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Foodies: would you pay $9/lb for 'Heritage' chicken? -- (link) - decline May 4, 11:01 6
- we've been buy 'organic' chickens which is twice as much as ...but probably still raised by industrial farm methods -- nm - zeitgeist May 4, 12:10
- America is happy paying pennies/lb for what perhaps may be chicken. -- nm - Mop May 4, 11:04
- No, but I would pay $9/lb for General's Fried Chicken - Strongbad May 4, 11:04 2
  - ^ Tso -- nm - oblique May 4, 11:06
  - It outranks the Colonel's fried chicken. -- nm - Mop May 4, 11:05
- No. -- nm - znufrii, definitely not 40 May 4, 11:01
nubby just let me use his time machine. The vote is... interesting. -- nm - Spawn May 4, 11:00
Only one way to celebrate killing people -- (link) - ty97 May 4, 11:00 1
- Ryan is planning keg-stands in the West Wing this afternoon -- nm - decline May 4, 11:08
This guy had the best whip count last time. This is what he has now -- (link) - ty97 May 4, 10:58
WTF -- (link) - ty97 May 4, 10:52 9
- so 0-2 well done -- nm - Beaker May 4, 10:54 1
  - "Plausible" deniability. -- nm - Spawn May 4, 10:56
- L5! -- nm - Spawn May 4, 10:53
- 😂 -- nm - znufrii, definitely not 40 May 4, 10:53
- Trump literally has no idea what this bill does -- nm - ty97 May 4, 10:52 4
  - Yes, and I think his staff are lying to him about it. -- nm - mara May 4, 10:55 3
    - I would love to see him veto it (he won't but man that would be awesome) -- nm - ty97 May 4, 10:59 1
      - That might actually work to get Dems to work with him. -- nm - Spawn May 4, 11:00
    - We have to pass it to see what is in it, silly. -- nm - Pelosi May 4, 10:58
There are two votes, fyi -- (link) - ty97 May 4, 10:52 1
- First vote starting. This is NOT the AHCA vote -- nm - ty97 May 4, 10:53
The Ultimate Edition of Star Wars Battlefront Is Just $20 For May the Fourth on PS4, Xbox One, and as a digital Xbox One download. -- (link) - Beaker May 4, 10:50
"I'm told House Republicans will go to the White House to celebrate if the bill passes. Trump's flight to New York has been delayed a few hrs" -- (link) - ty97 May 4, 10:50 6
- better book the hookers and crack now just in case -- nm - Beaker May 4, 10:51 1
  - and some plastic bedsheets. -- nm - Mel Profit May 4, 10:55
- He was supposed to get here at 3 and meet Turnbull. Tell me he is skipping that to have a party about millions losing health care? -- nm - ty97 May 4, 10:50 3
  - Turnbull meeting truncated to 30 min. Trump will skip a stop in Manhattan and head right to the Intrepid. I wonder if Barron will get to see his dad? -- nm - decline May 4, 10:54
  - Presidentin' is hard, ty. -- nm - Spawn May 4, 10:53
  - oh please GOP, PLEASE, go to that party and have lots of photos taken -- nm - ty97 May 4, 10:51
Huh. Google saved me from missing a bill payment. I hate when I miss bill payments. Thanks, Google! -- nm - Mop May 4, 10:46
Work LYC: Strongbad's 2 week trial postponed from May to September. -- nm - Strongbad May 4, 10:45 3
- you're gonna be dealing with this thing until you retire -- nm - decline May 4, 10:46 1
  - I started designing the project in 2011. it was built in 2013. -- nm - Strongbad May 4, 10:51
- It is a birthday miracle!!! -- nm - Spawn May 4, 10:46
As special as we think they are here, most Americans don't know who there Member of Congress is, but they will after you vote to take away their healt - ty97 May 4, 10:43 1
- That's a great line. -- nm - Mop May 4, 10:44
I was told there would be a vote. -- nm - Spawn May 4, 10:41 4
- Pelosi just spoke. Ryan is speaking now. I presume vote follows -- nm - ty97 May 4, 10:49 1
  - Whoever says, "May the 4th be with you." wins. -- nm - Spawn May 4, 10:50
- Some last minute wheeling and dealing. What's that line from Team America? "Suck my cock"? - Mop May 4, 10:43 1
  - They wouldn't have a vote if they didn't know it would pass. -- nm -- Mop (aka rburriel) May 4 '17, 13:31 -- nm - Spawn May 4, 10:46
ThinkGeek has a sale on all 'Star Wars' themed things today. -- (link) - GregW May 4, 10:28
If you want to follow the vote tally live -- (link) - ty97 May 4, 10:27 14
- If ever there was a time for America to have a Tahir Square moment, it would be today. -- nm - Mop May 4, 10:30
- I'm not seeing very many Freedom Caucus members on the No side. - Strongbad May 4, 10:29 12
  - The whole reason we're back here is b/c they did enough (additional) evil things to get the FC mostly on board. -- nm - ty97 May 4, 10:40 1
    - That makes sense. I've been out of the loop for the past couple of days. -- nm - Strongbad May 4, 10:52
  - The whole point of the latest round of amendments was to secure their support, so I would be surprised if there were. -- (edited) - znufrii, definitely not 40 May 4, 10:34
  - They wouldn't have a vote if they didn't know it would pass. -- nm - Mop May 4, 10:31 8
    - I expect this is true. My only hope is that they are using this as a cudgel against some reticents to force their hands - ty97 May 4, 10:41
    - "If 22 Republicans vote “no”, and one G.O.P. representative is absent, as expected, the vote is likely to fail." -- nm - mara May 4, 10:40 6
      - To my reading of that sentence, the "as expected" only applies to the absent member, not the number of no votes. - znufrii, definitely not 40 May 4, 10:44 3
        
        Then they should have left out the word "likely," I think. -- nm - mara May 4, 10:53 1
        
        I agree they probably could have worded it more clearly. -- nm - znufrii, definitely not 40 May 4, 10:58
        
        Right. Per the link above, there are 17 expected no. 48 undecided/unclear - ty97 May 4, 10:45
      - That's encouraging. When was the last time a bill was brought to vote that didn't pass? - Mop May 4, 10:41 1
        
        Don't know. The Hastert Rule basically means it does not happen anymore. - ty97 May 4, 10:44
The Dodd-Frank thing would require 60 votes in Senate so ain't happening -- nm - ty97 May 4, 10:19
Went for a walk at lunch, went past a park in my neighborhood that I walk to a lot. - ty97 May 4, 10:16 1
- Does make sense, yes. I mean, unfortunate for trash containment, but history has proven they're too convenient for certain nastiness. -- nm - Beryllium May 4, 10:20
interesting Microsoft non-spelling error .... i was just typing something up, and meant to say "naturally" ... what i actually typed in was .... - call me Ishmael May 4, 10:13 4
- Pertaining to the nastrals. -- nm - Mop May 4, 10:23
- That is way too good to not become a word ... someone or something that is naturally nasty -- nm - zork May 4, 10:16 2
  - i sort of like that ... btw, Zork ... in case you missed my post below, glad to see you got a laugh from things earlier ... -- nm - call me Ishmael May 4, 10:46 1
    - I saw! -- nm - zork May 4, 11:03
Happy birthday Strongbad -- nm - crash davis May 4, 10:02 2
- Thank you! -- nm - Strongbad May 4, 10:17
- yes Happy Birthday Strongbad! -- nm - Jovian May 4, 10:07
Went on a STNOL set visit this morning. - LMS May 4, 10:01 1
- ah, i had to look up what that was. interesting. -- nm - Andie May 4, 10:06
naked photos of Charlotte Flair have been stolen and posted online -- nm - Remlik May 4, 09:59 4
- ::waits for Becky and Charlotte's:: -- nm - Spawn May 4, 10:39
- after viewing, more than a few fellow wrestlers are quoted as having said, "that's a hell of a finishing move ..." -- nm - call me Ishmael May 4, 10:11
- Well better her than pics of her dad -- nm - eag May 4, 10:00 1
  - WOOOOOOOOO !!!!! -- nm - call me Ric Flair May 4, 10:10
So Trump's religious freedom executive order was about political activity, not about screwing LGBT? - Mop May 4, 09:59 9
- Or I can read Crash's post below mine. -- nm - Mop May 4, 10:00 8
  - .@HRC says it’s not going to believe Trump’s EO doesn’t go after LGBTQ people until it sees the text -- (link) - ty97 May 4, 10:03 7
    - (That's Human Rights Campaign, to be clear) -- nm - ty97 May 4, 10:04 6
      - haha, it's like you were calling her an IT! -- nm - mud May 4, 10:06 5
        
        I know what HRC is and still read the tweet a couple of times to figure out it wasn't Hillary -- nm - ty97 May 4, 10:07 4
        
        House Republican Caucus. -- nm - Mop May 4, 10:23
        
        get off Twitter and read a newspaper Trumpy -- nm - crash davis May 4, 10:08 2
        
        & get off my lawn! -- nm - mud May 4, 10:09 1
        
        damn straight -- nm - crash davis May 4, 10:10
Jack, here is a WaPo story on what he signed today - crash davis May 4, 09:59 4
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- I think this is a case of "be careful what you wish for". It's not just people on the GOP side of politics who are religious. -- nm - Roger More May 4, 10:19 2
  - [deleted]
  - indeed -- nm - crash davis May 4, 10:26
i got two emails today about being on a not-for-profit board. - tRuMaN May 4, 09:57
from B2 or some such, zork ... glad to have been of service to you and get a laugh -- nm - call me Ishmael May 4, 09:57
So you clicked on that sketchy Google Docs link sent by email. Now what? -- (link) - Beaker May 4, 09:55 1
- written by John Podesta. -- (edited) - Mel Profit May 4, 10:06
as long as Inhumans doesn't involved time travel I will be happy. *looks at Flash* -- nm - Beaker May 4, 09:49 1
- How about hot looking LMD's ? -- nm - eag May 4, 10:01
A feature film should be made about Fleetwood Mac surrounding the making of and aftermath of the 'Rumours' album. - Diva May 4, 09:47 30
- Someone on stilts plays Mick Fleetwood. -- nm - Mop May 4, 09:58 2
  - Chewbacca? -- nm - LMS May 4, 09:59 1
    - I was racing here to post, Sweetums. -- nm - Mel Profit May 4, 09:59
- "Facts" -- nm - Reagen May 4, 09:58 1
  - *snort!* -- nm - Diva May 4, 09:59
- Lily Rabe as Stevie Nicks obviously. -- nm - Mel Profit May 4, 09:56 2
  - Rachel Keller (from Legion) as Stevie Nicks. -- nm - Mop May 4, 11:04
  - I hate to say this but she might be a little too old and tall for this. -- nm - Diva May 4, 09:58
- That would be great. -- nm - pmb May 4, 09:55 2
  - i would also take a 'behind the scenes of ABBA calling it quits' movie. -- nm - Andie May 4, 09:57 1
    - it could be titled 'Waterloo' as in that's where they met theirs. -- nm - Diva May 4, 10:01
- So cast Haim? -- nm - LMS May 4, 09:55
- Taylor Swift as Christine McVie - ty97 May 4, 09:54 5
  - baby - don't hate. you're brilliant and beautiful. -- nm - Diva May 4, 09:56 4
    - I really do need to just carry you around on my shoulder to whisper self-affirmations in my ear :) -- nm - ty97 May 4, 10:01 3
      - I think we could all use something like that sometimes. :) -- nm - Diva May 4, 10:03 2
        
        I'm awshum. -- nm - tim mie May 4, 10:04 1
        
        yes, you are. - Diva May 4, 10:04
- I think we could get my mother to that movie pretty easily. *Niecey Dancing* - Mel Profit May 4, 09:54
- I would be very into this -- nm - ty97 May 4, 09:53
- Harry Styles as Lindsay Buckingham! -- nm - Remlik May 4, 09:53 5
  - Confession - I like his new single Sign of the Times. -- nm - LMS May 4, 09:54 3
    - Yeah but his album art has him dressed like Prince, and includes a song called Sign of the Times that is not a remake. -- nm - Spawn May 4, 10:40
    - I do too but I don't think its a radio hit. Like...what was he thinking with that? - Epiphany May 4, 10:12 1
      - It builds nicely -- nm - LMS May 4, 10:18
  - we'd need a making of movie about the making of the album -- nm - Beaker May 4, 09:53
- Imogeen Poots as Stevie Nicks - Epiphany May 4, 09:49 2
  - ha! she's adorbs. her name, not so much. :) -- nm - Diva May 4, 09:50 1
    - IPOOT -- nm - ty97 May 4, 09:53
- i would love that movie. -- nm - Andie May 4, 09:48
So wait, the thing Trump signed to day was not as bad as we suspected? - Spawn May 4, 09:45 14
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  - that thing what allows churches etc. to speak as a group (1st amend.? ha!) as still retain status -- nm - mud May 4, 09:49 10
    - [deleted] 9
      - aye -- nm - mud May 4, 09:50 8
        
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        lawsuit ? -- nm - mud May 4, 09:52
        
        ACLU has said they'll sue, don't know details yet beyond that. -- nm - ty97 May 4, 09:52 5
        
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        looking at their twitter feed, seems to be based on separation of church and state -- (link) - ty97 May 4, 09:57 1
        
        This one in particular sums up much of what they are tweeting -- (link*) - ty97 May 4, 09:58
        
        If they sue, I imagine they'll post it here: -- (link) - mara May 4, 09:57 1
        
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- It's worse? -- nm - mud May 4, 09:46
- Haven't even looked at what he signed, but ACLU is suing. -- nm - ty97 May 4, 09:46
I feel slighted that I never got invited to the Google Docs hack. -- nm - Mop May 4, 09:44
I was very surprised to see Gavin Belsen in American Psycho. - groiny May 4, 09:43
Wow, some schools in the state are releasing early due to rain and flooding? - Spawn May 4, 09:42 1
- buncha pussies these days! -- nm - groiny May 4, 09:42
aka David Day -- nm - Spawn May 4, 09:35
FUCK THE GOP -- nm - ty97 May 4, 09:34 2
- Hell no. It might get pregnant and then we won't be able to afford it. -- nm - pmb May 4, 09:37 1
  - of course we're not raising taxes, that's child support -- nm - zeitgeist May 4, 10:51

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