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Well ... I wonder if we can FOIA a phone call? -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 9, 20:04
how well do we think the Democrats will do in the 2018 midterms? -- nm - philip k mud Nov 9, 19:58 10
- democrats only bother to vote at big elections, I'm wondering if that's why the repubs gave up on civil rights and embraced fundies, they show up most -- nm - z Nov 9, 20:30
- Huge number to defend. -- nm - Doctor Spawn Nov 9, 20:21
- Depends what happens between now and then. -- nm - . Nov 9, 20:09
- Terribly. Midterms always suck for Dems. Turnout is super-GOP. -- nm - ty97 Nov 9, 20:05 5
  - I thought the opposing party always gained after a switch in the Oval. This gives me hope that we'll need only to last 2 yrs! -- nm - philip k mud Nov 9, 20:07 4
    - The 2018 map is ugly for Dems. -- nm - ty97 Nov 9, 20:09 3
      - hmm, ok. (btw, I'm glad you're still talking to me) -- nm - philip k mud Nov 9, 20:11 1
        
        I have differences o opinion with people here, sometimes vast, sometimes angrily - ty97 Nov 9, 20:13
      - Senatewise it's tough. Opposing party *usually* gains House seats. -- nm - Reagen Nov 9, 20:10
- waaaaay too soon to tell. -- nm - Reagen Nov 9, 20:02
Bery ... www.doestrumphavethenuclearcodesyet.com ... you should get that domain name. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 9, 19:57 9
- Or hastrumpbeenimpeachedyet.com? -- nm - . Nov 9, 20:12 2
  - Taken. Which is too bad, because it's a more sustainable idea than the nuclear codes. -- nm* - Beryllium Nov 9, 20:19 1
    - Trumpimpeachmentcountdown.com? -- nm - . Nov 9, 20:29
- Well, it's available. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 9, 19:58 5
  - How about trumpacolypse? -- nm - David's iPad Nov 9, 20:06 1
    - That domain is taken. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 9, 20:08
  - I don't know if I trust him not to persecute, though -- nm - Beryllium Nov 9, 20:00 2
    - I'll defend you! -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 9, 20:04 1
      - I'm seriously considering it. Along with Amazon ads. And a countdown timer. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 9, 20:07
It'll be interesting to see if Trump even travels to another country as President. -- nm - TWuG Nov 9, 19:44 3
- He apparently loves Scotland. Maybe he can go play golf for 4 years. -- nm - jnine Nov 9, 19:51
- he has to go to Mexico to pick up the check for the wall -- nm - crash davis Nov 9, 19:47 1
  - And he has to visit his businesses overseas. And I'm sure Putin has a standing invitation. -- nm* - . Nov 9, 19:49
Imagine the state of the union address. imagine him speaking to the nation in the event of tragedy. (sorry) -- nm - Reagen Nov 9, 19:32 17
- Actually, he might just tweet that instead. Problem solved. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 9, 19:56
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  - I wouldn't call it that - black humour is my natural state - Reagen Nov 9, 19:57
  - And what happens when the world tests him? Israel already wants him to bless their ouster of Palestine as a nation. - Beryllium Nov 9, 19:54 2
    - its gonna be China that tests him. watch. -- nm - Jovian Nov 9, 20:00 1
      - China *could* be the only member of the UN PSC not led by a radical next year - Reagen Nov 9, 20:02
- We already have, for the second part. -- nm - Roger More Nov 9, 19:40 4
  - ha. -- nm - Reagen Nov 9, 19:41 3
    - I wasn't joking - I was thinking of Orlando -- nm - Roger More Nov 9, 19:43 2
      - oh, I took it as meaning his acceptance speech. -- nm - Reagen Nov 9, 19:45 1
        
        :) -- nm - Roger More Nov 9, 20:23
- long pass -- nm - ty97 Nov 9, 19:40
- I was thinking of this earlier...what is he going to sound like during the first national tragedy? -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 9, 19:39 1
  - I know you are hurting America. I have been where you are, believe me. I have. Losing 4300 fellow citizens to terrorism is just like when my casino - Bacon Nov 9, 19:42
- I'd really rather not. Harper and Dubya ruined me for listening to bullshit spigots. - Beryllium Nov 9, 19:36 1
  - The pauses in a Dubya speech... -- nm - . Nov 9, 19:38
- "It was a great tragedy. I have the best tragedies." -- nm - David Nov 9, 19:34
Wow. This seems like an interesting bellwether anecdote -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 9, 19:30 2
- (the surrounding posts give context that it's interest from u.s. companies.) -- nm - b. Nov 9, 19:36 1
  - Yes. An entire 60-person company voted unanimously to move to Vancouver from the US. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 9, 19:45
Omarosa: Trump campaign keeping 'list' of enemies -- (link) - crash davis Nov 9, 19:25 3
- He won...like she'll be around for a minute longer than necessary. A black woman...he has no use for her now. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 9, 19:44
- Nixon type stuff -- nm - Bacon Nov 9, 19:34
- I'm pretty sure Chicago is on that list. -- nm - . Nov 9, 19:34
Yes, I changed up the ads. The sidebar ones were annoying me, and Amazon has a promotional thing going on. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 9, 19:18 4
- I'll check tomorrow, but -slack didn't show up on my first view through an item earlier. it does now, though; but I'd gone through the other way, and - b. Nov 9, 19:23
- I like them more this way. -- nm - mafic Nov 9, 19:19 2
  - It's supposed to recommend stuff, but so far I haven't seen it recommend anything from the product categories I gave it. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 9, 19:21 1
    - "Oatmeal...why did it have to be oatmeal?" -- nm* - . Nov 9, 19:23
Reports of people shot at anti-Trump protest in Seattle -- (link) - ty97 Nov 9, 19:15 2
- jeebus -- nm - crash davis Nov 9, 19:23
- wheeeee -- nm - Reagen Nov 9, 19:18
Lucifer fake piano playing is the best/worst fake piano playing -- nm - Reagen Nov 9, 19:05
Whether it bothers you or not, I think it might be time to retire the jinx gag - Reagen Nov 9, 18:57 5
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- "Get ready for a perfect landing on Mars!" -- nm - Max Nov 9, 19:12
- *drops mic* -- nm - Bacon Nov 9, 19:06
- Don't undersell him. -- nm - David Nov 9, 19:00
- I thought he topped out at a cubs ws win so what do I know? -- nm - iSpam Nov 9, 19:00
This gif will never fail to make me laugh. -- (link) - iSpam Nov 9, 18:56 7
- 15 yard penalty for the gif involving baseball, aka the most boring sport ever invented in the 19th century...nm - x Nov 9, 19:23 3
  - oh no you don't. no trying to distract from the hyde-o-love action today, man! -- nm - b. Nov 9, 19:26 2
    - it's entirely possible that my account was hacked... - x Nov 9, 19:36 1
      - I should always ask for a lunch report to confirm identity! -- nm - b. Nov 9, 19:37
- oh wow, I've never seen that. -- nm - b. Nov 9, 19:05
- it looks like it was going the other way, a boomerang helmet! -- nm - crash davis Nov 9, 19:02 1
  - Physics! - Reagen Nov 9, 19:03
Senate majority leader already poo-poo-ing Trump's plans for first 100 days -- (link) - oblique Nov 9, 18:50 10
- Well, I hope they don't do the things that would directly threaten my job security. - Beryllium Nov 9, 19:20
- heh. which explains why Levin had turned his vitriol to him already. - Jovian Nov 9, 19:09 5
  - Maybe they'll be split and need the Democrats to get a majority. My new wishful thinking. -- nm - jnine Nov 9, 19:26
  - the odds of the Republican party eating itself over this are also not insignificant. -- nm - Reagen Nov 9, 19:10 3
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      - I'm not counting on it in any fashion and am not making any kind of predictions for a while - Reagen Nov 9, 20:00
    - I think Dr. Frankenstein and the Monster haven't even started to fight. - Mel Profit Nov 9, 19:14
- of all the people who created Trump, McConnell is #1 on my list -- nm - crash davis Nov 9, 18:58 2
  - "Mitch McConnell. Newt Gingrich. Rupert Murdoch. Cersei Lannister. The Mountain. Sheldon Adelson..." -- nm - Reagen Nov 9, 19:00 1
    - "a crash has no name" (and Rudy will somewhere on the list) -- nm - crash davis Nov 9, 19:06
Trump movement moving to Australia -- (link) - Remlik Nov 9, 18:45 9
- it'd probably work in a few places. One Nation kind of already does it. - mafic Nov 9, 18:54 2
  - It is working, and it is a little scary -- nm - Karl_S Nov 9, 19:08
  - Fucking Pauline. nm - ralph wiggum Nov 9, 18:55
- it's basically impossible to read a "make australia great again" hat and have your brain not put it into an aussie accent....nm - x Nov 9, 18:51 3
  - Australia in this case must be pronounced in the traditional fashion "straya" -- nm - mafic Nov 9, 18:55
  - Moike Austrowlia groit agayn. nm - ralph wiggum Nov 9, 18:54 1
    - mayke straya grayt agin. -- nm - mafic Nov 9, 18:56
- wiggums have you ever wanted to be a Kellyanne Conway? -- nm - crash davis Nov 9, 18:49 1
  - I can confidently say: No. Never. nm - ralph wiggum Nov 9, 18:52
Dear WaPo -- (link) - oblique Nov 9, 18:44 18
- He's right. (Garrison Keillor) -- nm - . Nov 9, 19:38
- ah, garrison. I'm not even going to read past that first paragraph, because no. -- nm - b. Nov 9, 18:51
- I told someone earlier that he's the dog who actually caught the car and is currently chewing on the rear bumper. - David Nov 9, 18:50 11
  - Or Robert Redford at the end of The Candidate. -- nm - . Nov 9, 19:48
  - I think he is going to be bored after the rush of victory and parties and fun wears off and he's supposed to do the hard work. I think he'll step - jnine Nov 9, 19:35
  - I am currently trying to calculate the odds of - Reagen Nov 9, 18:54 8
    - I was thinking about that this morning - something makes me feel he's not going to complete his term. I sincerely hope it's not because of the - b. Nov 9, 19:04 2
      - when the Federal Bureau of Doofuses take a decent look, they'll wonder why they wasted their time with the Clinton Foundation -- nm - crash davis Nov 9, 19:08 1
        
        Or that rape of a 14 year old. - . Nov 9, 19:55
    - hmmmm, what exactly are the odds of garrison keillor getting impeached???...nm - x Nov 9, 19:01 2
      - Zero. He retired from Public radio. -- nm - . Nov 9, 19:56
      - maybe we can arrange a twofer. -- nm - Reagen Nov 9, 19:04
    - I haven't posted it, but Kim and I have discussed all of these possibilities. - David Nov 9, 18:57
    - I think the third is the most likely. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 9, 18:57
- from someone I went to HS with, a woman, and someone who voted for Trump basically voting against HRC as far as I can tell - oblique Nov 9, 18:47 3
  - I feel for her, to a point; but not taking ownership of her vote doesn't serve her well. - b. Nov 9, 18:59 1
    - I agree. It's part an parcel of the whole, "you shouldn't be offended when I say offensive things". - Mel Profit Nov 9, 19:12
  - But "I voted for someone who pushed the birther movement, proposed a ban on Muslims and called Mexicans rapists. Please respect my opinion" -- (edited) - Roger More Nov 9, 18:59
Crash - they would after we burned him on a pyre -- nm - Roger More Nov 9, 18:42 1
- I thought all the witchcraft laws were gone -- nm - crash davis Nov 9, 18:44
In lighter news, I just found my new political boyfriend. -- (link) - ReluctantCynic Nov 9, 18:41
If you think you have it bad, Jaime King went from Sin City to a CW show to Hallmark movies. -- nm - David Nov 9, 18:40 16
- still a lot better than Dana Plato -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 9, 18:44
- from a movie *with Johnny Depp* to Sin City... -- nm - mafic Nov 9, 18:41 1
  - Johnny Depp movie -> Pearl Harbor -> Seann William Scott love interest -> Sin City -- nm - Roger More Nov 9, 18:45
- what is lower on the scale. Hallmark movie or Lifetime movie? -- nm - Bacon Nov 9, 18:41 12
  - I just checked. - David Nov 9, 18:48 9
    - Aww, I like Nikki de boer -- nm - Beryllium Nov 9, 19:13
    - Ha. I knew Andrea Roth back then. -- nm - Andie Nov 9, 19:04 4
      - Star of "A Wife's Suspicion"! - David Nov 9, 19:09 3
        
        *gasp* who will she choose? -- nm - mafic Nov 9, 19:14 2
        
        the one with the bigger package. -- nm - Reagen Nov 9, 19:19
        
        whichever one her research exonerates! -- nm - David Nov 9, 19:18
    - How high was Anne Heche at her top? B lister? -- nm - Bacon Nov 9, 18:50 2
      - Ignoring the obvious jokes, a gig as Harrison Ford's love interest is pretty strong. - David Nov 9, 18:53
      - maybe in acting, but a gossip column A lister -- nm - crash davis Nov 9, 18:52
  - Lifetime -- nm - Andie Nov 9, 18:47 1
    - :) -- nm - Bacon Nov 9, 18:49
also, I find one thing about my dental hygienist hilarious, always wears 4-inch stiletto heels. - mafic Nov 9, 18:40 8
- My dentist looks like Hermie from Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. With glasses. -- nm - . Nov 9, 18:54
- We have an antique dental chair at the museum. Not only is the metalwork very decorative but the spitbowl is etched glass! - Meg Nov 9, 18:47
- dang, i hate the effing dentist but gimme a dentist in stilletto heels and maybe i'll get with it..nm - x Nov 9, 18:44
- Are you absolutely sure you haven't accidentally wandered into a porn shoot? nm - ralph wiggum Nov 9, 18:41 4
  - sometimes her boobs touch my head. I always wonder if that's weird for her. there doesn't seem to be a way to avoid it when you're working that close. -- nm - mafic Nov 9, 18:44 3
    - Stilettos on the days you come in + boob grazing? Duuuudddeeee - Epiphany Nov 9, 19:37 1
      - she wears the stilettos for my wife too! oh wait. -- nm - mafic Nov 9, 19:58
    - touching is normal, pressing rhythmically and moaning notsomuch. -- nm - b. Nov 9, 18:47
post-dentist thought: anyone here not have dental work? - mafic Nov 9, 18:38 7
- As a teen I had a dozen cavities, mostly cracks on tops, and wisdom teeth removed, then a crown every ten years -- nm - zeit spiced geist Nov 9, 18:52
- My family has terrible enamel so I can't even count the work I've had. - iSpam Nov 9, 18:52 1
  - this is me. so much work over the years, and a bunch needed. (note to self: time's a wastin' for this year - get to making appts tomorrow.) -- nm - b. Nov 9, 19:02
- 3 fillings and then all remnants of the jaw surgery - Reagen Nov 9, 18:49
- Braces for ten years, but only a few fillings. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 9, 18:42
- No fillings. I had braces though -- nm - Roger More Nov 9, 18:41
- I always wait until stuff starts hurting hence I have a lot of dental work. -- nm - Bacon Nov 9, 18:39
"I am worthless to Canada" gave me my second laugh of the day. Thanks! -- nm - crash davis Nov 9, 18:36 2
- Trish & D are going without you :(((((((( -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 9, 18:39
- I get zero points for being 47!! Last year I was worth 1 point at least -- nm - Bacon Nov 9, 18:38

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