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Grantland: It’s Time to Stop Being Stupid About Sports Gambling -- (link) - Strongbad Oct 15, 05:56 6
- It's a game of skill! -- nm - Mop Oct 15, 06:00 5
  - The rules were written this way to keep things like ST's $50 baseball league from being criminalized. - spamlet Oct 15, 06:20
  - It's very similar to poker IMO. Gambling with elements of skill included. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 15, 06:01 3
    - Or blackjack. So stop regulating card games, or start regulating fantasy sports. -- nm - Mop Oct 15, 06:15
    - It's almost all luck with a little skill. Not enough skill to not call it gambling. My only interest is getting rid of the annoying commercials and - Krusty Oct 15, 06:14
    - (and the house always wins, with a 10% rake) -- nm - Strongbad Oct 15, 06:03
Just watched the Bautista shot 5 times in a row and got goosebumps every time. -- nm - Shaun Oct 15, 05:45 14
- I'm rooting for the Jays but I hope he gets plunked for that dance. -- nm - iSpam Oct 15, 05:54 7
  - enh, i like attitude in baseball. -- nm - Andie - Go Jays! Oct 15, 05:55 6
    - I don't mind some but that was a bit much -- nm - iSpam Oct 15, 06:00
    - After that inning, every one of us here would've done that after that bomb. -- nm - Shaun Oct 15, 05:57 1
      - Probably. I would have also gotten ejected for saying something to the umpire after I crossed home plate. - Krusty Oct 15, 06:12
    - This is the same guy who's on record as saying a pitcher showed him up with a fist pump after a big strikeout a few years ago. - Will Hunting Oct 15, 05:57 2
      - oh, i am not down with the whining, but, in that circumstance, i think it was called for (regardless of who did it.) -- nm - Andie - Go Jays! Oct 15, 06:03 1
        
        I get being excited and pumped up but what did the pitcher do to deserve that. He's not an umpire. They're the ones the team was upset with. - Krusty Oct 15, 06:11
- 1985 ALCS rematch. Wooooooo! -- nm* - Baron Bostwick as Brad Majors Oct 15, 05:49
- It might be too early... how will this compare to the Joe Carter HR? Depends on how far Toronto goes? -- nm* - Strongbad Oct 15, 05:47 4
  - Toronto is basically on a city-wide high today -- nm - Andie - Go Jays! Oct 15, 05:55
  - If any fan says it's more important, they are dumb - Will Hunting Oct 15, 05:50 2
    - maybe the equal of the Alomar homer, but they'd still have to win for that. -- nm - Reagen Oct 15, 06:06
    - Yeah a 7th inning go ahead homer in the ALDS is nowhere near to a walk off WS winning homer. -- nm - Shaun Oct 15, 05:56
NY Post: Emojis are ruining civilization -- (link) - Strongbad Oct 15, 05:38 3
- The USA Today thing was stupid but only a onetime deal related to the Facebook story. The rest of this article is "kids these days!" nonsense. -- nm - Mop Oct 15, 05:58
- And that's our job -- nm - iSpam Oct 15, 05:46
- Note for USA Today: It's not good when the NY Post calls you out for dumbing things down too much... -- nm - Roger More Oct 15, 05:45
ST Techie People: My work computer did some Windows Updates and now cant seem to find my profile...... - Walt_Disney Oct 15, 05:35
Hyatt Hotels to stop offering on-demand porn movies on its room TVs -- (link) - Beaker Oct 15, 05:24 1
- Hotels make $107 *a year* per room for rentals. What a waste. Just scrap it all. Those entertainment systems are worthless. -- nm - Mop Oct 15, 05:54
Bridge is not a sport UK court rules -- (link) - Beaker Oct 15, 05:22 1
- That sentence is labored without the comma. -- nm - Mop Oct 15, 05:55
Naked woman destroys a Subway sandwich restaurant in Anchorage Tuesday night -- (link) - Strongbad Oct 15, 05:18
HRC Top Aide Huma Abedin to appear before Benghazi Committee Friday -- (link) - Strongbad Oct 15, 05:14 5
- And absolutely nothing will come of her testimony...It's all a farce -- nm - amoxy Oct 15, 06:06
- Considering a second GOP official just admitted it was all bullsh*t to hurt Hillary, this is still a story? -- nm - MDH Oct 15, 05:30 1
  - Conisdering CNN posted the story, I'd say Yes it is. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 15, 05:38
- (aka Anthony Weiner's wife) -- nm - Strongbad Oct 15, 05:15 1
  - And I'm sure they'll ask her about him in an attempt to embarrass her. -- nm - Mop Oct 15, 05:33
in News That Won't Surprise David: Warrick Dunn has quietly given 145 homes to single parent families -- (link) - prayformojo Oct 15, 04:58 3
- He seems like a great guy. Piss poor writing in the article, though. He's been doing this since 1997 while he was playing. - Inigo Oct 15, 05:15 1
  - Another nitpick: it doesn't necessarily seem to be single-parent families. -- nm - Mop Oct 15, 05:45
- Great guy. Great role model. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 15, 05:04
If you don't want your tattoos to die with you, a new organization will preserve them, skin and all......(link) - Walt_Disney Oct 15, 04:49 1
- CEO Ramsay Bolton says "Flaying has always been my way of life" -- nm - Beaker Oct 15, 05:16
Saw the Queer as Folk news on bWhatever, so disappointed it wasn't referring to the Aiden Gillen/Charlie Hunnan version. -- nm - LMS Oct 15, 04:48
Stupid internal body clock! Why do I even bother setting an alarm for 5 AM if you're going to wake me at 4:30?! -- nm - Mop Oct 15, 04:44 1
- Note to self; Band name: Cicada Rhythm - Mop Oct 15, 05:32
TV PSA: TNF, Bones, Grey's Anatomy, Scandal, HTGAWM, Heroes, Vampire Diaries, WWE, Sleepy Hollow, Blacklist, Originals, Haven, The Player, MLB -- (edited) - Beaker Oct 15, 03:55
You're the Worst S2 has been kinda weak but sticking with it really pays off in tonight's episode -- nm - mud Oct 14, 22:51
Survivor spoils - Bury'm Oct 14, 22:00 2
- "Abbi is crazy" is not a spoiler. -- nm - Mop Oct 15, 04:45
- Spoils - Bury'm Oct 14, 22:00
Ok, this is funny -- (link) - IrishStephen Oct 14, 21:48 7
- Huh, so the Governor of Texas shares a brain with Redmond. -- nm - Roger More Oct 15, 04:23 1
  - sounds about right -- nm - prayformojo Oct 15, 04:51
- Especially as it is the opposite of what the first was, so if anything, it helps her. -- nm - Spawn Oct 14, 22:40 3
  - I don't understand. He's congratulation-jinxing her for the nomination, isn't he? -- nm - Bury'm Oct 14, 22:46 2
    - But he wanted the first to be true, so it wasn't. -- nm - Spawn Oct 14, 22:48 1
      - Yep. -- nm - mud Oct 14, 22:58
- Yep. -- nm - Mop Oct 14, 21:54
Man, the nightlife in Portland on a Wednesday night is *hopping*. - Mop Oct 14, 21:41 1
- trust fund kids, cities are full of them, they are 20ish, 30ish, eat whatever, when your 40 it starts adding, when your 50 it starts piling on -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 15, 00:50
Huh. Ghost Hunters is still on the air. I used to be a big watcher but quit it maybe 5 years ago. The lead "investigator" has ... changed. - Mop Oct 14, 21:10 5
- We're often approached by paranormal groups wanting to investigate the Stanley Ranch House. - Meg Oct 14, 21:34
- yeah ... i was a religious viewer once as well . . . it's just not the same anymore . . . -- nm - call me The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown Oct 14, 21:24 1
  - I'm surprised at how little has changed. Same investigators, same techniques, same style of production. I guess it just got tired and old. -- nm - Mop Oct 14, 21:36
- Have they ever found anything? Anything? -- nm - amoxy Oct 14, 21:12 1
  - Almost every episode, they'd show stuff moving, falling, lights, etc. - Mop Oct 14, 21:21
Yeah, this is the guy I would want babysitting my 12-year-old daughter. -- (link) - GregW Oct 14, 20:43 5
- impulse control issues -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 14, 22:20 1
  - she could have been a Starwars fan -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 15, 01:57
- Uhm... fiancee? - Spawn Oct 14, 22:08
- i'm all for forgiveness, 2nd chances, and all of that . . . BUT . . . -- (edited) - call me The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown Oct 14, 20:52 1
  - and I shudder when the first reply that comes to mind is he is better than the last person she dated. -- nm - Peglegpete Oct 14, 20:55
Hey Spawn! - David Oct 14, 20:12 2
- My god! THat's not Spawn! THAT'S CRASH DAVIS! -- nm - Remlik Oct 14, 20:13 1
  - Crash has more tactical awareness. -- nm - David Oct 14, 20:15
What is it with Texas governors? -- (link) - David Oct 14, 19:58
Next stop: Gatwick -- nm - jangles Oct 14, 19:54 1
- Cheerio old chum! -- nm - Go Jays! ⚾️ Oct 14, 19:56
last night's Limitless would be a good one to submit to the Emmys. -- nm - Reagen Oct 14, 19:50 1
- I preferred the previous episode. -- nm - Dano Oct 14, 20:15
The state of Texas is not having an optimal day. -- nm - Go Jays! ⚾️ Oct 14, 19:42 2
- Because Truman is there? -- nm - Bacon Oct 14, 19:56
- Signed, every day. -- nm - ty97 Oct 14, 19:46
Marcus Stroman tweet from March 12th -- (link) - mud Oct 14, 19:32 6
- My hero, the performance-enhancing drug taker. -- nm - David Oct 14, 19:44 1
  - he's your hero? well that is weird. -- nm - mud Oct 14, 19:48
- "and involve three straight errors somehow" -- nm - Reagen Oct 14, 19:41 2
  - "and Rule 6.02(b)" -- nm - mud Oct 14, 19:44 1
    - "I realize this is extremely specific but I have a feeling" -- nm - Reagen Oct 14, 19:46
- BOOM! -- nm - Subversive Oct 14, 19:33
was just checking in on HSX for the 1st time since this morning . . . it's days like this that i'm glad i'm holding the occasional penny stock . . . - call me The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown Oct 14, 19:26
Man, if there's one s/w product that keeps updating, but I for the life of me can never detect any changes, it's Adobe Reader -- nm - con_carne Oct 14, 19:12 2
- Zats cause all the updates are security patches -- nm - JD Oct 14, 19:14
- They are typically security updates because Adobe sucks at securing their software. - iSpam Oct 14, 19:14
Watching Sportscenter and I'm really I impressed by the interview that Elvis Andrus gave -- nm* - JD Oct 14, 19:08
Homeland prank article on WaPo -- (link) - Bury'm Oct 14, 18:55
yippie ki- . . . oh, who am i kidding . . . DIe Hard 6: Too hard, too damn tired . . . -- nm - call me The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown Oct 14, 18:39 1
- Viaguns: If you have to shoot more than 4 bad guys in an hour, call for backup -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 14, 19:16
twas a nice dinner with the pippy, shay, and something called a roo. - Truman Oct 14, 18:39 14
- Awesome! -- nm - Krusty Oct 14, 19:46
- I heard roos have rabies. -- nm - Qale Oct 14, 18:59 6
  - Pippy's a grandma? -- nm - Peglegpete Oct 14, 19:06 4
    - Apparently I act like my grandma so I'm halfway there -- nm - Roolulu Oct 15, 04:30
    - I wish! -- nm - Pippy Oct 14, 19:08 2
      - Simmer down, you can't be a grandma at 28. - ty97 Oct 14, 19:39 1
        
        :/ -- nm - Pippy Oct 14, 20:01
  - No - roobies. -- nm - Bury'm Oct 14, 18:59
- whered you guys dine at? -- nm - budice Oct 14, 18:51 3
  - Cantina Laredo -- nm - Pippy Oct 14, 19:09 2
    - I like the CL in the airport -- nm - iSpam Oct 14, 19:37 1
      - Pretty much the place to eat in DFW airport - ty97 Oct 14, 19:40
- Great to see you! I passed Humperdinks on the way home. Good burgers if you need a recommendation -- nm - Pippy Oct 14, 18:48
- :) - yay for good company on the road! -- nm - b. Oct 14, 18:47
Canadian Politics: The Liberals still have not learned from 10 years out of government and may have just lost a majority possibility....(link) - Walt_Disney Oct 14, 18:35 1
- The Liberals need to be much higher for a majority. If today's numbers hold, they aren't a lock for a minority yet. - Name Withheld By Request Oct 14, 19:46
TheTweetoOfG-d has seemed extra ornery this week. I concur with his (profane) response to more elephants being poisoned in zimbabwe, though. nm but: -- (link) - b. Oct 14, 18:34 4
- And who says God isn't an angry God (sometimes). - IrishStephen Oct 14, 18:39 2
  - not me. I'm all for smoting. (I was thinking of some exchanges He had the other day with ricky gervais, now maybe deleted.) -- nm - b. Oct 14, 18:45 1
    - Ricky Gervais has my utmost respect for all the animal advocacy that he does. -- nm - IrishStephen Oct 14, 19:12
- One biblical smoting, coming up. -- nm - Bury'm Oct 14, 18:36
Passport processing said to be back to normal. -- nm - Meg Oct 14, 18:30
I cannot/will-not watch this, just thinking about it is icky; but, sure, I'll share - chargers lb hekking can really really eat a lot and fast. nm but -- (link) - b. Oct 14, 18:29 1
- And seriously, he doesn't even look all that big, imagine what offensive lineman can put away. -- nm - IrishStephen Oct 14, 19:15
some bagged Dole spinach recalled - sold in 13 states, none in the west. nm but: -- (link) - b. Oct 14, 18:25
Meg, the owner of the brothel has a reality show. The Kardashian's have a reality show. It's the perfect storm and Lamar Odom is a bobbing ship - Bacon Oct 14, 18:19 4
- bobbing -- nm - Max Oct 14, 18:37
- I'm waiting for the investigation of how he got the cocaine. -- nm - Meg Oct 14, 18:23 2
  - I am sure CrankYanker has an alibi -- nm - Bacon Oct 14, 18:32 1
    - Oh, he's over that....... - Meg Oct 14, 18:33
Huh, so Louis CK was in Pootie Tang -- nm - Roger More Oct 14, 18:19 5
- he also directed pootie tang!...nm - x Oct 14, 18:20 4
  - Sa Da Te .. Wa da ta -- nm - budice Oct 14, 18:52
  - We hopefully all learn from our failures, but damn! -- nm - Roger More Oct 14, 18:22 2
    - And wrote. Naturally, talk show hosts like to remind him of this frequently (esp. Conan) - con_carne Oct 14, 18:24 1
      - It's actually OK, but flawed. -- nm - Reagen Oct 14, 18:34
Not sure what Troye Sivan is up to. Is Blue Neighborhood the title of his full length whereas Wild was just the EP? Regardless... smexy. -- (link) - Qale Oct 14, 18:19 [youtube] 2
- yes, BN is an LP. -- nm - b. Oct 14, 18:22 1
  - It's fairly odd seeing him subscribe to that old school structure of releasing things. -- nm - Qale Oct 14, 18:26
Starting tonight, Tesla Model S will have "Autopilot" -- nm - jangles Oct 14, 18:10 5
- Relatedly, RIP Toyota gas-powered vehicles -- (link) - jangles Oct 14, 18:18 3
  - HYDROGEN IS STILL A GAS -- nm - Bury'm Oct 14, 18:37 1
    - Er, well if you want to be states of matter picky, the traditional 'gas' is a liquid -- nm - JD Oct 14, 19:10
  - I was thinking of my 4-Runner loving friends...and then saw the 2050 target date...... - Meg Oct 14, 18:25
- What could go wrong? -- nm - Skynet Oct 14, 18:17
While nobody else is watching Quantico, I do have a little speculation (speculation spoilers after Episode 3) - ty97 Oct 14, 18:10 2
- We're (guiltily) watching it, too! (spoilers?) - IrishStephen Oct 14, 19:46 1
  - spoilers - ty97 Oct 14, 20:32
Survivor spoils - Volnelk Oct 14, 18:10
London calling -- nm - jangles Oct 14, 18:08

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