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wap? Josh Norman says [Washington] held him hostage before he said ‘I do’ -- (link) - prayformojo Apr 27, 11:37 1
- just like The Searchers -- nm - dj fingerblast Apr 27, 11:38
more vintage Frank Zappa to be released by the family -- (link) - Peglegpete Apr 27, 11:29
Catching up, Cruz is trumping the woman card. -- nm - Spawn Apr 27, 11:29 4
- She's sixth in line to replace Obama! -- nm - David Apr 27, 11:37
- Indiana suckers will fall for anything -- nm - dj fingerblast Apr 27, 11:30 2
  - (You misspelled California.) -- nm - Spawn Apr 27, 11:32 1
    - Noted: Spawn and Pixie are both voting for Cruz/Fiorina -- nm* - ty97 Apr 27, 11:35
Congresswoman Melissa Hart (who is not, nor has ever been, a witch) Endorses John Kasich for President -- nm - ty97 Apr 27, 11:20 9
- I should have that on my business cards. "Mop. Not a witch." -- nm - Mop Apr 27, 11:35 2
  - amanda's have something very similar -- nm - dj fingerblast Apr 27, 11:36 1
    - LOL -- nm - Mop Apr 27, 11:37
- Also I assume Melissa Joan Hart would endorse Cruz, after switching from Carson. -- nm - Reagen Apr 27, 11:30
- Let's check her immigration status. Excuse me, Congresswoman, could you read this aloud? - Robert Barontheon Apr 27, 11:27
- If only she could explain it all to the Trumpers. -- nm - Ender Apr 27, 11:26
- This is like endorsing the Titanic after the boiler room floods. -- nm - Reagen Apr 27, 11:22 2
  - "Ah, she's a fine ship." *glug*glug*glug* -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Apr 27, 11:25
  - that snooty fop Ismay assured me she is unsinkable! -- nm - Calvin Hockley Apr 27, 11:25
A soldier suspected of killing 11 people at a military barracks in Cape Verde has been arrested after a 24-hour manhunt -- (link) - zork Apr 27, 11:19
oh wait, that truffle might have had some liquor in it... -- nm - Diva Apr 27, 11:18 1
- Nice. -- nm - znufrii Apr 27, 11:39
Cruz must have just been looking for someone who complements his negatives with their own unique negatives. -- nm - Reagen Apr 27, 11:18
I have just set up a group tour for the family at the Morse Museum in Orlando. they have the top Tiffany collection in the country -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 27, 11:11 2
- How long is the tour? Most people have a limit for how many times they can hear "I Think We're Alone Now" before going crazy. -- nm - zork Apr 27, 11:17
- make sure you carry around a lot of bulky bags filled with heavy objects -- nm - dj fingerblast Apr 27, 11:12
Redback spider bites Australian man on penis -- (link) - zork Apr 27, 11:11 5
- I've heard this joke. -- nm - Mop Apr 27, 11:33
- "So, let's talk about poison removal here....I'll take what I can get." -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 27, 11:23
- Pics or it didn.....actually, scratch that. -- nm - ty97 Apr 27, 11:14 2
  - No, it was a bite, not a scratch -- nm - zork Apr 27, 11:17 1
    - Just the tip. -- nm - Spawn Apr 27, 11:32
Paris terror suspect's own lawyer calls him a "little jerk" -- (link) - dj fingerblast Apr 27, 11:07
I honestly have no clue what this Mattis 2016 thing is and don't think I even care to. -- nm - ty97 Apr 27, 10:58
China, economic juggernaut -- (link) - dj fingerblast Apr 27, 10:58 1
- Companies shouldn't accept this and should be pushing their government to get on China to enforce trademarks and copyrights. - Krusty Andromedon Apr 27, 11:09
I get it, we all mispronounce things sometimes but, well, it's a foreign policy speech Donald -- (link) - ty97 Apr 27, 10:56 3
- What do you expect from a guy who pronounces "human" as "yooman"? -- nm - TWuG Apr 27, 11:09
- Home of the Animaniacs? -- nm - Spawn Apr 27, 10:59 1
  - ~United States, Canada, Mexico, Panama, Haiti, Jamaica, Peru...~ -- nm - Robert Barontheon Apr 27, 11:00
Paramount Is Being Sued for Not Having Enough Product Placement in Transformers 4 -- (link) - Beaker Apr 27, 10:54
New York people: What are some of the best steak places in town? Recommendations? Taking clients to a closing dinner. -- nm - pmb Apr 27, 10:54 25
- is Pre-Chew Charlie's still around? -- (link) - dj fingerblast Apr 27, 11:17
- Smith and Wollensky is pretty good as well.. (NM) - Marlowe Apr 27, 11:09 1
  - Chain. -- nm - nic to be determined Apr 27, 11:52
- Keens, Sparks, Del Frisco and Old Homestead are all fantastic. I would go to Old Homestead or Keens. -- nm* - Krusty Andromedon Apr 27, 10:58 4
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    - Agreed. -- nm - pmb Apr 27, 11:27
    - yeah, I like Del Frisco's. -- nm - Diva Apr 27, 11:24
    - I've never been but my gf said it was very good. Old Homestead is my favorite steakhouse. -- nm - Krusty Andromedon Apr 27, 11:22
- Outback, mate -- nm - dj fingerblast Apr 27, 10:56
- Peter Lugers is the most famous one, but it's in Brooklyn (and is cash only) -- nm - decline Apr 27, 10:55
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  - I love them but there's better in Manhattan. -- nm - Krusty Andromedon Apr 27, 11:00 2
    - STEAAAAAAAAK!!!!! -- nm - Diva Apr 27, 11:01 1
      - I was there a couple of months ago. Sooooo good. -- nm - Krusty Andromedon Apr 27, 11:04
  - How difficult is it to get to from midtown Manhattan? -- nm - pmb Apr 27, 10:58 9
    - Getting there by subway is a small nightmare.. Worst line to use.. (NM) - Marlowe Apr 27, 11:10 2
      - Not the best train line, agreed. I take the J/M/Z line often and it's not terrible as much as limited in how to connect to it. -- nm - Krusty Andromedon Apr 27, 11:13 1
        
        And it's one of those lines that get really spotty in off-days.. - Marlowe Apr 27, 11:49
    - It'll take 30 minutes by train. Maybe ten minutes less by cab but that'll depend on the time of day. -- nm - Krusty Andromedon Apr 27, 11:01 3
      - Google says 25 minutes by train, 29 by car. -- nm - Krusty Andromedon Apr 27, 11:03 2
        
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        Good point. I took one two years ago and it was slower than the train getting me home. -- nm - Krusty Andromedon Apr 27, 11:23
    - If TV has taught me anything, it's that you can from anywhere to anywhere in NYC in the span of a commercial break. -- nm - Robert Barontheon Apr 27, 10:59
    - depends on the time of day. In my day most folks just taxied there as they're all so used to going there. - Diva Apr 27, 10:59
  - Is BLT Steak still open? (So many places I used to go to are now closed.) -- nm - Diva Apr 27, 10:55
Ric Flair Had A Rough Morning At Logan Airport -- (link) - Beaker Apr 27, 10:52 4
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- I know the feeling. -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 27, 10:54 2
  - i heard that, from Jane -- nm - dj fingerblast Apr 27, 10:57 1
    - she's the f*cking worst. -- nm - Diva Apr 27, 10:58
SITWAP: If these come in threes, with Bayless and Tirico leaving ESPN can Berman be next? Please? -- nm - zunk via drone Apr 27, 10:48 3
- you know who I've found to be extra screamy lately...Wilbon on PTI. It's like he was told to be a huge tool and yell more. -- nm - Beaker Apr 27, 10:50 1
  - he's a gross star-effer. (I still watch the show when I can though.) -- nm - Diva Apr 27, 10:53
- Stephen A will be next---Can't imagine that First Take will survive with the Bayhole stirring things up, with his nonsense -- nm - Flavorize Apr 27, 10:50
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- They only have themselves to blame, truly. - znufrii Apr 27, 10:53 2
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    - Well, they'll try and blame Trump... -- nm - znufrii Apr 27, 11:10
My office rebounded in a big way just in time for Admin. Professionals' Day. - Diva Apr 27, 10:46 2
- seriously....they take that seriously -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 27, 11:37
- Yeah! -- nm - prayformojo Apr 27, 11:01
LIR: GoT season premiere and who are the major players (major spoilerish speculation) - ReluctantCynic Apr 27, 10:42 23
- I can't wait for ...spoils - Peglegpete Apr 27, 10:57 3
  - spoils - ML Apr 27, 11:02 2
    - And better yet ... (spoilers) - ReluctantCynic Apr 27, 11:08 1
      - if there is one group that I don't think gets enough discussion in GoT discussions it's spoils - ML Apr 27, 11:15
- For me, the major players are separated into two groups. (spoils) - Inigo Apr 27, 10:54 3
  - Yep, but ... (spoilers) - ReluctantCynic Apr 27, 11:18
  - yeah agreed spoils -- (edited) - ML Apr 27, 11:06 1
    - I do wonder (spoils) - Inigo Apr 27, 11:12
- spoils - ML Apr 27, 10:49 2
  - I agree, but ... (more spoilerish speculation) - ReluctantCynic Apr 27, 11:03 1
    - I can agree with all of this. Spoils - ML Apr 27, 11:07
- I think spoils - Diva Apr 27, 10:49 7
  - Totally agree. :-) -- nm - ReluctantCynic Apr 27, 10:58
  - I agree with the IM spoils..... - groiny Apr 27, 10:50 5
    - To your IM---that's where I see this season ending, and going into next season -- nm - Flavorize Apr 27, 10:51 4
      - I see this season moving towards spoils -- (edited) - ML Apr 27, 10:53
      - I'm guessing... - Mel Profit Apr 27, 10:53 1
        
        They know the ending thanks to GGRM, but they are (allegedly) only going to do 13 more episodes, after this--(spoils) - Flavorize Apr 27, 11:01
      - and the funny thing.... spoils..... - groiny Apr 27, 10:53
- purely unfounded speculation spoiler (never having read a single page of the books) - dj fingerblast Apr 27, 10:49 1
  - That's probably not far off. - volnelk Apr 27, 10:52
- My only hesitation there is.... - volnelk Apr 27, 10:47 1
  - I imagine... spoils.... - groiny Apr 27, 10:49
the exact moment when you lose an Indiana voter forever -- (link) - dj fingerblast Apr 27, 10:41 2
- OMG -- nm - Spawn Apr 27, 11:44
- excellent -- nm - mud Apr 27, 10:49
The Mountain details his diet for the 2016 Strongman contest. Holy. Wow. - Will Hunting Apr 27, 10:37 11
- Quickly eyeballing that I estimate over 600g protein per day. At his peak, Schwarzenegger was consuming 250. -- nm - Max Apr 27, 10:58 1
  - The Mountain makes Arnold look like DJ Qualls -- nm - dj fingerblast Apr 27, 10:59
- handful = 3oz. Mountain handful of spinach = 1 bushel -- nm - Max Apr 27, 10:42
- I cannot fathom eating 8 eggs for breakfast. -- nm - groiny Apr 27, 10:42 4
  - plus 6 more at the end of the day. Actually if they were deviled eggs I could probably do that absentmindedly. -- nm - Max Apr 27, 10:54
  - Some of the comments on the article were like, that diet alone is way too much work. - Will Hunting Apr 27, 10:45 1
    - if I eat a 4 egg omlette, I wanna crawl into a hole and die. -- nm - groiny Apr 27, 10:46
  - Or basically dinner at 9:30am -- nm - J Apr 27, 10:44
- cod fish are very happy he isn't on The Rock diet -- nm - Beaker Apr 27, 10:42
- That poor toilet. -- nm - Mop Apr 27, 10:39
- 1 Cow, daily. -- nm - Mop Apr 27, 10:38
J : I suggest running some Court of Oryx, if you can, you need ruins to run them. - groiny Apr 27, 10:35
Honest NFL Headlines: 2016 Draft Preview -- (link) - ML Apr 27, 10:34 2
- #blessed -- nm - Beaker Apr 27, 10:37 1
  - "Chip Kelly says 49ers leaning towards best white player available." (da-yum) -- nm - Diva Apr 27, 10:42
Fleas can accelerate 50 times faster than a space shuttle. -- nm - Beaker Apr 27, 10:34 1
- I feel like this is something Trump would hear and then demand that NASA look into flea propulsion. -- nm - Mop Apr 27, 10:40
good news, politicians. SCOTUS probably agrees with your First Amendment right to accept bribes -- (link) - dj fingerblast Apr 27, 10:31
Volnelk he's got an army spoils - ML Apr 27, 10:26 6
- Yes and No. - volnelk Apr 27, 10:31 5
  - Spoilers - David Apr 27, 10:37 3
    - I'm starting to consider spoils - ML Apr 27, 10:46 1
      - Agreed. -- nm - volnelk Apr 27, 10:48
    - Yup. -- nm - volnelk Apr 27, 10:41
  - spoils - ML Apr 27, 10:33
Huh -- the Obama/Trump/Dinner/OBL thing was really tight. I had no idea it was *this* close. - Will Hunting Apr 27, 10:26
ML/David, Interesting note about Treadwell from Russillo/Kanell. He hasn't worked out for anyone. Nobody asked. -- (edited) - volnelk Apr 27, 10:26 3
- I guess that doesn't surprise me much. - ML Apr 27, 10:32 2
  - They should check on his leg. -- nm - David Apr 27, 10:36 1
    - I assume medicals are separate from workouts. -- nm - ML Apr 27, 10:38
Amerigeddon, surprisingly, is not a sequel to the 1998 action blockbuster Armageddon -- (link) - dj fingerblast Apr 27, 10:24 [youtube]
I had missed that Hastert admitted in court that he molested kids. Jesus. - Beaker Apr 27, 10:24 4
- I have a feeling this is way more common that people think. -- nm - mara Apr 27, 10:31 3
  - when you park a lounge chair in front of the boys shower...you might have a problem. -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 27, 10:47 2
    - Especially if it's fabric and not leather. That will get moldy fast. -- nm - Ender Apr 27, 10:50 1
      - CONSTANT VIGILANCE!!! -- nm - Spawn Apr 27, 11:40
The 98 Degrees, O-Town, Dream, and Ryan Cabrera Tour (My 2k Tour) has dates. It's in surprisingly large venues. -- (link) - MDH Apr 27, 10:22 4
- No!!! Jeff Timmons, stop looking old! -- nm - ty97 Apr 27, 10:44
- This should have really been named The Cougar Crowd Tour. - JaxSean Apr 27, 10:26
- In mash-ups such as these, do all the groups sometimes appear on stage together to do some kind of medley or something? -- nm - Mop Apr 27, 10:23 1
  - We went to Generation Axe last week, and they did a medley of all five guitarists to start and end the show. -- nm - JaxSean Apr 27, 10:32
A's have called up prospect SP Sean Manaea -- nm - ML Apr 27, 10:21

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