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The Caps became the 2nd team in 50 years to score 5+ goals in 10 straight home games. - Will Hunting, King of Astronauts Feb 9, 19:04
Samford vs Wofford is in its 4th OT. -- nm - Dano Feb 9, 18:56
Jeffrey Lord: "I'm not advocating it, I'm just saying there's a school of thought that this can be done." Anderson Cooper: - Max Feb 9, 18:42
LOUD NOISES! - Trump Feb 9, 18:42
Heh. 'Precedents trump President Trump'. Well said. -- nm - Volnelk Feb 9, 18:29 1
- ~It's a precedent, Trump/C'mon~ -- nm - Pete Townsend Feb 9, 18:31
In case you were worried, Legion did really really well in the ratings -- (link) - Beaker Feb 9, 18:23
Rosie O'Donnell's new twitter profile pic -- (link) - JaxSean Feb 9, 18:22 [Image] 5
- by the gods!, is that ... (spoiler) ... - call me Ishmael Feb 9, 19:06
- OMG -- nm - Mop Feb 9, 18:39
- oh snap -- nm - Beaker Feb 9, 18:24
- *It's Happening gif* -- nm - Reagen Feb 9, 18:23 1
  - It kinda had to. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Feb 9, 18:45
I just saw a few seconds of a Spicer interview ... he actually somehow reminds me of General Talbot -- nm - Beryllium Feb 9, 18:17 1
- And, I mean, it shouldn't. I feel like I should apple-agize to Adrian Pasdar for even suggesting it. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 9, 18:18
Aretha to retire after she records album with Stevie -- (link) - con_carne Feb 9, 18:12
Economist to the rescue. -- (link) - Beryllium Feb 9, 17:59 2
- ^ if you're running short of valentine ideas -- nm - Beryllium Feb 9, 18:41
- they really love donald. -- nm - mud Feb 9, 18:02
Did ST catch KAC questioned about how Trump felt about her Ivanka remark? - Spawn Feb 9, 17:49 6
- Evening news teaser - she's been counseled :) -- nm - Meg Feb 9, 18:13
- so, she hates women? -- nm - dogbert Feb 9, 17:56
- Helsinki syndrome! -- nm - Bacon Feb 9, 17:50 3
  - As in Helsinki, Sweden -- nm - Beaker Feb 9, 18:16
  - (Stockholm) -- nm - ty97 Feb 9, 18:13 1
    - There'd be absurdist sarcasm with Helsinki syndrome. -- nm - . Feb 9, 18:15
James marsters (Spike from Buffy) cast as one of the parents in The Runaways -- (link*) - Beaker Feb 9, 17:48 1
- other great casting choices too -- nm - Beaker Feb 9, 17:49
Stop, would you kindly? Would you kindly. Powerful phrase. Familiar phrase? - David, ST's Ultimate Lover Feb 9, 17:44
*ahem* -- nm* - Beryllium Feb 9, 17:44
Hey Kelly/Kim, do you still dig your watches? - iSpam Feb 9, 17:42 6
- Yeah, I do. -- nm - kelly Feb 9, 18:47
- Yes, I do! -- nm - Callisto Buffalomeat Feb 9, 18:08 4
  - Which one did you get? How scratch prone is it? -- (edited) - spamlet Feb 9, 18:19 3
    - Series 1. I haven't had any real issues with scratches. - Callisto Buffalomeat Feb 9, 18:45 2
      - Same here (series 1, no scratches. I'm not all that rough with it though.) -- nm - kelly Feb 9, 18:48 1
        
        Thanks to you both. -- nm - iSpam Feb 9, 18:58
We've secretly made a change on the ST Beta site. Let's see if anyone notices. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 9, 17:38 6
- i forget ... how do i go to the beta site? i only know slackertalk and slickertalk -- nm - call me Ishmael Feb 9, 18:18 1
  - there's a link to beta on the slackertalk site, but the URL is just beta.slackertalk.com -- nm - Beryllium Feb 9, 18:19
- Nice. -- nm - znufrii Feb 9, 17:40
- Bigger instead of grey? -- nm - iSpam Feb 9, 17:39 2
  - No both. Just bigger. -- nm - iSpam Feb 9, 17:40 1
    - Just bigger, yes, and only on the first level. (I've always struggled to find a non-ugly way to render posts in that design) -- nm - Beryllium Feb 9, 17:45
I have been listening to 3 of my coworkers trying to arrange air conditioning for the office this weekend for *at least* 3 hours now. nm - ralph wiggum Feb 9, 17:24
sub-headline from the Post: "Spicer went full Melissa McCarthy during today's news briefing" -- nm - prayformojo Feb 9, 17:11 8
- this position is going to be like "Spinal Tap drummer" in this admin. -- nm - Reagen Feb 9, 17:20 6
  - joe mama besser! -- nm - dogbert Feb 9, 18:01
  - keyboardist for the Grateful Dead -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 9, 17:49
  - *spontaneously combusts* -- nm - TWuG Feb 9, 17:24
  - Murphy Brown's assistant. -- nm - Max Feb 9, 17:24
  - *chokes to death on someone else's vomit* -- nm - Press Secretary #14 Feb 9, 17:24
  - complete with mobile podium -- nm - budice Feb 9, 17:24
- Ha -- nm - Andie Feb 9, 17:19
The title of this review isn't a surprise since it mentions her 'lovely, supple, perky breasts' 6 times. -- (link) - GregW Feb 9, 17:07 2
- "His ass is so perfect they really should market a plaster of Paris paperweight of it." Comedy gold. -- nm - Qale Feb 9, 19:07
- that has worse writing than the books. by a lot. ugh. -- nm - b. Feb 9, 17:20
Trump's tweet claims that "the security of our nation is at stake" when the appeals court just disproved that. - Mop Feb 9, 16:49 8
- well, not really. - znufrii Feb 9, 18:31
- lol -- (link) - Beryllium Feb 9, 17:17
- I love the idea that he's still talking about Nordstrom. nm - ralph wiggum Feb 9, 16:58 1 1
  - I thought he was a businessman. -- nm - . Feb 9, 17:16
- We're as safe now as we were before Trump was elected because we already have a vetting process in place that prevents them from getting in. - Max Feb 9, 16:56 1
  - "facts" -- nm - ty97 Feb 9, 17:06
- Wait a minute. Just wait a minute here. The things he says aren't true? -- nm - Bacon Feb 9, 16:53 1
  - I know. I should just not. -- nm - Mop Feb 9, 17:00
more on the 12'th cave to have Dead Sea Scrolls -- (link) - Peglegpete Feb 9, 16:33 3
- It bothers me that students from Liberty University were involved. Like they're a real school. -- nm - Mop Feb 9, 16:36
- "and lo, he of the orange shall appear and the world will tremble at his tiny hands and hot daughter" -- nm - Beaker Feb 9, 16:34 1
  - "I looked, and behold, an ashen horse - and he who sat on it had the name Shit Gibbon" - Beryllium Feb 9, 16:52
"We would have released our ruling yesterday, but we had to make sure to include ALL THE BURNS." -- nm - Mop Feb 9, 16:32 4
- "Trump said See you in court. Well I just saw him in court, and he got beat." - Gov. of Washington on CNN -- nm - Max Feb 9, 16:43 3
  - I'm delighted that he's having a tantrum. I want him to go in front of a camera and have his tantrum. - Mop Feb 9, 17:01 2
    - it's a 100% surety that someone, possibly Trump himself, is angling for a public address. -- nm - Reagen Feb 9, 17:28 1
      - God help us, the day Trump makes a public televised address in prime time. -- nm - Mop Feb 9, 18:43
Heh. The Government Ethics website keeps crashing for some reason... -- nm - decline Feb 9, 16:29
Pretty good Jeopardy tonight. Oscars was the final category. -- nm - CQ Feb 9, 16:27 1
- Oscar Meyer -- nm - Bacon Feb 9, 16:40
Canadian PSA: Lotto Max is $60 Million Friday (lump sum, tax free) -- nm - Beaker Feb 9, 16:26
I'm sorry, but I kinda love that the miserable, hateful cretin is pretty clearly having an unenjoyable time in the job so far -- nm - ty97 Feb 9, 16:17 4
- I'm not the least bit sorry. I hope every day he spends in the job is miserable. I'd say "soul-sucking" but he's a soulless fuck. -- nm - TWuG Feb 9, 16:23
- I'm happy that you seem happier these days. nm - ralph wiggum Feb 9, 16:21 1
  - Do I? - ty97 Feb 9, 16:37
- why are you sorry? -- nm - crash davis Feb 9, 16:18
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ok - so I'll correct myself Crash - and brilliant idea to tron the word by the way, Jack? I hadn't seen anyone else use "harbinger" - you weren't the - JenBro Feb 9, 16:15 4
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  - :) -- nm - JenBro Feb 9, 16:30
- Volnelk is correct. We need Wordles -- nm - crash davis Feb 9, 16:17 1
  - 👍🏼👍🏼 -- nm - Volnelk Feb 9, 17:45
of course, the one fucking Lethal Weapon I miss doesn't show up on demand. -- nm - Beaker Feb 9, 16:14 6
- can you watch online? I've noticed Time Warner/Spectrum does this. -- nm - CQ Feb 9, 16:14 5
  - yeah watching now but I hate watching on the computer...I like to surf when I watch TV :) -- nm - Beaker Feb 9, 16:15 4
    - I really like the Lethal Weapon show. Like...more than Lucifer like -- nm - Beaker Feb 9, 16:34 2
      - I think they're balancing serious and funny really really well. -- nm - Max Feb 9, 16:44 1
        
        I'm looking forward to them moving forward with - spoilers - Beaker Feb 9, 18:12
    - You need a chromecast! -- nm - decline Feb 9, 16:20
Kelly, you're why we can't have nice things! - David, ST's Ultimate Lover Feb 9, 16:09 2
- Wait, what? Did I miss something? -- nm - kelly Feb 9, 18:28
- Hey, she married all the nice things!!! -- nm - Will Hunting, King of Astronauts Feb 9, 17:15
Christine Baranski Is Totally Down to Play Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on SNL -- (link) - ty97 Feb 9, 16:07 2
- I love her. Love. -- nm - Andie Feb 9, 16:31
- perfect casting -- nm - Beaker Feb 9, 16:08
I'm still proud of where I used to live, so I was happy to see the court case was named: The State of Washington vs. Donald J. Trump -- nm - crash davis Feb 9, 16:06 1
- In other news, SCROTUS offers to trade WA to the Russians in exchange for the Ukraine -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 9, 21:07
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- So you think the 4 cons (including Kennedy) would rule to lift the stay? - ty97 Feb 9, 16:02 11
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    - Would you say that Trump's belittling of judges and courts have any influence on a ruling? i.e. "I can't overrule you? OH YEAH?!" -- nm - Mop Feb 9, 16:34
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      - Twas going to be my next question. There's some precedent here. - ty97 Feb 9, 16:16 4
        
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        Im sure his comments about the judiciary doesnt win many fans -- nm - budice Feb 9, 16:21 2
        
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        He also has the bad facts (that he has nobody but himself to blame for) that he continually promised and called for a Muslim ban. A different set of - pmb Feb 9, 16:26
    - another wrinkle - ty97 Feb 9, 16:13 1
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    - But 1) Theyd have to agree to listen 2) Trump would be the moving party and have to argue the merits of the appeal to the Supremes no? -- nm - budice Feb 9, 16:11
And yes, likelihood of success on the merits is a huge consideration, but I am being a naturally cautious and specific law talking guy. - ReluctantCynic Feb 9, 15:59 5
- and face down Dawson in a court of law -- nm - crash davis Feb 9, 16:04 4
  - how else would a drunk gay mexican lawyer be in court but face down -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 9, 21:39
  - transcipt - ty97 Feb 9, 16:05 2
    - And dutifully inspired by A Fish Called Wanda - ReluctantCynic Feb 9, 16:51
    - in Ty V Dawson it was held that "drunk guys definitely need another beer" -- nm - crash davis Feb 9, 16:07
David, don't read this. Everyone else, read this. -- (link) - ty97 Feb 9, 15:59 1
- Ha -- nm - Andie Feb 9, 16:00
If I ever win a huge lottery pool, I'm going to study constitutional law just for fun. -- nm - ty97 Feb 9, 15:55 14
- I'd donate money and get an honorary doctorate and call myself a Doctor... -- nm - Beaker Feb 9, 16:43
- Yup. I'd become a professional student just taking classes for the hell of it. - spamlet Feb 9, 16:24 2
  - I so enjoyed my college career. Absolutely no pressure except what I put on myself. - Meg Feb 9, 16:31
  - I have a different goal. America's Test BBQ Kitchen. there are a lot of spices from other areas of the world we never use I want to try - Peglegpete Feb 9, 16:30
- fun /fən/ .. adjective: amusing, entertaining, or enjoyable. - dogbert Feb 9, 16:03 1
  - It's not the only thing I'd do. - ty97 Feb 9, 16:04
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  - I'm not a great writer so I ruled law out as a career some time ago, but as a hobby-ish thing, I could totally get into it -- nm - ty97 Feb 9, 15:59 1
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- Future owner of Heart of Atlanta Motel -- nm - budice Feb 9, 15:58
- 2nd Amendments biggest fan -- nm - budice Feb 9, 15:56
- I'll buy the presidency. -- nm - TWuG Feb 9, 15:55 2
  - You couldn't pay me enough to want it -- nm - ty97 Feb 9, 15:58 1
    - I didn't say *I'd* be president, just that I would own the position. :-) -- nm - TWuG Feb 9, 16:02
Ha! Apparently Trump's secret service name is Mogul. nm - ralph wiggum Feb 9, 15:53 4
- I would have thought it was *heavy sigh*. -- nm - Reagen Feb 9, 17:17
- "A member of the Muslim dynasty of Mongol origin founded by the successors of Tamerlane, which ruled much of India from the 16th to the 19th century." -- nm - TWuG Feb 9, 15:55 2
  - They knew that, didn't they? -- nm - Andie Feb 9, 15:59 1
    - I sure hope so, because it is a phenomenal dig. -- nm - TWuG Feb 9, 16:01
lir: worst hair band song is without question seventeen by winger - dogbert Feb 9, 15:52 1
- As I said, the original video is awesome but I think it was yanked from existence because, well, as you said. -- nm - Spawn Feb 9, 15:54
Marlins prospective buyer is Ivankas Father in law -- nm - budice Feb 9, 15:52 1
- The one who was put in jail by Chris Christie -- nm - decline Feb 9, 15:57
cnn.com headline. DENIED -- nm - Bacon Feb 9, 15:51
Tom Jones is reportedly dating Priscilla Presley -- (link) - budice Feb 9, 15:50 1
- it's not unusual ... -- nm - call me Ishmael Feb 9, 15:52

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