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Let's just say that Steve Kerr won't be part of Trump's transition sports team -- (link) - Beaker Nov 10, 07:50 2
- The thing that strikes me about the way forward - Reagen Nov 10, 08:04 1
  - It's going to make the Cheney Administration look quaint. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 10, 08:08
last night, rollins basically said that it doesn't matter that trump is president. he said that people shape the future. - spy cookie amanda jones Nov 10, 07:48 7
- I'm trying to imagine what Bill Hicks would be saying right now assuming he isn't pulling an Andy Kaufman as Alex Jones. -- nm - Reagen Nov 10, 07:56 4
  - Two voices I miss this week - as cliched as this is - Hitchens and Hunter S. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Nov 10, 07:59 1
    - for sure -- nm - ML Nov 10, 08:00
  - I was wondering this too. I really wish he was around the last 15 years. - Mel Profit Nov 10, 07:59 1
    - Carlin loved people but saw their dark side clearer than most - Reagen Nov 10, 08:05
- I SHOULD SUE...... -- (link) - groiny Nov 10, 07:52 [Backboard] 1
  - right? I totally thought of you. -- nm - spy cookie amanda jones Nov 10, 07:54
I guess we should have expected it -- (link) - ML Nov 10, 07:42 6
- It's funny because (spoils, I guess) - Roger More Nov 10, 07:53
- Americans=Wildlings -- nm - Bacon Nov 10, 07:44 4
  - If I can get Jon Snow as an escort, I'm all for it. -- nm - Epiphany Nov 10, 07:48 2
    - Tell him he knows nothing. He loves that -- nm - Bacon Nov 10, 07:49 1
      - I ain't got time for a meeting - Epiphany Nov 10, 08:01
  - Yeah. Apparently, you go North and if you keep going, it becomes Westeros South.. (NM) - Marlowe Nov 10, 07:46
On a happier note, today is (probably) my last day with glasses after wearing them for 26 years. -- nm - Reagen Nov 10, 07:33 22
- I would kind of like to get Lasik but honestly I'm too terrified. Going blind is my biggest fear and knowing I have to be awake while they do - sycor Nov 10, 07:51 8
  - they shot lasers into my eyes in 1998. came out of it fine and I was blind as bat before hand -- nm - Remlik Nov 10, 08:10
  - the part when they provide suction to your eyes and your vision goes black is particularly unnerving -- (edited) - ML Nov 10, 07:52 6
    - Thank you! I tell people this all the time--It's legit scary. For the first hour I also had purple vision-where everything was purple and looked like - Flavorize Nov 10, 08:20
    - WTF?! -- nm - Epiphany Nov 10, 08:01
    - Yeah I know. My boss had it and told me about it. I almost just walked away from the conversation. - sycor Nov 10, 07:57
    - thanks. thanks, bud. -- nm - Reagen Nov 10, 07:57 1
      - hope everything turns out great! :-) -- nm - ML Nov 10, 07:57
    - i could never do this. i'm with sycor. -- nm - Andie Nov 10, 07:53
- woot!! -- nm - Epiphany Nov 10, 07:40
- that's awesome. -- nm - Andie Nov 10, 07:38
- best wishes on the surgery -- nm - crash davis Nov 10, 07:35
- Lasik? -- nm - ML Nov 10, 07:34 9
  - yes - Reagen Nov 10, 07:36 4
    - good luck. -- nm - Beaker Nov 10, 07:40
    - *points and laughs at your thin corneas* -- nm* - Mel Profit Nov 10, 07:39
    - I'm incredibly glad I went through it. It's very satisfying. - ML Nov 10, 07:39 1
      - It is. Changed my life.. - Marlowe Nov 10, 07:40
  - extraction -- nm - decline Nov 10, 07:34 3
    - sonar replacement -- nm - Max Nov 10, 07:36 2
      - "Ohhhhhh, it's laser eye surgery not laser-eye surgery." -- nm - Reagen Nov 10, 07:38
      - We can rebuild him. We have the technology. -- nm - mara Nov 10, 07:37
probably steven mnuchin for treasury. you can generally count on a revolving door between goldman sachs and the treasury department....nm - x Nov 10, 07:29 3
- There is discussion of Bob Corker (obv. not my choice, but an adult at least) and John "What the actual fuck" Bolton for SoS. -- nm* - Reagen Nov 10, 07:31 2
  - I miss that walrus 'stache. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 10, 07:33
  - I much prefer Ramsey Bolton, can we get that guy? -- nm - President Elect Trump Nov 10, 07:32
~The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down/Of the big lake they called Gitche Gumee~ - ML Nov 10, 07:26 9
- the ship was 730ft long, 75ft wide and 39ft high. It could hold 25K tons and was taken out by a lake -- nm - decline Nov 10, 07:40 7
  - To be fair though, the gales of November came early -- nm - Bacon Nov 10, 07:44 2
    - Right. And as the big freighters go, it was bigger than most--with a crew and good captain well seasoned. -- nm - ML Nov 10, 07:45 1
      - and they were, In the face of a hurricane west wind -- nm - Bacon Nov 10, 07:47
  - a lake that's basically an ocean. -- nm - Reagen Nov 10, 07:42 1
    - yup, I've had people not believe me when I say what's it's like to boat on a Great Lake -- nm - decline Nov 10, 07:44
  - never happen again. I am having the Lake filled in -- nm - Trump Nov 10, 07:41 1
    - BERY (wait, nevermind) -- nm - ML Nov 10, 07:42
- :/ -- nm - Epiphany Nov 10, 07:31
Valerian teaser trailer -- (link) - LMS Nov 10, 07:22 3
- I like your heading--"Avatars of the Galaxy?"--Looks like a fun movie -- nm - Flavorize Nov 10, 08:19
- Sold. I'll trust Besson on this and I have a crush on Cara for reasons I can't quite understand. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Nov 10, 07:53
- That's a lot of colors.. (NM) - Marlowe Nov 10, 07:41
B2 Krusty: our most famous NY signee is Kenny Anderson. Never saw him play in HS or college but the stories are crazy -- nm - Strongbad Nov 10, 07:15 2
- He was supremely talented and apparently ranked higher than Shaq entering college. -- nm - Krusty Nov 10, 07:26
- he was amazing on the final four team... - x Nov 10, 07:20
Netflix's The Crown apparently isn't performing well. Also it's a catastrophe that Catastrophe is their least popular show. -- (link) - LMS Nov 10, 07:14 9
- it's rather good. But the marketing has been almost non existant -- nm - Remlik Nov 10, 08:10
- catastrophe is on amazon. -- nm - spy cookie amanda jones Nov 10, 07:45 1
  - I can never keep track of what is on what. -- nm - LMS Nov 10, 07:45
- I watched ten mins of it. Still asking myself why. -- nm - Loyola Nov 10, 07:40
- I will probably start The Crown this weekend. I do want to see it. -- nm - Andie Nov 10, 07:28
- I've never heard of either. What are they about? -- nm - decline Nov 10, 07:23 3
  - The Crown is a $150m show about Elizabeth II written by Peter Morgan, while Catastrophe is a Channel 4 comedy by Sharon Horgan & Rob Delaney - LMS Nov 10, 07:32 2
    - catastrophe is on amazon prime. not netflix. per articcle. -- nm - spy cookie amanda jones Nov 10, 07:55
    - make note of Catastrophe :). I'll skip Crown -- nm - decline Nov 10, 07:42
i really do find the gender thing in the exit polling totally surprising... - x Nov 10, 07:01 7
- That's mainly because of white women. The percentages of black, asian, hispanic, etc...women were higher for Clinton than in the past. - Inigo Nov 10, 07:29 4
  - yeah, no doubt. i'm just amazed that overall it's still roughly the same....nm - x Nov 10, 07:31 3
    - Me either. I guess they're so used to sexism from powerful white men that it doesn't even register with them anymore? -- nm - Inigo Nov 10, 07:33 2
      - Race trumps gender. -- nm - mara Nov 10, 07:38
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- My wife comments on this (not political but in general) a lot. "A woman, but not that woman" - oblique Nov 10, 07:08
- nothing makes me angrier about the voting than this fact. -- nm - Andie Nov 10, 07:07
Canadians, it's not just me, right? Kellie Leitch looks like the "Leave Britney Alone!" guy? -- nm - Andie Nov 10, 06:54
Bubba punches Trump in the nose and yells 'See Ted Cruz?? *This* is what you do when someone talks about your wife that way!!' -- nm* - Diva Nov 10, 06:51 2
- the training is going well... - Mel Profit Nov 10, 06:55 1
  - excellent... -- nm - Diva Nov 10, 07:59
In these desperate times, I bring you the new John Lewis Xmas Ad -- (link) - LMS Nov 10, 06:45 [youtube] 2
- Love it! -- nm - Krusty Nov 10, 06:56
- :) -- nm - Andie Nov 10, 06:51
SWOC -- (link) - ty97 Nov 10, 06:44
Good news / bad news -- (link) - ty97 Nov 10, 06:28 4
- "There's nobody that knows the Justice Department better than me." - clip played on CNN. The mantra of the administration. -- nm - Max Nov 10, 07:08
- Rudy's only 72? I would have guessed more... -- nm - Ender Nov 10, 06:37 1
  - His aging does seem to have accelerated in the last few years. -- nm - Baron More Dough Nov 10, 06:46
- Bullocks Rudy, you sounded absolutely giddy at the thought the other night. - Jovian Nov 10, 06:34
This, from August, is something I'm going to need to keep reading and re-reading for a while -- (link) - ty97 Nov 10, 06:23 1
- thanks -- nm - oblique Nov 10, 07:00
No cavities! -- nm - Beaker Nov 10, 06:19 1
- VNB! -- nm - Epiphany Nov 10, 06:20
Strongbad/znufrii alert. -- (link) - iSpam Nov 10, 06:16
some fascinating tidbits in ron brownstein's rust belt piece today... - x Nov 10, 06:10 43
- Another interesting fact I read, Romney in the 2012 election, garnered a million more votes than Hillary, and circa 1.5 million more votes than Trump. -- nm - Loyola Nov 10, 06:32 10
  - Gary Johnson--on his own--accounts for close to 3 million of that disparity. - ML Nov 10, 06:38 8
    - Was he an actor in under siege? -- nm - Loyola Nov 10, 06:57 1
      - Oh no that's Busey. -- nm - Loyola Nov 10, 06:59
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      - Add in the very urban elite who were voted against now calling for the removal of the EC which is the very thing that beat them - oblique Nov 10, 06:50 4
        
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        Probably much to your chagrin, I have to think that for these same people, this isn't something they can devote ongoing concern to - oblique Nov 10, 07:06 1
        
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        I find it fascinating that my dad, who was an arch-conservative when I was growing up and precisely one of those "worked for everything he had" types - Reagen Nov 10, 07:03
  - millions of votes still to count yet. -- nm - Reagen Nov 10, 06:35
- it is quite fascinating to me how quickly this discussion is going to turn from race and sex to economic disparity... -- nm - oblique Nov 10, 06:30 30
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  - It's going to take time to distill the drivers (plural I am sure) behind this, but I firmly think that blowback to BLM plays in -- nm - ty97 Nov 10, 06:32 28
    - Yes, and one side will frame that as racist while the other, when they say "I wish I had time to go out and protest and not have to work" - oblique Nov 10, 06:47 27
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        I do. But I also cannot discount their resentment of their situation leading them to have this perception. This group is my cousin (though we never - oblique Nov 10, 06:53 25
        
        But what do guys in your cousin's position want? A handout in the forum of a subsidy? A flat tax that increases the wealth gap? - Max Nov 10, 07:20 2
        
        I'd guess they believe strongly that goverment is taking more from them and they are getting less for it - oblique Nov 10, 07:38 1
        
        They thing is - I don't know that urbanites are for the status quo... - Mel Profit Nov 10, 07:46
        
        and here's the thing I always want to ask...what do you want? Tell me exactly. - Mel Profit Nov 10, 07:04 18
        
        The jobs to come back to rural America. - iSpam Nov 10, 07:19 9
        
        They don't need to all be programming jobs. Some are tech, some are support, the rest are services and retail. - mara Nov 10, 07:44 2
        
        we are supposedly short hundreds of thousands of plumbers, welders and HVAC techs. -- nm - Reagen Nov 10, 08:07 1
        
        Yup. A lot community college and apprencticeship type jobs. -- nm - mara Nov 10, 08:11
        
        that is all well and good except for two points of reality 1) several jobs programs were proposed the last eight years but killed by McConnell - crash davis Nov 10, 07:40
        
        All real, good and valid feelings... - Mel Profit Nov 10, 07:26 1
        
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        But Trump didn't have the support of mainstream republicans that are for free trade. - iSpam Nov 10, 07:24 1
        
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        We had a fire referrendum on the ballot in our township. I was watching on Facebook the replies whenever the firefighers would post about it. The -- (edited) - oblique Nov 10, 07:16
        
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        Right.To them I say: Now...who supports most of that clearly and who doesn't. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 10, 07:14 3
        
        I'm sure they also feel their lot has worsened the past 8 years... -- nm - oblique Nov 10, 07:18 1
        
        there is no doubt about that....nm - x Nov 10, 07:21
        
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        I may killfile *you*. -- nm - Reagen Nov 10, 07:11 1
        
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        I continue to be very sad about my lot in life these days - oblique Nov 10, 06:58 1
        
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- thanks for the link -- (link*) - ML Nov 10, 06:22
How Did Americans Vote on Tech Measures? -- (link) - Beaker Nov 10, 06:03
So their answer was to elect a NYC Billionaire? -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 10, 06:02 5
- you should say "a non-governmental figure" -- nm - oblique Nov 10, 06:28 4
  - Who none the less is no more like them than any other "elite". - Mel Profit Nov 10, 06:41 3
    - I'm recalling now that the first nine months of W was filled with non stop bumbling. - Reagen Nov 10, 06:44
    - and, he keeps talking about tax cuts - for corps and rich people. that should be super helpful to them. -- nm* - Andie Nov 10, 06:42 1
      - it'll totally work this time. you'll see. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 10, 06:54
*really loud profanity* -- (link) - Reagen Nov 10, 05:58 6
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  - you could killfile the word Trump - Epiphany Nov 10, 06:21 4
    - I'm so old I remember when GWB was going to overturn Roe. - iSpam Nov 10, 06:33 1
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      - I know :) - Epiphany Nov 10, 06:48

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