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Talking to my mother right now. She mentions all the people we now who share my birthday. Then says "And Ferris Bueller's Day Off was released....... - ty97 Jun 13, 13:55 1
- did she also remind you that Ferris is a righteous dude? -- nm - senor dentista Jun 13, 13:58
Bloomberg: FanDuel, DraftKings in Merger Talks Amid Legal Fights -- (link) - Beaker Jun 13, 13:49
Oregon court approves petitioner's "nonbinary" gender. -- (link*) - znufrii, dad. Jun 13, 13:45
Victims of the Orlando nightclub massacre: Who they were -- (link*) - ty97 Jun 13, 13:42 3
- There was a mother on the Today show thi morning that still had not been able to find her son. Any word on that? -- nm - pmb Jun 13, 13:59 1
  - he's confirmed as dead. :( - nm but: -- (link) - b. Jun 13, 14:03
- 1st on the left, 2nd row was the first one I saw... - Mel Profit Jun 13, 13:47
Doctor Who Spinoff Class Will Include Gay Lead Says Creator -- (link) - Remlik Jun 13, 13:41
This board would be 10,000 times better if people just stopped quoting Trump. -- nm - David Jun 13, 13:38 5
- I jump back and forth on it. As much I'd like to ignore him hoping he'll go away, it doesn't work that way -- nm - ty97 Jun 13, 13:41 3
  - It's the Howard Stern Maneuver. -- nm - David Jun 13, 13:51 2
    - Who will speak for you when the rest of us are gone? -- nm - Mel Profit Jun 13, 13:54 1
      - Too cryptic. -- nm - David Jun 13, 13:57
- Bigger buzzkill than Buzz Killington -- nm - budice Jun 13, 13:39
so, after the pulse massacre, the awful gateway pundit dude has come out as gay. nm but: -- (link) - b. Jun 13, 13:31
Drumpf said he'd assassinate the family of terrorists, so would it be seal team or fbi swat to shoot the ex wife and boy -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 13, 13:28 7
- new or from earlier this year? if the latter, he clarified right away, didn't he? said he would "go after" not kill, something like that. -- nm - b. Jun 13, 13:33 4
  - Old, but yeah he doesn't really mean that, right, every f'n thing that falls from his mouth, he doesn't really mean any of it, right -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 13, 14:11
  - pleasebefromtodaypleasebefromtodaypleasebenew . -- nm - Mel Profit Jun 13, 13:38
  - I recall it from earlier this year and he was, AFAICT, talking about foreign terrorist (though who knows) -- nm - ty97 Jun 13, 13:37 1
    - yah, I think it was foreign, too. nm but: -- (link) - b. Jun 13, 13:45
- WHOO BOY! -- nm - groiny Jun 13, 13:30
- My boy! -- nm - NRA Jun 13, 13:28
Other than the increased storage is there any reason to get the slim Xbox? -- nm - Krusty Jun 13, 13:16 5
- straight up? not really -- nm - budice Jun 13, 13:17 1
  - Thanks -- nm - Krusty Jun 13, 13:18
- Did you see the video I linked? -- nm - Spawn Jun 13, 13:16 2
  - relink it please -- nm - Remlik Jun 13, 13:19
  - Nope, didn't see the post. I'm in and out while running around. -- nm - Krusty Jun 13, 13:17
with 4k tv's we want the higher mhz right? like 120 or better? -- nm - Remlik Jun 13, 13:12 7
- It's the refresh rate, so higher (i.e. more often) is better, but it's not a dealbreaker at 60. -- nm - David Jun 13, 13:40 1
  - danke -- nm - Remlik Jun 13, 13:40
- make sure its curved too... - budice Jun 13, 13:15 2
  - cause slickdeals found a Samsung 65 inch 4k but with 60 mhz.... -- (link) - Remlik Jun 13, 13:17 1
    - do it if u wanna -- nm - budice Jun 13, 13:19
- 480p, ftw! -- nm - hqmiserable Jun 13, 13:13 1
  - 1080i! -- nm - Remlik Jun 13, 13:14
Russian soccer hooligans applauded for "defending the honor of their country." -- (link) - znufrii, dad. Jun 13, 13:09
Supervising the extra time portion of an exam, which means they get six hours to write - Reagen Jun 13, 13:06 1
- The the the *double space* the the the -- nm - budice Jun 13, 13:10
yesterday in 1942, Anne Frank received a diary for her 13th birthday -- (link*) - senor dentista Jun 13, 13:04
In my continuation of trying to find things to make me smile today, an unlikely source. -- (link) - Spawn Jun 13, 13:02
Thank you all for the kind words. I'm gonna go get drunk now. -- nm - decline Jun 13, 13:01 1
- yes, tab is on me -- nm - budice Jun 13, 13:09
some great looks at Venus from a Japanese space probe that malfunctioned in 2010... -- (edited) - Remlik Jun 13, 12:59 4
- i say we genetically modify some plantlife that will survive surface pressure and characteristics and start converting the CO2 ... - call me Ishmael Jun 13, 13:47
- where's the goddess on a mountaintop? -- nm - senor dentista Jun 13, 13:00
- "oops wrong hole" -- nm - budice Jun 13, 13:00 1
  - Next stop Uranus - Factotum Jun 13, 13:02
Ah, New York... -- (link) - znufrii, dad. Jun 13, 12:59 1
- good stuff. (I wonder how she knew the one guy is gay, another romanian, though.) -- nm - b. Jun 13, 13:02
ST tracking poll: will you see Finding Dory in theaters this weekend? this summer?? -- nm - senor dentista Jun 13, 12:58 23
- Not this weekend, only because we're going to a Comic Con. - SGTAmerica #TeamCap Jun 13, 13:36 3
  - which one? -- nm - groiny Jun 13, 13:41 2
    - Wizard World Sacramento! - SGTAmerica #TeamCap Jun 13, 14:01
    - I'd wager it's this.. nm but: -- (link) - b. Jun 13, 13:48
- I will see it the day it is released here, which I think is in 2 weeks. (NM) - Marlowe Jun 13, 13:21
- Yes. Not sure when. -- nm - Spawn Jun 13, 13:15
- no -- nm - Peglegpete Jun 13, 13:15
- It's going to be the four-year old's first movie theatre experience at her request. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Jun 13, 13:10 3
  - has she seen Nemo? -- nm - senor dentista Jun 13, 13:11 2
    - Yep. That's how she knew it was a new movie. "Finding Dory?! That's silly." -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Jun 13, 13:49 1
      - As long as the shark didn't scare her... - senor dentista Jun 13, 13:55
- nope and nope. I am super excited about Secret Life of Pets though. - Epiphany Jun 13, 13:07 1
  - yah, that's a more definite one for me for theater viewing. :) - -- nm - b. Jun 13, 13:12
- not sure about me. my kids probably will either with friends or if we all decide to go -- nm - oblique Jun 13, 13:05
- probably not but probably -- nm - prayformojo Jun 13, 13:00
- Sure. -- nm - David Jun 13, 13:00
- maybe this summer. -- nm - b. Jun 13, 13:00 3
  - ID4! . . . ID4! -- nm - barnaby bear Jun 13, 13:02 2
    - I think I saw the first one, did I see the first one? -- nm - b. Jun 13, 13:05 1
      - i saw the second one - budice Jun 13, 13:08
- yes, fan of the mouse house n chill -- nm - budice Jun 13, 12:59
- Nope -- nm - Factotum Jun 13, 12:59
- not if I can help it -- nm - groiny Jun 13, 12:59
Here's a great idea for an anti NRA commercial. ... - zeitgeist Jun 13, 12:58
can we talk about summer legs (for movies)? does everything have better legs in summer, pretty much? -- nm - unbreakable mandy jones Jun 13, 12:54 6
- On average, movies released in June, July and August delist above adjust. But like pixie says, it depends on the movie. -- nm - Roger More Jun 13, 12:59
- all the sequels not doing too hot. -- nm - budice Jun 13, 12:58
- Not better legs than Christmas. Slightly better than average. - Inigo Jun 13, 12:58 1
  - thanks! -- nm - unbreakable mandy jones Jun 13, 12:59
- i think there is more weekday upside with kids out of schools and vacations, but it's still movie-dependent -- nm - senor dentista Jun 13, 12:56 1
  - yah, just look to the summer of 2014 for some examples, when there were some big disappointments. nm but: -- (link) - b. Jun 13, 12:58
Pads/Marlins this evening...Giancarlo in the flesh -- nm - budice Jun 13, 12:49
Groiny, from B2: But what your missing is that it's Trump's party that has blocked the administration's ability to get some of this done. It's on - pmb Jun 13, 12:48 2
- I am not missing it. -- nm - groiny Jun 13, 12:49
- Facts are not entertaining. Orange is. -- nm - jnine Jun 13, 12:49
WELP -- (link) - ty97 Jun 13, 12:42 12
- Effin Hyde Park -- nm - budice Jun 13, 12:47 1
  - How did Hyde even get his own park anyway? -- nm - senor dentista Jun 13, 13:24
- sadly this criticism is missing the point. Trump is saying that the shooter's immigrant parents shouldn't have been allowed in -- (edited) - oblique Jun 13, 12:45 9
  - It is EXACTLY on point unless Trump has a time machine. - ty97 Jun 13, 12:47 8
    - Trump is saying that since the father was a supposed supporter of the Taliban that the parents would never be let in. - Inigo Jun 13, 12:50 3
      - When the father was let in, wasn't the US government supporters of the Taliban? - ty97 Jun 13, 12:53 2
        
        I honestly don't know, and I know it definitely won't matter to Trump supporters. - Inigo Jun 13, 12:56 1
        
        I don't give a shit about those morons. I care about the people who can be swung. -- nm - ty97 Jun 13, 12:57
    - what makes you think that anything he's saying is designed to retroactively fix what he seems as failed immigration policy? - oblique Jun 13, 12:50 3
      - So he has no plans to address terrorist attacks for a generation. OK. -- nm - ty97 Jun 13, 12:54 1
        
        that was part 2: MOAR guns -- nm - oblique Jun 13, 12:57
      - Yep - he's saying "Look at this tragedy. Elect me and I won't let these fuckers in the country anymore." -- nm* - Jim Jun 13, 12:50
IDGAFITWAP: Deadpool's Day Off -- (link) - Spawn Jun 13, 12:42 [youtube]
Finding Dory 95% (18/1); Central Intelligence...no score -- nm - Beaker Jun 13, 12:39 1
- A little Hart and a big Johnson -- nm - oblique Jun 13, 12:41
this port city in Georgia (Eurasia, not America) sounds like a real hoot -- (link) - senor dentista Jun 13, 12:35
I'd just like to say, real quick, that in the midst of the Orlando thing and Trump's idiocy and everything else going on in life.... - Jim Jun 13, 12:32 12
- we talked about that this weekend, scraping wallpaper (check my instagram, yo! that sh*t is done!). we remarked that brock must be *so* relieved right - unbreakable mandy jones Jun 13, 12:51 1
  - More relieved than anyone - the Cincinnati zoo mother. -- nm - Roger More Jun 13, 13:38
- Aren't his Olympic hopes dashed with his ban? Can he appeal? - Epiphany Jun 13, 12:46 6
  - the ban means there's no chance he will swim for the u.s. -- this is the relevant bit of usa swimming's statement: - b. Jun 13, 12:50 4
    - it gives me great joy that the one thing he wanted - he isn't going to get. -- nm - Epiphany Jun 13, 13:06
    - they should let him on the team but make him swim in Rio's bay -- nm - senor dentista Jun 13, 12:53
    - when did they make that policy? -- nm - unbreakable mandy jones Jun 13, 12:51 1
      - google shows it was there at least as far back as 2010 - here's the relevant bit from last year's. nm but: -- (link) - b. Jun 13, 12:56
  - Yes. And over what?? 20 minutes. nm -- nm - Jim Jun 13, 12:48
- fwiw, the front page of the sf chronicle hasn't forgotten - story re: protest signs at the stanford graduation yesterday. I was thinking this morning - b. Jun 13, 12:40 2
  - for my im, this is really nice - adam levine has reportedly offered to pay for christina's funeral and her mom's airfare. - b. Jun 13, 14:02
  - I managed to mention it in a conversation yesterday anyway. -- nm - Factotum Jun 13, 13:14
happy birthday, ty!! :) - -- nm - b. Jun 13, 12:31 5
- happy happy joy joy -- nm - Peglegpete Jun 13, 12:51
- Thanks to you and all for the well wishes! -- nm - ty97 Jun 13, 12:44 2
  - you are awesome - go get your own stripper boyfriend -- nm - Epiphany Jun 13, 12:46 1
    - woooooooooo! -- nm - budice Jun 13, 12:48
- steak dinner for the birthday boy - senor dentista Jun 13, 12:31
Seriously, the more Insanity Chaff, the better. - Mel Profit Jun 13, 12:27 15
- The minute people talked up tax returns, he went after Jeff Bezos And Amazon for tax evasion -- nm - budice Jun 13, 12:32 1
  - I'm guessing the Clinton campaign is waiting for the right time to throw that bit out there... - Mel Profit Jun 13, 12:34
- The people he's speaking to aren't nuanced. They don't care if the guy was American because he was from immigrant parents and BAM, ban them. They - oblique Jun 13, 12:30 7
  - and I'm all in favor of him talking like this right up to election night. I may be naive but I have to believe that we're more nuanced than that. - Mel Profit Jun 13, 12:32 6
    - Right. I don't think there's been any question that his hardcore followers will follow him of a cliff. The question is whether he can 1) retain - pmb Jun 13, 12:42 5
      - It's interesting - Romney was clearly aware if not uncomfortable having to prove his belief in the cause where he had about 6 weeks to pivot. - Mel Profit Jun 13, 12:51 1
        
        He's not used to having to play well with others. He's used to giving orders. -- nm - jnine Jun 13, 13:17
      - so far, he does a little better than Romney with white non-college voters, but substantially worse than Romney with white college-educated voters -- (link) - senor dentista Jun 13, 12:45
      - worst is if the large portion of the population that doesn't normally vote decides they want to... -- (edited) - oblique Jun 13, 12:43 1
        
        A large part of that population that doesn't vote is young people and minorities. If anything this motivates them the other way. -- nm - pmb Jun 13, 12:49
- he doesn't want to win because he couldn't stand to live away from Trump Fortress One for more than two nights in a row -- nm - senor dentista Jun 13, 12:29 4
  - he really has to be scared that he could win. [nm] - Mel Profit Jun 13, 12:31 3
    - 'Dolf was younger and had no family or business empire... Good song, though -- nm - Factotum Jun 13, 13:07
    - He's basically said his vp will do the day to day running of the country. He may never be in D.C. after the inauguration, if he doesn't move it to NY. -- nm - jnine Jun 13, 12:38 1
      - I'm beginning to think he's a lawsuit away from losing control of Trump Towers, almost broke, he NEEDS the pres gig -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 13, 12:52
"There’s no way in hell Johnnie Cochran would have beaten me with that evidence that they had. I’m telling you right now — I’m not even a lawyer." -- (link) - who said it? Trump or Stephen A. Smith Jun 13, 12:25 3
- Trump -- nm - budice Jun 13, 12:27 2
  - No way - Trump would have been in line to blow OJ if given the opportunity. -- nm - Jim Jun 13, 12:28 1
    - His parents were born here. Fine fella. -- nm - jnine Jun 13, 12:39
Theres a belgian player named Ciman. - budice Jun 13, 12:25 1
- I'm sure he'll pull out one of those seminal performances.... -- nm - Factotum Jun 13, 12:27
*blasts Zep's Immigrant Song over the speakers* -- nm - senor dentista Jun 13, 12:23 6
- counters by blasting 'The Bitch is Back" -- nm - Hillary's staff Jun 13, 12:29 2
  - lololol, cause women are bitches! -- nm - senor dentista Jun 13, 12:30 1
    - yeah! -- (link) - Remlik Jun 13, 12:38 [youtube]
- This song will be banned. -- nm - jnine Jun 13, 12:25
- Trump gonna make the trains run on time. -- nm - Spawn Jun 13, 12:24 1
  - Still love to see this wall along Mexico...."Great Wall of los Estados Unidos" -- nm - budice Jun 13, 12:26
(unintentional first, "ftw") -- nm - Factotum Jun 13, 12:23
So, tomorrow's Trump's birthday, by the way. He'll turn 70. Return of the very old candidates, this year. -- nm - Factotum Jun 13, 12:23

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