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more Newsroom would be sweet. -- nm - philip k mud Nov 10, 16:39
hee hee, Ekman-Larsson got fined for diving. nm - Dignan Nov 10, 16:32
Holy shit. Rome reunion on Star wars rebels last week - Beaker Nov 10, 16:22
Annual election at the Arch. Society tonight. More optimistic about this one :/ -- nm - Meg Nov 10, 16:14 8
- Make Garden Grove great again! -- nm - budice Nov 10, 16:32 1
  - Actually the whole Pacific Coast :) -- nm - Meg Nov 10, 16:35
- in a stunning upset, trump wins this one too. vows to make the Arch. Society great again!...nm - x Nov 10, 16:21 2
  - Privatized the artifact collection on ebay, spends proceeds on giant portrait of himself in the board room, that's great -- nm - zeit spiced geist Nov 10, 16:25 1
    - it's an original Loosi! -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 10, 16:38
- I vote for the Gothic arch. sorry Norman. -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 10, 16:19
- We're virtual election buddies! Tonight is also elections for Friends of Lone Fir Cemetery. - ReluctantCynic Nov 10, 16:18 1
  - We just elect 3 new board members. In January the new board will elect/appoint the executives and committee chairs. - Meg Nov 10, 16:26
“Wreck the Halls with Bret Michaels” Dec. 2 also featuring Warrant, LA Guns, and RATT -- nm - crash davis Nov 10, 16:12
i miss having cable. it was overpriced, sure, but the one stop shop was great.... - x Nov 10, 16:09 16
- wow, this post needs an editor...nm - x Nov 10, 16:23 4
  - you're just out of practice. see what happens when you leave us? never.again. -- nm - b. Nov 10, 16:32 3
    - b! - budice Nov 10, 16:33 2
      - ^sass suppressor! - b. Nov 10, 16:35 1
        
        b! - budice Nov 10, 16:36
- We really like Playstation Vue. Plans start at $29.99. The $44.99 one has everything you need, I think. -- nm - David Nov 10, 16:22 2
  - oh, huh. there are so many choices i hadn't really even scoped that one. thanks!...nm - x Nov 10, 16:24 1
    - *cries* Your IM is all I ever wanted you to say to me, New Dad! -- nm* - David Nov 10, 16:27
- SlingTV -- nm - budice Nov 10, 16:14 5
  - yeah, that one def. is in play. i wish espn had bid higher for the 2018 world cup....nm - x Nov 10, 16:16 4
    - can you stream CBC from where you are? cause they will likely have every game -- nm - Beaker Nov 10, 16:20 3
      - doubtful, i'm in ny....nm - x Nov 10, 16:22 2
        
        vpn -- nm - Reagen Nov 10, 16:28 1
        
        yeah, there is that. i already have the free tunnel bear thing that i use for bbc stuff on occasion. i probably should just pony up...nm - x Nov 10, 16:38
- for movies could you join a Hulu? group? -- nm - Beaker Nov 10, 16:10 1
  - i'm not all that excited about hulu. especially as they are about to lose their criterion library....nm - x Nov 10, 16:15
sitwap - Democrats won popular vote in the Senate, too -- (link) - crash davis Nov 10, 16:02 3
- (though, California with two dems on the ballot, so) -- nm - Reagen Nov 10, 16:05 2
  - Because we're just that awesome. -- nm - jnine Nov 10, 16:11
  - California is just on the good side. -- nm - budice Nov 10, 16:07
Distraction time: What are you reading, ST? I'm going for comedy self care with How to Archer. - ralph wiggum Nov 10, 16:01 15
- Still Adam Nevill stuff. Last Days. nm - Dignan Nov 10, 16:40
- Finished Hamilton, bought some books , HistoryHistory of Money, lost somewhere in the house, rereading 1775 -- nm - zeit spiced geist Nov 10, 16:38
- The Wealthy Barber Returns. Personal finance book, my bank gave us a free ebook download. -- nm - Andie Nov 10, 16:25
- I need to update my Goodreads list, but currently reading ... The Nordic Theory of Everything: In Search of a Better Life, by Anu Partanan; - ReluctantCynic Nov 10, 16:22 2
  - Okay now type this response with another 100 words with color and humor ;) - Bacon Nov 10, 16:22 1
    - I'll give you color and humor ... - ReluctantCynic Nov 10, 16:25
- southern provisions: the creation and revival of a cuisine by david s. shields + archie vol. 1 the best of harry lucey....nm - x Nov 10, 16:12 2
  - So what you are saying with that IM is that you have a bulging shortlist? nm - ralph wiggum Nov 10, 16:13 1
    - yes. but on occasion i may also need to use the bb phrase "it was a glitch, not a softening"....nm - x Nov 10, 16:20
- American Ulysses0 -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Nov 10, 16:08
- I think I'll reread A Big Boy Did It and Ran Away -- nm - prayformojo Nov 10, 16:05 1
  - Awww, yeah. nm - ralph wiggum Nov 10, 16:07
- Ex Machina TPB's 1-3 -- nm - Beaker Nov 10, 16:04
- Death of an English Muffin, Victoria Hamilton -- nm - Meg Nov 10, 16:03
- I've checked out "What She Knew" by Gilly McMillan but haven't really started it yet. -- nm - mara Nov 10, 16:01
sometimes I'm way slow on the uptake - you guys keep saying BLM...out here, the Bureau of Land Management is a huge factor, its always called BLM - crash davis Nov 10, 15:57 5
- I've had the same problem. -- nm - Meg Nov 10, 16:09
- Bacon Lettuce and Marmalade sandwich -- nm - Bacon Nov 10, 16:00 3
  - you mean Mayonaise -- nm - crash davis Nov 10, 16:01 2
    - Marmite -- nm - zeit spiced geist Nov 10, 16:27
    - BLMM -- nm - Bacon Nov 10, 16:03
2016 -- (link) - ty97 Nov 10, 15:56
Hate crime hoaxers are some of the most vile people. -- nm - ML Galaxy Nov 10, 15:54
I am playing Hearthstone against someone named, Trump. I can't even relax and forget about the election -- nm - Bacon Nov 10, 15:40 6
- I never teabag opposing players as a rule. - David Nov 10, 15:54 2
  - ...but Remlik knows what he did -- nm - crash davis Nov 10, 16:04
  - Hah -- nm - Bacon Nov 10, 15:56
- One of the top streamers/players early on went by that name. -- nm - Tim Nov 10, 15:40 2
  - (doesn't mean it's him, many people can have the same battletag) - Tim Nov 10, 15:45
  - I just beat this guy. Hillary should have hired me -- nm - Bacon Nov 10, 15:42
Arrival 96% (135/6), Almost Christmas 39% (9/14), USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage 11% (1/8) -- nm - Beaker Nov 10, 15:38
Today is the 40th anniversary of Gordon Lightfoot's "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald". Do you know the 2 lines in the song that are factually - GregW Nov 10, 15:38 6
- I'm not saying that it was aliens. ..but it was the gawd daMN aliens -- nm - zeit spiced geist Nov 10, 15:54
- The cook never did that? 40 years of lies -- nm - Bacon Nov 10, 15:53
- spoilers (but I cheated) - mara Nov 10, 15:51 1
  - Close. I am not sure he ever meant that as an official name of the Church. (spoils) - GregW Nov 10, 16:07
- lake superior really does give up its dead?...nm, - x Nov 10, 15:49 1
  - SyFY Channel on line two. -- nm - David Nov 10, 15:55
All I keep thinking is that HBO has to be pitching Sorkin on The Newsroom season 4. -- nm - David Nov 10, 15:29 3
- as if there isn't enough bad news this week....nm - x Nov 10, 15:30 2
  - How long has it been since there has been a good Sorkin fight here? -- nm - crash davis Nov 10, 15:38 1
    - if we're really gonna have a sorkin fight, we should probably be walking through rooms and talking while we're at it....nm - x Nov 10, 15:45
First attempt to reach the wife of the volunteer we have to let go. Of course he answered the phone and offered to take a message :(( - Meg Nov 10, 15:24
Sherrod Brown? Roy Cooper (let's see how he does, but...)? -- nm - Reagen Nov 10, 15:18 30
- Gilibrand? -- nm - Reagen Nov 10, 15:46 7
  - This might be terrible but there is a 0% chance that Democrats nominate a woman in 2020. Zero. -- nm - ty97 Nov 10, 15:50 6
    - I believe it doesn't happen for at least a generation, if it ever happens again. -- nm - Tim Nov 10, 16:06
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      - truth..nm - x Nov 10, 16:10
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      - OK. She's 49, she has time. -- nm - Reagen Nov 10, 16:01
    - yeah, no doubt...nm - x Nov 10, 15:53
- Sen. Brown or Julian Castro. It's going to have to be someone from the Midwest or South, preferably from the Rust Belt. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 10, 15:33 2
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    - If the intent is to sway the persuadable band of Trump voters from this election, a "plain folks" identity will be crucial. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 10, 16:24
- Castro should challenge Cruz in '18. -- nm - Reagen Nov 10, 15:33 4
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    - Just as a matter of history, I don't think many thought 08 was Obama's year right after 04. - Reagen Nov 10, 16:12
  - If Cruz gets a challenge, it will be in the primary -- nm - ty97 Nov 10, 15:34 1
    - he killed JFK, I can't believe he keeps winning -- nm - Beaker Nov 10, 15:35
- I think Joe Manchin runs, but is he actually a Dem? -- nm - Reagen Nov 10, 15:30
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  - even with significant changes to himself, it would be a mistake. -- nm - b. Nov 10, 16:02
  - San Fran liberal is waaaay too easy to tar. -- nm - Reagen Nov 10, 15:32
- Franken -- nm - ty97 Nov 10, 15:22
- Cuomo? -- nm - Reagen Nov 10, 15:18 8
  - Jay Nixon? -- nm - Reagen Nov 10, 15:22 4
    - BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAAH - iSpam Nov 10, 15:37 3
      - fair enough. I don't know some of these people, which is why I'm asking. -- nm - Reagen Nov 10, 15:42 2
        
        That may have come off meaner than intended, sorry. -- nm - iSpam Nov 10, 15:45 1
        
        no, I get where it came from. -- nm - Reagen Nov 10, 15:45
  - Please no -- nm - ty97 Nov 10, 15:22 2
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      - ugh. He would lose the general so badly, he's a fraud and a fake -- nm* - ty97 Nov 10, 15:27
Catching up on the BBs: 1. So now the shortlist is bulging!?! 2. "Guy moves cross country to follow dog" would be a great rom com - ralph wiggum Nov 10, 15:17 3
- Don't be distracted by my throbbing, pulsating shortlist. -- nm - David Nov 10, 15:29 2
  - My, aren't we the optimist? -- nm - iSpam Nov 10, 15:47 1
    - Don't have Shortlist Envy. -- nm - David Nov 10, 15:53
It really can get worse: Cramer is on in the airport -- nm - ty97 Nov 10, 15:14 4
- BERNANKE!....nm - x Nov 10, 15:49
- You can make a lot of money if you listen to him. And then do the opposite. -- nm - Bacon Nov 10, 15:37 1
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- Is he smashing things with a hammer, or chortling buy buy buy Goldman Sacks -- nm - z Nov 10, 15:36
Like, isn't Congress *the* swamp? nm - Dignan Nov 10, 15:13 12
- I think the midwest is at this point -- nm - ty97 Nov 10, 15:27 1
  - now there's an attitude that'll win votes in the heartland....nm - x Nov 10, 15:47
- And won't most of his cabinet be politicians previously exiled from various other swamps? nm - Dignan Nov 10, 15:15 9
  - *scales fall from eyes*...nm - x Nov 10, 15:19 2
    - Just like Kevin Durant making the Warriors world-beaters. -- nm - budice Nov 10, 15:25 1
      - they've lost...twice? i think they're ok. remember how miami struggled some at first when lebron went there?...nm - x Nov 10, 15:29
  - This is more enlightening than Luke discovering the Force. -- nm - budice Nov 10, 15:17
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    - I would hope he at least has the integrity to keep Christie out. - Dignan Nov 10, 15:20 3
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      - Holy shit you got through that sentence. -- nm - Reagen Nov 10, 15:21 1
        
        His base would care, right? They'd be angry? They... nm - Dignan Nov 10, 15:24
I need one more pop culture news story that hit since last Friday. So far I have: - prayformojo Nov 10, 15:10 11
- UFC 205 Saturday -- nm - Beaker Nov 10, 15:33
- Ariel Winter in a jumpsuit and no makeup for $500 Alex -- (link) - budice Nov 10, 15:18 2
  - There is no $500 value on Jeopardy! -- nm - Reagen Nov 10, 15:19 1
    - There's no Ariel Winter either *Kermit sipping Lipton* -- nm - budice Nov 10, 15:23
- Prince Harry's girlfriend? -- nm - mara Nov 10, 15:16 3
  - that's meghan there - maybe rob kardashian (I know, but it is pop culture) and his gf, new baby today. -- nm - b. Nov 10, 15:17 2
    - Doh. Pop culture is not my forte. -- nm - mara Nov 10, 15:29
    - baby girl named Dream (why do I know this?) -- nm - ty97 Nov 10, 15:21
- antonio banderas to star in new isaac florentine action thriller!....nm - x Nov 10, 15:15
- Brad Pitt's first red carpet since World War Brange. -- nm - Diva Nov 10, 15:11 1
  - Pitt cleared by child protective services -- nm - z Nov 10, 15:41
Supergirl is just sooooo cute -- (link) - Beaker Nov 10, 15:07
Yet another unfortunate Uber Driver experience in Orange County -- (link) - budice Nov 10, 15:02
Conor MacGregor is totally going to end up in the WWE. Tried to hit Alvarez with a chair at their press conference -- nm - Beaker Nov 10, 15:00 1
- “Suck these big Irish balls... these big Irish balls all in your face!” -- nm - Beaker Nov 10, 15:04
TV PSA: Grey's Anatomy, NFL, Legends of Tomorrow, Rosewood, Superstore, NBA, BBT, Pitch, Great Indoors, Project Runway, Chicago Med, Notorious, -- nm - Beaker Nov 10, 14:55 1
- Supernatural, Mom, Life in Pieces, Falling Water, Better Things, Pure Genius, Blacklist, HTGAWM, other stuff -- nm - Beaker Nov 10, 14:55
The percentage of women who turn to lesbianism over GamerGate Trump voters is gonna be staggering. -- nm - David Nov 10, 14:53 1
- I'm on the verge of moving to it. -- nm - ty97 Nov 10, 15:31

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