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The Health Care Freedom Act: The Senate’s last-ditch attempt at repeal, explained -- (link) - ty97 Jul 27, 20:19
Motion to rename CBO to C3BO, since nobody listens to it. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 27, 20:18
Oh. Grigor Dimitrov and Nicole Scherzinger on the beach -- (link) - Dano Jul 27, 20:16
Gardy!! -- nm - Jovian Jul 27, 20:09 1
- Woo hoo! Nice comeback win! -- nm - Krusty Jul 27, 20:13
I'm okay with the Lucas Duda trade. I don't think they were gonna resign him (Smith still projects to develop power and is only 22). - Tim Jul 27, 20:08
CBO: Skinny bill = 16M less insured -- (link) - ty97 Jul 27, 20:03 2
- Also something about cutting planned parenthood and the whole thing being an actual plan, despite claims to the contrary. - Beryllium Jul 27, 20:21
- Premiums up 20% starting next year -- nm - ty97 Jul 27, 20:10
Man, I wish I had shorted the health care sector today -- nm - ty97 Jul 27, 19:52
AMA calls Senate "Freedom" Act a "toxic prescription that would make matters worse." -- (link) - ty97 Jul 27, 19:43 21
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  - It's going to make all the difference! - ty97 Jul 27, 19:45
- American Hot Potato Act. -- nm - Reagen Jul 27, 19:44 18
  - I feel relatively confident that if skinny passes Senate (it likely will) that it also passes House. - ty97 Jul 27, 19:45 17
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      - great, now that the President & VP of The Slackertalk Pessimists Society have weighed in, let's see what happens. -- nm - mud Jul 27, 20:00 15
        
        fuck you -- nm - ty97 Jul 27, 20:01 14
        
        lets calm down. Come over here and talk to your buddy crash. I had beef pitas and sugar snap pea& radish salad tonight. - crash davis Jul 27, 20:05 13
        
        I'm making that tomorrow. How was it? -- nm - jnine Jul 27, 20:29
        
        I'm quite calm, in fact. - ty97 Jul 27, 20:06 11
        
        "fuck you" isn't the reply of someone who is calm... - David Jul 27, 20:09 6
        
        Believe me or not, it was said quite calmly, but quite honestly, out of utter annoyance - ty97 Jul 27, 20:11 5
        
        Heh heh heh, I laid the trap and mud sprung it. Heh Heh heh -- nm - Bacon Jul 27, 20:15 4
        
        It's not nice to be mean to our friends, Bacon. nm - ralph wiggum Jul 27, 20:17
        
        eh, it's an ongoing issue ST has with being mad at me for not burying my head in the sand. -- nm - ty97 Jul 27, 20:17 2
        
        I don't think it's about having heads in the sand - lots of people come to ST to get away from real world stuff and have fun. Talking about "Doooom!" - Roger More Jul 27, 20:28
        
        The best thing I did was mainly disengage after the election. I am in the best mood that I have been in about 5 years. - Bacon Jul 27, 20:21
        
        but what did you eat for dinner? -- nm - crash davis Jul 27, 20:07 3
        
        I had a burger but it was not all that satisfying b/c the place I really wanted to order a burger from has changed their delivery zone - ty97 Jul 27, 20:09 2
        
        Should have had Five Guys -- nm - Bacon Jul 27, 20:15
        
        that sucks -- nm - crash davis Jul 27, 20:10
If I may play quizmaster for a second (this is easy for ST): The brother of this band's lead singer worked on The Simpsons. -- nm - ty97 Jul 27, 19:28 41
- I know the Simpsons writer with a famous Emmy nominated actor brother. nm - ralph wiggum Jul 27, 19:52 24
  - *googles* Huh. -- nm - kelly Jul 27, 20:07
  - This I don't know. - Krusty Jul 27, 20:03 22
    - The actor has won an Emmy as a writer on a sketch show and is the lead in a current show. nm - ralph wiggum Jul 27, 20:05 21
      - Google cheated, can't say I ever would have gotten close -- nm - ty97 Jul 27, 20:05 20
        
        Fun fact though, right? nm - ralph wiggum Jul 27, 20:06 19
        
        you gonna post the answer or what? -- nm - crash davis Jul 27, 20:10 17
        
        Spoiler - ralph wiggum Jul 27, 20:12 9
        
        There's also sorta another answer to this apparently, though the brother isn't mainly an actor - ty97 Jul 27, 20:16 6
        
        Ooooh, also a fun fact. nm - ralph wiggum Jul 27, 20:18
        
        maybe it wasn't such good trivia *gives ralph sideeye* -- nm - crash davis Jul 27, 20:18 4
        
        I have *begged* bery not to let her post quizzes here. *BEGGED*. -- nm - David Jul 27, 20:20 1
        
        MY VOICE WILL NOT BE SILENCED!!!!! nm - ralph wiggum Jul 27, 20:22
        
        Fine. I will no longer bring you nice things, jerkface. nm - ralph wiggum Jul 27, 20:20 1
        
        Andie called me jerk yesterday, so I probably have jerkface. - crash davis Jul 27, 20:22
        
        I see his name all the time but wasn't sure they were related. It stands out when it's on screen. - Krusty Jul 27, 20:15
        
        ah, thank you - that is some good trivia -- nm - crash davis Jul 27, 20:13
        
        She is just the WORST quizmaster. -- nm - David Jul 27, 20:10 6
        
        *sobbing* nm - ralph wiggum Jul 27, 20:11 5
        
        I can't be. I look too much like Dad when I don't shave. - David Jul 27, 20:13 2
        
        I'd call you a bastardman again, but that's rather lovely. nm - ralph wiggum Jul 27, 20:16 1
        
        It's also the main reason why I largely wear an itchy beard now. - David Jul 27, 20:18
        
        in between sobs, can we get an answer? -- nm - crash davis Jul 27, 20:12 1
        
        WORST Quizmaster would rather *cry* than answer! -- nm - David Jul 27, 20:14
        
        Very! -- nm - ty97 Jul 27, 20:06
- This is rather easy for a fan. Spoils -- (edited) - Krusty Jul 27, 19:51 3
  - So the answer is ... -- (edited) - Beryllium Jul 27, 19:54 2
    - Yup - ty97 Jul 27, 19:56
    - Yes. I added a spoiler tag just in case. -- nm - Krusty Jul 27, 19:55
- I know pop culture, to a degree. That degree does not extend to very many behind the scenes factoids like this one. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 27, 19:49 3
  - Spoils - this is probably wrong, but not inaccurate - Beryllium Jul 27, 19:54 2
    - ummm (impressed) -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 27, 20:10
    - I forgot about that. Nice one! -- nm - Krusty Jul 27, 20:01
- This was one I knew instantly at our trivia too. Figured someone(s) here would know it off the top of their heads. -- nm - ty97 Jul 27, 19:41 3
  - I have no doubt. -- nm - Reagen Jul 27, 19:42 2
    - 👍 -- nm - Krusty Jul 27, 19:51
    - heh :) -- nm - ty97 Jul 27, 19:43
- Gotta be Liam Gallagher. nm - ralph wiggum Jul 27, 19:33 3
  - Oasis? That would be funny. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 27, 19:40
  - I should clarify. This person worked in production for Simpsons, was not a voice actor or guest appearance. -- nm - ty97 Jul 27, 19:34 1
    - I was just amusing myself at the idea of Noel Gallagher as a Simpsons staff writer. nm - ralph wiggum Jul 27, 19:36
Text posted 10pm. They are voting at midnight. Early night for RC after all. -- nm - ty97 Jul 27, 19:26 12
- enough with the hitler playbook, let's do Stalin, let the pols debate endlessly, at midnight pack the house your loyalists and ram through your agenda - zeitgeist Jul 27, 19:43 1
  - They are trying to kill McCain -- nm - Bacon Jul 27, 19:45
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- I *WAS* going to bed. sigh. -- nm - ty97 Jul 27, 19:26 8
  - Remember that time you stayed up on election night and it changed the outcome? -- nm - Bacon Jul 27, 19:29 7
    - And obviously my *interest* in this has no impact on the outcome. I wasn't staying up until 2 or 3am for this. - ty97 Jul 27, 19:37 1
      - I get it, I do -- nm - Bacon Jul 27, 19:38
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      - I think one is actually physically healthier for you than the other. -- nm - Bacon Jul 27, 19:34 2
        
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        ;) -- nm - Bacon Jul 27, 19:37
    - Bad analogy, I always stay up to watch elections -- nm - ty97 Jul 27, 19:29
Also easy for this crowd: "Presbyterians" is an anagram for which celebrity? Nm - ralph wiggum Jul 27, 19:20 6
- Took me a while, but I think I got it. - thewrongelement, bad guy Jul 27, 19:25 1
  - Yes. nm - ralph wiggum Jul 27, 19:27
- Peter Sybian? I assume he was the inventor. -- nm - Max Jul 27, 19:25 3
  - She said celebrity, not saint. nm - Dignan Jul 27, 19:27
  - I was stuck on Brian or Bryan somebody. It didn't work. -- nm - ty97 Jul 27, 19:27 1
    - I almost went with Teri Presbyans. - thewrongelement, bad guy Jul 27, 19:30
Also funny: we literally had one of those: Sam can paint a fence in 2 hours, Joe can paint it in 6 hours questions - ralph wiggum Jul 27, 19:18 2
- Sam can litigate a case in 2 hours... -- nm - Reagen Jul 27, 19:43 1
  - "It was my understanding that there would be no math at this function." nm - ralph wiggum Jul 27, 19:45
pfm, there are 157 Gilmore Girls episodes (including the new ones.) I'm 2/3 way there! Whoooo! -- nm - kelly Jul 27, 19:11
According to the Australian restaurant association: what item is most frequently left behind in restaurants? nm - ralph wiggum Jul 27, 19:09 15
- I don't know, bt given that it's Australia it's probably something that can kill you. - thewrongelement, bad guy Jul 27, 19:15
- didgerado! -- nm - mud Jul 27, 19:15
- the remains of blooming onions -- nm - ty97 Jul 27, 19:14
- dignity! -- nm - Max Jul 27, 19:14
- Kangaroos. -- nm - IrishStephen Jul 27, 19:14
- Blind dates -- nm - Roger More Jul 27, 19:13
- boomerang -- nm - Bacon Jul 27, 19:12
- keys -- nm - ty97 Jul 27, 19:12
- Misbehaving children. -- nm - Reagen Jul 27, 19:11 1
  - *grumble* "Thanks for finding him." -- nm - Max Jul 27, 19:13
- cell phone -- nm - ty97 Jul 27, 19:10
- dildo -- nm - mud Jul 27, 19:10
- Umbrella ella ella hey hey -- nm - Dano Jul 27, 19:10 1
  - Yes! nm - ralph wiggum Jul 27, 19:14
- glasses -- nm - peglegpete Jul 27, 19:10
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A bit unfair, but you have a chance at getting it: what televised event had the highest number of Australian viewers? nm - ralph wiggum Jul 27, 19:07 3
- The premiere of Whose Line Is It Anyway Australian edition! - David's iPad Jul 27, 19:09
- Opening ceremonies of the Sydney Olympics? -- nm - ty97 Jul 27, 19:08 1
  - Yes! nm - ralph wiggum Jul 27, 19:08
Alexa, who is the richest man in the world? Bill Ga...wait Jeff Bezo...wait it's Bill Gates again -- nm - Bacon Jul 27, 19:06 1
- Alexa doesn't know a lot of basic facts. I asked her who the heavyweight champion of the world is, didn't know, I broke it down by group, no, she - jnine Jul 27, 19:21
What sport has the largest regulation size field? nm - ralph wiggum Jul 27, 19:05 6
- airplane racing -- nm - peglegpete Jul 27, 19:11
- Polo -- nm - Dano Jul 27, 19:08 1
  - Yes! nm - ralph wiggum Jul 27, 19:08
- quidditch -- nm - ty97 Jul 27, 19:07
- Hmm - Roger More Jul 27, 19:06
- cricket -- nm - Max Jul 27, 19:06
No love for the Spice Girls here, then? nm - ralph wiggum Jul 27, 19:04 9
- I checked and I knew three of them. - thewrongelement, bad guy Jul 27, 19:10 7
  - Posh and Geri were the only two i knew...despite Scary dating Eddie Murphy. -- nm - David's iPad Jul 27, 19:13 6
    - That's because Scary was one of two who went by their last initial. - thewrongelement, bad guy Jul 27, 19:21
    - You knew Posh's maiden name? We struggled with that. nm - ralph wiggum Jul 27, 19:15 4
      - Adams, yeah, but I have no idea what the B in Mel B stands for. -- nm - David's iPad Jul 27, 19:21 3
        
        Brown. Chisholm is the one I had trouble with. nm - ralph wiggum Jul 27, 19:23 2
        
        But she was the best one. -- nm - thewrongelement, bad guy Jul 27, 19:28
        
        Her name was Mel Brown...and she shortened it? -- nm - David's iPad Jul 27, 19:27
- I missed the question but won't be any good at it - ty97 Jul 27, 19:06
Turn on your telly, turn off your brain, we're just here for funsies. -- nm - Dano Jul 27, 19:02
What 3 musical instruments (by number of units) are the best selling worldwide? nm - ralph wiggum Jul 27, 19:02 13
- Glass harp, trumpet, flute. -- nm - Max Jul 27, 19:04
- Recorder, triangle, wood blocks. -- nm - Reagen Jul 27, 19:04
- Ukelele, harmonica, recorder -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jul 27, 19:04 4
  - Harmonica and recorder are correct. The last one is even more low tech. nm - ralph wiggum Jul 27, 19:05 3
    - Those old liquor jugs that they used on shows like Hee Haw? -- nm - thewrongelement, bad guy Jul 27, 19:07
    - kazoo -- nm - mud Jul 27, 19:07 1
      - Yes! nm - ralph wiggum Jul 27, 19:08
- Xylophone? -- nm - Roger More Jul 27, 19:04
- Guitar, piano/keyboard, saxophone -- nm - TWuG Jul 27, 19:03
- guessing - ty97 Jul 27, 19:02 3
  - None of these are right. nm - ralph wiggum Jul 27, 19:03 2
    - well screw your quiz then! :) -- nm - ty97 Jul 27, 19:04
    - You're fired, ty97 -- nm - Max Jul 27, 19:03
Text (all 8 pages!) of the skinny bill -- (link) - ty97 Jul 27, 18:59 3
- Summary of what the bill does -- (link) - ty97 Jul 27, 19:07
- Waivers for essential health benefits *are in the bill* -- nm - ty97 Jul 27, 19:01 1
  - Previously, Parliamentarian had said that didn't meet Byrd Rule, not sure what changed to make it work -- nm - ty97 Jul 27, 19:02

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