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That handshake with macron ... never engage a french man in passive aggressiveness. -- nm - Beryllium May 25, 12:41
I'll be spending a day+ as a tourist in Paris next month. Give me priorities on what to see/do. - Max May 25, 12:39 4
- Notre Dame. Champs-Élysées. Louvre, if only to see the building and Mona Lisa if you don't have more time. - ty97 May 25, 12:46
- look for a place that serves french fries and french toast -- nm - decline May 25, 12:42 1
  - but, when you are there, make sure to just ask for fries and toast -- nm - decline May 25, 12:52
- draw some french girls - Epiphany May 25, 12:40
Silicon Valley: TJ Miller is leaving.... -- (link) - Remlik May 25, 12:34 16
- him and Jake Johnson are locked in a death struggle for the best comic relief roles in Hollywood. -- nm - Mel Profit May 25, 12:44 1
  - "You rang?" -- nm - Josh Gad May 25, 12:52
- In other words, he thinks Ready Player One is going to make him a star. -- nm - David's iPad May 25, 12:39 10
  - Wait. Who is he playing in that? -- nm - Jovian May 25, 12:44 6
    - A Boba Fett wannabe who chases them. (spoilers) - David May 25, 12:48 5
      - This sounds more like a job for Jake Busey. -- nm - Max May 25, 13:29
      - I really, really hope they didn't screw this movie up by changing a lot of the story. - Krusty May 25, 12:51 3
        
        Don't you dare badmouth World War Z!!! -- nm - David May 25, 12:54 2
        
        It was a disappointment and a huge change from the book. -- nm - Krusty May 25, 12:56 1
        
        You're a disappointment and a huge change from the book! -- nm - David May 25, 13:20
  - well the article says that "Producers have mutally agreed that TJ Miller will not return" wonder if he was fired? -- nm - Remlik May 25, 12:44 1
    - Or asked for too much? - Beryllium May 25, 12:45
  - he has come a long way since the voice of the mucus ball in Mucinex commercials. -- nm - groiny May 25, 12:42
- NO!!!!!! -- nm - groiny May 25, 12:36 2
  - He making that Deadpool mone now. -- nm - Spawn May 25, 12:39 1
    - *throws one down for Aviato* -- nm - groiny May 25, 12:41
I feel Krusty level rage about this picture -- (link) - ty97 May 25, 12:24 2
- Fuck No! They don't get to knock down 5 Pointz and then steal the name. I really hope the artist that ran the site has - Krusty May 25, 12:55 1
  - The artist probably never trademarked nor even copy righted the name -- nm - zeitgeist May 25, 12:59
PLINKO! -- (link) - Beaker May 25, 12:19 1
- I like the 2nd article on that page: "I would not bone a vampire" - GregW May 25, 12:26
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- Didn't it also come down to the fact that no immigrants from those countries have been involved in terrorism here? At least one mentioned that there - GregW May 25, 12:17 1
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- There definitely becomes an element of "people should keep their racist motivations to themselves". But I don't see how it would make sense to - pmb May 25, 12:15 2
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    - Yeah, that's helpful. And it was so Trumpian. His advisors are telling him to stop calling it a muslim ban and it will be ok, and his basic response - pmb May 25, 12:24
- 3 - absolutely they should count. The problem with Trump and a lot of politicians are not being held account ENOUGH - Epiphany May 25, 12:08 11
  - There's no flip-flop here. He said X (anti-American) and then tried to enforce X and got called out on it. - Will Hunting May 25, 12:10
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    - But perhaps a future trump doesn't get out of the primaries without being able to differentiate himself that way though. - znufrii, definitely not 40 May 25, 12:18 4
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        it seems far fetched but for every ying there is likely a yang -- nm - Epiphany May 25, 12:24 2
        
        Yin and Yang just got banned under another Executive Order. -- nm - Will Hunting May 25, 12:34 1
        
        *snort* -- nm - Epiphany May 25, 12:39
    - Right. It does encourage people to just keep their racism to themselves and it will be ok. But on the flip side he then would not be able to make - pmb May 25, 12:17 1
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    - I get what you guys are saying - I meant, they should intrepret his intent with the EO with his statements as a candidate. - Epiphany May 25, 12:16 1
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How to you say "BURN!" in French? -- (link) - Shaun May 25, 12:05 12
- It looks like he's having a feats of strength competition. -- nm - jnine May 25, 12:13 1
  - But it isn't Festivus for months! -- nm - Beaker May 25, 12:17
- How sad is it that I knew immediately the idiot without his coat buttoned would be Trump? -- nm - Spawn May 25, 12:13 1
  - He can't button it! he's to fat -- nm - Remlik May 25, 12:20
- Maybe if Trump had buttoned his coat like everyone else he would have been first. -- nm - Max May 25, 12:12 1
  - ::high five:: -- nm - Spawn May 25, 12:13
- Daaaaaaaaaaaamn. -- nm - Mop May 25, 12:10
- That fucking handshake of Trump's is the most insecure thing I've ever seen from a grown man. -- nm - TWuG May 25, 12:10 3
  - he's so stupid. younger, stronger, healthier men who eat better than he does are going to win that shit every time. durr. - Diva May 25, 12:20 1
    - Nah, he has been saving his energy all these years. Not wasting it on exercise. - Spawn May 25, 12:21
  - agreed. it would instantly earn a "wtf is it with this douchebag?" look. -- nm - Mel Profit May 25, 12:12
- "Bastille, sucker!" -- nm - Max May 25, 12:09
NRCC Chairman Steve Stivers: “From what I know of Greg Gianforte, this was totally out of character, but we all make mistakes.” - Spawn May 25, 11:59 4
- Everyone knows the junk is the quick strike to win the fight. -- nm - David May 25, 12:05
- *raises hand* - Will Hunting May 25, 12:03
- When he says "we all make mistakes" is he referring to the NRCC? - pmb May 25, 12:01
- If only he'd had a gun so he could make his feelings perfectly clear. -- nm - jnine May 25, 12:00
Salsa time in Chicago. Victor Cruz signs a one year deal with the Bears. -- nm - Shaun May 25, 11:58
Cymothoa exigua -- (link) - decline May 25, 11:55 3
- thanks, I can't unsee that -- nm - Beaker May 25, 11:58 2
  - Seriously. That's ridiculously disturbing. -- nm - pmb May 25, 11:59 1
    - H. R. Giger would be creeped out. -- nm - Mel Profit May 25, 12:03
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- What did the dissenters say? -- nm - Mop May 25, 12:09 3
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    - #2 is pretty powerful. -- nm - Mop May 25, 12:12 1
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It's National Wine Day. As you were. -- nm - Shaun May 25, 11:53 1
- This day is dragging on soooooo looooooong. ::rereads:: Oh... never mind. -- nm - Spawn May 25, 11:54
Office transcripts " What state is Minneapolis in?" -- nm - Epiphany May 25, 11:51 7
- Lesnarsota -- nm - Remlik May 25, 12:08
- St. Paul. -- nm - ty97 May 25, 12:02
- Purpletasia -- nm - David May 25, 12:02
- the pain. -- nm - Diva May 25, 11:58
- hopefully you told them Oklahoma -- nm - decline May 25, 11:52 1
  - sure did -- nm - Epiphany May 25, 12:04
- Chaos. -- nm - Spawn May 25, 11:52
I hope Dump threatens to 'See you in court' again. Court. -- nm - Diva May 25, 11:46 9
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  - *looks up Korematsu* - ty97 May 25, 12:10 1
    - (my guess was correct) -- nm - ty97 May 25, 12:10
  - I had to look up what invidious meant -- nm - decline May 25, 11:51 3
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      - Maybe he meant to post as Trump? -- nm - Spawn May 25, 11:55 1
        
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  - Judiciary not a fan of him -- nm - budice May 25, 11:50 1
    - "SC" -- nm - Spawn May 25, 11:52
The size of the balls on this woman. -- (link) - Spawn May 25, 11:43 4
- A car ain't worth your life - ty97 May 25, 12:12
- She gets a movie. -- nm - Beryllium May 25, 12:10 1
  - *recasts lead role as male* -- nm - Hollywood May 25, 12:12
- I'm surprised she isn't chasing after them. -- nm - jnine May 25, 12:02
One other Disney note: They've quietly delayed the re-opening of Hall of Presidents until September. - David May 25, 11:30 1
- they don't know how to get the Trump animatron to realistically shove Lincoln out of the way so he can be in front -- nm - Beaker May 25, 11:38
More on Wonder Woman - Reagen May 25, 11:29 7
- Thanks. Confirms as a must see in theater -- nm - Remlik May 25, 12:10
- thoughts minor spoils... - budice May 25, 11:39 1
  - continuted spoils.. - budice May 25, 11:40
- cavalry "archers"? I'm in... -- nm - Mel Profit May 25, 11:34 2
  - yeah, chicks calvary archers. -- nm - budice May 25, 11:40
  - Be sure to check your showing, though. -- (link) - Spawn May 25, 11:39
- Thanks. Confirms: wait until video. -- nm - Spawn May 25, 11:32
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  - he will never be free of the stigma he brought down upon his self - Epiphany May 25, 12:07 1
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- give us Non-Law Talker types some context. Do significant cases usually use this kind of language? It's unambiguous at the very least. - Mel Profit May 25, 11:23 12
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    - right on. -- nm - Mel Profit May 25, 11:26 10
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        I get the feeling some people enjoyed writing this. And thanks for reporting selections. I know I wouldn't have seen these otherwise. -- nm - Mel Profit May 25, 11:48 7
        
        I like the mental image of Jorge reading and giggling as he did so. - Spawn May 25, 11:57
        
        +1 -- nm - Mop May 25, 11:54
        
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        Thanks and now that that's settled I'm going to go back to defending pudding. -- nm - Mel Profit May 25, 11:51 3
        
        Chocolate pudding...................................... ............... any other kind of pudding. -- nm - Spawn May 25, 11:56 2
        
        Vanilla is vastly superior to crappy chocolate -- nm - decline May 25, 12:06 1
        
        We are not talking ice cream, we are talking pudding. -- nm - Spawn May 25, 12:06
      - Words. Matter. - Spawn May 25, 11:27
- "It's positively moist with hatred." -- nm - Spawn May 25, 11:22
- explain it to me like I am 5 -- nm - Beaker May 25, 11:22 7
  - ...said Trump. -- nm - Mop May 25, 11:48
  - ban bad, pudding good -- nm - decline May 25, 11:24 5
    - I am uncomfortable with a blanket statement like that on pudding - Reagen May 25, 11:31 4
      - When someone showed me rice pudding I thought it looked like gelatinous maggot larvae... - Mel Profit May 25, 11:43 1
        
        larve are glutin free -- nm - zeitgeist May 25, 14:00
      - decline is worse than Trump. -- nm - Spawn May 25, 11:36 1
        
        puddin' hater -- nm - decline May 25, 11:51
There's few things more disheartening to look up your current PC graphics card and see that it's selling as surplus for $9. -- nm - Mop May 25, 11:17 1
- You can probably still play Overwatch. Free weekend! -- nm - Shaun May 25, 11:18
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The Guardians of the Galaxy ride at Disneyland has its world premiere tonight. -- nm - David May 25, 11:15 2
- Yeah. There was media parking when i was there earlier. -- nm - budice May 25, 11:20
- "Only he didn't say 'fricking'." -- nm - Beryllium May 25, 11:17
For all those of you who feel times are bleak and there is no hope, remember what Nate Silver said: Trump's base is shrinking. -- (link) - Mop May 25, 11:09 2
- Because of osteoporosis? -- nm - Beryllium May 25, 11:14 1
  - points! -- nm - crash davis May 25, 11:17
LYC: I met Rosario Dawson about 10 years ago. Her uncle is a comic artist and she was at Heroes Con supporting him. - sycor May 25, 11:09 8
- neat -- nm - Beaker May 25, 11:22
- He uncle become incredibly more popular that very day. -- nm - Mel Profit May 25, 11:11
- who is her uncle? -- nm - Remlik May 25, 11:09 5
  - Uncle Gus -- nm - decline May 25, 11:11 3
    - This is actually correct. Gus Vasquez. -- nm - sycor May 25, 11:12 1
      - oh right on. he's quite good -- nm - Remlik May 25, 12:12
    - C'mon! I was gonna make that joke, but I thought it'd be too meta. -- nm - Mop May 25, 11:12
  - Bob -- nm - crash davis May 25, 11:11
One thing I always am impressed with on B99 is how they can make Rosa look alternately drop-dead gorgeous or just an average looking woman - Will Hunting May 25, 11:07
TV PSA: Beat Shazam, Celebrity Ninja Warrior, Cavs/Celtics, Married at First Sight, Flip or Flop Vegas, Running Wild with Bear Grylls, Dark Net, -- nm - Beaker May 25, 11:07 3
- C'mon Cleveland, we're bored as hell over here. Hurry up, losers. -- nm - Golden State May 25, 11:08
- Lip Sync Battle, Red Nose Day, Amazing Race, Senators/Penguins game 7, other stuff -- nm - Beaker May 25, 11:07 1
  - looking forward to the Celebrity Ninja Warrior, plus TAR and GAME7 !! -- nm - Beaker May 25, 11:08
local news feed from Google - Flying out of Boise? Here’s how to pack your gun the right way for your trip -- (edited) - crash davis May 25, 11:01 1
- I'm surprised the NRA has not yet made an argument for allowing people to carry guns on planes. Seriously. -- nm - Mop May 25, 11:07
On top of all their other crimes, I think the Braves have broken Bartolo. - David May 25, 11:00 1
- Try more donuts. -- nm - pmb May 25, 11:27
ACLU National‏Verified account @ACLU 59s59 seconds ago BREAKING: We won in 4th circuit Muslim ban case! More to come. -- nm* - Spawn May 25, 10:59 3
- 4th Circuit says travel ban "drips with religious intolerance, animus, and discrimination." -- nm - decline May 25, 11:04 2
  - Clearly they did not see my picture with all my good friends and our hands on the orb of power. -- nm - SCPOTUS May 25, 11:13
  - "It's positively moist with hatred." -- nm - Beryllium May 25, 11:06

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