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Will you around? Alex Smith deal: will sign a 4 year exten (tied to WAS for 5 yrs) $23.5M/season $71M guaranteed. WAS gives 3rd rounder and player TBA -- nm - MDH Jan 30, 20:28 3
- Kendall Fuller to the Chiefs. -- nm - Volnelk Jan 30, 20:32 2
  - Okay, that explains it from KC's side. - David Jan 30, 20:35
  - Look at his twitter hahaha. -- nm - MDH Jan 30, 20:33
Remember when the response to last year's address (which was technically no SOTU) was done by some random dude from a diner with other randos sitting - ty97 Jan 30, 20:03 1
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Rep Luis Gutiérrez (D-IL) going all whoa in. -- (link) - ty97 Jan 30, 20:02 1
- He knows his base well. -- nm - . Jan 30, 20:23
This feels like a joke/sarcasm but honestly it's not a terrible idea -- (link) - ty97 Jan 30, 19:58
Smart move having the dem response in front of a live crowd. It feels way less robotic and awkward than they usually do. -- nm - pmb Jan 30, 19:49 1
- tell me about. -- nm - Little Glass Marco Jan 30, 19:53
Joe Kennedy III is crushing it fyi -- nm - Jovian Jan 30, 19:47 1
- That was the best of those I’ve seen. -- nm - pmb Jan 30, 20:00
Wednesday's midseason TV premieres - GregW Jan 30, 19:44
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- . -- nm* - Andie Jan 31, 03:03
- wait, you don't actually believe that? -- nm - mud Jan 30, 19:59 7
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    - hey are we gonna see that speech? I'll take a crash course in Spanish so I can understand a bit if you speak slowly, heh -- nm - mud Jan 30, 20:14 3
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        great. either way we can all laugh at you. -- nm - mud Jan 30, 20:27 1
        
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  - Canadian years? - Spawn: Six Time Blood Feud Champion Jan 30, 20:07 1
    - of course -- nm - mud Jan 30, 20:18
- *shrug* depends largely what it's for, and what province you're in. - mafic Jan 30, 19:55 2
  - I think he’s using the figure from a study by the Fraser Institute. But it’s all taxes - fed and prov income, sales, payroll, property, taxes on fuel - Roger More Jan 30, 20:35
  - I'll take B. -- nm - . Jan 30, 20:24
- Not sure that is a decimal, might be 45 -- nm - Bacon Jan 30, 19:35 4
  - Neurologists are overrated. -- nm - ty97 Jan 30, 19:37 3
    - (My dad is being seen by a neurologist on quite short waiting times) - Reagen Jan 30, 19:46 2
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        Also, our very highest tax bracket is 33% federal for people who make over $202,000. If you make under $90,000, it is 20%. And, -- (edited) - Andie Jan 31, 03:07
Plane with 85 plumbers on board had to turn around....the toilet was broken -- (link) - zeitgeist Jan 30, 19:16 2
- it may just be me, but I believe that a plane which holds at least 85 people, should have been designed/built with more than 1 bathroom. -- nm* - peglegpete Jan 30, 19:43 1
  - It almost certainly had more than one bathroom but sometimes they all stop working due to an underlying issue impacting them all. - ty97 Jan 30, 19:52
It's sad when it takes you three reads to recognize satire -- (link) - ty97 Jan 30, 19:13
chubbers and oliver's favorite couch is back in stock at petco. anyone with cat roommates needs to order this stat. -- (link) - windows jones Jan 30, 19:12 2
- Pip thanks you for the reminder that I need to order a replacement. (4% back via ebates or 5% via mrrebates , use code petco10 to save 10%.) -- nm - b. Jan 30, 19:34 1
  - I saw this on instagram recently - same company, not as elegant, but it's cute. nm but: -- (link) - b. Jan 30, 19:39
Awwww, guys. I'm actually sorta happy to see Ken again. -- (link) - ty97 Jan 30, 18:53 5
- Hee -- (link*) - Ender Jan 30, 20:51
- Ken Bone got a check mark??? -- nm - David Jan 30, 19:10 3
  - he does public appearances -- nm - Remlik Jan 30, 19:26
  - hey, you want to know you're dealing with the *real* Ken Bone. -- nm - mafic Jan 30, 19:11 1
    - I mean, there appear to be at least 18 of them! -- nm - mafic Jan 30, 19:11
Hereditary trailer - this is the Sundance movie I'm most looking forward to -- (link) - Dano Jan 30, 18:52 [youtube]
One of my wife's credit cards she used in the Caribbean was hacked the day after she used it. - Bacon Jan 30, 18:51 7
- not sure why everyone was in such a fire hurry to get the chipped credit cards, don't seem to have slowed down the theft -- nm - Epiphany Jan 30, 19:05 6
  - Cause they would be financially responsible -- nm - JD Jan 30, 19:44
  - Citi-Amex still hadn't switched last time they renewed my card. Said it would likely happen next time...in 2020. -- nm - Meg Jan 30, 19:14 2
    - wow. I have no chipless cards. -- nm - windows jones Jan 30, 19:15 1
      - Yup, and the Amex is the one I use most so I always forget when I have to use one of the others. -- nm - Meg Jan 30, 19:34
  - and by 'hurry' you mean like 10 years after everyone else. I'm pretty sure my first chipped card was about 2005, and even that lagged behind Europe. -- nm - mafic Jan 30, 19:10 1
    - heh - yeah. We ( the US) can't get our financial act together. -- nm - Epiphany Jan 30, 19:11
There is an agreement in principle to trade Alex Smith to the Redskins. Cousins will become a free agent -- (link*) - decline Jan 30, 18:49 11
- Poor Alex Smith didn't deserve that. -- nm - David Jan 30, 19:10
- Dan Snyder is an idiot. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 30, 19:09 9
  - KC gets a 2nd rounder, plus possibly more -- nm - decline Jan 30, 19:11 8
    - What the fuck. - Will Hunting Jan 30, 19:12 7
      - Enjoy Alex!!!!! Hahahahahaha -- nm - Bacon Jan 30, 19:29
      - They’ll view it as a pick for a QB, and a large salary dump. This team is a mess. -- nm - MDH Jan 30, 19:13 5
        
        We just let go the 2nd best qb to hit unrestricted free agency - Will Hunting Jan 30, 19:16 4
        
        Never complain when you upgrade at QB. -- nm - David Jan 30, 19:25 3
        
        Thus the point of this thread. - Will Hunting Jan 30, 19:35 2
        
        Good lord, no. - David Jan 30, 19:42
        
        Kirk should sign with the Giants -- nm - Bacon Jan 30, 19:36
semi-related to Dawson's b2 post: my in-laws were always super surprised that M and I do things separately sometimes. it was weird. - mafic Jan 30, 18:48 9
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- Bill and I did that for years. It saved on kid and pet sitting :) - Meg Jan 30, 18:53 1
  - we only really travel separately for work. we don't even do that many social things separately, but anything that wasn't us both going somewhere - mafic Jan 30, 18:57
- Tangentially related: my bestie's family (couple and two kids) are going on a 1 year walkabout in the US. - ralph wiggum Jan 30, 18:52 5
  - I'm sharing a hotel room with my brother for a weekend and I'm already stressed about it. - ty97 Jan 30, 18:57 3
    - this past weekend, a bunch of us went out over drinking (damn bill from CA!!) and people couldn't drive home so we all decided to crash at jz's - windows jones Jan 30, 19:10
    - We enjoy Disney with my brother, but they mentioned sharing a two-bedroom suite once. That was a hard pass. -- nm - David Jan 30, 19:09
    - there was a mouse in the airbnb we shared with the in-laws. that was... something. -- nm - mafic Jan 30, 18:59
  - That was our plan (but for 3 months) when we first came to North America. - Meg Jan 30, 18:55
Jack Ryan trailer...debuts in August -- (link) - Remlik Jan 30, 18:47 [youtube]
My fellow Americans, the State of the Union is bukake. Seriously, just bukake everywhere. -- nm - Qale Jan 30, 18:46
Submitted without comment -- (link) - ralph wiggum Jan 30, 18:45
"in Search Of" returns for a 10 episode series on History Channel to star Zach Quinto -- (link) - Remlik Jan 30, 18:43 2
- The non-union Mexican equivalent of Spock -- nm - TWuG's windchimes like you Jan 30, 18:46
- There is so much cool about this -- nm - Bacon Jan 30, 18:45
Kevin Love has been ruled out six to eight weeks after suffering a fractured left hand -- nm - Beaker Jan 30, 18:40
Hilton Hotels pushing weekend getaways. Don't they know how much more rooms cost at the weekend? -- nm - Meg Jan 30, 18:35 5
- it depends on the hotel. for hotels that are business traveler focused, unless there are conventions or the like, rates can be lower. -- nm - b. Jan 30, 18:37
- I find that hotels which cater more to business travelers are often cheaper on weekends. -- nm - ty97 Jan 30, 18:37 3
  - Guess I need to get back into business :-) -- nm - Meg Jan 30, 18:49
  - Yep. DC is much cheaper on weekends (unless it’s a holiday etc) -- nm - MDH Jan 30, 18:39
  - :) - -- nm - b. Jan 30, 18:38
“Why are you still thinking about Bulbasaur?” -- nm - Beaker Jan 30, 18:31
I am jealous that ST is not watching this. -- nm - Jovian Jan 30, 18:31 1
- Save yourself -- (link) - ty97 Jan 30, 18:36
Bad Boys 3 with Will and Martin green lit. Shoots this year. -- nm - MDH Jan 30, 18:26 3
- Maybe Bob Mueller can stop this as well. nm - Dignan Jan 30, 18:31
- If you own a third world hovel, buy insurance now! -- nm - David Jan 30, 18:30 1
  - Heh. -- nm - MDH Jan 30, 18:34
fucking liar. -- nm - mud Jan 30, 18:20 6
- your life man, truly. But why are you doing this to yourself? -- nm - ty97 Jan 30, 18:25 5
  - It's like asking someone to wack you in the face with a baseball bat. -- nm - Bacon Jan 30, 18:40
  - I suggest reading the transcript for things like this. I still know what was said, but it's faster and less stressful. -- nm - b. Jan 30, 18:29 2
    - smart lady. -- nm - windows jones Jan 30, 18:48
    - That's what I do even when I like the President. Frigging incessant applause breaks are the worst. -- nm - ty97 Jan 30, 18:30
  - I'm waiting to hear him announce funding to fight devastating Tide Pod abuse. -- nm - Max Jan 30, 18:28
Tom Hamilton & Holly Bowling are forming a band together -- (link) - peglegpete Jan 30, 18:12
The Return of the Sniffles -- nm - Jovian Jan 30, 18:11
b, we used Vonage as our methadone for a landline for a while. Seemed to work fine - spamlet, no longer adequate Jan 30, 18:10 6
- thanks - that's the other one that looked popular when I looked. -- nm - b. Jan 30, 18:15 5
  - You can also port to Google voice and forward to your cell if you want. -- nm - spamlet, no longer adequate Jan 30, 18:17 4
    - thanks again - I was *just* reading something I had sent myself about that. nm but: -- (link) - b. Jan 30, 18:27 3
      - It used to have to come from a mobile number. Not sure if that's still the case. - spamlet, no longer adequate Jan 30, 18:42 2
        
        yah, you have to port to mobile first, per GV's port page. I was thinking prepaid phone, but the sim would be even less. will send myself another - b. Jan 30, 18:53 1
        
        You just need 5 minutes on it because they do call you to verify the number is working - spamlet, no longer adequate Jan 30, 18:59
If I wind up in Hell, HQ hosts will talk to me relentlessly. -- nm - David Jan 30, 18:07 11
- and now the penultimate question! - Epiphany Jan 30, 19:10 4
  - I've been rooting for you two! -- nm - David Jan 30, 19:11 3
    - Only if I can duct tape that rambling mouth -- nm - Epiphany Jan 30, 19:14 2
      - Yours or his? Because... -- nm - David Jan 30, 19:20 1
        
        well played sir. - Epiphany Jan 30, 19:27
- Quiz Khalifa, The Quizard of Waverly Place, The Quizstones -- nm - Dano Jan 30, 18:17 1
  - 2 hours! -- nm - David Jan 30, 18:23
- Time to get down to the Nitty Gritty -- nm - Dano Jan 30, 18:12 1
  - Who’s making money moves? -- nm - Qale Jan 30, 18:39
- C'mon, you HQutie -- nm - spamlet, no longer adequate Jan 30, 18:11 1
  - 2 hours. -- nm - David Jan 30, 18:12
In timing that is surely not accidental, Hillary addresses the sexual harasser she didn't fire from her 2008 campaign -- (link) - ty97 Jan 30, 18:06 2
- It's actually written (what I've read so far) rather well by the team that wrote it, but man she just DUG IN to the NYT -- nm - ty97 Jan 30, 18:10
- trivially coincidental: this week is the 20th anniversary of the "vast right-wing conspiracy" interview. -- nm - Max Jan 30, 18:10
oh yeah, pretty sure I've made this approach before -- (link) - ty97 Jan 30, 18:04
sorry, Max, for the extra b.-ing back there. -- nm - b. Jan 30, 18:03
how many times today [or over the past few days] have you been told by people on TV what Skutnik means? -- nm* - peglegpete Jan 30, 18:03 1
- zero. -- nm - b. Jan 30, 18:07
Ack! I didn't mean to risk losing shiny happy hyde by mentioning CVS! - ty97 Jan 30, 18:02
Roswell reboot ordered to pilot at CW. -- nm - MDH Jan 30, 18:00 2
- Katherine Heigl: *totally* available! -- nm - David Jan 30, 18:00 1
  - 😝 - JD Jan 30, 19:02
In any other admin this Melania update would be front page of every tabloid and news magazine. - MDH Jan 30, 17:55
Looking for that Kung Fu Fighting TLJ clip, I found an interview in France where Carrie Fisher speaks French. I didn't know. - Bacon Jan 30, 17:52 [youtube]
Professor Marston and the Wonder Women (spoils) - Reagen Jan 30, 17:51 1
- It was a different era! - David Jan 30, 17:52
David, here’s a couple of pictures of the display cases I posted about earlier. -- (pic) - IrishStephen Jan 30, 17:48 [Attachment] 14 1
- these are great -- nm - Beaker Jan 30, 17:54 1
  - Thanks! The wife was getting tired of me/us buying Pops with no way to display them (keeping them safe from kids and animals alike)! -- nm - IrishStephen Jan 30, 18:08
- Pop display #2 -- (pic) - IrishStephen Jan 30, 17:52 [Attachment] 3
  - And for Mystery Minis (some of the bigger ones don’t fit) -- (pic) - IrishStephen Jan 30, 17:53 [Attachment] 2
    - these are fantastic! -- nm - Epiphany Jan 30, 19:17
    - nice cthulhu -- nm - mud Jan 30, 17:56
- That's a really, really great idea. You should send that to Funko for the Pop Fan of the Week. - David Jan 30, 17:51 1
  - We have an alcove to the right of the first pic that is dead space, that I’m going to try and build a customs cabinet to fit that area, if that turns - IrishStephen Jan 30, 18:01
- Is that a Chuck painting? What’s the top row, I can’t make that out. -- nm - MDH Jan 30, 17:51 4
  - Top row of paintings/pictures. -- nm - MDH Jan 30, 17:51 3
    - Left to right: Cary Elwes, Pam Grier, Nathan Fillion (Castle, the Blue Butterfly ep), Val Kilmer, Kate Beckinsale. -- nm - IrishStephen Jan 30, 17:56 2
      - What's the large poster on the second row? -- nm - David Jan 30, 18:00 1
        
        That’s the print signed by Stan Lee. -- nm* - IrishStephen Jan 30, 18:01
- sweet -- nm - mud Jan 30, 17:50
Maybe it was New York that made Hyde so grumpy... -- nm - David Jan 30, 17:48 2
- it's a wasteland beyond nyc, but let's not blame the state for everything...nm - x Jan 30, 17:55
- Like he needs a specific reason? - nm - JD Jan 30, 17:52

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