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Poll! What are you doing on Saturday to celebrate Canada's 150th Birthday? - Andie Jun 28, 10:43 12
- I think I'm going camping. wait. what? quick question: - amanda jones state university Jun 28, 11:15
- i'm pretending that 40 million Canadians are celebrating my birthday. (nm) - howie Jun 28, 10:51
- I will have a Canadian beer after my run. - JD Jun 28, 10:50
- moose hunting -- nm - decline Jun 28, 10:47
- Enjoying Lion King. - Strongbad Jun 28, 10:46
- Wearing the shirt my stalker sent me! -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jun 28, 10:46
- Going kayaking -- nm - oblique Jun 28, 10:45
- Eating Poutine and drinking a Molson -- nm - amoxy Jun 28, 10:45
- I have to entertain Dave's US cousins. But i think we're going to see the giant rubber duck, maybe an outdoor concert, fireworks on the beach... -- nm - Andie Jun 28, 10:45
- Taming a beaver. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 28, 10:45 1
  - Phrasing. -- nm - Shaun Jun 28, 10:48
- Getting my car detailed. -- nm - jnine Jun 28, 10:44
Pretty cool. FC Cincinnati's game tonight hosting Chicago Fire has been moved to ESPN. 30,000+ tickets sold. - Volnelk Jun 28, 10:32 6
- Atlanta's team is a BIG topic of conversation here. Evidently they've done pretty well for an expansion MLS team. -- nm - Strongbad Jun 28, 10:37 5
  - FTR, FC Cincinnati is not an MLS team. -- nm - Ender Jun 28, 10:42 2
    - Ah, sorry. Misread the initial post. -- nm - Strongbad Jun 28, 10:43 1
      - No worries, I don't expect anybody to know anything about actual MLS teams, let alone minor league teams. -- nm - Ender Jun 28, 10:46
  - They've had the best home attendance in the league so far, and are holding their own performance-wise -- nm* - znufrii Jun 28, 10:41 1
    - ...and they're getting ready to move into a stadium with ~20K more seats -- nm - Strongbad Jun 28, 10:42
Chris Paul to Rockets is looking more done-er. -- (link) - Diva Jun 28, 10:25 7
- if Griffin and Jordan bail too (which is likely), man the Clippers are gonna suck -- nm - decline Jun 28, 10:33 2
  - The Lakers might be the best pro bb team in LA again. I think UCLA might take them . -- nm - jnine Jun 28, 10:44
  - C'mon, they'll have Doc Rivers doing personnel. How bad can it be? -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 28, 10:39
- Is Houston that close? Because they gave up a LOT -- nm - amoxy Jun 28, 10:29 2
  - They were the West #3 seed last year which means they are miles behind Golden State - Will Hunting Jun 28, 10:33 1
    - 2 top tierplayers that both need/want the ball... -- nm - Beaker Jun 28, 10:37
- Clippers gonna Clip - Strongbad Jun 28, 10:28
Xbox July games for Gold -- (link) - eag Jun 28, 10:15
British prosecutors charged six people, including four former senior police officials, on Wednesday in the deaths of 96 soccer fans in 1989 - crash davis Jun 28, 10:07 1
- And for those who haven't viewed it, an excellent episode of 30 for 30 covered the HIllsborough tragedy. -- (link) - ReluctantCynic Jun 28, 10:42
IYC: Bf will be live on Bloomberg at 1:15 -- (link) - MDH Jun 28, 10:04
lol that was close! -- (link) - Shaun Jun 28, 09:56 2
- Mel, if you're around, its a YPJ video. -- nm - crash davis Jun 28, 10:29
- The timing makes it look like a weird ricochet. -- nm - Max Jun 28, 09:59
Poll: Only 12% of Americans support the Senate health care plan -- (edited) - ty97 Jun 28, 09:53 4
- But the people who count have told them the purse strings are closed until it's done, along with the tax cut for the rich, so it's going to happen. -- (link*) - jnine Jun 28, 10:49
- Wow, it dropped 5 points since my post on B2... - amoxy Jun 28, 10:33
- That sounds about as low as Congress' approval rating. -- nm - Strongbad Jun 28, 10:04
- 12% is alot of rich people -- nm - Beaker Jun 28, 09:56
Avatar 2 will be projected in glasses-free 3D. -- (link) - Shaun Jun 28, 09:53 3
- And Cameron does it again. He made this a must-see in theaters even before it films. -- nm - MDH Jun 28, 10:03
- Not here, I suspect -- nm - Beryllium Jun 28, 09:58 1
  - no, but you get cool Moose antlers to wear during the movie -- nm - groiny Jun 28, 10:00
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- Captain America, it looked like he walked away from his shield after his fight with IM -- nm - groiny Jun 28, 09:53
The spice must flow -- (link) - Beryllium Jun 28, 09:47
Damn you Buffalo Bills! -- (link) - Shaun Jun 28, 09:46 7
- Chaos theory is amazing. -- nm - David Jun 28, 10:25
- I love good comeback stories, Seabiscuit, Rocky... - Beaker Jun 28, 09:55 4
  - "It says here you have... Internet connectivity problems." -- nm - Reagen Jun 28, 10:43
  - Oh sweet jesus, that would be hysterical. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 28, 09:59 2
    - here, it is awesome -- (link) - Beaker Jun 28, 10:00 [youtube] 1
      - I love how sweetly innocent he sounds when he says it. -- nm - Diva Jun 28, 10:37
- I've been saying that for a L-O-N-G time. -- nm - Diva Jun 28, 09:49
the existence of two supermassive black holes orbiting each other finally confirmed - crash davis Jun 28, 09:42
FedEx News: subsidiary hit with Computer Virus -- (link) - budice Jun 28, 09:40
Bad Moms: Christmas red band trailer -- (link) - oblique Jun 28, 09:39 [youtube]
PS+ Games for July. -- (link) - Shaun Jun 28, 09:38 2
- nice. I've wanted to play Until Dawn -- nm - decline Jun 28, 09:54 1
  - I finished my playthrough in 3 sittings. It's addicting and you want to keep going. -- nm - Shaun Jun 28, 09:56
Miggy ejected from the Cubs. -- (edited) - zunk xometimes Jun 28, 09:31 19
- Despite being 100% right, and even backed up by his manager. - Will Hunting Jun 28, 09:36 18
  - Yeah, but it was very bad form and not consistent with team culture. I'm surprised they dumped him, but he deserved to be called out on it (as Rizzo - pmb Jun 28, 09:39 17
    - Meh. It was honest, backed up by his manager and accurate to anyone with eyes. - Will Hunting Jun 28, 09:40 16
      - It's worth noting also though that Contreras is throwing guys out. It wasn't just last night that Montero hasn't gotten guys out. He was 1 for 24 - pmb Jun 28, 09:44 3
        
        He's now 0 for 31...but if the manager says it, guess what, that's reality. - Will Hunting Jun 28, 09:46 2
        
        He should keep it behind closed doors. He wasn't just being honest. He was giving excuses. Yes, Arrietta was bad. So was he. He also through a - pmb Jun 28, 09:49 1
        
        and this is the second game this year turner stole 4 bags in a game. - groiny Jun 28, 10:04
      - What happened? -- nm - Krusty Jun 28, 09:43 11
        
        Montero isn't good at throwing, but Arrieta was slow to the plate. The Nats stole 7 bases in like 6 innings. - Will Hunting Jun 28, 09:45 3
        
        Well, they don't get to just cut his salary... -- nm - Ender Jun 28, 10:41 1
        
        It's stupid and short-sighted even if he has to go. - Will Hunting Jun 28, 10:43
        
        They cut him? Jeez. Is that really the reason because that's terrible. -- nm - Krusty Jun 28, 09:48
        
        it's an ongoing issue but this went down recently... - Diva Jun 28, 09:45 6
        
        Thanks! -- nm - Krusty Jun 28, 09:47
        
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        he said... - Diva Jun 28, 09:48 3
        
        What he cared about was how it made him look. Not about the game. It was all about the blame. -- nm - pmb Jun 28, 09:51 2
        
        Right. -- nm - David Jun 28, 10:27
        
        well, I guess he can go care about that somewhere else now. -- nm - Diva Jun 28, 09:52
I agree with the first part of this headline. -- (link) - znufrii Jun 28, 09:24 5
- I saw an article yesterday suggesting comic books as an investment - Reagen Jun 28, 09:26 3
  - Pumpkin futures are good this time of year. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jun 28, 09:44 1
    - The spice must flow -- nm - Beryllium Jun 28, 09:46
  - 😂 -- nm - Beryllium Jun 28, 09:33
- It seems like the easiest way to lose a few thousand - time for a Brewsters reboot. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 28, 09:26
Google News revamp review: All is lost, abandon ship -- nm - Reagen Jun 28, 09:24 4
- Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck. I hate this trend. Who likes this format? -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jun 28, 09:45
- I'm still not sure how I feel about it. -- nm - crash davis Jun 28, 09:36
- Oh no. *facepalm* -- nm - budice Jun 28, 09:26 1
  - I've liked it in the past cause it loads quick. Still does that, but they've over organized it -- nm - budice Jun 28, 09:29
Damn it. Finally found the emote I wanted for the colin thread. 🤘🏻 -- nm - Spawn Jun 28, 09:22 10
- A board later, I still appreciate it! -- nm - colin Jun 28, 09:34
- Delete that post now. -- nm - Gene Simmons Jun 28, 09:33
- yes, those square boxes really tell the story -- nm - oblique Jun 28, 09:32 7
  - What browser and OS? -- nm - Beryllium Jun 28, 09:34 6
    - I don't see it on Chrome and Android 6.0 -- nm* - Krusty Jun 28, 09:46
    - Chrome, Win10 -- nm - oblique Jun 28, 09:40 1
      - You are drunk and on drugs then. Chrome, Win10 and I see them. -- nm - Shaun Jun 28, 09:42
    - I am using Google Chrome and Windows 7 Pro. I get square boxes as well -- nm - crash davis Jun 28, 09:39 2
      - for all or just some? -- nm - Beryllium Jun 28, 09:45 1
        
        for just the one Spawn posted above, I got all the ones on B2 -- nm - crash davis Jun 28, 09:47
Trump wants Amazon to start paying "internet taxes" -- (link) - Beaker Jun 28, 09:17 15
- Pedantic time: Amazon does not own WaPo. - ty97 Jun 28, 09:23 2
  - And I just realized the tweet was a reaction to WaPo breaking the story about the fake Time cover. -- nm - mara Jun 28, 10:26 1
    - Wasn't it sports illustrated? -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 28, 20:51
- I'm now sold on the dementia theory. -- nm - mara Jun 28, 09:22 6
  - Really? I'm not at all. He's just an asshole. -- nm - ty97 Jun 28, 09:23 5
    - Assholes without dementia can write coherent sentences. -- nm - mara Jun 28, 09:26 4
      - He's long been an asshole though, what's the argument for dementia? -- nm - ty97 Jun 28, 09:27 3
        
        if you watch old interviews, like in the 80s, 90s, he isn't this stupid. A jerk, oh yes, but not so stupid. - Andie Jun 28, 09:28
        
        He used to be able to speak and write rationally. - Reagen Jun 28, 09:28 1
        
        I would not go so far to say he was once eloquent, but compared to now... -- nm - Spawn Jun 28, 09:29
- AWS *is* the Internet. Trump should start paying Amazon taxes. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 28, 09:21
- "Jeff Bezos hurt my feelings." -- nm - David Jun 28, 09:21 1
  - This seems like an accurate translation. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 28, 09:24
- Diagram that tweet. Go. -- nm - Strongbad Jun 28, 09:20
- He has a point. - Spawn Jun 28, 09:19
Good news everybody, production on Deadpool 2 got underway yesterday. -- nm - Spawn Jun 28, 09:12 2
- still not a big fan of their Cable choice -- nm - Beaker Jun 28, 09:14 1
  - Thanos? - Spawn Jun 28, 09:15
What if superstar NBA free agent decided that they really wanted to play someplace and figured they'd already made enough money in the career so far? - JD Jun 28, 09:12 6
- The players association would bitch and then get in line. - Will Hunting Jun 28, 09:42
- Sure, Deron Williams made $410k with the Cavs after the buyout of his real contract with the Mavs. - David Jun 28, 09:14 4
  - I looked him up you posting him as an example. He's also getting paid 5M+ for each of last year and next three years by the Nets - JD Jun 28, 09:22 2
    - Right but in extreme instances, players with rich shoe contracts and the like could take whatever they want to play. - David Jun 28, 09:25 1
      - Jordan simply believed that he signed the contract and that it was fair. As he said, he traded some potential upside for longer term security. He, - pmb Jun 28, 09:34
  - rumoured Wade and Carmelo will do similar to go to Cleveland if and when they get bought out -- nm - Beaker Jun 28, 09:15
I know I'm way more excited about this than I should be, but - I am booking a photo session at this place in Knoxville. - kelly Jun 28, 09:10 3
- I feel like you take better advantage of Knoxville than I do. :) -- nm - David Jun 28, 09:11 2
  - Most of what we do is thanks to our neighbors, who do a lot of fun family stuff around town. We learn a lot from them. - kelly Jun 28, 09:14 1
    - Also, we try to get out and do stuff around town, since everything here is new to all of us. - kelly Jun 28, 09:16
FedEx shares halted for pending news. -- nm - budice Jun 28, 09:10 1
- They're shipping off to boston -- nm - Beryllium Jun 28, 09:11
David, it's the ultimate "you only call us a cow school because it was founded by a cow!" moment. -- nm - Reagen Jun 28, 09:10 2
- As I said, if I'm calling someone's endless writing a pointless exercise, that's a problem. - David Jun 28, 09:12 1
  - It's also sort of an endless bit with him "this thing liberals love and I do too secretly proves conservatives right" - Reagen Jun 28, 09:16
Whoa. Unexpected explosions, injury risk prompt recalls of fireworks sold at Walmart, Target and other stores. -- (link) - Spawn Jun 28, 09:09 14
- Explosives gonna explode. -- nm - Mop Jun 28, 09:14
- I'm shocked! This is my shocked face! -- (edited) - Beryllium Jun 28, 09:10 12
  - Varies by state laws. (All fireworks are illegal in NY so not here) -- nm - ty97 Jun 28, 09:16
  - the rules vary quite a bit state by state, here you can only buy tame ones (which those smoke ones definitely are) -- nm - crash davis Jun 28, 09:14 9
    - Safe and sane here but not in surrounding cities - and city borders here are like jigsaw puzzles. - Meg Jun 28, 09:25 1
      - I've always wanted to work one year in a fireworks booth. I don't know why, I assume its typical retail. But its a childhood fantasy that has stayed -- nm - crash davis Jun 28, 09:34
    - The Target packs I get have fountains, roman candles and a few bigger shooters in them. - Spawn Jun 28, 09:17 4
      - there is a store about 15 miles outside of town that will sell all sorts, but if you buy the ones that are illegal in Idaho, you sign a statement - crash davis Jun 28, 09:22 3
        
        Exploding all sorts? Probably taste better than the licorice ones. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 28, 09:24 1
        
        ;-) Bassetts ? -- nm - Meg Jun 28, 09:32
        
        Oh, they are all legal here, now. My 50 minute commute to work takes me past 9 pop up stores. - Spawn Jun 28, 09:23
    - Similar to alcohol laws. When I saw liquor for sale in Target in Chicago, I was confused. -- nm - ty97 Jun 28, 09:16 1
      - *blink* Target is a grocery store so of course they sell liquor. -- nm - Spawn Jun 28, 09:18
  - I have bought from Target the last couple years. Not this year, though. -- nm - Spawn Jun 28, 09:12
so is that a decent haul for Chris Paul? Top 3 protected 1st as well as Sam Dekker, Patrick Beverley and Lou Williams I read -- nm* - Beaker Jun 28, 09:09 3
- He was a free agent, so any haul is a win. He agreed to opt in for his final year to try this. -- nm - David Jun 28, 09:11 1
  - The Ringer loves the trade for the Clippers. -- nm - Beaker Jun 28, 10:13
- ... did you kidnap him? -- nm - Spawn Jun 28, 09:10
This is fascinating. -- (link) - Spawn Jun 28, 09:06 1
- This is a Missile Command player's nightmare scenario. -- nm - Max Jun 28, 09:12

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