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PoGoers: Shiny Cubone and Ponyta have been released. Also, they're everywhere. nm - The Comptroller of Slamtown Nov 5, 13:14
Blizzard shit the bed pretty thoroughly with their Diablo announcement at BlizzCon. -- (link) - Mop Nov 5, 13:14 7
- I started playing Diablo 3 late last week. When I saw the "Immortal" tile in battle.net, I signed up for it right away as it seemed really cool to me - oblique Nov 5, 13:17 3
  - I think the objections to it be a "re-skinning" are legit. The rest is just whining about it not being good enough. -- nm - Mop Nov 5, 13:21 2
    - It's funny because NetEase is the same company CCP (EVE: Online) is working with. Though from what I read Blizzard adamantly denies it being a reskin -- nm - oblique Nov 5, 13:22 1
      - All I read was a non-denial denial. "Is it a re-skin?" "We worked really hard on it!" "So...?" -- nm - Mop Nov 5, 13:24
- It'll be ready "soon." -- nm - Baron Dresden, Wizard Nov 5, 13:17
- No. We’re entitled gamers! Don’t you have phones?! -- nm - Qale Nov 5, 13:15 1
  - Seeing how EVE: Online's playbase reacts to mobile games, it doesn't surprise me one bit - oblique Nov 5, 13:20
ummmm, my cousin shared this post on Facebook. Tell me (PLEASE tell me) I'm misreading the intention of this post? - ty97 Nov 5, 13:02 [Attachment] 20
- Someone called her on the post and this is her 'explanation' - ty97 Nov 5, 13:15 [Attachment] 5
  - "WOOF, WOOF, WOOF, WOOF!!" NM - Racism Watchdog Nov 5, 15:18
  - Parasite? Yeah, she is anti-Semitic. - amoxy Nov 5, 13:26
  - What is the name of this group she is talking about? -- nm - GregW Nov 5, 13:25
  - so she thinks Cuomo is in a cult? -- nm* - decline Nov 5, 13:18 1
    - In the pocket of... -- nm - Ender Nov 5, 13:21
- **weeps....that's so childish in its cartoonist villainy, brutal in its ugliness that never would have been posted in normal times -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 5, 13:14 1
  - Of course it would have. People have been anti-Semitic for thousands of years. Openly so for most of that. -- nm - Ender Nov 5, 13:23
- So the person who posted this originally has an open FB page. An aunt (from the OTHER side of the family!) is FB friends with her. What is going on? -- nm* - ty97 Nov 5, 13:13
- Your cousin is antisemitic. -- nm - David Nov 5, 13:12
- well crap, no other explanation - ty97 Nov 5, 13:10
- You’re not misreading the intention of this post, sadly. -- nm - Super Daddy Princess Nov 5, 13:09
- what's FUAC? -- nm - decline Nov 5, 13:05 1
  - guessing F U Andrew Cuomo but not sure -- nm - ty97 Nov 5, 13:06
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  - You know what I mean....what reason is this post implying to not vote for him. -- nm - ty97 Nov 5, 13:06
- Yikes. No, I don't think you're misreading it. -- nm - Dark Callisto Nov 5, 13:04 3
  - I agree. He's definitely saying the governor is in the pocket of the beard and top hat industries. -- nm - Ender Nov 5, 13:09 2
    - Unseen is the real power behind the throne the buggy whip makers they know how to crack a mean one -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 5, 13:17
    - Big black jacket is a strong contributor -- nm - Krusty Nov 5, 13:16
I helped push this massive van out of the way of blocking our apartment complex exit gate. I was later assisted by a fire chief and another guy. But.. - Qale Nov 5, 13:00
Le’Veon Bell on the move -- (link) - budice Nov 5, 12:59
I think I will have grilled cheese for dinner. put that on your plate and eat it! -- nm - amanda Nov 5, 12:58 2
- But then, what will *you* eat? -- nm - Spawn Nov 5, 12:59 1
  - maybe I should have thought this through a little better. -- nm - amanda Nov 5, 13:00
Pulitzer winner Micheal Chabon talks about how he's now writing for Star Trek.. -- (link) - Remlik Nov 5, 12:51 2
- "I ran out of ideas..." -- nm - Spawn Nov 5, 12:52 1
  - Gayyyyy jewsssssss innnnnnn spaAAAAACE -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 5, 12:58
Oh, Ashe is *fun*. -- nm - Reagen Nov 5, 12:50 1
- She is voiced by Jennifer Hale more widely known for female Sheppard in Mass Effect series -- nm - eag Nov 5, 12:55
Harvard Scientists say mysterious 'Oumuamua' object could be an alien spacecraft -- (link) - Remlik Nov 5, 12:41 6
- Can they project as to where the object came from? -- nm - amoxy Nov 5, 12:45 2
  - ʻOumuamua appears to have come from roughly the direction of Vega in the constellation Lyra -- nm - decline Nov 5, 12:54
  - uranus -- nm - Spawn Nov 5, 12:46
- It needs to make contact with the humpback whales. -- nm - pmb Nov 5, 12:43 1
  - I award you 10 bars of gold pressed latinum -- nm - Remlik Nov 5, 12:50
- I knew it! -- nm - decline Nov 5, 12:42
Remember, remember! The fifth of November, The Gunpowder treason and plot; I know of no reason, Why the Gunpowder treason, Should ever be forgot! - decline Nov 5, 12:38 3
- which brings to mind: But on this most auspicious of nights, permit me then, in lieu of the more commonplace soubriquet, to suggest the character - decline Nov 5, 12:44
- time for a bonfire! -- nm - Beaker Nov 5, 12:40 1
  - And burning Guy in effigy. Nothing like it at the beginning of the Aussie bush fire season. Bottle rockets anyone? -- nm - Meg Nov 5, 12:55
"This may be your last catalog!" Umm, this may be my first catalog - I have no idea who you are :/ -- nm - Meg Nov 5, 12:37
Score dinner. Already ate lunch but I my boss brought me by a burrito. - amoxy Nov 5, 12:36 1
- be sure to eat it like a corn on the cob -- nm - Beaker Nov 5, 12:37
For my daughter: what is the significance of poppies in relation to Veterans Day? -- nm - prayformojo Nov 5, 12:30 20
- It still wrecks me to know that McCrae died in the war. -- nm - Mop Nov 5, 13:17
- Beyond just the poem - Reagen Nov 5, 12:46
- In Fielders Flands -- nm - mud Nov 5, 12:39 1
  - In Ned Flanders Fields -- nm - Beaker Nov 5, 12:47
- It might be because of In Flanders Fields -- nm - decline Nov 5, 12:38 10
  - (I have never heard of this.) -- nm - JaxSean Nov 5, 12:41 9
    - word -- nm - Spawn Nov 5, 12:43 1
      - Americans. (shakes head.) LMS was just here, we discussed it: -- (link) - Andie Nov 5, 12:47 [Backboard]
    - arguably the most famous literary work in Canadian history. I knew it by heart likely from the age of 10 on -- nm - Beaker Nov 5, 12:42 1
      - Certainly would be the most universally recognized thing within Canada. -- nm - Reagen Nov 5, 12:45
    - i have no idea how that is possible. I know he was a Canadian writer, but the poppy is so tied to Remembrance Day in several countries. -- nm - Andie Nov 5, 12:42 4
      - here are videos of 12 million people reciting it! :) -- (link) - Andie Nov 5, 12:43 3
        
        Yeah, they're all Canadian. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 5, 12:55 2
        
        I nearly posted that it was intermission of a hockey game. -- nm - Spawn Nov 5, 12:58 1
        
        Barrack Obama? :) -- (link) - Andie Nov 5, 13:00
- In Flanders Fields -- nm - budice Nov 5, 12:38
- In Flanders Fields - Super Daddy Princess Nov 5, 12:32
- In Flanders Field the poppies blow, between the crosses row on row -- (link) - Beaker Nov 5, 12:31
- In Flanders Fields... -- nm - Andie Nov 5, 12:31
- That would best be answered by your daughter. -- nm - Spawn Nov 5, 12:31
The "15% chance of Dems winning the Senate" stat gets most of the press and for good reason but Nate also has it at -- (edited) - Reagen Nov 5, 12:22
NFL-WAS could potentially fly to TB this weekend without their starting left tackle, left guard, right guard, two of their top three WR's and 3rdD RB -- nm - budice Nov 5, 12:16 4
- so will only put up 30 on the TB Defense? -- nm - Beaker Nov 5, 12:41
- Not like we need WR's with Alex Smith at the helm. - Will Hunting Nov 5, 12:40
- aka Atlanta's entire season -- nm - David Nov 5, 12:18
- At least they will save a bundle on airfare. -- nm - Spawn Nov 5, 12:17
WTF is a deskpop? -- nm - Beaker Nov 5, 12:14 1
- *hands Beaker a wooden .45* -- nm - groiny Nov 5, 12:14
So, from mud's post on B2, it's only a matter of time before POTUS tells a reporter that "your face is...something something" isn't it? nm - The Comptroller of Slamtown Nov 5, 12:06 1
- Imagine if the one asking the question was a woman. -- nm* - Spawn Nov 5, 12:06
Once Upon a Deadpool. - Spawn Nov 5, 12:03
I honestly can't tell you how relieved I am that I already voted. Early Voting is the best and every state should consider doing it. -- nm - Diva Nov 5, 11:57 23
- I'm kicking myself for not going last week. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 5, 12:19 4
  - Florida Man. -- nm - Spawn Nov 5, 12:20 3
    - Only because I have to wake up early on a day when I have to be at work by 8:20 or so (instead of 9ish). -- nm - JaxSean Nov 5, 12:43 2
      - Ours go until 7pm. -- nm - Spawn Nov 5, 12:44 1
        
        we have a dinner to go to after work. So the only time is 7-8 for us, so I actually have to set an alarm. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 5, 12:59
- i can't believe that there are states that *do not*. -- nm - Andie Nov 5, 12:00 6
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    - 12 countries - According to Wikipedia: - Andie Nov 5, 12:33 3
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        Ours usually lumps a few polling stations together for the early vote -- (edited) - Reagen Nov 5, 12:50
      - I feel like you used to have to have a "reason" but it's no excuse early voting now. -- nm - Reagen Nov 5, 12:47
  - Certainly not in the purported liberal bastion of NY. -- nm - Tim Nov 5, 12:29
- Or at least absentee. No lines at the mailbox...and stamps aren't *that* hard to find kids. -- nm - Meg Nov 5, 12:00 3
  - Postage free starting with this election. -- nm - jnine Nov 5, 12:27
  - And hopefully they get there and get counted. -- nm - Spawn Nov 5, 12:01 1
    - Or drop them off at a polling place. No standing in line. -- nm - Meg Nov 5, 12:05
- Not if you change your mind after you vote! - Spawn Nov 5, 12:00 1
  - Let's take another look at Football in the Groin. -- nm - Max Nov 5, 12:01
- Lawds yes -- nm - Epiphany Nov 5, 11:59 4
  - We had dems come to our door Saturday. I loved telling them we already voted. -- nm - Spawn Nov 5, 12:00 3
    - Beto's team keeps texting me asking me to tell my family and friends... I texted them back " eh you don't want my family voting in this thing" -- nm - Epiphany Nov 5, 12:14 2
      - :/ -- nm - Andie Nov 5, 12:19 1
        
        Me and my friend Josh want to switch families - they are dems. -- nm - Epiphany Nov 5, 12:23
MMA: UFC has published their 1st 3 months on ESPN. Includes 6 Fight Nights on ESPN+ and 2 Fight Nights on ESPN - Strongbad Nov 5, 11:55 1
- they've already replaced 4 main eventers, had 5 fighters not make weight and 6 others test positive for PEDs... - Beaker Nov 5, 12:45
Just One Seat: The High-Octane Fight to Flip New York’s Senate -- (link) - ty97 Nov 5, 11:54 8
- Mine could be one of them!!!!! -- nm - Tim Nov 5, 12:35 2
  - Ideally they get 2 or 3 so they can tell Simcha Felder to go pound sand. -- nm - Tim Nov 5, 12:37 1
    - Word! -- nm - Krusty Nov 5, 12:42
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  - The prediction may be meh, but I did appreciate the illustration of the various factions at play. -- nm - Super Daddy Princess Nov 5, 12:08 1
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- 10 proposals that could become law if the Democrats win the state Senate -- (link) - ty97 Nov 5, 11:54
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- I wish you were right. I just don't think enough people get it yet. - Strongbad Nov 5, 11:57 9
  - I like the ones we got here. -- (edited) - Super Daddy Princess Nov 5, 12:04
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    - Dawson and Strongbad agreeing on something politically? - amoxy Nov 5, 12:06 6
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        It helps neither of you are of the foam-in-the-mouth sort. (NM) - Marlowe Nov 5, 12:39 2
        
        I want to make a Jack Dawson Vegas comment here. -- nm - Epiphany Nov 5, 12:51 1
        
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        I agree with what you agreed with and it raised my hope level -- nm - amoxy Nov 5, 12:35
        
        Step One: Chewbacca is a Wookie. -- nm - Spawn Nov 5, 12:30
Fox News actually pulled the Trump anti-immigrant ad. -- (link) - Mop Nov 5, 11:53
HQ2: Amazon plans to split its second headquarters between two locations, each with 25,000 employees. A decision could come as soon as this week. -- (link*) - budice Nov 5, 11:52 16
- all the tax incentives! -- nm - Beaker Nov 5, 12:44
- And I would think that greatly increases Chicago's chances because the third in the Midwest makes the most sense. -- nm - pmb Nov 5, 12:36
- Honestly that's probably better for everyone involved. -- nm - pmb Nov 5, 12:35
- Heh. -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 5, 12:24
- The idea of a company having a headquarters with 50k people is insane to me. - Will Hunting Nov 5, 12:14 1
  - Trump! -- nm - Spawn Nov 5, 12:16
- Weird. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 5, 11:58 5
  - tax incentives too great in each city? -- nm - Epiphany Nov 5, 11:59 4
    - To a degree I think it's the realization that it would overwhelm the infrastructure of any place they go. Also, I'm guessing there was more than one - pmb Nov 5, 12:42 2
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      - Plus, can you imagine finding 50k employees there worth having? -- nm - Spawn Nov 5, 12:43
    - Down the road they can threaten each city with unifying in the other city to get more breaks. -- nm - Spawn Nov 5, 12:28
- Crystal City and...? -- nm - MDH Nov 5, 11:57 1
  - in DC, at Bezos' house. -- nm - colin Nov 5, 12:00
- Boxes of employees will be shipped overnight to those two cities. -- nm - Max Nov 5, 11:54 1
  - for frrreeee -- nm - SyrDragon Nov 5, 12:30
Knowing what I know now about potato salad I went back and rewatched the Black Jeopardy skit with T'Challa. That s**t is hilarious. -- nm - Baron Dresden, Wizard Nov 5, 11:52 4
- Did you see my potato salad ET post? :) -- nm - Beryllium Nov 5, 12:09 1
  - I give it two glowing thumbs up. -- nm - Baron Dresden, Wizard Nov 5, 12:15
- yes it is. -- nm - Diva Nov 5, 11:55
- Yes! -- nm - Max Nov 5, 11:52
Your daily reminder that Death Is a Jaguar Warrior -- nm - prayformojo Nov 5, 11:50 2
- Starring The Rock. -- nm - Dark Callisto Nov 5, 13:05
- Your daily reminder that Life Is a Highway. -- nm - Spawn Nov 5, 11:51
Y'all. "its about thyme". *THYME* You missed the whole point. -- nm - ty97 Nov 5, 11:48 2
- I did not miss it. I chose to ignore it. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 5, 12:09
- ~Parsley, sage, rosemary and...~ -- nm - Spawn Nov 5, 11:49

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