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‏@mattyglesias Everyone on the Hill is talking about 10/17 but the real x-date has been pushed back by the shutdown. This could go on a while yet. -- nm - ty97 Oct 15, 15:25 1
- ‏@brianbeutler Vitter was the ideal ransom-modest but politically potent - for testing Dems' commitment to the Obama principle.And House Rs killed it - ty97 Oct 15, 15:27
Wow, Filner pleaded guilty. -- nm - mara Oct 15, 15:23
"This would all be hilarious if we weren't witnessing the simultaneous collapse of our government and economy." -- nm - Don Homer Oct 15, 15:19 1
- And just when I'm seeing a lot of help wanted signs out. Not all of which say "seasonal" too. -- nm - Qale Oct 15, 15:25
How bacteria in your gut affect your mental health -- (link) - zork Oct 15, 15:16
Stephen Sondheim Reworking Seminal 'Company' to Make Lead Gay -- (link) - ty97 Oct 15, 15:16 1
- homosexuality is elemental? -- nm - zork Oct 15, 15:17
so where are we with the Senate compromise? -- nm - spamlet Oct 15, 15:16 1
- I think they took a siesta -- nm - ty97 Oct 15, 15:16
Aaron Hernandez's Girlfriend Accused Of Destroying Evidence -- (link) - Beaker Oct 15, 15:15
I just typed "I kiss you!" instead of "thanks" in an email to a colleague. realized it *as I was hitting send.* so yeah. oops. -- nm - all the boys love mandy lane Oct 15, 15:08 5
- "I effin' knew it." nm - chad Oct 15, 15:18
- time to update the spreadsheet. -- nm - Max Oct 15, 15:12
- Just play it off like you were celebrating dead memes. -- nm - Qale Oct 15, 15:12 1
  - but I *am* -- I just don't think jen downstairs knows what a meme is. -- nm - all the boys love mandy lane Oct 15, 15:27
- d'oh! -- nm - zork Oct 15, 15:08
New iPads coming? Apple invites media to Oct. 22 event -- (link) - Beaker Oct 15, 15:07 3
- this is what I heard a few days ago. -- nm - zork Oct 15, 15:09
- mavericks for sure. I don't know about ipads yet. -- nm - all the boys love mandy lane Oct 15, 15:08 1
  - New iPads are a certainty. (I loaded Mavericks early, it's nothing major but nice improvements overall.) -- nm - Don Homer Oct 15, 15:14
And honestly, what type of masochist even wants Boehner's job anymore -- nm - ty97 Oct 15, 15:01 3
- There are 233 Republicans in the House. People know Boehner's name. That's something anonymous members covet. -- nm - David Oct 15, 15:08 1
  - Speaker Steve King - Reagen Oct 15, 15:11
- people who crave power -- nm - budice Oct 15, 15:07
This month's release of the new Fables video game The Wolf Among Us (comes from the makers of last year's hit video game The Walking Dead) -- (link) - Beaker Oct 15, 14:58 4
- "everything is in canon with the comic". Happens before issue 1 of the comicbook -- nm - Beaker Oct 15, 14:59 3
  - You just cost me $5. -- nm - David Oct 15, 15:16 1
    - heh, I wondered if you had seen it :) -- nm - Beaker Oct 15, 15:21
  - first draft of a movie script also being written -- nm - Beaker Oct 15, 15:04
The nurses decorated some of the wards for Halloween. Part of the decorations are "RIP" signs. It seems inappropriate for a hospital? -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Oct 15, 14:58 6
- cartoonish halloween graphics are disassociated from actual death just as casper ghost does not refer tp uncle casper -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 15, 15:02
- it depends in placement. maternity, emergency or ICU, yes. the dining room, no -- nm - peglegpete Oct 15, 14:59 4
  - Eh. I don't know that maternity is the right spot for that either. (I see Andie mentioned ICU below.) - kelly Oct 15, 15:45 1
    - Never mind. I misunderstood what you were getting at. -- nm - kelly Oct 15, 15:47
  - Icu??? I think not. -- nm - Andie Oct 15, 15:43
  - Actual inpatient medicine wards. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Oct 15, 15:01
Maybe we should take these nutters seriously when they say they don't care if we default on our bills. - David Oct 15, 14:56 16
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- But do they seriously think Dems will defund Obamacare? Really? Seriously? -- nm - ty97 Oct 15, 14:57 14
  - This. Really, this. - Stephen Oct 15, 15:04 9
    - I can only imagine they feel that Obama is so scared of default that he will balk? Or if we default, he'll give in to save the economy? - ty97 Oct 15, 15:07 8
      - Why even try to imagine what they are feeling or thinking. They are lunatics. It's a losing game to infer any deep plan. (Even with a default, - Don Homer Oct 15, 15:16 1
        
        Why? Because they are in Congress and we have to. - ty97 Oct 15, 15:19
      - if they give anything this will happen again... over and over... until they don't -- nm - stewie Oct 15, 15:16
      - Gohmert has tipped his hand - he thinks Obama has to or he'll be impeached. - Reagen Oct 15, 15:10 4
        
        I don't see why they think President Biden would be any better. - spamlet Oct 15, 15:23
        
        No sane person will go for that -- nm - ty97 Oct 15, 15:11 2
        
        yes, but we're talking about Louis Gohmert. -- nm - Reagen Oct 15, 15:12 1
        
        I'm hoping there are not 434 more of him is all I'm saying -- nm - ty97 Oct 15, 15:14
  - I'm trying to imagine what it would have been like if the Dems had shut down the government unless the PATRIOT Act got defunded - Reagen Oct 15, 15:01 2
    - The analogy I read was something like Senator Obama filibustering the budget (or debt ceiling) unless the Iraq War was defuned. -- nm - ty97 Oct 15, 15:03
    - The Bush tax cuts -- nm - amoxy Oct 15, 15:02
  - That boggles my mind also. It is his signature bill! -- nm - amoxy Oct 15, 14:59
So we're back to 'Boehner passes something with Dem support or we default'. Awesome. -- nm - ty97 Oct 15, 14:54
Amoxy wins. 675 to replace the bumper. -- nm - Truman Oct 15, 14:52 9
- Yeah! What do I win? -- nm - amoxy Oct 15, 14:54 8 1
  - 5 spawn points. - Truman Oct 15, 14:55 5
    - I'd rather have a rock -- nm - amoxy Oct 15, 14:57 4
      - If you would like to trade in 45 spawn points, we can upgrade you to a basic rock reward package -- nm - Truman Oct 15, 15:00 3
        
        Damn. I only have 5 points. But really don't want anymore. Anybody want 5 Spawn Points? -- nm - amoxy Oct 15, 15:06 2
        
        Them things is cursed. Keep them away from me. - zork Oct 15, 15:08
        
        give them to Remlik. nm -- nm - groiny Oct 15, 15:07
  - you get to pay half! -- nm - Beaker Oct 15, 14:54 1
    - Naw, lady who hit me pays , well her insurance does. Plus a rental for 3-4 days, once the part comes in on Monday -- nm - Truman Oct 15, 14:57
Insanity. Seriously, insanity. -- nm - ty97 Oct 15, 14:49 5
- I feel like every time Boehner brings a bill back to his caucus it's like the "What in the wild wild world of sports is a-goin' on here" scene from - Reagen Oct 15, 14:59 3
  - soon he'd going to ask Cantor to get a shitload of dimes to make the next interest payment -- nm - spamlet Oct 15, 15:10 1
    - well played. -- nm - Reagen Oct 15, 15:11
  - I see Boehner more as Harvey Korman rather than Slim Pickens -- nm - amoxy Oct 15, 15:00
- and CNN really is the worst. Their headline isnt even accurate: Dems reject new GOP plan - Jovian Oct 15, 14:51
anyone listen to the Night Vale podcast? -- nm - Remlik Oct 15, 14:47 1
- No, but it comes up a lot on Tumblr. -- nm - Qale Oct 15, 14:53
The House Rules meeting, which precedes a vote, that was schedule for 5:40pm has been postponed per Jake Sherman. - ty97 Oct 15, 14:47 9
- @politico #Breaking: Obama says he would veto debt-ceiling legislation if it includes provision cutting health subsidies for congressional official -- nm - ty97 Oct 15, 14:51 3
  - lol yea sure he would. he wouldnt veto shit if it was passed in the House and the Senate -- nm - Jovian Oct 15, 14:54 2
    - Well, it ain't passing the Senate so..... -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 15, 14:56 1
      - oh I know, just saying. (it isnt even passing the House apparantly) -- nm - Jovian Oct 15, 14:58
- these f**king clowns cant even pass it themselves. -- nm - Jovian Oct 15, 14:49
- @robertcostaNRO Member emails: "I don't think vote is happening tonight" -- nm - ty97 Oct 15, 14:48
- they don't have the votes -- nm - spamlet Oct 15, 14:47 2
  - Score one for CNN! -- nm - David Oct 15, 14:53 1
    - link -- (link) - ty97 Oct 15, 14:54
Ikai.org: does anyone else find it verrrrrry slow since they changed servers? Like maddeningly slow? -- nm - Beaker Oct 15, 14:45 4
- ad blockers? -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 15, 15:08
- Nah -- and I can now get into it from work so I'm actually able to do more than 2 things a day. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 15, 14:50
- it's been fine for me on multiple devices... - Mel Profit Oct 15, 14:49 1
  - frig, it has been terrible for me for a week or so now at home and work. -- nm - Beaker Oct 15, 14:54
And a 'look at me' post. Before the concert last night, we went out to dinner here -- (link) - ty97 Oct 15, 14:45 5
- hey, their cost to fixe dinner was more than it cost me to 'fix' the dog -- nm - rodney dangerfield Oct 15, 15:21
- Did you post a concert review? You went to NIN, right? -- nm - JaxSean Oct 15, 14:48
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  - It was awesome - ty97 Oct 15, 14:47
- Did you get the del pasta? - colin Oct 15, 14:46
David..Hyperpixel is the front end interface.. - colin Oct 15, 14:45 4
- How far up the line in videogame systems does it go? XBox/PS2? -- nm - David Oct 15, 14:50 3
  - Sorry, Hyperspin (pixel??).. The do not support anything with direct backward compatability. - colin Oct 15, 15:00 2
    - I get that but how far up the console line do the emulators go? -- nm - David Oct 15, 15:06 1
      - Believe there are wii, ps3, and xbox360 emulators. -- nm - colin Oct 15, 15:18
I know more than I would like about Tony Siragusa's bowels. -- nm - David Oct 15, 14:40 2
- which is to say anything? -- nm - Reagen Oct 15, 14:43 1
  - Xactly! -- nm - David Oct 15, 14:49
what kind of sweetner do you use for tea, coffee, etc.....? - groiny Oct 15, 14:35 18
- sugar -- nm - zork Oct 15, 15:06
- honey...sugar or nothing -- nm - peglegpete Oct 15, 14:48
- Splenda, although most of the time I'm drinking Diet Coke so that doesn't need anything. - kelly Oct 15, 14:48 1
  - I take it giving up the diet soda thing did not go so well? -- nm - groiny Oct 15, 14:52
- Splenda -- nm - con_carne Oct 15, 14:47
- Splenda or nothing...try to do nothing. -- nm - colin Oct 15, 14:45
- Coffeemate Italian Sweet Cream - Sugar Free. -- nm - JaxSean Oct 15, 14:45
- Sugar, I've tried Truvia but I just can't get used to it -- nm - J Oct 15, 14:45
- None - I can barely remember where I keep the sugar when I need it for baking. -- nm - Meg Oct 15, 14:44
- Sugar -- nm - Krusty Oct 15, 14:41
- Sugar or honey -- nm - TWuG Oct 15, 14:39
- Stevia nm - Jovian Oct 15, 14:37
- stevia -- nm - budice Oct 15, 14:37
- truvia -- nm - Remlik Oct 15, 14:36
- None -- nm - amoxy Oct 15, 14:36
- Coke Zero. -- nm - spamlet Oct 15, 14:36
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  - this is what I currently use. nm -- nm - groiny Oct 15, 14:38
If you have SiriusXM, apparently my brother will be on the 'Dr Matt Towsend Show' on Channel 143 tomorrow -- nm - ty97 Oct 15, 14:32
Heritage Action and Freedomworks still urging for the House to vote 'no' because the bill does not defund Obamacare. - ty97 Oct 15, 14:30 8
- "XXX voted for Obamacare" is an instant lose ad in most districts. - spamlet Oct 15, 14:35 3
  - But if the rep is already reliable up to the date of default (basically) in pushing the fight, are they *really* going to try to unseat the guy? - ty97 Oct 15, 14:43 1
    - they want a guy they can control. they lifted up this guy, they can do it to the next. -- nm - spamlet Oct 15, 14:49
  - "most of those districts -- nm - spamlet Oct 15, 14:35
- CNN: "Boehner struggling for votes" -- nm - David Oct 15, 14:31 3
  - and our Credit Rating is getting ready to be tanked again -- (link) - Remlik Oct 15, 14:36 1
    - There's another reason the Senate will pass if the House does. -- nm - ty97 Oct 15, 14:44
  - They aren't doing the whip thing so no one knows if he has them. That's a pretty meaningless wording. -- nm - ty97 Oct 15, 14:32
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- as long as they do not give the ball to the bullpen. nm -- nm - groiny Oct 15, 14:31 1
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Also, during my parent's visit, my father asked if I had considered going back to school to become a PoliSci professor - ty97 Oct 15, 14:27 3
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  - My mother didn't suggest rehab. She only suggested that I only have two drinks. - ty97 Oct 15, 14:31 1
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N.C. official accepts same-sex marriage applications despite ban -- (link) - amoxy Oct 15, 14:25
Anybody use the question-answering app ChaCha? -- nm - mara Oct 15, 14:18 2
- That's funny. I just used the Live Chat option on the healthcare website and it reminded me of ChaCha. My application is in, can't get to results page - Qale Oct 15, 14:26
- Yes. Many people do, mara. -- nm - ChaCha Oct 15, 14:19
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Fitch credit agency puts US on a negative rating watch... -- nm - Don Homer Oct 15, 14:14
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- I always picture that actor / kickboxer of the same name with this guy. nm -- nm - groiny Oct 15, 14:18 8
  - Tex Cobb? -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 15, 14:20 7
    - yeah, but his real name was Randall, IIRC. NM -- nm - groiny Oct 15, 14:20 6
      - Yeah, i had no clue that was his first name .... just looked it up. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 15, 14:21 5
        
        "Boy, using that oriental bullshit on me is gonna get real expensive...." -- nm - groiny Oct 15, 14:22 4
        
        Oh yeah, one of the best character actors in a long time. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 15, 14:25 3
        
        makes me sad he has not been in anything since 2001 - groiny Oct 15, 14:26 2
        
        yeah, and I go back to Uncommon Valor for what I really remember him for. -- nm - zork Oct 15, 14:33 1
        
        for sure, that is the one I locked in on. - groiny Oct 15, 14:35

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