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A friend has a team outing today, and it might be the worst possible activity - MDH Dec 9, 07:11 2
- The only possible solution is to go full Will Ferrell, and *completely* through yourself into it. -- nm - landbeck Dec 9, 07:46
- Oh, good god. -- nm - znufrii Dec 9, 07:12
I know a person's worth is not their looks, but man, Mitch McConnel's face annoys the fuck out of me. -- nm - ty97 Dec 9, 07:10 1
- Is he not turtley enough for you to be in the Turtle Club? -- nm - HRC Dec 9, 07:12
Salmon are considered “anadromous” which means they live in both fresh and salt water. -- nm - Beaker Dec 9, 07:06
oh crap. I have to get a christmas gift for sasha's mom. generic older lady gift idea? -- nm - university of amanda jones Dec 9, 07:02 4
- A fancy cutting board -- pretty bamboo, or marble, or antibacterial plastic. -- (link) - mara Dec 9, 07:13
- tea cozy, antimacassar, crochet basket -- nm - TWuG Dec 9, 07:10
- Zack Efron calendar -- nm - decline Dec 9, 07:10
- scarf -- nm - groiny Dec 9, 07:08
So, apparently Trump's pick for commerce secretary was the owner of the coal mine where this happened. -- (link) - znufrii Dec 9, 06:56 2
- Cabinet of Deplorables -- nm - mara Dec 9, 07:00 1
  - Very much so. -- nm - Krusty Dec 9, 07:14
Vox be Voxxing: Let’s relocate a bunch of government agencies to the Midwest -- (link) - ty97 Dec 9, 06:52 13
- There was a movement to make St Louis the US capital in the early 1900s since it's the new center of the country. -- nm - spamlet Dec 9, 06:58 1
  - Oddly, Instapundit is proposing the same thing in the USA Today -- (link) - ML Dec 9, 07:11
- So basically a giant federal infusion of help for the region. - Mel Profit Dec 9, 06:55 9
  - i can't imagine why these pople get insulted because they think people on the coasts look down on them....nm - x Dec 9, 07:08 5
    - The fact that "red states" are greater consumers of federal assistance as is, means this attitude has a basis in truth. - Mel Profit Dec 9, 07:12
    - Meh, it cuts both ways -- nm - ty97 Dec 9, 07:08 3
      - both ways are wrong...nm - x Dec 9, 07:10 2
        
        it took me 20 years to come to this. - Mel Profit Dec 9, 07:14 1
        
        it's bs broad brushing... - x Dec 9, 07:16
  - Maybe having government closer to them will help convince them of its need. - Roger More Dec 9, 07:04 1
    - Your IM is right, there are tons of regional federal offices around the country - ty97 Dec 9, 07:08
  - The problem is, how many people would not go, and could you get ample good candidates locally to replace them -- nm - ty97 Dec 9, 07:03
- (hey JackDawson! Enjoy Akron!) -- nm - ty97 Dec 9, 06:53
Huh. NYT and Breitbart are apparently both against the Labor Secretary pick -- (link) - ty97 Dec 9, 06:48 1
- Not giving them the click, but this tweet has a link to the Breitbart article if you are interested -- (link) - ty97 Dec 9, 06:55
War for the Planet of the Apes trailer -- (link) - ML Dec 9, 06:47 [youtube] 4
- This franchise really does nothing to me.. (NM) - Marlowe Dec 9, 07:02
- I dig it. - Mel Profit Dec 9, 07:02 1
  - I have enjoyed the new films thus far, but this trailer doesn't hook me. :-/ -- nm - ML Dec 9, 07:06
- (bleh) -- nm - ML Dec 9, 06:49
I would just like to note, there's still a bit of time for Courtney and Phil to get cast on Teen Mom -- nm - ty97 Dec 9, 06:44 4
- I'm going to delete this photo in a little while. -- (link) - university of amanda jones Dec 9, 06:57 2
  - So - ty97 Dec 9, 06:59 1
    - No Ragrets -- nm - decline Dec 9, 07:03
- did I not mention this? I am almost convinced she's pregnant (whose kid? appar we don't know!) because she was just chugging along normally and then - university of amanda jones Dec 9, 06:56
I bought this for my mom -- (link) - university of amanda jones Dec 9, 06:38
So the woman Mick Jagger had a child with is young enough to be the daughter of his daughter -- nm - decline Dec 9, 06:33
Christmas nick time. -- nm - Seven Strongbads Swimming Dec 9, 06:28 1
- fine -- nm - kilbowl full of jelly Dec 9, 06:47
Question: so I paid via Paypal for something at Best Buy that I eventually returned. 10 days later, the Paypal hasn't been credited. - ML Dec 9, 06:21 3
- I would speak with BB to see if they processed the return and if so then you have to speak with PayPal. Sucks -- nm - Krusty Dec 9, 06:24 2
  - i was going to say, i'd try best buy first they might care about a customer. paypal's customer service is abysmal...nm - x Dec 9, 06:29 1
    - This is very true. -- nm - Krusty Dec 9, 06:31
Holland might be 20 years old but he sounds like a 12 year old. I like the trailer and I really hope the movie is fun. - Krusty Dec 9, 06:16 1
- I will go to my grave defending Garfield's Spider Man -- nm - groiny Dec 9, 07:09
Happy 100th birthday to Issur Danielovitch (aka Kirk Douglas). - ML Dec 9, 06:04 14
- hmmm, maybe it's time to watch the last sunset again....nm - x Dec 9, 06:10 12
  - My project for the weekend is The Right Stuff. -- nm - ML Dec 9, 06:13 11
    - Wait, it's over 3 hrs long? - spamlet Dec 9, 06:26 2
      - Break it up. Watch the Chuck Yeager stuff one night and the Mercury program the next -- nm - Roger More Dec 9, 06:38 1
        
        Yeah, that's what we'll probably end up doing. Just bought it on Vudu. -- nm - spamlet Dec 9, 06:38
    - i saw that in theaters when it came out. i think that's the last movie that i saw that had an intermission....nm - x Dec 9, 06:21 6
      - Didn't you watch Branagh's Hamlet? (NM) - Marlowe Dec 9, 06:36 1
        
        nope....nm - x Dec 9, 06:47
      - My dad took me to see it at... - Mel Profit Dec 9, 06:23 3
        
        oh yeah, i remember that theater in charles river park (was it just called the charles?) they could show movies in 70mm..... - x Dec 9, 06:33 2
        
        I think you're right, it was "The Charles". I remember standing in literally lines for hours (RotJ) on the stairs from the first to second floor. -- nm - Mel Profit Dec 9, 06:35 1
        
        probably worth it. that place had the biggest screen in boston....nm - x Dec 9, 06:37
    - good call. -- nm - Mel Profit Dec 9, 06:14
- rapey (allegedly). -- nm - Diva Dec 9, 06:06
Fowler to the Cards? I look forward to Cubs fans hating on him as much as Cards fans hated on Heyward. -- nm - ML Dec 9, 06:01
WADA claims over 1000 Russian athletes involved in systemic organized doping across 30 sports. -- (link) - Diva Dec 9, 05:59
So I guess they just called the game at the half last night because it was too cold? - Baron Zero C Dec 9, 05:57
courtney left her iphone at home when she ran away (phil got her a new phone for her "travels"). she scrubbed the inbox and photos - university of amanda jones Dec 9, 05:56 30
- I am behind on this, can someone link me to the start of this story!? -- nm - MDH Dec 9, 06:22 4
  - all the episodes are dropping at once. -- (link) - university of amanda jones Dec 9, 06:25 [Backboard] 3
    - *laughing* I like that Phugative Phil quit his job to better plan this. Like, I'm imagining... - Mel Profit Dec 9, 06:32 2
      - apartment? trailer home or his grandmother's basement more like -- nm - decline Dec 9, 06:36 1
        
        The apt of some friend who is out of town but doesn't know that PP has just sort of helped himself. - Mel Profit Dec 9, 06:38
- What are Courtney's charges? I missed that episode. -- nm - iSpam Dec 9, 06:18 15
  - I don't know that she's facing charges. like, she lied to phil only, right? phil was the one lying to the cops about where she was, phil - university of amanda jones Dec 9, 06:23 14
    - Why was she hiding if no charges? I thought that was why she was hiding? -- nm - spamlet Dec 9, 06:26 4
      - She ran away. -- nm - ty97 Dec 9, 06:27 3
        
        Oh. I thought she was hiding from cops. -- nm - spamlet Dec 9, 06:29 2
        
        that's phugative phil. -- nm - Diva Dec 9, 06:30 1
        
        You miss the pilot and get completely lost. I'm caught up now. -- nm - spamlet Dec 9, 06:30
    - Poll: Guess where Courtney's actual parents are - ty97 Dec 9, 06:26 8
      - Drug running for a Mexican cartel -- nm - decline Dec 9, 06:35 7
        
        Notice Meg is pretty silent about all this. - Mel Profit Dec 9, 06:36 6
        
        Meg is definitely involved - ty97 Dec 9, 06:42 5
        
        He's in Estonia by now... - Mel Profit Dec 9, 06:44 4
        
        Oh you poor naive man. - ty97 Dec 9, 06:46 3
        
        she knows that some people are more valuable alive and owing favors than dead and scattered. -- nm - Mel Profit Dec 9, 06:47 2
        
        True. But honestly, is Phugitive Phil one of those people? -- nm - ty97 Dec 9, 06:49 1
        
        she's still mulling it over. she can get to him in Estonia if she thinks he's outlived his uses. - Mel Profit Dec 9, 06:53
- phugative phil is fantastic. - Mel Profit Dec 9, 06:08 3
  - I'm wondering if Phil is her pimp or pimp equivalent. nm - ralph wiggum Dec 9, 06:19 2
    - this is what jz and I discussed on the way to work. is he smart enough for that, though? -- nm - university of amanda jones Dec 9, 06:24 1
      - He better hope the cops think he's not that "smart". Nm - ralph wiggum Dec 9, 06:25
- I don't know what this is about but I want to know more. -- nm* - Krusty Dec 9, 06:06 1
  - Here's the pilot episode (it's good!) -- (link) - ty97 Dec 9, 06:25 [Backboard]
- Run Phil! Run! -- nm - ty97 Dec 9, 06:04 2
  - one more thing I forgot to mention (I think) is that phil's brother helped phil get courtney to the grandmother's house - university of amanda jones Dec 9, 06:18
  - he's probably sooooo dreamy -- nm - decline Dec 9, 06:09
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- Are the ones saying it ... white? -- nm - JaxSean Dec 9, 06:16
- Give him a chance! -- nm - ty97 Dec 9, 06:02
- being horrified is exhausting so they're wishing on a star. -- nm - Diva Dec 9, 06:02 8
  - or a meteor. sweet, sweet meteor.... -- nm - JaxSean Dec 9, 06:14
  - it really is. - Mel Profit Dec 9, 06:11
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    - agree totally. just because this is amazingly hard doesn't mean we can just shut our eyes and hope. -- nm - Diva Dec 9, 06:17
    - I've decided... - Mel Profit Dec 9, 06:14 2
      - *ding* - znufrii Dec 9, 06:20
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  - I for one, am exhausted - ty97 Dec 9, 06:03
- agreed. It seems like a rogues gallery of scoundrels. -- nm - Mel Profit Dec 9, 06:00 6
  - Keith Olbermann (yeah, I know) post a bit on it on twitter and called them a group of Batman villians -- nm - decline Dec 9, 06:09 2
    - That El Chapo named Drug Czar bit that's going around is funny. Nm - ralph wiggum Dec 9, 06:22
    - that's a pretty apt description. -- nm - Mel Profit Dec 9, 06:11
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    - But they are finally getting rid of that totally incompetent and totally corrupt Obama -- nm - zeit spiced geist Dec 9, 13:41
    - heh -- nm - decline Dec 9, 06:09
It's the most awfulest time of the year. - ty97 Dec 9, 05:43 2
- Stopped at a corner mart this morning for a cup of coffee. Santa was there! He wasn't wearing his suit, but had his hat and gave out candy canes -- nm - decline Dec 9, 06:16
- And it's all in Manhattan this year. Sucker! -- nm - Krusty Dec 9, 06:05
Time's Person of the Year criticized them for not calling it Man of the Year -- (link) - ty97 Dec 9, 05:27 1
- He should have criticized them for not calling it Douche of the Year. -- nm - jnine Dec 9, 05:28
Largest-ever survey of transgender community shows 40% have attempted suicide, 59% avoid using public restrooms -- (link) - ty97 Dec 9, 05:25
In positive news, I've just got a pair of Harry Potter play tickets for next weekend. Got selected in the Friday 40! -- nm - LMS Dec 9, 05:24 2
- Andie! -- nm - oblique Dec 9, 05:51 1
  - and my colleague just said she can't make it so got a spare -- nm - LMS Dec 9, 06:02
Korea's President Park impeached on corruption charges. -- (link*) - iSpam Dec 9, 05:19 5
- unsurprising, since her approval rating was at 4%....nm - x Dec 9, 05:53 3
  - She, Dilma and Francois Holland can form a support group. -- nm - Reagen Dec 9, 05:55 2
    - And their fist call will be to HRC.. (NM) - Marlowe Dec 9, 06:10 1
      - 40% favorables, bitches! Why you callin' me? -- nm - HRC Dec 9, 07:10
- Is that bad? -- nm - ML Galaxy Dec 9, 05:49
I may have posted this before but anyway: I'm a dog person. But for #ff, let me suggest Bodega Cats. I love this account. -- (link) - ty97 Dec 9, 05:06 2
- that first cat is adorbs. -- nm - university of amanda jones Dec 9, 05:58
- i only follow some sixtysomething accounts, but that's one...nm - x Dec 9, 05:54
LDB - out. - Will Hunting Dec 9, 04:56
Dear Facebook: Stop with the year in review videos. The year is not over yet! -- nm - ty97 Dec 9, 04:55
ST Bowl Pick 'em Group ID# 6168 (Bery please add link above, thanks!) -- link - Beaker Dec 9, 04:50 [Backboard]
LDBC: Out (This Is Us) (spoilers) - znufrii Dec 9, 04:45 7
- dude. I warned you -- nm - oblique Dec 9, 05:10 6
  - technically, i think that *I* was the first warning bell on this one ... - call me Kris Kringle Dec 9, 07:39
  - Totally slipped my mind when we were catching up on it last night. Ah, well. -- nm - znufrii Dec 9, 06:17 2
    - It's so mean it almost seems intentional -- nm - oblique Dec 9, 06:18 1
      - It worked perfectly for that moment in the show, I thought. -- nm - znufrii Dec 9, 06:22
  - I put it on mute, although I wasn't sure if reading the lyrics counted. The closed captioning started with lyrics from another song, so I thought - jnine Dec 9, 05:26 1
    - This is where knowing at what point in the show it happens really helps so you can just FF past it. Sorry. -- (edited) - Krusty Dec 9, 06:13
Sorry Sciere! - ML Dec 9, 04:44 2
- 2 or more tds in 9 straight games and he has legs -- nm - Crashquick Dec 9, 04:49 1
  - Sure. On paper, Carr was the better play. -- nm - ML Galaxy Dec 9, 05:42
Women's march on Washington in January banned from the Lincoln Memorial, Washington Monument and National Mall. -- (link) - jnine Dec 9, 04:06
So, a follow-up on the Jagger baby. He has a great grandchild already that is 2.5 years old. That's an interesting family tree. -- nm - volnelk Dec 9, 04:01 4
- It would be weird enough being older than an Uncle, but being older that a Great Half-Uncle? -- nm - landbeck Dec 9, 04:39 2
  - Right? I sortof love stories like this though. I remember my mind being blown growing up when - ty97 Dec 9, 04:56 1
    - My friend's brother is younger than his kids. It's weird to hear them call him Uncle. -- nm - jnine Dec 9, 05:28
- heh, the radio show we listen to on the way to work were just talking about this :) -- nm - Beaker Dec 9, 04:29
I liked the Spiderman trailer. -- nm - Beaker Dec 9, 03:57
TV PSA: Hell's Kitchen, MacGyver, Last Man Standing, Vampire Diaries, Dr Ken, Crazy Ex-GF, Gold Rush, Hawaii 5-O, Shark Tank, Z Nation, Exorcist, -- nm - Beaker Dec 9, 03:16 1
- Blue Bloods, Van Helsing, other stuff -- nm - Beaker Dec 9, 03:17

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