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LOL. Trump birtherism. -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 2, 11:10
Business: Fed Decision in 10 minutes -- nm* - budice Nov 2, 10:47 11
- *actively roots for a rate hike* -- nm - Baron More Dough Nov 2, 10:52 1
  - so disappointed, you are -- nm - ML Nov 2, 11:03
- "Well, the FBI decided it was okay to influence an election, so we will too!" -- nm - znufrii Nov 2, 10:48 8
  - "Four per cent!" -- nm - Max Nov 2, 10:51 7
    - "but if you jackasses vote for trump, we'll double it!" -- nm - Beryllium Nov 2, 11:05 6
      - (or halve it? I don't know what's good news. I assume higher is worse.) -- nm - Beryllium Nov 2, 11:06 5
        
        rate hike would (temporarily) crash the markets. -- nm - Reagen Nov 2, 11:07 4
        
        But it would also signal a strengthened economy overall. -- nm - znufrii Nov 2, 11:12
        
        And over the longer run, increase variable mortgage rates and depress lending and consequently property values. -- nm - Roger More Nov 2, 11:09 2
        
        Yeah, that's what I figured. :shifty_eyes: -- nm - Beryllium Nov 2, 11:10 1
        
        Though interest rates can get too low. In Europe at the moment, the central bank is experimenting with negative rates. - Roger More Nov 2, 11:14
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- Polls/votes/whatever. It all comes down to that Electoral Map. - MDH Nov 2, 11:09 4
  - As Nate Silver has said, the Electoral Map will follow the trends of the popular vote. - Inigo Nov 2, 11:13 3
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    - Sigh, while true. I'm not buying all his scare tactics. Hillary needs NC and it's over- sticking to that. -- nm - MDH Nov 2, 11:15 1
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- at this time 4 years ago, Romney led Obama 47.9 to 47.1 (RCP) -- nm - decline Nov 2, 10:52 7
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    - I don't have any data whatsoever to back this up, but I've always felt their model tended biased in favor of republicans. - znufrii Nov 2, 11:07 3
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        Yup, also they're more selective in the polls they use, compared to 538. -- nm - znufrii Nov 2, 11:16
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    - whales are the greatest enemy of mankind -- nm - Beaker Nov 2, 10:59
Tevin Coleman (hamstring) out for Falcons vs. Bucs tomorrow -- nm - Beaker Nov 2, 10:41
Marquette LS poll in WI: Clinton +6, Russ + 1 -- (link) - mr monkey Nov 2, 10:39
@peterhook Rocks Vancouver last night -- (link) - philip k mud Nov 2, 10:37
ask about parenting chat q: the Step-Parenting Russian Novel (edited for length!) - mr monkey Nov 2, 10:34 1
- Wall. Of. Text. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 2, 11:16
Another for-profit college chain bites the dust -- (link) - spamlet Nov 2, 10:34
90 fun-size Skittles and Starburst for $2? - Reagen Nov 2, 10:32 2
- *vomits the rainbow* -- nm - JaxSean Nov 2, 10:34
- on a per-unit basis, that's not a lot of fun -- nm - mr monkey Nov 2, 10:33
Blake "The Garbage Man" Bortles - ML Nov 2, 10:28
the Star Trek Curse claims another unfortunate victim -- (link) - mr monkey Nov 2, 10:27
Flu shot acquired one week earlier than originally planned. Coolness. -- nm - Diva Nov 2, 10:25 2
- pfft vaccines are for losers. If you were great you wouldn't need the help -- nm - Trump Nov 2, 10:25 1
  - one of the admin women didn't get the shot. "Oh no, I don't get those" -- nm - mr monkey Nov 2, 10:28
Some times I think to myself: It's too bad we don't live in a world where it's possible to it's possible for ordinary people to see Thandie Newton - prayformojo Nov 2, 10:19 17
- Naked Thandie makes me partially forgive the Westworld makers for their persistent meandering. -- nm - Inigo Nov 2, 10:26 15
  - Dolores > Maeve, and it's not even close -- nm - mr monkey Nov 2, 10:36 4
    - I'm not sure why you insist on living in a world of wrong, but so be it. -- nm - Inigo Nov 2, 10:38 3
      - it's a theme park called Rightworld -- nm - mr monkey Nov 2, 10:41 2
        
        "Turn right in 100 feet. Turn right in 100 feet." -- nm - Rightworld Navigator Nov 2, 10:52 1
        
        *turns left* "RECALCULATING!" -- nm - TWuG Nov 2, 11:09
  - All I know is someone on ST is in trouble now...I don't know who yet. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 2, 10:35 9
    - well, this morning you forgot that I was the closest STer to you in distance, so... -- nm - Diva Nov 2, 10:50 7
      - *whew* -- nm - ML Nov 2, 11:04
      - damn. -- nm - spamlet Nov 2, 11:00
      - ...and it was on this day Mel moved into the doghouse. -- nm - Inigo Nov 2, 10:53 1
        
        at least he can walk in without ducking. -- nm - groiny Nov 2, 10:55
      - I'm going to either claim that's a technicality or temporary insanity. - Mel Profit Nov 2, 10:52 1
        
        It might have been a minor stroke. Or alien abduction. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 2, 11:14
      - d'oh! -- nm - prayformojo Nov 2, 10:51
    - Right? Someone has to pay for withholding this. -- nm - spamlet Nov 2, 10:37
- I have news that will shock and surprise you. And that news is this: - ML Nov 2, 10:24
Nick Foles to start in place of Alex Smith vs. Jaguars -- nm - budice Nov 2, 10:17
so, we're holding Fantastic Beasts based on 4 week cashout, right? it won't adjust? -- nm - Candie Apple Nov 2, 10:17 4
- It will halt on November 19th and adjust on November 20th. - Diva Nov 2, 10:23 1
  - ah, thanks. -- nm - Candie Apple Nov 2, 10:59
- i thought it would be the last movie to adjust -- nm - mr monkey Nov 2, 10:18
- Yes. I hope you all were holding all the December openers long before the announcement. -- nm - spamlet Nov 2, 10:18
Ok, I'll give the Ricketts credit for this. -- (link) - spamlet Nov 2, 10:15 1
- This makes me smile. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 2, 10:17
Giant panda humiliates man who climbed into zoo enclosure to 'impress women' -- (link) - mara Nov 2, 10:14 2
- those crazy Asians!!! -- nm - groiny Nov 2, 10:23
- WHAT IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE?!? -- nm - JaxSean Nov 2, 10:19
All the current TV shows airing their final season in 2016 and 2017 so far -- (link) - Beaker Nov 2, 10:12 3
- I assume Turn was postponed so they could rewrite every episode to include Alexander Hamilton. -- nm - Mop Nov 2, 10:15
- *whew!* It'll be a relief when peak TV is finally over. This is exhausting. -- nm - Mop Nov 2, 10:14
- Orphan Black is the only one I watch thankfully -- nm - Beaker Nov 2, 10:13
“Longmire” has been picked up for a sixth season on Netflix — which will also be its last one. -- nm - Beaker Nov 2, 10:11 2
- Hopefully it's better than the fifth -- nm - Beryllium Nov 2, 10:14
- "What is Longmire?" -- nm - Celebrity Jeopardy Nov 2, 10:13
WS Poll: Hendricks on full rest or Kluber for the third time in 7 games on short rest? -- nm* - mr monkey Nov 2, 10:09 3
- It'll be a pitcher's duel until the 5th when the Cubs take a lead and hold on for the win. -- nm - Krusty Nov 2, 10:18 1
  - they better get it by the 5th if Andrew Miller comes in after that -- nm - mr monkey Nov 2, 10:22
- I think the commentary that whoever scores more in the first 4 innings will win is pretty spot on -- nm - oblique Nov 2, 10:15
Obama calls Comey out -- (link) - mr monkey Nov 2, 09:59
Clinton's back over 70%! *whew* Maybe I can sleep now. -- nm - Mop Nov 2, 09:56 8
- Hey, you know, we could discuss Evan McMullin's not entirely unreasonable chance of attaining the Oval Office. - RCynic and Old Lace Nov 2, 10:13 7
  - Did you read this, like I did? -- (link) - ML Nov 2, 10:21 5
    - Let's elect a president that nobody wants! -- nm - znufrii Nov 2, 10:25 4
      - Some would say we already are. -- nm - spamlet Nov 2, 10:26 3
        
        (a majority, even) -- nm - ML Nov 2, 11:18
        
        I'm sure he'd win a second choice ballot in a walk, tbh. -- nm - znufrii Nov 2, 10:56
        
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  - Eh. -- (edited) - znufrii Nov 2, 10:14
Happy birthday to our favorite Green Eyed Tiger! -- nm - Mop Nov 2, 09:54 18
- Happy birthday! -- nm - Roger More Nov 2, 10:52 1
  - thanks man, and also..... - groiny Nov 2, 10:56
- Happy Birthday, groin! In honor of you, I've been walking around with a cane all week! - RCynic and Old Lace Nov 2, 10:14 2
  - and swatting away orphans with it like Ebenezer Scrooge -- nm - mr monkey Nov 2, 10:15
  - THAT'S NOT A CANE! -- nm - groiny Nov 2, 10:14
- win him a pennant, Cubbies! -- nm - mr monkey Nov 2, 10:07 1
  - that is the ultimate nut punch. - groiny Nov 2, 10:08
- woohoo! Happy Birthday! -- nm - sycor Nov 2, 10:05
- and many many more -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 2, 10:05
- *blushes* - groiny Nov 2, 09:55 8
  - so are you like 50 yet? -- nm - oblique Nov 2, 09:55 6
    - His knees are well beyond that. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 2, 10:04 2
      - and his hair -- nm - oblique Nov 2, 10:05 1
        
        whoa whoa whoa....... - groiny Nov 2, 10:06
    - I got a long way to go for that. - groiny Nov 2, 09:56 2
      - so, one year behind me -- nm - oblique Nov 2, 09:57 1
        
        yeah, and this is one time I will never catch you -- nm - groiny Nov 2, 09:58
  - I prefer a no-pants party, thank you. -- nm - Mop Nov 2, 09:55
This is my week for SuperFeud. Going up against strongbad. -- nm* - oblique Nov 2, 09:54
"Andy Reid announces Nick Foles is starting Sunday." -- nm - ML Nov 2, 09:53 1
- Reid said yesterday “Alex can do all the things that needs to be done in this offense and do them at a Pro Bowl caliber level.That’s all that matters" -- nm - The Legend of CQ Hollow Nov 2, 09:57
RM: Back in the day you could inject HTML into headers and posts. That was quickly ended after his antics. - spamlet Nov 2, 09:48 16
- *whispers* avatars -- nm - ML Nov 2, 09:51 1
  - that movie sucks -- nm - spewn Nov 2, 09:52
- I remember when we had colors -- nm - oblique Nov 2, 09:51
- Speaking of formers TTers, who was the guy who threatened to sue when somebody joked about pedophilia or something? -- nm - mara Nov 2, 09:51 11
  - jhamaker? -- nm - spy cookie amanda jones Nov 2, 09:55 8
    - He's the "Turkey and Greece are not on the same continent guy," right? -- nm - mara Nov 2, 10:03 1
      - He's the guy who worked at a movie theater. He'd sometimes give out pre-sales information. - Inigo Nov 2, 10:11
    - Wonder if he still lives around here...Didn't talk to him after I stole his gf -- nm - amoxy Nov 2, 09:56 5
      - His gf was a lesbian? -- nm - sycor Nov 2, 10:03 1
        
        not until amoxy got a hold of her. -- nm - groiny Nov 2, 10:04
      - it's always the quiet nice guys who come out with the most massive of shivs. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 2, 10:03
      - dayamn -- nm - mr monkey Nov 2, 10:00
      - amoxy: playah. -- nm - Mop Nov 2, 09:58
  - Ian Fleming? -- nm - spamlet Nov 2, 09:54 1
    - Yeah, that's who I remember. -- nm - mara Nov 2, 10:02
- I never actually saw the links. I always thought it was regular porn. He;s now more icky than I thought he was. -- nm - Inigo Nov 2, 09:49
My TiVo cut off the end of the WSoP. - David Nov 2, 09:46 3
- The runner up was from Bloomington. -- nm - Dark Callisto Nov 2, 11:06
- At the end, that one guy dreamed he was a hummingbird - prayformojo Nov 2, 10:09
- the revolution begins -- nm - oblique Nov 2, 09:51
PSA ... 3 weeks and 2 days until the "official" start of the Christmasy ... -- nm - call me Ishmael Nov 2, 09:45 2
- in Canada it is November 12 (the day after Remembrance Day.) -- nm - Candie Apple Nov 2, 09:45 1
  - so you're saying i can come up north and start my Christmas shopping guilt-free. is that what you're saying? -- nm - call me Ishmael Nov 2, 09:56
So Val Kilmer and Michael Douglas need to communicate a little better IMO -- (link) - ML Nov 2, 09:44 1
- Sounds he did have cancer, got treatment, had the growth removed, and is now refusing to call it cancer. - Inigo Nov 2, 09:54
Rigged. -- nm - MMIKE Nov 2, 09:42 1
- Little quirk of mine, always got irked when people typed it as MRMIKE -- nm - amoxy Nov 2, 09:44
SMOD, hurry it up a little -- (link) - ML Nov 2, 09:41
Time Warner "CRUSHES" Q3 earnings thanks to Suicide Squad... -- (link) - Remlik Nov 2, 09:40 5
- (to those holding back-end deals) "But it didn't make a profit." -- nm - Mop Nov 2, 09:56
- Although Suicide Squad is a nice mid-sized hit for them, I doubt it was a main reason they beat expectations. - Inigo Nov 2, 09:48
- Oh honey. -- nm - David Nov 2, 09:47
- New WW trailer tomorrow. -- nm - Spawn Nov 2, 09:42 1
  - Don't you wish the first trailer was to a movie that already came-and-went and hopefully this was a trailer for a new WW movie? -- nm - Mop Nov 2, 09:57
"To Become an Adult, a Sea Urchin is Reborn by Pulling Itself Inside Out" -- (link) - ML Nov 2, 09:28 2
- Only human adolescents undergo this same process. -- nm - Mop Nov 2, 10:00
- *likes* -- nm - Genesis Nov 2, 09:44
Correlation: "These increases have happened in tandem with Trump scaling up his rhetoric". Causation: "Trump said it's Ok to grope." - Beryllium Nov 2, 09:26 3
- Broadly, yes. -- (edited) - znufrii Nov 2, 09:32 2
  - ... but I was just going for the wordplay in the IM. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 2, 09:36 1
    - I don't award extra credit in this class, sorry. -- nm - znufrii Nov 2, 09:37
So the FBI released info on Bill Clinton's pardon of Marc Rich? With less than a week to go in the election? -- (link) - amoxy Nov 2, 09:23
Sounds like the Norv Turner resignation was just that, a resignation--not a covert firing. - ML Nov 2, 09:22

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