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JPP can only count to 6, on his hands -- nm - budice Apr 26, 16:14
first exit polls fwiw: CT - Clinton +4%, MD - Clinton +30%, PA, Clinton +12% -- (link) - dj fingerblast Apr 26, 16:12 3
- exit only -- nm - budice Apr 26, 16:13 2
  - just the tip of the returns -- nm - dj fingerblast Apr 26, 16:15
  - [grumble] -- nm - tim Robbins Apr 26, 16:15
1TB Xbox One (refurb) for $220 -- (link) - budice Apr 26, 16:07
Caption pic - ok, *please* caption picture #24, please -- (link) - prayformojo Apr 26, 16:03 1
- "Guess who?! Guess who?! Guess who?!" -- nm - rollo Apr 26, 16:11
Well this made my Acela Tuesday -- (link) - ty97 Apr 26, 16:01 1
- b.hammers post -- nm* - dj fingerblast Apr 26, 16:02
this is your one-hour warning, ty97! -- nm - dj fingerblast Apr 26, 15:53
"Nobody ever says Italy" -- nm - prayformojo Apr 26, 15:43
Two Alberta parents accused of letting their toddler die of bacterial meningitis have been convicted of failing to provide him with the necessaries of -- nm - life Apr 26, 15:28 2
- Good. I don't abide by the people who argue that the trauma of having their child die is punishment enough. - Mop Apr 26, 15:31 1
  - and tossing them in a hole and throwing away the key might save the next kid who would have died the same way -- nm - Beaker Apr 26, 15:42
The intro credits for Deadpool are truly inspired. -- nm - David Apr 26, 15:28 5
- am I going to like this? -- nm - prayformojo Apr 26, 15:37 2
  - guaranteed or Spawn gives you your money back -- nm - Beaker Apr 26, 15:43
  - I think so. -- nm - David Apr 26, 15:41
- Gotta credit genius -- nm - budice Apr 26, 15:31
- yes -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 26, 15:28
When was America "great"? -- (link) - znufrii Apr 26, 15:25 14
- sept 12th 2001 when everyone in america gritted their teeth, looked at all the flag in everyone's lawn and shared a nod, acknowledged the pain -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 26, 18:19
- July 20, 1969 -- nm - Beaker Apr 26, 16:22
- September 21st, 1967. -- nm - Spawn Apr 26, 16:16 1
  - the day it all went wrong -- nm - dj fingerblast Apr 26, 16:17
- My first thought was 1885. Woohoo! Outlier! -- nm - Max Apr 26, 16:00
- 1944 -- nm - Beaker Apr 26, 15:43 3
  - Sure, if you were white. - Krusty Andromedon Apr 26, 15:57
  - that was Gore Vidal's assessment - dj fingerblast Apr 26, 15:46 1
    - The older I get the more cynical about it all I get, like Gore Vidal. -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 26, 15:48
- 1491..the last year before the white men showed up. -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 26, 15:37
- "Some people, of course, reached farther back into history....One chose 1860, the year Southern states began to secede from the Union." -- nm - znufrii Apr 26, 15:33
- recency bias is recent -- nm - dj fingerblast Apr 26, 15:27
- February 22, 1980. - David Apr 26, 15:26 1
  - miracles! -- nm - insane clown posse Apr 26, 15:31
Wow. -- (link) - Spawn Apr 26, 15:21 1
- it's a glazier's dream!....nm - x Apr 26, 15:26
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- I am 1000x calmer than last week. Except for my 6pm conference call getting moved to 6:30 -- nm - ty97 Apr 26, 15:16 3
  - So he's actually bang-on with the 8.3? -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 26, 15:17 2
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    - Someday I will download my text log so you can how many random "WHY ISN'T IT OVER YET, LET IT END" - ty97 Apr 26, 15:19
This place is cute, I could live here -- (link) - ty97 Apr 26, 15:11 10
- I'd take that in a minute. It has outdoor space! -- nm - Krusty Andromedon Apr 26, 15:30 1
  - Yup, that's awesome too. -- nm - ty97 Apr 26, 15:31
- I like it. -- nm - znufrii Apr 26, 15:26
- it is nice, but the bathroom off the living room = make sure not to sleepy-mosey into the closet by mistake. -- nm - b. Apr 26, 15:17 1
  - The mere existence of that living closet has me drooling. - ty97 Apr 26, 15:18
- I'll put in a good word for you. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Apr 26, 15:16 2
  - could you, uhh, put in 600K for me too? -- nm* - ty97 Apr 26, 15:17 1
    - I couldn't. But I could ask Aunt Barbara to come down on the price a little bit. - ReluctantCynic Apr 26, 15:29
- hah, "co-op" - dj fingerblast Apr 26, 15:15
- it looks like it is under 500 sq. feet. a hundred years ago a family of 8 would fit in it :) -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 26, 15:15
Speaking of Johnny Football, what is ST's opinion of the HBO show "Ballers"? - ReluctantCynic Apr 26, 15:08 13
- Did they ever commit to use NFL brands without license? -- nm* - Mop Apr 26, 15:36 1
  - yeah they do. -- nm - Remlik Apr 26, 16:03
- It's very average. -- nm - Dark Callisto Apr 26, 15:20
- It's mediocre. The fact that it got renewed and The Brink didn't was a colossal mistake for HBO. -- nm - David Apr 26, 15:16 1
  - I really enjoyed The Brink and it was a much more entertaining show. Sucks that it wasn't renewed. -- nm - Krusty Andromedon Apr 26, 15:20
- Meh -- nm - decline Apr 26, 15:13
- I didn't like it. - Krusty Andromedon Apr 26, 15:12
- I found it amusing but not enough to actually keep up with it. -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 26, 15:12
- you are always welcome here to watch HBO -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 26, 15:11 1
  - Once my ownership interest in the toy company comes to fruition and I get that private jet, I'm all in! -- nm - ReluctantCynic Apr 26, 15:15
- HBO Now, dope -- nm - dj fingerblast Apr 26, 15:09 1
  - Right! They're offering it now on a subscription basis. Forgot that. - ReluctantCynic Apr 26, 15:14
- pimp -- nm - budice Apr 26, 15:09
Aren't clearance requests by theater chains a monopolistic practice? -- (link) - Mop Apr 26, 15:02 3
- This story was the original reason Mason asked to write for BOP. He wanted to tell his side of it. -- nm - David Apr 26, 15:05 1
  - Mason means I'm 2 degrees of separation from Bryan Cranston! -- nm - Mop Apr 26, 15:16
- not monopolistic (there are multiple chains in given market) but potentially anti-competitive -- (link*) - dj fingerblast Apr 26, 15:04
When will I learn that my brother will NOT be on time... or even close? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Apr 26, 14:57 11
- never. because you're the kind of person who wants to be on time, so you don't understand - b. Apr 26, 15:02 9
  - the only way to learn 'em is to leave without 'em when they don't show....nm - x Apr 26, 15:24 3
    - unfortunately, that isn't often a possibility for my situation, or I'd do it. I did break up with a pedicure person last year, though! -- nm - b. Apr 26, 15:29 2
      - stay strong...nm - x Apr 26, 15:50 1
        
        fortunately, it's usually just been part of one day a week (for years, though). "yew shall naught rule me life!" -- nm - b. Apr 26, 15:59
  - I know "in 15 minutes" isn't going to be 15 minutes... but and hour and 10 minutes later... -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Apr 26, 15:10 3
    - my sister who's the worst about it underestimates how long various necessary tasks take to do, when she works backwards from a set time. - b. Apr 26, 15:15 2
      - And I can't be frustrated (at least not visibly) cause on this occasion he's doing me a favor! -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Apr 26, 15:17 1
        
        'swhy we're here! -- nm - b. Apr 26, 15:18
  - welcome to Frisco -- nm - Colenel Sanders Apr 26, 15:02
- Cuzzin Tardy -- nm - Max Apr 26, 14:59
Johnny Football to plead not guilty - budice Apr 26, 14:55 1
- are the charges being an NFL quarterback? -- nm - groiny Apr 26, 14:58
Thank you to Frontier Airlines for offering to fly me from NYC to Tampa via Denver and Atlanta. -- nm - ty97 Apr 26, 14:48 5
- Hmm....Atlanta I can see, but Denver?!?! -- nm - nic to be determined Apr 26, 14:55
- The must be using the AA business model. -- nm - Meg Apr 26, 14:51 3
  - I looked for flights once from SNA to (Hawaii?). They offered SNA-DFW-LAX-HNL :) -- nm - Meg Apr 26, 14:57 2
    - Jetblue once offered to fly me from DEN to SFO via JFK. -- nm - ty97 Apr 26, 14:57 1
      - (and it was the cheapest DEN-SFO flight of any airline!) -- nm - ty97 Apr 26, 14:58
THR:Skip Bayless' final appearance on First Take will be when the NBA Finals conclude -- nm - budice Apr 26, 14:35
Something I picked up from the 538 election podcast yesterday: When polls first close, if a network calls a state immediately - ty97 Apr 26, 14:33 13
- Bernie better hope the early exits are wrong - dj fingerblast Apr 26, 14:48 9
  - And yeah, although MD was always going to a very strong state for Hillary, those exits, if they hold, are super ugly for Bernie there. -- nm - ty97 Apr 26, 15:11
  - exits were atrocious last week so I'm putting little stock in them as a measure our % - ty97 Apr 26, 14:49 7
    - that was just one state, these are across the board in multiple states - dj fingerblast Apr 26, 14:51 6
      - exits in 2004 said that Kerry was President. -- nm - ty97 Apr 26, 14:56 5
        
        depending on who you believe in Ohio . . . - dj fingerblast Apr 26, 15:01 3
        
        Man, that must mean the Democrats haven't actually lost an election since Carter, right? -- nm* - Strongbad Apr 26, 15:22 2
        
        no? -- nm - dj fingerblast Apr 26, 16:04
        
        Since when? -- nm - Walter Mondale Apr 26, 15:26
        
        I'm not saying these exits are wrong, I'm just saying I'm waiting for votes :) -- nm - ty97 Apr 26, 14:58
- You should totally do your own elections podcast. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Apr 26, 14:45 2
  - ~Talkin' about issues, Talkin' about real important issues. Talkin' it up!~ -- nm - Max Apr 26, 14:52 1
    - Taxes, more and more taxes -- nm - Colenel Sanders Apr 26, 14:56
Carl Icahn is disgusted with all of you. -- nm - Reagen Apr 26, 14:23 1
- I think Carl is Canadian -- nm - budice Apr 26, 14:30
happy Pretzel day! -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 26, 14:20 5
- *tosses matzoh in the air* -- nm - b. Apr 26, 14:25 3
  - well, - Peglegpete Apr 26, 14:29 1
    - no one has won because I haven't yet purchased a ticket. -- nm - b. Apr 26, 14:32
  - l'heim...or whatevers - budice Apr 26, 14:26
- Poor Whitey Ford. -- nm - ML Apr 26, 14:23
NYC Peeps - remind me: which is the preferred airport for best access, etc. -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 26, 14:15 21
- you need LGA. -- nm - Diva Apr 26, 14:24 5
  - *kiss on the nose* thanks. -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 26, 14:24 4
    - And the airline with the most flights at LGA is........ - ty97 Apr 26, 14:26 3
      - its like the Acela corridor without the train -- nm - budice Apr 26, 14:27 2
        
        Seriously, the number of shuttle flights on LGA-BOS, LGA-DCA, and BOS-DCA is absurd -- nm - ty97 Apr 26, 14:29 1
        
        related note: What is now the American Shuttle following the merger with US Airways was once the Trump Shuttle. - ty97 Apr 26, 14:30
- Depends where you are going and where you are coming from but I (and much of Manhattan) highly prefer LGA -- nm - ty97 Apr 26, 14:17
- Newark -- nm - dj fingerblast Apr 26, 14:17 12
  - Newark can be fine. I've never had problems there and the train into NYC is easy peasy -- nm* - decline Apr 26, 15:12
  - gawd what a nightmare, ever been on the nj turnpike - budice Apr 26, 14:17 10
    - I spent a year on it one day. -- nm - b. Apr 26, 14:27 5
      - i can't say i love the turnpike, but i have many bleary memories of driving home on Sunday mornings on it -- nm - dj fingerblast Apr 26, 14:29 2
        
        I have clear memories of bumper to bumper non-moving traffic trying to get down the Garden State to Wildwood as a kid -- nm - ty97 Apr 26, 14:31 1
        
        I'm sorry, I am so, so sorry. -- nm - znufrii Apr 26, 14:59
      - im sure you gave him a tip -- (edited) - budice Apr 26, 14:29 1
        
        psst, I'm female. -- nm - b. Apr 26, 14:31
    - well you don't drive to Newark - dj fingerblast Apr 26, 14:20 3
      - Ever been on the dilapidated Newark AirTrain? (ugh I avoid that hole of an airport, city, and state) -- nm - ty97 Apr 26, 14:25 1
        
        virt ty said -- nm - budice Apr 26, 14:27
      - true dat - budice Apr 26, 14:24
- jfk -- nm - budice Apr 26, 14:16
Sounds vaguely like Death Gate. -- nm - David Apr 26, 14:14 9
- "Is it some kind of Death Clock?" -- nm - Reagen Apr 26, 14:20
- The Thief? (#1 in The Queen's Thief series) -- nm - nic to be determined Apr 26, 14:15 7
  - Both of you are very close (and I'm adding both series to my Goodreads list), but I think I found it! - ReluctantCynic Apr 26, 14:20 6
    - Didn't quite have all, but I figured if you were going to forget a title, that would be it. ;) -- nm - nic to be determined Apr 26, 14:54
    - from which I learn, from its description, that there is a writer out there with the last name of moorcock. -- nm - b. Apr 26, 14:24 4
      - Why do you think 12-year-old-me picked up Elric of Melniboné? :-) - ReluctantCynic Apr 26, 14:41 3
        
        huh, clicking through, I think I read at least a couple of his books when I was a kid. - b. Apr 26, 14:45 2
        
        I liked the series, but it's not one I go back to and re-read all the time. - ReluctantCynic Apr 26, 15:04 1
        
        yah, I remember that, too. just looking at some amazon descriptions of possibilities for you earlier made me wince at some of what's out there, maybe - b. Apr 26, 15:05
Benchmark Politics early look: turntout -- (link*) - dj fingerblast Apr 26, 14:12
Chyna's brain is being donated for CTE research. (sitwap) -- nm - Diva Apr 26, 14:10
Blake Griffin's out for the postseason. -- nm - ML Apr 26, 14:07 2
- oof. these playoffs are more of a war of attrition than usual...nm - x Apr 26, 14:28
- Christ, is the Clips could ever get it together -- nm - budice Apr 26, 14:10

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