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"Despite Trump tariffs, trade deficit widened in July as imports hit record high" -- (link) - . Sep 5, 20:09
Mae Young: the Killer Kelly and Meiko Satumaruo match was excellent -- nm - Remlik Sep 5, 19:53
LeVeon Bell odds - budice Sep 5, 19:49 4
- Sounds to me like he reports week 8, they put him on two week restriction, he is on the roster for the last 6 and it counts as a season. -- nm - Volnelk Sep 5, 20:22 2
  - Makes sense -- nm - budice Sep 5, 20:27 1
    - That’s how Schefter broke it down this afternoon. Made sense to me. It’s him doing the absolute minimum to sign his next deal healthy. - Volnelk Sep 5, 20:29
- I'd put $20 on week 3 or after. -- nm - Krusty Sep 5, 20:20
Wait..Meg hasn't been to Chicago? I suggested Milwaukee because I thought she had. - . Sep 5, 19:37 2
- Would have come to the big gathering a couple of years back but it conflicted with (I think) our annual Southwest trip. -- nm - Meg Sep 5, 19:50 1
  - I think so. -- nm - . Sep 5, 20:06
The message is ... “Neener Neener Neener”. -- (link) - Beryllium Sep 5, 19:32 1
- "I've killed relatives for less." -- nm - mafic Sep 5, 19:40
Americans season 6 spoilers - Amoxy Sep 5, 19:17
This Djokovic - Millman match has had some crazy points. -- nm - Dano Sep 5, 19:16 3
- Appreciate how they play close to damn well midnight locally. Past 9pm id be like eff that -- nm - budice Sep 5, 19:32 1
  - It was almost 2 AM by the time the Nadal/Thiem finished. No curfew at the US Open. -- nm - Dano Sep 5, 19:37
- Spoilers - Dano Sep 5, 19:20
a Christian basilica and now a Roman temple have been found at the bottom of a lake in Turkey -- (link) - peglegpete Sep 5, 18:56 1
- Carmen Sandiego strikes again -- nm - Beryllium Sep 5, 19:08
Rebecca Ferguson is headed for Denis Villeneuve's new Dune adaptation!!! -- (link) - mud Sep 5, 18:52 1
- good -- nm - peglegpete Sep 5, 18:55
Regarding the museum fire: wow. This is horrible. -- (link) - Beryllium Sep 5, 18:45 1
- This is why we must work towards digitizing all these collections and storing duplicate records off-site. -- nm - Meg Sep 5, 18:56
Hey, happy birthday, wiggie! - David Sep 5, 18:31 8
- Thanks! (Thanks to all my lovely ST friends for the nice birthday wishes.) nm - ralph wiggum Sep 5, 18:34 7
  - Hippo Birdies -- nm - Amoxy Sep 5, 19:15 1
    - Two ewes! -- nm - . Sep 5, 20:11
  - Happy Birthday! -- nm - Epiphany Sep 5, 19:09
  - many many more! -- nm - peglegpete Sep 5, 18:46
  - your breath smells like cake -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 5, 18:35
  - Happy bday :) -- nm - Beryllium Sep 5, 18:35
  - best! -- nm - budice Sep 5, 18:35
Today I learned ... - Beryllium Sep 5, 18:25
Federal prosecutors in NC demand millions of ballots be turned over to immigration authorities. -- (link*) - znufrii Sep 5, 18:22 2
- so far previous massive data dumps have found voter fraud from non citizens a massive 19 times -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 5, 18:37
- Did they specify if the paper should be intact, or is carbonized OK? -- nm - Beryllium Sep 5, 18:25
Missing: African mantises, bumblebee millipedes, warty glowspot roaches, tarantulas, dwarf and tiger hissers, and leopard geckos. -- (link) - TWuG Sep 5, 18:08 1
- NY's hottest nightclub has got *everything* -- nm - steffon Sep 5, 19:54
Netflix picks up Designated Survivor. - David Sep 5, 18:02
Side note for ebook fans. I've been using ereaderiq to track price drops on books I want to read. Recommended. nm - ralph wiggum Sep 5, 17:52
Cord Cutters News Sept 2018 update: PlayStation Vue vs YouTube TV vs DIRECTV NOW vs Sling TV vs Philo vs FuboTV vs Watch TV vs Hulu. -- (link) - GregW Sep 5, 17:50
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- You've already given up. Why shouldn't everyone else? -- nm - . Sep 5, 19:47
- Other "non" stories really. But though important do the Kavanaugh hearings really matter? - Cuzzin Todd Sep 5, 17:59 5
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    - I’m hoping for the former, as the second best possible outcome (the first being the utter shitshow of a resignation). Depends how November goes. - Beryllium Sep 5, 19:07
    - unless #lodestar -- nm - Jovian Sep 5, 18:41
    - feel better now? -- nm - mud Sep 5, 18:38 1
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- Morton's Fork. -- (edited) - znufrii Sep 5, 17:56 2
  - Also, false dichotomy. We can pay attention to both the op-ed and the hearings. -- nm - TWuG Sep 5, 17:57 1
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- Hard to get too wrapped up in the enevitability of Kavanaugh on the bench. -- nm - Qale Sep 5, 17:54 9
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    - What are the chances something comes out during this and he doesn't get voted in? Greater than 1%? - Krusty Sep 5, 18:50 5
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      - We'd have to believe there is such a thing out there as a republican senator willing to vote against Trump giving them exactly what they wanted. -- nm - znufrii Sep 5, 18:53 3
        
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        I do hope I haven't come across as thinking that. -- nm - znufrii Sep 5, 19:53
        
        Exactly and that's why I have no interest in this charade -- nm - Krusty Sep 5, 19:06
  - Yup. I’ve been talking my Rep friend off the ledge - Epiphany Sep 5, 18:13
  - Yup -- nm - Krusty Sep 5, 18:01
Wait, wait, wait, what if John Miller/John Barron are actually Trump's alternate personalities and one of them wrote the Op-ed?! -- nm - TWuG Sep 5, 17:48
(Grain of salt) David Frum at the Atlantic calls the NY Times op-ed a Constitutional crisis. -- (link) - Mop Sep 5, 17:38 24
- He should just fire everybody in the WH and start again from scratch.. - Marlowe Sep 5, 17:42 17
  - See B2 -- nm - Spawn: Blood Feud God Sep 5, 18:26
  - Wouldn't you just love to see the applicants that would apply for a position NOW? -- nm - Strongbad Sep 5, 17:45 14
    - I’d do it. ST Poll: What position in the Trump White House should I apply for? -- nm - Qale Sep 5, 17:49 13
      - carry the football, no not that one, the other one with his supply of adderal -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 5, 19:53
      - Vice President -- nm - JaxSean Sep 5, 18:29
      - chief of backdoor cash deliveries -- nm - Beryllium Sep 5, 18:18 1
        
        Chief of Rainmaking? -- nm - Qale Sep 5, 19:45
      - secretary of labor -- nm - Remlik Sep 5, 18:02
      - cheese monger -- nm - peglegpete Sep 5, 18:01
      - Secretary of Keepin' it Real -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Sep 5, 17:57 1
        
        Partyin' Down -- nm - prayformojo Sep 5, 18:01
      - Toupee Wrangler -- nm - TWuG Sep 5, 17:56
      - Attorney-General -- nm - Roger More Sep 5, 17:56 1
        
        Attourney-General’s warning. You should floss. But please, for the love of god, stop Flossing. -- nm - Qale Sep 5, 19:45
      - Chief DJ? -- nm - Strongbad Sep 5, 17:55
      - Head chef. -- nm - Mop Sep 5, 17:53
  - The *BEST* people. -- nm - Mop Sep 5, 17:43
- So we all have to do a shot now, right? - Cuzzin Todd Sep 5, 17:40 1
  - I said it first!! -- nm - Mop Sep 5, 17:41
- P.S. I fully expect the GOP in Congress to convene hearings to smoke out the author, and it won't make the President look good. -- nm - Mop Sep 5, 17:39 3
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  - Why on earth would they do that? -- nm - znufrii Sep 5, 17:41 1
    - Some will be happy and keep their mouths shut. Then there's Nunes. -- nm - Mop Sep 5, 17:42
Trump is closing in on the author of the op ed. -- (link) - jnine Sep 5, 17:32 1
- I will never, ever, ever get tired of that photo. It's the gift that keeps on giving. nm - ralph wiggum Sep 5, 17:33
I think the Op-Ed'er is trying to give Trump a stroke. (NM) - Marlowe Sep 5, 17:32 1
- I'm pretty sure Michael Caputo is going to start crying on CNN. nm - Dignan Sep 5, 17:41
What are you reading or (wildcard, bitches!) watching? - ralph wiggum Sep 5, 17:28 36
- Hunt for Red October -- nm - Ender Sep 5, 21:30
- Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell. I like it, but it's kind of plodding like a Dickens novel but not as well written. -- nm - mafic Sep 5, 19:06 1
  - was bingeing old Grand Designs until Netflix took it away from me. -- nm - mafic Sep 5, 19:07
- I watched and read The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. - kelly Sep 5, 18:42
- Watching: Fantastic Beasts. Reading: waiting for Expanse book 3. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 5, 18:20
- rereading How The West Was Won while waiting for book 7 of The Expanse at the library -- nm - Beaker Sep 5, 18:19
- How Asia Works -- nm - Roger More Sep 5, 17:56
- Gibson's "The Peripheral".. (NM) - Marlowe Sep 5, 17:51
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- Tenant of Wildfell Hall -- nm - Dark Callisto Sep 5, 17:43
- Empire of Ivory (Temeraire Book 4) - For those that wonder what the Napoleonic wars would've been like with dragons. -- nm* - Cuzzin Todd Sep 5, 17:41
- Torment Saint: The Life of Elliott Smith by William Todd Schultz. And Pacific Crucible: War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941-1942 by Ian Toll. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Sep 5, 17:37 1
  - I'm a big Admiral Spruance fan. -- nm - peglegpete Sep 5, 17:43
- Listening to The Chalk Man. Just finished the S-Town podcast. Watching Ozark s2. nm - Dignan Sep 5, 17:36 7
  - I recently finished S-Town too. And had a whoa moment when I realized my cousin is FB friends with one of the brothers. - Dark Callisto Sep 5, 17:45 3
    - What did you think? (spoils) - Dignan Sep 5, 17:52 2
      - I agree with you. And I’m also not sure how much of that info John B would have wanted public. - Dark Callisto Sep 5, 18:11
      - I came away wishing much more that I'd have listened to a podcast on - prayformojo Sep 5, 18:03
  - How is The Chalk Man? Does it live up to the hype? nm - ralph wiggum Sep 5, 17:41 2
    - Was there hype? I can't even remember why it was on my list. - Dignan Sep 5, 17:44 1
      - Maybe only hype in the sense that a lot of the book sites I follow were pimping it for a while. nm - ralph wiggum Sep 5, 17:48
- People getting sloppy at the bar. By Modern Times. -- nm - budice Sep 5, 17:32
- Crazy Rich Asians -- nm - David Sep 5, 17:31 10
  - Attaboy. nm - ralph wiggum Sep 5, 17:32 9
    - Did you somehow miss all my HUMANS IS AWESOME!!! posts? - David Sep 5, 17:36 8
      - JD gonna cut you. -- nm - Roger More Sep 5, 17:42 1
        
        He can try. -- nm - David Sep 5, 17:45
      - All sane people are Gemma Chan stans. She's luminous. nm - ralph wiggum Sep 5, 17:38 5
        
        But seriously, watch season one of Humans. -- nm - David Sep 5, 17:41 4
        
        I have! nm -- nm - ralph wiggum Sep 5, 17:42 3
        
        But seriously, watch season two of Humans. -- nm - David Sep 5, 17:47 2
        
        It's not streaming here and I am fairly stubborn about buying shows. You'll be happy to know I'm making an exception for Wynonna Earp S2 though. nm - ralph wiggum Sep 5, 17:50 1
        
        👊👊👊 - David Sep 5, 17:55
- Death Merchant by Justan Henner. Watching Ozark S2 -- nm - decline Sep 5, 17:30
- Trying to hook someone on iZombie. -- nm - Reagen Sep 5, 17:30 1
  - You're doing the Lord's work, son. Carry on. nm - ralph wiggum Sep 5, 17:31
*sigh* David Frum is right -- (link) - Reagen Sep 5, 17:22
Catching up on Lucifer: Tom Welling acts like Milli Vanilli sings. -- nm - David Sep 5, 17:17 12
- Wait for it. (Technically spoilers, but not really spoilers) - Dano Sep 5, 18:47
- How did he get worse?! I mean, honestly..! -- nm - Mop Sep 5, 17:41 1
  - And yet... -- nm - Epiphany Sep 5, 18:15
- It's a slog. -- nm - Reagen Sep 5, 17:21
- He truly is abysmal. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 5, 17:18 7
  - I'm remembering why we took a break back in December. -- nm - David Sep 5, 17:20 6
    - Him and the stupid episode gaps and jumps killed any momentum. - Will Hunting Sep 5, 17:22 5
      - It's frustrating because Aimee Garcia is magic...and they stick her with him! -- nm - David Sep 5, 17:24
      - The two bonus ones are fun. -- nm - Reagen Sep 5, 17:23 3
        
        They had 3 in the first 10? - Will Hunting Sep 5, 17:24 2
        
        The re-pilot and the one with Charlene Yi. -- nm - Reagen Sep 5, 17:28
        
        The Vegas one is my favorite episode they've done. We kept it on the TiVo. -- nm - David Sep 5, 17:27
ST NFL Wins Picks with draft order - mud Sep 5, 17:16 9
- me or volnelk will, take it. the rest of you are high -- nm - Beaker Sep 5, 18:40
- Go Mud! -- nm - Krusty Sep 5, 18:03
- My path to victory begins tomorrow evening. -- nm - Volnelk Sep 5, 17:48
- Spawn would be 2:1 favorite -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 5, 17:18 5
  - ::Courtsies:: -- nm - Spawn: Blood Feud God Sep 5, 18:23
  - I like Crash's -- nm - Strongbad Sep 5, 17:29
  - ? -- nm - mud Sep 5, 17:18 2
    - I like his picks. - Will Hunting Sep 5, 17:21 1
      - hmph -- nm - mud Sep 5, 17:22

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