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From 7am to 8am, it got 5mph stronger. It's 45mph stronger than yesterday - Will Hunting Oct 10, 05:58
Hurricane Michael is now a Cat 4, 145mph sustained winds, pressure at 933mb, moving north at 13mph. It's going to devastate the coastline - decline Oct 10, 05:56
Lana Del Ray to Azalea Banks : come at me, bro -- (link) - Reagen Oct 10, 05:53 2
- I can't stand Lana Del Ray, but Azalea Banks destroyed all potential she once possessed, and she's been grasping at straws for years -- nm - MDH Oct 10, 05:58 1
  - Yeah if I'm picking a side in this it's, "*Chelsea Peretti groan* Lana, I guess" -- nm - Reagen Oct 10, 06:00
Cobra Kai - B - It was a fun take on the Karate Kid series, but poor acting, and cheesy writing hurt it in the end. -- nm - Inigo Oct 10, 05:48
Trump's Tariffs lead to layoffs at Ford after $1 billion in losses -- (link) - TWuG Oct 10, 05:20 4
- I'm sure the tariffs have hurt them, but it sounds like Ford is blaming poor sales overall on the tariffs. - Inigo Oct 10, 05:47 1
  - Others probably are. -- nm - TWuG Oct 10, 05:53
- So Michigan and Missouri lose jobs. Sigh. -- nm - MDH Oct 10, 05:36 1
  - Womp Womp - Jovian Oct 10, 07:43
How does one screw up an order of black coffee? - Reagen Oct 10, 05:16 1
- By ordering it at McDonalds. -- nm - Qale Oct 10, 05:22
After years of struggling, Sears is now on the brink of bankruptcy (nmbl) - Brian Oct 10, 05:04 2
- has anyone ever thought they'd come out of it? -- nm* - Andie Oct 10, 05:54 1
  - there was some talk that when they sold off Craftsman and with their real estate holdings they could pull it off, but now they are just headed to the - decline Oct 10, 05:58
Michael Bloomberg has officially registered as a Democrat. -- nm - MDH Oct 10, 05:01 6
- 2 billionaires enter, 1 billionaire leaves? -- nm - Strongbad Oct 10, 05:29 4
  - Who’s the other one? -- nm - Super Daddy Princess Oct 10, 06:19 1
    - Trump? -- (link) - Strongbad Oct 10, 07:00
  - He's better than what we've got though I'd prefer someone else. -- nm - Reagen Oct 10, 05:30 1
    - Yup. -- nm - Krusty Oct 10, 05:40
- *extremely Dave Weigel voice* -- nm - Reagen Oct 10, 05:15
This is where I need ty97: I'm connecting at ORD today, and am not sure if I should find an alternative route due to the storms! -- nm - MDH Oct 10, 04:57
Well, it finally hit the news. Husband of a co-worker of mine was on his bike over the weekend. Broken neck after a collision with a pickup truck. -- (link) - Strongbad Oct 10, 04:47 11
- Terrible, but glad the video got the guy. -- nm - MDH Oct 10, 05:37
- It's idiot driving and the footage should see him charged. But - Karl_S Oct 10, 05:25
- There’s a new law here that you have to give cyclists at least 1m of space when passing under 60km/h, and 1.5m over that. - mafic Oct 10, 05:22 5
  - same -- nm - Beaker Oct 10, 06:27
  - I like the dudes attaching pool noodles sticking out from their bikes. -- nm - Reagen Oct 10, 05:43
  - Same here, but 3 feet. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 10, 05:28 2
    - That's approximately the same. -- nm - Reagen Oct 10, 05:29 1
      - We get like 8.6 extra centimetres! Suck it once again, imperial system! -- nm - mafic Oct 10, 05:42
- I'm thinking of getting a cam to protect myself from crazies and bad drivers as well -- nm - Guigue Oct 10, 05:16
- Yikes. - Super Daddy Princess Oct 10, 05:13
- Damn, effin people. Ugh -- nm - CQ Oct 10, 05:11
I'm not sure why, but sites like Accuweather and Weather.com are unfathomably slow anytime I go and check them. - Will Hunting Oct 10, 04:43 6
- They seem to have tons of ads and videos on every page. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Oct 10, 06:14
- I switched to Wunderground some time ago. -- nm - Chez Baronnaise Oct 10, 06:03 1
  - Their ap is a little buggy and sometimes it has trouble finding cities, but yes. -- nm - Reagen Oct 10, 06:10
- Use dark sky. -- (link*) - amanda Oct 10, 05:10
- They have like 80 billion trackers embedded. -- nm - Reagen Oct 10, 04:58
- They really are trash sites. -- nm - Qale Oct 10, 04:45
I agree. Angel Hernandez is a disgrace. -- nm - CQ Oct 10, 04:03 2
- Him, Laz Diaz and a few others need to go away from baseball for good. Hernandez is going to lose his suit against MLB because of series like this - Krusty Oct 10, 05:48 1
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Hurricane Michael - 5 day cone -- (pic) - Strongbad Oct 10, 03:56 [Attachment] 1
- Tropical Storm-level wind %'s for the next 48 hours -- (pic) - Strongbad Oct 10, 03:59 [Attachment]
It was a 3 way battle at the UK box office last weekend between Venom, A Star is Born and Johnny English Strikes Again. ASIB came 3rd. -- (link*) - LMS Oct 10, 03:37
TV PSA: Chicago Fire, Med & PD, Empire, Rivderdale, Survivor, Goldbergs, American Housewife, All American, Modern Family, NOVA, Real HW, SEAL Team, -- nm - Beaker Oct 10, 03:09 2
- Star, A Million Little Things, Single Parents, AHS Apocalpyse, Black Ink Crew, Criminal Minds, South Park, Property Brothers, Always Sunny in Philadelphia -- (edited) - Beaker Oct 10, 03:10 1
  - Proprietary Brothers. -- nm - Qale Oct 10, 04:46
NO winner in mega millions, Friday draw expected to be 550m ...I'll check out tix late morning to see if we have any carry over -- (link*) - zeitgeist Oct 10, 01:14
oh, I hope this spoils his reelection chances ... oh wait, he's probably not up for reelection this year, is he? -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 10, 00:25
Better Call Saul season finale spoiler ...... - Beryllium Oct 9, 23:44 5
- Kim horror as Jimmy reveals just how deeply shallow and Saul-like he really is, emmy worthy, reminds me of the Godfather ending.... -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 9, 23:46 2
  - spoils - Beryllium Oct 9, 23:51
  - And cinematography. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 9, 23:50
- *unpauses the last ten seconds* actual spoiler - Beryllium Oct 9, 23:45 1
  - we all knew who he was, kim thought it was an act, but now the sociopath was revealed..... - zeitgeist Oct 9, 23:52
Bitcoin defined via AARP ... -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 9, 22:37 1
- Ooh ooh - now do "millenials" -- nm - rollo Oct 10, 06:23
Tonight i may have spent too many minutes glancing at words that end in “-ant” for making ant man jokes. - Beryllium Oct 9, 22:05 6
- any more bad Scott Lang jokes, and you will become an irritant, man! -- nm - peglegpete Oct 9, 23:12 1
  - My humour is so dry I might as well be desiccant-man. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 9, 23:18
- Scott Lang wearing a firefighter turnout gear: fire retardant-man. -- nm* - . Oct 9, 22:33 2
  - Scott Lang starting fires: conflagrant-man -- nm - Beryllium Oct 9, 22:34 1
    - Scott Lang wearing cologne: fragrant-man -- nm - . Oct 9, 23:32
- Scott Lang cleaning his bathroom: Disinfectant-man. Scott Lang eats at Denny's: Restaurant-Man. -- (edited) - Flavorize Oct 9, 22:11
Woohoo -- nm - Bacon Oct 9, 20:34
I just saw something that I know Crash will stumble into and post here in five days or so. -- nm - David Oct 9, 20:24 4
- Charmed on the CW? -- nm - peglegpete Oct 9, 20:31 3
  - Wait. They rebooted Charmed? -- nm - Mop Oct 9, 21:29 1
    - yes and the premiere episode is this weekend. there was an ad in tonight's Flash episode -- nm* - peglegpete Oct 9, 21:45
  - Also yes. -- nm - David Oct 9, 20:41
Red Sox do not choke it away -- nm - Bacon Oct 9, 20:19 4
- I had $50 on Boston-1.5 at +215. - Name Withheld by Request Oct 9, 20:37 3
  - I won a $100 gift card at a baseball shop by guessing the score, so I liked that last inning! :) -- nm - Guigue Oct 9, 20:45
  - So. Close -- nm - Bacon Oct 9, 20:39 1
    - I am furious at that mess. I won the Under 9 but was actively hoping for a walk-off just to punish that BS. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Oct 9, 20:41
I have 100% flipped on Gritty. He's perfect. -- (link) - Reagen Oct 9, 19:59 6
- He's Cousin Eddie to the Phanatic's Clarke -- nm - rollo Oct 10, 06:25
- He's a national treasure -- nm - decline Oct 10, 05:53
- Deadspin sold me immediately. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Oct 9, 20:07
- We get the mascots we deserve. -- nm - znufrii Oct 9, 20:02
- Those googly eyes -- nm - prayformojo Oct 9, 20:01
- He's like an evil dimension version of John Goodman. -- nm - Max Oct 9, 20:01
Of course this study was published in the journal PNAS. -- (link) - Dano Oct 9, 19:20 2
- PZAS declined to publish it? -- nm - Mop Oct 9, 20:41
- I would have loved to see how they recruited volunteers for that study. nm - ralph wiggum Oct 9, 19:38
Anyone here with Amazon Prime willing to lend me their phone number so I can buy my sister deodorant at 30% off? -- nm* - . Oct 9, 19:16 7
- Sure. - ReluctantCynic Oct 9, 19:20 6
  - Thanks! - . Oct 9, 20:08 2
    - Well ... that's odd ... - ReluctantCynic Oct 9, 20:14 1
      - It may be the product wasn't actually in that sale. -- nm* - . Oct 9, 20:33
  - We aalso do not have sales tax, score -- nm - Bacon Oct 9, 19:22 2
    - We have slightly over 10%, my sister is cheap. There's a sale at WF. - . Oct 9, 19:27
    - *high five* -- nm - ReluctantCynic Oct 9, 19:24
B2: Reading (listening) the The Jekyll Revelation by Robert Masello. Listening to illuminati hotties - JD Oct 9, 19:04
I was thinking earlier today that there isn’t a politician that comes to mind that I would pay money to see speak. Clinton? Obama? Trudeau? Harper? - Beryllium Oct 9, 18:47 12
- Also The Vicente Fox Experience would be a blast. -- nm - Max Oct 9, 20:45 1
  - We will not pay for that fucking watchtower -- nm - Vicente Fox Experience Oct 9, 23:04
- Jimmy Carter. -- nm - Max Oct 9, 20:45 1
  - I've paid him enough already. - ReluctantCynic Oct 9, 20:50
- there is something to personal charisma, decades ago I faked a press pass, went to the demo conv in san fran, hear Ted Kennedy speak, he was out then, - zeitgeist Oct 9, 20:36
- I'd pay money to see Sec. Madelaine Albright. In the past ... - ReluctantCynic Oct 9, 20:29 3
  - The bf was in a work meeting with her last week. He said she’s great. -- nm - MDH Oct 9, 20:41 2
    - I saw her give brief comments at a fundraiser in DC years ago. She spoke for just a few minutes, but was just amazing. - ReluctantCynic Oct 9, 20:47 1
      - She's another woman who likes to use brooches to send messages. I wonder if she ever discussed that with the queen. -- nm - . Oct 9, 20:55
- I’ve seen John Lewis and I’ll say that was something special. -- nm - MDH Oct 9, 20:15 1
  - Agreed. His office was the one that sponsored our WH tour many years ago, got to meet his staff. Amazing guy. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 10, 03:42
- I would Obama. Until recently, Clinton. -- nm - Spawn Oct 9, 18:48
First Man 88% (96/13), Bad Times at the El Royale 77% (36/11), Halloween 87% (53/8), The Happy Prince 74% (39/14), Goosebumps 2 nsy -- nm* - Beaker Oct 9, 18:39
This is extremely puerile, but when the song started playing while I had the gif open in a tab, I couldn’t help but try to sync it up -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 9, 18:36 1
- In addition to frigging imgur, frigging Spotify. And frigging lack of my own self control. -- nm* - Beryllium Oct 9, 18:38
My mother just revealed she is voting for Kemp. All is lost. -- nm - Qale Oct 9, 18:32 8
- She knows you’d be dating women if there just wasn’t a risk of you being accused of harassing them. -- nm - Mop Oct 9, 20:45
- For a minute, I thought you meant Jack Kemp. -- (link) - ReluctantCynic Oct 9, 19:24 6
  - Hemp? -- nm - zunk on edge Oct 9, 19:54
  - Isn't Grindr owned by Russians? -- nm - Qale Oct 9, 19:29 3
    - It was bought in 2016 by The Immortal Iron Fist - er, I mean, a Chinese company called Kunlun Group. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 10, 00:44 1
      - Ah Chinese. I knew it was bought a while back. -- nm - Qale Oct 10, 04:49
    - I dunno. Could be? -- nm - ReluctantCynic Oct 9, 19:42
  - Shawn Kemp -- nm - Bacon Oct 9, 19:26
Hurricane Michael: Recon pass reported 949 mb with winds around 130 mph. -- nm* - budice Oct 9, 18:19 15
- That's not good -- nm - decline Oct 9, 18:30
- So. Yeah. My dad did not evacuate. - Spawn Oct 9, 18:26 13
  - TAPS. My sister's family did the same thing last year, we were scared to death. - Strongbad Oct 10, 03:55
  - Where? -- nm - Bacon Oct 9, 18:39 9
    - PC Beach. Two blocks inland. -- nm - Spawn Oct 9, 18:46 8
      - Yikes -- nm - Bacon Oct 9, 19:21
      - isn't that like, ground zero? -- nm - mud Oct 9, 18:50 6
        
        Yup. No stores opened today and Walmart (24 hour) closed at 10am. -- nm - Spawn Oct 9, 18:55 5
        
        Their house is higher than second story. I mean, they built in around the pier supports on the ground level but their house is second+ (and third+) - Spawn Oct 9, 18:57 4
        
        Good thoughts out to ya and your dad. -- nm - Flavorize Oct 9, 22:07
        
        best wishes for your dad -- nm - Remlik Oct 9, 20:12
        
        The storm surge will be insane. -- nm - Qale Oct 9, 19:35
        
        [crosses fingers] good. -- nm - mud Oct 9, 18:59
  - Good wishes going his way. - Will Hunting Oct 9, 18:30 1
    - They have been there for the last few (30 years), but this looks bad. -- nm - Spawn Oct 9, 18:47
Also, this crazy dude! (nmblink) - ralph wiggum Oct 9, 18:09 18
- I regret to inform you that the shoeless acorn dude is just trolling. But the responses were still pretty funny regardless. nm - ralph wiggum Oct 10, 04:46
- Ha! Nope. “Could you all do something pointless and inconvenient for solely my benefit?” -- nm - mafic Oct 9, 22:16
- Peace and love brah. -- nm - CQ Oct 9, 19:24
- man...he's nuts. -- nm - Remlik Oct 9, 18:41
- Have... you tried competitive barefoot sweeping? -- nm - Ender Oct 9, 18:22
- what sort of idiot writes this shit? it's the fall and we are doing our normal thing by dropping acorns and changing colors. -- nm - the local trees Oct 9, 18:15 8
  - He reported the neighbors to the city for cyberbulling!! nm - ralph wiggum Oct 9, 18:23 7
    - the runner will slip and fall this winter but lose the lawsuit because of his record/pattern with the neighbors over everything. -- nm - peglegpete Oct 9, 19:12 3
      - ps he could run a different route -- nm - peglegpete Oct 9, 19:13 2
        
        HE COULD WEAR SHOES!!! nm - ralph wiggum Oct 9, 19:16 1
        
        Or just ride a bike until they're gone. - . Oct 9, 19:30
    - He wished his neighbors Peace and Love! -- nm - Max Oct 9, 18:33
    - it was just a coincidence that everyone took up competitive glass breaking at the same time -- nm - Beaker Oct 9, 18:26 1
      - you don't have to, the ground averages 10-20% glass as it is...tom sawyer would DIE if he ran around barefoot today -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 9, 20:53
- God damn squirrels -- nm - Beaker Oct 9, 18:14 2
  - Squirrel army, assemble! nm - ralph wiggum Oct 9, 18:15 1
    - nmb -- (pic) - prayformojo Oct 9, 18:20 [Attachment]
- Barefoot guy can go fuck himself. -- nm - Bacon Oct 9, 18:11

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