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People are still clinging on to every thread that might undo this administration ... -- (link) - Beryllium May 9, 08:42
Arizona police have arrested a suspected serial killer -- (link) - Beaker May 9, 08:37 1
- This one's got a middle name, just like the rest of 'm! -- nm - Max May 9, 08:38
silicon valley big head spoilers - rollo May 9, 08:36 1
- Spoilers - David May 9, 08:42
*nominates Elizabeth Warren* - Democrats, 2020 May 9, 08:33 1
- excellent -- nm - Trump May 9, 08:33
That Mike Myers news re: the Gong Show is bonkers, but just about what you'd expect from him. -- nm - Mop May 9, 08:30
Amazon unveils Echo to Echo calling coming soon -- (link) - oblique May 9, 08:26 8
- "prank mode" -- nm - Reagen May 9, 08:52
- that's super interesting, but I wonder if you can opt out. -- nm - amanda jones state university May 9, 08:49 2
  - "Rather, Amazon emphasizes that it is opt-in, and a way to communicate with only the very closest members of your family." -- nm - decline May 9, 08:50 1
    - oh. note to self: read more words. -- nm - amanda jones state university May 9, 08:51
- *ring ring Hello kilbo, Steve is calling.*______ "Echo - don't answer." _____ *Steve, kilbo requested that I not take your call. Have a nice day, Steve.* -- nm* - Andie May 9, 08:30 3
  - "Make Steve wait a little bit. And play some terrible hold music." -- nm - Max May 9, 08:32 1
    - Playing... Chainsmokers. -- nm - Echo May 9, 08:34
  - "I can hear you, kilbo." -- nm - Mop May 9, 08:30
“I would like to apologize for saying that children in America should have health care. It was insensitive, it was offensive, and -- (link) - Jimmy Kimmel May 9, 08:24
Since we talked about her the other day, Tiffany is headlining one of the bars here on Pride weekend. -- nm - MDH May 9, 08:08 2
- One of the biggest hubbubs in my high school was when a rumor started flying that Tiffany was moving in town and going to be a classmate. -- nm - Max May 9, 08:26
- Who? -- nm - Donald Trump May 9, 08:23
What if America is ready for a woman president, but time travellers intervened because what's looming on the horizon is so awful that - Beryllium May 9, 07:49 12
- This is some "Fringe" level work. -- nm - MDH May 9, 07:51 9
  - President Olive. - Beryllium May 9, 07:56 8
    - Fauxlivia. -- nm - MDH May 9, 07:56 7
      - That's hot. -- nm - Beryllium May 9, 07:57 6
        
        she was solid in the episode of Band of Brothers she was in -- nm - Remlik May 9, 08:36
        
        best show ever. -- nm - mud May 9, 08:10 4
        
        Hmm, Anna Torv has a new show called Mindhunter coming this year -- nm - Beryllium May 9, 08:13 3
        
        Netflix, right? -- nm - MDH May 9, 08:16 2
        
        yeah, October - 10 eps. - David Fincher, etc -- nm - mud May 9, 08:23 1
        
        I'm in for that. -- nm - MDH May 9, 08:28
- Are you in Denver right now? -- nm - ty97 May 9, 07:49 1
  - This is a great euphemism. -- nm - Beryllium May 9, 07:51
The outside is so bright and cheerful ... but look at the interior pictures. If you dare. -- (link) - Beryllium May 9, 07:47 1
- We're not ignoring you. We acknowledge this is bonkers. It was just posted earlier on this board. -- nm - Mop May 9, 09:19
I wonder what proportion of financial articles are written by computers. It's gotta be like 90%. -- nm - Reagen May 9, 07:35 5
- It's one of the hardest fields to find people who will pay market rates, which truly astounds me. -- nm - David May 9, 08:28
- And most of them are terrible -- nm - rollo May 9, 08:02 1
  - Yup. I feel dumber after having read them. -- nm - Reagen May 9, 08:04
- "Alexa, teach my class. Balance my budget. Settle my case." -- nm - budice May 9, 07:42 1
  - "Your honor. Would you like to hear a joke?" -- nm - Alexa May 9, 08:20
I'm done being civil with willing intellectual dishonesty -- (edited) - ty97 May 9, 07:35 1
- This. -- nm - TWuG May 9, 08:03
NWBR: yes, but that's not my point. Those negatives are not based on actual things - Reagen May 9, 07:29 54
- does not really matter if they are actual or not. -- nm - groiny May 9, 07:41 5
  - shouldn't it? -- nm - Andie May 9, 07:41 4
    - Not for the purposes of this discussion. It's politics. A $16 orange juice angers more voters than a $16M program screw up. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request May 9, 07:45
    - in theory, it should, it reality, it doesn't. -- nm - groiny May 9, 07:44
    - apparently no, facts and reality no longer matter because Hillary -- nm - ty97 May 9, 07:42 1
      - (that's a general statement, not a statement at groiny. That's just the point we've reached as a country it seems) -- nm - ty97 May 9, 07:42
- Okay, but step back a second. - Name Withheld by Request May 9, 07:36 47
  - But it's further to the point that America is not ready. -- nm - Reagen May 9, 07:41 46
    - Yeah,there's been dozens of female governors over the years in over half the States, including several conservative states. I don't buy this. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request May 9, 07:48 9
      - Governor is a world away from President. -- nm - Reagen May 9, 07:55 8
        
        The Venn disagram of people who will support a woman for Governor and not President has very little shade in that area. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request May 9, 07:59 7
        
        My read of the American electorate is that they regard the national races verrrry differently from the state level ones. - Reagen May 9, 08:04 6
        
        That's fair, but I still don't think a woman is unelectable for President. Hell, for all of her electoral flaws, Hillary damned near pulled it off. - Name Withheld by Request May 9, 08:08 5
        
        I think it points out how absurdly qualified a woman candidate can be and be rejected. -- nm - Reagen May 9, 08:13 4
        
        Timing was a factor, too. GamerGate's political influence is an insidious factor in all this. -- nm - David May 9, 08:31
        
        Other factors matter than just CV. That's why a Muclair gets his ass handed to him by a Trudeau. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request May 9, 08:27
        
        In favour of an absurdly unqualified candidate. -- nm - Roger More May 9, 08:17 1
        
        This is the point that's impossible to refute. More than 95% of the people who understand politics (newspapers and politicians) advised against a vote - David May 9, 08:33
    - america is ready for a woman president, just not that woman. -- nm - groiny May 9, 07:44 35
      - I believe this - but I am continual shocked at what America does -- nm - Epiphany May 9, 07:49
      - This is the statement made when there is no other argument about why she wasn't elected. if she can't win, no woman can right now. None. -- nm - MDH May 9, 07:46 14
        
        You're barely old enough to remember a world where Hillary Clinton wasn't a huge opponent of the Right. -- nm - Will Hunting May 9, 07:50 12
        
        You're mistaking a singular response for a unique one. -- nm* - znufrii, definitely not 40 May 9, 07:56 4
        
        Is there a level of bigotry to HIllary, of course. She was 80k away from winning. - Will Hunting May 9, 08:03 3
        
        Klobuchar isn't going to get a third of the votes Hillary got, and Gillibrand (while I like her) is a white woman from New York, she has no chance. -- nm - MDH May 9, 08:07 2
        
        Respectfully, talking in absolutes like "no chance" doesn't help anything. - David May 9, 08:38
        
        And neither of them have the national profile yet that make them ready targets. As soon as they aspire to it though, we'll see. -- nm - znufrii, definitely not 40 May 9, 08:09
        
        I am old enough, but remind me, in your view, why she became an enemy of the Right? -- nm - ty97 May 9, 07:53 6
        
        Becuase in 1992, America was a fair bit different -- - Will Hunting May 9, 07:58 5
        
        One could also argue that making her point for the failed 90's Health Plan went a long way as well. It was a... - Name Withheld by Request May 9, 08:01 4
        
        But don't both your and Will's points support MDH to an extent - ty97 May 9, 08:17 2
        
        It's an aggregate. She made the role of First Lady political for the first time in 50 years when she took on health care in 1993. - Name Withheld by Request May 9, 08:25 1
        
        I think most people have forgotten that. It's the 25 years of mud-slinging, not one failed policy initiative. - Roger More May 9, 08:46
        
        That falls under the wanting more comment I have. -- nm - Will Hunting May 9, 08:05
        
        *shrug* -- nm - groiny May 9, 07:48
      - I honestly don't know if America is ready for a woman president or not (really no clue) but what's to stop the next woman candidate from being 'that - ty97 May 9, 07:46
      - "And no, not that one either..." -- nm - znufrii, definitely not 40 May 9, 07:46 17
        
        Instead of a pithy quote, why not you actually argue on why this is wrong - Will Hunting May 9, 07:47 15
        
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        had the roles been reversed, and Hillary was a president, and Bill was running for President years later - groiny May 9, 07:58 10
        
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        and yet, I managed to vote for her despite all that. - groiny May 9, 08:04 8
        
        Thank you for that. - David May 9, 08:40 1
        
        alot of good it did. -- nm - groiny May 9, 08:42
        
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        it is a combination of all of the above, in reality. - groiny May 9, 08:12 4
        
        This is a good post. -- nm - David May 9, 08:43
        
        She lost by 0.8% in WI, 0.2% in MI, and 0.7% in PA. Argument could be made that there were enough people who wouldn't vote for a woman - ty97 May 9, 08:20 2
        
        There would have been a block of voters casting HRC ballots *because* she was a woman. Anyone seen any articles or data figuring out the difference? -- nm - Name Withheld by Request May 9, 08:29 1
        
        I would have thought this in advance. I'm not convinced in hindsight to be honest. (but no, seen no analysis) -- nm* - ty97 May 9, 08:42
        
        Your IM is actually the subject of her upcoming memoir. She is going to be unfiltered about the treatment she received. -- nm - MDH May 9, 07:56
        
        I'll stick with the pithy quote, if it's all the same to you. I think it illustrates my point perfectly. -- nm - znufrii, definitely not 40 May 9, 07:50 1
        
        Oh, it illustrates a lot of points perfectly. -- nm - Will Hunting May 9, 07:51
        
        Yup. -- nm - MDH May 9, 07:47
Wow. At dr. Now. Allergic reaction to the xyzal. Swollen tongue, swollen face, not good. - Spawndroid May 9, 07:28 20
- Thanks all. Still here. Doing much hetter €except for the steroid shot in the ass). But so. Sleepy. - Spawndroid May 9, 08:36
- HEY! HEY, NO! You're not allowed to get sick like that! -- nm - Mop May 9, 08:31
- Yeesh! Get well soon! -- nm - Krusty May 9, 08:22
- oh man that sucks. -- nm - Remlik May 9, 08:08
- Having been there with regards to the epinephrine shot, glad that you got the treatment. I suggest that you clear the rest of the day for nap time - JD May 9, 08:03 1
  - *weeps* -- nm - Spawndroid May 9, 08:37
- have Remlik give you a nice warm spongebath. -- nm - groiny May 9, 07:36 1
  - *zips up* -- nm - Remlik si May 9, 07:44
- Think non-swelling thoughts -- nm - LMS May 9, 07:35
- *runs in...elbowing people out of the way...wearing nothing but an olde tyme nurses hat...coming to Spawn...yanking his fat face into my gentle and - Nekkid Crazy Nurse Mel May 9, 07:34
- Feel better! -- nm - MDH May 9, 07:33
- good grief!! feel better -- nm - Epiphany May 9, 07:32
- Scary -- nm - Dmac May 9, 07:32
- swollen brain... -- nm - decline May 9, 07:31 2
  - swollen penis -- nm - Beaker May 9, 08:06
  - swollen lower brain ... -- nm - Beryllium May 9, 07:37
- anaphylactic shock! aaaugghhhhh! (it's awful - feel better soon) - Diva May 9, 07:30 2
  - 236 - THIS IS FINE! -- nm - Spawn SI May 9, 07:33
  - I HAVE ASCENDED!!! - Spawndroid May 9, 07:32
- Yikes. -- nm - znufrii, definitely not 40 May 9, 07:29
Hmm, the post-credits scene in the Legion finale seems like it could be pertinent to season 2. -- nm - Beryllium May 9, 07:27 1
- I can handle precisely one episode at a time. - Mel Profit May 9, 07:33
B2 escalated quickly -- nm - Beaker May 9, 07:25 16
- Re: B2 this election showed the US is not ready to elect a woman. It's awful to say, but anyone at this moment can tell their daughter that - MDH May 9, 07:29 14
  - Meh -- I think many women could win. - Will Hunting May 9, 07:35 12
    - For the life of me I will never understand the move away from the "he screwed the little guys" angle to "personal disgust" in the latter days. -- nm - Reagen May 9, 07:37 11
      - Overconfidence and a lacking of dissenting voices in the war room would be my guess. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request May 9, 07:47 9
        
        They ran a winning campaign. The director of the FBI flipped the outcome. -- nm - David May 9, 08:46 1
        
        They struggled with voter motivation of their own voting pool. That's not a winning campaign even if the outcome had gone in her favour. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request May 9, 09:05
        
        Maybe if Bernie Sanders had decided to actually support the nominee that might have helped to? -- nm - MDH May 9, 07:54
        
        Or, they felt simply, "LOOK AT THIS GUY!?!?!?!!!!" - Will Hunting May 9, 07:52 1
        
        "I can't believe I'm losing to this guy" from SNL with Lovitz as Dukasis and Carvey as the original George Bush. -- nm - Beaker May 9, 08:07
        
        yeah, like they did not really take him seriously until it was too late. -- nm - groiny May 9, 07:51 3
        
        Voters knew what Trump was and chose him anyway. -- nm* - ty97 May 9, 08:24
        
        personally, i think they gave the public too much credit. - Andie May 9, 07:58 1
        
        that could very well also be part of it. -- nm - groiny May 9, 08:00
      - They reached the point that with his tape, he was so completely defenseless they went for the "SERIOUSLY?!??!" angle. - Will Hunting May 9, 07:40
  - Perfect. My daughter will be eligible in 33.5 years. -- nm - volnelk May 9, 07:32
- Indeed. A fella takes an hour off around here and it all hits the fan. I blame HSX. -- nm - Volnelk May 9, 07:28
My wife's assessment of my (styled) hair this morning: "It looks like you're wearing a tornado." -- nm - Beryllium May 9, 07:21 1
- Or maybe I misheard "It looks like you were in a tornado", that makes more sense. -- nm - Beryllium May 9, 07:21
Roger: but their threshold for being alienated is lower than a reasonable adult should expect. -- nm - Mel Profit May 9, 07:18 1
- i see it in the comments sections. The 'liberals' talk numbers, stats, reasons. The 'cons" says "YOU LOST SNOWFLAKE! SHUT UP!" -- (edited) - Andie May 9, 07:19
The casting call for extras in IELBA's new film was popular -- (link) - LMS May 9, 07:15 3
- do you ever get to be an extra ? -- nm - decline May 9, 07:17 2
  - No, the unions get annoyed as I'd be taking a paid job from a qualified extra -- nm - LMS May 9, 07:21 1
    - that sucks, but you still have the coolest job ever -- nm - decline May 9, 07:30
Looks like the NY Baseball Yankees handled the sleep deprivation okay. -- nm - Diva May 9, 07:10 2
- Yep. I'm going tonight though (rain pending) so the Redlegs should get their house in order. -- nm - Volnelk May 9, 07:23 1
  - hope you have a great time and can stay dry. :) -- nm - Diva May 9, 07:28
Some will find the interior shots of this real estate listing to be terrifying... -- (link) - Ender May 9, 07:08 3
- That's a lot. Especially the one in the corner with flowers. -- nm - MDH May 9, 07:20
- *scroll....scroll....scroll....scroll....* gah! -- nm - znufrii, definitely not 40 May 9, 07:10
- holy crap. does an insane person live there? -- nm - decline May 9, 07:10
Time to roll. -- nm - Will Hunting May 9, 07:04 1
- *crashes plane* -- nm - Spawndroid May 9, 07:07

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