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ExtremeLuchador posted...

Was the Subway Diet a hoax anyway? A guy lives off nothing but Turkey Sub + Diet Coke twice per day. Wouldn't it be way cheaper to just buy groceries and make it yourself?

IIRC, he lived right above a Subway when he first started the Diet. He wasn't really going anywhere.

WWF

At the Rex Theatre, Phillipss crowd was small and appeared to be largely made up of staff members, family and friends. The atmospherics were atypical a loud live musical performance featuring his singing wife kicked off the event, followed by three separate introductory videos one of which included bizarre commentary on his old haircut

Were they responsible for the "screaming and profanity" or were they the ones who "walked out"?

Cynrascal posted...

A quick google search pointed out that Lee was born in 1807, 31 years after the Declaration of Independence was ratified and signed in 1776.

"He was a fast learner!"

/s

Probably. There's supposedly a Yasuke game in the works, but it doesn't look like a lot of money's being put into it. The clips I've seen look like ass.

A historically inspired game based on Yasuke could be amazing.

Looks like a misunderstanding, unless something else comes out. We'll see what happens.

FWIW, I can't see Schiff's seat going Republican barring something truly spectacular. Even then, there's not much of a GOP there anymore. That's the Burbank area extended, which has a lot of SAG-AFTRA and Writer's Guild types.

NeonTentacles posted...

I used to draw giant dicks in the snow outside my dorm during winter. It never stopped being funny >_>

I'm guessing this is a college thing too. The pics on this are NSFGameFAQs, but imagine a snowman shaped like a large penis. Someone even put one on the hood of a car.

https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/11/03/residents-outraged-as-snow-penises-take-over-russias-yekaterinburg-a82996

Russias fourth-largest city of Yekaterinburg has been plagued by snow sculptures of erect penises over the past week, prompting calls among some residents for authorities to crack down on the practice.

Local media first spotted a giant snow penis in a public square outside the Yekaterinburg Opera and Ballet Theater and the Ural State University on Monday.

Svet, a news channel on the messaging app Telegram, claimed that the elaborate sculpture was the work of local students.

Municipal workers were filmed later that evening removing the sculpture with an excavator.

Yekaterinburg Mayor Alexei Orlov condemned the appearance of the snow penises as an outrage.

Similarly, his deputy Alexei Bubnov said the phallic sculptures were a provocation and could be classified as an administrative offense if they offend anyone, adding that law enforcement could get involved if they continued to appear throughout the city.

A petition appeared on Change.org calling on Yekaterinburg students to stop sculpting the snow penises, and as of Friday afternoon, it was signed by at least 17 people.

Yekaterinburg is a modern and creative city, but why do people allow themselves to dishonor its name and disfigure it with pseudo-creativity? the petition reads.

But the Yekaterinburg Mayors Office denied that it had any plans for a citywide crackdown on the snow sculptures despite Bubnov's threat to involve get law enforcement involved.

Utility services clean roads, sidewalks and public areas like parks and squares, a spokesperson told the local news website Its My City.
Theres no specific duty to search and fight snow sculptures.

Sure. Not at the top of my list, but definitely a place I'd like to see. Never been south of Central America.

Heartomaton posted...

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/6/6362a013.jpg

This is so true.

Sariana21 posted...

This. We really cant afford to lose that Orange County seat. I used to live there, and its pretty Trumpy. Theres a real risk it will go back to a Republican.

I hear that more and more as a reason to support Lee or Schiff. Never hear anything bad about Porter herself, but people really want to keep that seat.

Inohira posted...

Porter's unlikely to win, Republicans are allowed to vote on this race and I doubt they'll let a progressive woman in over a moderate man.

Well there's that, but a lot of CA Dems also don't want to (potentially) trade a House seat just to get Porter in the Senate. The 2 other Democrats in the race could each do a fine job in the Senate.

GunmaN1905 posted...

The more you shave, the faster it grows.

Debunked.

ArsGoetia posted...

i can't even fully eliminate my 5 o'clock shadow without using nair or makeup
my facial hair is black tho and you can always see the follicles through the skin
going to get laser or electrolysis at some point but i haven't gotten around to it yet

One of the guys I know embraced the "stubble" look. Even has some kind of trimmer set to that length to keep it even. Not my style, but works for him.

https://www.lovelandmagazine.com/if-abortion-measure-fails-ohioans-on-parole-and-probation-could-face-graver-restrictions/#google_vignette

When Ohioans go to the polls on Nov. 7 to vote on Issue 1, which would establish a constitutional right to abortion in the state, they will do so having already experienced what severe restrictions on abortion access look like.

After the Supreme Court removed federal protections for abortion in its Dobbs decision last June, the states attorney general immediately petitioned a federal judge to enforce a 2019 law that banned abortion after six weeks.

It included an exception for when the mothers life is at stake but not for instances of rape or incest. The six-week ban remained in effect for nearly three months, until a lawsuit brought by abortion providers led to an indefinite stay of the law.

During that 82-day window, the costs associated with abortion care skyrocketed, and people were forced to cross state lines to seek the procedureincluding, notoriously, a ten-year-old whose heartbreaking story became embroiled in a national controversy.

The Abortion Fund of Ohio jumped into action, helping hundreds of Ohioans seek care elsewhere, in states where they could access abortion. The fund helped reroute them out of state to be able to get the care that they were entitled to, recalls Maggie Scotece, a doula and attorney who is currently serving as the organizations interim executive director. (The organization is part of the coalition supporting Issue 1.)

But the organization, which helps people fund and access abortions, also received confused calls from, or on behalf of, people who could not travel: minors in group homes or juvenile justice centers, and people on probation and parole.

Hundreds of thousands of Ohioans have their freedom of movement greatly restricted because theyre under some form of state supervision, and the stakes of Issue 1 may be highest for them.

According to data collected by the Prison Policy Initiative, Ohio ranks fourth nationally in the share of its population under any form of carceral control (this includes prisons, jails, probation, and parole), behind Idaho, Arkansas, and Georgiaand thats largely due to the massive number of people who are on probation, said Wanda Bertram, a communications strategist at PPI.

A 2023 PPI report found that, at any time, some 191,000 state residents are on probation, which is an alternative to incarceration that comes with heavy restrictions and surveillance, while around 22,000 more are on parole, a form of post-release supervision that in Ohio is baked into prison sentences. Probation is handed out like candy here in Hamilton County, said Sean Vicente, a Hamilton County (Cincinnati) public defender.

Abortion is currently legal up to 21 weeks and 6 days in Ohio because of the legal dispute over the 2019 law. Meanwhile the campaign to pass Issue 1 and permanently codify abortion rights has raised millions of dollars and gained traction; recent polls have found that between 52 percent and 58 percent of prospective voters supported the measure.

But Issue 1 has also garnered many opponents, especially among the states Republican leadership. If it fails, Scotece predicted that the state supreme court, which has a GOP majority, will almost certainly reinstate the six-week ban.

If that happens, people on probation or parole would face an impossible choice, Vicente said: Do I travel out of state to take care of that health care issue and possibly get locked up? Or do I have an unplanned pregnancy? Do I have an ectopic pregnancy? Do I have a child via rape?

Its going to put poor people in a really tough spot where they have to truly decide between health care and liberty, he told Bolts.

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Really depends on the face (genetics), IMO. I can get almost 3 days from a shave, but I know a couple guys that get a "5 o'clock shadow" by 4 pm.

It's...a thing. My brother loves BBQ chicken pizza, but I can take it or leave it.

I'm more familiar with the weiqui/go/baduk tournament circuit, and those guys can make a boatload of money too. Probably similar in that they not only get prize money, but also appearance fees and for merely lending their name to a tutoring school.

pnut027 posted...

Yea but you also have to be a goddamn chess grandmaster.

Quite the hurdle.

Doom_Art posted...

One of the few cases where I'm just excited to see who wins.

Either would be a fantastic senator. Good choice either way.

My only concern is that if Porter wins, that House seat goes Republican. I'd otherwise be happy with any of the Democratic candidates.

https://abc7.com/california-senate-race-adam-schiff-katie-porter-uc-berkeley-institute-of-governmental-studies/14009463/

The race to fill the late California Senator Dianne Feinstein's seat is on, and according to a new poll, Representatives Adam Schiff and Katie Porter are neck and neck.

The poll was conducted by the UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies and was co-sponsored by The Los Angeles Times.

It shows Porter and Schiff at the top among likely voters, with Porter at 17% and Schiff at 16%. The top two finishers in the March 5 primary, regardless of party affiliation, will move on to the November runoff.

However, 30% of likely voters are still undecided.

"To the extent that they're making up their minds, they're making up their minds on very small differences between these candidates, so I would think that there's still a lot of room for any candidate in this race to grow," said Jim Newton, a lecturer at UCLA's Luskin School of Public Affairs.

Seeing slight growth from the last poll, Democratic Congresswoman Barbara Lee of Oakland is at 9% and former Major League Baseball MVP and beloved Dodger Steve Garvey stands at 10%. Garvey is running as a Republican.

"Garvey just entered the race and he's basically getting more support now than the two other Republicans who had been in the race for some time," said Mark di Camillo, the Director of the Berkeley IGS Poll. "That's significant. I think he needs to consolidate the support of Republican voters."

But there's roughly twice as many registered Democrats in California than registered Republicans.

"At best, I would say he's got a chance to make the runoff if there's a crowded Democratic field, but that's just a chance to lose in November really," said Newton.

The poll also asked whether participants believe the candidates would fight uncompromisingly for what they believe in - 64% said that attribute was a positive factor while 15% said it was a negative factor.

"I think voters are not in the mood for negotiating with the other party these days," said Di Camillo. "It's really just saying what you believe and holding to it. Porter has been strong on that and actually, Steve Garvey's voters think he'll do that as well."

In terms of fundraising, Porter and Schiff are way ahead and they haven't even began airing television ads. Once that starts, that could change the race.

Kai_Laguna posted...

Decided to read his wiki article and evidently in 2017 Jared tried to get his conviction overturned by citing he was a sovereign citizen.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/a/abbeb0b6.jpg

He's gone nuts.

Ruvan22 posted...

From what I've seen in comments (I know), not at all, which is especially surprising coming from Southern Baptist. I've seen the church described as "very inclusive" and supporting teenagers in crisis...

Same. It sounds like the church was an island of some tolerance, at least by local standards.

We may currently have the dumbest Congress in American history. They've got a shit ton of other issues, but gat damn there are some complete morons making laws these days.

Auto_Chrisbot posted...

Once you start growing facial hair.

Yeah, if you have to actually shave to get your mask on, it's definitely time to move on.

13 is about right, IMO.

lilORANG posted...

So as a pastor, was she preaching the same hate that led to her death?

From published accounts so far, no.

https://newrepublic.com/post/176644/marjorie-taylor-greene-history-lesson-robert-e-lee

Marjorie Taylor Greene got an embarrassing fact check on Thursday: Robert E. Lee wasnt a Founding Father.

While defending an amendment to protect against the removal of monuments depicting the Founding Fathers on federal land, Greene notably lumped in the removal of the Confederate generals image in Charlottesville as an example of how Communist Democrats have attempted to erase U.S. culture, way of life, and history.

Actually, there should be no funds allocated to remove any monument, and theres no necessary reason to remove the monuments, Greene said. This is the Democrats and the Biden administrations effort to erase our history, just as they have done to the statue of Robert E. Lee. This is an outrage.

Democratic Representative Chellie Pingree wasnt convinced that the Georgia congresswoman knew her facts, however.

Just to clear up a couple of things, my colleague mentioned the Founding Fathers. Robert E. Lee was not actually one of the Founding Fathers, he was a general of the Confederacy, Pingree said.

The Maine Democrat also said she found it rich that the party focused on book banning in our libraries, rewriting curriculum, not talking about our history over and over again, is the very one that is saying that we have to often keep painful monuments in places where they do damage, where they interfere with peoples ability to enjoy the particular area that theyre in.

Nearly 80 percent of Confederate monuments were erected between 1890 and 1940long after the end of the war and at the height of the Jim Crow erawhen Southern states legalized racial segregation under a system of racial apartheid.

Groups like the United Daughters of the Confederacy, which admitted the white daughters of Confederate soldiers and politicians, worked to instill a lost cause narrative of the war by placing Confederate flags in classrooms, monitoring textbooks, and ultimately, creating monuments.

Shadow_Don posted...

Don't know what to tell you my man.

The other party tried to overthrow the country and could have flung us into a civil war. And their plans for 2025 and beyond to centralize power to the executive and fire anyone in the government who isn't a trump goon is fully out in the open. You should really take a moment and introspect on what that might look like if he wins.

IIRC, that poster lives outside the US and wouldn't have to live under the consequences of a second Trump administration. He's JAQing off.

ssk9716757 posted...

Both would be bad, sounds like Biden should work harder to earn their votes

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/5/5b3e97c3.jpg

Unable to decide due to reasons.

This. Not a fan of any Xmas music, tbqh.

I won't knock the hustle though. She's made a boatload of money off that song and AFAIK, no one's been harmed by it.

feces-laden card

I'm guessing this went Bulk Rate.

https://www.cleveland.com/court-justice/2023/11/ex-portage-county-court-attorney-admits-sending-feces-smeared-letters-to-republican-politicians.html

A former Portage County court attorney admitted Thursday to sending letters smeared with human feces to Republican politicians in Ohio and across the country.

Richard Steinle, 78, of Mogadore pleaded guilty in federal court in Cleveland to seven misdemeanor counts of sending injurious material through the U.S. mail.

Steinle, a former Portage County Common Pleas Court mediator, faces between probation and six months in prison. Each charge also carries a maximum fine of a $100,000.

U.S. District Magistrate Judge Jennifer Dowdell Armstrong scheduled sentencing for March 25.

Steinle said during the hearing that his mental health was not excellent and that he has been treated for severe depression since 2013. His attorney, Kerry OBrien, declined comment after the hearing.

Among the politicians targeted with some three dozen letters included U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio and 25 Republicans in the Ohio Senate.

Steinle sent the letters from August 2021 through July 2022, when undercover postal inspectors watched Steinle mail a feces-laden card with a $1 bill to Jordans office.

Investigators found Steinle also sent similar letters to Ohio senators with words scrawled on them like pig and racist, according to court records. Some letters evoked former President Donald Trump.

Three letters were stopped from being sent to elected officials in Columbus at the Lakemore post office near Akron.

Steinle also sent letters to politicians in Washington, D.C., and Kentucky, as well as to federal courts in California.

OBrien had argued in court filings that postal inspectors mistreated Steinle and his wife during a raid on his home and subsequent arrest on Aug. 5, 2022. Inspectors forced the two to stand outside wearing barely any clothes and refused to allow them to use the restroom for about two hours, OBrien wrote.

OBrien also wrote in court records that postal inspectors refused to let Steinle call his attorney before he was brought to court. He later withdrew his motions.

Steinle in 2017 was fired from his Portage County job after more than 17 years in the position. He sued the county, saying he was fired for writing a letter to the editor in April 2016 that was published on cleveland.com and in The Plain Dealer. In the letter, he criticized Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and the Ohio Bureau of Workers Compensation.

That's likely not an accident. Contact the Registrar.

Dark_Arbron posted...

Its definitely getting harder to justify democracy nowadays. You need a license to operate a vehicle like a car or forklift, but theres zero barrier to entry (besides age) for the ability to vote entire demographics out of existence? Thats genuinely terrifying.

One of the reasons Socrates (in Plato's Republic) was skeptical of democracy was that selfishness and stupidity can wreck the whole thing.

Great song. Saw it performed live once.

No one ever knows with these things.

asdf8562 posted...

Can someone explain how this is supposed to be a good thing for Trumpanzees?

I can't see any way that they can spin it positively. They can try, but it'll look as bad or worse than the tapes.

We extend our sincere gratitude to everyone who called in with information about the suspicious vehicle, as your continued support is crucial in helping us maintain a safe and secure community for our residents.

Probably on the list of "least difficult vehicle to find", on top of everything else.

What would you say is more impactful?

The first time I've voted Trump for anything. I believe that science and medicine will eventually find a way to tame COVID-19. Trump, his domestic supporters and far right sympathizers internationally (Putin, Bolsonaro, Orban, et. al,) will be a tougher nut to crack.

StealThisSheen posted...

Alright, I get a good joke, but the guy literally purposely made it look like a border patrol truck, and added red and blue lights to it to trick people into thinking they were literally being pulled over by actual police and/or border patrol, so... That's just kinda creepy.

Yeah. I can't really think of any kind of "reasonable explanation" here.

The_Popo posted...

Someone like this

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/e/ef43d897.jpg

Overall jorts are just overall wrong.

You can actually read the whole book in a day. A copy's probably pretty cheap these days if your library doesn't have it.

Hopefully Presley. Probably going to a runoff though.

I think Brett Favre strategically delayed his testmony in the welfare scam to help Reeves. He's not going anywhere near a witness stand until after the election.

I think I already know the answer, but I hope this guy didn't spend a lot of money on this thing.

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/4292336-booty-patrol-driver-caught-by-florida-deputies/

DESOTO COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) A Booty Patrol driver has been caught by Florida deputies.

Earlier this week, the DeSoto County Sheriffs Office warned the public about a driver allegedly impersonating law enforcement officers in a Chevy Silverado equipped with red and blue lights.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/d/d46a5c01.jpg

Deputies said the Silverado had green decals, including multiple that said Booty Patrol around the truck.

DeSoto deputies announced Wednesday that they found the truck and the driver on Sunday, a day before the sheriffs office made the Facebook post.

They said they issued the driver a citation for violating Florida State Statute 316.2397, which pertains to certain lights being prohibited.

We want to emphasize that DCSO located the vehicle on Sunday, and our initial post aimed to raise awareness about this incident, ensuring that the public can avoid being duped by such individuals, deputies posted on Facebook.

We extend our sincere gratitude to everyone who called in with information about the suspicious vehicle, as your continued support is crucial in helping us maintain a safe and secure community for our residents.

A spokesperson for the DeSoto County Sheriffs Office told Nexstar this week that the case is being investigated by the state attorney.