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krusty, amoxy x2, krusty -- nm - CQ Aug 28, 13:27
As of October 29, children born to U.S. service members outside of the U.S. will no longer be automatically considered citizens. parents will have to - decline Aug 28, 13:13 17
- That's a dick move, but what does it mean to single out service members? Does this already affect non-service citizens? -- nm - Max Aug 28, 13:16 9
  - it applies to non-service government employees also - decline Aug 28, 13:18 8
    - I mean, I thought if a kid is born to a citizen parent it doesn't matter where they're born, they're automatically a citizen too, no? -- nm - Max Aug 28, 13:19 7
      - The clarification is that it mostly applies to Green Card holders and the like, not existing citizens. -- nm - Reagen Aug 28, 13:27
      - Would that it were so simple. - Baron Universe Aug 28, 13:26
      - This would change that. -- nm - Qale Aug 28, 13:21 2
        
        But what I don't get is that doc focuses on residence location and not parental citizenship status. - Max Aug 28, 13:24 1
        
        It sounds like it’s telling them that future kids born are going to the back of the line. -- nm - Qale Aug 28, 13:30
      - It used to be that way, right? (Ted Cruz, US citizen, born in Canada) -- nm - decline Aug 28, 13:20 1
        
        John McCain - born in the Canal Zone. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 28, 13:23
- Mutiny time. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 28, 13:15 1
  - He just doesn't want a future Ted Cruz to be president -- nm - Beryllium Aug 28, 13:16
- wow. -- nm - Andie Aug 28, 13:14
- I assume there will be a court challenge? -- nm - Mop Aug 28, 13:14
- What the fuck is wrong with him? -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 28, 13:14 2
  - So many things. It will take a long time to answer this. -- nm - Diva Aug 28, 13:19
  - KEEP IT IN YOUR PANTS, SOLDIER!!! -- nm - POTUS Aug 28, 13:17
Lawrence O’Donnell responds: -- (edited) - mud Aug 28, 13:10 6
- And there it is...way to fucking go. You don't give this jagoff any actual ammunition. You let him keep swinging at windmills. - Uncle Six Aug 28, 13:28
- I used to really like O'Donnell on McLaughlin Group. Then Arnold won the CA Gov race and he never seemed to recover from that. -- nm - Baron Universe Aug 28, 13:27 1
  - the story is going to turn out true. -- nm - mud Aug 28, 13:29
- Yep; he done fucked up. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 28, 13:10 2
  - I disagree. Trump always threatens lawsuits. I’d fight him. -- nm* - Qale Aug 28, 13:28 1
    - O’Donnell is saying he fucked up. There’s no fight. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 28, 13:39
In the last graphic it sure looks like Dorian's avoiding PR -- nm - mud Aug 28, 13:02
Don't f*ck with the Rhinos -- (link) - decline Aug 28, 13:01
Caveman: wasn't amoxy's Zuerlin pick - he was someon's keeper wasn't he? -- nm - Beaker Aug 28, 12:44 16
- No. -- nm - David, Earth’s Mightiest Hero Aug 28, 12:48 4
  - shows as one of Stephen's keepers. last post in the thread -- nm - Beaker Aug 28, 12:49 3
    - ahhh, he must of kept Minnesota's D over Greg the leg as he shows 6 keepers...well fuck -- nm - Beaker Aug 28, 12:50
    - He wasn’t. Kept a defense instead. -- nm - David, Earth’s Mightiest Hero Aug 28, 12:49 1
      - yup all good. -- nm - Beaker Aug 28, 12:50
- I thought that, but then couldn't find it on the burn list. -- nm - decline Aug 28, 12:46 10
  - Wait...someone kept a kicker? -- nm - samara Aug 28, 12:47 9
    - great, now we gotta go back and do it all over again! -- nm - groiny Aug 28, 12:48 8
      - nope all good; I miscounted on D/K/TE when I did my check is all I think -- nm - Beaker Aug 28, 12:51 7
        
        Also, it’s just a fucking kicker. -- nm - David, Earth’s Mightiest Hero Aug 28, 12:52 6
        
        kickers are the cornerstone of any winning fantasy football team, David -- nm - decline Aug 28, 13:19 1
        
        My last 4 BF championships: Stephen Gostkowski, Neil Rackers, Rob Bironas and Adam Vinatieri. -- nm - Spawn Aug 28, 13:26
        
        In all seriousness - I do not miss this part AT ALL. -- nm - Uncle Six Aug 28, 12:57
        
        oh no big deal; just having to repick and shit or making sure we didn't find out later is all -- nm - Beaker Aug 28, 12:53 2
        
        Need to go back and start from pick #1 -- nm - groiny Aug 28, 12:56 1
        
        Burn it all down. - Super Daddy Princess Aug 28, 13:01
Baron , Brian, Tru -- nm - Beaker Aug 28, 12:39 1
- Ayup. Got 'er done. -- nm - Baron Universe Aug 28, 12:49
Nick Kypreos and Doug MacLean leaving Sportsnet -- (link) - Reagen Aug 28, 12:37 1
- I guess I'll watch Tim & Sid today. -- nm - mud Aug 28, 12:59
HMS Terror underwater archeology news -- (link) - Peglegpete Aug 28, 12:34 3
- You're stealing my bit. -- nm - Mop Aug 28, 12:47 2
  - Burriels at sea? -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 28, 13:06
  - And his bit involves your name! Pegleg is clearly obsessed with you. -- nm - Roger More Aug 28, 12:53
For Cavemen, are there only two bench spots? That's what I'm seeing on the app. -- nm - Volnelk Aug 28, 12:28 2
- It will expand as you fill your roster. 5 spots. -- nm - Spawn Aug 28, 12:29 1
  - Gotcha. -- nm - Volnelk Aug 28, 12:31
Cavemen groiny, Sceire, Inigo, Amoxy -- nm* - decline Aug 28, 12:18
I’m here, picking now. -- nm - Super Daddy Princess Aug 28, 12:18 2
- Groiny, Sceire, Inigo - Super Daddy Princess Aug 28, 12:23 1
  - next -- nm - groiny Aug 28, 12:41
Who won SuperFeud last year? -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 28, 12:11 20
- I take pride in my President's Trophy even though I tripped over the bracket line in the playoffs. -- nm - Baron Universe Aug 28, 12:27 1
  - Ahhh, the ML Memorial Trophy -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 28, 13:10
- I figured it was Strongbad, as in Champ Champ? -- nm - Spawn Aug 28, 12:14 17
  - You would be wrong. - the wrong element, bad guy Aug 28, 12:29 16
    - Fun Fact: You defeated 3 Vampirates in the playoffs to take the title. -- nm - Baron Universe Aug 28, 12:53 4
      - Who somehow had the top 2 seeds. - the wrong element, bad guy Aug 28, 13:10
      - So, he had gimmes? - David, Earth’s Mightiest Hero Aug 28, 12:54 2
        
        The two later round vamps had early matchups with 6-man Cavemen rosters. - Will Hunting Aug 28, 13:01
        
        Seems hardly fair, right? -- nm - Baron Universe Aug 28, 12:59
    - So, Astronauts are 3 for 3? - Will Hunting Aug 28, 12:45 4
      - I think so. - the wrong element, bad guy Aug 28, 12:47 3
        
        I was 2nd - Will Hunting Aug 28, 12:51 2
        
        I drafted 4th last year and took David Johnson. - the wrong element, bad guy Aug 28, 13:16 1
        
        My year, I was taking DJ or Bell...whoever Budice left. He chose poorly. - Will Hunting Aug 28, 13:18
    - Oh. In that case... - Spawn, Champ Champ Aug 28, 12:30 5
      - There was a time you weren't in Astronauts? - the wrong element, bad guy Aug 28, 12:32 4
        
        I was a Caveman! Did it because originally we were going to have the division champs play each other and I wanted to be able to beat David. - Spawn Aug 28, 12:53 3
        
        As opposed to getting in the same league and playing him every year? -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 28, 12:55 2
        
        I wanted epic championships. I have had to settle with beating JF, Kirk, Jim, Brain... and I can not remember who were before that. -- nm - Spawn Aug 28, 13:05
        
        He didn’t say it was a good plan, just a Spawn plan. -- nm - David, Earth’s Mightiest Hero Aug 28, 12:56
Just got back. Picking in 2 minutes -- nm - Strongbad, Champ Champ Aug 28, 12:06 2
- List for 5.02 being sent to ML -- nm - Strongbad, Champ Champ Aug 28, 12:09
- I'm heading home shortly; if it makes it back to me I won't be long -- nm - Beaker Aug 28, 12:08
LYC: I found a box of comics last night full of stuff I thought I had got rid of when I sold most of my collection...stoked! - Beaker Aug 28, 12:01 1
- heh I have that Punisher series as well -- nm - JaxSean Aug 28, 12:07
Legal move launched against Boris -- (link) - mud Aug 28, 11:56 2
- For the uninitiated, Boris has asked - and the Queen has granted - that Parliament be prorogued (go on vacation). - Mop Aug 28, 11:59 1
  - Prince Archie should just declare himself the One True King and send all the MP's and his cousins, aunts and uncles to the Tower of London -- nm - decline Aug 28, 12:02
The Colts may have found their savior...Brock Osweiler - Beaker Aug 28, 11:52 8
- BROCKTOBER!!! -- nm - Spawn Aug 28, 11:56 7
  - just had a thought: Sam Bradford is currently a free agent... -- nm - decline Aug 28, 12:03 5
    - I know you hate me, but that is way too mean! -- nm - Spawn Aug 28, 12:17 4
      - Just be happy they blocked Jeff George's number. - the wrong element, bad guy Aug 28, 12:33
      - Tebow! -- nm - Remlik Aug 28, 12:19 2
        
        "Alexa, how old is Peyton Manning?" -- nm - Spawn Aug 28, 12:22 1
        
        "I heard you needed a QB who doesn't mind getting the shit beat out of him?" -- nm - David Carr Aug 28, 12:39
  - OZZY! -- nm - Stifler Aug 28, 12:02
Joker final trailer -- (link) - Beaker Aug 28, 11:41 15
- Oscar. -- nm - Remlik Aug 28, 12:17
- I don't like Phoenix. I'll see the movie next year on HBO -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 28, 11:56 2
  - I do not like him, but he does inhabit a character well enough that he is okay. - Spawn Aug 28, 11:58 1
    - but is he vexing? are you very vexed? -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 28, 12:00
- It's the Taxi Driver of Joker films. -- nm - Max Aug 28, 11:49
- I'm down with it. I think they will pull this off. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Aug 28, 11:48 1
  - "I'm down, I've got the 411, and you are not going out and getting jiggy with some boy, I don't care how dope his ride is." - Roger More Aug 28, 11:51
- Joaquin is so method I wouldn't be shocked to learn that he actually robbed a bank. -- nm - Baron Universe Aug 28, 11:46 3
  - "How many hobos to I have to kill to prepare for this part?" "No hobos get murdered in the script sir" "How many directors do I have to murder?" - Beaker Aug 28, 11:49 2
    - This, quite possibly, is my favorite post of August. -- nm - Spawn Aug 28, 11:51
    - [snork] -- nm - mud Aug 28, 11:50
- this is either going to be a shitshow or fucking amazballs. no inbetween. -- nm - Beaker Aug 28, 11:43 2
  - It's the 'Directed by Todd Phillips' that throws me. -- nm - volnelk Aug 28, 11:57
  - The Batman movie I deserve. -- nm - Spawn Aug 28, 11:49
- You're stealing my bit. -- nm - Mop Aug 28, 11:42
groiny is up, then znu x2, groiny, Sceire -- nm - decline Aug 28, 11:35
I'm back so will draft next pick. Thanks all. I may have a dumb question or two as my master sheet is at home -- nm - Beaker Aug 28, 11:31 1
- Why yes, Andrew Luck is still available... -- nm - Baron Universe Aug 28, 11:38
Greta Thunberg arrives in NY after 12 days of zero emissions sailing from England -- (link) - con_carne Aug 28, 11:28
WW Box Office Update: Lion King hits $1.5B!, OUATIH continues to do really well, Hobbs and Shaw helped by a massive China opening. -- (edited) - MDH Aug 28, 11:26 1
- that Hobbs and Shaw number just proves that the next FF movie will make $2B!! -- nm - decline Aug 28, 11:34
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- yes, the mood swings -- nm - budice Aug 28, 11:23
sitwap? this dance routing is amazing -- (link) - decline Aug 28, 11:16 1
- Haha! I was wondering why Bert was posting a video of a woman dancing. - Krusty Aug 28, 11:20
Samara just needs five mins. ML is on deck. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Aug 28, 11:15 3
- Done. -- nm - samara Aug 28, 11:19 2
  - same -- nm - ML Aug 28, 11:31 1
    - Strongbad's been notified and I'm queued up with three options for my pair. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Aug 28, 11:33
donnie gettin' ready to sue MSNBC/O'Donnell over last night's DeutscheBank news -- (link) - mud Aug 28, 11:12 13
- See? This might be one of those times NBC should just back down. Here's my thinking... - Uncle Six Aug 28, 11:40 6
  - nah, his legal team tackled the Stormy Daniels stuff and see where that got him? -- nm - Reagen Aug 28, 11:42 5
    - IIRC, they defended the donald and won 350k in legal fees against her, that its perfectly fine to slander someone as normal campaign retoric -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 28, 11:56
    - good point. for me, though, the last thing I want to see is this piece of shit ending up on the right side of one of these disputes... - Uncle Six Aug 28, 11:46 3
      - They did make clear in the report that they were relying on a single source (which is probably not a great idea, but may be sufficient to avoid a - pmb Aug 28, 11:49 2
        
        He also stressed "if true". So, they can use that as well. nm - Uncle Six Aug 28, 11:52 1
        
        I hope this isn't a set like the Dan Rather/Bush air reserve forgery -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 28, 11:59
- and "news" is more an unconfirmed (one source) story regarding Russian co-signs ..so far. -- nm - mud Aug 28, 11:21
- When exactly did Lawrence O'Donnell turn into the Simpsons version of Colin Firth? -- nm - Baron Universe Aug 28, 11:16
- If he sued, wouldn't he then have to produce the documents to prove his case? -- nm - decline Aug 28, 11:14 1
  - It's almost as if he uses the threat of lawsuits to stifle opposition but rarely actually follows through. - Mop Aug 28, 11:16
- Is this part of a broader vendetta against the O'Donnell clan? -- nm - Roger More Aug 28, 11:13 1
  - more likely than not. -- nm - mud Aug 28, 11:17
Jets trade a 2020 6th rd. pick to Indy for CB Nate Hairston. No idea who he is but for a 6th we're not going to get a great starter. -- (edited) - Krusty Aug 28, 11:05
Sceire, groiny, me x2, groiny, Sceire -- nm - Super Daddy Princess Aug 28, 11:04
Dorian just became a Hurricane near St. Thomas - it's still a few hours from Puerto Rico -- nm - decline Aug 28, 11:02
the clear rule should be, never get re-married to the same person you got divorced from. - groiny Aug 28, 10:59 7
- That's an interesting question. STers, how many happy couples do you know that were together previously but broke up for one year or longer. -- nm - David Aug 28, 11:01 6
  - zero -- nm - CQ Aug 28, 11:54
  - there are more remarriage these days than 'teenage' weddings, I've done many - zeitgeist Aug 28, 11:44
  - none that i know of -- nm - Uncle Six Aug 28, 11:27
  - One that I know of. But they were both military so that added a bunch of additional stress on everything. - spamlet Aug 28, 11:17
  - I know 1 couple married 6-8 years(?). divorced 2-3 & now back together at least 5 years and still going strong -- nm - decline Aug 28, 11:03
  - has to be actualaly married and divorced, that is a whole new level of baggage -- nm - groiny Aug 28, 11:02
"If your complaints about bad beats affect anyone at all, it is just to make them happy it didn't happen to them. Remember: They're glad it happened" - David Aug 28, 10:49

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