (Tenleytown), Maddy’s, The Prospect (again), Chef Brian’s Comfort Kitchen, Satellite Room, Tenley Bar & Grill, Ri Ra Irish Pub (in January), Baan Thai, The Commodore, Crossroads, Vinoteca, China Wonder, The Pinch, Iron Horse Taproom, Little Havana, Chinatown Coffee, Blast DC, Town Hall, Trickling Springs, YogaWorks (14th Street), Happy Cleaners, Starbucks (multiple locations), Pho 14 (Adams Morgan), BicycleSPACE (Adams Morgan and K Street), Ten Tigers, Front Page, Frenchy’s Naturel and The Bird, Woodward Table, Logan Circle Liquor, West Wing (Thomas Circle), Danielle’s Desserts, The Heights (again), Sixth Engine, Dino’s Grotto, James Hoban’s, Policy, Masa 14, Sizzling Express, Drafting Table, Cafe Deluxe (Cathedral Heights), Filter Coffeehouse (Dupont), Meiwah, Kyrisan, Meridian Pint, Behnke Nurseries, Perfect Pita (Foggy Bottom), Bazaar Spices, Maple, Kapnos, Eatbar, The Greene Turtle, Home Rule, Steel Plate, Star & Shamrock, Proof, Jake’s American Grill, Love ‘n Faith Cafe, Garrison, Pitango Gelato (Capitol Hill), Illy Coffee Shop, and Bharati, Penn Commons, Bibiana, The Brass Knob, Bourbon (again), Cobalt/Level One, Buffalo Billiards, G Sandwich, Del Friscos’s Grille.
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Yeasayer
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Chatter
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THIEVERY.... .well, at least through 2020.
Was made clear a few times at Sunday's show that the collective is taking a break and when it returns, "may" be a different configuration.
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Damn I was there and missed that...I caught that it was their last show of the year,..and in their hometown so they were thankful
Of course Garza has his own musical project going (coming to U Street Hall)
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I guess Hilton is directing his energy towards fixing the Satellite Room...
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THIEVERY.... .well, at least through 2020.
Was made clear a few times at Sunday's show that the collective is taking a break and when it returns, "may" be a different configuration.
I was there and I missed the part about “a different configuration”. They did say had new music coming out in 2020 but were taking the year off from touring.
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2020: No surprises at the club :(
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MilkBoy College Park (https://theclarice.umd.edu/blog/milkboy-set-to-depart-college-park-while-art-performances-produced-by-the-clarice-will-continue)
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8tracks.com
https://blog.8tracks.com/2019/12/26/to-everything-there-is-a-season/
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Bruce Allen (https://www.redskins.com/news/statement-by-washington-redskins-owner-dan-snyder)
edit: Larry Hess too... probably more to come. Cowboys are supposedly considering firing their entire coaching staff. Giants dumped Pat Shurmur. Miami has fired offensive coordinator Chad O'Shea and offensive line coach Dave DeGuglielmo after the last sunday, it's black monday.
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Who cares?
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Who cares?
some portion of the 20 million people who watch the NFL every week?
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About the Redskins?
I don’t think so
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About the Redskins?
I don’t think so
maybe not... that's why i included other teams ;D
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well not really...
It will continue to sell entertainment services under the TiVo brand, alongside Xperi’s own
TiVo has been dead for over a decade. Even Julian's America's grip on TiVo products won't save it. This wasn't a "merger", it was a $1.2b buy to dismantle the parts and sell them off. Only the name will survive because of it's brand, and only for a short while.
Uh, I was on record like two years ago that I wasn't buying another TiVo product (and I have no bought the edge). I didn't go out and throw my Bolt+ with Lifetime away but when it kicks, that's it.
Tivo is trying to win your business back....
https://www.slashgear.com/tivo-stream-4k-takes-the-fight-to-fire-tv-and-chromecast-07605977/
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Who cares?
some portion of the 20 million people who watch the NFL every week?
So you are saying there are 300 million Americans who don't watch football? That is heartening to know.
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dc council member (for 3 decades) Jack Evans resigns (before getting 'impeached')
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Prince Harry (https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/prince-harry-and-meghan-to-step-back-as-senior-royals-and-split-time-between-britain-and-north-america/2020/01/08/564f3e32-3249-11ea-971b-43bec3ff9860_story.html)
But this tweet (https://twitter.com/chicagotribune/status/1214987717374812162?s=20) wins all.
This one a close second. (https://twitter.com/Bossip/status/1215016770752434178?s=20)
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Marianne Williamson drops out of Presidential race. She can now go back to doing whatever it is she did before she decided she had a shot at the presidency.
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Oh now she writes the book....
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dc council member (for 3 decades) Jack Evans resigns (before getting 'impeached')
ummm....
Jack Evans submits paperwork to run for DC Council seat he just resigned from
The thing is Evans DID do a lot of good things for DC and it's residents....kinda went down in a ball of flames
so is he trying to do the Phoenix thing?
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Actually had quite a few boardies join me for some pre-show yacht rocking...
Sadly, the Know Pressure is heading to the Dominican Republic for three years
bon voyage
(https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/s960x960/83611077_10222290994770199_985104324759650304_o.jpg?_nc_cat=105&_nc_ohc=ioC1TPoOLMoAX-s5AI3&_nc_ht=scontent-iad3-1.xx&oh=cac7e38f3dc812ec432ab04621c8a696&oe=5ED8409E)
the hull is looking great!
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Actually had quite a few boardies join me for some pre-show yacht rocking...
Sadly, the Know Pressure is heading to the Dominican Republic for three years
bon voyage
(https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/s960x960/83611077_10222290994770199_985104324759650304_o.jpg?_nc_cat=105&_nc_ohc=ioC1TPoOLMoAX-s5AI3&_nc_ht=scontent-iad3-1.xx&oh=cac7e38f3dc812ec432ab04621c8a696&oe=5ED8409E)
the hull is looking great!
Great experience. Even greater experience was my wife and I getting to make you and your sisters acquaintances. #NeverForget
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Actually had quite a few boardies join me for some pre-show yacht rocking...
Sadly, the Know Pressure is heading to the Dominican Republic for three years
bon voyage
(https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/s960x960/83611077_10222290994770199_985104324759650304_o.jpg?_nc_cat=105&_nc_ohc=ioC1TPoOLMoAX-s5AI3&_nc_ht=scontent-iad3-1.xx&oh=cac7e38f3dc812ec432ab04621c8a696&oe=5ED8409E)
the hull is looking great!
Great experience. Even greater experience was my wife and I getting to make you and your sisters acquaintances. #NeverForget
Oh man. The bad news keeps coming. Bon Voyage to the family and the boat, Hatch.
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Fair winds and a safe passage on her next journey!
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I'm cancelling my April trip to the District. I really only only wanted to be on the boat again.
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I'm cancelling my April trip to the District. I really only only wanted to be on the boat again.
meet me in the Dominican Republic...maybe we'll even leave the slip :)
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I.M.P. Booker Melanie Cantwell is leaving the company after more than a decade.
https://www.pollstar.com/article/melanie-cantwell-departs-imp-company-names-new-lincoln-theatre-gm-booking-co-leaders-143412
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I.M.P. Booker Melanie Cantwell is leaving the company after more than a decade.
https://www.pollstar.com/article/melanie-cantwell-departs-imp-company-names-new-lincoln-theatre-gm-booking-co-leaders-143412
So should we rename the Hey Seth thread to Hey Jen and Zhubin
Too bad they don't get at all involved with this board...although we are a bunch of idiots who have temper tantrums all the time, so I guess I get it
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I.M.P. Booker Melanie Cantwell is leaving the company after more than a decade.
https://www.pollstar.com/article/melanie-cantwell-departs-imp-company-names-new-lincoln-theatre-gm-booking-co-leaders-143412
So should we rename the Hey Seth thread to Hey Jen and Zhubin
Too bad they don't get at all involved with this board...although we are a bunch of idiots who have temper tantrums all the time, so I guess I get it
Who is we? I know one.
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I, am not an idiot . . . thank you.
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I.M.P. Booker Melanie Cantwell is leaving the company after more than a decade.
https://www.pollstar.com/article/melanie-cantwell-departs-imp-company-names-new-lincoln-theatre-gm-booking-co-leaders-143412
So should we rename the Hey Seth thread to Hey Jen and Zhubin
Too bad they don't get at all involved with this board...although we are a bunch of idiots who have temper tantrums all the time, so I guess I get it
After a quick google search, I'm not sure if these new hires are even 30 years old. They'd make it a half hour on this board before being driven out.
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I.M.P. Booker Melanie Cantwell is leaving the company after more than a decade.
https://www.pollstar.com/article/melanie-cantwell-departs-imp-company-names-new-lincoln-theatre-gm-booking-co-leaders-143412
So should we rename the Hey Seth thread to Hey Jen and Zhubin
Too bad they don't get at all involved with this board...although we are a bunch of idiots who have temper tantrums all the time, so I guess I get it
After a quick google search, I'm not sure if these new hires are even 30 years old. They'd make it a half hour on this board before being driven out.
You said it! Like what the hell kind of name is "Zhubin?" He wouldn't even need to come up with a weird screen name, his mama already gave him one.
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God, I am so tempted to change my name to Julian, Zhubin ENTHUSIAST now.
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on brand, people...on brand
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It’s a blood bath at the White House
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Bruce Boudreau
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Pier 1 Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy (https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/national-international/pier-1-files-for-chapter-11-pursuing-sale-of-fort-worth-based-company/2218489/)
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Pier One, was gay shit . . . for straight people.
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Boy Scouts declare bankruptcy amid hundreds of sexual abuse lawsuits.
Also, gay shit for straight people.
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Boy Scouts declare bankruptcy amid hundreds of sexual abuse lawsuits.
Also, gay shit for straight people.
I know this is anecdotal but I was a Cub Scout through Webelos and nobody ever tried any gay shit on me.
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Yeah, I was a boy scout for a long time. My brother, too. Pinewood derbies and camping like crazy.
Fun times . . . and no gay, shit, ever.
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Boy Scouts declare bankruptcy amid hundreds of sexual abuse lawsuits.
Also, gay shit for straight people.
I know this is anecdotal but I was a Cub Scout through Webelos and nobody ever tried any gay shit on me.
Same here. And our Boy Scout (maybe Webelos) meetings were in the basement of the church rectory. I vividly recall cleric and minion opening the door to let us in and showing the way d-o-w-n-s-t-a-i-r-s. But never a notion of anything pedo from either church or scout leaders.
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Boy Scouts declare bankruptcy amid hundreds of sexual abuse lawsuits.
Also, gay shit for straight people.
That sucks...both my kids are in it
Wonder what it means
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Boy Scouts declare bankruptcy amid hundreds of sexual abuse lawsuits.
Also, gay shit for straight people.
That sucks...both my kids are in it
Wonder what it means
My guess... Nothing. Why would anyone ruin an organization plagued by pedophilia?
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CD Baby Is Shutting Down Its Retail Store (https://variety.com/2020/music/news/cd-baby-retail-store-closing-1203506690/)
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CD Baby Is Shutting Down Its Retail Store (https://variety.com/2020/music/news/cd-baby-retail-store-closing-1203506690/)
Are we sure this shouldn't have been posted in the Onion thread instead?
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Roger Stone sentenced to 40 months in prison
What's the over/under on how much of that he'll actually serve?
I'm surprised trump hasn't already pardoned him like Joe Arpieo
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Gordon Biersch, Rockville Town Center
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Roger Stone sentenced to 40 months in prison
Speaking of Mr Stone...anyone seen this supercut of his video depo
https://twitter.com/ThePubliusUSA/status/1234253914234609664
didn't realize he was a meth addict?
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Flavor Flav
Public Enemy Fire Flavor Flav After Bernie Sanders Rally Spat
“Public Enemy and Public Enemy Radio will be moving forward without Flavor Flav,” group says. “We thank him for his years of service and wish him well”
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/public-enemy-flavor-flav-bernie-sanders-960272/
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James Lipton
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James Lipton
Did he die with his belly up?
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Gordon Biersch, Rockville and Navy Yard (I think)
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Chris Matthews (way past time imho)
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Chris Matthews (way past time imho)
it was interesting, there was soo much other news this weekend it looked like he might weather the storm
I didn't love him, but didn't think he was horrible either
You could always tell he loved the political beat'
alas, creepy old white guy stuff that was totally cool a few decades ago is rightfully so, no longer acceptable
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High fives
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The Basement East
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The Basement East
one would think a place called The Basement would be safe from a tornado...
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The Basement East
one would think a place called The Basement would be safe from a tornado...
The perfect combination of space/julian snark.
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The Basement East
one would think a place called The Basement would be safe from a tornado...
The perfect combination of space/julian snark.
Big Kansas fed us lies all along. That’s the most dangerous place.
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Mick Mulvaney
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Mick Mulvaney
I needed some good news
That hit the spot
He will become the United States Special Envoy for Northern Ireland.
Ouch that just is somewhat insulting
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I love the way Trump fires people
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Mick Mulvaney
I needed some good news
That hit the spot
He will become the United States Special Envoy for Northern Ireland.
Ouch that just is somewhat insulting
Until he unites Ireland post Brexit. He has a chance to fill the post-Mitchell void in US-Irish politics. Frankly, it's a better role and a job I'd much prefer over 45's CoS.
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Pearl Jam Bawlmoor and the entire tour.
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Why?
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Ok I read statement
Due to Coronavirus
A nice wack at Trump in there too
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Why?
Serious question?
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It was...I thought maybe someone had died...
I mean isn’t it the first major tour to cancel?
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It was...I thought maybe someone had died...
I mean isn’t it the first major tour to cancel?
I'm fairly certain some other international tours have been cancelled by some pop stars but can't confirm...
Coachella to be moved to October is happening next so they say.
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Weird how the PJ tweets are signed “Ed and Pearl Jam”
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But aren’t they not cancelling (horrible multiple negatives there, Batman!) euro dates in areas that are much more hit by this?
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Weird how the PJ tweets are signed “Ed and Pearl Jam”
"Wham!, featuring George Michael"
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“Seth. . . & the rest of the gang here in Thailand”
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But aren’t they not cancelling (horrible multiple negatives there, Batman!) euro dates in areas that are much more hit by this?
could the answer be:
A nice wack at Trump in there too
they don't trust the current administration's response to get this under control, whereas euroland seems to have a better handle on it?
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Modell’s Sporting Goods (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/11/business/modells-bankruptcy.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur)
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Uptown Theater (https://dcist.com/story/20/03/13/the-historic-uptown-theater-just-closed) :(
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Tom Brady and The Pats
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Tom Brady and The Pats
this is like favre leaving the packers... football no longer makes sense to me. again.
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Derby, Preakness delayed.
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Derby, Preakness delayed.
Seems like a fast enough horse would create enough social distance.
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Derby, Preakness delayed.
Another one in the "it's not really a sport" category: NASCAR, until early May.
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Derby, Preakness delayed.
If Belmont goes on as planned and becomes first leg of the Triple Crown this year, real power move by the Belmont team.
If the cancel and the Travers goes off as planned, that adds a cool wrinkle to Saratoga’s season.
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“Today I had to lay off almost my entire staff (50 people).” - DC improv (https://www.popville.com/2020/03/dc-improv-comedy-club-closed-coronavirus/)
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Rolling Stones tour
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Bad link
A lot of people are going to lose their jobs...government must help
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using the Fire part of Fired
PG&E to plead guilty to manslaughter in California Camp Fire
PG&E has agreed to plead guilty to 84 counts of involuntary manslaughter and one count of unlawfully causing a fire after it was blamed for the Camp Fire in Northern California, the state's deadliest in history. (https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/pg-e-plead-guilty-manslaughter-california-camp-fire-n1166471)
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Slim's in San Fran...great venue
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Roman Reigns
https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2880211-wwe-rumors-roman-reigns-drops-out-of-universal-championship-at-wrestlemania-36?utm_source=cnn.com&utm_campaign=editorial&utm_medium=referral
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Sushi Taro :(
SUSHITARO@SUSHITARO_DC
For about 30 years, I thought my landlord is good person, helped us many things in the past. I just found-out in hard way that he is not that good person what I thought he was.
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Maybe landlord has own bills to pay?
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Gordon Biersch, Rockville and Navy Yard (I think)
yup, those two, all of them:
Old Chicago, Rock Bottom Parent Company Terminates 18,000 Employees (https://www.westword.com/restaurants/old-chicago-rock-bottom-parent-company-terminates-18000-employees-11678996)
Craftworks, the parent company of Old Chicago, Rock Bottom, the ChopHouse, Gordon Biersch and several other restaurant chains across the country, laid off its entire workforce on March 31, letting all 18,000 employees know that they were out of a job — and without health benefits — effective immediately.
That news comes just four weeks after Craftworks filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, listing both assets and liabilities of between $100 million and $500 million, according to multiple reports. The company was then in negotiations with one of its investors to reduce its debt significantly.
(continued... (https://www.westword.com/restaurants/old-chicago-rock-bottom-parent-company-terminates-18000-employees-11678996))
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wow 6.6 mil!
and that's just the tip
My company asked for furlough volunteers...and said they'll keep my families insurance coverage and cover all insurance costs the employee usually pays (that's killer)
scary times
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They are doing that for furloughed workers but there are still non furloughed workers who don’t get that benefit? I don’t get what you are saying
Why does it feel like our government doesn’t have a clue
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I don’t get what you are saying
I was just shocked when my boss came out and asked for volunteers
I didn't realize it was common that benefits were still covered (but seeing that it is common) I typically have to pay about $400 a month to cover my family and they are covering that cost if you go on Furlough
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well but it’s a way to get people to volunteer
If a worker doesn’t take furlough and they get laid off they don’t get that benefit
Tough situation
Replicated all over economy...some sectors worse though....how can live concert venues continue paying even their full time staff?
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My company asked for furlough volunteers...and said they'll keep my families insurance coverage and cover all insurance costs the employee usually pays (that's killer)
We did this. Didn't ask for volunteers but targeted non-caregivers that make under $51k (because that's the amount that if you make less than, the state + federal unemployment benefits will cover 100% of what you make until 7/31) and then agreed to cover their insurance costs. Honestly, it kind of works out for everyone.
That $600/week federal UI kicker is really going to bail some individuals and companies out when used correctly.
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Preakness's INFIELD FEST 2020
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good radiance
Acting Navy secretary resigns over controversial remarks about croizer
trump needs to open a Troupe with all these actors in positions of power
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Bernie's campaign.
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Bernie's campaign.
Hopefully his political career as a whole. About time for him to go live in his mansion and roll around on his millions and stop spending every day complaining about income inequality.
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Bernie's campaign.
Hopefully his political career as a whole. About time for him to go live in his mansion and roll around on his millions and stop spending every day complaining about income inequality.
Edgy
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Bernie's campaign.
Hopefully his political career as a whole. About time for him to go live in his mansion and roll around on his millions and stop spending every day complaining about income inequality.
Edgy
It's not edgy. He's a multi-millionaire who defends his wealth whenever its brought up.
Bernie is the left's Trump. The Economist was correct -- its the same damn outsider/purity test/everything is rigged when I lose nonsense.
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About time for him to go live in his mansion and roll around on his millions and stop spending every day complaining about income inequality.
so being a millionaire who fights for the less fortunate is unacceptable? you'd prefer millionaires who only look out for themselves? (well you're in luck - it's called the republican party!)
(this is a serious question, not an appear for a Julian's America manifesto)
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Bernie's campaign.
Hopefully his political career as a whole. About time for him to go live in his mansion and roll around on his millions and stop spending every day complaining about income inequality.
Edgy
It's not edgy. He's a multi-millionaire who defends his wealth whenever its brought up.
Bernie is the left's Trump. The Economist was correct -- its the same damn outsider/purity test/everything is rigged when I lose nonsense.
And Biden isn't a multimillionaire? It really doesn't matter but we're all fucked.
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About time for him to go live in his mansion and roll around on his millions and stop spending every day complaining about income inequality.
so being a millionaire who fights for the less fortunate is unacceptable? you'd prefer millionaires who only look out for themselves? (well you're in luck - it's called the republican party!)
(this is a serious question, not an appear for a Julian's America manifesto)
It's not like bernie went out and screwed a bunch of people to make his money (like trump and so many other wealthy people)
He wrote 3 books and they did pretty well (Made $1.7 mil...that's pretty good)
Sanders has collected a six-figure annual salary since he joined Congress in 1991 too
He continually advocates for taxes and programs that would certainly put a dent in his wealth
but the left loves to take up GOP talking points to take down Dems.
this is accurate tho.. Bernie is the left's Trump.
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Well I could care less how much money Bernie has
Never been my issue with him
My issues are all well documented here
So can NKOTB come back now? I miss him
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Bernie's campaign.
Hopefully his political career as a whole. About time for him to go live in his mansion and roll around on his millions and stop spending every day complaining about income inequality.
Edgy
It's not edgy. He's a multi-millionaire who defends his wealth whenever its brought up.
Bernie is the left's Trump. The Economist was correct -- its the same damn outsider/purity test/everything is rigged when I lose nonsense.
And Biden isn't a multimillionaire? It really doesn't matter but we're all fucked.
Biden does not spend his days laying out his belief that millionaires (aside from Joe Biden) should not exist.
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So can NKOTB come back now? I miss him
I have it in good authority that he died of COVID-19 related causes.
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Grant Wahl (https://www.thebiglead.com/posts/grant-wahl-fired-sports-illustrated-maven-01e5jnk4h6wm).
Not surprising given his comments on Sunday, but what the hell is the CEO doing here?!
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Grant Wahl (https://www.thebiglead.com/posts/grant-wahl-fired-sports-illustrated-maven-01e5jnk4h6wm).
Not surprising given his comments on Sunday, but what the hell is the CEO doing here?!
dude gets paid $350k to write about soccer!
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dude gets paid $350k to write about soccer!
GOT paid. Past tense....
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Not a good time to lose your job covering a sport not actually happening
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Give it a month or two . . . the USPS. Trump, knows what he is doing, to get re,elected.
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DC Hot 99.5 "The Kane Show"
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DC Hot 99.5 "The Kane Show"
wow, that's almost it on live local dc radio (they all kind of sucked anyway)
Didn't realize how popular he was, he must have demanded more money and they were like 'fuck it, we can just have an intern do a spotify play list'
The show originated at iHeartMedia CHR “Hot 99.5” WIHT Washington DC in November 2005 and is also heard on multiple stations including 93.3 WFLZ Tampa, “98.9 Kiss-FM” WNRW Louisville and “Z104.3” WZFT Baltimore. . Premiere then took the show national beyond iHeartMedia owned stations in 2014. Kane’s weekly syndicated “Club Kane” that airs on Sunday nights on over 100 stations will end following the week of May 3 With Kane’s exit, the show has been renamed “Your Morning Show“. The remaining cast of The Kane Show remains in place with Intern John, Riley Couture, Rose, and Executive Producer Erick continuing on.
That must have been an awkward first show
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Hill and Dale Records in Georgetown
I think they only sold new vinyl?
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John Legere left T-Mobile's board of directors to pursue other options. (He stepped down as CEO after the merger with Sprint was complete)
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Yikes I just deleted a Bot account that spammed my messages here. A bot battle if you will.
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Fox News has cut ties with MAGA vlogging superstars Diamond & Silk
Even Fox couldn't take their cray cray
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Fado
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J. Crew.
Will Romulus, I mean Julian, be upset by this? Or was J Crew too pedestrian and basic for him?
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https://www.metroweekly.com/2020/05/dc-eagle-to-close-permanently/amp/?__twitter_impression=true
#sadfag
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Lord & Taylor (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-lord-taylor-liquidation-exclusive-idUSKBN22H2SJ?taid=5eb233086101930001c86afc&utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+Trending+Content&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter)
So much for that protracted fight over White Flint...
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Lord & Taylor (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-lord-taylor-liquidation-exclusive-idUSKBN22H2SJ?taid=5eb233086101930001c86afc&utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+Trending+Content&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter)
So much for that protracted fight over White Flint...
good lord. I thought they were already, Macy's dead. What's next . . . Montgomery Ward?!
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Gem Spa
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Momofuku @ City Center
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Ryleigh's Oyster in Federal Hill
In a text message, McComas cited Baltimore’s crime and inadequate leadership as laying the groundwork for his decision, topped off with the uncertainty of limited reopenings amid the coronavirus pandemic. “Baltimore is in a death spiral,” he wrote.
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We need a Marshall Plan for Baltimore ASAP but the federal government couldn’t care less
Would democrats care more if they controlled the White House?
I doubt it
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JC Penney
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We need a Marshall Plan for Baltimore ASAP but the federal government couldn’t care less
Would democrats care more if they controlled the White House?
I doubt it
Maybe they should have voted for Bernie?
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JC Penney
Pleated khakis sob.
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I hate to admit it but I buy all my clothes at thrift stores these days
I don’t have a 9-5 job so why not? Nobody fuckin cares what I wear
People in this area are/were so rich you should see the shit I get for $3...people buy stuff for $49 , wear it once and donate it..unreal the $ money people have
realize I am now never getting into JA but that’s the way the cookie crumbles ..to be honest I think it was always a long shot
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Oh, you sweet summerchild: you were never getting into Julian’s America.
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Rams Head at Savage Mill
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I hate to admit it but I buy all my clothes at thrift stores these days
I don’t have a 9-5 job so why not? Nobody fuckin cares what I wear
People in this area are/were so rich you should see the shit I get for $3...people buy stuff for $49 , wear it once and donate it..unreal the $ money people have
realize I am now never getting into JA but that’s the way the cookie crumbles ..to be honest I think it was always a long shot
Can confirm. You're not going to find funky stuff in NoVA (who wants it anyway at my age), but lots of great casual and business casual clothing finds at NoVA thrift stores. Only new clothing i buy are socks, underwear, running shoes, hiking boots, band and brewery t-shirts. The rest is from Goodwill.
Best thrift store find this year was a Giant hybrid bike for my kid. I think i got it on a half price sale at Goodwill for $30. Could have gotten it for $15 if i had remembered that I'm a member.
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Pier 1
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Kramerbooks leaving Dupont... but not out of business so they say.
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Well that sucks
I love that place but then again I haven’t been there in years
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Well that sucks
I love that place but then again I haven’t been there in years
pier 1 or krammer's?
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Well that sucks
I love that place but then again I haven’t been there in years
I thought the same thing and then realized I haven't stepped foot in the door there since at least 2010.
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Space's inlaw trips will never be the same.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-three-floyds-closed-brewpub-coronavirus-indiana-20200520-wbxlr54bijg7zhxh3i6wr32gsm-story.html
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Space's inlaw trips will never be the same.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-three-floyds-closed-brewpub-coronavirus-indiana-20200520-wbxlr54bijg7zhxh3i6wr32gsm-story.html
Bummer. One less reason for me to convince her that seeing her parents once every couple of years is the right thing to do.
I know it's probably below your craft beer standards (like Heady Topper is), but I wish they'd ship fresh Zombie Dust this way.
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Space's inlaw trips will never be the same.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-three-floyds-closed-brewpub-coronavirus-indiana-20200520-wbxlr54bijg7zhxh3i6wr32gsm-story.html
Bummer. One less reason for me to convince her that seeing her parents once every couple of years is the right thing to do.
I know it's probably below your craft beer standards (like Heady Topper is), but I wish they'd ship fresh Zombie Dust this way.
space, do you hit up the brewpub or the brewery itself? 'cause only the former is closing, you can still get your Z-Dust from the brewery...
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Space's inlaw trips will never be the same.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-three-floyds-closed-brewpub-coronavirus-indiana-20200520-wbxlr54bijg7zhxh3i6wr32gsm-story.html
Bummer. One less reason for me to convince her that seeing her parents once every couple of years is the right thing to do.
I know it's probably below your craft beer standards (like Heady Topper is), but I wish they'd ship fresh Zombie Dust this way.
space, do you hit up the brewpub or the brewery itself? 'cause only the former is closing, you can still get your Z-Dust from the brewery...
Getting beer at the to-go window of the brewpub is how you get to-go beer from the brewery.
Their food is really good. One of my favorite brewpubs I've been to. Typically, we would go for dinner and drafts and get a case or two to take home (at a much better price that Chicago area stores, where Z-Dust specifically was also hard to find.)
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Getting beer at the to-go window of the brewpub is how you get to-go beer from the brewery.
given that they're about to shut down their direct-to-consumer channel, and that channel is much more profitable than going through retails, 110% chance they will be selling cases at the brewery shortly.
so, sorry space - you're going to have to continue sweet-talking celeste into a bi-annual midwest road trip.
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Getting beer at the to-go window of the brewpub is how you get to-go beer from the brewery.
given that they're about to shut down their direct-to-consumer channel, and that channel is much more profitable than going through retails, 110% chance they will be selling cases at the brewery shortly.
so, sorry space - you're going to have to continue sweet-talking celeste into a bi-annual midwest road trip.
Draft sales at the brewpub were probably only a small percentage of their total sales though.
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I know it's probably below your craft beer standards (like Heady Topper is), but I wish they'd ship fresh Zombie Dust this way.
(https://www.meme-arsenal.com/memes/06ecc363231c2dd3498a97404c6ec393.jpg)
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I like tecate and the new retro cans are super cool!!
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Getting beer at the to-go window of the brewpub is how you get to-go beer from the brewery.
given that they're about to shut down their direct-to-consumer channel, and that channel is much more profitable than going through retails, 110% chance they will be selling cases at the brewery shortly.
so, sorry space - you're going to have to continue sweet-talking celeste into a bi-annual midwest road trip.
Draft sales at the brewpub were probably only a small percentage of their total sales though.
true dat, but over-the-bar/direct-to-consumer sales are several times more profitable than wholesale - so while it represents a small portion of volume, it represents a disproportionate share of profits. doubtful that they'll want to give that up.
(aside: over-the-bar/direct-to-consumer sales are what keeps most craft breweries afloat. pandemic = no such sales = a lot more local breweries will be going under...)
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Getting beer at the to-go window of the brewpub is how you get to-go beer from the brewery.
given that they're about to shut down their direct-to-consumer channel, and that channel is much more profitable than going through retails, 110% chance they will be selling cases at the brewery shortly.
so, sorry space - you're going to have to continue sweet-talking celeste into a bi-annual midwest road trip.
Draft sales at the brewpub were probably only a small percentage of their total sales though.
true dat, but over-the-bar/direct-to-consumer sales are several times more profitable than wholesale - so while it represents a small portion of volume, it represents a disproportionate share of profits. doubtful that they'll want to give that up.
(aside: over-the-bar/direct-to-consumer sales are what keeps most craft breweries afloat. pandemic = no such sales = a lot more local breweries will be going under...)
It's interesting. Back in the early days of taprooms/tasting rooms, they used to give you free samples in hopes that maybe you'd buy a full pour or take home some bottles. Dogfish, Deschutes, and the Alchemist come to mind. Or they'd charge you a per ounce price cheaper than what their take home bottles cost. Alesmith and Maine Beer Company come to mind. I guess at some point the coin flipped and taprooms became money making ventures rather than a place to showcase the product and establish loyalty.
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Hertz
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Hertz
that hurts
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Fisherman’s Wharf
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Fisherman’s Wharf
whoa...hated that tourist trap, but didn't wish for this
(https://images.radio.com/wwlfm/s3fs-public/Fire-4-f302f81b-6174-46f1-a6f1-9a9777c3ec73.jpg?We4BfN_JdsPr3_RY0.DS1Xhzn21srEv8)
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Mark Knoller @ CBS
Ridiculous.
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Union Jack's Rio
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Lindsey Graham's future. Follow the developing stories on Twitter, about to blow up.
#rentboy
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Lindsey Graham's future. Follow the developing stories on Twitter, about to blow up.
#rentboy
so what is actually being said about this? someone else mentioned this but i can't find specifics
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Lindsey Graham's future. Follow the developing stories on Twitter, about to blow up.
#rentboy
so what is actually being said about this? someone else mentioned this but i can't find specifics
A gay male actor is accusing him of hiring male prostitutes. Perez Hilton retweeted it. A bunch of random innuendo that he makes them sign NDAs. A bunch of woke youths decided gay slurs are fine now as long as they are directed at Lindsey Graham. And no one (I’ve seen) has actually said “yes, and I am one of those #rentboys!”
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Lindsey Graham's future. Follow the developing stories on Twitter, about to blow up.
#rentboy
so what is actually being said about this? someone else mentioned this but i can't find specifics
People are saying this is him being outed...not sure I agree ...yet
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EZu5gQiU4AAI11s?format=jpg&name=large)
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cool cool
thanks for the doing the research my drones
sincerely
chief bot
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chief bot
See! I knew he'd slip up one of these days! (so what gender is a bot? would I say they?)
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chief bot
See! I knew he'd slip up one of these days! (so what gender is a bot? would I say they?)
It's one of the genders. LGBotTQIA+
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chief bot
See! I knew he'd slip up one of these days! (so what gender is a bot? would I say they?)
It's one of the genders. LGBotTQIA+
It annoys me you didn’t go LGBOTQIA+. Better joke.
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chief bot
See! I knew he'd slip up one of these days! (so what gender is a bot? would I say they?)
It's one of the genders. LGBotTQIA+
It annoys me you didn’t go LGBOTQIA+. Better joke.
I don't understand. What would the O stand for?
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chief bot
See! I knew he'd slip up one of these days! (so what gender is a bot? would I say they?)
It's one of the genders. LGBotTQIA+
It annoys me you didn’t go LGBOTQIA+. Better joke.
I don't understand. What would the O stand for?
Its putting the word BOT in LGBT. “Kosmo puts the O in LGBOT.”
Even if you don’t capitalize it, my annoyance is around you not making the closing T in “bot” be the same T in LGBT. That double T is garrish.
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I mean, one T is for bot and one is for Trans. If they shared a "T", it would be entirely confusing. It would make it look like I was just adding an O.
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I mean, one T is for bot and one is for Trans. If they shared a "T", it would be entirely confusing. It would make it look like I was just adding an O.
Brevity is the soul of wit.
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400 Starbucks...but will we even notice?
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statues of Christopher Columbus
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Adam Rapaport, Editor of Bon Apetit / Epicurious
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statues of Christopher Columbus
Richmond will have zero monuments by the end of summer, mark my words. Arthur Ashe is coming down for reasons I can only imagine at current.
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Richmond will have zero monuments by the end of summer, mark my words.
fear not, you shall have public art for your eyes to feast upon:
Petition to Replace Robert E. Lee Statue With GWAR’s Oderus Urungus
https://loudwire.com/petition-replace-robert-lee-statue-gwar-oderus-urungus
baby steps.
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Richmond will have zero monuments by the end of summer, mark my words.
fear not, you shall have public art for your eyes to feast upon:
Petition to Replace Robert E. Lee Statue With GWAR’s Oderus Urungus
https://loudwire.com/petition-replace-robert-lee-statue-gwar-oderus-urungus
baby steps.
My dream four replacements along the Ave are Oderus, Bagel the Beagle, Juan Conde, and that Tank the dude stole and drove up Broad St. #JokesNoOneWillGet
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Although really, wouldn’t an Oderus statue be better if it had me in a suit trying to interview him?
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If we can't get Oderus, I'd like to see General Larry Platt:
"General" Larry Platt (born August 27, 1947) is an American civil and political rights activist and rapper who gained fame with his performance of "Pants on the Ground" on the ninth season of American Idol. His hit song "Pants on the Ground" was released on iTunes and received over 150,000 hits.
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pant on the ground (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcwXR90Cp8A)
studio version! (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZGVC2TdFO0)
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The Columbus thing...I don’t know
Now they are talking about Churchill being a bad guy?
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Jefferson Davis
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wait, they fired the period or did it go belly up?
Maybe this has to do with the text culture and the period is like the penny and not really needed anymore?
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First the double space after a period. Now this!
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The Columbus thing...I don’t know
Now they are talking about Churchill being a bad guy?
As much as Churchill did for Britain, he was quite racist against Indians. He's on quote saying that Indians are "...a beastly people with a beastly religion". Dude also had a hard on for eugenics. Sound familiar?
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So Churchill is like Hitler?
Wow
At some point this becomes really stupid..
Why is the Jefferson Memorial still standing then?
How about Lincoln who thought black people should be sent out of the US?
There are few perfect men and monuments and memorials can honor a certain facet of the person..and almost all people are products of their times..this retrofitting our modern day wisdom on people from 500 years ago is wacko
Now monuments to confederate traitors...no, that I have never understood
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Aunt Jemima
No word yet if Mrs Butterworth is in risk of loing her job too
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Marjorie Greene (Republican Party)
is was running for election to the U.S. House to represent Georgia's 14th Congressional District
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Marjorie Greene (Republican Party) is was running for election to the U.S. House to represent Georgia's 14th Congressional District
was pretty sure this was the protecting us from Antifa dingbat that was running, didn't realize they had gone full racist..
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Mission of Burma
https://www.wbur.org/artery/2020/06/19/adieu-to-boston-post-punk-band-mission-of-burma?fbclid=IwAR2K6FHU4--3eCVDckElDeaFsNlqefcKZykxl82i0sWx5pSTgkHkY2PWbxc
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Clyde's and the Soundry in Columbia
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Isn’t the Soundry the first local live music venue to shut down during covid times?
I don’t think of ESL as a live music venue per se
I am worried this could be a thing..
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Dixie Chicks
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Now. the Chicks
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Which begs the question, what (garage) rock band is no longer now longer known as The Chicks... Hopefully, there won't be another Lady A. kerfuffle
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Which begs the question, what (garage) rock band is no longer now longer known as The Chicks... Hopefully, there won't be another Lady A. kerfuffle
Oh, cool, I made kerfuffle happen finally.
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Charles Emerson Cheesekowski, purveyor of fine pizza and rodent-based animatronic entertainment.
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Or Chuck E Cheese
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Or Chuck E Cheese
Do you think it was the whitelabeling of the pizza to “Pasquales” so people on Uber Eats et al would give it a shot broke his heart and that’s why he’s dead? Because that’s what I choose to believe.
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Which begs the question, what (garage) rock band is no longer now longer known as The Chicks... Hopefully, there won't be another Lady A. kerfuffle
They had to have paid someone for the @thechicks Twitter handle. No way that was free.
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Microsoft stores
https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/26/tech/microsoft-stores-closing/index.html
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Le Pain Quotidien
got approval last week to get out of a bunch of its leases....its bankruptcy filing in May suggests these are among the leases they wanted to get out of:
* Union Station
* Georgetown
* 14th & K
* Spring Valley (Mass Ave.upper Northwest)
* Friendship Heights (Chevy Chase side of border)”
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(https://www.washingtonian.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/2014-06-26.fortreno.jpg)
Fort Reno concert stage
...but have no fear, they are building a new one right now
https://www.instagram.com/p/CCGvrQBBCLo/
Progress continues on the new stage, but I have made the decision to postpone the concert series. Not an easy choice but necessary due to COVID related requirements for large gatherings. Very thankful that NPS is eager for the concerts to happen and are helping with rescheduling. Looking at mid-August for opening. Stay tuned.
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Julian do you need a credenza?
https://rasmus.com/auctions/CsG4JNoEvIKKNoapridN/a/M30372-18th-Lounge-DC-Nite-Club-Music-Venue-Auction---Washington--DC?fbclid=IwAR1mk-O6B-Y-ZBe-oTdDFRpvtOS-gPkGv8ozBAvo7IMIFJ8CaIxPJaQxf_4
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The New York Post spotted Michael Cohen, who was released from federal prison in May to serve his sentence at home because of the pandemic, dining out Thursday night on the Upper East Side.
Why it matters: Legal experts told the paper that the meal may cost Cohen his freedom.
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Brooks Brothers
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Brooks Brothers
they are blaming casual fridays!
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I realize this is a JA level admission.. but will my Mom be buying me for Christmas? Long running family tradition regarding BB and they are really nice shirts. And yes no embroidered pants are ever allowed in the abode..
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A body blow against Julian’s America
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A body blow against Julian’s America
Brooks Brothers and my local Symphony just had our Executive Director poached. I'm in shambles.
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I realize this is a JA level admission.. but will my Mom be buying me for Christmas? Long running family tradition regarding BB and they are really nice shirts. And yes no embroidered pants are ever allowed in the abode..
Well she should probably go shopping now for Xmas
although they just filed for bankruptcy....which doesn't mean out of business
They will likely close locations, so her local BB may be on the chopping block
But I'm sure there will be deals to be found
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Pedantic
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Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman (https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/08/politics/vindman-retiring-alleged-white-house-retaliation/index.html)
I hope Team Biden makes him the Ambassador to Ukraine
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I realize this is a JA level admission.. but will my Mom be buying me for Christmas? Long running family tradition regarding BB and they are really nice shirts. And yes no embroidered pants are ever allowed in the abode..
Well she should probably go shopping now for Xmas
although they just filed for bankruptcy....which doesn't mean out of business
They will likely close locations, so her local BB may be on the chopping block
But I'm sure there will be deals to be found
All very true...
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Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman (https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/08/politics/vindman-retiring-alleged-white-house-retaliation/index.html)
I hope Team Biden makes him the Ambassador to Ukraine
gawd that would be sweet. trumpers would have a conniption.
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Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman (https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/08/politics/vindman-retiring-alleged-white-house-retaliation/index.html)
I hope Team Biden makes him the Ambassador to Ukraine
gawd that would be sweet. trumpers would have a conniption.
What really sucks about this kind of stuff is...The democrats SHOULD do this kind of stuff
but at the same time, they are trying to be 'the better person'
That is why I like being a democrat...but also gets me so bitter as the Team Trump takes EVERY opportunity to poke us in the eye
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vindicated?
Why Shep Smith finally walked out of Fox News for good
https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/11/media/fox-news-shepard-smith/index.html (https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/11/media/fox-news-shepard-smith/index.html)
rehired--
Coming back on CNBC
https://www.wsj.com/articles/former-fox-news-anchor-shepard-smith-joins-cnbc-to-host-evening-newscast-11594233300
Now who actually watches CNBC?
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People into the stock market watch CNBC....or FOX Business
You didn’t know that?
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People into the stock market watch CNBC....or FOX Business
You didn’t know that?
I did kinda of know that
bloomberg is the source for financial new for those who actually trade
THE MOST-WATCHED NETWORKS OF 2019
Rank: #70. CNBC
You know who is #1 ....Faux Newz
So kind of a downgrade. But I kinda like shep and glad he's back
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Mayor of Seoul
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Mayor of Seoul
RIP
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Mayor of Seoul
RIP
yeah...should have posted in dropping like flies thread
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The New York Post spotted Michael Cohen, who was released from federal prison in May to serve his sentence at home because of the pandemic, dining out Thursday night on the Upper East Side.
Why it matters: Legal experts told the paper that the meal may cost Cohen his freedom.
(Reuters) - Micheal Cohen, the former personal attorney for U.S. President Donald Trump, was taken into custody on Thursday, according to a lawyer for Cohen.
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The New York Post spotted Michael Cohen, who was released from federal prison in May to serve his sentence at home because of the pandemic, dining out Thursday night on the Upper East Side.
Why it matters: Legal experts told the paper that the meal may cost Cohen his freedom.
(Reuters) - Micheal Cohen, the former personal attorney for U.S. President Donald Trump, was taken into custody on Thursday, according to a lawyer for Cohen.
Michael Cohen was presented with 8 terms of home confinement this morning, 1 of which required him to agree not to talk to media, not to tweet or publish a book. He wouldn't agree and, after going back and forth for an hour and a half, was handcuffed, according to Lanny Davis
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Red Hook Lobster Pound Shuts Down — Long-time local food truck operator and concessionaire Red Hook Lobster Pound is selling its trucks and assets as the pandemic forces it out of business.
I've had their lobster rolls and damn they were good, but it was a one-time affair to pay $20 for a sub for me
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Red Hook Lobster Pound Shuts Down — Long-time local food truck operator and concessionaire Red Hook Lobster Pound is selling its trucks and assets as the pandemic forces it out of business.
I've had their lobster rolls and damn they were good, but it was a one-time affair to pay $20 for a sub for me
Whenever this is a possibility in our family, I both cringe and salivate simultaneously. Nothing like dropping $60 for a three minute eating experience. Still planing on vacationing in Maine next month....hmmmm
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Red Hook Lobster Pound Shuts Down — Long-time local food truck operator and concessionaire Red Hook Lobster Pound is selling its trucks and assets as the pandemic forces it out of business.
I've had their lobster rolls and damn they were good, but it was a one-time affair to pay $20 for a sub for me
$20 for a sub from a food truck but can’t afford neworder
(I kid....on the square)
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Red Hook Lobster Pound Shuts Down — Long-time local food truck operator and concessionaire Red Hook Lobster Pound is selling its trucks and assets as the pandemic forces it out of business.
I've had their lobster rolls and damn they were good, but it was a one-time affair to pay $20 for a sub for me
I've thought I'd never ever pay $20 for a sub again, but the Jamon and Manchego from Pepe keeps calling me.
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You pay this to get food from a truck?
You eat it at the park or workspace?
And you do it willingly?
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You pay this to get food from a truck?
You eat it at the park or workspace?
And you do it willingly?
I mean, they also sell it at https://www.thinkfoodlab.com/
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The Washington Scandal Skins
News, at 11
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Q Magazine
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Trader Ming's, Arabian Joe and Trader José.
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Burger Records
which didn't actually have contracts with any of it's bands...
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When Hutch posted that thing in the Groper thread, I was like 'who is burger records, I never hear of them"
but they released a surprising number of well known artists
apparently it's not only mgmt but some of the artists are implicated too
the Growlers and the Black Lips two of the high profile ones
Many of these artists are boardie favs
The Black Lips
Brian Jonestown Massacre
Cherry Glazerr
Diarrhea Planet
Dead Fucking Last
FIDLAR
The Growlers
King Kahn
Mikal Cronin
The Muffs
OFF!
The Pharcyde
The Plimsouls
Redd Kross
Ryan Adams
Shannon and the Clams
Tobin Sprout
Thee Oh Sees
Turbonegro
Ty Segall
Burger Records
which didn't actually have contracts with any of it's bands...
So is this why so many artists were on their label, because they just released a one-off cassette or something?
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Yeah I think the one off limited edition cassettes were a big part of why so many bands that were on their "roster".
They may been just doing manufacturing for bands which why no contracts were involved.
They also did digital distribution as they pulled all their catalog from the streaming services, but the bands were free to put it back on their own.
but wow what a huge mess that turned out to be...
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The New York Post spotted Michael Cohen, who was released from federal prison in May to serve his sentence at home because of the pandemic, dining out Thursday night on the Upper East Side.
Why it matters: Legal experts told the paper that the meal may cost Cohen his freedom.
(Reuters) - Micheal Cohen, the former personal attorney for U.S. President Donald Trump, was taken into custody on Thursday, according to a lawyer for Cohen.
Michael Cohen was presented with 8 terms of home confinement this morning, 1 of which required him to agree not to talk to media, not to tweet or publish a book. He wouldn't agree and, after going back and forth for an hour and a half, was handcuffed, according to Lanny Davis
a federal judge has ordered that Michael Cohen be released from prison by tomorrow, saying the book publication restriction was "retaliatory." (https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/23/michael-cohen-judge-orders-former-trump-lawyers-release-from-prison.html?__source=sharebar|twitter&par=sharebar)
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Jacksonville part of Republican convention
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This
is was my go to place for food before black cat shows
The Amsterdam Falafelshop on 14th Street
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Let’s hope the Black Cat survives
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Ann Taylor
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Ian Svenonius of The Make-Up and Chain & The Gang.
https://www.brooklynvegan.com/merge-records-cuts-ties-with-ian-svenonius/
Also Avi of Avi Buffalo
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Shouldn’t they go on the “Just cancelled” thread? Or “Groper”?
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Ian Svenonius of The Make-Up and Chain & The Gang.
https://www.brooklynvegan.com/merge-records-cuts-ties-with-ian-svenonius/
Also Avi of Avi Buffalo
He was also one of the opening acts (DJ) at the Anthem opening and kind of a giant in the DC music scene
could have gone in groper thread
he wrote in a since-deleted post to Instagram. "I want to use this forum to say that i support people speaking out for the eradication of abusive predatory modes and also that i am absolutely one of the guilty parties. That, through my narcissism, egotism, and thoughtlessness, i have acted the creep. That i have made people i cared about and respected feel terrible, have been completely inappropriate to women."[/b]
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Yeah I been following this
And I remember him DJing at Anthem
Sad...I haven’t read the actual deeds he allegedly committed...I don’t have the ❤️
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Ian Svenonius of The Make-Up and Chain & The Gang.
https://www.brooklynvegan.com/merge-records-cuts-ties-with-ian-svenonius/
Also Avi of Avi Buffalo
He was also one of the opening acts (DJ) at the Anthem opening and kind of a giant in the DC music scene
could have gone in groper thread
he wrote in a since-deleted post to Instagram. "I want to use this forum to say that i support people speaking out for the eradication of abusive predatory modes and also that i am absolutely one of the guilty parties. That, through my narcissism, egotism, and thoughtlessness, i have acted the creep. That i have made people i cared about and respected feel terrible, have been completely inappropriate to women."[/b]
Meh, ever since we started treating Just Announced like a catch-all for any news topic, I see no reason to keep topics confined to one thread.
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Ian Svenonius of The Make-Up and Chain & The Gang.
https://www.brooklynvegan.com/merge-records-cuts-ties-with-ian-svenonius/
Also Avi of Avi Buffalo
He was also one of the opening acts (DJ) at the Anthem opening and kind of a giant in the DC music scene
could have gone in groper thread
he wrote in a since-deleted post to Instagram. "I want to use this forum to say that i support people speaking out for the eradication of abusive predatory modes and also that i am absolutely one of the guilty parties. That, through my narcissism, egotism, and thoughtlessness, i have acted the creep. That i have made people i cared about and respected feel terrible, have been completely inappropriate to women."[/b]
Meh, ever since we started treating Just Announced like a catch-all for any news topic, I see no reason to keep topics confined to one thread.
dude, I'm pretty much ok with Anarchy in the streets...
but here, this place is sacred, how dare you sully this perfection :)
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Ian Svenonius of The Make-Up and Chain & The Gang.
https://www.brooklynvegan.com/merge-records-cuts-ties-with-ian-svenonius/
Also Avi of Avi Buffalo
He was also one of the opening acts (DJ) at the Anthem opening and kind of a giant in the DC music scene
could have gone in groper thread
he wrote in a since-deleted post to Instagram. "I want to use this forum to say that i support people speaking out for the eradication of abusive predatory modes and also that i am absolutely one of the guilty parties. That, through my narcissism, egotism, and thoughtlessness, i have acted the creep. That i have made people i cared about and respected feel terrible, have been completely inappropriate to women."[/b]
Meh, ever since we started treating Just Announced like a catch-all for any news topic, I see no reason to keep topics confined to one thread.
Agreed. Let’s cross post this in Hey Seth as well.
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Jules, when the concert start up again, I have a feeling that Seth is going to have these posted at the venues with your pic
(https://ewscripps.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/56305de/2147483647/strip/true/crop/960x540+0+67/resize/1280x720!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fewscripps-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Ff7%2F25%2Fdcbbca4c4b049d41b6933a01fb24%2Fanimal-donation-shoplifter.jpg)
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The New York Post spotted Michael Cohen, who was released from federal prison in May to serve his sentence at home because of the pandemic, dining out Thursday night on the Upper East Side.
Why it matters: Legal experts told the paper that the meal may cost Cohen his freedom.
(Reuters) - Micheal Cohen, the former personal attorney for U.S. President Donald Trump, was taken into custody on Thursday, according to a lawyer for Cohen.
Michael Cohen was presented with 8 terms of home confinement this morning, 1 of which required him to agree not to talk to media, not to tweet or publish a book. He wouldn't agree and, after going back and forth for an hour and a half, was handcuffed, according to Lanny Davis
a federal judge has ordered that Michael Cohen be released from prison by tomorrow, saying the book publication restriction was "retaliatory." (https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/23/michael-cohen-judge-orders-former-trump-lawyers-release-from-prison.html?__source=sharebar|twitter&par=sharebar)
Michael Cohen is free to speak to the media and write a book about President Trump while under home confinement, according to an agreement he reached with federal authorities filed in court Thursday.
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CPK (https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/30/business/california-pizza-kitchen-bankruptcy/index.html)
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James Murdoch has stepped down from the Fox News board
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Lord & Taylor
Men’s Warehouse
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Men’s Warehouse
Wait, does that mean they are not gonna keep the guarantee that I’m going to like the way I look.
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Matchbox
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Do we need a bankruptcy thread?
As that is typically not the best news, does not mean belly up
it’s used to prevent going out of business (although ends up screwing any business that did business with them and the taxpayers footing some of the bill)
Not sure what % of business that file actually end up going out of business?
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Pedant
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I mean WTF you sound like Trump...bankruptcy is a great thing
Sure companies can use it to restructure and emerge stronger - sometimes-but it’s not exactly a great thing...
All these companies going bankrupt is a very bad sign
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Pedant
I don’t know man. Technically that girl was 16 and post-puberty so ephebophile might be the more accurate insult.
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Do we need a bankruptcy thread?
i think this place is good enough, no?
Virgin Atlantic (https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/04/business/virgin-atlantic-bankruptcy/index.html)
to maintain the Kosmic balance, here's one that actually is bellied up/fired/retired: Sprint (https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/03/tech/sprint-tmobile-brand/index.html)
Not sure what % of business that file actually end up going out of business?
depends what kind of bankruptcy you're taling about: Chapter 11 "Business Reorganization"; vs. Chapter 7 "Liquidation". in the first case the company is asking for protection from creditors while it (hopefully) addresses underlying issues in an attempt to return to solvency, while the latter is the company going out of business completely. some percentage of chapter 11 filers manage to survive (i couldn't find the number), 100% of chapter 7's don't.
Virgin Atlantic is seeking chapter 15 protection (https://www.businessinsider.com/what-is-chapter-15-bankruptcy-2020-8), a rarity.
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Truth.... chapter 7 belongs here
Never heard of chap 15!
Is there a chapter 1... maybe even a prologue?
Good research and delivery sweets
Least I didn’t call you pedantic
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E! News (https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/06/media/e-news-canceled/index.html)
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Cross posting to the groper thread
Jerry Falwell Jr..
Jerry Falwell Jr. On 'Indefinite Leave' From Liberty University After Racy Photo
https://www.npr.org/2020/08/07/900339676/jerry-falwell-jr-on-indefinite-leave-from-liberty-university-after-racy-photo
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Eed6aB3WoAEzuaZ.jpg)
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The three craziest elements of this, in order from least crazy to most are:
1, this didn’t leak, he posted it himself
2, he captioned it in an attempt to explain away proactively the drinking not the sexual suggestiveness
3, it’s not of him and his pool boy who owns a fourth of Lynchburg
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The three craziest elements of this, in order from least crazy to most are:
1, this didn’t leak, he posted it himself
2, he captioned it in an attempt to explain away proactively the drinking not the sexual suggestiveness
3, it’s not of him and his pool boy who owns a fourth of Lynchburg
^ solid analysis. would read again.
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Sweetcell, this was apparently part of an elaborate Trailer Park Boys cosplay (https://pulpitandpen.org/2020/08/03/liberty-pres-jerry-falwell-jr-posts-bizzare-photo-with-family-friend-on-yacht-with-pants-unzipped). Incredible. Canada with the assist on taking out the trash.
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Is that his wife or a woman who is not his wife?
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Is that his wife or a woman who is not his wife?
Not his wife.
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so is there some enuendo to this that I'm missing
When did powerpoint become a search term for wanking off?
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You guys aren’t making slideshows of your favorite pornographic imagery and having it cycle thru with starwipes?
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Urban Butcher (Silver Spring)
Jenny Cakes (Kensington)
Foo Fighters 25th anniversary tour (Wherevs)
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With all this free time, Kozmo seems to be doing a better job as admin....quickly deleting the robot posts, making my jokes, that weren't that funny, to begin with...less funny. At least Jules took the bait so I didn't look like a total doofus (I know that is easy for me)
also...yikes
... with starwipes?
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Starwipe
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Foo Fighters 25th anniversary tour (Wherevs)
noticed DC wasn't on this (although weren't they going to do Fedex july 4th?)
Did anyone go to their show at the Black Cat in Aug 17th or the Cap Ballroom on the 16th in 95?
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also...yikes
... with starwipes?
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Starwipe
I was unaware of that but it makes the joke even better.
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20th Century Fox (https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/11/media/disney-fox-20th-century-television/index.html)
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20th Century Fox (https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/11/media/disney-fox-20th-century-television/index.html)
Not sure it qualifies for this thread if it's just a renaming?
renamed the longtime studio as just 20th Century Studios.
You'd think they might change it to 21st Century Studios...ya know to be in the right century
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20th Century Fox (https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/11/media/disney-fox-20th-century-television/index.html)
Not sure it qualifies for this thread if it's just a renaming?
renamed the longtime studio as just 20th Century Studios.
You'd think they might change it to 21st Century Studios...ya know to be in the right century
My son says this happened January
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20th Century Fox (https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/11/media/disney-fox-20th-century-television/index.html)
Not sure it qualifies for this thread if it's just a renaming?
renamed the longtime studio as just 20th Century Studios.
You'd think they might change it to 21st Century Studios...ya know to be in the right century
20th century fox, the brand, is belly up/retired. the company lives on, the very recognizable name does not.
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Marjorie Greene (Republican Party) is was running for election to the U.S. House to represent Georgia's 14th Congressional District
welp didn't drop out of the race and ended up winning.. yeah democracy!
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Marjorie Greene (Republican Party) is was running for election to the U.S. House to represent Georgia's 14th Congressional District
welp didn't drop out of the race and ended up winning.. yeah democracy!
I have displaced family in North Georgia in the next district over (Blairsville and Helen) and this is super unsurprising.
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Marjorie Greene (Republican Party) is was running for election to the U.S. House to represent Georgia's 14th Congressional District
welp didn't drop out of the race and ended up winning.. yeah democracy!
Dear Leader approves...
Donald J. Trump@realDonaldTrump
Congratulations to future Republican Star Marjorie Taylor Greene on a big Congressional primary win in Georgia against a very tough and smart opponent. Marjorie is strong on everything and never gives up - a real WINNER!
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Marjorie Greene (Republican Party) is was running for election to the U.S. House to represent Georgia's 14th Congressional District
welp didn't drop out of the race and ended up winning.. yeah democracy!
Dear Leader approves...
Donald J. Trump@realDonaldTrump
Congratulations to future Republican Star Marjorie Taylor Greene on a big Congressional primary win in Georgia against a very tough and smart opponent. Marjorie is strong on everything and never gives up - a real WINNER!
it's good to know that all it takes is being a carpet bagging facebook comments come alive to be a rising star
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Thom Brennaman (https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2905476-reds-broadcaster-thom-brennaman-apologizes-replaced-in-game-after-anti-gay-slur), Cincinnati Reds announcer
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What an idiot
That is a pretty good apology though....but it’s hard to come back from saying such a thing
At least he realized right away the full gravity of what he had done...
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Bannon
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Bannon
Nice...that guy is one evil dude IMO
Steve Bannon was arrested today along with two other people for their alleged roles in defrauding hundreds of thousands of donors in an online crowdfunding campaign known as “We Build the Wall,
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Thom Brennaman
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Bannon
Nice...that guy is one evil dude IMO
Steve Bannon was arrested today along with two other people for their alleged roles in defrauding hundreds of thousands of donors in an online crowdfunding campaign known as “We Build the Wall,
Do you know what the best part of this story...Bannon was arrested by the USPS!
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/4ayp4b/steve-bannon-just-got-indicted-for-fraud
Federal prosecutors in New York just indicted President Trump’s former campaign chief executive and White House strategist Steve Bannon for fraud — with a surprise assist from investigators working for the U.S. Postal Service.
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Lying to poor white people that immigrants are going to take their money while actually, in fact, taking their money and giving it to rich people who then donate some of it back to the cause of further tricking poor white people into parting with even more of their money. Classic GOP!
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Thom Brennaman
Edit: Late, sorry
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Mossimo Giannulli was sentenced Friday to five months behind bars for paying half a million dollars in bribes to get his two daughters into the University of Southern California as rowing recruits.
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Mossimo Giannulli was sentenced Friday to five months behind bars for paying half a million dollars in bribes to get his two daughters into the University of Southern California as rowing recruits.
What about Uncle Becky?
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Mossimo Giannulli was sentenced Friday to five months behind bars for paying half a million dollars in bribes to get his two daughters into the University of Southern California as rowing recruits.
What about Uncle Becky?
Loughlin is expected to be sentenced later Friday after pleading guilty under a deal with prosecutors that calls for her to serve two months in prison.
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Mossimo Giannulli was sentenced Friday to five months behind bars for paying half a million dollars in bribes to get his two daughters into the University of Southern California as rowing recruits.
What about Uncle Becky?
Loughlin is expected to be sentenced later Friday after pleading guilty under a deal with prosecutors that calls for her to serve two months in prison.
Sounds like they Haved Mercy.
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Todd Reirden
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George and KellyAnne Conway to help manage the Zoom calls for their teenager
welp GC modified his statement
@gtconway3d
I *may* be taking a Twitter hiatus soon
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Finger lickin' good
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Finger lickin' good
jeebus h on a pogo stick:
KFC suspends its 'finger lickin' good' slogan because of coronavirus (https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/24/business/kfc-slogan-coronavirus-trnd/index.html)
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Oh Jerry. We all knew. You like the d. You like the cuck. You like to do what the bible says . . . which is to fuck. You hated the gays, they always should die, but behind closed doors, you were the bearded bi guy.
This is getting, wap, good.
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Jack Brewer (at least from the RNC speaker list)
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Jack Brewer (at least from the RNC speaker list)
Well I retract my statement
I actually thought he was a good speaker
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Why are you watching?
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Japan PM Abe
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The Trump International Hotel and Tower Vancouver, which closed its doors in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic, has shut down permanently.
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Chris Delia
https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/02/entertainment/chris-delia-accused-of-exposing-himself/index.html
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Chris Delia
https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/02/entertainment/chris-delia-accused-of-exposing-himself/index.html
This is another guy that fits my theory that these dudes who get "exposed" are the most obvious creeps in the world. Anyone who has seen this guys comedy -- his acting, him in an interview, whatever -- knew immediately he was a total creep and terrible to women. It oozes out of him, just like Louie CK, Aziz Anzari, etc.
How does not one else see this? How do these things keep registering as surprising?
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Chris Delia
https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/02/entertainment/chris-delia-accused-of-exposing-himself/index.html
This is another guy that fits my theory that these dudes who get "exposed" are the most obvious creeps in the world. Anyone who has seen this guys comedy -- his acting, him in an interview, whatever -- knew immediately he was a total creep and terrible to women. It oozes out of him, just like Louie CK, Aziz Anzari, etc.
How does not one else see this? How do these things keep registering as surprising?
No doubt he had the creep factor going on. Who's on your radar?
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Chris Delia
https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/02/entertainment/chris-delia-accused-of-exposing-himself/index.html
This is another guy that fits my theory that these dudes who get "exposed" are the most obvious creeps in the world. Anyone who has seen this guys comedy -- his acting, him in an interview, whatever -- knew immediately he was a total creep and terrible to women. It oozes out of him, just like Louie CK, Aziz Anzari, etc.
How does not one else see this? How do these things keep registering as surprising?
No doubt he had the creep factor going on. Who's on your radar?
I'm on record over in the Groper thread with this (not complete) list:
Robert Downey Jr, Charlie Sheen, Richard Branson, Steven Spielberg, Brian Kelly, Jay-Z, Drew Carey, Malcolm Gladwell, Prince Harry, Gene Wilder, Conor Oberst, Joel Olsteen, Ray LaMontagne, both Manning brothers, Bill Simmons, Paul Ryan, and Jim Jefferies.
If I think of more, I'll add them.
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yeah I don't know about Aziz compared to these guys
I think pulling out your junk in a non-junk-displaying-situation is a problem
All I know is Aziz is he's a little pushy, but not rape-y
but don't think he did anything to the level of LCK or Delia
But I won't deny there isn't a creep factor with him, but I don't think it's as evil as the other two
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yeah I don't know about Aziz compared to these guys
I think pulling out your junk in a non-junk-displaying-situation is a problem
All I know is Aziz is he's a little pushy, but not rape-y
but don't think he did anything to the level of LCK or Delia
^ this. there was a lack of communication and a lot of mixed signals between aziz and this woman . she gave "verbal and non-verbal" signs that she was uncomfortable with the situation, yet they continued to have sex (oral only, apparently). when she said "no" to anything more, he put his clothes back on and called an uber for her. she texted the next day that she felt uncomfortable. that's somewhere between an awkward and an awful date, the power dynamics were ugly, but i don't think it constitutes assault and aziz didn't deserve to get cancelled. to lump aziz in with the weinstein's of the world does a disservice to both sides.
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Did Aziz actually get cancelled? He took five months off and came back to a raucous reaction.
There is a huge difference between the cancelling of Weinstein, Anzari, and that poor editor who had the gall to allow a sitting US Senator to publish an Op-Ed, and I’m going to tell you, Anzari isn’t the one who should be complaining.
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Fuddruckers :'( (https://www.dallasnews.com/food/restaurant-news/2020/09/08/texas-restaurants-fuddruckers-and-lubys-announce-plans-to-liquidate/?utm_content=buffer2460b&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer)
It was only a matter of when.
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Keeping up with the Kardashians
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the walking dead after season 11 with a Carol and Daryl focused spin off...
seeing as Carol and Darrl are the best characters at this point this will probably work better than the current walking dead nonsense, which typical involves farting around most of the season and then taking on a rival group and repeat...
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the walking dead after season 11 with a Carol and Daryl focused spin off...
seeing as Carol and Darrl are the best characters at this point this will probably work better than the current walking dead nonsense, which typical involves farting around most of the season and then taking on a rival group and repeat...
I'm honestly stunned to hear this show is still on the air. Haven't heard anyone mention it in like 4 years.
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the walking dead after season 11 with a Carol and Daryl focused spin off...
seeing as Carol and Darrl are the best characters at this point this will probably work better than the current walking dead nonsense, which typical involves farting around most of the season and then taking on a rival group and repeat...
I'm honestly stunned to hear this show is still on the air. Haven't heard anyone mention it in like 4 years.
i think other than the really hardcore Daryl and Carol fans, the show lost people's interest with the death of Glenn and Karl. Then Rick mopes around and leaves the show... Plus, the Negan character was far more effective when he was tormenting the gang off screen and then turns out to yet another sadist they have to deal with.. so yeah i've been watching it only in the background and never even bothered with the first spin off...
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Wait, they killed off the annoying kid? Man, I wish I had hung around for that.
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New York department store chain Century 21 filed for bankruptcy Thursday and said it will shut down its business. (https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/10/business/century-21-bankruptcy-closing/index.html)
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New York department store chain Century 21 filed for bankruptcy Thursday and said it will shut down its business. (https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/10/business/century-21-bankruptcy-closing/index.html)
I always thought Centrury 21 was a real estate firm that wore those ugly blazers?
(https://thumbs.worthpoint.com/zoom/images1/1/0717/20/century-21-sports-jacket-tie-costume_1_191f311307bd4923c7e183bf6a82e533.jpg)
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New York department store chain Century 21 filed for bankruptcy Thursday and said it will shut down its business. (https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/10/business/century-21-bankruptcy-closing/index.html)
I always thought Centrury 21 was a real estate firm that wore those ugly blazers?
(https://thumbs.worthpoint.com/zoom/images1/1/0717/20/century-21-sports-jacket-tie-costume_1_191f311307bd4923c7e183bf6a82e533.jpg)
WHERE IS YADA TO HELP US GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS WHEN WE NEED HIM THE MOST??!
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Uh oh
But wait what about Walkie?
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Uh oh
But wait what about Walkie?
The best part of the joke is Walkie is an active realtor and Yada is always the one referenced. It would be like going to Kosmo or I for Canada takes because we used to live near it.
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6 or 7 Eric Hilton bars including American Ice Company
https://www.popville.com/2020/09/american-ice-company-the-brixton-echo-park-el-rey-the-gibson-marvin-and-players-club-closing-dc-hilton-brothers/#disqus_thread
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That's a shame.
I've been to and liked almost all of those. fucking covid
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I’ve never had a bad time/food at Brixton. Not going to act like it’s a great culinary loss, but it was always a good hang.
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I’ve never had a bad time/food at Brixton. Not going to act like it’s a great culinary loss, but it was always a good hang.
Yeah, I've caught some decent jazz, loved their bangers and there was something special about having a Shandy (I did Carlesberg and Ginger beer) on the rooftop on a beautiful spring eve as a pre-show warm up
many preshows at AIC, even met Space, Yada and Hutch there pre-luna
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Where is the next stimulus package? Why are they waiting for businesses to fail?
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Where is the next stimulus package? Why are they waiting for businesses to fail?
methinks the GOP is going to not make any concessions and blame it squarely on the Dems so the can use that on Nov 3rd
a stragety that is horbible news for most americans/small business
but good for AMZ and Target
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Well I don’t know about that...seems simplistic
I mean if lots of people are out of work they ain’t going to be doing that much shopping anywhere
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AMZ stock +65% YTD
Yes a lot of people are out of work, but big-box retailers are surely benefiting vs small business
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Fully aware of Amazon stock going up
Doesn’t address what I said
But I am bored
Ok let small businesses crumble and people lose jobs and it will benefit Amazon per Sidehatch
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Ok let small businesses crumble and people lose jobs and it will benefit Amazon per Sidehatch
let's be clear, I'm not advocating that...
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I also assume that they're waiting on the individual payments until right before the election...so another month's worth of struggling.
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Not sure we have a thread for this...but here we go
Lukashenko announced that Belarus is closing the border with Lithuania, Poland and Ukraine.
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Jerry, from Cheers
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Jerry, from Cheers
Cheer, not Cheers.
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Jerry, from Cheers
Cheer, not Cheers.
Very on brand snark from grateful
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Summers Restaurant Closing Permanently After 38 Years
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U Street Music Hall
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U Street Music Hall
Man that blows chunks...they were just getting ready to celebrate their 10yr anny :(
https://www.ustreetmusichall.com/e/u-street-music-hall-closes-after-years-124103303321/
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It’s a big loss even though it wasn’t a room designed for live music..it’s obviously a huge loss for the DC dance club community
I would expect Will Eastman to reenter the business if we can ever have live shows / DJs again
I always thought IMP would probably prefer to have their own place (instead of renting) for up and coming acts (or acts on the way down)...so I could have seen them opening up another club
At this point though it’s unclear what will happen... what if live music is banned until 2022???
I worry about the Black Cat...but for a lot of places - if you don’t own your space-I would encourage them to close and reopen when times improve.. should the role of government be to prop up these companies for potentially years? It’s a tough situation..do you want to wait til Biden is inaugurated hoping for help? Another 4-5 months til you see $?
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U Street Music Hall
fuck
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I worry about the Black Cat...
This. I worry about ALL of them but this one in particular.
Really sucks about U Street.
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I worry about the Black Cat...
This. I worry about ALL of them but this one in particular.
Ditto. Sorry about U St Music Hall but my life will go on. Black Cat ceasing to exist altogether will feel like a piece of me died.
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shit...grainville moore's didn't make it either
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Eis34o7X0AUFNfP?format=png&name=900x900)
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:(
That was my pre-show venue. I recognize there are other decent places on the street but this was the one I really liked.
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:(
That was my pre-show venue. I recognize there are other decent places on the street but this was the one I really liked.
GM was a great place, I would go just for the beers and fries/mussels on many occasions
Other than the blowtel that was one of my only H st destinations
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I avoid H St like the plague...people who go there enjoy what? Crime? Being hassled by beggars? Nightmare finding a safe spot to park?
I have heard many good things about GM’s over the years
But if I wanted mussels and wine or beer I’d go to Bistrot du Coin ... that’s my place
I just never got the H St thing
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I avoid H St like the plague...people who go there enjoy what? Crime? Being hassled by beggars? Nightmare finding a safe spot to park?
I have heard many good things about GM’s over the years
But if I wanted mussels and wine or beer I’d go to Bistrot du Coin ... that’s my place
I just never got the H St thing
It sounds like you haven't gone to H Street in 10 years. Someone who hasn't been to the 9:30 Club in 20 years could make the same argument about that area.
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Yeah, once I figured out the parking around H Street it became a surprisingly easy endeavor. Never felt unsafe or got hassled by anyone.
Sadly, it’s just not going to be a place I visit too often anymore.
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It hasn’t been ten years...it’s been a few
But the point is I would go to U Street cause of the 930 Club and Black Cat and U St Hall (RIP) and a few record stores
What is there on H Street to go to? RNR Hotel was a crummy venue
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Now I don’t go anywhere other than the Post Office and the CD Cellar (and they got a new guy pricing so it’s gone to hell)
Some life
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It hasn’t been ten years...it’s been a few
But the point is I would go to U Street cause of the 930 Club and Black Cat and U St Hall (RIP) and a few record stores
What is there on H Street to go to? RNR Hotel was a crummy venue
I work nearby and would hit Whole Foods for a pint and Craft Beer Cellar (one of the best beer stores in DC) for takeaway beer. I went to Granville Moore's once or twice but mussels make me violently ill and there's cheaper Belgian beer found elsewhere. Maybe there are some other good food destinations down that way? Probably a question for Yada, I don't really follow the foodie scene.
I say that in the past tense of course.
There was a shooting at the Whole Foods last year but that was an anomaly. That end of H Street always seemed pretty safe though maybe it gets a little sketchier down toward RNR. The one or two times i had been to RNR lately i had parked up in the Whole Foods area and walked down.
All in all though i think that area has markedly improved in terms of safety, though i haven't read the stats.
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But if I wanted mussels and wine or beer I’d go to Bistrot du Coin ... that’s my place
Bistrot du Coin? What year is it? 2005? Are they still serving Clicquot as a loss leader? Do you hit up Russia House afterwards?
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If it’s still a great place what’s the problem? It’s not as if I go there a lot..
If I find a place I really like I stick with it...
I mean I been going to Dupont Circle since 93..it’s one of my favorite neighborhoods...unlike H Street it’s a great area full of beautiful homes..it’s nice walking around
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But if I wanted mussels and wine or beer I’d go to Bistrot du Coin ... that’s my place
Bistrot du Coin? What year is it? 2005? Are they still serving Clicquot as a loss leader? Do you hit up Russia House afterwards?
hey, can we get a TRIGGER WARNING first, before you violently & accurately resurrect a sweetcell from a decade and a half ago?
at least you left Sign of the Whale alone...
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But if I wanted mussels and wine or beer I’d go to Bistrot du Coin ... that’s my place
Bistrot du Coin? What year is it? 2005? Are they still serving Clicquot as a loss leader? Do you hit up Russia House afterwards?
hey, can we get a TRIGGER WARNING first, before you violently & accurately resurrect a sweetcell from a decade and a half ago?
at least you left Sign of the Whale alone...
Then all the LNS kids roll down to Smith Point and, (hopefully, a few hours later) Poundtown.
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Never heard of these places!
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Never heard of these places!
Smith Point was a bar in Georgetown where a group of douches with a website called "Late Night Shots" used to hang out. Poundtown was their euphemism for sex.
We discussed this ad nauseum on here circa 2004.
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And all of these insults are in good fun. I could very easily be convinced to do the Bistrot du Coin -> Russia House twofer nowadays (absent COVID).
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And all of these insults are in good fun. I could very easily be convinced to do the Bistrot du Coin -> Russia House twofer nowadays (absent COVID).
I'd buy the vodka shots
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And all of these insults are in good fun. I could very easily be convinced to do the Bistrot du Coin -> Russia House twofer nowadays (absent COVID).
I'd buy the vodka shots
Who wants to ogle Ovechkin's significant other and get the shit beat out of them?
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In good news
Fox "news" fired Harlan Hill, who called Kamala Harris a "lying bitch."
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It’s over for Brooks Brothers in DC
https://www.popville.com/2020/10/brooks-brothers-permanently-closed-dc-dupont-georgetown-friendship-heights/?fbclid=IwAR3ZATxyNhj8QemFF0scPZycRsk4bNKkUZR1qoBolNVy-rEWtlDMjQ6gLXs
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Ruby Tuesday (https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/10/07/921228673/its-not-goodbye-but-not-good-either-ruby-tuesday-declares-bankruptcy) and Sizzler (https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/09/23/916005485/pandemic-fizzle-sizzler-steakhouse-chain-files-for-bankruptcy-protection) - not fresh news, but i don't remember seeing them listed here. this is important stuff.
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Ruby Tuesday (https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/10/07/921228673/its-not-goodbye-but-not-good-either-ruby-tuesday-declares-bankruptcy) and Sizzler (https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/09/23/916005485/pandemic-fizzle-sizzler-steakhouse-chain-files-for-bankruptcy-protection) - not fresh news, but i don't remember seeing them listed here. this is important stuff.
I bet you ended up in a Ruby Ts at least once or twice in the 90-00s
I would believe you if you said you never stepped foot in a sizzler
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I bet you ended up in a Ruby Ts at least once or twice in the 90-00s
My first ever shot of Goldschläger was at Ruby Tuesday at the Mall of Orange while I was waiting for my girlfriend to finish up her shift at Wet Seal. That was 1995-96. I don't think I've been in one since.
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Ruby Tuesday (https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/10/07/921228673/its-not-goodbye-but-not-good-either-ruby-tuesday-declares-bankruptcy) and Sizzler (https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/09/23/916005485/pandemic-fizzle-sizzler-steakhouse-chain-files-for-bankruptcy-protection) - not fresh news, but i don't remember seeing them listed here. this is important stuff.
I bet you ended up in a Ruby Ts at least once or twice in the 90-00s
I would believe you if you said you never stepped foot in a sizzler
actually, if i stepped in a RT, it would have been in the naughts when i was a consultant and traveled constantly. ate in a lot of "casual dining" type places. RT had to have been in there, but i don't specifically remember it.
you are correct about sizzler.
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My first ever shot of Goldschläger was at Ruby Tuesday at the Mall of Orange while I was waiting for my girlfriend to finish up her shift at Wet Seal.
There is so much going on here.
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Ruby Tuesday (https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/10/07/921228673/its-not-goodbye-but-not-good-either-ruby-tuesday-declares-bankruptcy) and Sizzler (https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/09/23/916005485/pandemic-fizzle-sizzler-steakhouse-chain-files-for-bankruptcy-protection) - not fresh news, but i don't remember seeing them listed here. this is important stuff.
I bet you ended up in a Ruby Ts at least once or twice in the 90-00s
I would believe you if you said you never stepped foot in a sizzler
I was going to say I've never been to either. But thinking about it, I think i went to a Ruby Tuesday a couple of times while in high school in the early 80's. It's possible my wife even worked at one in her long line of server jobs.
No Sizzlers though.
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Doc Emrick, the voice of the NHL with an endless lexicon, is retiring (https://ftw.usatoday.com/2020/10/mike-emrick-doc-retiring-nhl-highlights-words-lexicon)
a legend.
edit: i really like this write-up: https://deadspin.com/doc-emrick-champion-of-vocabulary-with-an-infectious-p-1845414579
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Doc Emrick, the voice of the NHL with an endless lexicon, is retiring (https://ftw.usatoday.com/2020/10/mike-emrick-doc-retiring-nhl-highlights-words-lexicon)
a legend.
edit: i really like this write-up: https://deadspin.com/doc-emrick-champion-of-vocabulary-with-an-infectious-p-1845414579
Doc is simultaneously the greatest announcer ever and walking gaff machine whose . . . we'll call it "interesting" vernacular detracts from the action on a nightly basis.
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we'll call it "interesting" vernacular detracts from the action on a nightly basis.
fair enough, i guess we'll agree to disagree on this one. i loved the fact that he knew more verbs than just "to pass" and "to shoot". i think his erudite banter elevated the game. hockey isn't the most cerebral of sports so i appreciated his puck-based pseudo-poetry.
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Not celebrity enough to warrant the other thread in my eyes....
CNN's Toobin suspended by New Yorker after exposing himself on Zoom call (https://thehill.com/homenews/media/521734-cnns-toobin-suspended-by-new-yorker-after-exposing-himself-on-zoom-call)
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He is a scuzzbucket
See his relationship with his former coworker’s - Jeff Greenfield- daughter
I wouldn’t trust him any further than I could bowl him
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Quibi
Well that was short lived :P
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Quibi
Well that was short lived :P
wow, how to waste 1.7Bil in 6 months
Was actually curious of some of the stuff they were promoting, wonder if it will be available?
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The Strand in NYC is in trouble
But according to Twitter the owner is the devil
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It’s a tit for tat situation...
Conservative Twitter lost their minds over the fact that owner of The Blind Pig in the Biden ad was a wealthy investor
So progressive Twitter needs to get their knickers in a twist over the owner of the Strand
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Arlo Guthrie
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Glitter
...gurl!
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Friendly's files for bankruptcy
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Secretary of Defense Mark Esper
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Secretary of Defense Mark Esper
i'm seeing that he's written a resignation letter, and everyone expects him to be fired soon, but he hasn't yet officially been bellied-up, fired or retired
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I retract
thought the letter would be released for the nightly news...alas conjecture...but probably likely
Although I have heard reports that he Bellied up to a bar.
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I retract
thought the letter would be released for the nightly news...alas conjecture...but probably likely
Although I have heard reports that he Bellied up to a bar.
ok...now
“Mark Esper has been terminated. I would like to thank him for his service.” | Trump fires Defense Secretary Mark Esper,
via twitter ...of course
(Might have to make that a restriction of the Executive...can't fire staff via twitter)
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Jeffrey Toobin
at least he coined a new word
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Toobin
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What about CNN? Have they fired him?
He’s their big Supreme Court analyst..the New Yorker thing I doubt was paying the bills
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my guess is he wasn't on the permanent payroll and just got paid as an analyst
so they just don't use him and don't have to fire him?
after 27 years as a Staff Writer at the NYer
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CNN should stop using him... I am just bored of his takes
The whole affair with Jeff Greenfield’s daughter, the love child, not wanting to recognize it...such a sleaze
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(https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1719/0689/products/steal_yer_face_miniprint-emek-shp_1024x1024.jpg?v=1535404672)
that cuddly psychedelic bear: https://emekstudios.com/collections/mini-prints/products/steal-yer-face-mini-print (https://emekstudios.com/collections/mini-prints/products/steal-yer-face-mini-print)
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(https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1719/0689/products/steal_yer_face_miniprint-emek-shp_1024x1024.jpg?v=1535404672)
that cuddly psychedelic bear: https://emekstudios.com/collections/mini-prints/products/steal-yer-face-mini-print (https://emekstudios.com/collections/mini-prints/products/steal-yer-face-mini-print)
I mean, to be fair, that's his whole head.
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so normally this might go in the belly up thread
Trump’s evangelical adviser, Bishop Harry Jackson Jr., has died at 66 (https://news.yahoo.com/trump-evangelical-adviser-bishop-harry-140329917.html)
but this line made me think here was a better place
“It is with a heavy heart that we notify you that our beloved Bishop Harry R. Jackson, Jr. has transitioned to be with the Lord on November 9, 2020.”
this is odd too "No cause of death has been released to the public"
and he was at the White House event for Amy Coney Barrett
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I read somewhere that it was coviD
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I read somewhere that it was coviD
and he was at the White House event for Amy Coney Barrett
Umm that's the point...his death cert apparently doesn't have a cause of death and there is chatter
Of course, another black man to die of covid and all the white republicans live on
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Moz
https://www.stereogum.com/2107581/morrissey-dropped-by-label/news/?fbclid=IwAR3NLsmAyI9JLKVlvK_G2W7e4QU3v2LH_sUKFt7K4jcpVOXqoeRKaP-q7Lw
Quite an opening sentence
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Mardi Gras 2021
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because the classy way to do it these days is via twitter
Therefore, effective immediately, Chris Krebs has been terminated as Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.
I wonder if corporate handbooks now explicitly say it is against company policy to fire people via Twitter.
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Trump loves to fire people by twitter cause it delights his asshole base : “Look at Trump being a dick ha ha”
Also he’s a dick
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Therefore, effective immediately, Chris Krebs has been terminated as Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.
everytime trump uses "therefore" and "hereby" in his tweets, i imagine a 7 year old wearing his father's tie and oversized shoes trying to look adult-like.
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(https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/bojackhorseman/images/f/f1/Vincent.png)He did a business!
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Guitar Center
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Bought my current guitar from GC. Not sure I've ever been back tho.
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“Sidney Powell is practicing law on her own. She is not a member of the Trump Legal Team. She is also not a lawyer for the President in his personal capacity.”
- Rudy Giuliani
It's bad when you're too crazy for the trump legal team...
Ok...this works
@williamlegate
Sidney Powell should refuse to concede her position from Trump’s legal team!!!
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Bought my current guitar from GC. Not sure I've ever been back tho.
same. when i finished school and got a real job, some 15 years ago, i treated myself to 2 guitars from GC (a Jackson and a Schecter). haven't spent a penny with them since.
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“Dr” atlas
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The Cleveland Indians.
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The Cleveland Indians.
I wonder if the Brown's are next (sounds awfully racist)
TIL Named after original coach and co-founder Paul Brown,
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Bill Fucking Barr!
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Bill Fucking Barr!
So here's a shocker:
Don't be so quick to celebrate Bill Barr's departure
https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/14/politics/bill-barr-donald-trump-ag/index.html (https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/14/politics/bill-barr-donald-trump-ag/index.html)
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queue Hutch ranting about how everything Cillizza has an opinion is worthless...
although the prospect of a 6-week post-Barr DOJ is kinda scary
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I wouldn’t say worthless just obvious..the guy just regurgitates conventional wisdom... he doesn’t have original thoughts or do analysis
All of us who follow politics understand what Barr stepping down means: someone even more loyal to Trump will take over at Justice and help Trump play act his tantrum over the election results, clean up any potential headaches at Justice and attempt to mine the department for the incoming administration. We don’t need Cilizza to tell us what is obvious but that’s what he does
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(https://s26551.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Screen-Shot-2020-03-26-at-2.39.23-PM.jpg)
after 50 years it is closing...sadly they never hosted any Americana Music acts
The Russell Crowe thriller State of Play, included scenes at the Rosslyn Metro station and the Americana Hotel in Crystal City.
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Dr Birx
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Dr Birx
Honestly surprised it didn't happen sooner, but she had no spine to criticize trump, so only reason to keep her
this might have had something to do with it, but honestly, Trump lauds this kind of activity
per @ap
White House adviser Dr. Deborah Birx traveled with three generations of her family from two households after Thanksgiving. That was after she warned Americans to “be vigilant” and limit celebrations to “your immediate household.”
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Trump’s private banker quits Deutsche Bank
hmmmm...something is up
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According to Maryland Department of Labor, Unemployment Division, I have been laid off, and I have filed for unemployment. The thing is, I am my only employee, I have not been laid off by me, and I am not claiming unemployment.
So someone is scamming unemployment, and from what I see online, there is really very little I can do to stop it.
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Damn, that could actually be a big mess.
Stolen identity theft is no joke.
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White's Ferry :(
After operating for 234 years, a Loudoun County judge has ordered it to be shut down because there is “no public landing” that exists
https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/whites-ferry-stops-operating-after-court-ruling/2522566/
(I've only crossed it on a bike or scooter)
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Washington Football Team Football Player
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Washington Football Team Football Player
I'm not even a football fan, but i was going to post this *before* their most recent game. Now that it's official, he'll have more time to hang with the strippers.
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White's Ferry :(
After operating for 234 years, a Loudoun County judge has ordered it to be shut down because there is “no public landing” that exists
https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/whites-ferry-stops-operating-after-court-ruling/2522566/
(I've only crossed it on a bike or scooter)
Court Opinion is here: https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/107CL00056672-01PO-195_whitesferry.pdf (https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/107CL00056672-01PO-195_whitesferry.pdf)
Interesting ruling; seems like the owner of the Virginia side was done dealing with the Ferry's free use of its property. This would seem to be an appropriate spot for the Virginia gov't to take the roadway and the landing by eminent domain. Case took more than 10 years to get to a decision.
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I swam across the river there one or twice. Can’t remember the last time I rode a car across tho.
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The Hotel Harrington
released a statement on Monday saying the hotel will shut down between Monday, Jan. 4 and Wednesday, Jan. 6, as Trump’s supporters plan to protest that Wednesday when Congress is scheduled to certify the election results.
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Taylor Swift's "Willow" goes from #1 to #38 on the Billboard Hot 100, making the greatest fall from No. 1 on the Hot 100 in the chart's history.
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Taylor Swift's "Willow" goes from #1 to #38 on the Billboard Hot 100, making the greatest fall from No. 1 on the Hot 100 in the chart's history.
this is all part of the Grand Awakening. along with opening their eyes to the horrors of the trump presidency, the american public is coming to grips with how awful and talentless taylor swift is. a hot topic of debate is which realization will lead to greater self-actualization.
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Adobe Officially Ends Flash Support, Recommends Uninstalling Immediately (https://www.macrumors.com/2021/01/02/adobe-ends-flash-support/)
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John Roderick had a bad day or so and ended up deleting his twitter.
https://www.stereogum.com/2111946/bean-dad-long-winters-john-roderick-viral-tweet/news/ (https://www.stereogum.com/2111946/bean-dad-long-winters-john-roderick-viral-tweet/news/)
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John Roderick had a bad day or so and ended up deleting his twitter.
https://www.stereogum.com/2111946/bean-dad-long-winters-john-roderick-viral-tweet/news/ (https://www.stereogum.com/2111946/bean-dad-long-winters-john-roderick-viral-tweet/news/)
Oh no! What ever will the McElroy brothers do now?!?
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John Roderick had a bad day or so and ended up deleting his twitter.
https://www.stereogum.com/2111946/bean-dad-long-winters-john-roderick-viral-tweet/news/ (https://www.stereogum.com/2111946/bean-dad-long-winters-john-roderick-viral-tweet/news/)
Oh no! What ever will the McElroy brothers do now?!?
I googled around trying to understand the reference, to no avail.
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John Roderick had a bad day or so and ended up deleting his twitter.
https://www.stereogum.com/2111946/bean-dad-long-winters-john-roderick-viral-tweet/news/ (https://www.stereogum.com/2111946/bean-dad-long-winters-john-roderick-viral-tweet/news/)
Oh no! What ever will the McElroy brothers do now?!?
I googled around trying to understand the reference, to no avail.
My google beats your Google. The McElroy Brothers apparently have a comedy podcast the Roderick does the theme song for.
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Kanye
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Dr Dre in ICU with brain aneurysm
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Dr Dre in ICU with brain aneurysm
Haven’t thought about him in a while. :(
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Not exactly bellied up, but James Alex of the band Beach Slang is in the process of being cancelled per some twitter stuff. https://twitter.com/heysweetcharlie/status/1346561505135910912?s=20 (https://twitter.com/heysweetcharlie/status/1346561505135910912?s=20)
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Dr Dre in ICU with brain aneurysm
LLCOOLJ@llcoolj
Dre is recovering nicely.
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Mitch McConnell
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Dr Dre in ICU with brain aneurysm
Haven’t thought about him in a while. :(
Guys, I'm not going to lob up these sort of alley oops if no one is going to slam them home on the back end. Christ.
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Vernon Jones resigns from Democratic Party (don't let the door hit your ass on the way out)
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Dr Dre in ICU with brain aneurysm
Haven’t thought about him in a while. :(
Guys, I'm not going to lob up these sort of alley oops if no one is going to slam them home on the back end. Christ.
Oh oh oh oh, I didn't forget about a Dre!!!
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Vernon Jones resigns from Democratic Party (don't let the door hit your ass on the way out)
Talk about a badly timed decision to switch parties
Vernon Jones@RepVernonJones
Moments ago, I announced that I am officially joining the Republican Party.
Now more than ever, the Republican Party is in desperate need of leaders that know how to fight.
I know how to fight.
10:09 AM · Jan 6, 2021
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Ariel Pink?
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Ariel Pink?
why because he was 'stormin the capitol'
https://metro.co.uk/2021/01/07/ariel-pink-john-maus-attend-riots-at-us-capitol-building-13864952/
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Ariel Pink?
why because he was 'stormin the capitol'
https://metro.co.uk/2021/01/07/ariel-pink-john-maus-attend-riots-at-us-capitol-building-13864952/
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if we are gonna cancel John Roderick over Bean Dad and his racist tweets, seems John Maus should get the same treatment...
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Ariel Pink?
why because he was 'stormin the capitol'
https://metro.co.uk/2021/01/07/ariel-pink-john-maus-attend-riots-at-us-capitol-building-13864952/
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if we are gonna cancel John Roderick over Bean Dad and his racist tweets, seems John Maus should get the same treatment...
yeah fuck this guy...he needs to be canceled.
Aside from his music, Pink – real name Ariel Rosenberg – has been known for making controversial statements, including saying ‘it’s not illegal to be racist’, saying that gay marriage ‘p***es him off’, and saying he respects the Westboro Baptist Church.
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I am not a fan of cancel culture
It seems rather lazy and moblike
Do you want to go to a record store and they don’t carry Ryan Adams or Woody Allen because they have been “cancelled”?
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The next step is of course to cancel those that don’t want to cancel anybody
It’s just a total crock
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The next step is of course to cancel those that don’t want to cancel anybody
It’s just a total crock
I've been seen some doxing taking place on twitter and IG that would make Jules absolutely blush. I hope all of these people suffer every imaginable consequence possible.
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Mulvaney
Ariel Pink?
yeah fuck this guy...
Aside from his music, Pink – real name Ariel Rosenberg – has been known for making controversial statements, including saying ‘it’s not illegal to be racist’, saying that gay marriage ‘p***es him off’, and saying he respects the Westboro Baptist Church.
Does that sound better...I took out the cancel part
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The next step is of course to cancel those that don’t want to cancel anybody
It’s just a total crock
I've been seen some doxing taking place on twitter and IG that would make Jules absolutely blush. I hope all of these people suffer every imaginable consequence possible.
Who do you think is doing it?
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The next step is of course to cancel those that don’t want to cancel anybody
It’s just a total crock
I've been seen some doxing taking place on twitter and IG that would make Jules absolutely blush. I hope all of these people suffer every imaginable consequence possible.
Who do you think is doing it?
the best so far is the moron with the podium wife's office absolutely getting ruined.
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The next step is of course to cancel those that don’t want to cancel anybody
It’s just a total crock
I've been seen some doxing taking place on twitter and IG that would make Jules absolutely blush. I hope all of these people suffer every imaginable consequence possible.
Who do you think is doing it?
the best so far is the moron with the podium wife's office absolutely getting ruined.
how is the chickie from knoxville who complained about getting maced faring..
and yes i admit to finding cancel culture odious and was being lazy invoking it, but the internet will never forget and bean dad will follow him around if he even surfaces again with the long winters, etc..
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Jon Schaffer, from the band Iced Earth
as badass Del. Danica Roem pointed out..
@pwcdanica
Oh ffs, Jon... >.<
Am I surprised? No. Not at all. That ship sailed *years* ago.
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Critically Thinking Employee seen still wearing company ID badge at insurrection
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ErJO9y8W4AUT6TT?format=jpg&name=small)
https://twitter.com/TreWardWBAL/status/1347226070085480448?s=20y
guess he's going to experience economic anxiety for reelz now... also nice to provide a easy doxxing task for beginners...
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Transportation Secretary (and turtle lover) Elaine Chao is resigning.
Should we just get Mayor Pete in there today?
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The Sergeant at Arms and
head of Capitol Police resigning.
https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1347264407777132545?s=20
EDIT: Requested head of Capitol Police, but hasn't gotten it yet.
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The Sergeant at Arms and head of Capitol Police resigning.
https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1347264407777132545?s=20
^^ Truly the worst follow on all of Twtter.
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The Sergeant at Arms and head of Capitol Police resigning.
https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1347264407777132545?s=20
^^ Truly the worst follow on all of Twtter.
Can not confirm...I like Kyle. Don't worship him, but has been pretty spot on with the 'breaking news'
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The Sergeant at Arms and head of Capitol Police resigning.
https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1347264407777132545?s=20
^^ Truly the worst follow on all of Twtter.
Can not confirm...I like Kyle. Don't worship him, but has been pretty spot on with the 'breaking news'
Breaking news is fine but somewhere around the 1,000th time he posted the rhetorical "Why does Donald Trump think its OK to lie" I decided I did not see any need to ever see any of his posts again. It's like if he does send a virtue signalling tweet every 15 minutes he will run out of oxygen.
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Breaking news is fine but somewhere around the 1,000th time he posted the rhetorical "Why does Donald Trump think its OK to lie" I decided I did not see any need to ever see any of his posts again. It's like if he does send a virtue signalling tweet every 15 minutes he will run out of oxygen.
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Well there is that...grain of salt is required for most feeds
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the resignations are slowly piling up (https://www.kron4.com/news/national/elaine-chao-first-trump-cabinet-member-to-resign-after-capitol-riot/), but i have mixed feelings about elaine chao resigning from transpo: if my fantasy of the 25th being invoked actually happens, we need cabinet members with a conscious there to vote to remove. clearly chao feels that she can't tolerate this regime any more, but maybe she should stick around for one last possible stab at redemption...
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The next step is of course to cancel those that don’t want to cancel anybody
It’s just a total crock
I've been seen some doxing taking place on twitter and IG that would make Jules absolutely blush. I hope all of these people suffer every imaginable consequence possible.
there is a hashtag if you want to keep up to date on this
#TraitorsGettingFired
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Bolton just made the point that if Trump is 25th'd, he likely wouldn't leave, then we'd have 2 people claiming to be president...
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6MWE
...jez there are some fucked up people out there who don't care to hide their hatred
https://twitter.com/RoyaTheWriter/status/1347181249983614979
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This just in: @SimonSchuster "has decided to cancel publication of Senator Josh Hawley’s forthcoming book, THE TYRANNY OF BIG TECH
https://twitter.com/brianstelter/status/1347313804334522372?s=21
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That’s weird... but I wouldn’t want to publish it either
Of course someone else will publish it and every MAgA chowderhead will buy five copies
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Now he’s crying crocodile tears claiming his first amendment rights are being infringed upon and cancel culture is the fault... for a person so hung up on the constitution, he sure doesn’t understand how it works and what a contract with a private business is.. just another entitled dipshit who thinks he deserves to be president
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I feel negative sympathy for Josh
Also I think that people who are wealthy GOP donor buy tons of these books of the people they want to promote
Who doesn't love to announce they are on the NYT bestsellers list, just ask Trump Jr
I think MAGA books typically come in large print and in a 4th grade vocabulary
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DeVos resigns.
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time for a happy dance?!
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DeVos resigns.
Good riddance.
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DeVos resigns.
Good riddance.
Back to the hellscape that is Michigan.
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DeVos resigns.
Good riddance.
Back to the hellscape that is Michigan.
DO NOT WANT.
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DeVos resigns.
Good riddance.
i have problems believing someone as awful as betsy could suddenly grow a conscience. a few days before the end of the administration - how conveeeeenient.
this is rats jumping off a sinking ship. the indignation-because-he-caused-a-riot is a handy, fortuitously-timed excuse.
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Capitol Police chief resigning amid criticism over pro-Trump mob (https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/capitol-police-chief-resigning-amid-criticism-over-pro-trump-mob-n1253389)
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DeVos resigns.
Good riddance.
i have problems believing someone as awful as betsy could suddenly grow a conscience. a few days before the end of the administration - how conveeeeenient.
this is rats jumping off a sinking ship. the indignation-because-he-caused-a-riot is a handy, fortuitously-timed excuse.
Aren't these resignations done so that they don't have to participate in any 25th Amendment proceedings, whether so they personally wouldn't be forced to be in the position to choosing to do so, or somehow not having enough officials to carry out the procedure (admittedly I don't know the details of that or whether not having certain number of Cabinet members matters)
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DeVos resigns.
Good riddance.
i have problems believing someone as awful as betsy could suddenly grow a conscience. a few days before the end of the administration - how conveeeeenient.
this is rats jumping off a sinking ship. the indignation-because-he-caused-a-riot is a handy, fortuitously-timed excuse.
Aren't these resignations done so that they don't have to participate in any 25th Amendment proceedings, whether so they personally wouldn't be forced to be in the position to choosing to do so, or somehow not having enough officials to carry out the procedure (admittedly I don't know the details of that or whether not having certain number of Cabinet members matters)
When is the resignation effective? Chao's is 1/11, which still gives her time to be part of a 25th.
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they are all spineless losers and will not do this
even Pence...who was going to be executed can't act
Jim Bourg @jimbourg
I heard at least 3 different rioters at the Capitol say that they hoped to find Vice President Mike Pence and execute him by hanging him from a Capitol Hill tree as a traitor. It was a common line being repeated. Many more were just talking about how the VP should be executed.
FYI Jim is Reuters News Pictures Editor In Charge of Washington...not some whackadoodle with a twitter feed
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I just don’t think the 25th is going to happen
All this stuff needed to happen yesterday or the night of the riots
Everyday that goes by the less likely it is Trump will be expelled from the White House
America is sick both literally and metaphorically and hardly up for this challenge
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I just don’t think the 25th is going to happen
All this stuff needed to happen yesterday or the night of the riots
Everyday that goes by the less likely it is Trump will be expelled from the White House
America is sick both literally and metaphorically and hardly up for this challenge
#failedstate
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You do not want him 25th'd. You will martyr him to his followers.
You want go to sleep knowing that the intelligence circles are working hard to prevent a classified data leak in the next 12 days and that the Dept of Defense has a handle on preventing any needless attacks in the next 12 days and hope for the best.
Honestly, if this was a better organized insurrection, with how easily they were allowed to enter the Capitol, they would have been way more prepared to do more than just take selfies. It could have been much, much worse if we were dealing a true and real well organized militia. They had their chance and the absolutely missed it.
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They had their chance and the absolutely missed it.
Thank goodness
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Lehigh University rescinds Trump's honorary degree following Capitol riots
cause that'll teach him!
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Twitter has banned Michael Flynn, pro-Trump lawyer Sidney Powell, and former 8Kun administrator Ron Watkins for violating a ban on promoting QAnon content. Statement from Twitter:
https://twitter.com/willsommer/status/1347657159102902272?s=21
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All 3 Leaders of the DC Capitol Police have Resigned
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Resigned? They need to be jailed
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NYT reporting that Twitter has permanently suspended Trump "due to the risk of further incitement of violence."
please RT your support to @realDonaldTrump.
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Aren't these resignations done so that they don't have to participate in any 25th Amendment proceedings, whether so they personally wouldn't be forced to be in the position to choosing to do so, or somehow not having enough officials to carry out the procedure (admittedly I don't know the details of that or whether not having certain number of Cabinet members matters)
Finally had the time to do the research on this and it's not clear, but here's what I know:
Vice-President has to invoke the 25th Amendment along with a majority of Cabinet members. That poses two questions: how do vacant positions count and what about Cabinet members who have not been confirmed by the Senate? So assuming that can all get worked out in 12 days, likely via the Supreme Court...
The President can then ask Congress to intervene by submitting a letter to Congress arguing he is fit to serve in the role. Congress would then vote on the issue, but it would require a 2/3 majority of both the Senate and the House. There is very little chance this new House would approve by two-thirds.
So that leaves impeachment, which you already know would only require House majority (doable) and 2/3 Senate (questionable).
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I think they need to impeach
You can’t just ignore a coup attempt cause you know you might not have the votes
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NYT reporting that Twitter has permanently suspended Trump
Fuck, reading and reacting to his tweets was a percentage of my life this last year
I need a new hobby, this one was pretty debilitating
You can’t just ignore a coup attempt cause you know you might not have the votes
sounds like a great ad slogan (...for democracy?)
(https://i.imgflip.com/4t50kw.jpg)
Of course he tried to use the @potus account, but got a smack down
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ErQTanQUUAMZqXW?format=jpg&name=large)
the man is unhinged
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The reality is he will not have the same reach on parler or alternate sites
Would we allow al qaeda to have a Twitter account to recruit and communicate with followers?
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Parler
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People can still access the website on their browser, right?
So not really
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Parler is being booted off AWS, so they are losing their web hosting ... and they will probably have to find something offshore to host them.. Google and anything US based will probably not allow that nonsense
This of course is going to make it hard for the creation of any other new platform for he who is shut out by the free market
Of course the Chinese and Russians might have a solution... which is dripping in irony
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Oh ok
All I had heard about was the app
Twitter was great today..
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Ariel Pink
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Hiya Walkie how is it going out there in the mountains? Still seeing hordes of city folk moving out there to escape the rona? Do these super low mortgage rates help you move properties or is it a wash?
Well happy new year!
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Rudy's membership to the NY Bar
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Hiya Walkie how is it going out there in the mountains? Still seeing hordes of city folk moving out there to escape the rona? Do these super low mortgage rates help you move properties or is it a wash?
Well happy new year!
Hiya! Yes the market is still pretty crazy out here with plenty of people attempting to buy homes either as weekend properties or full time living. The only problem, is there is still a severe lack of inventory in our area and pretty much anywhere surrounding my area. The interest rates are definitely bringing more 1st time home buyers out as well, but again it's just you've gotta be super quick if you're going to get anything out here right now.
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Well that sounds good and challenging!
I guess a good realtor such as yourself is more important than ever...
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You should be marketing to people who don't have their houses on the market yet
You could figure out the 'value' today and what they paid for it...some people would be shocked they could make 100k selling their house and didn't realize it'd go up that much in the last decade
Postcards are cheap, take 4 hours and target 100 homeowners...I bet you'll get some bites
The money is in finding the people selling, not people trying to buy
(yes of course there is money on both ends...but so much more work for buyers ...and those helping those buyers)
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You should be marketing to people who don't have their houses on the market yet
You could figure out the 'value' today and what they paid for it...some people would be shocked they could make 100k selling their house and didn't realize it'd go up that much in the last decade
Postcards are cheap, take 4 hours and target 100 homeowners...I bet you'll get some bites
The money is in finding the people selling, not people trying to buy
(yes of course there is money on both ends...but so much more work for buyers ...and those helping those buyers)
Tremendous job mansplaining Walkie’s job to him!
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The only problem with such an idea, and really the core reason why there's such a lack of inventory right now, is because sellers know they can sell their homes for a darn good price, but where are they going to go and what are they going to buy if they want to move and stay in our area when there is such a lack of inventory.
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You should be marketing to people who don't have their houses on the market yet
You could figure out the 'value' today and what they paid for it...some people would be shocked they could make 100k selling their house and didn't realize it'd go up that much in the last decade
Postcards are cheap, take 4 hours and target 100 homeowners...I bet you'll get some bites
The money is in finding the people selling, not people trying to buy
(yes of course there is money on both ends...but so much more work for buyers ...and those helping those buyers)
Tremendous job mansplaining Walkie’s job to him!
Lol
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Tremendous job mansplaining Walkie’s job to him!
Fair enough... can confirm
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Need expert advise on being a good realtor? Want to take advantage of low rates to refinance? Looking to brew your own beer? Getting into cabinetry? Want to learn to skateboard? Looking to purchase an airstream?
Contact Sidehatch...the expert Jack of all trades
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Rudy's membership to the NY Bar
well, it's an investigation only for now. could result in being disbarred, but hasn't happened yet.
question for the two lawyers on this board: if rudy loses his NY license, does that mean he automatically loses right to participate in federal cases in DC? or once federal (not "permission", but whatever you call getting your state license recognized in DC) is that separate from the state license? is there a federal bar that would need to disbar him?
i ask because rudy has been proposed as someone who might defend trump in the impeachment. i'm wondering if being disbarred in NY would disqualify him from federal cases too.
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Need expert advise on being a good realtor?
yikes...that's a stretch
Want to take advantage of low rates to refinance?
I'd like to think I know enough to give advice on that category
am I going to become a licensed mortgage broker...never, but I feel I've got a good grasp on it from the consumer side
Looking to brew your own beer?
we all know sweets is the one to talk to on this, I'm at best a High School Junior Varsity player, sweets plays college ball and is a starter
Getting into cabinetry?
I'm going to assume you were joking here
Want to learn to skateboard?
if past performance is any indicator, I've sustained two debilitating injuries in as many years, but I could probably point you in the right direction if you want to hurt yourself
Looking to purchase an airstream?
I have learned a lot in a year...to know I'm in way over my head, but still feel I know more than the avg bear
Contact Sidehatch...the expert Jack of all trades
and master of none
also not taking any apprentices on in 2021
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I love, post replies, such as this.
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I love, post replies, such as this.
Me,,,, too.
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acting DHS Secretary Chad Wolf
I feel like this behavior is such a dick move by these staffers, couldn't just wait a week or two and help the next person out
TBH I'm really not sure how these transitions typically work, but this seems abnormal
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Kojo Show. God damn it.
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Oh...why?
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acting DHS Secretary Chad Wolf
I feel like this behavior is such a dick move by these staffers, couldn't just wait a week or two and help the next person out
TBH I'm really not sure how these transitions typically work, but this seems abnormal
In regard to more potential domestic terror, is it a detriment to have this guy gone and the position unfilled, or was this guy suck a Trumpfucker that it's an asset to have him gone?
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You definitely don’t want this position empty in the middle of a crisis..it’s insane..he only had a week to go
But who knows what’s going on?
Maybe Trump is plotting a second coup and Wolf wants no part
Now if Wolf is a traitor I guess it’s better to have him gone
Who the fuck knows
I am worried abou this next week
The important thing is to have Biden sworn in and taking over
Impeachment or whatever is just not as important
Not in an insurrectionary climate like the one we are in
I have trouble believing Trump will go quietly...at heart he is a gambler..and he knows the walls are closing in..
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i saw somewhere Wolf has presidential aspirations and this is him probably trying to cover for himself for future questions regarding his role in all of this.
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Comedy Group Capitol Steps
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Brightest Young Things (https://dcist.com/story/21/01/14/brightest-young-things-shut-down-exactly-agency-svetlana-legetic/)
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Brightest Young Things (https://dcist.com/story/21/01/14/brightest-young-things-shut-down-exactly-agency-svetlana-legetic/)
between this and the demise of LNS, my youth is no more.
what was the name of that blog that kept a running list of upcoming shows in the DC area? once a week the person would post here... damn i am getting old, can't remember a thing anymore.
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Brightest Young Things (https://dcist.com/story/21/01/14/brightest-young-things-shut-down-exactly-agency-svetlana-legetic/)
between this and the demise of LNS, my youth is no more.
what was the name of that blog that kept a running list of upcoming shows in the DC area? once a week the person would post here... damn i am getting old, can't remember a thing anymore.
ShowListDC
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What was the LNS bar? Smith Point or Fells Point? I can picture exactly where it was in Georgetown but I can’t pull the name. #Poundtown
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What was the LNS bar? Smith Point or Fells Point? I can picture exactly where it was in Georgetown but I can’t pull the name. #Poundtown
Smith Point, or "SP" if you were on the inside...
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NRA!
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What? They got ads on Drudge running right now about donating to get the commemorative mug
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filed for bankruptcy...can still fundraise
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filed for bankruptcy...can still fundraise
filed for bankruptcy = temporary protection... long enough to reincorporate in texas. it's a diabolically masterful move. NYAG may have been outmaneuvered.
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Parler
And its back
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Mets GM Jared Porter (https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/just-when-mets-thought-they-hired-the-right-man-they-fired-jared-porter-as-gm-after-harassing-texts-to-female/ar-BB1cTkZJ?ocid=uxbndlbing)
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Church of Satan / Matthew Camp house up in flames.
The Devil, and that dick.
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like a real fire as his house was torched....
I've learned more about male on male porn actors here than any other place ;)
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after 55 years, Tom Brokaw is retiring
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NBCSN
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Philip Rivers had decided to join Drew Brees on the golf course.
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Brees hasn’t announced retirement.............yet AFAIK
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Conor McGregor.
That should be it, for him.
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Brees hasn’t announced retirement.............yet AFAIK
true, but only a fool would bet against it.
Conor McGregor.
That should be it, for him.
that's what he said last time, and last time, and last time.
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Anyone here actually enjoy watching UFC?
I think it’s just gross..
Connor will keep taking $ until people stop throwing them at him but he has looked over the hill for years... like at least FIVE... he looks like an old man now
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E. Page's marriage to whoever he was married to. I guess the wife wanted a woman, not a man.
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Robinhood app
Wow to what they did. Pitchforks anyone?
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E. Page's marriage to whoever he was married to. I guess the wife wanted a woman, not a man.
Actually Elliott is the one who filed for the divorce over the summer and it was contested meaning the wife did not want the divorce but they claim to still be close friends.
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Robinhood app
I have an account so my kid can dabble in investing (up 50% since Aug!)
So I like checking it as it's had such good returns
I don't know why this made me chuckle, but it said this today and made me want to put it in the Weed thread
High Traffic
We are experiencing high traffic. You can still place trades, but other functionality may be impacted.
would have been funnier if it said impaired rather than impacted
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Marilyn Manson, though tbh I'm surprised this hasn't already happened.
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Marilyn Manson, though tbh I'm surprised this hasn't already happened.
If only there were warning signs!
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Bezos
I see his manager got the message when my Arlo Parks vinyl arrived a day late!
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So where does getting suspended fall, in here or in Schadenfreude?
Music twitter is caring on today about some popular Country Music dude Morgan Wallen who was caught "casually" dropping the N-word after a night out getting drunk with his buds..
anyways his record company has suspended his record contract indefinitely
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No idea who he is.
The inevitable “I have to do better” apology sorta rings hollow after these things. Not saying people don’t deserve second chances, but I can’t help thinking “no shit, dude”. Maybe that’s just me.
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John Matze says he has been fired as CEO of Parler
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No idea who he is.
The inevitable “I have to do better” apology sorta rings hollow after these things. Not saying people don’t deserve second chances, but I can’t help thinking “no shit, dude”. Maybe that’s just me.
He's the guy who was scheduled to appear on SNL in September (?), and was cancelled because he was seen partying without a mask the week before. They later gave him another chance (December?) He sucked musically.
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No idea who he is.
The inevitable “I have to do better” apology sorta rings hollow after these things. Not saying people don’t deserve second chances, but I can’t help thinking “no shit, dude”. Maybe that’s just me.
He's the guy who was scheduled to appear on SNL in September (?), and was cancelled because he was seen partying without a mask the week before. They later gave him another chance (December?) He sucked musically.
wow Allmusic really selling him here "developing a variation of bro-country that emphasized smooth R&B rhythms over arena-ready stomps."
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I'm just shocked allmusic still exists...and kosmo uses it
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I look at allmusic at least monthly.
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I look at allmusic at least monthly.
hmm, used it a lot in AOL era internet, but didn't even know it was still active
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I look at it all the time
Some of my favorite music criticism
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I look at it all the time
Some of my favorite music criticism
Same
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No idea who he is.
The inevitable “I have to do better” apology sorta rings hollow after these things. Not saying people don’t deserve second chances, but I can’t help thinking “no shit, dude”. Maybe that’s just me.
He's the guy who was scheduled to appear on SNL in September (?), and was cancelled because he was seen partying without a mask the week before. They later gave him another chance (December?) He sucked musically.
wow Allmusic really selling him here "developing a variation of bro-country that emphasized smooth R&B rhythms over arena-ready stomps."
My wife's love of mainstream R&B may explain why she liked one of the two songs he did on SNL.
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why go to allmusic when I can come here?
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Are you all referring to Arlo Parks?
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I look at it all the time
Some of my favorite music criticism
Not sure “criticism” is the right word. It took me years to find an album they didn’t like.
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No idea who he is.
The inevitable “I have to do better” apology sorta rings hollow after these things. Not saying people don’t deserve second chances, but I can’t help thinking “no shit, dude”. Maybe that’s just me.
He's the guy who was scheduled to appear on SNL in September (?), and was cancelled because he was seen partying without a mask the week before. They later gave him another chance (December?) He sucked musically.
wow Allmusic really selling him here "developing a variation of bro-country that emphasized smooth R&B rhythms over arena-ready stomps."
His SNL appearance was soft rock twaddle.
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The Brand listens to him as well. I didn't care for his SNL performance, but dont mind his songs that come on streaming radio stations...Whiskey Glasses in particular I rather enjoy.
Will have no problem skipping him now though....
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Well lookie there
https://www.showbiz411.com/2021/02/03/update-morgan-wallen-canceled-not-so-fast-with-n-word-scandal-records-selling-like-crazy-still-on-spotify
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Is it wrong that the first thing I thought was that it could only happen for a country music artist?
If so, I take I back. But there it is.
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Lou Dobbs (https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2021-02-05/fox-news-cancels-lou-dobbs-tonight)
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Hot Damn
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Joss Whedon?
Charisma Carpenter accuses Joss Whedon of creating 'hostile and toxic work environments' on Buffy and Angel
does this mean he's going to be (sorry just can't bring myself to state the obvious)
will he have a close encounter with (yikes still unable to type the obvious)
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Cara Dune
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Cara Dune
when you say shit like this, I think it's legit you lose your job
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Et8kcTkVgAsrK1W?format=png&name=small)
Not even remotely sorry
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I have no idea who this person was but I was right there with them until that last sentence when that post TOOK A TURN.
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I have no idea who this person was but I was right there with them until that last sentence when that post TOOK A TURN.
portrayed a minor character in the Mandalorian which of course has the star wars fanboys up in arms and as someone pointed out are the same fanboys who drove another actress off social media because they didn't like her character in The Last Jedi... i realize this is all Greek to you but...
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which of course has the star wars fanboys up in arms
Not all. She's been on a fine line with her LGBTQ comments for some time - I'm actually surprised she lasted this long. Pedro Pascal even had a phone conversation to explain to her about her comments and their impact before this post.
And she was about to star in her own series, so this is going to cost her a lot.
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(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EuCvJGyWQAQdQ9u?format=jpg&name=medium)
Brandy Jensen@BrandyLJensen
i think it’s great that ben shapiro will play baby yoda in the new conservative star wars
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Lincoln Project co-founder Steve Schmidt is resigning from the group's board, he told staff on an all-hands call this evening
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What did he do?
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Seems related to the john weaver thing
There was a TLDR statement I didn’t read
I do like SS,
but he did clear 1.5 mil for 9 months of work
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There was a TLDR statement I didn’t read
then that statement clearly failed in its purpose.
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There was a TLDR statement I didn’t read
then that statement clearly failed in its purpose.
can confirm
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I don’t see anything wrong with getting paid
I got to say I never bought into the whole Lincoln group worship and always assumed they were raking...
I also doubt they had much influence in the end...although a good and necessary slight counterweight to Trump’s phenomenal Twitter game
I don’t get Steve talking about his experience in camp...
I thought Steve was pretty much dead on in his comments on Trump for past four years...that isn’t going to change because he is an imperfect human
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I don’t see anything wrong with getting paid
can confirm
I brought up the money, as I didn't feel bad for him as he did pretty well for a short stint
I don't think they ever hid what their goals were and they never said they were going to be the Fugazi of superPACs
I thought Steve was pretty much dead on in his comments on Trump for past four years...t
can also confirm
It is hard to say the impact of TLP
jez the election was only won by less than 50k votes in 3 swing states...places where TLP focused a lot on (they floped in FL and Maine tho)
so even if they turned just a few, we surely needed their help
He appeared on Bill Maher last night and not a mention, They had to have agreed ahead of time that Bill could not touch that thrid rail
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Chris Harrison
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Daft Punk call it quits.
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Yup. Ugh.
https://pitchfork.com/news/daft-punk-call-it-quits/
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Stick a fork in My Pillow (https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/02/22/mike-lindell-made-his-bed-with-trumps-bogus-conspiracies-now-he-gets-lie-it/)
Best single article I've read about how fucked Lindell is.
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I, for some reason, had just watched the Daft Punk Lollapalooza show. I, also, for some reason, just watched The Chemical Brothers at Glastonbury show.
The Chemical Brothers > Daft Punk
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The Chemical Brothers > Daft Punk
it's definitely close, but nah.
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I'm going to go out on a limb and say this might be it for Tiger:
https://www.cbssports.com/golf/news/tiger-woods-involved-in-serious-car-wreck-pulled-out-with-jaws-of-life-with-major-damage-to-vehicle/
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(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Eu74Jr7WYAQALaU?format=jpg&name=large)
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I'm going to go out on a limb and say this might be it for Tiger:
https://www.cbssports.com/golf/news/tiger-woods-involved-in-serious-car-wreck-pulled-out-with-jaws-of-life-with-major-damage-to-vehicle/ (https://www.cbssports.com/golf/news/tiger-woods-involved-in-serious-car-wreck-pulled-out-with-jaws-of-life-with-major-damage-to-vehicle/)
poor bastard. might have to sell his private jet...
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I'm going to go out on a limb and say this might be it for Tiger:
https://www.cbssports.com/golf/news/tiger-woods-involved-in-serious-car-wreck-pulled-out-with-jaws-of-life-with-major-damage-to-vehicle/
It has looked increasingly as though his back was irredeemably fucked before this so this probably does not bode well for him playing PGA tour golf again.
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High Maintenance (https://www.pastemagazine.com/tv/high-maintenance/high-maintenance-cancelled-hbo/) will not get renewed for a 5th season
guess with all the states legalizing it, pot delivery services are no longer needed
Really a great show, stories and characters
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Man that looks bad...forget his golf career just hope he is ok
At around 7 am went off road..over cliff?
Apparently at least broken legs and in surgery
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Absolutely hate to see that happen to anyone. Hopefully he ends up ok even if golf is off the table going forward.
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curious what the toxicology report will say...
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curious what the toxicology report will say...
Everyone on earth is thinking this.
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Non life threatening
Compound fractures in his legs
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curious what the toxicology report will say...
Brendan Quinn
@BFQuinn
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LA Sheriff's Dept. says Tiger Woods' vehicle was likely traveling at a "relatively greater speed than normal" at a stretch of road with "a downhill slope" that's known for a "high frequency of accidents." The SUV sustained "several rollovers." Currently no evidence of impairment.
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curious what the toxicology report will say...
Brendan Quinn
@BFQuinn
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LA Sheriff's Dept. says Tiger Woods' vehicle was likely traveling at a "relatively greater speed than normal" at a stretch of road with "a downhill slope" that's known for a "high frequency of accidents." The SUV sustained "several rollovers." Currently no evidence of impairment.
By "relatively greater speed than normal" so they mean greater than what Tiger normally drives?
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They mean over the speed limit
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7am, no signs of skid marks or other indications of braking. Probably fell asleep.
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Fry's Electronics
Fry's was a chain of grocery stores when I was a kid in the Bay Area. When I visited Fremont for the first time in over 40 years in Nov 2019, I wanted to see what the hype was all about with their transformation to electronics. The parking lot was nearly empty, and the store seemed even emptier. Thousands of feet of bare shelves. Most of what they had was junk. A Tesla coil display was "out of order". They were selling a Hummer branded boombox (yes, the same brand as the defunct massive SUV).
I read that they were trying to change their billing relationship with vendors to all consignment. Some agreed, most didn't, but Fry's stood their ground. What a massive fubar.
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7am, no signs of skid marks or other indications of braking. Probably fell asleep.
Probably nodded out
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7am, no signs of skid marks or other indications of braking. Probably fell asleep.
Probably nodded out
Probably dozed off
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7am, no signs of skid marks or other indications of braking. Probably fell asleep.
Probably nodded out
Probably dozed off
Probably fell under the power of the Sandman.
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7am, no signs of skid marks or other indications of braking. Probably fell asleep.
Probably nodded out
Probably dozed off
Probably fell under the power of the Sandman.
Opiates are a helluva drug.
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7am, no signs of skid marks or other indications of braking. Probably fell asleep.
Probably nodded out
Probably dozed off
Probably fell under the power of the Sandman.
Opiates are a helluva drug.
Actually the Sandman is the dude I get my sports betting tips from. No one crosses the Sandman.
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Any truth to the rumor that the car was in self-driving mode?
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Any truth to the rumor that the car was in self-driving mode?
The Genesis GV80 does not support self-driving. It has safe-distance functionality, lane change assist and Smart Cruise Control, but that is not anything like self-driving.
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Fry's Electronics
2019 was way too late for the heyday of Fry's. From 1990-1996 (they opened a store wiht a couple miles of my house in So Cal) I built a ton of computers with their hardware, and was constantly doing local tech support with their products. I went back into one in the late naughts and was very disappointed by what it had become, clearly losing out to online shopping.
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Daft Punk call it quits.
was it a cash grab?
Streams for Daft Punk’s catalog soared nearly 500% on Monday compared to Sunday, while song sales were up 1,335% and digital album sales were up 2,650% (https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/daft-punk-sales-breakup-1132617/)
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Sad to see that the Big Hunt has permanently closed. I learned a lot about microbrews from their vast draft selection back in the day. My first introduction to Hopslam was there. They also had a fun jukebox and a very accommodating bar staph. :'(
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Oh that’s too bad
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RE: big hunt
Yeah that is a bummer, recently (pre covid era) I'd been there for some of the comedy showcases that were a lot of fun
always had a bro contingent that I really didn't love tho...
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I, too, thought the crowds there were ummm not to my liking. Hate to see it close up tho.
Surprised we haven’t seen a lot more places close up.
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I like Bagley!
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I, too, thought the crowds there were ummm not to my liking. Hate to see it close up tho.
Surprised we haven’t seen a lot more places close up.
Those commas . . . I'm, swooning.
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Sad to see that the Big Hunt has permanently closed. I learned a lot about microbrews from their vast draft selection back in the day. My first introduction to Hopslam was there. They also had a fun jukebox and a very accommodating bar staph. :'(
big bummer... However, I admittedly have only been there maybe two or three times in the past decade... but from 2002 to to 2010 I somewhat lived there.
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but from 2002 to to 2010 I somewhat lived there.
see told you the bros hang out there
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but from 2002 to to 2010 I somewhat lived there.
see told you the bros hang out there
A+ POST.
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Bearman!
I can't believe you beat me to retirement.
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I, too, thought the crowds there were ummm not to my liking. Hate to see it close up tho.
Surprised we haven’t seen a lot more places close up.
Those commas . . . I'm, swooning.
I think I missed a pair, to be honest.
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I, too, thought the crowds there were ummm not to my liking. Hate to see it close up tho.
Surprised we haven’t seen a lot more places close up.
Those commas . . . I'm, swooning.
I think I missed a pair, to be honest.
Oh, Walkie has a pair for you, I assure you.
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I bet.
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Six minor Dr. Suess books - Cue conservative outage in 3.2.1... and someone trying to see one of these for 1500 on Amazon
https://ew.com/books/dr-seuss-books-stop-publication-racist/
Six Dr. Seuss books won't be published anymore due to racist imagery
And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street, If I Ran the Zoo, McElligot's Pool, On Beyond Zebra!, Scrambled Eggs Super!, and The Cat's Quizzer.
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And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street,
This was one of my favs, but I do remember a chinaman ref or something
the other ones I never even heard of and though my mom got me every DrS book
and yes the conservatives have their panties in a twist over this
yep...my memory still works
(https://www.justthinkitthrough.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Mulberry-Street-269x300.gif)
I think they tried to make it less racist by not making him yellow in recent edditions(https://library.nashville.org/sites/default/files/styles/max_650x650/public/images/embedded/mulberrystreetchineseman.jpg?itok=IP4OwW3H)
what was wrong with the ponytail?
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and yes the conservatives have their panties in a twist over this
Ben Shapiro's wife has never been more arid and dry.
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So sad about Mulberry Street. One of my absolute favorite children's books. I actually think my copy was from long before i even had a kid. It was a very old copy that i think i got at a thrift store or something. Unfortunately, my wife got rid of most of the children's books and my copy may have been tossed.
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The Bottle Rockets
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The Bottle Rockets
Bummer. For a bar band, they must have been doing something right to let him retire at 60.
Well friends, it’s time. Time to say “so long”. I’m givin’ it up. Packin’ it in. Retiring. I’m done. Been thinkin’ about it this entire time off. I’m more certain of it than anything I’ve ever been certain of before. I’m turning 60 this year. Including my time with Uncle Tupelo, I have been doing this recording/touring thing for 30 years. I don’t consider myself too old to do it anymore, but I do consider myself too old to want to.
Every musician has their own shelf life for doing what they do. Some go on into their 80’s, some quit in their 20’s and never look back. Ol’ Number 60, that’s me. 60 o’clock, that’s quittin’ time for this guy. Kickin’ off my travelin’ shoes and slippin’ on my house shoes. Home is where my passion lies these days. That excites me now the way the band used to.
I have no problem at all with the band. That’s not why I’m leaving. It’s all about where I’m at on the walk of life. I no longer want to travel, don’t really have any burning desire to write songs anymore either. I just want to be a good husband. A good neighbor. A responsible homeowner. A little dog’s daddy. A guitar repairman. A guitar player in my kitchen, and in some local country cover band whenever that scene comes back around. That’s how I want to spend the rest of my days. I want to be home for supper and home for bedtime. Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall. I want to experience a “normal life” just as badly now as I did NOT want to in my youth. While I’m still healthy enough to enjoy it. Before I get ancient and impaired. Things change. That’s life. I’m ready and eager for change. Being home for a solid year made me certain of it. I don’t want to miss ANYTHING here anymore.
Mark, John, and Keith all understand where I’m at. That’s such a relief. But they’re damn good guys. The best. Those guys have been the greatest partners a man could ever have. Dedication. Devotion. Turnin’ all the night time into the day. No tellin’ what’s next for them, but knowin’ them like I do, I’d say the sky’s the limit. They all have the musical skills to do anything. A truly “hot shit” band. And, unlike me, they still have the desire to get out there and do it. And they are ULTRA professionals. Keep an eye out for ‘em. I wouldn’t be one bit surprised to see them show up in phenomenal places. I am rooting for them. Them’s my boys. My team. My life partners. Please support them. I know I will. They are the longest running members the band ever had for a reason. They’re the best on so many levels. I love them forever. Gotta salute Robert Kearns, Tom Parr, and Tom Ray too. All were members of the band I’m bidding farewell to. Everybody did a great job in their own time, in their own way. Everybody.
I gotta be honest, I’m not sad that this is really finally happening. It was bound to happen someday. What does make me kinda sad is that it’s already that day. WTF??? Where did that time go??? See? That’s my point. That’s what made me go through with this. Knowing how the time goes SO fast. I wanna get goin’ on this next phase, before it passes me by as fast as everything else did. I’ve finally reached an age where things get urgent. Available decades are gettin’ slim. Gotta find what you REALLY want and go for it. So I did.
I want to sincerely thank you all from the bottom of my heart. You all supported us for so long. I will never forget that, or take it lightly. I am forever humbled and grateful. It’s been fun, but now it’s done. Surprise ending, yes. But the band had a surprise beginning too, so it seems that’s just how we roll. Maybe the band’s not done at all. Who knows? I just know I won’t be in it. ‘Cause I’m done.
With a year off, and nothing on the books, this was the perfect intersection of time and timing. There would never be a time when leaving would disrupt less. That’s why I did it now. Didn’t wanna make a big deal outta my big deal. Wanted it to be as painless as possible.
So this is where the cowboy rides away. Goodnight now ladies and gentlemen. It’s the end of the show, now it’s time to go.
Maybe I’ll see ya at Home Depot or somethin’…
Brian
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I think he is retiring from the band not retiring from working...
I don’t know how the Bottle Rockets kept going this long...
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So sad about Mulberry Street. One of my absolute favorite children's books. I actually think my copy was from long before i even had a kid. It was a very old copy that i think i got at a thrift store or something. Unfortunately, my wife got rid of most of the children's books and my copy may have been tossed.
I know mine was. I don’t know about you but I haven’t thought about it since then so, whatever.
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Chris Delia
https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/02/entertainment/chris-delia-accused-of-exposing-himself/index.html
Things keep getting worse for this guy
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Major and Champ (https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/542242-cnn-bidens-dogs-removed-from-the-white-house)
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Major and Champ (https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/542242-cnn-bidens-dogs-removed-from-the-white-house)
or does this belong in the celebrity crime and scandal blog?
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Piers Morgan
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Piers Morgan
After all he has said and done throughout his career, I can't believe it was Harry and Meghan that finally took him down.
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I am still trying to 'termn if this is some grand publicity stunt on his part because he was tired of the show anyway.
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I am still trying to 'termn if this is some grand publicity stunt on his part because he was tired of the show anyway.
Some juicy Jezebel rumors that he was into her and she ghosted him for 'arry. Still hasn't gotten over it apparently.
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Gurrrrl
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Major and Champ (https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/542242-cnn-bidens-dogs-removed-from-the-white-house)
SENTENCE REVERSED: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/biden-dogs-white-house-delaware/2021/03/09/65a4af48-80ef-11eb-ac37-4383f7709abe_story.html
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J Rod
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Drew Brees
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/31065863/new-orleans-saints-qb-drew-brees-retires-nfl-20-seasons (https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/31065863/new-orleans-saints-qb-drew-brees-retires-nfl-20-seasons)
Edit: Drew Brees' kids announce his retirement in adorable video
https://www.cnn.com/videos/sports/2021/03/15/drew-brees-kids-retirement-message-sot-mxp-vpx.hln
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Julian arrested in connection with the Sicknick murder on cap hill
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Bands
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/mar/18/why-bands-are-disappearing-young-people-arent-excited-by-them?fbclid=IwAR3GzUXRh-SEaV2L5lOeLpPO7pHAZu8gsa7__jlQq71ehqU0-vcfj2j_fcA
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Moncef Slaoui
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/24/moncef-slaoui-fired-from-galvani-bioelectronics-board-of-directors-over-sexual-harassment-allegations.html
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Bands
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/mar/18/why-bands-are-disappearing-young-people-arent-excited-by-them?fbclid=IwAR3GzUXRh-SEaV2L5lOeLpPO7pHAZu8gsa7__jlQq71ehqU0-vcfj2j_fcA
This is very true of the young-uns I know. It sounds cliche but all they wanna do is dance. Could not care less about "bands".
Unless, of course, you're a young-un on the Steve Hoffman forums. Those kids are helplessly retro.
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You on Steve Hoffman bro?
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Yup. Different handle. Rarely post.
There’s a wealth of information there if you can navigate endless threads about the Monkees and the Beatles.
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Whitlow’s on Wilson
says It Will Close in June, But May Reopen Elsewhere
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Captain Underpants
The book under scrutiny is 2010′s “The Adventures of Ook and Gluk” by Dav Pilkey, who has apologized, saying it “contains harmful racial stereotypes” and is “wrong and harmful to my Asian readers.”
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Captain Underpants
The book under scrutiny is 2010′s “The Adventures of Ook and Gluk” by Dav Pilkey, who has apologized, saying it “contains harmful racial stereotypes” and is “wrong and harmful to my Asian readers.”
WTF.
I'm seriously about as tired of libs as I am fucking' trumptards... Are you kidding me?
I've never read that specific one, but my one offspring finds their books hilarious (they kind of are).
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I certainly agree (that Capt Underpants rocks )
but we do have to parse when the publisher/author decides VS the gov't or some twitter witch hunt decides
“Every child who has read this book has been conditioned to accept this racist imagery as ‘OK’ or even funny,” he wrote. “It is this type of passive racism that has contributed to the continued hate and prejudice experienced by Asian Americans on a daily basis.”
In his apology, Pilkey said he would donate the advance and all royalties from The Adventures of Ook and Gluk to various organisations dedicated to tackling racism against Asian people, and to promoting diversity in publishing.
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That old canard....how convenient
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That old canard....how convenient
are you implying that it's no different, doesn't matter who decides and how it's implemented
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It’s just a response to the woke mob...
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We have to censor everything but it’s Ok if the government didn’t “make” us do it
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So I do think there is a BIG difference if it comes from the Gov't
Banning books is a line I won't cross
When the author/publisher makes a decision...it's different
Yes, you are correct, likely influenced by the woke mob
but as an author/publisher, you have to decide as a capitalist how you want to respond
if you kowtow, that's on you
It's a slippery slope, I don't deny
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Did government have to tell Hollywood to blacklist anybody with leftist leanings or did Hollywood do it itself led by Ronald Reagan?
It’s great that you can neatly divide things but censorship is censorship.
We were all in agreement Charlie Hebdo should not censor itself because Muslims found their cartoons offensive...
This let the market decide reasoning is terrible or do you think it ok when Rushdie’s publisher refused to keep Satanic Verses in print? No paperback edition... You can read all about it In Rushdie’s autobiography and make up your own mind.
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Anyways there is no censorship here... I guess Pilkey can edit the cartoons if he finds them personally offensive
Am just tired of this..and tired of liberals twisting themselves into pretzels to justify censorship (very illiberal)
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I do agree...it's influenced by the mob.
and it does suck
I don't know all the details, but I don't think the Hollywood blacklist is a apples to apples
as the gov't WAS totally involved and working behind the scenes to pressure studios and such
The first systematic Hollywood blacklist was instituted on November 25, 1947, the day after ten writers and directors were cited for contempt of Congress for refusing to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC).
if I was an artist or publisher I wouldn't give a rat's ass, but always way more complicated with children's books
lot more hands in the cookie jar on that one
Seems like we might just need to start a Cancel Culture thread
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Dude I read on beyond zebra to my kids many times... it’s a funny book about an imaginary alphabet that comes after “Z”..all the characters except the kid -as far as I recall-are imaginary..I have not gone through it to see what is so offensive but one day after I have had the root canal and am out of things to do I will... obviously I must be a total racist to have missed it and now my kids will grow up to be racists because we read on beyond zebra
What really offends me are the piece of crap books the estate keeps putting out since Dr Seuss died..they find three scraps of napkins he drew on while sitting on the pot and voila an atrocious newly discovered Seuss book just in time for Christmas
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and now my kids will grow up to be racists because we read on beyond zebra
can confirm, they are monsters!
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Matt Gaetz?
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Hopefully another slimeball gets the taken down, highly doubt it... I saw earlier that he was thinking about not running and pulling a Palin and going to Newsmax.. what it must be like to get paid handsomely to talk out of your ass.. he must have already been planning the exit strategy and this will only allow him to charge more in speaking fees... grifters everyone of them
And cross posting to the Twitter thread
@mattgertz
oh fuck
https://twitter.com/mattgertz/status/1377014693496287234?s=21
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Matt Gaetz?
48 hours left, tops
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Matt Gaetz?
Headline I just saw mentioned sex trafficking!
One of my least favorite persons, would definitely have front row seat on the bus
Maybe Gym is next
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I really want him in jail
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Matt Gaetz?
Headline I just saw mentioned sex trafficking!
One of my least favorite persons, would definitely have front row seat on the bus
Maybe Gym is next
It's all part of the plan.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/epdjvk/qanon-thinks-matt-gaetz-being-investigated-for-sex-trafficking-is-all-part-of-the-plan
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What a relief
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Major and Champ (https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/542242-cnn-bidens-dogs-removed-from-the-white-house)
SENTENCE REVERSED: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/biden-dogs-white-house-delaware/2021/03/09/65a4af48-80ef-11eb-ac37-4383f7709abe_story.html
bite me once, shame on you, bite me twice....won't get fooled again?
Major bites again (https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-dog-major-bite-white-house-legal)
par for the course, the GQP is going apeshit
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Roy Williams
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This friend of Matt "Sends money to his dates via Apple Pay" G. sounds like a real charmer...
https://www.orlandosentinel.com/politics/os-ne-who-is-joel-greenberg-matt-gaetz-20210331-kfebgrmiezal7j6jx5s7vzky7e-story.html
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This forum?
Not really. Just took another minute to get here.
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Matt Gaetz?
48 hours left, tops
would you like another try to guess (FTR I was hoping you were right)
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Matt Gaetz?
48 hours left, tops
would you like another try to guess (FTR I was hoping you were right)
he's toast in the sense,that he'll pop up soon on newsmax or oan carrying on about cancel culture...
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Gaetz allegedly showed off to other lawmakers photos and videos of nude women he said he had slept with, the sources told CNN, including while on the House floor. The sources, including two people directly shown the material, said Gaetz displayed the images of women on his phone and talked about having sex with them. One of the videos showed a naked woman with a hula hoop, according to one source.
"It was a point of pride," one of the sources said of Gaetz.
I bet it was.
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this was a great headline: YOU CAN’T ALWAYS GAETZ WHAT YOU WANT
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big thief t-shirt?!
https://www.stereogum.com/2142932/big-thief-apologize-for-offensive-t-shirt/news/
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big thief t-shirt?!
https://www.stereogum.com/2142932/big-thief-apologize-for-offensive-t-shirt/news/
The most offensive thing about that tshirt is that it's ugly.
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Matt Gaetz?
48 hours left, tops
would you like another try to guess (FTR I was hoping you were right)
(https://ultimateactionmovies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Another-48-Hours.jpg)
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LOL
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Atlanta hosting the MLB All Star Game
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matt is never resigning...he is going to trump it out
but does the DOJ have a case to indict and convict
this is how long we'll need before Gatez will quit because of this
(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Ap0_y5EGttk/hqdefault.jpg)
edit 1 just saw this on Twitter: Text from @mattgaetz : “I’m not resigning.”
edit 2...Mr tonation may have made it in with the sequel
julie k. brown@jkbjournalist
"Gaetz's arrest is said to be imminent after the alleged victim, who has not been named, testified before a Florida grand jury this week saying she had sex with the conservative Republican before she turned 18, http://DailyMail.com has learned. "
BTW J Brown is the journalist who broke the epistein story a few years back
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Atlanta hosting the MLB All Star Game
you buried the lede on this one
MLB moving All-Star Game in response to voting restrictions (https://apnews.com/article/mlb-baseball-rob-manfred-georgia-voting-rights-e1cf72c8b2d61afad049cae498ccbbe0)
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48 hours is my Friedman Unit.
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my guess is 1 Mooch
A Mooch is defined as a "nonscientific term for a unit of time equal to 11 days, the length of Scaramucci's White House employment,"
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Matt Gaetz's communications director (https://www.cbsnews.com/news/matt-gaetz-luke-ball-communications-director-resigns-allegations-sex-trafficking-minor/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab7e&linkId=115267869)
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The Hill: Republicans quietly say Gaetz's days in Congress are numbered (https://thehill.com/homenews/house/546260-republicans-quietly-say-gaetzs-days-in-congress-are-numbered)
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Paul Pierce, what a dummy.
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They mean over the speed limit
83
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Matt Gaetz?
48 hours left, tops
would you like another try to guess (FTR I was hoping you were right)
So any other movie you'd like to choose...
I'm hoping this
(https://mk0movieguide99l7786.kinstacdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/6584.jpg)
vs this
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f7/28_Days_Poster.jpg/220px-28_Days_Poster.jpg)
but worried it will be this
(https://flxt.tmsimg.com/assets/p12004386_p_v10_ab.jpg)
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arguably one of the most savage things i've heard in a long while:
"Florida is opening up vaccines for 16 and 17 year olds. Previously it was 18 and up. To prove that you are 16 or 17 you must show either a birth certificate, a drivers license, or a DM from Matt Gaetz."
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"Florida is opening up vaccines for 16 and 17 year olds. ... or a DM from Matt Gaetz."
Savage indeed!
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arguably one of the most savage things i've heard in a long while:
"Florida is opening up vaccines for 16 and 17 year olds. Previously it was 18 and up. To prove that you are 16 or 17 you must show either a birth certificate, a drivers license, or a DM from Matt Gaetz."
Good Lord.
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arguably one of the most savage things i've heard in a long while:
Not as good...but close
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Gaetz Fears If He Is Arrested He Will Miss Prom
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oh dang seems to be getting worse for Gatez and his public venmo transactions
(https://www.gaysandgadgets.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/cqteotud4lcxoypeq5utg5hjk5lzw5go.jpg)
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Julian Edelman
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I feel like the bakery has kind of sucked for a while now..
Maybe they can get their mojo back now
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menthol cigarettes
The vast majority of Black smokers — 85 percent — use menthol
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I don’t believe this has happened yet!!
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menthol cigarettes
The vast majority of Black smokers — 85 percent — use menthol
That's racism, right there!
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menthol cigarettes
The vast majority of Black smokers — 85 percent — use menthol
That's racism, right there!
I know I'm kinda waiting for Faux and GQP to get up in arms about how the Dems are targeting Blacks with racist policies
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Bill and Melinda Gates’ marriage
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Bill and Melinda Gates’ marriage
Oh snap that’ll be a big settlement
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That band name with Melissa and MacKenzie, is just out there, waiting.
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Albert Pujols.
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Albert Pujols.
I admittedly thought he retired a long time ago.
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Albert Pujols.
Maybe Miguel Cabrera could retire and keep him company.
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Albert Pujols.
I admittedly thought he retired a long time ago.
I have to imagine that for a player of his stature, he was given that option, multiple times, but chose not to.
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Maybe Miguel Cabrera could retire and keep him company.
Zero chance with 2.5 years left on his deal, despite his .098 batting avg.
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what is in the water in the Dominican Republic? Crazy how many greats have come from such a tiny island nation
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what is in the water in the Dominican Republic? Crazy how many greats have come from such a tiny island nation
same reason so many great soccer players come from the brazilian favelas: desperation. it's one of the only ways out.
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Brazil - 200 mil pop and massive soccer orgs
DR - 10 Mil I gotta assume there so really good farm system there, but not like they have an MLS or something comparable...or maybe they do
I mean why aren't poor Haitians good a Baseball too?...it's the same island and they are even worse off
this is pathetic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Haitian_baseball_players
(one of the 3 is a football player)
I know it has a little to do with Cuba as that was a breading ground for baseball teams in thee 50s, and those coaches moved to the DR
It's like Jamaicans and music, small country with a massive contribution to the musical cannon (yes there is a British conoly thing there)
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I mean why aren't poor Haitians good a Baseball too?...it's the same island and they are even worse off
baseball isn't part of haitian culture. they've been playing baseball in the DR for ~150 years, they have leagues, baseball academies, etc. similar reason why a plurality of hockey players come from canada (~43% of the NHL), despite being a tenth the size of the US (~27%).
there is also a momentum thing. once a type of athlete becomes a successful export, domestic resources will align to produce more of that export.
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I mean why aren't poor Haitians good a Baseball too?...it's the same island and they are even worse off
baseball isn't part of haitian culture. they've been playing baseball in the DR for ~150 years, they have leagues, baseball academies, etc. similar reason why a plurality of hockey players come from canada (~43% of the NHL), despite being a tenth the size of the US (~27%).
there is also a momentum thing. once a type of athlete becomes a successful export, domestic resources will align to produce more of that export.
same could be said for Scotland and musicians :p
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Thomas Boswell
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I mean why aren't poor Haitians good a Baseball too?...it's the same island and they are even worse off
Time to read a little Jared Diamond, my friend. Either Guns, Germs and Steel or Collapse. GGS will do a better job explaining why the DR succeeds and Haiti fails, but Collapse will also help.
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similar reason why a plurality of hockey players come from canada
yeah, and it's super cold. that there are multiple hockey teams in Florida is just kinda weird
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Geezus sidehatch opining on sports.....what is world coming to
The man who missed TWO World Cup goals at RFK cause he had to go the bathroom...
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I thought it was only 1
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Geezus sidehatch opining on sports.....what is world coming to
The man who missed TWO World Cup goals at RFK cause he had to go the bathroom...
Legend has it he still owes you two beers from that day.
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I thought it was only 1
I didn’t have the heart to tell you..
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Kenny Mayne
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A comprehensive list of what's been shut down in DC during the past year... depressing.
https://barredindc.com/2020/10/31/dc-restaurants-and-bars-that-will-be-closed-for-the-winter-or-longer/
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Not chi cha!
I saw Patrick Ewing there
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Not chi cha!
I saw Patrick Ewing there
That show is the stuff of legend! Rumor has it that Bagley Fave was the opener.
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that is one depressing list
sad to see Oki Bowl didn't make it...loved that place
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Rockville July 4th Fireworks.
Fear wins again
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Well almost a million Americans did die...
But I wouldn’t have made that decision
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Well almost a million Americans did die...
But I wouldn’t have made that decision
"Let's open indoor dining, bars, and clubs but cancel an outside event!"
#logic
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You’re right
I think a few months await us where everything will be all over the place
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Ellen
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Ellen
she was better as Dory
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Golden Globes in 2022
(at least NBC won't air it)
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“Who wants yesterday’s papers? Who wants yesterday’s papers? Nobody in the worlllldddddddd...”
(https://i.ibb.co/frX1VsD/9-D77-A005-E96-C-4-DF4-89-E1-E61-AD089-BA7-D.jpg) (https://ibb.co/XFW2fqY)
(https://i.ibb.co/c24Vfkb/CC77-C6-DF-97-A7-4-C62-827-E-492859-E8-A7-D7.jpg) (https://ibb.co/L9VHjYQ)
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Marv Albert
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Marv Albert
here I thought he got canceled back in 97...sexual assault didn't seem to have the staying power it does today
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https://ftw.usatoday.com/2021/05/braves-pitcher-huascar-ynoa-broke-hand-punching-dugout-bench
lol
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Marv Albert
here I thought he got canceled back in 97...sexual assault didn't seem to have the staying power it does today
This “cancelled” term is so stupid
You cancel a magazine subscription not a person
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Marv Albert
here I thought he got canceled back in 97...sexual assault didn't seem to have the staying power it does today
This “cancelled” term is so stupid
You cancel a magazine subscription not a person
It's well known that I'm an avid Basketball fan and know all the sportscasters
but felt at the time there was some pretty daming evidence, I recall teeth marks and he was fired
read that it only took 2 years and he was mc-ing the games again
that wouldn't happen today
yeah it's annoying term, but pretty much a real thing, you can always stick your head in the sand if you don't want to believe it's real
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This “cancelled” term is so stupid
You cancel a magazine subscription not a person
So you're a prescriptivist, then?
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So you're a prescriptivist, then?
No. He's cancelling cancelled.
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Oh so clever..
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BMI
It’s racist
https://dnyuz.com/2021/05/18/is-b-m-i-a-scam/
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Darwin's Arch
Galapagos rock formation Darwin's Arch has collapsed
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/galapagos-darwins-arch-collapses/index.html
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Jean Broillet IV, the founder of Ardmore’s popular Tired Hands Brewing Company, is stepping down after allegations of sexism and racism surfaced via anonymous Instagram posts over the weekend.
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Jean Broillet IV, the founder of Ardmore’s popular Tired Hands Brewing Company, is stepping down after allegations of sexism and racism surfaced via anonymous Instagram posts over the weekend.
Add the owner of Modern Times to the list.
The woke mob is coming with pitch forks to all the rude bro neckbeards.
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Jean Broillet IV, the founder of Ardmore’s popular Tired Hands Brewing Company, is stepping down after allegations of sexism and racism surfaced via anonymous Instagram posts over the weekend.
Add the owner of Modern Times to the list.
The woke mob is coming with pitch forks to all the rude bro neckbeards.
Closer to home, let's not forget Union Craft.
https://www.unioncraftbrewing.com/this-is-not-my-beautiful-house/
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Jean Broillet IV, the founder of Ardmore’s popular Tired Hands Brewing Company, is stepping down after allegations of sexism and racism surfaced via anonymous Instagram posts over the weekend.
Add the owner of Modern Times to the list.
The woke mob is coming with pitch forks to all the rude bro neckbeards.
I'm not sure that it's the owner on Modern Times who is charged.
https://www.brewbound.com/news/tidal-wave-of-sexual-harassment-allegations-and-toxicity-in-craft-beer-industry-lead-to-terminations
On the west coast, Modern Times president and chief operating officer Chris Sarette penned a blog post detailing the company’s plans for employee resource groups and anti-racism and anti-oppression training for staff. Several posts shared with Allan detailed a hostile work environment at the San Diego craft brewery, particularly for employees of color.
Modern Times confirmed that it terminated Derek Freese, its “League Coordinator.” Freese’s Linkedin profile says he worked for the company for eight years as “Party Lord.”
A post from the Oakland Modern Times staff said they would “not be pouring beer … until we feel that company leadership acts in a way that aligns with our personal values of inclusion and equality, and that appropriate actions and measures are put in place to prevent further discrimiantion and harassment.”
Article from 2017:
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/modern-times-beer-sells-but-not-to-big-beer-2017-07-07#:~:text=Capital%20in%202015.-,An%20ESOP%20doesn't%20mean%20a%20brewery%20will%20never%20change,investment%20in%20the%20company's%20success.
As a result, Modern Times is selling this year.
The brewery’s employees will be the new owners.
The brewery announced Friday that it is entering an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) and has given employees a 30% stake in the company. That share will eventually be increased to 100%, with Ventura ESOP Fiduciary Services acting as an independent trustee. This isn’t exactly a new concept, as larger craft brewers, including Deschutes of Bend, Ore.; New Belgium of Fort Collins, Colo.; and Harpoon Brewing of Boston, are already employee-owned in various degrees. Smaller breweries like Left Hand in Longmont, Colo., have also embraced employee ownership by paying off investors through loans or other financing.
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Well space, their message directly posted on their IG page says their founder and ceo has stepped down, so my apologies if they're not considered the owner.
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Well space, their message directly posted on their IG page says their founder and ceo has stepped down, so my apologies if they're not considered the owner.
Sorry, you are right. The founder and CEO (though he may no longer be the owner) *is* stepping down.
It also seems that maybe (but maybe not) he himself is not the one doing the harassing? But is stepping down because as the CEO, such things shouldn't be going on under his watch?
I don't really care enough to play detective, but I wonder which owners were the ones directly harassing women or doing/saying misogynistic (or racist) things, which ones didn't personally do it but turned a blind eye to it happening, and which ones were simply blind and it happened without their knowledge..
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The woke mob is coming with pitch forks to all the rude bro neckbeards.
Looks like I made a wise choice by triming my corona-beard
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Well space, their message directly posted on their IG page says their founder and ceo has stepped down, so my apologies if they're not considered the owner.
Sorry, you are right. The founder and CEO (though he may no longer be the owner) *is* stepping down.
It also seems that maybe (but maybe not) he himself is not the one doing the harassing? But is stepping down because as the CEO, such things shouldn't be going on under his watch?
I don't really care enough to play detective, but I wonder which owners were the ones directly harassing women or doing/saying misogynistic (or racist) things, which ones didn't personally do it but turned a blind eye to it happening, and which ones were simply blind and it happened without their knowledge..
Probably the mascot of 3 Stars
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The Maryland state song
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Rick Santorum
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Kicker Adam Vinatieri, NFL's all-time leading scorer, retiring after 24 seasons (https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/31515894/adam-vinatieri-nfl-all-leading-scorer-retiring-24-nfl-seasons)
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after only one month: “From the Desk of Donald J. Trump"
A Trump adviser told The Washington Post that the former president shut down his blog because he didn’t like that this platform was being mocked and had so few readers
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Mike Krzyzewski has decided to retire after this season
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after only one month: “From the Desk of Donald J. Trump"
A Trump adviser told The Washington Post that the former president shut down his blog because he didn’t like that this platform was being mocked and had so few readers
or does this belong in the schadenfreude thread?
now that the blog is dead, he'll have no readers --> belongs in the good news thread?
feeling taxonomic today...
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Netanyahu as Prime Minister
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after only one month: “From the Desk of Donald J. Trump"
A Trump adviser told The Washington Post that the former president shut down his blog because he didn’t like that this platform was being mocked and had so few readers
2.64 Scaramuccis
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10,000 volunteers working to organize the Tokyo Olympics next month have quit,
https://www.axios.com/japan-olympics-coronavirus-tokyo-c00ead0b-7918-4814-bbae-5af53ac779d0.html
*There are still roughly 70,000 volunteers assisting with the games
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Netanyahu as Prime Minister
How many times do we have to post this in this thread and I have to remind folks:
(https://memegenerator.net/img/instances/58774018.jpg)
The Knesset still has to vote on the new coalition, which controversially includes an Arab-Israeli party. That vote might not happen until June 14 (could be sooner) and I don't trust Bibi for the next 10 days to not come up with a strategy to dismantle this coalition.
We've been here before.
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Ok..but we are getting closer!?
I do think he will be back
As much as I loathe him he is a great politician..maybe the best I have seen
I remember watching him on PBS MacNeil Lehrer in the 1980s when he was Israel’s Ambassador to the UN.. I could totally see him going places then
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Sinead O’Connor
Says retiring and no more touring
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I'm not sure if she is true crazy, or showbiz burn out crazy . . . but it is a shame that Sinead can't have a career that is like her two Masterpiece albums of Throw Down Your Arms and Theology.
Artists, are so weird.
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Keystone XL pipeline
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Netanyahu as Prime Minister
Can confirm
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Losing General Lee suffers another defeat in Arlington
The Arlington County Board said at its Saturday meeting that it plans to vote next month to rename Lee Highway for abolitionist John Langston, who also was the first Black person to be elected to Congress from Virginia.
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Netanyahu as Prime Minister
Can confirm
Acts just like another man-child I know
Apparently Netanyahu is going against tradition and will not attend a handover ceremony tomorrow morning at the prime minister’s office with Bennett. He’ll meet him for a private update meeting in the afternoon but that’s it.
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Vote was 60-59. Bibi even managed to convince a member of the new PM’s party to vote against. That f’n guy….
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Well guys, glad to see that whole Israel/Palestine thing is going to be totally copacetic now.
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Scott Brooks as Wizards coach
God the Wizards are such a small market cheapass team
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robert smith: soon to be retired?
The Cure’s Robert Smith thinks the band’s next album will be their last (https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-cures-robert-smith-thinks-the-bands-next-album-will-be-their-last-2967978)
"I definitely can't do this again"
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feel like I've heard that before
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Michigan man Bob Segar and touring
https://www.freep.com/story/entertainment/music/brian-mccollum/2021/06/17/bob-seger-tour-2021/7717178002/
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Seger
Well he has been saying it’s his last tour for at least a decade
These guys invariably find they have nothing else to do…it’s boring just sitting at home
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already announced, but a new article on the closing of inner ear on oct 1st
they should really do a festival there
https://wtop.com/arlington/2021/06/inner-ear-studio-to-close-this-october-it-needs-to-come-to-an-end/
Sounds like inner ear isn't closing up, just moving to new digs
although I'm sure it's going to be hard to afford a new space inside the beltway
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Yang’s big apple mayoral aspirations
12% of the 1 place votes (they did ranked choice this year!)
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Giuliani has been suspended from practicing law in New York.
guess could have gone in the good news thread
Heard he was on the stage when Guardian Angel Sliwa took the GOP NYC Mayoral primary
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i supposed that washed-up and writer of one of the most over-rated songs ever falls in this category. he's certainly no celebrity..
could working as a Parenting Issue
American Pie” singer Don McLean’s daughter Jackie has alleged years of mental and emotional abuse by her famous father. “If I talk about my experiences [with him], my teeth chatter and I get cold and sweaty even if I hear his name.”
Wow just wow...
“You simply are not the kind of daughter I would have liked,” McLean texted his daughter. “Unless you support me publicly and frequently you should not expect me to lift a finger for you nor will I give you another red cent.”
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/don-mclean-jackie-roan-yellowthorn-1187117/
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It’s been known for a long time he is not a nice person
Otherwise I would go to those Birchmere shows and sing along to American Pie but fact he is an asshole ruins it
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Mumford & Sons' Winston Marshall quits band after uproar following his praising of right-wing provocateur.
this should actually be
Mumford & Sons' Winston Marshall announces he's gone solo, followed by numerous appearances on right wing media whining he was cancelled by the woke left..
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Derek Chauvin sentenced to 22.5 years for murder of George Floyd
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I would have made it 30
But
Cue bitching
I don’t think people realize how rare and difficult it is to get cops behind bars even with video
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I don’t think people realize how rare and difficult it is easy to get cops behind bars even with video
Oh I do
I think before 2014 there were like 3 cases total, mostly just wrist slaps
I do think the difference between 22.5 and 30 is negligible
if they put him in the general population...he's not going to make it .5 years
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Katie Arrington, a top Pentagon official who oversees a cybersecurity initiative was placed on leave
yikes...she's running the initiative called CMMC which is huge with my company/clients (DOD contractors)
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Rudy's membership to the NY Bar
Rudy Giuliani suspended from practicing law in D.C. too
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The Warriors, as an option.
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Weisselberg
Decades long CFO for Trump org
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Nellys?
Not being allowed to reopen by human chain of protesters
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https://www.brooklynvegan.com/cornelius-resigns-from-tokyo-olympics-after-bullying-history-resurfaces/
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Believe it or not but this post is contemporaneous to you/now:
Velvet Lounge is no more.
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I saw Morphine there. It was a great show.
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I saw Morphine there. It was a great show.
Edit: Vapors of Morphine
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I saw Morphine there. It was a great show.
Edit: Vapors of Morphine
that's not an edit.
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I saw Morphine there. It was a great show.
Edit: Vapors of Morphine
Reminds me of Julian's America's favorite "Lead Lined Glass of Dilaudid".
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Andrew Cuomo's political career.
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It’s stunning how our “leadership” is full of scumbags. Not everyone, of course, but the number of folks who are objectively (a) terrible people and/or (b) unqualified for the work is simply remarkable.
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Andrew Cuomo's political career.
and to think just a year ago he was loved by the masses...but he's screwed the pooch on this on (and some of his staff too)
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Andrew Cuomo's political career.
and to think just a year ago he was loved by the masses...but he's screwed the pooch on this on (and some of his staff too)
Was he though?
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He do it with everyone.
https://twitter.com/i/status/1422606964689887237
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Cuomo put in his two weeks (https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/andrew-cuomo-resigns/2021/08/10/cfd44154-7ac2-11eb-b3d1-9e5aa3d5220c_story.html)
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does he still get a pension?
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does he still get a pension?
will he get a show on Fox airing his grievances against cancel culture?
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does he still get a pension?
pretty sure he's more interested in keeping his staff around than in his pension.
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does he still get a pension?
pretty sure he's more interested in keeping his staff around than in his pension.
do you mean keeping his direct reports around his staff?
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does he still get a pension?
pretty sure he's more interested in keeping his staff around than in his pension.
do you mean keeping his direct reports around his staff?
POTW
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How can you retire when the house is soo close
Rep. Ron Kind (D-Wisc.) will announce Tuesday that he will not seek reelection to represent Wisconsin's 3rd Congressional District after serving since 1997
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$200 million honeycomb Vessel at Hudson Yards, NYC closes after 4th suicide jump in 2 years.
(https://static01.nyt.com/images/2020/02/03/nyregion/02Vessel/merlin_166181697_6dcd4f16-14d5-483f-b444-aa71b4a46927-superJumbo.jpg)
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How can you retire when the house is soo close
Rep. Ron Kind (D-Wisc.) will announce Tuesday that he will not seek reelection to represent Wisconsin's 3rd Congressional District after serving since 1997
on the one hand, he's had the seat for 24 years... i'm sure he's ready to do something else.
on the other hand, he won the seat in 2020 by a relatively slim margin: 51.3 vs. 48.6. if that same R runs again, you gotta think he'd be the fav to win based on name recognition alone. maybe the retiree will help the eventual D nominee and share some of his mojo...
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Trump won that district both times….
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El Goodo a fine Welsh band call it a day
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Chris Davis
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Chris Davis
he will still receive the rest of his salary for this year, and $17M for next year. being paid after you leave... great gig if you can get it.
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That may just be the worst signing ever (the big contract)
Something really fishy the way he fell of a cliff
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he will still receive the rest of his salary for this year, and $17M for next year. being paid after you leave... great gig if you can get it.
Sorry, I should have checked here first. It's way worse than that - see the O's thread.
That may just be the worst signing ever (the big contract)
Something really fishy the way he fell of a cliff
The O's knew he was on Adderall and never anticipated he would lose the exemption with MLB. once that was gone, so were his contributions to the offense.
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Jamie Spears
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Tony Bennett
https://www.brooklynvegan.com/tony-bennett-cancels-fall-tour-retires-from-performing-live
One of the greats
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The Cure bassist Simon Gallup has announced he's quit the band (https://www.musicradar.com/news/cure-bassist-simon-gallup-quits)
(again)
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Gallup's contribution to the Cure's sound is immense, the bass lines carry most cure songs
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Spoken like a true bassist
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Afghanistan.
I know we had to just get out, but seems like we could have just negotiated a power transfer with the Taliban instead of this
Do we think it's going to be a blood bath for sympathizers
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Trump did negotiate.
This is it.
I don’t think people quite understand that this is what it looks like when you say you are done somewhere particularly in Afghanistan with these savages when they had already taken over a lot of the country. Nobody in the ex Afghani government was going to stand up and fight the Taliban because they knew there was no way they could stand up to them without the assurance of American support.
This is the natural consequence of decades of failed policy. Unfortunately Biden is left holding the bag and the real responsible parties- the complicit US media, the former generals who insisted on staying, the neocons that came up with these wars, the Republican politicians etc just sit around pointing angrily at Biden and blaming him for turning out the light.
The naďveté and ignorance of the American people off the charts as usual: “Hey I was happy to ignore this “war” for ten years and now all of a sudden I am tuning in and WTF!!”
And all of a sudden Republicans care about our allies within Afghanistan? Where was this thinking when Trump gave carte Blanche to the Turks to do their worst with the Kurds?
It’s maddening
War is ugly… losing even if it was unwinnable and we weren’t even trying to win is uglier
Think of the money we spent there the past ten years just to prevent these images! Because we were accomplishing nothing! Someone had to man up. This President did
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This kind of sums up my thinking
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/08/biden-afghanistan-taliban-reality/619776/
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The naďveté and ignorance of the American people off the charts as usual: “Hey I was happy to ignore this “war” for ten years and now all of a sudden I am tuning in and WTF!!”
can confirm
although I have been paying attention, just didn't have an inkling of a better way to do it
Kinda wish we could have made a collation of countries in the region interested in helping, but that wasn't going to happen
Where was this thinking when Trump gave carte Blanche to the Turks to do their worst with the Kurds?
that was fucked up in Syria and I know Trump didn't give two shits
didn't help him, so why should he care
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Well, I didn’t really mean you….
Situation sucks for sure
But I don’t accept that we owe every Afghani a better life in perpetuity
We pumped in a hell of a lot of $, blood and capital…
It was a mistake but if it hadn’t been for us the taliban would have remained in power the past 20 years (not that the 2002-2021 government was great…)
Anytime any American tells you we owe Afghani translators or the Afghani people tell them to take a walk around West Baltimore… those are the people we owe
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Blame for Afghanistan:
GWBush: 80%
Obama: 17%
Trump: 2%
Biden: 1%
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Anytime any American tells you we owe Afghani translators or the Afghani people tell them to take a walk around West Baltimore… those are the people we owe
imma fight you on that one. the afghani people in general - sure, we don't owe them much. but the translators who put their lives on the line to help the US? damn straight we owe them. they put their lives on the line, and their lives are currently on the line. just because the US didn't "win" (whatever the hell that would have looked like) doesn't mean we get to abandon our direct allies.
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We owe Afghani translators more than Americans in Baltimore?
Get the fuck out of here with that bullshit and go walk around West Baltimore before talking any further
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We owe Afghani translators more than Americans in Baltimore?
Get the fuck out of here with that bullshit and go walk around West Baltimore before talking any further
Perhaps we can owe more than one group of people something simultaneously. Sweets did not say “we owe afghani translators MORE than we owe our own citizens.” This is idea that there’s some highly finite amount of kindness we have to dole out and anything we give to group A is good off the table of group B is a fallacy.
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Obviously we can try to help people out of the kindness of our hearts. I hope we do.
But what we owed them we paid them: a very nice salary for one of the best jobs in Afghanistan. A privileged position.
Let’s not buy into the idea that every Afghani clinging to a plane trying to take off is an Afghani translator that put their life on the line for us!
Weren’t many trying to create a better nation for themselves?
We announced we were leaving last year? None of them made plans? They have no money saved? They thought we would fly them out first class and get them jobs? They didn’t notice the taliban taking over all over? This didn’t all happen yesterday you know?
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We owe Afghani translators more than Americans in Baltimore?
Get the fuck out of here with that bullshit and go walk around West Baltimore before talking any further
Perhaps we can owe more than one group of people something simultaneously. Sweets did not say “we owe afghani translators MORE than we owe our own citizens.” This is idea that there’s some highly finite amount of kindness we have to dole out and anything we give to group A is good off the table of group B is a fallacy.
When we manage to take care of Baltimore let’s talk…cause it’s something we have not been able to do
We do not have infinite resources partly because of all the money we wasted in Afghanistan
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We announced we were leaving last year? None of them made plans? They have no money saved? They thought we would fly them out first class and get them jobs? They didn’t notice the taliban taking over all over? This didn’t all happen yesterday you know?
OK, fine, you’ve convinced me: your visa application to Julian’s America is approved.
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This reminds me of people on Facebook today trying to raise money for affected pets in Afghanistan… I couldn’t believe it
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My guess is many translators…the ones we found to do the best job or who established particularly close relationships with American counterparts… have been flown out. They will be useful to our country.
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But what we owed them we paid them: a very nice salary for one of the best jobs in Afghanistan. A privileged position.
in many cases they were promised protection. i take it you don't appreciate the value of human intel, on the ground. US troops landed in the middle of outer space and the knowledge and insights, in addition to translation services, literally saved US soldiers' lives. afghanistan would have been an even bigger shitshow than it already was without local help - who risked their lives doing so.
someday the US is going to get itself in another mess like this one, and we'll desperately need locals' help. we need a better advance marketing campaign then "hope you enjoyed the paycheck, best of luck with those death squads!"
Let’s not buy into the idea that every Afghani clinging to a plane trying to take off is an Afghani translator that put their life on the line for us!
once again, you're arguing against something that no one said. but please, fight on...
We announced we were leaving last year? None of them made plans? They have no money saved?
how can you make plans when you're dirt poor? "no money saved" - what money? translators were not paid that well. they could feed their families, maybe save up a few hundred - where the hell is that going to get you? unless you have millions to throw around, money isn't going to get you into the US (at least not legally).
They thought we would fly them out first class and get them jobs?
once again, you're arguing against something that no one said. but please, fight on...
They didn’t notice the taliban taking over all over? This didn’t all happen yesterday you know?
a heavily-armed ARMY against a bunch of peasants who can't afford an axe - you tell me how that fight is going to go. anyone seen cooperating with the americans was a target for execution (you should look up how many cadets and police recruits were killed). the central afghan government didn't have control of Kabul, let alone the countryside.
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Ok bro trust me when I tell you that in poor countries there will always be people lining up to work for the United States of America. And in places like Afghanistan there will always be people sharing information (both ways) for money
You’re reaching badly…
I get it’s a human tragedy in Afghanistan and that sucks but it was a tragedy before we got there and will be long after we are gone. And there obviously ain’t much we can do about that….but accept it.
However I agree we should try and help as many Afghanis as we can….within our possibilities…but not because we owe them but because it’s the human thing - and even, yes, the right thing to do
So I don’t see our positions as that different..although we have different ideas maybe…I just take exception to being told we owe them…in my view the American government owes the American people and needs to focus at home… the conditions in West Baltimore aren’t that different from many developing countries!
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My guess is many translators…the ones we found to do the best job or who established particularly close relationships with American counterparts… have been flown out. They will be useful to our country.
you would be incorrect. the backlog for applications is YEARS: "Even so, more than 18,000 applicants in Afghanistan alone are awaiting decisions on their applications, with an average family size of four. Most of them have been waiting for at least four years, despite Congress directing the government to process their visa applications in nine months or less." (link (https://time.com/5955477/afghan-interpreters-u-s-we-must-not-abandon-them/)). biden promised to speed up visa processing and sending extra staff to make this happen, but that's all moot now that the embassy in kabul is shuttered. that's a true source of embarrassment in this fiasco, not the withdrawal itself.
there are several charitable organizations started by vets that support and advocate for the repatriation of interpreters (Ex: https://nooneleft.org/ (https://nooneleft.org/)). why would these organizations exist if all the good ones have already been flown out?
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/10/world/afghan-interpreter-us-military.html (https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/10/world/afghan-interpreter-us-military.html)
https://www.npr.org/2021/07/29/1021235878/waiting-for-u-s-visas-afghan-interpreters-fear-the-taliban (https://www.npr.org/2021/07/29/1021235878/waiting-for-u-s-visas-afghan-interpreters-fear-the-taliban)
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Ok bro trust me when I tell you that in poor countries there will always be people lining up to work for the United States of America. And in places like Afghanistan there will always be people sharing information (both ways) for money
You’re reaching badly…
I get it’s a human tragedy in Afghanistan and that sucks but it was a tragedy before we got there and will be long after we are gone. And there obviously ain’t much we can do about that….but accept it.
However I agree we should try and help as many Afghanis as we can….within our possibilities…but not because we owe them but because it’s the human thing - and even, yes, the right thing to do
So I don’t see our positions as that different..although we have different ideas maybe…I just take exception to being told we owe them…in my view the American government owes the American people and needs to focus at home… the conditions in West Baltimore aren’t that different from many developing countries!
interpreters put their lives on the line to help the US (and in many cases were told that after X months/years of service they will be granted visas, since they can no longer live in Afghanistan because they helped us). yes, we owe THESE people.
you are continuously conflating interpreters with the general afghani population. no one here has said that every single afghani should be given a visa, so please stop making that "argument".
FYI saying that we should help americans in financial need instead of our international allies is a very MAGA argument ("america first!!!"). as jules pointed out, we can do both - easily. hell, just to stir the pot: those interpreters actually helped us, they did something. what have those folks in west baltimore done recently to improve our collective lot??? (no, i don't believe that for a single second, just trying to illustrate how specious your argument is).
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I said the best
Are you saying we should ship out 18,000 translators? And their families and extended families?
Yeah sorry can’t do that…
You don’t get an automatic winning lottery ticket all expenses paid to the US for working for the US in a paid capacity.
The best? Yes
The ones who really helped out? Yes
But every single “translator” and their family? No.
Also I think you are using this to mean something other than translator. My dad translated between Jimmy Carter and General Videla. That’s a translator.
You seem to mean more like helper/gopher or something
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Ugh it’s called citizenship…they are Americans and we live in a country purportedly at least that is of the people, by the people and for the people.
This is really a weird point to hang your hat on.
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This is where liberals get in trouble…the let’s save the world it will be great…kumbaya
Focus on Americans in this country who are hurting. I know many of you are doing great but the last 20 years have been one kick in the gut after another for many Americans. DMV and Seattle are not what most Americans are or have been experiencing. And no we can’t do everything at the same time.
If we don’t focus on Americans we will find Dictator Trump in charge. Just the idea of bringing in hundreds of thousands of Afghanis into the US in the current situation is an absolute no go. The best “translators”? Sure. Let’s work with the world on the rest…
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Are you saying we should ship out 18,000 translators? And their families and extended families?
Yeah sorry can’t do that…
yes we can. stop creating a false choice. and that 18K number is already interpreters + their families.
You don’t get an automatic winning lottery ticket all expenses paid to the US for working for the US in a paid capacity.
you seem to think that collaborating with the americans in afghanistan is akin to getting a job flipping burgers or sweeping the floors. it's not. being seen helping the americans, riding with them every day, you get marked for death. if it was only for the money, no one would have taken the job. and you still don't seem to appreciate that WE NEEDED THEM. they did us a favor by risking their lives to help us.
Also I think you are using this to mean something other than translator. My dad translated between Jimmy Carter and General Videla. That’s a translator.
this will come as a shock to no one, but you're wrong again: your dad was an interpreter not a translator. "An interpreter is a person specially trained to convert oral messages from one language to another. A translator is a person specially trained to convert written text from one language to another."
https://refugeehealthta.org/access-to-care/language-access/interpreters-vs-translators/ (https://refugeehealthta.org/access-to-care/language-access/interpreters-vs-translators/)
https://telelanguage.com/blog/difference-interpreter-translator/ (https://telelanguage.com/blog/difference-interpreter-translator/)
https://www.lionbridge.com/blog/translation-localization/5-major-differences-interpretation-translation/ (https://www.lionbridge.com/blog/translation-localization/5-major-differences-interpretation-translation/)
in a past life i worked behind the scenes at the UN. spent a good amount of time talking to the interpreters who provided the voices inside those earpieces you see diplomats wearing. to them, being called a translator was an insult.
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Are you saying we should ship out 18,000 translators? And their families and extended families?
BRO! Unequivocally YES.
How many people did we take in in the last days of Vietnam?
You’re out of your element here, Donnie.
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Yeah I knew he was an interpreter actually
I don’t think I agree with taking that many people. Anyways I think it’s irrelevant at this point. We have left.
The comparisons between Vietnam and Afghanistan are completely fraught and I wish people could stop making them
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Just the idea of bringing in hundreds of thousands of Afghanis into the US in the current situation is an absolute no go.
your strawman is falling apart: no one said "hundreds of thousands of Afghanis."
And no we can’t do everything at the same time.
again, strawman: we're not trying to do everything. we're trying to do two things. we can do both.
it's not a good sign for your position if you need to use scare tactics to get people on your side.
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I am not trying to get people on my side
I am confident that at the end of the day it could be hundreds of thousands of Afghanis and I don’t think we should take all of them.
The fact is part of the failure in Afghanistan stems from the Afghani government which was quite corrupt. I ain’t taking just anybody cause they worked there…purportedly on our side
Sorry.
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Once we take care of Baltimore let’s go back to saving people in other countries
We got our own issues here back home.
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I think Biden has the complete correct approach to refugees: take a bit more than Trump but not too many more.
I wouldn’t change that until he is re-elected.
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Well thanks…this spurred me to do a search and for the first time see footage of my dad the interpreter at White House..just the back of him..guy holding hands behind his back..around 2:33 in video
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?view=detail&mid=81780E98B9E2EEBAFB9F81780E98B9E2EEBAFB9F&q=Carter Videla meeting&shtp=GetUrl&shid=a7d69f9f-b5ef-413a-9cc3-910f66dcb236&shtk=Sm9yZ2UgUmFmYWVsIFZpZGVsYSBtZWV0cyB3aXRoIFByZXNpZGVudCBKaW1teSBDYXJ0ZXIgMTk3Nw%3D%3D&shdk=V2FzaGluZ3RvbiAoVVNBKTogVGhlIFByZXNpZGVudCBvZiB0aGUgQXJnZW50aW5lIFJlcHVibGljLCBMaWV1dGVuYW50IEdlbmVyYWwgSm9yZ2UgUmFmYWVsIFZpZGVsYSB2aXNpdHMgdGhlIFdoaXRlIEhvdXNlLiAoU2VyZ2lvIFZpbGxhcm9lbCAvIE1hZ25ldGljIC8gQ29sb3IpRGF0ZTogOC85LzE5NzdEdXJhdGlvbjogNSBtaW51dGVzIDQwIHNlY29uZHNGaWxtIGNvZGU6IEMtMDE3NDhEZXNjcmlwdGlvbiBvZiB0aGUgZmlsbToxLiBSZXBvcnQgd2hlcmUgdGhlIGpvdXJuYWxpc3QgY29tbWVudHM6ICJUaGUgZGlhbG9ndWUgYmV0d2VlbiBQcmVzaWRlbnQgSm9yZ2UgUmFmYWVsIFZpZGVsYSBhbmQgdGhlIC4uLg%3D%3D&shhk=UKlQSsNtyZTWH0mw2ECdEv3Qx1dJjBEon8UTmsYfVXc%3D&form=VDSHOT&shth=OVP.LgcmLYu46jXz0to2FSsIOgEsCp
In Argentina he made cover of papers
Can’t believe things Carter said of Videla who was leading dirty war or that my dad had to be next to this genocidal pig
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Never seen this
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4e/Videla_and_James_Carter.jpg
There is my dad between the presidents…I think the other man on right must have been Carter’s interpreter
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Never seen this
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4e/Videla_and_James_Carter.jpg
There is my dad between the presidents…I think the other man on right must have been Carter’s interpreter
wow that is pretty fucking cool!
and in Wikipedia which may be around longer than most other media
actually, in the national archives too!
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Videla_and_James_Carter.jpg
Description: President Videla of Argentina and Jimmy Carter at White House.
Date 9 September 1977
Source This media is available in the holdings of the National Archives and Records Administration, cataloged under the National Archives Identifier (NAID) 176153.
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Still not aligned with you on the argument at hand, but that is legitimately awesome, Serge. Thanks for sharing. Wow.
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No snark intended. That’s really fucking cool man.
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Thanks man.
It was cool showing it to my kids.
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Mike Richards, Jeopardy host (https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/tv/mike-richards-steps-down-new-jeopardy-host-n1277265?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma)
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That was fast.
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Mike Richards, Jeopardy host (https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/tv/mike-richards-steps-down-new-jeopardy-host-n1277265?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma)
https://twitter.com/TheDailyShow/status/1428725849671573505
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That was fast.
one day short of a scaramuci
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Jeopardy: a show who's average viewer is 60 that all of a sudden 20 year olds have strong feelings about despite the fact they won't watch the show no matter who the host is. The Twitter story told in a microcosm.
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Sorry sidejug
https://loudwire.com/insane-clown-posse-violent-j-heart-failure-farewell-tour/?fbclid=IwAR3Rx931euB7J_7LpI3-hjO24bjcze4acO6SLxq4q7fh_1eQodq-Rw_oja8
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this is great news, hopefully they will skip DC and I will not have to attend a ICP concert with my 11 year old
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cam newton
Rich Cimini @RichCimini
Ages of AFC East starting QBs:
Josh Allen, 25
Tua, 23
Zach Wilson, 22
Mac Jones, 22
It's a new era.
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Mike Richards (jepordy / WoF exec producer..and short lived Trebeck replacment)
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Mike Richards (jepordy / WoF exec producer..and short lived Trebeck replacment)
he was fired as the new host some time ago, the headline today is that he's also gonzo as executive producer.
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i've made my share of typos on this site but
GONZO
(https://preview.redd.it/a7iw3q1da3651.jpg?auto=webp&s=0737e77e46e260d489236bc8d3844e7814b491ac)
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I never knew about Gonzorella
https://www.today.com/parents/muppet-babies-gonzo-wears-princess-dress-gonzorella-t227725\
(who as far as I know was not fired or retired)
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i've made my share of typos on this site but
GONZO
if you're referring to my last post, that wasn't a typo. saying "gonzo" in place of "gone" is a thing (and a pretty old one at that).
"hey, did kyle leave?"
"yup, he's gonzo."
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not like Hunter S. Thompson then...or waitaminute, what did he do
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Overweight 73 year old former middling ballplayer Bob Boone will be leaving his Nationals position as vice president of player development because he refuses to take part in the team mandated vaccination of non-player employees.
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Overweight 73 year old former middling ballplayer Bob Boone will be leaving his Nationals position as vice president of player development because he refuses to take part in the team mandated vaccination of non-player employees.
shouldn't this be Overweight 73 year old former middling ballplayer Bob Boone accepts position as Fox News Commentator
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I don’t know….four time all star!
They can be good or bad …. Doesn’t make them any less clueless or asshole-ish
Glad he will no longer be on payroll
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Trevor Bauer
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Trevor Bauer
Not officially....but with the suspension for the remainder of the season, it has to be coming, right?
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update: REM will remain belly up,
fired, and retired
Michael Stipe confirms R.E.M. will never reunite (https://www.nme.com/news/music/michael-stipe-confirms-r-e-m-will-never-reunite-3051669)
"We decided when we split up that that would just be really tacky and probably money-grabbing," the singer said
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update: REM will remain belly up, fired, and retired
Michael Stipe confirms R.E.M. will never reunite (https://www.nme.com/news/music/michael-stipe-confirms-r-e-m-will-never-reunite-3051669)
"We decided when we split up that that would just be really tacky and probably money-grabbing," the singer said
They really needed to break up when Berry retired but they overstayed decades and I don’t think anyone is really pining for them….their music hasn’t aged particularly well…. But then again I never really got them
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….their music hasn’t aged particularly well…. But then again I never really got them
Yeah, I think that's you. I still listen to the first 6-7 REM records frequently and I think they hold up great. But if you never liked then to begin with, obviously you're not magically going to like them a decade later. But I don't think the music sounds quaint or corny or something years later like lots of other music does.
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well...since we don't have a released thread yet....
A federal judge on Monday approved the unconditional release of John Hinckley Jr., who tried to assassinate former President Reagan in 1981.
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Beck Bennett Is Leaving SNL
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Beck Bennett Is Leaving SNL
What a Loser.
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Pat Robertson steps down as regular host of 'The 700 Club' (https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/01/us/pat-robertson-leaves-700-club-cec/index.html)
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David Lee Roth
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Say what
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David Lee Roth Announces Retirement: ‘I’m Throwing in the Shoes’
The former Van Halen frontman will play five final shows in Las Vegas before retiring
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/david-lee-roth-retirement-announcement-1235993/
His last shows will be at the House of Blues at Mandalay Bay on New Year’s Eve, New Year’s Day, Jan. 5 and Jan 7&8th
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But he has all those fresh new tats. Say it aint so, Dave. There's still plenty of yankee roses for you out there.
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Fuck...why didn't I know about this
https://www.facebook.com/newdistrictbrewing/photos/a.1353615444714400/4414871915255389/
New District Brewing Company
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It was an honor to host the Inner Ear Studios send off concert tonight at New District Brewery!
(https://scontent-iad3-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/243796095_4414871925255388_5070964580424986670_n.jpg?_nc_cat=107&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=a26aad&_nc_ohc=fRw2Y8fgVKIAX87sEHh&_nc_ht=scontent-iad3-2.xx&oh=873895f07f2c548abee7a1e8b5bf72c3&oe=617C956D)
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Fuck...why didn't I know about this
https://www.facebook.com/newdistrictbrewing/photos/a.1353615444714400/4414871915255389/
New District Brewing Company
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It was an honor to host the Inner Ear Studios send off concert tonight at New District Brewery!
(https://scontent-iad3-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/243796095_4414871925255388_5070964580424986670_n.jpg?_nc_cat=107&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=a26aad&_nc_ohc=fRw2Y8fgVKIAX87sEHh&_nc_ht=scontent-iad3-2.xx&oh=873895f07f2c548abee7a1e8b5bf72c3&oe=617C956D)
Am sorry man… this board let you down
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DLR is amazing
Worst singer… just horrible …on live recordings even from peak VH years he sounds like a dying cat
But through sheer personality and guts he became one of the greatest frontmen in rock and also powered VH to the top… is Eddie or was Eddie - that hurts- the most influential guitarist since Jimi? Yeah but without DLR I have a feeling that at best he would have been giving lessons at Guitar Center
DLR is what rock and roll is all about.
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Am sorry man… this board let you down
actually wasn't a public event...
(https://scontent-iad3-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/244083320_4416345738441340_7435603187309029006_n.jpg?_nc_cat=101&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=a26aad&_nc_ohc=4ky8rtb6dEIAX96aSSY&_nc_ht=scontent-iad3-2.xx&oh=5b6956072bf4f2e9ac9f2ed8101f6349&oe=617C6D84)
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https://www.brooklynvegan.com/thao-the-get-down-stay-down-have-broken-up/
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Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram go down in apparent outage
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@AndrewYang
I’m leaving the Democratic Party
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@AndrewYang
I’m leaving the Democratic Party
Oh no, I guy whose never even won a nomination to town comptroller is leaving the Democratic Party!! I guess we're really in trouble now.
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It’s a death blow!
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is it time for a Dem's in Disarray headline
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Andrew Yang is a dude I kind of like but he's emblematic of the entire Bernie-wing of the party: they don't understand that an idea or policy is only "good" is (1) it makes sense and align with liberal values AND ALSO (2) the majority of people like it. They keep wanting to run campaigns around ideas 70% of Americans don't want and then wonder why the adults in the party like myself keep not giving them keys to the car and letting them drive.
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for a hot minute there I thought he might get a cabinet position
then for another hot minute, he seemed like he might have a chance in NY
those were some quick minutes
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@AndrewYang
I’m leaving the Democratic Party
Isn't he planning on being Jill Stein for 2024,giving NKOTB someone to vote for in the general?
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those were some quick minutes
Yes, they were approximately 60 seconds each, the time of a real minute.
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Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram go down in apparent outage
@briankrebs
As for why the outage persists ~5 hours now, reports say FB employees having trouble using their badges. Locked out of server room, maybe?
Sheera Frenkel@sheeraf
Was just on phone with someone who works for FB who described employees unable to enter buildings this morning to begin to evaluate extent of outage because their badges weren’t working to access doors.
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Following Smash Mouth’s disoriented, controversial New York concert, lead singer Steve Harwell has decided to retire.
https://variety.com/2021/music/news/smash-mouth-singer-steve-harwell-retires-1235087184/
Smash Mouth’s lead singer Steve Harwell is apparently retiring after a controversial concert in Upstate New York on Saturday that found him slurring his words and making vaguely threatening comments toward the audience. The singer has been battling health problems for several years and the band had played some recent shows with a stand-in vocalist.
The “Rockstar” singer, 54, apparently made the announcement to TMZ, although there was no message on his or the band’s socials at the time of this article’s publication (Harwell’s Instagram account is private) and a rep for the group did not immediately respond to Variety’s request for comment.
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(https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/smashed.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=744)
from said show in NY..doesn't seem vaguely threatening to me...seems pretty clear
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That guy's brain is so fried, he might as well be walking on the sun.
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That guy's brain is so fried, he might as well be walking on the sun.
(https://c.tenor.com/wL63jXI0v_cAAAAM/drums-troll.gif)
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My 74 year old uncle, who I haven't spoken to in 14 years, quit his job that he was was going to lose due to vaccine mandate non-compliance. Hopefully he lives like a hermit and doesn't bring greater risk to others.
Edit: He survived polio as a child, Vietnam as a teen, and Chrone's Disease for most of his adult life. Why the fug is he so afraid of a shot?
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My 74 year old uncle, who I haven't spoken to in 14 years, quit his job that he was was going to lose due to vaccine mandate non-compliance. Hopefully he lives like a hermit and doesn't bring greater risk to others.
Edit: He survived polio as a child, Vietnam as a teen, and Chrone's Disease for most of his adult life. Why the fug is he so afraid of a shot?
I can't imagine an elder bloodline in the Space family having much of a social life that he is putting others at risk.
At this point, he probably doesn't give a shit.
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I think there's a lot of survivor bias (for lack of a better term around this). "Well, I haven't died yet and I lived through polio, so I'll be fine now." "Well, I haven't died yet, so those libs who don't think I'm invincible are dumb!"
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My 74 year old uncle, who I haven't spoken to in 14 years, quit his job that he was was going to lose due to vaccine mandate non-compliance. Hopefully he lives like a hermit and doesn't bring greater risk to others.
Edit: He survived polio as a child, Vietnam as a teen, and Chrone's Disease for most of his adult life. Why the fug is he so afraid of a shot?
I can't imagine an elder bloodline in the Space family having much of a social life that he is putting others at risk.
At this point, he probably doesn't give a shit.
It's probably not a good idea to make such gerneralizations, but i guess you're free to do so. From what I gather, he goes to church sometimes and has at least a few friends.
My brother, who does speak with my uncle, had this to share.
I really don't get how people would rather lose their livelihood and benefits over a stupid, simple shot. Baffles the mind. I just talked to him a week or 2 ago and he just told me he enjoys his job - it's easy, the hours are a good fit for him, he gets to read and watch tv while working, he gets to work out with dumbells and walk upwards of 5 miles a shift making his rounds for some good exercise that he enjoys. Yes, you can find good in almost everyone if you look for it, but this country is full of retarded dipshits if you ask me (not specifically calling him that, just making a larger generalization)...
My thought is that the right wing media has completely brainwashed a certain segment of Americans with propaganda. It's really Nazi Germany all over again.
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I think there's a lot of survivor bias (for lack of a better term around this). "Well, I haven't died yet and I lived through polio, so I'll be fine now." "Well, I haven't died yet, so those libs who don't think I'm invincible are dumb!"
I was thinking the first sentence as I was typing my post. He thinks he'll be fine. That said, why give up your source of income...unless you were planning on retiring anyway.
My mom, who is 80, just for an excellent bill of health from her doctor. She has none of the comorbidity conditions except old age. She says she's not going to get it and even if she does, she'll be fine. She's someone who has gone through a ton of shit in her life, I feel like maybe this is her foolish way of saying fuck you to it all.
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I admit...I had to look up "comorbidity".
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I think there's a lot of survivor bias (for lack of a better term around this). "Well, I haven't died yet and I lived through polio, so I'll be fine now." "Well, I haven't died yet, so those libs who don't think I'm invincible are dumb!"
I was thinking the first sentence as I was typing my post. He thinks he'll be fine. That said, why give up your source of income...unless you were planning on retiring anyway.
My mom, who is 80, just for an excellent bill of health from her doctor. She has none of the comorbidity conditions except old age. She says she's not going to get it and even if she does, she'll be fine. She's someone who has gone through a ton of shit in her life, I feel like maybe this is her foolish way of saying fuck you to it all.
Unless it's a personal choice, if I'm still working at age 74, I'd want injected with whatever pandemic is around then and taken out gracefully.
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My 74 year old uncle, who I haven't spoken to in 14 years, quit his job that he was was going to lose due to vaccine mandate non-compliance. Hopefully he lives like a hermit and doesn't bring greater risk to others.
Edit: He survived polio as a child, Vietnam as a teen, and Chrone's Disease for most of his adult life. Why the fug is he so afraid of a shot?
Forgot...he's also a (skin) cancer survivor as well.
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For me the real question is wether he had a booster shot.
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I admit...I had to look up "comorbidity".
seriously? where have you been the last 18 months?
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Why? What did I miss?
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Why? What did I miss?
that "comorbidity" has been used in the news probably 1000s of times in the last 18 months
Probably would come up over 100 times on this board alone
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I've rarely watched the news since the election. And I definitely don't follow this board.
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I've rarely watched the news since the election. And I definitely don't follow this board.
While the second is arguably something to brag about, the first isn't.
Did you take science classes in high school?
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Did you take science classes in high school?
TBH, never heard of the term until 2020
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I don’t know about the rest of you, but I retained nothing from my high school science classes.
Not much from biology in college, either. Yet I work in the science industry.
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don't know much about history, don't know much biology, don't know much about science book, don't know much about the French I took
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I don’t know about the rest of you, but I retained nothing from my high school science classes.
Not much from biology in college, either. Yet I work in the science industry.
To be honest, other than Space, does anyone really remember anything they learned in high school?
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I thought Space still is in high school.
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i have a mind for remembering useless stuff (i'm pretty good at trivia), so i've retained a decent amount of my high school science, math, etc.
I thought Space still is in high school.
no, he only acts like it.
wait. we all do.
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GOODBYE, KANYE: It's now just Ye.
Rapper formerly known as Kanye West is now just Ye
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kanye is now Ye. A Los Angeles judge on Monday approved the request of the rapper, producer and fashion designer to legally change his name to just Ye, spelled Y-E, with no middle or last name.
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When you say Kanye...you go up on e at the end. Khan-yeA
Do you pronounce it the same way or is it a low e? But do you pronounce ye - Yee
Truthfully I usually pronounce it Dumbass, but that's just me
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I don’t know about the rest of you, but I retained nothing from my high school science classes.
Not much from biology in college, either. Yet I work in the science industry.
To be honest, other than Space, does anyone really remember anything they learned in high school?
Good luck helping your kids with their Geometry homework.
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I don’t know about the rest of you, but I retained nothing from my high school science classes.
Not much from biology in college, either. Yet I work in the science industry.
To be honest, other than Space, does anyone really remember anything they learned in high school?
Good luck helping your kids with their Geometry homework.
My parents stopped helping with homework circa 5th grade, so unless my kids are learning Geometry then, I'm sure they'll be just fine.
Geometry is a perfect example of something I've never used in my life.
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I don’t know about the rest of you, but I retained nothing from my high school science classes.
Not much from biology in college, either. Yet I work in the science industry.
To be honest, other than Space, does anyone really remember anything they learned in high school?
Good luck helping your kids with their Geometry homework.
My parents stopped helping with homework circa 5th grade, so unless my kids are learning Geometry then, I'm sure they'll be just fine.
Geometry is a perfect example of something I've never used in my life.
You never use concept like perimeter, area, angle measure in real life?
I have fond memories of my dad, whose degree was in aeronautical engineering, helping me with all kinds math and physics problems.
My kid has an English test tomorrow and a science test Wednesday, She asked me to help her study for them. I'm happy to oblige. :)
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Washington State football coach, the highest paid state employee (3.2 million a year salary) fired by the Governor. Good riddance.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/18/sport/nick-rolovich-washington-state-football-coach-covid/index.html
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I don’t know about the rest of you, but I retained nothing from my high school science classes.
Not much from biology in college, either. Yet I work in the science industry.
To be honest, other than Space, does anyone really remember anything they learned in high school?
Good luck helping your kids with their Geometry homework.
My parents stopped helping with homework circa 5th grade, so unless my kids are learning Geometry then, I'm sure they'll be just fine.
Geometry is a perfect example of something I've never used in my life.
You never use concept like perimeter, area, angle measure in real life?
I have fond memories of my dad, whose degree was in aeronautical engineering, helping me with all kinds math and physics problems.
My kid has an English test tomorrow and a science test Wednesday, She asked me to help her study for them. I'm happy to oblige. :)
Sure, but I think I'd consider perimter and area basic math or something that was most likely learned elsewhere... I have not used many geometric formulas.
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don't know much about history, don't know much biology, don't know much about science book, don't know much about the French I took
Can confirm.
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Washington State football coach, the highest paid state employee (3.2 million a year salary) fired by the Governor. Good riddance.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/18/sport/nick-rolovich-washington-state-football-coach-covid/index.html
Couldn't happen to a shittier person. Told players last year if they sat out because of COVID or made any "political statements" (specifically, BLM or anti-police ones), they'd get booted off the team. Truly a nutsack of a human.
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Washington State football coach, the highest paid state employee (3.2 million a year salary) fired by the Governor. Good riddance.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/18/sport/nick-rolovich-washington-state-football-coach-covid/index.html
that is kinda insane that a state employee can get paid $3.2 mill!
obviously in the wrong line of work
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Washington State football coach, the highest paid state employee (3.2 million a year salary) fired by the Governor. Good riddance.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/18/sport/nick-rolovich-washington-state-football-coach-covid/index.html
that is kinda insane that a state employee can get paid $3.2 mill!
obviously in the wrong line of work
The coach at Alabama makes 9.5 million.
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Washington State football coach, the highest paid state employee (3.2 million a year salary) fired by the Governor. Good riddance.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/18/sport/nick-rolovich-washington-state-football-coach-covid/index.html
that is kinda insane that a state employee can get paid $3.2 mill!
obviously in the wrong line of work
The coach at Alabama makes 9.5 million.
Look at what Alabama football makes in profit and what it funds at Alabama's athletic department overall and still throws millions back in Alabama's general scholarship fund. Nick Saban is underpaid, my man.
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Washington State football coach, the highest paid state employee (3.2 million a year salary) fired by the Governor. Good riddance.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/18/sport/nick-rolovich-washington-state-football-coach-covid/index.html
that is kinda insane that a state employee can get paid $3.2 mill!
obviously in the wrong line of work
The coach at Alabama makes 9.5 million.
Look at what Alabama football makes in profit and what it funds at Alabama's athletic department overall and still throws millions back in Alabama's general scholarship fund. Nick Saban is underpaid, my man.
Seems like the players are the ones doing the heavy lifting.
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Washington State football coach, the highest paid state employee (3.2 million a year salary) fired by the Governor. Good riddance.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/18/sport/nick-rolovich-washington-state-football-coach-covid/index.html
that is kinda insane that a state employee can get paid $3.2 mill!
obviously in the wrong line of work
The coach at Alabama makes 9.5 million.
Look at what Alabama football makes in profit and what it funds at Alabama's athletic department overall and still throws millions back in Alabama's general scholarship fund. Nick Saban is underpaid, my man.
Seems like the players are the ones doing the heavy lifting.
The players don't come without Nick Saban being there. Look at *gestures at the 20 years of desolate wasteland that was Alabama football between Gene Stallings and Saban*
That's sort of like saying "why is CEO pay so high? Middle management does all the daily work." No shit. Nick Saban is the de facto CEO of Alabama Football and its perfectly reasonable for him to paid in line with how a CEO of a company equally profitable as Alabama Football would be.
(Alabama's QB -- who had never taken a snap 8 weeks ago -- has around $1.5 mil in NIL payments this year, if I'm not mistaken so don't cry for him, dude.)
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The top 4 public employees last year in CA are all coaches from the University of CA system (UCLA football [$4.3m], UCLA Basketball [$4.25m], Cal Football $3.1m], and the retired UCLA Football coach [$3m]).
The next 20 or so are doctors in the UC system and the Chief Investment Officer of the UC system. The Chancellor, Michael Drake who left Ohio St will make the list in 2021, his first full year.
The highest non-UC employee employee is the chief investment officer of the California State Teachers' Retirement System (the world's largest pension system) at $1,302,646.
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That's American motherfuckers sucking the dicks of the NFL / NHL / NBA / COLLEGE Sports for you. See what happens when suck all their dicks? They do want they fuck they want, while you're shaking your head at how much teachers get paid
Ye, End.
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Sudan
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The Posies
https://kuow.org/stories/as-sexual-misconduct-allegations-dog-ken-stringfellow-of-the-posies-the-band-breaks-up
Really graphic and appalling details laid out in the article >:(
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The Posies
https://kuow.org/stories/as-sexual-misconduct-allegations-dog-ken-stringfellow-of-the-posies-the-band-breaks-up
Really graphic and appalling details laid out in the article >:(
Yeah, was just reading that. Shit.
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Folksbier
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Rep. Adam Kinzinger, one of the 10 House Republicans to vote to impeach then-president Donald Trump in January after the Capitol riot, announces he will not seek reelection in 2022
Trump is the kingmaker...if he doesn't like you, you are toast in the GOP
just saw this...what a fucking dick
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FC4O8MMWQAIypFO?format=jpg&name=medium)
with a 'give me money link'
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Didn’t redistributing have a lot to do with this?
Everything makes us more polarized….
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Redistricting? Yeah, Kinzinger likely was facing an uphill battle for reelection before this all happened.
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made a meme
(https://i.imgflip.com/5sazh5.jpg)
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Redistricting? Yeah, Kinzinger likely was facing an uphill battle for reelection before this all happened.
Right
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Ice Cube Loses $9 Million Film Gig After Refusing to Get Vaccinated (https://www.thedailybeast.com/ice-cube-ditches-sony-comedy-oh-hell-no-after-refusing-to-get-covid-vaccine)
According to sourced cited by The Hollywood Reporter, he left the Sony comedy Oh Hell No! after he refused requests from producers to get vaccinated. The film, which is set to star Jack Black, is scheduled to start production in Hawaii in December. Ice Cube was set to receive a $9 million payout for the production.
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So tired of these people
So much barbarism in America..so little civilization
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Well Ken S. posted one of those classic Non-Apologies Apologies…
Jody Stephens came out to say he’s no longer going to be involved in any Big Star activities
I feel bad for anyone that he’s worked for late…
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How is Jim Harbaugh's name not in this thread yet?
I keep coming here and checking and re-checking....
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How is Jim Harbaugh's name not in this thread yet?
I keep coming here and checking and re-checking....
He's going to win just enough games against teams no one cares about to get another season while still losing all the games against teams we care about beating. Blargh. On to basketball.
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Michigan football is in a good place right now. Great new staff. The culture is finally back. JJ will be a star. Future looks bright.
This MSU game stings especially hard because it was winnable. The team rose to occasion, but let it slip away. Because of mistakes, because Kenneth Walker is awesome (and MSU is a good, well coached team) and because it hasn’t developed a killer instinct. Not because they were exposed or were unprepared or unmotivated.
So now we see if they can get over it, clean up the mistakes and show a killer instinct against Indiana then come back stronger at Penn State. If so, we have to appreciate the progress in a transition year before JJ is ready to be the man and Michigan (hopefully) takes the next step.
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Michigan football is in a good place right now. Great new staff. The culture is finally back. JJ will be a star. Future looks bright.
This MSU game stings especially hard because it was winnable. The team rose to occasion, but let it slip away. Because of mistakes, because Kenneth Walker is awesome (and MSU is a good, well coached team) and because it hasn’t developed a killer instinct. Not because they were exposed or were unprepared or unmotivated.
So now we see if they can get over it, clean up the mistakes and show a killer instinct against Indiana then come back stronger at Penn State. If so, we have to appreciate the progress in a transition year before JJ is ready to be the man and Michigan (hopefully) takes the next step.
Oh, you sweet summer child.
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zillow's home flipping divisionZillow reportedly needs to sell 7,000 houses after it bought too many (https://www.theverge.com/2021/11/1/22758176/zillow-offers-ibuyer-housing-market-inventory-investors-real-estate)
A report from Vox cites research that investors only made up about 20 percent of the home-buying market in 2020, and Zillow says that it and its competitors made up around 1 percent of the housing market in Q2 2021. In some ways, those numbers are both terrifying and reassuring — a fifth of the housing market is a massive and influential chunk, but it also means that it likely wasn’t a private equity firm (or Zillow) that outbid you on your dream home.
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Future Hall of Fame catcher, Buster Posey to announce his retirement tomorrow.
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FP Santangelo as Nats announcer
Hallelujah
God he was awful
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Future Hall of Fame catcher, Buster Posey to announce his retirement tomorrow.
Great player but it would be laughable if he got in before Thurman Munson.
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https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/captain-whites-fish-market-barge-leaves-the-wharf/2869104/?_osource=SocialFlowFB_DCBrand&fbclid=IwAR1vXbC0lb8fZx7N7W5R3uA7QMf7mLOlWiT4aRMl_cKkV1o9GwpdtgMe7Vg
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^that's a weird one...they upped the rent, so they just took the barge and said FU.
must be a big gaping hole down there now
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Brian Williams
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John Lydon booted from Masked Singer. .
I guess he must really, really need the lucre. I'd feel more snarky if his wife wasn't so bad off.
I mean, "sell out" sure, get yours, but how long before it's best of the 70s collections on QVC?
Can't anyone get him some kind of endorsement deal? The Johnny Rotten home composter or something?
Alzheimer's and cancer are two of the biggest MFers as far as generally late stage diseases that feel impossible to grasp.
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As a “watcher” of masked singer, which is something I have on while doomscrolling, I think your being a tad harsh of mr. Rotten
Haven’t seen the unmasking episode yet, but his appearance feels like a stunt like when they unearthed honey booboo and June to come on and “sing”. They are milking it for publicity
I honestly thought it was actually some comedian when he appeared the first time.
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I'm maybe being a bit of a tool...
I actually kind of wish someone would just shovel him some $$.
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Tiger Woods
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Honestly I think he must be relieved…once he won that final major it seemed his heart wasn’t in it… He came back and made it to the top and then he just wasn’t even competitive…he kind of sucked…the accident gives him the perfect out and he’s apparently taking it
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Or he’s just setting the bar real low….
Dude was hyper competitive but he seemed to have lost the drive after winning the last major
I read a book about him by his coach Hank Haney. Interesting….
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Jack Dorsey
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Turgeon out as U.Md. basketball coach (https://wtop.com/maryland/2021/12/turgeon-out-as-u-md-basketball-coach/)
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Turgeon out as U.Md. basketball coach (https://wtop.com/maryland/2021/12/turgeon-out-as-u-md-basketball-coach/)
Maryland should try someone who isn't the living embodiment of their mascot for their next coach.
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Turgeon out as U.Md. basketball coach (https://wtop.com/maryland/2021/12/turgeon-out-as-u-md-basketball-coach/)
a Turge purge
and he just signed an extension in April through the '25-'26 season
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Chris Cuomo. Because HE is the problem.
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The cuomo bros had such a great 2020 and crashed and burned in 2021
Their dad was great for NY, name is pretty tarnished now
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US expected to announce diplomatic boycott of Beijing Olympics
The decision would mean no U.S. government officials will attend next year's games in Beijing, though U.S. athletes could still compete.
Lame…
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US expected to announce diplomatic boycott of Beijing Olympics
The decision would mean no U.S. government officials will attend next year's games in Beijing, though U.S. athletes could still compete.
Lame…
I guess that means Peter Boot-edge-edge will have to stay home and do the pole vault?
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Ignoring the poorly executed homophobic joke...Pole vault is summer Olympics...
US expected to announce diplomatic boycott of Beijing Olympics
The decision would mean no U.S. government officials will attend next year's games in Beijing, though U.S. athletes could still compete.
Lame…
I guess that means Peter Boot-edge-edge will have to stay home and do the pole vault?
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Ignoring the poorly executed homophobic joke...Pole vault is summer Olympics...
Yeah, should've went with something equally unfunny and homophobic like, "well I guess Mayor Pete can use the additional time to improve his bromance with Kamala Harris and have his own BIathalon."
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Devin!
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/584575-nunes-to-resign-from-congress-at-end-of-month
Nunes, 48, is slated to begin his new role in January as CEO of Trump Media & Technology Group
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Also...AWS is going through some things....wouldn't recommend closing a webpage you logged into this AM...you might not be able to get back in
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900 people via a zoom call
https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/Better-mortgage-firm-has-mass-layoff-Zoom-16673576.php
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Devin!
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/584575-nunes-to-resign-from-congress-at-end-of-month
Nunes, 48, is slated to begin his new role in January as CEO of Trump Media & Technology Group
this is actually a great development: perhaps trump media could also attract gossar, gaetz, MTG, bobert, and all those other tools who clearly have no interest in public policy and only have interest in public appearance. their goal has always been to get on Fox/Newsmax/AON/etc as often as possible - let's give them jobs in the conservative media echo chamber and make room for people who actually want to govern.
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gaetz,
he today said that if they take the house in 2022, they intend to get trump to be the speaker
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if they take the house in 2022, they intend to get trump to be the speaker
yeah yeah, they've been saying that for a while now... ain't gonna happen. first off, it's a brand downgrade from prez or CEO. second, speaker of the house doesn't have nearly the power that trump craves. as soon as he figures that out, and that he would be expected to do actual work, he's out.
if it does happen, he'll last a week before quitting.
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if they take the house in 2022, they intend to get trump to be the speaker
yeah yeah, they've been saying that for a while now... ain't gonna happen. first off, it's a brand downgrade from prez or CEO. second, speaker of the house doesn't have nearly the power that trump craves. as soon as he figures that out, and that he would be expected to do actual work, he's out.
if it does happen, he'll last a week before quitting.
Gee this sounds like what people said about him being president
All bullshit parroted by liberals who kept laughing about Trump long after he was elected…
I have no idea if he will go for it but don’t pretend to know particularly if my track record has been so wrong as most liberals:
He doesn’t want to be president and will quit campaign
He doesn’t want to be president and will quit two weeks in
He will be removed by the cabinet
He will be impeached and removed
He will go to jail
It’s just like how can people keep repeating this crap when they been wrong 50 times!?
I do think Republicans will impeach Biden once they take house. Seems like presiding over Biden’s impeachment might be fun for Trump (particularly weakening Biden and Democrats before running in 2024)
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Oh how could I forget the Mueller Report! THAT was going to do him in remember? We heard night after night about all the evidence….it was an open and shut case. Liberals yukked it up…”Wait til Mueller eviscerates him!”
Then Mueller ended up looking senile.
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I know this isn't the right thread, but went along with Starsky's rant
you forgot...wait until the NY AG subpoena's him
New York A.G. to Subpoena Trump to Testify in Fraud Investigation (https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/09/nyregion/trump-subpoena-testimony-letitia-james.html)
This is interesting if true...@ChristopherHahn
Most of Trump's wealth is tied to assets in New York.
All are subject to seizure by the AG's Office if he fails to comply with subpoenas here.
always the best tatic...hit em in the wallet
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always the best tatic...hit em in the wallet
russians figured that out decades ago.
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Yawn
Call me when he is living on the street or jail …until then it’s more wishful thinking
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Chris Wallace
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Kun
https://www.espn.com/soccer/barcelona-espbarcelona/story/4527274/barcelonas-sergio-aguero-announces-retirement-from-football-due-to-heart-condition
A lot of the reports aren’t mentioning he got covid19 and it aggravated his heart condition which had been under control his whole life…
Kun was not the best player from Argentina the past 15-20 years…that is Messi… but he was my favorite
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Urban Meyer fired
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Urban Meyer fired
The Michigan Football Renaissance is reaching fever pitch.
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Flavor Flav's car.
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Jeff Garlin
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Flavor Flav's car.
Flavor Flav narrowly escapes death after boulder hits his car while driving
So are we going to blame the bolder here, I'm not sure that Flav didn't incite it
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Condolences Julian.
https://www.mlive.com/wolverines/2021/12/belleville-linebacker-aaron-alexander-decommits-from-michigan-football.html
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Condolences Julian.
https://www.mlive.com/wolverines/2021/12/belleville-linebacker-aaron-alexander-decommits-from-michigan-football.html
Somehow I think Michigan will survive without the commitment of the 1017th highest ranked player in the country coming out of a school (Belleville) that hasn't produced a good player since like Ian Gold in the mid-90s.
I'd bet a pinkie Michigan never sent this kid a letter of intent he could fax back in and lock his spot up with. His other offers are Marshall and Eastern Illinois.
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I'd bet a pinkie Michigan never sent this kid a letter of intent he could fax back in and lock his spot up with.
so what - a scout in the boonies went rogue and gave him a verbal/informal offer?
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I'd bet a pinkie Michigan never sent this kid a letter of intent he could fax back in and lock his spot up with.
so what - a scout in the boonies went rogue and gave him a verbal/informal offer?
Well, all offers are informal/verbal until signing day.
Most kids are told by schools some variation on “keep improving and doing well in school and we will have a spot for you” and then sometimes it goes south. Sometimes a school just decides last second they don’t want a kid and that’s kinda shitty. Sometimes they’re telling the kid “hey you need to improve” for months and are telling them they likely won’t have a spot — this is called “getting processed” in the recruiting world — and sometimes the kid listens and finds another school early in the process and sometimes they don’t listen or think they can turn it around and are left on signing day without a commutable offer. This sort of fluidity happens at every school every year and lots of kids turn up not getting an offer letter on signing day to send back and to save face the kid “decommitted” they don’t say “they told me they didn’t want me after all.”
You never really know the details. Talking about a recruit before they sign is an NCAA violation which leads to people only getting the kids version since Michigan (or whatever school) can literally never publicly comment on this since the kid does not sign with them. (This rule bizarrely has led to many kids claiming they have offers from schools that they’ve never spoken to in an attempt to raise their profile — the school can’t refute. One kid had a “signing day ceremony” to Cal a few years back despite never having met a Cal coach. It’s wild.)
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Jimmy Pesto, for allegedly taking part in the January 6 coup attempt.
https://deadline.com/2021/12/bobs-burgers-actor-fired-over-alleged-participation-in-capitol-riot-1234899204/
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After 66 years - Phillips Crab House in Ocean City
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(https://i.ibb.co/PrnP6YD/C416003-E-5418-4067-BA9-E-7-C97159-AEE14.jpg) (https://ibb.co/51ySR9K)
upload (https://imgbb.com/)
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Madison Cawthorn 8 month long marriage
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Cy Vance retires and no Trump indictment...coincidence?
so much for our liberal rally cry “Cy Vance is gonna get him”
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George Carlin famously said ‘It’s a big club and you ain’t in it’. Well, those two are in it
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Madison Cawthorn 8 month long marriage
there is some interesting gossip around this. his wife said she wanted out because she doesn't "want to be married to someone changing the world"- suuuuure, that's the reason. that tiger hasn't suddenly changed his stripes...
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Cy Vance retires and no Trump indictment...coincidence?
there are indeed many negative interpretations... and many neutral or positive ones.
- want to gather more evidence, strengthen the case, etc.
- would be complicated to transition from one DA & their team to a new DA & their team, so late in the game (ran out of time to hand off)
- new DA asked Vance not to
- etc.
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Shirtless Antonio Brown
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Bill Kreutzmann Drops Out of Playing In The Sand Due to Health Concerns
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Shirtless Antonio Brown
dude cost me $200. i needed brown to have a big game for my fantasy football finals, instead he threw a hissy-fit and put up next to nothing. result: i won the silver/lost the gold.
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Shirtless Antonio Brown
dude cost me $200. i needed brown to have a big game for my fantasy football finals, instead he threw a hissy-fit and put up next to nothing. result: i won the silver/lost the gold.
dude cost himself a few million... Don't feel too bad!
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Audie Cornish
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Audie Cornish
Going to spend more time focusing on her true love -- game hens.
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Audie Cornish
she will be missed...although TBH, NPR is rarely listened to anymore now that I don't commute
What I read is she resigned on good terms to get a job at Library Of Congress, so no belly up, fired or retired
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The j.crew that currently resides at 9:30 F st nw
https://www.popville.com/2022/01/j-crew-closing-penn-quarter-original-930-club/
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Djokovic kicked out of Australia.
Dors that count for this thread?
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Not sure if it dors or not. I would lean to it dorsn't since he can play in other tournaments, and also because it was covered in the the cancelled thread.
Djokovic kicked out of Australia.
Dors that count for this thread?
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Not sure if it dors or not. I would lean to it dorsn't since he can play in other tournaments, and also because it was covered in the the cancelled thread.
Djokovic kicked out of Australia.
Dors that count for this thread?
1,111
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Bill Kreutzmann Drops Out of Playing In The Sand Due to Health Concerns
Add John Mayer to that list.
No clue how they can charge anyone for that event.
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tldr: "Cyber Ninjas is broke, can’t pay their lawyers, has no staff left to comply with document requests, had had its CEO resign, and was just slapped with $50K PER DAY fines for contempt."
Cyber Ninjas, the firm behind the audit in Arizona's Maricopa County, says it's closing and letting all its employees go (https://www.businessinsider.com/arizona-audit-firm-cyber-ninjas-is-closing-letting-employees-go-2022-1) (Business Insider)
Cyber Ninjas, company that led Arizona GOP election 'audit,' is shutting down (https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/cyber-ninjas-company-led-arizona-gop-election-audit-shutting-down-n1287145)
Arizona election officials this week released a report rebutting almost every claim by Cyber Ninjas in its ballot review. (NBC News)
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Whomever was set to open for The War On Drugs
https://www.stereogum.com/2172228/the-war-on-drugs-drop-opening-acts-adjust-tour-schedule-due-to-omicron/news/
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Not sure if it dors or not. I would lean to it dorsn't since he can play in other tournaments, and also because it was covered in the the cancelled thread.
Djokovic kicked out of Australia.
Dors that count for this thread?
He is back!
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Not sure if it dors or not. I would lean to it dorsn't since he can play in other tournaments, and also because it was covered in the the cancelled thread.
Djokovic kicked out of Australia.
Dors that count for this thread?
He is back!
Let's go Rafa!
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Ok we agree on that…
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Not sure if it dors or not. I would lean to it dorsn't since he can play in other tournaments, and also because it was covered in the the cancelled thread.
Djokovic kicked out of Australia.
Dors that count for this thread?
He is back!
I can't believe he's willing to risk his legacy over this jab
If Djokovic were to participate in, and win, the Australian Open, he would break the all-time men’s singles grand slam record, beating his rivals and bolstering the claim that he is the best men’s tennis player of all time.
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Elvis Costello Says He Won’t Perform “Oliver’s Army” Anymore And Radio Stations Should Stop Playing It (https://www.stereogum.com/2172392/elvis-costello-olivers-army-performance-radio/news/)
("retired")
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Elvis Costello Says He Won’t Perform “Oliver’s Army” Anymore And Radio Stations Should Stop Playing It (https://www.stereogum.com/2172392/elvis-costello-olivers-army-performance-radio/news/)
("retired")
this was an interesting note in the BBC article
"Because when I fall under a bus, they'll play She, Good Year for the Roses and Oliver's Army," he said.
"I'll die, and they will celebrate my death with two songs I didn't write. What does that tell you?"
Good Year For The Roses was written by Jerry Chesnut and performed by George Jones, while She was originally written and performed by Charles Aznavour.
Costello's 1999 cover of She is his biggest song on streaming services, with 80 million plays on Spotify alone.
these random spotify songs are bizarre for some artists
this I 100% agree with
Radio stations looking for Costello originals to play in his obituary could choose the 1977 singles Alison and Watching The Detectives, which are his next most-popular tracks.
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Not sure if it dors or not. I would lean to it dorsn't since he can play in other tournaments, and also because it was covered in the the cancelled thread.
Djokovic kicked out of Australia.
Dors that count for this thread?
He is back!
Djokovic kicked out of Australia
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this sucks
“after 41 years Cafe Mozart will open its doors for the last time on January 15th (https://www.popville.com/2022/01/dc-cafe-mozart-closing/)
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this sucks
“after 41 years Cafe Mozart will open its doors for the last time on January 15th (https://www.popville.com/2022/01/dc-cafe-mozart-closing/)
Terrible news... pre pandemic there was little to no character left of this city and the hits continue. We'll be left with nothing but small plates and Cava.
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Yeah it’s bad
Weird about one day notice?
Unclear if it’s continuing under a former employee?
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Terrible news... pre pandemic there was little to no character left of this city and the hits continue. We'll be left with nothing but small plates and Cava.
you'll always have panera.
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Terrible news... pre pandemic there was little to no character left of this city and the hits continue. We'll be left with nothing but small plates and Cava.
you'll always have panera.
Tried Panera for the first time a few months ago. Got a chicken caesar salad and I could not believe how bad it was. I had never before seen chicken as a garnish to croutons.
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Terrible news... pre pandemic there was little to no character left of this city and the hits continue. We'll be left with nothing but small plates and Cava.
you'll always have panera.
Can't confirm the city has panera.... may have a few floating in MoCo that I've seen, but I wouldn't be caught dead in one.
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Oann tv on DirectTv
OAN depends heavily on DirecTV, its largest distributor, to reach its audience
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I've had some good sandwich/soup at Panera. Not in a while...but its not that bad.
Terrible news... pre pandemic there was little to no character left of this city and the hits continue. We'll be left with nothing but small plates and Cava.
you'll always have panera.
Can't confirm the city has panera.... may have a few floating in MoCo that I've seen, but I wouldn't be caught dead in one.
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I've been disappointed at Panera more often than not, but damn if a mango smoothie isn't the best thing after a 20-mile run in mid-august.
(I just happen to park near a Panera. Their smoothie is unexceptional.)
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Any Wolverines here? UMich President Schlissel. Knishes, https://www.timesofisrael.com/knish-and-tell-ousted-u-of-michigan-president-lured-subordinate-with-pastries/ (https://www.timesofisrael.com/knish-and-tell-ousted-u-of-michigan-president-lured-subordinate-with-pastries/)
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Any Wolverines here? UMich President Schlissel. Knishes, https://www.timesofisrael.com/knish-and-tell-ousted-u-of-michigan-president-lured-subordinate-with-pastries/ (https://www.timesofisrael.com/knish-and-tell-ousted-u-of-michigan-president-lured-subordinate-with-pastries/)
Dude; we’ve been popping champagne for like 21 hours.
HATE this dude.
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Any Wolverines here? UMich President Schlissel. Knishes, https://www.timesofisrael.com/knish-and-tell-ousted-u-of-michigan-president-lured-subordinate-with-pastries/ (https://www.timesofisrael.com/knish-and-tell-ousted-u-of-michigan-president-lured-subordinate-with-pastries/)
Dude; we’ve been popping champagne for like 21 hours.
HATE this dude.
Excellent. Enjoy!
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I mean, knishes are potato-based, no?
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I mean, knishes are potato-based, no?
can confirm. (https://www.zingermans.com/ZImages/Product/potatoknishrodgersfavorite.png)
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The BWB in Cloverly. Last one standing. They all were dives but the wings were great.
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Too early to list the A/V Club?
UPDATE: The seven A.V. Club workers in Chicago have decided to take their union-contract-protected severances rather than move to L.A. without a cost-of-living adjustment.
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a Justice. Should get interesting.
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a Justice. Should get interesting.
I think Mitch is going to say Biden can't nominate a new one because his approval ratings are so low.
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a Justice. Should get interesting.
I think Mitch is going to say Biden can't nominate a new one because his approval ratings are so low.
yeah, we need to let the voters decide and need to wait for the 2024 election
well at least Hutch got his wish, he needed a win
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The sex criminal from Pittsburgh
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The sex criminal from Pittsburgh
hmm that could be a lot of people
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The sex criminal from Pittsburgh
hmm that could be a lot of people
Yeah, like I don't even have enough fingers and toes to count the possibilities!
[insert Rapelisberger joke here]
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The sex criminal from Pittsburgh
hmm that could be a lot of people
Godsshoeshine is still gainfully employed.
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The sex criminal from Pittsburgh
Better or worse in your family's eyes than Bob Saget?
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The sex criminal from Pittsburgh
Better or worse in your family's eyes than Bob Saget?
I'm pretty sure the only NFL QB anyone else in my family knows is Tom Brady. And then only because he's the one married to Gisele Bundchen.
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(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FKJN4ywWYAA5uD_?format=jpg&name=4096x4096)
reasoning behind the MMBosstones' breakup?
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(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FKJN4ywWYAA5uD_?format=jpg&name=4096x4096)
reasoning behind the MMBosstones' breakup?
i know their singer, and i use that term liberally, was the announcer for Kimmel Did he leave that gog too?
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(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FKJN4ywWYAA5uD_?format=jpg&name=4096x4096)
reasoning behind the MMBosstones' breakup?
i know their singer, and i use that term liberally, was the announcer for Kimmel Did he leave that gog too?
Did you read the post?
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(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FKJN4ywWYAA5uD_?format=jpg&name=4096x4096)
reasoning behind the MMBosstones' breakup?
i know their singer, and i use that term liberally, was the announcer for Kimmel Did he leave that gog too?
Yes,
and i am sorry that i still don't know how to resize images. and also kind of not sorry.
Did you read the post?
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(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FKJN4ywWYAA5uD_?format=jpg&name=4096x4096)
and i am sorry that i still don't know how to resize images. and also kind of not sorry.
[img width=400] or some other appropriate number
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tom brady
end of an era
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Jeff Zucker resigns from CNN (https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/02/media/jeff-zucker-cnn/index.html)
Best news for that godforsaken channel in years.
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Jeff Zucker resigns from CNN (https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/02/media/jeff-zucker-cnn/index.html)
Best news for that godforsaken channel in years.
Trump called him a "world class sleazebag," so you have him on your side.
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Jeff Zucker resigns from CNN (https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/02/media/jeff-zucker-cnn/index.html)
Best news for that godforsaken channel in years.
Trump called him a "world class sleazebag," so you have him on your side.
being called a "world class sleazebag" by trump is utterly meaningless.
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Jeff Zucker resigns from CNN (https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/02/media/jeff-zucker-cnn/index.html)
Best news for that godforsaken channel in years.
Trump called him a "world class sleazebag," so you have him on your side.
Stopped clock
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Peloton CEO
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Peloton CEO
and cutting 2,800 jobs
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The print editions for Entertainment Weekly, InStyle, EatingWell, Health, Parents and People en Espańol
Going digital
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Shit there goes my toilet reading/toilet paper (no pun intended)
The print editions for Entertainment Weekly, InStyle, EatingWell, Health, Parents and People en Espańol
Going digital
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I resisted posting in the walkie thread
(https://s26551.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Penis-deli.jpg)
deli closing (https://www.arlnow.com/2022/02/08/ballston-cafe-with-an-ahem-unusual-logo-is-now-shuttered/) despite it's awesome logo (https://www.arlnow.com/2014/04/16/despite-ridicule-from-yelp-reviewers-ballston-cafe-keeps-phallic-sign/)
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san fran school board via recall (only 26% of voters voted on this :( )
San Francisco voters supported the ouster of three school board members Tuesday in the city’s first recall election in nearly 40 years
somewhat related to the removal of Lincoln from a school name
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Amazon.com Inc said on Wednesday it plans to close all 68 of its brick-and-mortar bookstores, pop-ups and shops carrying toys and home goods
I wonder if it was due to competition from online retailers?
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bummer, at least the Del Rey one is still open
Taqueria el Poblano is closing its Columbia Pike location later this spring,
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Is El Charrito still open? I used to love that spot in Arlington.
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Is El Charrito still open? I used to love that spot in Arlington.
It is
although for Salvadorian/Peruvian rotisserie chicken, I live close by The Chicken Place on Rt 7 and that's my go to place
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Is El Charrito still open? I used to love that spot in Arlington.
It is
although for Salvadorian/Peruvian rotisserie chicken, I live close by The Chicken Place on Rt 7 and that's my go to place
I actually used to get the burrito there which was unreal!!! Now I'm starving.
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Biden requests Mehmet Oz and Herschel Walker resign from presidential council or be terminated
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Biden requests Mehmet Oz and Herschel Walker resign from presidential council or be terminated
And why are you up?
I woke up at 4 with heartburn
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And why are you up?
woke up at 3:45 and just was wide awake and I kept thinking about work I had to do
so came to the home office...not getting that much work done :(
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And why are you up?
woke up at 3:45 and just was wide awake and I kept thinking about work I had to do
so came to the home office...not getting that much work done :(
You post so much here and seem to be all over the rest of the internet so much, I didn't realize you had a job. :)
Or, maybe the above is why you're working at 3:45am, and I' just getting up to pee for the third time and going right back to sleep.
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You post so much here and seem to be all over the rest of the internet so much, I didn't realize you had a job. :)
Or, maybe the above is why you're working at 3:45am, and I' just getting up to pee for the third time and going right back to sleep.
can confirm
but it is rare for me to get up that early and work...I took off Monday and goofed off a little too much yesterday with all these deliverables due today
but got a solid 2 hours in with no emails, chats or phones ringing or other distractions that come with working from home
so that was nice
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Out: Trump International Hotel
In: Waldorf Astoria (https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/03/25/gsa-approves-trump-dc-hotel-sale/)
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WWE star Triple H announces retirement from in-ring action after heart surgery (https://www.espn.com/wwe/story/_/id/33594137/wwe-star-triple-h-announces-retirement-ring-action-heart-surgery)
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Genesis (https://deadline.com/2022/03/phil-collins-genesis-final-show-in-london-1234987750/)
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Foos tour, including fests and MPP.
[Decent decision imo]
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Bruce Willis from acting due to aphasia, a communication disorder
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Bruce is a hard worker...look how many projects he was in
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Willis_filmography
he has almost 25 direct-to-video credits since 2015!
obviously they all sucked and likely paid poorly, but still that's a lot of work
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That sucks
He has done good work
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I had a very brief spell of aphasia Christmas Day…it’s kind of terrifying
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Bruce is a hard worker...look how many projects he was in
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Willis_filmography
he has almost 25 direct-to-video credits since 2015!
obviously they all sucked and likely paid poorly, but still that's a lot of work
There has been many rumours and reports from film staffs that he has early dementia from Alzheimers and has been working in every project possible to try and accumulate as much money for his family as possible. He has had to wear an earpiece in his last several films to feed him lines. This is clearly what was getting speculated as "Alzheimers."
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Sigh
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Jen Psaki is leaving. Not sure how many Scaramuccis that was.
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Jen Psaki is leaving. Not sure how many Scaramuccis that was.
she really is the best, she should run for office TBH
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Supposedly heading for MSNBC
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Jen Psaki is leaving. Not sure how many Scaramuccis that was.
Again, as a person who has had drinks we me, she's the best.
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Jen Psaki is leaving. Not sure how many Scaramuccis that was.
Again, as a person who has had drinks we me, she's the best.
uh oh, that didn't work out well for t-mac
(https://c.tenor.com/4RD1SmseKVsAAAAC/kiss-of-death-god-father.gif)
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Jim Carrey
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prince of Jordan
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/jordans-prince-hamza-relinquishes-title-2022-04-03/
although his older half brother and current kind rescinded it in 2004....
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prince of Jordan
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/jordans-prince-hamza-relinquishes-title-2022-04-03/
I mean, we still have Michael Jordan running the Bobcats into the ground, so that's pretty good.
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and in a related story
https://weartv.com/news/local/tate-high-graduate-jordan-chases-american-idol-journey-comes-to-an-end
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Chesapeake Bay Blues Festival (https://wtop.com/anne-arundel-county/2022/04/2022-chesapeake-bay-blues-festival-show-will-be-the-last/)
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Chesapeake Bay Blues Festival (https://wtop.com/anne-arundel-county/2022/04/2022-chesapeake-bay-blues-festival-show-will-be-the-last/)
now these guys really have something to sing about ;)
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Will Smith banned from the Oscars for ten years
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Imran Khan
PM of Pakistan
Interesting note
The prime minister of Pakistan serves for a five-year term. However no elected or appointed prime ministers have served the entirety of their term to date.
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(https://tenor.com/view/sad-alex-jones-crying-meltdown-gif-15358429.gif)
InfoWars (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/apr/18/infowars-website-bankruptcy-protection-alex-jones)
Oh, happy day! ;D
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You got me excited...they filed for bankruptcy protection
which means, they are not going anywhere but will stiff the people they owe debt too
Chapter 11 bankruptcy procedures put a hold on all civil litigation matters and allow companies to prepare turnaround plans while remaining operational.
I do like they refer to him in AP as conspiracy theorist Alex Jones
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I do like they refer to him in AP as conspiracy theorist Alex Jones
I'm just glad they didn't identify him as a "certified Weblebrity" as it would take some of the shine off.
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which means, they are not going anywhere but will stiff the people they owe debt too
They'll just have to pay it back over time instead of all at once.
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which means, they are not going anywhere but will stiff the people they owe debt too
They'll just have to pay it back over time instead of all at once.
but not with interest and what if the entity you owe the large debt to goes out of business?
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not surprising at all: CNN Plus (https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2022/04/21/cnn-plus-streaming-shut-down-warner-bros/)
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not surprising at all: CNN Plus (https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2022/04/21/cnn-plus-streaming-shut-down-warner-bros/)
Didn't even get to finish my free month!
I also never actually logged in either....
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I also never actually logged in either....
i wonder what could have caused the collapse of this venture...
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i wonder what could have caused the collapse of this venture...
Clearly me not using my influencer skillz
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James Corden leaving the "Late Late Show" in 2023.
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James Corden leaving the "Late Late Show" in 2023.
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/3c/2c/0d/3c2c0db786589d96c7392547c3c25966.gif)
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Roe v Wade
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Roe v Wade
beat me to it
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I was just making the point to sidehatch this weekend that you could appoint anyone off the street and they would do a better job. These justices are political hacks that make it up as they along couching it all in blibber blubber. Sitting on the current court are traitors, rapists… you name it.
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next up, gay marriage?
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I’m looking forward to the return of leaded gas, because who needs clean air in this country..
And yes Gay marriage and Sodomy are next followed swiftly by interracial marriage and banning contraception. It will be race to the bottom in red states to get laws on the books. FL and TX leading the way..
If only the party of limited government worked as hard at wanting to control anything non white straight male into solving real problems like health care, poverty, the unhoused, etc
Dems better grow a spine and actually want to hold power…
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You do realize that two of the conservative justices aren't straight white males?
However, six of the nine justices are Catholic and a seventh is a former Catholic. That's something that these creeps have in common (excludng Sonia.")
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this can backfire and help the dems in 2022?
59% of americans support RvW, so maybe that will be a wedge issue that get's people to the polls
https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/05/06/about-six-in-ten-americans-say-abortion-should-be-legal-in-all-or-most-cases/
still kind of a moonshot and we loose control of everything, Trump becomes speaker of the house and dissolves the US Gov't
We are pretty screwed on the SCOTUS, only play was to pack the court and good ole dems couldn't pull the trigger
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All bets are off….hard to tell what will happen
Although pretty likely we will get the biggest women’s march ever in DC
I think this decision will also motivate conservatives and Trump support ….after all Trump would get the credit
Such an important and critical decision on a state by state basis? Seems a bit crazy
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Although pretty likely we will get the biggest women’s march ever in DC
I hope so, but the marches should happen in every city in the US as well
although, marches are nice, but don't change laws, remove elected or appointed officials
crazy this draft got out...even scarier that we can see it in black and white and know there is zero we can do about it
The line I always heard is 'they (they people in charge) don't actually want RvW overturned as then they no longer have a wedge issue to get people to the polls" I'm sure they will just replace it with CRT or something
felling a little like Heston at the end of Planet of the apes right now
(https://64.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mda91vsBEg1qghl49o1_r1_500.gifv)
‘You Maniacs! You blew it up! Ah, damn you! God damn you all to hell!'
barricades up at the SCOTUS
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FRy62iWWUAQYqHe?format=jpg&name=large)
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Barricades have been up since that dude set himself on fire. They were not put up in response to this leak.
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Barricades have been up since that dude set himself on fire. They were not put up in response to this leak.
the self-emollition that no one really heard about
I would hope if I set my self on fire for a cause, it would make the news
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I would hope if I set my self on fire for a cause, it would make the news
No one even goes to see Stars anymore.
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I would hope if I set my self on fire for a cause, it would make the news
No one even goes to see Stars anymore.
Though some people still prefer them to Broken Social Scene.
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(https://i.ibb.co/BrnM0CZ/Wallet-Inspector.jpg)
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Murkowski has been rocked!
"My confidence in the court has been rocked. "
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Murkowski has been rocked!
"My confidence in the court has been rocked. "
If she really wants to be rocked, she should check out Parquet Courts.
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It’s all bullshit
States don’t have the right to order a recount of a state run election in a federal election but they have the right to decide on abortion
So the usual crock of shit on states rights except how they run their elections
Coincidentally the US decline and rot set in with Gore v Bush.
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I don't follow?
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this can backfire and help the dems in 2022?
59% of americans support RvW, so maybe that will be a wedge issue that get's people to the polls
Where do they live?
I only think electorally....
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I totally agree, not helping in NY or CA
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this can backfire and help the dems in 2022?
59% of americans support RvW, so maybe that will be a wedge issue that get's people to the polls
Where do they live?
I only think electorally....
33 pro-choice states (including DC)
17 anti-choice state
1 tie
https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/religious-landscape-study/compare/views-about-abortion/by/state/
I'm not going to do the electoral math, but I see quite a few "red states" which are pro-choice.
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so do we need an "Say it isn't so, Roe" thread
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Barricades have been up since that dude set himself on fire. They were not put up in response to this leak.
New bigger fences up now, these ones are definitely due to the leak
Also do we pretty much agree that most of these leaks are coming from the right (Madison too)
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ipod
https://www.axios.com/2022/05/10/apple-discontinuing-ipod
TBH, I didn't even know it was still alive
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ipod
https://www.axios.com/2022/05/10/apple-discontinuing-ipod
TBH, I didn't even know it was still alive
iPod Touch was still around, basically an iPhone w/o the phone. Available while supplies last.
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David Crosby has retired from touring
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Well, at least we still have Bing Cros-- wait, nevermind.
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Well, at least we still have Bing Cros-- wait, nevermind.
Like other artists, at least he can make a healthy living via Spotify.
I can't believe I used "healthy living" and "David Crosby" in the same sentence. Well technically, I ddin't.
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Croz sold the rights to his songs to Azoff which is why he can afford to retire
Otherwise he would be gearing up to play the Birchmere later this year
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The bill to codify abortion
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Trump DC Hotel
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Landmark Mall*
https://youtu.be/pj1GxX6QAf0
*yes been closed for a while, but they do the wrecking ball to the sign in this video from yesterday
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Always hated that place…maybe cause it reminded me of a Sears credit card I had with an ungodly apr from when I bought a microwave there
Or maybe cause I took my car there once
Or maybe cause the area around it just never appeals to me
I mean compared to tysons corner mall landmark was a dump
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Or maybe cause the area around it just never appeals to me
yeah..that part of NOVA is just weird, no soul at all.
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Sheryl Sandberg
Says Looming Roe Reversal Motivated Her Resignation
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Elvis weddings in Vegas (https://loudwire.com/las-vegas-chapels-legal-order-stop-using-elvis-presley-name-likeness/)
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^lame
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It’s tough to tour and bring in the $ for Elvis….
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Joe Maddon.
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Reigning Sound
partially Covid'd
https://twitter.com/ReigningSound1/status/1534551512319291392?s=20&t=dAOE2kcviqr-0RZm-adpvw
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Molly Smith
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Prematurely announcing his own demise:
Novelist James Patterson says older white men experience 'another form of racism'
"It's even harder for older writers," Patterson laments. "You don't meet many 52-year-old white males."
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Ageism is real….I have certainly heard older women say they feel discriminated more for their age than for being a woman when it comes to jobs.
Having said that he has made over $400 million and had six books made into movies so not sure he is the right messenger….
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Novelist James Patterson says older white men experienced 'at whining and playing the victim'
FTFY
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Prematurely announcing his own demise:
Novelist James Patterson says older white men experience 'another form of racism'
"It's even harder for older writers," Patterson laments. "You don't meet many 52-year-old white males."
He needs to come to our next forum meetup.
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BTS
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BTS
to produce solo projects
I don't get the popularity with these guys, but I was never a fan of any boy band, so there is that
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GWU to discontinue Colonials moniker (https://wtop.com/dc/2022/06/gwu-to-discontinue-colonials-moniker-input-sought-on-renaming/)
Cue the MAGA harpies....
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GWU to discontinue Colonials moniker (https://wtop.com/dc/2022/06/gwu-to-discontinue-colonials-moniker-input-sought-on-renaming/)
Cue the MAGA harpies....
Yike the fake outrage will be deafening
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to produce solo projects
That's what Robbie Williams said, Justin Timberlake said, Harry Styles....
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Smoke and Barrel
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Vince McMahon steps down as WWE CEO following hush money allegations (https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/17/investing/wwe-vince-mcmahon-steps-down/index.html)
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(https://i.imgflip.com/6k1w41.jpg)
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Macron loses absolute majority in parliament
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gronk, again (https://sports.yahoo.com/rob-gronkowski-retires-after-11-seasons-4-super-bowl-championships-183152718.html)
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gronk, again (https://sports.yahoo.com/rob-gronkowski-retires-after-11-seasons-4-super-bowl-championships-183152718.html)
Until Brady calls him. Again.
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those two really know how to put a flame under a contract. nice racket they got going there...
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Mo Brooks
needed some good news!
although his replacement (endorsed by Trump) is probably just as nuts
still glad to see him lose in a primary as that ensures the party is done with him too
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Scott Pruitt who came in fifth in a senate seat primary in Oklahoma
Also some big lie proponents lost in Colorado
https://twitter.com/taniel/status/1541985434032656384?s=21&t=lJO4V-QwCtLhBjILLKlSmQ
If down ballot races and results are your jam then that’s the Twitter account for you.
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Also some big lie proponents lost in Colorado
Boebert unfortunately easily won her primary
We definitely need the cousinfucking tapes is the lesson learned here
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Lev Parnas, a figure in Donald Trump's first impeachment, sentenced to 20 months in prison for campaign finance crimes.
oh and this
Ghislaine Maxwell was sentenced to 20 years for conspiring with Jeffrey Epstein to recruit and sexually abuse underage girls
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R Kelly
30 Years
8-|
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R Kelly
30 Years
8-|
I read Jim DeRogatis' book about him like 2 years ago at the beach -- how much fun am I? -- and man, he got off easy.
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Radiohead?!? (https://www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/article/radiohead-never-coming-back-17274731.php)
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Although he may be right about Radiohead breaking up, I hate pretentious douchebag writers like that. I'm not sure which boardie he is though.
Radiohead?!? (https://www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/article/radiohead-never-coming-back-17274731.php)
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Although he may be right about Radiohead breaking up, I hate pretentious douchebag writers like that. I'm not sure which boardie he is though.
Even when the breakup is amiable — like REM blessedly retiring over a decade ago, sparing me from the agony of having to hear Michael Stipe’s singing voice ever again — they’re gonna tell you.
That's from the very first paragraph. Stopped reading after that.
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Drew Magary is a doofus.
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Although he may be right about Radiohead breaking up, I hate pretentious douchebag writers like that.
i posted that link 50% because it's radiohead, and 50% fishing for a reaction to the pompous, self-referential writing. soooooo douchey.
I'm not sure which boardie he is though.
lol
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I'm not sure which boardie he is though.
lol
Laughing because it's you, no doubt....
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Although he may be right about Radiohead breaking up, I hate pretentious douchebag writers like that. I'm not sure which boardie he is though.
Radiohead?!? (https://www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/article/radiohead-never-coming-back-17274731.php)
Are we confident this isn’t a Kula shaker
https://www.nme.com/features/music-interviews/kula-shaker-crispian-mills-robbie-williams-radiohead-90s-3252289
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Drew Magary is a doofus.
Magary is pretty good. What about his story are you disagreeing with?
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Drew Magary is a doofus.
Magary is pretty good. What about his story are you disagreeing with?
Well it’s isn’t so much a story as a wild ass guess being presented as certainty.
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Boris
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3 Stars Brewing Company
After almost 10 years, We're closing our doors
Our taproom will be closing Sunday Night and wholesale operations will continue for a little while longer. So either come see us or visit your local retailer while you can. Up to 50% off barrel aged bottles & 20% off cans to-go all weekend!
bummer, I know Yada like to slag on them, but I thought they made plenty of good brews and supported the homebrew community
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I know Yada like to slag on them
as if on queue
RIP to sweeties favorite brewery, 3 Stars.
Won't be missed!
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I know Yada like to slag on them
as if on queue
RIP to sweeties favorite brewery, 3 Stars.
Won't be missed!
post like it's 2013?
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damn the hits just keep coming to the local scene...still will be able to buy, but what's the fun in gin made in Kansas
(https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/292824445_5340534886033128_1308013900623657876_n.png?stp=dst-png_p526x296&_nc_cat=110&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=2c4854&_nc_ohc=Fr63PCdW0VsAX85yTzR&_nc_ht=scontent-iad3-1.xx&oh=00_AT9P3ND12m7beN640X0yi4vnUUGXkCZxE2o9EWvICUS6ZQ&oe=62CD06CA)
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The fuck!?
My favorite Richmond gin distillery (James River Distillery — their UA naval strength gin is/was one the best gins in the world, and this is coming from me) closed two weeks ago and now this. These are sad times for mid-Atlantic G+T drinkers.
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Musk Twitter deal.
Good
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But apparently they are to now force him to buy it :o :-\
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i believe the original offer included a $1 billion penalty to any party that backed out. i have to assume that elon will make the argument that twitter misrepresented itself (re: number of bots) and thus he should be able to back out without penalty.
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Wouldn't it be great to be rich enough to violate contracts and settle in or out of court about it?
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The Julian’s America thread is over there.
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3 Stars Brewing Company
After almost 10 years, We're closing our doors
The funniest response to this news
Maybe because it only got 3 stars?
(yes I know it's a ref to the dc flag)
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Bad Saint
https://www.popville.com/2022/07/bad-saint-dc-closed/
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The president of Sri Lanka has fled the country
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The president of Sri Lanka has fled the country
...to the Maldives. I'll put this in the "early-retirement" category.
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That's near the top of my list of places to flee to.
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That's near the top of my list of places to flee to.
may not be around in a decade or two due to sea level rises, so make it a stop off point than a final destination
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bleak
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The president of Sri Lanka has fled the country
...to the Maldives. I'll put this in the "early-retirement" category.
Again, the Julian's America thread is over there!
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bleak
the country is actively buying land on other continents as they know they are on borrowed time
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2008/nov/10/maldives-climate-change
The Maldives will begin to divert a portion of the country's billion-dollar annual tourist revenue into buying a new homeland - as an insurance policy against climate change
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Lauren Boebert’s landlord refused to renew her lease, Shooter’s Grill is officially closed
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Max's
(https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/293844187_2258405314325317_7066624265140903922_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_s720x720&_nc_cat=107&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=5cd70e&_nc_ohc=_sxTXrrg6fEAX-Py-TK&_nc_ht=scontent-iad3-1.xx&oh=00_AT_YBVUrGz_0p_aK7Dc7kA9xAFelSPyXUpmsY8DxQP5b2w&oe=62D45EEA)
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Max's
(https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/293844187_2258405314325317_7066624265140903922_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_s720x720&_nc_cat=107&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=5cd70e&_nc_ohc=_sxTXrrg6fEAX-Py-TK&_nc_ht=scontent-iad3-1.xx&oh=00_AT_YBVUrGz_0p_aK7Dc7kA9xAFelSPyXUpmsY8DxQP5b2w&oe=62D45EEA)
Their cock roaches the size of rats will not be missed.
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Fauci says he plans to retire by end of Biden’s current term (https://wtop.com/government/2022/07/fauci-says-he-plans-to-retire-by-end-of-bidens-current-term/)
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One America News
lost its last major cable carrier, as Verizon Fios
said they couldn't reach an agreement and will remove it from their lineup on July 31.
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One America News
lost its last major cable carrier, as Verizon Fios
said they couldn't reach an agreement and will remove it from their lineup on July 31.
You’re welcome.
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Samantha Bee’s "Full Frontal"
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Samantha Bee’s "Full Frontal"
What happened? I thought it was popular
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What happened? I thought it was popular
New Time Warner CEO is really conservative. CNN is also rehabbing Trump staffers like Mick Mulvaney to both sides the network. And by rehabbing I mean paying traitors millions of dollars to talk on the air.
America!
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Oh no
It’s bizarre how these traitors are everywhere but jail
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Choco taco
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(https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/resizer/91B9dXBqy3akuRm7Md0c5au7HeM=/1440x0/filters:format(jpg):quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/baltimorebanner/GJ2TT6OUFZGKNCJMO3TT7BNW34.jpg)
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Is that weasel?
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Tangible media was retired over a decade ago...
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4 time world champion Sebastian Vettel ended his holdout on Social Media yesterday and created an Instagram account. His first post was to announce his retirement at the end of the F1 season.
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4 time world champion Sebastian Vettel ended his holdout on Social Media yesterday and created an Instagram account. His first post was to announce his retirement at the end of the F1 season.
From F1 or Social Media?
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From F1 or Social Media?
Would be next level if he did both, but I suspect just F1. He is a very outspoken driver on social issues so upon losing the attention being an F1 driver affords him, he will take his causes to social.
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His show on WHFS was the best!
Is that weasel?
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His show on WHFS was the best!
Is that weasel?
Expansive music knowledge, indeed.
DJ/mailman "Bob, here" was also excellent! Wonder whatever happened to him?
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His show on WHFS was the best!
Is that weasel?
Expansive music knowledge, indeed.
DJ/mailman "Bob, here" was also excellent! Wonder whatever happened to him?
I knew it was Weasel. Anybody remember when he got busted on the Blovk?
I'm just rying to figure out what the refernce was. What went belly up, got fired, or retired? Did Weasel retire?
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I believe he was let go but is still alive.
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https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/culture/music/times-they-are-a-changin-baltimore-area-radio-icon-weasel-finds-himself-off-air-FWT2IGL74BB7BPZYTQZT3ZQQUY/
free sign up to site
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Steve Morse to step away from Deep Purple permanently: band pay tribute (https://www.loudersound.com/news/steve-morse-to-step-away-from-deep-purple-permanently-band-pay-tribute)
Steve Morse says it's impossible to commit to Deep Purple's future plans as he looks after his wife, who is battling cancer: "I simply must be there with her"
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Rep. Jackie Walorski
One less traitor to worry about
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Rep. Jackie Walorski
One less traitor to worry about
dude. she's from indiana. they'll just send someone else equally, or more, traitorous.
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Rep. Jackie Walorski
One less traitor to worry about
dude. she's from indiana. they'll just send someone else equally, or more, traitorous.
Killjoy
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Rep. Jackie Walorski
One less traitor to worry about
dude. she's from indiana. they'll just send someone else equally, or more, traitorous.
Killjoy
can confirm :(
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winningest tennis player ever to hang up her togs:
Serena Williams announces she will retire after 2022 US Open (https://sports.yahoo.com/tennis-serena-williams-announces-she-will-retire-after-2022-us-open-132009349.html)
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the stick shift (https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2022/08/stick-shift-manual-transmission-cars/671078/)
(appropriate reply: "ok boomer...")
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winningest
I'm sorry, as a pedant, I have to know how we're defining winningest.
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winningest
I'm sorry, as a pedant, I have to know how we're defining winningest.
it's ok, i love you just the way you are.
most Grand Slam match wins: 365 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All-time_tennis_records_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_singles#Grand_Slam_singles_totals)
most Grand Slam titles, in the open era: 23 (https://www.statista.com/statistics/280390/female-tennis-players-with-the-most-victories-at-grand-slam-tournaments/)
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Yawn
Steffi and Martina were in another league.
I do love Venus. There is a classy lady.
Some of the unsportsmanlike conduct Serena has pulled is beyond the pale.
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winningest
I'm sorry, as a pedant, I have to know how we're defining winningest.
it's ok, i love you just the way you are.
most Grand Slam match wins: 365 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All-time_tennis_records_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_singles#Grand_Slam_singles_totals)
most Grand Slam titles, in the open era: 23 (https://www.statista.com/statistics/280390/female-tennis-players-with-the-most-victories-at-grand-slam-tournaments/)
These seem very cherry-picked. Wouldn’t like “most wins all time” or “highest match winning percentage” seem like better indicators of who was “winningest,” which seems distinct from who was the best, which your numbers would allude to.
If you just want to talk about who won the most; it’s hard to make a case against Navartalova, especially if you consider doubles tennis is still tennis.
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RATM Tour
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RATM Tour
However, during the second show of the rescheduled tour in Chicago on July 11, frontman Zack de la Rocha injured his leg mid-performance. De la Rocha has since continued the tour with RATM, though he has been seated on stage while performing during each subsequent gig.
It seems like it would be impossible to sing RTAM songs seated?!
Was he seated in the DC shows?
Zack must return home for rest and rehabilitation [following the New York shows].
But he's going to do the 2 MSG show tonight and tomorrow
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Was he seated in the DC shows?
Zack must return home for rest and rehabilitation [following the New York shows].
But he's going to do the 2 MSG show tonight and tomorrow
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He was seated in DC. Well at least for the 2nd show (the Wed)
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Yeah, he was seated for the (first) DC show. Stagehands carried him on and off. He never stood up once.
It strangely still worked, especially with how they did the video feed.
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the Old span of the Harry Nice Bridge
https://wtop.com/maryland/2022/08/despite-pleas-from-federal-lawmakers-md-on-track-to-demolish-old-nice-bridge/
plan was to make it a recreational for bikers and such (since they cut out the bike lanes on the new bridge after they promised they would have them)
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Georgetown Cupcake
According to DC Health records, inspectors came to the location for a routine inspection on July 13, and that inspection returned several safety violations, including the presence of mouse droppings on shelves and mold on a Bailey’s Irish Cream container.
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Jon Batiste is leaving his role as band leader of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert after seven seasons.
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Georgetown Cupcake
According to DC Health records, inspectors came to the location for a routine inspection on July 13, and that inspection returned several safety violations, including the presence of mouse droppings on shelves and mold on a Bailey’s Irish Cream container.
You can't really stud down one of DC's biggest tourist attractions.
JUST IN: After being ordered to shut down by the city this week, Georgetown Cupcake says it has renewed its license and passed a re-inspection by DC Health and is now back open.
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Jon Batiste is leaving his role as band leader of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert after seven seasons.
interesting. he's been on a leave of absence, of sorts, for many weeks now and was supposed to come back in september if i remember correctly... guess he isn't coming back anymore.
what with his success in album sales and at the grammys recently, you gotta think he has better offers in front of him than leading a talk show's house band.
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what with his success in album sales and at the grammys recently, you gotta think he has better offers in front of him than leading a talk show's house band.
yeah, his star is shooting through the roof, why would you want to be the house band when you are a star in your own right
So do you guys on the west coast watch colbert and the late night shows at 8-9pm or do they air them later there
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Jeffrey Toobin@JeffreyToobin
Friends, I’ve decided that, after 20 years, I’m leaving @cnn
no more rubbing it out on Zoom calls I guess?
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So do you guys on the west coast watch colbert and the late night shows at 8-9pm or do they air them later there
i catch colbert on youtube. no idea when it's aired on tv...
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The irony….
Dude was elected cause Hillary email scandal
Politics is such bs
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Jon Batiste is leaving his role as band leader of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert after seven seasons.
interesting. he's been on a leave of absence, of sorts, for many weeks now and was supposed to come back in september if i remember correctly... guess he isn't coming back anymore.
what with his success in album sales and at the grammys recently, you gotta think he has better offers in front of him than leading a talk show's house band.
Batiste had taken time off to tend to his wife Suleika Jaouad, who has advanced leukemia. (https://people.com/music/why-jon-batiste-married-suleika-jaouad-at-home-amid-leukemia-fight/)
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what with his success in album sales and at the grammys recently, you gotta think he has better offers in front of him than leading a talk show's house band.
yeah, his star is shooting through the roof, why would you want to be the house band when you are a star in your own right
I would answer job/pay security/life stability (especially with an ill loved one). . . It worked for Max Weinberg for a long time. I mean, isn't he mainly a jazzbo? Unless he's got offers on top of offers rolling in for composing work, I can't imagine him as a top live draw.
Also, apparently Weinberg owns, or until recently owned a place in the city. The company that I work for did some minor work and I'll say this, he has a very quaint email address.
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what with his success in album sales and at the grammys recently, you gotta think he has better offers in front of him than leading a talk show's house band.
yeah, his star is shooting through the roof, why would you want to be the house band when you are a star in your own right
I would answer job/pay security/life stability (especially with an ill loved one). . . It worked for Max Weinberg for a long time. I mean, isn't he mainly a jazzbo? Unless he's got offers on top of offers rolling in for composing work, I can't imagine him as a top live draw.
Also, apparently Weinberg owns, or until recently owned a place in the city. The company that I work for did some minor work and I'll say this, he has a very quaint email address.
A "jazzbo" who just won eight Grammys, including album of the year.
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Jon Batiste is leaving his role as band leader of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert after seven seasons.
interesting. he's been on a leave of absence, of sorts, for many weeks now and was supposed to come back in september if i remember correctly... guess he isn't coming back anymore.
what with his success in album sales and at the grammys recently, you gotta think he has better offers in front of him than leading a talk show's house band.
Batiste had taken time off to tend to his wife Suleika Jaouad, who has advanced leukemia. (https://people.com/music/why-jon-batiste-married-suleika-jaouad-at-home-amid-leukemia-fight/)
I wonder what Chris Rock's take on this will be.
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what with his success in album sales and at the grammys recently, you gotta think he has better offers in front of him than leading a talk show's house band.
yeah, his star is shooting through the roof, why would you want to be the house band when you are a star in your own right
I would answer job/pay security/life stability (especially with an ill loved one). . . It worked for Max Weinberg for a long time. I mean, isn't he mainly a jazzbo? Unless he's got offers on top of offers rolling in for composing work, I can't imagine him as a top live draw.
Also, apparently Weinberg owns, or until recently owned a place in the city. The company that I work for did some minor work and I'll say this, he has a very quaint email address.
A "jazzbo" who just won eight Grammys, including album of the year.
That is true, but there's a lot of former Grammy winners that can't fill seats years later. Maybe as a failed musician working in accounts receivable for a painting company, my haterish side might be showing a little. I will say that I'll miss him on the show. I did enjoy the sometimes awkward chemistry between Colbert and Batiste's very different personalities (particularly the New Orleans-isms).
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I will say that I'll miss him on the show. I did enjoy the sometimes awkward chemistry between Colbert and Batiste's very different personalities (particularly the New Orleans-isms).
especially when compared to the dreadfully awkward interaction colbert tries to get going with the new band leader dude, on guitar... he just doesn't have it. they need to take away his mic.
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Steve Martin thinks he's taken his last ever acting role and will retire (https://www.unilad.com/film-and-tv/steve-martin-retire-acting-20220811)
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Steve Martin thinks he's taken his last ever acting role and will retire (https://www.unilad.com/film-and-tv/steve-martin-retire-acting-20220811)
Spoiler alert
the last episode is going to be live and they are going out with a murder/suicide
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Steve Martin thinks he's taken his last ever acting role and will retire (https://www.unilad.com/film-and-tv/steve-martin-retire-acting-20220811)
Spoiler alert
the last episode is going to be live and they are going out with a murder/suicide
Perhaps he's still smarting that Anne Heche left him for Ellen.
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Steve Martin thinks he's taken his last ever acting role and will retire (https://www.unilad.com/film-and-tv/steve-martin-retire-acting-20220811)
Spoiler alert
the last episode is going to be live and they are going out with a murder/suicide
Perhaps he's still smarting that Anne Heche left him for Ellen.
I think may have stung a little
her confession that the best sex she ever had was with Ellen DeGeneres.
https://okmagazine.com/p/anne-heche-told-all-dead/
Timed awkwardly, ... Heche had just released an autobiography, Call Me Crazy,
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Liz Cheney
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Can’t argue with her speech although I found her repeated references to the civil war and prediction of increased violence by Trump supporters kind of chilling.
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Can’t argue with her speech although I found her repeated references to the civil war and prediction of increased violence by Trump supporters kind of chilling.
Unfortunately she is 100% right
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Maybe it is just me . . . she's not your friend. She is still opposed to gun control, abortion and the Affordable Care Act, and only changed her opinion about gay people and gay marriage, when she lost her first senate run.
Thank you to her, for what she is trying to do, but fuck her, for who she really is when the cameras and microphones are gone.
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I hear you walkie and have said and thought the same but as Americans isn’t the most important thing that our constitution and system of government remain? Without that everything and everyone is under threat.
I wouldn’t vote for her…… and I loathe her but these are crazy times and the issue of a coup attempt and future attempts seems all important.
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Ian Millhiser @imillhiser
I will say this for Liz Cheney: She was wrong about all but one thing, but that one thing was the most important thing. And she gave up more than most of us have to try to save it.
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Dan price
Seattle CEO famous for giving every employee a $70k paycheck resigns
https://thehill.com/homenews/ap/ap-business/seattle-ceo-who-cut-his-pay-so-workers-earned-70k-resigns/
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one would hope he's done, but he is QOP
Louie Gohmert leaves Congress having passed one law and spread countless falsehoods
17 years.. and a prototype for what now characterizes the QOP
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Dan price
Seattle CEO famous for giving every employee a $70k paycheck resigns
https://thehill.com/homenews/ap/ap-business/seattle-ceo-who-cut-his-pay-so-workers-earned-70k-resigns/
The King of Trite LinkedIn Platitudes.
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Gary Busey
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Gary Busey
shouldn't he go in the groper thread?
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Ahh good point. I may have prematurely retired him.
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Ahh good point. I may have prematurely retired him.
He was already retired for all intents. Unless you count appearances at Monster Mania.
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Gary Busey
shouldn't he go in the groper thread?
in case you missed it (https://www.thedailybeast.com/gary-busey-denies-sex-crime-allegations-as-new-details-surface-over-alleged-monster-mania-assault)... busey may not be retired, but he should strongly strongly consider retirement (from public appearances). sounds like things are going worse for him upstairs than usual.
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The republic (the place in takoma park, not our gov’t)
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The republic (the place in takoma park, not our gov’t)
Well, let's not get ahead of ourselves.
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Feist bails on greasy aracade fire guy's tour.
Has the board cancelled them yet?
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What about Jeff Beck?
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What about Jeff Beck?
I still can't believe a rock legend like him would open for AF.
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‘S.N.L.’ Loses Three More Cast Members (https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/01/arts/television/snl-loses-melissa-villasenor-alex-moffat-aristotle-athari.html)
Melissa Villaseńor, Alex Moffat and Aristotle Athari are the latest performers to depart “Saturday Night Live.”
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not quite dead yet
https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/exclusive-deal-partner-trumps-truth-social-fails-get-backing-spac-extension-2022-09-06/
although I'm sure this stings everytime they talk about truth social
He currently has more than 4 million followers - a fraction of the 89 million he had on Twitter
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NOFX
https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/nofx-breakup-announcement-2023-1235134557/
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NOFX
https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/nofx-breakup-announcement-2023-1235134557/
Dang. They were one of my favorite shows at the old 9:30 and haven’t seen them since then
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I had friends who darn right worshipped them back in the day. I never, could get into them at all, and always questioned my friend's musical tastes based on such devotion to what I thought was a crap band. It's funny, who we love as musical obsessions, and how they define us as people.
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NOFX
https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/nofx-breakup-announcement-2023-1235134557/
Crusty bread
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Oh no!! Blimey
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Yvon Chouinard, founder of Patagonia, and his family just gave away the entire company to a specially designed set of trusts and nonprofit organizations. They were created to preserve the company’s independence and ensure that all of its profits — some $100 million a year — are used to combat climate change and protect undeveloped land around the globe.
They even paid taxes on the deal ($17.5m).
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impressive. I heard he bought a ton of land in Chile, just so they could make it a notional park
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a notional park
dude, it's more than notional, it's actual!
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a notional park
dude, it's more than notional, it's actual!
has it taken you this long to realize spelling isn't my strong suit
By the way, I'm a protected class, so watch it or I'm sicking Kosmo on your for a DEI board violation
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has it taken you this long to realize spelling isn't my strong suit
nor is punctuation... <hides>
just yankin' your chain, t'was easy pickins and i'm lazy AF. and it's not as if i can claim the high ground: i type fast but not as fast as i think. i'm constantly skipping a word ("didn't mean do that") or getting the ending of a word wrong ("after the the bomb explode") because my brain has moved on before my fingers were done.
By the way, I'm a protected class, so watch it or I'm sicking Kosmo on your for a DEI board violation
boy are you SOL: i flunk that training every year.
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Roger Federer
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Roger Federer
Probably not the GOAT, but man, he was my favorite all time. Never a dude who made it look so absolutely effortless in his prime.
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He's also a dude he overcame incredible odds to achieve greatness. Dude was born with 50% of his name being E-R and look what he did despite that.
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Dude was born with 50% of his name being E-R and look what he did despite that.
can confirm, your math is correct
(since the first e in his last name isn't followed by an r, it's excluded)
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(since the first e in his last name isn't followed by an r, it's excluded)
This was my methodology, yes.
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Dude is also an absolute monster on the Peloton. He's high fived me before as well!
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i come to 930.com for the name-based numerological analysis.
and yeah, one of the all-time greats.
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nor is punctuation... <hides>
And capitalization is just blatantly ignored by both of you.
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Dude is also an absolute monster on the Peloton. He's high fived me before as well!
Federer? Really?
I think he’s the GOAT. Magical player and pure class
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It’s easy to be classy when you are always winning. It’s how you handle losing that says something. See his reaction after losing to Del Potro 2009 US open final.
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Dude is also an absolute monster on the Peloton. He's high fived me before as well!
Federer? Really?
I think he’s the GOAT. Magical player and pure class
Yup... he's a maniac on the bike if you ride. Anyway, he high fived me back on the leader board one day.
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It’s easy to be classy when you are always winning. It’s how you handle losing that says something. See his reaction after losing to Del Potro 2009 US open final.
On the other side of that equation: see Serena Williams in every loss ever.
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It’s easy to be classy when you are always winning. It’s how you handle losing that says something. See his reaction after losing to Del Potro 2009 US open final.
On the other side of that equation: see Serena Williams in every loss ever.
Serena is absolutely the worst sport. I don’t get all the worship of her. Meanwhile Venus is classy.
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Meanwhile Venus is classy.
This is correct.
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Right turns on red in the district
(not official, but likely to pass)
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Oh shit...that's not already allowed?
Right turns on red in the district
(not official, but likely to pass)
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Oh shit...that's not already allowed?
Right turns on red in the district
(not official, but likely to pass)
no, you currently can make a right on red at any intersection unless a sign is posted
but they are looking to change that to every intersection (which honestly a good idea for saftey in a city)
always one of my favorite lines about NY vs LA
I don't want to move to a city
(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/64Iod_BMKUk/maxresdefault.jpg)
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InfoWars?
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Hmm… an independent party to run infowars?!
How funny would it be if michael Moore got assigned
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The landscape of NHL blue lines changed dramatically in about 8˝ hours Tuesday morning with the announcement of the retirements of defensemen Keith Yandle, then Zdeno Chara, then P.K. Subban (https://www.nhl.com/news/pk-subban-zdeno-chara-keith-yandle-retirements/c-335664348).
Combined, they played 3,623 NHL games, the equivalent of nearly 45 seasons, scoring a cumulative 1,766 points (427 goals, 1,339 assists).
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The landscape of NHL blue lines changed dramatically in about 8˝ hours Tuesday morning with the announcement of the retirements of defensemen Keith Yandle, then Zdeno Chara, then P.K. Subban (https://www.nhl.com/news/pk-subban-zdeno-chara-keith-yandle-retirements/c-335664348).
Combined, they played 3,623 NHL games, the equivalent of nearly 45 seasons, scoring a cumulative 1,766 points (427 goals, 1,339 assists).
It’s stunning to me how quickly Subban got washed. Chara and Yandle winded down and hit some valleys on their path to retirement but Subban literally just became unplayable pretty much overnight at 31.
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The B-52's will go on one last tour beginning next week.
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The B-52's will go on one last tour beginning next week.
A band I will literally never understand the staying power of. So corny/kitschy and yet treated like "a very important band."
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Because it's corny/kitschy stuff that slaps.
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They are icons. They are influences. They are one of the important bands from an important era of music. They represented so much to the lgbt times of a generation.
I'm #blessed to have been able to see them live.
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is walky on his 3rd martini?
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I can’t say I see much importance to them though they would be the first to admit they weren’t at all about importance… just fun
But who doesn’t like the B52s?
Weren’t they from Athens? Paved the way for the scene?
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Dance that mess around!
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Dead and Company
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Dead and Company
Oh. That had been rumored…
One final go around
https://mobile.twitter.com/deadandcompany/status/1573386964354895873
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damn, came here to post this and rejoice ;)
(https://scontent-lga3-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/308495266_637763481045664_1124637207537087648_n.jpg?_nc_cat=102&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=730e14&_nc_ohc=URYWDHS20hwAX-VWxT2&_nc_ht=scontent-lga3-2.xx&oh=00_AT8Ry9aZu6V0l5WjCxcGsHTdfIk47NGReSmHADzv7JOcuQ&oe=6333C481)
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But what will deadheads do now? Some of them are still alive…….barely
This seems cruel
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Some portions of this ensemble will form a new band with a cleverly similar name and continue to milk this reputation for the next few decades.
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Wanders off to add a B-52s song to my in progress “Electric Slide Optional” playlist aka the best/west Wedding Reception ever
I also noted today their debut album was produced by Island Records main man Chris Blackwell
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Some portions of this ensemble will form a new band with a cleverly similar name and continue to milk this reputation for the next few decades.
The only "portion" of this ensemble that's hurting is the one keyboard dude... I think John Mayer will be just fine doing whatever he decides to do.
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I'm just grateful.
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I'm just grateful.
the legend returns
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Trevor Noah Announces He Will Leave ‘The Daily Show' (https://nyti.ms/3dWdg8W)
Telling his Comedy Central audience that it has been seven years since he replaced Jon Stewart, he says he will depart at a time to be determined
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He's got important things to Dua Lipa
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Trevor Noah Announces He Will Leave ‘The Daily Show' (https://nyti.ms/3dWdg8W)
Telling his Comedy Central audience that it has been seven years since he replaced Jon Stewart, he says he will depart at a time to be determined
This man was always profoundly goofy but never anything approaching funny.
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Dave Navarro for the first leg of PUMPKINS/JANE'S tour, incl Cap One.
His long covid is keeping him home. (Can't he get vitamin B injections or whatever to do the 65min set?!?!)
Sux esp because Eric Avery is back on bass so it woulda been an original lineup. Ugh.
Troy van Leeuween (QOTSA etc) is guitarist.
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That blows
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Dave Navarro for the first leg of PUMPKINS/JANE'S tour, incl Cap One.
wow that does blow with Eric getting on board for this tour
I was thinking of getting one of those goldstar tix...now going hmm
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Dave Navarro for the first leg of PUMPKINS/JANE'S tour, incl Cap One.
wow that does blow with Eric getting on board for this tour
I was thinking of getting one of those goldstar tix...now going hmm
Groupon lets you pick your seating level, from $30-$60:
https://www.groupon.com/deals/gl-lnc-the-smashing-pumpkins-jane-s-addiction-spirits-on-fire-tour-dc-2022
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no more bang (https://www.thestreet.com/investing/bang-energy-drink-files-for-bankruptcy)'ing
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that was quick
Liz Truss to resign as UK prime minister after 45 days in office
like 4 scaramucci's
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that was quick
Liz Truss to resign as UK prime minister after 45 days in office
like 4 scaramucci's
HA
Anthony Scaramucci
@Scaramucci
Liz Truss lasted 4.1 Scaramuccis
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See..I love that system…they are not stuck for four years with clown leadership
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The lettuce outlasted her ;D
the context being someone setup a live stream of a head of lettuce and a picture or Tuss to see who would last longer and well..
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See..I love that system…they are not stuck for four years with clown leadership
I really always thought the parliamentary stuff was a joke by the way the act on the floor
but I have to agree, I'm thinking it's a better system than ours
it's a system of gov't I'm really not well versed in
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I have thought the parliamentary system superior for about two decades now.
What I like is that to be PM your party must have the majority. None of this the president can’t do shit cause his party doesn’t control the senate BS. And if the PM fucks up then the majority party just replaces them. In our system we are stuck and can’t do anything…we elect a president to do stuff but most of the time they can’t do anything. All the stars have to align just so for an American president to get anything done and it’s likely to be a very short window anyways. In America these days a president is lucky to get a couple of bills through congress! How is that any way to govern?
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You do understand the extreme gerrymandering in the US would very much hurt the Dems in a parliamentary system, right?
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Although I do like the idea of the incoming PM coming and asking me for permission to form a government in my name . . .
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we will never have a parliamentary system in the US, and if by some miracle we converted to one ending gerrymandering would be easy….
I mean our system of government is in our constitution so we are stuck with it….if somehow we could change it we could easily ditch gerrymandering
We are convinced we are the greatest in everything so nothing changes….we are complacent and our government ossified
I mean if we can’t even ditch the electoral college….
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You know, you could just leave this country, since it's so bad and out of control. I'm sure the concerts, are wonderful.
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Ah the old “love it or leave it”!
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Yes. Find someplace better, and report back.
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Fuck off
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Yes. Find someplace better, and report back.
I mean, all the Scandinavian countries for the most part?
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Fuck off
Now, that's American.
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See..I love that system…they are not stuck for four years with clown leadership
I really always thought the parliamentary stuff was a joke by the way the act on the floor
but I have to agree, I'm thinking it's a better system than ours
it's a system of gov't I'm really not well versed in
as someone who grew up under a parliamentary system: same shit, different flies.
also, the grass is always greener: what it gains in immediacy (ability to change the leader, if not the entire admin) it lacks in checks and balances. the party in power can pass any law it wants and the opposition can do jack shit other than make speeches and bang on desks ("hear hear!!!"). the aspect that i like the most is that one party is clearly in power and all successes and failures can be directly linked to them. none of this "well we tried but the other side blocked us", or people from party A taking credit for boondoggles passed by party B (RE: republicans bitching and voting against the Inflation Reduction Act, then going home to bask in the glow of all the money coming to their district because of said Act).
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I'm sorry, Hutch; I shouldn't have been a dickhead to you. My beliefs, about how great we have it here compared to other places, doesn't excuse negative behavior towards others.
'Merica.
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The Sword (band)
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(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ffg8YSLUoAIFNNG?format=png&name=large) (https://twitter.com/a_drewsky/status/1583082040932474880)
(Twitter link)
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Whelp there goes my plan to rent a theater and it show it too all my friends
Right Wing Film Makers/Grifters get conned out of their money but an "ally"
And you know someone is now pitching this a documentary right now, given all the colorful characters involved in this.
Anti-Woke Superhero Movie Blown Up in $1 Million Con
The film was based on a Confederacy-themed superhero comic book character created by a right-wing blogger. But then the money disappeared.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/anti-woke-superhero-movie-rebels-run-blown-up-in-dollar1-million-con
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Finally some good Kanye news
adidas has terminated its long-running partnership with Kanye West
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Well, at least adidas still has Arizona State University, so at least that’s something.
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Damn
Brittney Griner Lost Appeal, Will Serve 9 Years in Russian Penal Colony
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You can’t tell me you are exactly surprised? She is a bargaining chip.
Russia and China are just hideous.
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Pop’s seafood in Adam’s Morgan
Bummer, ate there a few times when going to bedrock and really enjoyed the food/ atmosphere
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mick mars (https://ultimateclassicrock.com/motley-crue-john-5-mick-mars/)
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Rob Timm
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Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen file for divorce.
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Patti Smith's 1978 song "Rock N Roll N****r" has been removed from streaming services
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Patti Smith's 1978 song "Rock N Roll N****r" has been removed from streaming services
Oh boy
I wonder if anyone making decision actually listened to the song
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Doreen Gentzler (https://wtop.com/local/2022/10/doreen-gentzler-is-retiring-after-more-than-three-decades-on-nbc4/)
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first, I was like, WFT they fired Dorreen, what on earth could she have done
but thankfully she just retired
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Bolsonaro
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Lula won by 1.8% when polls had him with a bigger lead….
I am glad Bolsonaro lost but Lula is past his prime.
Bolsonaro is really the closest parallel to Trump.
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I am glad Bolsonaro lost but Lula is past his prime.
past-his-prime guy beating authoritarian... i see a pattern emerging.
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Past his prime guy barely beating authoritarian clown who oversaw worst reaction to covid (laughed it off…got covid) in a country completely split in two politically and where nobody thought he had a chance to be re-elected.
Bolsonaro has not yet recognized his defeat.
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and the alt-right are having an aneurysm right now. Bannon, Ali and a few other J6 leaders have already weighed in
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And Biden administration early last night recognized Lula’s victory in free and fair elections. We all know what team we are on.
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Netanyahu as Prime Minister
How many times do we have to post this in this thread and I have to remind folks:
We've been here before.
Do we have a back form the dead thread?
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Unfortunately one of the greatest politicians of my lifetime. I remember watching him on MacNeil Lehrer when he was Israel’s Ambassador to the UN in the 80s and thinking “….this guy is good..he’s going places.”
Very unfortunately.
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RFK Stadium’s iconic orange seats up for sale ahead of demolition (https://wtop.com/dc/2022/11/rfk-stadiums-iconic-orange-seats-up-for-sale-ahead-of-demolition/)
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RFK Stadium’s iconic orange seats up for sale ahead of demolition (https://wtop.com/dc/2022/11/rfk-stadiums-iconic-orange-seats-up-for-sale-ahead-of-demolition/)
hmm, I have two from MPP, maybe I should get two from RFK to match the pair?
edit...I'll pass at $450 for 1. Heck I got a covid special on my MPP ones and think I only paid 150 for 2
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RFK Stadium’s iconic orange seats up for sale ahead of demolition (https://wtop.com/dc/2022/11/rfk-stadiums-iconic-orange-seats-up-for-sale-ahead-of-demolition/)
hmm, I have two from MPP, maybe I should get two from RFK to match the pair?
edit...I'll pass at $450 for 1. Heck I got a covid special on my MPP ones and think I only paid 150 for 2
But my god man, this is RF freaking K.
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Christina Applegate
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Morissey cancels show due to chilly conditions. Lol
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do you still get to hang with the drummer?
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Geez make sure the heat is up at the Anthem on the 28th!!
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jez, plays 30 mins and walks off, I'm sorry that's lame
I'd be pissed if I spent $300 on a tix and $25 to park and a few over priced beers to see him walk off the stage in 30 mins
Sounds like a bad idea
Morrissey‘s long-awaited new album Bonfire Of Teenagers set to feature a handful of special guests including Miley Cyrus,
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And some people fly long distances to see him….
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Sounds like a bad idea
Morrissey‘s long-awaited new album Bonfire Of Teenagers set to feature a handful of special guests including Miley Cyrus,
seems like they agree
Additionally, the release of his new album has been put on hold indefinitely.
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I mean temperature is much better than walking off because of the smell of meat cooking at a festival....
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Ric Ocasek's marriage (definitely)
Story (https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/paulina-porizkova-ric-ocasek-separate-after-28-years/2018/05/03/0f2b4c90-4ebf-11e8-85c1-9326c4511033_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.5213b8da0b9a)
It seemed harsh to put this in the Schadenfreude thread as I know nothing about their relationship, but DAMN, Ric in his will....
“I will make no provisions for my wife because she abandoned me.” (https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/12/books/review/no-filter-paulina-porizkova.html)
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damn, left his oldest sons out of the will too
Ocasek had disinherited his two oldest sons, Chris and Adam, from his first marriage
(he divorced the mom in 71 when she was 6 months pregant)
leaving behind six sons — two from each of his three marriages.
does sound like paulina will be fine with getting 1/3rd of his estate
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Yes this is a very sad story I heard about years ago
Ric was a lot older than people think
Sometimes when people get old they lose their marbles or get bitter
Paulina found him dead cause she was bringing him breakfast or something…hardly sounds like abandonment …I think they actually still lived in same house
Inheritances are an interesting issue…there’s an argument to be made that you really shouldn’t inherit anything… I don’t believe anyone in my immediate blood 🩸 family ever inherited a dime …my dad was awful bitter about that…but curiously enough he is doing his utmost to disinherit me all but in name… i guess there is a difference between developing and developed countries…
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Yeah, what I read is they were essentially separated but living in the same house for 5 years or more
but he was 75 and she was 54 (and still looking fine)
She definitely was having outside relations...but they were also married for 30 years too, so regardless, that should count for something
but this is an area one should not seek sidehatch advice
I'm a big fan of the estate tax, but not sure I agree that there shouldn't be inheritance at all
those funds should be taxed as they are new to you, not a 'death tax'
(Amazing a generation of GOPers were conned in to thinking this was a national priority. When it only impacts a few thousand very wealthy people a year)
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Nancy Pelosi stepping down from House Leadership, but will remain in Congress (for now)
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Twiddle
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Hutch's favorite CNN reporter: Chris Cillizza
Twiddle
Had no idea this was a band, thought you were joking about Twitter
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Hutch's favorite CNN reporter: Chris Cillizza
Twiddle
Had no idea this was a band, thought you were joking about Twitter
They're unfortunately a real bad... approximately 7th tier on the hamband scale.
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Hutch's favorite CNN reporter: Chris Cillizza
Twiddle
Had no idea this was a band, thought you were joking about Twitter
They're unfortunately a real bad...
I see what you did there ;)
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Pat Collins
NBC 4 is basically down to zero legends
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do people actually watch nightly news anymore?
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do people actually watch nightly news anymore?
I'm sure. After two decades of living here, NBC4 is like family.
Vance, NBC Wendy, Doreen, Pat Collins, Bob Ryan, etc!
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Pat Collins
NBC 4 is basically down to zero legends
Just after he hit it big on John Oliver!
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Pat Collins
NBC 4 is basically down to zero legends
Just after he hit it big on John Oliver!
these are great
https://youtu.be/nTryv89cMJY
https://youtu.be/vOXuhJRqcOE
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City Winery DC?
Unconfirmed
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Someone I follow had a gig scheduled for The Loft at City Winery on 1/5 which was cancelled due to the venue closing on the first
https://twitter.com/kennywesley/status/1600983822958747649?s=46&t=J5GbFBgtt7urMXkQd3ajjQ
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odd as the CW site lists three shows at the loft in 2023
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The Best Brewery in the DMV! New District
/Sarcasmoff
I think?
Not clear, but there is an indoor dog park going into that location?
so maybe they are just moving??
really not sure how they even stay in business
https://www.arlnow.com/2022/12/12/new-indoor-dog-park-bar-says-its-coming-to-same-building-as-new-district-brewing/
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SAVOR: An American Craft Beer and Food Experience was in 2022.
It will not return, per @BrewersAssoc.
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Downtown Crown
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Mazza Gallerie (https://wtop.com/maryland/2022/12/mazza-gallerie-shopping-center-permanently-closes/)
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Downtown Crown
The beer and wine place or the shopping gallery?
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Downtown Crown
The beer and wine place or the shopping gallery?
Beer and Wine. Closed for a week due to frozen pipes and ensuing flood.
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Downtown Crown
The beer and wine place or the shopping gallery?
Beer and Wine. Closed for a week due to frozen pipes and ensuing flood.
Actually I think it’s the falls church that had the pipe burst
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Downtown Crown
The beer and wine place or the shopping gallery?
Beer and Wine. Closed for a week due to frozen pipes and ensuing flood.
Actually I think it’s the falls church that had the pipe burst
Can confirm. Dominion in Falls Church.
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Right outside crisp and juicy in Arlington
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Gah sorry. Got the two confused.
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Arizona Cardinals star defensive end JJ Watt to retire after this season (https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/27/football/jj-watt-arizona-cardinals-retire/index.html)
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Gareth Bale (https://twitter.com/GarethBale11/status/1612466979373461504)
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Proxy voting in the House
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Ben Sasse (https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/republican-sen-ben-sasse-officially-steps-opening-appointment-seat-rcna64818)
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Ben Sasse (https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/republican-sen-ben-sasse-officially-steps-opening-appointment-seat-rcna64818)
I don't agree with his politics, but he's a smart man who grew while in office and I'm sad to see him go prematurely.
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Ben Sasse (https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/republican-sen-ben-sasse-officially-steps-opening-appointment-seat-rcna64818)
I don't agree with his politics, but he's a smart man who grew while in office and I'm sad to see him go prematurely.
agreed. he's of the rare breed of "decent republicans"... an endangered species these days.
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Bed Bath & Beyond to close 5 Virginia stores: 'They've lost control'
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the party is over (https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/18/business/party-city-bankruptcy/index.html)
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New Zealand’s prime minister, Jacinda Ardern,
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Joe Trohman is stepping away from Fall Out Boy.
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Joe Trohman is stepping away from Fall Out Boy.
kinda wish they all would
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Did he have a falling out with the rest of the band?
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Did he have a falling out with the rest of the band?
https://consequence.net/2023/01/fall-out-boys-joe-trohman-takes-leave-of-absence/
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He's probably just the fall guy.
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AmazonSmile
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Lakeforest Mall (https://wtop.com/montgomery-county/2023/01/end-of-an-era-montgomery-co-mall-closing-after-nearly-50-years/)
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3 local Regal Cinemas, incl Rockville (https://mocoshow.com/blog/regal-to-close-its-rockville-location-after-nearly-25-years/)
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3 local Regal Cinemas, incl Rockville (https://mocoshow.com/blog/regal-to-close-its-rockville-location-after-nearly-25-years/)
As REM foretold, I really have no reason to go back to Rockville now.
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I gave up on Rockville about three years ago… it’s just a hike for very little payoff
But my dentist is there….
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But my dentist is there….
Find a new one, man. Don't go back.
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Tom Brady
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Omg, get out the tissues
https://twitter.com/TomBrady/status/1620772095889403905?t=nToSDJYKAKWLMSvkiM9deg&s=19
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https://nypost.com/2023/02/01/ozzy-osbourne-announces-retirement-from-touring-cancels-all-remaining-shows/
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Dr Phil Show
What will I watch now?!?
Tough day so far…
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Last 747 built (https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/01/31/farewell-queen-of-the-skies/?utm_email=A4C2453484A554BE344EA4A14A&g2i_eui=4eLiLdOZ30lKYW40N4BUS0flKh%2fzPWqJ&g2i_source=newsletter&lctg=A4C2453484A554BE344EA4A14A&active=no&utm_source=listrak&utm_medium=email&utm_term=https%3a%2f%2fwww.mercurynews.com%2f2023%2f01%2f31%2ffarewell-queen-of-the-skies%2f&utm_campaign=bang-mult-nl-morning-report-nl&utm_content=manual)
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Jon Wurster has left Superchunk (https://www.brooklynvegan.com/jon-wurster-has-left-superchunk/)
"As far as we know, Jon will keep his drumming duties with The Mountain Goats and Bob Mould."
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Finally.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein says she will not seek reelection in 2024 (https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/02/14/dianne-feinstein-senate-2024/)
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Succession
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Bummer but the story could not go on much longer without getting quite incredulous. Respect for not Showtiming this thing for 5 more years.
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Crossed posted to great headlines thread
Rep. Lauren Boebert’s Shooters Grill will be replaced by a Mexican restaurant
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Schadenfreude was actually the best location for that juicy news
A democrat party headquarters might have just been a tad better
Could start a new trend of Spite HQs
Like I could see the GOP opening one in a shuddered Planned Parrenthood
and the DNC in a closed gun shop
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Dilbert
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Lori Lightfoot
Man the right is doing a victory lap on this one
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At least we still have Switchfoot
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At least we still have Switchfoot
Wouldn't Gordon have been the appropriate post?
Do we know if Jeremy Renner still has his?
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At least we still have Switchfoot
Wouldn't Gordon have been the appropriate post?
Do we know if Jeremy Renner still has his?
The art to this is coming up with something that at first is not immediately apparent the connection but also doesn't take 3 weeks of Rosetta Stone-ing to decipher. Your Jeremy Rinner one is quite good.
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At least we still have Switchfoot
Wouldn't Gordon have been the appropriate post?
Do we know if Jeremy Renner still has his?
TBH, I wasn't really sure we still have Gordon Lightfoot.
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Have you seen a recent picture?
We barely do
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Oh no!
Patrick Wojahn, mayor of College Park.
Oh no!
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yeah a case of telling the mayor of Easton to hold his beer...
YIKES doesn't begin to describe that one...
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Patrick Wojahn, mayor of College Park.
this man on the street quote is great
Allen said, adding that he wishes the city’s next leader be “just a regular mayor who does his job.”
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KISS
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'zip-a-dee-doo-dah'
https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/03/business/disneyland-zip-a-dee-doo-dah-removal/index.html
Was just whistling this, do I need to be cancelled? Or is it ok without the lyrics
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'zip-a-dee-doo-dah'
https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/03/business/disneyland-zip-a-dee-doo-dah-removal/index.html
Was just whistling this, do I need to be cancelled? Or is it ok without the lyrics
So tired of mosi of this politically correct bullshit.
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Its not being done for your benefit.
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Its not being done for your benefit.
Who benefits from removing a song lyric from a Disneyland parade, and how much benefit do they gain?
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I wish the song could be judged separately from the racist movie.
Anyways it’s now stuck in my head.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah
To me it kind of sounds like a Johnny Mercer song.
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A very gullible version of myself believed for three years in my twenties that the original version of the song went “zip-a-dee-doo-dah zip-a-dee-yay, negros are inferior in every way,” before someone explained to me I had been had.
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A very gullible version of myself believed for three years in my twenties that the original version of the song went “zip-a-dee-doo-dah zip-a-dee-yay, negros are inferior in every way,” before someone explained to me I had been had.
That was from an SNL Saturday TV Funhouse cartoon (https://vimeo.com/40604999)
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'zip-a-dee-doo-dah'
https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/03/business/disneyland-zip-a-dee-doo-dah-removal/index.html
Was just whistling this, do I need to be cancelled? Or is it ok without the lyrics
So tired of mosi of this politically correct bullshit.
How long until Herr DeSantis stops this.
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'zip-a-dee-doo-dah'
https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/03/business/disneyland-zip-a-dee-doo-dah-removal/index.html
Was just whistling this, do I need to be cancelled? Or is it ok without the lyrics
So tired of mosi of this politically correct bullshit.
How long until Herr DeSantis stops this.
Or better yet, the will of thr people prevails.
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Pat Lawson Muse (https://wtop.com/dc/2023/03/nbc-washington-anchor-pat-lawson-muse-announces-retirement-after-40-years/)
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'zip-a-dee-doo-dah'
https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/03/business/disneyland-zip-a-dee-doo-dah-removal/index.html
Was just whistling this, do I need to be cancelled? Or is it ok without the lyrics
So tired of mosi of this politically correct bullshit.
How long until Herr DeSantis stops this.
Or better yet, the will of thr people prevails.
I mean, wtf is wrong with people?
https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/nba-raptors-issue-apology-after-deleted-womens-history-month-tweet-goes-viral-005636961.html
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'zip-a-dee-doo-dah'
https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/03/business/disneyland-zip-a-dee-doo-dah-removal/index.html (https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/03/business/disneyland-zip-a-dee-doo-dah-removal/index.html)
Was just whistling this, do I need to be cancelled? Or is it ok without the lyrics
So tired of mosi of this politically correct bullshit.
How long until Herr DeSantis stops this.
Or better yet, the will of the people privileged minority prevails.
FTFY
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'zip-a-dee-doo-dah'
https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/03/business/disneyland-zip-a-dee-doo-dah-removal/index.html (https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/03/business/disneyland-zip-a-dee-doo-dah-removal/index.html)
Was just whistling this, do I need to be cancelled? Or is it ok without the lyrics
So tired of mosi of this politically correct bullshit.
How long until Herr DeSantis stops this.
Or better yet, the will of the people privileged minority prevails.
FTFY
You are wrong. It's overeducated, privileged white people who are the most egregiously politically correct.
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Damn it…am 100% with Space
Liberals should watch it with all this crap…focus on the economy and crime and an endgame for Ukraine …. These sorts of woke side issues have the potential to kill Biden’s chances in 2024.
What we need is an economic boom…we really haven’t had one in going on 25 years!! Entire generations depending on their parents savings
Then again I thought democrats would get pummeled just a few months ago over inflation and crime
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Me and Hutch, old school Dems until we die.
All of this "woke" crap (and I use recognize it started as a good term) it just at this point and invented distraction to keep our mins off the real issue.
(Which of course is the Epstein guest list. My buddy Aaron Rogers told me this.)
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it’s up to the young people to decide what world they want and I am never going to not vote Democrat based on these issues while we have a Republican terrorist party. Like I really don’t think it’s anything for me to get riled up about even if I don’t get it and it’s something for me largely to keep my mouth shut about. When my parents were my age they were largely clueless when it came to a lot of these sorts of issues and I am guessing I am a bit the same now.
Let the young fight for the world they want and let the old stay out of the way or follow their lead as much as possible.
It’s still hard not to shake your head at some of this stuff.
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Mr. Big
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Mr. Big
If tour was sponsored by Peloton, that would be some next-level META marketing.
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Walgreens or Womens reproductive autonomy, depending on how the coin lands.
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The Conways
Kellyanne Conway and her husband George Conwayare reported to have retained lawyers as they plan to end their marriage
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Patrick Ewing as Hoyas coach
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Patrick Ewing as Hoyas coach
Hoyasaxa08 rejoices.
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Wow
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/03/10/silicon-valley-bank-is-shut-down-by-regulators-fdic-to-protect-insured-deposits.html
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Tastee Diner in Silver Spring (https://wtop.com/montgomery-county/2023/03/customers-shocked-as-tastee-diner-in-silver-spring-closes/)
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'Fo shizzle, my nizzle' (https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/rap-slang-popularized-by-snoop-dogg-gets-white-news-anchor-fired/ar-AA196dta?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=63ea8390abcb4193a234106f3fcadbb6&ei=14)
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daft punk is never getting back together
https://consequence.net/2023/04/thomas-bangalter-daft-punk-split
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Nightwish retire from touring for the foreseeable future: "we won’t be touring the next album" (https://www.loudersound.com/news/nightwish-wont-tour-next-album)
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The Dalai Lama?!?!
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The Dalai Lama?!?!
Sick fuq
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Was it "misogynistic" for me to say that Joe Alwyn probably feels like the luckiest man alive as of yesterday?
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Was it "misogynistic" for me to say that Joe Alwyn probably feels like the luckiest man alive as of yesterday?
yeah, but doesn’t she have Gavin rosedale kinda money?
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Joe has the networth of franz and ben combined...
Taylor has about 10x gavin money
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Joe has the networth of franz and ben combined...
Taylor has about 10x gavin money
Ben Kweller?
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Joe has the networth of franz and ben combined...
Taylor has about 10x gavin money
Ben Kweller?
Ben from the doing Seth a favor list
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Joe has the networth of franz and ben combined...
Taylor has about 10x gavin money
Ben Kweller?
was going to joke that Ben is probably living in a van down by the river, but this site says he's doing ok
https://caknowledge.com/ben-kweller-net-worth/
also, do they use AI to do these artist write ups?
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Joe has the networth of franz and ben combined...
Taylor has about 10x gavin money
Ben Kweller?
was going to joke that Ben is probably living in a van down by the river, but this site says he's doing ok
https://caknowledge.com/ben-kweller-net-worth/
also, do they use AI to do these artist write ups?
I follow him on IG... unfortunately his teenage son died tragically a few weeks ago, so, he's probably not doing ok.
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Oh no…. That’s horrible
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I follow him on IG... unfortunately his teenage son died tragically a few weeks ago, so, he's probably not doing ok.
yeah, I heard that. I can't imagine how horrible that would be
my OK had more to do with his financial status more than his mental health (which I would have thought most people would have assumed that)
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Was it "misogynistic" for me to say that Joe Alwyn probably feels like the luckiest man alive as of yesterday?
he probably won't after her next album
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Was it "misogynistic" for me to say that Joe Alwyn probably feels like the luckiest man alive as of yesterday?
he probably won't after her next album
Apparently Jake G is still getting hassled for keeping her red scarf
I asked my in house Swifty about this new and her response was "I don't believe it"
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HBO.
First Logan Roy, now this shit.
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HBO.
First Logan Roy, now this shit.
This is the most bewildering branding decision I've ever heard. HBO has massive brand equity, is synonymous with quality, they acknowledge both but want to rebrand it "Max!" so that it doesn't feel snooty. It's like rebranding Rolls Royce as "Fuckass trash car."
They've gotta be playing out an intentional New Coke scenario here.
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I'm trying to figure out these changes mean for me, an HBO subscriber (not HBO max subscriber). Get HBO through my condo's Fios plan, which also allows me to also use HBO Max. Will I be able to now access "Max?" Would find that hard to believe given Max will also have Discovery content.
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I'm trying to figure out these changes mean for me, an HBO subscriber (not HBO max subscriber). Get HBO through my condo's Fios plan, which also allows me to also use HBO Max. Will I be able to now access "Max?" Would find that hard to believe given Max will also have Discovery content.
I don't see anything on Discovery that I would want to watch. Am I missing something?
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I'm trying to figure out these changes mean for me, an HBO subscriber (not HBO max subscriber). Get HBO through my condo's Fios plan, which also allows me to also use HBO Max. Will I be able to now access "Max?" Would find that hard to believe given Max will also have Discovery content.
I am in the same boat as you -- well, I don't have a condo that is mandating I use FIOS, its just who I selected -- and I do believe we will have access to the new entity as a subscriber of terrestrial HBO. [[EDIT: It appears we might not get the 4K version of "MAX" but this is just online speculation.]]
I believe this is also the case with the Showtime/Paramount app merger.
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I also don't think people are talking about how from a SEO perspective, HBO has tons of potential (and actual) value and Max is virtually unsearchable.
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I'm trying to figure out these changes mean for me, an HBO subscriber (not HBO max subscriber). Get HBO through my condo's Fios plan, which also allows me to also use HBO Max. Will I be able to now access "Max?" Would find that hard to believe given Max will also have Discovery content.
I don't see anything on Discovery that I would want to watch. Am I missing something?
Pretty sure the only thing worth watching on Discovery in "Repair Show" in which Brits bring in various family heirlooms to be lovingly repaired... watches, clocks, toys, stuffed animals, leather goods, pottery, jukeboxes, instruments the lot... my better half adores the show...
so basically those in search of prestige TV are now funding "unscripted reality" TV schlock...
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also funding a harry potter tv series ::)
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More poop and good context about HBO (https://www.theverge.com/2023/4/12/23673475/warner-bros-discovery-max-new-name-hbo)
“We want [Max] to be welcoming to all and easily recognizable, including to a key customer segment, kids and families,” JB Perrette, president and CEO of Warner Bros. Discovery’s global streaming and games, said at the event. “We all love HBO. And it’s a brand that has been built over five decades to be the edgy, groundbreaking trendsetter in entertainment for adults. But it’s not exactly where parents would most eagerly drop off their kids.”
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Morrissey tour
Robert Smith taking it to a new level
https://thehardtimes.net/music/robert-smith-negotiates-with-ticketmaster-to-cancel-morrissey-tour-dates/
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Always knew that Bobby kid would do some good in the world
. Worse, sometimes he actually shows up
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the Nuge...thank goodness, but won't stop him from opening his mouth to any news outlet that will print it
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I don’t know…I was thinking a surprise at the club would be cool
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I don’t know…I was thinking a surprise at the club would be cool
Some gun club in central VA?
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Netflix dvd service.
It completely gutted.
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Netflix dvd service.
It completely gutted.
Thought of you when I heard!!
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Netflix dvd service.
It completely gutted.
Thought of you when I heard!!
well you have a little time to binge
Netflix will mail out the last DVD on Sept. 29.
Wonder if they will have a massive sell-off of their back catalog?
Is smax somewhere doing a happy dance
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Netflix dvd service.
It completely gutted.
Thought of you when I heard!!
Also immediately thought of Space.
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legacy verified checkmarks
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BuzzFeed
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BuzzFeed
correction: Buzzfeed News
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BuzzFeed
correction: Buzzfeed News
scooped!
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fired:
N.F.L. Suspends Five Players for Gambling https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/21/sports/football/nfl-suspensions-gambling-lions-commanders.html (https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/21/sports/football/nfl-suspensions-gambling-lions-commanders.html)
old school...
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Billy K being a member of Dead and Co... they need to put the nail in the coffin or just call it Mayer and Friends.
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Bed Bath & Bankruptcy
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Bed Bath & Bankruptcy
I laughed
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Tucker Carlson?!?
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Tucker Carlson?!?
I honestly don't know how to read these tea leaves. It appears he is fired, not resigned. Is Fox putting the Dominion settlement on him? Does this portend Fox trying to be slightly less insane or hard-right-ing towards OAN land? This is a watershed event in the modern history of cable news.
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rough morning for cable need hosts: Don Lemon out @ CNN
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Here's to videos of people smashing their expensive TVs
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Tucker Carlson?!?
whoa!
fitting response
Jon Stewart@jonstewart
👀
12:00 PM · Apr 24, 2023
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World of Beer in Ballston
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rough morning for cable need hosts: Don Lemon out @ CNN
CNNPR
https://twitter.com/cnnpr/status/1650545115897769985
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Was this posted?
https://dcist.com/story/23/04/24/amsterdam-falafelshop-to-close/
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Tucker Carlson?!?
some how we missed that Dan Bongino was let go on Thursday too
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some how we missed that Dan Bongino was let go on Thursday too
Sounds like the name someone would put their weed dealer in their phone as so as to not arouse suspicion if anyone looked at their address book.
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Jez also Maria Bartiromo & (judge) Jeanine Pirro!
Kinda had my head in the sand for a few days
but who's left at this point, Hannity, Ingram and Gutfeld?
ok, so don't think this happened and I was hoodwinked
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some how we missed that Dan Bongino was let go on Thursday too
Sounds like the name someone would put their weed dealer in their phone as so as to not arouse suspicion if anyone looked at their address book.
I just put Juilian
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Amsterdam Falafelshop
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Was this posted?
https://dcist.com/story/23/04/24/amsterdam-falafelshop-to-close/
Correct
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Mars Pet Rock
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Mars Pet Rock
they had 427 Sols together. If you love someone, set them free
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here's (another) one i didn't see coming: nate silver's contract at 538 won't be renewed.
Nate Silver Out at ABC News as Disney Layoffs Once Again Hit News Division (https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/nate-silver-leaves-538-abc-news-disney-layoffs-1235401689/)
ABC News is expected to retain the FiveThirtyEight brand, with plans to streamline the data-driven site.
silver founded the site, then sold it to ESPN, which in turn transferred it to ABC News (both owned by Disney), which then fired his ass.
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I still like nate (sometimes) but there is some serious Schadenfreude happening on the internet
this was a good tweet
Clue Heywood@ClueHeywood
FiveThirtyEight previously predicted a 98.7% chance that Nate Silver would keep his job forever.
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Pras Michel
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Pras Michel
I've read the headlines... but he was an FBI informant that was playing both sides?? Is that what happened?
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Sen. Ben Cardin’s (D-Md.)
Word is Jamie Raskin may run for this seat
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that would be awesome
Sen. Ben Cardin’s (D-Md.)
Word is Jamie Raskin may run for this seat
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that would be awesome
Sen. Ben Cardin’s (D-Md.)
Word is Jamie Raskin may run for this seat
can confirm
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Bob Vylan US tour due to visa issues
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Ehhh Bob Dylan last time I checked is an American citizen (born in Hibbing,Minnesota) so he doesn’t need a visa.
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Mahomes
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Mahomes
the brother
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Mahomes
the brother
Racist much?
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Mahomes
the brother
Racist much?
That was pretty good.
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Mahomes
the brother
Racist much?
That was pretty good.
I wrote that and immediately thought that after my black star comment the other week
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Messi at PSG.
Really hoping he comes to MLS (Inter Miami) but wouldn’t blame him from taking $ from Saudis ( rumored at $400 million / year) or returning to Barcelona although I wouldn’t do it.
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Jenny Craig (https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/jenny-craig-shutting-down-employee-layoffs-details-rcna82603)
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Sum 41
After of course the final album and tour
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Finally a prayer answered, sure took a long time
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MTV News (https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/mtv-news-shut-down-paramount-layoffs-kurt-loder-1235483098/)
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Astro Lab
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Astro Lab
At least we still have Man . . . Or Astroman?.
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AM radio
(In new cars https://consequence.net/2023/05/am-radio-eliminated-new-car-models/)
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AM radio
(In new cars https://consequence.net/2023/05/am-radio-eliminated-new-car-models/)
For Conservatives, this news is as bad ad taking away their gas stoves.
I'll br holding onto my car with a cd player for as long as possy, thank u.
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Vice (no your still vices are still there, this is the news org) filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
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The men of DC will now have their choice of MTG and Lauren Boebert. Who in their right mind would want to divorce these two women?
https://www.businessinsider.com/rep-lauren-boebert-files-for-divorce-2023-5
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JIMMY BUFFET BRIEFLY HOSPITALIZED
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At least we have a healthy Jimmy Buffett
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zlatan (https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/65806224)
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a roar of applause was heard
Chuck Todd is stepping down as moderator of NBC’s “Meet The Press."
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Chris Licht (https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2023/06/07/chris-licht-leaves-cnn-town-hall-atlantic/)
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Alkaline Trio Drummer Derek Grant Leaves the Band After 22 Years (https://loudwire.com/alkaline-trio-derek-grant-split-drummer-leaves/)
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fans will want to get in on his show at Wolf Trap this sunday, could be your last chance
“Anybody Would Say, ‘That’s Enough”: At 86, Buddy Guy Says It’s Finally Time to Come off the Road (https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/buddy-guy-damn-right-farewell-tour)
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Instant Pot (https://www.washingtonpost.com/food/2023/06/13/instant-pot-bankruptcy-declining-sales/)
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Robert Ludwig
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Deion Sanders' foot
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Deion Sanders' foot
This had been in my Facebook feed for literally years. I don't know why. I neither follow football nor am I a foot fetishist.
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the dude with small dick energy
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the dude with small dick energy
Hunter Biden or Andrew Tate?
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tate
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tate
He had a formal job from which to be fired from?
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Chap Petersen, Amanda Chase (at least until Trump gets re-elected and gives her an ambassadorship), Joe Morrissey (at least until Petersburg elects him mayor)
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Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte
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Razia Iqbal retired from the BBC. She will be missed.
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Don Geronimo (https://wtop.com/dc/2023/07/radio-host-don-geronimo-fired-after-sexist-comments-aimed-at-wusa9-sports-anchor/), who I had no idea was still working, fired from WBIG, which I had no idea was still a thing, for being a sexist jackass
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WeMightNotWorkMuchLonger (https://wtop.com/business-finance/2023/08/wework-says-substantial-doubt-it-can-stay-in-business/)
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WeMightNotWorkMuchLonger (https://wtop.com/business-finance/2023/08/wework-says-substantial-doubt-it-can-stay-in-business/)
Makes sense, people are just not returning to offices in general, why would they need a temporary office
it was a killer idea at the time
but I think the big change in cities will be they will be an effort to change zoning laws and convert all the office buildings into loft-style apartments and may actually create a surplus in the downtown apartments (although I'm sure Corps will buy them all up)
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Zoning laws aren't the only problem:
https://pjvogt.substack.com/p/why-cant-we-turn-all-the-empty-offices
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Zoning laws aren't the only problem:
https://pjvogt.substack.com/p/why-cant-we-turn-all-the-empty-offices
I'm not listening to that...can you give me a 100 word summary?
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well played, kinda what I felt when I clicked your link
I honestly wanted to know
it was even a topic at Davos
https://www.reuters.com/business/sustainable-business/davos-2023-convert-offices-homes-curb-housing-crisis-panel-2023-01-18/
but I was hoping for 4 bullet points no longer than 10 words each
Sounds like I need to ask ChatGPT
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but I was hoping for 4 bullet points no longer than 10 words each
Sounds like I need to ask ChatGPT
chatgpt's response in under 10 seconds (notice #1):
Zoning regulations limit usage changes.
Structural differences: offices lack kitchens, bathrooms, etc.
HVAC systems and noise isolation mismatch residential needs.
Limited natural light, window access, and outdoor spaces.
By the way, chatgpt can do most of your jobs for free...this is a bigger problem that people realize
I was impressed at its ability to keep to the 10 word limit
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when I gave ChatGPT the flexiblity and less constraints, I feel like it gave some really good answers to the problem
Question: are their solutions to Convert offices to homes to curb the housing crisis
ChatGPT Answer:
Yes, converting offices to homes can be a potential solution to address the housing crisis. Some considerations include:
Zoning and Regulations: Relax zoning laws to permit mixed-use or residential conversions.
Adaptive Reuse: Retrofitting office spaces to include amenities like kitchens, bathrooms, and living areas.
Infrastructure: Upgrading HVAC, insulation, and noise reduction for residential comfort.
Urban Planning: Implementing mixed-use neighborhoods for better work-life balance.
Affordability: Ensuring converted homes are affordable for diverse populations.
Green Spaces: Incorporating parks and communal areas for improved livability.
Light and Ventilation: Enhancing natural light and air circulation within spaces.
Transportation: Proximity to public transit to reduce commuting and congestion.
Sustainability: Employing eco-friendly practices in conversions for energy efficiency.
Community Engagement: Involving locals in planning to foster support and inclusivity.
Each solution requires careful planning and consideration of local factors.
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Each solution requires careful planning and consideration of local factors.
...and are unlikely to be economically viable, when all factors are taken into consideration.
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I asked ChatGPT to explain quantum physics in 2 words with 2 syllables each. It failed miserably.
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Each solution requires careful planning and consideration of local factors.
...and are unlikely to be economically viable, when all factors are taken into consideration.
So we have downtowns filled with empty office buildings that were built in the last 30 years
Seems insane
I mean, the whole office building thing, I think is a big money laundering operation or some sort of tax scam by big corps
I've never understood, even before covid how office buildings could have empty spaces for years...even decades.
Yet when a small business tries to rent, they are still asking top dollar for that space, they won't even negotiate most of the time
I think corporations like the losses to offset their profits in other sectors so they don't pay taxes.
I think part of the issue is the building owners want to sell at a profit...ultimately, I think the cities should use eminent domain to reclaim some to convert to affordable housing (although I'm sure the corporation will still get their pound of flesh from the taxpayers in that deal too)
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I asked ChatGPT to explain quantum physics in 2 words with 2 syllables each. It failed miserably.
ok, I asked but removed the syllable constraint
it answered:
Wave-Particle
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I asked ChatGPT to explain quantum physics in 2 words with 2 syllables each. It failed miserably.
ok, I asked but removed the syllable constraint
it answered:
Wave-Particle
that's a decent answer
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annie lennox (https://ultimateclassicrock.com/eurythmics-dave-stewart-annie-lennox-done-touring/) (per dave stewart)
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Thank god
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https://www.popville.com/2023/08/kellys-irish-times-dc-for-sale/?fbclid=IwAR1ico6y913jZ5geTLeUkZUzYOvRSR0XGyaKg44H1KGDnEpn044UuxQvZkU
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https://www.popville.com/2023/08/kellys-irish-times-dc-for-sale/?fbclid=IwAR1ico6y913jZ5geTLeUkZUzYOvRSR0XGyaKg44H1KGDnEpn044UuxQvZkU
oh fuck.
I gotta assume that place makes money, but it wouldn't if someone bought it at 2023 prices.
Didn't know they used to host shows there
There was a punk/new wave scene featured in the basement of this bar under the name "Something Reeks on Capitol Hill" back in the day. Remember seeing Original Fetish there, and maybe Tru Fax & the Insaniacs, too.
and in a case of bad timing, they just released a shirt est 1978
https://irishtimesdc.myshopify.com/products/kellys-irish-times-est-1978
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Weird thing is I always been told the Times has a favorable lease and the Times landlord was always happy just to keep renting and didn’t want to sell but maybe when the owner of the Times died something changed. Maybe son wants out as he is hardly ever there…frankly the place is totally neglected ….or maybe landlord decided it was time to sell when Hugh Kelly died.
I just feel for people that work there but place itself just isn’t doing much. Stopped by Tuesday night about 9:30 and hardly anyone there…by 11 they were closed. The homeless situation around there is bad since Black Lives Matter DC protests. Hardly any cop presence which is ironic given they are the DC cop bar!
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Well I know you will think this is not a good thing but White Ford Bronco got their start playing the basement of the Times. Trying to remember who else…
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Apparently the news is much exaggerated and building has been for sale for two years cause owner is asking for an absurd amount of money.
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https://www.popville.com/2023/08/kellys-irish-times-dc-for-sale/?fbclid=IwAR1ico6y913jZ5geTLeUkZUzYOvRSR0XGyaKg44H1KGDnEpn044UuxQvZkU (https://www.popville.com/2023/08/kellys-irish-times-dc-for-sale/?fbclid=IwAR1ico6y913jZ5geTLeUkZUzYOvRSR0XGyaKg44H1KGDnEpn044UuxQvZkU)
1,000
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Well I know you will think this is not a good thing but White Ford Bronco got their start playing the basement of the Times. Trying to remember who else…
on that alone, the city should have shut them down!
I was there on a Friday night around 8:30 PM to have some pints and schmooze with the bartender
and maybe 10 outside and 10 inside, so pretty dead.
but it was a gorgeous night and was kinda an odd time though
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(https://krystalkoons.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/krystal_koons_09.jpg?w=370)?
Koons Automotive, DC’s largest dealership, being acquired by Fortune 500 company (https://wtop.com/business-finance/2023/09/koons-automotive-dcs-largest-dealership-being-acquired-by-fortune-500-company/)
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I kind of hate it when that happens…..
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(https://krystalkoons.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/krystal_koons_09.jpg?w=370)?
Koons Automotive, DC’s largest dealership, being acquired by Fortune 500 company (https://wtop.com/business-finance/2023/09/koons-automotive-dcs-largest-dealership-being-acquired-by-fortune-500-company/)
this will totally ruin their craft/"mom and pop" vibe...
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Luis Rubiales
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How did I not know until yesterday that Dan Snyder had sold the Redskins? Did I sleep through the second half of July?
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How did I not know until yesterday that Dan Snyder had sold the Redskins? Did I sleep through the second half of July?
I think you were in Lisbon at the time.
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How did I not know until yesterday that Dan Snyder had sold the Redskins? Did I sleep through the second half of July?
I think you were in Lisbon at the time.
Nah, July 20. I was definitely here, working.
I don't really follow football.but why did they choose the name "Commanders?" Couldn't they have chosen a name that more respectfully tipped it's hat to the bravery and toughness of Native Americans, rather than a name that tips it's hat to politicians and military spooks?
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I don't really follow football.but why did they choose the name "Commanders?" Couldn't they have chosen a name that more respectfully tipped it's hat to the bravery and toughness of Native Americans, rather than a name that tips it's hat to politicians and military spooks?
I think the idea was anything Native American related should probably be avoided altogether. Also don't love Commanders. I actually thought Washington Football Club had some cache.
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How did I not know until yesterday that Dan Snyder had sold the Redskins? Did I sleep through the second half of July?
I think you were in Lisbon at the time.
11,111
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Lightning charger
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iPhone Mini
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aaron rodgers
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Jets just cursed…. They are on the hook for $140 million guaranteed to Aaron Fraudgers. Who knows if he ever plays again….
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Rite Aid
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Mean Girls Podcast
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Bob Boilen
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Bob Boilen
dang
he still has a radio show on low power in Takoma
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Two more odious white dudes
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Two more odious white dudes
I don't know hom personally but Boilen seems ok
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Jann Wenner Removed From Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Foundation Board of Directors
Wenner, who was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as a non-performer in 2004, was one of the founders of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
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Jann Wenner Removed From Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Foundation Board of Directors
Wenner, who was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as a non-performer in 2004, was one of the founders of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
I don't care that much, but this is kind of shitty.
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Jann Wenner Removed From Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Foundation Board of Directors
Wenner, who was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as a non-performer in 2004, was one of the founders of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
I don't care that much, but this is kind of shitty.
He's a shitty person.
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Jann Wenner Removed From Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Foundation Board of Directors
Wenner, who was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as a non-performer in 2004, was one of the founders of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
I don't care that much, but this is kind of shitty.
He's a shitty person.
Because his opinion differs from yours? Write yoir oen book.
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He may or may not be a shitty person, but he is definitely an idiot to have put himself in this position. I read the interview and thought to myself that this is not a good look to put on display for all to see.
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so his initial comments about blacks and women were certifiably idiotic, but then he followed up with: "Just for public relations sake, maybe I should have gone and found one Black and one woman artist to include here that didn’t measure up to that same historical standard, just to avert this kind of criticism."
apparently stuffing one foot into his mouth wasn't enough, had to go for seconds.
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so his initial comments about blacks and women were certifiably idiotic, but then he followed up with: "Just for public relations sake, maybe I should have gone and found one Black and one woman artist to include here that didn’t measure up to that same historical standard, just to avert this kind of criticism."
apparently stuffing one foot into his mouth wasn't enough, had to go for seconds.
Again, those are his opinions. I welcome a diversity of opinions, even those I don't agree with. Apparently the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame does not. How Rock and Roll of them.
If we're kicking people out of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for being shitty people, why not kick these people out, for starters:
Jimmy Page, David Bowie and Mick Jagger:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lori_Mattix
Pete Townshend:
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/may/08/arts.ukcrime
John Phillips:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Phillips_(musician)#:~:text=February%203%2C%201995.-,Abuse%20allegations,she%20was%2019%20years%20old.
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He was kicked of the board of directors an organization he co-founded, not sure about the hall itself
So if I put my outsider/conspiracy theory hat on, they were looking for a reason to get rid of him for awhile, and this was their best public reason to do so.
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Russell Brand, shitty talentless person
Good riddance
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so his initial comments about blacks and women were certifiably idiotic, but then he followed up with: "Just for public relations sake, maybe I should have gone and found one Black and one woman artist to include here that didn’t measure up to that same historical standard, just to avert this kind of criticism."
apparently stuffing one foot into his mouth wasn't enough, had to go for seconds.
Again, those are his opinions.
just because it's someone's opinion doesn't mean that it's immune from criticism. he said it, i criticized it.
]Russell Brand, shitty talentless person
Good riddance
recap: if someone's opinions coincides with Space's, he'll defend them. if their opinions diverge, they get the Space Dunk™.
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so his initial comments about blacks and women were certifiably idiotic, but then he followed up with: "Just for public relations sake, maybe I should have gone and found one Black and one woman artist to include here that didn’t measure up to that same historical standard, just to avert this kind of criticism."
apparently stuffing one foot into his mouth wasn't enough, had to go for seconds.
Again, those are his opinions.
just because it's someone's opinion doesn't mean that it's immune from criticism. he said it, i criticized it.
]Russell Brand, shitty talentless person
Good riddance
recap: if someone's opinions coincides with Space's, he'll defend them. if their opinions diverge, they get the Space Dunk™.
Apples and oranges.
Jan Wenner wrote a book. He picked out the subjects for his book. Someone took offense to the book, saying it should have included blacks and women. He gave his opinion on why he did not include them. It doesn't even seem like he consciously said to himself "I'm going to keep blacks and women out of my book." It sort of just happened that way. Like that year when the Wizards didn't have any blacks or women on their team.
I've never read the book. I have no opinion on the book. I have no opinion on whom he should have included. Because it's his book. He can choose to include whomever he wants to for whatever reasons he wants to. And it as clear that it was his opinion. And if people don't like who he included or didn't include, they can choose not to read it. It sounds like the kind of book that only Hutch would read anyway (and I mean that out of love for Hutch, seriously.) Voice your opinion by not buying his book, not by kicking him off of a committee.
Russell Brand is a conspiracy theory spreading douchebag who is annoying as hell and who is alleged to have raped four women, at least one of them the same age as my 16 year old daughter. So yeah, I'm going to shit on him. I wish I could literally shit on his bug eyed face with explosive diarrhea.
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I wish I could literally shit on his bug eyed face with explosive diarrhea.
The walky thread is over >>>>>
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Apples and oranges.
Jan Wenner wrote a book. He picked out the subjects for his book. Someone took offense to the book, saying it should have included blacks and women. He gave his opinion on why he did not include them. It doesn't even seem like he consciously said to himself "I'm going to keep blacks and women out of my book." It sort of just happened that way. Like that year when the Wizards didn't have any blacks or women on their team.
I've never read the book. I have no opinion on the book. I have no opinion on whom he should have included. Because it's his book. He can choose to include whomever he wants to for whatever reasons he wants to. And it as clear that it was his opinion. And if people don't like who he included or didn't include, they can choose not to read it. It sounds like the kind of book that only Hutch would read anyway (and I mean that out of love for Hutch, seriously.) Voice your opinion by not buying his book, not by kicking him off of a committee.
Holy shit it's as if you don't know what systemic racism is.
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Jann Wenner
Jann Wenner’s Rock Hall Reign Lasted Years. It Ended in 20 Minutes.
NYT
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Ted Nugent condemns Jan Wenner
https://loudwire.com/ted-nugent-rolling-stone-jann-wenner-racist-remarks-rock-hall/
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(https://media.tenor.com/we569KJVuw4AAAAM/reloj.gif)
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Project Veritas
So long right wing grifters made even better by being scammed by its founder
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NFTs
Long live the DualDisc format, oh wait it was discontinued in 2009 so nevermind
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if anyone here has ever harbored fantasies of owning a Moog, now would be a good time to act...
inMusic has laid off a large portion of the Moog staff, a sad day for the synth industry (https://synthanatomy.com/2023/09/inmusic-has-fired-a-large-portion-of-the-moog-staff-a-sad-day-for-synth-industry.html)
unfortunately, this was probably the best outcome that could have been expected. making synths by hand, in the US, just doesn't work economically.
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Springsteen tour rest of 2023.
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cxs4E8uLF_-/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA%3D%3D
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Harborplace pavilions to be torn down in inner harbor
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good. that area needs a makeover
Harborplace pavilions to be torn down in inner harbor
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The Great Headline Thread now that the genius ruining the former bird site has removed them from any article posted over there. I guess he just likes pictures… fucking tool
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Roy Wood Jr. As a Daily Show correspondent, but apparently leaving the door open becoming a host of the show.
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Roy Wood Jr. As a Daily Show correspondent, but apparently leaving the door open becoming a host of the show.
roy wood jr is a great comedian
Love his stuff.
But not sure he has the gravitas (where is the fisticuffs thread when you need it) to host a whole show
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I think his week as host went really well, he brought a little extra ummph that trevor may have been missing, obviously he has good interviewing skills from being a correspondent but i'm sure he would improve on those.
it's a bummer that piece about Hasan Minhaj came out about him making fabrications in his stand-up, etc, because he was the most solid guest host... i would have to think the average Daily Show viewer wouldn't care about such thing, but there is that very vocal element who will just carry on about...
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Yeah I love Roy Wood's drawl as a raconteur, but I thought Hasan showed the most classic Daily Show presence, especially with his cutting, but affable interview with Kevin O'Leary. Very Jon Stewart, the kind of thing that burned McCain. It looks like he'll be his own downfall with all of that. That whole thing is a tough argument for how much fantasy is to be allowed for, in a comedian's take on subject matter.
Too be fair, when you do sell your schtick as exasperated earnestness mixed with jadedness and then trade in inflammatory fake events of things the could have happened to you, then you kind of become a mirror of folks like Alex Jones. Maybe that's extreme, but I'm kind of standing by it. All that said, and honestly, maybe I'm disappointed because I really, really like Hasan, but his juvenile response and lack of introspection is more than a bit disappointing.
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Bill Belichick's career
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RFKjr (as a Democrat...going to run as an Independent)
My feeling is this hurts Trump/GOP more than anything...as they are literally the only people supporting him
I don't think there is a scintilla (jules used in 2015) of support for him amonst dem voters
this quote is great
Asked for comment on his potential independent run, a Democratic National Committee spokesman responded with an eye roll emoji.
I missed last week's news that Cornell West left the Green Party too
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RFKjr (as a Democrat...going to run as an Independent)
My feeling is this hurts Trump/GOP more than anything...as they are literally the only people supporting him
I don't think there is a scintilla (jules used in 2015) of support for him amonst dem voters
this quote is great
Asked for comment on his potential independent run, a Democratic National Committee spokesman responded with an eye roll emoji.
I missed last week's news that Cornell West left the Green Party too
Read a story last week about how the Dump campaign is going to start launching attack ads against RFK Jr because internal polling shows him peeling off Dump voters. No surprise there.
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California Governor Gavin Newsom has vetoed a bill decriminalizing plant-based psychedelics and “magic mushrooms.”
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Bill Belichick's career
They haven’t fired/retired him yet…..
I think whatever happens this is his last season
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California Governor Gavin Newsom has vetoed a bill decriminalizing plant-based psychedelics and “magic mushrooms.”
Well, I bet if they served them at Atelier Crenn, Mr. Fancypants would give the people their shrooms!
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Newsom speed run to guarantee I'd never vote for him, what a shitty roll he's been on for the past few weeks
California Governor Gavin Newsom has vetoed a bill decriminalizing plant-based psychedelics and “magic mushrooms.”
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Losing your vote is a net winner for the democrats candidate.
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Hutch has ok'd my vote for third-parties, saving this here for posterity
Losing your vote is a net winner for the democrats candidate.
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Hutch has ok'd my vote for third-parties, saving this here for posterity
Losing your vote is a net winner for the democrats candidate.
this was his plan all along
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Just saying for every vote to be lost on left there are ten to be gained on center/right.
People ought to vote for whoever they please.
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People ought to vote for whoever they please.
can confirm!
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the Gibson
I enjoyed a drink that was frothed with raw egg white and found it delicious.
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Rite Aid (https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/10/15/rite-aid-files-bankruptcy-chapter-11/)
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Caps home sellout streak
https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2023/10/16/capitals-home-sellout-streak-ends/
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.
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Rep. Jim Jordan is bowing of the race for Speaker, after a humiliating third loss.
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National Hip Hop Celebration, postponed. Tickets being refunded (if you paid for them).
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likely only interesting for julian (along with what hutch is listening to)
Guitarist Jeff Schroeder Departs Smashing Pumpkins (https://www.spin.com/2023/10/guitarist-jeff-schroeder-departs-smashing-pumpkins/)
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likely only interesting for julian (along with what hutch is listening to)
Guitarist Jeff Schroeder Departs Smashing Pumpkins (https://www.spin.com/2023/10/guitarist-jeff-schroeder-departs-smashing-pumpkins/)
;D
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likely only interesting for julian (along with what hutch is listening to)
Guitarist Jeff Schroeder Departs Smashing Pumpkins (https://www.spin.com/2023/10/guitarist-jeff-schroeder-departs-smashing-pumpkins/)
well James Iha is the only one that matters
so Jeff is Bobby Bare of SPs
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Roofers Union in AdMo (was the Reef prior)
this spot is cursed
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Roofers Union in AdMo (was the Reef prior)
this spot is cursed
How so? 10 years is a good run and the reef was there for at least a decade as
Well.
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Yeah sidehatch…bad take
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you are not wrong both reef and roofers both had a decent runs
but I have to imagine all the good memories of making money for 5-6 years get overshadowed by the last 3-4 for where you are throwing money at a losing operation and have to decide just to walk away (at I'm sure a MAJOR loss and probably still hold debt)
But ultimately a restaurant/bar that only lasts 10 years, is that a good thing?
it closed...how can anyone look at it as a good outcome
it's only good if it's still open, or the original owners sold it and got a huge payday
Yeah sidehatch…bad take
welp, wouldn't be the first time
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The restaurant/bar business is cutthroat.
And Adams Morgan just isn’t what it used to be…as far as nightlife.
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Sam Bankman Fried
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Alison Starling (https://wtop.com/local/2023/11/after-20-years-with-7news-alison-starling-is-stepping-away-from-anchoring/)
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Alison Starling (https://wtop.com/local/2023/11/after-20-years-with-7news-alison-starling-is-stepping-away-from-anchoring/)
Must have been cold there in Clarice's shadow.
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News from the Irony desk: WeWork files for bankruptcy after years of losses (https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/11/06/wework-bankruptcy-filing/)
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drummer from slipknot (https://www.musicradar.com/news/slipknot-drummer-jay-weinberg-has-left-the-band)
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Max Weinberg's son
drummer from slipknot (https://www.musicradar.com/news/slipknot-drummer-jay-weinberg-has-left-the-band)
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Max Weinberg's son
drummer from slipknot (https://www.musicradar.com/news/slipknot-drummer-jay-weinberg-has-left-the-band)
He looks like a nutjob.
https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/CAqAPkfQHUqTMADJDNnUzN-650-80.jpg.webp
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Max Weinberg's son
drummer from slipknot (https://www.musicradar.com/news/slipknot-drummer-jay-weinberg-has-left-the-band)
He looks like a nutjob.
https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/CAqAPkfQHUqTMADJDNnUzN-650-80.jpg.webp
dunno if you're familiar with slipknot, but that's their image... dude has 8 other guys on stage looking just like him. so at a minimum, he isn't unique ;D
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Max Weinberg's son
drummer from slipknot (https://www.musicradar.com/news/slipknot-drummer-jay-weinberg-has-left-the-band)
He looks like a nutjob.
https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/CAqAPkfQHUqTMADJDNnUzN-650-80.jpg.webp
dunno if you're familiar with slipknot, but that's their image... dude has 8 other guys on stage looking just like him. so at a minimum, he isn't unique ;D
kinda why they hired him for the job
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Bye bye Tian Tian, Mei Xiang, and Xiao Qi Ji (https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/11/08/pandas-leaving-china-dc-zoo/)
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I am upset about this….I feel like the Chinese government is taking away our pandas 🐼 to be mean!
“No pandas for you!!!”
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I am upset about this….I feel like the Chinese government is taking away our pandas 🐼 to be mean!
“No pandas for you!!!”
They giveth us a flu and taketh away the pandas.
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Maybe? https://variety.com/2023/music/news/sky-ferreira-capitol-records-parted-ways-1235783559/
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Maybe? https://variety.com/2023/music/news/sky-ferreira-capitol-records-parted-ways-1235783559/
I've seen this news going the rounds
only evidence is capitol records took her name off their artist webpage
really has to suck to be her, all the effort and well earned hype...sucked up in a 10 year battle to release and album that was already made
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If "looking for someone being removed from a website" is good enough for wrestling rumors, its good enough for this! Plus, I'm an optimist.
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Jezebel (https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/09/business/media/jezebel-website-shutdown.html)
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Great Wall Szechuan House in Dupont...used to love getting grub there
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Manchin not running for reëlection. Now progressives can enjoy the Dems not controlling the Senate instead of facing the hellscape that is controlling the Senate but having a member who only votes with you 86% of the time.
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True but if there was any chance he was wavering on running he should have supported Biden’s priorities like climate change bill…after all he had nothing to lose… I realize maybe he didn’t know but….my assumption was always that he was running hence he voted the way he did
Not exactly a profile in courage
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True but if there was any chance he was wavering on running he should have supported Biden’s priorities like climate change bill…after all he had nothing to lose… I realize maybe he didn’t know but….my assumption was always that he was running hence he voted the way he did
Not exactly a profile in courage
alternate take: he votes his beliefs/conscience. he's closer to the dems than gop, but not 100%... so he doesn't vote 100% with the dems.
if in his heart of hearts he doesn't think climate change is a priority, why would he suddenly support biden's climate action plan, retiring or not?
maybe he has future career aspirations back in WV that would be harmed by supporting biden?
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Ha ha ha… I doubt he will ever go back to West Virginia. And he has only one belief: Manchin only cares about Manchin.
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Manchin is purposefully fucking Biden (again!) and Julian is still wetting himself about progressives.
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Manchin is purposefully fucking Biden (again!) and Julian is still wetting himself about progressives.
As always, the adults are talking and no one wants to hear from you. I’m sure there’s some Star Wars action figures you could be playing with.
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Is there a credible dem that can win in W. VA?
Sounds like everyone is convinced we can't
two-time WVA gov is running
(https://dims.apnews.com/dims4/default/76bf9db/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3000x2000+0+0/resize/1440x960!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstorage.googleapis.com%2Fafs-prod%2Fmedia%2F831533eb715d499684f446397e7d6a1d%2F3000.jpeg)
he WAS a dem and won the first time as a dem
In 2015, Justice declared his candidacy for governor of West Virginia in the 2016 election as a member of the Democratic Party. in May 2016, Justice won the Democratic nomination for governor and ran against Republican nominee Bill Cole in the general election.[27] On November 8, Justice won the election
wait...what
In January 2019, Justice declared his candidacy for reelection.[31] This time, he ran as a Republican, having changed his party registration after a 2017 rally with President Donald Trump. He defeated multiple challengers in the Republican primary.
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The candidate was there the whole time
Zachary Shrewsbury
https://www.shrewsburyforsenate.com/
I found this amusing when listing other declared candidates.
Zane Lawhorn, optometrist and perennial candidate
Would have been even funnier if he was and optimist,
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Typical deflection! I should expect nothing less from the Machin Men!
Manchin is purposefully fucking Biden (again!) and Julian is still wetting himself about progressives.
As always, the adults are talking and no one wants to hear from you. I’m sure there’s some Star Wars action figures you could be playing with.
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Typical deflection! I should expect nothing less from the Machin Men!
Manchin is purposefully fucking Biden (again!) and Julian is still wetting himself about progressives.
As always, the adults are talking and no one wants to hear from you. I’m sure there’s some Star Wars action figures you could be playing with.
I can confirm that Julian heckled Mr Machin in front of his 'Yacht' (whilst the director and I smoked a joint)
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Champion Brewing Company (Charlottesville)
happened in June, but the equipment just went on sale
https://www.brewbids.com/auction/complete-30-bbl-late-model-brewery/
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Typical deflection! I should expect nothing less from the Machin Men!
Manchin is purposefully fucking Biden (again!) and Julian is still wetting himself about progressives.
As always, the adults are talking and no one wants to hear from you. I’m sure there’s some Star Wars action figures you could be playing with.
I can confirm that Julian heckled Mr Machin in front of his 'Yacht' (whilst the director and I smoked a joint)
THESE WERE DAYS TO REMEMBER
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Jules...pour one out
Pustulus Maximus -- has left GWAR!
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Jules...pour one out
Pustulus Maximus -- has left GWAR!
Im terrified to ask WHAT I should be pouring out.
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Jules...pour one out
Pustulus Maximus -- has left GWAR!
I dunno...I'm not really seeing a successful solo career coming out of this one.
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Jules...pour one out
Pustulus Maximus -- has left GWAR!
Im terrified to ask WHAT I should be pouring out.
your blood, duh...
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Jules...pour one out
Pustulus Maximus -- has left GWAR!
I dunno...I'm not really seeing a successful solo career coming out of this one.
maybe with the guy from slipknot
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No Regrettes?
https://twitter.com/regrettesband/status/1724489334026338431?t=9plyrinzLbH0gczDKDIMIA&s=19
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George Santos
Likely in talks with Faux News as he is a victim of the cancel culture and the liberal media… expect future grifting and statements outside a court house
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Looks like the woke mob is going after a prominent gay politician and the coolest man in America. You truly hate to see it!
George Santos
Likely in talks with Faux News as he is a victim of the cancel culture and the liberal media… expect future grifting and statements outside a court house
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I like the whole I got caught crimeing, but what’s really important is we change the constitution.
Dude is going to “write” books, do book tours and be the opening act at future Moms For Liberty events.
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This just gives him more time to pursue his real passions: veterans charities, volleyball, produce Broadway musicals based on popular Marvel characters and adoption.
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Snoop Dogg's weed connections
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Snoop Dogg's weed connections
Their cash cow... went up in smoke..?
Or, I guess in this case, not?
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so his initial comments about blacks and women were certifiably idiotic, but then he followed up with: "Just for public relations sake, maybe I should have gone and found one Black and one woman artist to include here that didn’t measure up to that same historical standard, just to avert this kind of criticism."
apparently stuffing one foot into his mouth wasn't enough, had to go for seconds.
Bob Dylan Defends Jann Wenner, Says He Got ‘Booted’ From Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and ‘We’re Trying to Get Him Back In’
https://variety.com/2023/music/news/bob-dylan-defends-jann-wenner-rock-roll-hall-fame-booted-concert-1235794990/?fbclid=IwAR0FYyES3M8_cnEMw2thjEW5u7f17PkW2F9-a7k_MjRjdhuuW9WWW3yfQfg
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rapid unscheduled disassembly
https://x.com/Rainmaker1973/status/1725866874422845656?s=20
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Snoop Dogg's weed connections
Snoop Dogg announces partnership with smokeless fire pit brand
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Hall & Oates apparently
Oates gets temporary restraining order issued against Hall, amidst an ongoing legal dispute.
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Yeah been reading about this…pretty sad.
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Hall & Oates apparently
Oates gets temporary restraining order issued against Hall, amidst an ongoing legal dispute.
Nope, Hall gets restraining order against Oates. Which makes more sense.
https://variety.com/2023/music/news/hall-and-oates-lawsuit-restraining-order-1235805425/
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I’m old and easily confused
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Hall & Oates apparently
Oates gets temporary restraining order issued against Hall, amidst an ongoing legal dispute.
Nope, Hall gets restraining order against Oates. Which makes more sense.
https://variety.com/2023/music/news/hall-and-oates-lawsuit-restraining-order-1235805425/ (https://variety.com/2023/music/news/hall-and-oates-lawsuit-restraining-order-1235805425/)
once again, it's all about the benjamins... specifically, those related to selling their catalog to venture capitalists. some court docs have been unsealed.
Details in Daryl Hall's lawsuit against John Oates revealed (https://www.brooklynvegan.com/details-in-daryl-halls-lawsuit-against-john-oates-revealed/)
Hall and Oates lawsuit puts spotlight on secretive industry (https://www.axios.com/2023/11/27/hall-oates-lawsuit-music-rights)
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Gross
Money money money all people care about….
It’s not going to end well
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Popular Science Magazine
venture capitalized...
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Popular Science Magazine
venture capitalized...
dang..well still exists digitally, but 151 years in print is quite a run
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Popular Science Magazine
venture capitalized...
dang..well still exists digitally, but 151 years in print is quite a run
print edition was scrapped in 2021
the digital monthly edition scrapped as of yesterday... pivoting to video apparently and probably AI generate content which Sports Illustrated was just caught doing.
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Mehdi Hasan
Assuming his pro-Palestine comments were the likely culprit
While I've not seen a ton of him, He always comes to an interview prepared with lots of 'receipts' and has made several egomaniacs look stupid
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Not familiar with his show….
He’s definitely a little annoying prick on Twitter but that’s no reason to cancel a show…
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his takedown of vivek is worth tracking down on twitter or YT.
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Santos looks to be toast.
Butter that fucker.
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(https://media.tenor.com/Vb-xjJ6lGoIAAAAC/fiona-apple-bullshit.gif)
Santos looks to be toast.
Butter that fucker.
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HA
(https://i.imgur.com/P898QlX.png)
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Read the Wiki on this guy. It's like he's Santos Jr.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Ogles
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Read the Wiki on this guy. It's like he's Santos Jr.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Ogles
one goal in life I have is to NOT have a Wiki article about me with a section titled
Child burial garden controversy
keeping it classy
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GAR5JcSXUAA5AVU?format=jpg&name=medium)
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one goal in life I have is to NOT have a Wiki article about me with a section titled
Child burial garden controversy
CBGPOTW.
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The Don Draper of Democracy ;D ;D ;D
https://x.com/brentterhune/status/1730676238702768427?s=46&t=81bsTFbar0Jl_mHBl9WnuA
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Cool. Can’t wait to see what less offensive but more dangerous character they have lined up to replace Mr. Santos.
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Concept for a reality show?
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Cool. Can’t wait to see what less offensive but more dangerous character they have lined up to replace Mr. Santos.
Governor calls a special election. Hopefully the voters don't get fooled again.
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Seems wildly out of character for GOPers to vote to oust one of their own without something up their sleeve.
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Remington Gun Factory in New York to Close Year After $73 Million Sandy Hook Settlement
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ok one more santos one because you all asked
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GAh1FcqbIAMqXcx?format=jpg&name=medium)
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Doug Burgum
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Doug Burgum
In an odd coincidence, today was the first time a small amount of Americans even heard that he was running for office or knew who he is
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Doug Burgum
In an odd coincidence, today was the first time a small amount of Americans even heard that he was running for office or knew who he is
i'm among those... had to google him. i was aware that the gov of ND was running but, knowing his campaign wasn't going anywhere, never bothered to learn/retain his name.
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Doug Burgum
In an odd coincidence, today was the first time a small amount of Americans even heard that he was running for office or knew who he is
This past week was the first time I heard of Geordie or Jordy. I guess we can call it even.
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Ah, what a bummer! https://www.brooklynvegan.com/screaming-females-break-up-after-18-years/
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Patrick McHenry
retiring to become a tour guide at the fort
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Patrick McHenry
retiring to become a tour guide at the fort
And now Kevin McCarthy to run the snack bar (https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/12/06/kevin-mccarthy-retire/)
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Patrick McHenry
retiring to become a tour guide at the fort
And now Kevin McCarthy to run the snack bar (https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/12/06/kevin-mccarthy-retire/)
So this one is different as his last day will be 12/31 and Newsom will call a special election to happen in January (From what I understand)
Someone help me with the math, but now in the house after Santos is out...the GOP lead is shrinking quite a bit
Do we think a dem can win in kevins district?
Edit: welp Trump won the district by a near 2-to-1 margin over President Biden in 2020....so my guess is some MAGA will take that seat
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It’s Long Island…land of lemmings…
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Kevin McCarthy
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It’s Long Island…land of lemmings…
now now, i could start poking fun at Argentina if you like
also, without Long Island, you don't have PE, De La Soul, Tribe, LL (and LP), Lou Reed(and Doug) Joan Jett, Stray Cats, Pat Benatar, BOC, Eddie Money, Twisted Sister, Simon and Garfunkel and of course Billy Joel
(sorry about John Tesh, Mariah Carey and Zebra)
but I was talking about Kevin, not santos ...but I just found out santo's SE is on Feb 13
also I read that Democrats are expected to pick former Rep. Tom Suozzi, who held the seat before retiring to run for governor in 2022
so maybe we'll take that seat
the KM one, not so likely
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Daddy Yankee says he’s retiring to focus on his Christian faith (https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/06/entertainment/daddy-yankee-retirement-speech-scli-intl/index.html)
(he was responsible for the crime against humanity known as "Gasolina"... ugh)
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It’s Long Island…land of lemmings…
now now, i could start poking fun at Argentina if you like
also, without Long Island, you don't have PE, De La Soul, Tribe, LL (and LP), Lou Reed(and Doug) Joan Jett, Stray Cats, Pat Benatar, BOC, Eddie Money, Twisted Sister, Simon and Garfunkel and of course Billy Joel
(sorry about John Tesh, Mariah Carey and Zebra)
but I was talking about Kevin, not santos ...but I just found out santo's SE is on Feb 13
also I read that Democrats are expected to pick former Rep. Tom Suozzi, who held the seat before retiring to run for governor in 2022
so maybe we'll take that seat
the KM one, not so likely
😅 forgot you are from Long Island…
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https://www.fox5dc.com/news/annie-mae-traffic-reporter-good-day-dc-fox-5-wttg
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The borowitz report
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Man I could always count on him for an incredibly tiny chuckle…
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UPenn President Liz Magill has resigned
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Thank Jesus
Her statements were odious and repugnant
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Hotel Harrington, Ollie's Trolley close up shop
Over 100 years old :(
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Hotel Harrington, Ollie's Trolley close up shop
Over 100 years old :(
more death and destruction for downtown DC... circling back to the 80's here.
However, didn't that place turn into a proudboyz spot?
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Voyager 1?
https://www.physics-astronomy.com/voyager-1-sending-data-in-1s-and-0s/
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Voyager 1?
https://www.physics-astronomy.com/voyager-1-sending-data-in-1s-and-0s/
it's amazing how far this thing has gone and reported back
it's 46 year old tech!
just amazing
Also talk about a extra special collectors item LP
https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/golden-record/
Just think, the Aliens will get to hear chuck berry before they ever see a human!
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Sublime with Rome
Sorry sideDub
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Sublime with Rome
Sorry sideDub
I saw the article and knew I was going to get a shout out
Does sound like the Rome part is leaving and they may tour without him, but his son instead
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Hyperloop
Such a genius!
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Goose Drummer
Geese Guitarist
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Goose Drummer
Geese Guitarist
Bands molting
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Goose Drummer
Geese Guitarist
Man, those bands have really gone south for the winter.
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Goose Drummer
Geese Guitarist
Man, those bands have really gone south for the winter.
or cooked
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Bird… is no longer the word
Bird e-kick scooter co filled for chpt 11
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Paramore?
https://www.loudersound.com/news/paramore-fans-have-questions-after-bands-social-accounts-are-wiped-clean-and-website-is-pulled
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Paramore?
https://www.loudersound.com/news/paramore-fans-have-questions-after-bands-social-accounts-are-wiped-clean-and-website-is-pulled
most likely a marketing move IMO
Some are concerned, while others suggest the band are likely preparing for an announcement, perhaps about splitting from their label Atlantic Records.
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Danish Queen Margrethe
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Claudine Gay at Harvard.
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Claudine Gay at Harvard.
not because she is woke, but plagiarism--50 counts, yowza
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Oh I don’t agree with that….
Big donors were pulling contributions and it wasn’t cause she plagiarized
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David Rothkopf@djrothkopf
The lynch mob that came for Claudine Gay will not be satisfied with her resignation. They will come for others. The faux rationales they may offer for their attacks may change, but their goal will remain the same: to stifle discourse and leaders who do not conform to their views.
This is an ugly moment in the history of Harvard, of the Ivy League, of academia and of the United States and rest assured, no matter what side of the debate about President Gay you may have been on, you will come to regret the forces this unleashes.
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Completely disagree with that take…
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looking at how parents are taking over school boards, getting books banned, etc. - i have to say the dude has a point.
self-entitled rage is the new source of empowerment.
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Calling for the genocide of a people should not be protected free speech on college campuses.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6Bn95MFQNPY&pp=ygUmaXZ5IGxlYWd1ZSBwcmVzaWRlbnRzIGF0IGNvbmdyZXNzIGZ1bGw%3D
I don’t see this as controversial. It’s pretty cut and dried.
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kinda feel like those were gotcha moments in front of Congress
but this is setting a precedent that people who want to stifle conversation can use to destroy things
I didn't like the nazi's marching in Skokie either, but free speech can be objectionable
'when speech crosses into conduct" is what she said and I agree, that's when it's a problem
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Calling for the genocide of a people should not be protected free speech on college campuses.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6Bn95MFQNPY&pp=ygUmaXZ5IGxlYWd1ZSBwcmVzaWRlbnRzIGF0IGNvbmdyZXNzIGZ1bGw%3D
I don’t see this as controversial. It’s pretty cut and dried.
Should it be protected anywhere, or is it only on campuses that we should limit speech? What other speech should be criminalized?
https://youtu.be/OC2jhQ0KAAU
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Honestly the stupidity is getting crazee
Who said anything about criminalizing speech?
The question Stefanik posed was about the Harvard code of conduct. Any student advocating genocide - particularly on campus-needs to be shown the door at that university. Students have the right to say anything they want and have their admission rescinded by the university. They can then continue advocating genocide without a Harvard degree.
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I mean do people have a right to walk into McDonalds and start screaming about wanting to commit genocide? I think they would be shown the door quick.
Do people have the right to yell whatever hateful thing they want at work and not get fired?
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This thread is on fire!
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Depends on the context….
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I mean do people have a right to walk into McDonalds and start screaming about wanting to commit genocide?
actually, I think they do
Now if they started ACTUALLY COMMITTING (or plotting to commit) GENOCIDE...now that is a different matter
as Gay said...personally, I find the speech abhorrent and might have a hard time not punching them in the face
but is it legal and protected by the constitution
and Likely I'd be the one in handcuffs
Do people have the right to yell whatever hateful thing they want at work and not get fired?
I think this would be the owner of the companies decision...and likely they would get fired for 'creating a hostile work environment'
Also, lets be clear, your insulation that protecting free speech is condoning the content of said speech
I don't agree
I'll cite the nazi parade in skokie as the test
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That’s bullshit.
Your right to express hateful speech to a person you are dining with is surely protected but your right to get up with a megaphone and do so at a McDonalds is not.
Harvard is a private entity with a student code of conduct. Moreover they would never have admitted a student professing support for genocide and have the right -and in this case- obligation to rescind the admission.
I am surprised at you.
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Harvard is a private entity with a code of conduct. Moreover they would never have admitted a student professing support for genocide and have the right -and in this case- obligation to rescind the admission.
well you are right there, they could do that
they have chosen not to and that's not illegal nor are they obligated to do it
I mean for almost a century they had a pretty clear policy to NOT allow jews at Harvard
Your right to express hateful speech on LIVE TV at the white house ellipse...
FTFY
hmm where have I seen an orange man do this and suffer no such penalty
again, I'm not condoning the content
and you can't yell Fire in a crowed movie theater
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Just because something is not illegal doesn’t mean it’s not wrong. Institutions like Harvard have student codes of conduct.
Pretty sure people have been let go from Harvard - teachers and students- for saying things the university did not find appropriate but of course in this case whatever. The hypocrisy is repugnant.
Anyways I have staked my claim but will not fight til the last breath. Good day!
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Just because something is not illegal doesn’t mean it’s not wrong.
agreed!
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This thread is on fire!
I mean, I thought it was funny.
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Honestly the stupidity is getting crazee
Who said anything about criminalizing speech?
The question Stefanik posed was about the Harvard code of conduct. Any student advocating genocide - particularly on campus-needs to be shown the door at that university. Students have the right to say anything they want and have their admission rescinded by the university. They can then continue advocating genocide without a Harvard degree.
I think there is a big difference from saying something at a McDonalds then there is at a non-profit (tax exempt) government institution of higher education.
I also think there is a big difference between having discussions about morality and blatently lying about what happened factually. And yet that's what's being conflated here.
This is a conservative effort to stop others from policing their lies and Trump's hate. Steanfik was removed from Harvard's advisory board for her consistent lies about the election: https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/12/harvard-removes-elise-stefanik-advisory-commitee-458141
And then they are doubling down on the curtailment of Palestinian thought about the occupation and ethnic clensing they are being subject to because they know it is a wedge issue between Democrats. It's worked in much the same way that Youngkin was able to use concern about American history to drive a wedge.
It seems clear to me that we are quick to call things that Palestians say anti-semmetic or genocidal but that we look past Israeli statemetns all the tme. And it's not just students but people in actual positions of power: https://www.timesofisrael.com/ministers-call-for-resettling-gazas-palestinians-building-settlements-in-strip/ https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/gaza-nakba-israels-far-right-palestinian-fears-hamas-war-rcna123909 And yet it is ok to blindly say not only that we support Israel's right to defend itself (even as it continues an apartheid state) and that the United States should send money and to arms to them, but it is widely considered anti-semtic to even question Israel's actions. We get offended by slogans like "from the river to the sea" but there is literally no discussion about calls to drop nuclear weapons on Gaza.
Stefanik wants to be able to dictate the historical facts that are told (even if they are false) while curtailing the discussion of justice and morality around them. To me this is backwards. We need rigor about the facts and then we can have a marketplace for how to interpret them.
Stefanik got two huge wins (and she has more to come). It's right out of the Youngkin playbook and I think we are much worse for it.
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This is a conservative effort to stop from policing their lies and Trump's hate. Steanfik was removed from Harvard's advisory board for her consistent lies about the election: https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/12/harvard-removes-elise-stefanik-advisory-commitee-458141
didn't realize that
yeah this has been the best press Steanfik has gotten period, actually has dems chearing for her
with chops like this, could see her getting a VP nod
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RATM
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Great job, everyone! https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-we-squeezed-harvard-claudine-gay-firing-dei-antisemitism-culture-war-a6843c4c
Claudine Gay at Harvard.
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^I saw that and it made me want to puke and punch my monitor on the victory lap they were taking
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TGI Fridays abruptly closes 6 DC-area restaurants (https://wtop.com/business-finance/2024/01/tgi-fridays-abruptly-closes-6-dc-area-restaurants/)
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TGI Fridays abruptly closes 6 DC-area restaurants (https://wtop.com/business-finance/2024/01/tgi-fridays-abruptly-closes-6-dc-area-restaurants/)
for a second I was excited that the one close to me was closing...nope Arlinton Texas
This side of Arlington has some of the worst food options on the planet
Popeyes, Olive Garden, mcd, bK, taco smell, buff wild wings every crappy chain has representation within a mile of my house
yes I'm in South Arlington, but come on man, can't we have some good food options
not like we are in Centerville
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Right wing concern about plagerism: https://www.businessinsider.com/bill-ackman-wife-neri-oxman-mit-dissertation-plagiarism-2024-1
https://www.newsweek.com/neil-gorsuch-plagiarism-allegations-1857822
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Wayne LaPierre as NRA boss
Hope next guy won’t be even worse!
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Wayne LaPierre as NRA boss
Hope next guy won’t be even worse!
"health reasons"
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Wayne LaPierre as NRA boss
Hope next guy won’t be even worse!
that's a high bar, but I don't doubt they will try to up the crazy
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Craft Beer Cellar
Craft beer is dead
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Guanella Pass Brewing
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Flying Fish Brewing Co
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Craft Beer Cellar
Craft beer is dead
that's a bummer, but they are a 'chain' and looks like only the dc store is closing
**SPACE ALERT***
We'll be offering 10% off everything these last days. Come by before we close to grab your favorite beer(s) and share one last beer story with us.
With love and respect,
Erika Goedrich
Owner, Craft Beer Cellar DC
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Dogfish Head Fairfax
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Guanella Pass Brewing
I've never had their beer, but Georgetown is a really cool little town.
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Guanella Pass Brewing
I've never had their beer, but Georgetown is a really cool little town.
just wish they had a metro stop or a Gondola
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Ron Rivera in a surprise to nobody.
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Tim Carman
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Chris Christie, the least worst remaining Republican candidate.
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Even after that Donald Duck line? I can't believe it!
Chris Christie, the least worst remaining Republican candidate.
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Donnie Simpson
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Pat McAfee Is ‘Done’ With Aaron Rodgers as a Guest This Season (https://www.thedailybeast.com/pat-mcafee-is-done-with-aaron-rodgers-as-a-guest-this-season)
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Pete Carroll stepping down, Nick Saban retired, Bill Belichick... ??
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Pete Carroll stepping down, Nick Saban retired, Bill Belichick... ??
When’s the last time any of these people won anything?
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Safdie Brothers
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Pete Carroll stepping down, Nick Saban retired, Bill Belichick... ??
When’s the last time any of these people won anything?
Kraft asking himself the same question.
Belichick out.
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Pete Carroll stepping down, Nick Saban retired, Bill Belichick... ??
When’s the last time any of these people won anything?
Kraft asking himself the same question.
Belichick out.
Hmm. Wouldn’t know what that’s like.
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Pete Carroll stepping down, Nick Saban retired, Bill Belichick... ??
When’s the last time any of these people won anything?
Kraft asking himself the same question.
Belichick out.
A happy ending for both Kraft and Bill.
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Pete Carroll stepping down, Nick Saban retired, Bill Belichick... ??
When’s the last time any of these people won anything?
pete carroll last won just this past weekend, on 1/07, against the cardinals.
nick saban last won on 12/02 against georgia.
bill belichick last won on 12/24 against the broncos.
any other googling i can help you with?
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Pete Carroll stepping down, Nick Saban retired, Bill Belichick... ??
When’s the last time any of these people won anything?
pete carroll last won just this past weekend, on 1/07, against the cardinals.
nick saban last won on 12/02 against georgia.
bill belichick last won on 12/24 against the broncos.
any other googling i can help you with?
I cannot imagine my team not having won a game since Sunday. This is sports poverty.
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Hutch
Rumor has it he imploded when the forum broke down the other day
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now Belichick can coach the deadskins
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now Belichick can coach the deadskins
When are the last time any of these nouns have won some of “national” “championship” in the “sport” of “football”?
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South Korea bans dog meat. https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-law/south-korea-passes-bill-ban-dog-meat-9107858/
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Kelce
The fatter one with the prettier sognificant other
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The fatter one with the prettier sognificant other
Fuck. There goes the forum. If you thought Justin Timberlake at the Club was bad . . .
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Pitchfork will be folded into GQ
https://variety.com/2024/digital/news/pitchfork-layoffs-folded-into-gq-conde-nast-1235875585/ (https://variety.com/2024/digital/news/pitchfork-layoffs-folded-into-gq-conde-nast-1235875585/)
another venerable dinosaur from the age of treeware seems to be going down as well:
Layoffs imperil Sports Illustrated as owner, publisher battle over money (https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/01/19/sports-illustrated-layoffs/)
"Much of the staff of Sports Illustrated — and possibly all remaining writers and editors — received layoff notices Friday, which could spell the end of a publication that for decades was the gold standard of sports journalism."
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Pitchfork will be folded into GQ
https://variety.com/2024/digital/news/pitchfork-layoffs-folded-into-gq-conde-nast-1235875585/ (https://variety.com/2024/digital/news/pitchfork-layoffs-folded-into-gq-conde-nast-1235875585/)
another venerable dinosaur from the age of treeware seems to be going down as well:
Layoffs imperil Sports Illustrated as owner, publisher battle over money (https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/01/19/sports-illustrated-layoffs/)
"Much of the staff of Sports Illustrated — and possibly all remaining writers and editors — received layoff notices Friday, which could spell the end of a publication that for decades was the gold standard of sports journalism."
Who needs reporters when you have AI
and gold standard of a substandard, 3rd-grade reading level, genre... isn't the flex that the author thinks it is
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The Runaway
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Ron DeStupid
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Adrian Griffin-coach of the Milwaukee Bucks- who at 30-13 have the second best record in the entire NBA...fired
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The Runaway
I take it back... they've come to terms with the landlord
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Wes Unseld Jr
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Vince McMahon... not sure he even belongs in this thread based on the accusations. WOw.
resigned from WWE (AKA told to get the fuck out)
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(https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/16091978_web1_1981-08-17-02_n1gb_r1n05_tropicana.jpg?crop=1)
Tropicana (https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/national-international/tropicana-las-vegas-a-sin-city-landmark-since-1957-will-be-demolished-to-make-way-for-mlb-stadium/3530876/)
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Lol
https://pitchfork.com/news/boygenius-announce-hiatus-were-going-away-for-the-foreseeable-future/
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Lol
https://pitchfork.com/news/boygenius-announce-hiatus-were-going-away-for-the-foreseeable-future/
funny I just got a email from them and they were trying to sell a $700 Boygenius edition gretch guitar
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In investigation in Fulton County: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/02/02/fani-willis-response-accusations/
Why are people so clueless!
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Fuck
That was not on my 2024 bingo card
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People will fuck up any, and every, thing for sex.
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Deadspin. Or atleast, after this last lawsuit.
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Maryanne Williams (https://wtop.com/government/2024/02/marianne-williamson-suspends-her-presidential-campaign-ending-long-shot-primary-challenge-to-biden/)
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Jason Isbell's marriage
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Bobbi Althoff's marriage.
Drake'd
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Are we going to discuss Drake's dick at all or are all of you too above that?
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Are we going to discuss Drake's dick at all or are all of you too above that?
Walky thread >>>>>>>
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:o. :P. :-*
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Are we going to discuss Drake's dick at all or are all of you too above that?
Walky thread >>>>>>>
Now, appropriately called, Blowey Thread.
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Imagine walking around with that thing and not leaking videos.
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How does he walk around anything, with that thing, without leaking?
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"boo hoo, what an invasion of my privacy, having everyone know I've got a huge dick :'( :'( :'( "
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I guess what i previously heard about Drake was incorrect.
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Pennsylvania
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Pennsylvania
https://www.google.com/search?newwindow=1&sca_esv=b2e5c23f05b838f5&sxsrf=ACQVn0--KEEb_ewnGCACjgZ6UlYZQ8Kiog:1707534419386&q=Pennsylvania&tbm=nws&source=lnms&prmd=inmvsbhtz&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi27oi05Z-EAxVLFVkFHQszCUoQ0pQJegQIDBAB&biw=339&bih=605&dpr=3.19
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Hungarian President Katalin Novak
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Hungarian President Katalin Novak
She was a hottie. I liked her on that show.
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Neighborhood Restaurant Group's "Grand Delancy" in Manhattan.
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Au bon pain
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Rebellion on the pike
One of the few good non chain restaurants/bars close to me
Also bad wolf brewing
Probably a good thing, but they put to much focus on bad when it came to beer
Was the oldest brewery in all of prince William county
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Also bad wolf brewing
Probably a good thing, but they put to much focus on bad when it came to beer
Was the oldest brewery in all of prince William county
One of the smallest of the 301 breweries I have visited. I recall the beers being decent at the time...which was probably not long after they opened in 2013.
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not sure where else to put this... sad news
The Beach Boys' Brian Wilson Battling Dementia, Placed Under Conservatorship (https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/the_beach_boys_brian_wilson_battling_dementia_placed_under_conservatorship.html)
"Wilson is unable to properly provide for his own personal needs for physical health, food, clothing, or shelter."
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not sure where else to put this... sad news
The Beach Boys' Brian Wilson Battling Dementia, Placed Under Conservatorship (https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/the_beach_boys_brian_wilson_battling_dementia_placed_under_conservatorship.html)
"Wilson is unable to properly provide for his own personal needs for physical health, food, clothing, or shelter."
I'm not sure he could ever take care of those things for himself...
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Freevee
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Freevee
Denied? (https://variety.com/2024/digital/news/amazon-freevee-shutting-down-denies-1235918326/)
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do we have an anti-thread to this one? "Still in business, hired, and still employed"?
Slayer Fans React to the Band Announcing Their Reunion (https://loudwire.com/slayer-reunion-fan-reactions/)
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Earth?
A newly discovered asteroid the size of 16 washing machines will approach within 140,000 miles of Earth tomorrow (Feb. 22)
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Earth?
A newly discovered asteroid the size of 16 washing machines will approach within 140,000 miles of Earth tomorrow (Feb. 22)
i thought we had agreed that the only acceptable unit of measure for such celestial objects was the canada goose?
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Earth?
A newly discovered asteroid the size of 16 washing machines will approach within 140,000 miles of Earth tomorrow (Feb. 22)
i thought we had agreed that the only acceptable unit of measure for such celestial objects was the canada goose?
Well how many Canada geese does it take to make one washing machine?
1.5?
Never really sure if it’s the goose at rest or full wing span/extended neck?
If only someone had invented a conversion calculator
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AL JOURGENSEN SAYS MINISTRY MAKING ONE MORE ALBUM THEN BREAKING UP
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If only someone had invented a conversion calculator
OK FINE ALREADY: Feet-Goose-ESB Converter (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1iL0YZ5MHt0zmaLB8sjxBClMM4HZgI_7DCqXxc73cMD0/edit?usp=sharing)
fucking hell, people.
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If only someone had invented a conversion calculator
OK FINE ALREADY: Feet-Goose-ESB Converter (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1iL0YZ5MHt0zmaLB8sjxBClMM4HZgI_7DCqXxc73cMD0/edit?usp=sharing)
fucking hell, people.
There will be songs written, although only after a better UI is developed
I always measure my ESB in pints and on good occasions in kegs
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If only someone had invented a conversion calculator
OK FINE ALREADY: Feet-Goose-ESB Converter (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1iL0YZ5MHt0zmaLB8sjxBClMM4HZgI_7DCqXxc73cMD0/edit?usp=sharing)
fucking hell, people.
There will be songs written, although only after a better UI is developed
I always measure my ESB in pints and on good occasions in kegs
ahem!
Custom unit converter (https://www.rapidtables.com/convert/custom-converter.html)
I have not vetted this.
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WAMU
https://montgomeryperspective.com/2024/02/22/is-wamu-in-trouble/
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ahem!
Custom unit converter (https://www.rapidtables.com/convert/custom-converter.html)
I have not vetted this.
dude. that's a half-assed answer if there ever was one. you didn't even supply the values required. and here i am, serving it up on a silver platter. the ingratitude...
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WAMU
https://montgomeryperspective.com/2024/02/22/is-wamu-in-trouble/
DCist got shutdown
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Exclusive: WAMU lays off 15 staffers, shuts down DCist (https://www.axios.com/2024/02/23/wamu-dcist-layoffs-npr-washington)
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Vice (no your still vices are still there, this is the news org) filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
update: Vice Media stops publishing on website and cuts hundreds of jobs (https://www.bbc.com/news/business-68377742)
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WAMU
https://montgomeryperspective.com/2024/02/22/is-wamu-in-trouble/
That’s a major bummer
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Kansas drummer Phil Ehart steps down from live performance after heart attack (https://www.loudersound.com/news/kansas-drummer-phil-ehart-steps-down-from-live-perormance-after-heart-attack)
his drum tech will step in to take his spot
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Isobel Yeung @ Vice
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iCar (https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/02/28/apple-self-driving-car/)
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McConnell
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CoinBase
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Trumps liquidity
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FedEx naming rights.
Do we need to take up a collection for Julian's America?
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McConnell
wow
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Not bad, but i wish he was in the other thread
McConnell
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Not bad, but i wish he was in the other thread
McConnell
If only the replacements were going to be... better.
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FedEx naming rights.
Do we need to take up a collection for Julian's America?
Get a Saudi stadiums naming rights or an F1 team or a racing yacht team or nothing at all.
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FedEx naming rights.
Do we need to take up a collection for Julian's America?
Get a Saudi stadiums naming rights or an F1 team or a racing yacht team or nothing at all.
Can you name a single Saudi Stadium? I'm surprised that makes your list.
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Not bad, but i wish he was in the other thread
McConnell
If only the replacements were going to be... better.
Bob Stinson for Senate Leader. He's more alive than McConnell.
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McConnell
I needed some good news!
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CoinBase
the news of CBs death is greatly exaggerated
Bitcoin over 60k again!
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FedEx naming rights.
Do we need to take up a collection for Julian's America?
Get a Saudi stadiums naming rights or an F1 team or a racing yacht team or nothing at all.
Can you name a single Saudi Stadium? I'm surprised that makes your list.
One day the name Julian’s Saudi Arabian Glorious Cricket Stadium will roll off the tongue of every child in the world with the same reverence fat cheese people say “Lambeau” today.
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Poor Meek Mill. He was just convicted of one the most horrifying, egregious, disgusting, over the top, no way / no fucking day, acts in the world of rap.
He had someone killed ? . . . Nope
He committed money laundering ? . . . Nah
Drive by ? . . . Nuh, uh
He gay ? . . . Bingo!
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Paz Lenchantin
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Kyrsten Sinema
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Kyrsten Sinema
that's kinda good news, right
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Katy Porter run for the Democratic seat in the Senate
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Nikki
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Paz Lenchantin
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Paz Lenchantin
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Paz Lenchantin
Everybody's talking about her.
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It’s unclear but people say she got shitcanned for being friends with and defending Ariel Pink…..probably around Christmas
I thought she was great with Pixies! But obviously not indispensable.
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I mean, she should get fired for hanging out with Ariel Pink. But it's not like Frank Black has an uncomplicate history with their female bass players!
And welcome back, Hutch!!
It’s unclear but people say she got shitcanned for being friends with and defending Ariel Pink…..probably around Christmas
I thought she was great with Pixies! But obviously not indispensable.
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Well….i don’t know anything about that… so no opinion
Does seem a bit harsh to me as she has been in band for ten years!
But like I said no idea…and not much interest
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Ween April Tour
Get well soon Deaner
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Deaner needs to preserve his mental wellbeing…
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Deaner needs to preserve his mental wellbeing…
Don't we all.
Welcome home hutch.
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The Glenn Dome
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/03/06/virginia-arena-budget-removed-youngkin/
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GICDqQhXYAAu49r?format=jpg&name=large)
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Ween April Tour
Get well soon Deaner
oh no!
Well I do appreciate the heartfelt note on ween.com and i agree, would prefer he be a healthy human
But man I was really looking forward to that show, had a whole weekend planned
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If only Ween played DC, and NOT the Anthem, none of this would have happened.
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Ween April Tour
Get well soon Deaner
oh no!
Well I do appreciate the heartfelt note on ween.com and i agree, would prefer he be a healthy human
But man I was really looking forward to that show, had a whole weekend planned
Same... assuming he fell off the wagon and explains why they haven't really done a "tour" since their return.
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Ken Buck
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Ken Buck
At least we have Joe Buck
Oh wait..not sure that’s a good thing
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Candace Owens out at Daily Wire
Apparently there are tiers of douchery, and she is bottom barrel.
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Boeing brass (https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/03/25/boeing-ceo-stepping-down/)
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Puff Daddy??
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Landmade Brewery
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That Diddy news!
Gurrrrl.
And more . . . "The music executive’s Gulfstream G650 took off earlier today from Van Nuys Airport near Los Angeles shortly before the raid on Diddy’s home by Homeland Security, and has now landed at an airstrip in BARBUDA."
Gurrrrl, he done left the building!
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Well I think the US has an extradition treaty with Barbuda so he better keep running….
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Francis Scott Key Bridge
Oh my
https://twitter.com/DudleyNYC/status/1772547287102939302?s=19
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Francis Scott Key Bridge
Oh my
https://twitter.com/DudleyNYC/status/1772547287102939302?s=19
WTF!
Holy fucking shit
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Landmade Brewery
A late spring seasonal opening perhaps?
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Lizzo?
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Lizzo?
rename thread to "Belly up, fired, retired, and quitted?"
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Amazon walk out grocery stores
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Amazon walk out grocery stores
ha
there was a big one planned by me, they painted it and then backed out of the deal
Seems like a good concept, but it also seemed weird
I went once just to try it, was not overwhelmed
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Kelly Slater
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(https://media.nbcwashington.com/2024/04/foxtrot-pic-2.jpg?quality=85&strip=all&fit=540%2C720&w=975&h=548&crop=1) (https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/national-international/it-was-nice-serving-you-foxtrot-doms-locations-abruptly-close-in-chicago/3599313/)
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180m???? Damn.
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Voyager 1?
https://www.physics-astronomy.com/voyager-1-sending-data-in-1s-and-0s/
it's amazing how far this thing has gone and reported back
it's 46 year old tech!
just amazing
Also talk about a extra special collectors item LP
https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/golden-record/
Just think, the Aliens will get to hear chuck berry before they ever see a human!
Rumors of voyagers demise were greatly exaggerated
On 4/20 V1 sparked up a fatty and said “I’m back bitches “
https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/22/world/voyager-1-communication-issue-cause-fix-scn/index.html
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Even a brick can’t help but get a bit emotional reading that…
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Boomer Esiason and Phil Simms
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Boomer Esiason and Phil Simms
Okay, Boomer?
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Boomer sounds like a dying cat when he talks…not sure if his vocal chords were damaged playing American Football
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Boomer sounds like a dying cat when he talks…not sure if his vocal chords were damaged playing American Football
Speaking of damaged vocal chords...anyone heard RFK JR speak? Heard him for the first time on Bill Maher last week. Good lord, this is the protest option? And don't get me started on that idiot Cornell West...
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Boomer sounds like a dying cat when he talks…not sure if his vocal chords were damaged playing American Football
Speaking of damaged vocal chords...anyone heard RFK JR speak? Heard him for the first time on Bill Maher last week. Good lord, this is the protest option? And don't get me started on that idiot Cornell West...
we landed on the moon!
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I saw a CNN poll today (I think?) where RFK Jr. was at like 16% with registered voters lol.
Boomer sounds like a dying cat when he talks…not sure if his vocal chords were damaged playing American Football
Speaking of damaged vocal chords...anyone heard RFK JR speak? Heard him for the first time on Bill Maher last week. Good lord, this is the protest option? And don't get me started on that idiot Cornell West...
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I’m very curious what the party breakdown for RFK Jr supporters is. I assumed he was a plant to confuse democrats with the Kennedy name, but he’s so obviously libertarian and/or republican that it makes much more sense that he’d poach a would be Trump voter.
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I’m very curious what the party breakdown for RFK Jr supporters is. I assumed he was a plant to confuse democrats with the Kennedy name, but he’s so obviously libertarian and/or republican that it makes much more sense that he’d poach a would be Trump voter.
pundits i've read/listed to seem to agree that RFKjr is more likely to take away votes from trump than from biden. his central characteristic, other than that raspy voice, is promotion of conspiracy theories. one side of the aisle gets a lot more support from conspiracy theorists than the other, ergo...
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I’m very curious what the party breakdown for RFK Jr supporters is. I assumed he was a plant to confuse democrats with the Kennedy name, but he’s so obviously libertarian and/or republican that it makes much more sense that he’d poach a would be Trump voter.
pundits i've read/listed to seem to agree that RFKjr is more likely to take away votes from trump than from biden. his central characteristic, other than that raspy voice, is promotion of conspiracy theories. one side of the aisle gets a lot more support from conspiracy theorists than the other, ergo...
Rfk is definitely swaying more trump voters than Biden voters
Most democrats can’t stand him
Alas, if he didn’t have such a left field vax stance, I’d be a bigger supporter
On most topics he is the exact opposite of trump
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Trump voters cannot be swayed. How quickly people forget.
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Trump voters cannot be swayed. How quickly people forget.
Well, that is definitely true
But honestly, his biggest fans are the people who support Joe Rogan and the like
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Landmade Brewery
Back from the dead
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Sam Ash
the Ash family writes, “It is with a heavy heart that we announce that all Sam Ash Music store locations will begin store closing sales today… Thank you for allowing us to serve musicians like you for 100 years.”
whoa, 100 years
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Netanyahu government votes to close Al Jazeera channel in Israel
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Netanyahu government votes to close Al Jazeera channel in Israel
I read that a congressman from NY (Nadler?)just said Bibi was the worst leader of the Jews since the dude that turned over Israel to the Romans a century before Jesus. Wow. I really do think he has been awful for Israel. He has gotten old and incredibly arrogant. I remember when he was a rising star in the 80s and Israel’s Ambassador to the UN. I rarely agreed with him but dude was super effective and super sharp representing Israel. Now he is a huge liability.
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Landmade Brewery
Back from the dead
Still on hiatus
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welp.... I saw this last week
https://mocoshow.com/2024/05/03/landmade-brewery-to-reopen-this-weekend/Landmade Brewery
Back from the dead
Still on hiatus
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welp.... I saw this last week
https://mocoshow.com/2024/05/03/landmade-brewery-to-reopen-this-weekend/Landmade Brewery
Back from the dead
Still on hiatus
same... just still seems like the actual brewery operations are up in the air. Pretty surprised by that considering they far and away make the best beer in that part of MoCo/all of the other "farm breweries" up that way.
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Red Lobster locations
Sorry space
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Red Lobster locations
Sorry space
I don't think I've ever been to one, but it looks like the one in Alexandria is still open. I didn't eat any kind of seafood products for many of my adult years, And Red Lobster was probably too fancy to afford growing up. We did eat at Howard Johnson's and Pizza Hut when we really wanted a treat though.
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I would think any meal with you is a treat for all involved.
Red Lobster locations
Sorry space
I don't think I've ever been to one, but it looks like the one in Alexandria is still open. I didn't eat any kind of seafood products for many of my adult years, And Red Lobster was probably too fancy to afford growing up. We did eat at Howard Johnson's and Pizza Hut when we really wanted a treat though.
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Buy the entire* contents of your favorite closed Red Lobster location (https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/culture/food-drink/red-lobster-maryland-auction-WMCHYEECORCKXMSAOOMNMZUNK4/)
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Peter Chang- Rockville Town Center
Bummed
my once a week lunch go to
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Peter Chang- Rockville Town Center
Bummed
my once a week lunch go to
A good reason to head to Bob's Shanghai instead!
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Strathmore AMP
https://www.strathmore.org/press-media/press-release-amp-closing/?utm_source=wordfly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=050924AMP&utm_content=version_A
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Red Lobster locations
Sorry space
Red Lobster files for bankruptcy (https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/05/20/red-lobster-bankruptcy/)
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Red Lobster locations
Sorry space
Red Lobster files for bankruptcy (https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/05/20/red-lobster-bankruptcy/)
I guess this means there will be a glut of lobsters on the market soon. Look for the price to...
wait for it...
...tank.
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Red Lobster locations
Sorry space
Red Lobster files for bankruptcy (https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/05/20/red-lobster-bankruptcy/)
I guess this means there will be a glut of lobsters on the market soon. Look for the price to...
wait for it...
...tank.
Thoughts and prayers for the Maine economy.
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This is clearly just my ignorance as a person whose never been to a Red Lobster but for some reason I didn’t really think they served lobster, just “lesser” seafood like shrimp and stuff.
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This is clearly just my ignorance as a person whose never been to a Red Lobster but for some reason I didn’t really think they served lobster, just “lesser” seafood like shrimp and stuff.
https://www.redlobster.com/menu/signature-feasts
TRIGGER WARNING: blatant displays of animal flesh
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Sounds like Julian never sailed the seas of the Cheddar Bay.
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Sounds like Julian never sailed the seas of the Cheddar Bay.
I have not but I have heard many people tell tales of these biscuits.
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Sounds like Julian never sailed the seas of the Cheddar Bay.
mandatory listening while doing so:
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/77/1991_Sailing_the_Seas_of_Cheese.jpg)
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Sounds like Julian never sailed the seas of the Cheddar Bay.
mandatory listening while doing so:
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/77/1991_Sailing_the_Seas_of_Cheese.jpg)
OK, I have heard that record.
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Underground Pizza Co - Silver Springs
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Underground Pizza Co - Silver Springs
Time to Break out the Macaulay Caulking album?
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Underground Pizza Co - Silver Springs
Tbh that place kinda sucked tho
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Underground Pizza Co - Silver Springs
Time to Break out the Macaulay Caulking album?
Yes, it is a day of the week that ends with the letter "Y".
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Underground Pizza Co - Silver Springs
Time to Break out the Macaulay Caulking album?
Yes, it is a day of the week that ends with the letter "Y".
Non
lundi mardi mercredi jeudi vendredi samedi dimanche
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Underground Pizza Co - Silver Springs
Time to Break out the Macaulay Caulking album?
Yes, it is a day of the week that ends with the letter "Y".
Non
lundi mardi mercredi jeudi vendredi samedi dimanche
Excusez-moi. Oui, c'est un jour de la semaine qui contient la lettre "I."
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^ tres bien, je suis fier de vos connaissances! (ou de vos talents avec Google Traduction...)
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^ tres bien, je suis fier de vos connaissances! (ou de vos talents avec Google Traduction...)
J'utilise Pimsleur une heure par jour depuis environ neuf mois! Je peux lire les Cahiers du Cinema avec une aide exterieure minimale a ce stade.
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^ tres bien, je suis fier de vos connaissances! (ou de vos talents avec Google Traduction...)
J'utilise Pimsleur une heure par jour depuis environ neuf mois! Je peux lire les Cahiers du Cinema avec une aide exterieure minimale a ce stade.
felicitations! la prochaine fois que nous nous verrons, on parlera dans la langue de Moliere ;D
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The Record Exchange in Silver Springs
Bummah
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The Record Exchange in Silver Springs
Bummah
Man I used to stockpile vinyl from that place…
Didn’t bode well when the employees took over from the owner….
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The Record Exchange in Silver Springs
Bummah
Man I used to stockpile vinyl from that place…
Didn’t bode well when the employees took over from the owner….
Also, they decided to continue, post-COVID, what were essentially reduced hours. I don't know if it's a chicken or egg situation but closing at 6PM on weekdays doesn't seem like a profitable retail strategy. When attempting to help promote a couple of local shows, I had to dip out of work to attempt to talk to anyone or drop off flyers. But again, did they do it because they lacked the funds to stay open until 8PM? I can't say. I will say this. . . Joe's Record Paradise has been keeping the same sort of hours so. . . Everyone loves to lament.
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CD cellar in falls church went from closing at 8 to 6 during Covid and stayed that way but honestly they didn’t get much action after 6…..other than me!!!
Record exchange being in downtown silver spring and next to Fillmore ought to have been closing later but who knows…
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The closing of Borders and Discover moving to NY were a one-two punch that downtown SS is still suffering from.
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The Record Exchange in Silver Springs
Bummah
Open until June 9th.
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LOL
https://relix.com/news/detail/phish-fan-permanently-banned-from-sphere-after-posting-first-bong-rip-at-venue/
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LOL
https://relix.com/news/detail/phish-fan-permanently-banned-from-sphere-after-posting-first-bong-rip-at-venue/
This is likely a source of pride in the filthy, unwashed, subhuman jamband fan world.
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The Duplex Diner in AdMo
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The Duplex Diner in AdMo
Man... their Monday night meatloaf special kept me fed for nearly a decade.
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The Duplex Diner in AdMo
Man... their Monday night meatloaf special kept me fed for nearly a decade.
yeah, it's a bummer, really liked that place. can't say I've eaten there since Bush's first term tho
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The Duplex Diner in AdMo
Man... their Monday night meatloaf special kept me fed for nearly a decade.
yeah, it's a bummer, really liked that place. can't say I've eaten there since Bush's first term tho
2010 for me...
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Kendall Toole @ Peloton
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Voyager 1?
https://www.physics-astronomy.com/voyager-1-sending-data-in-1s-and-0s/
it's amazing how far this thing has gone and reported back
it's 46 year old tech!
just amazing
Also talk about a extra special collectors item LP
https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/golden-record/
Just think, the Aliens will get to hear chuck berry before they ever see a human!
Rumors of voyagers demise were greatly exaggerated
On 4/20 V1 sparked up a fatty and said “I’m back bitches “
https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/22/world/voyager-1-communication-issue-cause-fix-scn/index.html
Amazing… this thing was built on tech from nearly 50 years ago and is still working, I can’t seem to get an iPhone to work for more than 4 years
https://www.space.com/voyager-1-fully-operational
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You are answering your own comments with the same comment!
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You are answering your own comments with the same comment!
nah, in april 2 of the four systems communicating with earth were responding and even then I think it was just 1's and 0's
now all four are up
this bucket of bolts, who is outside our solar system and they built on pre-internet tech from the 70s
is operating at full capacity
(original mission...to photograph moons of Jupiter)
I'm sorry, but that's really kind of amazing
that the chuck berry record is on there is just the icing on the cake here
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Definitely amazing
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this bucket of bolts, who is outside our solar system and they built on pre-internet tech from the 70s
is operating at full capacity
it is not operating at full capacity. in order to save on power, they have shut down several sub-systems: "Due to the diminishing electrical power available, the Voyager team has had to prioritize which instruments to keep on and which to turn off. Heaters and other spacecraft systems have been turned off one by one as part of power management. The fields and particles instruments that are the most likely to send back key data about the heliosphere and interstellar space have been prioritized to keep operating. Engineers expect the spacecraft to continue operating at least one science instrument until around 2025." (wiki (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyager_1#Future_of_the_probe)). first sub-systems were shut down in 1998, they've slowly been pruning away ever since.
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Ageist!
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Scooter Braun as a manager...
another Weblebrity is a Bitch Day causality?
ugh was too dependent on reading headlines.. he's now a CEO of something called HYBE America, so failing up?
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AMP by Strathmore
https://www.strathmore.org/press-media/press-release-amp-closing/
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AMP by Strathmore
https://www.strathmore.org/press-media/press-release-amp-closing/
Died a few months back
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Jamaal Bowman
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Berhalter
Still don’t get why this didn’t happen after Qatar. Two more years wasted.
Now hire an international coach.
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Pocchetino should be the hire.
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Pocchetino should be the hire.
Am I correct that we are such a poverty country we are not allowed to pay the men’s coach more than the women’s coach so we’d be offering any international coach a fraction of what some Euro club team would pay? If so, delicious.
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I do not believe that is true although all the hires since Klinsmann make us appear stingy. If it is true there may be ways around it such as having Team USA sponsors foot the bill….
We will probably hire a flunkie with MLS coaching experience or second tier Europe….
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https://www.guitarworld.com/news/fernandes-guitars-files-for-bankruptcy
Billie Joe Armstrong is perhaps the brand’s most iconic proponent, having owned his iconic ‘Blue’ Fernandes Revival RST-50 Strat-a-like since the age of 10, and played it live at nearly every Green Day show.
Although the company ceased building guitars for the USA over the past decade, its Sustainer pickup continued to be a popular product
Prog royalty Robert Fripp and Steve Hackett both use Fernandes Les Paul-style models fitted with Sustainer pickups. Other users include the Edge, the Smashing Pumpkins and Radiohead’s Ed O’Brien, who included the unit on his signature Fender EOB Sustainer Strat.
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Tenacious D
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Tenacious D
I think technically this would go under just canceled or postponed... but good riddance.
One of the worst bands in the history of worst bands.
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Tenacious D
I think technically this would go under just canceled or postponed... but good riddance.
One of the worst bands in the history of worst bands.
Now that he's thrown his lifelong friend under the bus, Jack Black can get back to what he was put on god's earth to do. Starring in some of the best movies in the history of best movies.
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Tenacious D
I think technically this would go under just canceled or postponed... but good riddance.
One of the worst bands in the history of worst bands.
Well, we are in agreement on a musical act!
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Biden?
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Yes
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Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle
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Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle
At least we still have Hotel Rwanda's Don Cheadle.
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Robert Menendez Reportedly Resigning From the Senate
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All good things must come to an end…
The AP “Fact Check” story regarding couch sex is gone from the site.
How does one fact check such a thing, If couches become sentient then we are doomed
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All good things must come to an end…
The AP “Fact Check” story regarding couch sex is gone from the site.
How does one fact check such a thing, If couches become sentient then we are doomed
how does someone prove that I did not have sex with that couch, did they ask the couch?
is the couch a reliable witness?
ultimately, they did fact check that JD Vance didn't write about it in the book
the article was so wonky as they were like "we did a word search in the PDF of the book for the word couch"
what if he didn't call it couch but loveseat or sectional? Maybe he had a pet name for it
but just because it wasn't in the book DOES NOT MEAN HE IS NOT A COUCHFUCKER!
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The Crown in Charm City
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The DC Circulator is coming to its last stop. Service will officially end on December 31.
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Roberto "Loli" Linguanotto, inventor of tiramisu
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Roberto "Loli" Linguanotto, inventor of tiramisu
Dude must have been having a rough day, first getting canceled then dropping like a fly.
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StubHub
https://www.stereogum.com/2274146/washington-dc-sues-stubhub-over-deceptive-pricing/news/
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StubHub
https://www.stereogum.com/2274146/washington-dc-sues-stubhub-over-deceptive-pricing/news/
I will say stubhub is way better than vivid seats and Seatgeek
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if this is not a JA style corp, I don't know what is
Washington, DC alone, StubHub has reportedly taken in about $118 million in fees since 2015
I wonder if Big Seth was behind this suit
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X
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X
They had a great run.
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if this is not a JA style corp, I don't know what is
Washington, DC alone, StubHub has reportedly taken in about $118 million in fees since 2015
I wonder if Big Seth was behind this suit
Please don’t lump Big Seth and Julian’s America into the same boat. Honestly not sure which party is most offended by that.
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Aerosmith
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Aerosmith
Aerosmith Retires from Touring, Says Frontman Steven Tyler’s ‘Full Recovery from Vocal Injury Is Not Possible’ (https://people.com/aerosmith-retires-from-touring-steven-tyler-vocal-injury-8689884)
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John Mayer's index finger (temporary)
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Trying too hard to be like Jerry!
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X to Close Flagship San Francisco Office
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I thought X were a Los Angeles band?
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JWB (welp looks like they will not operate out of their wynwoood location l, but will still be brewing)
https://www.instagram.com/jwakefieldbeer
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Cori bush
@michaeldweiss
The Squad is now a team, according to NATO doctrine.
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Pretty sure Yada called this
At least she’s being honest (low tix sales) not sure I agree with the ‘media’ was at fault tho…
Lauryn Hill Cancels US Tour, Blames Media Sensationalism For Low Ticket Sales
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not sure I agree with the ‘media’ was at fault tho…
i wonder if it has ever occurred to these artists that maybe the cost of tickets is keeping people away? not everyone has $100+ to drop on a seat on a regular basis... when the price of a concert ticket rivals the cost of an airline ticket, the concert need to be dang sure of its pricing.
((i know, i know, with the collapse of album sales concerts are the only way artists can make money so they have to charge more, blah blah...)
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Columbia University President Minouche Shafik resigned on Wednesday
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Columbia University President Minouche Shafik resigned on Wednesday
Well, at least we still have Gustavo Petro.
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Ha ha
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Columbia University President Minouche Shafik resigned on Wednesday
Well, at least we still have Gustavo Petro.
Hmmph. At least we still have Z&Z Manoushe (https://www.zandzdc.com/)
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Columbia University President Minouche Shafik resigned on Wednesday
Well, at least we still have Gustavo Petro.
I have to say having former guerrilla in your wiki adds a little panache to your public profile
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POS
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POS
Don't you think this makes you sound cooler
Hutch, former guerrilla
So I'm pretty weak on my understanding of Petro, but I like his stance on Womans Rights, Human rights and ending the drug war
but I'm sure there is a long list of corrupt things he has done is doing that I'm unaware of
these 'socialists' always sound better on paper
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Glad I could get us debating Colombian politicians on this Thursday.
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Glad I could get us debating Colombian politicians on this Thursday.
so many countries, so little time
this was a decent primer on things
https://www.npr.org/2024/03/10/1233908534/colombia-leftist-president-gustavo-petro-challenges
but the last quote pretty much says it all
"He likes to make speeches. He likes to be cheered. He wants to be loved," Uprimny says. "But the problem is that he doesn't deliver. Because maybe he doesn't like to govern."
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Takes the heat off of the recycling thread
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Peter Hughes hangs up his horns.
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The runway dc
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The 8G band
Late Night with Seth Meyers told keyboardist and associate musical director Eli Janney the show would eliminate its live backing group, The 8G Band, due to budget cuts
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RFK Jr.
Endorses Trump
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RFK Jr.
Endorses Trump
shocked, just shocked
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Stuffed Puffs
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Refused calling it quits in 2025
Final US tour with closest date being Brooklyn 3/21/2025
almost all dates on the West Coast..
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I refuse to care about refused
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I refuse to care about refused
Agreed.
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Lyte?
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Lyte?
U serious bro
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REO Speedwagon
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Tupperware (https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/09/18/tupperware-bankruptcy-chapter-11/) *burp*
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Red Lobster locations
Sorry space
Red Lobster files for bankruptcy (https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/05/20/red-lobster-bankruptcy/)
Red Lobster emerges from Bankruptcy
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Morrissey fires management after Johnny Marr statement
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Morrissey fires management after Johnny Marr statement
Is this all a dance leading up to a reunion?
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Lyte?
U serious bro
They're claiming "website maitenance [sic]"
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Lyte?
U serious bro
They're claiming "website maitenance [sic]"
Ticketing Company Lyte Shuts Down Suddenly (https://www.billboard.com/pro/ticketing-company-lyte-shuts-down/)
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Last full-sized Kmart in the United States shuts down
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Red Shedman Farm Brewery
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The Oakland A's (https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/09/26/oakland-athletics-finale-fans/)
And another part of my childhood dies....
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Very sad. 😢
Everything is all about the Benjamin’s.
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Very sad. 😢
Everything is all about the Benjamin’s.
are you implying Jeff(erson)'s are second class citizens?
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I said what I said.
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Taylor Lorenz has ‘left’ the Washington Post
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Probably 180 degrees the wrong thread, but Daniel Day-Lewis is coming out of retirement.
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Probably 180 degrees the wrong thread, but Daniel Day-Lewis is coming out of retirement.
didn't think he'd be doing the nepo-baby thing
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Probably 180 degrees the wrong thread, but Daniel Day-Lewis is coming out of retirement.
didn't think he'd be doing the nepo-baby thing
When it comes to priorities for him, apparently There Will Be Blood.
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I mean it's probably going to be spectacular, Samanta Morton is in it too...
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I mean it's probably going to be spectacular, Samanta Morton is in it too...
Speaking of Samantha, she recently released a Trip-Hop album called Daffodils & Dirt
https://youtu.be/zsvzrfrte30 - Live on Jools Holland
according to one article there is a trip-hop revival going on as well
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interesting...not bad
odd she is going by Sam Morton?
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Rafael Nadal
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pretty funny linkedin update
(https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/v2/D4E22AQHr1uAy1jMZ_Q/feedshare-shrink_1280/feedshare-shrink_1280/0/1728651894779?e=1731542400&v=beta&t=-XgtIXAcRrHY2aWXm_clXTGCv_tda3jv443jNj5TdZA)
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Rafael Nadal
He was a class act. Unlike Joker and Fed who could be real dipshits when they lost Nadal was always gracious. I feel like he has been semi retired for years though
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Lt. Dan
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Lt. Dan
belly up'ed, fired, retired - or cancelled?
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Early announcement of something in 2029
ROBERT SMITH has announced THE CURE will RETIRE after the 50th anniversary of their debut album in 2029.
“I’m 70 in 2029, and that’s the 50th anniversary of the first Cure album [Three Imaginary Boys],” Smith said in a new interview with Matt Everitt. “If I make it that far, that’s it. In the intervening time, I’d like to include playing concerts as part of the overall plan of what we’re going to do. I’ve loved it; the last 10 years of playing shows have been the best 10 years of being in the band. It pisses all over the other 30-odd years! It’s been great.”
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UVa Men's basketball coach Tony Bennett
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Cuba’s electrical grid
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Cuba’s electrical grid
Poor people.
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Rudy's Assets
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TGI Friday's? (https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/28/food/tgi-fridays-closures/index.html)
(https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/120457003_200698724825679_5657276652393026365_n.jpg?_nc_cat=107&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=833d8c&_nc_ohc=PZZYOXgFswcQ7kNvgFk0Aaq&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent-iad3-1.xx&_nc_gid=AUrOO2HVlPJFcsQ2p0lLQxs&oh=00_AYBnajhRWG2eJ83qNMJwhTuh04PFqilcSqHxF6p-EtZ8Vg&oe=6747CF7A)
(https://s3.amazonaws.com/popturf/original_1388411166tgifridays-radiocity.jpg)
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Yoav Gallant.
This can't be good news.
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TFG's social media company? trading on shares have been halted amid a sudden and steep selloff :D more rubes lives ruined..
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TFG's social media company? trading on shares have been halted amid a sudden and steep selloff :D more rubes lives ruined..
should have gone in the schadenfreude thread
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GBV from live shows?
https://theconstantbleeder.com/2024/10/30/guided-by-voices-at-ferris-wheelers-dallas-tx-10-26-2024/
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Worst thing to happen all week!
GBV from live shows?
https://theconstantbleeder.com/2024/10/30/guided-by-voices-at-ferris-wheelers-dallas-tx-10-26-2024/
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GBV from live shows?
https://theconstantbleeder.com/2024/10/30/guided-by-voices-at-ferris-wheelers-dallas-tx-10-26-2024/
WHAT!
dude after this week, I can't take any more bad news
to make matters worse...the internet thinks that GBV stands for gender-based violence now!
what the fuck is wrong with this world
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Pitchfork Festival
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NNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!
Kum & Go is going away. Its new owner is rebranding all of its locations (https://wtop.com/business-finance/2024/11/kum-go-is-going-away-its-new-owner-is-rebranding-all-of-its-locations/)
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Metz: https://www.instagram.com/p/DA8jV5duwxR/?hl=en&img_index=1
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Not quite dead but oh, the drama-a-a...
Advance Auto Parts is closing hundreds of stores in an effort to turn its business around (https://wtop.com/national/2024/11/advance-auto-parts-is-closing-hundreds-of-stores-in-an-effort-to-turn-its-business-around/)
Advance Auto on Thursday posted a loss of $6 million in its third quarter on revenue of $2.15 billion.
If a 0.28% loss makes you go full fetal, you're doing it wrong.
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Spirit airlines
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Milhouse
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Gaetz as AG nominee
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Gaetz as AG nominee
Is anyone clear on if he remains a congressman or did he manage to resign his 2025-2027 term proactively?
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I assume the future senator for Floriduh.
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From CNN:
Senior congressional leaders in both parties are scrambling to determine if Matt Gaetz can return to the House next year after he abruptly pulled himself from consideration to be President-elect Donald Trump’s attorney general.
But an early consensus is emerging at all levels of House leadership: Lawmakers and senior aides believe that Gaetz can still return in January — a scenario that some have privately feared could happen all along, according to more than a dozen sources.
Given the way Gaetz carefully crafted his resignation letter earlier this month, multiple sources tell CNN that there may be nothing stopping Gaetz from being sworn in at the start of the next Congress.
Even though Gaetz said in his resignation letter that he does “not intend to take the oath of office” next January, congressional sources say he is still on track to be named to the seat because the governor has not yet called a special election and he cannot preemptively resign from a Congress that has not started yet.
But there are a lot of factors at play, and it’s a complicated question with murky legal precedent. Some lawmakers have already asked the parliamentarian to weigh in and clear up the confusion, one source told CNN.
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this is just nuts, but sounds like he could resign to get out of the ethics investigation, then start again in January and they would have to start a new investigation...which is never going to happen
I am glad that the possibility of him being AG was just to create liberal tears more than actually happening
but these things then distract from the other picks, because you can't stop thinking about the insanely crazy one
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Your first paragraph is insane. I hadn’t even thought of that. Thanks for sharing.
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Gaetz as AG nominee
I can't believe we have these to thank for this
The New York Times reported that four Republican senators were hard Nos on Gaetz—Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Susan Collins of Maine, Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, and incoming Utah Sen. John Curtis
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this is just nuts, but sounds like he could resign to get out of the ethics investigation, then start again in January and they would have to start a new investigation...which is never going to happen
Matt Gaetz will not return to Congress (https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj0jgle8qnyo)
“There are a number of fantastic Floridians who stepped up to run for my seat, people who have inspired with their heroism, with their public service,” Gaetz said. “And I’m actually excited to see north-west Florida go to new heights and have great representation.
“I think that eight years is probably enough time in the United States Congress,” he said.
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So no senate either….
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I think he wants to be the next governor of Florida
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They deserve him
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Gaetz as AG nominee
So it’s looking like he can’t take his seat back
But in good news, I heard he’s getting work via cameo at $500 a pop
https://www.cameo.com/mattgaetz
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We knew it was gonna happen, still smarts though
Trump election case is tossed after special counsel Jack Smith requests dismissal citing 'categorical' DOJ policy
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Justin Timberlakes’s back
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the french government (https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/french-lawmakers-set-vote-ousting-prime-minister-barnier-2024-12-04/)
all brought about by Macron's decision to hold snap elections this summer, when his party and coalition were at a low point in their popularity. at the time, i read one analysis/prognostication that macron did this to purposefully let the opposition factions into power, let them fight amongst themselves for a few years and accomplish nothing (the opposition is a loose coalition of both right and left parties that can't agree on anything other than getting into power), so by the time the 2027 presidential election comes around he and his party will look like the logical, sane choice. not sure things are going to work out that way, but TBD...
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Iron Maiden drummer Nicko McBrain announces retirement from touring with band
I mean, the guy is 72 and suffered a stroke, that he was even touring was amazing
Not easy work being the drummer in a heavy metal band
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He took shit for being off his game after coming back from his stroke. People can be so cruel. Probably factored into his decision.
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Assad
Lots of government upheaval going round the world this late fall
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You want to say good riddance and a big FU to Putin but what comes next?
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(https://i.ibb.co/MNMtH45/IMG-4530.png) (https://ibb.co/5cBS3yx)
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Oh snap
Donald Trump Jr. is seen flaunting his romance with socialite Bettina Anderson in Palm Beach...with no sign of fiancée Kimberly Guilfoyle
After all she has done for MAGA
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Assad
Lots of government upheaval going round the world this late fall
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ged-fezWsAASWpD?format=jpg&name=small)
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Crisfields
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Fani Willis
So predictable
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Hellbender Brewing
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Party City
Boo..they came in handy
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Party City
Boo..they came in handy
Yup, not a reorg this time (https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/20/business/party-city-shut-down/index.html)
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Southside Johnny
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Did the Birchmere food do it??
I believe that was his final show and he left the stage early….
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BIG
LOTS! (https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/12/20/big-lots-set-liquidate-its-900-stores-after-planned-sale-falters/)
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THE CONTAINER STORE! (https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/12/23/container-store-bankruptcy-sale/)
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This tracks. If we can't buy big lots of stuff, we won't need anything to store it in.
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The Morrison hotel
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Trixie Mattle's relationship of over 8 years.
God, I feel so, "crush(ed) with eye,liner."
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Brangelina
end of an era
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Trudeau
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Trudeau
True dat.
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Nextdoor anthem neighbor the Brighton is being replaced by Whitlows
Weird as they also replaced the Brixton, which is a close neighbor of the 9:30
Will Ben’s get replaced by a Whitlows too?
https://www.instagram.com/p/DEkwJ9FR5YR/?igsh=MWx0MzFycThraHo3eg==
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Will Ben’s get replaced by a Whitlows too?
Ben's Chili Bowl is actually getting replaced by a The Birchmere.
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I am hoping Whitlows at Whatf will have lower beer prices and stay open later but not counting on it. Probably the opposite will happen.
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Jack Smith
Had a lot of hope for this guy, alas, hutch is right again
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Jack Smith
Had a lot of hope for this guy, alas, hutch is right again
Well at least we still have the hope of later times and lower beer prices at Whitlow's.
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Chuck Todd at NBC
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20 year anniversary of the demise of HFS
Edit… was yesterday
At noon on January 12, 2005, 99.1 WHFS was switched to a Tropical Latin music format
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Bring back the HFS festival!
Oh wait…..
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Porridge Radio after their tour. At Atlantis next Thursday.
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speaking of retired, this was a nice lil' read from WaPo:
How the biggest rock band in the world disappeared (https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/interactive/2025/michael-stipe-65-birthday-rem-band/)
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Tic tok
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CapCut, Lemon8, Gauth, Hypic, Lark, etc
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And no I’m not having a stroke
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Never mind
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Ramaswamy to co-lead DOGE
Can that even be measured on the Scaramucci scale since he is pretty much being let go before it actually started
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Ramaswamy to co-lead DOGE
Can that even be measured on the Scaramucci scale since he is pretty much being let go before it actually started
was he "let go"? i read he was quitting to focus on a run for governor of ohio. or maybe he wanted out before the lawsuits against DOGE hit (which occurred within minutes of trump being sworn in (https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/01/20/doge-trump-musk-ramaswamy/))
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I don’t know that was ever going to work. Two huge egos co-managing?
I wouldn’t look at Governor of Ohio or senator from Ohio as a demotion though …it’s not like being head of the VOA!! :)
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So there has been a ruling on this:
https://bsky.app/profile/thejackeroo.bsky.social
For those trading the exchanges:
1 Mooch = 10 Ramaswamy
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I wouldn’t look at Governor of Ohio or senator from Ohio as a demotion though …it’s not like being head of the VOA!! :)
QFT
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The Spanish version of whitehouse.gov and twitter account
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The Spanish version of whitehouse.gov and twitter account
Ay caramba
Apparently when you hit the go home button, you see an image of Trump pointing
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Jim Acosta announces on air that he's leaving CNN and says, "it is never a good time to bow down to a tyrant ... don't give in to the lies."
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Serbia’s PM Vučević steps down over mega student-led protests
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quite a bit more than a slap on the wrist... good riddance
Former U.S. Senator Bob Menendez has just been sentenced to 11 years in prison
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Welsh band The Rusty Nutz
They even left us with a farewell video
A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE RUSTY NUTZ... GOODNIGHT https://youtu.be/u0zndSqVMNw
it should be noted they did the whole release an album on several obsolete forms of media before Green Day did...
https://therustynutz.bandcamp.com/album/the-rusty-nutz-we-tried-to-make-it-big-but-something-somewhere-went-wrong-and-we-cant-work-out-what-that-something-is-2
they formed a new band called The Kobayashi Maru described as "Featuring 83.33% of The Rusty Nutz." which of course shouldn't be confused with all the other bands using that name... do a search people...
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Welsh band The Rusty Nutz
it should be noted they did the whole release an album on several obsolete forms of media before Green Day did...
whoa a release on a Rev disk
this one as well is an odd format that I don't even think I've ever heard of
Sound tape cartridge
(https://f4.bcbits.com/img/0028225584_10.jpg)
found out it was It was introduced in 1958!
Despite its convenience, the RCA tape cartridge was not much of a success
The same design concept would later be used in the more successful Compact Cassette, introduced by Philips in 1962
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USAID
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USAID
Seriously? Wow
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Ah fake news
The word is usaid moving to state department
Nice play for Rubio
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USAID
I was wrong
Appears to be correct per Musk announcement last night.
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The 9 hour Prince Netflix documentary that Ezra Edelmen spent five years working on. Blocked by the Prince estate so they could produce their own presumably sanitized version.
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The 9 hour Prince Netflix documentary that Ezra Edelmen spent five years working on. Blocked by the Prince estate so they could produce their own presumably sanitized version.
the estate won out by offering netflix access to audio and video from prince's vault, whereas edelmen's effort was unofficial and made using public sources... so netflix chose unreleased over unredacted.
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Billabong
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Billabong
Quicksilver and Volcom too: their parent company = Chapter 11. all stores will close, if not closed already.
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Billabong
Quicksilver and Volcom too: their parent company = Chapter 11. all stores will close, if not closed already.
Thoughts and prayers to Pac-Sun employees everywhere.
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Vince Neil’s private jet
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Ben Folds quits Kennedy Center gig (https://consequence.net/2025/02/ben-folds-resigns-from-advisory-position-at-kennedy-center/)
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So looks like Allmusic.com is trying to make 'fetch' happen
Error 503 Backend fetch failed
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bummer
Landmark’s E Street Cinema
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Hooters is prep'ing to file for bankruptcy.
comments on twitter are what you'd expect (https://x.com/search?q=Hooters&src=trend_click&vertical=trends).
"Hooters is filing for chapter 13 bankruptcy. Now if you want chicken wings and the objectification of women you have to go to any sports bar in America"
"Imagine how MAGAts would've reacted if Biden bankrupted Hooters in his first month."
"4 years of woke didn't kill Hooters, 1 month of MAGA did."
"Tough break Hooters, there’s always Onlyfans. :)"
"Hooters goes tits up."
"I saw "Hooters" trending and my first thought (no kidding) was: Who have they tapped and for which cabinet?"
etc.
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David Shipley at Washington Post Opinion Editor wouldn't bow a knee to Bezos
Jeff Bezos has announced a significant shift in the Washington Post's opinion section, focusing on personal liberties and free markets
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Joann is going out of business (https://www.cbsnews.com/detroit/news/joann-fabrics-closing-stores-going-out-of-business-sales/), with the more than 80-year-old fabric and crafts retailer set to close all of its stores nationwide after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection for a second time.
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Joann is going out of business (https://www.cbsnews.com/detroit/news/joann-fabrics-closing-stores-going-out-of-business-sales/), with the more than 80-year-old fabric and crafts retailer set to close all of its stores nationwide after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection for a second time.
Something like 20k part time (mostly women) just lost their jobs
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It’s going to be interesting seeing how they spin cratering the economy.
Their base will buy whatever bullshit Trump hurls but there are going to be a group of Americans that voted for him that are not going to be amused. And there are going to be the rest that didn’t vote for him -or didn’t vote at all- who are going to be livid if we are not already.
I can’t ever recall someone breaking the economy on purpose.
I hope my family is ok. My brother in law lost his job in home building about a month ago and no luck yet and he usually gets hired right away. My partner says a lot of her colleagues in public health have been let go and she works a lot with CMS. Her long term project is Medicare. My other brother in law made millions suddenly - no idea how- and seems to be a Trump supporter. He no longer really seems to work. His family (my sister that I don’t get along with) are permanently traveling to safaris, the Olympics wherever. No I am not bitter. My theory is he either made money in crypto or like he claims sold his companies which may have been crypto tangential. . Guy is a bs’er but it ain’t no bs he is now rich. Building a new house on main line or near while still living in old house. Am happy for my nieces.
A friend works in government and texted me he is “avidly” looking for work (he still has his job).
It’s not going to be easy to spin the “we have entered a new golden age” when people are losing their jobs, healthcare, Medicaid etc
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It’s going to be interesting seeing how they spin cratering the economy.
blame blame blame: it's because of biden, the deep state, foreign enemies like canada and mexico, woke, DEI, the phase of the moon... anything and anyone except themselves and their actions.
Their base will buy whatever bullshit Trump hurls but there are going to be a group of Americans that voted for him that are not going to be amused. And there are going to be the rest that didn’t vote for him -or didn’t vote at all- who are going to be livid if we are not already.
there is a trend on twitter of posting vids of trumpers complaining about losing their jobs, it wasn't supposed to happen to them, they didn't vote for this, dear leader trump please ya gotta fix my personal situation, etc. at first it's vaguely satisfying, but ultimately it's pyrrhic... those people are not suffering alone. i don't want to own the magats, i want a functioning and prosperous country.
My brother in law lost his job in home building about a month ago and no luck yet and he usually gets hired right away. My partner says a lot of her colleagues in public health have been let go and she works a lot with CMS.
my employer announced major layoffs this week, hundreds lost. this week has been a write-off in terms of productivity: all work has been put on hold while people deal/process/mental health, and then figure out what the firings mean in terms of planned work, delivery schedules, new responsibilities, etc. corporate might have saved money on salaries and benefits, but i wonder if the collateral damage was taken into account...
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Yeah I don’t get satisfaction from seeing maga voters whose lives are being wrecked either. IF they realize it’s Trump doing it…
Like this woman:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/ar-AA1zTXAI
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Skype
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Skype
not 'til May!
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Congressman Don Beyer is hosting a Resource Fair for Federal Workers and Contractors on Sat, March 8, from 12 – 5 p.m. at Wakefield High School
(stop by for a beer after as I live just 2 blocks away)
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The beginning of the end: Walgreens agrees to be acquired by private equity firm for almost $10 billion (https://wtop.com/national/2025/03/walgreens-agrees-to-be-acquired-by-private-equity-firm-for-almost-10-billion-2/)
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I was thinking the same thing…. I hope not..the one a few blocks from my house is essential to me. I stop by there pretty much everyday.
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FiveThirtyEight
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FiveThirtyEight
I saw that! Who will aggregate the incorrect polls for me now????
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How will we make our incorrect predictions in 2026???
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Mastodon parting ways with Brent Hinds, "a mutual decision", etc.
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thinking of a former possibly lurking boardie with this devasting news...
Bags Will No Longer Fly Free on Southwest Airlines
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thinking of a former possibly lurking boardie with this devasting news...
Bags Will No Longer Fly Free on Southwest Airlines
jez, pretty lame of them to single out a single boardie, but had no idea bags got free flights on SW
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thinking of a former possibly lurking boardie with this devasting news...
Bags Will No Longer Fly Free on Southwest Airlines
jez, pretty lame of them to single out a single boardie, but had no idea bags got free flights on SW
Bags knows what she did on that redeye to Portland.