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sitwap: the Amazon Echo Show (now w/ touchscreen) -- (link) - decline May 9, 06:50 1
- I'm not sure how you make a touchscreen "sexy" but that isn't it -- nm - oblique May 9, 06:52
I have no idea how credible this is, but here is a 'leaked' report that all electronics could be banned from Europe to US flights. -- (link) - Andie May 9, 06:47 8
- Believe me, the US airline industry will light up if this comes anywhere near fruition. Expect hellfire -- nm - ty97 May 9, 06:53
- Wait, what? - Mel Profit May 9, 06:50 3
  - Yes, that happened, in March -- (link) - ty97 May 9, 06:52 2
    - that one slipped by me. That's not good. -- nm - Mel Profit May 9, 06:56
    - technically, it was not targeted at airlines - ty97 May 9, 06:52
- It would kill tourism and business travel in both directions -- nm - ty97 May 9, 06:50 1
  - It gives me a startup idea. - Beryllium May 9, 06:54
- Tourism is already down here (and we are looking like we're losing the Olympics), what kind of industry killing moves are next? -- nm - MDH May 9, 06:50
Day 1 of trying to reduce caffeine: Hour 2: Datelog: Going to find caffeine before I fall over. -- nm - ty97 May 9, 06:41 1
- you should get a nice, big iced coffee to help keep cool -- nm - decline May 9, 06:47
Rep. Rod Blum (R-IA) walked out of a TV interview yesterday. He pre-screened town hall attendees & wouldn't answer if he received out of district $$ -- (link) - MDH May 9, 06:38
"The Trump administration is taking the unusual step of hunting for evidence of crimes committed by Haitian immigrants " -- (link) - ty97 May 9, 06:04 33
- First they came for the Haitians and I did not speak out - because I was not a Haitian... -- nm - decline May 9, 07:01
- All the Centrists, Libertarians (a specific f*ck you), and Bernie supporters. You were warned this would happen. You were warned. - MDH May 9, 06:28 29
  - Granted, a whole bunch of people could play the "You were warned that Hillary Clinton was a terrible candidate" card too. -- (edited) - Name Withheld by Request May 9, 06:53 20
    - aka "She's a woman." because otherwise she wasn't. -- nm - MDH May 9, 07:01 1
      - See below. I am utterly 100% confident that the USA is ready to elect a woman. Just not any woman. - Name Withheld by Request May 9, 07:04
    - Except, she wasn't. - znufrii, definitely not 40 May 9, 06:57 6
      - Her negatives throughout the campaign were at historical levels. Whether fairly or not, she was never going to be one of the better candidates. - Name Withheld by Request May 9, 07:02 5
        
        Which, as we've been seeing in the time since the election, were based on bullshit. -- nm - Reagen May 9, 07:10 2
        
        She was an outlier of negative opinion for far longer than one election cycle. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request May 9, 07:18 1
        
        See this chart. She was running 40%+ negatives as far back as Fall of 2013. -- (link) - Name Withheld by Request May 9, 07:20 [Image]
        
        Her negatives were the historic ones, right...did you see who the other candidate was? -- nm - znufrii, definitely not 40 May 9, 07:06 1
        
        Ignore the other candidate for just one moment. In January 2015, well before he entered the race, she was still a poor Democratic candidate choice. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request May 9, 07:06
    - yes, they're the same, it's all equal, blah blah blah fuck off -- nm - ty97 May 9, 06:53 10
      - Fuck you ty if you can't be civil. I've kept my head down for awhile here to give you guys some space to wallow, but if you can't... -- (edited) - Name Withheld by Request May 9, 07:00 9
        
        Using the word "wallow" says a lot, dude. -- nm - David's iPad May 9, 07:03 8
        
        It's how it is coming off David. [Edit: Would have "grieve" been less egregious? Realizing I may not have used the right word to convey the point. ] -- nm* - Name Withheld by Request May 9, 07:04 7
        
        Some people who actually believe in American ideals getting upset when a guy who couldn't name them spends his first months in pissing on them... - Will Hunting May 9, 07:10 3
        
        Guys, I never wrote one pro-Trump word in this thread. Here's what I was replying to: - Name Withheld by Request May 9, 07:17 2
        
        You're the one who used the term wallow about those complaining. - Will Hunting May 9, 07:27 1
        
        And that's fair. See my edit. I withdraw the use of wallow in favour of grieve. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request May 9, 07:30
        
        i think the problem is that Trump is doing many things that people here find appalling. And knowing that basically no other candidate (either party) - Andie May 9, 07:09 1
        
        I wasn't comparing them. People are projecting that. I saw this as reply to a complaint about Bernie Bros and such. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request May 9, 07:13
        
        Grieve would have been fine. -- nm - David's iPad May 9, 07:08
  - They were warned. They were given an explanation. Nevertheless.... -- nm - znufrii, definitely not 40 May 9, 06:35 7
    - This is a great place for "you can't fix stupid." But I want them to join the fold, so we've got to find a way to reach them. -- nm - MDH May 9, 06:37 6
      - Saying they are complicit won't work though. It may be true, but people don't want to hear it. -- nm - Roger More May 9, 06:38 5
        
        *shrug* But "fuck my feelings" right? - Mel Profit May 9, 06:47 1
        
        Sure, but do it in a way that doesn't alienate people who can be won over to your side. -- nm - Roger More May 9, 06:57
        
        Oh I know. It's obviously not saying you can say to them (just here!). Got to figure out how to change versus beating them down - MDH May 9, 06:39 2
        
        The problem with their attitude "about liberals" as they always say their being talked down to. - Mel Profit May 9, 06:56
        
        I think it applies here too. -- nm - Roger More May 9, 06:44
- this is how it starts. -- nm - Mel Profit May 9, 06:14
- *speechless* -- nm - znufrii, definitely not 40 May 9, 06:09
It's 63 degrees in my apartment. And dropping. -- nm - ty97 May 9, 06:00
Woo hoo! I'm back into my HSX account. The associated email was something to which I no longer had access. D'oh. -- nm - Baronspringa May 9, 05:53 4
- Did they hook you up? Easily? - Will Hunting May 9, 05:54 3
  - I haven't heard back about my main port yet. -- nm - JaxSean May 9, 06:14
  - Yesterday I emailed support about my account and they sent me a temporary password within an hour. -- nm - volnelk May 9, 05:55 1
    - That's what I ended up doing. Took a few hours, but that was OK. They've got to be swamped right now. -- nm - Baronspringa May 9, 06:02
Oh no....the Caps won? Convincingly? - Will Hunting May 9, 05:49
where the flip is everybody today? everybody just taking the day off? -- nm - prayformojo May 9, 05:26 1
- it's summer commute! give me a minute!! -- nm - amanda jones state university May 9, 05:28
TV PSA: NBA, NHL, Brooklyn 99, NCIS, Pretty Little Liars, Flash, Middle, Voice, Smackdown, American Housewife, Below Deck, Deadliest Catch, Great News -- nm - Beaker May 9, 03:04 1
- Bull, Fresh off the Boat, Prison Break, iZombie, Challenge, Imaginary Mary, Chicago Fire, Americans, SHIELD, NCIS NO, Ninja Warrior, other stuff -- nm - Beaker May 9, 03:06
Catching up on Silicon Valley. "That was pretty bad ass, Richard. Until it wasn't." -- nm - Beryllium May 8, 23:24
Didn't Baywatch already come out in theaters? -- nm - Mop May 8, 23:09 2
- I think they just launched their ad campaign prematurely and now it's just kind of sagging ... -- nm - Beryllium May 8, 23:31 1
  - Are we still doing phrasing? -- nm - Baronspringa May 9, 06:02
Can't say it enough. What they're doing in Gotham is incredible. -- nm - Mop May 8, 22:53 6
- Yes and no. -- nm - Spawndroid May 9, 07:06
- They're piling up on our DVR and I need to make some decisions. I really don't want to give up Gotham. -- nm - Mel Profit May 9, 05:47
- ok, this is me saying "if gotham is renewed, I will catch up over summer." -- nm - amanda jones state university May 9, 05:29
- I watched in the beginning but kind of fell away in the second season. I'm marginally aware of what went on. Can you explain what's incredible? - volnelk May 9, 04:58 1
  - It's very much like a live action comic book. In a good but extreme way. -- nm - Beryllium May 9, 05:41
- two episodes behind. maybe three. But when it went on break, things were looking good. -- nm - Beryllium May 8, 23:03
Hah. The BC NDP bus got high centered. -- (link) - Beryllium May 8, 22:39 4
- I love that the three main parties in B.C. Politics are left, lefter, and leftist. -- nm - Mop May 9, 00:19 2
  - The BC liberals are much closer to federal tories than liberals, and the greens are basically useless. -- nm - mafic May 9, 04:36 1
    - Yeah, but Christy Clark herself is more of a Paul Martin Liberal than Glen Campbell was prior to her. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request May 9, 06:50
- Saw that happen around here recently in a gas station driveway. -- nm - Meg May 8, 22:45
"Unreal. Stephen Fry blasphemy probe dropped because police couldn't find enough people who were outraged by him." -- (link) - Beryllium May 8, 22:36 2
- the final indignity. -- nm - Reagen May 9, 05:42
- Not enough of those Colbert detractor types in Ireland? -- nm - . May 9, 01:29
Lily Cole stars in a 3 part Queen Elizabeth l docudrama on the BBC tomorrow. I hope PBS gets it eventually -- (link) - Peglegpete May 8, 21:40 3
- It's on Channel 5, not the Beeb. Apparently it's terrible. -- nm - LMS May 9, 04:23
- I thought she looked perfect for the role but then I realized it's just because she looks just like Queenie on Blackadder. -- nm - Mop May 8, 21:44 1
  - she is stunning without make up -- nm - Peglegpete May 8, 22:09
"It looks dangerous, like it could kill a Jonas Brother!" -- nm - David May 8, 20:49
Just received this from a friend - see what you all have to look forward to....... :-) - Meg May 8, 20:39 6
- I admire your adventures, really. -- nm - Mel Profit May 9, 05:49
- and now your pot is prescribed to you by a doctor, best of all, it comes without seeds & stems!!!! -- nm* - Peglegpete May 8, 20:47 4
  - Pfft! You don't have recreational use in Cali yet? -- nm - Mop May 9, 00:08
  - True, wonder what I have that would qualify? ;-) -- nm - Meg May 8, 20:48 2
    - insomnia, eating problems, not eating problems, sore hip. many docs will accept almost any age related thing -- nm - Peglegpete May 8, 20:52 1
      - "I need pot for anxiety....yeah, when I dont have pot I get anxious" -- nm - zeitgeist May 9, 01:39
"...products and services will require the use of a secure browser such as Netscape Navigator 6.0" - Qale May 8, 20:35 1
- Dammit!!! -- nm - Lynx User May 8, 20:38
Seems I spilled liquid smoke on my hand - Mojo's cleaning it up for me :) -- nm - Meg May 8, 20:28
Steph Curry looks weird with his playoff beard -- nm - prayformojo May 8, 20:18 1
- Sadly, my brain jumped directly to "What's her name?" -- nm - Beryllium May 8, 20:24
Holy shitballs people. "Comey’s Testimony on Huma Abedin Forwarding Emails Was Inaccurate" -- (link) - ty97 May 8, 20:15
I just saw a New York Life commercial that featured Lou Bega -- nm - MDH May 8, 20:03
So made through the TSA pat down just waiting for my plane to take me away -- nm* - eag May 8, 20:00 1
- *hands you a cigarette* -- nm - Mel Profit May 9, 05:55
WTF made his banner? -- (link) - Spawn May 8, 19:50
Zeitgeist, I was going to suggest Maltese Falcon ... but who would play Sam Spade? - Beryllium May 8, 19:39 9
- Remake Starship Trooper but... - Mel Profit May 9, 06:29
- Mark Ruffalo -- nm - LMS May 9, 06:17
- we have the technology to electronically dissect every Bogart film, and give us a perfect CGI Bogart. -- nm - Peglegpete May 8, 20:08
- they'll give to Tom Cruise anyway -- nm - zeitgeist May 8, 20:05
- Liam Neeson -- nm - Remlik May 8, 19:44 1
  - Don't hate it. It would do. -- nm - Beryllium May 8, 19:47
- Sam Rockwell -- nm - Spawn May 8, 19:40 2
  - Love it. Yes. -- nm - Beryllium May 8, 19:46 1
    - agreed -- nm - Beaker May 9, 04:53
America does not panic. -- (link) - GregW May 8, 19:35
A helpful Venn diagram -- (link) - Beryllium May 8, 19:35
That Tom Holland Lip Sync Battle clip is incredible. -- nm - Tim May 8, 19:33
At the "NewFronts", YouTube announce a new series of shows... on the free ad-supported network (not YouTube Red). -- (link) - Mop May 8, 19:30
I'm. so. freaking. tired. - kelly May 8, 19:17 4
- Want to come over and fall asleep in our living room? - David May 8, 19:22 2
  - It depends. Where's Olive? -- nm - kelly May 8, 19:32 1
    - Heh. -- nm - David May 8, 19:34
- I came home and slept for an hour -- nm - Beryllium May 8, 19:20
Oh, uh, just one more thing. -- nm - Columbo reboot si May 8, 19:10 1
- A few more, actually - Beryllium May 8, 19:12
Children, CHILDREN!!!! It's Monday night. Hush down a bit. -- nm - ty97 May 8, 19:10 3
- Why is there no football? -- nm - Mop May 8, 22:54
- ::glances over:: - Spawn May 8, 19:11 1
  - I'm exhausted and I have suddenly loud neighbors. - ty97 May 8, 19:12
I'm not unconvinced that the point of Trump's presidency is, and has always been, about getting more twitter followers. -- nm - Beryllium May 8, 19:08 2
- I assumed that when he was running, he would have been great with a one hour show every night ripping Pres Hillary, making hundreds of millions for - zeitgeist May 8, 19:14 1
  - Yeah. I would've liked that. -- nm - Beryllium May 8, 19:15
Fear the walking dead spoiler question - Beryllium May 8, 19:03 9
- Wait, has it returned? -- nm - Spawn May 8, 19:04 8
  - June 4th. I was just burning through my unwatched eps recently. -- nm - Beryllium May 8, 19:04 7
    - Ah, okay. Yeah, they need to weed down the cast. -- nm - Spawn May 8, 19:05
    - I have 7 unwatched eps of Elementary to power through. -- nm - Beryllium May 8, 19:05 5
      - I have a 5 unwatched ep rule. - Cuzzin Todd May 8, 19:06 4
        
        I am tempted to apply that to Elementary, but the reason for not watching it is not related to the show itself. - Beryllium May 8, 19:10 1
        
        ... 1 !?! - Spawn May 8, 19:11
        
        Rookie. Taboo (8). I did delete Modern Family (45), though. -- nm - Spawn May 8, 19:08 1
        
        Generally it's more that 5 eps is the mark I use to judge if I'm still interested in a show or not. - Cuzzin Todd May 8, 20:28
Yipes. This is very un-Capitals behavior. -- nm - Volnelk May 8, 19:02
OK, Caps, save some for Game 7 -- nm - prayformojo May 8, 18:57
Caps looking for a snowman of their own -- nm - budice May 8, 18:57 1
- traffic must be a beast this time of night in Pittsburgh. -- nm - Reagen May 8, 18:58
this seems familiar. -- nm - Reagen May 8, 18:57
I'm so old I remember when NHL playoff games were competitive. -- nm - David May 8, 18:55 11
- You misspelled NBA. -- nm - Volnelk May 8, 19:03 5
  - Yeah, I don't remember anyone ever *watching* the NHL play-offs before the last few years. -- nm - Spawn May 8, 19:07 3
    - I've been away from hockey for many years. This year is a nice exception. - Beryllium May 8, 19:34 1
      - I have enjoyed hockey from a luxury box. And front row would be good, as well. - Spawn May 8, 19:51
    - I've been watching NHL playoffs for almost 20 years now. - ReluctantCynic May 8, 19:33
  - I never remember that.. -- nm - David May 8, 19:05
- I'd like to see the NHL end it's playoffs in March/April--May is WAY too late--start earlier, make the NBA start later - Flavorize May 8, 18:58 2
  - I don't get the complaint ever since we've been able to make consistently good ice year round. -- nm - Reagen May 8, 19:01 1
    - It drags too long. A Stanley Cup final landing on May Long would be ideal. (Weekend before Memorial Day for our Yankee brethren.) - Name Withheld by Request May 9, 06:55
- I didn't know a Barry Trotz team could score five goals in a game. -- nm - David May 8, 18:57 1
  - Washington and Anaheim are both going to be playing G7s on wednesday, which is "open a portal to hell" level ominous. -- nm - Reagen May 8, 19:00
Game 7 here we come! -- nm - Beaker May 8, 18:55
Here. -- (link) - Spawn May 8, 18:53 [Backboard] 3
- But does that mean will not happen "with me" or will not at all because he has the power to prevent it? -- nm - Max May 8, 18:59 2
  - Sounds like he lost it. And the way he ended the message, he knew what was coming. -- nm - Spawn May 8, 19:00 1
    - yeah -- nm - Remlik May 8, 19:05
I hope dmac isn't in charge of getting Facebook back up. -- nm - Mop May 8, 18:51 9
- The app is working. Looks like it's just the web si---- aaaaand, it's back. -- nm - Mop May 8, 18:55 1
  - WTG, dmac! -- nm - David May 8, 18:55
- I was just there. - Spawn May 8, 18:55 1
  - me too. - mud May 8, 18:57
- was just on... -- nm - Beaker May 8, 18:54
- I've been on FB three times in the past five minutes. Kim's there right now. -- nm - David May 8, 18:52 3
  - Stop hogging the FB tube we all have to share! -- nm - Cuzzin Todd May 8, 19:01 2
    - Not until you take back that crack about Hitchhiker's Guide the movie. -- nm - David May 8, 19:07
    - The internet isn't just some kind of dump truck! -- nm - Qale May 8, 19:05
another day another Kevin Pillar highlight catch -- nm - Beaker May 8, 18:51
green quarter? -- nm - Beaker May 8, 18:49 1
- Like on Showtime! -- nm - Spawn May 8, 18:50

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