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Bitcoin vs Equities, Bonds and Commodities YTD -- (link) - decline Mar 7, 09:25
Surprising nobody: "Peyton Manning backs out of Papa John's ownership". -- nm - Spawn Mar 7, 09:13 3
- He sold 2 days before NFL announced they were dropping them as their pizza. Insider knowledge. -- nm - jnine Mar 7, 09:26 1
  - I'll allow it. -- nm - Remlik Mar 7, 10:06
- remains spokesperson -- nm - Remlik Mar 7, 09:24
Scott Baio is now boycotting Dick’s Sporting Goods due to their ban on Simi-automatic weapons. - stolen from twitter Mar 7, 09:02 4
- So, a Dick boycotting Dick's. -- nm - JaxSean Mar 7, 09:27
- Word on the street is this is the first time he’s not pro-Dicks. -- nm - Qale Mar 7, 09:14
- OMG -- nm - Mop Mar 7, 09:08
- *snort* -- nm - Epiphany Mar 7, 09:05
You might like these hi-res movie posters with no text. -- (link) - mara Mar 7, 08:59 2 1
- sweet -- nm - prayformojo Mar 7, 09:09
- those are great -- nm - Epiphany Mar 7, 09:05
The NCAA reports $1.1 billion in annual revenue during its 2017 fiscal year. 1st time over $1B -- (link*) - budice Mar 7, 08:55 1
- But still, athletes can't be paid. -- nm - Spawn Mar 7, 08:56
20-year-old man suing Dicks, Walmart, over gun sale restriction. -- (link) - Mop Mar 7, 08:27 24
- and he is probably going to win. -- nm - groiny Mar 7, 08:30 22
  - I'd say he's probably going to settle. -- nm - mara Mar 7, 09:08 5
    - which, for all intents and purposes, is a win. -- nm - groiny Mar 7, 09:11 4
      - But he'll be paid in Walmart gift cards. -- nm - Mop Mar 7, 09:17 3
        
        Eh, you can use those at their gas pumps. - Spawn Mar 7, 09:17 2
        
        But the gas pumps are cursed. -- nm - Mop Mar 7, 09:18 1
        
        That's bad. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Mar 7, 09:22
  - As crash said last night, it is BS. the suit claims he was turned away from Walmart on 3/3 - the Walmart age restriction goes into effect on 3/6. -- nm - Spawn Mar 7, 08:51 2
    - the article specifically covers that exact point. -- nm - groiny Mar 7, 08:53 1
      - Well, I read last night's. -- nm - Spawn Mar 7, 08:54
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    - we'll see. -- nm - groiny Mar 7, 08:53 1
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  - Not necessarily, he can own a gun. Doesn't mean a certain business has to be forced to sell it to him. Ala age limits of things like cigarettes or a -- nm - budice Mar 7, 08:35 9
    - Check the article though - Oregon has laws that protect against discrimination on the basis of age - Roger More Mar 7, 08:39 7
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        Checking, it seems to be in Oregon, but what would be the difference between this case and the plaintiff's argument in the gay wedding cake case? - Roger More Mar 7, 09:37 2
        
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        *be public accommodation in Oregon -- nm - Roger More Mar 7, 09:37
      - I wonder how many 10 year olds have bought guns there? -- nm - Spawn Mar 7, 08:53 2
        
        I would guess the issue (valid or no) is more that Oregon state law says 18 -- nm - just oblique Mar 7, 08:55 1
        
        right, if you do business in that state, I believe you have to abide by said state's laws. - groiny Mar 7, 08:57
    - so Dicks and WalMart are not breaking the law by refusing to sell to him? -- nm - groiny Mar 7, 08:38
- ?poM -- (link) - budice Mar 7, 08:29 [Backboard]
I made an Excel chart! Box office performance of Best Pictures winners by year. - Baron of the Rings Mar 7, 08:19 [Attachment] 3
- I think this trend is a good thing. It means you don't have to be a hit to be a Best Picture winner anymore. -- nm - Inigo Mar 7, 09:38
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- Other factors. Rise of Independent Film, Blockbuster-a-thon, Rising ticket prices. -- nm - budice Mar 7, 08:28
I was wondering why the music in this Starbucks was so aggressive. See if you can’t figure out the theme? - Qale Mar 7, 08:14 3
- Easy. The theme: Bad Music. -- nm - Spawn Mar 7, 08:15 2
  - All women, Spawn. And the trend has continued. -- nm - Qale Mar 7, 09:13 1
    - heh, I was joking. I even kinda like Confident. -- nm - Spawn Mar 7, 09:21
It's snowing. - Will Hunting Mar 7, 08:12 1
- We actually had some on the ground this morning. - Spawn Mar 7, 08:14
In reading the Prophet's column for the 2018 Calvin for Best TV, I realized that I saw the 2017 season for only one of their top 10 - JD Mar 7, 08:02 4
- I paid actual money to see three of the films on the worst list. -- nm - Baron of the Rings Mar 7, 08:11 2
  - You saw Fifty Shades Darker, three times! -- nm - Spawn Mar 7, 08:13 1
    - Pffft, like I had three dates... -- nm - Baron of the Rings Mar 7, 09:10
- Bob's Burgers missing out is a travesty! -- nm - Krusty Mar 7, 08:07
FYI: "Love, Simon" is holding sneak previews this weekend. -- nm - MDH Mar 7, 08:01 2
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- I had 2 offers for it last week. Unfortunately I had conflicts so couldn't take advantage. -- nm - Diva Mar 7, 08:02
RIP Woody Durham, voice of UNC Tar Heels from 1971-2011. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 7, 07:53
Given what Cohn (in a long line of others) has said about Trump not reading *anything*, do we think Trump is functionally illiterate? - TWuG Mar 7, 07:53 23
- I think he is now. His powers of concentration have clearly atrophied. He needs talking points when meeting with people. -- nm - Remlik Mar 7, 07:58 12
  - All politicians need talking points - they have too much information coming in, and it's a basic way to focus on the key messages. - Roger More Mar 7, 08:13 1
    - correct. they need talking points, and I can see your point on the im... -- nm - Remlik Mar 7, 08:59
  - Which is also why he goes with the last thing he heard. -- nm - Spawn Mar 7, 08:11 9
    - And why he's so susceptible to the shiny new object. - Strongbad Mar 7, 08:14 8
      - yup -- nm - Remlik Mar 7, 08:59
      - And forgets all the fails he has. - Spawn Mar 7, 08:18 6
        
        Makes one wonder just how stingy his parents were with approval. Dude is pathological in needing to be liked. -- nm - TWuG Mar 7, 08:21
        
        Of course he does. - Strongbad Mar 7, 08:20 4
        
        And if the Democrats insist on going more progressive and run Kamala Harris, they're going to be right. -- nm* - jnine Mar 7, 08:54 3
        
        maybe, but it will be the Bernie Bros and the like who want to burn it all down because 'both parties suck' that will cause 45 to stay in office. -- nm - Remlik Mar 7, 09:00 2
        
        re-elected ...from prison? [puppyheadtilt] -- nm -- mud Feb 14 '18, 11:22 -- nm - mud Mar 7, 09:09 1
        
        The Rep control Congress and the courts. He isn't going to prison. -- nm - jnine Mar 7, 09:15
- No, just terminally incurious, with the attention span of a hummingbird. -- (edited) - znufrii Mar 7, 07:57
- I think he can probably read just fine. I just think he's super lazy. -- nm - Diva Mar 7, 07:55 2
  - this -- nm - decline Mar 7, 07:58
  - yep. (and zero ability to focus.) -- nm* - Andie Mar 7, 07:56
- Pretty sure he's read speeches from a teleprompter. -- nm - mara Mar 7, 07:55 5
  - Being able to recite words by sight is different than reading for understanding. -- nm - znufrii Mar 7, 09:04
  - I hear you. -- nm - Mop Mar 7, 08:32
  - I'd call that "basic level". His speeches are at a 4th Grade level. -- nm - TWuG Mar 7, 07:58 2
    - Eh. I think if you can read this, you're not functionally illiterate. -- (link) - mara Mar 7, 08:15 1
      - I liken it to my father. At this point in his life he can absolutely read. If you put something in front of him, he can read it just fine. But he - pmb Mar 7, 08:27
Pippy alert! -- (link) - Shaun Mar 7, 07:45 4
- I like the sleeker arm for Bucky. -- nm - Spawn Mar 7, 09:20
- Chuck Norris is our best bet of beating Thanos? -- nm - Spawn Mar 7, 09:19 1
  - stop that! -- nm - Epiphany Mar 7, 09:54
- !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *does back flips*!!!!!!!!!!!!! - Epiphany Mar 7, 09:07
Black Panther: B+ - just oblique Mar 7, 07:14 14
- (spoilers) - Inigo Mar 7, 07:32
- I wouldn't really consider it an origin story - eag Mar 7, 07:27 9
  - Introduction story. Killmonger's is the only origin story in the movie. -- nm - Roger More Mar 7, 07:50 8
    - I dunno, I mean, BP is like the dread pirate roberts so in a way we do get to see the current BP's origin -- nm - just oblique Mar 7, 07:51 7
      - Not really. He was already BP before the start of the movie. -- nm - Ender Mar 7, 07:52 6
        
        I mean, the whole movie, in a way, is about (spoilery) - just oblique Mar 7, 08:05
        
        Only nominally so. BP was only weeks after the death of T'Chaka. - TWuG Mar 7, 07:57 4
        
        He was trained to be the BP since he was a young boy, and when we meet him in Civil War he has been the BP for years. - Roger More Mar 7, 08:05 3
        
        Yeah, it doesn't really line up with comics canon, but I definitely got the impression that he had taken the herb well before his father's death. -- nm - Ender Mar 7, 08:10
        
        He trained from childhood, but (at least in the MCU) Civil War marked the first time he wore the suit. -- nm - TWuG Mar 7, 08:10 1
        
        No, there was a digital MCU comic released late last year that said he became BP about the time Tony Stark revealed he is Iron Man. -- (link) - Roger More Mar 7, 08:23
- Annihilation B, Red Sparrow C+ -- nm - budice Mar 7, 07:17
- considering that the trailers really did not look all the great for it, I would say it is pretty damn amazing. -- nm - groiny Mar 7, 07:15 1
  - Certainly. The characters and acting were all great. Story was engaging and interesting while being more than a "superhero" movie. Perhaps as time - just oblique Mar 7, 07:19
NBA making sure teams like Chicago aren't as obvious in their tanking during the last parts of this season -- (link) - Strongbad Mar 7, 07:09
old and busted: robotic wolves. new hotness: Flippy, the Burger-Flipping Robot! -- (link) - prayformojo Mar 7, 07:07
10TaW,x46 - prayformojo Mar 7, 07:01 7
- What is this? -- nm - Krusty Mar 7, 07:36 4
  - Rejected Billy Joel lyrics. -- nm - mafic Mar 7, 07:46
  - 10 Things a Week! - prayformojo Mar 7, 07:38 2
    - Ahh. I thought that's what it meant but also couldn't figure out why those things were talked about this week. - Krusty Mar 7, 08:00
    - building a future Jeopardy champion -- nm - Epiphany Mar 7, 07:40
- I had to look up ' Holi' but I know what " THE DAVID" is - Epiphany Mar 7, 07:19 1
  - "Holi......" is what Pippy says whenever she thinks of The David -- nm - prayformojo Mar 7, 07:26
In the annals of "occupation-based" surnames, "Trepannier" has to have an interesting story behind it. -- nm - Reagen Mar 7, 06:50 1
- Started as a hobby and then... -- nm - Beryllium Mar 7, 06:53
Rafael Cruz is upset that his opponent in the upcoming election is not using his given first name. -- nm - Reagen Mar 7, 06:13 1
- “You go tell Raphael that I ain't takin' no jive from no Western Union messenger.” -- nm - znufrii Mar 7, 06:25
ty97, now you can collect dinosaurs -- (link) - just oblique Mar 7, 06:05
I will almost surely see A Winfrey In Time this weekend, but the lack of reviews concerns me. - Baron of the Rings Mar 7, 06:02 11
- It'll be Disney's best live action adaptation of a children's favorite with a star director since the BFG! -- nm - Mop Mar 7, 08:31
- Well, the Social Media embargo was lifted today, and the consensus seems to be not "terrible", but "meh". -- nm* - Ender Mar 7, 07:32 1
  - this is what I get from the trailers. -- nm - Diva Mar 7, 07:56
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- You don’t wanna cross Oprah with a bad review. -- nm - mafic Mar 7, 06:04 6
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    - Wait, Jack's not your real name? -- nm - Reagen Mar 7, 06:05 4
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        Not punny enough. Suggest Jack Danielle or Jack Kennediggit. -- nm - Baron of the Rings Mar 7, 06:14 2
        
        Jack Dolph? -- nm* - Qale Mar 7, 07:43
        
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- You're misunderstanding my general feelings/intention then. - Strongbad Mar 7, 05:52 5
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    - nmbl -- (link) - Strongbad Mar 7, 05:57 3
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        Yes, obviously I talk about it a ton. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 7, 07:07 1
        
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B2 is a dumpster fire. -- nm - Diva Mar 7, 05:36 5
- I dunno, robot wolves seeem like a good idea. -- nm - mafic Mar 7, 06:03 2
  - [Black Mir/ror] -- nm - Reagen Mar 7, 06:27 1
    - precisely -- nm - prayformojo Mar 7, 06:57
- Kid, your face... - znufrii Mar 7, 05:44 1
  - ha! :) -- nm - Diva Mar 7, 06:52
It's actually pretty remarkable how terrible Trump's coat tails are for the people that have left - Reagen Mar 7, 05:33 10
- Only the best people! -- nm - Spawn Mar 7, 08:53
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  - Tbf I've seen a lot of "and *this* was what made you quit?" articles. -- nm - Reagen Mar 7, 05:51 4
    - as stated on the dumpster fire that is B2... -- (link) - Diva Mar 7, 06:55 [Backboard]
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      - It feels different this time, though maybe we're just still in it. - Reagen Mar 7, 06:00 1
        
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- Anyone that didn't perceive this as a risk before they signed up, deserves what they get. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 7, 05:42 2
  - true that -- nm - Epiphany, I voted! Mar 7, 06:24
  - I have zero sympathy, it's just that usually exstaffers can find *some* gig - Reagen Mar 7, 05:44
There was not enough mention of Nina Persson yesterday. - Reagen Mar 7, 05:29

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