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I was wondering about the outgoing Sen. Luther Strange, who obviously voted for it last night. What exactly was his incentive? -- nm - mud Dec 2, 08:31 2
- He's a Republican and likely agrees with the bill philosophically -- nm - ty97 Dec 2, 08:50
- He’s a Republican who wants to be a Republican going forward. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 2, 08:33
Spread the vote: help all eligible voters get an ID. -- (link) - mara Dec 2, 08:27
Oh ... ty! (nmbty) - ReluctantCynic Dec 2, 08:14 1
- Interesting, and somewhat surprised, but good - ty97 Dec 2, 08:27
Today I'm back at work, but doing something rather rewarding. - ReluctantCynic Dec 2, 07:42
ESPNU is currently airing 4 hours of SEC students playing cornhole. Really people? -- nm* - MDH Dec 2, 07:38 3
- There’s just *no other* collegiate athletic events going on right now! -- nm - Mop Dec 2, 09:28
- Cornhole is exciting in SEC Country. -- nm - Strongbad Dec 2, 08:37
- Securities and Exchange Commission students -- nm - con_carne Dec 2, 07:43
Today I'm assigned as a 'runner.' Guess this involves keeping the tables organized and filling gaps as they occur. - Meg Dec 2, 07:06 1
- In case you missed it on FB this is before opening yesterday. -- (pic) - Meg Dec 2, 07:11 [Attachment]
Hey Spawn - decline Dec 2, 06:59 1
- The leader kicked you for not participating in the Territory war. -- nm - Spawndroid Dec 2, 08:33
What a clusterfuck of a country we've become. *starts looking at real estate in Valentia* -- nm - CQ Dec 2, 06:34
Hawaiian police send letters to medical marijuana users they have to forfeit their guns... -- (link) - zeitgeist Dec 2, 01:11 4
- They'll get to it. Eventually. Maybe. What? -- nm - Hawaiian Pot Smoker Dec 2, 06:20
- With that reasoning anyone that drinks alcohol shouldn't be allowed to own a gun. Why aren't we taking away their guns too? Drunk people are way more - Krusty Dec 2, 05:47 2
  - Also, people taking certain prescription medications should have to give them up as well. - Krusty Dec 2, 08:34 1
    - “Great. Get it done.” — Canadians - Beryllium Dec 2, 09:09
Ooh, the Yule Log channel works very well on the bedroom TV. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 2, 00:56
You *maniacs*. -- (link) - Beryllium Dec 2, 00:46 1
- *want* -- nm - Truman Dec 2, 06:42
evening amusement: Annie chloroforms the janitor -- (link) - Max Dec 2, 00:43 [youtube]
Today was the day I muted a bunch of politics-based words on twitter. Their filter seems a bit more picky than I expected, so I expect I may have to - Beryllium Dec 2, 00:31
ugh -- nm - Spawn Dec 1, 22:55
tax bill passed -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 1, 22:51 19
- Because of course it did. - znufrii Dec 2, 05:33 17
  - Because of course it did? - Strongbad Dec 2, 06:33 16
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      - As for the "do you support this" question - Strongbad Dec 2, 08:41
      - It depends, -- (edited) - Strongbad Dec 2, 08:37
    - If you want to pretend that it was anything but a foregone conclusion, be my guest. -- nm - znufrii Dec 2, 06:41 12
      - It was anything but a foregone conclusion. -- (edited) - ReluctantCynic Dec 2, 08:13 7
        
        They were only ever haggling over price. -- nm - znufrii Dec 2, 08:41
        
        Though I think it was inevitable that tax cuts would win out over other factors, if not on this bill then another. - Roger More Dec 2, 08:31
        
        I agree. The debt hawks should have killed this. They were bought off. When I was a conservative I remember National Debt being one of the pillars - Bacon Dec 2, 08:16 4
        
        Precisely. Folks are already setting out the hypocrisy parade of Sens. Toomey, Cornyn, etc. At least Sen. Corker stood by his past commitments. - ReluctantCynic Dec 2, 08:21 3
        
        If the Republicans of the 90s had gotten their Balanced Budget Amendment passed, this bill couldn't happen. Up is down, Left is Right, Thunderdome!! -- nm* - Bacon Dec 2, 08:24 2
        
        It's kind of mind boggling. I've been reading a biography of Sen. Mark Hatfield and a couple books on the history of the 1986 tax reform. - ReluctantCynic Dec 2, 08:28 1
        
        Yep such a different era now -- nm - Bacon Dec 2, 08:35
      - Yes, the Republicans have a long history of cooperation since Nov 2016. -- nm - Strongbad Dec 2, 06:57 3
        
        It's tax cuts for the super-rich, the GOP likes nothing more than that. -- nm - ty97 Dec 2, 07:11 1
        
        Not even throwing grandma over the cliff and stealing her healthcare? -- nm - Strongbad Dec 2, 08:35
        
        Ok. - znufrii Dec 2, 07:04
- Simplified taxes for the American people... done! -- nm - Mop Dec 2, 00:15
Heh, apparently two STers got error pages during that upgrade. Sorry about that, folks. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 1, 22:17 11
- I'm having some trouble with the pages resizing on mobile. -- (edited) - Krusty Dec 2, 05:48 3
  - Beta or regular? -- nm - Beryllium Dec 2, 08:34 1
    - Regular. -- nm - Krusty Dec 2, 08:44
  - Same here. -- nm - Meg Dec 2, 07:02
- *hyperventilating* okay, okay, you've made your point! -- nm - Max Dec 1, 22:20
- Can we do away with the resizable subject text box? -- nm - budice Dec 1, 22:20 4
  - NEVER! -- nm - mafic Dec 2, 01:04
  - I am considering doing some logic checks to make it only happen on mobile. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 1, 22:22 2
    - or like, actually selectable on mobile. -- nm - Reagen Dec 2, 04:05 1
      - Selectable in which way? Profile option? Or it’s being annoying in mobile browsers? -- nm - Beryllium Dec 2, 08:34
- dammit Bery! -- nm - Tim Dec 1, 22:19
Greg, reb2 Skybell vs Ring - Truman Dec 1, 21:26
I have rearranged the letters that were on the fridge. -- (pic) - Beryllium Dec 1, 21:20 [Attachment] 1
- You've heard of Elf on a Shelf, well this is Instigator on the Refrigerator. -- nm - Qale Dec 1, 22:01
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle look like the 'Love Actually' kids all grown up. -- (link) - Diva Dec 1, 20:40 1
- this is awesome. -- nm - budice Dec 1, 21:17
John Waters top ten movies of 2017 -- (link) - Dano Dec 1, 20:36 2
- There's outright vitriol among critics for Wonderwheel. -- nm - Mop Dec 1, 23:59
- Wizard of Lies was pretty good. -- nm - David Dec 1, 20:46
Oof, Georgia Tech -- (link) - Dano Dec 1, 20:21
99 1/2 yards on the game-winning drive in the conference championship game. - David Dec 1, 20:18
Conan did a "creppy Matt Lauer" bit, a few years back--which really is creepy. Check out around 0:13 mark -- (link) - Flavorize Dec 1, 20:16 [youtube]
This 35 yard drive by Stanford is going to end up taking 8 minutes of clock time -- nm - prayformojo Dec 1, 20:06 2
- good grief -- nm - prayformojo Dec 1, 20:07 1
  - Even *I* think they should have kicked a field goal. - David Dec 1, 20:14
Logan Lucky starts off right; John Denver isn't used in movies as much as he should be. -- nm - Max Dec 1, 19:48
OFFs--Pac 12 Championship game -- (link) - Flavorize Dec 1, 19:34
Kim just murder/suicided us on Little Drummer Boy. - David Dec 1, 19:09 28
- I made it through a brass Christmas music quartet at the market this morning. I feel lucky. -- nm - mafic Dec 2, 01:05
- Fortunately, I don’t have a significant other, so I don’t have that problem. Just another up side to being so... so alone. -- nm - Mop Dec 1, 19:25 6
  - There doesn't seem to be anyone around? -- nm - Strongbad Dec 2, 03:58
  - At this point, I'd settle for an insignficant other. -- nm - Qale Dec 1, 19:38 4
    - *raises hand* -- nm - b., merry and bright Dec 1, 19:47 3
      - But I already have you slotted in the 'cheerleader' position. - Qale Dec 1, 19:49 2
        
        well, I am always in your corner and right there when you want me. - b., merry and bright Dec 1, 19:54 1
        
        Have a fine time, B. You deserve it. -- nm - Qale Dec 1, 19:58
- How rump a pum dumb -- nm - Bacon Dec 1, 19:15 4
  - I have been streaming Amazon Christmas music channel and haven't been destroyed yet -- nm - Bacon Dec 1, 19:15 3
    - good lord man! You'd be at less risk if you were doing 180 on a motorcycle without a helmet while eating pure sugar and smoking unfiltered cigarettes! -- nm - Max Dec 1, 19:20 2
      - Danger is my middle name -- nm - Bacon Dec 1, 19:54 1
        
        Hey Danger, mine's Edward! -- nm - Max Dec 2, 00:53
- You know what. I'm not counting it. She's out. I'm not. -- nm - David Dec 1, 19:11 7
  - You are correct. The rules state that you cannot be tricked/ forced to hear it like that. - zork Dec 1, 21:05 1
    - The last thing we need is to see posts saying David is correct. - Qale Dec 1, 22:03
  - When you hear it in a mall you don't say, the mall is out but I am still in. -- nm - Bacon Dec 1, 19:16 3
    - The mall also doesn't starting yelling, "We're out! We're out!" -- nm - David Dec 1, 19:20 2
      - hey, if you gotta go live in a monastery at the top of the Himalayas during LDB season just to survive, do what you gotta do man, do what you gotta do -- nm - Max Dec 1, 19:21 1
        
        I avoid xmas music as much as possible and still get nailed going into a store, TV show etc. I avoid malls too -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 1, 19:38
  - wait, either you heard it or you didn't! c'mon! -- nm - mud Dec 1, 19:15
- "I'm sorry." "For what?" *Play* -- nm - Max Dec 1, 19:11 6
  - I was playing Destiny while watching a livestream of ResortTV1. - David Dec 1, 19:12 4
    - You were the one watching! -- nm* - Dark Callisto Dec 1, 19:14 1
      - You were out. I didn't hear anything. - David Dec 1, 19:15
    - if someone throws lava on you, you can't just say "I didn't know what was happening, I'm not burnt!" -- nm - Max Dec 1, 19:14 1
      - Doesn't. Count. -- nm - David Dec 1, 19:15
  - "The Bear says hello!" -- nm - prayformojo Dec 1, 19:12
Over 6,000 DC lobbyists worked on GOP tax bill: report (that can't right, right?) -- (link) - ty97 Dec 1, 18:56 5
- Also, citizen.org's report section on Methodology fails to mention that lobbyists have to report even if they perform as little as 1 hr of work/qtr -- (edited) - Max Dec 1, 22:03
- Donny lets big biz do whatever they want as long as they tell him what a smart boy he is, its the lobbiests job to stuff provisions into the bill -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 1, 19:29
- That number probably pales in comparison to the number of people who write/call in, and certainly vote with taxes in mind, so let's not go crazy. -- nm - Max Dec 1, 19:07
- Probably. Every industry stakeholder would have a view on tax reform, and they would all have a lobbyist pushing their viewpoint -- nm - Roger More Dec 1, 18:58 1
  - Also, the GOP finally has a bill they think they can pass, so they're trying to slam through as much as (in)humanly possible -- nm - Beryllium Dec 1, 19:03
PSA: 8 Mile is back on Netflix. - ReluctantCynic (mobile) Dec 1, 18:50
Infinity War: Vegas -- (link) - Beryllium Dec 1, 18:42
“What do you want, Hillary?” -- (link) - Beryllium Dec 1, 18:37 2
- Is it creepy that I know you can't bring a cellphone or any electronics into a prison visit. -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 1, 20:37
- sweet -- nm - mud Dec 1, 18:41
I noticed that for most sporting events at the Olympics, the female event is first, and then the male event, like it’s the “show piece”. Except... - Mop Dec 1, 18:30
At this point I wish the ION channel would just go away so TiVo would never again tell me about how I have a line-up change. -- nm - Mop Dec 1, 18:28
WWE releases longtime music creator Jim Johnston -- nm - Remlik Dec 1, 18:21 2
- CFO$ had pretty much taken over the theme making department a few years ago anyway -- nm - Tim Dec 1, 18:23 1
  - Qale's Top 5: Current WWE Themes - Qale Dec 1, 18:40
now that's a pretty (warriors) play. nm but: -- (link) - b., merry and bright Dec 1, 18:18 2
- this made me smile, too. two people who met via words with friends.. nm but: -- (link) - b., merry and bright Dec 1, 18:22 1
  - one more. like herding... beagle puppies? nm but: -- (link*) - b., merry and bright Dec 1, 18:58
Rome is so so pretty in blu ray -- nm - Beaker Dec 1, 18:15 2
- You can make out every single pube! -- nm - Mop Dec 1, 18:17 1
  - bah, much like GOT the nudity is secondary to the fantastic story/characters/acting -- (edited) - Beaker Dec 1, 18:23
heh, jake tapper was so busy twitter posting, he apparently almost forgot about his job. nm but: -- (link) - b., merry and bright Dec 1, 18:11
ty, ABC had an on-air clarification about what you posted earlier. nm but: -- (link) - b., merry and bright Dec 1, 18:08 1
- That was a pretty huge mess-up on their part, they absolutely had to correct it. -- nm - ty97 Dec 1, 18:09
"I'm going to have my cake and fucking eat yours too." -- Motionless in White or GOP, probably. -- nm - Qale Dec 1, 18:06
Pamela Anderson: Weinstein’s Accusers Knew What They Were ‘Getting Into’ by Going to Hotel Rooms Alone -- (link) - ty97 Dec 1, 18:03 4
- Kirstie Alley also saying stupid shit. -- (link) - Mop Dec 1, 18:35
- if she left off that one line, it wouldn't have been so bad. it's decent advice for some ways to try to protect yourself. -- (edited) - b., merry and bright Dec 1, 18:15
- Why do famous people stay such stupid shit that they know they will have to apologies for later after everyone blasts them? - Bacon Dec 1, 18:05 1
  - Look at me! -- nm - Dano Dec 1, 18:16
heh/eep seth abramson is up to part *120*! - b., merry and bright Dec 1, 17:56
LIR: ty97, that is the archetypal "earmark" and illustrates exactly the criticisms against earmarks that folks were raising at the time. - ReluctantCynic Dec 1, 17:55 6
- It might be, more precisely, pork. -- nm - . Dec 1, 19:25
- fwiw, I've never been opposed to all of them, for some of the things you list there. - b., merry and bright Dec 1, 17:58 4
  - Totally agree with you, b. - ReluctantCynic Dec 1, 18:03
  - I'm not against earmarks in theory, but yeah, there are good and bad earmarks -- nm - ty97 Dec 1, 17:59 2
    - But mostly I was just confused to see one, since I thought they said they don't do that anymore (I thought wrong!) -- nm* - ty97 Dec 1, 17:59 1
      - Well, like a lot of things, we don't do that anymore until it is politically expedient. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 1, 18:04
All I've done all day is sit at a table and take people's money......and I'm soooo tired. And guess I missed all the fun :/ - Meg Dec 1, 17:55
I'm now wondering if the boss is going to be able to make his flight back to Portland. -- nm* - ReluctantCynic Dec 1, 17:52
Speaking of Singer, a couple of women have come forward on Twitter apparently validating the facts behind some Enty Timothy Busfield blinds nm - ralph wiggum Dec 1, 17:48 1
- That's Senator Busfield to you. -- nm - ty97 Dec 1, 17:49
don't call b. dumb you meanie! -- nm - ty97 Dec 1, 17:45 1
- but there was subsequent smart-b. calling! -- nm - b., merry and bright Dec 1, 17:50
Pretty sure Aaron Boone's interview went like this: -- (link) - Tim Dec 1, 17:44 3
- Ha! Zero coaching experience. -- nm - Krusty Dec 1, 18:00 2
  - But, 2003! -- nm - Tim Dec 1, 18:03 1
    - I'm already sick of hearing it. Plus, we didn't win the world series that year. - Krusty Dec 1, 18:21
Krusty what's that spot on your shirt? *looks down*-Krusty..........BOOOPS YOUR NOSE!!! -- nm* - Joe Girardi Dec 1, 17:44
Aaron Boone1 -- nm - Beaker Dec 1, 17:42 1
- Bitches!!!!!! -- nm - Joe Girardi Dec 1, 17:43

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