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Has Meg finished cooking the Bacon yet? -- nm - ty97 Nov 10, 14:41 3
- .com -- nm - prayformojo Nov 10, 14:51
- This isn't a bubble bath? -- nm - Bacon Nov 10, 14:45 1
  - did someone say Bubbles? -- nm - Jax Nov 10, 14:46
I think I need nafta to stay in effect to survive 2017, if I understand it correctly. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 10, 14:34
Howard Dean running for DNC chair -- nm - ty97 Nov 10, 14:32 1
- GOOD. -- nm - Mop Nov 10, 14:34
Mila Kunis, out and about, got a traffic ticket. -- (link) - budice Nov 10, 14:26
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- same as it ever was. approval ratings for politicians are at an all time low!.....nm - x Nov 10, 14:37
- 7 or 8 house seats changed hands. -- nm - Reagen Nov 10, 14:24 3
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    - What's more, most of those went to Dems - Reagen Nov 10, 14:31 1
      - fwiw, I was pleased about a local dem for dem switch. mike honda, who thought he could coast along and do next to nothing, got ousted. -- nm -- (edited) - b. Nov 10, 14:36
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- My biggest fear is that number 2 doesn't happen (at least right away). There are lots of things that affect the economy and what if it doesn't fail - pmb Nov 10, 14:31 6
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    - I don't think he wants 8 years. I think he's out at the end of 3. Medical condition excuse. -- nm - jnine Nov 10, 16:01
    - unless he's impeached or jailed before his second term. i for one am holding out for that. -- nm - Andie Nov 10, 14:41 1
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  - Unemployment almost has to go up - Reagen Nov 10, 14:39 1
    - (unless they lie or just stop reporting it) -- nm - Reagen Nov 10, 14:45
- unhappy drinking leads to scary hangover. Yesterday was a nightmare. -- nm - philip k mud Nov 10, 14:11 1
  - With you there ;) -- nm - Meg Nov 10, 14:19
First bell ringer of the season -- nm - ty97 Nov 10, 14:00 2
- I saw 2 yesterday. -- nm - Diva Nov 10, 14:01 1
  - Yesterday truly was the worst. -- nm - M Nov 10, 14:09
Day off tomorrow - WOO!! -- nm - Diva Nov 10, 13:59
What a day. From what the shit (literally) morning, to an oh thank God afternoon. - IrishStephen Nov 10, 13:55 1
- Regarding Parvo Puppy - ew. Regarding The Old Women & Shep - yay! -- nm - Diva Nov 10, 13:57
This is terrible; -- (link) - Loyola Nov 10, 13:49 [youtube]
And there's a kid with the "Jazz" coffee cup design as a shirt - Reagen Nov 10, 13:49
Former Rep. Aaron Schock has been indicted. -- (link) - ReluctantCynic Nov 10, 13:45 10
- "oh, the guy with the office and the belt" -- nm - b. Nov 10, 14:02
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  - I am so very sorry. Allow me to rectify my oversight. -- (link) - ReluctantCynic Nov 10, 13:53 6
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    - If this is a requirement for an indictment, WE CAN NEVER INDICT TRUMP! -- nm - Mop Nov 10, 13:55 4
      - I like this posting with a single initial. I'm in. -- nm - M Nov 10, 14:08 1
        
        K -- nm - K Nov 10, 14:16
      - the soc this took me to literally made me shudder, thanksalotmopmop. -- nm - b. Nov 10, 14:04
      - so...hill won't need that pardon after all -- nm - z Nov 10, 14:03
- For being a Muslim. -- nm - 2017 Nov 10, 13:48
this is actually good Trump news (unless you liked the stuff he said before) some of the awful stuff is disappearing from his website... -- (link) - Andie Nov 10, 13:28 23
- *ANNNNNND the headline updated* - it was a glitch, not a softening. As you were. -- (link*) - Andie Nov 10, 13:42 4
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  - Nice job, Andie! - nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 10, 13:45
  - dammit Andie. -- nm - groiny Nov 10, 13:43
  - wtg Andie -- nm - crash davis Nov 10, 13:43
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  - I'm curious how his base of support will react. how much will they forgive or demand? - Mel Profit Nov 10, 13:47 2
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      - that's my read on it as well. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 10, 13:50
  - Well ... what are the odds nafta stays in effect? -- nm - Beryllium Nov 10, 13:39 9
    - NAFTA Shafta as my college professor put it. It goes byebbye -- nm - budice Nov 10, 13:40 8
      - Resulting in an immediate continent wide recession. -- nm - Reagen Nov 10, 13:41 7
        
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        It would be electorally suicidal. -- nm - Reagen Nov 10, 13:51
        
        i assume we've all moved our savings into nice, safe, non-volatile things, right? -- nm* - Andie Nov 10, 13:45 3
        
        I don't know what qualifies at this point. Like, not T-bills. -- nm - Reagen Nov 10, 13:47 2
        
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        I plan on riding out the market (and even investing!) but in case of killing NAFTA, there's no safe harbor. -- nm - Reagen Nov 10, 13:52
        
        (and maybe more than 5%inflation) -- nm - Reagen Nov 10, 13:43
- OK, yes, I'm calling it now: Bizzaro Carter. -- nm - Reagen Nov 10, 13:31
- He deleted his Muslim ban and his promise to withdraw from the Paris Accords? Hoo boy - crash davis Nov 10, 13:30
- Democratic plant. All along. -- nm - Mop Nov 10, 13:30 1
  - I don't buy it. He's surrounded himself with too many conservative warriors surrounding him. He also craves to much the adulation of his groupies to - pmb Nov 10, 13:42
I deleted the last week's worth of Daily Show unwatched. But I can't resist watching this week's South Park. -- nm - Mop Nov 10, 13:27 1
- The turn-around on that episode was astounding. I assume they made two episodes and then ran the "Hillary lost" one. -- nm - Mop Nov 10, 13:50
I have a Bane and a Rayden in this class. -- nm - Reagen Nov 10, 13:19 5
- "You will crawl to me and give me an A. Only then will you have my permission to die" -- nm - Bane Nov 10, 13:28 3
  - "Finish Him!" nm - Rayden Nov 10, 23:51
  - ha! -- nm - Diva Nov 10, 13:32
  - L4 -- nm - budice Nov 10, 13:28
- I'd watch that first one. he's a sith lord in training. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 10, 13:22
No discipline given to Walt Anderson's officiating crew. "CAUSE FUCK YOU THAT'S WHY" - NFL - Beaker Nov 10, 13:12
Okay which of you flagged my WaPo Russian story as NSFW? Bunch of jokers you all -- nm - crash davis Nov 10, 13:09
Safety Kenny Vaccaro is facing a 4-game suspension for violating the league's policy on performance-enhancing drugs, specifically for using Adderall - Beaker Nov 10, 13:02
Re: the wall -- (link) - Reagen Nov 10, 12:57 24
- How much money is Brexit going to add to the NHS, again? -- nm - Mop Nov 10, 13:29 1
  - An astute parallel. -- nm - Reagen Nov 10, 13:37
- how's the Mexican Ladder Manufacturing Sector doing this week? -- nm - philip k mud Nov 10, 13:07 3
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    - Right. And they come in by plane. That's going to have to be a really big wall. -- nm - jnine Nov 10, 16:09
    - And those that don't tunnel under the existing fence or travel around it by sea. - Meg Nov 10, 13:33
- "lol so we're going with "campaign device" for lie now? cool cool" -- nm - Andie Nov 10, 12:59
- they may not have considered it, but Dawson brought up a way to pay for it last night -- nm - crash davis Nov 10, 12:58 16
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  - Canadian Point system? -- nm - Epiphany Nov 10, 12:59 14
    - tolls for all the auto traffic between the countries -- nm - crash davis Nov 10, 13:01 13
      - interesting. -- nm - Epiphany Nov 10, 13:07
      - Not saying he won't, but that will decimate border towns, on both sides. -- nm - Reagen Nov 10, 13:03 10
        
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        I mean in the literal 10% way of it. -- nm - Reagen Nov 10, 13:17 3
        
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        Don't you think Texas Governor will jump at the chance to help him - Epiphany Nov 10, 13:29 1
        
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        so about 250M crossings to pay for it. That's a lot of cars - decline Nov 10, 13:08 3
        
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        the more you discuss it, the more I think its doable (of course, I don't want to, but that is not my decision) -- nm - crash davis Nov 10, 13:10 1
        
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        of course, but it is a way to get them to pay -- nm - crash davis Nov 10, 13:04
      - S&H Greenstamps? -- nm - budice Nov 10, 13:02
Killing earmarks was a big blow to bipartisanship - Reagen Nov 10, 12:56 5
- 100% factual. Patronage greases the skids of government. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Nov 10, 13:03 2
  - It may be wasteful, but it's worth it. -- nm - pmb Nov 10, 13:05 1
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- Absolutely -- nm - pmb Nov 10, 12:57
Regulators!!! Mount Up!!! -- nm - Strongbad Nov 10, 12:53 3
- ~gotta be handy with the steel if you know what I mean, earn your keep!~ -- nm - Epiphany Nov 10, 12:56 2
  - ~ They got guns to my head, I think I'm going down, I can't believe this happenin in my own town~ -- nm - Epiphany Nov 10, 12:58
  - ~did you guys see the size of that chicken?" -- nm - groiny Nov 10, 12:57
Has anyone maxed Iron Banner yet? - David Nov 10, 12:52 5
- I haven't maxed Iron Banner but I am maxing on Rage Against the Machine. [nm] - Mel Profit Nov 10, 12:54
- I don't think you get them anymore, since you get something with each bounty -- nm - groiny Nov 10, 12:53 3
  - So, there's no point in doing anything beyond the bounties? -- nm - David Nov 10, 12:54 2
    - oh, and the vendor weapon available at rank 5. -- nm - groiny Nov 10, 12:55
    - well, in game drops, I guess. -- nm - groiny Nov 10, 12:55
boop -- (link) - ty97 Nov 10, 12:51 5
- (worth clicking through and reading all) -- nm - ty97 Nov 10, 12:52
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  - definitely it's not simple, but this argument that the media never left their bubble to get to know 'regular' Americans is silly - ty97 Nov 10, 12:52 2
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      - I think this is true of TV media for sure. Print media, which is failing, still did some great work. -- nm - ty97 Nov 10, 12:56
Hope Hicks said no contacts with Russia during the campaign. Russia’s deputy foreign minister, Sergei Ryabkov, said there were. - crash davis Nov 10, 12:50 4
- they're just trolling now. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 10, 12:51 3
  - read it, I don't think so - they claim that they also asked for contacts with Clinton who refused -- nm - crash davis Nov 10, 12:53 2
    - I read this earlier today. Why would they put this out publicly. I ask because it doesn't make sense to me. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 10, 12:55 1
      - Putin has to maintain legitimacy with his constituency, the Russian people. Thus, this is being touted as a huge foreign policy win for Putey -- nm - crash davis Nov 10, 12:56
i think this shows the love between the two of them perfectly. -- (link) - Andie Nov 10, 12:49 7
- with the many and varied legit criticisms of trump, I don't get using the kkk's endorsement as a thing against him. that's the third or fourth time - b. Nov 10, 12:52 5
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    - it looks like they have many times in the past - either as a group or various leaders. for trump, it was a newspaper. -- nm - b. Nov 10, 13:00 3
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        iirc, he first did not dismiss it when asked about it at some gathering; but then it was clearly done, and that was that. -- nm - b. Nov 10, 13:06 1
        
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not Mr. D'Arcy! -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 10, 12:48 12
- Yeah. He's moving to Chicago. I lost two others to neighborhoods too far from other walks. - Krusty Nov 10, 12:51 7
  - oh man. sorry. - Mel Profit Nov 10, 12:53 6
    - Thanks! I really do. :-) - Krusty Nov 10, 12:57
    - I'm sorry to hear that. I hope you can find enough clients to keep doing this, because you seem to love it. Selfishly, I will miss that adorable dog -- nm - jnine Nov 10, 12:57 4
      - I'm way too attached to him. I cried so much when they moved last time but at least then I knew I'd still see him when he boarded with me. - Krusty Nov 10, 12:59 3
        
        He always looks at you with such love in your pictures. It's going to be hard on him too. I know what it is to be owned by the love for a dog. I'm -- (edited) - jnine Nov 10, 13:35
        
        *hugs* sorry, man. maybe you can skype once in a while. :) - -- nm - b. Nov 10, 13:01 1
        
        😄 -- nm - Krusty Nov 10, 13:05
- not Chicago! -- nm - groiny Nov 10, 12:48 3
  - I go out of my way for him now but Chicago is a bit too far to commute. -- nm - Krusty Nov 10, 12:52 2
    - we are always happy to take in people fleeing from that hellhole. -- nm - groiny Nov 10, 12:54 1
      - Heh. :-) - Krusty Nov 10, 13:04
Jeebus. Trump won half the Iron Range. There's most of this election in a nutshell. -- nm - ML Galaxy Nov 10, 12:46
I will not first with that! -- nm* - decline Nov 10, 12:45

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