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Richard Sherman says he’s playing three years after this. His wife told him that. -- (link) - budice Sep 10, 15:02
Shetland Islands to make bid for independence from Scotland -- (link) - Remlik Sep 10, 14:48 3
- FREE THE PONIES! -- nm - eag Sep 10, 15:05
- (not necessarily as an independent country, but probably as an autonomous region, a la The Faroes) -- nm - Reagen Sep 10, 15:03
- man they really must be pissed about the map inset thing! -- nm - mud Sep 10, 14:49
Rhode Island Senator Harold Metts, a *30-year* Dem lawmaker who is a fervent opponent of abortion rights, has **lost** Tuesday's primary -- (link) - Remlik Sep 10, 14:42 2
- In Rhode Island, abortions are called bailiwick fringledank crullers -- nm - con_carne Sep 10, 15:00
- Nice. "Newcomer Tiara Mack led the Democratic primary. Mack is a community activist and volunteers for Planned Parenthood." -- nm - JaxSean Sep 10, 14:48
Unless I'm missing something, there are no points awarded for passing yards in this league? -- nm - ML Sep 10, 14:42 6
- Yahoo hated my draft— - Flavorize—Mr Unliiiiiiiiimited Sep 10, 14:58 [Attachment]
- Motherfucking Yahoo has the schedule wrong. Shows the Eagles playing the Rams. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Sep 10, 14:56 1
  - Oh wait. We're sitting out Week One? (Sorry, I haven't been around lately.) -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Sep 10, 14:57
- It's a mistake that will be fixed after the draft. -- nm - David Sep 10, 14:43 2
  - This is fixed in the completed draft. Will fix in the 6 PM draft after the fact. -- nm - David Sep 10, 14:47 1
    - What is it going to be? 0.05 per yard? -- nm* - Strongbad Sep 10, 14:55
Dak Prescott sought help for anxiety and depression during the offseason. -- (link) - Diva Sep 10, 14:31 12
- Skip Bayless can go fuck himself. -- nm - Remlik Sep 10, 14:34 10
  - Yup -- nm - Flavorize—Mr Unliiiiiiiiimited Sep 10, 14:58
  - This feels like something worthy of a suspension. -- nm - David Sep 10, 14:37 8
    - Especially on #WorldSuicidePreventionDay -- nm - Max Sep 10, 15:40
    - I totally get what he was trying to say, but man did he just not do it without compassion -- nm - Remlik Sep 10, 14:43 6
      - This is the same guy who said Russell Wilson isn’t black enough, about a month ago - Flavorize—Mr Unliiiiiiiiimited Sep 10, 14:59 1
        
        yonh! -- nm - Diva Sep 10, 15:19
      - He's an old asshole that has a fucked up notion of what masculinity is, as well as what football players understand. -- nm - Reagen Sep 10, 14:45
      - He's a toxic male whose target audience is toxic males. He's just the worst. -- nm - David Sep 10, 14:44 2
        
        The giveaway is when he referred to it as "depressed" instead of "depression". He's still working off the he-man definition. -- nm - Reagen Sep 10, 14:54
        
        this is true as well -- nm - Remlik Sep 10, 14:44
- definitely agree w/your IM -- nm - prayformojo Sep 10, 14:33
Trump tried to make his point by explaining that he watched 9 hours of Fox. -- (link) - Volnelk Sep 10, 14:18 2
- "so giving a deposition would be too taxing on your job, huh" -- nm - Reagen Sep 10, 14:55 1
  - To be fair, that's 9 hours of meetings with his closest advisors. -- nm - pmb Sep 10, 15:04
Martha Stewart launches a CBD line -- (link) - Peglegpete Sep 10, 14:11
In health news... BC Supreme Court rules against legalizing private healthcare -- (link) - Beryllium Sep 10, 14:01 2
- You’ll get subsidized government sponsored universal healthcare and you’ll like it! -- nm - Mopsy Sep 10, 14:06 1
  - Yes, I believe I will. I mean, why complicate the unpleasantness of medical procedures themselves with the added unpleasantness of bills? -- nm - Beryllium Sep 10, 14:12
BloodFeuds: 1st Draft starts in 5mins -- nm - budice Sep 10, 13:54 5
- Oh look, I'm going to end up with the same RB I have in Astronauts. -- nm - Strongbad Sep 10, 14:35 1
  - Or not. Inigo took Saquon over CMC. -- nm - Strongbad Sep 10, 15:35
- Did you do what Spawn said and join both? - the wrong element, bad guy Sep 10, 14:05 1
  - 2nd draft is an hour from now -- nm - budice Sep 10, 14:07
- Phillip Rivers!! -- nm - Beaker Sep 10, 13:55
And on top of everything else, there have been five house fires in the neighborhood in the past 36 hours. - ReluctantCynic Sep 10, 13:52 7
- please be careful. not that is much help with the worry but isn't your house made of concrete? -- nm - Epiphany- Ballerina Disco Ball Sep 10, 14:17
- related to wildfires? -- nm - JaxSean Sep 10, 14:07 1
  - If the winds are still up, it's almost guaranteed -- nm - con_carne Sep 10, 15:08
- That’s... wow. WTF? Just random or what? -- nm - Mopsy Sep 10, 14:06
- BE SAFE -- nm - Peglegpete Sep 10, 14:06
- yikes, stay safe -- nm - Beaker Sep 10, 13:56
- oh boy... -- nm - Diva Sep 10, 13:55
"Okay, see you....." We just finished the last of the Kim's Convenience S4 episode. That series is so much fun. -- nm - prayformojo Sep 10, 13:48 5
- I’ll be honest. I’m halfway through S1 and I don’t get the love. I’ve enjoyed a few episodes but mostly I’m bored. -- nm - kelly Sep 10, 14:05 1
  - try Letterkenny next! -- nm - Epiphany- Ballerina Disco Ball Sep 10, 14:17
- We have Kim's Convenience ongoing and I've started my partner onto Cobra Kai. He's got some catching up to do. - Diva Sep 10, 13:58
- Corner Gas next! -- nm - Beaker Sep 10, 13:56
- I need to get back to Kim's Convenience. I've been binge-watching Shameless (both versions). -- nm - ReluctantCynic Sep 10, 13:51
Kim and my teams have scored 41 runs over the last 24 hours. - David Sep 10, 13:42
Did returning to the classroom kill this 3rd grade teacher? -- (link) - Mopsy Sep 10, 13:35 13
- Doubtful, actually. She was teaching remote. -- nm - Volnelk Sep 10, 13:57 2
  - But she if she was back in the school 2 weeks ago with a bunch of other teachers and staff, it's possible. - JaxSean Sep 10, 14:01 1
    - Right, but unless she’s only been at home and school, implying that school is the cause is sensationalizing. - Volnelk Sep 10, 14:14
- Everyone dies sometime, mop - oblique Sep 10, 13:42 8
  - I'm more and more not looking at FB timeline/friends, and only looking at 2 of my Groups that don't allow anything political. - JaxSean Sep 10, 13:58 3
    - You, apparently, are a smarter man than I. Time to hit the road and call and end to this day. -- nm - oblique Sep 10, 14:00 1
      - a good friend posted a photo in Instagram of an article from the Atlanta paper about Trump VS Biden tax plans - JaxSean Sep 10, 14:07
    - yep. -- nm - Diva Sep 10, 14:00
  - You should send him a link to this story and see if he defines 28 as old -- nm - JD Sep 10, 13:46 1
    - *sends a screencap to Ms. Kilbo* -- nm - Mopsy Sep 10, 13:59
  - i appreciate old people that are saying "just cause i'm old doesn't mean i want to die" -- nm - colin Sep 10, 13:43
  - Signed, Lance Archer -- nm - David Sep 10, 13:43
- didn't help, i'm guessing. -- nm - colin Sep 10, 13:37
California has gender reveal parties. Oregon has a psychopath with a machete. -- (link) - Mopsy Sep 10, 13:32 5
- That guy would win the "Did I ever tell you about the time.." game in nearly every gathering. Like the time I ordered 35 double cheseburgers and the - JD Sep 10, 13:59
- I'll take the psychopath. Gender reveal parties are just stupid. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Sep 10, 13:41
- Is it a pyrotechnic machete? No? All good then. -- nm - ty97 Sep 10, 13:40 2
  - Danny Trejo would be so jealous if it was -- nm - eag Sep 10, 13:45
  - it sparks when he missed and hits a rock or wall or something. -- nm - colin Sep 10, 13:43
Hubie Halloween. Netflix + Sandler -- (link) - oblique Sep 10, 13:29 [youtube] 1
- God dammit. I just might watch that. -- nm - Mopsy Sep 10, 14:05
Microsoft Teams + NFL -- (link) - oblique Sep 10, 13:26 2
- *slams Surface tablet* -- nm - Belichick si Sep 10, 13:28
- guaranteed half those people won't be able to connect... - colin Sep 10, 13:28
Home Depot cancels Black Friday? YOU'VE GONE TOO FAR, 2020! YOU'VE GONE TOO FAR! -- (link) - Mopsy Sep 10, 13:26 4
- Nah, good for them. -- nm - Judge Bane Sep 10, 13:30
- oh that's soon. need a dishwasher, washer/dryer, on-demand water heater. -- nm - colin Sep 10, 13:27 2
  - I'm just about fed up with my dishwasher. I'm about to drop kick it out of the house -- nm - oblique Sep 10, 13:27 1
    - don't talk about your wife and/or kids like that... - colin Sep 10, 13:28
It's the return of 506sports' NFL broadcast maps! -- (link) - prayformojo Sep 10, 13:18 3
- Baton Rouge gets the bengals. -- nm - Volnelk Sep 10, 13:54
- Austin done pissed someone off. -- nm - Mopsy Sep 10, 13:27
- oh fun. i'll be going to an.. unmentionable place.. for mine. -- nm - colin Sep 10, 13:24
Wipeout revival, starring Jon Cena, Nicole Beyer and Camille Kostek, heading to TBS -- (link) - prayformojo Sep 10, 13:13 6
- I'm happy for Nicole Beyer, but I'd be a lot happier if she were on Cody's show instead. -- nm - David Sep 10, 13:44
- the drummer is great -- (link) - Peglegpete Sep 10, 13:18 [youtube] 3
  - I'm getting tired just watching him. -- nm - pmb Sep 10, 13:44
  - i don't think i've ever seen it played live... that drummer is excellent. -- nm - colin Sep 10, 13:33 1
    - as a bonus, Jonathan Moffett drumming to Smooth Criminal like a machine. -- (link) - colin Sep 10, 13:38 [youtube]
- Which itself is a reimagining of MXC which is a re-editing of Takeshi's Castle. -- nm - Qale Sep 10, 13:16
Re: a few boards ago, whenever you guys talk about health care there's always a moment in the conversation where we jet off to another planet - Reagen Sep 10, 13:09 4
- my reaction is always "how the fuck is that a system that gets defended? thank (insert deity here) that i never ever deal with any of that." -- nm - Andie Sep 10, 14:02
- Yeah, and with a big dose of "We pay so much more than every other country why?" "Because that's the price, duh. Pay attn." -- nm - con_carne Sep 10, 13:17
- those health insurance CEOs need another boat yo, so you can wait in line for months or you can step over the bodies of poor who can't afford it -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 10, 13:17
- yep -- nm - mud Sep 10, 13:13
LIR: blog. Yeah, if not wordpress or medium, then it's simple enough to fire up wix or weebly and self-publish a website. Cost is minimal to have - oblique Sep 10, 13:05 7
- blogger is still a thing, still works just fine and will take a custom domain. if you're just posting random stuff, it's still a good option. -- nm - colin Sep 10, 13:25 4
  - It's the aol.net email of blogging though -- nm - oblique Sep 10, 13:27 3
    - but.... it works. and it looks fine. and it's not even recognizable as blogger. -- (link) - colin Sep 10, 13:29 2
      - Oh, we know :) -- nm - oblique Sep 10, 13:32 1
        
        i bet i could put lipstick on that pig... -- nm - colin Sep 10, 13:35
- No presh, but is it still pretty true that once you choose a platform it's a pain and a half to move to another one later you might like more? - con_carne Sep 10, 13:10
- Yeah, that or squarespace -- nm - Beryllium Sep 10, 13:06
ST NFL Survivor and Pick 'em links at the top. -- nm - Beaker Sep 10, 13:04
BF reminder: 1st draft in 1 hour -- nm - budice Sep 10, 13:02 4
- NFL Pick 'Em reminder: sign up ! don't be a sap ! link above ^^ -- nm - mud Sep 10, 13:03 3
  - I was going to pick but then I saw it listed a team as "Las Vegas" so it clearly is broken. -- nm - Wakanda Forever Sep 10, 13:08 2
    - That's how we know the simulation glitched. -- nm - Reagen Sep 10, 13:12
    - yeah, we're looking into that. Please Stand By. -- nm - mud Sep 10, 13:11
A pickup truck was vandalized in victoria today, with anti-trump stuff spray painted on it. It was a Texas-plated truck. - Beryllium Sep 10, 12:56 16
- Yeah, what kind of asshole vandalizes his own vehicle to make themselves look like a victim?! -- nm - Mopsy Sep 10, 13:59 6
  - Well, I mean ... that's definitely a thought that crossed my mind. Here's the pics -- (link) - Beryllium Sep 10, 14:05 5
    - I can't tell if this is because the truck owner was Pro Trump or just from Texas and they assumed? - Epiphany- Ballerina Disco Ball Sep 10, 14:20 2
      - If everything is on the up and up, I assume that "truck's from texas, owner must support trump" was what went through the minds of some teenagers. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 10, 14:25 1
        
        To be fair, a lot of people who drive pickups (here) are asshats anyway. -- nm - JaxSean Sep 10, 14:49
    - That’s a damn shame. Nice truck. Probably doesn’t feel good to find your car like that. But... is that ironic pro-Trump graffiti? -- nm - Mopsy Sep 10, 14:17 1
      - I took it as accusatory. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 10, 14:26
- Did it have Trump stuff on it to start with? -- nm - Wakanda Forever Sep 10, 13:03 1
  - Not that I could tell. Just an innocuous white pickup with Texan plates -- nm - Beryllium Sep 10, 13:58
- How did a Texan get into Canada? -- nm - decline Sep 10, 12:59 6
  - Lots of Americans are in Canada for long periods of time. Heck, there's a person with a Vermont plate who works near me. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 10, 13:58
  - Yeah, that’s what I’m wondering. -- nm - Mopsy Sep 10, 13:55
  - was it the actors from Supernatural? cause those crazy guys may have driven there from Austin. - Epiphany- Ballerina Disco Ball Sep 10, 13:45
  - There's the "Alaska loophole" though it's been tightened - Reagen Sep 10, 13:01 2
    - Usually an Alaskan Loophole will cost you $50 in Juneau. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Sep 10, 13:08 1
      - How would Juneau? -- nm - Qale Sep 10, 13:18
"Why did you lie to the American people?" "What a terrible question. I didn't lie..." -- (link) - mud Sep 10, 12:54 7
- He's basically pulling the "Marge, it takes two to lie, one to lie and another to believe it" bit. -- nm - Reagen Sep 10, 12:59
- He wrote Front Row at the Trump Show. -- nm - Wakanda Forever Sep 10, 12:56
- He went in front of the cameras? What in the what? -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 10, 12:56 4
  - after fighting with two vet reporters in the front he goes to the OANer at the back who asks about the Durham investigation. -- nm - mud Sep 10, 12:57 3
    - "They got caught in the biggest political scandal of our time!" -- nm - mud Sep 10, 12:59 2
      - The pasty white man, blinking incredulously. -- nm - Reagen Sep 10, 13:02
      - ha! and then he walks out (after blathering about that for at least 5 minutes) -- nm - mud Sep 10, 13:01
What'll follow the waterfall of water fowl? -- nm - Reagen Sep 10, 12:48 3
- Bob Loblaw's Law Blog'll follow the waterfall of water fowl -- nm - prayformojo Sep 10, 12:52
- Whichever came first. -- nm - Wakanda Forever Sep 10, 12:48 1
  - yeah, i'm guessing eggs. -- nm - colin Sep 10, 12:50
Our air quality index hit 533 yesterday. Today (around 280) is "very unhealthy". Yesterday's category? "Beyond AQI". -- (link) - Mopsy Sep 10, 12:43 8
- "What's the air quality forecast?" "It just says 'brisket'." -- nm - Reagen Sep 10, 12:49 1
  - L3! -- nm - Epiphany- Ballerina Disco Ball Sep 10, 13:46
- Ugh. I may have to leave the top up going home. -- (link) - Wakanda Forever Sep 10, 12:45 5
  - Ours are lower than you which makes no sense since were one state over and directly east of california -- nm - eag Sep 10, 12:49 4
    - Well, that reading is out of Indianapolis, the capital. So it is probably a bit better where I am. -- nm - Wakanda Forever Sep 10, 12:50 3
      - Dude. I google air quality [my zip] and then click Wunderground. Air quality can vary mile by mile almost -- nm - con_carne Sep 10, 12:55 2
        
        I was kinda kidding. Ours is usually Good but bumps into Moderate on occasion. Never seen it higher than that. -- nm - Wakanda Forever Sep 10, 13:05 1
        
        Ah. I hope you can appreciate why I got pedantic about that:) -- nm - con_carne Sep 10, 13:32
2020, folks!!! -- nm - Wakanda Forever Sep 10, 12:43 2
- "This Is 2020." -- nm - mud Sep 9, 13:22 -- nm -- nm - mud Sep 10, 12:48 1
  - This is radio joe, the pirate democrat -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 10, 13:38

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