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- I heard the oxfam guy interviewed on the radio yesterday morning - he did a *terrible* job talking about it. all attacking the rich and the need to - b. Jan 17, 11:13
- Several have taken the Giving Pledge. -- (link) - TWuG Jan 17, 11:12
- But how much of that wealth could be directly transferred to the bottom even if they made the effort? -- nm - Max Jan 17, 11:07 1
  - Bill Gates could give one share of microsoft to every american! -- nm - decline Jan 17, 11:13
- obviously, we need to give more rich people tax breaks so we can even those number up -- nm - decline Jan 17, 11:07
Stupid ad on another web page "3 Signs You May Have Fatty Live [Watch Now]" - I imagine sign one is Liver asks you how jeans look -- nm - crash davis Jan 17, 10:56
Speaking of in-laws. Mine just (again) commented on a post from last week Friday where we were getting Avanti's in Bloomington with "enjoy" - oblique, SuperFeud Champion Jan 17, 10:54 2
- *whimper* - ReluctantCynic Jan 17, 11:02
- you should go back a couple of years on their timeline and do the same thing -- nm - decline Jan 17, 10:55
While Diva and I were watching previews at the movies this weekend we both turned to one another after the latest Fast and Furious trailer and said... - Mel Profit Jan 17, 10:45 2
- whoa whoa. what?? you have to see them all (except 2). like now. you can borrow my vudu login. - university of amanda jones Jan 17, 10:48 1
  - ~I wonder if you know, How they live in Tokyo, If you seen it then you mean it, Then you know you have to go.~ -- nm - decline Jan 17, 10:50
The Founder 80% (37/9), Split 81% (17/4), 20th Century Women 93% (80/6), XXX The Return of Xander Cage: no score yet -- nm - Beaker Jan 17, 10:43 5
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  - I'm sad cause I really want Ruby Rose to be a star -- nm - Epiphany Jan 17, 10:53 3
    - she will be in the upcoming John Wick sequel as well as 'Pitch Perfect 3' and 'Meg'. Lots of opportunities. -- nm - Diva Jan 17, 10:57 2
      - Seems like the exact same character in XXX and Wick 2. -- nm - volnelk Jan 17, 10:58 1
        
        I'm okay with it -- nm - Epiphany Jan 17, 10:59
I keep on thinking about you, Sister Golden Hair Surprise -- nm - crash davis Jan 17, 10:41 24
- This is me and Amoxy's " song". - Epiphany Jan 17, 10:52 18
  - *blank stare* - groiny Jan 17, 10:55 10
    - Yes - it sounds like the slap heard around the world - Epiphany Jan 17, 10:58 2
      - so does SM know where that permanent handprint came from? - groiny Jan 17, 11:01 1
        
        snort -- nm - Epiphany Jan 17, 11:12
    - nope, you are tuneless -- nm - crash davis Jan 17, 10:57 6
      - you can't possibly answer that question - groiny Jan 17, 10:58 5
        
        nope, but pendin' on yer skill with a whittlin' knife, ya'll can make a complicated wind instrument out of a potato -- nm - crash davis Jan 17, 11:02 4
        
        you can whittle a potato into anything. nm -- nm - groiny Jan 17, 11:03 3
        
        Bong that shit. -- nm - Spawn Jan 17, 11:05 2
        
        you can smoke it, then fry it and eat it. -- nm - groiny Jan 17, 11:08 1
        
        Circle of life. -- nm - Spawn Jan 17, 11:11
  - is there a Vegas escapade that ties into? -- nm - crash davis Jan 17, 10:54 5
    - no, not really. We both agreed, we really love that song and we post the lyrics all the time - so now I think of Amoxy - Epiphany Jan 17, 11:01 4
      - Aww, that's sweet. - JaxSean Jan 17, 11:04 3
        
        I am sure she thinks of me every time she passes a Cold Stone Creamery. -- nm - groiny Jan 17, 11:05 2
        
        thinking back, I have no idea why we went into a Cold Stone in the first place. -- nm - groiny Jan 17, 11:08 1
        
        I needed ice for my ass - Epiphany Jan 17, 11:11
  - That pic. -- nm - Spawn Jan 17, 10:53
- Billy Mumy from Lost in Space was a member of America for a brief time -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 17, 10:42 4
  - i think that explains why some music acts of the time period ended up being relegated out to the cornfield ... -- nm - call me Ishmael Jan 17, 10:46 2
    - Ha! Love that episode. -- nm - Diva Jan 17, 10:47 1
      - I'd definitely put that one in the Top 10 TZ episodes, along with at least 1 or 2 Burgess Merideth episodes and a few others. -- nm - call me Ishmael Jan 17, 11:17
  - I did not know that -- nm - crash davis Jan 17, 10:43
wap? ME gov thinks John Lewis should be grateful for all that Republican presidents have done for black people -- (link) - prayformojo Jan 17, 10:40 3
- ME Gov. LePage is also insane so he's got that going for him. -- nm - Diva Jan 17, 10:44
- Wow. -- nm - znufrii Jan 17, 10:43
- Well every Republican President from Grant to McKinley fought in the Civil War so that built up credit for Nixon through W -- nm - crash davis Jan 17, 10:43
The Young Pope first two episodes: B+ - prayformojo Jan 17, 10:30 10
- I agree with this - Jude Law gives great sass but I'm still not certain why Diane Keaton was cast -- nm - Epiphany Jan 17, 10:41 3
  - I like her a lot. Her role is quite different than what I was expecting. (sp) - prayformojo Jan 17, 10:43 2
    - also, I loovvved her tshirt - prayformojo Jan 17, 10:43 1
      - haa!! -- nm - Epiphany Jan 17, 10:54
- The Crown, through episode 6, A -- nm - znufrii Jan 17, 10:33 4
  - and it ends strong. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 17, 10:37 3
    - It's been great to be able to pull up Wikipedia as I'm watching to get all the background on what's going on. -- (edited) - znufrii Jan 17, 10:57 2
      - I do that with Vikings. -- nm - Beaker Jan 17, 11:06
      - yeah - that event was unknown to me. I LOVE Lascelles. He's so British. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 17, 10:59
- The Magicians (season 1): C+. -- nm - Baron Zero C Jan 17, 10:32
The temperature in Portland may rise above freezing soon. -- (link) - ReluctantCynic Jan 17, 10:24 3
- And then back to freezing over night. Enjoy! -- nm - Mop Jan 17, 10:41 1
  - Ugh ... . The streets are basically cobblestones of ice due to vehicular traffic, sidewalks aren't much better, we'll get freezing rain, ... - ReluctantCynic Jan 17, 11:00
- you should have a picnic -- nm - decline Jan 17, 10:30
TV Poll: Do you plan to watch the new Riverdale (Archie, Jughead, Betty, Veronica, etc) show? -- nm - Beaker Jan 17, 10:23 14
- I thought about it; but, eh, I think I want to hold on to the innocence of the comics from my kidhood. -- nm - b. Jan 17, 11:07
- yeah looks interesting -- nm - Remlik Jan 17, 11:01 1
  - Not sure how I feel about what they are doing with Jughead, but agreed. -- nm - Spawn Jan 17, 11:06
- The previews look far better than I expected. -- nm - Spawn Jan 17, 10:54
- No Lauren Holly. No NWBR. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Jan 17, 10:45
- if it was on Skinemax, I would -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 17, 10:43
- Um, what? Gonna say negatory. -- nm - CQ Jan 17, 10:30
- No -- nm - znufrii Jan 17, 10:29
- nope (I didn't even know such a show existed) -- nm - decline Jan 17, 10:27 1
  - this -- nm - JaxSean Jan 17, 10:58
- YES. -- nm - MDH Jan 17, 10:26
- I'll watch the first episode or two to check it out, but it'll have to impress me to be a regular viewer. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jan 17, 10:25
- to be true to the comic, they should have had the same actress for Betty and Veronica, just wearing different wigs. -- nm - Reagen Jan 17, 10:24
- Nope -- nm - oblique, SuperFeud Champion Jan 17, 10:23
Beaker...don't worry about it. -- nm - Remlik Jan 17, 10:16 2
- dude, thanks so much. - Beaker Jan 17, 10:18 1
  - damn! I would have taken that for sure. If there is ever an oppurtunity like that do it... - Remlik Jan 17, 10:22
Family Guy: I was wondering what Lois was going on about with Julian Edelman, then I looked up his picture. -- nm - Mop Jan 17, 10:09 4
- I'd never heard the term "hooking the G" before. -- nm - David Jan 17, 10:16 3
  - Family Guy is quite effective at expanding my profanity lexicon. I suspect their S&P guy has just given up. -- nm - Mop Jan 17, 10:20
  - "Big G. Big G means Governor. Street speak. I'm a bit down with the kids, you know" -- nm - Beaker Jan 17, 10:20
  - That's not the same as Gleaming the cube? Have I been using it wrong all these years?? -- nm - Max Jan 17, 10:18
There's an accountant named Janice on this webcast. I giggle every time they "call" on her. -- nm - spamlet Jan 17, 10:08 2
- doesn't give a f. -- nm - Reagen Jan 17, 10:13 1
  - I keep waiting for it. - iSpam Jan 17, 10:36
LYC: I had my first grandmaster rated session in Overwatch last night in competitive - Reagen Jan 17, 10:02 12
- that is pretty cool even though I'm not exactly sure what all that means -- nm - crash davis Jan 17, 10:30 5
  - there's an app that rates your sessions based on global averages - Reagen Jan 17, 10:35 2
    - sounds cool, I want to ace the app that shows how much you raise groiny's blood pressure -- nm - crash davis Jan 17, 10:37 1
      - I am pretty laid back with Overwatch compared to Destiny or Halo. -- nm - groiny Jan 17, 10:57
  - means you need to play more. -- nm - groiny Jan 17, 10:31 1
    - I will be -- nm - crash davis Jan 17, 10:31
- you are king of hitting the jump button. -- nm - groiny Jan 17, 10:03 5
  - I've gotten gold damage with him in qp a few times, which to me says a lot more about the muppets I'm playing with. -- nm - Reagen Jan 17, 10:07 4
    - spectating on your games when playing Lucio makes me wanna puke. - groiny Jan 17, 10:13 3
      - he's one of the few, maybe only character, it pays to be constantly bouncing around with - Reagen Jan 17, 10:15 2
        
        I have a hard enough time being airborne with Pharah, and I like playing her. -- nm - groiny Jan 17, 10:16 1
        
        Yeah, my aim is shit with her with the constantly moving perspective. -- nm - Reagen Jan 17, 10:18
Super Mario Odyssey trailer remade in GTA is the Mario we deserve -- (link) - budice Jan 17, 10:00 [youtube] 2
- Super Mario Odyssey is going to force me to learn how to spell Odyssey. -- nm - Mop Jan 17, 10:07 1
  - I learned how to spell it from the Magnavox Odyssey. -- nm - Baron Zero C Jan 17, 10:36
So, if Trump had incriminating info on his dealings with Russia in his tax returns, and the IRS knew about, would they be obligated to tell the FBI? - Inigo Jan 17, 09:57 9
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  - You can change "dealing with Russia" to whatever criminal behavior you'd find more likely. - Inigo Jan 17, 11:08
- Nope. At least from what I've been looking at. -- (edited) - ReluctantCynic Jan 17, 10:04
- The IRS has their own criminal division and would bring charges through the Treasury Department. -- nm - spamlet Jan 17, 10:04 4
  - Not for long! -- nm - Max Jan 17, 10:15
  - Just like how they got Capone -- nm - Beryllium Jan 17, 10:13 2
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    - Yep. Criminal tax fraud. But ... - ReluctantCynic Jan 17, 10:15
- my guess would be that there is nothing *illegal* in his returns, just very questionable when it comes to moral/pro-American/paying your share ways. -- nm - Andie Jan 17, 10:01
*staggers in stage left, weaving slightly, wearing only a pair of gold lame leather chaps (with matching jock strap), ... - Naked Crazy RC Jan 17, 09:56 8
- Dang, maybe NCM isn't the crazy one after all -- nm - Z2G2 Jan 17, 21:11
- *applause* -- nm - b. Jan 17, 11:03
- show off -- nm - crash davis Jan 17, 10:53
- nice -- nm - CQ Jan 17, 10:10
- Wow. - znufrii Jan 17, 10:06
- the bar has been raised in epic fashion. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 17, 10:01
- this is great!! -- nm - Epiphany Jan 17, 10:01
- Brilliance. -- nm - Diva Jan 17, 09:59
Aaron Rodgers’ parents spotted taking Matt Ryan out for ice cream -- (link) - budice Jan 17, 09:54 6
- heh -- nm - Beaker Jan 17, 09:56
- I am sure he can afford his own ice cream. -- nm - groiny Jan 17, 09:55 4
  - he's lactose intolerant - Epiphany Jan 17, 09:59 3
    - back at work, wish I had more time to take off. - groiny Jan 17, 10:00 2
      - I hope you are back to 100% soon -- nm - Epiphany Jan 17, 10:01 1
        
        thanks love -- nm - groiny Jan 17, 10:02
i couldn't sleep last night so got all caught up on Top Chef. It's also my first season watching Last Chance Kitchen. - Diva Jan 17, 09:48
Seriously, the ad said that it's pronounced V.U.D.U. - David Jan 17, 09:47 8
- that is just dumb. its Voo Doo - right? that is what we call it in our house -- nm - Epiphany Jan 17, 09:56 3
  - it's almost like they picked the letters so it would be pronounced that way... -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 17, 10:34 2
    - Nah, it's our initials. Hey, hey, hey guys! Wait a minute here! -- nm - Marketing Dept. Jan 17, 10:36 1
      - me thinks one of you may have had legislative experience. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 17, 10:43
- video upload download upload? -- nm - Max Jan 17, 09:53 1
  - Obviously! -- nm - Mop Jan 17, 10:06
- I'm a viking at pronouncing VUDU. [nm] - Mel Profit Jan 17, 09:53
- that's not how this works - ML Jan 17, 09:50
TV PSA reminds me. Anyone going to watch Hunted? -- nm - oblique, SuperFeud Champion Jan 17, 09:45 2
- only when the losers die and Richard Dawson is the host -- nm - Beaker Jan 17, 09:48
- nope, but didn't one of the cable channels try this same show a few years back and it flopped? -- nm - decline Jan 17, 09:47
TV PSA: NCIS, New Girl, Middle, Wall, American Housewife, Smackdown, Mick, Bull, Fresh Off the Boat, No Tomorrow, Teen Wolf, Curse of Oak Island, -- nm - Beaker Jan 17, 09:44 6
- for those of you still watching NCIS...did it ever get less White Man Grumpy. - Mel Profit Jan 17, 10:39 2
  - I gave up many moons ago -- nm - Beryllium Jan 17, 10:58 1
    - same -- nm - Beaker Jan 17, 11:05
- This is Us, Bones, Real O'Neals, Chicago Fire, SHIELD, Shooter, NCIS NO, Taboo, other stuff -- nm - Beaker Jan 17, 09:45 2
  - was this is us on last week? -- nm - university of amanda jones Jan 17, 10:05 1
    - yes -- nm - Beaker Jan 17, 10:13
"You insist on letting an impossibly attractive flight attendant come between us...and not in the fun way." -- nm - David Jan 17, 09:43 5
- The writers are pretty funny - and his delivery is spot on. Why do they insist on making her look drab though? -- nm - Epiphany Jan 17, 09:50 4
  - I think that is her choice so the force take her seriosuly as a cop -- nm - Beaker Jan 17, 10:17 1
    - yeah, I would agree. - groiny Jan 17, 10:18
  - what's this? -- nm - Max Jan 17, 09:53 1
    - Lucifer. -- nm - David Jan 17, 10:15

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