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This will be the under-reported story many miss today methinks. -- (link) - Name Withheld by Request Jan 17, 14:07 6
- It happened yesterday and was discussed here. -- nm - TWuG Jan 17, 14:08
- Or yesterday. (Heh. I just saw it myself.) -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Jan 17, 14:08 4
  - Yeah. I almost posted something about it a few times, but the indictment is vague and we don't have much details yet. - ML Jan 17, 14:10
  - fwiw, it was here at least twice yesterday; and I heard about it on national radio network news. -- nm - b. Jan 17, 14:08
  - You did not read ST yesterday? -- nm - Spawn Jan 17, 14:08 1
    - Was around first thing and then off most of the day. Yes, as indicated, I missed it yesterday. (Still feels important.) -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Jan 17, 14:12
we need some PT Barnum, we need to improve the image of our country -- nm - shit drumpf said Jan 17, 14:04
CBC: O'Leary to join CPC Leadership race Wednesday. -- (link) - Name Withheld by Request Jan 17, 14:03 3
- "My message to the people of Quebec: 'Voici la maison de ma tante!'" -- nm - Reagen Jan 17, 14:07 2
  - "Voulez-vous coucher avec moi, ce soir" -- nm - Guigue Jan 17, 14:09 1
    - ewww -- nm - Reagen Jan 17, 14:10
I'm super confused by the Snuka tributes. I mean... Benoit, yanno? -- nm - Qale Jan 17, 14:03 2
- His daughter working for the company complicated things, I'm sure. -- nm - David Jan 17, 14:09 1
  - I know not to expect consistency from the WWE. - Qale Jan 17, 14:12
Two of my favorite things together: Beer and Tesla -- (link) - TWuG Jan 17, 13:49
Chelsea Manning sentence commuted. -- nm - Mop Jan 17, 13:48 11
- It probably has to do with how recent the post is. I searched "Manning" and it returned ML's, but not yours. -- nm - TWuG Jan 17, 13:58 1
  - If I had to bet, I'd say it was the apostrophe at the end of "manning" but, no, you're right. -- nm - Mop Jan 17, 13:59
- Bery, when I searched for "manning", ML's post did not appear. I did my due diligence. -- nm - Mop Jan 17, 13:55 6
  - This is strange. I search on 'manning' and see ML's posts, but not yours. Searching on 'manning*' shows all of them. -- nm - GregW Jan 17, 13:59 1
    - probably some goofy stuff with the apostrophe -- nm - oblique, SuperFeud Champion Jan 17, 14:00
  - It has yet to be archived. - Spawn Jan 17, 13:58 3
    - Not really how it works. Your post turned up when I searched for "archived". -- nm - Mop Jan 17, 13:59 2
      - til, searching on it with a capital m vs. lower case gives different results, even though everyone used capital. -- nm - b. Jan 17, 14:02
      - I am special. - Spawn Jan 17, 14:00
- *snork* -- nm - Spawn Jan 17, 13:48
- You and ML should mend fences. -- nm - TWuG Jan 17, 13:48
Sweet, Lethal Weapon might get renewed. They've done a great job with it. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 17, 13:44 1
- This is my Almost Human / Battle Creek buddy cop show progression show. -- nm - Max Jan 17, 13:48
Was there an equivalent high-school-nerds show to Head of the Class in the 80s? I was thinking Misfits of Science, but not supernatural. -- nm - Max Jan 17, 13:34
LYC: The PNC ATM ate like 10 checks of mine for deposit today w/o receipt and only displaying "error, contact branch" on the screen - oblique, SuperFeud Champion Jan 17, 13:34 8
- Why I do mine in person with a human. -- nm - . Jan 17, 14:00
- I...I....I would never use the deposit ATM again after something so crazy -- nm - Epiphany Jan 17, 13:44 6
  - yah, I really like phone deposits (if they're offered). maybe a bit of a pain for that many checks, but you keep the check in-hand for a while until - b. Jan 17, 13:48 1
    - yeah, I like that for the onesie twosie but we get a lot of checks -- nm - oblique, SuperFeud Champion Jan 17, 13:55
  - Yeah, I photo-deposit with my phone. - Spawn Jan 17, 13:47 3
    - my wife teaches private music lessons -- nm - oblique, SuperFeud Champion Jan 17, 13:55 1
      - A likely story. -- nm - Spawn Jan 17, 13:57
    - :) - -- nm - b. Jan 17, 13:48
W.T.F. I have been waiting around all day for the serviceman to fix my (3month old) washer. I called the company and they said they'd call the - kelly Jan 17, 13:29 6
- any chance to return it? (costco gives you six month satisfaction guarantee, awesome to push for customer service, fine I'll just return it) -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 17, 13:31
- Complain to Samsung. They might pay attention. - ReluctantCynic Jan 17, 13:31 4
  - It took me so long to get through to the service department via phone, I gave up and submitted the request online. - kelly Jan 17, 13:34
  - aren't they swamped with complaints about units that blew up, literally, even burning the house -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 17, 13:33 2
    - for sure, they had washers that could come apart in high spin. one I bought my mom is in that set. - b. Jan 17, 13:35 1
      - they don't want anyone to wash heavy bedding anymore, which was a selling point -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 17, 14:03
I see two guests whose booths they shouldn't put too close together. -- (link) - Reagen Jan 17, 13:25
Obama commutes Chelsea Manning's sentence. (link) -- (edited) - ML Jan 17, 13:19 41
- Wow. -- nm - znufrii Jan 17, 13:53 1
  - Now maybe the Guardian can get a better picture of her. -- nm - znufrii Jan 17, 13:55
- Unbelievable. -- nm - IrishStephen Jan 17, 13:31 6
  - OH! - Spawn Jan 17, 13:33 5
    - A+. -- nm - university of amanda jones Jan 17, 13:40
    - The what? -- nm - IrishStephen Jan 17, 13:37 3
      - EMF - Spawn Jan 17, 13:39 2
        
        Thanks for the earworm. No really, thanks. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 17, 13:55 1
        
        It is all Stephen's fault. - Spawn Jan 17, 13:59
- question: (or maybe POLL) will obama pardon hillary? -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 17, 13:29 4
  - For what? The zero crimes and wrongdoing on her record? -- nm - MDH Jan 17, 13:32
  - Have you been watching Fox News or something? -- nm - mara Jan 17, 13:31
  - For what? -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jan 17, 13:31
  - For losing to Trump? - Spawn Jan 17, 13:31
- BTW: your move, Assange. -- (link) - ML Jan 17, 13:28 14
  - Any bets on whether that case gets dropped by a Trump DOJ after the pivotal role Wikileaks played in the election? -- nm - znufrii Jan 17, 14:06
  - Clemency is not commutation. -- nm - Mop Jan 17, 13:55 5
    - Clemency can be either commutation or pardon. - ReluctantCynic Jan 17, 14:02
    - what do you think clemency is? -- nm - Reagen Jan 17, 13:57 3
      - a gaggle of Catholic bishops? -- nm - Max Jan 17, 14:03
      - a type of orange? -- nm - ML Jan 17, 13:59 1
        
        A Harry Potter actress. -- nm - Reagen Jan 17, 14:09
  - Technically she got a commutation not clemency right? - iSpam Jan 17, 13:32 4
    - Correct. A reduction in sentence, not absolution for the crime. But even Manning herself did not request a full pardon. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jan 17, 13:33
    - I think I have it correct that commutation is a form of clemency--the latter encompassing a number of possible actions including and up to full pardon -- nm - ML Jan 17, 13:33 2
      - Yep. (Not that I know, I just looked it up) -- (link) - Roger More Jan 17, 13:36 1
        
        TIL -- nm - spamlet Jan 17, 13:37
  - ASsange won't do it. -- nm - Remlik Jan 17, 13:29 1
    - I mean, duh, but... - Reagen Jan 17, 13:31
- wow, that's a jaw drop, and a shit storm of complaining tweets -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 17, 13:24
- I would have lost that bet, too, but still ... I think it's a fair sentence given the circumstances. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jan 17, 13:24 8
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    - The seven years. That is more is about triple the average sentence handed down for prior leaks of a similar nature. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jan 17, 13:33 6
      - I've seen this comment before, but do you have specific examples? (I'm not sure I can think of a leak similar to the information that Manning sent to - Roger More Jan 17, 13:43 5
        
        this article has examples - start at the paragraph "there have been only a handful.." nm but: -- (link) - b. Jan 17, 14:05
        
        I do ... in my office. Which I can't get to right now. But let me see if I can recreate the research. - ReluctantCynic Jan 17, 14:01 3
        
        Here's a summary of recent notable cases from PBS Newshour, and I'm digging up more info on Daniel Ellsburg and the Pentagon Papers as well as ... - ReluctantCynic Jan 17, 14:05 1
        
        Thanks. The distinction I'm thinking about is that every other leak was of specific information in a particular topic... - Roger More Jan 17, 14:17
        
        The article mentions similar, but no specifics beyond them resulting in 1 to 3 years. -- nm - . Jan 17, 14:05
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- I would have lost that bet just like I lost at craps at the casino this weekend. -- nm - Max Jan 17, 13:20
Anyone checked out the new Amazon series 'Sneaky Pete'? I just noticed it was on there. -- nm - GregW Jan 17, 13:15 4
- I'd watch Mags Bennett in anything. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 17, 13:34 1
  - agreed -- nm - Epiphany Jan 17, 13:45
- I watched the pilot. Pretty decent. More lighthearted and fun than anything else -- nm - CQ Jan 17, 13:25
- Sneaky. -- nm - Spawn Jan 17, 13:20
I'm unreasonably pumped that I came up with the 4th answer on B2. -- nm - Baron Zero C Jan 17, 13:10 1
- That was out of nowhere. Landon was also the page that made me look. I got there because I saw Family Guy do a Little House opening. -- nm - Max Jan 17, 13:12
Idiocracy is real -- (link) - Reagen Jan 17, 13:07 8
- I know. I've seen Spawn's posts. -- nm - David's iPad Jan 17, 13:12
- So what I'm hearing is that it's entirely possible Planet of the Apes already happened, and we're left with their descendants? -- nm - Beryllium Jan 17, 13:10 6
  - I'm still not entirely unsure that I am living in a Matrix-like simulation. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jan 17, 13:13 5
    - This makes me think so. -- (link) - Spawn Jan 17, 13:15
    - I know I'm not because there aren't enough red dresses around. -- nm - Max Jan 17, 13:14 3
      - *twirls* *motions seductively* -- nm - Mel Profit in a Red Dress si Jan 17, 13:16 2
        
        Thankfully I watched enough Bugs Bunny cartoons not to be fooled. -- nm - Max Jan 17, 13:19 1
        
        it was the facial hair that gave it away, wasn't it? -- nm* - Mel Profit Jan 17, 13:51
Favourite Netflix show by state. -- (link) - Andie Jan 17, 13:07 14
- The Get Down was really enjoyable. Good choice, NY. -- nm - Krusty Jan 17, 14:23
- WTF is "Flaked?" -- nm - MDH Jan 17, 13:31 2
  - Will Arnett. -- nm - Andie Jan 17, 13:43
  - It's about skin conditions. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 17, 13:33
- This is the source which explains their methodology. -- (link) - GregW Jan 17, 13:18
- I don't know who to trust any more -- (link) - Roger More Jan 17, 13:10 6
  - actually, there is a difference. Yours is any show on Netflix, and mine was 'Netflix produced shows." -- nm - Andie Jan 17, 13:17
  - What year was that? -- nm - Spawn Jan 17, 13:12 3
    - It was posted 11 days ago -- (link) - Roger More Jan 17, 13:13 [Backboard] 2
      - 11 days a go? - Spawn Jan 17, 13:13
      - So that's maybe 2 ST years? -- nm - Roger More Jan 17, 13:13
  - FAKE NEWS! -- nm - Andie Jan 17, 13:10
- (is Trailer Park Boys Netflix now? It certainly didn't use to be their show.) -- nm - Andie Jan 17, 13:08 1
  - Most recent season was straight to Netflix. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Jan 17, 14:01
Unfortunately the sleeplessness side effect is too strong to continue with effexor. I think I'm going to be going therapy only for the remainder. -- nm - Qale Jan 17, 13:06 7
- is it possible if you stick it out - your body gets use to it? -- nm - Epiphany Jan 17, 13:45 2
  - I can't stick it out. 5 days with very little to no real sleep is enough. -- nm - Qale Jan 17, 13:48 1
    - Yikes - I hear ya. I had to discontinue Klonopin for the same reason -- nm - Epiphany Jan 17, 14:06
- I'm sorry :/ when I tried cymbalta for pain earlier this year, the sleep stuff was brutal. -- (edited) - b. Jan 17, 13:26 3
  - I'm sorry that you didn't get the right one either. - Qale Jan 17, 13:35 2
    - *hugs* oh, make sure to check re: if you need to wean! - b. Jan 17, 13:56 1
      - That's a very important point. And it's too bad that cymbalta has that problem. Fortunately, I was only on the lowest dose. -- nm - Qale Jan 17, 14:15
~I don't care what they say about us anyway/I don't care 'bout that~ -- nm - Reagen Jan 17, 13:05 1
- Even after thirty years, every. Damn. Time. -- nm - con_carne Jan 17, 13:45
Current status: downloading 34MB of my vines, because it's the last day -- nm - Beryllium Jan 17, 13:03 2
- End of an a very short era. -- nm - Qale Jan 17, 13:07 1
  - Poetic. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 17, 13:08
I'm proud of the writers of Lucifer for not taking the easy way out on sexuality *minor spoils* - Epiphany Jan 17, 13:03 21
- Yeah but Gotham spoilers - Qale Jan 17, 13:08 10
  - it makes sense for the show because he is supposed to be hedonistic - Epiphany Jan 17, 13:43
  - Gotham is the opposite, in terms of bisexuality, of AHS. Hot women making out constantly on Gotham. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 17, 13:36 3
    - Not so much anymore. (spoiler) - Qale Jan 17, 13:42 1
      - this does not bode well for our catch-up marathon. ruiner. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 17, 13:56
    - But that's the kind that gets ratings cheaply. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 17, 13:42
  - spoilers - Beryllium Jan 17, 13:11
  - were you expecting it to? -- nm - mud Jan 17, 13:10 3
    - No. Not really. It's hard to expect anything on a show so silly. Well, except (spoilers) - Qale Jan 17, 13:15 1
      - And spoil - Spawn Jan 17, 13:16
    - Upside down question mark is like a fish hook and penguins swim, so yeah. -- nm - Spawn Jan 17, 13:12
- enjoy it while you can. Word is, and it's just a rumor right now, that the show is done. -- nm - Remlik Jan 17, 13:04 9
  - cancel Bear gives it 3 bears out of 5 (not great, but ahead of other dramas on FOX) -- (link) - Beaker Jan 17, 13:23 1
    - TV Grim Reaper (the former Cancel Bear) gives it 4/5 for renewal. -- nm - Spawn Jan 17, 13:26
  - SHUT YOUR DIRTY WHORE MOUTH!!! -- nm - Spawn Jan 17, 13:04 6
    - I had them all stacked up to watch, but I just deleted them all. -- nm - Remlik Jan 17, 13:05 5
      - Dude. It is one of the best shows in the last few years. -- nm - Spawn Jan 17, 13:09
      - Why? It's great. -- nm - David's iPad Jan 17, 13:08 3
        
        Well I followed Spawn's rule of shows, if it's good but gets canceled I can't invest time in it. to many other shows. - Remlik Jan 17, 13:12 2
        
        The rule can only be applied to shows that are canceled for sure. -- nm - Spawn Jan 17, 13:14 1
        
        this -- nm - Beaker Jan 17, 13:20
Book Recommendations: What is a new-ish book, amusing, light, no death, no mother issues. What have you got? -- nm - Andie Jan 17, 13:02
164? -- nm - Spawn Jan 17, 13:00

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