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A federal judge has denied the Pennsylvania GOP's effort to allow poll watchers from anywhere in the state monitor precincts on Election Day -- (link) - decline Nov 3, 08:16 1
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ML News: On this day in 1998 Jesse "The Body" Ventura shocked the world! what are you doing to celebrate? -- nm - Remlik Nov 3, 08:14 1
- I would much prefer him over the 2 options that we have now. -- nm - groiny Nov 3, 08:19
Nowdays question: What is the proper way to print a phone number? SFEK -- (edited) - Doctor Spawn Nov 3, 08:11 11
- For work I always use this format... - Mel Profit Nov 3, 08:13 4
  - Than you! - Doctor Spawn Nov 3, 08:19 1
    - I just ordered some myself from Vistaprint - jeebus frick do they throw offers at you - Reagen Nov 3, 08:25
  - Same -- nm - volnelk Nov 3, 08:18
  - i like that on business cards, and email footers. -- nm - Candie Apple Nov 3, 08:15
- Print? On paper? the first. In an email? The last. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 3, 08:12
- bracket is supposed to indicate optional - so if you have ten digit dialing, the second. -- nm - Reagen Nov 3, 08:12
- 888888888 -- nm - decline Nov 3, 08:12
- 555-555-5555. -- nm - Candie Apple Nov 3, 08:12 2
  - brackets meant 'optional', as in, if you had to dial long distance, you included them. they aren't optional in 99% of places now. -- nm - Candie Apple Nov 3, 08:13 1
    - state college is still firmly in the 1980s. -- nm - spy cookie amanda jones Nov 3, 08:18
Honest question: About 25% (nearly 33 million people) of the electorate have now voted. Why don't we know how they voted? - decline Nov 3, 07:59 21
- it would terrible if they did announce it. -- nm - Candie Apple Nov 3, 08:10
- 7 states will let you change your vote. -- nm - Doctor Spawn Nov 3, 08:08
- That is the law in every state i can think of. - ReluctantCynic Nov 3, 08:07 8
  - ok, this all makes sense. Then on Tues at 8:01 we could have a really good idea of where this election is going -- nm - decline Nov 3, 08:12 7
    - Florida, Georgia (7 EST) and NC/Ohio (730 EST) are the exit polls I'm most interested in. -- nm - Reagen Nov 3, 08:17 2
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        I think we can all agree that Wolf Blitzer gets a place of honour on the rocket to the sun. -- nm - Reagen Nov 3, 08:23
    - Yep! Though then we can see how much restraint the media has. - ReluctantCynic Nov 3, 08:14
    - Have they actually registered the votes? Absentee ballots don't get counted unless needed, right? -- nm - JaxSean Nov 3, 08:14 2
      - Selecting which votes count and which aren't worth counting? That sounds unconstitutional to me. -- nm - Max Nov 3, 08:35
      - It depends on the state. In most states, "absentee" ballots are regular ballots. - ReluctantCynic Nov 3, 08:19
- Yes. We don't want knowledge of how people are voting to influence other voters. It's why states can't be called until the polls close. -- nm - spamlet Nov 3, 08:06 6
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    - I.e., early exit polls. -- (edited) - ReluctantCynic Nov 3, 08:11 4
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        Oh sure! Return rates and demographics of early voters are routinely announced. Just not actual votes. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 3, 08:21 2
        
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        P.S. commas for decimals? Fie on you! -- nm - Reagen Nov 3, 08:23
- Because knowing actual returns might influence other voters. -- nm - znufrii Nov 3, 08:03
- Don't ask me, I live in a country that pretends the votes aren't counted until polls 3000km away are closed -- nm - Beryllium Nov 3, 08:02 1
  - (not for the last two elections) -- nm - Reagen Nov 3, 08:03
Stephen Seagal is Russian now? Huh. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 3, 07:45 7
- Hmm. If Trump loses I wonder if he will be? -- nm - hellSpawn Nov 3, 07:50
- not surprising at this point. -- nm - Reagen Nov 3, 07:47 1
  - But wasn't he still a sheriff or some shit? -- nm - Beryllium Nov 3, 07:51
- Is he also a hacker now? -- nm - hellSpawn Nov 3, 07:47 3
  - remove the "er" and you're not wrong. - Mel Profit Nov 3, 07:49 2
    - It would be funny if Lennie James became the new face of American martial arts. - Beryllium Nov 3, 07:58 1
      - Doctor Strange! -- nm - Doctor Spawn Nov 3, 08:00
Man, not very many toss-ups on the NFL schedule for pick em this week. -- nm - volnelk Nov 3, 07:44
Choose life. Trainspotting 2 official trailer -- (link) - con_carne Nov 3, 07:25 [youtube] 1
- Can't wait! -- nm - Krusty Nov 3, 08:28
Hands on with the Banana Surprise -- (link) - Reagen Nov 3, 07:21 5
- After watching that I am now voting for Trump. Fuck the world! -- nm - Norv Turner Nov 3, 07:27
- "It's one of the most striking things I've ever seen but it is also one of the most abominable and traumatizing things I've ever tried" -- nm - Beaker Nov 3, 07:25 2
  - It feels strange knowing that I live in a world with this Banana Surprise Yumstation in it. It's a very upsetting thing. -- nm - Beaker Nov 3, 07:26 1
    - this is the best review ever -- nm - Beaker Nov 3, 07:26
- "You can use toffee, or cream, or other fruit" -- nm - decline Nov 3, 07:22
I'd like to also add my congratulations to the Cubs Fans...It feels good, doesn't it? - Mel Profit Nov 3, 07:18 14
- You'll appreciate this. I had a "shirt". I wore it to the 2 NLCS games I went to that they won. But the last 2 nights I got home from work after - pmb Nov 3, 07:54 8
  - Nice! -- nm - Krusty Nov 3, 08:31
  - That's great. So you're the one who made it all possible. welcome to the club. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 3, 08:13
  - :) -- nm - kelly Nov 3, 08:09
  - you guys could start a new jam band called 'Brothers In Funk'. - Diva Nov 3, 08:06
  - "Honey, remember the last NLCS game where we had sex and they won. We have to do that every game now" -- nm - AC000000 Nov 3, 07:59 2
    - "Cubs Win! Cubs Win!" -- nm - Reagen Nov 3, 08:00 1
      - "Honey, it's Coach Maddon on the phone. He said he can't guarantee a win unless you give me a full 30 minutes of foreplay..." -- nm - TWuG Nov 3, 08:17
  - :) -- nm - Candie Apple Nov 3, 07:58
- someone (I think liioulu) posted a funny summation of last night to the tune of 'yeah it's not a Cubs WS if we're winning 6-3. We have to blow the - Diva Nov 3, 07:40 1
  - *laughing* that's fantastic! -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 3, 07:47
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  - Yet winning the WS straight out the first time back in 71 years is also almost more than we could have asked for - AC000000 Nov 3, 07:55
  - This WS had it's own drama which is yet another example why baseball is special... - Mel Profit Nov 3, 07:26
So if the pattern holds either Minnesota or Atlanta will win the SB - eag Nov 3, 07:16 7
- Oh shit. I want my job back. -- nm - Norv Turner Nov 3, 07:21
- not so fast, Toronto Maple Leafs. -- nm - Reagen Nov 3, 07:18 5
  - Heh, good luck with that. -- nm - spamlet Nov 3, 07:21 2
    - that said, a Toronto-Edmonton Final is plausible within 5 years or so. -- nm - Reagen Nov 3, 07:22 1
      - Look, just because I pardoned you last night... -- nm* - SMoD Nov 3, 07:28
  - Super Bowl is before Stanley Cup -- nm - eag Nov 3, 07:20 1
    - now you tell me. -- nm - Reagen Nov 3, 07:21
Something is starting to smell bad at the FBI -- (link) - decline Nov 3, 07:12 1
- That's not a particularly well-written article. "Upon completion of the investigation, the Office of Professional Responsibility will be referred back - mara Nov 3, 07:35
Opinions requested, please, So, we had been boarding the dog for the last 3-4 weeks at a place here in TN while I dealt with the move. We picked him - kelly Nov 3, 07:01 27
- do you leave them alone all day while you work? then yes get a companion pup -- nm - zeit spiced geist Nov 3, 11:08
- Go for it. Your family and Ferb will love the new dog aka Phineas? -- nm* - Inigo Nov 3, 07:45 3
  - Noooooo. I hate the name Ferb. No way I'd do the same thing to another dog! :) - kelly Nov 3, 07:51 2
    - she looks like a natalie. -- nm - spy cookie amanda jones Nov 3, 07:57
    - you should name her meatball -- nm - decline Nov 3, 07:53
- That dog looks like a sweetheart. nm - ralph wiggum Nov 3, 07:41 2
  - Oh, she is so so sweet. Very mellow. -- nm - kelly Nov 3, 07:44 1
    - you should get her...:) -- nm - Diva Nov 3, 07:48
- You know I think you should get her. :) -- nm - Dark Callisto Nov 3, 07:32 1
  - :) -- nm - kelly Nov 3, 07:43
- It would benefit you all -- nm - Epiphany Nov 3, 07:17
- Ferb will be less needy with a second dog because he'll have someone to play with. - spamlet Nov 3, 07:14 8
  - As far as being out of town: the owner told me last night that Ferb would get discounted boarding costs as a repeat boarder, and the other dog would - kelly Nov 3, 07:18 3
    - That's really good. We never found a boarding place we liked but we take turns with a friend of ours. - spamlet Nov 3, 07:20 1
      - This place is 45 minutes from us so I'm not sure I'd be using them for an overnight trip, but I definitely would for something longer. -- nm - kelly Nov 3, 07:23
    - They sound like a great place to board. Real pet lovers -- nm - Bacon Nov 3, 07:19
  - chubbers and oliver are way *more destructive* in tandem. another thing to consider. -- nm - spy cookie amanda jones Nov 3, 07:16 1
    - yeah, but cats are evil -- nm - decline Nov 3, 07:19
  - I want a dachshund -- nm - decline Nov 3, 07:15 1
    - No, you don't. - spamlet Nov 3, 07:15
- I can only speak for my experience with cats, but it's similar. -- (edited) - Bacon Nov 3, 07:12 1
  - agreed. very similar for our experience with cats -- nm - Beaker Nov 3, 07:23
- I think they'd rather have a doggie pal and do tend to do better that way. Enhances their pack which they love. (you should get that dog...) -- nm* - Diva Nov 3, 07:11
- I've always had one, but lots of my friends have 2 (or more). Socially, it's terrific for the dogs -- nm - decline Nov 3, 07:10
- I've almost always had two dogs, always loved it. I feel they're much happier. -- nm - mara Nov 3, 07:08
- oh, you should get her. -- nm - Candie Apple Nov 3, 07:07 1
  - right? "terrible idea." looks at photo. "get the dog!!!" -- nm - spy cookie amanda jones Nov 3, 07:16
This is cool: The Obama admin announced Thursday it will create 48 national charging corridors for electric vehicles, covering 25,000 mi of highway -- (link) - decline Nov 3, 06:53 2
- Excellent! Hopefully they'll cover some routes/locations Tesla hasn't gotten to yet. - TWuG Nov 3, 07:18 1
  - and will keep all those death traps in the same area and away from us safe drivers - decline Nov 3, 07:36
If you're getting a NES Classic, buy a long HDMI cable. The controller cable is only 30" long, and no one really knows why. -- (link) - Inigo Nov 3, 06:52 8
- I assume it's because in Japan people don't have much room in their living space and Nintendo doesn't think about the rest of the world. -- nm - Qale Nov 3, 09:11
- i wouldnt be surprised to see a few cable extenders popup on the market. the reviews are mostly positive, with the negatives being the short cable & - tRuMaN Nov 3, 06:57 1
  - "Press Reset 17 times to save your progress. Press reset 16 times to wipe the memory." -- nm - Reagen Nov 3, 07:04
- can we preorder these yet? obviously I'm all in. -- nm - spy cookie amanda jones Nov 3, 06:55 4
  - Preorders are all sold out. They didn't have any on Amazon. Nintendo and amazon have issues. -- nm - Inigo Nov 3, 07:46 1
    - will you yell if you see? thanks. -- nm - spy cookie amanda jones Nov 3, 08:06
  - Not yet according to amazon. -- nm - sycor Nov 3, 07:18
  - i would assume so since its coming out in 8? days i believe -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 3, 06:55
Inigo, even if she were ahead by 15 I'd want people to convince others to vote for her - Reagen Nov 3, 06:51 6
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- The problem is convincing people that it's already over, and we've got this makes people lazy by default. - Inigo Nov 3, 06:57 4
  - One last comment on this, I suppose: it's not as close as is being portrayed. -- nm - Reagen Nov 3, 07:01 3
    - See also Jim Messina's NYT op ed piece today -- nm - mr monkey Nov 3, 07:03 2
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      - But definitely don't read Kenny Loggins'. -- nm - Reagen Nov 3, 07:06
What i don't understand is people on the same side fighting over whether it's going to be close or not. what the hell is that. - Diva Nov 3, 06:51 18
- this reminds me - I need to make some calls down to the Cape Crew. - Mel Profit Nov 3, 07:12 2
  - I think your mom and brother are. Not sure about your sis. -- nm - Diva Nov 3, 07:14 1
    - I will force choke her if she votes that way. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 3, 07:29
- we're all smart people and want to be right. -- nm - Reagen Nov 3, 07:02 11
  - the energy spent in fighting each other and arguing about whether it's close is misplaced imo. -- nm - Diva Nov 3, 07:10
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    - well then you're the only egoless person on Earth! -- nm - Reagen Nov 3, 07:05 8
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        You have to ask? -- (edited) - znufrii Nov 3, 07:13
        
        why else make it? -- nm - Reagen Nov 3, 07:12 1
        
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        Yes, because being right = being smart, and being smart = a slightly higher chance of performing the act of mating and through that, passing our genes - Roger More Nov 3, 07:12 3
        
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        If that were true, they would have been eliminated generations ago! -- nm - Roger More Nov 3, 07:17 1
        
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  - FTR, I've made up my mind and you've made up yours, so I'm not really interested in butting heads about this anymore. -- nm - Reagen Nov 3, 06:56 1
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- Has the city fully recovered from - Guigue Nov 3, 06:51
wait, wallpaper borders are bad? - decline Nov 3, 06:47 3
- Isn't wallpaper considered bad these days? -- nm - hellSpawn Nov 3, 07:17 1
  - actually wallpaper is trendy right now. - Candie Apple Nov 3, 07:56
- DEATH TO WALLPAPER BORDERS -- nm - Beryllium Nov 3, 06:49
*catch* *throw* *hyuck* -- (link) - Reagen Nov 3, 06:45
Secret Stalker signup ends TODAY!! -- nm - kelly Nov 3, 06:45 3
- Please sign up by the end of the day if you'd like to participate! -- nm - kelly Nov 3, 06:45 2
  - I hope everyone gets a Banana Surprise -- nm - decline Nov 3, 06:55 1
    - Groiny can't give gifts to everyone! -- nm - Beaker Nov 3, 07:24
nick nack paddy wack -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 3, 06:44 2
- what's with all the noise, you young people with your wicky whacky, I'm going home -- nm - old man Nov 3, 11:12
- "How you doin?" -- nm - A Dog Nov 3, 06:47

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