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"Florence + The Machine have released three epic new songs recorded for Final Fantasy XV." - David's iPad Aug 12, 11:02 3
- that's an odd pairing -- nm - ML Aug 12, 11:02 1
  - Florence goes pretty well with the Machine - they've been together forever -- nm - decline Aug 12, 11:04
- (nm) -- nm* - spamlet Aug 12, 11:02
It's downloading! -- nm - oblique Aug 12, 11:02
NWBR: the *entirety* of the Clintons' charitable giving went to Foundation-connected endeavors. - ML Aug 12, 11:01 1
- were those endeavors murdery or just stabby? -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 12, 11:04
Looking for opinions...so the St. Louis Symphony is having a Harry Potter night coming up... - Jim Aug 12, 10:56 11
- Live orchestra costs $. It's not for everyone, but that's a reasonable price. -- nm - Roger More Aug 12, 11:19
- We've done that here for LOTR films. We sat lawn (with a great sound system, view of the film but not the symphony) for $25 I think. Pavilion seats - zunk xometimes Aug 12, 11:08
- Appreciate your symphony. Here. the LA Phil is a hot ticket because of the conductor and you could easily double that ticket price depending on seats -- nm - con_carne Aug 12, 11:04
- there could be like 90 players with college degrees making minimum wage, its low average, consider tix to a rock or rap show - zeitgeist Aug 12, 11:02
- They did it in Philly in June. Tickets were $25 - $85 at an outside venue. The 25 buck ones where for lawn area behind the regular seats -- nm - decline Aug 12, 11:02
- idk - I think it sounds reasonable. Did anyone else see that Symphonic Game of Thrones tour that's coming to arenas next year? -- nm - Diewa Aug 12, 11:01
- There's a couple of these I've been interested in but never pulled the trigger. - spamlet Aug 12, 10:59 2
  - We were really interested in checking it out...but with kids, we're looking at over $250 - not including dinner... - Jim Aug 12, 11:02 1
    - screw the kids - go with the missus -- nm - decline Aug 12, 11:05
- I think that sounds about right. -- nm - Dark Callisto Aug 12, 10:58
- meh, keep it. -- nm - groiny Aug 12, 10:57
Congrats Xboners! You have what appears to be the 2nd most successful launch day for No Man's Sky!! -- (link) - Shaun Aug 12, 10:54
USWNT vs SWE spoils.... - budice Aug 12, 10:53
Destiny: People are amazingly bored on Gjallarhorn Day. -- (link) - Shaun Aug 12, 10:52
Current temp: 98.1F ----- Dew Point: 79F ------ Heat Index: 117F - prayformojo Aug 12, 10:45 6
- 91 - 79 - 107. But a cool front's a comin'. -- nm - spamlet Aug 12, 11:05
- barf--it finally cooled down here today: 75F temp, 75F dewpoint, heat index of 73F -- nm - ML Aug 12, 11:05
- 94°F -- 82°F -- 117°F -- nm - decline Aug 12, 11:03
- I'm melllting....MELLLLLTING -- nm - spamlet Aug 12, 10:59
- ditto - Max Aug 12, 10:59
- 75 deg F ---- Dew Point: 59 deg F ---- Heat Index: 76 deg F -- nm - ReluctantCynic Aug 12, 10:49
Last few minutes of USA/SWE women's soccer has been dynamite -- nm - prayformojo Aug 12, 10:42 1
- I'm not up to live action yet (spoilers) - David Aug 12, 10:44
Weekend Plans &/or Weekend Movies poll? -- nm - JenBro Aug 12, 10:39 23
- music festival in the park -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 12, 11:06
- Probably working tomorrow then Girl Scout pool party. Church Sunday and hopefully nothing else. -- nm - spamlet Aug 12, 11:01 1
  - you're a Girl Scout? -- nm - decline Aug 12, 11:06
- Daughter takes drivers test tomorrow. Possibly passes. - zunk xometimes Aug 12, 10:52
- packing, NMS, fantasy draft -- nm* - decline Aug 12, 10:49
- My band is playing tonight (it's going to be a trainwreck). Big festival in our neighborhood this weekend we'll spend some time at. And some work. -- nm - pmb Aug 12, 10:48 1
  - You don't post about your band nearly enough. :-) -- nm - mara Aug 12, 11:03
- Cemetery tour tomorrow, then a trip to the Jade Night Market. Usual stuff with Mom on Sunday. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Aug 12, 10:45
- Last weekend for a month that I will be in town. So, hoping to just clean up a bit, clean out the car, go out for breakfast, etc, -- nm - Andie Aug 12, 10:44
- I'm going to see Sausage Party tonight. I'm over the moon about that. - David Aug 12, 10:43 4
  - DLTS -- nm - groiny Aug 12, 10:58 3
    - You're predictable and boring. Be less predictable and boring. -- nm - David's iPad Aug 12, 11:00 2
      - *sticks my dick in david's ear* -- nm - groiny Aug 12, 11:03 1
        
        Thankfully, I'll never notice. -- nm - David Aug 12, 11:05
- resume cover letter -- nm - Max Aug 12, 10:42 5
  - Road trip plus this, for me -- nm - Beryllium Aug 12, 10:48
  - Hmm. -- nm - David Aug 12, 10:43
  - uh oh -- nm - gerald Aug 12, 10:43 2
    - No this is a good thing. -- nm - Max Aug 12, 10:43 1
      - Okay, good. -- nm - David Aug 12, 10:44
- Going home to the Cape... - Mel Profit Aug 12, 10:41 1
  - I'll be off to the side, sipping tea, chardonnay, sake, water or whatever and stirring sauce. -- nm - Diewa Aug 12, 11:03
- melting in the heat, prolly see Don't Think Twice -- nm - gerald Aug 12, 10:39
Now that's some exciting baseball! -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 12, 10:37
TyGod extension is official. -- nm - ML Aug 12, 10:37
dawson news network: Gallup surveyed 87k Trump supporters over the past year to learn what factors drove that support -- (link) - gerald Aug 12, 10:36 2
- Interesting, and what it really seems to back up is the idea that his followers are basically the gullible folks who watch Fox news and listen to Rush - pmb Aug 12, 10:47 1
  - This is my father. Although, I wonder if the answer isn't that the blue collar white Republican men who back Trump don't want a woman in charge. -- nm* - jnine Aug 12, 14:01
Bit controversial, but USWNT spoil... - budice Aug 12, 10:36
Overheard in the airline club: "I don't know if you know, but I'm much more fun with drugs in my system" -- nm - ty97 Aug 12, 10:32
Cher is taking her Big Gay Fundraising tour for HRC to Fire Island, P'town, and Miami -- (link) - gerald Aug 12, 10:29 7
- omg - the picture below with Hillary's nephew... -- nm - Diewa Aug 12, 10:33 4
  - Oh ... my ... -- nm - ReluctantCynic Aug 12, 10:44 1
    - somebody find mdh - stat. -- nm - Diewa Aug 12, 11:02
  - no way he came from Roger - gerald Aug 12, 10:38
  - P-Town, eh? -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 12, 10:37
- Dawson, we have plans. -- nm - ty97 Aug 12, 10:30 1
  - Well, you do now. -- nm - spamlet Aug 12, 10:32
What's more fun that two flights with sleep deprived children? - Reagen Aug 12, 10:28
I'm not like most Summer Olympics fans. Track and Field doesn't even make my top 5. - David Aug 12, 10:27 7
- I love the tactics you get in the longer races - Reagen Aug 12, 10:29
- Ties are pretty common though. -- nm - Shaun Aug 12, 10:29
- Track to me is interesting because it's so simple. - Will Hunting Aug 12, 10:29 3
  - Ja. -- nm - Diewa Aug 12, 10:29 2
    - Are you Polish for the day? -- nm - Reagen Aug 12, 10:33 1
      - I am combination of Dieter and German Diva today, ja. -- nm - Diewa Aug 12, 10:35
- Just like Star Wars -- nm - budice Aug 12, 10:28
Thomas Gibson is out permanently at Criminal Minds -- nm - gerald Aug 12, 10:23 5
- . -- (link) - Peglegpete Aug 12, 10:39 1
  - That errors out for me -- nm - Beryllium Aug 12, 10:47
- I can't blame them, but it's not going to be the same without him. - IrishStephen Aug 12, 10:38
- I blame Dharma. -- nm - David Aug 12, 10:25
- Based on the story, good. - Will Hunting Aug 12, 10:24
Overheard in the airline club: "we're both going to have the surgery below our eyes" -- nm - ty97 Aug 12, 10:22
rut roh USWNT...spoils.. - budice Aug 12, 10:19
(at the risk of ruining it): for the first time in my life, I just had a delay reduced by an hour. - ty97 Aug 12, 10:18 2
- I hope you get out close enough to make the flight. I'd help you research options but you're kind of SOL. - spamlet Aug 12, 10:22
- *picks up the phone to call the FAA* - ReluctantCynic Aug 12, 10:20
Hmm, a yacht named Pendragon ... -- nm - Beryllium Aug 12, 10:15
I'm super frustr by mobile browser. Can you guys help me? I'm in Corning NY. I'm looking for a natural - Amanda Aug 12, 10:08 5
- Closest is Elmira .. Good Earth Health Foods -- (link) - budice Aug 12, 10:23
- weird hours, and call to make sure they're still open; but here's one.. nm but: -- (link) - b. Aug 12, 10:16 1
  - Thanks for looking. It's closed. This town is not very win. Thanks again. -- nm - Amanda Aug 12, 10:20
- Kinda limited locally, Weg Walmart and Aldi -- (link) - budice Aug 12, 10:14
- There seems to be a Market Street Brewing Co. off of Walnut. I'd check it out. -- nm - CQ Aug 12, 10:13
Pippy/SB, l left a bit of mrsa info. in a reply on b2. -- nm - b. Aug 12, 10:06
USWNT vs SWE spoils... - budice Aug 12, 09:58 2
- I'd watch that IM -- nm - zork Aug 12, 10:17 1
  - Watch Brazil, apparently -- nm - Reagen Aug 12, 10:30
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- *NOT* specifically to the Clintons, but I wish the rules were changed to delay the deduction until you actually give away the money. - spamlet Aug 12, 10:20 5
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    - Is your name on the charity and are you on the board of directors? Done. - spamlet Aug 12, 10:29 3
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        I... don't think you can do that. -- nm - spamlet Aug 12, 11:00 1
        
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- I've never tracked this before, but that $2 to earn $100 seems extraordinary. -- nm - David Aug 12, 10:14 14
  - When you have an ex-President and a future one asking you for money you don't have to ask real hard. -- nm - spamlet Aug 12, 10:18 1
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  - I would think it is a huge outlier stemming from Bill and Hillary themselves. 10% is a typical goal to aim for. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Aug 12, 10:15 11
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      - No. I meant it as a positive Jack. That their reputation and who they are enables money to walk in the door. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Aug 12, 10:20 7
        
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        Not the donations, their ability to get donations..."hi, this is bubba, care to donate?" - easy money. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 12, 10:26
        
        "Who they are" is what I referred to. That said, if I wanted to make it partisan, it's not a hard Google to find "pay to play" examples from donors. - Name Withheld by Request Aug 12, 10:23 4
        
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        I acknowledge it was a poorly written thought. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Aug 12, 10:27
        
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        *shrug* You're the one that read into my muddled post. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Aug 12, 10:26
    - Is that right? So, an effective charity effectively loses one out of every 11 dollars? -- nm - David Aug 12, 10:17 1
      - At least. Here's a good chart I just Googled. -- (link) - Name Withheld by Request Aug 12, 10:19
- Good. I'd still like to know what percentage of their charitable giving was to their foundation. Got that one handy? -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Aug 12, 10:13 2
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    - Perfect. Nope, I'm good. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Aug 12, 10:18
well shoot ... my Rwanda pick for the Women's 10K race did not medal - but YAY Fiji!!! -- nm - JenBro Aug 12, 09:57 2
- I think you have me beat by 1000 points. -- nm - CQ Aug 12, 10:07 1
  - LOL I didn't realize Fiji would get me 900 points (I missed the multiplier thing I guess - thought it would be only 300) -- nm - JenBro Aug 12, 10:16
Somebody pulled a Dutch Oven on the olympic diving venue? Cool. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 12, 09:54 2
- This is Hillary's fault. -- nm - Shaun Aug 12, 10:58
- is that ... code for something? -- nm - call me Ishmael Aug 12, 10:57
NY Post: Study finds that a weak economy is responsible for rampant "swoleness" -- (link) - Strongbad Aug 12, 09:52 3
- just the opposite, rich folks look far more body aware, rail thin, weird diet du'jour , po folks hell yea I want fries with that and super size them -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 12, 10:03
- Because women have never felt the need to be focused on their bodies -- nm - con_carne Aug 12, 09:58
- I'm pretty sure that neither the NY Post, nor you, nor me, should ever post on the topics of 'swoleness' -- nm - ty97 Aug 12, 09:54
Judge orders Glenn Beck to reveal sources for story linking innocent man to Boston Marathon bombing -- (link) - Strongbad Aug 12, 09:50 18
- It's so fitting that his producers are named Weasel and Cheatwood. -- nm* - pmb Aug 12, 09:56 2
  - Right on. -- nm - Dewey, Cheatum and Howe Aug 12, 10:19
  - For a second I thought it was a Simpsons episode. -- nm - Diewa Aug 12, 10:09
- Beck should honorably go to jail to protect his sources. Because the judge won't believe "out of my ass" as a source anyways. -- nm - crash davis Aug 12, 09:54
- ST, be a constitutional scholar: At first blush, I am bothered by this. - ty97 Aug 12, 09:53 13
  - It's not the same thing. *SOURCES* should be protected. - David Aug 12, 09:59 11
    - But that's exactly my point - ty97 Aug 12, 10:03 10
      - I think if the information supplied by the source turns out to be false, we have to weigh the journalist's interest in protecting confidentiality with - mara Aug 12, 10:18
      - The problem is that you can then make phantom claims whenever you want and if you called on the carpet, you simply claim sources to get out of it. - David Aug 12, 10:10
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        Yep. This. The First Amendment is a protection against government suppression. This is a civil case. - ReluctantCynic Aug 12, 10:17
        
        Where I am struggling (and this is a difficult line to draw) is how you define who is a journalist that gets to claim source confidentiality. -- nm - ty97 Aug 12, 10:17 3
        
        your face is a journalist. -- nm - Diewa Aug 12, 10:20
        
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        Legally, it doesn't matter. Massachusetts does not have a shield law protecting journalists in civil cases. But to answer your question ... - ReluctantCynic Aug 12, 10:19
      - Then anyone could defame anybody through someone else and get away with it -- nm - Guigue Aug 12, 10:07 1
        
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SpaceX releases stunning high-speed footage of Falcon rocket launches -- (link) - Strongbad Aug 12, 09:49
Welcome to Sprockets. I am your host, Dieter. -- nm - Spawn Aug 12, 09:43 2
- ZDis whole building smells like a fawht. Now ve dance. -- nm - Dieter Aug 12, 09:45 1
  - TOUCH MY MONKEY, TOUCH HIM -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 12, 10:05

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