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The reason the Conservatives are going to win the Canadian election in two weeks is that by and large, they are a staunch middle class party. - Name Withheld By Request Oct 6, 19:15 12
- Admittedly, there is a selection bias but of my limited Canadian acquaintance pool, they all loathe Harper with a burning fire - jangles Oct 6, 19:28 1
  - This isn't the most diverse crowd. Not when we discuss US politics and not when we discuss Canadian politics. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Oct 6, 19:31
- Umm ... welcome back? ;-) -- nm - Beryllium Oct 6, 19:26 2
  - I've been in and out all day. Busy with work and electioneering lately. -- (edited) - Name Withheld By Request Oct 6, 19:28 1
    - this middle class Canadian flatly disagrees. -- nm - Reagen Oct 6, 20:15
- they might get a plurality, but it won't survive the Throne Speech. -- nm - Reagen Oct 6, 19:19 6
  - Case of beer on it? -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Oct 6, 19:21 5
    - That's not the sort of result I would tolerate compounding. -- nm - Reagen Oct 6, 19:24 4
      - I always thought 135-145 seats was the likeliest outcome, but national polling and local scuttlebutt from around the country tells me 160-175 is in... - Name Withheld By Request Oct 6, 19:28 3
        
        That EKOS poll from today defies belief with those Quebec numbers. -- nm - Reagen Oct 6, 19:41 2
        
        To some extent, but there's been a general consensus the last week. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Oct 6, 19:49 1
        
        Plus, don't forget the two-decade plus trend that shows polls generally underestimate conservative vote and over estimates Liberal/NDP. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Oct 6, 19:50
Mario van Peebles is on point. -- nm - Reagen Oct 6, 19:14
Kathy Lee Gifford removing her wedding ring 2 months after husbands death is trending on facebook. We live in a weird time -- nm - Bacon Oct 6, 19:07 2
- #whore -- nm - Spawn Oct 6, 19:15 1
  - ..right as I was about to say I bet there's judgment of her, and those people suck. -- nm - b. Oct 6, 19:16
This might be my most favorite playlist yet, b. -- (link) - Qale Oct 6, 19:04 [spotify] 4
- yay! thank you! - b. Oct 6, 19:12 3
  - I wouldn't bother doing such a thing. Repeats are perfectly fine. And when I'm listening to your collections, I can hit forward just as easily as you. - Qale Oct 6, 19:17 1
    - I like doing it, though. - b. Oct 6, 19:22
  - oh, and I hope you have smooth and safe travels, and a very nice visit with your fam.! :) - -- nm - b. Oct 6, 19:17
I can't seem to comment on Facebook posts on the Surface Pro since upgrading to Windows 10 -- nm - Dano Oct 6, 19:00
AP: nuclear smugglers shopped their materials to ISIS and other groups -- nm - jangles Oct 6, 18:59
huh, I remember reading about the proposal for a big test/model city (CITE); but I don't recall seeing that it's actually going forward in NM. nm but: -- (link) - b. Oct 6, 18:57
Here are the letters the New York's Attorney General just sent to DraftKings And FanDuel (code: fucked) -- (link) - Beaker Oct 6, 18:38 5
- This is just a fishing expedition, right? they don't have to answer, heck they could say its proprietary info, iirc they exist because of a federal - zeitgeist Oct 6, 19:16
- Saw someone on Twitter today who said that had they kept their $7.5M 2013 ad budgets, they probably wouldn't have attracted such attention. - Name Withheld By Request Oct 6, 19:01 1
  - LOOK AT US!! Oh, wait not you mister politician. -- nm - Bacon Oct 6, 19:02
- use promo code "you done fucked up now fiendish dr. wu" -- nm - Tim Oct 6, 18:43
- demands response to questions by October 15th -- nm - Beaker Oct 6, 18:39
How does Jose Altuve have any strike zone? (nm) - Tim Oct 6, 18:36
3 of Coins #ftw. The second shield brother dropped a primary EE on the Nightfall. Hello Zhalo Supercell. -- nm - Shaun Oct 6, 18:27
Hillary sent all the GOP candidates her book and a letter to show her accomplishments as Sec of State. -- (link) - MDH Oct 6, 18:27 2
- Kerry stood on his military record, they swift boated that right up ass, by the time they are done with hill we'll think of her as an ISIS wife -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 6, 19:19
- I was almost out of toilet paper -- nm - Trump Oct 6, 18:28
Yankees spoils - Jovian Oct 6, 18:23
I want to get a kitten and name him Aaron Purr, Sir. -- nm - Diva Oct 6, 18:22 18
- Get a dog and name him Bark Ruffalo. -- nm - Tim Oct 6, 18:56
- ours are named Murphy and Milo -- nm - Beaker Oct 6, 18:39
- If I ever see Leslie Odom Jr in person in totally referring to him as you expect. -- nm - MDH Oct 6, 18:37 1
  - as you should. -- nm - Diva Oct 6, 18:43
- the new guy in our house is named Pippin, mainly because Trish vetoed Eddard - crash davis Oct 6, 18:30 4
  - Does he like second breakfast? -- nm - Bacon Oct 6, 19:08 1
    - of course -- nm - crash davis Oct 6, 19:09
  - Not Ser Pounce? - jangles Oct 6, 18:32 1
    - Ser Pounce was tempting, I admit -- nm - crash davis Oct 6, 18:35
- can't Mel do most of the things you want a kitten to do? -- nm - Peglegpete Oct 6, 18:24 8
  - I just can't see Mel shredding all the toilet paper off the roll and strewing it about the bathroom - crash davis Oct 6, 18:41 7
    - I hate that ST knows me so well... - Mel Profit Oct 6, 18:48
    - can you repeat this after Crazy Nekkid Mel visits your wife on her birthday this week? :) -- nm - Peglegpete Oct 6, 18:44 5
      - Mel would never visit because he knows if I catch him, I'm taking him camping -- nm - crash davis Oct 6, 18:47 4
        
        What the hell did I ever do to you? -- nm - Mel Profit Oct 6, 18:49 3
        
        you'll come out of the experience convinced its a good time -- nm - crash davis Oct 6, 19:10 1
        
        It's the next generation of MKULTRA -- nm - Beryllium Oct 6, 19:13
        
        You denied the existence of Bigfoot. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 6, 19:08
Tonight's speaker at the Historical Society is a fellow board member from the Archaeological Society. - Meg Oct 6, 18:22
Variety breaks down the week's tv ratings. Looks like 'Minority Report', 'The Player' and 'Blood & Oil' are the most in danger. -- (link) - GregW Oct 6, 18:20 4
- i expect Blood & Oil to be the 1st to go . . . -- nm - call me Ishmael Oct 6, 18:52
- the Minority Report number is terrible. -- nm - Beaker Oct 6, 18:21 2
  - Should have seen it coming, really -- nm - jangles Oct 6, 18:23 1
    - He can only see the bad ratings, not the name of the show it's attached to. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 6, 19:08
Right to die is now legal in CA. Anyone planning on availing themselves? -- nm - jangles Oct 6, 18:19 2
- If I get seriously ill, sure, I won't have anyone to take care of me, I'm not doing extenstive chemo just for a few months -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 6, 19:22
- someday, if I have to; and I'll be grateful it's an option. - b. Oct 6, 18:42
Carlos Gomez's hip looked okay there. -- nm - Tim Oct 6, 18:18
The Blindspot is making little minor errors, I hope it doesn't keep growing and wreck it for me -- nm - crash davis Oct 6, 18:16 2
- Well, according to those numbers from Variety above it might be cancelled before it gets a chance to do that. -- nm - tobor.2 Oct 6, 19:06 1
  - I think you read that wrong. -- nm - Ender Oct 6, 21:20
Hey hyde, who are your picks for the baseball postseason? -- nm - jangles Oct 6, 18:14 1
- who's playing?...nm - x Oct 6, 18:19
Got my flu shot. I was afraid they might balk at shooting the splinted arm but no problem. -- nm - Meg Oct 6, 18:14 3
- Off topic. Got 2 of these on Saturday. They are very very popular with the kitties. I highly recommend. - Bacon Oct 6, 18:18 2
  - I had a coupon for one of those but couldn't find them in my store. Guess I need to check Petsmart. -- nm - Meg Oct 6, 18:19 1
    - Yep, they were at Petco for us. -- nm - Bacon Oct 6, 18:21
Chris Archer is a sweetpea. -- nm - Diva Oct 6, 18:10 3
- That was an adorable and well done turn in the booth -- nm - JD Oct 6, 18:32 2
  - I imagine the internet will be praising him heavily. - Mel Profit Oct 6, 18:37
  - He's doing great tonight. -- nm - Diva Oct 6, 18:36
The issue I have with the FTWD finale is this: (spoils) - Beryllium Oct 6, 18:08 2
- I love the set up for S2 and... - Mel Profit Oct 6, 18:16 1
  - I mean, if they really (spoils) - Beryllium Oct 6, 19:10
This female color announcer is great. Get Kruk out of there and let her fly solo. -- nm - Tim Oct 6, 18:02 2
- Don't be dissing the Kruk. He's a good old Keyser boy - jangles Oct 6, 18:07 1
  - Misread that as "Geyser boy" -- nm - Beryllium Oct 6, 18:09
NCIS tonight (minor spoiler) . . . - call me Ishmael Oct 6, 18:01
Pixie inspired poll. Using the International Dateline in the Pacific. What is the furthest East you have been? Barbados for me. -- nm - Bacon Oct 6, 18:00 36
- Frankfurt Germany as an adult, Hong Kong as a toddler -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 6, 19:25
- not sure. which is technically furthest east? Edinburgh or London? -- nm - call me Ishmael Oct 6, 18:54 1
  - London -- nm - znufrii Oct 6, 19:09
- Chicago. -- nm - GregW Oct 6, 18:30 1
  - finally someone I beat -- nm - Bacon Oct 6, 18:49
- Venice -- nm - CQ Oct 6, 18:26 2
  - How was it? -- nm - jangles Oct 6, 18:27 1
    - I loved it. So much history and beauty -- nm - CQ Oct 6, 18:45
- Prague -- nm - Dano Oct 6, 18:24
- Oh, I win this. Samoa. -- nm - Roger More Oct 6, 18:23 7
  - samoa would be westernmost in this case, I think? -- nm - b. Oct 6, 18:28 6
    - Depends how you get there under these conditions -- nm - jangles Oct 6, 18:32 5
      - following below, the farthest west would be the east/right side of the dateline itself, I think. (I blame Red.) -- nm - b. Oct 6, 18:34 4
        
        nope. samoa is on the same side of the date line as australia (according to google maps at least) -- nm - znufrii Oct 6, 18:54 3
        
        ah, I just remembered, they changed a few years ago! the map I linked to was before that. -- nm - b. Oct 6, 18:59 2
        
        nm but: -- (link) - b. Oct 6, 18:59 1
        
        huh, I had no idea it was so recent. -- (link) - znufrii Oct 6, 19:09
- Dubai. -- nm - Reagen Oct 6, 18:19
- tokyo...nm - x Oct 6, 18:13
- PEI, I think, unless Tulum is way further east than I recall -- nm - Beryllium Oct 6, 18:12
- Western Australia -- nm - Meg Oct 6, 18:11
- Scotland -- nm - Spawn Oct 6, 18:07 2
  - Haven't those poor bastards suffered enough under the English? -- nm - jangles Oct 6, 18:08 1
    - I am Scottish/Irish. - Spawn Oct 6, 18:09
- Either Malmo, Sweden or Treviso, Italy. -- nm - tobler.2 Oct 6, 18:04
- Apollonas, Naxos, Greece, if I ever end up going... -- (edited) - znufrii Oct 6, 18:03
- maine. -- nm - b. Oct 6, 18:03
- Where does east and west begin? -- nm - ty97 Oct 6, 18:01 7
  - "Using the International Date Line..." -- nm - znufrii Oct 6, 18:01 6
    - So east from US to the line? - ty97 Oct 6, 18:04 5
      - I took it from the line to the east ----> I used this. nm but: -- (link) - b. Oct 6, 18:08 [Image] 1
        
        Yes -- nm - Bacon Oct 6, 18:09
      - Have you been further east than Japan? because I know you have been there? -- nm - Bacon Oct 6, 18:06 2
        
        But before Hawaii -- nm - Bacon Oct 6, 18:07 1
        
        And in the air doesn't count, added rule. So flying over the int date doesnt count -- nm - Bacon Oct 6, 18:07
- Londres -- nm - jangles Oct 6, 18:01
jeebus Blue. -- nm - Diva Oct 6, 17:51
Norwegian (my flight next week) wants to do $69 one way from U.S. to Europe -- (link) - jangles Oct 6, 17:48 6
- really not going to want to sit in the rear, though. nm but: -- (link) - b. Oct 6, 17:51 [Image]
- Spawn I will pay half if you cover the other half. -- nm - Bacon Oct 6, 17:49 4
  - I'll buy Spawn the full ticket - jangles Oct 6, 17:51 2
    - No, I am not going with you. - Spawn Oct 6, 18:08 1
      - and makes Remlik cry -- nm - Bacon Oct 6, 18:09
  - PayPal me and we have it. -- nm - Spawn Oct 6, 17:49
Jay Leno guest hosted for Jimmy Fallon tonight - jangles Oct 6, 17:41 1
- How's his Neil Young? -- nm - Beryllium Oct 6, 19:12
if they're going ahead w/ the next Terminator movie, and if Arnie is involved . . . then I hope that . . . - call me Ishmael Oct 6, 17:35 4
- I actually wouldn't mind seeing what Arnie play Conan as... - Mel Profit Oct 6, 17:38 3
  - Conan the Terminator? -- nm - Beryllium Oct 6, 18:15
  - word is . . . (spoiler?) - call me Ishmael Oct 6, 17:59 1
    - that's exactly what I want... - Mel Profit Oct 6, 18:38
"no, but I did lick my third cousin once, and the walls started melting, so....." -- nm - prayformojo Oct 6, 17:26 2
- yeah , , , there are definitely some jokes there that will go straight over the heads of the kids tuning in . . . -- nm - call me Ishmael Oct 6, 17:32 1
  - as there should be. -- nm - tobler.2 Oct 6, 17:34
It almost feels intentional that the only playoff game ESPN gets is the Yankees. -- nm - Tim Oct 6, 17:21 2
- Dear god, please give the Astros super baseball mojo tonight -- nm - jangles Oct 6, 17:24
- Shade from the Mets fan -- nm - budice Oct 6, 17:23
LAPD was put on alert last night after a video of someone with a loaded gun behind an LAPD car was posted on Instagram. -- (link) - Meg Oct 6, 17:18
if the Watergate plumbers had the internet, they would have built a website just like the one Mel sent me to -- nm - crash davis Oct 6, 17:17
From B2: Oh I agree Mel. 0 for 50 vs. 3 out of 5. I'll take the winning and the smugness anyday -- nm - amoxy Oct 6, 17:16 1
- move to Title Town and become a winner. -- nm - Mel Profit Oct 6, 17:34
Hey guys, we can stop worrying about oil spills, it's a natural substance! -- (link) - Reagen Oct 6, 17:15 5
- strychnine: also natural!....nm - x Oct 6, 17:53
- Woo ANWR here we come! -- nm - budice Oct 6, 17:17
- Olivia Chow is going to stomp in that riding anyway won't she? -- nm - Beaker Oct 6, 17:16 2
  - Word on the ground is to watch the Liberal snag it. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Oct 6, 19:04
  - more than likely yes. But that's a spectacularly stupid comment. -- nm - Reagen Oct 6, 17:33
The Martian Soundtrack (spoilers) - amoxy Oct 6, 17:14
DFS DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM -- (link) - ML Oct 6, 17:14 11
- What kind of inside info though? Like before a game we all know who will start. -- nm - J Oct 6, 17:18 7
  - If you know ahead of time that 99% of players started Brady, Rogers, or Peyton as their QB then you know there is an arb opportunity - jangles Oct 6, 17:23 3
    - I've never used FD or DK; is it more beneficial to use an under the radar guy over, say, Brady? -- nm - Tim Oct 6, 17:25 2
      - Yes, because it lets you save salary. -- nm - Reagen Oct 6, 17:33
      - Or apparently just see who the best performers are setting in their lineups and copy them - jangles Oct 6, 17:32
  - here is the relevant bit, from yesterday. nm but: -- (link) - b. Oct 6, 17:20 [Backboard]
  - % start information is the report - ML Oct 6, 17:19 1
    - True, I wasn't thinking of that angle. -- nm - J Oct 6, 17:49
- use promo code "beyond fucked" -- nm - Tim Oct 6, 17:16
- I love how spectacularly this may crash. - Mel Profit Oct 6, 17:16 1
  - Basically ups lawyer billables and political donations -- nm - budice Oct 6, 17:16

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