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I've been streaming the NOAA thing I linked earlier today and so far, ZERO sea monsters - decline Dec 4, 11:56
I feel like if SlackerTalkers get more money in their pockets, they're likely to continue to donate it to other Slackers, or Kiva, or Bery. -- nm - Qale Dec 4, 11:52 1
- I'd donate mine to the Dawson for Governor fund -- nm - Flavorize Dec 4, 11:55
I am thrilled to read about Dawson being quoted by those two wonderful justices. Well done, my friend! -- nm - Krusty Dec 4, 11:51 1
- Bravo! Nice work Dawson! --Next stop, Governor Dawson! -- nm - Flavorize Dec 4, 11:55
I dressed Lannister but the weather has turned Stark. - crash davis Dec 4, 11:49 1
- I never thought of it in these terms...Sunny/Warm vs Overcast/Cold. So Lannisters are Miami to the Stark's Phily? Or is more Dallas vs Detroit ? -- nm - Flavorize Dec 4, 12:00
Didn't see much chat about CVS buying Aetna. Thoughts? It could be fantastic for alleviating pressure on emergency rooms. - colin Dec 4, 11:48 2
- Stock is down on the news. -- nm - Spawn Dec 4, 11:49 1
  - yeah, noticed that... -- nm - colin Dec 4, 11:57
TNA being TNA - Will Hunting Dec 4, 11:40 1
- WWE article: Tito Santana, once an NFL rookie and now a Spanish teacher. -- (link) - budice Dec 4, 11:44
"Ok Google, call Santa." - Shaun Dec 4, 11:39
work thing - amanda jones state university Dec 4, 11:27 12
- that's a load of crap right there -- nm - decline Dec 4, 11:54
- This is BS. - Spawn Dec 4, 11:53
- Have you considered.... - Butterbaron Dec 4, 11:35
- dammit. Really sorry to hear this. That sucks -- nm - prayformojo Dec 4, 11:33
- That's never good :( But better off not dwelling on it. Those upgrades slice two ways. A lot of times, delays and overbudget projects is bad for team -- (edited) - budice Dec 4, 11:33
- that sucks, i'm sorry. -- nm - colin Dec 4, 11:31
- That is messed up. - Epiphany Dec 4, 11:30
- :( - spamlet Dec 4, 11:29 3
  - that's crap. -- nm - Andie Dec 4, 11:51
  - oh, B for sure. (she gets a 6% raise and milestone bonuses for going.) -- nm - amanda jones state university Dec 4, 11:33 1
    - Double :( -- nm - spamlet Dec 4, 11:43
- that truly blows, I'm so sorry -- nm - crash davis Dec 4, 11:29
The best story I've come across today. Good doggies! -- (link) - decline Dec 4, 11:25
Worker, he's a dead man! Marmalade dead! Neidermeyer...!!@ what movie did you watch over the weekend? - amoxy Dec 4, 11:18 48
- oh, Logan Lucky. Oceans-lite, but I enjoyed the West Virginia ethos. -- nm - Max Dec 4, 11:54
- I also binged the NF show shot in the dark. (I was home alone all weekend.) I was so, so entertained. - amanda jones state university Dec 4, 11:50 2
  - *phew* - Spawn Dec 4, 11:52 1
    - I was only locked out saturday night. -- nm - amanda jones state university Dec 4, 11:54
- I watched like 30 minutes of Hacksaw Ridge and felt it was too Mel Gibson to me. Also, Andrew Garfield can't act. -- nm - Qale Dec 4, 11:47 2
  - it was pretty rough, not just the violence. -- nm - colin Dec 4, 11:48 1
    - The section I watched started with boys racing up a mountain to our main character being ratted out by the drill Sergent about being a C.O. -- nm* - Qale Dec 4, 11:53
- No movies, but: The Big Ticket (B+) Friday, The Dog Apollo concert (B) Sat, and Jags whupping the Colts (A) Sunday -- nm - JaxSean Dec 4, 11:41
- The Shop Around the Corner: A. -- nm - mara Dec 4, 11:37
- The Big Sick - A -- nm - Krusty Dec 4, 11:34 2
  - (spoilers) - Inigo Dec 4, 11:41 1
    - I listened to him on his old podcast and on others but didn't know the story. -- nm - Krusty Dec 4, 11:55
- Ladybird - B - It's an updated John Hughes movie, The Punisher - B+, had some really puzzlingly bad moments that kept it from being great. -- nm - Inigo Dec 4, 11:33 5
  - Lady Bird is 'aight with some shining moments. But it compares poorly to sooo many similarly themed films. -- nm - con_carne Dec 4, 11:38
  - oh I saw ladybird too. it was fine. your description is 100% accurate. -- nm - amanda jones state university Dec 4, 11:34 3
    - The performances were really good, but it lacked something, I think. (spoilers) - Inigo Dec 4, 11:39 2
      - I agree completely, but don't think I could tell you what it was that was missing. spoiler related to yours - amanda jones state university Dec 4, 11:44 1
        
        [nm] -- nm* - con_carne Dec 4, 11:48
- 2+ hours of Puffin Rock, A -- (edited) - znufrii Dec 4, 11:32 1
  - (Anyone with little ones should check this out, btw, it’s on Netflix) -- nm - znufrii Dec 4, 11:38
- Last two episodes of Fargo S2 and first two episodes of Dark S1. -- nm - Butterbaron Dec 4, 11:31 2
  - How is Dark? -- nm - JaxSean Dec 4, 11:38
  - I did watch S6 of Longmire--which was excellent. -- nm - Flavorize Dec 4, 11:33
- Eagles vs Seahawks - D- -- nm - colin Dec 4, 11:29
- nightcrawler. bad lighting to the point of distraction. -- nm - amanda jones state university Dec 4, 11:29
- Coco: A - JD Dec 4, 11:28
- Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates: B-. Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox: A- -- nm - Spawn Dec 4, 11:26
- Christmas Vacation and Christmas Story. First time my son has watched either. - groiny Dec 4, 11:25 6
  - WHAT! Not a fan of Vacation? Nooo. -- nm - MDH Dec 4, 11:37 3
    - Internet age kinda kills one of the main... problems they ran into. -- nm - Spawn Dec 4, 11:49 2
      - Alexa, clear the shitter. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 4, 11:52 1
        
        True. An I was referring to Story, but misread the what-what. -- nm - Spawn Dec 4, 11:54
  - Clearly you should drop him at a fire station. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 4, 11:25 1
    - Honestly, Christmas Vacation seemed to lose a little bit for me as well. -- nm - groiny Dec 4, 11:34
- One of my latest Google Play purchases, American Ultra -- nm - con_carne Dec 4, 11:23
- The Foreigner - F for turned it off 1/2 way for being boring. Supernatural Season 5 - A ( rewatch) near perfect season -- nm - Epiphany Dec 4, 11:23 2
  - "Dean, even for you, this is a whole new mountain of stupid." -- nm - crash davis Dec 4, 11:25 1
    - " Wait your turn" -- nm - Sam Winchester to the demons Dec 4, 11:28
- Atomic Blond: a messy but fun B. -- nm - David Dec 4, 11:22 5
  - Atomic Blonde for me too--B+ I really enjoyed the soundtrack. Great look to the film too. One thing I needed them to do which they didn't (spoilers -- (edited) - Flavorize Dec 4, 11:30 4
    - (spoils) - colin Dec 4, 11:33 3
      - Spoilers - David Dec 4, 11:36 2
        
        spoils - colin Dec 4, 11:41
        
        Maybe that once she just half-hit him, instead of punching him as hard as she possibly could -- nm - prayformojo Dec 4, 11:40
- Ranson: C- ....I swear that most days Halle Berry just plum forgets that she knows how to act -- nm - prayformojo Dec 4, 11:21 2
  - Kidnap? I don't know if anyone could have made anything out of that crap dialogue. -- nm - Max Dec 4, 11:22 1
    - oh, yeah. that's right -- nm - prayformojo Dec 4, 11:27
- I caught the end of Valkyrie again on cable. It does a good job of making you feel like you don't know how it will end. -- nm - Max Dec 4, 11:19
Trump: "Our system knocked the missile out of the air." Missile experts: The warhead probably flew unimpeded and nearly hit its target. -- (link) - mara Dec 4, 11:15
LIR for Colin, re charities vs. government. -- (link) - pmb Dec 4, 11:12 [Backboard] 52
- As the person who has a career in exempt org tax: Charitable contributions expected to decrease 4.5-9% ($13-26B) in the first year alone. -- nm - MDH Dec 4, 11:31 5
  - oh that sucks. -- nm - colin Dec 4, 11:42
  - I donated thousands of dollars in construction materials and old cabinetry this year. I'm so glad I was able to get it all in this year. - amanda jones state university Dec 4, 11:38
  - *gasp* - Epiphany Dec 4, 11:32 2
    - Because on top of everything else they're doing, they are reducing tax benefits for making contributions. -- nm - pmb Dec 4, 11:35 1
      - That's the biggest change. The incentive of CC for a deduction will be minimized. -- nm - MDH Dec 4, 11:37
- i get how "people" act, i'm curious how some people that have certain convictions will act. it's not just charity, but filling gov't gaps.. - colin Dec 4, 11:21 1
  - Yep, I get no benefit for my donations because I don't give enough to be able to deduct, and I'm beginning to increase my giving as - Meg Dec 4, 11:57
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  - it wasn't a dig at you, i just meant in general, a lot of people i know will pick and choose what is true.. - colin Dec 4, 11:26 1
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- The most amazing part of American society today is how many people don't appreciate the benefits of government. - David Dec 4, 11:15 38
  - oh man, our local library is INCREDIBLE. i'm happy for that. - colin Dec 4, 11:28
  - One major party has spent the better part of the last 35+ years simply arguing that government is terrible and wasteful. It's been a cynical scam to - pmb Dec 4, 11:19 2
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      - True. It's really horrifyingly evil. It boggles my mind that even never Trumpers on the right still have something of a blindspot on this stuff. - pmb Dec 4, 11:59
  - oh, I think people are aware, but the stories that are rampant about how much $ the government wastes is tainting the reality. -- nm - groiny Dec 4, 11:16 33
    - We’ll need to start looking at how the ultra rich are using their money from this tax cut, and do a comparison. -- nm - znufrii Dec 4, 11:18 12
      - Honestly, I don't care what the super rich do with their money. - groiny Dec 4, 11:20 10
        
        But that's ultimately the point. The GOP sells it that these tax cuts will be good for everybody because the rich will plow this into increased wages - pmb Dec 4, 11:38
        
        But let’s cut their taxes because the government is stupid and wasteful, goes that line of reasoning. -- (edited) - znufrii Dec 4, 11:21 8
        
        And just to be clear -- (edited) - znufrii Dec 4, 11:24 7
        
        did not even cross my mind that you were implying that. -- nm - groiny Dec 4, 11:28 6
        
        Ok. Just wanted to make sure. - znufrii Dec 4, 11:30 5
        
        oh, I have no doubt you will say something today that will be legit argument inducing. -- nm - groiny Dec 4, 11:31 4
        
        I’ll try and live up to my reputation, then. -- nm - znufrii Dec 4, 11:34 3
        
        sometimes, you just have to accept it. - groiny Dec 4, 11:35 2
        
        At least he did not call Pippy fat. -- nm - Spawn Dec 4, 11:36 1
        
        STFU, rabble rouser -- nm - groiny Dec 4, 11:36
      - And of course, whether or not companies are actually creating the jobs they said they would. -- nm - znufrii Dec 4, 11:19
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    - how much tax payer money was spent to pay settlements for politician sexual harrassment claims? - Epiphany Dec 4, 11:17 8
      - And police misconduct claims. Chicago has spent a ton on this in the last several years at time when its budget has been tough anyway. -- nm - pmb Dec 4, 11:21 4
        
        good lord, do not get me started on that one!!!! - groiny Dec 4, 11:22 3
        
        what happened about that? -- nm - Epiphany Dec 4, 11:31 2
        
        I am pretty much fucked and have to pay it. - groiny Dec 4, 11:34 1
        
        dude...that sucks bad. sorry. -- nm - Epiphany Dec 4, 11:42
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        hee! I have my own reasons for thinking lawyers are horrible. - Epiphany Dec 4, 11:22 1
        
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    - It's like focusing on how a $500 million lottery winner spends $70 at Starbucks. That makes them thirsty, not wasteful. -- nm - David Dec 4, 11:17 9
      - sure, but over the course of a year, that $70 a day could do some real good somewhere else. -- nm - groiny Dec 4, 11:18 4
        
        But nothing will ever be 100% efficient. Private institutions are no better. I know our office isn't. - pmb Dec 4, 11:25 3
        
        right, but that also does not mean that they should not review those costs and try to cut out some of the fat for everyone's sake. -- nm - groiny Dec 4, 11:27 2
        
        They should and do. Regularly. But they will never be perfect. And there will always be people who exploit the system in ways that they will - pmb Dec 4, 11:34 1
        
        agreed. -- nm - groiny Dec 4, 11:35
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        I have no idea how much anything costs at Starbucks. -- nm - David Dec 4, 11:19 2
        
        You'd love a double frap choco mocho chino - Epiphany Dec 4, 11:24 1
        
        What I like about coffee is that I don't have to drink it. I resent when I do have to smell it, though. -- nm - David Dec 4, 11:31
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- Totally agree with this -- nm - prayformojo Dec 4, 11:13
Giants: John Mara said he & Steve Tisch agreed this morning that there needed to be wholesale changes & that there was no point in waiting -- (link) - budice Dec 4, 11:11 1
- John Mara says that Ben McAdoo is the one who initially came up with the plan on Eli Manning. -- nm - budice Dec 4, 11:12
Interesting Twitter thread: "when GOP economic policy is accurately explained to voters, they simply cannot believe it's true." -- (link) - mara Dec 4, 11:09
SCOTUS: Supreme Court rejects Texas case on gay-marriage benefits. Right to a marriage license did not entitle same-sex couples to spousal benefits under employee insurance plans. -- (link*) - budice Dec 4, 11:04 20
- Is that limited to texas, or will other states adopt? Worse is it applies nationally? -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 4, 11:27
- So this applies to opposite sex marriages, too? What if it’s based on race? Your spouse is Hispanic? No benefits for them! -- nm - Mop Dec 4, 11:20
- That's some bullshit. I can't imagine how they came to the conclusion. -- nm - Krusty Dec 4, 11:17 1
  - see znu's response. -- nm - Spawn Dec 4, 11:23
- F*cking Texas. -- nm - znufrii Dec 4, 11:14 1
  - to be fair, this came up because the major of Houston tried to do the right thing, got sued. -- nm - colin Dec 4, 11:35
- arrg, these headlines are confounding. Give me the what-it-means, not the technical ruling. - Max Dec 4, 11:10 12
  - agreed. I always go " the what to the what now?" - Epiphany Dec 4, 11:13
  - you're married to jack in texas. his employer doesn't have to offer you healthcare under their plan. -- nm - amanda jones state university Dec 4, 11:13 10
    - coincidentally(?), my favorite local restaurant -- (link) - Max Dec 4, 11:20
    - ps congrats to you both! -- nm - amanda jones state university Dec 4, 11:13 8
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      - Max is just glomming on now that Dawson's a rising legal star. -- nm - David Dec 4, 11:16 2
        
        "Do you know who my husband is?? He's a fancy big city lawyer and he will *sue* your ass in the Supreme Court if you don't watch out." -- nm - my new grocery store outburst Dec 4, 11:41 1
        
        L3! -- nm - Epiphany Dec 4, 11:43
      - Duped into saying yes by false insurance promises! -- nm - Max Dec 4, 11:15 1
        
        divorce him and take half - Epiphany Dec 4, 11:16
      - hee -- nm - Tim Dec 4, 11:15
      - really, they do make a lovely couple. - Epiphany Dec 4, 11:14
- Lawmaker proposes during Australian same-sex marriage debate -- (link) - Remlik Dec 4, 11:08

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