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did we watch the leftovers? -- nm - peggy ann m Jun 30, 10:57 3
- I am also curious what people thought. I'll likely watch it tonight. -- nm - Krustuardo Jun 30, 10:59
- tivo'd -- nm - decline Jun 30, 10:59
- I did not, but reactions seemed rather positive and HBO has made it available for free - Tyego97 Jun 30, 10:58
Wimbledon spoilers - David Jun 30, 10:57
MMA: Chael Sonnen. What a tool. -- (link) - Strongbad Jun 30, 10:49
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- Wearing exoskeleton -- nm - Max Jun 30, 10:49 1
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We just can't stop this sh*t! Rice Krispies Treats burger -- (link) - con_carne Jun 30, 10:47 1
- ewww -- nm - JenBro Jun 30, 10:53
Leaked: 10 Months Of Astros' Internal Trade Talks ... Ichiro? -- (link) - Budicio Jun 30, 10:46 12
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  - I think that is an interesting trade where an argument can be made both ways. -- nm - David Jun 30, 10:55 10
    - Yeah, but it plays into Miami being cheap....so Deadspin's saying it's noteworthy. -- nm - Hunta Jun 30, 11:01 1
      - Oh, they absolutely are. The next baseball czar will win my loyalty if they chase that fucker out of the game. -- nm - David Jun 30, 11:02
    - right, I would trade 2 prospects for a proven MLB player everyday. nm -- nm - groiny Jun 30, 10:57 7
      - For me, it depends on the prospects and how much I trust my scouts. - David Jun 30, 10:59 3
        
        I think you have to call Heyward a bust at this point, no? nm -- nm - groiny Jun 30, 11:00 2
        
        Offensively, I think that's fair. In terms of overall skill, he's an impact player. - David Jun 30, 11:01 1
        
        Actually, his OPS+ is 113 so bust overstates the matter. Overrated would be fair. - David Jun 30, 11:04
      - as long as the age of the proven player isn't too far along in age - absolutely. -- nm - Mel Premio Jun 30, 10:58 1
        
        right, for sure, and even then, possibly. nm -- nm - groiny Jun 30, 10:58
      - Yup -- nm - Krustuardo Jun 30, 10:57
Baseball stat guys. So the other night, Wainwright lost a 1-0 game to the Dodgers, in LA. He pitched 8, the Dodgers didn't have to bat in the 9th. - Jim Jun 30, 10:43 7
- Thanks. -- nm - Jim Jun 30, 10:53
- Did he pitch in the ninth? If not than no. -- nm - Krustuardo Jun 30, 10:45 2
  - wrongo, krustardo -- nm - groiny Jun 30, 10:47 1
    - Oh right, the Dodgers don't bat so it's complete. My bad. -- nm - Krustuardo Jun 30, 10:50
- Should be. -- nm - Hunta Jun 30, 10:44
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- yes, I believe so -- nm - groiny Jun 30, 10:43
I love the NBA. Yesterday the Hawks traded 2 players to the Raptors for absolutely nothing in return. - Strongbad Jun 30, 10:39 6
- Cleared cap space? -- nm - Krustuardo Jun 30, 10:46 4
  - while getting rid of a decent cap-hit player who was out of the rotation and a 7 footer with shaky knees. - David Jun 30, 10:54 2
    - Sometimes you can only scratch your head and be glad it wasn't your team taking on the bad players/contracts. -- nm - Krustuardo Jun 30, 10:58 1
      - I don't even think Lou has a bad contract. Sheldon Mack ascended virtually out of nowhere. - David Jun 30, 11:00
  - Yes. -- nm - Strongbad Jun 30, 10:47
- I was really surprised Lou Williams didn't get traded during the draft. He can play and he's cheap. - David Jun 30, 10:42
Manny Machado's 5 game suspension is upheld. -- (link) - Inigo Jun 30, 10:38
WC spoilers - Tyego97 Jun 30, 10:37
It's been coming. -- nm - Loyoliano Jun 30, 10:37
LYC: Prokhorov calling Jason Kidd's bluff and telling him to take a walk. - Strongbad Jun 30, 10:36 2
- Good call. Kidd tried a power grab and for a guy with no experience he had some balls to ask for it. -- nm - Krustuardo Jun 30, 10:48
- That just proves Prokhorov has eyes. - Hunta Jun 30, 10:45
"Good heavens!" -- nm - Mop (210 lbs) Jun 30, 10:35
That's two -- nm - prayformojo Jun 30, 10:35
Is JackDawson still around? I have a SCOTUS question. (others feel free to chime in) - Strongbad Jun 30, 10:34 19
- I'm pretty sure the court was rather rankorus back in the 1800's too - zuitgusto Jun 30, 10:42 1
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  - The Civil Rights era as well for social issues being litigated in the courts rather than through the Legislature. - spamlet Jun 30, 10:52 2
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      - No, but it set up the next battles as people reacted to those decisions. - spamlet Jun 30, 10:58
  - there used to be a theory that the life appointment turned them more liberal as they gained solomic power and argued idealized concepts - zuitgusto Jun 30, 10:46 3
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      - how much effect is it that roberts is chief? what does that title give in power, choose which cases to hear, decide tie votes? assign specific cases? -- nm - zuitgusto Jun 30, 10:51 1
        
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  - Not appointments, the 2nd issue. - Strongbad Jun 30, 10:42
  - Which is why we need 8 years of Hilary or similar - Reagen Jun 30, 10:42 2
    - he would do it just for spite -- nm - zuitgusto Jun 30, 10:57
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- It *seems* that they 'picking your outcome and then making the law fit it' 5-4 constancy is more recent.... - Tyego97 Jun 30, 10:39 2
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  - That's my sense as well. -- nm - Strongbad Jun 30, 10:40
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- Dred Scott, Worcester v. Georgia... -- nm - Reagen Jun 30, 10:36
oof what a shot -- nm - Loyoliano Jun 30, 10:34
France is cursed. -- nm - Reagen Jun 30, 10:34
although a long weekend would have been nice - it's kind of okay having tomorrow off instead. - Andie Jun 30, 10:31 4
- Hmm? I don't consciously remember that from when we lived in Waterloo, but I know we used to go to Elmira. -- nm - Meg Jun 30, 10:43 1
  - and Elora, I expect. I actually also live in Waterloo as a kid when my dad was a professor there. -- nm - Zorcàs Jun 30, 10:46
- looks like fun - and open for Canada Day too! -- nm - JenBro Jun 30, 10:35
- I don't think that every stat holiday needs to make a long weekend. -- nm - Zorcàs Jun 30, 10:33
I'm thinking of buying a spare gary. -- (link) - peggy ann m Jun 30, 10:29 5
- spare as in ... you already own one? -- nm - JenBro Jun 30, 10:37
- LESS THAN 10 MINUTES LEFT! -- nm - Zorcàs Jun 30, 10:32
- That is hideous. -- nm - Loyoliano Jun 30, 10:30 2
  - that's gary!! -- nm - peggy ann m Jun 30, 10:31 1
    - Don't buy it, whatever it is. -- nm - Loyoliano Jun 30, 10:32
well that was something. -- nm - Reagen Jun 30, 10:27
Whoa -- nm - Zorcàs Jun 30, 10:26
I'm disappointed that #AnonyoneButNED is not a twitter trend -- nm - Tyego97 Jun 30, 10:25 1
- The NEDs are really letting themselves down at this tournament. -- nm - Loyoliano Jun 30, 10:29
NGA as an abbreviation always give me pause. -- nm - Reagen Jun 30, 10:20 4
- not really related and you don't care but a girl in my high school would go by Mle instead of Emily -- nm - Zorcàs Jun 30, 10:35
- Pretty much every other way you could abbreviate that is way worse -- nm - con_carne Jun 30, 10:24
- On the rare occasion I find myself writing the country name Niger, I am extra attune to typos -- nm - Tyego97 Jun 30, 10:23
- N*G***A, Please! -- nm - znufrii Jun 30, 10:22
Grand Budapest Hotel is Wes Anderson's biggest box office earner of his career, right? - prayformojo Jun 30, 10:19 2
- By $6 million or so domestically. Royal Tenanbaums made $52.364 million. -- nm - Inigo Jun 30, 10:21 1
  - Thx. Thought the margin was a lot more -- nm - prayformojo Jun 30, 10:22
V: Netflix Drops All Five 'Rocky' Movies on July 1 http:// -- (link) - Budicio Jun 30, 10:19
Bryce Harper bobblehead night for the Nats -- (link) - Budicio Jun 30, 10:18 10
- Does it say MVP on it? -- nm - David Jun 30, 10:29 9
  - It does, but the year is purposely left blank. - Hunta Jun 30, 10:31 8
    - He has no right to be mentioned in the same breath as Trout right now. -- nm - David Jun 30, 10:35 4
      - Exactly, which more than anything proves Mike Trout is on an all-time player run vs Harper's all-time 20yr old player run. - Hunta Jun 30, 10:50
      - I would agree. Going into this season, it was every iffy. - groiny Jun 30, 10:36 2
        
        Even going into this season, it was a non-starter. I say that as a Harper fan. - Hunta Jun 30, 10:53 1
        
        I have always said, Trout would hit for a better avg, but Harper would hit more homers. - groiny Jun 30, 10:56
    - everyone wants to "think out of the box" on that one. - groiny Jun 30, 10:35 2
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        we are talking before the season started though. nm -- nm - groiny Jun 30, 10:54
my bus pass expires today. I won't have time to get a new one until 7/14. that's a pretty big problem. -- nm - peggy ann m Jun 30, 10:16 5
- Can you renew online -- get a new one in the mail b/f you need to use it? -- nm - OAE -- You Know Who Jun 30, 10:46
- do they even check the date? if not - ride with it until they do and say :"oops" -- nm - JenBro Jun 30, 10:38 2
  - most bus passes change colour each month -- nm - Zorcàs Jun 30, 10:39 1
    - makes sense ... you just can't scam a free ride anymore :) -- nm - JenBro Jun 30, 10:55
- I like the Presto card that most transits in this area have. You load $ on it and can set auto-load from a CC when the balance drops below a certain $ - Zorcàs Jun 30, 10:24
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- I recall they did this last year too -- nm - Tyego97 Jun 30, 10:18
Boycotting because they were closed on Sunday? -- nm - droidlet Jun 30, 10:14
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- Also, the return of Oscar Pistorius is upon us. He was declared not mentally ill during the killing. -- nm - Zorcàs Jun 30, 10:29
- interested to see what they're gonna do with him. no DH and Adams is in the lineup. -- nm - Jim Jun 30, 10:25 2
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    - He's not a CF. All the media people want him to be, but Mo is pretty stuck on him as a corner OF. - Jim Jun 30, 10:27
Mel, Plague Inc. follow up. Here's my normal scenario for fungus. - Inigo Jun 30, 10:08 6
- I googled the solution and found something similar. I did... - Mel Premio Jun 30, 10:20 3
  - To the last sentence of your IM, yes it is, but it's not nearly as fun as taking on the world head-on. -- nm - Inigo Jun 30, 10:23 1
    - I figured this is what you meant when you mentioned the most effective tactic. -- nm - Mel Premio Jun 30, 10:36
  - Bioweapon is a bitch. -- nm - Ender Jun 30, 10:22
- My normal victory went like this with a finish of 16% of the cure. - Hunta Jun 30, 10:15 1
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While we're on Cleveland, "The Cleveland Browns are trying to sign quarterback Brian Hoyer to a contract extension, his agent confirmed Monday." - David Jun 30, 10:08 2
- This is like Sheriff Bart holiding the gun to his head. -- nm - Reagen Jun 30, 10:17
- Good God, they're a joke. And it pisses me off too. I really think Manziel could have been a great one. Now, we'll never know. - Jim Jun 30, 10:09
Anxiety setting in. At the dentist. Stupid root canal. -- nm - JaxSean Jun 30, 10:07 4
- I have to get four of them done and got quoted 600 euro each. So I'm going to wait til the pain is unbearable and get it done in some backwater in - Loyoliano Jun 30, 10:14 3
  - A lot of people are doing stuff like that in Mexico. The whole trip isn't much more than a vacation and you still get a decent trip out of it. -- nm - Zorcàs Jun 30, 10:42 1
    - of course it's a lot less to go there from here than for you. -- nm - Zorcàs Jun 30, 10:44
  - I got my bill cut almost in half, after they did the first part, ($500ish) and the next would be $1200I asked that my xrays etc be sent to the dental - zuitgusto Jun 30, 10:38
"Teams who contact James will be informed that he wants no less than the maximum salary number for next season, sources said." - David Jun 30, 10:06 1
- I'm not surprised. He's never been the top paid player on his team. That's absurd. -- nm - volnelk Jun 30, 10:07
ST Quiz: What is the third largest city in Brazil (two possible answers depending on definition)? - con_carne Jun 30, 10:03 15
- Wiki list of largest Brazilian cities -- (link) - con_carne Jun 30, 10:18
- Hint: The name of this city describes a landscape -- nm - con_carne Jun 30, 10:13 3
  - Belo Horizonte? -- nm - prayformojo Jun 30, 10:15 2
    - *ding* #3 urban agglomeration (#6 city) -- nm - con_carne Jun 30, 10:17
    - springing to mind! -- nm - Tyego97 Jun 30, 10:15
- I know I read this recently and it's one that doesn't easily come to mind - Tyego97 Jun 30, 10:13
- Sao Paolo, Rio likely 1 & 2 fwiw -- nm - Budicio Jun 30, 10:12
- Manaus! -- nm - prayformojo Jun 30, 10:11 1
  - #7 city, #12 U.O. -- nm - con_carne Jun 30, 10:16
- Salvador? -- nm - Zorcàs Jun 30, 10:10 1
  - #3 city! - con_carne Jun 30, 10:13
- Recife? -- nm - droidlet Jun 30, 10:10 1
  - #9 city, #6 U.O. -- nm - con_carne Jun 30, 10:15
- Brasilia? -- nm - Loyoliano Jun 30, 10:06 1
  - #4 city, #5 urban agglomeration in Brazil -- nm - con_carne Jun 30, 10:07
WC spoils... - Budicio Jun 30, 10:01
Nigeria look good. Be good if they win. -- nm - Loyoliano Jun 30, 10:00 3
- I missed the first half, how was it? -- nm - Zorcàs Jun 30, 10:03 2
  - End to end. Very open. Both of them having a real go. Great first half. -- nm - Loyoliano Jun 30, 10:05 1
    - cool, they are one of my picks -- nm - Zorcàs Jun 30, 10:08
maj - that's a great t-shirt and tactic. -- nm - Mel Premio Jun 30, 09:53 6
- charlie and I talk about this a fair bit. he's pretty conflicted about it. he wants someone to write him an app that pings him whenever he's at chick - peggy ann m Jun 30, 10:22
- in fact - I'll pay to have a "Dykes for Chik" t-shirt made so Kim can go eat. - Mel Premio Jun 30, 09:55 4
  - EAT MOR... - Reagen Jun 30, 09:56 3
    - Even if it's LCD, it's kinda clever, and would fool a lot of people. - Inigo Jun 30, 10:03
    - Putty Tat -- nm - Tweety Jun 30, 10:02
    - YOMANK -- nm - znufrii Jun 30, 09:57
salad time, yo! -- nm - peggy ann m Jun 30, 09:48 1
- I went salad binge shopping at TJs yesterday -- nm - Tyego97 Jun 30, 09:53
Straight and Proud -- nm - Tyego97 Jun 30, 09:48

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