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Yankees “actively engaged” in talks for SFGiants’ Andrew McCutchen -- nm - budice Aug 30, 20:01 2
- Looks like two prospects for him. Not sure which ones yet. -- nm - Krusty Aug 30, 20:19 1
  - AAA - SS Abiatal Avelino appears to be one. -- nm - Krusty Aug 30, 20:22
Remember that punk rock picture the GOP dug up to embarrass Beto O'Rourke? Double backfire. -- (link*) - GregW Aug 30, 19:52 1
- Kalki Helaku endorsed him when video of Beto skateboarding at Whataburger on the campaign trail happened. -- nm - Qale Aug 30, 20:03
How to clean your butt! Some of you need this -- (link) - Bacon Aug 30, 19:35 1
- Not to put words in Trish’s mouth, but I think she’d say half the damn planet needs it. - Beryllium Aug 30, 20:04
Dave Bautista reveals that he auditioned for StarWars multiple times. Unfortunately, he was turned down -- (link) - budice Aug 30, 19:16 2
- Just put the man in a damn Wookiee suit and call it done. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 30, 20:12 1
  - ewok -- nm - peglegpete Aug 30, 20:13
WWE: There will likely be another (men only) Saudi Arabia show in November, just a week after the all women's PPV. - Tim Aug 30, 19:15
watched TAG this evening - some extremely funny moments, liked it overall (despite the dark turn at the end). But damn that was within striking... -- (edited) - Cuzzin Todd Aug 30, 19:12
Big Brother spoilers from the show - peglegpete Aug 30, 19:01
Northwestern's helmet graphics are weird -- nm - prayformojo Aug 30, 18:32 1
- meanwhile, Purdue really needs a new quarterback -- nm - prayformojo Aug 30, 18:48
A Star Is Born is either going to be the best movie of the year or the most baffling misfire in recent memory and biggest winner at next year’sRazzies -- (link) - Beaker Aug 30, 18:21 4
- It is, basically, this year's Batman v. Superman. -- nm - Spawn: Blood Feud God Aug 30, 18:48 3
  - Gal Gadot is in it? -- nm - peglegpete Aug 30, 20:12
  - No, he said this one has a chance to be the best movie of the year. -- nm - Ender Aug 30, 19:44 1
    - Martha! -- nm - Bacon Aug 30, 19:47
For the Giants fans among us. -- (link) - Spawn: Blood Feud God Aug 30, 17:55
Vampirates, Marqise Lee has been put on waivers. Form the line behind me to get a crack at him -- nm - Bacon Aug 30, 17:51 4
- Good God, he cut Mike Williams. Some Vampirate is going to be very lucky. - David Aug 30, 17:58 3
  - I'm actually suprised NE's defense was availble. - Will Hunting Aug 30, 18:33 1
    - I want to see if they have a rjn game first. When looking at D I always look at the offebse run game first. - Bacon Aug 30, 19:30
  - yeah, I was happy to get him this year (Williams) -- nm* - Beaker Aug 30, 18:31
Bar: "Dude I picked QBs with my 1st 2 picks, Im gonna rule this league." -- nm - Budice Aug 30, 17:29 3
- It's a PPP league. Points Per Pass -- nm - Bacon Aug 30, 17:30 2
  - Possibly with two starting QBs? Maybe? - ReluctantCynic Aug 30, 17:36 1
    - nope -- nm - Budice Aug 30, 17:39
Big Brother should have the finale on wed. 9/26 or the next night. that would be 5 thur. evictions inc. tonight. there are 9 people in the house now, -- (edited) - peglegpete Aug 30, 16:41 7
- There are 8 people in the house. 3 Thursdays between now and the finale with one double eviction, and 3 people make it to finale night. -- nm - Ender Aug 30, 19:53 1
  - (That's 4 evictions pre-finale week. 1 during the week before the finale, 1 on finale night, and 2 making the final vote.) -- nm - Ender Aug 30, 19:57
- its ridiculous. - Jovian Aug 30, 17:40 4
  - casting is my biggest problem with reality shows. casting nice people will create as much turmoil as casting jerks. -- nm - peglegpete Aug 30, 17:54 3
    - My issue with casting has always been that 1/2 are applicants and the other 1/2 are targetted recruits. - Strongbad Aug 30, 18:10 2
      - I did not know about the targeted recruits. that makes the shows suck even more. -- nm - peglegpete Aug 30, 18:13 1
        
        Here you go. -- (link) - Strongbad Aug 30, 18:21
The chief of police for the city of Portland is named Danielle Outlaw. That is all. -- nm - Mop Aug 30, 16:32 1
- "What's up, sugar-" *BLAMBLAMBLAM* -- nm - Max Aug 30, 20:21
Batman: Three Jokers miniseries will debut sometime this winter -- nm - Beaker Aug 30, 16:31 2
- Are they dark? Please tell me they're dark! - David Aug 30, 18:15
- 3 more?! OMG will the madness never end! -- nm - mud Aug 30, 18:09
Oh, cool! PDFCreator was apparently compromised today. -- nm - Mop Aug 30, 16:30 2
- Caught paying off a porn star to keep them quiet about an affair? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Aug 30, 16:52 1
  - Hate when they do that. Always PDF -- nm - Budice Aug 30, 16:54
The annual charity softball game between the cops & the firemen here is called Guns & Hoses - crash davis Aug 30, 16:06 1
- That's pretty awesome. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Aug 30, 16:16
Kaepernick collusion case against NFL to go to trial -- (link) - budice Aug 30, 15:41 4
- it would be too much to hope for that a smoking gun leads back to Jerry Jones -- nm - crash davis Aug 30, 16:18 2
  - From your mouth to Gods Ear -- nm - Epiphany Aug 30, 19:19 1
    - There is no longer a hole in the stadium because God hates them now. -- (edited) - Bacon Aug 30, 19:33
- Womp Womp -- nm - Jovian Aug 30, 15:48
So, Nick Kyrgios was tanking today until a chair ump! gave him a pep talk. - Will Hunting Aug 30, 15:40 5
- Does that seem fair to the opponent? Players aren't supposed to receive any type of coaching during the match. -- nm* - Diva Aug 30, 15:43 4
  - Not at all fair and USTA covered for the chair - audio clearly indicates reality - their statement is Trumpian. - Will Hunting Aug 30, 15:55 2
    - OTOH I completely sympathise with an umpire telling Kyrgios "get your shit tight" -- nm - Roger More Aug 30, 17:51 1
      - You do that with a simple, "Get your shit tight." or a chair warning - Will Hunting Aug 30, 18:40
  - Agreed. -- nm - David Aug 30, 15:43
Comicsgate, much like Gamersgate....Is there nothing geeks can't ruin? -- (link) - crash davis Aug 30, 15:29
can someone repost the Yahoo pick 'em info please. Thanks -- nm - Beaker Aug 30, 15:27 1
- this? -- (link) - mud Aug 30, 18:15 [Backboard]
guess where I was on this day in 1978 -- (link) - peglegpete Aug 30, 15:24 [youtube] 14
- I was... almost 4 months old? -- nm - Strongbad Aug 30, 17:32
- I was 10. -- nm - Spawn: Blood Feud God Aug 30, 16:33 8
  - I was a month and a half from turning 21 -- nm - amoxy Aug 30, 17:30
  - So was I! -- nm - ReluctantCynic Aug 30, 17:10 6
    - Me too! - Dark Callisto Aug 30, 17:17 5
      - Me too -- nm - Bacon Aug 30, 17:25 1
        
        Wait I was nine, because I was born in 1969 -- nm - Bacon Aug 30, 17:25
      - I was only 8. You're a cradle robber. -- nm - David Aug 30, 17:23 2
        
        Yup. As is Amy. -- nm - Spawn: Blood Feud God Aug 30, 19:10
        
        My respect and admiration for Callisto has only increased after learning this news. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Aug 30, 17:35
- guess where I was on this day in 1981 -- (link*) - peglegpete Aug 30, 15:25 [youtube] 3
  - and in 1983 -- (link) - peglegpete Aug 30, 15:27 [youtube] 2
    - all three times I think you were at Captain and Tenille concerts -- nm - crash davis Aug 30, 15:28 1
      - tomorrow the only change is in 1981 the show was in Las Vegas and not AZ. 1978 & 1983 were multi nights at 1 spot -- nm* - peglegpete Aug 30, 15:31
Bring Me The Horizon is baaaack. MANTRA. -- (link) - Qale Aug 30, 15:22 [youtube]
The Five Faces of Jack Ryan, From Alec Baldwin to John Krasinski -- (link) - crash davis Aug 30, 15:22 8
- Holy shit, I completely forgot about Shadow Recruit. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 30, 15:42 7
  - hah, I remembered Pine but forgot about Affleck. -- nm - Max Aug 30, 18:53 1
    - Never forget. -- (link) - Spawn: Blood Feud God Aug 30, 19:09
  - To be honest, so did I -- nm - crash davis Aug 30, 15:49 4
    - And I liked it! I wanted a sequel. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 30, 15:50 3
      - You are getting one. It will be an Amazon show -- nm - Bacon Aug 30, 17:27 2
        
        I know. I’m happy with this. And I think Jim will be fine. And Pam will make a great Cathy. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 30, 20:15 1
        
        Also, I hope it does well enough to get spinoffs. The world is due for some gotdamn RAINBOW SIX. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 30, 20:18
offs -- nm - Diva Aug 30, 15:06 2
- I'm not giving the Pearl Jam tickets back -- nm - crash davis Aug 30, 15:15 1
  - Ha-ha! -- nm - Diva Aug 30, 15:37
For Sale: 55-Foot-Tall Lobster. Owners in a Pinch. Can You Help? - crash davis Aug 30, 14:54 13
- the Cabazon Dinosaurs between Palm Springs & LA -- (link) - peglegpete Aug 30, 16:10 1
  - those are cool, when I was a kid, most of the Sinclair gas stations had concrete dinosaurs of various sizes -- nm - crash davis Aug 30, 16:17
- Ive been there, and to the Big Pineapple. -- nm - Roger More Aug 30, 15:10 4
  - I don't know why, but I really love these sorts of things. There was a Paul Bunyan & Babe The Ox that I made my dad always stop at on the way to CA - crash davis Aug 30, 15:13 3
    - Ditto. Unfortunately I have only seen Lucy The Elephant. -- nm - Jovian Aug 30, 15:58 2
      - Is Lucy in Atlantic City? Or somewhere near there? -- nm - crash davis Aug 30, 16:05 1
        
        DC -- nm - Roger More Aug 30, 18:25
- it's not real, and you can't eat it :(((( -- nm - peglegpete Aug 30, 15:00
- The Big Pineapple -- (link) - crash davis Aug 30, 14:56 4
  - The Big Beer Can -- (link) - crash davis Aug 30, 14:57 3
    - The Big Prawn -- (link) - crash davis Aug 30, 14:58 2
      - we'll need a picnic basket for this giant feast -- (link) - zeitgeist Aug 30, 17:43
      - The Big Scotsman -- (link) - crash davis Aug 30, 14:59
Huh, local theater just added an Aziz Ansari concert for Sept 6th. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 30, 14:43 4
- I think he’ll be better about the whole thing than CK. Just my two cents. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 30, 15:26 3
  - His situation is almost quaint (still wrong) - Will Hunting Aug 30, 15:39 1
    - Yes, still wrong, but in a much less horrible way. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 30, 16:15
  - Well yeah. He asks them on a date, first. -- nm - Spawn: Blood Feud God Aug 30, 15:34
Jack, if it makes you feel better, my wife’s boss asked her to work on a project in Brazil, because they needed someone who “speaks the language.” - mafic Aug 30, 14:31 6
- San Fran marriage office had similar issue, they needed some Spanish speakers, was so happy Mrs Santos applied and sent her out to Latino weddings. - zeitgeist Aug 30, 17:13
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- Tell your wife to tell her boss that I told him to go eff him/her/itself. (NM) - Marlowe Aug 30, 14:34 3
  - how’s your environmental impact assessment? - mafic Aug 30, 14:38 1
    - I usually say it's pretty bad.. - Marlowe Aug 30, 15:09
  - But say it in Dutch while telling him it's Portugese -- nm - ty97 Aug 30, 14:37
Leaving now. I am ordering in and drinking heavily. -- nm - Andie Aug 30, 14:15 2
- nice -- nm - groiny Aug 30, 14:38
- Sounds like a plan. -- nm - budice Aug 30, 14:20
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- When Schwarzenegger was Gov. of CA he gave everyone furlough days to balance the budget because he couldn't just cut their pay because there were - jnine Aug 30, 16:31 2
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    - You mean “those people” who got their jobs through civil service instead of earning it, and get the government to pay for their pensions and union - znufrii, promoted Aug 30, 17:21
- Nothing like telling 2 million voters he's taking away their raises 2 months before midterm elections -- nm - decline Aug 30, 15:23
- The man literally has zero shame. -- nm - Jovian Aug 30, 14:54
- "You can have funds for raises if you fund my wall." will be his future tactic. -- nm - Max Aug 30, 14:43
- In their game of class warfare, dumb voters are their base and you are the enemy. He just stuck it to you! Yeah! -- nm - Mop Aug 30, 14:19 1
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- That's just good management! Seriously though, there is a huge portion of the republican party that essentially views the government as a business. - pmb Aug 30, 14:17
- I need to get my budget back on track so I'm gonna stop paying my power bill. -- nm - Reagen Aug 30, 14:05 1
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- People don’t need to believe something to go along with it, if it suits their view of the world. - znufrii, promoted Aug 30, 14:03 2
  - Put another way, they don’t actually believe it, it’s just what people tell themselves to avoid coming to terms with the idea that they’re an asshole. -- nm - znufrii, promoted Aug 30, 15:01 1
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- There is a large bloc of people out there that have been hit by a generation or more of talking points, like abolishing arts funding would help - crash davis Aug 30, 14:01 1
  - In every survey, people think foreign aid should be cut. Then they're told what it is and think it should be raised. - Reagen Aug 30, 14:08
- yes -- nm - ty97 Aug 30, 14:01
For Canadians and other non-USAers, do car dealerships in your country fly national flags like their lives depend on it? - TWuG Aug 30, 13:57 11
- Seems every area has that guy, we have a dodge dealer flies one so big it could tent the whole parking lot -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 31, 12:41
- Australians don't seem to be big on Australian flags. I'm more likely to see sports team related flags than national ones. nm - ralph wiggum Aug 30, 18:01
- google images shows that most australian ones don't, but the australian-made car dealerships seem to. since that's what's usually up here, that makes sense, eh? -- nm -- (edited) - b. Aug 30, 17:41
- Nope. I've seen all kinds of stuff flying, but very rarely canada flags (except maybe around canada day). -- nm - Beryllium Aug 30, 15:46
- Our flags are overdone in nearly every way. -- nm - Spawn: Blood Feud God Aug 30, 15:35
- I think not. (NM) - Marlowe Aug 30, 14:32
- Don’t think so. Never really noticed. -- nm - mafic Aug 30, 14:23
- Not so I've noticed. -- nm - Reagen Aug 30, 14:05
- not that i've ever noticed. -- nm - Andie Aug 30, 14:03
- The AutoRanch flag is by far the largest one in town. It makes everything on the base look miniscule. -- nm - crash davis Aug 30, 14:02 1
  - but I am not who you directed that question to :) -- nm - crash davis Aug 30, 14:03
I've discovered smart LED (color changing) bulbs that work with Google Home. I now have a new addiction. -- nm - Mop Aug 30, 13:57 3
- It's LSD, isn't it? The addiction is LSD. -- nm - Ender Aug 30, 14:21
- Oh shit. They make LED lights in the classic "Edison Bulb" shape. Well, there goes all my money. -- nm - Mop Aug 30, 14:01 1
  - ... are you seriously just finding this out? I mean, ST has even had mass purchases of them. IIRC Home Depot was one. -- nm - Spawn: Blood Feud God Aug 30, 15:38
San Francisco announced it's granting scooter permits to small start-ups Scoot and Skip, shutting out well-funded hometown businesses including Uber, Bird, Lime and Lyft. -- (link*) - budice Aug 30, 13:54 1
- Skips are so much better than every other brand its staggering. -- nm - MDH Aug 30, 13:58

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