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Did you know that Al Pacino has a supermarket near me? - LMS Nov 7, 06:12
Would someone here be willing to slap me across the face every time I respond to a post on Facebook about our impending teacher's strike? - Master Kilbo Nov 7, 06:09 3
- I can only imagine the vitriol from some folks out there. We had enough vitriol in hippie blue Chicago with our strike -- nm - ty97 Nov 7, 11:26
- I feel for teachers honestly. I could never do it. -- nm - Shauntum of Solace Nov 7, 06:12
- *lines up* - ST Nov 7, 06:11
It's so awesome that it's all over and Florida didn't matter. - Krusty Nov 7, 06:08 4
- I'd still love to know how it's been 4 elections now and Florida still can't figure out how to have results the same night as the rest of the country. -- nm - Jim Nov 7, 06:15 2
  - dude, they're *old*. they move slower. - Moneypandie Nov 7, 06:17
  - It's hard work designing a ballot that confuses *everyone*. Add in efforets to keep people that don't look American from voting and, well.... -- nm - TWuG Nov 7, 06:16
- agreed ... let's hope this is the extent of the Mercury retrograde mischief :) -- nm - Casino JenBro Nov 7, 06:14
More details revealed about Neil Gaiman's Doctor Who episode. - LMS Nov 7, 05:50
Wait, the Taliban is not happy that Obama was reelected? - Spawnfall Nov 7, 05:48 2
- how happy would you be if some foriegn gov was sending flying robots to kill you? -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 7, 11:21
- those dudes don't ever seem happy. -- nm - mafic Nov 7, 05:57
I don't know if this guy could win; -- (link) - Loyola Nov 7, 05:42 [youtube]
I'm glad to say I was wrong about the gay marriage bill passing Maryland. - Inigo Nov 7, 05:36 2
- Smoke a bowl! - Spawnfall Nov 7, 05:38
- ^ in Maryland -- nm - Inigo Nov 7, 05:37
Heard a commentator this morning saying that the women that supported Romney did so because they believed he wasn't serious about the abortion issue. - LMS Nov 7, 05:20 2
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  - saw your post about the cam's - did you see the one where the asian guy was dancing ... for a really LONG time - they just kept showing him dance - he - Casino JenBro Nov 7, 05:32
Dammit! Woke up to find out Michele Bachmann won. Oh well... you can't have everything. -- nm - Ernst Stavro Buzzfeld Nov 7, 05:14
How sport figures faired in the election: -- (link) - Beakraker Nov 7, 05:13
Allen (VA) ran in large part on the effect that the defense cuts would have on VA....but the areas that would mostly be affected went *heavily* for - prayformoJaws Nov 7, 05:09
The guy hitting the tv last night on CNN that brought up the swing states into closer view was very good. They should put him in charge next time out. -- nm - Loyola Nov 7, 05:05 2
- John King? -- nm - TWuG Nov 7, 05:19 1
  - That's him. -- nm - Loyola Nov 7, 05:43
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- comeon Jack, go to the ATM already -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 7, 11:23
- If it's anything other than zero we're going to have a problem. - Krusty Nov 7, 05:57
- Don't you live in NY!?!? - Shauntum of Solace Nov 7, 05:46
- All. Night. Long. -- nm - Spawnfall Nov 7, 05:40
- I care not to speculate on the sexual proclivity of Domino's employees but judging by the porn I've seen - Master Kilbo Nov 7, 05:26 3
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    - What kind of porn do you think I'm watching? -- nm - Master Kilbo Nov 7, 06:04
  - well played -- nm - budice Nov 7, 05:29
- extra anchovies? -- nm - The Man With The Golden CQ Nov 7, 05:09
- 5. Hope he used protection ;) -- nm - Loyola Nov 7, 05:00 2
  - ditto..well played. prolly also didnt realize his audience preferred dudes -- nm - budice Nov 7, 05:30 1
    - I actually regret it now! Apologies to J and Dominic'e pizza. -- nm - Loyola Nov 7, 05:44
- Did he support Obama or Romney? -- nm - spamlet Nov 7, 04:59 1
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Trump/Palin 2016! -- nm - Beakraker Nov 7, 04:56 1
- Bachman/Palin overdrive -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 7, 11:23
"All I know is this: I am asking Nate Silver to fill out my NCAA bracket next March" -- nm - Beakraker Nov 7, 04:49 1
- " The party in N. Silver's mother's basement will be legendary." -- nm - Beakraker Nov 7, 04:50
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- Heh good clip. -- nm - Loyola Nov 7, 04:58
So the only states Obama didn't hold onto compared to 2008 were NC and Indiana, right - prayformoJaws Nov 7, 04:44 2
- NC was a close call, IN the only real flip -- nm - budice Nov 7, 05:31
- Yes. And NC was a narrow win last time -- nm - TWuG Nov 7, 05:30
Congratulations America with your President. May he be a kind ruler, and let all of you live. -- nm - Loyola Nov 7, 04:38 1
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211 pages on union docs to review the next two nights for my Union meeting Friday... - Beakraker Nov 7, 04:33
Somehow, I'm awake. Hey, the kids want pancakes, so I'm cooking with a huge glass of Coca Cola by my side :) -- nm - The Man With The Golden CQ Nov 7, 04:26
Woke up, bleary eyed turned on BBC News and the first person to inform me that Obama won was Richard Schiff. - LMS Nov 7, 03:57
Nov 7, 1885 � In Craigellachie, British Columbia, construction ends on the Canadian Pacific Railway extending across Canada. -- nm - Beakraker Nov 7, 03:40 5
- 1908 � Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid are reportedly killed in San Vicente, Bolivia. -- nm - Beakraker Nov 7, 03:40 4
  - 1916 � Jeannette Rankin is the first woman elected to the United States Congress. -- nm - Beakraker Nov 7, 03:40 3
    - 1944 � Franklin D. Roosevelt elected for a record fourth term as President of the United States of America. -- nm - Beakraker Nov 7, 03:41 2
      - 1989 � David Dinkins becomes the first African American to be elected mayor of New York City. -- nm - Beakraker Nov 7, 03:42 1
        
        1991 � Magic Johnson announces that he is infected with HIV and retires from the NBA. -- nm - Beakraker Nov 7, 03:42
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- Ugh, sorry. You shouldn't have gotten them hyped up for a Romney win. - spamlet Nov 7, 05:24
- It's like a bad Mt. Rose beauty pageant happening right in your own home. -- nm - The Man With The Golden CQ Nov 7, 04:45 1
  - Excellent reference -- nm - prayformoJaws Nov 7, 04:47
- Eww ... Hope all are. Etter soon! -- nm - JenBro Nov 7, 04:38
- It's the Happy Go Pukey! -- nm - Strongbad Nov 7, 04:11
- yeah, bachmann makes me a little queasy, and I'm on the other side of the world. -- nm - mafic Nov 7, 03:43
- F'n' Obama -- nm - Beakraker Nov 7, 03:42
- ugh, sucks -- nm - ty97 Nov 7, 03:41
- You have my sympathies -- nm - prayformoJaws Nov 7, 03:38
MD picks Obama by 25pts, passes expanded gambling and same-sex marriage... - SG3 Nov 7, 03:22 4
- Good for them. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 7, 04:10 1
  - this -- nm - Beakraker Nov 7, 04:32
- Not thrilled about the gambling part (tends to serve as a regressive tax) but I'm not faulting MD today. -- nm - ty97 Nov 7, 03:23 1
  - If we're gonna have gambling in the state, it's much better for the economy to have table games as well. -- nm - Inigo Nov 7, 06:14
Senate 51 D, 45 R, 2I. The 2 seats left to determine are MT and ND - ty97 Nov 7, 03:00
Bachmann re-elected in a very tight 50/50 race. -- nm - ty97 Nov 7, 02:53 2
- you ain't seen nuthin' yet -- nm - Beakraker Nov 7, 03:49
- Allen West may lose, but it's 50/50 with 100% in. -- nm - ty97 Nov 7, 03:02
The reason Florida hasn't been called (apparently): 200,000 absentee ballots to verify and count yet -- (link) - ty97 Nov 7, 02:29
see ya again in four years - moochocrat Nov 7, 02:16 1
- C'mon man - JenBro Nov 7, 03:13
the biggest significant demographic change was 'latino' voters showing up at the polls and overwhelmingly obama (possible more than black voters?) -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 7, 01:48 2
- they were 8% of the electorate in 2008. up to 10% this year -- nm - moochocrat Nov 7, 02:02
- In % or raw numbers? Black voter went 93% for Obama. Latinos 69% for Obama. -- nm - ty97 Nov 7, 01:50
Why was tonight's Obama hiding during the campaign? It wasn't by accident. -- (link) - ty97 Nov 7, 00:43 1
- I could see some of that reasoning, but dang, it was obama trending up, mitt looking like a conniving con guy from the conv to the 1st debate, - zeitgeist Nov 7, 01:28
@#$#$ Mother %$#%#$% F'n I just saw another political ad, the colin powel one for obama - zeitgeist Nov 7, 00:38
Maryland Marriage. Maine Marriage. Failed Minnesota Marriage Ban. One more to go Washington. -- nm - ty97 Nov 7, 00:27 1
- that one looks good too -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 7, 00:35
In other news, Michigan did not reject a free international bridge that Canada is entirely paying for. - Reagen Nov 7, 00:25 4
- cool -- nm - Beakraker Nov 7, 04:36
- The current bridge situation is bad ... This needed to happen. -- nm - JenBro Nov 7, 03:18
- that family who owns the toll bridge that used to be the only crossing ain't gonna like it -- nm - moochocrat Nov 7, 00:30 1
  - they spent millions trying to sink it with this measure. -- nm - Reagen Nov 7, 00:33
Our first priority is to make Mitch McConnell a no-term majority leader -- nm - The Tea Party Nov 6, 23:44
Steve Schmidt on NBC now, trying to save the GOP. - Mop Nov 6, 23:38 12
- he was brutal on Morning Joe this morning... - ThunderProfit Nov 7, 06:08
- since 1964, they have never gotten *more* moderate after losing a presidential election. are they about to start now? - moochocrat Nov 6, 23:46 9
  - Miguel Bloombito! -- nm - Beryllium Nov 6, 23:58
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    - no, but the litmus tests will still be as important to them as the candidate's ethnicity -- nm - moochocrat Nov 6, 23:56 6
      - This comment is almost L5-worthy. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 7, 02:32
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        They've managed to botch a Senate take over two elections in a row - I have every confidence they can go 3 for 3 - Reagen Nov 7, 00:11 2
        
        They should run Ricky Martin as their candidate. - Beryllium Nov 7, 00:13 1
        
        And he's gay. -- nm - the liiouQ Nov 7, 02:46
      - i.e., Herman Cain -- nm - moochocrat Nov 6, 23:58
- "Jar." -- nm - Max Nov 6, 23:38
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And with that, good night folks. Fun night. -- nm - Tim Nov 6, 23:25
NBC awards Virginia to Obama. -- nm - Tim Nov 6, 23:25
Are there any youtube videos of this supposed "chaos on fox news"? -- nm - Beryllium Nov 6, 23:23 6
- This looks like it might be it. -- (link) - Mop Nov 6, 23:29 3
  - I like that they admit they rehearsed it -- nm - Beryllium Nov 6, 23:45 2
    - There's nothing weird about that. If you think you might have to walk to the numbers room on camera, you do a dry run for tech issues. -- nm - Reagen Nov 7, 00:27 1
      - Indeed - but also seconds before she was questioning why they moved the numbers people so far away - Beryllium Nov 7, 00:34
- I can make this work, no seriously. Just give me five more minutes -- nm - Karl Rove Nov 6, 23:26
- I wouldn't call it chaos as much as just a cage match! -- nm - The Man With The Golden CQ Nov 6, 23:24
Seriously, voting ads, you are *literally* throwing away your money now. -- nm - Reagen Nov 6, 23:17 3
- 2014 mid term elections can't start soon enough -- nm - Bacon via Droid Nov 6, 23:23
- What is Thomas Peterffy going to do now? -- nm - Dano Nov 6, 23:21 1
  - crumble beneath the weight of Obama's socialist yoke! -- nm - moochocrat Nov 6, 23:24
Is Nate Silver a Witch? -- (link) - Reagen Nov 6, 23:13 2
- If he is, I am. - Spawnfall Nov 7, 05:37
- That's awesome. -- nm - Mop Nov 6, 23:19
100% reporting Jim Matheson 108,075, Mia Love 105,257 -- nm - Tim Nov 6, 23:12 6
- Oof. Weren't there a couple of polls that had her by double digits? -- nm - Reagen Nov 6, 23:14 2
  - The newspapers's poll there a few days ago had her up 52-40. -- nm - Tim Nov 6, 23:22
  - yeah -- nm - moochocrat Nov 6, 23:22
- ha ha -- nm - moochocrat Nov 6, 23:13 2
  - twitter: "How the hell does a Mormon Republican lose a House race with Mitt leading the ticket?" -- nm - Tim Nov 6, 23:27 1
    - from dailykos sounds like Huntsman Sr. came out for Matheson -- nm - moochocrat Nov 6, 23:29
Dear Tommy Thompson....... Retire. -- nm - the liiouQ Nov 6, 23:10
looks like Allen West is done too. - Jovian Nov 6, 23:08 3
- I'm gonna miss THAT guy . . . -- nm - Peter Venkman Nov 6, 23:10 2
  - Classy. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 7, 04:26
  - heh -- nm - Jovian Nov 6, 23:11
My parents finally got power back earlier tonight. I'm still not sure if we do though -- nm - The Man With The Golden CQ Nov 6, 23:08 6
- Try flipping the light switch. Go ahead. We'll wait. - Mop Nov 6, 23:20 4
  - NC at my wife's sister's. We're on vacation :) -- nm - The Man With The Golden CQ Nov 6, 23:23 3
    - Yikes! Must have been quite an Odyssey. -- nm - Mop Nov 6, 23:27 1
      - we made great time. No one on the roads. Driving through long island, throgsneck, cross bronx, and GW bridge was eerie. hardly any cars -- nm - The Man With The Golden CQ Nov 6, 23:41
    - aaah, come back home and play with me -- nm - The NorEaster Nov 6, 23:26
- Glad to hear that. LIPA has a map that will let you know if power has been restored to your area. -- (link) - Krusty Nov 6, 23:11
yeah, I'm not going to get to NYC tomorrow morning... -- nm - znufrii Nov 6, 23:07
"Look, I know I took $500 million of your money but don't have anything to show for it tonight, but we've got them right where we want em" -- nm - Karl Rove to his donors Nov 6, 23:06
Well with Graves up by 170 votes on Bachmann with 78% in, Im going to bed - Jovian Nov 6, 23:04 3
- 81% now with Bachmann up about 1600. Booo -- nm - Jovian Nov 6, 23:10
- uh yucky first -- nm - Jovian Nov 6, 23:04 1
  - I got two sweet firsts in a row. I should call it good enough, but hell no. -- nm - Mop Nov 6, 23:06

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