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New George H.W. Bush accuser says he groped her during 1992 re-election campaign -- (link) - ty97 Nov 16, 12:14
I wonder if these have an accompanying sign that says "If you can see the blue light, you're too close. Goodbye." -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 16, 12:00 3
- We have a reactor on campus. Their video of the reactor startup (linked here) is quite popular. -- (link) - Mop Nov 16, 12:05
- and it's basically the light equivalent of a sonic boom. -- nm - Reagen Nov 16, 12:01 1
  - Half Life 3 confirmed -- nm - Beryllium Nov 16, 12:04
I'm sure I missed the discussion, but did we know Krysten Ritter wrote a novel? -- (link) - Andie Nov 16, 11:58 10
- yes -- nm - Spawn Nov 16, 12:17
- yeah, I had tickets for a book signing and photo op, and she ended up cancelling last week. -- nm - groiny Nov 16, 12:14 4
  - what a bitch -- nm - decline Nov 16, 12:17 3
    - that's what he gets for trusting her. -- nm - Reagen Nov 16, 12:19
    - they should do a show about not trusting her -- nm - crash davis Nov 16, 12:19 1
      - It would never make it -- nm - ty97 Nov 16, 12:20
- Yes. -- nm - Ender Nov 16, 12:11
- yes. -- nm - Diva Nov 16, 12:09 1
  - for my stalker - add this to my list! -- nm - Andie Nov 16, 12:09
- huh -- nm - prayformojo Nov 16, 12:03
Bipartisan background check bill introduced in the Senate. -- (link) - Mop Nov 16, 11:54
New Zealand is looking to wipe out invasive mammals and is using gene editing to do it. What could possible go wrong? -- (link) - Mop Nov 16, 11:50
Oh God. Mulvaney is likely to be named Acting CFPB Director -- (link) - decline Nov 16, 11:49
Have you seen those popups over websites that are like "Hi, I'm such and such employee of the site you're looking at, let me know if I can help"? - Beryllium Nov 16, 11:33 11
- I get requests to fill out a survey before they even allow the site to load -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 16, 11:58 2
  - "How are we doing?" Well, pretty good until this annoying survey popped up... -- nm - Ender Nov 16, 12:12 1
    - "Do you want to submit feedback now? Later?" Is "fuck off forever" not an option? -- nm - Reagen Nov 16, 12:13
- That's on my wishlist for ST. -- nm - Mop Nov 16, 11:51
- Same here. I wish ad blockers would have an option to kill those too. -- nm - GregW Nov 16, 11:36
- i do too, but I think all the same, you should start doing that here. -- nm - prayformojo Nov 16, 11:34 5
  - I didn't make much fanfare about it, but I did add a new bug reporting system recently. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 16, 11:35
  - Hi, I'm ty97, can I help you? -- nm - ty97 Nov 16, 11:34 3
    - Is my 12:45 flight out of ORD going to leave on time? - Pippy Pumpkin Nov 16, 11:37 2
      - uhhhh...it's 1:39 CT so I...hope not? :) -- nm - ty97 Nov 16, 11:40 1
        
        hee! -- nm - Pippy Pumpkin Nov 16, 11:41
Japanese company apologizes for commuter train leaving 20 seconds early. -- (link) - GregW Nov 16, 11:25
Ethics Committee gonna be busy: McConnell calls on Ethics to look into Menendez. -- nm - ty97 Nov 16, 11:25 4
- Maybe I should apply for a job with the Ethics Committee. Sounds like they're gonna have a lot of work to do in the near future. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 16, 11:59 3
  - LOL, right. - Ethics Committee Nov 16, 12:02
  - LOL, you have ethics so you're not qualified for the Senate Ethics Committee -- nm - ty97 Nov 16, 12:00 1
    - no, he's too *biased* for the ethics committee. -- nm - Reagen Nov 16, 12:00
Catching up. I fully admit, I would hear Spacey's name int he news and I just tuned it out. There is are too many important people in the news - Spawn Nov 16, 11:14 9
- are you saying Superman Returns is the last time you've seen him? -- nm - crash davis Nov 16, 11:17 8
  - no, it means that Spawn sucks at movies. - groiny Nov 16, 11:19 7
    - Nope. Superman Returns. I saw parts of Horrible Bosses, but not him. -- nm - Spawn Nov 16, 12:30
    - I have not seen Baby Driver yet -- nm - crash davis Nov 16, 11:48 3
      - oops - I am going to correct that. -- nm - Pippy Pumpkin Nov 16, 11:54 2
        
        I'm hunting a code but I did add Valerian - its worth watching -- nm - Pippy Pumpkin Nov 16, 12:00 1
        
        I saw that you added that. Thanks, I'll probably see it on Saturday :) -- nm - crash davis Nov 16, 12:17
    - no no no, I'm sure he saw that. surely - mud Nov 16, 11:28 1
      - Anymore, I only go to comic or sci-fi movies. -- nm - Spawn Nov 16, 12:31
Who delivers Amazon orders? Increasingly, it’s plainclothes contractors with few labor protections, driving their own cars, competing for shifts... -- (link) - Mop Nov 16, 11:13 6
- working amazon warehouses/distribution centers is like old fashioned labor market where a truck pulls up, the driver points to a few guys 'get in' - zeitgeist Nov 16, 11:57
- I've mentioned it here that since they opened a distribution warehouse near us we get abduction vans showing up with Amazon packages. - spamlet Nov 16, 11:45 4
  - I just go to the amazon store. you people getting things delivered to home are so retro. -- nm - amanda jones state university Nov 16, 11:52 1
    - that seems much more convenient -- nm - decline Nov 16, 11:53
  - Leave a package, take a kid. -- nm - Mop Nov 16, 11:51
  - we get guys in beat up sedans with a back seat full of boxes - it's just weird -- nm - decline Nov 16, 11:47
Ben Affleck as Batman is not the problem. Zack Snyder, 'Martha' and the cure for insomnia writing are the problem. -- nm - Diva Nov 16, 11:12 27
- agree on Snyder. I actually liked the "Martha" element but thought it was pulled off to clumsy. Snyder shouldn't write, - Remlik Nov 16, 11:24 3
  - Even directing, his strength is with visuals, not working with actors/characters. -- nm - Roger More Nov 16, 11:30 2
    - And his visuals for the DC-Verse are abysmal. - Will Hunting Nov 16, 12:06
    - I agree. -- nm - Remlik Nov 16, 11:31
- It is just a feeling that I have, is that DC does not have the slightest idea of whatthey want / expect from these movies. - groiny Nov 16, 11:19 20
  - not DC. it's Warner Brothers. Biggest mistake is Snyder. Gave him to much control. -- nm - Remlik Nov 16, 11:25 15
    - example is Suicide Squad. Harley Quinn gets lots of positive press, and all of a sudden they greenlight a Harley Movie. - groiny Nov 16, 11:30
    - ok, well whoever is signing off and /or interfering with the directors doing their jobs, needs to stop. - groiny Nov 16, 11:28 13
      - I agree. It's crazy. But the rumor I hear is that Snyder is out finally. Geoff Johns (who came in to late to work on Justice league really) is in - Remlik Nov 16, 11:30
      - they need better editors, not directors. I dread these movies so much because they're unnecessarily long. -- nm - amanda jones state university Nov 16, 11:30 11
        
        Editing isn't even just length. Suicide Squad was just a hair over two hours but was incoherent as fuck. -- nm - Reagen Nov 16, 11:38 2
        
        I still kinda put that one the studio for making Ayer change all kinds of shit after the fact. -- nm - groiny Nov 16, 11:40 1
        
        Didn't they hire a company known for making movie trailers to do the final edits for the film? -- nm - Shaun Nov 16, 11:41
        
        yes and no, some of the shit they cut out of BvsS was damn good, compared to some of what they left in. - groiny Nov 16, 11:32 2
        
        Considering that scene took like 2 mins in the UE, wtf dudes? -- nm - Shaun Nov 16, 11:33 1
        
        right? -- nm - Remlik Nov 16, 11:35
        
        They've learned a bit. Justice League is 2h1min. -- nm - Shaun Nov 16, 11:31
        
        Whedon cut 50 minutes from Justice League. Was going to be almost 3 hours long. thats crazy -- nm - Remlik Nov 16, 11:31 3
        
        well, not if it was a good 50 minutes. - groiny Nov 16, 11:33 2
        
        I'd imagine there'll be another Ultimate Edition Bly-ray. - Shaun Nov 16, 11:34 1
        
        for sure -- nm - groiny Nov 16, 11:34
  - I don't know... I think they know exactly what THEY want, it's what the customer wants that they're clueless about. -- nm - Ender Nov 16, 11:21 3
    - I think they're just trying to recreate 'The Dark Knight' all the time and haven't a clue how to do it. -- nm - Diva Nov 16, 11:24 1
      - Here's an idea, WB: Take a fucktonne of $$$$. Give it to Christopher Nolan. - Shaun Nov 16, 11:32
    - The advantage I think Marvel has, is that they have a detailed plan of attack laid out. - groiny Nov 16, 11:22
- Yeah, I like his Bruce Wayne. Maybe second only to Keaton. I hate his Batman largely due to the suit (Zack) and what he has been given to work with. - Spawn Nov 16, 11:16
- +1 -- nm - Mop Nov 16, 11:13
Oh. So Terry Cruizing someone is how the drummer from Def Leppard only has one arm. -- nm - Qale Nov 16, 11:08 1
- heh - Pippy Pumpkin Nov 16, 11:25
Black Panther: International Trailer -- (link) - Remlik Nov 16, 11:06 [youtube] 1
- Nice! - Beryllium Nov 16, 12:04
It was 10-2 for acquittal. -- nm - ty97 Nov 16, 10:55 9
- welp -- (link) - ty97 Nov 16, 11:03 6
  - In case you don't think politicians don't hold grudges -- nm* - budice Nov 16, 11:17
  - Can I pay him to forget me? -- nm - Max Nov 16, 11:08
  - We must hold out the possibility that this tweet is accurately representing his constituents. - crash davis Nov 16, 11:07 2
    - I'm concerned about the quote sourcing in your IM. -- nm - ty97 Nov 16, 11:09 1
      - it pays to do your research -- (link) - crash davis Nov 16, 11:11
  - At least he's being dignified. -- nm - Mop Nov 16, 11:04
- and he's up for reelection in 2018 -- nm - ty97 Nov 16, 11:02
- it sounds clearly like the prosecution failed to make its case -- nm - crash davis Nov 16, 10:56
Leeann Tweeden says that as of now she does not think Al Franken should step down. -- (link) - ty97 Nov 16, 10:52 1
- I hate to say it, but that feels calculated - Reagen Nov 16, 11:09
House passes tax bill 227 - 205 -- nm - ty97 Nov 16, 10:52 5
- Are the Senate and the House close? -- nm - Amoxy Nov 16, 10:54 4
  - I believe only the Rotunda separates them. -- nm - crash davis Nov 16, 11:08 1
    - "Whoa whoa whoa. I said we were on friendly terms, I didn't say we were friends." -- nm - Senate Nov 16, 11:11
  - Not really. - Mop Nov 16, 11:06
  - The Senate's always been the harder chamber to get this through. - ty97 Nov 16, 10:57
how the zombie ant fungus takes over ant's bodies to control their minds... - x Nov 16, 10:46 4
- They had a planet earth marathon on BBCA last weekend, and I saw that. -- nm - znufrii Nov 16, 10:58
- Big things have small beginnings. *bloop* -- nm - Max Nov 16, 10:57
- I read a two sentence synopsis of this earlier, had a panic attack, and closed the window -- nm - ty97 Nov 16, 10:46 1
  - you should check out the flatworm euhaplorchis californiensis! (spoilers) - x Nov 16, 11:03
"Hi Comcast, I'd like to upgrade my plan and give you more money. What, no? I can't do that? That seems odd." -- nm - Mop Nov 16, 10:43 6
- sounds like me calling Rogers to get a better cell phone plan. - Beaker Nov 16, 10:44 5
  - Rogers has some nice internet pricing at the moment. - Shaun Nov 16, 10:49
  - They're trying to get me to commit to their DVR and installation. Really? You can't just give me more channels? - Mop Nov 16, 10:47 3
    - But your boomdazzle is out of date and needs a new flangewhacker to be installed in order to get Disney XD. Everyone knows that, Mop -- nm - oblique, SuperFeud Champion and Tenth Astronaut Nov 16, 10:59 2
      - The guy in the web chat is gonna have a bad day. He plainly lied when he said I needed new equipment and I said so in my comments. - Mop Nov 16, 11:04 1
        
        LOL, we sold our souls long ago for cash money. You're on your own, bub. -- nm - BBB si Nov 16, 11:47
Found an uncensored picture of that truck window decal. -- (link) - GregW Nov 16, 10:41 1
- He has had for 8 months and its just now coming up? and " I love my Pit Bull" sticker is making crack up -- nm - Pippy Pumpkin Nov 16, 10:44
Sylvester Stallone is accused of sexually assaulting a 16-year-old fan -- (link) - ty97 Nov 16, 10:40
New Orleans in early Feb for $20 each way r/t? I’m listening... -- nm - znufrii Nov 16, 10:37 14
- Just be familiar with the add-on fees on Frontier - ty97 Nov 16, 10:47 12
  - Yeah. No way. -- nm - Spawn Nov 16, 11:17
  - Sorry, there is a fee for talking about our fees. -- nm - Frontier si. Nov 16, 10:53
  - Definitely taking that into account. -- (edited) - znufrii Nov 16, 10:52
  - Frontier you say? nope nope nopity nope -- nm - Pippy Pumpkin Nov 16, 10:49 8
    - Did I forget to mention that part? -- (edited) - znufrii Nov 16, 10:54 4
      - your mileage may vary - haaa - haa - I crack myself up. - Pippy Pumpkin Nov 16, 11:01 3
        
        Basically how the likes of Frontier and Spirit work. You get what you pay for. -- nm - ty97 Nov 16, 11:02 2
        
        ~you can't always get what you waaaant~ -- nm - Strongbad Nov 16, 11:19
        
        Well, in our case we paid for the extra legroom seats up front, because we wanted to make sure there was enough room for the three of us -- (edited) - znufrii Nov 16, 11:16
    - I'm making an assumption - ty97 Nov 16, 10:51 2
      - Yup. They’ve got a fare sale going on for select travel before mid-Feb -- nm - znufrii Nov 16, 10:55 1
        
        not uncommon. Once the New Year's travel home is done, air travel goes off a cliff until around Spring Break. -- nm - ty97 Nov 16, 10:58
- say what now? Its almost criminal not to go -- nm - Pippy Pumpkin Nov 16, 10:45
This seems an important clarification re: Sen Whitehouse -- (link) - ty97 Nov 16, 10:35
The Sen Whitehouse comment came *before* he was asked about Franken, apparently -- nm - Reagen Nov 16, 10:35 1
- I'm on 30 second delay today apparently -- nm - ty97 Nov 16, 10:35
Lawsuit filed against banks for rigging US Treasury bond auctions. -- (link) - GregW Nov 16, 10:34 5
- let me guess the outcome: the big banks will pay a fine (aka a speeding ticket), admit no wrongdoing and that's about it....nm - x Nov 16, 10:37 4
  - and admit no wrongdoing -- nm - GregW Nov 16, 10:40 3
    - see above?...nm - x Nov 16, 10:41 2
      - Sorry, still early in the morning for me. Eyes haven't focused yet. -- nm - GregW Nov 16, 10:44 1
        
        heh, i do stuff like that all the time....nm - x Nov 16, 10:47
Well, I mean, there *was* that time with Epiphany - Strongbad Nov 16, 10:33 1
- tell me about it - groiny Nov 16, 10:39
*booplauses Amoxy* -- nm - ty97 Nov 16, 10:31 6
- Is that touching the tip of my nose and saying "Boop"? -- nm - Amoxy Nov 16, 10:49 1
  - that is not your nose. -- nm - groiny Nov 16, 10:52
- so the same reaction crash gets when he starts his stripper routine? -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 16, 10:33 3
  - groiny is the stripper, I just bartend at the club because I promised my parents that I would learn a trade -- nm - crash davis Nov 16, 10:35 2
    - a perfectly mixed dirty martini is a trade - Pippy Pumpkin Nov 16, 10:46 1
      - oh, I do agree -- nm - crash davis Nov 16, 10:56

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