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Senate Moves Forward with Bipartisan Bill to Rein in Jeff Sessions -- (link) - Remlik May 18, 10:18 1
- Kushner's doing criminal justice reform as well? This guy must be great at his job to earn all these different missions impossible. -- nm - Will Hunting May 18, 10:24
Tv show "Mom" (allison Janney and Chuck Lorre) will be donating Emmy campaign money to Planned Parenthood... -- (link) - Remlik May 18, 10:17 1
- nice. -- nm - Andie May 18, 10:18
summer festival (or whatever) poll: What live performance (band, theatre, etc) do you plan to see next? -- nm - Andie May 18, 10:16 12
- U2 this Saturday. -- nm - jnine May 18, 10:33
- Probably Man of La Mancha (Portland Opera) -- nm - ReluctantCynic May 18, 10:28
- Hoping to see Kinky Boots in December, but nothing planned. -- nm - kelly May 18, 10:26
- Wicked -- nm - Strongbad May 18, 10:24
- Oh Land in The Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever Cemetary -- (link) - JD May 18, 10:23 1
  - oooh. -- nm - Andie May 18, 10:26
- U2 -- nm - Spawndroid May 18, 10:22
- Nothing currently on the radar. -- nm - znufrii, definitely not 40 May 18, 10:21
- Beautiful (Life story of Carole King.) -- nm - Andie May 18, 10:21 1
  - nice. -- nm - Diva May 18, 10:28
- How to Be a Rock Critic: Based On the Writing Of Lester Bangs -- (link) - Diva May 18, 10:19 1
  - ooh, interesting. -- nm - Andie May 18, 10:21
Time Magazine's cover is something else... -- (link) - MDH May 18, 10:07 [Image] 6
- *sings Tetris theme song* -- nm - Strongbad May 18, 10:22
- "See Time magazine demolish Donald Trump with one cover!" -- nm - oblique May 18, 10:13
- ha -- nm - Andie May 18, 10:13
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- Whoa. -- nm - volnelk May 18, 10:08
- "I'd rather be Red than Dem." -- nm - Max May 18, 10:08
I'm angry that Roger Ailes died. While I appreciate that Fox News seems to have been his "raison d'etre"... - Mop May 18, 10:04 2
- I think it's what killed him. I consider it a victory for women and no loss to humanity. -- nm - jnine May 18, 10:34
- I am just glad it hit the fan before he kicked. -- nm - GregW May 18, 10:05
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- He'd totally wear a romper. -- nm - volnelk May 18, 10:07 4
  - Here is a photo of Blue Jays in onesies. (closest i could get.) -- (link) - Andie May 18, 10:18
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    - There's a great wager idea for backgammon! - Strongbad May 18, 10:23 1
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- Yeah, that guy's an asshat -- nm - Clemens May 18, 10:03 1
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Small potatoes, but traffic around me is now super nuts - ty97 May 18, 09:55 2
- and your parents are coming to town!?!?! -- nm - decline May 18, 09:59
- mmmm, roasted diced potatoes with olive oil and rosemary. -- nm - amanda jones state university May 18, 09:57
So, apparently our town is having a music festival this summer. I haven't heard of anyone, but these guys are the headliners. -- (link*) - znufrii, definitely not 40 May 18, 09:53 4
- Also playing are Sparkle Pony, The Boatloads, Coast to Coast and the Sofa Kings. - znufrii, definitely not 40 May 18, 10:14 1
  - do you think the Sofa Kings play while sitting on a sofa? -- nm - decline May 18, 10:24
- I would listen to this. -- nm - amanda jones state university May 18, 10:05
- The guy second from the right looks.......rough. -- nm - volnelk May 18, 10:00
FTR, pedestrians are killed by motor vehicles regularly in NYC (and other cities) -- nm - ty97 May 18, 09:52
"The NYPD says the motive is not terror, but possibly a DWI, according to the NYPD." - ty97 May 18, 09:49
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- Do you want me to do this and get all 197? Because I will. -- nm - Roger More May 18, 09:51 10
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    - Uh oh. I'm at 195, and I can't see any question marks for the countries I'm missing -- nm - Roger More May 18, 10:02 7
      - It needs a zoom on the Caribbean. -- nm - Reagen May 18, 10:29
      - Just try to remember. -- nm - volnelk May 18, 10:07
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        196/197. Humiliatingly, the one I missed was Italy. -- nm - Roger More May 18, 10:10 3
        
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        The question mark indicating that I hadn't guessed it was covered up by all the country names that I had guessed. - Roger More May 18, 10:13 1
        
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    - Right. Different story just staring at the keyboard. -- nm - volnelk May 18, 09:53
God damn it. I just got word that one of my partners died. One of the titans of the firm and in the industry. He seemed fine up until a week or 2 - pmb May 18, 09:48 15
- Oof. My condolences -- nm - JaxSean May 18, 10:09
- That's rough. Sorry, pmb. -- nm - Inigo May 18, 10:04
- so sorry -- nm - decline May 18, 10:04
- :-( Horrible news, and I'm so sorry. - ReluctantCynic May 18, 10:02
- Sorry to hear that. -- nm - Mop May 18, 10:02
- very sorry to hear. -- nm - Remlik May 18, 10:00
- F*cking Cancer. I'm so sorry. -- nm - Andie May 18, 09:55
- very sorry for your loss -- nm - Epiphany May 18, 09:55
- I'm so sorry. -- nm - kelly May 18, 09:54
- very sorry pmb. -- nm - Diva May 18, 09:51
- cancer sucks. very sorry -- nm - Beaker May 18, 09:51
- I'm so sorry for your loss. And best wishes to your MIL for a full recovery -- nm - crash davis May 18, 09:50
- really sorry to hear this. -- nm - prayformojo May 18, 09:50
- I'm truly sorry for your loss. -- nm - David's iPad May 18, 09:50
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"You should never say bad things about the dead, only good. Roger Ailes is dead. Good." -- nm - Beryllium May 18, 09:41
Thanks goodness for bollards -- (link) - ty97 May 18, 09:36 4
- raise your hand if you knew the word "bollard" before today. -- nm - amanda jones state university May 18, 09:55 2
  - *raises hand* -- nm - Krusty May 18, 10:20
  - I know it well but always spelled it with a A and not an O - Epiphany May 18, 09:55
- Looks like it might be drunk driving -- (link) - decline May 18, 09:43
More from Sporcle. Putting things in order from smallest to largest: the Moon diameter, Russia E to W, Pluto D, California S to N. - volnelk May 18, 09:33
If you want TV news about Times Square, my guess is tune to ABC (if they are covering) as their studio is on Times Square - ty97 May 18, 09:32 7
- I'm in the subway below right now and thankfully it's calm down here. - Krusty May 18, 09:35 2
  - looks like lots of gawkers around a crime scene -- nm - ty97 May 18, 09:36 1
    - I'm sure. I'm just transferring to go to the UWS. -- nm - Krusty May 18, 09:39
- BBC report -- (link) - LMS May 18, 09:34 2
  - Side note, they spell it "kerb" in England? -- nm - volnelk May 18, 09:36 1
    - Forget it, volnelk. It's London-town. -- nm - Mop May 18, 09:41
- how about news about Syria -- nm - crash davis May 18, 09:33
Breckenridge, Colorado right now -- (link) - decline May 18, 09:30 4
- *jealous* I would kill for a good snowstorm right now -- nm - prayformojo May 18, 09:38
- while its nothing close to that, we've been getting freezing temps in the middle of the night, and this is mid-May - crash davis May 18, 09:32
- Just spoke to an employee in Denver where big white set flakes for falling - ty97 May 18, 09:30 1
  - ~sets self reminder: call Mom tonight~ -- nm - decline May 18, 09:31
Admission: While I don't spend time worrying about terrorism in general because odds are so low and what can you do? - ty97 May 18, 09:29 11
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  - One of my favorite things while in NYC now is watching you and Krusty navigate the Times Square Crowd... -- (edited) - Mel Profit May 18, 09:36 8
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    - *squares his shoulders and walks straight ahead* -- nm - znufrii, definitely not 40 May 18, 09:40 2
      - Haha! Yup! -- nm - Krusty May 18, 09:53 1
        
        I'm also good at the Dodge and Weave speed run. -- nm - znufrii, definitely not 40 May 18, 09:58
    - If people just walked on the right and kept moving there'd be no problem. - Krusty May 18, 09:37
    - I know I'm the low odds guy in this, but the inner rage when I traverse Times Square is amazing - ty97 May 18, 09:37 2
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      - Ha! -- nm - Krusty May 18, 09:40
  - heh, well that too - ty97 May 18, 09:31
We saw the driver (shirtless male) handcuffed put in a police car and car go up in flames. Lots of people injured, at least one casualty -- (link) - ty97 May 18, 09:28 1
- I know you didn't write that post but... WHAT? The police car went up in flames? -- nm - Mop May 18, 09:34
Apparently, Joey Bats isn't even the biggest douchebag in the Toronto game last night -- Kevin Pillar dropping homophobic slurs -- (link) - Will Hunting May 18, 09:27 6
- Yeah, that one came out of nowhere with Pillar. Particularly dumb because Stroman uses quick pitches all the time. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request May 18, 09:36
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  - Well, we all can't have the upstanding domestic abuse closers on our teams. Just not classy enough, I suppose. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request May 18, 09:38 3
    - he should have given the pitcher a Jeter go bag, that would have made it better. -- nm - groiny May 18, 10:07
    - heh. -- nm - groiny May 18, 09:59
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- why you slamming the WS? I did not say anything negative about the Yankees. - groiny May 18, 09:29 10
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    - so you chose, dick then, ok -- nm - groiny May 18, 09:32 8
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        you slammed my team for zero reason. - groiny May 18, 09:55 6
        
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        because nothing says baseball conversation like ty97 - groiny May 18, 10:05 4
        
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        where is the joke? because I sure as shit do not see it. - groiny May 18, 10:12 2
        
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        please, I am not riled up. - groiny May 18, 10:16
We're bombing Syria again -- (link) - ty97 May 18, 09:26 3
- Always funnier with again -- nm - oblique May 18, 10:12
- Wag... wag... wag... -- nm - Mop May 18, 10:03
- Of course we did. -- nm - Spawn May 18, 09:31
esports news: Porsche is flying 108 Forza gamers to the 24hrs of Le Mans to compete for a $100k prize pool; Facebook to stream ESL live - Max May 18, 09:23 5
- video gaming is a varsity sport at Indiana Tech, with scholarships -- (link) - Max May 18, 09:40
- That's pretty awesome. I watched some of the racing last Sunday and it's nice to see them making silly mistakes like the rest of us. - Krusty May 18, 09:29 1
  - Yeah, they handle racing lines much better - Will Hunting May 18, 09:30
- are you going ? -- nm - decline May 18, 09:28 1
  - waiting to see. I'm a paid consultant now, but don't know if they need me on site for the event itself. -- nm - Max May 18, 09:36
I'm just now getting out of bed. - David's iPad May 18, 09:21
I'm surprised Ailes death got so little talk here given his outsized impact on this earth -- nm - Will Hunting May 18, 09:20 6
- honestly didn't know what to say. Sorry for his family and friends. Beyond that, not much to add -- nm - ty97 May 18, 09:26
- We're letting 2017 take a victory lap. - TWuG May 18, 09:24
- If you can't say something nice... -- nm - Krusty May 18, 09:22 3
  - *finger to nose* -- nm - Mel Profit May 18, 09:25
  - ...say it on Fox News! -- nm - Max May 18, 09:24 1
    - ha ha. -- nm - amanda jones state university May 18, 09:28
Bungie's twitch channel is live now. Reveal is in 45 mins, but they are playing Destiny 2's OST and it's damned solid. -- nm - Shaun May 18, 09:16
So, Selena Gomez ripped off the Talking Heads. - Spawn May 18, 09:15
Majority Of Salmon And Trout In California At Risk Of Extinction In The Next 100 Years -- (link*) - crash davis May 18, 09:13 6
- Well, they will be 145 and 125 years old...even Tim and Mike aren't that good. -- nm - Will Hunting May 18, 09:28 1
  - feel free to hit me on the back of the head, it took me this long to get it -- nm - crash davis May 18, 09:34
- Better eat 'em all now then while the eatin's good. -- nm - Max May 18, 09:19 1
  - thats the thing, the eatin's always good -- nm - crash davis May 18, 09:22
- See!?! -- nm - Stephen Hawking May 18, 09:14 1
  - get off your butt and do som......oops, my apologies, I never meant..... -- nm - crash davis May 18, 09:15
Ugh. -- nm - Spawn May 18, 09:11

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