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Tim Ryan (whoever that is, I seriously have no clue) challenging Pelosi for Dem House leadership -- nm - ty97 Nov 17, 12:47 1
- (He's apparently from Ohio, now I know) -- nm - ty97 Nov 17, 12:48
Rumors be rumoring, there's talk of Romney (!) for Sec State - ty97 Nov 17, 12:44 5
- Teve Torbes to Treasury. -- nm - Baron More Dough Nov 17, 12:49
- Romney is so two hours ago, we're on to Petraeus now. Do try to keep up. -- nm - znufrii Nov 17, 12:47 2
  - I'm just gonna sit over here and hope for the sanity of an appointment like Romney -- nm - ty97 Nov 17, 12:48 1
    - Among all the omg wtf appointments so far, mitt was the most acceptable, reasonable, sane one -- nm - zeit spiced geist Nov 17, 13:29
- As I've said all along, it would be an honor to serve President Trump. -- nm - Romney Nov 17, 12:46
A follow-up from my dr appt last week and my bp is back to my normal 120/70 - TWuG Nov 17, 12:38 4
- Noice! -- nm - Baron More Dough Nov 17, 12:48
- Woot!! -- nm - Epiphany Nov 17, 12:42
- see, I am already helping you! -- nm - Trump Nov 17, 12:42
- Yeah -- nm - zeit spiced geist Nov 17, 12:41
Samsung having a big black friday sale... -- (link) - Remlik Nov 17, 12:34 6
- Note 7's at 85% off! -- nm - pmb Nov 17, 12:38
- "Note7s, 3 for $1!" -- nm - Reagen Nov 17, 12:38
- At least as TVs go, those don't seem to be deals. I checked five listings and all are *currently* selling for those prices at most retailers. -- nm - ML Nov 17, 12:37 3
  - right on. thank you -- nm - Remlik Nov 17, 12:44
  - the tablets look like good deals - Reagen Nov 17, 12:42 1
    - 30 bucks off the VR is very decent -- nm - decline Nov 17, 13:15
In other news,buried in the back pages, pimping charges against backpages site, for promoting sex with underage has been dismissed -- (link) - zeit spiced geist Nov 17, 12:29 1
- The arrest helped Cali AG Kamala Harris win a US Senate Seat -- nm - budice Nov 17, 12:38
Pelosi has a challenger for Minority Leader -- (link) - ML Nov 17, 12:20 2
- (Rep. Joe Crowley is also considering a bid) -- nm - ML Nov 17, 12:24
- From NE Ohio. That might be an interesting result from the rust belt news, but I don't see how they dump her for him. -- nm - Max Nov 17, 12:23
bb skimming, and just checked kiva - this seems like an odd and wrong one for it. opening a bagel store in harlem, with 2x matching by deutsche bank - -- (edited) - b. Nov 17, 12:19 5
- How are they going to do that with a micro loan? -- nm - Beryllium Nov 17, 12:20 4
  - "They just need a little help to make their dream into a reality." they used their life savings, but it wasn't enough. - b. Nov 17, 12:23 3
    - And with a 36 month repayment term? No thanks. -- nm - Meg Nov 17, 12:28
    - yeah, i'm not really okay with kiva getting into that kind of loan. -- nm - Andie Nov 17, 12:23 1
      - and why doesn't deutsche bank just loan to them, ya know? -- nm - b. Nov 17, 12:24
Up next on the rumor block, Petraeus for State. -- (edited) - znufrii Nov 17, 12:17 8
- Without debating the rumor's value, would that even be possible? How could he get security clearance? -- nm - pmb Nov 17, 12:31 6
  - Short search, but I can't find anything to indicate he ever lost his clearances. -- nm - ML Nov 17, 12:34 4
    - How is that possible? A guy who was convicted of knowingly sharing classified information with his mistress journalist? - pmb Nov 17, 12:38 2
      - Ask the federal prosecutors, not me. But he pled to a misdemeanor in the end, which is likely significant. - ML Nov 17, 12:41 1
        
        Of course. - pmb Nov 17, 12:44
    - which wouldn't surprise me - he took a misdemeanor; and the whole thing was, to me, treated less severely than it should have been. - b. Nov 17, 12:37
  - I have no idea but, he's not ruling anything out! -- nm - znufrii Nov 17, 12:32
- This isn't over until they bring up Kissenger. -- nm - Reagen Nov 17, 12:30
Your Urban Planning Porn of the Day: LA County's Measure M (for "Metro"; overwhelmingly approved by voters thank God) and what it will actually do -- (edited) - con_carne Nov 17, 12:11 [youtube] 2
- Why not a before and after gif of metro map? -- (link*) - con_carne Nov 17, 12:12 [Image] 1
  - Nice! -- nm - znufrii Nov 17, 12:19
Hmm, my flight is delayed. Might mess with my connection. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 17, 12:06 2
- time to drink! -- nm - decline Nov 17, 12:15
- Definitely messes with my connection. This will be an interesting experience. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 17, 12:14
J-Law goes swimming in "Passengers" -- (link) - ML Nov 17, 12:02 2
- That's brilliant. -- nm - David Nov 17, 12:23
- So the movie's just 2 hours of her swimming, right? I'd be down with that. -- nm - Baron More Dough Nov 17, 12:17
Star Wars: New Rogue One Sneak Peek -- (link) - budice Nov 17, 11:46 [youtube]
Remlik, you are getting Battlefield 1? What is Spawn planning on playing in the near future? -- nm - crash davis Nov 17, 11:41 2
- not sure. -- nm - Remlik Nov 17, 11:43 1
  - Do it - J Nov 17, 11:45
"Russia has officially banned LinkedIn" - ML Nov 17, 11:39 1
- Dang, what are the 3 people that use it do now? (NM) - Marlowe Nov 17, 11:40
Well, after binge-watching 2 seasons of Bosch, now I'm reading another Bosch novel. :) -- nm - Beryllium Nov 17, 11:38
could your day be better? here, enjoy these baby otters. -- (link) - Andie Nov 17, 11:37 5
- My brother works for the Bronx Zoo. His office window overlooks the otter enclosure -- (edited) - decline Nov 17, 11:57 2
  - ok, that's super cool....nm - x Nov 17, 12:06
  - that IS the best job -- nm - Andie Nov 17, 12:00
- otters are the best - ML Nov 17, 11:39
- awww...nm - x Nov 17, 11:39
WestWorld: Jonathan Nolan stopped by reddit to answer a question .. spoils -- (link) - budice Nov 17, 11:34
Do any of y'all live in Florida? -- nm - Hotkiss Nov 17, 11:32 10
- Not enough of us.. - Marlowe Nov 17, 11:33 1
  - *sigh* -- nm - Hotkiss Nov 17, 11:40
- I heard a rumor JaxSean might live in Jacksonville -- nm - decline Nov 17, 11:33 7
  - Acutally, I live in St Johns County / St Augustine. I'm too good for Jacksonville. - JaxSean Nov 17, 12:17 3
    - Are you ever down in Miami? -- NM - Hotkiss Nov 17, 12:23 1
      - No, I used to when I was training. But that was years ago. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 17, 12:28
    - StSean works in multiple ways. -- nm - b. Nov 17, 12:20
  - too far! -- nm - Hotkiss Nov 17, 11:40 1
    - He is the closest ST'er to me (well, maybe you now).. - Marlowe Nov 17, 11:55
  - unsubstantiated. -- nm - Andie Nov 17, 11:33
I'm so old I remember when my first 46" HDTV cost me $1600 -- (link) - ML Nov 17, 11:30 5
- oh my....I've been looking for a tv -- nm - Remlik Nov 17, 11:42 2
  - they have smaller sizes of the same set also discounted: 55" for $469 and a 50" for $399 -- nm - ML Nov 17, 11:47 1
    - I've been looking to go to 65 inches. But that 70 inch may be it -- nm - Remlik Nov 17, 11:54
- nm -- nm* - budice Nov 17, 11:33 1
  - but what kind of TV does he have ? -- nm - decline Nov 17, 11:35
Tim Kaine says he's out for 2020 -- (link) - ML Nov 17, 11:17 2
- We'll see in 2019. -- nm - iSpam Nov 17, 11:26
- Most of the statement had to be bleeped. -- nm - Max Nov 17, 11:18
Speaking of game consoles, does anyone use an external hard drive for downloaded games? - JaxSean Nov 17, 11:14 7
- yes -- nm - Remlik Nov 17, 11:30
- I just bought an external drive last week. -- nm - groiny Nov 17, 11:18 4
  - I got the Seagate one, it came highly recommended. -- nm - groiny Nov 17, 11:19 3
    - The green colored ones? Or just any Seagate? -- nm - JaxSean Nov 17, 12:18 2
      - I got the green one, it is kind of specifically for Xbox. -- nm - groiny Nov 17, 12:19 1
        
        OK thanks -- nm - JaxSean Nov 17, 12:27
- I use a standard 1TB 3.0 external and have had no problems - it's very easy to work with on the console. - Max Nov 17, 11:18
This one goes all the way to the top, ST -- (link) - ML Nov 17, 11:14
JPMorgan to pay $264 million fine over Chinese bribery scheme. -- (link) - znufrii Nov 17, 11:08 2
- *flips $300m on the desk* "Keep the change." -- nm - JPM Nov 17, 11:10 1
  - "You filthy animals" -- nm - Beryllium Nov 17, 11:12
If that B2 rumor is true, I'd have to think that Trump is offering SecState -- nm - ML Nov 17, 11:03 10
- Secretary of getting it rubbed in his face -- nm - Roger More Nov 17, 11:53 1
  - well now that we know he got more votes than Romney, there is that element -- nm - ML Nov 17, 12:02
- apparently Trump's been talking to foreign leaders on unsecured lines, so yay - Reagen Nov 17, 11:10 1
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- Treasury? -- nm - iSpam Nov 17, 11:09 3
  - hrm, yeah that could be it too -- nm - ML Nov 17, 11:15 2
    - I know everyone thinks it is the Goldman guy or Dimon but this might be a better option. -- nm - iSpam Nov 17, 11:18 1
      - This spec seems to indicate I was on the right track -- (link) - ML Nov 17, 12:13
- The Gronk would make a pretty good Secretary of State in some respects. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 17, 11:09
- "let me know when the Trump team actually publicly confirms someone, because I'm convinced a majority of these rumors are made up" -- nm - znufrii Nov 17, 11:04
Epic 64-Player Multiplayer Battles!!!!!!! - groiny Nov 17, 11:01 34
- Did you get it? -- nm - J Nov 17, 11:09 2
  - Black Friday, it will be mine. - groiny Nov 17, 11:10 1
    - Great, I'm waiting -- nm - J Nov 17, 11:44
- I am actually getting David syndrome a bit with Titanfall 2; I don't like shooting "people." - JaxSean Nov 17, 11:02 28
  - I feel the same way but I've never really been a fan of war games. There has to be other games we can play as a group. -- nm - Krusty Nov 17, 11:23 10
    - basically, it is Sports games, or killing shit games. - groiny Nov 17, 11:30 8
      - I haven't but it looks interesting. -- nm - Krusty Nov 17, 11:52 1
        
        This should be below about Rocket League -- nm - Krusty Nov 17, 11:53
      - I can't see football, it would be everyone gripe at the QB -- nm - crash davis Nov 17, 11:35
      - Especially when you get distracted by fake waterfalls. -- nm - iSpam Nov 17, 11:32 2
        
        Hey, don't go chasing waterfalls -- nm - J Nov 17, 11:45 1
        
        He was not amused when I started singing that. -- nm - iSpam Nov 17, 11:46
      - Have you guys played Rocket League? -- nm - Max Nov 17, 11:31 1
        
        I did for a bit, it was ok. -- nm - groiny Nov 17, 11:33
    - the racing game was fun, but got old for me very quickly. -- nm - groiny Nov 17, 11:25
  - also, World of Tanks was a lot of fun too, and free. -- nm - groiny Nov 17, 11:23
  - A couple more points. David will change his tune when he sees an opposing team with a player who has a Trump gamertag. Also, - crash davis Nov 17, 11:16 2
    - Also personally, I played a bit of the first Titanfall, I'm not interested in Titanfall 2 -- nm - crash davis Nov 17, 11:17 1
      - yeah, it was not good at all. -- nm - groiny Nov 17, 11:18
  - I saw a clip of one of these war simulators where you basically recreate Adam Goldberg's death in SPR in first person - Reagen Nov 17, 11:09 6
    - that's disturbing. that scene will never leave me. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 17, 11:23 5
      - I don't recall what it was. -- nm - groiny Nov 17, 11:26 4
        
        he was the jewish kid in the squad. - Mel Profit Nov 17, 11:27 2
        
        seen the movie at least 3 times, but I can't recall it. -- nm - groiny Nov 17, 11:28 1
        
        That's a painful scene to watch.. - Marlowe Nov 17, 11:30
        
        A German tickled his ribs until he died laughing. -- nm - Max Nov 17, 11:27
  - I get that, but here is my take. I like the scifi of Halo, made it seem unreal. I don't like modern combat. But Battlefield 1 is WWI and I can live - crash davis Nov 17, 11:07 1
    - it is oddly refreshing to kill things with old time guns. -- nm - groiny Nov 17, 11:08
  - you can ride on a horse and sword kill people. -- nm - groiny Nov 17, 11:04 2
    - It's the people aspect. Killing zombies, aliens and robots are ok. - JaxSean Nov 17, 11:07 1
      - consider it training for year 2 of Trump -- nm - groiny Nov 17, 11:08
  - you all are lame. -- nm - groiny Nov 17, 11:03
- giant blimps -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 17, 11:01 1
  - biplanes, armored trains -- nm - groiny Nov 17, 11:02
who wants a fortune? -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 17, 10:57 6
- Hey, are you around between Christmas and NY? I'm in town from the 21st to 30th. -- nm - Meg Nov 17, 11:07
- I'll take it. I could use a bit of fortune this morning. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 17, 11:02 4
  - You create your own stage and your audience is waiting! -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 17, 11:28 2
    - Interesting ... and strangely coincidental. - ReluctantCynic Nov 17, 11:31 1
      - Its kismet. You have to now. -- nm - iSpam Nov 17, 11:33
  - arg -- nm* - tRuMaN Nov 17, 11:28
The ending of Sausage Party is *not* for kids. -- nm - Max Nov 17, 10:57 3
- I just can't believe how long it went on - its like 11 damn minutes of food - Epiphany Nov 17, 12:06
- My 15-year old saw it and agreed. - JaxSean Nov 17, 11:13
- It's just a bunch of friendly foods hanging out. -- nm - David Nov 17, 11:00
CW's Archie adaptation Riverdale will premiere Thursday, January 26, 2017. -- nm - Beaker Nov 17, 10:55 1
- I still think that if Archie is so hard up for cash, he should just sell his extremely valuable antique vehicle. -- nm - Reagen Nov 17, 10:57
TV PSA: Legends of Tomorrow, NBA, Grey's Anatomy, Rosewood, BBT, Saints @ Panthers, Undercover, Great Indoors, Project Runway, Pitch, Notorious, -- nm - Beaker Nov 17, 10:55 1
- Supernatural, Mom, Life in Pieces, Falling Water, Pure Genius, HTGAWM, other stuff -- nm - Beaker Nov 17, 10:55

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