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The Comey thing's had some impact. Trump's at 36/59/-23. - David Jun 12, 10:35 1
- I'm glad to be wrong. -- nm - Inigo Jun 12, 10:37
Travel ban has been upheld in appeals court -- nm - zork Jun 12, 10:18 9
- 'Trump “exceeded the scope of the authority delegated to him by Congress” to oversee immigration, the court rules' -- nm - decline Jun 12, 10:36
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  - so if the Supremes overturn that one is the second immediately null or do they need to send that to the Supremes as well? -- nm - Beaker Jun 12, 10:36
- Wait, so the ban is okay? There WILL be a ban? -- nm - Andie Jun 12, 10:18 5
  - Trump loses Travel Ban appeal in Court of Appeals. -- (link*) - Diva Jun 12, 10:19
  - Nope, the 9th Circuit upheld the original order preventing the EO from being enforced. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 12, 10:19 3
    - oh okay. *phew* -- nm - Andie Jun 12, 10:20 2
      - I know you were worried your pals in the US were going to get exhausted from all of Trump's winning. - Diva Jun 12, 10:21 1
        
        :) -- nm - Andie Jun 12, 10:26
$385 fine and 40 hours of community service for Congressman who punched a reporter. -- (link) - znufrii Jun 12, 10:06 4
- So, he wanted to send him to jail for 4 days (96 hours), but instead said nah, 40hrs of service is good? - Will Hunting Jun 12, 10:12 2
  - 4 10-hour days of work doesn't seem an unreasonable equivalent, to me. -- nm* - znufrii Jun 12, 10:15 1
    - Better Call Saul!! -- nm - Beaker Jun 12, 10:22
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PC Gaming Show at E3 is live now -- (link) - Max Jun 12, 10:02
does the WalMart trick with Vudu disc to digital not work anymore? -- nm - groiny Jun 12, 09:52 7
- I'm pretty sure it disappeared around the time they introduced D2D conversions via app. -- nm - kelly Jun 12, 10:07 1
  - thanks -- nm - groiny Jun 12, 10:08
- In store conversions have ended -- nm - crash davis Jun 12, 10:03
- Last time I tried it worked, but that was a few months back. -- nm - JaxSean Jun 12, 10:02 1
  - I con't find the link in the for visiting WalMart in the Vudu webpage -- nm - groiny Jun 12, 10:02
- The what trick? -- nm - Ender Jun 12, 10:01 1
  - You essentially make a list of movies you were going to bring into Walmart to convert, but then do the Convert at Home -- nm - JaxSean Jun 12, 10:04
Steam reviews have become comment sections. If a game hasn't updated in two weeks, it gets negative reviews with people screaming - Tim Jun 12, 09:48 2
- I remember when the have in the box was *it* - Reagen Jun 12, 09:53
- #pcmasterrace -- nm - Shaun Jun 12, 09:51
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- he would split you in half up to the neck. -- nm - groiny Jun 12, 09:57 3
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    - he is a massive human being. -- nm - groiny Jun 12, 09:59 1
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- it's real good stuff. :) -- nm - Diva Jun 12, 09:55 3
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    - I may have kept showing my husband tape of those towering HRs. mel is like, 'this guy's a friggin Klingon'. Then he grumbled and tried not to give - Diva Jun 12, 09:59 1
      - I want proof that he has human DNA. - Mel Profit Jun 12, 10:03
- That first homer he hit Saturday night was a freakin' rocket (landed right below where we were sitting) -- nm - decline Jun 12, 09:43 2
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    - absolutely -- nm - decline Jun 12, 09:48
"So... told by source that MD and D.C. AGs have a spreadsheet detailing that Trump has "unjustly enriched himself" by 26.5 mil since 1/20/17." -- nm - Spawn Jun 12, 09:38 4
- Seems low. -- nm - Reagen Jun 12, 09:51
- Claude Taylor is on Team Mensch and not particularly reliable. -- nm - mara Jun 12, 09:41 2
  - Although here's the latest lawsuit, which while it doesn't have a spreadsheet per se, there's plent of dollar figures in it. -- nm - mara Jun 12, 09:44
  - Yeah he maybe a step or two better than her, but still unreliable -- nm - Amoxy Jun 12, 09:43
Seems rumor mill is saying Bachelor in Paradise is cancelled. Peeps are being sent home. -- nm* - Jovian Jun 12, 09:26 20
- from TMZ, it sounds like Corrine really is just an out of control insatiable lush. -- nm - Jovian Jun 12, 09:38 14
  - figures that would be their take. what did they say about the men? -- nm - Diva Jun 12, 10:30
  - "I'm shocked. Shocked! To find drunken sex on the set of Bachelor in Paradise!" -- nm* - znufrii Jun 12, 09:48 5
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      - When you're too drunk to consent to it. - znufrii Jun 12, 09:58 3
        
        That's a bang-up job on the producers then. - Will Hunting Jun 12, 09:59 2
        
        It was a producer who complained they were uncomfortable about the situation and filed a workplace grievance to shut it down. -- nm - jnine Jun 12, 11:36
        
        "Should I stop filming?" "You're fired, keep the camera rolling" -- nm - Beaker Jun 12, 09:59
  - i have never watched this show, but is it really just one person shutting the whole thing down? Can't they just send HER home? -- nm - Andie Jun 12, 09:39 6
    - rumor: the guy took advantage of her in a drunken state. -- nm - Remlik Jun 12, 09:57 3
      - ewww....this may signify nothing but... - Diva Jun 12, 10:29 1
        
        and then, this... -- (link) - Diva Jun 12, 10:38
      - eeesh. -- nm - Andie Jun 12, 09:58
    - rumor I read over the weekend was it was 2 or more people acting very, very badly -- nm - decline Jun 12, 09:47
    - I think she is on camera with... a number of people. -- nm - Spawn Jun 12, 09:41
- This is why we can't have nice things. -- nm - znufrii Jun 12, 09:36
- Just leave em there. -- nm - budice Jun 12, 09:34 2
  - That's what Channel 4 did. Didn't tell the contestants the show had been cancelled and left them there to survive for the whole year. -- (link) - LMS Jun 12, 09:37 1
    - That's crazy -- nm - decline Jun 12, 10:01
- Paradise lost. -- nm - Spawn Jun 12, 09:27
FYI: Bery, the Xbox One X is priced at $599CDN. -- nm - Shaun Jun 12, 09:12 1
- Using today's conversion rate, that's $445USD. -- nm - Shaun Jun 12, 09:27
I don;t really understand this, but it seemed like many here might. -- (link) - Spawn Jun 12, 09:05 5
- It's sometimes called the Holy Grail or a chalice. -- nm - Reagen Jun 12, 09:32 2
  - Who is the dude mentioned? -- nm - Spawn Jun 12, 09:35 1
    - A Penguins player. -- nm - Shaun Jun 12, 09:36
- Indy 3? (NM) - Marlowe Jun 12, 09:30 1
  - Ah, there is part of it. -- nm - Spawn Jun 12, 09:31
In March, 2010 -- a person offered 10,000 BitCoins for sale for $50. No one bit. - Will Hunting Jun 12, 08:39 25
- News articles about bitcoin are one of those jarring things that move me instantly into melancholy - it was the mechanism our son used to buy the - landbeck Jun 12, 09:40 2
  - I'm so sorry. I have posted a couple articles and I didn't know this. You have my deepest sympathies -- nm - crash davis Jun 12, 10:06
  - :( -- nm - Epiphany Jun 12, 09:55
- The caveat here is that there have been issues with Bitcoin wallets. Even if you bought those coins... - Mop Jun 12, 09:23
- Let's pretend that's not true. -- nm - Reagen Jun 12, 08:47 15
  - How many did you have a chance to buy at one point? -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 12, 08:50 13
    - That was me...and I don't want to talk about it. -- nm - David Jun 12, 08:55 11
      - Oh, many of us poo-pooed it over the years. - Will Hunting Jun 12, 08:56 7
        
        I still don't "get it" -- nm - mud Jun 12, 08:59 6
        
        It's a perfect currency for wealthy people in "communist" countries, criminals, and people who want to live off the grid. -- nm - David Jun 12, 09:00 5
        
        I have a guy who shops here, and he always has a ton of money I once asked him what he does and he said he does the bitcoing thing... - Remlik Jun 12, 09:12 4
        
        huh -- nm - Andie Jun 12, 09:14 3
        
        plus there is other crypto currencies that you can work on now as well -- nm - Remlik Jun 12, 10:03
        
        bery gonna shut down ST and convert to grinding. -- nm - Spawn Jun 12, 09:21
        
        You invest in bitcoin hardware. Article below says it isn't unreasonable to be able to mine 0.5 coin per month -- (link*) - oblique Jun 12, 09:21
      - Let's definitely pretend that's not true. -- nm - Spawn Jun 12, 08:55 2
        
        At this point, we're talking about more than $100 million. - David Jun 12, 08:56 1
        
        Like a good Dark Universe film! -- nm - Reagen Jun 12, 09:05
    - I don't think I ever seriously looked in to it - Reagen Jun 12, 08:52
  - Easy since I already pretend Bitcoin isn't a real currency. -- nm - Qale Jun 12, 08:49
- Ouch. "On 22 May 2010,[137] Laszlo Hanyecz made the first real-world transaction by buying two pizzas in Jacksonville, Florida for 10,000 BTC" - Will Hunting Jun 12, 08:41 1
  - Let's definitely pretend that's not true. - Laszlo Hanyecz Jun 12, 08:49
- Where was this? -- nm - David Jun 12, 08:41 2
  - Looks like it was on a bitcoin message board. -- (link) - mara Jun 12, 08:57
  - From Wiki -- I don't know particulars. -- (link) - Will Hunting Jun 12, 08:42
Mel, last night on NatGeo I watched Life In Hell: The Fall of Syria and The Rise of ISIS by Sebastian Junger and Nick Quested - crash davis Jun 12, 08:38
Has anyone heard if Idris Elba gotta eat? -- nm* - Beryllium Jun 12, 08:36 3
- He's currently directing a film for me. Found out today I missed him filming near my home yesterday. -- nm - LMS Jun 12, 08:38 2
  - what are you doing?!! get on this STAT! -- nm - Epiphany Jun 12, 09:19 1
    - I've lost my chance, he's filming opposite side of town now. - LMS Jun 12, 09:27
Wonder Woman $58.2 million. A 43% decline. Only Spider-Man had a better second weekend drop. -- (link) - Inigo Jun 12, 08:35 22
- Also, The Mummy is a bomb. Tom Cruise is fading as a box office star. -- nm - Inigo Jun 12, 08:38 21
  - Counterpoint: Tom Cruise has only been a modest box office star over his career. "Movie Star" = yes. - Will Hunting Jun 12, 08:49 7
    - He had five consecutive $100M grossers in the 90s when $100M meant something. - Roger More Jun 12, 09:48
    - And as I said over the weekend, his HSX IPO is a formula for more failure. -- nm - Spawn Jun 12, 08:56 2
      - I read that concept and I'm intrigued at least. - Will Hunting Jun 12, 09:01 1
        
        I just don't think *he* is the right type for it. -- nm - Spawn Jun 12, 09:03
    - His films never had huge openings, but adjusted for inflation, he has 9 films that have grossed over $200 million. -- nm - Inigo Jun 12, 08:54 1
      - But that means they've all run out legs-wise which gets to David's point about quality. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 12, 09:03
    - He lost three years in there to Eyes Wide Shut and maybe 4 to Oprah. -- nm - Reagen Jun 12, 08:53
  - Contra: this easily could have been a sub 20 film without him. -- nm - Reagen Jun 12, 08:48 5
    - I guess? I think The Rock, Pratt, etc..probably would have opened it a bit higher, too. - Inigo Jun 12, 09:00 3
      - I'm not even sold Pratt would have -- he had a big time chance with Passengers with the biggest female star alive - Will Hunting Jun 12, 09:02 2
        
        That was largely a marketing fail. I mean, I understand why as it was not an easy movie to market. -- nm - Spawn Jun 12, 09:04 1
        
        Maybe not, but if Pratt was a box-office star, you wouldn't need more than him and JLaw's faces doing Pratt and JLaw stuff to open notably. - Will Hunting Jun 12, 09:17
    - I'd watch Cruise in a Contra vidya game movie. -- nm - Qale Jun 12, 08:50
  - I'm a tom cruise fan, mostly, except for the crazy. I wouldn't go near that movie no matter who was in it. - Beryllium Jun 12, 08:42
  - You could have given the role to Dwayne Johnson or Chris Pratt and I think people would have still identified it as a stinker. -- nm* - Max Jun 12, 08:39 3
    - Reminder: Universal has *9* more films in the pipe they wanted to piggyback off this -- nm - Reagen Jun 12, 08:54 1
      - I'm continually amazed by how little studios understand the value of a quality film. -- nm - David Jun 12, 08:57
    - I agree with this completely. I feel like the advertising was all about the effects, not cruise. -- nm - amanda jones state university Jun 12, 08:46
  - All that international $. -- nm - Shaun Jun 12, 08:39 1
    - $175 Worldwide -- nm - Remlik Jun 12, 08:50
I'm equal parts impressed they flew Lord Buckethead over for the show and disappointed that they didn't interview him -- nm - prayformojo Jun 12, 08:33 1
- I agree on both parts -- nm - crash davis Jun 12, 08:42
Ugh. I want to read that Chelsea Manning profile but... IT'S SOOOOO LONG....! Someone summarize it for me. Anything important? -- nm - Mop Jun 12, 08:29
The bell is rung! -- nm - Lex Luther Jun 12, 08:24 3
- There's no bell to ring. -- (link) - Randy Orton Jun 12, 08:29 [youtube] 2
  - There is no spoon -- (link) - Amoxy Jun 12, 08:39 1
    - SPOON!!! -- (link) - Spawn Jun 12, 08:45 [youtube]
I sure hope Luther has a Season 5 -- nm - decline Jun 12, 08:21
DCI Luther is back on the case.... -- (link) - Remlik Jun 12, 08:18
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Series 5 of Luther has been announced. -- (link) - LMS Jun 12, 08:07
Cosby defense has rested, he did not testify -- (link) - Beaker Jun 12, 08:07 4
- I doubted he would, especially because there are murmurings that he's not all there anymore - decline Jun 12, 08:13 2
  - "Sir, what does Jello Pudding have to do with htis?" -- nm - Spawn Jun 12, 08:19
  - Have you seen Judd Apatow's stand up bit on this? -- nm - Reagen Jun 12, 08:19
- I never thought he would - it would be suicide. They said the mother of the plaintiff did better than she did. -- nm - Epiphany Jun 12, 08:09
Tyson recalling 2.5 million pounds of frozen chicken -- (link) - decline Jun 12, 08:04 7
- Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the beak. -- nm - Max Jun 12, 08:38 1
  - ha! -- nm - Diva Jun 12, 08:53
- Great. I actually have some of those. Oh, the recall is because they didn't include milk on the label? Meh. -- nm - Mop Jun 12, 08:30 2
  - snowflakes -- nm - Beaker Jun 12, 08:32
  - GET TO THE ER!!! -- nm - Spawn Jun 12, 08:32
- I tell ya, back in 1963 when I had 2.5 million pounds of chicken... good times, good times. -- nm - Tyson Jun 12, 08:08
- that's alot of freakin' chickens -- nm - Beaker Jun 12, 08:06

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