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Colin Farrell as John Constantine for Justice League Dark...they want him and Monica Belluci as Madame Xandau -- (link) - Remlik Nov 17, 16:09
crazy ex girlfriend is actually kind of great. do any of you watch it? -- nm - all the boys love christine baranski Nov 17, 16:09
Microsoft Band 2's new Smart Alarm wakes you up based on your physiology - Max Nov 17, 16:08
Okay, we're all caught up on the three-part Girl Meets World in Texas episodes. Thanks for not spoiling them, ST! -- nm - David Nov 17, 16:02 2
- The investigation into the serial killings was an unexpected twist. -- nm - Mop Nov 17, 16:08 1
  - were they really serial killings, or just a mass murder? -- nm - Beryllium Nov 17, 16:09
Oh, how quaint. It's November 17. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 17, 15:51 2
- Happy Life Day! -- (link) - Remlik Nov 17, 15:56 [youtube] 1
  - Well, I was talking about a terrorist organization. This is ... much more horrible. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 17, 16:04
b.! Pat McCormick lives! - IrishStephen Nov 17, 15:49 2
- well now. that's great, except how it's awful! I hope he's doing well! -- nm - b. Nov 17, 15:51 1
  - there's something really messed-up there. his son apparently really thought he had died. yikes. nm but: -- (link) - b. Nov 17, 15:53
Nevermind -- nm* - budice Nov 17, 15:45 4
- Is it April 6, 2014 again? -- nm - Mop Nov 17, 15:46 3
  - It was just weird randomness on the Twitter feed. -- nm - budice Nov 17, 15:50 1
    - Question authority! And Twitter, too. -- nm - Mop Nov 17, 15:56
  - He was just missing him. -- nm - Krusty Nov 17, 15:48
Holy smoke, do the effects in the trailer for Gods of Egypt look laughable. Just terrible. -- nm* - Volnelk Nov 17, 15:45 5
- No way! Looks awesome! -- nm - IrishStephen Nov 17, 16:00 1
  - Oh god. Disagree. It looks absurd. -- nm - Volnelk Nov 17, 16:18
- Did you know that one of them is named Isis? -- nm - Mop Nov 17, 15:46 2
  - Doesn't appear so, at least according to IMDB. -- nm - Volnelk Nov 17, 15:50 1
    - They're white washing ancient history! -- nm - Mop Nov 17, 15:57
why was Andy Dalton so offended over JJ Watt's little joke? That wasn't a big deal. -- nm* - Diva Nov 17, 15:33 6
- He's a baby I heard the audio clip of him responding and his feelings were hurt. -- nm - Bacon Nov 17, 16:13
- I thought it was funny and Dalton came off as a whiner -- nm - amoxy Nov 17, 16:02
- it's not the worst thing ever, of course; but it is disrespectful and takes things to a personal level. - b. Nov 17, 15:44
- I don't think he was really. People blowing it up into something it wasn't. -- nm - Volnelk Nov 17, 15:44 2
  - he sounded pretty offended. going on about how kids look up to Watt and the integrity of the game. - Diva Nov 17, 16:00
  - His comment was a bit much, so I think he was to some extent. - Spawn Nov 17, 15:58
Is it true that we accidentally swallow spiders when we sleep? -- (link) - Covington Nov 17, 15:28 8
- No, but it's true that they use orifices as a midden. -- nm - Max Nov 17, 15:50
- So, ST, what are we doing tonight and every night until I die to keep me awake. - ty97 Nov 17, 15:32 3
  - we don't have to do anything. because your apt. is so warm, all the snakes in town will be with you soon. -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 17, 15:46 1
    - I'm not worried about snakes. The rats eat them. -- nm* - ty97 Nov 17, 15:51
  - They're more afraid of you than you are of them, spider eater. -- nm - Mop Nov 17, 15:34
- :-( -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 17, 15:31
- The NSA knows. -- nm - Mop Nov 17, 15:30
- Call it what you like...*zipper* -- nm - Cosby Nov 17, 15:30
2016 Prez Race: Jindal drops out -- (link*) - budice Nov 17, 15:15 13
- Npr, spent most of his campaign mired in single digit polling...TDS most polls he did not register any digits -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 17, 15:56
- "Jindal is the next Ronald Reagan" -- (link) - Rush, 2008 Nov 17, 15:54
- Dude, you lost to *Lindsey Graham* -- nm - Max Nov 17, 15:51
- He's suspending his campaign so he can focus on persecuting Syrians. -- nm - Mop Nov 17, 15:36
- Yay! -- nm - Jindal's skeletons Nov 17, 15:27
- "I'd like to thank all my supporters . . . er. . . both my supporters." -- nm - Bobby Jindal Nov 17, 15:25
- Damn. Too late for Colbert to include in tonight's show. Must watch tomorrow. -- nm - pmb Nov 17, 15:24
- Another Kook bites the dust. -- nm - Bacon Nov 17, 15:23
- *fist pump* -- nm - Jeb! Nov 17, 15:22 1
  - You just inched up from 4.7% to 4.7%! -- nm - ty97 Nov 17, 15:23
- Down to 217 GOP candidates. -- nm - ty97 Nov 17, 15:16 2
  - 0 qualified ones. -- nm - David Nov 17, 15:21 1
    - They're all uniquely unqualified. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 17, 15:27
Jindal might be tapping out of the race in a few minutes -- nm - Beryllium Nov 17, 15:11
It's that time of year when my landlord tries to smoke me out of my bedroom with absurd levels of heat. -- nm - ty97 Nov 17, 15:11
I'm very tempted to get this. -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 17, 15:05
Great, it's supposed to be 59 degrees on Thanksgiving -- nm - sweet baboo Nov 17, 15:01
Guy Fieri says Anthony Bourdain 'has issues'. Let that sink in for a minute. -- nm - Mop Nov 17, 14:58 2
- who doesn't? -- nm - b. Nov 17, 15:12
- Meh, both sets of issues are reasonably well-known. -- nm - Roger More Nov 17, 15:04
Spotted on Twitter: Someone whose Facebook account was suspended because her first name is "Isis". - Beryllium Nov 17, 14:55 4
- Isis used to associated with a pagan goddess and there are probably hundreds if not thousands of gals, as well as various women's groups -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 17, 15:09
- I wonder if Anonymous is going to go after her. -- nm - Bacon Nov 17, 14:58
- ugh. it should not have taken that second step to get it fixed. -- nm - b. Nov 17, 14:56 1
  - Agreed. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 17, 15:06
b. - Qale Nov 17, 14:50 7
- Q! - b. Nov 17, 14:56 6
  - b! - Qale Nov 17, 14:58 5
    - Q! - b. Nov 17, 15:02 4
      - b! Playlist Link is ready! -- (edited) - Qale Nov 17, 15:08 3
        
        Q.! woo! thanks! -- (edited) - b. Nov 17, 15:46 2
        
        b. - Qale Nov 17, 15:54 1
        
        Q! I'll make sure to save them separately, just in case. :) - -- nm* - b. Nov 17, 15:56
Only played a few minutes but Battlefront is as cool as you think. Flew an X-Wing. Shot tie fighters. It's awesome. -- nm - Volnelk Nov 17, 14:50 5
- Greetings, Starfighter -- nm - sweet baboo Nov 17, 15:02
- My name on PC version is Bacontimeoink and I am loving it. Playing with mouse and keyboard and my mouse hand is cramping up. -- nm - Bacon Nov 17, 14:54 2
  - fell out of practice now that you're married eh? - Remlik Nov 17, 15:43
  - As a tie fighter I was able to do some damage to the Millennium Falcon but couldn't finish it off. -- nm - Bacon Nov 17, 14:55
- *Counting down the hours until I can get out of here, go home, have dinner with the family, help with homework, put the kids to bed, and finally play! -- nm - IrishStephen Nov 17, 14:51
The $10B Sports Tab - How College Students Are Funding the Athletics Arms Race -- (link) - Strongbad Nov 17, 14:40 3
- Of 200 division I schools listed, *SIX* are revenue neutral or better. 194 schools survive on subsidies from the institution, student fees, and more. -- nm - Mop Nov 17, 15:07 2
  - Well it's not like they are paid athletes or something -- nm - sweet baboo Nov 17, 15:21 1
    - "We can't pay athletes! If we started do that, imagine how much *more* in the red we'd be!" -- nm - Mop Nov 17, 15:29
I am baking the best pie in the world. -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 17, 14:35 2
- With your fruit ? -- nm - Meg Nov 17, 14:47 1
  - you must not have seen Supergirl last night...pecan chocolate chip. -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 17, 15:04
Jesse Plemons could stand to maybe take up jogging. -- nm - Reagen Nov 17, 14:27 2
- the casting breakdown for his role in Fargo described his character as 'a cow of a man'. - Diva Nov 17, 14:54
- I also may have to add Jeffrey Donovan to my list of chameleons. -- nm - Reagen Nov 17, 14:32
that reminds me, I watched the "veronica mars" movie the other night. (spoilery) - b. Nov 17, 14:24 3
- I agree. I binged the series immediately before watching the movie. -- nm - psilotum Nov 17, 14:32
- b! - budice Nov 17, 14:26 1
  - boo.! - b. Nov 17, 14:28
oh and btw, Gotham was actually great last night. -- nm - Jovian Nov 17, 14:17 4
- "You know what I like about those glasses?" -- nm - Beryllium Nov 17, 15:08 1
  - that was a good line -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 17, 15:14
- spoils - Jovian Nov 17, 14:25 1
  - despite most of it off camera, the body count was in double didgets -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 17, 14:35
Nothing to see here. -- nm* - Spawn Nov 17, 14:16
Adam Schefter: NFL is suspending Raiders' LB Aldon Smith one year for his role in an Aug. 28 incident, per league source. -- (link) - amoxy Nov 17, 14:13 1
- it's all over the news now, and it's for substance abuse; but I don't see what the august 28th incident was. the dui, etc., were earlier in the month. -- nm - b. Nov 17, 14:52
John Kasich went down the rabbit hole: He proposes Government Agency to promote Judeo-Christian Values -- (link) - amoxy Nov 17, 14:10 11
- I thought he was the least aholeish of them -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 17, 15:12
- Smaller government! Except for my initiatives, in which case, I want more bureaucracy! -- nm - Mop Nov 17, 15:10
- Values such as taking care of the poor, sick and in need? -- nm - Roger More Nov 17, 14:27 2
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  - Not socialist values, you Aussie-Canuck freak. -- nm - ty97 Nov 17, 14:31
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  - He doesn't stand a chance of getting that close to the nomination at this point. I think he's closer to falling off the main debate stage. -- nm - pmb Nov 17, 14:27 1
    - He's running for VP, this is him giving some red meat so he's not a RINO to his Presidential candidate. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 17, 14:39
  - Kim Davis will be voting for him. -- nm - Spawn Nov 17, 14:24
- that's...wow -- nm - znufrii Nov 17, 14:18
- If you can't beat the crazies, join 'em. -- nm - pmb Nov 17, 14:16
Have a feeling the increased activity by ISIS is a sign of the US getting Jihadi John. -- nm* - budice Nov 17, 14:00 1
- Friday can't be about that. the timing was too close. that didn't get pulled together that fast. -- (edited) - Andie Nov 17, 14:03
gold & other stuff found in Han Dynasty emperor's tomb -- (link) - Peglegpete Nov 17, 13:53
"the enduring appeal of the skater boi" nm but: -- (link) - b. Nov 17, 13:53 2
- From a heelstand fakie to a stalefish grab, Kalki approves! Hopefully the better Kindle formatted version of "Later Skater" will be done soon. - Qale Nov 17, 14:04
- ^there's some profanity in there. -- nm - b. Nov 17, 13:53
10 lbs of boneless pork. Guess I should get out the crockpot. -- nm - Meg Nov 17, 13:51 2
- /involuntarysalivaryresponse -- nm - emoticripple Nov 17, 14:03 1
  - And then I'll probably buy a turkey this weekend...I won't need to buy meat again for about 6 months :) - Meg Nov 17, 14:07
Erick Erickson won't go to Star Wars opening night because he is afraid - amoxy Nov 17, 13:50 9
- Well now they know exactly where he *will* be -- nm - sweet baboo Nov 17, 14:47
- Conservatism is based in fear. Fear of change. Fear of the new. Fear of the different. It radiates fear. -- nm - TWuG Nov 17, 14:44 1
  - Yoda? -- nm - Roger More Nov 17, 14:53
- I think he is right to be scared - ty97 Nov 17, 14:06 1
  - Han will shoot first. -- nm - gravy Nov 17, 14:10
- ummm, since always? -- nm - znufrii Nov 17, 14:05
- Who? -- nm - Krusty Nov 17, 14:01
- sure, the US should get on that gun control so he can feel safer. -- nm - Reagen Nov 17, 13:55
- If you conceal carry you are going to always be safe though. -- nm - Bacon Nov 17, 13:54
"In countries with Significant Muslim populations, much disdain for ISIS."New Pew polar written by the bf. I hope this helps inform the general public -- (link*) - MDH Nov 17, 13:47 14
- So Isis is 3x more popular in Israel than in Lebanon -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 17, 16:14
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- I know that is supposed to help, but I see those favorable stats and get sickened. That's a lot of people that like ISIS -- nm - Bacon Nov 17, 13:50 11
  - Yeah, and how do you not know if your view on them is favorable or unfavorable? - IrishStephen Nov 17, 14:13 6
    - In addition to what Reagen said, people can be sympathetic to the principles, especially when they're removed from reality. - Roger More Nov 17, 14:24 4
      - There's probably also some reflexive anti-Western attitude and thinking it doesn't affect them (dropping off rapidly with distance as you noted) -- nm - Reagen Nov 17, 14:25 3
        
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        "I don't approve of his Bart-killing policy, but I do approve of his Selma-killing policy" -- nm - Roger More Nov 17, 14:32
    - Or you haven't heard of them. -- nm - Reagen Nov 17, 14:14
  - It's telling that the closer they are, the higher the disapproval rating. -- nm - Roger More Nov 17, 13:58 1
    - Like, you probably couldn't get 100% in the US saying that. -- nm - Reagen Nov 17, 14:10
  - Look at the breakdown. 6% of Malaysian Buddhists favor ISIS? WTF?? -- nm - Bacon Nov 17, 13:52 1
    - So, everyman for himself *is* a central tenet of zen buddism, at least for a few of them -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 17, 16:10
Jim? -- nm - Word Nov 17, 13:45 3
- Mop? -- (edited) - Again? Nov 17, 13:53 2
  - What? -- nm - Mop Nov 17, 14:58
  - Guy? -- nm - c*ckneck Nov 17, 13:58

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