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Hillary Clinton - Mannequin Challenge complete -- (link) - budice Nov 8, 06:46
Belichick-gate continues! -- (link) - ML Nov 8, 06:41 2
- Doesn't matter to me because I couldn't hate him any more than I already do. Splitter! -- nm - Che Krustyvara Nov 8, 06:46
- well, damn. I stand corrected. - Diva Nov 8, 06:43
Freebies for Election day..... - budice Nov 8, 06:41
Long lines means high turnout? And the conventional wisdom is high turnout favors Dems? -- nm - TWuG Nov 8, 06:38 3
- A word of caution - I recall despondent Republicans early in the day on 2004 because of implied turnout numbers. -- nm - Reagen Nov 8, 06:48 1
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- The conventional wisdom is that higher turnout favors Dems, yes. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 8, 06:46
Electronic verification was down. Electronic voting machines nonfunctional. Line was 75 people deep. I stuck it out. -- nm - Baron More Dough Nov 8, 06:35 1
- They had trouble with a couple of first time voters not being in the system at mine and they had to vote provisional. -- nm - spamlet Nov 8, 06:48
OMG Bery, you're the best! -- nm - ML Nov 8, 06:27
things you don't want to hear from your fireplace installer ten minutes after they arrive: - windows jones Nov 8, 06:25 6
- note: either the fireplace guys or the inside of my fireplace smell like cheese. -- nm - windows jones Nov 8, 06:41 2
  - I hope it's the guys because they'll eventually leave. Can't say the same if the smell is from the fireplace. -- nm - Che Krustyvara Nov 8, 06:44
  - girl on fire - place -- nm - budice Nov 8, 06:43
- "We might have to take out that to load bearing wall there " -- nm - decline Nov 8, 06:36
- "I voted for Trump" -- nm - znufrii Nov 8, 06:25 1
  - the older dude def did. -- nm - windows jones Nov 8, 06:26
Caveman: 2nd place is 6-3; 8th place is 5-4 (they play this week) as do 4th vs 5th and 1st vs 3rd.... -- nm - Beaker Nov 8, 06:20
n*bbah news: Coastal Carolina will vote as a team today -- (link) - budice Nov 8, 06:19
Yay or Nay a universal start and stop time for all polls nationally - eag Nov 8, 06:18 11
- Yay. Just do it 3 AM to 3 AM Eastern time. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 8, 06:37
- I don't understand why it isn't a holiday. That solves a lot of problems. -- nm - volnelk Nov 8, 06:35 5
  - i think you should be required to have 3 hours off between 9-5 pm. So if you don't start work till 6pm, you work as usual. If you -- (edited) - Andie Nov 8, 06:38 4
    - You have to have 2 hours of time to vote if you are unable to vote outside of working hours. -- nm - spamlet Nov 8, 06:49
    - Jobs are required to give you time to go vote if you work a long shift that would cover voting hours. I don't know how long they have to give you but - Che Krustyvara Nov 8, 06:43
    - Half-holiday. -- nm - volnelk Nov 8, 06:40 1
      - but that is only really applicable to 9 to 5ers. it's tricky because other people have problems getting there too. people with two jobs. etc. -- nm - Andie Nov 8, 06:42
- No. I want it as easy as possible for people to vote and opening polls in the west at 3am or closing them at 6pm when people are still leaving work - Che Krustyvara Nov 8, 06:20 3
  - Well if I had my way I would have the election on the weekend. -- nm - eag Nov 8, 06:26 1
    - Me too. I'd make it a three day weekend with voting Sat. through Monday. -- nm - Che Krustyvara Nov 8, 06:27
  - yup, different time zones makes it a non-starter -- nm - Beaker Nov 8, 06:21
Looks like about 11% of Minnesotans cast absentee ballots in advance of today (myself included). -- (edited) - ML Nov 8, 06:16
Captain America voted for Hillary -- (link) - budice Nov 8, 06:16 3
- Captain America is a loser ! -- nm - Donald Trump Nov 8, 06:23
- Oh man I can't wait to find out who all my favorite celebs voted for today it's gonna be so exciting and interesting. -- nm - ML Nov 8, 06:17 1
  - Like Mike Pence! -- nm - Reagen Nov 8, 06:38
Paul Ryan: if Hillary wins, the Affordable Care Act is here to stay (nmbl). - Brian Nov 8, 06:15 1
- Hooray!! -- nm - rollo Nov 8, 06:25
Canada has 6 time zones -- nm - Beaker Nov 8, 06:15 2
- A human head weighs eight pounds. -- nm - ML Nov 8, 06:15 1
  - How many heads did you have to cut off to get the average? -- nm* - Beaker Nov 8, 06:16
Sorry Dawson i didn't vote for your BFF. -- nm - iSpam Nov 8, 06:14 1
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"About 15 percent of the accounts on the Twitter feed discussing elections in the U.S. are bots." - ML Nov 8, 06:13
Cause no one demanded it: Bob Arum: Manny Pacquiao rematch with Floyd Mayweather likely -- (link) - Beaker Nov 8, 06:12 2
- I saw that and didn't care. -- nm - Diva Nov 8, 06:17
- If either of them fought Terrance Crawford, now that would be something. It's a shame Arum and GB wouldn't let this happen a decade ago. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 8, 06:17
Stolen from FB: "I can't wait to see the Series Finale of The United States of America tonight!" -- nm - Andie Nov 8, 06:12 1
- HA! my physio guy said that to me just now :) -- nm - Beaker Nov 8, 06:12
An hour and 10 minute wait to vote -- nm - Remlikphone Nov 8, 06:11
I was number 36 at my voting place waited about 25 minutes -- nm - eag Nov 8, 06:11
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- His headquarters is next door to my gf's job. She's not looking forward to going to work later. - Che Krustyvara Nov 8, 06:19 1
  - ugh, that would be awful. -- nm - Andie Nov 8, 06:23
My old town there was never more than 10 in line. Here? Easily 100+ waiting -- nm - decline Nov 8, 06:08
Confession: I voted with my fly completely open - oblique Nov 8, 06:05 7
- No, you're getting screwed, not doing the screwing. Honest mistake tbf -- nm - iSpam Nov 8, 06:18 1
  - Polls open. Flys open. -- nm - oblique Nov 8, 06:20
- Made me check! -- nm - Remlikphone Nov 8, 06:16 1
  - just doing my civic duty -- nm - oblique Nov 8, 06:17
- Story of the day. -- nm - budice Nov 8, 06:15
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- so did Trump -- nm - Beaker Nov 8, 06:07
early MLB Hot Stove review -- (link) - Beaker Nov 8, 06:02 1
- I have to say that I'm really surprised the Mets made a QO for Neil Walker. He should accept it because I can't see him doing better elsewhere. - Che Krustyvara Nov 8, 06:17
so glad i live in a small suburb. the voting place in KC had a line snaking out of the parking lot, people where parking on the street - tRuMaN Nov 8, 05:51 1
- I was very surprised to see how long the lines are here. My gf is on line right now and it's two blocks long. - Che Krustyvara Nov 8, 06:00
from my SF recap: "SHA was able to win despite putting up the smallest point total of any winning team in the league this week." - oblique Nov 8, 05:51
Gentlemen, start your engines -- (link) - oblique Nov 8, 05:45 1
- At least she's honest with her caption, since posts like that are all about being told she's hot by strangers on the internet -- nm - Guigue Nov 8, 05:52
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- People like complaining. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 8, 05:56 1
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- the SMOD final pitch appears to be "Republicans made up a bunch of crazy bullshit about Clinton, so vote for no one!" - Reagen Nov 8, 05:55
- At this point, there's nothing we can do about it. We're going to have one of those two. That's it. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 8, 05:49 2
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    - I can recall back in 1999/2000 when Trump was considering running for the Reform party, thinking it would be good for him to run in a "shake up the - Reagen Nov 8, 05:58
Saw Doctor Strange last night. Overall I liked it. Had one big problem with it. Two actually. (spoilers) - volnelk Nov 8, 05:40 5
- well, spoils? - tRuMaN Nov 8, 05:59 3
  - ~Montage/what we need here is a montage~ -- nm - Reagen Nov 8, 06:18
  - Then it's edited poorly, imo. -- nm - volnelk Nov 8, 06:17 1
    - it could be. sense of time is a hard thing for a lot of movies to provide. -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 8, 06:37
- Not really (spoils) -- (edited) - Reagen Nov 8, 05:44
Voted. No line but steady pace. I was #89. New polling place since I moved so I can't compare. -- nm - Dano Nov 8, 05:35
Arrival - A- -- nm - LMS Nov 8, 05:34
40 people in line at my voting location. - znufrii Nov 8, 05:23 12
- lots of folks reporting long lines here. -- nm - Diva Nov 8, 06:22
- #169 -- nm - znufrii Nov 8, 05:52
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  - I voted at a different location in 2012, so I don't have a comparison, but people were saying it was a lot busier this year. -- nm - znufrii Nov 8, 06:12
- About the same here. -- nm - iSpam Nov 8, 05:35 5
  - Whoa, just got inside building and they're using iPads for registration. No paper rolls. -- nm - iSpam Nov 8, 05:38 4
    - And the line for paper ballots is 3x longer than to use the touchscreen. -- nm - iSpam Nov 8, 05:38
    - Rigged! -- nm - Reagen Nov 8, 05:38 2
      - Makes the check in line go.much faster because all 3 can do everyone. - iSpam Nov 8, 05:44 1
        
        yup. except we still used the paper ballots at my location. -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 8, 06:00
- I don't recall this happening before. My polling place opened at 6am and I got there a little before. Maybe 30 people in line - oblique Nov 8, 05:35
- Just got to school after voting. Probably 300 people in line at 6:30. -- nm - volnelk Nov 8, 05:30
And it's finally here. RCP Final Predictions HRC 272 Trump 266, Rep 51-49 in Senate. 538 has HRC with 302 EV. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 8, 05:08 4
- I'm rooting so hard for McMullin. -- nm* - ML Nov 8, 06:01
- If you just go by 538's map, it's 323 to 215, but I get it's two different calculations. -- nm - Inigo Nov 8, 05:15
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  - I've been saying 350+ for months. I think I entered 330 in Reagen's contest. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 8, 05:16
so, insomnia + anxieties + time change = total suckage ... -- nm - call me Ishmael Nov 8, 04:57
Prince Harry blasts media for their intrusion over his new girlfriend -- (link) - Beaker Nov 8, 04:33
Here's how crazy this election has been: -- (link) - Reagen Nov 8, 04:16
Buffalo ran 82 plays to SEA 42, outgained them by 147 yards, over 40 minutes TOP, yet still somehow lost the game. -- nm* - Strongbad Nov 8, 04:11 3
- "Somehow" -- nm - Dark Callisto Nov 8, 04:17 2
  - Precisely -- nm* - prayformojo Nov 8, 05:28
  - *runs into you* -- nm - Richard Sherman Nov 8, 04:30
TV PSA: US Election, Smackdown, Aftermath, Ink Master, Drunk History, other stuff -- nm* - Beaker Nov 8, 03:20
great job by the refs in the Seahawks/Bills game. -- (link) - Beaker Nov 8, 03:18
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- Your mom. -- nm - znufrii Nov 8, 05:24
- Vote for Prell to go back to the old glass bottle. nm - ralph wiggum Nov 8, 05:18
- Richard Sherman -- nm - Strongbad Nov 8, 05:06
- Gary Johnson. -- nm - Roger More Nov 8, 05:04
- Donald does have letters of support from some of history's greatest. Abe Lincoln wrote him a personal letter as did George Washington, he said so -- nm* - Beaker Nov 8, 03:58
- Does Lyndon LaRouche still run? -- nm - mafic Nov 8, 03:26 2
  - No. I think the Larouchies finally died out even in IL. - iSpam Nov 8, 05:40
  - Perhaps some literature for your perusal? -- (link) - mafic Nov 8, 03:28
Apparently Knoxville Notch had 100% voter turn out, PANIC PANIC...the other towns with midnight voting went for drumpf 2/3rds -- nm - zeit spiced geist Nov 8, 02:09
OK folks, it's that time. The killfile now supports blocking words. - Beryllium Nov 8, 01:34 6
- Can I use a asterisk to truncate DOOOOM? It doesn't always have the same number of Os. -- nm - Mara Nov 8, 06:05
- wait, we could block people? how did I not know this? -- nm - Crashquick Nov 8, 04:41
- I*R*Y*S -- nm - zeit spiced geist Nov 8, 02:05
- disagree -- nm - con_carne Nov 8, 02:02
- Will it baconhammer specific words? -- nm - mafic Nov 8, 01:52
- Canoodling -- nm - Max Nov 8, 01:44
from bb's, so decline wants a baby kangaroo ...? Check! - JenBro Nov 8, 01:28 8
- you could just chuck one in your purse. They like living in bags, and they're pretty chill for a few months. -- nm - mafic Nov 8, 01:51 7
  - I'm still in Kiwi land - did the glow worm caves today & the hobbiton movie set - so cool! -- nm - JenBro Nov 8, 02:08 6
    - The glow worms are awesome. I went to hobbiton between lotr and the hobbit, when it was just an unfinished concrete bunker. Is it nicer now? -- nm - mafic Nov 8, 02:17 3
      - Pretty amazing -I will get my & John's photos up once I'm back next month - we had a PERFECT day for it today. -- nm - JenBro Nov 8, 02:23 2
        
        where else you headed in NZ? -- nm - mafic Nov 8, 03:25 1
        
        In Rotorura now - then off to Queenstown - Melbourne - Cairns - Port Douglas & Sydney - then to Fiji Sofitol for 9 days. - JenBro Nov 8, 08:16
    - you get to tour Billbo's hobit hole? -- nm - zeit spiced geist Nov 8, 02:10 1
      - Only allowed to see the outside - still pretty epic! Got to have a drink in the Green Dragon tho! -- nm - JenBro Nov 8, 02:16
Cumberbatch on Corden = winning -- nm - Beryllium Nov 8, 00:50
I watched a bit of The Odd Couple tonight. Some of it was good, but the audience reactions when celebs I didn't recognize cameo'd were unnerving. - Beryllium Nov 7, 23:53 2
- Yes, it was actually pretty cool. - JaxSean Nov 8, 04:26
- oh, I see. - Beryllium Nov 8, 00:29
Baseball Jesus! -- (link) - mr monkey Nov 7, 22:49
IF Trump wins and he gets Mexico to build the wall. That is thousands of new jobs for Mexican citizens and not 1 job for any American. -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 7, 22:40 1
- also who provides the materials, lowest bidders chyna, mexico....but of course he won't pay them, what are they gonna do, start a war -- nm - zeit spiced geist Nov 8, 00:10
Make Yukon great again, Liberals rule the day -- (link) - budice Nov 7, 22:40 2
- This is a big deal for the Yukon, but bear in mind it's a territory of ~35,000 people, with 2/3 of them in one town. Yukon Party's been in power - mafic Nov 8, 01:49 1
  - did they run on the promise of Medical Meth -- nm - zeit spiced geist Nov 8, 02:07
Well, Bayley has locked up the coveted Glasgow vote. -- nm - David's iPad Nov 7, 22:34
So if that letter was fake, can Belichek sue trump for slander? -- nm - Beryllium Nov 7, 22:26
"And *I'm* Eric!" -- nm - Eric Trump '24 Nov 7, 22:11
an important 5000 year old Bronze Age city has been found in Iraq -- (link) - Peglegpete Nov 7, 22:07

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