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fun fact! - x Jan 18, 14:26 2
- Washington hasn't done anything in years, why should they start now? -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 18, 14:55
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FIRST TAX FORM ARRIVED! - ty97 Jan 18, 14:22 2
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  - Nah this is normal. I'm at the mercy of the banks. -- nm - ty97 Jan 18, 14:30
I didn't do it. -- nm - diva Jan 18, 14:21 2
- you broke the Red Line with your sassy ways. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 18, 14:24 1
  - No I didn't. - diva Jan 18, 16:04
Newly-elected sheriff addicted to meth pleads guilty to felony in theft of meth from police locker, resigns. -- (link) - ty97 Jan 18, 14:05 4
- The only thing I'm surprised by is the fact that he resigned. -- nm - Mop Jan 18, 14:11 1
  - I'm sure he'll just run for reelection in a year or two -- nm - decline Jan 18, 14:12
- what a meth -- nm - Max Jan 18, 14:08
- Shocking turn of events: NOT Florida! -- (link) - ty97 Jan 18, 14:06
"'Love Actually' director Richard Curtis is using Pokémon Go at Davos to tackle poverty — and Jamie Oliver is playing ".... - x Jan 18, 14:02 1
- even though I still play, I cringed a bit at first; but when I looked at the story, it wasn't that bad - it's trying to get people to engage - b. Jan 18, 14:26
Dawson correct me if wrong, but (from below), it's a stretch for Denzel to even get nominated as Director this year - MDH Jan 18, 13:49 5
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- For a directing Oscar? Remember last year? -- nm - . Jan 18, 14:02
- He's currently 4th in betting odds, but no, I don't read anywhere that he's likely. - Name Withheld by Request Jan 18, 13:55 2
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at&t is vexing me in varied ways at the moment - first they sent a message that cloud backup of my texts would be going away, and now they're shutting - b. Jan 18, 13:48 2
- (it turned out that the link didn't work on my phone or in chrome, but it did in IE.) - b. Jan 18, 14:17
- I like verizon -- nm - James Bond (aka on phone) Jan 18, 13:51
hoo boy.... - x Jan 18, 13:45 10
- Can't say I'm surprised, seemed a foregone conclusion to me. - ty97 Jan 18, 13:47 2
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    - oh yeah, it was obvious at the apec summit after trump killed tpp and xi jinping gave a speech that said china would take the lead on trade...nm - x Jan 18, 14:24
- Because deep down, the leadership community in the world prefers benevolent dictatorship to genuine democracy. - Name Withheld by Request Jan 18, 13:47 5
  - it's more just that they are inherently globalists. they're not going to favor the localist..... - x Jan 18, 14:15
  - I think they prefer it to a loose cannon like Trump. They'll prefer a greater certainty to a wild card. -- nm - pmb Jan 18, 14:09
  - We pretty much supported any dictators who agreed to fight communism -- nm - Z2G2 Jan 18, 14:01 2
    - That's not quite what I was going for. - Name Withheld by Request Jan 18, 14:03 1
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- If only this could have been predicted.... -- nm - TWuG Jan 18, 13:46
Well at least there's some good news to report -- (link) - ML Jan 18, 13:31 1
- ^doom level h. -- nm - b. Jan 18, 13:44
Queen Latifah working on ‘Living Single’ reboot -- (link) - ty97 Jan 18, 13:24 1
- link -- (link) - decline Jan 18, 13:24 [Backboard]
Netflix adds 7M new streaming subscribers. stock at an all time high and is up 33% from a year ago -- nm - decline Jan 18, 13:19 8
- honestly who would have guessed this after qwikster? -- nm - university of amanda jones Jan 18, 13:27 4
  - the way they dealt with the qwikster thing is exactly why they're a success.... -- (edited) - x Jan 18, 13:36 1
    - And then the market caught up to them. -- nm - Reagen Jan 18, 13:39
  - exactly -- nm - prayformojo Jan 18, 13:30
  - I would not have guessed this after Amazon Prime. -- nm - Max Jan 18, 13:29
- If it hadn't split, it would be at over 1000 per share. -- nm - Reagen Jan 18, 13:25
- I'm so old I remember when the subscriber price increase was going to doom Netflix forever. -- nm - ML Jan 18, 13:23 1
  - That it is cheaper than Hulu Plus without commercials helps. -- nm - Qale Jan 18, 14:32
In this class I have a Mohammed, a Genghiz, a Constantine and a Winston. - Reagen Jan 18, 13:05 7
- ... -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 18, 13:17 [youtube]
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- Genghiz with a 'Z', not Lisa with an 'S'... -- nm - Diva Jan 18, 13:14
- you need a Catherine, Elizabeth, Mary and an Isabella or 2 -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 18, 13:14
- I'd totally pit a few of against one another just based on their names. - Mel Profit Jan 18, 13:13
- "The bartender looks up and says, 'What is this? A joke?'" -- nm - call me Ishmael Jan 18, 13:09 1
  - heh -- nm - ML Jan 18, 13:09
BREAKING: -- (link) - ML Jan 18, 13:02 10
- Have you seen his next tweet? -- (link) - mara Jan 18, 13:51
- i wonder if this is a goof in light of the 'Will & Grace' return... -- nm - Diva Jan 18, 13:08 1
  - Yep. -- (link) - ML Jan 18, 13:11
- let's reboot everything! except firefly.....nm - tv execs Jan 18, 13:08 1
  - Thought I saw rumor #10,001 that FOX would be up for it if Whedon was (which is likely not). -- nm - JaxSean Jan 18, 13:19
- I hate reboot-hollywood -- nm - decline Jan 18, 13:07 1
  - Wait, are we thinking reboot? -- nm - Spawn Jan 18, 13:08
- Seriously? Am I going to have to go back and watch the last several seasons that I skipped? -- nm - Spawn Jan 18, 13:05
- noooooooooo!!!!!!!!! let me have my perfect love stay perfect! this is blasphemy!! -- nm - university of amanda jones Jan 18, 13:04
- hmm. I'm not sure I like that. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 18, 13:03
thisisfine.jpg -- (link) - ML Jan 18, 13:00
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- It is kind of interesting (if it wasn't so evil) - rollo Jan 18, 13:15
- "If liberals are so fuckin' smart, how come they lose so goddamn always?" - Inigo Jan 18, 13:13 8
  - Let's put it this way those pro-life, anti-Trump women are at odds with a very important part of feminism. - . Jan 18, 14:17
  - I reject the lack of humility crap - ty97 Jan 18, 13:43 3
    - right. realism is more important than humility. - Mel Profit Jan 18, 13:45 2
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        And our incoming pres was also so humble and realistic. -- nm - . Jan 18, 14:25
  - The right has a lot of money, nit just Koch bros. I think the right fundies are using them as much as the koch bros think they are using the fundies -- nm - Z2G2 Jan 18, 13:29 1
    - The left is not hurting for billionaire support. Money's a wash. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Jan 18, 13:36
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- I don't want to speak for ML - Strongbad Jan 18, 13:00 26
  - I want to speak for him! "I'm a lawyer! Blah, blah, blah, I object! Blah, blah, blah, Zubaz!" -- nm - Ender Jan 18, 13:45 1
    - I get the feeling someone might send him a t-shirt with this on it. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 18, 13:47
  - your IM: Dems are locked out of power in Washington and 2/3 of state legislatures - ML Jan 18, 13:09 21
    - And with policies that the majority of the country supports - Reagen Jan 18, 13:12 20
      - Well, and rank stealing in the form of gerrymandering, etc -- nm - ty97 Jan 18, 13:19 19
        
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        The pr arm of the right has been hammering away at this base, I'd say a lot 9f women didn't vote hill over abortion -- nm - Z2G2 Jan 18, 13:51
        
        I honestly don't believe that was the #1 reason who won but I could be wrong. - ty97 Jan 18, 13:27 1
        
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        nothing gets the Shield Maiden of Rohan glint in the Democrat female base more than Roe v. Wade and any threat to. - Mel Profit Jan 18, 13:26 1
        
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        y'know, whatever the truth of this is, harping on this narrative is totally useless..... - x Jan 18, 13:22 12
        
        I'm not harping. I'm also not running. Nor advising anyone who is running. Nor would I suggest anyone running to use this argument to try to win votes. -- (edited) - ty97 Jan 18, 13:26
        
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        Did you see this article from the NBC news today? It basically focuses on the fact that the democrats problem is as much geographic as anything. - pmb Jan 18, 13:28 2
        
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        Which goes back to the messaging point: how to message to more of the people in the spread out space. -- nm - ty97 Jan 18, 13:30
        
        sure, that's fine. i'm not really addressing that.... - x Jan 18, 13:27 6
        
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        No one here is arguing that it should be the narrative! -- nm - ty97 Jan 18, 13:28 4
        
        it just comes up a lot, is all. and i don't mean just here....nm - x Jan 18, 13:29 3
        
        I think it *should* come up a lot. The GOP has in many cases rigged the deck in their favor - ty97 Jan 18, 13:34 2
        
        Hell, the outgoing President was widely known to have gerrymandered his Illinois state seat. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Jan 18, 14:01 1
        
        Well, the Republicans and Democrats take turns in Illinois. - . Jan 18, 14:27
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  - Bench depth isn't any great shakes either when projecting to 2020 but who knows what that Etch-A-Sketch of an election looks like right now? -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Jan 18, 13:01
- As arguments go, that seems pretty far from "inane on its face" -- nm - Max Jan 18, 13:00 3
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    - people are stupid. The vast majority of Americans are effin morons. -- nm - CQ Jan 18, 13:13 1
      - and people don't vote. -- nm - CQ Jan 18, 13:14
Biden: *revs it, rips out of the WH parking lot leaving skid marks in his wake* -- (edited) - ML Jan 18, 12:47 5
- trust me - he's doing Tough Mudders a couple of days a week to get ready for 2020. [nm] - Mel Profit Jan 18, 12:58
- ~Come on ride that train~ -- nm - Strongbad Jan 18, 12:55
- I mean, he'll get a roving crime-fighting TV show, right? -- nm - Beryllium Jan 18, 12:52 2
  - #NeverForget -- (link) - ML Jan 18, 12:54 1
    - "Biden Says Life Better Than It Was 4 Years Ago But Nothing Can Touch Summer Of '87" - ML Jan 18, 12:59
Lookout: grizzly bear! -- nm - prayformojo Jan 18, 12:45 1
- pew pew -- nm - Alaskan Students Jan 18, 12:47
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- The one I met was female. -- nm - . Jan 18, 12:45
- A band. Oh, wait, that's Chevelle. What is a Charvelle? -- nm - JaxSean Jan 18, 12:44
- Zie. #BecauseIts2017 -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Jan 18, 12:42
- Whatever gender they present themselves. -- nm - Qale Jan 18, 12:42
- Male -- nm - CQ Jan 18, 12:42
- A car. -- nm - Spawn Jan 18, 12:42
- Female -- nm - Mop Jan 18, 12:39
- Female -- nm - Strongbad Jan 18, 12:37 1
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So just took a peak at the Oscar odds and without seeing either movie, this leapt out at me: Best Actor - Name Withheld by Request Jan 18, 12:33 17
- i do not see Denzel winning. -- nm - Andie Jan 18, 13:31 1
  - : | -- nm - Denzel award show face Jan 18, 13:32
- For whatever it's worth (not much) Bill Simmons was all over this on his podcast this week - rollo Jan 18, 13:05 4
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    - Refresh my memory? What was he criticized for? -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Jan 18, 13:27 2
      - it was a long, messy, messy ramble and he seemed very unprepared for it even though it was a Lifetime Achievement Award and he knew he was getting it. - Diva Jan 18, 13:52 1
        
        Gotcha. I remember that now. Brought the family up, right? - Name Withheld by Request Jan 18, 13:56
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  - He didn't get it for Training Day either apparently. (I may have begun handicapping this.) Edit: More inside... -- (edited) - Name Withheld by Request Jan 18, 12:38 8
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      - Expanded field and Viola cruising? I think it has to secure one of those slots. He *may* get a Director nod, but that's a longer shot. - Name Withheld by Request Jan 18, 12:54 1
        
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    - He's more likely to win as director. -- nm - . Jan 18, 12:44 3
      - Odds disagree with you on that. LaLa is a huge favorite there. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 18, 12:46 1
        
        Over winning as actor. -- nm - . Jan 18, 13:50
      - No. That one is locked down 100% for La La Land. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Jan 18, 12:45
    - Although that was a clear movement year. -- nm - Reagen Jan 18, 12:40
It's about time. -- (link) - ML Jan 18, 12:31 5
- eff that. gimme a rail gun on a ship trial. -- (link) - Mel Profit Jan 18, 13:00 2
  - you saw my rail-gun-on-a-Howitzer article, right? - ML Jan 18, 13:11 1
    - No! link me again. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 18, 13:49
- what could possibly go wrong? -- nm - decline Jan 18, 12:35 1
  - Ever see one of those Hollywood spot lights? Ever *touch* one...yeah mofer is hot, grill steaks on top, roast a turkey under it -- nm - Z2G2 Jan 18, 13:58

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