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The Mooche says Trump may veto the Russian sanctions -- (link) - decline Jul 28, 09:10 5
- shocking no one -- nm - Epiphany Jul 28, 09:12
- duh, of course -- nm - Beaker Jul 28, 09:11
- PLEASE DO -- nm - ty97 Jul 28, 09:11 2
  - Let's see. There were about 15 votes with him out of 535. That will turn out well. -- nm - pmb Jul 28, 09:12 1
    - I don't think he'll actually veto, it's an empty threat likely, but he'll be overridden so quickly. -- nm - ty97 Jul 28, 09:14
Jeebus, DC/Baltimore area is supposed to get 4-5+ inches of rain tonight -- (link) - decline Jul 28, 09:03
I will poll your weekend plans next board. I would like your responses to be in the form of a poem. You've been warned.. - Andie Jul 28, 09:02
I think Chris Sale likes Boston still. -- nm - groiny Jul 28, 08:42
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- Don't do it! You were way wrong about politics. It happens. -- nm - David Jul 28, 09:02 2
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    - No, that's like picking the right score but missing the actual outcome. -- nm - David Jul 28, 09:20
- Give me a name so I can go off the gym friend - ty97 Jul 28, 08:47 3
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    - Mind you, I'm less than 45. I can think of a great revenge you can play on him........ - ty97 Jul 28, 08:49 1
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- You were a great friend and a wonderful person. You'll leave a good looking corpse. - Krusty Jul 28, 08:42 8
  - He should probably lose a little weight first though - ty97 Jul 28, 08:48 2
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      - I actually make out better in this deal -- nm - ty97 Jul 28, 08:49
  - Heh -- nm - Tim Jul 28, 08:46
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    - You gave it a good shot but you're barely bullpen material these days. - Krusty Jul 28, 08:54 2
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        I've been playing games more often the last year or two, especially in the colder months, but I don't have the people to play Axis & Allies. -- (edited) - Krusty Jul 28, 09:00
N. Korea launched a missile that may have landed in Japanese waters according to BBC -- nm - zork Jul 28, 08:28 2
- I just heard this on the radio. They do this to provoke us and others to talk to them, right? - Krusty Jul 28, 08:39
- another missile test -- (link) - LMS Jul 28, 08:38
Last night Aaron Judge had a tooth knocked out by Gardner's helmet. -- (link*) - Krusty Jul 28, 08:20 3
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- They should hire taller other players. - Will Hunting Jul 28, 08:24
- maybe if he did not have horse teeth..... -- nm - groiny Jul 28, 08:21
Who said it: Anthony Scaramucci or a character from Veep? -- (link) - LMS Jul 28, 08:06
This is the best laugh all day -- (link) - MDH Jul 28, 08:05 5
- Nuke that couch. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 28, 09:09
- would watch -- nm - ty97 Jul 28, 08:37
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- *blank stare* -- nm - groiny Jul 28, 08:20 1
  - Judging from the reactions, I think it's five times funnier for gay people. -- nm - David Jul 28, 09:01
Corporate 'scandal' here this week. - Andie Jul 28, 08:05 9
- Uninviting is not cool. I'd have no problem with the family restrictions. Also: SIL's Havana apartment. - mafic Jul 28, 08:21 7
  - (also, her place is totally cute.) -- nm - Andie Jul 28, 08:33 2
    - I feel like you could do better, but you could also do a lot worse, especially for the price. -- nm - mafic Jul 28, 08:36 1
      - it's really reasonable. It's pretty much all we ever get. Just a small simple place in a real neighbourhood. I've bookmarked it for later. - Andie Jul 28, 08:40
  - The family restrictions are fine, but people are whiny! - Andie Jul 28, 08:27 3
    - People *are* whiny. Jeez, they're giving you a mostly free day at a theme park! -- nm - mafic Jul 28, 08:28 2
      - I think Wonderland is tied for the most coasters of any park in North America - zork Jul 28, 08:31 1
        
        I was curious about that, so I googled: "With sixteen roller coasters, Canada's Wonderland is ranked second in the world by number of roller coasters - Guigue Jul 28, 08:44
- That last paragraph is uncool. -- nm - David's iPad Jul 28, 08:19
So, I've been thinking a lot lately about getting N involved in a sport/group of some kind. I really think it would help him learn to focus his - kelly Jul 28, 08:03 46
- soccer and/or basketball. Easy to kick a ball and you can get a hoop for your driveway -- nm - Beaker Jul 28, 09:08
- See if your public library has a robotics club or something else that's a regular group. -- nm - mara Jul 28, 08:43 1
  - This too! Also: coding -- nm - Strongbad Jul 28, 09:24
- Golf, archery, target shooting -- nm - VMan Jul 28, 08:41 3
  - guerrilla warfare, small arms combat training, sniper school -- nm - decline Jul 28, 08:47 1
    - He's a little young yet but could grow into those, I suppose. - VMan Jul 28, 08:54
  - Darts -- nm - zork Jul 28, 08:41
- I recommend TKD or Soccer. - Strongbad Jul 28, 08:40 2
  - I'd say both. TKD is good in that it is year round. -- nm - zork Jul 28, 08:41 1
    - And the belts are things for him to work toward -- nm - zork Jul 28, 08:42
- Youth track club or cross country -- nm - JD Jul 28, 08:39
- Kieran's been having a lot of fun with baseball, he started that at 5. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 28, 08:38
- Cub Scouts, YMCA, Soccer -- nm - budice Jul 28, 08:18
- UV Football -- (link) - LMS Jul 28, 08:08 13
  - How about badminton or tennis? -- nm - LMS Jul 28, 08:32 12
    - If playing catch is any indication, balls/objects coming towards him is NOT a favorite of his. (He either freezes in place and the ball hits him, or - kelly Jul 28, 09:11 1
      - T-ball could break that, maybe? -- nm - Beryllium Jul 28, 09:13
    - in Tennessee ? -- nm - decline Jul 28, 08:34 9
      - Tennis is for sure an option. Dunno about badminton. -- nm - Dark Callisto Jul 28, 08:39 7
        
        I'd be glad to play tennis with the boy over the next few years, but I can't right now. - David Jul 28, 08:59 1
        
        (although I could just play left-handed exclusively) -- nm - David Jul 28, 09:00
        
        It's slower and getting hit by the shuttlecock doesn't hurt, so I though more suitable for a 5 year old. -- nm - LMS Jul 28, 08:43 4
        
        Whoa whoa whoa Scaramucci....let's watch the language when talking about my kid! -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 28, 08:47 2
        
        British kids learn to swear early and get it out their system. -- nm - LMS Jul 28, 08:48 1
        
        I've seen Eurotrip! I know that's half true. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 28, 08:58
        
        Sorry, just meant there's tennis here in Knoxville. ;) -- nm - Dark Callisto Jul 28, 08:45
      - Polo? -- nm - LMS Jul 28, 08:36
- I would say soccer. It doesn't take much to run and kick a ball and it's not all on him with so many teammates. -- nm - Krusty Jul 28, 08:07 2
  - teach them to flop early. -- nm - groiny Jul 28, 08:15 1
    - It works in basketball too so it'll be good to get that learned early. -- nm - Krusty Jul 28, 08:15
- I did karate for years and think it's great for kids. Soccer? It's just running and kicking and making friends. -- nm - MDH Jul 28, 08:06
- let him choose. Find a few that are starting and let him pick one. -- nm - Andie Jul 28, 08:05 9
  - The poor kid. He *really* wants to row. There's a rowing academy in the next town over and he was so excited. Unfortunately, the min. age to join is - kelly Jul 28, 08:08 8
    - Has he been watching Swallows & Amazons? -- nm - LMS Jul 28, 08:20 2
      - Neither one of us has seen that! -- nm - kelly Jul 28, 08:21 1
        
        It's more about kids sailing than rowing, but it might give inspiration. I think the youngest in that is 7 though. -- nm - LMS Jul 28, 08:30
    - are there other water sports though? Sailing? canoeing? something? - Andie Jul 28, 08:09 4
      - For a 5 year old? I'm not sure, but I wouldn't let him do any of those anyway until he learns to swim. - kelly Jul 28, 08:10 3
        
        The Mayo Clinic site says that at age six is when they usually just start to do more organized sports. -- (edited) - Krusty Jul 28, 08:14
        
        ah, yeah, if he isn't comfortable swimming, then no, of course not. -- nm - Andie Jul 28, 08:11 1
        
        He will now stick his face/head in the water, but only with goggles on. If goggles are off - no deal. Heh. -- nm - kelly Jul 28, 08:13
- Tae Kwan Do. -- nm - groiny Jul 28, 08:04 2
  - This is a good option. It will help with focus and should also build up his agility as he grows up. -- (edited) - Krusty Jul 28, 08:09 1
    - the kids classes are geared towards discipline, I wish my son could do more than 1 class a week. - groiny Jul 28, 08:17
- MMA -- nm - decline Jul 28, 08:04 1
  - or rugby -- nm - Strongbad Jul 28, 08:34
This is the media awkwardly attempting to read Anthony Scaramucci's wild rant (this is what I was looking for yesterday) -- (link) - ty97 Jul 28, 07:52
I read some of the Scaramucci stuff from the last few days. Good lord, that guy is a psychopath -- nm - prayformojo Jul 28, 07:49 17
- "I read some of the [insert random Trump administration person] stuff from the last few days. Good lord, that [person] is a psychopath." -- nm - JaxSean Jul 28, 09:08 1
  - The way things are going, they must have had binders full of psychopaths. - Beryllium Jul 28, 09:12
- 100% pure Wall St. ego -- nm - Max Jul 28, 08:44 2
  - typical hedge fund douchebag -- nm - decline Jul 28, 08:53 1
    - Yep. The cocaine claims are of the "I know the type" variety, not necessarily factual. - Beryllium Jul 28, 09:10
- Since there is nothing I can do about it, I decided to look at.. - Marlowe Jul 28, 08:04
- By the way, I think my favorite description of him (I think it was Colbert) was "the human embodiment of a double parked BMW". -- nm* - pmb Jul 28, 08:03
- I think it's a cynically calculated move to become a household name. -- nm - David's iPad Jul 28, 08:00 1
  - It's hilarious that he was complaining that Bannon just wants the spotlight while he's done nothing but jump in front of every media outlet he can for - pmb Jul 28, 08:02
- In one way, meh. I think he talks more like POTUS thinks. Not trying to make is sound all governmental, the way Spicer did -- nm* - crash davis Jul 28, 07:54 1
  - I think he's saying exactly what Trump wants him to. -- nm - Dark Callisto Jul 28, 08:40
- I keep seeing people talking about coke usage. No idea if they're going by anything other than his behavior, though. I'm really confused by his - mara Jul 28, 07:51 5
  - My understanding is that he hasn't officially accepted the job. -- nm - Dark Callisto Jul 28, 08:44
  - It's amazing he's this off the rails in less than a week. He blew a gasket like a guy who's had months of building resentment. - pmb Jul 28, 08:01 1
    - He apparently has had months of building resentment. He hates Priebus for blocking him originally, and now is trying to exact revenge -- nm - ty97 Jul 28, 08:38
  - As far as the coke, unless there's some past known usage (no idea), I think it's a combo of crazy tirade + former Wall Streeter leading to the - ty97 Jul 28, 07:55
  - His start date was originally in August, but this week they moved it up to (I think) this past Wednesday. - ty97 Jul 28, 07:54
Apparently, the NFL has not paid 60% of the $30mil they promised the NIH for concussion studies. -- (link) - Will Hunting Jul 28, 07:44
Atomic Blonde did $1.52M Emoji $900k from Thursdays. -- (link) - Shaun Jul 28, 07:35
here is some rich people porn - Phantom VIII Heralds Arrival Of The House Of Rolls-Royce -- (link) - crash davis Jul 28, 07:32
Underwater vehicle probes depths of Lake Ontario for long-missing Avro Arrow model planes -- (link) - Beaker Jul 28, 07:31 11
- Why'd they destroy everything and drop them in the lake? -- nm - crash davis Jul 28, 07:33 10
  - The stuff that was destroyed was destroyed full stop, not dropped in the lake. In the lake are models that crashed - JD Jul 28, 08:04 2
    - I fully realize that. I realized that I could have written that cleaner as I posted it but I thought folks would understand what I'm asking. -- nm - crash davis Jul 28, 08:17 1
      - As crazy as the end of the Arrow project was....it might be plausible that they dropped the stuff in the lake ;-) -- nm - JD Jul 28, 08:20
  - To create the great Canadian conspiracy theory. - Name Withheld by Request Jul 28, 07:38 6
    - I was totally unaware of this. Thanks. -- nm - crash davis Jul 28, 07:49 1
      - So I decided to spend 15 minutes Googling to see if we could explain the scrapping. Best I can find is from Wiki. Blame Soviet spys. - Name Withheld by Request Jul 28, 07:58
    - it's pretty hard to come up with a logical alternative though. "Let's scrap it for no reason whatsoever.' - Andie Jul 28, 07:42 2
      - Yeah. Shutting down the program, the financial cost and Canadian middle-to-lower power anxiousness explains. Destroying everything? I dunno. - Name Withheld by Request Jul 28, 07:45 1
        
        Also, it was an interceptor - an aircraft designed to intercept long-range bombers coming over the Arctic. - Roger More Jul 28, 07:52
    - this. Dan Akroyd did a mini-series about the whole project if memory serves -- nm - Beaker Jul 28, 07:40
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- "Buy a Fourth House" would be my chant against Bernie. Trump doesn't hide he is rich, they would smash Bernie with hypocrisy -- nm - Beaker Jul 28, 07:28 7
  - It sounds worse than it really is though. He owns a home in VT and an apartment in D.C. Both reasonable. The third home was bought after his wife sold - Krusty Jul 28, 07:37 6
    - oh I know, but when does reasonable ever matter :) -- nm - Beaker Jul 28, 07:39
    - The emails only sounded worse than they really were though. -- nm - Bacon Jul 28, 07:39 4
      - Sometimes you need to read into things and not go with the headlines. -- (edited) - Krusty Jul 28, 07:42 3
        
        Sure, but a lot of voters don't -- nm - ty97 Jul 28, 07:48
        
        I love bumper stickers that involve paragraphs. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 28, 07:45 1
        
        Ha! :-) Hey, we're all guilty of it at times. I'm certainly no exception. -- nm - Krusty Jul 28, 07:46
- Eh, a lot of progressives have been advocating less jail time for non-violent crime. -- nm - mara Jul 28, 07:28 12
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    - I'm saying his substantive message isn't enough to overcome it, when combined with his socialism and the public's ignorance it. -- nm - mara Jul 28, 07:43 5
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        It also would be nice if he'd become a frigging Democrat instead of just caucusing with them. - Will Hunting Jul 28, 07:51
        
        oh I agree that a more progressive message than what the Dems have run on as of late is likely to be more effective. - ty97 Jul 28, 07:49 2
        
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        Certainly not suggesting not to give him a second look. As you know, I was fond of his ideas last year, and that has not changed. - ty97 Jul 28, 07:57
    - Bernie wants to take your hard earned money and give it to (the poor, the blacks, the gays, the immigrants, etc etc) is easy and people will buy it. - Beaker Jul 28, 07:35 4
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        I'm just saying what they will come at him with; if he can't adjust then he has no chance - Beaker Jul 28, 07:39 1
        
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      - (and remember it whenever they hear his proposals) -- nm - Beaker Jul 28, 07:36
- I realize my hate v love statement was simplistic, but I keep coming back to it (and fear, as noted) - ty97 Jul 28, 07:27 1
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I feel like donating five bucks or so to Stabenow. -- nm - crash davis Jul 28, 07:25
Antonio Brown will make $19.9M from the Steelers in 2017; more than 19 teams are set to pay all of their WRs. -- (link*) - budice Jul 28, 07:24
Bernie for Pres! -- nm - Beaker Jul 28, 07:24 1
- McCain/Sanders 2020 -- nm - Max Jul 28, 07:32

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