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Cory Booker says he will release “committe confidential” email on Kavanaugh and racial profiling, even though he could be expelled from Senate for - decline Sep 6, 07:24
Well, the confirmation hearing started interesting. - Spawn Sep 6, 07:24
Thanks to the STers that convinced me to keep Baltimore D over a kicker. Baltimore D vs. the Bills offense is looking like a dream this week. -- nm - Bacon Sep 6, 07:21 8
- I tried to tell you to go with your gut and keep the kicker. You're going to feel bad for not going with your gut. -- nm - crash davis Sep 6, 07:23 7
  - I was going with my gut when I drafted Russel Wilson the other night. -- nm - Bacon Sep 6, 07:24 6
    - If you bi#ch constantly about a team, you should not draft its players. Note: I have no long term Patriots. -- nm - crash davis Sep 6, 07:25 5
      - I bitch about the team because they are my teams rival. Also I live in a huge city that local radio thinks is a suburb of Seattle. - Bacon Sep 6, 07:30 2
        
        You're wrong on several levels, but I can fix that. I have Alex Smith for you.. -- nm - crash davis Sep 6, 07:32 1
        
        I am going to use Russel to beat on you and take your lunch money. BTW Russel is taking the lead on Portland getting a MLB team too. - Bacon Sep 6, 07:34
      - Me neither. - Bill Belichek Sep 6, 07:27 1
        
        That is great :) . But I do have to correct myself, I drafted PEDelman (partly so ML wouldn't get him) -- nm* - crash davis Sep 6, 07:28
Nike is killing it. -- (link) - Shaun Sep 6, 07:17 4
- has that been verified as being from nike? it's not on their twitter. -- nm - amanda Sep 6, 07:26
- Their stocks? - Spawn Sep 6, 07:25 2
  - Yep stock prices have been rising for them. It is an interesting angle I didn't see about this ad campaign. - Bacon Sep 6, 07:27 1
    - I heard that nike volume on robinhood (which trends young) is 3x other volume. that speaks... well, volumes. -- nm - amanda Sep 6, 07:28
Here are the results of my fantasy draft from last night. - Shaun Sep 6, 07:14 1
- I'm not even sure how to grade this, being an 8-team league with 2 QB? - Strongbad Sep 6, 07:32
Awesome. A congressman who is an auctioneer shuts down an alt-right blogger screaming during a Congressional hearing -- (link) - crash davis Sep 6, 07:13 1
- she's upset because they took away her blue checkmark on twitter -- nm - decline Sep 6, 07:15
Simpson's fans. Here's a blunder for the record books -- (link) - oblique Sep 6, 06:54 6
- how do we know Marge wasn't just visionboarding? -- nm - prayformojo Sep 6, 07:11
- Anytime you notice stuff like that, a wizard did it. -- nm - rollo Sep 6, 07:08
- Its from season six, so it got noticed about two decades later? Shame on everyone who says they're a hardcored Simpsons fan :) -- nm - crash davis Sep 6, 07:01 2
  - It's in the Simpsons archive website, so it was noticed at the time - Reagen Sep 6, 07:05 1
    - Suuuuuuure, nice cover -- nm - crash davis Sep 6, 07:07
- plus, you know, they've been kids for like 25 years now... -- nm - Beaker Sep 6, 06:56
Fancy a romcomzom Christmas musical - Anna and the Apocalypse trailer -- (link) - LMS Sep 6, 06:46 [youtube] 4
- A Feel Good Christmas Movie!! -- nm - decline Sep 6, 06:48 2
  - I saw it a few months back and it's great fun. Also the songs are really good. - LMS Sep 6, 07:18 1
    - awesome :) I'll watch it -- nm - decline Sep 6, 07:20
- i'll watch that -- nm - Beaker Sep 6, 06:48
Shaun: Eb games mcallister mall has the Venomized Funkos, might be around here now too -- nm* - Beaker Sep 6, 06:40 15
- I'll take a look tomorrow then when I'm at the Prospect store. -- nm - Shaun Sep 6, 06:42 14
  - I'll probably hit south side Walmart tonight at some point -- nm - Beaker Sep 6, 06:43 13
    - I got Iron Man (04) and a Stan Lee (GOTG) for $12 (total) last night - Beaker Sep 6, 06:44 4
      - Hopefully getting Peeta and a Katniss this weekend (different seller) - Beaker Sep 6, 06:45 3
        
        supposedly, my shipment from Mop should arrive today - groiny Sep 6, 06:47 2
        
        can't wait for mine. 3 birthday presents in there too :) - Beaker Sep 6, 06:48 1
        
        USPS tracking has been down for 2 days, so who knows where it is at this point??? -- nm - groiny Sep 6, 06:49
    - Check EB in the mall. The site says they have Venomized Hulk in stock. Not sure how completely accurate that is though. -- nm - Shaun Sep 6, 06:44 7
      - do you have one of those EB Games cards that give the discounts? -- nm - Beaker Sep 6, 06:46 6
        
        I have a Gold version, so that's 5% off. -- nm - Shaun Sep 6, 06:48 5
        
        giggity. do you need the card or would just the number work? cause I can remember numbers... -- nm - Beaker Sep 6, 06:49 4
        
        They usually scan it so I don't know if they'd accept the number. -- nm - Shaun Sep 6, 06:52 3
        
        heh, no worries :0 -- nm - Beaker Sep 6, 06:53 2
        
        If you go there often enough, you can buy the Platinum version for $14.99 which gives you 10% off for a year. -- nm - Shaun Sep 6, 06:56
        
        From the site: - Shaun Sep 6, 06:54
CCP Games to be acquired by Pearl Abyss, makers of Black Desert Online as an independent subsidiary -- (link) - oblique Sep 6, 06:32 3
- So Black Desert Mobile was Korean exclusive but will go global in 2019? -- nm - SyrDragon Sep 6, 06:47
- is this good or bad news ? -- nm - decline Sep 6, 06:32 1
  - Sounds good? They go from being owned by investors to being owned by a gaming company. It feels a little bit to me like Activision buying Blizzard -- nm - oblique Sep 6, 06:35
Philly Philly -- (link) - decline Sep 6, 06:31 4
- Never stops being funny. -- nm - Baronarama Sep 6, 06:46 1
  - Needs to be juxtaposed with NE trying a similar play in an earlier drive and failing miserably. -- nm* - znufrii, promoted Sep 6, 06:56
- God, what a fun game that was. - Will Hunting, King of Blood Feud Sep 6, 06:38 1
  - *looks off into the distance* -- nm - Malcolm Butler Sep 6, 06:39
Dolores O'Riordan died from drowning. -- (link) - Shaun Sep 6, 06:21 1
- :( -- nm - Andie Sep 6, 06:22
Today is one of my favourite work days. It's company golf tournament day, and every year I volunteer to 'stay behind'. Because (A) I hate golf, and - Andie Sep 6, 06:09 16
- how does one hate golf? - groiny Sep 6, 06:48 9
  - I can see hating watching it, but hating to participate? Inconceivable -- nm - crash davis Sep 6, 07:03
  - even just driving the cart around and drinking is a nice day of fresh air -- nm - Beaker Sep 6, 06:50 5
    - but, see i don't need to golf to go outdoors and have a drink... -- nm - Andie Sep 6, 06:53 4
      - on company time? -- nm - crash davis Sep 6, 07:08
      - you can come to my pergola!!! -- nm - amanda Sep 6, 07:07 1
        
        soooooooooo much better than golfing. -- nm - Andie Sep 6, 07:22
      - Andie is our lodestar. -- nm - Baronarama Sep 6, 06:53
  - too much standing around. i'm bad at it. just seems... dull. -- nm - Andie Sep 6, 06:49 1
    - mostly relaxing, unless you are like me, and it stresses me out - groiny Sep 6, 06:56
- but you're probably missing out on winning a gazillion prizes -- nm - decline Sep 6, 06:26 2
  - yesterday's win! - Andie Sep 6, 06:27 1
    - Woot!! -- nm - Epiphany Sep 6, 06:29
- andie/amanda haiku - mud Sep 6, 06:20 1
  - THIS IS THE BEST ST HAIKU EVER. -- nm - amanda Sep 6, 06:45
- rifle through their desks for snacks, pron and booze -- nm - Beaker Sep 6, 06:10
I'm looking forward to the inevitable Jennifer Garner action sequel, Wint-O-Green -- nm - prayformojo Sep 6, 05:50 3
- Doublemint -- nm - Roger More Sep 6, 05:54 2
  - "2oublemint" -- nm - Andie Sep 6, 06:03 1
    - excellent -- nm - prayformojo Sep 6, 06:06
I just realized that Fox could have ditched Joe Buck on TNF, but they kept him ON PURPOSE. Ughhh. - colin Sep 6, 05:43
I have zero meetings today and all three people who could be considered my "supervisor" are out. am I leaving early? -- nm - amanda Sep 6, 05:35 5
- don't even go in. -- nm - colin Sep 6, 05:42 4
  - already here. -- nm - amanda Sep 6, 05:47 3
    - turn around, and go grab pancakes at a diner -- nm - decline Sep 6, 06:04 1
      - god, we don't have diners here. we have the waffle shop, which is an overpriced corporate-ish version with terrible food that preys on alums' desire - amanda Sep 6, 07:01
    - rifle through their desks for snacks, pron and booze -- nm - Beaker Sep 6, 05:49
ST PSA: Do you have a Synchrony Amazon store card? It might be charging you a fee without you realizing it. Read this... -- (link) - Krusty Sep 6, 05:26 5
- anyone who doesn't look at their card statements monthly to ensure this isn't happening is partially to blame for years of erroneous charges. -- nm - amanda Sep 6, 05:33 4
  - sorry -- to ensure "things like this" aren't happening. random fees. 35 cents in interest applied erroneously. etc. -- nm - amanda Sep 6, 05:34 3
    - yeah, I always check my statements. The one time I was a little late paying off and got charged interest I called and they reversed for me - Beaker Sep 6, 06:02 1
      - I was having a really sh*tty day once last fall and happened to notice that citi had erroneously charged me $1.35 in interest. I took my sh*tty day - amanda Sep 6, 07:07
    - Agreed. -- nm - Krusty Sep 6, 05:59
Because huh: Al Roker to join the Broadway cast of Waitress. -- nm - MDH Sep 6, 05:02
#PassThePasty: How a Cornish pasty gripped the nation (I'm hungry now, time for lunch). -- (link) - LMS Sep 6, 04:53 14
- that's really cute! -- nm - Andie Sep 6, 06:05
- That's great! I wouldn't eat one but I hope she liked it. I love things like this that gets so many people involved in something for fun. -- nm - Krusty Sep 6, 05:23 12
  - WTF? Why wouldn’t you have one? It’s meat and veg wrapped in pastry! It’s an English calzone! -- nm - Roger More Sep 6, 05:57 11
    - My problem, and I know it is my own weird hang up, is I don't like potatoes in my "sandwiches" (and it is a trend here now) - crash davis Sep 6, 07:07
    - by the way thanks for the Toronto restaurant recommendations, my boss who hasn't been before is flying in right now. -- nm - LMS Sep 6, 06:06 2
      - He’s not bringing you? Boo! -- nm - Roger More Sep 6, 06:08 1
        
        (She), no can't waste licence fee payers money sending me there to help her. Got to help the other lawyers with some deal closures. -- nm* - LMS Sep 6, 06:15
    - Yeah, that doesn't sound tasty to me. I don't like beef patties and this sounds similar but with bigger pieces of meat. -- (edited) - Krusty Sep 6, 06:01 6
      - do you eat hamburgers? (meat in bread.) -- nm - Andie Sep 6, 06:02 5
        
        Sure but that doesn't seem like the same thing as those pasties. - Krusty Sep 6, 06:09 4
        
        The texture of these is a little different because of the potato and other root veg. But like what you like. -- nm - Roger More Sep 6, 06:14
        
        They come in a variety of fillings though, it's a lot of pastry mainly (to make the portable) -- nm - LMS Sep 6, 06:13 2
        
        I bet I could find one that I like but I'm a terrible eater with no sense of adventure with food. -- nm - Krusty Sep 6, 06:17 1
        
        If you don't like savoury pie, you probably won't like these either. It's a lot of stodge and very filling. -- nm - LMS Sep 6, 06:22
Sooooo, no Rio 3. -- (link) - Reagen Sep 6, 04:36
NFL: set your FF teams, get your pick 'ems and Survivors in. - Beaker Sep 6, 04:31 2
- GEAUX SAINTS -- nm - Strongbad Sep 6, 04:52
- ST Survivor and Pick 'em details here for Yahoo. -- (link) - Beaker Sep 6, 04:36 [Backboard]
NFL Rumors: Cowboys have offered Seattle a 2nd round pick for Earl Thomas, and SEA has declined. -- nm - Strongbad Sep 6, 03:33
The Nun 50% (14/14), Peppermint nsy, Mandy 97% (37/1) -- nm - Beaker Sep 6, 03:21
TV PSA: Jersey Shore, Falcons vs Eagles, Big Brother, Flip or Flop, Match Game, Queen of the South, Snowfall, Take Two, Shooter, other stuff -- nm - Beaker Sep 6, 03:20 3
- Save Me (Starz OnDemand) and I Love You, America (Hulu, 3:01 a.m.) -- nm - Beaker Sep 6, 06:26
- Additional future PSA: a lot of news shows starting Sunday night. -- nm - Beaker Sep 6, 04:41
- UK gets Press, Outlander, other stuff, but wishes they didn't have to wait another 3 days for Bodyguard -- nm - LMS Sep 6, 04:14
Roy Moore sues Sasha Baron Cohen, he waved a 'pedophile detector' over him as part of his bit and of course it beeped.... -- (link) - zeitgeist Sep 6, 01:28
CRISIS! I can't get to the NYT crossword page. -- nm - mafic Sep 6, 01:05 1
- *whew* it's back. that was a long three minutes. -- nm - mafic Sep 6, 01:07
Consensual gay sex is no longer a crime in India -- nm - zork Sep 5, 23:59 1
- I'm sure there are still another dozen or so bad laws on the books leftover from Colonial British rule -- nm - peglegpete Sep 6, 00:44
Statcast says that Trevor Story hit the longest homer they ever recorded, 505 feet. - David Sep 5, 23:14
Fire closes I5 in Redding, evacuations, 1,000 acres burned in 5 hours.... -- (link) - zeitgeist Sep 5, 23:04
Lawrence O'Donnell MSNBC last word lays out argument that it is Dan Coats, the wording, praise for his favorite targets and his department -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 5, 22:49 1
- yeah he made a very strong case for it being him, using the process of elimination. I was convinced. -- nm - mud Sep 6, 06:08
Finished The Americans. Really liked the ending (Spoilers) - Amoxy Sep 5, 22:37
Could Kavanaugh get disbarred for lying under oath to congress and impeached from the bench? -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 5, 22:01 2
- not easily. It'd have to turn out to be he's an ex-Nazi or serial killer level of what he is lying about. -- nm - peglegpete Sep 5, 22:08 1
  - So, you’re saying there’s a chance? -- nm - znufrii, promoted Sep 6, 04:22
If you think Nike took a risk...check out Levis statement about guns.... -- (link) - zeitgeist Sep 5, 21:24
"What is the word choice that would give you away as the author of an anonymous op-ed?" - Beryllium Sep 5, 21:15 11
- "there were early whispers within the cabinet that the president harbored a dollop of poop where most people have a brain." nm - Dignan Sep 6, 05:46 1
  - "He kept insisting on being called Wicked Awesome New Guy. So, wang for short?" -- nm - Inigo Sep 6, 06:02
- "totally." -- nm - amanda Sep 6, 05:36
- "Skipper" or "not my monkeys not my circus" -- nm* - Beaker Sep 6, 03:17
- you should machine learning this shit. - mafic Sep 5, 22:52
- Naw I have used the word several, several times in the last several hours -- nm - Bacon Sep 5, 22:18 2
  - I 'guess' a lot. 26 times in the subject line in 2 months. -- nm - Meg Sep 5, 22:23 1
    - 7% of total usage of that word, including 'poll' threads. -- nm - Meg Sep 5, 22:31
- There's a project - do a search of one-use words in ST history and see who posted them. -- nm - Max Sep 5, 21:55 2
  - "Lego" -- nm - Mop Sep 5, 22:59
  - Tesla spoken 1 trillion times by TWUG since May -- nm - Bacon Sep 5, 22:16
wiggums, if you're still around - crash davis Sep 5, 21:08
Hey peglegpete, your posted on B2 about the Christian Basilica is invalidated by the following... - Mop Sep 5, 21:02 1
- if only the article's writer knew that beforehand :((( -- nm - peglegpete Sep 5, 21:08
Guess this is a game park that will *not* be going on my bucket list. My Mojo doing this is bad enough..... -- (link) - Meg Sep 5, 20:52 2
- comeon, he'd only eat one of them...think of the epic videos you'd get -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 6, 01:25
- yeow -- nm - prayformojo Sep 5, 20:58

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