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farewell, janet yellen...nm - x Nov 1, 13:36 1
- *lights a cig with a $100 bill and flicks it on to the desk* *snap* *walks out* -- nm - Janet Nov 1, 13:37
Ian Rapaport: Packers tried to make a play for Brian Hoyer, but he chose the Pats instead. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 1, 13:35
It's that time -- (link) - ty97 Nov 1, 13:32
Went to Chipotle yesterday evening. My bowl was $3. - ty97 Nov 1, 13:28 1
- "Oh, that's *not* your costume?" -- nm - Reagen Nov 1, 13:33
Baseball is still on? I thought it was over weeks ago. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 1, 13:27 1
- It takes a while for the transmission to travel from the deep reaches of space where the games are apparently played -- nm - prayformojo Nov 1, 13:31
Riker was always Number One. But I am sure Number Two was whoever Picard was pissed at that week. -- nm - crash davis Nov 1, 13:21 1
- Wesley -- nm - Max Nov 1, 13:28
Re: Halloween, I was pleased to see there was a bare minimum of total garbage candy the kids brought home - Reagen Nov 1, 13:17 10
- Rockets =/= garbage. (But yes, good haul here too.) -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Nov 1, 13:36
- My friend's daughter was given apple slices by the Disney store. You know who's getting egged next year? -- nm - Krusty Nov 1, 13:24 4
  - nobody because it is the evil Snow White queen's poisoned apple, and all are now dead? -- nm - peglegpete Nov 1, 13:29 1
    - Hmmm... Good call. I would warn her but I'm pretty sure that awful "treat" was tossed in the garbage. -- nm - Krusty Nov 1, 13:40
  - your friend's daughter? -- nm - ty97 Nov 1, 13:26 1
    - She's working on her throwing for next year and if you're not careful I'll give her your address. - Krusty Nov 1, 13:28
- Driving back from lunch just now, I saw a Halloween bag tossed in the middle of the road. And then I remembered Idaho buys the most candy corn. -- nm - crash davis Nov 1, 13:18 3
  - I bought two bags today and I'd have bought more but I didn't want to carry them around all day. So good. -- nm - Krusty Nov 1, 13:25 2
    - I'm still going to talk to you about pizza and hot dogs. But you're fired as my candy consultant. -- nm - crash davis Nov 1, 13:37 1
      - I love sugar! They have honey in them which is super tasty sugary goodness. - Krusty Nov 1, 13:39
Local news showed the Justin Trudeau/Clark Kent video this morning and the woman anchor broke character and said "He's so dreamy" - Amoxy Nov 1, 13:14 2
- I mean.... -- nm - mara Nov 1, 13:30
- we agree with her -- nm - Pippy Pumpkin Nov 1, 13:27
B4, planet lollipops ... that's way too much heat for my diet. - rollo Nov 1, 13:11 1
- did they mean calories? -- nm - Pippy Pumpkin Nov 1, 13:13
RE B2 and autonomous driving. Tesla's autopilot will function at up to 90 mph and can be set to exceed the posted limit. - TWuG, neck model Nov 1, 13:10 3
- Also consider that some states actually have laws forbidding municipalities from ticketing for speed below 10+. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 1, 13:14
- speed limits are a revenue stream for local municipalities - until manual driving is gone, they will always be there -- nm - decline Nov 1, 13:12 1
  - the one 2017 government report i could find addressing this (by the national conference of state legislatures said.... - x Nov 1, 13:18
TIL: Will Arnett is Canadian. Michael Cera, too. And I think I forgot that Jim Carrey started out Canadian. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 1, 13:05 3
- Yesterday was John Candy's birthday -- nm - ty97 Nov 1, 13:34
- One of his breakout standup bits was about being Canadian! -- nm - Reagen Nov 1, 13:10 1
  - “‘Yes, Canada. It was a frozen, hostile, wasteland. And there was much work to be done, if we were to survive the elements." - Spawn Nov 1, 13:10
Video: Unusual hit-and-run last weekend. -- (link) - GregW Nov 1, 13:00 1
- "Ha ha ha, look at that cat *thump wump* What the hell was that?" -- nm - Reagen Nov 1, 13:17
Trump calls US justice system a " joke" and a "laughing stock" -- (link) - Amoxy Nov 1, 12:57 21
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- Should sit in on Family Court proceedings for a day or two. -- nm - budice Nov 1, 13:05
- he's not entirely wrong -- nm - groiny Nov 1, 13:04 14
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    - Beats me. -- nm - Trevon Martin Nov 1, 13:33 9
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        not at all -- nm - Freddie Gray Nov 1, 13:36 4
        
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        The incident was reviewed by the Department of Justice for potential civil rights violations, but no additional charges were filed, citing - groiny Nov 1, 13:39 2
        
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      - OK, but do we think that's even in the top 1000 things entering his head for this comment? -- nm - Reagen Nov 1, 13:34 2
        
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        I am not even beginning to speculate what is in that man's mind. -- nm - groiny Nov 1, 13:36
  - He is laying the groundwork for when he is indicted -- nm - Amoxy Nov 1, 13:10
  - but then Sanders denied he said it. (in last hour) -- nm - mud Nov 1, 13:09 1
    - What an idiot -- nm - Amoxy Nov 1, 13:10
- Our healthcare system, though... top notch! The best! -- nm - Mop Nov 1, 12:59
- "... and I should know!!!" -- nm - Spawn Nov 1, 12:59
- Thanks for the vote of confidence, boss! -- nm - Mop Nov 1, 12:59
- "I mean, look at what I've been allowed to do and stay out of prison. Nuts!" -- nm - Reagen Nov 1, 12:59
Dustin Hoffman? :( NB - Not dead, that's not the reason for :( -- (link) - Andie Nov 1, 12:57 2
- "I was telling my friend that I wished a man would come up to me and say 'I'd really like to make love with you.'" - Tootsie Nov 1, 13:35
- "I've decided to come out as still alive." -- nm - Mop Nov 1, 12:58
B6 Trump Jr., favorite response: "Seems like you're as shitty a father as you are a .... what are you again?" -- nm - rollo Nov 1, 12:54
Playboy puts a hold on Brett Ratner's Hugh Hefner biopic - Reagen Nov 1, 12:54 7
- I thought Ratner already had sexual assault charges brought against him -- nm - amoxy Nov 1, 13:35
- ... -- (pic) - David Nov 1, 13:03 [Attachment]
- ummmm, isn't that like the *perfect* match though? -- nm - ty97 Nov 1, 12:55 4
  - Not really. Not at all. -- nm - Spawn Nov 1, 12:57 3
    - Hefner is like the prime sexual harasser. -- nm - ty97 Nov 1, 13:06 2
      - He was a womanizer, but I have never heard of him forcing himself on women - Reagen Nov 1, 13:22 1
        
        You don't have to force yourself to be a sexual harasser -- nm - ty97 Nov 1, 13:23
Riker is gone -- (edited) - Amoxy Nov 1, 12:53 1
- But Riker is here to stay! -- nm - Spawn Nov 1, 12:53
tv show 24 comingback with a female lead -- (link) - Remlik Nov 1, 12:51 2
- male Chloe? -- nm - crash davis Nov 1, 12:55
- *likes* -- nm - Marvel Comics Nov 1, 12:52
MLB: Former Braves GM Coppolella and scouting supervisor Blakely have hired labor attorneys and are considering wrongful termination lawsuits -- nm - Strongbad Nov 1, 12:50
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- Yeah yeah, we know, Annalise Keating. -- nm - Qale Nov 1, 13:04
- Since I am neither opposing counsel nor Jack's IT guy, I feel I am relatively safe. -- nm - crash davis Nov 1, 12:53 1
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- Good thing I am on the other coast -- nm - Riker Nov 1, 12:50 1
  - Such a number one. -- nm - Spawn Nov 1, 12:51
- *pushes znu into Jack's line of sight* - ty97 Nov 1, 12:46
- click for evil -- (link) - kilboooooo, SuperFeud Champion and Tenth Astronaut Nov 1, 12:46
2021 and 2022 are going to be BIG years for sports in Indy.... - Remlik Nov 1, 12:37 4
- why didn't you just say "in Dec 2021 we will host the Ohio State-Michigan game" -- nm - crash davis Nov 1, 12:45
- Andrew Luck will finally become what he was projected to be? -- nm - David Nov 1, 12:44 2
  - HA! Well he ain't playing this year. -- nm - Remlik Nov 1, 12:48
  - He will probably be on another team - eag Nov 1, 12:47
Modern baseball sucks, and I have proof. Back in the 1960s, they played the game as it meant to be played...in satellites orbiting the earth! -- (link) - prayformojo Nov 1, 12:31 [Image] 2
- when I read the first sentence, I thought for sure this was going to be a plp post -- nm - crash davis Nov 1, 12:36
- that giant rift in the eastern seaboard healed up nicely. -- nm - Reagen Nov 1, 12:32
This forum shows me I can learn something from anyone. Today budice taught me Antje Utgaard is not a random collection of letters. -- nm - crash davis Nov 1, 12:26 12
- aka Kate Upton lite. -- nm - Spawn Nov 1, 12:27 11
  - I'll need to do some direct assessment to say for sure - Reagen Nov 1, 12:30 1
    - The internets have *everything*. -- (link) - Spawn Nov 1, 12:41 [youtube]
  - which reminds me, maybe I shouldn't trust Pippy to grade The Layover for me...I might have to watch it anyways -- nm - crash davis Nov 1, 12:30 7
    - As much as I love Upton she can not act - and they sort of hide Draddario's beauty ( why? why?)But I've watched worse. I'm looking at you The House -- nm - Pippy Pumpkin Nov 1, 12:35 6
      - what? You didn't like The House? - kilboooooo, SuperFeud Champion and Tenth Astronaut Nov 1, 12:37 3
        
        it was pretty terrible. -- nm - Andie Nov 1, 12:48 1
        
        It must be my proximity to college payments that made it funnier than it should have been -- nm - kilboooooo, SuperFeud Champion and Tenth Astronaut Nov 1, 12:49
        
        see you and the Jaxseans liked it - I was expecting more from Poeler and Ferrell - it felt so very phoned in -- nm - Pippy Pumpkin Nov 1, 12:46
      - Yeah, I noticed you gave The Layover a D and not an F. So it isn't as bad as it possible to be. -- nm - crash davis Nov 1, 12:37 1
        
        I watched to the end - its rare for me to quit on a movie and give it an F. I'm not that picky about my movies in all honesty -- nm - Pippy Pumpkin Nov 1, 12:45
  - word -- nm - Pippy Pumpkin Nov 1, 12:29
hee hee, Mara. Who's a good dog? Who's a good dog? -- nm - Max Nov 1, 12:24 4
- :-) I love photos of dogs when they're high. -- nm - mara Nov 1, 12:31 3
  - I'd be interested in a service where I get to go sit on a couch with a high pet. -- nm - Max Nov 1, 12:33 2
    - I hear Krusty wants to make a new social media channel. -- nm - Remlik Nov 1, 12:41
    - the great dane I use to have was funny as hell - Pippy Pumpkin Nov 1, 12:36
Some of the Russian election ads have been released: they knew exactly how to target white men, racists, and Trump's base. And they got A LOT of click -- (link) - MDH Nov 1, 12:15 1
- I wouldn't mind getting a lot of Russian click either from time to time. -- nm - Qale Nov 1, 12:21
nobody really cares, but after 22 months and two weeks, I finally sent my sister a letter telling her what I think of her childish cold war. - amanda jones state university Nov 1, 12:11 8
- Good for you. -- nm - Spawn Nov 1, 12:47
- good for you, at the very least, you get it off your chest. -- nm - groiny Nov 1, 12:41
- I hope this resolves in favor of your happiness. -- nm - crash davis Nov 1, 12:19
- cliffhanger! - Max Nov 1, 12:14 4
  - I also sent her this framed pencil drawing of us that our parents commissioned before they got divorced, so I sent it in a huge box. - amanda jones state university Nov 1, 12:27 3
    - I forget - do you know what kicked this off? -- nm - Reagen Nov 1, 12:29 2
      - not really, no. we were at sash's and she said some terrible things to me and about me in front of sash and karen and then when I tried to defend - amanda jones state university Nov 1, 12:35 1
        
        wild. My oldest brother and I have had issues off and on over the years, but we knew what they were about. -- nm - Reagen Nov 1, 12:37
The World Series is a massive ratings hit. - David Nov 1, 12:08 5
- Juice. That. Ball. -- nm - Spawn Nov 1, 12:51
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  - Every pitcher will be available to pitch minus yesterday's starters - eag Nov 1, 12:37
- I think what's also working well besides the close competition is lack of negatives: few bad calls, outbursts, errors, etc, right? - Max Nov 1, 12:17
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B3, re JD and Bery, that's the setting for Shadowrun universe which gave us The Matrix - SyrDragon Nov 1, 12:08
Thursday's new and season premiere TV shows. - GregW Nov 1, 12:07
LOL "Ryan initially kicked the naming over to Trump because of his knack for branding, according to a senior Hill aide." -- nm - mara Nov 1, 12:05 2
- In a cynical way, smart - Reagen Nov 1, 12:07 1
  - Could that have actually been his intent if he's now pushing back on the name? -- nm - mara Nov 1, 12:08
DoesCrashHaveaPaperCutYet? -- nm - David Nov 1, 11:56 1
- so far I'm good so I worry a nasty one awaits me this afternoon -- nm - crash davis Nov 1, 12:18
Anyone still keeping up with Orville? Last week's episode about the dangers of Democracy was great. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 1, 11:51 15
- Caught an ad for it during baseball last night. My wife, seeing it for the first time: "I kept waiting for the joke. Where's the parody?" -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Nov 1, 13:42
- I watched half of one episode and I am done ( spoilers) - Riker Nov 1, 12:40 2
  - you're so picky, Number One -- nm - crash davis Nov 1, 12:43 1
    - That was an interesting auto-nick - Riker Nov 1, 12:51
- I still think the show is in a weird space of too-serious and not serious/funny enough. I don't find it memorable. -- nm - Max Nov 1, 11:55 3
  - So far, we are not taking it serious at all and we are enjoying it. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 1, 11:59 1
    - agreed. they're turning a corner, it's pretty good. -- nm - Remlik Nov 1, 12:15
  - this -- nm - Spawn Nov 1, 11:56
- It was except.... - Remlik Nov 1, 11:53 3
  - I don't think the Union's manual specifically covers spoilers - crash davis Nov 1, 12:16 2
    - Well....I would say in counter to that... - Remlik Nov 1, 12:22 1
      - Pissed because the Admiral is in charge of the manual and he forgot to write that in.... -- nm - crash davis Nov 1, 12:23
- Yeah. I watched it. It was both interesting and dumb at the same time. -- nm - kilboooooo, SuperFeud Champion and Tenth Astronaut Nov 1, 11:53
- It's fun to see them delve into heavy political issues just like Star Trek sometimes did. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 1, 11:52 1
  - oh yeah. But he's also remaking TOS episodes -- nm - Remlik Nov 1, 12:06
Doesn't look like Casey's Halloween video this year has gone as viral as his past videos (i.e. the Aladdin magic carpet) -- (link) - Mop Nov 1, 11:51 [youtube] 4
- The kids running after them is pretty great. -- nm - Max Nov 1, 11:59 1
  - I think that is a cop. -- nm - Spawn Nov 1, 12:01
- Why is he not letting her drive? -- nm - Spawn Nov 1, 11:56 1
  - I suspect the model was chosen for her attractiveness, not her ability to navigate a heavily modified bike. -- nm - Mop Nov 1, 11:59
FTW -- nm - Spawn Nov 1, 11:49

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