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I just found out I can vote early at the place where my kids go to preschool. That's awesome. I will be voting Nov. 2nd then. Coolio -- nm - The Legend of CQ Hollow Oct 25, 09:27 5
- Who are the kids voting for? -- nm - hellSpawn Oct 25, 09:28 4
  - Santa Claus -- nm - The Legend of CQ Hollow Oct 25, 09:29 3
    - Ah, the Christmas Party. -- nm - hellSpawn Oct 25, 09:29 2
      - THE CHIMNEY IS TOO DAMNY HIGH!!! -- nm - Jimmy Santa McMillan Oct 25, 09:46
      - Hopefully, the old jolly fellow didn't delete their wish lists. -- nm - The Legend of CQ Hollow Oct 25, 09:36
ST Poll: Do you have an exact polling place? We can choose any site we want. -- nm - hellSpawn Oct 25, 09:09 28
- Set spot. I need to find if I can go earlier some place else. - JaxSean Oct 25, 09:40 1
  - and the early voting location is actually closer to my house than my set one. sweet. -- nm - JaxSean Oct 25, 09:44
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- Yes, a set spot. -- nm - Krusty Oct 25, 09:35
- Yes, at the Senior Center. -- nm - Ender Oct 25, 09:30
- Yup, about 30 feet from where I am sitting right now, the City Library -- nm - amoxy Oct 25, 09:21
- Not for early voting, but otherwise, yes. Community center about a block from my house. -- nm - pmb Oct 25, 09:20
- We do on Election Day proper (a Housing Authority complex)), but MA is doing early voting for the first time this year and there are a number of places we can go to. -- nm* - Miss Diva, if you're Nasty Oct 25, 09:17
- Yup, the local high school. -- nm - spamlet Oct 25, 09:15
- yes, my old one was the fire house. the new one is the police station/township building -- nm - decline Oct 25, 09:15
- Yes, and I look forward to online voting to liberate us from this aggravation. -- nm - David Oct 25, 09:13 10
  - Us too. -- nm - Hackers Oct 25, 09:15 9
    - Huh, had me for a second. I have had the name "The Hackers" for 25 years in my local FF league -- nm - amoxy Oct 25, 09:26
    - That's it. Choose to live in the stone age due to fear. -- nm - David Oct 25, 09:16 7
      - I'm with you. Wish they'd figure it out. But man the lobbying would be insane on this... - Remlik Oct 25, 09:44
      - Given that large swaths of the internet were knocked offline last week, that could easily be done on election day. - spamlet Oct 25, 09:19 5
        
        I don't think anyone's arguing we're ready to flip the switch on it tomorrow. -- nm - znufrii Oct 25, 09:22 1
        
        I think the problem is we haven't made any progress in the last 20 years stopping hacking. - Inigo Oct 25, 09:29
        
        Well, there's an obstacle. Let's all quit. -- nm - David Oct 25, 09:21 2
        
        Yeah, lets drain the swamp. -- nm - hellSpawn Oct 25, 09:25
        
        By all means that was what I was suggesting. -- nm - spamlet Oct 25, 09:22
- Apartment building at the corner of our block. -- nm - znufrii Oct 25, 09:12
- Fire house about a mile down the road. -- nm - The Legend of CQ Hollow Oct 25, 09:12
- yes. school -- nm - mr monkey Oct 25, 09:12
- here we have a very specific location based on your address. (which is in the lobby of my building, so, woo!) -- nm* - Candie Apple Oct 25, 09:11
- you can? I have to go to the one in the elementary school by me -- nm - Remlik Oct 25, 09:10 1
  - Johnson County, bitches! I figure that is why we have to have photo ID. -- nm - hellSpawn Oct 25, 09:17
- Yes, one of my kid's schools. -- nm - Inigo Oct 25, 09:10
AT&T Is Spying on Americans for Profit, New Documents Reveal -- (link) - ty97 Oct 25, 09:06 3
- Fitting since they want to buy Batman -- nm* - mr monkey Oct 25, 09:31
- I have hear rumors and avoided them. Nice to know there was some truth to them. -- nm - hellSpawn Oct 25, 09:28
- I'll wait for this to get fleshed out but I'd likely switch from them if they did what is suggested here. -- nm - Mel Profit Oct 25, 09:11
Knight Rider: coming back as a digital series by Justin Lin and Machinimama -- (link) - Remlik Oct 25, 09:04
"You and Maze are like snow pants and elephants.You don't mix." -- nm - Beaker Oct 25, 09:00
We're a ship without a storm, the cold without the warm. Light inside the darkness that it needs, yeah. -- (link) - David Oct 25, 08:59 [youtube]
Trump is sucking as much money out of his campaign as possible. Now buying his old books -- (link) - decline Oct 25, 08:56 3
- Lol, suckers, the lot of them. -- nm - znufrii Oct 25, 09:02
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- but emails! -- nm - Beaker Oct 25, 08:58
Bill Murray and Harry Caray at Wrigley for the first night game in 1988 -- (link) - mr monkey Oct 25, 08:49 [youtube] 1
- Sush a bandwagon jumper. -- nm - hellSpawn Oct 25, 08:53
Chipotle doing a BOGO for Cubs gear today. Says "Limit one free menu item per customer with purchase of full price item of equal or greater value" - kilbooooo Oct 25, 08:46 4
- 2 Double-steak booritos -- nm - Boodice Oct 25, 08:50
- go full burritto - decline Oct 25, 08:47 2
  - always go full David Pumpkins. -- nm - The Legend of CQ Hollow Oct 25, 08:49 1
    - David S. Pumpkins! -- nm - hellSpawn Oct 25, 09:01
Huh, didn't know 97 was on Reddit. -- (link) - spamlet Oct 25, 08:45 2
- I wouldn't cheat on you guys and spread my crazy around. - ty97 Oct 25, 08:46 1
  - No, really. It's okay if you do. -- nm - spamlet Oct 25, 09:15
Glenn Close starring in Broadway revival of "Sunset Boulevard." She should just star in this movie and win an Oscar. #JusticeForGlennClose -- (link) - MDH Oct 25, 08:44 4
- who plays the William Holden part in the movie? Colin Ferral? -- nm - Remlik Oct 25, 09:02 3
  - It has to be a very good actor-singer. Joe's track is challenging. -- nm - Miss Diva, if you're Nasty Oct 25, 09:15 2
    - Or they could just cast Chris Hemsworth. -- nm - Roger More Oct 25, 09:20 1
      - the look is right but that may be all. -- nm - Deevil Oct 25, 09:45
ST Poll: does your state offer early voting? -- nm* - ty97 Oct 25, 08:42 20
- Nope. -- nm - znufrii Oct 25, 09:04
- Yes. Hoping to take advantage of it. -- nm - pmb Oct 25, 08:48 1
  - You mean like.. the Chicago Way? -- nm - hellSpawn Oct 25, 08:49
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- Yes. -- nm - MDH Oct 25, 08:47 10
  - liar - ty97 Oct 25, 08:47 9
    - Statehood is on the ballot! Thankfully "New Columbia" seems to have faded as a name. -- nm - MDH Oct 25, 08:50 8
      - East Virginia -- nm - ty97 Oct 25, 08:50 7
        
        Could you imagine if DC votes counted for VA? -- nm - MDH Oct 25, 08:54 5
        
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        Closer to 300K in 2012 (288K) in DC -- nm - ty97 Oct 25, 08:59 2
        
        VA difference in 2012 was about half of that (just under 150K) -- nm - ty97 Oct 25, 09:00 1
        
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        Not suggesting as such. West Virginia doesn't! -- nm - ty97 Oct 25, 08:55
        
        South Maryland -- nm - decline Oct 25, 08:52
- yes -- nm - The Legend of CQ Hollow Oct 25, 08:46
- Yes, for the first time. Diva and I are making a Vote Date for Friday. -- nm - Mel Profit Oct 25, 08:46
- No, but you can certainly collect fraudulent absentee returns before Election day. - spamlet Oct 25, 08:43
- nope -- nm - decline Oct 25, 08:43
- The stat is that Indiana does 100%. -- nm - hellSpawn Oct 25, 08:43
Saw The Accountant last night. Got to love a film with (spoilers) - LMS Oct 25, 08:40 6
- It needed more accounting puns though. That's what it really lacked. -- nm - spamlet Oct 25, 08:42 5
  - Accounting puns exist? -- nm - prayformojo Oct 25, 08:43 4
    - You made several! LIFO! Depreciation! Writing off! -- nm - spamlet Oct 25, 08:44 3
      - "Deduct this!" -- nm - Roger More Oct 25, 08:45 2
        
        Balancing the books! -- nm - LMS Oct 25, 08:51 1
        
        Rounding up! - hellSpawn Oct 25, 09:10
Walking Dead: one of the alternate scenes (of who was killed) that was shot has been leaked.... -- (link) - Remlik Oct 25, 08:39 [youtube] 8
- IIRC, I heard they filmed each character getting whacked and did not tell them at the end of last season who it was going to be. -- nm - ghouly Oct 25, 08:56 2
  - I want to see the [spoil] one. - hellSpawn Oct 25, 09:07 1
    - if you remember last season......spoils, I guess..... - ghouly Oct 25, 09:11
- And there are Audience Reaction clips now ala GoT's Red Wedding - Mel Profit Oct 25, 08:45 3
  - as more and more violent stuff is shown, we get de-sensitized, and in order for them to up the ante -- (edited) - ghouly Oct 25, 08:58 2
    - Yeah, they made sure was saw that. A bit heavy-handed. -- nm - hellSpawn Oct 25, 09:04 1
      - And actually, my biggest problem was at the very end. spoil - hellSpawn Oct 25, 09:05
- They didn't use it because of the film quality. -- nm - hellSpawn Oct 25, 08:42
So, I saw a "Vote for Trump" character in EVE chat last night and knowing they are against the terms of service for politically named characters I - kilbooooo Oct 25, 08:38
Remember that in November of 2012, Governor Christie had a 72 percent approval rating. Today, it stands at 21 percent. -- (link) - decline Oct 25, 08:34
WWE: Vinne Mac apparently blew a gasket during the Lesnar segment when the hometown Minneapolis crowd wouldn't boo Brock... - Remlik Oct 25, 08:25
14 DAYS -- nm - ty97 Oct 25, 08:23 15
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  - My gut says the surge in early voting is more A) early voting becoming more normalized/common B) people whose minds were made up months ago - ty97 Oct 25, 08:27 11
    - It's the ground game in action. -- nm - David Oct 25, 08:56
    - Yeah, one of the easiest bets to make is that advanced voting will continue to rise for at least a few more election cycles. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Oct 25, 08:34 1
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      - No, I don't think you can read it either way. -- (edited) - ty97 Oct 25, 08:37 1
        
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    - Side note, I saw a Rasmussen poll from Sept. that 56% of likely voters were planning on waiting until Election Day, up from 52% in the 2014 mid-terms. - znufrii Oct 25, 08:30 4
      - this is the current right wing talk radio theory: Trumpers won't vote early because they don't want their absentee or mail ballots shredded - mr monkey Oct 25, 08:35
      - I think there is more motivation in a presidential but I'm only guessing. -- nm - ty97 Oct 25, 08:33 2
        
        Another data point, in the ABC News poll out this morning, 5% of respondents had already voted. -- nm* - znufrii Oct 25, 08:39 1
        
        Without comparable 2012 and/or 2008 data, that tells me nothing -- nm - ty97 Oct 25, 08:41
- two weeks, buddy. Just two small weeks -- nm - decline Oct 25, 08:25
- ::cocks head to the side:: I'm angry. -- nm - hellSpawn Oct 25, 08:24
Medicine Hat byelection shocker: NDP: 353 votes. Christian Heritage Party: 702 votes. (Conservatives won with 23,932 votes.) - Name Withheld by Request Oct 25, 08:22
It's Tuesday which means that the VW settlement is *finally* approved and buybacks can begin. - spamlet Oct 25, 08:19
Gilmore Girls trailer -- (link) - Remlik Oct 25, 08:15 [youtube] 6
- Are there shots of Rory holding things wrong? -- nm - hellSpawn Oct 25, 08:19 3
  - Actually, I think the pop-tart falls into this catagory. -- nm - hellSpawn Oct 25, 08:40
  - they can't show a hand job in a trailer -- nm - mr monkey Oct 25, 08:22 1
    - I dunno. It's Netflix. -- nm - David Oct 25, 08:24
- I watched the old show back in the day (because of the ex-wife) and didn't mind it. I find I have zero interest in this new one -- nm - decline Oct 25, 08:17 1
  - You are an animal! - hellSpawn Oct 25, 08:20
FFL: welcome to bye week hell -- nm - ML Oct 25, 08:10 2
- yup -- nm - decline Oct 25, 08:14
- sing it, sister -- nm - kilbooooo Oct 25, 08:10
ST Election Poll -- On a scale of 1-10, how much will the outcome of the presidential election affect you, personally? -- (edited) - znufrii Oct 25, 08:08 18
- To any of you who don't think you'd be impacted: Imagine dealing with ME with President Trump for 4 or 8 years. -- nm - ty97 Oct 25, 08:27 4
  - Oh Meg.... - David's iPad Oct 25, 08:39 1
    - next up: home made poison flapjacks for someone. -- nm - Mel Profit Oct 25, 08:46
  - Bery, we need to discuss disaster scenarios. -- nm - Inigo Oct 25, 08:32
  - *points to tranq dart* It'd be fine. -- nm - spamlet Oct 25, 08:28
- Clinton - status quo. Trump - it really depends on how my body responds to the nuclear radiation. -- nm - Inigo Oct 25, 08:26
- depends - hellSpawn Oct 25, 08:23
- My taxes will likely go up if Clinton is successful with her agenda. - TWuG Oct 25, 08:22
- *twitch* -- nm - ty97 Oct 25, 08:19
- Very little either way. It might make some difference professionally if I thought either party was serious about tax reforms. - spamlet Oct 25, 08:17 6
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    - Well, that would be an indication that they're not serious about it, if they haven't proposed anything, no? -- nm - znufrii Oct 25, 08:21 3
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        They both talk about tax reform as a nebulous concept and have some plans but I don't think they're serious about it. -- nm* - spamlet Oct 25, 08:25 1
        
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    - Congress is talking about reform on both sides but neither candidate really is. - spamlet Oct 25, 08:21
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- Clinton - 0. Trump - 2 (I fully expect he would do things to hurt markets globally.) -- nm - Candie Apple Oct 25, 08:10
LIR Andie, I think finding a close enough pink dress in my size in a thrift store or Goodwill will be very difficult. -- nm - sycor Oct 25, 08:07
Bad Lip Reading: Presidential Debate/Poetry Slam -- (link) - ML Oct 25, 08:07 [youtube]
Any questions? -- nm - hellSpawn Oct 25, 08:06 2
- several actually -- nm - ty97 Oct 25, 08:06 1
  - *Batman slap* -- nm - hellSpawn Oct 25, 08:13

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