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Trump realized that the Star of David was not good in this tweet about Hillary -- (link) - amoxy Jul 2, 09:48
an economic analysis of the Bobby Bonilla deferred compensation deal -- (link) - gerald Jul 2, 09:38 8
- If he was deferring his contracts, I wonder what he lived on for 12 years. Maybe he borrowed against it at a lower rate. -- nm - jnine Jul 2, 11:00 1
  - He did already pocket like 30mil prior to this. - Will Hunting Jul 2, 11:07
- (getting 8% interest on that money, compounded, is some Nostradamus-level shit) -- nm - gerald Jul 2, 09:41 5
  - dont worry, I'm sure the Mets' investments with Bernie Madoff will beat that return. -- nm - znufrii, dad. Jul 2, 09:43
  - I read the other day, he has another deferral from his first contract with the Mets from 92-96. - Will Hunting Jul 2, 09:42 3
    - They're splitting that bill with Baltimore, apparently. - Tim Jul 2, 10:01 2
      - Ah, here's the article. Darren Rovell, but still a decent explainer. -- (link) - Tim Jul 2, 10:02 1
        
        I enjoy the tidbit that deferring Bonilla's salary let them trade for Hampton, who then left for Colorado (for the schools, of course), which gave - Tim Jul 2, 10:07
ARRGGHH! Kids Ugh! Major Kid rant inside. - amoxy Jul 2, 09:16 1
- That is rough being a parent, but she needs to hit rock bottom with him. Staying quiet is a smart move Dad. You will just push her away. Kudos to - Bacon Jul 2, 09:30
SlingTV now offering more channels, packages. Including NBC and FOX. -- (link) - budice Jul 2, 09:08
NEMO2 is expected to make 388M by Monday. The current price is 390. -- nm - GregW Jul 2, 09:04
A little cloudy, but otherwise a beautiful fall day. - Cuzzin Todd Jul 2, 09:00
Sam Querrey is being Sam Querrey. -- nm - Diva Jul 2, 08:56
Here's a doomsday headline: "Republican women organize to support Clinton" - David Jul 2, 08:49 9
- No one's talking about the real issue in this article: "Tim Lim"? -- nm - Reagen Jul 2, 09:32
- There's so much here that I've wanted to hear from Republicans. - Mel Profit Jul 2, 09:00 3
  - Exactly. -- nm - Spawn Jul 2, 10:05
  - What I want to hear is that the GOP recognizes that it's not just a Trump problem. - TWuG Jul 2, 09:26 1
    - agreed. but I'm going to be realistic. - Mel Profit Jul 2, 09:33
- Here's the concern: there are plenty of Beltway types (men and women) from the GOP side say "nope, can't vote for Trump because... - ty97 Jul 2, 08:52 3
  - Mitt Romney garnered 44% of the women's vote in 2012. Trump might not reach 30. - David Jul 2, 08:54 2
    - Mitt Romney would have an excellent chance to win if he ran this cycle instead of last one -- nm - amoxy Jul 2, 09:49 1
      - I think I disagree. The political purity he was forced to adhere to until about 6-8 weeks before the election has morphed into a flesh and blood -- (edited) - Mel Profit Jul 2, 10:05
Is a man not entitled to the sweat of his own brow?” -- nm - David Jul 2, 08:44
Good environmental news everyone! Antarctic Ozone layer gradually healing -- (link) - amoxy Jul 2, 08:27
Star Trek: Zach Quinto pays tribute to Anton Yelchin -- (link) - Remlik Jul 2, 08:25 [youtube]
Box Office - Fri: Purge $14.5M, Tarzan $14M -- (link) - budice Jul 2, 08:03 5
- I'm going to get killed on the Derivatives for Tarzan and Purge 3. - Diva Jul 2, 08:40
- $13.4M for Dory -- (link) - budice Jul 2, 08:36
- BFG earned an estimated $7.03M -- (link) - budice Jul 2, 08:22
- Both headed to $40M, NEMO2 borderline arb with $388M -- nm* - budice Jul 2, 08:08 1
  - And it's got a week to go (though it will be up against Pets next weekend) -- nm - ty97 Jul 2, 08:21
Looks like we may find out who Tony Stark's real monther is... -- (link) - Remlik Jul 2, 08:02 9
- We already did in Captain America 3. -- nm - David Jul 2, 08:54 2
  - No actually we didn't. -- nm - Remlik Jul 2, 09:33 1
    - Yeah spoils - Beryllium Jul 2, 09:42
- No way. Spoil - Spawndroid Jul 2, 08:37 5
  - but through the power of Frog Thor... -- nm - Reagen Jul 2, 09:51
  - Spoil... - Remlik Jul 2, 08:53 3
    - spoil -- (edited) - Spawn Jul 2, 09:51 2
      - spoils... - Remlik Jul 2, 10:06 1
        
        I SAW IT!!! -- nm - Spawn Jul 2, 10:10
So the early estimates at Deadline yesterday for off (quite low) on Tarzan and Purge - ty97 Jul 2, 08:02 [Backboard] 2
- Based on this, there's a good amount of money to be made on Tarzan - ty97 Jul 2, 08:04 1
  - Summer leaguers especially, read this post ^^^^ -- nm - ty97 Jul 2, 08:08
Finding Nemo is getting the run through pretty hard these days with the young one. - Shaun Jul 2, 07:56
Usain Bolt tore a hammy -- (link) - gerald Jul 2, 07:50
SEC filing casts light on Trump's personal wealth. -- (link) - znufrii, dad. Jul 2, 07:44
Reading articles about the (apparently earthshaking) Australian election makes me realize this must be how Americans react to Canadian politics. - Reagen Jul 2, 07:30 33
- Admittedly, I pay much more attention to the internal politics of the enemies of the US than our allies. - Mel Profit Jul 2, 08:55
- and then there's this division -- (link) - mafic Jul 2, 08:19 9
  - This isn't doing anything to combat my theory that Australia is a practical joke that's gotten out of hand. -- nm - Reagen Jul 2, 08:32 3
    - It's a shame that they named Melbourne after the British PM when they had the option of Batmania. -- nm - Roger More Jul 2, 08:34 2
      - long or short a? -- nm - Reagen Jul 2, 09:17 1
        
        Long. (I'm not sure that Australia gets the concept of short vowels) -- nm - Roger More Jul 2, 09:31
  - Preferences, Booths, I want to learn about all of this (and no 'u' in Labor!) -- nm - ty97 Jul 2, 08:23 4
    - you put a preference down for every candidate (1 for first choice, 2 for second, etc). if nobody gets a majority of 1s, the candidate with the fewest - mafic Jul 2, 08:30 3
      - Like the Oscars -- nm - gerald Jul 2, 08:32 2
        
        This is how you explain it to a gay (thanks!) -- nm - ty97 Jul 2, 08:48
        
        except with a $20 fine if you don't vote. -- nm - mafic Jul 2, 08:38
- ugh, and Pauline Hanson is back? (that one I do know) -- nm - Reagen Jul 2, 08:03 3
  - effing Queensland ruins it for everyone. -- nm - mafic Jul 2, 08:15
  - Ugh, Derryn Hinch. (This would be like electing Chris Hansen) -- nm - Roger More Jul 2, 08:11 1
    - plus side: no more Clive Palmer. -- nm - mafic Jul 2, 08:23
- What's especially foreign to me is how people can just start new parties and (seemingly immediately) win seats. - ty97 Jul 2, 07:33 17
  - In the Senate - there are 12 senators per state, and with the voting system you need 12.5% of the vote to win a seat. - Roger More Jul 2, 08:05
  - and the whole coalition stuff. Like these little parties cobble together and form a government? What political magic is this? -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 2, 07:41 14
    - usually more like shotgun marriages -- nm - gerald Jul 2, 07:52 13
      - depends. the one generally referred to as 'the coalition' here is a longstanding sort of merger. -- nm - mafic Jul 2, 07:57 12
        
        Yep, it's a marriage between the urban conservative party and the rural party. -- nm - Roger More Jul 2, 08:08 11
        
        *puppy dog head tilt* -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 2, 08:34
        
        They both sounded like liberal party names to me, what am missing? Who are the conservatives? -- nm - ty97 Jul 2, 08:09 9
        
        The Liberal Party is the conservative party. -- nm - Roger More Jul 2, 08:12 8
        
        stop it. you're drunk. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 2, 08:40 3
        
        don't worry, they're still assholes despite the name -- (link) - Reagen Jul 2, 09:15 [youtube] 2
        
        His name sounds vaguely familiar and in almost all seriousness - does he have Parkinson's? - Mel Profit Jul 2, 09:22 1
        
        Maybe not Parkinson's but something... -- (link) - Roger More Jul 2, 09:33
        
        And if you're not already confused, it was created through a merger of the Protectionist Party and the Free Trade Party. -- nm - Roger More Jul 2, 08:13 1
        
        "Let's meet in the middle, mates" -- nm - Reagen Jul 2, 08:16
        
        That...ummm...what? -- nm - ty97 Jul 2, 08:13 1
        
        Because the definition of liberal has changed. Liberal = Adam Smith, Locke etc, not welfare state and government intervention -- nm - Roger More Jul 2, 08:15
  - most of the weirdos that do that already have good name recognition. it'd be akin to Trump having started his own party, - mafic Jul 2, 07:41
69 years ago...Something happened in a little town called Roswell NM -- (link) - amoxy Jul 2, 07:29 1
- The truth is out there. -- nm - jnine Jul 2, 09:09
So my Aunt (my mom's sister, who my parents live in the same development as in Florida) has been having some health issues lately. - ty97 Jul 2, 07:26 2
- \m/ -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 2, 08:39
- Good news -- nm - amoxy Jul 2, 07:30
Nobody won the 415 million dollar Mega Millions Jackpot last night -- nm - amoxy Jul 2, 06:33
EasyJet Opens Talks Over Post-Brexit HQ Move -- (link) - ty97 Jul 2, 06:27
Ryan Giggs is leaving Manchester United to pursue his desire to be a manager. -- nm - budice Jul 2, 06:05
1408 lettergrade: B-. Really disappointed. Found it pretty boring -- nm - prayformojo Jul 2, 04:39
Wake up! We've already been at the airport for an hour already -- nm - prayformojo Jul 2, 04:12 2
- I am up -- nm - amoxy Jul 2, 06:15
- nah mate, it's bedtime. -- nm - mafic Jul 2, 05:30
Shit's getting real in Rio -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 1, 23:28 1
- jeez, flu seems to incubate in chinese villages where farmers practically live with their livestock, can't imagine what 'else' is festering in Rio - zeitgeist Jul 2, 00:53
Sheesh, came home an took off my shoes without putting on my crocs. Minnie just discovered my socked feet :/ -- nm - Meg Jul 1, 23:15
Ancient Circus in Carthage had a cooling system -- (link) - Peglegpete Jul 1, 22:40
protip: if you're after a particular QB, don't email that fact to the other 31 teams -- (link) - gerald Jul 1, 22:39 1
- Poor guy - . Jul 1, 22:49
The stupid ending of The Witch is still bothering me (sp) - Max Jul 1, 21:13 8
- I was considering buying it for $2.50. Not worth it? -- nm - JaxSean Jul 2, 04:27 2
  - only saw it once, in the theater and it was creepy. I'm not sure what to make of it. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 2, 06:34
  - I dug it. I'm not sure if I liked the ending, but the rest of the movie was really good -- nm - prayformojo Jul 2, 04:38
- I saw a black goat this week - Epiphany Jul 1, 21:23 1
  - Say hi to its mutha for me -- nm - budice Jul 1, 21:52
- I still wish they would have ended it (spoilers) - amoxy Jul 1, 21:17 2
  - For that ending to work, wouldn't we need to have seen - con_carne Jul 1, 23:44
  - Hmmm -- nm - Epiphany Jul 1, 21:22
Big Brother updates..spoils - Peglegpete Jul 1, 20:22
Library cat gets a reprieve. Believe it or not, this has been a big (local) news story for the past couple of weeks. -- (link) - GregW Jul 1, 19:49 3
- Nice! -- nm - Krusty Jul 2, 07:15
- Good... good... more time to suck out all the little children's souls.... I'm so close now, so close to powering my device... -- nm - Library cat Jul 1, 20:40
- Cowards! -- nm - gerald Jul 1, 20:35
Here's Agent Coulson, telling it like it is -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 1, 19:35 2
- again? -- nm - Spawn Jul 1, 20:49 1
  - Yes. Still hasn't fixed the typo. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 1, 20:55
Well, instead of a cooking channel WF is playing the local news so far a couple of shootings and a dead Divvy biker. - . Jul 1, 19:30 4
- Just another day in the Windy City. -- nm - zunk via drone Jul 1, 20:18 3
  - Slow day, they average 15 a day -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 1, 20:38 1
    - Shootings maybe, not shooting deaths. -- nm - . Jul 1, 21:23
  - First Divvy death. -- nm - . Jul 1, 20:26
Jonah Ryan for Congress! -- (link) - Remlik Jul 1, 19:26
mini-work-related rant IM ... - call me Ishmael Jul 1, 19:17
The Reds cut a check to Ken Griffey Jr. today for $3,593,750 and will continue to do until 2024. -- nm - Ender Jul 1, 19:11 3
- He was always a favourite of mine growing up, just reading his wiki I never knew that he tried to kill himself at 18 - J Jul 1, 19:30
- it may not be soon, but I think that will be part of a trade before 2024 and another club will pay it off -- nm - Peglegpete Jul 1, 19:16
- The Mets paid Bobby Bonilla $1,193,248.20 today and will do so every year until 2036. -- nm - Ender Jul 1, 19:15
ancient Chinese mini-gold coffin may hold a piece of Buddha's skull -- (link) - Peglegpete Jul 1, 18:49 1
- ancient Chinese secret, huh? -- nm - gerald Jul 1, 18:50
NIMMO! -- nm - Tim Jul 1, 18:45 1
- Don't stop smiling, kid. -- nm - Tim Jul 1, 18:46
WWE: Jerry Lawler suspension lifted as no charges were filed. -- nm - Remlik Jul 1, 18:44
Lawd. Looks like the driver in that fatal Tesla crash was watching Harry Potter on a portable DVD player. -- (link) - ML Jul 1, 18:34 8
- Inconclusive. I listen to movies, videos, etc on my phone while driving just like the radio, doesn't mean I was looking at the screen. -- nm - Max Jul 1, 18:43 1
  - But he was watching it while sitting in the back seat -- nm - Bacon Jul 1, 19:38
- jnine had a goofd reply here. -- (link) - Spawn Jul 1, 18:40 [Backboard] 4
  - yeah, I wouldn't have seen that thread so sorry for the repost -- nm - ML Jul 1, 18:41 3
    - Nothing wrong with reposting an interesting story. And we get added info here, like Meg's post below. - Spawn Jul 1, 18:45
    - if there's one cure for our country's divisiveness, it's definitely walling ourselves off from other viewpoints -- nm - gerald Jul 1, 18:43 1
      - :-) -- nm - Mara Jul 2, 07:15
- And had a history of speeding violations. -- nm - Meg Jul 1, 18:38
lol -- (link) - 2016 Jul 1, 18:27
Dude had not tweeted for a bit. -- (link) - Spawn Jul 1, 18:22 4
- that's great. :) - (he did post some since then, but they're not showing now - must have deleted for some reason.) -- nm - i.b! Jul 1, 19:05 1
  - It was mostly angry anti-Trump stuff. -- nm - Reagen Jul 1, 19:12
- Heh. No paternity test needed there. -- nm - Reagen Jul 1, 18:32
- Indeed. Good to see. -- nm - Volnelk Jul 1, 18:25
10 years ago in theaters: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, (ltd): A Scanner Darkly - Max Jul 1, 18:12 5
- 15 years ago: Cats & Dogs, Scary Movie 2, Kiss of the Dragon -- nm - Max Jul 1, 18:12 4
  - 20 years ago: Independence Day, Phenomenon -- nm - Max Jul 1, 18:12 3
    - 25 years ago: Terminator 2: Judgement Day, Problem Child 2 - Max Jul 1, 18:13 2
      - 30 years ago: Psycho III, The Great Mouse Detective, About Last Night..., Under the Cherry Moon, Big Trouble in Little China -- nm - Max Jul 1, 18:13 1
        
        Why are you trying to make me feel old? -- nm - Bacon Jul 1, 18:14
Delish -- nm - Spawn Jul 1, 17:57

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