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"Following earlier signal problems at 34 St-Hudson Yards, 7 trains are running with delays in both directions. " - ty97 Sep 16, 07:04 1
- Great job, MTA! Waiting for the 7 yesterday had me hating the new station. - Krusty Sep 16, 07:09
Nate Silver: Much of Clinton's recent poll decline has come from Biden (not currently running) instead of Bernie. Polls are stuck in a feedback loop -- (link) - ty97 Sep 16, 06:39
Actor Steve Rannazzisi, Kevin MacArthur on The League, has admitted to lying about being in the WTC on Sept. 11th. -- (link) - Krusty Sep 16, 06:35 5
- oof -- nm - Beaker Sep 16, 06:45
- Not cool -- nm - amoxy Sep 16, 06:38
- WTF? Who would do that? -- nm - ty97 Sep 16, 06:37 2
  - Apparently a few people. He's about to lose a lot of work. And I won't be watching his special now though I will keep watching The League. - Krusty Sep 16, 06:41
  - Crazy, right? -- nm - Brian Williams Sep 16, 06:39
ST: You have your assignment -- (link) - ty97 Sep 16, 06:32 3
- Drink every time a candidate speaks. -- nm - decline Sep 16, 06:53
- Drink the first time building a wall against a country is proposed. One additional drink for each additional country. -- nm - Roger More Sep 16, 06:34 1
  - "Build a wall around Djibouti!" -- nm - Reagen Sep 16, 06:59
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- I read that earlier and got quite upset. -- nm - Krusty Sep 16, 06:36
- Every time I see an update and this story and just get angry again and need to close the window. - ty97 Sep 16, 06:34
- The Oklahoma County prosecutor, David Prater, has called the efforts to exonerate Mr. Glossip a PR campaign. - amoxy Sep 16, 06:27
- Hey! That's a 99.1% success rate. We're doing a good job -- nm - Oklahoma Sep 16, 06:26
Leury Garcia pitched. So did Alexei Ramirez. In September. - spamlet Sep 16, 06:18
Finance: HP in costcutting mode, eliminating 30,000 jobs -- (link) - budice Sep 16, 06:14
WHOA: Pentagon seeks broad changes in pay, discipline, other policies for civilian employees - MDH Sep 16, 06:13 1
- When my dad was in management with the Air Force it was pretty much impossible to fire a low performer, and you could barely give the top performers bigger raises. -- nm - Ender Sep 16, 07:08
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- I'm free tomorrow and Friday. zork, not sure which day is most convenient for you? - Roger More Sep 16, 06:32 8
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    - Or there's the El Caballito tequila bar right next door. (I've met ss) - Roger More Sep 16, 06:46 3
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        Burger's Priest is the best option if we need to grab something quickly in between films. (Is the old-timer on FB?) -- nm - Roger More Sep 16, 06:59 1
        
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    - OK, I'll figure out "quick" and "with drinks" options. -- nm - Roger More Sep 16, 06:39
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Damnit Mojo, this puzzle is going to kill me! - SleepyRoollow Sep 16, 06:08
I'm pretty sure Nik Nanos is just trying to make a friendship bracelet out of the Canadian poll numbers. -- nm - Reagen Sep 16, 05:52 1
- Thats a helluva 3way race. -- (link) - budice Sep 16, 05:57
Yeah for food poisoning. - tRuMaN Sep 16, 05:50 4
- Boston food did you in? - Mel Profit Sep 16, 06:03 3
  - No, fish tacos yesterday. I logged into the app yesterday and went into vacay. It didn't work? -- nm - tRuMaN Sep 16, 06:15 2
    - are you sure it was the tacos? You should go back and try them again just to be sure -- nm - decline Sep 16, 06:32 1
      - the truck he bought them for was having a going out of business sale -- nm - Beaker Sep 16, 06:32
Tessa Virtue was on Breakfast Television and looked fantastic. her hair was gorgeous. -- nm - zork Sep 16, 05:35
Got an e-mail from my credit card company about a charge, asking if I made it. I did not. - Covington Sep 16, 05:11 5
- Kirkland's is a chain so it may not have been made at that location. -- nm - ty97 Sep 16, 06:03
- We often try to figure out how it was stolen online and forget that we hand our card to complete strangers daily and in many cases it leaves our sight - oblique Sep 16, 05:36 1
  - often? How frequently does this happen to you? I've never had it happen to me (knock on wood) -- nm - decline Sep 16, 06:31
- It could have been stolen months ago. You'll never figure it out. -- nm - iSpam Sep 16, 05:28 1
  - or even years -- nm - decline Sep 16, 06:20
Bastard Executioner seems like an odd project for Sutter, with the rest of his stuff thus far being firmly cemented in present day -- nm - prayformojo Sep 16, 05:03 1
- I'm watching now and I'm having a hard time getting through the pilot. What is with Katy Sagal's accent? -- nm - jnine Sep 16, 05:21
Nice job, Astronauts! -- (link) - ML Sep 16, 04:27 [youtube] 7
- Judas Priest. -- nm - David Sep 16, 06:24 3
  - it's an easy fix - ML Sep 16, 06:28 2
    - Okay, thanks. -- nm - David Sep 16, 06:29 1
      - hopefully it's that easy for the other leagues -- nm - ML Sep 16, 06:31
- I can't blame them. I only changed because I happened to see your post last night. -- nm - iSpam Sep 16, 04:30 2
  - Nor I, really. Looks like PPR went off fine without a hitch so all is not lost. -- nm* - ML Sep 16, 06:02
  - Ditto. -- nm - Strongbad Sep 16, 05:29
Cats vs Zombies -- (link) - budice Sep 16, 04:09 [youtube]
NFL: Falcons sign former #1 pick Jake Long. - Strongbad Sep 16, 04:05 1
- To be fair, Long was a 4x pro-bowler and a 2x all-Pro before the injuries wrecked him - Will Hunting Sep 16, 04:08
Vamps: Looks like we need to figure out who gets Donte Moncrief, due to Foley's $9 bid. - Strongbad Sep 16, 03:59 10
- JFC. -- nm - samara Sep 16, 07:02 1
  - You spent all your money so you can't have him!!! How did you get your $100 back, steal it from Krusty? -- nm - Bacon Sep 16, 07:06
- With bid history, shouldn't be too hard to figure out. I'll look at it once I have dropped my kid off at daycare. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Sep 16, 06:53
- I also bid $1 but didn't expect to get him with 9 people in front of me. -- nm - We Bare Barons Sep 16, 06:15
- We also have a case in Astronauts where Spawn bid on both James Jones and Austin S-J(TE - Tampa). I also was #11 and had originally put $22 on the TE -- (edited) - Will Hunting Sep 16, 04:05 5
  - Jones should be mine. That's how screwed up this is. -- nm - David Sep 16, 06:29 4
    - Yeah, I figured one of the 10 prior to me wanted either guy, so I'm not expecting anything; just I know it didn't go as intended. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 16, 07:02
    - I'm fine with Green instead of ASJ if that makes things easier. - spamlet Sep 16, 06:50 2
      - What was your bid on ASJ if we were doing the expected? -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 16, 07:02
      - No, I can't reward people for screwing this up. -- nm - David Sep 16, 06:52
nicest property in New Brunswick? Yours for only $9.65 million -- (link) - Beaker Sep 16, 03:36
Alison Brie news - she's doing a British period drama -- (link) - LMS Sep 16, 03:23 1
- Go on ... -- nm - Internet Creeps Sep 16, 06:25
(╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻. ... As a workspace (pic) -- (link) - budice Sep 16, 03:00 [flickr]
swing shift out...good luck morning crew -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 16, 02:22
There was a girl in the magazine section of the grocery store this afternoon grabbing every bridal magazine in sight. - Mop Sep 15, 22:54 1
- b. hammers post -- nm* - jangles Sep 15, 23:29
9th grader builds clock, proudly brings it to school to show his teachers. Is arrested. -- (link) - Tim Sep 15, 22:29 9
- They should be in huge trouble for questioning him for an extended time and trying to get a written statement without parents nor lawyer -- nm - zork Sep 16, 05:33
- I'd like anyone who thought it was a bomb to explain why they thought it was a bomb and to also explain how it's not a clock. - Mel Profit Sep 16, 05:27 3
  - Exactly. How many different things HAVE to be included to make a bomb? I'm pretty sure even the best - Jim Sep 16, 06:14 1
    - BUT THAT'S WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE IN THE MOVIES! -- nm - spamlet Sep 16, 06:51
  - double post...oops -- nm* - Jim Sep 16, 06:13
- *smh* -- nm - znufrii Sep 16, 04:59
- You will tell time by the setting sun or else! -- nm - Beaker Sep 16, 04:55
- This story and the comments after it perfectly illustrate in my mind what is wrong with people today.... - Walt_Disney Sep 16, 04:48
- Oh dear -- nm - Karl_S Sep 16, 00:05
With Ben Carson catching up to Trump in the polls, are we back to 2012's "everyone gets a chance at the top" rodeo? - Mop Sep 15, 22:08 4
- No. Becuase Trump isn't falling back into the pack. This is more a sign of professional politicians not wanted. - Will Hunting Sep 16, 04:17
- Does it matter if we are? - con_carne Sep 15, 23:15 1
  - Entertainment value, clearly. -- nm - Mop Sep 15, 23:39
- the difference being there is no apparent Romney on the other side of the non-establishment candidates to exploit the vote splitting - jangles Sep 15, 22:29
75'th anniv. Battle of Britain commemorations -- (link) - Peglegpete Sep 15, 22:07
The Conservative Party of Canada appears to be exploiting some kind of hack on Facebook to get people to like their page. -- (link) - Mop Sep 15, 22:02 1
- This is such a BS story. Is there any evidence? Nah. Do they quote a "social media guru" who has no credentials but tweets at local journos? Yes. - Name Withheld By Request Sep 15, 22:30
All in all, I like the changes in The Taken King fairly well, but seeing how short it is makes me feel like... - David Sep 15, 21:58 1
- That game is such a time suck for me. - jaxSean Sep 15, 23:00
You know, usually I'm glad canada doesn't have the death penalty. Today might not be one of those days. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 15, 21:15 5
- Which case? I've been offline from the news today. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Sep 15, 21:45 2
  - I think this horrible one. nm but: -- (link) - i.b! Sep 15, 21:46 1
    - Oh, of course this would be it. Had heard about the father, but hadn't heard today's news. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Sep 15, 21:51
- tough cases make bad law. -- nm - Reagen Sep 15, 21:29
- So sad. -- nm - kelly Sep 15, 21:16
I don't watch tattoo shows expecting my apartment to get dusty. *Ink Master spoiler* - Krusty Sep 15, 21:00
Poll: Okay, so which ten films of the year would you put ahead of Mad Max for the Best Picture nomination? -- (edited) - ReluctantCynic Sep 15, 20:58 21
- Most of them and most of the ones you didn't include. -- nm - Volnelk Sep 16, 04:03
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- I'm hoping Brooklyn gets on the list (I'm seeing it tonight) -- nm - LMS Sep 16, 03:25
- WTF is Straight out of Compton -- nm - con_carne Sep 16, 00:56
- Just about any. -- nm - jaxSean Sep 15, 23:01
- Inside Out. -- nm - MDH Sep 15, 21:56
- I did not see Max, so I cannot judge it. -- nm - Peglegpete Sep 15, 21:34
- Jupiter Ascending -- nm - decline Sep 15, 21:21
- Carol -- nm - Ender Sep 15, 21:17
- The Good Dinosaur will be the dark horse -- nm - Beryllium Sep 15, 21:11
- Truth, Spotlight -- nm - jangles Sep 15, 21:08 1
  - Spotlight may be the front-runner -- (link) - jangles Sep 15, 21:36
- unrelated but...I'll be super pleased when "The Walk" is released - Mel Profit Sep 15, 21:05 1
  - I will be happy when it is released also, my daughter and I are tired of seeing the trailer in the theater -- nm - amoxy Sep 16, 05:33
- Spotlight is picking up lots of buzz in Toronto. Beasts of No Nation. -- nm - ty97 Sep 15, 21:05 1
  - Others to watch out for: Suffragette, Sicario, Inside Out, Brooklyn, In the Heart of the Sea -- nm - Reagen Sep 15, 21:10
- Compton and Everest won't be there. -- nm - Reagen Sep 15, 21:03 2
  - I dunno. I think it's more hope and faith than knowledge that makes me put them up there. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Sep 15, 21:05 1
    - I would give Compton a tiny chance. Everest no way. -- nm - Reagen Sep 15, 21:06
- "Man,he really likes Bridge of Spies" -- nm - Reagen Sep 15, 21:01 1
  - Fine! Whatever! -- nm* - ReluctantCynic Sep 15, 21:06
Ok, so I'm watching videos on CBS.com. Have we all seen the GMC commercial where they talk about "Rembrandts"? - Jim Sep 15, 20:58 6
- it was a nickname for greg maddux, for just that; and jon miller has occasionally referenced it. -- nm - i.b! Sep 15, 21:39 1
  - like so. nm but: -- (link) - i.b! Sep 15, 21:40
- Right up there with Cadillac's 'Disney Garage' that isn't :) -- nm - Meg Sep 15, 21:35
- I like the one where they feel the need to explain "sharp dressed" to us. -- nm - Reagen Sep 15, 21:29
- ~I'll be there for you~ -- nm - redmond Sep 15, 21:28
- Nope. -- nm - Krusty Sep 15, 21:01
watching that gong show link makes me think Mel Profit is related to Chuck Barris somehow. -- nm - Remlik Sep 15, 20:54 3
- that's one of the nicest things anyone has ever said about me on ST. -- (edited) - Mel Profit Sep 15, 21:03 2
  - I can just see you doing the clap bit he did -- nm - Remlik Sep 15, 21:08 1
    - I totally forgot about that. I had to look it up. -- (link) - Mel Profit Sep 15, 21:34
True Story: I have a niece with developmental challenges. A few years ago she & her school mates were invited to be extras in a movie... - howie Sep 15, 20:52 6
- that is so sweet but why is this room dusty? -- nm - crash davis, cranky old man Sep 15, 23:56
- Nice. -- nm - Mop Sep 15, 22:10
- aww, very nice, and much more what I would expect from him. -- nm - i.b! Sep 15, 21:45
- Hmm, I should try and clear out this surprise dust cloud -- nm - Beryllium Sep 15, 21:12
- very nice. -- nm - Remlik Sep 15, 20:56
- That's great. :-) -- nm - Krusty Sep 15, 20:55
Goddamnit WWE. You gotta warn us before putting Connor The CRUSHER Michalek on TV. -- nm - Qale Sep 15, 20:52 2
- I know. -- nm - Remlik Sep 15, 20:55 1
  - They should also warn us when Cena's decided to go back to sucking the sucky suck every Monday night. -- nm - Qale Sep 15, 21:11
Word. -- nm - Jim Sep 15, 20:42 2
- *gong* -- nm - budice Sep 15, 20:42 1
  - *triangle* -- nm - ReluctantCynic Sep 15, 20:54

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