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Former State Dept offical Eliot Cohen: "After exchange w Trump transition team, changed my recommendation: stay away - Brian Nov 15, 08:31 3
- Out for AG as he will be SoS. -- nm - Doctor Spawn Nov 15, 08:37
- I do wonder, though ... if the swamp drains itself, who will be left to do the work? -- nm - Beryllium Nov 15, 08:34
- Guiliani's angling for Sec of State -- nm* - decline Nov 15, 08:33
Ben Carson (the same one who ran for president) turns down Sec of Health & Human Services job. Citing a lack of experience - decline Nov 15, 08:28 3
- Nmb -- (link) - znufrii Nov 15, 08:32 [Backboard]
- But yet he was fine running for President -- nm - budice Nov 15, 08:31
- That's amazing. Good for him. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 15, 08:29
Japanese sinkhole repaired in two days and road reopened within the week! -- (link) - Meg Nov 15, 08:20 2
- We should hire those people to build our wall. -- nm - Mop Nov 15, 08:36
- you should show that to the dudes tearing up your driveway -- nm - decline Nov 15, 08:24
Heh. It has a certain poeticalness to it. -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 15, 08:17
Quidditch is now a real sport in the UK -- (link) - LMS Nov 15, 08:15 8
- When aliens decide if humans should be allowed to live... -- nm - Doctor Spawn Nov 15, 08:21
- how do they get the brooms to fly ? -- nm - decline Nov 15, 08:19 3
  - Wingardium LeviOsa. -- nm - Andie Nov 15, 08:20 2
    - Hey! did you see this? -- (link) - decline Nov 15, 08:22 1
      - Cute (i like the aquarium.) -- nm - Andie Nov 15, 08:28
- Slackers. American morons have been playing in leagues for years. -- nm - Mop Nov 15, 08:16 2
  - not pro-leagues though, right? -- nm - Andie Nov 15, 08:19 1
    - No, college leagues, although calling the British league "Premiere" doesn't necessarily mean they're pro, either. - Mop Nov 15, 08:24
WWE: Big Van Vader has 2 years or so to live, doctors told him he has conjestive heart failure -- (link) - Remlik Nov 15, 08:08 2
- If they can call it that far out ... can he get a transplant? -- nm - Beryllium Nov 15, 08:18 1
  - I have to think no. not with the size of man he is it wouldn't be worth it transplant? -- nm - Remlik Nov 15, 08:34
Well, they didn't waste any time this morning. 7:00 am and there's heavy equipment chewing up the asphalt in the driveway. - Meg Nov 15, 08:01 1
- I think you should show them the meaning of heavy machinery and fire up the M-60 Patton tank. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 15, 08:03
Edited because USAToday is dumb, and the article is actually about a February 2014 senate vote, whose Dateline somehow got updated to today. -- nm* - znufrii Nov 15, 07:47 3
- I look forward to Trump righting this injustice. -- nm - Doctor Spawn Nov 15, 07:55 2
  - I'm sure he will. And for those Republicans wondering how to pay for it, the answer is obvious. Tax cuts. - pmb Nov 15, 07:56
  - Nmb -- (link) - znufrii Nov 15, 07:56 [Backboard]
wow. Go Rand! -- (link) - decline Nov 15, 07:37
Every team in the NFC East has a winning record. Is that a record for this late in the season? Cause it is very impressive. -- nm - Beaker Nov 15, 07:33
the best part of Supergirl this season has been the sister's storyline. Really well done. - villain spoilers - Beaker Nov 15, 07:30
Royal Bank has followed TD's lead and is hiking mortgage rates in Canada -- link - Beaker Nov 15, 07:28
Wait, did someone say no more 'Good Place' until January? -- (edited) - ty97 Nov 15, 07:19 4
- Uh, a while ago. -- nm - Doctor Spawn Nov 15, 07:20 3
  - I was .... involved .... in other matters -- nm - ty97 Nov 15, 07:21 2
    - Since you care. I will be in a good place come January. -- nm - Donald Trump Nov 15, 07:23 1
      - But I won't be :( -- nm - Trump's butt plug Nov 15, 07:23
The Anna Kendrick Guide to Likability -- (link) - Beaker Nov 15, 07:10 11
- She dropped the F-bomb on a local morning radio show this morning. It was pretty funny. She also had a hilarious response to The Rock being named - pmb Nov 15, 07:41 1
  - haaaa to the IM -- nm - Epiphany Nov 15, 07:48
- Anna Kendrick is already likable by me - eag Nov 15, 07:18
- Martha Stewart is a constantly likeable celebrity? - crash davis Nov 15, 07:13 7
  - I like her. she got a bum rap -- nm - Beaker Nov 15, 07:18 6
    - I don't care about the criminal charges. I watch her cooking show: pretentious, arrogant, manufactured affectations, are a few descriptions that come - crash davis Nov 15, 07:19 5
      - But she is hanging out with the Snoop Dog yo - eag Nov 15, 07:22 2
        
        I can like Ivanka Trump and still really dislike that one guy you always see her hanging around with. -- nm* - crash davis Nov 15, 07:23 1
        
        Her Husband? - eag Nov 15, 07:29
      - but she has a show with Snoop! -- nm - Beaker Nov 15, 07:21
      - I like her around Dave Letterman, but other than that I ignore her. -- nm - Doctor Spawn Nov 15, 07:21
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- I was thinking yesterday that the thing that Trump could do to bring the country together most rapidly (Note: I don't expect this to happen), would be - pmb Nov 15, 07:46 8
  - heh, that would bring the country together against congress - If they give Garland a vote, they were petty; if not, they reject the people's choice. -- nm - Max Nov 15, 08:39
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  - Lolololololol - znufrii Nov 15, 07:48 5
    - Like I said. It won't happen. But I think it would be a brilliant move on his part. -- nm - pmb Nov 15, 07:50 3
      - I have no doubt that ST could make him a great president. -- nm - Doctor Spawn Nov 15, 08:00
      - you're right on this. -- nm* - Mel Profit Nov 15, 07:54
      - agreed -- nm - Beaker Nov 15, 07:51
    - "lol" - Doctor Spawn Nov 15, 07:49
- I can't see a reasonable way for them to obstruct it too long without ginning up more "pox on both of your houses" voters which helps Trump. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Nov 15, 07:15 1
  - *shrug* cooperating gets the same result so might as well burn the fucker down. -- nm - ty97 Nov 15, 07:22
- No use fighting a battle that's already been lost. - znufrii Nov 15, 07:11 13
  - It amazes me to see the party that won the popular vote feel so defeated -- nm - crash davis Nov 15, 07:22 12
    - I agree we can't get too down. But we have to be more committed and strategic about leveraging that popular vote majority. We really need to focus - pmb Nov 15, 07:48
    - again, the country is essentially at a 50/50 split, but the democrats control almost nothing.... - x Nov 15, 07:27 2
      - Control nothing? I disagree. But I've got to work so I'll talk to you later about this and sardines -- nm - crash davis Nov 15, 07:33 1
        
        they are good on mayorships of large urban areas. that's about it....nm - x Nov 15, 07:38
    - And what exactly did that get us? Nothing. -- nm - znufrii Nov 15, 07:24
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    - PV means shit in this non-democracy. -- nm - ty97 Nov 15, 07:23 5
      - It means more than give up totally -- nm - crash davis Nov 15, 07:25 4
        
        Reread my post, and the one at the bottom, if you think that's what I'm suggesting -- nm - znufrii Nov 15, 07:26 3
        
        Okay, "start from square one" meant something different to you than to me I guess. -- nm - crash davis Nov 15, 07:32 2
        
        Starting over is not giving up. The game is finished. -- (edited) - znufrii Nov 15, 07:37 1
        
        Nah, go sign the petition to end the EC! - Doctor Spawn Nov 15, 08:11
- it won't matter. Trump will blame them for anything that doesn't pass and even stuff that does and sheeple will eat it up -- nm - Beaker Nov 15, 07:08 6
  - Regardless of how folks voted, what's been hurting my brain over the past 24-48 is just how DUMB so much of this country is. - ty97 Nov 15, 07:10 5
    - Living in rural red state land, I've got a lot to say about that. One day I will write it all up for you. -- nm - crash davis Nov 15, 07:14 1
      - I should note, I'm not trying to attach any value judgment to my statement -- (edited) - ty97 Nov 15, 07:21
    - and hasn't Trump already said the Department of Education, and the EPA, are two places he's going to make cuts? -- (edited) - Andie Nov 15, 07:11 2
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      - of course, people like him benefit from ignorance -- nm - ty97 Nov 15, 07:12
- Torn between 'take the high road' and 'play their game their way and obstruct everything' - ty97 Nov 15, 07:07
- I'd show them the meaning of gridlock. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 15, 07:06 18
  - see, while i certainly understand this temptation, until the parties can begin to work together, at least a little, to do what is best for the people, - Andie Nov 15, 07:10 17
    - I agree with this. If he picks someone extreme, it's fair to block it. If it's a qualified person who is not insane, be fair. -- nm - pmb Nov 15, 07:44
    - THe GOP has made it obvious the last 8 years and really the last 15 that they view american policy as a blood sport. it's long past the time that the - Mel Profit Nov 15, 07:20 14
      - yep. they need to win at all costs....nm - x Nov 15, 07:32
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        Completely agree. But fighting fire with fire is not a sustainable approach. It just further undermines faith in government and allows all parties - pmb Nov 15, 07:54 11
        
        your last two sentences are key. - Mel Profit Nov 15, 07:56 10
        
        While recognizing that he deserves a rest and can't really do this, I'd love to see Obama spend the next 4 years going virtually county to county - pmb Nov 15, 07:59 9
        
        I think you're onto something. - Mel Profit Nov 15, 08:02 8
        
        You could have a team of Barack, Bill and Hillary, Joe and even Bernie, fan out. Start making appearances. Get behind already elected officials and - pmb Nov 15, 08:10 7
        
        i think you have to leave the Clintons out of it. I hate to say that, but i think to move forward, you really do. -- nm - Andie Nov 15, 08:14 4
        
        I think, like Mel, they can be of strategic use. There are urban areas where they remain very popular and can still be useful. -- nm - pmb Nov 15, 08:20
        
        I tend to agree. I think Bill has value to the party still, in the right circumstances and environments. Bring him out carefully and let him go. - Mel Profit Nov 15, 08:15 2
        
        She basically will become the "cautionary tale". -- nm - Doctor Spawn Nov 15, 08:20 1
        
        If she lives long enough she could see a comeback in popularity. - Mel Profit Nov 15, 08:25
        
        One thing Warren is trying to do is cultivate figures at the state level, people just beginning to show themselves... - Mel Profit Nov 15, 08:13 1
        
        Totally agree. It remains a problem to contend with that republican messages are simpler and "feel right" to people, even when demonstrably wrong. - pmb Nov 15, 08:23
    - They will fail, and they need to own their failures. Dems need to wash their hands of it, and focus on how to protect their communities - znufrii Nov 15, 07:15
Important news -- (link) - ty97 Nov 15, 06:57
That disappointing moment when you realize an old high school friend likes Melania because she's an antivaxxer -- nm* - ralph wiggum Nov 15, 06:40
what's my podcast app for android? I downloaded podbean last night and it sucks pretty bad. thanks! -- nm - spy cookie amanda jones Nov 15, 06:31 7
- Pocket Casts -- nm - Krusty Nov 15, 06:34 6
  - Which is also my suggestion for iOS app now that Overcast has ads. -- nm - spamlet Nov 15, 06:45 4
    - I believe you suggested it to me when I had issues with my old one. -- nm - Krusty Nov 15, 06:48 3
      - Probably, it's what I used with my Nexuses so that I could sync cross-platform. - spamlet Nov 15, 06:55 2
        
        I hate that overcast has ads now. Like, I paid for it. Leave me alone. -- nm - amandroid Nov 15, 06:58 1
        
        If you paid initially, there's a setting to restore purchases that will get rid of them for a year. - spamlet Nov 15, 07:01
  - Absolutely. -- nm - Ender Nov 15, 06:43
"Twitter users will be now able to mute seeing certain words in their notifications." -- (link*) - ML Nov 15, 06:23 2
- "Bridgewater"+"injury" - crash davis Nov 15, 07:06
- Bery should sue the shit out of them -- nm - Epiphany Nov 15, 07:04
Can anything stop Krustzilla from destroying Vampirates City? I shot all my Mothra spores at him last week, but it wasn't enough. -- nm - Baron More Dough Nov 15, 06:10 1
- :-) -- nm - Krusty Nov 15, 06:13
DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM -- (link) - ML Nov 15, 06:03 8
- Silo, anyone? " The first phase is invitation only — mostly for athletes and celebrities" -- nm - Epiphany Nov 15, 07:03
- i read an article a few months ago about construction companies that specialize in building luxury bunkers for the super rich....nm - x Nov 15, 06:08 6
  - the Doomsday Prepper show went into that world alot...till they hit the ultra-crazy and cancelled it -- nm - Beaker Nov 15, 06:39
  - i am in the middle of commute-watching 10 Cloverfield Lane. not a bad bunker. -- nm - Andie Nov 15, 06:16 4
    - When I lived at home right after college, I loved commute watching stuff. - MDH Nov 15, 06:42
    - yeah, i'd live in that.....nm - x Nov 15, 06:29
    - how long is your commute? -- nm - spy cookie amanda jones Nov 15, 06:20 1
      - 45-50 minutes door to door? - Andie Nov 15, 06:25
"A storm system is expected to sharpen over the western U.S over the next couple of days. This will bring accumulating snowfall to the northern - decline Nov 15, 06:01 1
- DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM -- nm - ML Nov 15, 06:03
This is going well part 2 (of infinity) -- (link) - ty97 Nov 15, 05:55
Thin-skinned loser be tweeting again -- (link) - ty97 Nov 15, 05:49 22
- ...because it was rigged? -- nm - Max Nov 15, 08:44
- Right. -- nm - znufrii Nov 15, 06:54
- yeah but the current system forced Hillary to campaign in Wisconsin and...oh - ML Nov 15, 06:25 5
  - You know the best upside of Hillary losing? You don't get to use her as foil against Trump anymore. - ty97 Nov 15, 06:37 4
    - One thing I'm bummed about and I think we can all agree on...it would have been great to see... - Mel Profit Nov 15, 06:49 3
      - honestly, that's a part I was not looking forward to. - ty97 Nov 15, 06:52 2
        
        Bubba looks to be... - Mel Profit Nov 15, 07:02 1
        
        he's had several bypass surgeries, has gone vegetarian -- nm - z Nov 15, 12:40
- I always hear "nyah, nyah, na-nyah-nyah" at the end of his tweets. - Andie Nov 15, 06:09 1
  - have you read this? "How Do You Solve a Problem Child Like Donald Trump?" -- (link) - spy cookie amanda jones Nov 15, 06:27
- thin skinned winner....nm - x Nov 15, 05:59 1
  - no, I meant exactly what I said. He's a loser, despite winning the Presidency - ty97 Nov 15, 06:35
- He does have a point, after a fashion. Going for popular vote changes the nature of the entire campaign. -- nm - mafic Nov 15, 05:54 6
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    - That is in insult to children, though. Trump is just Trump. -- nm - Doctor Spawn Nov 15, 07:20
  - He didn't intend to win the electoral college, but lose the popular vote. -- (edited) - Inigo Nov 15, 06:09
  - Of course campaigns would be different. But his need to tweet that says some scary things about him. -- nm - ty97 Nov 15, 05:56 2
    - Nothing we didn't know already though -- nm - Roger More Nov 15, 06:21
    - Maybe, but I have less of a problem with this than almost any other thing he's tweeted, because at least here there's an argument he's right. -- (edited) - mafic Nov 15, 05:59
- yeah, no one ever pays attention to Florida in elections. -- nm - Reagen Nov 15, 05:52
- *smh* I hate this world right now. -- nm - Krusty Nov 15, 05:51 1
  - That tweet is from a dangerous, mentally unhealthy person. -- nm - ty97 Nov 15, 05:52
So basically, Mars: a global event is (spoils) - Crashquick Nov 15, 05:44 1
- LOL!! yeah, I guess so. -- nm - Epiphany Nov 15, 06:59
This is an observations on civic knowledge - ty97 Nov 15, 05:42 1
- Oh, I think it is far far far below what you would hope it to be. The average person misunderstands on a fundamental level. -- nm - volnelk Nov 15, 05:46
Ex-Intelligence Chairman Rogers Leaves Trump Transition Team -- (link) - ty97 Nov 15, 05:34 1
- And Mike Pence hasn't yet signed the necessary paperwork to start transition briefings with the Obama administration. - znufrii Nov 15, 06:59

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