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Awesome: bulkhead seat. Not awesome: two infants and a toddler. Oh well, comes with the territory I guess. -- nm - mafic Jul 7, 15:57 6
- Also: where're my flight updates, ty? -- nm - mafic Jul 7, 15:58 5
  - HEY! I'm not home yet. -- nm - iSpam Jul 7, 16:00 1
    - I can multitask! -- nm - ty97 Jul 7, 16:01
  - I don't have your details or I'd flightstalk you too! - ty97 Jul 7, 15:59 2
    - CX136 now, then CX838! -- nm - mafic Jul 7, 16:02 1
      - currently pushing back. -- nm - mafic Jul 7, 16:02
The air outside can be described as swamp water mixed with alligator piss. - ty97 Jul 7, 15:57
Rewatching DS9... Kai Winn is so infuriating... I bet she would totally set up a private email server... -- nm - Ender Jul 7, 15:51 3
- #bajoranlivesmatter -- nm - Strongbad Jul 7, 16:02
- the best of the Star Treks -- nm - Beaker Jul 7, 15:58
- sexist! -- nm - Spawn at a funeral home Jul 7, 15:53
DA PLANE! DA PLANE! -- nm - iSpam Jul 7, 15:41 17
- They took all the gate checked bags to the baggage claim. If I was connecting, I'd be PISSED. - iSpam Jul 7, 15:51 15
  - They called everyone back and they're standing in the jet way meaning we can't board. -- nm - iSpam Jul 7, 15:55 7
    - Plus the gate agents haven't showed so the people that do the in between flight stuff are processing upgrades. -- nm - iSpam Jul 7, 15:56 5
      - Wait, what? Aren't the 'between flight' people the gate agents? What is going on?! -- nm - ty97 Jul 7, 15:57 4
        
        No we were supposed to get different gate agents but they're still MIA. -- nm - iSpam Jul 7, 15:59 3
        
        ummm...then how about these people do it? I mean, maybe too logical but um..... -- nm - ty97 Jul 7, 16:00 2
        
        They are but they went from relatively upbeat to typical AA pissed. -- nm - iSpam Jul 7, 16:01 1
        
        I wonder what happened to make accidentally be positive for a minute there. -- nm - ty97 Jul 7, 16:02
    - yep, crAAp -- nm - ty97 Jul 7, 15:56
  - Would anyone actually be connecting at EWR on AA though? -- nm - ty97 Jul 7, 15:54
  - Did I read that this was Delta? I hate Delta. Maybe more than Comcast and that's saying something. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 7, 15:54 5
    - It's crAApy American, not the good airline Delta -- nm* - ty97 Jul 7, 15:55 4
      - I probably hate AA and don't know it as much as I know I hate Delta. *primitive hexing gestures* -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 7, 15:57 3
        
        American puts the AA in incompetence. -- nm - ty97 Jul 7, 15:58 2
        
        And I say this as someone who has flown over 1.4 million miles on American/its partners (but mostly American) -- nm - ty97 Jul 7, 15:58 1
        
        based on your experience and recommendation I have now placed them on my Hate List. - Mel Profit Jul 7, 16:00
- ORD-MSP made it off the ground too! -- nm - ty97 Jul 7, 15:47
That time of year again. Soon have to renegotiate my internet package with uverse. Does anyone still use TWC for internet? - GregW Jul 7, 15:28 1
- I get my internet through TWC. I seem to have the same speed at all times, it doesn't fluctuate. I don't sleep much, so I'm on the computer at all - jnine Jul 7, 17:42
it's "movie night" (afternoon, really) at the office, watching The Big Short cause we're in that world. they rented out two old-timey popcorn carts - gerald Jul 7, 15:26 6
- people with budgets and a mandate for 'fun'. - mafic Jul 7, 15:34 4
  - we did the cooking class once, it was actually pretty fun (copious free booze helps). this one just felt a little over the top even for us -- nm - gerald Jul 7, 15:35 3
    - Our chef lunches are one team cooks for the entire office, with the help of a chef. - mafic Jul 7, 15:55
    - shut up and eat more popcorn. we didn't rent two carts for nothing!.....nm - the management Jul 7, 15:38 1
      - with attendants, no less -- nm - gerald Jul 7, 15:39
- The other one is for gluten free popcorn -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 7, 15:29
UFC Rumor: Anderson Silva to step in and fight Cormier in a non title fight. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 7, 15:23 5
- $$$$ -- nm - Beaker Jul 7, 15:59
- If true, and if Silva pulls an upset, I think he goes down as best P4P ever. - Strongbad Jul 7, 15:32
- Somehow I read this as Anderson Cooper, which would've been an interesting fight. -- nm - mafic Jul 7, 15:29 2
  - anderson cooper be like, "not the nose! not the nose!!" -- nm - call me Ishmael Jul 7, 15:34 1
    - "...reportedly punched so hard his hair is permanently parted in the opposite direction." -- nm - News at 11 Jul 7, 15:36
Three hole punch! -- nm - Beryllium Jul 7, 15:19 1
- No! That's forbidden in Karatay! -- nm - Max Jul 7, 15:20
color of money chat q: her BF is starting his career as a financial planner. should she just hand over her savings to him? - gerald Jul 7, 15:12 23
- She saves 52% of her net? WTH is the bf going to teach her? Have him write up a plan -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 7, 15:37
- Make sure she watches Jon Oliver. -- (link) - GregW Jul 7, 15:31 [youtube]
- Of course -- nm - decline Jul 7, 15:20 1
  - yeah, this is where i come out too - gerald Jul 7, 15:21
- Nope. -- nm - mafic Jul 7, 15:16 4
  - she could be leaving a lot of money on the table in later years if she doesn't start making some retirement planning moves today -- nm - gerald Jul 7, 15:17 3
    - she knows she should start contributing soon, she's taking care of other things first. it's possible he could help her work out if she could do both - b. Jul 7, 15:34
    - True, there's a time to combine your finances, she just sounds like she's not there. -- nm - mafic Jul 7, 15:28
    - But he told me he was a Nigerian Prince and would take care of my money! -- nm - JaxSean Jul 7, 15:25
- Boyfriend? No. Husband? Sure. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 7, 15:16 10
  - this -- nm - Beaker Jul 7, 16:00
  - yah, that's the thing for me. plus that she doesn't actually need a planner at the moment. - b. Jul 7, 15:20 7
    - (also, I always think of some Jack-type stories now when this stuff comes up - people who trusted and lost loads.) -- nm - b. Jul 7, 15:22
    - Or that they're just dating. Unless they've been dating for 10 years, you don't turn your finances over to just anyone. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 7, 15:22 5
      - I guess that's really my question. How long have they been dating? What's their future look like? - mafic Jul 7, 15:31
      - Mom said, after she was widowed every time she went out, she'd have some guy bend her ear about investments, gee all his cash was tied up , but if - zeitgeist Jul 7, 15:28
      - Oh, come on. What could possibly go wrong? Just shows she doesn't really trust him!! -- nm - decline Jul 7, 15:24 2
        
        Hey, if his own girlfriend doesn't trust him with her money, should he really be licensed at all? -- nm - Max Jul 7, 15:29 1
        
        Maybe not. He's just starting. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 7, 15:32
  - That was my first thought, but human beings are always going to be a risk factor. If she can't trust him to see (access? can't tell) - Max Jul 7, 15:18
- Don't worry, if he finds your cheater account he'll just do a cost-benefit analysis and get over it. - Max Jul 7, 15:14
- Yeah nah. -- nm - Roger More Jul 7, 15:13
- No way in hell. -- nm - . Jul 7, 15:13
No Man's Sky has gone gold! -- (link) - Shaun Jul 7, 15:03 1
- +20 SB Points -- nm - Strongbad Jul 7, 15:25
position: I'm "any D" over Trump for the White House, but I'd take Pres. Trump with a supermajority D House+Senate over Clinton & current congress. - Max Jul 7, 14:58 3
- i wouldn't take Dogcatcher Trump and Democratic anything -- nm - gerald Jul 7, 15:02
- There's zero chance of a supermajority D House+Senate so easy decision -- nm - ty97 Jul 7, 15:00 1
  - but Max points to good source of the gridlock. If there is one majority I could magically change it would be House Republicans. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 7, 15:01
Clinton overperforming 2012 Obama in nearly every demographic -- (link) - gerald Jul 7, 14:45 8
- Said another way: Trump underperforming Romney in nearly every demographic -- nm - Strongbad Jul 7, 15:26
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  - her or nuclear war would get me out to vote -- nm - Beaker Jul 7, 16:00
  - The key to 2012 was Democratic tech. They converted potential voters to actual ones. - David Jul 7, 15:24 3
    - right. their GotV tech strategy was next generation. The level of granularity they could achieve, which then drove block by block micro strategies - Mel Profit Jul 7, 15:30 2
      - Romney was supposed to be the computer guy, but his system didn't have a stress test, failed out the gate -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 7, 15:34 1
        
        that's right. Forgot that part. I love that they didn't test for that. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 7, 15:39
  - He had both his own charisma and a wave of burn this bush, plus a dash of McCain, meh -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 7, 15:21
The Trumprentice: unlikely Reek, very likely Newt -- (link) - gerald Jul 7, 14:36
all houses matter: extended cut -- (link) - Tim Jul 7, 14:29
Collins said Matt Harvey said this after last start: "'My shoulder’s dead, my arm’s dead, there’s no energy there, I couldn’t feel the ball.’" - ÜMLaut Jul 7, 14:23 6
- and no, that wasn't me. I'm generally pro-Giancarlo, and clearly the Mets fixed him. -- nm - Tim Jul 7, 14:29
- It explains a lot. Also, I hope they wrap Thor and Matz and deGrom in lots of bubble wrap. -- nm - Tim Jul 7, 14:27 3
  - two of those three arguably shouldn't even be pitching right now -- nm - ÜMLaut Jul 7, 14:29 2
    - Terry's considering starting Thor in the ASG so (ASCII shrug guy). - Tim Jul 7, 14:33 1
      - considering Strasburg's history, he should be nowhere near the mound in the allstar game. -- nm - groiny Jul 7, 14:58
- This is how I lost Brandon Beachy. -- nm - David Jul 7, 14:24
Gov. Mark Dayton speaking truth -- (link) - gerald Jul 7, 14:21 21
- We don't have video of the actual shooting yet do we? Seems he is getting ahead of himself a bit -- nm - ty97 Jul 7, 14:50 1
  - no, and I doubt we will see that, but what we do know.... - groiny Jul 7, 14:55
- I think on some level, police have just internalized this notion that they're in more danger from black people - Reagen Jul 7, 14:31 18
  - Don't forget, most cops are Iraq, Afghanistan vets where a high percentage of the population was trying to get you -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 7, 15:23 1
    - it's not most or even a majority in most places. ed. to add a link - here's a chart of hiring from a few years ago, of 90 depts around the country. nm but: -- (link*) - b. Jul 7, 15:32
  - I said this on a BB earlier, from my friends who are police, they work in neighborhoods where they see... - groiny Jul 7, 14:36 15
    - And seeing others as animals is also a serious problem. Families still live in those neighborhoods, children, grandparents, people who have nothing w - . Jul 7, 15:08 8
      - I certainly am not condoning that view, but it is a big part of the problem. - groiny Jul 7, 15:10 7
        
        That wouldn't and doesn't serve as a defense for those who live in those conditions. It can't be a defense for those whose job it is to protect - pmb Jul 7, 15:25 4
        
        did I, at any point, use that as an excuse for them to do anything? - groiny Jul 7, 15:29 3
        
        My point wasn't that you were defending it, but that it does seem to be an excuse that police use and it doesn't fly. The benefit of having cops stay - pmb Jul 7, 15:45 2
        
        and, to be honest, if it is an excuse that actual police ar giving,.... - groiny Jul 7, 15:52
        
        if there are people in those areas who want to stay there sure. - groiny Jul 7, 15:49
        
        that still does not excuse killing people unjustly. - sgtmike Jul 7, 15:15 1
        
        I have one friend who worked the Chicago housing projects for 10 years - groiny Jul 7, 15:36
    - That's Straight up confirmation bias though. - mafic Jul 7, 15:05 5
      - That's accusing the cop of racial bias when the incidents may just be repeated pattern recognition reactions that occur with the same minorities. -- nm - Max Jul 7, 16:07
      - In Chicago the areas they set up to do the DWI traffic stops are mostly in black neighborhoods. The areas where DWI violations occur most often is in - . Jul 7, 15:12
      - I can't answer that, as I am not seeing what they are seeing, I am hearing this second hand. - groiny Jul 7, 15:08 2
        
        Sure, but most mass shooters are white dudes. My point is that never seems to translate to all white dudes being dangerous. - mafic Jul 7, 15:24 1
        
        it is a problem in the police system that these officers are in these areas too long. - groiny Jul 7, 15:31
this is amazing..... -- (edited) - x Jul 7, 14:18
I'll worry about MSP when I get to ORD. -- nm - iSpam Jul 7, 14:14 14
- At airport. Just had a heart attack when AA texted me flight was cancelled. - iSpam Jul 7, 14:31 11
  - heh -- nm - ty97 Jul 7, 14:35 10
    - wonder what took so long for the text? -- nm - ty97 Jul 7, 14:36 9
      - It was our travel agency not AA. I misread the text. - iSpam Jul 7, 15:09
      - technical answer...Long and Short Codes. - Mel Profit Jul 7, 14:51
      - I thought maybe it was two hours before but it went that. -- nm - iSpam Jul 7, 14:43 2
        
        The text reminders I get are normally one hour before, but I thought the cancelation texts came in when it happened -- nm - ty97 Jul 7, 14:47 1
        
        of course they do - gerald Jul 7, 14:51
      - And WELCOME TO JERSEY! -- nm - ty97 Jul 7, 14:36 3
        
        ignore the smell...... -- nm - groiny Jul 7, 15:40
        
        Enjoy your re-routing! -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jul 7, 14:42 1
        
        It's even funnier because it's true! -- nm - ty97 Jul 7, 14:51
- heh -- nm - ty97 Jul 7, 14:15
- tappa tappa -- nm - ÜMLaut Jul 7, 14:15
at golden state presser, steve kerr says he hasn't made up his mind but durant "might start"....nm - x Jul 7, 14:12 2
- :) - -- nm - b. Jul 7, 14:14
- and I *might* have a glass of wine on Saturday-wha??? -- nm - Diva Jul 7, 14:13
To the barricades -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 7, 14:10 1
- Damn their warnings, damn their lies....they will see the people rise -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 7, 14:16
doooom? -- nm - ÜMLaut Jul 7, 14:08 1
- I don't think the Star Trek spoilers count as "doom," per se. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jul 7, 14:12
Dan Lebatard is feeling all the feels re: Wade -- (link) - Diva Jul 7, 14:08 14
- For someone who wouldn't be able to identify DW in a photo or name his team, can someone give me the 411 on whatever news is happening? - Max Jul 7, 14:18 12
  - Free agent this year. Promised big boost in contract for taking less in past. Miami's salary cap blown due to injury and young phenom. Bulls outbid - . Jul 7, 14:21 1
    - Basketball. Bulls not expected to be s contender but need someone to put butts in seats. -- nm - . Jul 7, 14:23
  - it's the same old "star player who has spent all his career with one team leaves for another" bit - ÜMLaut Jul 7, 14:20 9
    - mostly, but he really sort of was the face of the franchise for the heat....nm - x Jul 7, 14:25 8
      - I think that the Bulls was the key though. He's coming home to play out his career. - iSpam Jul 7, 15:11
      - though a fanbase that celebrated yanking LeBron away from Cleveland probably shouldn't throw stones on this - Reagen Jul 7, 14:28 1
        
        have you met sports fans?....nm - x Jul 7, 14:30
      - ...he says to the fair-weather Wolves fan (Garnett) - ÜMLaut Jul 7, 14:27 4
        
        hey, you got him back eventually....nm - x Jul 7, 14:29
        
        you can't have KG back. He's mine now. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 7, 14:28 2
        
        go blow, he'll be a part owner here soon enough -- nm - ÜMLaut Jul 7, 14:29 1
        
        "anythingggggssspossibblleeeeeee!" - Mel Profit Jul 7, 14:32
- related, @dwade has had a fun day judging by his twitter -- (link) - ÜMLaut Jul 7, 14:10

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