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tortoise hatchlings -- (link) - mud Feb 27, 12:12
So... a bad day for the GOP? -- nm - Mop Feb 27, 12:11 1
- A bad day for democracy! -- nm - Jim Jordan Feb 27, 12:11
Former NBA star Mike Bibby under investigation for sexual abuse, stalking. -- (link) - Diva Feb 27, 12:08
Barring some kind of major issue I can fine, looks like this might be the car I buy (going to look at it after work) - oblique Feb 27, 12:05 3
- Nice. Before seriously buying it, run an actual updated CARFAX. Get Maint guy to have a look if possible too. - budice Feb 27, 12:14
- Not bad. She should have wrecked her car sooner. -- nm - Mop Feb 27, 12:10
- sexy -- (edited) - decline Feb 27, 12:10
st can probably help with this. when looking to switch cell carries, how much - tRuMaN Feb 27, 11:58 3
- I've heard that tethering causes your unlimited to be limited significantly, uber drivers etc claim so -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 27, 16:21
- All my home lines are off carrier. My wife is on Boost, son is on Straight Talk and my daughter is on the Walmart mobile thing. - oblique Feb 27, 12:02 1
  - I pay $160 per month for 18GB and unlimited everything else across four lines. sometimes I think I wish I could have an off carrier - amanda Feb 27, 12:13
and in other news...Matt Gaetz is under investigation by the Florida State Bar over his Michael Cohen threat. -- nm - decline Feb 27, 11:41 5
- On The Rookie officer Chen triggered an internal affairs investigation when she intimidated a citizen but it was closed without consequence. - Max Feb 27, 12:01 3
  - Rookie spoils - Beryllium Feb 27, 12:11 1
    - Some days are lucky. - Max Feb 27, 12:13
  - Well, the FSB's status will probably not take a similar dive. -- nm - Spawn Feb 27, 12:10
- moron. -- nm - Diva Feb 27, 11:42
"Thank God the democratic party can walk and chew gum at the same time." nice -- nm - Wardog Feb 27, 11:29
Cohen: I no longer walk with my wife to a restaurant. I don't walk with my children. I send them ahead of me." -- nm - mud Feb 27, 11:22 2
- this in re: to the 60 million followers of Trump & "threatening social media" -- nm* - mud Feb 27, 11:24
- The entire thing aptly summarized... -- (link) - David Feb 27, 11:24
The Alouettes de Montréal have released QB Johnny Manziel. -- nm - Beaker Feb 27, 11:19 1
- I like Alouettes cheese -- nm - decline Feb 27, 11:24
sorry Truman. " In new budget, Navy says it will retire the USS Truman aircraft carrier 2 decades early" -- (link) - decline Feb 27, 11:07
For those who have yet to see Spider-Verse, the post-credits scene is fantastic. -- nm - Shaun Feb 27, 11:05 7
- It made me smile but (spoilers) - Inigo Feb 27, 11:09
- I know people love this, but I really don't have much interest in it. -- nm - groiny Feb 27, 11:06 5
  - FWIW, I generally have zero interest in animated superhero movies and only saw it because we wanted to see a movie and nothing else appealed. We - pmb Feb 27, 11:20
  - It's definitely worth a watch. You can do a lot worse with 2 hours of your life. -- nm -- (edited) - Shaun Feb 27, 11:16 3
    - 2 hours my ass. - groiny Feb 27, 11:16 2
      - As long as there's no jumping involved. -- nm - Shaun Feb 27, 11:18 1
        
        to be fair, I do not like jumping either. -- nm - groiny Feb 27, 11:18
‘Love Connection’ canceled after 2 seasons by FOX -- nm - Beaker Feb 27, 11:01 5
- in other news, there was a show on Fox called 'Love Connection' -- nm - decline Feb 27, 11:03 4
  - Seriously. -- nm - Mop Feb 27, 11:54
  - Right? Was it a game show? -- nm - David Feb 27, 11:05 2
    - 12 episode season of Robert Kraft picking his "massage therapist" from a starting group of 24 - spoilers - Beaker Feb 27, 11:06 1
      - reminds me of the old ONTV game show "Everything Goes" - groiny Feb 27, 11:10
RIP Chevy Cobalt -- (edited) - oblique Feb 27, 11:00 1
- you should see if they'll let you burn it in effigy -- nm - decline Feb 27, 11:02
Trump Cult seems awfully concerned about Cohen writing a book after prison. - Jovian Feb 27, 10:59 2
- We all know the best way to get published is to bungle your criminal activities, get caught, and do time at 52 years old -- nm - decline Feb 27, 11:02
- Also, Cohen is defending Trump more than any of the GOP committee members -- nm - Amoxy Feb 27, 11:00
"How many times did Mr. Trump ask you to threaten someone?" -- (link) - mud Feb 27, 10:55
My favorite tweet of the week to date. -- (link) - David Feb 27, 10:54 4
- A submission: -- (link) - Roger More Feb 27, 11:07 3
  - Yeah, I've seen several posts along these lines on Twitter, wondering why Democratic congressional reps aren't point this out. -- nm - David Feb 27, 11:13 2
    - Whoever's time it is now may have seen that, because she just asked him about it. -- nm - Max Feb 27, 11:30 1
      - Stacey Plascett (US Virgin Isl) -- nm - mud Feb 27, 11:33
Michael Cohen testifies that yes, there were additional payments to David Pecker for stories - one about a Trump lovechild. -- nm - decline Feb 27, 10:48
The new Hillary's emails mantra that will come out of this hearing will be "Where are the boxes of documents??" - Max Feb 27, 10:34
Jeebus: "D.K. Metcalf is a 6'4", 240-lb WR " -- (link) - decline Feb 27, 10:24 7
- Sounds like Vernon Davis coming out of college. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 27, 10:29
- David Boston, Jr. -- nm - Inigo Feb 27, 10:25 5
  - Serious question: do you mean that as a positive or a negative? -- nm - David Feb 27, 10:30 4
    - Boston had 2 really good seasons - Strongbad Feb 27, 10:36 2
      - Right. He seemed more obsessed with getting bigger and more in shape than playing football well. Almost like it was an addiction. - Inigo Feb 27, 10:38 1
        
        That's why I asked. I wasn't sure if you meant good David Boston or Mr. Hyde David Boston. -- nm - David Feb 27, 10:54
    - It could be a positive. Guys with that kind of drive to build themselves physically can be a beast on the field. - Inigo Feb 27, 10:35
Aquaman 2 in 2022... -- (link) - Remlik Feb 27, 10:11 17
- What are Warner Bros' demands? - David Feb 27, 10:25 15
  - why do you hate fun? -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 27, 10:41 14
    - There's maybe six minutes of fun in the 17 days of Aquaman. -- nm - David Feb 27, 10:53 11
      - 1.4 billion. -- nm - groiny Feb 27, 10:57 10
        
        Well, that must guarantee its quality! -- nm - David Feb 27, 10:58 9
        
        well, it guaranteed a sequel for sure. -- nm - groiny Feb 27, 11:00 8
        
        Reminder he didn't like GotG either -- nm - eag Feb 27, 11:14 6
        
        But loved GoTG 2! -- nm - David Feb 27, 11:16 2
        
        who are you???? -- nm - groiny Feb 27, 11:17 1
        
        ... -- (pic) - David Feb 27, 11:19 [Attachment]
        
        david does not like anything. - groiny Feb 27, 11:15 2
        
        You're literally saying you don't want to watch Spider-Verse a few posts up. You just prefer crap to greatness. - David Feb 27, 11:17 1
        
        the trailer did not excite me, and I do not love cartoons, so...... -- nm - groiny Feb 27, 11:18
        
        Unless we meet their terrorist demands! Welcome to the thread! -- nm - David Feb 27, 11:00
    - he's gotten crotchety in his old age -- nm - Remlik Feb 27, 10:46 1
      - for a while now -- nm - groiny Feb 27, 10:47
- 3 years should be enough to get Amber Heard some acting lessons, right? (NM) - Warner Brother execs Feb 27, 10:12
"He told me that black people would never vote for him because they were too stupid." - David Feb 27, 10:06 1
- This is from a larger CNN piece about Cohen's 21 most consequential statements. -- (link) - David Feb 27, 10:13
Raskin: Republicans arent upset that Cohen lied to Congress for the president, "they're upset that you've stopped lying to Congress for the president" -- nm - mud Feb 27, 09:56
"Do you have any knowledge of illegal activity by Trump not discussed here today?" "Yes, but those are being investigated by the SDNY" -- nm - Max Feb 27, 09:47 1
- this is riveting. Almost every stupid question & ad hominem attack illicits a zinger from Cohen -- nm - mud Feb 27, 09:49
Cohen to Republicans: If you continue to follow President Trump you will "suffer the same consequences that I'm suffering." -- nm - mud Feb 27, 09:43 3
- Anybody that didn't know this since 2016 is dumb. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 27, 09:44 2
  - aka the majority of the GOP. -- nm - Spawn Feb 27, 09:46 1
    - "Know" vs "know but choose to ignore." -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Feb 27, 10:09
Eagles will let Nick Foles become a free agent. -- nm - budice Feb 27, 09:36 6
- They must not have gotten even a halfway decent offer -- nm - decline Feb 27, 10:22
- dammit, broncos! -- nm - prayformojo Feb 27, 09:49
- Dear Miami, please don't sign him. #TankforTua -- nm - Strongbad Feb 27, 09:39 3
  - I don't think Brian Flores is a tanking kinda guy. - Diva Feb 27, 09:47 2
    - I hope you're right - Strongbad Feb 27, 09:48 1
      - 8-8 forever! -- nm - CQ Feb 27, 10:14
It's pretty remarkable that Cohen is currently being criticized for trying to use his "history as a liar" to profit personally. - Max Feb 27, 09:30
YES: Knowing the United States is in great peril, Canada sent humanitarian aid with two Carly Rae Jepsen songs in one day. Thank you. -- (link) - MDH Feb 27, 09:29 [youtube]
so, what's going on in Red Sox camp???? -- nm - groiny Feb 27, 09:28 6
- I'm 25 minutes from the park, I'll go....fix this -- nm - ty97 Feb 27, 09:30 3
  - sounds like something serious is going on with a player or their family. -- nm - groiny Feb 27, 09:32 2
    - This -- (link) - eag Feb 27, 09:47 1
      - ugh -- nm - groiny Feb 27, 09:50
- Blake Griffin is holding out. -- nm - David Feb 27, 09:29 1
  - Saving it for Comic-Con. -- nm - Shaun Feb 27, 09:30
Ok - so I'm listening to this nonsense - what is this hearing actually for? - Wardog Feb 27, 09:14 27
- It’s political theatre, meant to score worthless points with those already on the Impeachment Train - Mr. Havens Feb 27, 11:25
- Congrats, you've been successfully programmed to hate the checks and balances the Constitution requires -- nm - con_carne Feb 27, 10:54
- Letting Cohen talk before he is silenced. -- nm - Spawn Feb 27, 09:45 1
  - ~Hello darkness, my old friend~ -- nm - Strongbad Feb 27, 09:49
- I don't know why a Dem doesn't just say we can only bring the people here who worked for/ have knowledge about Trump. We can't help it if all his -- (edited) - jnine Feb 27, 09:43
- It's ridiculous, but all else being equal, it's better than "nothing to see here, no reason to investigate" committee leadership. - Max Feb 27, 09:35
- In my opinion, in a vacuum, this accomplished nothing, but it still needs to be on record for the Mueller report. - Volnelk Feb 27, 09:32 9
  - "My name is Michael Cohen, and I am testifying while standing on this block of ice inside a frictionless vacuum." -- nm - Strongbad Feb 27, 09:34 8
    - "I'm sorry, I can't hear you. Wait, why are you turning purple?" (NM) - Congressman Feb 27, 10:11
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      - There's a blizzard outside here, but this seems like a good time to go for lunch. -- nm - Roger More Feb 27, 09:38 4
        
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        Chipotle, yum. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 27, 09:39 2
        
        I tried it once - way too salty. I should try it again but I’m not in a rush. -- nm - Roger More Feb 27, 10:10
        
        Sadly my location isn't serving chorizo as an option anymore. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 27, 09:41
    - The Ice Box, coming soon to NBC -- nm - Max Feb 27, 09:36
- "If the Financials don't fit, you must acquit" - budice Feb 27, 09:21
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  - You crazy. We havent had this level of DC drama since Ollie North. -- nm - Jovian Feb 27, 09:20 7
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    - LOL. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 27, 09:21 3
      - Jim Jordan is that you? -- nm - Jovian Feb 27, 09:23 2
        
        *yells at you for 5 minutes straight* -- nm - Strongbad Feb 27, 09:23 1
        
        it is you it is you! - Jovian Feb 27, 09:24
    - We just had it with Kavanaugh. -- nm - Inigo Feb 27, 09:20 1
      - Disagree, not even remotely in the same league. -- nm - Jovian Feb 27, 09:22
- Horse and pony show for the bases with a chance to actually sway some people in the middle who don't want to back the traitor. - Will Hunting Feb 27, 09:15
Ooh, Bomberman is current. - Will Hunting Feb 27, 09:13
March PS+ Games. -- (link) - Shaun Feb 27, 09:03
Why is every white man in this just yelling for 5 minutes straight? -- nm - MDH Feb 27, 09:03 18
- First Congressional heading, eh? -- nm - David Feb 27, 09:11 11
  - I've been to multiple hearings in person -- nm - MDH Feb 27, 09:15
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    - killshot. -- nm - Remlik Feb 27, 09:46 4
      - How are people thinking that was a serious post??? - David Feb 27, 10:02 3
        
        It's cute to see you trying to wiggle out of this one. (NM) - Marlowe Feb 27, 10:08 1
        
        ... -- (pic) - David Feb 27, 10:12 [Attachment]
        
        people think it's funny. -- nm - Diva Feb 27, 10:05
    - bam -- nm - Diva Feb 27, 09:39
    - THESE ARE THE JOKES, PEOPLE!!! -- nm - David Feb 27, 09:25 1
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    - Jeez I just saw what you wrote -- nm* - MDH Feb 27, 09:15
- Liar liar pants on fire -- nm - Amoxy Feb 27, 09:06
- It worked in the Kavanaugh hearings -- nm - Roger More Feb 27, 09:06 1
  - I still like beer! -- nm - Qale Feb 27, 09:10
- Why do they keep bringing up this Tweeter account? -- nm - Amoxy Feb 27, 09:06
- I'll assume this is a rhetorical question. -- nm - mud Feb 27, 09:05
- Because they know that any questions they actually ask will likely only hurt their boy. -- nm* - Wardog Feb 27, 09:04
March XBox Games with Gold. -- (link) - Shaun Feb 27, 09:03 1
- March. That will be when I turn my XBox back on. -- nm - Spawn Feb 27, 09:47

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