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Huh. Apparently Congress has another impending government shutdown looming on Friday. -- nm - TWuG, ten-stone griddle-chip Jan 16, 08:36 1
- How long have you been asleep, twug? -- nm - Spawn: Six Time Blood Feud Champion Jan 16, 08:39
Ken Norton Jr. taking Seahawks DC job; Mike Solari to be OL coach -- nm - Beaker Jan 16, 08:30 3
- *punches the goalpost in celebration* -- nm - Ken Norton Jr Jan 16, 08:34
- I like Ken Norton, but I don't recall seeing good results from his coaching stints -- nm - budice Jan 16, 08:33 1
  - related: he had been hired by the Niners, like, days ago, but dumped them for this -- nm - Beaker Jan 16, 08:34
On April 27th (Fri), I am going to be at the Distillers concert in Santa Ana, CA. On Sat 28th at Noon, I am supposed to be bowling in Vegas - JD Jan 16, 08:28 6
- You can't sleep after the concert, get up at 6am and drive that morning? -- nm - Andie Jan 16, 08:43
- Vegas? I would skip the sleep part. -- nm - Spawn: Six Time Blood Feud Champion Jan 16, 08:31 1
  - I think sleep is going to already be in short supply that week. Wed 4/25 I'm going to drive to San Diego to see Brody there as well - JD Jan 16, 08:41
- I'd drive. Then you're in control of your situation. - JaxSean Jan 16, 08:31 2
  - this - none of them are really good options. can you bowl good on no sleep? good luck with all of that. -- nm - Epiphany Jan 16, 08:42
  - No festival this time. Vegas is the league sweeps of my bowling league. The concert on Friday is the announced date for the Distillers in Santa Ana - JD Jan 16, 08:34
LOFL -- (link) - Spawn: Six Time Blood Feud Champion Jan 16, 08:24 5
- Jemele Hill -- (link) - Roger More Jan 16, 08:44 2
  - nailed it. -- nm - Beaker Jan 16, 08:48
  - spot on -- nm - Epiphany Jan 16, 08:45
- *snort* -- nm - Epiphany Jan 16, 08:42
- Wow. - znufrii Jan 16, 08:27
Bengals fans paying it forward and donating to Blake Bortles Foundation for beating the Steelers. -- nm - Volnelk Jan 16, 08:24 3
- Nice! -- nm - JaxSean Jan 16, 08:31 2
  - think if he beats the Pats, his Foundation could end up catching Bill Gates' -- nm - Beaker Jan 16, 08:41
  - The Good Place, indeed. -- nm - Spawn: Six Time Blood Feud Champion Jan 16, 08:34
Inventor Peter Madsen was charged Tuesday with killing Swedish journalist Kim Wall during a trip on his private submarine -- (link) - Beaker Jan 16, 08:20 1
- What a horrible way to ruin that euphemism. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 16, 08:22
I want fried chicken. -- nm - sycor Jan 16, 08:18
Homeland Security secretary, Kirstjen Nielsen, under oath says she is unaware of the racial breakdown of Norway. - Volnelk Jan 16, 08:08 5
- Maybe it's like that thing where they have a million different names for snow. - Max Jan 16, 08:34
- Only a politician can give that sort of answer. Commit to nothing and you can't be called on it. -- nm - Trans-SiBaron Orchestra Jan 16, 08:26
- *Kirstjen* *Nielsen* -- (edited) - Reagen Jan 16, 08:15 1
  - "How about Wakanda?" -- nm - Beaker Jan 16, 08:15
- depends on what you mean by predominately I guess - Beaker Jan 16, 08:14
Holy sh*t, Ashleigh Banfield to Ansari accuser: You have chipped away at a movement. -- (link) - Mop Jan 16, 08:05 5
- Banfield is pissed. -- nm - Remlik Jan 16, 08:14 3
  - I don't know her from Adam, is she always so over the top? - Epiphany Jan 16, 08:19 2
    - No not really. I watched her a lot on MSNBC back in the early 2000's, she did some great reporting in Afghanistan and 9/11 -- (link) - Remlik Jan 16, 08:35 [youtube] 1
      - interesting. -- nm - Epiphany Jan 16, 08:44
- I would love to hear Al Franken's thoughts on this. -- nm - Spawn: Six Time Blood Feud Champion Jan 16, 08:10
Wanna see video of a firefighters catching a child tossed from the 3rd floor of a burning building? Sure you don’t. -- (link) - Mop Jan 16, 08:03
Hawaii 38 : Japan 5 -- (link) - zork Jan 16, 07:57 3
- woohoo! we win! -- nm - decline Jan 16, 08:00 2
  - Looks like a rugby score. -- nm - Trans-SiBaron Orchestra Jan 16, 08:00 1
    - Somebody mention that there is a rugby team called the All Blacks to Trump and record his response, please and thank you. -- nm - zork Jan 16, 08:05
“NHK news alert. North Korea likely to have launched missile. The government J alert: evacuate inside the building or underground,” -- (link) - and another false alarm, in Japan this time Jan 16, 07:56
General Electric "likely" to break up (nmbl) - Brian Jan 16, 07:44 1
- But.... THEY SAID THEY LOVE ME!!! -- nm - Spawn: Six Time Blood Feud Champion Jan 16, 07:45
Whoa: GE seen as likely to embrace major company breakup, with announcement as soon as this Spring -- (link) - decline Jan 16, 07:43 4
- I assume commercial division and industrial division? It’ll be like IBM. -- nm - Mop Jan 16, 08:07
- I can see what Electric will do but what will General specialise in? -- nm - zork Jan 16, 07:58 2
  - everything else -- nm - decline Jan 16, 08:00 1
    - You two should go on tour. -- nm - Mop Jan 16, 08:02
ST Book poll. What are you reading? what is next? -- nm - Epiphany Jan 16, 07:42 17
- still wading through Big Bang -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 16, 11:10
- Disney Demystified Vol:2 and The Miracle of Dunkirk. Next up The Search for the Giant Squid. -- nm - Meg Jan 16, 08:39
- Just finished "Waking Up", by Sam Harris. I picked up "When" from the library, but not sure it will take. -- nm - psilotum Jan 16, 08:26
- Strange Weather by Joe Hill. its only meh. I expected better. -- nm - Epiphany Jan 16, 08:14
- "Witch Hunter" by C.N. Crawford. (A pretty lackluster Urban Fantasy series so far.) Recently finished The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. and The Golem and the Jinni. -- nm - Ender Jan 16, 07:58
- Into book 3 of the Annihilation trilogy. -- nm - Spawn: Six Time Blood Feud Champion Jan 16, 07:53 3
  - are 2 & 3 as weird as 1 ? -- nm - decline Jan 16, 07:59 2
    - 2 was *very* different. 3 is a logical progression, but am very early in. -- nm - Spawn: Six Time Blood Feud Champion Jan 16, 08:01 1
      - I will give a spoiler here. Much more than vague, but not a surprise type. general plot spoil -- (edited) - Spawn: Six Time Blood Feud Champion Jan 16, 08:15
- The Infernal Battalion, followed by Iron Gold. -- nm - TWuG, ten-stone griddle-chip Jan 16, 07:50 3
  - Oooh..Iron Gold as in the latest Red Rising book? - JD Jan 16, 08:06 2
    - Yep -- nm - TWuG, ten-stone griddle-chip Jan 16, 08:28
    - I've tried to read Red Rising twice now and can't get into it -- nm - Beaker Jan 16, 08:13
- A Dance with Dragons. After that, one of the pile I just ordered, probably Good Omens. -- nm - Trans-SiBaron Orchestra Jan 16, 07:49
- Entangled by Graham Hancock, Next will be The Forgotten 500 by Gregory A. Freeman - JD Jan 16, 07:46
- Just finished The Arithian Line series by Sever Bronny (YA Potter style series). Starting Punishment by Scott Holliday (kindle first book) -- nm - decline Jan 16, 07:45
- Lee Childs book of Reacher short stories and A Brief History of France. Not sure what is next. -- nm - Beaker Jan 16, 07:44
Heisman Trophy runner-up Bryce Love has decided to return to Stanford for his senior season, -- nm - Beaker Jan 16, 07:41 4
- he was rated the #2 RB by Kiper. With all that could happen (injuries, down season, INJURIES), I find this decision to be crazy. - Beaker Jan 16, 07:42 3
  - He knew Cleveland might take him. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 16, 07:43 2
    - their cheques will clear -- nm - Beaker Jan 16, 07:44 1
      - But he won't see a 2nd set of them. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 16, 07:46
Stan Against Evil has been renewed for a third season at IFC -- nm - Beaker Jan 16, 07:28
Just FYI, SCOTUS took the case from South Dakota to overturn their prior ruling that online companies don't need to collect sales tax. - spamlet Jan 16, 07:21 7
- SCOTUS will not review TX Democratic Party v. Abbott, re partisan gerrymandering; dismissed for "want of jurisdiction" -- nm - decline Jan 16, 07:24
- I don't know how the online companies have got away with it for so long. I am in NB, I buy something, there should be NB tax on it - Beaker Jan 16, 07:23 5
  - Amazon charged me sales tax on Prime membership yesterday - that was weird. its a service. whatevs. -- nm - Epiphany Jan 16, 07:33 2
    - There are reasons Bezos is the richest man, evah! -- nm - Spawn: Six Time Blood Feud Champion Jan 16, 08:01
    - here it is called a Goods and Services tax (GST) :) -- nm - Beaker Jan 16, 07:33
  - It's not the states, it's the Feds. -- (edited) - spamlet Jan 16, 07:31 1
    - ahh, gotcha. -- nm - Beaker Jan 16, 07:32
Things are going up!! Dow hits 26K! Uninsured Adults move from 11.7% to 12.2%!! - decline Jan 16, 07:17
LYC: It looks like I won't be seeing TLJ until it hits digital/video. - Shaun Jan 16, 07:06
21 technical fouls called yesterday and 5 players ejected from games. The refs are just kinda power mad right now -- nm - Beaker Jan 16, 07:01 2
- The Westbrook thing is absolutely ridiculous. - Will Hunting Jan 16, 07:03 1
  - they Ted up a guy not on the court in a suit for clapping -- nm - Beaker Jan 16, 07:10
So the tide is turning for Ansari? What the hell world are we in? - Will Hunting Jan 16, 06:36 22
- When she actually said "no" they put their clothes back on and watched Seinfeld. -- nm* - Ender Jan 16, 06:58 1
  - From what I read, it wasn’t as final as that. Pretty sure the persistence continued (and from his perspective, was successful?) - Beryllium Jan 16, 08:07
- He's wrong, and a dick for continuing. The question becomes is verbally pushing after a woman says no equal to sexual assault. - Inigo Jan 16, 06:51 7
  - "Sexual assault" is getting thrown around *WAY* too easily now. It's insulting to the people who have truly been victims. -- nm - Shaun Jan 16, 07:01 6
    - Yeah, "sexual assault" has become "global warming" at this point. -- nm - Spawn: Six Time Blood Feud Champion Jan 16, 07:46
    - We want guys to stand up for women, we also have to stand up for guys. Lets be fair. " assault" was too far of a label. - Epiphany Jan 16, 07:06 4
      - Sexual Misfeasance -- nm - Beryllium Jan 16, 07:52 3
        
        i think 'sexual aggression' would be fair. -- nm - Andie Jan 16, 08:03 2
        
        I didn’t read the full details, mostly only the bit I mentioned above, so it could be that. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 16, 08:09 1
        
        sexually insistent? -- nm - Spawn: Six Time Blood Feud Champion Jan 16, 08:35
- I think where it turned is: the media called it sexual assault when clearly it wasn't. - Epiphany Jan 16, 06:50 5
  - Take a look at the link I posted. I found it to be quite enlightening as to why it isn't always "NO!!!!!" in those situations. If "No" = "I'm going - just oblique Jan 16, 06:54 4
    - I just went and read it - I disagree that it applies to that situation. At no time was she fearful or was he threatening. He didn't keep her there. - Epiphany Jan 16, 07:04 3
      - Right. I don't think she felt threatened. Pressured, yes. And, obviously, i don't think she was in the wrong. But i don't think this one is as - Andie Jan 16, 07:06 2
        
        Does a guy have to actual threaten her for her to feel threatened or to question "what if it goes horribly wrong if I say no"? I'd think mountains of - just oblique Jan 16, 07:10 1
        
        ... - Andie Jan 16, 07:32
- I found this article to be spot on as to why what he did was very very wrong -- (link) - just oblique Jan 16, 06:50
- The world wher everything has to be rendered in black and white and we lack the capacity to understand nuance and ambiguity. -- (edited) - znufrii Jan 16, 06:47 2
  - If the expectation is No = No, then No = keep trying to cajole is not nuance and ambiguity. it's just wrong. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 16, 07:05 1
    - Yes, but which kind of wrong? - znufrii Jan 16, 07:13
- I was thinking the same thing last night. It's not on the level of the more serious accusations but still very wrong. -- nm - Krusty Jan 16, 06:38
- oh, it's wrong, i don't think anyone is saying it isn't. but not all crimes are equal. that's all. -- nm - Andie Jan 16, 06:37
“I believe her. I don’t agree with her. I’m telling you this not because I think she is wrong, but because I think I am.” -- (link*) - znufrii Jan 16, 06:36
American Vandal gets an A from me. #WhoDrewTheDicks - Trans-SiBaron Orchestra Jan 16, 06:27
Happy birthday, Mel! Woo hoo!!! -- nm - Krusty Jan 16, 06:25 12
- Happy Birthday! -- nm - Jovian Jan 16, 08:22
- YONH! -- nm - Diva Jan 16, 08:07
- *dry humps coworker in honour of the day* -- nm - zork Jan 16, 08:00 2
  - unless you are wearing copious amounts of sex panther, it doesn't count. -- nm - Epiphany Jan 16, 08:13 1
    - zork? - Spawn: Six Time Blood Feud Champion Jan 16, 08:15
- Happy birthday! -- nm - jnine Jan 16, 07:44
- Happy birthday -- nm - decline Jan 16, 07:04
- Happy Birthday! -- nm - Shaun Jan 16, 06:59
- Happy Birthday Mel! -- nm - Epiphany Jan 16, 06:51
- Happy birthday! -- nm - Roger More Jan 16, 06:37
- Happy Happy Birthday Mr Profit! -- nm - Andie Jan 16, 06:26 1
  - ----- -- nm* - jnine Jan 16, 07:43
Inspired by Zork: Guess how many episodes/seasons of Keeping Up with the Kardashians and related spinoffs there have been...? - MDH Jan 16, 06:20 20
- I don't like how this post reads as if I watch them. -- nm - zork Jan 16, 08:07
- 440 episodes for all of them. -- nm - Krusty Jan 16, 06:29 15
  - 25 total seasons of the show and spinoffs, 309 total episodes. Debuted in 2007 as a half hour show, moved in Season 7 to 1 hour. -- nm - MDH Jan 16, 06:37 9
    - That's a little over 12 per season which is half of my estimated total per season. Still, that's a lot of garbage TV. ;-) - Krusty Jan 16, 06:41 1
      - I checked, and only have a few seasons have more than 18 episodes. Many early ones were 8-12. -- nm - MDH Jan 16, 06:47
    - Who watches this crap? -- nm - JaxSean Jan 16, 06:41 6
      - My guess is young people and middle aged women. -- nm - Krusty Jan 16, 06:42 5
        
        We are becoming Idiocracy. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 16, 06:44 4
        
        Remember the good ole days when Paris Hilton was the biggest embarrassment for the US? -- nm - Shaun Jan 16, 06:48 3
        
        I still blame her. She is the mother of all this malarkey. -- nm - Epiphany Jan 16, 06:54 2
        
        good point -- nm - JaxSean Jan 16, 07:10
        
        Ha. -- nm - Shaun Jan 16, 07:02
  - oh, I think this is way low. I will say 920. -- nm - amanda jones state university Jan 16, 06:34 4
    - I thought I was way low too because I don't know how many of them have a show. - Krusty Jan 16, 06:36 3
      - The "original" is 14 seasons, 206 episodes. -- nm - MDH Jan 16, 06:37 2
        
        it's practically a BBC show! -- nm - Beaker Jan 16, 07:25
        
        Less than I expected. -- nm - Krusty Jan 16, 06:43
- I don’t want to think about it too much, so round number: 100 -- nm - mafic Jan 16, 06:27 1
  - You have undershot by a lot of episodes. -- nm - MDH Jan 16, 06:28
- Too many. -- nm - znufrii Jan 16, 06:26
"dress modestly and men won't harass you" -- (link) - zork Jan 16, 06:19
F.U. to YouTube and E! Entertainment for suggesting that I should watch Keeping up with the Kardashians -- nm - zork Jan 16, 06:14
Looking like the Jays have signed some Curtis Grindelwald-or-something guy for 1 year at $5M -- nm - zork Jan 16, 06:11 3
- He’s going to be their new instructor of the dark arts. -- nm - Volnelk Jan 16, 06:14 2
  - Defense Against the Park Arts -- nm - zork Jan 16, 06:15 1
    - Oh come on. This was clever. -- nm - zork Jan 16, 07:59
the Clippers/Rockets game shenanigans last night were *weird* -- nm - prayformojo Jan 16, 06:08 1
- And it reminded me that The Logo works for the Clippers. So weird. -- nm - Krusty Jan 16, 06:24

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