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Beyonce's latest release gets 9 noms for the grammies including Best Rock Performance... -- (link) - Remlik Dec 6, 09:02 1
- These noms are spot on. MDH is lovin' this year in music -- nm - decline Dec 6, 09:05
Dawson, good news from SCOTUS today. -- (link) - decline Dec 6, 08:58
Temple head coach Matt Rhule moving on to Baylor -- nm - decline Dec 6, 08:50
Moon Bloodgood needs to be in more things. - Reagen Dec 6, 08:46 3
- I like her and her warm, sexy earthiness. -- nm - Diva Dec 6, 09:14
- yes, yes she does -- nm - decline Dec 6, 08:59
- She was on Falling Skies. And it looks like she's taking time off because she had a kid in Dec of last year -- nm - Remlik Dec 6, 08:48
Sony Pictures Brazil post reaction video of people after seeing Spider-man Homecoming... -- (link) - Remlik Dec 6, 08:45 2
- Yeah, but... Brazil. - Mop Dec 6, 09:08
- What's Portuguese for "Ugh. I guess." -- nm - Reagen Dec 6, 08:47
“We’re on a record-setting pace with our punt team.” -- nm - Jeff Fisher Dec 6, 08:43 1
- Gurley is *due* for 200 yards of rushing this week vs Atlanta. -- nm - Strongbad Dec 6, 08:44
Paul Ryan delaying GOP committee assignments until January. -- (link) - spamlet Dec 6, 08:33 2
- Lol -- nm - znufrii Dec 6, 08:58
- I enjoy the idea that the Freedom Caucus "forced out" Speaker Boehner, but yet they had absolulely 0 power to name his successor. -- nm - Strongbad Dec 6, 08:37
"Freedom" Caucus is against prolonged three-year phase-out/replacement of Obamacare -- (link*) - ty97 Dec 6, 08:20 13
- And what's their plan to replace it? -- nm - znufrii Dec 6, 08:39 5
  - Wheel! of! Healthcare! -- nm - Strongbad Dec 6, 08:43 1
    - heh -- nm - Diva Dec 6, 09:14
  - Hunger Games -- nm - Beaker Dec 6, 08:41
  - TrumpRyanCare -- nm - decline Dec 6, 08:40 1
    - "Tr-yan-Care"!!! -- nm - prayformojo Dec 6, 09:03
- It's an appallingly stupid idea. Having a transition period may make sense, but only if you have an idea what you're transitioning to. The idea of - pmb Dec 6, 08:35 5
  - I'd like to see how well they do in 2018 running against the message that they took away your healthcare. -- nm - znufrii Dec 6, 08:48 4
    - Never underestimate the Democrats ability to underperform -- nm - Beaker Dec 6, 08:49 3
      - word -- nm - Diva Dec 6, 10:14
      - Or of people's willingness to vote against their own self interest. -- nm - jnine Dec 6, 09:03
      - Truth. -- nm - znufrii Dec 6, 08:55
- Doesn't surprise me at all. -- nm - Strongbad Dec 6, 08:23
spawn, you want some stats? - oblique Dec 6, 08:16 2
- I hope you win Super Feud. -- nm - Spawn Dec 6, 08:25 1
  - It's a Cinderella story -- nm - oblique Dec 6, 08:31
I missed this movie news - Mike Flanagan who directed Hush is directing Stephen King's Gerald's Game and Carla Gugino is in it -- (link) - Epiphany Dec 6, 08:13 3
- in related news, there is no movie stock for this over on that other site - call me Kris Kringle Dec 6, 08:43 2
  - its a Netflix movie -- nm - Epiphany Dec 6, 09:04 1
    - welll, they should have IPO'd it over on that other site so that we could run the price up, then short it right before they delist it for no - call me Kris Kringle Dec 6, 13:00
"Underground cell service comes to a 1.1-mile stretch of Metro tunnels. Only 49.4 miles to go." - prayformojo Dec 6, 08:13
MLB Hall of Fame: The Baseball Writers vote to make all ballots public starting in 2018. - Strongbad Dec 6, 08:06
Megyn Kelly calls out Trump campaign's social media director -- (link*) - znufrii Dec 6, 08:06 1
- And she has some very choice words for critics of Roger Ailes's sexual harassment victims coming forward. -- nm* - znufrii Dec 6, 08:12
The Yankees will retire Derek Jeter's No. 2 and unveil his Monument Park plaque on Mother's Day, May 14 at Yankee Stadium. -- nm - Strongbad Dec 6, 08:05 4
- Still the most over rated player ever. -- nm - Crashquick Dec 6, 08:38 3
  - The only SS that compares to him numbers wise is Ripken and Jeter beats him in a few categories -- nm - Krusty Dec 6, 08:56
  - Similar batters: Craig Biggo, Paul Molitor, Robin Yount (according to baseball-reference.com) -- nm - Strongbad Dec 6, 08:42 1
    - And they're not shortstops. -- nm - Krusty Dec 6, 09:08
For those missed the news, not only is the Indiana Carrier plant automating and laying people off, Carrier is also increasing its prices. -- nm - Mop Dec 6, 07:56 4
- Higher prices is absolutely the tradeoff for keeping manufacturing here. That's the part people don't like to talk about. And automation is the - pmb Dec 6, 08:05
- they had announced the price raising before the Trump deal. It still sucks ass.... -- nm - Remlik Dec 6, 08:05 1
  - Yup and other manufacturers raised their prices as well. -- nm - Krusty Dec 6, 08:23
- Trump! -- nm - znufrii Dec 6, 07:58
Following up on the halloween thing where we had to give candy to another employee, now we just got an email - oblique Dec 6, 07:56 9
- Banana Surprise! -- nm - Beaker Dec 6, 08:27
- "You attempt to kill Steve with peanut butter was not appreciated. Meeting with HR at 8 AM." -- nm - Mop Dec 6, 07:57
- eff that sh!t. If you get a gift just pass that crap along -- nm - decline Dec 6, 07:57 6
  - ~the one true candle!~ -- nm - Epiphany Dec 6, 08:02
  - If someone tries to give you something, punch them in the balls. Doesn't matter what it is. Better safe than sorry. -- nm - Mop Dec 6, 07:58 4
    - I think I'm just going to print out the "you got something" printout you're supposed to leave with the gift so people know you already got one - oblique Dec 6, 08:01 3
      - Then you'll be asked what you gave. -- nm - jnine Dec 6, 09:24
      - Why do you hate teambuilding, kilbo? - spamlet Dec 6, 08:35
      - Then Cheryl from HR will stop by and ask who gave you something, and when caught in your deception, will renounce you infront of the entire company - decline Dec 6, 08:13
Here’s what you can rent for around $1,900/month in NYC right now -- (link) - ty97 Dec 6, 07:51 2
- I liked the Flatbush one -- nm - Epiphany Dec 6, 08:01 1
  - The character on the Crown Heights one is great, but a studio in Crown Heights now goes for 1900?! -- nm - ty97 Dec 6, 08:29
Trump nominee for HUD, Dr. Ben Carson, would be the 1st Sec of HUD that actually lived in government housing for a time -- nm - Strongbad Dec 6, 07:41 11
- Damn, sorry folks. I trusted Twitter without confirming myself. -- nm - Strongbad Dec 6, 07:50 3
  - Fake news spreader! - Remlik Dec 6, 08:05 2
    - I saw a tweet claiming that numerous news outlets have incorrectly reported it as well, so lots of folks are getting caught by this one. -- nm - ty97 Dec 6, 08:30
    - *guilty* -- nm - Strongbad Dec 6, 08:05
- That appears to be false. -- nm - decline Dec 6, 07:46
- Except his own spokesman says he never did. -- nm - Dark Callisto Dec 6, 07:45 5
  - We need one of our librarians to look it up in his book. -- nm - Max Dec 6, 07:46 4
    - I've been thinking of a new ST game where we present questions to each other and limit ourselves to non-internet tools. - Mel Profit Dec 6, 07:50 2
      - Are people posting from libraries excluded? -- nm - Spawn Dec 6, 07:52 1
        
        They'd give us a head start of, for now, an hour. They can't research until the question has been posted for an hour. -- nm - Mel Profit Dec 6, 07:55
    - It's reported in the same chapter where he details going to West Point... -- nm - decline Dec 6, 07:47
Chance the Rapper just broke the traditional music distribution model. 7 Grammy noms from his streaming-only album. -- nm - ML Dec 6, 07:35 3
- Reviewing the nominations now, I was right, this year sucked for music. -- nm - MDH Dec 6, 07:37
- what is the world coming to? -- nm - decline Dec 6, 07:36 1
  - next up: president donald trump. - university of amanda jones Dec 6, 07:37
Way to give myself a heart attack. - znufrii Dec 6, 07:34 1
- *snork* -- nm - Spawn Dec 6, 07:35
I will not name names, but a certain Blood Feuder has finished last in over half of the last 7 years. -- nm - Spawn Dec 6, 07:32 12
- Samara has missed the playoffs *2* years in a row! -- nm - Strongbad Dec 6, 07:42 5
  - Too bad she decided that Astro was too hard for her. -- nm* - spamlet Dec 6, 07:56 3
    - Vampirates teams scored 800 more points total than Astronauts this season -- nm - Strongbad Dec 6, 08:01 2
      - She was going to take over my team in Astro but then realized it was a playoff team and the not the last place team and deemed Astro too competitive. -- nm - spamlet Dec 6, 08:09
      - *and* Vampirates hold the top 2 seeds in SuperFeud -- nm - Strongbad Dec 6, 08:03
  - For THREE years in a row I was the 8 seed and got beat by the 1 seed. So this year I decided I was better off missing the play-offs. - Spawn Dec 6, 07:45
- *counts 12th place finishes* - oblique Dec 6, 07:37 5
  - spoils - Spawn Dec 6, 07:39 4
    - wait, damnit. 2016 is over already? -- nm - oblique Dec 6, 07:40 3
      - I think I understand, now. -- nm - Spawn Dec 6, 07:42 2
        
        Yeah well, I'm in the SuperFeud playoffs so *pbbbbtttttt* -- nm* - oblique Dec 6, 07:43 1
        
        Well, I won the Ruiner Bowl and that is what is important. -- nm - Spawn Dec 6, 07:46
So....I shouldn't even give it this much thought....but if he does cancel the AF1 order, then what? - ty97 Dec 6, 07:28 21
- here's a thing saying $3bn in case we care. -- (link) - university of amanda jones Dec 6, 07:36 2
  - "the new plane will be the longest in the world and will be capable of resisting nuclear blasts and deflecting heat-seeking missiles. " -- (edited) - ty97 Dec 6, 07:46 1
    - 250ft long - decline Dec 6, 07:48
- Airbus declined to bid as building only 3 planes in the US wouldn't have been economical - TWuG Dec 6, 07:35 3
  - Airbus has a manufacturing, or at least assembly, plant in some southern state (AL? MS?) - ty97 Dec 6, 07:39 2
    - AL. It's for A320s and variants only. -- nm - Roger More Dec 6, 07:44 1
      - That's what I thought, thanks -- nm - ty97 Dec 6, 07:47
- oh, and....... -- (link) - ty97 Dec 6, 07:32 2
  - that's just a bit of semantics, as with the 747-200 / VC-25A's, the base is a 747-8 which will be vastly modified -- nm - decline Dec 6, 07:33 1
    - Not semantics. He is telling his base he will cancel an order that does not exist. -- nm - Spawn Dec 6, 07:34
- This is not really that unprecendented. When Obama took office he cancelled an upgrade to Marine One - decline Dec 6, 07:30 5
  - also, the AF1 upgrade project isn't set to be completed (and planes in the air) until 2023 -- nm* - decline Dec 6, 07:31 4
    - Which is why the oder needs to continue. The current AF1 planes were built in 1986. They will be ancient by 2023 -- nm - ty97 Dec 6, 07:32 3
      - (This isn't me being political BTW. We are going to need new planes, if we continue to plan to own planes) -- nm - ty97 Dec 6, 07:38 2
        
        true. -- nm - decline Dec 6, 07:39 1
        
        And if he can get a better deal...yay? But this is such small potatoes -- nm - ty97 Dec 6, 07:40
- Future presidents have no plane! -- nm - Spawn Dec 6, 07:30 4
  - He's Trump, he'll just hire a bunch of people to flap their arms really hard - Strongbad Dec 6, 07:31 2
    - No, this does not effect him. This is for the future! -- nm - Spawn Dec 6, 07:33
    - harness the power of tweets! -- nm - Beaker Dec 6, 07:32
  - Zeppelins are the wave of the future! -- nm - Beaker Dec 6, 07:31
Ahh, interwebs -- (link) - ty97 Dec 6, 07:27 3
- So? -- nm - Ender Dec 6, 07:34 1
  - he's psychic! He knew years ago he would be PEOTUS and could alter Boeing stock! -- nm - decline Dec 6, 07:35
- *blank stare* -- nm - oblique Dec 6, 07:28
Dec 6, 1917 – Halifax Explosion: A munitions explosion near Halifax, Nova Scotia kills more than 1,900 people in the largest artificial explosion LINK - Beaker Dec 6, 07:26 2
- Halifax sends a Christmas tree to Boston every year in recognition of the help they provided afterward -- nm - Beaker Dec 6, 07:26 1
  - Heritage Moment - Vince Coleman, hero. -- (link) - Beaker Dec 6, 07:29 [youtube]
Bees normally buzz in the key of A, but when they are tired, they buzz in the key of E. -- nm - Beaker Dec 6, 07:25
Trailers: Star Wars - Rogue One (Intl) -- (link) - budice Dec 6, 07:23 [youtube] 1
- The Circle - Emma Watson, Tom Hanks -- (link) - budice Dec 6, 07:24
Nordstrom's has the perfect gift for the person who has everything -- (link) - decline Dec 6, 07:19 1
- A donation to the Human Fund -- nm - Costanza Dec 6, 07:21
Westworld S1: B+ (spoils) - ML Dec 6, 07:18 2
- Anthony Hopkins was just amazing all season long -- nm - decline Dec 6, 07:20 1
  - 6 episodes in, and fully agreed. -- nm - Spawn Dec 6, 07:37
RIP Peter Vaughan (Maester Aemon from GoT) -- (link) - znufrii Dec 6, 07:15 1
- I honestly thought he had already passed away -- nm - Beaker Dec 6, 07:15
Grammy Noms this morning: Beyonce vs Adele for Best Album. Kanye, Drake multiple noms too -- (link) - budice Dec 6, 07:15 8
- ‘Suicide Squad’ & Amy Schumer Score Hollywood Noms -- nm - decline Dec 6, 07:18
- "Adele, Beyoncé, the Chainsmokers Dominate the Nom...." *closes window* -- nm - ty97 Dec 6, 07:17 6
  - Justin Bieber is nominated for Album of the Year and several other awards. What has happened to the Grammys? -- nm - ty97 Dec 6, 07:19 5
    - there's a lot of good stuff on that album imo. -- nm - Diva Dec 6, 07:36
    - that's what you get for Never Stoppin' -- nm - prayformojo Dec 6, 07:20
    - its all PR now? -- nm - Epiphany Dec 6, 07:20 2
      - Wait, what? -- nm - znufrii Dec 6, 07:20 1
        
        the grammy's only care about what's popular? how can they make people tune in to their Grammy show? what brings in the most revenue? - Epiphany Dec 6, 07:21
28 days since the election. PEOTUS has zero press conferences, but his second 'victory rally' is tonight - decline Dec 6, 07:09 8
- he tweets, same thing really -- nm - Beaker Dec 6, 07:15
- Swamps drained: 0 -- nm - oblique Dec 6, 07:10 2
  - Installing himself as the saviour of jobs that simply cannot be saved doesn't seem like a wise move -- nm - Beryllium Dec 6, 07:17
  - Hot Tubs filled up, priceless -- nm - Beaker Dec 6, 07:15
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- He reportedly will have a presser on December 15 -- nm - ty97 Dec 6, 07:10 2
  - It will be interesting to see what news sources he allows in. -- nm - Spawn Dec 6, 07:35
  - yes, the 'Blind Trust' press conference -- nm - decline Dec 6, 07:11
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- Or, let's change things in a way that will benefit my business and my friend's businesses, regardless of cost. -- nm - jnine Dec 6, 09:31
The guy who shot former NFL player Joe McKnight (and was originally let go without charges) has been arrested on manslaughter charges -- (link) - decline Dec 6, 07:06 1
- the fact he had been previously arrested for road rage makes me wonder how he ever got released in the first place... - Beaker Dec 6, 07:13
Word. -- nm - budice Dec 6, 07:05

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