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UT Longhorns QB Shane Buechele has entered the NCAA transfer portal. Will be able to play 2 more years immediately since he's graduating in May 2019. -- nm* - Strongbad Jan 17, 10:29
I keep waiting for these to go very, very, very wrong -- (link) - prayformojo Jan 17, 10:20
So Kevin Hart is going to star in "Monopoly" directed by Tim Story... -- nm - MDH Jan 17, 10:20 6
- $5.66 and going up fast. -- nm - Roger More Jan 17, 10:26 1
  - Great, I picked this one up for 2 cents a while ago. -- nm - GregW Jan 17, 10:32
- I mean maybe someone can come up with a genius concept for this but it ain't Tim Story. -- nm - Reagen Jan 17, 10:23 3
  - I like him. His movies ain't that bad -- nm - con_carne Jan 17, 10:25 2
    - the fantastic four movies were so bland. Barbershop was excellent. -- nm - Remlik Jan 17, 10:27 1
      - He's my go to example of a total hack. -- nm - Reagen Jan 17, 10:29
I need a bottle opener. -- (link) - Shaun Jan 17, 10:18
Many federal websites aren't loading due to expired HTTPS certificates, which haven't been renewed during the U.S. government shutdown. -- (link) - decline Jan 17, 10:12
Ford is "working on" an all-electric F-150. Frankly, this isn't as big as the media seems to think it is. -- (link) - Mop Jan 17, 10:08 1
- since ford announced this week a hybrid Explorer, yes I think its a big deal. - tRuMaN Jan 17, 10:10
Oh look! Tim Cook wrote a piece about protecting our online privacy. -- (link) - Mop Jan 17, 10:06
LMAO -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 17, 10:01 15 1
- what the hell is Mexican dna? most of them have Spanish, Italian even Irish mix with indigenous native population. -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 17, 12:08
- Hilarious. But, please, god, don't let any of those people cross my path when i'm there next month. -- nm - Andie Jan 17, 10:29
- First time I've heard "Southern" pronounced that way. -- nm* - Ender Jan 17, 10:24
- This is fanfreakingtastic! (hahahaha, poor Betsy) -- nm - prayformojo Jan 17, 10:19
- HA! -- nm - Remlik Jan 17, 10:18
- won't play at work, is there a youtube copy somewhere? -- nm - Beaker Jan 17, 10:17 2
  - yep, here you go on their official channel -- (link) - Max Jan 17, 10:18 [youtube] 1
    - merci -- nm - Beaker Jan 17, 10:24
- Holy shit, that's fantastic - Reagen Jan 17, 10:15
- "You love your daughter, right?" "Yeah." "Did you know she lost her virginity to a Mexican?" "Uh" "So she had 100% Mexican DNA in her for a while." -- nm - Max Jan 17, 10:14 1
  - The dude sideeyeing his wife is amazing. -- nm - Reagen Jan 17, 10:18
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  - "0%." "I *knew it*!" -- nm - Reagen Jan 17, 10:19 1
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- It's the same as white supremacists freaking out about having African American ancestry. It lays bare America's anti-Mexico racism. -- nm - Mop Jan 17, 10:05
NBA Stat of the Day: James Harden has scored 57 and 58 in consecutive games, and his teammates have generated 0 assists from those points. - Strongbad Jan 17, 10:01 2
- Wow! Unreal---that beats the Klay Thompson scoring 41 points and only dribbling 4 times in a game -- nm - Flavorize Jan 17, 10:06
- he dribbles it up, dribbles around the outside then shoots while trying to draw a foul -- nm - Beaker Jan 17, 10:03
Law-talking types, is this actually a meaningful distinction, or is my sh!tty local blog being a pedantic dumbass? -- (link) - Super Daddy Princess Jan 17, 09:52 5
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  - Totally agree. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jan 17, 10:00
  - Thanks. - Super Daddy Princess Jan 17, 09:59
- What truly happened was the judge dismissed their underlying complaint but left the door open for them to refile the complaint again and make it a - Epiphany Jan 17, 09:57 1
  - Thanks. -- nm - Super Daddy Princess Jan 17, 10:01
Those of you into data visualization will love this. a new way to see population maps. Also... it's gonna make you feel VERY insignificant. -- (link) - Mop Jan 17, 09:50 1
- Look at you, Toronto, being all redder than Boston and DC. -- nm - Max Jan 17, 09:51
Whoa, I went up 2 spots on HSX yesterday. -- nm - Shaun Jan 17, 09:43 7
- I didn't move up, but had a solid day. I see you close Shaun! -- nm - MDH Jan 17, 10:19 1
  - 40M isn't close, but 3 back seems like it. -- nm - Shaun Jan 17, 10:22
- I went up 2 spots last week but I won't be going anywhere for a while. There's a couple of daytraders ahead of me. -- nm - Diva Jan 17, 09:47 4
  - How dare they! -- nm - Shaun Jan 17, 09:54 3
    - hey, if they got the time and care that much, more power to them. -- nm - Diva Jan 17, 09:57 2
      - True. I can't imagine how much time and effort it takes to be a proper day trader there. - Shaun Jan 17, 10:01 1
        
        ik, r? who has that kind of time? (and currently my bonds are a *mess*.) -- nm - Diva Jan 17, 10:11
Coming soon: Zoolander Funko Pops! -- (link) - Shaun Jan 17, 09:31 1
- the Chase is the pure winner imo -- nm - Beaker Jan 17, 09:32
Ex-Baylor frat president indicted on 4 counts of sex assault won't go to prison and won't be registered as a sex offender.. -- (link) - Remlik Jan 17, 09:31 4
- Schools I would never send my child to - Strongbad Jan 17, 09:56
- If you're so scared of losing that you plead out this case, you should resign as a DA. Don't want to lose another case like this? Do your job better. -- nm - Uhtred, son of Uhtred Jan 17, 09:54
- Wouldn't want to ruin his future. -- nm - Mop Jan 17, 09:49
- *likes* -- nm - POTUS Jan 17, 09:42
a painting possibly by Michelangelo has been stolen, days before experts were to authenticate it. -- (link) - peglegpete Jan 17, 09:28
Oof. Bird Box uses actual footage of the Lac Megantic rail explosion. -- nm - Reagen Jan 17, 09:09 26
- Not to be contrary, but isn't tons of the scenes we see in many movies about war/violence/terror attacks taken from actual news footage? -- nm - oblique Jan 17, 09:52 10
  - If it's "film that's specifically about the thing the footage is of" that's completely different than "thing we totally made up". -- nm - Reagen Jan 17, 09:57 9
    - I mean, look at any disaster movie showing people rioting, etc. Certainly not all that is staged for each movie making it? -- nm - oblique Jan 17, 10:09 2
      - Also, it should be noted that when looking for footage, we usually don't know when or where it's from. - Guigue Jan 17, 10:13 1
        
        I havent seen Bird Box but I'm pretty sure it's not about Lac Megantic. -- nm - mud Jan 17, 10:14
    - Right. If I'm going to see a film about 9/11, I expect to see actual footage of 9/11. nm - Uhtred, son of Uhtred Jan 17, 09:59 4
      - So I guess my assumption is (at a basic level), that is a recognizable event. But isn't that true of basically any event at some level. It is going - oblique Jan 17, 10:11 3
        
        Stock footage of a random tornado in the middle of nowhere isn't going to be noticed and likely no one would care. - Reagen Jan 17, 10:18 2
        
        But like I said up there, there's no easy way to know what the footage is exactly -- (edited) - Guigue Jan 17, 10:24 1
        
        Maybe that should start being part of it? -- nm - Reagen Jan 17, 10:28
    - What if it's "news broadcast in the context of increasing instability in the earth's core"? -- nm - Beryllium Jan 17, 09:58
- Spoiler! -- nm - Spawn Jan 17, 09:26
- I have to say, I can't see what the big deal is about -- (edited) - Guigue Jan 17, 09:12 12
  - Eh - i'm usually pretty open to "show what you want" but it makes me feel a little gross to think a movie would use footage of an actual tragedy - Uhtred, son of Uhtred Jan 17, 09:19 10
    - And yet it happens *all the time*. Often it's gonna be oversea, for a tragedy we're not really aware of, but is vastly cheaper - Guigue Jan 17, 09:40 9
      - And if I knew about it going in, I'd probably skip that film. nm - Uhtred, son of Uhtred Jan 17, 09:47
      - I would suggest this is something the vast majority doesn't know is happening. -- nm - Reagen Jan 17, 09:43 7
        
        If you browse stock footage site like Pond5, you'll find thousands of images from real life catastrophe for sale - Guigue Jan 17, 09:50 5
        
        I am... unsympathetic... to the cost issue. -- nm - Reagen Jan 17, 10:00 4
        
        Word. -- nm - Uhtred, son of Uhtred Jan 17, 10:12
        
        I just think it's a little weird no one bothered to do a news report on the issue before someone used images from something that happened close by - Guigue Jan 17, 10:06 2
        
        You're assuming "didn't care" when it's likely "didn't know". -- nm - Reagen Jan 17, 10:12 1
        
        I'm pretty sure TV stations and newspaper know the footage they buy from the same place can be used for commercial products - Guigue Jan 17, 10:20
        
        I suppose Vice is different because it's a biopic but it uses actual torture footage in the movie. Mile 22 types use that stuff frequently. -- nm - Max Jan 17, 09:45
  - If Roland Emmerich's next "blow up everybody" film used actual footage from 9/11 in a fictional context, he'd be *crucified*. -- nm - Reagen Jan 17, 09:16
- yeesh -- nm - mud Jan 17, 09:11
For fans of The Trip, there's going to be a 4th film/series, this time to Greece. -- (link) - LMS Jan 17, 09:05 5
- nice. Watched the Greece one and man that one felt super fake. -- nm - Remlik Jan 17, 09:27 2
  - Do you mean Spain? I think the Don Quixote metaphor wasn't really working, but it's really about the impressions. -- nm - LMS Jan 17, 09:33 1
    - How do you feel about Odyssey metaphors? -- nm - Roger More Jan 17, 10:18
- only seen the 1st, it's great. -- nm - mud Jan 17, 09:10 1
  - Here's the trailer for the 2nd (to Italy) -- (link) - LMS Jan 17, 09:34 [youtube]
On the flipside of freaking out over a snowflake, our new VP in Annapolis comes from Cedar Rapids, Iowa... -- (edited) - Inigo Jan 17, 08:45 13
- oof -- nm - prayformojo Jan 17, 10:02
- Single data point, no context... very much a "it's snowing outside, so there's no global warming" b.s. How is this person a VP? -- nm - Mop Jan 17, 09:55
- Here, we generally let the local school systems declare first and we'll follow a few hours later. - Strongbad Jan 17, 09:35 2
  - The county our building is in, and all surrounding counties were closed. -- nm - Inigo Jan 17, 09:39 1
    - Yeah, that's crazy. - Strongbad Jan 17, 09:42
- That is NOT the way for a new person to endear themselves to employees. -- nm - David Jan 17, 09:18
- I always tell my folks to use their judgement regarding weather. We are spread around the province so we can have different impacts -- nm - Beaker Jan 17, 09:07 1
  - On the prairies, nothing ever *closed* for snow but things sometimes moved slower. -- nm - Reagen Jan 17, 09:20
- It usually comes down to actually having the means to do something about it and not just the fact that people are scared. - Volnelk Jan 17, 09:05
- Our company did that too until the State Police shut them down. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 17, 08:53 2
  - Inigo! call the coppers on your VP -- nm - decline Jan 17, 08:54 1
    - They need a declared State of Emergency. - Will Hunting Jan 17, 09:04
- We've had that scenario than the news will show someone skid off into the lake on their way to work and things get changed. - Epiphany Jan 17, 08:46
John Wick 3 trailer. -- (link*) - Shaun Jan 17, 08:44 [youtube] 27
- Oooh, Matrix reunion. -- nm - Inigo Jan 17, 09:07 2
  - I think this gets a $60+ million opening. The buzz and mystique for these films just keeps getting bigger and bigger. -- nm - Inigo Jan 17, 09:14 1
    - It seems to have a very Austin Powers arc going for it. -- nm - Mop Jan 17, 09:19
- Go Dogs Go!! -- nm - Diva Jan 17, 09:04
- Trailer spoilers -- (edited) - Beaker Jan 17, 09:04 5
  - I can't believe there is a freakin *trailer spoils* - Epiphany Jan 17, 09:16 2
    - spoiler - Diva Jan 17, 09:48
    - HELL TO THE YEAH! -- nm - Spawn Jan 17, 09:19
  - 100% to your middle point. -- nm - Volnelk Jan 17, 09:10
  - yonh! -- nm - Diva Jan 17, 09:04
- It's got a very Oldboy aesthetic. -- nm - Mop Jan 17, 09:03 1
  - John Wick would've made it out of that hotel room in about 4 minutes. -- nm - Baron Squirrelbane Jan 17, 09:10
- "I'd say it's about even." - Will Hunting Jan 17, 09:01
- And here it is from Lionsgate and not some a-hole who ripped it off Lionsgate and posted it to his own YouTube channel. -- (link) - Mop Jan 17, 08:54 [youtube] 2
  - OK, I'll watch it again -- nm - Beaker Jan 17, 08:59 1
    - I did it twice there, just to help restore proper balance. -- nm - Spawn Jan 17, 09:12
- *insistently holds out his $9.25* -- nm - Baron Squirrelbane Jan 17, 08:53
- Ooohhh, Jerome Flynn! -- nm - LMS Jan 17, 08:51
- between this and the Happy! season 2 trailer this has been a great day so far. -- nm - Beaker Jan 17, 08:50
- And away we go. -- nm - Spawn Jan 17, 08:49 7
  - Pretty sure I'm in on these as long as they keep making them. -- nm - Uhtred, son of Uhtred Jan 17, 08:57 6
    - Hell yeah. KREEV was enough to get me to go to Replicas last weekend so no way I pass up a *good* KREEV movie! -- nm - Spawn Jan 17, 08:59 5
      - If you were to go back in time and tell me that in 2019 a KREEV movie would be #1 on my must-see list (yes - above Endgame) - Uhtred, son of Uhtred Jan 17, 09:02 4
        
        .... I still would call you a liar. - Spawn Jan 17, 09:03 3
        
        Well - they're 1 and 1a for me. I'm just all in on the John Wick world. I'll keep Starz specifically for The Continental. -- nm - Uhtred, son of Uhtred Jan 17, 09:05 2
        
        forgot about that. I think Crave here gets the Starz stuff so may have to get it for that and GOT -- nm - Beaker Jan 17, 09:06 1
        
        ... and Letterkenny. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 17, 10:06
Senators Were Laughably Conflicted About Whether To Share Cardi B's Video On The Government Shutdown -- (link) - Remlik Jan 17, 08:43 1
- Schatz and Murphy have the equivalent of AOC’s Twitter game in the Senate. -- nm - Tim Jan 17, 08:45
I'll take the snow over freezing rain thanks. -- nm - Beaker Jan 17, 08:40 13
- Yeah, it's gonna be a holy effing mess - Reagen Jan 17, 08:43 7
  - I have Monday off too! -- nm - decline Jan 17, 08:52
  - yeah, kids are already gearing up here (although it is the first day of exams for our oldest) -- nm - Beaker Jan 17, 08:50 5
    - Supposed to go from -7 at noon on Sunday to +9 at 1 a.m. cause weather follows no pattern here - Reagen Jan 17, 09:27 4
      - yeah I would plan for an outage. NS's wire infrastructure ain't the best -- nm - Beaker Jan 17, 09:33 2
        
        I'm glad I pay three times the rate for power then! -- nm - Reagen Jan 17, 09:58 1
        
        Your oil sands won't save you out here, bub! -- nm - Shaun Jan 17, 10:00
      - good thing you chopped that wood! -- nm - decline Jan 17, 09:28
- Yeah, if we end up in the "0 inches of snow" camp that probably means an inch of ice. -- nm - Ender Jan 17, 08:43
- At least it looks like it's going to be cold enough that the snow should be very easy to move with a snowblower. - Shaun Jan 17, 08:42
- Yeah, that makes the ice easier to walk on. -- nm - Spawn Jan 17, 08:41
- (I have to play hockey Sunday afternoon too, but pretty close so shouldn't be an issue) -- nm - Beaker Jan 17, 08:40 1
  - but if it's freezing rain, you can just skate over -- nm - decline Jan 17, 08:41
People went to the movie to make sure it is actually over. -- nm - Spawn Jan 17, 08:38
Brexit for $1000, Alex -- nm - budice Jan 17, 08:37
Word, arselings! -- nm - Uhtred, son of Uhtred Jan 17, 08:36

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