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roll please -- nm - Andie Jul 28, 09:18
RIP Jerry Doyle...Mr. Garibaldi on Babylon 5.... -- (link) - Remlik Jul 28, 09:08 5
- OMG. 2016 can kiss my ass. -- nm - Spawn Jul 28, 09:52
- that one hurts. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 28, 09:13
- Just saw him on an episode of Sliders last night. -- nm - Ender Jul 28, 09:11 2
  - Welcome to 1995, Ender -- nm - decline Jul 28, 09:12 1
    - 1999, thankyouverymuch. -- nm - Ender Jul 28, 09:26
Michael Fassbender plays Pen in Bottle with Fallon -- (link) - budice Jul 28, 09:07 [youtube]
"The Rocketeer" reboot in the works -- (link) - amoxy Jul 28, 09:07
Protesters in Brazil halt Olympic torch relay and extinguish its flame. (link) -- (edited) - ÜMLaut Jul 28, 08:54 4
- Here's a fun fact I learned from our torch relay. The flame *is* continuous, but they had (here anyway) two lamps, like coal miner lamps. - Andie Jul 28, 09:07
- Hi IOC, maybe next time don't pick whats essentially a third world country for the Olympics. -- nm - Jovian Jul 28, 08:59 2
  - At the time, seven years ago, they were doing pretty well. -- nm - mara Jul 28, 09:07 1
    - yep. -- nm - Andie Jul 28, 09:07
WWE network subs jumped to 1.52 million paid....revenue jumped up 32% for the 2nd quarter - Remlik Jul 28, 08:52 1
- They're finally making money. -- nm - David Jul 28, 08:55
Edgar Wrights top 1000 movies (oldest first) -- (link) - LMS Jul 28, 08:46
"BAL RB Kenneth Dixon limped off the field today after landing awkwardly on his knee." -- (link*) - ÜMLaut Jul 28, 08:45 4
- "Bears OLB Leonard Floyd just left practice on a cart." -- nm - ÜMLaut Jul 28, 08:46
- +20 SB Points -- nm - Strongbad Jul 28, 08:45 2
  - "Justin Forsett hopes there's no RB committee." -- (link) - ÜMLaut Jul 28, 08:47 1
    - I read an article a few weeks ago calling Buck Allen this year's Devonta Freeman. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 28, 09:16
And of course Bradley Cooper is getting savaged on Twitter for showing up at the DNC -- (edited) - amoxy Jul 28, 08:44 4
- Offs. -- nm - znufrii, dad. Jul 28, 09:11 1
  - When I found out Kelsey Grammer was a conservative, I trashed all my Frasier Crane Action Figures -- nm - amoxy Jul 28, 09:17
- He is from Philly, isn't he? -- nm - GregW Jul 28, 08:49 1
  - yes -- nm - decline Jul 28, 08:50
Bourbon Bacon Cupcakes -- (link) - LMS Jul 28, 08:37 1
- droolz -- nm - budice Jul 28, 08:41
I can't read anything in the posts. The front page looks the same but the IM is gray and unreadable. -- nm - Krusty Jul 28, 08:25 3
- delete your temp internet files and try again -- nm - oblique Jul 28, 09:05 2
  - Didn't work but thanks for offering some help. So hard to read ST right now. I emailed Bery. -- nm - Krusty Jul 28, 09:10 1
    - yeah, just sounds like something in how Android (right?) is reading the CSS. And could be completely different than the CSS used on the desktop ver - oblique Jul 28, 09:13
Fact: I can eat my weight in Chili's tostada chips. -- nm - ty97 Jul 28, 08:19 14
- I don't even know what that is -- nm - decline Jul 28, 08:36 1
  - link -- (link) - ty97 Jul 28, 09:07 [Image]
- southwest egg rolls. -- nm - groiny Jul 28, 08:35
- Is Chili even on the menu anymore? -- nm - amoxy Jul 28, 08:30 1
  - yes but it is not good -- nm - Epiphany Jul 28, 08:32
- I've never been to one. TGI Friday's was the only place like that we had around. It was by the big movie theater - Krusty Jul 28, 08:29 7
  - fried green beans not your thing? - Epiphany Jul 28, 08:33 2
    - That sounds awful. -- nm - Krusty Jul 28, 08:39 1
      - you know you can deep fry anything, and it is probably yummy -- nm - groiny Jul 28, 08:40
  - DAWSON! WE'RE GOING TO QUEENS! -- nm - ty97 Jul 28, 08:29 3
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      - Q47 from Jackson Heights / Roosevelt Ave goes directly to Chili's -- nm - ty97 Jul 28, 08:51 1
        
        Is it called the Chili's Express? -- nm - spamlet Jul 28, 08:51
- They're laced with crack -- nm - oblique Jul 28, 08:26
Orange Crush Poptarts are as strange as they sound. -- nm - Qale Jul 28, 08:13 1
- they've got their spine? -- nm - gerald Jul 28, 08:14
Super Fun Pak Comix -- (link) - gerald Jul 28, 08:10
John Oliver responds to Lorelai Gilmore's question -- (link) - amoxy Jul 28, 08:10
'Nerve' Box Office Takes $3.75M On Wednesday After $1M Tuesday Preview Start -- (link) - LMS Jul 28, 08:10 1
- Nice. I thought this might overperform the $15m ow target. - JaxSean Jul 28, 08:11
So, once this one hour loop of Yakety Sax is done, what should my next proofreading music be? - znufrii, dad. Jul 28, 08:05 3
- In a Silent Way by Miles Davis -- nm - con_carne Jul 28, 08:30 1
  - nice -- nm - mud Jul 28, 09:09
- Apollo 440 -- (link) - LMS Jul 28, 08:08 [youtube]
IMPORTANT NEWS - ty97 Jul 28, 08:03 13
- I thought we figured that out with the whole Mike Pence "look at me, a regular guy" Chili's stunt? -- nm - spamlet Jul 28, 08:08 3
  - Who's Mike Pence? Does he play for the Mets? - ty97 Jul 28, 08:09 2
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      - There are scads in Jersey, but I must have missed the Queens one. -- (edited) - ty97 Jul 28, 08:17
- *stages A baby back rib intervention* -- nm - Epiphany Jul 28, 08:06 8
  - I honestly and truly enjoy their Lighter Choices menu - ty97 Jul 28, 08:08 7
    - That's their only win is that they have stuff with not that many calories that actually tastes good. -- nm - spamlet Jul 28, 08:09 6
      - It's why it's the chain I like most. -- nm - ty97 Jul 28, 08:10 5
        
        (Applebee's light menu is the antithesis. Every iteration of it sucks and sucks) -- nm* - ty97 Jul 28, 08:10 4
        
        * except for the marsala chicken - WW item - Epiphany Jul 28, 08:19 3
        
        I haven't been to Applebees in 3-5 years? - ty97 Jul 28, 08:20 2
        
        heh - that *is* bad -- nm - Epiphany Jul 28, 08:21 1
        
        This is probably what I'd order if I went - ty97 Jul 28, 08:24
nmb J... - Krusty Jul 28, 08:03 4
- Thanks - J Jul 28, 08:05 3
  - Done. I have two more invites to imzy. Gotta get the t-shirt. -- nm - Krusty Jul 28, 08:13 2
    - What is imzy? -- nm - pmb Jul 28, 08:16 1
      - Something like reddit made by former reddit employees. -- nm - Krusty Jul 28, 08:24
ST poll: what do you consider ' oddly romantic'? it can be a time, place, song - whatcha got? -- nm - Epiphany Jul 28, 07:59 8
- I told my gf at the time I thought Black by Pearl Jam was romantic - con_carne Jul 28, 08:34
- Le Peep - its a french cafe chain - Epiphany Jul 28, 08:05 4
  - yeah, I took JenBro and Covington to one when they were in Chicago. -- nm - groiny Jul 28, 08:10 3
    - SM was making googly eyes at me across the table the next morning - Epiphany Jul 28, 08:20 2
      - you are so easy -- nm - groiny Jul 28, 08:36 1
        
        truly -- nm - Epiphany Jul 28, 08:38
- "Oh my god, I think I like you" -- (link) - amoxy Jul 28, 08:00 [youtube] 1
  - L3! -- nm - Epiphany Jul 28, 08:04
Season 3 of Black Mirror hits Netflix on the 21st October. If you haven't seen the first two seasons of this series, do it now. -- (link) - LMS Jul 28, 07:53 2
- Agreed. (And each season was only three episodes, iirc.) -- nm - JaxSean Jul 28, 08:13 1
  - Plus the Xmas special with Jon Hamm. But I wouldn't recommend binging on them. -- nm - LMS Jul 28, 08:17
mommy and daddy are fighting inside Fox N*** -- (link) - gerald Jul 28, 07:50 4
- I ran out of my free reads -- nm - amoxy Jul 28, 07:53 2
  - short version: a lot of the old school talent think Megyn Kelly is a traitor for ratting on Roger -- nm - gerald Jul 28, 08:00 1
    - And the other faction is dismayed that some of the women on staff rushed to defend Roger before any facts were known. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 28, 08:21
- I turned on some of their post-Obama coverage last night. They actively avoided discussing it. -- nm - David Jul 28, 07:51
Regarding the b2 discussion... - David Jul 28, 07:46 16
- I disagree with "objectively failed". In foreign policy he succeeded with the Gulf, NAFTA, and START, which is significant. He struggled domestically -- nm - Max Jul 28, 07:55 15
  - Nobody with the Gulf War on their resume succeeded in foreign policy. - David Jul 28, 08:03 13
    - He put together an Arab coalition to attack an Arab nation without anyone taking shots as Israel. - Will Hunting Jul 28, 08:18 10
      - Agreed. And at the time I thought it was wrong we didn't eliminate Saddam - amoxy Jul 28, 08:40
      - This thread stuns me. -- nm - David Jul 28, 08:34
      - This. Gulf War 1 was necessary and executed with very little mission creep. As wars go, it went about as well as one can. -- nm - TWuG Jul 28, 08:27 7
        
        I tend to agree, but think that it's possible that more could have been done with that victory that might have led to Iraq war II being avoided. -- (edited) - pmb Jul 28, 08:33 6
        
        I think if we hadn't stepped away when we did, we lose the coalition and it's now fermenting hate amongst the rest of the Arab World. - Will Hunting Jul 28, 08:35 5
        
        I agree, but we might have been able to leave ourselves with stronger inspection rights and greater intelligence assets there. -- nm - pmb Jul 28, 08:58
        
        I agree. Going into Baghdad would have presented us with what we have now but earlier. - Mel Profit Jul 28, 08:51 3
        
        but in a pre 9/11, pre Al Qaeda world -- nm - gerald Jul 28, 08:56 2
        
        But we would have created a vacuum still, be it Hezbollah, the beginnings of AQ or whatnot. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 28, 09:08
        
        for all we know that would have created AQ... - Mel Profit Jul 28, 08:58
    - No president succeeds in everything and I don't see the first Gulf War as a disaster. His son's was. - pmb Jul 28, 08:12
    - I'd say he failed to establish an intel network after winning the war, but he still won it. And I'd still say START is more important. -- nm - Max Jul 28, 08:05
  - I would also say that some of his domestic struggles were part of the inevitable cyclical swings in the economy. After a long recovery under Reagan, - pmb Jul 28, 08:02
I won an Imzy shirt for inviting people! -- nm - mara Jul 28, 07:44 2
- Grrr. 2 people I sent invites to won't accept it -- nm - amoxy Jul 28, 07:52
- Me too! - David Jul 28, 07:47
I don't want to go to work right now. I would rather stay here and talk to you guys all day. - BAcon Jul 28, 07:44
Lolla's starting to warm up and I'm so swamped with work I may not get there until Saturday. - pmb Jul 28, 07:41 1
- tag me in, I am ready to do some lawyerin!!!!! -- nm - groiny Jul 28, 07:43
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- The food at Chili's isn't great, but it's also the place where we were eating when Kim got offered a job in Knoxville. - David Jul 28, 07:43 9
  - I am to Chili's as you are to Applebee's. -- nm - ty97 Jul 28, 07:52 1
    - Now that I try to eat healthier, I rarely have Applebee's. Everything I like has a scary calorie count. -- nm - David Jul 28, 08:08
  - Oh, fyi...you two are not allowed to move now. - Will Hunting Jul 28, 07:50 4
    - I go where Kim tells me. - David Jul 28, 08:10 3
      - Chicago baby, I can be the friend who never leaves. -- nm - groiny Jul 28, 08:11 2
        
        Just like herpes. -- nm - spamlet Jul 28, 08:12 1
        
        we have a lot in common -- nm - groiny Jul 28, 08:36
  - Kim got offered a job at Chilli's ? -- nm - decline Jul 28, 07:47 1
    - See backboard re: terrible. -- nm - David Jul 28, 07:50
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- as a whine - our Christmas ( Holiday Party ) Event this year is at Dave & Busters. WTF? -- nm - Epiphany Jul 28, 07:40
Not sure if it's just me but the IM of posts are hard to read. I'm on Android using Chrome. - Krusty Jul 28, 07:39 3
- Reading Glasses time old man! -- nm - BAcon Jul 28, 07:41 1
  - Yeah, it's not a size issue. -- nm - Krusty Jul 28, 08:30
- I noticed that yesterday...it is tough to read. -- nm - Jim Jul 28, 07:39
CNN just now on Hillary's speech tonight: "To use a soccer analogy...if you don't knock it out of the park, you're in trouble." - ÜMLaut Jul 28, 07:37 8
- Sounds right. -- nm - Ted Cruz Jul 28, 08:29
- CNN: as accurate as every other Thursday. -- nm - ty97 Jul 28, 07:48
- To use a soccer analogy, fake an injury and roll around on the ground like you have just been shot! Though not sure how that helps her, BUT SOCCER!! -- nm* - BAcon Jul 28, 07:42
- tosses up a brick -- nm - groiny Jul 28, 07:41
- As they say, "when in Rome . . ." -- nm - Ron Bergundy Jul 28, 07:40
- *headdesk* -- nm - znufrii, dad. Jul 28, 07:40
- Yeah, don't want to wind up with that 7-10 split. -- nm - Ender Jul 28, 07:39
- and makes the 3 point at the buzzer -- nm - amoxy Jul 28, 07:38
Word. -- nm - Jim Jul 28, 07:34 8
- Teabag -- nm - amoxy Jul 28, 07:35 7
  - that escalated quickly -- nm - Epiphany Jul 28, 07:36 6
    - What are you going to do about it?? HUH!?? - amoxy Jul 28, 07:37 5
      - someone is fiesty this morning - Epiphany Jul 28, 07:40 4
        
        Actually I had just made a cup of tea -- nm - amoxy Jul 28, 07:47
        
        he had a good BM this morning. - groiny Jul 28, 07:47 2
        
        Jesus Krieger, I thought you got rid of the toilet cams! -- nm - amoxy Jul 28, 07:51 1
        
        L3! -- nm - Epiphany Jul 28, 07:57

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