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Scalise update: Out of ICU again, but still serious condition. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 12, 16:54
wap? New CDC chief partnered with Coke in state obesity program -- (link) - prayformojo Jul 12, 16:53
lunch: 3 slices of pizza. dinner: herb veggie quina blend -- nm - Remlik Jul 12, 16:48 1
- Just maintaining a balance -- nm - decline Jul 12, 16:52
yup. -- (link) - Reagen Jul 12, 16:41 3
- And somehow I am still collecting a paycheck -- nm - zork Jul 12, 17:01
- Too often. -- nm - Krusty Jul 12, 17:01
- it me. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 12, 16:45
Russian gov/ Trump associate contacts may go back as far as 2015 -- (link) - Reagen Jul 12, 16:40
Is there anything specifically on Hulu that needs to be watched? - JaxSean Jul 12, 16:32 5
- People seem to really like The Handmaid's Tale. -- nm - Krusty Jul 12, 16:38 2
  - They have every episode of Bob's Burgers which is a must watch if you don't already. -- nm - Krusty Jul 12, 16:40 1
    - I have seen them all -- nm - JaxSean Jul 12, 17:02
- The Handmaid's Tale -- nm - JD Jul 12, 16:37 1
  - Ah yes. Thanks -- nm - JaxSean Jul 12, 17:01
Landbeck update! - prayformojo Jul 12, 16:29 6
- yeah. -- nm* - TRuMaN Jul 12, 17:01
- Woohoo! -- nm - Strongbad Jul 12, 16:55
- very promising, thanks! - b. Jul 12, 16:47
- Nice progress! 👍 -- nm - Krusty Jul 12, 16:39
- Thanks! -- nm - JaxSean Jul 12, 16:34
- that is sounding good to me, thanks! -- nm - crash davis Jul 12, 16:33
Hmm. First Amazon day packaged was delivered to the wrong home. I have a delivery notification but no box. -- nm - TRuMaN Jul 12, 16:23 2
- Already got 3 of the 7 items I ordered. -- nm - GregW Jul 12, 16:59 1
  - The second package of items showed up. The fist was USPS delivery, so yeah. This was UPS and made it fine. - TRuMaN Jul 12, 17:01
Julie Payette to replace David Johnston as Governor General -- (link*) - Reagen Jul 12, 15:50 7
- Pronounced Gov-er-nor or Guv-nuh? -- nm - budice Jul 12, 16:13 5
  - M'lord. -- nm - Reagen Jul 12, 16:27
  - Catsup. -- nm - Mop Jul 12, 16:19
  - The proper way. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 12, 16:14 2
    - abOUT -- nm - mud Jul 12, 16:42
    - ah, then its The Guv -- nm - crash davis Jul 12, 16:23
- Out: Old and tired. In: Young and French. -- nm - Mop Jul 12, 15:58
With great power comes great respunsibility. -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 12, 15:41
Premium Cable Intro Music -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 12, 15:29 [youtube] 1
- Indeed, of all the people who should call out repetitive things, Fred Armisen is definitely among them! -- nm - Reagen Jul 12, 15:46
How reporters around the world described the scale of the massive iceberg that broke off from Antarctica -- (link) - ty97 Jul 12, 15:24 4
- Australia: Definitely bigger than a koala. -- nm - Mop Jul 12, 15:58
- heh, when I looked it up this morning, two of three first hit headlines had comparisons - delaware (u.s. something) and twice the size of luxembourg - b. Jul 12, 15:41
- SAVE US DENNIS QUAID! -- nm - eag Jul 12, 15:25 1
  - Screw you, I'm saving myself. You get Randy. -- nm - Dennis Quaid Jul 12, 15:33
WWE: Sami Zayn starting a fundraiser for a mobile medical clinic in Syria... -- (link) - Remlik Jul 12, 15:11
Pippy! - b. Jul 12, 15:11
"BREAKING: Exclusive video shows Donald J. Trump with associates tied to email controversy" - David Jul 12, 15:08 3
- Like Hillary? - eag Jul 12, 15:11 2
  - You don't understand eag! It's But HER e-mails, not But HIS e-mails! -- nm - ty97 Jul 12, 15:12 1
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Canada fisherman killed by whale moments after rescuing it from net -- (link) - crash davis Jul 12, 15:05 1
- The whale's name? Alanis. -- nm - Spawn Jul 12, 16:09
ty97 News Network: Why Portland International Airport is America's Best Airport -- (link) - ReluctantCynic Jul 12, 14:53 14
- I assume a big factor here is the number of flights it handles. After having flown through Philly, I know I never want to do that again. - Mop Jul 12, 16:15
- Here is a hint a Domestic airport can't be an International Airport, silly Portlanders. -- nm - Karl_S Jul 12, 15:44 9
  - Hobart has an international airport. I don't believe it has any international scheduled passenger flights. -- nm - Roger More Jul 12, 16:32
  - PDX has fights to Tokyo and Europe - ty97 Jul 12, 16:02 2
    - And, you know, Canada. -- nm - Reagen Jul 12, 16:28
    - Maybe it should just be Portland Airport then. -- nm - Karl_S Jul 12, 16:24
  - I remember looking when this came up in the past - they used to call it "america's best airports." people probably complained that america covers more - b. Jul 12, 15:56 4
    - no one in Canada actually complains about this, FWiW - Reagen Jul 12, 15:57 3
      - I remember it's come up here from at least one canadian in the past. -- nm - b. Jul 12, 16:27
      - Plus your airports suck - ty97 Jul 12, 16:04 1
        
        But you can buy and fly with lobster at YHZ -- nm - Beryllium Jul 12, 16:07
- Sorry, the carpet makes it lose by default - ty97 Jul 12, 15:10 2
  - *clutches pearls* - ReluctantCynic Jul 12, 16:27 1
    - don't you mean your carpet-pattern socks? -- nm - b. Jul 12, 16:29
I doubt this is a crime, but it is amusing. -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 12, 14:46 2
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  - But I love the concept that he colluded with the Russians to get info about hillary colluding with the Russians, and got nothing but entrapped ... - zeitgeist Jul 12, 14:53
Kid Rock may be running for the Senate.... -- (link) - Remlik Jul 12, 14:44 4
- Leading to the inevitable Rock v. Kid Rock contest. -- nm - Reagen Jul 12, 15:23
- Kid Rock Senator -- nm - Kale Jul 12, 15:16
- He has a website: -- (link) - MDH Jul 12, 15:14
- sure why not. another white asshole from the midwest. -- nm - Jovian Jul 12, 14:48
If I'm seeing this right, Destiny 2 limits the number of revives in PvP. - David Jul 12, 14:43 19
- Uh oh, I might have to get more conservative with my play -- nm - J Jul 12, 14:49 18
  - Don't worry. Remlik will still lead with his face. -- nm - David Jul 12, 14:50 17
    - all titan, all the time -- nm - groiny Jul 12, 14:51 16
      - leading the way to glory for all. -- nm - Remlik Jul 12, 14:53 15
        
        you should run 3 titans this time. -- nm - groiny Jul 12, 14:54 14
        
        3? -- nm - Remlik Jul 12, 14:58 13
        
        The idea is that you get triple the drops each week, presuming that the old methods hold. - David Jul 12, 15:02 12
        
        so if I have 3 titans do I have to run them for the drops? or can I run one and level it up and keep the other 2 in storage? -- nm - Remlik Jul 12, 15:15 1
        
        You would have to run once per character each week to get three drops. Is that what you're asking? -- nm - David Jul 12, 15:36
        
        I can't wait until I understand what the hell you guys are talking about -- nm - crash davis Jul 12, 15:04 9
        
        If you pre-ordered, you'll know next week! - David Jul 12, 15:07 8
        
        The game drops next week if you pre-ordered? Or is it a beta? -- nm - Krusty Jul 12, 15:25 3
        
        It's a beta. Did you pre-order? -- nm - David Jul 12, 15:35 2
        
        Nope. Looks like I'll be ordering it this weekend to get in on the beta. -- nm - Krusty Jul 12, 15:47 1
        
        YEAH!!! -- nm - David Jul 12, 15:54
        
        ah...I see. Is gear transferable between characters? -- nm - Remlik Jul 12, 15:16 2
        
        One vault, no waiting! - Kale Jul 12, 15:58
        
        It was in Destiny, so I expect that it will be in Destiny 2. -- nm - David Jul 12, 15:35
        
        ah, thank you -- nm - crash davis Jul 12, 15:08
znu - this might be what you were asking for earlier: The Everybody-Does-It Defense of Collusion -- (link) - crash davis Jul 12, 14:42 7
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  - I'll call that bluff. "Shoot them. Shoot them both." -- nm - Max Jul 12, 15:22
  - I love the simultaneous arguments of "babe in the woods" and "grizzly bear with a machine gun". -- nm - Reagen Jul 12, 15:17 2
    - also "Hilary was both too passive and a dangerous warmonger" -- nm - Reagen Jul 12, 15:39 1
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  - the argument that really amused me was the "wouldn't you want a President who would do anything to win?" -- nm - crash davis Jul 12, 14:49 1
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Blake Lively to star in spy movie from Bond producers.... -- (link) - Remlik Jul 12, 14:41 5
- Sounds similar to parts of the story in Iron Fist, but ... well, better in almost every way. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 12, 14:44 4
  - except for the obvious fact this is Blake Lively -- nm - peglegpete Jul 12, 14:49 3
    - Sorry, I specifically meant Iron Fist's Netflix version. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 12, 14:54 2
      - :)) -- nm - peglegpete Jul 12, 15:14
      - I like the work she did in a shark movie I saw recently. But I'm having a brain cloud on the movie name. -- nm - crash davis Jul 12, 15:03
... hmm. Someone made a Preacher playlist on Spotify and included Come As You Are. (spoilers) - Beryllium Jul 12, 14:36 2
- Preacher comic spoiler in case you did not know. - Spawn Jul 12, 14:37 1
  - Haaaah -- nm - Beryllium Jul 12, 14:40
rare WWII Enigma device sells at auction -- (link) - peglegpete Jul 12, 14:28 2
- tbh I would consider paying nearly that much -- nm - Beryllium Jul 12, 14:36 1
  - (but maybe I'd settle for paying less for a piece of ENIAC, UNIVAC, or Colossus. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 12, 14:39
kid born with 1 arm smacks a 2 run dinger in baseball -- (link) - Remlik Jul 12, 14:26
Znu news: trailer for the biggest film of the year.... -- (link) - Remlik Jul 12, 14:22 [youtube]
Teenagers. Not the brightest knives in the drawer. -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 12, 14:13 2
- "I hate you so much right now." -- nm - horse Jul 12, 14:22
- "She's a very expensive lawn ornament." heh -- nm - JaxSean Jul 12, 14:22
French Guiana says fuck it, fields former French international for Gold Cup match against Honduras anyway, in violation of FIFA eligibility rules. -- (link*) - znufrii Jul 12, 13:45
this rare 2500 year old rock art was meant to be seen at night, not day like almost all other known rock art. -- (link) - peglegpete Jul 12, 13:44 2
- photo fail -- nm - Max Jul 12, 13:49 1
  - one of the other archeology sites I follow should have a better version of the story & pix in a day or 2 -- nm - peglegpete Jul 12, 13:53
Don't californicate ....enter name of your state here.... -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 12, 13:43
BATTLEBOTS new season starts tonight on Discovery Science 10 pm eastern -- nm - peglegpete Jul 12, 13:42 5
- This is a channel that exists? -- nm - Mop Jul 12, 14:03 1
  - yes. 284 on Direct tv. last season the show was on ABC so you may have to re-season pass it. -- nm* - peglegpete Jul 12, 14:05
- It's about five total minutes of actual action. Those five minutes are awesome but there's so much filler. - Krusty Jul 12, 13:45 2
  - Absolutely true. Those 5 minutes are jaw dropping. -- nm - Mop Jul 12, 14:03
  - ditto -- nm - peglegpete Jul 12, 13:46
WashingtonPost says: Stop being dumb. Be like your buddy pfm -- (link) - prayformojo Jul 12, 13:29 18
- 66% -- nm - Beryllium Jul 12, 14:08
- HELL NO!!! - David Jul 12, 14:07
- 68 -- nm - Callisto Buffalomeat Jul 12, 14:06
- 60 -- nm - peglegpete Jul 12, 13:52 1
  - same where I am right now. -- nm - b. Jul 12, 15:21
- What's your current dew point? We're at a pleasant 52 degrees. -- nm - Mop Jul 12, 13:41 11
  - 89, feels like 94, and I just took a hot subway to a hot bus to a hot LGA terminal. - ty97 Jul 12, 15:11 1
    - This afternoon it said it felt like triple digits and tomorrow is supposed to be worse. Nice job getting out of town. - Krusty Jul 12, 15:55
  - 73° -- nm - JaxSean Jul 12, 14:12
  - Words cannot express how beautiful the weather is here. - Mop Jul 12, 14:08
  - 53.1F -- nm - Beryllium Jul 12, 14:07
  - 15C. -- nm - Reagen Jul 12, 13:55
  - 70 -- nm - znufrii Jul 12, 13:51
  - We're at 74F here. Great. -- nm - pmb Jul 12, 13:48
  - 70° It's awful out here. -- nm - Krusty Jul 12, 13:46
  - 71 -- nm - Max Jul 12, 13:44
  - 21*C / 70*F. But we are about to get a big storm apparently. -- nm - Andie Jul 12, 13:42
- yep -- nm - Max Jul 12, 13:36
But are you getting it? - David Jul 12, 13:27 2
- C'mon, Steve! -- nm - Callisto Buffalomeat Jul 12, 14:13 1
  - The loss of Steve ended my ongoing affair with Def Leppard. - Spawn Jul 12, 14:38
What the world needs now, is us, sweet us. -- nm - The Tick Jul 12, 13:27 1
- Is a new kind of tension 'Cause the old one just bores me to death -- nm - Remlik Jul 12, 13:36

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