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In 1906, the Cubs won 116 games but lost the world series to the Sox. Cubs are on pace to win 139 games this year - oblique Apr 14, 10:21 3
- I hear the ticker tape is already on order and the parade route is being worked out... -- nm - Jim Apr 14, 10:24
- if they don't win 140 bust of a season imo -- nm - ML Apr 14, 10:22 1
  - it would be disappointing -- nm - oblique Apr 14, 10:23
While I admire Bernie's idealism (I will vote for him if given the chance), I accept that Hillary is more likely to get things done. - Mop Apr 14, 10:20 3
- i dunno. the more likely event (which neither of them has really admitted openly) is that without Congress, not much is going to get done of substance - the brain Apr 14, 10:23 2
  - Hopefully there is a real push to get downballot Dems supported and elected. -- nm - TWuG Apr 14, 10:25
  - my thoughts exactly - decline Apr 14, 10:24
Spider-Man: Homecoming? - ML Apr 14, 10:19
now, i realize i am not half of a gay couple, but this video made me laugh -- (link) - Andie Apr 14, 10:13 [youtube] 1
- *now* you realize... -- nm - Max Apr 14, 10:14
Most Bernie Sanders supporters aren't willing to pay for his revolution -- (link) - ty97 Apr 14, 10:13 8
- I assum most Sanders supporters, if not most Democrats, think the tax increases should go to the top 10 percent of earners & large corporations. -- nm - mara Apr 14, 10:19 4
  - there's a link in that article to a tax calculator. I just used it and holy crap Bernie plan digs deep -- nm - decline Apr 14, 10:24
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  - (Plus a smaller defense budget.) -- nm - mara Apr 14, 10:20 1
    - (And no more subsidies for the fossil fuel industries.) -- nm - mara Apr 14, 10:21
- duh, the rich are supposed to pay for it. -- nm - Max Apr 14, 10:17
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- Fortunately, if any of these policies were to ever make it into law, they wouldn't be elective. -- nm - Mop Apr 14, 10:14
HSX $2 Billion, baby, just in time for taxes. -- (link) - Max Apr 14, 10:11 [Image] 7
- Also, thanks obviously to me, the STers league on HSX has just crossed 200 Billion in Total Net Worth. -- (link) - Max Apr 14, 10:15
- woo-hoo! -- nm - ty97 Apr 14, 10:13
- Congrats! - Will Hunting Apr 14, 10:13 1
  - The Big Shaft -- nm - Max Apr 14, 10:14
- gratz -- nm - budice Apr 14, 10:12 1
  - $1.51B, rank 1522 -- nm - budice Apr 14, 10:12
- woo! -- nm - Andie Apr 14, 10:12
Forget meeting Lin, here's the NY meeting you really want -- (link) - ty97 Apr 14, 10:10 2
- So, the guys are shirtless, and the women are wearing more clothing than Sheila in accounting? - Will Hunting Apr 14, 10:12 1
  - Exactly. Best. Calendar. Ever. -- nm - ty97 Apr 14, 10:13
Everybody needs to go beachcombing for whale vomit -- (link) - decline Apr 14, 10:10 2
- It is illegal to possess or sell it in the US. It's covered by the Endangered Species Act. -- nm - TWuG Apr 14, 10:15 1
  - everybody needs to go beachcombing in Mexico for whale vomit -- nm - decline Apr 14, 10:19
FWIW, I don't see the Rams as giving up a lot in this deal. - David Apr 14, 10:08
Wegman's named the best Grocery Chain in America -- (link) - decline Apr 14, 10:08
Well that's a new one for me -- (link) - ty97 Apr 14, 10:06 3
- Hillary is *pissed* about the Transit Workers Union endorsement. -- nm - Spawn Apr 14, 10:08 2
  - heh -- nm - ty97 Apr 14, 10:10 1
    - I enjoy the mental image of her breaking shit. -- nm - Spawn Apr 14, 10:15
Want to meet Lin Manuel? -- (link) - oblique Apr 14, 10:04 6
- I totally would. -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 14, 10:10
- Holy crap. -- nm - Mop Apr 14, 10:08
- who? -- nm - decline Apr 14, 10:06 1
  - He's the guy on the $10 bill -- nm - ty97 Apr 14, 10:07
- As a Burr descendant, kinda -- nm - the brain Apr 14, 10:05 1
  - You look nothing like Leslie Odom Jr -- nm - ty97 Apr 14, 10:07
WAP? Schumer's airline seat thing failed -- nm - ty97 Apr 14, 09:55
Remember after the Newtown school shooting, a woman compared herself to the shooter's mother, and her son to the shooter? Follow-up story w/ good news -- (link) - mara Apr 14, 09:49 1
- that is good. -- nm - Andie Apr 14, 09:54
Hmmm. The Mist will be a new series on Spike TV. -- nm - Spawn Apr 14, 09:49 2
- Spoiler - Mop Apr 14, 10:07
- no -- nm - groiny Apr 14, 09:52
I need to simplify my life! I could take a cruise for half the regular price if I could leave *next week* :/ -- nm - Meg Apr 14, 09:46 1
- :/ -- nm - budice Apr 14, 10:07
New work jargon: "Put it in your tickler" - znufrii Apr 14, 09:46 8
- Sir, this is a public place! -- nm - Mop Apr 14, 10:04
- We have a team "tickler" which is the filing schedule. -- nm - MDH Apr 14, 09:48 2
  - We have ticklers up the yin-yang here. -- nm - znufrii Apr 14, 09:49 1
    - French? -- nm - Spawn Apr 14, 09:49
- I think that's old rather than new :) -- nm - Meg Apr 14, 09:47 3
  - Heh, yeah, tickler files used to be common in libraryland. -- nm - mara Apr 14, 09:50
  - New to me, at least. -- nm - znufrii Apr 14, 09:48 1
    - Yup, it's what we used before online calendars :) -- (link) - Meg Apr 14, 09:52
Hey! Jess-ay! -- Debby Ryan arrested for felony DUI. -- (link) - Will Hunting Apr 14, 09:42 2
- Is this payback for singing the Mutt and Stuff theme to you last night? - kelly Apr 14, 10:10
- (charged with a misdemeanor because hey it's LA) -- nm - ML Apr 14, 09:43
Hunting: New Monmouth Poll shows Trump up 20 point in MD. Which would result in him sweeping the delegates. -- nm - MDH Apr 14, 09:37 11
- Trumps problem isn't the mid Atlantic states or Cali. Its finding any other state(s) remaining that will get him to 1237 - the brain Apr 14, 09:43 4
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    - There are so many variables so many different plausible scenarios and arguments that no panel should be considered expert at this point -- nm - ty97 Apr 14, 10:04 1
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  - The delegate goals for April are really interesting. He'll get a huge boost for sure, and may exceed the goals only to fall in May. -- nm - MDH Apr 14, 09:45
- You sure? I saw we award per district as well and he's going to struggle in some districts here I think. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 14, 09:39 5
  - Based on how much he's up they think it could be a sweep if it correlates. Most likely he won't sweep, but gather almost all of them. -- nm - MDH Apr 14, 09:42
  - Some GOP states have an override that if you get >50% you get all the delegates no matter what. - spamlet Apr 14, 09:41 2
    - I'm just remembering what 538 had yesterday. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 14, 09:42 1
      - Trump up an additional 2% and Kasich down 4% -- nm - MDH Apr 14, 09:43
  - So. Rigged. -- nm - Spawn Apr 14, 09:40
Map of the day: DDDDOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMM -- (link) - ty97 Apr 14, 09:31
First image of Scarlett Johansson in Ghost in the Shell -- (link) - amoxy Apr 14, 09:29 11
- This movie is going to suck so hard. -- nm - ML Apr 14, 09:35 1
  - Just give us a good Black Widow movie, already. -- nm - Spawn Apr 14, 09:37
- Don't know the source material visually (just it's importance), but that is the most generic looking picture I could imagine for a movie. -- nm* - Will Hunting Apr 14, 09:31 6
  - Very famous Japanese anime. -- nm - amoxy Apr 14, 09:32 5
    - Right, I know the source is a huge deal...that picture looks 100% generic to me. - Will Hunting Apr 14, 09:33 3
      - yeah, you are gonna release / leak a photo, make it a good one. -- nm - groiny Apr 14, 09:34 2
        
        It really is to get people used to the idea. But it still does not work if you know the source material. - Spawn Apr 14, 09:35
        
        Like on her motorcycle -- nm - amoxy Apr 14, 09:35
    - GitS is pretty much *the* anime series, afaik. Correct me if I'm wrong though. -- nm - Shaun Apr 14, 09:32
- #HollywoodSoWhite -- nm - Spawn Apr 14, 09:30 1
  - Ayup -- nm - volnelk Apr 14, 09:31
I proposed at this 24h chocolate place in Madrid. I had a few more formal places in mind but our schedule just didn't work out. - James Bond (aka Igor) Apr 14, 09:26 22
- Congratulations! -- nm - jnine Apr 14, 11:53
- That's wonderful. Congratulations! -- nm - David Apr 14, 10:13
- awww - so great! -- nm - Epiphany Apr 14, 10:00
- Very nice! Congrats! 😆 -- nm* - Krusty Apr 14, 09:34 5
  - Are you crying? -- nm - Spawn Apr 14, 09:36 4
    - Jordan crying is kind of a meme nowadays, isn't it? -- nm - mara Apr 14, 09:36 3
      - Thought he would have used this one 😭 -- nm - Spawn Apr 14, 09:43 2
        
        I wish I did it on purpose. I'm not that clever. -- nm - Krusty Apr 14, 10:19 1
        
        Heh, had me fooled. :-) -- nm - mara Apr 14, 10:20
- congratz -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 14, 09:33
- VN Congrats! -- nm - amoxy Apr 14, 09:30
- Executive thinking. VNP! -- nm - mara Apr 14, 09:30
- nice! -- nm - Andie Apr 14, 09:30
- Congratulations! -- nm - pmb Apr 14, 09:29
- That sounds pretty much perfect - it will amplify the memory. Congratulations! -- nm - prayformojo Apr 14, 09:28
- Nice. That will be cool for sometime down the road to revisit. Also cool gifts for her for anniversaries, etc. -- nm - volnelk Apr 14, 09:28
- You made her wait until almost the last day? Well done. -- nm - Spawn Apr 14, 09:27 5
  - I tried not to but either places were closed (we would came back late from the neighboring cities) or etc that messed up the plan. - James Bond (aka Igor) Apr 14, 09:28 4
    - Damn, that ring must have been burning a hole in your pocket the whole time -- nm - Roger More Apr 14, 09:32 3
      - heh, when I did it I enjoyed watching the moments go by that I knew she was expecting it might happen. Waiting was almost the best part. -- nm - Spawn Apr 14, 09:34 2
        
        evil so evil -- nm - Epiphany Apr 14, 09:59 1
        
        I had to wait until a moment she was not expecting it. Otherwise, why bother? -- nm - Spawn Apr 14, 10:03
Interesting theory about the future of the GOP. Step one, nominate Cruz. Step two, he loses. This prevents him from running again. Step three, - mara Apr 14, 09:25 8
- This has been going around for a bit. With Trump you destroy the party, with Cruz you destroy the Tea Party groups. -- nm - MDH Apr 14, 09:38
- The biggest issue with giving the wingnuts what they want (an ultra-conservative) is that you're expecting them to learn a lesson once he loses. - Will Hunting Apr 14, 09:32 1
  - I kind of agree with that. I have to admit my favorite part about this piece is "Let Cruz run now, so that his loss will prevent him running again." -- nm - mara Apr 14, 09:34
- This is the argument I've been making. Put an end to the "if we just went more conservative we would win" debate. It provides the ammunition to move - pmb Apr 14, 09:31 3
  - The flaw is they keep thinking its a messenger problem when it's really a message problem -- nm - the brain Apr 14, 09:33 1
    - Right, but this is how that essentially gets exposed. Here's your conservative of all conservatives. The guy who has led the call for being as - pmb Apr 14, 09:36
  - Yep. Everyone will just be able to say "Trump wasn't really a conservative. Let's nominate a REAL conservative and try again." -- nm - volnelk Apr 14, 09:33
- this seems to be a more abstract version of "let's just wait for Trump to implode like we know he will" -- nm - the brain Apr 14, 09:29
www.doesMaxhave$2billionyet?.com -- nm - rollo Apr 14, 09:21
Ok, that worked thanks everyone! - The Real Death Sceire Apr 14, 09:18 2
- Any TLoU update? -- nm - Shaun Apr 14, 09:18 1
  - Haven't had a chance to play it yet this week (got sucked into World of Tanks!) but will try to get in at least a chapter tonight or tomorrow. -- nm - The Real Death Sceire Apr 14, 09:19
I'm not sure how to play today's blockbuster warrant -- (link) - LMS Apr 14, 09:10 6
- They kept dropping the price so it's probably back to being a slight long. -- nm - spamlet Apr 14, 09:15
- Short - Will Hunting Apr 14, 09:15 1
  - I see where it is this weekend, for now I'm playing the players. -- nm - LMS Apr 14, 09:18
- It's probably actually a long -- nm - rollo Apr 14, 09:14 2
  - Eventually I guess. It just crossed $300m -- nm - LMS Apr 14, 09:16 1
    - yeah, it is gonna limp its way to a long. -- nm - groiny Apr 14, 09:28
So Gus's is obviously on the "a hot dog is a sandwich" side of the debate -- nm* - Roger More Apr 14, 09:10 3
- Yep. Their menu calls them all sandwiches. Hot dogs, brats, the whole works. -- nm - Jim Apr 14, 09:11 2
  - Is it at their place in South City? - spamlet Apr 14, 09:13 1
    - They only have the one location on Arsenal St. -- nm - Jim Apr 14, 09:20
A diner. A real one. -- nm - ty97 Apr 14, 09:09 1
- man, now I want diner food -- nm - decline Apr 14, 09:12
mop, do you guys pay tuition to send the kids to that school? - groiny Apr 14, 09:09 10
- Public school. -- nm - Mop Apr 14, 10:03
- Either way it's bad. They are misuing Mop's money or they are misusing the public's money. Bad situation either way. -- nm - volnelk Apr 14, 09:17 8
  - I don't think you see what I am saying here. - groiny Apr 14, 09:21 7
    - I agree. My point was it doesn't matter if it's a private or public school, because in one way or another, he is paying to send them there. -- nm - volnelk Apr 14, 09:30 2
      - sure, but it makes it worse if you are paying tuition IMO. -- nm - groiny Apr 14, 09:33 1
        
        It actually may be flipped, depending on where they are. Public schools have different legal rules than a private school does. -- nm - volnelk Apr 14, 09:36
    - This. -- nm - Spawn Apr 14, 09:24
    - Yeah. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 14, 09:23 2
      - emotional distress placed on a perfectly fine child is not ok. -- nm - groiny Apr 14, 09:27 1
        
        Yeah, I would be at Scorched Earth Level right now. -- nm - Spawn Apr 14, 09:29
Word. -- nm - Jim Apr 14, 09:08

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