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NYT: Bill Cosby trial starts Monday -- (link) - budice Jun 4, 11:42 1
- Trump's starts Thursday. -- nm - mud Jun 4, 11:43
TV PSA: Ninja Warrior, Cavs vs Warriors, White Princess, American Gods, Fear the Walking Dead, Leftovers, Twin Peaks, Silicon Valley, other stuff -- nm - Beaker Jun 4, 11:31
I would like to see this done with some of 44's tweets for comparison. -- (link) - Beryllium Jun 4, 11:27
#OneLoveManchester (Livestream) -- (link) - mud Jun 4, 11:02 [youtube] 20
- who's this dude? I want Morrisey! Mark E. Smith! Shaun Ryder ! -- nm - mud Jun 4, 11:47 1
  - ty's cousin. -- nm - Spawndroid Jun 4, 11:49
- Robbie Williams really cannot sing. -- nm - David Jun 4, 11:25 17
  - neither can Miley Cyrus -- nm - mud Jun 4, 11:39
  - Millennium samples the You Only Live Twice song. Assuming that's the same guy. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 4, 11:29
  - whoa, he got fat. -- nm - Reagen Jun 4, 11:26 14
    - His Wikipedia page indicates that he's kind of a mess, so I feel bad for posting that. - David Jun 4, 11:36
    - I have *zero* familiarity with these tunes, apparently he's quite popular -- nm - mud Jun 4, 11:27 12
      - He has a naked video that is worth warching. -- nm - Spawndroid Jun 4, 11:52
      - His version of Beyond the Sea is my favorite. -- nm - Spawndroid Jun 4, 11:45
      - Take That was massive but never really broke this side of the pond - ty97 Jun 4, 11:44 5
        
        They basically have one hit here as well. -- nm - Tim Jun 4, 11:49 2
        
        Heh, their Wikipedia discography doesn't even list US chart positions, because only one song ever charted (Back For Good went to #7) -- (link) - Tim Jun 4, 12:02 1
        
        Back for Good really is a masterpiece. -- nm - David Jun 4, 12:09
        
        The Rock DJ video made news for controversy (seems tame now, but...) -- (link) - Reagen Jun 4, 11:46 1
        
        Yep recall that but the song never charted here AFAIK -- nm - ty97 Jun 4, 11:49
      - He had one minor hit here (Angels) but is a massive superstar everywhere else in the world. -- nm - Tim Jun 4, 11:42
      - Take That's sold 45 million records. And I mainly know them from Stardust and the final episode of Spaced. -- nm - David Jun 4, 11:40
      - he had decent airplay on Much for a while. -- nm - Reagen Jun 4, 11:28 1
        
        I'll keep watching, maybe Peter Hook will make surprise appearance later! -- nm - mud Jun 4, 11:30
Listen to your tattoo artist -- (link*) - GregW Jun 4, 10:56 2
- Tattoo artists and doctors also suggest not developing "chronic liver disease after drinking six 12-ounce beers a day" -- nm - Max Jun 4, 11:29
- Ink Master returns with a new season on tuesday night -- nm - Peglegpete Jun 4, 11:22
You would have to travel farther back in time to see Back To The Future when it opened... - Cuzzin Todd Jun 4, 10:49 1
- and tomorrow you would have to travel even further back in time....and the next day... and then -- nm - Bacon Jun 4, 10:55
Living next to the US has made some Canadians just a bit too jaded. -- (link) - GregW Jun 4, 10:40 1
- They hate us because they ain't US. -- nm - Bacon Jun 4, 10:56
Just beat a level 20 Gorilla Grodd with a level 12 Flash. Nbd. -- nm - Volnelk Jun 4, 10:32 1
- Pretty sure that is a spoiler from an episode of this season's Flash. -- nm - Spawndroid Jun 4, 11:46
Rocket League is the awesome. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 4, 10:15
Now playing: Resident Evil the final chapter -- nm - TRuMaN Jun 4, 10:11
On Friday I tried to call a fellow board member and got the "number no longer in service message." Emailed her. Late last night she replied...... - Meg Jun 4, 10:01 8
- Can't you use your old landline number when you get a cell or skype? -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 4, 13:55
- We are right on the cusp of deciding to do this, and your reaction from long-time acquaintances is they only reason I've delayed. - landbeck Jun 4, 10:32 6
  - I want to get a $5/mo service for this, that just takes voicemails -- nm - Beryllium Jun 4, 11:28
  - get a free google voice number. port your home number to a burner phone (cost $25ish). port that number to google voice. - windows jones Jun 4, 11:07 2
    - And then disappear to Aruba, right? -- nm - Reagen Jun 4, 11:25
    - usa today link -- (link) - windows jones Jun 4, 11:08
  - Keep it for now, but don't answer it - just leave a VM message saying "This number is no longer available, please call xxx-xxxx". Then cut the cord - Roger More Jun 4, 10:51
  - I can see it with friends and acquaintances but when you're right in the middle of a project with someone and they drop off the map...... - Meg Jun 4, 10:36
Caption this image: -- (link) - Reagen Jun 4, 09:18 [Image] 9
- And here we see the rare mangoat tree... -- nm - JaxSean Jun 4, 10:47
- Jerk goat -- nm - Covington Jun 4, 10:30
- "Listen, *someone* needs to kill the spider or we'll be up here all day." -- nm - TWuG Jun 4, 10:28
- Is Donald Trump gone yet? -- nm - David Jun 4, 10:13
- "Say Hi to Your Mother for me." -- nm - budice Jun 4, 09:38
- "I think they are ripe." -- nm - Spawn Jun 4, 09:34
- "How much did we drink again last night?" -- nm - Jovian Jun 4, 09:22
- "Lava!" -- nm - Max Jun 4, 09:18 1
  - Winner. -- nm - znufrii Jun 4, 10:32
In this episode they blatantly rip off The Thing. Oh, wait! Now they're ripping off Aliens. -- nm - Mop Jun 4, 09:14 3
- What show? Kevin Can Wait? -- nm - Beryllium Jun 4, 09:59 2
  - Ah, sorry. This is part of my series on "Why Supergirl sucks." -- nm - Mop Jun 4, 10:45 1
    - Eh, I am still waiting for the return of your Roomba series. -- nm - Spawndroid Jun 4, 11:51
Wonder Woman is basically sold out at all of the nearby theaters to me, all day. -- nm - MDH Jun 4, 09:11
French Open spoilers - Dano Jun 4, 09:08 1
- huh -- nm - prayformojo Jun 4, 09:17
nice pic -- (link) - mud Jun 4, 09:07
Meanwhile in alberta ... -- (link) - Beryllium Jun 4, 08:57 7
- on the prairies we have something called a plough wind, which is bascially a tornado without the tornado. 5-6 years ago, we're at my parents place - Reagen Jun 4, 09:16 5
  - I think this might be what we call a straight line wind. - ty97 Jun 4, 09:24
  - If trees are getting uprooted how is that not a tornado? -- nm - Max Jun 4, 09:18 3
    - there's no funnel. -- nm - Reagen Jun 4, 09:27 2
      - .... does it start with an earthquake? -- nm - Spawn Jun 4, 09:32 1
        
        I'm not afraid. -- nm - Lenny Bruce Jun 4, 09:37
- MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrailCastleCharge.gif -- nm - Max Jun 4, 09:09
Nigel Farage called for Internment on 'Fox & Freinds'. -- nm - Diva Jun 4, 08:54 4
- Fox & Fiends is what they should really call it. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 4, 08:58
- Sure, I'm for internment of all Nigels. -- nm - Reagen Jun 4, 08:55 2
  - Who will bring the brie? -- nm - Strongbad Jun 4, 10:07
  - hey! -- nm - Nigel Tufnel Jun 4, 09:02
Dammit, first reply: -- (link) - Reagen Jun 4, 08:52 3 1
- I knew what it would be and I still laughed. -- nm - Callisto Buffalomeat Jun 4, 10:02
- bwhahaha -- nm - prayformojo Jun 4, 09:05
- heh -- nm - mud Jun 4, 08:53
Now playing: The Great Wall. - TRuMaN Jun 4, 08:42
What the ever loving crap -- (link) - Reagen Jun 4, 08:34 4
- so, pirates? -- nm - Max Jun 4, 08:48 1
  - good point. I don't see how it's not. -- nm - Reagen Jun 4, 08:49
- yikes -- nm - mud Jun 4, 08:39
- Evil -- nm - ty97 Jun 4, 08:36
RIP Jimmy Piersall. A fine baseball player in his day but I will remember with Harry Carey broadcasting White Sox. - zunk xometimes Jun 4, 08:17
Huge fire in historic buildings in my old hometown yesterday -- (link) - ty97 Jun 4, 07:49
Wonder Woman - $100.5MM -- nm - Diva Jun 4, 07:36 7
- The Drops for many other movies this weekend. Ouch. -- nm - MDH Jun 4, 08:29 4
  - That's typicalish for post Memorial Day weekend. -- nm - Reagen Jun 4, 08:32 3
    - True. King Arthur's worldwide means goodbye sequels. That number is brutal. -- nm - MDH Jun 4, 08:36 2
      - The domestic/foreign split on Pirates 5 is hilarious. -- nm - Reagen Jun 4, 08:37 1
        
        Baywatch and it were always going to be extreme. -- nm - David Jun 4, 08:40
- So 98.4 -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 4, 08:03 1
  - 110 - Spawndroid Jun 4, 08:38
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- They won in 2003. -- nm - Reagen Jun 4, 06:58 9
  - ? -- nm - mud Jun 4, 08:02 8
    - when we invaded Iraq. -- nm - Reagen Jun 4, 08:04 5
      - Who is this "we", kemosabe? -- nm - Beryllium Jun 4, 08:43 2
        
        the western world. -- nm - Reagen Jun 4, 08:47 1
        
        Officially we abstained. (But we did send a small number, it later turned out.) -- nm - Beryllium Jun 4, 08:59
      - Yep. Iraq was a big setback for a rules-based system of international relations. The US going its own way sent a signal that if you're big - Roger More Jun 4, 08:27
      - I dunno. It was a fiasco. If the bee's nest gets knocked down and the bees are still stinging folks, they haven't "won" -- nm - mud Jun 4, 08:21
    - Pre-emotive war in Iraq -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 4, 08:04 1
      - sad face emoji debuted shortly after -- nm - rollo Jun 4, 09:12
Damn, John Kerry -- (link) - Reagen Jun 4, 06:50 5
- It's a decent line but....it kinda doesn't make sense. -- nm - ty97 Jun 4, 09:38
- Is Kerry looking at 2020? -- nm - Dano Jun 4, 08:40 2
  - Aren't we all? -- nm - Spawn Jun 4, 09:26 1
    - yes. 2018, too. prez Pence will be gobsmacked. -- nm - mud Jun 4, 09:29
- Oof. -- nm - Krusty Jun 4, 06:53
12 people arrested after London attack. -- nm - Diva Jun 4, 06:12
The present and future of movie-going in America: A perennial topic for news orgs, but this seems a nice series of articles (LAT; soft paywall) -- (link) - con_carne Jun 4, 05:59 1
- Viral on /r/movies was the one about the New Beverly Cinema (now pretty much all Tarantino's including the programming) -- (link) - con_carne Jun 4, 06:06
UFC spoilers - Will Hunting Jun 4, 05:50
Caught the CW's DC superhero "Invasion" episodes today. Only served to remind me how *GOOD* the original miniseries was. -- nm - Mop Jun 3, 23:42
A pikachu charger makes a certain amount of sense ... but not like this. Never like this. -- (link) - Beryllium Jun 3, 23:30 1
- Pika, pikaaaaa...... ~Singin' in the rain....~ -- nm - Baronwatch Jun 4, 08:02
"Anything the matter?" "Just a slight stiffness coming on." -- nm - Beryllium Jun 3, 22:23 2
- *schwing* -- nm - Spawn Jun 3, 22:34 1
  - So far Lazenby seems to be an alright bond, and I quite like Telly as Blofeld. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 3, 23:27
Long Beach State are called the Dirtbags. -- nm - Mop Jun 3, 22:11
I thought there was still a line at Aldi today but it was just for the free icecream in the parking lot. Got my free - Meg Jun 3, 21:22 3
- What flavor did you get? -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 3, 22:12 2
  - "It hasn't got any flavor, it's a bloody albatross!" -- nm - znufrii Jun 4, 06:01
  - I don't stand in lines :-) -- nm - Meg Jun 3, 22:33
So, about that infrastructure plan.... -- (link) - znufrii Jun 3, 21:03 13
- So he will ask Mexico to pay for it? (NM) - Marlowe Jun 4, 08:07
- I won't lie. At first blush, that air traffic control thing seems like it would mean a lot of new jobs for the state where I live - con_carne Jun 4, 06:52 1
  - *imagines selling air traffic data to the highest bidder*.... Geez. -- nm - con_carne Jun 4, 06:53
- I'm sure Governors and Mayors will love that. -- nm - Strongbad Jun 4, 06:28 3
  - So much of republican federal downsizing is simply pushing the burdens to state and local governments. I never understand why that seems like an ok - pmb Jun 4, 08:10 1
    - Though decisions made at the state and local level may mean more efficient infrastructure investment. - Roger More Jun 4, 10:48
  - Meanwhile, one of the clients I work on is thrilled, I'm sure. -- (edited) - znufrii Jun 4, 06:35
- Usually it is states that plan and build shit, the feds just chip in as national interest requires -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 3, 23:31 1
  - Well, now, unless they can make money for their corporate benefactors, they're SOL. -- nm* - znufrii Jun 4, 06:11
- Yet again, we deserve all of this. This country is a disaster now. -- nm - MDH Jun 3, 21:32
- Kiss it goodbye. -- nm - Mop Jun 3, 21:24
- "Despite the public push to promote the infrastructure package, Mr. Cohn acknowledged that the White House did not have a detailed proposal ready...." - znufrii Jun 3, 21:07 1
  - Trust us... we have no idea what we're doing. - Mop Jun 3, 21:27
Hasan Minhaj: Homecoming King is pretty brilliant. -- nm - Dano Jun 3, 20:54 1
- (OK, but I'm still saying "Hasan chop!" when I press play on it.) -- nm - con_carne Jun 4, 05:28
PUJOLS!!! -- nm - David Jun 3, 20:52 1
- 600! -- nm - Flavorize Jun 4, 09:11
David....WW spoilers.... - Remlik Jun 3, 20:49 2
- Oh, for the love of... -- nm - David Jun 3, 20:53 1
  - spoiler - Diva Jun 4, 04:50
Six months after I first introduced him to Danger Mouse, Kieran finally started watching the new series. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 3, 20:46 1
- Crikey! -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jun 3, 20:53
"Tell everyone on this train I love them." -- (link) - Mop Jun 3, 20:27

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