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"It's Bruno!" is fun and quirky. B+, dog owners will love it. The episodes are only 15 minutes and there's 8 in the first season. -- nm - Krusty Jun 12, 07:21
SpaceX launch about 2 minutes away -- nm - TWuG Jun 12, 07:14 1
- Successful liftoff and booster recovery. -- nm - TWuG Jun 12, 07:27
New Economist/YouGov Democrat Nomination Poll out.... Something happened. -- (link) - Name Withheld By Request Jun 12, 07:13 21
- Trump would LOVE the nom to be Warren. -- nm - Bacon Jun 12, 07:14 20
  - He'll act that way no matter who they nominate. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jun 12, 07:22 19
    - Yes, but he will think that way and be right if it's her -- nm - Bacon Jun 12, 07:23 18
      - Warren as the candidate would be his best case scenario. (even more than Bernie) -- nm - Jovian Jun 12, 08:06
      - Or not -- nm - TWuG Jun 12, 07:26 5
        
        If the Pocahantas fight is any indication, she doesn't have the patience to ignore Trump, or the ability to beat him in a public squabble. -- nm - Inigo Jun 12, 07:40
        
        Think of the Dems as Kevin Durrant, and she is KD's Achilles -- nm - Bacon Jun 12, 07:27 3
        
        Yeah, no -- nm - TWuG Jun 12, 07:29 2
        
        I mean we are surviving the first 4 years of Trump, I guess we can get through another 4. Go Warren!! -- nm - Bacon Jun 12, 07:32
        
        She's what Trump convinced the USA that Hillary was. - Will Hunting Jun 12, 07:32
      - Well, if the Democrat 2020 cycle is anything like the Republican 2016 cycle, there'll be a few names having "their moment" before it settles out. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jun 12, 07:25 10
        
        I don't expect that honestly. - Will Hunting Jun 12, 07:27 7
        
        Bernie needs to go down early or he will be an anchor on the next nom -- nm - Bacon Jun 12, 07:28 1
        
        From your mouth to gods ears.. -- nm - Homer Jun 12, 08:05
        
        Yes, but their moments can come before February. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jun 12, 07:27 4
        
        When we say moments, are we talking getting up to 3%? - Will Hunting Jun 12, 07:30 3
        
        I think you'll see at least 2 or 3 of those "also rans" make double digits at some point before Iowa. - Name Withheld By Request Jun 12, 07:38 2
        
        Seems to be common sense that the names at the top are the names everyone has already heard. It isn’t supernatural. - Volnelk Jun 12, 07:42 1
        
        Right. It's still mostly name-recognition, but each of the leads have enough flaws that can be exploited by their opponents to bring them back to... - Name Withheld By Request Jun 12, 07:43
        
        Agree 100%. -- nm - Strongbad Jun 12, 07:25 1
        
        Yep, Yep, Yep -- nm - Bacon Jun 12, 07:26
Highlights from the Radiohead MiniDiscs release -- (link) - Super Daddy Princess Jun 12, 07:05
CDN gamers: If you are looking to pre-order Cyberpunk 2077, Walmart.ca has it available for $54.96 now. -- nm - Shaun Jun 12, 07:02
YIL that David Coverdale was in Deep Purple. Also that Whitesnake was formed in 1978 (?!) -- nm - ty97 Jun 12, 06:58
It begins -- (link) - ty97 Jun 12, 06:46 1
- I'm working until I die. -- nm - Mop Jun 12, 07:49
The Too Human comments from B2 make me sad. It was *far* from perfect, but "damn near unplayable" is a laughable criticism. -- (edited) - Shaun Jun 12, 06:41
Game 7 tonight!!! Not sure who will take the Cup but the only guarantee that I can give you is that Bruins fans will likely fight each other... - Shaun Jun 12, 06:35 5
- I'm rooting for Boston, purely so Reagen's streak thingy continues. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 12, 07:22
- I think Boston, but will be rooting for St. Louis. They deserve to get one and its a helluva story. - Name Withheld By Request Jun 12, 07:07 2
  - Runner up streak! Runner up streak! -- nm - Reagen Jun 12, 07:12 1
    - We've been in a dry spell of non-independent baseball championships. Take what you get. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jun 12, 07:42
- I'm so nervous! (but in a good way.) -- nm - Diva Jun 12, 06:44
How Southern are you? (I'm a 12) -- (link) - decline Jun 12, 06:25 16
- 16 -- nm - Epiphany Jun 12, 09:41
- Where's the biscuits and gravy? -- nm - Baron D. Chastain Jun 12, 07:27
- 14 -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 12, 07:23
- 3 -- nm* - Jovian Jun 12, 07:11
- 14. -- nm - jnine Jun 12, 07:04
- 24 because parents. -- nm* - Diva Jun 12, 06:46
- 14. -- nm - Dark Callisto Jun 12, 06:44
- 21, mostly because I'll *try* just about anything. -- nm - JaxSean Jun 12, 06:43
- 7 -- nm - ty97 Jun 12, 06:40
- 6 -- nm - Shaun Jun 12, 06:36
- is congealed salad = ambrosia salad? If so 20. -- nm - Strongbad Jun 12, 06:30 1
  - I also think they're crossing the streams here a little with Cajun vs. Southern -- nm - Strongbad Jun 12, 06:32
- 16. Not bad for a Yankee. -- nm - Baron D. Chastain Jun 12, 06:30
- 18. The only one I think is vile are boiled peanuts. -- nm* - Inigo Jun 12, 06:29
- 2 -- nm - Krusty Jun 12, 06:29
- I am also a 12. -- nm - Andie Jun 12, 06:26
haha -- (link) - ty97 Jun 12, 06:19
Orlando Pulse nightclub shooting was 3 years ago today. - Strongbad Jun 12, 06:12
Facebook lets deepfake Zuckerberg video stay on Instagram -- (link) - Harry Tuttle Jun 12, 06:00 1
- whoever did that one just needs to keep churning them out -- nm - Beaker Jun 12, 06:36
TIL that there are species of bats that routinely live to 40 in the wild. -- nm - Reagen Jun 12, 05:33 5
- We had one visit our porch one evening last month while we were porch drinking. - Super Daddy Princess Jun 12, 06:57 1
  - didn't like the taste of porch? -- nm - decline Jun 12, 07:07
- I hope they can make a comeback here. We only got one summer out of our bat house. It was awesome watching them fly around out the living room window -- nm - Shaun Jun 12, 06:34 2
  - They live in your living room? Are you batman?!? -- nm - decline Jun 12, 06:36 1
    - More or less. -- nm - Shaun Jun 12, 06:44
Good Omens: B+, Tennant: A (spoils) - Harry Tuttle Jun 12, 05:28 1
- Spoils - Super Daddy Princess Jun 12, 06:18
More YDC: Not only do we have European sirens on our ambulances now but I think they raised the volume way up. They're so f'ing loud lately. - Krusty Jun 12, 05:24
YDC: NY has passed rent reform and it looks pretty good. Seems to really strengthen rent control and give tenants more power. - Krusty Jun 12, 05:15 2
- Whoohoo! -- nm - Super Daddy Princess Jun 12, 05:17 1
  - It's nice to see them doing some good things up in Albany. -- nm - Krusty Jun 12, 05:19
Ha -- (link) - Reagen Jun 12, 05:04 2
- Nice. -- nm - Super Daddy Princess Jun 12, 05:22
- If clicking skip gets you past that captcha, then I salute the engineer who made it. -- nm - Inigo Jun 12, 05:10
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- Very nice! -- nm - Krusty Jun 12, 04:58
- Poor Chris Wallace. -- (edited) - Super Daddy Princess Jun 12, 03:59
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- How long do you expect the case to last? -- nm - Krusty Jun 12, 04:58
TV PSA: Blues @ Bruins (game 7), MasterChef, Live PD, Press Your Luck, Southern Charm, Amazing Race, grown-ish, Card Sharks, First Responders Live, -- nm - Beaker Jun 12, 03:52 7
- Love when Live PD schedules special episodes to try and crush the latest network with a ripoff show. - Strongbad Jun 12, 06:13 1
  - I don't really like LivePD, but it's A&E. mad respect for that channel. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 12, 07:33
- Jane the Virgin, Property Brothers, Real HW, Krypton, Match Game, Younger, Samantha Bee, Archer, Handmaid's Tale (Hulu), other stuff -- nm - Beaker Jun 12, 03:54 4
  - Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story By Martin Scorsese (Netflix) -- nm - Beaker Jun 12, 03:54 3
    - 4 -- nm - Strongbad Jun 12, 06:14
    - 4: Archer, MasterChef, TAR and GAME 7!! -- nm - Beaker Jun 12, 05:11
    - 1. Archer. -- nm - Krusty Jun 12, 04:58
Someone was paying attention in third grade music class. -- (link) - Super Daddy Princess Jun 12, 03:40 1
- Is that the classical music version of a keytar solo? -- nm - Reagen Jun 12, 04:02
Sooooo...looking for Gladiator 2 news, here it is. - Flavorize Jun 12, 00:44 5
- Sequels that no one asked for that will flop at the box office. -- nm - MDH Jun 12, 04:58
- wait, Nick Cave wrote a Gladiator sequel? like Bad Seeds Nick Cave? -- nm - mafic Jun 12, 00:51 3
  - The other Nick Cave would be a completely different movie -- (link) - . Jun 12, 01:15 1
    - I want all of those. -- nm - Flavorize Jun 12, 01:21
  - Yup, and it's bananas -- nm* - Flavorize Jun 12, 01:03
Have you noticed that there is a LOT of Beyond Belief footage around? -- (link) - Beryllium Jun 12, 00:27
Border Collie pups meet sheep for first time -- (link) - zork Jun 12, 00:20 3
- so teeny! -- nm - Andie Jun 12, 05:59
- *melts* -- nm - Baron D. Chastain Jun 12, 05:58
- :-) -- nm - Krusty Jun 12, 05:03
MIB seems to understand a big chunk of their target audience. - . Jun 12, 00:05 1
- It is his brother -- nm - Karl_S Jun 12, 04:28
Don't order pork, esp 'wild boar' in Ukraine, wild ones in the xclusion zone feast on mushrooms which are known to suck up isotopes - zeitgeist Jun 11, 23:57 1
- Yikes -- nm - zork Jun 12, 00:17
All under the auspices of Hunan League. -- nm - con_carne Jun 11, 23:43
Help me out. Is "Yas Queen" > "You go girl" or < "You go girl"? -- nm - David Jun 11, 23:33 3
- As long as you don’t spell it kween I’m good. -- nm - Qale Jun 12, 07:05
- > -- nm - MDH Jun 12, 04:58
- Is there sobbing involved? -- nm - Beryllium Jun 11, 23:34
This is relatively ancient but this is the second best thing I've seen today after the brace from Sam Mewis -- (edited) - JD Jun 11, 22:51 [youtube]
Rob Liefeld Quits Twitter Following DC Tweet Controversy -- (link) - zork Jun 11, 22:20 7
- He wasn't wrong. -- nm - Ender Jun 12, 06:47
- I have not talked to Rob in 20+ years, but we always got along well. he'd come up to my booth at San Diego and empty out his pockets asking me to - peglegpete Jun 11, 23:17 1
  - Wow -- nm - zork Jun 12, 00:16
- Fourth? I was fine after third. -- nm - Spawn Jun 11, 22:49
- Rob Liefeld has always been so nice to me/BOP on Twitter. -- nm - David Jun 11, 22:24 2
  - Apparently, you are in the minority. -- nm - zork Jun 11, 22:24 1
    - Yeah, that's why it amused me. I hear so much bad about him, but he's been such a gentleman to me over the years. -- nm - David Jun 11, 22:28
I thought this was a joke, but no. kraft to sell "salad frosting" to target kids - it's salad dressing. nm but: -- (link) - b. Jun 11, 22:20 4
- I'll bet it has 10x the sugar as any dressing ever contained before...just like kid's cereal -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 11, 23:52
- This will turn into one of those things where the kid's now in college and the dorm is asking, "Wait, you call that what?" - Max Jun 11, 22:33 1
  - OMG, too true -- nm - zork Jun 11, 23:11
- It'll end up being French Fry Frosting -- nm - zork Jun 11, 22:24
Armageddon 2: Moonshot -- (link) - Beryllium Jun 11, 22:06
Right, so, coming off of Spider-Man 3, I'm watching Amazing Spider-Man 2 with Kieran. I never thought I'd say this, but ... -- (edited) - Beryllium Jun 11, 21:59
who wants 18 hours of Radiohead demos from 20 years ago? Thom Yorke was hacked, and released them as a fundraiser rather than pay ransom. -- (link) - mafic Jun 11, 21:37 1
- "Who's Radiohead?" -- (link) - zork Jun 11, 22:30 [youtube]
I'm just now catching up on The Flash. That season finale was brutal. -- nm - David Jun 11, 21:28
something else to add to joe biden's do-not-do-that list. putting a finger near a woman's face. nm but: -- (link) - b. Jun 11, 21:01 20
- And she refused to smell it! -- nm - Baron D. Chastain Jun 12, 05:59
- I’m sorry. How is this anything? -- nm - Super Daddy Princess Jun 12, 05:20
- Unless he murders someone in front of Trump Tower in broad daylight, I want him over Trump. I'm sorry it's come to this and my standards have fallen - jnine Jun 11, 22:49 4
  - This is my problem with all of these stories. Children are getting ripped out of their parents' arms at the border. This other stuff feels so trivial. - David Jun 11, 22:59 1
    - Mmhmm. -- nm - kelly Jun 12, 04:18
  - I would vote for a rancid, lumpen potato over Trump, even if the potato murdered someone in front of Trump Tower. nm - ralph wiggum Jun 11, 22:54 1
    - You know more violent potatoes than I do. -- nm - Reagen Jun 12, 05:07
- I'm gonna hate the nonsense of the 2020 campaign. -- nm - David Jun 11, 21:21 12
  - I don't know how to read this. you think his doing that is ok? - b. Jun 11, 21:36 11
    - I think I could care less about it, presuming that this happened as the tweet suggests. The 2020 election will be a disinformation campaign. - David Jun 11, 21:42 1
      - I skip much of it, esp. petty things/usually look for confirmation when I don't. I did trust that she was telling the truth for this. it fits - b. Jun 11, 21:54
    - I think you can't tell context from a still frame. was he finger-wagging, or caught in the middle of an innocuous gesture? -- nm - mafic Jun 11, 21:39 8
      - yep - it could be bad or it could be him saying "you are so right!", there is no context at all. -- nm - Andie Jun 12, 06:13
      - or were they twenty feet apart like someone pretending to hold up the Leaning Tower of Pisa... -- nm - Beaker Jun 12, 03:23
      - He's just removed it from a long, slow graze along her nostril. -- nm - Max Jun 11, 22:35
      - with the context of what was said, it was wagging at the thought of being criticized. nm but: -- (link) - b. Jun 11, 21:45 3
        
        eh, unless there's video I'll remain a skeptic. there're still myriad possibilities even combined with the response. -- nm - mafic Jun 11, 21:50
        
        Well, that's what thelocalmaniac8 says. -- nm - David Jun 11, 21:46 1
        
        right, what she said happened. -- nm - b. Jun 11, 22:00
      - It's the problem we're about to face this cycle. -- nm - David Jun 11, 21:43
Meanwhile in Chernobyl: Instagram influencers flocking to the site of the disaster. -- (link) - budice Jun 11, 20:57 16
- This is what you call a self-solving problem. -- nm - Reagen Jun 11, 21:10 15
  - I call it an easy script that screams cheap, revenue-friendly franchising. -- nm - David Jun 11, 22:29 14
    - zombie movies are so over, though. I do like zork's Baba Yaga idea. What has been living in those woods all these years? -- nm - Beryllium Jun 11, 22:33 12
      - Who said anything about zombies? I'm talking Radioactive Mutants from Russia*. - David Jun 11, 22:38 11
        
        Wrong Turnski -- nm - Dano Jun 12, 03:28
        
        Plus there are tons of wolves and dogs running around the area. -- nm - zork Jun 11, 23:13 4
        
        I think we just did the heavy lifting for Bethesda on Fallout: Eastern Europe. -- nm - David Jun 11, 23:34
        
        radioactive mutant wolf-russians -- nm - Beryllium Jun 11, 23:33 2
        
        I mean basically you could merge Turistas (or something similar) with The Village and get a reasonable script. - Beryllium Jun 11, 23:34 1
        
        and then ... - Beryllium Jun 11, 23:43
        
        Ah, yes. Thanks. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 11, 22:55
        
        but will they be fast or slow? -- nm - JD Jun 11, 22:39 3
        
        Slow for 30 years, but then Danny Boyle Jr. will change the game. -- nm - David Jun 11, 22:46 2
        
        🤔 -- nm - JD Jun 11, 22:59 1
        
        But will they be afraid of John Wick? -- nm - zork Jun 11, 23:14
    - Blairenko Baba Yaga Project -- nm - zork Jun 11, 22:31
We just passed the 20th anniversary of Bobby Valentine being ejected from a game as Mets manager, then putting on a disguise. -- (link) - Tim Jun 11, 20:46 1
- (I remember a lot about that season, Grand Slam Single, handing a previously unstoppable Clemens one of the worst outings of his career, etc.) -- nm - Tim Jun 11, 20:52
Obvs what DC should do is find someone with an amazing narrative ability. Someone who can truly put in the effort to intricately weave so many stories - Beryllium Jun 11, 20:39 1
- 😍👍👍 -- nm - JD Jun 11, 20:50
Marketing? Branding? Florida Man wearing a "Coke" tshirt was arrested for selling cocaine -- (link) - zeitgeist Jun 11, 20:32
Yeah but since she’s blond, conventionally attractive and muscular, Vince sees her as Charlotte 2. - Tim Jun 11, 20:21 1
- Quit it. Accept that you lost that one. -- nm - David Jun 11, 20:34
Seth Rollins with a really funny reply tweet. -- (link) - David Jun 11, 20:11 4
- Becks took over his Twitter i bet -- nm - Remlikindle 2.0 Jun 11, 22:02
- Terrible first. I blame wiggie. - David Jun 11, 20:12 2
  - I'm not keeping him from anything. He's got a Roku, he can watch it whenever he wants. On. His. Own. nm - ralph wiggum Jun 11, 20:47 1
    - In my day, kids didn't have these fancy Rokus. They watched on pay channels with scrambled pictures. - David Jun 11, 21:09

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