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What's the deal with these Olympic swimmers? AUS has banned 2 of their swimmers from attending Closing Ceremony because they stayed out all night. - Diva Aug 18, 08:04 3
- The delegation head is named Kitty Chiller? Ha. -- nm - jnine Aug 18, 12:12
- They're 20 year olds in Rio who are done competing, with nothing to do but party. -- nm - jnine Aug 18, 12:10
- swim hard. play hard -- nm - Beaker Aug 18, 08:11
So this is going well -- (link) - ty97 Aug 18, 07:54
Ummmm: Video shows U.S. swimmer breaking gas station door, fighting guard, per authorities -- (link) - ty97 Aug 18, 07:40 5
- Stuff like this is why I don't drink. -- nm - David's iPad Aug 18, 07:47 4
  - Odd. Normally my posts drive people to drink. -- nm - ty97 Aug 18, 07:49 3
    - Just the Trump ones. -- nm - David's iPad Aug 18, 07:50 2
      - And airports. - Spawn Aug 18, 07:56 1
        
        And strippers -- nm - budice Aug 18, 08:10
st needs a nap room. -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 18, 07:28
T-Mobile is bringing back the unlimited data plan. -- (link) - spamlet Aug 18, 07:24 3
- (Tethering limited to 2G speeds. Streaming video limited to 480p.) -- nm - Ender Aug 18, 08:07 2
  - Eh. It's $5 for tethering and do you really need to watch stuff on your phone in 1080p? -- nm - spamlet Aug 18, 08:15
  - tl;dr It's useless. -- nm - Shaun Aug 18, 08:07
I have zero idea what NMS is, despite being included in approximately 83% of ST posts over the last month - prayformojo Aug 18, 07:18 2
- A computer/console game called No Man's Sky. -- nm - mara Aug 18, 07:20
- When you need the most advanced clinical and forensic toxicology, endocrinology, and criminalistics laboratory services - you need NMS Labs. -- nm - Spawn Aug 18, 07:19
Reuters: Clinton Foundation hired cyber firm after suspected hacking -- (link) - Strongbad Aug 18, 07:12
The only thing more terrifying than voting for Hillary Clinton is not voting for Hillary Clinton - Spawndroid Aug 18, 07:10
I take a day off, and ST drops the ball on the Survivor cast announcement?? The hell, man? - Jim Aug 18, 07:04 [youtube] 3
- Wasn't that show cancelled a decade ago? -- nm - Bacon Aug 18, 07:09
- Was Donald Trump cast? I think that's the only way we'd notice. -- nm - spamlet Aug 18, 07:07 1
  - Well, the way it's been lately around here - I believe that. -- nm - Jim Aug 18, 07:12
*running in...nekkid and crazy...wearing nothing but a steering wheel cuffed to my wrist while holding a wallet over my head... - Nekkid Crazy Mel Aug 18, 07:03 2
- " looking humid" - good grief! -- nm - Epiphany Aug 18, 08:13 1
  - awful. -- nm - Diva Aug 18, 08:13
Local reporter gets an exclusive interview with Michael Phelps as he arrives home at the airport. -- (link*) - Shaun Aug 18, 06:58 [youtube] 5
- I'm actually confused by why some of these people flee home quickly - Will Hunting Aug 18, 07:03 4
  - Zika, bad hotel rooms, crime... - Groiny SI Aug 18, 07:08 2
    - Not just Rio, but every Olympics has that migration. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 18, 07:19 1
      - If I did not win a gold, I would get the hell out of Dodge. - Spawn Aug 18, 07:20
  - Most of the athletes are not winners of their events and not famous at all. A lot of these people have families and jobs to get back to. - Diva Aug 18, 07:08
This is not a DVD! -- (link) - Shaun Aug 18, 06:49 [youtube]
Welcome to the ‘Meat Casino’! -- (link) - spamlet Aug 18, 06:45
This Today I Found Out is technically about why QEII doesn't need a passport but they totally buried the lede. Read to the end about her and King -- (link) - spamlet Aug 18, 06:27 1
- I'd heard the Abdullah bit before. Didn't know the passport thing, but guessed the reason (because I've read the front inside cover of mine). -- nm - mafic Aug 18, 06:41
NMS: F-ing flying worms on my 5th planet -- (link) - oblique Aug 18, 06:14 [Image] 15
- My best so far was either the dinosaur planet, or the giant jumping mushroom planet. -- nm - mafic Aug 18, 06:43 3
  - okay...seriously...cause I'm a cat person. I have to know - is the cat that big or is your wife that small? - Epiphany Aug 18, 06:43 2
    - He's a kitten. Misleading angle, but I think he's gonna be huge. She's also tiny (like 5'2"?). -- nm - mafic Aug 18, 06:45 1
      - So cute! -- nm - Epiphany Aug 18, 06:47
- Any chance you can add me to the FB NMS group? Thanks dude. -- nm - Shaun Aug 18, 06:26 2
  - what's your FB email? -- nm - oblique Aug 18, 06:30 1
    - Inside - Shaun Aug 18, 06:36
- if it was a robot than it was a sentinel. -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 18, 06:14 7
  - no. it was definitely a creature/lifeform. I should grab a picture of it next time. Blue, kinda big with a crazy mean face. Thing saw me across - oblique Aug 18, 06:16 6
    - interesting. that was one of the complaints a lot of people have had - tRuMaN Aug 18, 06:17 5
      - My BIL visited a "blue star" system last night (which you may have seen on FB). Things are definitely more varied and out of the ordinary there - oblique Aug 18, 06:49 2
        
        It's really irritating to see all of the articles comparing starting system planets to the planet from the 2014 E3 trailer. - Shaun Aug 18, 06:51 1
        
        The cake is a lie. -- nm - Spawn Aug 18, 07:26
      - The sentinels don't ever really attack either. Unless you provoke them. -- nm - mafic Aug 18, 06:44 1
        
        If you mine stuff too quickly they'll get irritated. -- nm - Shaun Aug 18, 06:45
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The best part about this is the 2 guys on the right running for their lives. -- (link) - Shaun Aug 18, 06:12
Uber’s First Self-Driving Fleet Arrives in Pittsburgh This Month -- (link) - Strongbad Aug 18, 06:09 1
- Welcome to Johnny Cab! -- nm - KuBaron and the Two STrings Aug 18, 06:42
Who Is the Best Movie Cop of the Past 30 Years? -- (link) - Beaker Aug 18, 05:53 22
- DESK POP!!!! -- nm - groiny Aug 18, 08:11
- Batman. -- nm - David's iPad Aug 18, 07:51
- Tom Cruise in Minority Report. He stopped the crime before it even happened. -- nm - KuBaron and the Two STrings Aug 18, 06:09
- John McClane, why are we even talking about this? -- nm - ty97 Aug 18, 06:06 14
  - And if they ever tried to remake 'Die Hard' with a woman as Jonna McClane I'd have to become a misogynist internet troll because - Diva Aug 18, 06:29 12
    - Keri Russell -- nm - LMS Aug 18, 07:08 2
      - ik,r? Back at the height of 'Felicity' who would had ever thought she could be such a bad ass? -- nm - Diva Aug 18, 07:10 1
        
        She's should do more movies. -- nm - LMS Aug 18, 07:47
    - Rebecca Ferguson would knock it out of the park. -- nm - Reagen Aug 18, 07:01
    - I can't think of a female actor who could pull off the snark in the same manner as Willis - Epiphany Aug 18, 06:42 7
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        I enjoyed Salt and Mr/Ms Smith immensely -- nm - Epiphany Aug 18, 06:58 1
        
        Yup. - Spawn Aug 18, 07:58
      - Emma Stone -- nm - ty97 Aug 18, 06:45 1
        
        too demure IMO -- nm - Epiphany Aug 18, 06:49
      - Scarlett easily. She's sassy. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Aug 18, 06:45 1
        
        So Lucy with snark? -- nm - Epiphany Aug 18, 06:48
  - Exactly. -- nm - Krusty Aug 18, 06:12
- (beware some various spoilers, but they give "warning" before getting into stuff (if the cop is in amovie you haven't seen = warning), so OK for most) -- nm* - Beaker Aug 18, 06:05
- John McClane. No need for a long piece. You know it, I know it, everyone that's ever seen a movie knows it. -- nm - Krusty Aug 18, 06:01
- Detective Allen Gamble -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 18, 06:00 1
  - Ha! -- nm - Krusty Aug 18, 06:01
Election: Green Party considering litigation against the state of Georgia over ballot access -- (link) - Strongbad Aug 18, 05:50
Meh has refurb S6s today -- (link) - iSpam Aug 18, 05:41
and yet, overnight: British Olympian robbed at gunpoint -- (link) - Beaker Aug 18, 05:35 2
- how do they spell "Lochte" in Queen's English? -- nm - call me Ishmael Aug 18, 08:01 1
  - "Green-haired moron" -- nm - Shaun Aug 18, 08:06
One of my projects has been announced - LMS Aug 18, 05:26 3
- Hmmm interesting. I like them as an onscreen couple -- nm - Epiphany Aug 18, 06:46 1
  - nekkid. -- nm - Diva Aug 18, 08:05
- Cool! -- nm - mafic Aug 18, 06:41
Giants K Josh Brown suspended 1 game for violating personal conduct policy -- (link) - Beaker Aug 18, 04:51
Aug 18, 1587 – Virginia Dare, granddaughter of Governor John White of the Colony of Roanoke, becomes the first English child born in the Americas. -- nm - Beaker Aug 18, 04:47 3
- 1590 – John White, the governor of the Roanoke Colony, returns from a supply trip to England and finds his settlement deserted. -- nm - Beaker Aug 18, 04:47 2
  - 1920 – The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing women's suffrage. -- nm - Beaker Aug 18, 04:49 1
    - Marriage wasn't legal until 1920?! -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 18, 06:18
hmm, lie to a girlfriend about being at a party OR lie to the IOC, a foreign Govt, your family and the FBI... - Beaker Aug 18, 04:28 2
- I don't have much reason not to believe them at this point. Is it that surprising that there are minor inconsistencies in the stories of four dudes - mafic Aug 18, 05:33
- My thinking is..Did no one say to the judge..."Ryan Lochte..."? -- nm - . Aug 18, 05:02
The working conditions for some "Sausage Party" animators were pretty terrible -- (link) - budice Aug 18, 02:54
For a resume section that combines conference attendance and college ... would you call that "Education", or something else? - Beryllium Aug 17, 23:51 1
- I'd say so. -- nm - Krusty Aug 18, 05:35
This is a great blog post about the directing style of Sammo Hung. -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 17, 23:29 2
- i literally only knew his name because of Martial Law -- nm - shaolin fantastic Aug 17, 23:34 1
  - Well, I mean, yes - that's primarily how I know his name and face. That and Ip Man 2. -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 17, 23:38 [youtube]
my biggest saddness watching Olympic diving is nobody is attempting a Tripple Lindy -- (link*) - Peglegpete Aug 17, 23:18 [youtube]
america, already great again -- (link) - shaolin fantastic Aug 17, 23:01
A 30 disc Hobbit/Lord of the Rings special edition shouldn't make you happy. It should make you nauseous. -- nm - Qale Aug 17, 22:42 5
- I have to imagine this is in the $400 range... but I do accept gifts! :) -- nm - secretslacker Aug 18, 05:53 1
  - The amazon listing had an $800 price on it initially, but it was removed. -- nm - Shaun Aug 18, 06:14
- Think of all the Ents they murdered to make it. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 17, 22:52 2
  - The special edition where they dubbed the language into Entish is 300 disks -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 17, 23:44 1
    - Mmmhmmm ..... this ... is whole ... heartedly ...... un .... acceptable ... -- nm - Treebeard at the Movies Aug 18, 01:12
Two of my library branches are holding pizza parties for their summer teen volunteers. I'm gonna be buy pizzas tomorrow and next week. - Meg Aug 17, 22:09 6
- I don't hear good things about California pizza so that might be for the best. ;-) -- nm - Krusty Aug 17, 22:21 5
  - It's that gourmet stuff with organic whole wheat crust and kale. -- nm - . Aug 17, 22:26 1
    - Maybe from California Pizza Kitchen but not from Pizza Hut ;) -- nm - Meg Aug 17, 22:31
  - And...get this...tomorrow's order is 3 pepperoni, 1 plain cheese, and 1 pineapple (just pineapple?) -- nm - Meg Aug 17, 22:25 2
    - Yuck! Fruit doesn't belong on a pizza. -- nm - Krusty Aug 18, 05:36
    - pineapple & anchovy :) -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 17, 22:41
tonight's Mr Robot was something. Patience can be very rewarding. -- nm - mud Aug 17, 22:05 1
- Yeah. That was certainly something. (spoilers) - Beryllium Aug 18, 01:10
because ST is smart ... "twenty-one year old" or "twenty-one-year old" -- nm* - call me Ishmael Aug 17, 21:36 11
- They're legal but still kinda young. -- nm - secretslacker Aug 18, 05:54
- both - ty97 Aug 18, 05:32
- more ... -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 17, 22:21
- i'm thinking ... - call me Ishmael Aug 17, 21:36 7
  - AP allegedly says neither -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 17, 21:39 5
    - 21 year old. This should be above. You use the numbers from 10 on up. -- nm* - Krusty Aug 17, 21:55 4
      - Someone is wrong on the internet and I cannot sleep. The proper use is: 21-year-old. Age is always numerical. And in this context you use hyphens. -- nm - Mop Aug 18, 00:23 3
        
        Question for you (or any STer knowledgeable) if you are still around about Youtubers: - Beaker Aug 18, 05:51 1
        
        from what I've seen, I think they're ok, very popular with kids and they know it. -- nm - i.b.! Aug 18, 07:12
        
        I think the hyphens look crappy but you're probably right about them being technically correct. -- nm - Krusty Aug 18, 05:39
  - I think it's the first. -- nm - . Aug 17, 21:38
So Will Hayes... mermaids absolutely exist, dinosaurs absolutely never did -- nm - shaolin fantastic Aug 17, 21:30 2
- That man will be teaching his kids that idiocy. -- nm - Krusty Aug 17, 22:01
- Big, if true. -- nm - Spawn Aug 16, 15:20 -- nm - Spawn Aug 17, 21:45
from the few stories with info I could find, Brazilian police cannot find Lochte's cab driver. -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 17, 21:24 6
- OTOH, if the story is true the cab driver could very well be involved. -- nm - Meg Aug 17, 21:43 5
  - ygm -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 17, 21:59 1
    - Very nice!!!! -- nm - Meg Aug 17, 22:03
  - that's the main theory -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 17, 21:48 2
    - Friends of mine were traveling in Central America when someone smashed the back window of their cab and stole a carry-on bag. - Meg Aug 17, 22:00 1
      - ug -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 17, 22:00
Has everyone reinvested their Kiva payments?? -- nm - Meg Aug 17, 20:49 1
- Yes! -- nm - Dark Callisto Aug 18, 07:17
This is probably the best article on the question of "Why is Donald Trump so popular?" that I have ever read. -- (link) - ReluctantCynic Aug 17, 20:42 2
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- The people I know who support him are not really in this group. Mine are mostly white, wealthy, successful people that don't like Obama. - JaxSean Aug 17, 21:08
Bioshock remastered.... -- (link) - Remlik Aug 17, 20:32 [youtube] 3
- Already downloaded on my XBox. -- nm - David's iPad Aug 17, 21:02 1
  - Nice -- nm - Remlikindle Aug 17, 21:52
- *splooge* -- nm - JaxSean Aug 17, 20:42

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