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new roof 6/20. so excited! -- nm - amanda Jun 8, 07:38 1
- will the cats be allows to walk on it? -- nm - decline Jun 8, 07:39
Trump: won't invite either NBA team to White House -- (link) - Beaker Jun 8, 07:37 4
- Instead he will invite fans to come to the White House to kneel in protest during the playing of the Space Jam soundtrack. -- nm - pmb Jun 8, 07:43
- "bitch, we already said we weren't coming" -- nm - Reagen Jun 8, 07:41
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  - This. -- nm - Strongbad Jun 8, 08:25
Netflix has already renewed Castlevania for a third season -- nm - Beaker Jun 8, 07:35
Halloween - Official trailer -- (link) - Shaun Jun 8, 07:27 [youtube] 2
- The shot at 2:12... I don't think that's how reflections work -- nm - Guigue Jun 8, 07:33
- spoilers - Beaker Jun 8, 07:32
Are there not fungi smarter than this? -- (link) - Beryllium Jun 8, 07:24 7
- He could be convinced to pardon Governor Florrick. -- nm - Max Jun 8, 07:49
- "Sir, you can't pardon Jean Valjean. He's both French and fictional." -- nm* - Reagen Jun 8, 07:28
- *pardons Michael Corleone* -- nm - Beaker Jun 8, 07:27 4
  - (this kind of stuff is arguably the best use of his time though) -- nm - Reagen Jun 8, 07:33 3
    - I'm sure it's the thing he's decided he enjoys the most. He said today he's looking at pardoning "thousands more". People love him when he does it - pmb Jun 8, 07:38 2
      - "I pardon Trayvon Martin!" "Uh, he wasn't convicted of anything." -- nm - Reagen Jun 8, 07:42 1
        
        heh -- nm - Beaker Jun 8, 07:42
UFC 225 Primer (CM Punk fight #2!!) -- (link*) - Beaker Jun 8, 07:16
guys, this is so funny. -- (pic) - amanda Jun 8, 07:13 [Attachment] 13
- Karke Kristian Kale...KK...oh. - Inigo Jun 8, 07:20
- "Brexet (pronounced Bridget.)", No that is not how that is going to be pronounced. -- nm - Andie Jun 8, 07:20 6
  - And Pimpley?! I mean, is she begging this kid to hate her and life? -- nm - TWuG Jun 8, 07:27 5
    - I'm relatively sure (and very much hoping) this was a fake troll post -- nm - ty97 Jun 8, 07:30 4
      - one has to assume -- nm - Andie Jun 8, 07:42
      - my friend joined the baby names discussion group just to screencap and hate post. this is very much not a troll post going by the norm in that group. -- nm - amanda Jun 8, 07:37 2
        
        the future is scary -- nm - Andie Jun 8, 07:42
        
        eeeeekkkk -- nm - ty97 Jun 8, 07:38
- “No hate please” - znufrii Jun 8, 07:19
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  - Before or after In The Heights? -- nm - ty97 Jun 8, 07:18
- Spotted the Chem major -- nm - Reagen Jun 8, 07:16
- Simple answer - ty97 Jun 8, 07:16
Here are the socks I am wearing today -- (pic) - Amoxy Jun 8, 07:09 [Attachment] 2
- Heh, Stormtroopers. No, wait, is that Cobra Commander? It could be owls. Yes, let's go with owls. -- nm - My brain Jun 8, 07:34 1
  - Groot -- nm - Amoxy Jun 8, 07:37
Client: Here's the Disaster Recovery Plan you gave us 10 years ago. Has anything changed? - decline Jun 8, 07:07 1
- This was engineering school for me. I always considered myself just an ok writer but I was James Joyce compared to the subliterate nonsense I would - Reagen Jun 8, 07:12
Remember the good ole days when Miley Cyrus' antics were the worst thing going on? - Shaun Jun 8, 06:58 3
- Ashlee Simpson, history's greatest monster -- nm - Reagen Jun 8, 07:06
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  - that tan suit was a travesty -- nm - decline Jun 8, 07:00
Sour grapes much? -- (link) - TWuG Jun 8, 06:56
Sadly relevant tweet for people up here for a change. -- (link) - Shaun Jun 8, 06:36 26
- The beginning of Idiocracy is playing out in our world. Except it's not smart people avoiding having babies. It's smart people not voting. -- nm - Inigo Jun 8, 06:46 13
  - We do a lot of things wrong. Hell, most of them are wrong. But having elections on Sundays is something I think we do right. (NM) - Marlowe Jun 8, 06:55 7
    - our polls were open for 12 hours. In theory to give everyone a chance to vote. Plus we have early voting which includes nights and weekends. If you - Andie Jun 8, 06:57 6
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        The politics of immigrants is quite different here and there aren't as easily defined ethnic blocks here - Reagen Jun 8, 07:20 1
        
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        laziness. (We had 2 people Decline ballots as well as a protest, which I am okay with. They show up and then protest.) -- nm - Andie Jun 8, 07:02 1
        
        wait, decline was on the ballot up there? have things really gotten *that* bad? -- nm - prayformojo Jun 8, 07:10
      - Plus you are legally entitled to leave your job to go vote. -- nm - Shaun Jun 8, 06:58
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  - I think it's a little bit more "Boomers doing their level best to fuck things up on the way out the door". -- nm - Reagen Jun 8, 06:49 2
    - Well, that's the other part of the Idiocracy comparison. - Inigo Jun 8, 06:57
    - Fuckers can't die out soon enough -- nm - TWuG Jun 8, 06:57
  - Yup. -- nm - Shaun Jun 8, 06:49
- I haven't seen turnout numbers but I understand it was low - Reagen Jun 8, 06:40 3
  - It was 58% the highest in almost 20 years. -- (link) - ajrimmer Jun 8, 06:53 1
    - Which is still terrible. -- nm - Reagen Jun 8, 06:54
  - my polling station had a 62% turnout. -- nm - Andie Jun 8, 06:41
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- Working the polls yesterday was interesting. I was at a tiny location, so it was mostly one person (or couples) at a time. We had a LOOOOOOOOT - Andie Jun 8, 06:39 6
  - Did you make Dave run and get you coffee and donuts? -- nm - decline Jun 8, 06:39 5
    - we couldn't leave. for 14 hours. however this lovely couple kept checking in with us... - Andie Jun 8, 06:44 4
      - :) -- nm - Diva Jun 8, 06:54
      - That's awesome -- nm* - ty97 Jun 8, 06:45
      - "brownies". -- nm - Reagen Jun 8, 06:44 1
        
        we may have made jokes about that. -- nm - Andie Jun 8, 06:44
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- I’m sure the NRA will be out in full force defending their gun ownership rights. -- nm - znufrii Jun 8, 07:00
Beaker - rollo Jun 8, 06:28 6
- I'd definitely be interested in being in QV again. -- nm - Inigo Jun 8, 07:05
- can I get a refresh on the rules and such please - Beaker Jun 8, 06:30 4
  - sure - rollo Jun 8, 06:35 3
    - I appreciate the offer, but likely best if you throw it open - Beaker Jun 8, 06:46
    - (and no pickups after the draft) -- nm - Reagen Jun 8, 06:36 1
      - ah yes, thank you. Can't believe I forgot the raison d etre -- nm - rollo Jun 8, 06:43
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- This year's graduating class is the last group of high schoolers who were alive on 9/11. -- nm - Reagen Jun 8, 06:42 3
  - Class of '19 -- nm - rollo Jun 8, 06:45 2
    - Right. My niece is that class and she was a year old at the time. -- nm - Dark Callisto Jun 8, 06:58 1
      - my daughter too :) -- nm - rollo Jun 8, 07:03
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  - just means you're gonna make more people cry -- nm - decline Jun 8, 06:42 4
    - Millennials are even bigger babies about federal crimes. -- nm - Reagen Jun 8, 06:44 3
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        "We're disruptors!" -- nm - Reagen Jun 8, 06:53 1
        
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Got 60+ uninterrupted miles using Autopilot on the drive to St Louis - TWuG Jun 8, 06:10 2
- Does it change lanes and pass? I thought it just maintained speed and distance from cars in front -- nm - rollo Jun 8, 06:24 1
  - It will change lanes when I activate the turn indicator. -- nm - TWuG Jun 8, 06:33
Here's a good laugh. A few Thor: Ragnarok scenes dubbed in Japanese. -- (link) - Shaun Jun 8, 05:53
aha. There's the payoff: Trump calls for readmitting Russia to G-7 four years after it was expelled for its role in Crimean crisis -- (link) - prayformojo Jun 8, 05:46 9
- Sounds about right. -- (edited) - znufrii Jun 8, 06:49
- just bonkers. -- nm - Beaker Jun 8, 06:29
- I may have to exit the internet today. -- nm - Diva Jun 8, 06:23 1
  - Yeah. This has been a crappy news morning. -- nm - Krusty Jun 8, 06:31
- Ya know, after the last few weeks where I’ve been a colossal dick to each of you...how about doing me a solid? -- nm - Will Hunting, Emperor of Blood Feud Jun 8, 06:05 3
  - It may very well be the G6 after this weekend -- nm - decline Jun 8, 06:26 2
    - It's gonna be decades fixing what he's fucked up - Reagen Jun 8, 06:51 1
      - oh absolutely -- nm - decline Jun 8, 07:00
- JFC, be more obvious about it why don't you. -- nm - Reagen Jun 8, 05:57
Here's a gif that adds to budice's post on B2 about the Caps fan who felt like flashing. -- (link) - Shaun Jun 8, 05:37 [Image]
Indianapolis Colts QB Andrew Luck (shoulder) is 'real close' to finally throwing a football again, according to head coach Frank Reich. -- nm - Strongbad Jun 8, 04:59
A great article about Ovechkin in light of last night -- (link) - Reagen Jun 8, 04:46 7
- I'm very happy for him (and the rest of the team and their fans as well). -- nm - Beaker Jun 8, 04:52 6
  - Ditto. They've taken a lot of (deserved?) grief over the years. -- nm - Strongbad Jun 8, 04:53 5
    - The complaints about his desire have never made any sense to me. No one's wanted to win anything, ever, more than he has -- (edited) - Reagen Jun 8, 05:00 4
      - Him making 2 Vegas players wrestle him to the ice last night right after the first Vegas goal was as much desire as any recent sports event I’ve seen. - Will Hunting, Emperor of Blood Feud Jun 8, 06:03
      - I mean just watch this and try to say that he's not passionate. -- (link) - Shaun Jun 8, 05:34 [youtube] 1
        
        That was some super Saiyan shit. -- nm - Reagen Jun 8, 05:44
      - Agreed. He was the first Russian who grew up watching Russians play for the Stanley Cup and who had that as his own personal goal. - Name Withheld By Request Jun 8, 05:17
Just heard that Anthony Bourdain has been found dead -- nm - zork Jun 8, 04:22 24
- Such a tragedy...thought things were going so well for him with his young kid and all too - SyrDragon Jun 8, 07:29
- I'm just incredibly torn up over this. David and I saw him speak several years ago here in town and he was amazing. And my heart is broken... - Dark Callisto Jun 8, 06:26 1
  - I'm feeling much the same. mel and I saw him a few years ago at Symphony Hall. It was a great show. -- nm - Diva Jun 8, 06:29
- Just devastating. -- nm - Incredibarons Jun 8, 06:11
- this is a gut punch. - decline Jun 8, 05:34 1
  - this is very upsetting. -- nm - Diva Jun 8, 06:15
- I literally gasped when I first read that. Nm - ralph wiggum Jun 8, 05:04
- oh dammit -- nm - prayformojo Jun 8, 04:36
- suicide per CNN -- (link*) - Beaker Jun 8, 04:23 15
  - What the hell is going on this week?! -- nm - ty97 Jun 8, 05:03
  - Jeez, some people need to remember the Thumper rule in that thread. -- nm - Reagen Jun 8, 04:49 6
    - Is the transition from committed to died of actually a thing, that's the first I've heard of it. - J Jun 8, 05:00 4
      - Yes, it’s a thing. -- (edited) - znufrii Jun 8, 05:16
      - heh, I had to google it :) -- nm - Beaker Jun 8, 05:04
      - "if you can't say anything nice..." -- nm - Reagen Jun 8, 05:01 1
        
        ah of course -- nm - J Jun 8, 05:02
    - I wonder what % of them are Russian bots? -- nm - Strongbad Jun 8, 04:53
  - He hanged himself in his Strasbourg hotel room -- nm - zork Jun 8, 04:37
  - Wow. -- nm - Strongbad Jun 8, 04:33 3
    - (and Eric Ripert was the person that found him this morning) -- nm - Strongbad Jun 8, 05:18 2
      - horrible. -- nm - Diva Jun 8, 06:15
      - yeah. good lord. -- nm - prayformojo Jun 8, 05:48
  - Nooooo! -- nm - Covington Jun 8, 04:27
  - :( -- nm - znufrii Jun 8, 04:27
TV PSA: Cavs/Warriors, Battlebots, My Last Days, Phenoms, Undercover Boss, Bering Sea Gold, Just Another Immigrant, Life Sentence, Erik Griffin, Bill Maher, -- (edited) - Beaker Jun 8, 03:12
Oh. No. The Golden Knights. Lost. How. Tragic. -- nm - Vegas sportsbooks Jun 8, 02:52
Never heard of TBS Animal Kingdom before. Any good? -- nm - Beryllium Jun 8, 00:08 3
- It's great. nm - ralph wiggum Jun 8, 00:43
- is it with Marlin Perkins? -- nm - peglegpete Jun 8, 00:18
- TNT? Not sure now. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 8, 00:14
That Big Bang Theory season finale is damn near perfect television. - David Jun 7, 23:31 3
- Yeah. They pulled everything together seamlessly. -- nm - Will Hunting, Emperor of Blood Feud Jun 8, 05:54
- Yes. -- nm - Strongbad Jun 8, 03:40
- It was good. Speculation ... - zork Jun 8, 03:23
Counselor, I submit this as Exhibit A. -- (link) - David Jun 7, 22:58 [youtube] 4
- OBJECTION! Authenticity! - ReluctantCynic Jun 7, 23:04 3
  - I have 100 million witnesses. -- nm - David Jun 7, 23:05 2
    - Then you'll have to call each and every one of them to the stand to testify. - ReluctantCynic Jun 7, 23:07 1
      - Defense calls Crash Davis to the stand... - David Jun 7, 23:14
thanks RC, good work :) -- nm - crash davis Jun 7, 22:53 1
- I mean, really ... - ReluctantCynic Jun 7, 22:55
“What are you up to, bery?” I’m deploying a service I wrote that allows my coworkers to order coffee from the company barista over Slack. - Beryllium Jun 7, 22:50 2
- Next up: Another Nine-Nine! -- nm - Beryllium Jun 7, 23:03 1
  - ANOTHER Nine-Nine! Best night ever. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 7, 23:32

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