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Ted Cruz vows to defeat ‘politically correct’ gluten-free meals in military -- (link) - zork Feb 20, 12:50 1
- *increases funding to gluten-full meal bioweapon program* -- nm* - China Feb 20, 12:52
High school to the NFL by the numbers -- (link) - zork Feb 20, 12:44
What an oddly specific prejudice. -- (link) - Reagen Feb 20, 12:33 7
- I'm NOT defending the stupid ban, but just providing context; there are some pretty violent Polynesian/Islander ganges operating in the SL/Utah Valley -- nm - landbeck Feb 20, 12:47 1
  - They don't even have to be gangs, there have been some legendary brawls involving dozens of police jurisdictions that start as weddings, a -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 20, 13:41
- Sounds like a message got mangled along the way. - nic to be determined Feb 20, 12:47
- There are two things I can't stand in this world: people who are intolerant of other people's cultures, and the Dutch. -- nm - Max Feb 20, 12:47 2
  - and Illinois Nazis -- nm - zork Feb 20, 12:51 1
    - and Visigoths. -- nm - Max Feb 20, 12:53
- The important part of the story is that other people walked out with them. -- nm - David Feb 20, 12:43
In which my parents have apparently booked a flight to Florida to go find a house and...didn't tell my brother or me. - ty97 Feb 20, 12:26 7
- Did your brother choose his house due to their proximity? -- nm - David Feb 20, 12:44 1
  - Brother lived here first, parents were still in Florida then. - ty97 Feb 20, 12:45
- Dude. I already knew. -- nm - Spawndroid Feb 20, 12:28
- They thought you couldn't handle the news they were moving? -- nm - nic to be determined Feb 20, 12:28 3
  - My father once had a stroke and I wasn't told for two days - ty97 Feb 20, 12:30 2
    - Didn't want to burden you, son -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 20, 13:44
    - Oh well. -- nm - nic to be determined Feb 20, 12:43
MOP, I just emailed the 1 person who may be able to spare a dealers badge for 1 day. is there a specific day you want, or days you cannot go? - Peglegpete Feb 20, 11:59
Room: Terrific movie that I never ever want to watch again - prayformojo Feb 20, 11:40 15
- I just said the same to amoxy on FB. I feel like we should have the hour break to decompress from that. -- nm - iSpam Feb 20, 12:46 1
  - I do want to see it again, but it will be a while. Just so exhausting and exhilarating at the same time -- nm - amoxy Feb 20, 12:51
- Spoilers - kelly Feb 20, 11:46 11
  - I almost had to get up and leave. -- nm - iSpam Feb 20, 12:47
  - spoils - ty97 Feb 20, 12:21
  - spoil - amoxy Feb 20, 12:20
  - It is most edge of your seat thing I can remember ever watching -- nm - sweet baboo Feb 20, 11:49 7
    - More intense than Hurt Locker? - Will Hunting Feb 20, 11:53 6
      - Sometimes I wonder what movie everyone else saw when they watched Hurt Locker. - Cuzzin Todd Feb 20, 12:11 5
        
        Literally anyone could die at any moment in The Hurt Locker. That's rare in modern cinema. -- nm - David Feb 20, 12:15 3
        
        Yep. It was the most long-tense I have ever seen in a movie. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 20, 12:36
        
        Doesn't that happen every week on Game of Thrones? - Cuzzin Todd Feb 20, 12:18 1
        
        Sure, and they learned it from the movie, which came first. -- nm - David Feb 20, 12:40
        
        they were great set pieces but this scene felt genuinely life and death -- nm - sweet baboo Feb 20, 12:13
- I kinda do want to watch it again - sweet baboo Feb 20, 11:45
Room: B. Decent movie made better by amazing performances. (How did the kid not get a nomination?) -- nm - kelly Feb 20, 11:40
Tim Allen, Chevy Chase, Courtney Cox, Kate Mara and Rip Torn in something called "Zoom". -- nm - Mop Feb 20, 11:17
The Witch got a CinemaScore of C- -- nm - Tim Feb 20, 11:12 2
- I am not surprised. People didn't understand what they were signing up for. -- nm - David Feb 20, 11:20 1
  - I am surprised it's that high. -- nm - Dano Feb 20, 11:27
i really do miss the old days over on that other site, when we had commission-free saturdays ... - call me Ishmael Feb 20, 11:09 1
- It blew my portfolio management method, buying in coded amounts so I knew when to look at each stock every 3 or 4 months, selling/rebuying was easier - zeitgeist Feb 20, 12:22
This hasnt been mentioned but Jamie Alexander is avaliable -- (link) - eag Feb 20, 11:03
They opened a second theater and let us switch if we were up front. -- nm - iSpam Feb 20, 10:31 2
- No sound on Room. Take 2. -- nm - iSpam Feb 20, 10:49 1
  - You git what you git and you don't throw a fit. -- nm - Spawndroid Feb 20, 10:54
Jimmy Fallon's musical impression generator is always so delightfully spontaneous and unplanned. nm - Dignan Feb 20, 10:19
*2 old guys fighting spoilers* - Strongbad Feb 20, 10:07
So, we got a free $100 card to HH Gregg. No real needs. Thinking about a soundbar. Any suggestions? - Volnelk Feb 20, 09:41 1
- Maybe this will help? -- (link) - Beryllium Feb 20, 09:55
Bridge of Spies: A. Rylance deserves all the awards. -- nm - kelly Feb 20, 09:18 4
- I just assume your second sentence is true regardless. -- nm - znufrii Feb 20, 11:02
- Yup. It's very Spielburgian but his formula works. -- nm - iSpam Feb 20, 10:30
- Agreed on both -- nm - prayformojo Feb 20, 09:29
- Yup. -- nm - David Feb 20, 09:26
Wednesday's episode of Jeopardy (spoiler) and (spoiler) was a battle of titans. - Mop Feb 20, 09:17 1
I'm not sure if the FBI is brilliant or blindingly stupid, but the latter seems likely. -- (link) - Beryllium Feb 20, 09:17 1
- They could quietly lay siege to Apple HQ until everyone surrenders. -- nm - Mop Feb 20, 09:19
Kasich campaign mgr: Jeb and Carson will drop out tonight. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 20, 09:17 7
- Seems likely -- nm - ty97 Feb 20, 10:01
- Cruz: They already have! -- nm - Mop Feb 20, 09:58
- "or else" -- nm - Reagen Feb 20, 09:34
- He's not wrong. - Will Hunting Feb 20, 09:24 2
  - Yes he is. - Spawndroid Feb 20, 10:55 1
    - Carson will start tonight and not finish till Monday. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 20, 11:02
- Huh, taking a leaf from the Cruz playbook. -- nm - Roger More Feb 20, 09:23
I've joined the line for my local Best Picture showcase - JD Feb 20, 09:16 1
- We just got ours in central time -- nm - iSpam Feb 20, 10:30
Waiting to get San Diego Comic-Con tickets. Not gonna happen, right? -- nm - Mop Feb 20, 09:01 9
- 55 minutes after registration started, they let me in! - Mop Feb 20, 09:57 4
  - now you have to find a dealer with extra tix, or date White Canary to get in -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 20, 10:00 3
    - mmbers of the National Cartoonist Society also get pro badges. it's around $400 for an associate membership -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 20, 10:03 2
      - Do they? Is this documented somewhere? Are the badges free? If they're free then the membership dues might be worth it. -- nm - Mop Feb 20, 11:32 1
        
        here. you also need 3 members to vouch for you when applying as an associate - Peglegpete Feb 20, 11:41
- probably not. But hey...C2E2 is where it's at! -- nm - Remlik Feb 20, 09:06 2
  - I'll just talk my way into being a panel moderator at SDCC. Sorry, Chris Hardwick, this is my year! -- nm - Mop Feb 20, 09:16 1
    - you'd need to turn that stoneface into a face of warmth and understanding! -- nm - Remlik Feb 20, 09:55
- Worth a try, but probably not. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 20, 09:02
Bah. - znufrii Feb 20, 08:49
dignan psa: one month to Allegiant -- nm - sweet baboo Feb 20, 08:41 4
- Divergent: We're Going To Make This Entire Damn Series Whether Anyone Watches Them Or Not - Dano Feb 20, 08:45 3
  - The funny part is that they split the third one. - David Feb 20, 08:53
  - They should just merge Divergent with Maze Runner movies. -- nm - budice Feb 20, 08:46
  - Next up, Divergent: Detergent -- nm - Max Feb 20, 08:46
Thru Friday, Zoolander 2 still hasn't made $20M -- (link) - budice Feb 20, 08:26 3
- Well, if I need to go somewhere quiet to think, I'll keep this in mind. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 20, 08:36
- I bet it will be a Netfilx top watched movie -- nm - Remlik Feb 20, 08:31 1
  - It's somewhat like Hail Caesar. Some really funny parts, then a lot of head scratching moments -- nm - amoxy Feb 20, 08:34
Even if we can't find heaven, I'll walk through hell with you. -- nm - Tim Feb 20, 08:17
Rubio: "Breitbart is a conspiracy site that we don't even credential as press" -- nm - Strongbad Feb 20, 08:17 4
- Whoops -- (link) - Reagen Feb 20, 12:35
- Well, I'm glad someone on that side of the political fence is prepared to say it. -- nm - Roger More Feb 20, 08:25
- Squirrel, blind nut. :) -- nm - znufrii Feb 20, 08:18 1
  - deaf zippers -- nm - con_carne Feb 20, 09:19
March Madness: Joe Lunardi's Field of 64 -- (link) - budice Feb 20, 08:17 3
- Some are in all-caps, others aren't. Does this signify something? -- nm - Mop Feb 20, 09:03 2
  - All Caps are the automatic bids to conference champions. (He just gives them to the current 1st place team in the conference) -- nm - Dano Feb 20, 09:05
  - Caps are conference automatic bids. Lower case are at-large. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 20, 09:05
Fiji just got walloped by a cyclone and then had a m5.8 quake, if I'm reading Twitter correctly -- nm - Beryllium Feb 20, 08:16 1
- *takes notes* -- nm - The Rock Feb 20, 08:20
So brought my car to CarMax for a quote for shits and giggles. PiR rules, details inside. - znufrii Feb 20, 08:16 6
- Offer inside - znufrii Feb 20, 08:48
- One dollar, Drew!! -- nm - Qale Feb 20, 08:44
- 1312.50 -- nm - Spawndroid Feb 20, 08:27
- $2k -- nm - Krusty Feb 20, 08:25
- 1350 -- nm - Strongbad Feb 20, 08:20
- 1500 -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 20, 08:16
Reminder: Fantasy NASCAR begins tomorrow -- (link) - Strongbad Feb 20, 08:15 [Backboard]
Dano's house of the week. -- (link) - Dano Feb 20, 08:10 5
- Strange combination of modern black, white, and gray, and then wood paneling. And some weird wall angles. -- nm - Meg Feb 20, 10:15
- bleakness points for staging the photos in the middle of winter -- nm - sweet baboo Feb 20, 08:51
- Did you put an offer in on the one from last week? -- nm - ML Galaxy Feb 20, 08:11 2
  - I did not. I decided it was more in the "It would do" category than the "It's the one" and I'm on no time constraint. -- nm - Dano Feb 20, 08:19 1
    - Be Like ... House Caine in Kung Fu -- nm - budice Feb 20, 08:21
West Brom! -- nm - znufrii Feb 20, 08:09
HA! David needs to give me the keys and I'd do it. -- nm - Remlik Feb 20, 08:05 8
- Still waiting for BOPcast! -- nm - Tim Feb 20, 08:07 7
  - Bopcast: The Wrestlemania Oscar edition! -- nm* - Remlik Feb 20, 08:18
  - Posted without comment. -- (link) - David Feb 20, 08:08 [youtube] 5
    - meh -- (link) - Remlik Feb 20, 08:18 [youtube] 3
      - I liked Dokken in the 80s. Now, I can neither remember nor explain why. -- nm - David Feb 20, 08:18 2
        
        Wives make husbands cool. -- nm - budice Feb 20, 08:19
        
        He still had his voice and that band was damn good. Then Don let it all go to his head. Lynch still makes good music with the others at times -- nm - Remlik Feb 20, 08:19
    - "This video contains content from VEVO. It is restricted from playback on certain sites." -- nm - budice Feb 20, 08:11
Amazeballs -- nm - Beryllium Feb 20, 08:04
Drunk Hulk on 2016 -- (link) - budice Feb 20, 08:04
50 Shades of Rey -- (link) - budice Feb 20, 07:51
I'm like a small bear. I haven't the energy to move, and when I do it's very uncoordinated. -- nm - Loyola Feb 20, 07:50
The TTSS haters have obviously never read any John Le Carré (or seen the six hour miniseries starring Alec Guinness) -- nm - Roger More Feb 20, 07:49 1
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I'm currently wishing a lightning strike on like seven of you. - David Feb 20, 07:38 9
- OUCH!!!! -- nm - Bacon Feb 20, 08:48
- I'm heading to the roof with a kite and a key. - Krusty Feb 20, 08:09 2
  - You're on the Nice list! Others here...well, they're gonna force-drink battery acid. -- nm - David Feb 20, 08:12 1
    - Suckers. -- nm - Krusty Feb 20, 08:14
- I don't think I'm one of them - Dano Feb 20, 08:02 1
  - No, it's a B2 thing. I'm at peace with The Calvins by this point. - David Feb 20, 08:05
- Just got real.... -- (link) - budice Feb 20, 07:45 [youtube]
- #committedtothebit #BOPanalysis -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 20, 07:42
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- #PedestrianLivesMatter #JeSuisPedestrian -- nm - pedestrian Feb 20, 07:36
- OH, the only reason I'm looking twice at Miller is the back to back's. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 20, 07:35 8
  - Second time ever and first since the 1940's, right? -- nm - Tim Feb 20, 07:41 1
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    - I keep going back and gorth on this one - on the one hand back to back, on the other as you say, on the third hand something stupid enough for them to - nic to be determined Feb 20, 11:07
    - Updated BP Odds - Strongbad Feb 20, 08:11 1
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    - For Picture, I'm happy with the 3 favorites -- HSX will be a profit just on those 3. - Will Hunting Feb 20, 07:41 1
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B2 burns, B1 rises from the ashes. -- nm - ML Galaxy Feb 20, 07:31 1
- *refresh**refresh**refresh* -- nm - budice Feb 20, 07:31

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