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Well, I made *great* use of that highest waiver priority. - Will Hunting Dec 16, 05:45 5
- Who was that? I got Bolden and Robinson in Astro, so I'm happy. -- nm - spamlet Dec 16, 05:58 2
  - DuJuan Harris got cut yesterday PM by the Seahawks. -- nm - ML Dec 16, 06:01 1
    - Oof. Didn't see that either. -- nm - spamlet Dec 16, 06:08
- I had last pick and got Tim Hightower (dropped Detroit's D), so am pleased. Also got Justin Forsett on IR (dropped Blount) to stash for next year -- nm* - Emperor Beak Dec 16, 05:46 1
  - I picked up Hightower before this week. - Will Hunting Dec 16, 06:01
Not a surprise. After the DOT tells Kuwait Airways that it can't discriminate against Israelis, the airline drops its NY-London flight - ty97 Dec 16, 05:37 1
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Cold front came through. It's 46, only going to be 50 today. Ready for Spring now. -- nm - ty97 Dec 16, 05:32
I'm not sure if this is good, but I have 3 players from Seattle on my $FFL. Wilson, Lockett, and B. Brown - UliC Qel Droma Dec 16, 05:29
Moose Jaw man claims largest Star Wars collection in Canada -- (link) - Emperor Beak Dec 16, 05:16
Dec 16, 1773 – American Revolution: Boston Tea Party: Members of the Sons of Liberty disguised as Mohawk Indians dump hundreds of crates of tea into - Emperor Beak Dec 16, 04:36 4
- 1811 - The New Madrid earthquake rocked SE Missouri. It rang church bells in Boston, knocked bison off their feet on the Plains, the Mississippi - spamlet Dec 16, 05:57
- Huh, I never knew about the disguises -- nm - ty97 Dec 16, 04:39
- 1937 – Theodore Cole and Ralph Roe attempt to escape from the American federal prison on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay; neither is ever seen - Emperor Beak Dec 16, 04:38 1
  - 1944 – World War II: The Battle of the Bulge begins with the surprise offensive of three German armies through the Ardennes forest. -- nm - Emperor Beak Dec 16, 04:38
TV PSA: Survivor (3 hours), Childhood's End, The Magicians (preview), AHS: Hotel, American Pickers, Nasville, other stuff -- nm - Emperor Beak Dec 16, 04:35 2
- Avoiding Survivor spoilers for the next week is going to be tough. We're 2 eps behind. -- nm - Seven Strongbads Swimming Dec 16, 04:41 1
  - we are family watching Friday night. I think my wife has our contest locked up (she has 3 of the 6 remaining) -- nm - Emperor Beak Dec 16, 04:47
lost power around 6 yesterday evening. Still out. not due back till 6-7 tonight. Damn power company bastards! -- nm - Emperor Beak Dec 16, 04:23 3
- :( stay warm -- nm - Pippy Bells Dec 16, 04:28 2
  - wife was off today anyway, so we had alot of pop and played cards (I won). fun night - Emperor Beak Dec 16, 04:32 1
    - :) -- nm - Pippy Bells Dec 16, 05:48
41 reviews in for The Force Awakens, currently 100% fresh -- nm - jar jar trump Dec 16, 01:01 3
- 98/100 -- nm - Tim Dec 16, 03:57 2
  - 97%: 102/3 -- nm - Emperor Beak Dec 16, 04:31 1
    - Impressive. Most impressive. -- nm - Inigo Dec 16, 04:34
I wonder if I should have CC'd Takei on this tweet. Probably a bad idea. -- (link) - Beryllium Dec 16, 00:49
when you think about it, Indy probably could have just let the Nazis take the Ark without all that dangerous stuff in between and achieved the same - jar jar trump Dec 16, 00:40 4
- He does nothing to affect the end result of the plot in 3 out of the 4 movies. -- nm - Reagen Dec 16, 06:00
- And a much shorter movie. -- nm - lii3ou2lu8 Dec 16, 01:01
- I've seen that theory advanced. I reject it. - Beryllium Dec 16, 00:43 1
  - he apparently knew everything about the Ark and how to find it, except what happens when you open it up? - jar jar trump Dec 16, 00:47
Slackers who play Simcity should check out Simcity Buildit! - Karl_S Dec 16, 00:29
this would have made a fantastic episode of Mad Men -- (link) - jar jar trump Dec 15, 23:55
resolved: there is almost no song that is improved by adding whistling to it - jar jar trump Dec 15, 23:00 4
- Damn your IM. - ReluctantCynic Dec 15, 23:38
- I think you misspelled "isn't". -- nm - *whistles the imperial march* Dec 15, 23:36
- I like it in Young Folks. -- nm - Reagen Dec 15, 23:07 1
  - nooope - jar jar trump Dec 15, 23:09
I definitely hated the bands that were like The 1975 during the real 80s, and this version of them doesn't suit me better. -- nm - Reagen Dec 15, 22:58
STAR7 up over 3.5% today, now at $528 -- nm* - Max Rebo Dec 15, 22:46 1
- but what about Leon? -- nm - jar jar trump Dec 15, 23:10
Earlier this year Huckabee was on the Daily Show telling Jon Stewart that bubbas were better to have around than Harvard MBAs. -- (edited) - Max Rebo Dec 15, 22:37 3
- I'm not sure those two things are mutually exclusive. -- nm - Grand Mop Tarkin Dec 15, 22:52
- Trumpenstein or: The Modern Political Prometheus. -- nm - Reagen Dec 15, 22:38 1
  - "Abby Normal" -- nm - Beryllium Dec 16, 00:36
James Woods suffers a concussion after 7-car pileup -- (link*) - jar jar trump Dec 15, 22:28
Whoo - stalker package in destination city!! Not due for delivery until Thursday. We shall see. -- nm - Meg Dec 15, 22:22
:() -- nm - Jennifer Carpenter Dec 15, 21:42 1
- hey jenn! Does this mean you got a new piercing, and they missed ...or somethin'? -- nm - mud Dec 15, 21:47
thanks ‏@davidehrlich ! -- (link) - mud Dec 15, 21:20 1
- He put the Force Awakens at #1 before even watching it? -- nm - Grand Mop Tarkin Dec 15, 22:53
the most popular gameday snacks in each state - Nevada should slap itself -- (link) - crash davis Dec 15, 21:18 3
- there's a lot of wiggle room in 'vegan'. fries could be vegan. I'm a little more concerned about Utah. - mafic Dec 15, 21:48 2
  - acknowledged, but at least two states have fries listed rather than vegan -- nm - crash davis Dec 15, 21:59 1
    - maybe they only make theirs in animal fat. mmmm... beef fried fries. -- nm - mafic Dec 15, 22:03
Bo Ryan just retired. -- nm - David Dec 15, 21:15
Star Wars: Fallon does the SW music acapella with the Star Wars stars... -- (link) - Remlik Five standing by! Dec 15, 21:11 2
- Its the theme song to STARRRR WARRRRRS -- nm - General Zeit Dec 15, 21:24
- Well *now* it's ruined -- nm - jar jar trump Dec 15, 21:15
Cliffs Notes version: did any of the candidates actually kill any of the other candidates onstage? -- nm - jar jar trump Dec 15, 21:08
can't decide what to get chris for christmas? 24 suggestions -- (link) - crash davis Dec 15, 21:03 1
- I was leaning towards the wallpaper - then I saw the phone case :) - Meg Dec 15, 21:07
Putin's odd walk a result of KGB training -- (link) - crash davis Dec 15, 20:55 3
- no video example? what the crap? -- nm - Max Bebo Dec 15, 21:09 1
  - here, this appears to be four minutes twenty seconds of putin walking -- (link) - crash davis Dec 15, 21:32 [youtube]
- he needs to be ready to throw out Blue Steel at any moment. -- nm - Reagen Dec 15, 20:59
So, this happened... -- (link) - David Dec 15, 20:38 13
- That's cool. Were you involved in the FOIA request? -- nm - Grand Mop Tarkin Dec 15, 22:52 1
  - I wasn't the one who filed it but we discussed it in detail, and Dawson gave advice on how to proceed. - Davi Dec 16, 05:24
- ? -- nm - Reagen Dec 15, 21:14 3
  - The source link and quotes are mine. - Davi Dec 15, 21:18 2
    - you beat every cat on the Internet! - Reagen Dec 15, 21:35 1
      - But was narrowly defeated by Merkel. Better luck next year, David. -- nm - Qale Dec 15, 21:49
- Weird, that link forwarded me to a German iPhone contest site. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 15, 21:12 5
  - You should run a virus scan. The link goes to Time. -- nm - David Dec 15, 21:14 4
    - but maybe he could win an iPhone! -- nm - mafic Dec 15, 21:15 3
      - I was using an iPhone! -- nm - Beryllium Dec 15, 21:15 2
        
        how old is your son? like 5? high time he had one too! -- nm - mafic Dec 15, 22:25
        
        Someone's going to make a real mobile ad blocker one day and make zillions. -- nm - Tim Dec 15, 21:19
- huh - Tim Dec 15, 20:42
TNT had cancelled Public Morals, Legends, and Agent X. Renews Librarians. -- nm - MDH Dec 15, 20:30 3
- Legends was day and night better in season 2, over season 1. But I'm fine with them ending it after 2 seasons. - Grand Mop Tarkin Dec 15, 21:12
- I only know about Public Morals because of their ads on podcasts. it sounded *terrible*. -- nm - mafic Dec 15, 20:56
- That was fast for Agent X. It wasn't that entertaining. I guess I will just delete the few remaining episodes off my tivo -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Dec 15, 20:45
Guys, NO SPOILERS when I'm at work tomorrow. -- (edited) - Tim Dec 15, 20:15 3
- when are you off work? -- nm - Remlik Five standing by! Dec 15, 20:21 2
  - Raw got a 2.6 which is huge considering they've been like 2.1-2.2 for months now. -- nm - Tim Dec 15, 20:36
  - I'll probably be able to watch it around 6 pm or so. Pretty sure it'll be on demand by then. -- nm - Tim Dec 15, 20:21
I didn't think Season 2 of Broadchurch could possibly be better than Season 1. I was wrong. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 15, 20:14 3
- As I read this I am watching episode 7. - Spawn Solo Dec 15, 20:26
- I thought it was not as good but only because S1 was so gut wrenching. S2 was a worthy runner up. -- nm - Mel Profitine Dec 15, 20:20
- My reaction to your assertation that season two was better than season one -- (link*) - crash davis Dec 15, 20:18
Nexus owners should use Android Pay to get a $20 gift card loaded onto the app from Best Buy. And they should do it soon. -- (link) - Qale Dec 15, 20:01 4
- US only. Pfeh. -- nm* - Reagen Dec 15, 20:06 3
  - Best Buy. Pfeh. -- nm - Grand Mop Tarkin Dec 15, 22:20 1
    - 20 bucks is 20 bucks. -- nm - Reagen Dec 15, 22:37
  - That's okay. There is a good bet that if you didn't already have the card grandfathered in from the Wallet app, it isn't supported. -- nm - Qale Dec 15, 20:10
ok, seriously, HSX, this is getting out of hand. SW: TFA up over 16 dollars so far today. If this keeps up for a couple of more days, ... - call me Ishmael Dec 15, 20:01 1
- Especially this movie, during Xmas, would be a spectacularly bad idea -- nm - jar jar trump Dec 15, 21:06
Dear The Voice: Sound mixing board - buy one and learn how to use it. The show is called The Voice, not The Bass. -- nm - grumpy old crash davis Dec 15, 19:58 4
- if Beats are anything to go by, people apparently love an overabundance of bass. -- nm - mafic Dec 15, 20:19 3
  - And that is why I am -- nm - grumpy old crash davis Dec 15, 20:22 2
    - now tell me how you feel about people on your lawn. -- nm - mafic Dec 15, 20:23 1
      - they need to get the eff off, like right now -- nm - grumpy old crash davis Dec 15, 20:25
"There's a real danger when people get distracted by peripheral issues." Boy, you said it Ted Cruz. -- nm - Volnelk Dec 15, 19:53
Patton Oswalt ‏@pattonoswalt JJ did it. #StarWarsForceAwakens -- nm - Remlik Five standing by! Dec 15, 19:51 1
- His drunk tweets from the after party made me laugh. -- nm - Spawn Solo Dec 15, 20:34
Coldplay, WTF? dancing apes? at least Katy Perry's visuals tie to her song somehow? - crash davis Dec 15, 19:46 2
- I feel like that song's title has a hidden parenthetical (So Much Better Than Gwyneth). -- nm - Reagen Dec 15, 19:50 1
  - heh, I watched Gwen Stefani perform a couple weeks ago and I think the songs parenthetical was (F--k You Gavin) -- nm - crash davis Dec 15, 19:51
the Fargo finale was sublime. - Reagen Dec 15, 19:41 5
- Watching last week's episode, it struck me how good Ted Danson was. -- nm - Grand Mop Tarkin Dec 15, 20:23
- We're two episodes behind, last week was nuts, this week moreso...likely won't see these until Saturday. It's killing me. -- nm - Mel Profitine Dec 15, 19:45 3
  - I had been holding it below S1 until the last couple, where it rose up and matched it. -- nm - Reagen Dec 15, 19:51 2
    - the last few we saw I thought pulled it even to S1. It's the best of the Coen Bros. - Mel Profitine Dec 15, 20:22 1
      - It felt like it was smirking a bit at me through the first half, but Shit Has Gotten Real. -- nm - Reagen Dec 15, 22:37
You know, Mike Rowe is a likable guy, but he seems to go out of his way to find insult in this. - TWuGbacca Dec 15, 19:30 16
- Rowe's "we need people to do the grunt work" schtik is getting old. - Grand Mop Tarkin Dec 15, 20:25 2
  - I have zero issue with him reminding folks that people who actually do physical work for a living deserve recognition for it. - TWuGbacca Dec 15, 20:29 1
    - college educated snobs is why -- nm - lii3ou2lu8 Dec 16, 00:11
- "I try not to be political on this page" yet always seems to manage to insert himself into a shit ton of political controversies -- nm - jar jar trump Dec 15, 19:44 1
  - yeah, he doesn't ever overtly say "vote [whatever]" but he's not subtle about his leanings. -- nm - mafic Dec 15, 20:22
- college is not just 4 year degree programs, its also community college where most trade skills are taught... - General Zeit Dec 15, 19:42
- it's almost as if Twiitter is a terrible place to debate substantiative issues. -- nm - Reagen Dec 15, 19:39
- I agree with him. Sanders gave a binary answer where it's not necessary. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 15, 19:32 6
  - Sanders had 140 characters to sum up an idea, and it didn't exclude craftsmen. And he probably wasn't thinking of North Dakota. -- nm - Max Bebo Dec 15, 20:11 1
    - North what now? -- nm - TWuGbacca Dec 15, 20:11
  - Sanders didn't go "binary", he said "this bad thing is expensive, this good thing is a lot less expensive" without even implying or inferring good/bad - TWuGbacca Dec 15, 19:50
  - what was the question? -- nm - znufrii Dec 15, 19:35 2
    - If politician talking = true then assumed question: How do I improve the lives of enough voters to elect me? -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 15, 19:37 1
      - ah, I assumed you were were aware of some additional context for Bernie's tweet. -- nm - znufrii Dec 15, 19:41
- he's not wrong, and neither is Bernie -- nm - znufrii Dec 15, 19:31
- Reason = libertarian bullshit -- nm - jar jar trump Dec 15, 19:31
Pics of the magical stalker gifts -- (link) - Roo in a Stocking Dec 15, 19:20 4
- " do not throw" ha! im envious of the socks -- nm - pippy bells Dec 15, 19:48
- Such beautiful packages. Mine look like the cats helped me wrap them :/ -- nm - Meg Dec 15, 19:25 2
  - ~Meow-meow...meow meow meow..purr purr..meow!~ *deuces* -- nm* - Cat Rapper Dec 15, 19:28 1
    - Cat Rappers with more street cred would have more hisses in their lyrics -- nm - crash davis Dec 15, 19:49
Rand has some cray loud groupies -- nm - Kylo Bud Dec 15, 19:15 1
- Ben Carson is all about surgical strikes -- nm - Kylo Bud Dec 15, 19:22
113 ancient hanging coffins found in China -- (link) - Peglegpete Dec 15, 19:10
House of Cards - Season 4 .. 3/4/16 -- (link*) - Kylo Bud Dec 15, 19:02 2
- video for S4 -- (link) - Kylo Bud Dec 15, 19:07
- this season, the aliens arrive. -- nm - Reagen Dec 15, 19:03
They call her The Sloth Lady. -- (link) - Bacon the Hutt Dec 15, 19:01
someone told them that everytime they say "Barack Obama" they cannot not say "and Hillary Clinton" - jar jar trump Dec 15, 19:00
Slam dunk, baby - Ben Carson Dec 15, 18:53
AP: House Speaker Paul Ryan has announced year-end spending and tax deal. -- (link) - Kylo Bud Dec 15, 18:50 2
- does it defund Planned Parenthood and Obamacare? -- nm - jar jar trump Dec 15, 18:56 1
  - well..yeah -- nm - pippy bells Dec 15, 19:49
Kasich's Coalition of the Willing -- nm - Kylo Bud Dec 15, 18:47
Rand is pwning Trump tonight. -- nm - Jovian Dec 15, 18:47

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