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Sitwap: open Google maps on your phone -- nm - decline Mar 31, 10:17
Every picture I see of Nunes, he's got that hangdog expression. -- nm - Mop Mar 31, 10:14
Our office had its anniversary lunch today and one of the guys who's been around was talking about the mood of DC/Hill in the 1970s - Max Mar 31, 10:14
Conservative political pundit arguing *for* Sanctuary Cities - Strongbad Mar 31, 10:11 4
- But then conservatives couldn't choose to simply ignore the state's rights angle whenever it became inconvenient for their policy ambitions. -- nm - znufrii, definitely not 40 Mar 31, 10:18 1
  - Man, I'm right there with you. I'm sick of these political parties changing their stance on the importance of states' rights. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 31, 10:21
- interesting perspective -- nm - Epiphany Mar 31, 10:12 1
  - It's the logical "states rights" argument. But it should be noted that GOP are not conservative or liberal. They're "Me. Fuck y'all." -- nm - Mop Mar 31, 10:16
2017's Least-Enjoyed April Fools' Pranks. -- (link) - Shaun Mar 31, 10:10 1
- Electing Trump is #1. -- nm - Mop Mar 31, 10:16
Google Maps app has easter egg today -- nm - JD Mar 31, 10:02 4
- Heh. On my phone and didn't see this :) -- nm - decline Mar 31, 10:18
- f@ck, tomorrow is april fools, isn't it... -- nm - oblique, SuperFeud Champion Mar 31, 10:10 2
  - It's Saturday, at least. You don't have to endure it in the office. -- nm - Mop Mar 31, 10:15 1
    - no, just everywhere on the Internet thinking they're funny -- nm - oblique, SuperFeud Champion Mar 31, 10:16
A massive swarm of bees sent Padres and Rockies players ducking for cover -- (link) - Strongbad Mar 31, 09:54 8
- not Benintendi, Betts, Boegarts and Bradley. -- nm - groiny Mar 31, 09:55 7
  - or B Brian Blair and Jumpin Jim Brunzell -- nm - Strongbad Mar 31, 09:56 6
    - worst tag team ever. -- nm - groiny Mar 31, 09:59 5
      - L3. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 31, 10:01 4
        
        when your finishing move is a dropkick, you are not good. -- nm - groiny Mar 31, 10:03 3
        
        Well, it beats a leg drop. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 31, 10:04 2
        
        well, if Jim Brunzell had Hogan's personality, he might get away with it. -- nm - groiny Mar 31, 10:05 1
        
        luckily the killer B's helped you forget about Jim Brunzell and Greg Gagne as the more boring team ever. -- nm - groiny Mar 31, 10:06
Sen. Rand Paul: Montenegro Joining NATO Is Against U.S. Interests -- (link) - Strongbad Mar 31, 09:53 2
- Defending democracy and freedom is in America's interests. - Mop Mar 31, 10:18 1
  - Lol. - znufrii, definitely not 40 Mar 31, 10:21
Fed could start trimming its $4.5 tn balance sheet as early as later this year. -- (link) - znufrii, definitely not 40 Mar 31, 09:52
Mattis: "NK appears to be going in a very reckless manner... -- (link) - Strongbad Mar 31, 09:51
CNN->GOP has become self-aware: "We are the Charlie Brown Party"..IL Rep -- nm - budice Mar 31, 09:38 2
- Not really though, because they keep getting opportunities to kick the football. It doesn't continually get jerked away from them at the last minute. -- nm - Roger More Mar 31, 09:42
- If I was a political scientist I'd write books about how the GOP changed from '76-'80 and then '94 and then 2010 and then 2016. - Mel Profit Mar 31, 09:42
I have a murderous rage against a number of people at work today. - ty97 Mar 31, 09:35 3
- ~Despite all my rage, I am still just a rat in a cage~ -- nm - Strongbad Mar 31, 09:59
- do they have a bone colored business card? -- nm - groiny Mar 31, 09:43 1
  - "Look at that subtle off-white coloring. The tasteful thickness of it. Oh, my God. It even has a watermark." -- nm - Beryllium Mar 31, 09:46
Amanda or anyone else - where am I buying cheap progressive eye glasses? I got the script already. -- nm - Epiphany Mar 31, 09:09 5
- Glasses USA has the best lenses. Zenni optical has the best frames. I generally do glasses USA. -- nm - Amanda Mar 31, 09:31 2
  - Oh, sign up for their emails. They have great sales. Can you wait till Easter to order? -- nm - Amanda Mar 31, 09:32 1
    - yes, thanks. -- nm - Epiphany Mar 31, 09:40
- *adjusts lenses* -- nm - Maz Kanata Mar 31, 09:26 1
  - NO CAPES! -- nm - E Mar 31, 09:44
ohhhh, reports of a Dragonite nest near Battery Park City..... -- nm - ty97 Mar 31, 08:44 2
- 🎶 here come the men in black 🎶 - Beryllium Mar 31, 08:46 1
  - ~Galaxy Defenders~ -- nm - Epiphany Mar 31, 08:51
The Senate Intelligence Committee has turned down Mike Flynn's request for immunity, a senior official tells NBC News -- (link) - decline Mar 31, 08:34 4
- "Who does he think we are, the House of Representatives?" -- nm - Max Mar 31, 09:01
- ~you're the one that I want, ooh ooh ooh honey~ -- nm - con_carne Mar 31, 08:44
- gotta protect the boss man -- nm - ty97 Mar 31, 08:39
- "No, you can't be an informant. What we're looking for is more in the scapegoat line of things." -- nm - Beryllium Mar 31, 08:36
Certification letters provided by the administrator of a student loan forgiveness program are apparently not worth the paper they are printed on. -- (link) - znufrii, definitely not 40 Mar 31, 08:32
I'm on my phone; will this work? "Only reason to remain on twitter." -- (link) - Amanda Mar 31, 08:32 10
- Oh man, that is truly spectacular. -- nm - David Mar 31, 09:35
- They should have given another treat to the white cat when the brown one used his bell. -- nm - Max Mar 31, 09:00 4
  - I had the same thought. -- nm - David Mar 31, 09:35
  - Do you want to keep that hand, Max? -- nm - crash davis Mar 31, 09:01 2
    - Rules are rules! -- nm - Max Mar 31, 09:03 1
      - And the rule is, I rang a damn bell, gimme a treat if you want to keep that hand. -- nm - crash davis Mar 31, 09:09
- Ow! My ribs hurt already from coughing. You made me laugh too hard. - Covington Mar 31, 08:43 1
  - My cats don't need no damn bell....they just sit in front of the treat cabinet and howl :) -- nm - Meg Mar 31, 08:52
- This is so damn backwards! -- nm - Pavlov Mar 31, 08:33 1
  - LOL at the tweet and your response. Thanks! -- nm - crash davis Mar 31, 08:37
Decades after extinction declaration, hunt for Tasmanian tiger resumes due to fair dinkum report - crash davis Mar 31, 08:19 9
- I'm more than a little sceptical given that Cape York is about 30 degrees north of Tasmania. - Roger More Mar 31, 08:26 7
  - Its probably wise to be skeptical then. But when I discover and capture Sasquatch, the first creature I'll go after on my resulting TV show is the Taz -- nm - crash davis Mar 31, 08:35 6
    - I mean, the thylacine did live there - but it was thousands of years ago, and that area has had people and dingoes living there for a long time. -- nm - Roger More Mar 31, 08:52 5
      - I'll look there last if no joy elsewhere. I think my viewers would like to see me go to Tasmania first. -- nm - crash davis Mar 31, 08:55 4
        
        Movie recommendation - The Hunter, starring Willem Dafoe. -- nm - Roger More Mar 31, 09:07 3
        
        I've actually watched that one. It made me want to go camping there. -- nm - crash davis Mar 31, 09:08 2
        
        You should! Parts of it were filmed near Cradle Mountain, which is a beautiful area. Of course other parts were filmed at the top of a mountain - Roger More Mar 31, 09:10 1
        
        The shots depicting the remote country were nothing short of gorgeous -- nm - crash davis Mar 31, 09:11
- Don't worry. We'll get em all this time. -- nm - Mop Mar 31, 08:25
Have you seen @limericking, for the news of the day in limericks? -- (link) - mara Mar 31, 08:13 1
- I like : A chap who conducted discussions -- nm - crash davis Mar 31, 09:10
ST Poll -- Rate this music festival lineup - znufrii, definitely not 40 Mar 31, 08:12 14
- These sorts of lists amuse me. As I get older I recognize fewer and fewer names. Wilco is about all I knew. -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 31, 09:24 2
  - Coincidentally, they're the only band here that I've seen, when we went to this festival in 2013. - znufrii, definitely not 40 Mar 31, 09:35 1
    - I could be shot by someone from "Panic in the Disco" and I'd tell the cops, "some dude shot me." not... - Mel Profit Mar 31, 09:40
- 3. -- nm - JaxSean Mar 31, 08:47
- Wilco is excellent. Spoon is very good. I like Amos Lee and Drive By Truckers a lot. The rest has some well regarded groups that aren't really my - pmb Mar 31, 08:46 1
  - Generally that's a pretty good themed line up. Personally I have zero interest as it is not my type of music -- nm - JD Mar 31, 10:20
- a 3? not really my wheelhouse - I am still upset I'm missing Panic At the Disco tonight due to outrageous ticket prices - Epiphany Mar 31, 08:38
- Ratings inside 1-10 scale - rollo Mar 31, 08:23 6
  - I've only heard of Spoon and Arkells -- nm - Beryllium Mar 31, 08:35
  - I've never heard of any of those groups -- nm - decline Mar 31, 08:26 4
    - I've heard of Wilco, all the rest are unknown to me -- nm - crash davis Mar 31, 08:45
    - Seriously, not a one? karebud was always a big Spoon fan IIRC. -- nm - ty97 Mar 31, 08:34 1
      - we need to get her back on here - prayformojo Mar 31, 08:37
    - Good, I'm not the only one. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 31, 08:27
i have nothing to do today at work. -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 31, 08:04 4
- bragger -- nm - Epiphany Mar 31, 08:37
- *hands you some of mine* -- nm - ty97 Mar 31, 08:23 1
  - "An Advanced Guide to Pokemon Go. New York City is Awesome by Danny T. Brooklyn... Hey what's all this?" "Sorry, that's my work. Here's yours." -- nm - con_carne Mar 31, 08:47
- go home! -- nm - Andie Mar 31, 08:10
I love this comparison. -- (link) - David Mar 31, 08:02 4
- *laughing* with a few characters from GoT (I'm sure there's a Ramsay Bolton somewhere). -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 31, 09:25
- L3! -- nm - Epiphany Mar 31, 08:37
- Yeah, that's brilliant -- nm - prayformojo Mar 31, 08:06
- heh -- nm - Diva Mar 31, 08:05
heh. Spawn you're booked for July 8th. -- nm - Remlik Mar 31, 07:57
Bery, when I click links from ST now, they link with https but Chrome throws up a big warning that the connection is not safe - ty97 Mar 31, 07:55 9
- Are you using hsxtt? -- nm - Beryllium Mar 31, 07:57 8
  - yep -- nm - ty97 Mar 31, 08:05 7
    - I'll have to add some logic to skip that, as the certificate doesn't support those domains. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 31, 08:31 6
      - It's not a big deal, I just wanted to FYI you on it -- nm - ty97 Mar 31, 08:33
      - OOC, why do you still use that domain? -- nm - prayformojo Mar 31, 08:32 4
        
        "OOC"? -- nm - Beryllium Mar 31, 09:41 3
        
        out of curiosity -- nm - prayformojo Mar 31, 10:06 1
        
        Ah. Well, - Beryllium Mar 31, 12:06
        
        Out of context? -- nm - mara Mar 31, 09:45
Penn St again decides to comment on the Sandusky case.. -- (link) - budice Mar 31, 07:48 3
- It's one trustee commenting, but holy crap those comments.... -- nm - ty97 Mar 31, 07:55 2
  - awful. That trustee makes it sound like the abuse they suffered is such an inconvenience to him. -- nm - Diva Mar 31, 07:59 1
    - Right, it's just terrible -- nm - ty97 Mar 31, 08:23
Pretty sure I can hear Diva grunting from here. - ty97 Mar 31, 07:35 4
- eat more fiber. -- nm - groiny Mar 31, 07:40 3
  - how you feeling these days? your doc visits going okay? -- nm - Epiphany Mar 31, 07:51 2
    - not too bad. my sleep study is set for the end of April. - groiny Mar 31, 07:54 1
      - keep trucking on - big hugs! -- nm - Epiphany Mar 31, 07:55
TIL: Coors Field is the National League's third oldest park. -- nm - Ender Mar 31, 07:33 5
- Skydome is at the age where the Jays should be getting a new one but the real estate location and economics don't allow for it. Instead... - Name Withheld by Request Mar 31, 07:44 1
  - "The Rogers Centre" - Andie Mar 31, 07:45
- Remember baseball is where all the New Stadium push started for Major League Sports. -- nm - budice Mar 31, 07:41
- that is a crazy thought. -- nm - groiny Mar 31, 07:39
- Atlanta has built 2 parks in that span. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 31, 07:38
goddammit. - groiny Mar 31, 07:32 8
- Does Destiny play like Halo? -- nm - crash davis Mar 31, 08:58 2
  - Not nearly enough. -- nm - David Mar 31, 09:05
  - sort of yes, sort of no. -- nm - groiny Mar 31, 09:01
- ordered. -- nm - Remlik Mar 31, 08:12
- Bromance renewed for another 3 seasons! -- nm - David Mar 31, 08:02
- heh -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 31, 07:36 1
  - now I have to hope that Amazon does not fuck it all up with sending the shit out. -- nm - groiny Mar 31, 07:40
- *thumbs up* -- nm - Shaun Mar 31, 07:33
Destiny players. amazon is giving 20% off the game, it just doesnt show up until checkout. (non digital version at least gets the discount) -- nm* - tRuMaN Mar 31, 07:31 1
- nm -- nm* - Strongbad Mar 31, 07:53
"But I had immunity! "You didn't have immunity......FROM ME!" - prayformojo Mar 31, 07:30 9
- DI-PLO-MA-TIC IMMUNITY -- nm - Strongbad Mar 31, 07:53 1
  - Has just been revoked! -- nm - Jovian Mar 31, 08:02
- The Meg Chronicles: Digging Graves -- nm - David Mar 31, 07:48 6
  - Mojave Nights: There Was A Sale On Shovels -- nm - Beryllium Mar 31, 07:54 5
    - And then the murders began......... -- nm - Meg Mar 31, 08:33 2
      - *snort* -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 31, 09:34
      - :) -- nm - Beryllium Mar 31, 08:36
    - omg -- nm - Diva Mar 31, 08:00
    - L3! -- nm - Epiphany Mar 31, 07:56
Robots, man. Terrifying: Connecticut lawmakers are mulling whether the state should allow police to use drones outfitted with deadly weapons -- (link) - decline Mar 31, 07:26 8
- Kids will take those down and be armed within the first month. -- nm - Max Mar 31, 09:03
- Hi wobot. I wuv you wobot. -- nm - Mop Mar 31, 08:26
- It's going to be allowed though - for situations like the Dallas police shooter. -- nm - Roger More Mar 31, 07:57
- This should be treated like space warfare: a thing that doesn't happen because it's against everyone's best interests. - Beryllium Mar 31, 07:34
- We promise we will not hack them. Honest -- nm - Putin Mar 31, 07:32
- Seriously, it's like no one has ever watched The Terminator. - Shaun Mar 31, 07:30
- This is just a ploy to distract all the hackers. -- nm - mara Mar 31, 07:29
- what could possibly go wrong? -- nm - groiny Mar 31, 07:27
Even more random: indoor cloud rains tequila. -- (link) - mara Mar 31, 07:26

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