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Apparently, Trump is telling COngress to just repeal Obamacare and replace it later - Will Hunting Jun 30, 06:58 11
- Meanwhile, some saying "don't get distracted by this, McConnell is close to a deal" - ty97 Jun 30, 07:17
- I read that he also doesn't understand that replace later would require 60 votes - which they ain't gonna get -- nm - decline Jun 30, 07:13 1
  - Hell, they won't get 50 votes on Repeal. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 30, 07:14
- Ben Sasse proposed this on Fox News this morning. Trump tweeted about it within 20 minutes. -- nm - ty97 Jun 30, 07:10 2
  - Awww, he's trying to make in-roads with Sasse....that's cute. - Will Hunting Jun 30, 07:13 1
    - I doubt Trump even thinks that way. It's his 'regurgitate what you just heard' approach exhibiting itself again -- nm - ty97 Jun 30, 07:16
- this is his thought process as best I can tell, "Is this issue still going on? I'm bored and annoyed with it. Make it go away as fast as possible." -- (edited) - Andie Jun 30, 07:00 2
  - "I got elected, that's all that matters. If I tell someone else to do something then I've done my job." -- nm - Max Jun 30, 07:03 1
    - I'm not sure he still fundamentally gets that he's not the CEO of America -- nm - oblique Jun 30, 07:07
- His onlg -- nm - mud Jun 30, 06:59 1
  - Only concern is undoing all things Obama -- nm - mud Jun 30, 07:01
At midnight, 2017 will be half over. - Andie Jun 30, 06:57 20
- eeek. xmax is like less than 180 days away. time for david to start shopping. -- nm - tRuMaN Jun 30, 07:16 3
  - Already got something! -- nm - David's iPad Jun 30, 07:20
  - Andie's probably already done -- nm - decline Jun 30, 07:17 1
    - i've bought nothing! -- nm - Andie Jun 30, 07:19
- Wouldn't the halfway point be noon? -- nm - Ender Jun 30, 07:08 9
  - 3pm on Sunday - Will Hunting Jun 30, 07:12 1
    - no one likes a math geek, scully. -- nm - mulder Jun 30, 07:16
  - Noon on Sunday, in fact. -- nm - znufrii Jun 30, 07:11
  - Specifically, Solar Noon on Sunday. -- (link) - Ender Jun 30, 07:10
  - yes though this would be different depending on various timezone things like DST, etc. -- nm* - oblique Jun 30, 07:09 4
    - why? if you doing it that way, it's actually noon tomorrow i think. (182.5 days) -- nm - Andie Jun 30, 07:11 3
      - Wikipedia has a more detailed explanation -- (link) - oblique Jun 30, 07:12
      - or Sunday... :) -- nm - Andie Jun 30, 07:12 1
        
        well that too. I knew what you meant :) -- nm - oblique Jun 30, 07:12
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  - And now you get to spend time working in the bustling metropolis of Omaha. -- (edited) - Krusty Jun 30, 07:06 1
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- Where do the days go? -- nm - znufrii Jun 30, 07:01 2
  - how old is that kid now? -- nm - oblique Jun 30, 07:13 1
    - 13 months, yesterday. -- nm - znufrii Jun 30, 07:14
guys, I love crap like this. -- (link) - amanda jones state university Jun 30, 06:41 12
- wrecking ball -- nm - Max Jun 30, 06:57
- OMG -- nm - Epiphany Jun 30, 06:57
- i would totally frame the one with sharks if i were them. -- nm - Andie Jun 30, 06:52 1
  - It is the best. # 3 too -- nm - Epiphany Jun 30, 06:57
- Makes me think back to cockneck -- nm - oblique Jun 30, 06:52
- Thins pleases me. -- nm - mafic Jun 30, 06:48 1
  - Jebus, I'm having a bad autocorrect night. -- nm - mafic Jun 30, 06:48
- heh. me too. (followed a link from that page) - this guy is great -- (link) - decline Jun 30, 06:48 4
  - ...and Followed -- nm - Epiphany Jun 30, 07:03 2
    - yeah, that was a fun twitter -- nm - Beaker Jun 30, 07:20
    - I'd follow him too but I never read my twitter feed so I don't bother -- nm - oblique Jun 30, 07:04
  - that guy is brilliant -- nm - Max Jun 30, 06:59
ST Poll -- Long weekend? Plans? -- (edited) - znufrii Jun 30, 06:40 31
- Hopefully getting compost for the garden delivered. (If this company ever calls me back) -- nm - kelly Jun 30, 07:20
- West coast fishing trip -- nm - Beryllium Jun 30, 07:20
- Lion King tomorrow, trip to SI to visit cemetary, Sunday might try to walk Bklyn Bridge. -- nm - Strongbad Jun 30, 07:16 1
  - go hard -- nm - decline Jun 30, 07:18
- Going to Germany - ty97 Jun 30, 07:11 1
  - dammit, that was gonna be my question -- nm - decline Jun 30, 07:11
- Lake, Canada 150 -- nm - Beaker Jun 30, 07:10 2
  - you should drink 150 beers in your country's honour -- nm* - decline Jun 30, 07:11 1
    - again? -- nm - Beaker Jun 30, 07:11
- Birthday for my 10 yr old niece, start doing some intensive late spring cleaning. -- nm - Max Jun 30, 07:00
- Kayaking tomorrow. Date night. Maybe some plans with friends. Lots of sleep. Probably Baby Driver for $5 Tuesday movies - oblique Jun 30, 06:56
- Canada Day things. Wife is backup singing for Measha Brueggergosman for a concert tomorrow night, chilling. -- nm - Shaun Jun 30, 06:52 2
  - drink 150 glasses of champagne to toast your wife and in your country's honour -- nm* - decline Jun 30, 07:16
  - that's awesome! -- nm - Andie Jun 30, 06:52
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- Baby Driver. I can't even say the rest anymore - Epiphany Jun 30, 06:50
- Dog sitting for my sister, watching my cousin's cat and cleaning my apartment. -- nm - Krusty Jun 30, 06:50
- maybe stain some fence (if it stops raining long enough). finish a couple of house projects if possible (trim in kitchen, wall repair in office). -- nm - tRuMaN Jun 30, 06:49
- Long weekend! Lots of live music, fireworks, etc. Assuming that even though I feel like crap right now, i will not be sick. - Andie Jun 30, 06:47 4
  - drink 150 screw drivers in your country's honour -- (edited) - decline Jun 30, 07:15 1
    - dude. at least spell it "honour"! - Andie Jun 30, 07:20
  - Feel better. Vitamin C yourself back to health -- nm - Epiphany Jun 30, 06:51 1
    - Dracula 2000!! -- nm - Shaun Jun 30, 06:52
- Nope -- working today, working monday. No clue on plans. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 30, 06:45
- Nope. Canada day lunch tomorrow (three kinds of pouting! Caesars!). Nothing Sunday. -- nm - mafic Jun 30, 06:42 3
  - drink 150 mimosa's in your country's honour -- nm* - decline Jun 30, 07:14
  - Also three kinds of poutine, which I'm happy about. -- nm - mafic Jun 30, 06:43 1
    - quit pouting, then -- nm - mud Jun 30, 06:47
- EOFY. no rest for the finance team. seven more workdays. -- nm - amanda jones state university Jun 30, 06:42 1
  - working on the 4th ? that sucks :( -- nm - decline Jun 30, 07:17
- might take Monday off - gonna go fishin' -- nm - decline Jun 30, 06:41
Fantasy Golf PSA: Yes, I rostered a guy who shot +9 yesterday. -- nm - Strongbad Jun 30, 06:18 2
- Higher is better, right? -- nm - znufrii Jun 30, 06:24 1
  - Yes, absolutely. #winning -- nm - Strongbad Jun 30, 06:25
This is how I spent most of yesterday - TWuG Jun 30, 06:18 2
- Cool -- nm - Epiphany Jun 30, 06:52
- Fun! -- nm - Strongbad Jun 30, 06:20
its friday. I'm not sure if that is a good or bad thing yet. -- nm - tRuMaN Jun 30, 06:15
My thoughts are 'too complex' for journalists, says Emmanuel Macron - ty97 Jun 30, 06:10 1
- We have the exact opposite problem here. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jun 30, 06:29
This is amazing. Official D.Va Overwatch statue. -- (link) - Shaun Jun 30, 06:08 [youtube]
Are politicians the orgasms of opportunities? -- (link) - InspiroBot Jun 30, 06:02 [Image]
Iran broke the record for Asia’s highest temperature ever recorded during June yesterday. It was a scorching 128.7 degrees (53.7C) -- (link) - Beaker Jun 30, 05:29 1
- one city hit 165 F if you include humidity -- nm - Beaker Jun 30, 05:30
Germany gay marriage approved by MPs in snap vote -- (link) - ty97 Jun 30, 05:18 3
- People will give them snaps for this. -- nm - prayformojo Jun 30, 05:27
- snap snap snap -- nm - Reagen Jun 30, 05:21 1
  - raus! raus! raus! schnell! schnell! schnell! -- nm - sgt. Schultz Jun 30, 06:40
TV PSA Sunday: Big Brother, American Grit, Power, Fear TWD, Talking Dead, other stuff -- nm - Beaker Jun 30, 03:09
TV PSA Saturday: Doubt, Doctor Who, TURN Washington's Spies, Orphan Black, Letterkenny, other stuff -- nm* - Beaker Jun 30, 03:07
TV PSA Friday: Killjoys, Masters of Illusion, Dark Matter, Wynnona Earp, Bill Maher, Great British Baking Show, other stuff -- nm - Beaker Jun 30, 03:05
I've made a graphic that makes fun of the Canada 150 advertising onslaught by brands ... and I badly want to tag Steve Buscemi as Justin Trudeau ... -- nm - Beryllium Jun 30, 00:28 1
- ah well, chickened out on that ... but here's the graphic -- (link) - Beryllium Jun 30, 00:37
getting turned away at the door while bleeding sums up trumpcare....getting turned away at the Inn *is* the christmas story -- nm - Colbert Jun 29, 23:41
Those who ignore the past are doomed to fuck up at least this badly. -- (link) - Beryllium Jun 29, 23:05 2
- I'm pretty sure the follow up is, for only 199.95 a month they will personally promote her to very important people in the music industry -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 30, 02:41
- I've been looking for new music, guess I'll have to check this up and comer out. - ty97 Jun 29, 23:27
If there's money left in the travel budget I'm seriously considering the Del Coronado for Christmas. I've always wanted to stay there but - Meg Jun 29, 22:58 1
- Parking fees are getting ridiculous -- nm - Epiphany Jun 30, 06:04
Did not realize Dominic Cooper was British. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 29, 22:34 1
- "Archie's One Way" was the name of the comic book on Preacher. That's perfect. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 29, 22:38
BB19 Live Feeds... Jeebus *spoils* - Ender Jun 29, 22:30 2
- spoils - Jovian Jun 29, 22:34 1
  - *Jessica spoils* -- (link) - Ender Jun 29, 22:50
If I'm reading this correctly ... someone did a DeepDream of Doctor Manhattan -- (link) - Beryllium Jun 29, 21:53
And another leak from the upstairs bathroom into the kitchen. -- (edited) - znufrii Jun 29, 21:50 3
- "And another leak from the upstairs bathroom into the kitchen. Sad!" -- nm - ST Post as Trump Tweet Jun 30, 06:00
- Ah, crappy :( When we've had that happen, it's been expensive to cut a hole in the gyprock ceiling, patch, retexture, and repaint -- nm - Beryllium Jun 29, 22:00 1
  - they never bothered to patch the holes here, they just put in a drop ceiling instead. - znufrii Jun 29, 22:04
Battle of the Network Stars: Bronson Pinchot looks like two Bronson Pinchots fused together -- nm - crash davis Jun 29, 21:42 3
- It wasn't nearly as much fun as I remember it in the 80s -- nm - oblique Jun 30, 05:32
- The famous Pinchot Firestorm. -- nm - Volnelk Jun 30, 05:31
- Ah yes, the fabled Bronson weld. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 29, 21:43
Saw a sweet restored '52 Chevy pickup outside the market and complimented the driver who'd been ahead of me in the checkout line. - Meg Jun 29, 21:30 2
- :) -- nm - znufrii Jun 29, 21:45
- nicey -- (link) - mud Jun 29, 21:32
Time to return to Zelda: Breath of the Wild. -- nm - Qale Jun 29, 21:26 5
- Holy sheeeet, master mode is truly hard. Spoiler. - Qale Jun 30, 00:11
- How many Zelda games are there? -- nm - Amoxy Jun 29, 21:34 3
  - Let's see - Tim Jun 29, 21:38 2
    - Mr. Owl... - Mop Jun 29, 22:07 1
      - Nope, just a Twilight Princess remaster. -- nm - Tim Jun 29, 22:10
8 minutes 8 seconds per kilometre, 17 minutes 15 seconds total. 2.12 km. -- (edited) - Beryllium Jun 29, 20:52 2
- Good job! -- nm - Dano Jun 29, 21:04
- 👍 -- nm - JD Jun 29, 20:57
This seems to be an accurate summary of today's politics in BC -- (link) - Beryllium Jun 29, 20:29
on VUDU deals of the week, there is a reduced price bundle and save of Drive and the pre-order for Baby Driver -- (link) - crash davis Jun 29, 20:16 10
- But Drive wasn't even about driving. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 29, 22:10
- But then you'd own Drive... -- nm - Ender Jun 29, 20:20 8
  - I hate to pile on, but I have to agree with MDH. And Reagen. - ReluctantCynic Jun 29, 20:41 1
    - Now, I'll grant Ender that it was no Drive Angry. But Gosling is no Nic Cage, so that is to be expected -- nm - crash davis Jun 29, 20:45
  - Best movie of 2011. -- nm - MDH Jun 29, 20:39 2
    - up here. ✋ - Reagen Jun 29, 20:41 1
      - Ditto. -- nm - MDH Jun 29, 20:52
  - Indeed. You should already own the best movie of 2011. -- nm - Reagen Jun 29, 20:39
  - I actually enjoyed Drive. -- nm - crash davis Jun 29, 20:32
  - Hater! - Epiphany Jun 29, 20:27
Big Brother spoilers - Dano Jun 29, 20:10 1
- Agreed. The meltdown was delightful. -- nm - Ender Jun 29, 20:18
For the next hour or two, MLB.tv subscriptions are $10. in honor of the iPhone's birthday. -- (link) - Tim Jun 29, 20:02 1
- Thanks! -- nm - kelly Jun 29, 21:15
This is a great front page (also: Krusty signal!) -- (link) - ty97 Jun 29, 20:01 4
- Is that triangle Phil Jackson's logo or something? -- nm - Mop Jun 29, 21:08 1
  - It's the name of the offense he runs. It's a basketball thing. -- nm - Krusty Jun 30, 05:49
- what happens when they still suck five years from now? -- nm - Reagen Jun 29, 20:04 1
  - heh -- nm - mud Jun 29, 20:05
Strawberry cobbler and tarts -- nm - zork Jun 29, 19:56 5
- I really need to replace my stove so I have a working oven. I got a countertop roasting oven but it's not great for baking. -- nm - Meg Jun 29, 20:03 4
  - I love strawberries in salads. We've been going through a lot of strawberries lately by adding them to - kelly Jun 29, 21:10 3
    - I just had some of these sliced with coffee flavored Greek yogurt. Tasty. I will freeze at least half of them, I just can't eat that many before they - Meg Jun 29, 21:20 2
      - Oh, that's s great price. -- nm - kelly Jun 29, 21:43 1
        
        Our new Smart and Final has some good deals on produce and meat. Their packaged goods not so much, but they're not much further than my regular market -- nm - Meg Jun 29, 22:01
So going back to the alignment chart, I'm Jon Snow and mafic is Ellaria Sand -- nm - crash davis Jun 29, 19:56 7
- Game of Thrones spoilers - David Jun 29, 19:56 6
  - I just assume stabby until proven otherwise. -- nm - Reagen Jun 29, 20:01 5
    - Totally. And I assess skill level while I'm at it. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jun 29, 20:07 4
      - You've a keen mind, Samwell -- nm - crash davis Jun 29, 20:10 3
        
        thank you, mr. frodo ..oh -- nm - samwise Jun 29, 20:14 2
        
        I actually just got informed by Pippin that I've let the dry food bowl level get too low. He and Samwise are currently questioning my alignment -- nm - crash davis Jun 29, 20:43 1
        
        They are also doubting your commitment to Sparkle Motion -- nm - Epiphany Jun 30, 06:07
This seems like a big airbag recall. -- (link) - Beryllium Jun 29, 19:54 3
- Yeah, well when your airbag might kill you if it inflates. - Meg Jun 29, 20:01
- the Mazda pickup I'm currently driving has an airbag recall place on it - maybe its a Takata airbag -- nm - crash davis Jun 29, 19:57 1
  - My Mazda 3 thankfully doesn't, but the fuel pump is dying. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 29, 20:01

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