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Holy Crap, Matt & Trey gettin' paid: A deal for the "South Park" U.S. streaming rights could be struck next week for about $500M -- (link) - decline Oct 18, 13:06 6
- Proof positive that CBS's resistance to a Viacom merger - thus delaying the inevitable - is going to hurt the new entity long term. - Mop Oct 18, 13:17
- Are there any filmmakers who have grown that level from such low-budget origins? -- nm - Max Oct 18, 13:10 4
  - George Lucas? -- nm - budice Oct 18, 13:16
  - Charles Schulz? -- nm - Spawn Oct 18, 13:13
  - James Cameron started with Roger Corman, does that count? -- nm - Reagen Oct 18, 13:13
  - Trey Parker/Matt Stone net worth (before this deal) $500M -- (edited) - decline Oct 18, 13:12
Good news Californians!! -- (link) - decline Oct 18, 12:59 2
- It's only common sense! -- nm - Mop Oct 18, 13:00 1
  - waste not, want not -- nm - decline Oct 18, 13:00
Speaking of heads somehow not splitting open from the sheer irony -- (link) - Reagen Oct 18, 12:57
Kamara is out. -- nm - Shaun Oct 18, 12:55 4
- I misread this and was confused. - Will Hunting Oct 18, 12:58 2
  - Same, went to all the news channels. -- nm - zunkskunk scared stupid Oct 18, 13:00
  - RIGHT?! -- nm - Mop Oct 18, 12:59
- *misreads as Kamala* Oh, wow. *rereads correctly* OH WOW! -- nm - Baron Witch Project Oct 18, 12:56
Oh boy, trump says there's an "ultimate solution" for the Kurds. I wonder what that could be. -- (link*) - Beryllium Oct 18, 12:52 5
- The Kurds will get a 2-state solution before Palestine does. -- nm - Mop Oct 18, 13:00
- he could have used the real word he wanted to use 'final' and his base would just ask "When?!" -- nm - Jovian Oct 18, 12:55
- Trolling level : expert -- nm - JackDawson Oct 18, 12:55 1
  - Fomenting genocide to pwn the libs! -- nm - znufrii Oct 18, 13:03
- So long as it's not a final solution? -- nm - Mop Oct 18, 12:53
Lev Parnas sounds nice: - Jovian Oct 18, 12:41
So, yeah - I never updated the group about the offspring going to the aquarium job fair. Not much of an update... - Chamberlain Oct 18, 12:39
Anyone else subscribing to Freshly? - JaxSean Oct 18, 12:36 4
- Hello Fresh here ... they have been iffy on quality -- nm - rollo Oct 18, 13:04 1
  - I agree with that - we used/tried them years ago. - Pippy - Bomb Cycloner Oct 18, 13:15
- I was doing Blue Apron for the same price point and have held off lately, but it was helpful in keeping me out of the grocery store. - Max Oct 18, 12:43 1
  - Do you not have online ordering? -- nm - David Oct 18, 12:50
John Kasich calls for impeachment - Reagen Oct 18, 12:28 5
- I would have never said this when he was in office, but I'd like to hear Boehner's thoughts. -- nm - Max Oct 18, 12:36 1
  - *weeps openly at the thought of you thinking of him* -- nm - John Boehner Oct 18, 12:37
- nah. Kasich is one of the good guys. He would have been a great Republican President. - Jovian Oct 18, 12:33 2
  - "great" - Spawn Oct 18, 12:51 1
    - He is the only R I would have voted for over HRC. - Jovian Oct 18, 12:53
Huh, Mark Hurd, co-CEO of Oracle, died at 62. - David Oct 18, 12:22 1
- huh, interesting. -- nm - budice Oct 18, 12:28
Omg WOW. Faster than even I expected the SCOTUS has taken up the constitutionality of the CFPB. The end of the admin state is close - JackDawson Oct 18, 12:10 17
- "yes yes but what does it all mean Basil?" - Jovian Oct 18, 12:26 3
  - No, it’s also dictatorship - the admin state has independent agencies that the president doesn’t fully control - JackDawson Oct 18, 12:36
  - this is more about regular dastardly Republican kleptocrat actions. -- nm - Reagen Oct 18, 12:27 1
    - thats what I figuring. -- nm - Jovian Oct 18, 12:33
- SCOTUS wants to know whether, if it destroys the CFPB for being too independent of the president, it ought to strike down the Dodd-Frank Act too. -- (link) - budice Oct 18, 12:20 6
  - Omg -- nm - JackDawson Oct 18, 12:21 5
    - The American version of the Bolshevik Revolution is gonna be *lit*. -- nm - Reagen Oct 18, 12:23 4
      - we are all going to migrate to Canada -- nm - Pippy - Bomb Cycloner Oct 18, 12:52 3
        
        It's really too bad my S-I-L's kid is already living in their attic :/ I really liked Nova Scotia :) -- nm - MonsterMeg Oct 18, 13:10
        
        I'm suddenly very interested in values tests. -- nm - Reagen Oct 18, 12:56 1
        
        (laughing) -- nm - Andie Oct 18, 13:10
- Link if anyone is interested. -- (link) - David Oct 18, 12:15 5
  - Wouldn't that mean Pres Warren could immediately fire the current head for deriliction of duty -- nm - Geist Oct 18, 13:34
  - I will only vote for Democrats who will exercise dictatorial powers in the same way. Otherwise what’s the point -- nm - JackDawson Oct 18, 12:22 3
    - I am genuinely interested in what form of government current Republicans think they're upholding - Reagen Oct 18, 12:52 2
      - “The government of whatever the hell we want” -- nm - JackDawson Oct 18, 12:55 1
        
        I'd just like to see them try. - Reagen Oct 18, 12:58
‘Bless the Harts’ renewed for season 2 by FOX -- nm - Booooker Oct 18, 11:55
Utah state trooper pulls unconscious man from car seconds before it gets hit by a train. -- (link) - Mop Oct 18, 11:32
PSA - Just got word from our IT people that the New York Times website has been infected with a trojan virus. They've blocked access for us until - pmb Oct 18, 11:24 2
- I'm sure the Russians had *ABSOLUTELY NOTHING* to do with it. -- nm - Mop Oct 18, 11:33
- does the virus make them put out real instead of fake news? :) -- nm - Peglegpete Oct 18, 11:32
Here's IGN's latest revision of the Top 100 Video Games of All-Time. -- (link) - Shaun Oct 18, 11:23 8
- Personally, I think Bioshock:Infinite's gameplay and story were way better than the original Bioshock, - JaxSean Oct 18, 12:32 1
  - Bioshock: Infinite is still what I think happened to me right before 2016 - Jovian Oct 18, 12:37
- Only 1 Batman game? Meh. -- nm - Spawn Oct 18, 11:45
- No FF in the Top 30? Ummm... no. -- nm - Strongbad, Champ Champ Oct 18, 11:33 1
  - and ummm... #9? No. -- nm - Strongbad, Champ Champ Oct 18, 11:34
- They ignore a lot of the classics (Zelda 1 for starters.) - Will Hunting Oct 18, 11:32 2
  - But then again, Nintendo claims 6 of the Top 10. -- nm - Shaun Oct 18, 11:37 1
    - I love Nintendo, but that seems like too many. -- nm - Inigo Oct 18, 11:59
this sounds promising: -- (link) - mud Oct 18, 11:09
Bluff City Law is toast. It only gets 10 episodes. -- nm - David Oct 18, 11:08 5
- First show to get the axe? -- nm - Max Oct 18, 12:31 3
  - Second, I think. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 18, 12:37 2
    - Yeah, Sunnyside was the first. There will be many others. This new TV season is a debacle. -- nm - David Oct 18, 12:41 1
      - I saw only 3 shows debuted higher than last year. Shark Tank, something minor and 911. All it took for 911 was a massive cgi-fest. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 18, 13:05
- Cancel Bear gotta eat. -- nm - Baron Witch Project Oct 18, 11:34
Now playing: Zombieland -- nm - David Oct 18, 10:56 6
- Yeah, watched last night in prep. -- nm - Spawn Oct 18, 11:27
- (AKA the best movie of 2009) -- nm - David Oct 18, 10:57 4
  - I remember when Woody got caught at the airport for beating a photographer, he said he was hopped up after filming this zombie movie...yeah, that’s a - Will Hunting Oct 18, 11:34
  - As if. Avatar forever!!! -- nm - Spaun Oct 18, 11:02 1
    - 32. Enjoy The Little Things -- nm - Spawn Oct 18, 11:32
  - that settles it. I was only 99% decided to go at noon. -- nm - mud Oct 18, 11:02
Heel Bayley in full IDGAF mode -- (link) - Tim Oct 18, 10:40 2
- That is perfect. - Will Hunting Oct 18, 11:52
- I've kind of fallen in love with her. -- nm - David Oct 18, 10:52
sue 'em! -- (link) - mud Oct 18, 10:38 4
- "This is nothing more than a desperate PR stunt and doesn't merit a response." -- nm - David Oct 18, 10:51 2
  - Discovery would be fun. -- nm - Reagen Oct 18, 12:29
  - Trumpets will be crowing about how obvious it is the libtard lying press has been attacking the pres (and therefore them) SEE HE SUING -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 18, 11:27
- *snork* -- nm - Obama Oct 18, 10:42
Mahomes. Best case scenario. -- nm - Volnelk Oct 18, 10:30 2
- In tweet form. -- (link) - Volnelk Oct 18, 10:31 1
  - Luck 2.0 -- nm - Spawn Oct 18, 10:36
Wired video: How the world's hottest peppers are made. -- (link) - Mop Oct 18, 10:22 [youtube]
The real mystery is how the Chinese injured Zion's knee. -- nm - David Oct 18, 10:21 6
- what's Mandarin for "Gillooly'd"? -- nm - prayformojo Oct 18, 10:38 3
  - "ABC has renewed Fresh off the Boat" -- nm - David Oct 18, 10:58 2
    - Free Constance Wu!!!! - Will Hunting Oct 18, 11:35 1
      - Heck, I'd even pay for Constance Wu! -- nm - Mop Oct 18, 12:49
- a favour to Lebron for his carrying of their water -- nm - Boooker Oct 18, 10:29
- whiterose -- nm - Mop Oct 18, 10:26
After intense pressure, Ukraine's main newspaper has done an in-depth analysis and found massive corruption originating in the USA -- (link) - decline Oct 18, 10:12
“If the nesting doll fits...” Hillary Clinton suggests Tulsi Gabbard is being groomed by the Russians for a third-party run. -- nm* - znufrii Oct 18, 10:11 2
- Shorter Meghan McCain: "Why are Democrats so hostile to a candidate who holds none of their positions?" -- nm - Reagen Oct 18, 10:20 1
  - Heh. -- (edited) - znufrii Oct 18, 10:24
Saw Madonna last night. It was a very late night. She came on stage at about 11:00 and ended about 1:40. The show was really good though. And we - pmb Oct 18, 10:05 13
- We were talking about her shows this morning and Mrs. zunk thought it was all spoken word. - zunkskunk scared stupid Oct 18, 11:22 2
  - She does talk more than usual for a concert, but it's still predominantly music. -- nm - pmb Oct 18, 12:08 1
    - Madge is over 60. Built in restbreaks make sense. -- nm - Spawn Oct 18, 13:19
- When you think about it, Axl Rose and Madonna have a lot in common. -- nm - Spawn Oct 18, 10:33 1
  - two has-beens? -- nm - mud Oct 18, 10:39
- Sounds like an interesting show but all I can think is... - Cuzzin Todd Oct 18, 10:22 3
  - It was the latest I've started an evening out on a week night in quite a while. We left home at 9:15. And there was a fair amount of grumbling in - pmb Oct 18, 10:36
  - Same prep as going to the midnight showing of a movie - JD Oct 18, 10:26 1
    - At this point in my life I wouldn't even attempt a late showing of a movie. ;) -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Oct 18, 10:47
- what what the revised announced start time? -- nm - prayformojo Oct 18, 10:11 1
  - 10:30. -- nm - pmb Oct 18, 10:12
- Thanks for the report. I'm going to LA show in mid Nov and appreciate knowing what I'm in for - JD Oct 18, 10:09 1
  - I'm working from home today. -- nm - pmb Oct 18, 10:09
RE B2. If the 17 game season pushes the Superbowl back to MLK Day weekend, so there isn't work the next day, I am for it. -- nm - Volnelk Oct 18, 09:54 3
- I have a dream... -- nm - Spawn Oct 18, 10:17
- It’s already past MLK day -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 18, 09:56 1
  - (President's Day) -- nm - David Oct 18, 10:08
Max's post below just reminded me - this is pretty much my 20th anniversary on the TT/ST. nm - Chamberlain Oct 18, 09:53 6
- 22 years at the end of November! -- nm - MonsterMeg Oct 18, 12:41
- Mine too! -- nm - Dark Callisto Oct 18, 10:06 4
  - This place has literally ruined your life. -- nm - David Oct 18, 10:08 3
    - you're too hard on yourself sometimes -- nm - mud Oct 18, 10:41 1
      - McBain.gif -- nm - David Oct 18, 10:48
    - I thought that was spam -- nm - JD Oct 18, 10:10
10 years ago in theaters: Where the Wild Things Are, Law Abiding Citizen, The Stepfather, (ltd) New York I Love You, Black Dynamite - Max Oct 18, 09:45 [youtube] 14
- "But Black Dynamite, I sell drugs to the community." -- nm - Reagen Oct 18, 09:55 2
  - I still haven't watched this all the way through. -- nm - David Oct 18, 10:09 1
    - It's on par with Airplane! in my opinion. -- nm - Reagen Oct 18, 10:18
- 15 years ago: Team America: World Police, Shall We Dance, (ltd): The Final Cut, Hair Show, Being Julia, Stephen King's Riding the Bullet, Eulogy - Max Oct 18, 09:45 [youtube] 10
  - 20 years ago: Fight Club, The Story of Us, (ltd): The Omega Code, The Straight Story, Joe the King, Fever Pitch - Max Oct 18, 09:45 [youtube] 9
    - 25 years ago: Pulp Fiction, Wes Craven's New Nightmare, Little Giants, Exit to Eden, (ltd): The Browning Version, Hoop Dreams - Max Oct 18, 09:46 [youtube] 8
      - 30 years ago: Look Who's Talking, Halloween 5, The Fabulous Baker Boys, (ltd): Crimes and Misdemeanors, Breaking In - Max Oct 18, 09:46 [youtube] 7
        
        35 years ago: Thief of Hearts, The Little Drummer Girl, The Razor's Edge, (ltd): Crimes of Passion - Max Oct 18, 09:46 [youtube] 6
        
        40 years ago: Jesus, Meteor (Sean Connery and Natalie Wood) - Max Oct 18, 09:50 [youtube] 5
        
        I remember seeing Meteor in the theater - JD Oct 18, 09:59 3
        
        wow, I'd never heard of it. -- nm - Max Oct 18, 10:43
        
        Indeed. Spending the month celebrating that fact -- nm - JD Oct 18, 10:12
        
        you're old -- nm - decline Oct 18, 10:00
        
        50 years ago: Paint Your Wagon - Max Oct 18, 09:51 [youtube]
Honestly, I'm surprised CC held on this long. He ran his arm into the ground in 2008 and his legs into the ground - Will Hunting Oct 18, 09:35
It's the last few days for the Alaska Bear Cam. Getting to be not enough solar to keep the cams powered. No bears in the river right now.... -- (link) - prayformojo Oct 18, 09:34 3
- THE SUN IS FADING?! What are we doing about this?!! -- nm - Mop Oct 18, 13:18
- They need a tidal generator for the river to power it. Or a water wheel. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 18, 12:42
- ....though there have been 3-4 active this week. Plus, this cam of the mountain above the river has snow on the ground -- (link) - prayformojo Oct 18, 09:35
Reagen, it's alternate jersey night!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #LetGoOilers -- nm - Shaun Oct 18, 09:33 3
- I don't know if I like those. -- nm - Reagen Oct 18, 09:34 2
  - Very Bears-y looking. They're ok, but real fans rock the proper jerseys. I still can never get over how bright orange my McDavid jersey is. -- nm - Shaun Oct 18, 09:38 1
    - I never liked the turn towards navy for the blue - Reagen Oct 18, 09:46
*laughing* Jay Williams said the Eastern Conference is now open and the Wizards have a window. - Will Hunting Oct 18, 09:33

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