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Has anyone else been listening to The Dropout podcast about Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos? nm - ralph wiggum Feb 7, 15:09 2
- i keep reading Theranos as Thanos -- nm - prayformojo Feb 7, 15:14 1
  - Just as evil from what I heard -- nm - eag Feb 7, 15:18
Major League Baseball is renaming its designation for hurt players the "Injured List" and getting rid of the DL, -- (link) - budice Feb 7, 15:05
Is The Fantastic Four owned by Fox (like Xmen) and thus will be ultimately be in Disney hands soon? -- nm - Jovian Feb 7, 14:58 6
- Disney owns the characters. Fox has the exclusive license to use those characters for certain media. - Mr. Havens Feb 7, 15:18
- Slashfilm had a very good story on how FF rights isn't so cut and dry (i.e. it's a clusterfuck). -- (link) - Mop Feb 7, 15:16
- That seems to be correct. - sycor Feb 7, 15:01 3
  - Disney owns Fantastic Four. Fox only has rights to do movies for some period of time, I have no idea how long the contract is for. -- nm - peglegpete Feb 7, 15:15 2
    - I believe the original contract with the people who rushed the 90s movie in to production was that they kept the rights in a sort-of perpetuity... - Mr. Havens Feb 7, 15:23
    - Yes, semantically, that is correct. Studios only have rights to produce movies on properties they licensed from Marvel (Disney). - Mop Feb 7, 15:18
WellsFargo: Fire at Data Center Causes Wells Fargo Customers to Lose Access to Accounts -- (link) - budice Feb 7, 14:48 5
- cooking the books -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 7, 15:30
- It's just a ruse to cover for time spent scrubbing indiscretions from its yearbook pages. -- nm - prayformojo Feb 7, 14:54
- I guess sabotaging banks to free people from their mortgages just doesn't work like it used to. -- nm - Max Feb 7, 14:51 1
  - Look at them running for the door. Calm as Hindu Cows -- nm - Tyler Durden si Feb 7, 14:55
- They took my Red Swingline stapler so... -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Feb 7, 14:49
Virginia Goddamn -- (link) - Reagen Feb 7, 14:39 4
- When they said there should be more black faces in politics, they should have been more specific. (nm) - Tim Feb 7, 15:17
- Stop the race baiting! -- nm - Mop Feb 7, 14:48
- *This* Virginian spent the other night watching a docu on Josiah Hansen and DNA of Strahan and Merkerson, but I don't think I've tipped the balance. -- nm - Max Feb 7, 14:46
- About that progress on modern issues... -- nm - budice Feb 7, 14:43
Any day I can discuss the history of the Senate filibuster is a good day. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Feb 7, 14:38 7
- The Marvel Universe began with Fantastic Four #1. page 1, top panel we are introduced to Dr. Reed Richards, Ben Grimm, Sue Storm and her brother -- nm - peglegpete Feb 7, 14:51 6
  - Johnny Storm. Panel 2, The fantastic Four. panel 3 begind with narration. With the sudden fury of a thunderbolt, a flare is shot into the sky over -- nm - peglegpete Feb 7, 14:52 5
    - Central city. below in the panel a policeman says: Look! In the sky-- what in blazes does it MEAN? a secon policeman responds: I dunno, but the crowds -- nm - peglegpete Feb 7, 14:53 4
      - are getting panicky! a third policeman responds Rumors are flyin' about an alien invasion! panel 4. narrator panel. Above all the hubbub and excitemen -- nm - peglegpete Feb 7, 14:55 3
        
        t, one strange figure holds a still-smoking flare gun! one strange man who is somehow more than just a man--for he is the leader of.. -- nm - peglegpete Feb 7, 14:56 2
        
        The Fantastic Four! below in panel4 Reed Richards says: It is the first time I have found it necessary to give the signal! I pray it will be the last! -- nm - peglegpete Feb 7, 14:58 1
        
        page 2 -- nm - peglegpete Feb 7, 14:58
XFL: 1st coach announced...former Sooners coach Bob Stoops. -- (link*) - Remlik Feb 7, 14:04
“You guys are an embarrassment to yourselves,” -- (link) - mud Feb 7, 13:50 7
- hahahaha - Jovian Feb 7, 14:36
- David Nunes, Complicit. -- nm - Mop Feb 7, 14:36
- What's all this..? - Mop Feb 7, 14:30
- No u -- nm - Reagen Feb 7, 14:25
- Nunes's official site still reads "Nunes is Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee" which hasn't been true for over a month. -- (link) - Max Feb 7, 14:05 2
  - Wow. I can get a flag flown over the Capital from him for only $20! What a bargain!!! -- nm - Mr. Havens Feb 7, 14:29 1
    - The Office of the Architect basically spends all day raising and lowering flags over the Capitol so that Congressmen can send them to constituents. - Mop Feb 7, 14:32
Fultz toOrlando for Jonathon Simmons, a first-round pick (via Oklahoma City) and a second-round pick -- nm - Beaker Feb 7, 13:47
Gasol for a big pile o nothing is awesome. -- nm - Beaker Feb 7, 13:44
We had a special screening of Alita at my theatre last night for “social media influencers”... - Mr. Havens Feb 7, 13:21 11
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  - I’ve been to enough screenings to know that many critics don’t make it to the regular screenings... - Mr. Havens Feb 7, 16:50
- It feels like we're rerunning the late 90s. -- nm - Reagen Feb 7, 14:26
- I am imagining 300 clones of Charlie from Emergency Awsome :)))) -- nm - peglegpete Feb 7, 14:04
- one the sites I follow just raved about the 3D imax version and they tend to not like Imax 3D -- nm - Remlik Feb 7, 13:34 1
  - If it’s from last night screening in Los Angeles... - Mr. Havens Feb 7, 13:39
- Two different contestants on the Bachelor have 'Content creator' as their job title. It's weird. -- nm - Volnelk Feb 7, 13:25
- Friend, you need to go to Vidcon. -- nm - Mop Feb 7, 13:25 2
  - I’m afraid -- nm - Mr. Havens Feb 7, 13:38 1
    - You should be. -- nm - Mop Feb 7, 13:42
- The landscape is crazier than the spec screenplay bubble of the 1980s. -- nm - Max Feb 7, 13:23
Huh. Steven Soderbergh is married to Jules Asner. Had no idea. -- nm - Volnelk Feb 7, 13:20 4
- now go watch Logan Lucky -- nm - prayformojo Feb 7, 13:55
- Her? -- (link) - Mop Feb 7, 13:47 [Image] 1
  - Yup -- nm - Volnelk Feb 7, 13:52
- yeah I wonder what she thinks of his Girlfriend Experience Obsession. -- nm - Epiphany Feb 7, 13:44
YouTube: Another diatribe on why The Last Jedi sucked. -- (link) - Mop Feb 7, 13:19 [youtube]
Just saw a great film on Netflix; American Honey. A -- nm - Loyola Feb 7, 13:18 3
- that was in my 2016 Top Ten -- nm - mud Feb 7, 13:42 1
  - Shia LaBeouf really good in it too. I wish films like this got Oscar attention. -- nm - Loyola Feb 7, 13:48
- Apropos of nothing, this would be a great title for a Pornhub video. -- nm - Mop Feb 7, 13:20
RIP Frank Robinson. :-( -- nm - Krusty Feb 7, 13:07 3
- I like this. -- (link) - Name Withheld By Request Feb 7, 13:26 2
  - Ha! That's great! -- nm - Krusty Feb 7, 13:46
  - How crazy baseball talent was in the 50's/60's/70's...Frank doesn't make the podium as an outfielder. - Will Hunting Feb 7, 13:30
Wes Matthews will sign with Indiana once waived by the Knicks Sources confirm -- nm - Remlik Feb 7, 13:06
The Expanse: Burn Gorman (Torchwood) joins the show.. -- (link) - Remlik Feb 7, 12:59 1
- ohh Karl Tanner from Flea Bottom. -- nm - Jovian Feb 7, 13:33
Rangers sign Hunter Pence -- nm - budice Feb 7, 12:58
Hey all. N is currently raising money for the American Heart Association's Kids Heart Challenge (formerly Jump Rope for Heart). If - kelly Feb 7, 12:56
wait until we hit Havens' with the new ST Tax. -- nm - groiny Feb 7, 12:51 2
- Would that make him a tax haven? -- nm - oblique Feb 7, 12:54 1
  - +1 — nm - Mr. Havens Feb 7, 13:10
Odds for Super Bowl LIV Halftime Performer : - Pitbull, 5/1 - Drake, 6/1 - Flo Rida, 6/1 - Ariana Grande, 7/1 - Florida Georgia Line 7/1, Bieber 8/1 -- nm - budice Feb 7, 12:46 1
- One Direction reunion? -- nm - Baroon 5 Feb 7, 12:50
Ooh. Shiny new phone. - pmb Feb 7, 12:38
Knicks release Kanter -- nm - budice Feb 7, 12:37
Haaaaaaalo. -- (link) - David Feb 7, 12:31 7
- GET IN, I'M DRIVING! -- nm - Mop Feb 7, 12:48 6
  - As long as it's not bery... -- nm - David Feb 7, 12:50 5
    - or Crash -- nm - Remlik Feb 7, 12:53 3
      - crash drives like he is being chased by wild dogs. -- nm - groiny Feb 7, 12:53 2
        
        OH NO HE DIN'T! -- nm - Mop Feb 7, 14:22
        
        I drive like I'm being chased by wild acrobats. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 7, 13:13
    - poor eag -- nm - groiny Feb 7, 12:51
Awww, Frank Robinson has passed away. -- (link) - Amoxy Feb 7, 12:28 2
- Keep dyin on me Frank. :( -- nm - budice Feb 7, 12:36 1
  - Jeter just signed him. -- nm - Baroon 5 Feb 7, 13:05
my 4-5 was cancelled. good thing I went home to grab my car so I could drive to my 4-5. -- nm - amanda Feb 7, 12:26 2
- you should instead drive to get chicken wings -- nm - decline Feb 7, 12:31
- Drive up to the '803 and check out their fancy digs. -- nm - Max Feb 7, 12:27
Peter Berg is answering questions. -- (link) - Spawn Feb 7, 12:22 2
- "I'd love to see a venn diagram of people who could identify Ninja and people who could identify any other 5 people in the commercial" -- nm - David Feb 7, 12:38 1
  - I love his answer. He don't GAF about the old people! -- nm - Spawn Feb 7, 12:59
An office neighbor calls his fiancee twice a day - unscheduled. One out of the two calls is always 5 minutes of apology. - Max Feb 7, 12:17 2
- He relishes the role - Epiphany Feb 7, 13:45
- If you have to mansplain your compliments... -- nm - Spawn Feb 7, 12:21
Will Ferrell has launched the Ron Burgundy Podcast. -- (link) - Mop Feb 7, 12:16
Anthony Davis: still a Pelican. Los Angeles Lakers destabilized and possibly destroyed. - David Feb 7, 12:09 3
- If the Pelicans were actually good, it'd be amazing. - Will Hunting Feb 7, 12:13
- Lakers likely to tank from here. Unlikely to challenge GState and others this year -- nm* - budice Feb 7, 12:11 1
  - Then maybe UCLA can hire Luke Walton - eag Feb 7, 12:17
guys. I never knew west college heights was 16803. how do those people live with themselves?? -- nm - amanda Feb 7, 12:07 3
- Are they poncy about it? Because they live in the Heights? They probably petitioned for a separate number. -- nm - Max Feb 7, 12:20 2
  - Miromar Lakes in Fort Myers reportedly made Florida Gulf Coast University get a new zip code they wouldn't have to share. -- nm - ty97 Feb 7, 12:32 1
    - bastards -- nm - decline Feb 7, 12:50
Wait, are we lousy with accountants or are our accountants lousy? -- nm - Reagen Feb 7, 12:05 2
- The Accountant 4: STraight to Video -- nm - Max Feb 7, 12:28
- Yes -- nm - Tim Feb 7, 12:08
Listening to this podcast with Soderbergh and he sounds EXACTLY like Jeff Goldblum. Exactly. -- (link) - Volnelk Feb 7, 12:02
Got in to my Wells Fargo account but "Bill Pay is temporarily unavailable." Great - just as well it's nothing urgent :/ -- nm - Meg Feb 7, 11:59 2
- Wells Fargo has had complete online meltdowns twice this week according to Twitter. -- nm - Qale Feb 7, 12:25 1
  - Exactly. This seems to be the longest and affected more functions. -- nm - Meg Feb 7, 12:29
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- if I lead - Its " Hi..." - if I am responding I mimic how they sent it to me. -- nm - Epiphany Feb 7, 13:44
- A always, but with decreasing formality if it turns into a conversation. -- nm - Abby Normal Feb 7, 13:02
- "Mr. Dawson, You colon users are weird. It looks like computer code. Max" - Max Feb 7, 12:12
- In office, I always acknowledge who I am writing to and sign off, as well. -- nm - Spawn Feb 7, 12:10 4
  - Yes, my response below is more for personal email. In an official capacity I'm more formal. -- nm - Meg Feb 7, 12:17 3
    - But not too formal; "Your Royal Highness," should be used sparingly and only for the purpose of stinging sarcasm. -- nm - Max Feb 7, 12:19 2
      - Or list is as your preferred personal pronoun. -- nm - Baroon 5 Feb 7, 12:29 1
        
        *twitch* -- nm - oblique Feb 7, 12:38
- A -- nm - Mr. Havens Feb 7, 12:09
- I always greeting. I never "best." -- nm - amanda Feb 7, 12:08
- D - decline Feb 7, 12:06
- D) Greeting and signature on first contact, less likely if it becomes a thread. -- nm - Meg Feb 7, 12:04
- A, generally, unless I’m replying to a conversation. -- nm - Super Daddy Princess Feb 7, 12:03
- Not always A, but mostly. (NM) - Marlowe Feb 7, 12:03
- C/D. if it is someone i email all the time, just start typing. if it isn't, I at least say "Hi..." -- nm - Andie Feb 7, 12:02 1
  - (oh my signature is automatic on first email in conversation. not on subsequent.) -- nm - Andie Feb 7, 12:07
Realmuto to the Phillies, leaving the Marlins with absolutely nobody. -- nm - David Feb 7, 11:51 17
- Can anybody name three current Marlins? -- nm - Tim Feb 7, 12:08 5
  - jeter -- nm - Beaker Feb 7, 13:34
  - I can name 2 brand new ones - decline Feb 7, 12:12
  - I *can* but only because I googled it after my post. - David Feb 7, 12:11 2
    - Castro was the only one I could think of -- nm - Tim Feb 7, 12:13 1
      - and he thought being on the Cubs was bad..... -- nm - groiny Feb 7, 12:44
- That's a drag. I wanted the Reds to make that move. -- nm - Volnelk Feb 7, 12:01
- This make me happy -- nm - decline Feb 7, 12:00
- Quick, someone call up The King and His Court. -- nm - Marlins Management Feb 7, 11:57 2
  - Derek Jeter: overrated player, grotesquely incompetent owner. -- nm - David Feb 7, 11:58 1
    - This guy here is dead, Jeter. -- nm - Baroon 5 Feb 7, 12:20
- and Philadelphia has also traded their ultra-bust, Markelle Fultz, to Orlando, somehow for a first round pick. - David Feb 7, 11:56 5
  - this I'm meh about - decline Feb 7, 12:01 1
    - I think he needs to fire everyone around him to have a chance. - David Feb 7, 12:03
  - I have zero idea what the Magic are thinking with that one -- nm - prayformojo Feb 7, 12:01 1
    - upside potential. -- nm - Volnelk Feb 7, 12:03
  - Both those deals seem good for Philly -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 7, 11:58
The sun shines east, the sun shines west, I know where the sun shines best-- -- nm - Jolson Feb 7, 11:46 1
- On a dog's behind? -- nm - Baroon 5 Feb 7, 11:46
*scans social media for stuff to use against everyone I don't like* -- nm - Spawn Feb 7, 11:45 2
- Don't release that one picture -- nm - Amoxy Feb 7, 12:07
- Why limit yourself? -- nm - Mop Feb 7, 12:04

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