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Speaking of license plates, I saw a guy yesterday driving a Hummer with ZEUS license plates. - spamlet Feb 29, 09:26
So more about Trump my dad seems to think that if Trump not only wins the nom but is elected POTUS - eag Feb 29, 09:19 4
- I think 'stop Hillary' trumps everything, but if the GOP establishment is really worried about this, they get someone to run third party - ty97 Feb 29, 09:21 2
  - I'm not sure they even can do so at this point - decline Feb 29, 09:29
  - (The use of trumps above is an unfortunate unintended double meaning) -- nm* - ty97 Feb 29, 09:25
- I consider Cruz the Nixonian candidate. And even Nixon didn't hurt the party much. After Carter, they won the next three elections. -- nm - David Feb 29, 09:20
I seriously do want to know who pitched and authorized that Stacy Dash crap. For real. -- nm - ty97 Feb 29, 09:17 16
- Didn't that sketch take all of one second? In a 3 hour plus broadcast -- nm - con_carne Feb 29, 09:29 3
  - The duration was not the issue -- nm - ty97 Feb 29, 09:33
  - For a show that was pretty good as far as the elephant in the room, actually bringing her out was just needless. - Will Hunting Feb 29, 09:32
  - longest 1 second of dead silence ever. -- nm - Beaker Feb 29, 09:29
- On this, we agree. It was the most awkward Oscar moment since that crazy woman claimed the prize she didn't win. -- nm - David Feb 29, 09:21 1
  - I was mad that they sullied the Oscar stage with her presence. -- nm - ty97 Feb 29, 09:22
- Could it not have been Chris Rock himself? -- nm - Max Feb 29, 09:18 9
  - Think that is rather certain. -- nm - Spawn Feb 29, 09:22
  - Definitely could have been. Whoever it was, I want them fired from everything forever. -- nm - ty97 Feb 29, 09:18 7
    - I've seen it was a joke at HER expense and she just didn't catch on that she was being made the butt -- nm - Beaker Feb 29, 09:19 6
      - She was clearly in on it. -- nm - ty97 Feb 29, 09:20
      - or maybe she did but didn't care cuz famewhore wanted an invitation to the Oscars. -- nm - Diva Feb 29, 09:20 4
        
        I think so, don't forget the bag of swag, but rock convincing her to do it was like Whoopi getting her ex to do black face -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 29, 13:52
        
        Ockham's. -- nm - Reagen Feb 29, 09:24
        
        right? -- nm - Andie Feb 29, 09:22
        
        right, this. -- nm - ty97 Feb 29, 09:20
New Day Rocks... WhatCulture's got them a new intro theme and don't you dare be sour about it. -- (link) - Qale Feb 29, 09:15 [youtube]
I saw a Mississippi license plate today. That guy was *really* lost. -- nm - Reagen Feb 29, 09:15 5
- I remember playing the license plate game when driving from our house in NY to my Aunt's in CT as a kid. - ty97 Feb 29, 09:29 2
  - we had great fun doing that in Florida -- nm - Beaker Feb 29, 09:30 1
    - great place to play that game -- nm - ty97 Feb 29, 09:34
- any chance it was rental car? those cars have plates from all over. -- nm - Diva Feb 29, 09:16 1
  - maybe? We get Texas plates all the time because... oil, and cows. -- nm - Reagen Feb 29, 09:26
2016 Best Picture nominees in Lego -- (link) - Beaker Feb 29, 09:13 1
- "I'm Lego Batman." -- nm - Max Feb 29, 09:17
This morning on the radio: REM, "It's the End of the World As We Know It". Of note: My 9-year-old daughter sang along to the chorus. -- nm - Mop Feb 29, 09:05 3
- you should see my 15 year old daughters playlists.... - groiny Feb 29, 09:13 1
  - kilbo's son, meet groiny's daughter. -- nm - Mop Feb 29, 09:19
- I'd be more impressed with the verses. -- nm - Reagen Feb 29, 09:06
The Onion is brutal this morning: Rubio Campaign Hires New Candidate In Top-Level Staff Shakeup -- (link) - Mop Feb 29, 09:04 2
- I'm vaguely disappointed no Oscar loser has given a triumphant speech for their third place finish the way Rubio would. -- nm - David Feb 29, 09:05 1
  - We don't know what happened in the after parties, tv cameras are sequestered to interview areas -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 29, 13:55
Probation wants to remove my client's kids from his custody based on a failed polygraph. - ML Feb 29, 09:02
I will be laughing at "Sam Smith vs. Lady Gaga is like Uwe Boll vs. Michael Bay" for probably the rest of the day -- nm - con_carne Feb 29, 09:01
Weekend: Deadpool - A-, Bruce Springsteen (in Rochester) - A+. You may recall I gave his Chicago show an A-. He's worked through some of the - pmb Feb 29, 08:56
Drive-by, PrincessCY, who was 9 nine years old when I came to ST, starts her teaching job today. - CrankYanker Feb 29, 08:52 19
- congrats! -- nm - Diva Feb 29, 09:14
- what grade? -- nm - Reagen Feb 29, 09:06 6
  - She starts as a floater from preschool through 5th grade to determine the best fit. As of now, she would like to be get pre-school. -- nm - CrankYanker Feb 29, 09:08 5
    - man, those teachers are saints. - Reagen Feb 29, 09:11 4
      - the little ones would want to play 'Gulliver's Travels' with you every. single. day. - Diva Feb 29, 09:20 2
        
        "See, cause the best place to crack an egg is really.. AAAGGGHH!" -- nm - Reagen Feb 29, 09:22 1
        
        *snort!* -- nm - Diva Feb 29, 09:23
      - Ultimately, she wants to work with autistic children. I don't know where she gets her patience with kids. - CrankYanker Feb 29, 09:18
- That's really, really cool. -- nm - David Feb 29, 09:06
- At the same school she attended when she was a toddler, IIRC, yes? -- nm - Mop Feb 29, 09:04 1
  - Yes! The first school she attended. -- nm - CrankYanker Feb 29, 09:06
- Very good - I hope she enjoys it. -- nm - Epiphany Feb 29, 09:00
- "Leo's daughter's...fourth grade class..." -- nm - The West Wing Feb 29, 08:59
- Congrats! -- nm - pmb Feb 29, 08:59
- congrats to her and jeers to you for making me feel old :) -- nm - crash davis Feb 29, 08:58 1
  - That was my intent. ;) -- nm - CrankYanker Feb 29, 09:03
- Very nice! -- nm - Beaker Feb 29, 08:57
- nice work! -- nm - groiny Feb 29, 08:56
- that's awesome. Good for her (and Hey there!) -- nm - decline Feb 29, 08:53
Also from last night, I think I may make a personal life decision based on The Walking Dead - spoiler - crash davis Feb 29, 08:47 5
- everything he says goes into white trash quotes -- nm - groiny Feb 29, 08:51 3
  - and then on Talking Dead (spolier) - crash davis Feb 29, 08:57 2
    - to be fair, if I was near Lauren Cohan, the batter would not make it anywhere near the stove. -- nm - groiny Feb 29, 09:16 1
      - she was looking especially good on Talking Dead -- nm - crash davis Feb 29, 09:21
- #BisquickPancakesMatter -- nm - budice Feb 29, 08:48
So ST poll current percentage you think Trump is the nominee and becomes president - eag Feb 29, 08:44 40
- 50% and I think the GOP candidate doesn't get more than 47% of the popular vote. -- nm - Max Feb 29, 09:13
- 87%, 20%. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 29, 09:12
- 95% and I don't want to think about. -- nm - ty97 Feb 29, 09:01
- Nominee of some party? 100%. President? Less than 1%. -- nm - David Feb 29, 08:57
- 95% nominee, 5% president -- nm - TWuG Feb 29, 08:52 28
  - about this. -- nm - Reagen Feb 29, 08:55 27
    - I just think he's been significantly underestimated along the way. He's pulling people in to vote who haven't voted before and I think there is still - pmb Feb 29, 08:58 26
      - even 50+% of the GOP is not enough to win a national election -- nm - sweet baboo Feb 29, 09:16
      - Any nominee of either party can't be given less than a 40% chance of winning, IMO. -- nm - ty97 Feb 29, 09:05
      - Trump's ridden the free media train as a novelty act thus far. As the election approaches, it'll be just like Palin. - David Feb 29, 09:04 5
        
        Backroom maneuvering of the small council or the Red Wedding? -- nm - crash davis Feb 29, 09:11 2
        
        Republican officials have spent the entirety of the 2000s disenfranchising their opponents. The question is whether they're willing to do the same... - David Feb 29, 09:16
        
        yes -- nm - Beaker Feb 29, 09:12
        
        I agree with this. Primaries and general elections are two totally different things. - volnelk Feb 29, 09:08
        
        I really hope you're right. The process so far has caused me to lose considerable faith in our electorate. This weekend the republican campaign was - pmb Feb 29, 09:07
      - I think the new people who are brought in are going to be offset by the "I just can't" Republicans, thus a decent (comparatively speaking) - crash davis Feb 29, 09:02 17
        
        I hope that's the case. I think there are a number of "I just can't" people with respect to Hillary too. -- (edited) - pmb Feb 29, 09:04 16
        
        There are, but I think many of them are "I just can't" for Trump too. -- nm - Roger More Feb 29, 09:09
        
        I'm thinking on the other side its "all hands on deck even if we don't really like her". The Duke thing just reinforces that. -- nm - crash davis Feb 29, 09:08 10
        
        I think it really needs to be. But people still have a tendency to not take him seriously. The republican party just woke up to the real and present - pmb Feb 29, 09:12 1
        
        you're right, don't be overconfident -- nm - crash davis Feb 29, 09:23
        
        I thing about the David Duke endorsement that gets me - Reagen Feb 29, 09:10 7
        
        I was gobsmacked by that Economist poll that showed 20% of self-identified Trumpites didn't like the Emancipation Proclaimation - crash davis Feb 29, 09:16 5
        
        Did you see the rest of the poll numbers? 10% of Sanders supporters answered the same way. -- (link) - spamlet Feb 29, 09:29 2
        
        I'm going to guess it was "executive order" that garnered most of those results (for Trump and Sanders). Some people just - TWuG Feb 29, 09:31 1
        
        It could have been. I'm pointing out just the general craziness of the poll. - spamlet Feb 29, 09:34
        
        there should have been a market solution, crash. -- nm - Reagen Feb 29, 09:26 1
        
        too. damn. funny. -- nm - crash davis Feb 29, 09:28
        
        Absolutely. He doesn't want to condemn them because they're his base and he knows it. The problem is Duke blew his cover. -- nm* - pmb Feb 29, 09:13
        
        Norm Coleman or somebody like him in MN already announced that he is voting third party if this plays out the way it looks -- nm - crash davis Feb 29, 09:06 3
        
        But will they really? Or is that just bluster to try to derail Trump? -- nm - ty97 Feb 29, 09:08 2
        
        It will be interesting. It could really be a complete fracture of the party. The NBC News site had an article about that today. - pmb Feb 29, 09:15
        
        given that he has taken at least two positions on every issue, some more liberal than Hillary, I think a lot really will -- nm - crash davis Feb 29, 09:09
- 80% and .5% -- nm - Dark Callisto Feb 29, 08:52
- 75% and 20% -- nm - decline Feb 29, 08:48
- 65% and 20% -- nm - pmb Feb 29, 08:48
- Until the RNC convention is over, I'm not believing a thing -- nm - budice Feb 29, 08:47
- 60% and 0.6% -- nm - Spawn Feb 29, 08:47
- 80% and 0.5% -- nm - crash davis Feb 29, 08:46
- 66% and 6% -- nm - Beaker Feb 29, 08:44
Congrats Roger More on winning the ST Oscar Pool 2016, and thanks Jack Dawson for setting it up - con_carne Feb 29, 08:41 2
- I'd make a suggestion that certain categories be worth more than others, but I didn't get enough right to have a valid opinion -- nm - volnelk Feb 29, 09:01
- word to all -- nm - Beaker Feb 29, 08:42
Reese Witherspoon is off the market -- (link) - budice Feb 29, 08:40
Better investigative journalism movie: Spotlight (6 noms, 2 wins) or The Insider (7 noms, 0 wins)? -- nm - Negabaronic Middle-Aged Forehead Feb 29, 08:40 3
- I'd have to watch The Insider again to be sure, but my instinct is that it's slightly better. -- nm - David Feb 29, 08:58
- The Insider. Michael Mann >>>> Tom McCarthy. - Reagen Feb 29, 08:42
- I connected more with Spotlight because I work in the newspaper industry. -- nm - Dark Callisto Feb 29, 08:41
I enjoyed the Batman v Superman sketch on Kimmel last night, especially bringing in Lego Batman -- nm - crash davis Feb 29, 08:30 3
- watching now... -- (link) - Spawn Feb 29, 08:35 2
  - "We're still relevant" -- nm - crash davis Feb 29, 08:45 1
    - heh. I liked the ending. -- nm - Spawn Feb 29, 08:46
Boy, I thought I was excited last night when Tinder notified me of a match. But that pales in comparison to this morning! -- (link) - Mop Feb 29, 08:26 [youtube]
Poor TSN. Only 1 trade so far today for their Trade Deadline Spectacular -- nm - Beaker Feb 29, 08:26 2
- "It's the 10th Annual Disappointing NHL Trade Deadline coverage..." -- nm - Reagen Feb 29, 08:27 1
  - at least the Leafs and Canadian teams are busy so they can pontificate -- nm - Beaker Feb 29, 08:32
Russell WIlson launching his new clothing line today.If you launch on Feb 29th, won't that play hell with having company anniversaries? -- (link) - crash davis Feb 29, 08:23 3
- I thought Virgin America was already taken. -- nm - budice Feb 29, 08:24 2
  - Well, since he was married, I don't think that name would have worked for him anyways -- nm - crash davis Feb 29, 08:26 1
    - Re-Virgin America -- nm - Epiphany Feb 29, 08:59
I've never understood why we demand a candidate's tax return. Canadians, is this a thing? - spamlet Feb 29, 08:23 13
- I think the idea that it's going to reveal meaningful info is low. I think it was useful in Romney's case highlighting the low effective tax rate - pmb Feb 29, 08:51
- it started with George Romney: "what mattered in personal finance was how a man conducted himself over the long haul.” -- (link) - sweet baboo Feb 29, 08:32 2
  - Oh, I knew that but it's become a thing. -- nm - spamlet Feb 29, 08:40 1
    - It became a thing with George Romney. It was an issue with Nixon in the 1950s (the Checkers speech) but became regular in the 70s - Roger More Feb 29, 08:49
- #taxshaming -- nm - oblique Feb 29, 08:29
- more like "are you a big fat tax cheat?" -- nm - sweet baboo Feb 29, 08:24 4
  - If someone is dumb enough to commit tax fraud while trying to run for President they're not getting elected anyway. -- nm - spamlet Feb 29, 08:25 3
    - not even fraud, just how far are they trying to push the envelope of reducing their effective rate. which is presumably why Mittens resisted so hard - sweet baboo Feb 29, 08:28 1
      - Or who they are doing business with, etc. - TWuG Feb 29, 08:32
    - Challange Accepted! -- nm - Drumpf Feb 29, 08:26
- not that I can ever recall. -- nm - Reagen Feb 29, 08:24 2
  - yeah, i can't think of a time it's been brought up. -- nm - Andie Feb 29, 08:27 1
    - Without a presidential system, there's less incentive to do so. -- nm - Roger More Feb 29, 08:30
LYC: I have a 16 year old kid - oblique Feb 29, 08:22 6
- I'm so sorry. -- nm - Mop Feb 29, 08:26
- Psst, Geritol is cheaper per pill if you buy the big bottles. -- nm - Negabaronic Middle-Aged Forehead Feb 29, 08:24
- grandfather kilbo -- nm - budice Feb 29, 08:24
- *points and laughs at the old man* -- nm - spamlet Feb 29, 08:23
- old -- nm - decline Feb 29, 08:23 1
  - your face is old - oblique Feb 29, 08:25
So when does Leap Day Williams emerge from the Mariana Trench and trade children's tears for candy? -- nm - Roger More Feb 29, 08:21
"My net worth changes daily based on feelings, even my own feelings... and that can change rapidly from day to day." - Spawn Feb 29, 08:21 7
- It's not surprising that he is so amazingly insecure. -- nm - TWuG Feb 29, 08:24 4
  - The average Trump supporter has to be fantastically awful at poker. -- nm - Reagen Feb 29, 08:25 2
    - "That's a tell. So is that. Yes, that's a tell, too. Look, your entire face is a tell..." -- nm - TWuG Feb 29, 08:28 1
      - "You may as well just show me your cards now. Whatever I have beats you. I haven't even looked at my cards and mine are better." -- nm - Reagen Feb 29, 08:37
  - *circles picture of fingers in gold sharpie* -- nm - Beaker Feb 29, 08:25
- good ole Drumpf -- nm - Beaker Feb 29, 08:23
- Big, if true. -- nm - znufrii Feb 29, 08:22

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