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VGK uniforms tonight look like vintage Canucks unis -- nm - budice Aug 30, 19:56
SEA Catcher Austin Nola to the Padres in a seven-player deal -- (link) - budice Aug 30, 19:25
Wisconsin governor asks President Trump to call off trip to Kenosha -- (link) - budice Aug 30, 19:22 4
- If I may be so bold: (seriously) What is the reasoning the White House is giving for the President’s trip? -- nm - Mopsy Aug 30, 19:58 3
  - OK, yeah. I found it here. It’s all about showing support for “law & order” in light of the protests. “Survey the damage”. -- (link) - Mopsy Aug 30, 20:05
  - either to stand with the police as a sign of law and order or attempt to meet with the family for a photo op -- nm - Remlik Aug 30, 20:04
  - LAW & ORDER -- nm - mafic Aug 30, 20:02
Lovecraft Country has been really good so far. Of course, that "Sinnerman" cover that plays over the credits helps a lot. - Marlowe Aug 30, 19:21
Trotz is a genius -- nm - budice Aug 30, 19:20
What's the record for Leverage episodes in a day? (at 11 right now) - Beaker Aug 30, 18:53 1
- Well, Hardison thought he had the record at 12, but Parker figured out a way to watch two a a time, so she made it to 24. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 30, 18:56
"So they just chewed it?" "No, they infused the gum with flavour." "What did you infuse it with?" - Beryllium Aug 30, 18:46
Dune movie teaser -- (link) - budice Aug 30, 18:13 7
- should i read these books? -- nm - Beaker Aug 30, 18:28 4
  - I enjoyed the first one last year, but I have no interest in any of the rest so that tells you a little something about where I levelled off. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Aug 30, 18:48
  - I'd say it's more important to see Villeneuve's three preceding pictures. -- nm - mud Aug 30, 18:46
  - maybe the first one? -- nm - mafic Aug 30, 18:37
  - They're drier than the desert. I mean, maybe you'll like the ideas, but the delivery is awful. -- nm - TWuG Aug 30, 18:34
- like it! -- nm - Remlik Aug 30, 18:27
- [splurt] -- nm - mud Aug 30, 18:27
incredible: "Another heat record was obliterated this summer. Phoenix just had 50 days straight that hit 110 degrees or higher." -- (link) - prayformojo Aug 30, 18:02 5
- We're being warned that temps next weekend will be even higher than the last. It's been really nice the last couple of days. -- nm - Meg Aug 30, 19:16 2
  - And fire danger will be critical. -- nm - Meg Aug 30, 19:17 1
    - damn -- nm - prayformojo Aug 30, 19:47
- I'm sure they will also set a new record for consecutive days over 100. we probably will. -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 30, 18:13
- That is why they've had no cases of covid-19. -- nm - 45 Aug 30, 18:08
"Please don't make me listen to your music." - TWuG Aug 30, 17:57
Braves are making an aggressive play for Clevinger -- (link) - budice Aug 30, 17:50 1
- Indians are reportedly asking for Waters + a SP prospect -- nm - Strongbad Aug 30, 18:54
A Shuri led Black Panther film would be aces -- nm - TWuG Aug 30, 17:41 14
- Would rather have (spoiler) - eag Aug 30, 18:03 5
  - she becomes Panther in the books. -- nm - Remlik Aug 30, 18:30 1
    - cool. -- nm - mud Aug 30, 18:46
  - Or spoil - Wakanda Forever Aug 30, 18:05 2
    - You mean (spoils) - eag Aug 30, 18:08 1
      - Any number if ways, but those plants could give her the strength to wear it. -- nm - Wakanda Forever Aug 30, 18:09
- Without giving anything away, I'm 97% sure that was already in the plans -- nm - David Aug 30, 17:44 7
  - it's already happened in the books. -- nm - Remlik Aug 30, 18:31
  - Like ty knows anything about this stuff. -- nm - Wakanda Forever Aug 30, 17:50 2
    - "Ant-Man accidentally catches the Necklace and turns into White Panther" -- nm - 97 si Aug 30, 17:53 1
      - "This isn't right. It's not right. Nope, gotta take this off." -- nm - pANTher Aug 30, 18:18
  - I would love to see a (spoils) - Will Hunting Aug 30, 17:47 2
    - Spoils - Wakanda Forever Aug 30, 17:50 1
      - it's already been figured out. -- nm - Remlik Aug 30, 18:31
Leverage reminds me alot of White Collar (just a larger cast). Really liking it -- nm* - Beaker Aug 30, 17:35 1
- If I had to re-watch White Collar (or Burn Notice, for that matter) knowing what I do now... I wouldn’t. - Mopsy Aug 30, 20:02
WI Gov Evers to Trump: Stay away -- (link) - TWuG Aug 30, 17:32
NJ: Catholic HS Teacher Arrested After 'Having Sex With Student 60 Times In 18 Months' -- (link) - budice Aug 30, 17:30
The Colorado - Dallas game, maybe not the best example of goal tending -- nm - JD Aug 30, 17:21 1
- Dallas making some moves here in said playoffs -- nm - budice Aug 30, 17:27
Andrelton Simmons likely headed to Yanks, UFA after the season. Angels gonna move him -- nm* - budice Aug 30, 17:17
If you saw and remember it, what letter grade would you give the movie Excalibur? -- nm - prayformojo Aug 30, 17:09 8
- That movie was so pivotal to my young growth of what cinema would continue to mean to me - Epiphany- What’s upppp? Aug 30, 17:50 1
  - The IM is well put - con_carne Aug 30, 18:05
- A, but I haven't watched it since around 1985. -- nm - David Aug 30, 17:46
- Skip it and watch the Guy R. version. -- nm - Wakanda Forever Aug 30, 17:34
- saw but don't remember much anymore -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 30, 17:27
- A, but it's not something I go around recommending to people -- nm - con_carne Aug 30, 17:24
- I liked it as a kid, though I remember it being super long. -- nm - Judge Bane Aug 30, 17:16
- Fan of it growing up, A- -- nm - budice Aug 30, 17:14
Not a huge fan of 9:15pm softball games, but three this week! -- nm - Shaun Aug 30, 16:56
Linda Hamilton's twin sister, Leslie Hamilton Freas, has died at age 63. -- (link) - Beaker Aug 30, 16:52
WWE/AEW: Kenny Omega made an appearance on SmackDown -- (link) - Tim Aug 30, 16:50
Bery, further from my Coast Hotels email - they think I'd really like their new Parksville Hotel and surrounding area. -- nm - Meg Aug 30, 16:37 1
- It's a very nice area. Good beach. Hiking nearby. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 30, 17:36
SpaceX successfully launched an Argentinian sat and nailed a landing at the landing zone - TWuG Aug 30, 16:29 4
- So Hugo Drax is working for our mortal enemies now. OK, good, I see how it is. (NM) - Marlowe Aug 30, 16:42
- Video of the landing -- (link) - TWuG Aug 30, 16:31
- very cool. -- nm - mud Aug 30, 16:30 1
  - :-) -- (link) - mud Aug 30, 16:36
I'm reading (well, listening to) The Godfather for the first time. They made one of the greatest movie(s) out of this? -- (edited) - JD Aug 30, 16:23 4
- Well—he basically sold his first draft—so it’s great in that case. -- nm - Flavorize—Mr Unliiiiiiiiimited Aug 30, 18:03
- oh the book is not that good at all -- nm - Beaker Aug 30, 16:24 2
  - Definitely an extreme case of the movie being better than the book - con_carne Aug 30, 16:38 1
    - Oh, yay....only 11 more hours of the book ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ - JD Aug 30, 16:44
VMAs: Miley Cyrus -- (link) - budice Aug 30, 16:21 11
- Did they add the blur or is she packing an arc reactor? -- nm - Max Aug 30, 19:27
- She’s beautiful. Striking even. The mullet has to go -- nm - Epiphany- What’s upppp? Aug 30, 17:52 4
  - And she has a sun between her legs. -- nm - Wakanda Forever Aug 30, 17:53 3
    - Is anyone surprised? She’s going to be “ shocky” til the end -- nm - Epiphany- What’s upppp? Aug 30, 17:58 1
      - Oh, I have had a rather big crush on her for quite a while. She bears a striking resemblance to someone I used to date. -- nm - Wakanda Forever Aug 30, 18:07
    - she's had a few things between her legs -- nm - Beaker Aug 30, 17:55
- How are they managing the VMAs with distancing and all? -- nm - ty97 Aug 30, 16:27 1
  - Based on the picture seems everyone is in their own box. -- nm - zunkskunk+ Aug 30, 16:43
- Doja Cat -- (link) - budice Aug 30, 16:27
- Madison Beer -- (link) - budice Aug 30, 16:26
- Ariana Grande -- (link) - budice Aug 30, 16:26
nice putt -- nm - mud Aug 30, 16:04 2
- DJ! Ice cold -- nm - budice Aug 30, 16:04 1
  - and Rahm! -- nm - budice Aug 30, 16:24
LYC Update on my quest for funny shit - con_carne Aug 30, 16:03
Watching Ragnarok. Karl Urban was in both LOTR and MCU. Who else? - prayformojo Aug 30, 16:02 19
- Martin Freeman. -- nm - Wakanda Forever Aug 30, 17:46 4
  - How did we not get that first? -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 30, 17:48 3
    - I read the list three times to make sure it was not there. Could not believe it wasnt. -- nm - Wakanda Forever Aug 30, 17:52 2
      - you missed it, bub -- (link) - mud Aug 30, 19:54 [Backboard]
      - err... -- nm - Reagen Aug 30, 19:08
- If Ebony Maw had not been CGI, Hugo Weaving. -- nm - Wakanda Forever Aug 30, 17:37 2
  - Red Skull? -- nm - JD Aug 30, 17:39 1
    - Whoa! -- nm - Wakanda Forever Aug 30, 17:44
- Looking it up, huh, Richard Armitage. -- nm - Roger More Aug 30, 16:44
- Liv Tyler -- nm - budice Aug 30, 16:12
- Lee Pace -- nm - budice Aug 30, 16:09 1
  - yeah! -- nm - mud Aug 30, 16:18
- Benedict Cumberbatch -- (edited) - budice Aug 30, 16:07
- Sean Bean - mud Aug 30, 16:06
- Cate Blanchett -- nm - Reagen Aug 30, 16:05 1
  - oh, duh -- nm - prayformojo Aug 30, 16:06
- Robert Pattinson: Harry Potter, Twilight, Batman -- nm - Beaker Aug 30, 16:05
- Andy Serkis - con_carne Aug 30, 16:03 1
  - good call -- nm - prayformojo Aug 30, 16:04
Adele says Hello -- (link) - budice Aug 30, 15:55
"The Cake Maker of Kiev whoop all our asses, this is the Butcher of Kiev" -- nm - Beaker Aug 30, 15:48
I had a boss in Calgary that wore shorts 365 days a year. -- nm - Reagen Aug 30, 14:56 7
- wut. -- nm - mafic Aug 30, 18:10 3
  - I guess in theory you never need to go outside in the winter if you don't want to, and have an attached garage. -- nm - mafic Aug 30, 18:16 2
    - I think eventually it became his "thing". I saw him in -30 weather in shorts. -- nm - Reagen Aug 30, 19:09 1
      - Now his coffin has the legs sticking out -- nm - con_carne Aug 30, 19:14
- I'm wearing shorts right now. It's 16C/62F. A warm summer day. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 30, 16:24
- I have a friend who does that as well. - Judge Bane Aug 30, 15:38
- My uncle does that here in Ohio. -- nm - Ender Aug 30, 15:14
Golf (Flog) is very interesting at the moment (NBC) -- (link*) - budice Aug 30, 14:54
Portland Mayor Wheeler slams Trump: "You want me to stop the violence that you helped create. What America needs is for you to be stopped." -- (link) - mud Aug 30, 14:48 5
- Trump, after golf, fires off a series of tweets back. - Volnelk Aug 30, 15:26 4
  - so, tanks and humvees surrounding downtown, troops declaring marshal law to quell the riots and mayhem? -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 30, 15:50 2
    - (martial) -- nm - Reagen Aug 30, 15:51 1
      - Now is not the time to get married. -- nm - Qale Aug 30, 16:20
  - long three-parter that apparently appeared b4 Wheeler's presser ended, and by the grammar you can tell he never wrote -- nm - mud Aug 30, 15:31
United Airlines is elimination domestic ticket change fee 'forever' -- (link*) - ty97 Aug 30, 14:19 5
- That's very nice -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Aug 30, 14:23
- change fee, we'll just have to see post-pandemic business travel. Companies are comitting to remote workers in large numbers. Cuts down B&M costs -- nm* - budice Aug 30, 14:20 3
  - I'm skeptical just how much companies are going to reduce their B&M footprint. Regardless, people commuting to the office aren't flying there. -- (edited) - ty97 Aug 30, 14:27 2
    - Cutdown on B&M also reduces sales trips. More remote presentations, interviews, company meetings, etc ,etc ,etc -- nm* - budice Aug 30, 14:29 1
      - Sales trips aren't going to stop. -- nm - ty97 Aug 30, 14:34
Had not thought of that. New Mutants was bought and paid for by Fox prior to the Disney deal, so whatever it makes is pure profit. -- nm - Wakanda Forever Aug 30, 14:15 6
- Disney has paid for all promotions over the past 18 months. So, it's somehow still a loss. -- nm - David Aug 30, 14:19 4
  - There were promotions? -- nm - Wakanda Forever Aug 30, 14:28 2
    - I saw a lot of instagram ads, and nothing else. -- nm - mafic Aug 30, 18:11
    - Oh, yes. -- nm - David Aug 30, 14:31
  - agreed -- nm - budice Aug 30, 14:19
- or baked into the Fox purchase price -- nm - budice Aug 30, 14:17
Angela Lansbury in Malibu. August 2020. -- (link*) - budice Aug 30, 14:13 1
- and then the murders began -- nm - Beaker Aug 30, 14:41
What has become clear to me from Mojo’s trivia; what I know, I know the hell out of and what i don’t, I know zero. - Volnelk Aug 30, 14:07
Whenever the details of the 2020 ST fantasy league go live, I'd like to be involved please. -- nm - Shaun Aug 30, 14:06
Titans smrt: Hauschka and Gostkowski in for PK tryouts -- (link) - budice Aug 30, 14:04 1
- Meanwhile, QBs Jake Rudock, Kyle Sloter, and Kyle Lauletta are working out for the Falcons. -- nm - Wakanda Forever Aug 30, 14:16
Worf -- nm - Beaker Aug 30, 13:59
"LSU star receiver Ja'Marr Chase plans to opt out of the college football season to enter the NFL draft, a source told ESPN." - David Aug 30, 13:54 3
- give me a call, Ed... I still got a few years of eligibility left - prayformojo Aug 30, 14:09 1
  - Send me an email, Ed. I don’t know if I could understand you over the phone. -- nm - Volnelk Aug 30, 14:13
- I couldn't blame any high pick to follow suit -- nm - budice Aug 30, 13:57

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