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Randy Gregory has failed another drug test. - David Nov 11, 10:39
It's 6 months old, but it's fun! Obama after he's done. Really - you'll laugh, you need it. -- (link) - Andie Nov 11, 10:39 2
- My favorite bit is Boehner tempting him with a cigarette. -- nm - Max Nov 11, 10:42 1
  - "Breaking News: Former President Obama Plays 347th Round of Golf!" -- nm - Andie Nov 11, 10:43
Obama approval up 2 points to 58 because LOLWTF -- nm - ty97 Nov 11, 10:37 1
- Conclusion: ty killfiled me for suggesting Sci-Fi Dine-In. -- nm - David Nov 11, 10:39
One silver lining is the emails I've gotten from my daughter telling me she is now committed to volunteering and working for organizations to oppose - pmb Nov 11, 10:35 3
- my friends and I have been talking about doing this as well. "be the country you want to live in." -- nm - spy cookie amanda jones Nov 11, 10:37 2
  - ditto. - Mel Profit Nov 11, 10:44
  - Me as well. I've given money, but now I'll give time too. -- nm - pmb Nov 11, 10:41
So my furnace doesn't have a pilot light. - Dano Nov 11, 10:34 1
- DIY!! -- nm - decline Nov 11, 10:36
DNN: josh Hottie got more votes than either Trump or the governor in Missouri. -- nm - iSpam Nov 11, 10:29
Obama's approval rating increases to 58/+18 today. - David Nov 11, 10:25 2
- And it kills me that this great man is going to see his last 8 years of hard work torn apart in short order. -- nm - pmb Nov 11, 10:43 1
  - My hope is that he takes over the party mantle now and leads, as an Ex-President, for decades to come. - Mel Profit Nov 11, 10:46
CNN has changed the page showing the popular vote totals, to remove the "Winner - Trump" thing that was confusing folks yesterday. -- (link*) - mara Nov 11, 10:23 5
- Can you imagine the recounts on a pure popular vote where the margin is 300k votes like it is... -- nm - oblique Nov 11, 10:26 3
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  - Hmmm, good point. -- nm - mara Nov 11, 10:27
- Welp. -- nm - David Nov 11, 10:25
The Toronto Blue Jays have signed Cuban prospect Lourdes Gurriel Jr. to a seven-year, $22 million deal -- (link) - Beaker Nov 11, 10:19 10
- Interesting. Lourdes is a female name here.. (NM) - Marlowe Nov 11, 10:37
- I am gonna call it now, that deal is an absolute steal. -- nm* - groiny Nov 11, 10:26
- what position do they think he will be playing? -- nm - groiny Nov 11, 10:22 6
  - "He spent the 2015 season at shortstop, but played left field and third base in the previous two seasons" - Beaker Nov 11, 10:23 5
    - oh, I know his history, I just did not know if they mentioned where they think he will be going. -- nm - groiny Nov 11, 10:24 4
      - no word, nothing on the FB post about it either -- nm - Beaker Nov 11, 10:26 3
        
        my guess is 2B, but who knows -- nm - groiny Nov 11, 10:27 2
        
        they have Travis at 2nd already. I figure OF -- nm - Beaker Nov 11, 10:28 1
        
        blech -- nm - groiny Nov 11, 10:30
- Boston Red Sox outfielder Mookie Betts has undergone arthroscopic surgery on his right knee. -- nm - Beaker Nov 11, 10:20
I just had first my library patron who wanted to discuss Trump. Has any one heard of the King Ferdinand/Queen Isabella cycle? Cycle of war, I guess. -- nm* - mara Nov 11, 10:16 7
- seems the two names are famous in both western history and various book series ala LOTR -- nm - z Nov 11, 10:35
- it could be a couple of things. F&I were seen as divine rulers and greately reduced the power of the Spanish parliament - decline Nov 11, 10:32 2
  - they also expelled muslims -- nm - z Nov 11, 10:37
  - before they started in on the Jews, they got the Muslims (completed the Reconquista) -- nm - crash davis Nov 11, 10:36
- What relation did medieval autocrats have to President-elect Trump according to this guy? -- nm - crash davis Nov 11, 10:24 2
  - Well, actually, he implied Trump and Putin would somehow cause another world war. -- nm* - mara Nov 11, 10:30
  - I didn't ask. I don't discuss politics with patrons. -- nm - mara Nov 11, 10:26
Voter turnout was at a 20-year low in 2016 -- (link) - ML Nov 11, 10:14 8
- I'm too tired today to figure out how that reconciles with the highest voter turnout (by population) in decades. -- nm - Max Nov 11, 10:41
- See the asterick. There's still millions more votes to count. -- nm - Inigo Nov 11, 10:21 4
  - sure, but CNN is saying that won't make a difference - ML Nov 11, 10:26 3
    - I think CNN is wrong here. According to wiki (yes, yes but they source the U.S Elections Project) it's the 2nd highest turnout since 1968. -- (edited) - Inigo Nov 11, 10:33 2
      - now I'm confused - ML Nov 11, 10:40 1
        
        Their numbers for each election are different from the ones CNN has, but yes, everyone could be wrong. :) -- nm - Inigo Nov 11, 10:43
- I read an interesting POV article from a young African American woman in the Daily Beast yesterday. She says Colin Kaepernick can now shut the hell up - crash davis Nov 11, 10:20 1
  - PTI said the same thing last night (and I agree) -- nm - Beaker Nov 11, 10:22
Well, that's out of the way. Just experienced my first Trump rage incident. - Mop Nov 11, 10:08 12
- *exhales* *deletes post* -- nm - znufrii Nov 11, 10:34
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  - not trying to be snarky here but it's not like these people turned racist overnight because of the election. Each and every person doing this had - oblique Nov 11, 10:40 1
    - word. -- nm - groiny Nov 11, 10:44
  - Who are not znufrii - zork Nov 11, 10:34 2
    - Thanks. - znufrii Nov 11, 10:36 1
      - Badly worded jest. My apologies. -- nm - zork Nov 11, 10:38
- I'm regretting going to the pub already. - Loyola Nov 11, 10:26
- ...what is their country? -- nm - JaxSean Nov 11, 10:12 2
  - All my friends are heathens. Take it slow. -- nm - David Nov 11, 10:18
  - USA.. - Marlowe Nov 11, 10:13
- discrimination suit against the hotel? if they had. not sure. he sounds like an awful human -- nm - Epiphany Nov 11, 10:11
"Falcons coach Dan Quinn said Desmond Trufant, Jacob Tamme, and Tevin Coleman all out for Sunday" - David Nov 11, 10:02
David's darkest timeline: the Braves are signing ex-Met pitchers. -- nm - Tim Nov 11, 09:54 1
- Winningest Mets pitcher over the last three seasons! - David Nov 11, 09:59
RIP Robert Vaughn.. - Marlowe Nov 11, 09:43 18
- i'm actually too worn out to react this week. -- nm - Andie Nov 11, 10:26
- Okay, this is getting ridiculous. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 11, 10:02
- But do we know who he voted for? -- nm - Mop Nov 11, 10:02 2
  - No, but I suspect there's a chance it was Trump. Depends how close his characters were to his personality. - Beryllium Nov 11, 10:24 1
    - Oof, way off. Democrat. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 11, 10:47
- heh, Pootie Tang was one of his last films -- nm - Max Nov 11, 10:00 1
  - I love that Kristen Bell still calls herself the Pootie Tang girl. -- nm - David Nov 11, 10:01
- I met him at an autograph show 20 years ago. he was very nice. -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 11, 09:50 1
  - I would have been surprised if he hadn't been -- nm - zork Nov 11, 10:28
- My favorite character as a kid. - David Nov 11, 09:47 3
  - Yeah, I also used to watch UNCLE and Get Smart. - Beryllium Nov 11, 09:54 2
    - And, top top it all of, "The Magnificent Seven".. (NM) - Marlowe Nov 11, 09:57 1
      - Battle of the Planets! -- nm - Remlikphone Nov 11, 10:04
- 2016 can kiss my ass. -- nm - Doctor Spawn Nov 11, 09:45
- 2016 sucks -- nm - crash davis Nov 11, 09:44 3
  - Or maybe it's mercifully sparing our favorite people from 2017 and beyond. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Nov 11, 09:52 1
    - Yeah. 2016 is the Dr Death of years.. (NM) - Marlowe Nov 11, 10:04
  - I remember a time when they only happened in 3s. -- nm - Doctor Spawn Nov 11, 09:45
This fellow is a writer, so maybe that's peeking through, but this tweet thread seems a bit fishy to me. -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 11, 09:42 4
- Maybe I'm jaded -- nm - Beryllium Nov 11, 09:42 3
  - no, I'm with you. 3rd hand accounts are always hmmm for me too. -- nm - philip k mud Nov 11, 10:01 1
    - or 2nd ...who's counting -- nm - philip k mud Nov 11, 10:04
  - I think he's paraphrasing a lot, but overall it seems plausible. -- nm - mara Nov 11, 10:01
"Bartolo Colon made his MLB debut the day Turner Field opened. He'll now pitch at the new Braves park. The dude outlasted a stadium." -- nm - ML Nov 11, 09:35 2
- Dansby Swanson wasn't born yet the last time John Hart signed Colon. -- nm - David Nov 11, 09:39
- the dude IS a stadium. -- nm - groiny Nov 11, 09:38
obviously i would never pay $70 for a sweater i would wear, like, twice, but i do like this Ugly Christmas Sweater. -- (link) - Andie Nov 11, 09:29 1
- Lol that is nice. -- nm - Loyola Nov 11, 09:32
Make America Great Again: Trump Presidential Simulator -- (link) - oblique Nov 11, 09:24
do we even *care* about HSX this week? I'm shorting everything. -- nm - Andie Nov 11, 09:15 5
- I didn't realize how few screens Arrival was on. - spamlet Nov 11, 09:26 3
  - It did about $1.5m last night -- (link) - LMS Nov 11, 09:48
  - Yeah, the showtimes for us to watch tonight are kind of brutal. - David Nov 11, 09:34
  - The Doctor is still in. -- nm - Doctor Spawn Nov 11, 09:27
- Arrival 96% (171/8) -- nm - Beaker Nov 11, 09:16
Good news everybody! -- (link) - ML Nov 11, 09:12 1
- This feels like the spiderman man reboots. -- nm - Loyola Nov 11, 09:23
Fascist goes way too far for Ford. I never got authoritarian leanings from him. -- nm - Reagen Nov 11, 09:11 20
- Despite the fact that I was alive for him, I know shockingly little about Ford's politics. - David Nov 11, 09:34 8
  - They are talking Rob, not Gerald -- nm - crash davis Nov 11, 09:36 7
    - In the future I suggest we differentiate them by: Impeachment Ford and Hookers and Crack Ford. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 11, 09:57 2
      - Football Ford and Shaped Like a Football Ford -- nm - Max Nov 11, 09:58 1
        
        Chevy Chase Ford and Chris Farley Ford. -- nm - Doctor Spawn Nov 11, 10:38
    - heh -- nm - Max Nov 11, 09:52
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    - I was very confused... -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 11, 09:40
    - Oh, my fault. -- nm - David Nov 11, 09:39
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  - Reagan was anti-communist to a point of fault, but the largest criticisms of him were that... - David Nov 11, 09:37 1
    - Yep. He was also considered far too shallow and uninformed - "merely an actor" - during the primaries, but he managed to dispel that perception. - ReluctantCynic Nov 11, 10:04
  - I was still a bit young, so I'm not the best frame of reference. But I remember them coming a bit later. After gaffes like the Bitburg (sp?) visit - crash davis Nov 11, 09:32 1
    - but comparing a President to Hitler is now a time-honored 21st century political edition. -- nm - crash davis Nov 11, 09:33
- Yeah, what I would say is that he appealed to the same group of people who aren't listened to by urban elites. - Roger More Nov 11, 09:21 3
  - He was the guy you'd like to have a beer with, or a line off a hooker's ass. -- nm* - jnine Nov 11, 09:22
  - and, in the same vein, Rob came from money too. But wasn't seen as one of those people. - Andie Nov 11, 09:22 1
    - (he donated his entire salary to charity. you'd think that would have gone a long way to making me like him. it didn't.) -- nm - Andie Nov 11, 09:24
- i agree, but i can see why you'd think it. -- nm - Andie Nov 11, 09:21
- I just got oaf from him, I never thought he had an -ism -- nm - crash davis Nov 11, 09:19
It is not funny because it is true. -- (link) - Doctor Spawn Nov 11, 09:10 3
- Stick around to the end for my credit -- nm - LMS Nov 11, 09:22 2
  - Is Netflix impacting your business model much? -- nm - David Nov 11, 10:00 1
    - Not at the moment, we're so far down on the food chain usually it's rare to get our money back in any case. -- nm - LMS Nov 11, 10:18
The nation's oldest living veteran: Richard Overton. 110 years and going strong -- (link) - ML Nov 11, 09:10 1
- Look at that smile! -- nm - David Nov 11, 09:20
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have we lost pixie? I hope not. I wouldn't like us to lose pixie. have we lost pixie? -- nm - philip k mud Nov 11, 08:59 8
- we should post more cat pictures to draw him out -- nm - oblique Nov 11, 09:15 3
  - I'm down with that -- nm - crash davis Nov 11, 09:18 2
    - me too -- nm - Epiphany Nov 11, 09:24 1
      - We just need b. here to help out. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 11, 10:05
- He is probably here under yet another alias. - Doctor Spawn Nov 11, 09:08
- Probably not. Might just be stewing and would rather avoid political discussions. -- nm - Krusty Nov 11, 09:08 2
  - Can't say I blame him. - znufrii Nov 11, 09:16 1
    - Yup. -- nm - Krusty Nov 11, 09:26
Where's Ty97? China Southern airliner collides with tug vehicle at LAX. -- (link) - Meg Nov 11, 08:51 11
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  - on purpose? -- nm - Epiphany Nov 11, 09:22
  - We love it. -- nm - Doctor Spawn Nov 11, 09:09
- how on earth did that happen (and why did it result in *2* flights being canceled?) - ty97 Nov 11, 08:53 2
  - I wonder if the cancelled flights were A380 based. I think that LAX has specific taxiways that are A380 approved and with one A380 blocking - JD Nov 11, 09:15 1
    - That's an excellent theory, think it very well may be that -- nm - ty97 Nov 11, 09:20
- Tokyo -- (link) - oblique Nov 11, 08:53 4
  - Florida -- nm - ty97 Nov 11, 08:53 3
    - Give 'em hell, kid. -- nm - Doctor Spawn Nov 11, 09:09
    - Potato. Potahto. -- nm - Andie Nov 11, 08:53
    - You really should update more often :) -- nm - oblique Nov 11, 08:53
I don't want to drink my whiskey like you do. -- nm - Doctor Spawn Nov 11, 08:49 1
- that's why, that's why...... -- nm - groiny Nov 11, 08:51

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