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Not that they will revolt or question themselves in any way, but DAMN were Trump voters conned -- (link) - ty97 Nov 16, 12:51 4
- (I take no joy in this appointment, shoud it occur, BTW) -- nm* - ty97 Nov 16, 12:54
- heh -- nm - decline Nov 16, 12:53
- conned and racisty. -- nm - Diva Nov 16, 12:52
- Lol -- nm - znufrii Nov 16, 12:52
Fullmetal Alchemist live action film (Japanese language) teaser trailer -- (link) - con_carne Nov 16, 12:50 1
- why is there no IPO for this? will it not be shown in the US? -- nm - call me Ishmael Nov 16, 13:53
The man who died at Yellowstone National Park was trying to bathe in the hot springs -- (link) - ML Nov 16, 12:49 3
- that's gotta hurt..... - x Nov 16, 12:55
- that whole article is just a list of dumbasses -- nm - decline Nov 16, 12:52 1
  - reading through the FOIA'd police reports they even blacked out the *description* of the video - ML Nov 16, 12:53
TFW they call pre-boarding for 'those who need extra time' and 35 people step forward and you remember you are in Florida - ty97 Nov 16, 12:43
Can Trumpism survive a Trump administration? -- (link*) - znufrii Nov 16, 12:40 3
- The thing this article is missing is that there really is no such thing as a Trump ideology. And those articles about rural America and why they -- (edited) - pmb Nov 16, 12:56
- Or, can Trump trump trumpism? (NM) - Marlowe Nov 16, 12:41 1
  - Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Trump. -- nm - Reagen Nov 16, 12:49
Bernie ain't playing: calls Steve Bannon a "racist individual" and his appointment "totally unacceptable." -- (link) - ty97 Nov 16, 12:37
I have made my pick for this week's NFL cross off. Guess. Teams already listed inside. - rollo Nov 16, 12:36 4
- Cincinnati -- nm - prayformojo Nov 16, 12:39 3
  - no, wait. Rams -- nm - prayformojo Nov 16, 12:39 2
    - Yes, the Rams -- (edited) - rollo Nov 16, 12:41 1
      - So it is down to Cincinnati and Carolina next week? -- nm - GregW Nov 16, 14:04
Marlowe ,Kayabuki Tavern, Japan -- (link) - crash davis Nov 16, 12:32 [youtube] 1
- Already working on convincing my sister! (NM) - Marlowe Nov 16, 12:37
That didn't take long. Ink's barely dry on the ballots and stores are charging the plastic bag fee. -- nm - Meg Nov 16, 12:29 1
- They started the very next morning up here. They had the new reusable bags ready to go. -- nm - IrishStephen Nov 16, 12:50
"Week 10 TV ratings go up after NFL tries new strategy of good games" -- nm - crash davis Nov 16, 12:27 1
- bold strategy, Cotton -- nm - ML Nov 16, 12:35
I'll admit it - I want to go to Tokyo just to go to that place Bourdain went. - Mel Profit Nov 16, 12:21 20
- and a cat cafe, of course I want to check out a cat cafe -- nm - crash davis Nov 16, 12:29 9
  - Cafe, pssh. They have their own island. -- nm - znufrii Nov 16, 12:34
  - out: cat cafes. in" owl cafes... - x Nov 16, 12:33 3
    - I'm always behind the trends -- nm - crash davis Nov 16, 12:34 2
      - *waits patiently in a kevlar suit for the wolf cafe to open* -- nm - Epiphany Nov 16, 12:37 1
        
        and chainmail gloves -- nm - crash davis Nov 16, 12:54
  - come back to the bay area! (one in oakland, one in s.f.) -- nm - b. Nov 16, 12:33
  - our mall has a Cat Corner - you pay $ 7 for a half hour to sit and pet cats - Epiphany Nov 16, 12:33 2
    - *American* cats. -- nm - Doctor Spawn Nov 16, 12:35 1
      - LOL! I'm guessing they all ignore us no matter what language they speak -- nm - Epiphany Nov 16, 12:36
- I want to see the love hotel that had a human sized hamster wheel in one of the rooms -- nm - Hotkiss Nov 16, 12:27
- heh. that place looked bonkers...nm - x Nov 16, 12:26 5
  - it's seriously a fascination with me. - Mel Profit Nov 16, 12:37 4
    - Remember - if you can find another gentleman to hang out with on some Wed. afternoon and you want to get so drunk you fall into garbage, feel free. - Diva Nov 16, 12:40 3
      - I volunteer as tribute! -- nm - znufrii Nov 16, 12:46
      - I'm mostly joking as you know. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 16, 12:42 1
        
        yes, mostly. -- nm - Diva Nov 16, 12:42
- I want to go tot the restaurant with the dining area built over an artificial lake where you have to catch what you'll eat. And the place with monkey - crash davis Nov 16, 12:23 2
  - that sing the Gregorian chant? -- nm - David Nov 16, 12:24 1
    - I actually had the song on an old iTunes account but nothing will get me to go back to iTunes, not even finding the song -- nm - crash davis Nov 16, 12:25
NUBBY SIGNAL -- (link) - ty97 Nov 16, 12:19 4
- I think Trump is just effin' with people now -- nm* - decline Nov 16, 12:21 1
  - Now? -- nm - znufrii Nov 16, 12:43
- does this one have any foreign policy experience? -- nm - Diva Nov 16, 12:20 1
  - South Carolina has a tricky relationship with North Carolina. It takes finesse -- nm - crash davis Nov 16, 12:21
This timeline of the Philando Castle traffic stop until he is shot is heartbreaking -- (link) - ty97 Nov 16, 12:17
I think Trump is just effin' with people now -- (link) - decline Nov 16, 12:17
Why are AA flights cancelled out of NYC (LGA)? -- nm - Diva Nov 16, 12:15 15
- LGA is operating fine per FAA (weather's good) so this is on AA. - ty97 Nov 16, 12:17 13
  - LGA - BOS - all cancelled and had to go to Delta. -- nm - Diva Nov 16, 12:19 12
    - Looks like 3 of 15 LGA-BOS canceled which likely resulted in the remaining flights filling up. Reason I see for cancelations -- (edited) - ty97 Nov 16, 12:30 9
      - you're the best - thanks. - Diva Nov 16, 12:35 5
        
        oh that *sucks* - ty97 Nov 16, 12:47
        
        AA sucks balls -- nm - Epiphany Nov 16, 12:43 3
        
        hey now, stop giving them credit! -- nm - ty97 Nov 16, 12:47 1
        
        "They are the ones who are the b*ll-lickers..." -- nm - Silent Bob & Jay si Nov 16, 12:49
        
        yonh. -- nm - Diva Nov 16, 12:45
      - bottom line, it's all maintenance related so this is on AA. -- nm - ty97 Nov 16, 12:33 2
        
        yes - I gathered that when everyone booked on Delta. -- nm - Diva Nov 16, 12:36 1
        
        Don't let your husband know I said this but: Delta is a better airline - ty97 Nov 16, 12:42
    - hey! i have people supposed to be on that same flight!! -- nm - Andie Nov 16, 12:24 1
      - *shakes head* - Lex Luthor to Miss Tessmacher Nov 16, 12:27
- because ty97 had to drink out of a plastic cup -- nm - decline Nov 16, 12:16
Jesus people it's almost as bad as Ralph being a Viking at sleeping. Didn't mean to stir the accounting pot! - Remlik Nov 16, 12:07 6
- Accountants need the excitement -- nm - con_carne Nov 16, 12:52
- Accounting fights are the best fights. -- nm - ty97 Nov 16, 12:13
- just say "hey stupid bean counters, Wrestlemania makes money bigly!" -- nm - crash davis Nov 16, 12:12
- it's cool. i got to learn about the shrug factor...nm - x Nov 16, 12:09 2
  - doing it in ascii form makes the ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ doubly as apathetic -- nm - ML Nov 16, 12:14 1
    - Did you know there was an emoji for shrug now? I KNOW! IT'S AMAZING! -- (link) - Mop Nov 16, 12:54
Mike and Dave, Neighbors 2, and now... Bad Moms! I feel like I should be digging up, but no. No I'm not. -- nm - Mop Nov 16, 11:59 2
- "The bad moms" is now a meme at my theater -- (edited) - con_carne Nov 16, 12:24
- that spa scene in Mike & Dave was freakin heelarious -- nm - Epiphany Nov 16, 12:01
I just had to explain Garanimals to an intern. - ReluctantCynic Nov 16, 11:59
China tells Trump climate change isn't a hoax it invented -- (link) - ty97 Nov 16, 11:56 4
- "Wrong!" -- nm - znufrii Nov 16, 11:59
- "Oh, OK. Thanks." -- nm - Mop Nov 16, 11:59
- No inventor. No inventor. You're the inventor! -- nm - Max Nov 16, 11:58
- Trump responds by putting his fingers in his ears and chanting 'lalalalalalala' -- nm - decline Nov 16, 11:57
An Oregon WR named Darren Carrington broke a dude's arm while dressed as the Joker yelling "I'm Darren Carrington! No.7! WR for the Ducks!" -- (link*) - ML Nov 16, 11:39 6
- That could be any Oregon Ducks WR named Darren Carrington who wears #7. - David Nov 16, 11:45 1
  - "They said they saw a shoulder-width tattoo of Carrington's last name on his back, because he was shirtless." - ML Nov 16, 11:48
- "Im Blair Walsh, PK for the Vikes" -- nm - budice Nov 16, 11:45
- This sounds like a Ryan Lochte eyewitness account. -- nm - Max Nov 16, 11:43
- Even the Ducks flameout is spectacular. -- nm - Mop Nov 16, 11:43
- and then he stabbed someone at a strip club in Vegas. Pippy was there. -- nm - Diva Nov 16, 11:40
My pre-departure beverage on this flight was served in a plastic cup - ty97 Nov 16, 11:37 6
- TBF, the PDBs always seem to be in plastic and I couldn't care less (though some frequent fliers do, a LOT) - ty97 Nov 16, 11:47
- "I'm sorry, but where am I? Prison? Take this back and bring me a real glass! Tut-tut!" -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 16, 11:39 1
  - "I should have expected this from a red state" -- nm - oblique Nov 16, 11:41
- my pre-departure beverage comes from McDonalds, mr. monocle. -- nm - oblique Nov 16, 11:39
- the horror! how did you ever survive? -- nm - decline Nov 16, 11:38 1
  - I'm trying to work way past it with another drink (in glass, now that are in the air, like civilized people) -- nm - ty97 Nov 16, 11:43
20 years ago one of the greatest comebacks in basketball history happened. -- (link) - spamlet Nov 16, 11:27 1
- Bill Murray showed up in the nick of time -- nm - crash davis Nov 16, 11:35
Oh no. -- (link) - ML Nov 16, 11:24 4
- I don't see the issue -- nm - ty97 Nov 16, 11:39
- ~I'm dreaming of a white Christmas~ -- nm - Max Nov 16, 11:32
- snickering now -- nm - crash davis Nov 16, 11:30
- #susanalbumparty -- nm - oblique Nov 16, 11:26
Who needs to go to Japan? You can make your own authentic sushi with the sushi bazooka! -- (link) - decline Nov 16, 11:23 4
- Sushzooka! -- nm - prayformojo Nov 16, 11:25
- shazooka? -- nm - oblique Nov 16, 11:25 2
  - weak! -- nm - prayformojo Nov 16, 11:25 1
    - yours sounds like a weapon for silencing loud children -- nm* - oblique Nov 16, 11:26
WWE: Wrestlemania brought in $170 Million into the Dallas economy. -- nm - Remlik Nov 16, 11:13 22
- That sounds right to me, based on how much the Formula 1 brings to São Paulo.. - Marlowe Nov 16, 11:38 1
  - Though Formula One attracts lots of high-end consumers who want to spend money on lifestyle experiences and luxury goods -- nm - Roger More Nov 16, 11:41
- Linda McMahon will do this for all of America! -- nm - Mop Nov 16, 11:36
- I doubt it. 100k people each spent $1,700 that they weren't going to spend in Dallas anyway? - spamlet Nov 16, 11:18 18
  - Flights and hotels are probably $1,000 or so with tickets another $250. I don't think it's that unreasonable. -- nm - David Nov 16, 11:25 2
    - Money from flights might not be included though, because most of it doesn't stay in Dallas, and what does isn't incremental - Roger More Nov 16, 11:29 1
      - That's a good point. You're right. -- nm - David Nov 16, 11:30
  - *shrug* that's what the Mayor is saying... - Remlik Nov 16, 11:24 14
    - Enigma Research Corp: "If you need to justify event spending and measure an exhibit’s return on investment, here’s how we can help" -- nm* - decline Nov 16, 11:30 10
      - "Don't worry, no one's actually going to do the math on it" -- nm - spamlet Nov 16, 11:30 9
        
        Poor Pete just wanted to say that Wrestlemania boosts economies. He didn't allow for replies from accountants. -- nm - David Nov 16, 11:33 7
        
        I'm more of an economist and a multiplier should be applied. I don't know about a 5x multiplier though. -- nm - Roger More Nov 16, 11:38 3
        
        Hey Kid Ego, I was talking about Spammy. -- nm - David Nov 16, 11:45 2
        
        accountants = plural! No one wants to be referred to as an accountant if they are not. -- nm - Roger More Nov 16, 11:51 1
        
        HEY! We have a superhero and everything now! -- nm - spamlet Nov 16, 11:55
        
        My reaction is if that type of money is available for a Wrestlemania then America isn't hurting as much as the voters say -- nm - crash davis Nov 16, 11:36 1
        
        Lol, duh. -- nm - znufrii Nov 16, 11:44
        
        Oh, this wasn't meant at him at all. It's a particular sore spot for me. -- nm - spamlet Nov 16, 11:35
        
        I think the "impact-derived" formulation is where they came up with a lot of cash -- nm - crash davis Nov 16, 11:32
    - So they spent $33.4m on hotels/restaurants and $137m on *shrug* -- nm - spamlet Nov 16, 11:25 2
      - Looks like they're applying a multiplier. -- nm - Roger More Nov 16, 11:32
      - souvenirs spam. Lots and lots of those cow balls that hang from your hitch -- nm - decline Nov 16, 11:28
the thing about the food in tokyo especially is, though.... - x Nov 16, 11:08 13
- seriously, there are so many restaurants you have to go up to the third and fourth floor sometimes. - ty97 Nov 16, 11:41 3
  - Did you ever eat at any of them, or was Subway always too tempting? -- nm - Roger More Nov 16, 11:41 2
    - I ate at plenty of them, but since I was there anywhere from 2-6 weeks at a time, I certainly worked in some Subway trips. -- (edited) - ty97 Nov 16, 11:44 1
      - (also, on occasion: McDs, Burger King, KFC) -- nm - ty97 Nov 16, 11:52
- I've always wanted to go to Japan JUST to eat... -- nm - Hotkiss Nov 16, 11:24
- One of the best Chinese restaurants I ever went to was in Tokyo. -- nm - Diva Nov 16, 11:15
- KFC. -- nm - Baron More Dough Nov 16, 11:15
- So basically, I don't have to eat double for 2 months? - Marlowe Nov 16, 11:14 1
  - i only went to misawa and aomori besides tokyo. misawa obv. has lots of other stuff because of the air base.... - x Nov 16, 11:49
- I'm sure there's a Subway or two. -- nm - znufrii Nov 16, 11:12
- I appreciate the info, and you don't have to take me so literally. - David Nov 16, 11:12 2
  - i'm not, really. and you will never get her out of tokyo department stores.. - x Nov 16, 11:47 1
    - The two people most like Kim and I on the internet say that Tokyo Disneyland Hotel is the second best Disney resort on the planet. - David Nov 16, 11:49
I'm glad RM didn't fix it because the mental image of noodle bats flying around everywhere is making me giggle. -- nm - spamlet Nov 16, 11:06 1
- If something like that happens, it's against the unspoken laws of ST to fix -- nm - Roger More Nov 16, 11:09
The dream boyfriend in these always works with his hands. - David's iPad Nov 16, 11:02 4
- Have you gotten to the part where the mother of the lead protagonist runs into the dream boyfriend at the grocery store? - ReluctantCynic Nov 16, 11:33 1
  - Why do you people hate holiday magic??? -- nm - David Nov 16, 11:35
- "I just thought - the roadkill isn't going to clear itself. The bone sculptures evolved naturally, and now I donate them to the local orphanage." -- nm - Max Nov 16, 11:08
- spends his vacations in Guatemala building schools? -- nm - Reagen Nov 16, 11:03
I'd also want to get a Maneki Neko -- nm - crash davis Nov 16, 11:01
royal tomb found in China -- (link) - Peglegpete Nov 16, 10:58 1
- Not a burriel? -- nm - Baron More Dough Nov 16, 11:13

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