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Update from Bwhatever - USCBP found a "mock IED" in a passenger's luggage on that United flight. A 58-year old American has been arrested -- (link) - Roger More Apr 6, 11:28 1
- Come on, man, you're 58, what are you doing. -- nm - Max Apr 6, 12:06
It's my parents' 43rd wedding anniversary -- nm - ty97 Apr 6, 11:23 10
- very nice! -- nm - Remlik Apr 6, 11:56
- Don Homer! -- nm - Beaker Apr 6, 11:56
- :) -- nm - Diva Apr 6, 11:30
- That is fantastic! -- nm - ReluctantCynic Apr 6, 11:27
- yeah! -- nm - pfm: head shaved in *1 day*! Apr 6, 11:26 2
  - I just texted my mother to wish her a happy anniversary. Her last text to me prior to this was - ty97 Apr 6, 11:28 1
    - ha! -- nm - pfm: head shaved in *1 day*! Apr 6, 11:28
- That's pretty amazing to me. -- nm - ty97 Apr 6, 11:23 2
  - what's amazing is they've put up with **you** for most of those 43 years - decline Apr 6, 11:27 1
    - I'm adorable. -- nm - ty97 Apr 6, 11:28
Dustin Johnson withdrew on the first tee today. - Will Hunting, King of ST Brackets Apr 6, 11:20 6
- Sad.. - Marlowe Apr 6, 11:32
- he fell down some stairs yesterday and hurt his back apparently -- nm - decline Apr 6, 11:21 4
  - Yep. Socks on a hardwood floor at a rental house. Probably tried to give it a go and decided he couldn't at the last second. -- nm - volnelk Apr 6, 11:22 3
    - He was probably playing at 'Risky Business'. you don't do that the night before a Major starts. - Diva Apr 6, 11:29 2
      - *grunts* -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 6, 11:53 1
        
        L3 -- nm - Diva Apr 6, 11:59
Everyone at the Phillies/Reds game looks miserable. -- nm - Da5id Apr 6, 11:12 1
- except Daniel Nava -- nm - groiny Apr 6, 11:14
RIP, Don Rickles -- nm - decline Apr 6, 11:08 21
- RIP Mr. Warmth. -- nm - Spawn Apr 6, 11:32
- was he 'rat pack?' seems like he was the last of them -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 6, 11:32 3
  - he was very close friends with Frank and Dean, but he was an associate at best...but here he in on the Tonight Show that Frank hosted -- (link) - Remlik Apr 6, 11:38 [youtube] 1
    - Here he was at President Reagan's Inaugartion -- (link) - Remlik Apr 6, 11:41 [youtube]
  - A hanger-on, at best. The Pack was: Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford and Joey Bishop -- nm - TWuG Apr 6, 11:35
- Here. This is worth 13 minutes of your time. -- (link) - volnelk Apr 6, 11:23
- "Some people say funny things, but I say things funny." So long, ya hockey puck. -- nm - TWuG Apr 6, 11:20
- How old was he? Gotta be 90 or close to it, right? -- nm - Will Hunting, King of ST Brackets Apr 6, 11:16 3
  - 90. Wouldve been 91 in a month. -- nm - volnelk Apr 6, 11:17
  - yep, would have turned 91 in May -- nm* - decline Apr 6, 11:17
  - 90 on the nose -- nm - groiny Apr 6, 11:17
- boooo :( -- nm - ty97 Apr 6, 11:16
- Literally watched his episode of Comedians in Cars yesterday. He was great. -- nm - volnelk Apr 6, 11:14 1
  - The story about him during the Seth Meyers episode is also great. -- (edited) - volnelk Apr 6, 11:20
- loved him. Beak sad now :( -- nm - Beaker Apr 6, 11:12
- I always admired how quick-witted he was on talk shows. - Da5id Apr 6, 11:11 3
  - I agree. He was the definition of quick funny. devastatingly so. He was brutally funny on the Martin Roasts. -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 6, 11:17 2
    - I am fairly certain some of the roastees went home and cried after he got done with them -- nm - groiny Apr 6, 11:18 1
      - there was some of that but it also was the precursor to the original rap battles where something could be said, be devastating (but true) and - Mel Profit Apr 6, 11:21
- so much for peace and quiet in heaven. -- nm - groiny Apr 6, 11:10
- rats -- nm - pfm: head shaved in *1 day*! Apr 6, 11:09
I'm way more bemused than anything about the "cuck" stuff, especially that someone like Bannon expects it to be cutting -- (edited) - Reagen Apr 6, 11:04 3
- did he actually use the term? -- nm - Remlik Apr 6, 11:15 2
  - Reportedly. ( Probably leaked by his own people) -- nm - Reagen Apr 6, 11:23
  - I'd be more impressed if he'd called him 'Damien: Omen II'. -- nm - Diva Apr 6, 11:17
ST Poll: Why did we get the new charge card? -- nm - Oliver Apr 6, 11:01 4
- because your favorite treats are expensive, kitty. -- (link) - amanda jones state university Apr 6, 11:15 3
  - These are what our cats love. -- (link) - Da5id Apr 6, 11:18 2
    - These are the only treats my cats get and they go crazy for it. Every cat I've given them to has loved it. -- (link) - Krusty Apr 6, 11:53
    - maybe I'll try those. chubs and ollie eschew all other treats they used to love because they C&P are so delightful to them. -- nm - amanda jones state university Apr 6, 11:23
Cool they just added Danny Trejo to our comicon -- nm - eag Apr 6, 10:59 1
- Indiana just got Val Kilmer. -- nm - groiny Apr 6, 11:03
Accused killer Tiffany Li posts unheard of $35 million bail -- (link) - crash davis Apr 6, 10:46 1
- $4 million cash and pledged $61 million in San Francisco Bay Area property. California courts require twice the bail amount if property is used instea -- nm - crash davis Apr 6, 10:56
ahh!! It's a gale! -- nm - Max Apr 6, 10:39 3
- Dorothy? -- nm - Baronspringa Apr 6, 10:52
- that was something. the sky brightened back up again...but there's more thunder -- nm - pfm: head shaved in *1 day*! Apr 6, 10:44 1
  - thank god you guys can swim! -- nm - amanda jones state university Apr 6, 10:46
sky just turned freaking *black* -- nm - pfm: head shaved in *1 day*! Apr 6, 10:34 4
- pic.tures. -- nm - Andie Apr 6, 10:38
- wow - hail! this is maybe the 2nd time I've seen hail in all the time i've lived here -- nm - pfm: head shaved in *1 day*! Apr 6, 10:36 2
  - vid.eo -- nm - mara Apr 6, 10:39 1
    - it's ended after only about 45 seconds -- nm - pfm: head shaved in *1 day*! Apr 6, 10:43
US, Canada and Mexico to pursue joint hosting bid for 2026 World Cup -- (link) - znufrii, definitely not 40 Apr 6, 10:30 1
- that's sexy. -- nm - amanda jones state university Apr 6, 11:15
Harry Potter, Game of Thrones, Simpsons engraved whiskey sets -- (link) - mara Apr 6, 10:28 17
- I've been wanting to get a set of shot glasses with the 7 deadly sins engraved on them - sycor Apr 6, 10:53 5
  - this is pretty awesome. -- nm - amanda jones state university Apr 6, 11:49
  - I would have ordered the Avengers ones, except, you know, Superman. -- nm - groiny Apr 6, 10:53 3
    - sell him and batman and get the ones you keep for pretty much free -- nm - Beaker Apr 6, 11:13
    - Worst Avenger...ever - eag Apr 6, 10:56
    - just ask her for something different. i'm sure she'd do it. -- nm - Andie Apr 6, 10:54
- Batman and Superman are Avengers?? lol why are they in that set??? -- nm - Jovian Apr 6, 10:39 1
  - I was just coming to post the same thing, WTF! -- nm - groiny Apr 6, 10:41
- that's very reasonsbly priced. -- nm - amanda jones state university Apr 6, 10:33 1
  - agreed -- nm - Beaker Apr 6, 10:35
- The Potter ones are great. Avengers and Simpsons are lazy. -- nm - Da5id Apr 6, 10:33
- ooh, House Stark Scotch set, I likey! -- nm - crash davis Apr 6, 10:31
- my gf made me a set of those using the names of bars that were visited on the Star Trek shows and movies -- nm - Remlik Apr 6, 10:31 4
  - marry her! -- nm - crash davis Apr 6, 10:44 3
    - hey I'm giving her the honor of laying the flooring down in my house. what else could she possibly want! -- nm - Remlik Apr 6, 10:47 2
      - Using tongue and groove? - zeitgeist Apr 6, 11:07
      - I could think of a few things. -- nm - groiny Apr 6, 10:48
Photographing a black hole: Historic campaign is underway -- (link) - crash davis Apr 6, 10:27
Snow flurries? The Hell? -- nm - Da5id Apr 6, 10:26
Nice little callout for my corp. Our logo is the fourth from the bottom right corner up on the big screen at EVE Fanfest a few minutes ago -- (link) - oblique, SuperFeud Champion Apr 6, 10:22 1
- heh, I thought you meant the company you work for and was really confused -- nm - decline Apr 6, 11:10
Police in India try to identify girl living in forest with monkeys. -- (link) - Andie Apr 6, 10:12 2
- at first glance I read this as Indiana -- nm - crash davis Apr 6, 10:14 1
  - We named the monkey Indiana -- nm - Bacon Apr 6, 10:18
According to administration officials, Bannon has privately called Kushner a "cuck" and a "globalist." -- (link) - ty97 Apr 6, 10:04 3
- I like how Samantha Bee last night called Kushner "The Hand Of The King" -- nm - crash davis Apr 6, 10:15 1
  - it never works out well for them. -- nm - Diva Apr 6, 10:18
- F'n Justin Trudeau. -- nm - Da5id Apr 6, 10:13
I judge how hard it's raining on a scale of one to "my basement is totally going to flood." we're about a nine. -- nm - amanda jones state university Apr 6, 10:03 10
- head is working in woodward. nothing there at all. blue skies. -- (link) - amanda jones state university Apr 6, 10:32
- ugh -- nm - groiny Apr 6, 10:15
- go out and take pictures (with an umbrella). -- nm - Andie Apr 6, 10:12
- We have been surprisingly spared so far. Raining yes, but not much. Was supposed to be tons of rain. - ty97 Apr 6, 10:09 6
  - If the heavy stuff can hold off until around 4:00 that would be perfect. And I need it to end by 11:00 tomorrow morning. - Krusty Apr 6, 10:16
  - here too, raining steady, but nothing crazy. -- nm - Andie Apr 6, 10:11 4
    - it's like "I'm glad ollie can swim!" here. (can ollie swim? probs.) -- nm - amanda jones state university Apr 6, 10:13 3
      - you should toss'm in a tub full of water when you get home and see what happens -- nm - decline Apr 6, 11:11
      - Don't we have someone we can pay to swim for me? -- nm - Ollie Apr 6, 10:22 1
        
        that's not why we got the new charge card, oliver. -- nm - amanda jones state university Apr 6, 10:34
because I like background articles: The Senate Filibuster, Explained -- (edited) - crash davis Apr 6, 10:03 1
- Nerd. - ReluctantCynic Apr 6, 10:53
Parkour shot by a drone. -- (link) - mara Apr 6, 10:01 2
- Next up: Parkourer shot by a drone -- nm - Max Apr 6, 10:09
- cats would be so good at parkour. -- nm - amanda jones state university Apr 6, 10:02
your daily too-sad-for-even-schadenfreude: Undocumented husband of Indiana Trump voter deported to Mexico -- (link) - crash davis Apr 6, 09:57 1
- *smh* -- nm - znufrii, definitely not 40 Apr 6, 10:12
wap/as a counterpoint to the minimum wage thing earlier, here's what you need to live "comfortably" in some US cities -- (link) - pfm: head shaved in *1 day*! Apr 6, 09:47
so they got the vote, along party line. So basically McCain has called himself an idiot. - mud Apr 6, 09:38 8
- He's just talk at this point. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Apr 6, 11:00
- McCain has yet to walk the walk his talk said he would walk. Sad. -- nm - TWuG Apr 6, 09:39 6
  - but I dont think I've ever seen such crass hypocrisy over 24 hours -- nm - mud Apr 6, 09:40 5
    - Every single time McCain talks now, it's crass hypocrisy. - Will Hunting, King of ST Brackets Apr 6, 09:42 4
      - Yup, he's a shell of the man some present him to be -- nm - ty97 Apr 6, 10:11 2
        
        He's a shell of the man he presents himself to be. - Will Hunting, King of ST Brackets Apr 6, 10:25 1
        
        When he chose Palin - it was over. As I've said, he spent years being tortured and didn't break... - Mel Profit Apr 6, 11:16
      - yup -- nm - Remlik Apr 6, 09:55
Any Survivor thoughts? Spoilers. - volnelk Apr 6, 09:36 8
- I fast forwarded past the discussion to the vote. I guess I missed something, but the reward/immunity challenges are the biggest enjoyment for me on - crash davis Apr 6, 09:48 2
  - Spoilers. - volnelk Apr 6, 09:59 1
    - gracias! -- nm - crash davis Apr 6, 10:05
- spoils - Jovian Apr 6, 09:38
- I have no thoughts on this topic. NEXT TOPIC -- nm - mara Apr 6, 09:38 2
  - would you like to talk about bulletin boards? -- nm - amanda jones state university Apr 6, 10:03 1
    - Sure. My thought on bulletin boards is that I'm happy I have no responsibility for them. -- nm - mara Apr 6, 10:24
- spoils - Name Withheld by Request Apr 6, 09:37
nmbl Amanda -- (link) - zork Apr 6, 09:35 1
- thanks (I am intermittently working today. what??). I really want the one with writing on it. if vermin still loved us, he would make me one. -- nm - amanda jones state university Apr 6, 09:47
Long read red - The Secret Lobotomy of Rosemary Kennedy. -- (link) - Andie Apr 6, 09:34
For those of you in the loop re: scanning barcodes for your Vudu collection, you might want to come to the Beta group on Facebook to discuss further. -- nm* - Mop Apr 6, 09:34 1
- Excluder! -- nm - JaxSean Apr 6, 11:46
Sinking feeling that this will end very, very badly: "Lara Trump is ‘working on’ encouraging President Trump to adopt a rescue dog" -- (link) - pfm: head shaved in *1 day*! Apr 6, 09:33 9
- shake? ... shake? -- nm - Trump's dog Apr 6, 12:05
- next line: and eat him -- nm - Beaker Apr 6, 11:13
- Ugh, no, he just doesn't strike me as an "animal" person, and that's ok. I mean, I'm gonna judge him for it, but still... - IrishStephen Apr 6, 10:59
- Here's what is going to happen: He'll adopt a shelter dog, probably a Retriever. Take some pics. -- (edited) - Andie Apr 6, 10:20
- it'll look really bad if he adopts a Mexican Chihuahua .... -- nm - call me Ishmael Apr 6, 10:03 1
  - Maybe a Pekingese? -- nm - Meg Apr 6, 10:17
- Pence has a pet bunny named Marlon Bundo? -- nm - crash davis Apr 6, 09:46
- Lara Trump? That's not a real person. -- nm - Mop Apr 6, 09:34 1
  - Fake person! -- nm - Mop Apr 6, 09:35
You're done in the Cupcake Wars -- nm - pfm: head shaved in *1 day*! Apr 6, 09:31
Doctor Who spoiler.... -- (edited) - Remlik Apr 6, 09:29 2
- !!! -- nm - znufrii, definitely not 40 Apr 6, 10:05
- I emailed Kim the instant I saw it. -- nm - Da5id Apr 6, 09:32

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