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Ben Carson will tell his supporters he sees "no path forward" to the nomination, but does not plan on suspending his campaign -- (link) - sweet baboo Mar 2, 11:04 6
- Secret Service: 38,000 a day -- nm - decline Mar 2, 11:07
- And will not attend Thursday’s debate. -- nm - Spawn Mar 2, 11:06 3
  - I mean, if nobody's going to attack him... -- nm - Dark Callisto Mar 2, 11:07 1
    - He is still examing the fruit salad of people's lives -- nm - Epiphany Mar 2, 11:08
  - He'll be napping. -- nm - pmb Mar 2, 11:06
- They'll probably both be okay with this. -- nm - ty97 Mar 2, 11:06
Here we go. -- (link) - Spawn Mar 2, 10:57 1
- lol -- nm - Epiphany Mar 2, 11:02
Zootopia still 100% (39/0); London Has Fallen 23% (3/10); Whiskey Tango Foxtrot 53% (8/7) -- nm* - Beaker Mar 2, 10:55 3
- I read somewhere (i09?) that this is the movie confirming Disney Animation has vaulted Pixar. -- nm - ML Mar 2, 10:56 2
  - That depends. - Spawn Mar 2, 11:05 1
    - Pixar made The "Good" Dinosaur. That's all you need to know. -- nm - Ender Mar 2, 11:15
Since when is "stress sweat" a thing? -- nm - zork Mar 2, 10:42 2
- Lemme tell ya . . . -- nm - Marco Rubio Mar 2, 10:47
- Since forever. -- nm - Ender Mar 2, 10:45
NY Post it not a fan of the BK hot dogs "worst embarrassment in the name of horizontal meat matter since Anthony Weiner discovered Twitter." -- (link) - ty97 Mar 2, 10:41
Justice Kennedy doesn't sound like a safe tie vote -- (link) - sweet baboo Mar 2, 10:41 5
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  - one hopes -- nm - sweet baboo Mar 2, 11:01
  - Punting it back doesn't help the women of Texas since it gets enacted there. Right? -- nm - Krusty Mar 2, 11:01 2
    - It only gets upheld in Texas if there is a SCOTUS tie - znufrii, Neko Atsume addict Mar 2, 11:07 1
      - Got it. Thanks. -- nm - Krusty Mar 2, 11:14
Uh Oh...the system has essentially crashed. Wow. - Mel Profit Mar 2, 10:35 7
- Dancing robots! Dancing robots! -- nm - znufrii, Neko Atsume addict Mar 2, 11:00
- Hold the LINE! -- nm - Epiphany Mar 2, 10:47
- time to take a lunch break! -- nm - decline Mar 2, 10:36
- I'll probably not see you until tomorrow, yes? -- nm - Diva Mar 2, 10:36 3
  - in the last job, sure. In this one...still planning to be home at the beginning of the delivery window. -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 2, 10:37 2
    - wow! -- nm - meems Mar 2, 10:38 1
      - right on, meems. -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 2, 10:38
Meanwhile in Austin.... -- (link) - ty97 Mar 2, 10:22 14
- good Lord. -- nm - Beaker Mar 2, 10:43
- i saw a FB meme this morning that was basically "America, you might think this is an election, but the rest of world sees it as an IQ test. - Andie Mar 2, 10:36
- When a reporter asked him about his use of the n-word in a post, he railed at them for not saying the n-word. - ty97 Mar 2, 10:36 6
  - There are a lot of angry white people out there that see the shifting demographics and efforts to try to level the playing field, that are afraid of - pmb Mar 2, 11:02
  - He's a fake real man. We see a lot of them in the south. -- nm - David Mar 2, 10:49
  - Meanwhile actor Rob Morrow is quickly adding an initial to his stage name. -- nm - Diva Mar 2, 10:38 3
    - "Sir, am I reading this application correctly? You want to change your first name to Not-That-Rob?" -- nm - ty97 Mar 2, 10:39 2
      - Why should I change my name? He's the one who sucks. -- nm - Rob Morrow Mar 2, 10:43
      - giggle -- nm - Diva Mar 2, 10:39
- This must be that southern charm I've heard about. -- nm - Reagen Mar 2, 10:34 1
  - Well, bless his heart. -- nm - Diva Mar 2, 10:34
- Wow -- nm - Epiphany Mar 2, 10:24 1
  - I get the feeling he *wouldn't* have agreed with c*ntcumber. -- nm - Diva Mar 2, 10:35
- related: Obama & Michelle are keynoting at SXSW this year - sweet baboo Mar 2, 10:23
Mitt Romney to speak on the state of the 2016 Presidential race tomorrow -- (link) - ty97 Mar 2, 10:10 6
- "Let's just say up front, I was wrong to accept Donald's endorsement in 2012. I see that now." -- nm - sweet baboo Mar 2, 10:12 5
  - Marchtober Surprise? -- nm - ty97 Mar 2, 10:14 4
    - i can't imagine how much second-guessing he's doing these days - sweet baboo Mar 2, 10:16 3
      - I expect Romney would have fared similarly. - ty97 Mar 2, 10:17 2
        
        maybe, but he would have gone down swinging a lot harder - sweet baboo Mar 2, 10:18 1
        
        I think you are all in error. - Spawn Mar 2, 10:53
Yankee baseball is back! Woo hoo! Light day today so I can catch the first spring training game. 😁 -- nm - Krusty Mar 2, 10:05 4
- is this on YES or MLB Network? (I'm working from home today.) -- nm - Diva Mar 2, 10:27 3
  - YES and it got ugly in the second inning. Severino had no control today and just gave up a grand slam. -- nm* - Krusty Mar 2, 10:35 2
    - dang! Well hopefully at least they got some nice weather. :) -- nm - Diva Mar 2, 10:36 1
      - Heh. :-) It does look very nice out for them. -- nm - Krusty Mar 2, 10:40
Let's flip to movies for a moment. When I think about the 2015 year in cinema... - David Mar 2, 10:00 34
- The Church scene in Kingsmen. -- nm - amoxy Mar 2, 10:12 4
  - That's a great scene. And it is the most violent scene in a movie I can remember. -- nm - pmb Mar 2, 11:05 2
    - have you seen either of the Raid movies? -- nm - decline Mar 2, 11:10 1
      - No. Not even sure what they are. -- nm - pmb Mar 2, 11:10
  - that's a good choice. -- nm - Andie Mar 2, 10:18
- Another scene from Danish Girl I thought was wonderfully done - ty97 Mar 2, 10:06
- Mine is from SW:TFA spoils I guess - Shaun Mar 2, 10:06 2
  - The raptor hunt scene from JW is also one of the coolest things ever. -- nm - Shaun Mar 2, 10:11 1
    - Agreed. -- nm - David Mar 2, 10:12
- There are several shots in MM:FR, about 3/4s of the way in that made me mutter, "whoaaa"... - Mel Profit Mar 2, 10:06
- Bing Bong, for sure. (NM) - Marlowe Mar 2, 10:05 2
  - Yup -- nm - znufrii, Neko Atsume addict Mar 2, 10:09
  - and the ending -- nm - sweet baboo Mar 2, 10:06
- Force Awakens, no contest -- nm - Beaker Mar 2, 10:03 5
  - the (massive SW:tFA spoilers) - Mel Profit Mar 2, 10:26 3
    - *ding* -- nm - Spawn Mar 2, 10:54
    - This was definitely my second. -- nm - spamlet Mar 2, 10:37 1
      - when it reduces people to sobbing well into the next scene...that's something. -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 2, 10:38
  - and Fury Road -- nm - Beaker Mar 2, 10:06
- The priest in Spotlight openly admitting he molested kids. -- nm - MDH Mar 2, 10:03 3
  - The fact that the scene really happened makes me taste bile. -- nm - David Mar 2, 10:05
  - the scene that stuck with me more was Rachel's interview of the victim at the restaurant -- nm - sweet baboo Mar 2, 10:04 1
    - I wish I could give an Oscar to the friend of Keaton's for the three seconds after he figured out what he knew. -- nm - Reagen Mar 2, 10:05
- Room. (spoils) - pmb Mar 2, 10:03 5
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  - This is mine as well. Most gripping scene in years. -- nm - spamlet Mar 2, 10:29
  - Well, I was touched by.. (spoiler) - Marlowe Mar 2, 10:07
  - That scene. Man, yes -- nm - ty97 Mar 2, 10:04
  - yup. also the home video stuff in Amy. -- nm - sweet baboo Mar 2, 10:03
- I have a limited set, but (spoils for Creed) - Will Hunting Mar 2, 10:03 4
  - But my favorite scene overall (spoils from Kingsman) - Will Hunting Mar 2, 10:05 2
    - That made the top 10 of Best Scene at The Calvins. -- nm - David Mar 2, 10:06 1
      - I saw and thought it was too low. - Will Hunting Mar 2, 10:17
  - Also from Creed, the rocky score playing. -- nm - MDH Mar 2, 10:03
The FBI has admitted to screwing up with the iPhone case. Kinda puts a lie to all those police procedurals you see on TV. -- nm - Mop Mar 2, 09:56
"Christie has long been mocked for his heft, but behind Trump, he looked puny and unremarkable, a hotel end-table of a human being." -- (link) - ty97 Mar 2, 09:48 18
- #FreeChrisChristie -- (link) - pmb Mar 2, 09:58
- Christie's career is over if Trump doesn't win in November. - Will Hunting Mar 2, 09:54 8
  - If Trump wins (the general) that all changes. Trump becomes the GOP. -- nm - ty97 Mar 2, 09:56
  - Christie's career was already over. - Strongbad Mar 2, 09:55 3
    - He had a chance to catch on with some aspect of the party going forward after a few years - Will Hunting Mar 2, 09:58 1
      - This is really going to depend on what the GOP looks like after 2016. - ty97 Mar 2, 10:00
    - Assume Trump is going to win the nom but lose the general. Christie (if he hadn't endorsed) could have gone into lobbying - ty97 Mar 2, 09:58
  - it's not just the GOP--6 Jersey papers have already called for him to resign -- nm - ML Mar 2, 09:54 2
    - They've been waiting for an excuse to do that for years, I'll bet. -- nm - znufrii, Neko Atsume addict Mar 2, 10:43 1
      - Right. I was going to make a joke about it just being Wednesday. -- nm - spamlet Mar 2, 10:53
- Imma repost, because greatest Vine -- (link) - ML Mar 2, 09:53 4
  - I still say he's actually a hostage. -- nm - Tim Mar 2, 09:59 2
    - (conspiracy theory that I don't actually say is real, but I do wonder.....) What if Trump has dirt on him? -- nm - ty97 Mar 2, 10:00 1
      - maybe he hit on Melanie and got caught? - Epiphany Mar 2, 10:19
  - It's very much a "Oh my God, what have I done?" look -- nm - Mop Mar 2, 09:57
- i love the phrase "hotel end-table of a human being." -- nm - Andie Mar 2, 09:53 1
  - It's brutal and perfectly apt. -- nm - ty97 Mar 2, 09:55
- I was thinking that he looks like a 90% life-size cut-out -- nm - zork Mar 2, 09:49
I want to thank Reagen for the Who earworm I now have. -- nm - zork Mar 2, 09:48 1
- and Diva for the samosa cravings making my stomach rumble. -- nm - zork Mar 2, 10:03
"Why don't you tell that to the judge in your pants?" - David Mar 2, 09:46
"Among Democrat voters who are unsatisfied with the way the federal government is working, 2/3 voted for Hillary." -- nm - Strongbad Mar 2, 09:34 6
- Of course. Why wouldn't they? -- nm - David Mar 2, 09:42 3
  - I'm surprised, that's all -- (edited) - Strongbad Mar 2, 09:44 2
    - I'm sure there are some, but most of us think things would become more intransigent if Sanders were president. -- nm - pmb Mar 2, 09:45
    - Few democrats view the problem as existing on the democratic side, and for obvious reasons. -- nm - David Mar 2, 09:44
- ...because we see it mostly as a problem of an obstructionist GOP. Hillary may talk about "Making America Whole again" but we secretly know/hope... - Mel Profit Mar 2, 09:37 1
  - Exactly. -- nm - pmb Mar 2, 09:42
And this person votes -- (link) - ty97 Mar 2, 09:31 5
- Super-secret economic stimulus plan! -- nm - David Mar 2, 09:43 2
  - w/a Large Size of Overt Racism on the side - Yay!! -- nm - Diva Mar 2, 09:44 1
    - Would you like to make that a combo with sexism and misogony for $2 more ma'am? -- nm - ty97 Mar 2, 09:59
- Big, if true. And actually, Cruz and Rubio *have* been doing some of that. (Wall, etc) -- nm* - Spawn Mar 2, 09:41
- We can safely say that will not be happening. -- nm - Other candidates across the spectrum Mar 2, 09:41
Yesterday I almost posted "It's March, winter is over!" but though better of challenging Mother Nature. But Mother heard my treacherous thoughts -- (link) - ty97 Mar 2, 09:29 1
- yeah, looks like winter's last gasp for the East Coast will be Friday morning -- nm - decline Mar 2, 09:31
7.9 earthquake off the coast of Sumatra yesterday... guess where my little brother is visiting? - Cuzzin Todd Mar 2, 09:29 2
- Mount Fuji? -- nm - zork Mar 2, 09:51
- Kansas City? -- nm - ty97 Mar 2, 09:30
Little known fact: Hillary has a really good Haka Face. -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 2, 09:28 2
- I'd pay to see this. -- nm - Reagen Mar 2, 09:29 1
  - "Welcome to the first presidential debate. You may now make your opening statement..." -- nm - Max Mar 2, 11:19
Trump has 46% of the delegates so far, needs 51.6% of the remaining delegates to get to 1237 before the convention -- nm - Strongbad Mar 2, 09:27 21
- Unless Cruz or Rubio can make headway in (winner-take-all) Florida and Ohio, Trumps gonna leap in delegate % -- nm - ty97 Mar 2, 09:28 19
  - Seeing Cruz on national TV basicly beg on TV for everyone to unify behind him - eag Mar 2, 09:36 16
    - The post-mortem on how this happened will be amazing. - Will Hunting Mar 2, 09:42 14
      - It'll look like me talking The Force Awakens. -- nm - David Mar 2, 09:56 1
        
        Except even then, them and you still adhere to basic movie concepts of heroes / villains. - Will Hunting Mar 2, 10:18
      - it's not a mystery. Trump is just telling the rabid tea party base exactly what they wanted McCain and Romney to say to Obama's face when they ran for - sweet baboo Mar 2, 09:46 11
        
        It's more complicated than that - Strongbad Mar 2, 09:47 10
        
        they keep saying it, I have no reason to think it's not true but that is the surprise of the cycle for me. - Mel Profit Mar 2, 09:55 6
        
        Already been done, it's called "authoritarianism" -- (link) - Strongbad Mar 2, 10:05 1
        
        I saw that earlier. Maybe that's it but it doesn't feel like it. Maybe I'm entirely wrong. -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 2, 10:34
        
        I think the biggest factor is the people who haven't voted before coming in to vote for him. He's got the angry disenfrachised white people vote sewn - pmb Mar 2, 10:01 2
        
        (Except for the angry disenfranchised young white people Bernie has sewn up.) -- nm - Ender Mar 2, 10:48 1
        
        they might even vote! -- nm - sweet baboo Mar 2, 10:50
        
        It's what many years of 8% support for Congress looks like at the polls. -- nm - David Mar 2, 09:57
        
        Trump is winning 40% of the GOP and has upped his ceiling directly at Cruz's expense - sweet baboo Mar 2, 09:50 2
        
        Trump has won ~34% of the popular vote so far. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 2, 09:54 1
        
        maybe on average. most places he's closer to 40%. but it's not Cruz & Rubio splitting the anti-Trump vote. It's Trump & Cruz splitting the anti-Rubio - sweet baboo Mar 2, 10:03
    - loved it -though he used " prayerfully" which I took exception to -- nm - Epiphany Mar 2, 09:42
  - March 15 will be the last coffin nail for Rubio and possibly Cruz too -- nm - decline Mar 2, 09:29
  - Yes. It's pretty much over if Trump gets both. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 2, 09:29
- (he's also collected 34.2% of the R popular vote) -- nm - Strongbad Mar 2, 09:28

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