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WaPo: President Trump nixed issuing a statement that praised the heroism and life of Sen. John McCain -- (link) - budice Aug 26, 16:23 4
- He only likes living Republicans :/ -- nm - Meg Aug 26, 16:46
- Dude is a thin skinned blowhard, and the man that just died said he didn't want him to be at his funeral, only the other Presidents. - Bacon Aug 26, 16:43 1
  - is it not there at all, or just not speaking? I'd invite him and make him sit quietly in the back. -- nm - mafic Aug 26, 16:50
- This is my shocked face. -- nm - znufrii, promoted Aug 26, 16:35
I need to find another place for my phone. Right now it's on the desk where the cats like to sleep...... - Meg Aug 26, 16:19
Astros: Can I begin? Or should we wait until tomorrow AM? -- nm - Strongbad Aug 26, 16:16 2
- START THE DRAFT!!! -- nm - ML Aug 26, 16:33
- Typically, the clock doesn't begin before tomorrow but the first pick has announced early. If you can't wait to put up Josh Allen's name... -- nm - crash davis Aug 26, 16:20
(grain of salt time) Danny Boyle quit James Bond 25 'after writers wanted to KILL OFF iconic spy and have him regenerate like Doctor Who' - crash davis Aug 26, 16:14 3
- that sucks. the writer had to get well into the 6 figures to come up with that crap. we'd have written better for less. -- nm - peglegpete Aug 26, 16:39
- I suspect there wouldn't be an actual regeneration, and it's not like the Bonds are linear between actors already. - mafic Aug 26, 16:25 1
  - grains of salt are not just ingredients in poisons -- (edited) - crash davis Aug 26, 16:30
His 1st tweet since this latest shooting occurred. (bets that even has anything to do with it?) -- (link) - Jovian Aug 26, 15:14 15
- Can I suggest unplugging from his feed one more time? -- nm - Reagen Aug 26, 15:22 13
  - yeah, at best anything he tweets makes me roll my eyes, and it's not like any of it is relevant, plus he's doing most of it for the reaction. -- nm - mafic Aug 26, 15:48
  - At the very least, use one of the alternative bot feeds out there. -- nm - znufrii, promoted Aug 26, 15:45
  - Right? If you watch a movie that you hate, do you keep watching it? Oh on the 23rd viewing I think Van Helsing will be better than the first 22 times. -- nm* - Bacon Aug 26, 15:28 10
    - A movie that dictates reality? -- nm - Spawn: Blood Feud God Aug 26, 15:30 9
      - My movie analogy is due to Trump's absolute predictability of his speech and behavior. - Bacon Aug 26, 15:34 8
        
        We could literally take the next big event, and within 95% accuracy predict what he's going to say about it. -- nm - Bacon Aug 26, 15:35
        
        No, we’re just watching the clock to see when the more dire predictions come true. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 26, 15:35 6
        
        Eh, I became so much happier when I stopped giving a damn until we have an election. Omg I am at total political peace right now. Zen!! - Bacon Aug 26, 15:36 5
        
        I'm not even saying to unplug from politics if you don't want to. Follow policies, get angry, get active. Just don't hang... - Reagen Aug 26, 15:41 1
        
        I wasn't saying that either, other than I have really become happier disengaging from it when I can't do anything about it. Election Day is the day - Bacon Aug 26, 15:43
        
        I’ve blocked so many words on twitter ... -- nm - Beryllium Aug 26, 15:38 2
        
        I've blocked so many words on ST. -- nm - Ender Aug 26, 16:08
        
        I am new to Twitter again so I don't know how to do that, but I have muted the worst offenders. -- nm - Bacon Aug 26, 15:41
- Yeah, typical for him. I use Unfollow Trump on Twitter so I don't link to him -- nm - amoxy - 2017 Caveman Champion Aug 26, 15:18
spreadsheet that's circulated through Republican circles on and off Capitol Hill ... previews the investigations Democrats will likely launch if - mud Aug 26, 15:11 12
- "The bottom line: Thanks to their control of Congress, Republicans have blocked most of the Democrats’ investigative requests. But if the House flips" - crash davis Aug 26, 15:51
- I have an issue with maybe three or four of them, as subjects of congressional investigations. -- (edited) - znufrii, promoted Aug 26, 15:43 7
  - Okay, I'm curious. And I think this is incomplete (and Axios says its partial) -- nm - crash davis Aug 26, 15:47 6
    - Minor quibbles mostly - znufrii, promoted Aug 26, 15:57 5
      - That is fair. While I suppose some could justify them, there are far bigger fish to fry. -- nm - crash davis Aug 26, 16:06 4
        
        you guys realize this is a GOP list, right? what their fears are -- nm - mud Aug 26, 16:09 3
        
        I went to the source article. The "senior House Republican office" who made the list created it based on over 100 specific requests by Democratic congressmen -- nm* - crash davis Aug 26, 16:15 1
        
        ah -- nm - mud Aug 26, 16:23
        
        I hope each and every one of them come true. -- nm - znufrii, promoted Aug 26, 16:10
- As I recall from the Benghazi hearings, the person should have nothing to fear during the investigations if they're innocent. -- nm - David Aug 26, 15:21 1
  - yeah -- (pic) - mud Aug 26, 15:24 [Attachment] 1
- That's a start -- nm - amoxy - 2017 Caveman Champion Aug 26, 15:18
Walked past a thrift store today and they had some older comics (or at least covers) on display. Might make for a fun office decorating project. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 26, 15:06 2
- Someone gave me stack of comics he got from his uncle's estate. Early Iron Man, Cap. Without the covers. - Spawn: Blood Feud God Aug 26, 15:28 1
  - ouch. -- nm - Remlik Aug 26, 15:33
The Bills finished the 1st half with -5 passing yards. Josh Allen, everyone!! -- nm - Volnelk Aug 26, 15:01 2
- Good. (Not happy about the concussion protocol thing. Just pissed with the Bills.) -- nm - Diva Aug 26, 19:00
- Have Crash draft him and he will be on IR by next weekend -- nm - Bacon Aug 26, 15:02
I've turned in my draft card for rounds 1-4 to David and Kim. If anyone is helping out with the Astronaut draft, let me know and I'll copy you on it. - crash davis Aug 26, 15:01 2
- We've got it, and Kim's going to be home tomorrow. So, we're the only people anyone needs to copy for the first day. -- nm - David Aug 26, 15:03 1
  - I appreciate the work that you and Kim do -- nm - crash davis Aug 26, 15:42
Walked down to the village expecting the farmers market - completely forgot this was the weekend of the Elvis Festival. - Meg Aug 26, 14:59 5
- So, peanut butter and banana sandwiches for dinner? -- nm - . Aug 26, 15:13 1
  - Nah, steak & veg. I don't typically buy much at the market...too expensive. I can get it cheaper at the supermarket :) -- nm - Meg Aug 26, 15:28
- That sounds cool. I love that people get all worked up on Elvis. It’s great -- nm - CQ Aug 26, 15:02 2
  - The moving force behind all this is the Azteca - an Elvis themed Mexican Restaurant -- (link) - Meg Aug 26, 15:09 1
    - We have an El Vez doing shows up here, don't know if he's local, and Mex-metal is becoming a thing. -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 26, 15:37
LLWS spoils -- (link) - budice Aug 26, 14:35
SITWAP. Bad Lip Reading:Sarah Sanders. -- (link) - Volnelk Aug 26, 14:09
Red Sox have been swept for the first time this season. -- nm - budice Aug 26, 14:06
My Caveman draft board is ready. Just to confirm, the Yahoo settings as far as the roster go are correct? - Volnelk Aug 26, 13:56
did anyone watch the UFC Fight Night last night? The first round of one fight was the craziest thing I've ever seen... - Beaker Aug 26, 13:37 1
- It happens every week for us. -- nm - WWE Aug 26, 13:40
Oh geez, the Nats reliever just tore his Achilles or something with 2 outs in the bottom of the 9th when they were up 15-0. -- nm - Tim Aug 26, 13:36 1
- and then immediately fell over into a vat of boiling oil - prayformojo Aug 26, 13:47
LA Times is reporting that the shooter was a competitor in the tournament who had lost earlier that day -- (link) - Reagen Aug 26, 12:50 17
- But of all the games to go mad over .. Madden? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 26, 13:14 9
  - weirdly I've always found sports games drive a special kind of anger in some people. I had a roommate who used to *RAGE* at a baseball one. - mafic Aug 26, 14:46
  - You'll excuse us if we don't follow you in this line of "jokes" -- nm - con_carne Aug 26, 13:21 6
    - Wasn’t exactly a joke. Seems like a strange game to go batshit over, which is why I think the nature of the tournament is a greater factor than - Beryllium Aug 26, 14:39 5
      - yeah, I find the whole concept of "professional video gamer" rather bizarre. -- nm - mud Aug 26, 14:45 4
        
        *shrug* people like seeing things they enjoy done well. I don't particularly care, but it's not any weirder to me than say, football. -- nm - mafic Aug 26, 14:48 3
        
        Or even fantasy football. -- nm - Spawn: Blood Feud God Aug 26, 15:29 2
        
        No one ever gets upset about that -- nm - Beryllium Aug 26, 15:32 1
        
        David would disagree with you. -- nm - Bacon Aug 26, 16:43
  - Too easy -- nm - Spawn: Blood Feud God Aug 26, 13:15
- And, of course, the blame will fall into games and not guns.. - Marlowe Aug 26, 13:00 5
  - The thing that’s to blame here is the false sense of exceptionalism that gets instilled in people from every direction. - Beryllium Aug 26, 13:11 1
    - Of course, here I’m falling into the classic trap of making silly conclusions from scant and unreliable/unconfirmed “facts”. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 26, 14:48
  - Except they usually blame violent video games. You’re not suggesting American football is violent, are you?j -- nm - Mop Aug 26, 13:11 1
    - No, I'm suggesting those TnP people are stupid, hypocritical mother-effers.. - Marlowe Aug 26, 13:12
  - American Shooter = Mental Illness, Illegal = people would still be alive if we had wall, Muslim = Terrorist -- nm - Bacon Aug 26, 13:06
- Honestly, if you are going to have a video game tournament? You should have metal detectors. Do these organizers not know - Bacon Aug 26, 12:54
TV PSA: Preacher, Big Brother, Celebrity Family Feud, Power, NFL, Fear TWD, Sharp Objects, $100,000 Pyramid, Worst Cooks, Ballers, To Tell the truth, -- nm - Beaker Aug 26, 12:41 1
- Who is America?, America to Me, Insecure, Our Cartoon President, other stuff -- nm - Beaker Aug 26, 12:42
at $48.4 Million a 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO is now the most expensive car ever sold at auction -- (link) - peglegpete Aug 26, 12:41 3
- That is a fine looking machine -- nm - amoxy - 2017 Caveman Champion Aug 26, 15:21
- It’s been quite a weekend for car auctions. -- nm - Mop Aug 26, 12:45 1
  - It's Pebble Beach weekend. all the auction houses have their most expensive stuff for sale. -- nm - peglegpete Aug 26, 13:23
1'st century Roman coin hoard found in the UK -- (link) - peglegpete Aug 26, 12:39
"Senate candidate Kelli Ward suggests McCain timed pre-death announcement to hurt her campaign" -- (link) - prayformojo Aug 26, 12:29 11
- why bother when she'll just do it on her own? -- nm - mafic Aug 26, 14:48
- She’s a tremendous piece of work. And still not the craziest bastard in that race. - Will Hunting Aug 26, 12:32 8
  - It will be interesting if Gov Ducey will name the 2nd place finisher in the republican primary to replace McCain or possibly the winner -- (edited) - eag Aug 26, 12:35 7
    - I hope he names Cindy McCain to finish out his term -- nm - amoxy - 2017 Caveman Champion Aug 26, 15:22
    - A Republican will be appointed to McCain’s seat, special election in 2020 to finish term, up again in 2022. - Tim Aug 26, 12:43
    - Sinema is up over McSally by just a few points. - Will Hunting Aug 26, 12:38 3
      - How about Meghan -- nm - eag Aug 26, 12:38 2
        
        No chance. She’s a wild card. - Will Hunting Aug 26, 12:40 1
        
        She is. She comes so, so close to a breakthrough at times but she never quite gets there. -- nm - Tim Aug 26, 12:44
    - The primary is this tuesday -- nm - eag Aug 26, 12:36
- Big, if true. -- nm - Spawn: Blood Feud God Aug 26, 12:30
Rutgers realized it was in the Big 14 and needed to up its game. -- (link) - Will Hunting Aug 26, 12:25
Eric Decker retires -- (link) - budice Aug 26, 12:13 1
- To focus on nailing his wife. Good for him. -- nm - Spawn: Blood Feud God Aug 26, 12:27
Vampirates, Our Yahoo league has been reset!! Start your draft plan!!! The unkept players are in the hopper!!! Woohoo, let's play some fantasy ball -- nm - Bacon Aug 26, 12:09 9
- *trades his entire draft for the first pick* -- nm - Baron Starr Aug 26, 13:32 2
  - Sure thing Ditka -- nm - amoxy - 2017 Caveman Champion Aug 26, 15:22
  - *still turns offer down* -- nm* - Kellee Aug 26, 13:34
- Need the link and invite when theres a moment..tia -- (edited) - budice Aug 26, 12:20 5
  - I think you go to Box Office Pros, or something. -- nm - Spawn: Blood Feud God Aug 26, 12:29 1
    - Dave/Kim combo uses my team to setup the league. Its all good. -- nm - budice Aug 26, 12:32
  - Sent. -- nm - David Aug 26, 12:29 1
    - thx got it -- nm - budice Aug 26, 12:33
  - Sports.yahoo.com/fantasy - Will Hunting Aug 26, 12:26
Thanks for drafting for me. sorry if it was a pain. But back from the Lake (and have a new shed setup there for my troubles) -- nm - Beaker Aug 26, 12:07
*fine* -- nm* - zeitgeist Aug 26, 12:04 7
- Hopefully, you’re drunk. -- nm - CQ Aug 26, 12:15
- Bery, please delete this idiocy. -- nm - David Aug 26, 12:11 3
  - also, the post. -- nm - Reagen Aug 26, 12:13 2
    - How do I delete a slacker? -- nm - Qale Aug 26, 12:23
    - Sorry, missed this whole thing dealing with Internet outage -- nm - Beryllium Aug 26, 12:16
- wtf -- nm - Tim Aug 26, 12:11
- NO!! -- nm - Bacon Aug 26, 12:10
Heh. My internet is down. Hmm. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 26, 12:00 1
- maybe that fire burned the wires down? -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 26, 12:03
The Natinals just scored their first run in 32 innings. - Tim Aug 26, 11:54
I like these pick-a-sport tee shirts you can get at fanatics. Idaho never had a polo team, so if they weren't so overpriced, I'd get one of those -- (link) - crash davis Aug 26, 11:42
the Freemason museum is having a huge exhibit next month focusing on King Edward VII's period as their Grand Master and his FM jewelry -- (link) - peglegpete Aug 26, 11:40
Jax: Mass Shooting. 4 dead at Jacksonville Landing. 10 victims. Madden Tournament. All hands on deck. Patients to multiple hospitals. -- (link) - budice Aug 26, 11:23 14
- Breaking: The shooter was a gamer who was competing in the tournament and lost, one of the competitors told the L.A. Times -- nm - Bacon Aug 26, 12:50
- Florida Gov notes -- (link) - budice Aug 26, 12:15 2
  - What did he say after the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando? -- nm - Roger More Aug 26, 13:49
  - Everything a Florida Governor can do apparently amounts to a hill of beans. (But I’d guess that Florida would be one of the tougher gun control sells) - Beryllium Aug 26, 12:22
- MSNBC said this was the 2nd 'high profile' shooting this week -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 26, 12:02 1
  - There was a shooting Friday night after a high school football game. -- nm* - JaxSean Aug 26, 12:11
- (This is where Strongbad spent Y2K) -- nm - Strongbad Aug 26, 11:43 3
  - We go there all the time to Mavericks upstairs. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 26, 11:55 2
    - Damn, that’s scary. Glad you’re good -- nm - CQ Aug 26, 12:16
    - I hope that all of your friends there are okay. -- nm - David Aug 26, 12:12
- Horrible, those two guys on the video were having an innocent good time and then that. -- nm - crash davis Aug 26, 11:34 2
  - And do yourself a favor and don't read the comments in the Sheriff's twitter feed -- nm - crash davis Aug 26, 11:38 1
    - ...its Hillary's fault -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 26, 12:13
- That video is scary. Unreal. -- nm - Volnelk Aug 26, 11:30
Has President Trump fired the person who lowered the White House flag to half staff yesterday, yet? -- (edited) - peglegpete Aug 26, 11:22 6
- I'm willing to bet that chief advisor to the president, Sean Hannity, told him to keep his head down and not be a jerk -- nm - crash davis Aug 26, 11:30
- I went looking for any comment from him. Statesmen around the country are commenting on-air. He tweets 'condolences' to the family. - Meg Aug 26, 11:28 4
  - Like that tweet was even written by him. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Aug 26, 11:33 2
    - Proper grammar, all words spelled correctly. Nope. -- nm - . Aug 26, 14:59
    - Dude was putting on the 15th, you expect him to thumb out a tweet when he's relaxing? -- nm - Bacon Aug 26, 11:34
  - then tweets this AM only about the stock market -- nm - mud Aug 26, 11:31

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