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FUCK. -- nm - Dark Callisto Apr 21, 10:13
AP: Publicist - Pop music superstar Prince has died at his home in suburban Minneapolis. -- (link*) - budice Apr 21, 10:10 6
- Story here -- (link) - budice Apr 21, 10:15 1
  - "His publicist, Yvette Noel-Schure, told The Associated Press the music icon was found dead at his home Thursday in Chanhassen." -- nm - budice Apr 21, 10:16
- Da fuq?! -- nm - Mop Apr 21, 10:13
- I came here to confirm this. I am at a pub in Wales and people are freaking out as they get texts. -- nm - andie Apr 21, 10:12 2
  - It's just Prince, not Charles or William -- nm - dj fingerblast Apr 21, 10:13 1
    - you're horrible (I laughed). -- nm - unbreakable mandy jones Apr 21, 10:15
The GOAT halftime show -- (link) - ML Apr 21, 10:07 [youtube] 4
- Thank you for posting this. -- nm - David Apr 21, 10:15 1
  - Wish I could find the entire performance without the interviews....but this'll do in the meantime. -- nm - Jim Apr 21, 10:17
- "Can you make it rain harder?" - prayformojo Apr 21, 10:08 1
  - I've never watched this NFL-produced version of the show. This is great. -- nm - ML Apr 21, 10:13
The In Memoriams are going to be absurd this year. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 21, 10:04 1
- gonna have to be a 2 night event -- nm - groiny Apr 21, 10:04
The Internet is crashing. -- nm - CrankYanker Apr 21, 10:01 1
- Prince. -- nm - budice Apr 21, 10:02
There's gonna be an article within an hour of millennials and high schoolers tweeting "LOL but who's Prince?" - ty97 Apr 21, 09:58
TMZ reporting that Prince is dead at 57. -- nm - David Apr 21, 09:52 19
- I actually feel like leaving work for the day... -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Apr 21, 10:12 1
  - Good, I'm not the only one. -- nm - Jim Apr 21, 10:13
- The Independent have reported it. -- (link) - LMS Apr 21, 09:59
- Dammit. 2016 is just unrelenting. -- nm - pmb Apr 21, 09:59 4
  - And it's escalating -- nm - decline Apr 21, 10:02 3
    - It's going plaid -- nm - eag Apr 21, 10:04 2
      - Purple. -- nm - jnine Apr 21, 10:23
      - There's so many that there's people dying that never died before. -- nm - Loyola Apr 21, 10:14
- ABC5 taking cues from TMZ -- (link) - budice Apr 21, 09:57 3
  - Local CBS as well -- (link) - budice Apr 21, 10:03 2
    - These people are still all just sourcing TMZ. -- nm - Dark Callisto Apr 21, 10:06 1
      - True...if TMZ is wrong, then so is everyone else. nm - Jim Apr 21, 10:07
- Local news just broke in confirming it -- nm - eag Apr 21, 09:55 1
  - CNN is saying it's "a death investigation" right now. -- nm - David Apr 21, 09:56
- Let's hope they're wrong, but circumstantially I fear they're correct. -- nm - ML Apr 21, 09:53 3
  - Given the plane flight thing the other day, I doubt they are. -- nm - David Apr 21, 09:56 2
    - that's what I mean, along with all the other stuff we learned earlier -- nm - ML Apr 21, 09:59
    - yeah, this was my thought when I first read the thread below -- nm - ty97 Apr 21, 09:57
- wow -- nm - budice Apr 21, 09:53
Duffy is 20 for 20 so far. 11 counts left. FREE MIKE DUFFY said no one ever except this judge -- nm - Beaker Apr 21, 09:52 1
- People hate the fat man. - Name Withheld by Request Apr 21, 10:11
WTF Delaware!!!! - groiny Apr 21, 09:50 2
- That horrible but it sounds like 'beaten to death' *could* be news sensationalism. - ty97 Apr 21, 09:55 1
  - either way, being killed while at school is generally not a cool thing. -- nm - groiny Apr 21, 09:55
Purple Rain bitches -- nm - 2016 Apr 21, 09:50
Doctor Who news - new companion to be announced on Saturday -- (link) - LMS Apr 21, 09:46
Some music guy is claiming that it's Prince. -- (link) - ML Apr 21, 09:43 6
- Im sure bribes are flying to medical officials to find out who it is -- nm - budice Apr 21, 09:45 5
  - This is why Id find it hard to be Prince, it wouldnt stay quiet for long. Someone would want to cash in -- nm - budice Apr 21, 09:46 4
    - Law Enforcement has gotten better about not leaking stuff before notifications get made. - TWuG Apr 21, 09:48
    - But that could explain why it's on TMZ and we're hearing about it already. -- nm - ty97 Apr 21, 09:48 2
      - Local news here is reporting developments. TMZ is just glossing it up and re-reporting what they're saying. -- nm* - ML Apr 21, 09:49 1
        
        Agree with ML-cumber -- (link) - budice Apr 21, 09:52
I know what I am doing at lunch. -- (link) - Spawn Apr 21, 09:36
A day after a few 4/20-related tweets, Pat McAfee got a "random" drug test. -- nm - Spawn Apr 21, 09:31 2
- LeVeon Bell tweeted that he got one yesterday -- nm - ML Apr 21, 09:31 1
  - Hopefully early in the day so he could hit that shit after that. -- nm - Spawn Apr 21, 09:33
Rumpr is that Fantastic Four is now back with Marvel. First movie in 2020. -- nm - Spawn Apr 21, 09:27 4
- I was worried they might lose steam as actors decided not to re-up for the established characters. But as more and more of Marvel's big heroes - TWuG Apr 21, 09:33 3
  - Perhaps a Secret Wars movie by 2025? -- (edited) - Jovian Apr 21, 09:41 2
    - *splurt* -- nm - Beaker Apr 21, 09:46 1
      - *moves out X-Men moves in Inhumans* that could work -- nm - Beaker Apr 21, 09:46
Uh-oh. Death investigation at Paisley Park. -- (link) - ML Apr 21, 09:21 24
- No fucking way.... -- nm - Jim Apr 21, 09:29 14
  - "middle aged man" crap -- (link*) - ML Apr 21, 09:45
  - TMZ -- (link) - Spawn Apr 21, 09:29 12
    - Seriously...Michael was hard on me...this would be a complete gut punch. - Jim Apr 21, 09:35 8
      - Yeah, this would suck big time. - pmb Apr 21, 09:37 5
        
        Yeah, I've only seen him the once and he sucked. -- nm - LMS Apr 21, 09:40 4
        
        I've seen him 4 times. Three shows were great (one of them was really spectacular). This last one was just a bad night. He was being petulant. - pmb Apr 21, 09:59
        
        this is kind of not the right time for this comment. -- nm - unbreakable mandy jones Apr 21, 09:43 1
        
        I was going to add I was hoping to see him again as I know he's one of the best live acts, just he was off that night. -- nm - LMS Apr 21, 10:02
        
        I saw him once and he was fantastic. We're planning on seeing him again this year, if he comes through St. Louis. -- nm* - Jim Apr 21, 09:41
      - ... you mean David? -- nm - Spawn Apr 21, 09:37 1
        
        Nope - I mean Michael. -- nm - Jim Apr 21, 09:37
    - "someone died at Prince's studio--we don't know who, but here's a GIGANTIC PHOTO OF PRINCE" -- nm - ML Apr 21, 09:30 2
      - eh, nobody would recognize the PPark photos they have there. -- nm - Spawn Apr 21, 09:32
      - They like to exploit shit to the max -- nm - Pippy Apr 21, 09:31
- If the purple banana dont fit, you must acquit. -- nm - budice Apr 21, 09:24 7
  - Oh, are we thinking it is not Prince? -- nm - Spawn Apr 21, 09:24 6
    - If it was Prince, itd be world news already -- nm - budice Apr 21, 09:26 2
      - how? the medical examiner just got there -- nm - ML Apr 21, 09:27 1
        
        "what began as a medical call has now turned to a death investigation. Emergency responders were called to Paisley Park at 9:43 a.m. Thursday." -- nm - JaxSean Apr 21, 09:32
    - It could be anybody. Normally I would assume it's not but on the heels of last week's report that he was ill... -- nm - ML Apr 21, 09:25 2
      - And he's Jehovah's Witness, no? Their doctrine typically avoids medical care, IINM. -- nm - TWuG Apr 21, 09:30
      - Exactly. -- nm - Spawn Apr 21, 09:28
- No no no no no -- nm - Spawn Apr 21, 09:22
Our online HR system tells me that today is the 23.5 year anniversary of me working here - prayformojo Apr 21, 09:21 2
- Waking up? -- nm - spamlet Apr 21, 09:58
- that is awesome. -- nm - groiny Apr 21, 09:21
ERC: According to Fandango, CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR is outselling all previous Marvel movies in terms of advance ticket sales. -- (link) - budice Apr 21, 09:20 1
- 312.50 -- nm - Spawn Apr 21, 09:21
On a scale of 1-10, 1 being very negative and 10 being very positive, what's your impression of Paul Ryan? - prayformojo Apr 21, 09:15 23
- They don't make numbers that low -- nm - dj fingerblast Apr 21, 09:28
- 2 - znufrii Apr 21, 09:27
- 2 -- nm - Krusty Andromedon Apr 21, 09:23
- 5, I disagree with him on a lot of things but he actually wants to govern and will compromise to do so. - spamlet Apr 21, 09:19 10
  - I'll believe it when I see it. -- nm - znufrii Apr 21, 09:33 7
    - It will be interesting to watch. If he's serious about a 2020 run he's going to have to be seen as effective in his current position and that means - pmb Apr 21, 09:36 6
      - It would be pretty easy to do, if he had the balls or inclination - dj fingerblast Apr 21, 09:40 5
        
        Or the Freedom Caucus does to him what they did to Boehner. He (and they) know that the Speakership rides on their support. -- nm - spamlet Apr 21, 09:46 3
        
        He can make a deal with Dems to stay speaker, if he's truly interested in governing -- nm - dj fingerblast Apr 21, 10:04 2
        
        The Democrats have zero interest in making him Speaker. They'd be better off just letting the position be vacant and nothing get through. -- nm - spamlet Apr 21, 10:07 1
        
        It depends how far he would be willing to work with them to actually pass bills, i.e., govern -- nm - dj fingerblast Apr 21, 10:11
        
        I think either is more likely if Cruz is the nominee...it'll be the ultimate "You got exactly what you wanted and look" scenario. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 21, 09:41
  - For roughly the same reason I put him at a 3. I disagree with him on almost everything, but at least his tone is that he does not want to obstruct - pmb Apr 21, 09:27 1
    - To bad that position puts him at odds with the party he "leads". -- nm - TWuG Apr 21, 09:34
- 2 or 3. Beholden to ideas and ideals that have proven unworkable and/or dangerous in the real world. Plus, he looks like Eddie Munster. -- nm - TWuG Apr 21, 09:18
- 4ish -- nm - JaxSean Apr 21, 09:18
- 2 -- nm - decline Apr 21, 09:17
- 4. - Will Hunting Apr 21, 09:17
- 4. meh -- nm* - budice Apr 21, 09:17
- 1. I still laugh about Joe Biden making him look like a moron when I think about it. -- nm - Spawn Apr 21, 09:16
- 1. He's a creepy Ayn Rand disciple, dishonest to a fault. -- nm - David Apr 21, 09:16
- 7-ish -- nm - ML Apr 21, 09:16 1
  - Oh shit, sorry Paul -- nm - dj fingerblast Apr 21, 09:29
NFL: Every time both the No. 1 pick and No. 2 pick were traded, the No. 3-overall pick followed suit. -- nm - budice Apr 21, 09:15
"Last 150 AB. Madison Bumgarner: 38 H, 10 HR, 25 RBI. Mike Trout: 42 H, 9 HR, 20 RBI" - ML Apr 21, 09:14 1
- Giants just are sneaky like that, everyone contributes -- nm - budice Apr 21, 09:16
'Merica! -- (link) - decline Apr 21, 09:12
ESPN’s Presentation of the 2016 NFL Draft -- (link) - budice Apr 21, 09:07
Best Reply-to-all email thread ever. - Inigo Apr 21, 09:04 2
- you should reply-all to each of the reply-alls with instrucitons on how to not reply-all to reply-alls -- nm - decline Apr 21, 09:07 1
  - For workplaces that are Outlook based, this is kind of fun - JD Apr 21, 09:26
groiny, I'm happy to do that trade but I'm going to want an answer today on it - ML Apr 21, 09:03 3
- tempting, but there are no saves to be had on the open market. - groiny Apr 21, 09:05 2
  - OK, then hit reject. - ML Apr 21, 09:07 1
    - I have faith that I will get a SP boost when McCullers comes off the DL - groiny Apr 21, 09:09
Virgina voter struggling to make ends meet keeps voting for rich billionaire pricks -- (link) - dj fingerblast Apr 21, 09:01
If the first teaser for Blade Runner 2 has a "Chewie, we're home" type scene, I'll be there opening weekend. But I fear it'll be closer to a - TWuG Apr 21, 09:00 5
- If it's anything like the recent star wars experiences - decline Apr 21, 09:05 1
  - This post brought to you from the year 2010. -- nm - Announcer Apr 21, 09:07
- I agree, but that is the point. Hopefully there actually is. -- nm - Spawn Apr 21, 09:03 2
  - *fomdly remembers my excitement for Boondock Saints 2* - groiny Apr 21, 09:04 1
    - True. Less Boondocks, more Force Awakens, please. -- nm - Spawn Apr 21, 09:06
Adam Caplan‏: QB Brian Hoyer now has at least 6 teams interested in him. He's still on his visit with the #Broncos. Met with coaches last night. - Spawn Apr 21, 09:00 10
- The problem is that he's still Brian Hoyer. -- (link) - David Apr 21, 09:09 [Backboard] 9
  - and there's just no cure for that -- nm - prayformojo Apr 21, 09:14
  - Word. The only way our QB offseason could get worse is if we sign Brian Hoyer. - Jim Apr 21, 09:11 7
    - Tebow! Tebow! Tebow!!! -- nm - decline Apr 21, 09:14 2
      - I still get all tingly inside when I think of that little slant from Tebow to Thomas in the PIttsburgh playoff game. -- nm - Jim Apr 21, 09:16 1
        
        let's watch it again -- (link) - ML Apr 21, 09:26
    - *whispers* tebow? -- nm - ML Apr 21, 09:13 1
      - I'd rather Tebow than Hoyer. At least Tebow does have a pedigree of winning. -- nm - Jim Apr 21, 09:15
    - That is why I am shocked that *six* have shown interest. -- nm - Spawn Apr 21, 09:12 1
      - Have you see the current crop of NFL qbs beyond the aging superstars? - Will Hunting Apr 21, 09:27
Grr! Judge issued gag order in VW case and said $5,000 isn't the compensation amount. Sounds like an option to sell back car. Maybe. -- (link) - spamlet Apr 21, 09:00
Don't know when The A Word starts in America but it has the best soundtrack on TV at the moment and it's a great drama too -- (link) - LMS Apr 21, 08:57 1
- That is superb. -- nm - Spawn Apr 21, 08:58
Gotta get me some of these!!! Sperry releasing Jaws themed shoes for the summer.... -- (link) - Jim Apr 21, 08:56 4
- tell her you need them all so you can mix and match to better tell the story to kids who haven't seen it yet -- nm - decline Apr 21, 09:08
- But actually, the pair with Jaws on one shoe and the swimmer on the other would be fun until you ran into a wall while watching the swimmer/Jaws/swimmer/Jaws progression as you walked while making the music. -- nm* - Spawn Apr 21, 09:02 1
  - Kinda looks like it. I like those too...but I just bought a pair of red Sperry's...so I'll pass on those. - Jim Apr 21, 09:10
- interesting, I might have to purchase a pair too. -- nm - groiny Apr 21, 08:59
Reagen should bring the dog in for questioning -- nm - decline Apr 21, 08:55
dang shoe! -- nm - dj fingerblast Apr 21, 08:52

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