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Aetna joins Humana and United in leaving Obamacare -- (link) - budice Aug 16, 10:14 1
- This doesn't surprise me at all. One of the points of the plan was to help drive costs down for middle to lower income people. The whole concept - Jim Aug 16, 10:20
WWE: Lesnar calls out Goldberg.... -- (link) - Remlik Aug 16, 10:03 2
- LAme. -- nm - Shaun Aug 16, 10:19
- oh good, let us all think back to basically the worst WrestleMania match of all time. -- nm - Tim Aug 16, 10:06
Today's Sassy Trump from Peter Serafinowicz -- (link) - LMS Aug 16, 10:01 [youtube]
from B2 ish ... Groiny ... - call me Ishmael Aug 16, 09:57 1
- so sorry, grny - good thoughts to your mom and you and your family. *hugs* -- nm - b. Aug 16, 10:11
Is it too windy for the sailing or not windy enough? -- nm - CQ Aug 16, 09:54 2
- too much poop -- nm - Beaker Aug 16, 09:58
- nevermind, they're doing it -- nm - CQ Aug 16, 09:56
I'm pretty sure we can trace the origin of CrossFit to the training montage of Rocky IV. -- nm - Reagen Aug 16, 09:49
Glen Beck urges conservatives to understand the Black Lives Matters movement.... -- (link) - Remlik Aug 16, 09:48 7
- That's encouraging. -- nm - Inigo Aug 16, 10:04
- The funny part about "All Lives Matter" is how badly the argument falls apart when you attempt to apply it to anything else. -- nm - Tim Aug 16, 09:53 3
  - Mmm... Pie... -- nm - znufrii, dad. Aug 16, 09:56 1
    - Child please. You are a strudel loving jabroni. -- nm - Shaun Aug 16, 09:59
  - The pie thing is taken directly from Reddit. -- nm - Reagen Aug 16, 09:55
- It's a good reminder that he was once upon a time kind of sane - Reagen Aug 16, 09:53
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- The under-45 voter numbers should terrify the state GOP -- nm - shaolin fantastic Aug 16, 10:06 1
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- 2012: Romney +15.7%, 2008: McCain +11.7% -- nm - Tim Aug 16, 09:49
It's Starbond adjust day everyone! -- nm - LMS Aug 16, 09:45
Pennywise the clown is scary. -- nm - Beaker Aug 16, 09:37 3
- His house is just up the road from me...I have yet to get pics -- nm - J Aug 16, 10:27
- That pic is great. -- nm - ML Aug 16, 09:41
- Grass is green. -- nm - Spawn Aug 16, 09:38
Remember to vote for grandbaby Jax, Amelia. Link in the ST Header. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 16, 09:25 2
- done :) -- nm - JenBro Aug 16, 10:04
- When she wins the $25,000 scholarship, you'll all be so happy. Just think of the joy a few clicks could bring. - JaxSean Aug 16, 09:38
No more entries. -- (link) - ML Aug 16, 09:23
Awesome. They are making the leap of faith in the Assassin's Creed movie happen without using CGI for the stunt. -- (link*) - Shaun Aug 16, 09:18 [youtube] 2
- Part of me is like, "Cool", the other part is just why? - Will Hunting Aug 16, 09:23 1
  - Stunt men gotta eat. -- nm - Shaun Aug 16, 09:51
NMS Tip: User made "periodic table" with element names/types/values -- (link) - oblique Aug 16, 09:15
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- but...it's an Apple Store!!!!! -- nm - Beaker Aug 16, 09:33
- Maybe? -- (link) - JD Aug 16, 09:26
- Wait, what did I miss? - Spawn Aug 16, 09:23 4
  - he's the Shannon Hamiltion now of that mall. -- nm - Remlik Aug 16, 09:52
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  - Dawson got his dream job at Hot Topic! -- nm - spamlet Aug 16, 09:33
heh: "A challenge for Trump at the debate is talking to a powerful woman without coming off as an asshole, so he's, uh, bringing in Roger Ailes" -- (link) - decline Aug 16, 09:08
GOP presidential nominee Trump to receive his first classified intelligence briefing from ODNI tomorrow in New York -- (link) - budice Aug 16, 09:07 14
- "so...why can'twe just nuke them?" -- nm - Beaker Aug 16, 09:33 2
  - The Cuban Missile Crisis could have ended far different with him in the Oval Office -- nm - shaolin fantastic Aug 16, 09:36 1
    - World Cup Qualifying could have ended far differently with him in the Oval Office - Will Hunting Aug 16, 09:45
- It's worth noting that these briefings are very basic and the President can restrict what is shared (but that restriction can't apply to just one - TWuG Aug 16, 09:30
- He'll at least hint, if not fully leak, at some of the information he finds out. -- nm - Inigo Aug 16, 09:09 1
  - And then blame the media for drawing conclusions based on his comments. -- nm - znufrii, dad. Aug 16, 09:10
- Oh, joy. -- nm - znufrii, dad. Aug 16, 09:08
- How long will it take for him to reveal what was in the classified briefing? -- nm - LMS Aug 16, 09:08 5
  - If I was the head of ODNI , I would totally feed him false info -- nm - decline Aug 16, 09:09 4
    - They'll probably at least Canary Trap it. -- nm - Reagen Aug 16, 09:48
    - That should and would get you fired. The ODNI can craft the briefings to be as basic as they want, so there's no need - TWuG Aug 16, 09:31
    - As unique as the current situation is, that may be a little too overt of a circumvention of civilian oversight. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Aug 16, 09:13 1
      - Just give him all the damaging stuff about Russia. - Will Hunting Aug 16, 09:21
- dammit! you beat me by second! -- nm - decline Aug 16, 09:08
Not the Onion: Google releases yet another app to do video calls -- (link) - oblique Aug 16, 09:03
The monarch butterfly is totally dependent on milkweed during its larval stage. - Beaker Aug 16, 08:52 5
- Bees and dogs can smell fear. -- nm - Spawn Aug 16, 09:08 4
  - The human head weighs 8 pounds -- nm - oblique Aug 16, 09:09 3
    - My neighbor has three rabbits. -- nm - Spawn Aug 16, 09:10 2
      - Mmm...rabbit stew... -- nm - znufrii, dad. Aug 16, 09:10 1
        
        *runs in...wearing nothing but a hatchet held over my head...chasing some balloons through the room and then out of sight* -- nm - Nekkid Crazy Mel Aug 16, 09:23
In that picture, Sofia Richie looks eerily like Michelle Rodriguez. - David Aug 16, 08:50
Olympics: Men's 200m prelims. Bolt spoils -- (edited) - budice Aug 16, 08:49
Quick quiz - how well do you know which is science fiction and which is science fact in movies? - LMS Aug 16, 08:43 12
- 5/7 -- nm - Shaun Aug 16, 09:03
- 100% -- nm - Reagen Aug 16, 09:03
- 9/8 -- nm - budice Aug 16, 09:00
- 8/8 (natch) - ML Aug 16, 08:58
- Missed the last one. Couldn't remember what the answer was and guessed. -- nm - spamlet Aug 16, 08:58
- 6/8 -- nm - decline Aug 16, 08:52
- 8/8 -- nm - TWuG Aug 16, 08:50 1
  - dork -- nm - oblique Aug 16, 08:50
- 6/8 -- nm - oblique Aug 16, 08:48
- 7/8 but had to guess on a couple -- nm - sycor Aug 16, 08:47
- 6/8 -- nm - Spawn Aug 16, 08:46
- 6/8 -- nm - Beaker Aug 16, 08:46
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- :( that just sucks Groiny - tie a knot and hang on. -- nm - JenBro Aug 16, 10:09
- indeed. -- nm - Remlik Aug 16, 09:52
- same. groiny, if you need something, just ask man -- nm - oblique Aug 16, 08:51
- Just saw this. Best wishes to the family. - sycor Aug 16, 08:43
Well, kids are back in school. I'm most excited this year because my son has a car, can drive himeself to and from all his activities - oblique Aug 16, 08:41 1
- "all his activities" - Spawn Aug 16, 08:43
Well crap. All the tours dates for Thailand that I could afford sold out. - sycor Aug 16, 08:36
PSA: If you have Spotify Family, they've now changed to a $15/mo, 6 person system kinda like Amazon Prime that you share with. Used to be each person - oblique Aug 16, 08:36 12
- *wonders if any ster wants to share the wealth with poor song deficient tRuMaN* -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 16, 09:04
- Yep, started last month. I didn't realize it was up to 6 people? So I can add three others on to it, essentially? -- nm - JaxSean Aug 16, 08:45 1
  - Yeah. I never had Premium before because I never wanted to pay extra for me. Saw a Facebook ad and sure enough, 6 people. -- nm - oblique Aug 16, 08:46
- 180 bucks a year? The radio is free, ya' know -- nm - decline Aug 16, 08:40 8
  - Radio is crap. When I can tell Alexa to play literally almost any song I want to, when I want it to? That's the bombdiggity. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 16, 08:46 5
    - I'm far to lazy, I want someone else to decide what I should listen too -- nm - Beaker Aug 16, 08:48 4
      - They have Pandora like random stations, too. Since I am trying to run again, they have this cool feature on the phone App - JaxSean Aug 16, 08:56
      - that works too :) Alexa, play me some jazz -- nm - oblique Aug 16, 08:48 2
        
        plus I like to hear the local news and what is going on around the city! -- (edited) - Beaker Aug 16, 08:53 1
        
        In the case of Amazon Echo, it has a "Flash Briefing" which handles the news - oblique Aug 16, 08:54
  - Ok grandpa. It is *way* cheaper than what we were spending on buying music. 180 songs a year or what? 10 albums? -- nm - oblique Aug 16, 08:42
  - ik, r? -- nm - Beaker Aug 16, 08:40
For those still interested, Destiny Gamescom twitch reveal in about 1h25mins. -- nm* - Shaun Aug 16, 08:35
From B2 re: Olympics Challenge. Yep, you really must have a least one high multiplier team if you want to score big. - KuBaron and the Two STrings Aug 16, 08:32 1
- jenbro doping -- nm - shaolin fantastic Aug 16, 08:36
The 14 Most Insane Things Happening Right Now (8/16) -- (link) - Beaker Aug 16, 08:30 2
- #1 every day should be 'Trump is GOP candidate.' by default. -- nm - Shaun Aug 16, 08:32 1
  - I don't know, that Criminal Minds dude getting turfed for kicking a Producer is pretty wild (and funny as shit) -- nm - Beaker Aug 16, 08:54
Olympics: Womens Discus spoils - budice Aug 16, 08:27
A fan made it into the ring during Raw to get in Seth Rollins face (then destroyed by security) -- (link) - Beaker Aug 16, 08:27
Full trailer for Amy Adams movie Arrival -- (link) - decline Aug 16, 08:24 [youtube] 9
- most important, it's Villeneuve's first real foray in sci-fi before his next, which is the Most Important Sequel In the History of Cinema. -- nm - mud Aug 16, 08:39
- aka Contact II - shaolin fantastic Aug 16, 08:32
- You had me at Amy Adams. - KuBaron and the Two STrings Aug 16, 08:28 6
  - So how many times have you watched her bathtub scene in BvS? - Shaun Aug 16, 08:30 4
    - that was bullshit, Superman would have broke that bathtub. -- nm - groiny Aug 16, 08:34 3
      - .... is "bathtub" code for something else? -- nm - Spawn Aug 16, 08:35 2
        
        He broke something in that tub, IF YOU CATCH MY DRIFT. -- nm - Shaun Aug 16, 08:36 1
        
        Say no more say no more. -- nm - Spawn Aug 16, 08:36
  - yup -- nm - decline Aug 16, 08:29
This is the gofundme page of Ellicott City couple who picked us up the night of the flood. -- (edited) - Inigo Aug 16, 08:22
Hipsters. -- (link) - Shaun Aug 16, 08:21
Wow. Score one for Verizon customer service. -- nm - Spawn Aug 16, 08:21
HIllary publicly announces her transition team -- (link) - shaolin fantastic Aug 16, 08:21 2
- She's transitioning? Most people were planning on voting for a woman. That's a bold strategy, Cotton. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 16, 08:25
- A woman economist? Terrible choice. -- nm - The Donald Aug 16, 08:22
Welp. Our three-day stay in the Black Hills is off thanks to Mother Nature. (spoils) - ML Aug 16, 08:15
Justin Bieber has deleted his Instagram account amid war with Selena Gomez fans -- (link*) - Beaker Aug 16, 08:06 9
- Who wins in this war? We all do. We all win. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 16, 08:21 1
  - Let them fight. -- nm - Dr. Ichiro Serizawa Aug 16, 08:24
- Hooray? -- nm - Reagen Aug 16, 08:20
- that will last two weeks, tops. (and not just SG fans, SG herself was commenting and giving him a bit of attitude.) -- nm - Andie Aug 16, 08:11 5
  - called him out for his cheating on her -- nm - Remlik Aug 16, 08:26 4
    - and yet she keeps gong back to him -- nm - Beaker Aug 16, 08:27 2
      - enh, not for quite a while now. -- nm - Andie Aug 16, 08:33
      - I never looked at his pics, but I... heard about them. -- nm - Spawn Aug 16, 08:29
    - The entire world already knows that crap. - Shaun Aug 16, 08:27
Could someone post the keeper positions for Blood Fued? Gracias. -- nm - Inigo Aug 16, 08:01 9
- I believe it is 1 QB, 1 Rb, 1 WR, 1 anyone (but should be a WR/RB or give up), 1 other (TE, D, K) -- nm* - Beaker Aug 16, 08:03
- QB, RB, WR, TE/DEF/K, Flex -- nm - ML Aug 16, 08:02 7
  - Flex is RB/WR? -- nm - Inigo Aug 16, 08:04 6
    - Any position. -- nm - Shaun Aug 16, 08:07 5
      - Gracias to all. -- nm - Inigo Aug 16, 08:11
      - 2 Kickers, here I come! -- nm - spamlet Aug 16, 08:08 3
        
        Taco! -- nm - Shaun Aug 16, 08:10 2
        
        You know a 6 person league isn't all that realistic. - iSpam Aug 16, 08:23 1
        
        I commish an 8-team keeper league. It's fun. Our rosters are large though and we have a league trophy too. - Shaun Aug 16, 08:25
Canadian comedian gets shirtless, photobombs Justin Trudeau -- (link) - Beaker Aug 16, 08:00 2
- "MC: I think they just felt bad for me. They wanted the moment to pass. But everybody was a pretty good sport. You know, that's a great thing about - Andie Aug 16, 08:13
- (the guy doing the facepalm is a member of Parliament, and used to be on morning TV) -- nm - Beaker Aug 16, 08:04
...it's only a matter of time and she'll be mine. -- nm - wombat Aug 16, 07:59

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