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Monday is generally my 'down' day and I feel like I haven't stopped since this morning. And I - MonsterMeg Oct 24, 18:39
Dallas County, TX (home of, well, Dallas) -- (link) - ty97 Oct 24, 18:37 6
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- what I'm curious about is whether this is just people realizing they can do this, or is this legitimately more new people voting. -- nm - Reagen Oct 24, 18:42
- Trump gettin' out the vote! -- nm - Beaker Oct 24, 18:41
- Poor Katy Perry. She's going to be exhausted by the end of early voting. -- nm - David Oct 24, 18:40 1
  - never mind Madonna -- nm - mr monkey Oct 24, 18:42
- anecdotally, it sounds like Austin lines were similarly long -- nm - mr monkey Oct 24, 18:39
re: polls. Let's say Trump wins. What this mean is literally every polling organization has failed miserably and must shut down or reconsider methods. - Tim Oct 24, 18:31 3
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- Then again, the same is true if Hillary wins in a landslide. -- nm - David Oct 24, 18:41
- Let's not forget how he's the master of projection, and he's been peddling this rigged election BS for months -- nm - Scaryllium Oct 24, 18:34
just Randy Moss kicking 28 yard field goals in a suit and dress shoes... -- (link) - Beaker Oct 24, 18:23 1
- *starts to sweat* -- nm - Blair Walsh Oct 24, 18:34
Lucifer spoilers - Beaker Oct 24, 18:22
What are you reading ST? - ralph wiggum Oct 24, 18:10 24
- almost finished with Alexander Hamilton -- nm - zeit spiced geist Oct 24, 20:34
- Finished Finding God in the Waves (an excellent book both believers and non-belivers should read but won't for diff reasons) - iSpam Oct 24, 18:40
- Sadly nothing at the moment. Need to get some more novels. -- nm - Scaryllium Oct 24, 18:30
- just finished: I'm thinking of ending things... just started: blue labyrinth -- nm - dogbert Oct 24, 18:30 1
  - Blue Labyrinth is one of the few books I didn't finish - and I'm not sure why. -- nm - MonsterMeg Oct 24, 18:33
- Jimmy Buffett's A Pirate Looks at Fifty. -- nm - MonsterMeg Oct 24, 18:30 4
  - And now he's a pirate looking at seventy. -- nm - Dark Callisto Oct 24, 18:34 3
    - Aren't we all? ;) -- nm - MonsterMeg Oct 24, 18:37 2
      - Only physically. -- nm - David Oct 24, 18:40 1
        
        Well that's true :) -- nm - MonsterMeg Oct 24, 18:56
- To Say Nothing of the Dog -- nm - philip k mud Oct 24, 18:25
- Still Life with Woodpecker... it's a bit tedious, but I'm getting through. - colin Oct 24, 18:24
- Adam Nevill. Finished The Ritual (A-), almost finished Lost Girl (B). - Dignan Oct 24, 18:23
- Girl with the lower back tattoo -- nm - budice Oct 24, 18:20 1
  - Girl with the Ass Antlers? -- nm - colin Oct 24, 18:24
- Gateway to Fourline by Pam Brondos. It's very twilight formulaic. Argh -- nm - Epiphany Oct 24, 18:20
- Searching for Dragons (Patricia Wrede) and Mrs. Dalloway. -- nm - Dark Callisto Oct 24, 18:17
- The Death of Alexander the Great and a Civil war Battlefield Guide -- nm - Beaker Oct 24, 18:15 2
  - Getting ready for November 8th? -- nm - hellSpawn Oct 24, 18:17 1
    - nah, need to finish off my summer reading -- nm - Beaker Oct 24, 18:21
- The timing on this is terrific. -- nm - David Oct 24, 18:15 1
  - Yay? nm - ralph wiggum Oct 24, 18:19
- Rereading Pride & Prejudice, Manhattan Projects -- nm - mr monkey Oct 24, 18:14
- Lament for the Fallen - Gavin Chait. scifi book the Guardian recommended. only about 40 pages in. interesting, but I don't know what's happening yet. -- nm - mafic Oct 24, 18:14
I've been married for 7 years today. My parents seem surprised. -- nm - colin Oct 24, 18:03 24
- Congrats! -- nm - iSpam Oct 24, 18:42 1
  - Thank Ewe! -- nm - colin Oct 24, 18:47
- But your marriage would have collapsed if we'd met at the airport that day. Congrats! -- nm - David Oct 24, 18:29 1
  - I ran to her instead! -- nm - colin Oct 24, 18:47
- We aren't. You appear to be very happy -- nm - Epiphany Oct 24, 18:28 1
  - we are! had a few rough years, but i think we're doing really well now. -- nm - colin Oct 24, 18:32
- happy anniversary -- nm - Peglegpete Oct 24, 18:26 3
  - thanks! also, i think we're going to be living in Vegas for the month of January... or more like way outside of Vegas.. -- nm - colin Oct 24, 18:28 2
    - Area 51? ;) -- nm - MonsterMeg Oct 24, 18:31 1
      - Shhhhhhh... shh. -- nm - colin Oct 24, 18:47
- Congrats! -- nm - TWuG Oct 24, 18:23 1
  - Appreciate it! -- nm - colin Oct 24, 18:27
- Don Homer! -- nm - Beaker Oct 24, 18:16 1
  - Thanks! -- nm - colin Oct 24, 18:27
- Hapy Anniversary! -- nm - JaxSean Oct 24, 18:15 1
  - Thk You! -- nm - colin Oct 24, 18:18
- when one of my friend's parents got married, apparently all their friends started a pool on how long it would last. nobody thought more than 7 years. - mafic Oct 24, 18:10 7
  - i'm curious if there was one... my mom's reaction to us getting engaged was more dismay than congratulatory. -- nm - colin Oct 24, 18:18 4
    - well that sucks. I also once went to a wedding where the mother of the bride wore black, as in mourning clothes. it was awkward. - mafic Oct 24, 18:24 3
      - well that's horrible. I think from my parents' side, they felt that they didn't have any say... - colin Oct 24, 18:26 2
        
        yeah, I kind of do that with my mom. it was a little difficult to for her to accept her lack of control. -- nm - mafic Oct 24, 18:27 1
        
        that's just life, especially if you abuse it. after i broke up with my college girlfriend of 4 years, she said "oh yeah, I never liked her" - colin Oct 24, 18:29
  - also: congratulations! -- nm - mafic Oct 24, 18:10 1
    - thank ya! -- nm - colin Oct 24, 18:18
father's kid makes really bad drawings, dad turns them into real pictures -- (link) - mr monkey Oct 24, 18:01
It's still real? The Cubs are really in the World Series? -- nm - Arrroooo!!! Oct 24, 17:58 4
- I am rooting for neither team. Good luck to both of them. -- nm - Bacon Oct 24, 18:05 3
  - great, now there can be no champion. - mafic Oct 24, 18:16
  - That's not how it Works! - eag Oct 24, 18:09 1
    - I was going to suggest he be tied up and dropped down a mineshaft without any media until the WS was over. - Arrroooo!!!! Oct 24, 18:13
I watched the David Pumpkins sketch like, five times in a row. nm - Dignan Oct 24, 17:58 7
- "is he from a thing, or..." -- nm - Reagen Oct 24, 18:17
- i stopped halfway through -- nm - mr monkey Oct 24, 18:00 5
  - Should have done the same with that Leafs game. nm - Dignan Oct 24, 18:24 2
    - went back to watch the rest. still awful -- nm - mr monkey Oct 24, 18:33 1
      - (rest of the skit, to be clear) -- nm - mr monkey Oct 24, 18:36
  - of course you did -- nm - Remlik Oct 24, 18:12 1
    - Dignan's post tells me I made the right call -- nm - mr monkey Oct 24, 18:15
yikes: Marion County Clerk "We may not have results back on election night" -- (link) - Remlik Oct 24, 17:53 1
- 1...2...3...uh....uh.....dammit....1...2... -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 24, 17:56
Of interest to certain STers: ICD10 Illustrated -- (link) - Scaryllium Oct 24, 17:50 1
- My boss has posters of several of those. :) -- nm - Baron More Dough Oct 24, 17:52
what's the NFL shitshow du jour this Monday night? -- nm - mr monkey Oct 24, 17:42 1
- Broncos and some other team -- nm - Epiphany Oct 24, 18:21
Inferno 25% (15/46) -- nm - Beaker Oct 24, 17:32 5
- Its bad -- nm - budice Oct 24, 18:32
- They really should have made The Lost Symbol first -- nm - J Oct 24, 18:07
- Da Vinci was 25 and Angels and Demons was 37 respectfully at RT -- nm - eag Oct 24, 17:35 2
  - That's just because they liked the Hot Pope -- nm - Scaryllium Oct 24, 17:51 1
    - Well...yeah! - Epiphany Oct 24, 18:22
Bobby Vee, dead at 73. Bobby was the 15-year-old stand-in for Buddy Holly after his tragic plane crash. -- (link) - GregW Oct 24, 17:11 1
- This article includes a few tweets from fans. -- (link) - GregW Oct 24, 17:17
Dolphins RB Arian Foster is retiring -- (link) - ML Oct 24, 17:10 6
- But, my team name is Targaryen Foster. -- nm - VolnHELLk Oct 24, 17:22
- Many a Blood Feuds decided on the legs on Arian Foster -- nm - budice Oct 24, 17:17
- *sniffle* Get on ESPN immediately, young man. They need your voice. -- nm - David Oct 24, 17:13
- I love the final lines of that. -- nm - hellSpawn Oct 24, 17:11 2
  - "Hopefully. LOL."? -- nm - ML Oct 24, 17:12 1
    - "... I get to carry those memories with me. Hopefully." Hits to the head. -- nm* - hellSpawn Oct 24, 18:16
b. - Peglegpete Oct 24, 17:05
American Bar Association spikes committee report condemning Trump as a "libel bully", lest he prove them right. -- (link) - znufrii Oct 24, 17:00 1
- Big, if true. -- nm - hellSpawn Oct 24, 17:09
LOL. replacement baby Jesus head so horrendous, it inspires the return of the original. -- (link*) - znufrii Oct 24, 16:56 1
- that will make a fantastic Halloween costume for some creative couple this year -- nm - mr monkey Oct 24, 16:59
The Eagles trolled the NFL again over their social media policy -- (link) - Beaker Oct 24, 16:44 7
- to hell with the first amendment :( -- nm - Peglegpete Oct 24, 17:04 5
  - The NFL isn't quite that powerful. -- nm - iSpam Oct 24, 17:10 1
    - that's not how they think -- nm - Peglegpete Oct 24, 17:27
  - (not implicated sry) -- nm - ML Oct 24, 17:05
  - If only the framers had settled the important points - Beryllium Oct 24, 17:04 1
    - Jefferson, don't forget to add in the clause we can make phonecalls from our offices to raise funds. -- nm - Senator Peglegpete Oct 24, 17:08
- that's enjoyable, heh. -- nm - b. Oct 24, 16:51
Have our frequent flyers seen this photographer's Airportraits series? -- (link) - JD Oct 24, 16:41
"Sorry, luv, I don't speak Spanish." -- (link) - David Oct 24, 16:34 1
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Huh, Jack Chick died yesterday - Reagen Oct 24, 16:21 1
- I'll have to review my collection of Chick Tracts tonight in memoriam. -- nm - RCynic and Old Lace Oct 24, 16:26
I just glanced at that healthcare article. Is there any evidence that the healthcare companies are enriching themselves with the premium % increases? -- nm - Max Oct 24, 16:06 9
- some have taken larger than expected losses on ACA exchanges but nobody's going broke in the marketplace as a whole -- (link) - mr monkey Oct 24, 16:12
- Don't they have to give back profits in excess of a certain percentage anyway? -- nm - znufrii Oct 24, 16:11 2
  - admin costs, over 20% of premiums collected -- nm - mr monkey Oct 24, 16:12 1
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  - I assume he means insurers, but their profits are capped I believe.The problem for the insurance companies is that there are still not enough healthy - pmb Oct 24, 16:13 3
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      - The one article I read a few months ago said that doctors weren't making as big profits as they were before. - Arrroooo!!! Oct 24, 18:02
      - I'm having trouble parsing your post above, but it sounds like premiums are going up because the demand for healthcare use is going up. - Max Oct 24, 17:23
Civ VI - ah, there's the twitch. -- nm - Reagen Oct 24, 16:04
I'm watching atlanta at fxx.com. my ads are *all* trump ads. do they not know what this show is?? -- nm - all the boys love venus in scorpio Oct 24, 15:51 20
- threadjackpoll: What CBS/NBC/ABC shows would you be most surprised to see Clinton ads during? Blue Bloods? -- nm - prayformojo Oct 24, 15:58 17
  - Last Man Standing. Tim Allen rails on her constantly. -- nm - David Oct 24, 16:22 1
    - that's disappointing. -- nm - Mel Profit Oct 24, 16:27
  - How to Get Away with Murder. -- nm - pmb Oct 24, 16:08 1
    - I see what you did there. -- nm - Qale Oct 24, 17:21
  - The 700 Club -- nm - Boooocon Oct 24, 16:05 2
    - Okay they aren't major netwok -- nm - Boooocon Oct 24, 16:05 1
      - You've had it out for Freeform since day one! -- nm - David Oct 24, 16:23
  - Anything not targeted to millenials -- nm - zeit spiced geist Oct 24, 16:02 2
    - So anything on network television. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Oct 24, 16:07 1
      - Yup. -- nm - Scaryllium Oct 24, 16:08
  - The Apprentice -- nm - mr monkey Oct 24, 16:01 3
    - Least surprised. :) -- nm - Beryllium Oct 24, 16:02
    - winner. -- nm - Mel Profit Oct 24, 16:02 1
      - and if it's truly in the bag they should spend some money to do an ad buy. - Mel Profit Oct 24, 16:27
  - NCIS. - Mel Profit Oct 24, 15:59 2
    - I have a friend (well, ex-friend) who is a county worker who is an ardent Trump supporter. I just don't get it. - Mop Oct 24, 16:06 1
      - more to the point, there are areas in the south where over half the residents are on gov subsidies who vote solidly republican to cut their own benefi -- nm - zeit spiced geist Oct 24, 20:41
- as a swing state, the candidates in all races are paying more than the local businesses are. I miss the Abbey Dental ad that used to run all the time -- (link) - Peglegpete Oct 24, 15:55 [youtube]
- Let them waste their money on irrelevant ads instead of lawn signs and bumper stickers. - Beryllium Oct 24, 15:54
gianormous set pic leak from Game of Thrones (don't click if you don't wanna know) -- (link) - mr monkey Oct 24, 15:50 1
- this is the newer leak with many sharp clear pictures and spoilers -- (link) - Peglegpete Oct 24, 15:52
Snow!! -- (link) - decline Oct 24, 15:44 5
- Winter is coming. -- nm - Mop Oct 24, 16:04
- Jon Snow still don't know nothin -- nm - Peglegpete Oct 24, 15:50
- Hmm. Snow is still more than a month away for us, I think. We're still hitting daytime highs of 13C. -- nm* - Beryllium Oct 24, 15:48
- c'mon down here - prayformojo Oct 24, 15:47
- this is not a 90s Canadian white rapper -- nm - mr monkey Oct 24, 15:47

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