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Kenny Lofton on PED users like ARod and HoF chances -- (link) - budice Aug 9, 10:33
NBC found a way to ignore the obligatory "human interest" story for an athlete during the competition -- (link) - gerald Aug 9, 10:31 5
- Do they often do human interest stories on non-US athletes? (serious question) -- nm - ty97 Aug 9, 10:34 4
  - sure. -- nm - Diva Aug 9, 10:51
  - Well, they did the one a few days ago on the 41-year old female gymnast -- nm - Strongbad Aug 9, 10:37 1
    - They certainly do that at times, I know. I'm just not sure how prevalent. - ty97 Aug 9, 10:39
  - In the past they tried to cover at least one per sport -- nm - budice Aug 9, 10:36
American Airlines, in an innnovative move (aka copying Delta again) to ....do something good? All in-flight entertainment to be free -- (link*) - ty97 Aug 9, 10:26 5
- I don't understand this. Does this mean the wifi is free now? I don't remember there being any paid options for entertainment besides that. - spamlet Aug 9, 10:42 2
  - No, not the wifi. - ty97 Aug 9, 10:44 1
    - Right, because they barely fly at this point. I was just missing something on nicer planes :) -- nm - spamlet Aug 9, 10:48
- Okay, fine. *One* drop of lube, but that's all you get. -- nm - AA Aug 9, 10:30
- United does this, but you have to download their crummy app beforehand -- nm - gerald Aug 9, 10:27
If you happen to be in the market for GoT seasons on Blu-ray, Amazon.uk has 1-5 for ~$78USD. - Shaun Aug 9, 10:22 2
- Ive debated owning BluRay or any discs at this point. -- nm - budice Aug 9, 10:23 1
  - *deletes the Cloud* -- nm - Hacker Aug 9, 10:44
Dear American Airlines - ty97 Aug 9, 10:19 11
- Dear Delta - Jim Aug 9, 10:20 10
  - heh, CNBC just tweeted this -- (link) - ty97 Aug 9, 10:37
  - Alexandra Daddario is a fan -- (link) - budice Aug 9, 10:25
  - They are still recovering from yesterday's meltdown it appears -- nm - ty97 Aug 9, 10:21 7
    - Apparently. Carrie's 5pm flight was delayed an hour as of 7am. - Jim Aug 9, 10:23 6
      - Not that it makes this any better, but Delta has the best on-time percentage of the big majors, easily. - ty97 Aug 9, 10:25 5
        
        Not at all and not in our experience. She flies Southwest and AA for about 95% of her travel and Delta for the rest... - Jim Aug 9, 10:30 2
        
        Do you get a lot of Delta connection flights? The way the government tracks on-time, the 'Delta' bucket only contains mainline - ty97 Aug 9, 10:32 1
        
        *ding* -- nm - spamlet Aug 9, 10:48
        
        So far today 450 Delta flights canceled and 440 delayed - ty97 Aug 9, 10:27 1
        
        Delta Skelter -- nm - gerald Aug 9, 10:30
Christie Brinkley & John Mellencamp are splitsville -- (link) - budice Aug 9, 10:17 2
- did i know they were together? -- nm - Andie Aug 9, 10:19 1
  - For 62, she looks great -- nm - budice Aug 9, 10:23
Facebook to block ad blockers on desktop -- (link) - ML Aug 9, 10:11
Men's Gymnastics was kinda hard to watch. -- nm - David Aug 9, 10:10 5
- I just like the fact we dont dominate every sport. It's an actual competition. -- nm - budice Aug 9, 10:14 1
  - why do you hate America -- nm - ML Aug 9, 10:15
- I feel like this is the story almost every Olympics -- nm - ty97 Aug 9, 10:11 2
  - I remember those brothers being really good for a couple of Olympics. -- nm - David Aug 9, 10:12 1
    - Definitely, but those feel like the anomalous years to me - ty97 Aug 9, 10:12
Lilly King: U.S. dopers don't belong in Olympics either -- (link) - Remlik Aug 9, 10:07
Mayo Clinic chimes in on cupping -- (link) - budice Aug 9, 10:07
Dear Overwatch teammates: - Reagen Aug 9, 10:03 10
- I also love getting a backfill literally 5 seconds before a loss. -- nm - Reagen Aug 9, 10:10 7
  - backfill???? -- nm - groiny Aug 9, 10:12 6
    - dropped into a game where a player dropped out. -- nm - Reagen Aug 9, 10:17 5
      - This happens way, way, way too much in Destiny. -- nm - David Aug 9, 10:20 4
        
        sure, but you can still get end of match drops and XP at least.... - groiny Aug 9, 10:21 3
        
        Overwatch could benefit from end game drops. Only getting 4 items per level up is a bit stingy when each character has 50 items each. -- nm - Shaun Aug 9, 10:24 2
        
        Especially when they're all cosmetic. -- nm - Reagen Aug 9, 10:29 1
        
        One random item post-match would be a great improvement. -- nm - Shaun Aug 9, 10:39
- you are playing with Spawn? -- nm - groiny Aug 9, 10:05
- "Shoot the glass" -- nm - Hans Aug 9, 10:05
Huh, apparently there are at least two flights that arrive in PHL at 9:33am, that offer connecting service to a red-eye flight out of LAX - znufrii, dad. Aug 9, 10:03 11
- Actually LAX may really be about the closest thing we have in the US to a 24x7 airports - ty97 Aug 9, 10:14
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  - I'll let my sister know. -- nm - znufrii, dad. Aug 9, 10:25
  - Someone should send Joe Biden there and let him comment on it. -- nm - ty97 Aug 9, 10:10
- LAX at midnight is busy. -- nm - ty97 Aug 9, 10:06 5
  - disgustingly so -- nm - gerald Aug 9, 10:12
  - AA alone has redeyes (some multiple) to DFW, JFK, BOS, ORD, PHL, CLT, MIA -- nm* - ty97 Aug 9, 10:07 2
    - I was trying to guess my sisters flight, knowing only the arrival time in PHL. -- (edited) - znufrii, dad. Aug 9, 10:14 1
      - Although in the end it wouldn't have mattered anyway, since they're both in Terminal D -- nm - znufrii, dad. Aug 9, 10:18
  - I'd imagine so. Some people are probably even getting on flights. -- nm - znufrii, dad. Aug 9, 10:07
- LAX is like a smorgasbord of ins and outs -- nm - budice Aug 9, 10:05
Save me from this world. -- (link) - ty97 Aug 9, 10:01
The 14 Most Insane Things Happening Right Now (8/9) -- (link) - Beaker Aug 9, 10:01 1
- for #9 "What in God's holy name are you blathering about?" - Mel Profit Aug 9, 10:11
Tim Tebow is already the 6th best player in Major League Baseball and he hasn't even played a game yet -- nm - Skip Bayless Aug 9, 09:57
The world we live in: this is an ad in my Twitter feed -- (link) - ty97 Aug 9, 09:53 1
- *cocks shotgun* "Them's my Squirtles and you best be on your way." -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Aug 9, 09:56
So this is going well -- (link) - ty97 Aug 9, 09:53
Bad Santa 2 red band trailer.... -- (link) - Remlik Aug 9, 09:41 [youtube] 4
- i don't know if i'm in the minority here or not, but i have very little interest in seeing this movie ... -- nm - call me Ishmael Aug 9, 10:00
- The twist makes it appealing. -- nm - Spawn Aug 9, 09:42 2
  - Santa's a woman! -- nm - Paul Feig Aug 9, 09:53 1
    - A young black woman! -- nm - Marvel loves Iron Man Aug 9, 09:56
ST Pop Quiz -- The US Navy has 10 of the 11 nuclear powered aircraft carriers in service. Who has the other one? -- nm* - znufrii, dad. Aug 9, 09:37 3
- China -- nm - decline Aug 9, 09:38
- France? -- nm - Krusty Aug 9, 09:38 1
  - *ding* -- nm - znufrii, dad. Aug 9, 09:39
It's Starbond adjust day (hello to Jason Isaacs!) -- nm - LMS Aug 9, 09:37 2
- I just wish I lived closer to the coast so I could catch the cruise this week. Ah well, maybe a river cruise in the future . -- nm - spamlet Aug 9, 09:42 1
  - I'd love to be on the cruise right now. -- nm - LMS Aug 9, 09:53
Shameful confession: I've seen several shots of the Michael Phelps death stare this morning, but only now realized it was him. - ReluctantCynic Aug 9, 09:32 17
- An opponent was trying to psych him out. -- nm - David Aug 9, 09:42 13
  - He was just visualizing swimming *through* the "opponent". -- nm - Spawn Aug 9, 09:43 12
    - Straight up Jedi like a mofo -- (link) - budice Aug 9, 09:46
    - He hilariously claimed that he wasn't paying attention to the guy. -- nm - David Aug 9, 09:45 10
      - I actually think he wasn't. At first, yes. But then he shut him out. -- nm - Spawn Aug 9, 09:53
      - If Phelps ever says what he was listening to, that artist's sales will soar through the roof. -- nm - ML Aug 9, 09:45 8
        
        ~Friday Friday, gotta get down on Friday.....~ -- nm - groiny Aug 9, 09:58
        
        More Human Than A Human -- nm - Spawn Aug 9, 09:51
        
        It was clearly Rammstein -- nm - ty97 Aug 9, 09:49
        
        I have it on good authority this was the song -- (link) - prayformojo Aug 9, 09:47 [youtube]
        
        "Kim Kardashians sextape with RayJ" -- nm - budice Aug 9, 09:47 1
        
        That's how all the Greek Women do it. -- nm - The Youtube Grandmas Aug 9, 10:02
        
        Cups. -- nm - Anna Kendrick Aug 9, 09:46 1
        
        LOL, right? "Summer Girls" by LFO -- nm - ML Aug 9, 09:48
- No, this is #EliFace -- (link) - ML Aug 9, 09:35 [Image]
- The difference - ty97 Aug 9, 09:34
- Eli is a *terrible* swimmer. -- nm - Peyton Aug 9, 09:33
teaser for Arrival with Amy Adams and Hawkeye -- (link) - Remlik Aug 9, 09:32
Optics fail: Father of Orlando shooter endorses Clinton, stands behind her at rally. - znufrii, dad. Aug 9, 09:28
Dutch gymanast who had qualified for the Rings final sent home after night of drinking in Rio. -- (link*) - Diva Aug 9, 09:28 10
- Does this mean the 9th place finisher gets to compete in the finals now? - ty97 Aug 9, 09:33 4
  - Sadly, Igor got trashed as well. -- nm - Spawn Aug 9, 09:36 2
    - probably with Dutch guy. -- nm - Diva Aug 9, 09:40 1
      - But Igor's Ukrainian, so his actions got him promoted to team captain. -- nm - ty97 Aug 9, 09:49
  - hope so. that would be cool for Igor. -- nm - Diva Aug 9, 09:36
- Have no problem with the athletes who choose to have a good time. -- nm - budice Aug 9, 09:33 3
  - If some drinks mean more to him than what he's worked towards his whole life he probably should have stayed home. ymmv. -- nm - Diva Aug 9, 09:35 2
    - re: the quote I posted below--I'd bet he was on a pretty strict probation based on past conduct -- nm - ML Aug 9, 09:36 1
      - probably. and from the article it seems the Dutch contigent is under a clean living edict. -- nm - Diva Aug 9, 09:38
- " In 2009, he was suspended from the Dutch Gymnastics Union for taking cocaine three days before the national championships." -- nm - ML Aug 9, 09:29
NC Poll: 40% of Trump supporters believe a Clinton victory would be because ACORN rigged the election. -- (edited) - znufrii, dad. Aug 9, 09:17 7
- We need the comparison question: What percentage of Sen. Sanders supporters believe a Clinton victory would be because Diebold ... - ReluctantCynic Aug 9, 09:31
- I think the same number in that poll also believe she is literally the devil -- nm - gerald Aug 9, 09:26 1
  - they probably could have put anything before "will rig the election" and people would say yes -- nm - oblique Aug 9, 09:27
- well, it is North Carolina -- nm - oblique Aug 9, 09:20
- That you know of. -- nm - jnine Aug 9, 09:19
- come on znu - ty97 Aug 9, 09:19
- That low? - Spawn Aug 9, 09:18
Thank god for Yahoo Sports! Mystery solved: Why do Rio 2016 Olympic swimmers wear two caps? -- (link) - Shaun Aug 9, 09:17 2
- Pretty sure that everything in Rio is better with two layers of latex on -- nm - oblique Aug 9, 09:18 1
  - Rio sure, everywhere else, doesnt feel the same. -- nm - budice Aug 9, 09:21
The Cubs magic number is -- (link) - oblique Aug 9, 09:16 12
- This will end well. -- nm - David Aug 9, 09:21 5
  - I keep wanting to tell Cub fans to act like they've been there before...but they don't know how that is. - Jim Aug 9, 09:48 4
    - I'm at slightly hopeful, but still I'll believe it when I see it. - . Aug 9, 10:50
    - Can I bookmark this post for next April? - spamlet Aug 9, 10:07 2
      - Sure...you'll never hear the smack from me. -- nm - Jim Aug 9, 10:17 1
        
        Not before a championship anyway.... -- nm - Jim Aug 9, 10:18
- Where in the World is Tommy LaStella? -- nm - groiny Aug 9, 09:18 5
  - Waiting for September (and very unhappy). -- nm - pmb Aug 9, 09:22 4
    - as he should be. That Coghlan move made zero sense. -- nm* - groiny Aug 9, 09:26 3
      - I don't really get it either, other than Coghlan is more versatile that LaStella and Maddon places huge value on that. -- nm - pmb Aug 9, 09:29 2
        
        yeah, but LaStella plays 2b and 3B, and Bryant covers you everywhere that he doesn't. - groiny Aug 9, 09:32 1
        
        I'm not sure it's the choice I would have made, but in Joe we trust. -- nm - pmb Aug 9, 09:34
LOL -- (link) - ML Aug 9, 09:09 9
- Tim Tebow sort of defines desperation. -- nm - MDH Aug 9, 09:20 5
  - he's like those 2 college girls who start making out with each other in front of guys when Last Call approaches. -- nm - Diva Aug 9, 09:22 4
    - are the girls hot? -- nm - Beaker Aug 9, 09:49 2
      - Well, in this scenario, not really. That's why they're not boo'd up yet. -- nm - Diva Aug 9, 09:51
      - That is the difference. At last call you are drunk, and they look okay. - Spawn Aug 9, 09:50
    - No. Not the same. -- nm - Spawn Aug 9, 09:30
- and the follow-up -- (link) - ML Aug 9, 09:10 2
  - And the finish -- (link) - budice Aug 9, 09:20
  - Hmm. I had him down as a Yankee. -- nm - Spawn Aug 9, 09:10
Resident Evil Biohazard Japan trailer -- (link*) - Remlik Aug 9, 09:09 [youtube] 5
- that does not look oscar-worthy -- nm - ML Aug 9, 09:22 3
  - I almost posted a, "shame it is not dropping until January, thus missing consideration" but couldn't. -- nm - Spawn Aug 9, 09:32 2
    - you're at work and busy! - Remlik Aug 9, 09:32 1
      - Of course. -- nm - Spawn Aug 9, 09:33
- IGN US trailer.... -- (link) - Remlik Aug 9, 09:16
Wu-Tang Finance is the finest Twitter account around IMO -- (link) - ML Aug 9, 09:09

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