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College Football Playoff fail: I went to their website to see who's playing. - New Year's Mop Jan 4, 11:52
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- Slavery...but obamacare apparently is just the return of that issue -- nm - Chateau du zeitgeist Jan 4, 11:58 1
  - YSMM! -- nm - Spawn Solo Jan 4, 11:58
- I think there was some fighting around the time of the Emancipation Proclaimation -- nm - crash davis Jan 4, 11:57 3
  - actually not, that came towards the end of the war and did not effect any slaves owned in the states still part of the US, fighting started years befo -- nm - Chateau du zeitgeist Jan 4, 12:10
  - let's not oversell things--more like a skirmish - ML Jan 4, 11:58
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- does Abortion get covered in an Act? I'd pick that one if so -- nm - Beaker Jan 4, 11:54 4
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  - Nope, just court decisions. -- nm - spamlet Jan 4, 11:55 2
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      - Good point. I was thinking of one Federal act allowing it. -- nm - iSpam Jan 4, 11:59
- Prohibition? -- (edited) - znufrii Jan 4, 11:54
- Social Security, Medicare -- nm - humbug Jan 4, 11:53 1
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- Civil Rights Act? -- nm - New Year's Mop Jan 4, 11:53 1
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ugh, I hate tire shopping. does anyone have any suggestions? - znufrii Jan 4, 11:52 9
- Indy Tire. - Spawn Solo Jan 4, 11:59
- get round ones. -- nm - Groindo (Green lives matter) Jan 4, 11:57 1
  - I knew I was forgetting something, thanks! -- nm - znufrii Jan 4, 11:59
- Compare with Walmart -- (link) - budice Jan 4, 11:57 1
  - Walmart tire services -- (link) - budice Jan 4, 12:00
- Check TireRack if you're just looking for pricing/reviews. -- nm - spamlet Jan 4, 11:54 1
  - Reviews/Comparison at Tire Rack. Pricing at WalMart. WalMart installs for $12 per tire with lifetime rotations. $20 w/road hazard -- nm - budice Jan 4, 11:58
- check Costco -- nm - Beaker Jan 4, 11:53
- I always shop at Discount Tire if that helps - oblique Jan 4, 11:53
Giants GM Jerry Reese is indeed safe -- nm - budice Jan 4, 11:43
I am legit ready for a nap. -- nm - ty97 Jan 4, 11:42
Oh look, the militia are Mormon religious extremists. -- (link) - New Year's Mop Jan 4, 11:41 1
- I used Warren Jeffs as a comparison last night without knowing their ties to Mormonism. - TWuG Jan 4, 11:44
My picks: WAS, SEA, PIT, HOU -- nm - ML Jan 4, 11:40 3
- KC, PIT, SEA, GB -- nm - Spawn Solo Jan 4, 11:43
- Was, Sea, Pit, KC -- nm - Beaker Jan 4, 11:41
- GB,SEA,PIT,KC -- nm - budice Jan 4, 11:40
Budice: even though we are tied for second, don't forget to pick the College Football Final game. -- nm - Beaker Jan 4, 11:36 2
- and congrats to Piranha Picks for the win. can't be caught. -- nm - Beaker Jan 4, 11:37 1
  - chomp? -- nm - humbug Jan 4, 11:37
I recorded 2 Nic Cage movies last night. Season of the Witch and Drive Angry -- nm - Beaker Jan 4, 11:33 3
- Wanted Reagen's DVR to not feel left out? -- nm - spamlet Jan 4, 11:49
- 2010, for me. For two in a year... 1997. -- nm - Spawn Solo Jan 4, 11:37
- i, myself, did not -- nm - humbug Jan 4, 11:34
Now this is interesting -- (link) - ML Jan 4, 11:32
Clinton promises to investigate UFOs -- (link) - oblique Jan 4, 11:29 6
- pandering to the Trump crowd? -- nm - Chateau du zeitgeist Jan 4, 11:31 1
  - joking around with a reporter -- nm - Beaker Jan 4, 11:32
- Hillary Clinton responded: "I think we may have been (visited already). We don't know for sure." - ML Jan 4, 11:31 3
  - Is there concrete proof that any candidate was born on Earth? -- nm - Roger More Jan 4, 11:34 2
    - here's proof that Trump is a space alien -- (link*) - Chateau du zeitgeist Jan 4, 11:52
    - Is there any concrete proof that Earth exists? -- nm - Endor Jan 4, 11:42
Quiz: with Coughlin out, who is now the oldest head coach in the NFL? -- nm - ML Jan 4, 11:24 11
- Pete Carroll -- nm - emoticripple Jan 4, 11:26 6
  - Correct. - ML Jan 4, 11:27 5
    - He's spry, but you can see it in his walk. Something about how his knees don't quite bend gives him an old lady dodder. -- nm - emoticripple Jan 4, 11:28 3
      - And how he's constantly saying the word 'dickety'. -- nm - Reagen Jan 4, 11:30 2
        
        Well the kaiser did steal his word for twenty. -- nm - Oswaldo MoBarony Jan 4, 11:39 1
        
        "Gimme five bees for a quarter," you'd say..... -- nm - prayformojo Jan 4, 11:42
    - They mentioned it yesterday on the SEA / ARI game -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 4, 11:28
- John Fox -- nm - budice Jan 4, 11:26
- Arians? -- nm - Strongbad Jan 4, 11:25
- Belicheck? -- nm - Beaker Jan 4, 11:25
- Gene Hackman, Replacements -- nm - humbug Jan 4, 11:25
Vulture.com - What was left out of ep. 5-7 of Making a Murderer (spoils in the link) -- (edited) - amoxy Jan 4, 11:20 2
- (mostly exculpatory) -- nm - humbug Jan 4, 11:24
- Yeah, this is what Amy was talking about. - Spawn Solo Jan 4, 11:21
Jim Irsay arrived at the Colts complex. -- nm - budice Jan 4, 11:19 1
- ... in a wheel chair. - Spawn Solo Jan 4, 11:20
Protester says group occupying Oregon wildlife building wishes to be called 'Citizens for Constitutional Freedom' -- (edited) - ML Jan 4, 11:14 7
- Although one of the groups is reportedly (and this seems to not be a joke) called the Oregon Bearded Bastards. -- nm - ty97 Jan 4, 11:18 2
  - O.B.B. - Ol' Beardy Bastard? -- nm - Beryllium Jan 4, 11:21 1
    - A "You Down with OBB?" video could be quite humorous. -- nm - Spawn Solo Jan 4, 11:23
- Damn your IM -- nm - Reagen Jan 4, 11:18
- "Traitors" works. -- nm - TWuG Jan 4, 11:18 1
  - "seditionists" would be more accurate. - znufrii Jan 4, 11:49
- CF squared. -- nm - ty97 Jan 4, 11:15
Tom Coughlin has informed his coaching staff that the Giants are making a head coaching change, source tells ESPN. -- (link*) - budice Jan 4, 11:14 2
- "Tom Coughlin officially has stepped down as Giants HC, per source." -- (link) - ML Jan 4, 11:25
- There it is. -- nm - Spawn Solo Jan 4, 11:15
Saudi Arabia's civil aviation authority says all flights to and from Iran have been cancelled. -- nm - Beaker Jan 4, 11:09
EPA and U.S. Justice Department sue Volkswagen for emissions rigging -- (link) - Beaker Jan 4, 11:08 3
- Least surprising lawsuit ever. -- nm - spamlet Jan 4, 11:13
- job killers -- nm - humbug Jan 4, 11:10
- Good. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 4, 11:10
David, Re: Bridge of Spies - Oswaldo MoBarony Jan 4, 11:05 1
- My first joke to Kim was along the lines of "They got Jenkins' non-union Mexican equivalent." - David Jan 4, 11:15
Tom Coughlin meeting with ownership is over. He'll now be meeting with his coaching staff for a second time today. -- nm - budice Jan 4, 11:04
Clever USB-C connector mimics magsafe behavior. -- (link) - New Year's Mop Jan 4, 11:03
York "We're in need of a guy that can win Super Bowls" Reporter "Didn't you have that guy?" - The Death Sceire Jan 4, 11:00 3
- lol -- nm - spamlet Jan 4, 11:13
- Ouch -- nm - amoxy Jan 4, 11:12
- burn -- nm - Beaker Jan 4, 11:04
i just heard someone in my office say "i will carbon copy you on that email." - Andie Jan 4, 10:58 2
- They didn't want the recipient to think they were getting a Conquer Club invitation. -- nm - Oswaldo MoBarony Jan 4, 10:59 1
  - Rider? -- nm - Spawn Solo Jan 4, 11:19
Gene Roddenberry's unpublished works recovered from CP/M discs. -- (link) - New Year's Mop Jan 4, 10:58
Has anyone made any New Year's Resolution(s)? - JaxSean Jan 4, 10:55 9
- "stop spending so much damn money on lunch." -- nm - loaner machine mandy Jan 4, 11:48 1
  - those cats haven't bled your bank account dry yet? -- nm - humbug Jan 4, 11:53
- Not really. I plan to start watching what I eat again. But it's not really a resolution, it was just time to get my act together. - sycor Jan 4, 11:11
- not exactly - oblique Jan 4, 11:03
- Eat more fruit. I had 3 oranges for dinner. -- nm - Loyola Jan 4, 11:01
- Yes. -- nm - Spawn Solo Jan 4, 10:59
- Manage to cause at least one full-fledged spit take on ST. -- nm - Oswaldo MoBarony Jan 4, 10:59
- dry January, taking the stairs at work (going down, going up will be a work in progress), less snacks/snacking after supper -- nm - Beaker Jan 4, 10:57
- nope. -- nm - Groindo (Green lives matter) Jan 4, 10:56
men's-rights activists claim success in Force Awakens boycott campaign -- (link) - humbug Jan 4, 10:55 18
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  - You mean spoil - Spawn Solo Jan 4, 11:51 2
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      - agreed -- nm - Beaker Jan 4, 11:55
- Next time it will be 10 million! ROK rising! -- nm - ty97 Jan 4, 11:37
- Rey is a Mary Sue, but so was Luke freaking Skywalker. - Reagen Jan 4, 11:09 9
  - I have no idea what the "Mary Sue" term means... -- nm - Beaker Jan 4, 11:10 8
    - It means that the person using the term is a douchebag. -- nm - Endor Jan 4, 11:20 1
      - this makes sense -- nm - Beaker Jan 4, 11:20
    - By my definition, none of those listed are a Mary Sue. -- nm - Spawn Solo Jan 4, 11:12
    - start here -- (link*) - znufrii Jan 4, 11:11 4
      - They say a male Mary Sue is called a Gary Stu, but I say it's just "protagonist" -- nm - Reagen Jan 4, 11:14 2
        
        I've heard "Marty Stu" as well. -- nm - Endor Jan 4, 11:32 1
        
        Regardless it's just a term used when women are written like men usually are. -- nm - Reagen Jan 4, 11:35
      - That is not quite it. -- (link) - Spawn Solo Jan 4, 11:13
- How does 310 people not going cost it $4.2M? ... nevermind. I see their dumb math. -- nm* - Spawn Solo Jan 4, 11:01 1
  - They each planned on going 10,000 times. Duh. -- nm - pmb Jan 4, 11:58
- good Lord. -- nm - Beaker Jan 4, 10:57
The Park Is Mine (1985) starring Tommy Lee Jones -- (link) - Max Jan 4, 10:54 6
- That looks like a spectacular Atari game. -- nm - Reagen Jan 4, 11:20
- That will go over worse than Rocky. -- nm - Spawn Solo Jan 4, 11:14
- "The topic of this article may not meet Wikipedia's notability guideline for films." -- nm - znufrii Jan 4, 10:56
- I actually saw this. I'd love to see the recut trailer now. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 4, 10:55 2
  - I saw it on HBO when it was originally broadcast. -- nm - landbeck Jan 4, 11:13 1
    - yep, me too -- nm - Max Jan 4, 11:47
things i learned in 2016: Tom McCarthy (Spotlight) also wrote . . Up -- nm - humbug Jan 4, 10:53 1
- *tears up remembering the opening of that movie* -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 4, 10:54
Mock I just saw has Jaylon Smith joining Khalil Mack in OAK. Yowza. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 4, 10:51 15
- Ugh, NO! It'll be Tim Brown all over again. -- nm - The Death Sceire Jan 4, 10:55 9
  - I'm trying to talk David into wanting him for ATL. - Strongbad Jan 4, 10:57 8
    - It has been a pleasure watching him grow and improve these last three seasons. - The Death Sceire Jan 4, 11:02
    - Due to his injury, I doubt he even turns pro. If he does, he shouldn't go in the first round. -- nm - David Jan 4, 10:58 1
      - Whereas I think his injury played a part in Will Fuller deciding to turn pro... - The Death Sceire Jan 4, 11:04
    - maybe he'll drop because of the injury, but he was a top-five guy beforehand -- nm - ML Jan 4, 10:58 4
      - Sounds a lot like Gurley. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 4, 10:59 3
        
        Assuming the injury is as reported, McGahee is the closest comp in terms of timing. -- (edited) - ML Jan 4, 11:01 2
        
        (and that was something I mocked for years) -- nm - David Jan 4, 11:14 1
        
        In today's NFL especially that would be a reach. - ML Jan 4, 11:27
- Did you see that Aaron Donald broke JJ Watt's PFF rating record? - ML Jan 4, 10:53 4
  - I'm happy where I am at DL - Strongbad Jan 4, 10:55 1
    - List - Strongbad Jan 4, 10:59
  - 24 months ago at this time, everybody said he was a 4th round pick. - David Jan 4, 10:55 1
    - I remember that. Then people started watching tape and realized how dominant he was. Then he destroyed the Combine. - ML Jan 4, 10:57
And on cue: -- (link*) - ML Jan 4, 10:50 2
- Strengths: Even when covered, he's not covered. - David Jan 4, 10:52 1
  - Wait till he runs his 40 at the combine. - Strongbad Jan 4, 11:01
I'd seen all the comments about the leads in 50 Shades having no chemistry but... - David Jan 4, 10:49
so, anyone up to run the destiny nightfall tonight? - Truman Jan 4, 10:48 2
- if you did not BB, we ran one NF last night, I got an Emote as a reward. nm -- nm - Groindo (Green lives matter) Jan 4, 10:54
- it is valus t'aruc, solar burn. - Groindo (Green lives matter) Jan 4, 10:53
Did you ever hear of Google Cardboard? -- (link) - Loyola Jan 4, 10:47 4
- My Developer Friend did this with the glasses from Tool's "10,000 Days". -- (edited) - Mel Profit Jan 4, 10:54
- Only need 16 GoPros to make your own! -- nm - JaxSean Jan 4, 10:52
- Yup -- nm - oblique Jan 4, 10:49 1
  - Seems cool. -- nm - Loyola Jan 4, 10:50

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