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Bobby Jindal to @msnbc: "I think after Donald Trump spends 6 years as a prisoner of war, then he can comment on Senator McCain's record." - Remlik Jul 18, 16:20 5
- The Establishment was waiting for this. No matter the thought of McCain's policies...questioning his sacrifices is almost I fathomable. - Will Hunting Jul 18, 16:23 4
  - All they have to do is let Trump keep talking....rope....more rope....more rope.....hangman! -- nm - Seaweed Jul 18, 16:26 3
    - He's the best thing that ever happened to the GOP front-runners. -- nm - ML Jul 18, 16:28 2
      - Yup - znufrii Jul 18, 16:29 1
        
        I doubt trump is making a sacrifice for anyone. - spamlet Jul 18, 17:29
Ah, Texas....man shoots and kills himself at his 21st birthday party. -- (link) - Meg Jul 18, 15:56 13
- the first casualty in the fight to free texas from US domination -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 18, 16:29
- Uh, you left out the word accidentally. Kind of changes the story ;) -- nm - Seaweed Jul 18, 15:56 11
  - Either "accidentally" or "Florida Man" -- nm - Max Jul 18, 16:24
  - Guess I thought the reference to Texas would tip you off :/ -- nm - Meg Jul 18, 16:18
  - Oddly that's exactly how I read it for some reason. -- nm - Volnelk Jul 18, 15:58 8
    - Me too. -- nm - Krusty Jul 18, 16:14 1
      - Meg's Jedi Mind Trick doesn't work on me. -- nm - Seaweed Jul 18, 16:17
    - "he grabbed a handgun and began shooting... family took the gun away from him, but when Perez retrieved the gun again, he accidentally shot himself." - Spawn Jul 18, 16:00 5
      - I get that. But if you read the headline as is, most would assume a suicide. It isn't a suicide. - Seaweed Jul 18, 16:04 3
        
        Is it wrong that the man is dead, but I am less depressed because he died of stupidity and not some depression/suicide? - Seaweed Jul 18, 16:05 2
        
        Of course. We ridicule Darwin nominees every year. nm - Dignan Jul 18, 16:07
        
        Either way, Darwin wins. -- nm* - Spawn Jul 18, 16:06
      - Cold dead hands. nm - Dignan Jul 18, 16:03
Okay I am all for a site that let's you tell all the other sites that you did your research and BOUGHT the item. Stop the ads people, YOU LOST -- nm - Seaweed Jul 18, 15:49 2
- I am getting sound bar ads EVERYWHERE now. -- nm - Seaweed Jul 18, 15:49 1
  - "still interested" I am getting creeped out that every page on FB has an image of something I just looked at on ebay -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 18, 16:35
This beating is not going to help in our relations with Cuba. -- nm - Krusty Jul 18, 15:33 1
- Goal Embargo. -- nm - Volnelk Jul 18, 15:43
Ika.org leadership...we have a racist rant on the slack alliance CMs -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 18, 15:31
#hastherestofthecubansoccerteamdefectedyet? -- nm - znufrii Jul 18, 15:27
Lightning, thunder, and glorious rain!! People are huddled in the storefronts in absolute bewilderment :) -- nm - Meg Jul 18, 15:16 3
- I am surprised people aren't out dancing in the streets in it. -- nm - Andie Jul 18, 15:26 2
  - Oh, I was... and a couple of minutes in the car and I was dry again :/ -- nm - Meg Jul 18, 15:28 1
    - Tomorrow is forecast for 89 deg. and possible showers.... and we have an archaeology outreach event :/ -- nm - Meg Jul 18, 15:34
Gov Perry, wearing glasses doesn't make you look smart,any more than if I wore googles to look like a minon -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 18, 14:30
The Cuban goalkeeper looks to be tall - JD Jul 18, 14:11
I like my one sentence movie review of Inception 5 years ago today. - Qale Jul 18, 14:07 2
- I never saw Inception 2, 3, or 4. -- nm - Dano Jul 18, 14:09 1
  - Or did you. -- (link) - Qale Jul 18, 14:10
hey David did your relation get those comics? -- nm - Remlik Jul 18, 13:35 2
- Yes, I @'d you on Instagram, thanks!you really made her week. Thank you. -- nm - David Jul 18, 15:30 1
  - oh right on. I didn't get the notification. -- nm - Remlik Jul 18, 15:35
Inside Out thoughts, and a question for you if you've seen it - Mara Jul 18, 13:29 1
- I think they're supposed to be - JaxSean Jul 18, 14:06
a new meetup group: Tacoma's Biggest Home Improvement Cosplay -- (link) - zeitgeist Jul 18, 13:27
I think Im obsessed with the movie Snowpiercer -- nm - Jovian Jul 18, 13:27 1
- completely understandable -- nm - Pippy Jul 18, 15:54
"Sorry, we are out of Minions toys." -- nm - i.b. Jul 18, 13:26 5
- Yeah some are running out. So far I collected 4 for Salsa girl. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 18, 13:40 3
  - We are only at 3. I may have to get some without Logan present. -- nm - Spawn Jul 18, 13:53 2
    - SFEK. The last time they had Minion toys, we ended up with 3, as well. -- nm - Spawn Jul 18, 13:54 1
      - buy some pool noodles, cut them into appropriate lengths, put some cheap googles on them...done -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 18, 14:04
- i'll take what are signs outside of the McDonalds?" for the daily double . . . -- nm* - call me Ishmael Jul 18, 13:26
This must be why trump exists. To make Mitt look good. -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 18, 13:18 2
- heh " Why would anybody listen to @MittRomney? He lost an election that should have easily been won against Obama. By the way,so did John McCain!" -- (link) - Max Jul 18, 15:30
- there were dozens of good ways of attacking McCain. Turmp picked the worst possible. -- nm - Peglegpete Jul 18, 13:36
severe thunderstorm warinings for Las Vegas until 2 pm. yay! we need the rain -- nm - Peglegpete Jul 18, 12:49 3
- grab the buckets and save some for later ! no telling when you might get the next rainfall :) -- nm - call me Ishmael Jul 18, 13:28
- Looks like we could get hit any time....here's hoping. -- nm - Meg Jul 18, 13:00 1
  - thankfully, overnight the rain put out a lot of the fires on the 15 -- nm - Peglegpete Jul 18, 13:07
Ant-Man B+ - eag Jul 18, 12:39
Took the bf's nephews to see Minions. That audience really didn't laugh at all. F rating. -- nm - MDH Jul 18, 12:36 3
- You didn't like DM2 either right? -- nm - spamlet Jul 18, 14:01 1
  - Nope. But the kids loved it. We rewatched at home after Minions. -- nm - MDH Jul 18, 15:05
- He's a keeper -- nm - jangles Jul 18, 13:06
TNA: MVP wished them well in thier future endeavors -- nm - Remlik Jul 18, 12:36 2
- EC3 is so good but WWE gave up on him and the company is doomed. - Tim Jul 18, 12:42 1
  - I could see them getting EC3 -- nm - Remlik Jul 18, 12:58
Getting ready to see AntMan. They totally remodeled the lobby, with ticket sales integrated into concessions. Super smart . -- nm - emoticripple Jul 18, 11:58
David, what do you think of the new UT Nike gear? - volnelk Jul 18, 11:57 1
- We -just- looked at it at Alumni Hall this afternoon. - David Jul 18, 12:01
Trainwreck is my kind of funny. A-. - JaxSean Jul 18, 11:49 1
- I will literally watch anything with Tilda Swinton in it - love her - It was a decent film. -- nm - Epiphany Jul 18, 15:55
Small spoiler for Ant-Man that David needs to see. -- (link) - Spawn Jul 18, 11:27 10
- I liked Paul and Michael...just one thing... - budice Jul 18, 11:37 1
  - Spoiler - Elvis Jul 18, 11:44
- Does it involve Edgar Wright? No? Then screw off. -- nm - David Jul 18, 11:34 7
  - it did. his stuff is still all over that movie -- nm - Remlik Jul 18, 11:47 6
    - Uh-huh. -- nm - David Jul 18, 11:55 5
      - all.over. -- nm - Remlik Jul 18, 11:58 4
        
        And that's why he quit/was fired! -- nm - David Jul 18, 12:02 3
        
        Still an Executive Producer! -- nm - Remlik Jul 18, 12:05 2
        
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        thanks Ruiner! - Remlik Jul 18, 13:17
So O'Malley's having a good day -- (link) - ML Jul 18, 11:20 9
- Too much of a circus for the GOP Nom right now -- nm - budice Jul 18, 11:23 8
  - Trump is performing an admirable service for the rest of the field. - ML Jul 18, 11:24 7
    - The Bernie Sanders of the right! - jangles Jul 18, 12:05
    - Isn't he still leading in the polls? (Not that I think he has a chance.) -- nm - Dano Jul 18, 11:41 5
      - in a sense--no one's over 15%ish - ML Jul 18, 13:25 3
        
        He is a lot like Herman Cain last time. Made a big splash, then faded - amoxy Jul 18, 13:37 2
        
        first month or two there was a new front runner every primary/week remember Michelle Bachman was in the lead for a week -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 18, 13:50
        
        every GOPer last cycle had their moment as the anti-Mitt - ML Jul 18, 13:49
      - hes getting the far right fired up..should payoff come voting time -- nm - budice Jul 18, 11:43
Just too tough to see live golf with weather delays...Basically waste the whole weekend waiting -- nm - budice Jul 18, 11:15
What's wrong with onions on a pizza? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jul 18, 10:43 8
- because pizza should not make you cry . . . -- nm - call me Ishmael Jul 18, 13:28
- Nothing for you, but for those around you . . . ??? -- nm - OAE -- Explorer, Antarctica, Old Jul 18, 10:56 1
  - raw onions = bad breath cooked onions=just fine -- nm - Seaweed Jul 18, 11:03
- Nothing unless you are cray cray -- nm - Seaweed Jul 18, 10:50
- The look, the smell and the taste. -- nm - David Jul 18, 10:50
- Everything. Absolutely everything. -- nm - Spawn Jul 18, 10:49
- Nothing. Nothing at all -- nm - amoxy Jul 18, 10:44 1
  - I'm with you. -- nm - Volnelk Jul 18, 10:57
He is definitely moving into Arthur Carlson throw the election territory. "He got captured" -- (edited) - amoxy Jul 18, 10:41
For those of you who bought tickets to Antman, did they show you another movie or just say Ha Ha we fooled you! -- nm - Dano Jul 18, 10:41 1
- Why would they deny people the best movie of the year? -- nm - Spawn Jul 18, 11:28
Such classy. Much trump. Wow. -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 18, 10:39 4
- I feel another vow coming on. ;) - (an unrelated question, please?) - b! Jul 18, 10:44 3
  - User has to be distinct. 2 users have to hate it. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 18, 11:19 2
    - my work and not-work accounts are somehow linked? -- nm - b! Jul 18, 11:46 1
      - Oh, you have two accounts? Huh. That should be enough. I guess I need to port that code to the test infrastructure. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 18, 15:14
I was hoping someone would ask Chuck Schumer about Trainwreck, but he tweeted about it (with typo). -- (link) - Tim Jul 18, 10:19
Is there anything good about ISIS? -- nm - amoxy Jul 18, 09:03 13
- They have a very flexible 401k program. -- nm - Qale Jul 18, 13:07 1
  - just 1 part of the greater retirement package they've got going for them -- nm - call me Ishmael Jul 18, 13:29
- revived the slave market, and seems to be pulling child molesters out of the western communities and concentrating them in isolated areas -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 18, 12:40
- I enjoyed the show, but I was a kid. -- nm - Spawn Jul 18, 11:19
- I just saw a post of a kid under 10 years old beheading a prisoner. He was influenced by ISIS. What a fucked up group of fucks they are. -- nm - Seaweed Jul 18, 10:45 4
  - I doubt that someone that young would have the arm strength. Beheading someone ain't easy -- nm - spamlet Jul 18, 11:06 3
    - have you ever had a professional sharp carbon steel knife? -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 18, 12:43 2
      - Have you ever tried to cut through a human bone much less several? - spamlet Jul 18, 14:15 1
        
        the neck is a chain of thick bones with lots of connective tissue/cartilege, a real knife does a quick job of the muscle and sinew -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 18, 14:29
- I've heard good things about their company picnics. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jul 18, 10:43 1
  - except they only have *German* potato salad -- nm - prayformojo Jul 18, 11:07
- The camels run on time. -- nm - Dano Jul 18, 10:37
- that it was once a wholely original name for a spy organization on Archer - Jovian Jul 18, 09:18
The latest Black Eyed Peas video may be of interest to classic era rap fans -- (link) - con_carne Jul 18, 08:49 [youtube]
How you been, Harold? It's been a long time. - amoxy Jul 18, 08:44
"Mike Trout will likely pass Kirby Puckett in career fWAR sometime next year. At age 24." - ML Jul 18, 07:35 2
- that walk off last night was killer. - Mel Profit Jul 18, 09:17
- Pujols and Trout is a historic lineup pairing. -- nm - David Jul 18, 07:44
lyc I love the Subaru dog commercials -- nm - JenBro Jul 18, 07:19
Spoiler about second Ant Man post credit scene - Elvis Jul 18, 06:28 1
- I figured. -- nm - Spawn Jul 18, 11:29
spammy, we meandered our way down (through Hannibal than to Branson), but the trip back was direct - ML Jul 18, 06:13 1
- 65 does take you through several towns and I think it loses 4 lanes at some point. - spamlet Jul 18, 08:27
weird request, I know, but does anyone want to do a favor for a friend of a friend of mine? -- (edited) - znufrii Jul 18, 05:42 2
- 'Kay -- nm - Pippy Jul 18, 06:49 1
  - Thanks! -- nm - znufrii Jul 18, 06:50
Opus is on Twitter -- (link) - ML Jul 18, 05:37
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- Our company defaults to Tampa. -- nm - MDH Jul 18, 08:21
- Ha! Mine defaults to Memphis for the same reason -- nm - Pippy Jul 18, 07:10
Mop, it's not that no one cared about the flag, or thought Gawker was awful or Trump was a pig, it's just maybe not the only thing they think about or - Emoticripple Jul 18, 05:08 3
- It's bandwagoning. It's right to protest all these things. Each should have been publicly shamed long ago. -- nm - Mop Jul 18, 07:13 2
  - that's...not a bad thing. -- nm - znufrii Jul 18, 13:45
  - we've discussed all of them here, other people have on a variety of platforms; but often it takes some kind of "too far!" behavior for there - b! Jul 18, 10:40
Her Royal Heilness -- (link) - colin Jul 18, 03:52 1
- Guy Pearce was a dick! -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 18, 09:26
TMobile: 5GB of 4G data for $30/mo comes with unl txt, 100min talk -- (link) - budice Jul 18, 02:21 5
- haha, we are going backwards now. Charge for the talk! -- nm - James Bond (on phone) Jul 18, 07:51 2
  - that'd be a perfect plan for me--I hate talking on the phone -- nm - ML Jul 18, 11:25 1
    - Imagine how the other person feels -- nm - jangles Jul 18, 11:26
- They've had it for a while. It's considered prepaid though so you don't get any of the uncarrier benefits. - spamlet Jul 18, 04:40
- does... anybody use talk any more? -- nm - colin Jul 18, 03:53
Roku 3 for $58 -- (link) - budice Jul 18, 01:50

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