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Reports: Russian Interior Ministry Official (head of the Russian Interior Ministry's construction department) Shot Dead -- nm - MDH Mar 28, 09:26 1
- GTA: Putin's Wars -- nm - Diva Mar 28, 09:27
Hazzah! I just figured out something at work. I'm working on this "thing" learning on the fly and by myself... - Mel Profit Mar 28, 09:26 2
- yonh! -- nm - Diva Mar 28, 09:42
- Woot!! -- nm - Epiphany Mar 28, 09:36
Scottish Parliament votes to hold another independence referendum. -- nm - Loyola Mar 28, 09:25 1
- Ruh-roh -- nm - ty97 Mar 28, 09:26
White House has announced due to scheduling conflict, President Donald Trump will not be throwing out 1st pitch at Nats opener on Monday. -- (link) - ty97 Mar 28, 09:24 2
- (He had a scheduling conflict with being booed) -- nm - ty97 Mar 28, 09:24 1
  - ...or golf -- nm - SyrDragon Mar 28, 09:27
French parliamentary report: France really needs to upgrade its military logistics as they are currently relying upon Russian firms to move troops and - crash davis Mar 28, 09:18 2
- Yeah, maybe they can build another Maginot Line. That worked so well. -- nm - jnine Mar 28, 09:23 1
  - Using a Russian firm to move your military is a bit like using a tiger to move a shipment of ground beef -- nm - crash davis Mar 28, 09:27
ST Poll: Team Sheetz or Team Wawa -- nm - ty97 Mar 28, 09:16 18
- Only driven by them or got gas when passing through PA -- nm - SyrDragon Mar 28, 09:34
- Sheetz, by a lot. -- nm - kelly Mar 28, 09:27
- I've never been to either or even heard of Sheetz. -- nm - Krusty Mar 28, 09:25 4
  - I've only heard of Sheetz because of ST. I gather it's like a 7-11. Perhaps. -- nm - Diva Mar 28, 09:26 1
    - Ha! Me too. -- nm - Krusty Mar 28, 09:27
  - I'm taking you on a train trip to Jersey for Wawa someday. - ty97 Mar 28, 09:25 1
    - Isn't it basically a 7/11? -- nm - Krusty Mar 28, 09:26
- QuickChek :( - Tim Mar 28, 09:23
- Ill take da Sheetz -- nm - budice Mar 28, 09:22
- Only ever been to Sheetz. -- nm - Ender Mar 28, 09:19
- sheetz by a wide margin (except pretzels). -- nm - amanda jones state university Mar 28, 09:18 2
  - Traitor! -- nm - Eastern PA Mar 28, 09:21 1
    - wawa MTO is not nearly as good as sheetz. -- nm - amanda jones state university Mar 28, 09:22
- Wawa, we don't get Sheetz this far east, and I've never tried it. -- nm* - znufrii, definitely not 40 Mar 28, 09:18
- Never heard of either one. -- nm - David Mar 28, 09:16 3
  - Sheetz in Bristol, NC (109 miles). -- nm - ty97 Mar 28, 09:20 2
    - I'll grab my keys! - David Mar 28, 09:24 1
      - Wawa appears to be in VA as well, you can double dip! -- nm - ty97 Mar 28, 09:25
It is the most magical surveillance state on Earth, though. -- (link) - JD Mar 28, 09:15
NBC obtains letter from Yates lawyers to WH stating her intent to testify despite attempt to block her. Same day: Nunes canceled her hearing -- (link) - ty97 Mar 28, 09:12
WWE: Shemus got very bloody last night....graphic -- (link) - Remlik Mar 28, 09:05
I heard that the AHCA was needed to help tax reform. I didn't understand why until this column. Now it's clear. Also clear that tax reform is in peril -- (link) - ty97 Mar 28, 08:56 2
- I am kinda shocked I knew something about this stuff that you didn't! - Spawn Mar 28, 09:00 1
  - I know the IM, I just didn't get why that made tax reform harder -- nm - ty97 Mar 28, 09:05
So, our issue with the neighbor's old-as-dirt dog relieving himself in our yard (and the neighbor's indifference) was pretty much solved after we got - kelly Mar 28, 08:51 2
- you should retaliate by getting a goat -- nm - decline Mar 28, 08:55 1
  - Heh. I really do feel bad for that lonely little puppy. - kelly Mar 28, 08:58
Bill O'Reilly: still racist -- (link) - ty97 Mar 28, 08:49
" Secret Service tells me a man approached the White House and claimed to have a bomb" -- (link) - ty97 Mar 28, 08:48
Trump Hopes to Tackle Tax Reform and Infrastructure Simultaneously -- (link) - ty97 Mar 28, 08:45 1
- Paving over the IRS HQ counts for both right? -- nm - Beaker Mar 28, 08:47
Bones series finale tonight. 12 seasons, 246 episodes. Longest running drama ever for FOX -- nm - Beaker Mar 28, 08:41 9
- Yeah, lets think about all the great shows they ended over that span. - Spawn Mar 28, 08:43 8
  - *pours out a sarsaparilla for Brisco County Jr* -- nm - Baronspringa Mar 28, 08:48 7
    - Though that was 24 years ago. - Callisto Buffalomeat Mar 28, 08:49 6
      - Still. Bitter. -- (link*) - Spawn Mar 28, 08:50 5
        
        John Doe! -- nm - SyrDragon Mar 28, 09:33
        
        *sigh* Wonderfalls... -- nm - Ender Mar 28, 09:16 1
        
        We still haven't watched six episodes of Wonderfalls, because I don't want it to be over. -- nm - David Mar 28, 09:19
        
        Millennium! -- nm - mud Mar 28, 09:02 1
        
        18 years ago! - Spawn Mar 28, 09:10
FIFA hands Lionel Messi four-match ban for insults in WCQ vs. Chile -- (link) - Beaker Mar 28, 08:27
Dear news media: What is with the new Rachel Dolezal tour? -- nm - ty97 Mar 28, 08:27 15
- she has a new book out "In Full Color: Finding my place in a Black and White World" -- nm - Remlik Mar 28, 08:29 14
  - "Dolezal has written an important book, one that belongs on syllabi as a case study in the mechanisms of white liberal racism." -- (link) - Ender Mar 28, 08:40 10
    - "She has provided a teachable moment to expose the dodgy ideologies she may not even realize she’s espousing." - znufrii, definitely not 40 Mar 28, 09:01
    - Wut? -- nm - ty97 Mar 28, 08:44 8
      - "Dolezal’s conception of blackness is steeped in a fetishizing of struggle, pain and oppression." -- nm - Ender Mar 28, 08:57 1
        
        "She is most white in her dramatic inability to see why we cannot call her black." -- nm - Ender Mar 28, 08:57
      - the media attacked her due to a white conspiracy. - Epiphany Mar 28, 08:56 5
        
        Not what the writer is saying there, at all. -- nm* - znufrii, definitely not 40 Mar 28, 09:01 4
        
        she said it herself last night in an interview -- nm - Epiphany Mar 28, 09:13 3
        
        Ah, I thought your comment was in regards to the linked article Ender was quoting. -- nm - znufrii, definitely not 40 Mar 28, 09:19 2
        
        sorry that was confusing. SM wanted to know why people will still giving her an audience -- nm - Epiphany Mar 28, 09:21 1
        
        cause she's car-wreck reality news. -- nm - Remlik Mar 28, 09:23
  - Oh yeah. I'm going to rush right out and buy that. - Baronspringa Mar 28, 08:36 1
    - I'd do the same as I did with the Palin book. Wanted to read it out of curiosity but waited until it was donated to the library bookstore :) - Meg Mar 28, 08:51
  - since I am addicted to Vice News at 6:30 CST on HBO - I saw this - South Africa wants her to come - Race Fluidity - Epiphany Mar 28, 08:35
Purolator (Canada) stops accepting new parcels as threat of strike looms -- (link*) - Beaker Mar 28, 08:21
Sally Yates wants to testify. White House says her testimony is privileged. Nunes cancels hearing. -- (link) - Mop Mar 28, 08:16 9
- Lindsay Graham says Nunes is running an "Inspector Clouseau investigation" -- (link) - crash davis Mar 28, 08:37 8
  - Why are there no minkees -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 28, 14:46
  - The pressure is mounting for either a special commission or an independent prosecutor. Nunes looks like a clown at this point. -- nm - pmb Mar 28, 08:40 2
    - I'll agree that we are practically at the point of no return with Nunes. I'm for an independent -- nm - crash davis Mar 28, 08:51
    - The story changes are great. - Spawn Mar 28, 08:41
  - do you know what I'd give to see Kato attack Nunes randomly at a press conference? -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 28, 08:38 2
    - I'm still chuckling to myself over this visual -- nm - crash davis Mar 28, 08:45
    - All. The. Money. -- nm - Spawn Mar 28, 08:40
  - ::holds green card up:: - Spawn Mar 28, 08:38
More books to movies - The Last Days of Jack Sparks optioned by Ron Howard's company -- (link) - Epiphany Mar 28, 08:11
Delta jabbing at United on Twitter -- (link) - Strongbad Mar 28, 08:07
through the Elite 8 games, lettergrade the NCAA tournament so far -- nm - prayformojo Mar 28, 07:55 5
- On a more exciting note - Strongbad Mar 28, 08:27 2
  - Go Yellow Jackets! -- nm - Krusty Mar 28, 08:38 1
    - If you like a good defensive low-scoring game, tonight will be one. - Strongbad Mar 28, 08:39
- B-. A few really good games but not a whole lot of excitement. -- nm - Krusty Mar 28, 08:06 1
  - Yup. -- nm - David Mar 28, 08:22
Sad Realization: My newest client has a line-item in their budget for "Donations". First HOA I have handled to have such a thing. - Spawn Mar 28, 07:50 1
- Traci worked for a retirement back in the day. It was a grim experience. - David Mar 28, 08:24
new office ABCD? OK. My new office (well, the one I'll be moving to some time in April) has a partial view of - prayformojo Mar 28, 07:36 14
- Right after reading this post, I opened Facebook. - ty97 Mar 28, 08:24
- F) A perennial dumpster fire -- nm - ty97 Mar 28, 08:22
- E) Portal into another dimension -- nm - Epiphany Mar 28, 07:49
- A -- nm - amanda jones state university Mar 28, 07:40
- D -- nm - decline Mar 28, 07:40
- D -- nm - Spawn Mar 28, 07:39
- B -- nm - budice Mar 28, 07:37 6
  - right! -- nm - prayformojo Mar 28, 07:40 5
    - Athena's big moment has finally arrived. -- nm - David Mar 28, 08:26
    - early warning for when the zombies attack -- nm - Beaker Mar 28, 07:46
    - i would love that. -- nm - Andie Mar 28, 07:45
    - that's not nearly as fun as a yoga studio. Can you ask them to swtich you ? -- nm - decline Mar 28, 07:44 1
      - Yeah, I would not be able to look out my window, knowing I am not seeing Hot Yoga. -- nm - Spawn Mar 28, 07:46
- C -- nm - Andie Mar 28, 07:37
Bery re:B2 Hap and Leonard S2 spoils - crash davis Mar 28, 07:19 2
- Not Hap/Leo related but I watched the 1st hour of Bon Cop/Bad Cop last night - its so...odd - Epiphany Mar 28, 07:49 1
  - cool, I'm going to try to get to it this week -- nm - crash davis Mar 28, 07:53
I'd love single payer. I don't expect it anytime soon. A public option would be a great, achievable next step though. -- nm - ty97 Mar 28, 07:19 2
- the way premiums and drug prices are going - I don't know how we CAN'T go to single payer - Epiphany Mar 28, 07:22
- Yup. -- nm - znufrii, definitely not 40 Mar 28, 07:20
And CNN pays her -- (link) - ty97 Mar 28, 06:59 19
- She apologized and said she mixed Pearl up with James Foley who was beheaded in 2014, and Obama did make a statement at Marthas Vineyard & then golfed -- (link) - Remlik Mar 28, 08:25 6
  - "Now watch this drive." -- (link) - Mop Mar 28, 11:32 [youtube]
  - I give her some benefit of the doubt with her "I believe..." - Will Hunting Mar 28, 08:43 4
    - Even then......so? -- nm - ty97 Mar 28, 09:14 2
      - I love Snopes. -- (link) - Spawn Mar 28, 09:21
      - So, it's partisan shill points out (reasonably) that the other side has done something similar. - Will Hunting Mar 28, 09:21
    - Agreed. -- (link) - Spawn Mar 28, 08:44
- Her time will come. -- nm - Jovian Mar 28, 07:23 1
  - Unfortunately gulags, guillotine nor really education camp is not available -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 28, 14:52
- do they call her on that in the interview? the press needs to hold these people accountable for this crap AS IT HAPPENS. -- nm - Andie Mar 28, 07:03 9
  - To be fair, I would not have known the relative timing of those things off the top of my head. -- nm - pmb Mar 28, 08:42 2
    - i don't think anyone would, really. but there is no reason CNN couldn't have some entry level fact checkers googling in real time and feeding info to - Andie Mar 28, 08:46 1
      - In that case, fellow reporters might. -- nm - Max Mar 28, 09:07
  - From Sunday -- (link) - ty97 Mar 28, 07:12 2
    - *starts to look... gets sucked into Jon Stewart on Crossfire for the 10th time* - Spawn Mar 28, 08:03
    - Would have been better with Jon Lovitz -- nm - Strongbad Mar 28, 07:29
  - *finger to nose* embarrass them on live TV. -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 28, 07:09
  - There's so many potential things they could lie about, it would be impossible to prepare enough to rebut them all. -- nm* - znufrii, definitely not 40 Mar 28, 07:09 1
    - You don't have to prepare for that one... -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 28, 07:10
NFL: Leaping over lineman attempts on FG's and PAT's expected to be banned -- (link) - Strongbad Mar 28, 06:54
work rant. - amanda jones state university Mar 28, 06:53 2
- Nice 3-day break for everyone while you're out .. heh -- nm - budice Mar 28, 07:15
- shaking my head -- nm - Epiphany Mar 28, 07:09
Ever wanted to know who to blame for Comic Sans? -- (link) - znufrii, definitely not 40 Mar 28, 06:36 2
- One day we'll all come to appreciate it's beauty. -- nm - Mop Mar 28, 08:22
- I don't hate it and there are plenty of times it could be used, mainly kids related things but it's not a bad font. -- nm - Krusty Mar 28, 06:39
Mess Effect: Dunkey. -- (link) - Shaun Mar 28, 06:33 [youtube] 7
- That. Was. Great. -- nm - Spawn Mar 28, 08:36
- I dont know many fans -- nm - Jovian Mar 28, 07:25 5
  - I'd describe it as more Mass Effect, not better Mass Effect. - David Mar 28, 08:29
  - Once I got away from the main path which is all cut scenes, I dig the game. -- nm - Volnelk Mar 28, 08:16
  - I'm enjoying it so far. Not great but good enough to keep me wanting to continue. - Strongbad Mar 28, 07:48 1
    - The battle with an Architect was a lot of fun. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 28, 08:38
  - it's alright. Fun to play, but it is really glitchy -- nm - decline Mar 28, 07:42
Can we have *one board* go by without decline suggest that one of us strip down to underwear. - prayformojo Mar 28, 06:24 5
- *runs in wearing nuthin' but a play dog knows and floppy ears...carrying a flag high which says "Vote for WAGS!!!"...runs out* -- nm - Nekkid Crazy WAGS Mel Mar 28, 06:44
- I've given up on that and just stopped wearing pants to make things easier. -- nm - Krusty Mar 28, 06:27 2
  - that's *just what he wants!!!* -- nm - prayformojo Mar 28, 06:30 1
    - It's what everyone wants but you people just can't admit it. -- nm - Krusty Mar 28, 06:35
- I'm going to strip down to my underwear to protest this post. - ty97 Mar 28, 06:25
znu, Manchin (WV) and Heitkamp (ND) are up for Senate reelection in 2018. - ty97 Mar 28, 06:23 3
- 2018 is a very hard year for Dems in the Senate. -- nm - MDH Mar 28, 06:30
- In addition, as far as Trump states go, Donnelly is up in IN, McCaskill in MO, Tester in MT -- nm - ty97 Mar 28, 06:25 1
  - Trump victory margins in those states: WV +42, ND +37, IN +19, MO +16, MT +21 -- (edited) - ty97 Mar 28, 06:28
The entire season of the podcast S-Town dropped today. It's the new podcast from people behind Serial and This American Life. -- (link*) - Krusty Mar 28, 06:23 2
- I don't know much about podcasts, but is this a "real/non-fiction" story, or something made up? -- nm - MDH Mar 28, 06:31 1
  - It's a real story. Details inside. -- (edited) - Krusty Mar 28, 06:35
New Spider-Man: Homecoming trailer. -- (link*) - Shaun Mar 28, 06:21 [youtube]

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