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Some people just want to make 5-year-old girls cry for selling lemonade without a license. -- (link) - Mop Jul 21, 09:37 3
- those 4 policemen should be forced to drink a gallon of lemonade that doesn't have any sugar in it -- nm - decline Jul 21, 09:44 1
  - and be urine -- nm - Beaker Jul 21, 09:47
- I'm pretty sure I see more outrage about lemonade stands on the Internet than actual lemonade stands in real life -- nm - con_carne Jul 21, 09:38
To be fair, this guy seems to be making fun not of women on Tinder, but of people who mock the women on Tinder IMO -- (link) - con_carne Jul 21, 09:36 [Image] 1
- No, he just seems to be mocking women on Tinder. -- nm - Mop Jul 21, 09:39
Well this is the best tweet you'll see today -- (link) - ty97 Jul 21, 09:36
Apparently Bannon was very against Scaramucci too -- (link) - ty97 Jul 21, 09:35
And this -- (link) - ty97 Jul 21, 09:30 3
- Can we see him clash with KAC in an interview that would be brilliant -- nm - eag Jul 21, 09:33
- No no no, Sean. The idea is to go to a place where people *don't* want to stab you immediately -- nm - con_carne Jul 21, 09:33
- I'd go for that. I'm about sick of Jeffrey Lord -- nm - crash davis Jul 21, 09:32
Bannon and Priebus were not in the know about Spicer. -- nm - Remlik Jul 21, 09:29
Barely used my A/C this summer. Last time my power bill was this low was last November (by a few pennies). - Mop Jul 21, 09:26
Triple Threat trailer. -- (link) - Shaun Jul 21, 09:24 [youtube]
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- Tell your friend to cut bait. Why waste *years* of her life squeezing blood from a rock. What exactly does she think this marriage will be like? -- nm - oblique Jul 21, 09:38 1
  - exactly this -- nm - Beaker Jul 21, 09:43
- Get the Huntings to show them what it's like to wait until later in life to have a kid -- nm - con_carne Jul 21, 09:31
- convince the bf to run for the hills -- nm - decline Jul 21, 09:28
- Does she get pressure from her family? -- nm - David's iPad Jul 21, 09:28
- You can't. I had a friend who did this for years. The BF never changed his mind (and in his defense, he said from Day 1 he never wanted to get - Andie Jul 21, 09:25 3
  - There is a percentage who simply don't want to MARRY that person - but would marry someone else - Epiphany Jul 21, 09:35
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    - i know exactly what you mean. it takes a bigger badder thing to finally put an end to the cycle. -- nm - Andie Jul 21, 09:27
My recurring STer dream is that one day Spawn is nice enough to show me how to play Destiny -- nm - groony Jul 21, 09:23
Poll: Does something really bad (i mean, more-really-bad) come out from the WH very soon? Did Spicer quit knowing something even worse is coming? -- nm - Andie Jul 21, 09:22 5
- They announced a new director of Communications today. I think he was just waiting until that was filled. -- nm - pmb Jul 21, 09:27
- I'm going to say no, nothing really bad very soon. I think it's going to be kind of bad, trickling out, from now until Mueller is done. -- nm - mara Jul 21, 09:25
- oh hell yes. -- nm - mud Jul 21, 09:24
- There's rumors of the shake-up coming in August so might as well now. - Will Hunting Jul 21, 09:23 1
  - Vice-president Steve Bannon. Go ahead. Impeach Trump now. -- nm - Mop Jul 21, 09:28
The Falcons scoreboard in the new stadium is straight bonkers. -- (link) - Volnelk Jul 21, 09:20
Spicer hosting SNL or just part of the opening skit? -- nm - jnine Jul 21, 09:16 6
- He's going to be quiet as a church mouse. He didn't quit other than he didn't like the new boss. - Will Hunting Jul 21, 09:21
- I mean, if I went around acting like those guys (the administration) and then quit my job, I would be afraid of getting stabbed in the street, let - con_carne Jul 21, 09:21 2
  - This would presume they would capably be able to do anything. Last success they had was winning election. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 21, 09:22 1
    - Or stealing it. -- nm - jnine Jul 21, 09:27
- Is SNL going on during the summer? -- nm - David Jul 21, 09:18 1
  - No, but they'll still put him on . -- nm - jnine Jul 21, 09:26
I hope Melissa McCarthy is okay. -- nm - ty97 Jul 21, 09:15 1
- they can still do one more post-White House sketch with her (or more). Spicer walking out of the WH, Spicer at Cabo San Lucas, Spicer at the Roxbury -- nm - crash davis Jul 21, 09:17
I'd say Hugh Freeze doesn't work again, but Bobby Petrino... - David Jul 21, 09:13
In your disgusting news of the day, 5 teens video a man drowning and mock him instead of helping him. -- (link) - jnine Jul 21, 09:13 8
- I'm not going to click on the link. I just can't -- nm - crash davis Jul 21, 09:22 1
  - right. -- nm - Andie Jul 21, 09:22
- omg. -- nm - Andie Jul 21, 09:21
- Perfectly legal in Florida, apparently. Okie dokie then. -- nm - mara Jul 21, 09:21 2
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- I was just about to post this. WTF is wrong with people? -- nm - oblique Jul 21, 09:14 1
  - Desensitized or just scum? -- nm - jnine Jul 21, 09:17
What was your favorite Press Secretary Sean Spicer moment -- nm - Jovian Jul 21, 09:13 10
- "the president has been very clear I think the president has made it clear the president has been very clear I think the president has made it - mud Jul 21, 09:22
- "Moose/Lambs!" -- nm - prayformojo Jul 21, 09:17 1
  - my vote -- nm - Epiphany Jul 21, 09:24
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- That time that he never gave the press briefing because Sarah Hucakbee Sanders did. -- nm - ty97 Jul 21, 09:15
- HuffPo for the win -- (link) - decline Jul 21, 09:14
- When he picked up the podium and ran at the press, oh wait. When he was in the bushes. Hard to tell which of those is real and which SNL. -- nm - jnine Jul 21, 09:14
- obs its the ones on snl. -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 21, 09:14
- reading the tell-all book he wrote after leaving -- nm - crash davis Jul 21, 09:14 1
  - this photo has always cracked me up -- (link) - prayformojo Jul 21, 09:21 [Image]
Today: Three bank robberies reported in downtown D.C. in 30 minutes. Police think there may be only 1 suspect. -- (link) - MDH Jul 21, 09:10 8
- Was it choreographed to music with an amazing getaway driver? -- nm - jnine Jul 21, 09:15 1
  - Tyrone! -- nm - Shaun Jul 21, 09:19
- That is BADASS. -- nm - David Jul 21, 09:14 1
  - Oh, he didn't get money at the other two. Never mind. -- nm - David Jul 21, 09:15
- Interrogate efficiency experts! -- nm - crash davis Jul 21, 09:13
- Did they release OJ yet? -- nm - zork Jul 21, 09:12
- And Max has skipped town you say? -- nm - con_carne Jul 21, 09:11
- is his name Barry? -- nm - decline Jul 21, 09:11
Apparently they exhumed Salvador Dali. And his moustache is intact. -- (link) - Andie Jul 21, 09:06 1
- That actually makes me happy -- nm - zork Jul 21, 09:10
lyc: I hit a jackrabbit last night with our new vehicle. It led to Trish being embarrassed in the Walmart parking lot. - crash davis Jul 21, 09:04 6
- lucky rabbits foot -- nm - budice Jul 21, 09:08 1
  - I've always wondered about that. If a rabbits foot is lucky, then why don't rabbits (who have four of them) rule the earth? -- nm - crash davis Jul 21, 09:12
- For reasons other than just being at Walmart. Also, poor Thumper. -- nm - zork Jul 21, 09:07
- dinner! -- nm - decline Jul 21, 09:06 2
  - YSMM -- nm - Mop Jul 21, 09:21
  - for something, sure. He went out in the desert where I'm sure a scavenger will find him. -- nm - crash davis Jul 21, 09:10
Per Twitter: Spicer officially resigns. [Edit: Now with link.] -- (link*) - Name Withheld by Request Jul 21, 08:58 17
- The Onion is on it. -- (link) - MDH Jul 21, 09:11
- He's going to be the most sought after interview now. Wonder what stories he's going to let loose. -- nm - zork Jul 21, 09:05 7
  - Nothing. I guarantee something was given in exchange for him not talking. -- nm - Andie Jul 21, 09:07 6
    - Trump's always been an NDA fanatic, but I wonder if he can do that in the White House. -- nm - David Jul 21, 09:08 5
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        And his publisher should be able to pay for the lawyer. -- nm - mara Jul 21, 09:24
        
        which side? (really asking. You would fight to defend a NDA or overrule it?) -- nm - Andie Jul 21, 09:23 1
        
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      - ianal, but as a public servant, there is an overwhelming public need to hear Spicer's story -- nm - crash davis Jul 21, 09:19
- I imagine Spicer is now the happiest person in the White House. I imagine him whistling and dancing down the hallways as he's getting his stuff - pmb Jul 21, 09:02 3
  - Passing grim-faced people looking longingly after him. -- nm - mara Jul 21, 09:05
  - I really hope he writes a tell-all -- nm - decline Jul 21, 09:04 1
    - Absolutely. -- nm - mara Jul 21, 09:06
- Did he get busted calling hookers, too? -- nm - David Jul 21, 09:02
- what took him so long? -- nm - Andie Jul 21, 09:02
- huh -- (link) - ty97 Jul 21, 09:01 [youtube]
- he no likey Scaramucci -- nm - decline Jul 21, 09:01
Guns n' Roses fans, a revealing interview with Tom Zutatut, the A & R guy who first signed them (LA Weekly) - con_carne Jul 21, 08:55
I'm not naming names, but one of us was published in The Tax Adviser. -- nm* - ty97 Jul 21, 08:54
I had the rarest of rare dream about an STer last night. - David Jul 21, 08:50 [Image] 5
- I would never share my ST'er dream details here. -- nm - groiny Jul 21, 09:19
- Dream logic is so weirdly fluid -- nm - Beryllium Jul 21, 08:53
- I just appreciate that you dream about me -- nm - ty97 Jul 21, 08:52
- It all snaps into sharp focus! - prayformojo Jul 21, 08:51 1
  - Right? Imagine the outfits his mom buys him! -- nm - David Jul 21, 08:53
Selective Eating Disorder (Doesn't say if they've tried marijuana treatment, which is kind of stupefying) -- (link) - mara Jul 21, 08:50
wap? Sue Bird comes out, saying she's dating Megan Rapinoe (they would make a very cute couple) -- (link) - prayformojo Jul 21, 08:49 4
- Who and who? -- nm - Ender Jul 21, 08:50 3
  - WNBA. Olympic soccer. -- nm - David Jul 21, 08:52 2
    - That explains it. -- nm - Ender Jul 21, 08:55 1
      - It's actually a kind of obnoxious story because Rapinoe was engaged to somebody else when she started dating Sue Bird. -- nm - David Jul 21, 09:01
Listening to a podcast covering the events of Dunkirk and I was just this shy of bawling. I don't think I can see the movie. -- nm - Mop Jul 21, 08:41
Hubby and kid are out on an excursion together. I have the next few hours to myself. I'm giddy over here. -- nm - kelly Jul 21, 08:27 5
- Gives you time to go mow the lawn. -- nm - Mop Jul 21, 08:40 4
  - and kill some wasps -- nm - decline Jul 21, 08:43 3
    - Housework or napping is usually what I do during alone time. Not today. Today I'm going to a movie and looking for curtains at BB&B. -- nm - kelly Jul 21, 08:46 1
      - Nice! -- nm - Beryllium Jul 21, 08:52
    - And try all them recipes we've been posting about for when the boys get home -- nm - con_carne Jul 21, 08:45
Have we ever figured this out? What ranking in H is the 99.9%? I'm ranked 420 now and I'm 99.8. Just wondering. -- nm - Volnelk Jul 21, 08:23 1
- It is a constantly moving target. Right now, it appears to be around 4.6B. #292 on the LTD board appears to be the first at 99.9%. -- (link) - GregW Jul 21, 09:43
Holy crap In the End came out in 2001 - eag Jul 21, 08:21 3
- A FB post just reminded me it's been 10 years since Rihanna's Umbrella -- nm - con_carne Jul 21, 08:38 2
  - that can't be right. - Andie Jul 21, 08:41 1
    - I know! -- nm - con_carne Jul 21, 08:42
Anthony Scaramucci follows 167,000 people on Twitter. -- (link) - mara Jul 21, 08:18
You'd think I would have learned by now not to start watching a movie right before bed. "Oh, I'll just watch a little bit" turns into - kelly Jul 21, 08:09 18
- This happens to me a LOT. -- nm - David Jul 21, 08:44
- it was different than expected - I think they marketed it wrong but I don't know how they would do it differently -- nm* - Epiphany Jul 21, 08:22 2
  - (spoilers) -- (edited) - kelly Jul 21, 08:36 1
    - yes to your last line - probably the most brilliant scene of the movie *spoils* - Epiphany Jul 21, 09:02
- The woman who plays the mom was on my flight to Venice in May. It took me about an hour to figure out what movie i had just seen her in. - Andie Jul 21, 08:10 11
  - I was on a flight with Viggo Mortensen from LA to DC in February. The bf and I were the only people that recognized him with his current hair. - MDH Jul 21, 08:20 4
    - oh, you mean when you were flying home from THE OSCARS? -- nm - Andie Jul 21, 08:28 3
      - Haha. -- nm - MDH Jul 21, 08:53
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      - fancy - decline Jul 21, 08:44
  - Lindsay Duncan? -- nm - Roger More Jul 21, 08:18 5
    - yep. i immediately recognized her, and the first thing i could think of was Under the Tuscan Sun. But i *knew* i had just seen something with her. - Andie Jul 21, 08:23 4
      - She's one of those people who I know I've seen in so many things, but I couldn't tell you what without looking her up. -- nm - kelly Jul 21, 08:25 1
        
        exactly. -- nm - Andie Jul 21, 08:25
      - Servilia of the Junii! -- nm - Reagen Jul 21, 08:25 1
        
        Recurring role in Sherlock, also. -- nm - Roger More Jul 21, 08:49
- "just one more episode" - groiny Jul 21, 08:10
- I do this all the time :) -- nm - decline Jul 21, 08:09
$5.5M for Dunkirk for Thursday previews. -- nm - Shaun Jul 21, 08:05 1
- so a 45 mil weekend? maybe? -- nm - Epiphany Jul 21, 08:06
FYF fest this weekend. -- (link) - JD Jul 21, 07:55 2
- Two questions- 1) Where's the FYF? 2) Gimme the FYF. -- nm - Reagen Jul 21, 07:59
- *DJ* Harvey? -- nm - con_carne Jul 21, 07:56
I was going to go to a tech conference in San Francisco this fall. The last time I attended this conference was 2011, and it was a great experience. - Beryllium Jul 21, 07:55
Bright trailer. -- (link) - Shaun Jul 21, 07:48 [youtube] 3
- awesome, I'll watch that -- nm - Beaker Jul 21, 09:41
- Alien Nation with elves instead of aliens. Which isn't a bad thing. -- nm - Mop Jul 21, 08:45
- shiny -- nm - decline Jul 21, 08:06

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