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Dismissing what's said because of who said it? The left should be very familiar with that approach. - IrishStephen Jan 10, 10:10 1
- FWIW, I don't dismiss this post because you're a white male. -- nm* - ty97 Jan 10, 10:12
My friend's dad died of cancer this morning. It spread from his prostate to like everywhere even though the doctors said he caught it early enough for - Loyola Jan 10, 10:00 6
- F*ck cancer. - IrishStephen Jan 10, 10:12 1
  - this -- nm - Beaker Jan 10, 10:34
- right. prostrate cancer is perceived as cancer lite, easily treatable if caught "in time" but it's still cancer. Sorry for this loss. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 10, 10:07
- :( -- nm - ty97 Jan 10, 10:06
- cancer sucks! sorry for your friend. -- nm - Epiphany Jan 10, 10:04
- So sorry for you and your friend. Their family is in my thoughts. - znufrii Jan 10, 10:03
How long will it be before Comrades Trump and Putin fall out? -- nm - LMS Jan 10, 09:53 5
- I think Putin will be pretty careful to cultivate him for a long time. -- nm - mara Jan 10, 10:04 1
  - agreed. he'll keep him on the hook for a long while. It's not hard - just say vaguely fawning things to appeal to his ego and... - Mel Profit Jan 10, 10:07
- 20 min after the inaug -- nm - Epiphany Jan 10, 09:55 2
  - agreed -- nm - Beaker Jan 10, 09:56
  - That's my fear too! -- nm - LMS Jan 10, 09:56
finally got a tangela! -- nm - university of amanda jones Jan 10, 09:53 1
- Did you ever find an exeggcute nest? - the wrong element, bad guy Jan 10, 10:08
I guess the Julian Assange ama didn't go as he hoped. -- nm - Remlik Jan 10, 09:52 3
- "OK, but obviously not *that*" -- nm - Reagen Jan 10, 09:58
- Julian Assange + AMA = Bad Idea Jeans. Empirically. -- nm - Diva Jan 10, 09:53 1
  - I'm waiting for the transcript of it. But apparently he thought he was in friendly area...and it wasn't so -- nm - Remlik Jan 10, 10:05
Thought about Vince Vaughn a bit after the GG and wondered what it must be like for him when he thinks about Jon Favreau. - Diva Jan 10, 09:52 11
- I wonder the same about Matt and Ben with Ben getting a little worse for wear. Although Matt had his PR issues last year obviously. - Mel Profit Jan 10, 10:02 3
  - Ben self-sabotages. He works hard and has talent but he always has to screw it all up with the gambling and the drinking and the nannies - Diva Jan 10, 10:07 2
    - It's what makes him Bawston! -- nm - Reagen Jan 10, 10:10
    - true true. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 10, 10:08
- I didn't know that last part -- nm - prayformojo Jan 10, 09:54 2
  - this part? (spoil) - Diva Jan 10, 09:55 1
    - sorta - prayformojo Jan 10, 09:57
- He'd have to be sober long enough to have those thoughts and I'm not sure he has been. -- nm - iSpam Jan 10, 09:53 2
  - damn. -- nm - Diva Jan 10, 09:54
  - point. -- nm - university of amanda jones Jan 10, 09:53
- that is an odd twist of fate, I don't think either of them saw coming -- nm - Epiphany Jan 10, 09:52
from B2 or so ... Rogue One and ... (spoiler for the 3 of you who haven't seen it *yet* ) ... - call me Ishmael Jan 10, 09:49
FWIW, Sessions said in his hearing today that the AG office should defend Federal laws in court. - iSpam Jan 10, 09:49 3
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- Of course, the stuff both parties *love* about him are the things I most despise (civil asset forfeiture, against criminal justice reform, etc.) -- nm - ML Jan 10, 09:50 1
  - There was some speculation they would abandon defending federal laws in court. -- nm - iSpam Jan 10, 10:00
Charleston church shooter tells jury deciding whether he'll get death penalty: "I still feel like I had to do it." - ML Jan 10, 09:48 7
- It won't but it still bugs me we wouldn't let him just plead guilty for a life sentence. - iSpam Jan 10, 09:50 6
  - I can see why they didn't. He had no leverage and the case was high-profile/political. - ML Jan 10, 10:03
  - What good is the death penalty if you're not going to use it? -- nm - znufrii Jan 10, 09:52 4
    - 6 words were enough. -- nm - ty97 Jan 10, 09:58 1
      - That too. -- nm - znufrii Jan 10, 09:59
    - Imagine if Trump outlawed the death penalty to create a distraction for something else he was doing. - Loyola Jan 10, 09:57 1
      - Nah, he'd outlaw it as a favor to Shia LaBeouf. (spoiler) - the wrong element, bad guy Jan 10, 10:11
Who had money on "average chest cold"? You win. -- nm - Mop Jan 10, 09:43 3
- OTOH, I'm pretty sure I have a protected version of the flu - ML Jan 10, 09:46
- Huge pussy should payout though -- (edited) - Beaker Jan 10, 09:45 1
  - Should I add Mop to the ST Hypocondraic Group - cause I'm a charter member -- nm - Epiphany Jan 10, 09:51
Dominating ‘The Bachelor’ in Four Easy Steps -- (link) - Beaker Jan 10, 09:39
"Julie Meow" is *killing* me for some reason - ML Jan 10, 09:39 5
- Of all your heel turns, this is the worst. -- nm - Reagen Jan 10, 09:43 3
  - I want to know what David's final grade on S1 was, because I will use it to judge him as a human being. -- nm - ML Jan 10, 09:45 2
    - of which show? -- nm - David Jan 10, 09:56 1
      - Oh--The Expanse. You probably missed the reference in my initial post (it was a recap posted yesterday). - ML Jan 10, 09:57
- At the end the cat on the left doing the walk/shake/walk/shake makes me laugh. -- nm - Spawn Jan 10, 09:43
I didn't think of this at the end of the football game last night, but ... - ReluctantCynic Jan 10, 09:34
Lane Kiffin was at the game last night -- (link) - budice Jan 10, 09:34
Verizon tells 'unlimited' plan customers using over 200GB/mo data to go away. -- (link) - GregW Jan 10, 09:31 3
- On the one hand, not fair play. On the other, what the hell are they doing? -- nm - Reagen Jan 10, 09:33 2
  - No internet at home and using the phone for streaming and gaming? -- nm - J Jan 10, 09:41
  - My guess - eag Jan 10, 09:38
If you play HSX and haven't logged in for a while you might want to pick up the Moana Blockbuster warrant. - Diva Jan 10, 09:30 19
- Yeesh. Thanks. -- nm - Loyola Jan 10, 09:49
- I still have H$904M in cash. What else? -- nm - psilotum Jan 10, 09:42 1
  - did you do the rest of the BWs and the nominoptions? - Diva Jan 10, 09:45
- Check Rogue One too. It was almost arb the day it IPOed -- nm - Beaker Jan 10, 09:32 15
  - The original price was $450, they actually had to up the price a few days prior to IPO -- nm - MDH Jan 10, 09:37 2
    - I never went back to look, how does the 477 delist price compar to people's predictions? -- nm - Beaker Jan 10, 09:38 1
      - well, are you talking "predictions" in the sense of the old-way of weekend multipliers? - call me Ishmael Jan 10, 09:41
  - that one's a given and yes. -- nm - Diva Jan 10, 09:32 11
    - BONDS fund also IPOs today -- nm - Beaker Jan 10, 09:33 10
      - and Rogue One Bonds adjust today. -- nm - Diva Jan 10, 09:35 1
        
        There's some big adjusts. -- nm - LMS Jan 10, 10:06
      - and Doctor Strange 2 IPOs Saturday (@ 120) -- nm - Beaker Jan 10, 09:34 7
        
        it's a bit of an ouch up front with the commission fees, but i think this is pretty safe money - call me Ishmael Jan 10, 09:43 4
        
        Yeah, it hit 230. After he shows up in Thor 3 and then Avengers 4, it should do quite well. -- nm - Spawn Jan 10, 09:45
        
        um. yes, yes it is. -- nm - Andie Jan 10, 09:43 2
        
        he's looking for this. -- nm - Diva Jan 10, 09:44 1
        
        yes ... yes I am ... -- nm - call me Ishmael Jan 10, 09:44
        
        eff this IPO. -- nm - Dormammu Jan 10, 09:35 1
        
        Dormammu, I've come to bargin. -- nm - DRST2 Jan 10, 09:37
That Half Off Any TV Season on Google Play I posted yesterday also seems to work on bundles. E.g. I'm looking at GoT Seasons 1-5 for $42.49 - con_carne Jan 10, 09:28
Only 16 days until the X-Games! -- nm - David's iPad Jan 10, 09:27
Starting today you can vote for what you want the Monopoly tokens to be -- (link) - Beaker Jan 10, 09:25 14
- was there always a battleship? - Diva Jan 10, 09:43 2
  - I think so. but no Taylor Kitsch - Epiphany Jan 10, 09:45 1
    - tee-hee! -- nm - Diva Jan 10, 09:47
- I will give any STer $20 if they can get Donald Trump to weigh in on this. -- (edited) - TWuG Jan 10, 09:35 4
  - I can't send this tweet, but another STer should ... - ReluctantCynic Jan 10, 09:39 3
    - add something along the lines of "I bet the new games will all be produced overseas too" -- nm - Beaker Jan 10, 09:40 2
      - Need to close with a "SAD" or something similar. -- nm - VMan Jan 10, 09:42 1
        
        or accuse them of ripping off the Donald's game... -- nm - Beaker Jan 10, 09:49
- they smartly made it forced choice - ML Jan 10, 09:27
- poop emoji -- nm - Reagen Jan 10, 09:26 4
  - MONSTER TRUCK! The movie totally needs to start backing that choice -- nm - Beaker Jan 10, 09:27 3
    - my issue with this movie is that it is actually called Monster Trucks. Plural, Is there really more than one truck with a monster? - Andie Jan 10, 09:41 2
      - he's so cute. I hope he makes it. -- nm - Diva Jan 10, 09:58
      - spoilers! -- nm - Beaker Jan 10, 09:47
What was your favorite FM Radio moment Norway? Digital or static -- (link) - Beaker Jan 10, 09:23
I need new dining room set. I can't decide between these two. - sycor Jan 10, 09:23 5
- 2nd one for sure -- nm - Epiphany Jan 10, 09:27 1
  - I guess I should have mentioned most of my furniture is very dark wood. The "black-brown" color from Ikea bookcase, grey couch, black entertainment - sycor Jan 10, 09:42
- Do you really want a pub style table and stools with no backs? I like those, but they don't encourage sitting around a table for long - Andie Jan 10, 09:25 2
  - I really don't even have one right now. And I rarely entertain. The table would really only be for meals. - sycor Jan 10, 09:40 1
    - oh, i'm not saying go bigger, just make sure the backless stools are really what you want. -- nm - Andie Jan 10, 09:41
That Best Buy/FBI paid informants story has made the Washington Post -- (link) - ML Jan 10, 09:18
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- Eh, he wants you to know he has a legit reason. -- (edited) - Spawn Jan 10, 09:18 1
  - agreed, also looking for some pity to jack up the price -- nm - Beaker Jan 10, 09:20
Pippy - my travel tour director was British, but had lived in Sydney for 30 years ... I still hear his voice in my head when certain words are said - - JenBro Jan 10, 09:15 1
- :) -- nm - Epiphany Jan 10, 09:17
SNL -- (link) - Spawn Jan 10, 09:08 3
- oooh, Aziz. (i am now a fan since I've watched Master of None., and some stand up.) -- nm - Andie Jan 10, 09:11 2
  - I went into seeing him live with no info and came out a fan. -- nm - Spawn Jan 10, 09:13 1
    - Me too. Saw him at Bumbershoot in 2006, I think. -- nm - psilotum Jan 10, 09:17
I do sort of want to be thrown in a drunk tank in a tux.. - Mel Profit Jan 10, 09:03 18
- "Hey, is that Kevin Spacey? And Benecio del Toro?? Gabriel Byrne WTF!?!" -- nm - ML Jan 10, 09:12 6
  - :) Mel could be the Baldwin Brother! -- nm - JenBro Jan 10, 09:16 5
    - I like you. - Mel Profit Jan 10, 09:24 2
      - :) -- nm - JenBro Jan 10, 09:26
      - "Is it Friday already?" -- nm - ML Jan 10, 09:26
    - He appreciates you didn't say Kevin Pollack. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Jan 10, 09:20 1
      - There's nothing wrong with Kevin Pollack. - Beryllium Jan 10, 09:47
- Mostly surprised this hasn't happened before -- nm - ty97 Jan 10, 09:11 9
  - I think we should make this a goal for some ST-related event. We all dress up in tuxes and try our best to get put in a drunk tank. - ReluctantCynic Jan 10, 09:12 8
    - Ok, if we do this as a group, at least 8 or so, I'm in. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 10, 09:23
    - It is so cute that you guys think drunk tanks are fun. -- nm - Spawn Jan 10, 09:17 6
      - I was in a drunk tank once. In Corvallis, Oregon. And it was kind of fun. - ReluctantCynic Jan 10, 09:33 3
        
        talk or it didn't happen. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 10, 10:04
        
        wha...? -- nm - Diva Jan 10, 09:56
        
        this sounds like a story we need to hear -- nm - Epiphany Jan 10, 09:54
      - all those happy drunks, I bet they do sing-a-longs and everything -- nm - Beaker Jan 10, 09:21 1
        
        I mean the movies make it look like fun. How different could it be? -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 10, 09:22
- that's only fun if Samuel L. Jackson is waiting there to spark up conversation. -- nm - Diva Jan 10, 09:10
SHIELD hope for tonight (or at least at some point) - Beaker Jan 10, 09:02 8
- Yes! (eventually) -- nm - IrishStephen Jan 10, 09:37
- HELL no -- nm - mud Jan 10, 09:11 5
  - Agreed. That character's arc is done and needs to stay done. -- nm - TWuG Jan 10, 09:23 3
    - Im kind of in the middle on this (spoils) - eag Jan 10, 09:44
    - but it isn't his character - spoilers - Beaker Jan 10, 09:27 1
      - Exactly. spoil - Spawn Jan 10, 09:36
  - A spoil will always rise. - Spawn Jan 10, 09:17
- Not tonight, but eventually. -- nm - Spawn Jan 10, 09:03
"Strania, The Splatters, Scrap Metal and Ghostbusters are coming to Xbox One Backward Compatibility today" - ML Jan 10, 09:01 5
- Ghostbusters was terrific -- nm - Remlik Jan 10, 09:15 3
  - It was one of a very select few games I thought would have been great on the Wii -- nm - ML Jan 10, 09:17 2
    - no why would you want to play it on that bucket of bolts of a gaming system? -- nm - Remlik Jan 10, 09:47 1
      - to use the controller like a proton pack, duh -- nm - ML Jan 10, 09:48
- "Also, Dragon Age Origins, Battlefield: Bad Co. 2 & Battlefield 3 are coming to Xbox One Backward Compatibility today" -- nm - ML Jan 10, 09:02
Roll! Or die! -- nm - ML Jan 10, 08:58 2
- ::... sparks up:: -- nm - Spawn Jan 10, 08:59 1
  - :: rolls a d20, hits a natural 1 ... crit failure ... :: -- nm - call me Ishmael Jan 10, 09:44

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