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"Do you plan to vote for Trump for re-election: Yes (30) No (57)" -- (link) - Reagen Jan 17, 15:49 3
- a) "Only" three quarters? b) Who the fuck are these 4-5% Dems? (NM) - Marlowe Jan 17, 15:58 2
  - those are the Dems who voted for Jill Stein. - Jovian Jan 17, 15:59 1
    - ah the dems who got played by the Russians -- nm - Remlik Jan 17, 16:03
Pelosi could fly commercial to Brussels, then NATO to Iraq or Afghanistan … OR...let Putin fly her on his plane -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 17, 15:34 1
- she's got her own broom -- nm - peglegpete Jan 17, 15:36
White House delegation cancels Davos trip -- (link) - mud Jan 17, 15:29 1
- bastard. the Onion Knight already started cooking. -- nm - peglegpete Jan 17, 15:37
The #1 movie in America yesterday was Dragonball Z Broly, which made $7M -- nm - MDH Jan 17, 15:19 1
- AMC A list does not work on them. -- nm - Spawn Jan 17, 15:37
Today in "EWWWWWWWWW" -- (link) - Reagen Jan 17, 15:17 7
- Inserts obligatory Rod Stewart joke -- nm - amoxy Jan 17, 16:00
- something must have come over him when he thought to try that. -- nm - b. Jan 17, 15:50
- Was he somehow equating it with stemcells? -- nm - Meg Jan 17, 15:39 1
  - This was my thought. -- nm - Mop Jan 17, 15:43
- "It does not appear to have worked." Dammit! -- nm - Mop Jan 17, 15:36
- their insides smell like old man spunk. -- nm - groiny Jan 17, 14:28 1 -- nm - mud Jan 17, 15:21
- L4. "After the patient’s back pain improved, he discharged himself." -- nm - Max Jan 17, 15:20
rudy rudy rudy -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 17, 14:57 [Image] 14
- So he is either badly corrupt or hopelessly naive -- nm - amoxy Jan 17, 16:01 3
  - It's curious how similar his handbook is similar to Lula's here. - Marlowe Jan 17, 16:14
  - can't he be both? -- nm - Beaker Jan 17, 16:08
  - yes -- nm - Jovian Jan 17, 16:08
- Next, "Trump knew, but he didn't know it was a crime" (NM) - Marlowe Jan 17, 15:41 1
  - "OK, he knew it was a crime, he just didn't think he'd get caught! *satsified smirk*" -- nm - Reagen Jan 17, 15:58
- Ted Lieu (D-CA) thanks CNN for putting Giuliani on TV -- (link) - mud Jan 17, 15:20
- I... I... I just don't know what to say any more. -- nm - Chris Cuomo Jan 17, 15:12 2
  - He looks like he's watching someone crap their pants. -- nm - Reagen Jan 17, 15:14 1
    - in a mirror? -- nm - Beaker Jan 17, 15:15
- Everyone knows you never go full Rudy. -- nm - Max Jan 17, 15:09 1
  - The beauty of this is the Mueller probe has now been justified by the WH. -- nm - Spawn Jan 17, 15:47
- Bat. Shit. Crazy. (#senileninjalawyer) -- nm - mud Jan 16, 18:16 1 -- nm - mud Jan 17, 15:03 1
  - Just like before, he knows what is coming and is trying to get the new narrative set. -- nm - Spawn Jan 17, 15:39
hmm, from b2, the pickle post makes me wonder if the P(ickles)TB are lodging a sneaky marketing attack upon us. - b. Jan 17, 14:46
Caption this -- (link) - prayformojo Jan 17, 14:44 [Image] 12
- it's a Jack Daniels drink responsibly ad -- nm - peglegpete Jan 17, 15:14
- Monday. -- nm - Mop Jan 17, 15:13
- Japanese delegation enjoys state dinner at the White House. -- nm - pmb Jan 17, 14:57 1
  - Good one. -- nm - . Jan 17, 15:08
- "I guess they told me I'd be sucking down many cokes, but that's not what I heard." -- nm - more weird japanese porn Jan 17, 14:55
- Next stop Atlanta! -- nm - . Jan 17, 14:53
- "We are ready! Bring in the Mentos-heads!" -- nm - Reagen Jan 17, 14:48
- Does Donald know he is just meeting Kim's silly coke loving cousins? -- nm - Jovian Jan 17, 14:48
- that's not what "coke heads" means, fellas. -- nm - b. Jan 17, 14:47
- We have ascended. -- nm - Max & Spawn Jan 17, 14:46 2
  - On the one hand it looks like it taps directly to the brain, on the other that bypasses my sweet sweet tastebuds. -- nm - Max Jan 17, 14:49 1
    - We have become one with the Coke. -- nm - Spawn Jan 17, 15:39
Win the esteem of friends and family at your next International Year of the Periodic Table party with these jazzy element trading cards! -- (link) - prayformojo Jan 17, 14:26
Atmospheric river time! -- (link*) - con_carne Jan 17, 14:25
10 years ago on FB I posted this: "...is about to watch Big Lebowski for the first time ever. Yes... he's NEVER seen it before believe it or not" -- (edited) - Cuzzin Todd Jan 17, 14:20 9
- like wow man, new shit has come to light -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 17, 15:26
- I did not like it on first watch, I tried it again and it clicked. - groiny Jan 17, 14:27 4
  - Ladykillers is my go-to example for Coen films I dislike. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 17, 14:30 3
    - They can miss sometimes, but even their misses are intriguing enough to watch. (NM) - Marlowe Jan 17, 14:38
    - that's the only one I havent seen (love the 1955 original, though) -- nm - mud Jan 17, 14:34
    - I can't really explain it, but I love that movie. -- nm - groiny Jan 17, 14:34
- ~Surly Joe, the gambler, he will gamble nevermore, his days of stud and hold'em they are done.~ - psilotum Jan 17, 14:25
- ...thinks you're painting with too broad a brush. -- nm - Mop Jan 17, 14:25
- What??? You're missing out. - Beryllium Jan 17, 14:22
WWE: holy shit...Kurt Angle's niece kidnapped...but safely found....burlary, kidnapping and terroristic charges pending... -- (link) - Remlik Jan 17, 14:17 2
- For the *second* time by the *same guy*! -- nm - David Jan 17, 14:19 1
  - This time it's personal! -- nm - VMan Jan 17, 14:20
So Trump blows the classified trip that Pelosi was going to take and then the administration says she is welcome to fly commercial. -- (edited) - Volnelk Jan 17, 14:13 7
- hey clowny, Speaker Pelosi can cut the WH budget, can slash the air force one budget. -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 17, 15:28
- He had 24 hours to come up with something to hit her back with. This was his best? - Jovian Jan 17, 14:26
- Although - if he's canceling the trip, is it still classified? nm -- nm - Uhtred, son of Uhtred Jan 17, 14:25 1
  - Well not now, no. -- nm - Volnelk Jan 17, 14:27
- Nancy's rich. she can pay for renting a plane. -- nm - peglegpete Jan 17, 14:24 2
  - She should. And then say ‘I was willing to do this anyway, because I wanted our Troops to know that they will always be supported’ -- nm - Volnelk Jan 17, 14:28 1
    - The cost is the smallest part of the trip. You don't fly the second person in the line of succession commercial into a war zone. -- nm - Reagen Jan 17, 14:31
Oh whee -- (link) - Reagen Jan 17, 14:00
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- Is the answer Montreal? -- nm - Reagen Jan 17, 14:00 1
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- Do you wanna build a snowman? -- nm - David Jan 17, 13:58 3
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    - The whole city's connected by underground pathways. At most you'll need a light jacket. -- nm - Roger More Jan 17, 14:15 1
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A GOP Congressman from PA is resigning on 1/23/19 to get a new job in the private sector. He is 20 days into his term - Will Hunting Jan 17, 13:30 6
- First thought, what scandal is he hiding? -- nm - amoxy Jan 17, 16:03
- Frustrating lack of details in articles like this: what's his district number? What happens to his seat? Was he on committees? - Max Jan 17, 14:01 1
  - Special election for Congressional seats, no? -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jan 17, 14:45
- and if 20 days into term...does that mean he never officially worked? -- nm - JD Jan 17, 13:37
- I mean, that’s the dream, right? You get elected so you can hopefully get a cushy job in the private sector. -- nm - Mop Jan 17, 13:35
- Reading between the lines, it's a lobbying job. -- nm - Roger More Jan 17, 13:32
Argh!!! City government rant inside. - Covington Jan 17, 13:20 2
- I understand your concern - Strongbad, Astronauts Champion Jan 17, 13:37 1
  - It's a "kick-off" being held in maybe the biggest space in the city. They've had meetings about this for a couple years but this is the first public - Covington Jan 17, 13:41
Re: DK. I think I’ve spent too long waiting in lines at the sports book during March but if the end of one game and the start of the next was less - JD Jan 17, 13:07 12
- I'm pretty sure their system allowed some people to do it with a 5 min turnaround, but not others. To me that's an important point. -- nm - Strongbad, Astronauts Champion Jan 17, 13:33 9
  - Ohhhhh! Hmmm...that's indeed important -- nm - JD Jan 17, 13:35 8
    - In the supercontest, the issue is that one player was betting money from Saturday’s results and the other had all his money tied up… - Volnelk Jan 17, 13:41 7
      - It had to do with different wagers and how they were being graded in order. Crudely, some people bet the Pats-2.5 and got paid, while... - Name Withheld By Request Jan 17, 14:00 3
        
        Ahhh...a virtual line based on type of bet placed - JD Jan 17, 14:05 2
        
        That's just it. Part of it was the rules of the contest. You could bet whatever until Sunday which on that day, you could only bet the NFL. -- (edited) - Name Withheld By Request Jan 17, 14:06 1
        
        New information based on a podcast I listened to on the way home: New Jersey and its newness to gambling also a factor. - Name Withheld By Request Jan 17, 15:53
      - There are indeed people who got their Pats money in time and others who didn't. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 17, 13:49
      - I agree with your IM. -- nm - Strongbad, Astronauts Champion Jan 17, 13:45
      - The last part of your IM. That's strategy which IMO should take DK off the hook -- nm - JD Jan 17, 13:43
- in theory it was supposed to be a half an hour between games. -- nm - Reagen Jan 17, 13:10 1
  - 🙂 we've run into that as well. Get a foul fest or an OT game and now what should've been separated events, overlap -- nm - JD Jan 17, 13:12
Ok - so my YouTube TV trial is going pretty well, but with one annoying component...want to see if anyone has any ideas... - Uhtred, son of Uhtred Jan 17, 13:04 20
- One more question - and this is specific to YouTube TV - currently, we have Dish Network and YouTube is a channel on it, right? - Uhtred, son of Uhtred Jan 17, 13:27 5
  - YT and YTTV are separate apps. -- nm - Dark Callisto Jan 17, 13:42 4
    - (But YouTube's original programming is available on YTTV.) - David Jan 17, 14:01 2
      - Right - I checked that right away. nm - Uhtred, son of Uhtred Jan 17, 14:34
      - ooooh. I didn't realize this -- nm - prayformojo Jan 17, 14:16
    - Ah, ok...i kinda thought I'd get all of it in one shot. Thanks. -- nm - Uhtred, son of Uhtred Jan 17, 13:48
- I've found that the internal apps to TVs are usually pretty poor. Using some kind of dedicated box (Roku, etc.) generally works better. I cut the - oblique Jan 17, 13:18
- If you're going to get a box, get the Nvidia shield. - sycor Jan 17, 13:11 4
  - On these boxes, I guess my question is - if the box is connected to wireless, my TV doesn't have to be, right? nm - Uhtred, son of Uhtred Jan 17, 13:16 1
    - correct - the 3rd party box is connected to the wifi. You may have found this before, but here's a forum on Samsung with some other suggestions -- (edited) - decline Jan 17, 13:18
  - I checked the firmware and it tells me it's up to date. - Uhtred, son of Uhtred Jan 17, 13:14
  - Nvidia discontinues the Nvidia Shield Pro -- (link) - oblique Jan 17, 13:14
- you shouldn't have to do that with the tv (I have a Samsung 4k too and never need to). How old is your router? -- nm - decline Jan 17, 13:07 7
  - We just switched to ATT last summer - so what - 7-8 months old. And it never drops from my phone, iPad, laptop or anything else. - Uhtred, son of Uhtred Jan 17, 13:10 6
    - yeah I was having wireless issues with my samsung as well..I'm att to. I hardwired it and it works smooth... -- nm - Remlik Jan 17, 13:17 4
      - hmmm...i do have a wi-fi extender right under the TV...I think I'll hard wire it tonight. nm - Uhtred, son of Uhtred Jan 17, 13:20 2
        
        Always do a direct connection rather than wireless when you can. The signal is exponentially better. -- nm - David Jan 17, 14:00
        
        🙄😄 -- nm - JD Jan 17, 13:23
      - if the tv and router are close together this is by far the best solution rather than any wireless option -- nm - decline Jan 17, 13:20
    - I think... - Super Daddy Princess Jan 17, 13:13
Gang, if you want to make your Roku remote your main remote, but are frustrated by lack of some function buttons (mute, input), this is a great soluti - prayformojo Jan 17, 13:01 3
- I have a TCL TV with a Roku remote *AND* it's got audio buttons on the side, but it doesn't seem to have universal remote functionality. - Mop Jan 17, 15:10 2
  - I don't know if that $29.99 adapter will work on my remote because it has the side buttons, but this $26.99 replacement looks promising. -- (link) - Mop Jan 17, 15:14 1
    - Or $20.49 without that piece-of-crap holster nobody wants anyway. -- (link) - Mop Jan 17, 15:15
You would think Katherine McPhee and Amber Heard would be best lifelong friends. -- nm - Jovian Jan 17, 13:00 8
- no way, they are competing for the same old rich bastards -- nm - Epiphany Jan 17, 14:07 4
  - they both disgust me. nm -- (edited) - Jovian Jan 17, 14:25 3
    - their insides smell like old man spunk. -- nm - groiny Jan 17, 14:28 1
      - lol ughh -- nm - Jovian Jan 17, 14:41
    - me either to your IM -- nm - Epiphany Jan 17, 14:26
- did JDEPP tune up McPhee too? -- nm - groiny Jan 17, 13:02 1
  - nah. She is smarter. She just cashed in. -- nm - Jovian Jan 17, 13:15
- ....with sexy results? -- nm - prayformojo Jan 17, 13:01
Brandi Carlie sings with Soundgarden/ Peter Frampton at Chris Cornell tribute show -- (edited) - Remlik Jan 17, 12:44 [youtube] 6
- Miley Cyrus with Pearl Jam members sings with Temple of the Dog...Say Hello 2 Heaven...wow.... -- (link) - Remlik Jan 17, 12:49 5
  - I thought that was the best performance of the night. She should play Janis Joplin in a biopic. -- nm - jnine Jan 17, 13:08 2
    - she's a powerhouse. -- nm - Remlik Jan 17, 13:16 1
      - Here's the whole song. -- (link) - jnine Jan 17, 16:37
  - I'm fond of the Bob Dylan covers Miley does -- (link) - peglegpete Jan 17, 12:55 [youtube] 1
    - my fav - Jolene -- (link) - Epiphany Jan 17, 13:00 [youtube]
Florida Man + Jesus = -- (link) - Spawn Jan 17, 12:41 1
- It checks out. -- nm - Mop Jan 17, 12:45
He deleted and retweeted... -- (link) - Flavorize (Rox fan) Jan 17, 12:41 7
- There's gossip that DK was working with Peabody to "make it right" quietly, so maybe that's why, but really there doesn't seem to be grounds for... - Name Withheld By Request Jan 17, 12:46 6
  - it's not a good look to be pointing to the rules over incompetence. -- nm - Reagen Jan 17, 12:51 4
    - Exactly. "But we accounted for own possible incompetence within the rules!" -- nm - Strongbad Jan 17, 12:52 3
      - "But come back for our contest next week!" -- nm - Reagen Jan 17, 13:04 2
        
        On incompetence, that isn't necessarily the case. Any sportsbook would have faced grading speed issues in that tight turnaround. - Name Withheld By Request Jan 17, 13:33 1
        
        I agree with the IM. -- nm - Strongbad, Astronauts Champion Jan 17, 13:40
  - I agree with you on B2 that the rules were very clear, but I still expected DK to settle and keep this out of court. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 17, 12:47
Motion to reconsider rolling the board laid on the table, Agreed to without objection. -- nm - Super Daddy Princess Jan 17, 12:39 5
- Point of order! -- nm - Strongbad Jan 17, 12:46
- Seconded -- nm - Flavorize (Rox fan) Jan 17, 12:39 3
  - Aye! -- nm - Spawn Jan 17, 12:40 2
    - *bangs the gavel* -- nm - Super Daddy Princess Jan 17, 12:41 1
      - Point of order! -- nm - Baron Squirrelbane Jan 17, 12:54

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