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- Didn't.....Cruz.....run for President? -- nm - ty97 Nov 6, 05:32 1
  - Don’t look for logic from Texans. -- nm - David Nov 6, 05:33
I voted! Have you? -- (pic) - TWuG Nov 6, 05:25 [Attachment] 6
- Still in bed, will vote in a couple of hours -- nm - Amoxy Nov 6, 05:38
- Waiting in line. -- nm - Super Daddy Princess Nov 6, 05:32
- I just closed FB because this is all I see. And no, I haven't. -- nm - Krusty Nov 6, 05:31
- Voting between meetings this morning, hopefully after all the stragglers go to work -- nm - ty97 Nov 6, 05:28 1
  - I plan on going after my 845 to 1045. my neighbor said his wait was only 40 minutes. -- nm - amanda Nov 6, 05:34
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Amazon put the Beastie Boys book on sale today. 40% off for the hardcover. Just a heads up, it's a large book. -- (link) - Krusty Nov 6, 05:15
LYC: Ponyta is probably in my Top 10 favorite Pokemon. #1 is Ladyba. -- nm - Qale Nov 6, 04:38 22
- GUYS I JUST CAUGHT A SHINY POONYTA AT MY DESK. -- nm - amanda Nov 6, 05:35 2
  - Call an exterminator. -- nm - David Nov 6, 05:36
  - yay! -- nm - ty97 Nov 6, 05:35
- I love Ludicolo (final evo of lotad). It's so fun -- nm - ty97 Nov 6, 05:19 9
  - I'm glad you clarified who that was because Lotoads are rare indeed here -- nm - Qale Nov 6, 05:22 7
    - He's like a happy dancing pineapple! -- nm - ty97 Nov 6, 05:23 6
      - link -- (link) - ty97 Nov 6, 05:31 [youtube]
      - Aside: Should I be worried my apartment is a Cubone nest right now? -- nm - Qale Nov 6, 05:24 4
        
        Everything is a Cubone nest right now. How in the hell are none of these little bastards green? -- nm - The Mayor of Slamtown Nov 6, 05:25 3
        
        I haven't seen shiny cubone, but I got the ponies which was what I really wanted -- nm - ty97 Nov 6, 05:26 2
        
        Yeah, me too. I really want to get at least 2 of them...cause I want a shiny Ponyta and Rapidash. nm - The Mayor of Slamtown Nov 6, 05:27 1
        
        I got two last night, any more now will just be gravy -- nm - ty97 Nov 6, 05:28
  - I'm also really digging the 3 final evolutions of the Gen 4 starters. Oh - and Blaziken. -- nm - The Mayor of Slamtown Nov 6, 05:20
- yeah, ponyta is cool and the blue fire is awesome -- nm - ty97 Nov 6, 05:18
- Love me some Ponyta and if I don't get this fuckin blue fire horse, I'm gonna be pissed! -- nm - The Mayor of Slamtown Nov 6, 05:12 2
  - Also really like Ninetails...and the Alolan Ninetails is fantastic. -- nm - The Mayor of Slamtown Nov 6, 05:18 1
    - Alolan Nine Tails is stunning, but isn't #OnBrand for Instinct. -- nm - Qale Nov 6, 05:23
- patryk is ponyta and arcanine. I am like chubbier pokemon, like wailmer and spheal. -- nm - amanda Nov 6, 05:02 1
  - Wailmar isn't chubby. It's huuuuge! -- nm - Qale Nov 6, 05:09
- Stay Gold, ponyta. - mafic Nov 6, 04:45 1
  - No shiny Ponyta yet for me. -- nm - Qale Nov 6, 05:09
- I love Ponyta too. -- nm - Lisa “Frenchy” Fuqua Nov 6, 04:44
Charlize Theron as Megyn Kelly. Onset FoxNews/Ailes biopic. -- (link) - budice Nov 6, 04:22 3
- Wow -- nm - Epiphany Nov 6, 05:52
- Would this be Faux Faux News? -- nm - Qale Nov 6, 05:01
- Impressive. -- nm - David Nov 6, 04:27
Caveman: 1 @ 7-2, 1 @ 6-3, 5 @ 5-4, 3 @ 4-5, 1 @ 3-6, 1 @ 1-8 -- nm - Beaker Nov 6, 03:56 6
- ML Memorial: 1 @ 8-1, 3 @ 6-3, 1 @ 5-4, 1 @ 4-5, 2 @ 3-6, 2 @ 2-7 -- nm - Strongbad Nov 6, 04:11
- Astros: 2 @ 8-1, 1 @ 6-3, 3 @ 5-4, 5 @ 3-6, 1 @ 2-7 -- nm - Strongbad Nov 6, 04:10 2
  - a clear upper and lower echelon at least... -- nm - Beaker Nov 6, 04:29 1
    - Yes, the top 2 teams are loaded and our 7 and 8 seeds are 3-6. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 6, 05:00
- First Cavemen win of the season. Whoohoo! -- nm - Super Daddy Princess Nov 6, 04:09
- Super Feud: 1 @ 7-2, 3 @ 6-3, 4 @ 5-4, 1 @ 4-5, 1 @ 3-6, 1 @ 2-7, 1 @ 0-9 -- nm - Beaker Nov 6, 03:57
TV PSA: Gifted, Smackdown, Below Deck, Lethal Weapon, Challenge, Mayans MC, Purge, Tosh.O, Guest Book, Jim Jeffries, Election stuff, other stuff -- nm - Beaker Nov 6, 03:54
Today is laundry day. Bedding and all. I hate laundry day. Kids wear small clothes which means more clothes in a load which means more sorting and - CQ Nov 6, 03:08 1
- wait till their clothes get bigger and you can't tell any apart...(I just fold and leave for the wife to put away at this point) -- nm* - Beaker Nov 6, 03:25
Hmm. -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 5, 22:21
Watching last night's Talking Dead, the actress spoio - Spawn Nov 5, 22:07
apparently the biggest single predictor of R/D vote is religion, then race. also: build your own voter. I'm 93% chance of Democratic vote. -- (link) - mafic Nov 5, 21:57 20
- My best friend used to vote R. But after 20 years of experience with me and a newly out soon, she's a D. -- nm - Qale Nov 6, 05:08
- Just a 93% chance I vote for the dems -- nm - Krusty Nov 6, 05:07
- I understand abortion rights is a particular factor on why people stick to whichever party. -- nm - LMS Nov 6, 05:04 4
  - Probably highly correlated with religion in determining partisan preference. -- nm - Super Daddy Princess Nov 6, 05:33
  - there are way bigger issues than abortion rights this cycle. -- nm - amanda Nov 6, 05:13 2
    - Sure, but I don't think you're going to get much switching on people who feel passionately about that issue, despite everything Trump does - LMS Nov 6, 05:22
    - Definitely but I can see abortion being a sticking point for a lot of people on why they vote for a party. It's not an issue this election so it's - Krusty Nov 6, 05:18
- 98% chance of voting Democratic (is state college a city? if no...) 95% chance of voting Democratic -- nm - amanda Nov 6, 05:01
- 87% D -- nm - Super Daddy Princess Nov 6, 03:37
- 79 percent chance of being evil. I made my saving throw, though! -- nm - David Nov 6, 03:34 2
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    - No but if we went to church more, it would have been 85%. -- nm - David Nov 6, 03:40
- 98 D -- nm - Covington Nov 6, 03:06 1
  - That’s my wife as well. -- nm - mafic Nov 6, 04:37
- 83 chance D. -- nm - The Legend of CQ Holllow Nov 6, 03:03 4
  - Being an atheist left no doubt. -- nm - The Legend of CQ Holllow Nov 6, 03:05 3
    - Same. I would have preferred an agnostic option, though. -- nm - Inigo Nov 6, 04:13 1
      - word. -- nm - amanda Nov 6, 05:03
    - atheist to Mormon is a 41% swing for me. -- nm - Reagen Nov 6, 03:51
- 52 percent chance Republican. -- (edited) - Lisa “Frenchy” Fuqua Nov 6, 02:26
Looks like the Nashville area has some confirmed tornadoes. Yikes. -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 5, 21:47
The state archaeological society gave our group a great shout-out on Facebook. Just as we'd decided not to participate in next year's convention :/ - Meg Nov 5, 19:50
Late to the ASIB party but the video for Shallow is great. - Will Hunting Nov 5, 19:24
HQ2: Long Island City, Queens & Arlington VA -- nm - decline Nov 5, 19:18 19
- LOL AFFORDABLE HOUSING LOL -- nm - Strongbad Nov 6, 03:54 4
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    - The joke is that people actually believed Amazon used this as a criteria. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 6, 05:09 2
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        If they did, I missed that. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 6, 05:31
- Ugh! I live in Long Island City and there's room for it but the local infrastructure needs major upgrades. - Krusty Nov 5, 19:37 10
  - There's gonna be a huge boom in dog walking needs. -- nm - Mop Nov 5, 20:44
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    - Hey, I want some of that money -- nm - Bacon Nov 5, 20:31 2
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        Sorry I zoned out after the first part. -- nm - Reagen Nov 6, 03:52
    - Agreed. I was hoping it wouldn't be here -- nm - Krusty Nov 5, 20:29 4
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        Coasts? They didn't split it up with a western state so clearly only one coast matters. ;-) -- (edited) - Krusty Nov 6, 05:12 2
        
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        I'm sure there are a lot of people upset this morning. - Krusty Nov 6, 05:33
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- So...all that bullshit to extort DC and NYC. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 5, 19:22 1
  - where they had their biggest offices anyway. this is my shocked face. -- nm - mafic Nov 5, 21:49
This hotel in Shanghai looks incredible -- (link) - decline Nov 5, 19:12 2
- Yes, it does. I bet it's lousy with cats, though. - Beryllium Nov 5, 19:35 1
  - [snork] -- nm - mud Nov 5, 19:37
Rita Moreno will play Abuela Claudia in the In The Heights movie! -- nm - MDH Nov 5, 18:28 4
- Sorry, as amazing as this would be, it's been debunked. She has not, as of yet, signed on to the project. -- nm - The Mayor of Slamtown Nov 6, 05:34
- A role made famous by our own Diva! -- nm - Krusty Nov 6, 05:09
- AMAZING -- nm - ty97 Nov 5, 21:56
- EGOTerrific! -- nm - Baron Dresden, Wizard Nov 5, 18:29
Derrik Henry 2 tds in 2 weeks -- nm - Bacon Nov 5, 18:27
Poppy did I update you? Christopher Robin still $890k away! -- nm - MDH Nov 5, 18:26 6
- Hi, I'm Poppy. I make quality content on the internet. -- nm - Poppy Nov 6, 03:19
- 2 films giving up at $99 million in the same year would be impressive. -- nm - Tim Nov 5, 18:29 2
  - When there's been 2 in the past 25. -- nm - Reagen Nov 6, 03:14
  - Deadline has confirmed WB told them “Rampage would eventually hit $100M” which is like Huh? -- nm - MDH Nov 5, 18:38
- I hope it never makes it!!! -- nm - Epiphany Nov 5, 18:27 1
  - I think people that saw it should ask for refunds and make it go backwards -- nm - Bacon Nov 5, 19:01
Largest ever archaeological project in Europe gets underway in England. Wish I could be there. - Meg Nov 5, 18:24
Oath used to own Flickr. Now they don't. But they still own AOL and Yahoo. Probably some other brands. Tumblr. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 5, 17:56 2
- Verizon! Hey, remember the internet in 1999? We bought it! -- nm - Mop Nov 5, 18:49
- Anyone jacks with Tumblr I’m rioting -- nm - Epiphany Nov 5, 18:03
Of all the kitchen gadgets I've had over the years, this pineapple slicer is one of the best. Simple, cheap, and it works :) -- nm - Meg Nov 5, 17:54
TN numbers just rattled off on CNN: 926% increase in people who never voted, 691% for infrequent voters, and 663% for young voters. -- nm - Jovian Nov 5, 17:51 18
- Holy shit I hope I never get on Taylor Swift's bad side. -- nm - Mop Nov 5, 18:33 2
  - first you have to date her. good luck. -- nm - peglegpete Nov 5, 21:04
  - You wish. -- nm - Spawn Nov 5, 20:55
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  - Exactly. Percentages without more info doesn't tell us all that much. -- nm - Krusty Nov 5, 19:39
  - 6 and a quarter. I really commend that 1/4 person getting to the polls. That's a Herculean effort. -- nm - Baron Dresden, Wizard Nov 5, 18:28 1
    - sheesh, we used to be a whole 3/5ths of a white voter -- nm - sarcastic black dude Nov 5, 18:57
- The data seem to come from here. Sorry, can't direct link to the TN page. Interesting stuff. -- (link) - Baron Dresden, Wizard Nov 5, 18:18
- Trumpmentum!! -- nm - Beaker Nov 5, 18:01
- The energy feels different than it did in 2016. - TWuG Nov 5, 17:58 8
  - God. I hope so so much. -- nm - Jovian Nov 5, 17:59
  - For me anyway. 2016 was bleh! I hated both choices and voted for neither. People blast me for it, but I sleep well at night. -- nm - Bacon Nov 5, 17:59 6
    - I'd say that kind of apathy is the reason you have Trump, but in Oregon it didn't really matter. -- nm - mafic Nov 5, 22:07 1
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    - In fairness America might be at war right now if Hillary was president ... but at least it wouldn't be an international laughingstock. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 5, 19:07 3
      - I'm certain Hillary is a competent executive and would hire competent staff and advisors, we certainly wouldn't have child concentration camps -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 5, 22:54
      - (Laughingstock isn't even the right word for it, because there's nothing funny about this) -- nm - Beryllium Nov 5, 19:08 1
        
        A little from column A and a little from column B. -- nm - Krusty Nov 5, 19:40
thats a fumble -- nm - budice Nov 5, 17:48 1
- I agree. -- nm - Baron Dresden, Wizard Nov 5, 17:49
Remember the Weird Al "Word Crimes" video? The same guy did this one a few years earlier and it's why Al asked him to make one for him. It's amazing. -- (link) - Tim Nov 5, 17:46 [youtube]
Huh, you think the NRA would have invested more in Neva...ohhhhh. -- (link) - Tim Nov 5, 17:32 3
- WH & GOP thinking on each of those $$ distrubtions: - Jovian Nov 5, 17:44 2
  - Texas is so safe, they cook bacon on their AR15 barrels -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 5, 17:48 1
    - Politico has a story about how mediocre a general campaign Beto has run - Will Hunting Nov 5, 18:10
The other amusing thing that's going on with Silver is people trying to get him to include their pet conspiracy theory in the metrics - Reagen Nov 5, 17:22
Your top 10 songs: Girls Like You, Sicko Mode, Happier, Lucid Dreams, Better Now, Zeze, Youngblood, Drip Too Hard, Without Me, Mo Bamba -- (edited) - Tim Nov 5, 17:20 [youtube]
Missouri has 3 different competing MJ ballot measures. Local paper prints amusing article on how to vote on them strategically. -- (link) - Baron Dresden, Wizard Nov 5, 17:13
Almost 8 months into owning my Tesla Model 3 and I still love driving it. I've never been happier with a car. - TWuG Nov 5, 16:56 8
- 4 months into owning a MINI Cooper. I feel the same. - Spawn Nov 5, 20:50
- Holy crap! ST had no idea you felt this way. Breaking News!! -- nm - Bacon Nov 5, 17:22 6
  - Oh and in other breaking news. I like to have sex! -- nm - Bacon Nov 5, 17:22 5
    - now tell me how you feel about bacon. -- nm - mafic Nov 5, 18:17 1
      - I love bacon!! -- nm - Bacon Nov 5, 18:58
    - At least I can get my enjoyment daily. -- nm - TWuG Nov 5, 17:27 2
      - *snort* -- nm - Epiphany Nov 5, 17:34
      - :) -- nm - Bacon Nov 5, 17:28
Everyone tell PFM to give his family DVC membership for Christmas this year! -- nm - David Nov 5, 16:55

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