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WH official response to the anonymous NYT op-ed -- (link) - Strongbad Sep 5, 14:37 5
- So the problem is the NYT for publishing it. Got it. -- nm - pmb Sep 5, 14:42
- I KILL YOU ALL! -- nm - Beaker Sep 5, 14:40
- In a surprising twist, it turns out the coward who should resign is SHS -- nm - crash davis Sep 5, 14:38
- so, just another rambling, not especially related to the topic at hand, rant. -- nm* - Andie Sep 5, 14:38 1
  - Yes. -- nm - Strongbad Sep 5, 14:39
Renewed my FC Cincinnati tickets for next season. Onward to the MLS. -- nm - Volnelk Sep 5, 14:32 3
- problem sleeping? -- nm - groiny Sep 5, 14:35 2
  - It is either that or the Bengals. - Spawn Sep 5, 14:44 1
    - I had Bengals tickets when I first moved downtown. Then I switched to Reds for several years. Then we moved to the suburbs. - Volnelk Sep 5, 14:50
With as crazy as the world has gotten and having taken everything into account, my theory is this: - prayformojo Sep 5, 14:25 3
- Well, I'll tell you this. I've seen a test run. - Marlowe Sep 5, 14:33
- Mission: Impossible fake room -- nm - Max Sep 5, 14:26 1
  - *Trump pulls off his mask* -- nm - Spawn Sep 5, 14:27
Fun fact: I turned this game off when it was 7-1 and started playing Destiny. -- (link) - David Sep 5, 14:22 2
- Yeah, I was wondering if you followed it. People here are already making the 28-3 references and giving Snitker a hard time for pulling Folty and Markakis. -- (edited) - Strongbad Sep 5, 14:35
- I was going to say you missed a heckuva game until I saw it was the Braves. Sorry, that stinks -- nm - crash davis Sep 5, 14:23
THREAD -- (link) - ty97 Sep 5, 14:22
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- Toronto Medieval Times -- nm - Beaker Sep 5, 14:22 1
  - He can joust with ty! -- nm - crash davis Sep 5, 14:22
- King St has millions. Here is an article from April that lists a bunch of new hot ones. -- (link) - Andie Sep 5, 14:21 4
  - I've been to Jacobs twice and would go again, but you have to be into steak - Roger More Sep 5, 14:24 1
    - Jack should go and order the Snake River Farms strip loin -- nm - crash davis Sep 5, 14:35
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    - if you can get a reservation, it might be fun to go to The 51St Floor (it's at Yonge/Bloor-ish) -- (link) - Andie Sep 5, 14:25
- Any particular food? Price range? -- nm - Roger More Sep 5, 14:20 7
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    - Nota Bene (Italian, on the high side of moderate) -- (link) - Roger More Sep 5, 14:26 5
      - Aloette - French, sister restaurant of the best restaurant in Canada -- (link) - Roger More Sep 5, 14:28 3
        
        Lamesa - Filipino -- (link) - Roger More Sep 5, 14:28 2
        
        Pai - Thai -- (link) - Roger More Sep 5, 14:29 1
        
        Chubby's Jamaican Kitchen -- (link) - Roger More Sep 5, 14:34
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- Poutine on the Ritz -- nm - crash davis Sep 5, 14:20
Today's Trudeau quote - “We need to keep the Chapter 19 dispute resolution because that ensures that the rules are actually followed. And we know we - Andie Sep 5, 14:06 5
- If I'm reading that correctly, basically Trump is Canada's president too. Neener neener neener -- nm - crash davis Sep 5, 14:25 2
  - It makes sense now. Trudeau wrote the NYT editorial! -- nm - crash davis Sep 5, 14:25 1
    - Those are some long odds, but not zero. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 5, 14:27
- RIGHT?! -- nm - NY Times Guy Sep 5, 14:23
- "You know those little "Do not remove under penalty of law" tags they put on mattresses? Well, I took out my knife...and I cut one off!" -- nm - pff, the law Sep 5, 14:09
So I guess Marco Rubio had a bit of a dust up with Alex Jones. -- (link) - pmb Sep 5, 14:05 21
- "How much you bench?!" "I dunno, how much does your mom weigh?" -- nm - Max Sep 5, 14:17
- They deserve each other -- nm - ty97 Sep 5, 14:12
- Let Them Fight. -- nm - Diva Sep 5, 14:10 9
  - excellent, Ken Divatabe -- nm - prayformojo Sep 5, 14:15 2
    - *likes as he's a favorite of mine* -- nm - Diva Sep 5, 14:15 1
      - Plus, cool people saw the movie in Vegas. -- nm - Spawn Sep 5, 14:17
  - I wanted to see you fight ty97, but he ran away -- nm - crash davis Sep 5, 14:12 3
    - Blockbuster card going right now. A-hole v. Little Marco, Me v. 97 and now You v. Spawn. This should get at least $99.99 on PPV. -- nm - Diva Sep 5, 14:14 2
      - (this isn't what you meant, but, Kelly, you should make yourself a Blockbuster membership card and have it peak out of a pocket tomorrow.) -- nm - Andie Sep 5, 14:15 1
        
        perfect! -- nm - Diva Sep 5, 14:16
  - I mean, we at least deserve that at this point don't we? -- nm - pmb Sep 5, 14:12 1
    - yes. yes we do. -- nm - Diva Sep 5, 14:20
- I had some schadenfreude reading that. It is rare for me to side with Rubio -- nm - crash davis Sep 5, 14:10 7
  - Meh, that bullshit artist is well aware who Jones is. Don't buy in. -- nm - ty97 Sep 5, 14:13 3
    - Yeah - but what better way to counteract Jones than act as though he doesn't exist? nm - NiKlaus Sep 5, 14:15 1
      - Right. I actually liked that he did that. -- nm - pmb Sep 5, 14:21
    - Nothing wrong with not acknowledging who he is if you are not going to use the same sentence to call him the insane sleazebag he is. -- nm - Spawn Sep 5, 14:14
  - Don't touch me. -- nm - Spawn Sep 5, 14:10 2
    - tee-hee! -- nm - Diva Sep 5, 14:11
    - I don't know you, man. -- nm - crash davis Sep 5, 14:11
- Yeah. Not sure what to make of it. I’m kind of exhausted and just disregard both. -- nm - Volnelk Sep 5, 14:08
Yeah, so it's Survivor cast announcement day - check it out... - NiKlaus Sep 5, 14:04 4
- I’m sure they’ll vote out Morrison and piss me off. -- nm - Dark Callisto Sep 5, 14:21
- Mike White. Second stop on the reality tv tour. -- nm - Volnelk Sep 5, 14:10 2
  - Yep - left his Race partner behind to go it alone on Survivor. Also one of Kim's favorite rasslers in on this season... -- nm - NiKlaus Sep 5, 14:14
  - Mike White goes quickly. - Andie Sep 5, 14:11
Roy Moore suing Sacha Baron Cohen for defamation over TV sketch mocking him -- (link) - Beaker Sep 5, 14:00 5
- What idjit lawyer took that case? -- nm - crash davis Sep 5, 14:01 3
  - Ty Cobb? -- nm - Remlik Sep 5, 14:12 2
    - I think in the future, all lawyers should have Ty Cobb moustaches -- nm - crash davis Sep 5, 14:14 1
      - hmmm Jack Dawson I can't see with that kind...RC though yeah... -- nm - Remlik Sep 5, 14:21
- Discovery for this should be fun -- nm - Beaker Sep 5, 14:01
Everyone's talking about the hexagon above Saturn, but people should be more worried about the pentagram above Uranus - rollo Sep 5, 13:53 2
- Hell Mouth -- nm - Spawn Sep 5, 13:54
- they ain't nothing, since they ain't real....a tramp stamp above Uranus means trouble though -- nm - crash davis Sep 5, 13:54
I'd watch a buddy comedy with Elvis Andrus and Adrian Beltre -- (link*) - Beaker Sep 5, 13:53
NFL WINS DRAFT - budice, strongbad, mud - Beaker Sep 5, 13:50 1
- Damn, hoping CHI would fall to me. -- nm - Strongbad Sep 5, 14:15
Rick Wilson is a NeverTrump Republican, full of invective. You won't learn anything new. But I link due to the phrase "Cheeto Jesus" - crash davis Sep 5, 13:47
Spawn, you had the answer to your weird truck crash right in front of you all this time... -- (link) - zeitgeist Sep 5, 13:34 [Backboard] 1
- heh -- nm - Spawn Sep 5, 13:39
Take this for what you will because ???? NYT op-ed: I Am Part of the Resistance Inside the Trump Administration -- (link) - ty97 Sep 5, 13:29 32
- Pretending to stage a coup d'état to own the libs. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 5, 14:22 1
  - Followed shortly by bringing back slavery to own the libs. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 5, 14:23
- I heard some pretty compelling arguments it is Ivanka.. - Marlowe Sep 5, 14:13 1
  - i doubt it, but i would love it. (edit to add - because nothing would hurt him more.) -- nm* - Andie Sep 5, 14:13
- so thats Nikki Haley writing that right? -- nm - Remlik Sep 5, 14:13 1
  - I think it is someone who is in Washington. And Haley's job keeps her in NYC a lot. -- nm - crash davis Sep 5, 14:16
- I'm so comforted that these people who have enabled him all along are protecting us. - pmb Sep 5, 14:04 9
  - "We're still gonna leave Farley in charge of the bees." -- nm - Reagen Sep 5, 14:25
  - So what it's there is the well-guided Drumpf. OK. - Marlowe Sep 5, 14:24 1
    - It would not at all be out of the question. And reporters being detained or killed. - pmb Sep 5, 14:40
  - But see, those that are getting rich can rest easy that it will all be okay. -- nm - Spawn Sep 5, 14:10
  - and it opens up a can of worms as pertains to Constitution, I would think. -- nm - Diva Sep 5, 14:09
  - it's exactly as bad as most people feared it would be. exactly. - Andie Sep 5, 14:06 3
    - Wait for it... -- nm - Spawn Sep 5, 14:21
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    - Right. I was talking with my daughter about the fact that there is nothing shocking or surprising about any of this. And that's the part that's - pmb Sep 5, 14:10
- I *am* enjoying how open the mutiny is becoming though. -- nm - Andie Sep 5, 13:49 3
  - The interesting question from here is how do they avoid the 25th amendment issue now. Trump fires people and puts in even bigger stooges. Or Trump - pmb Sep 5, 14:08
  - this - as they look to their futures. -- nm - Diva Sep 5, 13:55 1
    - Also, "If Woodward's book is coming out, I'd better spin it favorably for me." -- nm - Max Sep 5, 13:57
- I look forward to Trump firing *eveyone* -- nm - Spawn Sep 5, 13:48 1
  - "But, i don't actually work for you. Or even live in the same country....".. "Don't care. You're fired!" -- nm - Andie Sep 5, 14:02
- Punditocracy seems to be settling on Mnuchin. -- nm - Reagen Sep 5, 13:41 3
  - My first cross check is "Is it a moron who likes the tax cut?"...and that checks out -- nm - crash davis Sep 5, 13:56
  - If I had to guess, it would be him. The tone of the writing fits the look of his face. - znufrii, promoted Sep 5, 13:46 1
    - "Kid, your face is the editorial"???? -- nm - crash davis Sep 5, 13:51
- "*I'm* Not Spartacus!" -- nm - Reagen Sep 5, 13:36
- We took this for what we will on B2. She said sarcastically. -- nm - Diva Sep 5, 13:33 3
  - Goes back to 08 to find a post where everyone says the exact opposite -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 5, 13:36
  - shots FIRED -- nm - ty97 Sep 5, 13:36 1
    - you better respond ty! -- nm - crash davis Sep 5, 13:51
- A top aide to a senior official who wants a career when the circus folds its tents. -- nm -- nm - NiKlaus Sep 5, 13:31
Earthquake In Foreign Country, Not Many Dead -- nm - Max Sep 5, 13:27 1
- The reports always start out that way, but then more people die. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 5, 14:14
Oh, also, tomorrow is 80's day at school. How on earth am I supposed to come up with an 80's look by tomorrow? (for N and possibly for myself) - kelly Sep 5, 13:21 18
- anything day glo colored or with big shoulder pads -- nm - Remlik Sep 5, 14:33
- at least one of you has to be wearing fingerless gloves. -- nm* - Beryllium Sep 5, 14:16
- go to a Halloween costume shop and see what they have. -- nm - peglegpete Sep 5, 13:54
- Cut his bangs and side hair short, go for a mullet? Or leave a rat-tail? -- nm - landbeck Sep 5, 13:38
- Layer 2 polo shirts with the collars up, tie a sweater around his neck. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Sep 5, 13:35 1
  - Pretty sure that look is 90s Preppy, not 80s -- nm - Beryllium Sep 5, 14:15
- Athletic shorts at least two sizes too small, tank top, head band. Done and done. -- nm - IrishStephen Sep 5, 13:32
- Blow that hair out and pad those shoulders. -- nm - Max Sep 5, 13:24
- red bandana around forehead, spiky hair, anything neon/80s band/ lots of zippers. Jeans, running shoes (chuck-like or vans, if he happens to have - Andie Sep 5, 13:24 3
  - pants cuffed at the bottom -- nm - groiny Sep 5, 13:43
  - Billy Idol / Miami Vice / Michael Jackson / Punk. Use one as inspiration. :) -- nm - Andie Sep 5, 13:25 1
    - Or Poison - Amoxy Sep 5, 13:32
- Shoulders -- nm - Amoxy Sep 5, 13:24
- you'll need 3 or 4 cans of spray starch for your big poofy hair -- nm - peglegpete Sep 5, 13:24
- Teal, turquoise or mint green t, grey sports coat, paint on a stubble beard -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 5, 13:23
- Pop some tags. nm -- nm - NiKlaus Sep 5, 13:22 2
  - denim jacket -- nm - SyrDragon Sep 5, 13:34
  - Pick him up a sweet pastel colored polo style shirt and a tacky ass sweater...tie the sweater arms around his neck. Then tight roll some jeans. nm - NiKlaus Sep 5, 13:24
Let's talk flu shots...N's school is offering flu shots again this year, but instead of injections, they're using the mist. The CDC approved - kelly Sep 5, 13:19 8
- our kids are fine with the mist -- nm - SyrDragon Sep 5, 13:35
- Mist. -- nm - Dark Callisto Sep 5, 13:32
- In your situation I'd just go mist. -- nm - Ender Sep 5, 13:24
- Mist. -- nm - Mop Sep 5, 13:22
- how much of a meltdown? if it's just normal dont-like-it-but-will-get-over it levels, i'd probably get the shot. if it is complete hysteria levels - Andie Sep 5, 13:22 3
  - It’s hysteria that lasts for a half hour after. It involves one parent holding down arms and the other holding down legs. - kelly Sep 5, 13:42 2
    - oh, yeah,mist. -- nm - Andie Sep 5, 13:46 1
      - Yeah. Once I remembered that he still wound up with the flu despite getting the shot last year, it became a no brainer. - kelly Sep 5, 13:51
Ivan Maisel writes about Wazzou's QB who committed suicide and his own son's passing. - Will Hunting Sep 5, 13:17 1
- for some reason, I thought I read this on SI -- nm - crash davis Sep 5, 13:53
So, has the state of our democracy been called into question on B2? I haven't looked. -- nm - Mop Sep 5, 13:17
I am leaving early in honor of wiggie's birthday! -- nm - amanda Sep 5, 13:12
Zombie Ice -- nm - Spawn Sep 5, 13:06 2
- Trendy east german schnapps all the rage with Berlin skin heads -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 5, 13:22
- Worst Trident gum flavors for $200, Alex. -- nm - Mop Sep 5, 13:17

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