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British researchers get approval to genetically modify human embryos -- (link) - budice Feb 1, 06:26
The Phoenix Suns have fired head coach Jeff Hornacek -- (link) - budice Feb 1, 06:25
Re: B2 -- monthly change in HSX - $5,590,186,430 (up $133,173,355) - Rank 131 (up 4 from 135) -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 1, 06:22
things that always confuse me - women, politics, and business doublespeak - Truman Feb 1, 06:20
I started playing The Witness yesterday and it's pretty good so far. It seems to be a straight up puzzle game along the lines of Myst - Krusty Feb 1, 06:20 2
- supposedly the learning curve is more like a cliff, steep with no warning. - Truman Feb 1, 06:21 1
  - The first 10-20 were easy, the next few took a little more thinking but along the way you run into a few that you just have no clue how to solve. -- (edited) - Krusty Feb 1, 06:27
Sansa Stark found her king at the SAG Awards -- (link) - budice Feb 1, 06:17 3
- How are we to assume it's Gosling and not that she found 2 minority women in an awards show? -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 1, 06:19 2
  - Well here is specifics -- (link) - budice Feb 1, 06:20
  - zing! -- nm - Beaker Feb 1, 06:19
oh god... my manager just told me i need to be off his headcount by the end of the brazil project/end of february. i'm screwed. - colin Feb 1, 06:16 5
- So sorry -- nm - Epiphany Feb 1, 06:38
- Crap! Sorry, man. -- nm - Krusty Feb 1, 06:38
- ugh -- nm - prayformojo Feb 1, 06:22 2
  - i feel like i've been kicked in the stomach. -- nm - colin Feb 1, 06:25 1
    - so sorry, that is terrible. -- nm - Andie Feb 1, 06:33
i didn't really know this was a thing that exists, but i just had a croissant fresh from the oven (i watched them come out), and it was disappointing - Andie Feb 1, 06:08 2
- did you slather it in butter? that helps with removing disappointment :) -- nm - colin Feb 1, 06:13
- Heres to a better Monday =) -- nm - budice Feb 1, 06:10
Mood: -- (link) - ML Galaxy Feb 1, 06:08
It's 52 degrees. 90% of the snow is gone. -- nm - ty97 Feb 1, 06:06 4
- So weird and wrong but I'll take it. Could be 60F on Wednesday. Rain but 60! -- nm - Krusty Feb 1, 06:08 1
  - Yep, 10C (50F) here tomorrow. But, rain. -- nm - Andie Feb 1, 06:09
- wait for it -- nm - oblique Feb 1, 06:08
- supposed to get up to 10C here. Crazy -- nm - Beaker Feb 1, 06:08
17 days until pitchers and catchers report for spring training. -- nm - Krusty Feb 1, 06:06 1
- And with the weather today it feels like spring training is right around the corner. 51F on Feb. 1st is very weird. This has been the warmest winter I - Krusty Feb 1, 06:07
I take far too much pleasure in seeing Spawn reduced to posting Andrew Luck Pro Bowl stats. - ML Galaxy Feb 1, 05:54 1
- I'm pretty sure with the lineups yesterday you have to legally put that in quotes. -- nm - spamlet Feb 1, 06:28
Man City comes clean and announces they've signed Pep Guardiola to coach next year. - Volnelk Feb 1, 05:52
Interesting. HD HomeRun comes to Apple TV -- (link) - oblique Feb 1, 05:45 1
- That is interesting. Would be more interesting if I had ATVs rather than Rokus. - spamlet Feb 1, 06:33
Feb 1, 1884 – The first volume (A to Ant) of the Oxford English Dictionary is published. -- nm - Beaker Feb 1, 05:43 5
- 1964 – The Beatles have their first number one hit in the United States with "I Want to Hold Your Hand." -- nm - Beaker Feb 1, 05:43 4
  - 1978 – Director Roman Polanski skips bail and flees the United States to France after pleading guilty to charges of having sex with a 13-year-old girl -- nm - Beaker Feb 1, 05:44 3
    - 2003 – Space Shuttle Columbia on mission STS-107 disintegrates during reentry into the Earth's atmosphere, killing all seven astronauts aboard. -- nm - Beaker Feb 1, 05:45 2
      - 1981 – The Underarm bowling incident of 1981 occurred when Trevor Chappell bowls underarm on the final delivery of a game between Australia and - Beaker Feb 1, 05:45 1
        
        Yeah, everyone involved regrets that. -- nm - Roger More Feb 1, 06:33
Following United (who followed Delta) American bringing back free snacks -- (link*) - ty97 Feb 1, 05:40 7
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  - There's some work being done by an economist (Jose Azar) into common ownership and its impact on prices. - Roger More Feb 1, 06:28
  - *all raise airfares $5* What do you mean? -- nm - spamlet Feb 1, 06:21
  - Hey, Southwest still exists! -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 1, 06:13
  - At least they are following each other in a positive move for once? - ty97 Feb 1, 05:54 1
    - Grasping at straws. -- nm - Krusty Feb 1, 06:09
- *throws snacks on the floor* "Now fight for them" -- nm - Beaker Feb 1, 05:41
Richard Sherman RKO'd Clay Matthews at the Pro Bowl -- (link) - Beaker Feb 1, 05:29
I didn't see this during the telecast Saturday night.....what are the Kansas fans going for here? -- (link) - prayformojo Feb 1, 05:01 [Image] 3
- "Above these championship banners hangs a banner reading "Pay Heed, All Who Enter: Beware of the Phog", in reference to the intimidating atmosphere" -- (link) - ty97 Feb 1, 05:20 2
  - The Phog is a very intimidating place to play college basketball. To win at KU is very, very rare. The current coach is 201-9 at home. :-) - Krusty Feb 1, 06:25
  - thanks -- nm - prayformojo Feb 1, 05:34
My potential job fell through... so it looks like I'm doing a 16 week project in Singapore instead of leaving the company. And maybe by then - colin Feb 1, 05:01 5
- Sorry about the job, but I can think of much worse places to spend 16 weeks than Singapore at least. - ty97 Feb 1, 05:07 4
  - the circuses are GREAT! i think people view the city as expensive because they want restaurants, but i found it to be pretty cheap - colin Feb 1, 05:10 3
    - Hope it all works well - Strongbad Feb 1, 05:21 2
      - whoa... long time man! where to? -- nm - colin Feb 1, 06:14 1
        
        No idea yet. - Strongbad Feb 1, 06:27
Let's wreck the boards before everyone else gets here by working the word "caucus" into movie titles. -- nm - Loyola Feb 1, 04:56 5
- Let's not. -- nm - znufrii Feb 1, 05:01
- hey guys, can you remind me how we mute people on the board? like a script? just curious... -- nm - colin Feb 1, 04:58 3
  - There are instructions here -- (link) - ty97 Feb 1, 05:00
  - One flew over the caucus nest. -- nm - Loyola Feb 1, 04:59 1
    - Tristam Shandy: A Caucus Bull Story. -- nm - Baron Whitlock Feb 1, 06:01
I hope Fox replays Grease with the positive reviews. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 1, 04:54
ST, I give you... Trumplings. -- (link) - Strongbad Feb 1, 04:50 1
- i broke the website with too many trumplings. -- nm - colin Feb 1, 04:54
I mean I did think that selling milkshakes in the front yard was a food safety violation... -- nm - iSpam Feb 1, 04:49 1
- your milkshake brings all the boys to the yard -- nm - Beaker Feb 1, 04:50
i am not in the mood to work. -- nm - Truman Feb 1, 04:47 1
- when i'm not in the mood to work, i get in the mood to job hunt. -- nm - colin Feb 1, 04:51
Here's where the big websites tell us that *maybe* all these polls for the past 12 months haven't been accurate. -- (link) - Strongbad Feb 1, 04:47 4
- I think my main data point of interest coming out of tonight is what turnout in the Iowa is vs past years. - ty97 Feb 1, 04:50 1
  - I agree. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 1, 04:51
- as long as Trump wins, nothing else matters. -- nm - colin Feb 1, 04:48 1
  - ~anyone can see~ -- nm - Strongbad Feb 1, 04:50
Only one MLB team has not signed a major league free agent this offseason. Which team is it? -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 1, 04:45 10
- can i call shenanigans on this question? all of them have, i it just depends on how you phrase that. - Truman Feb 1, 04:56 5
  - No team stands pat. So your objection is overruled with extreme prejudice. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 1, 05:13 4
    - whatever, its a poor question. - Truman Feb 1, 05:46 3
      - Yes, it's the Yankees, the team most associated with buying success. - Will Hunting Feb 1, 05:59 2
        
        Just trades and bringing up the young talent. Doing it old school these days. No big FAs until after the big bucks come off the books. - Krusty Feb 1, 06:32 1
        
        My boss really, really wanted Price and Heyward but is still very happy with their offseason. -- nm - Tim Feb 1, 06:37
- Expos -- nm - Strongbad Feb 1, 04:50 1
  - Nationals = nope -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 1, 04:52
- Jays -- nm - Beaker Feb 1, 04:49 1
  - J A Happ and Marco Estrada. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 1, 04:52
Wake up! - prayformojo Feb 1, 04:13
TV PSA: Lucifer, Crazy Ex-GF, Supergirl, Superstore, Bachelor, X-Files, Raw, Telenovela, Jane the Virgin, Magicians, Biggest Loser, War & Peace, other -- (edited) - Beaker Feb 1, 04:04
Legends of Tomorrow spoils -- (link) - Peglegpete Jan 31, 22:52 2
- the way the show is setup they should be able to rotate in dozens of heroes and villains. Should be fun -- nm - Beaker Feb 1, 04:48 1
  - and may cause a jump in some comic prices as people get interested in first appearances of them after they show up -- nm - Beaker Feb 1, 04:49
my hi the next 3 days is 50, 80% chance of rain [which we need] tomorrow -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 31, 22:48 1
- It's gonna be warmer - and dryer - here! -- nm - Mop Jan 31, 23:17
Good: Grease Live. Not good: All this wind. So over it. -- nm - con_carne Jan 31, 22:05 2
- effin freezing -- nm - mr plow Jan 31, 22:40
- We had some this afternoon but it seems quiet now - and none of the driving rain I was expecting. -- nm - Meg Jan 31, 22:23
Catching up with Grease between West Coast start and DVR. I that Julianne Hough is fine as Sandy -- nm - JD Jan 31, 21:27 1
- Carrie Fisher would have been great -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 31, 21:53
Well played, Knicks. -- (link) - Tim Jan 31, 21:16
Yahoo is on crack. - Spawn Jan 31, 21:13 4
- So the Sanders campaign is concerned more Clinton supporters than Sanders supports will caucus? I believe that's the point. -- nm - Mop Jan 31, 21:16 3
  - My post was about the date on the story, but it syas out of state Hillary people are paid to attend the caucus. -- nm - Spawn Jan 31, 21:47 2
    - Oh yeah. Yahoo News is 2nd only to MSN.com when it comes to crappy mechanics of their web site. -- (edited) - Mop Jan 31, 22:04 1
      - I read the article. Not only is Yahoo News a poorly designed web site, their reporting is horrible, too. - Mop Jan 31, 22:57
Oh. My. God. -- (link) - Spawn Jan 31, 21:02 1
- Hahahahaha -- nm - Volnelk Jan 31, 21:04
Speaking of disturbing commercials, the disclaimers in this Belsomra ad are horrific. -- (link) - Volnelk Jan 31, 21:01 [youtube]
Pro Bowl Spoiler. - Spawn Jan 31, 21:01
The Onion couldn't make some of these up. Meet 100 GOP Iowa/New Hampshire voters. -- (link) - Tim Jan 31, 21:00 3
- Elitist!! -- nm - Strongbad Feb 1, 03:59
- "everything is so PC, the second you say something (racist) you're a racist" -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 1, 02:20
- The Onion isn't in the business of terrifying people. -- nm - Mop Jan 31, 23:11
Anna Kendrick live tweeting Grease is pretty entertaining. -- nm - Volnelk Jan 31, 20:51
Black Sails was damn good this week. No idea how they filmed a good chunk of it. -- nm - Remlik Jan 31, 20:45
I'm just glad that all this primaries nonsense will be over tomorrow. -- nm - Reagen Jan 31, 20:42 2
- Yup. -- (link) - Mop Jan 31, 23:19 [youtube]
- "Iowa citizen, if the caucus were held today, who would you vote for in 2020?" -- nm - Tim Jan 31, 20:43
actually on second thought, Focus is basically Maverick. -- nm - Reagen Jan 31, 20:38 2
- spot on -- nm - Max Feb 1, 03:15
- *recalls Jodie Foster's character* ... hmm. Have they considered a Dirty Rotten Scoundrels reboot? -- nm - Beryllium Jan 31, 22:44
WWE News: Nakamura’s NJPW Farewell Speech Online -- (link) - Remlik Jan 31, 20:18
That new Fiber One commercial is really disturbing. -- nm - pmb Jan 31, 20:17 11
- For those that haven't seen it. -- (link) - pmb Jan 31, 20:20 10
  - and here I thought the toe fungus one was bad -- nm - oblique Feb 1, 06:05
  - sweet fancy Moses -- nm - Beaker Feb 1, 05:52 1
    - and I just ate a Fibre 1 bar to celebrate his birth -- nm - Beaker Feb 1, 06:19
  - Haha haha -- nm - ML Galaxy Feb 1, 05:50
  - we just bought a costco bale of the fudge ones, I don't know if I can eat one now -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 1, 01:31
  - What the...? -- nm - kelly Jan 31, 21:10
  - ...wow. I'm just glad there wasn't a bowl-shot at the end. It would have been at least 14 Courics. -- nm - jaxSean Jan 31, 20:52
  - the flipping hell?!? -- nm - prayformojo Jan 31, 20:38
  - *SUPER* Colon Blow! -- nm - Mop Jan 31, 20:36 1
    - Gonna take the Browns to the Super Bowl. -- nm - Remlik Jan 31, 20:46
NXT: I'm a few episodes behind but I love *spoilers* - Qale Jan 31, 20:13
It's important to note that I've seen both Mara sisters totally naked. -- nm - Mop Jan 31, 20:09
r/hockey is basically r/JohnScott right now. -- nm - Reagen Jan 31, 20:00
Star Wars: Do X-Wing Fighter Pilots get pulled over for DUI? -- (link) - budice Jan 31, 19:46
Billions is fun tonight -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 31, 19:43
That was a spectacular ending. - David Jan 31, 19:41
I react to the Fine Bros. trademarking react videos, ordering takedowns of other react videos and licensing the idea. - Tim Jan 31, 19:30 5
- nah, most people who are heavy youtube watchers aren't following this and don't care. -- nm - colin Feb 1, 04:47
- I just read an article about this. There's "prior art". VH1 and MTV used to do this same format. -- nm - Mop Jan 31, 20:35 1
  - Apparently they even went after videos with a similar concept to theirs that were posted prior to them even starting the "React" series. -- nm - Tim Jan 31, 20:42
- they're losing about 100 subscribers a minute. -- nm - Reagen Jan 31, 19:48 1
  - I won't leave them, but readily admit none of the reacts are as good as the original Kids React. -- nm - Qale Jan 31, 20:15
BBC to launch Netflix style service... -- (link) - Remlik Jan 31, 19:30
4000 year old Minoan shipwreck has been found off Turkey -- (link) - Peglegpete Jan 31, 19:28
UFC fighter Demetrious Johnson gets surprise visit from drug testers while streaming a video game on Twitch. -- (link) - Tim Jan 31, 19:25
Ow, my freaking ears! -- nm - prayformojo Jan 31, 19:23 3
- Oh baby, me gotta go now -- nm - Rollo Jan 31, 19:34
- Cake By the Ocean isn't about cake. - Tim Jan 31, 19:33
- Now go listen to Afternoon Delight! -- nm - Roger More Jan 31, 19:32
Best supporting performance: Aaron Tveit's biceps -- nm - Dano Jan 31, 19:22 2
- Mmm Hmmm -- nm - Epiphany Jan 31, 20:05
- He can sing, he can dance, and he can act...just not at the same time. -- nm - David Jan 31, 19:24

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