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Spencer Pratt looks awful -- (link) - ty97 Jul 27, 12:04 3
- he looks like he lives in a trailer. -- nm - Andie Jul 27, 12:04 2
  - Heidi looks good though and HELP ME WHY DO I EVEN KNOW WHO THESE PEOPLE ARE -- nm - ty97 Jul 27, 12:07
  - alan tudyk could pull off that look way better -- nm - Beryllium Jul 27, 12:05
Even Orrin Hatch is against the transgender ban. Can't say I was expecting this outcry from some conservatives, but good -- (link) - ty97 Jul 27, 12:03 2
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  - I agree with the IM, and I hope they do act if need be. Hopefully the speaking up will cause Trump to just move on and not actually implement. -- nm* - ty97 Jul 27, 12:06
Antonio Brown arriving to Steelers camp -- (link) - budice Jul 27, 12:00 1
- This is the first one I agree with. *That* is how you be rich, people. -- nm - Spawn Jul 27, 12:01
There has been a line up downstairs all day for this - it's crazy long. Famous tattoo artist JonBoy (?) is doing 2 week temp tattoos for free. - Andie Jul 27, 11:55 8
- Temporary? At least Scott Campbell demands commitment -- (link) - Roger More Jul 27, 12:08
- I'd do a temp tattoo, and I'd do free. Sign me up! -- nm - Mop Jul 27, 11:57 1
  - well, get in line. it should only take about 10 hours. -- nm - Andie Jul 27, 11:59
- those really show off his artistry -- nm - decline Jul 27, 11:56 3
  - right? -- nm - Andie Jul 27, 11:57 2
    - I've got my Sharpie. Let's go! -- nm - Mop Jul 27, 11:57
    - "He famously tattooed a white dot on Kendall Jenner’s finger and traced the word “meow”in her inner lip. " -- nm - Andie Jul 27, 11:57
- Pusher Man style! -- nm - Spawn Jul 27, 11:56
Man robs bank, gets naked, throws money in street in order to try to launch his comedy career -- (link) - ty97 Jul 27, 11:54 1
- TJ Miller, nooooooooo! -- nm - prayformojo Jul 27, 11:55
Bannon pushing for 44% marginal tax rate for income over $5 million? -- (link) - ty97 Jul 27, 11:50 2
- "Maybe if i actually try to take money from him, he'll fire me and let me out of this s**tstorm* -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 27, 11:54
- Maybe this will help Bannon's 44% tax for the rich plan gain some traction with Trump! -- nm -- Spawn Jul 27 '17, 10:08 -- nm - Spawn Jul 27, 11:51
" Fox News host Sean Hannity ran up a $42,000 tab in the restaurant, which included the cost of flying in an eight-pound 70-year-old lobster" -- (link*) - ty97 Jul 27, 11:47 11
- *handwaving freakoutery* -- nm - Strongbad Jul 27, 12:30
- must have been a really long dinner -- nm - decline Jul 27, 11:55
- Man spends his own money buying an expensive dinner, News at 11! -- nm - IrishStephen Jul 27, 11:54 5
  - Man who constantly rails against 'elites' spends his own money buying an expensive dinner, conservative still defend him. News at 11! -- nm - ty97 Jul 27, 11:58 1
    - Conservative who doesn't care about how much of their own money people spend on dinner defends man who spend his own money on dinner. - IrishStephen Jul 27, 12:10
  - Yeah, I agree with Stephen. I only have a problem it was at a Trump Hotel and Trump is profiting from it -- nm - amoxy Jul 27, 11:56 2
    - i only have a problem that they killed a lobster as old as my father -- nm - decline Jul 27, 11:57 1
      - I was older than me... - amoxy Jul 27, 12:02
- "Hannity eats medicaid-eligible lobster" -- nm - Beryllium Jul 27, 11:53
- Bastard. The big ones are for spawning, not eating. -- nm - Max Jul 27, 11:49
- Just to prove conservatives don't care about bottom dwellers or the old? -- nm - JaxSean Jul 27, 11:49
Bit on the pricey side, but Alexa enabled alarm clock -- (link) - oblique Jul 27, 11:47 3
- The video triggered my Alexa daily briefing. -- nm - David Jul 27, 11:54
- or, you know you can just say 'Alexa set an alarm for xx:xx' -- nm - decline Jul 27, 11:53 1
  - I am not an alarm clock. Get the one that was linked on ST. -- nm - Alexa Jul 27, 11:55
Things must be really bad in Venezuela. United ended service. Avianca is ending service. Delta is ending service. - ty97 Jul 27, 11:46
what nation do you think this is describing? - tRuMaN Jul 27, 11:41 3
- France -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 27, 11:54
- *spoilers* - tRuMaN Jul 27, 11:46
- USA! USA! USA!!! -- nm - Boyscouts Jul 27, 11:42
BB19 Live Feed Spoilers - Ender Jul 27, 11:41
NCIS: Maria Bello joins NCIS..... -- (link) - Remlik Jul 27, 11:40 2
- NCIS : NCIS is still apparently on TV -- nm - decline Jul 27, 11:41 1
  - Wasn't it the #1 ranked show? -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 27, 11:50
#BetterNamesForHillarysBook -- (link) - budice Jul 27, 11:39 2
- "Close But No Cigar" LMAO -- nm - groiny Jul 27, 11:44 1
  - Heh. -- nm - Shaun Jul 27, 11:45
DailyKos clickbait: The heroic Senator with severe cancer who interrupted treatment to vote... NO -- (link) - Mop Jul 27, 11:36
I thought Joni Mitchell had cleared this up almost 50 years ago. -- (link) - GregW Jul 27, 11:31
"Apple is officially killing the iPod Nano and iPod Shuffle" - David Jul 27, 11:30 14
- Adobe is killing Flash... good job 2017! -- nm - Max Jul 27, 11:47
- Fun fact. We have a shuffle that has been playing our hold music at work constantly for about 6 years now -- nm - oblique Jul 27, 11:38 8
  - what kind of music is it ? -- nm - decline Jul 27, 11:39 7
    - Hold music. -- nm - Shaun Jul 27, 11:40 2
      - Sometimes, I question your utility in these discussions. -- nm - Spawn Jul 27, 11:50
      - *snicker* -- nm - Max Jul 27, 11:47
    - mostly classical stuff -- nm - oblique Jul 27, 11:40 3
      - add some 2Cellos in the mix! -- (link) - Remlik Jul 27, 11:44 [youtube]
      - you should slip some rap into the mix and see if anyone notices -- nm - decline Jul 27, 11:40
      - Ahh...The Immigrant Song. -- nm - Shaun Jul 27, 11:40
- No! I love my shuffle so much. -- nm - MDH Jul 27, 11:31 1
  - Then why are you upset? If you love it so much, replacing it would be betrayal! BETRAYAL! -- nm - Mop Jul 27, 11:38
- i *still* have a first gen iPod shuffle. As far as i know, it works. -- nm* - Andie Jul 27, 11:31
- Are there any iPod models left? -- nm - Mop Jul 27, 11:30
um, did you see the video from the Ohio State Fair ride falling apart? -- (link) - Andie Jul 27, 11:28
ESPN expands both of its Sunday NFL pregame shows to three hours -- (link) - budice Jul 27, 11:28 3
- I can barely make it through the 30 minutes the networks have before the early games. -- nm - GregW Jul 27, 11:33 1
  - Truth, I used to sit thru everything with the stories and such. Now its just injury reports and stuff via Twitter and others -- nm* - budice Jul 27, 11:35
- better hire at least 10 more former players and coaches to spout shit just to be safe -- nm - Beaker Jul 27, 11:28
Michiko Kakutani, Chief NYT book critic, stepping down after 38 years -- (link) - ty97 Jul 27, 11:22 1
- she's probably tired -- nm - decline Jul 27, 11:23
Related to below: Google "New York Jets Owner" -- nm - ty97 Jul 27, 11:18
the stuff of nightmares -- (link) - decline Jul 27, 11:18 1
- THIS IS FINE -- nm - Spawn Jul 27, 11:23
This tweet from yesterday says 'skinny repeal' has been scored by CBO, but I thought it hasn't been written yet? -- (link) - ty97 Jul 27, 11:16 2
- I read something this morning that said that the democrats had put the parameters of skinny repeal in front of the CBO for scoring. So it's not - pmb Jul 27, 12:38
- FakeNews -- nm - Spawn Jul 27, 11:17
Overwatch: Doomfist is live. -- nm - Shaun Jul 27, 11:15
I made $33 million but I'd rather be in jail than pay child support. Danny Tartabull arrested after 5 years as a fugitive. -- (link) - jnine Jul 27, 11:14 8
- Tartabull was the subject of one of my all-time favorite athlete/money stories. - David Jul 27, 11:24 7
  - HUH? "Tartabull, who was once MLB's highest paid player" How is that possible? -- nm - MDH Jul 27, 11:34 6
    - He had a monster season right when salaries when north and when the Yankees weren't good and wanted to get better quick - Will Hunting Jul 27, 11:40 3
      - All you really had to say was "Yankees". -- nm - Spawn Jul 27, 11:41 2
        
        There was a time in 1989? where the Kansas City Royals had the highest payroll in baseball. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 27, 11:43 1
        
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    - well, he signed a contract that paid him more than any other player -- nm - decline Jul 27, 11:38 1
      - Sometimes, I question your utility in these discussions. -- nm - David Jul 27, 11:42
@BoyScouts exec apologizes for "political rhetoric..inserted into the jamboree", says event "overshadowed" by POTUS remarks -- (link) - ty97 Jul 27, 11:12 3
- This should have been the first reply. -- nm - David Jul 27, 11:22 1
  - yes. Followed by an apology to Obama. -- nm - Remlik Jul 27, 11:25
- Better statement than the last one. -- nm - Mop Jul 27, 11:14
Would you consider Ben Rothlisberger to be "likeable"? The Dunkin Donuts cashier was telling me all about -- (edited) - kelly Jul 27, 11:11 15
- More than Brady is a low bar, but he doesn't quite clear it. -- nm - mafic Jul 27, 11:50
- They're both loathsome, but Brady hasn't raped anybody. He's just pals with Trump. -- nm - David Jul 27, 11:28 1
  - Pals with the man that is raping the nation. Hmmm... -- nm - Spawn Jul 27, 11:43
- Even if you're not a Brady fan...Ben's in no way a valid comparison as likable. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 27, 11:26
- I think Tom is a little dumb and kinda crazy but he's still not a rapist so... -- nm - Diva Jul 27, 11:20 2
  - I was going along with this kid's whole "you should be wearing a Steelers shirt instead of a Pats one" thing. Yeah yeah, you hate the Pats. - kelly Jul 27, 11:22 1
    - heh-heh... -- nm - Diva Jul 27, 12:01
- In the "would I sit and have a beer with the guy" test Ben fails. Brady borderline pass. -- nm - zunk xometimes Jul 27, 11:18
- I mean, this is like arguing if Trump or Pence is more likable -- nm - ty97 Jul 27, 11:15 1
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- Neither is likable, only one appears to be a rapist. -- nm - ty97 Jul 27, 11:14
- On the one hand you have a serial rapist/sexual assaulter, on the other you have a serial cheater... - IrishStephen Jul 27, 11:13
- Brady has a beautiful wife and a couple cute kids All Ben every did was maybe sexually assault a couple women. I mean it isn't even a contest -- nm - Beaker Jul 27, 11:12 2
  - What Brady does to his cellphones is reprehensible. -- nm - Spawn Jul 27, 11:16 1
    - right? it's like he took them into a bathroom and did things to them they didn't want. Those poor cellphones -- nm - Beaker Jul 27, 11:17
TNT has renewed “Animal Kingdom” for a third season, while “Angie Tribeca” will be back for a fourth run on TBS -- nm - Beaker Jul 27, 11:06
Something I really like about Watchmen's intro... - David Jul 27, 11:05
Alien: Yaphet Kotto talks a little about the movie...but also his expierences with Aliens over 50 years -- (link) - Remlik Jul 27, 11:01 1
- He sounds mentally unwell (which is discussed in the Q&A) -- nm - Mop Jul 27, 11:13
Joint chiefs: No change to transgender policy despite Trump tweet. -- (link) - Mop Jul 27, 10:59 2
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  - I'm sure some people thought that was the case. Regardless, it's good of the Joint Chiefs to basically say "WTF?" - Mop Jul 27, 11:15
Krusty, "What good is pizza without dipping sauce?" -- (link) - decline Jul 27, 10:51 4
- Pizza should be good without it, as should the best crusts. Papa johns sucks, so dipping it in garlic butter makes it better. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 27, 11:12 1
  - This. No good pizza needs a dipping sauce. -- nm - Krusty Jul 27, 11:34
- "it’s even found on the menus of many sophisticated restaurants" *source not found* -- nm - Roger More Jul 27, 10:58
- "It Starts With Breadsticks" It always starts with breadsticks. -- nm - Mop Jul 27, 10:57
Still no RT scores for the Emoji Movie...the Thursday before release seems really late isn't it? -- nm - Beaker Jul 27, 10:47 11
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  - you saw it right? -- nm - decline Jul 27, 11:24 4
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      - best movie of the year, right ? -- nm - decline Jul 27, 11:54
      - I give it one eggplant! -- nm - JaxDawsin Jul 27, 11:51 1
        
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- early predictions? 12% fresh -- nm - decline Jul 27, 10:55 1
  - 80% poo -- nm - Spawn Jul 27, 10:58
- Rumor has it the social media embargo lifts tonight at 9PT, rest of the reviews tomorrow. -- nm - Ender Jul 27, 10:53 1
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- They're rolling out a system patch so they can rate it in emoji -- nm - Beryllium Jul 27, 10:48
Nats now 8 HRs vs the Brew Crew in todays game -- (link) - budice Jul 27, 10:47 5
- Have any Nationals been giving a pitch High and tight? -- nm - amoxy Jul 27, 11:42
- Record is 11 in a game by 1 team iirc. - Will Hunting Jul 27, 11:01
- they have a good shot at doube digit bombs. -- nm - groiny Jul 27, 10:50
- "We've swapped the regular Brewers players with the Phillies. Let's see if anyone notices" -- nm - oblique Jul 27, 10:49 1
  - ouch -- (edited) - decline Jul 27, 10:49
Shaun, the Dollarama downtown has them too -- nm - Beaker Jul 27, 10:44 1
- You two should corner the Canadian market. -- nm - Spawn Jul 27, 10:45
Comrade Detective... I'm not sure I understand, but I love it nonetheless. -- (link) - Mop Jul 27, 10:42 [youtube]
When casting the new Pennywise for It, producers considered Tilda Swinton. -- (link) - Ender Jul 27, 10:41 2
- They'd save a boatload on make-up. -- nm - Mop Jul 27, 10:42 1
  - "Actually, we had to apply tanner..." -- nm - Producers Jul 27, 10:43
Your questions about the opaque, ever-shifting Senate health care debate, answered -- (link) - ty97 Jul 27, 10:40 3
- "We have no idea what's going on, and neither does the Senate." -- nm - Mop Jul 27, 10:46
- Here is a nice little summary chart -- (link) - decline Jul 27, 10:43 1
  - that's not a poop emoji -- nm - Beaker Jul 27, 10:45
EPIC FAIL -- nm* - Spawn Jul 27, 10:39
we should all welcome our new corporate themed subway stations. hi new york, please use the AT&T stop (formerly times square) to access the Verizon or - tRuMaN Jul 27, 10:39 1
- Welcome to Macy's 34th Street Herald Square - ty97 Jul 27, 10:41

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