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Red Sea Diving Resort - an interesting historical event that deserved a much better movie: B- -- nm - prayformojo Aug 3, 19:46
eventually there will be enough survivors of shootings to form a political party -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 3, 19:45 6
- Appropriate infographic. -- (link) - Volnelk Aug 3, 19:47 5
  - I wonder what the definition of a mass shooting is. - Marlowe Aug 3, 19:59 4
    - Calls into question how well they're tracked by different nations -- nm - budice Aug 3, 20:09
    - The Gun Violence Archive "defines a mass shooting as four or more victims injured or killed excluding the perpetrator in one location." -- (link) - GregW Aug 3, 20:07
    - generally considered a shooting with four or more unrelated targets, I think. -- nm - znufrii Aug 3, 20:04
    - It would be good to know, yes. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 3, 20:03
Twenty one pilots is the only band I can think of which constantly changes their look on stage to "go" with their songs. - tRuMaN Aug 3, 19:36 3
- 45 years ago you could include Genesis -- nm - peglegpete Aug 3, 19:41 1
  - They were the beggining of the trend, for sure. (NM) - Marlowe Aug 3, 19:52
- Honestly, I can't recommend seeing them live enough. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 3, 19:40
4 Astros just combined to throw a no-hitter vs SEA. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 3, 19:22 1
- Staff like that could no hit the rest of the season -- nm - budice Aug 3, 19:22
so this is legit supposed to have been posted or reposted on the killers FB page -- (link) - Jovian Aug 3, 19:18 3
- Far too convenient and on the nail. -- nm* - znufrii Aug 3, 20:01
- those semi auto hand guns look like they are outfitted with silencers -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 3, 19:52
- I'll believe it when Snopes finishes its page. -- (link) - Cuzzin Todd Aug 3, 19:27
Imagine having this neighbour -- (link) - zork Aug 3, 18:50 1
- This one's causing a ruckus here in SoCal........ -- (link) - Meg Aug 3, 19:00
Mmm, spicy chili - but no cornbread - I failed :( -- nm - Meg Aug 3, 18:41 1
- c'mon, Meg! -- nm - prayformojo Aug 3, 19:01
Check out this first ever at Xgames *backflip body varial* on BMX -- (link) - con_carne Aug 3, 18:41
Edwin Encarnación fractured his wrist earlier today, so his teammates made sure that the stuffed parrot in the dugout had a cast too. -- (link) - budice Aug 3, 18:40
I have a shameful confession to make. - ReluctantCynic Aug 3, 18:37 4
- I see these things as early as I can to avoid spoilers. I found the most dangerous area is the movie theater. - . Aug 3, 19:54
- I hope you enjoy it, too. I find it leaps and bound better than IW. (NM) - Marlowe Aug 3, 18:53
- Same but I'm way behind on the ones leading to it so it'll be some time before I can rectify. -- nm - zork Aug 3, 18:53
- I hope you enjoy it. I found it clunky in comparison to Infinity War. -- nm - Qale Aug 3, 18:44
An example of a Trump retweet -- (link) - zork Aug 3, 18:32
Power still out for ~12,000 customers in Irvine. This is the outage that shut down John Wayne Airport last evening. - Meg Aug 3, 18:16 1
- Main Street Electrical Parade returned to Disneyland last night. Coincidence? I think not. :) -- nm - budice Aug 3, 18:21
"Alone" observation - Beryllium Aug 3, 17:55
Mexico's President confirms 3 of the 20 dead were Mexican nationals. -- nm - GregW Aug 3, 17:44
I believe this made the national news...cliff collapse victims now identified as 3 sisters celebrating one of them beating breast cancer :( -- (link) - Meg Aug 3, 17:24 5
- :-( -- nm - ReluctantCynic Aug 3, 18:35
- Edit...three members of the same family :( -- nm - Meg Aug 3, 18:19
- dammit -- nm - prayformojo Aug 3, 17:27
- It did, however the version I heard lead with the Chicago area vacationers who it missed. - . Aug 3, 17:26 1
  - I think the victim ID was just released today. Looking at the coverage last night I was thinking how lucky those lifeguards were. -- nm - Meg Aug 3, 17:32
This was posted in one of my metalsmith groups but you guys will appreciate it....Japanese Samurai helmets -- (link) - . Aug 3, 17:15 3
- That is amazing -- nm - ReluctantCynic Aug 3, 17:33 2
  - How many is PLP commissioning right now ;) -- nm - Meg Aug 3, 18:18 1
    - none. I'm calling Danny Ocean. -- nm - peglegpete Aug 3, 18:23
In light of the day's events, I'm staying home after an impromptu mass at my parish. - ReluctantCynic Aug 3, 17:13 1
- Good man, you deserve it -- nm - con_carne Aug 3, 17:20
Nick Kyrgios being a punk in DC tonight. -- nm - Dano Aug 3, 17:11 2
- kyrgios and kyrgioser -- nm - Max Aug 3, 18:17
- This is a crazy match. Kyrgios is playing Jeckyll and Hyde. Tsitsipas’ shoes keep falling apart. -- nm - Dano Aug 3, 17:41
***Reagen*** we're confirmed in Halifax for Sept 25 & 26 if you're around for dinner or.....? -- nm - Meg Aug 3, 17:11 4
- I mean more than likely but that's still two months out. -- nm - Reagen Aug 3, 17:23 3
  - Da boss. Is asking. If you'll be around for dinner. OR. Get it? *smiles exaggeratedly at Meg* hehehehe -- nm - con_carne Aug 3, 17:32 1
    - Heh, we'll likely be in the casino so whatever.... :) -- nm - Meg Aug 3, 18:21
  - Heh, I know. Just kind of a 'save the date' heads up :) -- nm - Meg Aug 3, 17:25
El Paso police chief reports 20 dead, 26 injured -- nm - GregW Aug 3, 16:51 7
- He also "confirms the shooter left a manifesto behind" -- nm - GregW Aug 3, 16:56 6
  - Can't find the tweet again, but the jist of it is, when do we start treating 8chan like the equivalent is ISIS recruitment sites? -- nm - Reagen Aug 3, 16:59 5
    - Those domains should have been seized by the FBI a long time ago. -- nm - Qale Aug 3, 17:07
    - When it stops being white people who use it -- nm - TWuG Aug 3, 17:02 3
      - what about this recruitment site?: -- (link) - mud Aug 3, 17:11 2
        
        When he gets dick cancer and dies in agony -- nm - TWuG Aug 3, 17:14 1
        
        These killing alas won't even elicit the usual number of TaP BS because of the victims' skin color. - Marlowe Aug 3, 17:33
Canadianify a movie (Reagen already started with "Poutine Run") -- nm - Beryllium Aug 3, 16:42 19
- Wolverine -- nm - . Aug 3, 20:11
- The Moose King -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Aug 3, 19:17
- Mighty Mouse -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 3, 18:43
- The Colour Purple -- nm - VMan Aug 3, 18:39 3
  - The British Empire Strikes Back -- nm - VMan Aug 3, 18:44 2
    - Calgary Glenross -- nm - VMan Aug 3, 18:45 1
      - Hurt Bill (really badly) -- nm - VMan Aug 3, 19:27
- CN Tower Heist, The Longest Metre, Brokeback Mountie, Minority Government Report -- nm - zork Aug 3, 18:22 1
  - I, Robitaille -- nm - Beryllium Aug 3, 18:33
- Don't you put that juju on me!! -- nm - Reagen Aug 3, 17:53 1
  - YOU'LL COME UP WITH REPLACEMENT CASTING FOR DE NIRO AND GRODIN, AND YOU'LL LIKE IT -- nm - Beryllium Aug 3, 18:34
- West Edmonton Mall World -- nm - Beryllium Aug 3, 17:21
- 12 Cross Men -- nm - mud Aug 3, 17:14
- Das Boot -- nm - Dano Aug 3, 17:13 1
  - Das Snow Boot -- nm - zork Aug 3, 18:07
- Star Peace Missions -- nm - . Aug 3, 17:10
- Slightly Above The Speedlimit And A Bit Peeved TBH -- nm - Beryllium Aug 3, 16:46
- The Eh Team -- nm - Tim Aug 3, 16:43
- The Shawinigan Redemption -- nm - Beryllium Aug 3, 16:43
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- What military men are trained to do. Instead of shooting when they don't know the target and there are targets in the open. -- nm - . Aug 3, 16:25
Latest on ABC, "he was targeting Mexican nationals" -- nm - Meg Aug 3, 16:19 7
- In a mall in El Paso? Seems like the wrong side of the border for that. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 3, 16:20 6
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    - I suppose that's true, yeah, fair. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 3, 16:29 1
      - He wasn't local. He likely came to that location as a place where there'd be a large number of cross-border shoppers. -- nm - Meg Aug 3, 16:40
    - Sarcasm. Why is your family crossing over to Canadian border towns? -- nm - . Aug 3, 16:23 2
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        Poutine run? -- nm - Reagen Aug 3, 16:38
El Paso: Hundreds turning out to donate blood... -- (link) - Remlik Aug 3, 16:08 2
- Which is a nice sentiment and all but most of it, unfortunately, will end up being thrown out. - Cuzzin Todd Aug 3, 16:26 1
  - Hopefully they can drive some of those donations to other cities. -- nm - Qale Aug 3, 17:14
So I’m gonna go with that Oliver Tree is somebody’s fave musical act... - JD Aug 3, 16:06 [Attachment]
Tramodol is almost as bad as Oxy -- (link) - zeitgeist Aug 3, 15:27 2
- I have had prescriptions for it for my headaches and often forget I have it. - zork Aug 3, 18:06
- Offs -- nm - Pippy, I’m Britney Bitch! Aug 3, 16:46
Rick & Morty's Rickmobile is coming to Las Vegas -- (link) - peglegpete Aug 3, 15:17
Families in El Paso may avoid going to reunification areas for fear they'll be arrested by ICE - TWuG Aug 3, 15:09 7
- My dad was about 10mi away. He is good. -- nm - budice Aug 3, 16:02
- Beto O'Rourke canceling events and heading home to El Paso. -- (link) - GregW Aug 3, 15:23 3
  - His timeline is interesting. First was just cancelling events, then became i gotta go -- nm* - budice Aug 3, 15:25 2
    - He is not as good as he says he is -- nm - Pippy, I’m Britney Bitch! Aug 3, 16:47 1
      - He’s just merely as good as he can be Texas-wise. Which isn’t really as good as we’d hoped. -- nm - Qale Aug 3, 17:09
- Blink 182 went on lockdown at their El Paso hotel -- (link) - GregW Aug 3, 15:17
- What a wonderful world. (NM) - Marlowe Aug 3, 15:14
Calgary MP Deepak Obhrai has passed suddenly -- (link) - Reagen Aug 3, 14:58 1
- Seemed like a nice guy -- nm - zork Aug 3, 18:29
Today's IPO is "Thor: Love and Thunder" -- nm - GregW Aug 3, 14:44 3
- Spoiler - Amoxy Aug 3, 15:02 2
  - No (spoils) - Will Hunting Aug 3, 15:03 1
    - And spoilers - Marlowe Aug 3, 15:13
ICP: THe Gathering was in Spawn's neck of the woods...photos from the Gathering.... -- (link) - Remlik Aug 3, 14:40
If current trends hold, my house will be 75% spider plant by volume by this time next year. -- nm - Reagen Aug 3, 14:39 3
- Spider Plant, Spider Plant, does whatever a Spider Plant does. Reproduces, reproduces, reproduces some more. Look out! Here comes the Spider Plant! -- nm - Beryllium Aug 3, 16:20
- That reminds me, time to rehome aloe plantlings. - . Aug 3, 16:01
- you don't have to plant each off shoot...we have one mom has nurtured and spun off for almost 60 years -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 3, 15:29
Watching Infinity War tonight and Endgame tomorrow with the kiddo. Not sure if she'll like them. -- nm - prayformojo Aug 3, 14:36
100 days ago: Avengers Endgame -- nm - Max SI Aug 3, 14:13 1
- :-D -- nm - mud Aug 3, 14:14
R.I.P. D.A. Pennebaker, 94 -- (link) - mud Aug 3, 14:05
Is TheRock allowed to score points on jokes about contract riders? Yes, yes he is. -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 3, 14:04
EU rules that websites could be held responcible if they allow FB to track users secretly through them -- (link) - zeitgeist Aug 3, 13:50
21 year old Patrick Crusius from Dallas. And another hate monger. -- nm - Jovian Aug 3, 13:43 1
- not confirmed though. -- nm - Jovian Aug 3, 13:44
El Paso hospital reports 11 people admitted. 9 still in critical condition, other 2 stable. -- nm - GregW Aug 3, 13:40 2
- Total 24 taken to 2 hospitals, including 2 children. -- nm - GregW Aug 3, 14:42
- Numbers just seem inconsistent right now. Everyone trying to break news on anything theyve got -- nm - budice Aug 3, 13:44
WH/VP Pence: "Thoughts and Prayers" -- (link*) - budice Aug 3, 13:29 5
- This borders on trolling. -- nm - David Aug 3, 13:52 4
  - Because it's a border city? -- nm - zork Aug 3, 18:24
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    - Word -- nm - Spawn Aug 3, 14:19
  - am -- nm* - mud Aug 3, 13:58
Olivia Wilde tackles Don't Worry, Darling; The Last American Vampire to Quibi -- (link) - Remlik Aug 3, 12:36 4
- Those are definitely words. -- nm - Reagen Aug 3, 12:42 3
  - an American Vampire Hunter Spin off! -- nm - Remlik Aug 3, 13:21
  - I'm not so sure on that last one. - the wrong element, bad guy Aug 3, 12:51 1
    - Apparently it's short for Quick Bites, which is fitting. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 3, 12:56
X-Games is on. Yaaayyy!! Jose Torres just medaled in a BMX event, the first Argentine to do so in the history of the X-Games. -- nm - con_carne Aug 3, 12:20
One supermarket here has frozen Beyond Meat grounds (not premade patties), but it’s ridiculous at $9/pound -- nm - Tim Aug 3, 12:07 3
- yeah it's crazy. that price point needs to come down -- nm - Remlik Aug 3, 12:11 1
  - The biggest reason I haven't tried it. -- nm - . Aug 3, 16:21
- Beyond Meat products do not stay in stock long at the store I work at. Truck arrives just as the store opens, they'll be gone by 11:30am when I leave. -- nm - Qale Aug 3, 12:11
This week's version of The Twenty, my shortest weekly running episodic playlist on Spotify promises new songs by FUKC and Coyote Kid. And NO TOOL. -- (link) - Qale Aug 3, 12:06 [spotify]
El Paso: "Multiple fatalities" No other details yet. -- nm - GregW Aug 3, 11:55 3
- Police now confirming 18 dead -- nm - GregW Aug 3, 12:08 1
  - Another report says 18 adults, 4 kids -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 3, 13:03
- Police are confirming only one suspect in custody -- nm - GregW Aug 3, 11:57
You know, that dance wasn't as safe as they said it was. -- nm - Reagen Aug 3, 11:52 2
- It makes the Penetrada look like church! -- nm - Beryllium Aug 3, 11:57
- Lambada? -- nm - budice Aug 3, 11:53
So, Golden State extended Draymond for 4 years. - Will Hunting Aug 3, 11:51

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