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HUMP -- nm - Beaker Feb 6, 15:09 2
- DAY! -- nm - Beaker Feb 6, 15:09 1
  - UPONYA! -- nm - Beaker Feb 6, 15:10
Former NDP MP Paul Dewar has died a year after his terminal cancer diagnosis. -- nm - Beaker Feb 6, 15:07
Forbes says Knicks most valuable NBA team, worth $4B -- (link) - Beaker Feb 6, 15:03
Heat agree to trade Tyler Johnson, Wayne Ellington to Suns for Ryan Anderson -- (link) - Beaker Feb 6, 15:02
I should not be hearing an ice cream truck in early February, even in Houston. -- nm - Qale Feb 6, 15:00 1
- Omar's coming! -- nm - peglegpete Feb 6, 15:01
This is some thread here about Trump being a traitor to the United States -- (link) - Jovian Feb 6, 14:58 5
- Wait... *where* did this documents come from? -- nm - Mop Feb 6, 15:02 1
  - Buzzfeed -- nm - Jovian Feb 6, 15:03
- "Russia if you're listening go hack my political opponent's emails" is all you need for that conclusion. -- nm - Max Feb 6, 15:02
- I follow most of Seth's - that's been a good one. -- nm - mud Feb 6, 15:01 1
  - He is possibly be the best and has been most on point on all of twitter. -- nm - Jovian Feb 6, 15:03
comic strip Boondocks returns.... -- (link) - Remlik Feb 6, 14:51 1
- These are wonderful. -- nm - Qale Feb 6, 15:04
Can I borrow someone's ice pick? I need to get this ear worm out of my head! -- (edited) - Jovian Feb 6, 14:51 1
- don't you have a "go-to" song for flushing out earworms? -- (link) - mud Feb 6, 15:00 [youtube]
Okay, I'm confused, I thought the surviving members of Queen removed Singer from the movie and took over. -- nm* - . Feb 6, 14:44 7
- Nope. Singer stopped showing up near the end of production because of a “sick grandmother”. The studio replaced him. -- nm - Mop Feb 6, 14:47 6
  - Okay, I heard the other version, but it's all spin of some type. -- nm - . Feb 6, 14:58 5
    - Though that version did not explain why he was still director of record. -- nm - . Feb 6, 15:02 4
      - Because the DGA? -- nm - Mop Feb 6, 15:03 3
        
        That's what I read. (NM) - Marlowe Feb 6, 15:05
        
        yep -- nm - mud Feb 6, 15:04 1
        
        But not uncommon when producers remove a director because they don't like the direction he was going they also get his name removed. The whole thing - . Feb 6, 15:08
Universal designated hitter? No. - . Feb 6, 14:41
sad now -- (link) - mud Feb 6, 14:35 2
- oh look, more zombies. weve been there and done that -- nm - budice Feb 6, 14:38 1
  - oh but these werent just any old zombies -- nm - mud Feb 6, 14:41
Watched first two episodes of Russian Doll. Thats definitely a keeper. -- nm - Jovian Feb 6, 14:34 2
- it gets better -- nm - Beaker Feb 6, 14:58
- really enjoyed the 1st one -- nm - Remlik Feb 6, 14:39
"It's called presidential harassment." - Cuzzin Todd Feb 6, 14:33 4
- The president grabbing someone without permission? -- nm - . Feb 6, 15:00
- I could kick McConnell in the nutsack for giving him that phrase. -- nm - Jovian Feb 6, 14:44 1
  - Just for that? - Cuzzin Todd Feb 6, 14:57
- So you're admitting he's presidential now. -- nm - Reagen Feb 6, 14:42
The university offers a health plan for students that’s $2200 annually. Correct me if I’m wrong, but that sounds... insane, yes? -- nm - Mop Feb 6, 14:33 12
- insanely high, or insanely low? -- nm - Reagen Feb 6, 15:03 2
  - ...high? -- nm - Mop Feb 6, 15:06 1
    - In Canada I would expect to pay ~80 a month for supplemental coverage and that by definition doesn't include the big ticket stuff. -- nm - Reagen Feb 6, 15:10
- The invoiced premium for my middle of the road, single person plan at work is $8700 annually. - Max Feb 6, 15:00 1
  - OK, clearly I have no idea how much insurance actually costs. -- nm - Mop Feb 6, 15:06
- Speaking of healthcare costs, anybody want to guess how much my firm's health insurance increased this year? -- nm - pmb Feb 6, 14:55 3
  - Not at all, because Trump! -- nm - Mop Feb 6, 15:00
  - Mine went up but only because I changed to the super good plan. -- nm - Dark Callisto Feb 6, 15:00
  - 14%. YOU'RE TOO OLD -- nm - Max Feb 6, 14:57
- Universties usually have their own health service. And some even have med schools. -- nm - . Feb 6, 14:42
- I'd love to only be paying $2200 annually. -- nm - peglegpete Feb 6, 14:39 1
  - Seriously. -- nm - Dark Callisto Feb 6, 14:56
New season of The Challenge this evening. Can’t wait. -- nm - Volnelk Feb 6, 14:23 3
- Already purchased on Vudu! -- nm* - David Feb 6, 15:07
- Should be some Ashley/Hunter drama after last season - Dark Callisto Feb 6, 14:30 1
  - Yeah I’m interested to see the format. - Volnelk Feb 6, 14:35
"I'm black face Spartacus!" -- nm - Virginia Feb 6, 14:02 5
- Everyone in Virginia who hasn’t worn blackface, step forward. You get to be governor! Not so fast... every white man in Virginia. -- nm - Mop Feb 6, 14:05 4
  - Every comedian in Virginia six months ago: "Is West Virginia racist or WHAT?" Today: "So how 'bout them Yankees." -- nm - Beryllium Feb 6, 14:08
  - We're gonna end up with Governor Loosi -- nm - Roger More Feb 6, 14:07 2
    - No! She'll put Hanson on the Supreme Court! -- nm - Reagen Feb 6, 14:11 1
      - Couldn't hurt. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 6, 14:38
Greengrass to direct "News of the World" with Hanks. -- (edited) - Marlowe Feb 6, 13:56 2
- How do they pronounce that? -- nm - Mop Feb 6, 14:04 1
  - "Marlowe has fat fingers" (NM) - Marlowe Feb 6, 14:05
The World's Best ep 2 is on CBS tonight. ep 1 was very good. they left off with..spoiler - peglegpete Feb 6, 13:35 5
- spoiler - Spawn Feb 6, 13:36
- Is it just America's Got Talent? -- nm - Mop Feb 6, 13:36 3
  - No no no... "World's" *best*. -- nm - Spawn Feb 6, 13:37 2
    - DC woulda sued if they called it: World's Finest -- nm - peglegpete Feb 6, 13:38 1
      - Or this company.. -- (link) - . Feb 6, 14:47
Happened upon the YouTube channel of an antiques store in Western Canada. In this series of videos, they buy a hoarder's house. Spoilers! -- (link) - Mop Feb 6, 13:35 [youtube] 4
- I didn't catch if he said, but I think this is in Provost. -- nm - Reagen Feb 6, 14:05 1
  - He’s cagey about the location, and the artist. The family asked him not to reveal the name of the artist. -- nm - Mop Feb 6, 14:12
- He sounds like Elliott Friedman. -- nm - Reagen Feb 6, 13:58
- I wouldn't mind watching this later (after haircut and drinks). -- nm - amanda Feb 6, 13:50
Jack, some people really are working off a different set of facts - Reagen Feb 6, 13:19 13
- This. - ReluctantCynic Feb 6, 16:18
- I remember some STers expressing surprise that racism still exists during that Clippers owner FB/Instagram rant -- nm - con_carne Feb 6, 14:19
- that cousin, wow -- nm - ty97 Feb 6, 13:55 3
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    - Vermin was always a great example of "I know what the right thing is, I just don't want someone telling me what to do". -- (edited) - Reagen Feb 6, 14:32 1
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  - They want to believe that they're not part of the problem. -- nm* - Roger More Feb 6, 13:46 5
    - And also if there *is* no problem, they can just ignore having to do anything. -- nm - Reagen Feb 6, 13:52 4
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        No, but they're essentially racist-tolerant. That is not the same, but gets to the kind of issues a person needs to confront if they accept that the - pmb Feb 6, 14:52 1
        
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      - Both of these. It makes life easier and the rationalization makes it easy to avoid having to ask hard questions of yourself and society in general. -- nm - pmb Feb 6, 13:57
LOL @ the Southern Miss HC who interviewed Art Briles to be his OC. "He seemed sincere and humble, and personally committed no crime." -- nm - Strongbad, Astronauts Champion Feb 6, 13:14 2
- i lol that -- nm - budice Feb 6, 14:28
- Trump Jr?... Not THE Trump Jr, I mean another Trump. -- nm* - Spawn Feb 6, 13:16
It's been 60 years since the Dyatlov Pass incident & now Russia is reopening an investigation into it - decline Feb 6, 13:02 3
- It's fascinating but I don't think it's much of a mystery. - Mop Feb 6, 13:20 2
  - aliens Mop - they were tortured and killed by aliens - decline Feb 6, 13:27 1
    - So... Americans? -- nm - Mop Feb 6, 13:35
Thanks for those links, Beaker! 👍 -- nm - Krusty Feb 6, 12:59
Nothing shady about our President! -- (link) - decline Feb 6, 12:48 8
- That’s what you get for putting your name on everything. -- nm - Mop Feb 6, 14:41
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- it would either been this or Nuclear War! - Jovian Feb 6, 12:55 4
  - Cake or Death! -- nm - Max Feb 6, 13:48
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    - Hillary was a warmonger, remember? -- nm - Roger More Feb 6, 13:49
  - lol that was my favorite bit as well -- nm - rollo Feb 6, 12:57
- Trump Steaks - PETA -- nm - Max Feb 6, 12:51
"How did you get my number anyway? ... No you called me ... okay ... yes, it's [birthdate] ... hello?" -- nm - office transcripts Feb 6, 12:44
Pet Sematary to close out SXSW, full film lineup reveals -- (link) - Beaker Feb 6, 12:33
RC pls. Chalamet? You can do better. Side note: That Singer news...not sure I'm okay with it. - ty97 Feb 6, 12:29 4
- I think it's interesting coming from an organization that gave 2 awards to Roman Polanski a little while back. -- nm - Usnavi Feb 6, 13:02 1
  - Well that was different. - Spawn Feb 6, 13:05
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- Right? -- nm - Kevin Spacey Feb 6, 12:33
Fill in the blank poll (answer for yourself): If I were running for office and my yearbooks became public everyone would accuse me of [blank] - rollo Feb 6, 12:20 22
- Of not being there the whole year there are no pictures of me because I was the annual photographer -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 6, 13:12
- Being childish. My quote was silly and there were pics of me joking around and wearing pajamas. -- nm - Krusty Feb 6, 12:57 2
  - No Kid n Play cosplay? -- nm - Roger More Feb 6, 13:21 1
    - Nope, thankfully. -- nm - Krusty Feb 6, 13:39
- nah. I'd just start calling you: The Hound -- nm - peglegpete Feb 6, 12:48
- Being in every single club in school. nm - Usnavi Feb 6, 12:40
- Being lame. -- nm - Mop Feb 6, 12:36
- also me and 10 of my friends wore white sheets for Halloween our Senior year. -- (edited) - Jovian Feb 6, 12:32
- Being disrespectful. There's a picture in mine of me and my friends roasting marshmallows on the eternal flame in Daley Plaza. -- nm - pmb Feb 6, 12:28 1
  - you heathen -- nm - groiny Feb 6, 12:39
- Looking 12 when I was 16. -- nm - David Feb 6, 12:28
- "The dining hall was serving chicken and I had my chicken with me because I had to have the chicken with me at all times..." -- nm - Eduardo Saverin Feb 6, 12:28
- being boring. -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 6, 12:24
- As I made sure not to appear in mine, not much. Senior year they did manage to get a pic of me dressed up as Uncle Sam in, though. So that helps. - Spawn Feb 6, 12:24 2
  - were you a wanted fugitive? -- nm - decline Feb 6, 12:49 1
    - Not yet. -- nm - Spawn Feb 6, 12:50
- accuse me of being a sap: my write up had lovey dovey words to the girl I dating the first half of my senior year. -- nm - Jovian Feb 6, 12:22
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  - This. -- nm - Strongbad, Astronauts Champion Feb 6, 13:09
  - yup -- nm - decline Feb 6, 12:57
  - word -- nm - Beaker Feb 6, 12:32
  - Same. -- nm - Volnelk Feb 6, 12:25
63 days till Thrones -- nm - Jovian Feb 6, 12:20 4
- 67 -- (link*) - decline Feb 6, 12:32 [Backboard] 3
  - does the Bud Light short count? -- nm - Beaker Feb 6, 12:39
  - what. how! I have been counting down since you originally posted there being 89 days remaining! - Jovian Feb 6, 12:36 1
    - Math is *hard*. -- nm - Spawn Feb 6, 12:40
CNN to host town hall with Howard Schultz. -- (link) - budice Feb 6, 12:17 7
- but don't call him a billionaire. -- nm - Remlik Feb 6, 13:08 1
  - "Person of enhanced wealth" -- nm - Beryllium Feb 6, 14:07
- "Actually, everyone misheard us. What we meant is that we'll be hosting a town hall, and Schultz will be the barista." -- nm - Beryllium Feb 6, 12:20
- Stop. Giving. Him. Airtime. -- nm - Usnavi Feb 6, 12:19 3
  - word. up. -- nm - mud Feb 6, 12:41 2
    - I don't know, I might like to subscribe to his newsletter. -- nm - Spawn Feb 6, 12:42 1
      - hell. no. -- nm - mud Feb 6, 13:01
Furiosa not Leviosa! -- nm - budice Feb 6, 12:17 1
- Furi-OH-sa not Furio-SA -- nm - rollo Feb 6, 12:21
roll this ish -- nm - Jovian Feb 6, 12:16 1
- no. -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 6, 12:16

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