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See my post from last night regarding how unlikeable the Patriots are: per Nielsen last night was the least watched Super Bowl in 10 years. -- nm - MDH Feb 4, 10:29 4
- It's definitely an "overstayed their welcome" situation. -- nm - Baroon 5 Feb 4, 10:34
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- It was also the worst game in ages and the Rams have no fanbase. -- nm* - Reagen Feb 4, 10:30 1
  - the ratings in the St Louis market must be marvelous -- nm - Beaker Feb 4, 10:35
Here's a fun take on the "wtf asmr" ad -- (link) - Beryllium Feb 4, 10:22 3
- next at bat: Aussie Man, with Honest Trailers on deck. -- nm - Max Feb 4, 10:31
- There is nothing not funny about that. -- nm - Baroon 5 Feb 4, 10:28
- *giggle* - oblique Feb 4, 10:24
That New Yorker article on Mallory / AJ Fynn was so much better than his preposterously bad book. -- (edited) - Marlowe Feb 4, 10:21 1
- So its no Dan Brown novel is what you are saying? heh -- nm - Epiphany Feb 4, 11:14
Y the Last Man comic series by Brian Vaughn and Pia Guerra gets series order... -- (link) - Remlik Feb 4, 10:17
I always seem to miss some of them, but the commercial last night that made me laugh out loud was the Buble one. - oblique Feb 4, 10:16
'Legion' Will End with Season 3 on FX -- (link) - Remlik Feb 4, 10:10 8
- A year ago, I would have been annoyed by a short run. Now, I'm not sure I will bother with Season 3. - Will Hunting Feb 4, 10:19 3
  - same -- nm - decline Feb 4, 10:34
  - I'd encourage follow through. Even when it didn't work, there's no more interesting show on the air now that The Leftovers is done. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Feb 4, 10:20 1
    - ^ this -- nm - Remlik Feb 4, 10:25
- Ohh so I will now watch the two episodes I still have on my dvr. -- nm - Jovian Feb 4, 10:17
- and still no one will no what the hell is going on. -- nm - Diva Feb 4, 10:15
- Season Two was a big step down off of one, but I'm sad that it's ending. Very interesting show. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Feb 4, 10:14 1
  - it did get lost in itself...but I still liked them -- nm - Remlik Feb 4, 10:17
ICE arrests rapper 21 Savage, says he's in the US illegally -- (link) - ty97 Feb 4, 10:07
Eeeessh I wish I hadnt checked into why Lian Neeson was trending.. -- (edited) - Jovian Feb 4, 09:58 15
- Well, his career could have gone a different way. Then again, Marky Mark is a violent racist felon and he turned out okay... -- nm - Max Feb 4, 10:17 1
  - BJNovak_pointing.gif -- nm - Reagen Feb 4, 10:20
- ugh... -- nm - Remlik Feb 4, 10:03
- Ugh, just looked. -- nm - Amoxy Feb 4, 10:01
- (its worse than this VA Gov) -- nm - Jovian Feb 4, 10:00 10
  - Nah - Reagen Feb 4, 10:02 9
    - I mean I hear that, but ooooof. - Jovian Feb 4, 10:07 4
      - Sadly, I see this same kind of stuff on every news story the local "blotter" facebook page posts about someone arrested for something sex related with - oblique Feb 4, 10:14
      - I can agree on that - Reagen Feb 4, 10:10 2
        
        I believe in a thing called love, just listen to the rhythm of my heart. -- nm - Qale Feb 4, 10:32
        
        ~ Dark-ness! No parents! ~ -- nm - Lego Batman Feb 4, 10:14
    - (that said, the publicist for Cold Pursuit was probably frantically searching for a smoke bomb to throw) -- nm* - Reagen Feb 4, 10:05 3
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        Ultimately, nothing. - Reagen Feb 4, 10:24 1
        
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Kansas judge calls children the ‘aggressor’ in sex abuse case with 67-year-old man -- (link) - ty97 Feb 4, 09:42 2
- The article suggests a conflict of interest for the judge presiding over the case having known the girls. -- nm - Qale Feb 4, 09:58
- Wow. That is just wrong Judge -- nm - Amoxy Feb 4, 09:52
NFL 100 Behind the scenes -- (link) - Remlik Feb 4, 09:31 [youtube] 2
- That "FUMBLE!!!" was perfect. -- nm - Mop Feb 4, 09:33 1
  - I wish I knew who everyone was by sight. I recognized a lot of people but I'm sure there were many I know their names but not by face -- nm - oblique Feb 4, 10:17
Can I get some good thoughts my way? My older dog is at the hospital having an MRI right now. - pmb Feb 4, 09:29 4
- All I have -- nm - Amoxy Feb 4, 09:54
- good healing thoughts! -- nm - Epiphany Feb 4, 09:42
- good thoughts sent -- nm - Beaker Feb 4, 09:35
- oh man poor doggo, best thoughts -- nm - decline Feb 4, 09:32
so...what is up with Todd Gurley? -- nm - Beaker Feb 4, 09:27 7
- I still think Jeff Fisher possessed one of their coaches. -- nm - Strongbad, Astronauts Champion Feb 4, 10:19 1
  - The Pats defensive line was in Goff's face or at his legs all night. - Will Hunting Feb 4, 10:21
- I dunno, but he's available for offers in Vamps. I'm not sure I'll trade him, but I'm damn curious where people might think his value is at. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Feb 4, 09:35 4
  - Hmmmmm..... I have a lightly-used Aaron Rodgers.... -- nm* - Baroon 5 Feb 4, 10:17 1
    - Nope. I've got Andrew Luck and with their cap space, I'm expecting good things. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Feb 4, 10:30
  - I think he was hurt. He did have a couple of good runs yesterday (one called back for holding) -- nm - Amoxy Feb 4, 10:00 1
    - If he was hurt and they weren't listing him on the report, they can be fined significantly. - Name Withheld By Request Feb 4, 10:18
Anyone done their taxes for this year? I hear the middle class savings ain’t there this year (just the opposite) -- nm - Flavorize Feb 4, 09:09 17
- We're done. Standard deduction being doubled is nice. -- nm - Strongbad, Astronauts Champion Feb 4, 10:15 1
  - Very happy that on state return, refund was a whopping $12. -- nm - Strongbad, Astronauts Champion Feb 4, 10:19
- Tangent — How many people will think their taxes went up solely because their refund is smaller, or they owe? -- (edited) - Super Daddy Princess Feb 4, 09:31 6
  - Lots. People are stupid. -- nm - Strongbad, Astronauts Champion Feb 4, 10:18
  - honestly if the stupidity of everyman leads to less votes for orangeman, I'm cool. -- nm - amanda Feb 4, 09:39
  - I think many people assume the refund/bill due is the total tax payment. -- nm - psilotum Feb 4, 09:36 3
    - It’s very easy to forget your check every payday isn’t your actual money earned thanks to all the deductions. -- nm - Qale Feb 4, 10:05 2
      - It's even easier in the days of direct deposit when you don't see an actual check or paystub. -- nm - Usnavi Feb 4, 10:20 1
        
        Exactly. I’m more on top of my money than ever before because I absolutely have to, and yet I still am like... damn. -- nm - Qale Feb 4, 10:33
- I narrowly missed getting the Earned Income Credit by less than $300. Bawwww. -- nm - Qale Feb 4, 09:26
- I plug in most of the #s this weekend. Should be pretty rote. -- nm - Mop Feb 4, 09:26
- Don't have all my forms yet, but no my SALT is getting screwed -- nm - ty97 Feb 4, 09:21
- Did ours over the weekend - our refund was cut in half. -- nm - Usnavi Feb 4, 09:20
- I’ve done mine. -- (edited) - Super Daddy Princess Feb 4, 09:14
- Haven't done mine, but my accountant has informed me I'll owe more than in the previous couple of years -- nm - decline Feb 4, 09:13 1
  - swanky -- nm - ty97 Feb 4, 09:21
- budice, baron & strongbad from what I recall. -- nm - Spawn Feb 4, 09:11
So Justin Timberlake is in Winnipeg for a show tonight and he and the band watched the Super Bowl at a curling club last night. - Name Withheld By Request Feb 4, 09:04 1
- Plus, M5 made JT's show look like perfection. So, bonus. -- nm - Spawn Feb 4, 09:08
Since the Mid Terms the President has spent 60% of his time as 'Executive Time' (doing nothing) and starts his day at 11AM -- (link) - decline Feb 4, 08:46 13
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- Even Nubby didn’t nubby off this much back in the day. -- nm - Qale Feb 4, 09:27
- Why did these need to be 'leaked'? Aren't they public information? -- nm - GregW Feb 4, 09:20 1
  - There's a public schedule and a private schedule. -- nm - Roger More Feb 4, 09:23
- So they are either extremely streamlining his day, or someone else(non-elected) is making a majority of small stuff decisions -- nm - Flavorize Feb 4, 09:19
- he's never worked a day in his life. -- nm -- mud Jan 15 '19, 12:30 -- nm - mud Feb 4, 09:09
- note that lunch doesn't count at Executive Time so that's what another 10%? -- nm - rollo Feb 4, 09:04
- After the joke, my next thoughts: This is still harder than he has ever worked in his life. Shows why he hates travel abroad, too. -- nm - Spawn Feb 4, 09:03
- If "Oval Office" isn't a catchall for "White House grounds - various" then I'd guess this is a way to avoid announcing who he's meeting there. - Max Feb 4, 08:55
- Though someone in the admin says he makes hundreds of calls and takes hundreds of meetings - TWuG Feb 4, 08:51 1
  - yep. that that statement came out so quickly after this was released, means it is 100% true. - Jovian Feb 4, 08:52
- Dude needs time for twitter storms. -- nm - Spawn Feb 4, 08:49 1
  - Do NOT take a UV light into the Lincoln Bedroom -- nm - TWuG Feb 4, 08:52
Electrify America, VW's mea culpa EV charging network built after their deisel emissions falsifications will have battery storage provided by - TWuG Feb 4, 08:45 1
- That's pretty smart in light of the price spikes if they don't use batteries to store the energy. -- nm - Mop Feb 4, 09:32
"Yeah that hurt" from Peyton was pretty good and Franco Harris was amusing. Singletary needs a guest spot on the Goldbergs. -- nm - Remlik Feb 4, 08:25 14
- I'm bothered by the multiple forward passes. Somebody throw a flag already. -- nm - Baroon 5 Feb 4, 08:39
- And the best part is that Brady takes off his rings to go in and then does absolutely nothing. -- nm - Spawn Feb 4, 08:33 5
  - I think that's him at the 1:36 mark...I can't tell -- nm - Remlik Feb 4, 08:38 4
    - No, bowtie was Mahomes. Brady had normal tie. -- nm - Spawn Feb 4, 08:42
    - Nope, that's Mahomes with the no look pass -- nm - decline Feb 4, 08:40 2
      - thanks it was so fast I couldn't tell -- nm - Remlik Feb 4, 08:52 1
        
        Yeah, first time I saw it I saw too much hair movement. Second time, the tie. Third, too much skill. -- nm - Spawn Feb 4, 09:01
- no can do Cowboy -- nm - Beaker Feb 4, 08:29
- and the young girl is Samantha Gordon recipient of the NFL Gamer Changer award -- (link) - Remlik Feb 4, 08:26 [youtube] 5
  - I was wondering who that was -- nm - Epiphany Feb 4, 08:27 4
    - started a league for girls and they filled all positions on all teams in a day. -- nm - Remlik Feb 4, 08:28 3
      - nice -- nm - mud Feb 4, 08:38
      - wow - that is impressive -- nm - Epiphany Feb 4, 08:30 1
        
        now she's working a league for high school girls. -- nm - Remlik Feb 4, 08:31
You're up, Bruins and Celtics. - Mop Feb 4, 08:23
This will haunt your dreams -- (link) - decline Feb 4, 08:13 6
- Change the hair into its natural colour too, and it's Walter Donovan 5 seconds after he drank from the wrong Holy Grail -- nm - Roger More Feb 4, 08:20
- The weird thing it's it's not inhuman. McCain was that white. -- nm - Max Feb 4, 08:18 3
  - I suspect the white right around the eyes is a little lighter than the rest of people's skin typically, though not dramatically. This may be a bit of - pmb Feb 4, 08:35
  - McCain got skin cancer from watching reruns of Buying Hawaii so maybe not the best example of this. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 4, 08:32
  - i am that white. however, i don't walk around painted orange, either. -- nm - Andie Feb 4, 08:30
- Needs more pink - also, he should just shave his head. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 4, 08:15
“They hate the idea of the wall because they want to take what’s rightfully yours and give it to *those* people.” - Super Daddy Princess Feb 4, 07:50 3
- Is that supposed to be a religious site? Saw no mention of God, Christ or the Bible. -- nm - Amoxy Feb 4, 08:03
- I did not even click it as I expected as much. - Spawn Feb 4, 07:54 1
  - same here. -- nm - mud Feb 4, 07:57
"The Rams described a D they couldn't handle" is an ESPN headline that made me chuckle. -- nm - Volnelk Feb 4, 07:44 1
- You should have posted as groiny SI. -- nm - Spawn Feb 4, 07:46
The Microsoft one was the feel good ad and it was great. I love that there are controllers like those to help them game with everyone else. -- nm - Krusty Feb 4, 07:37 6
- I loved that the kid from the first commercial was in this and his parents are as well - Will Hunting Feb 4, 07:38
- I thought it odd that this commercial came *after* the first one, but yeah. -- nm - Spawn Feb 4, 07:38 4
  - I think they wanted to catch you by surprise as to what the celebration was - Will Hunting Feb 4, 07:39 3
    - True, but I was like, "Where is Owen!?!... ah, there he is!" Here is the ad for those that did not see. -- (link*) - Spawn Feb 4, 07:41 2
      - I love they actually had girls in it, too! (NM) - Marlowe Feb 4, 07:48 1
        
        You should have posted as groiny SI. -- nm - Spawn Feb 4, 10:46 - Spawn Feb 4, 07:48
Worst SB commercials: creepy robot boy, the mermaids and that WTF ASMR one -- nm - decline Feb 4, 07:35 11
- that robot boy one was awful -- nm - Beaker Feb 4, 08:15 5
  - When the robots rise up against us, the ads of the 2019 Super Bowl will be the reason why. -- nm - Mop Feb 4, 08:25
  - Even worse than puppy monkey baby. -- nm - Baroon 5 Feb 4, 08:22 2
    - puppy monkey baby was awesome! -- nm - Beaker Feb 4, 08:24 1
      - Puppy. Monkey. Baby. -- nm - Spawn Feb 4, 08:27
  - robot boy wants a kiss, like on Showtime! -- nm - Spawn Feb 4, 08:16
- I heard the ad for the football game of the year was very long and horrible. (NM) - Marlowe Feb 4, 07:46 1
  - I see what you did there, but I first thought you were dogging one of the best ads, "Too many characters, I could not keep up." -- nm - Spawn Feb 4, 07:47
- also, if Christina Applegate slammed on the breaks, why where the M&M's smooshed into the *back* of the seat? -- nm - decline Feb 4, 07:37 1
  - I guess they were already in it? -- nm - Spawn Feb 4, 07:38
- word -- nm - Spawn Feb 4, 07:36
instant pot people? I made this (ish) last night for lunches this week. it is *good.* VEGAN WEST AFRICAN PEANUT STEW - amanda Feb 4, 07:29 6
- Chicken's not vegan? -- nm - Baroon 5 Feb 4, 08:05 3
  - *ish.* ISH. -- nm - amanda Feb 4, 08:16
  - Stock is just the juice you get when you squeeze a chicken. You're *drinking* the chicken, not eating it. Totally different. -- nm - Max Feb 4, 08:14
  - Gelato isn't vegan? -- nm - Spawn Feb 4, 08:10
- It is no beatloaf. -- nm - Spawn Feb 4, 08:00
- That sounds amazing. -- nm - kelly Feb 4, 07:58
Just do it. -- nm - Spawn Feb 4, 07:29 1
- d'oh! .. (I'll get a cloth ..) -- nm - mud Feb 4, 07:38

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