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dear msnbc: trigger warning the next time you say "537 votes" please - mr monkey Oct 11, 12:24
NBC/WSJ post debate poll/: Clinton 46 / Trump 37 / Johnson 8 / Stein 2 -- nm - ty97 Oct 11, 12:19 18
- Note this seems to be an expansion of the poll released yesterday into a third day (Monday). Trump only down 7 in the Monday portion of polling -- nm - ty97 Oct 11, 12:35
- This a smaller gap then the one from yesterday/sunday? -- nm - Jovian Oct 11, 12:29 1
  - 89% of Republicans support Trump post-debate compared to 74% before -- nm - ty97 Oct 11, 12:34
- 50-40 in a 2-way -- nm - ty97 Oct 11, 12:20 14
  - 2-ways are so 1990's. -- nm - Mop Oct 11, 12:20
  - Why do they even report the 2-way. It's not a 2-way race. -- nm - pmb Oct 11, 12:20 12
    - I read about a month ago: they do this b/c people saying third party decreases in month before election - ty97 Oct 11, 12:29
    - It can be a three-way when Gary Johnson can correctly identify where the g-spot is. -- nm - Max Oct 11, 12:25 3
      - "What is pussy?" -- nm* - GarJo Oct 11, 12:27 2
        
        Name any part of the female anatomy that appeals to you, Gary. Just one. Any one. Just name a body part. - Max Oct 11, 12:28 1
        
        snl is going to have to revive the Trebec/Jepardy skit -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 11, 13:03
    - Because third party support tends to evaporate in the voting booth? -- nm - znufrii, dad. Oct 11, 12:22 5
      - I don't think that will be the case in this election. At least not more than marginally. -- nm - pmb Oct 11, 12:24 4
        
        I'd be surprise if Johnson drops below 4 or 5% on election day. Also would be stunned to see him pull 8% or 9%. -- nm - ty97 Oct 11, 12:30
        
        In 2012 Johnson polled around 3-4% in September and got just under 1% on election day. - TWuG Oct 11, 12:29
        
        she's been slowly but surely consolidating the Berners. -- nm - mr monkey Oct 11, 12:25
        
        We shall see. -- nm - znufrii, dad. Oct 11, 12:24
    - because it shows how the third-party votes might likely move in the actual booth -- nm - mr monkey Oct 11, 12:22
Hey Bryce Harper, why is Ronald McDonald currently trending on Twitter? - ML Oct 11, 12:19
It took me a long time to spell "Barack" correctly. Let's get this out of the way. It's "Hillary", with two "l"'s. -- nm - Mop Oct 11, 12:18 2
- Some still can't get it right. (The Obummer nt.) -- nm - Qale Oct 11, 12:38
- Someone referenced some comments from Trump advisor Tom Barrack recently, which led to some funny mentions. -- nm - Reagen Oct 11, 12:23
Literal snorting with laughter -- (link) - ty97 Oct 11, 12:14 13
- Dammit! Now I want Red Lobster. -- nm - David Oct 11, 12:31 1
  - you know what to do then -- nm - Kim si Oct 11, 12:31
- I'm irked that Trump supporters have managed to spin this into an argument about saying "pussy" rather than the actual concern: consent -- nm - Mop Oct 11, 12:20 10
  - enh, with limited success. The 50 Shades stuff has been met with "motherfuckers they show her signing consent forms in the movie" -- nm - Reagen Oct 11, 12:22 3
    - huh, they said I was signing a Non Disclosure contract -- nm - every woman on staff Oct 11, 13:06
    - Right, I made this post on a military FB group I belong to. One is a book about a consensual relationship, the other is about describing sexual - IrishStephen Oct 11, 12:37
    - and then stuff like this -- (link) - Reagen Oct 11, 12:24
  - it's exactly what they've done. made it about the language, not the actual topic at hand. -- nm - Andie Oct 11, 12:20 5
    - It's what they are trying to do, it's all they've got on the issue -- nm - ty97 Oct 11, 12:31
    - Right. Because a) they are completely tone deaf to anything outside their own echo chamber, b) because that's the only way it can be defended and c) - pmb Oct 11, 12:22 3
      - and d) because Bill Clinton proved that not even committing sexual assault is enough to torpedo your career if you're popular enough. -- nm* - IrishStephen Oct 11, 12:35
      - Trevor Noah says it *perfectly* -- (link) - Andie Oct 11, 12:28 1
        
        I love the Daily Show's Twitter banner. "The Series Finale of America: After 240 years, see how it all ends." -- nm - Mop Oct 11, 12:39
Doubt this even breaks in the Top 100 Trump hits, but there's audio from 1992 of Trump calling Mike Tyson's rape convictions a 'travesty' - ty97 Oct 11, 12:08 3
- Facts and evidence mean nothing to Trump. Tyson? Innocent. Central Park Five? Guilty. -- nm - Mop Oct 11, 12:12 1
  - Hilary? To jail, along with anyone else who is against him -- nm - Beaker Oct 11, 12:13
- in his defense, Tyson is famous so should technically get away with anything -- nm - Beaker Oct 11, 12:12
the press release for Sony's Emoji Movie (Express Yourself!) -- (link) - mr monkey Oct 11, 12:04 6
- Burn it with fire. -- nm - The Munificent Baron Oct 11, 12:23
- I don't own the stock on principal -- nm - Epiphany Oct 11, 12:14
- This makes me want to hit something. -- nm - Mop Oct 11, 12:13
- This like Angry Birds, missed it's window by a few years. -- nm - MDH Oct 11, 12:07
- i mean, they kind of *had* to go that way, but, super-annoying to read. -- nm - Andie Oct 11, 12:06 1
  - "What choice did we have?" "Not to make the movie?" -- nm - Reagen Oct 11, 12:08
God... today is so slow...... -- nm - Ender Oct 11, 11:57
Speaking of whiskey, has anyone tried the Jameson Caskmates yet? -- nm - sycor Oct 11, 11:50 6
- I'm seeing it more but haven't tried it yet -- nm - Mel Profit Oct 11, 12:24
- The what? -- nm - Ender Oct 11, 11:54 1
  - It's Jameson wiskey that's been aged in old beer barrels. A bit more mellow than standard J and a few bucks more -- nm - decline Oct 11, 12:13
- it's quite good -- nm - decline Oct 11, 11:51 2
  - How stouty is it? I'm not a big beer drinker. -- nm - sycor Oct 11, 11:53 1
    - not very -- nm - decline Oct 11, 11:53
Sometimes I have to love sports hyperbole: "Ezekiel Elliott is running through holes big enough to be designated national parks." -- nm - GregW Oct 11, 11:49
"pumpkin spiced whiskey" no no no no no *swings fists wildly* -- nm - Reagen Oct 11, 11:41 5
- NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO -- nm - ML Oct 11, 11:53
- ick -- nm - decline Oct 11, 11:49
- On a similar note, thought Id never like burbon barrel .. but this is the gem -- (link) - budice Oct 11, 11:47
- ewww -- nm - sycor Oct 11, 11:42
- Aw, *hell* no! -- nm - znufrii, dad. Oct 11, 11:41
Calling it. Negan really killed ... - Beryllium Oct 11, 11:40
What's the deal with Indiana? Illinois, Michigan, Ohio all lean Hillary, Pence was apparently going to lose, why are they leaning Trump? -- nm - Max Oct 11, 11:36 13
- hillbilly yokels -- nm - mr monkey Oct 11, 12:02 1
  - Sons of the Soil -- nm - Beaker Oct 11, 12:03
- Indiana is a pro-business state. We'll elect Dems to Governor's office and Mayor of Indy and we'll switch back the very next election... - Remlik Oct 11, 11:59
- Spawn -- nm - decline Oct 11, 11:47
- Indiana polling is very scanty. Indiana almost never goes Dem. The minority turnout may have given it to Obama in 2008; it went back to red in 2012. -- nm - mara Oct 11, 11:43 4
  - I'm wondering not why they would be consistent with themselves but why they're inconsistent with their neighbors. -- nm - Max Oct 11, 11:45 3
    - They're *Hoosiers*, Max. -- nm - mara Oct 11, 11:51 1
      - Which I believe translates from the original Spanish word for "castrated hound," right? - Max Oct 11, 11:53
    - You're looking at the wrong neighbors. -- nm - znufrii, dad. Oct 11, 11:50
- I saw an interesting analysis of this question, can't remember where -- (edited) - znufrii, dad. Oct 11, 11:40
- Because of rural Indiana. -- (link) - ReluctantCynic Oct 11, 11:39 2
  - But doesn't population density show that most of the residents are not rural? -- (link) - Max Oct 11, 11:42 1
    - Yes. Indiana is much like Illinois and Oregon in that way: Once major metro area, a few smaller cities, and then a lot of rural country. - ReluctantCynic Oct 11, 11:46
So what will happen to the Trump supporters post election? - eag Oct 11, 11:17 34
- There are some smart people that say what we're seeing is actually a re-shuffling of political parties from left-right to open-closed. - spamlet Oct 11, 12:21 1
  - I'm not sure that's what's happening in the UK - the Labour Party is in disarray and splitting between the socialist types (who have the leadership - Roger More Oct 11, 12:29
- The GOP is now composed of four main groups: hard-core conservative evangelicals, Tea Party types, Trump Party types, and old guard "establishment" - ReluctantCynic Oct 11, 11:43 20
  - Tea Party seemed like a stunt started by the big money PACs behind Faux News, the same pool of voters are identifying with drumpf - zeitgeist Oct 11, 12:04 1
    - I don't agree. The Tea Party was as much a grassroots movement as the Civil Rights movement or anti-Viet Nam war movement. - ReluctantCynic Oct 11, 12:09
  - Forcing them to leave kills the GOP, doesn't it? -- nm - ty97 Oct 11, 11:58 6
    - Perhaps? I don't know enough of the numbers and other data to predict accurately. But ... - ReluctantCynic Oct 11, 12:05
    - Where would they go? -- nm - znufrii, dad. Oct 11, 12:04 3
      - The interesting thing is that people in the corporate world just leave and start new. Party people are so wedded to history they can't - Max Oct 11, 12:05 2
        
        It's not just history, it's party infrastructure, fundraising, name recognition, relationship with voters, etc. - Roger More Oct 11, 12:15 1
        
        to that point, Donaldo has had access to all of the RNC's voter data for over six months now. -- nm - mr monkey Oct 11, 12:17
    - A party that is fighting with itself on every issue is pretty much dead anyway. -- nm - Max Oct 11, 12:03
  - Re your last sentence, how? At the moment I think it's more likely to go the other way around. -- nm - pmb Oct 11, 11:46 8
    - How many Trump types will be elected to Congress? Trump is one guy with lots of voters, but not many candidates -- nm - Roger More Oct 11, 11:50 4
      - The 2018 midterms will be interesting. Will candidates be willing to identify themselves as Trumpers, the way Tea Partiers were happy to do in 2010? - mara Oct 11, 11:57
      - Give them time to develop. They will be Tea Partiers who adopt Trump style and platform issues. -- nm - pmb Oct 11, 11:55 2
        
        Sire, but how many of them will be in Congress and/or in leadership positions in the party? - Roger More Oct 11, 12:10
        
        I totally agree with this. There will be members of the House (and maybe the Senate) who will quickly shift to where the power is. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Oct 11, 11:57
    - I never underestimate the stubbornness of old guard Republicans. :-) - ReluctantCynic Oct 11, 11:49 2
      - I could see it either way, but it seems to me that the red states politicians, where the tea/trump partiers are strong will be reflecting that - pmb Oct 11, 11:54 1
        
        Oh, absolutely. I think you've nailed the election dynamics. But the party dynamics are completely different. - ReluctantCynic Oct 11, 12:01
  - What's the difference between Tea Party types and Trump Party types? Tea Partiers are more concerned about taxes/waste/gov't spending on priorities - Roger More Oct 11, 11:46 1
    - There are policy differences, but I think leadership styles are the bigger difference. - ReluctantCynic Oct 11, 11:57
- In the Suits version, the McConnell voters break away to form their own party, swallow a bitter pill and work with the Dems, and ice out the Trumpers. - Max Oct 11, 11:28
- Violent uprising against the rigged system. -- (edited) - znufrii, dad. Oct 11, 11:20
- I don't know. I'm not sure if they have enough organization to exist without a focal point like a candidate in a presidential race. -- (edited) - Volnelk Oct 11, 11:19 3
  - Trump TV will help guide them -- nm - ty97 Oct 11, 11:28
  - A *celebrity* candidate to boot. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Oct 11, 11:21 1
    - any future GOP candidate, celebrity or otherwise, who campaigns on telling the 45% of his voters that they're wrong is doomed to fail -- nm - mr monkey Oct 11, 11:23
- carried away by Elves? -- nm - Beaker Oct 11, 11:19
- they own the GOP now. why would they have to go anywhere? -- nm - mr monkey Oct 11, 11:19 3
  - They have pretty much made the Tea Party irrelevant -- nm - eag Oct 11, 11:20 1
    - no, the Tea Party, now Trump Party, has made Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell irrelevant. the real question is what happens to his opponents in the GOP -- nm - mr monkey Oct 11, 11:21
  - What good is a used up party and why would it be worth having? -- nm - Trumpeters Oct 11, 11:19
See, Congress *can* get things done. -- (link) - znufrii, dad. Oct 11, 11:10 4
- Such a non-issue. I've never been in a men's room that *didn't* have a baby changing station. -- nm - Mop Oct 11, 11:37 1
  - You're just using the nicer facilities. You should check out the Bad Boys Room sometime, take a trip on the wild side. -- nm - Max Oct 11, 11:39
- In my first 100 days in office, I will sign the BABES Act. -- nm - Trump Oct 11, 11:11 1
  - actually, I imagine that his 1st act after being sworn in would be to create a total privacy zone in the Oval Office where ... - call me Ishmael Oct 11, 11:35
TV PSA: Brooklyn 99, Flash, NCIS, Middle, Voice, Smackdown, American Housewife, New Girl, Married at 1st Sight, Below Deck, Bull, Fresh off the Boat, -- nm - Beaker Oct 11, 11:10 4
- Halt & Catch Fire, No Tomorrow, This is Us, Scream Queens, Real O'Neals, Atlanta, Chicago Fire, SHIELD, NCIS NO, Ink Masters, Aftermath, Drunk History -- nm - Beaker Oct 11, 11:10 3
  - Samantha Bee, Tosh, other stuff -- nm - Beaker Oct 11, 11:10 2
    - I would like to see Bee on SNL as Raddatz. -- nm - Max Oct 11, 11:12 1
      - my samantha bee fantasy is quite different from yours -- nm - mr monkey Oct 11, 11:15
andie, don't click it: Wikitravel -- (link) - mr monkey Oct 11, 11:09 1
- Take me to: Deadly Plants and Animals in [country] -- nm - Max Oct 11, 11:10
Repost: all you ever wanted to know about Hank Scorpio and his only appearance on The Simpsons -- (link) - Beaker Oct 11, 11:05
NC absentee-by-mail ballots results thus far -- (link) - mr monkey Oct 11, 10:59 4
- Basic take-away: less early voting overall vs. 2012. More Democrats voting early. Less Republicans voting early. -- nm - Mop Oct 11, 12:16
- I don't like demographic information about votes being released before election day. They should be sequestered like the census count. -- nm - Max Oct 11, 11:01 2
  - But then the Russians would hack it/steal it! -- nm - Spawn Oct 11, 11:05
  - kid, your face should be sequestered like the census count -- nm - mr monkey Oct 11, 11:05
It appears RB Justin Forsett has signed with the Lions. -- nm - ML Oct 11, 10:56 1
- hes ready -- (link) - budice Oct 11, 11:00
TWD: Walking Dead preview article from NYCC -- (link) - budice Oct 11, 10:55 12
- my theory is they don't show who gets killed till episode 2 -- nm - Beaker Oct 11, 10:57 11
  - I can see that--they lost me as a viewer when they didn't show it in the finale--I'll check in on ST to see reactions though -- nm - Flavorize Oct 11, 11:24 4
    - it's a cliffhanger. tv shows do it at the end of tv seasons to get you to tune in next season -- nm - Remlik Oct 11, 11:29 3
      - No--It was something that was promised for 1 1/2 years, and was promised for the finale--It wasn't a surprise cliffhanger -- nm - Flavorize Oct 11, 11:32 2
        
        Nope. Negan was promised. You got Negan. Everyone assumed we're gonna see what happens in that episode. -- nm - Remlik Oct 11, 11:38 1
        
        Here is ONE of the trailers they ran--It heavily implies that he is going to kill someone--"the price will be paid" - Flavorize Oct 11, 11:47 [youtube]
  - I don't see how they could really do that. Anything is possible though, I suppose. -- nm - Volnelk Oct 11, 11:16
  - A black screen with everyone crying and moaning for the entire first episode would be pretty rough. -- nm - Max Oct 11, 11:15 4
    - I figure they'll go with a flashforward; 4 months later or something like that -- nm - Beaker Oct 11, 11:17 3
      - "Eenie meanie miney moe - *whack*- Oh, damn, I have to take this call. Mom. *MOM*, I'm busy right now. I dunno, check the cupboard." -- nm - teasing it out Oct 11, 11:30
      - They could do it wjere they gradually show you each person, so you could get the list shorter and shorter. - Spawn Oct 11, 11:19 1
        
        they are totally going to "Cartman's Mom" the show's audience :) -- nm - Beaker Oct 11, 11:20
Civ has all the life lessons necessary - Reagen Oct 11, 10:54 3
- Always introduce yourself to others by stating that your words are backed with NUCLEAR WEAPONS. -- nm - Tim Oct 11, 10:55 2
  - "I offer horses for oranges and 2 gold." "1 gold?" "YOU HAVE OFFENDED ME AND MY ANCESTORS AND I WILL HUNT YOU DOWN UNTIL THE END OF DAYS" -- nm - Reagen Oct 11, 11:03 1
    - and the whole Ghandi being a ruthless warmonger -- nm - oblique Oct 11, 11:29
Hadouken! -- nm - ML Oct 11, 10:54 1
- Nick change. nm - ralph wiggum Oct 13, 19:31
espn NFL Power Index: Vikings, Pats, Steelers, Broncos, Seahawks -- (link) - Beaker Oct 11, 10:50 11
- Minnesota as the last unbeaten we all had that right brah -- nm - Reagen Oct 11, 10:53 2
  - Eliminated Week One by taking the proven-not-to-be-terrible Titans to beat the Vikes. #winning -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Oct 11, 11:21
  - The Art of Defense, by Zim-Tsu -- nm - ML Oct 11, 10:55
- No sign of Atlanta who just beat Denver at home. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 11, 10:51 1
  - #6 :) -- nm - Beaker Oct 11, 10:53
- Falcons, Cowboys, Bengals, Packers, Cardinals, Eagles, Raiders round out top 12 -- nm - Beaker Oct 11, 10:51 5
  - the Cards are 2-3 and are ranked top 10, c'mon man -- nm - ML Oct 11, 11:05
  - The Bengals? -- nm - Inigo Oct 11, 10:59 2
    - that was my thought -- nm - Beaker Oct 11, 11:04 1
      - What's weirder is they WERE 10. Moved up by being shut out by Dallas for 3 quarters. -- nm - Volnelk Oct 11, 11:18
  - AFC South don't show up till Houston at #18...ouch -- nm - Beaker Oct 11, 10:52

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