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Former aide of Trent Franks says she was offered 5 million to carry his child also he has decided to resign imiediately than january due to ill wife -- (link) - eag Dec 8, 13:29 7
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  - He allegedly pressured at least one of them to have sex with him and retaliated against them. I'm wondering, are his followers so conservative they - jnine Dec 8, 16:40
  - I had the same thought. I'm going to have to read ty's post later. -- nm - David Dec 8, 13:34
  - Apparently tried to pressure staffers to be surrogate, may have retaliated when refused, and may have wanted to impregnate them naturally -- (link*) - ty97 Dec 8, 13:33 2
    - was that supposed to be their Christmas bonus? -- nm - Diva Dec 8, 13:35
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  - I assume that. Or he insisted on natural insemination? -- nm - pmb Dec 8, 13:32
CNN, MOORE QUOTE, last time America was great was during slavery -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 8, 13:29 2
- I got your greatness right here, cracker. -- nm - William T Sherman Dec 8, 13:32 1
  - nice -- nm - mud Dec 8, 13:35
Brendan Dassey will not get a new trial -- (link) - ty97 Dec 8, 13:23 6
- if we're getting the entire story from 'Making a Murderer', this decision today is effed up. - Diva Dec 8, 13:32
- That's ridiculous. -- nm - pmb Dec 8, 13:31
- wait, i thought that was already decided that he *would* ? -- nm - Andie Dec 8, 13:29
- I really don't know about his uncle but Brendan deserves a new trial. - Krusty Dec 8, 13:28
- That photo is current? He still looks the same. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 8, 13:28
- There must be something on the side, because from where I sit he deserves a new trial -- nm - crash davis Dec 8, 13:27
6 inches of snow tomorrow. People are going to act like fools. -- nm - Diva Dec 8, 13:12 2
- My kids are out in that stupid shit right now. Dumbasses -- nm - CQ Dec 8, 13:20 1
  - your kids are fun and doing it the right way. We're going to have seasoned NE-landers who are going to act like they don't know how to drive. -- (edited) - Diva Dec 8, 13:21
Destiny 2 crucible notes... - David Dec 8, 13:11 2
- Sounds horrible -- nm - JaxSean Dec 8, 13:15 1
  - ly fun! -- nm - David Dec 8, 13:34
I'm so jealous. My brother works at the Bronx Zoo (their fundraising division). The Zoo has new leopard cubs - he gets to go play with them - decline Dec 8, 13:08 1
- So awesome! And I'm super jealous. The videos I've seen of others are just too much with the cuteness. -- (edited) - Krusty Dec 8, 13:24
No alcohol allowed on LIRR or Metro North tomorrow either. -- nm - ty97 Dec 8, 12:57 4
- Hampton Jitney time! -- nm - CQ Dec 8, 13:04
- Santa Con? -- nm - Krusty Dec 8, 12:59 1
  - yup -- nm - ty97 Dec 8, 13:11
- bastards -- nm - decline Dec 8, 12:57
Woot ap: Sony PlayStation VR Launch Bundle $239.99 50% off list price -- nm - Spawndroid Dec 8, 12:56 1
- Did you buy it? - decline Dec 8, 12:59
The square dancing you learned in gym class was actually part of a racist and anti-Semitic conspiracy. -- (edited) - znufrii Dec 8, 12:48 14
- Also apparently quicksand clown porn is totally a thing. -- nm - znufrii Dec 8, 12:59
- I'd rather hear about the quicksand porn -- nm - crash davis Dec 8, 12:58 9
  - I posted about that seems like a year ago. People lying on it, sinking until they can't breathe - Amoxy Dec 8, 13:00 8
    - Here is my post from back in May -- (link) - Amoxy Dec 8, 13:09 [Backboard] 1
      - I ignored the NSFW warning and read the first paragraph and quickly closed it. :) -- nm - crash davis Dec 8, 13:17
    - what? not real, i assume? -- nm - Andie Dec 8, 13:02 2
      - It’s very real. -- (link) - znufrii Dec 8, 13:03 1
        
        well, 'in-studio' real. -- nm - Andie Dec 8, 13:05
    - I don't get it. That seems extremely weird to me. -- nm - crash davis Dec 8, 13:01 2
      - But hey, if someone on ST is into it and it involves consenting adults who don't get hurt then I'm okay with you and not trying to oppress you. -- nm - crash davis Dec 8, 13:03 1
        
        “Help help I’m being repressed! Also I’m stuck in quicksand, but I’m good with that.” -- nm - Beryllium Dec 8, 13:49
- Man, I can't believe forcing a dance on awkward teenagers in gym class didn't work. -- nm* - Reagen Dec 8, 12:55 2
  - Square dancing is a great foundation to begin learning how to drive in suburbia -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 8, 13:28
  - Heh. -- nm - znufrii Dec 8, 12:58
Thanks for all the well wishes everyone. I appreciate you guys. -- nm - sycor Dec 8, 12:48
A Crown for Christmas was such a ripoff of The Sound of Music. -- nm - elf kelly Dec 8, 12:40 3
- Whaaaaat???? Say it isn't so. -- (edited) - sycor Dec 8, 12:46
- Every Hallmark movie is a ripoff of something else. -- nm - David Dec 8, 12:45 1
  - Still...it was so blatant. I liked Naughty & Nice. -- nm - elf kelly Dec 8, 12:48
My advice if you watch Dark, and get really confused after the first episode. Go ahead and watch the first three, then go back and rewatch the first. - prayformojo Dec 8, 12:34 2
- Then watch the entire series, then go back and watch the odd numbered episodes, but in reverse order. -- nm - Spawn Dec 8, 12:41 1
  - Then watch the first half of the second episode followed by the last half of the fifth, backwards. -- (edited) - znufrii Dec 8, 12:44
Mea culpa. I didn't realize it was an issue until that commercial. But I text in complete sentences. - crash davis Dec 8, 12:24 10
- Me too -- nm - JaxSean Dec 8, 13:31
- What annoys me -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 8, 13:05 5
  - People that break up a message -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 8, 13:06 4
    - Into multiple separate texts -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 8, 13:06 3
      - Just to say one thing -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 8, 13:07 2
        
        If its deliberate, yeah. I have done that two ways unintentionally. Sending too long of a text that the service breaks in two, and having another - crash davis Dec 8, 13:19 1
        
        I will sometimes try to abbreviate if I can get it to 1 instead of it breaking into 2. - JaxSean Dec 8, 13:27
- My brother! I do too and I use proper punctuation as well. -- nm* - Krusty Dec 8, 12:34
- u 👹 -- nm - Beryllium Dec 8, 12:26 1
  - Abd U don't dare use emojis. That would slow me down even worse. -- nm - crash davis Dec 8, 12:30
LYC: If nothing else, getting my Google home mini has been nice because I don't have to get off the couch to turn on lights. - sycor Dec 8, 12:21 12
- I still don't get the appeal. Then again, I get irrationally angry at voice activated phone systems. -- nm - Reagen Dec 8, 12:29 11
  - It’s great for us because the only lights on the living area are two floor lamps. - znufrii Dec 8, 12:40 7
    - do you have them separate? i haven't gotten this far yet... -- nm - Andie Dec 8, 12:51 6
      - Are you using Hue or smart plugs? -- nm - sycor Dec 8, 12:55 2
        
        Nothing yet. It will be smart plugs when i do (i don't have any overhead lighting fixtures that really make sense for Hue lights.) But i have one or two outlets i would like to control. -- nm* - Andie Dec 8, 12:59 1
        
        I use Hue in several lamps. They still work well. But I do need some smart plugs too. -- nm - sycor Dec 8, 13:03
      - I have them both on a single smart plug. -- nm - znufrii Dec 8, 12:52 2
        
        this is what I did as well -- nm - decline Dec 8, 12:57 1
        
        Considering a smart wall switch for the kitchen if and when we ever get around to that project. -- nm - znufrii Dec 8, 13:04
  - ok grandpa. Do you text like crash too ? -- nm - decline Dec 8, 12:40
  - I hate voice activated phone systems too. I like the mini because it responds well and does what I tell it to. - sycor Dec 8, 12:39
  - Yeah, my goal is *less* noise. -- nm - Spawn Dec 8, 12:30
Oregon admits violating rights of man fined for using math -- (link) - GregW Dec 8, 12:09 5
- "Using math isn't illegal." yet -- nm - Max Dec 8, 12:40
- It was a bit more complicated than Yahoo! makes it out to be. :-) :-) And Dawson might be a bit interested in the Free Speech aspects. - ReluctantCynic Dec 8, 12:11 3
  - It comes down to the guy saying he is an engineer when he is not certified by the state. He didn't claim to be certified and he didn't do anything - GregW Dec 8, 12:20 1
    - Right. It seems pretty straightforward. -- nm - znufrii Dec 8, 12:22
  - Meth. He means meth. - Spawn Dec 8, 12:15
racetrack San Louis Rey Downs hit by one of the SoCal fires, 25 horses dead :((((((( -- (link) - peglegpete Dec 8, 12:07 6
- that's just awful -- nm - decline Dec 8, 12:10
- Damn:( -- nm - Beryllium Dec 8, 12:09 4
  - The numbers of animals lost is staggering. -- nm - Spawn Dec 8, 12:10 3
    - Yeah. I think the PacNW is clear of fires right now, since the rainy season started. So CA basically has two fire seasons. Yikes. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 8, 12:12 2
      - Just one season - it's 12 months long :/ -- nm - Meg Dec 8, 13:35
      - The Santa Anna, aka Red winds are trying if not brutal, sets everyone on edge... - zeitgeist Dec 8, 13:24
Nearly 100 nuns at a nursing home near the Skirball fire were evacuated. With nowhere to go, staff took them in -- (link) - con_carne Dec 8, 12:01 3
- I am missing something. Staff of what? -- nm - Spawn Dec 8, 12:09 2
  - Staff of the nursing home. Presumably into their own homes. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 8, 12:10 1
    - Ah, thanks. -- nm - Spawn Dec 8, 12:16
Alita: Battle Angel trailer -- (link) - decline Dec 8, 12:01 [youtube]
Reports have Stanton meeting with the Yankees today. -- nm - Krusty Dec 8, 12:01 4
- And you jut know Jeter is gonna try to fleece your team for all you got to acquire him - eag Dec 8, 12:04 3
  - Jeter hired away our farm system guru so they definitely know who we have. -- nm - Krusty Dec 8, 12:13
  - I'm reading it'll be mostly a salary dump with minimal prospects in the deal and likely not the top ones. *fingers crossed* -- nm - Krusty Dec 8, 12:12 1
    - I would think Frazier (Clint) is a goner -- nm - groiny Dec 8, 13:09
Mike Trout is happy. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 8, 11:57
There is dumb, and then there is this guy: -- (link) - decline Dec 8, 11:57 5
- Plug in, turn on, let science do the rest. -- nm - znufrii Dec 8, 12:18
- That's not Spawn. -- nm - Shaun Dec 8, 11:59 3
  - I actually thought, "Have we heard from pixie lately?" -- nm - Spawn Dec 8, 11:59 2
    - He's too busy trolling the hsx boards. -- nm - Shaun Dec 8, 12:00 1
      - Yeah, he moved on to somewhere he could feel superior. -- nm - Spawn Dec 8, 12:05
Aaron Paul has a *nice* bathroom. It has a fireplace. -- (link) - Andie Dec 8, 11:56 4
- looks like they installed the toilet in the living room, which would be convenient. -- nm - Max Dec 8, 11:59 3
  - On the flip side - if that’s their bathroom, imagine what their living room looks like. - Beryllium Dec 8, 12:03 1
    - "1.25 acres, 2000 sq ft, 4 bedrooms, 3.5 baths, 8 toilets..." "Wait, what?" -- nm - Max Dec 8, 12:25
  - Have you ever played The Sims -- nm - con_carne Dec 8, 12:03
"Trials of the Nine is gonna be lit this weekend, and by “lit” I mean “literally lit on fire.”" -- nm - Beaker Dec 8, 11:46
Some big band version of LDB hit me at lunch. -- nm - Spawn Dec 8, 11:30 10
- Alexa betrayed me - eag Dec 8, 12:02 1
  - Well that was just silly on your part. The key is to avoid Christmas music all together. Otherwise you are playing roulette. -- nm - sycor Dec 8, 12:22
- There is like zero Christmas music around here. Starbucks still playing hipster music -- nm - budice Dec 8, 11:34 1
  - It is not even worth *trying* out there. -- nm - Spawn Dec 8, 11:42
- bastards -- nm - decline Dec 8, 11:32 5
  - I was not even sure what song it was until one part! -- nm - Spawn Dec 8, 11:33 4
    - I hope you are ok -- nm - decline Dec 8, 11:33 3
      - Thanks. I was feeling a bit shaky, but then I saw the B2SpawnWasRight. - Spawn Dec 8, 11:35 2
        
        Wait ... what? - ReluctantCynic Dec 8, 11:37 1
        
        I would tell you now, but bery has a character limit. -- nm - Spawn Dec 8, 11:41
Smith & Wesson Maker Tumbles as Gun Industry Slashes Prices - crash davis Dec 8, 11:30 3
- "Fear-based motivation for purchases has been replaced by the search for bargains" -- nm - crash davis Dec 8, 11:31 2
  - Count this among other things I never would have expected for 2017. -- nm - Max Dec 8, 11:34 1
    - Prior to the election, I would agree with you. After the election I knew this was inevitable. They won't say it publicly - crash davis Dec 8, 12:20
the Post: 10 best lines from movies in 2017 -- (link) - prayformojo Dec 8, 11:20 2
- I haven't seen most of those. My favorite scenes so far: -- (edited) - Max Dec 8, 11:33 1
  - My 1: - Will Hunting Dec 8, 11:56
7'th century Anglo-Saxon Burriel has a Sri Lanka pendant -- (link) - peglegpete Dec 8, 11:18
Schefter: Shohei Ohtani to the LA Angels. Not per sources. -- (link) - decline Dec 8, 11:17 13
- called it -- (link) - groiny Dec 8, 12:54 [Backboard]
- The Ohtani effect: the Angels odds to win the World Series improve from 50-1 to 30-1 -- nm - decline Dec 8, 12:38
- What does that even mean? That per sources he's not going to the Angels, or that he's speculating it will be the Angels but not based on any inside - pmb Dec 8, 11:43 1
  - dunno, I guess he means he heard it from Ohtani? MLB and ESPN have confirmed. He's signing with the Angels -- nm - decline Dec 8, 11:45
- He leaves the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters to move to LA -- nm - decline Dec 8, 11:33
- Shohei Otani could be my next sports boyfriend. I mean, he's no Joe Mauer, but ... . -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 8, 11:28 4
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    - I am merely the sum of my interests and desires -- for which I make no apologies! - ReluctantCynic Dec 8, 11:34 2
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        Bah! - ReluctantCynic Dec 8, 12:03
- dafuq? -- nm - budice Dec 8, 11:26
- is he the fake one or the real one? -- nm - Beaker Dec 8, 11:18 1
  - real -- nm - decline Dec 8, 11:28
Boeing: "Huh, so it turns out trying to kneecap a country's biggest aerospace company doesn't lead to that country ordering from you" -- (link) - Reagen Dec 8, 11:16 3
- PMJT: "We're going to... replace the... 30-year old fighters we currently...use... with... 30-year old... fighters. This reflects... Canadian values." -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Dec 8, 14:11
- good fuck those guys. Although I fear the used Australian jets will be as good as the used subs we bought... -- nm - Beaker Dec 8, 11:17 1
  - One of those subs is currently in active deployment ... -- nm - Beryllium Dec 8, 11:38
TWuG news network: Your beer could soon be delivered in a Tesla. Anheuser-Busch places order for 40 all-electric Tesla Semis -- (link) - decline Dec 8, 11:13 1
- Soon is a very relative term. - Will Hunting Dec 8, 11:18
*twitch* The Magicians returns Wednesday, Jan. 10 at 9 p.m. (pictures) -- (link) - decline Dec 8, 11:12 3
- Alice needs more scoop and/or V necks. -- nm - Shaun Dec 8, 11:21 2
  - I am about to watch for the first time. -- (link) - Spawn Dec 8, 11:38 [youtube] 1
    - Okay, kudos for music. -- (edited) - Spawn Dec 8, 11:53
Star Wars Battlefront 2 at 20% of the sales of CoD: WW2. -- (link) - Shaun Dec 8, 11:04 3
- I decided to wait until it is mega-cheap to get. -- nm - Spawn Dec 8, 11:32 1
  - This -- nm - JaxSean Dec 8, 11:57
- well, WW2 is actually good. -- nm - groiny Dec 8, 11:08

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