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Good news everybody, less than 24 hours until we all know how many days are left until pitchers and catchers report. -- nm - ML Nov 2, 09:21
Graham Linehan was a good twitter follow. -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 2, 09:16 1
- Oof. -- nm - ML Nov 2, 09:20
I just heard a song that interpolated Fastball's Out of My Head and that was, uh, something. -- nm - Tim Nov 2, 09:12
The Bolivar has devalued so much that Venezuelan businesses weigh rather count the bills because it's faster. -- (link*) - spamlet Nov 2, 08:59 2
- Time to mine for bitcoins -- nm - Beryllium Nov 2, 09:10
- Wow, the largest bill is the 100 Bolivar, which is worth around a dime. -- nm - spamlet Nov 2, 09:00
NYPD attributing a rise in groping, racial and anti-LGBT incidents to the normalizing of that type of behavior with the rise of Trump. -- (edited) - znufrii Nov 2, 08:51 11
- So your friend got sexually assaulted at a police station and the cops essentially told her it's not our fault it's Trump's fault? - ML Nov 2, 09:09 8
  - Yeah, you want to read Znu's post again. -- (edited) - Mop Nov 2, 09:16 2
    - Well, there's apparently a MTA police station at Penn Station, so I guess we've all learned something very important today. -- (link) - ML Nov 2, 09:19 1
      - Next, we'll learn how to distinguish between correlation and causation! -- nm - znufrii Nov 2, 09:21
  - Umm...no? - znufrii Nov 2, 09:12
  - I thought it was a train station? -- nm - Beryllium Nov 2, 09:10 3
    - If they have police desks at train stations, maybe? -- nm - ML Nov 2, 09:12 2
      - Why not? They have police desks at schools and other high-density locations. - Beryllium Nov 2, 09:16 1
        
        And it's only the busiest train station in the country. - znufrii Nov 2, 09:17
- or Hillary's private email server. impossible to say which -- nm - mr monkey Nov 2, 09:07
- There it is. -- nm - Doctor Spawn Nov 2, 09:03
Digging up the parking lot outside our window might just be the most exciting thing to happen in my office since I started here. -- nm - znufrii Nov 2, 08:36 2
- did they find another Richard III? -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 2, 09:20
- Tiffany Trump will be in your neck of the woods in the next couple of days -- nm - decline Nov 2, 08:43
LIR - Closest STer = CY 4 miles. -- nm - Meg Nov 2, 08:33 3
- Con Carne and Chris. Not sure which is closer. -- nm - jnine Nov 2, 09:04
- mud, I think -- nm - Beryllium Nov 2, 09:00
- Boo (as noted) about 10. BAD +/- 17. Not sure where JD is. -- nm - Meg Nov 2, 08:48
Hannity (among others) falls for fake news story -- (link) - Beaker Nov 2, 08:28 1
- (by this time tomorrow though it will be true!) -- nm - Beaker Nov 2, 08:28
mini work rant (swears inside) - Diva Nov 2, 08:21 8
- oh my god, I know. last night I was like, what? it's only tuesday?? my stress level is thursdayish. -- nm - spy cookie amanda jones Nov 2, 08:49 4
  - We have not picked up a new HOA in a couple years. We are picking up *two*, less than a week apart. -- nm - Doctor Spawn Nov 2, 08:51 2
    - are they heavy? -- nm - decline Nov 2, 08:53 1
      - More so than my brother. -- nm - Doctor Spawn Nov 2, 08:54
  - yup! exactly. -- nm - Diva Nov 2, 08:49
- *sends you great quantities of alcohol and Hemsworths* -- nm - prayformojo Nov 2, 08:24 2
  - you are a worthy, worthy gentleman and friend. -- nm - Diva Nov 2, 08:43
  - *Opens package* aww, it's all Lukes. -- nm - Reagen Nov 2, 08:33
Trump's speech yesterday was on healthcare reform. His sum total plan seems to be Health Saving Accounts so people can pay cash when they get sick -- (link) - decline Nov 2, 08:16 9
- So HSA's require people to deposit into them. What are low/no income people going to do? -- (edited) - amoxy Nov 2, 09:05 3
  - it's the stupidest "plan." -- nm - Candie Apple Nov 2, 09:10
  - in Trumpland they'll all be rich! -- nm - decline Nov 2, 09:08 1
    - Within the first 100 days of my presidency, everyone will have great jobs. -- nm - DJ Trump Nov 2, 09:15
- I (heart) my HSA. -- nm - znufrii Nov 2, 08:33
- Are you sure? -- (link) - Doctor Spawn Nov 2, 08:26
- I know, but pervy Anthony Weiner sent some emails from his laptop, so...what other choice do I have? -- nm - Some Idiot Voters Nov 2, 08:19
- but it will be the best plan, trust him -- nm - Beaker Nov 2, 08:19
- aka the GOP plan for the past six years -- nm - mr monkey Nov 2, 08:17
Nearly nine out of every ten atoms in the universe are hydrogen atoms. -- nm - Beaker Nov 2, 08:07 3
- Wrong. -- nm - Trumpium Nov 2, 08:26
- Suck it! Helium! -- nm - Hydrogen Nov 2, 08:15 1
  - You'll come around to our side when you're older. -- nm - Helium Nov 2, 08:36
Suspect in custody. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Nov 2, 08:00 2
- Confederate-flag carrying white guy -- (link) - mr monkey Nov 2, 08:22
- must have been a hell of a morning out there -- nm - prayformojo Nov 2, 08:02
IFTTT completely changed their platform and it's almost unusable. - spamlet Nov 2, 07:59 4
- Ooh, just in time for Microsoft Flow to swoop in for the kill -- nm - Beryllium Nov 2, 08:09
- Nooooooooo - prayformojo Nov 2, 08:00 2
  - I figured it out but it ain't easy. -- nm - spamlet Nov 2, 08:21 1
    - I'm hoping hoping hoping that it doesn't break any previously-written things -- nm - prayformojo Nov 2, 08:24
i miss ty. -- nm - Candie Apple Nov 2, 07:56 6
- On Saturday he was in Santa Fe and I responded to one of his FB posts. I don't see that post any more? -- nm - Meg Nov 2, 08:58
- ditto. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 2, 08:33 1
  - I was showing my mom Vegas pictures a while back and about ty she said, "He has a nice face. I think I would like him." - Doctor Spawn Nov 2, 08:42
- Whatever happened to that dude? -- nm - Doctor Spawn Nov 2, 08:31 1
  - Hilary sent him an email -- nm - Beaker Nov 2, 08:34
- me too. - Diva Nov 2, 08:05
Reminder for this weekend everyone. -- (link) - MDH Nov 2, 07:54 [Image]
An Asteroid Zipped Through Earth's Shadow Last Night -- (link) - Beaker Nov 2, 07:54 5
- But will SMOD try again in 4 years? -- nm - Mop Nov 2, 07:56
- "2016 VA, an object roughly the length of a commercial bus, was discovered yesterday..." - ML Nov 2, 07:56 3
  - *yesterday* -- nm - Candie Apple Nov 2, 07:57 2
    - Well, on the night of Oct. 25-26, anyway. Close enough! -- (link) - mara Nov 2, 08:07
    - Right. President ML triples the near-earth observational budget. - ML Nov 2, 07:59
So much rain. Yikes. Probably no chance of good light for photos on my commute :( -- nm - Beryllium Nov 2, 07:49
Unaffiliated early voting is up 40% from 2012. Per NYT (see inside) Clinton has a 10 point advantage in unaffiliateds. - MDH Nov 2, 07:45
I might tune into the game tonight just to see what crazy thing might happen to keep the Cubs from winning. - The Legend of CQ Hollow Nov 2, 07:45 5
- The shadow asteroid's little brother hits the ball just before it gets out for the winning home run -- nm - Guigue Nov 2, 08:03
- the 2 fan interference calls (one for dopping his beer and hitting as it ball cleared the wall) and one kerfluffle between their own SS and CF players - tRuMaN Nov 2, 07:58
- Bacon can just take the day off. -- nm - budice Nov 2, 07:52
- SMOD: *lurking* -- nm - ML Nov 2, 07:46
- Goat attack -- nm - Beaker Nov 2, 07:45
Flash spoiler question (also, Kevin Smith directed last night's epi) - Beaker Nov 2, 07:44 1
- I honestly do not know, but... spoils - Doctor Spawn Nov 2, 08:01
"Des Moines police shooting suspect Scott Michael Greene in custody." -- nm - ML Nov 2, 07:41
"Vikings' OC Norv Turner has resigned, league sources tell ESPN." -- (link) - ML Nov 2, 07:36 6
- I mean, honestly. We lost to the Bears on MNF. That's simply unacceptable. -- nm - spamlet Nov 2, 07:40 5
  - I'm of the opinion that this is a "resignation" in lieu of a firing. - ML Nov 2, 07:40 4
    - Yep, it's Shurmur. -- (link) - ML Nov 2, 07:44
    - Still, what do you want the guy to do? The offensive line is a sieve. It's hard to get anything done offensively with a line like that. -- nm* - The Legend of CQ Hollow Nov 2, 07:42 2
      - I don't disagree. But the writing has been on the wall for a while that Turner would be gone if the offense struggled. - ML Nov 2, 07:43 1
        
        Tell V1 and V2 to suit up! -- nm - prayformojo Nov 2, 07:46
Now, rank these posters: FoodChem - prayformojo Nov 2, 07:35 1
- my supper never tasted so good! -- nm - Beaker Nov 2, 07:37
I should not be sweating in November, but the Grinch's new bedroom set is looking good. She'll be excited as will mom when she gets back home. - The Legend of CQ Hollow Nov 2, 07:34 2
- Will there be...dare I say it - A dust ruffle involved?? - Diva Nov 2, 07:38 1
  - Holy cow, that got me laughing. heh -- nm - The Legend of CQ Hollow Nov 2, 07:39
Eddide Vedder and Bill murray sing The Weight at a Cubs House Party -- (link) - Remlik Nov 2, 07:29
1 after film scene for Dr. Strange plus 1 after credits scene as well. -- nm - Diva Nov 2, 07:24 2
- Yes. And they are both meaningful. -- nm - Doctor Spawn Nov 2, 07:35
- He meets Star Lord and Ant-Man at the same time. "My god, you're imbeciles." -- nm - Beryllium Nov 2, 07:26
"Is Conrad Black one of the Blacks for Trump?" -- twitter -- nm - Beryllium Nov 2, 07:03
KIndle PSA: How to Archer and Joyland are both currently $1.99. nm - ralph wiggum Nov 2, 07:03 2
- Even for mafic? -- nm - spamlet Nov 2, 07:08 1
  - That's between him and his god. nm - ralph wiggum Nov 2, 07:18
wait, is that groiny's birthday music I hear? -- nm - oblique Nov 2, 07:02
Dr Strange 92 Trolls 76 and Hacksaw Ridge 92 currently at RT -- nm - eag Nov 2, 07:01 1
- Arrival 100% (51/0) -- nm - Beaker Nov 2, 07:03
Apparently there is a secret FB group of women who are wearing pantsuits in support of Hillary Clinton. -- (link) - Candie Apple Nov 2, 06:58 2
- Because no sensible woman would wear a pants suit otherwise! -- nm - Mop Nov 2, 07:51
- not really a secret *now*, is it? -- nm - decline Nov 2, 06:59
NYC unveils routing options for proposed Brooklyn-Queens streetcar -- (link) - znufrii Nov 2, 06:54 10
- The DC streetcar turned out to be such a disaster, here's hoping NYC does it better. -- nm - MDH Nov 2, 07:12 5
  - A lot of these neighborhoods are starving for transit options, so it should be a big benefit for them. -- nm - znufrii Nov 2, 07:16 4
    - So was the neighborhood it connected in DC. DC just built it w/out a dedicated lane which ruined it from the start. -- nm - MDH Nov 2, 07:17 3
      - Ah. Yeah, they're definitely on top of that. -- nm - znufrii Nov 2, 07:20 2
        
        It's hit something like 7 cars already (granted it's the cars fault for double parking in the streetcar track) -- nm - MDH Nov 2, 07:21 1
        
        That sounds like a design feature -- nm - JD Nov 2, 07:47
- Have they named it yet? -- nm - decline Nov 2, 06:55 3
  - The Rockaway -- nm - The Legend of CQ Hollow Nov 2, 07:37
  - The Trump -- nm - Beaker Nov 2, 07:01 1
    - *sigh* i was looking for 'Desire', Beaker -- nm - decline Nov 2, 07:23
Today's C&H is one of my all time favorites. -- (link) - spamlet Nov 2, 06:44 6
- Yeah, I love the strips where he just makes up the answer. -- nm - Krusty Nov 2, 06:56
- wait, that's not how they do it? -- nm - decline Nov 2, 06:53
- dear lord, some of those comments are taking C&H a little too literally. -- nm - Candie Apple Nov 2, 06:52
- Sounds right to me. -- nm - znufrii Nov 2, 06:49
- This was always one of my favorite running gags in the strip. - Tim Nov 2, 06:48
- V1 is really into C&H these days and she tells me all the time that I'm Calvin's dad. -- nm - ML Nov 2, 06:45
Hey Cuzzin Todd, they named a suspect in those shootings - ML Nov 2, 06:43 2
- If this were L.A., they'd have shot up a Chevy Blazer already. -- nm - Mop Nov 2, 07:54
- The most ubiquitous truck there is here... -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Nov 2, 07:45
This is what the election has come to: Neo-Nazi groups plan to 'monitor' election sites and supress votes -- (link) - decline Nov 2, 06:41
I don't even want to know what NCM is going to do to groiny today. - spamlet Nov 2, 06:41 1
- Happy Birthday Groiny! -- nm - decline Nov 2, 06:44
I'm a little jealous that CLE lets their fans into the park during the away games to watch the series - oblique Nov 2, 06:40 2
- I'm surprised they don't. Fans have been going to that park absent real baseball for decades now. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 2, 06:43 1
  - Well played. -- nm - Doctor Spawn Nov 2, 07:23
Does Clinton or Trump take sides in tonights World Series finale? A team from swing-state Ohio vs a team from Illinois? -- nm - budice Nov 2, 06:36 2
- Clinton is a Cubs fan (at least when not pandering to Yankees fans). Trump will pick whomever wins after the fact. -- nm* - spamlet Nov 2, 06:39 1
  - Yeah, she (shockingly!) carpetbagged her way to Yankee fandom when she was running for Senate but she grew up a Cubs fan. - ML Nov 2, 06:42
Rank these posters: FlUIdcOw, hqmeister, MMIKE. -- nm* - ML Nov 2, 06:34 10
- Which one was MMIKE? -- nm - Roger More Nov 2, 07:02 2
  - The one that posted child pr0n all over the original TT boards. -- nm - spamlet Nov 2, 07:30 1
    - Really? Whoa. -- nm - Roger More Nov 2, 09:09
- Nick Fudge FTW! -- nm - Beaker Nov 2, 06:43 1
  - I don't see how attacking Nick Fudge is going to solve anything. -- nm - znufrii Nov 2, 06:44
- Fluidcow..................................... ......hqmeister.............................. ............................................. ............... -- (edited) - Inigo Nov 2, 06:37 3
  - MMIKE and Geckoidol are duking it out in the race to the bottom. nm -- (edited) - ralph wiggum Nov 2, 07:01
  - Risky click of the day. -- nm - Reagen Nov 2, 06:41 1
    - He's the reason it's not a risky click on HSX! -- nm - Inigo Nov 2, 06:44
- who? -- (edited) - decline Nov 2, 06:35

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