The only end-user products that actually fluctuate up and down are gasoline and illegal drugs. Everything else goes up (for whatever reasons) and stays up.
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The only end-user products that actually fluctuate up and down are gasoline and illegal drugs. Everything else goes up (for whatever reasons) and stays up.
Why would they ever, ever lower prices for any reason? In my entire lifetime, the only end-user products or services in the U.S. that have legitimately fluctuated with the market are gasoline and illegal drugs. Everything else goes up and stays up. Sometimes slow, sometimes fast, but always up.
The article offers that the show’s non-live YouTube viewership was much higher, averaging 56k views. For reference, those are similar numbers to an Australian budget watch collector I follow. One claims to be a titan of sports media. The other reviews Casios. Similar viewership.
GHISLAINE MAXWELL: here we go, boss. a big book of letters from all of your horrible best friends JEFF EPSTEIN: oh neat! look at this one from Donald GHISLAINE: that one's fake actually
This is now my #2 reason to pick up an old CRT (#1 being so I can play NES Tetris)
his father was unavailable for comment
Thank god. You have no idea how insufferable Chicago becomes after a Bears win.
The obvious theory is that Trump was totally cool with Epstein's crimes until Jeffery made eyes at one of Trump's daughters.
That joke will never get old. (no sarcasm here, Jim Downey is a genius)
I desperately need the Vikings to win because the city of Chicago with happy Bears fans is fucking insufferable.
Donald Trump was 56 years old when he made this drawing of a nude 12 year old girl. @nytimes.com @washingtonpost.com 10:45 pm ET Sept. 8, 2025
I'll sometimes enjoy weirding out younger friends/family/co-workers by mentioning that I never played any "Zelda" game. It's not a brag, just an odd quirk of growing up lower-middle-class.
Only problem is that anything after "Return of the Jedi" is doomed to get coated in Filoni jizz
They made a pretty solid American remake in the early 90s
Motherfucker, you didn't get shit taken away. You threw it away because you're garbage.
what a humiliating way for don jr. to find out his dad sends birthday cards.
Team effort, heck yes. To their credit, I'm sure Johnson amd Pritzker will be the first to say it.
(Sarah Silverman voice:) "Sex maze? C'mon, guys have a hard enough time finding the clit!"
I'd say something witty but why bother when FUCK YOU works just fine here. FUUUUCK YOU, you piece of absolute shit.
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dril from the top rope 💀
A clever strategem!
Every single societal institution failing & complicit, just for this One Special Boy.
When this came out, I was really excited to forward it to my fellow cyclist pals. Thankfully I read the whole thing first
youtu.be/hNatmCHkI-Q?...
Pitchers lose no-nos late all the time, right? That stinks but it happens. But if the Dodgers can't at least get Yamamoto the win, then what are we even all doing here?
Don't have cable. Don't have mlb.tv. Saw the no-no possibility and ran down to the car so I could listen on the radio. Got to hear two pitches before the home run. Crap.
Boooooo
Dr I trust more than RFK Jr
"The Rose Garden Club" reminds me of an outdoor mall and movie theater complex out in Chicago's northwest suburbs called "The Arboretum"
I'm sure it's a free meal provided to guests, but the cost of being a "guest" is probably at least mid-six figures.
Pork chop sandwiches!
Get his ass big dawg.
We loved it. At one point, when a joke was clearly being set up, I screamed "oh no!" in the theater without even realizing it.
I went and rewatched a few clips last night. It kept reminding me of that Jim Steinman response when someone asked him about his bombastic songs: "if you don't go over the top, you'll never see the other side."
You're right; like I said, it's woefully insufficient. But it's something. I don't think we disagree much at all here. I'm just trying to see this in a "journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step" perspective.
Agreed that it's symbolism, but I disagree that it's meaningless. It's certainly insufficient, but every little bit is a step in the right direction. Israel sponsors the team for advertising and exposure, and this removes some of that. It's not nearly enough, but it's something
"Uncompromising" is a word that is too often used lightly. It got thrown around a lot when people talked about "The Substance" last year. Truly uncompromising films are rare, though. "All That Jazz" is definitely on the list.
This gets progressively funnier with every use of the term "floppy".
![One of Britain’s most senior police officers has launched an angry tirade against Extinction Rebellion protesters going “all floppy” when they get arrested. Sir Stephen House, the deputy commissioner of the Metropolitan police, said the tactic of going limp was a “flipping nuisance” as it required extra officers to drag protesters away. House told a London assembly police and crime committee hearing: “We have asked them to stop being floppy. And that might seem like a silly thing to say, but when we arrest them and pick them up, they go all floppy, which is why you see four or five officers carrying them away. It’s a complete waste of officers’ time, and a complete pain in the neck.” Extinction Rebellion: how successful were the latest protests? Read more House also expressed annoyance at how the tactic made the police look heavy-handed. He said: “The problem with them going floppy and four offices carrying them away [is that it] looks to the general public like police are overreacting here. We’re not making them go floppy. They’re just sort of being a nuisance.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7uvcqt45oqlutlrtgx7bpodq/bafkreie7yqxb4cj2t4gxftiqsno5wgk2kczb5vbtj7wh2b2u5sjtqtdrku@jpeg "Click to view full size")
I'm not opposed to change if new data/research provudes uodated recommendations, but man... Lennard Zinn must be rolling in his grave.
For 20 years, I was told "well you really should be on 177.5s but 175s will do since they're easier to find." Now I'm looking at my first new bike in a long time, and factory build specs max out at 172.5. I feel like the world's gone topsy turvy
An original Kliban cat sketch is up for sale at Heritage Auctions. I'm not even a big fan, but it's buried so deep into my childhood that I'm tempted to bid on it.
This takes a sharp turn!
No, see... this makes perfect sense because surely there's heavy overlap between "people who love AI" and "film buffs who long for a completed version of an 80-year-old movie!"
Sesame Street will be putting a huge collection of episodes on YouTube starting in January 2026 This is a fantastic way to educate children It’s a form of resistance. Shows like Sesame Street teach love, tolerance, acceptance & more. These lessons are crucial for the long fight ahead.
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Everyone laughs at the Insane Clown Posse lyrics that wonder how magnets work, but the next line is what really bugs me: "And I don't wanna talk to a scientist/ Y'all motherfuckers lying, and getting me pissed" Kinda sums it all up.
I'm honored, and the Roomba is honored
Everyone laughs at the Insane Clown Posse lyrics that wonder how magnets work, but the next line is what really bugs me: "And I don't wanna talk to a scientist/ Y'all motherfuckers lying, and getting me pissed" Kinda sums it all up.
This came out the same year as the original "Naked Gun." It was a glorious time to be 13 years old.
I did a "busts" grid for baseball yesterday and let me tell you how satisfying it was to put Matt Harvey in there.
I danced through the raindrops 2020-21, working close quarters with 50 other people in the vet clinic (masks work, people!) so of course I'll probably pick it up by getting in the wrong elevator one day in '27.
Local theater is showing "Detour" this weekend, so that's my answer to everything right now.
Damn. It'll happen to me too eventually. It's like Whamageddon only way less fun.
Had a very Southern California pinball experience while on vacation over the weekend: a surf shop has this vintage table that - according to the sign - only takes "old quarters" and mentions that the cashier will happily trade your new quarters for old ones to use in the machine.
No fucking thank you.
That's exactly why they released the video. It's an age-old conservative/racist trope: don't want to get shot by the cops? Then don't do crimes. What crimes? Doesn't matter! Crime = criminal = death Oh and did we mention we're making protesting a crime? Just thought you should know.
This is Jeff Samardzija erasure!
If that's the case, Newsom's not your guy. He's stuck in an "appeal to conservatives" trap that's going to see him folding faster than Superman on laundry day when it comes to truly liberal/leftist/progressive issues
Haha I just made the same comment, @catsofyore.bsky.social (hey, it might've been you who mentioned this last week?)
Someone else (I forget who, sorry) pointed out recently that while it's never a bad thing to dunk on that jerk, planty of high profile groups like The Lincoln Project have been doing it for six years and it didn't move the needle.
Fuckin' losers
I stopped reading the Tribune when one of the early columns by the guy they hired to (try to) replace Mike Royko was about how much he enjoyed kicking pigeons.
Pritzker: "I refuse to pretend that any of this is normal ... I refuse to fall into the pundit trap that demands we sacrifice vital constitutional rights if it's being done in the fake guise of fighting crime."
I'm aware that the President likes to go on television and beg me to call him to ask for troops. I find it strange, as Chicago doesn't want troops. I also have experience asking him for assistance – just to have the rug pulled up from underneath me when execution meets reality.
Using one photo already on your phone, what is the announcement tomorrow at 2?
My money is that the Kentucky National Guard is coming to Chicago.
HEY HEY! This is my kind'a app!
OK. OK, if we need to be silly about this... what if his press conference is him talking about how healthy he is, complete with rigged feats of strength, like when Viki the little-girl robot would lift up couches and cars on "Small Wonder"
God, it was wonderful
I wanna laugh, I really do, but it's very likely that this announcement is going to be about why I'm seeing Kentucky's National Guard in downtown Chicago during my commute on Wednesday and I'm literally feeling physically sick.
I am generally a quiet person in a movie theater. I do not talk to the screen, nor do I enjoy it when others do so. But when the dog walked into the room during the infra-red gag, I loudly blurted out, "oh no!"
Norm Macdonald may have been the closest thing to a real life Comedian from "Watchmen." He saw the realities of the lower aspects of human nature in a way few can. He saw the darkness and said, "I can work with this." It made him often hilarious, but consistently an asshole.
Yeah, like anyone's gonna take advice from The Penguin.
Sunday mornings in So-Cal
If only it was about 20 minutes shorter. Yeah, NTTD is even longer, but it covers a lot more ground. I do really like a lot of Casino Royale, tho.
There are only three great Bond films (From Russia With Love, Goldeneye, No Time to Die.) The rest top out at a respectable three stars (and there are fewer of those than you'd think.)
I liked NTTD a lot more than I expected. Great opening action sequence, strong supporting characters, well-earned closure. Villain is a drag, but de Armas is phenomenal and Craig absolutely dials it up a notch in their scenes together. They had great chemistry in this and Knives Out.
Goldfinger has some unforgettable moments (the girl painted gold, "No, Mr Bond..." etc) that have kept it atop the public consciousness, but FRWL is just a straight up great spy movie (Bond or otherwise.)
Low bar
Such a fun movie. It's probably "Lilo & Stitch's" closest spiritual relative in the Disney canon.
I always figured it was an appendectomy scar.
Someone smarter than me made the great point that the first 2/3 of the movie isn't about people getting eaten by a shark, it's about how people react to other people getting eaten by a shark.
We have a couple of senior-aged rescue dogs, and while they may not be as sharply beautiful as when they were younger, in their maturity they've really learned how to just *be.*
It's a better series than I expected, and deserves to be more well-known. Part of me, though, wonders if its origins are rooted in Claremont having fun killing alternate-reality X-Men and thinking, "I wanna do that again."
He said I must've rigged that 2020 election. I didn't do shit! I didn't rig SHIT!
First MLB game of the year (took us long enough this time) was a lot of fun. Imagine how much more fun it would have been if the Dodgers had actually scored any runs.
It sucks that most of the rest of the album is terrible but Fuckin in the Bushes is one of the best track ones e ever
He said I must've rigged that 2020 election. I didn't do shit! I didn't rig SHIT!
[TMZ-ish voice] It’s the hottest new trend! Yes, openly wishing for the President’s death is IN this season. The real hip trendsetters are saying it should extremely painful! …We’ll have more on this story after the break.
Hi, Cannoli!
I'll be satisfied if they can squeeze that juice down to a reasonable runtime. The Searchers told its story in 119 minutes, but for some reason a fucking *Riddler plot* needed 3 hours???
Good for him!
