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Dodgers have placed left-handed pitcher Clayton Kershaw on the injured list with back stiffness -- nm - the ice Jul 23, 15:12 3
- Weight lifting injury on Tuesday. -- nm - jnine Jul 23, 17:39
- covid -- nm - Beaker Jul 23, 15:12 1
  - This is actually what happened with a wrestler. He had COVID but WWE said he hurt his back. -- nm - David Jul 23, 15:18
rumor is, the unidentified federal gestapo squads are private contractors of betsy devos' blackwater brother, something donny hinted about - zeitgeist Jul 23, 15:00 9
- Erik Prince. Another piece of shit scumbag that should be in prison for long long time. -- nm - Jovian Jul 23, 15:21
- If it's true it's definitely illegal. -- nm - . Jul 23, 15:03 1
  - its not illegal if the president does it -- nm - Bill Barr, consiglieri...i mean AG Jul 23, 15:15
- Sssh, don't say it, or david will say we shouldn't give air to conspiracy theories. -- nm - But what about conspiracy FACTS, huh?! Jul 23, 15:02 5
  - He's right, no one should. - Krusty Jul 23, 15:20
  - Right. We shouldn't. -- nm - David Jul 23, 15:10 3
    - (I agree, but I'm still going to tease a little. Because if anyone is going to use literal hired goons, it'd be that orange flatus.) -- nm - Beryllium Jul 23, 15:17 2
      - Government Employed Secret Terrible American Police Organization -- nm Posted by mud Jul 17 '20, 17:44 -- nm - mud Jul 23, 15:18
      - The thought that he's using hired goons isn't a conspiracy theory. The idea that the pinhead could overthrow a government is. -- nm - David Jul 23, 15:17
Happy birthday Volnelk!! -- nm - kelly Jul 23, 14:56 2
- Don Homer! -- nm - Beaker Jul 23, 16:45
- happy happy! -- nm - Diva Jul 23, 15:44
SDCC: The Boys S2 Panel -- (link*) - the ice Jul 23, 14:51 [youtube]
Here, ST, make a difference. - David Jul 23, 14:50 7
- Tim Burchett, when roadkill is all you can afford for supper -- nm - Beaker Jul 23, 14:54
- Bigfoot? 8-) -- nm - JD Jul 23, 14:52 5
  - Google it. -- nm - David Jul 23, 14:52 4
    - I've just stopped dancing around my room cause it made me so happy what I found. Bigfoot is nothing compared to legalizing eating roadkill - JD Jul 23, 14:58 3
      - WA state now licenses people to collect roadkill, no reason an elk should go to waste, when an incident happens the patrol will call them out -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 23, 15:03
      - Volunteering is for Communists -- nm - Beaker Jul 23, 14:58 1
        
        David said the SEC part is covered but I really don't get that. The Volunteers (for all sports) are good to really good but they're not annoyingly good to -- (edited) - JD Jul 23, 15:02
LOL Cole Hamels - Strongbad Jul 23, 14:45 5
- Nm -- nm* - Strongbad Jul 23, 14:52
- This is my shocked face. -- nm - David Jul 23, 14:47 3
  - You better hope the offense starts hot. Or that Newcomb is a dependable starter. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 23, 14:52 2
    - It's FakeBall. Who cares? -- nm - David Jul 23, 15:19
    - It helps the Nats have lost a lot of guys. Rendon, Soto, and a few opting out. - Will Hunting Jul 23, 15:14
They've cancelled the Republican National Convention in Jacksonville. -- nm - decline Jul 23, 14:44 13
- LOL -- nm - Jovian Jul 23, 15:20
- "I felt it was wrong to have people going to a hot spot" -- nm - POTUS Jul 23, 14:47 11
  - "The country is in good shape, as long as you don't look south or west" -- nm* - decline Jul 23, 14:52 10
    - then he took 4 ***SOFTBALL*** Qs and then left. I fucking hate some of those "reporters" (incl. former Much Music VJ JD Roberts now FoxNews stooge) -- nm - mud Jul 23, 15:00 5
      - Uh, Fox hired a Much Music DJ? - JD Jul 23, 15:06 3
        
        He was an original VJ. OG. -- nm - Andie Jul 23, 15:07 2
        
        the original original, if memory serves. -- nm - Reagen Jul 23, 15:08 1
        
        I guess well done for still being on air? Best that I know all the original MTV VJs became satellite DJs -- nm - JD Jul 23, 15:10
      - "Where we going for wings after?" "Why'd you over throw the cutoff man there?" -- nm - Softball questions Jul 23, 15:03
    - Actual quote, people! -- nm - Reagen Jul 23, 14:55 3
      - I hate that no one can tell. -- nm - Andie Jul 23, 15:07
      - Seriously? UGH! -- nm - Krusty Jul 23, 15:04 1
        
        "We Give Up, Just Read The News" -- nm - The Onion Jul 23, 15:07
In a not insignificant upset, I rather liked Cursed on Netflix. -- nm - prayformojo Jul 23, 14:39
confirmed for the Tyson/Jones card: former NBA player Nate Robinson vs YouTube personality Jake Paul. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 23, 14:38 4
- Is he tied to a gurney, Lecter style? -- nm - Reagen Jul 23, 14:45
- “Guys, I’m not sure people are seeing this as enough of a joke. How can we make sure they get it?” -- nm - spamlet Jul 23, 14:41 2
  - quick, get Tonya Harding on the phone! -- nm - Strongbad Jul 23, 14:45 1
    - you joke but... -- nm - Beaker Jul 23, 15:01
Mulan delayed indefinitely. -- nm - David Jul 23, 14:22 5
- Theaters are gonna look like those Walmart DVD shelves. -- nm - Reagen Jul 23, 14:58
- Avatar movies pushed a year -- nm - decline Jul 23, 14:43 2
  - Would anyone at this point really notice? -- nm - Qale Jul 23, 15:20
  - Star Wars dates moved -- nm - Remlik Jul 23, 14:50
- She'll show up as a miniseries. -- nm - Max Jul 23, 14:25
MLBPA approves playoff expansion but... -- (edited) - Krusty Jul 23, 14:12 22
- Making it designated hitter for everyone it was just the top of the slippery slope. -- nm* - . Jul 23, 15:07
- Love it. Here for it. Ahead of the curve on embracing it. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jul 23, 14:43
- I'm pretty sure I could do a better job running MLB than these clowns -- nm - prayformojo Jul 23, 14:22
- We choose, Minnesota~! -- nm - The Yankees Jul 23, 14:21 1
  - Well, yeah. :-) -- nm - Krusty Jul 23, 14:22
- its the dumbest thing i have heard in days, therefore it must be baseball. -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 23, 14:19
- "This time, it's personal." -- nm - David Jul 23, 14:18
- that's dumb. -- nm - Diva Jul 23, 14:13 14
  - There's no reason to reinvent the wheel. Just seed it based on record. -- nm - Krusty Jul 23, 14:18
  - So was 60 games, universal DH, and runner on base in extra innings so might as well go for it as this point 8-P -- nm - JD Jul 23, 14:16 12
    - More and more this season is just a meaningless exhibition season with fantasy rules so they might as well let teams borrow outs from - Krusty Jul 23, 14:20 8
      - This is the year they will finally start using rubber balls, I'm felling it. (NM) - Marlowe Jul 23, 14:46 1
        
        Split the teams in quarters, move them to more cities and start a massive wiffle ball league. -- nm - Krusty Jul 23, 14:48
      - OMG. So if you've got a rally going, really really go for it and take four outs in that inning in exchange for a two out inning later in the game - JD Jul 23, 14:31 5
        
        You could have the targets be different for each batter as well where a righty that's a pull hitter only gets targets in the right field stands. - Krusty Jul 23, 14:38 2
        
        Ohhhhh! Or moving! like a carnival game -- nm - JD Jul 23, 14:39 1
        
        Nice! -- nm - Krusty Jul 23, 14:42
        
        *laughing* There'd have to be a limit on borrowing outs cuase in the extreme there'd be the idiot manager (me!) that in a home game after getting the - JD Jul 23, 14:37 1
        
        Hahaha! - Krusty Jul 23, 14:38
    - MULTIBLERN! -- nm - Reagen Jul 23, 14:18 2
      - Roster sizes (though there's that minimum batter per pitcher so that can't be fully used), I'm semi serious that MLB should throw everything - JD Jul 23, 14:29
      - Poor Fry. -- nm - David Jul 23, 14:19
Feels like Friday. -- nm - Diva Jul 23, 14:09 1
- I'm so there. I think I'm done for today and it is only happy hour on your coast 8( - JD Jul 23, 14:15
Again, for the Animal Crossers - if you ever get that high price for turnips - you need to get on the Turnip Exchange site. - Daniel Prime Jul 23, 13:56
Army c19 team planner says texas is F&*$%D... with estimated 19 named storms/huricanes expected...Qale can you leave? -- (link) - zeitgeist Jul 23, 13:53 9
- I am not particularly worried about Tropical Storm Hanna. -- nm - Qale Jul 23, 15:23
- Omar comin' -- nm - Beryllium Jul 23, 13:57
- The Coast Guard could have told you this months ago. - loosilu Jul 23, 13:55 6
  - meh who listens to those people? -- nm - Remlik Jul 23, 13:58 5
    - You, when you're standing on your roof. - loosilu Jul 23, 14:00 4
      - hey when you were working for the other company you were working for I listened! -- nm - Remlik Jul 23, 14:17 1
        
        And this is the thanks I get for saving your life! -- (edited) - loosilu Jul 23, 14:38
      - Indiana kind of has a coast. -- nm - Reagen Jul 23, 14:11 1
        
        *checks map* Yeah! -- nm - loosilu Jul 23, 14:40
next week is getting into the 80s Fahrenheit ... I am going to melt :( -- nm - Beryllium Jul 23, 13:47 16
- LOFL -- nm - Spawn Jul 23, 15:14 1
  - We don't have AC. Any other year and I'd be considering going to the theatre to cool off. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 23, 15:18
- You know what happens when you complain about 80F on the internet. -- nm - loosilu Jul 23, 13:53 13
  - he also gets 80% matching humidity -- nm - Peglegpete Jul 23, 13:55 4
    - That's what it was here for the last week but 90+F. We got a break today at 88F. It's like spring! -- nm - Krusty Jul 23, 14:03 2
      - That's been us for most of the last month. It's been mostly hot and humid. Not fun. -- nm - pmb Jul 23, 14:04 1
        
        Yup. I haven't turned off the A/C in so long. - Krusty Jul 23, 14:08
    - Then Houston and Florida will pipe up. -- nm - loosilu Jul 23, 13:56
  - I get to tell him that we were camping in 95 degree weather this past weekend? -- nm - Daniel Prime Jul 23, 13:54 7
    - I was camping in 70F weather this weekend -- nm - Beryllium Jul 23, 13:57
    - I was hoping you'd start with mocking him. -- nm - loosilu Jul 23, 13:56 5
      - dammit - i'll do better next time -- nm - Daniel Prime Jul 23, 13:56 4
        
        Jeez, camping in that? I'd get a motel with AC. -- nm - loosilu Jul 23, 13:57 3
        
        Well - we do have an RV with AC. :) Also, we were on a lake with a pretty nice beach. So, we spent a lot of time in the water. nm - Daniel Prime Jul 23, 14:00 2
        
        I'm think that balls that hot can lead to reproduction issues -- nm - JD Jul 23, 14:34 1
        
        I think he's done with that stuff. -- nm - loosilu Jul 23, 14:40
So....mebbe I watched Last Christmas too closely (geez, it was like an instant intervention) so haven't had a second viewing. So I've found - JD Jul 23, 13:37
WWE pulls Summerslam out of Boston -- (link) - Remlik Jul 23, 13:34 1
- WWE not known to pull out early. -- nm - the ice Jul 23, 13:35
So Taylor Swift's surprise album is apparently a full folk album. Huh. -- nm - MDH Jul 23, 13:33 8
- I may actually check it out then. -- nm - spamlet Jul 23, 13:51
- Taylor Swift is no fun when she's not angry and heartbroken. -- nm - Mop Jul 23, 13:43 1
  - Hmmmmm....my take after seeing Miss Americana is that she's still interesting when angry - JD Jul 23, 13:48
- It's like Timberlake's "Man of the Woods" for chicks -- nm - the ice Jul 23, 13:36 2
  - Hard Pass -- nm - Epiphany Jul 23, 14:40
  - ugh, no thx. -- nm - Diva Jul 23, 14:13
- Even in "folk" - it wasn't her fault and he's a douche bag. -- nm - Daniel Prime Jul 23, 13:35 1
  - See, I was just gonna say, "Who's the guy?" -- nm - loosilu Jul 23, 13:38
chuckle -- (link) - Jovian Jul 23, 13:30 1
- this good too -- (link) - Jovian Jul 23, 13:37
lol @ "Suburban Housewives of America" - znufrii still hasn't gotten a haircut Jul 23, 13:29 2
- the same one he thought we were in when he was elected. 1950something -- nm - Jovian Jul 23, 13:31
- “Can I make a statement that is as sexist as it is racist? Let’s see.” -- nm - Volnelk Jul 23, 13:30
heh. there's some gold in this thread. -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 23, 13:29 3
- ("Should *I* be shaving my toes?") -- nm - we should ask ourselves Jul 23, 14:08 2
  - I was like, 'yes, this has to be Max.'. -- nm - Diva Jul 23, 14:10 1
    - ("omg, do I have a hirsute reputation??") -- nm - I immediately asked myself Jul 23, 14:23
I mean, the "other place" I'm talking about is pretty clear, right? -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 23, 13:26 1
- Yeah, fuck Alberta! -- nm - Mop Jul 23, 13:44
Here. No reason I should enjoy this alone. -- (link) - Mop Jul 23, 13:26 [youtube]
His Dark Materials S2 trailer + Phoebe Waller-Bridge confirmed for S2 -- (link) - the ice Jul 23, 13:26
Pandemic Pods and Microschools - Alternative school options forming on Facebook -- (link) - oblique Jul 23, 13:23
Repost for Animal Crossers - 523 bells for turnips. lemme know if you need the dodo code. nm -- nm - Daniel Prime Jul 23, 13:21
Thanks for the advice folks - person, woman, man, camera, tv -- nm - rollo Jul 23, 13:07
Hasbro announced a My Little Pony and Dungeons & Dragons crossover -- (link) - the ice Jul 23, 13:05 18
- "I sneak by the undead cow." "OK, roll Trot Silently." -- nm - Blue Punch Baron Jul 23, 13:21
- My Little Pony will meet The Transformers! -- (link) - Remlik Jul 23, 13:12 11
  - How dare they ruin my belov.. wait, I don't give a shit about either of these things. -- nm - Reagen Jul 23, 13:16 2
    - Think of the transfobronies! -- nm - Beryllium Jul 23, 13:17 1
      - I will not. -- nm - Reagen Jul 23, 13:19
  - Whatever happened to Hasbro’s “Hasbro-verse” efforts, expanding the Transformers and GI Joe movies into a unified movie-verse? -- nm - Mop Jul 23, 13:15 6
    - and ROM the Space Knight! - JD Jul 23, 13:18 4
      - Micronauts and M.A.S.K. as well. They did do a big comic crossover of all of them -- nm - Remlik Jul 23, 13:21 3
        
        This is reminding me that my parents were kind of enough to humor me when I backed all the wrong toys - JD Jul 23, 13:42 1
        
        My brother and I had all those Micronauts sets too! Apparently, they introduced the 4" action figure revolution. -- nm* - Mop Jul 23, 13:59
        
        Yup. I wonder if the studio got cold feet. Who was the studio anyway? Oh... hah. Paramount. That explains it. -- nm - Mop Jul 23, 13:25
    - all got set aside. Last I heard, they had people working on it... -- nm - Remlik Jul 23, 13:18
  - No. Just....no. -- nm - znufrii still hasn't gotten a haircut Jul 23, 13:14
- Hmm, I see that this (and their Ghostbuster crossover) are using the “classic” models and not the Friendship is Magic models. -- nm - Mop Jul 23, 13:08 4
  - Mop, are you a Bronie? -- nm - decline Jul 23, 13:10 2
    - I have no interest in Care Bears whatsoever, Kilbo! -- nm - Mop Jul 23, 13:11 1
      - the various care bear reboots have been...disappointing. -- nm - znufrii still hasn't gotten a haircut Jul 23, 13:15
  - ...or so I’m told. -- nm - Mop Jul 23, 13:09
PDFTPOTUS -- nm - POTUS Jul 23, 13:00 2
- I drink your milkshake, I drink your milkshake -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 23, 13:05
- Imposter! -- nm - loosilu Jul 23, 13:04

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