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So ST Poll and i know most of us work but whats your interest level in the Inaguration on friday - eag Jan 18, 08:38 11
- -100, unless some shit goes down. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 18, 10:35
- 0 -- nm - Strongbad Jan 18, 08:56
- zero. I will not watch - nor will I follow most of social media on that day -- nm - decline Jan 18, 08:48
- I may end up finishing The Jewel in the Crown on Netflix that day. The parallels between the English - who felt lost, helpless, without a role - Roger More Jan 18, 08:44 1
  - Such a great show. -- nm - LMS Jan 18, 09:15
- I will be blissfully unencumbered by any desire to watch it. -- nm* - znufrii Jan 18, 08:43
- I am literally leaving the country to get away from the inauguration. -- nm - ty97 Jan 18, 08:40 1
  - ooh - where are you going? -- nm - Diva Jan 18, 08:51
- None. I get physically ill thinking about it. -- nm - Krusty Jan 18, 08:39 1
  - Word -- nm - eag Jan 18, 08:41
- -1 -- nm - Beaker Jan 18, 08:39
People are overdosing on an elephant sedative (carfentanil) in western PA. - decline Jan 18, 08:37
Happy Baseball HOF Day everyone! -- nm - Beaker Jan 18, 08:37
Meanwhile -- (link) - ty97 Jan 18, 08:25
Prepare yourself to be shocked. For I have completely unexpected news to share: -- (link) - ML Jan 18, 08:20 5
- Just on this - do I have the right read that DoJ hasn't finished its investigation, & that it hasn't yet filed charges or issued an extradition order - Roger More Jan 18, 08:37 1
  - (Oh, and now I read the article linked to the tweet... yes) -- nm - Roger More Jan 18, 08:40
- and I was going to buy that bridge too dammit -- nm - Beaker Jan 18, 08:24
- We are all quite shocked by this turn of events -- nm - ty97 Jan 18, 08:22
- Lol -- nm - znufrii Jan 18, 08:21
Betsy DeVos is a good porn name. - Mop Jan 18, 08:12 1
- thank you for your valuable contributions -- nm - ML Jan 18, 08:19
I might go crazy tonight and have more than one alcoholic drink. - LMS Jan 18, 08:00 2
- Between Brexit and Trump, the world needs a lot of drinks. -- nm - Spawn Jan 18, 08:04
- you wild woman! -- nm - groiny Jan 18, 08:03
Andy Weir is making a TV pilot for CBS about NASA -- (link*) - ML Jan 18, 07:59
Fans of Arrival will enjoy this very well-done talk about first contact -- (link) - ML Jan 18, 07:35 [youtube]
I realize this article is behind a paywall, but a good friend's brother wrote it. It's called The Exercise Paradox. Conclusions inside. -- (edited) - Inigo Jan 18, 07:33
This sure sound like Trump wants military parades, just like ever good dictator does -- (link*) - decline Jan 18, 07:27 5
- This may tie in with the firing of the National Guard in Washington, D.C. -- nm - Mop Jan 18, 07:54
- I should have predicted this from the Despot Wanna Be Checklist. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 18, 07:43
- Dear Lord in Heaven -- nm - Beaker Jan 18, 07:36
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- "And I want huge pictures of me hanging from buildings all over big cities." -- nm - volnelk Jan 18, 07:31
"Thank you Canada, for Loverboy." -- nm - Spawn Jan 18, 07:19 2
- Take me down to ear worm city - Beryllium Jan 18, 07:24
- "Women who are very liberal toward social responsibility." -- nm - Spawn Jan 18, 07:23
"How Two Mathematicians Solved a 175-Year-Old ‘Federalist Papers’ Controversy" edit: bonus JK Rowling content! (link) -- (edited) - ML Jan 18, 07:05 3
- ~Hamilton wrote the OTHER 51!!!~ -- nm - Will Hunting, King of Astronauts Jan 18, 08:31 1
  - heh... -- nm - Diva Jan 18, 08:52
- this musical sounds more boring the more I learn about it -- nm - Beaker Jan 18, 07:07
The Santa Clara Diet looks like fun (Dexter meets the Walking Dead only funny) -- (link) - Beaker Jan 18, 07:05
American Airlines Introduces New Basic Economy Fare - ty97 Jan 18, 06:52 25
- hahahahahahahahaha. They are apparently moving to *9* boarding groups. - ty97 Jan 18, 07:15 16
  - Never really understood the attraction of boarding groups based on class. It should be based on where you are in the plane. - volnelk Jan 18, 07:38 9
    - Logistically you are likely right. Customer service wise, you need to provide benefits to those who pay for the front cabin and to those who fly a lot -- nm - ty97 Jan 18, 07:40 8
      - right? it's bad enough that you have to sit in the same space as those people, it would be insulting to make you walk down a hall next to them too! -- nm - decline Jan 18, 07:44 1
        
        Hey if you want to run a business where you don't recognize your highest paying and most loyal customers, that's your business. - ty97 Jan 18, 07:46
      - I get that, but is sitting in a seat in a plane while people walk by you with thir carryons, banging them into the seats a "benefit"? Not to me. - volnelk Jan 18, 07:42 5
        
        Overhead space. -- nm - ty97 Jan 18, 07:44 4
        
        The other benefit is "not waiting around". I'd much rather be in a seat than waiting for my name or my group to be called. -- nm - Roger More Jan 18, 08:11 1
        
        good point. Not getting stuck in the queue on the jet bridge is nice. -- nm - ty97 Jan 18, 08:12
        
        Aha. Good point. -- nm - volnelk Jan 18, 07:46
        
        Right. They're not selling the convenience of being crammed in a tiny seat for 20 more minutes, it's the ease of stowing your bag. -- nm - Ender Jan 18, 07:46
  - That will be a *joy* on international flights. - spamlet Jan 18, 07:31 5
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      - I sometimes genuinely don't know my group. On my last trip, I missed out on preferential boarding three times. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 18, 07:45 1
        
        It's more the opposite problem where everyone tries to board with first class and when they can't they just crowd the gate and let no one else through - spamlet Jan 18, 08:08
      - gate lice -- nm - ty97 Jan 18, 07:39
      - they should have special planes where only frequent and upper tier passengers are allowed -- nm - decline Jan 18, 07:37
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- oh man, this is AA speak for you - ty97 Jan 18, 07:08 1
  - yup -- nm - Epiphany Jan 18, 07:53
- Oh joy! I can't wait until they try to enforce the no overhead rule. - spamlet Jan 18, 06:57 1
  - They won't be able to enforce it for elites who retain their boarding group. Everyone else will be on Group 5 - ty97 Jan 18, 07:01
- I booked with Delta a few days ago - Strongbad Jan 18, 06:56 1
  - If you book on Delta.com, there's a dire warning you have to click to accept before you can books these fares. - ty97 Jan 18, 07:00
- Basic premise: NEVER book these fares on any airline. - ty97 Jan 18, 06:54
26 days until pitchers and catchers report for spring training. -- nm - Krusty Jan 18, 06:50 9
- what? this is rediculous! the world series was, like, *last week*! -- nm - call me Ishmael Jan 18, 08:06 1
  - 2 hours. -- nm - David's iPad Jan 18, 08:12
- Thanks for the warning. -- nm - Mop Jan 18, 07:58
- meanwhile, we got a guy throwing 110 already. - groiny Jan 18, 06:55 5
  - sort of, but not really -- nm - ML Jan 18, 08:35
  - Who is this? -- nm - Krusty Jan 18, 07:03 2
    - Michael Kopech -- nm - groiny Jan 18, 07:05 1
      - Thanks. I read about him and his arm is electric while his head isn't right. Also, he had some mechanical issues so bad control but that's fixable. -- (edited) - Krusty Jan 18, 07:09
  - As long as he does it on the field and not punching a teammate that will be considered personal growth for him. -- nm - spamlet Jan 18, 06:58
More Philly news: We're #1!! -- (link) - decline Jan 18, 06:35 2
- And they're just talking about the human residents. -- nm - iSpam Jan 18, 07:01
- Enjoy the win! We dropped to third behind the decrepit Boston. It's a rare time I'm happy to see Boston beating us. - Krusty Jan 18, 06:42
Speaking of public school funding, apparently there's a bill in the PA legislature to replace local property taxes with state funding - znufrii Jan 18, 06:32 16
- I still don't understand why we can't just put a $100,000 tax on each bottle of soda... -- nm - Jim Kenney Jan 18, 07:26 7
  - Heh. -- nm - znufrii Jan 18, 07:29 6
    - (He did actually have a fair point, even if it was made poorly and obscured by slanted reporting) -- (edited) - znufrii Jan 18, 07:43 5
      - Nobody I've seen was charging it on products that weren't included. -- nm - Ender Jan 18, 07:47 2
        
        Well, that's part of what he was complaining about. - znufrii Jan 18, 07:55 1
        
        I have seen zero evidence of that. Please prove me wrong. -- nm - Ender Jan 18, 08:28
      - The government always wants you to hide taxes in the final price so it obscures how much there is. - spamlet Jan 18, 07:47 1
        
        Right, and that's a fair argument to have. That wasn't the thrust of the criticism against the mayors comments though. -- nm - znufrii Jan 18, 08:01
- still lower than any of the surrounding states -- nm - decline Jan 18, 06:53
- 60%?! -- nm - Epiphany Jan 18, 06:46 6
  - From 3.07% to 4.95%, it would also broaden and increase the state sales tax. - znufrii Jan 18, 06:51 4
    - I always find those percentage increases when describing local tax increases completely sensational. Yes it's 60% because you're dealing with small - pmb Jan 18, 08:46
    - doesn't that depend on how much you make? like, my property taxes at $2200 per year. if I made $100k, I would pay $5k in income & property tax - university of amanda jones Jan 18, 06:54 2
      - Right, I was discussing my personal tax situation only. -- (edited) - znufrii Jan 18, 06:55 1
        
        oh. I'm pretty poor so it might actually help me. still, it's fruit battery. -- nm - university of amanda jones Jan 18, 06:56
  - we're at 3.07% now. it's not so huge really. but it is fruit battery. -- nm - university of amanda jones Jan 18, 06:50
Oh my gosh, the Irish are 5-0 and on top of the ACC. I should take a picture because this will never happen again. - Baron Zero C Jan 18, 06:15 1
- I need them to start losing some games - Strongbad Jan 18, 06:45
This *might* be the year MN legalizes Sunday liquor sales. - ML Jan 18, 06:12 5
- nothing else good to do on Sunday's there. - groiny Jan 18, 06:48
- jeez, even PA allows Sunday liquor sales -- nm - decline Jan 18, 06:44 1
  - combo of long-standing blue laws and weirdly, the liquor stores on the whole don't want it -- nm - ML Jan 18, 06:52
- The Land of the Puritans did away with that 20 years ago. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 18, 06:38
- bunch of drunks - Beaker Jan 18, 06:31
This is a helluva goal -- (link) - ML Jan 18, 06:03 [youtube] 1
- indeed -- nm - Beaker Jan 18, 06:06
Mexican cartel (Zetas) demanded payment from BPM festival ahead of nightclub killings -- (link*) - Beaker Jan 18, 06:02
canceling my staff meeting to go get a latte is bad, right? -- nm - university of amanda jones Jan 18, 05:55 4
- I'll allow it. -- nm - Judge Mills Lane Jan 18, 06:03
- Just make one of the staffers go get you one, during the meeting -- nm - Flavorize Jan 18, 05:59 1
  - and then, in a display of power, take a sip, sip it out and throw the remainder of the cup at the poor staffer - prayformojo Jan 18, 06:03
- i don't know. is it a pretty damn good latte? -- nm - call me Ishmael Jan 18, 05:57
Other than Assange, WikiLeaks 2010 is a *completely* different organization than WikiLeaks 2016. - Reagen Jan 18, 05:52 2
- Agreed. Also, I read yesterday that Assange said he'd turn himself in to the US if Obama commuted her sentence. -- nm - Krusty Jan 18, 06:07 1
  - he tried to sell me a bridge in Brooklyn but I don't believe that either -- nm - Beaker Jan 18, 06:07
Strongbad from B2: Betsy DeVos is a school voucher advocate. -- (edited) - Inigo Jan 18, 05:44 36
- If we're discussing school vouchers, - Strongbad Jan 18, 05:48 35
  - You should look at this article from the Economist - which is generally pro school choice and school voucher - about DeVos, and why - Roger More Jan 18, 07:53 5
    - And my interpretation of the B2 tweet - without reading this thread in detail. - Roger More Jan 18, 07:57
    - And also this editorial -- (link) - Roger More Jan 18, 07:54 3
      - Thanks for the links, but they're both behind pay walls for me. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 18, 07:59 2
        
        Article: - Roger More Jan 18, 08:08 1
        
        and editorial - Roger More Jan 18, 08:09
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  - She's trying to create a chasm between the educated and the public school attendees. -- nm - David's iPad Jan 18, 06:52 1
    - Exactly. Rich kids getting elite education over here, workers and eventual criminals over here. -- nm - volnelk Jan 18, 06:53
  - It's fine but now that she's a nominee to be in charge of public schooling it shows us how little she has done to advance public schooling while - Krusty Jan 18, 05:55 2
    - Forget "Advance" public education, she hasn't come within 100 yards of any aspect of her life "participating" in public education. It's absurd. -- nm - volnelk Jan 18, 06:05 1
      - I completely agree. She's less qualified than Harriet Miers. -- nm - Krusty Jan 18, 06:08
  - again, as a private citizen, fine. It becomes a thing worth talking about when you want to run the department - Reagen Jan 18, 05:53
  - But what if your job is being in charge of the chronically underperforming public schools? -- nm - volnelk Jan 18, 05:52
  - Which is great if you can afford it, except that it really hurts the public system - Guigue Jan 18, 05:52 1
    - This. -- nm - Krusty Jan 18, 06:24
  - That's not what voucher programs do, though. - Inigo Jan 18, 05:52 18
    - This. It also tends to take the high performing students out of the public schools which in turn damages them even more. -- nm - Krusty Jan 18, 05:55 13
      - Does it help or damage the high-performing student? -- nm - Strongbad Jan 18, 05:57 12
        
        BTW, here's John Oliver's argument against charter schools. -- (link) - Inigo Jan 18, 06:21 [youtube]
        
        It may help, but it's absurd to say that is for the greater good when you take those kids out and leave every special needs kid behind. - volnelk Jan 18, 06:09 9
        
        We've sued a few of the schools for multiple violations including not accepting kids that have learning disabilities and kicking out kids that need - Krusty Jan 18, 06:12 8
        
        If I got to pick my students, I could look like a combo of Mr. Chips and Dead Poets Society. -- nm - Reagen Jan 18, 06:34 7
        
        I shall create my own army and be unstoppable! -- nm - Beaker Jan 18, 06:38 5
        
        well the whole idea of public school education was really advanced by the Prussians to teach their kids math so they'd become... - Mel Profit Jan 18, 06:52 3
        
        (reading a good book on Waterloo right now. Napolean's getting ready to square off with the British and the Prussians) -- nm - Beaker Jan 18, 07:31 2
        
        If you get a chance, read, "The Arms of Krupp" - Mel Profit Jan 18, 08:04
        
        good stuff. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 18, 07:44
        
        shhh -- nm - Reagen Jan 18, 06:43
        
        I didn't read the first one but definitely know the second. You'd have the best classes and rarely feel the need to call out sick. - Krusty Jan 18, 06:38
        
        He/she is already a high performing student. I'm not so worried about that student. If the school is improved then that student benefits but having - Krusty Jan 18, 06:04
    - Disagree with your 3rd statement - Strongbad Jan 18, 05:55 3
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      - I'd refer you back to my second paragraph, then. - Inigo Jan 18, 06:00
      - The mission of the Department of Education is to ensure equal access to education and to promote educational excellence throughout the nation. - Krusty Jan 18, 05:59
Step-Dan -- nm - Beaker Jan 18, 05:43
Canadian Politics: It's finally official: Kevin O'Leary will run to be leader of the Conservative Party of Canada. -- (link) - Beaker Jan 18, 05:31 1
- inb4 Trump tweets that Kevin's ratings are shitty -- nm - oblique, SuperFeud Champion Jan 18, 05:38

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