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Lin-Manuel Miranda freestyles in the Rose Garden based on words on cards held up by President Obama -- (link) - ty97 Mar 14, 17:38 4
- We call it the Moda Center now. -- nm - Mop Mar 14, 17:42 1
  - Thank you -- nm - Bacon Mar 14, 17:42
- i...cannot do this -- nm - prayformojo Mar 14, 17:42
- good freestylers impress me -- nm - crash davis Mar 14, 17:42
So both our men's and women's basketball teams are in the NCAA tournament. That's gotta be a first for us. -- nm - Mop Mar 14, 17:38
the new Silicon Valley episodes just write themselves -- (link) - sweet baboo Mar 14, 17:34
Pete Rose's attorney walking back the Trump endorsement. - Volnelk Mar 14, 17:34 1
- Whoever loses, we win. -- nm - Mop Mar 14, 17:37
I want ice cream! -- nm - Spawn Mar 14, 17:28 5
- How can you have your pudding I'd you don't eat your meat -- nm - zork Mar 14, 17:31
- no -- nm - sweet baboo Mar 14, 17:29 3
  - Spawn's response -- (link) - crash davis Mar 14, 17:31 2
    - had to leave it on the cutting room floor - sweet baboo Mar 14, 17:31 1
      - Superman is so stupid that hitting him in the head wouldn't hurt. -- nm - test audience Mar 14, 17:34
Mass shooter in Michigan says he was under the control of his Uber app. -- (link) - Meg Mar 14, 17:25 3
- *wonders if this will work on max* -- nm - sweet baboo Mar 14, 17:29
- It makes more sense than being under the influence of the neighbor's dog -- nm - crash davis Mar 14, 17:29
- Big, if true. -- nm - Spawn Mar 14, 17:29
Dang, if I didn't have to pick up the kid in a bit I could be feeling the Bern a couple of miles from my house right now. -- nm - spamlet Mar 14, 17:22 1
- It really is for the best. You would feel even sadder in a few weeks if you had. -- nm - Spawn Mar 14, 17:23
Oh and because it should have always been and the previous was stupid. Is this first year that the NCAA has reverted to calling Thurs-Fri games the - JD Mar 14, 17:21 3
- I believe it is the first time since they added the 11 seed play in games. - Tim Mar 14, 17:22
- Yes, thankfully. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 14, 17:22
- Yup, The First Four of the First Round. -- nm - Spawn Mar 14, 17:21
That train that derailed in Kansas last night was the Southwest Chief - the one I've taken twice to K.C. -- nm - Meg Mar 14, 17:17 3
- Yeah, I thought the same thing. I took that line to school several times. - spamlet Mar 14, 17:36
- ... and where were you last night? -- nm - Spawn Mar 14, 17:19 1
  - Sleeping soundly after a bad night the night before. -- nm - Meg Mar 14, 17:21
To sum up, in the future, cars you drive yourself will only be owned by hipsters. It will be the bicycle with the large front wheel -- nm - crash davis Mar 14, 17:16 2
- Or a high-bike, right? -- nm - ReluctantCynic Mar 14, 17:41 1
  - you got it -- nm - crash davis Mar 14, 17:42
Chopped Junior is on FoodHD right now. What is the fascination with kids cooking? - crash davis Mar 14, 17:11 6
- Well, Masterchef Junior is probably least angry Gordon Ramsey. - the wrong element, bad guy Mar 14, 17:31 1
  - (this is the kids one we watch with...the kids) -- nm - Beaker Mar 14, 17:32
- we watch cause the kids like it :) -- nm* - Beaker Mar 14, 17:12 3
  - oh, so the kids aren't the meals? -- nm - sweet baboo Mar 14, 17:17 1
    - *cancels dvr recording*....nm - x Mar 14, 17:19
  - if you got kids, I could see that. Before I changed channels, a kid was burning his jelly bean sauce -- nm - crash davis Mar 14, 17:13
Ben Carson: I've been promised a position in the Trump Administration. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 14, 17:10 17
- That's specifically illegal, no? -- nm - Reagen Mar 14, 17:31 6
  - I hope not -- nm - Peter McKay Destroyer of the PC Party Mar 14, 17:33
  - Nope, he isn't buying his vote. -- nm - Bacon Mar 14, 17:32 4
    - I thought I recalled something from previous elections as to that you couldn't say "so and so will be in my cabinet" precisely because of this. -- nm - Reagen Mar 14, 17:34 3
      - It's illegal to trade appointments for votes or money, but not endorsements. - ReluctantCynic Mar 14, 17:47
      - Ben Carson's had it to here with your rules! -- nm - David Mar 14, 17:38
      - That would be new to me, but possible. I don't see how it's any different from saying who you want for VP etc etc. -- nm - Bacon Mar 14, 17:36
- Military Bayonet Tester -- nm - Bacon Mar 14, 17:25
- bring out the gimp -- nm - Jovian Mar 14, 17:24
- Surprising absolutely nobody. - Spawn Mar 14, 17:13 7
  - Surgeon General, or HHS. -- nm - crash davis Mar 14, 17:13 6
    - second floor White House Butler. remember this is Trump, not someone sane :( -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 14, 17:32
    - The fact that they bothj went on about talking about education really makes me think that. -- nm - Spawn Mar 14, 17:17
    - Climate Change czar. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 14, 17:16 3
      - Secretary of Agriculture -- nm - sweet baboo Mar 14, 17:16 2
        
        Department of Belt Buckles -- nm - Beaker Mar 14, 17:17 1
        
        too bad he is Canadian because Rob Ford would make an excellent Chief of Staff -- nm - crash davis Mar 14, 17:17
welp, Dances With Wolves just started. I'll be occupied till the opening scene is over -- nm - Beaker Mar 14, 17:04 4
- Ah yeah the sawing of the leg is really inspiring stuff -- nm - Bacon Mar 14, 17:24
- Hey, whatever floats your boat, honey. -- nm - Mop Mar 14, 17:10
- the Civil War battle? -- nm - crash davis Mar 14, 17:06 1
  - love it -- nm - Beaker Mar 14, 17:11
hyde, probably about as long as proper VOD. -- nm - Reagen Mar 14, 17:00 1
- heh. though really, i would assume it'll be worse. - x Mar 14, 17:05
My Hellfire missiles are overdue. -- nm - Bacon Mar 14, 16:54 2
- but the drone itself was delivered on time, right? -- nm - crash davis Mar 14, 16:55 1
  - Mmmmmaybe -- nm - Bacon Mar 14, 16:58
Via Marcel on FB: Awkwardly Posing Models (not really NSFW) -- (link) - prayformojo Mar 14, 16:51 6
- It's the gallery of runner-ups to Tom Holland. -- nm - Reagen Mar 14, 16:59
- weird, that's exactly the same way I put mail in the mailbox -- nm - ML Mar 14, 16:54 3
  - With legs like that why would you cover them up with Zubaz? -- nm - Max Mar 14, 17:48
  - I see they included a graduate from the ML Academy of Dance -- (link) - prayformojo Mar 14, 16:58 [Image] 1
    - I like that he has a hole in his sock -- nm - ML Mar 14, 17:03
- The worst ones are the model laying in the dirty puddle and the one on the pile of garbage -- nm - amoxy Mar 14, 16:51
OMG -- (link) - ML Mar 14, 16:50 4
- This makes 3 times it has been posted today. -- nm - Spawn Mar 14, 17:17
- too funny -- nm - crash davis Mar 14, 16:51 2
  - This is the one you need to see, though. -- (link) - Spawn Mar 14, 17:18 1
    - this should be included in every response you give to pixie -- nm - crash davis Mar 14, 17:19
B2 Driverless. (More info inside) - Strongbad Mar 14, 16:49 26
- Can you imagine NYC with driverless electric cars? What will we do with all that peace and quiet? -- nm - Mop Mar 14, 17:29
- yeah, exactly. it's going to be a gigantic cultural clusterfuck....nm - x Mar 14, 16:56 16
  - What happened when cars started to be present on roads that were originally pedestrians and horses? Genuinely curious. I wasn't around then - JD Mar 14, 17:02 14
    - prove you weren't around then -- nm - crash davis Mar 14, 17:20 2
      - *ponders this one* - JD Mar 14, 17:22 1
        
        I'm thinking you wouldn't have mentioned that unless you had something to hide. -- nm - crash davis Mar 14, 17:24
    - Was it here, or in England that someone had to walk in front of them with a red flag? -- nm - Meg Mar 14, 17:19 2
      - Ah, both.... -- (link) - Meg Mar 14, 17:20 1
        
        The anti-car lobbyists seem to have been pretty powerful in Pennslyvania -- nm - JD Mar 14, 17:25
    - it was kind of a free-for-all shitshow for the first 20-30 years -- nm - sweet baboo Mar 14, 17:10 3
      - it's crazy when you see early film of cities from circa 1910-1920 or so... - x Mar 14, 17:15
      - So are driverless cars an evolution over the current and a shorter adoption period would be expected? - JD Mar 14, 17:12 1
        
        (I'm guessing at least 2 cycles of fleet turnover, barring some kind of widespread govt mandate or incentive program) -- nm - Strongbad Mar 14, 17:14
    - basically there were tons of accidents and a lot of entrenched people and interests who thought cars were evil....nm - x Mar 14, 17:09 1
      - I have a great newspaper article for 150 years ago, talking about the "evil" railroads invading. It's great. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 14, 17:11
    - yeah hyde tell us what it was like :-) -- nm - ML Mar 14, 17:07 1
      - quiet, you....nm - x Mar 14, 17:09
  - yup -- nm - Beaker Mar 14, 16:57
- I look forward to the movies using gangs of hot rod drivers blocking driverless vehicles and terrorizing their passengers as a plot point. - TWuG Mar 14, 16:52 7
  - Other things to think about - Strongbad Mar 14, 16:55 5
    - What happens decide to not own a car but instead a partial share or something similar? - JD Mar 14, 16:59 2
      - Right. - Strongbad Mar 14, 17:02 1
        
        I think that type of future is what GM envisions or is at least hedging against with their investment in Lyft -- nm - JD Mar 14, 17:08
    - and when a driverless slows down to rubberneck an accident, when do you start worrying about sentience? - crash davis Mar 14, 16:58 1
      - Thankfully, capacity on roads and intersections will increase - Strongbad Mar 14, 17:04
  - Driverless vehicles will make the Fast & Furious franchise less interesting -- nm - crash davis Mar 14, 16:53
Police announce arrest after 2 Canadian Forces members attacked (stranded) at recruiting centre -- (link) - zork Mar 14, 16:46 1
- err,stabbed -- nm - zork Mar 14, 17:29
NFL acknowledges, for first time, link between football, brain disease -- (link) - ty97 Mar 14, 16:40 1
- because Tom Brady endorsed Trump? -- nm - crash davis Mar 14, 16:41
Trump just criticized Christie for being an absentee governor. While Christie was *on stage* with him. -- nm - ty97 Mar 14, 16:35 16
- here is the clip -- (link) - Jovian Mar 14, 17:05
- what Stockholm Syndrome shit is this? -- nm - Diva Mar 14, 17:04
- "Mayor Quimby even released Sideshow Bob, a man twice convicted of attempted murder. *vote Sideshow Bob for mayor*" -- nm - Reagen Mar 14, 16:57
- sums up my reaction -- (link) - ML Mar 14, 16:48
- He needs an intervention from a women's abuse crisis center. -- nm - pmb Mar 14, 16:46 1
  - Sorry, they'll all be defunded by Trump. Only losers are abused. -- nm - TWuG Mar 14, 16:48
- Pretty soon it will be "That bastard Trump, 4 bankruptcies, 3 marriages" -- nm - amoxy Mar 14, 16:38
- Yup, hostage. -- nm - Tim Mar 14, 16:37 4
  - Has he mouthed "HELP" yet? -- nm - Strongbad Mar 14, 16:43
  - He then turned to Christie and said "sorry, I needed to make a point" -- nm - ty97 Mar 14, 16:41 2
    - I thought this post was just a joke, but he actually said it. That's spectacular. -- nm - TWuG Mar 14, 16:50
    - Honestly? Play with fire and you get burned. Keep endorsing Trump ya jackass -- nm - Bacon Mar 14, 16:45
- And Tubby took it cuz he wants to be AG. - Will Hunting Mar 14, 16:37 2
  - I find little of Trump's act funny at this point except for what he's doing to CC... - Mel Profit Mar 14, 17:16
  - John Edwards wasn't this craven and he gave his wife a tumor for sympathy. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 14, 16:48
- It's a new phase of his campaign. Attack enemies and allies. -- nm - Bacon Mar 14, 16:37
so I've read two articles today that could have been titled "Proof Ted Cruz is a huge jerk" and "Proof Marco Rubio is a huge jerk". It almost makes - crash davis Mar 14, 16:35
I learned something today. Throwing old strings of christmas lights onto a campfire makes the flames glow pretty colors. - ML Mar 14, 16:34 3
- you can keep a packet of these hidden in your palm so they don't happen to see the lights -- (link) - crash davis Mar 14, 16:37
- copper -- nm - Bacon Mar 14, 16:35 1
  - =bluish green -- nm - Bacon Mar 14, 16:35
pixie (or anyone else) how do driverless cars handle nuanced or driver courtesy situations? - crash davis Mar 14, 16:32 9
- Google had to teach its car how to navigate 4 way stops where driver cues often determine right of way. - TWuG Mar 14, 16:42 5
  - *cues Yakety Sax* -- nm - znufrii Mar 14, 17:36
  - "We modeled the algorithm on the Looney Tunes goofy gophers" - Google Engineers Mar 14, 16:45 1
    - Indubitably. -- nm - TWuG Mar 14, 16:50
  - okay, that sounds better -- nm - crash davis Mar 14, 16:44
  - This. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 14, 16:43
- did you ever see the movie Killdozer? -- nm - sweet baboo Mar 14, 16:35 2
  - no, but with a title like that maybe I should -- nm - crash davis Mar 14, 16:36 1
    - it's one of the great 70's tv movies...nm - x Mar 14, 16:37
dano's Palm Springs retreat o' the week -- (link) - sweet baboo Mar 14, 16:31
David did you write this on Captain America The First Avenger? -- (link) - Beaker Mar 14, 16:30
Those 1991-1992 Upper Deck complete collection sets sure went up in value, boy howdy -- nm - Beryllium Mar 14, 16:26 8
- *wall papers living room in Gregg Jefferies cards* -- nm - Reagen Mar 14, 16:59 1
  - eff that guy -- nm - sweet baboo Mar 14, 17:01
- Something in cards from the early 90s are worth something? -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 14, 16:28 5
  - The Upper Deck cards are attractive but the ones from Pinnacle and particularly Parkhurst were gorgeous. - Mop Mar 14, 17:41
  - I was being sarcastic. :-) -- nm - Beryllium Mar 14, 16:37
  - Yeah that's when there was over production and over saturation of the product -- nm - Trump Mar 14, 16:35 1
    - As if trump would know the meaning of those words ;-) -- nm - Beryllium Mar 14, 16:38
  - make good insulation I think -- nm - Beaker Mar 14, 16:30

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