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Title: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Justin Tonation on March 14, 2018, 05:43:37 pm
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)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: vansmack on March 14, 2018, 05:51:51 pm
The cluttering up of the Dropping Like Flies thread.

Nice work.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Justin Tonation on March 14, 2018, 06:39:13 pm
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?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on March 14, 2018, 06:47:55 pm
Trump?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on March 14, 2018, 09:43:38 pm
The cluttering up of the Dropping Like Flies thread.

Nice work.

if you build it they will come...
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: vansmack on March 15, 2018, 12:11:35 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Justin Tonation on March 15, 2018, 08:36:44 pm
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)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on March 16, 2018, 11:54:44 am
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 -
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on March 16, 2018, 12:44:16 pm
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)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: vansmack on March 16, 2018, 01:37:22 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on March 16, 2018, 02:11:28 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on March 16, 2018, 03:19:49 pm
source
I never reveal my sources
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on March 16, 2018, 03:46:49 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on March 16, 2018, 10:31:34 pm
Andrew McCabe
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: walkonbyeeeeeeeee on March 18, 2018, 02:53:14 am
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on March 19, 2018, 05:43:30 pm
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?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: shemptiness on March 20, 2018, 08:07:56 am
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?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: walkonbyeeeeeeeee on March 20, 2018, 09:44:05 am
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: vansmack on March 20, 2018, 12:10:38 pm
What about 2 for 24?

He should go to the minors too, mostly to work on his pitching.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on March 23, 2018, 10:33:54 pm
That space disco ball

https://www.theverge.com/2018/3/22/17144208/rocket-lab-humanity-star-satellite-new-zealand-astronomy
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on March 24, 2018, 07:31:08 am
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.
--
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.
--
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?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: bearman🐻 on March 26, 2018, 09:51:32 am
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on March 26, 2018, 09:57:29 am
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on March 26, 2018, 09:59:59 am
Definitely out on Eagles of Death Metal...I think Jesse suffers from mental illness...really sad...
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: bearman🐻 on March 26, 2018, 10:03:52 am
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on March 26, 2018, 10:06:48 am
He has said really crazy stuff before post Bataclan...He is sick and needs to get help
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on March 26, 2018, 11:48:32 am
I think Jesse suffers from mental illness...

ya think! Meth is a helluva drug
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on March 26, 2018, 01:18:45 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on March 26, 2018, 06:00:38 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on April 09, 2018, 01:29:16 pm
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 ;)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: analogfossa on April 09, 2018, 04:11:53 pm
Lindsey is out of Fleetwood.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on April 09, 2018, 07:59:11 pm
That is more for the “Put out of its misery” thread
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on April 09, 2018, 08:14:44 pm
Mike Campbell and Neil Finn replacing Buckingham....kinda weird
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: vansmack on April 09, 2018, 08:50:30 pm
Lindsey is out of Fleetwood.

FTFY
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on April 09, 2018, 09:04:23 pm
Lindsey is out of Fleetwood.

FTFY

Agreed. I mean, wtf.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on April 09, 2018, 10:19:53 pm
The Thermals
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on April 10, 2018, 01:27:59 am
Lindsey is out of Fleetwood.

FTFY

gawdammit i hate it when smakie makes me agree with him.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on April 10, 2018, 08:46:53 am
The Thermals

thanks
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on April 10, 2018, 08:51:56 am
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?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: vansmack on April 11, 2018, 08:55:50 am
Paul Ryan's congressional career.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on April 11, 2018, 09:04:10 am
Paul Ryan's congressional career.

He'll have time to have surgery to take care of his missing spine.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on April 13, 2018, 06:45:56 pm
Huey Lewis and the News
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on April 13, 2018, 08:19:59 pm
If this is it.......,please let me go
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on April 13, 2018, 10:38:37 pm
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)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on April 13, 2018, 10:49:00 pm
They say the heart of rock and roll is still beating and from what I have seen I believe it....
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: vansmack on May 02, 2018, 04:34:02 pm
Cambridge Analytica (https://gizmodo.com/cambridge-analytica-just-shut-down-all-its-us-offices-1825698536)

Damage done, moving on.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on May 02, 2018, 04:38:05 pm
Ty Cobb
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on May 02, 2018, 07:20:43 pm
Incredible run of 116 seasons!
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: evilizac on May 03, 2018, 07:20:25 am
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)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on May 03, 2018, 07:58:55 am
Oh no not Paulina!


That movie with Tom selleck is gold
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on May 03, 2018, 09:28:32 am

1. The Saturn is long gone.


The Saturn. Long live the Saturn.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on May 03, 2018, 09:37:40 am

1. The Saturn is long gone.


The Saturn. Long live the Saturn.
The dream of the 90s is alive in Space's Saturn. . .
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on May 03, 2018, 09:50:26 am
(https://i.imgur.com/c9WdQ5O.jpg)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on May 03, 2018, 12:48:31 pm
(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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on May 09, 2018, 10:54:28 am
https://www.stereogum.com/1995348/frightened-rabbits-scott-hutchinson-reported-missing/news/
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on May 09, 2018, 05:51:04 pm
https://www.stereogum.com/1995348/frightened-rabbits-scott-hutchinson-reported-missing/news/

sadly, this doesn't really surprise me
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: vansmack on May 09, 2018, 07:40:55 pm
Sadly, me neither, but still bums me out.  I hope they find him safe.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: challenged on May 09, 2018, 07:56:45 pm
Sadly, me neither, but still bums me out.  I hope they find him safe.

very sad,
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: MAGA 2020 on May 09, 2018, 08:37:09 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on May 29, 2018, 01:58:51 pm
Sorry sidebarr.

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/29/abc-cancels-roseanne-barrs-sitcom-after-her-tweet-about-black-obama-aide-valerie-jarrett.html
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on May 29, 2018, 02:08:39 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on May 29, 2018, 02:10:18 pm
I wonder if she takes her show somewhere else
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on May 29, 2018, 02:14:45 pm
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?"
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on May 29, 2018, 03:13:13 pm
I wonder if she takes her show somewhere else

Do they show sitcoms on Fox News?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Justin Tonation on May 29, 2018, 04:06:45 pm
I wonder if she takes her show somewhere else

Do they show sitcoms on Fox News?

That would be redundant, of course.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on May 29, 2018, 04:22:31 pm
New genre, the “conspiracycom”?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on May 29, 2018, 05:32:21 pm
New genre, the “conspiracycom”?

that would be "conspiracom". 
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on May 30, 2018, 08:56:09 am
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?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: vansmack on May 30, 2018, 02:50:55 pm
I'm shocked that you left out the part where he denounced the racist tweet.

Oh, wait....
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: kosmo vinyl on June 15, 2018, 12:01:55 pm
The Opposition

And should we add locked up? 
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on June 22, 2018, 06:24:07 am
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/
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on June 27, 2018, 02:32:13 pm
Justice Kennedy!!!!!
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on June 27, 2018, 02:46:26 pm
Justice Kennedy!!!!!

Bye bye abortion rights.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on June 27, 2018, 03:16:21 pm
Justice Kennedy!!!!!

Bye bye abortion rights.
Yeah but I mean Hillary was uppity. What were we supposed to do?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on June 27, 2018, 03:37:22 pm
Have we forgotten Hillary sent emails?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on June 27, 2018, 03:47:45 pm
Hillary was also crooked.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on June 27, 2018, 03:51:04 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on June 28, 2018, 10:32:42 am
Jason Werth, presumably to prep for his seat on the Court.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on July 05, 2018, 03:57:04 pm
Pruitt
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on July 05, 2018, 05:29:34 pm
Pruitt

All credit goes to the mom/teacher who confronted him at Teaism, right?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Justin Tonation on July 05, 2018, 06:33:22 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: kosmo vinyl on July 23, 2018, 08:22:08 pm
Diarrhea Planet
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on July 24, 2018, 08:16:36 am
Shitty
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on July 24, 2018, 04:44:04 pm
Demi Lovato Herion OD...but she's OK....thank you Narcan
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: ggw on July 24, 2018, 05:05:05 pm
Ivanka's fashion line.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: ggw on July 31, 2018, 04:06:26 pm
Graffiato

https://www.washingtonian.com/2018/07/31/graffiato-dc-is-officially-closed-and-may-not-be-the-last-shutter-for-mike-isabella/
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on August 01, 2018, 08:37:47 am
Graffiato

https://www.washingtonian.com/2018/07/31/graffiato-dc-is-officially-closed-and-may-not-be-the-last-shutter-for-mike-isabella/

Good.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on August 01, 2018, 08:50:56 am
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on August 01, 2018, 08:58:37 am
Gah!
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on August 24, 2018, 04:33:38 pm
Mike Isabella is closing his mega Tysons Corner food hall, Isabella Eatery, today
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: ggw on August 24, 2018, 04:55:16 pm
Word on the street is that Mike will be back in rehab by the end of the month.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on September 03, 2018, 05:46:49 pm
Sage has left the Regrettes.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on September 07, 2018, 10:30:34 am
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)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on September 07, 2018, 09:48:05 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Justin Tonation on September 09, 2018, 09:36:05 pm
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)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on September 21, 2018, 05:25:09 pm
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/
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on September 24, 2018, 02:32:46 pm
Ed Whelan,
“will take a leave of absence” from the conservative Washington think tank after peddling the "doppelganger theory" on social media last week
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on September 24, 2018, 03:14:45 pm
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/)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on October 03, 2018, 06:02:18 am
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)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on October 15, 2018, 06:57:36 am
Sears
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on October 19, 2018, 04:02:42 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on December 07, 2018, 08:59:58 am
John Kelly, soon
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: ggw on December 07, 2018, 02:18:25 pm
Kevin Hart from the Academy Awards. Thankfully.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on December 07, 2018, 02:35:58 pm
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!
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on December 07, 2018, 03:49:23 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on December 07, 2018, 04:30:46 pm
You guys stun easy
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on December 10, 2018, 12:37:33 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: ggw on December 13, 2018, 11:25:26 am
Isabella's restaurant empire:
   https://www.washingtonian.com/2018/12/12/mike-isabellas-restaurant-group-is-going-out-of-business/
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on December 14, 2018, 03:41:12 pm
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)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on December 14, 2018, 04:41:11 pm
Whoever they appoint is up in 2020

McSally would be vulnerable so I hope they pick her
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on December 15, 2018, 05:35:34 pm
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?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on December 15, 2018, 06:01:59 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on December 15, 2018, 07:28:05 pm
Is Alex Acosta the next to go?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: vansmack on December 16, 2018, 03:38:08 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on December 16, 2018, 04:25:40 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: vansmack on December 16, 2018, 07:19:01 pm
Not sure if it's the party or the people in the party at this point.  His approval ratings amongst Republicans are still high.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: shemptiness on December 18, 2018, 11:43:36 am
(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)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on December 18, 2018, 12:38:48 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: challenged on December 18, 2018, 01:14:23 pm
RIP Ticketfly as the ticket vendor for Merriweather. All hail Ticketmaster. I think? Am I reading/clicking wrong?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on December 18, 2018, 04:03:33 pm
Dude how can you not know who Mourinho is?!?


Embarrassing


If he looks old to you look in the mirror
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: vansmack on December 18, 2018, 04:18:27 pm

 Mourinho out at Man U  (https://deadspin.com/jose-mourinhos-failed-tenure-at-manchester-united-is-fi-1831170461)

Christmas came early for Smackie
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on December 18, 2018, 05:27:17 pm
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?"
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on December 20, 2018, 07:30:34 pm
James Mattis
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on December 21, 2018, 10:26:14 am
James Mattis
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on December 21, 2018, 10:33:30 am
James 'mad dog' Mattis
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on January 14, 2019, 11:22:12 am
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)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on January 19, 2019, 11:27:53 am
The windows phone OS
( I know, did that even exist since 2014?)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on January 25, 2019, 11:09:37 am
Roger Stone won't be hitting the swingers party circuit this weekend.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on January 25, 2019, 11:17:17 am
there's lots of swinging in Jail...may not be consensual tho
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on January 25, 2019, 11:30:49 am
there's lots of swinging in Jail...may not be consensual tho

Jail might not be such a bad place for a trysexual.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on January 25, 2019, 04:34:42 pm
Newseum
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on January 25, 2019, 05:11:47 pm
Newseum
with all the fake news, they were running out of new content
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on February 02, 2019, 01:59:41 pm
I’m going to just go ahead and list Ralph Northam’s political career and time as Virginia governor in here now.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on February 02, 2019, 02:27:58 pm
What I don’t get is how it didn’t come up before? Don’t campaigns do oppo research anymore?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on February 02, 2019, 04:21:10 pm
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?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on February 02, 2019, 05:12:03 pm
Ha....imagine if he appoints someone
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on February 02, 2019, 05:38:08 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on February 02, 2019, 05:41:11 pm
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?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on February 02, 2019, 05:44:13 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on February 02, 2019, 06:02:25 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on February 04, 2019, 09:45:36 am
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!
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on February 06, 2019, 12:48:51 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on February 06, 2019, 12:51:11 pm
He was trying to dress up as Kurtis Blow
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on February 06, 2019, 12:54:17 pm
I did not expect it....although I was trying to recall if anyone at our Halloween parties dressed up as black?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on February 06, 2019, 01:41:59 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on February 06, 2019, 01:43:22 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on February 06, 2019, 01:53:33 pm
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!
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on February 06, 2019, 02:02:32 pm
I don’t know if to laugh or cry but I do love that song
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: kosmo vinyl on February 07, 2019, 01:52:51 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Justin Tonation on February 07, 2019, 04:00:48 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on February 07, 2019, 04:30:49 pm
Grape or fruit?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on February 07, 2019, 04:52:00 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: vansmack on February 07, 2019, 04:58:05 pm
I know I wouldn't want to be called even 1/4 of a Pomplamoose

Not even if you were the drummer?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on February 09, 2019, 08:47:09 am
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

Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on February 09, 2019, 10:03:50 am
Ben Shapiro is garbage



What is the left handed defense?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on February 09, 2019, 10:11:24 am
Ben Shapiro is garbage
trust me I know....but just an example of them getting a boner over this
Quote
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)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on February 09, 2019, 10:23:02 am
Oh boy...that is some pretty weak sauce



Was feeling good about being from VA but this all has me eating some humble pie
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on February 09, 2019, 01:59:14 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on February 09, 2019, 07:41:20 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: shemptiness on February 10, 2019, 04:55:07 pm
Lindsey Buckingham's voice?  (https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/fleetwood-mac-lindsey-buckingham-vocal-cord_us_5c5f6c83e4b0f9e1b17dcdcc)

He was spared, at least.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on February 11, 2019, 10:01:32 am
I cannot believe Northam called slaves “indentured servants”


Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on February 11, 2019, 10:05:59 am
I cannot believe Northam called slaves “indentured servants”

I can't believe I voted for this guy.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on February 11, 2019, 04:07:23 pm
your trip to mars (https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/11/18220153/mars-one-bankruptcy-bas-lansdorp-human-settlement)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on March 05, 2019, 05:57:23 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on March 05, 2019, 06:51:49 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on March 15, 2019, 10:01:37 am
Morris Dees of SPLC

and Lori Loughlin lost her job on Fuller House
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on March 17, 2019, 04:28:43 pm
Justice With Judge Jeanine
Trump is not happy about it either
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on March 19, 2019, 01:19:08 pm
(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?!?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on March 19, 2019, 01:22:08 pm
Typical Republican garbage


Of course white Protestant evangelicals support these guys



Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: kosmo vinyl on March 21, 2019, 10:58:27 am
Little Green Cars

They were awesome at Freefest several years ago.. Bummer they broke up,  really enjoyed both their albums
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Justin Tonation on March 24, 2019, 02:08:45 pm
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  :'(
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on March 24, 2019, 06:21:52 pm
Gronk
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on March 25, 2019, 03:03:02 pm
the Kings Dominion Law in VA
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: IMAmoose24 on April 02, 2019, 12:50:40 pm
The AAF.

https://twitter.com/darrenrovell/status/1113120390073716736
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on April 02, 2019, 01:02:35 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on April 02, 2019, 01:15:08 pm
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?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on April 02, 2019, 01:38:02 pm
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"
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on April 02, 2019, 01:49:15 pm
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?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on April 02, 2019, 01:56:36 pm
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. 
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on April 02, 2019, 02:02:57 pm
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!
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on April 02, 2019, 03:10:33 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: challenged on April 02, 2019, 03:13:52 pm
Ernie Grunfeld
Wizards GM
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Bagley on April 02, 2019, 03:15:57 pm
Ernie Grunfeld
Wizards GM

it's about time!

Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: challenged on April 02, 2019, 03:22:32 pm
Algerian President ABdelaziz Bouteflika.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on April 02, 2019, 03:25:27 pm
Algerian President ABdelaziz Bouteflika.
say that 3 times fast
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: vansmack on April 02, 2019, 07:12:13 pm
say that 3 times fast

Somebody doesn't listen to The Economist....
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on April 05, 2019, 01:06:51 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on April 08, 2019, 12:01:44 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on April 11, 2019, 06:48:21 am
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on April 11, 2019, 08:04:49 am
Julian really let himself go....
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on April 11, 2019, 01:02:26 pm
Julian really let himself go....

POTD
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on April 15, 2019, 02:00:32 pm
Paris is burning!!
(https://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/1200*675/notre-dame-fire.jpg)
I assume we should blame the immigrants?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on April 15, 2019, 02:19:38 pm
Muslim immigrants to be precise
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on April 15, 2019, 02:28:36 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on April 15, 2019, 02:51:23 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on April 15, 2019, 02:52:22 pm
On brand (ie. asshole)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on April 15, 2019, 02:55:34 pm
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

Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on April 15, 2019, 03:05:14 pm
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...)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on April 15, 2019, 03:06:58 pm
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)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on April 15, 2019, 04:38:21 pm
I got the joke but I think it’s still on brand (ie, asshole)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: walkonbyeeeeeeeee on April 15, 2019, 04:56:02 pm
Jesus . . . wept.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on April 15, 2019, 04:59:21 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on April 16, 2019, 08:02:01 am
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/
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on April 16, 2019, 09:02:34 am
Can't they take that that three quarters of a billion and instead build some low income housing?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on April 16, 2019, 09:21:38 am
Can't they take that that three quarters of a billion and instead build some low income housing?
NOT IN MY BACKYARD
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on April 16, 2019, 09:52:30 am
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on April 16, 2019, 10:03:44 am
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: K8teebug on April 16, 2019, 10:09:20 am
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: K8teebug on April 16, 2019, 10:10:30 am
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on April 16, 2019, 10:15:55 am
LVMH, famous for their luxury goods and being my forum signature, is in for a cool 200mil euros.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: vansmack on April 16, 2019, 12:21:02 pm
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.     
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on May 14, 2019, 03:01:54 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on May 14, 2019, 03:24:14 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on May 14, 2019, 03:27:24 pm
This board should be renamed “DC Politics”


Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Justin Tonation on May 21, 2019, 09:28:39 am
Dress Barn

This news is actually trending on Twitter  ???
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on May 21, 2019, 11:25:47 am
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!?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: challenged on May 21, 2019, 11:59:19 am
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on May 21, 2019, 01:42:45 pm
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).
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on May 21, 2019, 02:28:37 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on May 21, 2019, 02:34:37 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on May 31, 2019, 12:49:37 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: IMAmoose24 on June 04, 2019, 02:12:54 pm
Mitski.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on June 04, 2019, 02:24:51 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: IamHydrogen on June 04, 2019, 02:36:47 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on June 04, 2019, 05:05:43 pm
Ray's the Steak in ARL
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on June 07, 2019, 04:27:35 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on June 13, 2019, 09:02:57 am
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."
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on June 13, 2019, 04:25:06 pm
 Sarah Huckabee Sanders will be leaving the White House at the end of the month
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on June 13, 2019, 04:50:08 pm
Sarah Huckabee Sanders will be leaving the White House at the end of the month

ding dong...
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on June 18, 2019, 01:43:46 pm
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?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: challenged on June 18, 2019, 03:09:49 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on June 18, 2019, 03:17:59 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: rich_WDC on June 19, 2019, 01:01:59 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: challenged on June 19, 2019, 01:34:07 pm
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?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: rich_WDC on June 19, 2019, 02:50:07 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on June 19, 2019, 03:30:29 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on June 21, 2019, 01:17:31 pm
Jack Evans will resign both from his WMATA board chairman post, and from his place on the board altogether on June 27.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sparklygirl on June 22, 2019, 02:37:01 pm
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 :(
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on June 22, 2019, 04:46:01 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on June 26, 2019, 10:02:00 am
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: vansmack on July 03, 2019, 12:47:31 am
https://variety.com/2019/music/news/sleater-kinney-drummer-janet-weiss-leaves-band-1203257285/
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on July 06, 2019, 06:03:24 pm
(https://speechwriting-ghostwriting.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c53ec53ef0240a495fc4f200d-pi)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on July 10, 2019, 09:28:57 am
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on July 10, 2019, 11:10:19 am
Come on of course the ambassador had to resign


The job is diplomacy


Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on July 10, 2019, 12:30:15 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on July 10, 2019, 12:31:58 pm
Well that’s a different issue


Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on July 10, 2019, 03:12:37 pm
what a double-standard.  i guess executive privilege only exists for Americans...
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on July 10, 2019, 03:31:26 pm
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...
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: vansmack on July 10, 2019, 04:18:17 pm
Isn't the presidents job diplomacy too?

No, and it would be nice if he left more Diplomacy up to the State Dept.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: shemptiness on July 12, 2019, 10:15:54 am
Acosta
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on July 12, 2019, 10:22:18 am
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on July 24, 2019, 11:23:14 am
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on July 26, 2019, 05:20:23 pm
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...
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: challenged on July 31, 2019, 02:55:26 pm
Woodstock 50
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on August 02, 2019, 01:17:25 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on August 02, 2019, 01:32:34 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on August 02, 2019, 01:54:57 pm
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...
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on August 02, 2019, 05:34:01 pm



I doubt any of them will want to burn their bridges with the Republican Party


Remember they will need a new job
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on August 05, 2019, 01:41:31 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on August 05, 2019, 02:38:23 pm
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...
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on August 06, 2019, 12:53:37 pm
Barneys New York, has filed for bankruptcy
someone check on julian
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on August 09, 2019, 05:05:16 pm
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...
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on August 09, 2019, 05:13:47 pm
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
.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on August 09, 2019, 05:16:23 pm
God I hated Buffalo
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on August 09, 2019, 09:11:36 pm
God I hated Buffalo
I had a few fun times there in the 90s
 It not the kind of place I frequent
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on August 19, 2019, 01:42:34 pm
Daniel Pantaleo (eric garner chokehold NYPD)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on September 04, 2019, 12:26:51 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on September 10, 2019, 12:20:33 pm
John Bolton
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on September 10, 2019, 12:26:42 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: vansmack on September 10, 2019, 12:32:00 pm
Or this version:

John Bolton
@AmbJohnBolton
I offered to resign last night and President Trump said, "Let's talk about it tomorrow."
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on September 10, 2019, 12:46:26 pm
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?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on September 10, 2019, 12:51:30 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on September 10, 2019, 01:09:19 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: WALKonBack on September 10, 2019, 02:19:10 pm
fuck, his mustache . . . for good measure.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on September 10, 2019, 02:52:42 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on September 10, 2019, 03:43:40 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on September 10, 2019, 03:47:18 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on September 10, 2019, 04:44:12 pm
^ excellent call-outs.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: WALKonBack on September 10, 2019, 09:10:17 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on September 12, 2019, 01:09:34 pm
well played...but will not be missed
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EEQ9GQEXkAEjFZg?format=jpg&name=900x900)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on September 12, 2019, 01:23:50 pm
SFY!
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on September 16, 2019, 04:12:45 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on September 17, 2019, 05:13:54 pm
Ok I'm jumping the gun here....Netanyahu
(I know the sidehatch kiss of death means he'll win)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: vansmack on September 17, 2019, 05:41:45 pm
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?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on September 17, 2019, 05:45:10 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on September 24, 2019, 10:45:11 am
kik
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on September 24, 2019, 12:59:15 pm
kik

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-49809449
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on September 24, 2019, 01:38:05 pm
Robert Hunter

fuck
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Justin Tonation on September 24, 2019, 04:02:14 pm
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)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on September 25, 2019, 11:41:33 am
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)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: vansmack on September 27, 2019, 07:40:30 pm
Kurt Volker Has Left Ukraine State Department Post
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on October 02, 2019, 11:15:38 am
Bernie's campaign.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on October 02, 2019, 11:17:50 am
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: WALKonBack on October 02, 2019, 11:21:47 am
But, he was so young.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on October 02, 2019, 12:03:56 pm
Bernie's campaign.

Nah. As scary as it sounds, its actually a relatively minor procedure.  Fairly common these days.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: WALKonBack on October 02, 2019, 01:10:25 pm
Dude, it's over. The man's a 150 years old and he just had a health scare. It's over,  Johnny.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: vansmack on October 07, 2019, 02:21:29 pm
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!?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on October 07, 2019, 02:36:12 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on October 07, 2019, 03:00:40 pm
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)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on October 07, 2019, 08:31:39 pm
iTunes
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on October 08, 2019, 01:18:21 pm
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/

Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on October 08, 2019, 04:43:26 pm
iTunes

good riddance, can't wait for it to be killed on the PC too.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on October 08, 2019, 04:49:10 pm
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...
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: challenged on October 11, 2019, 04:22:16 pm
Shep Smith at Flox News
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on October 11, 2019, 05:05:02 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on October 11, 2019, 10:30:59 pm
Quote
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".
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on October 11, 2019, 11:05:33 pm
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)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on October 12, 2019, 10:02:55 am
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...
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on October 16, 2019, 10:35:16 am
The Pinch...got pinched
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: WALKonBack on October 16, 2019, 11:53:58 am
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: evilizac on October 16, 2019, 12:55:36 pm
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.
 
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on October 16, 2019, 01:21:34 pm
and those bow ties...
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on October 26, 2019, 10:50:23 am
Gypsy Sally's
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on October 28, 2019, 12:02:25 am
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)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on October 28, 2019, 08:44:11 am
Is this the part where one of us says she can be inappropriate with us in a hamfisted attempt at puerile comedy?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on October 28, 2019, 08:50:29 am
No...that happens at the bar
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on October 28, 2019, 09:04:14 am
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on October 28, 2019, 12:57:19 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on October 28, 2019, 01:10:03 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on October 28, 2019, 01:21:28 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on October 31, 2019, 03:25:38 pm
Gypsy Sally's
death by condo
https://dcist.com/story/19/10/25/gypsy-sallys-is-closing-will-be-converted-into-condominiums/
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on October 31, 2019, 04:04:39 pm
Now that’s a good name for a band
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on November 06, 2019, 12:05:12 pm
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/)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Justin Tonation on November 08, 2019, 03:43:17 pm
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)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on November 11, 2019, 07:53:24 am
I've been waiting a long time to announce this one.

Rep. Peter King is retiring from Congress to pursue a career in porn.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on November 11, 2019, 10:01:45 am
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

Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on November 11, 2019, 10:04:03 am
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on November 18, 2019, 10:25:47 am
cortana
never really caught on in the business world to talk to your computer
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on November 18, 2019, 11:29:15 am
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: vansmack on November 21, 2019, 01:38:26 pm
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)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on November 22, 2019, 02:44:04 pm
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!
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: vansmack on December 11, 2019, 06:47:21 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on December 12, 2019, 11:07:37 am
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on December 12, 2019, 01:57:16 pm
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?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on December 12, 2019, 02:22:30 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on December 12, 2019, 05:49:26 pm
Canadian Conservative leader Andrew Scheer  resigned for embezzling party funds.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on December 12, 2019, 07:41:28 pm
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 
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on December 12, 2019, 07:42:47 pm
Corbyn
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on December 16, 2019, 12:31:52 pm
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."
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on December 17, 2019, 12:57:05 pm
 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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on December 17, 2019, 01:31:18 pm
930 next door neighbor  Satellite Room Closing at the end of the year
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on December 18, 2019, 03:43:07 pm
car2go
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on December 18, 2019, 04:25:24 pm
930 next door neighbor  Satellite Room Closing at the end of the year

Damn... That sucks
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: vansmack on December 19, 2019, 01:21:12 pm
TiVo (https://techcrunch.com/2019/12/19/tivo-merges-with-technology-licensor-xperi-in-3-billion-deal/)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on December 19, 2019, 01:23:33 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: vansmack on December 19, 2019, 01:34:31 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on December 19, 2019, 03:11:02 pm
I get a nice DVR with my FIOS package
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on December 19, 2019, 03:46:28 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on December 19, 2019, 03:46:35 pm
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 +
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on December 19, 2019, 04:42:08 pm
I love my dvr

I can tape hundreds of episodes of paw patrol and neela princess night
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on December 20, 2019, 10:19:42 am
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Bagley on December 20, 2019, 10:57:02 am
Yeasayer
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: shemptiness on December 20, 2019, 05:26:41 pm
Chatter
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: rich_WDC on December 23, 2019, 01:43:08 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on December 23, 2019, 02:09:54 pm
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)

Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on December 23, 2019, 03:52:51 pm
I guess Hilton is directing his energy towards fixing the Satellite Room...
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on December 23, 2019, 03:58:37 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on December 23, 2019, 04:28:32 pm
2020: No surprises at the club :(
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Justin Tonation on December 28, 2019, 04:57:19 pm
MilkBoy College Park (https://theclarice.umd.edu/blog/milkboy-set-to-depart-college-park-while-art-performances-produced-by-the-clarice-will-continue)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: kosmo vinyl on December 28, 2019, 11:07:52 pm
8tracks.com

https://blog.8tracks.com/2019/12/26/to-everything-there-is-a-season/

Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on December 31, 2019, 02:29:19 am
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on December 31, 2019, 12:54:03 pm
Who cares?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on December 31, 2019, 01:21:05 pm
Who cares?

some portion of the 20 million people who watch the NFL every week?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on December 31, 2019, 01:23:29 pm
About the Redskins?

I don’t think so
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on December 31, 2019, 01:29:23 pm
About the Redskins?

I don’t think so

maybe not... that's why i included other teams ;D
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on January 07, 2020, 11:25:02 am
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/
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on January 07, 2020, 11:46:48 am
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on January 07, 2020, 06:13:33 pm
dc council member (for 3 decades) Jack Evans resigns (before getting 'impeached')
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: vansmack on January 08, 2020, 04:52:10 pm
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)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on January 10, 2020, 03:47:22 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on January 10, 2020, 03:50:14 pm
Oh now she writes the book....
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on January 28, 2020, 10:05:44 am
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?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on January 28, 2020, 10:03:40 pm
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!
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on January 28, 2020, 10:49:44 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: challenged on January 28, 2020, 11:04:27 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on January 29, 2020, 10:23:27 am
Fair winds and a safe passage on her next journey!
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: vansmack on January 29, 2020, 01:35:31 pm
I'm cancelling my April trip to the District.  I really only only wanted to be on the boat again.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on January 29, 2020, 02:02:39 pm
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 :)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: rich_WDC on January 29, 2020, 03:58:31 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on January 29, 2020, 04:02:58 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on January 29, 2020, 04:23:33 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: WALKonBack on January 29, 2020, 04:26:55 pm
I, am not an idiot . . . thank you.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on January 29, 2020, 04:45:48 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on January 29, 2020, 04:49:26 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on January 29, 2020, 04:56:54 pm
God, I am so tempted to change my name to Julian, Zhubin ENTHUSIAST now.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on January 29, 2020, 05:51:56 pm
on brand, people...on brand
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on February 07, 2020, 08:10:19 pm
It’s a blood bath at the White House
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: shemptiness on February 14, 2020, 01:40:52 pm
Bruce Boudreau
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Justin Tonation on February 17, 2020, 05:22:46 pm
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/)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: WALKonBack on February 18, 2020, 12:03:29 am
Pier One, was gay shit . . . for straight people.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on February 18, 2020, 07:13:09 am
Boy Scouts declare bankruptcy amid hundreds of sexual abuse lawsuits.

Also, gay shit for straight people.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on February 18, 2020, 08:10:52 am
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: WALKonBack on February 18, 2020, 08:24:00 am
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: rich_WDC on February 18, 2020, 10:54:35 am
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on February 18, 2020, 10:57:13 am
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on February 18, 2020, 11:08:19 am
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?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Justin Tonation on February 18, 2020, 05:42:59 pm
CD Baby Is Shutting Down Its Retail Store (https://variety.com/2020/music/news/cd-baby-retail-store-closing-1203506690/)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: vansmack on February 18, 2020, 06:12:32 pm
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?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on February 21, 2020, 02:12:13 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on March 02, 2020, 07:41:40 am
Gordon Biersch,  Rockville Town Center
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on March 02, 2020, 10:16:54 am
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?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: vansmack on March 02, 2020, 12:23:50 pm
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/

Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on March 02, 2020, 02:36:08 pm
James Lipton
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on March 02, 2020, 02:40:21 pm
James Lipton

Did he die with his belly up?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: challenged on March 02, 2020, 04:53:59 pm
Gordon Biersch, Rockville and Navy Yard (I think)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on March 02, 2020, 08:07:58 pm
Chris Matthews (way past time imho)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on March 02, 2020, 09:59:46 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on March 02, 2020, 11:46:22 pm
High fives
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on March 03, 2020, 10:09:53 am
The Basement East
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on March 03, 2020, 12:11:13 pm
The Basement East
one would think a place called The Basement would be safe from a tornado...
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on March 03, 2020, 12:33:35 pm
The Basement East
one would think a place called The Basement would be safe from a tornado...

The perfect combination of space/julian snark.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on March 03, 2020, 01:38:13 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on March 06, 2020, 10:16:55 pm
Mick Mulvaney
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on March 06, 2020, 10:41:28 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on March 06, 2020, 11:48:15 pm
I love the way Trump fires people


Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: vansmack on March 07, 2020, 12:54:06 am
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on March 09, 2020, 09:17:37 pm
Pearl Jam Bawlmoor and the entire tour.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on March 09, 2020, 09:19:44 pm
Why?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on March 09, 2020, 09:29:01 pm
Ok I read statement

Due to Coronavirus

A nice wack at Trump in there too
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on March 09, 2020, 09:36:09 pm
Why?

Serious question?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on March 09, 2020, 09:37:17 pm
It was...I thought maybe someone had died...

I mean isn’t it the first major tour to cancel?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on March 09, 2020, 09:39:32 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on March 09, 2020, 10:13:29 pm
Weird how the PJ tweets are signed “Ed and Pearl Jam”
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on March 09, 2020, 10:15:16 pm
But aren’t they not cancelling (horrible multiple negatives there, Batman!) euro dates in areas that are much more hit by this?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on March 09, 2020, 11:10:27 pm
Weird how the PJ tweets are signed “Ed and Pearl Jam”

"Wham!, featuring George Michael"
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on March 09, 2020, 11:21:15 pm
“Seth. . . & the rest of the gang here in Thailand”
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on March 09, 2020, 11:25:54 pm
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?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Justin Tonation on March 12, 2020, 12:44:50 am
Modell’s Sporting Goods (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/11/business/modells-bankruptcy.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on March 13, 2020, 05:20:41 pm
Uptown Theater (https://dcist.com/story/20/03/13/the-historic-uptown-theater-just-closed)  :(
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on March 17, 2020, 09:06:13 am
Tom Brady and The Pats
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on March 17, 2020, 12:26:59 pm
Tom Brady and The Pats

this is like favre leaving the packers... football no longer makes sense to me.  again.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on March 17, 2020, 12:28:56 pm
Derby, Preakness delayed.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on March 17, 2020, 12:33:11 pm
Derby, Preakness delayed.

Seems like a fast enough horse would create enough social distance.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on March 17, 2020, 12:34:32 pm
Derby, Preakness delayed.

Another one in the "it's not really a sport" category: NASCAR, until early May.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on March 17, 2020, 12:43:00 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on March 17, 2020, 01:53:56 pm
 “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/)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on March 17, 2020, 01:57:40 pm
Rolling Stones tour
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on March 17, 2020, 01:57:57 pm
Bad link


A lot of people are going to lose their jobs...government must help
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on March 23, 2020, 10:53:53 am
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)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on March 24, 2020, 12:12:38 am
Slim's in San Fran...great venue
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on March 27, 2020, 09:16:20 am
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on March 31, 2020, 04:47:46 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on March 31, 2020, 06:04:59 pm
Maybe landlord has own bills to pay?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on April 01, 2020, 06:47:00 pm
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))
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on April 02, 2020, 09:03:57 am
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on April 02, 2020, 09:13:07 am
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








Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on April 02, 2020, 09:27:40 am
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on April 02, 2020, 09:36:48 am
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?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on April 02, 2020, 11:10:34 am
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: rich_WDC on April 04, 2020, 01:46:52 pm
Preakness's INFIELD FEST 2020
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on April 07, 2020, 05:23:12 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on April 08, 2020, 11:26:05 am
Bernie's campaign.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on April 08, 2020, 11:48:57 am
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on April 08, 2020, 12:00:12 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on April 08, 2020, 12:27:02 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on April 08, 2020, 12:44:03 pm
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)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on April 08, 2020, 12:48:27 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on April 08, 2020, 12:57:43 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on April 08, 2020, 12:59:58 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on April 08, 2020, 01:07:47 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on April 08, 2020, 01:08:58 pm
So can NKOTB come back now? I miss him
I have it in good authority that he died of COVID-19 related causes.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: vansmack on April 10, 2020, 04:57:49 pm
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?!
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on April 10, 2020, 05:14:06 pm
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!
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: vansmack on April 10, 2020, 06:05:39 pm
dude gets paid $350k to write about soccer!

GOT paid.  Past tense....
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on April 10, 2020, 06:26:07 pm
Not a good time to lose your job covering a sport not actually happening
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: WALKonBack on April 12, 2020, 07:18:42 pm
Give it a month or two . . . the USPS.  Trump, knows what he is doing, to get re,elected.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: WALKonBack on April 12, 2020, 07:21:02 pm
DC Hot 99.5  "The Kane Show"
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on April 13, 2020, 08:00:34 am
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on April 16, 2020, 03:27:58 pm
Hill and Dale Records in Georgetown

I think they only sold new vinyl?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: vansmack on April 24, 2020, 09:11:17 pm
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)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: kosmo vinyl on April 26, 2020, 08:41:17 am
Yikes I just deleted a Bot account that spammed my messages here.  A bot battle if you will.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on April 27, 2020, 06:25:47 pm
Fox News has cut ties with MAGA vlogging superstars Diamond & Silk

Even Fox couldn't take their cray cray
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on April 28, 2020, 01:31:00 pm
Fado
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on May 04, 2020, 08:14:40 am
J. Crew.

Will Romulus, I mean Julian, be upset by this? Or was J Crew too pedestrian and basic for him?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: WALKonBack on May 05, 2020, 02:13:32 pm
https://www.metroweekly.com/2020/05/dc-eagle-to-close-permanently/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

#sadfag
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Justin Tonation on May 06, 2020, 11:03:41 am
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...
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: WALKonBack on May 06, 2020, 11:05:24 am
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?!
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on May 08, 2020, 01:12:18 pm
Gem Spa
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on May 13, 2020, 04:48:09 pm
Momofuku @ City Center
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: shemptiness on May 14, 2020, 12:58:05 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on May 14, 2020, 01:20:45 pm
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


Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on May 15, 2020, 07:57:03 pm
JC Penney
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on May 15, 2020, 08:22:10 pm
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?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on May 16, 2020, 12:07:39 pm
JC Penney

Pleated khakis sob.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on May 16, 2020, 02:56:21 pm
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

Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on May 16, 2020, 03:53:37 pm
Oh, you sweet summerchild: you were never getting into Julian’s America.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: shemptiness on May 19, 2020, 09:12:38 am
Rams Head at Savage Mill
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on May 19, 2020, 03:26:57 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on May 19, 2020, 03:39:45 pm
Pier 1
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on May 19, 2020, 05:16:22 pm
Kramerbooks leaving Dupont... but not out of business so they say.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on May 19, 2020, 07:01:47 pm
Well that sucks

I love that place but then again I haven’t been there in years
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on May 19, 2020, 07:14:46 pm
Well that sucks

I love that place but then again I haven’t been there in years

pier 1 or krammer's?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on May 19, 2020, 07:19:38 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on May 20, 2020, 01:40:16 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on May 20, 2020, 03:37:12 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on May 20, 2020, 04:32:29 pm
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...
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on May 20, 2020, 04:43:54 pm
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.)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on May 20, 2020, 06:04:08 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on May 20, 2020, 07:16:54 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on May 20, 2020, 10:48:15 pm


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)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on May 20, 2020, 10:49:38 pm
I like tecate and the new retro cans are super cool!!
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on May 21, 2020, 03:11:14 am
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...)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on May 21, 2020, 10:17:41 am
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on May 22, 2020, 11:54:45 pm
Hertz
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on May 23, 2020, 09:32:12 am
Hertz
that hurts
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on May 23, 2020, 11:07:20 am
Fisherman’s Wharf
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on May 23, 2020, 11:26:37 am
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)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on May 28, 2020, 10:04:46 pm
Mark Knoller @ CBS

Ridiculous.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: shemptiness on May 31, 2020, 11:30:35 am
Union Jack's Rio
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: WALKonBack on June 05, 2020, 07:28:20 am
Lindsey Graham's future.  Follow the developing stories on Twitter, about to blow up.

#rentboy
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: kosmo vinyl on June 05, 2020, 08:50:47 am
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on June 05, 2020, 08:54:21 am
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!”
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on June 05, 2020, 08:54:51 am
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)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: kosmo vinyl on June 05, 2020, 08:59:31 am
cool cool

thanks for the doing the research my drones

sincerely

chief bot
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on June 05, 2020, 09:31:39 am
chief bot
See! I knew he'd slip up one of these days!  (so what gender is a bot? would I say they?)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on June 05, 2020, 10:43:05 am
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+
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on June 05, 2020, 10:46:46 am
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on June 05, 2020, 10:51:15 am
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?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on June 05, 2020, 10:54:34 am
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on June 05, 2020, 11:03:13 am
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on June 05, 2020, 11:18:08 am
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on June 10, 2020, 03:54:29 pm
400 Starbucks...but will we even notice?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on June 10, 2020, 04:45:46 pm
statues of Christopher Columbus
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on June 10, 2020, 05:22:17 pm
Adam Rapaport, Editor of Bon Apetit / Epicurious
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on June 10, 2020, 05:27:24 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on June 10, 2020, 05:32:11 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on June 10, 2020, 05:34:59 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on June 10, 2020, 05:35:38 pm
Although really, wouldn’t an Oderus statue be better if it had me in a suit trying to interview him?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on June 10, 2020, 05:39:30 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on June 10, 2020, 05:53:29 pm
pant on the ground (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcwXR90Cp8A)

studio version! (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZGVC2TdFO0)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on June 10, 2020, 06:04:56 pm
The Columbus thing...I don’t know


Now they are talking about Churchill being a bad guy?


Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on June 11, 2020, 07:21:43 am
Jefferson Davis
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on June 11, 2020, 11:55:40 am
.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on June 11, 2020, 12:10:03 pm
.
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?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Justin Tonation on June 11, 2020, 12:17:03 pm
First the double space after a period. Now this!
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: analogfossa on June 11, 2020, 03:06:36 pm
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?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on June 11, 2020, 03:16:38 pm
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

Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on June 17, 2020, 08:54:12 am
Aunt Jemima
No word yet if Mrs Butterworth is in risk of loing her job too
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on June 17, 2020, 02:56:06 pm
Marjorie  Greene (Republican Party) is was running for election to the U.S. House to represent Georgia's 14th Congressional District
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: kosmo vinyl on June 17, 2020, 03:31:51 pm
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..
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on June 19, 2020, 12:19:36 pm
Mission of Burma

https://www.wbur.org/artery/2020/06/19/adieu-to-boston-post-punk-band-mission-of-burma?fbclid=IwAR2K6FHU4--3eCVDckElDeaFsNlqefcKZykxl82i0sWx5pSTgkHkY2PWbxc
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: shemptiness on June 24, 2020, 05:22:22 pm
Clyde's and the Soundry in Columbia
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on June 24, 2020, 05:28:38 pm
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..
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on June 25, 2020, 02:26:52 pm
Dixie Chicks
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on June 25, 2020, 02:29:39 pm
Now.      the Chicks


Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: kosmo vinyl on June 25, 2020, 02:59:27 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on June 25, 2020, 03:10:42 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on June 25, 2020, 05:08:09 pm
Charles Emerson Cheesekowski, purveyor of fine pizza and rodent-based animatronic entertainment.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on June 25, 2020, 06:43:48 pm
Or Chuck E Cheese
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on June 25, 2020, 06:57:44 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Justin Tonation on June 25, 2020, 09:38:58 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on June 26, 2020, 07:02:25 pm
Microsoft stores

https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/26/tech/microsoft-stores-closing/index.html
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on June 29, 2020, 10:02:55 am
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)”
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on July 02, 2020, 04:27:06 pm
(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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on July 04, 2020, 06:09:08 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on July 05, 2020, 04:32:51 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on July 08, 2020, 09:59:46 am
Brooks Brothers
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on July 08, 2020, 10:01:17 am
Brooks Brothers
they are blaming casual fridays!
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: kosmo vinyl on July 08, 2020, 10:35:35 am
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..
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on July 08, 2020, 10:47:56 am
A body blow against Julian’s America
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on July 08, 2020, 10:54:15 am
A body blow against Julian’s America
Brooks Brothers and my local Symphony just had our Executive Director poached. I'm in shambles.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on July 08, 2020, 11:41:30 am
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on July 08, 2020, 11:56:50 am
Pedantic
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on July 08, 2020, 12:02:57 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: kosmo vinyl on July 08, 2020, 12:12:17 pm
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...
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on July 08, 2020, 12:14:02 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on July 08, 2020, 12:23:05 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on July 08, 2020, 04:43:24 pm
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?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on July 08, 2020, 05:01:24 pm
People into the stock market watch CNBC....or FOX Business

You didn’t know that?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on July 08, 2020, 05:32:05 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on July 09, 2020, 12:09:43 pm
Mayor of Seoul
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on July 09, 2020, 12:15:01 pm
Mayor of Seoul

RIP
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on July 09, 2020, 01:07:15 pm
Mayor of Seoul

RIP
yeah...should have posted in dropping like flies thread
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on July 09, 2020, 02:07:31 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on July 09, 2020, 05:03:43 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on July 14, 2020, 04:16:02 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on July 14, 2020, 04:21:40 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on July 14, 2020, 04:24:32 pm
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)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on July 14, 2020, 04:26:23 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on July 14, 2020, 04:42:38 pm
You pay this to get food from a truck?

You eat it at the park or workspace?


And you do it willingly?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on July 14, 2020, 05:30:40 pm
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/
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: WALKonBack on July 16, 2020, 08:29:45 am
The Washington Scandal Skins

News, at 11
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: kosmo vinyl on July 20, 2020, 10:43:16 am
Q Magazine
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on July 20, 2020, 11:30:13 am
Trader Ming's, Arabian Joe and Trader José.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: kosmo vinyl on July 22, 2020, 09:11:54 am
Burger Records

which didn't actually have contracts with any of it's bands...
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on July 22, 2020, 09:28:46 am
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?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: kosmo vinyl on July 22, 2020, 09:51:31 am
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...
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on July 23, 2020, 11:46:59 am
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)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on July 23, 2020, 05:40:41 pm
Jacksonville part of Republican convention
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on July 25, 2020, 08:33:00 am
This is was my go to place for food before black cat shows

The Amsterdam Falafelshop on 14th Street
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on July 25, 2020, 09:33:50 am
Let’s hope the Black Cat survives


Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on July 25, 2020, 09:55:02 pm
Ann Taylor
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: analogfossa on July 30, 2020, 08:38:38 am
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on July 30, 2020, 08:43:36 am
Shouldn’t they go on the “Just cancelled” thread? Or “Groper”?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on July 30, 2020, 08:44:47 am
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]
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on July 30, 2020, 08:53:01 am
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 ❤️
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: analogfossa on July 30, 2020, 12:43:40 pm
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.

Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on July 30, 2020, 01:55:25 pm
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 :)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on July 30, 2020, 02:04:08 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on July 30, 2020, 02:20:09 pm
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)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on July 30, 2020, 04:39:37 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on July 30, 2020, 06:00:52 pm
CPK (https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/30/business/california-pizza-kitchen-bankruptcy/index.html)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on July 31, 2020, 05:36:00 pm
James Murdoch has stepped down from the Fox News board
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on August 03, 2020, 10:11:59 am
Lord & Taylor


Men’s Warehouse
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on August 03, 2020, 10:49:39 am
Men’s Warehouse
Wait, does that mean they are not gonna keep the guarantee that I’m going to like the way I look.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on August 04, 2020, 08:08:57 am
Matchbox
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on August 04, 2020, 08:31:25 am
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?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on August 04, 2020, 09:22:35 am
Pedant


Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on August 04, 2020, 09:32:06 am
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on August 04, 2020, 09:34:24 am
Pedant
I don’t know man. Technically that girl was 16 and post-puberty so ephebophile might be the more accurate insult.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on August 04, 2020, 08:00:16 pm
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. 
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on August 04, 2020, 09:12:18 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on August 06, 2020, 06:09:14 pm
E! News (https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/06/media/e-news-canceled/index.html)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: kosmo vinyl on August 07, 2020, 08:21:15 pm
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)

Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on August 07, 2020, 08:43:06 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on August 08, 2020, 05:00:17 am
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on August 08, 2020, 11:49:38 am
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on August 08, 2020, 03:03:12 pm
Is that his wife or a woman who is not his wife?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on August 08, 2020, 04:06:42 pm
Is that his wife or a woman who is not his wife?
Not his wife.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on August 10, 2020, 03:11:18 pm
so is there some enuendo to this that I'm missing

When did powerpoint become a search term for wanking off?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on August 10, 2020, 03:20:12 pm
You guys aren’t making slideshows of your favorite pornographic imagery and having it cycle thru with starwipes?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on August 10, 2020, 03:21:49 pm
Urban Butcher (Silver Spring)
Jenny Cakes (Kensington)
Foo Fighters 25th anniversary tour (Wherevs)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on August 10, 2020, 03:31:37 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on August 10, 2020, 03:41:32 pm
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?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on August 10, 2020, 03:50:01 pm
also...yikes
... with starwipes?
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Starwipe
I was unaware of that but it makes the joke even better.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on August 11, 2020, 01:20:38 pm
20th Century Fox (https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/11/media/disney-fox-20th-century-television/index.html)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on August 11, 2020, 02:07:19 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on August 11, 2020, 02:15:57 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on August 11, 2020, 04:37:03 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: kosmo vinyl on August 12, 2020, 08:23:11 am
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!
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on August 12, 2020, 08:53:14 am
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on August 12, 2020, 09:35:51 am
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!
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: kosmo vinyl on August 12, 2020, 09:59:32 am
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: vansmack on August 19, 2020, 10:06:15 pm
Thom Brennaman (https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2905476-reds-broadcaster-thom-brennaman-apologizes-replaced-in-game-after-anti-gay-slur), Cincinnati Reds announcer
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on August 19, 2020, 11:07:29 pm
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...
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on August 20, 2020, 10:01:20 am
Bannon
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on August 20, 2020, 10:22:51 am
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,
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: shemptiness on August 20, 2020, 10:36:27 am
Thom Brennaman
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on August 20, 2020, 11:03:28 am
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on August 20, 2020, 12:28:00 pm
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!
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: shemptiness on August 20, 2020, 12:40:26 pm
Thom Brennaman
Edit: Late, sorry
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on August 21, 2020, 12:49:54 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on August 21, 2020, 01:03:26 pm
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?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on August 21, 2020, 01:34:11 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on August 21, 2020, 02:16:43 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: shemptiness on August 23, 2020, 11:10:21 am
Todd Reirden
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on August 24, 2020, 11:50:08 am
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on August 24, 2020, 02:52:24 pm
Finger lickin' good
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on August 24, 2020, 04:40:12 pm
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)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: WALKonBack on August 24, 2020, 10:53:12 pm
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.

Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on August 26, 2020, 03:41:08 pm
Jack Brewer  (at least from the RNC speaker list)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on August 26, 2020, 09:49:20 pm
Jack Brewer  (at least from the RNC speaker list)
Well I retract my statement
I actually thought he was a good speaker
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on August 26, 2020, 09:52:02 pm
Why are you watching?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on August 28, 2020, 01:22:03 am
Japan PM Abe
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on August 28, 2020, 01:39:35 pm
The Trump International Hotel and Tower Vancouver, which closed its doors in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic, has shut down permanently.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on September 02, 2020, 02:58:29 pm
Chris Delia
https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/02/entertainment/chris-delia-accused-of-exposing-himself/index.html
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on September 02, 2020, 03:41:57 pm
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?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on September 02, 2020, 04:13:00 pm
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?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on September 02, 2020, 04:25:14 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on September 02, 2020, 04:27:24 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on September 02, 2020, 06:12:59 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on September 02, 2020, 09:14:45 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Justin Tonation on September 08, 2020, 05:52:20 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on September 08, 2020, 11:02:37 pm
Keeping up with the Kardashians
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: kosmo vinyl on September 09, 2020, 12:03:02 pm
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...
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on September 09, 2020, 12:17:50 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: kosmo vinyl on September 09, 2020, 12:36:08 pm
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...
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on September 09, 2020, 01:24:15 pm
Wait, they killed off the annoying kid? Man, I wish I had hung around for that.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on September 10, 2020, 12:49:04 pm
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)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on September 10, 2020, 12:51:41 pm
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)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on September 10, 2020, 02:41:21 pm
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??!
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on September 10, 2020, 02:44:30 pm
Uh oh


But wait what about Walkie?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on September 10, 2020, 02:45:57 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on September 15, 2020, 10:27:41 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on September 16, 2020, 08:10:18 am
That's a shame.
I've been to and liked almost all of those. fucking covid
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on September 16, 2020, 08:18:38 am
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on September 16, 2020, 08:23:24 am
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on September 16, 2020, 10:03:02 am
Where is the next stimulus package? Why are they waiting for businesses to fail?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on September 16, 2020, 11:17:05 am
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on September 16, 2020, 11:48:30 am
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on September 16, 2020, 11:56:52 am
AMZ stock +65% YTD

Yes a lot of people are out of work, but big-box retailers are surely benefiting vs small business
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on September 16, 2020, 12:00:40 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on September 16, 2020, 12:09:21 pm
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...
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on September 16, 2020, 01:04:06 pm
I also assume that they're waiting on the individual payments until right before the election...so another month's worth of struggling.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on September 17, 2020, 01:39:45 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on September 17, 2020, 06:15:02 pm
Jerry, from Cheers
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on September 17, 2020, 06:34:25 pm
Jerry, from Cheers
Cheer, not Cheers.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on September 17, 2020, 07:00:38 pm
Jerry, from Cheers
Cheer, not Cheers.
Very on brand snark from grateful
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on September 28, 2020, 11:16:56 pm
Summers Restaurant Closing Permanently After 38 Years
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on October 05, 2020, 12:10:19 pm
U Street Music Hall



Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on October 05, 2020, 12:12:02 pm
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/
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on October 05, 2020, 12:35:09 pm
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 $?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on October 05, 2020, 01:41:15 pm
U Street Music Hall





fuck
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: StoneTheCrow on October 05, 2020, 02:05:08 pm
I worry about the Black Cat...

This. I worry about ALL of them but this one in particular.

Really sucks about U Street.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on October 05, 2020, 02:47:17 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on October 06, 2020, 11:36:42 am
shit...grainville moore's didn't make it either

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Eis34o7X0AUFNfP?format=png&name=900x900)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: StoneTheCrow on October 07, 2020, 10:31:51 am
 :(

That was my pre-show venue.  I recognize there are other decent places on the street but this was the one I really liked.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on October 07, 2020, 12:45:51 pm
:(

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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on October 07, 2020, 12:50:52 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on October 07, 2020, 01:27:50 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: StoneTheCrow on October 07, 2020, 01:42:10 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on October 07, 2020, 02:12:02 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on October 07, 2020, 02:25:52 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on October 07, 2020, 02:48:37 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on October 07, 2020, 03:40:00 pm
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?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on October 07, 2020, 04:13:02 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on October 08, 2020, 12:16:08 am
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...
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on October 08, 2020, 08:52:19 am
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on October 08, 2020, 08:59:43 am
Never heard of these places!
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on October 08, 2020, 10:31:24 am
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on October 08, 2020, 10:32:35 am
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).
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on October 08, 2020, 10:36:28 am
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on October 08, 2020, 10:37:40 am
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?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on October 09, 2020, 06:17:35 am
In good news
 Fox "news" fired Harlan Hill, who called Kamala Harris a "lying bitch."
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on October 14, 2020, 09:33:43 am
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


Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on October 14, 2020, 04:15:53 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on October 14, 2020, 04:26:37 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: vansmack on October 14, 2020, 05:06:50 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on October 14, 2020, 06:22:02 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on October 15, 2020, 12:06:30 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on October 15, 2020, 12:14:34 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on October 19, 2020, 02:16:29 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on October 19, 2020, 03:36:29 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on October 19, 2020, 04:21:19 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: vansmack on October 19, 2020, 04:51:41 pm
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)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on October 19, 2020, 05:58:12 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: kosmo vinyl on October 21, 2020, 05:17:27 pm
Quibi

Well that was short lived  :P
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on October 21, 2020, 06:21:35 pm
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?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on October 23, 2020, 06:24:08 pm
The Strand in NYC is in trouble


But according to Twitter the owner is the devil
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: kosmo vinyl on October 23, 2020, 09:39:10 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on October 24, 2020, 06:33:52 pm
Arlo Guthrie
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on October 25, 2020, 04:58:54 am
Glitter
...gurl!
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on November 02, 2020, 02:58:33 pm
Friendly's files for bankruptcy
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on November 05, 2020, 05:03:55 pm
Secretary of Defense Mark Esper
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on November 05, 2020, 07:51:46 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on November 05, 2020, 10:24:17 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on November 09, 2020, 02:21:47 pm
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)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on November 11, 2020, 09:52:12 pm
Jeffrey Toobin

at least he coined a new word
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Toobin
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on November 11, 2020, 10:12:40 pm
What about CNN? Have they fired him?


He’s their big Supreme Court analyst..the New Yorker thing I doubt was paying the bills
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on November 11, 2020, 10:16:04 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on November 11, 2020, 10:40:34 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: challenged on November 11, 2020, 11:07:56 pm
(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)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on November 12, 2020, 03:07:23 pm
(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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on November 15, 2020, 05:23:38 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on November 15, 2020, 06:40:54 pm
I read somewhere that it was coviD
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on November 15, 2020, 09:56:21 pm
I read somewhere that it was coviD

Quote
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on November 17, 2020, 01:05:31 pm
Moz


https://www.stereogum.com/2107581/morrissey-dropped-by-label/news/?fbclid=IwAR3NLsmAyI9JLKVlvK_G2W7e4QU3v2LH_sUKFt7K4jcpVOXqoeRKaP-q7Lw



Quite an opening sentence
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on November 17, 2020, 08:08:11 pm
Mardi Gras 2021
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on November 17, 2020, 08:50:25 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on November 17, 2020, 08:57:33 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on November 17, 2020, 09:10:47 pm

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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on November 17, 2020, 09:20:10 pm
(https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/bojackhorseman/images/f/f1/Vincent.png)He did a business!
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on November 22, 2020, 10:18:44 pm
Guitar Center
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: StoneTheCrow on November 23, 2020, 09:59:34 am
Bought my current guitar from GC. Not sure I've ever been back tho.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on November 23, 2020, 10:59:09 am
“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!!!
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on November 23, 2020, 01:43:24 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on November 30, 2020, 08:49:17 pm
“Dr” atlas
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on December 14, 2020, 02:33:28 pm
The Cleveland Indians.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on December 14, 2020, 05:19:20 pm
The Cleveland Indians.
I wonder if the Brown's are next (sounds awfully racist)
TIL Named after original coach and co-founder Paul Brown,
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on December 14, 2020, 07:13:45 pm
Bill Fucking Barr!
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on December 15, 2020, 12:59:54 am
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)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on December 15, 2020, 10:03:02 am
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on December 15, 2020, 10:16:00 am
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on December 16, 2020, 03:10:15 pm
(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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on December 22, 2020, 03:15:56 pm
Dr Birx



Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on December 22, 2020, 03:23:48 pm
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.”
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on December 22, 2020, 04:45:22 pm
Trump’s private banker quits Deutsche Bank
hmmmm...something is up
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: challenged on December 23, 2020, 09:44:27 am
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.

Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on December 23, 2020, 09:51:54 am
Damn, that could actually be a big mess.
Stolen identity theft is no joke.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on December 28, 2020, 04:12:03 pm
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)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on December 28, 2020, 04:52:50 pm
Washington Football Team Football Player
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on December 28, 2020, 05:54:00 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: challenged on December 28, 2020, 06:15:00 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: StoneTheCrow on December 28, 2020, 11:17:41 pm
I swam across the river there one or twice. Can’t remember the last time I rode a car across tho.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on December 29, 2020, 12:10:23 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on December 29, 2020, 01:05:54 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on December 29, 2020, 06:29:30 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Justin Tonation on January 03, 2021, 06:06:32 pm
Adobe Officially Ends Flash Support, Recommends Uninstalling Immediately (https://www.macrumors.com/2021/01/02/adobe-ends-flash-support/)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: challenged on January 03, 2021, 07:48:39 pm
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/)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on January 03, 2021, 08:28:35 pm
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?!?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: challenged on January 03, 2021, 09:40:06 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on January 03, 2021, 09:47:42 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on January 05, 2021, 09:33:44 pm
Kanye
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on January 05, 2021, 10:02:53 pm
Dr Dre in ICU with brain aneurysm
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on January 05, 2021, 10:19:36 pm
Dr Dre in ICU with brain aneurysm
Haven’t thought about him in a while. :(
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: challenged on January 05, 2021, 11:13:55 pm
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)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on January 06, 2021, 12:31:07 am
Dr Dre in ICU with brain aneurysm

LLCOOLJ@llcoolj
Dre is recovering nicely.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on January 06, 2021, 12:41:49 am
Mitch McConnell
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on January 06, 2021, 10:14:56 am
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on January 06, 2021, 11:50:21 am
Vernon Jones resigns from Democratic Party (don't let the door hit your ass on the way out)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on January 06, 2021, 12:00:43 pm
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!!!
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on January 07, 2021, 12:26:40 am
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: kosmo vinyl on January 07, 2021, 09:44:03 am
Ariel Pink?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on January 07, 2021, 10:43:29 am
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/
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: kosmo vinyl on January 07, 2021, 10:47:22 am
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...
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on January 07, 2021, 10:49:31 am
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.

Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on January 07, 2021, 11:17:06 am
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”?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on January 07, 2021, 11:22:13 am
The next step is of course to cancel those that don’t want to cancel anybody


It’s just a total crock
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on January 07, 2021, 11:31:49 am
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on January 07, 2021, 11:36:20 am
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on January 07, 2021, 11:50:17 am
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?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on January 07, 2021, 11:51:53 am
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: kosmo vinyl on January 07, 2021, 12:52:44 pm
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..
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: kosmo vinyl on January 07, 2021, 01:24:23 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: kosmo vinyl on January 07, 2021, 01:57:53 pm
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...
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on January 07, 2021, 02:41:09 pm
 Transportation Secretary (and turtle lover) Elaine Chao is resigning.

Should we just get Mayor Pete in there today?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: vansmack on January 07, 2021, 03:35:26 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on January 07, 2021, 03:37:22 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on January 07, 2021, 03:41:30 pm
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'
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on January 07, 2021, 04:34:08 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on January 07, 2021, 04:48:29 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on January 07, 2021, 04:57:28 pm
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...
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on January 07, 2021, 05:09:10 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on January 07, 2021, 05:37:26 pm
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...
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on January 07, 2021, 05:57:30 pm
6MWE 
...jez there are some fucked up people out there who don't care to hide their hatred
https://twitter.com/RoyaTheWriter/status/1347181249983614979
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: kosmo vinyl on January 07, 2021, 07:05:29 pm
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

Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on January 07, 2021, 07:14:01 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: kosmo vinyl on January 07, 2021, 09:02:39 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on January 07, 2021, 09:41:58 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: challenged on January 07, 2021, 10:23:43 pm
DeVos resigns.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on January 07, 2021, 10:32:33 pm
time for a happy dance?!
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on January 07, 2021, 10:35:59 pm
DeVos resigns.
Good riddance.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: challenged on January 07, 2021, 10:40:46 pm
DeVos resigns.
Good riddance.

Back to the hellscape that is Michigan.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on January 07, 2021, 11:48:51 pm
DeVos resigns.
Good riddance.

Back to the hellscape that is Michigan.
DO NOT WANT.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on January 08, 2021, 01:11:46 am
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on January 08, 2021, 01:26:30 am
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)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: rich_WDC on January 08, 2021, 12:58:52 pm
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)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on January 08, 2021, 01:07:38 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on January 08, 2021, 01:11:18 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on January 08, 2021, 01:12:53 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on January 08, 2021, 02:20:25 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: vansmack on January 08, 2021, 02:28:52 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on January 08, 2021, 02:53:02 pm
  They had their chance and the absolutely missed it.
Thank goodness
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on January 08, 2021, 03:12:29 pm
Lehigh University rescinds Trump's honorary degree following Capitol riots
cause that'll teach him!
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: kosmo vinyl on January 08, 2021, 05:47:38 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on January 08, 2021, 06:31:46 pm
All 3 Leaders of the DC Capitol Police have Resigned
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on January 08, 2021, 07:36:08 pm
Resigned? They need to be jailed
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on January 08, 2021, 07:45:21 pm
NYT reporting that Twitter has permanently suspended Trump "due to the risk of further incitement of violence."


please RT your support to @realDonaldTrump.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: vansmack on January 08, 2021, 08:40:36 pm
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).
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on January 08, 2021, 09:17:44 pm
I think they need to impeach


You can’t just ignore a coup attempt cause you know you might not have the votes


Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on January 08, 2021, 09:56:04 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on January 08, 2021, 10:09:49 pm
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?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on January 09, 2021, 09:32:08 pm
Parler
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on January 09, 2021, 09:49:41 pm
People can still access the website on their browser, right?

So not really
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: kosmo vinyl on January 09, 2021, 10:34:08 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on January 09, 2021, 11:15:17 pm
Oh ok

All I had heard about was the app


Twitter was great today..
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: WALKonBack on January 10, 2021, 11:03:04 am
Ariel Pink
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on January 10, 2021, 12:15:10 pm
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!
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on January 11, 2021, 11:59:16 am
Rudy's membership to the NY Bar
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: WALKonBack on January 11, 2021, 04:56:07 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on January 11, 2021, 05:40:31 pm
Well that sounds good and challenging!

I guess a good realtor such as yourself is more important than ever...
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on January 11, 2021, 06:10:37 pm
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)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on January 11, 2021, 06:24:50 pm
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!
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: WALKonBack on January 11, 2021, 06:28:45 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on January 11, 2021, 06:32:03 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on January 11, 2021, 06:44:17 pm
Tremendous job mansplaining Walkie’s job to him!
Fair enough... can confirm
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on January 11, 2021, 06:49:01 pm

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

Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on January 11, 2021, 07:40:07 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on January 11, 2021, 07:58:39 pm
Need expert advise on being a good realtor?
yikes...that's a stretch
Quote
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
Quote
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
Quote
Getting into cabinetry?
I'm going to assume you were joking here
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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
Quote
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
Quote
Contact Sidehatch...the expert Jack of all trades
and master of none
also not taking any apprentices on in 2021
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: WALKonBack on January 11, 2021, 08:05:37 pm
I love, post replies, such as this.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on January 11, 2021, 08:07:16 pm
I love, post replies, such as this.

Me,,,, too.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on January 11, 2021, 08:10:12 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on January 13, 2021, 10:19:31 am
Kojo Show. God damn it.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on January 13, 2021, 10:23:01 am
Oh...why?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on January 13, 2021, 10:49:52 am
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?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on January 13, 2021, 11:45:04 am
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..
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: kosmo vinyl on January 13, 2021, 11:53:35 am
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on January 14, 2021, 08:12:38 am
Comedy Group Capitol Steps
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Justin Tonation on January 14, 2021, 12:50:07 pm
Brightest Young Things (https://dcist.com/story/21/01/14/brightest-young-things-shut-down-exactly-agency-svetlana-legetic/)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on January 14, 2021, 07:28:18 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on January 14, 2021, 07:29:31 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on January 14, 2021, 07:30:38 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on January 14, 2021, 08:18:43 pm
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...
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on January 15, 2021, 05:42:03 pm
NRA!
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on January 15, 2021, 05:55:35 pm
What? They got ads on Drudge running right now about donating to get the commemorative mug
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on January 15, 2021, 06:09:47 pm
filed for bankruptcy...can still fundraise
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on January 16, 2021, 01:16:22 am
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on January 17, 2021, 05:24:29 pm
Parler

And its back
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: shemptiness on January 19, 2021, 07:58:15 pm
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)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: WALKonBack on January 19, 2021, 08:18:31 pm
Church of Satan  /  Matthew Camp house up in flames.

The Devil, and that dick.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on January 19, 2021, 08:25:44 pm
like a real fire as his house was torched....

I've learned more about male on male porn actors here than any other place ;)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on January 22, 2021, 03:31:20 pm
after 55 years, Tom Brokaw is retiring
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on January 22, 2021, 03:45:10 pm
NBCSN
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on January 24, 2021, 01:20:24 am
Philip Rivers had decided to join Drew Brees on the golf course.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on January 24, 2021, 09:50:35 am
Brees hasn’t announced retirement.............yet AFAIK
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: WALKonBack on January 24, 2021, 10:27:41 am
Conor McGregor.

That should be it, for him.

Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on January 24, 2021, 03:09:52 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on January 24, 2021, 04:01:46 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on January 27, 2021, 03:07:39 pm
E. Page's marriage to whoever he was married to. I guess the wife wanted a woman, not a man.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: WALKonBack on January 28, 2021, 10:56:59 am
Robinhood app

Wow to what they did.  Pitchforks anyone?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: WALKonBack on January 28, 2021, 11:05:02 am
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on January 28, 2021, 11:47:40 am
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on February 01, 2021, 03:30:02 pm
Marilyn Manson, though tbh I'm surprised this hasn't already happened.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on February 01, 2021, 03:36:22 pm
Marilyn Manson, though tbh I'm surprised this hasn't already happened.
If only there were warning signs!
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on February 02, 2021, 05:24:16 pm
Bezos

I see his manager got the message when my Arlo Parks vinyl arrived a day late!
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: kosmo vinyl on February 03, 2021, 02:14:41 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: StoneTheCrow on February 03, 2021, 02:34:58 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on February 04, 2021, 12:47:57 pm
John Matze says he has been fired as CEO of Parler
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on February 04, 2021, 01:46:34 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: kosmo vinyl on February 04, 2021, 02:31:19 pm
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."
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on February 04, 2021, 02:40:36 pm
I'm just shocked allmusic still exists...and kosmo uses it
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on February 04, 2021, 02:43:04 pm
I look at allmusic at least monthly.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on February 04, 2021, 02:47:25 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on February 04, 2021, 03:07:32 pm
I look at it all the time

Some of my favorite music criticism
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on February 04, 2021, 03:08:33 pm
I look at it all the time

Some of my favorite music criticism

Same
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on February 04, 2021, 03:12:10 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on February 04, 2021, 03:12:52 pm
why go to allmusic when I can come here?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on February 04, 2021, 03:21:57 pm
Are you all referring to Arlo Parks?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: StoneTheCrow on February 04, 2021, 03:23:45 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Justin Tonation on February 04, 2021, 03:53:43 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: vansmack on February 04, 2021, 04:29:01 pm
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....
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: WALKonBack on February 04, 2021, 08:33:46 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: StoneTheCrow on February 04, 2021, 09:34:53 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Justin Tonation on February 05, 2021, 08:14:30 pm
Lou Dobbs (https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2021-02-05/fox-news-cancels-lou-dobbs-tonight)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on February 05, 2021, 09:35:31 pm
Hot Damn
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: kosmo vinyl on February 10, 2021, 03:27:44 pm
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)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on February 11, 2021, 01:52:12 pm
Cara Dune
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on February 11, 2021, 02:11:50 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on February 11, 2021, 02:19:37 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: kosmo vinyl on February 11, 2021, 02:40:28 pm
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... 
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: vansmack on February 11, 2021, 05:48:23 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on February 12, 2021, 06:27:21 pm
(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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on February 12, 2021, 09:12:38 pm
 Lincoln Project co-founder Steve Schmidt is resigning from the group's board, he told staff on an all-hands call this evening
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on February 12, 2021, 10:07:29 pm
What did he do?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on February 12, 2021, 10:34:32 pm
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

Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on February 12, 2021, 10:45:09 pm
There was a TLDR statement I didn’t read

then that statement clearly failed in its purpose.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on February 12, 2021, 10:57:07 pm
There was a TLDR statement I didn’t read

then that statement clearly failed in its purpose.
can confirm
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on February 13, 2021, 10:17:22 am
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on February 13, 2021, 11:40:53 am
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

Quote
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on February 13, 2021, 06:21:09 pm
Chris Harrison
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: analogfossa on February 22, 2021, 11:03:48 am
Daft Punk call it quits.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on February 22, 2021, 11:08:00 am
Yup.  Ugh. 

https://pitchfork.com/news/daft-punk-call-it-quits/
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Justin Tonation on February 22, 2021, 08:25:12 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: WALKonBack on February 22, 2021, 09:15:43 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on February 23, 2021, 04:28:54 am
The Chemical Brothers  >  Daft Punk

it's definitely close, but nah.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: vansmack on February 23, 2021, 03:45:19 pm
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/
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on February 23, 2021, 03:49:19 pm
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Eu74Jr7WYAQALaU?format=jpg&name=large)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on February 23, 2021, 03:49:48 pm
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...
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on February 23, 2021, 03:52:53 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on February 23, 2021, 04:44:53 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on February 23, 2021, 04:52:13 pm
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

Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: StoneTheCrow on February 23, 2021, 05:02:31 pm
Absolutely hate to see that happen to anyone. Hopefully he ends up ok even if golf is off the table going forward.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on February 23, 2021, 05:18:02 pm
curious what the toxicology report will say...
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on February 23, 2021, 06:31:35 pm
curious what the toxicology report will say...
Everyone on earth is thinking this.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on February 23, 2021, 06:41:18 pm
Non life threatening


Compound fractures in his legs


Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: vansmack on February 23, 2021, 07:28:04 pm
curious what the toxicology report will say...

Brendan Quinn
@BFQuinn
·
7m
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on February 23, 2021, 07:40:57 pm
curious what the toxicology report will say...

Brendan Quinn
@BFQuinn
·
7m
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?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on February 23, 2021, 07:52:28 pm
They mean over the speed limit
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Justin Tonation on February 23, 2021, 09:52:35 pm
7am, no signs of skid marks or other indications of braking. Probably fell asleep.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Justin Tonation on February 24, 2021, 01:17:27 am
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on February 24, 2021, 07:42:29 am
7am, no signs of skid marks or other indications of braking. Probably fell asleep.

Probably nodded out
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on February 24, 2021, 08:52:07 am
7am, no signs of skid marks or other indications of braking. Probably fell asleep.

Probably nodded out

Probably dozed off
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on February 24, 2021, 09:21:06 am
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on February 24, 2021, 10:10:22 am
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on February 24, 2021, 10:19:04 am
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on February 24, 2021, 03:03:45 pm
Any truth to the rumor that the car was in self-driving mode?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: vansmack on February 24, 2021, 03:45:17 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: vansmack on February 24, 2021, 03:48:17 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on February 24, 2021, 05:23:07 pm
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/)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Bagley on February 25, 2021, 12:41:11 pm
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. :'(
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on February 25, 2021, 12:45:23 pm
Oh that’s too bad

Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on February 25, 2021, 01:34:07 pm
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...
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: StoneTheCrow on February 25, 2021, 02:00:38 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on February 25, 2021, 02:23:47 pm
I like Bagley!
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: WALKonBack on February 25, 2021, 03:42:10 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on February 25, 2021, 03:51:18 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on February 25, 2021, 03:52:46 pm
but from 2002 to to 2010 I somewhat lived there.
see told you the bros hang out there
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on February 25, 2021, 03:58:02 pm
but from 2002 to to 2010 I somewhat lived there.
see told you the bros hang out there

A+ POST.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: vansmack on March 01, 2021, 08:36:06 pm
Bearman!

I can't believe you beat me to retirement.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: StoneTheCrow on March 01, 2021, 08:53:55 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on March 01, 2021, 09:12:23 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: StoneTheCrow on March 02, 2021, 10:56:29 am
I bet.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: kosmo vinyl on March 02, 2021, 11:25:01 am
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.

Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on March 02, 2021, 11:46:31 am
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?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on March 02, 2021, 11:50:49 am
and yes the conservatives have their panties in a twist over this
Ben Shapiro's wife has never been more arid and dry.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on March 02, 2021, 12:12:23 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: shemptiness on March 02, 2021, 02:43:56 pm
The Bottle Rockets
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on March 02, 2021, 02:58:47 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on March 02, 2021, 03:10:09 pm
I think he is retiring from the band not retiring from working...

I don’t know how the Bottle Rockets kept going this long...




Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: StoneTheCrow on March 02, 2021, 03:41:38 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on March 03, 2021, 11:31:28 am
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on March 09, 2021, 02:27:14 pm
Major and Champ (https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/542242-cnn-bidens-dogs-removed-from-the-white-house)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on March 09, 2021, 02:49:55 pm
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?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: WALKonBack on March 09, 2021, 03:11:45 pm
Piers Morgan
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: vansmack on March 09, 2021, 03:35:54 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: WALKonBack on March 09, 2021, 07:26:52 pm
I am still trying to 'termn if this is some grand publicity stunt on his part because he was tired of the show anyway.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: vansmack on March 09, 2021, 08:41:54 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: WALKonBack on March 09, 2021, 08:59:45 pm
Gurrrrl
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on March 10, 2021, 12:58:21 am
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on March 12, 2021, 11:02:16 pm
J Rod
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on March 15, 2021, 10:04:51 am
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on March 15, 2021, 01:07:34 pm
Julian arrested in connection with the Sicknick murder on cap hill
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on March 24, 2021, 09:28:00 am
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: brennser on March 24, 2021, 10:16:43 am
Moncef Slaoui

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/24/moncef-slaoui-fired-from-galvani-bioelectronics-board-of-directors-over-sexual-harassment-allegations.html
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: StoneTheCrow on March 24, 2021, 11:27:20 am
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. 
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on March 24, 2021, 12:03:40 pm
You on Steve Hoffman bro?


Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: StoneTheCrow on March 24, 2021, 02:18:53 pm
Yup. Different handle. Rarely post.

There’s a wealth of information there if you can navigate endless threads about the Monkees and the Beatles.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on March 24, 2021, 10:11:53 pm
Whitlow’s on Wilson
says It Will Close in June, But May Reopen Elsewhere
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on March 30, 2021, 02:48:43 pm
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.”
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on March 30, 2021, 02:51:31 pm
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).
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on March 30, 2021, 02:54:32 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on March 30, 2021, 02:59:13 pm
That old canard....how convenient
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on March 30, 2021, 03:00:39 pm
That old canard....how convenient
are you implying that it's no different, doesn't matter who decides and how it's implemented
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on March 30, 2021, 03:05:55 pm
It’s just a response to the woke mob...


Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on March 30, 2021, 03:08:52 pm
We have to censor everything but it’s Ok if the government didn’t “make” us do it


Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on March 30, 2021, 03:14:55 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on March 30, 2021, 03:25:47 pm
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.

Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on March 30, 2021, 03:32:46 pm
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)

Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on March 30, 2021, 03:40:16 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on March 30, 2021, 03:53:31 pm
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






Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on March 30, 2021, 03:55:22 pm
and now my kids will grow up to be racists because we read on beyond zebra
can confirm, they are monsters!
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on March 30, 2021, 07:45:48 pm
Matt Gaetz?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: kosmo vinyl on March 30, 2021, 08:58:39 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Justin Tonation on March 30, 2021, 09:25:39 pm
Matt Gaetz?

48 hours left, tops
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on March 30, 2021, 09:56:01 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on March 30, 2021, 10:08:08 pm
I really want him in jail


Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on March 31, 2021, 01:21:42 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on March 31, 2021, 01:32:03 pm
What a relief
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on March 31, 2021, 09:48:44 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on April 01, 2021, 01:08:39 pm
Roy Williams
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: kosmo vinyl on April 02, 2021, 07:29:36 am
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: StoneTheCrow on April 02, 2021, 07:55:02 am
This forum?

Not really. Just took another minute to get here.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on April 02, 2021, 08:01:55 am
Matt Gaetz?

48 hours left, tops
would you like another try to guess (FTR I was hoping you were right)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: kosmo vinyl on April 02, 2021, 08:57:02 am
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...
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on April 02, 2021, 09:39:15 am
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on April 02, 2021, 09:50:44 am
this was a great headline: YOU CAN’T ALWAYS GAETZ WHAT YOU WANT
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on April 02, 2021, 12:45:00 pm
big thief t-shirt?!
https://www.stereogum.com/2142932/big-thief-apologize-for-offensive-t-shirt/news/
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on April 02, 2021, 12:56:42 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Justin Tonation on April 02, 2021, 02:54:52 pm
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)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on April 02, 2021, 02:59:18 pm
LOL


Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: shemptiness on April 02, 2021, 03:30:30 pm
Atlanta hosting the MLB All Star Game
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on April 02, 2021, 04:35:20 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on April 02, 2021, 04:41:23 pm
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)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Justin Tonation on April 02, 2021, 05:40:57 pm
48 hours is my Friedman Unit.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on April 02, 2021, 05:54:54 pm
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,"
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Justin Tonation on April 03, 2021, 11:21:57 am
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)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Justin Tonation on April 04, 2021, 10:32:48 pm
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)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on April 06, 2021, 08:05:43 am
Paul Pierce, what a dummy.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on April 07, 2021, 12:39:46 pm
They mean over the speed limit

83
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on April 07, 2021, 12:50:30 pm
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)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on April 07, 2021, 02:36:24 pm
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."
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on April 07, 2021, 02:48:47 pm
"Florida is opening up vaccines for 16 and 17 year olds.  ... or a DM from Matt Gaetz."
Savage indeed!
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on April 07, 2021, 02:49:34 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on April 08, 2021, 12:55:16 pm
arguably one of the most savage things i've heard in a long while:
Not as good...but close
·
Gaetz Fears If He Is Arrested He Will Miss Prom
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on April 08, 2021, 10:45:58 pm
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)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on April 12, 2021, 11:21:53 pm
Julian Edelman
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on April 12, 2021, 11:37:52 pm
I feel like the bakery has kind of sucked for a while now..

Maybe they can get their mojo back now
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on April 27, 2021, 06:21:32 am
menthol cigarettes


The vast majority of Black smokers — 85 percent — use menthol
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on April 27, 2021, 07:38:44 am
I don’t believe this has happened yet!!
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on April 27, 2021, 08:56:12 am
menthol cigarettes


The vast majority of Black smokers — 85 percent — use menthol

That's racism, right there!
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on April 27, 2021, 09:17:02 am
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hutch on May 03, 2021, 04:42:25 pm
Bill and Melinda Gates’ marriage
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on May 03, 2021, 05:27:40 pm
Bill and Melinda Gates’ marriage
Oh snap that’ll be a big settlement
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: WALKonBack on May 03, 2021, 11:56:59 pm
That band name with Melissa and MacKenzie, is just out there, waiting.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: vansmack on May 06, 2021, 02:11:17 pm
Albert Pujols.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on May 06, 2021, 02:15:39 pm
Albert Pujols.

I admittedly thought he retired a long time ago.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on May 06, 2021, 02:18:43 pm
Albert Pujols.
Maybe Miguel Cabrera could retire and keep him company.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: vansmack on May 06, 2021, 02:25:30 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: vansmack on May 06, 2021, 02:27:54 pm
Maybe Miguel Cabrera could retire and keep him company.

Zero chance with 2.5 years left on his deal, despite his .098 batting avg. 
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on May 06, 2021, 02:40:53 pm
what is in the water in the Dominican Republic?  Crazy how many greats have come from such a tiny island nation
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on May 06, 2021, 03:59:27 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on May 06, 2021, 04:26:02 pm
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)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on May 06, 2021, 04:42:50 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: kosmo vinyl on May 07, 2021, 07:50:11 am
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on May 07, 2021, 10:20:27 am
Thomas Boswell
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: vansmack on May 07, 2021, 05:32:19 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on May 07, 2021, 06:27:07 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Starsky on May 07, 2021, 06:51:52 pm
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...
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on May 08, 2021, 07:19:39 am
 I thought it was only 1
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on May 08, 2021, 08:27:33 am
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Starsky on May 08, 2021, 12:52:47 pm
I thought it was only 1

I didn’t have the heart to tell you..
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on May 10, 2021, 07:14:02 pm
Kenny Mayne
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on May 11, 2021, 09:33:41 am
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/
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Starsky on May 11, 2021, 09:37:02 am
Not chi cha!

I saw Patrick Ewing there
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on May 11, 2021, 09:45:16 am
Not chi cha!

I saw Patrick Ewing there

That show is the stuff of legend! Rumor has it that Bagley Fave was the opener.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on May 11, 2021, 12:08:03 pm
that is one depressing list

sad to see Oki Bowl didn't make it...loved that place
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on May 11, 2021, 12:15:40 pm
Rockville July 4th Fireworks.

Fear wins again
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Starsky on May 11, 2021, 12:43:10 pm
Well almost a million Americans did die...


But I wouldn’t have made that decision


Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on May 11, 2021, 12:48:28 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Starsky on May 11, 2021, 01:07:18 pm
You’re right


I think a few months await us where everything will be all over the place
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Starsky on May 12, 2021, 12:11:47 pm
Ellen
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on May 12, 2021, 12:19:29 pm
Ellen
she was better as Dory
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on May 12, 2021, 05:18:20 pm
 Golden Globes in 2022
(at least NBC won't air it)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Starsky on May 12, 2021, 06:25:25 pm
“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)


Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Starsky on May 17, 2021, 11:25:06 am
Marv Albert
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on May 17, 2021, 11:50:38 am
Marv Albert
here I thought he got canceled back in 97...sexual assault didn't seem to have the staying power it does today
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on May 17, 2021, 04:59:02 pm
https://ftw.usatoday.com/2021/05/braves-pitcher-huascar-ynoa-broke-hand-punching-dugout-bench

lol
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Starsky on May 17, 2021, 05:05:04 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on May 17, 2021, 05:28:29 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on May 17, 2021, 07:56:02 pm

This “cancelled” term is so stupid

You cancel a magazine subscription not a person

So you're a prescriptivist, then?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: vansmack on May 18, 2021, 12:02:39 pm
So you're a prescriptivist, then?

No.  He's cancelling cancelled.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Starsky on May 18, 2021, 12:19:02 pm
Oh so clever..
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Starsky on May 18, 2021, 01:31:31 pm
BMI

It’s racist

https://dnyuz.com/2021/05/18/is-b-m-i-a-scam/
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on May 18, 2021, 10:03:04 pm
Darwin's Arch

Galapagos rock formation Darwin's Arch has collapsed

https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/galapagos-darwins-arch-collapses/index.html
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on May 19, 2021, 06:19:27 am

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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on May 19, 2021, 06:44:14 am

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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on May 19, 2021, 07:58:29 am

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/
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on May 19, 2021, 08:20:29 am

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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on May 19, 2021, 08:29:59 am
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on May 19, 2021, 08:40:45 am
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..
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on May 19, 2021, 08:54:28 am
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on May 19, 2021, 08:54:41 am
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on May 19, 2021, 11:49:29 am
The Maryland state song
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on May 22, 2021, 04:48:36 pm
Rick Santorum
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on May 27, 2021, 02:38:48 am
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)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on June 02, 2021, 12:26:30 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on June 02, 2021, 01:23:23 pm
Mike Krzyzewski has decided to retire after this season
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on June 02, 2021, 04:47:32 pm
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...
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Starsky on June 02, 2021, 05:20:46 pm
Netanyahu as Prime Minister

Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on June 02, 2021, 06:53:52 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on June 03, 2021, 10:48:51 am
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: vansmack on June 04, 2021, 01:57:33 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Starsky on June 04, 2021, 02:06:17 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Starsky on June 06, 2021, 11:04:25 pm
Sinead O’Connor

Says retiring and no more touring


Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: WALKonBack on June 07, 2021, 12:28:01 am
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on June 10, 2021, 06:52:30 am
Keystone XL pipeline
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Starsky on June 13, 2021, 02:05:12 pm
Netanyahu as Prime Minister

Can confirm
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on June 13, 2021, 03:37:04 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on June 13, 2021, 03:46:28 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: vansmack on June 13, 2021, 08:03:36 pm
Vote was 60-59.  Bibi even managed to convince a member of the new PM’s party to vote against.  That f’n guy….
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on June 13, 2021, 08:05:56 pm
Well guys, glad to see that whole Israel/Palestine thing is going to be totally copacetic now.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Starsky on June 16, 2021, 12:40:22 pm
Scott Brooks as Wizards coach

God the Wizards are such a small market cheapass team
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on June 16, 2021, 01:06:17 pm
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"
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on June 16, 2021, 01:06:57 pm
feel like I've heard that before
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on June 21, 2021, 12:40:15 pm
Michigan man Bob Segar and touring

https://www.freep.com/story/entertainment/music/brian-mccollum/2021/06/17/bob-seger-tour-2021/7717178002/
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Starsky on June 21, 2021, 12:44:02 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on June 21, 2021, 12:53:19 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on June 23, 2021, 06:42:44 am
Yang’s big apple mayoral aspirations
12% of the 1 place votes (they did ranked choice this year!)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on June 24, 2021, 11:58:01 am
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: kosmo vinyl on June 24, 2021, 12:47:18 pm
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/
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Starsky on June 24, 2021, 12:53:49 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: kosmo vinyl on June 24, 2021, 01:04:03 pm
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..
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on June 25, 2021, 04:18:23 pm
Derek Chauvin sentenced to 22.5 years for murder of George Floyd
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Starsky on June 25, 2021, 04:20:20 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on June 25, 2021, 04:22:20 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on June 29, 2021, 12:15:46 pm
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)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on July 08, 2021, 03:14:39 pm

Rudy's membership to the NY Bar
Rudy Giuliani suspended from practicing law in D.C. too
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on July 12, 2021, 02:54:06 pm
The Warriors, as an option.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on July 15, 2021, 06:29:45 am
Weisselberg
Decades long CFO for Trump org
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Starsky on July 15, 2021, 07:46:08 am
Nellys?

Not being allowed to reopen by human chain of protesters
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Starsky on July 19, 2021, 11:03:54 am
https://www.brooklynvegan.com/cornelius-resigns-from-tokyo-olympics-after-bullying-history-resurfaces/
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on July 21, 2021, 10:57:15 pm
Believe it or not but this post is contemporaneous to you/now:

Velvet Lounge is no more.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on July 22, 2021, 10:05:14 am
I saw Morphine there. It was a great show.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on July 22, 2021, 10:05:37 am
I saw Morphine there. It was a great show.

Edit: Vapors of Morphine
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on July 22, 2021, 11:46:18 am
I saw Morphine there. It was a great show.

Edit: Vapors of Morphine

that's not an edit.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on July 22, 2021, 11:56:54 am
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".
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on August 03, 2021, 11:34:48 am
Andrew Cuomo's political career.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: StoneTheCrow on August 03, 2021, 12:37:42 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on August 03, 2021, 12:38:36 pm
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)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on August 03, 2021, 12:55:57 pm
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?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on August 03, 2021, 02:02:04 pm
He do it with everyone.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1422606964689887237

Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Justin Tonation on August 10, 2021, 12:25:06 pm
Cuomo put in his two weeks (https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/andrew-cuomo-resigns/2021/08/10/cfd44154-7ac2-11eb-b3d1-9e5aa3d5220c_story.html)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on August 10, 2021, 12:26:35 pm
does he still get a pension?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: kosmo vinyl on August 10, 2021, 12:56:44 pm
does he still get a pension?

will he get a show on Fox airing his grievances against cancel culture?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on August 10, 2021, 01:22:48 pm
does he still get a pension?

pretty sure he's more interested in keeping his staff around than in his pension.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on August 10, 2021, 02:00:46 pm
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?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: kosmo vinyl on August 10, 2021, 02:30:42 pm
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

Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on August 10, 2021, 03:44:17 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on August 10, 2021, 04:11:51 pm
$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)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on August 10, 2021, 05:21:12 pm
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...
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Starsky on August 10, 2021, 05:26:44 pm
Trump won that district both times….

Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: kosmo vinyl on August 11, 2021, 11:32:16 am
El Goodo a fine Welsh band call it a day
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: shemptiness on August 12, 2021, 11:24:55 am
Chris Davis
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on August 12, 2021, 11:28:48 am
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Starsky on August 12, 2021, 11:39:56 am
That may just be the worst signing ever (the big contract)


Something really fishy the way he fell of a cliff
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: vansmack on August 12, 2021, 02:31:49 pm
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.   
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: WALKonBack on August 12, 2021, 05:57:25 pm
Jamie Spears
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Starsky on August 12, 2021, 10:48:52 pm
Tony Bennett



https://www.brooklynvegan.com/tony-bennett-cancels-fall-tour-retires-from-performing-live


One of the greats
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on August 16, 2021, 02:55:04 am
The Cure bassist Simon Gallup has announced he's quit the band (https://www.musicradar.com/news/cure-bassist-simon-gallup-quits)
(again)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on August 16, 2021, 08:33:01 am
Gallup's contribution to the Cure's sound is immense, the bass lines carry most cure songs
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Starsky on August 16, 2021, 09:37:38 am
Spoken like a true bassist
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on August 16, 2021, 02:48:21 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Starsky on August 16, 2021, 03:01:21 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Starsky on August 16, 2021, 03:46:17 pm
This kind of sums up my thinking


https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/08/biden-afghanistan-taliban-reality/619776/
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on August 16, 2021, 04:04:22 pm
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

Quote

 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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Starsky on August 16, 2021, 04:14:06 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on August 16, 2021, 05:26:42 pm
Blame for Afghanistan:

GWBush: 80%
Obama: 17%
Trump: 2%
Biden: 1%
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on August 16, 2021, 05:36:31 pm
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. 
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Starsky on August 16, 2021, 05:47:58 pm
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





Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on August 16, 2021, 05:50:18 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Starsky on August 16, 2021, 05:56:21 pm
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?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Starsky on August 16, 2021, 05:57:48 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on August 16, 2021, 05:58:39 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Starsky on August 16, 2021, 06:05:43 pm


This reminds me of people on Facebook today trying to raise money for affected pets in Afghanistan… I couldn’t believe it







Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Starsky on August 16, 2021, 06:08:54 pm
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.

Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on August 16, 2021, 06:41:28 pm
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. 
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Starsky on August 16, 2021, 06:54:17 pm
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!

Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on August 16, 2021, 06:56:58 pm
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)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on August 16, 2021, 07:04:37 pm
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).
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Starsky on August 16, 2021, 07:05:59 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Starsky on August 16, 2021, 07:08:41 pm
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.

Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Starsky on August 16, 2021, 07:19:33 pm
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…
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on August 16, 2021, 07:23:46 pm

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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on August 16, 2021, 07:27:45 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Starsky on August 16, 2021, 07:29:50 pm
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


Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on August 16, 2021, 07:33:31 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Starsky on August 16, 2021, 07:36:58 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Starsky on August 16, 2021, 07:40:14 pm
Once we take care of Baltimore let’s go back to saving people in other countries

We got our own issues here back home.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Starsky on August 16, 2021, 07:48:26 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Starsky on August 16, 2021, 09:03:11 pm
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

Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Starsky on August 16, 2021, 09:14:19 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on August 16, 2021, 09:24:23 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on August 16, 2021, 10:11:22 pm
Still not aligned with you on the argument at hand, but that is legitimately awesome, Serge. Thanks for sharing. Wow.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on August 16, 2021, 10:12:06 pm
No snark intended. That’s really fucking cool man.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Starsky on August 16, 2021, 10:22:45 pm
Thanks man.

It was cool showing it to my kids.

Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Justin Tonation on August 20, 2021, 10:24:44 am
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)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on August 20, 2021, 10:27:39 am
That was fast.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hemisphire on August 20, 2021, 10:36:02 am
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on August 20, 2021, 10:38:44 am
That was fast.
one day short of a scaramuci
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on August 20, 2021, 11:25:41 am
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on August 23, 2021, 02:46:02 pm
Sorry sidejug

https://loudwire.com/insane-clown-posse-violent-j-heart-failure-farewell-tour/?fbclid=IwAR3Rx931euB7J_7LpI3-hjO24bjcze4acO6SLxq4q7fh_1eQodq-Rw_oja8
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on August 23, 2021, 02:49:15 pm
this is great news, hopefully they will skip DC and I will not have to attend a ICP concert with my 11 year old
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on August 31, 2021, 12:58:26 pm
cam newton

Quote
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on August 31, 2021, 01:02:50 pm
Mike Richards (jepordy / WoF exec producer..and short lived Trebeck replacment)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on August 31, 2021, 01:19:40 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: kosmo vinyl on August 31, 2021, 03:00:10 pm
i've made my share of typos on this site but

GONZO

(https://preview.redd.it/a7iw3q1da3651.jpg?auto=webp&s=0737e77e46e260d489236bc8d3844e7814b491ac)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on August 31, 2021, 03:26:58 pm
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)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on August 31, 2021, 04:09:24 pm
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."
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on August 31, 2021, 04:31:53 pm
not like Hunter S. Thompson then...or waitaminute, what did he do
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on September 01, 2021, 07:43:09 am
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: kosmo vinyl on September 01, 2021, 08:14:38 am
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Starsky on September 01, 2021, 09:22:15 am
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on September 10, 2021, 03:34:00 pm
Trevor Bauer
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: vansmack on September 10, 2021, 03:47:29 pm
Trevor Bauer

Not officially....but with the suspension for the remainder of the season, it has to be coming, right?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on September 27, 2021, 02:55:23 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Starsky on September 27, 2021, 03:01:10 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on September 27, 2021, 03:15:33 pm
….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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on September 27, 2021, 04:30:29 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on September 27, 2021, 06:11:50 pm
Beck Bennett Is Leaving SNL
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on September 27, 2021, 06:20:34 pm
Beck Bennett Is Leaving SNL

What a Loser.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on October 01, 2021, 06:55:17 pm
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)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: kosmo vinyl on October 01, 2021, 08:08:52 pm
David Lee Roth
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Starsky on October 02, 2021, 03:54:08 am
Say what
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: kosmo vinyl on October 02, 2021, 07:20:16 am
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

Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on October 02, 2021, 10:26:17 am
But he has all those fresh new tats. Say it aint so, Dave. There's still plenty of yankee roses for you out there.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on October 02, 2021, 10:55:10 am
Fuck...why didn't I know about this

https://www.facebook.com/newdistrictbrewing/photos/a.1353615444714400/4414871915255389/

New District Brewing Company
·
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)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Starsky on October 02, 2021, 12:20:22 pm
Fuck...why didn't I know about this

https://www.facebook.com/newdistrictbrewing/photos/a.1353615444714400/4414871915255389/

New District Brewing Company
·
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Starsky on October 02, 2021, 12:25:17 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on October 02, 2021, 06:21:27 pm
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)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Starsky on October 04, 2021, 09:47:38 am
https://www.brooklynvegan.com/thao-the-get-down-stay-down-have-broken-up/
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on October 04, 2021, 12:39:09 pm

Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram go down in apparent outage
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on October 04, 2021, 03:42:53 pm

@AndrewYang
I’m leaving the Democratic Party
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on October 04, 2021, 03:46:52 pm

@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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Starsky on October 04, 2021, 03:51:02 pm
It’s a death blow!
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on October 04, 2021, 03:51:45 pm
is it time for a Dem's in Disarray headline
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on October 04, 2021, 03:52:04 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on October 04, 2021, 03:55:50 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on October 04, 2021, 04:00:30 pm

@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?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on October 04, 2021, 04:06:38 pm
those were some quick minutes
Yes, they were approximately 60 seconds each, the time of a real minute.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on October 04, 2021, 04:50:25 pm

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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: kosmo vinyl on October 12, 2021, 01:27:43 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on October 12, 2021, 01:36:47 pm
(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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on October 12, 2021, 01:47:22 pm
That guy's brain is so fried, he might as well be walking on the sun.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on October 12, 2021, 02:06:03 pm
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)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on October 18, 2021, 10:46:06 am
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?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on October 18, 2021, 10:56:39 am
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on October 18, 2021, 11:20:24 am
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!"
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on October 18, 2021, 11:58:15 am
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on October 18, 2021, 12:08:55 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Cock Van Der Palm on October 18, 2021, 01:12:33 pm
I admit...I had to look up "comorbidity". 
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on October 18, 2021, 01:14:23 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on October 18, 2021, 01:14:34 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Starsky on October 18, 2021, 01:53:26 pm
For me the real question is wether he had a booster shot.


Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on October 18, 2021, 06:36:30 pm
I admit...I had to look up "comorbidity". 

seriously?  where have you been the last 18 months?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Cock Van Der Palm on October 18, 2021, 08:37:32 pm
Why?  What did I miss?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on October 19, 2021, 10:34:00 am
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Cock Van Der Palm on October 19, 2021, 11:05:37 am
I've rarely watched the news since the election. And I definitely don't follow this board.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on October 19, 2021, 11:45:32 am
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?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on October 19, 2021, 11:49:46 am
Did you take science classes in high school?
TBH, never heard of the term until 2020
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: StoneTheCrow on October 19, 2021, 12:54:08 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on October 19, 2021, 12:59:37 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on October 19, 2021, 01:16:39 pm
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?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Cock Van Der Palm on October 19, 2021, 01:29:51 pm
I thought Space still is in high school.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on October 19, 2021, 01:32:19 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: vansmack on October 19, 2021, 01:33:51 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on October 19, 2021, 01:57:25 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on October 19, 2021, 02:22:49 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on October 19, 2021, 02:25:49 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on October 19, 2021, 02:55:31 pm
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. :)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on October 19, 2021, 03:03:30 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on October 19, 2021, 03:31:17 pm
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.

Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on October 19, 2021, 03:33:16 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on October 19, 2021, 03:56:32 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on October 19, 2021, 04:04:19 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on October 19, 2021, 04:10:14 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on October 19, 2021, 04:20:33 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on October 19, 2021, 04:39:35 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on October 19, 2021, 04:42:22 pm
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.)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: vansmack on October 19, 2021, 06:02:10 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: WALKonBack on October 19, 2021, 06:56:30 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on October 25, 2021, 05:46:19 am
Sudan
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: kosmo vinyl on October 25, 2021, 07:40:47 pm
 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  >:(
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: challenged on October 25, 2021, 08:30:53 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on October 26, 2021, 09:10:49 pm
Folksbier
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on October 29, 2021, 12:05:21 pm
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'
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Starsky on October 29, 2021, 01:21:34 pm
Didn’t redistributing have a lot to do with this?

Everything makes us more polarized….
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on October 29, 2021, 01:32:32 pm
Redistricting? Yeah, Kinzinger likely was facing an uphill battle for reelection before this all happened.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on October 29, 2021, 01:52:34 pm
made a meme
(https://i.imgflip.com/5sazh5.jpg)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Starsky on October 29, 2021, 02:12:12 pm
Redistricting? Yeah, Kinzinger likely was facing an uphill battle for reelection before this all happened.


Right


Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on October 29, 2021, 02:27:42 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Starsky on October 29, 2021, 03:39:24 pm
So tired of these people


So much barbarism in America..so little civilization
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: kosmo vinyl on October 29, 2021, 04:30:10 pm
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…




Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: vansmack on November 01, 2021, 04:04:44 pm
How is Jim Harbaugh's name not in this thread yet?

I keep coming here and checking and re-checking....
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on November 01, 2021, 04:41:33 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Mobius on November 01, 2021, 08:57:45 pm
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. 

Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on November 02, 2021, 08:20:04 am
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on November 03, 2021, 11:25:09 am
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: vansmack on November 03, 2021, 06:05:43 pm
Future Hall of Fame catcher, Buster Posey to announce his retirement tomorrow.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Starsky on November 04, 2021, 10:19:35 am
FP Santangelo as Nats announcer


Hallelujah


God he was awful
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: StoneTheCrow on November 04, 2021, 05:29:23 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Starsky on November 04, 2021, 08:06:05 pm
https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/captain-whites-fish-market-barge-leaves-the-wharf/2869104/?_osource=SocialFlowFB_DCBrand&fbclid=IwAR1vXbC0lb8fZx7N7W5R3uA7QMf7mLOlWiT4aRMl_cKkV1o9GwpdtgMe7Vg
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on November 05, 2021, 07:42:56 am
^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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on November 10, 2021, 06:24:15 am
Brian Williams
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: evilizac on November 10, 2021, 11:50:00 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: kosmo vinyl on November 11, 2021, 07:28:43 am
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: evilizac on November 11, 2021, 12:14:35 pm
I'm maybe being a bit of a tool...
I actually kind of wish someone would just shovel him some $$.

Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on November 29, 2021, 08:00:36 pm
Tiger Woods
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Starsky on November 29, 2021, 08:17:48 pm

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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Starsky on November 29, 2021, 08:23:05 pm
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….
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on November 30, 2021, 08:31:49 am
Jack Dorsey
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Justin Tonation on December 03, 2021, 02:38:22 pm
Turgeon out as U.Md. basketball coach (https://wtop.com/maryland/2021/12/turgeon-out-as-u-md-basketball-coach/)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on December 03, 2021, 02:42:14 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: shemptiness on December 03, 2021, 03:15:15 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on December 04, 2021, 06:19:20 pm
Chris Cuomo. Because HE is the problem.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on December 05, 2021, 08:19:26 am
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on December 06, 2021, 12:18:25 am
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…
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on December 06, 2021, 09:22:22 am
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?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Cock Van Der Palm on December 06, 2021, 11:10:46 am
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?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on December 06, 2021, 12:17:03 pm
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."
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on December 07, 2021, 01:29:13 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on December 07, 2021, 01:36:43 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on December 07, 2021, 05:46:47 pm
900 people via a zoom call
https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/Better-mortgage-firm-has-mass-layoff-Zoom-16673576.php
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on December 07, 2021, 06:35:27 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on December 07, 2021, 08:18:05 pm
gaetz,
he today said that if they take the house in 2022, they intend to get trump to be the speaker
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on December 07, 2021, 08:49:56 pm
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. 
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Starsky on December 07, 2021, 09:36:19 pm
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)

Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Starsky on December 08, 2021, 12:25:56 am
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.



Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on December 09, 2021, 06:22:51 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on December 09, 2021, 07:05:29 pm
always the best tatic...hit em in the wallet

russians figured that out decades ago.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Starsky on December 09, 2021, 07:11:44 pm
Yawn


Call me when he is living on the street or jail …until then it’s more wishful thinking
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on December 13, 2021, 03:46:46 pm
Chris Wallace
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Starsky on December 15, 2021, 09:31:59 am
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Starsky on December 16, 2021, 09:27:03 am
Urban Meyer fired
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on December 16, 2021, 09:48:10 am
Urban Meyer fired
The Michigan Football Renaissance is reaching fever pitch.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on December 16, 2021, 11:06:16 am
Flavor Flav's car.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on December 16, 2021, 11:21:06 am
Jeff Garlin
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on December 16, 2021, 11:23:57 am
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on December 17, 2021, 03:30:42 pm
Condolences Julian.

https://www.mlive.com/wolverines/2021/12/belleville-linebacker-aaron-alexander-decommits-from-michigan-football.html
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on December 17, 2021, 04:44:23 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on December 17, 2021, 05:09:43 pm
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?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on December 17, 2021, 06:28:13 pm
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.)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on December 20, 2021, 12:52:17 pm
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/
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: shemptiness on December 21, 2021, 10:50:10 am
After 66 years - Phillips Crab House in Ocean City
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Starsky on December 21, 2021, 10:56:04 am
(https://i.ibb.co/PrnP6YD/C416003-E-5418-4067-BA9-E-7-C97159-AEE14.jpg) (https://ibb.co/51ySR9K)
upload (https://imgbb.com/)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on December 23, 2021, 02:56:32 pm
Madison Cawthorn 8 month long marriage
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on January 02, 2022, 12:15:53 am
 Cy Vance retires and no Trump indictment...coincidence?

so much for our liberal rally cry  “Cy Vance is gonna get him”
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Mobius on January 02, 2022, 10:54:47 am
George Carlin famously said ‘It’s a big club and you ain’t in it’.  Well, those two are in it
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on January 02, 2022, 08:51:13 pm
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...
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on January 02, 2022, 08:58:22 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on January 02, 2022, 11:00:46 pm
Shirtless Antonio Brown
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on January 03, 2022, 05:33:01 pm
Bill Kreutzmann Drops Out of Playing In The Sand Due to Health Concerns
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on January 03, 2022, 05:41:59 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on January 03, 2022, 05:43:42 pm
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!
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on January 04, 2022, 01:36:44 pm
Audie Cornish
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on January 04, 2022, 01:53:05 pm
Audie Cornish
Going to spend more time focusing on her true love -- game hens.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on January 04, 2022, 01:57:45 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on January 05, 2022, 08:03:59 am
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/
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on January 05, 2022, 07:28:52 pm
Djokovic kicked out of Australia.

Dors that count for this thread?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Cock Van Der Palm on January 05, 2022, 07:48:03 pm
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?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on January 05, 2022, 07:52:38 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on January 05, 2022, 11:12:38 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on January 07, 2022, 02:30:11 pm
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)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: IMAmoose24 on January 08, 2022, 07:15:45 pm
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/
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Starsky on January 10, 2022, 03:25:04 pm
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!
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on January 10, 2022, 03:38:17 pm
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!
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Starsky on January 10, 2022, 04:16:45 pm
Ok we agree on that…
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on January 10, 2022, 04:24:53 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on January 11, 2022, 01:27:20 pm
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")
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on January 11, 2022, 03:29:04 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Starsky on January 14, 2022, 08:53:37 am
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on January 14, 2022, 07:36:03 pm
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/)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on January 14, 2022, 09:54:10 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Starsky on January 14, 2022, 10:12:37 pm
Yeah it’s bad


Weird about one day notice?

Unclear if it’s continuing under a former employee?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on January 15, 2022, 12:11:44 am
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Justin Tonation on January 15, 2022, 01:20:06 am
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on January 15, 2022, 08:37:38 am
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on January 15, 2022, 09:34:48 am
Oann tv on DirectTv

OAN depends heavily on DirecTV, its largest distributor, to reach its audience
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Cock Van Der Palm on January 15, 2022, 12:10:04 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on January 15, 2022, 04:15:16 pm
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.)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: challenged on January 16, 2022, 07:25:01 pm
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/)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on January 16, 2022, 08:04:20 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: challenged on January 16, 2022, 09:17:03 pm
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!

Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on January 16, 2022, 09:45:47 pm
I mean, knishes are potato-based, no?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: challenged on January 16, 2022, 10:14:13 pm
I mean, knishes are potato-based, no?

can confirm. (https://www.zingermans.com/ZImages/Product/potatoknishrodgersfavorite.png)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: shemptiness on January 17, 2022, 11:38:50 am
The BWB in Cloverly.  Last one standing. They all were dives but the wings were great.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: vansmack on January 18, 2022, 06:02:10 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: GAY,GUY on January 26, 2022, 01:24:16 pm
a Justice.  Should get interesting.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on January 26, 2022, 02:20:41 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on January 26, 2022, 02:43:34 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on January 27, 2022, 12:43:10 pm
The sex criminal from Pittsburgh
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on January 27, 2022, 12:50:46 pm
The sex criminal from Pittsburgh
hmm that could be a lot of people
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on January 27, 2022, 12:53:44 pm
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]
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on January 27, 2022, 12:55:16 pm
The sex criminal from Pittsburgh
hmm that could be a lot of people
Godsshoeshine is still gainfully employed.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on January 27, 2022, 01:09:22 pm
The sex criminal from Pittsburgh

Better or worse in your family's eyes than Bob Saget?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on January 27, 2022, 01:35:12 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: challenged on January 27, 2022, 08:46:53 pm
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FKJN4ywWYAA5uD_?format=jpg&name=4096x4096)

reasoning behind the MMBosstones' breakup?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on January 27, 2022, 10:20:24 pm
(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?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on January 27, 2022, 10:42:27 pm
(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?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: challenged on January 27, 2022, 11:09:02 pm
(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?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Justin Tonation on January 27, 2022, 11:41:00 pm

(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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on January 30, 2022, 02:07:56 am
tom brady

end of an era
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Justin Tonation on February 02, 2022, 12:36:35 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on February 02, 2022, 05:39:37 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on February 02, 2022, 06:05:00 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Justin Tonation on February 02, 2022, 08:59:28 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on February 08, 2022, 05:20:57 pm
Peloton CEO
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on February 08, 2022, 05:22:15 pm
Peloton CEO
and cutting 2,800 jobs
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: kosmo vinyl on February 09, 2022, 03:46:40 pm
The print editions for Entertainment Weekly, InStyle, EatingWell, Health, Parents and People en Espańol

Going digital
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Cock Van Der Palm on February 09, 2022, 05:38:19 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on February 09, 2022, 08:24:45 pm
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/)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on February 16, 2022, 02:28:54 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on March 03, 2022, 07:26:45 am
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?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on March 10, 2022, 01:10:36 pm
bummer, at least the Del Rey one is still open
Taqueria el Poblano is closing its Columbia Pike location later this spring,
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on March 10, 2022, 01:52:12 pm
Is El Charrito still open? I used to love that spot in Arlington.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on March 10, 2022, 02:03:33 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on March 10, 2022, 02:29:26 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on March 24, 2022, 04:30:01 am
Biden requests Mehmet Oz and Herschel Walker resign from presidential council or be terminated
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Starsky on March 24, 2022, 04:37:00 am
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on March 24, 2022, 04:44:16 am
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 :(
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on March 24, 2022, 08:21:36 am
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on March 24, 2022, 08:36:48 am
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Justin Tonation on March 25, 2022, 10:10:20 pm
Out: Trump International Hotel
In: Waldorf Astoria (https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/03/25/gsa-approves-trump-dc-hotel-sale/)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on March 26, 2022, 12:14:41 am
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)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on March 28, 2022, 12:16:46 pm
Genesis (https://deadline.com/2022/03/phil-collins-genesis-final-show-in-london-1234987750/)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: rich_WDC on March 29, 2022, 05:42:21 pm
Foos tour, including fests and MPP.

[Decent decision imo]
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: kosmo vinyl on March 30, 2022, 01:11:44 pm
Bruce Willis from acting due to aphasia, a communication disorder
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on March 30, 2022, 01:32:21 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Starsky on March 30, 2022, 02:04:35 pm
That sucks

He has done good work

Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Starsky on March 30, 2022, 02:05:57 pm
I had a very brief spell of aphasia Christmas Day…it’s kind of terrifying
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on March 30, 2022, 02:06:13 pm
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."
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Starsky on March 30, 2022, 02:15:07 pm
Sigh
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on April 01, 2022, 11:37:11 am
Jen Psaki is leaving. Not sure how many Scaramuccis that was.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on April 01, 2022, 11:46:04 am
Jen Psaki is leaving. Not sure how many Scaramuccis that was.
she really is the best, she should run for office TBH
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on April 01, 2022, 11:47:08 am
Supposedly heading for MSNBC
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on April 01, 2022, 12:03:00 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on April 01, 2022, 12:09:38 pm
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)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on April 01, 2022, 02:36:05 pm
Jim Carrey
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on April 05, 2022, 10:03:13 am
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....
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on April 05, 2022, 10:04:22 am
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on April 05, 2022, 10:09:28 am
and in a related story

https://weartv.com/news/local/tate-high-graduate-jordan-chases-american-idol-journey-comes-to-an-end
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Justin Tonation on April 06, 2022, 10:15:19 am
Chesapeake Bay Blues Festival (https://wtop.com/anne-arundel-county/2022/04/2022-chesapeake-bay-blues-festival-show-will-be-the-last/)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on April 06, 2022, 11:15:33 am
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 ;)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on April 08, 2022, 04:25:41 pm
Will Smith banned from the Oscars for ten years
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on April 10, 2022, 08:55:12 am
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Justin Tonation on April 18, 2022, 08:35:15 am
(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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on April 18, 2022, 09:22:26 am
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on April 18, 2022, 11:08:25 am
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: vansmack on April 19, 2022, 02:21:29 pm

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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on April 19, 2022, 04:30:16 pm

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?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on April 21, 2022, 01:57:21 pm
not surprising at all: CNN Plus (https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2022/04/21/cnn-plus-streaming-shut-down-warner-bros/)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: vansmack on April 21, 2022, 03:52:48 pm
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....
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on April 21, 2022, 05:46:23 pm
I also never actually logged in either....

i wonder what could have caused the collapse of this venture...
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: vansmack on April 21, 2022, 06:48:41 pm
i wonder what could have caused the collapse of this venture...

Clearly me not using my influencer skillz
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on April 28, 2022, 06:36:44 pm
 James Corden leaving the "Late Late Show" in 2023.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Justin Tonation on April 28, 2022, 08:19:03 pm
James Corden leaving the "Late Late Show" in 2023.

(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/3c/2c/0d/3c2c0db786589d96c7392547c3c25966.gif)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on May 02, 2022, 09:01:54 pm
Roe v Wade
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on May 02, 2022, 09:20:18 pm
Roe v Wade

beat me to it
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Starsky on May 02, 2022, 09:29:00 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on May 02, 2022, 09:53:15 pm
next up, gay marriage?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: kosmo vinyl on May 03, 2022, 05:31:59 am
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…
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on May 03, 2022, 07:32:03 am
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.")
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on May 03, 2022, 08:26:28 am
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Starsky on May 03, 2022, 08:40:02 am
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on May 03, 2022, 08:43:25 am
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)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on May 03, 2022, 10:56:12 am
Barricades have been up since that dude set himself on fire. They were not put up in response to this leak.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on May 03, 2022, 11:03:31 am
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on May 03, 2022, 11:04:11 am
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on May 03, 2022, 11:05:31 am
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: BrettnotBritt on May 03, 2022, 11:07:35 am
(https://i.ibb.co/BrnM0CZ/Wallet-Inspector.jpg)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on May 03, 2022, 02:03:13 pm
Murkowski has been rocked! 

"My confidence in the court has been rocked. "
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on May 03, 2022, 02:14:49 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Starsky on May 03, 2022, 02:24:31 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on May 03, 2022, 02:28:34 pm
I don't follow?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: vansmack on May 03, 2022, 06:59:10 pm
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....
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on May 03, 2022, 07:02:51 pm
I totally agree, not helping in NY or CA
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on May 03, 2022, 07:36:43 pm
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. 
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on May 04, 2022, 08:48:12 am
so do we need an "Say it isn't so, Roe" thread
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on May 06, 2022, 07:06:00 am
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)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on May 10, 2022, 03:04:07 pm
ipod

https://www.axios.com/2022/05/10/apple-discontinuing-ipod

TBH, I didn't even know it was still alive
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Justin Tonation on May 10, 2022, 03:09:02 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Starsky on May 11, 2022, 02:06:00 pm
David Crosby has retired from touring
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on May 11, 2022, 02:09:56 pm
Well, at least we still have Bing Cros-- wait, nevermind.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on May 11, 2022, 02:16:38 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Starsky on May 11, 2022, 02:25:50 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on May 11, 2022, 05:41:13 pm
The bill to codify abortion
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: kosmo vinyl on May 11, 2022, 07:25:52 pm
Trump DC Hotel 
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on May 13, 2022, 11:24:06 am
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


Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Starsky on May 13, 2022, 12:02:29 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on May 13, 2022, 01:09:44 pm
Or maybe cause the area around it just never appeals to me
yeah..that part of NOVA is just weird, no soul at all.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on June 02, 2022, 10:41:53 am
Sheryl Sandberg
Says Looming Roe Reversal Motivated Her Resignation
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on June 03, 2022, 02:18:33 pm
Elvis weddings in Vegas (https://loudwire.com/las-vegas-chapels-legal-order-stop-using-elvis-presley-name-likeness/)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on June 03, 2022, 02:39:03 pm
^lame
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Starsky on June 03, 2022, 08:31:08 pm
It’s tough to tour and bring in the $ for Elvis….
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: vansmack on June 07, 2022, 04:19:27 pm
Joe Maddon.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: kosmo vinyl on June 08, 2022, 02:42:54 pm
Reigning Sound

partially Covid'd

https://twitter.com/ReigningSound1/status/1534551512319291392?s=20&t=dAOE2kcviqr-0RZm-adpvw
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Bagley on June 11, 2022, 10:01:05 am
Molly Smith
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on June 13, 2022, 07:22:29 pm
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."
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Starsky on June 13, 2022, 07:36:09 pm
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….
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on June 13, 2022, 07:52:22 pm
Novelist James Patterson says older white men experienced 'at whining and playing the victim'

FTFY
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on June 13, 2022, 08:19:00 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: vansmack on June 15, 2022, 01:23:38 pm
BTS
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on June 15, 2022, 02:05:04 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Justin Tonation on June 15, 2022, 04:02:08 pm
GWU to discontinue Colonials moniker (https://wtop.com/dc/2022/06/gwu-to-discontinue-colonials-moniker-input-sought-on-renaming/)

Cue the MAGA harpies....
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on June 15, 2022, 04:05:55 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: vansmack on June 15, 2022, 05:00:35 pm
to produce solo projects

That's what Robbie Williams said, Justin Timberlake said, Harry Styles....
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on June 17, 2022, 07:10:06 am
Smoke and Barrel
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on June 17, 2022, 07:28:18 pm
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)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Justin Tonation on June 17, 2022, 08:13:44 pm
(https://i.imgflip.com/6k1w41.jpg)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on June 19, 2022, 09:07:23 pm
Macron loses absolute majority in parliament
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on June 21, 2022, 05:04:25 pm
gronk, again (https://sports.yahoo.com/rob-gronkowski-retires-after-11-seasons-4-super-bowl-championships-183152718.html)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: vansmack on June 21, 2022, 05:16:37 pm
gronk, again (https://sports.yahoo.com/rob-gronkowski-retires-after-11-seasons-4-super-bowl-championships-183152718.html)

Until Brady calls him.  Again.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on June 21, 2022, 05:20:27 pm
those two really know how to put a flame under a contract.  nice racket they got going there...
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on June 22, 2022, 02:44:44 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: kosmo vinyl on June 29, 2022, 06:40:15 am
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on June 29, 2022, 07:41:05 am
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on June 29, 2022, 01:45:44 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on June 29, 2022, 03:21:09 pm
R Kelly
30 Years
8-|
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on June 29, 2022, 03:37:30 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on July 01, 2022, 12:35:52 am
Radiohead?!? (https://www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/article/radiohead-never-coming-back-17274731.php)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Cock Van Der Palm on July 01, 2022, 07:35:52 am
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)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Justin Tonation on July 01, 2022, 11:14:33 am
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on July 01, 2022, 01:30:04 pm
Drew Magary is a doofus.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on July 01, 2022, 02:02:06 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: vansmack on July 01, 2022, 03:26:52 pm
I'm not sure which boardie he is though.

lol

Laughing because it's you, no doubt....
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on July 02, 2022, 08:29:14 am
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Thousand Made-Up Loves on July 02, 2022, 01:10:09 pm
Drew Magary is a doofus.

Magary is pretty good. What about his story are you disagreeing with?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on July 02, 2022, 03:25:49 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on July 07, 2022, 10:36:46 am
Boris
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on July 08, 2022, 12:59:32 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on July 08, 2022, 01:15:32 pm
I know Yada like to slag on them
as if on queue

RIP to sweeties favorite brewery, 3 Stars.

Won't be missed!
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on July 08, 2022, 01:41:01 pm
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?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on July 08, 2022, 04:41:41 pm
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)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on July 08, 2022, 05:15:10 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Starsky on July 08, 2022, 05:31:53 pm
Musk Twitter deal.


Good
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: kosmo vinyl on July 08, 2022, 07:00:03 pm
But apparently they are to now force him to buy it  :o  :-\
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on July 08, 2022, 08:01:53 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Thousand Made-Up Loves on July 09, 2022, 02:17:00 pm
Wouldn't it be great to be rich enough to violate contracts and settle in or out of court about it?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on July 09, 2022, 03:01:43 pm
The Julian’s America thread is over there.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on July 11, 2022, 09:56:29 am
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)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on July 11, 2022, 05:46:30 pm
Bad Saint

https://www.popville.com/2022/07/bad-saint-dc-closed/
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on July 12, 2022, 06:20:26 pm
The president of Sri Lanka has fled the country
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: vansmack on July 13, 2022, 01:33:18 pm
The president of Sri Lanka has fled the country

...to the Maldives.   I'll put this in the "early-retirement" category.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on July 13, 2022, 01:36:36 pm
That's near the top of my list of places to flee to.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on July 13, 2022, 01:48:49 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on July 13, 2022, 02:41:59 pm
bleak
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on July 13, 2022, 02:57:42 pm
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!
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on July 13, 2022, 03:26:38 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on July 13, 2022, 05:41:01 pm
Lauren Boebert’s landlord refused to renew her lease, Shooter’s Grill is officially closed
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: BrettnotBritt on July 14, 2022, 09:17:49 am
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)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on July 14, 2022, 03:24:37 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Justin Tonation on July 18, 2022, 01:59:24 pm
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/)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on July 21, 2022, 05:59:21 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on July 21, 2022, 06:38:37 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on July 25, 2022, 05:06:07 pm
 Samantha Bee’s "Full Frontal"
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Starsky on July 25, 2022, 06:23:42 pm
Samantha Bee’s "Full Frontal"

What happened? I thought it was popular
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Thousand Made-Up Loves on July 25, 2022, 08:52:02 pm
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!
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Starsky on July 25, 2022, 10:08:48 pm
Oh no

It’s bizarre how these traitors are everywhere but jail
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on July 26, 2022, 07:50:49 am
Choco taco
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: shemptiness on July 26, 2022, 06:26:00 pm
(https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/resizer/91B9dXBqy3akuRm7Md0c5au7HeM=/1440x0/filters:format(jpg):quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/baltimorebanner/GJ2TT6OUFZGKNCJMO3TT7BNW34.jpg)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Starsky on July 26, 2022, 06:55:00 pm
Is that weasel?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: vansmack on July 26, 2022, 07:15:44 pm
Tangible media was retired over a decade ago...
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: vansmack on July 28, 2022, 01:49:44 pm
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. 
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on July 28, 2022, 03:43:59 pm
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?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: vansmack on July 28, 2022, 04:41:25 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Cock Van Der Palm on July 28, 2022, 04:56:38 pm
His show on WHFS was the best!

Is that weasel?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Bagley on July 28, 2022, 05:45:09 pm
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?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on July 28, 2022, 07:29:33 pm
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?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Starsky on July 28, 2022, 08:28:57 pm
I believe he was let go but is still alive.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Cock Van Der Palm on July 29, 2022, 09:51:52 am
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on August 03, 2022, 07:08:30 pm
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"
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Starsky on August 03, 2022, 08:58:18 pm
Rep. Jackie Walorski

One less traitor to worry about
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on August 04, 2022, 12:32:48 pm
Rep. Jackie Walorski

One less traitor to worry about

dude.  she's from indiana.  they'll just send someone else equally, or more, traitorous. 
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Starsky on August 04, 2022, 12:39:14 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on August 09, 2022, 12:33:40 pm
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 :(
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on August 09, 2022, 12:34:55 pm
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)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on August 09, 2022, 11:03:58 pm
the stick shift (https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2022/08/stick-shift-manual-transmission-cars/671078/)

(appropriate reply: "ok boomer...")
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on August 10, 2022, 09:54:11 am
winningest
I'm sorry, as a pedant, I have to know how we're defining winningest.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on August 10, 2022, 06:13:55 pm
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/)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Starsky on August 10, 2022, 07:42:51 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on August 11, 2022, 11:26:37 am
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on August 11, 2022, 11:41:48 am
RATM Tour
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on August 11, 2022, 12:49:06 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: rich_WDC on August 11, 2022, 01:12:20 pm

[/quote]


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
[/quote]

He was seated in DC.  Well at least for the 2nd show (the Wed)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on August 11, 2022, 01:36:16 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on August 11, 2022, 05:59:50 pm
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)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on August 11, 2022, 06:02:03 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on August 12, 2022, 01:18:47 pm
Jon Batiste is leaving his role as band leader of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert after seven seasons.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on August 12, 2022, 01:56:41 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on August 12, 2022, 02:09:31 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on August 12, 2022, 02:13:14 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on August 12, 2022, 04:05:54 pm
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?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on August 12, 2022, 04:47:46 pm
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...
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Starsky on August 12, 2022, 04:49:00 pm
The irony….

Dude was elected cause Hillary email scandal

Politics is such bs
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Justin Tonation on August 12, 2022, 05:54:22 pm
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/)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: evilizac on August 12, 2022, 06:07:27 pm
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.   
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on August 12, 2022, 06:21:42 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on August 12, 2022, 07:28:25 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: evilizac on August 12, 2022, 07:46:40 pm
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). 
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on August 12, 2022, 08:42:10 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on August 15, 2022, 12:35:51 am
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)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on August 15, 2022, 06:44:17 am
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on August 15, 2022, 08:53:12 am
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on August 15, 2022, 09:17:01 am
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,

Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on August 17, 2022, 06:53:37 am
Liz Cheney
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Starsky on August 17, 2022, 09:16:09 am
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.

Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Thousand Made-Up Loves on August 17, 2022, 02:49:51 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: GAY,GUY on August 17, 2022, 03:28:15 pm
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.

Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Starsky on August 17, 2022, 04:39:33 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on August 17, 2022, 07:00:08 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on August 19, 2022, 05:49:19 am
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/
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: kosmo vinyl on August 19, 2022, 07:19:47 am
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on August 19, 2022, 08:41:57 am
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on August 20, 2022, 06:03:06 pm
Gary Busey
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on August 21, 2022, 12:51:09 am
Gary Busey

shouldn't he go in the groper thread?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on August 21, 2022, 08:50:50 am
Ahh good point. I may have prematurely retired him.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on August 21, 2022, 01:22:15 pm
Ahh good point. I may have prematurely retired him.

He was already retired for all intents. Unless you count appearances at Monster Mania.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on August 23, 2022, 05:52:57 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: shemptiness on August 25, 2022, 01:53:44 pm
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Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on August 26, 2022, 12:36:19 pm
The republic (the place in takoma park, not our gov’t)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on August 26, 2022, 12:37:48 pm
The republic (the place in takoma park, not our gov’t)

Well, let's not get ahead of ourselves.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on September 01, 2022, 02:02:32 pm
Feist bails on greasy aracade fire guy's tour.

Has the board cancelled them yet?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Starsky on September 01, 2022, 02:07:12 pm
What about Jeff Beck?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on September 01, 2022, 02:31:09 pm
What about Jeff Beck?

I still can't believe a rock legend like him would open for AF.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on September 02, 2022, 01:20:14 pm
‘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.”
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on September 06, 2022, 03:23:05 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Starsky on September 08, 2022, 06:37:09 pm
NOFX

https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/nofx-breakup-announcement-2023-1235134557/
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on September 08, 2022, 07:25:15 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: GAY,GUY on September 08, 2022, 09:55:01 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on September 08, 2022, 11:18:18 pm
NOFX

https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/nofx-breakup-announcement-2023-1235134557/

Crusty bread
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Starsky on September 08, 2022, 11:49:41 pm
Oh no!! Blimey
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: vansmack on September 14, 2022, 04:38:03 pm
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).
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on September 14, 2022, 04:41:27 pm
impressive.  I heard he bought a ton of land in Chile, just so they could make it a notional park
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on September 14, 2022, 05:19:24 pm
a notional park

dude, it's more than notional, it's actual!
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on September 14, 2022, 06:31:25 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on September 14, 2022, 07:03:37 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on September 15, 2022, 10:22:31 am
 Roger Federer
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on September 15, 2022, 10:27:41 am
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on September 15, 2022, 10:37:53 am
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on September 15, 2022, 10:50:40 am
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)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on September 15, 2022, 10:54:25 am
(since the first e in his last name isn't followed by an r, it's excluded)
This was my methodology, yes.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on September 15, 2022, 11:16:08 am
Dude is also an absolute monster on the Peloton. He's high fived me before as well!
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on September 15, 2022, 11:33:01 am
i come to 930.com for the name-based numerological analysis.

and yeah, one of the all-time greats.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: vansmack on September 15, 2022, 01:59:56 pm

nor is punctuation... <hides>


And capitalization is just blatantly ignored by both of you.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Mobius on September 15, 2022, 02:36:16 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Starsky on September 15, 2022, 02:43:43 pm
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.

Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on September 15, 2022, 02:50:32 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on September 15, 2022, 02:56:51 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Starsky on September 15, 2022, 03:01:22 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on September 15, 2022, 03:09:00 pm
Meanwhile Venus is classy.
This is correct.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on September 20, 2022, 06:28:50 am
Right turns on red in the district
(not official, but likely to pass)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Cock Van Der Palm on September 20, 2022, 09:46:25 am
Oh shit...that's not already allowed?

Right turns on red in the district
(not official, but likely to pass)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on September 20, 2022, 09:53:04 am
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)

Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on September 20, 2022, 08:43:55 pm
InfoWars?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on September 20, 2022, 09:14:30 pm
Hmm… an independent party to run infowars?!

How funny would it be if michael Moore got assigned
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on September 20, 2022, 10:48:45 pm
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).
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on September 20, 2022, 10:53:00 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on September 23, 2022, 12:28:18 pm
 The B-52's will go on one last tour beginning next week.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on September 23, 2022, 12:36:28 pm
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."
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Justin Tonation on September 23, 2022, 12:49:02 pm
Because it's corny/kitschy stuff that slaps.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: GAY,GUY on September 23, 2022, 01:24:30 pm
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.

Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on September 23, 2022, 01:33:35 pm
is walky on his 3rd martini?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Starsky on September 23, 2022, 01:48:55 pm

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?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Bagley on September 23, 2022, 02:27:36 pm
Dance that mess around!
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on September 23, 2022, 03:11:07 pm
Dead and Company
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Starsky on September 23, 2022, 03:21:54 pm
Dead and Company

Oh. That had been rumored…

One final go around

https://mobile.twitter.com/deadandcompany/status/1573386964354895873
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on September 23, 2022, 03:23:45 pm
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)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Starsky on September 23, 2022, 03:31:24 pm
But what will deadheads do now? Some  of them are still alive…….barely

This seems cruel
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: vansmack on September 23, 2022, 03:32:28 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: kosmo vinyl on September 23, 2022, 04:06:38 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on September 23, 2022, 04:28:13 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on September 23, 2022, 04:34:29 pm
I'm just grateful.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on September 23, 2022, 04:45:35 pm
I'm just grateful.
the legend returns
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on September 29, 2022, 11:34:21 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on September 30, 2022, 06:58:29 am
He's got important things to Dua Lipa
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on September 30, 2022, 08:25:45 am
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: rich_WDC on September 30, 2022, 04:14:07 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Starsky on September 30, 2022, 04:27:11 pm
That blows
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on September 30, 2022, 04:51:21 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hemisphire on October 04, 2022, 10:14:53 am
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on October 13, 2022, 12:22:12 pm
no more bang (https://www.thestreet.com/investing/bang-energy-drink-files-for-bankruptcy)'ing
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on October 20, 2022, 08:36:46 am
that was quick
Liz Truss to resign as UK prime minister after 45 days in office

like 4 scaramucci's
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on October 20, 2022, 08:56:20 am
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Starsky on October 20, 2022, 09:10:24 am
See..I love that system…they are not stuck for four years with clown leadership
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: kosmo vinyl on October 20, 2022, 09:15:33 am
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.. 
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on October 20, 2022, 09:19:32 am
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Starsky on October 20, 2022, 09:34:52 am

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?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on October 20, 2022, 10:03:57 am
You do understand the extreme gerrymandering in the US would very much hurt the Dems in a parliamentary system, right?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on October 20, 2022, 10:04:58 am
Although I do like the idea of the incoming PM coming and asking me for permission to form a government in my name . . .
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Starsky on October 20, 2022, 10:18:31 am
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….
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: GAY,GUY on October 20, 2022, 10:42:14 am
You know, you could just leave this country, since it's so bad and out of control.  I'm sure the concerts, are wonderful.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Starsky on October 20, 2022, 10:54:57 am
Ah the old “love it or leave it”!

Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: GAY,GUY on October 20, 2022, 11:08:28 am
Yes. Find someplace better, and report back.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Starsky on October 20, 2022, 11:12:49 am
Fuck off
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on October 20, 2022, 11:13:21 am
Yes. Find someplace better, and report back.
I mean, all the Scandinavian countries for the most part?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: GAY,GUY on October 20, 2022, 11:14:06 am
Fuck off

Now, that's American.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on October 20, 2022, 01:18:02 pm
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).
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: GAY,GUY on October 20, 2022, 02:27:13 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on October 20, 2022, 07:50:18 pm
The Sword (band)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Justin Tonation on October 20, 2022, 08:38:40 pm
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ffg8YSLUoAIFNNG?format=png&name=large) (https://twitter.com/a_drewsky/status/1583082040932474880)

(Twitter link)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: kosmo vinyl on October 21, 2022, 09:17:41 am
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

Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on October 25, 2022, 09:59:26 pm
Finally some good Kanye news

adidas has terminated its long-running partnership with Kanye West
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on October 25, 2022, 10:04:29 pm
Well, at least adidas still has Arizona State University, so at least that’s something.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on October 25, 2022, 11:12:15 pm
Damn

Brittney Griner Lost Appeal, Will Serve 9 Years in Russian Penal Colony
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Starsky on October 26, 2022, 12:53:58 am
You can’t tell me you are exactly surprised? She is a bargaining chip.

Russia and China are just hideous.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on October 26, 2022, 07:28:03 am
Pop’s seafood in Adam’s Morgan
Bummer, ate there a few times when going to bedrock and really enjoyed the food/ atmosphere
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on October 28, 2022, 12:43:14 am
mick mars (https://ultimateclassicrock.com/motley-crue-john-5-mick-mars/)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on October 28, 2022, 08:52:27 am
Rob Timm
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on October 28, 2022, 09:28:56 am
Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen file for divorce.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on October 28, 2022, 11:10:07 am
Patti Smith's 1978 song "Rock N Roll N****r" has been removed from streaming services
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Starsky on October 28, 2022, 12:20:17 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Justin Tonation on October 28, 2022, 09:17:14 pm
Doreen Gentzler (https://wtop.com/local/2022/10/doreen-gentzler-is-retiring-after-more-than-three-decades-on-nbc4/)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on October 28, 2022, 11:03:03 pm
first, I was like, WFT they fired Dorreen, what on earth could she have done
but thankfully she just retired
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on October 30, 2022, 11:17:46 pm
Bolsonaro
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Starsky on October 31, 2022, 12:07:04 am
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on October 31, 2022, 12:42:23 am
I am glad Bolsonaro lost but Lula is past his prime.

past-his-prime guy beating authoritarian... i see a pattern emerging.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Starsky on October 31, 2022, 08:00:55 am
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on October 31, 2022, 08:44:19 am
and the alt-right are having an aneurysm right now.  Bannon, Ali and a few other J6 leaders have already weighed in
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Starsky on October 31, 2022, 09:11:21 am
And Biden administration early last night recognized Lula’s victory in free and fair elections. We all know what team we are on.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: vansmack on November 03, 2022, 02:09:03 pm
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?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Starsky on November 03, 2022, 02:32:22 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Justin Tonation on November 03, 2022, 07:01:51 pm
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/)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on November 03, 2022, 08:21:19 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on November 04, 2022, 01:20:07 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on November 14, 2022, 12:14:28 am
Christina Applegate
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on November 14, 2022, 12:57:39 am
Morissey cancels show due to chilly conditions.  Lol
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on November 14, 2022, 08:34:47 am
do you still get to hang with the drummer?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Starsky on November 14, 2022, 09:04:24 am
Geez make sure the heat is up at the Anthem on the 28th!!
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on November 14, 2022, 10:32:34 am
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,
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Starsky on November 14, 2022, 10:34:35 am
And some people fly long distances to see him….
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on November 14, 2022, 01:32:53 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: vansmack on November 14, 2022, 03:44:48 pm
I mean temperature is much better than walking off because of the smell of meat cooking at a festival....
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: vansmack on November 15, 2022, 02:23:49 pm
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)

Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on November 15, 2022, 02:37:55 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Starsky on November 15, 2022, 03:07:01 pm

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…
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on November 15, 2022, 03:23:02 pm
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)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: vansmack on November 17, 2022, 01:56:30 pm
Nancy Pelosi stepping down from House Leadership, but will remain in Congress (for now)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on November 29, 2022, 04:23:00 pm
Twiddle
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on December 01, 2022, 02:52:47 pm
Hutch's favorite CNN reporter: Chris Cillizza

Twiddle
Had no idea this was a band, thought you were joking about Twitter
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on December 01, 2022, 03:30:31 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on December 01, 2022, 03:36:28 pm
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 ;)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on December 07, 2022, 01:49:47 pm
Pat Collins

NBC 4 is basically down to zero legends
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on December 07, 2022, 01:56:06 pm
do people actually watch nightly news anymore?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on December 07, 2022, 02:00:26 pm
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!
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on December 07, 2022, 02:48:41 pm
Pat Collins

NBC 4 is basically down to zero legends

Just after he hit it big on John Oliver!
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on December 07, 2022, 03:31:50 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on December 13, 2022, 10:06:58 pm
City Winery DC?

Unconfirmed
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: kosmo vinyl on December 13, 2022, 10:56:57 pm
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

Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on December 14, 2022, 10:31:20 am
odd as the CW site lists three shows at the loft in 2023
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on December 14, 2022, 05:08:00 pm
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/
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on December 20, 2022, 03:51:59 pm
SAVOR: An American Craft Beer and Food Experience was in 2022.
It will not return, per @BrewersAssoc.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on December 26, 2022, 12:41:56 pm
Downtown Crown
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Justin Tonation on December 26, 2022, 12:59:35 pm
Mazza Gallerie (https://wtop.com/maryland/2022/12/mazza-gallerie-shopping-center-permanently-closes/)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on December 26, 2022, 01:34:01 pm
Downtown Crown

The beer and wine place or the shopping gallery?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on December 26, 2022, 06:44:01 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on December 26, 2022, 07:41:24 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on December 26, 2022, 09:20:48 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Starsky on December 26, 2022, 10:10:17 pm
Right outside crisp and juicy in Arlington

Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on December 27, 2022, 10:16:22 am
Gah sorry. Got the two confused.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on December 27, 2022, 04:27:23 pm
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)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on January 09, 2023, 04:47:21 pm
Gareth Bale (https://twitter.com/GarethBale11/status/1612466979373461504)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on January 10, 2023, 03:23:09 pm
Proxy voting in the House
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on January 10, 2023, 08:29:23 pm
Ben Sasse (https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/republican-sen-ben-sasse-officially-steps-opening-appointment-seat-rcna64818)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: vansmack on January 10, 2023, 08:32:20 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on January 10, 2023, 11:08:37 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on January 11, 2023, 06:45:34 pm
Bed Bath & Beyond to close 5 Virginia stores: 'They've lost control'
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on January 18, 2023, 01:06:32 pm
the party is over (https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/18/business/party-city-bankruptcy/index.html)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on January 19, 2023, 07:43:18 am
New Zealand’s prime minister, Jacinda Ardern,
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on January 19, 2023, 08:18:27 am
Joe Trohman is stepping away from Fall Out Boy.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on January 19, 2023, 08:50:38 am
Joe Trohman is stepping away from Fall Out Boy.
kinda wish they all would
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Starsky on January 19, 2023, 08:57:12 am
Did he have a falling out with the rest of the band?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on January 19, 2023, 09:04:10 am
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/
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on January 19, 2023, 09:04:25 am
He's probably just the fall guy.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on January 20, 2023, 01:29:08 am
AmazonSmile
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Justin Tonation on January 20, 2023, 01:32:26 pm
Lakeforest Mall (https://wtop.com/montgomery-county/2023/01/end-of-an-era-montgomery-co-mall-closing-after-nearly-50-years/)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on January 20, 2023, 04:40:45 pm
3 local Regal Cinemas, incl Rockville (https://mocoshow.com/blog/regal-to-close-its-rockville-location-after-nearly-25-years/)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on January 20, 2023, 05:00:59 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Starsky on January 20, 2023, 05:04:26 pm
I gave up on Rockville about three years ago… it’s just a hike for very little payoff

But my dentist is there….
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on January 20, 2023, 05:05:08 pm
But my dentist is there….
Find a new one, man. Don't go back.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Starsky on February 01, 2023, 09:22:21 am
Tom Brady
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on February 01, 2023, 09:24:04 am
Omg, get out the tissues


https://twitter.com/TomBrady/status/1620772095889403905?t=nToSDJYKAKWLMSvkiM9deg&s=19
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on February 01, 2023, 09:56:41 am
https://nypost.com/2023/02/01/ozzy-osbourne-announces-retirement-from-touring-cancels-all-remaining-shows/
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Starsky on February 01, 2023, 10:34:05 am
Dr Phil Show


What will I watch now?!?

Tough day so far…
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Justin Tonation on February 01, 2023, 03:47:51 pm
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)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on February 10, 2023, 01:43:03 pm
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."
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Justin Tonation on February 14, 2023, 03:24:02 pm
Finally.

Sen. Dianne Feinstein says she will not seek reelection in 2024 (https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/02/14/dianne-feinstein-senate-2024/)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on February 23, 2023, 09:56:38 pm
Succession
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on February 23, 2023, 10:18:11 pm
Bummer but the story could not go on much longer without getting quite incredulous. Respect for not Showtiming this thing for 5 more years.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: kosmo vinyl on February 25, 2023, 03:23:30 pm
Crossed posted to great headlines thread

Rep. Lauren Boebert’s Shooters Grill will be replaced by a Mexican restaurant
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on February 25, 2023, 03:43:41 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: shemptiness on February 26, 2023, 07:02:08 pm
Dilbert
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on March 01, 2023, 08:47:34 am
Lori Lightfoot

Man the right is doing a victory lap on this one
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on March 01, 2023, 08:54:05 am
At least we still have Switchfoot
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on March 01, 2023, 09:12:11 am
At least we still have Switchfoot

Wouldn't Gordon have been the appropriate post?

Do we know if Jeremy Renner still has his?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on March 01, 2023, 09:22:34 am
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on March 01, 2023, 01:06:20 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Hutch on March 01, 2023, 01:16:35 pm
Have you seen a recent picture?

We     barely     do
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on March 02, 2023, 01:57:26 pm
Oh no!

Patrick Wojahn, mayor of College Park.

Oh no!
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: kosmo vinyl on March 02, 2023, 02:19:57 pm
yeah a case of telling the mayor of Easton to hold his beer...

YIKES doesn't begin to describe that one...
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on March 03, 2023, 09:29:26 am
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.”
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Hutch on March 03, 2023, 02:11:48 pm
KISS
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on March 04, 2023, 09:43:08 am
'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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on March 04, 2023, 10:36:34 am
'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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on March 04, 2023, 10:49:06 am
Its not being done for your benefit.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on March 04, 2023, 11:57:44 am
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?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Hutch on March 04, 2023, 12:44:29 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on March 04, 2023, 12:52:40 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Justin Tonation on March 04, 2023, 03:10:29 pm
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)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Justin Tonation on March 04, 2023, 03:11:37 pm
'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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on March 04, 2023, 04:12:17 pm
'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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Justin Tonation on March 04, 2023, 04:34:25 pm
Pat Lawson Muse (https://wtop.com/dc/2023/03/nbc-washington-anchor-pat-lawson-muse-announces-retirement-after-40-years/)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on March 04, 2023, 08:42:44 pm
'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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on March 05, 2023, 12:33:11 am
'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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on March 05, 2023, 10:53:42 am
'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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Hutch on March 05, 2023, 11:36:07 am
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


Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on March 05, 2023, 11:51:55 am
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.)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Hutch on March 05, 2023, 02:01:45 pm
 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.


Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Hutch on March 06, 2023, 07:22:07 pm
Mr. Big
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on March 06, 2023, 07:31:22 pm
Mr. Big
If tour was sponsored by Peloton, that would be some next-level META marketing.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on March 06, 2023, 09:51:12 pm
Walgreens or Womens reproductive autonomy, depending on how the coin lands.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on March 06, 2023, 10:54:44 pm
The Conways

Kellyanne Conway and her husband George Conwayare reported to have retained lawyers as they plan to end their marriage
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Hutch on March 09, 2023, 07:17:03 pm
Patrick Ewing as Hoyas coach
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on March 09, 2023, 07:18:19 pm
Patrick Ewing as Hoyas coach
Hoyasaxa08 rejoices.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Hutch on March 10, 2023, 12:59:30 pm
Wow

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/03/10/silicon-valley-bank-is-shut-down-by-regulators-fdic-to-protect-insured-deposits.html
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Justin Tonation on March 23, 2023, 11:50:42 am
Tastee Diner in Silver Spring (https://wtop.com/montgomery-county/2023/03/customers-shocked-as-tastee-diner-in-silver-spring-closes/)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: shemptiness on March 27, 2023, 12:50:02 pm
 '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)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on April 04, 2023, 10:18:46 am
daft punk is never getting back together
https://consequence.net/2023/04/thomas-bangalter-daft-punk-split
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on April 06, 2023, 03:11:41 pm
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)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on April 10, 2023, 09:31:41 am
The Dalai Lama?!?!
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on April 10, 2023, 10:05:21 am
The Dalai Lama?!?!

Sick fuq
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on April 10, 2023, 10:50:17 am
Was it "misogynistic" for me to say that Joe Alwyn probably feels like the luckiest man alive as of yesterday?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on April 10, 2023, 11:23:52 am
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?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on April 10, 2023, 11:29:23 am
Joe has the networth of franz and ben combined...

Taylor has about 10x gavin money
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on April 10, 2023, 11:42:17 am
Joe has the networth of franz and ben combined...

Taylor has about 10x gavin money

Ben Kweller?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on April 10, 2023, 11:55:53 am
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on April 10, 2023, 02:51:58 pm
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?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on April 10, 2023, 02:58:17 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Hutch on April 10, 2023, 03:00:47 pm
Oh no…. That’s horrible
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on April 10, 2023, 03:12:18 pm
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)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on April 10, 2023, 03:14:43 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on April 10, 2023, 03:26:01 pm
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"
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on April 12, 2023, 01:27:44 pm
HBO.

First Logan Roy, now this shit.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on April 12, 2023, 01:36:38 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: IMAmoose24 on April 12, 2023, 01:54:06 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on April 12, 2023, 02:05:39 pm
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?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on April 12, 2023, 02:07:00 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on April 12, 2023, 02:11:39 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: kosmo vinyl on April 12, 2023, 02:15:01 pm
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...
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: kosmo vinyl on April 12, 2023, 02:22:48 pm
also funding a harry potter tv series  ::)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Justin Tonation on April 12, 2023, 02:45:27 pm
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.”
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Hutch on April 13, 2023, 04:25:01 pm
Morrissey tour


Robert Smith taking it to a new level

https://thehardtimes.net/music/robert-smith-negotiates-with-ticketmaster-to-cancel-morrissey-tour-dates/
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on April 13, 2023, 05:19:37 pm
Always knew that Bobby kid would do some good in the world

. Worse, sometimes he actually shows up
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on April 13, 2023, 10:37:47 pm
the Nuge...thank goodness, but won't stop him from opening his mouth to any news outlet that will print it
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Hutch on April 13, 2023, 11:28:49 pm
I don’t know…I was thinking a surprise at the club would be cool
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Justin Tonation on April 13, 2023, 11:46:28 pm
I don’t know…I was thinking a surprise at the club would be cool

Some gun club in central VA?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on April 18, 2023, 09:25:01 pm
Netflix dvd service.

It completely gutted.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Hutch on April 18, 2023, 09:31:39 pm
Netflix dvd service.

It completely gutted.

Thought of you when I heard!!
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on April 19, 2023, 07:27:59 am
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on April 19, 2023, 01:02:08 pm
Netflix dvd service.

It completely gutted.

Thought of you when I heard!!
Also immediately thought of Space.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on April 20, 2023, 08:09:01 am
legacy verified checkmarks
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on April 20, 2023, 11:12:14 am
BuzzFeed
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on April 20, 2023, 01:51:33 pm
BuzzFeed

correction: Buzzfeed News
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on April 20, 2023, 02:01:48 pm
BuzzFeed

correction: Buzzfeed News

scooped!
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on April 21, 2023, 04:27:15 pm
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...
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on April 22, 2023, 01:57:01 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on April 23, 2023, 08:50:39 am
Bed Bath & Bankruptcy
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Thousand Made-Up Loves on April 23, 2023, 04:09:54 pm
Bed Bath & Bankruptcy

I laughed
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on April 24, 2023, 11:41:11 am
Tucker Carlson?!?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on April 24, 2023, 11:47:46 am
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on April 24, 2023, 12:22:41 pm
rough morning for cable need hosts: Don Lemon out @ CNN
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: kosmo vinyl on April 24, 2023, 12:53:24 pm
Here's to videos of people smashing their expensive TVs
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on April 24, 2023, 01:12:30 pm
Tucker Carlson?!?
whoa!

fitting response

Jon Stewart@jonstewart
👀
12:00 PM · Apr 24, 2023
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on April 24, 2023, 02:13:42 pm
World of Beer  in Ballston
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: vansmack on April 24, 2023, 03:01:54 pm
rough morning for cable need hosts: Don Lemon out @ CNN

CNNPR

https://twitter.com/cnnpr/status/1650545115897769985
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Hutch on April 24, 2023, 04:59:23 pm
Was this posted?

https://dcist.com/story/23/04/24/amsterdam-falafelshop-to-close/
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on April 24, 2023, 05:58:28 pm
Tucker Carlson?!?
some how we missed that Dan Bongino was let go on Thursday too
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on April 24, 2023, 06:00:19 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on April 24, 2023, 06:01:36 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on April 24, 2023, 06:02:12 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Bagley on April 24, 2023, 10:08:04 pm
Amsterdam Falafelshop
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on April 24, 2023, 10:37:14 pm
Was this posted?

https://dcist.com/story/23/04/24/amsterdam-falafelshop-to-close/

Correct
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on April 24, 2023, 11:14:28 pm
Mars Pet Rock
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on April 25, 2023, 07:43:01 am
Mars Pet Rock
they had 427 Sols together.  If you love someone, set them free
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on April 25, 2023, 03:21:50 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on April 25, 2023, 03:23:26 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on April 26, 2023, 05:41:16 pm
Pras Michel
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on April 26, 2023, 05:45:54 pm
Pras Michel

I've read the headlines... but he was an FBI informant that was playing both sides?? Is that what happened?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on May 02, 2023, 06:38:29 am
Sen. Ben Cardin’s (D-Md.)

Word is Jamie Raskin may run for this seat
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Cock Van Der Palm on May 02, 2023, 09:21:29 am
that would be awesome


Sen. Ben Cardin’s (D-Md.)

Word is Jamie Raskin may run for this seat
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on May 02, 2023, 10:02:54 am
that would be awesome


Sen. Ben Cardin’s (D-Md.)

Word is Jamie Raskin may run for this seat
can confirm
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: kosmo vinyl on May 02, 2023, 09:44:17 pm
Bob Vylan US tour due to visa issues
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Hutch on May 02, 2023, 10:13:57 pm
Ehhh Bob Dylan last time I checked is an American citizen (born in Hibbing,Minnesota) so he doesn’t need a visa.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on May 03, 2023, 11:13:49 am
Mahomes
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on May 03, 2023, 11:21:28 am
Mahomes
the brother
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on May 03, 2023, 12:15:58 pm
Mahomes
the brother

Racist much?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on May 03, 2023, 12:28:37 pm
Mahomes
the brother

Racist much?
That was pretty good.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on May 03, 2023, 02:18:04 pm
Mahomes
the brother

Racist much?
That was pretty good.
I wrote that and immediately thought that after my black star comment the other week

Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Hutch on May 03, 2023, 04:07:09 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Justin Tonation on May 04, 2023, 06:38:36 pm
Jenny Craig (https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/jenny-craig-shutting-down-employee-layoffs-details-rcna82603)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: kosmo vinyl on May 08, 2023, 12:08:13 pm
Sum 41

After of course the final album and tour
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on May 08, 2023, 12:45:30 pm
Finally a prayer answered, sure took a long time
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: vansmack on May 10, 2023, 01:30:32 pm
MTV News (https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/mtv-news-shut-down-paramount-layoffs-kurt-loder-1235483098/)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on May 11, 2023, 01:36:38 pm
Astro Lab
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on May 11, 2023, 01:53:06 pm
Astro Lab
At least we still have Man . . . Or Astroman?.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on May 15, 2023, 07:09:08 am
AM radio

(In new cars https://consequence.net/2023/05/am-radio-eliminated-new-car-models/)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on May 15, 2023, 07:20:54 am
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on May 15, 2023, 09:39:49 pm
Vice (no your still vices are still there, this is the news org) filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on May 17, 2023, 09:42:19 am
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on May 22, 2023, 05:45:12 pm
JIMMY BUFFET BRIEFLY HOSPITALIZED
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Hutch on May 22, 2023, 05:55:38 pm
At least we have a healthy Jimmy Buffett
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on June 05, 2023, 02:42:06 am
zlatan (https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/65806224)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on June 05, 2023, 07:08:38 am
a roar of applause was heard

Chuck Todd is stepping down as moderator of NBC’s “Meet The Press."
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Justin Tonation on June 07, 2023, 03:01:26 pm
Chris Licht (https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2023/06/07/chris-licht-leaves-cnn-town-hall-atlantic/)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on June 09, 2023, 02:04:05 pm
Alkaline Trio Drummer Derek Grant Leaves the Band After 22 Years (https://loudwire.com/alkaline-trio-derek-grant-split-drummer-leaves/)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on June 09, 2023, 02:09:56 pm
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)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Justin Tonation on June 13, 2023, 03:15:42 pm
Instant Pot (https://www.washingtonpost.com/food/2023/06/13/instant-pot-bankruptcy-declining-sales/)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Hutch on June 16, 2023, 07:10:57 pm
Robert Ludwig
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on June 18, 2023, 07:24:14 pm
Deion Sanders' foot
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on June 18, 2023, 08:41:52 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: kosmo vinyl on June 20, 2023, 09:16:06 am
the dude with small dick energy
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on June 20, 2023, 11:17:41 am
the dude with small dick energy

Hunter Biden or Andrew Tate?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: kosmo vinyl on June 20, 2023, 01:03:17 pm
tate
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on June 20, 2023, 01:50:31 pm
tate
He had a formal job from which to be fired from?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on June 21, 2023, 12:50:51 pm
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)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on July 09, 2023, 06:07:03 am
 Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Hutch on July 13, 2023, 12:20:11 am
Razia Iqbal retired from the BBC. She will be missed.

Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Justin Tonation on July 31, 2023, 03:27:34 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Justin Tonation on August 09, 2023, 03:49:06 pm
WeMightNotWorkMuchLonger (https://wtop.com/business-finance/2023/08/wework-says-substantial-doubt-it-can-stay-in-business/)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on August 09, 2023, 04:02:17 pm
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)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on August 09, 2023, 05:47:27 pm
Zoning laws aren't the only problem:

https://pjvogt.substack.com/p/why-cant-we-turn-all-the-empty-offices
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on August 09, 2023, 06:05:36 pm
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?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on August 09, 2023, 07:37:30 pm
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Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on August 09, 2023, 07:41:03 pm
There are other problems besides zoning laws. Lorem ipsum. Lorem ipsum. Lorem ipsum. Lorem ipsum. Lorem ipsum. Lorem ipsum. Lorem ipsum. Lorem ipsum. Lorem ipsum. Lorem ipsum. Lorem ipsum. Lorem ipsum. Lorem ipsum. Lorem ipsum. Lorem ipsum. Lorem ipsum. Lorem ipsum. Lorem ipsum. Lorem ipsum. Lorem ipsum. Lorem ipsum. Lorem ipsum. etc.
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on August 09, 2023, 07:47:50 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on August 09, 2023, 07:56:51 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on August 09, 2023, 08:59:50 pm
Each solution requires careful planning and consideration of local factors.

...and are unlikely to be economically viable, when all factors are taken into consideration.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Cock Van Der Palm on August 09, 2023, 09:19:55 pm
I asked ChatGPT to explain quantum physics in 2 words with 2 syllables each.  It failed miserably.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on August 10, 2023, 09:24:18 am
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)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on August 10, 2023, 09:25:45 am
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on August 10, 2023, 01:29:56 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on August 24, 2023, 04:08:52 pm
annie lennox (https://ultimateclassicrock.com/eurythmics-dave-stewart-annie-lennox-done-touring/) (per dave stewart)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Hutch on August 24, 2023, 04:10:27 pm
Thank god
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Hutch on August 31, 2023, 07:15:03 am
https://www.popville.com/2023/08/kellys-irish-times-dc-for-sale/?fbclid=IwAR1ico6y913jZ5geTLeUkZUzYOvRSR0XGyaKg44H1KGDnEpn044UuxQvZkU



Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on August 31, 2023, 07:59:28 am
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Hutch on August 31, 2023, 08:09:06 am
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!
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Hutch on August 31, 2023, 08:17:57 am
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…
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Hutch on August 31, 2023, 09:17:25 am
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on August 31, 2023, 09:51:10 am
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on August 31, 2023, 09:57:17 am
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Justin Tonation on September 08, 2023, 03:25:56 pm
(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/)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Hutch on September 08, 2023, 04:02:08 pm
I kind of hate it when that happens…..
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on September 08, 2023, 04:27:07 pm
(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...
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Hutch on September 10, 2023, 06:11:38 pm
Luis Rubiales
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on September 12, 2023, 10:19:05 am
How did I not know until yesterday that Dan Snyder had sold the Redskins? Did I sleep through the second half of July?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on September 12, 2023, 10:33:23 am
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on September 12, 2023, 10:41:13 am
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?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on September 12, 2023, 11:30:51 am
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on September 12, 2023, 12:58:20 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on September 12, 2023, 01:56:29 pm
Lightning charger
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: BrettnotBritt on September 12, 2023, 05:10:59 pm
iPhone Mini
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on September 12, 2023, 10:30:59 pm
aaron rodgers
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Hutch on September 13, 2023, 07:53:41 am
Jets just cursed…. They are on the hook for $140 million guaranteed to Aaron Fraudgers. Who knows if he ever plays again….
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on September 13, 2023, 03:27:07 pm
Rite Aid
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on September 13, 2023, 03:49:20 pm
Mean Girls Podcast
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Bagley on September 13, 2023, 04:32:13 pm
Bob Boilen
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on September 13, 2023, 05:45:03 pm
Bob Boilen
dang
he still has a radio show on low power in Takoma
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: kosmo vinyl on September 16, 2023, 08:31:31 pm
Two more odious white dudes
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on September 16, 2023, 10:26:11 pm
Two more odious white dudes

I don't know hom personally but Boilen seems ok
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on September 17, 2023, 08:27:15 am
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on September 17, 2023, 08:51:13 am
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Justin Tonation on September 17, 2023, 10:03:05 am
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on September 17, 2023, 10:33:33 am
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Cock Van Der Palm on September 17, 2023, 10:56:58 am
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on September 17, 2023, 12:39:40 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on September 17, 2023, 01:04:12 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: kosmo vinyl on September 17, 2023, 04:24:05 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on September 17, 2023, 09:32:39 pm
Russell Brand, shitty talentless person

Good riddance
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on September 18, 2023, 01:25:46 am
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™.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on September 18, 2023, 08:39:31 am
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on September 18, 2023, 09:26:14 am

]

I wish I could literally shit on his bug eyed face with explosive diarrhea.


The walky thread is over >>>>>
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on September 18, 2023, 10:43:14 am
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on September 19, 2023, 08:16:48 pm
Jann Wenner

Jann Wenner’s Rock Hall Reign Lasted Years. It Ended in 20 Minutes.
NYT
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on September 19, 2023, 08:44:55 pm
Ted Nugent condemns Jan Wenner

https://loudwire.com/ted-nugent-rolling-stone-jann-wenner-racist-remarks-rock-hall/
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Justin Tonation on September 19, 2023, 08:49:00 pm
(https://media.tenor.com/we569KJVuw4AAAAM/reloj.gif)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: kosmo vinyl on September 20, 2023, 07:01:32 pm
Project Veritas

So long right wing grifters made even better by being scammed by its founder

Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: kosmo vinyl on September 21, 2023, 10:05:26 am
NFTs

Long live the DualDisc format, oh wait it was discontinued in 2009 so nevermind
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on September 23, 2023, 12:11:16 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Cock Van Der Palm on September 27, 2023, 02:14:06 pm
Springsteen tour rest of 2023.

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cxs4E8uLF_-/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA%3D%3D
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on October 04, 2023, 08:12:14 am
Harborplace pavilions to be torn down in inner harbor
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Cock Van Der Palm on October 05, 2023, 01:34:37 am
good.  that area needs a makeover

Harborplace pavilions to be torn down in inner harbor
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: kosmo vinyl on October 05, 2023, 06:45:48 am
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: kosmo vinyl on October 05, 2023, 09:07:16 am
Roy Wood Jr. As a Daily Show correspondent, but apparently leaving the door open becoming a host of the show.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on October 05, 2023, 09:32:49 am
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: kosmo vinyl on October 05, 2023, 10:31:28 am
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...
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: evilizac on October 05, 2023, 10:36:18 am
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.   
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Thousand Made-Up Loves on October 09, 2023, 09:06:58 am
Bill Belichick's career
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on October 09, 2023, 10:14:39 am
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Thousand Made-Up Loves on October 09, 2023, 10:27:16 am
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on October 09, 2023, 10:34:55 am
California Governor Gavin Newsom has vetoed a bill decriminalizing plant-based psychedelics and “magic mushrooms.”
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Hutch on October 09, 2023, 10:42:57 am
Bill Belichick's career

They haven’t fired/retired him yet…..

I think whatever happens this is his last season
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on October 09, 2023, 10:43:24 am
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!
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: nkotb on October 09, 2023, 10:58:28 am
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.”
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Hutch on October 09, 2023, 01:04:28 pm
Losing your vote is a net winner for the democrats candidate.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: nkotb on October 09, 2023, 02:33:49 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on October 09, 2023, 03:00:48 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Hutch on October 09, 2023, 04:22:00 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on October 09, 2023, 04:24:28 pm
People ought to vote for whoever they please.
can confirm!
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on October 12, 2023, 02:08:29 pm
 the Gibson

I enjoyed a drink that was frothed with raw egg white and found it delicious.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Justin Tonation on October 16, 2023, 12:03:44 am
Rite Aid (https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/10/15/rite-aid-files-bankruptcy-chapter-11/)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Thousand Made-Up Loves on October 17, 2023, 09:42:52 am
Caps home sellout streak

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2023/10/16/capitals-home-sellout-streak-ends/
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on October 18, 2023, 04:41:22 pm
.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on October 20, 2023, 02:27:57 pm
Rep. Jim Jordan is bowing of the race for Speaker, after a humiliating third loss.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Thousand Made-Up Loves on October 20, 2023, 08:42:10 pm
National Hip Hop Celebration, postponed. Tickets being refunded (if you paid for them).
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on October 25, 2023, 07:05:06 pm
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/)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on October 25, 2023, 07:48:40 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on October 26, 2023, 10:02:12 am
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on November 01, 2023, 03:26:16 pm
Roofers Union in AdMo (was the Reef prior)

this spot is cursed
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on November 01, 2023, 04:22:47 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Hutch on November 01, 2023, 07:04:36 pm
Yeah sidehatch…bad take
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on November 01, 2023, 09:10:40 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Hutch on November 02, 2023, 08:01:48 am
The restaurant/bar business is cutthroat.

And Adams Morgan just isn’t what it used to be…as far as nightlife.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Hutch on November 02, 2023, 09:15:46 pm
Sam Bankman Fried
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Justin Tonation on November 03, 2023, 10:57:24 am
Alison Starling (https://wtop.com/local/2023/11/after-20-years-with-7news-alison-starling-is-stepping-away-from-anchoring/)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on November 03, 2023, 11:57:08 am
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Justin Tonation on November 07, 2023, 12:21:31 am
News from the Irony desk: WeWork files for bankruptcy after years of losses (https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/11/06/wework-bankruptcy-filing/)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on November 07, 2023, 01:42:13 am
drummer from slipknot (https://www.musicradar.com/news/slipknot-drummer-jay-weinberg-has-left-the-band)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Cock Van Der Palm on November 07, 2023, 09:28:16 am
Max Weinberg's son

drummer from slipknot (https://www.musicradar.com/news/slipknot-drummer-jay-weinberg-has-left-the-band)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on November 07, 2023, 09:56:55 am
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on November 07, 2023, 02:10:53 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on November 07, 2023, 02:14:05 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Justin Tonation on November 08, 2023, 10:47:14 am
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/)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Hutch on November 08, 2023, 10:52:06 am
I am upset about this….I feel like the Chinese government is taking away our pandas 🐼 to be mean!


“No pandas for you!!!”
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on November 08, 2023, 10:54:20 am
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: nkotb on November 08, 2023, 02:02:30 pm
Maybe? https://variety.com/2023/music/news/sky-ferreira-capitol-records-parted-ways-1235783559/
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on November 08, 2023, 02:18:19 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: nkotb on November 08, 2023, 02:24:55 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on November 09, 2023, 02:10:31 pm
Jezebel  (https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/09/business/media/jezebel-website-shutdown.html)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on November 09, 2023, 02:21:26 pm
Great Wall Szechuan House in Dupont...used to love getting grub there
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on November 09, 2023, 04:13:07 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Hutch on November 09, 2023, 04:35:02 pm
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

Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on November 09, 2023, 05:28:55 pm
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?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Hutch on November 09, 2023, 05:45:52 pm
Ha ha ha… I doubt he will ever go back to West Virginia. And he has only one belief: Manchin only cares about Manchin.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: nkotb on November 09, 2023, 06:57:03 pm
Manchin is purposefully fucking Biden (again!) and Julian is still wetting himself about progressives.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on November 09, 2023, 08:45:36 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on November 09, 2023, 09:58:51 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on November 09, 2023, 10:12:18 pm
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,
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: nkotb on November 10, 2023, 10:00:39 am
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on November 10, 2023, 10:25:22 am
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)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on November 10, 2023, 02:00:43 pm
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/
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on November 10, 2023, 03:00:00 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on November 10, 2023, 03:18:22 pm
Jules...pour one out

Pustulus Maximus -- has left GWAR!
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on November 10, 2023, 06:54:35 pm
Jules...pour one out

Pustulus Maximus -- has left GWAR!
Im terrified to ask WHAT I should be pouring out.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on November 10, 2023, 08:02:35 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on November 10, 2023, 11:14:02 pm
Jules...pour one out

Pustulus Maximus -- has left GWAR!
Im terrified to ask WHAT I should be pouring out.

your blood, duh...
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on November 11, 2023, 12:09:16 am
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on November 15, 2023, 02:13:50 am
No Regrettes?

https://twitter.com/regrettesband/status/1724489334026338431?t=9plyrinzLbH0gczDKDIMIA&s=19
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: kosmo vinyl on November 16, 2023, 12:54:30 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: nkotb on November 16, 2023, 12:56:30 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: kosmo vinyl on November 16, 2023, 01:15:15 pm
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. 
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: nkotb on November 16, 2023, 01:21:30 pm
This just gives him more time to pursue his real passions: veterans charities, volleyball, produce Broadway musicals based on popular Marvel characters and adoption.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: kosmo vinyl on November 16, 2023, 03:18:57 pm
Snoop Dogg's weed connections
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: evilizac on November 16, 2023, 03:49:38 pm
Snoop Dogg's weed connections
Their cash cow... went up in smoke..?
Or, I guess in this case, not?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on November 17, 2023, 01:14:22 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on November 18, 2023, 05:34:17 pm
 rapid unscheduled disassembly

https://x.com/Rainmaker1973/status/1725866874422845656?s=20
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on November 21, 2023, 10:20:40 am
Snoop Dogg's weed connections
Snoop Dogg announces partnership with smokeless fire pit brand
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: kosmo vinyl on November 22, 2023, 05:19:52 pm
Hall & Oates apparently

Oates gets temporary restraining order issued against Hall, amidst an ongoing legal dispute.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Hutch on November 22, 2023, 06:38:46 pm
Yeah been reading about this…pretty sad.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on November 22, 2023, 09:38:48 pm
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/
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: kosmo vinyl on November 22, 2023, 09:51:27 pm
I’m old and easily confused
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on November 27, 2023, 08:36:25 pm
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)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Hutch on November 27, 2023, 10:31:24 pm
Gross


Money money money all people care about….


It’s not going to end well
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: kosmo vinyl on November 28, 2023, 01:10:31 pm
Popular Science Magazine

venture capitalized...
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on November 28, 2023, 01:15:18 pm
Popular Science Magazine

venture capitalized...
dang..well still exists digitally, but 151 years in print is quite a run
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: kosmo vinyl on November 28, 2023, 01:25:37 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on November 30, 2023, 04:03:49 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Hutch on November 30, 2023, 04:35:31 pm
Not familiar with his show….

He’s definitely a little annoying prick on Twitter but that’s no reason to cancel a show…
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on November 30, 2023, 07:53:23 pm
his takedown of vivek is worth tracking down on twitter or YT.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on December 01, 2023, 11:56:35 am
Santos looks to be toast.

Butter that fucker.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: nkotb on December 01, 2023, 01:18:11 pm
(https://media.tenor.com/Vb-xjJ6lGoIAAAAC/fiona-apple-bullshit.gif)

Santos looks to be toast.

Butter that fucker.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on December 01, 2023, 01:25:31 pm
HA
(https://i.imgur.com/P898QlX.png)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on December 01, 2023, 01:32:28 pm
Read the Wiki on this guy. It's like he's Santos Jr.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Ogles
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on December 01, 2023, 01:44:22 pm
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)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on December 01, 2023, 05:25:47 pm
one goal in life I have is to NOT have a Wiki article about me with a section titled
Child burial garden controversy
CBGPOTW.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: kosmo vinyl on December 01, 2023, 05:26:47 pm
The Don Draper of Democracy   ;D ;D ;D

https://x.com/brentterhune/status/1730676238702768427?s=46&t=81bsTFbar0Jl_mHBl9WnuA
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Mobius on December 01, 2023, 08:05:12 pm
Cool. Can’t wait to see what less offensive but more dangerous character they have lined up to replace Mr. Santos. 
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Hutch on December 01, 2023, 08:07:08 pm
Concept for a reality show?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on December 01, 2023, 08:49:07 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Mobius on December 01, 2023, 10:51:18 pm
Seems wildly out of character for GOPers to vote to oust one of their own without something up their sleeve.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on December 04, 2023, 01:53:24 pm
Remington Gun Factory in New York to Close Year After $73 Million Sandy Hook Settlement
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on December 04, 2023, 03:52:13 pm
ok one more santos one because you all asked

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GAh1FcqbIAMqXcx?format=jpg&name=medium)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on December 04, 2023, 04:17:32 pm
Doug Burgum
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on December 04, 2023, 05:05:20 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on December 04, 2023, 06:39:25 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on December 04, 2023, 07:37:59 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: nkotb on December 05, 2023, 11:38:13 am
Ah, what a bummer! https://www.brooklynvegan.com/screaming-females-break-up-after-18-years/
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on December 05, 2023, 03:40:29 pm
Patrick McHenry

retiring to become a tour guide at the fort
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Justin Tonation on December 06, 2023, 12:43:57 pm
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/)

Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on December 06, 2023, 03:20:22 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Hutch on December 06, 2023, 03:29:03 pm
It’s Long Island…land of lemmings…

Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Hutch on December 06, 2023, 03:35:59 pm
Kevin McCarthy


Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on December 06, 2023, 03:52:00 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on December 06, 2023, 04:56:16 pm
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)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Hutch on December 06, 2023, 06:18:54 pm
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…
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Hutch on December 06, 2023, 08:37:42 pm
https://www.fox5dc.com/news/annie-mae-traffic-reporter-good-day-dc-fox-5-wttg
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on December 07, 2023, 08:06:53 am
The borowitz report
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Hutch on December 07, 2023, 09:53:23 am
Man I could always count on him for an incredibly tiny chuckle…
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on December 09, 2023, 05:49:47 pm
 UPenn President Liz Magill has resigned
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Hutch on December 09, 2023, 05:53:58 pm
Thank Jesus

Her statements were odious and repugnant
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on December 13, 2023, 10:36:16 am
Hotel Harrington, Ollie's Trolley close up shop

Over 100 years old :(
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on December 13, 2023, 12:17:14 pm
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?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on December 14, 2023, 06:25:15 pm
Voyager 1?

https://www.physics-astronomy.com/voyager-1-sending-data-in-1s-and-0s/
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on December 14, 2023, 07:27:16 pm
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!
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on December 18, 2023, 06:21:12 pm
Sublime with Rome


Sorry sideDub
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on December 19, 2023, 10:59:59 am
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: kosmo vinyl on December 21, 2023, 05:39:55 pm
Hyperloop

Such a genius!
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on December 22, 2023, 07:29:27 pm
Goose Drummer
Geese Guitarist
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: kosmo vinyl on December 22, 2023, 10:49:23 pm
Goose Drummer
Geese Guitarist

Bands molting
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on December 22, 2023, 11:20:39 pm
Goose Drummer
Geese Guitarist

Man, those bands have really gone south for the winter.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on December 23, 2023, 12:54:14 pm
Goose Drummer
Geese Guitarist

Man, those bands have really gone south for the winter.
or cooked
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on December 26, 2023, 08:48:13 pm
Bird… is no longer the word

Bird e-kick scooter co filled for chpt 11
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on December 27, 2023, 12:11:05 pm
Paramore?

https://www.loudersound.com/news/paramore-fans-have-questions-after-bands-social-accounts-are-wiped-clean-and-website-is-pulled
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on December 27, 2023, 01:07:47 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on January 01, 2024, 01:35:35 am
Danish Queen Margrethe
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Hutch on January 02, 2024, 03:10:35 pm
Claudine Gay at Harvard.

Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on January 02, 2024, 03:24:18 pm
Claudine Gay at Harvard.
not because she is woke, but plagiarism--50 counts, yowza
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Hutch on January 02, 2024, 03:38:00 pm
Oh I don’t agree with that….

Big donors were pulling contributions and it wasn’t cause she plagiarized
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on January 02, 2024, 06:09:32 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Hutch on January 02, 2024, 06:13:08 pm
Completely disagree with that take…
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on January 02, 2024, 06:25:30 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Hutch on January 02, 2024, 06:48:54 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on January 02, 2024, 09:48:01 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: gavroche on January 02, 2024, 09:59:10 pm
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


Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Hutch on January 02, 2024, 10:54:21 pm
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.

Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Hutch on January 02, 2024, 11:02:34 pm
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?

Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on January 02, 2024, 11:10:25 pm
This thread is on fire!
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Hutch on January 02, 2024, 11:13:35 pm
Depends on the context….
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on January 02, 2024, 11:15:14 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Hutch on January 02, 2024, 11:20:36 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on January 02, 2024, 11:22:57 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Hutch on January 02, 2024, 11:30:56 pm
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!
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on January 02, 2024, 11:32:22 pm
Just because something is not illegal doesn’t mean it’s not wrong.
agreed!
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on January 02, 2024, 11:39:11 pm
This thread is on fire!

I mean, I thought it was funny.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: gavroche on January 02, 2024, 11:44:29 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on January 02, 2024, 11:50:28 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on January 03, 2024, 09:22:21 pm
RATM

Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: nkotb on January 04, 2024, 09:54:01 am
Great job, everyone! https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-we-squeezed-harvard-claudine-gay-firing-dei-antisemitism-culture-war-a6843c4c


Claudine Gay at Harvard.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on January 04, 2024, 01:49:04 pm
^I saw that and it made me want to puke and punch my monitor on the victory lap they were taking
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Justin Tonation on January 04, 2024, 04:53:20 pm
TGI Fridays abruptly closes 6 DC-area restaurants (https://wtop.com/business-finance/2024/01/tgi-fridays-abruptly-closes-6-dc-area-restaurants/)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on January 04, 2024, 04:59:34 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: gavroche on January 05, 2024, 12:12:12 am
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Hutch on January 05, 2024, 04:23:47 pm
Wayne LaPierre as NRA boss

Hope next guy won’t be even worse!
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: kosmo vinyl on January 05, 2024, 04:26:31 pm
Wayne LaPierre as NRA boss

Hope next guy won’t be even worse!

"health reasons"
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on January 05, 2024, 04:31:23 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on January 06, 2024, 03:37:36 pm
Craft Beer Cellar

Craft beer is dead
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on January 06, 2024, 03:38:50 pm
Guanella Pass Brewing
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on January 06, 2024, 03:39:25 pm
Flying Fish Brewing Co
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on January 06, 2024, 03:42:11 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: hemisphire on January 07, 2024, 06:12:09 pm
Dogfish Head Fairfax
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: gavroche on January 08, 2024, 12:15:30 am
Guanella Pass Brewing

I've never had their beer, but Georgetown is a really cool little town.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on January 08, 2024, 08:48:43 am
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Hutch on January 08, 2024, 09:54:33 am
Ron Rivera in a surprise to nobody.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on January 10, 2024, 01:48:16 pm
Tim Carman
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on January 10, 2024, 06:58:13 pm
Chris Christie, the least worst remaining Republican candidate.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: nkotb on January 10, 2024, 07:31:04 pm
Even after that Donald Duck line?  I can't believe it!

Chris Christie, the least worst remaining Republican candidate.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on January 10, 2024, 07:58:56 pm
Donnie Simpson
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on January 10, 2024, 08:13:59 pm
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)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on January 10, 2024, 08:18:27 pm
Pete Carroll stepping down, Nick Saban retired, Bill Belichick... ??
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on January 10, 2024, 09:12:26 pm
Pete Carroll stepping down, Nick Saban retired, Bill Belichick... ??
When’s the last time any of these people won anything?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on January 11, 2024, 09:19:41 am
Safdie Brothers
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on January 11, 2024, 12:16:59 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on January 11, 2024, 12:26:25 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on January 11, 2024, 01:03:43 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on January 11, 2024, 01:34:09 pm
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?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on January 11, 2024, 02:11:23 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on January 11, 2024, 08:11:28 pm
Hutch


Rumor has it he imploded when the forum broke down the other day
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: notme on January 11, 2024, 10:17:15 pm
now Belichick can coach the deadskins
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on January 11, 2024, 11:24:38 pm
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”?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on January 13, 2024, 08:32:59 pm
South Korea bans dog meat. https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-law/south-korea-passes-bill-ban-dog-meat-9107858/
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on January 16, 2024, 10:02:52 pm
Kelce

The fatter one with the prettier sognificant other
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on January 16, 2024, 10:23:39 pm
The fatter one with the prettier sognificant other
Fuck. There goes the forum. If you thought Justin Timberlake at the Club was bad . . .
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on January 20, 2024, 02:05:37 am
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."
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on January 20, 2024, 02:28:06 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on January 21, 2024, 10:09:25 am
The Runaway
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on January 21, 2024, 04:59:34 pm
Ron DeStupid
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on January 23, 2024, 05:55:03 pm
Adrian Griffin-coach of the Milwaukee Bucks- who at 30-13 have the second best record in the entire NBA...fired
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on January 24, 2024, 02:05:06 pm
The Runaway

I take it back... they've come to terms with the landlord
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on January 25, 2024, 10:12:35 am
Wes Unseld Jr
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on January 26, 2024, 11:00:22 pm
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)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Justin Tonation on January 31, 2024, 09:31:21 pm
(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/)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on February 02, 2024, 03:56:25 pm
Lol

https://pitchfork.com/news/boygenius-announce-hiatus-were-going-away-for-the-foreseeable-future/
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on February 02, 2024, 04:14:09 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: gavroche on February 02, 2024, 04:58:32 pm
In investigation in Fulton County: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/02/02/fani-willis-response-accusations/ 

Why are people so clueless!
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on February 02, 2024, 08:14:50 pm
Fuck
That was not on my 2024 bingo card
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Blow, me, Joey on February 02, 2024, 11:14:00 pm
People will fuck up any, and every, thing for sex.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Blow, me, Joey on February 07, 2024, 10:24:12 pm
Deadspin. Or atleast, after this last lawsuit.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Justin Tonation on February 08, 2024, 12:54:08 am
Maryanne Williams (https://wtop.com/government/2024/02/marianne-williamson-suspends-her-presidential-campaign-ending-long-shot-primary-challenge-to-biden/)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on February 08, 2024, 08:12:20 am
Jason Isbell's marriage
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Blow, me, Joey on February 08, 2024, 10:27:01 am
Bobbi Althoff's marriage.

Drake'd
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on February 08, 2024, 10:54:26 am
Are we going to discuss Drake's dick at all or are all of you too above that?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on February 08, 2024, 11:02:47 am
Are we going to discuss Drake's dick at all or are all of you too above that?

Walky thread >>>>>>>
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Blow, me, Joey on February 08, 2024, 11:04:43 am
 :o.  :P.  :-* 
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Blow, me, Joey on February 08, 2024, 11:05:32 am
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: nkotb on February 08, 2024, 11:06:16 am
Imagine walking around with that thing and not leaking videos.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Blow, me, Joey on February 08, 2024, 11:22:03 am
How does he walk around anything, with that thing, without leaking?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: nkotb on February 08, 2024, 11:37:46 am
"boo hoo, what an invasion of my privacy, having everyone know I've got a huge dick  :'( :'( :'( "
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on February 08, 2024, 12:18:17 pm
I guess what i previously heard about Drake was incorrect.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: kosmo vinyl on February 09, 2024, 10:33:53 pm
Pennsylvania
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on February 09, 2024, 11:08:09 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on February 10, 2024, 05:14:40 pm
Hungarian President Katalin Novak
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on February 10, 2024, 06:57:14 pm
Hungarian President Katalin Novak
She was a hottie. I liked her on that show.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on February 12, 2024, 12:46:58 pm
Neighborhood Restaurant Group's "Grand Delancy" in Manhattan.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on February 16, 2024, 12:09:35 am
Au bon pain
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on February 16, 2024, 03:53:08 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Space Freely on February 16, 2024, 04:04:26 pm


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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on February 19, 2024, 03:28:02 pm
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."
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on February 19, 2024, 04:05:47 pm
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... 
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: kosmo vinyl on February 21, 2024, 01:48:44 pm
Freevee
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Justin Tonation on February 21, 2024, 04:20:47 pm
Freevee

Denied? (https://variety.com/2024/digital/news/amazon-freevee-shutting-down-denies-1235918326/)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on February 21, 2024, 08:16:56 pm
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/)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on February 21, 2024, 10:52:15 pm
Earth?

A newly discovered asteroid the size of 16 washing machines will approach within 140,000 miles of Earth tomorrow (Feb. 22)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on February 21, 2024, 11:51:24 pm
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?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on February 22, 2024, 07:46:31 am
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on February 22, 2024, 11:52:49 pm
AL JOURGENSEN SAYS MINISTRY MAKING ONE MORE ALBUM THEN BREAKING UP
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on February 23, 2024, 02:52:18 am
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on February 23, 2024, 07:40:12 am
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Justin Tonation on February 23, 2024, 10:21:15 am
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on February 23, 2024, 11:34:11 am
WAMU

https://montgomeryperspective.com/2024/02/22/is-wamu-in-trouble/
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on February 23, 2024, 11:58:44 am
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... 
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: kosmo vinyl on February 23, 2024, 11:59:15 am
WAMU

https://montgomeryperspective.com/2024/02/22/is-wamu-in-trouble/

DCist got shutdown
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on February 23, 2024, 12:07:20 pm
Exclusive: WAMU lays off 15 staffers, shuts down DCist (https://www.axios.com/2024/02/23/wamu-dcist-layoffs-npr-washington)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on February 23, 2024, 05:50:14 pm
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)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on February 23, 2024, 05:56:42 pm
WAMU

https://montgomeryperspective.com/2024/02/22/is-wamu-in-trouble/
That’s a major bummer
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on February 26, 2024, 03:42:35 am
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on February 27, 2024, 02:27:22 pm
Isobel Yeung @ Vice
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Justin Tonation on February 28, 2024, 02:25:06 am
iCar (https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/02/28/apple-self-driving-car/)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on February 28, 2024, 02:08:42 pm
McConnell
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on February 28, 2024, 02:12:14 pm
CoinBase
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on February 28, 2024, 02:18:13 pm
Trumps liquidity
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on February 28, 2024, 02:23:12 pm
FedEx naming rights.

Do we need to take up a collection for Julian's America?
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on February 28, 2024, 02:26:35 pm
McConnell

wow
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: nkotb on February 28, 2024, 02:27:49 pm
Not bad, but i wish he was in the other thread

McConnell
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: gavroche on February 28, 2024, 02:28:53 pm
Not bad, but i wish he was in the other thread

McConnell

If only the replacements were going to be... better.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on February 28, 2024, 03:07:59 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: gavroche on February 28, 2024, 03:13:14 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Justin Tonation on February 28, 2024, 03:25:06 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on February 28, 2024, 05:30:00 pm
McConnell
I needed some good news!
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on February 28, 2024, 05:32:08 pm
CoinBase
the news of CBs death is greatly exaggerated
Bitcoin over 60k again!
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on February 28, 2024, 07:20:25 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Blow, me, Joey on February 29, 2024, 06:26:08 pm
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!
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on March 04, 2024, 11:04:34 am
Paz Lenchantin
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on March 05, 2024, 03:35:18 pm
Kyrsten Sinema
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on March 05, 2024, 09:59:14 pm
Kyrsten Sinema
that's kinda good news, right
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on March 06, 2024, 09:27:47 am
Katy Porter run for the Democratic seat in the Senate
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: sweetcell on March 06, 2024, 01:12:35 pm
Nikki
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on March 06, 2024, 11:26:06 pm
Paz Lenchantin
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on March 07, 2024, 02:29:36 am
Paz Lenchantin
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: grateful on March 07, 2024, 11:04:05 am
Paz Lenchantin

Everybody's talking about her.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Hutch on March 07, 2024, 12:07:43 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: nkotb on March 07, 2024, 12:28:58 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Hutch on March 07, 2024, 12:54:12 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on March 07, 2024, 01:26:25 pm
Ween April Tour

Get well soon Deaner
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Hutch on March 07, 2024, 01:34:09 pm
Deaner needs to preserve his mental wellbeing…

Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on March 07, 2024, 01:42:08 pm
Deaner needs to preserve his mental wellbeing…

Don't we all.

Welcome home hutch.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Thousand Made-Up Loves on March 07, 2024, 01:47:25 pm
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)
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on March 07, 2024, 01:54:06 pm
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
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Blow, me, Joey on March 07, 2024, 01:58:36 pm
If only Ween played DC, and NOT the Anthem, none of this would have happened.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Yada on March 07, 2024, 03:43:04 pm
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.
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: kosmo vinyl on March 12, 2024, 03:57:22 pm
Ken Buck
Title: Re: Belly up, fired, and retired
Post by: Hutch on March 12, 2024, 05:10:24 pm
Ken Buck

At least we have Joe Buck

Oh wait..not sure that’s a good thing