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No Tebow this year. -- (link) - Reagen Aug 10, 18:50 1
- The odds went down as the Mets started winning, but that injury sounds worse than anticipated. -- nm - Tim Aug 10, 18:54
No idea how Cole and Gargano are still standing. -- nm - Tim Aug 10, 18:49 2
- Canadian Destroyer, actually in Canada! -- nm - Tim Aug 10, 18:55 1
  - Dear lord. -- nm - Tim Aug 10, 18:58
I'm starting to think the O's may not be able to pull this one out -- nm - prayformojo Aug 10, 18:33 2
- Saw a tweet that with the number of home runs the Orioles are on pace to give up, it’s like they face a full lineup of 35 home run hitters every day. -- nm - Tim Aug 10, 18:37
- Time for them to open the cage of mongooses they hid in the dugout for just this purpose. -- nm - Reagen Aug 10, 18:34
T-REX postage stamps go on sale 8/29 -- (link) - peglegpete Aug 10, 18:30 1
- hmph! -- nm - marc Bolan Aug 10, 18:30
8/10/37 the patent for the electric guitar was approved. happy birthday -- (link) - peglegpete Aug 10, 17:54
Aristedes Aquino has three homers tonight. It’s the fourth inning. - Volnelk Aug 10, 17:36
Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth Split After Less Than a Year of Marriage: 'This Is What's Best' -- (link) - budice Aug 10, 17:31 1
- Never undrstood how these two were together. -- nm - . Aug 10, 17:45
The Evolution of Thanos (with Jim Starlin) -- (link) - budice Aug 10, 17:29 [youtube]
so, I finished The Boys (in less than 24 hrs, heh) -pretty solid, great last two eps. -- nm - mud Aug 10, 16:49
I don’t drink, but I regularly want cocktails from menus - this is an ingredient on the cocktail list at the taco bell hotel, anyone ever made it? nm -- (link) - b. Aug 10, 16:44 5
- nope, and never will I hate the taste of cloves -- nm - peglegpete Aug 10, 17:44 1
  - I like them ok when they’re minimally used; but they couldn’t be omitted, and I was thinking the nutmeg was more interesting. -- nm - i.b.! Aug 10, 18:49
- If I’ve had it, I didn’t know. It sounds super dangerous when made into a cocktail with the alcohol sneaking up on you. -- nm - Qale Aug 10, 17:01 2
  - I was thinking of non-alcoholic use. :) - -- nm - i.b.! Aug 10, 17:26 1
    - I was just following the Wiki thoughts on Tiki drinks. -- nm - Qale Aug 10, 17:35
Montez Ford is gonna be a star. -- nm - Tim Aug 10, 16:18
recent Biden explainers for gaffes have been saying “oh that’s just him, it’s how he’s always been.” ok to a point there, but when he makes up things? -- (link) - b. Aug 10, 15:22 25
- "We have had so many mass shootings that I made a mistake in keeping them straight. I am sorry." - Spawn Aug 10, 18:29 1
  - That’s the thing. It’s a sadly understandable mistake. -- nm - David, Earth’s Mightiest Hero Aug 10, 18:30
- I’ll do what I always do. Primaries, vote with my heart. General, vote with my head. -- nm - Qale Aug 10, 17:03
- That's not a gaffe, that's just a mistake. - Cuzzin Todd Aug 10, 15:59 4
  - that’s why I made a distinction. -- nm - b. Aug 10, 16:33 2
    - I wouldn't say he's making things up either. - Cuzzin Todd Aug 10, 18:06 1
      - yah, that’s more accurate, misremembering. - i.b.! Aug 10, 18:55
  - Yup. -- nm - David, Earth’s Mightiest Hero Aug 10, 16:15
- I mean, it’s kind of understandable that a man his age might confuse various school shootings. -- nm - David, Earth’s Mightiest Hero Aug 10, 15:50
- (and the president is rt’ing conspiracy theories about epstein. ugh.) — nm but: -- (link*) - b. Aug 10, 15:30 15
  - also -- (link) - Reagen Aug 10, 15:36 14
    - true; but that misses possibly implicating others, including those that were better hidden + him facing his accusers, having consequences here. — nm - b. Aug 10, 15:46 13
      - The odds of him saying anything to anyone when he was alive was basically zero. -- nm - Reagen Aug 10, 15:47 12
        
        oh not directly him necessarily, but if he tried to place blame on others. has anyone seen anything about the woman who worked with him for years? - b. Aug 10, 16:36
        
        He seems like the kind of person who would have a dead man's switch if he were to be killed. Something that would auto-release and damage his killers. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 10, 15:49 10
        
        He fucking killed himself because he couldn’t get out of this one. Jail is not kind to kiddie pimps. He nope’d the fuck out like a coward. Full 🛑 -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 10, 15:55 9
        
        Yes, I know. A stain on humanity has been doused with a tide pen, but the after effects on peoples' lives will linger for decades. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 10, 18:08
        
        "But, the e-mails" (NM) - Drumpf Aug 10, 16:01
        
        "2019 is so fucked up that we can't even be happy when a pedophile kills himself" -- nm - Reagen Aug 10, 16:00 6
        
        Yup -- nm - Epiphany Aug 10, 16:51 5
        
        who isn't happy? -- nm - mud Aug 10, 17:13 4
        
        at least some of his victims (statements are out there) and nm but: -- (link) - i.b.! Aug 10, 17:26
        
        All the conspiracy mongers. -- nm - Reagen Aug 10, 17:14 2
        
        What? I thought they were salivating. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 10, 18:09 1
        
        They're upset he can't "spill the beans" - Reagen Aug 10, 18:11
33-year old QB Josh Johnson signs with DET. His 13th NFL team. - Strongbad Aug 10, 14:57
Miguel Alvarez aka Joe Toye aka Kirk Acevdo -- (link) - Jovian Aug 10, 14:54
News of the day....Bear falls or jumps on patrol car, car hits embankment, rolls, and burns. Deputy and bear both okay. -- (link) - Meg Aug 10, 14:44
So, my father-in-law wrote a book. It’s available now through Amazon. Not sure of the specifics, but depending on your membership, I think it’s free. -- (edited) - Volnelk Aug 10, 14:20 3
- Not a bad back of book text. -- nm - Qale Aug 10, 16:34
- I’ll at least “buy” it and start it from kindle unlimited when I have a free spot so he’ll get credit. :) - — nm but berymander: -- (link) - b. Aug 10, 15:41 1
  - Appreciate it. -- nm - Volnelk Aug 10, 16:03
Today in movies I could swear to you I've seen, but I actually hadn't: Four Weddings and Funeral. Jeez, it's great. -- nm - con_carne Aug 10, 13:48 1
- The first movie I saw with Amy. -- nm - Spawn Aug 10, 16:00
Simone Biles made history with this unbelievable balance beam dismount -- (link) - GregW Aug 10, 13:18 4
- If you do it first, you get it named after you, right? - Will Hunting Aug 10, 13:21 3
  - They talked about it while watching last night. She has to land it twice in international competition and then it gets named. -- nm - MDH Aug 10, 14:33 1
    - Of course it has a name. It’s a double double. Just the first time it’s been done off the beam. -- nm - Dano Aug 10, 15:32
  - "Bilesnastics" -- nm - Reagen Aug 10, 14:21
I’m not even sure how this is possible. Not a single 1-2-3 inning in 4 games? -- (link) - Will Hunting Aug 10, 13:15 1
- Still managed to lose one of them 10-6 -- nm - budice Aug 10, 13:19
Any suggestions on where I should look for my wallet? - landbeck Aug 10, 13:11 9
- Give me 20 minutes, then check your mailbox. -- nm - TWuG Aug 10, 14:47
- Next to mine, the one I lost in FL 2 months ago. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 10, 14:40 2
  - If TWuG sends me yours, I promise I’ll forward it. -- nm - landbeck Aug 10, 15:34 1
    - Awesome! -- nm - Strongbad Aug 10, 15:50
- did you use the wallet for any shopping or to put gas in the car? it may have fallen to the ground there -- nm - peglegpete Aug 10, 13:28 1
  - Nope. Library was last use before discovering its absence. -- nm - landbeck Aug 10, 13:35
- I've had mine fall between seat and console so it never fell under the car seat for me to see it. - Max Aug 10, 13:14 2
  - this, mom's military ID was wedged between the car hump and seat mount after showing it to the gate guard and missing her pocket -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 10, 13:19
  - I actually checked between the seats and the console. Found a package of trail mix, but no wallet. - landbeck Aug 10, 13:19
M is deep into a Gilmore Girls rewatch. Other than cell phones, probably the biggest culture shock is Richard Gilmore being a Keynsian Republican. -- nm - Reagen Aug 10, 12:46
I have a new tire change record of 18 minutes. I got a flat on 610 on my way home from another bad workday. - Qale Aug 10, 12:09 6
- It'd take me at least 18 minutes to clean out the trunk enough to get to the spare... -- nm - Ender Aug 10, 12:53 1
  - 18 minutes has a very special meaning to me. -- nm - Rosemary Woods Aug 10, 12:55
- Everyone says they'll buy better jacks and equip. Most never do -- nm - budice Aug 10, 12:17 1
  - I’m sure. -- nm - Qale Aug 10, 12:24
- That beats my record. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 10, 12:11 1
  - Obviously, I am not ready for NASCAR. -- nm - Qale Aug 10, 12:24
Has this ever happened to you? You're 1.5 hours into a 3 hour drive, and about to stop for some food, when your kid asks ... - Beryllium Aug 10, 12:02 6
- Time to work on toughening up his soles. -- nm - . Aug 10, 14:50 1
  - Ah yes, the Invisible Vibram Toes solution -- nm - Beryllium Aug 10, 17:02
- back to school sales -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 10, 12:08
- Nice that flipflops are $2 -- nm - budice Aug 10, 12:06
- I did that when I was about 15, it was a half hour drive back. - Max Aug 10, 12:06 1
  - This is largely my attitude on packing for trips now. Anything I might forget... - Cuzzin Todd Aug 10, 13:39
Drake tops three records long held by The Beatles, celebrates with Abbey Road tattoo -- (link) - Remlik Aug 10, 11:51
OJ with choice words for Antonio Brown -- (link) - budice Aug 10, 11:23
Good read analysis about the roots of UK's NHS and why a single-payer health care system will face almost insurmountably strong opposition in the US. -- (link) - Facto Aug 10, 10:53
"When they ask you what you did this summer, how many people will have a story like this?" -- (link) - GregW Aug 10, 10:49
Universal Cancels ‘The Hunt’ Release -- (link) - Remlik Aug 10, 10:28 5
- I ultimately don't give a shit but who are the snowflakes again? - Reagen Aug 10, 11:16
- Wasn't much interest anyhoos. -- nm* - budice Aug 10, 11:00
- Betty Gilpin's 2019 films: Isn't It Romantic, Stuber, A Dog's Journey, The Hunt. - David Aug 10, 10:35 2
  - Thank you David, for worrying about the beautiful people on behalf of us all -- nm - con_carne Aug 10, 12:06 1
    - You're so weird. -- nm - David Aug 10, 12:13
Jeffrey Epstein had been taken off suicide watch before he killed himself -- (link*) - budice Aug 10, 10:22 9
- are you F$(KI@# kidding me? this feels like when Michael visits the godfather at the hospital finds the halls abandoned.... -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 10, 11:30 3
  - I wonder how that happened. Did they ask a guy that wanted to kill himself but couldn't because he was being watched if - Marlowe Aug 10, 11:45 2
    - I don't know how long a suicide watch would last, fairly standard for a High Profile facing LWOP, its only been a week? since the first 'incident' -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 10, 11:53 1
      - I saw posts like these earlier. suicide, in any case, is not common at all where he was vs. regular facilities. nm but: -- (link) - b. Aug 10, 15:28
- this is an outrage! we have to get to the bottom of this!! -- nm - bill Barr Aug 10, 10:25 4
  - oh yes, we certainly do! -- nm - dersh Aug 10, 10:40 3
    - It will be the greatest investigation in the history of america!! -- nm - donnie Aug 10, 10:41 2
      - the findings: Prince Andrew ordered the hit on Epstein. -- nm - peglegpete Aug 10, 10:54
      - go, prez! -- nm - bubba Aug 10, 10:41
August 10, 1993, Ruth Bader Ginsburg became the second woman to serve on the United States Supreme Court -- (link) - budice Aug 10, 10:15
LYC Running Post: I did my first under one hour 10K race today. - Dano Aug 10, 10:13 4
- 👍👍🏆 -- nm - JD Aug 10, 13:42
- ^5! that’s awesome! :) - -- nm - b. Aug 10, 11:51
- nice wtg -- nm - budice Aug 10, 10:32
- Phenomenal! -- nm - David Aug 10, 10:31
Iron Maiden deliver high-octane drama at Budweiser Stage -- (link) - budice Aug 10, 10:07 2
- Did Andie meet them? It should be part of story. -- nm - jnine Aug 10, 18:06
- hell yes. going in a few weeks.... -- nm - Remlik Aug 10, 10:27
There’s an uncredited celebrity camera on Hobbs and Shaw that might make me want to see the movie... later. On digital. Maybe. -- nm - Mop Aug 10, 10:01
Here's the strongest compliment I can give GLOW season 3... - David Aug 10, 09:47 3
- Trooper -- nm - budice Aug 10, 09:53
- that's great - that is what happened when Heather and I were 3 episodes away from the end of Veronica Mars S1 -- nm - prayformojo Aug 10, 09:49 1
  - This and BSG 1. -- nm - Reagen Aug 10, 10:02
"you impossibly stupid, lying, spin-doctoring weasel." -- (link) - mud Aug 10, 09:47
“Hillary’d” -- (link) - mud Aug 10, 09:36 1
- That borders on a confession. -- nm - David, Earth’s Mightiest Hero Aug 10, 09:38
Another mosque-shooting, this time in Norway - not too far from where ABB did his stuff 8 years ago - Facto Aug 10, 09:26 4
- a version I read earlier said an elderly guy took him down, this has details. go 75 year old dude! nm but: -- (link) - i.b.! Aug 10, 18:57 1
  - CNN today says 65 years old and has him on camera - big white beard -- nm - Facto Aug 11, 08:42
- 2 wounded, suspect in custody...cnn link -- (link) - zeitgeist Aug 10, 14:33
- (Or perhaps continuous, rather - it's Bærum, the "Beverly Hills" of Norway and part of a continuing urban sprawl west of Oslo municipality borders) - Facto Aug 10, 09:39
Our tour bus driver has one hand. I'm not proud of this but when she said "I can give someone a hand into the bus", I nearly hurt something - Reagen Aug 10, 09:21
I heard Vince Foster killed Jeffrey Epstein -- nm - Amoxy Aug 10, 09:12
summer is weird. it feels like 4th of July was about 3 months ago -- nm - prayformojo Aug 10, 09:02
Regarding the more-important-to-ST news lower down on B2: Sorry to hear that he didn't make it :( -- nm - Beryllium Aug 10, 08:52 3
- so sorry, man. :( - 💕 — nm - b. Aug 10, 09:17
- Oh, I just saw that. I'm so sorry. (NM) - Marlowe Aug 10, 09:14
- Yes, Todd Manning. I’m terribly sorry to hear that. -- nm - David, Earth’s Mightiest Hero Aug 10, 08:53
The Mets have had the newspaper back page trifecta a lot lately. -- (link) - Tim Aug 10, 08:35 1
- (Pete Alonso basically ripped off Michael Conforto’s jersey as the team mobbed him in the outfield after the walk off hit.) -- nm - Tim Aug 10, 08:37
Reagen's find made me dream that my parents had remodeled their bedroom to put a toilet next to the bed, with an elegant seating area by the window. -- nm - Max Aug 10, 08:31
Conspiracy Singularity -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 10, 08:18 2
- FBI investigating apparent suicide of Jeffrey Epstein in Manhattan jail -- (link) - budice Aug 10, 08:30 1
  - as they should. huge failure. ugh. -- nm* - b. Aug 10, 09:18
Amsterdam v. The Tornado -- (link) - prayformojo Aug 10, 08:15 1
- I've always wondered why Texas's northern border was shaped the way it is. This weather map provides an interesting explanation. - Max Aug 10, 08:37
If the Clintons kill their enemies, why is Anthony Weiner still alive? -- nm - Reagen Aug 10, 08:14 2
- Nah, they just ruined his career by forcing him to text all those dick pics. -- nm - Tim Aug 10, 08:16
- He has that name. Maybe they think he's suffered enough. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 10, 08:15
Acuna has 7 HR in the last 9 games. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 10, 08:11 1
- Scott Bakula already tapped for the Epstein Lifetime TV movie and Feature Film -- nm - budice Aug 10, 08:13

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