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Comicbook fans...the William Marston(WW creator) biopic is a thing and I get to preview tomorrow -- (link*) - budice Mar 19, 13:14 7
- right on, he and his wife and gf are an interesting story. -- nm - Remlik Mar 19, 13:19 6
  - Will they address how the lie detector he invented is b.s.? -- nm - Mop Mar 19, 13:38 5
    - golden lariet, my ass. -- nm - Reagen Mar 19, 13:45
    - are you saying the kind of lie detector he invented didn't work? -- nm - Remlik Mar 19, 13:43 3
      - in case you're not joking, there's no such thing as a lie detector with any validity. -- nm - Reagen Mar 19, 13:46 2
        
        yes I understand that. I was asking if Mop asking about Marston's version vs. another version -- nm - Remlik Mar 19, 13:48
        
        We have determined that this is a lie -- nm - Maury Mar 19, 13:47
so...Shaq has also come out as a Flat-Earther...how the fuck is this a thing now? -- nm - Beaker Mar 19, 13:01 11
- You'd think he could see the curvature from up there -- nm - Mop Mar 19, 13:39
- I like my Earth like I like my ladies, round. -- nm - budice Mar 19, 13:06
- He can see the curve of the Earth himself! -- nm - Reagen Mar 19, 13:03
- I think 75% of the people are trolling. -- nm - Bacon Mar 19, 13:02 7
  - I think they are just dumb as fucking wood -- nm - Beaker Mar 19, 13:33
  - this quote is Billy Madisonesque. -- (link) - Reagen Mar 19, 13:06 5
    - I want to know what they think. .. is the moon flat? Other planets.? How does that work in space? How do you fly around a flat planet? - Andie Mar 19, 16:49
    - Buzz Aldrin just needs to go around and punch every person that defends flat earth. -- nm - Flavorize Mar 19, 13:31
    - well, China is under us so .. -- nm - mud Mar 19, 13:17
    - That's the most "I can't even" quote ever -- nm - J Mar 19, 13:13
    - Heh -- nm - Bacon Mar 19, 13:11
Macbook Pro doesn't get PC viruses. Um, PC doesn't get Apple viruses either. Yes Apple, you have viruses too. - Bacon Mar 19, 12:06 3
- Though there hasn't been very many iOS viruses. That ad isn't for a Macbook of any type but an iPad Pro - JD Mar 19, 12:11 1
  - Ah I am cleaning the office I thought it was macbook. -- nm - Bacon Mar 19, 12:13
- (#fakenews) -- nm - Spawn Mar 19, 12:07
Let's go Shockers *clap clap clapclapclap* -- nm - Strongbad Mar 19, 12:02 1
- Go receding hairlines!! -- nm - budice Mar 19, 13:05
Trump's approval rating has taken a beating. He's at 37/58/-21. - David Mar 19, 11:36 31
- Low approval ratings makes impeachment more palatable -- nm - Mop Mar 19, 13:38
- Hot mess. SNL has good material for the next 4 years. -- nm - budice Mar 19, 13:07 2
  - 8 -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Mar 19, 13:12 1
    - Stop that -- nm - prayformojo Mar 19, 13:18
- Good job, trump! You've bested Obama - Reagen Mar 19, 12:11 6
  - I hadn't researched this yet, but I figured this was the case. - David Mar 19, 12:14 5
    - "well we've got other polling saying I'm trending higher than he was" -- nm - Remlik Mar 19, 12:16 4
      - That's the problem. They don't. -- nm - David Mar 19, 12:16 3
        
        Approval rating 84%! -- (link) - Cuzzin Todd Mar 19, 12:21 1
        
        Fox has been a fairly reliable pollster, FWIW - Reagen Mar 19, 12:23
        
        oh I know that, you know that, we all know that. But that's not what Bannon will have him say. -- nm - Remlik Mar 19, 12:20
- He can't handle dealing with women in authority. -- nm - Remlik Mar 19, 11:54 1
  - I'd think he'd just grab 'em by the... ummm... nevermind. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Mar 19, 12:00
- His body language with Merkel was horribly weak looking. He melts when he is with someone superior to him. GOP never had that person in the primary. - Bacon Mar 19, 11:39 9
  - He's only used to projecting an image of power, not actually wielding it. -- (edited) - znufrii, definitely not 40 Mar 19, 13:25
  - next to Putin he'll look like a little monkey on a leash -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 19, 11:43 1
    - Probably cause Putin will put him on a leash... plus make him wear a little red vest and hat. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Mar 19, 11:58
  - I think the poor fool honestly believed that POTUS was a figurehead position that he could handle easily. -- nm - David Mar 19, 11:41 5
    - Feinstein seems to think he'll resign sooner rather than later - I wish I had her optimism. -- nm - Reagen Mar 19, 12:13 3
      - President Pence still may be much worse. -- nm - Bacon Mar 19, 13:01 1
        
        it would at least be a war fought on a normal battlefield. -- nm - Reagen Mar 19, 13:04
      - I took her to mean he would just implode and cost himself reelection -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 19, 12:50
    - yup -- nm - Beaker Mar 19, 11:43
- Lowest for this early in a presidency ever, though have to see if it's noise and it sticks or if he rebounds some. -- nm - ty97 Mar 19, 11:38 7
  - But, emails! -- nm - Spawn Mar 19, 12:05
  - Depends on how they push the health care debacle. - Will Hunting Mar 19, 11:42
  - Reagen's been right about the unreliable nature of his polling, but he's unmistakably spiraling downward. -- nm - David Mar 19, 11:40 4
    - lowest ever (Truman's 22) might get tested. - Reagen Mar 19, 12:22 3
      - I'm still amazed that a quarter of the population still supported him in the face of unprecedented economic collapse. -- nm - David Mar 19, 12:25 2
        
        In the election of 1932, Herbert Hoover got almost 40% of the popular vote - Brian Mar 19, 12:49 1
        
        That's a great point, but it was three full years later. The Bush support was *during*. - David Mar 19, 13:11
If the Shockers win, this is going to be the worst afternoon in Kentucky's state history. -- nm - David Mar 19, 11:34
We go live to my bracket -- (link) - Will Hunting Mar 19, 11:25
My bracket had Villanova beating Louisville in the Championship Game. Worst Bracket EVER -- nm - Bacon Mar 19, 11:21 1
- Ditto -- nm - eag Mar 19, 11:24
Turn on the Michigan/Louisville game! -- nm - Flavorize Mar 19, 11:04 2
- Now I'm definitely not saying I wished that plane had crashed.... -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Mar 19, 11:21
- Big 10 having quite the tourney -- nm - budice Mar 19, 11:12
$170M estimated for Beauty & the Beast (7th largest opening ever) -- nm* - Beaker Mar 19, 10:50 6
- So the $135 Call was a good idea, then? Good. -- nm - Volnelk Mar 19, 12:33
- but does it have legs? - call me Ishmael Mar 19, 11:48 1
  - Huge -- nm - Beaker Mar 19, 11:52
- Get Out BB IPOs today PSA. Easy Money -- nm - Beaker Mar 19, 10:59
- nailed it. -- nm - Tim Mar 19, 10:54 1
  - Yeah you did! -- nm - David Mar 19, 11:33
I've been a fan of the new non superhero CW shows this season: No Tomorrow, Frequency, Riverdale -- nm - Dano Mar 19, 10:44
Heather ran a half marathon for 2nd straight wknd today. Recorded personal best. Has a 10K in April and another half in May - prayformojo Mar 19, 10:26 6
- Nice! Today seemed like good running weather too. -- nm - Max Mar 19, 12:51
- That's fantastic! -- nm - Flavorize Mar 19, 11:03
- Wow. Good for her, that's incredible. -- nm - kelly Mar 19, 10:54
- Well done and best of luck to her with the training through summer for August race - JD Mar 19, 10:42 2
  - Running in the heat has always been her Achilles heel too. But - prayformojo Mar 19, 11:45 1
    - Early AM is excellent - JD Mar 19, 12:06
Now watching Hoosiers with my daughter (she has the basketball bug, she was just outside practicing her dribbling) -- nm - Beaker Mar 19, 10:26 2
- I'd forgotten what a bitch Barbara Hershey was -- nm - Beaker Mar 19, 10:48 1
  - Pretty jaded--but, it makes it sweeter later -- nm - Flavorize Mar 19, 11:02
Is netflix down for anyone else? -- nm - Beryllium Mar 19, 10:09 6
- Nope, flying through Iron Fist as I type -- nm - J Mar 19, 10:24 4
  - I never made it through Luke Cage... maybe I should try again. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Mar 19, 11:15 2
    - Neither did my wife, I didn't even try but I've enjoyed this so far -- nm - J Mar 19, 11:39 1
      - I liked the character on Jessica Jones, but the stand alone didn't grab me. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Mar 19, 13:14
  - It appears that my roku is the problem -- nm - Beryllium Mar 19, 10:26
- I just checked, working for me. -- nm - Bacon Mar 19, 10:14
Highlander: Adrian Paul and Christopher Lambert at a convention -- (link) - Remlik Mar 19, 09:39 [youtube] 1
- I always liked Paul and the Highlander TV series -- nm - Beaker Mar 19, 11:00
LIR: Max, steroids can be given with antibiotics to treat certain infections. For the most part, a simple outpatient PNA / bronchitis likely won't - James Bond (aka Igor) Mar 19, 09:38 3
- On the plus side, they'll make me super strong lifting weights. I'll ask them to double the dose. -- nm - Max Mar 19, 09:50 2
  - I've been on inhaled steroids for *decades*. If only. -- nm - Reagen Mar 19, 09:52 1
    - I thought you were supposed to stick them in your butt -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 19, 11:41
*butts in on an American health system argument on twitter* - hope you don't mind me stirring the pot, andie -- nm - Beryllium Mar 19, 09:31 4
- That dude's basically offering faith based arguments but you might point out that Canadians pay less public money than the US does in it's "private" - Reagen Mar 19, 09:51 2
  - He replied to me, but I've ignored the notifications ... better things to do right now. Like argue with my kid. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 19, 09:56 1
    - I remember during the original Obamacare debate, Vermin saying " maybe we should think about the consequences of making one sixth of the economy non p -- (edited) - Reagen Mar 19, 11:28
- Although both of you have less than 1000 tweets. I feel like a heavy hitter. Heh. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 19, 09:34
So, if the NBA is so pissed about teams resting superstars, then maybe the NBA shouldn't schedule 6 games in 9 days... -- (link) - Beaker Mar 19, 09:20 3
- They should make teams plot out these in the beginning of the year--also, resting vs the Clippers when you're playing the Lakers the next day is stupid -- nm* - Flavorize Mar 19, 09:25 2
  - The Lakers are basically tanking, and are making substitutions to lose games--Also, they waited until just before game time to make the announcement. -- nm* - Flavorize Mar 19, 09:30 1
    - my thinking on that would be, they still might lose to the Clippers in a hard fought game, so rest for that and play in the easy win game -- nm - Beaker Mar 19, 09:55
Long thought the heir for Jim Boeheim at Syracuse, Mike Hopkins has reportedly jumped ship to be head coach at Washington. -- (link) - Beaker Mar 19, 09:18 1
- I guess asshole isn't going quietly into the night -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 19, 09:21
Still trying to figure out what I said on B2 to piss off CQ. I figure my post might be construed as a spoiler... or maybe he's a UCLA fan? -- nm - Mop Mar 19, 08:53 1
- Late Saturday night, I figured he was drunk -- nm - J Mar 19, 09:43
RIP Jimmy Breslin -- (link) - Reagen Mar 19, 08:22
This feels like required reading these days: How someone can go from hardcore Christian Republican to liberal -- (link) - Reagen Mar 19, 08:18 3
- Good stuff. Hope it's true. Hope we see more of it. There's a photo making the rounds on FB of a Trump voter holding up a sign... - Mop Mar 19, 08:51
- Joked with a friend on Twitter about the reverse, we love accounts that claim "former progressive" or "ex-SJW." - Tim Mar 19, 08:37 1
  - The closest I think I've seen of this phenomenon would be on hate speech laws and Human Rights Commissions. - Name Withheld By Request Mar 19, 11:28
The Big 10 schools seem to be doing a lot better than expected. Before it started, I heard one analyst predict none would get to the 2nd round. -- nm - GregW Mar 19, 07:42 3
- It's Wisconsin who was underseeded. The rest are weak. - Will Hunting Mar 19, 07:58 2
  - I think you pissed Michigan off...... -- nm - Beaker Mar 19, 11:02 1
    - This is completely unexpected. The conference hasn't been good all year. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 19, 11:23
Every week we get another example of how sports needs to catch up with technology. There's no reason for us to all know the right call but no way to -- (edited) - Krusty Mar 19, 06:41 9
- I wasn't watching live. I assume the NU call. When did the TV audience know? Had the Zags gone down and scored or had Collins meltdown/technical stopped play? -- (edited) - zunk xometimes Mar 19, 07:41 8
  - The whole TV audience didn't know at first but I'm sure some did. Collins saw it and as the teams ran down court he ran out and at the ref. - Krusty Mar 19, 07:56 6
    - And you fix it by doing what Reagen said. You stop play and reset the game back to the point of the missed call. -- nm* - Krusty Mar 19, 07:59 5
      - So if play had not been stopped by the technical, and Gonzaga scores, THEN it is determined the prior play was goal tending, you not only reset the - zunk xometimes Mar 19, 09:02 4
        
        The hope is that the ref/official in the booth upstairs catches the mistake and buzzes down before a team can score, especially more than once. - Krusty Mar 19, 09:37
        
        yeah, that would be a terrible plan. I think they would need replay challenges like in the NFL, 2 a game, but have to be used immediately -- nm - Beaker Mar 19, 09:13 1
        
        Buzzer to the ref like in football or hockey. 15 secs from "that play looks hinkey" to play stopped. -- nm - Reagen Mar 19, 09:19
        
        Oh, it's right below. Doh! -- nm - zunk xometimes Mar 19, 09:04
  - Reset to the time of the foul and begin play from there. - Reagen Mar 19, 07:45
NCAA: 30/40 correct picks and 3/4 of my final four left. -- nm* - Krusty Mar 19, 06:30 5
- Lost Nova and my only live team in the East is Duke. I need them to lose today to at least let good triumph. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 19, 08:02
- Surprisingly 27/40 and 3/4 but the 2nd round ain't over yet. All 3 of my remaining FF at risk today. -- nm - zunk xometimes Mar 19, 07:33
- Nova was my winner and now there out - eag Mar 19, 07:25
- 34. All four. All eight. -- nm* - Volnelk Mar 19, 07:25
- 31/40; 3/4, 7/8, -- nm - Beaker Mar 19, 06:33
Comics fans, Bernie Wrightson passed away. :-( -- (link) - TWuG Mar 19, 06:01 4
- breaks out some of my fantasy trading cards from the 1990s ... - call me Ishmael Mar 19, 10:42
- I have known Berni since 1975 and own several of his originals. This really hurts. -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 19, 09:45
- that sucks. he was a master -- nm - Remlik Mar 19, 09:08
- This is tragic. Back in the bland late 70s, his style was very emotive and noir. He did great work. -- nm - Mop Mar 19, 08:52
TV PSA: NCAA, NCIS LA, Little Big Shots, Once Upon a Time, Missing, Simpsons, Top Gear, Big Little Lies, Making History, Black Sails, Family Guy, -- nm - Beaker Mar 19, 04:52 11
- I wonder at what point I stop watching Family Guy. It rarely even makes me chuckle any more. - Mop Mar 19, 09:15
- Chicago Justice, Homeland, Madam Secretary, Time After Time, Walking & Talking Dead, Naked & Afraid, American Crime, Last Man on Earth, Billions, Feud -- nm - Beaker Mar 19, 04:54 9
  - Bette vs Joan, Elementary, Girls, Shades of Blue, Into the Badlands (premiere), Crashing, other stuff -- nm - Beaker Mar 19, 04:55 8
    - Is anyone watching Bette vs. Joan? The commercials made it look interesting. -- nm - Krusty Mar 19, 05:07 7
      - Me and Pete were discussing it earlier this week. It's set as a story from the 70s flashbacking to the 50s, so you see two eras of Hollywood. - Mop Mar 19, 08:59 3
        
        It's a little before my time but I find the ears fascinating so I'll check it out as I have an easy week ahead. -- nm - Krusty Mar 19, 09:38 1
        
        Ear fetish? -- nm - Spawn Mar 19, 13:33
        
        The casting is fantastic. There's a couple of surprises I won't spoil (but you'll have to look them up, because wigs!) - Mop Mar 19, 09:01
      - Yes, it's fantastic.. especially if you like Old Hollywood or Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? - secretslacker Mar 19, 05:50 2
        
        Seconded. -- nm - znufrii, definitely not 40 Mar 19, 06:33
        
        Thanks! I'll give it a chance this week. -- nm - Krusty Mar 19, 06:03

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