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I'm amused that Florida has ordered recounts for so many races, but also horrified and saddened. - Beryllium Nov 10, 11:23 1
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Heh, I just need to upload 400 more photos to flickr to make this number agreeably symmetrical ... -- (pic) - Beryllium Nov 10, 11:20 [Attachment]
That was interesting - I just typed out a whole Coke code down to the last 3 characters that I was having trouble reading.... - Meg Nov 10, 10:54 1
- It happens. -- nm - Le'Veon Bell Nov 10, 11:17
When Trump met leaders of Estonia, Latvia & Lithuania, he blamed them for war in Yugoslavia because he doesn’t know difference bw Balkans & Baltics. -- (link) - Volnelk Nov 10, 10:34 4
- Dude, you got me on ignore? -- nm - amoxy Nov 10, 11:03
- everyone knows Baltic is an avenue in Monopoly :) -- nm - peglegpete Nov 10, 10:58
- There's no way Marco Ramius would defect to the country led by this buffoon. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 10, 10:35 1
  - Actually, that was true in 1984 too -- nm - Beryllium Nov 10, 10:37
Is Woolsey another fire or did they rename one? -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 10, 10:17 2
- Woolsey and Hill both started about the same time on Thursday. -- nm - Meg Nov 10, 10:31
- Your map of the active fires as of yesterdayish. -- (link) - con_carne Nov 10, 10:23
Saturday AM Scott v Nelson update -- (link) - Strongbad Nov 10, 10:12 1
- WaPo: Recount to begin -- (link) - Strongbad Nov 10, 10:39
Jimmy Butler to PHI -- nm - Strongbad Nov 10, 10:02 5
- So it’s safe to say that Houston never offered 4 1st rounders. Because this is…less. -- nm - Volnelk Nov 10, 10:20 4
  - They wanted him out of the West. -- nm - Bacon Nov 10, 11:01
  - Meh. They get living NBA players. Houston’s 1’s will be like 25-30 - Will Hunting Nov 10, 10:22 2
    - the Raptors have built a team with those picks -- nm - Beaker Nov 10, 11:21 1
      - Kawai..... -- nm - Bacon Nov 10, 11:26
Email this morning from Staples - "your order (for a library) has shipped." Check the tracking for updates... - Meg Nov 10, 09:46
Venom opening weekend in China looks to break 100M. Will globally pass Antman & the Wasp and Logan by tomorrow. - Spawn Nov 10, 09:36
Beto should run in 2020, work at getting more of the base signed up, that and the number of young people turning 18 plus the die-off of old - Under the Influence Nov 10, 09:27 8
- The argument I saw is that now there's some Democratic infrastructure, and next time could be better (though Cornyn will be tougher to beat). - Tim Nov 10, 11:27
- *IF* he ran against Cornyn, he would lose BUT, he would divert a lot of GOP resources to TX again. Nah, I see Beto as a Dem money machine now. -- nm - con_carne Nov 10, 10:25
- I'd say decent chance Beto runs in 2020 - ty97 Nov 10, 09:55
- Cornyn is actually a decent politician. Cruz probably got a plurality of his family votes. - Will Hunting Nov 10, 09:53
- Maybe. It's hard to win when the voting machines change the Beto votes to Cruz. -- (link) - jnine Nov 10, 09:43 3
  - There will be no straight ticket option in 2020. -- nm - Qale Nov 10, 11:17
  - I think they should just go with the mail in ballots, no polling places. -- nm - Under the Influence Nov 10, 10:00
  - They're on Cruz Control, just need to flick that button off and then the elections will be fair. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 10, 09:44
Trump cancels Armistice cemetery visit 'due to bad weather', this would mark the 100th anniversary to the end of WW1 -- (link) - Remlik Nov 10, 09:11 12
- Wasn't he supposed to go to ceremonies in France this year? What was his excuse for missing those? -- nm - . Nov 10, 11:00
- Low energy! (nm) - Brian Nov 10, 09:36
- Why should he mourn WW1 when WW3 would guarantee his reelection? -- nm - Beryllium Nov 10, 09:27
- Stormy Daniels strikes again -- nm - Max Nov 10, 09:19
- I've read that he can't travel by helicopter (as planned) in this weather. So they would have had to set up an unplanned lengthy motorcade - ty97 Nov 10, 09:16 5
  - why are you defending this nonsense? -- nm - Jovian Nov 10, 10:17
  - There are usually several travel contingencies for these types of trips, he doesn't like to go anywhere he can't arrive by helicopter because he likes - jnine Nov 10, 09:45
  - No one in his entourage can read a weather forecast? -- nm - Reagen Nov 10, 09:20 2
    - And its not stopping from Kelly and Pompeo from attending.. -- nm - Jovian Nov 10, 10:24 1
      - This -- nm - amoxy Nov 10, 10:31
- Well there's a 70 percent chance of rain and they only had 1 umbrella for him and Melania - Guigue Nov 10, 09:15
- what a pos -- nm - Beaker Nov 10, 09:13
And this would be funny if it weren't so sad. Trump mistakes the Baltic's for the Balkans -- (link) - amoxy Nov 10, 08:07 1
- !!! -- nm - mud Nov 10, 11:06
Just when you think the worthless POS can't get any lower, he blames California Fires on bad management -- (link) - amoxy Nov 10, 07:55 9
- This was the first thing I woke up to when I turned on the news this morning, the second was Trump now claims "I don't know Matt Whitaker" - Under the Influence Nov 10, 08:09 1
  - Some argue Whitaker's installment is unconstitutional since the vacancy was created by the President. Needs Senate approval. -- nm - con_carne Nov 10, 08:29
- Cali gave him the finger in the Prez election. He knows it -- nm - budice Nov 10, 08:07
- He does this every time there is a fire. He is scum. - jnine Nov 10, 07:59 2
  - He pretty much thinks the forests should be handed over to the corporations for "management," right? That's the point of his line on this. -- nm - con_carne Nov 10, 08:24 1
    - He just hates CA because it went so big for Hillary and ruined his optics about how beloved he is. The Forest Service doesn't agree with the - jnine Nov 10, 08:52
- Yep. Imagine waking up in a shelter with your home and belongings destroyed, not to empathy, but a threat from your president. What a dickhead. -- nm - Volnelk Nov 10, 07:57 1
  - And the ironic thing is that Paradise is a very conservative area. A lot of people who voted for him lost their houses -- nm - amoxy Nov 10, 08:00
- Yeah, cutting off funds sure will "remedy" them! -- nm - Spawn Nov 10, 07:56
This race is horrifyingly straight forward. - Will Hunting Nov 10, 07:42 6
- There’s a really good documentary about the Barkley Marathon that’s mentioned in the article available on Amazon Prime. -- nm - Dano Nov 10, 09:27
- Reminds me of the dance marathon in Gilmore Girls - Strongbad Nov 10, 08:26 1
  - Except 197% less whorish -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 10, 08:28
- The comments crack me up - amoxy Nov 10, 08:15
- That's some great writing. -- nm - Reagen Nov 10, 07:55 1
  - Yep. I loved the article. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 10, 08:05
FF: Don't count on Gronk playing tomorrow. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 10, 07:22 3
- Amazed how much Hogan is a forgotten man even w/o Gronk -- nm* - budice Nov 10, 07:59
- I luckily got Kittle to back him up -- nm - amoxy Nov 10, 07:52
- Cut. Paste. Repeat. -- nm - Volnelk Nov 10, 07:34
Weekend shark do do do do do -- nm* - ty97 Nov 10, 06:24
I see Satan has moved on to toy development -- (link) - Reagen Nov 10, 05:46 8
- Good god. -- nm - Super Daddy Princess Nov 10, 07:16
- At least we know what ironic punishment in Hell the inventor has coming. -- nm - Roger More Nov 10, 06:15 1
  - "I never thought I'd end up spending eternity as my own invention!" -- nm - Beryllium Nov 10, 09:23
- Oh no, the toy's been accidentally maliciously destroyed! -- nm - kelly Nov 10, 06:15 1
  - I use this line all the time. -- nm - Reagen Nov 10, 06:32
- Jesus Christ. -- nm - Volnelk Nov 10, 06:15
- I just threatened my brother with this. -- nm - Andie Nov 10, 05:59
- genius. -- nm - mud Nov 10, 05:55
“As of Friday evening, fewer than 15,000 votes separated Nelson and Scott — a margin of 0.18 percentage points.“ -- nm - David Nov 10, 04:44 6
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  - I saw the% anomaly - how many total votes is that supposed to be? -- nm - Reagen Nov 10, 06:44 1
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  - Just like 2000! -- nm - mafic Nov 10, 05:59 2
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      - She is actually a former ally of Rick Scott. Florida politics is incestuous. -- nm - David Nov 10, 07:19
Jax, yup. Did the mission last night. Also got the modified strike done for the Malfeasance quest. -- nm - Shaun Nov 10, 03:56 1
- Did you follow a YouTube walk through? -- nm - JaxSean Nov 10, 08:36
wake up! -- nm - prayformojo Nov 10, 03:14
TV PSA: College Football, HNIC, Live PD, Truck Night in America, SNL (Liev Schreiber with Lil Wayne), other stuff -- nm - Beaker Nov 10, 02:32
A side-by-side of that photo, plus a possible name for the original photog -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 10, 00:29 5
- The people arguing with that dude are right - Reagen Nov 10, 01:02 4
  - It's not moving, nor is it in 3D. And making it prettier doesn't help. - . Nov 10, 01:35
  - newspaper photogs can get fired for that kind of 'enhancement' -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 10, 01:29 2
    - Not this. It's all hue and saturation. Perfectly within bounds. - Reagen Nov 10, 07:14 1
      - Yep -- nm - Beryllium Nov 10, 09:01
Senate: GOP already have a decided majority. These additional races merely decide the buffer they have. Better for them to call sooner. - budice Nov 9, 23:54 2
- Let's just count all the votes. What's the fucking rush? -- nm - Reagen Nov 10, 01:25 1
  - Wholehearted agree. Post was merely a devils advocate play and other thoughts. - budice Nov 10, 01:41
... not sure why Fujiya & Miyagi haven't been played in Legion yet ... seems like a perfect fit. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 9, 23:28 1
- ... I mean, they MUST have been. It would be impossible not to. But I can't find any confirmation. Strange. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 9, 23:35
Betowned ... -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 9, 22:57
Imelda Marcos going to jail. -- nm - Spawn Nov 9, 22:51 1
- link -- (link) - budice Nov 9, 23:12
A friend of an online friend was one of the people killed in the Paradise fire :( -- nm - Meg Nov 9, 22:11 4
- So sorry. To everyone involved with this. -- nm - Andie Nov 10, 05:52
- :((( -- nm - peglegpete Nov 9, 23:12
- The bass player of the band tonight is missing her brother,the family evacd near malibu, but he went back for the pets -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 9, 22:50
- :( -- nm - Beryllium Nov 9, 22:15
Screw mental illness. We now have being young, male, impoverished, and experiencing violence at a young age as contributing factors to being violent -- (link) - con_carne Nov 9, 21:57 1
- Oh, and don't forget having a substance abuse problem. These seem to be the facts. -- nm - con_carne Nov 9, 22:03
I need a new series to watch at night when I can't sleep on Netflix, hulu, or Prime. Recommendations? -- nm - JaxSean Nov 9, 21:28 13
- The Goldbergs. -- nm - Ender Nov 10, 06:19 2
  - I should do this. - JaxSean Nov 10, 08:36
  - I'll second this. watched 5 episodes last night; hilarious. 2nd Favorite comedy on TV (behind The Good Place) -- nm - Beaker Nov 10, 07:39
- The Expanse -- nm - Beaker Nov 10, 02:25
- Grand Designs -- nm - peglegpete Nov 9, 21:32 3
  - Is this a home improvement show?. What's it on? -- nm - JaxSean Nov 9, 21:39 2
    - Netflix Australia just axed it, but it’s far and away my favourite homebuilding show. - mafic Nov 9, 22:27
    - I heard it was on Netflix. it's home building by novices in the UK. Kevin McCloud is host and makes the show with his commentary. most builds take - peglegpete Nov 9, 21:55 [youtube]
- When I can't sleep, it's PBS baby -- nm - con_carne Nov 9, 21:30
- B99. Bodyguard. Psych. Bosch. The Tick. Do any of them have L&O or CSI or NCIS? -- nm - Beryllium Nov 9, 21:29 3
  - Haven't seen Bodyguard or Bosch. - JaxSean Nov 9, 21:39 2
    - Have you read the Bosch novels? If so, Bosch. If not, Bosch. And then read the novels. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 9, 22:04 1
      - It's probably important to read those in order, right? There are SOOO many novels... -- nm - Ender Nov 10, 06:20
GOD DAMN, BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY! -- nm - Mop Nov 9, 21:21 2
- here's a good BBC documentary on the band -- (link) - peglegpete Nov 9, 21:31 [youtube]
- spoiler - Spawn Nov 9, 21:22
the UK version of The Sound of Music airing now on PBS is better than the US tv version a few years ago, and I am barely 15 minutes in -- nm* - peglegpete Nov 9, 21:19
I should turn off the TV before I go to bed tonight. I've let it run the last two nights, first for the shooting news and last night the fires... - Meg Nov 9, 21:15
Overlord gets an A. My parking 20 feet from the IMAX exit door gets an A+. - Spawn Nov 9, 21:13 2
- Still time for another movie! -- nm - con_carne Nov 9, 21:15 1
  - Sadly, no. Nothing started after 11 IIRC. -- nm - Spawn Nov 9, 21:21
Marine killed Marine at Borderline. Semper fi -- (link*) - con_carne Nov 9, 21:04 1
- Imagine being not mad at this shooting in particular because the shooter was your brother who didn't get help (buddy is a Marine). -- nm - con_carne Nov 9, 21:19
It's safe to watch the commercials again - . Nov 9, 20:46 3
- All this time those political ads? They were actually Tide ads. -- nm - Qale Nov 9, 21:06
- the political mail had my postman deliver the mail 3 hours later than normal the past 2 weeks -- nm - peglegpete Nov 9, 20:50 1
  - Mine is always late so I couldn't tell. -- nm* - . Nov 10, 00:57
heavy rains in Jordan causes flooding, and evacuation of tourists in Petra -- (link) - peglegpete Nov 9, 19:49
BBC World News is doing all sorts of little documentaries this weekend on WWI. Right now they have divers at Scapa Flow looking at the German fleet. -- nm - peglegpete Nov 9, 19:36
Harder: Better, Faster, Stronger. -- (link) - maybe a headline in CA soon? Nov 9, 19:19
If this picture of Malibu isn't doctored... Wow. -- (link) - Andie Nov 9, 18:59 8
- People were reporting spending 5 hours in traffic just to get out of the area. -- nm - Meg Nov 9, 19:24 2
  - And the area not used to evacuating has no plan for contraflow it looks like. -- nm - Qale Nov 9, 21:08 1
    - The emergency responders needed the other lanes. The emergency evacuation plan is dirt roads through the canyons, except they're all on fire. -- nm - jnine Nov 9, 23:46
- LAX has had to reroute its air traffic. The plumes are definitely that high. -- nm - jnine Nov 9, 19:10
- Wait. Just saw Jnine's post. Your friends pic is being reposted! -- nm - Andie Nov 9, 19:01 3
  - He posted it on fb, but I'm not sure he took it. I know he was stuck there with his family trying to evacuate. That's why I said I think because I'm - jnine Nov 9, 19:04 2
    - Indeed. Best thoughts for all your friends. -- nm - Andie Nov 9, 19:07 1
      - Thanks. -- nm - jnine Nov 9, 19:11
Okay. Let it roll. -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 9, 18:57 1
- Wow, who is that dude on the left? -- nm - Spawn Nov 9, 21:22

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