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Tru found food. Bacon safe, for now. -- nm - TRuMaN Aug 9, 17:47 1
- Bacon is never safe. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 9, 17:53
Why was he sitting like a six year old? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 9, 17:33 1
- the six year old 70 year old? -- nm - mud Aug 9, 17:48
Fallout's New Board Game Looks Neat -- (link*) - Beaker Aug 9, 17:32
I don't think the kiddo singing video that jack linked (thanks!) on a bb got enough love, so here: nm but: -- (link) - b. Aug 9, 17:26
U.S. District judge throws out Houston Nutt's lawsuit vs. Ole Miss -- (link) - Beaker Aug 9, 17:23 1
- Because it's not federal jurisdiction. -- nm - Mop Aug 9, 19:31
Annabelle Creation 81% (25/6), Logan Lucky 100% (21/0), -- nm - Beaker Aug 9, 17:16 1
- If Annabelle Creation doesn't make $100 million (and I don't think it will), nothing in August will. - David Aug 9, 17:20
Snowfall gets 2nd season on FX -- nm - Beaker Aug 9, 17:11
Vince Wilfork signs one-day contract, retires as a Patriot -- nm - Beaker Aug 9, 16:58
No, salesforce, don't do that ... -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 9, 16:57
My last hour has involved not getting into a movie screening, and not getting into a Pokémon battle. - kelly Aug 9, 16:50 3
- I can almost solo a Gengar raid. - thewrongelement, bad guy Aug 9, 17:25 2
  - Zapdos. I got one earlier today though. -- nm - kelly Aug 9, 17:29 1
    - I went 1 for 2 on Zapdos today. - thewrongelement, bad guy Aug 9, 17:40
Streaming: comedy service Seeso shutting down -- (link) - Remlik Aug 9, 16:49
NFL has reinstated Steelers WR Martavis Bryant -- nm - budice Aug 9, 16:37
David...been meaning to ask how do you like your tv? -- nm - Remlik Aug 9, 16:32 6
- It has two minor issues, one involving TiVo, but the picture is truly spectacular. - David Aug 9, 16:34 5
  - I am looking to buy a new tv, to go with the new Xbox. I'm in no hurry...but looking for 55 to 65 inches. -- nm - Remlik Aug 9, 16:45 4
    - That gives you until the first week of November. What's your budget? -- nm - David Aug 9, 16:46 3
      - right around what you paid. maybe a little higher. -- nm - Remlik Aug 9, 16:48 2
        
        The two models I would suggest... - David Aug 9, 17:12 1
        
        And The Martian! - David Aug 9, 17:31
Oh crap. The mountain climbing 2 board hasn't rolled yet -- nm - Bacon Aug 9, 16:11
I really thought these crazy kids were going to make it! Amber Heard and Elon Musk have split up. -- (link) - TWuG Aug 9, 15:53 4
- Good for him. He did what one should do with a Trophy girlfriend. - Jovian Aug 9, 15:59
- Her and Anna Faris can finally hook up -- nm - Beryllium Aug 9, 15:55 2
  - Or she -- nm - Reagen Aug 9, 16:00 1
    - I feel badly about my atrocious grammar. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 9, 17:07
Wonder Woman: Gal breaks into song after finding out that the movie has crossed $400 Mill -- (link) - Remlik Aug 9, 15:48 14
- argh, why can't I get any sound? My other computer sound effects are fine. I don't see any volume button on instagram. -- nm - Max Aug 9, 18:19
- I...don't recognize that song. -- nm - David Aug 9, 16:20 3
  - A. you're old. B. it's not the Chainsmokers -- nm - Remlik Aug 9, 16:22 2
    - C. There's nothing coherent in that clip. -- nm - David Aug 9, 16:27 1
      - that's the "I made my bonus" song. -- nm - Remlik Aug 9, 16:28
- I watched it five times hoping each time the dress would pop open -- nm - Bacon Aug 9, 16:13 5
  - On the second time, I noticed there's a location on that post - JD Aug 9, 16:34 1
    - I'm going to give this a Qale Scale of 4. -- nm - David Aug 9, 16:35
  - right? -- nm - Remlik Aug 9, 16:21 2
    - BTW the wife and I saw Wonder Woman on Saturday so we helped create that dance with our dollars. -- nm - Bacon Aug 9, 16:32 1
      - let's see what $500m gets us... -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 9, 16:39
- Diva just ran for her bunk. - Mel Profit Aug 9, 15:53 2
  - I mean sure, if statuesque women with a sense of humour is your thing. -- nm - Reagen Aug 9, 16:02 1
    - I'm not sayin', I'm just sayin' is all... -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 9, 16:06
Fact-checking Donald Trump's misleading tweet about U.S. nuclear arsenal -- (link) - crash davis Aug 9, 15:42 9
- What checking? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Aug 9, 15:54 1
  - "Donald Trump said something. It's bullshit" -- nm - Evergreen post Aug 9, 16:04
- Right. It's pretty much the one thing, over the course of decades, that every US President has agreed on - keep the nukes up to date (with variations) - Mel Profit Aug 9, 15:51 6
  - and what passes for an 'accomplishment' in his eyes....if he could feel shame, I'd feel embarrassed for him -- nm - crash davis Aug 9, 15:54 1
    - He's been over 40% approval for one day in the last two months -- (edited) - Reagen Aug 9, 16:47
  - He is literally only talking to his base at this point. Every interview. Every tweet. - Jovian Aug 9, 15:52 3
    - it amuses me that his base is following a NYC Real Estate Con-Man, however. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 9, 15:54 2
      - not only that. actual devout christians who go to church twice a week. every week of their life. -- nm - Jovian Aug 9, 15:56 1
        
        I'm pretty sure Jesus makes that disapproving sound Marge Simpson makes when He thinks of drumpf. - Mel Profit Aug 9, 16:11
I don't really know why this is happening in what looks like somebody's back yard, but I can't stop laughing. -- (link) - mara Aug 9, 15:41 1
- "got it...got it....DON'T GOT IT" -- nm - JaxSean Aug 9, 15:53
Tru needs food badly -- nm - TRuMaN Aug 9, 15:38 4
- Bacon shot the food -- nm - crash davis Aug 9, 15:40 3
  - Tru shoots the bacon. Food? -- nm - TRuMaN Aug 9, 15:41 2
    - You can't climb the mountain with us -- nm - Bacon Aug 9, 16:13
    - well done -- nm - crash davis Aug 9, 15:45
'Deadpool' Director Tim Miller to Adapt 'Neuromancer' for Fox -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 9, 15:34
Horchata frappuccino hits Starbucks menu -- (link) - Remlik Aug 9, 15:33 1
- Whore bean cold soup? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 9, 16:41
the news article you've been dying for - How will your pets react to the solar eclipse? -- (link) - crash davis Aug 9, 15:28 2
- Sleep through it entirely unaware? -- nm - Reagen Aug 9, 15:32 1
  - One 'expert' actually had to say "on a normal day, your pets don't look at the sun. They won't on that day either" because folks are wanting to - crash davis Aug 9, 15:34
Sitting on the patio of a Starbucks, watching the world go by, drinking Iced Tea and listening to Gary Clark Jr. -- (edited) - Amoxy Aug 9, 15:27 2
- he's pretty good. -- nm - Remlik Aug 9, 15:30 1
  - First saw him in the movie "Chef" -- nm - Amoxy Aug 9, 15:33
Tesla's goals don't end with passenger cars. Tesla Semi will be unveiled next month with volume production in 18 to 24 months -- (link) - TWuG Aug 9, 15:22 1
- That's how you break on through electric Avenue -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 9, 17:55
Re B2: my grandfather climbed Mt. Hood, in the 1930s I think. -- nm - znufrii Aug 9, 15:15
I couldn't tell from Spawn's B2 link if the chicken is a positive or a negative thing. Anyone know the scoop on Trump and the chicken? -- nm - crash davis Aug 9, 15:12 6
- It's a Chinese thing -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 9, 17:57
- see Max's post below? -- nm - mud Aug 9, 15:16 2
  - yeah, but some people take pride in a frog mascot - I wanted to be sure it was mocking -- nm - crash davis Aug 9, 15:17 1
    - further explanation, on Spawn's B2 link there is a bumper sticker 1/2 way down that is a different chicken but mocking liberals -- nm - crash davis Aug 9, 15:23
- he's to chicken to release his tax forms -- nm - Remlik Aug 9, 15:13 1
  - thank you sir -- nm - crash davis Aug 9, 15:19
So the gov't can react swiftly and expel diplomats. Unless they're from Russia. -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 9, 15:08
For the ST golfers, consumables: On avg how many per round do you end up having to replace? Tees, balls, clubs, beers - JD Aug 9, 14:57 7
- 6-10 tees, 3-8 balls, only broke 1 club ever (not in anger), and 1 rum and coke a round. -- nm - Will Hunting, King of Astronauts Aug 9, 15:18
- Tees 10-12, balls 2 or 3 on a great day, 5-6 on a bad. - JaxSean Aug 9, 15:06
- head covers, gloves, ball markers - Reagen Aug 9, 14:59 4
  - temper, sanity, sense of decorum -- nm - crash davis Aug 9, 15:01 1
    - one could suggest the sanity was gone before starting. -- nm - Reagen Aug 9, 16:02
  - Another sign that I don't golf as those are kind of obvious -- nm - JD Aug 9, 15:01 1
    - I have left a pitching wedge at the edge of a green before. Thankfully, I got it back -- nm - crash davis Aug 9, 15:10
Pumpkin Spice Latte is just squash and bean soup. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 9, 14:49 3
- there's no actual pumpkin in pumpkin spice. - Reagen Aug 9, 16:03 1
  - not in pumpkin/pumpkin-pie spice, but there is real pumpkin in some PSLs - b. Aug 9, 16:14
- False. -- nm - Ender Aug 9, 15:06
Bacon, either way its steep right before the summit -- (link) - crash davis Aug 9, 14:48 [Image]
"Trump’s threats to North Korea were spontaneous and not drafted by advisers, officials say" While I certainly hope that's true, I realllly doubt .... - prayformojo Aug 9, 14:37 6
- You could see him glance down at something at least twice -- nm - Amoxy Aug 9, 15:24
- Its probably something he came up with himself and has been saying privately. And then finally decided to drop and sound like a tough guy. -- nm - Jovian Aug 9, 15:13
- His originally line was facing America's Dothraki and dragons -- nm - crash davis Aug 9, 14:46 3
  - Trump roots for Theon. -- nm - David Aug 9, 14:51 2
    - that sounds about right ;) -- nm - crash davis Aug 9, 15:04
    - L4 -- nm - peglegpete Aug 9, 14:54
"Mop and David's Excellent Movie Talk" tonight on Youtube Red! Tonights Special Guest Ed Douglas -- nm - Remlik Aug 9, 14:20 12
- I would watch that but I don't have red tube -- nm - Beryllium Aug 9, 14:32 1
  - lol, that would be a much different podcast. -- nm - groiny Aug 9, 14:37
- Randomly, I did a podcast earlier today. - David Aug 9, 14:31 6
  - nice. I've done a couple and I really enjoy doing them -- nm - Remlik Aug 9, 14:34
  - and yet BOPcast isn't a thing yet. -- nm - Tim Aug 9, 14:32 4
    - It's not my fault Max got a job! -- nm - David Aug 9, 14:39 2
      - Replace max with a fiverr scriptreader -- nm - Beryllium Aug 9, 14:45 1
        
        who can play Forza and create exhaustive spreadsheets? You place too much faith in Fiverr. -- nm - David Aug 9, 14:46
    - and BopCast Wrestling still isn't a thing! -- nm - Remlik Aug 9, 14:34
- "That escalated quickly." -- nm - Comment at the 3 minute mark Aug 9, 14:24 1
  - "but also took longer that I'd have thought." -- nm - Reagen Aug 9, 14:38
- I don't know if that much profanity is permitted on the Internet. -- nm - Mop Aug 9, 14:21
Welcome to Hell Mountain -- nm - prayformojo Aug 9, 14:18
thank you, this will make me smile the rest of the day -- (link) - crash davis Aug 9, 14:18 [Backboard]
Crap, going down looks harder than going up. -- (link) - Bacon Aug 9, 14:17 1
- you would know -- nm - groiny Aug 9, 14:18
Apparently it's perfectly legal for the U.S. and Russia to fly spy planes over each other's countries, and the Russians are using this to troll Trump. -- (link) - Mop Aug 9, 14:17 7
- That's the Open Skies project / treaty - JD Aug 9, 14:40
- Also, There's a giant chicken mocking Trump outside the White House: -- (link) - Max Aug 9, 14:39 2
  - absurdism is a solid strategy, honestly - Reagen Aug 9, 14:43 1
    - "Trump orders nuclear strike on chicken. Joint Chiefs continue to ignore him." -- nm - Mop Aug 9, 15:07
- Is that part of the inspection process of nuclear downsizing? Because I never heard of this -- nm - Bacon Aug 9, 14:18 2
  - Yeah. Seems zany, but it's a real thing. Mind we, we'd do it regardless of whether it was permitted. China isn't party to this treaty. -- (link) - Mop Aug 9, 14:20 1
    - Interesting. We can spy China and everywhere else for that matter, from space -- nm - Bacon Aug 9, 14:21
now I wanna have another ST golf outing. -- nm - groiny Aug 9, 14:15 22
- I will do Top Golf -- nm - Bacon Aug 9, 14:20 19
  - you are no fun. - groiny Aug 9, 14:21 18
    - I stopped golfing when I moved to Oregon. So 18-20 years now -- nm - Bacon Aug 9, 14:22 17
      - you have a year to pick it back up - groiny Aug 9, 14:23 2
        
        I could probably get my iron game back up in a few months. -- nm - Bacon Aug 9, 14:24 1
        
        back up means keeping it on the fairway. my score would be an abomination -- nm - Bacon Aug 9, 14:24
      - It's not about the score. It's about the journey. - JaxSean Aug 9, 14:23 13
        
        It's red. Still red! STILL RED!!! -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 9, 14:40
        
        Sidenote: Top Golf is rather fun, though. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 9, 14:25
        
        the post game dinners are a high point. -- nm - groiny Aug 9, 14:23 10
        
        is this on a Vegas trip? -- nm - crash davis Aug 9, 14:25 9
        
        We did a Myrtle Beach golf weekend in September 2011. We met up there. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 9, 14:27 8
        
        jeez, 2011??? - groiny Aug 9, 14:33 2
        
        My kid was still 5 months from this earth -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 9, 14:40 1
        
        He can drive the golf cart on Golfstravaganza2018 -- nm - JaxSean Aug 9, 15:08
        
        ahh, I vaguely remember you guys posting about it -- nm - crash davis Aug 9, 14:30 4
        
        It was kind of in the middle of us; Hunting & Ed, and Groiny flew in, and we drove up. -- (edited) - JaxSean Aug 9, 14:32 3
        
        ML was going to go and bailed, Inigo was also possible IIRC. -- (edited) - groiny Aug 9, 14:34 2
        
        Remlik was also a ruiner. -- nm - groiny Aug 9, 14:37 1
        
        yeah that was surgery year on my foot. -- nm - Remlik Aug 9, 14:38
- I was thinking the same thing. - JaxSean Aug 9, 14:19 1
  - hilarious -- nm - groiny Aug 9, 14:20
after watching the Martin Sheen move The Way...I kind of want to do the "El camino de Santiago" -- (link) - Remlik Aug 9, 14:14 2
- My mom did it a couple years ago. She loved it. -- nm - mafic Aug 9, 17:42
- I bet stretches of it would be beautiful -- nm - crash davis Aug 9, 14:20

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