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Next time you see Melania or Ivanka in an interview, compare them to this -- (link) - zeitgeist Aug 6, 10:58 [Image] 3
- I got to think Ivanka is seething about some of the crap her dad speaks about - amoxy Aug 6, 11:01 2
  - Her speech was as democratic as they get, I'm surprised she wasn't booed -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 6, 11:38 1
    - She's pissed because daddy is destroying the very brand she's supposed to inherit -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 6, 11:47
And we've suffered our first fantasy football catastrophe of the year. TE Eric Ebron apparently ruptured his achilles. - David Aug 6, 10:51 1
- Blood Feud always requires a sacrifice -- nm - budice Aug 6, 10:53
Randy Quaid everyone. -- (link) - budice Aug 6, 10:38 1
- What is he drinking, a Ramos Fizz? -- nm - amoxy Aug 6, 10:59
A reference i didn't understand from the last The Night Of (minispoil) - prayformojo Aug 6, 10:22 1
- Heh. Reading the wikipedia page, I can see (spoils) - Beryllium Aug 6, 10:29
Speaking of weight, I seem to have stablized some. Probably because I've started drinking again. - sycor Aug 6, 10:19
/~ black coat, white shoes, black hat, Cadillac/ yeah, the boy's a time bomb /~ - spamlet Aug 6, 10:13
Suck it, other universities! Angelina Jolie to teach at Georgetown as visiting professor -- (link) - prayformojo Aug 6, 10:05 3
- I would audit the hell out of her class. -- nm - Spawn Aug 6, 11:29
- Can you get me enrolled? -- nm - David's iPad Aug 6, 10:37
- Her lecture stance is pretty distracting -- (link) - Max Aug 6, 10:13
Nightwing vs. The Winter Soldier.... -- (link) - Remlik Aug 6, 09:55 [youtube]
Successful weigh-in this morning. Right where I want to be for the first time in 3 years. Checked on my home scale before - Meg Aug 6, 09:39 12
- Nice! Wine party!!!.:) -- nm - JaxSean Aug 6, 10:57
- Three woos for yous! Woo woo woo! -- nm - KuBaron and the Two STrings Aug 6, 10:31
- Right on! -- nm - spamlet Aug 6, 10:17
- Very nice. -- nm - sycor Aug 6, 10:15
- nice! -- nm - Remlik Aug 6, 09:57
- Awesome, congrats! -- nm - ty97 Aug 6, 09:56
- *Rocky montage* -- nm - Max Aug 6, 09:54
- Nice! -- nm - David Aug 6, 09:51
- Very nice! -- nm - Krusty Aug 6, 09:46
- wtg! -- nm - amoxy Aug 6, 09:44
- Yeah! -- nm - prayformojo Aug 6, 09:41
- Oh, and Moj looks to weigh about 12 lb. Vet will be confirming that in the next week or so. -- nm - Meg Aug 6, 09:40
So, I was promised an Emily Blunt of a router....what I ended up getting is a Heidi Montag - prayformojo Aug 6, 09:00 26
- Smh -- nm - Diva Aug 6, 10:29
- I'm really surprised you're having the problems you're having. I was hooked up and running an hour and half out of the box. -- nm - Remlik Aug 6, 09:18
- Is it openwrt compatible? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 6, 09:11 4
  - He bought the Archer C7, I don't think it is. -- nm - spamlet Aug 6, 09:13 3
    - I have that one, I bought it because one iteration is openwrt compatible -- nm - Beryllium Aug 6, 09:35
    - Have you tried supplying it with alcohol to make it more compliant? -- nm - KuBaron and the Two STrings Aug 6, 09:18 1
      - Typically the reverse happens with Archer. -- nm - spamlet Aug 6, 09:31
- :( - spamlet Aug 6, 09:08
- Are you sending it back? -- nm - David Aug 6, 09:08 16
  - I may have to....can't watch any streaming video...keeps freezing every 5 minutes or so -- nm - prayformojo Aug 6, 09:09 15
    - Is there a firmware update? - spamlet Aug 6, 09:13 12
      - I'll have to check about that. I'm wondering if there might be some incompatibility with the modem, but I wouldn't think that would be likely -- nm - prayformojo Aug 6, 09:15 11
        
        Who is your internet provider? Or do you have your own modem? -- nm - spamlet Aug 6, 09:17 10
        
        I have Cox, and this is my router -- (link) - prayformojo Aug 6, 09:20 9
        
        A quick Google search doesn't show anything. - spamlet Aug 6, 09:25 8
        
        actually, i went through the reset route several times last night -- nm - prayformojo Aug 6, 09:26 7
        
        Maybe you just did get a dud. Is it a Roku that's dropping the connection? Have you rebooted that? -- nm - spamlet Aug 6, 09:30 6
        
        Roku, Tivo and laptop all having problems streaming -- nm - prayformojo Aug 6, 09:32 5
        
        but yeah, I probably just got a lemon -- nm - prayformojo Aug 6, 09:32 4
        
        We all blame Spamlet. -- nm - David Aug 6, 09:49 3
        
        He recommended 2 Cellos, which more than makes up for this -- nm - prayformojo Aug 6, 09:50 1
        
        Does not! -- nm - David's iPad Aug 6, 10:35
        
        eh, what's new? - spamlet Aug 6, 09:50
    - I wouldn't push it. You've got a clunker. Just go to Best Buy and pick something else. -- nm - David Aug 6, 09:11 1
      - Yes. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 6, 09:36
- A better router would've kept you from making it. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Aug 6, 09:03
"Jillion"? No, parents, just no. -- nm - Reagen Aug 6, 08:57 2
- That's a lot of commas -- nm - JD Aug 6, 09:00
- "Jill Lion" 25% of the time, "Jill Loin" 75%. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 6, 08:59
These JPN volleyball players are probably the tallest women Japan has to offer. Good Korea has a big woman that is just killing the ball. - Krusty Aug 6, 08:50
Rugby 7s spoils - Reagen Aug 6, 08:42
hmm, just finished the Specials live at the BBC. What should be next? - spamlet Aug 6, 08:35 1
- do you like The Selector? -- nm - mud Aug 6, 08:40
Did Vatican City send a team? what sport would they crush? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 6, 08:26 13
- Dead language lift. -- nm - KuBaron and the Two STrings Aug 6, 08:52
- children -- nm - budice Aug 6, 08:42 3
  - awful: - Max Aug 6, 09:38 2
    - Morning, Max. I'm told there's a Max alert below. :-) -- nm - mara Aug 6, 09:43 1
      - o.m.g. -- nm - Max Aug 6, 10:26
- The hundred mitre relay. -- nm - TWuG Aug 6, 08:36 1
  - +3 Baron points, one for each member of the Trinity. -- nm - KuBaron and the Two STrings Aug 6, 08:48
- "Do you believe in miracles!!" -- nm - Max Aug 6, 08:34
- Banking. -- nm - jnine Aug 6, 08:31
- VC has never competed and doesn't have an Olympic Committee. -- nm - Reagen Aug 6, 08:31 2
  - So your answer is ... Gold medalists in pedantry? ;-) -- nm - Beryllium Aug 6, 08:42 1
    - Don't make a pederasty joke... Don't make a pederasty joke.... Don't make a pederasty joke.... Oh damn. -- nm - KuBaron and the Two STrings Aug 6, 09:19
- Genuflection -- nm - mud Aug 6, 08:27
Nature is cool - znufrii, dad. Aug 6, 08:24
I just made my first car payment in nearly 6 years. - Cuzzin Todd Aug 6, 08:16
Trump attacks Japan saying they'll just watch "Sony TVs if we're attacked" -- (link) - Reagen Aug 6, 08:14 15
- This is clearly another Hillary controlled newspaper. -- nm - Spawn Aug 6, 11:12
- I'm circling back to Democratic plant. -- nm - David Aug 6, 08:59
- Did we go back to war with Japan while I was sleeping!?! -- nm - secretslacker Aug 6, 08:54 2
  - Nope, although I think Japan did decide to end pacifism a few years ago -- nm - Beryllium Aug 6, 08:57 1
    - Sort of but not exactly. They reinterpreted the article in the constitution to allow them to defend allies if they're attacked. Basically allowing - Krusty Aug 6, 09:03
- I don't need to learn history, I'm going to make it! -- nm - young Drumpf Aug 6, 08:35
- I imagine the whole world, other than Russia, is very worried about our election. -- nm - Krusty Aug 6, 08:20 1
  - If they were in their right mind, they'd worry too. - Beryllium Aug 6, 08:58
- And he calls Hillary "Brainwashed". I thought he was going to pivot and be more Presidential? -- (link) - amoxy Aug 6, 08:18 6
  - He did, for 10 minutes of that hostage speech last night -- nm - gerald Aug 6, 08:28 5
    - and he couldn't even deliver that right. -- nm - Remlik Aug 6, 08:33
    - So I guess as long as he promises not to attack other Republicans, he can go bat-shit crazy -- nm - amoxy Aug 6, 08:31 3
      - *ding* -- nm - znufrii, dad. Aug 6, 08:44
      - Pretty much, yes. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Aug 6, 08:32 1
        
        And I give him 5 days a week at tops before he starts attacking fellow republicans again -- nm - amoxy Aug 6, 09:10
omg (I'd call this a ceregon alert, but he doesn't seem to be here anymore) -- (link) - mara Aug 6, 08:11 3
- I'm not sayin' but that one on the top right has a lil junk in the trunk, amiaright? -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 6, 10:58
- *facepalm* -- nm - Max Aug 6, 10:26
- This is a max alert. -- nm - jnine Aug 6, 08:36
So, am I gonna like Stranger Things? - prayformojo Aug 6, 08:02 8
- It's a fun show. -- nm - Remlik Aug 6, 08:21
- Do you like "atmosphere"? -- nm - gerald Aug 6, 08:12 4
  - I like oxygen -- nm - mud Aug 6, 08:14
  - Is this one of those shows that makes heavy use of flashlights, like The X-Files? -- nm - mara Aug 6, 08:14 2
    - Christmas lights. -- nm - jnine Aug 6, 09:35
    - at times. -- nm - Remlik Aug 6, 08:21
- name as many 80s films, memes and tropes you can. Now spread 'em out over 8 hours. -- nm - mud Aug 6, 08:06
- I think so...And it is only 8 episodes -- nm - amoxy Aug 6, 08:05
hockey invented Canada, Sydney? Really? How is that? -- nm - mud Aug 6, 07:50 2
- there's zero dispute that it's been a unifying factor in our history. -- nm - Reagen Aug 6, 07:57 1
  - I guess. Railroads and beaver pelts, too. -- nm - mud Aug 6, 08:02
Oof, you can't let mental stuff get to you like that in volleyball - Reagen Aug 6, 07:47
They let setters get away with a carry almost every set. If the ball is spinning a lot and then it gets set with no spin it's clear the setter - Krusty Aug 6, 07:40 1
- You can see it with their hands. They bend their wrists so much. Just about every set it is a carry. -- nm - Krusty Aug 6, 07:41
Suicide Squad: $65.1M Fri ... $150M wknd? -- (link*) - budice Aug 6, 07:38
US/CRO water polo spoilers - Krusty Aug 6, 07:33
Padres under investigation for hiding medical information in trades with the Marlins and Red Sox. -- (link) - spamlet Aug 6, 07:28
Mark Prior has no regrets on his career, doesn't blame Dusty for killing it. -- (link) - spamlet Aug 6, 07:24
Jonathan Lucroy on why he vetoed the trade to the Indians. -- (link) - spamlet Aug 6, 07:13 2
- Makes sense if he was going to end up not catching next year. Can't blame him for rejecting the deal. -- nm - Krusty Aug 6, 07:30
- not enough wampum -- nm* - Max Aug 6, 07:14
. -- nm* - budice Aug 6, 07:12 1
- .. -- nm* - Max Aug 6, 07:13
The first gold medal of these games goes to Virginia Thrasher of the USA. :-) She won the women's 10m air rifle competition. -- nm - Krusty Aug 6, 07:04 10
- WVU, y'all -- nm - gerald Aug 6, 07:52
- Medal pic -- (link) - budice Aug 6, 07:50
- spoils dammit, spoils! -- nm - CQ Aug 6, 07:15 4
  - Big fan of air rifle? ;-) - Krusty - The only honest STer Aug 6, 07:21 3
    - heh, I don't care at all. Watching Alison and Bruno now. Guys are studs -- nm - CQ Aug 6, 07:24 2
      - That was fun, I wish I'd seen it from the start. -- nm - Krusty Aug 6, 07:47
      - I'm watching water polo which is surprisingly entertaining. -- nm - Krusty - The only honest STer Aug 6, 07:24
- It's just like air guitar...but *deadly* -- nm - Max Aug 6, 07:14
- Like someone else is going to beat us at firearms. It's us!! -- nm - Bacon Aug 6, 07:09
- Gold medal total--USA: 1, literally the rest of the world: 0. -- nm - ML Galaxy Aug 6, 07:08
Florida Man arrested for stealing and crashing boat belonging to the dentist who killed Cecil the Lion -- (link) - Roger More Aug 6, 07:00 1
- Finally, Florida Man has begun using his powers for Good. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 6, 08:46
42 people injured at Snoop-Khalifa show after railing collapses causing them to fall 10 feet to a concrete pad. -- (link) - spamlet Aug 6, 06:49
*considers moving to Tonga* -- nm - Dano Aug 6, 06:43
what, there's no medals yet?! -- nm - mud Aug 6, 06:43 1
- *dangling medals just out of reach* -- nm - IOC Aug 6, 07:16
Airlines don't necessarily have set protocols if someone dies in flight. -- (link) - iSpam Aug 6, 06:18
Wakw up! -- nm - prayformojo Aug 6, 06:16 8
- Morning -- (link) - JD Aug 6, 06:21 [youtube]
- The router is making your spelling bad! - iSpam Aug 6, 06:20 6
  - I did in fact get it to work. Not sure what the problem was. - prayformojo Aug 6, 06:27 5
    - I hope this wasn't the issue. -- (link) - iSpam Aug 6, 06:41 4
      - That's pretty bizarre. I hope the devices weren't phoning home through those domains. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 6, 08:47 1
        
        If they were I'd suspect that they would have made a better effort at getting the domains. -- nm - spamlet Aug 6, 10:18
      - whoa. I *did* actually try that site when I couldn't get into the management page wouldn't load via ip address, but i couldnt load the url either -- nm - prayformojo Aug 6, 06:43 1
        
        You might want to scan that computer... - spamlet Aug 6, 06:47
I wish I had kids to justify buying the pancake bot from woot today. -- nm - TRuMaN Aug 6, 06:01
This German kid though -- (link) - con_carne Aug 6, 05:43

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