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Producers have announced that the premier seats at Hamilton will now sell for face value of $850. -- nm - MDH Jun 8, 19:40 3
- still an insane price for a few hours of entertainment. -- nm - Reagen Jun 8, 19:50 1
  - A short vacation for your family, or one seat to a show. Hmmm. - Spawn Jun 8, 19:57
- given that they'll still get scalped for a couple times that, I kind of don't care - mafic Jun 8, 19:46
Rusev and Lana at the CMT Awards. -- (link) - Tim Jun 8, 19:26
Another great NXT show. They can't miss. -- nm - Tim Jun 8, 19:18 1
- spoilers... - Remlik Jun 8, 19:21
hey, if the Cavs win, you get a free taco! -- (link) - senor dentista Jun 8, 19:17 1
- if they beat the warriors at home. in this case, free taco when the warriors beat the cavs in cleveland tonight. (tacos later.) -- nm - b. Jun 8, 19:20
Dear LeBron: we noticed you were about to turn the ball over, so we're going to bail you out with a foul call. - NBA Refs Jun 8, 19:11 1
- the announcers this series keep making me think of a very crude phrase - is espn always pro cavs, or just these guys? because of lebron? -- nm - b. Jun 8, 19:48
Irving just missed that shot by a quarter mile. -- nm - Beaker Jun 8, 19:07 1
- holy shit, dude can't buy a shot -- nm - Beaker Jun 8, 19:08
WWE: did a new season of BReaking Ground start? -- nm - Remlik Jun 8, 19:05 2
- No, it's looking at where the people they focused on are now. - Tim Jun 8, 19:15 1
  - thanks -- nm - Remlik Jun 8, 19:20
print version of "entertainment weekly" is currently $10 for 50 issues at amazon. (it's autorenewal, but you can turn that off after the order shows completed.) nm but: -- (link*) - b. Jun 8, 18:36 1
- even better, 40% cashback via ebates for magazines.com (same autorenewal dealio, easily turned off at their site after order is shown as completed). -- (edited) - b. Jun 8, 18:56
when the Raptors eject you from a game from heckling, they're not messing around -- (link) - senor dentista Jun 8, 18:28 2
- I once saw a guy get beat up after an NHL game for yelling during the November 11th moment of silence. -- nm - mafic Jun 8, 18:29 1
  - ... I'm not even there and I want to thwack him. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 8, 19:25
Pegleg, I replied to your bachelorette thread but realized it was B2. -- nm - Volnelk Jun 8, 18:27 3
- I agree with your reply. -- nm - Peglegpete Jun 8, 18:55 2
  - I love his logic. - Volnelk Jun 8, 19:16 1
    - it is an extremely novel approach -- nm - Peglegpete Jun 8, 19:20
Warriors are frauds I knew it - ML Jun 8, 18:26 8
- Cavs saw some quality ESPN journalism and it finally helped them understand. -- (edited) - Spawn Jun 8, 19:33
- Maybe Kevin Love is -- nm - Bacon Jun 8, 18:38 6
  - please to give me a break. concussion protocols are in place for a reason...nm - x Jun 8, 18:41 4
    - The point I was trying to make. They are winning because he's not playing. -- nm - Bacon Jun 8, 18:44 3
      - eh. they're winning because they decided to make a defensive effort as a team..nm - x Jun 8, 18:49 1
        
        The team that collectively staves off defeat is the team that nearly wins -- nm - Beryllium Jun 8, 19:23
      - point = joke -- nm - Bacon Jun 8, 18:44
  - Earlier, on ST... -- (link) - ML Jun 8, 18:39 [Backboard]
uh, Dubs . . . -- nm - senor dentista Jun 8, 18:23 3
- ack, no hurt klay! :/ -- nm - b. Jun 8, 18:36 2
  - that looked kind of bad...nm - x Jun 8, 18:39 1
    - yah, I saw. :/ -- nm - b. Jun 8, 18:43
10 Best DC Comics stories -- (link) - Beaker Jun 8, 18:15 3
- (no Killing Joke, Rogue War or Tower of Babel sucks; but they nail #1) -- nm* - Beaker Jun 8, 18:17 2
  - I have a Gail Simone book for you and David. Want a signed Mark Waid/Alex Ross 20th Anniversary Kingdom Come HC? - Remlik Jun 8, 18:52 1
    - You have Gail Simone swag that you haven't sent to me? I thought we were friends! -- nm - David Jun 8, 19:13
I've been enjoying finally having a recliner so much, I nearly burned dinner. -- nm - Qale Jun 8, 18:07 5
- That looks like a fantStic recliner -- nm - iSpam Jun 8, 18:56
- do you have nonstick cookware? -- nm - Peglegpete Jun 8, 18:08 3
  - I have a nonstick frying pan I bought. Dinner was made on a foil lined, olive oil sprayed, cookie sheet. - Qale Jun 8, 18:10 2
    - if I had known, I bought new cookware last month and donated the old stuff to charity. I would have sent them to you :( -- nm - Peglegpete Jun 8, 18:12 1
      - Charity is likely better off for it. I don't have strong needs. - Qale Jun 8, 18:27
aw, conspiracy theory facebook friend out in force. "Something occurred to me last night while watching the results come in that I knew fifteen years - mafic Jun 8, 17:54 12
- I call her: Pillory. -- nm - Peglegpete Jun 8, 18:09
- Marvel might be on to something with Civil War II. -- nm - David Jun 8, 18:05
- Yeah, many are still convinced Bernie will win California. -- nm - Tim Jun 8, 17:59 6
  - it is actually possible. probable, no, but possible. something like 3M mail votes left to count, as of this morning. - b. Jun 8, 18:02 4
    - yeah, possible, but not probably. he'd need to more than reverse the current trend, which is unlikely even given some strong demographic trends. -- nm - mafic Jun 8, 18:31
    - *lights them all on fire, cackling evilly* -- nm - Debbie Wasserman Schultz Jun 8, 18:04 1
      - and when asked what happened, Schultz exclaimed: I KNOW NOTHING!!! -- nm - Peglegpete Jun 8, 18:20
    - I should have said mail and provisional ballots up there. here's an la times story about what's in our mix. nm but: -- (link) - b. Jun 8, 18:04
  - seems reasonable -- nm - ML Jun 8, 18:00
- aside from other issues in there, there's currently a ban on electronic voting machines in california. that may actually be on the november ballot as - b. Jun 8, 17:58 1
  - J'ACCUSE! -- nm - Beaker Jun 8, 18:00
- no, he's totally right. rampant fraud from top to bottom -- nm - senor dentista Jun 8, 17:56
*checks in on James Shields* -- (link) - ML Jun 8, 17:52
Philly soda tax gets out of committee, full city council vote later this week -- (link) - znufrii, dad. Jun 8, 17:50 5
- A tax on the poor -- nm - Bacon Jun 8, 18:15 4
  - Here, we have a carbon tax. It's all a form of de facto regressive taxation, it only impacts the poor directly. - Beryllium Jun 8, 19:57
  - that everyone, poor or rich, can avoid paying at all -- nm - senor dentista Jun 8, 18:18 2
    - cigarette tax is always called a tax on the poor. -- nm - Bacon Jun 8, 18:19 1
      - also a completely avoidable tax no matter what someone's income level -- nm* - senor dentista Jun 8, 18:22
Cheers love the cavalry is here -- nm - Bacon Jun 8, 17:42 1
- She shoots she scores -- nm - eag Jun 8, 18:08
oh, you don't have a voter-data driven infrastructure, Donald? best wishes to you then -- (link) - senor dentista Jun 8, 17:28 2
- Ace Smith? This is why people shouldn't pick their own names -- nm - Roger More Jun 8, 18:02 1
  - his first name is averell. -- nm - b. Jun 8, 18:08
Warcraft opened with $46M in China today. Highest ever for a non weekend release. -- nm - MDH Jun 8, 17:28 5
- well there always were lots of Chinese gold farmers back in the day, soooo -- nm - Tim Jun 8, 17:31
- produced by Legendary (now Chinese controlled). who knows how much of that number is real -- nm - senor dentista Jun 8, 17:28 3
  - unlike those hollywood studios, who have been completely accurate with their accounting for decades....nm - x Jun 8, 17:30 2
    - zing -- nm - ML Jun 8, 18:18
    - HEH -- nm - zork Jun 8, 18:10
ode to wigs: whatcha readin', st? the association of small bombs by karan mahajan....nm -- (edited) - x Jun 8, 17:23 18
- Just finished A Head Full of Ghosts (B) and City of Mirrors (B). nm - Dignan Jun 8, 23:37
- The Third Gate by Lincoln Child -- nm - Meg Jun 8, 19:51
- I'll tell you what I am not reading: insurance books. Never. Ever again. - Epiphany Jun 8, 19:40
- The Night Manager.. (NM) - Marlowe Jun 8, 18:53 1
  - Yeah!! -- nm - Epiphany Jun 8, 19:38
- Cold by John Sweeney -- nm - decline Jun 8, 18:09
- The Last Battle by Cornelius Ryan -- nm - JD Jun 8, 17:58
- fifth season by N.K.Jemisen. Geology magic! it's actually really good, geology references notwithstanding. -- nm - mafic Jun 8, 17:52
- "Blink" by the Brothers Swardstrom (link) -- (edited) - ML Jun 8, 17:48
- Book 9 of the Sigma Force series by Rollins. Then I will start the freebies from BookBub. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 8, 17:42
- Yeah! Currently reading Liars Anonymous and listening to the audiobook of The Fireman. - ralph wiggum Jun 8, 17:32
- Be Our Guest: Perfecting the Art of Customer Service -- nm - David Jun 8, 17:30
- The third book of the Inheritence Trilogy by N.K. Jemisin. Fantastic series. -- nm - TWuG Jun 8, 17:27
- nothing. I am awaiting 4 bbq & 2 other cookbooks to show up. bbq authors inside -- (edited) - Peglegpete Jun 8, 17:27
- Studs Turkel, "Hard Times" among other fiction i haven't finished -- nm - senor dentista Jun 8, 17:26
- Just started a Civil War non-fiction book, really good -- nm - Beaker Jun 8, 17:24
- Uprooted, by Naomi Novik. -- nm - Dark Callisto Jun 8, 17:24
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Taillon! -- (link*) - ML Jun 8, 17:21 3
- at first I thought it was foul tipped up and to the right but the...wow. -- nm - Mel Profit Jun 8, 17:37 1
  - It starts off looking like a groove then almost plummets into the dirt. Incredible sharp break on that. -- nm - ML Jun 8, 17:50
- wow. -- nm - b. Jun 8, 17:23
Elizabeth Warren endorsement of Hillary reportedly imminent -- (link) - senor dentista Jun 8, 17:20 11
- A lot of BernieBros want to primary her because of this. Good luck with that, guys. -- nm - Tim Jun 8, 17:28 5
  - You'll appreciate this, the Bernie page the guy I know runs think they have dc locked at 90% Bernie. -- nm - MDH Jun 8, 17:38 4
    - wait, what? like 90% chance he'll win, or he'll get 90% of the votes? crazy either way. -- nm - mafic Jun 8, 18:55
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      - i have 3 or 4 Sandernistas in my feed. i only engaged them once or twice and that was more than enough to disabuse me of that idea -- nm - senor dentista Jun 8, 18:29
    - So that's a gain of 16 delegates -- nm - Dano Jun 8, 18:21
- Please take the VP slot, Ms. Warren. - David Jun 8, 17:23 4
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  - didn't happen in 08, not going to happen now -- nm - senor dentista Jun 8, 17:25
  - No chance it's even offered. -- nm - MDH Jun 8, 17:25 1
    - Agreed. She will play it safe as she is already the big deal. -- nm - Spawn Jun 8, 19:35
sooooooo pissed that POI is getting thei final season cut so badly. I would have loved for some of these scenes/revelations given more time -- nm - Beaker Jun 8, 17:19 3
- i know, right? they're basically going to have to cram a half a season into the final 2 episodes - call me Ishmael Jun 8, 17:33 2
  - the payoff for the latest episode could have taken 6 shows easy - although POI SPOILERs -- (edited) - Beaker Jun 8, 18:01 1
    - that was my thought exactly after this week's episode ... but it begs the quesiton ... - call me Ishmael Jun 8, 21:02
unsurprisingly, this brazil-haiti copa america game in noncompetitive.... - x Jun 8, 17:18
this is fun, a 360, a capella version of "wait for it" from "hamilton" nm but: -- (link) - b. Jun 8, 17:15
An excellent tweet about the Stanford rapist reactions (nmTweet) - ralph wiggum Jun 8, 17:10
fwiw, richard simmons' rep says he is not transitioning. - b. Jun 8, 17:09 1
- ~ goodbye horses ~ -- nm - senor dentista Jun 8, 17:12
Finally a good article about the Win10 upgrade and how to do it safely, if at all. Includes detailed backout and restore guides. - GregW Jun 8, 17:03 6
- i hate the way they are forcing it and i have been battling it on behalf of the 80+ year old president of the foundation i work for who hates change.. - x Jun 8, 17:06 5
  - I use Win7 which has mostly stayed out of my way for the past 7 years. I don't like messing with something that works. -- nm - GregW Jun 8, 17:11 2
    - Agreed -- nm - Epiphany Jun 8, 19:13
    - yeah, i understand that...nm - x Jun 8, 17:13
  - Everyone should upgrade, it's so much better and I haven't had any issues with it. -- nm - Max Jun 8, 17:07 1
    - the only thing i have a real issue with is the non-optional updates...nm - x Jun 8, 17:11
what an awful way to die, and a reconfirmation of how important it is to follow park rules - another yellowstone hot springs death. nm but: -- (link*) - b. Jun 8, 16:46 16
- B, please don't link to Buzzfeed. They are just bad - con_carne Jun 8, 16:50 10
  - Yeah! You should only link to TruthFeed! -- nm - Qale Jun 8, 18:08
  - they're not as horribly clickbaity as they used to be. -- nm - mafic Jun 8, 17:25
  - geez, it's not gawker media...nm - x Jun 8, 17:03
  - you want the trump ads? -- nm - Beaker Jun 8, 16:56
  - I've found buzzfeed news to be quite good, in recent months anyway. -- nm - b. Jun 8, 16:55 5
    - I agree with the b. They have upped their game over the past year(ish). -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jun 8, 17:01 1
      - I also appreciate that they don't have many, if any, auto-videos, unlike way too many competitors.-- nm - b. Jun 8, 17:21
    - No, that's OK. You can go ahead and find your news elsewhere besides Buzzfeed please -- nm - con_carne Jun 8, 17:00 2
      - please feel free to find your own versions if you don't like what I post. -- nm - b. Jun 8, 17:02 1
        
        b.feed -- nm - Max Jun 8, 17:07
- Darwin smiles -- nm - ML Jun 8, 16:49 1
  - yup -- nm - Peglegpete Jun 8, 17:07
- deleted because b. needs to read all the words the first time. -- nm* - b. Jun 8, 16:47 2
  - . -- nm* - con_carne Jun 8, 17:00 1
    - if I don't think a version of a news story is good, or is missing something, I find another. that's what happened there - I missed they included - b. Jun 8, 17:02
Hey guys. Rust In Peace by Megadeth is one of the greatest albums of all time and I'd thought I'd let you know - con_carne Jun 8, 16:44 4
- Great album tarnished by Mustane's douchery which only increased as he got older - which is impressive. - Mel Profit Jun 8, 17:08
- A Top 10 canidate for sure -- nm - Remlik Jun 8, 16:52 2
  - I just went through the whole album and have found only one flaw - con_carne Jun 8, 16:56
  - My brother -- nm - con_carne Jun 8, 16:53
America's one-word thoughts on the presumptives. -- (link) - ML Jun 8, 16:41 6
- Not sure that Outspoken should have been coloured as positive connotation -- nm - zork Jun 8, 18:14
- Surprisingly, douchebag wasn't listed -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 8, 17:03
- I thought the word was going to be "Meh" nm - ralph wiggum Jun 8, 16:59 2
  - Mine would have been dooooom - ML Jun 8, 17:17 1
    - To be fair, that's your word for everything. "We're having pizza for dinner." "DOOOOM!" nm - ralph wiggum Jun 8, 18:37
- how silly. -- nm - b. Jun 8, 16:51

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