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Even the Super Bowl cannot compete with the emotion of this game. - David's iPad Dec 10, 15:18
#GoArmy #GoArmy #GoArmy - IrishStephen Dec 10, 15:16 1
- I'm in tears over here. Beat Navy! -- nm - sgtmike Dec 10, 15:22
anyone else getting a "spiral" feeling with all of this? -- (link) - mud Dec 10, 15:04
Rep. Cicilline (D-R.I.): Electoral College has 'right' to weigh Russian hacking -- (link) - mud Dec 10, 14:50 2
- So. If they pick Hill it goes to congress. -- nm - Spawndroid Dec 10, 15:14 1
  - Nah, it's congress if no one gets 270. - Will Hunting Dec 10, 15:20
"This is Williamsburg. Used to be orthodox Jew and now it's hipsters, two versions of the same thing: 'let's all look alike.'" -- nm - con_medians in cars getting coffee Dec 10, 14:49
Trump: Army-Navy game not having the "best football." -- (link) - BR2049 Dec 10, 14:15 2
- Wait..why is there then? He only does the "best" things. -- nm - . Dec 10, 14:36
- He probably doesn't know the difference between good and bad football. -- nm - . Dec 10, 14:24
Muslim-American Soldiers to Trump: STFU -- (link) - BR2049 Dec 10, 13:59 6
- Article is from last year. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 10, 14:34 5
  - d'oh -- nm - mud Dec 10, 14:39
  - Yeah, now they have to say, "Yes sir." - Spawn Dec 10, 14:35 3
    - You also address civilians with Sir or Ma'am so nothing changed for them -- nm - Bacon Dec 10, 14:40 2
      - Yeah but Sir Fucktard is now forbidden. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 10, 14:41 1
        
        That would be a no no, correct -- nm - Bacon Dec 10, 14:41
Help me understand how this is legal, college football fans -- (link) - ML Dec 10, 13:53 4
- I figured when he had the ball on a knee that it would have been whistled dead. -- nm - iSpam Dec 10, 14:14 2
  - Knee wasn't down. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 10, 14:32 1
    - I thought it was on the other angle that was shown but on my phone so could have been mistaken -- nm - iSpam Dec 10, 15:14
- Hand off was behind the line. -- nm - . Dec 10, 14:03
Happy Birthday MAJ! -- nm - . Dec 10, 13:46
Army 14 Navy 0 -- nm - Bacon Dec 10, 13:03 10
- BooYah! -- nm - sgtmike Dec 10, 13:12 4
  - Half to go -- nm - Bacon Dec 10, 13:24 3
    - I'm on the edge of my seat. Fighting haters off on facebook. this is too much - sgtmike Dec 10, 13:37 2
      - BLAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -- nm - Bacon Dec 10, 13:57
      - :) -- nm - Bacon Dec 10, 13:38
- Go Navy! -- nm - Krusty Dec 10, 13:12
- Navy has won 14 consecutive Army/Navy games -- nm - Tim Dec 10, 13:06 3
  - I don't know why they use it to decide who has home field in the World Series. -- nm - Reagen Dec 10, 13:25
  - I am painfully aware of this -- nm - Bacon Dec 10, 13:07 1
    - Army is the defacto local college team here so it's a big deal. - Tim Dec 10, 13:37
Istanbul is blowing up again, 2 explosions in different areas -- (link) - zeitgeist Dec 10, 12:37
I just saw Moana. It is not Lilo without Stitch but instead Lilo's history - JD Dec 10, 12:34
La La Land - Grade: A. Like a perfect cloud of amazingness gift-wrapped for the holidays. Emma Stone better win a damn Oscar for this. -- nm - Buzz Dec 10, 12:23 1
- Okay, but did you like it? :) -- nm - ty97 Dec 10, 12:36
#GoArmy #BeatNavy -- nm - IrishStephen Dec 10, 11:59 4
- GO ARMY! BEAT NAVY!!! -- nm - sgtmike Dec 10, 12:15
- The opposite of this. -- nm - Seven Strongbads Swimming Dec 10, 12:05 2
  - Right! -- nm - prayformojo Dec 10, 12:13
  - 15 in a row! -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 10, 12:10
There have been 3 episodes of Great American Baking Show so far and I've almost cried twice. -- (edited) - Diva Dec 10, 11:47 7
- Hot? -- nm - iSpam Dec 10, 13:56 2
  - It's just so wonderful and well done. -- nm - Diva Dec 10, 14:30
  - At least one oven per competitor. -- nm - . Dec 10, 14:07
- Wait wait wait. What channel is this?? -- nm - Amanda Dec 10, 12:21 1
  - ABC -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 10, 12:29
- for me, the hosts are wrong and hurt the show -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 10, 11:55 1
  - I find it easy to ignore them. To me this show is all about the bakes, the different challenges and Mary Berry. -- nm - Diva Dec 10, 12:01
Danny Huston *really* does not look like a Danny -- nm - prayformojo Dec 10, 11:43 1
- "Hacky Huston" -- nm - Reagen Dec 10, 11:44
Rex Tillerson, CEO of ExxonMobile and recipient of the Russian Order of Friendship is most likely the next Secretary of State - decline Dec 10, 11:23 3
- we're not even pretending our global hedgemony is all about the oil -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 10, 13:49
- dude, yonh -- (link) - Diva Dec 10, 11:37 [Backboard]
- Pretty mush the opposite of Mitt. Nice. -- (edited) - Spawn Dec 10, 11:33
Myvegas: check your emails, 50K coupon good only till 12.11 -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 10, 11:11
"Hey Google, set a reminder..." "I'm sorry, I'm not able to set reminders yet." IT'S IN THE EMAIL YOU SENT ME WITH TIPS FOR MY GOOGLE HOME! -- nm - Mop Dec 10, 10:04 1
- Haha! -- nm - Alexa Dec 10, 10:23
Minnesota Twins minor leaguer Yorman Landa died in a car accident last night in his native Venezuela. He was 22 -- nm - Beaker Dec 10, 10:04 6
- That sucks. Didn't this happen to another baseball player earlier this year in ... Haiti? Dominican Republic? -- nm - Beryllium Dec 10, 10:39 5
  - boating accident killed a star pitcher -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 10, 10:49 4
    - I meant in addition to that. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 10, 10:50 3
      - Oscar Tavaras in 2014. -- (link) - Mop Dec 10, 11:03
      - I think something similar happened last off season but I can't remember. -- nm - Krusty Dec 10, 11:01 1
        
        It was 2014 and it was Oscar Taveras. He died in a car accident in the DR just after the season ended. He was 22. -- (link) - Krusty Dec 10, 11:04
TV PSA: UFC 206, Toronto FC vs. Seattle, Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, Crawford-Molina, HNIC, Cuellar-Mares, other stuff -- nm - Beaker Dec 10, 10:03
""The American Nightmare" Cody Rhodes debuts in the Bullet Club!" - David Dec 10, 09:59 2
- Nice play on Dusty's nickname, even if Bullet Club is pretty watered down at this point. -- nm - Tim Dec 10, 10:04 1
  - This restores them. They replace star power with star power. - David's iPad Dec 10, 10:45
::16 hours of sleep later...:: - Spawn Dec 10, 09:49
Overwatch players: Which class or characters do you find yourself playing the most and which should be avoided? - Krusty Dec 10, 09:40 26
- Tracer, Pharah , Mercy are my primary ones - eag Dec 10, 09:50
- I am debating on giving the game a chance. You like so far? -- nm - Spawn Dec 10, 09:50 5
  - I've barely played it but it's been fun. -- nm - Krusty Dec 10, 09:57 4
    - I'll say one thing I like is that if you're not doing well with a character or realize your team needs a certain type of class to get back in it you - Krusty Dec 10, 10:12
    - Have you tried Junkrat yet? - eag Dec 10, 10:08 2
      - Yeah, he's interesting and has some advantages but yeah, he's soft. -- nm - Krusty Dec 10, 10:11 1
        
        His Ultimate can do alot of damage - eag Dec 10, 10:14
- I am all about Pharah. -- nm - David's iPad Dec 10, 09:45 12
  - She's pretty badass and I like her flying abilities. She's in the mix right now. - Krusty Dec 10, 09:50 11
    - Yeah, one from each category is the idea - Reagen Dec 10, 09:57 9
      - There's one brawl in the arcade where Zarya is an unstoppable merchant of death - Reagen Dec 10, 09:59
      - Good to know. I'm going to mess around with them some more this afternoon using the AI training. -- nm - Krusty Dec 10, 09:58 7
        
        Roadhog is a good tank to learn. -- nm - Reagen Dec 10, 10:04 6
        
        I liked him and I'm not usually a fan of that class. -- nm - Krusty Dec 10, 10:13 5
        
        Im not crazyabout him if I go tank its usually with Reinhardt -- nm* - eag Dec 10, 10:17 4
        
        The guy with the hammer? I don't like how close I have to get to everyone to be effective. -- nm - Krusty Dec 10, 10:53 3
        
        fair enough, but his main deal is his shield. -- nm - Reagen Dec 10, 10:55 2
        
        Especially when your doing those escort games -- nm - eag Dec 10, 11:01
        
        I assume you use that to close the distance or simply as a defense for you and your team. - Krusty Dec 10, 11:00
    - She is a bit squishy though -- nm - eag Dec 10, 09:51
- I'm a Lucio main but find myself playing Tanks as secondary characters - Reagen Dec 10, 09:43 3
  - I haven't liked the snipers and a few of the healers are weird to use. Lucio is the one with the music? - Krusty Dec 10, 09:47 2
    - Yes, he's an area of effect heal plus a speed boost. -- nm - Reagen Dec 10, 09:51 1
      - Also his ult is a great counter ult. -- nm - Reagen Dec 10, 10:01
- Bastion is nice to get lot's of kills. He's my current fav. -- nm - Bacon Dec 10, 09:41 1
  - I liked him when I was messing with him in training. Easy to use and quite powerful. -- nm - Krusty Dec 10, 09:45
SantaCon survival guide -- (link) - ty97 Dec 10, 09:26 1
- #1 - keep away. -- nm - Mop Dec 10, 10:11
"Don't tell me what I can't do!" -- nm - Locke Dec 10, 09:19
Just because -- (link) - TWuG Dec 10, 08:59 [youtube] 1
- This is quintessential 1976. The beginning of the FM radio era where this played at least 20 times a day. -- nm - GregW Dec 10, 09:39
So, assuming the whole thing isn't thrown out because Trump is a Russian agent, I can actually declare a winner in the election contest - Reagen Dec 10, 08:57 7
- Whoa tight contest! Congrats Roger More! -- nm - Guigue Dec 10, 14:06
- Well, at least something good has come out of this election. Thanks for running the contest. -- nm* - Roger More Dec 10, 11:50
- *demands recount* -- nm - iSpam Dec 10, 11:48
- Who were the bottom 5? I know I was heavy Clinton win so I expect to be one of them -- nm - Bacon Dec 10, 09:03 3
  - bottom 5 - Reagen Dec 10, 09:10 1
    - Woah, I am not in there. shocking -- nm - Bacon Dec 10, 09:24
  - I'll be shocked if I'm not last. -- nm - BR2049 Dec 10, 09:08
Harry Reid has accused Comey of knowing about the Russian interference pre-election and burying it -- (edited) - ty97 Dec 10, 08:50 5
- All of the incendiary articles about this are coming from Breitbart. Now I wonder if they want Comey out. -- nm - jnine Dec 10, 10:23 2
  - Breitbart = Fair and Balanced! -- nm - Spawn Dec 10, 10:27 1
    - don't smirk, they really do think faux news is as liberal as the 'rest' of them -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 10, 10:48
- This is going to be like Billy Bush. A lot of collateral damage by Trump survives. -- nm - Mop Dec 10, 10:10
- Reid's Chief of Staff slams NYT too -- (link) - ty97 Dec 10, 08:51
Bemily from Below Deck still going strong. -- (link) - jnine Dec 10, 08:16
Today is the anniversary of the day mel and I met. (Meet Day!) To celebrate I made a huge breakfast. - Diva Dec 10, 08:06 12
- The day the magic began!!! Happy Meet Day :) WOO! -- nm - JenBro Dec 10, 12:21
- Cheers! -- nm - Spawn Dec 10, 10:05
- light the Trudeau candle to celebrate!! -- nm - Beaker Dec 10, 10:03 1
  - it's so awesome! -- nm - Diva Dec 10, 10:28
- happy anniversary -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 10, 10:02
- Congrats you crazy kids! Enjoy the day! - Krusty Dec 10, 09:41
- :) Happy Happy! -- nm - Dark Callisto Dec 10, 08:37
- Congratulations you two! -- nm - Bacon Dec 10, 08:18
- Happy Meet Day! That breakfast sounds delish. -- nm - kelly Dec 10, 08:17
- Yay! If he doesn't wake up let me know and ill come over. -- nm - iSpam Dec 10, 08:17
- Sounds like a great day. Busy! -- nm - jnine Dec 10, 08:15
- Happy Meet Day! -- nm - prayformojo Dec 10, 08:13
A friend of BOP raves about the documentary Tickled. Anyone here seen it? -- (link*) - prayformojo Dec 10, 08:02 [youtube] 3
- Is it really a documentary and not a spoof or movie made to look like a doc? That seems very odd and kind of fake. I'll need to read reviews. -- nm - Krusty Dec 10, 09:37 2
  - Here's the review from the NYT and it appears to be real. -- (link) - Krusty Dec 10, 09:44 1
    - It's real, but a another review I read of it said the same thing at the beginnning. -- nm - . Dec 10, 13:50
Sears Canada to start selling groceries -- (link) - Reagen Dec 10, 07:59 3
- Sears Canada becoming more like it's mass market Kmart sibling? -- nm - Mop Dec 10, 11:04
- Craftsman Milk and Eggs, Frigidaire Ice Cream -- nm - budice Dec 10, 08:01 1
  - Kenmore chicken....Wrangler ribs -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 10, 12:29
Looks like Cincinnati is poaching Luke Fickell from Ohio State. Reportedly bringing some other assistants with him. - Volnelk Dec 10, 07:54
LDB Challenge - Sgtmike Dec 10, 07:54 6
- the Y is only playing a mix of AOR and schmaltzy xmas ballads...its the commissary I expect to get me - zeitgeist Dec 10, 10:52
- out as well -- nm - Beaker Dec 10, 10:02
- hi there! -- nm - Diva Dec 10, 08:07 1
  - Hey Deevs! -- nm - sgtmike Dec 10, 11:07
- Oof. I feel like people are dropping more this time than in previous years. -- nm - Krusty Dec 10, 08:02 1
  - Well and this is just me Im finding myself listening more to christmas music than last year - eag Dec 10, 08:05
Buy Step Up: All In on Vudu and get $5 off a La La Land ticket. -- (link) - Dano Dec 10, 07:53 1
- I wonder how many viewers that promotion appeals to -- nm - JD Dec 10, 08:23
Giggity. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 10, 07:49

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