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Is that really Honolulu's mayor or just some tourist that someone grabbed and put behind a podium? -- nm - Mop Aug 23, 14:50 1
- If you find that hard to believe, you should see what their detectives and private investigators are like. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 23, 14:51
The second letter should have been mailed from a second location on a separate mail route to ensure redundancy. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 23, 14:33 1
- Not if it was a set-up. I'm seeing a chase scene in Toronto...fleeing across the countryside..& Dignan and her shoot it out with the bad guys in Wpeg -- nm - crash davis Aug 23, 14:50
More positively: Runners Across the Country Go #MilesForMollie -- (link) - JD Aug 23, 14:32
Here is an amazing stat. Barry Sanders’ 1988 season would have eclipsed the totals of the weekly rushing leaders last season - Will Hunting Aug 23, 14:29 1
- And made everyone in Oklahoma forget about Thurman Thomas. -- nm - Baron Starr Aug 23, 15:38
Last gasp of the desperate: Threats of violence. Giuliani: If Trump were impeached 'the American people would revolt' -- (link) - Mop Aug 23, 14:19 2
- I appreciate that Giuliani is suggesting that mob violence will usurp the rule of law. At least he's not hiding his true colors. -- nm - Mop Aug 23, 14:22
- My memory says Trump made a similar prediction earlier this year over something. -- nm - Max Aug 23, 14:21
Giraffe Parts Sales Are Booming in the U.S., and It’s Legal - crash davis Aug 23, 14:18 2
- If you get enough of them, you can built your own giraffe. -- nm - Mop Aug 23, 14:35
- it probably only takes 1 full grown giraffe to make Paul Manafort a jacket with matching boots -- nm - peglegpete Aug 23, 14:27
Hawaii's unusual electric power system makes it really vulnerable to Hurricane Lane - crash davis Aug 23, 14:08 3
- Hurricane Lane Kim? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 23, 14:14 1
  - Hurricane Lane Kiffin -- nm - crash davis Aug 23, 14:20
- This administration should send the crack Power Grid team that they sent to PR. That should, oh wait... -- nm - Jovian Aug 23, 14:14
Hmmm -- (link) - ty97 Aug 23, 14:01 1
- In the end, these people are only beholden to themselves and the almighty dollar. - Mop Aug 23, 14:45
David, Falcons should give this guy a tryout if he is healthy. -- (link) - Strongbad Aug 23, 13:50 12
- One of the central tenets of the Falcon Filter is that players must love football. -- nm - David Aug 23, 13:52 10
  - You'd agree with me if you looked at his combine numbers. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 23, 13:55 5
    - I wouldn't since I'm someone who hates combine-based drafting. - David Aug 23, 14:01 4
      - You and ML would have fun arguing over SPARQ numbers then. -- (link) - Strongbad Aug 23, 14:29 3
        
        We do, especially the value of spider charts. -- nm - David Aug 23, 14:47 2
        
        He's still on the Virgil Green train. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 23, 14:57 1
        
        and the Rico Gathers train. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 23, 14:57
  - I know different strokes and all that, but I still don't get it. Obviously, he loved it at one time to play at the level worthy of a 2nd round pick. -- nm - crash davis Aug 23, 13:55 3
    - Some guys just want the payday. I remember a story about Kwame Harris spending his entire team interview talking about his love of the piano. - David Aug 23, 14:04 2
      - I guess I can see that, but it still seems foreign to me. -- nm - crash davis Aug 23, 14:06
      - Huh, Kwame Harris came out as gay. I didn't know that. -- nm - David Aug 23, 14:06
- You just want to say Obi Melifonwu, right? -- nm - crash davis Aug 23, 13:51
The Long Island meganest this rotation is.... - ty97 Aug 23, 13:33 3
- crash! here is your next round in "Is ty talking about Pokemon or having a stroke?" -- nm - crash davis Aug 23, 13:43 2
  - I mean, it could be both -- nm - ty97 Aug 23, 13:44 1
    - give me some sort of hand signal if you're feeling poorly -- nm - crash davis Aug 23, 13:48
Whataboutism -- (link) - Strongbad Aug 23, 13:28 16
- Hilarious - znufrii, promoted Aug 23, 14:03
- Anyone who mentions Tibbetts, who wasn't undocumented by the way, but no other murders automatically loses me. - David Aug 23, 13:49 2
  - I’ve been watching too much Scandal, because I can’t help thinking there is a connection between her disappearance being all over Facebook - znufrii, promoted Aug 23, 14:05 1
    - And again, the killer is in Iowa legally, and the victim's family has asked that strangers not speak of her in any way that politicizes her death. - David Aug 23, 14:07
- I think it's fair to point out that some people don't seem to care or respond to certain circumstances of murder. -- nm - Reagen Aug 23, 13:43 4
  - Sure, but there are ways to do that other than whataboutism. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 23, 13:45 3
    - Enh. "This kind of murder is bad!" "This other kind of murder is a bigger problem and easier to stop!" "Stop changing the subject!" - Reagen Aug 23, 13:52 2
      - "But we might remember" = "But what about" -- nm - Strongbad Aug 23, 13:56 1
        
        Yes, I'm rejecting the narrow premise. A broader one is more important and relevant here. -- nm - Reagen Aug 23, 13:58
- i assume you think King is 'whatabouting,..", and he is. However, it is in response to condemning all undocumented immigrants because one did a - Andie Aug 23, 13:33 6
  - I kinda do. nm - ralph wiggum Aug 23, 16:46
  - I wish we were better at understanding statistics and large numbers in general - Guigue Aug 23, 13:58
  - I've also seen it reported that he was in the country legally. -- nm - Reagen Aug 23, 13:41
  - Seems more a critic of whatabouting to me, but can't be sure -- nm - ty97 Aug 23, 13:34 1
    - Since the Trump admin is cynically exploiting the case to push an anti-immigrant agenda and distract attention from its corruption issues, whataboutism is a concern. -- nm* - Roger More Aug 23, 13:41
  - Yes, that was my point. (King) -- nm - Strongbad Aug 23, 13:34
if you want some Sears stuff in Chicago, better hustle. The last store there is on a list of 46 store closings. -- (link) - crash davis Aug 23, 13:28 1
- SPAM maker Hormel gets burned by tariffs - crash davis Aug 23, 13:31
only 3 1/2 rounds away from Kickerpalooza! -- nm - crash davis Aug 23, 13:24
I am not in the mood for change today, GMAIL! -- nm - ty97 Aug 23, 13:23
Trish had her first group therapy today. One half physical exercises, the other half mental. She wanted to brag about - crash davis Aug 23, 13:09 13
- I saw her tweet a couple of times about Trump... be careful with that blood pressure! -- nm - Strongbad Aug 23, 13:31 3
  - Believe it or not, but one her problems at first when she went in to the hospital was that her blood pressure was too low. Dangerously low - crash davis Aug 23, 13:39 2
    - You should get a MTGA hat. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 23, 13:43 1
      - I'd find that funny. I'm not sure about her. -- nm - crash davis Aug 23, 13:47
- Big hugs! -- nm - Epiphany Aug 23, 13:28 1
  - what the crazy lady says :)) -- nm - peglegpete Aug 23, 13:35
- She won't be bragging so much when they whip out the questions on big band music and anti-trespassing measures. - Baron Starr Aug 23, 13:24 1
  - She had a question that the answer was Bob Hope, and she couldn't believe that no one beat her on that. - crash davis Aug 23, 13:25
- Physical therapy just plain sucks. Tell her I said to hang in there and that I also need her to get you to be less annoying. -- nm - David Aug 23, 13:15 2
  - I did not try to get you to 5 today at all. Instead I shared my plans for a new restaurant with everyone. - crash davis Aug 23, 13:16 1
    - Kill him with kindness. -- nm - Spawn Aug 23, 13:17
- this is a good sign if they've got her in PT! -- nm* - Andie Aug 23, 13:12
- Agree with you on all that. -- nm - Spawn Aug 23, 13:11
I just cursed on a call with my manager so that sums up how today is going. - ty97 Aug 23, 13:02 8
- I was recently speaking to our director and he used profanity in regards to something that is frustrating us both. It was... somewhat shocking. -- nm - Mop Aug 23, 14:40
- I've been insubordinate about 12 times today. - Epiphany Aug 23, 13:58 1
  - "Lock her in the brig!" -- nm - crash davis Aug 23, 13:59
- potty mouth -- nm - decline Aug 23, 13:15
- "in violent agreement" - Spawn Aug 23, 13:09 3
  - That's a great turn of phrase. I'm-a steal it. -- nm - Baron Starr Aug 23, 13:21
  - I saw Violent Agreement once. They opened for General Consensus -- nm - crash davis Aug 23, 13:10 1
    - *salutes* General Consensus! -- nm - znufrii, promoted Aug 23, 13:25
Pretty sure I’ve heard the line “When you get to Hell, tell them I sent you!” somewhere. Anyway. A thought. - Beryllium Aug 23, 12:51 2
- When you go to hell, tell them Itchy sent you. -- nm - Spawn Aug 23, 12:59
- oh. nevermind -- nm* - groiny Aug 23, 12:52
"There will be a quiz tomorrow in Science over Observations and Inferences." - Spawn Aug 23, 12:49 1
- Oops. Wrong board. -- nm - Spawn Aug 23, 12:50
"Go back to classic g-mail" - Spawn Aug 23, 12:28 2
- The new gmail doesn't let me click on an option for checking off Unread Emails, i hate that. -- nm - Andie Aug 23, 12:31 1
  - That is why I clicked the above. -- nm - Spawn Aug 23, 12:32
In local election fun, a polling place failed to open on time. Two races there were decided by a combined 19 votes. -- (link) - Baron Starr Aug 23, 12:05 1
- They were late because they were FFL drafting. -- nm - Spawn Aug 23, 12:19
State Department trolls the Kremlin by naming a new Russia post after a missile Putin bragged about - crash davis Aug 23, 11:57
For some bizarre legal reason (i didn't really ask because it seemed tedious), i was just asked to go downstairs to mail something with our lawyer - Andie Aug 23, 11:51 17
- I am shocked they did not have you fax it. -- nm - Spawn Aug 23, 12:43
- Doesn't the Canadian Post Office have Certified Mail? -- nm - amoxy - 2017 Caveman Champion Aug 23, 12:43 1
  - of course. but that wasn't really what this was. -- nm - Andie Aug 23, 12:44
- This sounds like the opening page of a Grisham novel wherein a vast conspiracy of water rights, ancient liens and codicils and developers hire hitmen -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 23, 12:38
- I hope you remembered to mail the second letter certifying that you did in fact mail the first letter. -- nm - Ender Aug 23, 11:58
- "And here were the weather conditions and news headlines when the letter was mailed. Andie was wearing blue. Then we went for ice cream and a movie." -- nm - Max Aug 23, 11:57
- It's because the thing you are mailing is being served on someone and requires proof of the service (mailing). Here, the person actually mailing the - jnine Aug 23, 11:56 6
  - or, Andie is being set up as a patsy by a secret cabal of international spies to take the fall for the first act in an international scandal -- nm - decline Aug 23, 12:04 2
    - Something like this WOULD explain why the certification letter was written entirely in letters cut from magazines... -- nm - Ender Aug 23, 12:09
    - Whether we wanted it or not, we've stepped into a war with the Cabal. -- nm - Shaun Aug 23, 12:06
  - oh, i mailed it and signed it. But it needed to be notarized and the lawyer said she just thought she should watch me mail it so she could state she - Andie Aug 23, 12:01 2
    - You must be in on something big. So you have any bank accounts in the Caymans and do you speak Russian? -- nm - jnine Aug 23, 12:02 1
      - Nyet. I mean... -- nm - Andie Aug 23, 12:03
- You've been set up. Now when you are on the run, alone against a vast conspiracy, I'd like first shot at the movie rights. -- nm - crash davis Aug 23, 11:54 2
  - but he's just a cook...and not even on a nuclear missle carrying battleship -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 23, 12:00 1
    - *perk* -- nm - SSEAG Aug 23, 12:09
- maybe related to the post below this -- nm - mud Aug 23, 11:54
This may be a first in Canadian politics -- (link) - Roger More Aug 23, 11:50 3
- We're gonna have to do better to compete with Australia's nonsense - Reagen Aug 23, 11:58 1
  - until they get overrun by either goats, sheep, or hobbits -- nm - crash davis Aug 23, 11:59
- well..........he was polite enough to use emojis? -- nm - crash davis Aug 23, 11:52
In our last trip to WDW, the last time we rode Space Mountain, the lights inside the ride were on for some reason. It was totally disconcerting... - prayformojo Aug 23, 11:48 1
- I've ridden it like that too. It's very different -- nm - JaxSean Aug 23, 13:48
This is one of the more interesting Paul Krugman columns I’ve read -- (link*) - znufrii, promoted Aug 23, 11:45
Pippy...there's big money to be made. Some of these people don't autos at all anywhere else so if you're a mega fan it might be worth it to you. -- nm - Remlik Aug 23, 11:36 4
- is it a cash business? or is there a vendor or something that will take cards? -- nm - decline Aug 23, 12:12 2
  - both. Some people are cash. but the bigger the star the more options to pay. -- nm - Remlik Aug 23, 12:17 1
    - Plus, a lot of them you book ahead of time online. -- nm - Spawn Aug 23, 13:11
- *smh* -- nm - Epiphany Aug 23, 11:39
Police break up Spanish ring selling endangered turtles ($11.5K a turtle) - crash davis Aug 23, 11:33 15
- thank you -- nm - peglegpete Aug 23, 12:29 1
  - because I just saved you $11.5K -- nm - crash davis Aug 23, 13:17
- Reminds me of this mystery involving the Desert Tortoise trade... -- (pic) - Meg Aug 23, 11:49 [Attachment]
- St is coming up loosi this week. -- nm - Spawn Aug 23, 11:44
- I think I paid about 20 bucks a piece for my turtles with free Fedex shipping! - decline Aug 23, 11:41 1
  - I paid $20 for a *box*. - Spawn Aug 23, 11:43
- On a similar note, Cryptocurrency not doing so well as of late -- (link) - Budice Aug 23, 11:40 3
  - C'MON!!! -- nm - Venezuela Aug 23, 11:58 1
    - Even losing 10% a day would be a marked improvement. -- nm - Reagen Aug 23, 11:59
  - lord in merciful heavens -- nm - Epiphany Aug 23, 11:43
- Wasn't this the plot of The Freshman? -- nm - David Aug 23, 11:39
- The prices are skyrocketing to a non turtle buyer's eyes. Is that truly the case? or is this normal? $11.5k??? -- nm - Ender Aug 23, 11:36 1
  - L3! - Epiphany Aug 23, 11:38
- Ancient fossil turtle had no shell - crash davis Aug 23, 11:35 1
  - any more news in this thread should be turtles all the way down -- nm - crash davis Aug 23, 11:35
just dug this out of a box & took a pic -- (pic) - mud Aug 23, 11:31 [Attachment] 11
- I have one of those. -- nm - Covington Aug 23, 13:55
- It has been decades and I still haven't figured out how a strawberry could wake someone up -- nm - crash davis Aug 23, 11:58 2
  - Kinda like a Rainbow Kitten Surprise. -- nm - Spawn Aug 23, 12:46 1
    - if you'd ever been surprised by a rainbow kitten, you'd know -- nm - crash davis Aug 23, 13:06
- Yeah, baby, yeah! -- nm - Austin Powers Aug 23, 11:47 1
  - Do I have Soul Bossa Nova on my MINI playlist? - Spawn Aug 23, 12:22
- what is that? -- nm - decline Aug 23, 11:41 4
  - SAC's greatest hits -- nm - crash davis Aug 23, 12:23
  - vinyl, 45rpm vinyl -- nm - mud Aug 23, 11:50
  - It appears to be some sort of black hole. -- nm - Spawn Aug 23, 11:42 1
    - and you know what you usually find in that hole? a spider -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 23, 12:02
I am getting tired of this. We have a state department. We have the world's largest intelligence community. But its phukken Tucker Carlson ... - crash davis Aug 23, 11:30 4
- But we don't have an ambassador to South Africa. -- nm - jnine Aug 23, 11:32 3
  - Who could represent Trump in South Africa...*snaps fingers* Tucker Carlson! -- nm - crash davis Aug 23, 11:36 2
    - David Duke. -- nm - jnine Aug 23, 11:54 1
      - By now you have to wonder if Fox is having some fun with Trump. -- nm - Spawn Aug 23, 12:51

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