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Days before his firing, Comey asked the Justice Dept. for more money for the FBI inquiry into Russia -- (link) - ty97 May 10, 08:52 6
- Who watches the watchmen? -- nm - volnelk May 10, 08:55 1
  - "I dunno, Coast Guard?" -- nm - David May 10, 08:58
- What a precious, naive bastard he turned out to be. -- nm - Reagen May 10, 08:54
- It really must have sucked to be FBI director during an election of those two politicians. -- nm - David May 10, 08:54 2
  - He chose poorly -- nm - Jovian May 10, 08:58 1
    - I'm pretty sure he knows that now. -- nm - David May 10, 08:59
6 Essential Rules For Arguing On Twitter -- (link) - Beaker May 10, 08:49 5
- "any more than screaming "spin kick" makes you a better fighter." Still, this seems like something worth testing. -- nm - Max May 10, 08:56
- 1) don't? -- nm - Reagen May 10, 08:50 2
  - #1 was indeed: Don't. Argue. On. Twitter. -- nm - Beaker May 10, 08:52
  - see below -- nm - Spawn May 10, 08:50
- There is only 1 rule. - Spawn May 10, 08:50
Motherfing motherfers. That is a bitch of a procedure to go thru - prayformojo May 10, 08:44 16
- this is awful - I hope it works this time -- nm - Epiphany May 10, 09:09
- 8-( Hope that procedure has the desired results -- nm - JD May 10, 08:50
- that's right - cuss it on out as long as you need to. go. -- nm - Diva May 10, 08:50
- Have you considered becoming a cyborg instead? -- nm - David May 10, 08:48
- I always just think ahead to a pain free life. - groiny May 10, 08:47 4
  - A pain free life? L6! - Spawn May 10, 08:48 1
    - summer school drivers ed. -- nm - groiny May 10, 08:49
  - this -- nm - Beaker May 10, 08:48 1
    - I would gladly take a sladgehammer to the knee today, to be able to not be in pain all the time. -- nm - groiny May 10, 08:50
- :( -- nm - ty97 May 10, 08:47
- yikes -- nm - Remlik May 10, 08:47
- :( -- nm - kelly May 10, 08:47
- Hang in there. I can't imagine how much this sucks. -- nm - pmb May 10, 08:46
- best wishes *makes international symbol for kitty on a rope 'hang in there'* -- nm - crash davis May 10, 08:46 1
  - where is *that* emoji? -- nm - Andie May 10, 08:46
- : ( -- nm - Andie May 10, 08:45
The Buffalo Bills on Tuesday announced that Brandon Beane has been hired to replace Doug Whaley as GM -- (link) - Beaker May 10, 08:37
From the department of optics -- (link) - ty97 May 10, 08:31 12
- All the pictures on the news wire of this meeting are credited to a Russian news agency -- nm - ty97 May 10, 08:52
- "Success!" - prayformojo May 10, 08:45
- Did you see the video from earlier when they asked his thoughts on the Comey firing? -- nm - Spawn May 10, 08:45
- What are, two guys who couldn't get laid unless they were Rich and or Powerful, Alex. -- nm - Mel Profit May 10, 08:34 8
  - this. Neither one passes the 'Think About Him On Top of You' Test which is a real thing and definitely not just about looks. -- nm - Diva May 10, 08:37 6
    - aaaaaaaahhhhhhhh why why why did you say this?!?!?! -- nm - kelly May 10, 08:44 2
      - see? it's real. -- nm - Diva May 10, 08:45 1
        
        and horrifying. -- nm - Andie May 10, 08:48
    - "Effie, brace yourself." -- nm - Max May 10, 08:40
    - *mental Brillo* -- nm* - znufrii, definitely not 40 May 10, 08:37 1
      - see? -- nm - Diva May 10, 08:38
  - That's POTUS, in the Oval Office, with the Russian Ambassador, the morning after POTUS fired his FBI director for investigating his admin's Russia tie -- nm* - ty97 May 10, 08:36
reviewing the BBs, I'm going to have to throw a penalty flag on kelly - crash davis May 10, 08:31 12
- it's on FB! -- nm - kelly May 10, 08:31 11
  - the look on Hunting's face is *perfect*. -- nm - Diva May 10, 08:37 3
    - I wanted to call the police to protect him when I saw that picture. -- nm - ty97 May 10, 08:38 2
      - L4 -- nm - Diva May 10, 08:45
      - My being horrified by it might not be that surprising. His being horrified *is*. - kelly May 10, 08:45
  - I'm going to have Spawn throw a penalty flag on you - crash davis May 10, 08:33 6
    - get with it! It's the mailbox of the 21st century! -- nm - Remlik May 10, 08:44 3
      - I checked my mailbox less and less during 2016 due to nastiness. I am still not all the way back -- nm - crash davis May 10, 08:47 2
        
        Fair enough. i will try to post more awesome music clips for you. -- nm - Remlik May 10, 08:48 1
        
        ooh, perhaps a Neil Peart 50 minute drum solo....I do like showing up occasionally and finding pixie has posted new Bigfoot news on my wall. -- nm - crash davis May 10, 08:50
    - Meh. -- nm - kelly May 10, 08:36 1
      - flag overturned on appeal -- nm - Beaker May 10, 08:38
Watching The Daily Show reunion, Colbert and John Stewart really do love each other. - David May 10, 08:30 17
- It was really great. That's an amazing amount of talent that show developed. And I so miss Jon Stewart. He really needs to find a way back into the - pmb May 10, 08:33 4
  - A weekly podcast for WTFJHT or something like that, even. -- nm - znufrii, definitely not 40 May 10, 08:37
  - It sounds like he treasures his family time too much. - David May 10, 08:35 2
    - I agree he does. And he is actually an executive producer of Colbert's show. But it seems like there could be some balance. Regarding your IM, I'd - pmb May 10, 08:39 1
      - He was viral and a respected voice in a way that few actual news people are. - David May 10, 08:40
- Didn't you see the cabin scene last year? -- nm - Spawn May 10, 08:31 11
  - That's the first time i ever watched more than a couple of minutes since Letterman left. -- nm - David May 10, 08:32 10
    - Seriously I feel like Colbert's monologues (and maybe first post-monologue bit) are must see tv. Same with Seth Meyers show opening. - pmb May 10, 08:34 9
      - Colbert is on fire. There's a reason he's beating the Jimmy's -- nm - Remlik May 10, 08:46
      - I still struggle with the cock-holster line. I applauded when it was said but at the same time I fear that hatred kills nuance. -- nm - Spawn May 10, 08:39 7
        
        even I think it went over the line. It cheapens the opposition to use that tactic/language. - Mel Profit May 10, 08:45 1
        
        What he was responding to seemed to be equally or moreso over the line, so I'm good with it. -- nm - Beryllium May 10, 09:20
        
        I don't disagree. Colbert is brutal in his attacks on Trump (though as I said, it can be cathartic), but it's why I've actually come to believe that - pmb May 10, 08:42 4
        
        The problem is, there are some that are starting to sympathize with Trump due to the attacks. - Spawn May 10, 08:47 3
        
        then they deserve everything coming to them if a cuss word is enough for them to overlook everything wrong about Dump. -- nm - Diva May 10, 08:53 2
        
        Not that specific attack. But the volume. -- nm - Spawn May 10, 08:54 1
        
        ah. -- nm - Diva May 10, 09:03
I love all these "18-34" statistics, as if an 18 year old is remotely similar to a 34 year old in any respect. -- nm - rollo May 10, 08:27 1
- Eh, they all spend cash like there is no tomorrow! -- nm - Spawn May 10, 08:29
Thanks for all the well wishes yesterday, I had a scare that turned out to be far less of a big deal. - crash davis May 10, 08:26 25
- I'm glad it was not an emergency situation but get it handled soon -- nm - Epiphany May 10, 09:10
- *phew* that's good to hear. Now I can mock you without feeling bad. -- nm - Remlik May 10, 08:48
- Phew. "So, we can schedule you for next month, or you can stick around and we can try to break our speed record." -- nm - Max May 10, 08:43
- Good to hear. feel better. -- nm - pmb May 10, 08:35
- I"m very happy for you that it's not an emergency and hopefully you feel much better today. - Krusty May 10, 08:34
- This is tremendous news. - Mel Profit May 10, 08:32 2
  - If I were a politician its something I would try to push (the data sharing among professionals) -- nm - crash davis May 10, 08:49 1
    - agreed. there's no reason not to do it. It's just a matter of funding. It gets a dicey, perhaps, when you have to pick a standard or worst still... - Mel Profit May 10, 08:58
- you should go punch that nurse in the throat. -- nm - groiny May 10, 08:30 6
  - Having been given a over cautious diagnosis as well, I think I'd rather have that as opposed to there being some serious and go untreated -- nm - JD May 10, 08:34 5
    - I agree, my last cardiologist appointment was a prime example... - groiny May 10, 08:38 4
      - I am glad to learn of the IM - -- nm - Epiphany May 10, 08:43 3
        
        indeed -- nm - crash davis May 10, 08:45 2
        
        while not out of the woods yet, I am pretty relieved overall. - groiny May 10, 08:49 1
        
        So it wasn't the widow maker? Just a consult with a family relations attorney? -- nm - zeitgeist May 10, 21:47
- Time to burn down the building. - Spawn May 10, 08:30
- good news. Where his hands cold ? -- nm - decline May 10, 08:29 1
  - yeah -- nm - crash davis May 10, 08:37
- FWIW, this is *exactly* what happened to me. It sounds like you have a great surgeon. - David May 10, 08:28 2
  - you're being way too nice about the IM, I'm going to have to switch to shooting groiny in the ear -- nm - crash davis May 10, 08:34 1
    - rear? -- nm - Beryllium May 10, 09:18
- whew. I'm going to keep sending the healing thoughts. -- nm - Diva May 10, 08:28
- that's good news! -- nm - Andie May 10, 08:27
- Good news! -- nm - ty97 May 10, 08:27
- continued good thoughts -- nm - Beaker May 10, 08:26
the descriptions of Dump screaming at the TV when Comey was on and not saying the words Dump wanted to hear are particularly telling. - Diva May 10, 08:22 8
- Politico -- (link) - ty97 May 10, 08:25 1
  - (this is for MDH below. not moving it. so there.) -- nm - ty97 May 10, 08:26
- Can you link this? Been on calls since work started and missing all the news! -- nm - MDH May 10, 08:24 1
  - here's one... - Diva May 10, 08:26
- And Real Housewives reunions - ty97 May 10, 08:23 3
  - "...anything on Bravo" - Diva May 10, 08:24 2
    - Heh :) - ty97 May 10, 08:25 1
      - WHY FOAM?? WHY NOW?!! -- nm - Diva May 10, 08:28
There's a Pink Floyd Exhibition at the V&A, hence the flying pig -- (link) - LMS May 10, 08:17
Sleepy Hollow cancelled by FOX -- nm - Beaker May 10, 08:17 5
- That show just drove over the cliff after the first season. It was witty fun for the first season though. -- nm - Mel Profit May 10, 08:20 3
  - As it turns out, the formal voice mail was the peak. -- nm - Reagen May 10, 08:24 2
    - I literally was going to reference it but couldn't remember it enough to do it justice but it was one of the best jokes in a long time. -- nm - Mel Profit May 10, 08:33
    - it really was. sad that. -- nm - Diva May 10, 08:32
- I had no idea it was still on -- nm - groiny May 10, 08:20
Just shared a lift with most of Kasabian. -- nm - LMS May 10, 08:13 3
- and then the murders began. -- nm - Spawn May 10, 08:19 1
  - Well ... -- (link) - Reagen May 10, 08:50
- As one does :) -- nm - ty97 May 10, 08:18
Darn cat. Sharing my desk with the phone, keeps rolling on the 'page' button. - Meg May 10, 08:13
decline nails it. Yes, they'll get the same with Pence. But they've sided with Trump and will be damaged if they admit error there. -- nm - ty97 May 10, 08:11 8
- Pence, however, isn't going to make Trumpian Mistakes however like getting on Twitter or being blatantly inconsistent. - Mel Profit May 10, 08:14 7
  - Sure, but GOP base is with Trump. They don't care about the inconsistencies. - ty97 May 10, 08:22 2
    - They won't do anything until closer to the midterms when they can more accurately guage the various races. -- nm - mara May 10, 08:25 1
      - I think they are in a complete bind. They can't afford to do anything unless the base turns. - ty97 May 10, 08:26
  - In other words, Pence is a politician. -- nm - Spawn May 10, 08:20
  - Pence scares me on actual policy, but he is a "normal" politician, who understands and (I believe, unless he's learned the value of acting otherwise) - pmb May 10, 08:20 1
    - Well, at least one good thing happens. Trump will forever quell the cries that a businessman could do a better job running the government like a - oblique May 10, 08:22
  - and just wait till this Sinclair news station hits (within a year or two) and supplants Foxnews. - Jovian May 10, 08:18
Ok, surfacing for a moment from a busy day - One thing I haven't seen is if the Senate Dems showed up at 9:30? - Mel Profit May 10, 08:08
SHIELD spoilers - Beaker May 10, 08:07 8
- Spoils - pmb May 10, 08:15 7
  - The pace of this show is unreal. It makes me think back to groiny and others bitching that it was so slow in the beginning. - Spawn May 10, 08:18 5
    - once Winter Soldier came out the earlier shows made sense to setup - spoilers - Beaker May 10, 08:24 2
      - Speaking of Ward, spoil - Spawn May 10, 08:42 1
        
        yup -- nm - Beaker May 10, 08:45
    - it was, it was so slow that I never went back after season 1. -- nm - groiny May 10, 08:19
    - "you missed a lot" -- nm - Reagen May 10, 08:19
  - yup, hard to believe it has only been on for 4 season. -- nm - Beaker May 10, 08:16
I love this post so much -- (link) - rollo May 10, 08:05 [Backboard] 11
- it's a bit...exhausting isn't the right word but, close. - Mel Profit May 10, 08:12 7
  - Sta-min-a -- nm - Spawn May 10, 08:20
  - the thing with that comment, is that it was made a long time ago... - groiny May 10, 08:16 5
    - The fact that he said it, that it is on tape and he still got elected says a lot about how far we've come. - Mel Profit May 10, 08:19 4
      - This article is fairly interesting in pointing out that in many ways it was racism and xenophobia (or the more politically correct term, "cultural -- (edited) - pmb May 10, 08:28 2
        
        This post and particularly the IM are point for point matches for the conversation between my father and I over the weekend. - Mel Profit May 10, 08:38 1
        
        Agreed. And in addition to 9/11 you have the economic elements of a massive recession and stagnant incomes. It fueled the finger pointing at the - pmb May 10, 08:52
      - today, everyting is on tape. I think we tend to forgive more easily things in the past. - groiny May 10, 08:21
- friggin phone. -- nm - Diva May 10, 08:07
- right. Comey obviously deserved to be looked into. And maybe fired. BUT! Being fired by the person he IS INVESTIGATING is so crazy obvious. -- nm - Andie May 10, 08:07
- yep -- nm - mud May 10, 08:07
I hate Temporal Mechanics -- nm - Chief O'Brien on The Flash May 10, 08:02 1
- I hope he has that on a t-shirt. -- nm - Beryllium May 10, 09:19
A rumor on what triggered the Matt Harvey thing... - David May 10, 08:02 4
- Edelman is enjoying his life for sure. -- nm - Mel Profit May 10, 08:06 1
  - I should have played football. - groiny May 10, 08:06
- he can just go out and scoop up Olivia Munn. -- nm - groiny May 10, 08:04
- alot of happy endings here... -- nm - Leo May 10, 08:03

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