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Senator Angus King looks like a Jasper. -- nm - Max Nov 30, 17:40
When four different players hit the QB in the backfield, the offensive line needs to show more pride. -- nm - David Nov 30, 17:38 1
- bad stuff by Dak. recognize the blitz, don't turn your back to the line. Just throw the ball away -- nm - CQ Nov 30, 17:39
"I can't believe a single Bitcoin is worth about $5,000 now." -- The Big Bang Theory's new episode that started three minutes ago. -- nm - David Nov 30, 17:04 6
- I don't think it's necessarily about to crash tomorrow, but I do think the growth is unsustainable over the long term. - mafic Nov 30, 17:15 4
  - As for your last statement, I think that's naive. It's like thinking that computers peaked in the early 1960s or the internet was over in 1999. - David Nov 30, 17:17 3
    - my point is more that it's very likely not going to go up another 100,000% without some very fundamental changes. bitcoin itself is too limited. -- nm - mafic Nov 30, 17:22 1
      - Oh, I agree with that. That's why other coins are more interesting. Bitcoin is the bellwether... - David Nov 30, 17:28
    - "I think there is a world market for about five computers" - the authenticity of the quote is disputed, but ... - Beryllium Nov 30, 17:22
- they should have hired christopher plummer to digitally replace that part -- nm - Beryllium Nov 30, 17:09
heh, my wife just referred to a guy as 'you know, infidelity Brad.' when I asked 'who's Brad?' - mafic Nov 30, 16:55
Gregg Zaun fired from Sportsnet for 'inappropriate behaviour' -- (link) - Beaker Nov 30, 16:40 2
- That's too bad, he should have been fired for being terrible. -- nm - Reagen Nov 30, 17:02 1
  - terrible in bb analysis and sartorial choices. -- nm - mud Nov 30, 17:07
Rick Pitino Files $35 Million Suit Against Louisville For Breach Of Contract -- (link) - Beaker Nov 30, 16:35
Senate Bill Hits Obstacle Over Deficit Concern - spamlet Nov 30, 16:33 4
- This is why trying to re-write (or even write) the bill on the floor of the Senate -- while debating the motion to vote on the bill -- never works. - ReluctantCynic Nov 30, 16:39 3
  - I don't even know how I would calculate a stair step for our financials. - spamlet Nov 30, 16:42 2
    - Keep your fingers crossed. It's possible that a lot of these last-minute additions will be struck by the Conference Committee. - ReluctantCynic Nov 30, 16:51 1
      - Yeah I can't imagine the House signing off on it. - spamlet Nov 30, 16:58
Burning carousel looks bitchin' -- (link) - prayformojo Nov 30, 16:08 3
- Italian Beauty -- nm - Spawndroid Nov 30, 16:24
- There needs to be a horror movie made around this stat -- nm - Epiphany Nov 30, 16:24 1
  - It is kinda the most beautiful thing I have seen in a while. -- nm - Spawndroid Nov 30, 16:25
a peek at the survey results ... question 2. - Beryllium Nov 30, 16:06 [Attachment] 10
- I find them like the battle-end sequence in final fantasy. mildly amusing a couple times, intensely irritating after that. ditto post signatures. -- nm - mafic Nov 30, 16:48
- The people have spoken. - spamlet Nov 30, 16:37 5
  - Only 25 responses? - Spawndroid Nov 30, 16:38 4
    - Are you suggesting the votors were somehow surpressed or maybe people voted multiple times? -- nm - Qale Nov 30, 16:58
    - The link has been up there for a couple of weeks. -- nm - spamlet Nov 30, 16:44 1
      - it didn't have a cut-off date. I need cut-off dates to execute right before they arrive. - b., merry and bright Nov 30, 17:44
    - The. People. Have. Spoken. - ReluctantCynic Nov 30, 16:40
- Get off my lawn! -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 30, 16:36
- ... what survey? -- nm - Spawndroid Nov 30, 16:26 1
  - the one in the news box. it's still open. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 30, 16:56
There's like six Senators in the room to bother voting on this amendment. - spamlet Nov 30, 16:03 4
- Now they're coming in to vote. -- nm* - spamlet Nov 30, 16:13 3
  - That one was 45-55 so some Dems voted no as well (to reverse tax cuts in 2020 if worker's didn't have an extra $4,000 or something) -- nm - spamlet Nov 30, 16:30 2
    - Next vote isn't until tomorrow morning but they can continue to talk tonight. -- nm - spamlet Nov 30, 16:35 1
      - THE SENATE WILL BE IN ORDER! - spamlet Nov 30, 16:41
this is kinda fascinating. Norway's flag contains 5 other nation's flags. Can you find them? -- (link) - prayformojo Nov 30, 16:02 5
- France, Poland, Netherlands, Finland, um um um -- nm - CQ Nov 30, 16:07 4
  - If you've got Poland, you've got Monaco and Indonesia. -- nm - Reagen Nov 30, 16:27 1
    - And Netherlands gets you Luxembourg -- nm - Roger More Nov 30, 17:04
  - russia? -- nm - Beryllium Nov 30, 16:08 1
    - No, nevermind, the order is wrong -- nm - Beryllium Nov 30, 16:09
Well ... this is interesting: The Office of the Inspector General for the Treasury Department has opened an inquiry into whether ... - ReluctantCynic Nov 30, 15:52 3
- Hmm. -- nm - spamlet Nov 30, 16:47
- Boy, that will show 'em! -- nm - Spawndroid Nov 30, 16:27 1
  - Actually, this could be (maybe) significant. Depending on the findings. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 30, 16:44
Mindhunters sure gets to the fireworks factory right away. -- nm - Reagen Nov 30, 15:21 2
- I feel a bit concerned - Reagen Nov 30, 17:02
- 1 & 1/2 thumbs up! -- nm - Jason Pierre-Paul Nov 30, 15:24
A city dog experiences snow for the first time. -- (link) - mara Nov 30, 15:13 7
- 😁 -- nm - Krusty Nov 30, 16:14
- That's awesome. I would love to see how some of our dogs react to snow, but that would mean I would have to go to the snow, too. -- nm - IrishStephen Nov 30, 16:10
- Aussies react in similar ways. -- nm - . Nov 30, 16:05
- 12 out of 10. -- nm - Mop Nov 30, 15:28
- :D -- nm - b., merry and bright Nov 30, 15:21
- "coldcoldcoldcoldcold! coldcoldcoldcoldcold! coldcoldcoldcoldcold!" -- nm - Max Nov 30, 15:20
- They don't have snow in the city? -- nm - Spawndroid Nov 30, 15:17
nmb peglegpete - CrankYanker Nov 30, 15:11
I blame you guys: I am watching kevin probs saves the world. -- nm - windows jones Nov 30, 15:11 3
- I'm a Jason Ritter fan but haven't seen this. Is he good in it? -- nm - Max Nov 30, 15:12 1
  - He is basically playing Dipper as an adult. -- nm - David Nov 30, 15:13
- and did we influence your dinner choice too? Did you pick anything from the poll suggestions? -- nm - Flavorize Nov 30, 15:12
"Logan, if a kid hits you with a keyboard, you hit him with a monitor." - Spawn Nov 30, 15:05 3
- "That's the Greenwood Way!" -- nm - Remlik Nov 30, 17:19
- "He hits you with a rumor that you pooped your pants, you mass send a sext of his girlfriend. That's the Chicago way!" -- nm - Max Nov 30, 15:08 1
  - Nicely done!I was just about to post it sounded like something from The Untouchables. -- nm - Flavorize Nov 30, 15:18
Freezing Cold Takes calls out the people making the obvious Tennessee/UT jokes -- (link) - Flavorize Nov 30, 15:03
I don't know what that teacher's admin situation is like, but a fight is the easiest call to send them to either the principal or AP - Reagen Nov 30, 14:44
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- Simplification mentality is the way we get off the rack clothing that doesn't fit weird bodies. And ants. -- nm - Max Nov 30, 15:03
- And then, this -- (link) - decline Nov 30, 14:52 15
  - It's just so they can get GOP on the record on this. -- nm - Mop Nov 30, 15:06 2
    - Nah, it's like voting to repeal Obamacare for the 97th time. Zero chance to become law so it's an easy vote. - spamlet Nov 30, 15:19
    - of course. and an easy opp, even for dems who might otherwise oppose it, to not have to. -- nm - b., merry and bright Nov 30, 15:13
  - I get where that's coming from, but I have issues with it/with government being involved like that. -- nm - b., merry and bright Nov 30, 14:54 11
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      - yah, as I said, I get where it came from, I just don't like it. I'd rather focus was kept on the egregious inclusions that not only don't help - b., merry and bright Nov 30, 15:15 1
        
        It's a little silly, but I get the point. They are trying to get the hypocrisy on the record. The republicans argue that the tax cuts will go to - pmb Nov 30, 15:22
    - But that's what government does. Minimum wage, labor laws, etc. -- nm - ty97 Nov 30, 15:08 4
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      - those are way different than saying "you must do this with this money." -- nm - b., merry and bright Nov 30, 15:11
      - I mean, the kleptocracy sure ain't gonna do it for the workers -- nm - ty97 Nov 30, 15:09 1
        
        Yeah, I have no problem with trying minimum wage to executive compensation. -- nm - mara Nov 30, 15:12
    - Just grandstanding -- nm - psilotum Nov 30, 14:56 2
      - yah, and it's disappointing to me that dianne would put it out there like that. (I know, it's Trumpesque - that shouldn't be mimiced.) -- nm - b., merry and bright Nov 30, 14:59 1
        
        But nothing highlights the gulf between stated intent and actual willingness to realize it than an official vote record. -- nm - Max Nov 30, 15:14
- Are the Republicans just going for the shorthand win (with "tax cuts for all")...is this about winning on a bill? So if they had their health care - Flavorize Nov 30, 14:46 14
  - Uhm... yeah. -- nm - Mop Nov 30, 14:52
  - I think they would still do this. They need their donors; they can't win enough elections just on merits. -- nm - mara Nov 30, 14:47
  - can someone point me to a good summary of the bill? i currently know nothing.. -- nm - colin Nov 30, 14:47 11
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      - Your twitter comment really rang home--"To be clear this is the 'deficit creation' stage of GOP governance right? Tomorrow when the deficit balloons - Flavorize Nov 30, 14:57 1
        
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      - cause this is such a thrilling topic that i'm generally super tuned into. -- nm - colin Nov 30, 14:56 1
        
        Don't worry about it. I've even lost track of what is in the bill. And it's going to keep changing as the vote-a-rama in the Senate continues. - ReluctantCynic Nov 30, 14:59
    - Frankly, anything right now is just conjecture. There are pretty big differences in the bills that have to be reconciled. -- nm - spamlet Nov 30, 14:50 3
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      - saw that in the one that mara linked. looks like there's a lot that could change. - colin Nov 30, 14:57 1
        
        Not surprised, just outraged. -- nm - mara Nov 30, 14:57
    - http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/artic le/2017/nov/28/house-and-senate-tax-bills-ove rview/ -- (link) - mara Nov 30, 14:49 1
      - thank you! -- nm - colin Nov 30, 14:50
*walks into classroom, wacks teacher on the head with a keyboard* - Mop Nov 30, 14:25 6
- Piano or computer? -- nm - Amoxy Nov 30, 14:27
- thing is, I like the teacher for the most part, she seems very chill. - groiny Nov 30, 14:27 4
  - it could also be that there are school guidelines that prevent her from doing more -- nm - Remlik Nov 30, 17:21
  - My youngest daughter (in 4th grade) mentioned that students complained to their teacher about "sweater-saurus" abuse. - Mop Nov 30, 14:44 1
    - But the sweater-saurus was clearly asking for it. -- nm - Spawndroid Nov 30, 15:16
  - maybe too chill, in this case. I think you have to give a chance for an appropriate response to happen, -- (edited) - b., merry and bright Nov 30, 14:34
Top 2017 baby names.....uhhhhhhhh -- (link) - ty97 Nov 30, 14:20 16
- My bestie named her son Jasper. nm - ralph wiggum Nov 30, 14:36 2
  - me too, actually, but he's like 9 now (ahead of the curve!). I'm mildly irritated that her other son is Micah, and I really like that name. - mafic Nov 30, 16:51
  - Middle name Beardly? -- nm* - Krusty Nov 30, 14:41
- that one is based on page views, so not the same as the census lists. -- nm - b., merry and bright Nov 30, 14:24 1
  - census, b.? social security administration. -- nm - b., merry and bright Nov 30, 14:26
- "Nameberry’s popular names list measures which names attract the largest share of our nearly 250 million page views" -- nm - mara Nov 30, 14:24 1
  - Which actually is kind of an interesting metric. But it indicates interest in the name, not popularity. -- nm - mara Nov 30, 14:28
- The #1 name for boys is Atticus? I call Elves. -- nm - Andie Nov 30, 14:23 8
  - Here's the Chicago Tribune saying we might not see that name anymore (from 2 years ago) -- (link) - Flavorize Nov 30, 14:26 5
    - Summary:It's about naming after celebrities (and their kids) -It's also joined with racism/racists now.>--My takeaway--makes sense it's #1 from all this B.S. this year -- nm* - Flavorize Nov 30, 14:29 4
      - I don't think that's quite what they said - it's based on Harper Lee's other book, which way way way way fewer people have or will read. - b., merry and bright Nov 30, 14:32 3
        
        Yeah--probably right. Everyone's read To Kill A Mockingbird--and the article is written to slam the new book...but, the inclusion of Milo on that popular list too... -- (edited) - Flavorize Nov 30, 14:35 2
        
        another one that's had celebs use it - I hope it's that and not jerkdude. -- nm - b., merry and bright Nov 30, 14:37 1
        
        yeah--you're right, definitely celeb based. -- nm - Flavorize Nov 30, 14:38
  - The tweet comments suggest this is search result popularity on the site, not necessarily actual naming -- nm - ty97 Nov 30, 14:23 1
    - Or just follow the link to the blog post. -- nm - mara Nov 30, 14:24
b. Yeah, it sounds like it is not like the kid is singling out my son, he is just an asshole to all the kids. - groiny Nov 30, 14:18 8
- I was just editing my post, got lir, with something similar - he needs to have his issues addressed for himself and his own safety, too. - b., merry and bright Nov 30, 14:23 6
  - or they are just rotten little shitbags -- nm - ty97 Nov 30, 14:24 5
    - I can sorta understand if it was a middle schooler, or high schooler--but, 4th grader? That's straight up on that teacher -- nm - Flavorize Nov 30, 14:32 2
      - and for it to be going on long enough where a kid is missing school about it - that teacher is stupid - Epiphany Nov 30, 14:40 1
        
        Totally--Love to Groiny and Fam. This just upsets me, I mean it's probably happening, daily, in some form. IMO Teacher is inept. -- nm - Flavorize Nov 30, 14:48
    - I figured that was covered unter "mental health issues" ;p -- nm - b., merry and bright Nov 30, 14:26
    - I mean, Trump was a kid once -- nm - ty97 Nov 30, 14:25
- my daughter got my temper and demeanor, my son, I don't know where he comes from. - groiny Nov 30, 14:20
GE, Dell, Delta, Wall Street, Beer Wholesalers all pushing for last-minute changes as the tax bill nears the endgame. -- (link) - ty97 Nov 30, 14:18
People are claiming to have felt the quake in NYC? What? -- (link) - ty97 Nov 30, 14:15 11
- I didn't feel a thing -- nm - decline Nov 30, 14:49
- The big DC quake was felt all up the eaten seaboard because it was so shallow. -- nm - Reagen Nov 30, 14:39 2
  - Things that originate in DC are nothing if not shallow. -- nm - Max Nov 30, 15:05
  - American Earthquake -- nm - Beryllium Nov 30, 14:48
- I didn't feel anything today. -- nm* - Krusty Nov 30, 14:33 2
  - Signed, Eeyore. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 30, 14:35 1
    - Yeah. I does read as a rather depressing statement. -- nm - Krusty Nov 30, 14:58
- It could happen. Buildings move differently when they are taller, or when they are built on garbage. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 30, 14:17 3
  - they do, but there's also faultlines in the mix - I don't know if there's one that stretches that far? in any case, self-reporting isn't so reliable, - b., merry and bright Nov 30, 14:29
  - And now a 2.7 just north of Knoxville. -- nm - Meg Nov 30, 14:18 1
    - Sorry. Fell off my chair. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 30, 14:29

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