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Re: to Trump, I didn't realize the intensity of his supporters new hatred of Fox News. -- nm - MDH Mar 3, 08:58 9
- i wish i could give them credit for seeing through Murdoch and Ailes as just two more New York elites who sneer at them behind closed doors - sweet baboo Mar 3, 09:03
- oh yeah, Fox is part the biased liberal media to them. -- nm - ty97 Mar 3, 09:02
- Really? If Megyn Kelly still works there it should be rather obvious. -- nm - Spawn Mar 3, 08:59 6
  - Doesn't she host the debate tonight? That should get interesting. -- nm - volnelk Mar 3, 09:05 4
    - yes, she does -- nm - decline Mar 3, 09:05 3
      - With Murdoch's truth and reconciliation style tweet yesterday, I wonder if she's been instructed to coddle. -- nm - ty97 Mar 3, 09:06 2
        
        After Mitt, doubtful. -- nm - Spawn Mar 3, 09:08
        
        And since Ailes has told them to cut loose Rubio, he'll get his chops busted -- nm - sweet baboo Mar 3, 09:07
  - Assuming Murdoch makes up with Trump, her next six months of work are an inevitable lawsuit. -- nm - David Mar 3, 09:03
As well as hot actor, my colleague spotted Richard Gere today. -- nm - LMS Mar 3, 08:50
"His promises are as worthless as a degree from Trump University" -- nm - zork Mar 3, 08:49
I love this tweet -- (link) - ty97 Mar 3, 08:48
AT&T to Offer DirecTV Without the Satellite Dish -- (link) - budice Mar 3, 08:46 2
- I love this since late last year I argued with them on the phone about them wanting to switch me to Direct tv. - Spawn Mar 3, 09:08
- Makes sense that they'd just use the brand to encompass all their TV offerings. -- nm - Mop Mar 3, 09:04
Romney is not holding back while tearing into Trump -- nm - zork Mar 3, 08:41 24
- Where was this guy 4 years ago? 8 years ago? -- nm - Mop Mar 3, 09:08 2
  - Begging Trump to endorse him. -- nm - ty97 Mar 3, 09:09
  - Getting his ass kicked by Hope. -- nm - Spawn Mar 3, 09:09
- Has Romney denounced Trump's endorsement in 2012? -- nm - amoxy Mar 3, 08:54
- Isn't it inevitable that Trump just says "Who cares what he thinks? He lost. He's a loser. I'm going to win." and all his supporters just nod? -- nm* - volnelk Mar 3, 08:45 14
  - Trump already has done so. Romney seems to be preaching to the choir and I'm not sure if it will have any impact -- nm - ty97 Mar 3, 08:47 13
    - It's his clarion call to the GOP establishment to get their shit together and stop this guy before it's too late. - ML Mar 3, 08:49 12
      - But what can the establishment do? Seems they've been trying (spending $$, stacking debates, Fox attacking Trump, etc) -- nm - ty97 Mar 3, 08:51 10
        
        I honestly wonder if the party leaders need to say "We won't support Trump in the general and will run a third party candidate" - ty97 Mar 3, 08:54 4
        
        They would no longer be party leaders if they aligned themselves with a non-GOP candidate. I think they have to prioritize keeping the GOP intact. - mara Mar 3, 09:09
        
        I think you'd see a much more conservative group do that. Like Ben Sasse's non-support - Will Hunting Mar 3, 08:56 2
        
        Whatever happens, the Halperin book on this year is going to be fascinating I expect -- nm - ty97 Mar 3, 09:05 1
        
        That dude is sporting the biggest boner a reporter can. - Will Hunting Mar 3, 09:06
        
        At bare minimum, it's setting up a protective wall against Trump for those vulnerable senators. - Will Hunting Mar 3, 08:54 4
        
        Unless the party disavows Trump as their nominee, there is no firewall. -- nm - ty97 Mar 3, 08:55 3
        
        There might not be a big one; but anything could help. - Will Hunting Mar 3, 08:58 2
        
        I guess, I just don't see it working. - ty97 Mar 3, 09:04 1
        
        I'd expect a lot of the following quotes "Donald Trump is the nominee for President. I'm focused on my candidates for Senate / the House." -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 3, 09:05
      - And try to influence borderline Christies who might want to jump on the "inevitability" train. -- nm - Ender Mar 3, 08:50
- We do realize that Romney is probably angling to be the brokered convention selection, right? -- nm* - ty97 Mar 3, 08:43 4
  - The fact that he hit Hillary indicates he's at least keeping that option in play. -- nm - David Mar 3, 09:07
  - I'm not sure sure. Anything's possible, of course. -- nm - mara Mar 3, 08:45
  - Given the choice, I think he would agree to be humped by NCM for a full week rather than endure another campaign. - ML Mar 3, 08:44 1
    - These are not mutually exclusive possibilities. NCM can ride the campaign plane. -- nm - ty97 Mar 3, 08:46
It appears Romney is speaking now, based on all the sarcastic live tweeting I'm seeing -- (link) - ty97 Mar 3, 08:41
It's far more complex than this but did not expect: "But Cruz has a point that the mogul has been linked to the mob for decades." - ty97 Mar 3, 08:35 1
- Of course, *this* is the claim that is true. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 3, 08:44
wait, what? Texas Republican ‘disaster': New county chair is conspiracy theorist who tweets suggestive photos of women -- (link) - sp commander amanda jones Mar 3, 08:34 6
- That Danney Williams post is a horrifying example of the extreme side that's voting for Trump. -- nm - David Mar 3, 08:59
- She almost sounds mentally ill. -- nm - mara Mar 3, 08:46
- I preferred the world before we all gave a rat's butt about county commissioners in Texas. -- nm - ML Mar 3, 08:45 1
  - right, let's stay focused on the racist, misogynistic assholes who are at the head of the party -- nm - sweet baboo Mar 3, 08:58
- dude is crazy like pineapple -- nm - Beaker Mar 3, 08:35
- austin has been kept weird -- nm - sweet baboo Mar 3, 08:35
i want to play no mans sky, no idea if I should consider it on the pc or a console. -- nm - Truman Mar 3, 08:31 12
- I am locked in to PS4. Hope they've set it up so PC and PS4 are all playing together. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 3, 08:33 11
  - currently there isnt an xbox one port (rumored but not confirmed i think). sadly i would probably need to update my pc to really play it - Truman Mar 3, 08:36 5
    - I saw XCOM2 below and got all excited, nevermind. -- nm* - spamlet Mar 3, 08:44 1
      - i just dont have the desire to play that lately. -- nm - Truman Mar 3, 08:46
    - My laptop is really struggling on XCOM 2. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 3, 08:38 2
      - PC requirements released -- (link) - decline Mar 3, 08:47 1
        
        interesting. -- nm - Truman Mar 3, 08:54
  - my understanding is that it is one vast universe - but they've said many times it is unlikely you will encounter another player - it's just too big -- nm - decline Mar 3, 08:35 4
    - I've heard that, but I've always thought you would be able to meet up if you intentionally tried. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 3, 08:37
    - unless, I think, you want to (supposedly there will be a way). but yes, its basically a giant exploration game - Truman Mar 3, 08:37 2
      - I think they've already setup some sharing groups to try and map it haven't they? -- nm - Beaker Mar 3, 08:37 1
        
        the game isnt out, but there was a bit of a beta (the game will reset everything supposdely prior to release) but yes - Truman Mar 3, 08:39
I was just thinking and I doubt this could happen but what if the RNC found a way to deny Trump the nomination he takes them to court - eag Mar 3, 08:28
You know how I was surprised the 'evangelicals' are voting for Trump? Perhaps I don't understand that term well because... - ty97 Mar 3, 08:27 22
- My wife and I now go to church every week, but I would never consider myself evangelical. In my mind Evangelical are very conservative Christians.. - Microsoft Mar 3, 08:46 1
  - Darn auto-nick -- nm - Walt_Disney Mar 3, 08:46
- Thats all, this is very interesting to me. -- nm - ty97 Mar 3, 08:44
- Also, I think of all "Born-Again" to be Evangelical. -- nm - amoxy Mar 3, 08:43 1
  - They are also very similar in my eyes. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 3, 08:43
- Evangelicals are Churchgoers but not all Churchgoers are Evangelicals. - spamlet Mar 3, 08:34 6
  - In my head, I could be completely wrong - Strongbad Mar 3, 08:41
  - Whoah, whoah, whoah. DOC are in NO way evangelical. We're practically UCC. -- nm - Ender Mar 3, 08:37 3
    - You would know better than I :) I always thought DoC was an offshoot of the Reform movement? -- nm - spamlet Mar 3, 08:38 2
      - We came from the "restoration" movement, but the denominations you're really thinking of split off from us because we weren't strict enough. -- nm - Ender Mar 3, 08:42 1
        
        Yes, restoration sorry. Reformation was completely different and I shouldn't try to multi-task. - spamlet Mar 3, 08:46
  - right. My wife goes to church every week but she wouldn't consider herself an Evangelical by any stretch -- nm - Beaker Mar 3, 08:37
- I also differentiate between weekly churchgoers and evangelical, FWIW. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 3, 08:30 8
  - I guess I've been wrongly reading evangelical as (roughly defined) religious person whose religious beliefs are a very important aspect of life - ty97 Mar 3, 08:33 6
    - I think about it in terms of whether the church is focussed on actively spreading its message, the idea of being re-born and how much the Bible is - Roger More Mar 3, 08:47 1
      - This is my impression as well, pretty much. -- nm - mara Mar 3, 08:52
    - flip that and reverse it. -- nm - Spawn Mar 3, 08:37
    - My opinion - Strongbad Mar 3, 08:36
    - Evangelical is essentially "conservative protestant". That still leaves you non-protestant and liberal/mainline protestant. -- nm - Ender Mar 3, 08:35
    - theocrat-in-training -- nm - sweet baboo Mar 3, 08:35
  - I look at the term Evangelicals as more of a belief system than just church goers -- nm - eag Mar 3, 08:32
- Where's Venn Diagram Man when you need him? -- nm - znufrii, older Mar 3, 08:29
Seven T206 Ty Cobb cards worth well into seven figures, all found at the bottom of great grandpa's old bag: -- (link) - Beaker Mar 3, 08:26 3
- "This discovery increased the number of cards known to be in existence by nearly 50 percent:" (15 to 22) -- nm - Beaker Mar 3, 08:28 2
  - Isn't that a lot closer to 40 than 50%? -- nm - mara Mar 3, 08:57 1
    - 46.667% -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 3, 08:59
So is Chris Hemsworth also a Ghostbuster? - amoxy Mar 3, 08:25 8
- he is Annie Potts with a dick -- nm - groiny Mar 3, 08:26 6
  - The thought of TrAnnie Potts turns you on doesn't it? -- nm - ty97 Mar 3, 08:27 1
    - no, not really, she was like 30% man to begin with. -- nm - groiny Mar 3, 08:28
  - His hammer is his dick? -- nm - Spawn Mar 3, 08:27 3
    - I'll sue your ass -- nm - Captain Hammer Mar 3, 08:29 1
      - "sue" is just "use" all scrambled up -- nm - groiny Mar 3, 08:30
    - see, they should have put that in the trailer. -- nm - groiny Mar 3, 08:29
- They just put the secretary in uniform. -- nm - Spawn Mar 3, 08:26
Yeah. that trailer needed the Han Solo "We're home" call back to the previous cast in some way. Not impressed. -- nm - volnelk Mar 3, 08:25
Happy 30th Birthday to Master of Puppets by Metallica, released on March 3, 1986 -- nm - Beaker Mar 3, 08:20 1
- Appetite for Destruction is 30 next year. Damn I'm old. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 3, 08:24
Adam Baldwin, Miley Cyrus... WITH is backing Trump, then? -- nm - Spawn Mar 3, 08:18 4
- Nascar CEO and drivers... -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 3, 08:21
- David Duke , Tom Brady , Vinny Mac -- nm - eag Mar 3, 08:21 1
  - *snork* - Spawn Mar 3, 08:21
- everyone else -- nm - groiny Mar 3, 08:20
Yes, we're back on Peyton did nothing wrong. - David's iPad Mar 3, 08:15 12
- if mooning is illegal, I would be in for life -- nm - groiny Mar 3, 08:16 11
  - You're mooning us right now, aren't you? -- nm - Mop Mar 3, 08:19 10
    - I am typing with my ass, to be honest -- nm - groiny Mar 3, 08:19 9
      - Considering much of what you say reads like Ace Ventura talking out of his ass, this is not surprising. -- nm - Spawn Mar 3, 08:20 8
        
        one day you will all realize that I am a visionary. -- nm - groiny Mar 3, 08:22 7
        
        Vision is *scary*. -- nm* - Spawn Mar 3, 08:27 6
        
        Just let him revel and bask. -- nm - David's iPad Mar 3, 08:29 5
        
        I firmly believe that 90% of ST lives in a world with unicorns and candy waterfalls. -- nm - groiny Mar 3, 08:32 4
        
        And it feels so empty without me. -- nm - David's iPad Mar 3, 08:33 1
        
        I certainly see the comparison there. -- nm - groiny Mar 3, 08:34
        
        So? -- nm - znufrii, older Mar 3, 08:33
        
        and a handy kidney removal kit -- nm - Beaker Mar 3, 08:32
Scott, Rory, Stenson, Oosthuizen -- nm - Strongbad Mar 3, 08:15 1
- **CQ Alert** -- nm - Strongbad Mar 3, 08:23
Chesapeake Energy up 22% the day after the apparent suicide of their CEO. -- (link) - GregW Mar 3, 08:09 4
- He's been gone from there for at least 2+ years. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 3, 08:21
- (former CEO) -- nm - decline Mar 3, 08:13 1
  - Well, he is now. -- nm - Mop Mar 3, 08:19
- On top of a similar gain yesterday. -- nm - znufrii, older Mar 3, 08:10
Kevin Nash And Brandi Chastain Will Donate Their Brains To CTE Researchers -- (link) - Beaker Mar 3, 08:09
So, when it comes right down to it and Trump is the nominee, how many #nevertrumps will actually end up being #partyfirst instead? -- nm - znufrii, older Mar 3, 08:06 16
- Small sample size, but, if ST's R's are any indication, then...none... -- nm - The Death Sceire Mar 3, 08:36
- This is probably the question that interests me most in all this. No idea what the answer is. -- nm - ty97 Mar 3, 08:25
- It depends on if there hatred for Hillary and Obama outweigh there hatred for Trump - eag Mar 3, 08:19
- I think those who disagree with Trump morally are most likely to stay away. Those who disagree on personality/leadership style probably will too. - Roger More Mar 3, 08:15
- this one won't -- nm - ML Mar 3, 08:07 11
  - LYC: I give you some flack over politics, but I do respect you for this. -- nm - Spawn Mar 3, 08:20
  - Pondering more on the party leadership and punditry apparatus, but it's gratifying to hear your position :) -- nm* - znufrii, older Mar 3, 08:11 9
    - How much of the party leadership is #nevertrump? -- nm - Strongbad Mar 3, 08:12 8
      - Right now...McConnell is wink/wink nod/nodding his way through his disgust of Donald. - Will Hunting Mar 3, 08:49
      - If I define party leadership as basically those serving in Washington, it seems to be a very small number right now. - ty97 Mar 3, 08:30 3
        
        I expect that group to grow, rather loudly, after Romney. -- nm - Spawn Mar 3, 08:34 2
        
        I think they need evidence that there is a path to stop Trump before that group grows much. - ty97 Mar 3, 08:38 1
        
        But it just comes off as the establishment going after the non establishment guy - eag Mar 3, 08:43
      - Enough for it to emerge as a hashtag. - znufrii, older Mar 3, 08:17 2
        
        You and I define party leadership much differently then. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 3, 08:23 1
        
        I'm taking a broad view, including thought leaders, pundits and media influencers -- (edited) - znufrii, older Mar 3, 08:29
No Man's Sky: June 21st -- (link) - decline Mar 3, 08:06 3
- *splurt* -- nm - Strongbad Mar 3, 08:25 1
  - I didn't realize they were making a PC version. I will be buying PS4. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 3, 08:26
- ~you can't take the sky from me~ -- nm - Beaker Mar 3, 08:08
linking from a ghostbusters trailer page I found this great deadspin article about Norbert Grupe (Vigo the Carpathian) from last fall -- (link) - decline Mar 3, 08:03 1
- Yikes. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 3, 09:42

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