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It is the 69th anniversary of Harry Truman desegregation of the Armed Forces -- (link) - Amoxy Jul 26, 07:35 4
- Coincidence, I'm sure -- nm - ty97 Jul 26, 07:36 3
  - Trump has zero sense of history. -- nm - Andie Jul 26, 07:36 2
    - Trump yesterday - Spawn Jul 26, 07:38
    - oh sure, but he doesn't come up with this stuff on his own. Someone whispered in his ear. -- nm - ty97 Jul 26, 07:37
Has Ivanka said anything? -- nm - MDH Jul 26, 07:25 13
- Other than, "Yes, Daddy?". She seems to have totally lost her balls. -- nm - zork Jul 26, 07:35 10
  - she never had any -- nm - decline Jul 26, 07:40 1
    - Early on he made some choices aginst Bannon etc that she was for and people thought *she* might have been why. - Spawn Jul 26, 07:42
  - She's never shown any sign of opposing the Donald other than her performative objection to the pussy tape. nm - ralph wiggum Jul 26, 07:37
  - What's with the assumption that she ever had any nerve or actually cares about what her father is doing? -- nm - ty97 Jul 26, 07:36 6
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      - The 'Ivanka will cause him to tolerate" line of thinking has always baffled me. - ty97 Jul 26, 07:38 4
        
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        People calling you a pessimist for focusing on reality? That happens here? -- nm - ty97 Jul 26, 07:43 2
        
        People care about you ty and want you to be happy. 😘 - ralph wiggum Jul 26, 07:44
        
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- People Magazine reports from anonymous sources that Ivanka and Jared are distraught by this news and tried to talk Donald out it. - ty97 Jul 26, 07:34
- Mattis hasn't. He's on vacation. Inquires to the DoD are being told to call the WH -- nm - decline Jul 26, 07:29
If I can indulge my political sadness for a minute (nmblink) - ralph wiggum Jul 26, 07:16 10
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- Long story short, elected Republicans have no backbone and are letting him reign -- nm - MDH Jul 26, 07:21 7
  - Long story short: tonight at 11--DOOM! Nm - ralph wiggum Jul 26, 07:24 1
    - But he's the worst president in history. And alternate history! -- nm - David's iPad Jul 26, 07:32
  - GOP politicians concern themselves with being re-elected. Trump just shoots from the hip. -- nm - budice Jul 26, 07:23 4
    - It's about time for riots to come back en vogue. -- nm - MDH Jul 26, 07:24 3
      - None of this would be happening if you'd watched more hit tv shows. -- nm - David's iPad Jul 26, 07:34 1
        
        and banned Mushrooms -- nm - Remlik Jul 26, 08:24
      - Yep - lets march on Washington -- nm - Epiphany Jul 26, 07:30
- Well, that was depressing -- nm - Amoxy Jul 26, 07:19
MMA: Oh look, PED user Jon Jones wants to fight PED user Brock Lesnar. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 26, 07:13 4
- "Oh, he's pulled his arms off. That's got to be disappointing." -- nm - David's iPad Jul 26, 07:15
- Lesnar would still need to serve his full suspension I've read as he retired before it was over -- nm - Beaker Jul 26, 07:14 2
  - Yes, and he's still under WWE contract. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 26, 07:15 1
    - He was for his last fight, too. - David's iPad Jul 26, 07:29
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- Someone is going to sue, and this could end up as a protected class case right? -- nm - MDH Jul 26, 07:20 1
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- if nothing else, Trump's legacy may very well be as the most litigated president in history -- nm - decline Jul 26, 07:15 1
  - Making America's Lawyers Great Again -- nm - Strongbad Jul 26, 07:16
- Trump is just purposely taking anything Obama did and doing the opposite. -- nm - budice Jul 26, 07:13 10
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    - Seeing as Trump was more D than R in many ways before, how much can one attribute that to politics and how much to racism? -- nm* - zork Jul 26, 07:32 8
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        I think you are way, way off on this analysis. Obama's message was "let's find ways to work together. There are common goals. Let's compromise and - pmb Jul 26, 07:52
      - Trump's never been a D or an R, he's also been a T. -- nm - ty97 Jul 26, 07:35 5
        
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        So far, he owns them (see above). Trump is a party of one, always has been, always will be. He cares about Trump and nothing else. - ty97 Jul 26, 07:39 1
        
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        Any way the wind blows. -- nm - Spawn Jul 26, 07:36
        
        Troll? -- nm - zork Jul 26, 07:36
Ravens' RB Kenneth Dixon done for season after surgery -- nm - Beaker Jul 26, 07:06
Ho.ly. Sh.it. -- (link) - ty97 Jul 26, 06:50 3
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  - You're right, I can't find it disgusting that they are doing it or that they are openly admitting it. -- nm - ty97 Jul 26, 06:56 1
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GoT image circa 2009. -- (link) - Shaun Jul 26, 06:50 [Image] 1
- Theron looks like I did as a teen. -- nm - David's iPad Jul 26, 06:58
Adobe Systems Inc.'s Flash, a once-ubiquitous technology used to power most of the media content found online, will be retired at the end of 2020 -- (link) - Beaker Jul 26, 06:46
Atomic Blonde 71% (22/9), Emoji Movie: no score yet -- nm - Beaker Jul 26, 06:43 1
- "No, we are not going to change from stars to poops, so you can give it 5 poops." -- nm - TWuG Jul 26, 06:45
FUCK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. -- nm - nubby Jul 26, 06:18 57
- word -- nm - Spawn Jul 26, 07:28
- RAND estimates 4K open transgender in active + reserve military -- (link) - ty97 Jul 26, 06:53
- STIS: Does anyone have a link or information on how other countries are currently addressing this issue? -- nm - Strongbad Jul 26, 06:51 7
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    - I am primarily interested in countries with active militaries that would typically participate in UN-type activities -- nm - Strongbad Jul 26, 07:04 2
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        It was more of a curiosity than anything. And yes, it appears that most but not all do. Thanks. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 26, 07:11
  - The 19 countries confirmed as allowing transgender people to openly serve in their militaries are: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Canada, -- (link*) - Beaker Jul 26, 06:53 2
    - Graci! -- nm - Strongbad Jul 26, 06:55
    - pretty sure it was 19 till now as I'd wager the USA was the 19th...so 18 now looks like -- nm* - Beaker Jul 26, 06:55
- This also has the stench of Mike Pence influence -- nm - Amoxy Jul 26, 06:48 1
  - "What if I'm alone in a room with what I think is a guy, but is actually a woman!? I can't have that!" -- nm - TWuG Jul 26, 06:49
- (I thought about sexting u just last night!!) -- nm - amanda jones state university Jul 26, 06:44 6
  - I'd watch this show. -- nm - MDH Jul 26, 06:47 5
    - my version of sexting is pretty *barely* even pg. -- nm - amanda jones state university Jul 26, 06:50 4
      - But it involved a lot of baked goods -- nm - ty97 Jul 26, 06:54 3
        
        and cheez whiz -- nm - decline Jul 26, 07:34 2
        
        and paint -- nm - zork Jul 26, 07:36 1
        
        and chocolate sprinkles -- nm - Epiphany Jul 26, 07:37
- Early estimate put transgender troops at around 15k. -- nm - MDH Jul 26, 06:42
- Clemson prediction this year? -- nm - Strongbad Jul 26, 06:36 2
  - Two losses, New Years bowl -- nm - nubby Jul 26, 07:02 1
    - FSU sounds like they are loaded. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 26, 07:04
- It is repugnant, but I think it is a distraction from the Health care failings -- nm - Amoxy Jul 26, 06:33 8
  - Administrations do more than one thing at a time. Even if that's the goal, we can't ignore things just because they happen simultaneously -- nm - ty97 Jul 26, 06:59
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    - It can be both -- nm - Amoxy Jul 26, 06:47 2
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        No I completely agree. It is a horrid policy. -- nm - Amoxy Jul 26, 06:51
  - Yes, it's been his playbook. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 26, 06:37
  - I do as well which means he really is going to shoot someone on 5th avenue the day of the actual vote -- nm - Epiphany Jul 26, 06:35
  - Well done. -- nm - David Jul 26, 06:34
- BTW this once again shows that anything Obama did, Trump will try to reverse. -- nm - MDH Jul 26, 06:33
- Exactly! -- nm - Krusty Jul 26, 06:28
- It's gonna be one of those mornings, I can see. -- nm - David Jul 26, 06:27 3
  - We can go back to how I apparently am a crazy TV viewer by not seeing all of these popular shows? -- nm - MDH Jul 26, 06:28 2
    - I just assume you never learned how to turn on the television. -- nm - David Jul 26, 06:31 1
      - I pretty much watched nickelodeon as a kid, then movies/sports. Didn't really watch much TV until high school. -- nm - MDH Jul 26, 06:31
- He is a horrid horrid little man -- nm - Epiphany Jul 26, 06:27
- Really ashamed to be an American right now -- nm - Amoxy Jul 26, 06:24
- Yeah. -- nm - Callisto Buffalomeat Jul 26, 06:23
- hi nubby! -- nm - Andie Jul 26, 06:22 1
  - yo. -- nm - nubby Jul 26, 06:25
- WTF -- nm - LMS Jul 26, 06:21
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  - Linked. -- (link) - MDH Jul 26, 06:21 5
    - MAHA - David Jul 26, 06:31
    - But on the campaign trail ... -- (pic) - zork Jul 26, 06:26 [Attachment]
    - But on the campaign trail ... -- (pic) - zork Jul 26, 06:26 [Attachment]
    - But on the campaign trail ... -- (pic) - zork Jul 26, 06:26 [Attachment]
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- This. (He said that transgender people cannot serve in any capacity in the military) -- nm - zork Jul 26, 06:19 2
  - Link (just a stub at the moment but will update) -- (link) - zork Jul 26, 06:21
  - Holy sh*t those tweets. My god. -- nm - MDH Jul 26, 06:21
- before breakfast ? -- nm* - decline Jul 26, 06:19 2
  - ik, r? n*bbah, please. -- nm - Diva Jul 26, 06:21 1
    - This is wonderful. -- nm - MDH Jul 26, 06:22
Which Movie Characters Do You Want on Your Airplane If Disaster Strikes? -- (link) - Beaker Jul 26, 05:54 1
- Superman or some other superhero that can fly -- nm - TWuG Jul 26, 06:16
We're all doomed! -- (link) - LMS Jul 26, 04:55 7
- My first two thoughts: (a) Handmaid's Tale! (b) The planet breathes a sigh of relief. -- nm - Andie Jul 26, 06:08 6
  - My first thought: "We sort of deserve this." Then I realized that's a hair bit too negative. -- nm - MDH Jul 26, 06:18 2
    - is it? -- nm - Andie Jul 26, 06:23 1
      - not really - Epiphany Jul 26, 06:26
  - Gender reversal version? -- nm - LMS Jul 26, 06:14 2
    - Also shares in turkey basters will rocket. -- nm - LMS Jul 26, 06:16 1
      - *snort* -- nm - Epiphany Jul 26, 06:27
Infielder Eduardo Nunez was traded from the San Francisco Giants to the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday night -- (link) - Beaker Jul 26, 04:52
U.K. to ban sale of new gas and diesel cars starting in 2040 -- (link) - Beaker Jul 26, 04:48
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- *poop emoji* -- nm - Strongbad Jul 26, 04:48 3
  - Ha ha -- nm - zork Jul 26, 06:32
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    - "#2 movie is #1 at the box office!" -- nm - Krusty Jul 26, 05:25
- What's the emoji for "No"? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jul 26, 04:47
damn it. I go to bed and miss a Seinfeld quote off: - Beaker Jul 26, 04:40 5
- You seem angry today. - Cuzzin Todd Jul 26, 04:46 4
  - Was it a Titleist? -- nm - Beaker Jul 26, 04:53 3
    - The sea was angry that day my friends. -- nm - Krusty Jul 26, 05:29 2
      - Elaine, bald men with no jobs and no money who live with their parents don't approach strange women. -- nm - Shaun Jul 26, 05:57 1
        
        Summer of George! -- nm - Beaker Jul 26, 06:08
Trailer for Trust Me, aka Jodie Whittaker pretends to be a doctor -- (link) - LMS Jul 26, 04:34 [youtube] 2
- Female Suits only not as much fun -- nm - Beaker Jul 26, 04:56
- C'mon...a woman doctor? That's just stupid crazy SJW stuff. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 26, 04:55
TV PSA: Big Brother, Black Ink Crew, Little Big Shots, MasterChef, Property Brothers, Salvation, Suits, Signed, Carmichael Show, F Word, Blood Drive, -- nm - Beaker Jul 26, 04:31 2
- UK gets The Windsors, Fargo and Against The Law (about the case that brought about the decriminisation of homosexuality in the UK 50 years ago) -- nm - LMS Jul 26, 05:28
- Broadchurch, Snowfall, Younger, Storage Wars, Samantha Bee, other stuff -- nm - Beaker Jul 26, 04:32
MDH is to tv comedy what Donald Trump is to political thought. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 26, 04:25 4
- I struggled hard to think of a show I've not seen one single episode off - I realize I watch a LOT of TV - always have. -- nm - Epiphany Jul 26, 06:15 3
  - BUT - I finally came up with one - I've never seen a single episode of Gilmore Girls -- nm - Epiphany Jul 26, 06:15 2
    - I've seen bits and pieces of them while my wife blasted through them on Netflix. The only takeaway? - Shaun Jul 26, 06:28 1
      - heh to the IM - I think I'd like it if I watched it. I got so many other series in front of it though -- nm - Epiphany Jul 26, 06:36
LEAVE JEFF SESSIONS ALONE! - Top White House Aides Jul 26, 02:10 1
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I moustache you to read this excellent twitter thread. -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 26, 01:12
I've never been on a game show, but I did once audition for Mr. Wizard's World. got a callback, never got on the show. -- nm - mafic Jul 26, 00:49 7
- I've never seen an episode of: Modern Family, The Office, 30 Rock, Twin Peaks, or Breaking Bad -- nm - Strongbad Jul 26, 04:45 6
  - (and up until 3 weeks ago, Game of Thrones) -- nm - Strongbad Jul 26, 07:12
  - You have some quality TV to catch up on. I say 30 Rock and Breaking Bad should be priorities. -- nm - Krusty Jul 26, 05:24 1
    - of that list I agree. -- nm - Beaker Jul 26, 05:25
  - Good god man, you're live-action MDH. - Will Hunting Jul 26, 04:58 1
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  - Add the latter 4 to my list as well. -- nm - MDH Jul 26, 04:53
Baby Driver. So good. I'll have to watch it again, I think I missed a few things. - Beryllium Jul 26, 00:48

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