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MegaQuon? OK! -- (link) - ML Jan 18, 08:32 1
- Jaylon Smith to Miami at 8. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 18, 08:38
NFL: Today is the deadline for underclassmen to declare for the draft. They have until Jan. 22 to remove name from consideration. -- nm - budice Jan 18, 08:29
Simpsons poke fun at the 76ers -- (link) - budice Jan 18, 08:24 1
- The Simpsons are stupid -- nm - decline Jan 18, 08:33
All Lego dimension fun packs are 50% off when you use Target Cartwheel. - ML Jan 18, 08:19
Spike Lee Announces He's Boycotting The Oscars -- (link) - budice Jan 18, 08:10 13
- Clearly the Academy needs a version of the Rooney Rule. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 18, 08:17 4
  - There's the Mickey Rooney rule, which was written after Breakfast at Tiffany's -- nm - Roger More Jan 18, 08:24 2
    - And don't even get me started about the abject idiocy that is the Deep Blue Something Rule -- nm - prayformojo Jan 18, 08:27 1
      - As I recall, we both kind of liked it. -- nm - Reagen Jan 18, 08:28
  - Had the same thought in passing. -- nm* - budice Jan 18, 08:19
- Jada Pinkett Smith toyed with this idea as well. -- nm - Pippy Stardust Jan 18, 08:13 1
  - they both should be thrilled to death they are even allowed in the Oscars in the first place. - groiny Jan 18, 08:14
- oh knoes -- nm - Beaker Jan 18, 08:12
- I am not reading that, but who does he think should be nominated instead of one of the whiteys? -- nm - groiny Jan 18, 08:12 4
  - What he says is actually on point - that until minorities are those making decisions in Hollywood about which films get made and which don't, - Roger More Jan 18, 08:28 3
    - maybe if he started to make films that actually make money, he could help them out. - groiny Jan 18, 08:29 2
      - what he's saying is that other minorities aren't being considered for the big attention getting roles/gigs. they can't win if the studios don't hire -- (edited) - Andie Jan 18, 08:33 1
        
        you know that if he made a movie that drew a big audience, and made a lot of money - groiny Jan 18, 08:36
Peyton Manning Told Emmanuel Sanders To Be Ready For His Self-Sack -- (link) - Beaker Jan 18, 08:08 1
- And another Deadspin hack proves they don't know NFL rules... - David Jan 18, 08:11
I found The Big Short exilirating in a The Social Network kind of way - con_carne Jan 18, 08:07
We announced our Stan & Ollie film today -- (link) - LMS Jan 18, 08:05 1
- i'm down with that casting. -- nm - Andie Jan 18, 08:28
'Strong possibility' 49ers retain DC Mangini -- (link) - budice Jan 18, 07:57 1
- Jags interview Schwartz for Def. Coordinator -- (link) - budice Jan 18, 07:57
'American Pie' singer Don McLean arrested for assault -- (link) - budice Jan 18, 07:56 1
- Did he just start singing it to the wrong person? -- nm - Beryllium Jan 18, 07:57
Chocolate milk and the corporate corruption of science -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 18, 07:48
BoxOffice: Films knocking all-time champs from #1 wknd spot: LostInSpace (Titanic), DearJohn (Avatar) & now Ride Along 2 (ForceAwakens) -- nm - budice Jan 18, 07:44 1
- Takeaway - it takes a terrible movie to beat a popular one -- nm - Roger More Jan 18, 08:11
Re: the other site, I know we've discussed it, but those 13 Hours warrants and OW were the easiest money in a little while. -- nm - MDH Jan 18, 07:33 13
- F*%! -- nm - Pippy Stardust Jan 18, 07:45
- what did it do? -- nm - groiny Jan 18, 07:36 11
  - A lot less than $35M. Estimated $19M 4 Day. -- nm - MDH Jan 18, 07:39 10
    - sweet -- nm - groiny Jan 18, 07:39 9
      - Owned max in all of the good positions I assume? - MDH Jan 18, 07:42 8
        
        yeah, I had it pegged as garbage from day one. -- nm - groiny Jan 18, 07:44 7
        
        I got an American Sniper vibe and went the opposite you did -- nm - Pippy Stardust Jan 18, 07:46 6
        
        It had the word "Benghazi" in the title. That is immediately poisonous. -- nm - MDH Jan 18, 07:51 1
        
        "It comes as no surprise that 13 Hours over-indexed in southern red states, while coming up short at upscale metropolitan theaters." - MDH Jan 18, 08:00
        
        you should have listened to me! -- nm - groiny Jan 18, 07:48 3
        
        indeed -- nm - Pippy Stardust Jan 18, 07:50 2
        
        this advice would serve you well in the future. -- nm - groiny Jan 18, 07:51 1
        
        agreed - I'm down almost half a million and the warrants haven't even cashed out yet. OUCH -- nm - Pippy Stardust Jan 18, 08:11
i have a vudu martian code at home if anyone wants it, just email me - Truman Jan 18, 07:19 1
- I'll take it. Email on the way. -- nm - ML Jan 18, 07:20
is it bad that i am using my headphones without music just to block out the noise of the office today? #headachessuck -- nm - Truman Jan 18, 07:14 2
- I do that to muff some of the cackling in the office. I sometimes leave my phone headset on at other times... - Mel Profit Jan 18, 07:41 1
  - at the end of 2015 they did a cubicle farm re-org, which moved me as far away (as possible) from the Admins section - Truman Jan 18, 08:21
I'm thinking of taking up squash to help with ST's biggest loser. - Loyola Jan 18, 07:11 2
- big fan of pumpkin tbh -- nm - ML Jan 18, 07:12 1
  - I just rang them. I have a meeting with the squash people this evening. -- nm - Loyola Jan 18, 07:20
"Significant winter storm" this weekend -- (link) - decline Jan 18, 07:11
Christian Bale pulls out of Ferrari pic over health concerns re required weight gain. -- (edited) - Andie Jan 18, 07:09 5
- didn't he lose like 100 lbs or something for the Machinist? -- nm - Beaker Jan 18, 07:20 4
  - Supposedly he was on a 200 calorie a day diet for the Machinest. Tea and an apple, a day. -- nm - Loyola Jan 18, 07:25
  - And gained a lot for the Batman movies and more for American Hustle. Repeatedly losing then gaining weight can't be healthy. -- nm - Roger More Jan 18, 07:24 2
    - That's how you get the beetus. -- nm - emoticripple Jan 18, 07:49
    - yeah, Batman was right after the Machinist. that was insane. (PSA - if you haven't seen the Machinist, you should.) -- nm - Andie Jan 18, 07:24
Deadpool will not be released in China. -- (link) - Krusty Jan 18, 06:57
Happy birthday, MLK Jr.! -- nm - Krusty Jan 18, 06:45 1
- Word. -- nm - budice Jan 18, 07:08
yeah, Iran just got punk'd. -- (link) - znufrii Jan 18, 06:36
fingers crossed FEMA gets this one right #FlintFEMA & Thank You Mr. President! -- (link) - JenBro Jan 18, 06:27
Queen Rania of Jordan commissions cartoon in response to Charlie Hebdo; -- (link) - Loyola Jan 18, 06:17
Are the democrats having any debates on a weekday at a normal time or is it all weekends so no one can see - Krusty Jan 18, 06:09 13
- You silly man, do you think this is about you and the voters? -- nm - Bacon Jan 18, 06:56 3
  - Sort of. I'm just a stupid voter what does it matter if I know about the people running. -- nm - Krusty Jan 18, 06:58 2
    - If you didn't watch the debate, you only have yourself to blame. -- nm - TWuG Jan 18, 07:01 1
      - the way these debates have gone, Bernie is lucky there haven't been more -- nm - slipping jimmy Jan 18, 08:33
- I'm surprised she even agreed to debate him. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 18, 06:38
- You mean how nonsensical Bernie is? ;-) -- nm - MDH Jan 18, 06:16
- The DNC said just yesterday that all of the debates were planned when more people could watch. - spamlet Jan 18, 06:10 6
  - Ha! Everyone is staying home on Friday and Saturday nights to watch these people. - Krusty Jan 18, 06:18 5
    - (yesterday was Sunday) -- nm - Dano Jan 18, 06:23 4
      - And the debates before that one were on a Friday and a Saturday. Sunday is not any better. It should be during the week when more people are watching. -- nm - Krusty Jan 18, 06:29 3
        
        I always thought that Sunday was the most watched TV night. -- nm - Dano Jan 18, 06:36 2
        
        Still seems like a bad night for a debate. I don't remember them being on weekends. -- nm - Krusty Jan 18, 06:42
        
        It is. -- nm - MDH Jan 18, 06:37
BREAKING: French president declares state of economic emergency, wants to redefine economic model -- (link) - spamlet Jan 18, 06:08 5
- It means that France's economic model isn't creating the right opportunities for jobs and economic growth. - Roger More Jan 18, 07:27 1
  - they do that alot here and it a) doesn't create long-term jobs and b) becomes a political hotpotatoe when it fails -- nm - Beaker Jan 18, 07:30
- That's a thing that exists that someone can do? -- nm - ty97 Jan 18, 06:15 2
  - Why are you posting? Shouldn't you be making out with Asian dudes about now? -- nm - spamlet Jan 18, 06:16 1
    - When should I not be doing that? But I have to take a break to breathe sometime! -- nm* - ty97 Jan 18, 06:22
Something called the Freedom From Religion Foundation plans to sue Clemson University over Christianity in athletic programs -- (link) - Strongbad Jan 18, 05:38 12
- "The Foundation does not plan to sue Clemson University. FFRF has opposed religion within the Clemson program, but is not preparing a lawsuit at this -- (edited) - znufrii Jan 18, 06:14 11
  - Good. - Strongbad Jan 18, 06:41 9
    - I'm not sure what the problem with that is, even if they were going to file a lawsuit. -- (edited) - znufrii Jan 18, 06:47 8
      - So? -- nm - Strongbad Jan 18, 07:34 7
        
        so, there's this little thing called the establishment clause of the first amendment... - znufrii Jan 18, 07:44 6
        
        Yes - Strongbad Jan 18, 07:49 5
        
        so, you've answered your own question, then. - znufrii Jan 18, 07:57 4
        
        Then they should sue. - Strongbad Jan 18, 08:03 3
        
        if there's a complaint that's he in violation of the first amendment in regards to how he runs the program, I'm sure they will. -- (edited) - znufrii Jan 18, 08:06 2
        
        Living up to their name, that's for sure - Strongbad Jan 18, 08:13 1
        
        ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ -- nm - znufrii Jan 18, 08:15
  - and I'm shocked that a respected news organization such ass Breitbart got that wrong... -- nm - znufrii Jan 18, 06:21
Yup. Aliens -- (link) - oblique Jan 18, 05:26 1
- DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM -- nm - ML Jan 18, 05:45
Weekend Movies: Jack Ryan Shadow Recruit: C ; Parker: B ; Wolf of Wall Street: A- -- nm - Beaker Jan 18, 04:47 41
- SWTFA B+, Poltergeist C -- nm - Max Jan 18, 09:00
- Look of Silence (A) -- nm - slipping jimmy Jan 18, 08:34
- Bottle Shock A Love Actually A -- nm - Bacon Jan 18, 06:57
- English Patient: down to B+; Beginners: A -- nm - emoticripple Jan 18, 06:51
- The intern B+, the Marian A, Scorch Trials C-, Antman C-, Trainwreck B, MI Rogue Nation B- -- nm - Truman Jan 18, 06:30
- The Big Short, A -- nm - znufrii Jan 18, 06:29 1
  - Margot Robbie in a bubble bath, A+++++++++ -- nm - znufrii Jan 18, 06:38
- 13 Hours: C-, The Martian: B- -- nm - Dano Jan 18, 06:28
- The Revenant - B. It's good but it's no Paddington. -- nm - LMS Jan 18, 06:22
- The Big Short - A+ -- nm - MDH Jan 18, 06:11
- The Siege, B- First 3 episodes of Mr Robot, C -- nm - Loyola Jan 18, 06:08
- Circle C-, The Hollow D+, Jurassic World A-, 1st 2 episodes of Shades of Blue B+, Scream Queens finale - B -- nm - Pippy Stardust Jan 18, 06:05 1
  - also - sycor recommended Time Lapse - B film - its the not best acted or scripted but definitely worth a look. Thanks! -- nm - Pippy Stardust Jan 18, 06:06
- Cloverfield: C, Amy: A, The Revenant: A. -- nm - Krusty Jan 18, 05:54 18
  - Predictions -- (link) - Beaker Jan 18, 05:55 [Backboard] 17
    - I could have gone C+, it was close to being a good film. -- nm - Krusty Jan 18, 06:04 16
      - was it the shakycam? -- nm - ML Jan 18, 06:39 15
        
        Nah, it sucked but didn't lower the grade. It was a lack of real action in a monster movie where you barely see the monster. - Krusty Jan 18, 06:43 14
        
        I liked the lack of monster visual. It added to the imagination. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 18, 06:51 3
        
        I get that and it for a while it was cool to not see it doing the damage but by the end I was left - Krusty Jan 18, 06:53
        
        yeah, that's me too (spoils) - ML Jan 18, 06:52 1
        
        nm -- nm* - ML Jan 18, 07:05
        
        you want a good monster movie? what the Korean film - The Host - that shit is nightmarish -- nm - Pippy Stardust Jan 18, 06:49 5
        
        Noted. Thanks! -- nm - Krusty Jan 18, 07:01
        
        REC -- nm - ML Jan 18, 06:51 3
        
        The Happening -- nm - prayformojo Jan 18, 06:59 2
        
        heh -- (link) - ML Jan 18, 07:05 [Image] 1
        
        say hello to your mother for me -- nm - Pippy Stardust Jan 18, 07:09
        
        Also, where did the monster come from? - Loyola Jan 18, 06:46 3
        
        that is definitively answered in the film (spoils) - ML Jan 18, 06:51 2
        
        Though (spoils) - Roger More Jan 18, 08:09
        
        Yup -- nm - amoxy Jan 18, 07:32
- The Martian: A+ -- nm - oblique Jan 18, 05:26 7
  - Do we have you to thank for putting it in the group? - spamlet Jan 18, 06:03 6
    - No. It just showed up in the list. Not sure who bought it -- nm - oblique Jan 18, 06:15 5
      - It wasn't me, Amoxy, or you. So we're narrowing it down :) -- nm* - spamlet Jan 18, 06:20 4
        
        it was Matt Damon - Pippy Stardust Jan 18, 06:20 3
        
        Well, damn. He should be buying all of our movies then! -- nm - spamlet Jan 18, 06:32 2
        
        Question for you - Krusty Jan 18, 07:06 1
        
        I just responded to your email. - spamlet Jan 18, 07:29
- Watched a bunch of S3 of Brooklyn 99 - B+. First few episodes of Superstore - B+ - iSpam Jan 18, 05:00
TV PSA: Masterchef Celebrity, Supergirl, Superstore, Bachelor, Raw, Telenovela, Biggest Loser, Scorpion, American Pickers, War & Peace, NCIS LA, - Beaker Jan 18, 04:44 4
- War & Peace is amazing. Everyone should watch and not just because of the brief nudity. -- nm - LMS Jan 18, 06:38 3
  - how many episodes is it? I may record -- nm - Beaker Jan 18, 07:13 2
    - 8 I think. -- nm - LMS Jan 18, 07:21 1
      - cool, thanks -- nm - Beaker Jan 18, 07:30
Jan 18, 1958 – Willie O'Ree, the first African Canadian National Hockey League player, makes his NHL debut with the Boston Bruins. -- nm - Beaker Jan 18, 04:42 5
- 1993 – Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is officially observed for the first time in all 50 states. -- nm - Beaker Jan 18, 04:43 4
  - Stupid Arizona. -- nm - Krusty Jan 18, 06:07
  - 1886 – Modern hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England. -- nm - Beaker Jan 18, 04:44 2
    - 1896 – An X-ray generating machine is exhibited for the first time by H. L. Smith. -- nm - Beaker Jan 18, 04:44 1
      - 1999 -- (link) - Strongbad Jan 18, 06:41 [youtube]

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