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Ankara, Turkey mayor calls US State Department member a dumb blonde. Ambassador to Turkey dyes his hair blonde. -- (link) - ty97 May 1, 07:05 2
- *digitally altered* blonde. bah. -- nm - Andie May 1, 07:06 1
  - It doesn't look that bad, he should commit to the bit. -- nm - Beryllium May 1, 07:30
So Strongbad, what do we think of the Dolphin's first pick. The guy looks legit, but what do I know -- nm - CQ May 1, 06:53 1
- He'll work out as well as Ted Ginn Jr. ;-) - Krusty May 1, 07:01
So do you think that the Bucs management did a collective facepalm after that Jameis picture below? - spamlet May 1, 06:52 11
- The pic went over my head. Why was it a huge eff up by him? -- nm - Shaun May 1, 07:03 8
  - He was cited for stealing crab legs from a store in FL. He claims someone "hooked him up" and he didn't steal them. -- nm - Krusty May 1, 07:05 4
    - I actually believe that part. - David May 1, 07:07 3
      - I believe it too. - Diva May 1, 07:46
      - I could definitely see it happening the way he says it did. People love to hook up celebrities, makes them feel a connection. - Krusty May 1, 07:09
      - Yeah, same here. -- nm - Will Hunting May 1, 07:08
  - He stole or was gifted by a buddy, crab legs from a grocery store last year. -- nm - Will Hunting May 1, 07:04
  - He's eating crab legs, the thing he got busted stealing from a grocery store. -- nm - David May 1, 07:04 1
    - LMAO. What a goddamn moron. -- nm - Shaun May 1, 07:14
- He has epic entitlement issues. -- nm - David May 1, 07:03
- The stupidity in taking that pic says a lot about his decision making skills. He has none. He'll be in another police blotter before long. - Krusty May 1, 06:56
RIP Ben E King -- nm - iSpam May 1, 06:46
I was reading about lost at sea accounts and came across the story of Poon Lim. 133 days at sea. He named his life raft - CQ May 1, 06:46
The best thing I've read all morning about the Jets taking Leonard Williams... - Krusty May 1, 06:45 6
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  - It's either Cooper, Gurley or him. -- nm - David May 1, 07:04 1
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- Williams was the guy I coveted. I was frustrated when he was on the board at 4, 5, and 6. - David May 1, 06:51 1
  - I hadn't read much of anything about him since he wasn't expected to drop to six and no one had him going to the Jets. That was clearly a best player - Krusty May 1, 06:54
- *manning the other side* I need editing! :-) -- nm - Krusty May 1, 06:46
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So #1 and #2 did not show up at the draft? -- nm - amoxy May 1, 06:42
fwiw, your 2015 Kentucky Derby notes..... - x May 1, 06:36 7
- Quick question -- where is Bayern? - Will Hunting May 1, 06:51 3
  - yeah, i meant dortmund...nm - x May 1, 10:37
  - Dortmund -- nm - CQ May 1, 07:11
  - Munich? -- nm - Krusty May 1, 07:02
- I can't wait to see all the rich old ladies in their ridiculous dumb ass hats. -- nm - Shaun May 1, 06:39 2
  - well, when you're a rich old lady you can wear whatever the hell you want.... - x May 1, 06:41 1
    - It's greatly amusing. -- nm - Shaun May 1, 06:42
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- Kevin Costner would have made it happen. -- nm - Dano May 1, 06:26 1
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As God is my wotness, if someone asks me "How are we going to handle dismantling costs?" one more God damn time I will burn this place to the ground -- nm - Beaker May 1, 06:17 6
- And what is your opinion on Yah Mo B There? -- nm - Der Frühlingshafterbaron May 1, 06:50
- "We get rid of all the deadweight people who parrot meaningless buzzwords" -- nm - Roger More May 1, 06:31
- "how to collect fire insurance as a means of dismantling costs"....nm - x May 1, 06:28
- So, those dismantling costs. How are we going to deal with them? -- nm - iSpam May 1, 06:26 2
  - If you dismantle it, they won't come. -- nm - Loyola May 1, 06:45
  - WHAT are the dismantling costs? -- nm - amoxy May 1, 06:33
Overdue? Hotels Consider Eliminating Check-In And Check-Out Times -- (link) - budice May 1, 06:16
Stand aside, man caves. Make room for the she shed. -- (link) - Der Frühlingshafterbaron May 1, 06:11
Insider data on Thursday Box Office numbers -- (link) - budice May 1, 06:05 7
- This person has entirely too much time on their hands. -- nm - MDH May 1, 06:13 6
  - he would fit right in here! -- nm - decline May 1, 06:46
  - I spent more time trying to figure out what the title abbreviations stood for than looking at anything else. Still no idea what TA, BD1, and BD2 are. -- nm - Der Frühlingshafterbaron May 1, 06:21 3
    - breaking dawn -- nm - budice May 1, 06:29 2
      - and the avengers -- nm - budice May 1, 06:30 1
        
        Oh, I suppose that was obvious. These kids and their abbreviations. It's like all their texting and whatnot. Get off my lawn. -- nm - Der Frühlingshafterbaron May 1, 06:49
  - heh -- nm - Andie May 1, 06:15
Harvey Weinstein speaks openly to cast of Finding Neverland after Tony Nominations lockout. -- (link) - Diva May 1, 05:52 1
- "You're all weak losers and you're lucky I don't have you killed on the spot!" -- nm - Reagen May 1, 05:53
yay! the third book in the Thunder Road trilogy is coming out this Fall. (Too Far Gone). Fun series if you like Norse mythology -- nm - Beaker May 1, 04:53 1
- also set in and around Winnipeg (dignan, get on this) -- nm - Beaker May 1, 04:55
Matt Taibbi is trying to make Bernie Sanders happen. -- (link) - spamlet May 1, 04:48 1
- Good! I would love it if America knew better who he is and where he stands on the issues that most affect them. I love Bernie and would love to see - Krusty May 1, 05:27
May 1, 1884 – Moses Fleetwood Walker becomes the first black person to play in a professional baseball game in the United States. -- nm - Beaker May 1, 04:22 4
- 1991 – Rickey Henderson of the Oakland Athletics steals his 939th base ; Nolan Ryan of the Texas Rangers pitches his seventh career no-hitter -- nm - Beaker May 1, 04:25 3
  - 2011 – Barack Obama announces that Osama bin Laden, the suspected mastermind behind the September 11 attacks has been killed by US special forces - Beaker May 1, 04:26 2
    - Compromised to a permanent end! -- nm - Tim May 1, 06:38
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Best remaining draft prospects -- (link) - Beaker May 1, 03:52 1
- I'm most interested in where the next tier of RB's go. Ajayi, Johnson, Abdullah, Coleman -- nm - Strongbad May 1, 04:57
I think my favorite pick of the 1st round is Philip Dorsett to the Colts. -- nm - Strongbad May 1, 03:52 3
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  - "I love the draft--it bored the crap out of me." THIS. The announcers were all unbelievably terrible "I love this pick" -- nm - Beaker May 1, 06:14 1
    - Part of it is this draft is supposedly really deep in talent, just not much 'star-power'. - Will Hunting May 1, 07:07
Well I'm having quite a lot more fun at my movie theater gig than I anticipated - con_carne May 1, 02:11 5
- Nice! -- nm - Krusty May 1, 05:53
- cool. -- nm - Beaker May 1, 03:32
- i would have expected the opposite, cheap grays and popcorn stuffing ultrons -- nm - zeitgeist May 1, 02:25 2
  - horny MILFs are hungry -- nm - Beaker May 1, 03:32 1
    - Yeah, they'll put anything in their mouths. - iSpam May 1, 04:30
man, Bob Costas on The Nightly Show couldn't sound more old white guy -- nm - professor smartbrain May 1, 00:10
"I'll look forward to your report, Mr Broccoli." - Beryllium Apr 30, 23:52
I liked Backstrom. I hope it gets renewed (although I know the odds are low). The last few minutes ... that was so very well done. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 30, 23:07
Cool Dad recreates Smash Bros taunts. -- (link) - Qale Apr 30, 23:06
Saw Anything Goes at my little local theater tonight. Great fun as usual. - Meg Apr 30, 22:47 3
- that's a cool season. -- nm - Diva May 1, 05:38
- don't forget to pack zyrtek or whatever you use for allergies, and have a fun safe trip. -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 30, 22:59 1
  - Heh, been thinking that my trip won't be near as fun as the one I saw tonight. I'm trying to avoid my usual over-packing..... - Meg Apr 30, 23:08
Ok. I know Kim Gordon and Sonic Youth and all of that. But Body/Head....didn't like it. No, sir. Not one bit - JD Apr 30, 22:16 1
- I have never understood any manner of like for Sonic Youth. I can't stand them. -- nm - volnelk May 1, 05:03
Tesla Powerwall Home Battery ... do want. -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 30, 21:36 5
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- It's not even a question. Our next house has that. - TWuG May 1, 05:09
- That price is... pretty reasonable. -- nm - Reagen Apr 30, 22:05 2
  - I don't know how much an inverter costs, and I know solar panels can be expensive (and I don't think my strata would allow them), but ... yeah. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 30, 23:08 1
    - a 5kW solar sytem with inverter here would be about $4500. there are various government rebates and incentives that bring that down though. -- nm - mafic May 1, 00:49
I may have missed a line of dialogue in The Blacklist, but has nobody suggested to Keen that he should remove his white power tattoo? -- nm - Max Apr 30, 21:12
Avengers:AoU ... A.. spoils... - budice Apr 30, 21:05 3
- i enjoyed it. A - Our crowd was a lot of fun too. -- nm - Diva May 1, 03:54 1
  - I enjoyed it, too. Lots of fun. -- nm - Kim Pine May 1, 04:20
- thoughts pertaining to your IM (and likely spoilery for the uninitiated) . . . - call me Ishmael Apr 30, 21:19
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- Thug Life! -- nm - professor smartbrain Apr 30, 21:13
- Stupid. -- nm - David Apr 30, 21:07
The more interesting b.o news to me is Pitch Perfect 2 is apparently crushing Mad Max in advance tracking - professor smartbrain Apr 30, 20:31 11
- Anyone who says this knows nothing about how to read tracking. - secretslacker May 1, 00:33 1
  - good analysis, thanks -- nm - zork May 1, 04:47
- I just looked up the tracking. I was going to say I guessed $50M as a floor, and seems they beat me to it. -- nm - MDH Apr 30, 21:03
- This is not surprising one bit. The first one is hugely popular in almost every age and demo. Max has much more limited appeal -- nm - MDH Apr 30, 20:44 4
  - That's fair since I find only a limited age and demo appealing. -- nm - Max Apr 30, 21:14 2
    - You keep getting older and they stay the same age? -- nm - Qale Apr 30, 23:12
    - U mad bro? -- nm - professor smartbrain Apr 30, 21:23
  - Not surprising but Fury Road has gotten far more online buzz from the trailers -- nm - professor smartbrain Apr 30, 20:50
- very interesting -- nm - Remlik Apr 30, 20:34
- I noticed that earlier, but that's advance sales. - ty97 Apr 30, 20:34 1
  - (It was tracking) -- nm - Roger More Apr 30, 20:36
Golden Knights, baby -- nm - professor smartbrain Apr 30, 19:57
As a surprise to no one (especially David), I was shockingly bad in my first year of NFL draft predictions. - ReluctantCynic Apr 30, 19:53 1
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Is that Stannis Baratheon in one of those Game of War commercials? -- nm - Reagen Apr 30, 19:49 1
- heh no. it really does look like him though. -- nm - Jovian Apr 30, 19:51
Bwahahaha -- nm - professor smartbrain Apr 30, 19:37
When did Geraldo become a 'legitimate' thing? -- nm - ty97 Apr 30, 19:37 6
- when he showed up to a taping of "Beat Bobby Flay' with a baseball bat -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 30, 20:13
- He made his bones in the 70s as an investigative reporter on NYC local news - professor smartbrain Apr 30, 19:39 2
  - LIES. - ty97 Apr 30, 19:49 1
    - I remember his diagraming what the military squad he was imbeded with where going to next, live on satelite, I'm surprised he wasn't arrested or left - zeitgeist Apr 30, 20:47
- At approximately quarter to never. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 30, 19:38
- Never -- nm - amoxy Apr 30, 19:38
Reserved Theater Sales: Avengers 2 is gigantic. Comparing Catching Fire, Avengers 2x the Friday Sales (counted on Thurs) and already beat Friday total - MDH Apr 30, 19:37 19
- Also, another reserved theater is playing it on 5 screens (same chain, but this smaller one rarely plays blockbusters) - MDH Apr 30, 19:54
- single data point: amc parking lot is jam-packed, way more than usual for a thursday. way. - i.b. Apr 30, 19:48
- Sorry I mean Mockingjay! Also, 3D (12 Showtimes), 2D (6) - 610/830 ticketsrespectively -- nm - MDH Apr 30, 19:41
- Here's the problem: if I extrapolate those Mockingjay 1 numbers (from Thursday) to opening weekend.....I get ~185 for AVNG2 -- nm - ty97 Apr 30, 19:40 12
  - MDH is right. The first Avengers took around $18m just in midnight showings and made $206m over the weekend. - Roger More Apr 30, 20:21 2
    - pffft, like Roger plays the game. -- nm - ty97 Apr 30, 20:32
    - Yeah, ty -- nm - professor smartbrain Apr 30, 20:23
  - Based on all of the other data I have in the excel, if Avengers didn't sell a single ticket tomorrow it's a $195M opener. -- nm - MDH Apr 30, 19:48 4
    - It really depends on tomorrow's growth in sales. If it's like Guardians or Fast 7 it's a $250M+, Mockingjay its $230 -- nm - MDH Apr 30, 19:50
    - I might revoke your CPA just because. -- nm - ty97 Apr 30, 19:49 2
      - Puh-lease. I know you are jealous of this excel data. -- nm - MDH Apr 30, 19:50 1
        
        Bitch, don't make me pivot you. -- nm - ty97 Apr 30, 19:54
  - The Friday presale number are however much better. The (as of this point) Friday presales* imply ~247M - ty97 Apr 30, 19:43
  - Except WOM on Mockingjay was turrible -- nm - professor smartbrain Apr 30, 19:41 2
    - WOM on avengers 2 hasn't been glorious, but it hardly needs it -- nm - Beryllium Apr 30, 19:44
    - Also I bet this has a higher imax/3D percentage -- nm - professor smartbrain Apr 30, 19:43
- (I'll be that guy) Do you not have Avengers 1 data? - ty97 Apr 30, 19:38 2
  - Unfortunately no. I just started getting this last June. -- nm - MDH Apr 30, 19:39 1
    - (enter jackdawson mode) USELESS! -- nm - ty97 Apr 30, 19:44
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- or first rounder last season had issues as well andhe had a decent rookie year -- nm - Jim Apr 30, 19:44 2
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    - Even if it wasn't, he would have been there five picks later -- nm - professor smartbrain Apr 30, 19:56
eeek...Shane Ray. hmmmm -- nm - Jim Apr 30, 19:35 2
- SEC Defensive Player of the Year. They are always worth a first round pick right?! :) -- nm - Beaker May 1, 03:47
- Manny Ramirez and 2 5th rounders to move up 5 spots for Ray. -- nm - Jim Apr 30, 19:37
In a shocking turn of events, Obama's Presidential Library will be in Ken....er....Chicago -- (link) - ty97 Apr 30, 19:32 3
- I am a little disappointed in that. - tobor.2 Apr 30, 20:44
- Chicago, henceforth known as Little Kenya. - Beryllium Apr 30, 19:42
- And, in hindsight, I wonder if Bush 41 made a bad call putting his at my alma mater. - ty97 Apr 30, 19:33
What's the deal with all the concept stocks bouncing?? -- nm - Meg Apr 30, 19:30
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