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Advantage: Canada. -- (link) - Beryllium Mar 23, 14:57
London now at 5 dead after 75 year old man taken off life support :( -- (link) - ty97 Mar 23, 14:53
Uber's complaining about having to charge GST in Canada now, like every other service - Reagen Mar 23, 14:48 1
- They emailed me to rope me into a petition for the upcoming BC election. - Beryllium Mar 23, 15:00
As with the election, we need to be prepared for the worst case scenario with the AHCA. - Mop Mar 23, 14:36 6
- when poor/working class get riled they might be bothered to vote, but that doesn't last, so they'll get trounced midterm, he could come back for a 2nd -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 23, 15:06
- I'm dubious of its chances in the Senate, but know it's a possibility. I would hate to this become law, but it will hurt the GOP if it does -- nm - ty97 Mar 23, 14:50 1
  - Presumably, the only way *parts* of AHCA pass the Senate is reconciliation, but now there's the Byrd Rule to consider. -- nm - Mop Mar 23, 14:59
- I'm not sure if passage is worst case scenario or failure and then further undermining Obamacare so that it collapses and gives them a better argument - pmb Mar 23, 14:48 1
  - But if it passes and then Obamacare fails, it's on them, they own it. - ty97 Mar 23, 14:49
- oh the way the last 6 months have gone? I kind of fully expect this to pass tomorrow before I have even woken up. -- nm - Jovian Mar 23, 14:44
NPR: Despite clear language in the GSA lease, the govt ruled today no issues with the Trump DC hotel since he's not in operations and it's in a trust. -- nm - Max Mar 23, 14:34
New CBO report: less deficit reduction ($150b); uninsured # the same -- (link) - ty97 Mar 23, 14:30 3
- "In 2018 and 2019, according to CBO and JCT’s estimates, aveage premiums for single policyholders in the nongroup market would be 15 percent to 20 - Max Mar 23, 14:54
- Interesting. I would have thought it would be the other way around. -- nm - pmb Mar 23, 14:35
- as in the same as previous iteration of this awful bill -- nm - ty97 Mar 23, 14:30
This is great photo, despite the somber reason for it -- (link) - ty97 Mar 23, 14:29
If it is ever a slow day in Washington, we should demand that ty give us updates on the French election or some such - crash davis Mar 23, 13:52 4
- oh, I'm prepping to John King the shit out of that - ty97 Mar 23, 14:23 3
  - I can't wait for the Canadian election. Everyday I'll ask about polling in some place you've never heard of. Everyday you'll look it up and find that - crash davis Mar 23, 14:39 2
    - 2 years. -- nm - Reagen Mar 23, 14:48
    - Are you trying to turn me on? - ty97 Mar 23, 14:48
Kevin McCarthy to @DanaBashCNN: We are voting tomorrow on the health care bill -- (link) - ty97 Mar 23, 13:30 13
- *wah-wah* sound -- nm - ty97 Mar 23, 13:30 12
  - some reports of 9am vote tomorrow. Other reports no vote time/day set. -- nm - ty97 Mar 23, 13:32 11
    - Trump minutes ago: ""Today, the House is voting to repeal and replace the disaster known as Obamacare." who's gonna tell him? -- (link) - ty97 Mar 23, 13:33 10
      - Spicer, 90 minutes ago -- (link) - ty97 Mar 23, 13:34 9
        
        (this is kinda fun) -- nm - ty97 Mar 23, 13:34 8
        
        And randomly, while Trump is telling people the vote will happen, he's out of the loop b/c he at some WH truck event. (picture) -- (link) - ty97 Mar 23, 13:41 7
        
        And video! -- (link) - ty97 Mar 23, 13:44 6
        
        To be fair...Obama would be in that truck honking the horn as well. but he'd look cooler for damn sure -- nm - Remlik Mar 23, 14:10 5
        
        oh I would be too! -- nm - ty97 Mar 23, 14:24
        
        he would know better than to make *this* face. -- (link) - Andie Mar 23, 14:11 3
        
        "Are you spying on me through the dash cam?!?" -- nm - Roger More Mar 23, 14:26
        
        oh my -- nm - ty97 Mar 23, 14:24
        
        HA! True! -- nm - Remlik Mar 23, 14:16
There are now purebred Bison running around in the Bronx. :-) -- (edited) - Krusty Mar 23, 13:16 9
- My brother works there! I'm gonna see if I can go pet them -- nm - decline Mar 23, 14:22 3
  - Nice! That would be cool. I want to pet an elephant more than anything and I don't think they let you get close to them. - Krusty Mar 23, 14:27 2
    - I actually got to do just that on some special day at the zoo in Seattle. I was surprised by the fine hairs on the trunk -- nm - crash davis Mar 23, 15:01 1
      - So awesome! Some zoos have programs where they take groups up close and hands on with some animals. - Krusty Mar 23, 15:13
- I thought you meant literally running around like escaped from a truck, and officers from animal control were looking for a cowboy to round them up -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 23, 13:20 4
  - :-) Then my title worked. - Krusty Mar 23, 13:23 3
    - they are kinda magnificent to see, definitely magnificent to eat -- nm - crash davis Mar 23, 13:26 2
      - tasty....and really good on a pizza -- nm - Remlik Mar 23, 14:04
      - I'm good with just seeing them. :-) -- nm - Krusty Mar 23, 13:51
~You'll be back~ from the Hamilton soundtrack is a perfect lil ditty. -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 23, 13:15 5
- #melsowhite - ty97 Mar 23, 13:23 4
  - and I'm not going to lie, I have a mancrush on... - Mel Profit Mar 23, 13:32 2
    - I spent the first half of that show legit thinking that - ty97 Mar 23, 13:33 1
      - In Act II he's just showin' off, at that point. -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 23, 13:37
  - believe me, no one is more surprised than me. - Mel Profit Mar 23, 13:26
This looks like the last day we'll see freezing temperatures for the next 7 months. Sweet. -- nm - Max Mar 23, 13:02
who is the Tuesday Group? -- nm - decline Mar 23, 13:01 2
- ah, "The Tuesday Group is an informal caucus of approximately 50 moderate Republican members of the House of Representatives in the 114th Congress " -- nm - decline Mar 23, 13:04 1
  - "moderate" -- nm - ty97 Mar 23, 13:23
If you were a college basketball coach and got offers from both, would you choose the Indiana job or Georgetown? -- nm - prayformojo Mar 23, 12:59 9
- Absolutely GTown. Indiana right now is like Alabama in football before they hired Saban. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 24, 04:30
- Georgetown...IU Alumni Association has WAY to much power over the athletic department. -- nm - Remlik Mar 23, 14:20
- I would prefer the Indiana job, but would want no part in living in Indiana. - the wrong element, bad guy Mar 23, 13:43
- It's close but I think Indiana since I think Georgetown's about to be in the same situation the Hoosiers were after Bobby Knight left. -- nm - David Mar 23, 13:26
- Georgetown --- to be able to recruit in the DC/Baltimore corridor for a school with a national recognition? - Will Hunting Mar 23, 13:10 2
  - It's all about recruiting and where the coach thinks he can do the best. Maryland was #1 a few years ago in recruits. -- (edited) - Krusty Mar 23, 13:30
  - This. Plus you get to play your games at Verizon Center (Wizards arena), and the pay can be better. -- nm - MDH Mar 23, 13:27
- My instinct is to say Indiana but for me it would depend on which area I thought I could recruit in more effectively. - Krusty Mar 23, 13:05
- G'town - who the hell wants to live in Indiana? -- nm - decline Mar 23, 13:00
I'm surprised more reporters don't directly challenge Trump on his bullshit with facts - you don't hear him saying that crap about his electoral - Reagen Mar 23, 12:53
Meg - just saw your story about your Mom and Aunt during the bombing. That was pretty funny. -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 23, 12:49 2
- Typical Brits. Another story was about the goose they'd carefully raised for Christmas dinner. Which disappeared a few days before Christmas...... - Meg Mar 23, 13:01 1
  - We, the Americans, do tend to have a tendency to come late to the party... - Mel Profit Mar 23, 13:07
Im sure Obama and John Boehner are hanging out together getting a good chuckle by whats going on with the ACA -- nm - eag Mar 23, 12:43
Lucifer Season 2 cut from 22 episodes to 18. The 4 cut standalone episodes will instead be saved for Season 3 in the Fall. -- (link*) - Ender Mar 23, 12:23 9
- Beak no likey -- nm - Beaker Mar 23, 12:26 8
  - If indeed there were 4 stand alone episodes, I am fine them getting shunted ahead into the future. - Spawn Mar 23, 12:29 6
    - they can't be completely standalone, that would be weird. -- nm - groiny Mar 23, 12:30 5
      - If they can be shunted to next season I would imagine they will have to be. -- nm - Spawn Mar 23, 12:37 4
        
        The real question is whether they were going to be the last 4 or not. -- nm - Ender Mar 23, 12:48 3
        
        Oh, I doubt they were. That is my point. For most series I hate the stand alones that pop up and sidetrack the story line of a season. - Spawn Mar 23, 12:50 2
        
        It's a possibility though, they had the season plotted out at 18 episodes originally until they got upped to 22. -- nm - Ender Mar 23, 12:52 1
        
        Good point. -- nm - Spawn Mar 23, 13:20
  - yup, I want my Lucifer fix, all 22 episodes. -- nm - groiny Mar 23, 12:27
"I'm not going to respond to a tweet from Donald Trump Jr. I've been doing far more important things over the past 24 hours." -- (link) - Mayor of London Mar 23, 12:22 8
- afaik, DTjr's tweet was long ago when the mayor was talking about how the city is watchful for attacks and the cits are dealing with constant threat -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 23, 13:33 5
  - No, the mayor's comments that he (mis)quoted were long ago. The tweet was yesterday. -- nm - Horrible Racist Girl Mar 23, 13:40 4
    - Even this horrible racist gets it! -- nm - Roger More Mar 23, 13:41 3
      - ha! -- nm - ty97 Mar 23, 14:25
      - and, i'm back! -- nm* - Andie Mar 23, 13:48
      - that tells you something. -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 23, 13:45
- seriously. imagine the son of the UK Prime Minister critizing Rudy G on 9/11. -- nm - Jovian Mar 23, 12:50
- That needs to be shared far and wide. -- nm - Mop Mar 23, 12:24
Ryan cancelled his 3:30 presser. This vote ain't happening anytime soon -- nm - decline Mar 23, 12:22 2
- SLUMBER PARTY!!!! - Diva Mar 23, 12:24 1
  - Matt Santos will sleep over with all the Dems! -- nm - Remlik Mar 23, 12:27
Nova Scotia resident Mr. Grabher wants his licence plate back. -- (link) - Beaker Mar 23, 12:16
My Fake 'Magic: The Gathering' Cards Fooled Almost Everyone -- (link) - Beaker Mar 23, 12:12 2
- At some point, the counterfeit cards are so close to the original, that they might as well be. -- nm - Mop Mar 23, 12:18
- This is great. -- nm - mara Mar 23, 12:18
Discussion with coworker while I watch curling on my PC: "Oh hockey" "It's curling" "What's that...?" -- nm - Mop Mar 23, 12:11 10
- psst, you don't live in Canada now. -- nm - Bacon Mar 23, 12:13
- I learned about Senegalese wrestling for the first time recently. -- nm - Max Mar 23, 12:13
- So what'd you say? -- nm - mara Mar 23, 12:13 6
  - "Sliding rocks on ice." -- nm - Mop Mar 23, 12:15 5
    - Show him the Russian car curling thing and tell him that we adapted it for rocks because it didn't work with sled dogs. -- nm - Shaun Mar 23, 12:19
    - What'd she say? -- nm - mara Mar 23, 12:18 3
      - I didn't allow it to go any further. -- nm - Mop Mar 23, 12:19 2
        
        Can't have women showing interest in your interests, amirite? -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 23, 12:29
        
        Translation: He walked away shaking his head. -- nm - Spawn Mar 23, 12:28
- "Hockey for janitors" -- nm - ty97 Mar 23, 12:13
(weird story) ‘Hoax’: Texas teen made up widely publicized story of being kidnapped, raped by 3 black men, police say -- (link) - ty97 Mar 23, 12:08 12
- Quite the conundrum for the alt-right. On the one hand: a woman lying about rape!! On the other: No violent black men. nm - Dignan Mar 23, 14:11
- I'd like to hear a motive for this. -- nm - Mop Mar 23, 12:15 9
  - I'm curious as well. Two theories I might work if I was investigating (these could be totally off base) - ty97 Mar 23, 12:20 3
    - two versions locally, a. went on a crack binge, made up the story to explain her absence b. was actually raped but the cops thought her story was - zeitgeist Mar 23, 12:55 1
      - I think Will's answer is more likely. - the wrong element, bad guy Mar 23, 13:50
    - I think the engagement is key here. - Mop Mar 23, 12:23
  - To demonize black men. - Will Hunting Mar 23, 12:18 4
    - "Right. Was that unclear? I thought that would be clear...." -- nm - Horrible Racist Girl Mar 23, 12:22
    - Perhaps. But there was lot of effort. Running around in public in your underwear. Cutting yourself. That's commitment. -- nm - Mop Mar 23, 12:19 2
      - Crazy and wrong doesn't mean lazy. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 23, 12:20 1
        
        I mean, look at Trump. -- nm - Mop Mar 23, 12:25
- No thank you. We haven't had any good science hoaxes in a while. -- nm - Max Mar 23, 12:10
Another non-Freedom Caucus 'no' GOP vote -- (link) - ty97 Mar 23, 11:55 2
- Too bad. Sean Spicer says it's going to pass. Period. -- nm - Mop Mar 23, 12:02 1
  - If it doesn't he should quit - eag Mar 23, 12:09
Website Jezebel took the Trump Time Mag. interview and redacted everything that was not verifiable as true -- (link) - decline Mar 23, 11:52 4
- I read the other day that Politifact reported that 70% of what Dump sez is either 'mostly untrue', ' not true' or 'straight up *pants on fire* lying'. -- (edited) - Diva Mar 23, 12:23
- It only reads slightly less incoherent than the non-redacted version. -- nm - pmb Mar 23, 12:19 1
  - ha! -- nm - prayformojo Mar 23, 12:19
- Can't you get brain damage from that much in the way of black marker fumes? -- nm - crash davis Mar 23, 11:56
Mark Wednesday April 19 in your calendar. The Patriots visit the White House -- nm - Beaker Mar 23, 11:52 6
- Well, The Patriots*, anyway. -- nm - Spawn Mar 23, 11:54
- haven't a bunch of players indicated they will not go to this? -- nm - decline Mar 23, 11:53 4
  - Correct. much like the time Brady didn't go to meet Obama. but he did go meet Bush...so go figure -- nm - Remlik Mar 23, 11:57 1
    - Yeah - I think his excuse for not going during the Obama administration is BS - Mel Profit Mar 23, 12:10
  - Not the first time, though. -- nm - Spawn Mar 23, 11:54
  - yup. -- (link) - Beaker Mar 23, 11:54
I might go to the doctor tomorrow for free, just cause I am Canadian -- nm - Beaker Mar 23, 11:51 5
- I'm going to the doctor this afternoon! - ReluctantCynic Mar 23, 12:12 2
  - Just don't bend it and you should be fine. -- nm - Canadian Healthcare Mar 23, 12:43 1
    - "Take two of these and call me in the morning" -- nm - Timbits at the drivethrough clinic Mar 23, 14:15
- "tomorrow" -- nm - Spawn Mar 23, 11:52
- nothing wrong, but just to say hi to my doctor -- nm - Beaker Mar 23, 11:51
I could use more #NayaRivera news please - ty97 Mar 23, 11:47 2
- "Heather Morris and Naya Rivera Dance Together In Sexy Music Video" -- nm - please Mar 23, 11:50 1
  - Morris is bendy, is all I'll say. -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 23, 13:23
We finally have the March Madness result we've all been waiting for ... -- (link) - ReluctantCynic Mar 23, 11:44 3
- How are there that many burger joints in Portland! And how is one of the finalists something called "Grain and Gristle"?! -- nm - Mop Mar 23, 12:04 2
  - So. Many. Hipsters. - ReluctantCynic Mar 23, 12:11 1
    - Communal tables! -- nm - Mop Mar 23, 12:21
I saw a werewolf drinking a pina colada at Trader Vic's. - crash davis Mar 23, 11:40 4
- Aroooooooooooooo! -- nm - David Mar 23, 12:02
- that dude totally ripped off a Kid Rock song -- nm - Beaker Mar 23, 11:49
- He's going van surfing later. -- nm - Max Mar 23, 11:41 1
  - "These waves are mine." -- nm - Spawn Mar 23, 11:45

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