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I saved this to read a few weeks ago: Leaderless Chicago street gangs vex police efforts to quell violence -- (link) - spamlet Sep 6, 08:31 1
- 'Chicago gangs surprise police with their excellent vocabulary when they use the word 'vex'" -- nm - Andie Sep 6, 08:33
Rumor: Murder She Wrote: The Westeros Edition....Angela Lansbury may be on Game of Thrones.... -- (link) - Remlik Sep 6, 08:31 2
- The head Faceless Man returns from Cabot Cove -- nm - TWuG Sep 6, 08:34 1
  - "That place was a death trap" -- nm - Beaker Sep 6, 08:34
Opps, just tweeted the wrong link to Ricky Gervais, and he replied to me to point out my mistake in seconds. - LMS Sep 6, 08:28 1
- HA! -- nm - Remlik Sep 6, 08:29
good lord...ITT Tech has closed all campuses and building permanently. -- nm - Remlik Sep 6, 08:12 7
- explain to me like I was 5 what happened here please. -- nm - Beaker Sep 6, 08:23 3
  - news story -- (link) - Remlik Sep 6, 08:26
  - Dept of Ed sanctioned them for deceptive marketing and recruitment and cut off funding (IIRC) and they shut down as a result -- nm - oblique Sep 6, 08:25 1
    - When youre abusin the government handout. Things will happen. -- nm - budice Sep 6, 08:27
- You don't say. -- nm - spamlet Sep 6, 08:17
- Kim was telling me about this the other day. They're good and fucked. -- nm - David Sep 6, 08:17
- My stepdad took a course through them in order to start his own business. That was how we got our first 486. - Beryllium Sep 6, 08:13
The 13 Most Insane Things Happening Right Now (9/6) -- (link) - Beaker Sep 6, 08:02
SF: 13-6) Strongbad 13-7) shay 13-8) Reagen -- nm - oblique Sep 6, 07:54 3
- Shay, Reagen, *nubby's* draft card, Brian.... -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Sep 6, 08:08 2
  - Brian, me, truman x2, me, Brian. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 6, 08:18 1
    - Burn list up to date. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Sep 6, 08:27
Spawn/Budice -- I should be around for my next pick(s) so hold off on that draft card if it gets to my spot. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 6, 07:46
Greta's leaving Fox -- (link) - ty97 Sep 6, 07:42 3
- such courage -- nm - shaolin fantastic Sep 6, 07:48
- So, did she just not get sexually harassed by Ailes, or did he meet the price tag of her self-respect? -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 6, 07:46
- I remember respecting her a long, long time ago. -- nm - Reagen Sep 6, 07:45
I finished Wolf Among Us last night. That was a very good Telltale release (and the 80s vibe meshes well with Stranger Things). A- overall. -- nm* - ML Sep 6, 07:39 3
- Agreed -- nm - Ender Sep 6, 07:59 1
  - spoils - ML Sep 6, 08:00
- I'll need to give this a shot at some point, as it was free when you preordered the Batman season pass. -- nm - Shaun Sep 6, 07:41
Overwatch: Free weekend Sept. 9th-12th. Play it! -- (link) - Shaun Sep 6, 07:38
Not to be outdone, Baltimore sees 22 shot over the long weekend. -- (link) - iSpam Sep 6, 07:33 1
- any stabbings?...which I definitely was not involved with... -- nm - Ray Lewis Sep 6, 07:34
How a seventh-round pick became the starting quarterback for the defending Super Bowl champs -- (link) - Beaker Sep 6, 07:30 1
- tl;dr: no better option -- nm - ML Sep 6, 07:34
Walt Disney, kilbo draft card, Strongbad draft card, shay, Reagen....\ -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Sep 6, 07:29 4
- I picked. -- nm - Walt_Disney Sep 6, 07:38
- I'm live btw, no need for draft card -- nm - oblique Sep 6, 07:30 2
  - I knew that. Brain cramp keeping them straight. [You're Up.] -- nm* - Name Withheld by Request Sep 6, 07:44
  - It's alive! -- nm - ty97 Sep 6, 07:30
Currently listening to... Massive Attack inspired playlist -- (link*) - LMS Sep 6, 07:24 1
- hey hey hey ay ay -- nm - shaolin fantastic Sep 6, 07:51
Looks like Chevy Chase is back in rehab here. -- nm - ML Sep 6, 07:21
My office sounds like a TB Ward. -- nm - Mel Profit Sep 6, 07:20 3
- I got that too about a week and a half now *hack* -- nm - rollo Sep 6, 07:25 1
  - "I got the black lung, pa" -- nm - Reagen Sep 6, 08:20
- Has school started there yet/ -- nm - spamlet Sep 6, 07:20
My call log for my office phone was deleted sometime over the weekend. I didn't do it. None of my other co-workers logs were deleted. - sycor Sep 6, 07:17 3
- You're being promoted to work on the Clinton campaign. - spamlet Sep 6, 07:20
- If I know my spy movies, and I think I do, this is all going to wind up with your battling for your life on a parapet in Warsaw. -- nm - Reagen Sep 6, 07:19 1
  - Sweet! I've been watching a lot of action movies so I'm pretty sure I know kung fu now. -- nm - sycor Sep 6, 07:26
Jerry Jones on keeping Romo on 53: There is no use "circumsizing the mosquito" on this. There is no one good enough to take the last spot. - ML Sep 6, 07:14
It also looks like the press will have one less thing to whine about. -- (link) - spamlet Sep 6, 07:11
Diplomatic row over how the President exits his plane in China? -- (link) - spamlet Sep 6, 07:09 3
- I don't think "playing down" a confrontation over the issue makes for much of a distraction (and from what, exactly?) - znufrii, dad. Sep 6, 08:05 2
  - I meant the reaction in the Chinese press, not here. -- nm - spamlet Sep 6, 08:07 1
    - Ah, yes. - znufrii, dad. Sep 6, 08:10
Johnny Manziel must have been worried he'd miss all the cool rush parties. -- nm - Diva Sep 6, 07:04 1
- Maybe he found a way... -- nm - prayformojo Sep 6, 07:11
Does the Paralympics start tomorrow? -- nm - LMS Sep 6, 06:43 1
- If they can get up the steps, sure. - Rio Sep 6, 06:45
"Alex Anthopoulos is a confirmed candidate for Twins president of baseball operations position, sources say." - ML Sep 6, 06:30 5
- But they're not calling the position that. - spamlet Sep 6, 06:54
- He's not flawless, but he's fun because he thinks outside the box and wears down other GMs/Presidents. - Name Withheld By Request Sep 6, 06:33 3
  - I'd be thrilled with him. This team needs a complete front office revamp. -- nm - ML Sep 6, 06:39 2
    - We've got a couple of people we'd give you. Cheap even. -- nm - spamlet Sep 6, 07:21 1
      - *sign of the cross* -- nm - ML Sep 6, 07:21
NFL Pick 'em and Survivor: details pinned above. Sign-up NOW! -- nm - Beaker Sep 6, 06:29 2
- I'm in! Thanks! -- nm - Krusty Sep 6, 06:35
- There's also a college football pick'em floating around too. -- nm - MDH Sep 6, 06:30
Dallas Morning News, which has endorsed every GOP nominee since 1952 - minus 1964 (no endorsement) will not endorse Trump. -- (link) - MDH Sep 6, 06:23
*runs in...nekkid and crazy...holding a basket of rose petals...tossing them high in the air...practically prancing my way to... - Nekkid Crazy Birthday Mel Sep 6, 06:20
“As a feminist, I can’t support everything that’s been said tonight, but as someone who hates Ann Coulter, I’m delighted.” -- nm - Jewel Sep 6, 06:20
I just sent Spawn and Budice my SF picks for the last 3 rounds. - Will Hunting Sep 6, 06:18 5
- that draft is still not done yet??? -- nm - groiny Sep 6, 07:02 2
  - Will it be over before the season starts on Thursday?? -- nm - Bacon Sep 6, 07:03 1
    - So jelly. Home stretch achieved. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Sep 6, 07:28
- kicker, kicker, kicker -- nm - Jewel Sep 6, 06:23 1
  - stfu Jewel. -- nm - Shaun Sep 6, 06:29
being back at work is sucky. -- nm - Andie Sep 6, 06:18 4
- welcome back--looks like you had a great time -- nm - ML Sep 6, 06:20 3
  - it was very cool. but, it's a stark place. miles upon thousands of miles of empty lava fields, interspersed with amazing waterfalls and lakes. -- nm - Andie Sep 6, 06:28 2
    - That's great, but what about Iceland? -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 6, 06:29
    - "Just like visiting Oshawa" -- nm - Reagen Sep 6, 06:29
ITT Tech shutting down all campuses. -- (link) - spamlet Sep 6, 06:13
NWBR: I won't be around today for SF. Draft BPA for me. -- nm - Inigo Sep 6, 06:09 1
- Acknowledged. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Sep 6, 06:33
"13 people shot to death over weekend in Chicago, city logged its 500th homicide of year." - ML Sep 6, 06:00 8
- I wonder out of the 500, how many are gang related? - groiny Sep 6, 07:19 4
  - here are a whole bunch of stats on those numbers -- (link) - Andie Sep 6, 07:24 3
    - I think this is part of the problem. -- (link) - spamlet Sep 6, 07:26 2
      - we are dangerously close to an actual Purge occurring here. - groiny Sep 6, 07:36 1
        
        500 deaths out of a population of nearly 3 million is hardly being on the brink. - TWuG Sep 6, 08:37
- Yeah, a long weekend with nice weather is sadly a recipe for this. -- nm - spamlet Sep 6, 06:12
- It's not only on Rahm and to blame him isn't right. Chicago has had a big problem for decades. It was slowly dropping from 1992 until 2004 when it - Krusty Sep 6, 06:08 1
  - fair or not, when the # of homicides exceeds your average yearly total before Labor Day it falls on the mayor first and foremost - ML Sep 6, 06:11
Fox is paying Gretchen Carlson $20 million -- (link) - ty97 Sep 6, 05:59 3
- How do the taxes work on something like this? -- nm - David's iPad Sep 6, 06:01 2
  - it's income ergo she pays taxes -- nm - ML Sep 6, 06:04 1
    - And her legal fees will only be partially deductible if they get a % of the reward. -- nm - iSpam Sep 6, 06:05
The Washington Examiner's (a terrible conservative paper) cover today is a picture of police with the header "Black Lies Matter" -- nm - MDH Sep 6, 05:55
ST, what's the rub? My hotel room comes with a smartphone that offers free local and *international* calling and free Internet. - ty97 Sep 6, 05:48 5
- There's a bug in the phone. Not to listen to you but to implant into your brain so they can enslave and control you. See you never! -- nm - Krusty Sep 6, 05:51
- Keystroke and Voice Recorders built in - You'll get the blackmail note in about a month -- nm* - decline Sep 6, 05:49
- I'm pretty sure this is the start of the script for "Taken 4" -- nm - oblique Sep 6, 05:49 2
  - "Ty-ken" -- nm - prayformojo Sep 6, 05:55 1
    - this -- nm - Diva Sep 6, 06:43
Enbridge buying Spectra Energy for $37B in stock to create pipeline giant -- (link) - Beaker Sep 6, 05:45
Black Lives Matter protesters close London City Airport runway -- (link) - ty97 Sep 6, 05:40 5
- I went past this on the DLR this morning, didn't see them but saw a cool black ops speedboat heading for them. -- nm - LMS Sep 6, 05:57 2
  - I'd heard about it but thought it was an anti-airport expansion or anti-noise protest of some form. Had no idea it was BLM - ty97 Sep 6, 05:59 1
    - Yeah, I figured they were enviromental protesters. Their choice of target is a bit off. - LMS Sep 6, 06:05
- "racist climate crisis" - Strongbad Sep 6, 05:43 1
  - Meh - the point is that it's basically rich countries that are contributing the most to climate change and poor ones who are going to suffer the most - Roger More Sep 6, 07:27
Sept 6, 1803 – British scientist John Dalton begins using symbols to represent the atoms of different elements. -- nm - Beaker Sep 6, 05:40 7
- 1870 – Louisa Ann Swain of Laramie, Wyoming becomes the first woman in the United States to cast a vote legally after 1807. -- nm - Beaker Sep 6, 05:40 6
  - 1962 – Archaeologist Peter Marsden discovers the first of the Blackfriars Ships dating back to the 2nd century AD in the Blackfriars area of the banks - Beaker Sep 6, 05:42 5
    - 1972 – Munich massacre: Nine Israeli athletes taken hostage at the Munich Olympic Games by the Palestinian "Black September" terrorist group die (as - Beaker Sep 6, 05:42 4
      - 1995 – Cal Ripken, Jr. of the Baltimore Orioles plays in his 2,131st consecutive game, breaking a record that had stood for 56 years. -- nm - Beaker Sep 6, 05:43 3
        
        1996 -- Eddie Murray hits his 500th Home Run to become the 3rd member of the 3000 hit / 500 HR club. - Will Hunting Sep 6, 05:57 1
        
        And the last legit member of the club. -- nm - Krusty Sep 6, 06:02
        
        1620 – The Pilgrims sail from Plymouth, England, on the Mayflower to settle in North America. - Beaker Sep 6, 05:44
At dinner tonight, a band..well, a duo..guy with guitar and girl on vocals set up and started playing while we were eating. - ty97 Sep 6, 05:39 1
- You own SNL skit live. (they don't do bad/awkward lounge acts anymore, pity) -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 6, 14:30
here i go, again, on my own .... -- nm - call me Ishmael Sep 6, 05:37
SuperFeud: Submitted draft list for Rounds 12-15. Hope yall have fun today. -- nm - Strongbad Sep 6, 05:35 6
- How is this still going on? - Krusty Sep 6, 05:41 4
  - It's a snowball. Several slow people + others knowing they're slow and not being as attentive - Strongbad Sep 6, 05:44 3
    - I enjoy the drafts and all but you guys and gals dragged this draft along like the dog in the Vacation movie. -- nm - Krusty Sep 6, 05:50
    - f'in Cavemen -- nm - oblique Sep 6, 05:48
    - plus long weekend -- nm - Beaker Sep 6, 05:45
- Reagen is OTC, followed by shay and me. -- nm - Strongbad Sep 6, 05:35
Best NYT Article. Ever. -- (link) - Strongbad Sep 6, 05:05 5
- The note at the bottom of the article is great -- nm - prayformojo Sep 6, 05:42
- But, what if I really need people to know that I should be removed from the email chain? How will they know otherwise?!?! -- nm - Beaker Sep 6, 05:32 1
  - Smoke signals or flags. -- nm - Strongbad Sep 6, 05:33
- They put it in print too -- (link*) - ty97 Sep 6, 05:23 [Image]
- replyallpocalypse -- nm - volnelk Sep 6, 05:20
Just over 4 months ago, a clarion call went forth across the ST landscape. It rang clear, "Bring your best traders forth!" and so it was done. - Will Hunting Sep 6, 04:53 15
- Always enjoy a good contest. Really is an experience to play with limited cash again :) -- nm - Meg Sep 6, 08:22
- did someone tell amoxy that the point was to increase your port value? -- nm - groiny Sep 6, 07:24
- Brilliant summary!! It was fun and thank you so much for organizing. -- nm - Epiphany Sep 6, 06:57
- Heh. -- nm - kelly Sep 6, 06:56
- Congrats everyone. -- nm - LMS Sep 6, 06:41
- funny and well done write-up for what sounds like a great contest. -- nm - Mel Profit Sep 6, 06:31
- ha-ha! Well done! -- nm - Diva Sep 6, 06:26
- LOL. Nice. -- nm - JaxSean Sep 6, 06:23
- Thanks for running it. I got hit badly with real life in August but still had a blast -- nm - Karl_S Sep 6, 06:08
- Hahaha! Well done and it was fun. -- nm - Krusty Sep 6, 05:36
- Thanks to you for coordinating! -- nm* - ty97 Sep 6, 05:33 1
  - This. I enjoyed it. - Strongbad Sep 6, 05:34
- *Tips the cap to all involved.* -- nm - volnelk Sep 6, 05:01
- Congrats to all! -- nm - Beaker Sep 6, 04:57
- Well done and congrats to all. You're all winners in my eyes! -- nm - CQ Sep 6, 04:57

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