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Definitive updated forecast -- (link) - prayformojo Mar 20, 12:27 [Image] 2
- I understand the original name of this system was Winter Storm Kunta Kinte. -- nm - Reagen Mar 20, 12:44
- Jack Dawson says subtract 12 inches so that's 48 inches!! -- nm - Bacon Mar 20, 12:29
There are already 117 cancelations at PHL and 103 at JFK for tomorrow -- nm - ty97 Mar 20, 12:25 1
- Jetblue has scrapped 38% of their overall flight schedule for the already. -- nm - ty97 Mar 20, 12:27
Gary Cohn was Trump's first choice to head up the CIA. - Jovian Mar 20, 12:24
Hey David, - Marvel Entertainment Mar 20, 12:23
Stupid slow computer clock! -- nm* - Spawn Mar 20, 12:13
WWE: Daniel Bryan medically cleared to return to in-ring action -- (link) - Remlik Mar 20, 12:12 5
- Doesn't he have the same issue as EDGE? - eag Mar 20, 12:24 2
  - Nope -- he's got concussion issues. Edge had a narrow spinal column that could have been paralyzingly bad. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 20, 12:31
  - no. -- nm - Remlik Mar 20, 12:25
- They dropped the ball on this -- they should have kept it quiet and have him just appear at WrestleMania in a wrestling capacity. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 20, 12:23 1
  - They are legit worried they don’t have a good show planned. (And they should be.) -- nm - Qale Mar 20, 15:08
Hauled the snowblower out of the shed* and fired it up to make sure it'll run if needed tomorrow - prayformojo Mar 20, 11:58 2
- good luck. Jon Snowblower knows nothing -- nm - peglegpete Mar 20, 12:24
- "Jesus, it's like Iwo Jima out there. We should put a rubber mat down so Cooper can get around." -- nm - Max Mar 20, 12:01
Karate Kid new trailer for Cobra Kai -- (link) - Remlik Mar 20, 11:45 [youtube] 14
- Whatever happened with the sequel? They apparently screened it and never released... -- nm - MDH Mar 20, 12:10 9
  - which sequel? was there a new one? -- nm - Remlik Mar 20, 12:11 8
    - I think he means the sequel to the Jackie Chan one -- nm - eag Mar 20, 12:13 7
      - Correct. -- nm - MDH Mar 20, 12:17 6
        
        as of Oct last year it hasn't been filmed due to script not being good -- (link) - Remlik Mar 20, 12:20 4
        
        That's very weird. con carne or someone said a local theater had an advance screening, and that news hit all over a while ago. -- nm - MDH Mar 20, 12:32
        
        Was the first movie any good? - eag Mar 20, 12:28 2
        
        nm -- nm - Spawn Mar 20, 12:32
        
        A few Justice League DVDs have actually been sold? -- nm - Spawn Mar 20, 12:32
        
        I didn't realize we counted that one. -- nm - Spawn Mar 20, 12:19
- Nailed it. -- nm - Max Mar 20, 11:55
- I liked this trailer. Still don't think I'd get a YouTube red subscription, but I liked it -- nm - crash davis Mar 20, 11:49 1
  - This. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 20, 11:49
- OMG I love it. Chills. The trailers were goofy but didn't do it justice. -- nm - Mop Mar 20, 11:49
Ordeal by Innocence trailer (Matthew Goode is in it) -- (link) - LMS Mar 20, 11:45 [youtube]
Marvel TV: new trailer for Cloak and Dagger on Freeform -- (link) - Remlik Mar 20, 11:41 [youtube] 4
- Angsty! -- nm - Mop Mar 20, 11:45
- Chick from SHIELD? -- nm - Spawn Mar 20, 11:44 2
  - Naw, that's not Dove Cameron. -- nm - Mop Mar 20, 11:45 1
    - Ah, Olivia Holt. -- (link) - Spawn Mar 20, 11:46 [youtube]
Starbonds have adjusted, there's a couple of good post adjusts coming up. -- nm - LMS Mar 20, 11:37 1
- While there's nothing much shaking for dROI, IW still has *a lot* of H$ ready to be made. -- (edited) - Shaun Mar 20, 11:43
What just happened to Level3?! -- (link) - Mop Mar 20, 11:30 1
- Russia! -- nm - Spawn Mar 20, 11:31
Charlie Ebersol (son of Dick) to launch Alliance of American Football league in 2019 before Vince McMahon's XFL. will have CBS broadcast... -- (link) - Remlik Mar 20, 11:30
World’s “Least Sustainable City”? Phoenix, Arizona -- (link) - znufrii Mar 20, 11:23 3
- My guess would have been Vegas. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 20, 12:28 1
  - I figured a town in Death Valley. -- nm - Spawn Mar 20, 12:30
- that sounds right. -- nm - Reagen Mar 20, 12:27
Spawn, I'm imagining the conniption fit pixie would have had if he saw Max saying Superman is the angstiest. - crash davis Mar 20, 11:23 1
- I miss that little dummy. -- nm - Spawn Mar 20, 11:24
Overwatch: Brigitte is now playable. -- (link) - Shaun Mar 20, 11:19 [youtube]
YDC: Tiger Woods has moved from 149 to 105th in the World Rankings. -- nm - MDH Mar 20, 11:18 1
- Currently 10-1 to win the Masters. - Strongbad Mar 20, 11:23
Colts signed Ryan Grant? Cool. -- nm - Spawn Mar 20, 11:17
The Cambridge Analytica scandal isn’t a scandal. This is how Facebook works. -- (link) - Strongbad Mar 20, 11:07 22
- I've heard that previous election Obama used Cambridge anals....how are they different from focus groups (except massive numbers) -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 20, 11:22 3
  - heh heh. anals -- nm - just oblique Mar 20, 11:31
  - Not exactly. - znufrii Mar 20, 11:27
  - Some abbreviations just don't work -- nm - crash davis Mar 20, 11:24
- Facebook said it violated their terms of service. - mara Mar 20, 11:17 14
  - So, the company that has - Strongbad Mar 20, 11:34 12
    - I've seen literally no one advance the idea that Facebook is an innocent victim here. -- nm - Reagen Mar 20, 12:12 5
      - It seems to me that people are much angrier at Facebook than CA at this point. nm - Dignan Mar 20, 12:21 3
        
        I just don't get it then. - Strongbad Mar 20, 12:27 1
        
        This rings true on one level, but they have also made certain representations as to how user data is handled and/or protected. -- (edited) - znufrii Mar 20, 12:31
        
        Yes. Because over half the country doesn't know what CA is or cares what it is. -- nm - Jovian Mar 20, 12:23
      - You're correct, I haven't seen any of that here. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 20, 12:20
    - I thought your point is that it *isn't* a scandal? Why do you sound so scandalized? -- nm - mara Mar 20, 11:51 5
      - The “scandal” is that fb has been getting away with this as SOP for so long without adequate guarantees of oversight regarding the use of their data. -- nm - znufrii Mar 20, 12:02 1
        
        Also that CA might also have provided another vector for Russian influence. -- nm - znufrii Mar 20, 12:04
      - You're right, I should stop talking about it. - Strongbad Mar 20, 11:58 2
        
        It's weird when you do this. -- nm - David Mar 20, 12:12 1
        
        I'm a weird guy. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 20, 12:19
  - Both things are true. This is how FB works and the researcher lying about his purpose is a convenient copout for FB -- nm* - ty97 Mar 20, 11:21
- ¿ por que no los dos? -- nm* - Reagen Mar 20, 11:14
- Mmmhmm/ -- nm - David Mar 20, 11:12
- I certainly don’t believe that Facebook is innocent at all. - znufrii Mar 20, 11:11
FWIW, Isle of Dogs is a real place (it's also where I'm going to see Isle of Dogs next week) -- (link) - LMS Mar 20, 11:07 5
- despite the shows at the O2, that place still sucks -- nm - london cats Mar 20, 11:09 4
  - Was at the O2 yesterday to see RP1, it's a soul-less corporate place, and is freezing. There is a nice gastro pub about 10mins from it though. - LMS Mar 20, 11:16 3
    - I have got to go to the UK one of these years, soonish. -- nm - crash davis Mar 20, 11:17 2
      - I think there's normally a week each year when the weather is quite pleasant. -- nm - LMS Mar 20, 11:24 1
        
        That is the week I would definitely shoot for then :) -- nm - crash davis Mar 20, 11:27
I shall shortly be listening to the Craig Charles Funk & Soul Show which this week includes a Stephen Hawking inspired Trunk of Funk - LMS Mar 20, 11:00
ST Poll: Do you plan to watch the new SyFy show Krypton premiering tomorrow night? -- nm - Beaker Mar 20, 10:52 17
- Just what we needed! Another Superman story! -- nm - Strongbad Mar 20, 11:01 5
  - (I say this as a person who has probably watched 70-80% of all seasons of Smallville) -- nm - Strongbad Mar 20, 11:16 1
    - Smallvile told a story that people wanted to hear. - Spawn Mar 20, 11:26
  - Plus he's become the angstiest of superheros. Wahh, wahh, my race was destroyed and I'm the last northern white rhino, wahh -- nm - Max Mar 20, 11:04 2
    - Only the last because he landed in Kansas. If he landed in West Virginia, he would have no problems repopulating the Kryptonian race with Kara -- nm - crash davis Mar 20, 11:07
    - "you want me to save the Earth, but you get mad if I wreck a couple buildings in the process???' - groiny Mar 20, 11:06
- I'll watch the premiere. Future episodes depend on my reactions -- nm - crash davis Mar 20, 10:55
- No. The premise is too flawed. - Spawn Mar 20, 10:55 1
  - John Bryne disagrees with you -- nm - Remlik Mar 20, 10:57
- yes. that trailer looks great -- nm* - Remlik Mar 20, 10:54
- No. -- nm - Shaun Mar 20, 10:54
- I do not. (I did not know of its existence until this post.) -- nm - Andie Mar 20, 10:53 4
  - this -- nm - SyrDragon Mar 20, 11:03 3
    - You two must not watch The Magicians. - Spawn Mar 20, 11:04 2
      - The what and the who now? -- nm - SyrDragon Mar 20, 11:08 1
        
        SHAME. -- nm - Shaun Mar 20, 11:11
- No. -- nm - Beaker Mar 20, 10:52
"twitter share price plunging" ... heh -- nm - Beryllium Mar 20, 10:48
"is it normal to smell like A&W even if you haven't had A&W in months?" -- nm - Classroom Transcripts Mar 20, 10:46 4
- Pretty sure that's an indicator of an oncoming stroke. nm - Dignan Mar 20, 11:15 1
  - A&W odor is a classic sign of Cold War era KGB poisons. -- nm - Max Mar 20, 11:33
- btw, I absolutely love Classroom Transcripts -- nm - crash davis Mar 20, 10:48 1
  - Teenagers Say The Weirdest Goddamn Things -- nm - Reagen Mar 20, 11:13
Not everyone is excited about hosting World Cup matches for joint North American bid. -- (link) - znufrii Mar 20, 10:46 6
- wow, they actually demanded that Chicago build a dome over Soldier Field? I would have said no as well. -- nm - crash davis Mar 20, 10:54 4
  - Not by my reading of it. It was more that if they did, the city wouldn’t be able to stop them. -- nm - znufrii Mar 20, 10:58 3
    - FIFA ain't gonna spend their own money -- nm - crash davis Mar 20, 11:00 1
      - Right. - znufrii Mar 20, 11:02
    - that's bad enough. -- nm - Diva Mar 20, 10:59
- those FIFA bribes getting out of hand I guess -- nm - Beaker Mar 20, 10:51
Ex-Playboy model who alleges affair with Trump sues to be able to be able to break silence -- (link) - crash davis Mar 20, 10:46 2
- This is normal -- nm - ty97 Mar 20, 12:23
- Stormy Daniels's attorney: No interview requests from Fox News -- (link) - crash davis Mar 20, 10:47
McCain: -- (link) - mud Mar 20, 10:43 2
- *votes with whatever Trump proposes anyway* -- nm - Beaker Mar 20, 11:24 1
  - Not CIA director, I will bet. -- nm - Spawn Mar 20, 12:01
I'm only a few chapters in but whoever was the one to get Will Wheaton to do the audio version of RPO - eag Mar 20, 10:43 17
- Oddly, I *hated* his narration of RP1 but I really liked his narration in the new Joe Hill book. nm - Dignan Mar 20, 11:12
- Ugh. I would hate listening to his voice read an entire book. - IrishStephen Mar 20, 10:45 15
  - this says it all -- (link) - crash davis Mar 20, 10:57 1
    - Yes! -- nm - IrishStephen Mar 20, 11:08
  - Right? -- nm - David Mar 20, 10:49 12
    - Better than Mulgrew, though. -- nm - Spawn Mar 20, 10:57 11
      - I am just going for the worst I have actually tried to listen to. -- nm - Spawn Mar 20, 11:02
      - Off the top of my head, Charlie Day would be the worst audiobook voice. -- nm - Max Mar 20, 10:58 9
        
        I'll also nominate Kristen Chenoweth and Carol Kane -- nm - crash davis Mar 20, 10:59 8
        
        Megan Mullally or Fran Drescher would be hell for a woman narrator -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 20, 11:32
        
        Judy Tenuda or Gilbert Godfried -- nm* - prayformojo Mar 20, 11:00 6
        
        Bobcat Goldthwait -- nm - eag Mar 20, 11:18 1
        
        you shut your dirty whore mouth! -- nm - groiny Mar 20, 11:35
        
        I was going to say GGODF -- nm - SyrDragon Mar 20, 11:07 2
        
        pretty much anyone from New York would be awful. -- nm - groiny Mar 20, 11:09 1
        
        Are you talking to me? -- nm - Robert De Niro Mar 20, 11:13
        
        Fran Drescher -- nm - groiny Mar 20, 11:03
OK, Torontonian STers: any chance we could meet up thursday afternoon? Or is it just not in the cards? - Beryllium Mar 20, 10:29 5
- where are you staying? during work it's pretty tough, unless you happen to be right where i am. - Andie Mar 20, 10:51
- Torontinos! -- nm - Beast of Baron Mar 20, 10:32 3
  - That name always makes me think of pizza rolls. -- nm - crash davis Mar 20, 10:34 2
    - "Et vous... vous est mon Totino." -- nm - Reagen Mar 20, 10:38
    - bery, you'll have to bring lots of cash or a 2nd credit card cause they're a bunch of hungry guys -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 20, 10:38
Four things more than you wanted to know about spring and the vernal equinox - crash davis Mar 20, 10:28
*wonders if Danger Island is anywhere near Whore Island* -- nm - znufrii Mar 20, 10:26 3
- It's ... adjacent. -- nm - Archer si Mar 20, 10:27 2
  - They're in ... the tropics -- nm - Archer si Mar 20, 10:27 1
    - Specifically, the tropic of - Archer si Mar 20, 10:28
Speaking the truth about Infinity War -- (link) - MDH Mar 20, 10:22 5
- My dog super team idea trumps them all! -- nm - Beaker Mar 20, 10:46
- ... -- (link) - Beryllium Mar 20, 10:45
- This meme is cracking me up. -- nm - Tim Mar 20, 10:24 2
  - shades! -- (link) - Spawn Mar 20, 11:12 1
    - heh -- (link) - Spawn Mar 20, 12:16
Okay, I have the news you've all been waiting for: The Clatsop County (Oregon) chick cam will be going live tomorrow! -- (link) - ReluctantCynic Mar 20, 10:21 2
- I hear Clatsop County chicks have only one tooth, and they lose that one. #methisbad -- nm - crash davis Mar 20, 10:23 1
  - This is more accurate than you might imagine. - ReluctantCynic Mar 20, 10:40
Beaker, here is a link of the Marlon Bundo book from John Oliver -- (link) - crash davis Mar 20, 10:17 [youtube] 1
- thank you! -- nm - Beaker Mar 20, 10:45

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