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A pitbull saved a Brooklyn woman from a rapist. -- (link) - Krusty Dec 1, 10:56
All-Party Parliamentary Committee recommends Canada adopt proportional representation ratified by a referendum. Liberals dissent. -- (link) - Name Withheld by Request Dec 1, 10:45 1
- no thanks, not a fan -- nm* - Beaker Dec 1, 10:55
Gronk is done for 2016. -- (link) - ML Dec 1, 10:43 5
- ugh -- nm - Beaker Dec 1, 10:56
- I'm still shocked Mahutmas had no interest in trading for Bennett before the season began. -- nm - Strongbad Dec 1, 10:50
- I wonder how many surgeries he's had in the past five years. - David Dec 1, 10:46 1
  - the reason he dropped in the draft was back injuries so this doesn't bode well at all for him long-term -- nm - ML Dec 1, 10:47
- Had him in a keeper league (where TE is kept in the FLEX spot) for three years but traded him away this year. I think this is him. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Dec 1, 10:46
Early Oscar odds to win Best Picture - Strongbad Dec 1, 10:39
Coachella: Beyonce and Kendrick Lamar for 2017 -- (link) - budice Dec 1, 10:33
the colombian stadium tribute to the brazilian soccer team who went down in that crash... - x Dec 1, 10:23
(sitwap) Great article in the times about the ultra-rich and how they hide their money: "How to Hide 400 Million" -- (link) - decline Dec 1, 10:22 2
- i skimmed that earlier. i like the part where they describe the meeting where even the lawyers have lawyers....nm - x Dec 1, 10:25 1
  - That cracked me up. -- nm - David Dec 1, 10:46
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Whoa... can you actually filter away subreddits now on reddit all?? - con_carne Dec 1, 10:16 3
- Why anyone would ever try and view reddit outside of very specifically chosen subreddits is beyond me. - Qale Dec 1, 10:33
- r/mostlyall -- nm - Reagen Dec 1, 10:17 1
  - Bye bye /r/The_Donald! - con_carne Dec 1, 10:18
"Hades" and (not kidding) "JnMark". -- nm - Reagen Dec 1, 10:16 1
- Hades is not an inappropriate name for a couple children I know (within my own family). -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 1, 10:25
Well, the mod I did on my bike yesterday seems to work (mostly). For under ten bucks I made a pannier conversion mount for my messenger bag. - Beryllium Dec 1, 10:13
Georgetown is currently edging Coppin State 70-20. -- nm - David Dec 1, 10:12 5
- Keep watching to see if they actually reach the .500 mark for the season! -- nm - prayformojo Dec 1, 10:32
- This would never have happened if Coppin were an actual state. -- nm - Tim Dec 1, 10:13 3
  - Coppin State's coach is winning the wardrobe battle, but he's got murder in his eyes. -- nm - David Dec 1, 10:14 2
    - And whatever a Rodney Pryor is, that kid is special. - David Dec 1, 10:23 1
      - He is 150% of Georgetown's offense this year -- nm - prayformojo Dec 1, 10:32
NYFCC: Supporting Actress Michelle Williams. Actress: Isabelle Huppert -- nm - ty97 Dec 1, 10:04 7
- Picture: La La -- nm - ty97 Dec 1, 10:23 3
  - (I don't even know what la la land is about) -- nm - decline Dec 1, 10:26 1
    - I think it has something to do with music ...and dance ...and romance. -- nm - mud Dec 1, 10:51
  - This gives me a Gilmore Girls earworm. -- nm - David Dec 1, 10:24
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- Director: Barry Jenkins (Moonlight) -- nm - ty97 Dec 1, 10:05
Oregon football's fall from grace under Mark Helfrich was the fourth worse since 1936. - ReluctantCynic Dec 1, 10:00 2
- Rumor has it they're going after Mcelwain from FL. -- nm - Strongbad Dec 1, 10:15 1
  - That wouldn't be a bad choice, IMHO. And I didn't realize that this will be Oregon's first actual search for a coach since 1976. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 1, 10:28
Yay ear infection! -- nm - Tim Dec 1, 09:54 6
- I know someplace you can get medication to treat that. -- nm* - ty97 Dec 1, 10:03
- Also: PSA: if you're on a brand name medication, there's probably a coupon at the manufacturer's website, which is almost always www.thedrugsname.com - Tim Dec 1, 09:57 4
  - I remember when they banned CiproDex in Modern and EDH. -- nm - Qale Dec 1, 10:12
  - (nice tip!) -- nm - Andie Dec 1, 10:08 1
    - Savings vary wildly based on the medication and how good your insurance is, but they sure can help a lot. -- nm - Tim Dec 1, 10:10
  - NOT TELLING ME THIS SOONER HAS COST ME THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS!!! - David Dec 1, 09:59
NCAAB: Isiah Thomas holds up huge Crying Jordan head after Indianas win over North Carolina -- (link) - budice Dec 1, 09:45 1
- that's ..pretty funny -- nm - mud Dec 1, 10:12
"Melissa" spelled "Milica" - Reagen Dec 1, 09:33 24
- Huh. I expected that IM to say "Ugh, Starbucks." -- nm - Qale Dec 1, 10:15
- "It doesn't rhyme with 'silica'? That's strange ... ." -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 1, 09:53 1
  - I mean, as a chem teacher... -- nm - Reagen Dec 1, 09:56
- those parents are ... what's the word? - call me Ishmael Dec 1, 09:48 2
  - I think you mean ubnocshus. -- nm - pmb Dec 1, 09:53 1
    - of course ... silly me and my no-auto-spellcheck ... -- nm - call me Ishmael Dec 1, 10:05
- #toowhite -- nm - con_carne Dec 1, 09:45
- We have a Milica here. She's from an Eastern European country. It's pronounced MI-liss-a but errryone calls her Mila. -- nm - Diva Dec 1, 09:42 1
  - "lee-loo" -- nm - budice Dec 1, 09:46
- I'm working on a matter with a "Jason" spelled "Jaisohn". -- nm - pmb Dec 1, 09:42 2
  - no... -- nm - Diva Dec 1, 09:43 1
    - I'm wondering if it's a cultural translation thing because his last name is "Im". -- (edited) - pmb Dec 1, 09:45
- "Its short for Metallica" -- nm - budice Dec 1, 09:40
- If it was Milicia I could see it but that's never a soft c -- nm - iSpam Dec 1, 09:39 3
  - Maybe there's a cedilla on it? -- nm - Baron More Dough Dec 1, 10:17 1
    - Y'know, just to make it more pretentious. -- nm - Baron More Dough Dec 1, 10:19
  - I would pronounce this spelling as militia -- nm - ty97 Dec 1, 09:55
- Just thing there's also an Apple and a Orange running around in this world. - budice Dec 1, 09:38 1
  - They are nothing alike. -- nm - Reagen Dec 1, 09:54
- unrelated related: we now have a suzzanne here. extra points in scrab? is that why? -- nm - university of amanda jones Dec 1, 09:34 1
  - Suzzy? wrong! -- nm - Andie Dec 1, 09:35
- *Batman Robin-slap* NO! -- nm - Mop Dec 1, 09:34
- no-one is ever, EVER, getting that right on the first try. - Andie Dec 1, 09:33 1
  - Although "Meleeka" is a pretty cute name. -- nm - Mop Dec 1, 09:34
Things Rich People Can Do... - Andie Dec 1, 09:33 7
- If she is very ill, how can she travel? -- nm - amoxy Dec 1, 09:36 4
  - it's a niece, not the traveler, who is very ill. But if something happens, they won't go. -- nm - Andie Dec 1, 09:40 1
    - Ah makes sense -- nm - amoxy Dec 1, 09:42
  - Not the traveler. A member of the traveler's family -- nm - iSpam Dec 1, 09:38
  - *deletes morbid reply* -- nm - znufrii Dec 1, 09:38
- So if they're not going, someone else can go in their place, right? Hint, hint. -- nm - Mop Dec 1, 09:33 1
  - heh, someone actually could (they'd have to get their own flights.) but they could. - Andie Dec 1, 09:34
I think parents are more awed/shocked/traumatized by the Cars 3 teaser than children. - Mop Dec 1, 09:31
In a life or death battle between 2016 and Buzz Aldrin, I pick Buzz. -- nm - Mop Dec 1, 09:24 2
- He's 86 and at the South Pole... -- nm - decline Dec 1, 09:42 1
  - And melting of the Antarctic ice shelves increased 12% right after he arrived. Coincidence? - ReluctantCynic Dec 1, 10:02
from below: If you saw all three, how would you rank, from best to worst: Moana, Finding Dory, Zootopia -- nm - prayformojo Dec 1, 09:22 14
- Moana, Zootopia, Finding Dory -- nm - Ender Dec 1, 10:17
- Fucking furries. -- nm - Qale Dec 1, 10:16
- Moana, Zootopia, Dory. But all were terrific. -- nm* - Dark Callisto Dec 1, 10:15
- Zoo............Dory/Moana -- nm - oblique Dec 1, 09:45
- Zoo, Dory, Moana -- nm - budice Dec 1, 09:39
- I haven't seen Moana, but Dory and Zootopia are numbers 2 and 4 in my current top 10 list for 2016.. - Marlowe Dec 1, 09:36 4
  - What are 1 and 3? -- nm - David Dec 1, 09:38 3
    - Arrival and Hail Caesar.. (NM) - Marlowe Dec 1, 09:45 2
      - our top 10s will have some similarities! -- nm - mud Dec 1, 09:46 1
        
        It gets very foreign-y after that.. - Marlowe Dec 1, 09:48
- Moana, Dory, Zootopia. I'm not big on Zootopia. Feels very "Disney filler" to me (i.e. Atlantis or Meet the Robinson) -- nm - Mop Dec 1, 09:33
- I haven't seen dory or moana. But zootopia was great. Really great. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 1, 09:32
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- Zootopia, Moana, Finding Dory. - David Dec 1, 09:27
I'm not sure the writer realizes it but his story IS the book here. (This NY Times post is two years old but hilarious.) - David Dec 1, 09:20 2
- That's awesome. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 1, 09:55 1
  - I giggle a little every time I think about the Japan visit. -- nm - David Dec 1, 09:59
New York Film Critics Circle is (very very slowly) announcing awards. They gave best animated to Zootopia which, for whatever reason, surprises me -- nm - ty97 Dec 1, 09:19 15
- I really enjoyed it, but Kubo would seem like the film critics would more likely go for. -- nm - LMS Dec 1, 09:30 3
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    - Got to admire the craft that went in to making it, even if I wasn't completely blown away by the story. -- nm - LMS Dec 1, 09:40 1
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- i liked that movie....nm - x Dec 1, 09:23
- It's lit - budice Dec 1, 09:21
- Disney's in a difficult (but welcome) spot in picking which of their three titles to push. - David Dec 1, 09:21
- As for the other awards so far (which looks like than half announced) Moonlight and Manchester each appear a couple of times - ty97 Dec 1, 09:21 6
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        I might agree with this -- nm - ty97 Dec 1, 10:01
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Tom Cruise tweets a sneak peek of the Mummy Remake -- (link*) - budice Dec 1, 09:19 2
- loved the Frasier remake, but this looks like a BOMB -- nm - Beaker Dec 1, 09:27
- Is this a Mummy remake? Or a Mummy remake remake? -- nm - Strongbad Dec 1, 09:26
Now Playing: Last Christmas - Jimmy Eat World -- (link) - budice Dec 1, 09:12 [youtube]
Current browsing pet peeve: seeing a video loading on mobile that you don't want to watch and having no way to stop it - Reagen Dec 1, 09:11
I like that new Bruno Mars song. - David Dec 1, 09:08 3
- is he a whiny little bitch in it? -- nm - groiny Dec 1, 09:11 1
  - No, it's his other persona: Party down boss. -- nm - Mop Dec 1, 09:35
- It's infectiously earwormy -- nm - prayformojo Dec 1, 09:10
Going to the BIFA's on Sunday, here's who apparently attending - LMS Dec 1, 08:59 1
- "...and Liv Tyler" - budice Dec 1, 09:03
maybe I should just a damn local bank. -- nm - university of amanda jones Dec 1, 08:51 16
- Or you can actually use change to buy things. Its still money. -- nm - budice Dec 1, 08:55
- Mine ends up going into self checkers at the grocery store. -- nm - Reagen Dec 1, 08:53 12
  - Mine mostly goes into big bowls and jars. I'm sure I have over $500 in change right now. I keep meaning to go to the coinstar but haven't made it - pmb Dec 1, 08:58 11
    - NOW, imagine your $1 and $2 bills you get are actually change and in there...welcome to Canada -- nm - Beaker Dec 1, 09:28 1
      - when i was just in Boston i ended up coming home with 4 of the US $1 coins. -- nm - Andie Dec 1, 09:48
    - I used to have Hinkey Schmidt water bottle that I would fill during the year, and before Christmas, cash it in - groiny Dec 1, 09:01 6
      - this is what I do with my credit card and cashback rewards. I have about $700 waiting to redeem right now. -- nm - university of amanda jones Dec 1, 09:18 3
        
        note that I live in the middle of nowhere so buy *everything* online. we don't even have a gap or an old navy here. -- nm - university of amanda jones Dec 1, 09:20 2
        
        do you use ebates? Got $238 back when I bought my computer thanks to them -- nm - Beaker Dec 1, 09:28 1
        
        I use ebates, mrrebates, topcashback, splender, etc. do you know about cashbackholic? -- nm - university of amanda jones Dec 1, 09:30
      - I just coinstar'd a couple of weeks ago. Had $140 worth. -- nm - decline Dec 1, 09:03 1
        
        Clean out my car every so often, usually end up $10 - $20 -- nm - budice Dec 1, 09:05
    - How do you even manage that without dollar and two dollar coins? -- nm* - Reagen Dec 1, 09:00 1
      - Lots of big jars all over the house. -- nm - pmb Dec 1, 09:27
- 'rob' -- nm - insert the missing word Dec 1, 08:53 1
  - 'hump' -- nm - insert the missing word Dec 1, 09:05
Harnarayan Singh getting the call up to the regular Hockey Night broadcast on English on Saturday -- (link) - Reagen Dec 1, 08:50 1
- But... it's in ENGLISH! -- nm - Confused Bigot Dec 1, 09:05

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