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Aussie Open (spoils) - Will Hunting Jan 23, 07:54
20 days until pitchers and catchers report! -- nm - Krusty Jan 23, 07:48 6
- ugh - ty97 Jan 23, 07:49 5
  - I haven't been this excited for baseball in many years. I can't wait to see what the Yankees do this year. - Krusty Jan 23, 07:53 2
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    - *blows out knee in spring training* -- nm - Giancarlo Jan 23, 07:56
  - You could always switch. -- nm - Spawn: Six Time Blood Feud Champion Jan 23, 07:52
  - *sends ty's picture to TSA* -- nm - groiny Jan 23, 07:50
Floridians will get to decide in November whether they want to amend the state constitution to automatically restore voting rights to felons -- (link) - ty97 Jan 23, 07:42
Apparently former congressman Harold Ford, Jr. was not fired from Morgan Stanley for sexual misconduct. - znufrii Jan 23, 07:36 1
- caught leaning in suggestively while massaging the shoulders of the lobby ficus plant. "We don't know how to classify this." -- nm - Max Jan 23, 07:39
Looks like the Trump team's infrastructure plan has leaked. -- (link) - spamlet Jan 23, 07:36 14
- Ha! It uses incentives that were repealed in the tax reform (whoops) -- nm - spamlet Jan 23, 07:40
- bad link -- nm - Spawn: Six Time Blood Feud Champion Jan 23, 07:37 10
  - It's a PDF link. -- nm - spamlet Jan 23, 07:37 9
    - Oh. Can you summarize? - Spawn: Six Time Blood Feud Champion Jan 23, 07:39 8
      - here -- (link) - ty97 Jan 23, 07:40 7
        
        Thanks, my boss called while I was looking. -- nm - spamlet Jan 23, 07:47
        
        Tolls? No thanks. -- nm - Spawn: Six Time Blood Feud Champion Jan 23, 07:44 5
        
        ahhh. they want to turn the whole country in Jersey. -- nm - Jovian Jan 23, 07:55 4
        
        pay for what you use isn't popular but it's not a terrible idea -- nm - ty97 Jan 23, 07:55 3
        
        In implementation, it's gonna be a giveaway to private companies - Reagen Jan 23, 07:58
        
        Free to those who can afford it. Very expensive to those who can’t. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 23, 07:58
        
        No, it is. -- nm - Spawn: Six Time Blood Feud Champion Jan 23, 07:56
- Oh, they actually have one this time? -- nm - znufrii Jan 23, 07:37 1
  - Maybe bad link is the joke? -- nm - Spawn: Six Time Blood Feud Champion Jan 23, 07:37
Another tidbit -- (link) - ty97 Jan 23, 07:31 2
- Convince me like I'm 5 that producer with the others is significant. -- nm - Max Jan 23, 07:37 1
  - oh I don't know that it is (and that guy is a Get Out fanboy for sure) . Just found it interesting. -- nm - ty97 Jan 23, 07:38
here's a tidbit we may not have noticed (or maybe you did): Mary J Blige was nominated for *2* Oscars today -- nm* - ty97 Jan 23, 07:15 6
- So were the production designers for The Darkest Hour & Beauty and the Beast -- nm - LMS Jan 23, 07:22 4
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    - Do they end up splitting the vote and getting nothing? -- nm - LMS Jan 23, 07:30 2
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      - As Dawson likes to remind (b/c I always forget) their names are not on the ballot -- nm - ty97 Jan 23, 07:31
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Do you like Sunday Night Baseball? Do you like A-Rod? -- (link) - ty97 Jan 23, 07:12 8
- Did alright -- nm - budice Jan 23, 07:27
- he never really bothered me. -- nm - groiny Jan 23, 07:23 2
  - I hated rooting for him after the steroids info came out but he's done a good job in the booth. He's also been - Krusty Jan 23, 07:26 1
    - I had an Arod jersey when he was a Mariner. - groiny Jan 23, 07:33
- He doesn't suck as an announcer. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 23, 07:15
- He does a good job in the booth. -- nm - Krusty Jan 23, 07:14 2
  - yup, fairly decent -- nm - decline Jan 23, 07:27 1
    - I generally like announcers who played the game for a long time. - groiny Jan 23, 07:34
"The Snubs and Surprises of the 2018 Oscar Nominations" We pretty much covered all of this -- (link) - ty97 Jan 23, 07:07 6
- Boss Baby over Lego Batman is a travesty. -- nm - Trans-SiBaron Orchestra Jan 23, 07:25 5
  - word -- nm - Spawn: Six Time Blood Feud Champion Jan 23, 07:53
  - Boss Baby was better. Not great, but definitely better. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Jan 23, 07:33
  - I blame Barbara Gordon -- nm - prayformojo Jan 23, 07:29
  - Lego Batman is a meh to me...I would have put Capt Underpants in over Boss Baby, then Cars 3, then Lego Batman - Will Hunting Jan 23, 07:29
  - I didn't see Boss Baby but Lego Batman was very disappointing. -- nm - Krusty Jan 23, 07:27
Happy birthday Norah O'Donnell -- (link) - Amoxy-2017 Caveman Champ Jan 23, 07:02
Bacon, Beer, and Jeans. How NAFTA affects everyday products. -- (link) - znufrii Jan 23, 07:00
I woke up to two disaster warnings. - Beryllium Jan 23, 06:58
This is probably the year I’ve seen the most Oscar nominees, and it’s solely because of MoviePass. -- nm - Mop Jan 23, 06:58 3
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- Same. I think this is the first time I've seen all the nominated BP's before nominations came out. -- nm - Buzz Jan 23, 07:01
- Are you still having issues with the app? -- nm - spamlet Jan 23, 06:58
Argo means that the lack of a Best Director nod for Three Billboards isn't a Best Picture death knell, right? - Name Withheld By Request Jan 23, 06:49 6
- I think people like the GdT story attached to Director. Honoring his scope of work, Latin American community. etc. -- nm - budice Jan 23, 07:04 1
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- Martin McDonagh doesn't have that wave of support that Affleck got with his nomination snub. -- nm - Buzz Jan 23, 06:57
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- There are no rules anymore, I think.. - Marlowe Jan 23, 06:52 1
  - yeah, I think it just got a little interesting again. -- nm - ty97 Jan 23, 07:16
Absolute disaster imminent, right? (inside...) - Andie Jan 23, 06:36 16
- He buys those key-chains in bulk. -- nm - Spawn: Six Time Blood Feud Champion Jan 23, 07:54
- He's already bringing in the cleaning crew to tidy up the dungeon. -- nm - pmb Jan 23, 07:27 1
  - Dilly dilly! -- nm - Spawn: Six Time Blood Feud Champion Jan 23, 07:45
- *takes notes* - Mop Jan 23, 06:53
- tell her to 'RUN BITCH, RUN FOR YO' LIFE!!!'. -- nm - Dave Chappelle si Jan 23, 06:47
- Criminal Minds just got a 2 part story idea... -- nm - Beaker Jan 23, 06:39
- Run girl! you in danger! -- nm - Epiphany Jan 23, 06:39 1
  - Truth. -- nm - Oda Mae Jan 23, 06:50
- Noooooooo -- nm - MDH Jan 23, 06:38
- Are they 16? -- nm - Reagen Jan 23, 06:37 6
  - 50+ -- nm - Andie Jan 23, 06:37 5
    - Non-funny answer: similar situation for a friend of my wife's at her work. he was a conman. would borrow one ladies car and tell his other girlfriend - Beaker Jan 23, 06:40 2
      - this is what scares me, honestly. -- nm - Andie Jan 23, 06:42 1
        
        is he younger? -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 23, 13:48
    - Is he terminal? -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 23, 06:39 1
      - ooh, good question. -- nm - Andie Jan 23, 06:40
There are 43,192 public companies in existence worldwide. How many stock indices are there covering those companies? (PIRR) -- (edited) - spamlet Jan 23, 06:32 9
- No one is close. Per the FT 3.14m stock indices currently exist (70 for every stock) -- (link) - spamlet Jan 23, 06:51 4
  - huh. Morningstar Advisor only maintains data on the 53,600 -- nm - decline Jan 23, 07:26 2
    - I figured you had data from somewhere (cheater) so I'm not really sure of the discrepancy. -- nm - spamlet Jan 23, 07:34
    - I would guess those are just the public ones, and their list does not include private/proprietary indexes? -- nm* - znufrii Jan 23, 07:28
  - I win! -- nm - znufrii Jan 23, 07:19
- 53,600 (and change) -- nm - decline Jan 23, 06:46
- 42. -- nm - Trans-SiBaron Orchestra Jan 23, 06:44
- 750 -- nm - Beaker Jan 23, 06:39
- 56,000 - znufrii Jan 23, 06:33
This is Diane Warren's 9th Oscar nomination. She has never won. -- nm - MDH Jan 23, 06:31 4
- who is Diane Warren? -- nm - decline Jan 23, 06:47 3
  - She wrote 'Don't Want To Miss A Thing' and 'How Do I Live Without you?' among numerous others. -- nm - Diva Jan 23, 06:49 1
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  - Writer of all the sappy movie ballads in the 90s. -- nm - Reagen Jan 23, 06:48
No nomination for The Red Turtle either surprises me. - spamlet Jan 23, 06:25 3
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- It was nominated last year -- nm - AJRimmer Jan 23, 06:27 1
  - Oh, it was? I didn't think it came out until this year. Thanks! -- nm - spamlet Jan 23, 06:27
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- Dude, you think I care about the noms for this much more than I actually do. I'd just replace Stuhlbarg with someone in Supp. Actor. - MDH Jan 23, 06:23 2
  - Don't protest too much. -- nm - Spawn: Six Time Blood Feud Champion Jan 23, 07:29
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- I wouldn't have given it a Best Pic nom. -- nm - ty97 Jan 23, 06:19 19
  - I wouldn't either, but I have ancillary reason for that.. - Marlowe Jan 23, 06:27 4
    - *intrigued* -- nm - ty97 Jan 23, 06:28 3
      - Here.. - Marlowe Jan 23, 06:30 [Backboard] 2
        
        oof that sucks :( -- nm - ty97 Jan 23, 07:01 1
        
        Yeah.. I'm on the rebound, thankfully.. (NM) - Marlowe Jan 23, 07:05
  - Best WTF Is That Dancing by an Actor In A Supporting Role -- nm - Reagen Jan 23, 06:26
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  - Now that I will say is sort of surprising. -- nm - MDH Jan 23, 06:24 11
    - I didn't think it was worthy. It's okay, but it's not that special. -- nm - ty97 Jan 23, 06:25 10
      - I'm hearing this a lot from folks I know who've seen it. -- nm - Diva Jan 23, 06:26 9
        
        Top 5 of the year for me, easy. -- nm - MDH Jan 23, 06:30
        
        I have a feeling Twink Twitter is having a group crying therapy session right now, but the film was just so meh to me. -- nm - ty97 Jan 23, 06:27 7
        
        2 twinks I know who saw it were like, "it's okay, but that's it." They were expecting more. -- nm - Diva Jan 23, 06:48 1
        
        They wanted more from the peach scene. -- nm - MDH Jan 23, 06:49
        
        Also twink twitter wouldn't be crying, Chalamet is lik their role model -- nm - MDH Jan 23, 06:33 1
        
        But they are all in love with daddy Hammer. Just search for the lamenting about Hammer and how the Oscars are awful - ty97 Jan 23, 06:57
        
        IT GOT A BP NOM JEEZUS WHAT MORE DO THEY WANT -- nm - Reagen Jan 23, 06:30 1
        
        To have Armie Hammer's babies -- nm - ty97 Jan 23, 06:57
        
        OMG haha. Is there a twink twitter? I need to investigate. -- nm - MDH Jan 23, 06:30
Dawson, I assume you've seen Phantom Thread? Please tell me it is not a horribly boring as it looks. -- nm - ty97 Jan 23, 06:15 7
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  - The trailer was so pretentious I'm put off watching them film. -- nm - LMS Jan 23, 06:59
  - I must see this. -- nm - Mop Jan 23, 06:55
  - As expected (spoilers) - ty97 Jan 23, 06:19 1
    - Yup to both. I'm not the biggest PTA fan and was hoping it'd miss. -- nm - spamlet Jan 23, 06:27
- I liked it. It did not go in the direction I was expecting. -- nm - Ender Jan 23, 06:16 1
  - Same. Very well done for PTA. -- nm - Buzz Jan 23, 06:17
Sound Mixing and Sound Editing has the same 5 movies. Clearly no one else knows the difference either. -- nm - Trans-SiBaron Orchestra Jan 23, 06:15 17
- Editors are like the foley guys and the ones who think up how to make all the crazy Star Wars sounds (for instance) -- (edited) - Reagen Jan 23, 06:24
- I believe that's the first time that's ever happened. -- nm - Buzz Jan 23, 06:16
- Don't those specific branches nominate for those categories? -- nm - ty97 Jan 23, 06:15 14
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    - That's even funnier! -- nm - Trans-SiBaron Orchestra Jan 23, 06:22
    - answer the question! -- nm - ty97 Jan 23, 06:20 11
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        #EndTheCategoryInflation #WeAreNotTheGrammys -- nm - Trans-SiBaron Orchestra Jan 23, 06:25 9
        
        Honestly there should be more - Reagen Jan 23, 06:28 3
        
        I would easily put that and Best Stunts in and take Best Song out.. (NM) - Marlowe Jan 23, 06:53
        
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        Make the show five hours! -- nm - Reagen Jan 23, 06:54
        
        With those hashtags, I would take out Best Song.. - Marlowe Jan 23, 06:28 3
        
        Makes the EGOT way harder -- nm - spamlet Jan 23, 06:29 2
        
        I checked b/c I thought the same thing. It would only remove 2 of the 12 EGOTs. -- nm - MDH Jan 23, 06:42 1
        
        Huh -- nm - spamlet Jan 23, 06:46
        
        different people do those jobs though. -- nm - Andie Jan 23, 06:26
Happy New Overwatch Cosmetics Day! -- nm - Shaun Jan 23, 06:13 5
- I think I want to avoid Day 1 for play - Reagen Jan 23, 06:15 3
  - I'm pretty much full-time Mystery Heroes now. Zero pressure and it's difficult to get too annoyed by bad play. - Shaun Jan 23, 06:30 2
    - It might be my delusion but it seems like it's gotten better in the last month - Reagen Jan 23, 06:34 1
      - Weird. I do also love in MH when you get your main. You feel like a superhero. -- nm - Shaun Jan 23, 06:38
- Happy EVE (maybe) $1M battle day! -- nm - just oblique Jan 23, 06:15

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