Mullaney

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A table showing a hypothetical outcome of the top 10 movies of the summer which determine the summer movie wager. In this scenario, Spider-Man finishes first, The Odyssey finishes 2nd and the Toy Story finishes third. Disclosure Day finishes 10 and Moana slips in at 9. I feel like this scenario is very unlikely but possible. It's one of the 2 narrow paths for Devindra to win.
A table showing a hypothetical outcome of the top 10 movies of the summer which determine the summer movie wager. In this scenario, Toy Story finishes first, Spider-Man finishes 2nd and the Odyssey finishes third. Disclosure Day finishes 10 and Moana slips in at 9. This is the only scenario that BJ and Peter ties in.
A table showing a different hypothetical outcome of the top 10 movies of the summer which determine the summer movie wager. In this scenario, Toy-Story finishes first, Spider-Man finishes 2nd and the Odyssey finishes third. Peter wins by 1 point over BJ. Germain comes in 4th.
A table showing a hypothetical outcome of the top 10 movies of the summer which determine the summer movie wager. In this scenario, Spider-Man finishes first, Toy-Story finishes 2nd and the Odyssey finishes third. Disclosure Day finishes 9 and Moana slips in at 10. In this scenario, Germain wins!
A table showing a hypothetical path for Devindra's win in the summer movie wager. The only way he beats Germain is if Disclosure Day eeks past Scary Movie. Even then Germain has several paths to victory.
David Streever takes a selfie while on vacation with his daughter and a character at Moomin World in Finland. Homeland Security Investigations agents showed up at his house and then at a hotel he was staying at to discuss an email he sent to Todd Lyons, the former acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
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Line chart titled "Summer Movie Wager 2026 — Cumulative Box Office, Top 10," updated June 19, 2026. The x-axis runs weekly from May 1 to September 4; the y-axis runs from $0 to $300M. Solid lines show actual cumulative gross; dotted lines show projections past a June 19 cutoff out to September 7. Ten films are tracked. The Devil Wears Prada 2 opened first (early May) and leads on actuals, plateauing near $220M. Obsession opened mid-May, climbs steeply to about $200M by June 19, and is projected highest of all, reaching roughly $260M. Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu (~$168M) and Backrooms (~$160M) sit close together in a third tier, both projected to flatten near $180M. A middle cluster includes Scary Movie (~$85M, projected ~$105M) and Mortal Kombat II (~$80M, nearly flat). A lower group holds The Sheep Detectives (~$60M) and Masters of the Universe (~$50M). Disclosure Day opened latest (mid-June) with low actuals but the steepest projection, climbing from ~$60M to ~$120M. The Amazing Digital Circus: The Last Act is the lowest, finishing near $40M.
Screenshot of a "Summer Movie Wager 2026" leaderboard on a dark interface. A toggle labeled "RANK BY" offers "Current Gross" and "Projected (through Sep 7)," with the latter selected; a note reads "Scores reflect projected final rankings." A table lists ten movies with columns for rank (#), Movie, Box Office, Days Released, Projected (through Sep 7), and a column for the participant "Devindra." The rows are: Obsession — $156,133,260 — 25 days — $222M–$318M — Devindra pick rank 1 The Devil Wears Prada 2 — $215,312,353 — 39 days — $219M–$224M — 3 Backrooms — $138,661,974 — 11 days — $171M–$249M — (none) Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu — $156,855,061 — 18 days — $159M–$168M — 7 Scary Movie — $58,464,337 — 4 days — $122M–$214M — 1 Masters of the Universe — $31,538,352 — 4 days — $66M–$115M — (none) Mortal Kombat II — $79,168,053 — 32 days — $80M–$80M — 5 The Sheep Detectives — $59,790,243 — 32 days — $68M–$80M — (none) The Amazing Digital Circus: The Last Act — $20,243,821 — 4 days — $42M–$74M — (none) The Breadwinner — $14,310,601 — 11 days — $18M–$25M — (none) A "TOTAL" row at the bottom shows 17 in the Devindra column.
Kevin Roose — 21:59 Yeah, and I think there’s been a lot of hand wringing over these, these indexes and these exchanges that have changed their rules like the NASDAQ 100 and the S&P have already or are considering loosening their rules around these so-called seasoning periods, basically. Used to be, if you were a brand new public company that had just IPOed, you could not be included on these major stock indexes, because they sort of wanted to see like whether you were stable enough to like become part of the basket of blue chips that people invest in when they buy an index fund. Now, partially because of these looming IPOs, those rules have been relaxed so that these companies are not going to have to wait 3 months or 6 months or a year anymore to be included on these exchanges. Some people have said, well that sounds bad and we’re exposing retail investors to these like volatile and risky stocks. I’m not that worried about it. I think like investors want exposure to these companies. I know several people in San Francisco who have been sort of like devising these crazy like harebrained schemes to get Pre-IPO stock in one of these companies and, I think that letting the public benefit from the upside of the AI boom, I think is going to do more. Help than harm, but I could be wrong if all of this goes up in a conflagration and people lose their shirts.
Paul Grondy and Kevin Mullaney are improv Brothers
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Democratic nominee for the 16th District for Illinois speaking in Morton tonight
A middle aged man realizes the Darth Vader is right behind him.
A bsky post by Rob Delaney with just two words: "sex gifs"
A facebook where all of the first 20 posts have been blocked by an extension, because none of those posts are from friends.
Stock price chart showing Nvidia’s price per share going straight up right after it was announced that they made $1.30 per share when they were expected to make $1.25 per share
A chart showing Trump's net approval rating hitting -12.7% in early November, 2025
Hi Kevin, This is Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias. Tomorrow, Wednesday September 24th, our office is conducting a Virtual Town Hall meeting about the high cost of insurance premiums. Our office is gathering local input from the Peoria area to help inform legislation to address this important issue and put money back in your pocket. The “Driving Change” statewide campaign is aimed at preventing insurance companies from using data such as credit scores, zip codes and age – to charge you higher auto insurance rates.
Robert Redford as The Sundance Kid
Rocket and Groot: A raccoon-like creature in a blue and red armored suit wields a large futuristic gun while riding on the shoulder of a massive humanoid figure made of tree bark, with thick wooden arms and a stern expression, inside a metallic, futuristic spaceship corridor.
Trump telling Putin on the tarmac "The tariffs cost nothing... China is paying for the tariffs" and Putin shrugging as if he knows Trump is clueless but doesn't want to be the one who tells him.
A cartoon illustration of a sub sandwich on a red background.
Green MPA movie trailer screen with white text stating: "The following preview has been approved for appropriate audiences by the Motion Picture Association, Inc." A box indicates the film is rated R for "strong bloody violence and gore, and language." Text below reads: "Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian."
Oh no, the president bombed a country without Congress? Relax—Obama did it in Libya, Trump hit Syria, Reagan lit up Libya, Clinton yeeted missiles at Sudan, and Bush barely waited after 9/11. It’s basically a presidential rite of passage. 🇺🇸💥
A graphic showing Now You See Me as the number 1 movie on Netflix.
A middle aged Steve Buscemi, dressed like a 90s teenager, holding a skateboard over his shoulder with the words, "How do you do, fellow ghetto neighbor?" over the image.
A chart from Real Clear Politics of President Trump's Job Approval based on their average of polls. It shows a steady downward trend in President Trump's approval rating along with a steady upward trend in his disapproval rating. The slope of his disapproval rating is increasing sharply over the last couple of weeks. The overall difference in the average now stands at -7.1
A chart of the S&P 500 stock price YTD as of April 7, 9:45am. The market is down 14.46% year to date, with a very sharp drop of about 10% in the last few days since, Trump's tariff annoucement.
Screen shot of Senate floor. Cloture vote for the GOP funding bill. The vote isn't over yet, but at least 7 democrats voted for it. The current vote is 60 for cloture and 33 against.
Pepper the hound dog, lies on your belly in the morning, with sad pleading puppy dog eyes.
“We don’t take an oath to a king, or a queen, or to a tyrant or dictator, and we don’t take an oath to a wannabe dictator. We don’t take an oath to an individual. We take an oath to the Constitution, and we take an oath to the idea that is America, and we’re willing to die to protect it.” - General Mark Milley
Screenshot of first two paragraphs of article which says: With most describing him as "tough," "energetic," "focused" and "effective" — and as doing what he'd promised during his campaign — President Trump has started his term with net positive marks from Americans overall. Many say he's doing more than they expected — and of those who say this, most like what they see. Very few think he's doing less.
The word “somnolent” on a blue background
A screen capture of my previous post. In it, it shows auto complete already knowing that one of the most likely words to follow “democracy is already” is the word “dead”
A red onion that is sprouting. Above is the caption where someone has asked, "What the heck is growing from my onion?"
A shopping cart containing a case of wine bottles, each separated by cardboard dividers, with golden screw caps visible. To the side, a package of pre-sliced roasted turkey breast is partially visible in the cart. The image appears to be taken inside a warehouse or bulk store.
A close-up of a person speaking intently during a rehearsal. The text on screen reads, "Devising is very demanding and it's not for everyone because you are expected..." The caption below says, "Jane Eyre, Rehearsal footage, 2015."
A close-up of a black and gray dog with pointed ears, wearing a blue name tag that reads “Molly,” sitting indoors with a bookshelf and wood stove in the background.
David Tennant appearing in the show Rivals saying the words “revenge is a dish best served on television”
The screenshot displays the homepage of the Indivisible website, a political activism organization. The page features a bold header with the slogan "WE FIGHT ON, TOGETHER," emphasizing a collective resistance against fascism and the defense of democracy, rights, and values. The homepage includes sections for email and ZIP code submission, links for donations, and various action guides. It provides options for local group formation, monthly donations, activist training, and organizing community gatherings.
excerpt from the Washington Post on August 2, 2024: And in the mid-’90s, it was Walz who offered to be the first faculty adviser to the newly formed gay-straight alliance. “The fact that he took on that role while also being the football coach was so important,” says Jacob Reitan, who was the first openly gay student at Mankato West. “He set an example not just for LGTBQ students but for football players in the locker room at a time where gay people were not well understood. He made the school a safe place for everybody.”
Reddit comment which says: Kamala is running for Our freedom. Donald is running for His freedom.
The image shows a profile view of Vice President Kamala Harris, smiling with shoulder-length brown hair and pearl earrings, dressed in a dark blazer.
"There's nothing worse, as a climate scientist, than seeing your predictions play out... This is the face of climate change. It's not subtle anymore. It's not far off, distant. It's here now." climate scientist Dr. Michael E Mann