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It's a very newsy Friday -- nm - ty97 Dec 2, 16:01 4
- newsdump friday...nm - x Dec 2, 16:03 3
  - Depends on China's reaction -- nm - ty97 Dec 2, 16:11 1
    - china will be mad, sure. but it's not like they're nuking taiwan..... - x Dec 2, 16:15
  - Most don't understand it now so are probably tuning it out -- nm - iSpam Dec 2, 16:09
Judge in Walter Scott case looking to replace that juror -- (link) - ty97 Dec 2, 15:58
Taipei Times story suggests the call was deliberate and was arranged by Trump's "Taiwan-friendly campaign staff." -- (link) - ty97 Dec 2, 15:56
Here's John Bolton (who was at Trump Tower today) writing about "a diplomatic ladder of escalation that would compel Beijing's attention." - ty97 Dec 2, 15:53
"I like to watch." -- nm - b. Dec 2, 15:52 1
- this is hilarious. i almost made a chauncey gardiner reference last board....nm - x Dec 2, 16:08
I often wonder what the Amazon pickers think when they're putting together my orders. - ReluctantCynic Dec 2, 15:37 13
- Does any one picker see your entire order? -- nm - Mop Dec 2, 15:49 2
  - Here they do. Our morning show did a live remote from the warehouse last week. It is robot /human combo. But it is one human per. -- nm - Andie Dec 2, 15:54 1
    - I think a human has to check items in the box to the order, and make sure they don't rattle around the box too much in shipping -- nm - zeit spiced geist Dec 2, 16:09
- To get a good idea, go through the supermarket checkout with only a cucumber and KY in your trolley and look at the cashier's face -- nm - Roger More Dec 2, 15:45 5
  - Why would he need a trolley? How big is this vat of KY he's buying? -- nm - ty97 Dec 2, 15:48 4
    - or the size of the cucumber. -- nm - b. Dec 2, 15:53 2
      - :O - ty97 Dec 2, 15:53
      - *giggity!* -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 2, 15:53
    - Maybe it's Costco king sized -- nm - BAcon Dec 2, 15:50
- I am getting colored underwear with stripes. What do you think about that Amazon Picker? -- nm - BAcon Dec 2, 15:44 1
  - Duct tape, ski mask, cloriform, hand cuffs, several rolls of plastic tarp -- nm - zeit spiced geist Dec 2, 16:16
- kinky geeky thoughtful druggy nerd. -- nm - b. Dec 2, 15:40
- "Nerd perv." -- nm - Amazon Packer Dec 2, 15:39
I think I'm getting to the point of hoping for a bunch of faithless electors to save us. -- nm - ty97 Dec 2, 15:36 2
- I'm down to day dreaming about superman to fly in and batman slap him all the way to gina - zeit spiced geist Dec 2, 22:16
- Alexander Hamilton and Federalist No. 68 to the rescue! -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 2, 15:39
Jeffrey Lord re-ups with @cnn -- (link) - ty97 Dec 2, 15:35 1
- I'm all for opportunities for the mentally-challenged, but sheesh -- nm - mud Dec 2, 16:04
Sarah Palin: Trump's Carrier deal is 'crony capitalism' -- (link) - ty97 Dec 2, 15:31 11
- blind squirrel, nut. -- nm - Reagen Dec 2, 15:45 2
  - or maybe being encouraged to position herself as anti for possible future use. -- nm - b. Dec 2, 16:04
  - Exactly. -- nm - Krusty Dec 2, 16:04
- Somebody found out she's not getting a cabinet position. -- nm - pmb Dec 2, 15:42
- well, like the wsj editorial board at least she's consistent...nm - x Dec 2, 15:38 2
  - agreed - ty97 Dec 2, 15:49
  - yep. -- nm - b. Dec 2, 15:42
- Go back to my link a few days ago about this being a reality tv show and heavily scripted. -- nm - Strongbad Dec 2, 15:37
- STOP MAKING ME AGREE WITH SARAH PALIN -- nm - ty97 Dec 2, 15:35
- Oh God. Wake me in 2020. -- nm - Mop Dec 2, 15:35 1
  - Don't you mean 2024? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Dec 2, 15:36
haha... -- (link) - x Dec 2, 15:26 20
- I don't agree with our policy about dealing with China and Taiwan but this is a huge mistake. Idiots, all of them. -- nm* - Krusty Dec 2, 15:31 3
  - china's gonna start some shit over the Spratleys. -- nm - Reagen Dec 2, 15:45 2
    - And we better not just walk away and leave them to control the South China Sea. -- nm - Krusty Dec 2, 15:49
    - If it is thought out and calculated that is one thing. This is dumb and dumber not knowing any better. -- nm - BAcon Dec 2, 15:47
- see his next post, though. -- nm - b. Dec 2, 15:30 12
  - "Von Miller gives every player in AFC West custom bottle of wine, Thank You note" -- (link) - Mop Dec 2, 15:33
  - Yeah, we're assuming this is a mistake, but like other mistakes it may be strategy -- nm - Roger More Dec 2, 15:33 10
    - ari has added more, too. -- nm - b. Dec 2, 15:41 3
      - i'm not surprise ari fleischer would support the approach.... - x Dec 2, 15:54
      - (those several posts are probably as much as I've looked at twitter at once since the election.) -- nm - b. Dec 2, 15:45 1
        
        no, wait, that would have been true except I read that whole phil mattingly thread yesterday. - 30- -- nm - b. Dec 2, 15:48
    - Greenwald thinks it's deliberate -- (link) - ty97 Dec 2, 15:34 5
      - i actually think it was probably by design too.... - x Dec 2, 15:41
      - He says "worse", but this is Trump's way of getting what he wants. Make people upset about their sacred cows, then negotiate for what he really wants. -- nm - Roger More Dec 2, 15:41 3
        
        i'd agree. but i have to say this approach is fraught with peril.... - x Dec 2, 15:45 2
        
        His own party will hate this more than Democrats will. Which is funny but not funny -- nm - BAcon Dec 2, 16:02
        
        Yeah, it's the opposite of how diplomacy is supposed to work. But Trump wants to renegotiate US debt to China and Chinese access to US markets. - Roger More Dec 2, 15:55
- Make Taiwan Great Again...Better yet, China already has a wall. -- nm - budice Dec 2, 15:30
- I mean, where'd he get the phone number? Someone gave him that phone number. - Mop Dec 2, 15:30 1
  - Bolton. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 2, 15:37
Deliberations in the Walter Scott case will continue Monday -- nm - ty97 Dec 2, 15:22 5
- I just read the post on B2 and that pissed me off something mighty. - Krusty Dec 2, 15:29 4
  - NPR snip, he could have turned, at 16 feet away and tried to attack again -- nm - zeit spiced geist Dec 2, 22:12
  - I remember looking at my brother's partner last week and saying "you know, there's a chance Dylan Roof gets off, it only takes one juror" -- nm - ty97 Dec 2, 15:32
  - Then he picked up evidence and dropped it by the victim. -- nm - Mop Dec 2, 15:31 1
    - Yeah, there's so much wrong in what he did that I can't believe they took more than an hour. -- nm - Krusty Dec 2, 15:31
Snow levels at 1,500 feet *OR LOWER* starting on Sunday! - Mop Dec 2, 15:22 2
- I was just on a National Weather Service briefing. They're being rather cautious, but ... - ReluctantCynic Dec 2, 15:42 1
  - This will surely be as terrible as that mother of all storms we barely survived a couple of months ago! -- nm - Mop Dec 2, 15:45
more schadenfreude! -- (link*) - ty97 Dec 2, 15:20
So, any odds on Tiger winning a major in 2017? - Will Hunting Dec 2, 15:18 1
- I would bet against it. - BAcon Dec 2, 15:19
ok, this is truly amazing.... - x Dec 2, 15:08 10
- Malamud worked with Aaron Swartz (who later committed suicide while under federal investigation) on PACER. -- (edited) - Mop Dec 2, 15:40
- Rogue archivist is like the worst TV series pitch ever. -- nm - David's iPad Dec 2, 15:19 3
  - Rogue: Archivist..is an X-Men series as told in retrospect by Rogue -- nm* - Peglegpete Dec 2, 15:29
  - "The Librarians" -- nm - Mop Dec 2, 15:26
  - there's currently a movie out about an accountant!....nm - x Dec 2, 15:22
- King county would charge me $1 each to look at marriage applications even though its public record, my county makes them available via public terminal -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 2, 15:16
- Yet again, Oregon has led the way! -- (link) - ReluctantCynic Dec 2, 15:16 1
  - (from a co-worker) Apparently a lot of this is tied to a UO law professor who regularly rails against UO administration (and their athletics program) -- (link) - Mop Dec 2, 15:44
- This man is a national hero. -- nm - Mop Dec 2, 15:13
- I think it's called transparency. -- nm - . Dec 2, 15:13
*sighs, changes 'It Has Been [X] Days Since An International Incident' sign* -- nm - State Department Dec 2, 15:05
Legal question. Can the judge set aside the jury results and make his own judgment? -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 2, 15:04 12
- I know in most instances he can't, but are there rare instances or circumstances when he can? -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 2, 15:07 11
  - Most states have an option for a judge to issue a "judgment notwithstanding the verdict." I forget the Latin, but attorneys use "JNOV" ... - ReluctantCynic Dec 2, 15:10 8
    - non obstante veredicto (I learned something today thanks to you, so thanks!) -- (link) - ty97 Dec 2, 15:12 7
      - Excellent! Now remind me, what does "post hoc ergo propter hoc" mean? -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 2, 15:13 6
        
        after this, therefore resulting from it: used to indicate that a causal relationship has erroneously been assumed from a merely sequential one. -- nm - ty97 Dec 2, 15:14 5
        
        JackDawson and I are gonna make a lawyer out of you yet. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 2, 15:17 4
        
        I am picturing Goofy in a Disney cartoon with a little devil image of himself on one shoulder and angel on the other, wondering what to do :)) -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 2, 15:21
        
        As long as I don't have to any reading or writing, I'm sold! -- nm - ty97 Dec 2, 15:20 2
        
        (I did think pretty heavily about it maybe 10-12 years ago, but I'm an awful writer) -- nm - ty97 Dec 2, 15:21 1
        
        Well, so is Jack Dawson ... - ReluctantCynic Dec 2, 15:43
  - IIRC when they realize the prosecutor failed to prove his case, or if the defendant is factually innocent? but I don't think he can reverse an aquita -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 2, 15:10 1
    - IANAL and have no idea, but this is not going to acquittal. 11 of 12 are voting to convict. -- nm - ty97 Dec 2, 15:12
*Survivor spoilers* - Strongbad Dec 2, 14:58
Okay, everyone, relax. Things are just fine. No need to worry anymore. -- (link) - ReluctantCynic Dec 2, 14:56 2
- *critically fumbles three times in a row* -- nm - RC's d20 Dec 2, 15:02 1
  - Must be Saturday! -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 2, 15:04
friends. neighbors! countrymen!!! new fridge tomorrow between 7 and 10 a.m.! (one of you will get up to get it, right?) -- nm - windows jones Dec 2, 14:49 9
- 2 p.m. -- nm - Mop Dec 2, 14:56
- What kind of evil company delivers at 7 am?? -- nm - decline Dec 2, 14:55 1
  - Dr Evil's Medical supply -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 2, 15:14
- I'll be up at 9:00 a.m. Eastern if that helps. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 2, 14:54
- Didn't you just get a fireplace? -- nm - BAcon Dec 2, 14:52
- is the current one dead, or going to the garage for the more long term stuff and to keep lottsa alcohol chilled? -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 2, 14:51 1
  - and congrats on the new one -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 2, 14:51
- I'll be up if they are delivering to central mo. -- nm - iSpam Dec 2, 14:51
- on it. - Chubbers Dec 2, 14:50
"Get in there and crush Taiwan, or let them go." is a fundamental misunderstanding of china, imo.... - x Dec 2, 14:48 13
- I'm being silly, but if they arrest everyone else the don't like, why the hell is a traitor walking around phoning the U.S. president? - Max Dec 2, 14:58 6
  - it's complicated, max...nm - x Dec 2, 15:03 5
    - Though it's also simple. China would lose more than it gains from invading. It would also lose by allowing Taiwan to be independent. - Roger More Dec 2, 15:07 4
      - They don't want other parts of their country going independent so they can't let Taiwan remain so or get it's blessing. - BAcon Dec 2, 15:26 2
        
        That's part of it - but there's also a vision of One China and a united ethnicity. If you're interested, article at the link -- (link) - Roger More Dec 2, 15:31 1
        
        Thx -- nm - BAcon Dec 2, 15:32
      - yeah. also, no one plays the long game like china....nm - x Dec 2, 15:09
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- I will let you invade Taiwan if you stop manipulating your currency. -- nm - Trump, The Art of the Deal Dec 2, 14:50 3
  - More like, I will let you invade Tawain if you let me build a couple hotels there -- nm - decline Dec 2, 14:55 2
    - "Did I say 'me'? I meant 'me'. DAMMIT! I mean..." -- nm - Mop Dec 2, 14:56 1
      - Me? i meant the royal "I" -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 2, 15:12
- And poking a nuclear bear with a stick is not a great idea either -- nm - ty97 Dec 2, 14:49
Anyone playing the new Hearthstone deck yet? It's crazy -- nm - Bacon Dec 2, 14:42 1
- I drifted away from it after the C'thun expansion. -- nm - Baron More Dough Dec 2, 15:03
The sword of sincere religious faith has two edges -- (link) - . Dec 2, 14:40
(The national polls were right, she did win) -- nm - ty97 Dec 2, 14:38 15
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  - this stuff drives me crazy...nm - x Dec 2, 14:54
  - it seems the only people who read the voters right was Jared and his group -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 2, 14:49
- too bad she did not also carry the EC -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 2, 14:42
- Forget about the scoreboard, we got more yards than that other team. -- nm - Strongbad Dec 2, 14:41 7
  - No, it's "the refs arbitrarily chose to count our fewer points more". -- (edited) - David's iPad Dec 2, 15:18
  - I agree with Alexander Hamilton when it comes to the Electoral College. I just wish it would do its damn job. - ReluctantCynic Dec 2, 15:03
  - The way the game works, Trump is President. I don't and never have disputed that. But what you said was a different beast. -- (edited) - ty97 Dec 2, 14:43 3
    - 80000 votes go another way, and no one has shit to say about polls. -- nm - Reagen Dec 2, 14:58 1
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    - yep...nm - x Dec 2, 14:45
  - if you're going to slag polling numbers, it seems only fair to note that they got the popular vote gap almost bang on. -- nm - Reagen Dec 2, 14:43
- If you want to make an argument that the data in the article is wrong, then make it about the vagaries of exit polling - ty97 Dec 2, 14:41 2
  - If I've learned anything over the past 18 months, it's not to trust any polling. -- nm - Strongbad Dec 2, 14:43 1
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I would so love to know what VP Biden is saying about these calls right now ... . -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 2, 14:37 10
- Trump hasn't actually talked to a world leader yet. Every time he phones, it's Biden doing an impersonation on the other end. -- nm* - ty97 Dec 2, 14:41 4
  - "Hello? Is this China? I'll need two of the number 4, and no MSG!" - Mop Dec 2, 15:02
  - "I just spoke with the Prime Minister of Canada, Jean Poutine..." -- nm - Roger More Dec 2, 14:44 1
    - Justine Poutine -- nm - Beryllium Dec 2, 14:47
  - I understand Joe puts on a matching dress & hat when Trump Calls Queen Elizabeth II :)) -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 2, 14:44
- all he is thinking is: 8 months until I can drive my Vette -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 2, 14:40
- Whatdya mean? These calls are clearly crank calls initiated by Joe. -- nm - Mop Dec 2, 14:39 2
  - *sigh* stop stealing my things! -- nm - ty97 Dec 2, 14:42
  - *ding* -- nm - Beaker Dec 2, 14:39
- "Oh, get me a beef with mixed vegetable, and dumplings." -- nm - Max Dec 2, 14:39

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