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Last night on Colbert, Colbert asked Andy Serkis to read a couple of POTUS's tweets as Gollum. It was outstanding -- (link) - crash davis Jul 12, 09:53 1
- start at the 4 minute mark of the video -- nm - crash davis Jul 12, 09:55
1,347 miles in four days with 5 town halls, a dozen roundtables with local leaders, and nine downtown walks in rural cities. - ReluctantCynic Jul 12, 09:50 15
- Awesome. -- nm - Diva Jul 12, 10:09
- I am so behind, what is the backstory here? -- nm - MDH Jul 12, 10:08
- Did you drive or was it on a bus? either way, good on ya -- nm - crash davis Jul 12, 09:53 4
  - We had two cars, and since I was advancing all the events, I drove about 95% of the way. Had a rest on I-84 on the way home when ... - ReluctantCynic Jul 12, 09:59 3
    - I am impressed -- nm - crash davis Jul 12, 10:04
    - just imaging if you had walked it -- nm - decline Jul 12, 10:01 1
      - Google Maps says: 393 hours! :-) -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jul 12, 10:09
- Well done. - znufrii Jul 12, 09:53 2
  - Definitely worth it. - ReluctantCynic Jul 12, 10:01 1
    - I remember going out that way with my dad on a work trip to La Grande when I was a teenager. Beautiful country. -- nm* - znufrii Jul 12, 10:02
- and 525,600 minutes? -- nm - Strongbad Jul 12, 09:52
- Now you can read the Kotaku post from last night. -- nm - David Jul 12, 09:52 1
  - LIR ... - ReluctantCynic Jul 12, 10:08
- AN EQUIVALENT AMOUNT OF TOWN HALLZ PLZ. - ty97 Jul 12, 09:51
- good for you! -- nm - Andie Jul 12, 09:51
35 years ago today Def Leppard Replace Pete Willis With Phil Collen -- (link*) - Remlik Jul 12, 09:49
also, Pippy, nmbP - crash davis Jul 12, 09:48 6
- oh I'm into it. Me and Jon Snow are like this *crosses fingers together* - Epiphany Jul 12, 09:53 5
  - He knows nothing -- nm - crash davis Jul 12, 09:54 4
    - apparently he knows a *little* something - Epiphany Jul 12, 09:57 3
      - Did you just say he has micro-penis? -- nm - David Jul 12, 09:57 2
        
        I would never! the only actor who deserves flowers for a small penis is Viggo Mortensen, but I digress - Epiphany Jul 12, 10:08
        
        it is really cold at the Wall -- nm - crash davis Jul 12, 10:03
OH Sh!t. Larsen C just broke off of Antarctica -- (link) - decline Jul 12, 09:47 8
- Kilbo mentioned this earlier, but he posted it in gobbleygook that made it hard to understand. - David Jul 12, 09:53 3
  - sure, when ML does it, it's cool :) -- nm - oblique Jul 12, 09:55 2
    - Is it though? -- nm - Roger More Jul 12, 09:56
    - It's easier to parse doooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooom! -- nm - David Jul 12, 09:56
- I applaud the efforts of the scientists in this article - Strongbad Jul 12, 09:50 2
  - Either way --- there is an ice chunk the size of Delaware floating away from whence it came. - Will Hunting Jul 12, 10:03
  - But, you know... -- nm - Reagen Jul 12, 09:56
- 2,240 square miles -- nm - Andie Jul 12, 09:49
I'm disappointed in ty97. When ST was debating what was a sandwich, whether a hot dog was a sandwich, a pop-tart was a sandwich - crash davis Jul 12, 09:45
Bank of Canada raises the Prime Rate by a 1/4-pt to .75%. - Name Withheld by Request Jul 12, 09:41 3
- Re the IM: Nice. (We've always gone fixed rate) ... did I hear correctly that this caused a six cent jump in the dollar? -- nm - Beryllium Jul 12, 09:43 2
  - it's been rising for a bit already in anticipation -- nm - Beaker Jul 12, 09:44 1
    - Yeah, I've been reading credible analysis that suggested it was all pretty transparent beginning with a speech about a month ago. - Name Withheld by Request Jul 12, 10:07
Maggie Smith and Gandalf are watching Federer play right now. -- nm - David Jul 12, 09:32 1
- so Federer enlists the aid of sorcerers -- nm - crash davis Jul 12, 10:03
Sources: Knicks, Rockets working on Carmelo Anthony trade scenarios -- (link) - Beaker Jul 12, 09:31 19
- Hawks sign something called DeWayne Dedmon for 2yr $14M. - Strongbad Jul 12, 09:35 15
  - This was actually a steal. He's one of the best defensive post players in the world. -- nm - David Jul 12, 09:36 14
    - Yeah--that is a steal. The guys who are FAs, this year, are getting screwed--last year=pot of gold--this year= bucket of slop -- nm - Flavorize Jul 12, 09:46 6
      - Yeah. Poor guy. Playing 17 minutes a game for only $7 million. - pmb Jul 12, 09:49 4
        
        Part of it is the difference in rosters. NBA teams have a maximum of 15, whereas MLB is 24 and NFL is 53. - David Jul 12, 09:52 3
        
        No, I get it, but it's still kind of absurd to me. -- nm - pmb Jul 12, 09:54 2
        
        Oh, I am with you on that. We are paying Bazemore $17 million a year, and he lost his starting job with us. - David Jul 12, 10:06
        
        I agree--it's absurd, and that absurdness will make the next NFL bargaining hell. -- nm - Flavorize Jul 12, 10:02
      - Seriously -- nm - JJ Reddick Jul 12, 09:48
    - So... a less offensive Dwight Howard? -- nm - Strongbad Jul 12, 09:39 4
      - That sounds about right. -- nm - David Jul 12, 09:42 3
        
        Dennis might have to be your version of Westbrook next year. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 12, 09:48 2
        
        I think he's an above average player but I'm dubious he'll become a star. - David Jul 12, 09:55 1
        
        I expect him to put up really good numbers next year, simply due to a lack of other above average players. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 12, 09:56
    - That must be why he is on to his third team in three years. -- nm - Spawn Jul 12, 09:38 1
      - So was Demarre when we signed him. - David Jul 12, 09:39
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope agrees to 1-year, $18M deal with Lakers -- nm - Beaker Jul 12, 09:32 2
  - They're apparently going to have to cut somebody to do this, which makes me wonder why they didn't offer $3 million less. -- nm - David Jul 12, 09:33 1
    - 'm not sure they care about the luxury tax hit, which is small (right now)--otherwise--Corey Brewer will be - Flavorize Jul 12, 09:43
According to Bloomberg, Hotel Money Is Funding Anti-Airbnb Sting Operations in NYC -- (link) - Andie Jul 12, 09:27 3
- It's too bad there isn't someplace actually called Hotel Money -- nm - prayformojo Jul 12, 09:29 2
  - The Bank! -- nm - Max Jul 12, 09:36
  - Floyd Mayweather's house? -- nm - Beaker Jul 12, 09:30
Is anyone still supporting it? AHIP (America's Health Insurance Plans) comes out against the bill and says it will destabilize market -- nm - MDH Jul 12, 09:26 7
- Are you kidding? It still looks like it could pass the Senate. -- (link) - mara Jul 12, 09:30 2
  - Here's the press release: They've lost insurers, providers, and consumers. Yet they continue to persist. Gosh they hate poor people. -- (link) - MDH Jul 12, 09:34 1
    - Oh, you mean people who don't get to vote on it. Well, yeah. -- nm - mara Jul 12, 09:38
- and of particular worry, says the Cruz Amendment will unleash a death spiral for people with pre-existing conditions. -- nm - decline Jul 12, 09:30 1
  - It's disturbing for how many people that's considered a notch in the "Pro" column. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 12, 09:38
- Aren't we getting another new bill tomorrow? -- nm - ty97 Jul 12, 09:27 1
  - A new version. -- nm - mara Jul 12, 09:30
Today is Net Neutrality Day apparently, but you wouldn't know it from the Google Doodle, which is about art director and costume designer Eiko Ishioka -- nm - Mop Jul 12, 09:25
You can still cast Ward of Dawn instead of the shield in Destiny 2. - thewrongelement, bad guy Jul 12, 09:20 4
- I don't see any reason why they would drop any of them. Each one has utility and strategic value. -- nm - David Jul 12, 09:22 3
  - To increase the difficulty? - thewrongelement, bad guy Jul 12, 09:59
  - *shoots a rocket into the bubble* -- nm - groiny Jul 12, 09:23 1
    - crash!!! -- nm - Spawn Jul 12, 09:34
Ex-AnheuserBusch CEO August Busch IV had 4 loaded guns, 8 dogs and pills when arrested for DWI in a helicopter. -- (link) - budice Jul 12, 09:16 8
- If you read his priors, he's been busy since college. -- nm - jnine Jul 12, 09:49
- What's the point of having all the money in the world if you can't do some crazy shit? -- nm - Mop Jul 12, 09:45
- did he have the dogs tied up like sled dogs on the helicopter. - groiny Jul 12, 09:20
- um, ick..."The search warrant, signed by St. Clair County Associate Judge William Clay, commanded Busch to give blood, urine or other bodily fluid " -- nm - decline Jul 12, 09:19
- I guess if you're gonna make headlines, might as well make them impressive headlines. -- nm - ty97 Jul 12, 09:18
- "Get to the choppa!!" "WOOF!!" -- nm - Diva Jul 12, 09:17
- that's something you don't read everyday. -- nm - Andie Jul 12, 09:16
- "Shut up, son." -- nm* - August Busch III Jul 12, 09:16
hmmm, i might have to go to the Drive In Friday night. Bill is Spiderman and Baby Driver. -- nm - Andie Jul 12, 09:15
I can't believe sandwichgate is still going -- nm - ty97 Jul 12, 09:12 15
- I'm still on the avocado toast v millennial war - Epiphany Jul 12, 09:56 2
  - still amuses me that avocado toast has become such a thing in recent years. it's been a regular thing for me since early kidhood. - b. Jul 12, 10:00 1
    - :) - Epiphany Jul 12, 10:10
- Maybe people should move on to Douthart's bizzarre theory about why liberals like GoT. -- (link) - mara Jul 12, 09:15 1
  - "Now say they'll live to regret this." -- nm - Reagen Jul 12, 09:34
- what's sandwichgate ? -- nm - decline Jul 12, 09:15 9
  - David Brooks, in his recent column, illustrating how society walls off the poorly educated from opportunity -- (edited) - znufrii Jul 12, 09:28 5
    - I've barely followed this, but I think the issues I have with that article are different from other people's. - Roger More Jul 12, 09:44 4
      - Your last point was my first thought. Normal people would either recommend something or explain what they know about the unfamiliar words. -- nm - mara Jul 12, 09:47 3
        
        Yep. feeling lost and unsure of what to order in an unfamiliar restaurant is a universal experience. - Roger More Jul 12, 09:50 2
        
        There is also the option of either asking someone who works there or pulling out your phone and googling. - thewrongelement, bad guy Jul 12, 10:07
        
        exactly. the lack of knowledge in the situation had very little to do with education, more to do with specific exposure. - b. Jul 12, 09:57
  - I assume discussing why Brooks got wrong about the "working class" and gourmet sandwich restaurants. -- nm - mara Jul 12, 09:16
  - oh you poor innocent fool. -- nm - ty97 Jul 12, 09:16
  - The firmly-held belief that pop tarts are ravioli. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 12, 09:15
*snork* I love her. -- (link) - Spawn Jul 12, 09:11 1
- Did you watch Stargate Universe? -- nm - David Jul 12, 09:19
Strongbad GOT update: halfway through S1. *spoilers* - Strongbad Jul 12, 09:11 10
- the clink of it as it hit the ground is the best part. -- nm - Jovian Jul 12, 09:59
- I just finished a re-watch of season 2. -- nm - groiny Jul 12, 09:25
- If you liked that moment, you're going to love the show. -- nm - David Jul 12, 09:21 5
  - Also, I think you'll enjoy the show more if you start thinking of it in terms of where the pieces are on the board. - David Jul 12, 09:28 3
    - I've started picking up on that - Strongbad Jul 12, 09:34 2
      - the fun thing for me on the show, is that depending on what day you ask me - groiny Jul 12, 09:38
      - and Sansa and Arya have not even begun to develop themselves yet at that point. -- nm - groiny Jul 12, 09:36
  - indeed -- nm - crash davis Jul 12, 09:25
- Clunk -- nm - GregW Jul 12, 09:15
- Yep--fierce--and well deserved. -- nm - Flavorize Jul 12, 09:12
Kilbo news network: Chipotle is test marketing queso and margaritas -- (link) - decline Jul 12, 09:08 1
- (but not to have together) -- nm - decline Jul 12, 09:08
My thoughts on Trump Jr/Russia story - Strongbad Jul 12, 09:06 19
- I hate the hypocrisy of it all. The lying and constant spinning is sickening. Fake news! Witch hunt! -- (edited) - Flavorize Jul 12, 09:18 15
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    - It really depends what happens. Everybody is looking at this like "See? Can we just get this over with now?" But as you've noted, there is still way - pmb Jul 12, 09:35 10
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        I totally agree. The fail safe is supposed to be the voters really. But that clearly isn't happening. Joe Scarborough was pretty adamant about the - pmb Jul 12, 09:54 3
        
        But it's two years between when the voters get any say. In this day and age, a lot can get fucked up in that amount of time. -- nm - znufrii Jul 12, 09:57
        
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        I don't see an alternative other than potential gridlock (which doesn't help on foreign policy) in the short run. -- nm - pmb Jul 12, 10:01
      - My 2 cents - Strongbad Jul 12, 09:43 4
        
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        No. - Strongbad Jul 12, 09:52 2
        
        But they're not dropping (at least not recently). He has his core that won't move. -- nm - pmb Jul 12, 09:56 1
        
        Looking at 6 month data, I see fluctuation with a downward overall trend. - Strongbad Jul 12, 10:04
    - nmb I've been watching too much Scandal -- (edited) - znufrii Jul 12, 09:34
    - I think it has to come from within the Republican party--obviously, someone with high political aspirations, but time is ripe for a Republican Civil War -- nm* - Flavorize Jul 12, 09:31
    - The House, if they decide articles of impeachment (or a credible threat of them) is worth the fallout; the voters (of course); Mueller; Russia. -- nm - mara Jul 12, 09:26
- hee -- (link) - Reagen Jul 12, 09:11 [Backboard] 1
  - What I've always adored that bit is Homer's satisfied nod after he's explained himself. - David Jul 12, 09:18
- "She asked me if I wanted a good time. I can't stop people from asking me questions!" -- nm - ty97 Jul 12, 09:07
Perfection. -- (link) - Spawn Jul 12, 09:05
Pretty confident Gaga was not lip syncing this year. - ty97 Jul 12, 09:05 4
- They always do. There's no way they'd risk a live catastrophe. There's zero time to recover. -- nm - Shaun Jul 12, 09:08 2
  - (They're also very concerned about over-runs) -- nm - Strongbad Jul 12, 09:10
  - By 'they', I mean the NFL. -- nm - Shaun Jul 12, 09:08
- My assumption has always been - Strongbad Jul 12, 09:08
RE b3: Zak Penn--He also wrote Last Action Hero,Inspector Gadget, and Electra-- -- nm - Flavorize Jul 12, 09:05 2
- not helping! -- nm - Beaker Jul 12, 09:26
- *dig up* -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 12, 09:25
The fabrics and textures in Black Panther look amazing. -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 12, 09:04 6
- I hope this is just one good bad ass movie as the trailer makes it look -- nm - eag Jul 12, 10:05
- skin texture! -- nm - Spawn Jul 12, 09:07 4
  - that one dude in the water sure has some skin texture. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 12, 09:09 3
    - he could probably get an ointment for that -- nm - decline Jul 12, 09:11
    - As I said on B2, very cold. -- nm - Spawn Jul 12, 09:10 1
      - so many nips. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 12, 09:14

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