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You know what you need to think about right now? Super fluffy bunnies. Aaaahhhhhh -- (link*) - Andie Nov 9, 12:45
My rough math puts my family's extra expenses due to California passing the no free plastic bags prop at anywhere from $110-$145 a year. - IrishStephen Nov 9, 12:33 16
- Just bring cloth bags. (when the law changed here, all of sudden you realize you never see them as litter anymore.) -- nm* - Andie Nov 9, 12:46
- I use reusable bags too. - Loyola Nov 9, 12:43
- Stephen, I can't believe any of our fellow STers haven't thought of this yet, but what if they made a reusable bag? -- nm - crash davis Nov 9, 12:41 1
  - Your ideas intrigue me, and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter! -- nm - IrishStephen Nov 9, 12:52
- As state we rejected the Prop 65 to have the proceeds from the sale of bags go to environmental programs and Yes to a ban on free bags - JD Nov 9, 12:41
- Ikea bags for a buck. -- nm - budice Nov 9, 12:38
- Or you could use reusable bags. -- nm - . Nov 9, 12:37
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- why not just buy a bunch of those reusable bags ? -- nm* - decline Nov 9, 12:35
- serious, non-snark response: Can't you negate that cost increase by buying a handful of reusable bags, often available for 99 cents? -- nm - ty97 Nov 9, 12:35 4
  - Reusable bags get dirty or trap bacteria, and have to be washed or thrown out and repurchased. - IrishStephen Nov 9, 12:42 1
    - Don't put raw meat in a cotton bag, usually there are produce bags to wrap meats in so juice doesn't leak, $5 gets a washable bag -- nm - zeit spiced geist Nov 9, 12:46
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    - I don't see how it does? -- nm - ty97 Nov 9, 12:40
- Buy a couple of large tote bags. We've been using them for years at Aldi/Costco. -- nm - spamlet Nov 9, 12:34 1
  - Chicago did this. Our office is technically in Chicago so the Jewel had to implement this. For a while they were seemingly not going to bag stuff - oblique Nov 9, 12:41
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- You're a millionaire? -- nm - . Nov 9, 12:34 6
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    - Worked for Kansas. nm - Dignan Nov 9, 12:45 1
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    - I don't understand how you would work less. -- nm - crash davis Nov 9, 12:44 2
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      - deregulation -- nm - decline Nov 9, 12:46
Heh. US stocks are approaching a record high. -- (link) - ML Nov 9, 12:32
Maybe I need to move to California -- (link) - ty97 Nov 9, 12:26 1
- We're going to pay for that. -- nm - jnine Nov 9, 13:38
weird question, if Trump wanted to replace Pence before inauguration, could he? -- nm - crash davis Nov 9, 12:24 2
- "I'm Eric!" nm - Dignan Nov 9, 12:29
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- Mainly, I think they tinker around the edges and call it something else. - spamlet Nov 9, 12:31 3
  - I've heard some talk that large parts of it really can't be because of how they're integrated into other laws - Reagen Nov 9, 12:35 2
    - There's a reason the original bill ran several hundred pages and nobody read it before voting on it. -- nm - spamlet Nov 9, 12:37
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- Medicaid to block grants, cross-state plan purchases allowed and HSA's is all I've heard -- (edited) - decline Nov 9, 12:26 1
  - The irony is that the pre-existing clause is the one thing that the GOP really wanted. -- nm - . Nov 9, 12:28
- They've had 30 years to come up with something and so far haven't. -- nm - . Nov 9, 12:25
- Here's one of the current proposals. -- (link) - Strongbad Nov 9, 12:25
Future American history books will show Trump as President -- (edited) - budice Nov 9, 12:21 2
- It's not a secret. Everyone knows. -- nm - jnine Nov 9, 13:43
- well yes, that's how history works -- nm - ML Nov 9, 12:24
If I ran for President on the sole position of not letting old frail people adopt strong large breed dogs, would I have your vote? - IrishStephen Nov 9, 12:16 14
- you would be looking out for my mother - who needs this to be a motto tacked in her home - so yes - you got my vote -- nm - Epiphany Nov 9, 12:45
- Esp ones that startle and leap away when you are stepping around or over -- nm - zeit spiced geist Nov 9, 12:23
- there's a woman in my development who has a dog that literally drags her around every day -- nm - decline Nov 9, 12:22
- can you tell them it has house training issues? -- nm - Andie Nov 9, 12:18 8
  - I told them it's not house trained, it has no manners, i.e. obedience training, or leash training, that it likes to jump and give bear hugs...all true - IrishStephen Nov 9, 12:25 7
    - Do you think they merely want him so just so they'll feel safer? Not that it's ever a good idea to have a dog that you can't control. - Diva Nov 9, 12:33 5
      - Yes, I believe that's definitely part of it, though they didn't explicitely say it. But, they're also of the "we've had Shepherds in the past" variety - IrishStephen Nov 9, 12:35 4
        
        I have a co-worker who has always had shepherds. She puts them all through that German military dog training. - Diva Nov 9, 12:43 1
        
        Yeah, see, with a less active older dog that you've had since it was young, that's one thing. But it's just not fair to a young, active puppy if you - IrishStephen Nov 9, 12:52
        
        An Aunt and Uncle had them when I was growing up. Love the breed. They always seemed like a sturdier more serious version of... - Mel Profit Nov 9, 12:42 1
        
        My Shepherd growing up used to give us the serious stink eye when we tried playing this trick on him. Like he was saying "really, we're going to go - IrishStephen Nov 9, 12:46
    - you should move him to another kennel and put a chihuahua in his place - maybe they won't notice -- nm - decline Nov 9, 12:30
- I can't have my Prez be a one issue guy. But I'd support you on a CA Ballot Prop. -- nm - crash davis Nov 9, 12:17 1
  - Fair enough! -- nm - IrishStephen Nov 9, 12:26
I got into my car to go home for lunch. Immediately the radio started playing "Bittersweet Symphony" - crash davis Nov 9, 12:13
Edit: never mind, found it. Johnson/Weld pulled 3.2% nationally. That's the best showing, by a large margin, in the Libertarian Party's history. -- nm* - ML Nov 9, 12:12 3
- 3.2% -- (link) - oblique Nov 9, 12:17
- It's probably not all in yet, takes a few days to certify the results, it was a lot of 2%, stein half a percent which would have swung a few swing st -- nm - zeit spiced geist Nov 9, 12:17
- 3% ish -- (link) - Inigo Nov 9, 12:16
So Guliani the next AG right? - eag Nov 9, 12:11 8
- Dr. Carson has been rumored for HHS. - Strongbad Nov 9, 12:31 2
  - I truly think Carson would make a wonderful Surgeon General. But he shouldn't be doing policy, no way. -- nm - ML Nov 9, 12:36
  - *laughing* -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 9, 12:35
- that's what I'm reading most often and Newt for Sec State. Forrest Lucas (Lucas Oil) for Sec Interior and climate denier Myron Ebell to gut the EPA -- nm - decline Nov 9, 12:21 3
  - When Newt was Speaker wasn't he one of those guys who was proud to not have a passport? Because it was cool to not ever go anywhere to try to - Diva Nov 9, 12:39 2
    - I assume he's got one now but it would amuse me if he had to get one. - Mel Profit Nov 9, 12:43
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- Chris Christie, Sec'y of Transportation -- nm - budice Nov 9, 12:12
The left establishment hates Trump and the right establishment hates Trump. Maybe he *will* unite us. nm - Dignan Nov 9, 12:05
"Depressing new photos of Europe's doomed Mars probe show it exploded into pieces" -- (link*) - ML Nov 9, 12:05 6
- From the perspective of the Martians, we just bombed them. -- nm - David Nov 9, 12:11
- *selfie* *photobomb* -- nm - Curiosity Nov 9, 12:08
- "shot down by aliens' -- nm - decline Nov 9, 12:06 3
  - I will welcome the impending Alien Invasion -- nm* - eag Nov 9, 12:08 2
    - Trump is the Alien -- nm - budice Nov 9, 12:10 1
      - Well maybe there are other Aliens out there that will be merciful. with us. -- nm - eag Nov 9, 12:12
Well I don't think Goddell will be messing with the Pats anymore - eag Nov 9, 12:05
Flu shot shotted. -- nm - Andie Nov 9, 12:02
Iowa: Des Moines students stage walkout over Trump victory -- (link) - oblique Nov 9, 12:02 1
- CA: Bay Area HS students walk out -- (link) - oblique Nov 9, 12:13
So, if the ACA gets repealed would medicaid stop being offered to poor people in the states that accepted federal money? -- nm - Inigo Nov 9, 11:59 2
- I assume it the expansion disappears when the money runs out. They've talked about an alternative source of funds in block grants, but it wouldn't be -- (link) - mara Nov 9, 12:03
- Medicaid will most likely transition to block grants -- nm - decline Nov 9, 12:00
It's going to be confusing. I betcha Roe v. Wade gets seriously targeted but I'll also bet that LGBT acceptance amongst Republicans quickly rises. -- (edited) - Name Withheld by Request Nov 9, 11:58 7
- I can see the L and the G, but there is serious pushback on the T -- nm - crash davis Nov 9, 12:19
- Title IX's in trouble. Planned Parenthood. Basically this is going to be bad for women in general. -- nm - . Nov 9, 12:17
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  - So would SSM become states rights thing? I figure original roe would stay, just legislated out of existence, 10mon waiting period -- nm - zeit spiced geist Nov 9, 12:43
- Well, they might *say* they accept it, but do they really? How can we know anymore? -- nm - mara Nov 9, 11:59 2
  - Not for nothing but I watched how quickly genuine acceptance and then advocacy spread amongst Canadian conservatives. - Name Withheld by Request Nov 9, 12:09 1
    - Pence is not one of those people. -- nm - . Nov 9, 12:19
Trump is still scheduled to take the witness stand in 3 weeks for the Trump U fraud case -- nm - decline Nov 9, 11:58
I don't want to point fingers, but bad things keep happening since Will and Kelly moved here. -- nm - David Nov 9, 11:56 4
- But the Jets scored eight goals last night. I'm really torn. nm - Dignan Nov 9, 12:03 3
  - Wasn't that draft supposed to be Austin Matthews and then everybody else? -- nm - David Nov 9, 12:07 2
    - There was some small talk of Laine jumping over him. - Reagen Nov 9, 12:12
    - I think it was Matthews, Laine...Puljujarvi............the rest. nm - Dignan Nov 9, 12:11
$948 - average price for UFC 205 ticket on StubHub -- nm - Strongbad Nov 9, 11:53 12
- It's an epic card for sure. nm - Dignan Nov 9, 11:59 11
  - The Free TV prelims are going to be great. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 9, 12:03 10
    - When Miller/Alves is on the early prelims, you know you're in for a good night. nm - Dignan Nov 9, 12:06 9
      - I am really looking foward to Khabib vs Johnson -- nm - Strongbad Nov 9, 12:09 8
        
        I'm generally not a huge fan of wrestlers, but it's good to finally see him back. nm - Dignan Nov 9, 12:12 7
        
        I want Conor vs. Khabib next. - Strongbad Nov 9, 12:16 6
        
        It'll be interesting to see if McGregor dodges that matchup. He probably should. - Dignan Nov 9, 12:22 5
        
        I'd also love to see Edgar get a shot at Conor at 145. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 9, 12:24 4
        
        I'd like to see it, but I think it'd go bad for Frankie. - Dignan Nov 9, 12:29 3
        
        Everything I've heard from Aldo is his heart's just not in it anymore. Yes, sad. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 9, 12:33 2
        
        I'm a fan of McGregor, but I think he's likely irrevocably damaged the sport. - Dignan Nov 9, 12:40 1
        
        I agree. - Strongbad Nov 9, 12:50
Scary. -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 9, 11:49 4
- Heh. -- nm - ML Nov 9, 11:52
- i don't believe that for a second. -- nm - Andie Nov 9, 11:51 1
  - ditto. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 9, 11:52
- Funny. No, wait, that is a joke, right? I mean, I can see that happening. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 9, 11:51
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- The problem is that you basically would need a Constitutional Convention to do it and that's not a can of worms anyone wants to open. - spamlet Nov 9, 12:06 5
  - All you'd need is oh, 20 solid years of the GOP handily winning the popular vote. nm - Dignan Nov 9, 12:17
  - Not if enough states pass the National Popular Vote bill. -- (link) - mara Nov 9, 12:12 1
    - I'd be careful on relying on stuff like this. Any state pulling out later smashes it to pieces. - spamlet Nov 9, 12:15
  - I think that's least true today of any day in my lifetime. - David Nov 9, 12:08
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- I agree. - Strongbad Nov 9, 11:55 4
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    - I am sure in some states, the IM is true. - Strongbad Nov 9, 12:02 2
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        The net effect appears to be +GOP but we have no way to verify that - Strongbad Nov 9, 12:18
- Aside from that, it actually does the opposite of what it was intended to do. - Inigo Nov 9, 11:53 18
  - Except a pure popular vote also has the effect of minimizing the percieved power of less populated areas compared to populated, an effect strongly -- (edited) - oblique Nov 9, 12:00 4
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      - I doubt that the person feeling unpowered (?) in the national election will take comfort in having equal representation in the Senate -- nm - oblique Nov 9, 12:03 2
        
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        I don't ultimately disagree with removing it. Best to slip it in now before the white voters realize they will soon be outnumbered by minorities :) - oblique Nov 9, 12:10
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    - "everyone would have equal power" ideas won't have a chance until the Baby Boomers are gone. -- nm - Max Nov 9, 11:58 11
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        I'm curious why you think that? I haven't looked at the data but I would think he skewed older. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 9, 12:13 5
        
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        But "older" started at 45 last night. -- nm - spamlet Nov 9, 12:16 3
        
        I'm friggin old!! -- nm - Diva Nov 9, 12:24
        
        that is true. I keep forgetting that. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 9, 12:17 1
        
        We're now "older". -- nm - spamlet Nov 9, 12:17
        
        How? -- nm - Max Nov 9, 12:12 3
        
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        But how do last night's election numbers disprove it? -- nm - Max Nov 9, 12:19 1
        
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- I agree. -- nm - groiny Nov 9, 11:50
"Donald Trump's win prompts embattled pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli to debut some songs off Wu-Tang album." -- (link) - ML Nov 9, 11:46 6
- of course. - Andie Nov 9, 11:48 5
  - I believe Bill Cosby is doing stand up. -- nm - jnine Nov 9, 12:00
  - I was thinking - who is going to sing at the Inaugurial Ball? -- nm - Epiphany Nov 9, 11:51 3
    - Ted Nugent and Travis Tritt. -- nm - Diva Nov 9, 11:57
    - A country music star with some cross-over appeal. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Nov 9, 11:56 1
      - Nugent of course, but there are usually multiple balls (not just chris christy's) -- nm - z Nov 9, 11:59

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