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Twitter won't be happy until it kills Rue McClanahan again. And again and again and again -- (link) - prayformojo Jun 9, 13:43 1
- and then there's this ... -- (link) - zork Jun 9, 13:47
GuardiansOfTheGalaxy: Groot & Rocket One-Sheet -- (link) - budice Jun 9, 13:38 6
- F' YOU Fandango! you don't think I don't know my browser is unsupported?! -- nm - Pippy Jun 9, 13:44 1
  - ik, r? stfu Fandango! -- nm - Diva Jun 9, 13:47
- Man, the Ratchet and Clank series is getting weird. -- nm - Reagen Jun 9, 13:43
- They really did capture vin diesel's face -- nm - Beryllium Jun 9, 13:39 2
  - they should have given him Riddick's eyes just for fun and to see if anyone'd get the reference -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Jun 9, 13:42 1
    - Not quite the same, but interesting nonetheless -- (link) - Beryllium Jun 9, 13:45 [Image]
nubby alert: @nikkihaley: South Carolina made history this year by passing education reform. We will no longer educate children" -- (link) - MDH Jun 9, 13:32 4
- deleted now. -- nm - znufrii Jun 9, 13:47
- based on where they were born." -- (link) - mara Jun 9, 13:43 2
  - Oh I know, but her use of ellipses was too good to ignore -- nm - MDH Jun 9, 13:45 1
    - Ah, well, nobody else can see it. Your link goes to an error page. I guess it was deleted. -- nm - mara Jun 9, 13:46
what do we think of this house? -- (link) - master of masterbudgets Jun 9, 13:29 7
- 5 blocks to campus? fireplace? -- nm - Andie Jun 9, 13:43 1
  - yeah it's not bad. I'll walk by on my way home tonight. I think it might actually be on an alley and not on prospect. - master of masterbudgets Jun 9, 13:47
- oh hell YEAH, jump on that, i love it, even the color, looks in move in condition, don't have to paint/fix -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 9, 13:41
- Is the house purple and yellow? -- nm - spamlet Jun 9, 13:40
- it's small and 1 1/2 baths is too few -- nm - peglegpete Jun 9, 13:37 1
  - for what? I mean, why would one or two people need more bathrooms? or more space? we can't all live in mcmansions. some of us prefer to live small. - master of masterbudgets Jun 9, 13:46
- overall its good - the backyard area, walkway intrigues me -- nm - Pippy Jun 9, 13:33
a fun little Game of Thrones mashup video from this past Sunday...spoilers and Bon Jovi music at the link -- (link) - Remlik Jun 9, 13:27 [youtube]
Time.com posits aloud: Is John Green a Bigger Star Than Tom Cruise? -- (link) - Mop (210 lbs) Jun 9, 13:26 11
- no. next question. -- nm - znufrii Jun 9, 13:35
- Is this the clickbait board? -- nm - spamlet Jun 9, 13:32 1
  - You missed out on valuable clicks by not putting a link. -- nm - Reagen Jun 9, 13:44
- All I know about john green is the "John Green Arrested For Masturbating In Theatre During 16-Hour TFIOS Marathon" faux post i saw on tumblr -- nm - Beryllium Jun 9, 13:31
- hell no. -- nm - Diva Jun 9, 13:28
- No. -- nm - Ender Jun 9, 13:28
- no. -- nm - Andie Jun 9, 13:27
- who is John Green? -- nm - decline Jun 9, 13:26 3
  - This. -- nm - MDH Jun 9, 13:46
  - I admit my memory is not what it once was but I had the same thought. I literally have no idea who this is. -- nm - Mel Profit Jun 9, 13:32
  - exactly -- nm - amoxy Jun 9, 13:30
The White/Gay/Ind. DC Mayor candidate who had dramatically improved his election chances, got screwed today by a former rep out for revenge - MDH Jun 9, 13:24
Texas Gun Dealer unloads on the Open Carry idiots... -- (link) - Remlik Jun 9, 13:23
Has the Las Vegas shooting been discussed here? Apparently the NRA dream scenario presented itself. As the shooters entered a walmart and ordered - pmb Jun 9, 13:06 10
- i think we can assume they have a well worn dvd of mr and mrs smith -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 9, 13:24
- its not the absolute outcome but I'm sure statistically its the most common outcome -- nm - Pippy Jun 9, 13:21
- The fallacy of guns as self-defense has already been proven over and over again. One more case isn't going to budge this debate. -- nm - Mop (210 lbs) Jun 9, 13:16 1
  - civiliam heros never think of the watch your 6, even in street fights... - zeitgeist Jun 9, 13:33
- He needed a bigger gun! -- nm - NRA Jun 9, 13:12 1
  - right? If he had had his semi-automatic rifle it would have been a totally different story! -- nm - decline Jun 9, 13:13
- conversely, i love that the Seattle shooting was stopped by a guy with pepper spray. -- nm - Andie Jun 9, 13:09 3
  - heh, I had no heard that before. -- nm - Pippy Jun 9, 13:18 2
    - hall monitor with pepper spray brought him down. -- nm - Andie Jun 9, 13:28 1
      - fantastic - I did see that his entire wedding and honeymoon was paid for by well wishers -- nm - Pippy Jun 9, 13:29
"The Master Chief Collection will ship with 4,000 Gamer Score." - Imperator Jun 9, 13:01 6
- What matters most is that we get to play guardian again - J Jun 9, 13:06 5
  - Agreed. -- nm - Imperator Jun 9, 13:21
  - what? where is th enews on this? -- nm - Remlik Jun 9, 13:12 3
    - Everywhere... - J Jun 9, 13:15 2
      - Nov. 11th it says? correct or no? -- nm - Remlik Jun 9, 13:26 1
        
        Oh, what the hell did I read that said December? -- nm - J Jun 9, 13:29
LoL on the phone: "Don't put me on hold, please call me back, I am calling Long Distance" - amoxy Jun 9, 12:56
Star Wars Battlefront game...2015.... -- (link) - Remlik Jun 9, 12:53 [youtube]
and your trailer for WWE's Leprechaun: Origins.... -- (link) - Remlik Jun 9, 12:42 3
- spoiler . . . - i'm not dead yet ! Jun 9, 12:47 2
  - yep -- nm - Remlik Jun 9, 12:53 1
    - heh . . . i said that jokingly without even looking at the post . . . - i'm not dead yet ! Jun 9, 12:54
Also, is that Maze Runner series any good, because (thanks Andie!) I kinda liked that trailer -- nm - ty97 Jun 9, 12:41 3
- I've heard good things about it -- nm - decline Jun 9, 13:02
- Seriously??? Yes, it's good. It's vey Hunger Games-ish...but with a more satisfying ending. -- nm - Jim Jun 9, 12:56 1
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Salon outrage over the "Expendable Asian Crewmember" -- (link) - Mop (210 lbs) Jun 9, 12:41 5
- Salon sure does love their fake outrage -- nm - decline Jun 9, 13:14
- whatev - when we're talking dance crews they do the best acro and always get a specialty. -- nm - Diva Jun 9, 13:13
- Every click is more money for them though, so win! - spamlet Jun 9, 12:51
- And they spend the entire first graph talking about Star Trek, whose only Asian character not only never died, but was promoted to captain... -- nm - Ender Jun 9, 12:42 1
  - Her argument about Asian sidekicks in the 2nd paragraph fails when she hits The Wolverine where every character *BUT* Logan is Asian. -- nm - Mop (210 lbs) Jun 9, 12:46
ST Poll: Last time you read 1) a YA book 2) A children's book 3) a (non-youth) fiction book 4) a non-fiction book? -- nm - ty97 Jun 9, 12:35 14
- 1) couple of months ago 2) last night 3) hmm, it's been a while 4) a couple of months ago -- nm - Mop (210 lbs) Jun 9, 12:58
- 1) last month, 2)a couple years ago 3)last night 4)a couple months back -- nm - decline Jun 9, 12:53
- I don't think I've read one since Hunger Games. -- nm - Imperator Jun 9, 12:50
- Side note: Terry Pratchett explained the difference between his adult and YA books thusly - znufrii Jun 9, 12:44 2
  - Oh really? -- nm - J.K. Rowling Jun 9, 12:51
  - *golf clap* -- nm - Mop (210 lbs) Jun 9, 12:46
- read a "YA" book back over Christmas break that really wasn't YA . . . - i'm not dead yet ! Jun 9, 12:42
- 1) this weekend. 2) this weekend (I borrowed from jz's daughter to read while I was waiting for her) 3) this morning 4) it's been awhile. last summer? -- nm - master of masterbudgets Jun 9, 12:41
- Feb 28, Yesterday, Currently, Nov 4th. -- nm - Ender Jun 9, 12:40
- 1) Early May 2) Not sure 3) Reading two right now 4) Last week. -- nm - Kim Pine Jun 9, 12:40
- A few years ago, January or so, March or so, last month -- nm - Roger More Jun 9, 12:40
- read a harry potter a few years back, reading one of each now (non ya) borgia and inferno -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 9, 12:39
- last 3 months. last 6 months. last night. last month. -- nm - Andie Jun 9, 12:38
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Sherlock Season 3 spoiler question - Pippy Jun 9, 12:32
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- Fun Al East Fact: As of this morning, the Toronto Blue Jays went below even odds to win the division for the first time this century. - Name Withheld By Request Jun 9, 13:20
"Business Trip" is code for on the lam, right? -- nm - Reagen Jun 9, 12:08 1
- hiking the appalacian trail -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 9, 13:05
I feel like tammy offers nothing redemptive or aspirational in the trailer. -- nm - duchess of 3pm friday Jun 9, 12:08 8
- I'm sorta bothered that Susan Sarandon is player her grandmother. - ty97 Jun 9, 12:23 5
  - Meh - it's not even in the "top 10 most egregious Hollywood age fudges" -- nm - Roger More Jun 9, 12:37 1
    - Reese Witherspoon plays Robert Pattison's mother! -- nm - Andie Jun 9, 12:39
  - It's possible -- nm - zork Jun 9, 12:28 2
    - Susan had a child at 12 who also had a child at 12? -- nm - Andie Jun 9, 12:30 1
      - That has happened in real life - zork Jun 9, 12:32
- also, I feel like it was way easier for me to play the hsx when I watched commercials. -- nm - duchess of 3pm friday Jun 9, 12:12 1
  - definitely. And I read EW voraciously -- nm - ty97 Jun 9, 12:24
Coincidence? I think not! ... OK, maybe. -- (link) - zork Jun 9, 12:08 1
- those are really neat -- nm - Pippy Jun 9, 12:22
that Tennis Court song by Lourde is atrocious -- nm - Beaker Jun 9, 12:05 4
- I'm critical of a lot of what the kids listen to (I've gotten old) but that song (and album) is great. -- nm - Mel Profit Jun 9, 12:35
- Only the last 3 words are needed. Why is that album popular?! -- nm - MDH Jun 9, 12:10
- You're stoned. Love that song. -- nm - Jim Jun 9, 12:09 1
  - yeah but you like that Maze Runner book so your tastes are already suspect! :) -- nm - Beaker Jun 9, 12:11
It's a Slate vs. Salon brawl over the value of young adult literature! -- (link) - Mop (210 lbs) Jun 9, 11:54 7
- offs. -- nm - znufrii Jun 9, 12:45
- It's everyone vs. Slate, really. And it's nothing more than clickbait for Slate, anyway. -- nm - Kim Pine Jun 9, 11:55 5
  - Without having read the Slate article, I will say that there's probably a problem if *all* you read is YA - Reagen Jun 9, 12:07 3
    - That's a minor problem compared to all the people who never read. -- nm - zork Jun 9, 12:30 1
      - I see what you did there. -- nm - Qale as Folk Jun 9, 16:20
    - I certainly couldn't read only YA or only a specific genre, but if that's what makes someone else happy, I'm not going to shame them for it. - Kim Pine Jun 9, 12:28
  - Yup, they've won no matter what. -- nm - spamlet Jun 9, 11:55
Mel, Canadian gov't is being urged to reconsider the F-35 because it is single engined. I admit that I hadn't realised that and their reasoning makes -- (link) - zork Jun 9, 11:53 16
- I do love that the biggest concern about the Canadian military's new jet fighter is that it might be struck by a bird... - Ender Jun 9, 13:23
- it's an excuse given the cost as it's always been a single engine plane. - Mel Profit Jun 9, 12:36 1
  - somehow I never really noticed it for this one -- nm - zork Jun 9, 12:52
- This is hardly news though. The single-engine stuff has been talked about for years. - Roger More Jun 9, 12:05
- If only there were some way for a pilot to escape a crashing plane... -- nm - Ender Jun 9, 11:56 3
  - a lot of the flights are patrolling the Arctic. Even if you eject, that's not a good environment to be stuck. Also, - zork Jun 9, 12:00
  - I think it's about more than the pilot. -- nm - mara Jun 9, 11:57 1
    - Yeah, that title of the report is crap....it should be all about the cost of the plane. - Will Hunting Jun 9, 12:01
- For just $7 billion more, we can add another engine. -- nm - Lookheed Martin Jun 9, 11:55 1
  - oops, so sorry we are already $10 Billion overbudget -- nm - Lookheed Martin 2 months later Jun 9, 12:06
- the Govt can't make a decision without getting second guessed to death. It's why we are still using 50 year old choppers -- nm - Beaker Jun 9, 11:55 5
  - the CF-18s are nearly that old too and the Snowbirds are probably about 60 - zork Jun 9, 11:58 2
    - they are still flying tanker planes from korean war era after decades of wrangling how much $$ to give boeing -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 9, 12:37 1
      - you guys are flying B-52s that are coming up on 60 years old and are planned to be in service for at least 30 more years. -- nm - zork Jun 9, 13:45
  - Did the latest chopper plan get scrapped, too? -- nm - Mop (210 lbs) Jun 9, 11:56 1
    - did they even agree to something? I thought they were still "mulling" -- nm - Beaker Jun 9, 12:03
there is someone in my office with personal security guards. i have no idea who they are. -- nm - Andie Jun 9, 11:52 7
- Bieber? -- nm - amoxy Jun 9, 11:55
- Prince of Liechtenstein? -- nm - Pippy Jun 9, 11:54 3
  - this is far more likely than Bieber. :) -- nm - Andie Jun 9, 11:56 2
    - Aren't they one in the same? -- nm - amoxy Jun 9, 11:59 1
      - I, personally, have never seen them in the same room together. -- nm - zork Jun 9, 12:29
- try to sneak a pic of them with your phone - but if you get caught we have no idea who you are -- nm - decline Jun 9, 11:54
- I still think your company is in the diamond importing business. It all fits. -- nm - zork Jun 9, 11:53
"sorry honey, works mandates that I share a room with Chrissy and Janet" - Beaker Jun 9, 11:52
The whole bar went "who?" - ty97 Jun 9, 11:49 11
- was that peglegpete's neice? -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 9, 11:59 1
  - no. my singing niece is in texas. her cousin who doesn't sing is in NYC working for the summer -- nm - peglegpete Jun 9, 12:05
- David, the clue apparently was that - ty97 Jun 9, 11:50 8
  - Is that Iggy Azalea or however it's spelled? -- nm - Jim Jun 9, 12:07 2
    - this on the other hand is crap. - Mel Profit Jun 9, 12:48 1
      - It's a toss up right now who's worse...this chick or Niki Minaj -- nm - Jim Jun 9, 13:22
  - I also would have responded "who?" to the im... -- nm - Ender Jun 9, 11:51 2
    - Many people did that too. -- nm - ty97 Jun 9, 11:57
    - Thanks to the kid I at least know her. -- nm - spamlet Jun 9, 11:55
  - ~I got one less problem to deal with~ -- nm - Pippy Jun 9, 11:50 1
    - .....and that's not even correct - sorry yall. I got faulty memory - Pippy Jun 9, 11:52
THOSE AREN'T PILLOWS! -- nm - zork Jun 9, 11:47

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