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Tom Brady will probably give the Superbowl MVP Truck to James White this time. -- nm - Diva Feb 6, 10:16 4
- Also, Julian Edelmann is likely vacuuming up dates again, like last time. - Mel Profit Feb 6, 10:20 1
  - She is his beard -- nm - budice Feb 6, 10:21
- The 11:30am I usually have does not appear to be scheduled. Someone will likely notice between now and then but... - Mel Profit Feb 6, 10:19 1
  - nice. i might be able to go too. i still can't believe they won. -- nm - Diva Feb 6, 10:22
LYC: PNC resolved my dispute with the ATM that ate my checks. My $1k guesstimate of the value was off by $75 - oblique, SuperFeud Champion Feb 6, 10:07
Spirit having fun with cost of SB commercials... - budice Feb 6, 10:04
I think Gaga really dropped the ball not showing that those were drones from the beginning. Most people probably still dont get what happened. - volnelk Feb 6, 09:59 19
- I thought it was pre-taped. -- nm - mara Feb 6, 10:07 2
  - Twas. -- nm - Ender Feb 6, 10:13
  - ditto -- nm - Max Feb 6, 10:10
- I still have no idea where/when the drones were. -- nm - IrishStephen Feb 6, 10:03 15
  - At the very beginning when she was on top of the stadium, they filled the sky behind her -- nm - J Feb 6, 10:07 1
    - Ah, see, at first I thought that was staged inside the stadium, and the lights were from the crowd, ala Bray Wyatt... -- nm - IrishStephen Feb 6, 10:10
  - I don't either, but I thought she put on a great show. -- nm - David, ST's Ultimate Lover Feb 6, 10:06 12
    - My dad to me: Was that supposed to be good? Me to him: Well, you're about 60 years out of the target audience for a performance like that... - IrishStephen Feb 6, 10:09 11
      - there's a reason Billy Joel, Sting and Springsteen and other like them all get on stage with her. -- nm - Remlik Feb 6, 10:14 1
        
        she holds her own in the duets with Tony Bennett. -- nm - groiny Feb 6, 10:16
      - I am glad she is out of her "meat suit" stage, because it obscured her performances. - groiny Feb 6, 10:10 8
        
        I feel like she dropped the distracting crap when she got the facial improvements and no longer needed the distraction. -- nm - Ender Feb 6, 10:16 2
        
        She had work done? -- nm - J Feb 6, 10:20 1
        
        yeah, she used to look a bit more mannish. -- nm - groiny Feb 6, 10:21
        
        I can agree to this, though I don't think she's got a great voice or anything. -- nm - IrishStephen Feb 6, 10:13 1
        
        Maybe not great, but very good. She just doesn't make songs that make her show it off. -- nm - Inigo Feb 6, 10:14
        
        This. I was more impressed by her last night because she didn't do all that over the top crap. She can sing and dance and showed it - oblique, SuperFeud Champion Feb 6, 10:11 2
        
        Right. Last night, she let her talent speak rather than the pageantry she regularly hides behind. -- nm - David, ST's Ultimate Lover Feb 6, 10:12 1
        
        Madonna must have been throwing a fit last night -- nm - Remlik Feb 6, 10:14
A group called VoteVets is going to run this ad directed (directly) to Trump on the morning shows -- (link) - ty97 Feb 6, 09:58 3
- FFS drop the popular vote and illegitimate president bullshit already people. - IrishStephen Feb 6, 10:07 1
  - I think it's silly as well. The Constitution is pretty clear on this. -- nm - mara Feb 6, 10:08
- "Although a nonpartisan organization, it has been described as "closely aligned with Congressional Democrats," and "liberal" in news stories" - ty97 Feb 6, 09:59
A British BOP writer who lives in America just posted this from Parliament. -- (link) - David, ST's Ultimate Lover Feb 6, 09:54 [youtube] 6 1
- Wait, "we shouldn't have clapping" in the chamber is a rule, but sneering groans are allowed? -- nm - Max Feb 6, 10:00
- no volume here - could someone give a quick summation? -- nm - Andie Feb 6, 09:58 3
  - The Speaker won't let Trump appear/speak at Parliament due to his hate speech. -- nm - David, ST's Ultimate Lover Feb 6, 10:02 1
    - nice. -- nm - Andie Feb 6, 10:03
  - Trump sucks. -- nm - Remlik Feb 6, 09:58
- whoa -- nm - Beaker Feb 6, 09:57
I "like" that Pence was there with Bob Kraft. - Spawn Feb 6, 09:44 1
- #boogergate -- nm - oblique, SuperFeud Champion Feb 6, 09:52
Watching the Bushes at the super bowl made and cry and cry. -- nm - Amanda Feb 6, 09:39 10
- Yeah, they (especially he) looked very frail, but I was happy to see that they had made it out of the hospital and were able to be there. -- nm - IrishStephen Feb 6, 10:12
- Linda's nephew broke his jaw and is on a liquid diet at college. Tina: at least you know he won't be drinking. - Amanda Feb 6, 09:44 3
  - Is that the stupidest thing winner? That's great. -- nm - mara Feb 6, 09:53
  - That is not how this works, Tina. - Spawn Feb 6, 09:45
  - Tina's awesome! -- nm - decline Feb 6, 09:45
- I was the same way and I spent time thinking about why. - Mel Profit Feb 6, 09:44 1
  - Agree with your IM. -- nm - amoxy Feb 6, 09:44
- Yeah, that was rough. I am glad they are both out of the hospital, but that was hard to see. -- nm - Spawn Feb 6, 09:42
- I hated seeing him like that. -- nm - David, ST's Ultimate Lover Feb 6, 09:41 1
  - agreed. -- nm - Beaker Feb 6, 09:41
Risen - A- (J Fiennes as a Roman Prefect who tracks down the resurrected Jesus) - Mel Profit Feb 6, 09:38 1
- I want to see it - 1st episode of Santa Clarita Diet - B- no spoils - Epiphany Feb 6, 09:48
Star Wars: Timothy Zahn's NEW Thrawn novel will be out on April 11th -- nm - Remlik Feb 6, 09:35 10
- so, in continuity then....the prior Heir trilogy and the 2 books are OUT though right -- nm - Beaker Feb 6, 09:41 5
  - correct. Thrawn has been reintroduced in the Star Wars Rebels show and this is where that story will take place -- nm - Remlik Feb 6, 09:51 4
    - hmmmm; I've been unimpressed thus far with the character on Rebels. -- nm - Beaker Feb 6, 09:53 3
      - a book featuring him as the main rather than ancillary character I can get behind though -- nm - Beaker Feb 6, 09:53 2
        
        I've liked him on Rebels....everything the Rebels have won so far are leading him to being able to capture them.... - Remlik Feb 6, 09:55 1
        
        Right, I think that's coming. -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 6, 09:55
- *hands Remlik my wallet* -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 6, 09:38
- Is this just the 2nd novel in the new non-Expanded Universe? -- nm - Mop Feb 6, 09:37 1
  - I don't think so, there have been a lot of books released in the YA and teen levels that are canon... -- (link) - Remlik Feb 6, 09:54
- Can I go ahead and start making fun of it now or should I wait until April? -- nm* - David, ST's Ultimate Lover Feb 6, 09:37
In other news, CNN has a strong suspicion that water is in fact wet. -- (link) - znufrii Feb 6, 09:25 4
- give it a few weeks - ty97 Feb 6, 09:30 1
  - "There is some controversy as to whether water is wet." -- nm - Mop Feb 6, 09:33
- the shot of them in the cage wearing a diaper on the SNL skit was great -- nm - Beaker Feb 6, 09:27
- Fake news. -- nm - Spawn Feb 6, 09:26
Inside Baseball Teams’ Battle to Keep Their Secrets Safe -- (link) - Beaker Feb 6, 09:23
Do we have a count on how many ads were anti-Trump? -- nm - Spawn Feb 6, 09:20 7
- All of them if you REALLY want them to be. -- nm - Ender Feb 6, 10:18
- Verizon didn't go so far as to pee on Kristen Schaal, but we'll count it! -- nm - Max Feb 6, 10:03
- Alot of them were subtle digs -- nm - eag Feb 6, 09:22 3
  - I know, just wondering how many total we actually had. -- nm - Spawn Feb 6, 09:24 2
    - Just because an ad is about basic decency and humanity doesn't make it anti-Trump. - mara Feb 6, 09:52 1
      - *salutes -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 6, 11:10
- I don't know, but I know I watched most of them anticipating an anti trump spin. -- nm - groiny Feb 6, 09:21
I'm not going to claim credit for the Pat's latest SB win but...we have a Championship "Spot" in our living room. - Mel Profit Feb 6, 09:19 3
- Any Sexay Corner? - budice Feb 6, 10:17
- It's Championship Corner. I mean it's kinda creepy and Blair Witch-y in the moment, but it gets the job done. -- nm - Diva Feb 6, 09:40
- at the very least, it cancels out the Redmond jinx -- nm - groiny Feb 6, 09:20
Trump is like a 16 year old girl waiting for the star QB (Putin) to ask her to the dance -- nm - amoxy Feb 6, 09:18
Not sure on a favorite commercial, but Jeffrey Tambor was great in the Tide commercials. - amoxy Feb 6, 09:08 29
- overall, I found the commercials to be the worst batch in years. -- nm - groiny Feb 6, 09:08 28
  - The trailers were the only good commercials this year, the rest were meh to duds. -- nm - IrishStephen Feb 6, 09:47
  - the new GOTG trailer was great. -- nm - Beaker Feb 6, 09:09 26
    - somehow, I did not see it. - groiny Feb 6, 09:11 22
      - here -- (link) - Beaker Feb 6, 09:16 [youtube] 1
        
        I *love* that spoil - Spawn Feb 6, 09:19
      - It was the very first commercial we had after kick off. -- nm - Spawn Feb 6, 09:11 19
        
        we had just wrapped up dinner, I was probably loading the dishwasher. - groiny Feb 6, 09:13 18
        
        This is why you fail! - Spawn Feb 6, 09:16 17
        
        I was not enthralled with the Logan one either. nm -- nm - groiny Feb 6, 09:16 16
        
        Dude, we are finally going to see Logan mame and kill on the big screen. - Spawn Feb 6, 09:22 15
        
        this -- nm - Beaker Feb 6, 09:23
        
        well, we are getting to see an Old Man Logan do it. - groiny Feb 6, 09:23 13
        
        Old Man Logan is I'll say top 3 Wolverine story all-time (my #1); if they do it semi-justice it will rule -- nm - Beaker Feb 6, 09:23 12
        
        what I think is lost in all the exceeded expectations of the comic book movies is how bungled some of the X-Stories have been. -- (edited) - Mel Profit Feb 6, 09:29 9
        
        X3 is really the only terrible one. The others are decent and worth a watch. There are issues for sure with them. -- nm - Remlik Feb 6, 09:58 2
        
        They whelm in the extreme and that should not have happened. -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 6, 09:59 1
        
        they mostly make the bad guys boring IMO. -- nm - groiny Feb 6, 10:00
        
        I've only watched Weapon X of those 3. But will see Logan in theatre. It should bypass 99% of the back story shit I'm hoping -- nm - Beaker Feb 6, 09:35 2
        
        all of those are miles better than the disaster that was The Last Stand. -- nm - groiny Feb 6, 09:47 1
        
        which I've also never seen! :) -- nm - Beaker Feb 6, 09:50
        
        FTR: There is one on that list I have yet to even watch. -- nm - Spawn Feb 6, 09:33 2
        
        which is also telling. -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 6, 09:33 1
        
        Upon reflection, that is slightly deceptive. - Spawn Feb 6, 09:41
        
        I will no doubt be seeing it opening day either way, but it is not making me hard. -- nm - groiny Feb 6, 09:25 1
        
        You are getting old. - Spawn Feb 6, 09:27
    - The movie trailers were by far the best. Not since 5 years ago when we had the first Avengers teaser have I felt that way. -- nm - Spawn Feb 6, 09:09 2
      - Look out -- nm* - Beaker Feb 6, 09:10 1
        
        Loki out? - Spawn Feb 6, 09:11
Apple, Google, and Facebook, are siding with Washington state and Minnesota as they fight President Donald Trump's ban on refugees and travellers -- (link) - Beaker Feb 6, 09:07 1
- Tangent: A number of tech companies have Canadian offices used largely to employ workers as they await visas. - Mop Feb 6, 09:18
For those seeing the Lego Batman there's no scene after the end credits, but there is a short before the start. -- nm - LMS Feb 6, 09:06 1
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Audi's "Daughter" ad is getting a lot of troll hate on YouTube this morning. -- (link) - Mop Feb 6, 09:06 [youtube] 7
- Honestly, the ad would have been even more effective if the had left off the bit about equal pay at the end. - znufrii Feb 6, 09:18 3
  - I find the "equal pay" thing to resonate less because it's an Audi ad. Not sure why. "You're rich anyway, so just take your privilege and shut up"? -- nm - Amanda Feb 6, 09:43
  - But keep in mind, it was an ad to promote a company - ty97 Feb 6, 09:21 1
    - They could have gone broader than just equal pay, though, in making a statement on their corporate values. -- nm* - znufrii Feb 6, 09:50
- exactly what do they have to object to there? -- nm - Andie Feb 6, 09:09 2
  - oh it's pretty obvious to me - ty97 Feb 6, 09:11
  - Why do you hate men, Andie?! -- nm - Mop Feb 6, 09:10
Congrats to Bacon on his NFL Playoff Challenge victory (it was very close for the top 3; 779-771-767) -- nm - Beaker Feb 6, 09:03 1
- Well, I beat Pippy -- nm - J Feb 6, 09:57
Yikes, Camila Mendes on Riverdale is hot. -- nm - Loyola Feb 6, 08:59 1
- I sort of think - all cast members should meet the same beauty bar - Epiphany Feb 6, 09:04
Apparently Fox wouldn't let 84 Lumber air their full ad, which is why we had to see it online. -- (link) - Mop Feb 6, 08:56 11
- 4:46? Like they would have spent 47.75M!!! -- nm - Spawn Feb 6, 09:00 7
  - They edited to the SB ad length and released the longer one online. - spamlet Feb 6, 09:02 3
    - I know, just not sure how they could have made that one fit. - Spawn Feb 6, 09:13 2
      - I would think the wall would have been the money shot for the whole commercial though. -- nm - groiny Feb 6, 09:14 1
        
        Yeah, but if they got there and found the door immediately it would feel hollow. - Spawn Feb 6, 09:17
  - This is why I call Bullshit. -- nm - Ender Feb 6, 09:01 2
    - It's not BS. Fox clearly rejected a shortened version intended for air -- (edited) - ty97 Feb 6, 09:06 1
      - CENSORSHIP! I hear Trump called Fox and said he'd revoke their FCC license if they didn't pull the ad! -- nm - Mop Feb 6, 09:17
- No explicit politics is a longstanding SB ad policy. -- nm - spamlet Feb 6, 09:00
- That's not uncommon with Super Bowls ads IIRC, there have been rejected ads in the past for being too political - ty97 Feb 6, 08:59
- without delving into it - i read rumours that the owner is actually Pro-Trump. ?? -- nm - Andie Feb 6, 08:57
how Chris Evans (Captain America) reacted to the Patriots winning -- (link) - Remlik Feb 6, 08:54
How Russian hackers cracked slot machine algorithms -- (link) - znufrii Feb 6, 08:53 6
- Ha! They were arrested in our casino. -- nm - spamlet Feb 6, 09:29
- interesting -- nm - Epiphany Feb 6, 09:11
- Fascinating. -- nm - Mop Feb 6, 09:03
- Are we sure it wasn't a 400 pound guy on his bed? -- nm - ty97 Feb 6, 09:00 2
  - Please keep your fetishes to yourself. -- nm - Spawn Feb 6, 09:10 1
    - ST's all fun and games until ty starts talking about his colon. -- nm - David, ST's Ultimate Lover Feb 6, 09:11
groiny, Matty Ice only had 23 pass attempts. -- (edited) - Spawn Feb 6, 08:52 5
- Now that I've stopped yelling internally I will say that Atlanta is frighteningly good. the rumors of their speed are not exaggerated. Nor those of - Mel Profit Feb 6, 09:42 1
  - We overachieved so much this year. That defense is the youngest in the league by *a lot*. - David, ST's Ultimate Lover Feb 6, 09:48
- They just didn't have the ball. The Pats had a drive, that ended in an 85 yard pick 6 and then another long drive to follow. - volnelk Feb 6, 08:55 1
  - Right. Nobody should even be in a game when they run 46 plays. - David, ST's Ultimate Lover Feb 6, 08:58
- I admit, the play calling in the 2nd half kind of befuddled me. - groiny Feb 6, 08:55
kilbo, that is a personal question. -- nm - Pippy SI Feb 6, 08:50 2
- Its my step dad's party. My mom is not able to organize it, so I stepped in. - Epiphany Feb 6, 09:03 1
  - ah...i see. Andie's suggestions on B2 may be helpful. -- nm - Diva Feb 6, 09:12

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