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The CBO score for Trump Care won't arrive until May 22. -- nm - David May 10, 10:01 7
- That seems extreme, but I don't know the process -- nm - ty97 May 10, 10:03 5
  - It involves tables, ladders and chairs -- nm - Strongbad May 10, 10:08
  - Particular since the new amendments don't actually change the score, according to the WH. -- nm - mara May 10, 10:06
  - Everyone from the Congressional Budget Office will spend the next two weeks out of office, ducking texts and emails. -- nm - David May 10, 10:05
  - Maybe prayformojo can explain it to you. -- nm - Max May 10, 10:04 1
    - No more heterosplaining! -- nm - ty97 May 10, 10:05
- As a teacher, I can tell you that crappy work takes way longer to grade. -- nm - volnelk May 10, 10:02
Chuck Grassley: "suck it up, princess" -- nm - znufrii, definitely not 40 May 10, 09:57
I'm about to lose my mind right now, and it's all thanks to - kelly May 10, 09:57 2
- Do what one of my grandmother's would do... - Mel Profit May 10, 09:59
- try turning it the other way -- nm - decline May 10, 09:58
On the drive home, I found out that Heather didn't know the meaning of the term - prayformojo May 10, 09:53 6 1
- I am 80% positive she was trolling you. -- nm - landbeck May 10, 10:04
- snicker -- nm - Max May 10, 10:03
- Good Lord. I'm almost afraid to ask who was doing the driving. -- nm - Diva May 10, 09:56
- did you, uh, tell, errr, uhh...IT'S A TRAP! -- nm - ty97 May 10, 09:56
- ha! -- nm - kelly May 10, 09:55
- Oh dear. -- nm - Reagen May 10, 09:55
Cars 3 official trailer -- (link) - oblique May 10, 09:52 [youtube]
@soledadobrien: A good question for CNN would be: is there a point at which you stop allowing people on your air when they lie constantly? - Diva May 10, 09:52 3
- I think Anderson Cooper continues to have her on so he can make funny faces at her when she lies -- nm - decline May 10, 09:53 1
  - I think his bookers force him to have her on. But last night's eyeroll was legendary -- nm - ty97 May 10, 09:54
- I always liked Soledad, she's good people -- nm - ty97 May 10, 09:52
this 10 day DL is fucking killing my fantasy teams. -- nm - groiny May 10, 09:46
G7s with Washington, Pittsburgh, Anaheim and Edmonton tonight. Something indescribably soul crushing is incoming. -- nm - Reagen May 10, 09:45 1
- We either get crushed, lose a choked-away heart-breaker, or win in thrilling fashion and then lose in 5 to Ottawa. -- nm - Will Hunting May 10, 09:52
Wow. -- (link) - Spawn May 10, 09:45 1
- Heh, meant to post this (but left as funny). -- (link) - Spawn May 10, 09:47
The pictures of Trump w/ the Russian Diplomats? They're from the Russian media - because the US media wasn't allowed in the room -- nm - decline May 10, 09:39 9
- Just to point out, this means Russian audio and video equipment and operators where allowed behind closed doors with Trump and the Diplomats at the WH -- nm - decline May 10, 10:01 2
  - So...treason? -- nm - znufrii, definitely not 40 May 10, 10:04
  - this new season of The Americans is bonkers -- nm - Beaker May 10, 10:03
- *pushes Spawn out of the way* THIS IS FINE. -- nm - Mel Profit May 10, 09:49 1
  - I ACTUALLY LIKE IT THIS WAY, I SWEAR I DO -- nm - ty97 May 10, 09:51
- why do you hate ty97? -- nm - ty97 May 10, 09:44 3
  - Spawn hates you too -- nm - decline May 10, 09:47 1
    - Spawn hates everything -- nm - ty97 May 10, 09:47
  - and Russia media is reporting Trump and Putin will meet at the G20 in July - all of our news on the US President is coming out of Russia today -- nm - decline May 10, 09:46
That Russian minister looks like the evil thing in Legion. - Will Hunting May 10, 09:36 6
- so, what condiments do you like? what condiments are absolute no-go? -- nm - crash davis May 10, 09:56 1
  - I don't do relish, onions, or mushrooms...the rest are okay -- nm - Will Hunting May 10, 09:59
- You mean Trumps loan shark? -- nm - Spawn May 10, 09:38 3
  - he might be the heavy. - Will Hunting May 10, 09:38 2
    - Look up 'oligarch' in Webster's and you'll see that...face. When Central Casting is looking for 'corrupt looking former Soviet-bloc villain type' - Diva May 10, 09:42 1
      - If someone told me he killed Andropov as a young (slimmer) man, I'd also believe that. -- nm - Mel Profit May 10, 09:48
Brawl breaks out as Southwest plane taxis to the gate -- (link) - ty97 May 10, 09:33 3
- United Agent Cancels Man's Trip For Taping Argument -- (link) - ty97 May 10, 09:34 1
  - "Videotaping." Words have lost all meaning. -- nm - mara May 10, 09:36
- "The alleged victim performed a citizen’s arrest on the suspect"... ::goes on reading... AH, THAT CREEPY CLOWN HOUSE IS IN THE SIDEBAR -- nm* - Spawn May 10, 09:34
FWIW, Top DOJ spokesperson claims reports James Comey asked for more money are “Totally false.” -- (link) - ty97 May 10, 09:29 3
- But then -- (link) - Reagen May 10, 09:42
- why do you hate znu? -- nm - Diva May 10, 09:30 1
  - To be fair, I didn't provide a link. -- (edited) - znufrii, definitely not 40 May 10, 09:42
The Eugenie Bouchard vs. Maria Sharapova thing could actually be good for women's tennis right now. - Diva May 10, 09:25 14
- I've always adored Sharapova, but Bouchard's right. She shouldn't be allowed to play again. -- nm - David May 10, 09:40 12
  - much less had her suspension shortened and then granted tons of wild cards entries to tournaments and not have to work her way back up. -- nm - Diva May 10, 09:46
  - Meh, she suffered a suspension -- lifetime is far too serious -- nm - Will Hunting May 10, 09:44 10
    - The sports community is either serious about PEDs or it's not. Tennis isn't. -- nm - David May 10, 09:50 7
      - Neither is baseball then -- nm - JD May 10, 09:50 6
        
        They weren't. They thankfully have gotten better. -- nm - David May 10, 09:54
        
        baseball has the best testing of any of the sports. -- nm - groiny May 10, 09:51 4
        
        Ok. But the penalties don't seem to work. There also seems to be some fan apathy to those who get caught - JD May 10, 09:57 3
        
        that's because so much of America is fat too. This is only sort of a joke. -- nm - Diva May 10, 09:58 2
        
        Alright but younger players who have only played under the testing rules should be dissuaded if the penalties worked. So why Dee Gordon? - JD May 10, 10:02 1
        
        hey man - I don't agree or disagree. just pointing out why some folks seem not to care much. -- nm - Diva May 10, 10:09
    - which should have been 24 months but was shortened to 15 because she's Maria Sharapova and f*ck everybody else who didn't take PEDs -- nm - Diva May 10, 09:48
    - remind me what she did? -- nm - groiny May 10, 09:45
- Hmmmmm -- nm - prayformojo May 10, 09:27
The library is a gateway to other worlds and other times, allowing us to step completely outside our own experience. -- (link) - mara May 10, 09:23
It is another performance review time for POTUS -- (link) - crash davis May 10, 09:23
Dermatologist today. Here's to non-cutting thoughts. -- nm - ty97 May 10, 09:21 4
- I need to do that. But I need to see what the last week is going to cost me, first. -- nm - Spawn May 10, 09:24
- hope its just a loofah prescription -- nm - crash davis May 10, 09:24
- Nothing but spray-cans of freon. -- nm - Euripides May 10, 09:23
- good thoughts! clear skin thoughts! -- nm - Epiphany May 10, 09:21
Hey all, don't forget, Summer Stalker signup is now open! Link is posted above!! -- nm - kelly May 10, 09:16 2
- I'm in! -- nm - Krusty May 10, 09:43
- Eh, you know there's some who'll wait 'til the last minute and then..... - Meg May 10, 09:20
Mayim Bialik sat in for John Green in the Dear Hank and John podcast this week. - Mop May 10, 09:14 2
- No, not a scarf. No, not a sandwich. -- nm - Krusty May 10, 09:26
- 1 of course it's a scarf 2 of course it's a pastry. -- nm - Reagen May 10, 09:18
So, let's say that you are somehow suddenly invisible. You know the effects will wear off in one week, forever. - Andie May 10, 09:13 25
- Hitch a ride to the ISS -- nm - oblique May 10, 09:39 4
  - I misread this as ISIS and imagined the situation when you became visible a couple days after arriving. -- nm - Max May 10, 09:47 1
    - The vendor who does janitorial services at JFK and LGA (at least some terminals) is ISS. They wear shirts/jackets with a large ISS logo. - ty97 May 10, 09:57
  - blast off without a suit and a seat will be something. -- nm - Andie May 10, 09:42 1
    - Not to mention running out of oxygen because the calcs are wrong. -- nm - Beryllium May 10, 10:05
- I would love to get recordings of Bannon and others criticizing or better yet making fun of Trump. -- nm - mara May 10, 09:31
- Sneak into the White House and -- nm* - Jovian May 10, 09:30 2
  - 1) that's still terrible, but 2) you're missing opportunities like norovirus at a large rally or visit with a foreign leader in front of cameras. -- nm - Max May 10, 09:40
  - No, I haunt him and make him off himself or quit. -- nm - Spawn May 10, 09:30
- It also depends, are my clothes invisible or do I have to be naked? -- nm - Spawn May 10, 09:27 8
  - yeah, how do Sue Storm's clothes turn invisible? -- nm - crash davis May 10, 09:28 7
    - Planetary had a sublime take on this. -- nm - David May 10, 09:39 1
      - Incredibles had E -- nm - Beryllium May 10, 09:44
    - Unstable molecules (same as the rest of the team) which is a lame answer. -- nm - Spawn May 10, 09:30 4
      - so she can only ever wear the clothes that she wore into space? -- nm - crash davis May 10, 09:31 3
        
        No, Reed invented them. -- nm - Spawn May 10, 09:32 2
        
        whew! otherwise she'd be really stinky and invisible or not, everyone would know where she is -- nm - decline May 10, 09:34 1
        
        Don't matter! -- nm - Miggs May 10, 09:36
- I haunt the fuck out of Trump. -- nm - Spawn May 10, 09:25
- Into the Kremlin, to steal the pee tape - crash davis May 10, 09:19
- Sneak into corporate law firms to find MNPI I could use to make a killing in the stock market. -- nm - znufrii, definitely not 40 May 10, 09:16 1
  - Dawson would catch you and throw you in the slammer! -- nm - decline May 10, 09:19
- steal all the money -- nm - decline May 10, 09:15 2
  - from who? -- nm - Andie May 10, 09:15 1
    - EVERYBODY -- nm - groiny May 10, 09:16
Michael Parks (another Twin Peaks veteran) has died aged 77. -- (link) - LMS May 10, 09:12 3
- he was great in "Tusk". - Mel Profit May 10, 09:46
- Ahhhh man -- nm - Jovian May 10, 09:32
- crap -- nm - Spawn May 10, 09:13
That place with the Tobinator was an accidental find. There are SO MANY RESTAURANTS in this city. I've been going to discount sites (LocalFlavor, - kelly May 10, 09:11 1
- that's awesome :). I love trying new places -- nm - decline May 10, 09:42
One of Better Off Ted's best bits was the attorney/prostitute story with Lem. -- nm - David May 10, 09:11 1
- Yup -- nm - prayformojo May 10, 09:24
Justice spox denies Comey requested additional funding for Russia probe. - znufrii, definitely not 40 May 10, 09:10
Everton (that Premier League club I follow) has a lengthy article in USA Today, uh, today -- (link) - JD May 10, 09:09
did ty do this one yet? - W. Va. reporter arrested for 'yelling questions' at HHS secretary -- (link) - crash davis May 10, 09:09 1
- all these Cabinet members are such delicate flowers -- nm - crash davis May 10, 09:20
The leaks, they are a'leaking -- nm - ty97 May 10, 09:05
A bill to curb methane rules FAILED the Senate 49-51 McCain. -- nm - ty97 May 10, 09:05 2
- So... does this mean that methane enforcement has not been weakened? -- nm - Mop May 10, 09:08 1
  - yes -- nm - decline May 10, 09:10
Listening to CNN is this morning, I love that they noted Trump was watching as he was tweeting about what they were saying. -- nm - Spawn May 10, 09:04 2
- I realized how crazy things have become when I was sitting watching CNN at 12:30 last night -- nm - decline May 10, 09:10 1
  - I never thought I would do it, but yeah, I've season passed the Rachel Maddow show. - crash davis May 10, 09:17
Senate intelligence committee has requested documents on Trump from Treasury's money laundering unit, NBC News confirms -- (link) - decline May 10, 09:00 14
- Trump will just send them a letter saying "nothing to see here". -- nm - Mop May 10, 09:03 2
  - (certified) -- nm - Spawn May 10, 09:12 1
    - That makes it legal! - Mop May 10, 09:15
- My inner monologue about this -- (link) - MDH May 10, 09:03 [youtube] 2
  - I thought a jojo was a name for a fried potato product -- nm - crash davis May 10, 09:07
  - ~leave/get out~ -- nm - Reagen May 10, 09:04
- I think the first problem here is that the Treasury Department has an office for laundering money. -- nm - Max May 10, 09:02 1
  - Dirty money is bad money -- nm - crash davis May 10, 09:03
- How much money is he getting from the Russians that he needs a whole treasury department to launder it for him?! -- nm - znufrii, definitely not 40 May 10, 09:01 4
  - Oh, I fully expect he's going to make *at least* $20 billion out of this presidency. - David May 10, 09:03 2
    - So, he'll be worth $21 billion? -- nm - Will Hunting May 10, 09:37 1
      - $19 billion. -- nm - David May 10, 09:48
  - Its better hand dried than machine dried -- nm - crash davis May 10, 09:03
- "have you done the litimus configuration?" -- nm - groiny May 10, 09:01
TOBINATOR -- nm - crash davis May 10, 08:58 13
- HUNTINATOR -- nm - ty97 May 10, 08:59 12
  - a fun ST game to play one day would be: You're a restaurant owner. You're going to put a Hunting Burger on the menu. What is it? -- nm - crash davis May 10, 09:02 11
    - Some options -- (link) - ty97 May 10, 09:31
    - a freshly killed Longhorn, hooves up, dollied in and wearing a couple of crackers. -- nm - Mel Profit May 10, 09:13 3
      - egad -- nm - mud May 10, 09:14 2
        
        I admit I tend to go for the joke jugular but the image cracked me up. - Mel Profit May 10, 09:23 1
        
        Technically a burger is ground meat, but it works just as well with hooves sticking up out of a huge grinder with a hand crank - zeitgeist May 10, 20:35
    - Not a burger, but we've got this near us... -- (link*) - znufrii, definitely not 40 May 10, 09:12 2
      - I'd like to think I could do the sandwich and drink, but I know the fries would do me in for sure. And all you win is a T-shirt? -- nm - crash davis May 10, 09:15 1
        
        Yeah, that's a shit-ton of fries. - znufrii, definitely not 40 May 10, 09:27
    - A burger with 10 different things on it that make no sense going together, and NO SUBSTITUTIONS -- nm - Strongbad May 10, 09:09
    - First, we scrape the congealed fat from your arteries. Then we use it to fry four 1/2 pound patties... -- nm - Roger More May 10, 09:07
    - you see that refridgerator over there? put it on the burger. -- nm - groiny May 10, 09:04

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