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Willie McCovey pardoned by President Barack Obama -- (link) - Beaker Jan 18, 05:20
Sources: 49ers plan to offer Kyle Shanahan head-coaching job -- nm - Beaker Jan 18, 05:20
Betsy DeVos. Can someone explain the point Mother Jones is trying to make here? Is this a "bad" thing? -- (link) - Strongbad Jan 18, 05:14 18
- I think it's trying to further the narrative that the future Secretary of Education doesn't care about public schools. -- nm - Inigo Jan 18, 05:18 1
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- they want to tell her and her family where they should donate their money too seems to me... -- nm - Beaker Jan 18, 05:17 13
  - although it is a backhanded way of insinuating that they will try and bring more religion into the school system -- nm - Beaker Jan 18, 05:17 12
    - How *dare* they - Strongbad Jan 18, 05:20 9
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        Do you think the $ contributions prove bias? - Strongbad Jan 18, 05:32 2
        
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        To me? Yes. - Strongbad Jan 18, 05:41
      - Sure, as a private citizen. As the SecEd, it becomes a thing to worry about. -- nm - Reagen Jan 18, 05:23 3
        
        Right. If she prioritizes/prefers private schools over public schools as Secretary of Education there could be huge consequences. - Inigo Jan 18, 05:26 2
        
        I don't follow the leap from - Strongbad Jan 18, 05:35 1
        
        If her entire track record was spending a little money to create a private school, maybe you'd be right. It's not. -- nm - volnelk Jan 18, 05:41
      - that's just me mind you -- nm - Beaker Jan 18, 05:21
    - The big question is how much have they given to eradicated the number of bears infiltrating the school system... -- nm - Beaker Jan 18, 05:18 1
      - first grizzly then black and brown bears...polar bears are ok though. -- nm - Beaker Jan 18, 05:26
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- What do we think about the idea of... - Strongbad Jan 18, 05:11 2
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    - Russians played the long con -- nm - Beaker Jan 18, 05:31
George HW Bush hospitalized. -- (link) - TWuG Jan 18, 05:00
TV PSA: Blindspot, Lethal Weapon, Fresh Off the Boat, Uncover Boss, Speechless, Frequency, L&O SVU, People's Choice Awards, Vikings, Star, Blackish, -- nm - Beaker Jan 18, 04:36 2
- I recommend Frequency. Season finale is next week and apparently it will start streaming on Netflix the week after. -- nm - Dano Jan 18, 05:08
- GF's Guide to Divorce, Chicago PD, Incorporated, Match Game, Six, Samantha Bee, Workaholics, other stuff -- nm - Beaker Jan 18, 04:37
Laptop ran out of juice but my charger is at work. Oops. Man, I wish I had USB-C .... -- nm - Beryllium Jan 18, 01:25 1
- Instead I am teeing up jokes for nubby on twitter. NUBBY COME BACK. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 18, 01:26
Taboo is sooooo good. -- nm - Mop Jan 18, 00:19
Moonlight is a very good movie. - . Jan 17, 23:11
I want to wear the Taboo costume to work every day. -- nm - Max Jan 17, 22:59 6
- Few people can pull off the felt top hat and face tattoo combination. -- nm - Mop Jan 18, 00:16
- If things work out the way they look like they'll work out, I'll have to think of a comic or movie character to dress up & get face painted as ... -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 17, 23:11 [SmugMug] 4
  - Geez man. How much of that was makeup and how much was photoshop? -- nm - Mop Jan 18, 00:21 1
    - My understanding is that it's nearly 100% makeup and in-camera, but we'll see -- nm - Beryllium Jan 18, 01:05
  - Anyway, I've given it some thought and I still can't decide. - Beryllium Jan 17, 23:15
  - another example -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 17, 23:11 [SmugMug]
Finally, a bit of progress. Password reset ("forgot password") code is updated on beta ... hopefully I didn't break it. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 17, 22:37 2
- Just 2 files left from the old architecture to rewrite, and then I can end that phase of the project. Phew. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 17, 23:33
- ... oops, now the links are updated properly. Heh. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 17, 23:33
to all our friends in Australia...there is an In-N-Out popup restaurant in Sydney today. -- (link) - Peglegpete Jan 17, 22:25
... time to explore my Spotify discovery list whilst coding ... -- nm - Beryllium Jan 17, 22:08
Tomorrow morning we host a tour of 30 homeschoolers......tell me again why I do this? -- nm - Meg Jan 17, 21:31 6
- Because I believe children are the future. Teach them well and let them lead the way. -- nm - Qale Jan 17, 21:47 1
  - CSNY Teach your Children -- (link) - Peglegpete Jan 17, 22:22 [youtube]
- Either homeschoolers are more organized than I thought, or that's one busy mom. (nm) - howie Jan 17, 21:44 1
  - Heh, yep, some kind of group. -- nm - Meg Jan 17, 22:09
- when you get home afterwards the wine tastes better. -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 17, 21:32 1
  - No, that's after the afternoon Friends of the Library board meeting ;) - Meg Jan 17, 21:44
Maybe they give you something to bite down on. -- nm - Mop Jan 17, 21:31
So this is winter storm Kori that's attacking the west coast. We're expecting it here by the weekend :/ -- (link) - Meg Jan 17, 20:53 1
- I'm just gonna ignore this one. Looks like just rain for us. If I ignore it, nothing will happen. Like Trump. -- nm - Mop Jan 17, 21:15
the fog outside right now is exorcistcreepy -- nm - prayformojo Jan 17, 20:38 2
- we need pictures and video -- nm - call me Ishmael Jan 17, 20:40 1
  - and an old priest and a young priest -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 17, 23:52 [youtube]
I've spent the last few hours stewing about whether or not I need to arm Abby against grizzlies at school in the morning - prayformojo Jan 17, 20:24 6
- All it takes to stop an angry grizzly is a good grizzly with a gun. -- nm - volnelk Jan 18, 04:37
- I think you are underestimating grizzlies. -- nm - crash davis Jan 17, 20:29 4
  - Bears never give up. -- nm - Dano Jan 17, 20:54 3
    - The bear looked like he was, like, at least...............................He was probably, like, eight, right? -- nm - prayformojo Jan 17, 21:12 2
      - I'm sure 'having guns in schools to protect from grizzly bears' is CODE for shooting gays they assume are coming to snatch kids -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 17, 23:08 1
        
        I thought it was code for inner-city bears? -- nm - Beryllium Jan 17, 23:09
Maurice Lamarche for the ultimate win -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 17, 20:24 2
- (And Billy West, too. Narf!) -- nm - Beryllium Jan 17, 21:14 1
  - Thanks for that 👍 -- nm - JD Jan 17, 21:27
Ben-Hur is distracting with only one of the Property Brothers. -- nm - Max Jan 17, 20:17
I just visited Facebook for the first time in a while. Yee gawds. -- nm - crash davis Jan 17, 20:09 1
- I've been pondering turning off notifications for the FB app ... -- nm - Beryllium Jan 17, 20:20
#^%##**!! pistachios. Just finished "dinner". One serving to go before bed - JD Jan 17, 20:07 2
- Use a small ramekin to pour a portion, or you'll eat the whole damn bag -- nm - Z2G2 Jan 17, 20:56 1
  - Uh...I count the damn things 8-P 2-4-6.....10..30..40 -- nm - JD Jan 17, 21:11
You're a bad man, and I'm not. - Spawn Jan 17, 19:43
I'm really quite concerned about what Trump is going do with access to S.H.I.E.L.D. -- nm - Reagen Jan 17, 19:31 10
- also, remind me not to piss off Mallory Jansen. -- nm - Reagen Jan 17, 19:36
- I wonder if Trump could buyout (leveraged, of course) and rebrand Hydra? -- nm - crash davis Jan 17, 19:34 1
  - well Robert DeCosta aka Sunspot bought A.I.M. in a leveraged buyout and turned them into a force for good... - Remlik Jan 17, 19:46
- On moral principles, Steve Rogers despises him. On his 'accomplishments' as a businessman, Tony Stark despises him. He is screwed -- nm - crash davis Jan 17, 19:33 6
  - uhh....Steve Rogers is the 2nd in command of Hydra. -- nm - Remlik Jan 17, 19:47 5
    - you just make crap up and expect me to believe it because I'm not getting comics right now -- nm - crash davis Jan 17, 20:07 4
      - On May 25, 2016, the Marvel comic book universe was rocked when it was revealed that since he was a young boy, Steve Rogers, - Remlik Jan 17, 20:11 1
        
        ah, 2016 -- nm - crash davis Jan 17, 20:14
      - just like the other day when you told me Catwoman was a mass murderer -- nm - crash davis Jan 17, 20:08 1
        
        so I'll stand on the principle if its not in one of the movies, it didn't happen -- nm - crash davis Jan 17, 20:10
Remember back when ST used to have a midnight group? - David Jan 17, 19:29 9
- I blame my kids. - IrishStephen Jan 17, 21:12 1
  - I can blame my own kids. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 17, 21:15
- Well, tonight I think I'll do some coding on the ST codebase ... just a few more sprints and it'll be entirely settled inside a framework. - Beryllium Jan 17, 20:48
- I'm usually around, Bacon goes to to bed now, Loosi used to check in when she couldn't sleep, and of course Dane Duke -- nm - Z2G2 Jan 17, 20:47
- Yep, the west coast hour has really gone downhill of late...... -- nm - Meg Jan 17, 20:46
- It's midnight in America. Do you know where your Slackers are? -- nm - Qale Jan 17, 20:39 1
  - Trump imprisioned them. -- nm - Mop Jan 17, 20:51
- We still do, but it's Bery and a toy train. Toot Toot! -- nm - . Jan 17, 20:04
- Yes. Future not bode well does. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 17, 19:56
"You'll need a bigger notebook." -- nm - . Jan 17, 18:49
So if trump really does dismantle America, what's the ideal endgame? Conquest by Russia, or takeover and wholesale parceling by corporations - Beryllium Jan 17, 18:48 19
- Whole Cuban and Nicaraguan armies come walking right through and roll right in the great plains. -- nm - Max Jan 17, 19:23 5
  - If the Soviet Army got stopped by a wrestling team (see the documentary Red Dawn), what chance do Cubans and Nicaraguans have? -- nm - crash davis Jan 17, 19:26 3
    - wait the one I saw had it as the Chinese and the North Koreans! -- nm - Remlik Jan 17, 20:06 2
      - that was the fictional one -- nm - crash davis Jan 17, 20:08 1
        
        Chuck Norris doesn't care. He'll stop them all, fictional or not. -- nm - Mop Jan 17, 20:51
  - "Wolverines!" -- nm - mud Jan 17, 19:25
- Continuum as a real thing. -- nm - David Jan 17, 19:23
- Ideally, he is merely James Buchanan and we have an unidentified Lincoln out there -- nm - crash davis Jan 17, 19:18
- I think he's basically looking to deregulate everything and create something more akin to the Russian oligarchy. -- nm - mafic Jan 17, 19:09 1
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- Ideal for whom? -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jan 17, 18:59 6
  - the median average citizen -- nm - Beryllium Jan 17, 19:08 5
    - We survive the next four years, are able to elect a new government of decent people, so they can get back to their job of helping people. -- nm - znufrii Jan 17, 20:06 1
      - Hahahahah -- nm - Beryllium Jan 17, 20:07
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      - This. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jan 17, 19:15
    - (Which is a lot nicer than the mean average citizen) -- nm - Beryllium Jan 17, 19:08
- Jennifer Government -- nm - mud Jan 17, 18:56
Betsy DeVos, everyone -- (link) - Reagen Jan 17, 18:42 9
- Don't you know the code? -- nm - Z2G2 Jan 17, 20:54
- Won't someone please think of the unprotected pic-a-nic baskets??? -- nm - David Jan 17, 19:24
- *runs for da hills* -- nm - Non-Denominational Bears Jan 17, 19:03
- Hey, a GOPer could have blamed the blacks (bears) but didn't. - Will Hunting, King of Astronauts Jan 17, 19:01
- and -- (link) - Reagen Jan 17, 18:47 3
  - Oof! She's not qualified for the position. -- nm* - Krusty Jan 17, 18:54 2
    - feature, not a bug. -- nm - Reagen Jan 17, 19:03
    - Well, duh. - znufrii Jan 17, 18:55
- unbearable. -- nm - mud Jan 17, 18:44
Okay, so I'm not going to nag. If you want in on BiggeST Loser send me a starting number and update when you - Meg Jan 17, 18:39
"scrotum wax" -- nm - Max Jan 17, 18:31
chocolate covered onions? what in the goddamned hell, Chopped? -- nm - Reagen Jan 17, 18:28
Audioslave to reunite at Anti-Trump Inaugaration party.... -- (link) - Remlik Jan 17, 18:26 4
- Awesome! -- nm - Epiphany Jan 17, 19:22 2
  - well... -- nm - Reagen Jan 17, 19:26 1
    - Better than Prophets of Rage... -- nm - J Jan 17, 20:17
- I'm counting them as attendees for mine -- nm - Trump Jan 17, 18:38
Dang won't be able to do either weekend of the Best Picture show case this year. Have stuff going both weekends. -- nm - iSpam Jan 17, 18:25
no "PMP" jokes? - Reagen Jan 17, 18:22 2
- We don't want to think of you as a ho. -- nm - Will Hunting, King of Astronauts Jan 17, 18:31
- hey, what you do for a little extra income is your own business. -- nm - mafic Jan 17, 18:25
Stars/Rangers/cuckoo/bananas -- nm - Reagen Jan 17, 18:20
Don't listen to Max. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jan 17, 18:18
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies is a lot more entertaining than its reputation would suggest. -- nm - David Jan 17, 18:11 13
- Yep. And much better than the book which was a slog. -- nm - diva Jan 17, 20:19
- It was fun -- nm - Epiphany Jan 17, 19:24
- I really enjoyed it as well. Much better than expected. Just a great bit of entertainment. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jan 17, 18:18
- I loved it. But then I am a big fan of Jane Austen and Hong Kong actions flicks. - . Jan 17, 18:17
- don't listen to Max. I liked it too -- nm - prayformojo Jan 17, 18:17
- it's one of the few books I've started and not finished. it got old fast. -- nm - mafic Jan 17, 18:17 3
  - I mean the movie. -- nm - David Jan 17, 18:19 1
    - yeah, I could see that. -- nm - mafic Jan 17, 18:24
  - The book was pretty tedious, but the movie was surprisingly okay. -- nm - Andie Jan 17, 18:18
- nope. -- nm - Max Jan 17, 18:12 3
  - You lost the thread vote! -- nm - David Jan 17, 19:23 2
    - You lost two hours! -- nm - Max Jan 17, 19:24 1
      - No, that was Reagen for that ill-considered soccer crack. -- nm - David Jan 17, 19:28

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