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actor Jan Micheal Vincent (Airwolf, Damnation Alley, Winds of War) died last month... -- (link) - Remlik Mar 8, 09:07 3
- Huh, thought he died a while ago -- nm - Amoxy Mar 8, 09:29
- 84 acting credits. He had a big drinking problem -- nm - decline Mar 8, 09:11 1
  - Yep. And some major health issues over the past decade or two. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 8, 09:12
Verlander's working on a change-up. - Will Hunting Mar 8, 09:00
Shines resigns -- (link) - mud Mar 8, 08:55 6
- Will the WH whore Hope Hicks be returning? -- nm - Jovian Mar 8, 09:08 3
  - truth hurts - Jovian Mar 8, 09:40
  - dude. -- nm - mud Mar 8, 09:20
  - Yeah that's not helpful. -- nm - Reagen Mar 8, 09:13
- Moving to the 2020 Campaign -- nm - decline Mar 8, 08:59
- Only because he's joining the Trump Campaign leadership. -- nm - Mop Mar 8, 08:59
Jags release RB Carlos Hyde -- (link) - budice Mar 8, 08:55 1
- Between that trade and the Kareem Hunt situation, I lost my top 2 fantasy RB in 2018 to forces other than injury. -- nm - Baronan the Accuser Mar 8, 09:01
House passes voter reform act HR1 along party lines 234-193. McConnell won't even let it come to a vote in the Senate so it's DOA -- nm - decline Mar 8, 08:46
Capt Marvel: $20.7M Thu Night -- (link) - budice Mar 8, 08:40 7
- But angry nerds! -- nm - Reagen Mar 8, 08:50
- is that good? -- nm - decline Mar 8, 08:40 5
  - In a few hours, it beat every 2019 film’s best day of box office except one. -- nm - David, Earth’s Mightiest Hero Mar 8, 09:27
  - Yes, I'd say it puts the opening between $140 and $160 million. -- nm - Inigo Mar 8, 08:42 2
    - Concur. It'd have to be frontloaded on a Hunger Games/Batman vs Superman scale to be lower than $140M and I don't see that. -- nm - Roger More Mar 8, 08:48
    - I am sticking with my $175 I predicted back in January, but am less... certain. -- nm - Spawn Mar 8, 08:43
  - Well, it's like 3 D&D animation Kickstarters. -- nm - Ender Mar 8, 08:42
I am about to make a non-spoiler sexist statement about Captain Marvel. - Spawn Mar 8, 08:06 [Attachment] 8
- The Gemma Chan fan club isn’t accepting new members. -- nm - David, Earth’s Mightiest Hero Mar 8, 09:34
- Are you saying Zoe Saldana is hotter in her Gamora look? - eag Mar 8, 09:21
- Wow I had no idea that was the same woman. But I never watched that show she was in. -- nm - sycor Mar 8, 08:24 1
  - Me either. I seriously could not take my eyes off of her. -- nm - Spawn Mar 8, 08:31
- tsk tsk -- nm - mud Mar 8, 08:09 1
  - Facts are facts. -- nm - Spawn Mar 8, 08:10
- Blue Kree have always been hotter than the Pinks. -- nm - Jovian Mar 8, 08:08 1
  - Adding racism to a sexist thread. - Spawn Mar 8, 08:32
Detroit man sues women who called cops on him for “gardening while black” as part of harassment campaign -- (link) - Super Daddy Princess Mar 8, 07:56 5
- Does he have a green thumb though? -- nm - Qale Mar 8, 08:13
- I may have missed it somewhere in the article, but I'm unclear how a false claim that he's a pedophile leads to "his arrest and stalking charges"... -- nm - Ender Mar 8, 08:10 2
  - Here's an earlier story from a Detroit paper - basically, the prosecutor's office found the stalking allegations credible, but that wasn't the case at - Roger More Mar 8, 08:27
  - I’m guessing here -- (edited) - Super Daddy Princess Mar 8, 08:15
- *sues him for Suing While Black* -- nm - Spawn Mar 8, 07:58
Lesson of the Day: If y'all are gonna commit tax evasion, do it in Virginia and make sure you're a rich white dude - Wesley Snipes Mar 8, 07:51
Elizabeth Warren calls to break up Facebook, Google and Amazon -- (link) - Strongbad Mar 8, 07:49 20
- Of the three, right now, Google is the only one I'd like to see this happen to. - Beryllium Mar 8, 09:11
- She gets my vote if she can break FB into 10 billion pieces. -- nm - Spawn Mar 8, 08:37
- Showing a fundamental lack of understanding of what companies like Google and Facebook do. -- nm - Mop Mar 8, 08:29 1
  - It understands what a monopoly is though. Google has the best search engine, which it leverages to drive advertising - Roger More Mar 8, 08:46
- Into what, would be my main question. - Super Daddy Princess Mar 8, 08:24 14
  - Examples, Google's search and advertising functions would be separated, FB's social networking + advertising would be separated - Roger More Mar 8, 08:33
  - lots of little facebooks -- nm - decline Mar 8, 08:28 10
    - FacePamphlets? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Mar 8, 09:19
    - Facebook Wall, Facebook-2 Messenger, Facebook-3 Events, Facebook-4 Weirdly Specific Ads, Facebook-5 Viral Videos -- nm - Ender Mar 8, 08:37 3
      - Facebook-6 Conspiracy Theory Central -- nm - Baronan the Accuser Mar 8, 08:38 2
        
        Facebook-7 Definitely Not The Russia, Comrade -- nm - Ender Mar 8, 08:41 1
        
        Facebook-8, “The Ocho”, Anti-vaxxers and sports memes. -- nm* - Super Daddy Princess Mar 8, 08:55
    - A million Facepages. (NM) - Marlowe Mar 8, 08:32
    - Yeah, that doesn’t strike me as a viable solution at all. -- nm - Super Daddy Princess Mar 8, 08:29 3
      - well, instead of one big company doing it once, lots of little companies will be able to monetize your personal data over and over again! -- nm - decline Mar 8, 08:38
      - I'm on Southwestern Face, but my buddy is on Face Atlantic. Can I still friend him? -- nm - Baronan the Accuser Mar 8, 08:35 1
        
        Only if you both VPN to Google Midwest. -- nm - Ender Mar 8, 08:39
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    - *hiss* -- nm - David, Earth’s Mightiest Hero Mar 8, 09:33
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I made a couple of tiny visual tweaks to ST (classic skin) last night. - Beryllium Mar 8, 07:35 3
- The IM looks different -- nm - decline Mar 8, 07:57 1
  - Yes, that's the main change. For a few minutes spent shuffling things around, it turned out better than I expected. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 8, 09:03
- It looks awesome! spoiler -- (edited) - Spawn Mar 8, 07:49
25 years ago today...Soundgarden Superunknown and Nine Inch Nails "Downward Spiral" released... -- nm - Remlik Mar 8, 07:27 4
- There are days I wish I could go back to that late 80's/early 90's era and experience new music like that again. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Mar 8, 08:22 1
  - I am pretty sure this is part of getting old. -- nm - Spawn Mar 8, 08:29
- on the same day?! That's too much sexy!!! -- nm - mud Mar 8, 07:59 1
  - I remember waiting in line for both of them. -- nm - Spawn Mar 8, 08:00
Q for ST: Why do some novels I read put "[novel title]: A Novel" on the cover? Is there some significance to that? I know it's a novel. -- nm - Baronan the Accuser Mar 8, 07:23 11
- "I'm kind of a bookworm. This is a novelization of the movie Precious: Based on the Novel Push By Sapphire" -- nm - prayformojo Mar 8, 07:36
- My guess would be if it has a somewhat ambiguous title, you'll be able to search for it. - Volnelk Mar 8, 07:32
- Maybe there's another book with the same, or a similar title? - Roger More Mar 8, 07:29 8
  - These are all great answers and I award you all points. -- nm - Baronan the Accuser Mar 8, 07:39 7
    - Also, maybe customers don't know it's a novel. If I write a novel about (say) the Battle of Gettysburg, I'll have to call it Gettysburg: A Novel - Roger More Mar 8, 07:45 6
      - so basically the publishers don't think people are smart enough to know when something is fiction or not -- nm - decline Mar 8, 08:08 3
        
        More like, customers have a lot of choice and limited time, and they may only give something a second of attention so you have to make that second count. -- nm* - Roger More Mar 8, 08:18 1
        
        Not to mention potential copyright issues. -- nm - The Wardog Mar 8, 08:35
        
        Informing someone what the book is about is kinda the job of the cover. -- nm - Ender Mar 8, 08:16
      - I already awarded you points. Quit grade grubbing. :P Also, where can I get your Gettysburg novel? -- nm - Baronan the Accuser Mar 8, 07:55 1
        
        I don't do it for points, I do it for the false feeling of superiority. -- nm - Roger More Mar 8, 08:07
This is top level ‘America is an awful place now’ type stuff. -- (link) - Volnelk Mar 8, 07:22 3
- Ahhh Boston, the most racist city on the east coast. -- nm - Jovian Mar 8, 08:11 1
  - They give NNJ a run for their money. -- nm - Jovian Mar 8, 08:12
- The company's name is Tara Construction. Ssy it loud. -- nm - Mop Mar 8, 07:41
I don't care what reviews say, I really enjoyed Captain Marvel. It was a lot of fun. -- nm - sycor Mar 8, 07:21 7
- B+ -- nm - Spawn Mar 8, 07:47 6
  - I would almost go A-, but yeah I can see B+ being a more realistic grade. (spoils) - sycor Mar 8, 08:03 3
    - That was part of it. spoiler - Spawn Mar 8, 08:07 2
      - Spoiler question about that - sycor Mar 8, 08:23 1
        
        *ding* -- nm - Spawn Mar 8, 09:15
  - But...but your a white dude - eag Mar 8, 07:52 1
    - They did many things right, and only a few things wrong. And of course, be sure to stay for bonus scenes. -- nm - Spawn Mar 8, 07:57
Guardian looks into foreign ties of three shell companies that made donations to Trump’s inauguration -- (link) - Super Daddy Princess Mar 8, 07:18
Crew Dragon has be recovered. Scorched a bit from reentry, too. 😀 -- (link) - TWuG Mar 8, 07:03 1
- Making the heat shield out of marshmallow really led to a lovely golden brown toasting. -- nm - Ender Mar 8, 07:11
At level 64 I have killed my first Scorchbeast in Fallout 76. This is big. -- nm - Qale Mar 8, 06:59 2
- I'm more than 3/4 of the way through Eureka in FF14, so there! -- nm - Strongbad Mar 8, 07:06 1
  - I'm about 3/4 of the way through Metro Exodus -- nm - decline Mar 8, 07:42
Yaaay - my boss has been given the all clear. After removing melanoma, his lymph was tested and determined to be unaffected. So glad about this. -- nm - Diva Mar 8, 06:43 7
- Great news! Friday Feeling!!! -- nm - Spawn Mar 8, 07:51
- great news! -- nm - ty97 Mar 8, 07:37
- Yay!!! - Epiphany Mar 8, 07:25 1
  - :) -- nm - Diva Mar 8, 07:27
- yeah! -- nm - prayformojo Mar 8, 07:00
- fantastic -- nm - groiny Mar 8, 06:57
- Nice. Good News week continues! -- nm - JaxSean Mar 8, 06:57
Cowboys DT David Irving leaving the NFL to spend more time with his weed family. -- (link) - Baronan the Accuser Mar 8, 06:23 2
- Idiot. I get wanting to use it instead of pain killers but this is a dumb move to make a point no one will listen to after today. - Krusty Mar 8, 06:33
- Higher. Further. Faster -- nm - budice Mar 8, 06:26
Some really strange stuff in the Uber lost&found (a baby chihuahua?) -- (link) - decline Mar 8, 06:19
Today SpaceX solidified their position as the premiere delivery system for manikins to locations throughout the solar system. -- (link) - decline Mar 8, 06:01 3
- The Russians are a distant second best now. Soyuz carries 3, Crew Dragon carries 7 -- nm - TWuG Mar 8, 06:06 2
  - they should reduce the leg room a bit and I bet they could get it to 10 manikins -- nm - decline Mar 8, 06:07 1
    - Or 100 mankinis. -- nm - Baronan the Accuser Mar 8, 06:14
Jobs Report: +20K, 2nd weakest month since Trump was elected. Unemployment drops to 3.8% -- nm - Strongbad Mar 8, 05:52 3
- “And that’s a bad miss...” -- (link) - Super Daddy Princess Mar 8, 07:11 [youtube]
- Missed the analyst projections of 175,000 by just a tidge -- nm - decline Mar 8, 06:03 1
  - Juuuuuuuuuust a bit outside -- nm - Bob Uecker si Mar 8, 06:22
Kraft-y: Trump cheered Kraft’s team to Super Bowl victory with founder of spa where he was busted -- (link) - budice Mar 8, 05:49 1
- Think the prez got a rub&tug during the game? -- nm - decline Mar 8, 05:53
Close (Netflix): B; also, the James Cameron's house episode of Future Man is pretty funny -- nm - prayformojo Mar 8, 04:29 1
- Still working through season two, but Future Man has some hilariously funny moments. -- nm - JaxSean Mar 8, 06:58
Rumor: Clippers, A's and Angels all considering relocations to Vegas in the next 12 months. -- (edited) - Strongbad Mar 8, 04:20 9
- Long Beach has offered the Angel's an ocean front stadium. I can't see them going to Vegas over that -- nm - jnine Mar 8, 11:01
- They'd need an enclosed stadium for baseball. How do the Diamondbacks do it? -- nm - Mop Mar 8, 07:17 1
  - Its a retractable roof -- nm - eag Mar 8, 07:19
- They're all trying to reach for the Fresh Relocation Money $$$ -- nm - budice Mar 8, 05:24
- Okay, Good, Dumb. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 8, 05:21 2
  - Agree I think it might work for the Clips and A's - eag Mar 8, 07:21 1
    - Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in Vegas -- nm - JD Mar 8, 08:06
- I can see the Clippers and one baseball team being allowed but not both. -- nm - Krusty Mar 8, 05:17
- The acceptance of gambling has green lit all these possibilities. For years leagues didn't want to touch it. -- nm - Volnelk Mar 8, 04:59
The U of Michigan airline crash 2 years ago was nearly catastrophic. - Will Hunting Mar 8, 03:33
Pretty good Twitter "moment": "What's the one sentence you'd communicate to your pet, if it were possible?" -- (link) - Flavorize Mar 8, 02:05 11
- I can't do anything to cure you, but I will not let you be in pain. -- nm - jnine Mar 8, 11:08
- Thank you for everything. -- nm - David, Earth’s Mightiest Hero Mar 8, 09:31
- The litter box is over *there*. - Super Daddy Princess Mar 8, 06:54
- You know my schedule so poking me in the face when I'm sleeping isn't getting you fed any sooner. - Abby Normal Mar 8, 06:31
- The food bowl is right there and there is food in it. -- nm - Baronan the Accuser Mar 8, 06:00
- You really don't have to bark at every single person who walks past the window. - decline Mar 8, 05:49 1
  - This. It's the reason I prefer cats. - TWuG Mar 8, 06:02
- No kitty...my pot pie. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 8, 05:22
- Leave your butt alone. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 8, 04:23
- I tell the neighbor's cat the same thing whenever I see her..."Leave the birds alone, but eat all the chipmunks you want." -- nm - . Mar 8, 02:59 1
  - Heh. -- nm - con_carne Mar 8, 03:36
Man knocks down wall--whole building collapses -- (link) - Flavorize Mar 8, 01:55
Schefty says AB to Bills is bullshit -- (link) - Flavorize Mar 8, 01:19 1
- get schefty -- nm - Beryllium Mar 8, 01:25
Nuke reactor in Scotland is cracking up, over 350 'hairline' aka several milimeters wide in the graphite bricks -- (link*) - zeitgeist Mar 8, 00:17 2
- eh, a bit of spackle will take care of that problem -- nm - decline Mar 8, 05:51
- And they want to restart it -- nm* - LMS Mar 8, 02:17
The Yankees, Amazon, and Sinclair Media appear likely to purchase the YES Network in a joint venture. - David Mar 7, 23:57 12
- 21st Century Fox *REALLY* wants to get out of the sports broadcast business. -- nm - Mop Mar 8, 08:32
- The Yankees always get in bed with the worst companies. -- nm - Krusty Mar 8, 05:25 4
  - lol -- nm - groiny Mar 8, 06:58 1
    - It's almost like the Yankees are the evil ones am I right? -- nm - Bacon Mar 8, 07:03
  - Well, Steinbrenner's have always been dirty. - Will Hunting Mar 8, 05:33 1
    - The sons only care about money and I get it but it has them attaching the Yankees to some shady people and companies. - Krusty Mar 8, 05:50
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  - I had been reading rumors about MLB on Amazon for months. -- nm - Krusty Mar 8, 05:50
- Um, wouldn’t they then need to cal it YAS? -- nm - Qale Mar 8, 01:27 2
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  - no that'll be Queen Latifah's network -- nm - Beryllium Mar 8, 01:28
- That's kind of an odd combo. -- nm - . Mar 8, 00:06

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