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friggin' deer are out of control -- (link) - decline Feb 15, 13:11 4
- our local airport in Traverse City has a dog patrolling - PIPER!! -- (link) - JenBro Feb 15, 13:28
- *revs engine* -- nm - Samara Feb 15, 13:14
- Why won't they cross where the sign tells them to?! -- nm - znufrii Feb 15, 13:12
- *flicks cigarette in a No Littering zone* -- nm - deer Feb 15, 13:12
*laughs at Arsenal* -- nm - CQ Feb 15, 13:10 2
- I really wonder what this team would be like without Alexis. So sawft -- nm - CQ Feb 15, 13:13 1
  - I really wonder what the next year is going to look like for them. - volnelk Feb 15, 13:37
I wish I had the magic bullet to make people stop overthinking and overcomplicating things. - spamlet Feb 15, 12:56 4
- Sounds like certain tax worksheets. - Teddy Baron Feb 15, 13:08
- now I want a smoothie -- nm - oblique, SuperFeud Champion Feb 15, 13:07
- I propose we set up a sub committee to study the problem with input from the epa, nsa, and Ivanka -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 15, 13:03
- I would just settle for a bullet. -- nm - groiny Feb 15, 13:00
Heads up everyone - next Wednesday is National Margarita Day - WOO! -- nm - JenBro Feb 15, 12:52 2
- these antibiotics are getting in the way of good solid drinking time! -- nm - groiny Feb 15, 13:06 1
  - I certainly hope you are in the home stretch of recovery my friend!\ -- nm - JenBro Feb 15, 13:27
guys. guys. I think it's happening. I think they're sending me to the IBIS replacement team!!!! - university of amanda jones Feb 15, 12:47 5
- you're replacing a long-legged bird that looks like a flaminco? -- nm - decline Feb 15, 13:12
- Yay! Even if I read it as IBS the first time. -- nm - spamlet Feb 15, 12:56 2
  - I got ISIS replacement. ...hmmm so every glorious soldier (female if course) gets an entourage of cabana boys -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 15, 13:08 1
    - our old student system was called ISIS. we just replaced it. -- nm - university of amanda jones Feb 15, 13:17
- congrats? -- nm - groiny Feb 15, 12:51
Bill Maher vs. Milo on Real Time this week -- nm - Remlik Feb 15, 12:26 7
- Interesting. I wonder which guest he will be. One comes out for a brief interview, three are on a panel and then one comes out later. - volnelk Feb 15, 13:07 2
  - Agreed. He will be like Coulter, on at the interview at the beginning. -- nm - Jovian Feb 15, 13:10
  - he's the only guest apparently. -- nm - Remlik Feb 15, 13:10
- Hashtag "one gotta go"? -- nm - Beryllium Feb 15, 12:40 1
  - Only one? -- nm - znufrii Feb 15, 12:56
- cause all this crap isn't sickening enough yet. -- nm - Diva Feb 15, 12:39
- Building collapse. -- nm - Reagen Feb 15, 12:28
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott: NFL 'walking on thin ice' by wading into politics -- (link) - Strongbad Feb 15, 12:19 2
- Ice? That's not even the right sport! -- nm - Teddy Baron Feb 15, 13:08
- "Who do they think they are, an oil company, or a hedge fund?" -- nm - Reagen Feb 15, 12:23
WaPo: Do voter identification laws suppress minority voting? Yes. We did the research. -- (link) - pmb Feb 15, 12:19 44
- Correct the issue by putting resources into better ID procedures. It's 2017, everybody should have at least one piece of photo ID. - Name Withheld by Request Feb 15, 12:51 21
  - .. we don't need photo ID to vote... -- nm - Andie Feb 15, 13:00
  - 2 things. First, since having or not having voter ID laws seems to have virtually no impact on voter fraud (since the kind voter ID "protects" - pmb Feb 15, 12:56 10
    - I'd spend the money so that we'd have a simple, confirmed way to answer accusations of fraud. Absence of IDs is what allows the GOP to claim fraud. -- nm - Max Feb 15, 13:10
    - Responses... - Name Withheld by Request Feb 15, 13:10 4
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      - A few responses. First, all the evidence is abundantly clear that we're not talking about 98% security, we're talking about 99.99999% security. Out - pmb Feb 15, 13:20
      - A laaaarge proportion of Americans don't have bank accounts, to deal with just one assumption here. -- nm - Reagen Feb 15, 13:14 1
        
        Oh, I don't assume that they do, but it's also widely correlated that not having one is detrimental to financial and physical health. - Name Withheld by Request Feb 15, 13:38
    - M-F 9-2 motherf@ckers -- nm - oblique, SuperFeud Champion Feb 15, 13:01 3
      - I can't remember the exact example but there was one state where in one county the only office you could get the ID was open from like 1-4 on the - pmb Feb 15, 13:03 2
        
        Right and that's complete bullshit and should be remedied. But that's your problem. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Feb 15, 13:13 1
        
        Elections Canada is one of the great unsung agencies of the government. -- nm - Reagen Feb 15, 13:18
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    - Sure, I'll accept that some out there have malevolent intentions. Will you acknowledge that there are proponents who just want to secure the vote? - Name Withheld by Request Feb 15, 12:56 7
      - The problem, and the major difference between the US and Canadian systems, is that it's federal elections run by the states -- (edited) - Reagen Feb 15, 13:07 2
        
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        I appreciate your faith in my edit. -- nm - Reagen Feb 15, 13:15
      - It begs the question then, of why they want to secure it against a threat that for all intents and purposes does not exist on any meaningful level. -- nm* - znufrii Feb 15, 13:04
      - I understand that on some level it appeals to people on a gut level as being an obvious need and solution, but there is just no evidence that supports - pmb Feb 15, 13:00 1
        
        this. I have long had the same gut reaction but seeing it in practice drove me to the other side of the argument -- nm - oblique, SuperFeud Champion Feb 15, 13:04
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- 2 points - Strongbad Feb 15, 12:28 19
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    - They're just questions at this point, based on reading the article and not the full paper. - Strongbad Feb 15, 12:49 2
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        Would love to see data on Georgia's laws, maybe I'll look when I get home. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 15, 12:59
  - Also, IMO - Strongbad Feb 15, 12:34 14
    - I think the info you're looking for was fairly clearly established (pre v. post), but the criticism of those were that they were single state focused - pmb Feb 15, 12:43 2
      - This paragraph addresses it head on. - pmb Feb 15, 12:48
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      - Hypothetical - Strongbad Feb 15, 12:47 9
        
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        That's why they looked across a broader spectrum than a single race. Or narrowed it to looking only at democrats. - pmb Feb 15, 12:50 7
        
        My point - Strongbad Feb 15, 12:58 6
        
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        Their implied conclusion is causation. - Strongbad Feb 15, 13:19 4
        
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        I am not trying to disprove causation. - Strongbad Feb 15, 13:28 2
        
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        of the 2 sets of additional data I have brought up in this thread - Strongbad Feb 15, 14:00
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- But, voter fraud!!! -- nm - znufrii Feb 15, 12:20
MacArthur Foundation releases list of eight semi-finalists for $100 million prize. -- (link*) - znufrii Feb 15, 12:18
So this tweet happened -- (link) - ty97 Feb 15, 12:02
The Young Pope was a very, very weird project - prayformojo Feb 15, 11:59 2
- right? but I couldn't stop watching -- nm - Remlik Feb 15, 12:25
- I'm adoring this show. The plot and themes are erratic, but terribly interesting. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Feb 15, 12:03
"Poll: More than half say politics is a source of stress" -- (link) - ReluctantCynic Feb 15, 11:54
I know.. Drumpf words and all.. But... - Marlowe Feb 15, 11:47 4
- i saw that statement, i agree, wtf does that mean? -- nm - Andie Feb 15, 11:49 3
  - It's a very poor attempt at deflection, suggesting our intelligence community is a bunch of hardcore leftists trying to sabotage Trump -- nm* - Strongbad Feb 15, 12:06
  - It's an attempt to paint democrats as sore losers. -- nm - David Feb 15, 11:55
  - He's saying that Flynn was forced out because Democrats are still whining about losing, and found a scapegoat. - Inigo Feb 15, 11:51
Movie gotta go -- (link) - ty97 Feb 15, 11:46 33
- I know what you did last summer -- nm - Epiphany Feb 15, 13:39
- Cruel Intentions - J Feb 15, 13:04
- I Know... it's a vastly inferior horror movie to Scream. - Will Hunting, King of Astronauts Feb 15, 12:28 15
  - the only thing ever talked about in Wild Things is the 3 way, remove that, and it is garbage. -- nm - groiny Feb 15, 12:32 14
    - What a terrible post. -- nm - David Feb 15, 13:00 3
      - oh, you want some now???? -- nm - groiny Feb 15, 13:00 2
        
        Stop making terrible posts. Maybe that will help. -- nm - David Feb 15, 13:06 1
        
        18 years of terrible posts, I see no reason to stop now. -- nm - groiny Feb 15, 13:07
    - The 3 way is better than any 10 minute sequence in IKWYDLS. - Strongbad Feb 15, 12:40 1
      - yeah, if I wanna watch porn, I will watch porn. - groiny Feb 15, 12:42
    - And the others are not? (NM) - Marlowe Feb 15, 12:39 7
      - Cruel Intentions had an interesting concept. IKWYDLS spawned multiple sequels - groiny Feb 15, 12:41 4
        
        All garbage.. (NM) - Marlowe Feb 15, 12:45 3
        
        the wrong is strong with this one. -- nm - groiny Feb 15, 12:46 2
        
        Take it back or I'll unleash Jack on you.. (NM) - Marlowe Feb 15, 12:48 1
        
        I will defend Scream to my grave. - groiny Feb 15, 12:53
      - Scream was actually pretty sharp and innovative at the time. Everything else was a copy. -- nm - Andie Feb 15, 12:41 1
        
        exactly, I watched it recently and I still think it holds up. -- nm - groiny Feb 15, 12:45
- All of them. -- nm - kelly Feb 15, 12:22 1
  - this -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 15, 12:30
- Honestly, all of them can go. -- nm - JaxSean Feb 15, 12:15
- I guess Cruel Intentions. I don't care for any of them besides Scream. -- nm - Krusty Feb 15, 12:08
- Cruel Intentions -- nm - David Feb 15, 11:53
- IKWYDLS because I think it's the only one of the 4 I haven't seen so obviously it sucks -- nm - oblique, SuperFeud Champion Feb 15, 11:52
- Wild Things. -- nm - Loyola Feb 15, 11:50
- Hard choices doesn't put it exactly. Unless it's 1HasToStay.. All can go.. (NM) - Marlowe Feb 15, 11:49
- Wild Things is garbage. -- nm - groiny Feb 15, 11:48 1
  - lies -- (link) - oblique, SuperFeud Champion Feb 15, 11:52 [Image]
- IKWYDLS -- nm - Strongbad Feb 15, 11:48
- Wild Things -- nm - decline Feb 15, 11:47
- Cruel Intentions -- nm - prayformojo Feb 15, 11:47
- Cruel Intentions. -- nm - Andie Feb 15, 11:46 1
  - I haven't seen it, but yeah. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 15, 11:47
Happiness is realizing that you left the electric blanket on while you were out of the room. - David Feb 15, 11:46 2
- trying to burn another home down? -- nm - groiny Feb 15, 11:46 1
  - *facepalm* - Beryllium Feb 15, 11:48
Heh -- (link) - Beryllium Feb 15, 11:43 1
- oh! oh! I can!!! -- nm - mud Feb 15, 11:45
Pudzer is out. -- nm - ty97 Feb 15, 11:40 2
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- it's all Oprah's fault -- nm - decline Feb 15, 11:49
Dawson, there is a world of difference between me complaining about the comments - groiny Feb 15, 11:35 7
- I will make sure to message you before I post anything to get your pre-approval on my posts though. -- nm - groiny Feb 15, 11:37
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  - BECAUSE THIS HAS JACK SHIT TO DO WITH ME!!!!!! - groiny Feb 15, 11:39 4
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      - keep fucking laughing Jack. You see all those old posters who are no longer here??? - groiny Feb 15, 11:53 2
        
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        no, your point is to make something about me, in order to be an asshole. - groiny Feb 15, 12:04
goddammit, I'm gonna have this going through my head all day (you'll need to turn your sound on for this one) -- (link*) - prayformojo Feb 15, 11:30
LIR: Spawn. Yeah, but Cherry Pie might be one of the few good Warrant songs whereas Jovi has a ton of others so I'd let that one go -- nm - oblique, SuperFeud Champion Feb 15, 11:30 13
- I'm actually reconsidering, because Here I Go Again isn't a song that does a lot for me today. - David Feb 15, 11:32 1
  - nm -- nm* - Strongbad Feb 15, 12:08
- You could scrub Warrant's full catalog from my memory and I'd be fine. -- nm - ty97 Feb 15, 11:31 5
  - Yup though you could say that about almost every hair metal band. -- nm - Krusty Feb 15, 12:03 1
    - you hush your FACE! -- nm - Epiphany Feb 15, 13:41
  - Already done! -- nm - iSpam Feb 15, 11:52
  - You're a garbage person. -- nm - David Feb 15, 11:34
  - ~got a picture of your house, and you're standing by the door....~ -- nm - groiny Feb 15, 11:33
- is 'having enough Warrant songs' something we worry about? -- nm - Andie Feb 15, 11:31 1
  - L3 -- nm - JenBro Feb 15, 11:54
- worst Warrant song ever. -- nm - groiny Feb 15, 11:31 2
  - They had a number of albums. I'd venture to guess most of them that weren't "Heaven" are far far worse -- nm - oblique, SuperFeud Champion Feb 15, 11:34 1
    - I actually like Down Boys better than most of their songs. -- nm - groiny Feb 15, 11:39
"OK, Puzder, he's gone. New nominee: Roger Ailes." -- nm - Reagen Feb 15, 11:24 11
- Trump is a wee bit behind in getting that cabinet filled - and this will put him even further back -- (link) - decline Feb 15, 11:36
- Watch him nominate Scott Walker -- nm - Strongbad Feb 15, 11:25 9
  - I think Christie is a real possibility. -- nm - Reagen Feb 15, 11:26
  - He's totally going to now, thanks a lot. -- nm - znufrii Feb 15, 11:26 1
    - I don't believe for a moment that he'll nominate the head of the AFL-CIO. He doesn't have the balls. -- nm - Mop Feb 15, 11:27
  - watch him nominate paul walker. -- nm* - university of amanda jones Feb 15, 11:26 5
    - Whoever he nominates, it'll certainly be a white walker. -- nm - Mop Feb 15, 11:26 4
      - Someone should suggest Sarah Walker. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 15, 11:31 3
        
        or Sarah Chalke -- nm - Strongbad Feb 15, 11:46 2
        
        Sarah Conner. Strong anti robot stance. -- nm - Reagen Feb 15, 12:05 1
        
        Carpe Posterum -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 15, 13:12

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