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Oklahoma representative doesn't buy the idea that taxpayers pay his salary. -- (link*) - znufrii, definitely not 40 Apr 13, 09:54 4
- Rep. Markwayne "Bullcrap" Mullin sure as hell can! -- nm - Diva Apr 13, 10:06 1
  - this belongs under RM's post. -- nm - Diva Apr 13, 10:07
- Plus, taxes don't cover the kickbacks. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 13, 10:05
- Wait, we can choose what our taxes pay for? -- nm - Roger More Apr 13, 10:02
per CNN, US has dropped largest non-nuclear bomb (21,000 lbs.) in Afghanistan -- nm - zork Apr 13, 09:32 7
- according to twitter, the MOP (30K lbs) is bigger -- nm - decline Apr 13, 10:38
- Team America -- nm - budice Apr 13, 09:45
- MOAB -- nm - mud Apr 13, 09:35 2
  - appears to be the first ever use outside of testing -- nm - zork Apr 13, 09:39 1
    - Does he have shares in the company too? -- (link) - LMS Apr 13, 09:43
- Where they aiming for there? -- nm - LMS Apr 13, 09:34 1
  - Camp and tunnels of an ISIS affiliate -- nm - zork Apr 13, 09:36
Tribute to Carrie Fisher. -- (link) - Shaun Apr 13, 09:29
Rome’s Trevi Fountain Holds Nearly $1.5 Million in Loose Change -- (link) - ty97 Apr 13, 09:28 1
- I sense the plot for Ocean's Women 2 -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 13, 09:39
GA-6 Analysis -- (link) - Strongbad Apr 13, 09:27
Man, do I hate these red light cameras at every other light around here. - kelly Apr 13, 09:23 32
- Pictures always look great too. -- nm - budice Apr 13, 10:00
- The downside of no state income tax. -- nm - Da5id Apr 13, 09:52
- *Marge grumble* - Will Hunting Apr 13, 09:38 6
  - "IT'S RED!!!!!!" -- nm - groiny Apr 13, 09:52 3
    - "STILL RED! STILL RED! IT"S STILL RED!!!" - Will Hunting Apr 13, 09:56 1
      - hee -- nm - JaxSean Apr 13, 10:06
    - Oh my god, I just went into giggle fits. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 13, 09:54
  - You're just lucky, I guess. - kelly Apr 13, 09:41 1
    - I think it's just a fine. It doesn't go to the court or on your record. Your state may be different, though. -- nm - Inigo Apr 13, 09:51
- MO SC spiked them here and the legislature is in the process of nuking them statewide. - Baronspringa Apr 13, 09:34
- Sadly, they've been proven to not improve safety at intersections. We took ours down. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 13, 09:27 21
  - It would probably be more effective to put up "Camera ahead!" signs without the camera. -- nm - Max Apr 13, 09:43 1
    - You joke, but - Strongbad Apr 13, 09:45
  - Those drivers probably don't even notice the warning signs -- nm - zork Apr 13, 09:40
  - I'm so nervous around them I slam on my brakes when the light turns yellow. - JaxSean Apr 13, 09:29 5
    - I should have slammed on my brakes here too. I decided not to - wrong choice! -- nm - kelly Apr 13, 09:31 2
      - Which intersection? -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 13, 09:39 1
        
        Lovell Rd at 40. -- nm - kelly Apr 13, 09:41
    - yes, exactly this, they have caused a number of accidents at specific intersections here. -- nm - groiny Apr 13, 09:31
    - I've read that's a common issue that can lead to accidents. -- nm - Krusty Apr 13, 09:30
  - I thought a study out of Chicago said that they did improve things? -- nm - ty97 Apr 13, 09:28 11
    - No it didn't. It's a pure revenue grab though nobody wants to admit it. -- nm - pmb Apr 13, 09:34 6
      - agreed, and they make it damn near impossible to fight them. - groiny Apr 13, 09:38 1
        
        I got one of those notices about a ticket I had gotten that got re-opened for review because it was during a time when the tickets were suspect, but - pmb Apr 13, 09:44
      - To be fair, it varies from state to state - Strongbad Apr 13, 09:37 3
        
        Yeah, it really depends on how they are implemented. In Australia, for example, all red-light camera locations are published, funding goes towards - Roger More Apr 13, 09:55 1
        
        (Thinking about it, I think it also helps that road safety and policing in Australia is handled at the state level, not the municipal level) -- nm - Roger More Apr 13, 10:03
        
        Chicago shortened the yellow light times, though they got caught for it and changed it back. Also I believe they require countdown timers on the - pmb Apr 13, 09:42
    - I've seen technical studies with both conclusions. We studied ours and saw no benefit at all. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 13, 09:30 2
      - I forget which city got sued and lost and had to refund all the ticket money collected by these. -- nm - groiny Apr 13, 09:32 1
        
        Here's one example -- (link) - Strongbad Apr 13, 09:33
    - lol, never trust Chicago studies -- nm - groiny Apr 13, 09:30
Harrison Ford just took the stage -- (link) - Remlik Apr 13, 09:12 [youtube]
Hi from Moo Thru, a tiny little roadside place in Remington, VA that has awesome grilled cheese and ice cream -- (link) - prayformojo Apr 13, 09:00 1
- imagine the ice cream on top pf the grilled cheese -- nm - budice Apr 13, 09:01
I've narrowed my Easter Brunch choices down to four contenders. Of this list what would you choose? -- (edited) - crash davis Apr 13, 09:00 26
- CHILAQUILES. Definitely. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Apr 13, 10:01
- Chilaquiles or Basque -- nm - Strongbad Apr 13, 09:38
- Maybe the avocado benedict. My real choice is the chilaquiles, but if they're using tortilla chips I'm not 100% trusting them to do it well. -- nm - Roger More Apr 13, 09:35
- Chilaquiles. -- nm - kelly Apr 13, 09:34
- A different place. -- nm - Krusty Apr 13, 09:30
- salmon omelet. I could wear that t-shirt too. -- nm - Diva Apr 13, 09:19
- Either Basque or Chilaquiles, they both sound fantastic. I'd probably lean towards the later. -- nm - JaxSean Apr 13, 09:14 11
  - I'm only leaning chilaquiles over basque because I'm not sure if the peppers and onions are chopped finely enough. - ty97 Apr 13, 09:18 10
    - "because I'm not sure if the peppers and onions are chopped finely enough." = you're fired w/extreme prejudice. -- nm - Diva Apr 13, 09:21 9
      - I like peppers and onion, but I light chunks of them. - ty97 Apr 13, 09:22 4
        
        spoiler - ty97 Apr 13, 09:23 3
        
        I still think "purist" cheesesteaks shouldn't have peppers. Just meat, cheese whiz, and onions. -- nm - JaxSean Apr 13, 09:28 2
        
        I'm not a purist then because I think the peppers add a heck of a lot to the flavor -- nm - crash davis Apr 13, 09:30 1
        
        of course I prefer melted Provolone to cheese whiz, so I guess I can't live in Philly -- nm - crash davis Apr 13, 09:33
      - look ya'll!! ty97 made it all the way to 11:21 am before he got fired today. - Epiphany Apr 13, 09:21 3
        
        12:21! I made it past noon!!!! -- nm - ty97 Apr 13, 09:23
        
        hee -- nm - Tim Apr 13, 09:23
        
        too. dang. funny. -- nm - crash davis Apr 13, 09:22
- Basque omelet -- nm - znufrii, definitely not 40 Apr 13, 09:10
- Chilaquiles, but Basque Omelet is trying to unseat the chilaquiles, it's a close call -- nm - ty97 Apr 13, 09:07
- its a 4 star tie - they all sound amazing -- nm - Epiphany Apr 13, 09:06 1
  - this -- nm - Diva Apr 13, 09:20
- Basque -- nm - decline Apr 13, 09:04
- Chilaquiles -- nm - oblique, SuperFeud Champion Apr 13, 09:02
- Peeps -- nm - budice Apr 13, 09:01 1
  - Sriracha peeps -- nm - crash davis Apr 13, 09:02
What is this hell steed? -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 13, 08:57
In case you were wondering, Sriracha and honey mustard mix really well together. -- nm - Shaun Apr 13, 08:52
Instagram crushing Snapchat -- (link) - oblique, SuperFeud Champion Apr 13, 08:46 2
- (I don't understand how to use the stories feature.) -- nm - JaxSean feels old Apr 13, 09:15
- This is my experience with Snapchat. -- (link) - Shaun Apr 13, 08:48 [youtube]
Long Weekend plans? I'm going to the local Tall Ships Festival -- (link) - LMS Apr 13, 08:45 2
- DC takeover -- nm - JaxSean Apr 13, 09:16
- having a small family lunch Saturday. chilling. -- nm - Andie Apr 13, 08:49
United/Chicago PD are so screwed: "United passenger David Dao had a concussion, a broken nose, and lost his two front teeth after the incident" -- nm - decline Apr 13, 08:35 9
- you gotta whack someone pretty damn hard to knock out their teeth. -- nm - groiny Apr 13, 09:09 2
  - 69 year old teeth? - Epiphany Apr 13, 09:21 1
    - let's get Jax over here and we can test it out. -- nm - groiny Apr 13, 09:29
- " He fell." -- nm - Chicago PD Apr 13, 09:05 2
  - he 'fell' just like Aragorn did after a freakin' warg dragged him over a craggy tor but with more screaming. -- nm - Diva Apr 13, 09:34
  - I can't believe the Chicago PD would do that!! -- nm - Chicago Aviation Police Apr 13, 09:06
- *charges the writer with faulty parallelism* -- nm - Grammar Police Apr 13, 08:54
- Cash me outside, how bow Dao? -- nm - budice Apr 13, 08:53
- Not actually Chicago PD, but "aviation police." -- (link) - mara Apr 13, 08:50
Area card and comic shop might have to close for failing to pay taxes. -- (link) - Tim Apr 13, 08:31 1
- There is no way in hell I'd donate to that. -- nm - Qale Apr 13, 12:34
The Star Wars Celebration live stream...Lucas being interviewed now.... -- (link) - Remlik Apr 13, 08:23 [youtube] 8
- Hayden Christensen and Ian McDirmand on stage now -- nm - Remlik Apr 13, 08:41 7
  - I figured that you, of anyone, would get his name right -- nm - zork Apr 13, 09:35
  - Billy Dee, Anthony Daniels, and Peter Mayhew on now. Messages from Liam Neeson and Sam Jackson -- nm - Remlik Apr 13, 08:52 5
    - Does Billy Dee look interested cause wnen I went to Celebration when it was in Indy - eag Apr 13, 09:14 1
      - He was daydreaming of Colt 45. -- nm - Baronspringa Apr 13, 09:28
    - Tick tock muthafucka! -- nm - SLJ Apr 13, 08:54 2
      - he called out that we never saw the body hit and wants to come back to the movies -- nm - Remlik Apr 13, 08:56 1
        
        Harrison Ford just took the stage -- nm - Remlik Apr 13, 09:09
WWE/Tennesee Knox County Mayor race: Glen Jacobs aka Kane made it officiall.... -- (link) - Remlik Apr 13, 08:19 [youtube] 2
- This is so weird. -- nm - Tim Apr 13, 08:28 1
  - He's a local businessman - it's not that weird, really. -- nm - Callisto Buffalomeat Apr 13, 08:36
Fave moment from the NHL playoffs last night: During the Canadian anthem, the camera panned in on Lucic. -- (edited) - Shaun Apr 13, 08:06
NBA: Orlando fires GM Rob Hennigan. Good riddance. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 13, 08:06
Hitman's Bodyguard looks like fun -- nm - Beaker Apr 13, 08:03 1
- I read that as Hitler's Bodyguard -- nm - zork Apr 13, 09:34
groiny (Legion spoilers) - kelly Apr 13, 08:03 15
- I've saved all the episodes to binge watch. It was so well done, and I have no idea about any of these characters going into it. -- nm - JaxSean Apr 13, 08:13
- also...did you watch the credits after the last episode? cause you need to -- nm - Remlik Apr 13, 08:10 10
  - I think I did, spoil me -- nm - groiny Apr 13, 08:29 8
    - spoils... - Remlik Apr 13, 08:31 7
      - Yeah, that was actually a more interesting ending than the prior to credits ending. -- nm - JaxSean Apr 13, 08:44 5
        
        oh, I loved the actual ending spoils.... - groiny Apr 13, 09:08 4
        
        It was but (spoils) - JaxSean Apr 13, 09:17 2
        
        Yes, that would be the point of a cliffhanger. -- nm - Ender Apr 13, 09:36 1
        
        True. So the original was like an ending, the after added the cliffhanger. -- nm - JaxSean Apr 13, 10:07
        
        yep -- nm - mud Apr 13, 09:09
      - oh, nope, did not see that. -- nm - groiny Apr 13, 08:32
  - yeah. -- nm - kelly Apr 13, 08:12
- I like that a lot of it is open for intrepetation. spoils - groiny Apr 13, 08:06 2
  - spoilers - kelly Apr 13, 08:09 1
    - my thought spoilers -- (edited) - groiny Apr 13, 08:29
No surprise there. Guess who's throwing out the 1st pitch tomorrow at Suntrust Field? (Braves' home opener)? - Strongbad Apr 13, 08:00 9
- 1st thought was Trump, and he'd come dressed in full chief garb and brown-face chanting "heya-heya-heya." - JaxSean Apr 13, 08:11 2
  - Straight out of Peter Pan. -- nm - Shaun Apr 13, 08:56
  - Heh, Chief Nokahoma! -- nm - Strongbad Apr 13, 08:55
- A Coca Cola bottle -- nm - ty97 Apr 13, 08:03 5
  - A Chik fil A Cow -- nm - Strongbad Apr 13, 08:04 4
    - Andre 3000 -- nm - ty97 Apr 13, 08:05 3
      - Someone re-enacting General Sherman! -- nm - Strongbad Apr 13, 08:06 2
        
        someone who is still Better Than Sean Spicer. -- nm - Diva Apr 13, 08:08 1
        
        Can you get that list under 4.5 billion people, please? -- nm - TWuG Apr 13, 08:13
Can i give a product recommendation? Dove Dry Oil shampoo. For realsies. - Andie Apr 13, 07:57 7
- Oh, it has sulfates. Booooo. - kelly Apr 13, 08:13 5
  - is sulfates what causes little blisters sometimes? -- nm - Epiphany Apr 13, 08:45 2
    - I'm not sure. My head itched for a decade. White flakes, I couldn't get rid of them no matter what dandruff shampoo I used. I just itched...and itched - kelly Apr 13, 09:26 1
      - This is what I use now. (I use their shampoo, conditioner and leave-in conditioner) -- (link) - kelly Apr 13, 09:32
  - yeah, i get that. -- nm - Andie Apr 13, 08:41
  - Me either. Sometimes it can't even deal with sulfate. -- nm - Callisto Buffalomeat Apr 13, 08:37
- thanks for this - I'm going to pick it up -- nm - Epiphany Apr 13, 08:08
Flying out of JFK tomorrow. There are so many Pokestops there! - ty97 Apr 13, 07:57
I last played Destiny on January 17th. I was rusty. - groiny Apr 13, 07:56 1
- Then you went back and played Overwatch - eag Apr 13, 08:14
Seriously, though. Morning snuggle story time is the *best*. -- nm - znufrii, definitely not 40 Apr 13, 07:49 6
- Which reminds me, I think Isla Fisher is due to read another Bedtime Story on CBeebies. -- nm - LMS Apr 13, 08:04
- :) -- nm - Epiphany Apr 13, 07:54
- the kid is just a prop, you just like reading the book. -- nm - groiny Apr 13, 07:50 3
  - It's a good book. - znufrii, definitely not 40 Apr 13, 07:52 2
    - Das Kapital? -- nm - mud Apr 13, 08:04 1
      - The Little Mouse, the Red, Ripe Strawberry, and the BIG HUNGRY BEAR. -- nm - znufrii, definitely not 40 Apr 13, 08:07

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