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Any time someone mentions eating pickles, I immediately presume they're pregnant. -- nm - David Apr 12, 12:59 2
- JaxSean's having a baby?!? -- nm - decline Apr 12, 13:00 1
  - No, I'm just fat. -- nm - JaxSean Apr 12, 13:03
Study: $300 Hep C treatment as effective as one that costs $84,000 -- (link) - znufrii Apr 12, 12:52 2
- I'm sure it will be blocked from distribution in the US -- nm - decline Apr 12, 12:59
- No, the second one is better! - Martin Skrelli Apr 12, 12:58
I was instructed not to criticize President Trump's former housekeeper due to a prior relationship she had with President Trump which produced a child -- nm - Trump's Doorman Apr 12, 12:51 2
- i don't even know what is real anymore. (?) -- nm - Andie Apr 12, 12:52 1
  - This was mentioned in the Daily Beast today -- nm - crash davis Apr 12, 12:52
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- *pay only shipping and handling charges -- nm - pmb Apr 12, 12:53
- You’re no longer in Quebec? -- nm - Beryllium Apr 12, 12:47 3
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    - that's not right. -- nm - Andie Apr 12, 12:57 1
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- heaven helps the man who finds his dream. -- nm - groiny Apr 12, 12:44 3
  - Randomly, this was my first thought, too. -- nm - David Apr 12, 12:47 2
    - it pains you to think like me for a moment, doesn't it? -- nm - groiny Apr 12, 12:51 1
      - On every subject but dogs and pizza, yes. -- nm - David Apr 12, 12:57
- did you flash your badge and scare the other lawyers? -- nm - decline Apr 12, 12:34
Congress has its priorities upside down. They need to perp walk in the web designers who make you opt out of AUTOPLAY AUDIO WHEN YOU LOAD A SITE -- nm - Max Apr 12, 12:27
The Stan Lee thing is getting a bit weird -- (link) - decline Apr 12, 12:16 3
- Is it as believable as the video apology by Johnny Depp and Amber Heard? -- nm - Max Apr 12, 12:35
- Somebody in Vegas had better have picked up one of his stolen-blood signatures... -- (link*) - Ender Apr 12, 12:18 1
  - Report: Stan Lee's stolen blood was used to sign Marvel comics sold in Las Vegas. -- Spawn Apr 5 '18, 23:55 WTF are you guys doing!?! -- nm - Spawn Apr 12, 12:20
MEL ALERT -- (link) - Spawn Apr 12, 12:13
Gabe Kapler’s Six Wildest Decisions in Two Weeks Managing the Phillies -- (link) - Beaker Apr 12, 12:13 1
- he's getting savaged on sports radio here -- nm - decline Apr 12, 12:34
Jessica Jones renewed for season 3 on Netflix -- nm - JaxSean Apr 12, 12:13 1
- *splurt* -- nm - groiny Apr 12, 12:43
The Battle Bus is back in action!! -- (link) - Shaun Apr 12, 12:12
So...does anyone eat (or has tried) the peanut butter and pickle sandwich? -- (link) - JaxSean Apr 12, 12:06 7
- Yes, with sweet instead of bread & butter pickles. -- nm - Ender Apr 12, 12:49
- years ago, when it first made the rounds, I tried a few times with a couple of different kinds of pickles/bread. - b. Apr 12, 12:35 1
  - I'm so sorry, that just sucks. I love pickles. -- nm - crash davis Apr 12, 12:50
- No, but it's on my list. But the competing strong opinions leave me confused as to what type of pickle to use -- nm - pfm - head shaved tomorrow! Apr 12, 12:24 2
  - I just tried it with Bread & Butter. blech - JaxSean Apr 12, 12:31 1
    - I am not a fan of Bread and Butter pickles. -- nm - crash davis Apr 12, 12:51
- FakeNews! -- nm - Spawn Apr 12, 12:10
atomic Blonde 2 in the works -- (link) - Remlik Apr 12, 12:02 4
- I was fine with it. An average level for the genre. I would watch another, but probably post theaters -- nm - MDH Apr 12, 12:26
- I enjoyed the first one - if for nothing else the sound track was very nostalgic -- nm - decline Apr 12, 12:04
- Atomic Boogaloo -- nm - Spawn Apr 12, 12:03
- Good! -- nm - Beryllium Apr 12, 12:03
ty, I know that someone did the raid timeout thing within the last hour. - the wrong element, bad guy Apr 12, 12:01 3
- I don't if folks are just doing it wrong, but there were a few (as I said unconfirmed) reports this morning -- nm - ty97 Apr 12, 12:29 1
  - I think that it could be that or there could be a bug. - the wrong element, bad guy Apr 12, 12:57
- If you struggle with it there is another method. - the wrong element, bad guy Apr 12, 12:03
US considering rejoining TPP, Trump tells farm state lawmakers whose states would be screwed by trade war with China. -- nm - znufrii Apr 12, 11:54 18
- It feels at times like he has a big roulette wheel in his office, spins it each morning to decide what to tweet about. - Strongbad Apr 12, 12:07 2
  - Nothing that elaborate, he just live tweets Fox and Friends, mostly. -- (edited) - znufrii Apr 12, 12:14 1
    - Though I’m actually 50/50 whether f&f gets him to walk it back, or if they turn around and applaud him for renegotiating it “on his terms” -- (edited) - znufrii Apr 12, 12:23
- offs, the TPP was a big bogeyman in 2016 and now? sometimes the electorate is stupid -- nm - crash davis Apr 12, 11:57 4
  - The scam of demonizing TPP during the election notwithstanding, let’s not pretend that this means anything will actually happen... -- (edited) - znufrii Apr 12, 12:08 1
    - fair point -- nm - crash davis Apr 12, 12:08
  - Hilary was the bogeywoman -- nm - Beaker Apr 12, 12:00 1
    - And a Crooked one at that! -- nm - Shaun Apr 12, 12:13
- LOLOLOLOLOLOL -- nm - ty97 Apr 12, 11:56 9
  - Why are you laughing? -- nm - Spawn Apr 12, 12:04 7
    - Cause us not joining TPP in the 1st place caused us to lost position to China. -- nm - Remlik Apr 12, 12:06 6
      - I was trying to get ty97 to type "Trump". As it stands, he has 5 times in the last two weeks, and Dawson has 10 times! -- nm - Spawn Apr 12, 12:07 5
        
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        "I’m happy to type Trump" - JackDawson -- nm - Spawn Apr 12, 12:21
        
        I told a friend earlier today that the worst thing Trump has done is ruin the song Rocket Man. And for that, it’s just unforgivable. -- nm - Qale Apr 12, 12:11 2
        
        I might feel that way if he had ruined a good song. -- nm - Spawn Apr 12, 12:14 1
        
        I know music. Unlike some people. -- nm -- Spawn -- nm - JaxSean Apr 12, 12:37
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Jarvis Landry to get $47M guaranteed from the Browns; 5 year deal. -- (edited) - Beaker Apr 12, 11:52 6
- 5 years, right? That's a great payday for him -- nm - decline Apr 12, 11:52 5
  - 5 years... in Cleveland. -- nm - fineprint Apr 12, 11:53 4
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      - Cleveland Rocks! -- (link) - Beaker Apr 12, 12:16 [youtube]
    - for 47M bucks, I'll move to Cleveland for twice that -- nm - decline Apr 12, 11:54 1
      - Ain't no one paying you 94M to move to Cleveland! -- nm - Shaun Apr 12, 12:06
I'm reading this article on Gov Greitens and I think I recognize the attorney from a jury panel I was on. - Beast of Baron Apr 12, 11:47
Kind of interesting for movie fans -- a Twitter account that pairs screenplay text with video from the film. -- (link) - mara Apr 12, 11:31
This looks delicious. Broiled Spicy Avocado Pineapple Tostada. -- (link) - Andie Apr 12, 11:22 3
- hmm, I really like grilled pineapple on its own - enhances the flavor and makes it juicier, so that's promising. thanks! -- nm - b. Apr 12, 12:39
- cool, I love pineapple, I love avocado, but I never thought to have them together -- nm - crash davis Apr 12, 11:39
- that's avocado toast for $10 instead of just 5 -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 12, 11:35
pollen today: 11.8/12 -- nm - pfm - head shaved tomorrow! Apr 12, 11:22
IYC: The bf is in the WaPo Fact Checker today. -- (link) - MDH Apr 12, 11:21 8
- very cool! :) - -- nm - b. Apr 12, 12:36
- Woot! - Epiphany Apr 12, 12:29
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- Nice! -- nm - David Apr 12, 11:24
- yeah! -- nm - pfm - head shaved tomorrow! Apr 12, 11:23
- cool! -- nm - Andie Apr 12, 11:23
- very cool! -- nm - crash davis Apr 12, 11:23
- he's famous!! -- nm - decline Apr 12, 11:22
"Sometimes it may not look like it, but we're draining the swamp" -- nm - decline Apr 12, 11:13 1
- "and putting all the water moccasins we find in the Cabinet" -- nm - crash davis Apr 12, 11:15
Good poll with lots of detailed info on the Ontario Election. -- (link) - Name Withheld by Request Apr 12, 11:12 3
- So the Ford family will continue to tell Andie what to do -- nm - crash davis Apr 12, 11:20 2
  - oh, the Conservatives had this election in the bag. There is enormous anti-Wynne (current Liberal leader of Ontario) sentiment. I actually think - Andie Apr 12, 11:21 1
    - It was a flawed lot. There's a reason Christine Elliot is a three-time loser when she's been the favorite each time. - Name Withheld by Request Apr 12, 11:31
This solar system in a bottle to scale is kind of cool -- (link) - crash davis Apr 12, 11:01 13
- very cool -- nm - Beaker Apr 12, 11:48
- *does currency conversion* ~$72CDN? Yikes. -- nm - Shaun Apr 12, 11:37 2
  - Made with *real* planets! -- nm - fineprint Apr 12, 11:49
  - yeah, that is the only drawback. That and they are so backordered at the moment. -- nm - crash davis Apr 12, 11:46
- !!!! -- nm - kelly Apr 12, 11:17
- hmph -- nm - pluto Apr 12, 11:03 3
  - You've got your own page -- (link) - JD Apr 12, 11:48
  - go sit over there with Gimli, Dopey, and all the others of your kind -- nm - crash davis Apr 12, 11:07 1
    - [weep] -- nm - mud Apr 12, 11:08
- very -- nm - pfm - head shaved tomorrow! Apr 12, 11:03
- cute! -- nm - Andie Apr 12, 11:03
- *save to cart* Nathan, bought your birthday gift! -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 12, 11:02 1
  - just be careful with Mercury, it looks easy to lose -- nm - crash davis Apr 12, 11:05
I really need to get out of the habit of checking my retirement accounts so frequently -- nm - pfm - head shaved tomorrow! Apr 12, 10:57 4
- *whistles innocently* -- nm - znufrii Apr 12, 10:59
- Retiring soon? - crash davis Apr 12, 10:59 2
  - Unfortunately not....kiddo won't let me skip her ahead six grade levels - pfm - head shaved tomorrow! Apr 12, 11:02 1
    - kid needs to get a job already! -- nm - decline Apr 12, 11:03
Imagine you booked a historic mansion for your wedding and than a tanker ship crashes into said mansion?! -- nm - ty97 Apr 12, 10:56 1
- If my mansion was on a mountain, I'd be very very freaked out. -- nm - crash davis Apr 12, 10:57
Treadstone tv show? Woohoo! From the creator of Heroes? Oh, fuuuuuu.... -- nm - David Apr 12, 10:53 2
- so great first season right up until the finale and then gets worse and worse... -- nm - Beaker Apr 12, 11:18
- Save the Treadstone, save the world -- nm - Beryllium Apr 12, 11:00
If it really is butterfly effect, then can we blame the Red Sox for Trump? - ty97 Apr 12, 10:51 1
- from bb, I get the rivalry; but usually they start off fairly peaceful then something happens that makes - b. Apr 12, 12:42
"Pruitt also routinely has his team book flights on Delta—even when it's not the government-contracted carrier—in order “to accrue more frequent flier - crash davis Apr 12, 10:51
Re: The timed diet thing, I don't understand Kim's eating schedule at all. The results are dramatic, though. - David Apr 12, 10:44 13 1
- The Timed diet is how Dolly Parton lost all that weight years ago. You body isn't converting that food into fat to keep, since you're constantly - Remlik Apr 12, 11:19
- Is there a book she started with? A website? - Strongbad Apr 12, 11:17 10
  - I think she started a website, too. I'll ask. -- nm - David Apr 12, 11:22 9
    - Kim is the new pusher! :) -- nm - Remlik Apr 12, 11:27 6
      - The new DDP. -- nm - Qale Apr 12, 11:42 1
        
        #BANG -- nm - Strongbad Apr 12, 11:43
      - Just because it works! - Dark Callisto Apr 12, 11:29 3
        
        Thanks! -- nm - Strongbad Apr 12, 11:36
        
        David needs to be your Youtube project! "If it works for Mr. Applebees it can work for you!" -- nm - Remlik Apr 12, 11:30
        
        And seriously, Let me be your coach, people! It’s cheaper than signing up for the gym! -- nm - Dark Callisto Apr 12, 11:30
    - is she gonna become one of those exercise/weightloss gurus and be on tv and stuff? -- nm - decline Apr 12, 11:25 1
      - I dunno, but she's going to help everyone she knows become the best version of themselves, assuming you're receptive to it. -- nm - David Apr 12, 11:33
- Interesting, I'll have to look at it when I'm at home. (I don't FB at work) -- nm - crash davis Apr 12, 10:47
B2 cheers and jeers: Cheers to decline, jeers to Reagen - crash davis Apr 12, 10:44
Pro-gun Parkland teacher accidentally leaves gun in public washroom. Found by drunk homeless man who fires it at wall. -- (link) - Andie Apr 12, 10:43 13
- so the washroom wasn't in the school, right? - JaxSean Apr 12, 11:14 2
  - no, i don't think it was in the school. just that this is someone talking about 'good guys with guns'. and yet... -- nm - Andie Apr 12, 11:17
  - yeah my first instinct was "how did a drunk homeless guy wander into that school?" -- nm - crash davis Apr 12, 11:16
- That’s some responsible gun ownership, right there. -- nm - znufrii Apr 12, 10:47 6
  - sure, great guy to have in a school with a gun. -- nm - Andie Apr 12, 10:49 5
    - Exactly my point with that. This would happen FAR more often than someone walking into the school with a gun. -- nm - volnelk Apr 12, 11:11 3
      - did you see that thing yesterday where some school bought all their teachers baseball bats to fight off a gunman? - crash davis Apr 12, 11:13 2
        
        *mini* baseball bats. -- nm - JaxSean Apr 12, 11:15
        
        you don' bring bats to a gunfight! -- nm - edgar Apr 12, 11:15
    - As long as there aren’t any drunk homeless guys there, I don’t see the problem. -- nm* - znufrii Apr 12, 10:55
- is the wall going to recover? -- nm - crash davis Apr 12, 10:44 1
  - If only the wall had a gun. -- nm - NRA Apr 12, 11:12
- "Simpson was arrested and charged with failing to safely store a firearm and posted a $250 cash bond, but reportedly faces no disciplinary action from - Andie Apr 12, 10:44
On this day 157 years ago, forces under General PT Beauregard began firing on Fort Sumter, beginning Donald Trump's quest to save "heritage". -- nm - crash davis Apr 12, 10:40

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