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fwiw, today is chinese for dinner day. and I am taking spamlet and mandy's advice and ordering sesame chicken. -- nm - Truman Feb 2, 06:31 2
- It was last night for us. Mu Shu Pork and special fried rice for me. Mmmmmm. -- nm - Jim Feb 2, 06:33 1
  - Mmmm - good choice! -- nm - JenBro Feb 2, 14:17
"Jeb Bush is that friend you have who is totally a Hufflepuff but believes he can buy his way into Gryffindor" - ML Feb 2, 06:11 2
- My favorite from last night -- (link) - ty97 Feb 2, 06:12 1
  - lol - I never heard him mentioned once in the hours of coverage I saw on CNN last night or this morning. Sad really - I bet he is discouraged and - JenBro Feb 2, 14:19
Interesting (?) piece of data. Trump got more votes than anyone ever in the history of the Iowa GOP caucuses. - ty97 Feb 2, 06:10 1
- Waking up and seeing the raw data for the first time, the late Rubio surge was apparently quite real. - ML Feb 2, 06:16
Yeah, Mel. semi-nailed the demo this morning that I was handed at 4pm yesterday. - Mel Profit Feb 2, 06:04
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- A. every 8 years is a whole new crop of new voters, besides people buy cars and fall for the same dealer tricks B. I do believe Obama meant it, repub - zeitgeist Feb 2, 11:24
- I disagree that it's hurting him. If anything, it's the only reason why he's relevant. - David Feb 2, 06:18 2
  - He's tapped into Liberal Rage. -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 2, 06:24 1
    - He is still just a rat in a Liberal Cage. -- nm - budice Feb 2, 06:27
- There's a big difference in the means of the message... - Mel Profit Feb 2, 06:09 1
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- This could go a long way to explain the age difference in voting. - ty97 Feb 2, 06:07
- I wish he had a real chance. It's killing me. -- nm - Krusty Feb 2, 06:07 32
  - Even if he doesn't win, he's doing something pretty amazing: he's allowing liberals to stand up and be uber-liberal. In public. - ty97 Feb 2, 06:15 23
    - This is something that is very true. Fuck "Progressive". You can call me a "Liberal"... - Mel Profit Feb 2, 06:24 1
      - It's funny how "liberal" is also a dirty word here.. - Marlowe Feb 2, 06:29
    - Obama didn't do this in 2008? -- nm - Strongbad Feb 2, 06:23 2
      - Not like Bernie, not at all. The man is a self described socialist calling for socialist style programs. - ty97 Feb 2, 06:25 1
        
        Yup yup, shameless gun-toting Liberal -- nm - budice Feb 2, 06:30
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    - I guess that's a nice bonus but not enough for me. -- nm - Krusty Feb 2, 06:17 16
      - Do you wanna win the long game, or get a useless Bernie presidency now? -- nm - ty97 Feb 2, 06:17 15
        
        I want to see what Bernie is talking about becoming US policy. I don't care if it's him or someone else. It's certainly not Hillary. - Krusty Feb 2, 06:24 7
        
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        But what I care about are his policies when he got into office. I want another New Deal for America. -- nm - Krusty Feb 2, 06:30 3
        
        that would require a liberal majority in both parts of congress, which is probably a bigger dream than bernie winning. - Truman Feb 2, 06:36
        
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        Obama choked so hard in the first two years. It still kills me today. -- nm - Krusty Feb 2, 06:33
        
        But here's reality: these things won't be policy during the next four years, regardless of who is president. You have to realize this. - ty97 Feb 2, 06:26 1
        
        Mind you, I'm not telling you to stop supporting Bernie. I love the fire he is lighting in people hearts. - ty97 Feb 2, 06:28
        
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        and let's not forget - the genesis of this, I think, can be seen as OWS. - Mel Profit Feb 2, 06:28 4
        
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        Tax Cuts? The ones Obama continued? -- nm - Strongbad Feb 2, 06:29 2
        
        made "permanent" - sure. - Mel Profit Feb 2, 06:37
        
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        Absolutely. If I thought he could win the general, if I thought he could get stuff done, I'm there. -- nm - ty97 Feb 2, 06:20
  - If he had a chance and had details other than promising everyone a lollipop - I'd totally be in. - Mel Profit Feb 2, 06:11 7
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      - I'm not even desiring someone to "get things done". I think the GOP is so blood crazed right now that something like that is impossible. - Mel Profit Feb 2, 06:32
      - But get what done? Things that don't advance the country? -- nm - Krusty Feb 2, 06:26 1
        
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    - He put out a detailed plan that you can read and see how he's going to pay for everything. He's not just promising things without a plan. -- (edited) - Krusty Feb 2, 06:15 2
      - Right, but the bottom line is that he can't accomplish *any* of it in our current political environment. - ty97 Feb 2, 06:16 1
        
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- Bernie 2016: This Time, It's Different! -- nm - JaxSean Feb 2, 06:05 1
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Okay, looking at the results now, I'm back to 60/25/15 for Rubio / Trump / Cruz for the nomination. - Will Hunting Feb 2, 05:50 17
- The thing I worry about with Cruz or Rubio is that everyone will compare them to Trump and say... - Mel Profit Feb 2, 06:00 14
  - Rubio's a conservative, but seems open to actually trying to govern - Will Hunting Feb 2, 06:13 9
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      - *ding* -- nm - ty97 Feb 2, 06:23
    - Based on what? He barely showed up as a senator. -- nm - David Feb 2, 06:18 3
      - A few things...actually proposing an immigration bill. -- (edited) - Will Hunting Feb 2, 06:25 2
        
        he proposed an immigration bill and then ran away from the topic. -- nm - Diva Feb 2, 06:31 1
        
        Yeah, I know. He realized governance isn't desired by the voters in his party. - Will Hunting Feb 2, 06:39
    - I don't trust Rubio to be even remotely moderate even if he wanted to. -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 2, 06:14 2
      - I won't say moderate...I said open to governing. - Will Hunting Feb 2, 06:23
      - *ding* -- nm - ty97 Feb 2, 06:15
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    - this election cycle has unleashed the crazy. - Mel Profit Feb 2, 06:13 2
      - Bachmann. Santorum. Cain. -- nm - ty97 Feb 2, 06:15 1
        
        good points but were they ever serious threats to be elected? - Mel Profit Feb 2, 06:41
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  - Rubio looked stalled and the party was showing signs of backing Trump over Cruz... - Will Hunting Feb 2, 06:02
Happy Groundhog Day! I didn't see my shadow when I woke up so it'll be an early spring. :-) -- nm - Krusty Feb 2, 05:41 2
- ~They say we're young and we don't know. We won't find out until we grow.~ -- nm - Baron Whitlock Feb 2, 05:58
- ~strike up the music the band has begun. The Pennsylvania polka~ -- nm - CQ Feb 2, 05:44
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Heh, my wife has a work colleague that has the same name as a Frozen male character and Eddy goes nuts when the wife says his name. - CQ Feb 2, 05:26
Guys. Go to loser.com this morning. -- (link) - ty97 Feb 2, 05:21 1
- But it's just....oh. -- nm - spamlet Feb 2, 05:54
Do I understand correctly that 17 years olds go to vote in Iowa? -- nm - ty97 Feb 2, 05:13 3
- If you will be 18 by Election Day, why not? -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 2, 05:14 2
  - Make enough sense, I just didn't realize it worked that way. Or maybe I did and forgot after four years? -- nm - ty97 Feb 2, 05:21 1
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Woodchuckchuckers -- nm - prayformojo Feb 2, 05:11
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- Ugh. No. Trust me, we want nothing to do with claiming that asshole. -- nm - Reagen Feb 2, 05:40
I don't like how most outlets rounded to whole percentages and didn't use at least one decimal. -- nm - ty97 Feb 2, 05:06
So, the Coin Toss (3) got more delegates than O'Malley (0) in Iowa? -- nm - Strongbad Feb 2, 04:15 1
- No, see my post below. - Reagen Feb 2, 05:42
"That's why they call it a Devil's Threesome" -- nm - Beaker Feb 2, 03:53
TV PSA: Fresh Off the Boat, HW Game Night, New Girl, Super Bowl Commercials, Curse of Oak Island, Flash, Grandfathered, Muppets, Brooklyn 99, -- nm - Beaker Feb 2, 03:10 1
- Chicago Med, Agent Carter, Teen Wolf, iZombie, Grinder, The Shannara Chronicles, Chicago Fire, Expanse, The People vs OJ, other stuff -- nm - Beaker Feb 2, 03:12
was Rubio ever on the debate's kids table/2nd pannel? Idon't think so, so its not like he's a come from nowhere to land at 3rd - zeitgeist Feb 2, 02:08 5
- He wasn't, but Iowa was absolutely seen as a 2 person race. He VASTLY outperformed expectations there. -- nm - Ender Feb 2, 06:40
- Bernie is dead in the water when the South starts voting. He won't get out of Super Tuesday. -- nm* - Krusty Feb 2, 06:03
- I agree with MDH on Bernie. The Republicans are salivating that he beats Hilary -- nm - Beaker Feb 2, 04:27 2
  - I think polls show him beating all GOP nominees. -- nm - Krusty Feb 2, 06:02 1
    - National polls mean nothing at this point, and doubly so considering he's 1 of 2 Democratic candidates vs 1 of 10 Republican ones. - Ender Feb 2, 06:43
msnbc calls the election for Hillary with 700 delegates equivelents to Bernie's 695, Marty's 8 could have given Sanders the lead - zeitgeist Feb 2, 00:44 4
- apparently the surprise was Bernie took Council Bluffs which as assumed clinton territory and bernie blew it off -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 2, 00:45 3
  - best part is we don't have to hear from Iowa for another four years -- nm - mr plow Feb 2, 00:49 2
    - What an elitist thing to say. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 2, 03:58 1
      - that was a whole gag from TDS -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 2, 11:26
Nmb Spawn! -- (link) - JenBro Feb 2, 00:23 2
- even Monk has too much pride to use those -- nm - mr plow Feb 2, 00:26 1
  - Lol -- nm - JenBro Feb 2, 01:01
hey Bery, a friend will be playing in Victoria on 2/13 opening for the Paperboys - zeitgeist Feb 1, 23:31
UHD titles not showing up as available in my Vudu. Only $29.99. -- nm - Mop Feb 1, 22:36
That last Xbox Live sale posted on ST... the cards come with a Halo 5 REQ Pack code. If you don't use it, share it with another Slacker. -- nm - Mop Feb 1, 22:33
Law student gets a pack of Kit Kats without the wafers, responds reasonably -- (link) - mr plow Feb 1, 22:31 1
- hope the judge bitch slaps her with a ruling of you're too much of a douchette to be a lawyer, me: I'd end up eating teh evidence -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 1, 22:59
This made me laugh more than it should -- (link) - Reagen Feb 1, 22:20 [Image] 1
- There's a few of these floating around and this is the best one. -- nm - Tim Feb 1, 22:23
Ryan Reynolds was on So Graham - Spawn Feb 1, 22:19
It's 401k match day. The match was $659.82. Also: Amazon is now issuing 1099's digitally for Kindle published authors, so tomorrow can be filing day. -- nm - Qale Feb 1, 22:11
The county map of Iowa looks like someone playing a fantastic game of Qix. -- nm - Reagen Feb 1, 22:06 3
- it's like a surveyor's wet dream. "what? there's no geography? we can just do straight lines?" - mafic Feb 1, 22:40
- Go to bed, Reagen. You're Dennis Miller. -- nm - Mop Feb 1, 22:12 1
  - My references are relevant! And pithy! -- nm - Reagen Feb 1, 22:20
CNN is not doing a good job of explaining why these last precincts are not reporting. Can someone make it less dumb? -- nm - Mop Feb 1, 21:57 6
- They just said that 90 precincts were understaffed and have asked both Clinton and Sanders for help to recreate the vote. -- nm - eag Feb 1, 21:59 3
  - I heard that too but I didn't get what they were insinuating. I now realize... - Mop Feb 1, 22:02 2
    - Ooohkay, I take it back. No, no one can make it less dumb. What a weirdo dealio. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 1, 22:03 1
      - When asked, O'Malley's pollsters reported that he had earned 100% of the vote at each of the sites in question. -- nm - Mop Feb 1, 22:06
- Yes, but not CNN -- nm - Beryllium Feb 1, 21:58 1
  - I tried MSNBC but Rachel Maddow just shouted at me and made me feel as an inadequate human being. -- nm - Mop Feb 1, 21:59
Hillary is 3 for 3 in delegate coin flips -- nm - mr. plow Feb 1, 21:54 1
- Although it's not exactly as was reported before -- (link) - Reagen Feb 1, 22:29
American Crime Story starts tomorrow. I guess I should record it. -- nm - Mop Feb 1, 21:53
In addition to two watches, Cruz also has a wedding band on his right as well. - Reagen Feb 1, 21:42 9
- maybe he's dyslexic -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 1, 23:03
- purity ring. - mafic Feb 1, 22:37
- Symmetrical OCD? Or maybe he just wants to make sure the ladies get the message. This hunky piece of meat is taken, girls. -- nm - Mop Feb 1, 21:52
- and this is the perfect result for Trump if he's secretly not wanting to win. -- nm - Reagen Feb 1, 21:45 5
  - ... two wedding bands? - (first thought) Feb 1, 21:47 4
    - here -- (link) - Reagen Feb 1, 21:48 3
      - The funny thing is, I plan to get a second ring. - Spawn Feb 1, 21:51 2
        
        Nipple? Or scrotum? -- nm - amoxy Feb 1, 21:51 1
        
        Thise are already paired. -- nm - Spawn Feb 1, 21:54
Hilarious episode of the X-Files. -- nm - Mop Feb 1, 21:39 3
- Some great insights into the episode here. -- (link) - Mop Feb 1, 21:52
- The funniest bit (for me) (spoils) - howie Feb 1, 21:44 1
  - Mulder... have you been taking your meds? -- nm - Mop Feb 1, 21:50
I'm really glad ST is here to keep me informed of what's going on. I just can't bring myself to watch any of it. - Meg Feb 1, 21:35 6
- Gun to my head, i would rather have him than Cruz - amoxy Feb 1, 21:41 4
  - Here's the way I see it: Trump supporters are unreasonably bonkers and will follow him regardless. - Mop Feb 1, 23:27
  - But so is Trump. - Spawn Feb 1, 21:43 2
    - I guess I've never liked him. I tried watching the Apprentice early on and just couldn't do it. -- nm - Meg Feb 1, 21:46 1
      - He and Ted are equally awful. Check out this guy's twitter feed. -- (link) - Spawn Feb 1, 21:54
- "Luckily", he did not win, so less of him for tonight. -- nm - Spawn Feb 1, 21:39
Heh. R, "basic understanding of Flash" = I've never seen an episode, but I know he's a guy on TV. :) nm - ralph wiggum Feb 1, 21:32 1
- plus that dude from Ed is in it. -- nm - mafic Feb 1, 21:38
"No...no...no, turn that off...NOOO!" -- (link) - Max Feb 1, 21:20
X-files spoiler - Beryllium Feb 1, 21:18
poor Carly -- (link) - znufrii Feb 1, 21:17 5
- These images make me think of the climax in Dave. -- nm - Max Feb 1, 21:24
- Woo! We still have our country! You can't take it back! -- nm - The Other Americans Who Are Keeping Our Country Feb 1, 21:21
- it's not fair! she's at least as good a business person as Trump! -- nm - mafic Feb 1, 21:20 2
  - No, she's better. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 1, 21:25 1
    - She's only ruined one company, Trump has burned a dozen -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 2, 11:28
I realize it's just copying Amadeus, but I'm very much a sucker for "and that's what the song sounds like" scenes like in Love and Mercy. -- nm - Reagen Feb 1, 21:14
So this is pretty much the Dem outcome that's been expected for at least a week, right? Really close, could go either way. - ty97 Feb 1, 21:13
guess that Palin endorsement really sealed the deal -- nm - mr. plow Feb 1, 21:08 3
- Who got that Duck Dynasty Asshole endorsement? -- nm - Bacon Feb 1, 21:24 2
  - Cruz -- nm - amoxy Feb 1, 21:26 1
    - Actually, I think they split. -- nm - Spawn Feb 1, 21:43
Screw Flanders. -- nm - David's Pad Feb 1, 21:06

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