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Pain Rankings: Which NFL fan bases suffer the most? -- (link) - crash davis Jul 24, 13:06 1
- "The Jets are the Daniel Day-Lewis of pain: gifted, mysterious, versatile, enduring." -- nm* - Krusty Jul 24, 13:20
heh, from a friend of a friend: an active roomba and a dog pooping on your floor while you're away at work is not a good combo. -- nm - Max Jul 24, 12:58
Be careful out there Krusty! -- (link) - ty97 Jul 24, 12:52 2
- So much for keeping that a secret -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 24, 13:02
- The ones in Central Park were very friendly today. I think they read the stories and are trying to show a good face today. -- nm - Krusty Jul 24, 12:54
Today's Story I will not even click on: The world's oldest-known manatee in captivity, Snooty, has died in a tragic accident, the South Florida Museum -- nm - Spawn Jul 24, 12:51
Trump is giving a healthcare speech and the woman standing behind him has insect antennae where her eyebrows should be. Aliens! -- nm - jnine Jul 24, 12:44 4
- When I first turned it on I honesty thought it was Paul Ryan beside her. -- nm - Spawn Jul 24, 12:48 2
  - I thought it was his illegitimate son who he's denied paternity of so he has no health insurance. -- nm - jnine Jul 24, 13:02
  - So Ant Man and Mantis? -- nm - eag Jul 24, 12:53
- gd freak -- nm - mud Jul 24, 12:47
So wait, did Trump do a press conference this afternoon on healthcare? -- nm - Spawn Jul 24, 12:43 17
- If he would have given this speech months it would have carried more weight - Amoxy Jul 24, 13:12
- Happy National Tequila Day! :) -- nm - budice Jul 24, 12:46 3
  - Because of the opioid epidemic, no more anesthesia, drink this bottle of taquila and bite this bullet -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 24, 13:18
  - you are uncanny - my d/c said somewhere in sunny CA Jose Curveo replaced the water in a fountain with tequila -- nm - Epiphany Jul 24, 13:01 1
    - 2 fountains in LA. One is technically West Hollywood. -- (link) - jnine Jul 24, 13:05
- He's doing one right now. -- nm - David Jul 24, 12:43 11
  - Yep. With victims of Obamacare on display! -- nm - Jovian Jul 24, 12:45 5
    - It kills white people! -- nm - David Jul 24, 12:47
    - Basically, "lies... lies... lies... " so far. -- nm - Spawn Jul 24, 12:45 3
      - is that the new Hitler Youth standing behind him -- nm - Jovian Jul 24, 12:47 2
        
        Victims, Obama care doesn't cover their orthodontia -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 24, 13:22
        
        heh -- (link) - Spawn Jul 24, 12:52
  - Thanks. -- nm - Spawn Jul 24, 12:44 4
    - He's trying to pivot to make this a new war on drugs, specifically opiods. -- nm - David Jul 24, 12:46 3
      - Vice news had a heart breaking story on people in Maine with chronic pain being denied pain meds they have been on for years - Epiphany Jul 24, 13:04 2
        
        the gf got 1 week of percosets (40) for dealing with surgery pain. Then the insurance company said nope. Only cancer patients get that now. -- nm - Remlik Jul 24, 13:14
        
        My next door neighbor is dying from lung damage caused by a prescription her dr. shouldn't have had her on long term. She's on a portable breathing - jnine Jul 24, 13:09
BB19 POV Ceremony Spoilers - Ender Jul 24, 12:19 4
- So much dead weight. So many people with no game. -- nm - Mop Jul 24, 12:21 3
  - I like Survivor. 1 episode, 1 person gone. This 3-4 night trek is bullshit - Beaker Jul 24, 12:22 2
    - The floaters are all the more obvious when they're in a house with so many "strategical" people. -- nm - Mop Jul 24, 12:25 1
      - the cast is almost entirely made up of floaters this season though. -- nm - Jovian Jul 24, 12:33
Another day, another Dallas Cowboy in trouble with the law -- (link) - Beaker Jul 24, 12:15 2
- They'll all have to get at *least* 4 games right? The NFL will take draft picks away and fine the Cowboys, right? I mean, that's the standard, right? - Diva Jul 24, 12:23
- and his dog got kidnapped? -- nm - crash davis Jul 24, 12:21
Will Trump fire Sessions and replace him with Giuliani? - Mop Jul 24, 12:08 13
- He clearly knows it will be politcally very bad for him to fire Sessions. Which is why he has been trying his hardest to get him to resign. -- nm - Jovian Jul 24, 12:25 2
  - The risk is that Congress doesn't approve a replacement and Rosenstein becomes de facto interim. - Mop Jul 24, 12:39 1
    - The risk *for Trump*. -- nm - Mop Jul 24, 12:39
- Not so fast Gulliani agrees with Sessions -- (link) - eag Jul 24, 12:12 1
  - If Sessions was AG, we wouldn't have had 9/11! -- nm - Gulliani Jul 24, 12:16
- Giuliani has denied being under consideration *and* broke with Trump by saying Session was right to recuse himself -- nm - ty97 Jul 24, 12:11 7
  - Yeah, that would be like hiring this guy! -- (link) - Spawn Jul 24, 12:16 2
    - He could always hire Christie it would be like a major holiday in NJ if they did - eag Jul 24, 12:20 1
      - Jared says no. He shouldn't have outed his father as gay when he was investigating him. -- nm - jnine Jul 24, 13:11
  - This is how we're gonna end up with Attorney General TJ Miller -- nm - prayformojo Jul 24, 12:12 3
    - FBI Director Deadpool -- nm - Beryllium Jul 24, 13:07
    - The Villain We Deserve. -- nm - Diva Jul 24, 12:27
    - LOL -- nm - Mop Jul 24, 12:16
And in science news, about 150 years of mycology seems to have been turned on its head. - ReluctantCynic Jul 24, 12:04 3
- That article headline suggests something terribly disgusting. -- nm - Max Jul 24, 12:07 1
  - Doesn't it though? -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jul 24, 12:11
- this -- (pic) - Spawn Jul 24, 12:06 [Attachment]
Big news in PDX: We're getting an H Mart on the central east side, about a mile from my home. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jul 24, 11:58 3
- All the Japanese candy!!! -- nm - Qale Jul 24, 12:09 2
  - I thought H Mart was Korean? -- nm - JD Jul 24, 12:12 1
    - Headquartered in Korea, but they carry a range of products from Asia and America. There are two stores in the Portland suburbs, but this will ... - ReluctantCynic Jul 24, 12:15
Wow. Justice League reshoots price? $25 million. No wonder Joss is getting directing credit. -- nm - Spawn Jul 24, 11:52 26
- Aquaman and Wonder Woman played well at Comic Con. Just focus on those two. -- nm - budice Jul 24, 11:59 4
  - I love what they're doing with Flash, although I'll point out again that this persona is clearly Wally West, not Barry Allen. - Mop Jul 24, 12:12 1
    - true, add flash yo the cool list -- nm - budice Jul 24, 12:25
  - This shot is impressive. -- (link*) - Spawn Jul 24, 12:00 1
    - Plus, we see Zack is back to his civilian casualty ways. -- nm - Spawn Jul 24, 12:04
- It's not cheap to add Buffy to the JLA. (spoilers) - Mop Jul 24, 11:54 20
  - Gal Gadot more or less spoiled this in a ComicCon clip that was linked on ST -- nm - crash davis Jul 24, 12:17 5
    - there is only one other that Bruce could reveal to Alfred spoilers - crash davis Jul 24, 12:19 4
      - spoils - Shaun Jul 24, 12:25 1
        
        yep, my memory is going -- nm - crash davis Jul 24, 12:26
      - that wasn't...spoils.... - Remlik Jul 24, 12:22 1
        
        oops, I'm wrong and Remlik is right. Bound to happen every thousand statements or so -- nm - crash davis Jul 24, 12:25
  - Spoiler spec - sycor Jul 24, 12:06 8
    - The first one has certainly crossed my mind. -- nm - Mop Jul 24, 12:09
    - Only one of those would even make sense. -- nm - Spawn Jul 24, 12:08 6
      - Let's all agree not to expect Justice League to make sense. -- nm - David Jul 24, 12:16
      - Eh, I think both could make sense. (spoils?) - sycor Jul 24, 12:11 4
        
        I disagree about part of your IM... - Remlik Jul 24, 12:20 2
        
        Spoiler - sycor Jul 24, 12:27 1
        
        (WB) -- nm - Spawn Jul 24, 13:14
        
        More spoilers - Mop Jul 24, 12:13
  - Oops (spoiler) - Mop Jul 24, 11:59
  - spoils? - Will Hunting Jul 24, 11:59
  - spoils I guess - Shaun Jul 24, 11:58 2
    - Most likely. spoils - Spawn Jul 24, 11:59 1
      - FWIW, spoilers - Mop Jul 24, 12:02
Survey USA shows 42%-42% split on impeaching Trump. -- (link) - Mop Jul 24, 11:52 1
- So it's pretty much like most elections in the US recently, the country roughly split in the middle.. - Marlowe Jul 24, 12:22
I did not collude. -JK -- nm - Spawn Jul 24, 11:50 6
- with that woman, the lawyer. -- nm - Max Jul 24, 12:11
- "I mean, sure, i talk to the Russians all the time. Business, you know. And, sure, as my friends they wanted us to win. And sure, they passed along - Andie Jul 24, 12:03
- Is this sworn or unsworn testimony? -- nm - Beryllium Jul 24, 11:59
- "I did all the conspiring on my own." -- nm - Mop Jul 24, 11:53
- Rowling? -- nm - eag Jul 24, 11:52 1
  - Just Kidding Rowling? -- nm - Spawn Jul 24, 11:54
that's some birthday eatin' decline -- nm - mud Jul 24, 11:34 1
- Happy birthday, gentlemen! -- nm - David Jul 24, 11:34
Happy Birthday to decline and CT! -- nm - Max Jul 24, 11:33 2
- Happy bdays! :) -- nm - Great White Shark Jul 24, 11:46
- happy birthday to you both! -- nm - Diva Jul 24, 11:45
Now playing: The Martian... - David Jul 24, 11:32 45
- 4K: The fecal garden really smells fecal -- nm - Great White Shark Jul 24, 11:47
- Clearly we need to know what display you are using. -- nm - Shaun Jul 24, 11:38 10
  - We got a Sony on Saturday. - David Jul 24, 11:40 9
    - Details man! That's like saying you bought a Honda. -- nm - Shaun Jul 24, 11:42 8
      - We did buy a Honda! Four straight times! - David Jul 24, 11:45 7
        
        Shiny. The 900s are very well reviewed, but that's a pretty large price difference. -- nm* - Shaun Jul 24, 11:50 6
        
        Yeah, the consensus says it's the best TV. We needed a new mattress, but we were sorely tempted. - David Jul 24, 11:58 5
        
        It's the consensus best LED tv available. The LG OLEDs are still better. - Shaun Jul 24, 12:02 4
        
        Oh, of course. OLED is a whole different ballgame. - David Jul 24, 12:03 3
        
        I'll assume you've got a calibration disc of some sort or some set of recommended settings. -- nm - Shaun Jul 24, 12:07 2
        
        Not yet. We looked immediately, but the TV is so new that nobody has one yet. - David Jul 24, 12:08 1
        
        Even rtings.com doesn't have it listed. -- nm - Shaun Jul 24, 12:10
- 4k streaming? -- nm - Remlik Jul 24, 11:35 7
  - $7.99 on Amazon for 4K, yeah. -- nm - David Jul 24, 11:35 6
    - Someone should build an App that you can watch your Vudu, Amazon, and Google libraries on. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 24, 11:41 1
      - I'm not sure how that would work, but I would love to merge my Amazon and Vudu libraries. -- nm - David Jul 24, 11:46
    - wish Vudu would price drop on that -- nm - Remlik Jul 24, 11:39 3
      - Let me give you a link. - David Jul 24, 11:43 2
        
        How is it even possible older movies can be in 4K? (Goodfellas, Labyrinth) -- nm - JaxSean Jul 24, 12:51
        
        thank you! -- nm - Remlik Jul 24, 11:44
- Matt Damon rocking out -- (link) - amoxy Jul 24, 11:35 [youtube]
- Things we know about all space travel movies - A POLL: -- nm - Epiphany Jul 24, 11:33 21
  - 42 -- nm - Shaun Jul 24, 11:42
  - that's no moon -- nm - Beaker Jul 24, 11:42
  - "Quarantine" does not mean "open the door." -- nm - JaxSean Jul 24, 11:40
  - Poking an alien life form with your finger is a pretty stupid thing to do during flu season. -- nm - Max Jul 24, 11:37 2
    - I understand if they don't poke it, there is no movie but it bugs me completely! -- nm - Epiphany Jul 24, 11:50
    - [looks up] wha-? ...oh -- nm - micheletto Jul 24, 11:42
  - "These aren't the droids you are looking for" -- nm - amoxy Jul 24, 11:37
  - Ships, stations, satellite arrays, everything hums. -- nm - Qale Jul 24, 11:36
  - there's no sound in space but filmmakers (or their producers) insist on it thinking it's cool not realising how much more awesome it is without. -- nm - mud Jul 24, 11:36 1
    - Ha! -- nm - Qale Jul 24, 11:37
  - There is always an impossible plan to save whatever -- nm - amoxy Jul 24, 11:35
  - avoid wearing red shirts when you space travel -- nm - crash davis Jul 24, 11:35
  - Unrelated: Do you know about the show You Me Her? - David Jul 24, 11:35 1
    - I did not know of this show - it is very me - I will be checking it out - Epiphany Jul 24, 11:47
  - there is always a meteor storm that causes damage to the ship - Epiphany Jul 24, 11:35
  - You want to be on the mission with Matt Damon. - MDH Jul 24, 11:35 4
    - true, very true. -- nm - Epiphany Jul 24, 11:35
    - Counterpoint: Interstellar. -- nm - David Jul 24, 11:35 2
      - spoils - Roger More Jul 24, 11:55
      - Ah good point. - MDH Jul 24, 11:49
  - no one can hear you scream -- nm - prayformojo Jul 24, 11:34
- What bet did you lose? -- nm - Spawndroid Jul 24, 11:32 1
  - "I bet Spawn won't be predictable." - David Jul 24, 11:33
I wish it was October -- nm - prayformojo Jul 24, 11:32 2
- October is a great month to have a birthday -- nm - amoxy Jul 24, 11:37
- Agreed! -- nm - Qale Jul 24, 11:36
When a heart breaks, no, it don't break even. - David Jul 24, 11:28

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