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Test. Nope: Please fix these errors before continuing: Subject is too long. Please shorten it. -- nm* - Spawn Jul 25, 08:46
Do you agree with the state of driving in your state? - GregW Jul 25, 08:42 6
- Driving Score: A+ Ranking By State #1 Idaho drivers are the most polite in the country. They’re most likely to let you merge in or overtake them. -- nm - crash davis Jul 25, 08:47
- *reads... rereads...* Ah! Driving Score: C- Ranking By State #34 Indiana drivers don’t tailgate much and handle being tailgated with greater aplomb than most. They’re terrible at remembering to signal though. -- (edited) - Spawn Jul 25, 08:43 4
  - Wow. That seems like a... lot of words in the subject line. bery, did I discover a glitch? -- nm - Spawn Jul 25, 08:45 3
    - yup, if you post, then edit you can go long. I found that out doing my TV PSA stuff :) ... Thanks for ruining it! -- nm* - Beaker Jul 25, 08:47 2
      - Not always (see my test above) -- nm - Spawn Jul 25, 08:47 1
        
        huh, might be a limit on it; I've never pushed it too far anyway -- nm - Beaker Jul 25, 08:48
kelly, when you have time. please - crash davis Jul 25, 08:38 7
- I sell tickets on it all of the time. Never let them know where you live or work. I always meet them at Starbucks and never walk to the parking lot - jnine Jul 25, 09:43
- Many communities are setting up 'safe' meeting places - often a police station parking lot. - Meg Jul 25, 08:57
- I sell on CL a bit. it's free for individuals. you vhoose how to be contacted -- text, phone, email. - amanda jones state university Jul 25, 08:49 1
  - thanks! I think bad grammar would be a self-defeating limit in this town though -- nm - crash davis Jul 25, 08:51
- Are you sure it was me? I'm glad to help, but I don't sell much on CL, I mainly use FB yard sale sites. - kelly Jul 25, 08:45 2
  - You can move the location marker, I push it to the nearby intersection -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 25, 15:13
  - thank you so much for that :) -- nm - crash davis Jul 25, 08:48
Heh, WaPo has a story up that Trump's pick to run a Justice Department criminal division worked for a Russian Bank. - Will Hunting Jul 25, 08:34 2
- the only people he knows are his family and shady Russian financiers. -- nm - Diva Jul 25, 08:42
- the same Russian bank that had that mysterious contact with a Trump organization server that didn't receive much else incoming -- nm - crash davis Jul 25, 08:39
Help, please. So I'm on the hunt for professional references for these jobs I'm applying for. (I'm applying for positions in N's school.) - kelly Jul 25, 08:28 5
- I think I'd reach out to them. Seems like it'd be a good idea to have them as references. -- nm - Callisto Buffalomeat Jul 25, 08:37
- Can't hurt I'd imagine. Maybe want to add a line re: "happy to discuss my previous details/responsibility" since it was a while ago? -- nm - MDH Jul 25, 08:31
- it can't hurt. -- nm - groiny Jul 25, 08:30
- Both -- if they check (and for a job like that, they might), you'll want it to be someone close to the job duties -- imo. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 25, 08:30 1
  - This entire application process is online. I input the references' info online, and an email is automatically sent to them. -- nm - kelly Jul 25, 08:34
since ML has gone quiet, I propose that we have TWO kickers per team -- nm - crash davis Jul 25, 08:25 6
- You should totally have a Kickers-only league. - Strongbad Jul 25, 08:27 5
  - *gets the first pick and drafts Justin Tucker* - Will Hunting Jul 25, 08:28 4
    - people who drop out of the draft early get punters assigned to them -- nm - crash davis Jul 25, 08:29 3
      - Fine. *avoids only the Jets and Bears kickers* and just picks down the line. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 25, 08:31 1
        
        poor Jets, poor Bears -- nm - crash davis Jul 25, 08:33
      - That's a great idea, Crash! 2 Kickers and 2 Punters per squad. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 25, 08:29
300 Jedi vs. 60,000 Medieval footmen...who do you got? -- (link) - Remlik Jul 25, 08:25 [youtube]
BOOM. Senate won't let Trump make recess appointments -- (link) - ty97 Jul 25, 08:23 2
- good -- nm - decline Jul 25, 08:48
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CTE found in 99% of studied brains from deceased NFL players -- (link) - ty97 Jul 25, 08:19 19
- There's going to be considerable self-selection bias with that sample so you can't really extrapolate an incidence rate - Shardik the Baron Jul 25, 08:37
- Oh my God. That makes me sick. -- nm - David's iPad Jul 25, 08:21 16
  - now imagine it for the pro wrestlers. -- nm - Remlik Jul 25, 08:34 8
    - I am not sure it would be as bad as that. - groiny Jul 25, 08:37 3
      - I think it'd be worse actually. No off season...now granted the helmet hits are *crazy* powerful... - Remlik Jul 25, 08:43 2
        
        the toll on the body, sure, but specifically the head, I doubt it. -- nm - groiny Jul 25, 08:44 1
        
        You're probably right at least in the WWE, they've banned the head shots. -- nm - Remlik Jul 25, 08:46
    - I'd be surprised if it were anywhere near that level. Football players have the equivalent of several car wrecks per game. -- nm - David's iPad Jul 25, 08:37 2
      - You're probably right. -- nm - Remlik Jul 25, 08:43 1
        
        Don't get me wrong. I'm sure it's a high number for wrestling, too. - David Jul 25, 08:47
    - I expect it is less. The running at full speed and suddenly being brought to a complete stop (and the opposite side of that) is a big part of it. -- nm - Spawn Jul 25, 08:36
  - Despite loving sports, I would never allow any of my future kids to play football. -- nm - MDH Jul 25, 08:31
  - It's crazy and I'm having trouble squaring my love of football with knowing this is happening. -- nm - ty97 Jul 25, 08:24 5
    - yup -- nm - prayformojo Jul 25, 08:38
    - me too. -- nm - Diva Jul 25, 08:28
    - I've been struggling with that myself for a while. -- nm - pmb Jul 25, 08:25 2
      - I have not went to a game in a couple years. The Super Bowl was the fist complete game I watched on tv since the last Super Bowl. - Spawn Jul 25, 08:34
      - I agree with both of you. I love the sport, but it's taking some cognitive dissonance now. -- nm - David's iPad Jul 25, 08:26
- The 1%. - Spawn Jul 25, 08:20
Fashion: Gucci's fall campaign insipred by Star Trek -- (link) - Remlik Jul 25, 08:07
oh crap, here comes JaxSean -- (link) - ty97 Jul 25, 08:03 4
- LYC: There has been a *huge* PR war by Delta against Qatar Airways here in Atlanta. - Strongbad Jul 25, 08:05 3
  - Which is crazy. They are aiming for entirely different customers. -- nm - Andie Jul 25, 08:10 1
    - Not necessarily. The ME3 (Middle 3 east: Emirates, Etihad, Qatar) have trashed the ability of US3 to profitably fly a number of places. - ty97 Jul 25, 08:14
  - Which is kinda hilarious since Qatar has *one* flight a day to ATL -- nm - ty97 Jul 25, 08:09
Diva from B2: He does indeed watch Poldark. -- nm - MDH Jul 25, 07:57 5
- I liked that show up until (spoil) - TWuG Jul 25, 08:10 4
  - spoils - Diva Jul 25, 08:11 3
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      - harumph! -- nm - ty97 Jul 25, 08:32
      - of course!! -- nm - Diva Jul 25, 08:15
So lets see if I got this right Tillerson and Mattis might walk, Trump might replace Sessions and Sessions might fire Mueller - eag Jul 25, 07:56 8
- Mattis is the only Secretary that I have full respect for. -- nm - crash davis Jul 25, 08:32 1
  - for real -- nm - Jovian Jul 25, 08:34
- Only hiring the best people! -- nm - David's iPad Jul 25, 08:29
- No. The reason he is trying get Sessions to walk (not fire him) is he could then appoint a new AG without Senate approval, who would then fire Mueller -- nm* - Jovian Jul 25, 07:58 2
  - He could only appoint w/o approval if the Senate is in recess, yes? If Sessions leaves or is future endeavored, it would fall to the deputy AG I think -- nm - Shardik the Baron Jul 25, 08:16
  - Right. This is the plan. We're in this awful position of rooting for horrible Jeff Sessions to hang in. God I hate this administration. -- nm - pmb Jul 25, 08:06
- As seen on twitter (paraphrase): Soon the administration will have to nominate staff members against their will -- nm - ty97 Jul 25, 07:57 1
  - Not it! *takes 2 steps back* -- nm - Strongbad Jul 25, 08:00
Its Tuesday - what are you reading? -- nm - Epiphany Jul 25, 07:51 11
- Sleeper vol 1 and 2 TPB. really good -- nm - Beaker Jul 25, 08:46
- Just finished Miss Frost Solves a Cold Case - Kristen Painter and now The Rock Hole: A Red River Mystery - Traber Burns - JD Jul 25, 08:34 1
  - Hmmm -- nm - Epiphany Jul 25, 08:41
- Rachel - by Dobromir Harrison - lesbian vampire in Tokoyo. - Epiphany Jul 25, 08:02
- Just finished the filthy script, now on to another script. -- nm - LMS Jul 25, 07:53 5
  - this should not have made me chuckle. but it did. Smuttah readin' SMUT. -- nm - Diva Jul 25, 08:16 4
    - It wasn't my choice! -- nm - LMS Jul 25, 08:24 3
      - i know, Boo. At least you're gettin' paid. -- nm - Diva Jul 25, 08:29 2
        
        If we end up making it, I'll refer to it here as 'that script' so you know what to look out for. -- nm - LMS Jul 25, 08:33 1
        
        *make that smut, make that smut...* ha! -- nm - Diva Jul 25, 08:34
- Kings of Ruin by Daniel Arenson -- nm - decline Jul 25, 07:52
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- We've got 3 in so far - LMS Jul 25, 07:57
Boyscouts statement.... - Remlik Jul 25, 07:48 57
- I remember when I was a Boy Scout. I did not follow politics the way I do now. I was thrilled to meet a Republican congressman for Idaho - crash davis Jul 25, 08:16 3
  - There it is. -- nm - Spawn Jul 25, 08:18 2
    - It was only after I came home and told my dad that I was thrilled to meet him, that I found out that the reason my dad voted in the Republican primary - crash davis Jul 25, 08:24 1
      - In most things, the more focus you put on something, the less perfect it is. -- nm - Spawn Jul 25, 08:37
- Nowhere near good enough. -- nm - David Jul 25, 07:52 36
  - You know, the public could always NOT applaud him.. - Marlowe Jul 25, 08:05 30
    - Dude, they were children. -- nm - Spawn Jul 25, 08:06 29
      - Oh, well, there's never a good reason to put a politician making a speech to children.. (NM) - Marlowe Jul 25, 08:08 28
        
        Disagree. Kids need positive role models. - Strongbad Jul 25, 08:14 7
        
        to a kid, they are seeing the President. It is exciting no matter who it is. -- nm - groiny Jul 25, 08:39 5
        
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        I would argue there is no bigger celebrity than the President. - groiny Jul 25, 08:43 3
        
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        if you have the President every year, and you skip it one year because of who it is.... - groiny Jul 25, 08:48 1
        
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        Yeah, but who are those *some* is up for debate.. - Marlowe Jul 25, 08:39
        
        If you look at t previous pres speeches, they are radically different. And appropriate. - Spawn Jul 25, 08:09
        
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        No, you can't have it both ways.. (NM) - Marlowe Jul 25, 08:10 17
        
        For contrast: - Andie Jul 25, 08:18 4
        
        I want in on that shit. Gary can go take a break. -- nm - Diva Jul 25, 08:37 1
        
        my fave part is the "i'm never washing this sweater" when he walks off. -- nm - Andie Jul 25, 08:55
        
        I want to be in the PM's hug club. -- nm - Epiphany Jul 25, 08:26
        
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        It's really only one way. You put powerful people who set a good example in front of children. The President historically being one of those people. - Andie Jul 25, 08:12 11
        
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        1000% agree with your IM. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 25, 08:15
        
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        As I mentioned above, the speech was not supposed to be about him. But he has ZERO ability to remove himself from any equation. -- nm - Spawn Jul 25, 08:14 7
        
        right. i put this all on him. -- nm - Andie Jul 25, 08:15 6
        
        If you put a fox in your henhouse, it's not the fox who is to blame. -- nm - David's iPad Jul 25, 08:25 1
        
        I do not blame the Boy Scouts of America for not wanting to start a war with Trump. He could *end* them. -- nm - Spawn Jul 25, 08:42
        
        I would love to compare the speech as was presented to him with a transcript of what he said. - Spawn Jul 25, 08:17 2
        
        Jim said as much on FB. That someone wrote a good speech that he tangented off of in crazy, but typical, ways. -- nm - Andie Jul 25, 08:20 1
        
        heh, was just emailing with him. -- nm - Spawn Jul 25, 08:32
        
        And not getting into the various benefits of which nationalities' strippers' asses are the best to do coke off. -- nm - Reagen Jul 25, 08:17
  - They are in a terrible position. Do you put the *Boy Scouts* in openly hostile opposition to the President? I think they are trying to distance -- (edited) - Andie Jul 25, 07:54 4
    - They still should have at least mentioned that the opportunity is not intended to be a discussion of politics. -- nm - Spawn Jul 25, 07:56 2
      - yes, that could easily be added. -- nm - Andie Jul 25, 07:57 1
        
        Dear Mr. President, Please apply the Boy Scout Oath to all future visits. Is your speech: A Scout is trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, - Spawn Jul 25, 08:00
    - Agreed but they should have seen this coming and now they need to step up and say more than what they did. - Krusty Jul 25, 07:56
- "Not our fault, he was a choade." - Will Hunting Jul 25, 07:51 15
  - Some fairness to that. Now explain why your scouts were choades. -- nm* - ty97 Jul 25, 07:54 10
    - That is uncalled for. -- nm* - Spawn Jul 25, 07:57 9
      - I disagree. For an organization supposedly teaching young males honor, that crowd showed the opposite of Scout values yesterday. - ty97 Jul 25, 08:00 8
        
        *Children* listening to the most powerful man in the world in a hyped up crowd. Cut them some slack. -- nm - Spawn Jul 25, 08:01 7
        
        No. They learned to react that way someplace. -- nm - ty97 Jul 25, 08:02 6
        
        (and the crowd was not just children) -- nm - ty97 Jul 25, 08:03 5
        
        you're right. But you don't put this on the children. The Scout leadership from the top to the bottom there failed those kids. -- nm - Remlik Jul 25, 08:04 4
        
        That was exactly my point. BSA needs to own why their troops acted that way. -- nm - ty97 Jul 25, 08:11
        
        Yup. The kids took their cues from the scout leaders and others in charge. -- nm* - Krusty Jul 25, 08:04 2
        
        exactly. my exgf who is a Scout leader beacuse her son is an Eagle was horrified... - Remlik Jul 25, 08:11 1
        
        Yeah, the only way I would let Logan join was if *I* "joined" with him. - Spawn Jul 25, 08:13
  - Remember me talking to you at the fair about whether we should think about putting N in Boy Scouts? - kelly Jul 25, 07:54 3
    - Yeah, we have a concrete answer. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 25, 08:20
    - There are alternatives like Navigators USA and Camp Fire. - Krusty Jul 25, 08:00 1
      - And I just looked and neither has a troop in your city. Sorry. Navigators are the closest with one in Nashville which I know isn't close to you. -- nm - Krusty Jul 25, 08:02
Here's your apparent health care plan as of right now -- (link*) - ty97 Jul 25, 07:47
TIFF films announced today - LMS Jul 25, 07:46
Kilbo, your bandwidth math doesn't check out. That is not over your allotment. - David Jul 25, 07:44 2
- That was the top 5 -- nm - oblique Jul 25, 07:53 1
  - Oh, well done then! -- nm - David's iPad Jul 25, 08:20
amanda, I found that most of the potatoes were still a little on the harder side, and then I'd get a random one that was total mush. I'm thinking they - kelly Jul 25, 07:43
Submitted -- (link) - ty97 Jul 25, 07:41 1
- As I listened to the speech this morning I thought, "What would I say to Logan?" - Spawn Jul 25, 07:42
Grindr is apparently launching a magazine? -- (link) - ty97 Jul 25, 07:39 2
- "Swipe Left to open" -- nm - Reagen Jul 25, 08:00
- Queer Latino dear Abby? I would watch that tv show. -- nm - mafic Jul 25, 07:43
I want to click on maj's link, but now I'm scared. -- nm - Diva Jul 25, 07:39
Beautiful. -- nm - kelly Jul 25, 07:38

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