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I don't know yet -- hot off the internet presses.

Mr. Plinkett review of Ghostbusters -- the bad one.

Open thread as I take fistfulls of Aleve.

Posted by: Ace at 07:35 PM

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1 It sucks, is my guess.

Posted by: SMFH at August 09, 2017 07:25 PM (sB1y1)

2
oh good, a Game of Throwup thread!

Posted by: Soothsayer -- bolded because it's a good'un at August 09, 2017 07:26 PM (J0tQ5)

3 There is only Zuul

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at August 09, 2017 07:26 PM (M5cQi)

4 Top 10 again?

Posted by: Abbyjack at August 09, 2017 07:27 PM (fushq)

5 Woo Hoo!

Posted by: Abbyjack at August 09, 2017 07:27 PM (fushq)

6
Yeah, I have zero interest in even a comical, sarcastic autopsy of this remake. I don't want to watch a single frame of these people.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- bolded because it's a good'un at August 09, 2017 07:27 PM (J0tQ5)

7 Saw the previews to the reboot of Jumanji with the Rock. Actually looked pretty good. They flipped the script and put the kids into the game.

Posted by: Jack Sock at August 09, 2017 07:28 PM (IDPbH)

8 *taps chin with fingernail while pondering*

Gojira tai Trigglypuff Marshmallow Xir

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at August 09, 2017 07:28 PM (M5cQi)

9
I thought he was a goner this last episode.

No spoilers!

Posted by: Soothsayer -- bolded because it's a good'un at August 09, 2017 07:28 PM (J0tQ5)

10 Open thread as I take fistfulls of Aleve.

You can have total relief For A Few Aleve More.

Posted by: The Man With No Name at August 09, 2017 07:28 PM (Mouru)

11 Jack Daniels breaks down Aleve quickly for digestion ace.

Posted by: Under Fire at August 09, 2017 07:28 PM (mcI77)

12 I didn't know Moochelle Mugabe was in GB2.

She is very talented for a man.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at August 09, 2017 07:28 PM (5VlCp)

13
otho, what makes Little Finger "likable" to you?

Posted by: Soothsayer -- bolded because it's a good'un at August 09, 2017 07:29 PM (J0tQ5)

14 The only person I don't hate on GoT is the Night King.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at August 09, 2017 07:30 PM (LTHVh)

15 I'll have to go with The Hound too. I liked the Wildling king too, until they killed him.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at August 09, 2017 07:30 PM (Mouru)

16 The guy's just getting back at the elves and men.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at August 09, 2017 07:30 PM (LTHVh)

17 Also saw the preview to Pitch Perfect 3. Anna Kendrick is getting less attractive by the minute. She will not look good by 40.

Posted by: Jack Sock at August 09, 2017 07:31 PM (IDPbH)

18 I liked the Wildling king too, until they killed him.

It didn't hurt that he played Caesar also.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at August 09, 2017 07:31 PM (LTHVh)

19 The only person I don't hate on GoT is the Night King.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at August 09, 2017 07:30 PM (LTHVh)

That realm has no redeeming qualities, they all need to be nuked.

Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at August 09, 2017 07:31 PM (aMlLZ)

20
The only person I don't hate on GoT is the Night King.

The dead albino extra from The Walking Dead?

Posted by: Soothsayer -- bolded because it's a good'un at August 09, 2017 07:31 PM (J0tQ5)

21
It didn't hurt that he played Caesar also.

ahhh, Rome. Good show.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- bolded because it's a good'un at August 09, 2017 07:32 PM (J0tQ5)

22 How big is your fist?

Posted by: dantesed at August 09, 2017 07:33 PM (88xKn)

23

Can someone tell me where Danerys is now? How was that castle just abandoned??

Posted by: Soothsayer -- bolded because it's a good'un at August 09, 2017 07:33 PM (J0tQ5)

24 I liked Cersei's walk of shame, and I still would pay good money to throw garbage at a hot chick walking through town naked.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at August 09, 2017 07:33 PM (Mouru)

25 BNG sends us a link to Stars & Stripes which reports that the Merit Systems Protection Board has forced the Veterans' Affairs Department to rehire Brian Hawkins, the disgraced former director of the VA's DC hospital system that the VA just fired last month.

http://thisainthell.us/blog/?p=73881

Posted by: SMFH at August 09, 2017 07:33 PM (sB1y1)

26 ahhh, Rome. Good show.

Indeed. A little less titties and floppy wieners and it could have run on network.

Cleopatra was quite the minx.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at August 09, 2017 07:34 PM (LTHVh)

27
I liked the Wildling king too, until they killed him.

He refused to bend his knees for any man...

Posted by: Soothsayer -- bolded because it's a good'un at August 09, 2017 07:34 PM (J0tQ5)

28 It didn't hurt that he played Caesar also.

And Tardos Mors in "John Carter", with Purefoy playing his right-hand-Martian.

Only good part of that movie...

Posted by: Rob Crawford at August 09, 2017 07:34 PM (fVubI)

29 Can someone tell me where Danerys is now? How was that castle just abandoned??

Dragonstone was Stannis Baratheon's hold, and he took all his people north to get slaughtered.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at August 09, 2017 07:36 PM (LTHVh)

30

And Tardos Mors in "John Carter", with Purefoy playing his right-hand-Martian.

On the planet of Bazoom. Or was it Barzoom? Bassoon?

Every time a character mentioned the planet's name, it sounded different.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- bolded because it's a good'un at August 09, 2017 07:36 PM (J0tQ5)

31 GOT is a girl power / diversity wet dream.

Posted by: Jack Sock at August 09, 2017 07:36 PM (IDPbH)

32 I'm 100% sure it sucks!

Posted by: Killerdog at August 09, 2017 07:36 PM (jRpi6)

33
Dragonstone was Stannis Baratheon's hold,

Ohhh, I must've missed that part.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- bolded because it's a good'un at August 09, 2017 07:37 PM (J0tQ5)

34 Somebody already did the "Fistful of Aleve" movie reference? Fast crowd.

Posted by: rhomboid at August 09, 2017 07:37 PM (QDnY+)

35 Game of Thrones is going to end with everyone else dead and Tyrion and the Night King locked in an eternal struggle between dimensions.

Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at August 09, 2017 07:37 PM (Tnhbr)

36 Ohhh, I must've missed that part.

Don't you recognize that charting table?

Posted by: Grump928(C) at August 09, 2017 07:37 PM (LTHVh)

37 The reviewer has 58 minutes of something to say about Ghostbusters II?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 09, 2017 07:37 PM (iVOAv)

38 25 BNG sends us a link to Stars & Stripes which reports that the Merit Systems Protection Board has forced the Veterans' Affairs Department to rehire Brian Hawkins, the disgraced former director of the VA's DC hospital system that the VA just fired last month.

http://thisainthell.us/blog/?p=73881
Posted by: SMFH at August 09, 2017 07:33 PM (sB1y1)

Congress needs to change the Laws on Civil Service Hiring and firing, or nothing will EVER change in DC.

Hellooooooooo .... Republican CONGRESS??????

Posted by: Don Q..,.. Philosophizer at August 09, 2017 07:37 PM (NgKpN)

39
Remember little finger's red headed whore? I liked her.

And then she gets crossbowed by that Shit joffrey.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- bolded because it's a good'un at August 09, 2017 07:38 PM (J0tQ5)

40 A 58 minute movie review? Pass.

Posted by: Country Boy at August 09, 2017 07:38 PM (6a/Ng)

41 The takedown is good but a year late, so superfluous.

By contrast, his The Phantom Menace takedown was needed, because Lucas fans were still defending it. NOBODY is defending the Ghostbusters remake... this year.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at August 09, 2017 07:38 PM (OESm1)

42
Don't you recognize that charting table?

No, did we see it before?

A sex scene, perhaps?

Posted by: Soothsayer -- bolded because it's a good'un at August 09, 2017 07:39 PM (J0tQ5)

43 Hellooooooooo .... Republican CONGRESS??????
Posted by: Don Q..,.. Philosophizer at August 09, 2017 07:37 PM (NgKpN)

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You all heard that??

Posted by: Congress sucking each other's dick at August 09, 2017 07:39 PM (sB1y1)

44
Was the Red Witch spreading her legs on that table?

Posted by: Soothsayer -- bolded because it's a good'un at August 09, 2017 07:39 PM (J0tQ5)

45 That fat fuck needs to finish the Game of Thrones books, fat fuck!

Posted by: Killerdog at August 09, 2017 07:39 PM (jRpi6)

46 I may be the only person on the East Coast who has never seen smidgen of GOT.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 09, 2017 07:39 PM (iVOAv)

47 It pissed me off that Anne Boleyn wasn't able to escape from the Sept before the green fire shit.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at August 09, 2017 07:39 PM (LTHVh)

48 REMEMBER SCARFACE?!?!?!?!

Posted by: Thrawn at August 09, 2017 07:40 PM (E/ibL)

49 May Brian Hawkins get shipped to his new job at McMurdo.

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at August 09, 2017 07:40 PM (M5cQi)

50 I liked the redheaded Northern whore too, but she was arrogant, and her arrogance killed her.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at August 09, 2017 07:40 PM (OESm1)

51 I liked the redheaded Northern whore too, but she was arrogant, and her arrogance killed her.

Actually it was the little murdering traitor kid that killed her.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at August 09, 2017 07:41 PM (LTHVh)

52 49 May Brian Hawkins get shipped to his new job at McMurdo.
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at August 09, 2017 07:40 PM (M5cQi)

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His new job is in DC.

Posted by: Congress sucking each other's dick at August 09, 2017 07:41 PM (sB1y1)

53 46 I may be the only person on the East Coast who has never seen smidgen of GOT.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 09, 2017 07:39 PM (iVOAv)

I haven't either, but I'm in Texas.

Posted by: Country Boy at August 09, 2017 07:41 PM (6a/Ng)

54
It pissed me off that Anne Boleyn wasn't able to escape from the Sept before the green fire shit.

Yeah, I didn't like that, either.

And why was Mrs Peel's great great grandmother allowed to leave King's Landing alive??

Posted by: Soothsayer -- bolded because it's a good'un at August 09, 2017 07:41 PM (J0tQ5)

55 Hollywood remade Jumanji? I didn't like the first one with Robin Williams. It was scary and not suitable for children.

Posted by: Alphonse Le Booth at August 09, 2017 07:41 PM (m9X4Y)

56 Is "A Fistful of Aleve" an attempt to reboot the spaghetti Western genre?

Posted by: rickl at August 09, 2017 07:41 PM (sdi6R)

57 If you took a chef's salad and a New York Strip you would feel better than taking that concoction.

Or if you're coming down with something go get some chicken soup made with an old hen.

Posted by: gNewt at August 09, 2017 07:41 PM (mMMjw)

58
A 58 minute movie review? Pass.
Posted by: Country Boy at August 09, 2017 07:38 PM

I lasted five minutes.
The guy's voice is intentionally annoying as hell.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 09, 2017 07:41 PM (IqV8l)

59 Hellooooooooo .... Republican CONGRESS??????

Posted by: Don Q..,.. Philosophizer at August 09, 2017 07:37 PM (NgKpN)

Won't happen with GOPe. You'd have to shoot all of them in the head and quickly swear in the first couple of hundred assholes you can find.

I'll do it for a nominal fee, let's say $50,000, cost of food, and lodgings. It's a good deal because I don't expect to be around for long. Just pass the bills so Trump can sign them. Should take a few months.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at August 09, 2017 07:41 PM (4ErVI)

60 He hits the nail on the head when he says, "stop talking!" They try to fill every moment with blather that's supposed to be fun, forgetting the value of physical comedy, timing, and letting a joke just breathe. Yet, I suppose the incessant blathering is what makes it a "women movie."

Posted by: leavemymonkeyalone@gmail.com at August 09, 2017 07:41 PM (KgkTc)

61
Hole Lee Cow - 58 minutes !!!

Have to wait until after midnight CDT when the bit rates go down.

Posted by: Alphonse Le Booth at August 09, 2017 07:42 PM (m9X4Y)

62 the Merit Systems Protection Board has forced the Veterans' Affairs Department to rehire Brian Hawkins,

They'll stick him in a rubber room with a limitless supply of colouring-books.

The money they'll pay him to do that will be in the six figures, unfortunately, which money won't go to the vets.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at August 09, 2017 07:42 PM (OESm1)

63 SMFH, maybe we need to invent some kind of allegorical monster that attacks DC.

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at August 09, 2017 07:42 PM (M5cQi)

64 Yeah, Natalie Dormer. Like the fists of an angry god I would hit that.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at August 09, 2017 07:42 PM (LTHVh)

65 I suppose the incessant blathering is what makes it a "women movie."
Posted by: leavemymonkeyalone@gmail.com at August 09, 2017 07:41 PM (KgkTc)

Lol.

Posted by: Country Boy at August 09, 2017 07:43 PM (6a/Ng)

66 Announcer voice over, "then one day the IRS tax code became self aware."

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at August 09, 2017 07:43 PM (M5cQi)

67 It's not Saturday, it's not TheJamesMadison, it's not movie.

Posted by: gNewt at August 09, 2017 07:44 PM (mMMjw)

68 The Good, The Bad, and The NSAID

Posted by: Insomniac at August 09, 2017 07:44 PM (0mRoj)

69 If the monster = every pissed-off American, I'm game, Anna.

Posted by: SMFH at August 09, 2017 07:44 PM (sB1y1)

70
Anyone else expecting to see Gray Worm's worm in that scene?

Posted by: Soothsayer -- bolded because it's a good'un at August 09, 2017 07:44 PM (J0tQ5)

71
the Merit Systems Protection Board has forced the Veterans' Affairs Department to rehire Brian Hawkins

They talked about that on FNC about 30 minutes ago.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 09, 2017 07:44 PM (IqV8l)

72 Yet, I suppose the incessant blathering is what makes it a "women movie."

... as seen by a man (Paul Feig) who really doesn't understand or even like women very much.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at August 09, 2017 07:44 PM (OESm1)

73 GoT diversity check list

Two women most powerful people in Kingdom
Dwarf is top advisor
Former slave top military leader
Top knight is giant women
Top assassin and fighter a little girl
Seer is handicapped
Leader of the Navy a lesbian
Savior of the North a stark woman
All the evil people , traitors and cowards with a few exceptions are white men.

Posted by: Jack Sock at August 09, 2017 07:46 PM (IDPbH)

74 69. So you're saying we should make a kaiju tulpa? Very multi-culti.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. All Honor & Glory to Kekistan! at August 09, 2017 07:46 PM (fA1SL)

75
And why was Mrs Peel's great great grandmother allowed to leave King's Landing alive??
Posted by: Soothsayer -- bolded because it's a good'un at August 09, 2017 07:41 PM (J0tQ5)

I believe that she had already left earlier in the season.

Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at August 09, 2017 07:47 PM (Tnhbr)

76 Jack Sock: there were plenty of evil Middle Eastern / North African men in earlier seasons. The Slavers' Bay was pretty much 1700s Algeria.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at August 09, 2017 07:47 PM (OESm1)

77 I had to call in sick to work tonight.

I have an allergy/vertigo thing happening, and have to medicate myself heavily.

Which means... total allergy fog/head like a balloon.

That being said, I revised a sales email, designed a Facebook post with graphics (WTF, I have no effing clue how to do those) and now am going to pound out a 2000 word article.

And yes, I'm still in a fog. But that seems to be irrelevant to at home work productivity.

Posted by: shibumi at August 09, 2017 07:47 PM (aT+Bx)

78 This was a good Plinkett review, even if a bit of it was already said on RLM's review of Ghostbusters (2016).

The "normies" should like this because Plinkett (Mike) doesn't really go into the feminist nonsense pushed into the movie by Paul Feig and Co, but sticks to critiques mostly of the movie's structure, ridiculous plot, and constant, constant ad-libbing.

Posted by: Thrawn at August 09, 2017 07:48 PM (E/ibL)

79 Don't bother us we're on vacation, peasants!

Posted by: Republicans in Congress at August 09, 2017 07:48 PM (8kjF5)

80 "I may be the only person on the East Coast who has never seen smidgen of GOT."

Nope. At least one more.

Posted by: freaked at August 09, 2017 07:48 PM (BO/km)

81 Did anyone bother seeing this movie?

And were there any good movies made during the Obama years? They all seem lit up with gay colors and ooze faggotry.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at August 09, 2017 07:49 PM (4ErVI)

82 Oh, this is good, even though it's at Gateway Pundit.

Gay Escort Found Dead of Meth at Home of Top Democrat Donor.

Posted by: shibumi at August 09, 2017 07:49 PM (aT+Bx)

83 Anne Boleyn is in GOT?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 09, 2017 07:50 PM (iVOAv)

84
I'd love to see Rick and CURRLL show up and shoot all the frozen zombies on Game of Thrones.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- bolded because it's a good'un at August 09, 2017 07:50 PM (J0tQ5)

85 IIRC, there was a lot of Sony corporate politics behind the scenes, which is why Ernie Hudson and Bill Murray were essentially forced to be in the movie - Dan Akyroid was into it at first, but he's fine critiquing Feig's direction now.

Posted by: Thrawn at August 09, 2017 07:50 PM (E/ibL)

86 Anne Boleyn is in GOT?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 09, 2017 07:50 PM (iVOAv)

Natalie Dormer played Anne Boleyn in The Tudors, and also played Maergery Tyrell in GOT.

Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at August 09, 2017 07:51 PM (Tnhbr)

87 I haven't seen a single second of GOT.
But FWIW I have developed an Archer addiction, which isn't remotely relevant but I thought I'd share.

Posted by: Northernlurker, who sometimes skulks. at August 09, 2017 07:51 PM (hJrjt)

88 Open thread as I take fistfulls of Aleve.
..........

THANK GAWD UR NOT TAKING THEM OPIOIDS OMG THEY'RE LIKE KILLING US ALL

Posted by: wth at August 09, 2017 07:51 PM (HgMAr)

89 SMFH, write such a monster movie stomping story and publish before Nov 19th, could win $20,000US

http://www.amazon.in/b?ie=UTF8node=13819037031

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at August 09, 2017 07:51 PM (M5cQi)

90 Erosion is underway in Venezuela's military. Small groups of military members are retaining their weapons or acquiring them from armories and going off on their own, posting videos addressed to Venezuelans in general to oppose Maduro and his dictatorship.

http://thisainthell.us/blog/?p=73879

Posted by: SMFH at August 09, 2017 07:51 PM (sB1y1)

91 80 "I may be the only person on the East Coast who has never seen smidgen of GOT."

Nope. At least one more.
Posted by: freaked at August 09, 2017 07:48 PM (BO/km)

*raises hand*

Posted by: rickl at August 09, 2017 07:51 PM (sdi6R)

92 I'm not otho, but I like Littlefinger's ambition and refusal to play by Upper Class Twit rules.

This season unfortunately he looks like some loser standing around with his dick in his hand. He needs to get his scheme on.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at August 09, 2017 07:52 PM (OESm1)

93 otho, what makes Little Finger "likable" to you?

Posted by: Soothsayer -- bolded because it's a good'un at August 09, 2017 07:29 PM

Oh, I like the Hound too. He's great in every scene. With Littlefinger, I like his style. He's easily the best character on the show. In a story filled with well meaning chumps, or psychotic killers, Littlefinger hits the middleground, is not insane, overly cruel or stupid. He knows what he wants, plays the game like a boss and just seems to enjoy the hell out of the process. I think he's great and I hope he sticks around.

I like the villains. I liked Ramsay Bolton and I'm warming up to Euron's showboating, psycho antics also.

Posted by: otho at August 09, 2017 07:52 PM (qGuLD)

94 Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at August 09, 2017 07:51 PM (Tnhbr)

I enjoy Tudor History so someone playing Anne Boleyn would be one reason to watch GOT-but nope.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 09, 2017 07:52 PM (iVOAv)

95 errr before Nov 10th

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at August 09, 2017 07:52 PM (M5cQi)

96 The Tudors was a good series.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at August 09, 2017 07:52 PM (LTHVh)

97
He needs to get his scheme on.

He's got no play.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- bolded because it's a good'un at August 09, 2017 07:52 PM (J0tQ5)

98 Gay Escort Found Dead of Meth at Home of Top Democrat Donor.

Hey, come on. That could happen to anyone.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at August 09, 2017 07:53 PM (OESm1)

99
I'm warming up to Euron's showboating,

I think it's hilarious there's a character named "Urine" now.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- bolded because it's a good'un at August 09, 2017 07:54 PM (J0tQ5)

100 76 Jack Sock: there were plenty of evil Middle Eastern / North African men in earlier seasons. The Slavers' Bay was pretty much 1700s Algeria.
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at August 09, 2017 07:47 PM (OESm1)

They weren't any of the main characters. Besides I said with a few exceptions. I also forgot their no so subtle hit on western Religion .

Posted by: Jack Sock at August 09, 2017 07:54 PM (IDPbH)

101 Venezuela: They Had a Revolution and the Mean Girl Media Ignored It, would that be a viable title?

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at August 09, 2017 07:54 PM (M5cQi)

102 89 SMFH, write such a monster movie stomping story and publish before Nov 19th, could win $20,000US

http://www.amazon.in/b?ie=UTF8node=13819037031
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at August 09, 2017 07:51 PM (M5cQi)

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Hmmmm....

Might have to do just that.

Be just my luck that I do so, and WWIII makes it all moot, heh.

Posted by: SMFH at August 09, 2017 07:54 PM (sB1y1)

103 He's got no play.

The Raven knows everything. He about shit himself in that scene.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at August 09, 2017 07:54 PM (LTHVh)

104 http://www.amazon.in/b?ie=UTF8node=13819037031

Bad link.

Posted by: shibumi at August 09, 2017 07:55 PM (aT+Bx)

105 74 69. So you're saying we should make a kaiju tulpa? Very multi-culti.
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. All Honor & Glory to Kekistan! at August 09, 2017 07:46 PM (fA1SL)

Kaiju maxima tulpa!

Posted by: Insomniac at August 09, 2017 07:55 PM (0mRoj)

106
No spoilers!

Posted by: Soothsayer -- bolded because it's a good'un at August 09, 2017 07:55 PM (J0tQ5)

107 No spoilers!

Is there some point where you will actually watch the series you insist on discussing?

Posted by: Grump928(C) at August 09, 2017 07:56 PM (LTHVh)

108 Easy on the Aleve, Ace.

I use that when I feel my gout start to flare up. I do not take according to the instructions on the label (I know, that's a violation of federal law, but the foot hurts like hell) until my abdomen feels weird. Too much can mess up your innards.

Enough advice from me for one night.

Feel better.

Posted by: FireHorse at August 09, 2017 07:57 PM (zkGZ8)

109 Just saw "Dunkirk" this afternoon. Enjoyed it immensely not finding the time/scene changes odd at all as some had complained. Did take ear-plugs that turned out useful.

Posted by: andycanuck at August 09, 2017 07:57 PM (nlbfN)

110 106
No spoilers!
Posted by: Soothsayer -- bolded because it's a good'un at August 09, 2017 07:55 PM (J0tQ5)

Rape, bloodshed, titties, incest, fire, floppy wieners, and rape.

Posted by: Insomniac at August 09, 2017 07:57 PM (0mRoj)

111 I'm not otho, but I like Littlefinger's ambition and refusal to play by Upper Class Twit rules.

This season unfortunately he looks like some loser standing around with his dick in his hand. He needs to get his scheme on.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at August 09, 2017 07:52 PM

Fucking A. I hold out hope he'll get the Throne... God knows he's earnt it... But, I fear they'll bump him off soon as they don't seem to know what to do with him now. I think that dagger is meant for him. I'm intrigued by his apparent fascination with Arya in the last episode. Creepy Littlefinger skullduggery might ensue!

Posted by: otho at August 09, 2017 07:58 PM (qGuLD)

112 Two women most powerful people in Kingdom

One of whom is incompetent and the other is naive and arrogant.

Dwarf is top advisor
It's made clear that he's always been smarter than people realized, and he's had to use his intelligence to survive, so this isn't a stretch.

Former slave top military leader

Former slave soldier, so he was trained since childhood for warfare.

Top knight is giant women

Silly, but in the books it's made a little more clear that she's an aberration.

Top assassin and fighter a little girl
This one is silly.

Seer is handicapped
I don't mind this from a storytelling perspective, because it emphasizes that in order to gain his powers he had to sacrifice something (in this case, his ability to walk).

Leader of the Navy a lesbian
Who promptly lost her navy to her more competent uncle.

Savior of the North a stark woman

Sansa is hardly the savior of the North. That would be Jon Snow. Sansa is simply a capable administrator, which is hardly a SJW idea.

All the evil people , traitors and cowards with a few exceptions are white men.

Most of the characters have been white, so that's hardly a stretch. And there have been plenty of awful brown characters (the Sand Snakes come to mind).

Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at August 09, 2017 07:58 PM (Tnhbr)

113
Is there some point where you will actually watch the series you insist on discussing?

I'm only 1.5 episodes into this season so far.

Are you referring to when Cersei summoned Baylish via the raven in the prior season?

Posted by: Soothsayer -- bolded because it's a good'un at August 09, 2017 07:58 PM (J0tQ5)

114 Jack Sock, no, the evil MENAs weren't the main characters... just the people running all the cities, and then running the insurgency. They might not have had a lot of screen time but they were a yuge factor in the plot.

Also in season two the oligarch of Qarth who was the main antagonist wasn't even a North African. He was plain black.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at August 09, 2017 07:58 PM (OESm1)

115 Thanks to whoever posted the link a few threads ago about the "rural purge" ... very interesting.

When TV programming started going un-American. Or anti-American.
To my unsophisticated teenage self, I just thought it started to suck ass.
Same thing, I guess.

Hope ya feel better soon Ace !

Posted by: sock_rat_eez, they are gaslighting us 24/7 at August 09, 2017 07:58 PM (Mcvvl)

116 Try this link

www.amazon.in/pentopublish

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at August 09, 2017 07:58 PM (M5cQi)

117 I should post my review of Alien:Covenant, it sucked. It was depressing and pointless with an obvious yet unexplained twist.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at August 09, 2017 07:59 PM (LTHVh)

118 Dorne is the Algarve. Hard to classify between North Africa or old Spain.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at August 09, 2017 07:59 PM (OESm1)

119 I think it's hilarious there's a character named "Urine" now.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- bolded because it's a good'un at August 09, 2017 07:54 PM

LOL.

Posted by: otho at August 09, 2017 07:59 PM (qGuLD)

120 I'm only 1.5 episodes into this season so far.

You need to pick up the pace.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at August 09, 2017 07:59 PM (LTHVh)

121 The US believes several State Department employees at the US embassy in Havana were subjected to an "acoustic attack" using sonic devices that left at least two with such serious health problems they needed to be brought back to the US for treatment, ..._CNN

The Russkies are back in Cuba.
The Russkies are in our hemisphere big time.
Time for them to witness an object lesson.

Posted by: gNewt at August 09, 2017 08:00 PM (mMMjw)

122 Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at August 09, 2017 07:58 PM (Tnhbr)

Who saved Jon Snow and his army?

Posted by: Jack Sock at August 09, 2017 08:00 PM (IDPbH)

123 Rape, bloodshed, titties, incest, fire, floppy wieners, and rape.

You said rape twice.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at August 09, 2017 08:01 PM (LTHVh)

124 Remember little finger's red headed whore? I liked her.

And then she gets crossbowed by that Shit joffrey.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- bolded because it's a good'un at August 09, 2017 07:38 PM

Joffrey is a villain I couldn't warm to. He was amusing, but a prat. Ramsey Bolton on the other hand, had an Alex The Droog kind of madness going on. He was great.

Posted by: otho at August 09, 2017 08:03 PM (qGuLD)

125 Oh, and not an Eastcoaster, but I , too have never seen so much as a minute of GoT.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez, they are gaslighting us 24/7 at August 09, 2017 08:03 PM (Mcvvl)

126 I have absolutely nothing worthwhile to contribute to a discussion of GOT, so enjoy yourselves and see you later, folks

And by the way the Gateway Pundit article about the drug user found dead at the home of a big Democrat donor is sad and if they donor enjoyed getting off on see AA's high, he's a sicko.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 09, 2017 08:03 PM (iVOAv)

127 Who saved Jon Snow and his army?

The Knights of the Vale.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at August 09, 2017 08:03 PM (LTHVh)

128
I liked Lord Bolton more than Ramsay. He was a real dink.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- bolded because it's a good'un at August 09, 2017 08:04 PM (J0tQ5)

129 Watching the remake of Planet Of The Apes with MATT DAMON! Year, it sucks. The CGI is pretty good, though. I had not realized that Michael Jackson was in it. He played the part of the girlfriend, didn't he? Not the human one, the other one. Off topic here, but H n' K P30S was reduced from 999.99 list to 600.00. And H n' K will send 4 extra magazines with proof of purchase.

Posted by: Eromero at August 09, 2017 08:04 PM (zLDYs)

130
btw, the other Stark boy is now taller than an NBA player

Posted by: Soothsayer -- bolded because it's a good'un at August 09, 2017 08:04 PM (J0tQ5)

131 Old news.

Posted by: Lawrence Harvey Zeiger at August 09, 2017 08:06 PM (ZRQ34)

132 Who saved Jon Snow and his army? Posted by: Jack Sock at August 09, 2017 08:00 PM (IDPbH)

Me, bitch.

Posted by: Lord Yohn Fucking Royce at August 09, 2017 08:06 PM (ztrrs)

133 OT. I ordered a book from AbeBooks about a week and a half ago, and got a confirmation e-mail. If I click on the link it says the book has been shipped, but gives no tracking number or other information. The bookstore is only a couple states away, so if it was really shipped I should have gotten it by now.

I mean, I don't care if it hasn't actually been shipped yet. Taking a book off the shelf and putting it in a box takes time. Maybe they were out of boxes and had to order them. But don't piss down my leg and tell me it's raining, mmkay?

I know, I know. First World problems.

Posted by: rickl at August 09, 2017 08:06 PM (sdi6R)

134 So How bad will the Galaxy Quest knock off tv series be

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at August 09, 2017 08:06 PM (dKiJG)

135 Watching the review now, he's right -- they (Sony/Feig) have no idea why the original worked, nor any concept of how to have either built on it, or make a new story idea.

Just, just an epic fail on all levels.

Posted by: acethepug at August 09, 2017 08:06 PM (539ql)

136
You know what's weird? When Arya masks herself as Whatshisame and poisons everyone, she says it's been two weeks since the Red Wedding, if I heard her right.

Two weeks??

It's been two years! She's grown a foot since the Red Wedding and a couple of cones under her blouse.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- bolded because it's a good'un at August 09, 2017 08:07 PM (J0tQ5)

137 127 Who saved Jon Snow and his army?

The Knights of the Vale.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at August 09, 2017 08:03 PM (LTHVh)

Wonder why?

Posted by: Jack Sock at August 09, 2017 08:07 PM (IDPbH)

138 They did another remake of Planets of the Apes? No wonder Hollywood sucks.

Posted by: dantesed at August 09, 2017 08:07 PM (88xKn)

139 136
You know what's weird? When Arya masks herself as Whatshisame and poisons everyone, she says it's been two weeks since the Red Wedding, if I heard her right.

Two weeks??

It's been two years! She's grown a foot since the Red Wedding and a couple of cones under her blouse.
Posted by: Soothsayer -- bolded because it's a good'un at August 09, 2017 08:07 PM (J0tQ5)

I saw that clip. Not very believable but quite satisfying.

Posted by: Insomniac at August 09, 2017 08:08 PM (0mRoj)

140 >>> I ordered a book from AbeBooks about a week and a half ago, and got a confirmation e-mail.

Books going by fourth class mail (or whatever class it is) would move quite slowly.

Posted by: fluffy at August 09, 2017 08:08 PM (jw2Xw)

141 Ace

Fistfuls of Aleve will kill your liver for real. Altho you joke, a lot of accidental poisoning

Posted by: ThunderB at August 09, 2017 08:08 PM (WxREK)

142 The Director of National Intelligence and Obama officials subsequently tried to dismiss Lamborn's disclosure by claiming the DIA assessment was an outlier that did not reflect the views of the rest of the U.S. Intelligence Community.
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Wait. Weren't we told that dismissing the findings of professional intelligence agencies was like spitting on the flag--not they're okay with that--...some unspeakable UN-patriotic act some unspeakable act with an American flag.

Posted by: Axeman at August 09, 2017 08:09 PM (2mC6G)

143 Soothsayer: no, Arya was roleplaying Lord Frey. Sh/e said it was two weeks since the last feast Frey had held. Which is the feast we see at the end of Season Six.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at August 09, 2017 08:09 PM (OESm1)

144 Who saved Jon Snow and his army?
Posted by: Jack Sock at August 09, 2017 08:00 PM (IDPbH)

Littlefinger.

I get it, Sansa is important, but Jon was the one who united Northerners and Wildlings to face off against Ramsey. He inspires people and has the ability to show both mercy and justice. Sansa's role is to be the capable administrator who makes sure things run smoothly and that they have the grain and weapons necessary to fight.

Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at August 09, 2017 08:09 PM (Tnhbr)

145 George Martin likes feasts. You wouldn't know it to look at him

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at August 09, 2017 08:09 PM (OESm1)

146 >>> She's grown a foot since the Red Wedding and a couple of cones under her blouse.

She is now a pointy, three footed mutant.

Posted by: fluffy at August 09, 2017 08:09 PM (jw2Xw)

147 as I take fistfulls of Aleve.
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I hope not rectally.

Posted by: Axeman at August 09, 2017 08:10 PM (2mC6G)

148 Watched it yesterday.

It is indeed something.

Posted by: SGTYork at August 09, 2017 08:10 PM (ITvKk)

149 I'm coming off the "bug" Ace is now getting. It lasted 36 hours . high temperature , body aches, feel like your coming in and out of it....
Hate having a fever in the summer.

Posted by: JoeF. at August 09, 2017 08:10 PM (89VjS)

150
Which is the feast we see at the end of Season Six.

oh, was that when she fed Frey his sons?

Posted by: Soothsayer -- bolded because it's a good'un at August 09, 2017 08:11 PM (J0tQ5)

151 I get it, Sansa is important, but Jon was the one who united Northerners and Wildlings to face off against Ramsey. He inspires people and has the ability to show both mercy and justice.

And he's a Targaryen.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at August 09, 2017 08:11 PM (LTHVh)

152 In Good news Netflix is in discussion with Karl Urban to be in Dredd. That's a movie that shows how you can have a female character that 1 doesn't fall in love with the main character and the Main Character treats her not only as an equal but as coworker.

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at August 09, 2017 08:12 PM (dKiJG)

153 George Martin was the Fifth Beatle. They were lucky EMI assigned Martin to them....

Posted by: JoeF. at August 09, 2017 08:12 PM (89VjS)

154 I liked Lord Bolton more than Ramsay. He was a real dink.
Posted by: Soothsayer -- bolded because it's a good'un at August 09, 2017 08:04 PM (J0tQ5)

Bolton was good because he wasn't a sadist or a psychopath. He turned on Robb Stark because he thought Robb was losing and unwilling to do what was necessary to win. Once in charge of the North, he was working to secure his position. Likely, he would have succeeded as well, if Ramsey hadn't shoved a knife in his heart.

Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at August 09, 2017 08:12 PM (Tnhbr)

155 Congress needs to change the Laws on Civil Service Hiring and firing, or nothing will EVER change in DC.

Hellooooooooo .... Republican CONGRESS??????

Posted by: Don Q..,.. Philosophizer at August 09, 2017 07:37 PM (NgKpN)

The Turtle: You have excessive expectations.

Posted by: TheQuietMan at August 09, 2017 08:12 PM (auHtY)

156 >>> Hate having a fever in the summer.

Cook those chipmunks more thoroughly next time.

Posted by: fluffy at August 09, 2017 08:12 PM (jw2Xw)

157 Posted by: ThunderB at August 09, 2017 08:08 PM (WxREK)

I know this seems like an odd question, but have you ever dealt with Houston CPS before?

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 09, 2017 08:12 PM (rp9xB)

158 oh, was that when she fed Frey his sons?

It was the one where he and Jamie Onehand exchanged barbs.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at August 09, 2017 08:12 PM (LTHVh)

159 *flops on couch exhausted as the eight hour day turned into nine hours in a last minute attempt to cover a gap.*

But I got overtime pay for the hour. *thud* And I missed the really bad rainstorms.

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at August 09, 2017 08:12 PM (M5cQi)

160 Wonder why? Posted by: Jack Sock at August 09, 2017 08:07 PM (IDPbH)

There's nothing "SJW" about a noblewoman using her influence to bring allies to fight on her brother's behalf, either in the show or in the real world.

Posted by: Department of Redundancy Department at August 09, 2017 08:12 PM (ztrrs)

161 >>Just, just an epic fail on all levels.

Was wondering if they thought that they only had to come up with a simple plot and then Melissa McCarthy and the blond SNL actress would make it funny with their ad-libs? It's not funny. Even the Thor guy's male bimbo shtick doesn't work - they made him too dumb, he comes off brain-damaged, not cute-dumb.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 09, 2017 08:13 PM (NOIQH)

162 Jon Snow: the Porker of the North.
A tongue so true,
He can 'turn' a lesbian admiral!
The Pink Walkers all know the name Snow!

Posted by: a bard of the north at August 09, 2017 08:13 PM (nlbfN)

163 <<
They did another remake of Planets of the Apes? No wonder Hollywood sucks.>>

Nope, it's a prequel trilogy, and quite possibly the most underrated scifi trilogy ever made. All three movies are distinct, focusing on something different rather than recycling the same plot (hello Marvel) again and again. As individual films and as a trilogy, it is utterly brilliant.

Posted by: SGTYork at August 09, 2017 08:14 PM (ITvKk)

164 Netflix has put out some well-crafted stuff this year.

I won't say it's objectively good, or stuff I would want to see myself, but they're doing something right, given their profits and their Tomatometers.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at August 09, 2017 08:14 PM (OESm1)

165 Actually The Turtle is one of the Aces in the George R.R. Martin shared universe called Wild Cards.

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at August 09, 2017 08:14 PM (M5cQi)

166 121 The US believes several State Department employees at the US embassy in Havana were subjected to an "acoustic attack" using sonic devices that left at least two with such serious health problems they needed to be brought back to the US for treatment, ..._CNN
Posted by: gNewt at August 09, 2017 08:00 PM (mMMjw)

They should have taken Hawkwind's advice.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwRvWpsiM2w

Posted by: rickl at August 09, 2017 08:14 PM (sdi6R)

167 Bolton was good because he wasn't a sadist or a psychopath. He turned on Robb Stark because he thought Robb was losing and unwilling to do what was necessary to win. Once in charge of the North, he was working to secure his position. Likely, he would have succeeded as well, if Ramsey hadn't shoved a knife in his heart.
Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at August 09, 2017 08:12 PM (Tnhbr)
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Are you kidding? By the end, I wanted them both to do in the other. Roose was a margin better--just not a unrelieved psycho. Stark took numerous insults against his honor to call Jon Snow his own, but Roose Bolton raped Ramsay's mother.

Posted by: Axeman at August 09, 2017 08:15 PM (2mC6G)

168 Apologies if this was already noted in a previous thread:

"'No f***ing cops': Atlanta gym owner bans police and military from joining - claiming they make his largely minority membership uncomfortable"

http://preview.tinyurl.com/ya8bz7ho

Posted by: ShainS at August 09, 2017 08:15 PM (ZcAbN)

169 Even the Thor guy's male bimbo shtick doesn't work - they made him too dumb, he comes off brain-damaged, not cute-dumb

That. He needed to be dumb-in-some-ways-but-valuable-in-others. He needed to be the yang to the Ghostbusters' yin.

(Yeah, I'm an 'Airbender' fan...)

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at August 09, 2017 08:15 PM (OESm1)

170 Stark took numerous insults against his honor to call Jon Snow his own

It really pissed off his wife.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at August 09, 2017 08:16 PM (LTHVh)

171 Oh, this is good, even though it's at Gateway Pundit.

Gay Escort Found Dead of Meth at Home of Top Democrat Donor.

Posted by: shibumi at August 09, 2017 07:49 PM (aT+Bx)

Barry O: Did I get invited? Because gay escorts and drugs is right up my back alley

Posted by: TheQuietMan at August 09, 2017 08:16 PM (auHtY)

172
Ramsay was just misunderstood. His excesses were better than just bottling it all up.

Posted by: otho at August 09, 2017 08:16 PM (qGuLD)

173
So is Hodo dead?

Posted by: Soothsayer -- bolded because it's a good'un at August 09, 2017 08:16 PM (J0tQ5)

174 "'No f***ing cops': Atlanta gym owner bans police and military from joining - claiming they make his largely minority membership uncomfortable"

http://preview.tinyurl.com/ya8bz7ho
Posted by: ShainS at August 09, 2017 08:15 PM (ZcAbN)
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BAKE THE CAKE!!

Posted by: Axeman at August 09, 2017 08:17 PM (2mC6G)

175 And he's a Targaryen.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at August 09, 2017 08:11 PM (LTHVh)

And a Stark, seeing as his mother was a Stark, and he was raised in the Stark household.

Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at August 09, 2017 08:17 PM (Tnhbr)

176 They say those diplomats in Cuba may have been victims of an "acoustic attack."

Were they hit over the heads with acoustic guitars? Lucky they weren't electric Those things are heavy...

Posted by: JoeF. at August 09, 2017 08:17 PM (89VjS)

177

really dead, I mean

Is he gonna come back as a white walker?

Posted by: Soothsayer -- bolded because it's a good'un at August 09, 2017 08:17 PM (J0tQ5)

178 So is Hodo dead?

C'est mort.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at August 09, 2017 08:17 PM (LTHVh)

179 I'm 56 now and I refuse to waste my time watching shit like this movie.

I'd much rather waste my time here at the HQ.

Posted by: mpfs at August 09, 2017 08:17 PM (79p/O)

180 We'll be seeing Hodor again... in the Night King's army.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at August 09, 2017 08:17 PM (OESm1)

181 "His next project: A SUICIDE NOTE."

Oh man, this jib cuts.

Posted by: trev006 at August 09, 2017 08:18 PM (DeVCA)

182 White Walkers have to be turned in infancy. The adult dead become blue eyed wights.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at August 09, 2017 08:18 PM (OESm1)

183 And a Stark, seeing as his mother was a Stark, and he was raised in the Stark household.

I thought that the dragons were going to recognize him.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at August 09, 2017 08:18 PM (LTHVh)

184 Hodor!!!

Posted by: hodor at August 09, 2017 08:18 PM (nlbfN)

185 g'early evenin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at August 09, 2017 08:19 PM (KCxzN)

186 Remember when the cobbs were replacing trolls comments with Hodor!

Good times, good times.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at August 09, 2017 08:19 PM (LTHVh)

187 Hodor!!!

Posted by: hodor at August 09, 2017 08:18 PM (nlbfN)
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What else can you say about that?

Posted by: Axeman at August 09, 2017 08:20 PM (2mC6G)

188 Are you kidding? By the end, I wanted them both to do in the other. Roose was a margin better--just not a unrelieved psycho. Stark took numerous insults against his honor to call Jon Snow his own, but Roose Bolton raped Ramsay's mother.
Posted by: Axeman at August 09, 2017 08:15 PM (2mC6G)

I never got the impression that he enjoyed doing that stuff, merely that he saw it as necessary to demonstrate his authority. The woman he raped married without his permission, after all. Yes, it's horrifying, but the show has never shied away from the idea that Westeros is not a nice place.

Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at August 09, 2017 08:20 PM (Tnhbr)

189 I was just experimenting, I swear.

Posted by: Top Democrat Donor at August 09, 2017 08:20 PM (Tyii7)

190 Wow, that guy has a terrible voice. But I agree with his points.

Posted by: Outback at August 09, 2017 08:20 PM (LHzKO)

191 oh, was that when she fed Frey his sons?
It was the one where he and Jamie Onehand exchanged barbs.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at August 09, 2017 08:12 PM (LTHVh)

That was the same feast. Arya (wearing the serving girl's face) was making eyes at Jaime. After he left, she served Walder his sons in the pie before slitting his throat.

Posted by: Department of Redundancy Department at August 09, 2017 08:20 PM (ztrrs)

192 Apparently Trump's "Fire and Fury" talk has revived fears that he's in control of the nuclear codes--according to Drudge.
Jesus.

Posted by: JoeF. at August 09, 2017 08:20 PM (89VjS)

193 Colorado Alex: sounds like a Pakistani honour raping.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at August 09, 2017 08:21 PM (OESm1)

194 What else can you say about that?
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Hodor

Posted by: hodor at August 09, 2017 08:21 PM (nlbfN)

195 I never got the impression that he enjoyed doing that stuff, merely that he saw it as necessary to demonstrate his authority.

He flayed men alive. I think that request a bit of a sadistic nature.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at August 09, 2017 08:21 PM (LTHVh)

196 They say those diplomats in Cuba may have been victims of an "acoustic attack."

Were they hit over the heads with acoustic guitars? Lucky they weren't electric Those things are heavy...

Posted by: JoeF. at August 09, 2017 08:17 PM (89VjS)

Especially the cheap shit imports.

Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at August 09, 2017 08:21 PM (aMlLZ)

197 request?

requires

Posted by: Grump928(C) at August 09, 2017 08:21 PM (LTHVh)

198 Why is Drudge monochromatic?

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at August 09, 2017 08:21 PM (OESm1)

199 Roose wasn't really into the flaying men alive. That was more Ramsey.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at August 09, 2017 08:22 PM (OESm1)

200 That was the same feast. Arya (wearing the serving girl's face) was making eyes at Jaime.

I think that was the real serving girl. I don't think Arya would have let Jamie escape.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at August 09, 2017 08:22 PM (LTHVh)

201 That was the same feast. Arya (wearing the serving girl's face) was making eyes at Jaime. After he left, she served Walder his sons in the pie before slitting his throat.

Posted by: Department of Redundancy Department at August 09, 2017 08:20 PM (ztrrs)

That was awesome, she should get the iron throne just for that.

Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at August 09, 2017 08:22 PM (aMlLZ)

202 Roose wasn't really into the flaying men alive.

It's their house banner.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at August 09, 2017 08:23 PM (LTHVh)

203 141 Ace

Fistfuls of Aleve will kill your liver for real. Altho you joke, a lot of accidental poisoning
Posted by: ThunderB at August 09, 2017 08:08 PM (WxREK)

It's also a blood thinner, so you have to be careful with that as well.

Posted by: Insomniac at August 09, 2017 08:23 PM (0mRoj)

204 He flayed men alive. I think that request a bit of a sadistic nature.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at August 09, 2017 08:21 PM (LTHVh)
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It was the family tradition. The Starks should have wiped them out, the brood of snakes.

Posted by: Axeman at August 09, 2017 08:23 PM (2mC6G)

205

But we never saw Arya kill the sons, right?
That would've been nice.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- bolded because it's a good'un at August 09, 2017 08:23 PM (J0tQ5)

206 198 Why is Drudge monochromatic?
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at August 09, 2017 08:21 PM (OESm1)

No idea. It's been that way for days.

Posted by: rickl at August 09, 2017 08:23 PM (sdi6R)

207 Colorado Alex: sounds like a Pakistani honour raping.
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at August 09, 2017 08:21 PM (OESm1)

Sort of. The point is, Ramsey would rape a woman because he likes rape. Same with torturing a man. Roose seems to do that stuff because he believes it's necessary, but he doesn't take pleasure in it.

He's not a nice guy, by any stretch of the imagination, but he's also not a mustache-twirling villain either.

Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at August 09, 2017 08:24 PM (Tnhbr)

208 160 Wonder why? Posted by: Jack Sock at August 09, 2017 08:07 PM (IDPbH)

There's nothing "SJW" about a noblewoman using her influence to bring allies to fight on her brother's behalf, either in the show or in the real world.
Posted by: Department of Redundancy Department at August 09, 2017 08:12 PM (ztrrs)

Who said anything about SJW. I said diversity check list and pointed out she saved Jon Snow and his army. You apparently agree that she did .

Posted by: Jack Sock at August 09, 2017 08:24 PM (IDPbH)

209 But we never saw Arya kill the sons, right?
That would've been nice.

I've argued with Boy928 that she wouldn't have gone to the trouble to bake them into a pie just to scare the shit out of an old man who's throat she was about to cut. To much work for the desired effect. Just cut a finger off and stick it in the pie.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at August 09, 2017 08:25 PM (LTHVh)

210 The guy insisted on a blumpkin and I just...I just...cracked. *sob*

Posted by: Top Democrat Donor at August 09, 2017 08:25 PM (Tyii7)

211 Who said anything about SJW. I said diversity check list

Whatever, dude. I'll leave you and the chicken to get acquainted.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at August 09, 2017 08:25 PM (OESm1)

212 Hi, Alton.

Posted by: bergerbilder at August 09, 2017 08:26 PM (lIZQs)

213 I'm only 1.5 episodes into this season so far.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- bolded because it's a good'un at August 09, 2017 07:58 PM

First 2 episodes are setting the stage. Some good interaction between players and is slower paced. 3 and 4 the pace really picks up and there are some great scenes.

Posted by: otho at August 09, 2017 08:26 PM (qGuLD)

214 I think that was the real serving girl. I don't think Arya would have let Jamie escape.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at August 09, 2017 08:22 PM (LTHVh)

Arya seems to be pretty specific about her targets. Killing a serving girl doesn't strike me as her thing. More likely she took the face with her when she left the the faceless men.

And do we know that Jaime is on her list of targets. He wasn't in King's Landing when Ned Stark was executed, and wasn't responsible for much of what has happened to the Starks.

Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at August 09, 2017 08:26 PM (Tnhbr)

215 46--- I may be the only person on the East Coast who has never seen smidgen of GOT.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 09, 2017 07:39 PM (iVOAv)
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No, there are at least 2 of us!

Honestly, I'd bet that a solid majority of Americans haven't seen it.
How many people have HBO anyway?

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at August 09, 2017 08:26 PM (0jtPF)

216 Why is Drudge monochromatic?

It's a secret signal to Hodor.

Posted by: Top Democrat Donor at August 09, 2017 08:27 PM (Tyii7)

217

and wasn't responsible for much of what has happened to the Starks.

Except for Bran.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- bolded because it's a good'un at August 09, 2017 08:27 PM (J0tQ5)

218 Sargon: what can we do ?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYzA6Sy0d7k

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at August 09, 2017 08:27 PM (OESm1)

219 Whatever, dude. I'll leave you and the chicken to get acquainted.
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at August 09, 2017 08:25 PM (OESm1)

I never get a break.

Posted by: The Chicken at August 09, 2017 08:28 PM (6a/Ng)

220
Bran Stark saw Cersei doggy style.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- bolded because it's a good'un at August 09, 2017 08:28 PM (J0tQ5)

221 That was awesome, she should get the iron throne just for that.

Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at August 09, 2017 08:22 PM

I'm going out on a limb and predicting that Arya is the dark horse that will win in the end.

Posted by: otho at August 09, 2017 08:28 PM (qGuLD)

222 Except for Bran.
Posted by: Soothsayer -- bolded because it's a good'un at August 09, 2017 08:27 PM (J0tQ5)

Much. And Arya doesn't know about Jaime's involvement in Bran's injury.

Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at August 09, 2017 08:28 PM (Tnhbr)

223 211 Who said anything about SJW. I said diversity check list

Whatever, dude. I'll leave you and the chicken to get acquainted.
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at August 09, 2017 08:25 PM (OESm1)

It just a different opinion about a fucking TV show. Slow your roll.

Posted by: Jack Sock at August 09, 2017 08:28 PM (IDPbH)

224 203
141 Ace

Fistfuls of Aleve will kill your liver for real. Altho you joke, a lot of accidental poisoning

Posted by: ThunderB at August 09, 2017 08:08 PM (WxREK)

It's also a blood thinner, so you have to be careful with that as well.

Posted by: Insomniac at August 09, 2017 08:23 PM (0mRoj)

But will it help him lose weight?
jk/jk

Posted by: Tami at August 09, 2017 08:29 PM (Enq6K)

225 I was just experimenting, I swear.

Posted by: Top Democrat Donor at August 09, 2017 08:20 PM (Tyii7)
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So the other guy, he was bottom?

Posted by: Axeman at August 09, 2017 08:29 PM (2mC6G)

226 Ah, you are correct. The King Slayer isn't on Arya's list.

http://awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/Arya_Stark#Arya.27s_prayer

Posted by: Grump928(C) at August 09, 2017 08:29 PM (LTHVh)

227 with all the Game of Thrones talk I started to read a Manga
DUNGEON MESHI, about adventures that lost all their gold and food in the Dungeon and in order to go back they resort to eating the monsters in the Dungeon after they kill them. Makes me Hungry reading it.

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at August 09, 2017 08:29 PM (dKiJG)

228 198 I asked this the other day about Drudge in BW. The only thing I can come up with is the upcoming eclipse....

Posted by: JoeF. at August 09, 2017 08:30 PM (89VjS)

229 I do like Tyrian's ex-henchman. Braun?

Posted by: Grump928(C) at August 09, 2017 08:31 PM (LTHVh)

230 <<He's got no play.

The Raven knows everything. He about shit himself in that scene.>>

And then again when he saw his own blade in the hands of a well trained assassin.

But Ned Stark is actually gonna kill Littlefinger.

That's right, I said Ned Stark. No coincidence the Faceless Man was in King's Landing the day of Ned's execution, and they've been dropping hints like mad, including Arya saying "It doesn't look like him" while she's standing in front of Ned's crypt with Sansa in the latest episode...

Ned Stark.

Posted by: SGTYork at August 09, 2017 08:31 PM (ITvKk)

231 228 198 I asked this the other day about Drudge in BW. The only thing I can come up with is the upcoming eclipse....
Posted by: JoeF. at August 09, 2017 08:30 PM (89VjS)

That doesn't make sense to me. Eclipses are in color.

Posted by: rickl at August 09, 2017 08:31 PM (sdi6R)

232 Do unto others - assign blame.

Posted by: Pastor Hillary at August 09, 2017 08:32 PM (bc2Lc)

233 <<Netflix has put out some well-crafted stuff this year.

I won't say it's objectively good, or stuff I would want to see
myself, but they're doing something right, given their profits and their
Tomatometers.>>

Tomatometers, yes. Profits, not so much. Netflix is 20 billion (with a 'b') in debt.

Posted by: SGTYork at August 09, 2017 08:32 PM (ITvKk)

234
but Braun is a whore

Posted by: Soothsayer -- bolded because it's a good'un at August 09, 2017 08:32 PM (J0tQ5)

235 "198 I asked this the other day about Drudge in BW. The only thing I can come up with is the upcoming eclipse...."

It's because he's red all over.

Posted by: freaked at August 09, 2017 08:32 PM (BO/km)

236 I think that was the real serving girl. I don't think Arya would have let Jamie escape.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at August 09, 2017 08:22 PM (LTHVh)

I think she has to take a real person's face, and I doubt she would have killed an innocent servant just to take her face. I think she either stole that face from the House of Black and White, or cut it of a girl who was already dead (there were plenty of corpses laying around in the Riverlands at that time). Also, Jaime was never on her list, and killing him would have jeopardized the more important mission, which was wiping out House Frey.

Posted by: Department of Redundancy Department at August 09, 2017 08:33 PM (ztrrs)

237 231, I can't come up with anything else.

Posted by: JoeF. at August 09, 2017 08:33 PM (89VjS)

238 Do unto others - assign blame.
Posted by: Pastor Hillary at August 09, 2017 08:32 PM (bc2Lc)
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Judge.

Posted by: Another Pastor Hillary at August 09, 2017 08:33 PM (2mC6G)

239 You know, like a newspaper.

Posted by: freaked at August 09, 2017 08:33 PM (BO/km)

240
You think Ned Stark would let the Red Wedding happen?

Posted by: Soothsayer -- bolded because it's a good'un at August 09, 2017 08:33 PM (J0tQ5)

241 but Braun is a whore

but an honest one

Posted by: Grump928(C) at August 09, 2017 08:33 PM (LTHVh)

242 The NYT is still red all over.

Posted by: freaked at August 09, 2017 08:33 PM (BO/km)

243
And who was that mysterious man who saved Bran in the woods? Wasn't that Ned's brother?

Posted by: Soothsayer -- bolded because it's a good'un at August 09, 2017 08:34 PM (J0tQ5)

244 226 Ah, you are correct. The King Slayer isn't on Arya's list.

http://awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/Arya_Stark#Arya.27s_prayer
Posted by: Grump928(C)

Good. Jaime has been my favorite character for 15 years now.

I think he will die, but it will be a good death.

Posted by: Oedipus at August 09, 2017 08:34 PM (CXLVd)

245 121 The US believes several State Department employees at the US embassy in Havana were subjected to an "acoustic attack" using sonic devices that left at least two with such serious health problems they needed to be brought back to the US for treatment, ..._CNN
Posted by: gNewt at August 09, 2017 08:00 PM (mMMjw)
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That's impossible.
I mean that they needed to be brought back to the US.
Cuba has the greatest health care system on earth and it's totally free.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at August 09, 2017 08:34 PM (0jtPF)

246 239 You know, like a newspaper.
Posted by: freaked at August 09, 2017 08:33 PM (BO/km)

He must be going retro, because modern newspapers have color photos.

Posted by: rickl at August 09, 2017 08:34 PM (sdi6R)

247 58:00 minutes of beatdown is just brutal. I'm guessing. I went 15 minutes and it's like curb stomping a retard for milk money.

Posted by: Fritz at August 09, 2017 08:35 PM (eLttb)

248 We need to send Arya Stark to take care of Kim Jong Un.

Posted by: Insomniac at August 09, 2017 08:35 PM (0mRoj)

249 Wasn't that Ned's brother?

http://gameofthrones.wikia.com/wiki/Benjen_Stark

Posted by: Grump928(C) at August 09, 2017 08:36 PM (LTHVh)

250 The Raven knows everything. He about shit himself in that scene.>>

And then again when he saw his own blade in the hands of a well trained assassin.

Posted by: SGTYork at August 09, 2017 08:31 PM

I'm not sure that he shit himself in that scene with Arya. What I got was a new angle.... Littlefinger: "Nice!"

Though I think Arya will kill Littlefinger.

Posted by: otho at August 09, 2017 08:37 PM (qGuLD)

251 Let's try this again. What's black and white and red all over?

Posted by: freaked at August 09, 2017 08:38 PM (BO/km)

252 And who was that mysterious man who saved Bran in the woods? Wasn't that Ned's brother?

Posted by: Soothsayer -- bolded because it's a good'un at August 09, 2017 08:34 PM

Yes.

Posted by: otho at August 09, 2017 08:38 PM (qGuLD)

253 251 Let's try this again. What's black and white and red all over?

Posted by: freaked at August 09, 2017 08:38 PM (BO/km)
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Yep. The NY Times.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at August 09, 2017 08:39 PM (0jtPF)

254 What's black and white and red all over?

and can't turn around in a phone booth

Posted by: Grump928(C) at August 09, 2017 08:40 PM (LTHVh)

255 Who said anything about SJW. I said diversity
check list and pointed out she saved Jon Snow and his army. You
apparently agree that she did .
Posted by: Jack Sock at August 09, 2017 08:24 PM (IDPbH)

Yes, I agree that she did, and I fail to see what diversity check-lists have to do with it. She was there, and she was the only one who could get the Vale to send their cavalry because of her pull with Littlefinger, and because her cousin is lord of the Vale.

Posted by: Department of Redundancy Department at August 09, 2017 08:40 PM (ztrrs)

256 Or panda parmigiana.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at August 09, 2017 08:41 PM (0jtPF)

257 a nun with a spear through her head!

Posted by: Grump928(C) at August 09, 2017 08:41 PM (LTHVh)

258 I've argued with Boy928 that she wouldn't have gone to the trouble to bake them into a pie just to scare the shit out of an old man who's throat she was about to cut. To much work for the desired effect. Just cut a finger off and stick it in the pie.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at August 09, 2017 08:25 PM (LTHVh)

I'm betting she did. Remember the story Bran told Jojen, Meera, and Osha about the Rat Cook, and how he had to eat his own children as punishment for violating guest right?

Posted by: Department of Redundancy Department at August 09, 2017 08:44 PM (ztrrs)

259 he was the only one who could get the Vale to send their cavalry because of her pull with Littlefinger, and because her cousin is lord of the Vale.

To be accurate, Littlefinger brought the Knights of the Vale himself and offered them to Sansa for the upcoming battle. She initially refused and only later changed her mind.

Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at August 09, 2017 08:45 PM (Tnhbr)

260 No, it has to be the NY Times.
If you made panda parmigiana, you'd skin and butcher the critter. So the black and white fur wouldn't count.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at August 09, 2017 08:45 PM (0jtPF)

261 The New York Times with diaper rash!

Posted by: Axeman at August 09, 2017 08:47 PM (2mC6G)

262 Frank Gorshin in Let This Be Your Last Battlefield with diaper rash!

Posted by: Axeman at August 09, 2017 08:47 PM (2mC6G)

263 I had to leave....what was the end of the 'lovely ladies' in Marcus T's office story?

Posted by: Tami at August 09, 2017 08:48 PM (Enq6K)

264 Haven't seen it yet, I'm waiting for a night when I can devote myself fully to watching. Maybe even on my tv. (HDMI chord from laptop to tv...)

But for now I'll just say that now whenever I see a long, in-depth review/critique on Youtube, I comment on how the creator has gone Full-Plinkett. It's usually pretty fun when they do that.

Posted by: Castle Guy at August 09, 2017 08:52 PM (Lhaco)

265 Caught up on Turn this evening. The battle scenes were well done.. great show. I will sure miss it. Last episode this Saturday.

Posted by: DeplorableJewells45 at August 09, 2017 08:54 PM (CNHr1)

266 What is the name of the Roman empire series folks are discussing on this thread? I see a series called Roman Empire on Netflix, but it's about Commodus and his reign

Posted by: Michael the Texan (formerly TEXIT) at August 09, 2017 08:55 PM (nvMvs)

267 What is the name of the Roman empire series folks are discussing on this thread? I see a series called Roman Empire on Netflix, but it's about Commodus and his reign

Posted by: Michael the Texan (formerly TEXIT) at August 09, 2017 08:55 PM

"Rome".

Posted by: otho at August 09, 2017 08:56 PM (qGuLD)

268
hbo's ROME

Posted by: Soothsayer -- bolded because it's a good'un at August 09, 2017 08:56 PM (J0tQ5)

269 I see that Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 has hit the webz.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at August 09, 2017 08:59 PM (+f00U)

270 Thanks, Otto and Soothsayer.

Posted by: Michael the Texan (formerly TEXIT) at August 09, 2017 09:03 PM (nvMvs)

271
Posted by: Grump928(C) at August 09, 2017 08:59 PM (+f00U)

Posted by: Soothsayer -- bolded because it's a good'un at August 09, 2017 09:03 PM (J0tQ5)

272

Ray Whathisname is in Rome.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- bolded because it's a good'un at August 09, 2017 09:04 PM (J0tQ5)

273
112 Two women most powerful people in Kingdom

One of whom is incompetent and the other is naive and arrogant.

Dwarf is top advisor
It's made clear that he's always been smarter than people realized, and he's had to use his intelligence to survive, so this isn't a stretch.

Former slave top military leader

Former slave soldier, so he was trained since childhood for warfare.

Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at August 09, 2017 07:58 PM (Tnhbr)

One thing that's pissing me off about this season is that Dani goes through hell to raise an army and gain allies.....and then almost immediately pisses it away by some really stupid strategic moves. Moves that the fucking dwarf and No Worm should have known better than to allow.

Namely, you don't fucking divide your forces and allow your enemies to use interior lines to inflict a defeat in detail (basic Napoleonic strategy). That situation forced her to use her dragons prematurely on a piddly little convoy. The fact that the convoy was carrying the gold that Cersei needed to pay off the Iron Bank is a coincidence.

Fact is, Dani is in deep shit, strategically.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 09, 2017 09:19 PM (iFZVz)

274 First! I like his destruction of movies. Sigourney Weaver, I had forgotten how hot she was back then.

Posted by: t-bird at August 09, 2017 09:24 PM (kuiuS)

275 One thing that's pissing me off about this season is that Dani goes through hell to raise an army and gain allies.....and then almost immediately pisses it away by some really stupid strategic moves. Moves that the fucking dwarf and No Worm should have known better than to allow.

Namely, you don't fucking divide your forces and allow your enemies to use interior lines to inflict a defeat in detail (basic Napoleonic strategy). That situation forced her to use her dragons prematurely on a piddly little convoy. The fact that the convoy was carrying the gold that Cersei needed to pay off the Iron Bank is a coincidence.

Fact is, Dani is in deep shit, strategically.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 09, 2017 09:19 PM (iFZVz)

The thing is, I actually enjoy that she's getting her ass kicked. It's nice to see because it shows that having dragons isn't enough if you don't use them properly. Plus, it fits the theme that Dany is a bit (a bit?) spoiled. She thinks she's entitled to the Iron Throne, and has little idea about warfare or about governing. Most of her victories have been because she managed to decapitate her opponents' leadership, or cause an uprising among slave armies.

Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at August 09, 2017 09:38 PM (Tnhbr)

276 Lady Stark didn't tell the Bastard about Little Finger and the Vale or the Bastard would have tried using them in the first place. Lady didn't win the North, she almost got them all killed by keeping her trap shut.

Lots of this was changed for HBO but the books were written before the SJW thing was really a blatant thing. I don't think it's over SJWarriory.

Why hasn't the Bastard mentioned his blade shattering that Walker? There are now 5-6 ? of those Valerian Steel weapons in the hands of major characters

Posted by: Derptastic at August 09, 2017 09:39 PM (DB16e)

277 Using Drogon early showed the pompous ass that her dragons are not invincible. Probably come into play for planning later

Posted by: Derptastic at August 09, 2017 09:41 PM (DB16e)

278 Why hasn't the Bastard mentioned his blade shattering that Walker? There are now 5-6 ? of those Valerian Steel weapons in the hands of major characters
Posted by: Derptastic at August 09, 2017 09:39 PM (DB16e)

Valyrian steel is pretty rare. Certainly there's not enough to make a strategic difference. And it's all in the hands of nobles who aren't going to give it up. Dragon glass is something that could actually turn the tide of the war, so it makes sense to focus on that.

Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at August 09, 2017 09:41 PM (Tnhbr)

279 "Valyrian steel is pretty rare..."
Right. But they didn't know there was a giant mine full of dragon glass either until recently. I would have been hunting for the steel, I guess.

Posted by: Derptastic at August 09, 2017 09:45 PM (DB16e)

280
The thing is, I actually enjoy that she's getting her ass kicked. It's nice to see because it shows that having dragons isn't enough if you don't use them properly. Plus, it fits the theme that Dany is a bit (a bit?) spoiled. She thinks she's entitled to the Iron Throne, and has little idea about warfare or about governing. Most of her victories have been because she managed to decapitate her opponents' leadership, or cause an uprising among slave armies.

Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at August 09, 2017 09:38 PM (Tnhbr)

Good points. Her ancestors that used dragons to conquer the seven kingdoms were soldiers first. TRAINED soldiers. She's not.

And yeah, seeing DragonBrat getting spanked is pretty funny.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 09, 2017 09:48 PM (iFZVz)

281 And yeah, seeing DragonBrat getting spanked is pretty funny.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur

That would be Cinemax-worthy, for sure...

Posted by: Brother Cavil at August 09, 2017 10:01 PM (66CWr)

282 Brutal.

Posted by: m at August 10, 2017 05:16 AM (LRfkc)

283 It's good but doesn't go into the social justice and feminist aspect of it like this one does:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jwFtMHmry8

Posted by: Solo at August 10, 2017 09:47 AM (Gj28/)

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