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The new bill did maintain the ability to keep kids on parent's insurance to age 26 correct? -- nm - pmb May 4, 12:39 3
- who knows since no one has actually seen the bill -- nm - decline May 4, 12:42
- We won't know until we pass it. -- nm - Pelosi May 4, 12:40 1
  - Not aimed at you, but that argument really needs to be retired. -- nm - Roger More May 4, 12:43
The 11 states most likely to be affected by pre-existing conditions all voted for Trump -- (link) - amoxy May 4, 12:28 4
- And these are generally red states to begin with the exception is Mizzou which is considered a swing - eag May 4, 12:37 1
  - Mizzou is now a red in reality. - Will Hunting May 4, 12:43
- Yup. That looks right. -- nm - Mop May 4, 12:35
- Because of course they did. -- nm - znufrii, definitely not 40 May 4, 12:28
DId we see the Florida judge who condemned USF's new coach Charlie Strong for the actions of 2 players he inherited in December? - Will Hunting May 4, 12:27
Jay Cutler interviewed to be a tv analyst. - Will Hunting May 4, 12:24 2
- he did a weekly radio show here for a while, he is not too bad. - groiny May 4, 12:36
- its not to replace Phil Simms? *loses interest rapidly* -- nm - crash davis May 4, 12:27
"The president stepped up and helped punt the ball into the end zone." - Reince Priebus May 4, 12:20 4
- One point for the rouge! -- nm - Justin Trudeau May 4, 12:37
- seems appropriate, you kicked it hard just to have to moved back 20 yards -- nm - oblique May 4, 12:24 1
  - yards = years. -- nm - Andie May 4, 12:32
- seems more like a coffin corner kick -- nm - crash davis May 4, 12:21
odd ? for the day ... is there a website, or computer software, that makes making a flow-chart really easy? - call me Ishmael May 4, 12:19 2
- MS Visio, or it looks like there are free alternatives as well -- nm - znufrii, definitely not 40 May 4, 12:23
- draw.io -- (link) - oblique May 4, 12:23
before May the fourth be with you....5/4 was Dave Brubeck time -- nm - zeitgeist May 4, 12:18
If there aren't ads out soon from the dems showing video of the republican congress people partying at the White House while the facts about how many - pmb May 4, 12:17 2
- Including references to some that actually die without the care. -- nm - Spawn May 4, 12:19
- so they definitely won't do it then is what you are saying - Beaker May 4, 12:18
I will look for you; I will find you — and I will eat your sandwich -- (link) - Beaker May 4, 12:15 15
- Neeson is in B.C. filming Hard Powder where he plays an honest snowplow driver whose son is murdered by a local drug kingpin. -- nm - Beaker May 4, 12:16 14
  - "That name again, is..." -- nm - Reagen May 4, 12:30 1
    - Revenjustice -- nm - David May 4, 12:46
  - so...there are *evil* snow plow drivers? - zeitgeist May 4, 12:21 3
    - corrupt snow plow drivers for sure -- nm - crash davis May 4, 12:22 2
      - they'll mess you up. And then Gramps has to go out and try to shovel the driveway in order to clear the way for Little Jimmy to get to the hospital - Diva May 4, 12:25 1
        
        Nice driveway you got. I'd hate to see anything happen to it -- nm - crash davis May 4, 12:26
  - smh, the plot of that movie -- nm - crash davis May 4, 12:20
  - this sort of thing happens at least 5 times a winter in Buffalo. -- nm - Diva May 4, 12:17 6
    - can we start placing bets now on exactly how many people are directly killed by snowplow in this movie? -- nm - Andie May 4, 12:19 5
      - L*snort!* -- nm - Diva May 4, 12:21 2
        
        there are so many ways, run over, plow comes down and smushes them, cut in half by plow edge against wall, i mean, it goes on.... -- nm - Andie May 4, 12:30 1
        
        I bet Liam tricks out his plow out real good so it responds to voice commands, by remote and can team up w/other un-evil plows when necessary. -- nm - Diva May 4, 12:41
      - 19 cars destroyed, 5 henchmen killed, 403 bullets deflected by the snowplow itself -- nm - crash davis May 4, 12:21 1
        
        and that's *before* Keanu Reeves gets there for the sequel 'Harder Powder'. -- nm - Diva May 4, 12:23
3 winners and 3 losers from the Republican vote to replace Obamacare -- (link) - amoxy May 4, 12:08
Einstein Bros. Bagels just unveiled a caffeinated bagel. -- (link) - decline May 4, 12:07 2
- You lose some, you win some. -- nm - Beryllium May 4, 12:09 1
  - and some days it rains -- nm - crash davis May 4, 12:24
Yahoo sucks. If a game is postponed due to rain, even if it's a day game, we should be able to switch that player out. - Krusty May 4, 12:06
In case you haven't seen. Robot Unicorn Attack "Forever" is on mobile now. Pretty fun -- nm - oblique May 4, 12:04
apparently I have NOT been paying attention to the weather. People who live on Toronto Island are apparently being evacuated for flooding. -- (link) - Andie May 4, 11:58 3
- we're very close to serious flooding and they are calling for up to 100 mm of rain tomorrow and Saturday -- nm - Beaker May 4, 12:01
- Crazy. I was talking to my dad this morning. Areas around Rochester are sandbagging because the flooding is getting so bad. -- nm - decline May 4, 12:00
- buncha pussies these days! -- nm - Spawn May 4, 12:00
Kelly, I need Nathan's shirt size. -- nm - David May 4, 11:57 5
- He's a 5(T?)-6 iirc. - Will Hunting May 4, 12:20 1
  - Thanks, Kelly was actually sitting in my living room at that moment. -- nm - David May 4, 12:45
- Technology is amazing. -- nm - David May 4, 12:07
- Jedi or Sith? -- nm - Spawn May 4, 11:58 1
  - Don't be you right now -- nm - David May 4, 11:59
espn already has an NFL mock draft up for 2018 -- nm - Beaker May 4, 11:57
Mitch "Huggable" McConnell -- (link) - Beryllium May 4, 11:49 5
- Apparently required under reconciliation rules. -- nm - Reagen May 4, 11:55 3
  - yup, CBO has to prove it will reduce the deficit -- nm - decline May 4, 11:56 2
    - Archaic rules. The Senate needs to be abolished. SAD! -- nm - SCPOTUS May 4, 11:58
    - all those people who don't pay taxes dying has to help you'd think -- nm - Beaker May 4, 11:58
- Please go play in traffic, Mitch. -- nm - Krusty May 4, 11:51
Here are the 24 Republicans who voted Yes on the AHCA and hold seats where Donald Trump received less than 50% of the vote -- (link) - MDH May 4, 11:47 [Image] 6
- *shakes fist* Roskam. That's my f-ing rep -- nm - oblique May 4, 11:56 4
  - turn your FB PTA group on him. -- nm - Diva May 4, 12:46
  - Make him pay. And let him know you're going to make him pay. -- nm - pmb May 4, 12:09
  - So it's *your* fault! -- nm - znufrii, definitely not 40 May 4, 11:57 1
    - At least I can say i didn't vote for the guy -- nm - oblique May 4, 12:00
- There were democratic congress people and senators who voted for the ACA knowing it would cost them their jobs. I applauded them for putting the - pmb May 4, 11:51
in all this political turmoil, it would be splendid if someone/something could make the euro plummet for a day or two while i convert some cash. - Andie May 4, 11:44 2
- wait 3 more days -- nm - decline May 4, 11:46 1
  - if le pen loses, i think the euro will go up. that doesn't help me. -- nm - Andie May 4, 11:47
Interesting Transport Canada recall notice today -- (link) - Beryllium May 4, 11:36 2
- heh, awesome -- nm - Beaker May 4, 11:42
- i saw that. cute. :) -- nm - Andie May 4, 11:37
~I'm just a bill/and I don't know what the fuck's going on~ -- nm - Schoolhouse Rock May 4, 11:33 3
- Schoolhouse Deathmetal -- nm - Beryllium May 4, 11:34 2
  - Schoolhouse Screamo -- nm - Beryllium May 4, 11:34 1
    - NO Headbanging, that's NOT covered -- nm* - zeitgeist May 4, 12:05
The fact that an unscored bill got rushed through a vote says miles about the current GOP, and the people that voted for them. - MDH May 4, 11:24 5
- I agree completely with the first half of your first sentence. What it says about the people who voted for them is a mix of things. But I have a -- (edited) - pmb May 4, 11:29 3
  - If they didn't think this was coming then they've had their head in the sand for the last seven years. - Krusty May 4, 11:54 2
    - I think a lot of them do have their heads in the sand. And they still don't understand what's happening because they're stuck in the Fox News echo - pmb May 4, 12:11 1
      - You're very right and it's maddening. -- nm - Krusty May 4, 12:12
- it's okay, they will still have their AHA.. it's just those Obamacare people that will suffer. - Andie May 4, 11:28
EVIL -- nm - ty97 May 4, 11:23 6
- this -- (link) - Spawn May 4, 11:25
- folks outside are shouting "Shame!" at them walking down the steps -- nm - mud May 4, 11:24 4
  - if only Ser Robert Strong was there... -- nm - Beaker May 4, 11:26
  - They don't care, at. all. -- nm - MDH May 4, 11:25 2
    - They give zero fucks -- nm - Jovian May 4, 11:28 1
      - Like it is 1999, bitches! -- nm - GOP May 4, 11:29
poop -- nm - mud May 4, 11:21 33
- Eh, if it gets out of the Senate with changes, the Freedom Caucus will go back to opposing it. -- nm - mara May 4, 11:25 31
  - If it gets out it will look very little like it does now and should lose a ton of support (that it currently has). -- nm - Spawn May 4, 11:26 29
    - Do we know what a senate vote would look like with the current bill ? -- nm - eag May 4, 11:27 28
      - It's very hard to find that, because it appears to be so unlikely. -- (link) - mara May 4, 11:32
      - I'd be surprised if the current bill ever comes up for a vote in the Senate. It's not viable there. - Will Hunting May 4, 11:31 25
        
        It'll pass in the Senate...they only need 51 votes and there are 52 Republicans there - Remlik May 4, 11:38 22
        
        Read the article I linked. It's not so simple. -- nm - mara May 4, 11:41 1
        
        god I hope you're right. -- nm - Remlik May 4, 11:43
        
        The Senate isn't voting unanimously on this. There are plenty who like their jobs. - Will Hunting May 4, 11:41
        
        There are a couple of moderate republican senators that have been very critical of the bill. -- nm - pmb May 4, 11:40
        
        This version is highly unlikely to pass the (slightly more moderate) Senate -- nm - ty97 May 4, 11:39 6
        
        even before they get into the details it has to pass the Byrd test (to reduce the deficit) or else they can't take it thru Reconciliation -- nm - decline May 4, 11:47
        
        But they can change it and send it to reconciliation -- nm - ty97 May 4, 11:40 4
        
        The question is how they can reconcile it. They're dancing on razor blade right now. If it moves at all further left they'll lose the freedom caucus -- nm - pmb May 4, 11:41 3
        
        I'd hope so, but I doubt it. I think FC fought to get their best starting position knowing they'd never get this version through the Senate -- nm - ty97 May 4, 11:42 2
        
        I don't know. I see the FC generally unwilling to bend. We know they didn't the first time. -- nm - pmb May 4, 11:46 1
        
        I'd be fine with them killing it, but I think they know they could only set the starting line, not the finish line - ty97 May 4, 11:49
        
        There are republicans there that have said they will not vote for it in the current form. -- nm - Spawn May 4, 11:39 10
        
        Uh-huh. A. the GOP is now energized and the amount of pressure brought to bear on them will be crazy. B. They'll vote for it so they won't be cut out - Remlik May 4, 11:42 9
        
        Senate's different. They aren't in gerrymandered districts -- nm* - ty97 May 4, 11:43 8
        
        And only a third of them are up for re-election in 2018. -- nm - mara May 4, 11:45 2
        
        Sure, and some of them are up in 2020 when this would still be a huge campaign deal -- nm - ty97 May 4, 11:50 1
        
        I can't believe they have the Medicare stuff happening in 2020. - Will Hunting May 4, 11:53
        
        Also they are a midterm from possibly loosing there majority - eag May 4, 11:44 4
        
        ...have you looked at the 2018 senate map? - znufrii, definitely not 40 May 4, 11:49 2
        
        After this last year politically - eag May 4, 11:55 1
        
        Again, I invite you to look at the map. -- nm - znufrii, definitely not 40 May 4, 11:56
        
        The House could be in play. They could afford to lose 22 votes today -- - Will Hunting May 4, 11:49
        
        Agreed it won't. And hopefully those republicans who shifted to yes from the moderates (even as the bill got worse) will pay the price next election. -- nm - pmb May 4, 11:32 1
        
        I want to hear the profiles in courage of those saying "Senate, please help us!" -- nm - Will Hunting May 4, 11:36
      - It would not pass from all I have heard. Largely due to the subsidies. -- nm* - Spawn May 4, 11:28
  - I doubt that actually -- nm - ty97 May 4, 11:25
- (preexisting) -- nm - Spawn May 4, 11:22
Apparently Dems are singing "Nah nah nah nah, hey hey, good-bye" at the GOP in the House. -- nm - mara May 4, 11:20 6
- More likely GOP singing that to the death of Obamacare. -- nm - Max May 4, 11:36 5
  - Well, I believe their point is that many of them would not be re-elected, MAX. -- nm - mara May 4, 11:37 4
    - That's a premature conviction. -- nm - Max May 4, 11:48 1
      - THEY WERE TRYING TO BE FUNNY, MAX -- nm - mara May 4, 12:24
    - In order for a Dem to win, they have to field a candidate. Half these House races don't even have real candidates. -- nm - MDH May 4, 11:39 1
      - I'd hope not, given it's 19 months before the election during a 24 month window. - Will Hunting May 4, 11:42
Motherfuckers, the lot of 'em. -- nm - znufrii, definitely not 40 May 4, 11:18
The exemption rule for Congress has been removed. -- nm - decline May 4, 11:18
in progress -- nm - Spawn May 4, 11:14 7
- 18 no, 18 not voted -- nm - Spawn May 4, 11:15 6
  - 2 dem yes votes? -- nm - Spawn May 4, 11:15 5
    - ! -- nm - mud May 4, 11:16 4
      - now says 1 -- nm - Spawn May 4, 11:16 3
        
        now 0 -- nm - Spawn May 4, 11:17 2
        
        20 nos, 2 not voted -- nm - Spawn May 4, 11:18 1
        
        20, 1. If accurate, there it is. -- nm - Spawn May 4, 11:18
Because we don't get enough of them... apparently there's going to be a swarm of grass-type Pokemon this weekend. -- nm - Mop May 4, 11:10 6
- Damm Trumpcare! -- nm - eag May 4, 11:13
- Tangelas are still pretty rare here. (Actually i need a few - i need Chicoritas, and Sunkerns to evolve.) -- nm* - Andie May 4, 11:11 4
  - It's an opportunity to collect Oddish for that 2nd gen evolution. -- nm - Mop May 4, 11:15 3
    - oh, i have that. -- nm - Andie May 4, 11:17 2
      - I have them all. I have no idea what too do with all my extra items. toss? -- nm - amanda jones state university May 4, 11:31 1
        
        i have still not got even one King's Rock. Everything else i've evolved and have a bunch of extra items sitting there. i don't know what to do - Andie May 4, 11:34
Vote! - Spawn May 4, 11:06 2
- Crash Davis! -- nm - tRuMaN May 4, 11:13
- Pedro -- nm - crash davis May 4, 11:09

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