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Musician Slow Magic calls out GameStop. -- (link) - Qale Aug 1, 17:49 1
- People still buy things at Gamestop? -- nm - budice Aug 1, 17:53
Will Hurd, of TX 23, isn't running for re-election - Reagen Aug 1, 17:40 4
- Texas. Trump reelection year. Republican retirement. - Tim Aug 1, 18:08
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  - Midterms are midterms but people forget that Trump went pretty hard in on the race baiting stuff in 2018 and lost, badly - Reagen Aug 1, 18:10
- and one of the four republican congressman that voted yes on the DJT condemnation. -- nm - Jovian Aug 1, 17:42
man, they really missed the mark with Holey Moley - Jovian Aug 1, 17:32 4
- Problem #1: They hired Rob Riggle -- nm - Dano Aug 1, 17:40 3
  - He’s awful. -- nm - MDH Aug 1, 17:50
  - YES. -- nm - Volnelk Aug 1, 17:49
  - I want to see Press Your Luck brought back permanently though. - Jovian Aug 1, 17:44
Coalnado!!!!!! -- (link) - prayformojo Aug 1, 17:23 4
- uh isn't a stockyard where you keep livestock, as in cattle, so...that's a shit storm - zeitgeist Aug 1, 18:00 1
  - Too easy -- nm - con_carne Aug 1, 18:07
- Clean Coalnado -- nm - budice Aug 1, 17:31
- It goes real slow with the hammer down. It's the country-fried truck endorsed by a clown. -- nm - Baronfiki Aug 1, 17:25
I’ve never made a political donation. I’m thinking of making one to Yang knowing full well he likely won’t survive past the end of 2019 in the race. - Qale Aug 1, 17:18 16
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  - Looking at the candidates that have already qualified for the next debate and going to their sites finally. His really has a ton of issues listed, - Qale Aug 1, 17:48 5
    - he hasn't yet qualified. he's only met the donor part, not polling. -- nm - b. Aug 1, 18:04 1
      - I must have misread that post from earlier. Just isn’t my night for reading apparently. :( -- nm - Qale Aug 1, 18:05
    - I agree, and if bernie gets burned for being a socialist, Yang would get flayed alive for being a gawdamn communist - zeitgeist Aug 1, 18:02 2
      - It’s funny that you say they aren’t anywhere near. Because it’s true. It’s disgusting how far we’ve let this shift to the right go. -- nm - Qale Aug 1, 18:07 1
        
        the breitbart/tea party repubs think fox news is as liberal as the others -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 1, 21:21
- Not for anything, if you think a plurality of Americans are going to vote an asian american President, you havent been paying attention. - Jovian Aug 1, 17:26 2
  - I think I covered that in the ‘probably won’t be in the race past 2019’. -- nm - Qale Aug 1, 17:28 1
    - oh.. I misunderstood. I thought you were asking if it was worthwhile to still donate to him. -- nm - Jovian Aug 1, 17:29
- *hand wavy motion* -- nm - Tim Aug 1, 17:23
- "we're all doomed. I'm going to give everyone $1000 and tell them to move inland. Would you like to contribute to my campaign?" -- nm - mud Aug 1, 17:21 4
  - Sounds like a trite sound bite. -- nm - Qale Aug 1, 17:23 3
    - that's pretty much what he said, though; and I was bummed about it. nm but: -- (link) - b. Aug 1, 17:28 2
      - So he said it differently and he’s likely not wrong. I didn’t see any dimming of the sun on his site, but that would make sense to not include it. - Qale Aug 1, 17:37 1
        
        I found that because it explicated what I had an issue with - both that it's too late (it's not) and the whole money to move aspect (not nearly enough - b. Aug 1, 18:03
Football is on. -- nm - Volnelk Aug 1, 17:14 3
- The CFL is in week 8 but sure. -- nm - Reagen Aug 1, 17:17 2
  - I’d say something like ‘No, real football.’ but Trump is speaking in my city right now and I don’t want to be THAT American. -- nm - Volnelk Aug 1, 18:01
  - Ticats vs Bombers Grey Cup, coming in a few weeks! -- nm - mud Aug 1, 17:23
So who's going? -- (link) - JD Aug 1, 16:46 1
- sweet -- nm - prayformojo Aug 1, 17:11
wap? amazon to disconnect dash buttons on august 31st. nm but: -- (link) - b. Aug 1, 16:27
The Equifax payout is now down to about six bucks per person.... -- (link) - decline Aug 1, 16:00 8
- Free Subway for everyone! -- nm - Baronfiki Aug 1, 16:58
- That’s some terrible math. Unless I glossed over it, they’re just going by how many visited the site. As we know, not everyone who visits was affected -- nm - Qale Aug 1, 16:28
- As soon as I saw multiple tweets about it, I knew this would happen. -- nm - Tim Aug 1, 16:09
- How low can it go?! -- nm - Pippy, Fairy Duchess Aug 1, 16:08 2
  - -$5 -- nm - Strongbad Aug 1, 16:27
  - Pennies probably -- nm - decline Aug 1, 16:17
- if you sign up as of Saturday, it will *cost* you $300 -- nm - prayformojo Aug 1, 16:06
- And what about that $20 an hour? -- nm - . Aug 1, 16:05
Def Leppard: Joe Elliot 60 years old today.... -- (link) - Remlik Aug 1, 15:35 14
- I feel old -- nm - Pippy, Fairy Duchess Aug 1, 15:55 13
  - yeah...but you sure as hell don't look it. -- nm - Remlik Aug 1, 16:25 3
    - but you sure do. -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 1, 16:55 1
      - I can't deny that. -- nm - Remlik Aug 1, 16:58
    - Why thank you kind sir -- nm - Pippy, Fairy Duchess Aug 1, 16:45
  - speaking of you being old. I have not asked in a while. How is Roo doing in the grandchild business? :))) -- nm - peglegpete Aug 1, 16:06 8
    - She is slacking! - Pippy, Fairy Duchess Aug 1, 16:10 7
      - I just bought one of these. $85 delivered price is a steal for sound & changing lights. your grandchildren deserve fun lightsabers. -- (link*) - peglegpete Aug 1, 16:53 6
        
        the body is slim, most US made sabers have a fatter diameter. I like a lot the few slim ones I own. -- nm - peglegpete Aug 1, 17:07
        
        the main info to also know is it's a 7/8" diameter blade. most sabers made in the US use 1" blade. relax. everyone sells 7/8" blades. -- nm - peglegpete Aug 1, 16:58
        
        Nice! -- nm - Pippy, Fairy Duchess Aug 1, 16:57 3
        
        UltraSabers is the #1 US maker. here is their current line of lightsabers for sale. basic sound is a $100 extra. $290 for top of the line sound added. -- (link) - peglegpete Aug 1, 17:02 2
        
        Are you getting a commission? -- nm - . Aug 1, 17:35 1
        
        no. just making sure friends know what the market is -- nm - peglegpete Aug 1, 17:36
Holy shit, not really a police chase, this video is a couple miles from me... -- (link) - zeitgeist Aug 1, 15:27
A blind man couldn’t order pizza from Domino’s. The company wants the Supreme Court to say websites don’t have to be accessible -- (link) - Remlik Aug 1, 15:25 10
- so the blind cant call in and order? -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 1, 16:56 2
  - and have to ask an employee to read their entire menu, including options for toppings first? -- nm - b. Aug 1, 17:07 1
    - Do people order pizza like that? All I have ever seen is people knowing what they want and ordering it. Maybe a question about crust types. -- nm - Spawn Aug 1, 18:28
- How is providing a service, by not allowing someone to order a shitty pizza, a problem? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Aug 1, 16:41
- Before everyone gets all indigent, there is a cottage industry where attorneys exploit the ADA to get money out of companies - Pippy, Fairy Duchess Aug 1, 16:14 1
  - It would probably be cheaper if they comply. Then lawyers couldn't come after them. -- nm - . Aug 1, 16:57
- You buried the lede: "Among other targets of the accessibility lawsuits: Beyonce.com." -- nm - Baronfiki Aug 1, 15:48 2
  - Bed, Bath & Beyonce? -- nm - peglegpete Aug 1, 15:54 1
    - All the Single Ladles, all the single Ladles... -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 1, 18:04
- it would only cost them $38K to upgrade the site. -- nm - Remlik Aug 1, 15:25
Sheesh. The South is crazy. My Facebook feed is full of friends from Atlanta posting first day of school photos today. -- nm - Dano Aug 1, 15:21 7
- Its honestly a bit weird not paying attention to the start of school for the first time in 20 years -- nm - JaxSean Aug 1, 15:48
- What's even more crazy is the variation between counties. Fulton isn't until Aug 12. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 1, 15:32
- N’s first day is Monday. -- nm - kelly Aug 1, 15:29 3
  - insane -- nm - prayformojo Aug 1, 16:07 2
    - My first day back was this Monday. :( -- nm - kelly Aug 1, 16:40
    - The next town over started this week -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 1, 16:08
- Everyone trying to get as many school days as possible in front of set testing windows. -- nm - Volnelk Aug 1, 15:24
Happy reinstall Magic Arena in its entirety because Wizard of the Coast doesn’t know how to patch just part of a program day! -- nm - Qale Aug 1, 15:18 1
- Man, these holidays are getting crazy specific and it's kind of out of control -- nm - decline Aug 1, 15:19
Stricter requirements for the next debate will likely end this nonsense, right now only 7 are qualified, but they have the month of August to fix it. -- (link) - Tim Aug 1, 15:15 1
- I saw this last night, and I think it's what needs to happen. nm but: -- (link) - b. Aug 1, 15:20
Fed Judge blocks NY from turning over the Donald's tax returns to democrats -- (link) - zeitgeist Aug 1, 15:15
Why is the elephant fighting a giant squid at the circus? -- nm - Strongbad Aug 1, 15:13 2
- That's C'thulhu. -- nm - Reagen Aug 1, 15:20
- Nmbt -- (link) - Strongbad Aug 1, 15:14
BB: saw several mentions of Marianne Williamson on FB, she's weird in a GOOP meets Goth way and will probably surprise in NH -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 1, 15:02 11
- I hope not. she's an anti-science huckster who's made a career of taking advantage of vulnerable people. - b. Aug 1, 15:17 2
  - yup, Steve Jobs would likely still be alive if he didn't go down that the alt world path -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 1, 15:22 1
    - unfortunately, it's impossible to know that for sure; but choosing alternatives early on probably at least shortened his life. - b. Aug 1, 15:40
- She defines unelectable. -- nm - Volnelk Aug 1, 15:06 7
  - Yeah. But watching her talk sure is fun -- nm - con_carne Aug 1, 15:09
  - Sounds like your negative energy is blocking your chakra. Here, rub this peppermint oil on your wrist to cure it. -- nm - Hooplehead Aug 1, 15:08 5
    - certainly he needs to meditate with a rose quartz on his forehead to center himself -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 1, 15:10 4
      - Agreed, and if that doesn't work, there's always the nuclear option* - Hooplehead Aug 1, 15:13 3
        
        OMG NO, he's not ready for hard core earth core, centering without proper grounding is like messing with di-lithium crystals, could warp his chi -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 1, 15:20 2
        
        You guys joke and yet she has been on stage in front of the world as one of the 20 best options we have to choose from. - Volnelk Aug 1, 15:23 1
        
        She gets the Oprah, GOOP money, its a matter of 60-90k, now 120,000 unique donors plus name recognition of 1% in early polls. -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 1, 15:38
If I uninstall and reinstall Red Dead 2 on my XBone do I lose my saved games? - Cuzzin Todd Aug 1, 15:02 2
- The PS4 let's you cloud or usb drive save game data. Does the Xbox have the same thing? -- nm - decline Aug 1, 15:27
- you shouldnt -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 1, 15:22
Astronauts - Jared Goff is available. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 1, 14:54
You don't have to be a star, baby, to be in my show -- nm - Hooplehead Aug 1, 14:28 4
- Your show must be pretty crappy. -- nm - Mop Aug 1, 14:53
- You also don't have to watch Dynasty, to have an attitude - prayformojo Aug 1, 14:47 1
  - Whoa there big shooter. Why don't we start with Falcon Crest and work our way up? -- nm - Hooplehead Aug 1, 14:51
- But baby you're a star Don't cha know who ya are If you could only see what I see, But first you must believe oh you're a star -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 1, 14:39
SITWAP: apparently Funko is getting in to board games including DC, Potter, Golden Girls and Rick and Morty -- (link) - sycor Aug 1, 14:22
Hey, for anyone who watched the Twin Peaks series, does it wrap up the story? -- nm - Mop Aug 1, 14:10 4
- heh heh heh -- nm - Hooplehead Aug 1, 14:33 3
  - 🤣🤣🤣 -- nm - Hooplehead Aug 1, 14:36 2
    - That's sounds about right. -- nm - Mop Aug 1, 14:52 1
      - That doesn't mean it's not worth watching, but it's pretty out there -- nm - Hooplehead Aug 1, 15:05
GenCon: The running of the gamers..... -- (link) - Remlik Aug 1, 14:09 2
- Any gorings? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Aug 1, 14:40 1
  - No, but there might be a gorvil. -- nm - Baronfiki Aug 1, 15:43
Fantasy tip: the Detroit Tigers just called up Travis Demeritte. - David Aug 1, 13:44 1
- seals? -- nm - Todd Manning Aug 1, 13:54
The Absurdities of 'Franchise Fatigue' & 'Sequelitis' (Or, What Is Happening to the Box Office?!) -- (link) - JD Aug 1, 13:39 1
- THE SKY IS FALLING!!! -- nm - Mop Aug 1, 14:05
“I’d prefer my supporters not be racist, but *shrug* whaddayagonnado?” -- nm* - Super Daddy Princess Aug 1, 13:38 5
- I’d love it if Cincinnati wasn’t a national embarrassment tonight. -- nm - Volnelk Aug 1, 15:14
- "I don't know that you can stop people." -- (link) - mud Aug 1, 13:52 1
  - Maybe build a wall around them if they start chanting. Supposedly that works. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 1, 14:14
- holy CRAP!! -- (link) - mud Aug 1, 13:48 1
  - there will never ever be a bottom. - Jovian Aug 1, 14:29
Also, I feel like David Bell got off lucky at only six games, but Hurdle needs a LOT more than two as well. - David Aug 1, 13:29 2
- Yes to both. They could’ve said literally any number for Bell and Garrett and I would’ve just nodded, but it all starts with Hurdle. - Volnelk Aug 1, 15:21
- Yup on Hurdle. He should get six too. -- nm - Krusty Aug 1, 13:31
What "Hallmark Movies" is Spawn watching that have rampant drug abuse and sex with minors? -- nm - David Aug 1, 13:24 6
- miners. not minors. -- nm - Spawn si Aug 1, 13:31 2
  - Stop digging, Mr. Pornhub. -- nm - David Aug 1, 13:35 1
    - "I AM A GOLDEN SHOWER GOD!!!" -- nm - groiny Aug 1, 13:43
- Behind the scenes, most of them probably? -- nm - ty97 Aug 1, 13:27 2
  - ... -- (pic) - David Aug 1, 13:28 [Attachment] 1
    - I want full credit for not piling on during this day of pure craziness -- nm - Pippy, Fairy Duchess Aug 1, 16:07
Ryan Kalil has come out of retirement to join the Jets. I know he was a pro bowler but was he still playing well before he retired last year? -- nm - Krusty Aug 1, 13:17 7
- His body was pretty battered, but he was always a really good football player. -- (edited) - David Aug 1, 13:22 1
  - His smarts, some good blocking and a consistent snap are what we need. We got none of that last year and both guys we used hurt us. - Krusty Aug 1, 13:26
- Also, a guy came out of retirement to join the Jets. What!?! -- nm - Krusty Aug 1, 13:21 4
  - Some men just want to watch world burn - ty97 Aug 1, 13:22 3
    - Enjoy it while it lasts. The Jets aren't going to be a joke starting this season. -- nm - Krusty Aug 1, 13:27 2
      - I would love that to be true for your sake. -- nm - ty97 Aug 1, 13:37 1
        
        Brady can't play forever -- nm - Krusty Aug 1, 13:49
I contacted the lawyer for my house purchase to get copies of the signing documents. They said they would pull the files - what is a reasonable - Reagen Aug 1, 13:11 8
- What the b. said. - ReluctantCynic Aug 1, 14:02
- maybe 4-5 business days, fewer if you said it's urgent. -- (edited) - b. Aug 1, 13:26
- 6 years -- nm - ty97 Aug 1, 13:24
- 6 hours -- nm* - mud Aug 1, 13:13
- 6 months -- nm - decline Aug 1, 13:12 3
  - um -- nm - Reagen Aug 1, 13:15 1
    - they might be really busy -- nm - decline Aug 1, 13:20
  - ?! -- nm - mud Aug 1, 13:13
artifacts from the first Punic War found off the coast of Sicily -- (link) - peglegpete Aug 1, 13:09

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