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LLIR - Fridge/freezer in unconditioned air areas. Found this great explanation. - VMan Jul 26, 12:16
"At the Pentagon, the first of the three tweets raised fears that the president was getting ready to announce strikes on North Korea or some other - mara Jul 26, 12:16 10
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  - Buzzfeed -- (link) - mara Jul 26, 12:24 1
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- I don't see how the tweets would lead to that conclusion though -- nm - ty97 Jul 26, 12:18 5
  - Just the first; and not so much a conclusion as a question. -- nm - mara Jul 26, 12:21
  - "After consultation with my Generals and military experts, please be advised that the United States Government will not accept or allow......" -- nm - Spawn Jul 26, 12:19 3
    - Hmmm... what have generals and military experts been *actually* discussing? North Korea. -- nm - Spawn Jul 26, 12:20 2
      - either that, or whether to have Chipotle for lunch -- nm - decline Jul 26, 12:21
      - that is what I took away from it -- nm - Epiphany Jul 26, 12:21
- The aliens are laughing at us right now. - Spawn Jul 26, 12:17
Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst (!!!!!!!!!!!!) disagree with Trump on the ban -- (link) - ty97 Jul 26, 12:14 4
- I am starting to think that Grassley (along with Burr and some others) are really starting to see more than smoke in this russia investigation. - Jovian Jul 26, 12:21 1
  - Sure he has. He's voted to push the GOP (and thus POTUS') agenda fully. - Will Hunting Jul 26, 12:24
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  - Oh I doubt they'll do shit. But Joni Fucking Ernst? If she's against this, man howdy, wow -- nm - ty97 Jul 26, 12:18
Julio Jones hires dive team to try to find lost $150K earring -- (link) - Beaker Jul 26, 12:12 4
- If I could choose a superpower it might be to raise all the lost treasure that has accumulated at the bottom of the ocean. -- nm - Max Jul 26, 12:14 2
  - ::fights you:: -- nm - Aquaman Jul 26, 12:14
  - yup. -- nm - Beaker Jul 26, 12:14
- Dude is having a BAD year. -- nm - Spawn Jul 26, 12:13
"I got this information from somebody with a nasal problem." -- nm - Beryllium Jul 26, 12:08 2
- Baby Driver spoilers - JaxSean Jul 26, 12:19
- " There’s nothing wrong with a little quiet." - also added 16 leadership lessons found in Baby Driver -- (link) - Epiphany Jul 26, 12:13
Huh.My brother who hasn't cut his hair in years (out of laziness mostly) cut it all off and donated it to make wigs for cancer patients today. - Andie Jul 26, 12:03 9
- he had good genes -- nm - Epiphany Jul 26, 12:14
- hopefully he knew -- nm - decline Jul 26, 12:04 7
  - Dammit! I specifically agreed to cut it as long as a single strand didn't go to the orphans! No orphans! -- nm - The Hair Miser Jul 26, 12:05
  - good point. -- nm - Andie Jul 26, 12:04 5
    - (and it's very cool he did that) -- nm - decline Jul 26, 12:06 4
      - i assume these pics are not viewable? - Andie Jul 26, 12:08 [Image] 3
        
        Viewable - ty97 Jul 26, 12:09 1
        
        we keep that on the down-low. -- nm - Andie Jul 26, 12:10
        
        they are. That's quite the change -- nm - decline Jul 26, 12:09
Update on Rep Steve Scalise, which sounds like good news -- (link) - ty97 Jul 26, 12:03 1
- He looks forward to being able to wrench insurance from as many people as possible in the coming vote -- nm - Beaker Jul 26, 12:07
Sarah Huckabee Sanders threatens to end the briefing because reporters keep asking about POTUS's policy on transgender servicemembers. -- (link) - ty97 Jul 26, 11:59 14
- it was cute when she read a letter from a 9 year old praising Orange Cheeto -- nm - Jovian Jul 26, 12:22 1
  - RealNews -- nm - Spawn Jul 26, 12:22
- Trump threw her to the wolves with only a spork to defend herself -- nm - Amoxy Jul 26, 12:13 3
  - *shrug* She took the job. -- nm - ty97 Jul 26, 12:13 2
    - She seems like she could Rambo though survivor with just a spork -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 26, 13:39
    - Drag queens gotta work. -- nm - Spawn Jul 26, 12:21
- Transgender people don't matter, I don't know why you keep asking about them. -- nm - Huckabee Sanders Jul 26, 12:04
- suck it up buttercup! -- nm - Epiphany Jul 26, 12:04 2
  - L3 -- nm - Amoxy Jul 26, 12:13
  - Amen! -- nm - Flavorize Jul 26, 12:05
- should be noted she has no answer to give b/c Trump has no specifics behind his tweetstorm -- nm - ty97 Jul 26, 12:00 3
  - we need Spicy! -- nm - decline Jul 26, 12:03 2
    - check the shrubbery. -- nm - Andie Jul 26, 12:04 1
      - this is never not going to be funny. - Epiphany Jul 26, 12:15
Destiny 2: Kill-Tracker Ghost. -- (link) - Shaun Jul 26, 11:58 [youtube] 5
- What is GAME? -- nm - Spawn Jul 26, 12:00 4
  - a form of play or sport, especially a competitive one played according to rules and decided by skill, strength, or luck. -- nm - decline Jul 26, 12:02
  - UK store, but I think the NA sites are just a bit slower to get a video up. -- nm - Shaun Jul 26, 12:01 2
    - It sounds like a GAME exclusive? -- nm - Spawn Jul 26, 12:03 1
      - It's not. -- nm - Shaun Jul 26, 12:05
?!?!?!?!?!?! Coca-Cola is killing Coke Zero and replacing it with a new drink -- (link) - ty97 Jul 26, 11:53 30
- Lame. Coke Zero is the only coke I'll drink. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 26, 12:23
- all Coke products taste like bath water. -- nm - Beaker Jul 26, 12:08 3
  - Why are you bathing in Coke? -- nm - Beryllium Jul 26, 12:09 2
    - and why is he drinking it after bathing ? -- nm - decline Jul 26, 12:11 1
      - Worst. Fetish. Ever. -- nm - Spawn Jul 26, 12:13
- This is the new trend--it'll probably be as big as gluten allergies/gluten free food. Doctors are prescribing diets with only these sugar substitutes - Flavorize Jul 26, 12:01
- I think this has already happened here - I'm hard pressed to tell the difference. -- nm - Reagen Jul 26, 12:01
- I've never tasted coke zero -- nm - decline Jul 26, 11:58
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  - If they want to create another soda, just discontinue that wretched Diet Coke -- nm - ty97 Jul 26, 11:57 17
    - Most ladies I know like Diet Coke. Nobody I know likes Coke Zero. -- nm - Spawn Jul 26, 11:59 8
      - It's good with lime juice. -- nm - Max Jul 26, 12:04 1
        
        So is Corona, or so I have heard. - Spawn Jul 26, 12:07
      - incorrect. you've bought it for me bitch. -- nm - Remlik Jul 26, 12:04 2
        
        No, I got us free ones when it first came out and was unimpressed. -- nm - Spawn Jul 26, 12:06
        
        he really is the worst date ever -- nm - decline Jul 26, 12:05
      - It's my go to. -- nm - Reagen Jul 26, 12:01
      - you know ty97 - decline Jul 26, 12:01
      - I don't not like Coke Zero. I prefer it over Diet Coke, in fact. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 26, 12:00
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    - Bite your tongue! -- nm - kelly Jul 26, 11:58
    - NO! - Andie Jul 26, 11:58 5
      - Coke Zero is about 1000000000000000000000000000 times better than Diet Coke -- nm* - ty97 Jul 26, 11:59 4
        
        coke zero is for boys. diet coke is for girls. (I prefer boy coke.) -- nm* - amanda jones state university Jul 26, 12:05 3
        
        ::high five:: -- nm - Spawn Jul 26, 12:07
        
        I call it "Full Strength" Coke. -- nm - Max Jul 26, 12:06 1
        
        And Coke Zero means zero strength. -- nm - Spawn Jul 26, 12:08
- Waaaaaaay back in the 90s when they changed the taste of Diet Coke me and few friends wrote and complained. - Andie Jul 26, 11:55
- Let me guess: New Coke Zero. -- nm - pmb Jul 26, 11:55 1
  - No. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 26, 11:58
Yesterday was the 20th anniversary of Air Force One. HWDYK quiz: -- (link) - Max Jul 26, 11:51 1
- Today's the 15th anniversary of Austin Powers in Goldmember, Beyonce's greatest performance of her career. HWDYK quiz: -- (link) - Max Jul 26, 11:52
"Erodes military readiness and unit cohesion" -- (link) - ty97 Jul 26, 11:50 1
- And some defenders of this are using the ol', "if you haven't served, you don't get an opinion" trope -- nm - Flavorize Jul 26, 12:10
Mo Brooks is offering to leave the Alabama Senate race if all other candidates do so Jeff Sessions can be elected Senator again -- nm - ty97 Jul 26, 11:47 1
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- He didn't even do it on the POTUS twitter account? The lawsuit about him blocking twitter account should gain more steam. -- nm - Spawn Jul 26, 12:05
- The need to tear down everything Obama did is really striking. I understand that it may not be consistent with a conservative policy and there may be - pmb Jul 26, 11:47 6
  - Pence being Pence--Only a matter of time before he starting pushing stuff like this -- nm - Flavorize Jul 26, 11:51
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    - It has seemed to be the only guiding principle of the Trump administration and given his history it's hard to attribute that to anything but racism - pmb Jul 26, 11:53 3
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        I don't think it's wholly reflective of all the people who voted for him. I do think it is reflective of who Trump is. I think a lot of people who - pmb Jul 26, 12:03 1
        
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- points for honesty? -- nm - ty97 Jul 26, 11:46 2
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    - oh it's an illness for sure -- nm - ty97 Jul 26, 11:49
Trump’s treasury secretary is ‘looking closely’ at online sales taxes -- (link) - ty97 Jul 26, 11:37
Denis Villeneuve and Yann Demange are frontrunners to direct next 007 film -- (link*) - budice Jul 26, 11:29
is the 58/37/21 from a poll done after the tweets of this morning? or is that yesterday's polling data, compiled today? -- nm - amanda jones state university Jul 26, 11:28 3
- I think that poll is a three day running average, I presume of the previous three days polls -- nm - ty97 Jul 26, 11:32 1
  - Right. And there's always a ~5-day lag on how current news affects it. -- nm - David Jul 26, 11:33
- yes -- nm - decline Jul 26, 11:30
What, popculturewise, do you wish you could experience for the first time again? I was rewatching the pilot of Stranger Things last night and remembr- - prayformojo Jul 26, 11:26 29
- Disney. Harry Potter Worlds at Universal -- nm - Beaker Jul 26, 12:14
- Disneyland, and a bunch of movies...like Jurassic Park (in the theater). -- nm - IrishStephen Jul 26, 12:13
- Summer of 1989. Last Crusade and Final Frontier (which wasn't great, but the anticipation was, and the music was still really good) -- nm - Max Jul 26, 11:45 1
  - Burton's Batman was 1989 too---I remember the hype and anticipation for that. -- nm - Flavorize Jul 26, 12:08
- The Wire -- nm - Krusty Jul 26, 11:42
- An entirely different answer. - David Jul 26, 11:38 8
  - BTW, that actress has since won an Academy Award. -- nm - David Jul 26, 11:44 2
    - Which she very much did not deserve - Reagen Jul 26, 12:04 1
      - Patricia Arquette? -- nm - crash davis Jul 26, 12:07
  - Butthat means you would have to watch Dream Warriors again. - Spawn Jul 26, 11:40 4
    - David is not a butthat -- nm - decline Jul 26, 11:50 1
      - Isn't he? -- nm - Beryllium Jul 26, 11:59
    - Counterpoint: I'd get to hear the song again. - David Jul 26, 11:42 1
      - Well, yeah, but I have heard the song in the last month or so. -- nm - Spawn Jul 26, 11:44
- Disneyland -- nm - peglegpete Jul 26, 11:37
- I really wish I could watch veronica mars and FNL again for the first time. -- nm - amanda jones state university Jul 26, 11:34
- Also, Aliens. I think that was the first scary (to me) movie that I really liked in spite of the scariness. - prayformojo Jul 26, 11:34
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  - Wiggie and dp3 sold me on this when we visited LA in 99. - David Jul 26, 11:35
  - yeah, i think Harry Potter - waiting for sometimes years between books then finally getting one. -- nm - Andie Jul 26, 11:34
- Probably Avatar...it's one of the few things I've ever seen where it seemed like the possibilities seemed limitless -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 26, 11:31 2
  - Dumb answer and I would know because I didn't even watch it. -- nm - Spaun Jul 26, 11:33
  - I remember Kim's description immediately after the movie. "This changes *everything*." - David Jul 26, 11:33
- I have a vivid memory of a friend going to see Die Hard with me. - David Jul 26, 11:30
- Star Wars, but if not those, Terminator & Terminator 2. -- nm - Spawn Jul 26, 11:30 2
  - Yeah--T2 was pretty epic. Mind-blowing special effects at the time -- nm - Flavorize Jul 26, 11:31 1
    - Yeah, and it was one of my favorite crowd experiences, as well. -- nm - Spawn Jul 26, 11:33
- Raiders of the Lost Ark -- nm - Flavorize Jul 26, 11:29
- The Matrix. -- nm - Shaun Jul 26, 11:28
So, if I'm reading the current polls and Strongbad's first poll post-inauguration day, every undecided voter % who chose, has swapped to negative. - Will Hunting Jul 26, 11:22
I like "Leopards Eating People's Faces Party" -- nm - prayformojo Jul 26, 11:21
Celeb BDays: Kate Beckinsale (44), Sandra Bullock (53), Helen Mirren (72) -- nm* - budice Jul 26, 11:20 8
- MKF -- nm - Epiphany Jul 26, 12:09
- MFK -- nm - J Jul 26, 11:51
- FMK - Spawn Jul 26, 11:29
- MKF -- nm - amoxy Jul 26, 11:23 3
  - yup -- nm - Beaker Jul 26, 11:25
  - this -- nm - decline Jul 26, 11:25
  - Sure. Why not. -- nm - Shaun Jul 26, 11:24
- KFM -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 26, 11:23
RE BBs:Hilarious--only took a few boards for ST to turn a salacious & revealing drinking game into, "what TV/Movies have you never seen" - Flavorize Jul 26, 11:20
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The Good Day has ended. - Spawn Jul 26, 11:15
A thread about a trans airman in the Air Force -- (link) - ty97 Jul 26, 11:14

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