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  • The Biden administration has now canceled loans for more than 1 million public workers

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  • Your comment contributes nothing of value.

    Why should I give more of a shit about your argument than you do? You can't be bothered to explain what your assertion is, but I'm supposed to go "educate" myself? Even if it was reasonable for me to drop everything to go do research on a topic to figure out what your point is supposed to be, there's no way for me to ever know that I found the specific thing you're talking about.

  • The Biden administration has now canceled loans for more than 1 million public workers

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  • The coverage is infuriating. It would be like having headlines about Biden sending checks out to millions of households (and media like Fox News calling it an expensive handout) when tax refunds start going out every year.

    We shouldn't be treating it as special and noteworthy when the executive branch faithfully executes the laws. Instead, we should be focusing on how fucked up it is that the previous administration ignored the law and its constitutional duty in order to pointlessly screw over people.

  • Fox News did not disclose its all-women town hall with Trump was packed with his supporters

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  • Because they can't find him on a golf course anymore?

  • The FTC is finally making it easier to cancel your gym membership / The FTC’s ‘click-to-cancel’ rule will stop companies from making you take unnecessary steps to cancel a subscription.

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  • It's been nice seeing the FTC actually doing stuff lately. Guess we'll find out in few weeks if this is going to continue or if they'll be taking the next 4 years off.

  • Majority of Americans want second debate between Trump and Harris: Poll

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  • While a majority favor a second Harris-Trump debate, the poll also found a sharp party split between those who want to see this happen. Among registered voters who prefer Harris, 71 percent hope to see another debate, a figure which drops to only 45 percent among those who prefer Trump.

    Awfully telling that a majority of Trump supporters don't want to see him debate again. They may claim he won the debate, but clearly they don't actually believe that.

  • It's the spooky season, what are your recommended movies (and other media) for the season that aren't gory horror or kids movies?

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  • I love The Thing, specifically because it's smart and has great atmosphere. And as with Tremors, I like seeing people behave intelligently and adapt to try to overcome the threat, rather than just having people be idiots so we can watch them die.

    That said, it goes way past the line for my SO, who makes less of a distinction between gross creature effects and violent gore effects. Plus, it's not like there isn't some fairly extreme violence as well. The defibrillator scene for example.

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  • Sheriff calls for backup over wrong Burger King order

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  • Also a big red flag that he wanted them to identify the owner or a manager, because that's not fucking ominous when a cop is abusing his power and no longer wants to settle for a refund.

  • It's the spooky season, what are your recommended movies (and other media) for the season that aren't gory horror or kids movies?

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  • It's the spooky season, what are your recommended movies (and other media) for the season that aren't gory horror or kids movies?

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  • We both liked What We Do in the Shadows, but neither of us loved it. I've been suggesting giving the show a try but my SO is always a bit resistant to starting a new show, and the prospect of trying to squeeze a season into a limited time frame only has only made that worse. But it'll probably happen sooner or later.

  • It's the spooky season, what are your recommended movies (and other media) for the season that aren't gory horror or kids movies?

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  • Oddly enough I have seen that one. But my preferred version will always be The Shinning.

  • It's the spooky season, what are your recommended movies (and other media) for the season that aren't gory horror or kids movies?

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  • The mix of Lovecraft and Nicholas Cage has me both excited and terrified. Also, a short story about an otherworldly color that no human has seen before is an interesting choice for a visual medium that, you know, only has existing colors to work with. My TV has vibrant reds, yellows and blues, but it's octarines are a bit muted.

  • It's the spooky season, what are your recommended movies (and other media) for the season that aren't gory horror or kids movies?

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  • Hmm... Haven't seen them since they first came out, my memory of them is vague, but might be worth a watch.

  • It's the spooky season, what are your recommended movies (and other media) for the season that aren't gory horror or kids movies?

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  • Can't argue with that logic.

  • It's the spooky season, what are your recommended movies (and other media) for the season that aren't gory horror or kids movies?

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  • We recently threw the Fog on the list but know nothing about it beyond it being early John Carpenter. Didn't even realize it was Stephen King.

    Salem's Lot is something I keep remembering exists and then forget to add to the list. Neither of us have seen it but I have a vague awareness of it.

    I know my SO hated Carrie, so probably not something we're watching together. I've never seen it, I've just seen the ten million things parodying it.

    I completely forgot about Firestarter. I never saw the original, I think I saw the sequel that people hated, though all I remember is Dennis Hopper playing a guy who they establish sees the future with perfect clarity, and then immediately gets his predictions wrong.

  • It's the spooky season, what are your recommended movies (and other media) for the season that aren't gory horror or kids movies?

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  • I don't completely object to family entertainment, as the good stuff is usually fun for adults too. But there's also a big difference between the really good stuff and well, everything else. I mostly just wanted to avoid the Hocus Pocus, Hotel Transylvania, and "some random Disney channel crap from the 90s/2000s" that tend to pad out lists of non-horror Halloween movies.

    My SO loves Coraline, I thought it was enjoyable enough. Although we watched it not long after watching They Live, which also has Keith David, which lead to a lot of joking about a scene mirroring the famous alley fight, but with buttons instead of sunglasses.

    We watched Over the Garden Wall, liked the spooky parts, but wished the little brother would have been MIA for the entire series.

    I know of Paranorman, I've had it on the list for a while, added when we felt like we were running out of options. Neither of us have seen it and we don't know much about it, so it's been a lower priority, but not ruled out.

  • Johnson: Additional hurricane aid ‘can wait’ until Congress is back in session

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  • They'd rather do nothing because they want to maximize the pain for the people and make their lies resonate more with voters.

  • It's the spooky season, what are your recommended movies (and other media) for the season that aren't gory horror or kids movies?

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  • Still have to watch The Shining first. It's been sitting on the list for years but keeps getting bumped for something else at the last minute.

  • It's the spooky season, what are your recommended movies (and other media) for the season that aren't gory horror or kids movies?

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  • I love Army of Darkness. I've had Evil Dead II on the to watch list, but it has to wait for my SO to be in an adventurous enough mood since they're more squeamish than I am.

    From looks interesting. I'm curious how satisfying it is as a story. The premise seems like the kind of thing that would work best with a more stand alone story structure, so the fact that it has multiple seasons makes me worry about it either dragging on until it gets bad or getting cancelled without wrapping things up.