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ty97, is this why we need more town halls? :) -- (link) - oblique, SuperFeud Champion Feb 8, 05:28 10
- Hopefully they remember this next time they're up for election. -- nm - Krusty Feb 8, 05:47 9
  - Hopefully we can sustain this level of activism through the next election. -- (edited) - znufrii Feb 8, 05:52 8
    - Agreed. We'll see what happens in a month or three. -- nm - Krusty Feb 8, 05:59 7
      - I'm pretty sure the GOP is counting on us slowing down and eventually giving up on the fight. -- nm - Krusty Feb 8, 05:59 6
        
        The left wrote off the Tea Party. The right is writing this off. - ty97 Feb 8, 06:08 1
        
        Organize, organize, organize. -- nm - znufrii Feb 8, 06:15
        
        Yup. I've seen a lot of anger at our senators and Representatives (who refused to hold a town meeting) but if people just blindly vote party lines in - Callisto Buffalomeat Feb 8, 06:02 3
        
        About half of eligible voters voted for President. Even fewer vote in off years. We don't need to reach Republican voters, we need - TWuG Feb 8, 06:10 1
        
        right, to the im -- nm - Beaker Feb 8, 06:17
        
        Right. We need to start changing hearts and minds. We can yell at politicians that aren't listening but what we need to do is reach our family, - Krusty Feb 8, 06:07
all HMV stores in Canada will be closed by April 30th -- nm - Beaker Feb 8, 05:07 2
- I first saw HMV stores in the UK - ty97 Feb 8, 05:09 1
  - Still going here -- nm - LMS Feb 8, 05:53
I need better dreams. I dreamt last night that I was reading ST and learned that Quentin Tarantino had died. That's it. -- nm - Andie Feb 8, 05:05
"Time for another Kent State." -- (link) - znufrii Feb 8, 05:00 1
- Meaningless apology. Those words weren't misinterpreted. For a party that constantly uses - Andie Feb 8, 05:12
SNOW DAY! -- nm - Beaker Feb 8, 04:39
Richard Smith won't return as Falcons' defensive coordinator: report -- (link) - Beaker Feb 8, 04:37 5
- Yep. New OC, QB coach, DC, and DL coach for next year. -- nm - Volnelk Feb 8, 04:44 4
  - Steve Sarkisian was the Crimson Tide’s offensive coordinator for one game … and they lost. Now he’s the custodian of the best offense in the NFL. -- (link) - Beaker Feb 8, 05:16 3
    - (the parallels between the Clemson/Alabama game and the Super Bowl should scare Falcon fans) -- nm - Beaker Feb 8, 05:18 2
      - He's a USC/Carroll guy. So is Quinn. That's the connection. He's been on the radar for a long time. -- nm - volnelk Feb 8, 05:28 1
        
        He was also at UW at the same time Quinn was in Seattle. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 8, 06:07
TV PSA: Arrow, Blindspot, Black Ink Crew, Hunted, Lethal Weapon, Goldbergs, Speechless, Criminal Minds, L&O SVU, Modern Family, Property Brothers, 100 -- nm - Beaker Feb 8, 03:46 2
- Star, Magicians, Blackish, America's Next Top Model, Code Black, Legion, GF Guide to Divorce, Match Game, SIX, Suits, Expanse, Chicago PD, Sam Bee, - Beaker Feb 8, 03:48 1
  - I'm happy to see The Goldbergs are finally back on. The month off sucked. -- nm - Krusty Feb 8, 05:53
wake up! -- nm - prayformojo Feb 8, 02:34
with the nazis taking down information from dot gov sites, we should see if we can get google to monitor what pages get deleted - zeitgeist Feb 8, 02:31
Hand Rosling died today. -- (link) - mafic Feb 8, 01:35 1
- RIP Ryan Gosling -- nm - Internet Feb 8, 01:52
"Community college is free for the city of San Francisco" is the same as saying "community college is free for the residents of Midtown Manhattan" -- (edited) - con_carne Feb 8, 00:35 4
- A quick Google search says there are plenty of people that can use this. They have the highest poverty rate in the Bay Area at 13.8%. -- nm - Krusty Feb 8, 06:03
- The affordability of cities is certainly something we need to tackle - ty97 Feb 8, 05:05
- SF has rent control, so a family living there since 1980 probably only pays a quarter of the rent start up techs next door - zeitgeist Feb 8, 01:26
- To illustrate, here is the Google Maps boundary for the city of SF (spoilers: it's... not big) -- (link) - con_carne Feb 8, 01:05
if your name is Rebekah and you don't spell it for people, you're not allowed to be upset when people don't guess correctly. -- nm - mafic Feb 7, 23:32 5
- It's a standard version. -- (edited) - . Feb 8, 00:01 4
  - it is - by far - the less common version. -- nm - mafic Feb 8, 00:29 3
    - Less, but not uncommon especially in Jewish communities. -- nm* - . Feb 8, 01:38 2
      - The point being: it's not the most common variant, so don't be a dick if people guess the wrong spelling. nm - ralph wiggum Feb 8, 04:54 1
        
        this -- nm - Beaker Feb 8, 05:03
That commando raid was so successful, the Yemeni government decided no more would ever be needed and kicked the US out -- (link) - Reagen Feb 7, 23:05 1
- terrorism: over! -- nm - mafic Feb 7, 23:34
Buy my amazing new book, and you too can get halfway through learning how to build a web app! -- (link) - Beryllium Feb 7, 22:44 1
- Very cool! -- nm - Krusty Feb 8, 06:24
I finally published my book, even though it's not finished yet. -- (link) - Beryllium Feb 7, 22:11 2
- Just a suggestion 👆That may not be the best promotional line. (NM) - howie Feb 7, 22:40 1
  - heheheh -- nm - Beryllium Feb 7, 22:43
Merkley just read the letter on the Senate floor. -- (link) - Mop Feb 7, 21:37 4
- I read this as Merkel and got very confused -- nm - ty97 Feb 8, 05:18
- Good work, McConnell. -- nm - Reagen Feb 7, 22:44
- I'm gonna say it. Merkley 2020. -- nm - Mop Feb 7, 21:38 1
  - Sorry, rhymes too much with Berkeley -- nm - con_carne Feb 8, 00:31
Apparently Tom Brady didn't join the Patriots on their visit to the White House when Obama was in office. -- nm - Mop Feb 7, 20:42 3
- but he did make it when Bush was in office. -- nm - Remlik Feb 7, 20:55 1
  - It's hard to criticize him without sounding hypocritical. - Mop Feb 7, 21:22
- Exactly. -- nm - Spawndroid Feb 7, 20:55
con_carne: this one is black and white. -- (link) - Beryllium Feb 7, 20:41 [flickr] 4
- this your blue period? -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 7, 21:20 1
  - Shut up. -- nm - con_carne Feb 8, 00:54
- I'd never have guessed. -- nm - Mop Feb 7, 21:19 1
  - Perhaps I should say monochrome, because I did add a split tone. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 7, 22:01
Don Lemon went ahead and read the letter on CNN. -- nm - Mop Feb 7, 20:36
Tesla Model S. 0-60 in 2.28 seconds -- (link) - Bacon Feb 7, 20:15 7
- At some point that starts being hazardous to humans, no? -- nm* - Mop Feb 7, 20:27 6
  - I heard that fighter jet design is now limited by human abilities to maintain conscienceness while accellerating/turning at high Gs -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 7, 21:19 1
    - Right. U.S. fighter pilots apparently use speed to stay conscious. It's standard prescription. -- (link) - Mop Feb 7, 21:24
  - Only in the sense that if you are a dumbass, that type of acceleration in the wrong context can result - TWuG Feb 7, 21:02
  - That's only about 1.2Gs -- nm - Beryllium Feb 7, 20:36 2
    - (for reference, a really fast rollercoaster can get you about 4g) -- nm - Reagen Feb 7, 20:38 1
      - And a space shot gets you about 5g -- nm - Beryllium Feb 7, 20:40
What's this multiple commercials crap, Pandora? -- nm - Qale Feb 7, 20:14
Meg, my best guess about those cams is that they're looping recorded content from a rainy day. -- nm* - Mop Feb 7, 20:09 3
- I really don't think so 'cause we see changes. The creek rises and falls with the rain and wildlife shows up. - Meg Feb 7, 20:24 2
  - I'll have to check during daylight hours but that doesn't look like any kind of digital glitching. It looks and sounds like rain. -- nm - Mop Feb 7, 20:29 1
    - And now it is pouring rain there :/ -- nm - Meg Feb 7, 21:06
ok, so ... from that other site ... and concerning an IPO next week (does it relate to a current movie in theaters?) - call me Ishmael Feb 7, 19:59 3
- Apparently he's calling it a trilogy with the third part being a crossover. -- (link) - Mop Feb 7, 20:16 2
  - I'm down for that. - Beryllium Feb 7, 20:21 1
    - i haven't seen Split yet, either, but I keep hearing good things about it. and, sadly, if Unbreakable 2 really is going to be AKA Split 2 ... - call me Ishmael Feb 7, 20:45
Fallout Shelter for Xbone. yes please. -- nm - Jovian Feb 7, 19:56
Driving home was like alt-universe. - Spawn Feb 7, 19:42 2
- They are fighting for your rights!!! -- nm - Bacon Feb 7, 19:51
- Earth 3 - Jovian Feb 7, 19:50
Good easy. The absolute insanity right now in the Senate hearing with Warren is your GOP senate everyone. -- nm - MDH Feb 7, 19:29 1
- Goodness* -- nm - MDH Feb 7, 19:40
whoever was in charge of telling me there's a video of Vladimir Putin singing Blueberry Hill is so fired. -- (link) - mafic Feb 7, 19:11 [youtube] 8
- That's just awkward. -- nm - Mop Feb 7, 21:17
- Frank Zappa doing Stairway To Heaven -- (link) - Peglegpete Feb 7, 19:26 [youtube]
- He killed it! -- nm - Bill Oreally Feb 7, 19:22 2
  - *giggles -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 7, 21:11
  - L3 -- nm - Mop Feb 7, 19:26
- that's a lot of celebrities with no clapping rhythm. -- nm - Reagen Feb 7, 19:14 2
  - I think I saw Kevin Costner in there. -- nm - mafic Feb 7, 19:14 1
    - yup. Goldie and Kurt, Depardieu... -- nm - Reagen Feb 7, 19:15
Jake Gyllenhaal sings "Finishing the Hat" -- (link) - Dano Feb 7, 19:03
Record high of 85 today in Houston. Boo! -- nm - Qale Feb 7, 18:40 1
- It broke 60 here today. Snow tomorrow. -- nm - Spawn Feb 7, 20:20
Decide my tasting, glenfarcas, Highland park, wetting, Jamieson maccallan or horse heaven? -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 7, 18:39 5
- definitely horse heaven -- nm - crash davis Feb 7, 19:30
- not familiar with the third one or the last one, so those would be my top two to try. - znufrii Feb 7, 18:51
- why not a shot of each? -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 7, 18:44 2
  - once a month a tasting, those are the various distilleries/marketing groups, each brings a range of their own products, and yes there is one of each -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 7, 21:13 1
    - its 25-30 a person, I don't know anything about scotch -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 7, 21:16
Oh... and War on Everyone is available to rent on Vudu. -- nm - Dano Feb 7, 18:36
Good Place spoiler question - ty97 Feb 7, 18:32 2
- spoilers - Tim Feb 7, 20:43
- IMDB thinks no. -- nm - David Feb 7, 18:57
Nice to see that Pay for Play is alive and well and working to destroy our educational system. -- nm - . Feb 7, 18:15
My one hour flight so far... - Roger More Feb 7, 18:13 4
- *pictures you going through all these motions gleefully while whistling* -- nm - Mop Feb 7, 20:06
- Ugh! Good luck getting out soon. -- nm - Krusty Feb 7, 18:16 2
  - (Boarding now) -- nm - Roger More Feb 7, 19:11 1
    - Not that it means you'll go anywhere apparently :) -- nm - JenBro Feb 8, 02:47
Oh... I've found a 2017 movie to be excited about. It Comes At Night poster -- (link) - Dano Feb 7, 18:11 4
- poster is great...nm - x Feb 7, 18:27
- Reagen's Canadian Lesbo movie sounded promising -- nm - budice Feb 7, 18:24 1
  - Here, watch a trailer -- (link) - Reagen Feb 7, 19:16 [youtube]
- Trailer debuts tomorrow -- (link) - Dano Feb 7, 18:12
Succulent gardens that people planted due to water restrictions are now rotting in the wet ground. -- nm - Meg Feb 7, 18:05 3
- Last year, I was asked to monitor the ice fishing section by the store manager to see if we made any money on it. We didn't because there wasn't - crash davis Feb 7, 19:23 1
  - They shoulda stocked up the previous years. -- nm - . Feb 7, 19:49
- That succs -- nm - Rollo Feb 7, 18:24
psa: Shudder has got Sadako vs Kayako as an exclusive...nm - x Feb 7, 18:01
“I have ruled the fart inadmissible as evidence” -- nm - Beaker Feb 7, 17:54 2
- That guy's a Michael Schur All-Star. -- nm - Tim Feb 7, 18:04
- Damn so-called judges! -- nm - Trump si Feb 7, 18:03
Um, Good Place spoilers - ty97 Feb 7, 17:53 1
- Oh, honey. -- nm - Spawndroid Feb 7, 20:59
hey Krusty... - x Feb 7, 17:49 3
- Thank you but I got it as a gift for Christmas. It's much smaller than I expected. - Krusty Feb 7, 17:52 2
  - ah, cool. i have someone else to give it to, anyhow. you were just first choice!....nm - x Feb 7, 17:57 1
    - Thanks for giving me dibs. :-)👍 -- nm - Krusty Feb 7, 18:06
ahh, NYC -- (link) - ty97 Feb 7, 17:48
aw, hell. BAD...nm - x Feb 7, 17:36 12
- :( -- nm - Strongbad Feb 8, 04:41
- RIP -- nm - con_carne Feb 7, 21:31
- :( -- nm - Beryllium Feb 7, 20:25
- yeah, I just saw. He was a great guy and he will be missed. -- nm - crash davis Feb 7, 19:16
- un. acceptable. nm - Dignan Feb 7, 18:37
- Ah man. He was a cool dude and one of a kind. I will miss him. -- nm - . Feb 7, 18:30
- My mum also passed a few years back on this day. -- nm - budice Feb 7, 18:27 1
  - :( - for BAD and this and my stepfather 4 years ago; but a happy, too, my first great-nephew turned 1 today. -- nm - i.b! Feb 7, 18:46
- :( -- nm - Tim Feb 7, 18:17
- Aww ... just saw the news. Now bummed. RIP -- nm - Dano Feb 7, 18:00
- He was a gentle soul. nm - ralph wiggum Feb 7, 17:47 1
  - there are generally too few of those to go around...nm - x Feb 7, 17:51
8:30 pm on February 7 in Washington DC, and it's 65 degrees outside -- nm - prayformojo Feb 7, 17:27 4
- America is already greatering! -- nm - Mop Feb 7, 19:28
- And it's going to snow tomorrow. -- nm - Dano Feb 7, 18:02
- It's a Chinese hoax. -- nm - Krusty Feb 7, 17:48
- I know where all the hot air is coming from -- nm - Bacon Feb 7, 17:28
Response from Bad's daughter...... - Meg Feb 7, 17:20 9
- :( -- nm - JenBro Feb 8, 02:49
- She sounds very nice. I'm Going to miss him. -- nm - Epiphany Feb 7, 20:01
- Aw, I figured BAD's family was also GOOD. -- nm - Qale Feb 7, 19:23
- thanks Meg -- nm - crash davis Feb 7, 19:18
- :( I'll miss that guy. -- nm - mafic Feb 7, 19:13
- v. nice. thanks, Meg. *hugs* -- nm - i.b! Feb 7, 18:47
- :-( Thanks. -- nm - Krusty Feb 7, 17:47
- :) Thanks for sharing this. -- nm - prayformojo Feb 7, 17:23
- That's nice. -- nm - Andie Feb 7, 17:21

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