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Uwe Boll's Restaurant (in Vancouver) Is Better Than His Movies -- (link) - Beaker Mar 27, 08:16 6
- he could serve mud on a plate, and it would be better than his movies. -- nm - groiny Mar 27, 08:22 4
  - There are those rare people that enjoy his movies for what they are - eag Mar 27, 08:26 1
    - there are people that enjoy cutting themselves too. -- nm - groiny Mar 27, 08:32
  - he'll never catch me! I'm rarely in that area of downtown anyway -- nm - mud Mar 27, 08:26 1
    - Fresh mud. Get yer fresh mud here! -- nm - Qale Mar 27, 09:06
- that's not a real high bar to beat there -- nm - decline Mar 27, 08:20
ACK! I just accidentally told a vendor " love you" cause a: I'm not awake and b: I was looking at a text from SM - Epiphany Mar 27, 08:13 4
- There are worse ways for a vendor to start a Monday :) -- nm - Max Mar 27, 08:31
- I've called both my mother and sister "babe" in recent years. -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 27, 08:21
- I've come close, but I don't think I've actually done that -- nm - crash davis Mar 27, 08:20
- Ha! I've come close to saying it by accident before. -- nm* - Krusty Mar 27, 08:19
Massive $1M gold Canadian coin stolen in Berlin -- (link) - Beaker Mar 27, 08:02 14
- Seems like a clear case for those dudes from Bon Cop / Bad Cop. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 27, 08:31 4
  - They really should have had a sequel where the Montreal cop and the Toronto cop have to work with a cowboy-type western cop -- nm - Roger More Mar 27, 08:33 3
    - Considering they're releasing a sequel this year, maybe they do. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 27, 08:34 2
      - Although if so, they should've called it Bon Cop / Bad Cop / Beau Cop - Beryllium Mar 27, 08:35
      - they are? awesome, that movie was great -- nm - Beaker Mar 27, 08:35
- who is Canada's most famous detective? it is a job for that person to team up with a disgruntled long time Berlin cop in a book and/or movie -- nm - crash davis Mar 27, 08:15 6
  - dude from Seeing Things! -- nm - Beaker Mar 27, 08:17 5
    - Murdoch! -- nm - Andie Mar 27, 08:19 4
      - Dudley Do Right. -- nm - Baronspringa Mar 27, 08:20 3
        
        All wrong. The answer is clearly Benton Fraser from Due South. -- nm - Roger More Mar 27, 08:29 2
        
        Republic of Doyle -- nm - Beaker Mar 27, 08:31
        
        And his dog Diefenbaker! -- nm - Baronspringa Mar 27, 08:29
- They'll probably just use it in a Coke machine. -- nm - Mop Mar 27, 08:07 1
  - but only because it's easier than making change ... otherwise, you know they'd have brokem it up for a handful of quarters -- nm - call me Ishmael Mar 27, 08:10
Walking Dead spoilers - Beaker Mar 27, 07:45 3
- spoils.... - groiny Mar 27, 08:04
- Spoils - Beryllium Mar 27, 07:54 1
  - struth -- nm - mud Mar 27, 07:55
You voted for Meg's pet adoption service, right? Don't disappoint her. -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 27, 07:42 4
- Thank you!! I hadn't voted yet this morning :) -- nm - Meg Mar 27, 08:35
- Done. I don't need a visit from her minions - Epiphany Mar 27, 07:58
- we should get a reminder everyday from NCM. They should all end with him pointing and screaming 'WAGS!!!' before running off. -- nm - Diva Mar 27, 07:46 1
  - a random ST might have to be "reminded", true... -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 27, 07:47
LYC - I sold that crappy 1st gen IPad at my garage sale for $ 30 - w/keyboard - some hoarder chick had to have it -- nm - Epiphany Mar 27, 07:36 7
- I donated the money to shaving that hairy PFM - other people take their time to do these charity events - Epiphany Mar 27, 07:37 4
  - You robbed that chick anyway so it's nice that it'll do some good. ;-) -- nm - Krusty Mar 27, 08:21
  - That's great. -- nm - David Mar 27, 08:19
  - wow, thank you! -- nm - prayformojo Mar 27, 07:45 1
    - thank you! -- nm - Epiphany Mar 27, 07:57
- and kilbo said it was worthless - see how much that dude knows! -- nm - decline Mar 27, 07:37 1
  - it literally sat on a desk, uncharged and unused for over a year. paperweight. - Epiphany Mar 27, 07:38
The End Times are about to begin. -- (link) - Spawn Mar 27, 07:25 2
- Maybe they should have waited until the impeachment. -- nm - Mop Mar 27, 07:52 1
  - I wonder if they will put it behind glass? -- nm - Spawn Mar 27, 08:32
Coal boss: Jobs aren't coming back, and Trump needs to stop saying they are. -- (link) - znufrii, definitely not 40 Mar 27, 07:18 2
- It's zombie George Kennedy! -- nm - Inigo Mar 27, 07:34
- people like this ass-hat who say carbon dioxide isn't a pollutant need to suck on a bottle of it for 10 minutes or so -- nm - decline Mar 27, 07:31
Nunes, you have timeline problems -- (link) - mud Mar 27, 07:13 4
- "No one in the White House was aware that he was there, Nunes said." Damn, they really need to step up that security. -- nm - Mop Mar 27, 08:03
- I love that you can smell the flop sweat on him when he has to talk to the press now. -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 27, 07:46 1
  - [wipes brow] I'm not a Trump stooge -- nm - nunes Mar 27, 07:57
- Abduction! -- nm - Spawn Mar 27, 07:17
I have 656 Magikarp candy now. Really want to get to 800 before this event ends. -- nm* - ty97 Mar 27, 07:05 2
- do you have a shiny yet? I do not. -- nm - amanda jones state university Mar 27, 07:12 1
  - Nope, and I'm getting kinda miffed about it. - ty97 Mar 27, 07:48
The Weekly Standard's new editor in chief wants you to know that legitimate conservative journalism is still a thing. -- (link*) - znufrii, definitely not 40 Mar 27, 06:59
Lavar Ball is soooo getting a show on espn. Back on First Take today I gather -- nm - Beaker Mar 27, 06:52 1
- (and Deadspin just posted video of him playing rec league ball...not pretty) -- nm - Beaker Mar 27, 06:54
Birthday haul details -- (edited) - Beaker Mar 27, 06:50 6
- Nice! -- nm - Krusty Mar 27, 07:22
- I didn't realize you just turned 12! Welcome to puberty! -- nm* - decline Mar 27, 07:03 1
  - I likes what I likes :) -- nm - Beaker Mar 27, 07:22
- awww - how sweet and seems to be a surplus of nerdity -- nm* - Epiphany Mar 27, 07:02 2
  - mostly stuff I bought for myself and gave to the wife to give to me :) - Beaker Mar 27, 07:03 1
    - I know what you mean - I'd rather find the sales then have SM pay full price -- nm - Epiphany Mar 27, 07:39
It's the 40th anniversary of the Tenerife disaster, the deadliest aviation accident in history -- (link) - ty97 Mar 27, 06:47 1
- I don't I ever knew it as Tenerife. I remember it being covered as the Canary Islands accident / disaster - JD Mar 27, 08:11
Because stupidity: "Back home, Freedom Caucus’ Meadows hailed as anti-Obamacare hero" 45k of his constituents were on ACA w/subsidies -- (link) - MDH Mar 27, 06:46 6
- but emails -- nm - Beaker Mar 27, 06:55
- Also, Meadows joined ACA once he had a bulging disc in his neck, b/c his other insurance wouldn't cover it. LOL. -- nm - MDH Mar 27, 06:48 4
  - That's not Meadows. It's one of the district's residents (and Meadows supporter) who was interviewed for the story. -- nm - Roger More Mar 27, 07:28
  - This can't be real. -- nm - ty97 Mar 27, 06:52
  - wow -- nm - Epiphany Mar 27, 06:50 1
    - His "christian only" plan was basic services; to quote "But after discovering a bulging disk in his neck, Moore got a little nervous..." - MDH Mar 27, 06:54
the Tims/Burger King takeover of Popeyes is all but done -- (link) - Beaker Mar 27, 06:45 1
- Begun, the franchise wars have. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 27, 07:51
The markets seem to have some doubts that Trump and the GOP can pull off their tax changes after AHCA fell apart. -- nm* - ty97 Mar 27, 06:37 1
- I can't imagine why... -- nm - znufrii, definitely not 40 Mar 27, 06:46
This is a tough question -- (link*) - ty97 Mar 27, 06:27 3
- "So much diggity, you're going to be sick of diggiting." -- nm - znufrii, definitely not 40 Mar 27, 08:05
- "Is that your final answer?" "No doubt." -- nm - Ender Mar 27, 06:36
- OvSupDig -- nm - prayformojo Mar 27, 06:35
Senate Intel investigators to question Jared Kushner (????) about Russia -- (link) - ty97 Mar 27, 06:19 1
- That shouldn't be a surprise. They're all in on it. Ivanka sees deeply connected to the Baku Trump Tower deal. - Mop Mar 27, 07:51
I have been at work for 90 minutes. I have already yelled at people on 2 continents for failing at their jobs. - Will Hunting Mar 27, 06:16 4
- did they understand your hillbilly accent? -- nm - Remlik Mar 27, 08:36
- meanie -- nm - decline Mar 27, 06:29 1
  - If you mark a help desk request urgent / critical / vital on Thursday, with 24/7 coverage...not having it assigned 86 hours later is simply - Will Hunting Mar 27, 06:31
- Send them an invoice. $ per hour * time wasted. -- nm - Roger More Mar 27, 06:21
I don't read Vox all that much, but I have learned a lot over the past couple of years from Sarah Kliff who focuses on healtchare reporting. -- (edited) - ty97 Mar 27, 06:15 2
- So, her and Jared Kushner have something in common. - Will Hunting Mar 27, 06:17 1
  - Heh. I'm guessing she wasn't pleased by the timing, but you don't reschedule your wedding for AHCA -- (edited) - ty97 Mar 27, 06:19
U.S. Condemns Arrest of Russian Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny (and others following protest) -- (link) - ty97 Mar 27, 05:44
Goodell: Vote for Raiders to Vegas will be positive. -- (link) - Strongbad Mar 27, 05:19 2
- Interesting point just now on Mike/Mike. This Raider move is going to pull fans from LA. -- nm - Volnelk Mar 27, 05:47 1
  - Meh, no fans in LA actually care about the NFL. If the Rams or Chargers win, they'll be the biggest homers around - Will Hunting Mar 27, 06:33
AP Exclusive: 'Bathroom bill' to cost North Carolina $3.76B -- (link) - ty97 Mar 27, 05:12 3
- It sounds like a big number, but that's less than 0.1% of their overall economy, over ten years. -- nm - znufrii, definitely not 40 Mar 27, 06:22
- are you listening Texas? -- nm - Epiphany Mar 27, 06:08
- but think of the children protected! -- nm - Beaker Mar 27, 05:15
Politico: Inside the GOP’s Health Care Debacle -- (link) - Strongbad Mar 27, 04:53 12
- It's a fascinating read. -- nm - ty97 Mar 27, 04:54 11
  - Biggest takeaway for me is showing how weak of a politician Trump still is. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 27, 05:07 10
    - In business terms, I wonder if this is something he thinks we tried, it failed, declare bankruptcy and move on. - Dano Mar 27, 05:42 2
      - One other thing I read (not sure if it is in this article or one of the other post-mortems) that is an important note - ty97 Mar 27, 05:46 1
        
        In most projects, he's just the marketing/consulting part, with none of his own money....he loves working with over extended partners/firms because... - zeitgeist Mar 27, 11:05
    - this is the line that sold that thought to me - tRuMaN Mar 27, 05:23 1
      - That right there is the issue with the view of President as CEO. It's limited to the executive branch - TWuG Mar 27, 05:35
    - Yup, not a surprise but definitely a key takeaway. - ty97 Mar 27, 05:09 4
      - Ryan is the bigger surprise. -- nm - Roger More Mar 27, 06:20 3
        
        Biggest takeaway -- just because someone likes being a policy wonk, doesn't mean they're any good at it. - Will Hunting Mar 27, 06:21 2
        
        Yep. And if he's that disinterested in communicating/selling/brokering compromise over his plan, Speaker is the wrong role for him. -- nm - Roger More Mar 27, 06:36 1
        
        It puts in stark relief exactly how good Nancy Pelosi was in the job. - Will Hunting Mar 27, 06:41
Inigo: answering some of your spoilery comic questions regarding Old Man Logan - HUGE Old Man Logan spoils - Beaker Mar 27, 04:46
TV PSA: Cake Wars, Antiques Roadshow, DWTS, NBA, Supergirl, Voice, Raw, Jane the Virgin, Superior Donuts, APB, Great Indoors, Bates Motel, Taken, -- nm - Beaker Mar 27, 03:53 7
- Quantico, 0ther stuff -- nm - Beaker Mar 27, 03:53 6
  - Monday seems to be a weak night these days. Is it just me? Used to be a huge night for me but now I can use it to catch up on the DVR. -- nm - Krusty Mar 27, 05:48 5
    - Sunday is the biggest pain for me. It was 3 almost full posts long yesterday! -- nm - Beaker Mar 27, 05:58 4
      - Yeah, Sunday can be packed sometimes. Thanks for doing it as it often reminds me of shows. -- nm - Krusty Mar 27, 06:25 3
        
        yes, this. thx Beak. -- nm - Diva Mar 27, 06:36 2
        
        no worries, I'd do it just for myself anyway, the fact others use it is just a bonus :) -- nm - Beaker Mar 27, 06:56 1
        
        it's still very appreciated and cool that you do it. :) -- nm - Diva Mar 27, 07:30
Weekend Movies: Logan A ; Doctor Strange A- ; Westworld (original) C+/B- (the lead is a spitting image of Adam Scott) -- nm* - Beaker Mar 27, 03:27 2
- Independence Day: Resurgence. Man that was some crap -- nm - decline Mar 27, 06:30
- New Dave Chappell stand up. Both are a B -- nm* - Epiphany Mar 27, 04:39
at-work speedtest: 194 mbps down, 168 up -- nm - prayformojo Mar 27, 02:03 2
- at-work: 41 / 35 -- nm - Strongbad Mar 27, 05:18
- at-home: 236.03 down, 21.96 up -- nm - Covington Mar 27, 02:12
Wake up! - prayformojo Mar 27, 01:36
I heard "Something Just Like This" on the local alternative station and that makes it this generation's "Beat It." - Tim Mar 26, 23:00 4
- The Chainsmokers are considered alternative? -- nm - Dano Mar 27, 04:39 2
  - They aren't. -- nm - Tim Mar 27, 07:41
  - an alternative to good music, maybe - prayformojo Mar 27, 04:43
- Goddamn Chainsmokers! -- nm - Qale Mar 26, 23:24
Finally saw Logan. A. Way better than Apocalypse. Spoils - Beryllium Mar 26, 22:19 7
- I suppose I'm content to just be the one that thought this movie just wasn't all that great. -- nm - Volnelk Mar 27, 04:12 2
  - I agree with Ender - it was good but not great. -- nm - Epiphany Mar 27, 06:33
  - I think I need to see it again. I'm wavering a bit -- nm - Beaker Mar 27, 04:39
- Spoilers - Beryllium Mar 27, 00:27
- To your IM--that's the part I didn't appreciate (spoilers) - Flavorize Mar 26, 22:54 2
  - Spoilers - Beryllium Mar 26, 22:56 1
    - I hear ya--I'm not sure I'm buying that--(spoilers) - Flavorize Mar 26, 23:03
First scholarship application of the year!! And still over a month to go before the deadline. This guy is an overachiever :) -- nm - Meg Mar 26, 22:11
mafic, based on that song video, Gronk means something in Australian. What is the definition? -- nm - crash davis Mar 26, 22:10 3
- pretty much the same as drongo, -- nm - mafic Mar 27, 00:03
- A drooling moron, basically. nm - ralph wiggum Mar 26, 22:35 1
  - Oh, so not much difference then -- nm - Beryllium Mar 26, 22:43
You know those thoughts you have, "Wouldn't it suck if..."? -- (link) - Spawn Mar 26, 21:41
Season finale of Legion this week?? - Jovian Mar 26, 21:41
But you tell me over and over and over again my friend, Ah, you don't believe we're on the eve of destruction. -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 26, 21:23 6
- Green, green, it's green they say On the far side of the hill Green, green, I'm goin' away To where the grass is greener still -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 26, 21:46 5
  - First things, first, I'm'a say all the words inside my head: I'm fired up and tired of the way that things have been. The way that things have been. -- nm - Qale Mar 26, 22:07 4
    - Believer. -- nm - Tim Mar 26, 22:11 3
      - Brother, brother, brother. There's far too many of you dying - ReluctantCynic Mar 26, 22:22 2
        
        I keep swinging my hand through a swarm of bees cause I want honey on my table. -- nm - Qale Mar 26, 22:50 1
        
        C'mon people now, smile on your brother everybody get together and love one another right now -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 26, 23:17

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