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Sean Payton says Rob Ryan 'absolutely' still his DC -- (link) - Beaker Nov 16, 14:49 1
- But his boo may have changed. -- nm - Max Nov 16, 14:51
Oh, of course FL refuses immigrants. Don't they still have a housing crisis there? -- nm - Beryllium Nov 16, 14:48
Rdio ... dead? -- nm - Beryllium Nov 16, 14:47 2
- Rdio *is* dead. -- nm - Linguo si Nov 16, 14:53
- I occasionally used a service called "6 Seconds", which has now been crippled and rebranded. -- nm - psilotum Nov 16, 14:48
Here's a weird thought I just had: I'd like to see NFL game footage with all the players erased from the video, and just refs running around. -- nm - Max Nov 16, 14:47 3
- this would be pretty funny with hockey, too -- nm - Beryllium Nov 16, 14:47 2
  - and also MMA -- nm - Max Nov 16, 14:48
  - yes! -- nm - Max Nov 16, 14:48
Better Call Saul season 2 premieres February 15th -- nm - Beaker Nov 16, 14:39
Agent Carter season 2 will premiere Tuesday, January 5, 2016 -- nm - Beaker Nov 16, 14:36 4
- Excellent! -- nm - TWuG Nov 16, 14:37
- zzzzzzzz -- nm - groiny Nov 16, 14:36 2
  - but ... but ... (spoils) - Beryllium Nov 16, 14:39 1
    - she is very pretty, but still, zzzzzzzzzz -- nm - groiny Nov 16, 14:40
ST Travel Service - opinions on WestJet? Another low fare - high fee airline, right? -- nm - Meg Nov 16, 14:21 6
- Ah, thank you. I wasn't familiar with them but have been researching flights to Nova Scotia and they seem to be the airline of choice. -- nm - Meg Nov 16, 14:26
- I've never had a problem with Westjet, and will be flying with them this week. -- nm - Roger More Nov 16, 14:26
- I've always been a fan. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Nov 16, 14:25
- I've never flown them so can't provide much input. They partner with Delta if you collect Delta miles -- (link) - ty97 Nov 16, 14:24
- i love WestJet. -- nm - Andie Nov 16, 14:22
- *shrug* they've been low fare, low fee for me. Probably the best airline in Canada at the moment. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 16, 14:22
Dixie Chicks to tour... -- (link) - Remlik Nov 16, 14:20 7
- Were there ever Tool dates/locations announced? -- nm - JaxSean Nov 16, 14:59 3
  - nope. -- nm - Remlik Nov 16, 15:14
  - they're opening for Dixie Chicks, i believe -- nm - prayformojo Nov 16, 15:00
  - HAAAAA - charlie brown - you are so funny -- nm - Epiphany Nov 16, 15:00
- That's crazy, we have a Democrat in the White House. -- nm - Max Nov 16, 14:34
- They are playing Madison Square Garden on my birthday. Hmmmm. -- nm - ty97 Nov 16, 14:25
- Jesus, Groundhog Day wasn't lying -- nm - sweet baboo Nov 16, 14:21
Chastain and Blunt in tight clothing? I haven't been this teased since Beckinsale and Biel in Total Recall -- nm - CQ Nov 16, 14:14 3
- One would think you'd have learned your lesson. -- nm - Roger More Nov 16, 14:26
- Lose the ginger and you might be onto something -- nm - sweet baboo Nov 16, 14:20 1
  - She has soared into my laminated list. I'm not a huge ginger fan and she's just fantastical -- nm - CQ Nov 16, 14:40
French military are writing "From Paris With Love" on the bombs they are dropping on Isis -- (link) - Remlik Nov 16, 14:14 10
- I love that it's in English. When bombing your enemies, best to use the lingua franca. -- nm - Mop Nov 16, 14:33
- Okay I have had a question for a couple days. If they knew where ISIS was, why hasn't anyone bombed them there before? - Bacon Nov 16, 14:17 8
  - They've largely increased the frequency of the bombing (and I'm guessing they've been just a little bit less worried about collateral damage). -- nm - pmb Nov 16, 14:21 2
    - I also expect that previous bombings were tied in to large military operations (supporting other attacks). In this case I think it was on a larger - pmb Nov 16, 14:33
    - That last collateral damage point makes sense of something that might be different now. -- nm - Bacon Nov 16, 14:22
  - they have....but these guys just scurry all over the are they control. -- nm - Remlik Nov 16, 14:19
  - they have been... -- nm - Andie Nov 16, 14:18 3
    - Then why is the paper writing like this his some NEW THING. -- nm - Bacon Nov 16, 14:20 2
      - Because papers always like to pretend it's some new thing. That's why it's called news. -- nm - Roger More Nov 16, 15:12
      - When Egypt bombed ISIS in Libya for the beheadings of Christian Egyptians that was a new thing. Is my example of how these headlines read -- nm - Bacon Nov 16, 14:22
Delta to stop accepting pets as checked baggage -- (link) - ty97 Nov 16, 14:14
Baked ziti is in the oven. It'll be ready in 15. Warm bread too. -- nm - CQ Nov 16, 14:11 1
- Kids are just walking black holes for food -- nm - sweet baboo Nov 16, 14:13
And some good news: I accompanied by cousin and her 17 year old daughter on a college tour over the weekend in Texas. - ty97 Nov 16, 14:08 4
- congrats! -- nm - Epiphany Nov 16, 14:13 2
  - I should also note two other things from college day. - ty97 Nov 16, 14:17 1
    - I know what you mean - I see kids behind the wheels of trucks who look like 12 year olds -- nm - Epiphany Nov 16, 14:19
- Texas, you say?? -- nm - Cappie Nov 16, 14:09
So my brother is being sent to another specialist. If they can't figure it out, his doctor is sending him to Mayo Clinic or a med school. - ty97 Nov 16, 14:06 7
- Sorry dude. -- nm - iSpam Nov 16, 14:17
- House -- nm - sweet baboo Nov 16, 14:08 5
  - Brother's partner just now in group text: "This is seriously becoming a House M.D. Scenario" - ty97 Nov 16, 14:10 4
    - TY Syndrome -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 16, 14:46
    - It's not lupus ... right? -- nm - Beryllium Nov 16, 14:27 2
      - No one understood that joke when I made it :( -- nm - ty97 Nov 16, 14:29 1
        
        :-( -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 16, 14:31
I keep missing my bus. like I know there's a bus coming in three minutes and then I start something else and miss it. - fabulous squad Nov 16, 14:02 1
- Wait just one more thing -- nm - sweet baboo Nov 16, 14:03
Fast and Furious sequels, spinoffs and prequels coming... -- (link) - Remlik Nov 16, 14:01 4
- I'd be interested in a prequel. I got a real kick out seeing race wars again in the most recent film -- nm - JD Nov 16, 14:25
- I guess ISIS really has won -- nm - sweet baboo Nov 16, 14:04 2
  - Nope this is another middle finger to Isis! -- nm - Remlik Nov 16, 14:12 1
    - ISIS sucks! -- nm - Pats fan Nov 16, 14:24
Wait, this is a sequel to the other Hunstsman movie? I feel like this is completely unnecessary. -- nm - sycor Nov 16, 13:55 10
- *shrug* good time for it with Frozen and Grimm and Once Upon a Time all doing well. -- nm - Remlik Nov 16, 14:00
- prequel -- nm - Roger More Nov 16, 13:56 8
  - either way. Complete not necessary. -- nm - sycor Nov 16, 13:59 6
    - Universal will give you 155 million reasons why it is necessary :) -- nm - ty97 Nov 16, 14:01 5
      - try nearly $400 million. -- nm - Remlik Nov 16, 14:02 4
        
        I would have never guessed this. I only remembered it not making back it's budget in the US. - sycor Nov 16, 14:06 2
        
        Except for Stewart I really liked it. Theron was terrific in it...plays a great villian -- nm - Remlik Nov 16, 14:11 1
        
        even Spawn liked it except for Stewart. -- nm - Remlik Nov 16, 14:14
        
        Ah true, I was being US myopic. -- nm - ty97 Nov 16, 14:03
  - (and that implies the first movie was necessary) -- nm* - Roger More Nov 16, 13:56
Is Chastain holding antlers?? da fuq. (I think I still want to see it.) -- nm - gravy Nov 16, 13:38 5
- They won't see much use as she'll browbeat her enemies to death. -- nm - Max Nov 16, 13:40 4
  - I thought that's what the high heels were for -- nm - sweet baboo Nov 16, 14:04 2
    - no, no, no. High heels are for exploring dinosaur parks. -- nm - Andie Nov 16, 14:05 1
      - And Bryce Dallas Howard. Effin gingers -- nm - sweet baboo Nov 16, 14:08
  - I think she'd disembowel herself going to the bathroom -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 16, 13:51
Doctor Who & Game of Thrones crossover -- (link) - Peglegpete Nov 16, 13:37 1
- Martin will write that on his blog -- nm - Remlik Nov 16, 13:39
the Chastain poster is like a Medieval Apparel ad. - Reagen Nov 16, 13:35 2
- She can zero my dark thirty any time. -- nm - Green Baron Casserole Nov 16, 13:39 1
  - If you don't feel bad about that, you should. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 16, 13:43
Hey, governors of 15 states and counting, I'm sure glad immigration is a federal issue. Because you guys suck balls. -- nm - Mop Nov 16, 13:31 1
- so if Immigration allows some refugees to come to the US, how can a state refuse to allow them to move or be placed there? - zeitgeist Nov 16, 14:39
Memento 2 was already IPOd. Don't you remember? Check your wrist. - toblr.2 Nov 16, 13:31 1
- *performs a quick VSE* -- nm - Thomas Covenant Nov 16, 13:41
Just spotted on Facebook ... "If only we had a seasonally appropriate story about middle eastern people being turned away by the heartless." -- nm* - Andie Nov 16, 13:30 1
- heh -- nm - prayformojo Nov 16, 13:31
Extra large order of mental brillo: STAT -- nm - oblique, Head Astronaut Nov 16, 13:29
now that would be a great drive-in triple feature (at the Bengies): Peanuts Movie, The Martian and Young Frankenstein -- nm - prayformojo Nov 16, 13:25 3
- The connection between those three movies seems rather tenuous. -- nm - Mop Nov 16, 13:59
- Nice. I'm sad I didn't take the kids this year. -- nm - Inigo Nov 16, 13:28 1
  - yeah, we didn't even get close to going -- nm - prayformojo Nov 16, 13:31
Just another of those things from the right (and Bill Maher) that I don't understand. Why is it so important that we identify radical islam as the - pmb Nov 16, 13:21 54
- Vox has a good summary of this debate. And I was kind of surprised to see how far back it goes. - ReluctantCynic Nov 16, 14:17 3
  - Thanks. That's interesting. -- nm - pmb Nov 16, 14:43
  - Huh, Rubio went straight to Godwin's Law -- nm - Roger More Nov 16, 14:23
  - All the way back to GWB taking the exact position Jeb! & Co. are trying to score points on now -- nm - sweet baboo Nov 16, 14:19
- we should just round up all the Muslims, put them all in a pot, make Muslim soup and feed the homeless for years. nm -- nm - groiny Nov 16, 14:13 20
  - please don't -- (edited) - Andie Nov 16, 14:14 19
    - and of course I am joking. nm -- nm - groiny Nov 16, 14:21 17
      - right, but it's too close to what people really feel and i'm seeing too much of... -- nm - Andie Nov 16, 14:25 16
        
        now you know how I feel when people wanna take my guns away. -- nm - groiny Nov 16, 14:34 15
        
        meaning that punishing everyone for the crimes of a few. -- nm - groiny Nov 16, 14:36 14
        
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        work fine from my perspective. - groiny Nov 16, 14:42 12
        
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        it is absolutely what was said. nm -- nm - groiny Nov 16, 15:00
        
        this is copied from what he did say - Epiphany Nov 16, 15:00 9
        
        correct. and I like David, but I am very tired of the whole thing. - groiny Nov 16, 15:04 4
        
        . -- nm* - toblr.2 Nov 16, 15:16 3
        
        who the fuck asked for your stupid ass opinion? nm -- nm - groiny Nov 16, 15:17 2
        
        and you do not even have the courage to stand by what you say, you had to erase it. nm -- nm - groiny Nov 16, 15:18 1
        
        Alright. But it's okay for you to do what you ask us not to. That makes you a hypocrite. - toblr.2 Nov 16, 15:23
        
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        oh, fuck off Jack, you know damn well right that is not the same. - groiny Nov 16, 15:06 2
        
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        right, and see how the race in question would feel about that statement. - groiny Nov 16, 15:11
    - well, good for them! -- nm - groiny Nov 16, 14:15
- You are right. We cannot bomb or kill all Islam Fundamentalists. We have to start by getting the world to acknowledge the problem begins with - GregW Nov 16, 13:38
- I don't recall any terrorists who weren't invoking Islam as a basis for their actions but so what - sweet baboo Nov 16, 13:37 3
  - The guy who bombed the Murrah building. -- nm - toblr.2 Nov 16, 13:40
  - What's your timeline? Eric Rudolph, the IRA, the Tamil Tigers... -- nm - Reagen Nov 16, 13:38 1
    - I meant post 9-11 in that region -- nm - sweet baboo Nov 16, 13:40
- Because one person's extremism is another's virtue. - Roger More Nov 16, 13:35 3
  - I had an aquaintance of an aquaintance post on FB that the solution is for "everyone to convert to the Roman Catholic church" - Reagen Nov 16, 13:37 2
    - He sounds objective -- nm - Roger More Nov 16, 13:56
    - eesh -- nm - Epiphany Nov 16, 13:40
- by labeling it as Islam, we absolve ourselves of the idea that we in the West had any role in the development of their violent ideology -- (edited) - znufrii Nov 16, 13:32 9
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    - *handwaves* because it's Islam, it's over *there*, it has nothing to do with us! -- nm - znufrii Nov 16, 13:43 6
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        the label frames the debate -- (edited) - znufrii Nov 16, 13:56 4
        
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        They are reducing to that. They want to reduce it to that. And they don't want to have honest discussions. - toblr.2 Nov 16, 14:18 2
        
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        We try -- nm - toblr.2 Nov 16, 14:53
    - He's got it right. Christians, Americans aren't involved in their version. -- nm - toblr.2 Nov 16, 13:43
- You know who has killed more than Islamists? - Spawn Nov 16, 13:28 4
  - Diabeetus? -- nm - Beryllium Nov 16, 14:11
  - Hippos? -- nm - JenBro Nov 16, 14:10 2
    - That's gotdamn right! -- nm - sweet baboo Nov 16, 14:12 1
      - I think I saw it on facebook someplace ... :) -- nm - JenBro Nov 16, 14:23
- Because they believe this is a fight against Islam, and want the language to reflect that. -- nm - Inigo Nov 16, 13:24 1
  - Right, but in the next breath they will say it's not about all Islam, just the radicals. -- nm - pmb Nov 16, 13:25
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  - Yes, in theory. But, a) we're not the ones who are going to be able to solve their religious doctrine and b) that's not what Ted Cruz and others are - pmb Nov 16, 13:24 1
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I have summer of 69 stuck in my head. -- nm - fabulous squad Nov 16, 13:18 8
- Say It Right -- nm - Max Nov 16, 13:28 1
  - " Denise. Denise. Denise - *funny look on her face* Dee Nice" -- nm - kids in the substitute teacher's class Nov 16, 13:33
- He puts on a very good live show. Saw him open for the Stones 15 years ago -- nm - amoxy Nov 16, 13:24 2
  - Dec. 6 1969 Altamont raceway free concert :( -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 16, 13:33 1
    - Brian Adams was at Altamont??? -- nm - amoxy Nov 16, 14:03
- If I had my way... -- nm - Spawn Nov 16, 13:19
- Those were the best days of my life -- nm - sweet baboo Nov 16, 13:19
- OOH YEAH! -- nm - groiny Nov 16, 13:18
Roll it -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 16, 13:16 1
- ::dances:: -- nm - Bean Footage Nov 16, 13:16

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