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Trump's making jobs already! We'll need someone to walk down the street ringing the bell and shouting "SHAME!" in front of abortion women. -- nm - Mop Mar 30, 13:49 1
- Con, minimum wage, pro, you get to be an asshole instead of suffering from such a supervisor -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 30, 13:52
poll: Last book you bought/borrowed/stole? Last music album you bought/borrowed/stole? Last sammich eaten was? - Truman Mar 30, 13:46 6
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (illustrated) / Green Day, American Idiot (for $1 on Google Music) / Cheese sammich -- nm - Mop Mar 30, 13:51
- Book, Dashiell Hammett which I promptly lost, album, local blues band it suckers as they ranged from rock, country and gahh, rap, sammy, leftovers -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 30, 13:50
- Book: Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (aka Taliban Shuffle). Album: I think it was Leon Bridges'. Sammich: Tuna salad. -- nm - pmb Mar 30, 13:50
- Too Far Gone, One Direction, Ham -- nm - Beaker Mar 30, 13:49
- Book: I, Candidate (ebook); album: Sarah Cracknell "Red Kite"; sammich: steak bahn mi for lunch -- nm - pixie ninja Mar 30, 13:49
- Book : Zoo, CD Bought : Secret Someones. Lunch : Burger -- nm* - groiny Mar 30, 13:48
Tenn, not wanting to miss out, is voting on bill to let therapists refuse sinners if their gayness or sin violates their religious beliefs -- (link) - zeitgeist Mar 30, 13:40 3
- Who therapizes the therapists? -- nm - Max Mar 30, 13:44
- If you're a therapist and this is an issue you're in the wrong business. -- nm - pmb Mar 30, 13:42 1
  - Also I would guess you could count on one hand the number or therapists that this actually is an issue for. -- nm - pmb Mar 30, 13:44
Suggestions as to what I should wear to Disneyland this summer so I look less like a dork than usual? - Mop Mar 30, 13:39 15
- nm but: -- (link) - b. Mar 30, 13:51 1
  - You always come through! -- nm - Mop Mar 30, 13:56
- whatever the shorts they are selling this year. some flip flops and multi colored socks and you're set -- nm - Remlik Mar 30, 13:47 2
  - hey, you know the Days of the Dead con coming there in June? - groiny Mar 30, 13:49 1
    - jsut you? -- nm - Remlik Mar 30, 13:56
- polos with the collar popped. navigator sunglasses. -- nm* - Truman Mar 30, 13:47
- Jeggings -- nm - znufrii Mar 30, 13:46 1
  - I won't make that mistake twice. -- nm - Mop Mar 30, 13:47
- Clown shoes -- nm - groiny Mar 30, 13:45
- You are a dad, dad will always look like a dork, it's a law of the universe, cargo shorts are much preferred to basketball, board shorts -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 30, 13:42 1
  - Go on ebay and buy a couple tommy Bahamas shirts -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 30, 13:44
- summer when? June and July could be pleasant. Later, into August can be Africa hot -- nm - pixie ninja Mar 30, 13:40 2
  - June. -- nm - Mop Mar 30, 13:41 1
    - If there's June Gloom, it'll be gray and cloudy in the AM until it burns off, and then usually mid-70s -- nm - pixie ninja Mar 30, 13:44
- Mickey Mouse ears -- nm - Epiphany Mar 30, 13:40
"alexa, what time is it?" "it's almost chubbers time." -- nm - sleep commander amanda jones Mar 30, 13:30 5
- Speaking of, I went to look for how to do something with the Echo and went to the product page and the questions, and one of the first ones cracked me - pmb Mar 30, 13:33 4
  - I am having trouble figuring out how to tell the temperature of my living room. she always wants to tell me "currently, in state college" not - sleep commander amanda jones Mar 30, 13:36 2
    - They need to figure out a way for it to turn on and off your tv and change channels. I'm getting one of these for my parents and some and some of - pmb Mar 30, 13:41
    - can you hack Mr. Steam so they can talk to each other? -- nm - pixie ninja Mar 30, 13:37
  - heh -- nm - prayformojo Mar 30, 13:36
Donald Trump is the unity candidate. He's managed to unify Planned Parenthood *and* March For Life. -- nm - ty97 Mar 30, 13:23 1
- no better way to swipe some hardcore anti-choice votes in Wisconsin from Lyin Ted -- nm - pixie ninja Mar 30, 13:25
WWE to replace the infamously gaudy "Butterfly Belt" this Sunday at Wrestlemania. -- nm - Qale Mar 30, 13:18 5
- But how will we know to objectify women if we don't have something so feminine as their title belt? -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 30, 13:24
- Thank god.... -- nm - Remlik Mar 30, 13:23 3
  - It will be replaced with golden boobs. -- nm - pmb Mar 30, 13:35
  - with something gaudier. ;) -- nm - nic to be determined Mar 30, 13:31 1
    - it'll resemble the World Champhionship Belt but will be smaller. -- nm - Remlik Mar 30, 13:48
Drumph 8s really this obvious, the news media stopped taking my calls on air, so he said something outrageous again to make news all about him -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 30, 13:07
Lawsuit claims that a ‘Hamilton’ casting call for ‘non-white’ actors is illegal -- (link) - ty97 Mar 30, 12:55 19
- "Dear Secretary Hamilton, just writing to let you know white Americans are still assholes. Sorry about that duel" -- nm - pixie ninja Mar 30, 13:20
- What's wrong with "all ethnicities"? -- nm - nic to be determined Mar 30, 13:09 9
  - Yeah, I have to lean towards this rather than "non-white". -- nm - Mop Mar 30, 13:41
  - I haven't seen the notice they're referring to. Notices that list 'all ethnicities' are the norm. Even for shows that have no intention of casting all - Diva Mar 30, 13:16 5
    - Thanks. That article could have been better written or at least explained that. -- nm - nic to be determined Mar 30, 13:22
    - it does say your im: "seeking non-white men and women, ages 20s to 30s.." nm but: -- (link) - b. Mar 30, 13:19 3
      - I realize that's the heart of the complaint and stated that the language was an issue. I just had not seen the posting. - Diva Mar 30, 13:36 1
        
        I'm sorry if it wasn't clear I wasn't intending to explain anything there. seeing the flyer cemented what you said, which was good info. (even if it - b. Mar 30, 13:42
      - "The Color Purple revival will be anything but" -- nm - pixie ninja Mar 30, 13:23
  - Nothing and that's not what the complaint is about. -- nm - spamlet, spreading happiness and joy where he goes Mar 30, 13:12 1
    - I know it's not, the article made it sound like there was a problem with the notice that said that though. -- nm - nic to be determined Mar 30, 13:21
- the way around this is to type out actors at open chorus calls (as per usual) and do not grant agent appts. to actors you have no intention of hiring - Diva Mar 30, 13:08 5
  - Petra? - znufrii Mar 30, 13:18 3
    - When Huntington did it last year - Diva Mar 30, 13:20 2
      - I can see it. - znufrii Mar 30, 13:21 1
        
        It's the Biz. And a big reason I keep my day job. -- nm* - Diva Mar 30, 13:37
  - That director is missing out. -- nm - nic to be determined Mar 30, 13:11
- Trump? -- nm - Spawn Mar 30, 13:03
- #BroadwaySoNotWhite -- nm - Max Mar 30, 12:57
If you take Trump's "punishment for Abortions to the absurd limit, it has to be 1st degree Murder for the woman -- nm - amoxy Mar 30, 12:48 5
- Damn straight, death penalties for all -- nm - GOP STATES Mar 30, 12:55
- if I knocked up a woman and she got an abortion would that make me an accesory after the fact? -- nm - Beaker Mar 30, 12:52 1
  - A coindictable conspirator, obviously you committed acts to further the action and the termination is foreseeable consequences -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 30, 13:05
- What was the punishment for abortion before roe v wade? -- nm - Ender Mar 30, 12:52 1
  - death in an alley way? -- nm - Epiphany Mar 30, 12:59
The NY Times has responded to the NFL -- (link*) - Beaker Mar 30, 12:46
One last thing before I stop* posting primary threads: "about 65 percent of the remaining [Dem] delegates are in CA, NY, PA, NJ" wow. -- nm - ty97 Mar 30, 12:46 1
- so make sure you vote early and often! -- nm - decline Mar 30, 12:55
That double episode at the end of Season 6 of Archer was really bad (spoilers) - amoxy Mar 30, 12:45
Hypothesize with me (this is a poll) Say Sanders somehow wins the *pledged* delegate count by somewhere between 1 and 50 delegates - ty97 Mar 30, 12:40 20
- Super Ds are Ds, Obama won out right with total delegates, Bernie might come close with regular Ds, the supers are getting their lives crushed with -- nm - Grassroots Mar 30, 12:52
- B. he isnt electable nationally. - Truman Mar 30, 12:51
- B -- nm - amoxy Mar 30, 12:51
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  - He won by way more than 50 delegates though (and Clinton had dropped out). -- nm - spamlet, spreading happiness and joy where he goes Mar 30, 13:16
  - Right. This isn't what "would" they do. It's what would you want them to do. - ty97 Mar 30, 12:48 1
    - Oh. Then I choose C. - Spawn Mar 30, 12:51
- A, but the thing is I've got the opposite of the GOP problem. I'll take either of the dems. -- nm - Qale Mar 30, 12:45
- I'm A) FWIW -- nm - ty97 Mar 30, 12:44
- B -- nm - decline Mar 30, 12:43
- B -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 30, 12:42
- B -- nm - Epiphany Mar 30, 12:41
- Stop -- nm - pixie ninja Mar 30, 12:41 6
  - As I said, this won't be where we end up, but I'm curious about the hypothetical. -- nm - ty97 Mar 30, 12:42 4
    - When Bernie drops out, he will be further behind than Hillary was when she dropped out in 08 -- nm - pixie ninja Mar 30, 12:46 3
      - Do I need to link you to a definition of the word hypothetical? -- nm - ty97 Mar 30, 12:47 2
        
        Hypothetical implies a reasonable possibility -- nm - pixie ninja Mar 30, 12:51 1
        
        "highly conjectural; not well supported by available evidence." -- (link) - ty97 Mar 30, 12:53
  - Hammer Time? - Epiphany Mar 30, 12:42
- B. Obvie. -- nm - Spawn Mar 30, 12:40
my boot room is 18 inches higher than the actual basement floor. it's like it was *built* fot boots. -- nm - sleep commander amanda jones Mar 30, 12:37 6
- Containment for the floods? Insulation layer? No good haunted house skips a scary crawl space -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 30, 12:58
- is that 18 inches underneath where all the critters live? -- nm - decline Mar 30, 12:43 1
  - concrete. no critters. I don't know why there's a step. gives kittens something to jump over? -- nm - sleep commander amanda jones Mar 30, 12:44
- "and here is the sweaterboot wing. but nobody ever goes there" -- nm - pixie ninja Mar 30, 12:39 2
  - oh my god if I got three more pairs I could *have* this. -- nm - sleep commander amanda jones Mar 30, 12:43 1
    - Shred, chubbers, shred -- nm - pixie ninja Mar 30, 13:11
Oh, that hail is much larger. -- nm - spamlet, spreading happiness and joy where he goes Mar 30, 12:37 3
- grab a bat and go have some hitting practice -- nm - decline Mar 30, 12:39
- BIGGER IS BETTER. -- nm - sleep commander amanda jones Mar 30, 12:37 1
  - That's what... -- nm - Spawn Mar 30, 12:38
Starbucks is adding a wine frappuccino to it's menu -- (link) - decline Mar 30, 12:28
One poll finds Clinton leads 51-42 among RV in Milwaukee but Sanders wins 47-46 among LV. That enthusiasm gap could cost her WI - ty97 Mar 30, 12:24 18
- Sanders needs to win the state by double digits to make a difference -- nm - pixie ninja Mar 30, 12:27 8
  - I'm aware. -- nm - ty97 Mar 30, 12:33
  - Hillary needs to not limp into the convention. She needs to win some of these states even if she can get to the number without them. -- nm - pmb Mar 30, 12:29 5
    - WI demographically is one of the stronger remaining states for Sanders. Possibly the biggest state he has a shot at left. -- nm - ty97 Mar 30, 12:34 2
      - (I'd *really* like a recent NY poll that's not done by Emerson) -- nm - ty97 Mar 30, 12:36 1
        
        And Sanders would *really* like a debate. -- nm - Spawn Mar 30, 12:37
    - the convention is months away and after the GOP's. all of this will be a distant memory by then -- nm - pixie ninja Mar 30, 12:30 1
      - Are we sure it's *after* the GOP's? - Will Hunting Mar 30, 12:31
  - triple digits!! -- nm - decline Mar 30, 12:29
- if this is the MU poll, the lede is that they found Feingold/Johnson to be a statistical tie -- nm - ML Mar 30, 12:25 8
  - That's surprising. Figured Feingold would be up 5-8 pts given the national environment. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 30, 12:27 4
    - he is up 5 points in this one -- nm - pixie ninja Mar 30, 12:28 3
      - I'm seeing 3% on the RCP link you gave? - Will Hunting Mar 30, 12:30 2
        
        47-42 -- (link) - pixie ninja Mar 30, 12:31 1
        
        Weird, RCP has the 3/24 - 3/28 poll from Marquette as 47-44. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 30, 12:32
  - Is that surprising/unsurprising (I'm guessing surprising?). -- nm - ty97 Mar 30, 12:26 2
    - Quite surprising. Every poll since last fall has had Feingold up 10+ plus - ML Mar 30, 12:29
    - consistent with polls to date (Russ with a mid-single digits lead) -- (link) - pixie ninja Mar 30, 12:28
guys I'm starting to get the impression that Trump isn't running a policy-oriented campaign -- nm - ML Mar 30, 12:22 10
- Oh, that makes it okay then. - znufrii Mar 30, 12:25 2
  - You are the undisputed king of reading into posts this week. *presents you with a medal* -- nm - ML Mar 30, 12:28 1
    - UNDISPUTED!!!! - groiny Mar 30, 12:51
- oh but he is. His policies: Black people suck. Hispanics suck. Immigrants suck. Muslims suck. Women suck. -- nm - ty97 Mar 30, 12:25 2
  - ... anyone that does not vote for him sucks. -- nm - Spawn Mar 30, 12:27
  - No, he's betting on those being the policies of enough of the GOP voting bloc. - Will Hunting Mar 30, 12:26
- This town hall is like watching an unpreparted 6th grader give a book report on a book he never read. -- nm - From the dude that tweeted above. Mar 30, 12:25 1
  - exactly. - Mel Profit Mar 30, 12:29
- snort -- nm - decline Mar 30, 12:23
- "We Built That" -- nm - pixie ninja Mar 30, 12:22
crime never takes a holiday -- (link) - ML Mar 30, 12:21 2
- 911, what is your emergency? ....it's the wrong size.... -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 30, 13:02
- Big, if... not even big, if true! -- nm - Spawn Mar 30, 12:22
LYC: Woo! White House tour approved. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 30, 12:20 12
- nice! Wear a Spider-man or a Star Trek Polo shirt and you may get a fist bump! -- nm - Remlik Mar 30, 13:10
- When you get there you should wander off and see if you can find the Lincoln bedroom -- nm - decline Mar 30, 12:30 1
  - Oh! better yet, dress in a dark suit and put a wire-thingy in your ear. Then stand against a wall an pretend you're secret service -- nm - decline Mar 30, 12:33
- Cool! Are you doing any other tours? - ReluctantCynic Mar 30, 12:26 8
  - The ones we had to request in advance through Representative - Strongbad Mar 30, 12:57
  - do they have a lot of books there? -- nm - decline Mar 30, 12:31 5
    - You'd be amazed. - ReluctantCynic Mar 30, 12:36 4
      - Can I check out the latest Cussler? - Will Hunting Mar 30, 12:42 3
        
        He will actually be there *writing* it! -- nm - Spawn Mar 30, 12:43 2
        
        Wait a second! This is just a mad-libs book! I KNEW IT! -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 30, 12:44 1
        
        our hero saves [a beautiful woman] from a [nuclear holocaust] unleashed by a [mutant] [strain of algae] - ML Mar 30, 12:53
  - Especially when you find the Book of Secrets which leads you to a hidden treasure hidden on the estate of Mount Vernon. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 30, 12:28
these boots are made for storin' -- nm - pixie ninja Mar 30, 12:20
I said, just do it. -- nm - Spawn Mar 30, 12:19 1
- ok. *drives tank off the cliff because spawn said so* -- (edited) - Truman Mar 30, 12:21

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