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Trump campaign and RNC staffers to hold emergency meeting in Orlando tomorrow -- (link) - gerald Aug 11, 19:03 3
- *giggling* -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 11, 19:31
- did he tell them all Saturday? -- nm - crash davis Aug 11, 19:05
- Those Second Amendment idiots didn't figure out the wink wink assassination hint. How do I make it more clear? -- nm - Trump Aug 11, 19:05
Japan's anthem definitely sounds like the opening music to a movie about samurais. -- nm - Reagen Aug 11, 18:59 3
- "... may your pebbles grow into boulders, lush with moss" -- nm - Beryllium Aug 11, 19:04
- starring Matt Damon! -- nm - prayformojo Aug 11, 19:00 1
  - heh -- nm - Beaker Aug 11, 19:02
Lebron and Cleveland reportedly agree to a $100m deal -- (link) - gerald Aug 11, 18:57 7
- worth every penny...nm - x Aug 11, 19:04
- i'm surprised no athlete has done a no salary but 5 year for 10% of the franchise, deal -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 11, 19:01 5
  - I don't know of a no salary deal, but there have been some that have been given percentages. like Dan Marino. You have to have an owner willing to - crash davis Aug 11, 19:04
  - Union would never allow that -- nm - iSpam Aug 11, 19:01 3
    - WE WIOULD! PLEASE DON'T HIT US ANYMORE -- nm - NFLPA Aug 11, 19:03 1
      - snicker. the nbpa is a hell of a lot more powerful than the nflpa...nm - x Aug 11, 19:07
    - what does gabrielle have to do with this? -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 11, 19:03
Olympics swimming spoilers - gerald Aug 11, 18:55 1
- and - Reagen Aug 11, 18:57
"Soldier Field halftime show was a handful of dogs chasing frisbees with one dog relieving itself at the 50-yard line." - ML Aug 11, 18:52 2
- that one dog wasn't named Jay, was it? -- nm - crash davis Aug 11, 18:58
- da Bears -- nm - Beaker Aug 11, 18:53
# of Olympics that had women's gymnastics before the Karolyis defected to the US: 11 Number of US medals in those 11 Olympics for women's gymnastics -- nm - crash davis Aug 11, 18:46 10
- Is cat now! - Lugash Aug 11, 18:54 1
  - Ha! :-) -- nm - Krusty Aug 11, 18:58
- Dominique Moceanu isn't a fan of their methods -- (link) - gerald Aug 11, 18:51 1
  - yeah she had a nightmare father and the Karolyis didn't intervene, but there is only one reason we know her name - crash davis Aug 11, 18:55
- Zero....Number of Olympics (not counting Rio) after the Karolyis defected:8. US Womens gymnastics medals: 37 - crash davis Aug 11, 18:49 2
  - Where did you get that stat? -- nm - Ender Aug 11, 19:05 1
    - I went through all the Summer Olympics on wikipedia and counted -- nm - crash davis Aug 11, 19:06
- 11? -- nm - Krusty Aug 11, 18:48 2
  - sfek, it was a goose egg -- nm - crash davis Aug 11, 18:50 1
    - :-) Seemed like you were setting something up there. -- nm - Krusty Aug 11, 18:52
James Corden’s ‘Drop the Mic’ segment becomes a series at TBS -- (link) - Beaker Aug 11, 18:42
trio of Sanders strategists exit the campaign of DWS challenger -- (link) - gerald Aug 11, 18:42
I like that apparently since they're getting new owners the entirety of the Gawker suite of websites have just given up with this Senior Week bullshit -- nm - Qale Aug 11, 18:37 7
- that whole suite of websites should just do us all a favor and go away....nm - x Aug 11, 18:46 6
  - I like Lifehacker and Jalopnik but have little use for their mean spirited sites. -- nm - iSpam Aug 11, 19:00
  - I'd say originally some of the sites were about 30-40% useful. This week, that amount has trended down to about 15% -- nm - Qale Aug 11, 18:50
  - how much did Peter theil pay you?!?! -- nm - Beaker Aug 11, 18:48 3
    - peter thiel is horrible. but amazingly, he is still less horrible than gawker...nm - x Aug 11, 18:50 1
      - I like their video game reviews... -- nm - Beaker Aug 11, 18:51
    - Maybe Hyde *is* Peter Thiel? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 11, 18:49
"Carmelo Anthony says he’d be ‘very happy’ with three golds but no NBA titles" - gerald Aug 11, 18:33 1
- well, he is stuck with the knicks. who are probably the most overrated pro sports franchise in history... - x Aug 11, 18:44
Big Brother eviction 1 of 2 for the night spoiler - Peglegpete Aug 11, 18:31 3
- Come on, round trip ticket! -- nm - Ender Aug 11, 18:35 2
  - I am an idiot..spoise - Peglegpete Aug 11, 18:45 1
    - FTR, I was talking about the second eviction. To which I say... *spoils* - Ender Aug 11, 19:00
if you happen to hear Patriots game coverage is coming on...CHANGE THE CHANNEL...oh fuck me -- nm* - Beaker Aug 11, 18:30
Oh, sweet, original Tron is on Netflix. Now I can watch it for the first time ever. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 11, 18:25 5
- It doesn't age well. -- nm - ML Aug 11, 18:26 4
  - I'm not expecting it to have. I haven't, either. (I was barely 1 when it came out.) -- nm - Beryllium Aug 11, 18:28 3
    - it's pretty fun -- nm - gerald Aug 11, 18:30 2
      - yeah, i still think it's pretty solid....nm - x Aug 11, 18:48 1
        
        indeed -- nm - Spawn Aug 11, 18:56
That tears it. I'm outta here, ST -- nm - prayformojo Aug 11, 18:22
I just spent 10 minutes with a friend north of Chicago talking about the Bears/Bronco's game on. I have a Bronco feed and every time out is different - Peglegpete Aug 11, 18:17
California legislature is considering bill to remove the sales tax on diapers. - Meg Aug 11, 18:00 17
- more discrimination against the barren...nm - x Aug 11, 18:49 1
  - There's always Depends to look forward to! -- nm - Reagen Aug 11, 18:55
- childs, adults, or both? -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 11, 18:34
- I was just reading about taxes being removed on tampons. This seems like a similar movement - Beaker Aug 11, 18:02 13
  - Yup, all feminine hygiene products. It's about time for that too. Not sure I agree with the diapers though. -- nm - Krusty Aug 11, 18:05 4
    - Right? Remove the tax on *condoms* -- nm - ty97 Aug 11, 18:06 3
      - See below. -- nm - Spawn Aug 11, 18:07 2
        
        Sorry, I skipped reading your post because I was washing my hair. -- nm - ty97 Aug 11, 18:08 1
        
        Good point. Soap and shampoo should also be tax free. - Spawn Aug 11, 18:21
  - That was also mentioned but not in the current bill. Concept is that necessities should not be taxed. -- nm - Meg Aug 11, 18:04 6
    - I get that thinking and mostly agree but with diapers it's not a lifetime of buying them and there's another option like reusable cloth. - Krusty Aug 11, 18:08 5
      - Cloth diapers are expensive. - Spawn Aug 11, 18:22 4
        
        One of my clients uses them but I've never asked how well they work. -- (edited) - Krusty Aug 11, 18:30 3
        
        Everyone I ask says they're great, but honestly - ain't nobody got time for that shit -- nm - Beryllium Aug 11, 18:36 2
        
        Literally -- nm - iSpam Aug 11, 18:46
        
        No doubt. The ease of using diapers is what I'd go with too. -- nm - Krusty Aug 11, 18:42
  - They should include birth control. - Spawn Aug 11, 18:03
Trump argues it is actually Friday at rally in Florida....cause...Tyson Zone... -- (link) - Beaker Aug 11, 17:54 3
- He'll blame it on whoever keeps his calendar. -- nm - Meg Aug 11, 18:17
- The countdown until the release of Popstar is killing him, too. -- nm - David Aug 11, 18:14
- Look, this is a mistake that anyone can make. -- nm* - pfm si Aug 11, 18:13
Homeland renewed through season 8....EIGHT!!!! -- nm - Beaker Aug 11, 17:48 5
- now where did I leave my ASCII shrug? it's fine, but 8? I wonder where exactly they'll escalate to. - mafic Aug 11, 17:51
- Ray Donovan renewed for season 5 -- nm - Beaker Aug 11, 17:49 1
  - Nice, just starting season four -- nm - J Aug 11, 17:56
- (droppe d this after season 1. Most overrated show I have ever heard get critical acclaim) -- nm - Beaker Aug 11, 17:48 1
  - It was angst-driven drivel. I watched it, but the parts of it I liked were not the main parts. - Beryllium Aug 11, 17:57
"Leo's Toy Store" -- nm - prayformojo Aug 11, 17:46 1
- It's "Tolstoy", bitch -- nm - leo Aug 11, 17:48
Excessive Heat Warning means you're swimming in it. -- nm - Qale Aug 11, 17:43
Criminal Minds: Thomas Gibson suspended after kicking a producer -- (link) - Beaker Aug 11, 17:21 5
- i.e., one of the writers -- nm - gerald Aug 11, 17:22 4
  - oh, in that case shin kicking is getting off easy. - b. Aug 11, 17:30 3
    - they should just let him write his own lines - gerald Aug 11, 17:52 1
      - Joey Tribiani did it! -- nm - Beaker Aug 11, 18:20
    - Gibson is not the swiftest person. a few years back he got scammed by some online scheme. - Peglegpete Aug 11, 17:39
BB: yes I also dumped Pawn Stars. Too much made up stupidity aka Chumley. Still love American Pickers though -- nm - Beaker Aug 11, 17:13
from b2, the president's music lists are on spotify for anyone interested - the account is thewhitehouse - also, for anyone missing the notification - b. Aug 11, 17:10
He's going to reduce taxes "bigly" ?? -- nm - Meg Aug 11, 17:07 5
- He meant "bigamy." -- nm - KuBaron and the Two STrings Aug 11, 17:39
- go bigly or go home...nm - x Aug 11, 17:35 1
  - Preferably home. -- nm - Meg Aug 11, 17:38
- "strategery" -- nm - Strongbad Aug 11, 17:24
- It's a perfectly cromulent word. -- nm - Reagen Aug 11, 17:08
Guys I think Allen Robinson is good at football -- nm - ML Galaxy Aug 11, 17:01
The Chevy Ted Cruze has all the pleats. -- nm - Reagen Aug 11, 17:00
Tampa Bay's kicker, who they drafted in the second round of the NFL draft, just missed a PAT. -- nm - ML Galaxy Aug 11, 16:59 3
- pfft, preseason is just glorified practice anyway -- nm - Beaker Aug 11, 17:43
- Is that good? -- nm - spamlet Aug 11, 17:03 1
  - Bad teams stay bad. -- nm - ML Galaxy Aug 11, 17:23
I miss Amanda Beard. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 11, 16:56 3
- I miss Amanda's beard -- nm - ty97 Aug 11, 17:15 1
  - I thought that was you? -- nm - iSpam Aug 11, 17:43
- not even in the list of ten best amandas! -- nm - all the boys love venus in scorpio Aug 11, 17:11
People like MacGuyer, right? I'm kind of out of ideas here. -- nm - CBS exec Aug 11, 16:52 3
- Make another Amazing Race Family edition. The first try was *great* -- nm - Strongbad Aug 11, 16:53 2
  - More teams like the Weeeeeeeeeavers, too. -- nm - Reagen Aug 11, 17:01 1
    - 2 hours! -- nm - David Aug 11, 18:15
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- It goes hand in hand with the "you're technically broke" article for me - Reagen Aug 11, 16:55 2
  - and there's a huge difference between government and private debt. when most of your debt is held by your taxpayers, it's not a huge deal. - mafic Aug 11, 17:50 1
    - I seem to recall an article detailing what would actually happen if the US paid off all its debt - Reagen Aug 11, 18:25
the new Duke of Westminster is 25 years old and worth $12b -- (link) - gerald Aug 11, 16:48 5
- "guests...were asked to make a contribution" in my head:"oh to charity, that's nice." article "to the young man's wine collection - mafic Aug 11, 17:57 1
  - aka 1. crack, 2. hookers? -- nm - Spawn Aug 11, 18:06
- that picture appears to be about 13 years old though. -- nm - mafic Aug 11, 17:53 2
  - "...an enormous amount of money, especially in adolescence.” -- nm - Spawn Aug 11, 18:05 1
    - adolescence in royals is until about 60. -- nm - Reagen Aug 11, 18:14
more info about this weeks archeology finds which indicate King Arthur might have been real -- (link) - Peglegpete Aug 11, 16:26 1
- now just find the yanqui from Konnect Teecut -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 11, 17:23
Debbie Harry swears she escaped from Ted Bundy's car one time -- (link) - gerald Aug 11, 16:24 5
- wow, all of you that have met me can now say you're three degrees of separation from Ted Bundy! -- nm - mud Aug 11, 17:02 4
  - People have met you?!? I thought you were one of those mythical STers that no one ever sees. -- nm - Meg Aug 11, 17:37 2
    - Like me! - Beryllium Aug 11, 17:59 1
      - Eh, just have to wave a doughnut at you ;) -- nm - Meg Aug 11, 18:04
  - Great, I was hoping there was a way to get closer to him. -- nm - Krusty Aug 11, 17:27
I didn't have the tripod last night, but the moon was pretty last night. I love the craters -- (link) - CQ Aug 11, 16:09 [flickr] 18
- LYC: Logan completed his second project of the year tonight. Made a big poster with the sun, earth and the phases of the moon. -- nm - Spawn Aug 11, 18:00 3
  - i think you mean "amy completed" - gerald Aug 11, 18:01 2
    - Nope. She closes tonight and he knocked it out. -- nm - Spawn Aug 11, 18:02 1
      - well, she'll be disappointed - gerald Aug 11, 18:04
- rotating the camera 45 degrees would really have given the photo just the right touch -- nm - prayformojo Aug 11, 16:26 1
  - ... wrong way!!! -- nm - Spawn Aug 11, 17:54
- where's the other half? -- nm - gerald Aug 11, 16:16 1
  - ~And if the band you're in starts playing different tunes I'll see you on the dark side of the moon~ -- nm - JaxSean Aug 11, 16:21
- Very nice. This is with an slr? -- nm - JaxSean Aug 11, 16:15
- Very nice! -- nm - Krusty Aug 11, 16:13 7
  - It's way too fuzzy, but whatever, I like it -- nm - CQ Aug 11, 16:14 6
    - It's 380000km away! -- nm - Reagen Aug 11, 16:40
    - Sometimes it's not perfect but it's still a nice shot. -- nm - Krusty Aug 11, 16:29 4
      - don't coddle him, krusty. it's thoroughly average -- nm - gerald Aug 11, 16:36 3
        
        its stil better than spawn though. i mean it isnt useless at least. -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 11, 16:50 2
        
        I see I'm no longer needed here. -- nm - Damning With Faint Praise Fairy Aug 11, 17:02 1
        
        not true. people still need someone to get items off the top shelf for them. -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 11, 17:06
- nice! -- nm - b. Aug 11, 16:12
Zapp Brannigan's voice, Donald Trump's words. -- (link) - David Aug 11, 16:09 2
- If I could like this tweet 100 times, it wouldn't be enough. -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 11, 18:15 1
  - That's great -- nm - JaxSean Aug 11, 18:32
dumplings $5.50. minimum credit card swipe: $10. "I'll just get two orders." four of sixteen dumplings later - all the boys love venus in scorpio Aug 11, 16:07 1
- Yummy -- nm - decline Aug 11, 18:45

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