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Hump Day! -- nm - Boooker Oct 9, 08:52
Blizzard has a statue outside their office that includes the words "Think Globally" and "Every Voice Matters". So, of course... -- (link) - Mop Oct 9, 08:39 1
- Good. -- nm - David Oct 9, 08:44
Soooo...who you got today? ATL or StL? LA or Was? - Chamberlain Oct 9, 08:37 5
- I go with Atlanta and Dodgers -- Strasburg's the best post-season pitcher by ERA ever. He's due to have a meh game. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 9, 08:56
- I've got a bad feeling about the cardinals - zunk xometimes Oct 9, 08:51
- Cards and Dodgers. -- nm - The Shaunting of Hill House Oct 9, 08:48
- Braves, Dodgers -- nm - Boooker Oct 9, 08:44
- OILERS! -- nm - The Shaunting of Hill House Oct 9, 08:43
Boston might get a bit of rain in the next couple of days -- (link) - decline Oct 9, 08:32
Turkish bombings, negative interest rates, crackdown on HK protest supporters, lower interest rates for billionaires, and corporate inversions! - Mop Oct 9, 08:29 4
- Someone has to stop Billy Joel. -- nm - Reagen Oct 9, 08:32 2
  - *golf clap* -- nm - Mop Oct 9, 08:46
  - well played -- nm - ty97 Oct 9, 08:36
- Trump's America - David Oct 9, 08:31
A "bot-"written Batman script continues to thrive across cartoons, comics, and radio plays -- (link) - Beaker Oct 9, 08:29
When you start your day explaining to a young man the laws he's breaking by calling a DNC number at 7:20AM.... - Meg Oct 9, 08:28 1
- Heh. Calling a DNC number is bad enough, but outside legal calling hours? Yikes. -- nm - The Shaunting of Hill House Oct 9, 08:31
Turkey has begun annihilating the Kurds -- (link) - decline Oct 9, 08:20 7
- America is super talented at using the Kurds as standees for Americans. -- nm - Qale Oct 9, 08:48
- so we're party to a genocide. -- nm - Remlik Oct 9, 08:27 2
  - But at least America is great again. -- nm - hellSpawn Oct 9, 08:51
  - Well we’ve always been thaaaat. -- nm - Qale Oct 9, 08:48
- "Through hellfire and brimstone!" -- nm - Strongbad, Champ Champ Oct 9, 08:27
- "We've got ringside seats to an ethnic cleansing." - David Oct 9, 08:24
- Trump gonna git 'em! - hellSpawn Oct 9, 08:24
Remember corporate inversions? Yeah, Trump wants to make them easier -- (link) - TWuG Oct 9, 08:12 2
- Seriously? The whole point in slashing Corp tax rate was to keep money here instead of like walmart which is hq in Netherlands which has no stores -- nm - Geist Oct 9, 11:51
- ugh. -- nm - Remlik Oct 9, 08:13
WWE Youtube: kofi/Brock Smackdown Segment 2 Mill views. Brock/Cain...8.5 Mill views. -- nm - Remlik Oct 9, 08:00
For the the first time playing Shadowkeep, I noticed some decent framerate drops. It was during the new Vex Offensive mode. - The Shaunting of Hill House Oct 9, 07:51
The culprit in the vaping illnesses may be metal poisoning from cadmium in the soldering within the pens - TWuG Oct 9, 07:51 10
- Ok we'll go back to using lead -- nm - Vape makers Oct 9, 11:53
- thx. very interesting -- nm - kilboooooo Oct 9, 08:33
- yeah, that's bad -- nm - decline Oct 9, 08:11
- Oof. Cadmium is bad bad stuff - Reagen Oct 9, 08:09 4
  - Don’t they make Cadmium Eggs out of that? -- nm - Qale Oct 9, 08:50 1
    - it is why the US ban Kinder Eggs I think -- nm - Boooker Oct 9, 08:50
  - Sounds even worse that palladium in the chest. -- nm - The Shaunting of Hill House Oct 9, 08:11
  - the anti-cadmium lobby has gotten to you. Drain the Swamp! -- nm - Trump Oct 9, 08:10
- Didn't I see this on House? I did! -- (link) - Baron Witch Project Oct 9, 08:00
- I will protect cadmium miners! All vapes will soon be made from cadmium! -- nm - Trump Oct 9, 07:52
And there it is. For the first time this season, the super has turned the heat on in my building. -- nm - ty97 Oct 9, 07:45 1
- Happy Winter!! Denver is getting a foot of snow over the next day or so -- nm - decline Oct 9, 07:50
ABCD: Today I blew my students' minds with: - Reagen Oct 9, 07:38 16
- Yup. C. That still amazes me, and I do it all the time. -- nm - Mop Oct 9, 08:48
- Wait until you show them how you can "remove your thumb". -- nm - Mop Oct 9, 08:48
- I never knew that was a thing. And I thought I knew everything. -- nm - zunk xometimes Oct 9, 08:16
- C was my first guess also. We had collating/stapling copiers back in the 70s. -- nm - GregW Oct 9, 08:04
- D -- nm - TWuG Oct 9, 07:41
- C. I'm almost sure of it. -- nm - Chamberlain Oct 9, 07:40
- C -- nm - decline Oct 9, 07:39
- A -- nm - Beaker Oct 9, 07:39
- B. -- nm - Baron Witch Project Oct 9, 07:38
- C -- nm - znufrii Oct 9, 07:38 6
  - Yes! - Reagen Oct 9, 07:41 5
    - I felt the same way the firs time I discovered this TBH -- nm - ty97 Oct 9, 07:44 4
      - One kid was like "I'm from Ontario, I didn't know!" - Reagen Oct 9, 07:48 3
        
        Clearly it's understood that children in Ontario are raised in a technology utopia so this should be known to all of them. -- nm - Mop Oct 9, 08:49
        
        haha! -- nm - ty97 Oct 9, 07:58
        
        "Dude, even the kid from Nunavut is laughing at you." -- nm - Baron Witch Project Oct 9, 07:57
Archer hunts tribbles in new Star Trek: Short Treks trailer -- (link) - Beaker Oct 9, 07:37 1
- That's awesome! -- nm - Mop Oct 9, 08:45
Apple catching shit from China over App that allows users to post police movements in Hong Kong -- (link) - Beaker Oct 9, 07:34
It has begun. - znufrii Oct 9, 07:22 19
- I can't wait to get rid of my stainless steel appliances. - Cuzzin Todd Oct 9, 08:13
- can't wait to see before and after pictures :) -- nm - decline Oct 9, 07:27 15
  - Before -- (pic) - znufrii Oct 9, 07:37 [Attachment] 14
    - see, I have no problems with this -- nm - Beaker Oct 9, 08:06 6
      - If you’re ok with a DIY kitchen off the Home Depot clearance rack, it’s fine. -- (edited) - znufrii Oct 9, 08:08
      - White cupboards or gtfo. -- nm - The Shaunting of Hill House Oct 9, 08:07 4
        
        agreed. Its white, or its dark or its a painted muted color that is used for a back drop of the rest of the kitchen but - Pippy - Janky Jenkins Oct 9, 08:12 3
        
        White shaker on the perimeter, dark gray on a separate peninsula and in the laundry room. -- nm - znufrii Oct 9, 08:20 2
        
        White-ish quartz countertops, white subway tile backsplash, dark stained wood open shelving in parts, gray stone-look floor tiles -- nm* - znufrii Oct 9, 08:25 1
        
        Sounds loverly! -- nm - Pippy - Janky Jenkins Oct 9, 09:09
    - Tell me you're getting an under the countertop sink. Those ones rule. -- nm* - The Shaunting of Hill House Oct 9, 08:04 2
      - Definitely. -- nm - znufrii Oct 9, 08:05 1
        
        Nice. -- nm - The Shaunting of Hill House Oct 9, 08:05
    - duuuudeeee - Pippy - Janky Jenkins Oct 9, 08:03 3
      - Laundry room is even worse -- (pic) -- (edited) - znufrii Oct 9, 08:06 [Attachment] 2
        
        good lord in heaven! it is worse -- nm - Pippy - Janky Jenkins Oct 9, 08:11 1
        
        It’s to be expected in a 100-year-old house, where everything was done in pieces and nothing was ever torn out. Ev. er. -- (edited) - znufrii Oct 9, 08:18
- sorry, ran into a problem after we turned the water off and tore some shit up...we'll be back in 2 months -- nm - Contractor Oct 9, 07:23 1
  - Nah, our guy is pretty decent. -- nm - znufrii Oct 9, 07:25
So cute -- (link) - decline Oct 9, 07:18
For the first time in history, U.S. billionaires paid a lower tax rate than the working class last year -- (link) - decline Oct 9, 07:03 6
- That won’t make them any less tasty, however. (The Eat the Rich nt.) -- nm - Qale Oct 9, 08:54
- ~Everybody's got a price~ -- nm - Strongbad, Champ Champ Oct 9, 07:32
- But on the other hand.... - Economists Oct 9, 07:15
- Fortunately they have all decided to trickle that benefit down to the working class and not keeping it, so we're totally fine. -- nm - Volnelk Oct 9, 07:08 1
  - I knew it! -- nm - Middle Class Idiots Oct 9, 07:18
- Nuke from orbit. -- nm - The Shaunting of Hill House Oct 9, 07:08
Cali power issues: Are they in the process of burying the power lines or at least have set plans to do that in the very near future? - The Bleaken Oct 9, 06:34 11
- *adds super* in front of expensive -- nm - Beaker Oct 9, 06:35 10
  - Should be cheaper than rebuilding whole towns after they burn down and all the loss of income from customers not having power. -- (edited) - The Bleaken Oct 9, 06:40 9
    - true, it is certainly an extraordinary circumstance. But where they are already bankrupt I can't see it happening. - Beaker Oct 9, 06:43 8
      - I didn't know they were bankrupt. That might be a hindrance. - The Bleaken Oct 9, 06:50 1
        
        declared to try and cover for the lawsuits from the last fire iirc -- nm - Beaker Oct 9, 06:54
      - plus it takes a huge amount of time to move all those wires underground -- nm - decline Oct 9, 06:50 5
        
        it would make sense if you were rebuilding lines due to age or significant damage. But to cut bait on lines in the middle of their life would be -- (edited) - Beaker Oct 9, 06:52 3
        
        I read that one of the lines that caused one of the big fires last year was well past its lifespan. At this point someone needs to figure out how to - The Bleaken Oct 9, 06:54 2
        
        spoke to a guy - Beaker Oct 9, 07:11 1
        
        Interesting info, thanks! Hopefully they can figure out how to get it done so this isn't an issue for very long. -- nm - The Bleaken Oct 9, 07:15
        
        So they should get started asap. I don't think the dry season is going to end in the near future. - The Bleaken Oct 9, 06:52
After Thursday 6 NFL games will have had a spread of 15 points or more...the most in a decade...and this is week 6... - Beaker Oct 9, 06:34 6
- Can't believe we're in Week 6 and already more than a handful of teams have packed it in for the year -- nm - budice Oct 9, 06:47 4
  - Some teams packed it in before week 1. -- nm - The Bleaken Oct 9, 06:55 3
    - This is why the NFL needs to implement a relegation mechanic. -- nm - Baron Witch Project Oct 9, 07:01 2
      - "Sorry Miami, you are now the Moose Jaw Ruffriders of the CFL." -- nm - The Shaunting of Hill House Oct 9, 07:02 1
        
        They wish. -- nm - Reagen Oct 9, 07:50
- And the Giants are likely without Barkley, Engram, Shepard, and Gallman. Poor Danny Dimes. -- nm - The Shaunting of Hill House Oct 9, 06:36
Greece (!) joins the negative interest rate club -- (link*) - Baron Witch Project Oct 9, 06:27 1
- Greece is the time, is the place, is the motion - decline Oct 9, 06:33
Happy birthday, con_carne and Qale! Woo hoo!!! Have a great day, fellas! -- nm - The Bleaken Oct 9, 06:23 14
- Thanks everyone. BTW, totally unrelated, who do I see about getting rid of my birthday twin? -- nm - Qale Oct 9, 08:55 1
  - ACDC, I hear they'll do the dirty deed dirt cheap -- nm - Geist Oct 9, 09:27
- LET THE NAKED BIRTHDAY DANCING BEGIN!!! -- nm - hellSpawn Oct 9, 08:36
- indeed -- nm - Remlik Oct 9, 07:58
- I'm just waking up and... thanks! -- nm - con_carne Oct 9, 07:43
- Happy birthday! -- nm - Tim Oct 9, 07:41
- Happy Birthday, yous twos! -- nm - JaxSean Oct 9, 07:31
- Happy B-Day to both. Hope it's a great day! -- nm - zunk xometimes Oct 9, 07:04
- Happy birthday(s?)! -- nm - ty97 Oct 9, 06:58
- Happy b's, dudes! (NM) - Marlowe Oct 9, 06:58
- cheers !! -- nm - mud Oct 9, 06:44
- Happy birthday -- nm - decline Oct 9, 06:31
- Don Homer! -- nm - Beaker Oct 9, 06:29
- Happy Birthdays! -- nm - The Shaunting of Hill House Oct 9, 06:28
wap? Soccer Wives! Instagram Feud! -- (link) - prayformojo Oct 9, 06:00
"regicide" -- (link) - mud Oct 9, 05:59 2
- If anyone ever writes an article again wonder what it will take for the GOP to abandon Trump, what line they won't cross, they should be fired - JackDawson Oct 9, 06:10 1
  - Yup -- nm - Jovian Oct 9, 07:49
I guess if you own these affected D-Link routers, you should throw them away. D-Link isn't going to patch them -- (link) - kilboooooo Oct 9, 05:50 1
- or, just cave to the inevitable and allow yourself to be compromised -- nm - decline Oct 9, 06:09
again this year, no Nobel Prize for Attempted Chemistry - prayformojo Oct 9, 05:41 2
- I am kinda pissed my mentos in a 2 litre of coke didn't get more consideration -- nm - Beaker Oct 9, 05:43 1
  - The committee must've found your old yearbook photos. - Baron Witch Project Oct 9, 06:30
Oslo hotel "Amerikalinjen", which opened only in March, already voted best hotel in Norhern Europe - and only beaten by two Swiss hotels and one ultra - Facto Oct 9, 05:32
The Jaguars’ Quarterback Job Is Now Gardner Minshew II’s to Lose -- (link) - Beaker Oct 9, 05:21 3
- Nick Foles better show up for practice with a porn 'stache -- nm - decline Oct 9, 06:31 1
  - well, he has the dick for pron per the rumours -- nm - Beaker Oct 9, 07:40
- Gardner Minshew Can't Lose -- nm - rollo Oct 9, 06:29
There's nothing worse than having a Cranberries song stuck in your heeeeeaaad, in your heeeeaaad, in your head, in your head, in your hea, hea, - Facto Oct 9, 05:21
I'm in Erie. I'm so excited for hotel breakfast toast with too much jelly. I'm such a simple girl. -- nm - Amanda Oct 9, 04:18 1
- we're all jelly -- nm - budice Oct 9, 05:09
TV PSA: MLB, Chicago Med, Fire, PD, Goldbergs, Schooled, AEW Dynamite, Nature, Riverdale, WWE NXT, Masked Singer, Black Ink Crew, Nancy Drew, SWAT, -- nm - Beaker Oct 9, 03:50 7
- Survivor?? -- nm - Amanda Oct 9, 04:19 4
  - I'm enjoying this season a lot. It's Survivor University -- nm - con_carne Oct 9, 07:50 2
    - This. -- nm - Strongbad, Champ Champ Oct 9, 08:28
    - yup. very enjoyable viewing -- nm - Beaker Oct 9, 07:51
  - huh, added below; TV Guide didn't show it for some reason -- nm - Beaker Oct 9, 04:34
- Modern Family, Property Brothers, SEAL Team, Real HW, Challenge, Almost Family, Single Parents, AHS 1984, South Park, Stumptown, Crank Yankers, -- nm - Beaker Oct 9, 03:51 1
  - It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia, Pennyworth (Canada), Rhythm + Flow (Netflix), Survivor, other stuff -- nm* - Beaker Oct 9, 03:53
College Hearthstone Players Hold Up "Free Hong Kong, Boycott Blizzard" Sign On Stream at end of American Collegiate Hearthstone Championship -- (link) - Beaker Oct 9, 03:21 1
- The NBA Cares event in Shanghai involving the Los Angeles Lakers was canceled Wednesday just hours before it was scheduled to begin -- (link) - Beaker Oct 9, 03:56
Kurdish forces are in charge of the prisons holding ISIS fighters. Those guards may need to leave the prisons to fight Turkish troops -- nm - . Oct 9, 00:48
Where in the world is Matt Lauer, has added 'and did he commit rape there' to the question by Ronan Farrow. -- (link*) - Peglegpete Oct 9, 00:38 1
- Shouldn't he have to be listed on sex pred registry -- nm - Geist Oct 9, 09:30

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