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"Romney was also booed when he told the audience that if they wanted the best president for African Americans, they were looking at him." - npr news Jul 11, 11:07 29
- I'm thoroughly confused as to what his game is here... - znufrii Jul 11, 11:18 1
  - It almost reminds me of the WKRP episode where Arthur threw the election to the City Council - amoxy Jul 11, 11:20
- Who the hell wrote that speech for him. Did they know where he was going to give it? -- nm - pmb Jul 11, 11:16 7
  - Conservative strategists seem to think Romney's team is amateur hour. - David Jul 11, 11:18 6
    - They're fundraising like crazy though. -- nm - pmb Jul 11, 11:18 5
      - Even in my own party, I'm uncomfortable with this notion that it's okay to buy elections now. -- nm - David Jul 11, 11:20 2
        
        it bothers me most that people bitch about the economy but have no problem with this much money wasted on political campaigns. -- nm - Max Jul 11, 11:25 1
        
        button makers gotta eat. -- nm - Reagen Jul 11, 11:25
      - well, yeah. - znufrii Jul 11, 11:20
      - well those 'closet' racists *really* want that black president out of there -- nm - Jovian Jul 11, 11:19
- eAlso booed when he said he supports traditional marriag, right after he said "I will stand for people of every race, creed and sexual orientation," -- nm - MDH Jul 11, 11:12
- Well, I hear his family owned slaves at one point, so... (nmbselfshiv) - TWuG Jul 11, 11:10
- have Republicans admitted yet that they've got their version of Kerry on their hands? - Mel Profit Jul 11, 11:10 16
  - Kerry with ten times the donated money, I guess. -- nm - mara Jul 11, 11:19
  - Was the Romney donor at the Hamptons thing discussed here? - Reagen Jul 11, 11:18
  - The difference is his base is more motivated than the democratic base, so it's still going to be close. -- nm - pmb Jul 11, 11:18
  - Could it be a subtle ploy to get him exactly this PR and help to solidify him with the base? - ty97 Jul 11, 11:17 12
    - it's almost a clever political strategy. - znufrii Jul 11, 11:20 1
      - except his goal isn't to just solidify his base - znufrii Jul 11, 11:26
    - He is as solid with the base as he's going to get. The base isn't voting for Obama no matter how well or how poorly - TWuG Jul 11, 11:19 5
      - Right. He could put multiple puppies and kittens into a wood chipper and he will still have their vote. -- nm - Jovian Jul 11, 11:20 2
        
        Now mention something they're against. -- nm - Reagen Jul 11, 11:21 1
        
        "Hey! Keep your snobby lemon grass out of my chipper!" -- nm - Max Jul 11, 11:22
      - The base can stay home though -- nm - ty97 Jul 11, 11:20 1
        
        they aint staying home this election.. -- nm - Jovian Jul 11, 11:21
    - "You're never going to vote for me" is a strange ploy. Why even show up if that's the strategy? -- nm - David Jul 11, 11:19 3
      - Because you have to. Imagine the PR if you slight the NAACP? -- nm - ty97 Jul 11, 11:19 2
        
        I can't believe I lost to this guy. -- nm - Newt Gingrich Jul 11, 11:21 1
        
        If the Supreme Court had ruled six months ago, I don't think Romney would be the nominee. -- nm - David Jul 11, 11:22
That annoying user just called me 13 times during a 45minute training session with another client. - Will Hunting Jul 11, 11:05 1
- That's stalker behaviour. -- nm - Reagen Jul 11, 11:07
Listening to the Slacker Spotify list is like playing on Turntable, but with a lot less work involved -- nm - con_carne Jul 11, 10:58 2
- yeah, with less personal interaction. - groiny Jul 11, 11:00
- Also: I am officially getting negative amounts of work done right now -- nm - con_carne Jul 11, 10:59
A Danish man appears to have committed suicide ... by jumping into the tiger enclosure at the zoo, at night. -- (link) - loosilu Jul 11, 10:58 1
- has Dane Duuk Nuke posted today? -- nm - zork Jul 11, 10:59
Science Channel to premier Firefly special "Browncoats Unite" for Firefly's 10th Anniversary (wow) -- (link) - MDH Jul 11, 10:52 1
- When did they become what Sci Fi used to be? - the wrong element, bad guy Jul 11, 11:43
*this post is intended to annoy david* -- nm - Flexo-ryllium Jul 11, 10:46 1
- Is Flexo singing Mmm Bop? -- nm - David Jul 11, 10:50
ST Poll: Black seeds on hot dog buns: Yes or no? -- nm - oblique Jul 11, 10:45 24
- never seeds on any buns -- nm - peglegpete Jul 11, 11:17 2
  - *drops my seeds on pippy's buns* nm -- nm - groiny Jul 11, 11:18 1
    - this? and you slapped my post on B2 with CDB? -- nm - zork Jul 11, 11:24
- sure, why not? -- nm - Andie Jul 11, 11:02 6
  - maybe you'd all eat it, but is anybody asking for it? Has anybody said, "you know what hot dogs are missing? poppy seeds."? -- nm - Max Jul 11, 11:10 5
    - I like it that way. -- nm - pmb Jul 11, 11:17 1
      - you're ruining my poppy-eradication campaign. -- nm - Max Jul 11, 11:18
    - Both DC hot dog places I know of say it is "Chicago Style" -- nm - MDH Jul 11, 11:13 1
      - Sort of, but Chicago style is a lot more than that. - spamlet Jul 11, 11:15
    - don't the sausage buns, that are a little more yellow (egg bread maybe), don't they always have poppy seeds? -- nm - Andie Jul 11, 11:13
- sure -- nm - Remlik Jul 11, 10:58 1
  - with of course the proper condiment that is ketchup. -- nm - Remlik Jul 11, 11:17
- I'd eat it. -- nm - loosilu Jul 11, 10:53 2
  - wanna have a threesome? nm -- nm - random hot dog Jul 11, 10:55
  - Always the contrarian :) -- nm - oblique Jul 11, 10:53
- No -- nm - Krusty Jul 11, 10:50
- Not an issue -- nm - SyrDragon Jul 11, 10:49
- Heck, no. I think someone would get their ass kicked for suggesting something like that 'round here. -- nm - spamlet Jul 11, 10:47 1
  - But white seeds would be a whole 'nother thing? So that's how it is.... -- nm - JD Jul 11, 10:50
- not by default but wouldn't pick them off -- nm - zork Jul 11, 10:47 1
  - of course, if it's a sausage instead of a hot dog, then seeds have much more claim to be on the bun. -- nm - zork Jul 11, 10:56
- No. -- nm - MDH Jul 11, 10:47
- Poppy seeds? No. Same with bagels. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 11, 10:46
- no. nm -- nm - groiny Jul 11, 10:46
This NYT editorial covers an interested (for me) topic. I've always viewed poverty as an inner-city phenomenon. - ty97 Jul 11, 10:44 19
- one visit to my brother in Kentucky cured me of that idea. -- nm - loosilu Jul 11, 10:54
- actually makes a lot of sense. -- nm - znufrii Jul 11, 10:53
- *blink* -- nm - nubby Jul 11, 10:51
- Man, there's no poverty quite like rural poverty. - Reagen Jul 11, 10:45 15
  - yet Saskatchewan has enough cell phones now to justify a *second* area code -- nm - zork Jul 11, 10:57 8
    - Cell phones actually work great in impoverished areas, particularly those that never had land-line infrastructure. - ty97 Jul 11, 11:00 7
      - We've found that in the Southwest. Sometimes get a way better signal out on the Navajo Rez than in more developed areas. -- nm - MojaveMeg Jul 11, 11:06
      - great for the providers. they get to shake money out of poor people everywhere. - zork Jul 11, 11:03 5
        
        I'd argue that having a cell phone in the US very nearly is a need. - TWuG Jul 11, 11:16 1
        
        at this point it is absolutely a need. Most public phones are gone. -- nm - loosilu Jul 11, 11:26
        
        totally disagree. in places with no landlines, a cell phone makes a huge difference. in the third world it raises people's income significantly. -- nm - loosilu Jul 11, 11:05 2
        
        I wasn't talking about third world. -- nm - zork Jul 11, 11:08 1
        
        why assume it's different in rural areas of the US? -- nm - loosilu Jul 11, 11:09
  - No doubt, but rural wasn't even part of my world view growing up. Which, as I learn more about my ancestry, is strange. - ty97 Jul 11, 10:55 3
    - "Claim the land, Joseph"? -- nm - Reagen Jul 11, 10:57 2
      - no, *share* the land -- nm - guess who Jul 11, 10:59 1
        
        Are we talking about together now? -- nm - TWuG Jul 11, 11:02
  - Going back to NW Conn, where my mother grew up is very instructive. - Mel Profit Jul 11, 10:50
  - Word. -- nm - spamlet Jul 11, 10:47
For our librarians - local library institutes new rules... -- (link) - MojaveMeg Jul 11, 10:43
Speaking of pop music, I love the picture in this article -- (link) - oblique Jul 11, 10:42
Rolling Stone Profile of Rachel Maddow: "Rachel Maddow's Quiet War" -- (link) - ty97 Jul 11, 10:36 6
- I heart her so, so much. -- nm - nubby Jul 11, 10:47 1
  - I admire her approach and her obviously huge brain, though I'm still bothered by ideologues on 'news' channels. -- nm - ty97 Jul 11, 11:01
- Wow, I didn't know she admires Glenn Beck - amoxy Jul 11, 10:42 2
  - he's an 80's shock jock who just changed what he talks about -- nm - Remlik Jul 11, 10:59
  - well, he certainly had those... - znufrii Jul 11, 10:48
- OMG, I have her haircut -- nm - con_carne Jul 11, 10:38
I have no words to describe this 110M hurdle race at the Chinese University Games -- (link) - MDH Jul 11, 10:34 8
- Third most powerful video in the history of the Internet -- nm - Nielsen Jul 11, 10:39 3
  - *Golf Clap* -- nm - amoxy Jul 11, 10:45
  - heh. does remind me though that Tank Man in Tiananmen Square could be in that top 20 -- nm - zork Jul 11, 10:43
  - Win. -- nm - MDH Jul 11, 10:40
- "And that's how the 110m Running Through Things event was established." -- nm - Future Historians Jul 11, 10:36 1
  - I knew this was you - zork Jul 11, 10:46
- I love how he (spoils) - spamlet Jul 11, 10:35 1
  - dickish but still awesome. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 11, 10:52
This photoshop makes me laugh for a couple of reasons. -- (link) - Reagen Jul 11, 10:31 [Image] 1
- reminds me a bit of (a youngish) David Gardner -- nm - zork Jul 11, 10:38
Casey Anthony verdict in the top 20? really? -- nm - zork Jul 11, 10:27 1
- definitely does not belong on the list. -- nm - loosilu Jul 11, 10:32
Spammy, I'm still not seeing your Slacker playlist. Do I have to have the upgraded Spotify account, doyathink? - Dr.Vermin Jul 11, 10:27 6
- B2 link worked. Duh. Thanks, you guys. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jul 11, 10:51 1
  - I added the link to the FB group as well for people who want to join up later. -- nm - spamlet Jul 11, 10:52
- It looks like Spotify won't let you publish a collaborative playlist. You'll have to go from the link on B2. - spamlet Jul 11, 10:42
- I can't install it on my work machine, so I don't know.* - spamlet Jul 11, 10:32
- I have the standard spotify, and I see it. nm -- nm - groiny Jul 11, 10:31
- Did you click the B2 link? -- nm - con_carne Jul 11, 10:30
C'mon, all we need is one person to switch their vote to make David curse us today. It's 1:30pm and this hasn't happened yet. You all are slipping. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 11, 10:27
The Pretty Reckless is the pretty good - con_carne Jul 11, 10:26
Cool, new board...Survivor premiere announced. Wednesday, September 19...and it'll be 90 minutes. That'll allow for - Jim Jul 11, 10:26 32
- Wow. - Strongbad Jul 11, 10:28 24
  - She'll take the good, she'll take the bad. -- nm - David Jul 11, 10:32 3
    - Oh muther@#$@#$@ you. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 11, 10:32 2
      - And here you were trying to get me to curse you... -- nm - David Jul 11, 10:35
      - You take them both and there you'll have... -- nm - Jim Jul 11, 10:34
  - Apparently, she's a huge fan of the show and is a high adventure junkie. She's applied multiple times, from what I understand. -- nm - Jim Jul 11, 10:29 7
    - And as a positive for her, no one on the show is likely to remember who the hell she is. - Will Hunting Jul 11, 10:30 2
      - I'll be disappointed if some of the older players don't recognize her straight off. And yeah...Kent would have to go come individual challenge time. -- nm - Jim Jul 11, 10:31 1
        
        We'll see....it's not like she's been busy the last 25 years. - Will Hunting Jul 11, 10:32
    - Also, there's no truth to the rumor that Tootie would be her family visit. -- nm - Jim Jul 11, 10:30 3
      - of course not. You pull in Jo or George Clooney for that. -- nm - Reagen Jul 11, 10:32 2
        
        wait, Mrs. Garrett is still alive? Her then. -- nm - Reagen Jul 11, 10:34
        
        Yeah, Natalie probably wouldn't be much help and neither would Mrs. Garrett. -- nm - Jim Jul 11, 10:33
  - I had to google her. I still want to see a celebrity survivor edition -- nm - MDH Jul 11, 10:29 11
    - They would have to clear old growth forest to make room for the Star Wagon trailers -- nm - con_carne Jul 11, 10:34
    - so much this. An A or B list celebrity survivor would be great - Jovian Jul 11, 10:33
    - She's very out-spoken about her faith. Published some books about motherhood and raising children. - Strongbad Jul 11, 10:33 8
      - Even Kirk Cameron wouldn't be as annoying about it as Coach was. -- nm - David Jul 11, 10:35
      - So is Jeff Kent -- nm - amoxy Jul 11, 10:35 6
        
        He will totally ace the "fall off your truck" challenge. -- nm - David Jul 11, 10:36
        
        Huh, didn't realize that. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 11, 10:36 4
        
        He was very vocal in his oppostion to Prop 8 -- nm - amoxy Jul 11, 10:37 3
        
        "I may be a dumbass and a drunk but..." - David Jul 11, 10:38 2
        
        It was one of the few times the Giants clubhouse stuck up for Bonds - amoxy Jul 11, 10:44 1
        
        Like 8 years into his career, Jeff Kent went very, very wrong. -- nm - David Jul 11, 10:49
- pumped to see Penner back -- nm - Jovian Jul 11, 10:27 6
  - I hope Skupin isn't Colby the Sequel. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 11, 10:35 2
    - Here's the thing about Skupin...I recently rewatched his season with my kids...until the colby challenge, he was kind of a dick. - Jim Jul 11, 10:40 [youtube] 1
      - I agree. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 11, 10:46
  - I'm actually excited for all 3 to come back. And apparently, someone from this season does a back to back with Season 26... - Jim Jul 11, 10:28 2
    - oh me too. But Jonathan is one of my favorites -- nm - Jovian Jul 11, 10:31 1
      - He's a quote machine. I'd wager he'll do well. He knows how to play and was in good position before he got med-evac'd last time. -- nm - Jim Jul 11, 10:32
Blood Feud trading is fun. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 11, 10:25 2
- Sure, when you can get someone to give you MJD for Gronk. -- nm - the wrong element, bad guy Jul 11, 11:42
- *kicks at dirt* -- nm - Reagen Jul 11, 10:31
Word. -- nm - Jim Jul 11, 10:25 1
- to your mother -- nm - mara Jul 11, 10:25

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