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We've got two episodes left in Jessica Jones, and I have no idea where they're going with it. - David Jun 18, 18:56 1
- I've finished all Jessica Jones eps. and I have none left :-( I miss her already. - mud Jun 18, 09:34 -- nm - mud Jun 18, 18:58
This is how Max Scherzer broke his nose. -- (link) - David Jun 18, 18:52 1
- Lucky it's not an orbital fracture, yikes. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 18, 18:54
With a bunch of guys falling off the list, here's MLB's new Top 100 prospects, the new #1 is a Tampa Bay shortstop in A ball...wow. -- (link) - Tim Jun 18, 18:52 3
- Austin Riley only being #20 is absolutely hysterical. - David Jun 18, 18:55 1
  - Alonso was in the 30's at the start of the season if I remember right. -- nm - Tim Jun 18, 18:56
- (the local minor league team is the Rays affiliate, but he's a step above them, we have the short season A-ball team.) -- nm - Tim Jun 18, 18:54
I picked up "Us" from Redbox. First time I'm looking at a case and thinking about returning it without watching it. - Max Jun 18, 18:51 1
- It stays with you more than Get Out does, but isn't as satisfying. -- nm - Inigo Jun 18, 18:53
Adam Sandler's 'Murder Mystery' Viewed by 30.9M Accounts in 3 Days, Netflix Claims -- (link) - Remlik Jun 18, 18:50 5
- But does it increase their revenue? Not like people sign up to see it. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jun 18, 19:55
- I have no reason not to believe them. But I do have reason to suspect that they've gamed the numbers somehow. - Beryllium Jun 18, 18:52 2
  - Time and time again they say that Adam Sandler stuff on Netflix is successful. -- nm - Qale Jun 18, 19:01
  - they're probably counting everyone who stopped on the autoplay. "90 seconds counts as a view!" -- nm - mafic Jun 18, 18:54
- Do they have any accompanying stats on crime surges and increased therapy sessions? -- nm - David Jun 18, 18:51
Max Scherzer breaks his nose taking bunting practice. -- (link) - Tim Jun 18, 18:27 1
- He didn't charge the pitcher? what a wimp. -- nm - Max Jun 18, 18:41
Dead & Co. set 2 opener.. here comes sunshine -- (link) - peglegpete Jun 18, 18:16 [youtube] 1
- followed by Shakedown Street -- nm - peglegpete Jun 18, 18:29
Keizer Oregon is getting an In-N-Out burgers -- (link) - peglegpete Jun 18, 18:14 11
- I went to one today, no cars at the drive thru. It was early tho -- nm - budice Jun 18, 18:22
- Oh, fun, I can finally try Sonic in September. What other places could I eat at, I wonder, that don't have a Victoria presence. - Beryllium Jun 18, 18:21 7
  - Jack in the Box? :) -- nm - Meg Jun 18, 18:29 6
    - Coming up on ten years from that. Hmm. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 18, 19:04 1
      - Aargh, that long? Seems like just a few months ago :/ -- nm - Meg Jun 18, 19:16
    - Aaaalmost did that my last time in Mountain View. But then I kept walking and found ... - Beryllium Jun 18, 18:39 3
      - ...literally anything better. -- nm - How that post should have ended. Jun 18, 19:01 2
        
        I go there for the Chicken Fajita Pita - one of the few fast foods on my meal plan. Unless it's a salad and I don't consider that a meal. -- nm - Meg Jun 18, 19:18
        
        "A half-eaten vindaloo on top of a garbage can" -- nm - Beryllium Jun 18, 19:03
- I assume "it can take up to 5" means 5 months, not 5 guys -- nm - Beryllium Jun 18, 18:19 1
  - No Keizer already has a 5 guys -- nm - eag Jun 18, 18:23
Toy Story 4 98% (127) -- nm - Beaker Jun 18, 18:13 1
- This is a great way to identify the Cylons among us. -- nm - Baron D. Chastain Jun 18, 18:25
Holocaust Survivors Recall Exact Day Holocaust Started Right Out Of The Blue -- (link) - Reagen Jun 18, 18:00 3
- yep. ouch. imo that was aimed directly at Liz Cheney. -- nm - Jovian Jun 18, 18:02 2
  - Turns out it's from late last year but it's relevant today. -- nm - Tim Jun 18, 18:11 1
    - wow really. and then that explains them reposting it today. cause it was 100% on point. -- nm* - Jovian Jun 18, 18:17
and this poor soul apparently did not come prepared for Florida weather in the summer. Sad. -- (link) - Jovian Jun 18, 17:59 1
- Fake News.........or a Democratic plot. If there was truly global warming there'd be no rain :-) -- nm - Meg Jun 18, 18:09
Hahahahaha. Only 8,000 remaining! -- (link) - Jovian Jun 18, 17:45
Won’t you be my neighbor? My next door neighbors just put their house up for sale. -- nm - Dano Jun 18, 17:37
Fuck CNN for airing this Nazi trash. -- nm - Jovian Jun 18, 17:18 1
- out of the box casting idea for Vice 2: Jonah Hill - Max Jun 18, 17:25
survey: How long has it been since you've seen someone buy a magazine from the grocery store aisle, including yourself? -- nm - Max Jun 18, 17:13 3
- Two days ago -- nm - Dano Jun 18, 17:35
- I bought the Harvey anniversary edition of Houstonia last year. Also XY issue #52 last Fall. -- nm* - Qale Jun 18, 17:15
- 15 years? SI Swimsuit. -- nm - Spawn Jun 18, 17:13
*mancrush on Pete Alonso intensifies* -- nm - Tim Jun 18, 17:12 2
- *intensity intensifies* -- nm - Tim Jun 18, 17:45
- Back off... oh... nevermind. -- nm - Spawn Jun 18, 17:13
Late Night B - Amoxy Jun 18, 16:27
Dead & Co. are playing at Saratoga tonight. here is a YT link to the first set opener, which should be starting soon. -- (link) - peglegpete Jun 18, 16:12 [youtube] 2
- the opening number is: Feels like a Stranger -- nm - peglegpete Jun 18, 16:22 1
  - Hell in a Bucket followed -- nm - peglegpete Jun 18, 16:36
2009 a woman from MN, is found guilty of sharing music files via KAZAA, ordered to pay $1.92 million, $80,000 per song. -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 18, 16:09 2
- It's not so much the downloading as it is allowing others to access files that they jump on. -- nm - zork Jun 18, 16:23
- The case ended with a summary judgement of $222,000 but there's no indication it was ever paid. -- (link) - Mop Jun 18, 16:20
TX-24 has a new Candidate for Congress -- (link) - budice Jun 18, 15:54 7
- This is the district that was repped by Democrat Martin Frost for 26 years until he was Gerrymandered out of the district. - GregW Jun 18, 17:29
- I kept waiting for her to break into Alanis Morissette's "Everything" -- nm - Baron D. Chastain Jun 18, 16:35 1
  - someone please photoshop Haim into the background -- (link) - Max Jun 18, 17:33 [youtube]
- I thought she was going to walk all the way to DC -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 18, 16:00 1
  - I got tired just watching her. -- nm - Mop Jun 18, 16:03
- Go Qale, GO!!! -- nm - Spawn Jun 18, 15:55 1
  - I plan to do very well on my platform of “I don’t like to have sex with children.” -- nm - Qale Jun 18, 17:19
Make sure your Firefox is up to date, apparently there's an important security patch. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 18, 15:52
Der Fuhrer's big Make America Hate Again rally about to be "live-tweeted" by both Daniel Dale & Maggie Haberman. -- nm - mud Jun 18, 15:49 4
- Live-Tweeting is dumb. It was always dumb. -- nm - Qale Jun 18, 17:20
- Maggie is as much a sellout as Lindsay Graham - Jovian Jun 18, 17:17 2
  - this is wildly untrue. Are you drunk? -- nm - mud Jun 18, 17:32 1
    - No, the other. But I dont trust her one bit. -- (edited) - Jovian Jun 18, 17:33
Boarding a flight from Basic Economy (i.e. the very very end) makes me feel like - Strongbad Jun 18, 15:48 1
- I know the feeling. -- nm - budice Jun 18, 15:50
Ripple buys into Moneygram -- (link) - zeitgeist Jun 18, 15:22
Well, that was unfortunate. (It's not every day I go off on someone on twitter) -- nm - Beryllium Jun 18, 15:16 7
- He's turning into Hawthorne -- nm - Amoxy Jun 18, 17:23
- it's been something to see just how many people, including a lot of jews, don't know there's a difference between concentration camps and death camps. - b. Jun 18, 16:10 1
  - "Then I suppose every other president ran concentration camps!" uh... yeah. -- nm - Reagen Jun 18, 16:35
- manu Raju just asked AOC about it: -- (link) - mud Jun 18, 15:51
- whoa -- nm - mud Jun 18, 15:24
- F you. -- nm - Spawn Jun 18, 15:17 1
  - Pherb u -- nm - Beryllium Jun 18, 15:28
hol-eeeee hell, it is *raining* right now -- nm - prayformojo Jun 18, 15:11 5
- Not at the White House yet. I must have minutes to spare! -- nm - Max Jun 18, 15:22 1
  - YUP. Run for it, tourists! -- nm - Max Jun 18, 15:34
- but it's OK: we're having margaritas -- nm - prayformojo Jun 18, 15:18 1
  - But the margaritas are cursed. -- nm - Qale Jun 18, 15:21
- right? - Spawn Jun 18, 15:12
The Athena Chronicles, for my sake I suppose, all posts (I could find) in one place: - Mop Jun 18, 15:00 4 1
- Wait do we have new Athena news!? -- nm - MDH Jun 18, 15:16 1
  - SHE'S STANDING RIGHT BEHIND YOU! - Mop Jun 18, 15:39
- But what was in the box?! Seriously, I don't remember. -- nm - sycor Jun 18, 15:12 1
  - wedon'ttalkaboutthatmkay -- nm - Spawn Jun 18, 15:13
*whoa* My daughter just pointed out to me that - prayformojo Jun 18, 14:44 5
- *S*tan's hat is curved while *K*yle's is made of straight lines. -- nm - zork Jun 18, 16:10
- Selma has circular earrings; Patty has triangular. Think sphere = Selma and pyramid = Patty. -- nm - Baron D. Chastain Jun 18, 15:37 1
  - I still don't think that helps homer. (Also, doesn't this apply to their hair shape, too?) -- nm - Beryllium Jun 18, 16:04
- The 10 Things tables have turned! -- nm - Max Jun 18, 15:00
- *pats you on the head* -- nm - Spawn Jun 18, 14:48
16 TONS of Cocaine siezed in Philly. it was in 7 shipping containers and is worth approx. $1 BILLION -- (link) - peglegpete Jun 18, 14:24 5
- ya load 16 tons and whaddaya get? -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 18, 15:10
- I assume arrests were made. You don't find that much cocaine and don't wait for someone to come around and pick it up. -- nm - Mop Jun 18, 15:02
- It's going to be nightmare to secure that haul someplace. -- nm - Mop Jun 18, 15:02
- Someone is going to get whacked. Say helloooo to my little friend. -- nm - jnine Jun 18, 14:44
- DAMN IT! -- nm - David Spade call back Jun 18, 14:25
Less than 24 hours after declaring Canada in a climate emergency (parliamentary motion last night), the Trudeau gov't approves TransMountain. - Name Withheld By Request Jun 18, 14:06 4
- On the bright side, now we control part of the problem. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 18, 14:33 3
  - we be vigilant -- (link) - mud Jun 18, 14:42 2
    - CONSTANT VIGILANCE!!! -- nm - Spawn Jun 18, 14:57 1
      - I can see the tankers from my roof! -- (pic) - mud Jun 18, 15:07 [Attachment]
Do things still end in 99 cents in Canada? Or is that a “Americans are stupid and think $4.99 is a significantly better value than $5” thing? - Tim Jun 18, 13:50 13
- (and if you pay with a card you still pay the amount to the cent) -- nm - Reagen Jun 18, 14:20 2
  - right, that's what I figured. -- nm - Tim Jun 18, 14:34
  - *points downward one post* -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jun 18, 14:24
- We also did away with the penny about a decade ago, so all prices round to the nearest nickle anyhow (when paying cash). -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jun 18, 14:07
- they're not. -- nm - Remlik Jun 18, 14:02 1
  - 1000% with you on the penny. I’d lose the nickel too. -- nm - Volnelk Jun 18, 14:04
- But charging rent of $690 sure works better than $700 on you. -- nm - Spawn Jun 18, 13:51 3
  - THESE ARE CANADIAN PRICES!! -- nm - Shaun S.I. Jun 18, 14:31
  - I'd say I pay $700, but that's just me. -- nm - Tim Jun 18, 13:54 1
    - Sadly, I have seen it in action and the result is staggering. -- nm - Spawn Jun 18, 13:55
- i mean, some do. it's meaningless though. Plus, there is tax so you almost never end up with a final price ending in .99 anyway. -- nm* - Andie Jun 18, 13:51 2
  - Yeah, I get tax is a thing as well. -- nm - Tim Jun 18, 13:53
  - i just went to a store i shop at online to see. Reg prices are whole dollars, sale prices are .95 -- (link) - Andie Jun 18, 13:52
Projections show US could fund Medicare for all for 400 years by -- (link) - Amoxy Jun 18, 13:43
Favre saying hes coming out of retirement -- nm* - budice Jun 18, 13:37 2
- As what, a tackling dummy? -- nm - jnine Jun 18, 14:47
- Wait, is that ML's music I hear!?! -- nm - Spawn Jun 18, 13:49
need a dream job? Reynolds Aluminium needs someone to go around the country eating bbq ribs for $5k a week. -- (link*) - peglegpete Jun 18, 13:33 1
- I've heard of a dead end job, but never a burnt end job. -- nm - Baron D. Chastain Jun 18, 13:37
Who can save the Chateau Laurier from a horrendous eyesore addition? -- (link) - mud Jun 18, 13:22 19
- That's a million times better than the criminal attraucity that fell out of the sky onto the Royal Ontario Museum. -- (link) - zork Jun 18, 16:19 3
  - THIS, I like. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 18, 16:42 2
    - Like, it's so obscenely garish and multi-angular that it feels like a cybernetic growth. Whereas the other one is just a heatsink. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 18, 17:15 1
      - We've always known that your tastes are questionable -- nm - zork Jun 18, 17:36
- sometimes I think they plan or design something hiddeous so they can relent in face of protest, but get a concession they really wanted 1st place -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 18, 15:19
- "a box designed with complete indifference to its architectural context and visually sensitive location" - Mop Jun 18, 15:14 1
  - Somewhere Krusty is seething and does not know why. -- nm - Spawn Jun 18, 15:16
- Shitty Minecraft Architecture. -- nm - Reagen Jun 18, 14:20
- I had to google C.L. it's a 100 year old hotel in Canada not an ancient family home in Europe. I don't care what they build to ad rooms -- nm - peglegpete Jun 18, 13:41 2
  - it's a landmark hotel, and, you can build an addition that isn't horrifyingly ugly. -- (pic) - Andie Jun 18, 13:46 [Attachment] 1
    - He Hate Us. -- nm - mud Jun 18, 13:49
- There is one helluva glitch in the Matrix. -- nm - Spawn Jun 18, 13:29 2
  - like a scene from Dr Strange or Inception -- nm - mud Jun 18, 13:32
  - Keanu: "I saw an ugly building." Sam Jackson as Morpheus: "How ugly was it? Was it the ugliest fucking shit you've ever seen?" -- nm - Beryllium Jun 18, 13:31
- that is, in fact, hideously ugly. -- nm - Andie Jun 18, 13:27 1
  - [nods] -- nm - mud Jun 18, 13:32
- How bad could it ... HOLY SHIT. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 18, 13:26 2
  - Who is the idiot who managed to fuse the ugly-ass building design of the 1970s with all the charm of a CPU heatsink? -- nm - Beryllium Jun 18, 13:27 1
    - Actually, I should apologize to the 1970s, I think I meant the 1950s. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 18, 13:27
Lock up your daughters and horses... -- nm - Hercules Mulligan Jun 18, 13:19 2
- Together? You sick bastard! -- nm - Baron D. Chastain Jun 18, 15:16 1
  - "It's not get back on the whores" -- nm - zork Jun 18, 16:25

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