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This is ruthless. -- (link) - Reagen Jun 13, 17:31 11
- Heh. -- nm - kelly Jun 13, 17:58
- awesome -- nm - CQ Jun 13, 17:38
- that's pretty danged obnoxious to me. -- nm - b. Jun 13, 17:35 8
  - Home field advantage. - Spawn Jun 13, 17:35 5
    - I get it when there's some loathsome player in the mix, but a general thing? eh. (and, also, please do not let that spread.) -- nm - b. Jun 13, 17:37 4
      - (Aggies) -- nm - senor dentista Jun 13, 17:38 1
        
        yah, I've read about their host of other traditions and such, just hadn't seen that one before. -- nm - b. Jun 13, 17:40
      - Anything to make the game interesting! -- nm - Spawn Jun 13, 17:37 1
        
        I find it endlessly fascinating. maybe it's a corollary to the "only boring people get bored" thing. ;p -- nm - b. Jun 13, 17:41
  - eh. Throw a strike. -- nm - Reagen Jun 13, 17:35 1
    - of course, but it doesn't make it any less obnoxious. ;p -- nm - b. Jun 13, 17:36
They're doing a wand raising at Hogsmeade at Universal Orlando tonight. - David Jun 13, 17:31 2
- Do we know what time? -- nm - Spawn Jun 13, 17:37 1
  - The park closes in about an hour, so I imagine soon. -- nm - David Jun 13, 17:42
So, I'm playing SongPop on FB and there's this Emily in NYC that is blowing my mind. My absolute favorite band is Steely Dan, so I was thrilled when -- (edited) - Factotum Jun 13, 17:27
i'm working on like five hours of sleep. this virtually guarantees i will pass out by the second quarter of the game tonight....nm - x Jun 13, 17:24
MLB: Max Scherzer has a pretty good game going through 4 IP. -- nm - Strongbad Jun 13, 17:14 1
- don't you dare jinx him. - Mel Profit Jun 13, 17:22
"The good news is, you're only 3 points behind John H. Ryan" -- nm - prayformojo Jun 13, 17:08 1
- "No, he literally shot himself in the foot." - David Jun 13, 17:09
News: Orlando shooter was a regular at Pulse nightclub -- (link) - budice Jun 13, 17:07 32
- How do you like them apples. ISIS?! -- nm - Mel Profit Jun 13, 17:20 3
  - I'm guessing most of the leadership has a "wide stance". -- nm - Reagen Jun 13, 17:26
  - who needs drone strikes - senor dentista Jun 13, 17:23 1
    - that's hilarious and frankly someone should tell the authorities to consider this. -- (edited) - Mel Profit Jun 13, 17:24
- That changes the narrative a lot. Whereas I've never read that the Bataclan attackers had been there before, or had something to do with the band play - Factotum Jun 13, 17:16 10
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    - Well, other than the fact that IS claimed responsibility. -- nm - Strongbad Jun 13, 17:40 2
      - After the fact -- nm - senor dentista Jun 13, 17:44 1
        
        So? -- nm - Strongbad Jun 13, 17:57
    - Right, he's a Floridian pure and simple, but talking about it from that pov leads to gun control discussions. - David Jun 13, 17:32 1
      - the nra is super well organized. gun control groups and their supporters, not so much....nm - x Jun 13, 17:36
    - .. ? You sure? Checked by FBI twice, calls in support for IS, IS takes credit for the attack, the father is a Taliban supporter who pretends to lead - Factotum Jun 13, 17:29 3
      - The guy claimed to have ties to IS, Al Q and a couple other groups. - Spawn Jun 13, 17:33 2
        
        Ironically, this is one of the times where the mental health debate would have some teeth. -- nm - David Jun 13, 17:35 1
        
        The woman he was married to's press confrence made it pretty clear. -- nm - Spawn Jun 13, 17:36
- well that's sad and predictable. -- nm - Reagen Jun 13, 17:09 15
  - they usually just go into politics or journalism. -- nm - Mel Profit Jun 13, 17:21
  - maybe the FBI should be trolling Jack'd for their stings -- nm - senor dentista Jun 13, 17:13 1
    - Don't give them any ideas ... - ReluctantCynic Jun 13, 17:15
  - It is, but it's odd that nobody mentioned this for 36 hours. -- nm - David Jun 13, 17:11 10
    - It was in the news early today. -- nm - Spawn Jun 13, 17:20
    - Absolutely. -- nm - Factotum Jun 13, 17:17
    - now that I read the linked story (not the gawker original, though), I'd like some harder evidence it was really him. -- nm - b. Jun 13, 17:14 7
      - The guy I heard talking said he mentioned his wife and kid. -- nm - Spawn Jun 13, 17:29
      - It'd be a strange thing for a guy who works at the club to lie about. -- nm - David Jun 13, 17:18 5
        
        I'm sorry, did I miss? which person works at the club? -- nm - b. Jun 13, 17:20 4
        
        Aries is a performer at the club. -- nm - David Jun 13, 17:26 2
        
        oh, I see that read now, thanks. (er, it's in the paragraph above it with aries' husband, though.) -- nm - b. Jun 13, 17:31
        
        You mean ty. -- nm - Spawn Jun 13, 17:30
        
        oh, and I wasn't thinking lying more confirmation it's the same guy. this, linked in the uproxx story, helps that with some accounts of him being - b. Jun 13, 17:24
  - yah, I actually considered it yesterday then moved along. ugh. -- nm - b. Jun 13, 17:11
- J posted this on Facebook, and I had to read it three times to make sure I had it right. - David Jun 13, 17:09
Lincecum to start Sat for Angels vs Athletics -- nm - budice Jun 13, 17:06
better Jordan team: 91/92 Bulls, 95/96 Bulls, or Space Jam Tune Squad? -- nm - senor dentista Jun 13, 16:56 13
- Globetrotters, man -- nm - prayformojo Jun 13, 17:02 1
  - "JUST TAKE THE BALL!!!! HE'S SPINNING IT ON HIS FINGER!" -- nm - Reagen Jun 13, 17:17
- 1995-1996 Chicago Bulls. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jun 13, 17:01 9
  - the absurd stat line disagrees with you -- (link) - senor dentista Jun 13, 17:06 8
    - Ewing cost them the game. shocker -- nm - CQ Jun 13, 17:32 3
      - here -- (link) - CQ Jun 13, 17:33 [youtube] 2
        
        c'mon Krusty. Look at it! -- nm - CQ Jun 13, 17:40 1
        
        Not gonna happen. -- nm - Krusty Jun 13, 18:02
    - Bupkus was thwarted by the initiative of one Wile E. Coyote and his timely detonation of a small cache of explosives strategically placed around the -- nm - budice Jun 13, 17:17
    - hahah, that is hilarious.... - x Jun 13, 17:15 2
      - "The first thing to notice is that Hickory’s commitment to defense might be even worse than its commitment to diversity" -- (link) - senor dentista Jun 13, 17:26
      - *laughing* -- nm - prayformojo Jun 13, 17:16
- Basketball Jones or Fat Albert. -- nm - jnine Jun 13, 16:59
Hastings entertainment store just notified 375 HQ employees that it may be time to find new jobs... -- (link) - Remlik Jun 13, 16:55 2
- The switch to media that isn't available digitally is a clever tactic. -- nm - David Jun 13, 16:57
- kthxbai -- nm - budice Jun 13, 16:56
~I got soul, but im not a soldier~ -- nm - budice Jun 13, 16:53 1
- ~Another head aches, another heart breaks~ / ~I'm so much older than I can take~ -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jun 13, 17:00
Spawn, thanks for that AGT link - v. impressive! (great little girl singer.) nm but: -- (link) - b. Jun 13, 16:45 [Backboard] 1
- "None of my friends know I sing." -- nm - Spawn Jun 13, 17:00
Shooter had scouted Downtown Disney in Orlando as a possible target, with his wife. -- (link) - jnine Jun 13, 16:41 3
- Ok now I am truly confused. Is this the same wife that became his ex before the act and that I saw interviewed on TV today? -- nm - Factotum Jun 13, 17:32 2
  - Current. -- nm - jnine Jun 13, 18:19
  - with the timing, I think it's current wife, the one with which he had a child. -- nm - b. Jun 13, 17:34
Game of Thrones spoilers - David Jun 13, 16:37 11
- (more spoilers) - ReluctantCynic Jun 13, 16:51 3
  - spoils - Peglegpete Jun 13, 17:07 2
    - Spoilers - David Jun 13, 17:10
    - (more spoilers) - ReluctantCynic Jun 13, 17:10
- he jsut needs some alone time with mommy. -- nm - Remlik Jun 13, 16:50
- I'm sure it wasn't his idea. -- nm - jnine Jun 13, 16:46 3
  - But he held to the courage of his conviction! -- nm - David Jun 13, 16:49 2
    - Spoils. . . - jnine Jun 13, 16:50 1
      - a girl is going to fuck his shit up -- nm - senor dentista Jun 13, 16:57
- I'm so proud that he picked up on my leadership principles -- nm - Ser Pounce Jun 13, 16:44
- spoils - senor dentista Jun 13, 16:41
Give it up to Karl Urban on the Orlando sitch -- (link) - budice Jun 13, 16:27 3
- Because that's what Star Trek is actually about. Not lens flares and funny running. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 13, 16:30 2
  - I was thinking last week that it would be nice for them to do a movie with this theme. -- nm - Mel Profit Jun 13, 17:26
  - (Good on him) -- nm - Beryllium Jun 13, 16:30
Fallout fans: Thinkgeek has made a PipBoy smartwatch -- (link) - Remlik Jun 13, 16:26
this got me, so here's the london gay men's chorus singing "bridge over troubled water" at a vigil for orlando. nm but: -- (link) - b. Jun 13, 16:21 [youtube] 1
- ay, this cracked my heart a little bit more. a couple killed, one who planned to marry, will have a joint funeral. nm but: -- (link) - b. Jun 13, 17:26
mostly i think it's pointless (if fun!) to compare teams between eras, because things change so much. but i had forgotten.... - x Jun 13, 16:20 6
- I think the 95/96 team of Chicago would beat them still. Three great defenders would stifle - Will Hunting Jun 13, 16:39 4
  - maybe if all the hand checking was what they played under. if they played under today's rules, i dunno.... - x Jun 13, 16:43 3
    - Jordan would have torn apart defenses (even moreso) if they didn't play him as physically. Look at the series against the Suns. He average like 45 - pmb Jun 13, 17:01 1
      - well, probably. but be serious, i think golden state is a hell of a lot better defensive team than that phoenix team.... - x Jun 13, 17:11
    - older teams had Hodges, Cartwright, Oakley....more recent had Kerr, Longley, Rodman -- nm - budice Jun 13, 16:46
- Yeesh. They would camp out at the line. -- nm - Krusty Jun 13, 16:38
Fletcher Cox has agreed to terms on a six-year contract extension through 2022 with the Philadelphia Eagles -- nm - Beaker Jun 13, 16:09 3
- $103M with $63M guaranteed - the highest guarantee for a non-quarterback in NFL history -- nm* - Beaker Jun 13, 16:10 2
  - his agent ought to be running for president :) -- nm - Peglegpete Jun 13, 16:17 1
    - *laughs* -- nm - Von Miller Jun 13, 16:36
wpa?/wow: "Florida Catholic bishop: ‘It is religion, including our own,’ that targets LGBT people" -- (link) - prayformojo Jun 13, 16:05 1
- I wonder if he would have felt as free to say that without francis's "who am I to judge?" in any case, v. good - I esp. like the following paragraph. -- nm - b. Jun 13, 16:09
"In a March 2006 hearing, the Trump company's lawyer, Robert Borrello, said Trump didn’t use email himself and his company didn’t retain emails." -- (link) - senor dentista Jun 13, 15:58
failed movie director Cameron Crowe's new tv series Roadies has the 1st episode up for viewing..... -- (link) - Remlik Jun 13, 15:57 [youtube]
most clueless politician of the day goes to.. tr, no, wait, not so fast. nm but: -- (link) - b. Jun 13, 15:55 3
- I wondered if that's even legal.. like giving to a random person is ok. well, here are the state's laws. (warning: weeping may happen) nm but: -- (link) - b. Jun 13, 16:02 1
  - second prize is a conversion to fully automatic kit -- nm - Peglegpete Jun 13, 16:07
- Man Im fired up -- nm - budice Jun 13, 15:57
Here's Microsoft's E3 conference summed up nicely. -- (link) - Shaun Jun 13, 15:51 [Image] 5
- Good production value onthe presentation, just not much interms of additional content -- nm - budice Jun 13, 15:55
- I'm gonna stick with the old system. Bonus, it's black. -- nm - Krusty Jun 13, 15:54 3
  - Yeah I'm not a fan of the white. Granted it's a pretty cheap 4K player, so it has that going for it. -- nm - Shaun Jun 13, 15:59 2
    - The white is ugly and shows dirt and dust quickly. By the time I have a 4k TV they'll have a new system. -- nm - Krusty Jun 13, 16:11 1
      - Agree on all. -- nm - Shaun Jun 13, 16:12
I'm procuring a journal article about a tech thing, and one of the recommended articles on the side starts with: Adult and adolescent arousal - b. Jun 13, 15:45
So if/when the Warriors lock down the championship, are they the best single season team ever? -- (edited) - Shaun Jun 13, 15:44 40
- I would still go with the Bulls 95/96. - Will Hunting Jun 13, 16:35 2
  - I think that's the top comparison, with what I was thinking - simple numbers and talent. - b. Jun 13, 16:51 1
    - for me the top 4 i've seen are probably the 85-86 c's, 86-87 lakers, 91-92 bulls and the 15-16 warriors.... - x Jun 13, 16:57
- No but they're in the discussion. Rule changes and such make it hard to compare teams from different decades. -- nm - Krusty Jun 13, 16:17 2
  - yeah, it's impossible to really do. the 60's celts teams are sure in the discussion with all the championships, but how do you compare them to... - x Jun 13, 16:38 1
    - Exactly. There's so much that changes each decade that they're basically playing a different game after a while. -- nm - Krusty Jun 13, 16:50
- Sure. I could agree with this. Best record, best team stats, champions. But it comes with a caveat. - ReluctantCynic Jun 13, 16:10 8
  - it'd be more than one hit, they did go all the way last season. -- nm - b. Jun 13, 16:16 7
    - Good point. I was just trying to draw a distinction between "best teams for a season or two" and "best teams of all times." - ReluctantCynic Jun 13, 16:24 6
      - heh, I'm ok with saying what I said, obviously; but reading your im made me a little reflexively vexed. "can't they win and be laud- - b. Jun 13, 16:30
      - The Shaq/Kobe Lakers arguably weren't as good as the Kareem/Magic Lakers. -- nm - jnine Jun 13, 16:29 4
        
        i'm comfortable saying the shaq/kobe lakers were certainly not as good as the magic/kareem lakers....nm - x Jun 13, 16:39 1
        
        They were fortunate to get 3. Al time collapse by Portland and an all-time fishy referee-game vs Sacramento. - Will Hunting Jun 13, 16:46
        
        I can agree with that, too. And there's an argument that even the Kareem/Magic years weren't the best Lakers teams of all time. - ReluctantCynic Jun 13, 16:35 1
        
        Wilt/Jerry/Elgin agree. -- nm - jnine Jun 13, 16:43
- Best single season team? Without question. -- nm - SGTAmerica #TeamCap Jun 13, 15:58
- For a single season? They're in the discussion. -- nm - David Jun 13, 15:54 2
  - yeah, i agree with that...nm - x Jun 13, 15:59 1
    - They're in the discussion, but I don't think they win the argument. -- nm - pmb Jun 13, 16:32
- no...nm - x Jun 13, 15:51
- i think it puts them in the Detroit Pistons strata - senor dentista Jun 13, 15:49
- that means they will have had the best season ever and, to me, are one of the best ever overall; but there's a ways to go yet for goat. -- nm - b. Jun 13, 15:46
- got a ways to go -- nm - budice Jun 13, 15:46 17
  - I meant best single season team ever, not best team overall ever, because that would be dumb. -- nm* - Shaun Jun 13, 15:50
  - nice phrasing, boo. -- nm - b. Jun 13, 15:47 15
    - Im pretty religious when it comes to MJ Bulls -- nm - budice Jun 13, 15:58 14
      - do you think the 95-96 bulls were the best version? i can entertain the thought that maybe they were even better in 91-92 - x Jun 13, 16:10 12
        
        I thought the 91-92 was the better version of the team, but I do think the depth of the 95-96 team makes it a tougher call. -- nm - pmb Jun 13, 16:36 1
        
        there's no doubt the later bench is wayyy better...nm - x Jun 13, 16:50
        
        That's a good point about the '91-'92 team. Those Bulls teams were the best I've ever seen. -- nm - Krusty Jun 13, 16:15 9
        
        In a better era of basketball, they were still dominant. That matters. -- nm - David Jun 13, 16:23 8
        
        while i'm not at all convinced that era was so much better than now, another reason that i think the 91-92 team was likely better was because.... - x Jun 13, 16:33 7
        
        The first Dream Team beats the 2012 Dream Team by like 25. -- nm - David Jun 13, 16:58 6
        
        i don't think i mentioned that the first dream team wasn't better.....nm - x Jun 13, 17:03
        
        that was so laughable, intl players going up against their idols - budice Jun 13, 17:00 4
        
        i remember when they played angola.... - x Jun 13, 17:06 3
        
        I think my favorite story was how Jordan was late to a function with someone else and reporters were like "What's Daly going to say?" - Will Hunting Jun 13, 17:15 1
        
        heh. though apparently jordan was the only one who actually bothered to watch film of the opponents....nm - x Jun 13, 17:19
        
        Imagine if you were an oddsmaker having to set a line on that one. -- nm - David Jun 13, 17:07
      - I just meant we used the same words. :) - -- nm - b. Jun 13, 16:03
Tennessee Rep. Holt to give away AR-15 at fundraiser -- (link) - Remlik Jun 13, 15:44 2
- *bets a white person wins it* -- nm - Beaker Jun 13, 15:51
- *donates all the moneys* -- nm - ISIS Jun 13, 15:49
go dubs -- nm - senor dentista Jun 13, 15:43

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