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I think my normally quiet upstairs neighbors are breaking up. I don't really blame them. It's a small apartment for two or more people. -- nm - Qale Feb 20, 19:02
One episode in and I believe I'll really dig 'Crashing'. -- nm - Volnelk Feb 20, 19:00
"You'll have other opportunities. Your grandparents can't stick around forever." -- nm - Max Feb 20, 18:33
Hey Mary, The federal government accepted your tax return. Woohoo! - windows jones Feb 20, 18:19 9
- Even though it won't affect my refund, I'm waiting until I decide how much to put into my Roth before filing. -- nm - Dano Feb 20, 19:04
- woot -- nm - budice Feb 20, 18:39
- sucker! -- nm - Max Feb 20, 18:32 5
  - I will take every ruble I can right now. kitchen = $$$$ -- nm - windows jones Feb 20, 18:42 4
    - oh yeah there's that -- nm - Max Feb 20, 18:48 2
      - penn state overwithheld my state taxes so my range hood is free! that's how it works, right? -- nm - windows jones Feb 20, 18:50 1
        
        yeah...I guess that's how it works in the real world... -- nm - Max Feb 20, 19:00
    - At least you gots the fireplace -- nm - budice Feb 20, 18:48
- Hey Raul, you just started your taxes two days ago. -- nm - Mop Feb 20, 18:30
It's always a little disconcerting to find remnant feathers on a rotisserie chicken. -- nm - znufrii, not a sociologist Feb 20, 18:10 4
- Not something I have EVER seen, but based on this anecdotal evidence, I now believe it happens all the time. -- nm - Mop Feb 20, 18:29 1
  - It's not every time, but it's not the first time. -- nm - znufrii, not a sociologist Feb 20, 18:32
- fiber! -- nm - Reagen Feb 20, 18:20
- that's how you know it really is a chicken -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 20, 18:15
InfoWars, Lou Dobbs, and Fox News have started spreading rumors about Obama trying to sabotage the Trump administration. -- (link) - mara Feb 20, 18:02 9
- infowars has been all about the shadow government since it started. that man is all kinds of crazy. -- nm - mafic Feb 20, 20:42
- God, I hope stays on vacation for a good long time so he doesn't have to deal with all this bullshit. -- nm - Mop Feb 20, 18:25
- Whee everything sucks now -- nm - Reagen Feb 20, 18:13
- Also, that's totally not even him in those windsurfing photos. It's his identical twin! Check the birthmarks! nm - Tinfoil Hat Monthly Feb 20, 18:06 3
  - Yeah, the American twin that he stole that birth certificate from! -- nm - Spawn Feb 20, 18:09 2
    - er... -- nm - Reagen Feb 20, 18:11 1
      - Forget it, he's rolling. -- nm - iSpam Feb 20, 18:15
- One can only hope. -- nm - Spawn Feb 20, 18:05
- Oh, joy. -- nm - znufrii, not a sociologist Feb 20, 18:04
I don't care what the NYT says. I'm not calling him Jim Mattis. I prefer to call the voice of sanity Mad Dog -- (link) - crash davis Feb 20, 18:01 1
- But... but... your president said... -- nm - Mop Feb 20, 18:26
Mel Alert: The Rock may be appearing shortly on Raw...purely my speculation -- nm - Remlik Feb 20, 17:58 1
- Well maybe not...he appeared before the show went live. - Remlik Feb 20, 18:04
Uber hires Eric Holder to investigate harassment claims -- nm - Strongbad Feb 20, 17:58
3000 year old find in Scotland includes gold spearhead. no Burriels. -- (link) - Peglegpete Feb 20, 17:42 2
- any videos? -- nm - crash davis Feb 20, 17:50 1
  - no. just several color pictures -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 20, 18:09
Hmm. Try something new for dinner, at the risk of upsetting my tummy all day tomorrow, or just get junkfood at Walgreens? - Beryllium Feb 20, 17:27 9
- if you're going to use the word "tummy" regarding your own, you deserve an upset stomach. -- nm - windows jones Feb 20, 18:51 4
  - This -- nm - Bacon Feb 20, 18:58
  - well, what do you call it?! -- nm - mud Feb 20, 18:57 2
    - crap factory -- nm - Roger More Feb 20, 19:00
    - After the age of 7 I stated calling it my upset stomach -- nm - Bacon Feb 20, 18:58
- What is "something new"? -- nm* - znufrii, not a sociologist Feb 20, 17:30 1
  - Random Mexican places (albeit with 4 stars on Yelp at 100+ reviews) -- nm - Beryllium Feb 20, 17:32
- juhk ag greens -- nm - budice Feb 20, 17:29 1
  - (results of using predictive typing app) -- nm - budice Feb 20, 17:31
Trump’s first month travel expenses cost taxpayers just about what Obama spent in a year. -- nm - Spawn Feb 20, 17:26
Dune IPO today at HSX -- nm - Beaker Feb 20, 17:14 3
- Third time's the charm? - Cuzzin Todd Feb 20, 17:38 2
  - 17 years ago?!?! *ugh* -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Feb 20, 17:51
  - Sting is ready! -- nm - Spawn Feb 20, 17:41
Suspect who shot Whittier police this morning is accused of shooting his cousin earlier in the day. - Meg Feb 20, 17:05
"Rob Thomas retweeted" that particular tweet about Maher's show, allegedly. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 20, 16:55
Pandora's Bar Fight -- (link) - Beryllium Feb 20, 16:51 2
- i totally read that in his voice .... what's the story behind this? is it just a funny haha tweet thing or something else? -- nm - call me Ishmael Feb 20, 18:46 1
  - Look at his feed. It's all he does. As far as I can tell, they never reference anything significant. -- (link) - mara Feb 20, 18:53
So far I like lyft more than uber, on a purely technical level. The UX is more clear cut. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 20, 16:39 2
- I use both and most of the drivers out here drive for both - eag Feb 20, 16:45 1
  - So far it's been 50/50 for double drivers vs singular ones -- nm - Beryllium Feb 20, 16:52
Hey! HEY! The GOP's *NEW* mainstream media accountability survey! Answer it now! -- (link) - Mop Feb 20, 16:05 1
- Do you believe that contrary to what the media says, raising taxes does not create jobs? -- nm - Spawn Feb 20, 16:19
NatGeo has a great story about the archaeological discoveries in London's "Big Dig". Includes a video. -- (link*) - Mop Feb 20, 16:01 20
- Not sure a video is an archaeological find of significant importance. -- nm - Bacon Feb 20, 16:11 19
  - Unless it's Milo advocating for pedophilia. That was an important find. -- nm - Mop Feb 20, 16:14 14
    - Okay you tell me. I saw something about Milo losing a book deal. Who is Milo? -- nm - Bacon Feb 20, 16:21 13
      - he's the lead voice of the Alt-Right movement on social media who trolled Leslie Jones hard and directed his followers to do so -- nm - Remlik Feb 20, 17:26 1
        
        Which has arguably done more for her than him. -- nm - Reagen Feb 20, 18:15
      - You don't really want to know. Forget him. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 20, 16:41 1
        
        Oh, I forgot the tidbit that Leslie Jones got him banned from Twitter a few months ago. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 20, 17:09
      - Do you even read these boards? -- nm - Spawn Feb 20, 16:36 4
        
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        This. I am starting to not click on things with Trump in the subject. Just getting numb to it. -- nm - Bacon Feb 20, 17:07 1
        
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        Only the people I don't have killfiled -- nm - Bacon Feb 20, 16:56
      - Breitbart nazi type troll who happens to be a gay immigrant -- nm - ty97 Feb 20, 16:31 2
        
        He could have used some more extreme vetting. -- nm - Mop Feb 20, 16:37 1
        
        you can say that again! -- nm - Simon & Schuster Feb 20, 16:54
      - The GOP token gay. -- nm - TWuG Feb 20, 16:24
  - if it's from the 19th or early centuries, it would be of *tremendous* significance. -- nm - Reagen Feb 20, 16:12 3
    - Saxonflix was huge -- nm - Beryllium Feb 20, 16:40
    - Okay, true true. Maybe Hitler made a video -- nm - Bacon Feb 20, 16:13 1
      - ... think older. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 20, 16:40
i get I am late about this, but the President's comment on Sweden was based on an interview - tRuMaN Feb 20, 15:54 4
- Multiple billions spent on intelligence and he ignores it all and goes with right wing media editorial -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 20, 17:20
- clip from a new film by Ami Horowitz claiming to document alleged violence committed by refugees in Sweden -- nm - mara Feb 20, 16:07
- and the sad bit is that isnt even the worse part of this whole story. *shakes head* - tRuMaN Feb 20, 15:58 1
  - He's their best source for fake news. -- nm - . Feb 20, 16:22
Vlade Divac admits the Kings had a better trade offer two days ago. - Will Hunting, King of Astronauts Feb 20, 15:52
The "shit is going down" music on The Good Fight isn't as good as it was -- nm* - Dano Feb 20, 15:41 4
- I'm afraid to ask but how was the pilot? - spamlet Feb 20, 15:53 2
  - I liked it. Casting spoils - Beryllium Feb 20, 16:11
  - Sorry, but I liked it. It was a reset episode so it had to do a lot of set up but it felt the same and I can see it getting really good. -- nm - Dano Feb 20, 16:05
- It's no Thicky Trick. -- nm - David Feb 20, 15:42
Ian Rapaport: MIA acquiring Julius Thomas from JAX for a draft pick. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 20, 15:07 8
- Any takers for Cutler yet? - . Feb 20, 16:38 1
  - I'm hoping BUF goes after Romo or Cutler if they drop Tyrod -- nm - Strongbad Feb 20, 17:24
- Always gonna be at best 2nd fiddle to Pats -- nm - budice Feb 20, 15:48 1
  - (until Brady retires) -- nm - Strongbad Feb 20, 15:49
- I think he was kind of a bust since he got here. Yesterday we were supposed to be getting Branden Albert too? -- nm - JaxSean Feb 20, 15:20 3
  - Going from Peyton Manning to Blake Bortles will have that effect. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 20, 15:33 1
    - (he's also perpetually injured) -- nm - Strongbad Feb 20, 15:33
  - That's still expected but due to the complexities of the salary cap, it'll be a separate transaction. - David Feb 20, 15:25
we won't have a day with high temp of lower than 50 for the rest of February - prayformojo Feb 20, 15:03 2
- With this weather I won't be surprised to see ice cream trucks. In February! So wrong. -- nm - Krusty Feb 20, 15:51
- We are expecting 2 more 80+ degree days this week which will make 12 for the month. -- nm - GregW Feb 20, 15:08
heh, Pence "disappointed" in Flynn. um, the whole administration kept you out of the loop for two weeks! -- nm - mud Feb 20, 15:03 2
- But I only lost trust in him after the dishonest media reported fake news. He was doing a great job. - SCROTUS Feb 20, 16:06 1
  - He's been in Europe telling our allies that we support them on sanctions against Russia. - . Feb 20, 16:46
While it's frustrating that this is what it took, Milo lost his book deal as well. -- nm - Tim Feb 20, 14:58 26
- I'm honestly clueless about what this is all about. - iSpam Feb 20, 15:26 21
  - It's the guy that sparked the Berkeley protests if that ties anything together for uou -- nm - ty97 Feb 20, 15:38 12
    - it's also got the side benefit of making Bill Maher look like a fantastic moron. -- nm - Reagen Feb 20, 15:55 5
      - I don't know...I don't think the rest would have occured without that. -- nm* - . Feb 20, 16:18
      - Even though you generally shouldn't give Milo any attention, I have still never loved Larry Wilmore more than when he dropped the hammer on him. nm - ralph wiggum Feb 20, 15:58 3
        
        Also, I am still really laughing at that Tweet about him looking like Rob Thomas's mom. nm - ralph wiggum Feb 20, 16:05 2
        
        While I think looks based attacks should be avoided (and I gal at bat) I did laugh uproariously at that one -- nm - ty97 Feb 20, 16:19 1
        
        Absolutely. It was just so razor accurate of a strike given how Milo was styling himself for that appearance. nm - ralph wiggum Feb 20, 16:23
    - i mean I know *who* he is just not why he's in the news and getting dropped from stuff today. -- nm - spamlet Feb 20, 15:54 4
      - Video of him defending pedophelia -- nm - ty97 Feb 20, 15:59 3
        
        PewDiePie is grateful. -- nm - Mop Feb 20, 16:00 2
        
        speaking of him, the remnants of GamerGate have rallied around him, which completes the circle of irony. -- nm - Tim Feb 20, 16:21 1
        
        *shocked!* -- nm - Mop Feb 20, 16:37
    - He's a GG guy? -- nm - . Feb 20, 15:42
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  - Exactly. -- nm - Callisto Buffalomeat Feb 20, 15:33
  - The new Anne Coulter just got self-owned and dropped from all his gigs in a 48 hr period. -- nm - Reagen Feb 20, 15:32 5
    - I love how these threads keep playing out. "I don't know who he is, and I'm happy about that." "Oh, he's the guy who..." - David Feb 20, 15:41 4
      - Right? -- nm - spamlet Feb 20, 15:53
      - I'm giving you minimum context! Minimum! - Reagen Feb 20, 15:46 2
        
        Even I did a better job at this! Granted, the question was phrased differently ...... :-) -- nm - Beryllium Feb 20, 16:13 1
        
        I mean, basically: "should I know who he is?" "No." -- nm - Beryllium Feb 20, 16:14
- "All the racism, bigotry and sexism was fine, but *this* is our line!" -- nm - Reagen Feb 20, 15:01 3
  - It *is* a hilarious fall from ... grace seems the wrong word to use here, but... -- nm - Reagen Feb 20, 15:02 2
    - acceptance of deplorability -- nm - Roger More Feb 20, 15:49 1
      - *ding* -- nm - Krusty Feb 20, 15:52
Whatever happened to Anonymous exposing/destroying Trump? Where are we on that? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Feb 20, 14:46 11
- According to the article I linked yesterday about 4 chan and anonymous, they are for don the con -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 20, 17:25
- I'm not sure what else they could expose that would be worse than what he's said/done thus far. - JaxSean Feb 20, 15:02 2
  - i think he's just creating practices that will become illegal for future presidents. -- nm - colin Feb 20, 15:12 1
    - "The 28th through 34nd Amendments, also known as the Trump Amendments, were a response to..." -- nm* - Future Historian Feb 20, 15:13
- Right after Tom Arnold releases the Apprentice tapes. -- nm - Dano Feb 20, 15:00
- remember, Anonymous is a name anybody can use, including those who have no idea how to do those things ;) - colin Feb 20, 14:59 2
  - really? oh hey look at me! -- nm - Anonymous Feb 20, 15:00 1
    - hey! stop hacking! it's bad! or it's good if i agree with you! -- nm - colin Feb 20, 15:06
- It's possible I'm overthinking it, but have we considered "they were talking shit" as an explanation? -- nm - Reagen Feb 20, 14:50 1
  - no no, they're waiting for tom Arnold to deliver the tapes. -- nm* - mud Feb 20, 14:58
- They're going to release his taxes any second now... -- nm - Mop Feb 20, 14:46
erp. -- nm - . Feb 20, 14:45
For those of you who like hard cider: I recommend Ciderboys Grand Mimosa. (Apple/orange hard cider) -- nm - kelly Feb 20, 14:45 3
- kindarelated: McKenzie's Black Cherry is my favorite of those types. -- nm - JaxSean Feb 20, 14:58
- mmm, I could totally go for that -- nm - prayformojo Feb 20, 14:46 1
  - Only available til the 28th: -- (link) - kelly Feb 20, 14:50

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