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Eli is an inveterate womanizer. -- nm - Callisto Buffalomeat Mar 28, 05:55
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX): GOP will not push Healthcare reform through reconciliation anymore, will work with Democrats on a bipartisan basis. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 28, 05:38 4
- I'll believe it when I see it. -- nm - znufrii, definitely not 40 Mar 28, 06:20
- It's a nice thought, but I don't see a bipartisan deal coming together. - ty97 Mar 28, 05:43 2
  - Blue Dogs all got their hats handed to them in 2010 and 2012, I'm not sure they are any left. -- nm - znufrii, definitely not 40 Mar 28, 06:21
  - Please tell me you saw how the White House said Pres wanted to package Tax Reform/Infrastructure and work with Dems, and then he tweeted trashing them -- nm - MDH Mar 28, 05:48
81F and verrrrrrry stuffy in the office right now. -- nm - prayformojo Mar 28, 05:27 2
- aka every time I'm in the office in Tokyo ever -- nm - ty97 Mar 28, 06:11
- That's dangerous. You could get heat stroke. You should strip down to your underwear to stay cool -- nm - decline Mar 28, 06:11
USA Today: 15% of females at UT-Austin say they were raped while attending the university during undergraduate years. -- (link) - Strongbad Mar 28, 05:19 1
- WTGDF?! -- nm - Epiphany Mar 28, 07:03
Good news: enough candy to evolve a second Magikarp. Bad news: No shiny :( -- nm - ty97 Mar 28, 05:11 6
- I hit my seven day streak of catching, am I supposed to get something? Or is it 7 days of pokestops? - JaxSean Mar 28, 06:16 1
  - Seven days pokestop streak. You can also still get special items from pokestops, though it doesn't happen often. - ty97 Mar 28, 06:18
- my heart bleeds for you -- nm - decline Mar 28, 06:11 1
  - I knew you'd understand my pain. -- nm - ty97 Mar 28, 06:13
- are you saving candy still? no shiny here either. -- nm - amanda jones state university Mar 28, 05:56 1
  - I evolved my first one. But I'm already over 400 candies again. Want to save that for shiny. -- (edited) - ty97 Mar 28, 05:58
Trump AG Jeff Sessions on Sanctuary Cities -- (link) - Strongbad Mar 28, 04:50 3
- Sounds reasonable. Let's deal with an imagined threat to our safety by creating an actual one. -- nm - znufrii, definitely not 40 Mar 28, 05:24
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  - I thought you were enjoying not talking about politics? -- nm - Strongbad Mar 28, 05:02
WSJ: Elon Musk Launches Neuralink to Connect Brains With Computers -- (link) - Strongbad Mar 28, 04:49
Interest rates trending down, why do we think that is so? -- nm - James Bond (aka on phone) Mar 28, 04:17
Reuters: 'Religious left' emerging as U.S. political force in Trump era -- (link) - Strongbad Mar 28, 04:03
LOL. As the only ST'er that lives in the GA 6th, I feel obligated to call Alyssa Milano. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 28, 04:01 1
- LYC: Here a list of current endorsements - Strongbad Mar 28, 04:07
TV PSA: NCIS, New Girl, Flash, Voice, Smackdown, Mick, Bull, Legends of Tomorrow, Face Off, Challenge, Trial & Error, Bones, Chicago Fire, Chopped, -- nm - Beaker Mar 28, 03:51 1
- NCIS NO, Imposters, People Icons, Americans, Rebel, Detour, Tosh, other stuff -- nm - Beaker Mar 28, 03:51
Tonight's viewing: Simpsons > Legion > Feud > Feud > Jeopardy > Jeopardy > Family Guy > Family Guy > Gumball - Mop Mar 28, 01:09
Hap and Leonard S2 thoughts (so far) - Beryllium Mar 27, 23:52
If it's Tuesday, this must be Belgium. -- nm - Reagen Mar 27, 23:22 2
- I did not know this movie existed. Young Ian McShane is ... odd. -- (link) - Beryllium Mar 28, 00:39 [youtube] 1
  - "It's so foreign looking. Yep, there's nothing like it back home." - that was a well done visual gag. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 28, 00:41
Bery, you're running for township trustee in my neck of the woods. - . Mar 27, 23:14 2
- You'll be getting his email soon. -- nm* - Mop Mar 28, 01:03
- Oh, darnit, I had something for this ... -- nm - Beryllium Mar 27, 23:45
WWE 24 about the Monday Night RAW following Wrestlemania is great. They need even more content like it. I want a show called SuperFan where they go - Qale Mar 27, 23:13
Destructive winds in SoCal this afternoon/evening. -- (link) - Meg Mar 27, 23:03 1
- They'd just better not threaten Disneyland, or they'll have to take care of it. -- nm - Mop Mar 28, 01:04
Ugh. Amber Heard cast in the movie version of A Kind Worth Killing. nm - ralph wiggum Mar 27, 22:33 8
- (She'd be all right as Miranda) -- nm - Reagen Mar 27, 22:53 1
  - More in her lane. But she's still a pretty terrible actress. nm - ralph wiggum Mar 27, 22:55
- Mara sisters or no sale. -- nm - Reagen Mar 27, 22:50
- Is this a good time to tease you about how wrong you are about the book? -- nm - David Mar 27, 22:40 4
  - You can try, but I'm not going to listen. nm - ralph wiggum Mar 27, 22:52 3
    - Harrumph. - David's iPad Mar 27, 22:57 2
      - Nothing but fondness for the Krause. nm - ralph wiggum Mar 27, 23:04 1
        
        God, people are so desperate to hate him for the most trivial reasons. -- nm - David's iPad Mar 27, 23:18
ICYMI: Steven Tyler was at Disneyland for his bday. -- (link) - budice Mar 27, 22:20
Hehehe. -- (link) - Beryllium Mar 27, 21:29
"The war is over, gunslinger." - PIPPY ALERT!!! Mar 27, 21:27 1
- WHAT????!!! -- nm - Epiphany Mar 28, 07:07
If you want Fantastic Beasts, Patriots Day or Why Him, the links are live. -- (link) - David Mar 27, 21:08 2
- Just watched Why Him tonight. It's pretty laugh out loud funny (to me) in a Seth Rogan movie-type way. - JaxSean Mar 27, 21:13 1
  - I wasn't a fan, but I bought it for my group anyway. -- nm - David Mar 27, 21:15
Hey Comcast, when you send me an offer for the kitchen sink Triple Play and DVR for $99.99, and I'm paying more for only two services... - Mop Mar 27, 21:05
Gotta say, having Ving Rhames (the voice of the Arby's commercials) do the Fresh Prince ditty ain't a bad thing. -- (link) - Mop Mar 27, 20:42 1
- Or, you know, Marcellus goddamned Wallace... -- nm - Reagen Mar 27, 21:58
LEGION spoilers - Mop Mar 27, 20:05 4
- it was a fantastic episode -- nm - Beaker Mar 28, 04:26
- I know nothing of the comic, but the show is great to watch. -- nm - JaxSean Mar 27, 20:13 2
  - There's spoilers in knowing the original source material, so count yourself lucky. -- nm - Mop Mar 27, 20:28 1
    - BTW (not really a spoiler), this is the "Telus Studio Theatre" in the Chan Centre of the Performing Arts at the University of British Columbia. - Mop Mar 27, 20:34 [Image]
🎵 You're the best around nothing's ever gonna bring you down 🎵 - Mop Mar 27, 19:56
I've finished two Divine Beasts, probably about 45ish shines, about as many Korok seeds... 60 hours now and probably 35% complete in Zelda: BotW. -- nm - Qale Mar 27, 19:50 1
- You don't actually get a progression percentage shown until you beat Gannon though and I don't see that happening anytime soon. -- nm - Qale Mar 27, 19:51
Have you voted for WAGS tonight?? -- nm - Meg Mar 27, 19:45 2
- Twice! -- nm - JaxSean Mar 27, 20:13 1
  - Vote early, vote often! -- nm - IrishStephen Mar 27, 20:31
wow. REO Speedwagon was first formed in *1967*?!? -- nm - prayformojo Mar 27, 19:22 5
- My next door neighbors when I was growing up told the story that REO played their high school prom. - Callisto Buffalomeat Mar 27, 19:51 1
  - I have some vague recollection of them playing some festival in Washington when I was in fifth or sixth grade. - ReluctantCynic Mar 27, 20:07
- and named after a 1915 truck -- (link) - Peglegpete Mar 27, 19:49
- also: I had no idea that Nat Faxon had won an Oscar - prayformojo Mar 27, 19:39 1
  - Wait...does this mean that REO Speedwagon is a possible topic? -- nm - JD Mar 27, 19:46
practice! - Remlik Mar 27, 19:16
While we're at it, Time after Time is best case scenario thus far. - David Mar 27, 19:02
Wife hadn't seen 500 Days of Summer. We fixed that tonight. - Volnelk Mar 27, 18:58
ST Poll: How many times do you plan to see Unforgettable? -- nm - Dano Mar 27, 18:50 11
- depends ... is viewership manditory? -- nm - call me Ishmael Mar 27, 20:25
- Like never. Never times. -- nm* - Epiphany Mar 27, 19:23
- 0 -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 27, 19:05
- I'm on line right now. -- nm - Krusty Mar 27, 19:04
- The same number as Monster Trucks, +/- one viewing. -- nm - David Mar 27, 18:58
- I've listened to it hundreds of times. -- nm - JaxSean Mar 27, 18:52
- It it lives up to its name, you should only need to see it once. -- nm - znufrii Mar 27, 18:51
- the what now? -- nm - Beaker Mar 27, 18:51 3
  - The odds on favorite for the Oscar -- (link) - Dano Mar 27, 18:58 [youtube] 2
    - "Are you threatening me?" "Yes, I'm threatening you." - prayformojo Mar 27, 19:27
    - Chicks Be Crazy -- nm - Max Mar 27, 19:17
Do we have STers in Vancouver? Anybody ever try The Grocery whiskey bar there? -- nm - Max Mar 27, 18:46 1
- Bery is a not too long drive and expensive ferry ride away. -- nm - . Mar 27, 23:10
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Let us take a moment to appreciate the madness of the current political climate. - Mop Mar 27, 18:39
Feud has been fantastic btw. Anyone else been watching this? -- nm - Jovian Mar 27, 18:34 22
- Man, it swings from high comedy to morbid sorrow at the drop of a hat. -- nm - Mop Mar 27, 23:32
- Yup, got a couple episodes to catch up on, but the first couple we saw were excellent. -- nm* - znufrii Mar 27, 19:11
- yup -- (link) - Peglegpete Mar 27, 19:04 [Backboard]
- I like it a lot. -- nm - Dano Mar 27, 18:50
- No, but I have been watching The Arrangement, which I'm digging a lot. -- nm - David Mar 27, 18:38 15
  - Yes! -- nm - Epiphany Mar 27, 19:25
  - How about Imposters? -- nm - Dano Mar 27, 18:52 11
    - I don't know what that is. Which network is it? -- nm - David Mar 27, 18:57 10
      - I'm guessing not Hallmark or you'd be all over it. nm - ralph wiggum Mar 27, 18:59 6
        
        My only crime is that I love too much. -- nm - David Mar 27, 19:00 5
        
        "I'm guilty. Guilty of love in the first degree." nm - ralph wiggum Mar 27, 19:05 4
        
        "So I stand accused An' I plead guilty to the crime" -- nm - Remlik Mar 27, 19:18
        
        Only your love can set me free -- (link) - JD Mar 27, 19:16 [youtube]
        
        Murder, She Lawed. - David Mar 27, 19:07
        
        Which is also the plot of 'Unforgettable'. -- nm - Diva Mar 27, 19:06
      - Bravo -- nm - Dano Mar 27, 18:58 2
        
        Oh, okay. I know what that is, but we don't watch Bravo other than Top Chef. - David Mar 27, 19:00 1
        
        So, watch their scripted programming to protest. -- nm - Dano Mar 27, 19:01
  - Oh you must. Lets just say I started with dvring it and now watch it immediately after TWD ends. -- nm - Jovian Mar 27, 18:42 1
    - Fun fact: Andrea from the current season of Survivor dates the Tom Cruise dude. - David Mar 27, 18:44
- I've got two episodes banked that I'll be watching tonight. -- nm - Mop Mar 27, 18:37
- I have. LOVE. nm - ralph wiggum Mar 27, 18:37
Kirsten Powers always looks like she has a tension headache. -- nm - Max Mar 27, 18:24
The question I have is...who sat down next to who first...? -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 27, 18:15 9
- Are we sure she wasn't actually looking at floor lamps and causing an optical illusion? -- nm - Beryllium Mar 27, 19:04 1
  - There's probably a tumblr for this. "Optical illusions that look like butts". -- nm - Beryllium Mar 27, 19:20
- We all got on at Harvard Station at the same time. No one could know she was a bit of the freak. - Diva Mar 27, 18:29 1
  - *giggling* -- nm - Epiphany Mar 27, 19:30
- "Girl, it looks like someone stole two fine hams and slid them down the back of your dress." nm - ralph wiggum Mar 27, 18:23 3
  - This all reminds you of drunk beeping that girl you met on the Red Line after you did too many jagerbombs at the Head of the Charles. [nm] - Mel Profit Mar 27, 18:28 2
    - Hey, that many Grape Crush shooters makes any young girl's fancy turn to butts. nm - ralph wiggum Mar 27, 18:32 1
      - (Though I HATED Head of the Charles weekend. Too many Exeter and Andover idiots puking all over the place. nm - ralph wiggum Mar 27, 18:35
- I don't know -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 27, 18:17
I thought the WWE Network was doing well. They're giving free trials to new users that last through Money in the Bank, June 18th. -- nm - Qale Mar 27, 18:12 13
- "JFC, stop paying for PPVs already and just subscribe!" -- nm - Tim Mar 27, 18:28 2
  - Money in the Bank should be for both men and women this year. -- nm - Qale Mar 27, 18:32
  - yup -- nm - Remlik Mar 27, 18:29
- It's the first hit being free. It's doing fine. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 27, 18:22 9
  - Is that one of those, first hit being free and the trial is so long you'll forget to cancel type thing? -- nm - Qale Mar 27, 18:27 8
    - I'm sure that's part of it. -- nm - Remlik Mar 27, 18:29 7
      - They have 1.41 million paying customers, which is almost exactly $14 million per month in revenue. - David Mar 27, 18:37 6
        
        yeah. that's why the *big* push into CHina. In fact WM will be live for the 1st time ever over there -- nm - Remlik Mar 27, 18:38 5
        
        Their earliest forecasts based on international expansion were legitimately double what they've actually gotten. - David Mar 27, 18:39 4
        
        I also think they thought that when Vince thought NBC/Universal was going to pay near $1 Billion for rights. - Remlik Mar 27, 18:42 3
        
        He had a fundamental misunderstanding of the current direction of televised rights. - David Mar 27, 18:45 2
        
        interesting. Explains the expansion of programming ESPN is offering now. -- nm - Remlik Mar 27, 19:11 1
        
        They hit critical mass on rights purchases. - Will Hunting Mar 27, 19:46
If I'm NCAA eligible, I promise you Oregon State will have the best one-man curling team in the country! -- nm - Mop Mar 27, 18:10
I'd never heard of Cheddars before we moved here. We tried it one day while in Pigeon Firge. - kelly Mar 27, 18:08
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- Very cool! -- nm - Krusty Mar 27, 18:39
- "... not anymore." -- nm - Inspector Clouseau Mar 27, 18:17
- That's very cool, but it's no sitting next to an old white lady looking at pics of ginormous black asses, so I guess I win. -- nm* - Diva Mar 27, 18:09
- This trial needs to end. You weren't hear for healthcare-a-thon and we need you back in time for tax-reform-a-palooza. - ty97 Mar 27, 18:08 1
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Chic Corea announces his new documentary & 3 cd set -- (link) - Peglegpete Mar 27, 17:54
Beauty & the Beast A+ -- nm - Beaker Mar 27, 17:49

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