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Portland man's dashcam video shows him drive through Grand Floral Parade route

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Video shows the Portland man plowing past blockades and nearly hitting several people along the Rose Festival’s Grand Floral Parade route.

There is an absolutely incredible needle drop at the end of the article.

3 minutes ago, ThreePi said:

 

The points dividend was something they offered a long time ago when they first started the card but was also like the first benefit they dropped. I'm shocked they brought it back again.

 

I'm fairly deep in the Ultimate Rewards ecosystem and have four cards that I use. Sapphire Reserved being the primary, a basic card, and two business cards. I tend to apply for a new card whenever I have a large purchase coming up to take advantage of any sign up bonuses.

I went ahead and got it - even if it went away the initial 60k promo is worth it. If/when they ditch it I'll just close it out, but until then it makes sense to get it and make it my primary card. At my spending level it will more or less equal a round trip flight to Europe, and that's huge in terms of future travel plans.

Just now, SuperSpreader said:

i can help you today 

2 minutes ago, TUFKAK said:

My sapphire is one of my favorite cards and the one I nearly exclusively use abroad. That alone would be enough reason for me to open one honestly and the travel portal has some uses too.

Is there a catch because the 10% anniversary bonus seems too good to be true.

Got an offer to open a Chase Sapphire card that includes:

- 60,000 points if I spend $4,000 in the first three months

- 10% in bonus points every year based on the previous year's spending

I'm thinking of opening it up to pay my rent every month, since even though there is a monthly fee ($95) and my landlord's portal charges a 2.3% service fee for credit card payments, I'd still net out around $2,000/year (and obviously more in year one given the initial 60k boost). Going full @Jason mode.

Knew it would happen the second his booking photo was public, you could see the fear of prison on his lily white face.

Cheesy boy just flipped as well lol

17 minutes ago, Ricofoley said:

Think about how much this dude usually hypes stuff up and now consider how bad the Cybertruck has to be if he's saying stuff like this on an earnings call.

 

Elon Musk Admits Tesla "Dug Our Own Grave" With Cybertruck

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There's fewer than six weeks until Tesla's Cybertrucks start being delivered, and already, CEO Elon Musk is trying to set the bar low. 

 

5 minutes ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said:

Netflix reported 9 million new subscribers in the third quarter and beat the analyst earnings expectations.  As a result, the stock jumped 14% in pre-market trading.

 

I genuinely get the sense that Netflix's demand curve is inelastic at this point and they're the only one among the streaming services who have that luxury.

Brand equity, baby! 

5 hours ago, TUFKAK said:

Yep 

 

Half the mandatory poses are back shots and my front is not my strong point.

That angle makes it look like you skip leg day though

4 minutes ago, Bacon said:

$8.55 is the reason I settle for Domino's when I do.

Here is why I rarely get Vocelli's these

 

And that is only a 14-inch pizza. I can get a 20-inch pizza and have leftovers for days for that price from a local joint.

And like 5 years ago I could get a large 14-inch pep for only $9.99. These days it's totally outrageous.

Skill issue IMO, I simply pay the extra $10.35.

No reason to settle for Domino's for a chain fix when Vocelli's is available, you done goofed.

Eisern!

The IDF has performed many verified crimes against Palestinian citizens, not sure why this one is taking up so much oxygen. 

8 hours ago, Nokra said:

Maybe a hot take, but I'm actually sympathetic to the fact that there are real costs associated with running a hugely popular website like YouTube and I'm happy to pay for it, the same as just about any luxury service that adds value to my life. 

 

Yeah I just subscribe to YouTube Premium, sorry not sorry to the poors.

22 minutes ago, Jason said:

 

Isn't that enough for Speaker Jeffries?

Pretty sure it's straight majority as opposed to plurality, so even if he gets the most votes it doesn't matter unless he gets 50% + 1.

6 minutes ago, Greatoneshere said:

A great show that will be remembered, particularly for its first 7 seasons (though Archer Vice - season 4 was probably the weakest of the early seasons). 

Other than The Simpsons or Futurama, I don't think there is a show with better one-liners than the first seven seasons of Archer. I still laugh anytime I think of, 'Babou, serpentine!' 

Steelers scored 17 points today, which included one TD, a safety, and three FGs lol

2 hours ago, Ricofoley said:

Today's showing me how much Twitter/X has completely degraded as a source for news. If you click on a trend about this you just get hit with a wall of blue checks saying absolutely vile shit about Ilhan Omar. Maybe if you find every reputable commenter on Bluesky it's a viable option, but it's not there yet for me. I had no idea what was actually going on until I popped on here instead.

It is also distressing to see some of the takes from prominent media figures on the left. There are no winners in this situation, and some of the gloating I've seen about what is happening has been stomach churning. 

Hroza strike victims in Ukraine nearly all civilians - The Washington Post

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Morgue workers said they had seen no evidence of multiple military personnel among the dead and that most victims appeared to be older.

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Yurii Chykala, the husband of Halya, whose sisters had been looking for a burial spot, said he, too, believed a local betrayed them. “It was a very precise shot,” he said, “so someone here did it. I don’t know who.”

 

He said he had found his wife Thursday, dead but still warm, lying outside, burned with a shrapnel wound to her head. “There’s no point in living anymore,” he said.

No hell hot enough exists for the people responsible for this.

I don't think it matters if it's voluntary or not, you'll owe whatever difference exists between your balance and what they sell it for.

On 10/2/2023 at 11:32 PM, Commissar SFLUFAN said:

Absolutely nothing about this "relationship" feels even remotely "organic".

Taylor Swift has zero needs in terms of publicity, so I'm not sure what she would gain from that kind of arrangement. 

The new mechanics they introduced ended up being just way too much...Combine level scaling with arcane systems like Overpower, and the sense of character progression was so muted that I simply do not have any desire to go back and grind the end-game. Maybe they've fixed that but it really put me off from the game, which is a shame because almost everything else about the game was exactly what I wanted out of a new Diablo.

New trailer:

This looks really good. American animation is so overwhelming comedic that I relish any attempt at a meaningful drama, and this looks quite interesting!

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