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Goat Meat Could Save Our Food System, But We're Too Afraid To Eat It -- (link) - ty97 Oct 11, 16:01 1
- Like lamb, the 'kids' are ok but an old goat is like mutton...pork is still the most cost effective besides chickens - zeitgeist Oct 11, 20:08
TV PSA: Eagles/Giants, Grey's Anatomy, Jersey Shore, Supernatural, Superstore, BBT, Good PLace, Young Sheldon, Flip or Flop, Will & Grace, Station 19, -- nm - Beaker Oct 11, 15:45 1
- Mom, I Feel Bad, Murphy Brown, L&O SVU, HTGAWM, SWAT, other stuff -- nm - Beaker Oct 11, 15:45
I just heard an ad on the radio for a concert next year featuring NKOTB, Salt-n-Pepa, Tiffany, Debbie Gibson, and Naughty By Nature - crash davis Oct 11, 15:44 15
- When I heard that ad, I looked around to see if I was actually in a hot tub. -- nm - Chez Baronnaise Oct 11, 15:53 1
  - Seriously not literally.....wouldn't you know if you were in a hot tub? -- nm - ty97 Oct 11, 15:59
- Salt-n-Pepa would be fine. -- nm - Qale Oct 11, 15:50
- [throws cold water in yr face] get a hold of yourself, man! -- nm - mud Oct 11, 15:49 1
  - but I might be able to enter some wormhole there and time travel back to the early 90s -- nm - crash davis Oct 11, 15:50
- a friends comment to me when she heard of this tour - ty97 Oct 11, 15:46 9
  - Would you really want to go to that concert? -- nm - Krusty Oct 11, 15:50 4
    - I kind of do as I want see Debbie Gibson -- (link) - JD Oct 11, 15:53 2
      - oh, nice lineup - ty97 Oct 11, 15:55
      - The Bangles! I used to have a crush on Ms. Hoffs -- nm - crash davis Oct 11, 15:54
    - I'd love to see Debbie and Tiffany, would be happy to see Salt-N-Pepa again, was never much into NKOTB - ty97 Oct 11, 15:52
  - my thoughts "I can cross all of them off my lifetime list at once! I wonder if Tiffany is still hot?" -- nm - crash davis Oct 11, 15:48 3
    - I saw Tiffany at the Whiskey A Go-Go last year and was really impressed by her singing -- nm - JD Oct 11, 15:51 2
      - I saw a video of her live once and was shocked. -- (edited) - ty97 Oct 11, 15:53
      - I remember us discussing whether you should go on this board. I have the Whiskey A Go-Go on my lifetime list too -- nm - crash davis Oct 11, 15:52
Best Buy has the Pixel 3 out to toy with. I’m not interested in the XL, but the regular one was pretty damn sexy. -- nm - Qale Oct 11, 15:39
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I think Shallows is the best movie song since Falling Slowly. -- nm - David Oct 11, 15:19 30
- And then they follow it later with one of the worst things I've ever heard. - the wrong element, bad guy Oct 11, 15:43 7
  - Do not badmouth Sex and Candy -- nm - rollo Oct 11, 15:45 2
    - Does saying that it makes me briefly envious of deaf people qualify? -- nm - the wrong element, bad guy Oct 11, 15:50
    - I am oddly protective of Marcy Playground - Reagen Oct 11, 15:46
  - Yeah, there was oddly terrible music in that film, but three of the songs were sublime. -- nm - David Oct 11, 15:44 3
    - I think that's on purpose? spoilers? - JD Oct 11, 15:49
    - My question is (spoiler) - the wrong element, bad guy Oct 11, 15:47 1
      - My take - rollo Oct 11, 15:51
- what movie? -- nm - prayformojo Oct 11, 15:27 21
  - ASIB -- nm - ty97 Oct 11, 15:32 20
    - . -- (link) - ty97 Oct 11, 15:37 [youtube] 1
      - Already dead -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 11, 16:17
    - (I'm praising a song that's half-GaGa. -- nm - David Oct 11, 15:36 17
      - I know a cry for help when I see one. -- nm - Reagen Oct 11, 15:38
      - 75% Gaga -- nm - ty97 Oct 11, 15:38 15
        
        Who taught you math? -- nm - David Oct 11, 15:43 7
        
        He has one verse solo, the rest is all her (with him backing her up) -- nm - ty97 Oct 11, 15:47 2
        
        So, to you, Half and Half is Three Quarters? -- nm - David Oct 11, 16:00 1
        
        If a recipe calls for one part of ingredient A and three parts are ingredient B is it a 50/50 split? -- nm - ty97 Oct 11, 16:02
        
        I would have shortcutted it with ((gaga/cooper) - 1)*100 -- nm - prayformojo Oct 11, 15:45 2
        
        *golf clap* -- nm - crash davis Oct 11, 15:57
        
        o.m.g. -- nm - rollo Oct 11, 15:45
        
        seems about right ... she did all the lyrics and the melody and he just did the arrangement -- nm - rollo Oct 11, 15:44
        
        side note: I haven't seen the movie yet but I think she looks amazing in the trailer. -- nm - ty97 Oct 11, 15:38
        
        Goo Goo Dolls should do a song with Lady Gaga. Goo Goo Gaga -- nm - Bacon Oct 11, 15:38 5
        
        I haven't wanted a tour this much since I wanted Tonic to tour with the Gin Blossoms. -- nm - Tim Oct 11, 15:41 3
        
        What about Airborne Toxic Event opening for Widespread Panic? -- nm - rollo Oct 11, 15:42 2
        
        jj and the xx -- nm - Reagen Oct 11, 15:46 1
        
        Cigarettes After Sex and The Smoking Popes -- nm - rollo Oct 11, 15:48
        
        I do love me some Johnny Rzeznik. -- nm - Qale Oct 11, 15:40
Medieval re-enactor dies from a freak accident by impaling himself with his lance -- (link) - peglegpete Oct 11, 15:18 2
- Actually, I'm feeling much better. -- nm - Medieval re-enactor Oct 11, 15:20 1
  - As a Monty Python joke I give this an L2, but as a "Freed from being a medieval re-enactor" joke, I give it an L4. -- nm - Max Oct 11, 15:40
Shaun alert: EB Games $5 Fridays (nothing of interest to me) -- (link) - Beaker Oct 11, 14:49 2
- Awful week. -- nm - Shaun Oct 11, 15:19
- poor Zarya -- nm - groiny Oct 11, 14:51
the Vegas Golden Knights curs-ed themselves. -- (link) - Reagen Oct 11, 14:47 1
- they're just making the odds better for the locals who want to bet on them winning the Stanley Cup this season -- nm - peglegpete Oct 11, 14:56
in This Week in Goddammit: Percentage of young U.S. children who don’t receive any vaccines has quadrupled since 2001 -- (link) - prayformojo Oct 11, 14:37 9
- You want to talk evil, the people targeting immigrant communities with anti-vax propaganda fit that to a T. -- nm - Reagen Oct 11, 14:41
- I am going to start an iron-lung manufacturing facility and corner the market before it explodes. -- nm - Bacon Oct 11, 14:40
- None is this crap happened when we had leased gasoline. -- nm - Roger More Oct 11, 14:39 6
  - Personally, I blame HDTV. -- nm - Reagen Oct 11, 14:42 4
    - It's all Collinsworth, I tell you -- nm - prayformojo Oct 11, 14:44 3
      - I love that most of the time he says something, Al Micheals is silent, probably with his mouth open - amoxy Oct 11, 15:21
      - That guy is so annoying. -- nm - Joe Buck Oct 11, 15:16
      - I think we need to put a Targaryen back in power. -- nm - peglegpete Oct 11, 15:06
  - I did that all the time but then the interest rates got really high. -- nm - Bacon Oct 11, 14:41
(trying to make sense of the board-) whoa! I was just taking a shot at Hannity types and double standards. - Max Oct 11, 14:29
High level of fundraising engagement from small donors for Democrats -- (link) - con_carne Oct 11, 14:26
Ace Frehley fires long time back up band, hires Gene Simmons' back up band. -- (link*) - peglegpete Oct 11, 14:24 1
- in 500 years, all that is going to be left is cockroaches and Kiss members. -- nm - groiny Oct 11, 14:34
brain dead math help please..... - groiny Oct 11, 14:22 16
- 79k is a 51% increase over 52k. 52k is a 34% decrease from 79k. -- nm - Max Oct 11, 14:36 3
  - thanks max, now fix your fucking shoe. - groiny Oct 11, 14:38 2
    - I feel like a hobo clown with this thing flopping around. -- nm - Max Oct 11, 14:45 1
      - if the shoe fits..... -- nm - groiny Oct 11, 14:51
- 33, 45, or 78 records? -- nm - peglegpete Oct 11, 14:25 2
  - 8 tracks, grandpa -- nm - groiny Oct 11, 14:26 1
    - 8 tracks are tapes, not records -- nm - peglegpete Oct 11, 14:31
- 51%. -- nm - Reagen Oct 11, 14:24 8
  - difference between the two values divided by the lower value, right? - prayformojo Oct 11, 14:29 4
    - It’s how we have done weekend drop calcs for 20 years. -- nm* - David Oct 11, 14:42
    - I stared blankly at the calculation for 10 minutes before asking here. -- nm - groiny Oct 11, 14:31
    - yes, but I just short cut it with ((new/old) - 1)*100 -- nm - Reagen Oct 11, 14:31 1 1
      - *favorites this post* -- nm - prayformojo Oct 11, 14:35
  - This is correct. -- nm - ty97 Oct 11, 14:25
  - good god man, my brain shut off an hour ago -- nm - groiny Oct 11, 14:25 1
    - admittedly I do math and chemistry for fun. -- nm - Reagen Oct 11, 14:55
Yahoo -- (link) - ty97 Oct 11, 14:17
WWE: Kevin Owens out for an indefinite amount of time with a knee injury. - Tim Oct 11, 14:16 3
- (My main issue with the Saudi Arabia shows is that they’re shown on the Network and treated as official PPV’s.) - Tim Oct 11, 14:19
- bummer....CJ is going to be bummed -- nm - Remlik Oct 11, 14:18 1
  - I hope it’s not super serious, he and Sami are going to get huge cheers when they come back. -- nm - Tim Oct 11, 14:22
Also: it would seem that with disasters like Michael, the insurance company would be lobbying very heavily in favor of climate change initiatives. - prayformojo Oct 11, 14:14
I think that a) Republicans absolutely have a victimhood racket going, b) sartorial choices in the WH are worth an eyeroll at worst but c) - Reagen Oct 11, 14:13 4
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- The answer *was* criticized. -- nm - ty97 Oct 11, 14:21 1
  - The initial response read as that it was a stupid thing to respond to. He was asked, if only indirectly. - Reagen Oct 11, 14:24
- also, there are long time Republicans who hold the view that voting for any Republican, in any race, is tantamount to supporting Trump - Reagen Oct 11, 14:17
Ryan Coogler to Write and Direct ‘Black Panther 2’ -- (link) - Remlik Oct 11, 14:11 1
- I would hope so. -- nm - Tim Oct 11, 14:12
Have we speculated on this? Does Kavanaugh get confirmed if McCain is still alive? -- nm - prayformojo Oct 11, 14:09 1
- Tough to guess. His speech on civility makes me think no, but I would guess his stance on innocent until proven guilty would've meant Yes. -- nm - Max Oct 11, 14:11
Am I wrong or does this person look like Waverly Earp? -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 11, 14:08
Graham Nash: no more CSN -- (link) - peglegpete Oct 11, 14:06 2
- because of David Crosby being a prick -- nm - Remlik Oct 11, 14:11
- Once they get into the HOF all they do is coast! -- nm - Max Oct 11, 14:06
Lindsay Buckingham files a lawsuit against Fleetwood Mac.... -- (link) - Remlik Oct 11, 14:01
Megan Draper, you melt my heart -- (link) - amoxy Oct 11, 13:59 [youtube]
"Hulu said more than 65 million hours of “Seinfeld” were viewed on Hulu in 2017" - David Oct 11, 13:49 5
- How many for Mad About You? 12 Emmys! Paul Reiser's gotta eat! -- nm - Max Oct 11, 13:57
- I wonder how much my friend Dave made off his residuals. -- nm - peglegpete Oct 11, 13:56 1
  - not as much as Steve Bannon! -- nm - Remlik Oct 11, 14:01
- some people just want to watch the world burn -- nm - groiny Oct 11, 13:50
- That is a lot of wasted time - amoxy Oct 11, 13:50
Here is something we all can agree on -- (link) - amoxy Oct 11, 13:49 [youtube]
No, it is not intolerant to call out the intolerance of others. - Super Daddy Princess Oct 11, 13:46 9
- Agreed. The GOP is the asshole you stop inviting over because his behavior scares or demeans or disgusts the other guests - TWuG Oct 11, 14:06 1
  - I'm going through the same here. Hard to do, but trying to avoid Bolsominions as much as I can. - Marlowe Oct 11, 14:09
- I agree with your first statement, but I'm not quite getting the second one. - ReluctantCynic Oct 11, 13:55 6
  - I haven't told enough people to pound sand this week. I'll have to double up tomorrow. -- nm - Max Oct 11, 14:08
  - I am not znu, but if i were to guess it would be 'if you decide to stand there and defend unacceptable beliefs and I decide to not accept them, that -- (edited) - Andie Oct 11, 14:02 3
    - *Like* -- nm - amoxy Oct 11, 14:46
    - Exactly this. -- nm - Super Daddy Princess Oct 11, 14:24
    - Ah ... okay. Thanks! Makes total sense. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Oct 11, 14:13
  - get to the znu translator, stat!!!! -- nm - groiny Oct 11, 13:56
WWE took $50 Mil from the Saudis for the 1st PPV...they're looking at even more money now...but should they since the Saudi assassinated a journalis.. -- (link) - Remlik Oct 11, 13:43
Joe Walsh talks politics, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, and that guitarist Link Wray deserves induction -- (link*) - peglegpete Oct 11, 13:40
Put me in the like column for Venom - con_carne Oct 11, 13:34 3
- Put me in the I won't see it, see groiny I am all grown up now column for Venom. (NM) - Marlowe Oct 11, 14:11 2
  - Transformers Bumble Bee looks like a must watch. -- nm - Remlik Oct 11, 14:13 1
    - It’s just more Robot-Oscar-bait. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 11, 14:21
Incredibles 2 and Christopher Robin are also up for preorder over on uvdigitalnow.com -- nm - JaxSean Oct 11, 13:31
Since everything is batshit-political today, here's a fun one: the US government is still kidnapping children. -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 11, 13:31 12
- adoption fees baby!!!! - groiny Oct 11, 13:41
- It's not kidnapping, it's a human resources loan. -- nm - Max Oct 11, 13:40
- (And to be fair, I'm pretty sure this situation also happened under obama - but the current administration very clearly wants to ratchet it up) -- nm - Beryllium Oct 11, 13:32 3
  - right, and gun control was a problem under Obama as well. - groiny Oct 11, 13:33 2
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      - Yes, I also know this story too. - groiny Oct 11, 13:37
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  - Who said I was trying to help? -- nm - Beryllium Oct 11, 13:32 4
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      - “I put the the fires out.” “You made them WORSE!” ... “Worse ... or BETTER?” -- nm - Beryllium Oct 11, 13:36 2
        
        ~we didn't start the fire~ -- nm - Bery Joel si Oct 11, 13:40 1
        
        WELL THATS MY HALLOWEEN COSTUME SOLVED! -- nm - Beryllium Oct 11, 14:06
Relevant to today. -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 11, 13:28 [youtube]
eyeroll -- nm - mud Oct 11, 13:25 1
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