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Free agent Kawhi Leonard agrees to a 4-year, $144 million dollar maximum deal with the Los Angeles Lakers -- nm - decline Jul 1, 11:37 2
- Are the Lakers now the front runners to win the title next year? -- nm - Inigo Jul 1, 11:41 1
  - on paper yes. We'll have to see how all these egos gel -- nm - decline Jul 1, 11:42
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- The idea was to catch a train not be the train. -- nm - budice Jul 1, 11:45
- rookie mistake to stop drinking. -- nm - Reagen Jul 1, 11:44
Wimbledon women's spoiler - prayformojo Jul 1, 11:26
Jake Gyllenhaal is a little bit less weird during this junket interview with GQ: JG breaks down his most iconic roles. -- (link) - Mop Jul 1, 11:25 [youtube] 1
- He's chilled out a lot, its helped. -- nm - budice Jul 1, 11:27
New addition to my desk today just in time for Canada Day. -- (pic) - Mop Jul 1, 11:14 [Attachment] 3
- For what now? - Spawn Jul 1, 11:15 2
  - Free Health Care Day. -- nm - Mop Jul 1, 11:20
  - Define "real"... It's real insofar as Disney has released real merch... -- nm - Ender Jul 1, 11:19
Amazon Prime Free July books are posted. Which one? -- (link) - JaxSean Jul 1, 11:07 6
- That selection seems limited. -- nm - Mop Jul 1, 11:19 1
  - It's been a choice between 6-8 for a while now -- nm - JaxSean Jul 1, 12:29
- after watching John Oliver last night, I suggest all the hard or soft covers. none of the digital versions. -- nm - peglegpete Jul 1, 11:18 3
  - Why? -- nm - Ender Jul 1, 11:20 2
    - I think it has something to do with this (which I haven't watched yet). But it seems to advocate *against* physical products over digital so confused. -- (link) - Mop Jul 1, 11:23 [youtube] 1
      - Uh-oh, bear spray! -- nm - Spawn Jul 1, 11:51
Magnificent Seven A-, Spiderverse A -- nm - Amoxy Jul 1, 11:05
Meanwhile, in Mexico a storm dropped over 3 FEET of hale in Guadalajara -- (link) - zeitgeist Jul 1, 10:58 4
- Nathan Hale? -- nm - Reagen Jul 1, 11:34
- This video -- (link) - decline Jul 1, 11:34
- I heard it was 2 meters. I wonder how many farthings that is. -- nm - Mop Jul 1, 11:15
- cars buried, trucks blocked, army sending heavy machinery to help open roads 9just wait a day, its 90 some degrees, it ain't gonna last long) -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 1, 11:03
Cali: 5 cents add'l Gas Tax starting today..47.3 total per gallon -- (link) - budice Jul 1, 10:54 9
- Hold my beer. -- nm - Pennsylvania Jul 1, 11:31
- Ours doubled from 19 to 38 cents/gallon today. -- nm - pmb Jul 1, 11:01
- Ohio added an additional 10.5 cents per gallon today, bringing the total to 38.5 cents per gallon. Also stopped taxing eyeglasses and contacts. -- nm* - Ender Jul 1, 10:56 5
  - Also added $100 and $200 annual fees for hybrid and electric car owners. -- nm - Ender Jul 1, 10:58 4
    - "Added" fees? -- nm - zunk xometimes Jul 1, 11:09 3
      - I assume they're added on to the regular yearly car registration fees. -- nm - Ender Jul 1, 11:11 2
        
        Wow. So you have to pay more for electric & hybrid. I guess they are trying to make up the lost gas tax revenue. That's just wrong. -- nm - zunk xometimes Jul 1, 11:22 1
        
        They did it in Illinois too. The argument is that it makes up for not paying the gas taxes which maintain the roads. - pmb Jul 1, 11:30
- Wow. that's incredible. -- nm - Pippy, Drama Cupid Jul 1, 10:55
LA: pursuit of a truck in the San Fernando Valley -- (link*) - budice Jul 1, 10:21 1
- Is Kawahi Leonard in that truck? -- nm - eag Jul 1, 10:30
Knives Out trailer tomorrow. From the man that ruined Star Wars... -- (link*) - budice Jul 1, 10:07 2
- Lucas is directing again? -- nm - decline Jul 1, 10:12
- George Lucas? -- nm - Beryllium Jul 1, 10:10
Pavelski, Perry to the Stars, Matt Duchene to the Preds, Panarin to the Rangers -- nm - Reagen Jul 1, 10:03 1
- Zuccarello to the Wild -- nm - Reagen Jul 1, 10:07
Whiteside to the Blazers Harkless and Leonard to Heat -- (link*) - eag Jul 1, 09:57
New study equates loot boxes to gambling for children. -- (link) - Mop Jul 1, 09:54 2
- Don't get me started on that lady with the shirt with all the pockets! -- nm - ty97 Jul 1, 09:57 1
  - How's that parade coming along, btw? -- nm - Mop Jul 1, 10:00
heh, just realized that Charlie Manson in new Tarantino flick is Dewey Crowe. -- nm - groiny Jul 1, 09:52 13
- Dude. *I* knew that and I have never even seen an episode of Justified. -- nm - Spawn Jul 1, 11:17 1
  - your lack of taste rears it's ugly head again. -- nm - groiny Jul 1, 11:21
- and it looks like he will also be playing Manson in Mindhunter S2 -- nm - groiny Jul 1, 09:54 10
  - I remember some were saying Dickie Bennett would be even better casting. He already played him in a 2004 version of Helter Skelter though -- nm - mud Jul 1, 11:28 1
    - I would not have thought Dewey could pull off the look, but the brief shot in the trailer proved me wrong..... - groiny Jul 1, 11:34
  - I cannot wait till S2 of this -- nm - Jovian Jul 1, 10:51 7
    - I would watch a whole season of Ed Kemper. -- nm - groiny Jul 1, 10:58 6
      - That's him over in Umbrella Academy. -- nm - Baron D. Chastain Jul 1, 11:00 2
        
        I know, I recognized the voice immediately. -- nm - groiny Jul 1, 11:01 1
        
        I couldn't place it for a bit, but then he said something which made it click and I nearly dropped the remote. -- nm - Baron D. Chastain Jul 1, 11:02
      - omg hands down the best thing about season one. -- nm - Jovian Jul 1, 10:59 2
        
        here... -- (link) - groiny Jul 1, 11:02 [youtube]
        
        there is a good youtube video of him and the real Kemper, he nails the character. -- nm - groiny Jul 1, 11:02
Dewey [of the decimal system] has had his name removed from the top Library Award for his racist views and attitudes toward women -- (link) - peglegpete Jul 1, 09:47 6
- wonders if he discovered the decimal system when noting the women of the library society were sixes to eights -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 1, 10:34
- File this under, huh... -- nm - Qale Jul 1, 09:59 2
  - It's interesting that he was bad *for the time* which is saying something - Reagen Jul 1, 10:01 1
    - Absolutely. I get what you are referencing, and we really can't afford to shelve this discussion anymore. -- nm - Qale Jul 1, 10:19
- Amy Santiago will be crushed -- nm - Roger More Jul 1, 09:58
- Interesting. I didn't know about the Laura Ingalls Wilder thing either. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 1, 09:56
David, Netflix is finally making some original content you will love: - decline Jul 1, 09:46
Booked my tickets to go to an art installation in a Victorian sewage pumping station! -- (link) - LMS Jul 1, 09:41 3
- That looks fantastic! -- nm - Mop Jul 1, 09:54
- View the "Great Stink" then come to the cafe for lunch - bring your appetite ;) -- nm - Meg Jul 1, 09:52
- sounds like fun -- nm - peglegpete Jul 1, 09:46
Curry to the Mavs: 4 years, $32M - decline Jul 1, 09:33 5
- Ozzie Canseco never got a multi-million deal. -- nm - Reagen Jul 1, 09:52
- Yeah, we're into crazy town where Seth Curry is worth 8mil a year. - Will Hunting Jul 1, 09:52 2
  - The minimum payrolls are massive. It's $110 million/year for 12 players and you don't hit luxury tax level until you get to $132 million. -- nm - pmb Jul 1, 10:14 1
    - And there are so many exceptions that they all have names. -- nm - Baron D. Chastain Jul 1, 10:36
- Golden State had a good run. -- nm - Spawn Jul 1, 09:35
Wimbledon spoilers - Women's 1st Round - Will Hunting Jul 1, 09:32
Full on riots in Hong Kong now. -- (link) - Mop Jul 1, 09:31 4
- twitch stream... things are going down. -- (link) - colin Jul 1, 09:55 1
  - "this stream will end at 7 as I have to go to school" (i found that endearing) -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 1, 10:44
- Mario Maker 2? -- nm - Spawn Jul 1, 09:34 1
  - Mao-io Maker 2 -- nm - Beryllium Jul 1, 09:38
NXIVM Sex Cult Movie Set At Lifetime With Catherine Oxenberg Producing; Peter Facinelli To Star -- (link) - budice Jul 1, 09:07 15
- Cast includes Kate Bosworth's step-daughter, Jasper Polish. -- nm - Mop Jul 1, 09:18 2
  - I get my jasper polish from a specialty store. -- nm - Reagen Jul 1, 09:56 1
    - I've seen pictures. I'd like to know what store you can get a Jasper Polish at. -- nm - Mop Jul 1, 10:00
- I mean, if Peter Facinelli were the leader of a sex cult, wouldn't you sign up? -- nm - Mop Jul 1, 09:15 1
  - I sure as shit would -- nm - Pippy, Drama Cupid Jul 1, 10:38
- Wasn't Oxenbergy's relative involved in this some how? that is creepy if so. -- nm - Pippy, Drama Cupid Jul 1, 09:12 5
  - I'm guessing the Alison Mack character is not going to enjoy the first re-write of this script. - Will Hunting Jul 1, 09:21
  - "Oxenberg, whose daughter India was one of Raniere’s victims..." -- nm - Mop Jul 1, 09:17 1
    - creepy -- nm - Pippy, Drama Cupid Jul 1, 10:39
  - Her daughter: "Allison Mack Accused of Keeping Catherine Oxenberg's Daughter on Diet for Ideal Sex Slave Weight." -- (link) - decline Jul 1, 09:15
  - She never like her. -- nm - Spawn Jul 1, 09:13
- ... any nudity? -- nm - Spawn Jul 1, 09:12 1
  - #MondayMotivation -- nm - budice Jul 1, 09:14
- well, That didn't take long. I hope Allison Mack gets to play herself -- nm - decline Jul 1, 09:08 1
  - also, Facinelli is the spitting image of Raniere -- (link) - decline Jul 1, 09:10 [Image]
Days Without a Brawl: 1 -- nm - White House Press Office Jul 1, 08:51 2
- well at least we now have a scrappy press secretary who can hold her own. -- nm* - decline Jul 1, 09:05 1
  - Give her the podium from SNL and she could defeat Iran. -- nm - Spawn Jul 1, 09:08
all I got was a rock -- nm - Knicks Jul 1, 08:48 1
- can it cook? -- nm - groiny Jul 1, 08:48
Now, if we took Danny DeVito and the other characters from Always Sunny in Philadelphia and placed them into the Jumanji characters, that would be - Jovian Jul 1, 08:46 1
- I'm pretty sure the development went with "Rock, what type of fun comedy acting would you like to try?" - Will Hunting Jul 1, 09:16
"As warden, I can approve buying a copy of A Dance With Dragons for the prison library to go up on the Game of Thrones shelf. - prayformojo Jul 1, 08:42
Grace Jones Reportedly Quits BOND 25 Right After Arriving on Set -- (link) - budice Jul 1, 08:39 2
- Producers should have told her what's up. -- nm - Remlik Jul 1, 10:50
- Good for her. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 1, 10:12
In today's episode of "What were they thinking", I give you the Chicago White Sox. -- (link) - pmb Jul 1, 08:35 14
- Little girl side eye.gif -- nm - Reagen Jul 1, 09:33
- Umm... -- nm - Diva Jul 1, 08:46
- I mean, could they have come up with a better option, sure, but he is a famous-ish person. -- nm - groiny Jul 1, 08:38 11
  - i'm guessing they might have just had a content engine pulling from a list, not really hand curating it. -- nm - colin Jul 1, 08:46 4
    - I mean, seriously, Pat Sajak???? -- nm - groiny Jul 1, 08:51 3
      - right? why not John Wayne Gacy? -- nm - colin Jul 1, 08:54 2
        
        And that cow that started that fire. -- nm - Spawn Jul 1, 09:14 1
        
        that would have been funny. -- nm - groiny Jul 1, 09:14
  - It's an inappropriate place for that don't you think? -- nm - pmb Jul 1, 08:39 5
    - 3/4 of the people there probably have no idea who that is. - groiny Jul 1, 08:40 4
      - That doesn't make it better. It's roughly the equivalent of doing something on famous convertible cars and showing Ferris Bueller driving with his - pmb Jul 1, 08:44 3
        
        now, if it were the white woman up there who lied about him whistling, that would be another story. -- nm - groiny Jul 1, 08:48
        
        yeah, I can't get all worked up over this. - groiny Jul 1, 08:46 1
        
        tbh I'm not even sure it's a firing offense. An apology, a donation to a relevant local charity would be good ... -- nm - Beryllium Jul 1, 09:04
Have we done this? Weekend movie viewing and grade, please. Avengers: Endgame: A312.50. Toy Story 4: A (much better than 3). -- nm - Spawn Jul 1, 08:32 23
- Yesterday B+ -- nm - JD Jul 1, 10:18
- Cold Pursuit- A. -- nm - Dark Callisto Jul 1, 09:49 1
  - huh. really? huh. -- nm - prayformojo Jul 1, 11:10
- Once Upon A Time In America, A -- nm - con_carne Jul 1, 09:20
- Aladdin: C- -- nm - Ender Jul 1, 08:53
- Haunted House Parody 2, D, Nos4rtu is getting better, -- nm - Pippy, Drama Cupid Jul 1, 08:50
- Word -- nm - budice Jul 1, 08:48
- Godzilla B, Crazy Rich Asians B+. -- nm - colin Jul 1, 08:43
- Phish 6/29, B+. Phish 6/30, A. -- nm - Super Daddy Princess Jul 1, 08:41 2
  - they have a movie too? sweet. -- nm - mud Jul 1, 08:44 1
    - I am amazed that it gets better with repeat viewings. -- nm - Spawn Jul 1, 08:48
- Echo in the Canyon: B -- (link) - JaxSean Jul 1, 08:40 [youtube]
- Into the Spiderverse: A -- nm - decline Jul 1, 08:37 2
  - Toy Story 4: A-; enjoying my hobby of painting wooden crates to look like buses: A+ - prayformojo Jul 1, 08:43 1
    - The real question: Have you fooled anyone with one yet? -- nm - Spawn Jul 1, 08:48
- Rocketman - A-. In many ways it's a better movie than Bohemian Rhapsody, but not quite as much fun. Toy Story 4 - A- (I liked 3 better than 4). -- nm - pmb Jul 1, 08:36
- Captive State B+ -- nm - mud Jul 1, 08:36
- John Wick 3 : C+ -- nm - groiny Jul 1, 08:35 5
  - what's your grade on 1 and 2? -- nm - colin Jul 1, 08:43 4
    - 1 was an A+, 2 was maybe a B. -- nm - groiny Jul 1, 09:00 3
      - I thought 3 was way better than 2. -- nm - amanda Jul 1, 09:55 2
        
        I was ok with the first 3/4 of the movie, the final 1/4 went off the rails and turned into - groiny Jul 1, 10:22
        
        it was so ridiculously over the top compared to the other 2 - groiny Jul 1, 10:09
Word. -- nm - Severus Snape Jul 1, 08:27

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