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This isn't complicated. You could put Kate Upton and Alexandra Daddario in virtually ANY project and I'm buying a ticket. -- nm - Volnelk Jul 20, 17:21
Hugh Freeze, the coach in The Blind Side, just got fired at Ole Miss. - David's iPad Jul 20, 17:11 1
- Same day as Oher was released, right? -- nm - prayformojo Jul 20, 17:13
Turkish Oil Wrestling? -- nm - Beaker Jul 20, 16:47
Some shots from this morning's art class..... -- (link) - Meg Jul 20, 16:38 [flickr] 2
- What kind of car is that? -- nm - prayformojo Jul 20, 16:40 1
  - VW Karmann Ghia -- (link) - Meg Jul 20, 16:43
GoT spoil - mud Jul 20, 16:33 4
- spoils - peglegpete Jul 20, 16:51 3
  - That would have been some bonfire. -- nm - GregW Jul 20, 18:56
  - agreed -- nm - mud Jul 20, 16:52 1
    - Clearly it's (spoils) - Shardik the Baron Jul 20, 17:01
Speaking of... Kids want a hamster. I think I'm gonna get them a hamster. You cool with that? What do I need to know? -- nm - Mop Jul 20, 16:28 13
- I'd say the ratio of mean to nice hamsters is about 10:1 - mafic Jul 20, 17:35
- I had a dozen as a kid, keep males and females separate, not for what you think. because the females will kill the males - zeitgeist Jul 20, 17:32
- So, good idea, I'm hearing? -- nm - Mop Jul 20, 17:16
- Been there. Pet rat is actually the better choice. -- nm - VMan Jul 20, 17:16
- can they keep it at their mom's house? -- nm - peglegpete Jul 20, 16:56
- don't do it -- nm - Beaker Jul 20, 16:53
- Hey. Here is my hamster story... -- (edited) - Andie Jul 20, 16:49
- Your house will smell terrible and it'll be a good way to teach the kids about death in less than a year. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jul 20, 16:37
- I believe the Walt Disney family has one. We did but that was some 30+ years ago before the mice. -- nm - Meg Jul 20, 16:37
- They smell. -- nm - IrishStephen Jul 20, 16:35 2
  - ... if you don't clean the cage often enough. -- nm - Spawndroid Jul 20, 16:45 1
    - Often enough being hourly. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jul 20, 16:46
- I always thought of you as more of a gerbil guy. -- nm - Spawndroid Jul 20, 16:30
This dog spent 9 months lost in the Idaho mountains. Here’s how she got home to Boise - crash davis Jul 20, 16:20 4
- She went missing along with a cat. I wonder why she won't talk about what happened during those 9 months. -- nm - Mop Jul 20, 16:29
- Last winter was the roughest one in Idaho in thirty years. The thought of a twelve year old dog surviving it amazes me. -- nm - crash davis Jul 20, 16:25
- ....and *here's* how she was soon thereafter elected mayor -- nm - prayformojo Jul 20, 16:21 1
  - She couldn't get elected mayor of Boise, but she would be a definite contender in Garden Valley -- nm - crash davis Jul 20, 16:23
At the food truck festival I went to on the weekend, one of the trucks was called CholoTaco. Due to their logo font, someone misread it as - Beryllium Jul 20, 16:12 2
- I'm seriously considering tacos for dinner -- nm - crash davis Jul 20, 16:13 1
  - I'm having a Turkey Burrito :) -- nm - Meg Jul 20, 16:33
People set up a memorial to that robot that drowned -- (link) - JD Jul 20, 16:02 6
- Doesn't it deserve your love and admiration? Is it any less a security guard than Paul Blart? -- nm - Mop Jul 20, 16:16
- after I win the lottery I will set up a floating memorial to Fredo in the middle of Lake Tahoe -- nm - peglegpete Jul 20, 16:07 2
  - nice -- nm - mud Jul 20, 16:10
  - If I know one thing about Fredo .... it'll sink. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 20, 16:10
- too funny -- nm - crash davis Jul 20, 16:04 1
  - Oh...that must've been an early photo -- (link) - JD Jul 20, 16:07
GOP parts ways with county chairman after indecent exposure arrest involving stun gun -- (link) - Covington Jul 20, 15:36 4
- Why is it always a Republican? -- nm - Mop Jul 20, 15:57 3
  - I guess this sort of behaviour is just considered normal and not news worthy for Dems? -- nm - Beryllium Jul 20, 16:07
  - It is amazing when a GOP official is caught doing something, they turn out to be a Republican, isn't it? - crash davis Jul 20, 15:59 1
    - Weiner is a secret Republican! - Mop Jul 20, 16:03
Chipotle having more problems. Rodents fall onto customers. -- (link) - jnine Jul 20, 15:35 12
- Not Manhattan. Huh. -- nm - ty97 Jul 20, 16:30
- That's not a problem, that's the entertainment -- nm - decline Jul 20, 16:04
- "Rodents"? Like squirrels or hamsters or a nutria or a capybara? -- (edited) - Mop Jul 20, 16:00
- Ireally don't understand how people still eat here? -- nm - MDH Jul 20, 15:50 1
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- Had a steak burrito from them today. Always forget how overpriced they are compared to what you get. - IrishStephen Jul 20, 15:44 4
  - Much be regional pricing. $6 here. If I recall ty said he pays $34. - Cuzzin Todd Jul 20, 15:46 3
    - Burrito, Chips, and Guac runs about 10-11 here. So the burrito alone's probably $6.95. -- nm - Ender Jul 20, 17:42
    - Yeah, $6 is about the right price for what I got. - IrishStephen Jul 20, 15:52
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- Sean Spicer needs to leave Trump and form a firm working for Chipotle and United. - crash davis Jul 20, 15:38
Rypien adds Davey O'Brien Award to preseason watch list collection - crash davis Jul 20, 15:19 1
- My first thought on reading this is "WTF is the Wuerffel Trophy?" -- nm - crash davis Jul 20, 15:20
Archer vs Kingsmen -- (link) - Beaker Jul 20, 15:12 [youtube] 3
- The guys who sang 'Louie Louie'? -- nm - Amoxy Jul 20, 15:42
- That was great. -- nm - Krusty Jul 20, 15:23
- Oh. My. God. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 20, 15:15
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Hallee Berry chugging whiskey at the Kingsmen panel today at Comic Con -- (link) - peglegpete Jul 20, 14:57 [youtube] 4
- also, Flicks & the City has the rights to air ComicCon panels again this year on YT -- nm - peglegpete Jul 20, 15:40
- If that's real, how is she not dead? -- nm - Mop Jul 20, 15:33 1
  - it was only about 4 fingers of whiskey. the panel opened with the moderator & a bottle of some whiskey used in the film - peglegpete Jul 20, 15:37
- holy moly -- nm - mud Jul 20, 15:31
Dunkirk 95% (143/8), Valerian and the City of a 1000 Planets 58% (54/40), Atomic Blonde 81% (17/4), Girls Trip 86% (44/7) -- nm - Beaker Jul 20, 14:51
From Bcc. My season tickets were delivered by three Bears rookies. Future HOF A. Shaheen, - zunk xometimes Jul 20, 14:51 6
- So awesome! -- nm - Krusty Jul 20, 16:06
- Nice! -- nm - Mop Jul 20, 15:34
- That's awesome! -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jul 20, 15:31
- Have you had your tickets a really long time? I can't imagine they do this for everyone. -- nm - jnine Jul 20, 15:26
- still that is pretty cool -- nm - crash davis Jul 20, 15:00
- *calls the cops* -- nm - Beaker Jul 20, 14:52
Dan Orlovsky signed as backup QB by the Rams (poor Kaepernick) -- nm - Beaker Jul 20, 14:46
Burundi Robotics Team Vanishes After U.S. Competition (at least two of them disappeared into Canada) - crash davis Jul 20, 14:37 11
- Do we grant sanctuary to minors if their parents haven't given some form of approval? -- nm - jnine Jul 20, 15:29
- Are they Muslim? -- nm - Mop Jul 20, 15:14 2
  - all I can confirm at this time is that they are Nerds -- nm - crash davis Jul 20, 15:16
  - I assume that the answer to this question determines how many battalions of Feebs are sent after them? -- nm - Beryllium Jul 20, 15:16
- It took me a bit to realize they meant Washington DC - Reagen Jul 20, 14:55 3
  - yep - also an interesting aside, the team from Iran didn't get their approved parts box (they think sanctions blocked em) so they then - crash davis Jul 20, 15:06 2
    - their robot then killed 62 Americans! -- nm - Beaker Jul 20, 15:08 1
      - ... but then it was acquired by Lockheed Martin -- nm - Beryllium Jul 20, 15:09
- As a Canadian, I'd happily welcome Burundi roboticists into the county. - Beryllium Jul 20, 14:50 2
  - I thought you might one of the ones offering them asylum -- nm - crash davis Jul 20, 14:53 1
    - I wish i could afford to hire roboticists. Or anyone, really. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 20, 14:54
David F. Sandberg, a relatively new director (whose most-recent work is Annabelle: Creation) to direct Shazam for WB -- nm - Beaker Jul 20, 14:34
Anthony Micheal Hall's Hail Caesar will always be the best Hail Caesar. -- nm - Todd Manning Jul 20, 14:23
Just for the Canadians: Just read an interesting theory. Curious about your thoughts.... - Name Withheld by Request Jul 20, 14:18 8
- Foreign aid is always going to have an eye on domestic politics - if only because you have to justify why you are giving money to people in other - Roger More Jul 20, 14:53
- Not a Canadian, but I like potatoes, cheese curds, and gravy. This might be cyclical - crash davis Jul 20, 14:52
- i think what's happening is Canada is taking a more Us vs Them stance, but, with all the US stuff happening -- (edited) - Andie Jul 20, 14:20 5
  - That wouldn't explain the near-vacuum of any left criticisms on Liberals announced ramp up of military spending or extensions to Syria/Iraq missions. - Name Withheld by Request Jul 20, 14:27 4
    - The questions around Syria/Iraq are different to the questions of a decade ago re: Afghanistan. - Roger More Jul 20, 14:39 3
      - Bad people? There's always been a pacifist movement in Canada that's pretty silent at the moment. - Name Withheld By Request Jul 20, 15:34 2
        
        Are they silent though, or are they not getting traction on these issues? I can't speak to the issues you're talking about but I have seen criticism - Roger More Jul 20, 15:45 1
        
        The federal NDP is also kind of rudderless atm. -- nm - Reagen Jul 20, 15:57
Trump to name Richard Grenell as ambassador to Germany -- (link) - Amoxy Jul 20, 14:12
So lets say Trump either resigns or gets impeached over the Russian investigation - eag Jul 20, 14:11 15
- nah. but he will increase the AG's budget to ad on more prosecutors, researchers and tech people looking into Trump -- nm - peglegpete Jul 20, 14:16
- most likely...it would limit if not prevent investigation into Pence's link to the coverups -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 20, 14:15
- Pence may not make it to President - Amoxy Jul 20, 14:14 11
  - question? did they target Agnew first before they got Nixon out or was that happenstance? -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 20, 14:16 10
    - oct 1973 for Agnew, aug 1974 for nixon, but I don't know which investigation started first -- nm - Beryllium Jul 20, 14:20 7
      - A lot of people were afraid to go after Nixon with Agnew in the wings - Amoxy Jul 20, 14:25 5
        
        Nixon famously bragged about that -- nm - Beryllium Jul 20, 14:34 4
        
        I have no idea what you are talking about -- nm - W Jul 20, 14:39 3
        
        *double thumbs up* -- nm - Slick Willy si Jul 20, 14:53 2
        
        but people actually liked his vice president, in fact they gave him the popular vote -- nm - crash davis Jul 20, 14:54 1
        
        I just meant that he seemed even more liberal and academic than Bill ... so the same concept, just flipped turned upside down -- nm - Beryllium Jul 20, 15:07
      - (Hmm, you probably would've known that. Sorry :) ) -- nm - Beryllium Jul 20, 14:21
    - Agnew taking the bribes was happenstance. we just got lucky it was first. -- nm - peglegpete Jul 20, 14:18 1
      - And their prices are always low AF -- nm - Tom Bodett Jul 20, 14:22
- of course -- nm - ty97 Jul 20, 14:13
Well at least there are no conservative colleges. -- nm - ty97 Jul 20, 14:11 17
- what about those christian universities? -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 20, 17:36
- Trump University!! -- nm - Beaker Jul 20, 14:43
- Yes, all ten of them! (nm) - IrishStephen Jul 20, 14:43 3
  - I went to one of them, they are not rare. -- nm - ty97 Jul 20, 16:30 1
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- There have been at least two other waves in living memory where colleges were a huge source of reactionary thinking - Reagen Jul 20, 14:42 7
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    - I'm thinking in the sense of what conservatives seem to be worried about - Reagen Jul 20, 14:59 3
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        I mean, I agree, I'm just explaining. -- nm - Reagen Jul 20, 15:04 1
        
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  - Well, at least one of those actively sought to expand free speech on campuses, not shut it down (from a particular viewpoint)... - IrishStephen Jul 20, 14:44 1
    - My point is that these are transitory movements. - Reagen Jul 20, 14:48
- Baylor and SMU? -- nm - Strongbad Jul 20, 14:31
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- At the conference I was just at, there were some presenters from Grand Canyon University - prayformojo Jul 20, 14:14
Trump to Mueller: Don't you dare to look for that pee tape -- nm - Amoxy Jul 20, 14:04
Up next on the ST band ticket: The Viagra-Like Ingredients -- nm - Beryllium Jul 20, 13:57 10
- Pew Research -- nm - rollo Jul 20, 14:27 6
  - B8: "Annihilate! Kill! Kill!" -- nm - rollo Jul 20, 14:31 5
    - B7: Ash Hat -- nm - rollo Jul 20, 14:32 4
      - B6: Young Diane Lane -- nm - rollo Jul 20, 14:34 3
        
        B5: effin bee-esser -- nm - rollo Jul 20, 14:36 2
        
        B4: Cholula -- nm - rollo Jul 20, 14:39 1
        
        B3: McEnroe Trump Tiger Trump -- nm - rollo Jul 20, 14:41
- Followed up by A Swift Kick to the Pills. -- nm - Shaun Jul 20, 14:17
- black rhino horns -- nm - peglegpete Jul 20, 14:10
- Peeing Russian Hookers -- nm - Amoxy Jul 20, 14:05
Texas company issues recall after Viagra-like ingredient discovered in its coffee -- (link) - tRuMaN Jul 20, 13:55 2
- "pour yourself a stiff cup o Joe"? - Reagen Jul 20, 13:58 1 1
  - It's not a bad product idea. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 20, 13:58

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