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Think of how brave those people who voted for the GOP are, they are willing to endanger their health and finances to get what they want. - . Jan 13, 13:06 4
- ~You can't always get what you want~ -- nm - Strongbad Jan 13, 13:49
- Back to the days of poor filling up ERs and people dying from illness that could have been prevented costing the public twice as much -- nm - Z2G2 Jan 13, 13:23
- They don't think "their" health will be affected, just the people that don't look like them. -- nm - MDH Jan 13, 13:07 1
  - Just trying to put a positive spin on it. - . Jan 13, 13:11
Flo Rida might be performing at inauguration, rumor he was offered $1M. -- nm - MDH Jan 13, 13:05 1
- denied yesterday. -- nm - b. Jan 13, 13:11
3 doors down, eh? -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 13, 13:00 1
- "Now for some of new..." "KRYPTONITE!" -- nm - Reagen Jan 13, 13:05
This is a conversation that was just overheard at work. "People modifying the blenders is just getting out of hand." -- nm* - Andie Jan 13, 12:52 3
- "I just figured, why should I have to walk to the kitchen to blend something? I combined blades & propellers for a blender drone." -- nm - Max Jan 13, 13:13
- This blender business will get out of control. It will get out of control and we'll be lucky to live through it. -- nm - mara Jan 13, 13:10
- you work with hackers/margarita enthusiasts? -- nm - crash davis Jan 13, 12:54
The latest CNN Breaking News email is likely why people are confused between ACA/Obamacare. - JaxSean Jan 13, 12:51 9
- Include Paul Ryan in the confusion, because I took his town hall statements last night to mean they wouldn't repeal without replacement. - Max Jan 13, 12:53 8
  - This vote literally kills people. That's the type of situation that leads citizens to take up arms. - David Jan 13, 12:58 7
    - They're thinking they can blame anything on Obamacare. Your parents die because of lack of coverage? Premiums still going up a year later? Still ACA -- nm - Max Jan 13, 13:01 6
      - The current plan is to swoop in as saviors by offering something they can claim is just as good. - David Jan 13, 13:09 3
        
        I think they will go on about how flawed it is, and "find" ways to fix it. - . Jan 13, 13:16
        
        The ongoing problem they have is that the ACA was, in fact, a republican plan. That's why they're having so much trouble coming up with something - pmb Jan 13, 13:13 1
        
        Well, and they haven't been trying that hard. They probably thought they'd have Hillary to protect it and they could continue to dine on how different -- (edited) - . Jan 13, 13:20
      - I know at least four people who only have affordable (or any) health insurance due to the ACA. -- (edited) - znufrii Jan 13, 13:05 1
        
        Five -- nm - Z2G2 Jan 13, 13:45
a sucky first attempt, but whatever -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 13, 12:49 1
- I think its a good effort -- nm - crash davis Jan 13, 13:12
it was a (relatively) good run humanity. U.S. Puts Bumblebee On The Endangered Species List For 1st Time -- (link*) - Andie Jan 13, 12:49 1
- 1 of the 47 different bb species, apparently. I was only aware of two: fat, and fatter -- nm - Max Jan 13, 12:51
Canelo Alvarez and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. to fight on May 6 -- (link) - Beaker Jan 13, 12:47 4
- so Canelo isn't afraid of Triple G still, right? - Mel Profit Jan 13, 12:50
- which will headline an HBO PPV card on the Mexican holiday of Cinco de Mayo -- nm - Beaker Jan 13, 12:47 2
  - ummm -- nm - Reagen Jan 13, 12:49 1
    - Cinco, Seis, horseshoes, hand grenades, its all good if its close -- nm - crash davis Jan 13, 12:52
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- DT is sort of the "down home" version of what a rich person, what someone who's never been around people who are really rich think it looks like. - . Jan 13, 12:56
Giants DB Leon Hall not fined for hit that injured WR Jordy Nelson. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 13, 12:18 4
- Kind of surprising. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 13, 12:38 3
  - the surprising thing is that their doctors didn't give Jordy the OK to play this week...given how fast Moore was back in the game last week -- nm - Beaker Jan 13, 12:46 2
    - Doesn't Jordy have fractured ribs? - JaxSean Jan 13, 12:49 1
      - take 2 aspirins wuss -- nm - Team doctor Jan 13, 12:50
Chiefs-Steelers Playoff Game Pushed Back To Sunday Night Due To Ice Storm -- nm - Beaker Jan 13, 12:15 13
- Wouldn't it be colder at night? -- nm - JaxSean Jan 13, 12:38 4
  - Oddly no. It will be above freezing from then on. -- nm - iSpam Jan 13, 13:13
  - Could have more to do with road conditions -- nm - Z2G2 Jan 13, 12:49 2
    - ...wouldn't it be icier and more dangerous on the road at night in an ice storm? -- nm - JaxSean Jan 13, 12:51 1
      - What's the timing on the storm? Are they hoping it will have passed through by then? -- nm - Meg Jan 13, 12:58
- *kicks frozen ball, shatters leg* -- nm - idiot kicker Jan 13, 12:26
- this SUCKS (I was going to watch this while the youngest had a play date...now WTF am I going to do...) -- nm - Beaker Jan 13, 12:21 6
  - netflix? -- nm - Diva Jan 13, 12:23 5
    - oh I'll find something, just I wanted to watch the football :( -- nm - Beaker Jan 13, 12:27 4
      - can you watch on Sunday night? -- nm - Diva Jan 13, 12:28 3
        
        oh probably, but Sunday afternoon is my NFL time. -- nm - Beaker Jan 13, 12:32 2
        
        imma take my hubby to brunch, sit in a whirlpool and go to the movies. -- nm - Diva Jan 13, 12:37 1
        
        "You can't bring that whirlpool in here." -- nm - usher Jan 13, 12:38
I had a lava cake for lunch, thought of Chef, and I'm still not sure if it's supposed to be dry or liquid or what. -- nm - Max Jan 13, 12:13 1
- cake on the outside, gooey and lava-y in the middle. -- nm - Andie Jan 13, 12:17
Amazing. -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 13, 12:04 7
- We've seen the deleted scene from TPM with Jar-Jar dying, right? -- (link) - ML Jan 13, 12:08 [youtube] 3
  - if only Jedi's could levitate things with their minds or Jar Jar could swim -- nm - Beaker Jan 13, 12:15 2
    - That current is far too fast to just swim. -- nm - Ender Jan 13, 12:33 1
      - his species live under the ocean. If he can't swim through that he deserves to die over and above him being a moron -- nm - Beaker Jan 13, 12:37
- I can't remember, was there a context to this? - Guigue Jan 13, 12:06 2
  - another example of how 7 was completely unoriginal -- nm - ML Jan 13, 12:15
  - "That's 'cause droids don't pull people's arms out of their sockets when they lose." -- nm - Max Jan 13, 12:08
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- Such a nasty donut. -- nm - Trump Jan 13, 12:04
znufrii B2: Yes, you absolutely should. - Strongbad Jan 13, 11:46 7
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  - Thanks. It's fun to agree every once in a while! -- nm - Strongbad Jan 13, 12:41 1
    - Crap it got cold here suddenly. What's going on? -- nm - The Devil in Hell Jan 13, 12:42
- Funny story, a couple years ago I ran into one of our council members at a bar. I asked him if it was worth it. - znufrii Jan 13, 11:49 3
  - As long as you don't take yourself too seriously - Strongbad Jan 13, 11:52 2
    - My wife's been involved with local planning boards - Reagen Jan 13, 11:54 1
      - Yes. - Strongbad Jan 13, 11:58
David and I are going to flip a coin, winner runs for Mayor; loser runs for Council President. -- nm - Will Hunting, King of Astronauts Jan 13, 11:46 2
- There's a county mayor and a city mayor so you could both do it. - Dark Callisto Jan 13, 11:59 1
  - Don't fight the power, be Mum (to the) power -- nm - crash davis Jan 13, 12:50
The Chargers have already changed their new logo -- (link) - ML Jan 13, 11:38 7
- Never trust anyone from Fiverr! -- nm - David Jan 13, 12:27
- cool. they rastafied it by.... 10% or so -- nm - prayformojo Jan 13, 11:50
- It's like Andy Warhol with a Campbell's soup can -- nm - budice Jan 13, 11:48 2
  - if he were colour blind -- nm - Beryllium Jan 13, 11:54 1
    - Actually, I could probably mock up a warhol of this -- nm - Beryllium Jan 13, 11:55
- "We're the S4s!" -- nm - Reagen Jan 13, 11:44 1
  - I thought they were the 4As -- nm - crash davis Jan 13, 12:34
Some shit just went down in a briefing between House Dems and Comey -- (link) - Reagen Jan 13, 11:32 7
- I have been *saying* this all along! -- nm - Flo Rida Jan 13, 11:40 3
  - "I like Flo Rida. Moms need rap too." -- nm - Reagen Jan 13, 11:42 2
    - I thought that was Pitbull. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 13, 12:28 1
      - This is from Atlanta. -- nm - Reagen Jan 13, 12:44
- "Funny story... you guys ever hit Reply All when you didn't mean to? I mean, it's 2016, every one gets hacked, right fellas?" -- nm - Comey Jan 13, 11:37
- Walz is my congressman and is usually pretty mild-mannered. Now I'm very curious. -- nm - ML Jan 13, 11:36 1
  - I'm guessing it has to do with a likely incredibly lame explanation for why he chose to send the letter to Congress while refusing to say anything - pmb Jan 13, 11:49
Long read, but good: How democracy has failed. -- (edited) - znufrii Jan 13, 11:29 24
- "we lost so Democracy has failed" -- nm - Beaker Jan 13, 12:19
- I would argue - Strongbad Jan 13, 12:15 17
  - Not that it has failed, but how and why it is continuing to do so. - znufrii Jan 13, 12:21 16
    - I would argue one solution - Strongbad Jan 13, 12:27 15
      - also a pony? -- nm - Reagen Jan 13, 12:41 1
        
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        3 ways off the top of my head - Strongbad Jan 13, 12:44 10
        
        Point one is becoming more difficult in a capitalist society where information is a commodity to be sold. I agree with you, but I struggle to have an. - pmb Jan 13, 12:56 4
        
        On point 2 - Strongbad Jan 13, 13:00 3
        
        Yes, they do. By including discussions of climate change and evolution and recognizing the existence of social injustice. One is based on fact and the - pmb Jan 13, 13:10
        
        Well that makes it equal, then. - znufrii Jan 13, 13:03 1
        
        Which is not what I said, but come on. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 13, 13:13
        
        #3 seems fundamentally incompatible with the modern conservative movement (i.e. Trumpism) -- nm - Reagen Jan 13, 12:47 4
        
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        I agree. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 13, 12:48 2
        
        which is to say I think you make good points here, I just don't know how it's achievable right now. -- nm - Reagen Jan 13, 12:56 1
        
        I agree. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 13, 12:57
      - Term limits are certainly a solution for something, but maybe not the issues highlighted in the article. -- (edited) - znufrii Jan 13, 12:36
- I'd argue that it has failed a test, but it hasn't failed. Tensions over how society is organised and who benefits and who doesn't are going to be an - Roger More Jan 13, 12:01 4
  - A fair critique, sure. I don't think the thrust of the piece is that democracy is unable to address these issues, so in that sense it is not a failure -- (edited) - znufrii Jan 13, 12:08 3
    - Yeah, I'm taking issue with the headline and sub-header more than the article, which I think has more of a "we should look at our democracy with open - Roger More Jan 13, 12:16 2
      - Take that, Jesus Jones! -- nm - Reagen Jan 13, 12:42 1
        
        *golf clap* -- nm - JaxSean Jan 13, 12:43
I am considering the least-healthiest lunch ever right now. But it's Friday the 13th, and yesterday's lunch haunted me last night. - Beryllium Jan 13, 11:22 2
- You can get poutine at McDonald's? -- nm - Krusty Jan 13, 11:29 1
  - you can get poutine *everywhere* in Canada. -- (edited) - Reagen Jan 13, 11:30
I would vote for Roger, Stephen, ML, Andie, ty (even though he's clearly nuts), znufrii (just to see if he'd wreck the place), Meg and - Loyola Jan 13, 11:21 11
- Lads forget about the politics, ye're all good people. -- nm - Loyola Jan 13, 11:49
- I once considered running for office. I decided if anything I would rather be the man behind the person. -- nm - Dano Jan 13, 11:28 2
  - Snakehead Party! -- nm - prayformojo Jan 13, 11:50
  - I *bet* -- nm - ML Jan 13, 11:31
- ...thanks? -- nm - znufrii Jan 13, 11:25 1
  - you anarchist! -- nm - JaxSean Jan 13, 11:38
- I'm running against ML. He broke up the ticket. - Mel Profit Jan 13, 11:23 1
  - Cloverfield Monster tested better with suburban moms sorry. -- nm - ML Jan 13, 11:27
- No one should vote for me but I'd do a fantastic job. -- nm - Krusty Jan 13, 11:22
- a vote for foodchem is a vote for foodchem! -- nm - foodchem Jan 13, 11:22 1
  - a vote for lick_theballs is ......... -- nm - Beryllium Jan 13, 11:23
And they fixed our Dependent Care FSA without me having to choke anyone. Whoohoo! -- nm - znufrii Jan 13, 11:14
Amazon's Classic Rock playlist for cold weather. Starting, of course, with 'Cold as Ice'. -- (link) - GregW Jan 13, 11:14
Arbitration agreements - Machado and Britton for 11mil plus and Harper for 13mil plus - Will Hunting, King of Astronauts Jan 13, 11:13
Because i *will* make you all Schitt's Creek's fans - a clip with Catherine O'Hara and Eugene Levy. -- (link) - Andie Jan 13, 11:13 5
- It airs on Pop TV here, which also airs a wrestling show. - Tim Jan 13, 12:31
- Sorry, this content isn't available right now -- nm - Krusty Jan 13, 11:22 2
  - ah, a small taste of what we suffer daily. - Andie Jan 13, 11:22 1
    - 😢 -- nm - Krusty Jan 13, 11:51
- the pelican look was pretty good -- nm - Beryllium Jan 13, 11:18
The Nats and Bryce Harper have avoided arbitration. -- (link) - ML Jan 13, 11:12 1
- That is comical. His projection was like 9.5mil -- nm - Will Hunting, King of Astronauts Jan 13, 11:13
I can't wait for the competing "A vote for Mumpower is a vote for evil" posters. -- nm - Roger More Jan 13, 11:07 9
- I do wonder what a David-Level Campaign would look like -- nm - Beryllium Jan 13, 11:20
- Mumpower is people power. -- nm - DavidPAC Jan 13, 11:15
- "Mumpower: Only Occasionally Reppin', And Frequently Stops Never Stopping" -- nm - prayformojo Jan 13, 11:12 6
  - Is Popstar on Netflix yet? i still want to see this. - Andie Jan 13, 11:16 4
    - I want to see this and 'The Handmaiden'. -- nm - Diva Jan 13, 11:19 2
      - In some ways they are quite different movies. -- nm - Dano Jan 13, 11:29 1
        
        perfect double feature. -- nm - Diva Jan 13, 11:40
    - I also want to see it, but it hasn't come out yet. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 13, 11:17
  - I never figured you to stoop so low. -- nm - Reagen Jan 13, 11:14
One of the most important questions of our age has been definitively answered. -- (link) - ML Jan 13, 11:05 9
- "The car is about 31 years old, it might be time for Homer to get an upgrade." Umm... NO! -- nm - Krusty Jan 13, 11:14 8
  - It's interesting though - the rest of the house gets upgraded with the times, Lisa has a computer in her room, etc -- nm - Roger More Jan 13, 11:33 2
    - Good point but still no. ;-) Yeah, they've upgraded but for some reason the car stays the same. -- nm - Krusty Jan 13, 11:50 1
      - Oh, I wasn't saying they should upgrade - it would be sacrilege, for one thing. For another, a car is often a symbol of one's masculinity and status. - Roger More Jan 13, 12:04
  - I hear Powell Motors makes a nice family vehicle. -- nm - Baron Zero C Jan 13, 11:18 4
    - That would be the only acceptable replacement car. -- nm - Krusty Jan 13, 11:20 3
      - Canyonero! -- nm - Roger More Jan 13, 11:33 2
        
        But you don't see many men driving the F series. -- nm - Baron Zero C Jan 13, 11:52 1
        
        (Was that also a Dodge/Ford joke?) -- nm - Beryllium Jan 13, 11:54
Monkeys mourn "death" of monkey-shaped camera robot. -- (link) - Ender Jan 13, 11:03 [youtube] 1

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