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Doug Baldwin signs 4-year, $46 Million extension with Seahawks -- nm - Beaker Jun 28, 18:39 1
- Eff him. -- nm - Reagen Jun 28, 18:41
If you want another musician to support (you know you do), Bradford Loomis from Seattle crowdsourcing campaign ends at midnight tonight. -- (link) - JaxSean Jun 28, 18:36
today would have been Gilda Radner's 70th birthday. -- nm - andie Jun 28, 18:34
Scotty Moore, Elvis's first guitarist, passed at 84 -- (link) - amoxy Jun 28, 18:32 2
- Damn you 2016!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -- nm - Peglegpete Jun 28, 18:32 1
  - he was also Rick Nelson's lead guitarist for many years. you can see him in a lot of the Ozzie & Harriet shows in Rick's band -- nm - Peglegpete Jun 28, 18:34
theoretically speaking, if a person wanted to take a vacation and do it at an Olympic games, how far in advance should he make plans? - call me Ishmael Jun 28, 18:02 21
- a couple years ago my lotto fantasy was to buy a big house in Rio a year ahead, sell it after -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 28, 18:38
- i'm giong to have to start doing some homework ... i'd really like to go to an Olympic Games ... winter or summer .... - call me Ishmael Jun 28, 18:25 9
  - i think you're lowballing the cost - gerald Jun 28, 18:26 7
    - you're probably right -- nm - call me Ishmael Jun 28, 18:34
    - personally, if i were going to shell out that kind of money, i'd go World Cup before Olympics -- nm - gerald Jun 28, 18:27 5
      - though I wouldn't go to either of the next two WCs. - Reagen Jun 28, 18:45
      - this may be blasphemy, but i'm not as much a world cup person as i am an olympic games person -- nm - call me Ishmael Jun 28, 18:35 3
        
        Oly has a uniqueness that nothing else has, Superbowl is a one event thing -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 28, 18:40 2
        
        Pretty sure the correct nickname is "The Lympies." -- nm - mara Jun 28, 18:45 1
        
        Oly oly zika free! -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 28, 18:46
  - Your best bet is to book a city before it is announced. -- nm - Spawn Jun 28, 18:26
- Honestly, you can probably do these summer games relatively cheap at this point. -- nm - ty97 Jun 28, 18:17 2
  - @BadTYAdvice -- nm - gerald Jun 28, 18:19
  - (not saying that's the norm) -- nm - ty97 Jun 28, 18:17
- Peyongchang, SK seems like it shouldn't be too hard, this far out. i'd still expect to pay through the nose just because it's the Olympics though -- nm - gerald Jun 28, 18:06 6
  - You'd probably pay more for a Winter Olympics, because they're often in smaller cities with fewer hotels. -- nm - Roger More Jun 28, 18:33
  - agreed. and probably you won't get tix to the women's figure skating or hockey final. but curling!....nm - x Jun 28, 18:09 4
    - Still not settled as to whether the NHL goes, so hockey final might not be that hard - Reagen Jun 28, 18:29
    - not on sale until October it seems -- (link) - gerald Jun 28, 18:15 1
      - there you go. get in early...nm - x Jun 28, 18:19
    - curling!!! -- nm - mud Jun 28, 18:13
LA Metro's new safety videos are hilariously violent -- (link) - con_carne Jun 28, 17:55 [youtube] 2
- . -- nm* - budice Jun 28, 18:15
- yeah, westsiders getting hit by a train would be awful -- nm - gerald Jun 28, 17:57
Fun fact for Spawn and Groiny - David Jun 28, 17:37 6
- Also: enough about the f'n helmet! -- (edited) - David Jun 28, 17:39 5
  - I'm getting tired of all these 335 class items. - David Jun 28, 18:01 4
    - and 335 helmets. - David Jun 28, 18:11 3
      - FOAD -- nm - Spawn Jun 28, 18:15 2
        
        If I did, it'd be 335, too. -- nm* - David Jun 28, 18:26 1
        
        Okay, I've carried you scrubs long enough. - David Jun 28, 18:38
Bloomberg: Trump Campaign Lining Up Tyson and Ditka for Convention -- (link) - ty97 Jun 28, 17:23 19
- Boy, I can't wait to see Tyson start doing uppercuts on a Clinton effigy. -- nm - Max Jun 28, 18:38
- Don't forget Bobby Knight and performing Beach Boys, Journey and Rick Springfield -- nm - amoxy Jun 28, 18:34
- mein gott -- nm - ML Jun 28, 18:13 1
  - heil trump? -- nm - mud Jun 28, 18:17
- and Jonah Ryan! -- nm - prayformojo Jun 28, 17:53
- PIVOT! -- nm - Reagen Jun 28, 17:53
- this is gonna be like wrestlemania...nm - x Jun 28, 17:51 3
  - Men beating up on a woman. Welcome to Murica. -- nm - budice Jun 28, 18:08
  - Is there such a thing?! -- nm - ty97 Jun 28, 18:03 1
    - it's been going on for like 30 years!....nm - x Jun 28, 18:10
- I guess Brady wised up. -- nm - Spawn Jun 28, 17:50 1
  - pussed out - gerald Jun 28, 17:52
- Ted Nugent is gonna be pissed he was left out -- nm - Beaker Jun 28, 17:44
- I hope he finds some politicians who want to be there, too :) -- nm - Peglegpete Jun 28, 17:28 2
  - Does Christie still count? -- nm - Ender Jun 28, 17:35 1
    - "want to be there" so no. -- nm - b. Jun 28, 17:41
- Fact: Trump sold the tiger to Tyson -- nm - budice Jun 28, 17:28
- Levitra should run their Ditka commercials during the broadcast. -- nm - mara Jun 28, 17:25
- outstanding. -- nm - mud Jun 28, 17:24
Billy Zane remains confident that Kate Winslet should have chosen him in Titanic -- (link) - gerald Jun 28, 17:19 3
- Maybe listening to Billy Zane isn't as great an idea as id previously thought. -- nm - Roger More Jun 28, 18:35 1
  - But he's a cool dude. -- nm - mara Jun 28, 18:38
- ty97 chose Dead Calm Billy Zane over and over. -- nm - ty97 Jun 28, 17:21
So, um, I know exactly where this is in the Rio airport, I was there 10 days ago -- (link) - ty97 Jun 28, 17:18 1
- I would have thought the gates of hell were in Iraq or nearby -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 28, 18:43
I'll be darned if I understand what counts toward my medical deductible and what does not. -- nm - ty97 Jun 28, 17:12 1
- Also: darned larger than expected bills. - ty97 Jun 28, 17:22
Israeli archeologists find more neat stuff -- (link) - Peglegpete Jun 28, 17:07
Let's go, Coastal Carolina! -- nm - Krusty Jun 28, 17:05 4
- Go Coastal Carolina! -- nm - budice Jun 28, 17:07 3
  - Go Coastal Carolina! -- nm - Bacon Jun 28, 17:08 2
    - Where is it supposed to go? -- nm - zork Jun 28, 17:15 1
      - all.the.way.! -- nm - b. Jun 28, 17:16
L.A. Times in 1999 on Donald Trump's presidential ambitions. -- (link) - ty97 Jun 28, 17:00
PSA: Code Name: Verity is on sale at Amazon for $1.99 (nmblink) - ralph wiggum Jun 28, 16:54
how the eight-justice SCOTUS is living in a post-Scalia world -- (link) - gerald Jun 28, 16:44
Mary Carillo's classic Olympic's breakdown on air -- (link) - Peglegpete Jun 28, 16:44 [youtube] 3
- i had never seen this. she must have been on at about 4am -- nm - gerald Jun 28, 16:54 2
  - I had not either. Looks like Deadspin posted it a couple of years back and Carillo wrote into them about that morning -- (link) - ty97 Jun 28, 16:56 1
    - *throws rollerblade at good ol' Mary* -- nm - Christopher Burr Jun 28, 17:07
NBC to provide over 6,700 hours of Olympic coverage over its networks and app -- (link*) - Todd Manning - 199 days till Monster Trucks Jun 28, 16:26 26
- All of it only showing American athletes , I presume. -- nm - zork Jun 28, 17:14
- and none of it will be convienent to any of us -- nm - Peglegpete Jun 28, 16:41
- last time there was some great stuff without announcers, just a live sound feed. i watched a lot of archery...nm - x Jun 28, 16:38 2
  - Rowing without commentary is quite meditative. -- nm - Reagen Jun 28, 16:40 1
    - yeah, i liked that too...nm - x Jun 28, 16:47
- 6600 hours of which will feature Bob Costas - ML Jun 28, 16:32 3
  - Getting bitten by Zika infested mosquitoes -- nm - Bacon Jun 28, 16:36 2
    - In the eye. -- nm - Spawn Jun 28, 16:41 1
      - he did get pinkeye at one of them recently. -- nm - Reagen Jun 28, 17:05
- is it going to be the b.s. like their other live sports events where you have to have a cable or satellite subscription to actually access it? -- nm - gerald Jun 28, 16:28 16
  - of course. No freebies to freeloaders -- nm - Remlik Jun 28, 16:31 15
    - it's not freeloading if they run ads during the commercial breaks for the online feed as well -- nm - gerald Jun 28, 16:35 14
      - they pay money to get the rights. they recoup some of that the money through cable and satellite fees...nm - x Jun 28, 16:37 13
        
        They can make it up by bulk Piracy Viewing. -- nm - Bacon Jun 28, 16:58
        
        Does seem like a possible lost revenue stream though. I'm not getting cable. I would maybe pay $50 for all access streaming pass for the Olympics - ty97 Jun 28, 16:43 4
        
        yeah, an all acess pass would make sense....nm - x Jun 28, 16:46 3
        
        I have no idea what the right price point would be and perhaps NBC's current cable provider contracts don't allow it - ty97 Jun 28, 16:48 2
        
        the problem with Olympics is they're essentially paying half a billion for maybe 20% of must-see events - gerald Jun 28, 16:51 1
        
        That's why you sell the streaming package as all or nothing - ty97 Jun 28, 16:53
        
        did i ask them to? - gerald Jun 28, 16:43 5
        
        aww, victimized...nm - x Jun 28, 16:49 4
        
        even dipshit England broadcasts all the games for free over the air -- nm - gerald Jun 28, 16:52 3
        
        not really free, since citizens have to pay an annual license fee to the bbc....nm - x Jun 28, 16:56 2
        
        i'm more than willing to sit through NBC's crummy ads - gerald Jun 28, 16:58 1
        
        maybe whining about it will help...nm - x Jun 28, 17:06
        
        it's like he has no idea how tv works. -- nm - Remlik Jun 28, 16:40
IL, which has gone a full fiscal year without a budget as of Thursday might have a partial year budget for 2017 which starts Friday. -- (link) - iSpam Jun 28, 16:24 6
- That's one way to not go over budget. -- nm - Todd Manning - 199 days till Monster Trucks Jun 28, 17:48
- Bruce Rauner throws under Rod Blagojovic at this point. -- nm - pmb Jun 28, 16:31 4
  - Well, the Democrats have veto proof majorities in both chambers so it's really hard to pin all the blame on him. -- (edited) - iSpam Jun 28, 16:36 2
    - It's really way less simple than that. The legislature deserves blame too (and I'd like to see Madigan gone), but Rauner started out of the gate with - pmb Jun 28, 16:43
    - Heh, and now that I think about it I could because the town I grew up in won't take me off the voters rolls. - iSpam Jun 28, 16:41
  - He's no Butch Otter, on that we can all agree -- nm - prayformojo Jun 28, 16:35
My Congressman (apparently accompanied by my City Councilman) is currently campaigning at the grocery store according to Twitter. -- nm - ty97 Jun 28, 16:12
I forgot to wish everyone Happy Perfect Number Day! - TorBaron Jun 28, 16:08
AI defeats Top Gun in simulated dogfight -- (link) - gerald Jun 28, 16:08 1
- Deal of the Century II -- nm - Max Jun 28, 16:37
Bonhams UK entertainment auction has lots of signed Bowie stuff, Doctor Who costumes, and a Dalek -- (link) - Peglegpete Jun 28, 15:55
Donaldo in Ohio on Istanbul: "It's baaad" -- nm - gerald Jun 28, 15:34 2
- What an astute analysis of global dynamics. -- nm* - znufrii, dad. Jun 28, 16:07
- Is this the Philosopher-King that academia has been mentioning for ages? -- nm* - mud Jun 28, 15:36
FWP: I'm glad 2Q is coming to and end so I can stop putting groceries on a different card in order to earn 5% back on them. -- nm - ty97 Jun 28, 15:34 2
- Since we're going all in on Chase we're switching stuff around. My wife hasn't killed me yet. -- nm - iSpam Jun 28, 15:58
- thanks for reminding me to shove my amex blue back into my wallet. -- nm - all the boys love newton time, yo. Jun 28, 15:35
ay, an overhead shot of the missassauga explosion area. nm but: -- (link) - b. Jun 28, 15:30 1
- I like the lone comment: "Decimated means reduced by one-tenth." -- nm - Beryllium Jun 28, 15:39
among other shows in my last-season tv queue for home are almost the whole season of "new girl" - that was mostly enjoyable, yes? -- nm - b. Jun 28, 15:23 4
- oh for sure. This and The Goldbergs are the best sitcoms on tv -- nm - Jovian Jun 28, 15:36
- Yes, because it had less Jess -- nm - JaxSean Jun 28, 15:30
- Yes. Good season. -- nm - Krusty Jun 28, 15:30 1
  - great, thanks! I'm more iffy about grimm and sleepy hollow, which are whole. grimm because it's so long. sh because of word on the st-reet. -- nm - b. Jun 28, 15:32
oh dear, I seem to have forgotten about this post from nubby six years ago. -- (link) - Beryllium Jun 28, 15:19 1 2
- Nice. -- nm - mara Jun 28, 15:25
afternoon rant: customer service phone surveys that places like doctor's offices or banks waste your time with after you use them - gerald Jun 28, 15:19 6
- I don't mind those, as you can always opt out. (at least it's always been an option for me.) I don't like hold recordings that encourage website use - b. Jun 28, 15:33 3
  - and i do. i just have never seen a cause-effect relationship between anyone responding and something different in the customer experience -- nm - gerald Jun 28, 15:45 1
    - not always, but I have sometimes received good follow-up from complaints given as part of surveys. - b. Jun 28, 15:54
  - Exactly - if your damned website would work I wouldn't be calling you ! -- nm - Meg Jun 28, 15:42
- Or auto dealerships - phone calls, emails, letters, both from the dealership and the manufacturer. - Meg Jun 28, 15:31
- how else are they to claim they are the best ranked in customer service, pixie? How else? -- nm - Reagen Jun 28, 15:23
remarkable thing about that second video is how he lay there for almost 20 sec. before he - mud Jun 28, 15:16 6
- Can you link the 2nd video somewhere? -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 28, 15:26 2
  - they just showed it on CNN, but here: -- (link) - mud Jun 28, 15:28
  - I think it's this - rt'd by jake tapper. nm but: -- (link) - b. Jun 28, 15:27
- that dude who was the last one to run past him must still be soiling himself - gerald Jun 28, 15:21 2
  - maybe. He's probably having a cocktail, though -- nm - mud Jun 28, 15:22 1
    - Several cocktails -- nm - . Jun 28, 15:42
TY97 wins the Internet today for that lyric -- nm - zork Jun 28, 15:14 3
- It came to him awfully suddenly. I wonder which Canadian broke his heart? -- nm - Roger More Jun 28, 15:21 2
  - *whistling innocently* -- nm - Reagen Jun 28, 15:38
  - 🎶 but your sap was not at all sweet 🎶 - JD Jun 28, 15:36
if you take, then put back good - gerald Jun 28, 15:05 1
- '/~and I don’t even know how I survive, I won’t make it to the shore without your light..'/~ -- nm - b. Jun 28, 15:11

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