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ABC News: Eyewitness says Syrian officials evacuated personnel and moved equipment ahead of the strike. -- (link) - ty97 Apr 6, 21:19 2
- we had to tell the russians, and the russians told their friends -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 6, 21:54
- #FakeWar -- nm - Da5id Apr 6, 21:21
oh great, I go for a walk and you people let the tweeter start bombing things. -- nm - ty97 Apr 6, 20:56 1
- relax. there is concretes out there that within an hour of adding water, you can land any aircraft on it. the runway is an easy fix. -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 6, 20:57
watched the Black Sails finale. Really well done series. if you like Treasure Island I think you're really going to like this. -- nm - Remlik Apr 6, 20:38 5
- Spoiler question - Da5id Apr 6, 20:50 4
  - spoiler - Peglegpete Apr 6, 20:54 3
    - Fascinating, thanks. -- nm - Da5id Apr 6, 21:00 2
      - you still should see it for spoils - Peglegpete Apr 6, 21:20 1
        
        I definitely plan to, but I'm about 1 1/2 seasons behind. -- nm - Da5id Apr 6, 21:22
I don't have a problem with fighting in hockey, but I hate that every big (legal) hit leads to one now. -- nm - Reagen Apr 6, 20:06
What the... -- (link) - Reagen Apr 6, 19:30 4
- That's no baseball, that's a wet marshmallow! -- nm - Max Apr 6, 19:41
- static cling? Use Bounce to make your clothes soft and not so clingy. -- nm - budice Apr 6, 19:36
- He got waaaaay defensive when asked if he was using pine tar. -- nm - Da5id Apr 6, 19:32
- No stickem here boss -- nm - budice Apr 6, 19:31
US Navy Tomahawk Missle page with all sorts of info -- (link) - Peglegpete Apr 6, 19:10 5
- $1.59M each (present day dollars as opposed to 1999 price shown there) times 60 is $100M for just the missiles -- nm - zork Apr 6, 19:40 4
  - the Navy need to update their info -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 6, 19:54
  - Can you give me that in number of meals for shut-ins? -- nm - Mop Apr 6, 19:42 2
    - Well, it's a little over "one million per innocent victim who died horribly from nerve gas"... Anyone know the conversion rate? -- nm - Ender Apr 6, 20:56
    - Three -- nm - Donaldo Apr 6, 19:45
uh oh theyre messing with his mic again -- nm - Jovian Apr 6, 19:03
TRON Lightcycle Power Run Roller Coaster Close to Green Light for Walt Disney World, Disneyland -- (link) - budice Apr 6, 19:03 3
- Stop trying to make TRON happen. -- nm - Mop Apr 6, 19:34
- You don't say... -- nm - Da5id Apr 6, 19:08 1
  - got it. -- nm - budice Apr 6, 19:13
Reuters: Hillary Clinton calls for U.S. to bomb Syrian air fields -- (link) - mud Apr 6, 18:34 1
- Shadow presidency - Dano Apr 6, 18:47
Because Portland! Protester at city council meeting gives mayor a Pepsi. -- (link) - Mop Apr 6, 18:21 1
- that's kind of awesome. -- nm - windows jones Apr 6, 18:26
CNN: 50 Tomahawk missiles launched against Syrian airfields -- nm - Max Apr 6, 18:19 28
- David's going to face some huge margin calls on his Approval poll shorts in the morning. -- nm - Max Apr 6, 20:11
- Trump classic from 2013 -- (link) - budice Apr 6, 19:31 1
  - That guy is smrt. -- nm - Mop Apr 6, 19:39
- This is a twofer. He's sending a message to Syria, but also North Korea. -- nm - Bacon Apr 6, 18:56 2
  - You know, I'd kind of like to visit Seoul someday. -- nm - Reagen Apr 6, 18:59 1
    - enlist. you will :) -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 6, 19:07
- Vlad? A little help here? -- nm - Assad Apr 6, 18:50
- Apparently all 50-60 hit one military airfield, which has two runways and hardened shelters for aircraft. Targeting included fuel points. -- nm - Max Apr 6, 18:39 13
  - And how much does each missle cost? And can you give me that in the number of school lunches we can buy? -- nm - Mop Apr 6, 19:35
  - gosh, I sure hope they didnt hit any russkies -- nm - mud Apr 6, 18:49 11
    - oh -- (link) - Reagen Apr 6, 18:51 10
      - Apparently the missiles were not targeting Russian areas of the base -- nm - zork Apr 6, 19:44 4
        
        "nudge over. a little more... more... there." -- nm - Reagen Apr 6, 19:48 1
        
        *falls out of bed* -- nm - Putin Apr 6, 19:50
        
        they have areas? Are those "areas" near any of the sarin "areas"? -- nm - mud Apr 6, 19:46 1
        
        They draw lines but then the sand keeps blowing away. -- nm - Max Apr 6, 19:59
      - Which contact did they use to pass the word? Or did they just speak very loudly in the Oval Office? -- nm - Mop Apr 6, 19:38 2
        
        Silly. Trump took Putin's call and aimed the missiles at the provided coordinates. -- nm - TWuG Apr 6, 19:50
        
        That's why Nunes bowed out of the investigation so he could brief the ambassador. -- nm - Max Apr 6, 19:40
      - "Heads up. heh." -- nm - Max Apr 6, 19:20
      - "start counting down from 10. Be somewhere else before you get to 1" -- nm - pfm: head shaved in *1 day*! Apr 6, 18:52
- "Just point em in the general direction." -- nm - Reagen Apr 6, 18:33
- twit -- (link) - mud Apr 6, 18:21 4
  - Is that a damn stock photo? It's 4am in Syria and the missiles can't fly for more than 2 hours. -- nm - Max Apr 6, 18:23 1
    - the fuck I know -- nm - jake Tapper Apr 6, 18:25
  - Trump is going to draw us into a war with his Russian buddies. -- nm - Mop Apr 6, 18:23 1
    - oh noes -- nm - Ukraine Apr 6, 18:26
- Well, here we go. -- nm - Mop Apr 6, 18:21
the Hawks' uniforms are *weird* - do they wear these a lot? -- nm - pfm: head shaved in *1 day*! Apr 6, 18:11
Scott Adams on Syrian gas attack: “This has the look of a manufactured event.” -- (link) - mud Apr 6, 17:59 1
- "This has the look of something that would require me to reassess my beliefs, therefore it must actually be something that confirms my beliefs" -- nm - TWuG Apr 6, 18:02
I'm on a train -- nm - Beryllium Apr 6, 17:50 1
- Take the A train -- (link) - Peglegpete Apr 6, 17:53 [youtube]
Have we seen this? IRS will start using private collection agencies.... -- (link) - Meg Apr 6, 16:54 5
- So, they don't have enough people to do the job as it is so they're hiring companies that will take a percentage? -- nm - . Apr 6, 17:37 1
  - It's the American way :/ -- nm - Meg Apr 6, 18:58
- for some reason I thought they had been already, -- nm - znufrii Apr 6, 17:10 1
  - (scam) -- nm - Spawn Apr 6, 17:14
- *tick* -- nm - Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Apr 6, 17:07
Wow, USA Men's Curling team is on *fire* right now. -- nm - Da5id Apr 6, 16:51 4
- ~This team is on fiiiiire, this team is on fiiiire, woooooohoooohooooh~ -- nm - Alicia Keys Apr 6, 17:57
- thankfully they are on ice -- nm - Beaker Apr 6, 16:51 2
  - Someone should write a song -- nm - Beryllium Apr 6, 17:54 1
    - they tried. they came on like a flame, but i turned a cold shoulder -- nm - call me Ishmael Apr 6, 19:08
"Fresh bee pollen, canned white wine, edible flowers and cheddar biscuit mix" - pfm: head shaved in *1 day*! Apr 6, 16:45
LOVED Archer last night - Beaker Apr 6, 16:44 2
- The Framework is great. -- nm - Spawn Apr 6, 16:59
- I was worried about the concept this season, but I agree. It was a brilliant episode. - Da5id Apr 6, 16:46
Stan Lee, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Oprah among those being honored as Disney Legends at this year's D23. -- (link) - Mop Apr 6, 16:42
Lawsuit alleges Seattle Mayor Ed Murray sexually abused troubled teen in 1980s -- (link) - ty97 Apr 6, 16:13 1
- World is full of Sanduskys -- nm - budice Apr 6, 16:32
Oh wow, I hadn't noticed that the Irish are in the Frozen Four again. Let's hope for a better outcome this time! -- nm - Baronspringa Apr 6, 15:51
Whoa 10 years ago Grindhouse released. - Jovian Apr 6, 15:44
Salma looking great at a press event for a movie -- (link) - budice Apr 6, 15:39 4
- Huh. Apparently, "claret" is a shade of red. I've never heard that word before. -- nm - Mop Apr 6, 16:07 3
  - I've only heard it in terms of the Open's Claret Jug. -- nm - Baronspringa Apr 6, 17:50
  - Burgundy is a wine, an area of France and a color :))) -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 6, 16:10 1
    - As is claret :) -- (link) - Meg Apr 6, 16:12
"How I regularly book round-trip international flights for less than $400" -- (link) - prayformojo Apr 6, 15:26 21
- I usually average 4 flights a year on points these days, and little of that is points from actually flying. -- nm - Reagen Apr 6, 17:07 7
  - Is it points from credit card purchases? -- nm - Krusty Apr 6, 17:36 3
    - partly, but mostly through the Air Miles program up here, which I think I've mastered. - Reagen Apr 6, 17:40 2
      - I sometimes feel guilty about charging $5 worth of groceries...not :) I also do online surveys where the points can be redeemed for miles and - Meg Apr 6, 17:57
      - Very nice! -- nm - Krusty Apr 6, 17:56
  - (although I have a new target now that I've discovered the Star Alliance Around the World ticket) -- nm - Reagen Apr 6, 17:13 1
    - Always wanted to do a RTW ticket -- nm - ty97 Apr 6, 17:15
  - Same here. I'm pricing out a R/T to St. Louis right now. I did have to pay for the Nashville ticket. -- nm - Meg Apr 6, 17:10
- Don't forget "live in a big globalised city with a lot of international connections" -- nm - Roger More Apr 6, 15:42 6
  - and don't live on minimum wage! -- nm - pfm: head shaved in *1 day*! Apr 6, 16:33 1
    - Right? Who can scrape by on $500,000 a year?! -- nm - ty97 Apr 6, 16:35
  - Very good point. The competition drives prices down too. -- nm - ty97 Apr 6, 15:46 3
    - Also, you get a lot of good discounts from NY because it's easy to convince people to go there, so airlines want to fly there, which means discounts - Roger More Apr 6, 16:15 2
      - Good points. To your question - ty97 Apr 6, 16:25 1
        
        There ought to be low prices to Vegas from both Europe & Asia. but I am too lazy to check. -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 6, 16:27
- But her point about being flexible on your dates and destinations, and then searching often are good -- nm* - ty97 Apr 6, 15:35 2
  - For example, $367 to BCN in October. -- (link) - ty97 Apr 6, 15:39 1
    - And $380 to Paris -- (link) - ty97 Apr 6, 15:40
- (Puerto Rico is not an international flight, Miss Blogger) -- nm - ty97 Apr 6, 15:33
- "Vancouver-Seattle. You're welcome." -- nm - Reagen Apr 6, 15:32
- (Alitalia and Avianca are not 'budget airlines' Miss Blogger) -- nm - ty97 Apr 6, 15:32
So, here it is. A nonth ago, we flew my brother into town to help us with sone stuff around the house. - prayformojo Apr 6, 15:10 8
- Maybe the box contains our own universe? -- nm - Baronspringa Apr 6, 16:55
- It's possible it fell into the same alternative wormhole the Berenstein Bears and Shazaam are. -- nm - JaxSean Apr 6, 15:58
- All right, take my money -- nm - Roger More Apr 6, 15:31
- Booooooo -- nm - zork Apr 6, 15:15
- I hope you've learned your lesson. -- nm - mara Apr 6, 15:14 1
  - This -- nm - zork Apr 6, 15:15
- They were full of cash and the guy installing the fan has since retired. -- nm - Meg Apr 6, 15:13
- A ghostly garage sale? -- nm - crash davis Apr 6, 15:12
Twitter and Homeland Security are headed to court - crash davis Apr 6, 15:10 6
- DHS is being petty about this one. -- nm - Mop Apr 6, 19:41
- I just followed. -- (link) - Spawn Apr 6, 17:02
- Aren't they pissed that Susan Rice unmasked Trump advisers? Oh but when WE want to do it, it's fine. -- nm - bacon Apr 6, 16:29
- next: offer immunity to the account holder if they step forward -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 6, 15:12
- Good grief -- nm - prayformojo Apr 6, 15:11 1
  - right -- nm - prayformojo Apr 10, 03:32
Ghost in the Shell spoils - Peglegpete Apr 6, 15:09 2
- I enjoyed it -- nm - budice Apr 6, 15:09 1
  - it was fun, but a bit slow to me. -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 6, 15:10
the boss called for a key lime pie and coffee break. who am I to argue? -- nm - crash davis Apr 6, 15:01 1
- if theyre buying -- nm - budice Apr 6, 15:09
*cue the charge music* -- (link) - The Masters Apr 6, 14:54
Because they'll plant coke on you regardless. -- nm - Qale Apr 6, 14:21 (3) -- nm - mud Apr 6, 14:45
Christian Bale in Talks to Play Dick Cheney in Biopic -- (link) - amoxy Apr 6, 14:43 6
- This sounds like bad casting in all four quadrants. - Max Apr 6, 14:53 5
  - HEY FUCK YOU!!! FUCK YOU!!! FUCK YOU!!!! -- nm - Christian Bale Apr 6, 16:31 2
    - See? The real Cheney would just make a phone call and you'd disappear. -- nm - Max Apr 6, 16:32 1
      - *shoots you in the face* HOW DO YOU LIKE ME FUCKING NOW??!!! -- nm - Christian Bale Apr 6, 16:33
  - I think that is a premature assessment. For example, until he had to, I didn't know Adam Levine moves like Jagger -- nm - crash davis Apr 6, 15:06
  - if Bale is in it, they are filming his Vietnam war days when he thought he was a hotshot, who didn't follow orders that good. -- nm* - Peglegpete Apr 6, 14:56
For some good news today, Happy Birthday Paul Rudd -- (link) - amoxy Apr 6, 14:38 7
- He's adorable. -- nm - Mop Apr 6, 15:13
- I finally saw Ant-Man recently and I adored it. -- nm - mud Apr 6, 14:43 1
  - It is charming and adorable - just like Paul Rudd. -- nm - Diva Apr 6, 18:19
- I adore him (because of Ant-Man). -- nm - ReluctantCynic Apr 6, 14:42 2
  - Wait until you watch his good movies! -- nm - Da5id Apr 6, 14:47 1
    - Noted: David is a huge This Is 40 fan. -- nm - Spawn Apr 6, 17:04
- I adore him (despite Ant-Man). -- nm - Da5id Apr 6, 14:40
Letting the days go by, let the water hold me down Letting the days go by, water flowing underground -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 6, 14:36

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