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Prosecutors drop sexual assault charges against Kevin Spacey. -- (link) - pmb Jul 17, 14:23 1
- Gross. -- nm - David Jul 17, 14:28
Israel's Antiqueties Authority announces a 9000 year old site that will change history -- (link*) - peglegpete Jul 17, 14:03 2
- They refer to it as a 'stone age settlement' then go on to talk about all the metal weapons and tools they've found. -- nm - Meg Jul 17, 14:23 1
  - That would change history -- nm - TWuG Jul 17, 14:50
huh...earthquake in Tennessee.... -- (link) - Remlik Jul 17, 13:50 2
- Damn, that's gonna piss off the meth-gators -- nm - decline Jul 17, 14:42
- Yeah, we have little ones regularly. I think I’ve only ever really felt one of them. -- nm - Dark Callisto Jul 17, 13:56
Shaft is almost 2 hours of, "My son is different from me." -- nm - David Jul 17, 13:36 2
- Do all three of them go fishing at some point? You know, for the riddle. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 17, 14:33 1
  - No, but they do shove in a "it's your duty to protect that booty" recall. -- nm - David Jul 17, 14:39
Tying two of today's topics together - Hereditary and Midsommar both feel like Stephen King short stories. -- nm - Reagen Jul 17, 13:23 7
- I have a co-worker who is at least somewhat proficient in Swedish. I can't convince her to watch Midsommar with me and translate. She doesn't do scary -- nm - Baronfiki Jul 17, 13:40 2
  - Watch enough swedish-porn and you'll pick up enough to translate -- nm* - zeitgeist Jul 17, 13:46 1
    - Idea, Mythbusters After Midnight, episode 1,can you learn Swedish watching porn? -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 17, 13:49
- Absolutely not. Try Clive Barker. - Pippy - pressing on, these tannins Jul 17, 13:36
- Hereditary is such an empty film. - David Jul 17, 13:34 2
  - What did you expect from Nihilist Arby's Studios? -- nm - Hooplehead Jul 17, 13:49 1
    - Potato cakes? -- nm - David Jul 17, 14:02
Most popular cruise ports of call according to Cruise Critic readers. -- (link) - Mop Jul 17, 13:13 1
- Yeah, I'm in for all of them. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 17, 14:23
Cane toads hitching a ride on a python during a flood and being Australia both the toads and python are poisonous...The toads were so relieved the - decline Jul 17, 12:45 23
- because i do it all the time: Poisonous vs Venomous -- (pic) - Andie Jul 17, 13:00 [Attachment] 21
  - Heheh -- nm - Beryllium Jul 17, 15:11
  - Also, pythons are neither poisonous nor venomous. -- nm - Roger More Jul 17, 14:14 1
    - or monogamous -- nm - groiny Jul 17, 14:52
  - So what you are saying is, the snake had better not eat those frogs? -- nm - Spawn Jul 17, 13:12 15
    - I read it much more as "Decline...ya basic." -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 17, 13:15 2
      - ", dumbass." -- nm - Max Jul 17, 14:13
      - ha! no, honestly, i just think it's a really helpful image! -- nm - Andie Jul 17, 13:18
    - yes. -- nm - Andie Jul 17, 13:14 11
      - But the frogs are welcome to eat the snake? -- nm - Spawn Jul 17, 13:15 10
        
        I mean, if they want to. -- nm - Andie Jul 17, 13:18 9
        
        Fascinating. I always thought an army of snakes was the way to go. Now I am thinking, frog army. -- nm - Spawn Jul 17, 13:19 8
        
        You have too much free time. -- nm - David Jul 17, 13:34 1
        
        In case you have not deciphered it, I have a meeting tonight. The busier I am working, the more manic my ST posting gets. Two windows of varied chaos. -- nm - Spawn Jul 17, 13:54
        
        but maybe your enemy isn't hungry that day. Maybe they had a big lunch. -- nm - mud Jul 17, 13:32 3
        
        So, then the frogs hump them to death. -- nm - Spawn Jul 17, 13:49 2
        
        "Say, you all didn't happen to do a bunch of drugs, did ya?" -- nm - David Jul 17, 14:07
        
        :-D -- nm - mud Jul 17, 14:03
        
        If they're the good frogs, they'll make you see a snake army and you'll flee in terror. - Will Hunting Jul 17, 13:20 1
        
        *snort* -- nm - Pippy - pressing on, these tannins Jul 17, 13:39
  - Andie, the horny toads were humping the squiggly snake -- nm - decline Jul 17, 13:05 1
    - My Fair Lady 2: Eliza's Revenge. -- nm - Baronfiki Jul 17, 13:16
- I'd heard of them in Queensland but not in W.A. I guess that's in the tropical far northeast corner of the state. -- nm - Meg Jul 17, 12:56
3 years ago, on my way to Europe, I started Hulu's "11-22-63". This week, on my way back from Cali, I finished it. Opinions (spoilers) - Mop Jul 17, 12:44 3
- I just watched it this week for the first time. What I got from the ending was (spoilers) - GregW Jul 17, 17:36
- was it paused on your laptop that entire time? -- nm - decline Jul 17, 13:06 1
  - Seems to be a common option for in-flight systems. -- nm - Mop Jul 17, 13:09
Goodwill pulls paychecks from disabled workers -- (link) - Remlik Jul 17, 12:28 8
- She comes across as a true villain in that piece. -- nm - David Jul 17, 13:00 3
  - “It really was not a job,” she said. “It was a work component and through it we gave them through grace out of our budget to pay them - JaxSean Jul 17, 13:30 1
    - TL:DR "We kept our best slaves." -- nm - David Jul 17, 13:31
  - yup. -- nm - Remlik Jul 17, 13:15
- "and has special permission from the federal government to pay disabled workers well below the minimum wage floor." wtc?? - Max Jul 17, 12:56 1
  - Mt friend the Rose internship as vocational counselor was to find "jobs" for mentally challenged, you need a supervisor per 3 or 6, a driver. ... - zeitgeist Jul 17, 13:43
- while the CEO and her son take home over a quarter of a million dollars a year in salary - decline Jul 17, 12:33
- in Illinois. -- nm - Spawn Jul 17, 12:29
Iowa's Department of Human Services Director fired after sending an agency-wide email to mark Tupac's birthday -- (link) - Roger More Jul 17, 12:27 1
- "Foxhoven, 66" - Reagen Jul 17, 12:45
Max Minghella’s directorial debut, Teen Spirit, is surprisingly solid. -- nm - David, Earth’s Mightiest Hero Jul 17, 12:02 1
- It entertains us? -- nm - Spawn Jul 17, 12:03
Lightsail 2 sending back some awesome photos -- (link) - oblique Jul 17, 11:50 5
- faaaaaake -- nm - Mop Jul 17, 11:55 1
  - totally flat -- nm - oblique Jul 17, 11:58
- has it opened it's sail yet? -- nm - decline Jul 17, 11:51 2
  - "LightSail 2 Team Continues Tweaks and Tests for Sail Deployment" -- nm - Spawn Jul 17, 11:56
  - I think the article said no earlier than the 21st -- nm - oblique Jul 17, 11:53
BTW, still 117 days until Disney+. :( -- nm - Mop Jul 17, 11:45 6
- More to the point, infinite days until the next GoT ep. (NM) - Marlowe Jul 17, 11:54 3
  - you forgot about the prequel series -- nm - Beaker Jul 17, 12:16 2
    - If the series writers are different, there's some hope it will not suck balls. (NM) - Marlowe Jul 17, 13:45
    - Warm Ups of Thrones -- nm - Spawn Jul 17, 12:18
- But only 2 months until Masked Singer returns! -- nm - Baronfiki Jul 17, 11:52
- I'd like to know when we're getting it. I imagine sometime in 2020. -- nm - Shaun Jul 17, 11:49
94°F + 56% Humidity = 105° Heat Index -- nm - decline Jul 17, 11:45
Football people -- have some young WR's that I need input on...David / Jim especially - Will Hunting Jul 17, 11:40 5
- I'd go Ridley, Sutton, Michel -- nm - Strongbad Jul 17, 14:46
- My expectation for Ridley this year is 50% more yardage but half as many TDS. -- nm - David, Earth’s Mightiest Hero Jul 17, 12:01 1
  - My take-away from this post -- David > Jim. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 17, 12:46
- Sony Michel could either go for 2000 yards and 20 TDs or be cut tomorrow depending on Hoodie's mood -- nm - Beaker Jul 17, 11:42 1
  - Right...part of the fun. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 17, 11:43
AP Bio uncancelled, will air on NBCUniversal's streaming service. -- (link) - Ender Jul 17, 11:27 8
- OH SWEET JESUS! -- nm - Mop Jul 17, 11:44
- we asked for this :) -- nm - oblique Jul 17, 11:41
- so in essence - all Network channels will have a streaming service AND network regular slots? - Pippy - pressing on, these tannins Jul 17, 11:28 5
  - "Why can't I just pay for the channels I want?" - Cuzzin Todd Jul 17, 15:19
  - How long until HBO abandons broadcast to go full streaming only? -- nm - Baronfiki Jul 17, 11:54 1
    - not until *alot* more people drop cable -- nm - decline Jul 17, 12:18
  - and they'll put just enough original content on the streaming to try to entice people to pay for it -- nm - decline Jul 17, 11:52
  - Eventually cable is going to be the cheapest option. - Shaun Jul 17, 11:30
Rand Paul has blocked the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund - decline Jul 17, 11:23 12
- This sums it up pretty well. -- (link) - Volnelk Jul 17, 11:48 3
  - yup, was just verifying via that same article that he voted for what I thought he voted for -- nm - ty97 Jul 17, 11:49 2
    - his neighbor needs to smack him around some more -- nm - decline Jul 17, 12:15 1
      - ha! I forgot about that - that was great! -- nm - Pippy - pressing on, these tannins Jul 17, 12:26
- How? -- nm - Beaker Jul 17, 11:41 1
  - I’m assuming this -- (link) - Super Daddy Princess Jul 17, 11:46
- that's not going to end well for him -- nm - Pippy - pressing on, these tannins Jul 17, 11:27 4
  - This isn't the first time a Republican has done it and they seem to have suffered no consequences. -- nm - ty97 Jul 17, 11:47 1
    - Today I would like to announce my intention to run for... -- nm - Jon Stewart Jul 17, 12:27
  - ::shrugs:: Maybe. In this day-and-age I honestly don't know that anything hurts these awful people. -- nm - Spawn Jul 17, 11:28 1
    - good point -- nm - Pippy - pressing on, these tannins Jul 17, 11:29
- bastard -- nm* - Spawn Jul 17, 11:24
Video of Trump at a party with Jeffrey Epstein in 1992. Trump's like the caricature of the white frat boy. He even does the "white guy biting his - pmb Jul 17, 11:22
IT: Chapter 2 poster -- (pic) - Shaun Jul 17, 11:15 [Attachment] 13
- BTW, I do have a problem with this. "Ends" and "Chapter 2" do not go together. -- nm - Spawn Jul 17, 11:18 12
  - I'll say it another way, chapters denote a series. Two episodes is not a series. -- nm - Spawn Jul 17, 11:43 2
    - You're spending way too much time on this. RELAX guy! -- nm - Shaun Jul 17, 11:44 1
      - It took this much brainstorming for Will and I to fix It. -- nm - Spawn Jul 17, 11:58
  - Why? Nothing says there can't just be two chapters in something... -- nm - Ender Jul 17, 11:20 3
    - I would call those "parts", at best. -- nm - Spawn Jul 17, 11:21 2
      - I'd settle for....halves. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 17, 11:53 1
        
        Yeah, "The Second Half of It" works. -- nm - Spawn Jul 17, 11:57
  - how many chapters do you need to justify an end? -- nm - decline Jul 17, 11:20 2
    - Chapter 2: THE FINAL CHAPTER -- nm - Spawn Jul 17, 11:21 1
      - well, if Chapter 1 was the beginning -- nm - decline Jul 17, 11:21
  - See: John Wick. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 17, 11:19 1
    - But see, there was a chapter 3. - Spawn Jul 17, 11:22
The WHO has declared the Ebola outbreak in Congo to be an international health emergency. 2nd deadliest on record - over 1600 deaths so far -- (link) - decline Jul 17, 11:13 2
- The WHO should rebrand as the GHO. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 17, 11:19
- I'll wait for Disturbed to announce that the Congo is Down With the Sickness before taking this seriously. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 17, 11:14
An Ohio teenager is facing 73 counts connected to "swatting" incidents -- (link) - Remlik Jul 17, 10:57 3
- the second article on that page is quite the doozy -- nm - decline Jul 17, 11:14
- Celebs are going to have to figure out landscaping/security features to limit access, ID potential police raids to prevent this - zeitgeist Jul 17, 11:07
- noobmaster69? -- nm - Spawn Jul 17, 11:02
Ari Aster has a theme or two. -- nm - Reagen Jul 17, 10:52 5
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  - Loved it. Fucked up in the best way. -- nm - Reagen Jul 17, 10:58 2
    - the movies disturb me on several levels. I'm mad in that they could be great movies so easily. - Pippy - pressing on, these tannins Jul 17, 11:27
    - Two incidental thoughts - Florence Pugh: Queen of the Ugly Criers -- and does Jack Reynor own any T shirts that fit? -- nm - Reagen Jul 17, 11:02
- Yup. And I can't wait to see his next variation on it. -- nm - Baronfiki Jul 17, 10:53
HBO Max leaves the gate running: Orders 10 episode reboot of Gossip Girl -- (link) - decline Jul 17, 10:45 3
- I've been considering binge-ing this, never seen a bit of it. -- nm - mud Jul 17, 10:50 2
  - Watch it, . Good stuff. -- nm - budice Jul 17, 10:56 1
    - okey -- nm - mud Jul 17, 10:58
Good Boys - Red Band trailer. -- (link) - Shaun Jul 17, 10:37 [youtube] 3
- That. Is. Some. Crazy. Shit. -- nm - Mop Jul 17, 13:12
- Meh -- nm - amoxy Jul 17, 11:49
- "Hey Stranger Things..." -- nm - Spawn Jul 17, 11:06
IT: Chapter 2 trailer tomorrow. -- (link) - Shaun Jul 17, 10:34 4
- I am debating avoiding the trailers etc on this one. -- nm - Spawn Jul 17, 10:44 3
  - very wise, I doubt I have the will tho -- nm - mud Jul 17, 10:45
  - I am not debating avoiding it entirely, just as I did the first one. And pet semetary. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 17, 10:45 1
    - Loser. Worth watching. -- nm - Spawn Jul 17, 10:54
I could start a photo album entirely of things I took photos of at the grocery store. And it would be at least marginally interesting. Almost. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 17, 10:23 6
- Amy's latest. -- (pic) - Spawn Jul 17, 10:53 [Attachment] 2
  - tell her to be careful her purse isnt nicked! -- nm - mud Jul 17, 10:56 1
    - by Me! that leopard skin wallet is awesome! -- nm - Pippy - pressing on, these tannins Jul 17, 11:31
- It's a tarp! -- (pic) - Beryllium Jul 17, 10:26 [Attachment]
- Today's shots are on the extremely boring end, though. -- (pic) - Beryllium Jul 17, 10:25 [Attachment] 1
  - there's a stockboy someplace who's freaking out right now because he saw this dude taking pictures of the dish soap - decline Jul 17, 10:27
Heh. FaceApp concerns again. -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 17, 10:22

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