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Correction: US Supreme Court sends 'contraceptive mandate' case back to lower courts, no ruling issued -- (link*) - ÜMLaut May 16, 07:32 5
- How do you figure that? -- nm - znufrii May 16, 07:36 4
  - This is where seeing what was edited would be handy. -- nm - TWuG May 16, 07:39 1
    - Breaking News initially reported that the mandate was overturned and then corrected it. -- nm - spamlet May 16, 07:46
  - the original tweet was incorrect -- nm - decline May 16, 07:38 1
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ST movie piracy poll: Have you ever seen a pirated movie? do you know people who see them on a regular basis? every seen someone in the theater with a - Epiphany May 16, 07:24 26
- yes, not only did I get some burned DVDs but also unknowingly bought some chinese copies off ebay, once saw someone with a videocamera, ONE MORE, saw - zeitgeist May 16, 11:37
- not that I know of - but possibly without knowing? no no -- nm - JenBro May 16, 07:39
- yep, nope, nope -- nm - ÜMLaut May 16, 07:37
- No, No , No. Pure as the driven snow. -- nm - volnelk May 16, 07:34
- yes, yes, yes -- nm - budice May 16, 07:34
- (you're totally going to turn these responses over to the local DA, aren't you?) Probably but I can't remember, yes, no -- nm - prayformojo May 16, 07:31 2
  - "Are you a cop?" "No, I'm a plant." "A plant? I thought men like you were usually called a fruit." "Very funny. FBI." - Max May 16, 07:36
  - our ( Texas) Attorney General has got his own problems right now. heh. - Epiphany May 16, 07:32
- Y,Y,N -- nm - amoxy May 16, 07:31
- yes, yes, no -- nm - Spawn May 16, 07:28
- Yes, yes, no -- nm - Will Hunting May 16, 07:28
- Yes, yes and yes. -- nm - Krusty May 16, 07:27
- Yes, Yes, No. -- nm - Andie May 16, 07:26
- yes, yes, no -- nm - decline May 16, 07:26
- yes, yes, no -- nm - Epiphany May 16, 07:25
- yes, yes, no. -- nm - Ender May 16, 07:25 9
  - (At this point I'd say most pirated movies are digital rips, not filmed.) -- nm* - Ender May 16, 07:26 8
    - I'm slow today and that did not occur to me. So ' screeners' are being pirated? -- nm - Epiphany May 16, 07:31 7
      - Many of the pirated movies I have seen have that message pop up about being a screener. -- nm - Spawn May 16, 07:32 6
        
        ahhh. -- nm - Epiphany May 16, 07:33 5
        
        that would seem to mostly be the problem then right? stop making screeners -- nm - Epiphany May 16, 07:33 4
        
        There HAS been some movement to try to go to more of a Netflix/streaming type system rather than sending out discs. -- nm - Ender May 16, 07:37 2
        
        Do you want to handle tech support for old people trying to watch screeners online? -- nm - spamlet May 16, 08:05 1
        
        exactly, my mom's BBF is such an LOL, she doesn't have email (her agent/manager handles anything like that) -- nm - zeitgeist May 16, 11:39
        
        It's the only way Oscar voters see most of the films. If they force them to go to a theater they won't see many. -- nm - Krusty May 16, 07:36
- yes, yes, no -- nm - groiny May 16, 07:24
from B2, spoiler thoughts on The Blacklist ... - call me Ishmael May 16, 07:22
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short cuts is playing here tonight. worth seeing, do we think? it feels to me like it would be *very* dated. -- nm - unbreakable mandy jones May 16, 07:20 3
- ooh gosford park next monday! -- (link) - unbreakable mandy jones May 16, 07:24
- I didn't love it when it came out. -- nm - groiny May 16, 07:21 1
  - It was fine when I saw it. - Spawn May 16, 07:30
my favortie moment from GofT last night spoilers.... - groiny May 16, 07:15 3
- heh (spoil) -- (link) - decline May 16, 07:34
- wrestle sex is inevitable. - Max May 16, 07:31 1
  - either that or - groiny May 16, 07:32
Karl-Anthony Towns is your unanimous NBA ROY. -- nm - ÜMLaut May 16, 07:11 3
- Good for him. I said he'd be the best draft choice and I'm glad he proved me right. -- (link) - Krusty May 16, 07:13 [Backboard] 2
  - Yeah, you were 100% in his corner. He was Flip's last big decision, so I'm watching this again today. -- (link) - ÜMLaut May 16, 07:17 [youtube] 1
    - Haha! That's great. - Krusty May 16, 07:21
i didn't open either port all weekend. yeah, that didn't work out. -- nm - Andie May 16, 07:06
ST Monday Movie Poll - what did you see and what was the grade? -- nm - Epiphany May 16, 07:05 24
- Keanu B (spoilers) - JenBro May 16, 07:35 2
  - word to your hash tag - I was sort of blown away at the lack of his screen time - Epiphany May 16, 07:40 1
    - IKR? needed more "bonding" footage at the beginning -- nm - JenBro May 16, 07:50
- The 5th Wave: C- -- nm - Max May 16, 07:32
- Cap B+, Coherence A, Season 1 Justified A -- nm - amoxy May 16, 07:30 1
  - you have not watched Justified before? - groiny May 16, 07:31
- Deadpool (again) A. --- the criticisms for me are spoils - Will Hunting May 16, 07:30
- Finally watched Lady Day @ Emerson's Bar & Grill: B, got caught up on The Mindy Project and Grimm : B+, B. -- nm - Diva May 16, 07:24 2
  - What are your thoughts on TMP's storyline? (Spoilers) - kelly May 16, 07:32 1
    - I like that spoilers - Diva May 16, 07:55
- The first half hour of Lady in the Van: ZZZZZZZZZ. -- nm - kelly May 16, 07:21 1
  - That's the better part of the movie! -- nm - LMS May 16, 07:35
- Cap3: B-. Circle: 2pi*r (That's a C, yo.) - Robert Barontheon May 16, 07:18
- Vikings, season 4, 2 episodes: A (2 episodes remaining) -- nm - Beaker May 16, 07:15
- CAP3 B+, Z for Zachariah D, The Kill List WTF? -- nm - Epiphany May 16, 07:15 1
  - like, I want to send Dano my DVD of The Kill List so he can watch it and explain that shit to me -- nm - Epiphany May 16, 07:34
- Civil War (again) still A -- nm - Capstern May 16, 07:15
- Trumbo - B Deadpool - A - spamlet May 16, 07:11
- House of Wax in 3D - B- -- nm - secretslacker May 16, 07:10
- a bunch of Grace and Frankie, S2. Great (better than S1). And, Raptors vs Miami, 10/10. -- (edited) - Andie May 16, 07:10 1
  - Oh, that's good to know. I wasn't a huge fan of S1. -- nm - kelly May 16, 07:20
- Our Kind of Traitor - C+, The Salvation C+. Plus TV show Mum (ep1) gets an A- from me -- nm - LMS May 16, 07:08
- Kingdom of Heaven: Directors Cut-- A freaking plus -- nm - ÜMLaut May 16, 07:07
- Man on Edge: C -- nm - prayformojo May 16, 07:06
That the new CBS miniseries American Gothic has no connection to the CBS series from 20 years ago profoundly disappoints me. -- nm - Robert Barontheon May 16, 07:00 1
- Someone's at the door. -- nm - Spawn May 16, 07:19
Titans waive backup QB Zach Mettenberger -- nm - budice May 16, 06:42 3
- He is hopeful. -- (link) - Spawn May 16, 07:27
- The Panthers let Brandon Boykin go today too -- nm - decline May 16, 07:25
- but he was a steal in the fifth round! -- nm - ÜMLaut May 16, 07:01
so ... my back yard which is very small is getting a make over - today they are moving a lilac from the front to the back and are removing a box elder - JenBro May 16, 06:41 12
- i am very pro about non-grass yards. - Andie May 16, 06:49 2
  - my hill behind the area is all myrtle/snow on the mountain - and lily of the valley (in season) I love snow on the mountain - JenBro May 16, 07:38
  - Given what I'm having to do this week, I'm all in favor of non-grass lawns too. - Will Hunting May 16, 06:51
- there are *several* yards on my way to work that just have groundcover and they are *lovely.* I would love to do this. - unbreakable mandy jones May 16, 06:49 8
  - grass border would be GREAT! -- nm - JenBro May 16, 07:37
  - i think a grass border would make it feel very beach house. i am also pro-beach-house. -- nm - Andie May 16, 06:50 6
    - I'm trying to make my small bathroom beach house-ish. it's currently peacock and chrome; I am planning on painting bud green with pickled shelving. - unbreakable mandy jones May 16, 06:52 5
      - obviously. -- nm - Andie May 16, 06:54 4
        
        my small bathroom has three small shelves with our sand collection on them. -- (edited) - Andie May 16, 06:54 3
        
        I have a sand collection too ... dating back to the 70's actually! -- nm - JenBro May 16, 07:36 2
        
        i think my earliest is 2002? Havana. -- nm - Andie May 16, 07:41 1
        
        got me beat - my furthest away would be either Antigua or Little Caymen Island ... but soon - Aus/NZea~ -- nm - JenBro May 16, 07:50
TMZ: Dave Bautista's wife - Competitive Pole Dancer -- (link) - budice May 16, 06:40
Since 1869, NYC has buried upwards of a million bodies in mass graves on a small island. An NYT expose on Hart Island -- (link) - ty97 May 16, 06:24
Sherlock casting news -- (link) - LMS May 16, 06:18 5
- Captain America spoilers - Beryllium May 16, 06:25 1
  - (Cap 3 inclusive) -- nm - Beryllium May 16, 06:43
- Any idea when it'll be back? -- nm - Krusty May 16, 06:23 2
  - Probably Xmas/New Year -- nm - LMS May 16, 06:24 1
    - Of this year? ;-) - Krusty May 16, 06:25
Pfizer will acquire Anacor Pharmaceuticals Inc. in a deal valued at about $5.2 billion -- (link) - Beaker May 16, 06:18
LYC: We had our first resale of a home in our neighborhood and all I have to say is, "Eff yeah!" I really can't believe it sold for that much. -- nm - CQ May 16, 06:09
Bryce Harper is on pace for 175 walks this season, which would be 4th alltime behind Barry Bonds (232, 198, 177) -- nm - Strongbad May 16, 06:07 1
- Which is kinda crazy considering he's not even that locked in. You can get him out. -- nm - Will Hunting May 16, 06:10
Angry Birds made £2,136,275 at the UK box office this weekend (520 locs) - LMS May 16, 06:03 16
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  - Every movie this summer seems to be opening elsewhere first.. .Neighbors 2, X-Men and Alice all open elsewhere first. -- nm - secretslacker May 16, 06:40 13
    - Maybe we aren't as special as we thought? -- nm - Epiphany May 16, 06:42 11
      - It's largely an anti piracy move. -- nm - Reagen May 16, 06:44 10
        
        truly? I am surprised there is data to back that up - AND are they truly losing that much $$ in piracy? - Epiphany May 16, 06:57 1
        
        I have no idea if it's effective or even warranted, but that's the explanation. -- nm - Reagen May 16, 07:34
        
        I've read that as well but why not open it worldwide instead of there first and then us? - Krusty May 16, 06:53 7
        
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        I can see holidays being an issue once and a while, sure. But more and more we're being sent to the back of the line. -- nm - Krusty May 16, 07:20 3
        
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        Yes because people post spoilers. -- nm - Krusty May 16, 07:27
        
        only if you don't wanna be spoiled. -- nm - groiny May 16, 07:23
        
        Exactly. They're not going to make enough money in those territories to make it worth having it leak online before US release -- nm - secretslacker May 16, 07:11 1
        
        I know they make a lot of money overseas but it takes multiple countries to equal what they make here. - Krusty May 16, 07:17
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- Saw the movie Saturday and it was absolute garbage.. so it should do well. -- nm - secretslacker May 16, 06:08
Interesting Game of Thrones spoiler I hadn't heard. - volnelk May 16, 05:59
My damn cucumber plant is a freak. Crazy thing has tendrils and all like a dang alien movie. -- nm - CQ May 16, 05:54 4
- they are totally climbing plants. :) -- nm - Andie May 16, 05:56 1
  - It grows about a foot a week. -- nm - CQ May 16, 06:07
- here is your next "project" cucumber trellis! -- (link) - JenBro May 16, 05:56 1
  - I put one of those cone shaped tomato things over it, just inverted -- nm - CQ May 16, 06:06
Fat activism is a school of thought that puts overweight individuals into a category with other groups of people who claim to be oppressed. -- (link) - Strongbad May 16, 05:27 12
- Wow. -- nm - znufrii May 16, 05:54 9
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    - Same way it happens with women? -- nm - Ender May 16, 07:01 3
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        You asked how a majority is marginalized. It's done via systemic discrimination where the systems are dominated by people outside that group. -- nm - Ender May 16, 08:22
        
        Their feelings get hurt, because our culture is biased against them. It's the same thing, really.* - znufrii May 16, 07:12
    - Obviously the “white heteronormative society” takes away all personal responsibility and power over one's body. -- nm - Strongbad May 16, 06:44 3
      - "As if there were not enough ways for people to make others feel bad for not being part of the majority" - Roger More May 16, 07:07 2
        
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        Ah, got it. (I'm reading overweight as a euphemism for obese) -- nm - Roger More May 16, 07:18
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- Sounds like they're right and wrong. - Inigo May 16, 05:36
Ban socks! -- (link) - znufrii May 16, 05:17 3
- But if anything happened, he was gonna be the guy we could count on to save the day. -- nm - Reagen May 16, 06:45
- Ha, I have an uncle who lives in that town. -- nm - Robert Barontheon May 16, 06:43
- If only a good sock with a gun had been there. It would've been a different story. -- nm - volnelk May 16, 05:34
and in case you missed it, here is The Punch from Jays/Rangers game -- (link) - Beaker May 16, 05:06 6
- The punch most Canadians remember -- (link) - budice May 16, 05:46 [youtube] 2
  - Bertuzzi is one mean sob -- nm - JenBro May 16, 05:58
  - I watched this game via Center Ice. Got ugly. -- nm - budice May 16, 05:47
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- Great punch, but this is still my favorite -- (link) - Strongbad May 16, 05:13 [youtube] 1
  - oh for sure my favorite fight, but that punch is something something -- nm - Beaker May 16, 05:33
Susan Sarandon: “I have nothing good to say about Woody Allen, so I don’t think we should go there.” ... and then she goes there -- (link) - Beaker May 16, 05:05 2
- *clapping* - Will Hunting May 16, 05:48 1
  - But they're geniuses so its okay. -- nm - iSpam May 16, 05:56
TV PSA: DWTS, Gotham, Voice, Mike & Molly, Reign, 12 Monkeys, Jane the Virgin, Bates Motel, Houdini & Doyle, Thunder/Warriors, Detour, Odd Couple, POI -- nm - Beaker May 16, 05:03 4
- Detour's last week episode was so good I watched it twice -- nm - Epiphany May 16, 06:01
- UK gets Marcella, I Want My Wife Back, Upstart Crow, Gotham, Plebs, Last Man on Earth -- nm - LMS May 16, 05:08
- Hunters, TURN: Washington's Spies, Blindspot, Castle, Full Frontal With Samantha Bee, Lightning/Penguins, other stuff -- nm - Beaker May 16, 05:04 1
  - (series finale for Castle) -- nm - Beaker May 16, 05:34

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