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The Finns remain World Champions of Bluntness, 297 years running -- (link) - Reagen Oct 2, 13:26
Just to entertain the insanity for a moment -- (edited) - znufrii Oct 2, 13:18 4
- It would not be possible, they were acting within their prosecutorial discretion and have absolute immunity. -- nm - JackDawson Oct 2, 13:23 3
  - I dunno, with all the fed society judges appt, he could get lucky and get a political hack to find merit -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 2, 13:26 1
    - You rang? -- nm - Bill Barr Oct 2, 13:27
  - That’s what I thought. Complete insane bullshit. -- (edited) - znufrii Oct 2, 13:24
Yesterday I realized that I utterly hate Pearl Jam now. - Beryllium Oct 2, 13:14 1
- Hearts and farts they fade... faaaaaade away. -- nm - Qale Oct 2, 13:26
I've been having a pretty bad day and just got a terrible omen. - Mop Oct 2, 13:09 2
- That’s what you get for going to a Panda Express instead of likely dozens of better Chinese restaurants. -- nm - Qale Oct 2, 13:12
- You're just a victim of the trade war, collateral damage -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 2, 13:10
Drove by my kids old elementary school, hadn't seen it in forever. Complete renovation. 2 story , looks great. Took a - Amoxy Oct 2, 12:56 2
- Single guy cruising the playground, I'm sure they look for that, would not be surprised if they took your plate number -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 2, 13:28
- they think you are on recon for doing bad things. - groiny Oct 2, 13:05
~Seasons change and our love went cold, feed the flame cause we can't let go. Run away, but we're running in circles~ -- nm - Pippy Dream Weaver and Catcher Oct 2, 12:49 3
- ~To everything (turn, turn, turn) There is a season (turn, turn, turn)~ -- nm - budice Oct 2, 12:50 2
  - We had joy, we had fun. We had seasons in the sun -- nm - JD Oct 2, 13:07
  - crickets & cicadas sing a rare and different tune, Terrapin Station. -- nm - Peglegpete Oct 2, 12:54
I've been named inheritor of the Slackertalk fortune. But first I have to play a game of hide and seek. -- nm - Mop Oct 2, 12:31 6
- *inhales through his teeth* Ooo, bad luck. -- nm - Baron Universe Oct 2, 12:58
- No you haven't. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 2, 12:37 4
  - Plus you haven't died yet - eag Oct 2, 12:53 2
    - Details, details... -- nm - Mop Oct 2, 13:06
    - Maybe I recreated myself as a neural network with the keys to ST. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 2, 12:54
  - It's all part of the game. -- nm - Mop Oct 2, 12:51
How much is the Geek Squad going to charge me to replace a $5 piece of plastic on my motherboard and remount my heat sink? - znufrii Oct 2, 12:28 5
- Fifty dollars, Bob! -- nm - Mop Oct 2, 12:30 2
  - And they’ll install Kaspersky just for the lulz. -- nm - Qale Oct 2, 12:31 1
    - I just assumed. -- nm - Mop Oct 2, 12:32
- how much is a new laptop? - groiny Oct 2, 12:29 1
  - I'd wager to say $400. -- nm - Mop Oct 2, 12:30
He concludes by singling out "the CNNs of the world, who are corrupt people," then walks off. -- (link) - mud Oct 2, 12:13 13
- The U.S. "would be better if the media were honest." - Max Oct 2, 12:32 1
  - He's talking about Infowars and Fox News. He's finally calling them out! -- nm - Mop Oct 2, 13:07
- circling the drain -- nm - Jovian Oct 2, 12:27
- "umm Mr President, that's a closet" -- nm - Beaker Oct 2, 12:15
- this was the craziest presser he's had by a long shot. Jeff Mason of Reuters stood up to him, it was incredible. -- nm - mud Oct 2, 12:15 8
  - Shep Smith: "That level, I've never before seen." -- (link) - mud Oct 2, 12:49 1
    - It's like a terrible Thanksgiving dinner. "You were always the worst child. Don't be rude. Say something nice about your brother's new girlfriend." - Max Oct 2, 12:54
  - "This really is Scorsese’s best film in years." -- (link) - mud Oct 2, 12:47
  - more Schiff accusations: -- (link) - mud Oct 2, 12:25 4
    - Wow. There’s no low he won’t stoop to -- nm - JackDawson Oct 2, 12:32 2
      - This shouldn’t come as a surprise. -- nm - znufrii Oct 2, 13:12
      - I mean, Tapper's annoying, but... -- nm - Reagen Oct 2, 12:40
    - It turns out Schiff is Joe Biden's son. -- nm - Mop Oct 2, 12:28
DC breaks its all-time October heat record -- (link) - prayformojo Oct 2, 12:12 1
- that's just the steam rising from Trump's ears when angry -- nm - Beaker Oct 2, 12:13
Dear White People renewed by Netflix for 4th (and final) season -- nm - Beaker Oct 2, 12:09 2
- Kim's Convenience Season 3 is on Netflix Canada now. #okseeyou -- nm - Shaun Oct 2, 12:42
- I imagine the follow up Dear Indigenous Peoples of Alaska won’t do nearly as well. -- nm - Qale Oct 2, 12:33
And now for something completely different. -- (link) - Spawn Oct 2, 11:58 17
- And if you turn your head ever so slightly so the ground is level, suddenly it makes sense. -- nm - Mop Oct 2, 12:24
- I saw Billie Elish do this same trick on SNL -- nm - Pippy Dream Weaver and Catcher Oct 2, 12:02 13
  - could you understand anything she was saying/singing? -- nm - Diva Oct 2, 12:04 4
    - I’m fairly certain she was singing the lyrics to her hit song “Bad Guy.” -- nm - Qale Oct 2, 12:33 2
      - I couldn't understand the words as they were incomprehensible. But she looked cute. -- nm - Diva Oct 2, 12:38 1
        
        Oh! Yeah, that’s just the way she always sounds. -- nm - Qale Oct 2, 13:12
    - no, it was very breathy but I liked the 1st performance. Thought it was creative for SNL at least. - Pippy Dream Weaver and Catcher Oct 2, 12:13
  - Actually am shutting down the computer but LYC: I am becoming a fan of hers. I dig the album. - Spawn Oct 2, 12:04 7
    - Her brother is also her producer. I think he's really the talent behind the act. - pmb Oct 2, 12:28
    - It's a good album. There's an EP that preceded it, had her first single Ocean Eyes which is nice -- nm - mud Oct 2, 12:11 2
      - (it was released as a CD a month or so ago (under $10 at record store which was nice)) -- nm - Beaker Oct 2, 12:12 1
        
        and her dance style is funny. -- nm - mud Oct 2, 12:16
    - my oldest LOVES her. bought a t-shirt of her on our drive home Sunday. She must of listened to her 2 albums 4 times each on the drives -- nm - Beaker Oct 2, 12:07 2
      - her music is a simple avant-pop, with a dash of Micachu & a touch of Del Ray. -- nm - mud Oct 2, 12:22 1
        
        with a smidgen of Lorde. -- nm - Remlik Oct 2, 12:34
- Spider-man needs a goat sidekick -- nm - Flavorize Oct 2, 12:01
- ~spider goat, spider goat~ -- nm - Beaker Oct 2, 12:00
It's 91. High tomorrow is 58. -- nm - ty97 Oct 2, 11:57 2
- I need summer to be over in Space City. My A/C died yesterday. -- nm - Qale Oct 2, 12:34
- This was our September, the hottest ever by a mile. Only 1 day with below average temps and not expecting lower than 90 for a high until next Monday. -- (pic) - GregW Oct 2, 12:07 [Attachment]
Bill Bidwill (AZ Cardinals) has passed. (sitwap) -- nm - Diva Oct 2, 11:57 1
- There won't be a lot of tears shed in St. Louis, I'm afraid. -- nm - Baron Universe Oct 2, 12:17
NFL's Top 25 Plays for September. -- (link) - Shaun Oct 2, 11:50
And this is here we are -- (link) - ty97 Oct 2, 11:42 1
- Okay -- nm - Chad SI Oct 2, 11:49
This is so bad. No hurricane, not even a rain storm and parts of Miami are flooding -- (link) - decline Oct 2, 11:37 1
- No problem, we'll just rebrand it as New Venice. -- nm - Max Oct 2, 11:48
Biden's son is corrupt and Biden is corrupt. And I'd rather run against Biden than almost any of those candidates. And I think they'll all weak, but I - POTUS Oct 2, 11:31 2
- Karen, go have a spa day and relax -- nm - ty97 Oct 2, 11:34
- Okay -- nm - Chad SI Oct 2, 11:33
Pats put Gostkowski to the IR -- nm - Flavorize Oct 2, 11:30 4
- Pats first NFL team to commit to 2-point conversions every time. Don't tell their opponents though. -- nm - Mop Oct 2, 12:29
- Wounded pride is not a legitimate injury. -- nm - Baron Universe Oct 2, 11:42 1
  - It's hilarious to see all the missed XPs this year. -- nm - Shaun Oct 2, 11:45
- I welcome Lambo to my undefeated Super Feud team as his replacement -- nm - Beaker Oct 2, 11:42
Greta Thunberg sings death metal -- (link) - Flavorize Oct 2, 11:27 [youtube]
Ross to IR—Auden TAte is now the #2 WR for the Bengals -- nm - Flavorize Oct 2, 11:23 4
- They're probably going to be bad now. -- nm - Volnelk Oct 2, 11:38 2
  - Don't worry, Joe Mixon is going to save them. -- nm - Strongbad, Champ Champ Oct 2, 12:13
  - Pretty good. Solid joke -- nm - Flavorize Oct 2, 11:57
- He had 10 targets 6 catches for 88 yards and 6 targets/4 catches for 50 yards as the #3 WR guy the last 2 weeks—Eifert also gets a bump up -- nm - Flavorize Oct 2, 11:34
a Minoan throneroom has been found in Crete -- (link*) - Peglegpete Oct 2, 11:12
I want to think eventually we're at a point where people think "That's it! Trump had snapped!" But then he tops himself. - Mop Oct 2, 11:07 17
- "As you know, madness is like gravity: all it takes is a little... push." -- nm - Mike 'The Joker' Pence Oct 2, 11:19
- I'd rather see a break down and him being unfit for office then a failed impeachment. -- nm - Pippy - Dream Weaver & Catcher Oct 2, 11:09 4
  - MDK works for me. -- nm - Jovian Oct 2, 12:15
  - well, sure. -- nm - mud Oct 2, 11:13
  - I'd rather see an impeachment and then a complete breakdown, unless your scenario could happen faster. Then I would be onboard for yours. -- nm - Spawn Oct 2, 11:13 1
    - Okay -- nm - Chad SI Oct 2, 11:26
- what if we nuked liberal New York and California? -- nm - Beaker Oct 2, 11:08 7
  - Oh that Trunp! -- nm - Mop Oct 2, 11:13 5
    - dug a moat around both and filled it with gators and snakes? -- nm - Beaker Oct 2, 11:14 4
      - its Moot. not moat. -- nm - Pippy Dream Weaver and Catcher Oct 2, 11:50
      - I am amazed he did not have them research electrifying the fences. - Spawn Oct 2, 11:15 2
        
        I believe he did. And spikes. -- nm - Mop Oct 2, 11:46
        
        who says he didnt? -- nm - mud Oct 2, 11:16
  - I assume by "we" you mean "he", since canada's only nukes are powered by maple syrup. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 2, 11:08
- This look from the Finnish president says it all -- (link) - decline Oct 2, 11:07 2
  - awesome. that should be his Christmas card photo this year -- nm - Beaker Oct 2, 11:08 1
    - "I don't know what I expected." -- nm - Beryllium Oct 2, 11:09
Wait. Leonard Fournette has a brother that played running back at LSU and his name is Lanard Fournette? -- (link) - Volnelk Oct 2, 10:54 4
- ~Save big money at Lanard's~ -- nm - Baron Universe Oct 2, 11:20
- 3rd Brother is Lanyard Fournette -- nm - budice Oct 2, 11:05 2
  - Lanard, LaMelo ... LaMelo, Lanard -- nm* - 2024 ESPYs host Oct 2, 11:14 1
    - Cousin Landline -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 2, 13:09
The best description I've seen of Borderlands 3... - David Oct 2, 10:49 4
- When I realized that I could not remember the difference between BL1 and BL2 (being utterly serious), I realized I had no business getting BL3. - Spawn Oct 2, 11:08 2
  - you should probably just stick to playing backgammon. -- nm - groiny Oct 2, 11:20
  - Sounds like you need Shadowkeep. -- nm - Shaun Oct 2, 11:09
- tru and I were playing and we both got a double orange gun drop. -- (edited) - groiny Oct 2, 10:51
Tend to your bucket lists! A 'cannibal' galaxy is going to eat our Milky Way galaxy -- (link) - decline Oct 2, 10:48 2
- mmmmmmm....eating a Milky Way -- nm - prayformojo Oct 2, 12:01
- I believe the phrase you were looking for is "drink our milkshake" -- nm - Max Oct 2, 10:50
OMG HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH - JackDawson Oct 2, 10:36
Krusty: I know--that's what I'm saying. It's just crazy that those one on one sales are a thing -- nm - JackDawson Oct 2, 10:31 5
- It's strange but I guess someone's an investor and wants to take a chance it could be worth it but you could also be looking at 20+ years - Krusty Oct 2, 10:44 4
  - Well there are ways to get them out--you can buy them out as happened to my BF -- nm - JackDawson Oct 2, 10:45 3
    - or just push them off the roof -- nm - decline Oct 2, 10:55 1
      - I saw that episode of L&O -- nm - Beaker Oct 2, 11:05
    - That's one way but could you discuss that before buying? - Krusty Oct 2, 10:54
My money is on a WC Fields reference. -- nm - David Oct 2, 10:28
Dawson, I deserve the points. - Spawn Oct 2, 10:26 8
- I thought for sure it was Chinatown -- nm* - Amoxy Oct 2, 12:00
- Just because you got the right answer doesn't mean you got what JackDawson was *THINKING* was the right answer! -- nm - Mop Oct 2, 10:35 3
  - I actually had the better answer as it was *perfect* for Dawson. Where is pmb when I need him!?! -- nm - Spawn Oct 2, 11:04 2
    - pmb? -- nm - mud Oct 2, 11:13 1
      - ST Legal rep since it is against my usual ST legal rep. -- nm - Spawn Oct 2, 11:23
- You do NOT get the points and may be my first ever points deduction. -- nm - JackDawson Oct 2, 10:32 2
  - And may God have mercy on his soul? -- nm - Baron Universe Oct 2, 11:49
  - -2 Dawson points *turn face* *bow face* fight! -- nm - Cobra Kai Ref Oct 2, 10:35
Speaking of Bears - "Roquan Smith says the personal issue is behind him," -- nm* - budice Oct 2, 10:25
remnants of over 100 viking swords found in Estonia -- (link) - Peglegpete Oct 2, 10:24
Putin is probably accurate. He's strung poor Donald along so much, and Donny just kept trying so much harder for Vlad to really really like him. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 2, 10:10
Quebec just exists in a different realm in Canadian politics. I can't imagine this exchange even being considered anywhere else - Reagen Oct 2, 10:10 3
- Singh impresses me a lot. I won't vote for him as an NDP but would if he was running Liberal -- nm - Beaker Oct 2, 11:07
- Well, to be fair, if I was going to be asian, it would be south, without a doubt. It's pretty obvious. - Shaun Oct 2, 10:27
- This makes me sad for the Anglo community in Montreal. - Mop Oct 2, 10:21
~Bears in Alaska, in the morning, darling/just feed me salmon before you leave~ -- nm - Reagen Oct 2, 10:03 1
- Just maul my cheek before you leave me, bearby! -- nm - rollo Oct 2, 11:21
Hump Day! -- nm - Beaker Oct 2, 09:55

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