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SuperFeud -- Groiny and Budice are having a slap fight for the right to face me in the finals. - Will Hunting Dec 18, 06:15 1
- all my hopes and dreams rest on the arm of Matt Ryan. - groiny Dec 18, 07:14
Yahoo is weird. I'm only 99% projected to win with a 57.89 point lead heading into tonight. - Shaun Dec 18, 06:07 6
- Stat corrections! -- nm - BW-8 Dec 18, 06:11 3
  - "Turns out that was someone named 'Ham Newton'. Our bad." -- nm - Reagen Dec 18, 06:18 2
    - *laughing uncontrollably at this* -- nm - BW-8 Dec 18, 06:25
    - My Nicky F and Jimmy G combo worked out ok! -- nm - Shaun Dec 18, 06:22
- I feel like they've stopped doing 100% unless there are no players left. - Reagen Dec 18, 06:09 1
  - (The best fantasy performance in history gets me to a loss by 2. I'm still at 1%) -- nm - Reagen Dec 18, 06:10
NFL MVP thoughts? Russell's case died at the hands of the Rams pass rush, Brown getting hurt with 2 games left should derail his, Brady marching the - Beaker Dec 18, 05:51 9
- Brady is healthy and leads the #1 team in the league - Will Hunting Dec 18, 06:02 5
  - Or Matt Ryan after he throws for 605 and 6 TDs tonight. -- nm - Reagen Dec 18, 06:05 4
    - as long as all to Julio, I endorse this posting -- nm - Beaker Dec 18, 06:35
    - I get the feeling those #'s aren't arbitrary. - Will Hunting Dec 18, 06:13 2
      - can I get 50 rushing yards on top of that? -- nm - Reagen Dec 18, 06:17 1
        
        How about if we give you 480yds passing, 7 td's passing, 20yds rushing, and a rushing TD. - Will Hunting Dec 18, 06:27
- Gurley. -- nm - Reagen Dec 18, 05:58 1
  - could be in the mix -- nm - budice Dec 18, 06:09
- and here is the playoff picture currently -- (link) - Beaker Dec 18, 05:53
Man, six openers this week, plus the second week of Jedi? Gonna be crowded for screens out there. -- nm - volnelk Dec 18, 05:49 1
- this is most Christmases though. -- nm - Reagen Dec 18, 05:57
Japanese snow monkeys are trying to get it on with deer -- (link) - Reagen Dec 18, 05:39 1
- We learned it from watching YOU! -- nm - Snow Monkey Dec 18, 05:49
Bery.... we broke the board - Reagen Dec 18, 05:31 2
- That's a feature not a bug. Long threads have done that for awhile -- nm - TWuG, neck model Dec 18, 05:39 1
  - It’s supposed to say when it does that, though. So it’s a halfbug. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 18, 08:49
Royal Caribbean Cruises Limited's ship Independence ... 332 cases of a stomach virus -- (link) - Beaker Dec 18, 05:07
so the end of the Raiders/Cowboys will definitely mean the NFL addresses the fumble out of the end zone debacle in the offseason right? - Beaker Dec 18, 04:53 3
- Just like any rule, if you want to replace it, you need a better rule. Here are 5 suggestions. -- (link) - volnelk Dec 18, 04:56 2
  - Fumbling team gets it back on the 20 yard line and the down counts. They get punished for fumbling but not a red hot poker punishment - Beaker Dec 18, 05:10
  - ball returned to the spot of the fumble. Simple, consistent. -- nm - Reagen Dec 18, 05:08
Looks like we'll avoid a 7-8 matchup in Astro and much whining. - spamlet Dec 18, 04:40 2
- If Fields scores 1.7 more points in W13, I'm in the final - Reagen Dec 18, 04:48
- heh I have Julio and Amoxy has Sanu and 15 points...go Julio!! -- nm - Beaker Dec 18, 04:43
The first weekend of SW:TLJ has earned more than Justice League's entire domestic total so far. Yikes, JL movie. -- nm - Diva Dec 18, 04:12 2
- Christmas will help it a little, but it's not even gonna break $250 million here. - Inigo Dec 18, 04:25 1
  - ... and if it had not Snyder's fingerprints all over it.. - Marlowe Dec 18, 05:37
B2 ATL airport: Still not 100% clear on cause. Power company is on scene making repairs but blaming Delta equipment. -- nm - Strongbad Dec 18, 03:49 2
- Huh, last night Georgia Power was blaming a substation fire (hi Georgia Power, *where's your redundancy*) -- nm - ty97 Dec 18, 05:47
- Chik Fil A opens on Sunday to feed the people that are stuck -- (link) - Strongbad Dec 18, 03:59
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, champion of the wealthy and rich 1% -- (link*) - Strongbad Dec 18, 03:39 64
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  - You're right. This board has a long track record of consistency across party lines, not attacking Republicans. - Strongbad Dec 18, 07:12 1
    - You're right Jack. I produce way more anti-D material here than the sum of anti-R. -- nm - Strongbad Dec 18, 07:32
  - And who gets more praise for barely doing the right thing than a Republican that decides not to screw over taxpayers? - Reagen Dec 18, 05:36 1
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- On the plus side, it should help bring housing costs down! - znufrii Dec 18, 05:10 8
  - Rising interest rates will do that but this will get blamed meaning we'll never get rid of the damn thing. -- nm - spamlet Dec 18, 05:54 1
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  - Plus by my quick and dirty math, someone in CA trying to afford a $750k house is neither in “the 1%” or particularly wealthy, especially by local standards. -- nm* - znufrii Dec 18, 05:20 5
    - That'll get you a cardboard box -- nm - TWuG, neck model Dec 18, 05:24
    - Thread below summarized: Strongbad refuses to accept that as a premise. -- nm - Inigo Dec 18, 05:23 3
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        “We all know that words have meanings, but what my political argument presupposes is, maybe they don’t?” -- nm - znufrii Dec 18, 06:07
      - Even on a national level he’s wrong on the facts. - znufrii Dec 18, 05:29
- If the average is more than 750k, is that really 1%? -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 18, 03:47 49
  - The average person in our country can afford more than a 750K on a new mortgage? -- nm* - Strongbad Dec 18, 03:48 48
    - My previous house was worth not that much away from 750k. While we are well enough off, we are fucking far from the 1%. -- nm - Reagen Dec 18, 03:55 47
      - Math is hard. -- nm - mafic Dec 18, 03:56 46
        
        US median household income is approximately 60K -- (edited) - Strongbad Dec 18, 04:04 45
        
        Nationwide median income is a fairly useless measure by any standard. -- nm - mafic Dec 18, 04:16 21
        
        What's a better national metric of wealth and buying power, then? -- nm - Strongbad Dec 18, 04:21 20
        
        Applying a nationwide median on a local level is stupid. - mafic Dec 18, 04:27
        
        it's kind of irrelevant to the issue at play. Local costs of living make national medians moot. -- nm - Reagen Dec 18, 04:24 18
        
        Seeing that we are discussing federal income tax changes, I think it's very appropriate to consider national measures of wealth and income. -- nm - Strongbad Dec 18, 04:28 17
        
        Sure, so making $60k in rural Louisiana and NYC is exactly the same then. -- nm - mafic Dec 18, 04:29 16
        
        If you’re applying median income across the board that’s what you’re saying, that local circumstance doesn’t matter, only average. -- nm - mafic Dec 18, 04:59
        
        ...which is something I've never stated, but keep going. -- nm - Strongbad Dec 18, 04:32 14
        
        ...but that's what gets assumed when you use national measure of wealth and income. - Inigo Dec 18, 04:36 13
        
        Completely disagree. - Strongbad Dec 18, 04:45 12
        
        I don't think you truly understand how cost of living works, then. -- nm - Inigo Dec 18, 04:48 11
        
        I refuse to define "middle class" on a sliding scale from state to state, or district to district - Strongbad Dec 18, 05:02 3
        
        You're wrong. I've lived it. -- nm - CQ Dec 18, 05:07 1
        
        I've lived it too. - Strongbad Dec 18, 05:23
        
        But tons of people live in those cities and areas, like millions and stuff. -- (edited) - Inigo Dec 18, 05:06
        
        I think his point is 60k is different place to place, but 750k isn't. I tend to agree. - volnelk Dec 18, 04:54 6
        
        With cost of living, the wages are much higher, and the cost of everything is higher. - Inigo Dec 18, 05:00 4
        
        I get it. The point is that it's difficult to compare people from the two markets as the same. - volnelk Dec 18, 05:25 3
        
        Which with your example inside that might make the one Ohio person lower middle class while the LA person might be upper middle. -- (edited) - Inigo Dec 18, 05:29
        
        they may or may not. In my Halifax/Vancouver comparison, we'd be spending most of our available income on housing with no room for vacations - Reagen Dec 18, 05:28
        
        Thank you for explaining this better than I am. -- nm - Strongbad Dec 18, 05:26
        
        but choices are driven by location. - Reagen Dec 18, 04:59
        
        Hey, don't blame us because your framing of the issue was terrible. - Reagen Dec 18, 04:08 22
        
        The "issue" is she was caught doing exactly what people here accuse the Republicans of doing for the past month. - Strongbad Dec 18, 04:15 19
        
        She’s pointing out the inconsistency in the argument. -- nm - mafic Dec 18, 04:17 14
        
        Really? You think she's being sarcastic? -- nm - Strongbad Dec 18, 04:22 13
        
        You can't honestly be suggesting that we shouldn't consider what the results of the end of tax breaks are - Reagen Dec 18, 04:28
        
        no, I think she’s pointing out that the ‘middle class tax cut’ is going to negatively impact lots of middle class people, depending where they live. -- nm - mafic Dec 18, 04:28 11
        
        NY Times analysis from a few days ago: tax bill reduces taxes for most Americans -- (link) - Strongbad Dec 18, 04:38 4
        
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        I'm simply providing Mainstream Media links that ST seems to propose as Truth. Is the NY Times on David's Garbage Link list now? -- nm - Strongbad Dec 18, 07:13
        
        ...to a very small degree relative to what high income earners get, and then eventually raises it on those same low income earners - Reagen Dec 18, 04:40 1
        
        Plus, if the economy doesn't prosper to the nth degree, they'll have to raise taxes and cut "entitlements" on the middle class. -- nm - Inigo Dec 18, 04:41
        
        I disagree with your premise that "lots of middle class people" can afford 750K for a new mortgage. -- nm - Strongbad Dec 18, 04:31 5
        
        I get that you want to look at this as a stand alone policy because you think there's a moral high ground, but you can't because - Reagen Dec 18, 04:38 3
        
        I believe that if it were Ted Cruz and TX residents, it would be held up as yet another example of R's favoring the 1%. -- nm - Strongbad Dec 18, 04:40 2
        
        As far as I can tell, he couldn't say this though -- there's not a county in Texas with an average value of $750k. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 18, 06:34
        
        I'd think Ted Cruz had a stroke if he spoke out against a tax cut. -- nm - Reagen Dec 18, 04:49
        
        I knew several people back in Calgary who had around that for a mortgage. Well off but far from the lighting cigars with 100s money. And again - Reagen Dec 18, 04:35
        
        defending the rights of her middle class constituents, who are going to get screwed over by this change for the sake of people who earn millions /y? - Reagen Dec 18, 04:17 3
        
        I disagree with your premise. Nobody who can afford a 750K new mortgage is getting "screwed over" - Strongbad Dec 18, 04:25 2
        
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        why can't the millionaires to whom this money is going? -- nm - Reagen Dec 18, 04:29
        
        (That said, I still think mortgage deduction as a policy is dumb and inflationary, but play fair about it) -- nm - Reagen Dec 18, 04:10 1
        
        agreed, glad we don't have it up here. -- nm - Beaker Dec 18, 04:35
TV PSA: Kevin Can Wait, Great Christmas Light Fight, Voice, Raw, Man With a Plan, Superior Donuts, HW Walk of Fame, 9JKL, Gunpowder, Scorpion, -- nm - Beaker Dec 18, 03:27 1
- Tarantula, Year in Memoriam 2017, Ellen's Game of Games, Floribama, Ill Behavior, Falcons/Bucs, bunch of Christmas stuff (cooking shows too), other stuff -- nm* - Beaker Dec 18, 03:29
I’m free! Now I can look at spoilers. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 18, 01:36
"Julie D'Aubigny...once took the Holy Orders just so that she could sneak into a convent and bang a nun." - David Dec 17, 22:40 2
- Nice.. (NM) - Marlowe Dec 18, 04:37
- france had a few badassed women, Joan d' Arc took command of a company of troops and kicked ass in what should have been a suicide mission at 16 -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 17, 23:57
Huh? Overnight low in Morongo on Christmas morning is forecast at 31 deg. At least the weekend will be sunny with no chance of snow over the pass. -- nm - Meg Dec 17, 22:26 3
- Did you get your confirmation? -- nm - Diva Dec 18, 03:52
- will you be taking 60? -- nm - peglegpete Dec 17, 22:30 1
  - Most likely. It's the most direct from here. -- nm - Meg Dec 17, 22:50
I believe I've been fairly majorly spoiled on Star Wars. Some guy on the street talking loudly to his friend coming out of the theater. - . Dec 17, 22:07
Up until this last month, I’d only ever seen 1 Hallmark holiday movie. This past month, I’ve seen -- (edited) - elf kelly Dec 17, 21:30 6
- Any favorites? -- nm - David Dec 17, 21:35 2
  - A few. -- (edited) - elf kelly Dec 17, 21:44 1
    - Yeah, I like 12 Dates of Christmas, although I'm sad for Amy Smart. -- nm - David Dec 17, 21:46
- Considering current news cycles revolve around no-so-good news, incl resident of WH. Id want to take in a Hallmark movie or 15 -- nm - budice Dec 17, 21:35
- and the month is barely half over - peglegpete Dec 17, 21:34 1
  - Ok, thanks. -- nm - elf kelly Dec 17, 21:35
BTW, there was some quality sci-fi released this week. -- (link) - David Dec 17, 21:24 [youtube] 12
- The kid has the book to read over break. We saw the trailer and she got excited about the Overwatch character. - spamlet Dec 18, 03:51
- Honestly, this trailer was much better, but I’m still not interested. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 18, 01:35
- Yeah, saw it before the best sci-fi released this week. That trailer is 10x better than the first one. -- nm - Spawn Dec 17, 22:23 1
  - So, you saw it twice? -- nm - David Dec 17, 22:24
- my impression of this: likely pretty, but a terrible story. -- nm - mafic Dec 17, 22:08 5
  - The book is not good. -- nm - Dano Dec 17, 22:22 1
    - Right. It's phenomenal. -- nm - David Dec 17, 22:23
  - You're likely pretty but a terrible story! No wait, that's your brother. -- nm - David Dec 17, 22:15 2
    - whereas I'm just pretty. -- nm - mafic Dec 17, 22:49 1
      - pretty wrong lately - David Dec 17, 22:53
- Tracer sighting at 2:04. - David Dec 17, 21:31 1
  - I wonder if seeing the movie would get rid of my mental image of a certain STer closeted in his trailer playing video games 24/7 ? -- nm - Meg Dec 17, 22:11
Right now, two little Sulewskis are in their bedroom, quietly plotting insurrection. -- nm - David Dec 17, 21:20 5
- We split them up! -- nm - Reagen Dec 17, 21:24 3
  - *tap tap.....tap....tap tap tap....* -- nm - Max Dec 17, 21:25
  - How sure are you? -- nm - David Dec 17, 21:25 1
    - Besides, G is definitely our snitch. -- nm - Reagen Dec 18, 03:20
- St. Nick is rapping about it -- nm - budice Dec 17, 21:21
Folded paper - Full Zoom-In -- (link*) - budice Dec 17, 21:01 2
- DCarr: Inside the 2 minute warning in either half or 4th down, the fumbling player is the only person who can advance the ball, otherwise the ball... -- (link) - budice Dec 17, 21:04
- yeah...at an angle -- nm - Max Dec 17, 21:04
I just met a guy whose first name is legitimately "Bonjovi". - mafic Dec 17, 21:00 1
- “Can I call you Bonjo for short?” -- nm - Beryllium Dec 17, 21:05
Robert Kirkman’s Secret History of Comics on the founding of Image Comics is great. - Mop Dec 17, 20:55 1
- It's a good show. -- nm - Diva Dec 18, 03:53
Star Wars another cameo confirmed spoils - Remlik Dec 17, 20:52 1
- From... - Max Dec 17, 20:55
What was the call on the goal line? I thought his knee was out of bounds on the 2 as he lost control as he was shoved. -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 17, 20:50 2
- There's no sound on in the bar, it's all star blues jam going on -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 17, 20:52 1
  - Touchback -- nm - Spawndroid Dec 17, 23:06

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