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The Oregonian followed three plain-clothes ICE agents they found lurking around the halls of the county courthouse in Portland. -- (link) - Mop Jan 31, 21:41 1
- RC wears plain clothes. He frequents the courthouse. Could RC be a mole? -- nm - Bacon Jan 31, 22:10
Warren to fight Gorsuch nom, sites his record of pro big biz, anti worker rulings (maddox reading her statement on msnbc) -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 31, 21:37
Found this great Eclipse reply/details for Nashville viewing - see reply #8 - JenBro Jan 31, 21:28 21
- What are the dates for the Meetup? I can creat an event for it IN THE FB group. -- nm - Mop Jan 31, 21:54 2
  - Friday, August 18 through Tuesday 22. -- nm - Meg Jan 31, 21:58
  - Covington Cat is arriving the Friday before - Meg & I are getting there Saturday. -- nm - JenBro Jan 31, 21:56
- welder's glass -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 31, 21:38
- Sound good. Please include me in the glasses order. -- nm - Meg Jan 31, 21:38 12
  - Will do! Should we set up a Nashville Facebook group page? Are there enough watching it there? - JenBro Jan 31, 21:42 11
    - I count at least 6 so far and 8 if Kelly and Will come in for Sunday night. - Meg Jan 31, 21:50 10
      - Ah - so prolly not necessary for that small a group - shouldn't annoy much to just post plans here. -- nm - JenBro Jan 31, 21:52 9
        
        Eh, FB keeps it all in one place and saves hunting around for details. Have you booked your bus tour yet? -- nm - Meg Jan 31, 22:00 8
        
        Right right ... I have not, but I think Covington Cat's idea for the 11:00 on Sunday sounds good! -- nm - JenBro Jan 31, 22:06 7
        
        I think I'm going to drive the 7 hours to John's house near Dayton on Friday, spend the night there and drive the 5 hours left onSaturday morning- so - JenBro Jan 31, 22:09 2
        
        I get in about 3:00. The hotel has your name on the registration so you should be able to get in. -- nm - Meg Jan 31, 22:15 1
        
        Cool - they have airport shuttle so I'll just meet you in the room! Bring your swimsuit - they have an outdoor pool! -- nm* - JenBro Jan 31, 22:18
        
        I'm good for that one. -- nm - Meg Jan 31, 22:07 3
        
        Ok cool! I will see about booking tickets for us both tomorrow at work. -- nm* - JenBro Jan 31, 22:11 2
        
        I'll need to book my own with the discount code. Did you register for your discount? -- nm - Meg Jan 31, 22:14 1
        
        Oh I forgot!!! I'll do that tomorrow too! :) thanks for reminding me Meg! -- nm - JenBro Jan 31, 22:16
- I need viewing contact lenses -- nm - Bacon Jan 31, 21:29 3
  - Do they make those? -- nm - JenBro Jan 31, 21:35 2
    - i've special-ordered a prescription pair ... of course, it'll be my luck that the prescription runs out right before the eclipse takes place ... -- nm - call me Ishmael Jan 31, 21:45 1
      - Cool!!! I really hope skies will be clear! -- nm - JenBro Jan 31, 21:48
I just got spammed by "Susan Doku". Sue Doku. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 31, 21:23
Dude gets owned by Wesley Snipes on twitter. -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 31, 21:22 2
- Niiiice -- nm - JenBro Jan 31, 21:53
- I sure hope he paid sales tax. -- nm - Max Jan 31, 21:26
January 31st ?!? I feel like I've spent the month with a pillow over my head...and I don't really want to come out yet :( - Meg Jan 31, 21:10 9
- I feel the same - also just caught the worst cold - down 4days now with it and feeling I'm past where I'd pass it to others so - JenBro Jan 31, 21:34 4
  - You do have a time with those bugs...I feel so lucky my resistance is so strong. -- nm - Meg Jan 31, 21:41 3
    - It sucks ... I wish I had better resistance but my office is a Petri dish of germs from parents of kids in school -- nm - JenBro Jan 31, 21:55 2
      - Ah, I was thinking it was people with kids who usually fall prey to these bugs. Or like my friends who spend a lot of time with grandkids. -- nm - Meg Jan 31, 22:02 1
        
        Exactly! If only the parents would stay home when they are sick! -- nm - JenBro Jan 31, 22:15
- you have 2 more days until you see your shadow or not -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 31, 21:33 2
  - But I'd have to come out of my hole for that. -- nm - Meg Jan 31, 21:39 1
    - you have to come out for more wine & catfood eventually -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 31, 21:41
- You can't even go to Google News and click on any of the categories really. Everyone is riding that Trump click-dick. -- nm - Qale Jan 31, 21:28
Dean Ambrose of all people handles the Styles Clash perfectly. - David, ST's Ultimate Lover Jan 31, 21:00
"You should google it, 'cause it's p-, actually no, you shouldn't." -- nm - Max Jan 31, 20:47
Don the con apparently didn't know Bannon had to have senate confirmation for Nat Security seat...this could be interesting -- (link) - zeitgeist Jan 31, 20:41 5
- There are many doubts about the reading of that. -- nm - ty97 Jan 31, 21:25
- That would make sense since he almost certainly doesn't. -- (link) - Ender Jan 31, 21:00 2
  - Wikipedia isn't detailed enough to know whether anything the statutory NSC does is binding, or why the president wouldn't just make a new MAGA Council - Max Jan 31, 21:29 1
    - I wonder what authority Congress even has to force the issue. -- nm - Mop Jan 31, 21:42
- This is the only place I saw this. It seems unclear. I hope they do it. Bannon probably doesn't want to answer questions -- nm - Mop Jan 31, 20:55
hah! last question in a survey to read a news story "Do you think you will win lotto in the future?" - mafic Jan 31, 20:38
The John Wick 2 commercial I just saw Seems rather self aware and unapologetic about the levels of violence in the movie. -- nm* - Mop Jan 31, 20:35 2
- perhaps you haven't seen the first one? -- nm - Remlik Jan 31, 20:43 1
  - I loved the first one, can't wait for the next one. -- nm - MDH Jan 31, 20:50
LOL these refs, could they be given this game to Kentucky more? -- nm - MDH Jan 31, 20:26
My Top 5: Issues - Julia Michaels, Paris - Chainsmokers, Shape of You - Ed Sheeran, Down - Marian Hill, Thumbs - Sabrina Carpenter -- nm - Dano Jan 31, 20:00 2
- Ty's butthole just bumped off the top 5 by Ed Sheeran. -- nm - Bacon Jan 31, 20:01 1
  - Pop You in the Pooper by Jeff Stryker could make a comeback. -- nm - Dano Jan 31, 20:06
*makes an appointment to get Taboo tattoos this weekend, starts growing a Taboo goatee* -- nm - Max Jan 31, 19:37 2
- I think you may have a problem. When you start measuring Tom Hardy for a skin coat, it's time to stop. -- nm - Mop Jan 31, 19:39 1
  - "How the hell can you walk around a house this old without making a noise?" "Because I own it." - Max Jan 31, 19:49
Taxes: done. -- nm - znufrii Jan 31, 19:36
I'm gonna let Lucifer go after this season. -- nm - Mop Jan 31, 19:31 2
- Meanwhile, I started watching season 2 and love it. -- nm - Will Hunting, King of Astronauts Jan 31, 19:47
- God Bless You -- nm - Bacon Jan 31, 19:33
Guigue, the Globe and Mail also noticed the lack of English media coverage of the mosque shooting. -- (link) - Mop Jan 31, 19:28 7
- though really he sounds mostly like a 'stop funding the CBC!' guy. -- nm - mafic Jan 31, 19:39 5
  - John Doyle? Nah, not that I can recall. -- nm - Reagen Jan 31, 19:49 4
    - heh, same name as my bro -- nm - mud Jan 31, 20:07
    - That particular article has a few hallmarks is all. -- nm - mafic Jan 31, 19:54 2
      - here he is just a couple months ago explictly defending it. -- (link) - Reagen Jan 31, 20:02 1
        
        I just don't know what to believe anymore. probably that he was just legitimately disappointed in the CBC (and media in general). - mafic Jan 31, 21:02
- Already replied on FB, sorry I can't get into it on ST, there's buttholes to talk about first :P -- nm - Guigue Jan 31, 19:33
I for one think we don't have enough conversations about ty's butthole. -- nm - mafic Jan 31, 19:25 8
- TBH, no none does - ty97 Jan 31, 20:27
- I'm verklempt...you two talk amongst yourselves -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 31, 20:24
- I'm...not gonna backboard. -- nm - David, ST's Ultimate Lover Jan 31, 20:23 1
  - The post about ty's butthole is coming from inside this board! It's on B1! -- nm - Ghostface si Jan 31, 20:29
- NO! -- nm - Mop Jan 31, 19:31
- Is this Pre Weight Watchers or Post Weight Watchers? It's changed over the years. -- nm - Bacon Jan 31, 19:30
- I guess I was wrong about my complaints of too much Trump on ST. -- nm - Qale Jan 31, 19:30
- Ok, time for another bleaching - Beryllium Jan 31, 19:28
Man, Patton Oswalt is shockingly spry. -- nm - Reagen Jan 31, 19:21
Winston's short cropped hair and beard makes him look like an imam and the sweater looks like a scarf draped over his shoulders. -- nm - Mop Jan 31, 19:17
Is Kelly the keeper of ST obituaries? - Mop Jan 31, 19:08 4
- What a strange post. -- nm - kelly Jan 31, 19:12 1
  - You posted about Dane too, right? I think it's nice that you keep tabs and I appreciate that you let us know. -- nm - Mop Jan 31, 19:15
- Where is this now? -- nm - Bacon Jan 31, 19:10 1
  - There's a list in the Facebook group. -- nm - Mop Jan 31, 20:33
This seems like a fair point. -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 31, 18:51
Whats the name again of that show on NBC that everyone is loving? the one w the very odd release schedule. -- nm - Jovian Jan 31, 18:50 4
- The Crazy Trump Show? -- nm - Bacon Jan 31, 19:02
- The Good Place? -- nm - Reagen Jan 31, 18:52
- The Good Place -- nm - prayformojo Jan 31, 18:52 1
  - yes -- nm - Jovian Jan 31, 19:05
SHIELD, Flash and Legends of Tomorrow were all fantastic tonight. still half of Legends to go too! -- nm* - Beaker Jan 31, 18:35
I'm going to miss Brent Musberger -- nm - JD Jan 31, 18:27 1
- Same. -- nm - Krusty Jan 31, 19:14
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For a change of pace - moment at the library this afternoon. Clearing the donation box on the circulation desk for the month end(!!) deposit. Notice a - Meg Jan 31, 18:21
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- Right, this is the point. What the GOP and conservatives *claim* to stand for is not what they have actually done, for decades. - ty97 Jan 31, 18:15 11
  - Oh Jeebus guys, it was meant to be humourous based on recent history. - Name Withheld By Request Jan 31, 18:26 10
    - How convenient, for so many schools to have the same name. - znufrii Jan 31, 18:35 4
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        In a sense he's not entirely wrong - znufrii Jan 31, 18:39 2
        
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        Hence the "ha, ha" nature of the B2 post. "It's funny because it's movement self-deprecating." -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jan 31, 18:51
    - ??? So we are talking theory rather than reality here? - ty97 Jan 31, 18:33 3
      - And beyond that if you care - ty97 Jan 31, 18:37 2
        
        Not disagreeing with you and those advocating for your brother and his family. - Name Withheld By Request Jan 31, 18:49 1
        
        Apologies, but I don't subscribe to the 'wait for your rights' approach. - ty97 Jan 31, 19:03
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Cincinnati one of 12 candidates to apply for the four MLS expansion spots. - Volnelk Jan 31, 18:09 9
- Did Montreal stutter? -- nm - Mop Jan 31, 18:10 7
  - no, just nobody understands them. -- nm - mafic Jan 31, 18:11 3
    - frickin' joual. -- nm - Reagen Jan 31, 18:13 2
      - Normal people pronounce it "jewel"! -- nm - Mop Jan 31, 19:20
      - Ben woyons don' cé kessé l'problème asti! -- nm - Guigue Jan 31, 18:46
  - Never mind. I thought you said MLB. -- nm - Mop Jan 31, 18:11 2
    - im tired -- nm* - Bacon Jan 31, 18:42 1
      - We all are, brother. -- nm - Mop Jan 31, 20:54
- Merrick Garland should be on that list! -- nm - mafic Jan 31, 18:10
Someone in the White House press pool should set their ring tone to "Lips are Movin"... - Mop Jan 31, 18:09 2
- Set an alarm -- nm - Beryllium Jan 31, 18:14 1
  - So that whenever it happens, security rushes in and shoots the offender? Done and done! -- nm - Mop Jan 31, 19:06
OK, who had "name a Supreme Court nominee" as the least controversial thing Trump would do in his first 12 days? -- nm - Ender Jan 31, 18:08
Johnny Depp's wine budget was $30000 per month -- (link) - Reagen Jan 31, 17:57 5
- And he owned his own vineyard -- nm - Roger More Jan 31, 18:08
- Cmon, that's just one bottle! -- nm - Mop Jan 31, 18:06
- I'm most intrigued by the $3 million canon used to fire Hunter S. Thompson's ashes over Aspen. -- nm - mafic Jan 31, 18:00 2
  - I don't think germany's big bertha cost that much -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 31, 20:23
  - He wasn't dead or ashes before they loaded him into the cannon. -- nm - Mop Jan 31, 18:10
Current thought: let the GOP kill the SCOTUS filibuster. Deny Deny Deny. - ty97 Jan 31, 17:55 3
- We will end up with 1 Justice eventually. -- nm - Bacon Jan 31, 17:59 2
  - We won't. The majority party will end the filibuster and confirm (or not) justices they like - ty97 Jan 31, 18:07 1
    - I would watch a fictional TV show that had Clarence Thomas as the last judge standing. -- nm - Bacon Jan 31, 18:08
I mean, fine? -- (link) - Reagen Jan 31, 17:54 1
- Wow. Control the media: check -- nm - JaxSean Jan 31, 18:00
I don't think Trump should be able to nominate a judge in the last year of his presidency. -- nm - Volnelk Jan 31, 17:51 12
- Take your time around those bases. -- nm - Max Jan 31, 18:42
- Well played. I like that. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jan 31, 18:28
- heh. -- nm - znufrii Jan 31, 18:07
- I'm stealing this. -- nm - Mop Jan 31, 18:06
- L-a billion -- nm - dogbert Jan 31, 18:06
- I feel like only half of st understood this post... -- nm - Ender Jan 31, 18:05
- I mean, there's only 1378 days until the election. It's just...too soon. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 31, 18:01
- Ha! -- nm - Andie Jan 31, 17:58
- *snork* -- nm - Reagen Jan 31, 17:54
- Kanye for SCOTUS, he wasnt wrong 2020 -- nm - budice Jan 31, 17:52
- It would be entertaining to see that scenario play out -- nm - Strongbad Jan 31, 17:51 1
  - until we realize VP Kasich makes Teddy Cruz look like a bleeding heart Kennedy Liberal -- nm* - Peglegpete Jan 31, 18:07
Random note -- (link) - ty97 Jan 31, 17:45 2
- Who resigned while under criminal investigation for political favoritism. -- nm* - jnine Jan 31, 18:40
- :/ -- nm - Andie Jan 31, 17:59
oh NWBR please...don't. -- (edited) - ty97 Jan 31, 17:43 3
- ! -- nm - Epiphany Jan 31, 18:20 1
  - Yeah, I'm a little too honest at times - ty97 Jan 31, 18:45
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Merrick Garland -- nm - ty97 Jan 31, 17:40 3
- Harriet Myers -- nm - Strongbad Jan 31, 17:45
- Would be breaking news on board B17,543 -- nm - Bacon Jan 31, 17:41
- had a farm, E-I-E-I-O -- nm - budice Jan 31, 17:41

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