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So the Islanders swept the Penguins, the Hurricanes swept the Islanders and the Bruins swept the Hurricanes. -- nm - Reagen May 16, 20:57 2
- I like the idea of a bear that is stronger than a force of nature. -- nm - crash davis May 16, 21:28
- so the Bruins effectively beat the Penguins 64 times in a row! -- nm - mafic May 16, 21:13
Now playing Game of Thrones season 5 episode 8: Hardhome -- nm - Spawn May 16, 20:01 2
- Have you seen it before? -- nm - David May 16, 21:53 1
  - Oh yeah. Just watching the entire series before watching the final season. -- nm - Spawn May 16, 22:21
Proposed - 4:00pm is waaay too late to be scheduling a tour. Especially when it includes the 'schoolhouse experience.' Got home just before 7:00pm. -- nm - Meg May 16, 19:54
sweet. happy to see carolina go out with such a whimper. -- nm - prayformojo May 16, 19:42 3
- I like how NBC shows highlights... - budice May 16, 20:01 1
  - were there any? -- nm - mafic May 16, 21:53
- Boston 17-5 in goals scored -- nm* - budice May 16, 19:46
"I am not conceding victory to the Liberals," Ches Crosbie told his supporters tonight as the election wrapped up. - budice May 16, 19:15 1
- Federal and provincial politics have virtually no connection in Canada. -- nm - Reagen May 16, 20:06
Ignoring the awful Batman RUMOR below, Endgame talk spoiler - Spawn May 16, 19:06 6
- spoiler/answer - peglegpete May 16, 19:27 5
  - spoilers - Beryllium May 16, 19:31 4
    - That is my one big issue (spoils) - eag May 16, 20:10 2
      - I don't see that as an issue, at all. -- nm - Spawn May 16, 20:47 1
        
        I see it as potentially improving all of the above. Spoils - Beryllium May 16, 20:54
    - And as I said, no spoil - Spawn May 16, 20:00
Seth just picked his brothers pockets. I LOVE IT -- nm - Bacon May 16, 19:02
am I the only one who saw John Wick 3 tonight???? -- nm - Beaker May 16, 18:58 4
- Oh, no, don't tell me the theatre was empty! I must revert my long... (NM) - Marlowe May 16, 21:16
- Spoils - JaxSean May 16, 20:01
- JaxShawn is there. -- nm - budice May 16, 19:00
- Maybe! I'm seeing it on saturday. -- nm - Beryllium May 16, 19:00
Carolina gets their participation ribbon -- nm - budice May 16, 18:48
Meanwhile, Nick Kyrgios - still a punk -- (link) - Dano May 16, 18:44 1
- I don't know how he still has people that appear to like him. like whenever this happens there'll always be a tennis player/figure saying "he's good - mafic May 16, 20:35
I know it's still ridiculous early, but sigh. -- (link) - Tim May 16, 18:32 6
- it amuses me that they report people with support below the margin of error. -- nm - mafic May 16, 20:37
- Biden is coasting on name recognition. Warren is engaged in retail politics. Her campaign schedule is insane. - TWuG May 16, 18:42 4
  - those that don't pay much more attn than local tv news still think politics are based on reasoning and common interest -- nm - zeitgeist May 16, 22:23
  - I absolutely love what Elizabeth Warren is doing right now. (And as the tweet says, lol Beto.) -- nm - Tim May 16, 19:12 2
    - having a late dinner? -- nm - crash davis May 16, 21:55
    - yeah I like what she's doing now. -- nm - Remlik May 16, 19:18
Big Bang Theory finale: that was about right. - zork May 16, 18:16 3
- Spoil me, a guy that has seen three episodes total but knows the cast well enough. -- nm - Spawn May 16, 19:07 2
  - Well ... (Big Spoilers) - zork May 16, 19:49 1
    - Thanks. -- nm - Spawn May 16, 22:22
Not everything that is news, and it is news, needs to be reposted. - Bacon May 16, 18:14
Girl jumps off building after her own poll on instagram if she should Live/Die goes near 70% Death -- (link) - zeitgeist May 16, 18:12 3
- Virtuosity was ahead of its time. Sid 6.7 wasn't a monster, just a social media darling. -- nm - Beryllium May 16, 18:40
- Ugh but looks like it was the other way until word spread of her death -- nm - zork May 16, 18:22 1
  - those who encouraged her to jump could be charged with death penalty, or 10 years in a maylay prison which ever is worse I guess -- nm - zeitgeist May 16, 22:25
Robert Pattinson to Play ‘The Batman’ for Matt Reeves and Warner Bros. -- (link) - Remlik May 16, 17:52 18
- Hoult as batman would be interesting. He's got more of a Robin face, though. -- nm - Beryllium May 16, 18:52
- Oh DC. -- nm - MDH May 16, 18:49 1
  - Warner Brothers. Not DC. guarantee DC Comics would not have done that -- nm - Remlik May 16, 19:09
- "Not signed?" -- (link) - budice May 16, 18:46
- Think he'll be an all glittery batman? -- nm - decline May 16, 18:29 4
  - I mean, he's not right for it, but the shitiness of Twilight was not his fault. -- nm - Reagen May 16, 18:31 3
    - Yeah, but the acting. -- nm - budice May 16, 18:36 2
      - It's the corollary to not judging anyone by being in a Star Wars film. It's undeliverable material. -- nm - Reagen May 16, 19:32 1
        
        I've only seen him in the two Cronenberg pictures, I think he's perfect for Batman -- nm - mud May 16, 19:38
- Remlik you went through a lot of trouble and effort to troll us like that. Kudos to you sir -- nm - Bacon May 16, 18:12 1
  - I was about to get in the shower and Amy burst in and told me. - Spawn May 16, 19:19
- He does have a square chin.. (NM) - Marlowe May 16, 18:12
- NO mention of it being animated :((((((((((((((((((((((((((( -- nm - peglegpete May 16, 18:11
- Oh, Warner Bros. How do you suck this much with everything you do? -- nm - David, Earth’s Mightiest Hero May 16, 18:06 2
  - Benign neglect would would suck less than their actual efforts. -- nm - TWuG May 16, 18:07 1
    - Very much yes. -- nm - David, Earth’s Mightiest Hero May 16, 18:08
- this should go over well... -- nm - Beaker May 16, 18:03
- whoa -- nm - mud May 16, 17:55
wow, Liberals won in Newfoundland. Everyone thought they were toast -- (link) - Beaker May 16, 17:47 2
- The riding boundaries crack me up. Straight lines through the middle of nowhere. -- nm - Reagen May 16, 17:51 1
  - And ridings with ~1000 votes! I've seen more in HS president votes. -- nm - Reagen May 16, 17:53
Arizona Cardinals all-world cornerback Patrick Peterson has been suspended by the NFL for the first six games -- nm - Beaker May 16, 17:34
John Wick 3 A- -- nm - Beaker May 16, 17:33 4
- Rank the John Wick movies in order please. -- nm - Bacon May 16, 17:36 3
  - 1-2-3 (but I feel I need to see 3 again just to be sure....) - non-spoilery comment -- (edited) - Beaker May 16, 17:37 2
    - and don't get me wrong, I'll watch them 25 times over and over. -- nm - Beaker May 16, 17:38 1
      - Thx -- nm - Bacon May 16, 17:39
Norah O'Donnell moving to CBS evening news anchor -- (link) - Amoxy May 16, 17:21 1
- I have no idea who she is, but wish her my best. -- nm - peglegpete May 16, 17:26
I can’t believe Vince McMahon is calling Asuka and Kari the Bukake Experience. -- nm - Qale May 16, 17:18 1
- HA! -- nm - Remlik May 16, 17:19
WWE: Former WWE woman's star Ashley Massaro passes away... -- (edited) - Remlik May 16, 17:17 1
- I didn't see below. -- nm - Remlik May 16, 17:25
F-16 crashes into a building ... -- (link) - Beryllium May 16, 17:10 9
- Roger, what's your plan? -- nm - Reagen May 16, 17:27
- In the middle of nowhere. Not exactly LA news. fwiw -- nm - budice May 16, 17:12 7
  - I don't know if the people in the building felt that it was the middle of nowhere. - Beryllium May 16, 17:13 6
    - Think Northern Territories in the middle of California. Thats how remote -- nm - budice May 16, 17:15 5
      - Pedantry alert! The Northern Territory is in Australia. The Northwest Territories are in Canada. - mafic May 16, 20:41 1
        
        So not a big difference, then. -- nm - Beryllium May 16, 20:54
      - I understand that. I'm not saying it crashed into an office tower in downtown LA. It crashed into a building. Just an average shipping operation. - Beryllium May 16, 17:21 2
        
        you would think a pilot would notice the ONE building in the middle of nowhere -- nm - zeitgeist May 16, 18:14 1
        
        that was my biggest problem with the Aquaman trailer. Jason Momoa *must* have hit that desert yurt on purpose. - mafic May 16, 20:42
Todd Gurley doesn't want to be there. -- nm - Shaun May 16, 17:07
Ponies: First time since 1951 that the top three Kentucky Derby finishers aren't in the Preakness. -- nm - budice May 16, 17:04
"Former WWE Superstar Ashley Massaro has passed away at the age of 39, according to The Blast." She was also a Survivor contestant. -- nm - David May 16, 17:02 2
- I was going to meet her next weekend in Vegas at the convention. damn shame -- nm - Remlik May 16, 17:26
- wow -- nm - prayformojo May 16, 17:06
Tomi Lahren, the voice of reason -- (link) - Amoxy May 16, 16:50 4
- She’s said this before and was very logical about it: how can Republicans claim to be for smaller government, yet want to massively regulate this? -- nm - Tim May 16, 16:53 3
  - Hmmm.. Her tweet suggests she wants the gov to regulate it at least some. (NM) - Marlowe May 16, 18:11
  - Smaller government for me, but not for thee. -- nm - Super Daddy Princess May 16, 17:36
  - The same way they can be the party of law and order and support Trump and denigrate law enforcement. And the same way they can be the party of fiscal - pmb May 16, 17:03
WWE: “sources say the most frustrated person backstage is Triple H.” -- nm - Tim May 16, 16:47 1
- And the most frustrated person in the audience is everybody. -- nm - Qale May 16, 17:00
Famed architect I.M. Pei has died at the age of 102. -- nm - budice May 16, 16:44
Colorado secretary of state bans employees from traveling to Alabama due to state's abortion ban -- (link) - budice May 16, 16:42 3
- nice thought, but this could fuck up some of the state's business. I hope every dept. was asked first if they had pressing needs to go to Alabama. -- nm - peglegpete May 16, 16:47 2
  - It's not like they made it a felony punishable by up to 99 years in prison. -- nm - Beryllium May 16, 17:12
  - No one has pressing needs to go to Alabama. - Will Hunting May 16, 17:12
Schiff says he will take "enforcement action" against DOJ -- (link) - mud May 16, 16:21
DC judge orders release of voicemail(!) to Michael Flynn purported to show evidence of coercion on Trump/Congress' part -- (link) - Reagen May 16, 16:17 4
- There’s a fox in the henhouse -- (link) - budice May 16, 16:37
- This should be interesting. -- nm - pmb May 16, 16:31 2
  - I'll get excited when something actually comes of it -- nm - prayformojo May 16, 16:32 1
    - Appeal is definitely next so it's nothing imminent. -- nm - pmb May 16, 16:47
the premiere episode of Netflix's Street Food was wonderful. The woman at the center of it has such a good story, and the surprise - prayformojo May 16, 16:08
I love that Paul McCartneys 16th biggest hit on Billboard is Spies Like Us. That’s a jam. -- nm - Volnelk May 16, 16:03 1
- It is no Wonderful Christmas Time. -- nm - Spawn May 16, 16:25
nuts -- (link) - mud May 16, 15:53
Wu Tang Clan: Of Mics and Men is so damn good. I just finished the four episodes and I think I'm going to watch it again. A++++ - Krusty May 16, 15:36
OK, I can stop yelling now. HBO Brasil set the dates for "Deadwood The Movie". June 21st. - Marlowe May 16, 15:20 2
- Pirate that shit, this wait is a travesty I'll not have it for you my friend -- nm - con_carne May 16, 15:27 1
  - It's a bit. We have GoT at the same time, why not this? - Marlowe May 16, 15:40
My next quest in Fallout 76 is to get the resources to launch a nuke. -- nm - Qale May 16, 15:03 1
- They know that Annie Wilkes is supposed to be the villain in Misery, right? nm - ralph wiggum May 16, 17:19
600k sign change.org petition demanding HBO redo GoT S8 -- (link) - Harry Tuttle May 16, 14:37 10
- Where were all of them when the show got (see what I did there?) stupid many seasons ago? (NM) - Marlowe May 16, 14:54 3
  - Clearly, they didn't think it got stupid many seasons ago. nm - John Murphy May 16, 14:59 2
    - They must be the ones that think odd (spoilers) - Marlowe May 16, 15:04 1
      - I think it’s more that it balanced out - eg Season 5 had the Dorne storyline and Hardhome -- nm - Roger More May 16, 15:26
- And I kinda think all 600k of them should just skip the finale this weekend. They already hate it, so why do that to yourself? -- nm - John Murphy May 16, 14:46
- Because you know reshooting an entire season is so cheap and easy -- nm - eag May 16, 14:45 1
  - hence my stating they each need to kick in $500 to make a $300M minimum budget -- nm* - peglegpete May 16, 15:13
- the Snowflake Generation -- nm - Jovian May 16, 14:44
- if they all put $500 into a pool for HBO it might happen. otherwise LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL -- nm - peglegpete May 16, 14:41
- Mmm delicious entitlement is delicious. -- nm - Qale May 16, 14:38
Story time. IT People? This happened at work today. - Strongbad May 16, 14:34 4
- Everyone thinks they are an IT person these days, even the IT department -- nm - Karl_S May 16, 20:05
- You didn’t specifically state in the Business Requirements that you did not want the computer to explode. -- nm - Dano May 16, 14:54
- Wait, then what did they actually disable, if not the account? -- nm - JaxSean May 16, 14:40 1
  - I don't know. His login on his desktop? *shrug* -- nm - Strongbad May 16, 14:52
You inheret five million dollars the same day aliens land on the earth and say they're going to blow it up in two days. What do you do? -- nm - Dano May 16, 14:26 16
- seems like money wouldn't be of much use during the two-day complete societal collapse. -- nm - mafic May 16, 21:17
- Give them the five million dollars -- nm - Amoxy May 16, 16:50
- Put it all on red, no wait, black. Oh, I know, double-zero! -- nm - Baronwak May 16, 14:52
- hookers and crack. -- nm - Jovian May 16, 14:45
- This question only works if I'm the only one who knows the world is ending and I'm somehow not allowed to tell anyone. - Beryllium May 16, 14:43
- Wait... no anal probing? -- nm - Qale May 16, 14:39
- Is this one of Roger More's interview questions? -- nm - pmb May 16, 14:39 1
  - It’s what jumped in my head immediately after reading his post. -- nm - Dano May 16, 14:53
- Put 4 million dollars in a pile, light it on fire, and watch it burn - JaxSean May 16, 14:39 1
  - This reminds me of the double feature that I saw of Heathers and Miracle Mile -- nm - JD May 16, 14:53
- Depends, am I getting the money from that big Ed guy from TV? -- nm - John Murphy May 16, 14:32
- kill the aliens -- nm - peglegpete May 16, 14:29
- That's the stupidest question I've ever heard. -- nm - Reagen May 16, 14:29
- I mean, this is the ultimate hookers and crack answer isn't it? -- nm - pmb May 16, 14:29 2
  - What is the effect on the hookers and crack economy of two remaining days of existence? -- nm - psilotum May 16, 14:34 1
    - wouldn't the hookers have better things to do? -- nm - zeitgeist May 16, 18:17

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