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"You'll notice out here that this hottub is a wood-fired hottub" -- nm - prayformojo May 29, 11:37
In 1960, 45% of men in US had served in military. by 2014, that had fallen to 16%. -- (link) - ty97 May 29, 11:32 6
- population growth plus the aging of WWI, WW2, Korea and Vietnam veterans makes it inevitable. -- nm - Beaker May 29, 11:35 3
  - plus technology, like any other industry, allows for more to be done with less personnel. Also, contracting out work. -- nm - zork May 29, 11:39 2
    - The military is a lot more technical and requires more intelligence than before, also fewer people do KP, most support jobs are contract -- nm - zeitgeist May 29, 11:45
    - true, overwhelming numbers were needed back then, now with smart bombs, missiles and stuff you don;t need millions to hold ground. change in fighting - Beaker May 29, 11:45
- At that time, most men who had served in WWII were still alive plus the population has increased quite a bit since then -- nm - zork May 29, 11:34 1
  - Absolutely, but interesting stat anyway -- nm - ty97 May 29, 11:37
Captain Underpants looks to be even more terrible than I imagined based on the commercials -- nm - Beaker May 29, 11:20
I love this headline, "Stock photo of white guy wins Conservative leadership race" (re Canadian political party) -- (link*) - Andie May 29, 11:19 3
- Funny -- nm - zork May 29, 11:33
- Their Kellie Leitch penned article is brutal -- (link) - Beaker May 29, 11:23 1
  - fair assessment. -- nm - Andie May 29, 11:24
Delta Flight 97 is CDG-PIT. AA 97 is MIA-IAH. UA 97 is SFO-IAH-ORD. Southwest 97 has not operated in years. - ty97 May 29, 11:00
Denver Post sportswriter fired after tweeting he was uncomfortable talking about Indy 500 winner -- (link) - Remlik May 29, 10:56 7
- This is like the 10th time in the last week I've seen a twitter post mention "the ratio." - Tim May 29, 11:17 1
  - Comments about this tweet yesterday are how I became aware of the ratio - ty97 May 29, 11:17
- I didn't realize he was a reporter, but certainly not surprised by the outcome after seeing that tweet yesterday -- nm - ty97 May 29, 11:16 4
  - what was the tweet? -- nm - Diva May 29, 11:20 3
    - I presume he deleted it, but there's a picture of it in this tweet -- (link) - ty97 May 29, 11:20 2
      - and then pimped his book in his apology tweet -- nm - Beaker May 29, 11:23
      - thx -- nm - Diva May 29, 11:23
Tiger got busted after leaving his own restaurant. - Will Hunting May 29, 10:54 5
- At 7 in the morning! -- nm - Reagen May 29, 11:05 4
  - I read he was arrested at 3? -- nm - ty97 May 29, 11:06 3
    - I took it off the booking sheet - Reagen May 29, 11:07 2
      - I read he spent 4 hours in lockup after the arrest, so if that's right (might not be), it could add up. - ty97 May 29, 11:11
      - Party til the break of dawn y'all -- nm - budice May 29, 11:08
"Cork Rockingham" -- nm - prayformojo May 29, 10:51
Former PM of Canada: -- (link) - Reagen May 29, 10:46 2
- What the fuck? -- nm - Mop May 29, 11:23
- Before I even clicked this I was wondering "will it be the one who was PM for like 5 minutes?" -- (edited) - ty97 May 29, 10:54
ugh, I went to Southwest's site once. Once! And now the ads won't stop. -- nm - ty97 May 29, 10:39
sports writer Frank Deford passes. -- nm - Remlik May 29, 10:33 1
- he was a gent in the sports game -- nm* - budice May 29, 10:49
Tool - The unquestionable masters of Thunder. - Mel Profit May 29, 10:32 7
- I feel like 10% of a prog rock concert audience is ready to jump on stage and fill in if the need arose. -- nm - Reagen May 29, 10:33 6
  - "I'm sorry, we can't continue the drummer broke an arm. Is there anyone who can fill in?" *10,000 arms shoot up* - Mel Profit May 29, 10:39 5
    - I'd love to see an audience member try to play the drum lines from any Tool song. -- (edited) - Krusty May 29, 10:54 4
      - I think the guy in front of me could have given it a go. Also, we caught, "Run the Jewels" from a distance. - Mel Profit May 29, 10:57 3
        
        Yeah, they're really good. They're in their 40s so their music is rooted in the golden age of hip hop. - Krusty May 29, 11:03 [youtube] 2
        
        thanks for the RtJ history. What you say makes total sense with what I heard. Thanks for the link. -- nm - Mel Profit May 29, 11:07 1
        
        Their beats are a mix of the 90s with current sounds. El-P is the producer and he favors electronic beats and sounds on his tracks. -- (edited) - Krusty May 29, 11:13 [youtube]
I, for one, welcome our new vampire rave-fan Overlords -- nm - Beaker May 29, 10:32
Does anyone have a link to the article Zeke wrote after the Survivor incident? -- nm - Beaker May 29, 10:29 1
- or was it Hollywood Reporter? -- nm - Beaker May 29, 10:36
Worst poutine I've ever had: curry poutine. - Beryllium May 29, 10:22 7
- I know a place in Quebec City that does a good one. Worth the trip! -- nm - Roger More May 29, 10:27 6
  - I have no doubt that it could be done well. This particular one was not. -- nm - Beryllium May 29, 10:31 4
    - your first hint it would suck should have been that it had "poutine" in the name -- nm - Beaker May 29, 10:32 3
      - I enjoy many cuisines from across Canada. What's your flavourite? -- nm* - Beryllium May 29, 10:37 1
        
        Coffee Crisp. And maple anything. -- nm - ty97 May 29, 10:39
      - See, it's posts like this that Quebec should get upset about! -- nm - ty97 May 29, 10:33
  - From Victoria? -- nm - Reagen May 29, 10:30
Have people still in line at Guardians of the Galaxy—Mission: Breakout! resorted to cannablism yet? -- nm - Beaker May 29, 10:09
Interesting fact, Patrick Stewarts only major acting award outside theatre is a Grammy for a Childrens Book -- (link) - budice May 29, 10:09 2
- He hasn't done many dramatic showpieces in television or film. -- nm - Mop May 29, 10:35
- And he's the president of the Huddersfield Town FC Academy. -- nm - Volnelk May 29, 10:14
The list we've all been waiting for (no, just me? fine.): Latin America's 30 Busiest Airports -- (link) - ty97 May 29, 10:08
Continued shark sightings off SoCal beaches..... -- (link) - Meg May 29, 09:59 1
- land sharks? -- nm - Beaker May 29, 10:07
Can we guess which STer was the inspiration for this commercial? :-) -- (link) - Meg May 29, 09:47 [youtube] 1
- I assume the same one that when I saw the commercial this morning I thought of posting it to their FB wall. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd May 29, 09:51
Hmm, I might have to look into adding some of these js libs to ST -- (link) - Beryllium May 29, 09:38
Murder on the Orient Express trailer drops later this week -- nm - budice May 29, 09:37 1
- Is this the one with Benedict Cumberbatch as Poirot? -- nm - Beryllium May 29, 09:41
Extra time to see who goes to the Premier. -- nm - Volnelk May 29, 09:20 5
- Huddersfield on the last PK FTW -- nm - budice May 29, 09:54
- It's like a bad game of pong -- nm - budice May 29, 09:37 3
  - Headed to penalties. -- nm - Volnelk May 29, 09:41 2
    - Picard is there! -- nm - budice May 29, 09:51 1
      - THERE ARE FOUR SHOOTERS! -- nm - Beaker May 29, 09:52
Tbf, I've stuff similar to this before re: poutine -- (link) - Reagen May 29, 09:16 41
- I like the idea of supporting its status as Québécois cuisine, but mostly just within Canada. - Beryllium May 29, 09:59 3
  - Canada is very regional though. And just like we take care to understand the differences between, say, Californians from Mid-Westerners, we should - Roger More May 29, 10:22 1
    - And it's further complicated by the language barrier and specific marginalizing that's occured. -- nm - Reagen May 29, 10:28
  - Denmark's got the bomb? -- nm - Reagen May 29, 10:15
- I still think its silly. Also, your analogy is way off. -- (edited) - ty97 May 29, 09:31 36
  - One aspect of it you're missing is the Quebec/Rest of Canada conflict that goes back centuries - Reagen May 29, 09:49 34
    - I'm not missing it, I'm aware of it. Quebec is still part of Canada, though, regardless of whether all of them want to be or not. - ty97 May 29, 09:51 33
      - To wit: -- (link) - Reagen May 29, 09:55 [Backboard] 12
        
        The article you posted is NOT about Alberta saying they are poutine capital. For the third time, you are making the wrong analogies. -- nm* - ty97 May 29, 09:56 11
        
        Within that thread there's RM pointing out that Toronto is trying to claim it. -- nm - Reagen May 29, 09:57 9
        
        One of the more laughable articles about poutine in Toronto -- (link) - Roger More May 29, 10:19
        
        And that's a different issue, and that's a problem. But I'm responding to the article you posted - ty97 May 29, 09:58 7
        
        Which in this circumstance is one and the same in terms of how Quebec relates to it. -- nm - Reagen May 29, 10:00 6
        
        okay, but Quebec being stupid about this issue isn't my fault. -- nm - ty97 May 29, 10:01 5
        
        Imagine England claiming haggis. -- nm - Reagen May 29, 10:05 4
        
        Excuse me while I bang my head against the wall. Imagine *THE UK* claiming haggis is what you mean. -- nm - ty97 May 29, 10:06 3
        
        Nope. I understand the point you're trying to make but it doesn't apply. -- nm - Reagen May 29, 10:08 2
        
        Of course it does. You're faking false/flawed analogies. -- nm - ty97 May 29, 10:08 1
        
        You're misunderstanding the relationship. - Reagen May 29, 10:11
        
        (and of course my post you pulled out was in jest to boot) -- nm - ty97 May 29, 09:57
      - It doesn't have anything to do with separatism either. - Reagen May 29, 09:53 19
        
        I don't see how Canada overall adopting a dish from a province is saying Canada has first dibs on it. - ty97 May 29, 09:55 18
        
        It's dismissive of Quebec. -- nm - Reagen May 29, 09:58 17
        
        Adopting regional food is dismissive? - ty97 May 29, 09:59 16
        
        Claiming it as Canadian over Quebecois is in this case - Reagen May 29, 10:03 10
        
        I guess I don't see the choice here. Why can't it be both? I mean, hell, it has always been both by definition. - ty97 May 29, 10:05 9
        
        That's *precisely* the thing that pisses off Quebeckers. -- nm* - Reagen May 29, 10:08 8
        
        Which is ridiculous. -- nm - ty97 May 29, 10:09 7
        
        TBC: I get they have their unique culture. They celebrate and they should. But it's a basic fact that they are part of Canada. - ty97 May 29, 10:10 6
        
        If Quebec had more recognition on its own, it would be less of an issue. -- nm - Roger More May 29, 10:15 4
        
        Can you elaborate? (Not sure what you meant by this) - ty97 May 29, 10:19 3
        
        OK, more. IMO Quebec isn't very well understood either within Canada or outside Canada. - Roger More May 29, 11:34 1
        
        And their feelings about immigrants are all over the map, especially ones that land in Quebec -- nm - zork May 29, 11:37
        
        In general. More later -- nm - Roger More May 29, 10:27
        
        Quebec is officially recognized as a nation within Canada, FWIW - Reagen May 29, 10:14
        
        It can be, yes. It can go the other way, too (cuisine adoption can actually bastardize the origin). - Beryllium May 29, 10:01 4
        
        You can still get authentic Mexican food in Mexico, authentic Chinese food in China. - ty97 May 29, 10:04 3
        
        Of note: the guy in the article says "go nuts with what you want to add to it". -- nm - Reagen May 29, 10:06 2
        
        Listen, anyone ever puts spaghetti sauce on poutine, and I'm taking up arms. -- nm - ty97 May 29, 10:20 1
        
        (Actually, they do that already - it's called poutine italienne and has been a standard on casse-croute menus for decades) -- nm - Roger More May 29, 11:35
  - We don't need poutine kudos, we have Nanaimo bars. -- nm - Beryllium May 29, 09:40
Halle Berry attached to The Blob remake -- (link) - Remlik May 29, 09:15 1
- ... as? -- nm - Beryllium May 29, 09:17
Managing expectations: Conservatives predict polls will show Labour ahead in the coming days -- (link*) - Reagen May 29, 09:04
Optics -- (link) - ty97 May 29, 09:02 18
- you are overreaching/reacting here. - Truman May 29, 09:04 13
  - Okay, make the argument for me why it's good optics. -- nm - ty97 May 29, 09:09 3
    - why do I have to do that? is everything that happens from this whitehouse just bad? - Truman May 29, 09:12 1
      - Because you told me I was overreacting by calling this bad optics. Perhaps you're overreacting and reading far too much into my post. -- nm - ty97 May 29, 09:14
    - And note, I'm not saying it's a huge deal either way. It was just a misguided tweet given - ty97 May 29, 09:10
  - i just don't think Memorial Day is a champagney- sort of day. -- nm - Andie May 29, 09:06
  - It's the connection with Memorial Day that's tonally odd. -- nm - Reagen May 29, 09:05 7
    - Bank Holiday Pops -- nm - Max May 29, 09:21
    - But isn't it a three day weekend for you poor people? What else will you do to forget? -- nm - Ivanka May 29, 09:08
    - not sure why, consider that its all about BBQ, family get togethers, and putting up flags/flowers/etc in memory. -- nm - Truman May 29, 09:08 4
      - Champagne is a celebration drink. It's just odd for Memorial Day. -- nm - Will Hunting May 29, 09:13 3
        
        "Bloody Mary?" "*sigh*" -- nm - Reagen May 29, 09:17 1
        
        Popsicles? - Cuzzin Todd May 29, 09:18
        
        I dont understand people are these arguments about acceptable drinks. should people not have mimosas today cause it contains champagne? - Truman May 29, 09:15
- So we SHOUDLN'T make champagne popsicles? - Cuzzin Todd May 29, 09:03 3
  - Why take a thing that the whole redeeming quality of is that "it's fizzy", and then freeze it so it's not? - Reagen May 29, 09:07
  - like you would wait long enough to freeze them anyways. -- nm - Truman May 29, 09:04 1
    - One for the freezer, one for me, one for the freezer, two for me... -- nm - Spawn May 29, 09:07
Tiger Woods arrested at 3am ET, spent about four hours in jail after booking & released at 11am -- nm - budice May 29, 09:00
Trump finally tweeted about Portland. hahahaha, I mean his staff did, via the POTUS account -- (link) - ty97 May 29, 09:00 5
- Honestly that's the best they could possibly do given the circumstances. - Beryllium May 29, 09:18 4
  - oh, it's certainly good that they tweeted. Just wish it had come from the account he sends all his other tweets from - ty97 May 29, 09:43
  - Other than they missed the prayers to the families. -- nm - Will Hunting May 29, 09:35
  - (except for the fact that this WH fosters the hate and intolerance) -- nm - Spawn May 29, 09:25 1
    - That's what I mean. It's the best they could do to overcome how awful they are. -- nm - Beryllium May 29, 09:39
ka batooay yippod amee ow ta sopkif kat sama be nunu ta rod tinoda. - Truman May 29, 08:59
He is worth hundreds of millions of dollars...hire a fucking cab in your hometown. - Will Hunting May 29, 08:56 3
- you'd think. -- nm - Remlik May 29, 09:00
- Yep, never understand rich people getting busted for DUI - ty97 May 29, 08:58 1
  - yup -- nm - Beaker May 29, 09:50
#rememberthefallen #Tiger -- nm - budice May 29, 08:55 2
- dude -- nm - ty97 May 29, 08:57 1
  - Too soon? -- nm - Spawndroid May 29, 09:45
bello peeps, whats pata en. -- nm - Truman May 29, 08:53

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