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NYT has asked Fox & Friends for apology -- (link) - mud Jul 23, 13:09
Speaking of Stephen King books--Columbia Pictures should buy the rights to major connecting books (Salems Lot, etc) and build a universe -- nm* - Flavorize Jul 23, 13:02
Here is the Avengers Infinity stuff click it before its removed -- (link) - eag Jul 23, 12:52 [youtube] 6
- Another link to it -- (link) - budice Jul 23, 13:02 1
  - Nice! Thanks!--Reminds me of one of the Secret Wars comics (Beyonder)--where (spoilers) - Flavorize Jul 23, 13:08
- What did Thanos punch at the end? (stupid head in the way) -- nm - Spawn Jul 23, 12:57 3
  - I think it was T.S -- nm - eag Jul 23, 12:59 1
    - Actually, no. Second view. I think it is bigger deal. Maybe Cap's shield. -- nm* - Spawn Jul 23, 13:00
  - Damn it, was going to rewatch and already blocked! -- nm - Spawn Jul 23, 12:58
What movie trailer is this guy talking about? -- (link) - mara Jul 23, 12:46 9
- if on ly someone had said something 30 years ago when King was writing it!!!!!! -- nm - Beaker Jul 23, 12:48
- IT -- nm - Flavorize Jul 23, 12:47 4
  - What is *it*? -- nm - Spawn Jul 23, 12:50 3
    - Short for "Shit"--according to the tweeter -- nm - Flavorize Jul 23, 12:54
    - What's on second -- nm - Bacon Jul 23, 12:51 1
      - You want it all but you can't have it. - Spawn Jul 23, 12:58
- Probably It? -- nm - prayformojo Jul 23, 12:47 2
  - Description wise that makes the most sense. The Dark Tower is far more likely to be showing now though... -- nm - Ender Jul 23, 12:50 1
    - And I do think the man in black says he'd kill the kid. -- nm - Ender Jul 23, 12:51
Today's oglaf: (B+) nm - Dignan Jul 23, 12:43
no mas -- nm - Beer Jul 23, 12:42
James Gunn on Groot's growth process -- (link) - budice Jul 23, 12:31
Ten Great Movies Under 90 Minutes Long on Netflix - Dano Jul 23, 12:29 6
- They lost me after one suggestion. -- nm - David Jul 23, 12:46 5
  - Me too.. - Marlowe Jul 23, 12:51
  - What part of David can just skip it did you not understand? -- nm - Dano Jul 23, 12:47 3
    - You could be talking to any David! -- nm - David Jul 23, 12:48 2
      - David is wrong. -- nm - Dano Jul 23, 12:49 1
        
        Now I *know* you're not talking about me! -- nm* - David Jul 23, 12:51
happy birthday, volnelk!! :) - -- nm - i.b! Jul 23, 12:27 7
- HBD -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 23, 13:33
- Have a fantastic day! -- nm - amoxy Jul 23, 13:01
- Happy birthday and go vols! -- nm - David Jul 23, 12:52
- happy B-day -- nm - peglegpete Jul 23, 12:47
- Don Homer! -- nm - Beaker Jul 23, 12:42
- Happy Birthday! -- nm - Dano Jul 23, 12:42
- happy bday -- nm - budice Jul 23, 12:36
sweet jesus-new: Thor, Ready Player One, Justice League Trailers all dropped today -- (link*) - Flavorize Jul 23, 12:25 [youtube] 3
- Is this post coming from Saturday? -- nm - Spawn Jul 23, 12:50
- for reals? -- nm - budice Jul 23, 12:26 1
  - Hush you! -- nm - Mop Jul 23, 12:46
Follow up poll, what skills should kids learn, pundit on CNN says we have no idea what the future will be like even 20 years from now, no idea what - zeitgeist Jul 23, 12:19 2
- critical thinking; telling the difference between lies and "lies", 2+2=/5 -- nm - mud Jul 23, 12:23 1
  - Clear, concise communication. Business writing. How to develop professional relationships. -- nm - GregW Jul 23, 12:39
Michael Conforto is a stud. -- nm - Tim Jul 23, 12:02 1
- Certainly has value as trade material -- nm - budice Jul 23, 12:19
Hey, bird. What's it like being a bird? Say hello to your mother for me. -- (pic) - Beryllium Jul 23, 12:01 [Attachment] 4
- The bird is the word -- nm - Amoxy Jul 23, 12:30
- Hey horse. You're a horse. Keep horsing. -- (pic) - Beryllium Jul 23, 12:02 [Attachment] 2
  - Hey flowers. Do you like flours? I do. -- (pic) - Beryllium Jul 23, 12:26 [Attachment]
  - you call that a horse? that's not a horse. -- nm - shadowfax Jul 23, 12:18
Terrorism? -- (link) - Spawn Jul 23, 11:24
Alfie Plant? -- nm - prayformojo Jul 23, 10:53
Only 8 people have won Masters, US and THE Open? That's a pretty tight list. -- nm - Volnelk Jul 23, 10:44 5
- There's only 5 to have won all 4. Three guys are currently active with a Career Slam chance - Will Hunting Jul 23, 10:48 3
  - heh, I can see two probables and a dunno -- nm - mud Jul 23, 10:50 2
    - Yeah, he does have 6 runners up there. I expected him to never win British but not the YS -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 23, 10:56 1
      - 6? wow -- nm - mud Jul 23, 11:55
- IIRC, Norman has lost all in a playoff. -- nm - VMan Jul 23, 10:46
Speith is pretty resilient. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 23, 10:24 2
- It's almost like he's had some past stressful situations to overcome. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 23, 10:42
- y'think -- nm - mud Jul 23, 10:26
It feels like a slow day today, but it's not even eleven yet - so at least it's not wasted. Just crawling. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 23, 10:22 6
- (By my definition, a slow day is normally one that flies by, but with nothing happening.) -- nm - Beryllium Jul 23, 10:23 5
  - (Maybe that's more of a relaxed day) -- nm - Beryllium Jul 23, 10:23 4
    - Take some photos -- nm - Bacon Jul 23, 10:27 3
      - I'm out of the house and have my camera - I just might. It's overcast today, so there might be some sky texture. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 23, 10:33 2
        
        if only you lived somewhere more photogenic. -- nm - mud Jul 23, 10:35 1
        
        Heh, exactly. So much beauty up there -- nm - Bacon Jul 23, 10:42
Dunkirk $50.5M. DESM3 had a surprising rebound to delist at 213. APES3 showing no legs with a 63.7% drop. -- nm - GregW Jul 23, 10:21 5
- btw - you all should see Dunkirk. It's a surprisingly good movie, even with the heightened expectations. you don't exhale for the entire 96 mins. NS - Mel Profit Jul 23, 12:40
- this is how out of it I've been...I didn't realize APES3 was even open. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 23, 10:30 2
  - It beat Spider-Man last weekend. -- nm - Spawndroid Jul 23, 10:44
  - Looks like you are not the only one. -- nm - GregW Jul 23, 10:36
- No Legs Summer -- nm - Spawndroid Jul 23, 10:27
75 deg at 10:15am - Feels like 84. This is *not* right for California :( -- nm - Meg Jul 23, 10:18 1
- Supposed to be 100 here, but until 5 -- nm - Amoxy Jul 23, 10:21
A poll on twitter: in a post-EMP world, entirely low tech, what's one skill you have that would help you survive? -- nm - Beryllium Jul 23, 09:52 32
- Crush my enemies. -- nm - David Jul 23, 12:29
- I can make brandy with a beer keg and some copper plumbing and whatever fruit is ripening -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 23, 11:37
- I know how to do a lot - whether I'm physically capable OTOH :/ - Meg Jul 23, 10:59 3
  - with so much metal scrap around, most blade points are likely to be repurposed files than flint flakes -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 23, 11:43 1
    - That's my hope. Also way easier to use a nail in a pump-drill for fire starting. -- nm - Meg Jul 23, 12:04
  - I shall require your counsel - Mel Profit Jul 23, 11:04
- I'm good at helping to round up the others -- nm - prayformojo Jul 23, 10:49 1
  - Round up to be Ground up? -- nm - Beryllium Jul 23, 10:54
- Good with numbers? I got nothin. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 23, 10:47
- I can be a charismatic leader of people who thinks 3 steps of my opponents. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 23, 10:28 8
  - charm's certainly there, and plenty of brains as well, but can you haiku? -- nm - mud Jul 23, 10:33 4
    - I'll have the Compound Chronicler do it... -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 23, 10:37 3
      - [pouts] -- nm - mud Jul 23, 10:51 2
        
        What's the matter, Compound Chronicler? - Mel Profit Jul 23, 10:56 1
        
        [looks up from gnawing on Bacon's leg] ...wha-? oh -- nm - mud Jul 23, 11:02
  - It's a trap. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 23, 10:31 2
    - I'll have Diva there so I don't go completely off the rails. - Mel Profit Jul 23, 10:38 1
      - No, I mean, your typo is a trap. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 23, 10:43
- I would start My Face (like Taco on The League) and get rich. -- nm* - Spawndroid Jul 23, 10:28
- I would be golden, honestly. I think this is a harder question for younger people. I lived without all this shit before. - Bacon Jul 23, 10:25 2
  - And we can always eat you -- nm - Amoxy Jul 23, 10:35 1
    - I would taste delicious!! -- nm - Bacon Jul 23, 10:42
- I have the ability to not despair and kill myself.. (NM) - Marlowe Jul 23, 10:22
- Ability to remain calm and problem solving, which would be important, I think. - VMan Jul 23, 10:22
- I can grow food. -- nm - Andie Jul 23, 10:19
- I can fish, sail, and .. complain. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 23, 10:18
- I can sew and Cook -- nm - Amoxy Jul 23, 10:14 2
  - sewing is a very underappreciated skill set. I can't use a machine but I can sew with a needle and tie the most basic sewing knots -- nm* - Bacon Jul 23, 10:27 1
    - These days it costs more to buy fabric and yarns than it does to buy finished clothes -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 23, 12:15
- I can make water treatment systems. -- nm - Reagen Jul 23, 10:05 1
  - flint like Survivor, find and collect some dry wood, boil filthy water -- nm - mud Jul 23, 10:11
- This poll will play out like a skills list in Fallout. -- nm - Mop Jul 23, 09:55
"Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on Sunday promised a bolder economic message for the Democratic Party, including the potential for single-payer" -- (link) - ty97 Jul 23, 09:45
Spieth's latest tee shot -- (link) - budice Jul 23, 09:11 5
- 20 minutes still no 2nd shot. -- nm - zunk xometimes Jul 23, 09:24
- Holy whoa spoils... - budice Jul 23, 09:17 2
  - And then spoilers - Marlowe Jul 23, 09:18 1
    - Plot thickens, this championship just got infinitely more interesting -- nm - budice Jul 23, 09:23
- That landed on the 18th green in St Andrews.. (NM) - Marlowe Jul 23, 09:16
NBC just aired (DC at least) an anti-Qatar ad sponsored by Saudi Arabia PAC- geared specifically at Trump. I guess they think he's watching. -- nm - MDH Jul 23, 09:03 1
- During The Open. -- nm - MDH Jul 23, 09:04
Oh anybody who is playing Destiny 2 beta at 10am pst today for an hour you can visit the Farm which will be the new hub -- nm - eag Jul 23, 08:50 2
- I had scored a goal in soccer and you logged on just as I did... Thought for a second I was getting an achievement -- nm - J Jul 23, 10:11 1
  - I didnt finish the opening mission so I couldnt get to the farm had to use mystepsons xbox account cause he has -- nm - eag Jul 23, 10:36
Rules official notifies Spieth and Kuchar they need to "speed up play". Not on the clock but first warning -- nm - budice Jul 23, 08:40 1
- If they weren't before, they must be now.. (NM) - Marlowe Jul 23, 09:16
PSH would be 50 today. -- nm - mud Jul 23, 08:36
Wonder Woman has surpassed Guardians 2. -- nm - MDH Jul 23, 08:10 4
- Belle and Diana Prince officially rule the 2017 box office. - David Jul 23, 08:21 3
  - And outside of SW8, there's nothing likely to get to 400mil otherwise? - Will Hunting Jul 23, 08:23 2
    - Depends on what you think of Justice League and its many, many hero poses. -- nm - David Jul 23, 08:38 1
      - Martha!!! -- nm - Bacon Jul 23, 09:37
New NPR Puzzle quiz. A common 3 word phrase, 14 letters, with only "n" & "g" as constantants, the rest vowels -- nm* - Amoxy Jul 23, 07:48 3
- Spoiler - VMan Jul 23, 08:00 2
  - Excellent. I was thinking only one g and one n -- nm - Amoxy Jul 23, 08:10
  - huh. good job -- nm - prayformojo Jul 23, 08:04
*cough**cough* -- nm - Spieth si Jul 23, 07:13 1
- **golf spoilers** - Strongbad Jul 23, 07:36
WEll that was fun. I just participated in a Pokémon raid battle for one of the legendaries released yesterday. - kelly Jul 23, 07:13 7
- Also, now is a great time to hatch eggs and do mass evolves. - thewrongelement, bad guy Jul 23, 08:33 1
  - How long does this last? -- nm - kelly Jul 23, 12:18
- My experience wasn't quite as good. - thewrongelement, bad guy Jul 23, 08:28 1
  - We had 20. It seemed necessary. -- nm - kelly Jul 23, 12:17
- Very nice! I just went out to the store and played a bit but my battery was too low and died after 15 minutes. -- nm - Krusty Jul 23, 07:36 1
  - I went out again for a while this morning, but it's already quite hot. -- nm* - Qale Jul 23, 08:03
- Nice! -- nm - Callisto Buffalomeat Jul 23, 07:34
If Hillary were president there would be three Repeal Obamacare bills passed by now. -- nm - Dano Jul 23, 06:45 4
- we would still have an EPA, one less asshole on the supreme court.... -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 23, 11:40
- 72 -- nm* - ty97 Jul 23, 09:19
- And how many signed? -- nm - Beryllium Jul 23, 08:35 1
  - veto, veto, veto. -- nm - mud Jul 23, 08:38
The 2017 Audubon Photography Awards: Top 100 -- (link) - Krusty Jul 23, 06:23
when they kick out your front door, how you're gonna come? with your hands in the air? Or on the trigger of your gun? -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 23, 01:09

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