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Allegations that a Vanderbilt football player under investigation for sex crimes "allowed" three teammates to rape his girlfriend. -- (link) - mara Jul 11, 09:56 3
- FWIW, Erik Ainge gets details wrong from time to time. - David Jul 11, 09:59
- disgusting -- nm - zork Jul 11, 09:58
- YIKES -- nm - Don Homer Jul 11, 09:57
Google hosting fundraiser for James Inhofe. -- (link) - Mop (190 lbs) Jul 11, 09:54 1
- so much for that "don't be evil" bullshit -- nm - charlie Jul 11, 09:55
why the Aaron Hernandez case might not be the slam dunk you think it is -- (link) - charlie Jul 11, 09:54 1
- Nothing's ever a slam dunk - Strongbad Jul 11, 09:55
Quebec premier took some shots at the head of the rail company -- nm - zork Jul 11, 09:52 3
- HE DIDN'T SPEAK FRENCH! - spamlet Jul 11, 09:58 1
  - I'm sure they'll be talking about that for another two hundred years. -- nm - zork Jul 11, 10:00
- Easy political points. -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Jul 11, 09:53
what's happening on BB? I count on you all to tell me so I don't have to watch. -- nm - amanda Jul 11, 09:51 10
- Last night's episode was pretty boring. *spoilers* - Strongbad Jul 11, 09:57 1
  - Agreed. But Helen never heard any of them. - Jovian Jul 11, 10:02
- Insanity. Tonight may be one the best eviction episodes in *years* - Jovian Jul 11, 09:56 2
  - turn because of his showmance? -- nm - amanda Jul 11, 09:57 1
    - that and also because with this MVP twist - Jovian Jul 11, 10:01
- oh people cover you all the time - "amanda flag" is frequently seen because ST knows you do the speedy back board and search on your name :) -- nm - JenBro Jul 11, 09:53 4
  - I don't search on me own name. I try to skim every board though. -- nm - amanda Jul 11, 09:55 3
    - oops - didn't realize you meant Big Brother ... HAAAAAAAA! -- nm - JenBro Jul 11, 09:58 2
      - *smh* -- nm - charlie Jul 11, 09:59 1
        
        think about it ... how much bemusement would be lacking from this board were I not posting? - JenBro Jul 11, 10:15
"James Holmes was in "the throes of a psychotic episode when he committed acts that resulted in the tragic loss of life" - David Jul 11, 09:47
My brief mention in the L.A. Times about 3/4 down the article....I met the writer at the airport. He was doing a story on delays due to budget cuts. - CrankYanker Jul 11, 09:44 3
- Honeybee Hyatt? God I hope that's a pseudonym. -- nm - mafic Jul 11, 09:46
- So you're the impetus of the story, but they get relegated to also-ran?!! -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Jul 11, 09:46 1
  - heh, yeah. I don't run a business with employees....it's just me. The other guys had more business input. -- nm - CrankYanker Jul 11, 09:50
Mmmm. It's-It ice cream sandwich -- nm - con_carne Jul 11, 09:42
I've been approved as a moderator for an upcoming panel at a conference. FEEL MY POWER!!! -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Jul 11, 09:40 19
- really? so what outfit will you wear this time? Storm Trooper? :) -- nm - JenBro Jul 11, 09:54
- *locks Mad Mop in a trunk* -- nm - Barty Crouch Jr. Jul 11, 09:45
- *pictures mop inevitably showing up at the conference room a week after the panel happened* -- nm - charlie Jul 11, 09:42 3
  - The Hyatt at Huntington Beach. You think I care if I get there on the wrong date? -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Jul 11, 09:48 2
    - P.S. I need to get from John Wayne to Huntington Beach. Do we know anyone with a car that drives people around Orange County? -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Jul 11, 09:49 1
      - Meg -- nm - charlie Jul 11, 09:50
- That's totes cray cray on the selection committee. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 11, 09:40 12
  - I'm changing the locks. -- nm - kelly Jul 11, 09:55 1
    - Good call. You can't raise your son in that kind of environment. -- nm - David Jul 11, 09:59
  - Die of STDs. -- nm - David Jul 11, 09:43 1
    - Word. -- nm - Jim Jul 11, 09:54
  - I love that I started this. My legacy... cemented! -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Jul 11, 09:42 5
    - "Totes cray cray"? I thought it was dano or mary. Or maybe pixie. -- nm - mara Jul 11, 09:54 4
      - could be but Mop did the abhorrent "totes adorbs" last night -- nm - zork Jul 11, 09:56 3
        
        .... which isn't in the post he replied to. Or did mop invent "totes"? -- nm - mara Jul 11, 09:57 2
        
        isn't using it enough? - zork Jul 11, 09:59 1
        
        To say that he started it? Um, no. -- nm - mara Jul 11, 10:11
  - Smacks Will hard, up side the head with a a trout -- nm - Ralph Wiggum si Jul 11, 09:42 1
    - A totes adorbs trout! -- nm - TWuG Jul 11, 09:50
heh, JenBro is currently replying to threads on B2 -- nm - zork Jul 11, 09:31 10
- I do that. But then, I'm Mop. -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Jul 11, 09:35
- and so? I always do this ... have friends who (like me) back board and read them later :) -- nm - JenBro Jul 11, 09:35 8
  - That's the problem with bumping and reposting. Just because the board rolled doesn't mean the conversation is over. - Mop (190 lbs) Jul 11, 09:36 6
    - well ... for me - lots of my first ST friends don't post during the day time - but I know they read back boards - so I'll comment if I'm on during my - JenBro Jul 11, 09:37 5
      - don't mind me. I'm not trying to be mean. -- nm - zork Jul 11, 09:49 4
        
        no - I didn't take it that way at all - was just explaining why I do it ... but now that I know YOU don't back board ... I'm going to use that to my - JenBro Jul 11, 09:51 3
        
        heh. - zork Jul 11, 09:54 2
        
        nasty? me? - JenBro Jul 11, 09:59 1
        
        [spoils] - zork Jul 11, 10:02
  - (for instance, that bourbon box post is meant for Covington Cat really ... ) -- nm - JenBro Jul 11, 09:35
the old boy trailer looks terrrrrrrrrrrrrrible....nm - x Jul 11, 09:22 3
- I quite enjoyed it, and I love the original. -- nm - LMS Jul 11, 09:27
- It's Spike Lee emulating Quentin Tarantino. A series of violent vignettes for your entertainment. Enjoy! -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Jul 11, 09:24
- *gets a hammer* -- nm - Beaker Jul 11, 09:22
So the announcement in the Boston Strangler case is that there is DNA familial match with DeSalvo and evidence from the last victim's murder. -- (link) - zork Jul 11, 09:19 1
- and they're going to exhume DeSalvo. -- nm - Diva Jul 11, 09:32
Super Fun Pak Comix -- (link) - charlie Jul 11, 09:19 1
- OK, the Hitler one made me laugh. -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Jul 11, 09:42
Sam Mendes confirmed to direct Bond 24, to be released in 2015. -- (link) - LMS Jul 11, 09:18 18
- cool. i hope he brings back roger deakins as cinematographer.... - x Jul 11, 09:31 4
  - speaking of Deakins, he's been announced as cinematographer for AJOLI's next directing job, Unbroken (based on Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survi - zork Jul 11, 09:44
  - i hope that roger deakins wins an oscar before he dies -- nm - charlie Jul 11, 09:34 2
    - this -- nm - JenBro Jul 11, 09:36
    - it's completely insane that he hasn't won one yet....nm - x Jul 11, 09:36
- As much as I enjoyed Skyfall, I really think they missed the boat on the Craig character arc (spoils) - Will Hunting Jul 11, 09:22 9
  - I thought that ... - zork Jul 11, 09:33 1
    - No (spoils) - Roger More Jul 11, 09:41
  - I still can't believe that they wrote Bond as a 27-year old in CR and cast a 37 year old. - Roger More Jul 11, 09:28 6
    - I dont' even mind that...I'm just like, he's had 3 movies that span about 2.5 cases... (spoils) - Will Hunting Jul 11, 09:32 3
      - What I mean is, it was sort of inevitable from casting Craig that they'd get to that point very quickly. - Roger More Jul 11, 09:37
      - and don't forget that ... - zork Jul 11, 09:35
      - Bond movies have never really been seen as chronological. -- nm - SpawnDroid Jul 11, 09:34
    - When they were thinking of going the young Bond route, it was nearly Henry Cavill, -- nm - LMS Jul 11, 09:31 1
      - I understand it would have been between the two (but I haven't seen Cavill in anything I remember, so I can't complain about him) -- nm - Roger More Jul 11, 09:32
- Does Daniel Craig do one or two more Bond movies? -- nm - amoxy Jul 11, 09:21 2
  - He's contracted for 2 more. He'll do both. -- nm - Roger More Jul 11, 09:25 1
    - Hooray! -- nm - David Jul 11, 09:26
28th in the World, Baby! New study in JAMA compares American health outcomes with those in other countries... -- (link) - Don Homer Jul 11, 09:17
OK, that drone carrier landing and take-off is awesome. Countries should surrender to us on principle. -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Jul 11, 09:13 4
- It's an autonomous craft with a human monitor that can carry "3,000 pounds worth of payload, including 1,000 pounds of air-to-surface weapons" - decline Jul 11, 09:17 3
  - of course the money spent on the experimental program is now gone, so they're essentially being shipped off as museum pieces....nm - x Jul 11, 09:21
  - Gah! What are the other 2,000 pounds? Are we gonna do dogfights with this thing? -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Jul 11, 09:20 1
    - they're slated for retirement on bases in florida and maryland now that the experiment is over....nm - x Jul 11, 09:24
"If you're going to ask for a dog, this is what's going to happen," - Mitch Williams watching Old Yeller with his kids -- (link) - Beaker Jul 11, 09:13
"'Real talk'�stupid, speak English, I don't speak ghetto! I don't even know what real talk means!" -- (link) - Chael Sonnen Jul 11, 09:11 1
- Hate that guy. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 11, 09:37
That picture of David Bradley just goes to prove what a wasted opportunity the 50th Anniversary is. - Mop (190 lbs) Jul 11, 09:10 3
- How do you know it doesn't? -- nm - LMS Jul 11, 09:15 2
  - Eccleston seems to have made it clear he's not in the anniversary special. -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Jul 11, 09:25 1
    - Rule #1 - The Doctor lies -- nm - amoxy Jul 11, 09:26
I wish the farm bill in front of the house was getting more coverage right now. Worthless bill. -- nm - MDH Jul 11, 09:09 13
- americans have never really cared about the farm bill.... - x Jul 11, 09:12 10
  - It's about to become the new debt ceiling. No one cares about it until the GOP hold it hostage. -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Jul 11, 09:13 9
    - still, no one cares about the actual bill...nm - x Jul 11, 09:18 7
      - We saw what happened to the TX abortion bill, all it takes is a spark. -- nm - MDH Jul 11, 09:24 6
        
        *shrug* i've been watching the farm bill sail through for decades without anyone giving a crap. i doubt that changes... - x Jul 11, 09:28
        
        That will be quickly swept aside in a few days when the next special session passes the law just as the last one did minutes too late. - Will Hunting Jul 11, 09:25 4
        
        the Dems might not have the sheer numbers to change it yet, but they're not gonna forget -- nm - charlie Jul 11, 09:29 1
        
        And in 2020 or 2022, when they get close to thinking Texas is back in play...this will matter. - Will Hunting Jul 11, 09:40
        
        TX will pass it alright, but it motivates more people. Everyone doubted me a year ago when I said social issue would dominate 2012 election cycle - MDH Jul 11, 09:27 1
        
        It...didn't dominate the 2012 election cycle unless you talk about the GOP picking 2 or 3 bad candidates and the GOP running a lifeless campaign - Will Hunting Jul 11, 09:37
    - Yup. The entire Congressional Black Caucus is on the House floor speaking against it. -- nm - MDH Jul 11, 09:15
- i'm surprised they could squeeze it in between the Obamacare repeal votes -- nm - charlie Jul 11, 09:11 1
  - Well ya know, since this bill hurts the poor and veterans they had to make some time. -- nm - MDH Jul 11, 09:12
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- I can't wait for Yelich Day. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 11, 09:08 2
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    - I know... - Mel Profit Jul 11, 09:22
5 Stupid Travel Myths Everyone Believes -- (link) - Beaker Jul 11, 09:05 5
- talk about an angry traveller. I don't want to even be in the same city as this guy. -- nm - zork Jul 11, 09:13
- with him on the money belt, 50/50 on the walking, dead wrong about the language. making a token effort buys you a shit ton of goodwill, and there are - mafic Jul 11, 09:10 2
  - Yep - I think the phrases every visitor should know at minimum are please, thank you, excuse me, yes, no and toilet -- nm - Roger More Jul 11, 09:20
  - yeah, walking is nice but some cities are pretty fucking big -- nm - charlie Jul 11, 09:12
- #6 Africa is making huge strides against HIV -- nm - dignan si Jul 11, 09:09
*waits until minor infection becomes life threatening, thus covered, before seeking medical aid* -- nm - Catastrophe Insurance Co. customer Jul 11, 09:05 5
- This is me. My hand has an itchy rash, for the past four weeks, but the reason I'm in the waiting room right now is my son's two-day minor cough. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 11, 09:09 3
  - pull the old 'Hey Doc, while we're here ..." -- nm - decline Jul 11, 09:11 2
    - Success - half a second, "contact dermatitis" -- nm - Beryllium Jul 11, 09:40
    - Being that this is Canada, I'm sure that happens all the time -- nm - Beryllium Jul 11, 09:14
- DENIED -- nm - Don Homer Jul 11, 09:09
George Clooney's Sexual Non-Adventures ... and Other Tabloid Absurdities -- (link) - Beaker Jul 11, 09:01 16
- To be clear, Clooney wasn't not having sex. He just was not having sex with Keibler. -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Jul 11, 09:38 4
  - Yeah, but technically because they lived on different continents. -- nm - mafic Jul 11, 09:45
  - Gay. - Will Hunting Jul 11, 09:39 1
    - right? I would swim back from overseas to make sure she got some. nm -- nm - groiny Jul 11, 09:42
  - which is insane. nm -- nm - groiny Jul 11, 09:38
- this is where I had to learn about avril lavigne and chad kroeger? someone is so fired. -- nm - mafic Jul 11, 09:03 10
  - Serously? Dude, turn in your Maple Leaf. -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Jul 11, 09:23
  - You need to change your Slacking hours. We've talked about it a lot. -- nm - zork Jul 11, 09:06 1
    - yeah, well hemispheres and far too much time in the desert and stuff. -- nm - mafic Jul 11, 09:11
  - I shoulda learned to play the guitar. - groiny Jul 11, 09:05
  - Uh, they've been together a while ... -- nm - Beryllium Jul 11, 09:05 4
    - well maybe it's me then. still, I blame someone else. probably pixie. -- nm - mafic Jul 11, 09:06 3
      - who will just throw Max under the bus as the real culprit anyway ... so ... again ... it's Max's fault -- nm - JenBro Jul 11, 09:40 2
        
        well it is - charlie Jul 11, 09:43 1
        
        just sayin' - JenBro Jul 11, 09:45
  - It's like Canadian Royalty. It's the biggest wedding since Wayne Gretzky married that blonde chick. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 11, 09:04
grrr, thought today was my last therapy day, turns out I need another month. - groiny Jul 11, 09:01 9
- It's time to explore cyborg options...groinborg. -- nm - David Jul 11, 09:13 4
  - Groincutus of Borg -- nm - Beryllium Jul 11, 09:15
  - my therapist hates me - groiny Jul 11, 09:14 2
    - doubt you are any worse than anyone else in the same spot though - JenBro Jul 11, 09:48
    - You might be better than half his patients. Mature-ish, mentally stable, etc. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 11, 09:16
- I'd rather have one month too many than one month too few. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 11, 09:03 2
  - I suppose, but it is a pain in the ass, and really cuts into my goof off time. nm -- nm - groiny Jul 11, 09:04 1
    - Just look at it as preserving future goof off time. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 11, 09:06
- paging nurse jenbro -- nm - charlie Jul 11, 09:02
i'm your doggy. quack quack. -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 11, 09:01

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