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get the popcorn...Drudge reporting that Bannon is OUT -- (link) - Remlik Aug 18, 09:41 4
- Drudge doesn't really report anything, he just links to a NY Times article -- nm - Guigue Aug 18, 09:47
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  - with the block list, every day is trump free for me :) - colin Aug 18, 09:47
- ~ we all fall down ~ -- nm - Andie Aug 18, 09:44
Okay, wow. -- (edited) - znufrii Aug 18, 09:38
"Two physical chemists walk into a bar. They order whiskeys, and a jolly Scotsman one stool over insists..." -- (link) - prayformojo Aug 18, 09:35
33 years ago today, I was getting married - Amoxy Aug 18, 09:32 3
- 33 years ago I was 1... -- nm - Matrix_Mafia Aug 18, 09:39 2
  - Heh - Amoxy Aug 18, 09:41 1
    - :) -- nm - Matrix_Mafia Aug 18, 09:45
Carvel on board: -- (link) - Reagen Aug 18, 09:30 6
- Love it -- nm - Amoxy Aug 18, 09:40
- heh, The Tina -- nm - mud Aug 18, 09:33
- I'll say it. I really needed that clip. "chinless turds" is a great phrase. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 18, 09:31 1
  - Donald John. WTF kind of name is that? -- nm - Spawn Aug 18, 09:40
- I love that #sheetcaking is a thing. -- nm - Mop Aug 18, 09:31 1
  - "Give me some of that damn cake." -- nm - Spawn Aug 18, 09:38
Facebook Live streaming gotcha: The control panel is a pop-up. And if you close it... you can't get it back. -- nm - Mop Aug 18, 09:30
In the wake of the Defenders going live, Netflix has released a teaser for the Punisher. -- (link) - Mop Aug 18, 09:28 2
- I think Bernthal is born to play this role. -- nm - groiny Aug 18, 09:34
- When I watched it earlier on my phone, I thought it was John Wick. - Spawn Aug 18, 09:29
So we lost ty97 over *Colin Kaepernick*? -- nm - Spawn Aug 18, 09:19 4
- I hope he is busy or taking a break but will come back soon. -- nm - Epiphany Aug 18, 09:26
- i sincerely hope not. Anger shouldn't be allowed to win out over friendship right now. -- nm* - Andie Aug 18, 09:23
- Everyone has a point where they'll rage quit. If he's happier and less stressed, that's a good thing. -- nm - TWuG Aug 18, 09:23 1
  - But he needs this place. - Spawn Aug 18, 09:24
Krusty, Premier League wrap-up is here. - volnelk Aug 18, 09:16 1
- Fake news! I won by 3,000,000 votes! -- nm - Beaker Aug 18, 09:18
Mass stabbing in Finland. One dead. -- (link) - Andie Aug 18, 09:12
Woohoo - 2nd pick. - Will Hunting, King of Astronauts Aug 18, 09:10 10
- order here - Beaker Aug 18, 09:12 9
  - For anybody asking, my co-worker flipped the coin and/or drew the paper slips for order. - Name Withheld by Request Aug 18, 09:19
  - which league is this one? -- nm - groiny Aug 18, 09:13 7
    - Super Feud! The best of Caveman and the other two second rate Divisions -- nm* - Beaker Aug 18, 09:14 6
      - Other than the defending champ is an Astronaut and Astronauts were 50% of the semis... - Will Hunting, King of Astronauts Aug 18, 09:39 5
        
        Each league went 26-26 in the regular season. (That stat amazes me.) -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Aug 18, 09:46
        
        so this is a fresh draft every year then? -- nm - groiny Aug 18, 09:41 3
        
        Did you not confirm your participation? If you aren't interested, I can slot in the next highest qualifying Caveman. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Aug 18, 09:47 1
        
        No, I am, I just did not know any of the specifics. -- nm - groiny Aug 18, 09:49
        
        yes -- nm - Beaker Aug 18, 09:42
GOTG2 is available for $6.99 on uvdigitalnow. He only has 1500 codes. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 18, 08:56 3
- I've posted before but no one seemed to notice. "Guardians Inferno" promo made for the home video release of GOTG2. -- (link) - Mop Aug 18, 09:35 [youtube]
- thanks for the notice, ordered. -- nm - groiny Aug 18, 09:12
- I have an ungodly amount of money sitting in PayPal because I used eBates on Expedia when booking my trip. Gotta burn that money. -- nm - Mop Aug 18, 09:04
30 mile, 12 hour backup to get to the eclipse festival in Prineville. -- (link) - Mop Aug 18, 08:55
Somebody *really* needs to greenlight The Ghost of Every Spider You Ever Killed - prayformojo Aug 18, 08:53 1
- A romantic comedy starring Ashley Judd. -- nm - Reagen Aug 18, 09:08
2 college students at a Thrift Store Buy $20,000 Worth of Vintage NASA Flight Suits for $1.20 -- (link) - Beaker Aug 18, 08:51 2
- without clicking, i can guarantee it wasn't at a Goodwill. -- nm - colin Aug 18, 09:01
- Wow. -- nm - Mop Aug 18, 09:00
Trying to think of eclipse foods to take while we spend the day waiting. Suggestions? -- nm - colin Aug 18, 08:47 16
- "Because who doesn't like the black and white cookie?" -- nm - zork Aug 18, 09:26 1
  - my favorite line from the wiki on them: "This dull cookie was created in Germany." -- nm - colin Aug 18, 09:41
- Corona -- nm - JaxSean Aug 18, 08:58 3
  - Nah, go with Sol. -- nm - Shaun Aug 18, 09:09 1
    - you have two hands gentlemen. Double Fist! -- nm - Beaker Aug 18, 09:14
  - nice! -- nm - colin Aug 18, 08:59
- Sun chips. Sunkist. -- nm - Dark Callisto Aug 18, 08:57 1
  - sundaes? sunny delight? -- nm - colin Aug 18, 08:59
- Moon pies and Starburst candy. -- nm - Krusty Aug 18, 08:54 2
  - I think a pudding pie would work but just whipped cream around the edges. -- nm - Krusty Aug 18, 08:55 1
    - i like the moon pie idea. -- nm - colin Aug 18, 08:58
- coolaide -- nm - decline Aug 18, 08:53 1
  - that's dark. i like it. -- nm - colin Aug 18, 08:58
- One thing I'm thinking of doing is chocolate thumbprint cookies. -- nm - colin Aug 18, 08:53
- order everyone Moons over My Hammy from Dennys. -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 18, 08:52 1
  - ha! -- nm - colin Aug 18, 08:52
Has anybody seen Starship Troopers: Traitor of Mars? anybody? -- nm - colin Aug 18, 08:42 9
- What about Starship Troopers 2 Hero of the Federation? -- nm - colin Aug 18, 08:44 8
  - Yes -- nm - JD Aug 18, 08:48
  - Or maybe Starship Troopers 3: Marauder? -- nm - colin Aug 18, 08:44 6
    - 3 wasn't to bad. -- nm - Remlik Aug 18, 09:05
    - This one too -- nm - JD Aug 18, 08:48 1
      - you're a brave man. -- nm - colin Aug 18, 08:49
    - or perhaps after that, you sought out Starship Troopers Invasion? -- nm - colin Aug 18, 08:45 2
      - pretty sure I saw this one. decent enough -- nm - Beaker Aug 18, 08:46 1
        
        i think there's enough now for a proper starship troopers marathon. -- nm - colin Aug 18, 08:46
Sorrow at the Space Needle: Dinner at one of Seattle’s most expensive restaurants -- (link) - crash davis Aug 18, 08:37 5
- "The green beans were good." -- nm - Beryllium Aug 18, 08:55
- Yeah, that's more than embarrassing. That's shameful. -- nm - Mop Aug 18, 08:48 3
  - I had no idea that prices had gotten so ridiculous and the service so bad. I think I recommended it once to you for the experience. Sorry. -- nm - crash davis Aug 18, 08:51 2
    - Years ago I went with my ex and it was good. I think it was comparable in price to just the observation deck, but we got a (good) meal. - Mop Aug 18, 09:02
    - We considered it when I was there with daughter...and went to the Cheesecake Factory instead :) -- nm - Meg Aug 18, 08:57
That Dear David stuff isn't doing it for me. The first clue that it's fake is that rocking chair. No self-respecting ghost would sit there. - Mop Aug 18, 08:36 1
- It was the sketch that took me out of it. Reminded me of Legion's baddie for some reason. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 18, 08:45
Mel, LIR from B2, I think large crowds counterprotesting gives these assholes a sense of importance rather than making them feel small. - pmb Aug 18, 08:36 5
- ignoring them just feels incorrect from a historical perspective. There's a reason we're taught the things we are. -- (edited) - Mel Profit Aug 18, 09:02 4
  - and my 2nd paragraph isn't a shot at you. sorry if the tone sounds like it is. it's not. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 18, 09:12
  - There's a lot of ground between ignoring them and confronting them, though. -- nm - znufrii Aug 18, 09:08 2
    - Right. I'm not saying that there is no danger here or that we should bury our heads in the sand. We have a president who has proven himself to be - pmb Aug 18, 09:51
    - true. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 18, 09:11
Supergirl Cosplayer was at Charlottesville....marching with the racists.... -- (link) - Remlik Aug 18, 08:31 8
- This exposes the problem with cosplayers. Trademark owners can't very well prohibit her from wearing their costumes without doing it to everyone. -- nm - Mop Aug 18, 08:39 3
  - She wasn't in costume. -- nm - Will Hunting, King of Astronauts Aug 18, 08:43 2
    - But she will appear in costume in the future. And people will shout "RACIST!" at her. - Mop Aug 18, 08:49 1
      - worked for Captain America. -- nm - Beaker Aug 18, 09:16
- That's crazy. It should have been Captain America as I understand it now. -- nm - pmb Aug 18, 08:33 3
  - why? Sam Wilson isn't a Nazi. -- nm - Remlik Aug 18, 08:42
  - *fingers in ears* la la la la la la la la la la -- nm - Epiphany Aug 18, 08:40
  - Zing -- nm - Reagen Aug 18, 08:34
Is b. around? If not, I guess this is open to the rest of you. Ever used a Pilot FriXion erasable gel pen? -- nm - Spawn Aug 18, 08:30 1
- You see what I mean people? -- nm - Shaun Aug 18, 08:30
SuperFeud draft order posted on the boards. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Aug 18, 08:29
All this recent talk about nazis has reminded me of this classic Mitchell & Webb sketch -- (link) - LMS Aug 18, 08:24 [youtube]
The children, it seems, have adjusted to the summer break schedule. It's almost 8:30, and they're still asleep. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 18, 08:23 1
- Just in time for school to start again! -- nm - Mop Aug 18, 08:29
"In short, 'neoliberalism' is...a name for [the] premise...that competition is the only legitimate organizing principle for human activity." -- (link*) - znufrii Aug 18, 08:22 3
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  - I'm amused that you think I take anything you say seriously. -- nm* - znufrii Aug 18, 08:30 1
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I think Facebook just recommended TWuG's daughter as a friend. So I blew up Facebook, burned all the pieces, then buried them. -- nm - Mop Aug 18, 08:21 6
- Probably did. She started an account a few days ago. -- nm - TWuG Aug 18, 09:21
- evil -- nm - Spawn Aug 18, 08:27
- I should start a new Facebook, with blackjack, and hookers. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 18, 08:22 3
  - So... Slackertalk? -- nm - Mop Aug 18, 08:29 1
    - But with avatars. -- nm - Spawn Aug 18, 08:30
  - nice -- nm - Spawn Aug 18, 08:28
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- pool, grill, pool, beer, pool -- nm - CQ Aug 18, 09:06 1
  - sounds stressful -- nm - decline Aug 18, 09:10
- Aladdin tonight. Church outdoor concert event Saturday. Drive to southern IL Sunday. Eclipse Monday -- nm - oblique, SuperFeud Champion and Twelfth Astronaut Aug 18, 09:00
- Cooking Sweet&Sour Chicken tonight, lunch with friend tomorrow -- nm - Amoxy Aug 18, 08:47
- Lake and right into a week's vacation -- nm - Beaker Aug 18, 08:46 1
  - All. The. Alpine. -- nm - Shaun Aug 18, 08:47
- Beach. -- nm - znufrii Aug 18, 08:39 2
  - did you see the news thing about the family that was on the bridge near Cape May when it was opening? -- nm - decline Aug 18, 08:47 1
    - I saw a headline or something come across my fb feed this morning. Didn't read it though. -- (edited) - znufrii Aug 18, 08:49
- Nashville tomorrow !!!!!! -- nm - Meg Aug 18, 08:33
- Friends coming over tonight for dinner and to spray our clothes with mosquito repellant for the trip. 4 hours hiking. Packing. Visiting my mother. -- nm - pmb Aug 18, 08:32 2
  - sounds like exciting after dinner activity! Hope your mom is doing better -- nm - decline Aug 18, 08:35 1
    - Thanks, but unfortunately she's not. I'm getting less optimistic about my ability to go, but I'm still hoping. -- nm - pmb Aug 18, 08:37
- If the way I feel right now is an indication of how things are going to be; run and sleep -- nm - JD Aug 18, 08:32
- Get over my cold, eye test, watch Banshee S4 eps 1-3 and see Valerian and/or last Apes film. -- nm - LMS Aug 18, 08:28
- Wife is gone, roommate (well, the guy that lives in the house we're near) is gone... I'm going to play so many video games. - colin Aug 18, 08:26 5
  - My situation is fairly similar. Sounds like a good time to bust out the PSVR. -- nm - Shaun Aug 18, 08:30 3
    - ooo! -- nm - colin Aug 18, 08:38
    - I may do this as well, although I've been playing No Man's Sky again. The new update makes it a whole new game -- nm - decline Aug 18, 08:31 1
      - Seems like that's the case. -- nm - Shaun Aug 18, 08:36
  - pantsless, of course, right ? -- nm - decline Aug 18, 08:30
- binge watching Defenders at some point. Maybe fishing on Sunday -- nm - decline Aug 18, 08:24 6
  - my goal is to be done with it tonight -- nm - groiny Aug 18, 08:26 5
    - 8 episodes. -- nm - Spawn Aug 18, 09:04
    - I'm going to try to watch the first one after work, but going out for drinks tonight - so probably tomorrow -- nm - decline Aug 18, 08:29
    - You just want to see the Punisher teaser. -- nm - Shaun Aug 18, 08:27 2
      - Uhm, that is already on my phone. -- nm - Spawn Aug 18, 09:02
      - well, that might be cool, but no. -- nm - groiny Aug 18, 08:28
- Friends band is playing tomorrow night. Shakespeare in the park (Twelfth Night) on Sunday. -- nm - Andie Aug 18, 08:24 1
  - Also - making some sort of pin hole eclipse viewer. -- nm* - Andie Aug 18, 08:43
- ECLIPSE PREP. STRESS LEVEL: 10 - Mop Aug 18, 08:23 1
  - you should make 'The End of The World is Upon Us' signs and put them up all over your yard -- nm - decline Aug 18, 08:36
- Hitman's bodyguard, packing, continued restaurant week: Capitol Grill -- nm - Epiphany Aug 18, 08:23 1
  - Hmm... Hitman's Bodyguard... Maybe I should... *BATMAN SLAP* NO! -- nm - Mop Aug 18, 08:24
- Saturday - doing my part to remind people not to be Nazis. Sunday: Diva comes home. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 18, 08:22 2
  - bow-chicka-wow-wow -- nm - decline Aug 18, 08:30
  - ~Love is in the air~ - Epiphany Aug 18, 08:23
Since Trump free board is over. "Radical Islamic Terrorism must be stopped by whatever means necessary!" - Spawn Aug 18, 08:20 2
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  - NO SUCH THING!!! -- nm - Spawn Aug 18, 08:27

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