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NBA: ATL signs Vince Carter to a 1 year deal. - Strongbad Jul 25, 16:57 1
- Look, sometimes a team signs a 41-year-old during a youth movement. - David Jul 25, 16:59
Tech poised for a bloodbath tomorrow. Facebook down more than 20% in after hours trading due to lower revenue forecasts caused by a drop in daily users. -- (link*) - jnine Jul 25, 16:45
Chick-Fil-A coming to Canada (well, initial plans are just for the GTA), so we can have conflicted emotions too! -- (link*) - Roger More Jul 25, 16:35 6
- There's one in the Calgary airport for whatever reason. -- nm - Reagen Jul 25, 17:03
- Is “No Way Chick-fil-A” too easy of a protest sign? -- nm* - Beryllium Jul 25, 16:58
- Congrats on not having any gay people, Canada! - David Jul 25, 16:36 3
  - Look, if we defeated Target, we can defeat anything. -- nm - Reagen Jul 25, 17:04 1
    - They defeated themselves. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 25, 19:31
  - "Chick-Fil-A, unless you're gay" is actually their entry slogan for Canada. - J Jul 25, 16:40
GOP lawmakers introduce articles of impeachment against Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. -- nm - Remlik Jul 25, 16:19 3
- Why are they going after “Ruby” Rod Rosenstein? -- nm - Beryllium Jul 25, 16:21 2
  - Super-green! -- nm - David Jul 25, 16:26
  - Because he didn't have any fire when Earth needed it most. -- nm - Baron Starr Jul 25, 16:22
Thank you to the ST peeps who answered the latest podcast app recommendations Poll LIR a couple weeks ago. -- (edited) - con_carne Jul 25, 16:13
“Lifeless Planet” -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 25, 16:11
Woman loses home after Nevada HOA auctions nearly $500K home for $30K -- (link) - Remlik Jul 25, 15:35 4
- You can do this in CA too. -- nm - jnine Jul 25, 16:57
- Lender can force the new owner to pay the mortgage because he's not the borrower, and can't foreclose because they don't have the title. -- nm - Mop Jul 25, 16:11
- That would certainly suck, but sounds like there was plenty she could have done to prevent that from happening. - IrishStephen Jul 25, 15:59
- Wow. We need that law. Foreclosure process takes about a year and costs thousands. -- nm - Spawn Jul 25, 15:47
Wait! Rob Marciano is in Hershey? -- nm - Dano Jul 25, 15:35 1
- Deliciously dipped. -- nm - Mop Jul 25, 15:43
Uh oh. Velosters arrived today. - Spawn Jul 25, 15:33 11
- I get this as a rental a lot. It's fun. Not as fun as the Mini though. -- nm - jnine Jul 25, 16:52 2
  - They quit making them in 2017 and the 2019s just hit today. - Spawn: I AM Blood Feud Jul 25, 16:57 1
    - These are the older ones. -- nm - jnine Jul 25, 22:21
- You looking for a sporty little car? -- nm - J Jul 25, 16:41 4
  - Yeah, see earlier boards. I was leaning MINI Cooper S convertible. -- nm - Spawn: I AM Blood Feud Jul 25, 16:48 3
    - Test drive a Ford Focus ST, it's a fun drive - J Jul 25, 16:53 2
      - Can't do a Ford. I am a GM family but not happy with options so I am going international. -- nm - Spawn: I AM Blood Feud Jul 25, 17:00 1
        
        Boo, brand loyalty is a thing of the past -- nm - J Jul 25, 17:26
- This was my #2. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 25, 15:38 2
  - They *really* improved it. -- nm - Spawn Jul 25, 15:41 1
    - We ended up wanting a little bigger, got an Optima. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 25, 16:56
Lawyers battling to prevent President Trump from profiting off of his private businesses — and to potentially force him to divest from those business - Spawn Jul 25, 15:29 3
- This will end up in the Supreme Court where guess who will be the deciding vote? He's got the whole system gamed. -- nm - jnine Jul 25, 15:52 2
  - Not necessarily. I do not believe that the Supreme Court wants to be viewed as being Trump's bitch. -- nm - Jovian Jul 25, 15:58 1
    - Like Congress? They'll roll over. Who do you think paid off all of those Kavanaugh debts? I think the plan was to get him on the court for a long - jnine Jul 25, 16:10
woohoo! Flash Flood Warning! ride the lightning! -- nm - prayformojo Jul 25, 15:20
So thoughts on No Man Sky for the xbox one - eag Jul 25, 15:07 3
- I spent hours and hours and hours just explorting solar systems and naming planets after ST'ers, family, friends and ancient one time online friends. -- nm - Jovian Jul 25, 15:11 2
  - But is your issue with flying when you are flying just above the planet surface or in space? - Jovian Jul 25, 15:12 1
    - Yep once you get over a planet - eag Jul 25, 17:14
I wonder what law class is the one where they teach you about recording your phone call with your client when you set up a shell corporation - Reagen Jul 25, 14:51 11
- fyi, the recording released yesterday was *not* a phone call. this lawyer wore a wire to a face to face meeting. -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 25, 16:29 3
  - Because that’s a thing lawyers do. (When does Better Call Saul return, I wonder?) -- nm - Beryllium Jul 25, 16:52 2
    - It's the first week of August. We just googled this the other day. -- nm - David Jul 25, 16:54 1
      - Thanks -- nm - Beryllium Jul 25, 19:30
- Since this is the law school he went to, it could be a core course. -- (link) - pmb Jul 25, 15:03 3
  - whew, we're off the hook! -- nm - Hollywood Upstairs Law School Jul 25, 15:06 2
    - even we have standards - Law School of University of American Samoa Jul 25, 15:14 1
      - Go Land Crabs! -- nm - Baron Starr Jul 25, 16:31
- Ethics - jnine Jul 25, 15:00
- It's a full degree track at Trump U -- nm - TWuG Jul 25, 14:52 1
  - *mic drop* -- nm - Mop Jul 25, 15:32
This retrospective takes me back to a time of 35 mm prints, original small box multiplex film viewing - JD Jul 25, 14:48
Well, it took a few times but we finally won the work film quiz tonight. -- nm - LMS Jul 25, 14:19 4
- congrats. you know if all of us here were eligible to vote, you'd also have dozens of BAFTAS and Oscars. -- nm - peglegpete Jul 25, 14:55
- nice cerebral work! -- nm - JaxSean Jul 25, 14:30 1
  - It helped that two answers were films I worked on. -- nm - LMS Jul 25, 14:34
- Huzzah! -- nm - Krusty Jul 25, 14:23
Jerry Jones states his players will *stand* during the anthem and they won't be allowed to stay in the locker room. This is after owners were told to -- (edited) - Epiphany Jul 25, 14:14 22
- Do they have salute? Or can they raise a fist for the black power stance? -- nm* - Amoxy Jul 25, 14:43
- if Jerry Jones was alive 250 years ago, how many slaves do you think he would own? Several dozen at least right? -- nm - Jovian Jul 25, 14:20 8
  - don't know how many, but he'd have a literal farm system to breed his own running backs and receivers -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 25, 16:31
  - 250 years ago? -- nm - Reagen Jul 25, 15:44
  - 312.50 -- nm - Strongbad Jul 25, 15:36
  - I'm more curious how many he currently owns -- nm - ty97 Jul 25, 14:34
  - Looks like ... 90 Active, 1 Inactive -- nm - Beryllium Jul 25, 14:26
  - OMG - he would have so many -- nm - Epiphany Jul 25, 14:23
  - I'm gonna go with ... 53. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 25, 14:22
  - He'd have at least 2 walking behind him just to pull his skin tight on his face since Botox wouldn't exist. -- nm - Will Hunting, King of Blood Feud Jul 25, 14:21
- JJ states "his players will be required to *stand*" (not kneel) -- nm - JaxSean Jul 25, 14:19 3
  - you are correct - thanks Jax -- nm - Epiphany Jul 25, 14:22 2
    - Only because it raised my brows. - JaxSean Jul 25, 14:27 1
      - Yeah he ain’t ever going to change -- nm - Pippy Jul 25, 16:21
- Jerry Jones has determined that the NFL is going to lose on this issue so he's going to be the biggest proponent of the Trump Doctrine he can be -- (edited) - Will Hunting, King of Blood Feud Jul 25, 14:17 7
  - ... huh? -- nm - Beryllium Jul 25, 14:18 6
    - Jerry Jones is all about Jerry Jones - Will Hunting, King of Blood Feud Jul 25, 14:20 5
      - my "huh" is because you spoke of players when it was actually neckbears. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 25, 14:23 4
        
        Neckbears sound like a scary new species -- nm - crash davis Jul 25, 14:26 2
        
        ITS NEXT IN THE EVOLUTIONARY STAGE OF MANBEARPIG!!! -- nm - I'm CEREAL Al Gore Jul 25, 14:29
        
        Indeed, that's why I am leaving it alone :) -- nm - Beryllium Jul 25, 14:27
        
        Ah, edited now. Great. "huh?" redacted. :D -- nm - Beryllium Jul 25, 14:23
That Blood & Treasure could have potential if it was Tomb Raider vs Terrorists. But I'm afraid they'll CBS sanitize it. -- nm - crash davis Jul 25, 14:09
"Old Guard" by comic writer Greg Rucka gets a movie adaption.... -- (link) - Remlik Jul 25, 14:04 1
- I'm pretty sure I like Greg Rucka -- nm - crash davis Jul 25, 14:15
US EU reach agreement to pull back on trade war, tariffs. Looks like it will help red states. -- (link) - jnine Jul 25, 14:01 3
- "Trump could impose car tariffs on national security grounds once Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross completes a required investigation." - crash davis Jul 25, 14:10 1
  - I don't know, but the Italians are like the French at war, so not much? -- nm - jnine Jul 25, 14:25
- I alone ended the terrible Obama tariffs hurting our farmers. -- nm - Trump Jul 25, 14:05
The $10 Million movie that David Lee Roth left Van Halen for but never made -- (link) - Remlik Jul 25, 13:59
has anyone read Iron Gold (the fourth book in the Red Rising series)? if so, how was it? -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 25, 13:49
Nevada microburst -- (link) - prayformojo Jul 25, 13:41 2
- That is impressive work on the clip -- nm - crash davis Jul 25, 14:12
- wow. I had only seen it from the ground looking up when it was deluging me. -- nm - peglegpete Jul 25, 13:47
So whatever it was they were gonna talk about, it must not be that important after all. White House delays Putin visit to 2019 -- (link*) - con_carne Jul 25, 13:39 1
- lets delay it forever -- nm - Epiphany Jul 25, 13:41
Here's how hot it is today: I just opened a Coke, forgetting that I had just opened a Coke. -- nm - Reagen Jul 25, 13:21
sitwap: Hardwick returns to AMC after investigation.... -- (link) - Remlik Jul 25, 13:19 9
- ... that was only a month ago? Wow. -- nm - Spawn Jul 25, 15:30
- I have no issue with this. -- nm - Jovian Jul 25, 14:22 1
  - agreed. -- nm - Beaker Jul 25, 14:23
- Ugh. It's not like he's irreplaceable even if he's not termination-worthy. - Will Hunting, King of Blood Feud Jul 25, 14:00 3
  - Right? What exactly unique and special thing does he bring? -- nm - Reagen Jul 25, 14:49 2
    - I enjoy his enthusiasm for the show and all things geek. -- nm - groiny Jul 25, 14:50 1
      - Yup. They would lose more viewers replacing him, than keeping him. -- nm - Spawn Jul 25, 16:24
- Good. -- nm - Ender Jul 25, 13:29
- Hoo boy. -- nm - David Jul 25, 13:24
budice, any chance you could update hsxtt.com's DNS to 45.55.113.254 ? - Beryllium Jul 25, 13:12
The company that bought Necco wafers candy just shut down, nbd, but they also make candy hearts. No more candy hearts! -- (link) - jnine Jul 25, 13:09 7
- Darn Nep Nep -- nm - budice Jul 25, 14:09
- Noooooo -- nm - kelly Jul 25, 14:04
- GET. UPSET. THAT -- nm - Max Jul 25, 13:34
- No more Sweethearts?! *sob* -- nm - Jovian Jul 25, 13:22
- eh, some chalk maker can just step in and fill the void. -- nm - IrishStephen Jul 25, 13:19 1
  - You have no romance in your soul. Or cheesy greetings. -- nm - jnine Jul 25, 13:54
- HEARTBREAKER. -- nm - amanda Jul 25, 13:14
i've never played D&D. there I said it. - tRuMaN Jul 25, 13:07 1
- this kind of shocks me. -- nm - groiny Jul 25, 13:56
I am going to see Skyscraper tonight after work before its no longer in theaters. -- nm - Jovian Jul 25, 13:07
$20 winnings turned into 10 powerball tix -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 25, 13:06 3
- WE GOT THIS! -- nm - Mop Jul 25, 13:34
- Woot! -- nm - Epiphany Jul 25, 13:26
- let it ride, baby! -- nm - decline Jul 25, 13:16
Mop & Diva! a 6'th century Saxon Burriel has been found. -- (link) - peglegpete Jul 25, 12:57 1
- Forever joined together at the name! -- nm - Mop Jul 25, 12:59
I talk pretty! -- nm - half-orc fighter-thief Jul 25, 12:52
PoGo: Trading for lucky pokemon is now live. Ex passes for next week have gone out. Stardust now available in gifts. -- nm - ty97 Jul 25, 12:49 6
- i haven't even had a chance to figure out what 'lucky pokemon' are all about yet. -- nm - Andie Jul 25, 12:52 5
  - If you ask me, they're a pain in the ass that is designed to get players trading useless Pokemon, just in the hopes of getting a Lucky version. nm - Johnny Lawrence Jul 25, 12:54 4
    - I think it's more to get people to trade good pokemon. - the wrong element, bad guy Jul 25, 16:01
    - I have over 40 bad IV Chansey to trade to friends for IV re-roll and chance at luckiness. Pidgey? Please. -- nm - ty97 Jul 25, 12:59
    - wait. what? now there's shiny and lucky? -- nm - amanda Jul 25, 12:55 1
      - When you trade a pokemon, there is a chance the version you will get will be 'lucky' - ty97 Jul 25, 12:57
"I've never seen The Shining." -- nm - David Jul 25, 12:49 19
- Connor requested that we watch it again last night. -- (edited) - IrishStephen Jul 25, 12:58 1
  - 👊👊👊 Connor is thereby smarter than mud. -- nm - David Jul 25, 13:02
- who said that? I will fight them, right now. -- nm - mud Jul 25, 12:52 16
  - My guess is a quote from a dumb movie. -- nm - Spawn: I AM Blood Feud Jul 25, 12:55
  - Well, I know which movie you haven't watched yet. -- nm - David Jul 25, 12:54 14
    - well, I know which movie you're talking about and I'd never watch it. -- nm - mud Jul 25, 12:56 13
      - Your loss, sucker! -- nm - David Jul 25, 12:57 12
        
        wooHooo! -- nm - mud Jul 25, 12:59 11
        
        Why would you never watch RP1? - Jovian Jul 25, 13:02 10
        
        it looks Really Stupid -- nm - mud Jul 25, 13:15 4
        
        you would be wrong. the 2nd half is stellar. Though the 1st half is a little bit of a slog. -- nm - Remlik Jul 25, 13:21 3
        
        see I thought the first half was more interesting because (spoils) - tRuMaN Jul 25, 13:27 1
        
        that's fair. -- nm - Remlik Jul 25, 13:56
        
        This is right on point. -- nm - Jovian Jul 25, 13:24
        
        Some people watch RP1. Some people watch Mamma Mia. It's a strange world full of Abba supporters. -- nm - David Jul 25, 13:04 1
        
        Wait till next year and the ABBAtar tour -- nm - JD Jul 25, 13:07
        
        LOFL, I was right. -- nm - Spawn: I AM Blood Feud Jul 25, 13:03 2
        
        Why would YOU never watch RP1???? -- nm - Jovian Jul 25, 13:05 1
        
        *ponders* - tRuMaN Jul 25, 13:12

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