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Couple IDs mystery litterer they say left cups on their lawn for 3 years -- (link) - oblique Apr 20, 12:52 1
- someone really needs to let things goo. -- nm - tRuMAN Apr 20, 12:56
I've been in and out today and not really following this soccer thing, but looking now it's hilarious. I don't even think the New Coke comparison - pmb Apr 20, 12:48 8
- "Meth - we're on it" -- nm - Max Apr 20, 12:59
- I would go with Qwikster, which was announced by Netflix then quickly abandoned as stupid. -- nm - Baron Nefcy Apr 20, 12:57 1
  - (but they were right) -- nm - Reagen Apr 20, 12:58
- It has a Four Seasons Total Landscaping level of farce to it. -- nm - Reagen Apr 20, 12:49 4
  - This is begging to be Armando Iannucci'd -- nm - prayformojo Apr 20, 12:53
  - It's Python-esque. -- nm - pmb Apr 20, 12:50 2
    - Or Brooksian -- nm - rollo Apr 20, 13:12
    - this -- nm - Jovian Apr 20, 12:50
huh, running into a bunch of songs that the artist has blocked from being played on other platforms in turntable. -- nm - tRuMAN Apr 20, 12:44
They are clearing out all the government buildings pre-verdict.(I don't read any verdict into that, but that's the hold-up) -- (link) - ty97 Apr 20, 12:44 11
- just got an email, since our KC office was near the BLM protests, they are considering closing the office at 4 just in case there are more protests. -- nm - tRuMAN Apr 20, 12:55
- As well they should. -- nm - Spawn Apr 20, 12:44
- that sounds onminous. -- nm - tRuMAN Apr 20, 12:44 8
  - I expect it was the plan for whenever a verdict arrived. The folks making this decision don't know the verdict. -- nm* - ty97 Apr 20, 12:47 3
    - We all know the verdict. Though I hope we're all wrong. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Apr 20, 12:56 2
      - With this quick of a verdict, I'm not so sure. I expected a hung jury TBH. But we'll see. -- nm - ty97 Apr 20, 12:59 1
        
        True, hopefully the speed bodes well cause it's sooooo obvious. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Apr 20, 13:02
  - Hope for the best but prepare for hell. -- nm - Spawn Apr 20, 12:45 3
    - If he only gets manslaughter, it's going to be bad. - colin Apr 20, 12:47 2
      - Would manslaughter cause problems? People might not be happy, but I also think expectations of holding a cop accountable are *SO LOW* - ty97 Apr 20, 12:49 1
        
        Everyone protesting was calling it murder. Sure, it's some kind of justice.. - colin Apr 20, 12:54
Mortal Combat - first 7 minutes -- (link) - Beaker Apr 20, 12:43 [youtube] 1
- Ill just watch this on look 20 times, call it good -- nm - colin Apr 20, 12:54
Chauvin verdicts reached. Announce 4:30 ET -- (link*) - mud Apr 20, 12:30 8
- This is gonna be a long half hour. -- nm - loosilu Apr 20, 12:56
- Last night when I left work there were a lot of cops on foot. Crews have been tearing up BLM plaza to put in piping, but not protesters I've seen - Max Apr 20, 12:48
- Biden: "I'm praying the verdict is the right verdict" -- (link) - budice Apr 20, 12:47
- is Super Innocent a thing? -- nm - Beaker Apr 20, 12:35
- That was quick, right? (NM) - Marlowe Apr 20, 12:32 3
  - Hell. Yes. -- nm - Spawn Apr 20, 12:34
  - Usually favors prosecution. Guess the individual jurors will be polled to ensure the verdict -- nm* - budice Apr 20, 12:34
  - I'd say so. -- nm - mud Apr 20, 12:33
Dave Bautista on the Bane statement -- (link*) - budice Apr 20, 12:28 5
- he also wants to play Lobo. -- nm - Remlik Apr 20, 12:53 1
  - Please, no. - Spawn Apr 20, 12:53
- It is like calling your shot. -- nm - Spawn Apr 20, 12:29 2
  - CMPunk: "Some people wait for doors, other people make their own. " -- (link) - budice Apr 20, 12:31 1
    - CMPunk: straight edge. sweetheart. No Facebook. - Spawn Apr 20, 12:34
Apple will keep 30% of your private podcast revenue + the $19.99/year in the first year. Moving to 15% of subscribers in year 2+ -- (link) - budice Apr 20, 12:19 2
- Jokes on them. Most podcasts are labors of love, amirite? -- nm - IAmQale Apr 20, 12:49
- So same as apps -- nm - spamlet Apr 20, 12:37
Rock and Roll: Jim Steinman, songwriter for Meatloaf and Bonnie Tyler and others passes away -- (link) - Remlik Apr 20, 12:19
“Never underestimate the incompetence of people.” -- (link) - znufrii Apr 20, 12:15 1
- ... he said, while looking in a mirror. -- nm - Spawn Apr 20, 12:28
Super League scores unchanged after everyone drops out. -- nm - David Apr 20, 12:12 2
- Spurs still won. -- nm - budice Apr 20, 12:14 1
  - Hell yeah they did. -- nm - Volnelk Apr 20, 13:48
I don't want to say that futbol fans aren't special, but 'These clubs were built on working class communities' is pretty much the story of -- (edited) - Max Apr 20, 12:10 2
- I think there is a difference in the sense that most of those clubs are truly social/sports clubs, that you can be - Marlowe Apr 20, 12:19
- hockey changed from that model back in the early 1900s. All synthetic pro organizations after that. - Reagen Apr 20, 12:12
Sorry guys, internet been down for a half hour. Alrighty then guys, we're in. Let's do this Super league thing! -- nm - Bayern Munich Apr 20, 12:06 2
- yeah! -- (link) - mud Apr 20, 12:20
- L3 -- nm - Max Apr 20, 12:10
Tottenham Hotspur FC. Undefeated champion of the Super League. -- nm - Volnelk Apr 20, 12:00 5
- What, exactly, is a Hotspur? -- nm - TWuG Apr 20, 12:01 4
  - A british dude from the 1300s. Details herein. - Volnelk Apr 20, 12:04 3
    - isn't that precious. -- nm - mud Apr 20, 12:06 2
      - Worse ways to pick a team name I suppose. At least it's original. -- nm - Volnelk Apr 20, 12:09 1
        
        certainly. I find there's few cool names in any sport. -- nm - mud Apr 20, 12:17
Jordan Reed retiring from NFL due to issues from concussions -- nm - Beaker Apr 20, 11:57
ty97: Woohoo to the 35X news!! -- nm - MDH Apr 20, 11:56
And it’s done -- (link) - znufrii Apr 20, 11:50 15
- Is all this coincidentally spilling out after the London evening news? -- nm - Max Apr 20, 11:59 1
  - I think they initially announced the league when Line of Duty was on thinking no-one would notice. -- nm - LMS Apr 20, 12:00
- And apparently ManU’s chairman has now resigned. -- nm* - znufrii Apr 20, 11:57 1
  - bit of an ... wait, is there a soccer term for this? -- nm - Reagen Apr 20, 11:59
- Nothing more here than what's already been reported. Chelsea and ManCity out. Presumably, the rest bail in a few minutes. -- nm - Mop Apr 20, 11:53 1
  - Arsenal is out, too, IIUC - TWuG Apr 20, 12:00
- the trust exercises at the next UEFA retreat might get hairy. -- nm - Diva Apr 20, 11:52 1
  - So about those Champions and Europa Matchups... -- nm - budice Apr 20, 11:54
- FOOTBALL BELONGS TO US - Spawn Apr 20, 11:52
- Like Quibi, this was an easy call that I'm not sure how those involved did not see. -- nm - MDH Apr 20, 11:52 4
  - when all you can literally see is $$$$$$$$$$$$$ other stuff gets ignored. -- nm - Diva Apr 20, 11:53 3
    - There's gonna be some interesting things we find out in the coming days - Reagen Apr 20, 11:57 2
      - LA Galaxy gonna get trounced. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 20, 12:10
      - the buses better be gassed up cause there is gonna be alot of people and organizations thrown under them for certain -- nm - Beaker Apr 20, 11:58
- Thank goodness! I was afraid I might find soccer interesting for the duration of this crisis. -- nm - TWuG Apr 20, 11:52
Stop me if you've heard this one... Apple introduces series of new, brightly colored iMacs. -- (link) - Mop Apr 20, 11:48 4
- They’ve very pretty. They don’t go with -anything- in my apartment. -- nm - IAmQale Apr 20, 12:53
- No, no, please keep going. (NM) - Marlowe Apr 20, 11:52
- Huh, they remembered they make iMacs. -- nm - spamlet Apr 20, 11:51
- Kids won't remember that either, or that Apple referred to them as "flavors." -- nm - Baron Nefcy Apr 20, 11:51
79% of British fans opposed to super league, per YouGov poll -- nm - znufrii Apr 20, 11:47
And MANU stock price is back around where it ended last week. -- nm - znufrii Apr 20, 11:43 1
- Once Sir Alex was not aware and onboard. Doomed to fail for ManU -- nm - budice Apr 20, 11:45
So, the only consequence is Jose Mourihno got fired? Sounds about right. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 20, 11:41 3
- I love the timing. Any other day Mourinho would have been the center of attention even if it was for him getting fired and he would have loved - JD Apr 20, 11:44 2
  - Dollars to donuts, he got fired for refusing this. Isn’t it common to say everyone’s in agreement to walk away? - Will Hunting Apr 20, 11:46 1
    - Wage Cap meant everyone was gonna take paycuts eventually, doomed right there -- nm - budice Apr 20, 11:48
Futbexit -- nm - David Apr 20, 11:40 1
- It's Bill Paxton after he goes full Deathlok - Reagen Apr 20, 11:45
I haven't really been following, but this seems like the Fyre Festival of Soccer Leagues -- nm - Dano Apr 20, 11:38 3
- The only thing missing was the cheese sammich -- nm - Baron Nefcy Apr 20, 11:45
- It was over quicker than Bozonaro's promises to behave like a responsible adult. (NM) - Marlowe Apr 20, 11:44
- This works. -- nm - budice Apr 20, 11:42
Jeff Kaplan, game director of Overwatch, leaves Blizzard -- (link) - Reagen Apr 20, 11:37 2
- There goes Overwatch SuperLeague -- nm - budice Apr 20, 11:50 1
  - Nooo! My tendies! -- nm - Baron Nefcy Apr 20, 11:51
B2: Thanks, PMB. Now I know who to blame. -- nm - Baron Nefcy Apr 20, 11:35
Shot: Streaming giants could win big as soccer community reels over Super League split -- (link) - Mop Apr 20, 11:34 1
- Chaser: Amazon Says It Has “Concerns” About Breakaway European Super League -- (link) - Mop Apr 20, 11:34
I'm surprised this is falling apart so quickly -- nm - prayformojo Apr 20, 11:26 15
- JJ Watt -- (link) - budice Apr 20, 11:38 2
  - *FANTASTIC* -- nm - Mop Apr 20, 11:44
  - He is my favorite basketball player. -- nm - Spawn Apr 20, 11:42
- Spurs will be last out so they can claim a trophy. -- nm - Reagen Apr 20, 11:32 5
  - dang -- nm - Diva Apr 20, 11:50
  - Oof. -- nm - znufrii Apr 20, 11:38
  - How many social media managers can they go through in a single week? -- nm - Mop Apr 20, 11:38
  - That’s cold. Hysterical, but cold. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 20, 11:36
  - lol -- nm - tRuMAN Apr 20, 11:33
- Couldve been a way to negotiate thru the press as the focus was on Champions League reforms. But failed miserably and upset nearly everyone -- nm* - budice Apr 20, 11:31 5
  - I want to play poker with them. UEFA was unveiling changes to the CL yesterday. So, instead of saying, “Sorry but that’s not good enough”, - Will Hunting Apr 20, 11:39 4
    - "Whaddya gonna do, try the Super Duper League?" -- nm - Reagen Apr 20, 11:42 3
      - Somehow, they made FIFA and UEFA look like the good guys against money-hungry vampires. FIFA! -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 20, 11:44 2
        
        Right? -- nm - znufrii Apr 20, 11:46
        
        The guys who put in a World Cup in Qatar are upholding the tradition and spirit of the sport -- nm - JD Apr 20, 11:45
ty news -- (link) - Dano Apr 20, 11:25 2
- what kind of crazy fish was he trying to catch? -- nm - decline Apr 20, 11:41
- "older-age male grizzly, loves steak dinners" -- nm - MAULR app Apr 20, 11:38
Ah, we *do* have a Subrau dealer. It is way out on the east side, where I never venture. -- nm - Spawn Apr 20, 11:24 2
- sure sure. -- nm - tRuMAN Apr 20, 11:27
- "Here Be Imprezas" -- nm - Reagen Apr 20, 11:24
Ya know, Battle of the Network Stars? It's like the Challenge, but 40 years ago. -- nm* - Strongbad explaining to a millenial Apr 20, 11:24 1
- Except a helluva lot cooler - Will Hunting Apr 20, 11:28
I feel like "disband" is the wrong verb here. -- (link) - Reagen Apr 20, 11:23 6
- finding a patsy for -- nm - Max Apr 20, 11:36
- LOL -- nm - Mop Apr 20, 11:32
- Like.... when were they banded? -- nm - Dano Apr 20, 11:26
- cancellign -- nm - Beryllium Apr 20, 11:24 2
  - abort -- nm - Reagen Apr 20, 11:25 1
    - void -- nm - Spawn Apr 20, 11:31
Honest Trailers | Reefer Madness & The Big Lebowski -- (link) - Beaker Apr 20, 11:21 [youtube] 1
- Wow, this makes me no longer regret having missed seeing Lebowski. -- nm - Max Apr 20, 11:27
"IE 11 and below are not supported" - budice Apr 20, 11:18
Man City out -- (link) - ty97 Apr 20, 11:17 17
- This is going to be like Crystal Pepsi and New Coke. - Strongbad Apr 20, 11:32 1
  - The blowback will be immense. Fans are outside stadiums right now burning their swag. The owners of these teams won't live this down. -- nm - Mop Apr 20, 11:35
- Atletico Madrid - "adios" -- (link) - Reagen Apr 20, 11:24 7
  - It’s over. -- nm - David Apr 20, 11:33
  - Barca "won't go without a vote of the members" - gonna say that's a no -- nm - Reagen Apr 20, 11:26 5
    - Man U - player revolt behind the scenes -- (link) - Reagen Apr 20, 11:31 4
      - yeah, I would guess players werent happy about the idea of maybe not being allowed to play for their countries. -- nm - tRuMAN Apr 20, 11:33 3
        
        plus the pay cut -- nm - Beaker Apr 20, 11:35 2
        
        I still dont think a pay cut was every possible. -- nm - tRuMAN Apr 20, 11:38 1
        
        we're Super League motherfucker we can do whatever we want! -- nm - Super League Apr 20, 11:59
- I'm not sure the organizers thought this through completely -- nm - decline Apr 20, 11:22 1
  - heh -- nm - mud Apr 20, 11:25
- My theory is that the coverage calling it The American Model pushed the Premier League clubs over the edge ;-) -- nm - JD Apr 20, 11:22
- wow -- nm - prayformojo Apr 20, 11:19
- Now I really want to know who's going to be holding the bill at the end. -- nm - Max Apr 20, 11:19 1
  - barcelona, always barca. -- nm - tRuMAN Apr 20, 11:28
- B2 -- (link*) - Beaker Apr 20, 11:19 [Backboard]

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