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"At current rates, Saudi Arabia will be using more energy to run air-conditioners in 2030 than it now exports as oil." -- (link) - decline Aug 29, 07:52
Former Eagle Mychal Kendricks (I think he's a Brown now) is facing federal insider trading charges -- nm - decline Aug 29, 07:48 1
- Good for him, finding a career for his post-playing days. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 29, 07:55
Packers trade Brett Huntley to Seattle. -- nm - David Aug 29, 07:48
And a good renter update. The one that lost her Section 8 last month, is not. - Spawn Aug 29, 07:47 1
- good news -- nm - decline Aug 29, 07:49
I have seen a lot of dumb driver videos - this might be the dumbest one ever -- (link) - Reagen Aug 29, 07:44 2
- Good lord. Had to have been on the phone or otherwise just not looking up. This is one is just as horrifying IMO, and is just pure stupidity. -- (link) - mara Aug 29, 07:50 [youtube] 1
  - there are entire channels on youtube devoted to videos like these. -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 29, 07:52
White House Counsel Don McGahn being shown the revolving WH door -- nm - decline Aug 29, 07:44 1
- This is my shocked face -- nm - TWuG Aug 29, 07:47
Here's your white XBox One X. -- (link) - Shaun Aug 29, 07:36 1
- "that's racist.gif" -- nm - Reagen Aug 29, 07:37
Crap. Renter ODed. Pain meds. He was on a lot, prescribed. But possibly... more. -- nm - Spawn Aug 29, 07:30 2
- yikes -- nm - Remlik Aug 29, 08:34
- :-( -- nm - Krusty Aug 29, 07:38
Is crash around? -- nm - Spawn Aug 29, 07:29
jack-and-mandy-countdown: I am paying off my student loan on FRIDAY of this week. I repeat: FRIDAY of this week is student loan f*ckoff day. -- nm - amanda Aug 29, 07:28 13
- Yeah!!! -- nm - prayformojo Aug 29, 08:02
- That's great! (NM) - Marlowe Aug 29, 07:54
- Impressive. -- nm - Shaun Aug 29, 07:54
- Awesome! -- nm - ty97 Aug 29, 07:50
- Nice! -- nm - David Aug 29, 07:48
- Congratulations! -- nm - LMS Aug 29, 07:40
- Very nice! Woo hoo! -- nm - Krusty Aug 29, 07:38
- Hey there, sexy -- nm - pergola Aug 29, 07:37
- Congrats to you both. That has to be a great feeling. -- nm - pmb Aug 29, 07:36
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- mandy gonna feel a whole lot richer. like a pay raise, without tbe extra responsibility -- nm - Budice Aug 29, 07:32
- (are you going to literally burn all your loan documents? and toast marshmallows over it?) -- nm - Andie Aug 29, 07:30
- HELL YES! -- nm - Andie Aug 29, 07:30
Bit of a strange commute home last night, first I get copied in on an email from Idris and then a saw a mouse get run over by a bus. -- nm - LMS Aug 29, 07:26 6
- Cool on the first but damn on the second -- nm - Krusty Aug 29, 07:39 1
  - There was a whole bunch of us at the bus stop watching it cross the road, it missed the front wheels, but the back one got it. - LMS Aug 29, 07:42
- I've never seen a clearer omen. - Reagen Aug 29, 07:27 2
  - Yeah, was trying to work it into the Bond or not-Bond thing. -- nm - Spawn Aug 29, 07:31 1
    - I saw him hanging out with Spike Lee the other day, I'd like to see them work together on something. -- nm - LMS Aug 29, 07:37
- This could make a good movie. -- nm - Spawn Aug 29, 07:27
Here's who Fredericton has so far for the benefit concert October 6 - Beaker Aug 29, 07:19
It feels weird being done drafting. I keep thinking I'd better check the BF Boards to see who is up next... -- nm - Beaker Aug 29, 07:16 6
- Hell. I have had a whole other draft since the two Feuds! -- nm - Spawn Aug 29, 07:32
- My stress level is down greatly. I can relax today. -- nm - Bacon Aug 29, 07:19 4
  - 10-4. Who has the Walt card? -- nm - Baron Starr Aug 29, 07:23 3
    - David is picking for Walt -- nm - Bacon Aug 29, 07:26 2
      - Is there still a draft going on? -- nm - David Aug 29, 07:38 1
        
        I don't know, I have all my players. -- nm - Bacon Aug 29, 07:39
Pocophone F1 drops globally tomorrow. It's at the top of the shortlist for my next phone! -- (link) - Shaun Aug 29, 07:07 5
- that's nice packaging. -- nm - amanda Aug 29, 07:13
- ugh, notches, wtf manufacturers? -- nm - Reagen Aug 29, 07:09 3
  - Yeah, never ever for me. -- nm - Bacon Aug 29, 07:12 1
    - Put some Kasparov antivirus on there so both China and Russia know everything about you. -- nm - Bacon Aug 29, 07:13
  - Doesn't bother me. -- nm - Shaun Aug 29, 07:11
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- heh. -- nm - Spawn Aug 29, 07:27
- Ah yes, "everyone has to be friends" syndrome. -- nm - Reagen Aug 29, 07:08
- I hope you just replied "Yes, that is crazy." -- nm - Andie Aug 29, 07:05 5
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    - The last place you want to go with such a person is a foreign country. I would be getting ready to put your foot down. - Spawn Aug 29, 07:41 2
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        Why would psycho even want to come? -- nm - Reagen Aug 29, 08:03
    - don't do it. -- nm - Diva Aug 29, 07:39
It's long, but very interesting. New Pew Report (hi amanda) years in the making "The Religious Typology: A new way to categorize Americans by religion -- (link) - MDH Aug 29, 07:01 6
- I'm fascinated by the 1.x of Sunday Stalwarts who proclaim themselves agnostic or something else. -- nm - Reagen Aug 29, 07:12
- oooohhhhh long form, data-heavy, involves religion? helllloooo. -- nm - amanda Aug 29, 07:08
- Yeah, I’m pretty near the bottom of that bottom 17%. -- nm - mafic Aug 29, 07:08 2
  - the only thing I was even like "maybe ish" was "How much meaning and fulfillment, if any, does being outdoors and experiencing nature provide you?" -- nm - amanda Aug 29, 07:12
  - ditto. Only one that fits. -- nm - Reagen Aug 29, 07:12
- Related: This is going to be huge in the news this week, especially after people take the quiz. The media responses they are fielding is incredible. -- nm - MDH Aug 29, 07:07
Just finished binging both seasons of The Crown over the past week. Solid A. Can't wait for next season. - Covington Aug 29, 06:58
I'm late to the game, but started "Mindhunter" this week while traveling. it's awesome 6 episodes in. Solid A. -- nm - MDH Aug 29, 06:51
Vamps: Disney, JD, me, me -- nm - Budice Aug 29, 06:48
Great Trunk of Funk of Reggae mashups for you to enjoy -- (link) - LMS Aug 29, 06:47 2
- that Chaka Khan jam they opened with earlier was killllllller -- nm - prayformojo Aug 29, 06:49 1
  - I was gutted when that episode expired on my player, it was a great earworm. I love Craig's show. All his Trunk of Funks are here to enjoy. -- (link) - LMS Aug 29, 06:53
Georgia Gov candidate (R) has once again pledged to only sign a Religious Freedom bill that mimics federal RFRA passed in 1993 by President Clinton. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 29, 06:42 20
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  - I'm not an expert here, but I am fairly certain states have been passing different language through the years. Indiana? - Strongbad Aug 29, 07:49 2
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      - IMO, his major point is that he is siding with the current Governor on this issue and the business lobby instead of their opponents. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 29, 07:52
- “You can’t accuse me of being a bigot, because a Democrat did it too!” -- nm - znufrii, promoted Aug 29, 06:47 15
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    - Exactly. -- nm - znufrii, promoted Aug 29, 07:33
  - Is Federal RFRA bigoted? -- nm - Strongbad Aug 29, 06:51 12
    - Yes. Next question. -- nm - TWuG Aug 29, 07:15
    - Was it passed to allow discrimination against individuals based on supposedly religious grounds? -- (edited) - znufrii, promoted Aug 29, 06:53 10
      - You and TWuG can discuss and let me know what you decide. - Strongbad Aug 29, 07:20 9
        
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        not picking a side but the non-/bigotteness of something can change with the passage of time for several reasons - Reagen Aug 29, 07:25
        
        A cursory overview of the history of the act on Wikipedia tells me that it was passed to protect native religious practices - znufrii, promoted Aug 29, 07:25 6
        
        So the legislation wasn't bigoted when passed but the Court interpretation made it that way? -- nm - Strongbad Aug 29, 07:48 2
        
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        Cool. Thanks. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 29, 07:59
        
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        Victim of the overriding "Law of Unintended Consequences". -- nm - pmb Aug 29, 07:36 1
        
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So, wait, these 1500 values I have to enter for this filing won’t be carried over to the next year? Who came up with that brilliant idea? -- nm - znufrii, promoted Aug 29, 06:42 2
- that's why you now make the big bucks -- nm - decline Aug 29, 06:44 1
  - Seriously. -- (edited) - znufrii, promoted Aug 29, 06:45
Green slime oozes into Florida's primary elections -- (link) - Strongbad Aug 29, 06:40 5
- Red Tide has FL life guards wearing gas masks -- (link) - decline Aug 29, 06:54
- they should have the red tide battle the green slime and see who wins -- nm - decline Aug 29, 06:44 2
  - ~Rockin around the Christmas tree~ -- nm - Strongbad Aug 29, 06:47
  - something Yellow I'll wager (or brown) -- nm* - Beaker Aug 29, 06:44
- Florida's counterpart to the bees. -- nm - Reagen Aug 29, 06:42
Happy Wednesday morning -- (link) - ty97 Aug 29, 06:35 4
- "Look OUT... Radioactive Man!" -- nm - Reagen Aug 29, 06:39 1
  - Up and at them! -- nm - Radioactive Man Aug 29, 06:47
- how long before we see mutated rats from all the radioactivity? -- nm - decline Aug 29, 06:36
- Those damn atoms. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 29, 06:36
Huh, I've been chatting with your crazy, wonderful people for 18 years -- (edited) - decline Aug 29, 06:28 1
- And we have yet to run a single joke into the ground! -- nm - Baron Starr Aug 29, 06:31
Vamps: We are at pick 10-2 (Redmond). Let's finish this before lunch. -- nm - Baron Starr Aug 29, 06:21 1
- I picked -- nm - Bacon Aug 29, 06:38
Crazy story: the JD is investigating a Malaysian financier who embezzled $4.5B from a wealth fund. Chris Christie and other Trumpites involved - decline Aug 29, 06:21 5
- Yeah. Been big news here for a while. Brought down the Malaysian PM, and there’s some Australian billionaire involves too. - mafic Aug 29, 07:06
- that's great that he takes time out of his busy running and concertgoing schedule to conduct such a substantive investigation -- nm - prayformojo Aug 29, 06:31
- I'm not sure why I care what other clients his lawyers have. just cause he hired lawyers isnt illegal. -- (edited) - tRuMaN Aug 29, 06:24 1
  - Broidy is also a client of Michael Cohen. -- nm - Roger More Aug 29, 06:28
- "a Thai businessman, Phengphian Laogumnerd,and American former rap artist Pras Michel, a founding member of the Fugees...play roles" -- nm - decline Aug 29, 06:22
ST Poll: Best (or better) wireless carrier? - JaxSean Aug 29, 06:11 14
- Had Verizon for 10 years. Switched last year. I have found no difference between Verizon and AT&T. Both have been fine. -- nm - Spawn Aug 29, 07:23
- Assuming the phones are still good you stay, maybe switch to a cheaper plan that is BYOD -- nm - Karl_S Aug 29, 06:51
- If you get Tmobile they will be merging with Sprint next year. -- nm - Bacon Aug 29, 06:42
- I've had AT&T for years. But I run into a few issues with weak coverage visiting family. - ty97 Aug 29, 06:29 3
  - I used to be the one person in my friend group who had at&t. when verizon didn't work, I had service and vice versa. it was convenient. -- nm - amanda Aug 29, 06:57
  - life in the boonies: there are a couple of areas on my commute home where there is *no service* -- nm - decline Aug 29, 06:31 1
    - Me too but that's with any carrier really when you're talking about seasonal dirt roads - SyrDragon Aug 29, 06:54
- I recently signed up with T-Mobile. No contract. Got Galaxy S-8 for $199. I believe their regular unlimited plan is $45/line - $35 if you're 55+. - Covington Aug 29, 06:27
- I have sprint (out of contract). you might check and see if t-mobile still does the 7 day trial where they send you a phone for free. I found their - tRuMaN Aug 29, 06:19
- I have had Verizon for 15 years; found them to be good with a very strong coverage area. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 29, 06:19 3
  - I recently switched from at&t to verizon. verizon has better rural coverage here, at&t had better coverage downtown.sprint and tmobile are not options - amanda Aug 29, 06:31
  - same here (maybe even longer) -- nm - decline Aug 29, 06:22
  - This is my experience too...even moving across states -- nm - SyrDragon Aug 29, 06:20
- If coverage in your area is good I recommend T-Mobile. Cheapest of the three and I've been very happy with the customer service, phone - Krusty Aug 29, 06:18
The Puerto Rico engagement of Hamilton starring LMM will offer $10 tickets thru rush and lottery. - Diva Aug 29, 05:57 4
- Diva, crusher of dreams -- nm - oblique Aug 29, 06:37 1
  - ahem, that's Crusher Of Dreams, thank you. -- nm - Diva Aug 29, 07:00
- I would not put it past people to move for this. -- nm - Reagen Aug 29, 06:00 1
  - heh-heh... -- nm - Diva Aug 29, 06:04
Life hack: I just used my university alumni email to successfully sign up for Amazon Prime Student. 6 months free and then a $39 fee for 6 months. - Shaun Aug 29, 05:52 3
- all they care about is .edu? I could have student prime no probs. -- nm - amanda Aug 29, 06:00 1
  - I had a <university acronym>.ca email address and it worked. -- nm - Shaun Aug 29, 06:01
- Nice! -- nm - Krusty Aug 29, 05:54
First Impressions Of Destiny 2's Big Weapon Slot And TTK Changes Ahead Of Forsaken -- (link) - Shaun Aug 29, 05:41
Elon Musk fans are a clearly a top 2 seed. nm - ralph wiggum Aug 29, 05:24 1
- But include Elon Musk and you’d have to include Apple, so... #3? -- nm - Roger More Aug 29, 05:33
TV PSA: Big Brother, America's Got Talent, Black Ink Crew, MasterChef, Real HW, Suits, Property Brothers, World of Dance, Martha & Snoop, The Sinner, - Beaker Aug 29, 05:19 2
- I'm enjoying this season of Suits so far. Don't miss the leavees much at all really -- nm - Beaker Aug 29, 05:56
- Castle Rock, Alone Together -- nm - Beaker Aug 29, 05:24
Please remember to pick up your players in Yahoo! - kelly Aug 29, 05:13 4
- what I started doing as part of my pick was posting "added in Yahoo" with my pick. That way David and Kim didn't need to check to make sure I did -- nm - Beaker Aug 29, 05:20 1
  - (a small thing, but I figure it might of saved them time and let the next drafter know mine was updated) -- nm - Beaker Aug 29, 05:20
- go go vampiredraft. -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 29, 05:16 1
  - My doctor says I should avoid draft cards and Buccaneers. I think he meant the team. -- nm - Baron Starr Aug 29, 05:51

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