The Swamp

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The murder rate in Richmond, VA is higher than the murder rate in Chicago. I hate to say it, but that is a misleading statistic. Chicago is very segregated. The overall murder rate for the city includes the white areas, which are mostly safe and have a very low murder rate, and the black/brown area...

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This is kinda fun, but you have to follow the link and read the thread ...

https://twitter.com/pharmasean/status/8 ... 8835128323

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Pruitt wrote:Spurs grinding down Newcastle.

Shelvey's stomp on Dele was ridiculous - and maybe 5 feet from the Ref. Followed very quickly by another foul on him that was nearly as nasty.

Ah, it's great to be back.

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Rex wrote:Bryce slips on a wet base and goes down hard. Fake twitter accounts are already calling it a torn ACL. Could his next game be in pinstripes?

You think the Cubs are going to trade for him already?

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--it does not inform anybody that white supremacists exist ... I guess this is where I disagree. Not so much informing people that white supremacists exist, but that white supremacists exist in such numbers and are such a problem. This isn't a couple dozen yahoos in white sheets out in a field some...

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C'mon, now. There's a lot of nuances here, and Trump is known for his nuanced take on things.

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Attention is the life blood of these groups, and it looks like we're hellbent to give it to them. I agree to an extent, but as we saw in the 1990s, a rising right-wing militia movement can have pretty serious implications. And it's harder to dismiss white supremacist groups as "fringe" wh...

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Steve of phpBB wrote:Test.

That time it worked fine.

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Test.

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DaveInSeattle wrote:
Rex wrote:Hey, I keep getting an error message whenever I successfully post. Did I miss out on some instruction on how to fix that?

I'm getting that as well.

I've been getting that for days - but only when it's a new post, not when I quote.

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Pruitt wrote:
Target in FBI-Russia probe also cheated with woman half his age!

They are talking about Manafort, right?

Heh.

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Apparently the Trump folks are turning on Manafort.

https://twitter.com/NatEnquirer/status/ ... 0166177792

I don't think that's a good idea.

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Oh yeah, that's going to fail too. No doubt. Its short term ad revenue over long term sustainability. And I'm in for The Athletic as soon as they add NY unless the writers they pick are shit. Yeah, I subscribed to the Athletic though I'm a little unenthused about their Lions writer(s)/coverage to d...

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Sting is the backup singer in the song "Money for Nothing" by Dire Straits. This fact surfaced during a discussion at a party I was at Monday evening and I was shocked then that this wasn't common knowledge. Sting has a very distinctive voice! Everyone my age knew this back in the day. Ye...

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Jon Lester has chosen "Lester" as his nickname.

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Just paid $5,500 for a boob job for my wife. Prorated over the next 12-15 years that's only about a buck a day. Should be worth every penny. Tomorrow's the big day. Wish me luck! (that she chooses the 520s over the 485s, but really there are no bad options here). Didn't see this before. Um, things ...

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I actually thought Darren Daulton had died 20 years ago. Not from age, obviously, but from something tragic. Is there some comp of his who passed away back then? Bo Diaz? Died when a satellite dish (one of the original huge ones) that he was installing fell on him. I think maybe I was thinking of D...

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Manafort's house raided by FBI As someone pointed out on Twitter, warrants require probable cause and approval from a judge. So they have to have something concrete. (Also, after nearly thirty years of this, I still can't type "probable cause". It's always "probably cause".)

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bfj wrote:

Dude, can you pick me up some toner while you're there?

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I actually thought Darren Daulton had died 20 years ago. Not from age, obviously, but from something tragic. Is there some comp of his who passed away back then?

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Pruitt wrote:I am currently working with a South Korean company. My producer continually posts pictures of his 3 year old daughter on Facebook.

I can only imagine what he is thinking right now.

Aren't they all just thinking about video games as the missiles go flying over?

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mister d wrote:Fuck off, Steve.

Yeah, it must've sucked to be a Yankees fan in the late 1990s.

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1995 Mariners. I was living in Moscow, Idaho, so the Mariners were our "local" team. That September, they went from 6 games behind California to 3 games ahead - in 11 games. Then lost that 3-game lead in the last five games. Then crushed the Angels in the one-game playoff. Then had that ma...

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I was going to post him in the "guys you are surprised are still alive" thread.

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Did Abe Vigoda finally pass on?

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What is the breakdown population wise? Anyway, it's not surprising. Obama took office just as the Great Recession was kicking in. The Republicans did a good job of preventing the Democrats from making things better and then blaming the Democrats for not making things better. Plus the promises of all...

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Goats are never not funny.

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You guys were making it too hard then! "After a Suggestion has been made, if possible, players must try to prove the Suggestion to be false. This is done by moving left to the player making the accusation. If that player has one of the cards that were used in the alleged crime, he then secretl...

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That "live longer" thing smakcks of using every person whose ever been on a roster for no matter how small of a time being included in the dataset to me. Actually, the study was limited to players with 5 or more seasons in the league, so that's not the case. It used a large data sample of...

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Jerloma wrote:
sancarlos wrote:How do you keep breaking glass in your bedroom?

Last time someone knocked a perfume bottle off the bureau, and this time the hammering from the renovation downstairs knocked a snow globe off the bureau.

Plus all the stuffed animals thrown through the TV.

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It's really frustrating to see GOP senators and representatives bitch and moan about Trump, but then vote right along with him. Jeff Flake is the latest example, but at least his anti-Trump language is pretty strident. Flake is definitely trying to position himself for a future run for President. B...

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Dodgers? Definitely the Dodgers. They were the premier NL franchise for decades. And they haven't even made it to the World Series in nearly 30 years. Plus, they've won the division the last 4 years but still didn't win the pennant. Edit: The Dodgers have won the Division eight times since 1988, pl...

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I'd argue Shepard deserves his own thread but I'll just say he was arguably the greatest living playwrights (when he was alive) which is no small feat, but when you factor in what an incredible actor he was as well... I don't even think I knew that the famous playwright Sam Shepard and the Guy-Who-...

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Took the red eye from LA back back to Tampa Friday night/Saturday morning and Kate Beckinsale was on the flight, took the same shuttle from the terminal with her & her TPD escort. Anyway later find out she was stalked later in the day m I contend there is no such thing as an irrational obsessio...

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Chris Christie https://cdn-s3.si.com/s3fs-public/styles/marquee_large_2x/public/2017/07/30/chris-christie-cubs-fan-face.jpg Matt Foley https://consequenceofsound.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/farley-spade-snl.jpg?w=1612&quality=80&h=806 OK, that's great.

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When I learned what the 3,000-hit club was, it had only 11 members.

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That all sounds horribly painful. Good luck. And yes, you are too old to be playing soccer. So live it up while you can.

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People in the Game of Thrones subreddit (r/asoiaf) were quick to note that 1) what kind of logistical purpose does Casterly Rock play in overall strategy (having done tabletop war planning, I agree) FInally watched the episode yesterday - just in time to miss tonight's and be behind again. But Cast...

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And if the math lines up and the dems win, it's a do-nothing stalemate until 2020. Which is a victory, but still. Until everything goes filibuster proof majority, America just kind of floats along. This is what really scared me about the repeal bill from last night. If the Senate passed that thing,...

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Ryan wrote:Somewhere around Carbondale is getting 2 total eclipses in the next 7 years

Jeez.

And if I live to 80 (and don't move), I'll have one pass right down the street.

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