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Ron Johnson announces he is a no on Senate Tax bill. There's 1. -- (link) - spamlet Nov 15, 13:57 4
- I think he's left the door open to being appeased -- nm - ty97 Nov 15, 13:59 3
  - He has but they are walking such a tightrope there's not much room for appeasement. - spamlet Nov 15, 14:00 2
    - And he's asking for the same rate for passthroughs and corps. They can't do that and stay at 20%. -- nm - spamlet Nov 15, 14:02 1
      - He also said he wouldn't vote for ACA repeal but he did - ty97 Nov 15, 14:03
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- got it -- nm - spamlet Nov 15, 14:24
- good vibes. Which way am I sending these? -- nm - JaxSean Nov 15, 14:21
- Yikes! Good thoughts for her and hopefully they do a great job with the stitches. -- nm - Krusty Nov 15, 14:17
- sent. -- nm - Beaker Nov 15, 14:10
- good healing thoughts going out -- nm - Pippy Pumpkin Nov 15, 14:04
- Good thoughts and vibes. -- nm - MDH Nov 15, 14:04
- Hugs for both of you -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 15, 14:00
- Wishes for a speedy healing. -- nm - Meg Nov 15, 14:00
- eek, hope she gets well soon -- nm - ty97 Nov 15, 13:59
- anything permanent? I hope not and that it's a speedy recovery. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 15, 13:58 3
  - [deleted] 2
    - all my best, and I think that she should call it a 'dueling' scar :) -- nm - peglegpete Nov 15, 14:02 1
      - seriously. make up a crazy awesome story. have fun with it. - Mel Profit Nov 15, 14:04
- very best wishes sir. -- nm - Remlik Nov 15, 13:58
- done -- nm - groiny Nov 15, 13:57
ST Poll - List the ways that Spawn is not like Batman: -- nm - crash davis Nov 15, 13:51 13
- Spawn does not have nipples on the outside of his shirt. -- nm - Butterbaron Nov 15, 14:09 1
  - You don't know that. -- nm - spamlet Nov 15, 14:10
- Batman is smart. -- nm - Roger More Nov 15, 14:00
- Spawn is married. Spawn doesn't have a full size functioning Batmobile, Batplane, Batcycle or Batcave. -- nm* - peglegpete Nov 15, 13:57 3
  - well 4 out of 5. Bats is engaged to Selina -- nm - Remlik Nov 15, 13:58 2
    - engaged does not equal married. -- nm - peglegpete Nov 15, 14:00
    - that's just dumb -- nm - groiny Nov 15, 13:59
- Batman hates chicken nuggets with ketchup. -- nm - CQ Nov 15, 13:55
- Batman has never ruined anything. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 15, 13:54
- Batman does not get the batmobile stuck in trees. -- nm* - groiny Nov 15, 13:52 2
  - Batman's car would just go into submarine mode -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 15, 13:55 1
    - "wow, Batman, who kicked your ass?" - groiny Nov 15, 13:56
- Remlik doesn't have the legs to pull off the Robin costume -- nm - crash davis Nov 15, 13:51
So it just occurred to me...I should probably change my Internet Handle. - Mel Profit Nov 15, 13:45 33
- You could change it to Mel Gibson. No, wait. "Who is this?" - JaxSean Nov 15, 14:22
- Mel Profit -- nm - Pippy Pumpkin Nov 15, 14:03 1
  - THIS -- nm - Beaker Nov 15, 14:11
- this one has a deep sense of irony, Cory Lambert :) -- nm - crash davis Nov 15, 14:03
- also available: Derek Jeter's #1 fan -- nm - ty97 Nov 15, 14:00
- Susan Profit - peglegpete Nov 15, 13:59
- sandwich whisperer -- nm - groiny Nov 15, 13:58
- Clearly it should be leghump -- nm - spamlet Nov 15, 13:58 4
  - that too is slowly being retired. - Mel Profit Nov 15, 14:00 2
    - You could change it to GET OFF MY LAWN!!!! -- nm - spamlet Nov 15, 14:00 1
      - "why would I want to get a new one? this one works fine". -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 15, 14:03
  - I was going to say, "which internet handle are you considering changing?" - Roger More Nov 15, 13:59
- jihad?....nm - x Nov 15, 13:55 2
  - Should I bring it back? -- nm - David Nov 15, 14:01
  - *snork* I hadn't remembered that. Oops. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 15, 13:57
- Is lick_myballs taken? -- nm - CQ Nov 15, 13:54
- I see no reason for you to change your Internet Handle. Neither does Bear Lawyer. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 15, 13:53
- You like trains, fvckm if they don't get it -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 15, 13:50 3
  - Baby puppy monkey -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 15, 13:50 2
    - Boston + stranger, stringer, strumpet. ...Boston illegal -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 15, 13:54 1
      - KingTakesQueencheckmate -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 15, 13:58
- Fuzzy Mushroom with legs. -- nm - groiny Nov 15, 13:48
- ... you can't change. I mean, my affiliation with Spawn is long gone but if I changed my name to Batman it would just not work. -- nm - Spawn Nov 15, 13:48 1
  - I'll probably keep it here because it's so actively known/used. It just feels gross. - Mel Profit Nov 15, 13:55
- King In The Fourth -- nm - crash davis Nov 15, 13:46 7
  - I really wish I'd thought of that nickname. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 15, 13:52
  - Bunnyhug -- nm - crash davis Nov 15, 13:47 5
    - The Tactician -- nm - crash davis Nov 15, 13:49 4
      - Longmire -- nm - crash davis Nov 15, 13:50 3
        
        has he gotten a cell phone yet? - Mel Profit Nov 15, 13:51 2
        
        No. He keeps borrowing Vic's phone (Katee Sackhoff). -- nm - crash davis Nov 15, 13:52 1
        
        StarBuck needed a job badly I see. - Mel Profit Nov 15, 13:57
- Diva's humble manservant -- nm - ty97 Nov 15, 13:46
off topic, but when someone says "Alabama has never.." I think of the 2009 Sugar Bowl - crash davis Nov 15, 13:43
Is it “...s’” or “...s’s” when making a proper name ending in “s” possessive? - znufrii Nov 15, 13:37 4
- either is acceptable but I prefer the first. -- nm - Reagen Nov 15, 13:37 1
  - That’s what I thought. Thx. -- nm - znufrii Nov 15, 13:47
- The first. The quotes threw me off. -- nm* - spamlet Nov 15, 13:37
- "Mine" -- nm - Spawn Nov 15, 13:37
Week 11 NFL maps -- (link) - prayformojo Nov 15, 13:21
Good news/Bad news......our Friday tour has been canceled. -- nm - Meg Nov 15, 13:15
Biden 2020: The Awkward Neck Rub America Needs Right Now -- nm - Beryllium Nov 15, 13:07 1
- In these times I dislike that choice of phrase. -- nm - Spawn Nov 15, 13:35
So I can trade my iPad Mini into Amazon for $80 and get the HD8 for $50 on Black Friday? Sold! - spamlet Nov 15, 12:59 2
- nice (and the deal apparently starts this Friday) -- nm* - decline Nov 15, 13:03 1
  - I'm not sure if all their deals do but hopefully the Alexa hardware ones do. -- nm - spamlet Nov 15, 13:12
sitwap. Kristen Bell to produce 'Encore' - a show that will take your high school musical from 20 years ago and do it again. -- (link) - Diva Nov 15, 12:53 2
- I dunno, I'd rather go the other way, bring high school troupe into Broadway for a weekend, even off off bw -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 15, 14:13
- That’s cool. -- nm - Volnelk Nov 15, 14:10
AL-SEN (National Republican Senatorial Committee) - Jones 51, Moore 39 -- (link) - Reagen Nov 15, 12:39 24
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- If Roy gets elected but doesn't serve does he still get a senate pension -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 15, 13:02
- Let's say they get him to drop out -- who could they run on short notice? - Will Hunting Nov 15, 12:51 14
  - Write-ins don't work. It essentially splits the R vote in this case. - spamlet Nov 15, 12:59 9
    - Rare, but Lisa Murkowski... -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 15, 13:04 6
      - The base doesn't believe the accusations and won't write in. -- (edited) - spamlet Nov 15, 13:11 5
        
        Answer, a girl who can run very fast - Rednecks for 200, Alex Nov 15, 13:29
        
        do they even know how to write? cause the rest of their brains seem to be malfunctioning -- nm - Pippy Pumpkin Nov 15, 13:15 3
        
        It was not true about Trump so it is not true about Moore. -- nm - Spawn Nov 15, 13:37
        
        They truly believe the accusations are part of a plot to discredit Moore. - spamlet Nov 15, 13:25 1
        
        They have like, the worst bullshit detectors in the world. -- nm - Reagen Nov 15, 13:31
    - Uh, phrasing? -- nm - Reagen Nov 15, 13:03 1
      - I... didn't really notice that. -- nm - spamlet Nov 15, 13:10
  - Alabama has NEVER had a write in win. -- nm - Spawn Nov 15, 12:57 2
    - Very few ever have -- except one 7 years ago. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 15, 13:03 1
      - Guess their State Auditor forgot that. -- nm - Spawn Nov 15, 13:30
  - Early voting has been going on since October -- nm - eag Nov 15, 12:55
- no cherry pickin'...nm - x Nov 15, 12:42 3
  - see below - Reagen Nov 15, 12:44 2
    - ok...nm - x Nov 15, 12:45 1
      - I love that the scepticism goes to "they won't actually abandon a child molester for a Democrat, will they?" - Reagen Nov 15, 12:50
- *HUGE* outlier -- nm - ty97 Nov 15, 12:40 2
  - I noted the source for a reason - Reagen Nov 15, 12:41 1
    - heh...nm - x Nov 15, 12:43
Me Me Me...what a narcissistic tool -- nm - crash davis Nov 15, 12:39 2
- he has an oddly antagonistic tone for the setting and is doing that weird sniffling again -- nm - crash davis Nov 15, 12:51 1
  - and he just departed without taking questions, the reporters were yelling questions about Roy Moore as he hit the door -- nm - crash davis Nov 15, 12:58
I think I'll start calculating Real Plus/Minus for ST posting - prayformojo Nov 15, 12:31 6
- you should. then do VORP!....nm - x Nov 15, 12:41 5
  - the nerd factor on this board is high -- nm - Pippy Pumpkin Nov 15, 12:44 4
    - Porn Ruiners don’t get to talk smack. -- nm - David Nov 15, 13:50
    - are you new here?...nm - x Nov 15, 12:48 1
      - IM - touché darling - touché -- nm - Pippy Pumpkin Nov 15, 13:01
    - "You're soaking in it." -- nm - Reagen Nov 15, 12:45
I caught up on Inhumans last night. I didn't hate it, but it didn't seem entirely worthwhile. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 15, 12:25 10
- Sorry to keep threadjacking. check it out -- (link) - oblique, SuperFeud Champion and Tenth Astronaut Nov 15, 12:43 3
  - Embedly is the one I was thinking of (linked at the bottom). Not sure why I was a no on noembed. I'll look into it. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 15, 12:47 2
    - seems like a royally crappy standard (oEmbed) without have a way to discover the endpoint. Hope it helps -- nm - oblique, SuperFeud Champion and Tenth Astronaut Nov 15, 12:48 1
      - Yeah, there should be a standard header or something. X-OEmbed. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 15, 12:49
- agreed -- nm - decline Nov 15, 12:32
- kinda like banging a 3. -- nm - groiny Nov 15, 12:30
- Why would you do that? You are literally the only person I know that has hated them-self so. -- nm - Spawn Nov 15, 12:28 2
  - I was curious. - Beryllium Nov 15, 12:46 1
    - I honestly could not make it through the pilot. This show is (the only thing) worse than WBDC. -- nm - Spawn Nov 15, 12:52
- There seems to be a lot of that going around in the comic book adaptation genre -- nm - con_carne Nov 15, 12:26
"I'm a peacock, you gotta let me fly!!!" -- nm - groiny Nov 15, 12:14 1
- Free Bird!! -- (link) - peglegpete Nov 15, 12:15 [youtube]
But the “new and improved” model looks claustrophobically like an over-priced TV pilot, and not in a good way -- (link) - Beaker Nov 15, 12:08
Hooray, hooray! We have an Oscar race. Hooray! *kicks up heels, puts on Awards Season hat* Yippee! -- nm - con_carne Nov 15, 12:07
Watch Mark Hamill show up on Disney's Star Wars ride -- (link) - Beaker Nov 15, 12:06
Kittens be cray. -- (link) - mara Nov 15, 12:05 4
- heh, I think it's the same kitty as in this one, which I'd collected last week to show to my mom last weekend. nm but: -- (link) - b. Nov 15, 12:35 3
  - awww - I couldn't get the other one to play cause work network sucks! but the hoppity hoppity is the best -- nm - Pippy Pumpkin Nov 15, 13:03 1
    - That ball obviously had it coming. -- nm - Meg Nov 15, 13:14
  - Absolutely is the same one, that's great. :-) -- nm - mara Nov 15, 12:38
FXX orders a fifth and final season of You're The Worst -- nm - Beaker Nov 15, 12:05 8
- I'm hating this season, I'm actually somewhat happy it's the final season... :( -- nm - Guigue Nov 15, 12:25 2
  - Yeah, they really *are* the worst this season. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 15, 12:33 1
    - that makes me feel better about not watching. (whine ahead.) - b. Nov 15, 12:39
- damn, I am a couple seasons behind on that one -- nm - groiny Nov 15, 12:18 4
  - I honestly think you could just watch the first 3 seasons and end it. - JaxSean Nov 15, 12:39 1
    - Season 3 is pretty bad. The first two seasons were funny and novel. -- nm - Inigo Nov 15, 12:49
  - And *this* is why you fail. -- nm - Spawn Nov 15, 12:19 1
    - This is like a leper giving me skin care suggestions. -- nm - groiny Nov 15, 12:23
ugh, clip the wings? That's awful :( -- nm - ty97 Nov 15, 12:05 2
- it's not painful. they take out the main flight feathers.... - x Nov 15, 12:09 1
  - don't listen to him, ty. That shit hurts like a bitch! -- nm - flamingo Nov 15, 12:12
I like Firefox Quantum in my minimum use of it so far. -- nm - Shaun Nov 15, 12:04 3
- Me too, but it does have a feeling that isn't as polished as some chrome stuff ... bats are a good example of what I mean. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 15, 12:05 2
  - The bats seem to work. -- nm - spamlet Nov 15, 12:06 1
    - They work, but the animation feels smoother in Chrome. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 15, 12:06
Trump deletes tweet that appeared to reference wrong mass shooting -- (link) - GregW Nov 15, 12:01 2
- at this point, he should probably have a template to use for these. -- nm - groiny Nov 15, 12:02 1
  - He thought that was the template... -- nm - Inigo Nov 15, 12:10

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