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Beautiful "dragon shaped" aurora. -- (link) - Mop Feb 18, 13:12 1
- GoT spoilers above - rollo Feb 18, 13:37
WWE: Graves update..he and his wife have been divorcing for 6 months..he informed her of the relationship over the weekened.... - Remlik Feb 18, 13:04 5
- I'm curious about how Methy the Body thought the WWE was going to sue her... - Will Hunting Feb 18, 13:07 1
  - It sounds like his kids and Steph and HHH's kids are playmates. - David Feb 18, 13:08
- Did NOT see that coming. - David Feb 18, 13:05 2
  - I wonder if he will stop grovelling over Mandy Rose - eag Feb 18, 13:13 1
    - He may change the way he does it for Mandy and Alexa. Cause Renee was *done* with it last night. -- nm - Remlik Feb 18, 13:15
chelsea peretti’s monologue at the WGAs is very enjoyable. nm but: -- (link) - i.b! Feb 18, 13:03 [youtube]
Hot Ones has really upped their game. Celebs are making it part of their press junkets. Here's Ken Jeong. -- (link) - Mop Feb 18, 13:00 [youtube]
Describe Bryce Harper in one word...the replies are not kind. -- (link) - Flavorize Feb 18, 12:58 7
- Related: Thomas Boswell wrote a really insightful article on the 2019 Natinals. -- (link) - David Feb 18, 12:59 6
  - How the hell did a 2nd baseman only start 5 double-plays? -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 18, 13:03 5
    - he's a terrible defensive 2B, and you can not expect much with him out there. -- nm - groiny Feb 18, 13:09 3
      - By accident, more than 5 balls should be hit to him with a man on 1st. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 18, 13:10 2
        
        Infield shift! -- nm - Baroon 5 Feb 18, 13:35
        
        oh, I am sure there were plenty, but between not fielding it cleanly, or just being content to get one and not risk an error..... - groiny Feb 18, 13:18
    - Right?! -- nm - David Feb 18, 13:06
Bruce Bochy, arguably the greatest baseball manager of the era, will retire after this year. -- (edited) - David Feb 18, 12:55 2
- It's amazing how long he's managed to stay hidden with a sub .500 record. - Will Hunting Feb 18, 13:00 1
  - injuries played big roles too often over those years. not responsible for all of it, but having better coverage would - i.b! Feb 18, 13:07
Guilty dog is guilty -- (link) - TWuG Feb 18, 12:50
So yes, tax returns are going to nail Trump and the Republicans -- (link) - Reagen Feb 18, 12:49 13
- At long last! THIS is what's going to get Trump! -- nm - Strongbad, Astronauts Champion Feb 18, 14:38
- I get that people want refunds; that the extra money in their paychecks is invisble to them now that they owe at tax time. but I think that it's - amanda Feb 18, 13:00 11
  - It definitely ignores that important fact, but I think it does reflect that a) now that they are getting hit with the tax bill they're realizing that - pmb Feb 18, 13:06 1
    - and that's what the article should say. -- nm - amanda Feb 18, 13:11
  - The key to the article is hidden in the middle: "Coming up with new forms would have taken at least half a year, and would have been a chore" - David Feb 18, 13:05 7
    - for sure that. but what I said too. do you owe more? or do you just owe it at a different time? it matters. -- nm - amanda Feb 18, 13:05 6
      - From a math standpoint, it doesn't matter. But from a perception standpoint, it's huge. - Will Hunting Feb 18, 13:08 5
        
        Right. The reality is they got little to nothing (especially in blue states) while watching corporations and the rich get big breaks. People are - pmb Feb 18, 13:11 4
        
        One of the most hysterical phenomenons of the past six months is Fox News running anti-AOC polls where their own viewers overwhelming agree with her. - David Feb 18, 13:12 3
        
        But that's basically the story of Fox news. When they poll policy without attribution to party, overwhelmingly people approve of democratic policy. - pmb Feb 18, 13:17 1
        
        ~ go back to sleep~ - Epiphany Feb 18, 13:21
        
        Instant Karma -- nm - mud Feb 18, 13:16
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While we're talking baseball, Luiz Gohara has dropped 40 pounds. -- (link) - David Feb 18, 12:42 5
- Since 2014, teams with OBP ≤ .300:.... - budice Feb 18, 12:57
- Nice! I'm not seeing it, but wasn't his injury his shoulder? One site had the Braves having 7 of the top 70 prospects...I think 4 were pitchers... - Flavorize Feb 18, 12:49 1
  - Atlanta only acquired arms during the rebuild. Only two of our top 12 prospects are offensive players. Gohara's been ranked... - David Feb 18, 12:54
- He lost 40 lbs? Was he CC Sabathia's brother? - Will Hunting Feb 18, 12:47 1
  - Yes, we called him CC Jr. on the Braves board. - David Feb 18, 12:47
Email from Target - "we apologize for your recent experience with a gift-card transaction"...Huh? Scroll down - "please ignore our previous - Meg Feb 18, 12:33 2
- Write back and insist they replace the gift card -- nm - Abby Normal Feb 18, 12:45 1
  - That would be easier than replacing their website:) -- nm - Meg Feb 18, 12:51
This one is SO ST--Endless Jeopardy next clue: -- (link) - Flavorize Feb 18, 12:27 16
- little suidae on the prarie -- nm - peglegpete Feb 18, 12:54
- the Dean Martin Celebrity Roast -- nm - peglegpete Feb 18, 12:52
- Chico & the Ham -- nm - peglegpete Feb 18, 12:50
- Welcome back Kosher - Amoxy Feb 18, 12:46 3
  - awesome -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 18, 13:08
  - Zip Zap Zoom! -- nm - Flavorize Feb 18, 12:50
  - nice -- nm - peglegpete Feb 18, 12:47
- Starsky and Brunch -- nm - Amoxy Feb 18, 12:45
- Ok. Hickory CHIPS -- nm - Amoxy Feb 18, 12:44
- Charlie's Buccaneers -- (edited) - peglegpete Feb 18, 12:43
- The Six Million Dollar Ham. -- nm - pmb Feb 18, 12:42
- Three's Savory. -- nm - Baroon 5 Feb 18, 12:41 1
  - now we're cookin'! -- nm - Flavorize Feb 18, 12:43
- Alice - Amoxy Feb 18, 12:33
- Archie Bunkers BBQ Place -- nm - peglegpete Feb 18, 12:32 1
  - Ha!--Others getting love: H*A*M*S, Pork and Mindy, Brady Brunch, Hamford and Sons, $10,000 Food Pyramid -- nm - Flavorize Feb 18, 12:38
Can I just say, the HSX price for Detective Pikachu is absurdly high? 232. - Will Hunting Feb 18, 12:23 1
- When looking at the schedule this morning, I thought the same thing. -- nm - MDH Feb 18, 12:33
STIS: You be the voter--Which player should go to the HOF? -- (edited) - Flavorize Feb 18, 12:18 10
- They’re both better than Bryce Harper. -- nm - David, Earth’s Mightiest Hero Feb 18, 12:24 4
  - Player A is Larry Walker BTW -- nm - Flavorize Feb 18, 12:28 3
    - I know. I'm one of the people who has been saying for more than a decade now that it's criminal that Walker isn't viewed as a HOFer. - David Feb 18, 12:37
    - Walker is going to be downgraded because of the Coors Field Factor -- nm - Amoxy Feb 18, 12:34 1
      - Course, it won't matter in time...Baines made it clear all these guys are in without argument. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 18, 12:35
- Player B (Dale Murphy) over Player A. - Will Hunting Feb 18, 12:21 4
  - They do these on Twitter, all-the-time, mostly for Fantasy Football--take away the names and people jump in a totally different direction -- nm* - Flavorize Feb 18, 12:25
  - those 15 extra home runs really seal the deal -- nm - Beaker Feb 18, 12:23 2
    - Well, add in there was a short time period where he was one of the 2-3 best players in the game.... -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 18, 12:24 1
      - Pretty much killed it from 1981-1990 -- nm - Flavorize Feb 18, 12:25
I'm dying -- (link) - Reagen Feb 18, 12:10 [youtube] 2
- lol @ the other dog leaning over to say wth dude -- nm - Jovian Feb 18, 12:30
- pomegranates killd her father -- nm - Beaker Feb 18, 12:13
Disney always makes for the best spy stories. -- (link) - David Feb 18, 11:45
@EndlessJeopardy, next clue: -- (link) - Flavorize Feb 18, 11:38 3
- The Hearth Ledger -- nm - rollo Feb 18, 11:39 2
  - $2000 answer---Others that got love: Fyre place, California real estate, Heat Ledger, Holly™️ Wood Bowl -- (edited) - Flavorize Feb 18, 11:54 1
    - No James Woods Stove? -- nm - VMan Feb 18, 13:35
Syndicated cartoon Non Sequitur dropped by 40 papers after artist drops in an anti trump F bomb, our paper will replace with Nancy -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 18, 11:32 8
- link -- (link) - peglegpete Feb 18, 11:37 1
  - Oh! They erased it in the GoComics.com version. -- nm - Mop Feb 18, 11:42
- Link -- (link) - zeitgeist Feb 18, 11:32 5
  - Here's the Feb 10th strip. What am I missing? -- (link) - Mop Feb 18, 11:38 4
    - I think we should be more concerned about this 8-limbed bear running around. -- nm - Max Feb 18, 11:52
    - somewhere in the scribbles apparently (if you read the comments below.) -- nm - Andie Feb 18, 11:43
    - You're missing nothing. But that image is missing the original "Go f**k yourself Trump" message... - Mr. Havens Feb 18, 11:42
    - The original strip has a caption by the wheel of the machine that contains the "fuck you Trump" text, though the f is in a separate - TWuG Feb 18, 11:41
"French fencing body recognizes lightsaber dueling as a sport" -- nm - David Feb 18, 11:26 2
- One day, someone will get a gold medal in Higher Ground. -- nm - David Feb 18, 11:26 1
  - Everyone knows that once you have higher ground you automatically win. -- nm - Baroon 5 Feb 18, 11:31
Who was looking for a new phone? Here's how you get the Pixel 3 for $350. -- (link) - Mop Feb 18, 11:19 12
- Unless you are desperate for a phone (yours broke) why pay money now when 5G phones are coming out this year? The sooner it will be obsolete. - Bacon Feb 18, 12:08 3
  - LOL, don't hold your breathe for 5G -- nm - psilotum Feb 18, 13:06
  - Hold out for the top of the line S10!!!! -- nm - Shaun Feb 18, 12:58 1
    - 12 GB of ram! did you see?? holy crap! -- nm - amanda Feb 18, 13:02
- how bad is the "custom" verizon android skin? do we know? -- nm - amanda Feb 18, 11:38 2
  - Wait, carriers in the US are allowed to skin Pixel phones? That's pure garbage. -- nm - Shaun Feb 18, 12:03 1
    - I think the only US carrier that directly sells the pixel is verizon. I just did a quick goog, I don't know if they still skin. -- nm - amanda Feb 18, 13:04
- Interested -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 18, 11:30
- Mi A2 for $205 straight from Amazon.com with no hoops. -- (link) - Shaun Feb 18, 11:25 2
  - Chinese spyware included at no extra cost! -- nm - Mop Feb 18, 11:28 1
    - You. Know. It. -- nm - Shaun Feb 18, 11:28
- It retails for $800. -- nm - Mop Feb 18, 11:20
Sorkin and Cast are talking about a Newsroom revival.... -- (link*) - Remlik Feb 18, 11:17 2
- Still one of my favorite shows of all time. Really wish it would have continued through our current mess... - Mr. Havens Feb 18, 11:29
- So underrated. -- nm - Volnelk Feb 18, 11:23
This is one thing I was going to wait awhile to talk about it. Maybe we will talk about it now so you can think about it. -- (edited) - Qale Feb 18, 11:11
"Farrah Day Fawcett"--Snort! Nice! -- (link) - Flavorize Feb 18, 11:02 [Backboard] 3
- not much of a dancer tho -- nm - rollo Feb 18, 11:05 2
  - You want a dancer, how about Twila Sparks -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 18, 11:13 1
    - I was going to say Naomi Watts, but that might be the real answer -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 18, 11:14
Georgia, once again, seeks to redraw state boundary with Tennessee -- (link) - Strongbad, Astronauts Champion Feb 18, 10:55 8
- You'll get nothing and like it, you little peanut farming fuckers! -- nm - David Feb 18, 10:56 7
  - Once again, standing up for what's... wrong? -- nm - Strongbad, Astronauts Champion Feb 18, 12:08
  - I’d consider giving them Memphis, but it doesn’t line up right. -- nm - Volnelk Feb 18, 11:24 2
    - If they want anything, they can get it from Alabama. -- nm - David Feb 18, 11:25 1
      - Ewww -- nm - TWuG Feb 18, 11:45
  - *stands beside David, letting the medieval morning star drop into a comfortable grip* -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 18, 11:03
  - Somebody didn't get their ovaltine for breakfast -- nm - Amoxy Feb 18, 11:00 1
    - He must've lost his decoder ring. -- nm - Baroon 5 Feb 18, 11:01
Waiting for this to start -- (pic) - LMS Feb 18, 10:54 [Attachment] 1
- Jelly! Let us know how it is! -- nm - Flavorize Feb 18, 10:56
Sitting in the laundromat, watching my clothes spin in the dryer and eating a lemon jelly donut - Amoxy Feb 18, 10:41 7
- Do they sell donuts? Do you get them and bring them to the laundromat? What's the sequence of events here?... - Flavorize Feb 18, 11:35 3
  - Go to laundromat, put clothes in washer. Walk over to Safeway get a cinnamon roll and a lemon jelly donut - Amoxy Feb 18, 12:24 2
    - ... rinse, repeat -- nm - rollo Feb 18, 12:27 1
      - And tell the guy at the laundromat counter to play "More then a Feeling" -- nm - Amoxy Feb 18, 12:32
- Has Boston come on the radio, yet? -- nm - VMan Feb 18, 10:46 2
  - No. But "I got you babe" just started. - Amoxy Feb 18, 10:49 1
    - My advice: try to woo Andie MacDowell and also go easy on the fabric softener -- nm - rollo Feb 18, 10:54
You can now book your room at the TWA Hotel at JFK. There's some renderings of what the rooms will look like. -- (link) - Mop Feb 18, 10:36 1
- Just when I'd almost decided on Philadelphia for a stopover you toss that out there :) -- nm - Meg Feb 18, 10:44
Presidents Day, President's Day, or Presidents' Day? -- (link) - Dano Feb 18, 10:33 14
- I'm sure we have presidents for all of them. -- nm* - Qale Feb 18, 11:14
- ‘I’ve given up drinking for the rest of my life’ or ‘I’ve given up. Drinking for the rest of my life.’? -- nm - Volnelk Feb 18, 11:07
- “Another Effin’ Unnecessary Federal Holiday” -- nm - Mr. Havens Feb 18, 11:04 5
  - I mean really, why do we need a holiday in the dead if winter, we need one in mid summer btw memorial and labor day -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 18, 11:16 4
    - Here you go - - Abby Normal Feb 18, 12:01
    - July 4? -- nm - Andie Feb 18, 11:22 2
      - That'll never work....it's too close to Memorial Day and too far from Labor Day. July 15th should be perfect. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 18, 11:28 1
        
        The Ides of July? -- nm - Baroon 5 Feb 18, 11:30
- *sings the Mediocre Presidents song* -- nm - Baroon 5 Feb 18, 10:52
- for the 'forseeable' future I'll think of it as 44 presidents' day. -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 18, 10:47
- Whatever the New York Times says. -- nm - Mop Feb 18, 10:37
- Yep: "Alas, we can only be sure of one thing, which is that it is definitely not President's' Day." -- nm - Flavorize Feb 18, 10:36 2
  - President's'td've'm Day. -- nm - Reagen Feb 18, 10:38 1
    - Ha! Most excellent! -- nm - Flavorize Feb 18, 10:39

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