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Spider crickets in your basement are good luck, right? - znufrii Jun 17, 18:57 10
- I've had spiders in the basement and crickets in the basement. -- nm - . Jun 17, 19:32
- and I once woke up in the middle of the night with one of these things in my hand. - Jovian Jun 17, 19:27
- I did not want to know that a thing called a spider cricket existed -- nm - ty97 Jun 17, 19:14
- What are spider-crickets? Are they heroic in any way? Do they look good in photographs? -- nm - Beryllium Jun 17, 19:01 5
  - They look like miniature versions of the alien foot soldiers of Starship Troopers. -- nm - Jovian Jun 17, 19:24 3
    - So ... that's a yes for looking good in photographs. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 17, 19:31
    - for serious - Jovian Jun 17, 19:25 1
      - yup. that's them. -- nm - znufrii Jun 17, 19:30
  - Some demonic hell spawn that looks like a wolf spider the size of a frisbee that chirps and buzzes like a shoe-sized cricket smoking crystal meth. - ReluctantCynic Jun 17, 19:10
- Certainly better than a giant spider is eating an entire possum while hanging from a wall... -- nm - zunk xometimes Jun 17, 18:59
Below Deck Med spoilers - Dano Jun 17, 18:54
Raw is entertaining tonight. That never happens. -- nm - David, Earth’s Mightiest Hero Jun 17, 18:51 1
- right? -- nm - Remlik Jun 17, 19:43
Just another day in Australia where a giant spider is eating an entire possum while hanging from a wall... -- (link) - decline Jun 17, 18:49 1
- dang, LOTR wasn't making shit up like frodo and the spider -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 17, 19:55
If a dog has eyes that seem to be telling you something or demanding your attention, it could be evolution's way of manipulating your feelings. -- (link) - Harry Tuttle Jun 17, 18:49
I found this at the store today. Had to buy it. -- (pic) - Beryllium Jun 17, 18:43 [Attachment] 2
- It's surprisingly effective, at least short-term. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 17, 18:57
- Smells a bit like vapo-rub. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 17, 18:45
lyc: Had a 5 course feast catered to my dads house for fathers day -- (edited) - budice Jun 17, 18:12 2
- Nice -- nm - Amoxy Jun 17, 18:44
- Sounds awesome. What was on the menu? -- nm - Dano Jun 17, 18:32
Hmm so speaking of Manafort, this seems pretty corrupt. -- (link) - Jovian Jun 17, 17:54
Okay, I'll watch Ricochet vs. Joe on Sunday. -- nm - Tim Jun 17, 17:45
Well the new Halloween just lost me 30 minutes in, due to shear stupidity of everyone in the scene. Who wrote this? -- nm - MDH Jun 17, 17:31 3
- David Gordon fucking Green! - Reagen Jun 17, 17:48 2
  - and Danny McBride! -- nm - Remlik Jun 17, 19:20
  - Obligatory Last night, I had a dream that you planted a garden on a trampoline and I was so happy that I invented peanut butter. -- nm - Dano Jun 17, 19:00
AZ: Maggots were found near the surgical incision of a patient at Hacienda HealthCare, the same facility where a patient was assaulted and gave birth -- (link) - budice Jun 17, 17:22 1
- here is the biggest one found so far -- (pic) - peglegpete Jun 17, 17:27 [Attachment]
The conservative/progun Parkland survivor had his Harvard acceptance rescinded and it's *chef's kiss* - Tim Jun 17, 17:01 8
- harvard has an admittions quota for assholes? -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 17, 19:58
- (over racist texts) -- nm - David Jun 17, 17:40
- At least he can still be on the Supreme Court someday. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jun 17, 17:26 1
  - ... ... ... Drinking game. -- nm - Qale Jun 17, 17:31
- and for this kid? 16 was less than two years ago. - Jovian Jun 17, 17:18 1
  - "And yet, in a way, also a lifetime ago ..." -- nm - Third-Rate News si Jun 17, 18:41
- Actions have consequences. If he really has had a "come to Jesus" moment or other epiphany, let them hear it. -- nm - VMan Jun 17, 17:16
- Tim, he only recently was made aware of things he said. That’s an actual rationale. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 17, 17:06
Fox News Poll: Did Trump coordinate with Russia in 2016 - 50%Y 44%N -- Should Trump be impeached: 50%Y 48%N -- (link) - Reagen Jun 17, 16:46 5
- The fact Fox News has against Trump polls is telling -- nm - budice Jun 17, 17:05 3
  - Fox News polling is independent and reputable -- nm - ty97 Jun 17, 18:05 2
    - (it's not a poll of Fox News viewers) -- nm - ty97 Jun 17, 18:05 1
      - "Family Feud: Fox Edition" would be interesting. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 17, 18:36
- Impeach him but don't remove him from office? Get off the fence! -- nm - Max Jun 17, 17:04
Edwin Jackson, he of the many many MLB clubs, just had his career ended in 2/3rds of an inning against the Angels. Got clobbed for 7 runs. 3 HRs. - Name Withheld by Request Jun 17, 16:44
the niece of our old office manager is on tonight's Jeopardy Teen Tournament -- nm - prayformojo Jun 17, 16:35
Has being in an X-MEN movie helped anyone’s career (besides Hugh Jackman’s)? by Edward Douglas -- (link) - Beaker Jun 17, 16:33 13
- Hasn't Rebecca Romijn been steadily working in series? Like the Librarian? -- nm - . Jun 17, 19:30
- Paquin I would say. -- nm - Max Jun 17, 18:13
- Maybe Berry? Not really her fault though. -- nm - VMan Jun 17, 16:49 2
  - Sorry, read it as "hurt". -- nm - VMan Jun 17, 17:00 1
    - General consensus, on my part, totally indifferent for any of them other than Jackman. -- nm - VMan Jun 17, 17:04
- Patrick Stewart got his second wave off of it. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Jun 17, 16:49 3
  - IMHO... Maybe a bit. I think everyone knew he could do more than Trek/Picard. He is the shit, literally (voice wise anyway). -- nm - VMan Jun 17, 17:07 2
    - Sejanus -- nm - peglegpete Jun 17, 17:29
    - he could have done more Trek...but he lost several big jobs due to Trek. He's said so. -- nm - Remlik Jun 17, 17:28
- Fassbender, McAvoy maybe. Hoult possibly -- nm - budice Jun 17, 16:43
- The question is whether it's *hurt* anyone's career. I don't think so, but that would be hard to quantify. - Mop Jun 17, 16:42 2
  - Could include Jennifer Lawrence. -- nm - Amoxy Jun 17, 17:25
  - Marsden has had a good career. He was miscast as a serious guy. He’s a light-hearted Disney charmer. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 17, 16:52
Nice....Africa sans Weezer playin -- nm* - budice Jun 17, 16:29
I feel like remlik is forgetting something. -- nm - tRuMaN Jun 17, 15:46 2
- I looked all I saw was the volumes that you can get anywhere -- nm - Remlik Jun 17, 15:56 1
  - hmm, ok. thanks for looking pusher man. - tRuMaN Jun 17, 16:20
FX renews Pose for a third season -- nm - Beaker Jun 17, 15:45 1
- Nice! -- nm - Super Daddy Princess Jun 17, 16:27
Buying Insulin on the street like you're buying drugs. Because prices are rising and people are dying. -- (link) - Mop Jun 17, 15:26 [youtube] 3
- You don't need a prescription to buy insulin actually. I didn't watch the video but what she is holding is an insulin pen and those are expensive but - James Bond (aka Igor) Jun 17, 15:42 2
  - The majority of insulins are prescription only. -- nm - Tim Jun 17, 16:01 1
    - (and hundreds of dollars a bottle without insurance) - kelly Jun 17, 18:56
ESPN hires Josh McCown and starts him this Wednesday. - David, Earth’s Mightiest Hero Jun 17, 15:19 2
- next week he will be on a different show. -- nm - tRuMaN Jun 17, 16:20
- Presumably he had the offer on the table and thus retired from active play. -- nm - Mop Jun 17, 15:22
The Stranger Things New Coke commercial is here. -- (link) - Mop Jun 17, 15:10 1
- They're working with everybody it seems. - zunk xometimes Jun 17, 16:22 [Attachment]
Bill Shatner has his price. -- (link) - budice Jun 17, 15:07
Polls show donny running behind the Motley Crew...they should poll how he does against nickleback -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 17, 15:04 6
- Would they not be ineligible? Besides you know Trump would pay for dirt on them. -- nm - VMan Jun 17, 15:07 4
  - He already has the dirt on Crue. -- nm - Spawn Jun 17, 15:20 2
    - Were talking pigpen levels of dirt -- nm - eag Jun 17, 15:36 1
      - A hagfish don't need dirt, I fact I think he'd have a harder time with someone actually dirty, he'd smear the Virgin Mary while getting a bJ from a ho -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 17, 20:37
  - oh right, they're from canada, alrighty then, 50% tariffs until this outrage is dealt with -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 17, 15:09
- my vote is for Marie. not Donny or Motley Crew. -- nm - peglegpete Jun 17, 15:06
Woman in wheelchair fires Taser at McDonald's employee -- (link) - Mop Jun 17, 15:03 1
- As one does. ... -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 17, 16:41
on this day in 1972, band keyboard player and co-founder Ron "Pigpen" McKernan played his last show with the Grateful Dead -- (link) - peglegpete Jun 17, 15:02 3
- I read your comments from the weekend shows. Thanks for those. - zunk xometimes Jun 17, 16:09 2
  - 93 shows from 10-9-77 to Jerry's death. my shows included all 4 1978 Red Rocks, 7-11-81 Alpine Valley which I consider in my top 5, my first show - peglegpete Jun 17, 16:41 1
    - here is where I go for setlists of almost every band -- (link) - peglegpete Jun 17, 16:49
GOOD NEWS, EVERYONE! DAD BODS ARE MORE IN THAN EVER! -- (link) - Mop Jun 17, 14:56 2
- Thanks, fat Thor. Get ready for Dwayne 'The Marshmallow' Johnson, America. -- nm - Max Jun 17, 14:58
- as I told a friend recently: my body is like Mace Tyrells after a brief diet -- nm* - peglegpete Jun 17, 14:58
Samsung tweets out that it's smart to regularly scan your TV for viruses... immediately reconsiders that suggestion. -- (link) - Mop Jun 17, 14:46 1
- well cause then you might find the viruses they left on the tv for you -- nm - tRuMaN Jun 17, 14:53
Being in prison won't stop Bill Cosby from posting to Twitter. -- (link) - Mop Jun 17, 14:39
Alex Jones might be super-fucked. -- (link) - Reagen Jun 17, 14:16 21
- "Jones’ lawyer, Norman Pattis, denied his client was threatening Mattei or the Sandy Hook families," adding... - Mop Jun 17, 16:18
- Is it wrong my initial reaction was "Good."? - Cuzzin Todd Jun 17, 16:17
- Nice. Until I finally get my long awaited Donny Douche perp walk - this will do. I hope they nail this fucker. -- nm - Hercules Mulligan Jun 17, 14:29
- How he's not already jail is beyond me (although, honestly, I don't know if he's actually done anything illegal previously) -- nm - Mop Jun 17, 14:25 3
  - so it's not completely beyond you then :) -- nm - ty97 Jun 17, 14:29 2
    - LOL!!!!!!!!! -- nm - zunk xometimes Jun 17, 14:55
    - Indeed! -- nm - Mop Jun 17, 14:39
- “I don’t like having sex with children” is an odd choice of phrasing to defend oneself. -- (link) - Volnelk Jun 17, 14:23 2
  - #suspiciouslyspecificdenial -- nm - Super Daddy Princess Jun 17, 15:37 1
    - He doesn't *LIKE* it... -- nm - Mop Jun 17, 16:14
- Supposedly it was not sent as trolling, but as part of a discovery request for business info issued by the parents' lawyers. Which some have said ... - Beryllium Jun 17, 14:20 4
  - Or if he sent it to set them up. -- nm - . Jun 17, 17:55 1
    - Whatever, he's still a shitty human. -- nm - . Jun 17, 17:57
  - I wonder if he sent it, or some paralegal who had no idea folder w cryptic name hidden in the boring biz stuff was grapic -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 17, 16:38
  - He'll claim it originated from Hilary's emails, which she deleted to set him up. -- nm - Max Jun 17, 14:22
- Now that is dumb -- nm - Amoxy Jun 17, 14:20
- if that is true, he deserves to burn. -- nm - Andie Jun 17, 14:17 4
  - He already deserves to burn. -- nm - Strongbad Jun 17, 14:20 3
    - good point. -- nm - Andie Jun 17, 14:20 2
      - more burn -- nm - budice Jun 17, 14:23 1
        
        Burn MF Burn -- nm - Strongbad Jun 17, 14:33
I've got a bad back and am walking like Vince McMahon. It occurs to me that maybe this explains why he walks like that? -- nm - Reagen Jun 17, 14:05 2
- From what little I've seen of McMahon's walk, it seems like it could be explained by him wearing an adult diaper under his suit. -- nm - Max Jun 17, 14:18
- Nah, he does it on purpose. -- nm - Dark Callisto Jun 17, 14:15
So I have to think with SCOTUS ruling to uphold the Double Jeopardy rule, that should be the end of any pardon coming Manafort's way. Right?? - Jovian Jun 17, 13:56 2
- iirc, it wouldn't keep him from testifying, he can't plead the 5th anymore and I'm sure the prosecution would love to nail him for purjury -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 17, 15:08
- Because the Despot is too stupid to know better. And when it happens, he'll say it's an outrage and shouldn't be allowed. -- nm - Mop Jun 17, 13:59
XFL: LA Times piece on Joe Cohen...co founder of USA Network talks about Vince -- (link) - Remlik Jun 17, 13:52
That’s a tough pill to swallow. -- nm - Volnelk Jun 17, 13:37
*wiff* -- nm - Mop Jun 17, 13:35 1
- *no wiff* -- nm - Mop Jun 17, 13:38
Nigerian goal keeper only 18 years old - Amoxy Jun 17, 13:29 1
- Oops -- nm - Amoxy Jun 17, 13:37
Re mara's post on B2: that column on Malaysian flight MH370 is riveting. -- (link) - JaxSean Jun 17, 13:28 [Backboard] 1
- word -- nm - tRuMaN Jun 17, 14:54
These Nigerian unis are sharp. -- nm - Reagen Jun 17, 13:10 1
- Not exactly subtle or understated. -- nm - Volnelk Jun 17, 13:23
Max, I'd love to have a hard deadline but it's not supported by admin. -- nm - Reagen Jun 17, 13:03
and, even though the festivities are still going, it has taken a turn - two stabbings downtown this afternoon. -- (link) - Andie Jun 17, 12:56 21
- video at link... -- (link) - Remlik Jun 17, 13:23
- Twitter says there's an active shooter situation. They need to keep going on stage to keep people safe from a crowd surge. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jun 17, 13:07 8
  - it's true - a stampede would be deadly. -- nm - Andie Jun 17, 13:08 7
    - I'm surprised the PM is still on stage. There's video of people running backstage. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jun 17, 13:09 6
      - watching the crowd and the stage you would have NO idea there was a situation... -- (link) - Andie Jun 17, 13:11 5
        
        Content nit available outside canada,thanks donald for the tariffs -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 17, 13:18
        
        No, which is why it is smart to charge ahead. Risk from the shooter is way less. Still don't know if it's multiple victims or a solo situation. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jun 17, 13:15 3
        
        @TPSOperations: 2 suspects in custody. 2 victims. Non-life threatening injuries. -- (link) - Name Withheld By Request Jun 17, 13:29 2
        
        Also, some guy just climbed the construction scaffolding opposite my building to take a selfie -- nm - Roger More Jun 17, 13:39 1
        
        He escaped from a couple of construction workers, but was met by police at the bottom, was restrained and taken away -- nm - Roger More Jun 17, 13:44
- OK so maybe not the shirt then. :| -- nm - Reagen Jun 17, 13:02
- I just saw a bunch of people run down Queen (I'm at Queen & Yonge). It's still happening sporadically -- nm - Roger More Jun 17, 13:00 2
  - The announcers days there is a back and forth thing happening -- nm - zork Jun 17, 13:02
  - :( -- nm - Andie Jun 17, 13:00
- TORONTO needs a new mayor ASAP! -- nm - POTUS Jun 17, 13:00
- Sounds like somebody (a girl?) was shot right near the rally -- nm - zork Jun 17, 12:58 5
  - is that true? I couldn't find a news source. Horrifying. -- nm - Andie Jun 17, 12:59 4
    - @TPSOperations -- (link) - Roger More Jun 17, 13:02 2
      - so weird because this is live footage, isn't it?- why aren't they dispersing people? ? -- (link) - Andie Jun 17, 13:03 1
        
        (like, the PM is just sitting there, front and center with the team...) -- nm - Andie Jun 17, 13:05
    - CBC was talking about it from a police source or sources -- nm - zork Jun 17, 13:01

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