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IMPORTANT -- (link) - ML Nov 7, 16:56 6
- They're wrong in Ohio, it's 2:30. -- nm - Ender Nov 7, 19:59
- Damn they thirsty in Louisville eh -- nm - Jovian Nov 7, 17:02
- Bars don't close in Nevada! Damn right that's important! -- nm - Bacon Nov 7, 16:58 1
  - Everyone's going to be too drunk to vote by noon! -- nm - Max Nov 7, 17:03
- Damn, Mississippi, what's your problem? -- nm - Max Nov 7, 16:58
- (eastern time.) -- nm - b. Nov 7, 16:57
Ladies and gentlemen: We have achieved +70% for Clinton at 538.com. -- nm - Mop Nov 7, 16:46 1
- hooray for round numbers! -- nm - ML Nov 7, 16:52
Katy Tur talking about the p-word! -- nm - mr monkey Nov 7, 16:45 1
- Poutine? -- nm - Qale Nov 7, 17:02
My cats cannot grasp the concept of daylight savings. -- nm - Bacon Nov 7, 16:39 1
- and you're surprised? -- nm - mr monkey Nov 7, 16:40
this could backfire *immediately*, but I'll take Trump states won > Bills points scored tonight. -- nm - Reagen Nov 7, 16:33 6
- I just saw the response to me about picking the states not the percentage. Want me to fix or just let it go? -- nm - Bacon Nov 7, 16:34 5
  - Give me three picks each. -- nm - Reagen Nov 7, 16:42 4
    - Okay. - Bacon Nov 7, 16:46 3
      - and Johnson -- nm - Reagen Nov 7, 16:48 2
        
        Oh shit. Okay let me think here -- nm - Bacon Nov 7, 16:49 1
        
        Okay, - Bacon Nov 7, 16:51
All kinds of doom and gloom here about the possibility of long lines at the polls tomorrow - completely ignoring the fact that - Meg Nov 7, 16:26 14
- sounds like a good day to go to disneyland -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 7, 16:32
- yeah, the only early voting place i could go to was in Downey. fuck naw -- nm - mr monkey Nov 7, 16:27 2
  - yah, I couldn't go early. I'm actually worried - my absentee ballot hadn't made it to me by yesterday, hope it's there today. -- nm - b. Nov 7, 16:45 1
    - People waited in line up to 5 hours here this weekend. Got the sense they were people who couldn't afford to take time off on Tuesday. - Meg Nov 7, 16:58
- The only vote that matters is for legal weed -- nm - Bacon Nov 7, 16:27 9
  - Ironically, those who really care about this ballot measure will be too stoned to vote. -- nm - Mop Nov 7, 16:28 3
    - Another reason for vote by mail. Stoners had 3 weeks here to get the ballot into the box. -- nm - Bacon Nov 7, 16:29 2
      - I've been trying to mail something to Jnine for two years. I just got it packaged up last weekend. - Krusty Nov 7, 16:55 1
        
        I filled out my ballot over two weeks ago. Been riding around with it since then. Finally dropped it off today when I saw - Bacon Nov 7, 16:57
  - Yeah! ;-) -- nm - Krusty Nov 7, 16:28 4
    - I have done everything to make Portland ready for your move. -- nm - Bacon Nov 7, 16:28 3
      - With no Mr. Darcy what's really keeping me here? - Krusty Nov 7, 16:34 2
        
        :) -- nm - Bacon Nov 7, 16:36 1
        
        You just end up swapping Dawson for RC it's a wash really. -- nm - Bacon Nov 7, 16:37
This woman on Jeopardy is making my skin crawl. -- nm - Crashquick Nov 7, 16:23
The fifth cycle of the ritual has commenced. The gates will open at Dawn. -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 7, 16:20 3
- And what does the photo really have to do with the story? -- (edited) - Meg Nov 7, 16:28
- Perhaps it was dismembered because it was hit by a train. -- nm - Mop Nov 7, 16:23 1
  - The trains haven't run for five years. - Beryllium Nov 7, 16:24
12 Hrs, 24 hrs. -- nm - Max Nov 7, 16:06 4
- 36 hrs? -- nm - Bacon Nov 7, 16:13 3
  - 525,600 minutes? -- nm - Strongbad Nov 7, 16:32
  - Twenty twenty twenty four hours to go oh oh ... - ReluctantCynic Nov 7, 16:14 1
    - Hell yeah, I wanna be sedated -- nm - zeit spiced geist Nov 7, 16:20
FB finally gave up on telling me about yard sales in Toledo, Ohio. Now every refresh I get 'people you might know' :/ - Meg Nov 7, 16:01
Young Justice season 3 is in production -- (link) - Beaker Nov 7, 15:51
Bernie heckled as a sellout to the two-party system, man -- (link) - mr monkey Nov 7, 15:51
Mookie Betts is an AL MVP finalist as is Mike Trout and Jose Altuve -- nm - Beaker Nov 7, 15:43 15
- we're naming "finalists" now? when did this nonsense start? -- nm* - ML Nov 7, 16:52
- Kyle Hendricks and Jon Lester are both finalists for the Cy Young award along with Max Scherzer of the Nationals. -- nm - Beaker Nov 7, 15:44 13
  - Hendricks...there are 8 - 10 NL starters on bar with the best AL starter. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 7, 16:37 2
    - James Shields -- nm - mr monkey Nov 7, 16:38 1
      - That's 80-100 NL starters. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 7, 16:41
  - Red Sox's Rick Porcello is an AL Cy Young Award finalist. Corey Kluber and Justin Verlander are the others. -- nm - Beaker Nov 7, 15:44 9
    - Given those 3 Verlander. - Will Hunting Nov 7, 16:33
    - NL Manager of the year finalists announced Monday are Dusty Baker, Joe Maddon and Dave Roberts. -- nm - Beaker Nov 7, 15:45 7
      - Kris Bryant has been named a finalist for the NL MVP along with Daniel Murphy of the Nationals and Corey Seager of the Dodgers -- nm - Beaker Nov 7, 16:19 3
        
        Bryant. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 7, 16:34
        
        Bryant > Seager > Murphy. Murphy is such an awful fielder that it's going to cost him. -- nm - Krusty Nov 7, 16:32
        
        Huh. Surprised Rizzo isn't there. Probably improves Bryant's odds of winning. -- nm - pmb Nov 7, 16:25
      - Baker "probably didn't kill any of his pitchers" this year so he gets nommed. - iSpam Nov 7, 15:58
      - Gary Sanchez and some other guys are finalists for the Rookie of the Year. :-) -- nm - Krusty Nov 7, 15:53 1
        
        congrats, Some Other Guys -- nm - mr monkey Nov 7, 16:18
The last Hillary line is long -- (link) - mr monkey Nov 7, 15:35 5
- Well ...Springsteen -- nm - zeit spiced geist Nov 7, 16:24 2
  - and Bon Jovi, apparently -- nm* - mr monkey Nov 7, 16:27 1
    - Because she's living on a prayer -- nm - Bacon Nov 7, 16:28
- In my pants! -- nm - Bill Clinton Nov 7, 16:09
- It's the 8th largest gathering in human history! -- nm - Junius P. TWuGriguez Nov 7, 15:36
I will say this about Westworld (spoils) - Jovian Nov 7, 15:34 17
- Unless... -- (edited) - Inigo Nov 7, 16:31 1
  - What you talkin bout Willis? -- nm - Arnold Nov 7, 16:33
- Completely agreed. -- nm - David's iPad Nov 7, 15:43
- Let me give you one name that makes that possible. - Bacon Nov 7, 15:36 3
  - That's not what Dumb and Dumber were doing -- nm - mr monkey Nov 7, 15:38 2
    - I am just saying the lack of oversight happens. -- nm - Bacon Nov 7, 15:40 1
      - It's been pretty firmly established in the show that there are multiple redundancies built into the hosts and the systems to keep it from happening - mr monkey Nov 7, 15:45
- Yup -- nm - mr monkey Nov 7, 15:35 9
  - Blacklist level writing is what it is. -- nm - Jovian Nov 7, 15:43 8
    - Oh don't go there. No no no -- nm - Bacon Nov 7, 15:45 7
      - well just that piece. that is why it was so jarring. and also so damn disappointing. - Jovian Nov 7, 15:48 6
        
        I didn't have a problem with it until you people. You are ruining my fun. spoilers - Bacon Nov 7, 15:49 5
        
        See thats the part (spoils) - Jovian Nov 7, 15:53 4
        
        spoilers - Bacon Nov 7, 15:55 3
        
        it was all but explicit - Reagen Nov 7, 16:07 1
        
        I missed that. -- nm - Bacon Nov 7, 16:14
        
        right exactly (spoils) - Jovian Nov 7, 15:59
"Now, what was I doing? I was doing something really important..... OH YEAH!" -- (link) - mara Nov 7, 15:32
I hope Obama passes on his hurricane repelling powers to Clinton. -- (link) - Reagen Nov 7, 15:31
Encarnacion's agent thinks he is worth 5 years $125M on open market -- nm - Beaker Nov 7, 15:30 4
- I'd say 4 years at $80m or so is more reasonable. -- nm - Krusty Nov 7, 16:25
- Jays have extended qualifying offers to him and Bautista ($17.2M) -- nm - Beaker Nov 7, 15:30 2
  - kinda had to even if they had no intention of signing. -- nm - Reagen Nov 7, 16:01 1
    - Right. It gets them the compensation draft pick when they sign elsewhere. -- nm - Krusty Nov 7, 16:23
I found George W Bush difficult to listen to because he never sounded like he had a deep knowledge of anything. But Trump sounds gleeful and proud of - Junius P. TWuGriguez Nov 7, 15:29 2
- Did you see Hamilton's America on PBS? They interview a number of people, including Obama and Bush. - Mop Nov 7, 16:12
- because his supporters are gleeful and proud of their own ignorance. -- nm - Jovian Nov 7, 15:45
Can't believe how comfortable I am with my Stalker assignment this year. Usually I stress over it for days. -- nm - Meg Nov 7, 15:26 4
- you must have gotten mel -- nm - mr monkey Nov 7, 15:27 3
  - Well I do have a garage full of cardboard boxes - the one the roaster oven came in is **Huge** -- nm - Meg Nov 7, 15:53
  - Banana Surprise Yumstation!! -- nm - Beaker Nov 7, 15:31 1
    - My Stalkee is getting one of these. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 7, 15:44
"Indication Derrick Henry's calf injury will be an issue: Titans promote RB David Fluellen from their practice squad and waive CB Cody Riggs." -- nm - Beaker Nov 7, 15:26
Another reason to love Chance the Rapper. -- (edited) - pmb Nov 7, 15:23 8
- Anything to keep the rabble from voting. - Mop Nov 7, 16:27
- The crowd is currently chanting "Let's go vote". -- nm* - pmb Nov 7, 15:54 1
  - Nice! -- nm - Krusty Nov 7, 16:00
- Traitor -- nm* - iSpam Nov 7, 15:25 4
  - ? -- nm - pmb Nov 7, 15:26 3
    - He jumped on the Cubs bandwagon hard. -- nm - iSpam Nov 7, 15:27 2
      - Like I said, another reason to love Chance the Rapper. -- nm - pmb Nov 7, 15:28 1
        
        Like I said.... - iSpam Nov 7, 15:29
As I was working today I was pondering the election tomorrow. I honestly don't see any way Hillary loses tomorrow - Bacon Nov 7, 15:22 31
- grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. -- nm - b. Nov 7, 16:19
- FFS -- nm - Tim Nov 7, 16:19
- Damn dude. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 7, 16:11 4
  - He really hates us. -- nm - Mop Nov 7, 16:13 3
    - Relax brother. We got this. -- nm - Bacon Nov 7, 16:14 2
      - If anything the tightened polls removed complacency that voters might just stay home. -- nm - Bacon Nov 7, 16:15 1
        
        IT'S ALL PART OF THE PLAN! -- nm - Mop Nov 7, 16:23
- I heard a rumor that you voted for the best person this year. - David's iPad Nov 7, 15:45 1
  - I did I did. -- nm - Bacon Nov 7, 15:47
- dude wtf -- nm - Jovian Nov 7, 15:29
- LOL -- nm - iSpam Nov 7, 15:28 3
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    - You must be new to ST ... -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 7, 15:47 1
      - /the Internet/ -- nm - Beryllium Nov 7, 16:16
- Jibbers Crabst, man! You're supposed to use your powers for good! -- nm - Junius P. TWuGriguez Nov 7, 15:28
- If she loses, I'm afraid we're going to have to kill you. You know that, right? -- nm - mara Nov 7, 15:26 7
  - I'm all caught up with How To Get Away With Murder so we're all set. -- nm - Qale Nov 7, 17:04
  - When I was filling out that election survey I was playing with an electoral map and getting Trump to win had to have some really way out scenarios. - Bacon Nov 7, 15:29 5
    - Listen, you weren't wrong about that when it was just in your head. SAYING IT OUT LOUD activates your curse powers! So STFU! - Junius P. TWuGriguez Nov 7, 15:32 4
      - BTW, after watching the market today you were right. It passed back over where I sold. So at this point in time I will spend more. -- nm - Bacon Nov 7, 15:33 3
        
        You gotta just learn to let the highs and lows pass unless you really have a short time frame on needing the money back - Junius P. TWuGriguez Nov 7, 15:35 1
        
        I agree. And had I been giving another person advice I would say hold long. - Bacon Nov 7, 15:39
        
        Unless Trump wins then I will get stocks for pennies on the dollar -- nm - Bacon Nov 7, 15:34
- don't *say* things like that! You don't say things like that! -- nm - Reagen Nov 7, 15:26 6
  - Yeah, when I said "figure out a way to weaponize Redmond" I probably should have realized there would be unintended consequences. nm - ralph wiggum Nov 7, 15:43 3
    - It probably wouldn't hurt for everyone to spin in a circle three times then cross themselves with a chicken foot in the mirror. -- nm - Reagen Nov 7, 16:06
    - So it's *your* fault! J'accuse! -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 7, 15:45 1
      - She's a Viking at that. -- nm - Junius P. TWuGriguez Nov 7, 15:48
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    - Itta da joke-a - Reagen Nov 7, 15:31
- oh god . . . -- nm - mr monkey Nov 7, 15:24
the only lesson Donaldo will take away from being "disciplined" in the last few weeks is that he woulda won if they hadn't put the shackles back on -- nm - mr monkey Nov 7, 15:21 4
- I'm fine with that. That means that after the election, he's gonna go on tilt. - Mop Nov 7, 16:35
- I could give two shits whether he learns or not. Just get him out of here. Fuck that guy -- nm - Bacon Nov 7, 15:23 2
  - Yeah. F*ck him in his stupid f*cking face. Heh. -- nm - Diva Nov 7, 15:50 1
    - Best post ever -- nm - Bacon Nov 7, 15:51
TV PSA: Gotham, Lucifer, DWTS, Kevin Can Wait, Supergirl, Voice, Raw, Man With A Plan, 2 Broke Girls, Jane the Virgin, Odd Couple, Scorpion, -- nm - Beaker Nov 7, 15:19 1
- SNL Election Special, Conviction, Samantha Bee, Bills @ Seahawks, other stuff -- nm - Beaker Nov 7, 15:20

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