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Good thread. -- (link) - Beryllium Feb 8, 17:16
That Sean Spicer skit on SNL last weekend gets funnier every time I watch it. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Feb 8, 17:12
If the left needs a name to rally around likethe "Tea Party", there are worse choices than Persistance -- nm - TWuG Feb 8, 16:56 2
- I like it. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 8, 17:02
- Lot better than Occupy Wall Street, for sure -- nm - Strongbad Feb 8, 16:58
"Trump: I wanted to delay travel ban; was told no" - David, ST's Ultimate Lover Feb 8, 16:36 3
- Told by... the voices in his head? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Feb 8, 17:10 2
  - President Bannon -- nm - Will Hunting, King of Astronauts Feb 8, 17:12
  - "I choose you, Heartimir" -- nm - Beryllium Feb 8, 17:12
SHIELD spoilers - Beaker Feb 8, 16:34 1
- More spoils - eag Feb 8, 16:44
52-47 -- nm - mud Feb 8, 16:28 2
- This blizzard is getting way out of hand -- nm - con_carne Feb 8, 16:30
- with Manchin as lone Democrat yes -- nm - mud Feb 8, 16:28
Ty, re b2 town spelling poll. all of Wales -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 8, 16:09 1
- Rodeo -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 8, 16:15
B2: We have o-MEE-ga, HOUSE-ton and CAY-row - Strongbad Feb 8, 16:04 2
- Has anyone mentioned Versailles, IN, pronounced Ver-sales? -- nm - Mara Feb 8, 16:34
- HEW-ston is the one that's off though -- nm - con_carne Feb 8, 16:07
Have you ever known a woman's name with "Jr" ? Just saw one today -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 8, 15:57 2
- In my mind, I always add Jr. to Roma Downey's name -- nm - zork Feb 8, 16:04
- fashion designer carolina herrera has a daughter that's a jr; and I think there are at least a couple of actresses with it. -- nm - b. Feb 8, 16:02
CQ: Here is an EPL tracker that is easier to update and breaks down the points for each player's group picks. Also, mafic's total - zork Feb 8, 15:50 1
- I'm too lazy and too old school to know how to do all this programming stuff, heh. If I had my way, it would be on index cards -- nm - CQ Feb 8, 16:04
oh man -- (link) - ty97 Feb 8, 15:49
"The Weather Service in Boston .... mentioned the risk of thundersnow." -- (link) - ty97 Feb 8, 15:46 3
- i love thundersnow....nm - x Feb 8, 16:55
- *jumps up and down screaming like an asylum escapee* -- nm - Cantore Feb 8, 15:51 1
  - Cantore smash -- nm - budice Feb 8, 15:58
I saw a Super Bowl prediction of the Falcons win the cup but Brady gets the Snitch -- nm - zork Feb 8, 15:43
"I don't talk so good" -- (link) - Beryllium Feb 8, 15:36 1
- I laughed way too much at this -- nm - mud Feb 8, 15:45
Citibike is closing for the snowstorm -- (link) - ty97 Feb 8, 15:35 6
- and no school in NYC -- (link) - ty97 Feb 8, 15:47 1
  - I really hope my clients stay home tomorrow. I don't wanna go out in the snow. Besides, it's my gf's birthday tomorrow and it would allow us celebrate - Krusty Feb 8, 16:44
- Where does Cantore land? -- nm - budice Feb 8, 15:43 1
  - Looks like Boston/eastern MA and eastern Long Island will get the worst of it. I'd send him to Boston. -- nm - ty97 Feb 8, 15:58
- ugh, this means we have to get ready for another "look at me" episode of Casey Neistat. -- nm - Max Feb 8, 15:37 1
  - Maybe he'll shake things up now that he's retired -- nm - Beryllium Feb 8, 15:38
In watching old Fantasy Island episodes, it's fun to think of it as the early years of Delos. - TWuG Feb 8, 15:26 1
- Its funny. Ive wanted this as a remake for so long. And then Westworld came out and was like well forget that reboot. -- nm - Jovian Feb 8, 15:35
Here's a good one: Four QBs played every snap on offense this season. Name them. -- nm - David, ST's Ultimate Lover Feb 8, 15:17 16
- Its not Wilson, he got rested when they were way ahead of the Jets and a couple other times as well. -- nm - crash davis Feb 8, 15:56
- Wentz only missed by a couple snaps -- nm - decline Feb 8, 15:48
- Stafford, Rodgers -- nm - budice Feb 8, 15:34 1
  - Stafford is the other. -- nm - David's iPad Feb 8, 15:35
- Ryan, Wilson, Manning, Bortles -- nm - CQ Feb 8, 15:31
- Flacco -- nm - Will Hunting, King of Astronauts Feb 8, 15:31
- bortels -- nm - dogbert Feb 8, 15:30 2
  - winston -- nm - dogbert Feb 8, 15:30 1
    - wilson -- nm - dogbert Feb 8, 15:30
- Cousins? -- nm - Krusty Feb 8, 15:29 1
  - Yes. One left. -- nm* - David's iPad Feb 8, 15:33
- Brees? -- nm - Krusty Feb 8, 15:27 1
  - Yes. -- nm - David's iPad Feb 8, 15:33
- Mannig, Ryan, Rivers, Dalton -- nm - mud Feb 8, 15:21 2
  - Manning is correct. The other three aren't. -- nm - David, ST's Ultimate Lover Feb 8, 15:23 1
    - [punches hole in wall] Damn!!! -- nm - mud Feb 8, 15:30
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- Obama criticized the Supreme Court in the Citizens United decision during the state of the union. I think the difference between Trump and - pmb Feb 8, 15:26 3
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    - I view them as different. Being "activist" to me implies that he disagrees with their judicial philosophy, not that they have bad motives. One other - pmb Feb 8, 15:35 1
      - I think activist implies that the judge makes decisions on their personal views, not on the law. -- nm - Roger More Feb 8, 15:43
- I'll make the argument that it is different - ty97 Feb 8, 15:25 3
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    - He was criticizing the decision and saying that activism resulted in the decision. Criticizing decision is not abnormal. - ty97 Feb 8, 15:44 1
      - I'm not sure it is different, just a bigger version of the same thing that is stated very directly. -- nm - Roger More Feb 8, 15:47
Heh. Steph Curry -- (link) - decline Feb 8, 15:06
I'm still waiting for an explanation of if he "knows more than the generals" and he says "only I can defeat ISIS", why did he issue an executive - crash davis Feb 8, 14:51 11
- Wants to compare it to his plan, so he can show how smart he is. -- nm - Mop Feb 8, 15:17
- I would love a steady replay of Trump's statements that all these issues are really easy to fix and won't take long to do. - pmb Feb 8, 14:56 1
  - You're right. It seems like much longer -- nm - crash davis Feb 8, 15:11
- Why am I even thinking of Trump or the Middle East? I'm going to have a Chizza tonight! -- nm - crash davis Feb 8, 14:54 7
  - I quadruple dog dare you not to! -- nm - ty97 Feb 8, 15:01 1
    - What you're saying makes sense, but I threw sense out the window this year -- nm - crash davis Feb 8, 15:09
  - what the heck is a chizza? -- nm - JaxSean Feb 8, 14:56 4
    - Just Googled. I ate at KFC and had the Georgia Gold chicken today (not as good as Nashville Hot). I didn't notice this monstosity. -- nm - JaxSean Feb 8, 14:59 2
      - I sorta like the Nashville Hot, I haven't heard of the Georgia Gold until just now from you. -- nm - crash davis Feb 8, 15:10 1
        
        Georgia Gold and Nashville Hot sound like types of grow-op marijuana -- nm - zork Feb 8, 15:52
    - Pizza with a chia seed crust. - Cuzzin Todd Feb 8, 14:58
Apparently, revoking national monuments is a thing that can happen, and Utah is asking it be done. And Patagonia said "Fuck that!" -- (link) - Mop Feb 8, 14:42 2
- yes. a lot of people are afraid that many of our national parks and monuments may be decommissioned and sold off by the President -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 8, 15:25 1
  - He's a vengeful bastard, and then alt parks sure made themselves a pretty target. I figure auctions will be posted next year -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 8, 16:24
sitwp: Pennsylvania senator to Trump: Come after me, you 's***-gibbon' -- (link) - Remlik Feb 8, 14:33 8
- *flings poo at senator* -- nm - Shit-Gibbon In Chief Feb 8, 15:46
- Major points for creativity -- nm - znufrii Feb 8, 15:21
- I imagine Trump will rise above this nonsense. -- nm - Mop Feb 8, 14:43
- you left out loofa faced which to me is almost as funny as sh**-gibbon -- nm - crash davis Feb 8, 14:39
- Kind of interesting that the twitter handle is not verified. -- nm - JaxSean Feb 8, 14:38 3
  - There was an article posted earlier where his office acknowledged the tweet. -- nm - pmb Feb 8, 14:44 1
    - The one linked mentions it, and shows the tweet, but it's just interesting (to me). - JaxSean Feb 8, 14:47
  - He's a state senator. It's not like he's someone important. -- nm - Roger More Feb 8, 14:40
Gorsuch: Trump's judge attack 'demoralizing' and 'disheartening' -- (link) - mud Feb 8, 14:27 8
- But not so demoralizing that he would turn down the job... -- nm - znufrii Feb 8, 16:15
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- "Whether Gorsuch had the approval to make the comments from Trump remains unclear." -- nm - mara Feb 8, 14:35 1
  - I expect these comments were purposely placed in the press - ty97 Feb 8, 15:03
- I REVOKE YOU! -- nm - Easy D Feb 8, 14:30 3
  - You're joking but... -- nm - David, ST's Ultimate Lover Feb 8, 14:33 1
    - Gorsuch is the worst nominee in history. He is a failed Obama nominee. Sad. -- nm - Trump Feb 8, 14:45
  - I love Easy D and his album 'Straight Outta Competence' -- nm - crash davis Feb 8, 14:32
Yes, you can hold a copyright on Federal law and sue others that publish it. -- (link) - iSpam Feb 8, 14:21 17
- I maybe misreading that, but I don't think that's what happened. DPR "purchased hard copies of each of the standards at issue," - Max Feb 8, 14:28 5
  - Correct. DPR violated copyright by publishing proprietary information without the copyright holder's permission. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Feb 8, 14:37
  - It's the only way to get access to what is, essentially, Federal law. -- nm - spamlet Feb 8, 14:30 3
    - "At the heart of Defendant’s defense is the argument that Plaintiffs’ standards lost their copyright protections the instant they were ... " - ReluctantCynic Feb 8, 14:40 1
      - And I think the author of the article nails it at the end ... - ReluctantCynic Feb 8, 14:42
    - The federal law that referenced the standards isn't publicly available? -- nm - Max Feb 8, 14:32
- It's convoluted and somewhat makes sense, but I wouldn't see it the same way. -- nm - Mop Feb 8, 14:26
- I was just reading that decision, and it's much more nuanced than that. Federal law is in the public domain. - ReluctantCynic Feb 8, 14:24 9
  - Yes but it's a part of Federal law once it's incorporated by reference. We just don't know what it is unless we pay someone to get access to it. -- nm - spamlet Feb 8, 14:29 6
    - It's an instance of what is "legal" or "illegal" is different than what is right or wrong. - ReluctantCynic Feb 8, 14:36
    - And if you don't want your standards to become public domain, don't work to make them law. - spamlet Feb 8, 14:32 4
      - But it's not the folks creating the standards incorporating them into federal law. Congress is doing that -- whether they like it or not. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Feb 8, 14:36 3
        
        I'm sure they are protesting mightily when people have to purchase their books. - spamlet Feb 8, 14:51 1
        
        I understand RC's explanation of the ruling, but I share spamlet's outrage at the situation -- nm - crash davis Feb 8, 14:53
        
        Or rather (and before JackDawson corrects me), it is federal agencies that are incorporating the standards into regulations. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Feb 8, 14:40
  - I just thought of something. If I started selling something under the brand name of Trump, can't I claim satire and be free of trademarks? -- nm - crash davis Feb 8, 14:27 1
    - It depends, but yes - sort of. - ReluctantCynic Feb 8, 14:30
if you have a groupon account and haven't bought anything in a while, worth a check of emails to see if you got a $5 for $`10 Target gc. - b. Feb 8, 14:15
the Fite App has made all PPV's free for the next 24 hours in honor of it's 1 year anniversary.... - Remlik Feb 8, 14:13 1
- I like that one where the guy hit the other guy -- nm - crash davis Feb 8, 14:18
Go ahead, pronounce this one: Benld -- (edited) - TWuG Feb 8, 13:53 3
- "BOO-dee-chay" -- nm - ReluctantCynic Feb 8, 14:25
- ~Gotta get away to Cai-ro ay-ro.~ -- nm - Teddy Baron Feb 8, 14:00
- App-el-le-gize. -- nm - Diva Feb 8, 13:55
Bala Cynwyd -- nm - znufrii Feb 8, 13:52 8
- Tredyffrin -- nm - decline Feb 8, 14:17
- Sequim, WA -- nm - crash davis Feb 8, 14:17 1
  - "Steilacoom" is my favorite example from the great State of Washington. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Feb 8, 14:29
- Schuylkill -- nm - znufrii Feb 8, 13:55 1
  - I only pronounce Schuyler right because of Hamilton - ty97 Feb 8, 13:56
- oh, Wales. Don't even try. -- nm - Andie Feb 8, 13:53 2
  - It's Pennsylvania!!! -- nm - Amanda Feb 8, 13:56 1
    - Lies. Lies and shenanigans. -- nm - Teddy Baron Feb 8, 13:56
Fun fact: Natchitoches, LA is only a couple hours drive from Nacogdoches, TX. -- nm - ty97 Feb 8, 13:50 4
- Everyone in Nacogdoches knew Tom Ames would come to some bad end. -- nm - CQ Feb 8, 13:54
- Which of those is considered the Shelbyville? -- nm - con_carne Feb 8, 13:53 1
  - The LA one. - ty97 Feb 8, 13:54
- I remember the wonderful names of these towns from back when 'Steel Magnolias' was filming. - Diva Feb 8, 13:52
Billerica is where I go to sing to the inmates of Middlesex County when I do my musical Prison Ministry. - Diva Feb 8, 13:49 9
- Cool! -- nm - Strongbad Feb 8, 15:51
- The Inmates of Middlesex, a Netflix original series -- nm - con_carne Feb 8, 13:52 7
  - Slamming together OITNB and Transparent? -- nm - Reagen Feb 8, 13:53 3
    - I was thinking of placing it in 1800s Great Britain. Like 'Fingersmith' if they had *all* landed in jail. -- nm - Diva Feb 8, 13:54 2
      - Bodices will be ripped -- nm - con_carne Feb 8, 14:03 1
        
        Poor guy...oh wait bodices - JD Feb 8, 14:26
  - I kind of love this. -- nm - Diva Feb 8, 13:52 2
    - *drafts a script about how a lovely, beautiful, talented woman from a choral group mentors the prisoners into winning a prison sing-off competition* -- nm - ty97 Feb 8, 13:58 1
      - i kind of love this too. -- nm - Diva Feb 8, 13:59

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