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HRC's President (of 7 years) Chad Griffin stepping down. Word is he's been eyed as a huge get for Dem 2020 campaigns. -- nm - MDH Nov 15, 09:57 2
- Edit, the current rumor is he will run the DNC. Wow. -- nm - MDH Nov 15, 10:04
- I propose changing his first name to Chadwick -- nm - con_carne Nov 15, 10:03
Doug Ford to cut environment and children watch-dogs -- (link) - Beaker Nov 15, 09:54 2
- BUT he is expanding retail hours for alcohol sales...so drink up I guess... -- nm - Beaker Nov 15, 09:55 1
  - because these are Ontario's pressing concerns, more access to cheaper booze. -- nm - Andie Nov 15, 10:03
Country Legend Roy Clark has died -- (link) - Remlik Nov 15, 09:49 6
- jump to the 5:30 mark and watch him go. Eddie Van Halen and the metal guys ain't got nothing on Roy... -- (link) - Remlik Nov 15, 09:55 [youtube] 4
  - Just watching Klugman and Randall staring at him is worth this. - Will Hunting Nov 15, 10:03 1
    - it is -- nm - Remlik Nov 15, 10:07
  - Holy crap, his hand is a blur -- nm - Amoxy Nov 15, 09:58 1
    - yeah I knew he was damn good...but I never realized he was *that* good. -- nm - Remlik Nov 15, 10:01
- Hee Haw? :( -- nm - Beaker Nov 15, 09:51
My boss and his wife are guests of honour at a crazy fundraiser dinner this weekend. He just had me proof read his speech. - Andie Nov 15, 09:46 5
- Mocking #metoo in a room full of millionaires seems par for the course -- nm - con_carne Nov 15, 09:50 1
  - oh, it wasn't mocking. it wasn't even close to being on that topic, he just didn't think people would immediately go there. again, he's 84. it's - Andie Nov 15, 09:51
- No no, women love when their protest movements are used as a punchline. It’s what Emmeline Pankhurst fought for. -- nm - Roger More Nov 15, 09:49 1
  - to be fair, he is 84. he isn't in the hashtag generation, but, yeah. -- nm - Andie Nov 15, 09:51
- I feel like you have a book to write someday. -- nm - Reagen Nov 15, 09:48
New Glass trailer focuses on the superheroes -- (link) - oblique Nov 15, 09:38 [youtube]
Raccoons Suspected of Having Rabies Were Actually Just Drunk as Hell - crash davis Nov 15, 09:35 2
- Speaking of raccoons I need to find some in RDR2 to kill and skin, so I can craft a new Satchel. -- nm - Jovian Nov 15, 09:40 1
  - the video game makers probably weren't clever enough to include fermented crab apples as bait, or were they? better look for crab apple trees too :) -- nm - crash davis Nov 15, 09:44
Trump Officals ask Federal law enforcement to look into removing exiled cleric Fethulkah Gulen .com US to appease Turkey to go easy on Saudi Arabia -- (link*) - Amoxy Nov 15, 09:32 2
- literally entering war crimes territory here. -- nm - Jovian Nov 15, 09:36
- offs -- nm - crash davis Nov 15, 09:33
I'm not sure I'd even call Overlord "horror". Can a movie be a monster movie without being horror? -- nm - Ender Nov 15, 09:28 11
- I think of Predator and Aliens as movies that hit this sweetspot. Neither are particularly horror, but both are definitely monster movies. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Nov 15, 09:55
- What about this? -- (pic) - Strongbad Nov 15, 09:48 [Attachment]
- Monster Squad. -- nm - Volnelk Nov 15, 09:44
- Isn't that pretty much every children's tale? -- nm - con_carne Nov 15, 09:32 1
  - Clash of the Titans. Myth and legend is full of scary monsters that teach something besides who is the next character you hate that will be eaten. -- nm - con_carne Nov 15, 09:35
- Doom? -- nm - Roger More Nov 15, 09:31 2
  - Related: My best description of Overlord is "Wolfenstein: The Movie" -- nm - Ender Nov 15, 09:32 1
    - Exactly why I thought of Doom. (But I haven’t seen it, so...) -- nm - Roger More Nov 15, 09:48
- Colossal. -- nm - Reagen Nov 15, 09:30 1
  - slightly more seriously, Pacific Rim. -- nm - Reagen Nov 15, 09:30
- I'd say so, i.e. Godzilla, King Kong, etc -- nm - crash davis Nov 15, 09:29
Speaking of dropping sites, I'm about done with myVegas. Seems their FB desktop version has gone the same way as the mobile... - Meg Nov 15, 09:27
Birds Of Prey: Ella Jay Basco Cast As Cassandra Cain -- (link) - Remlik Nov 15, 09:23
Missed this earlier this week, but still funny: "She's certainly addressing the fact that she put out a statement." -- (link) - GregW Nov 15, 09:22 1
- I'm impressed with Cilizza's ability to make a mountain out of a large mole-hill, while simultaneously writing like an 8th grader - Will Hunting Nov 15, 09:28
Man shouts 'Heil Hitler, Heil Trump' during intermission of Baltimore performance of 'Fiddler on the Roof' -- (link) - Remlik Nov 15, 09:17 6
- That's disturbing and needs to be denounced. - Inigo Nov 15, 09:26 5
  - In the moment, who knows what’s coming next? -- nm - Roger More Nov 15, 09:52
  - I disagree with the IM. If I was in the theater, I would be scared beyond belief that the next thing I was going to hear was gunshots. -- nm - Volnelk Nov 15, 09:46
  - "No one's life was in danger"- Did they know that at the time? Or did they maybe get concerned when someone yelled out white terror rallying cries? -- nm - Beryllium Nov 15, 09:43
  - I totally disagree. As someone who posts things that were already posted, I tell you that we are humans too! -- nm - crash davis Nov 15, 09:28 1
    - heh -- nm - mud Nov 15, 09:35
Been here less than 4 hours and I'm attending a reception for a new exhibition at the National Gallery -- nm - LMS Nov 15, 09:04
I know I am a constant annoyance, but once again I would like to state that I appreciate ST. -- nm - Spawn Nov 15, 09:02 16
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- wHATEver -- nm - mud Nov 15, 09:34
- STFU! - Amoxy Nov 15, 09:29
- Yeah, it really is a special group. -- nm - David Nov 15, 09:13 2
  - Indeed. Very much indeed. - Marlowe Nov 15, 09:27
  - I was telling some people about it yesterday. 21 years this month!! You kids have mostly turned out okay :) -- nm - Meg Nov 15, 09:16
- What do you appreciate about it? -- nm - con_carne Nov 15, 09:12 1
  - the testicle testing -- nm - Beaker Nov 15, 09:49
- god whatever...answer your damn email -- nm* - Remlik Nov 15, 09:09
- I appreciate you -- nm - crash davis Nov 15, 09:05 6
  - You might want to note he said ST - eag Nov 15, 09:11 5
    - good point, he might be talking about Bery's coding -- nm - crash davis Nov 15, 09:12 4
      - ST = Star Trek dummy -- nm - Remlik Nov 15, 09:13 3
        
        How is he a constant annoyance to Star Trek, fool? -- nm - crash davis Nov 15, 09:15 2
        
        he tries to talk all that Star Wars fantasy crap! -- nm - Remlik Nov 15, 09:17 1
        
        more sad than annoying, I'd say -- nm - crash davis Nov 15, 09:18
Just let them see the damn cat photos! -- (link) - Reagen Nov 15, 09:00 3
- Ken-chan is a resident cat at a restaurant and an art aficionado? My cats are not nearly as sophisticated. -- nm - crash davis Nov 15, 09:10
- Art was not made to be withheld from the public! -- nm - crash davis Nov 15, 09:04
- Cat Rights! -- nm - Andie Nov 15, 09:03
Side note, all the Survivor talk has been about the Tribal, but I particularly dug the reward challenge. - Volnelk Nov 15, 08:58 5
- I feel stacking them on your head would be against the rules but that was my immediate instinct. -- nm - Mop Nov 15, 09:06
- the concept is good until you get a grandstander like they did...I personally didn't like the reward that much, and the challenge not much more -- nm - crash davis Nov 15, 09:00
- Was Hennigan given the extras? -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 15, 09:00 2
  - Partially. It lends itself to cool strategy. - Volnelk Nov 15, 09:02 1
    - This. With someone REQUIRED to leave every 10 minutes - Strongbad Nov 15, 09:46
will this map load for you? click on any route on left. thanks. -- (link) - amanda Nov 15, 08:57 3
- Yup, it's not you, it's them. -- nm - Meg Nov 15, 09:11
- Oops! Something went wrong. This page didn't load Google Maps correctly. See the JavaScript console for technical details. -- nm - Spawn Nov 15, 08:59
- it did not -- nm - crash davis Nov 15, 08:58
Heh. -- (pic) - Beryllium Nov 15, 08:55 [Attachment]
An interesting article from The Hill... - David Nov 15, 08:49 8
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  - no. this time Lucy will really hold the football for Charlie Brown. -- nm - Beaker Nov 15, 08:59
- If some Republicans cross the aisle and back Pelosi for Speaker, they will have some cover from the White House. - amoxy Nov 15, 08:51 5
  - They've spent *years* instilling a Pavlovian hatred for Pelosi among their base. - Dignan Nov 15, 09:33
  - My understanding is that she talks to him like a grown-up, something he doesn't get a lot. Also, I'm sure he thinks he can outsmart a woman. -- nm - David Nov 15, 08:53 3
    - Yeah, I've heard multiple times that Trump gets along personally with Pelosi and Schumer far better than McConnell. -- nm - Inigo Nov 15, 08:55 2
      - I was reading last year that when those 2 had meetings with him they got him to agree to do things...but that as soon as the GOP got in to talk to him - Remlik Nov 15, 09:03 1
        
        last person to talk to him wins. -- nm - Reagen Nov 15, 09:06
Krusty, I would love to but logistics with the dragon clan means lots of planning - SyrDragon Nov 15, 08:46 1
- Makes sense. Hopefully you come down. I'd love to meet up for even a quick hello. -- nm - Krusty Nov 15, 09:01
NFL flexes Chargers-Steelers, Rams-Bears to Sunday nights -- (link) - Beaker Nov 15, 08:39
sitwap - Lebron passed Wilt Chamberlain for fifth on the all time scoring list -- (link) - crash davis Nov 15, 08:39 15
- If you blank out the word "scoring" this is a perfect Match Game question. -- nm - Baron Dresden, Wizard Nov 15, 08:49
- if he keeps up this current pace and has no injuries, he'll pass #4 (Michael Jordan) in January -- nm - crash davis Nov 15, 08:42 13
  - meanwhile, I was really surprised to see where Carmelo is on the scoring list -- nm - prayformojo Nov 15, 08:44 12
    - surprised how high? or surprised how low? -- nm - crash davis Nov 15, 08:46 11
      - high -- nm - prayformojo Nov 15, 08:51 10
        
        He's a first-ballot Hall of Famer AND a notorious ball hog. - David Nov 15, 08:52 8
        
        Him and Kobe are the last of the inefficient gunslingers. - Will Hunting Nov 15, 08:53 7
        
        speaking of efficiency, I'm blown away by the # of metrics at basketball reference...it seems like the last sport you'd be able to Moneyball -- nm - crash davis Nov 15, 08:56 5
        
        I'd say it's probably the most measurable - Will Hunting Nov 15, 08:59 1
        
        I see that point, but I just don't think you could put together a scrappy bunch of metrics stars and beat Golden State -- nm - crash davis Nov 15, 09:01
        
        A few years ago when Houston went all-in on analytics, they graded NBA players in 16 categories. - David Nov 15, 08:57 2
        
        Did you include acting ability? Because Harden *hand that man his Oscar* -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 15, 09:05
        
        Locker room toxicity rating, willingness to do charity/pr stuff, ... -- nm - crash davis Nov 15, 09:02
        
        That's exactly right. -- nm - David Nov 15, 08:55
        
        I'm surprised how high up the list Nowitzki (sp?) is -- nm - crash davis Nov 15, 08:52
Is anybody thinking of closing out your Facebook account because how they have behaved? I am considering it - amoxy Nov 15, 08:38 32
- Do it. Do it. - Spawn Nov 15, 08:53
- I use Facebook to run my local community group, nearly 1000 strong. There is no viable alternative. -- nm - Mop Nov 15, 08:48 2
  - On a related note: WTF? How is it I'm in charge of a group with 1000 members? -- nm - Mop Nov 15, 08:56 1
    - "Yes, yes. You're very smart. Shaddap." -- nm - con_carne Nov 15, 09:14
- That was one of the reasons I closed mine. - Inigo Nov 15, 08:48 3
  - Instagram is really great for that purpose alone. -- nm - groiny Nov 15, 08:48 2
    - (owned by Facebook.) -- nm - Andie Nov 15, 09:04
    - I am also considering closing that, because it's part of the conglomerate and even the founders couldn't stomach it. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 15, 08:49
- I am considering it, yes. Not just because of how they behaved, more because of how they run their businesses. Same for google. -- nm* - Beryllium Nov 15, 08:43 4
  - Google's a lot harder to avoid though. What are you gonna do - stop using Chrome or Gmail? - Roger More Nov 15, 08:47 3
    - Not for free, but I hear Fastmail is viable. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 15, 08:48 2
      - So, Bing for internet searches? Ooof. - Inigo Nov 15, 08:51 1
        
        Duck Duck Go. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 15, 08:52
- I'm unclear as to what you're alluding to? You mean back when he sat in front of Congress, or something recent? -- nm - JaxSean Nov 15, 08:42 11
  - The revelations that they held back on Trump and Russia to not anger Republicans -- (link) - amoxy Nov 15, 08:46 8
    - I'm supposed to delete my Facebook account because of what they let the Republicans say on there? Lol. -- nm - con_carne Nov 15, 09:03
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    - But... but... -- (link) - Spawn Nov 15, 08:55
    - Is that related to this story? -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 15, 08:50
    - so basically like every news organization? - groiny Nov 15, 08:47 3
      - Though how many news organisations do you support by providing information on yourself for free? -- nm - Roger More Nov 15, 08:50 2
        
        well, that is a separate issue entirely. - groiny Nov 15, 08:51 1
        
        I think it's the same issue (how much do you use Facebook/watch CNN/read the NYT, etc) - the difference is how much leverage you have over the company - Roger More Nov 15, 09:07
  - Giving their partners/customers access to the information they hold on us, and then covering up the problems. -- nm - Roger More Nov 15, 08:45
  - The thing that came it yesterday about how they empowered a PR flack to spout bullshit about Soros, perhaps? -- nm - Beryllium Nov 15, 08:45
- I've thought about it, but probably won't. (I haven't posted there in a long time though) -- nm - Roger More Nov 15, 08:40
- nope, and what? -- nm - groiny Nov 15, 08:39 5
  - I too am experiencing pronoun confusion -- nm - con_carne Nov 15, 08:40 4
    - Yeah, it wasn't worded the best. How about, Facebook did some awful things. Is it enough to cancel your account? -- nm - amoxy Nov 15, 08:44 3
      - what are the awful things? I have no idea what of which you speak. -- nm - groiny Nov 15, 08:45 2
        
        Look at the things under JaxSean's post -- nm - amoxy Nov 15, 08:46 1
        
        There is a booth for that, now. -- nm - B2 Throwback Nov 15, 08:56
Nah, the kinky one is when she wakes up to The Good Place. -- nm - David Nov 15, 08:38
24/7 Wall St. has another "best cities" list. This time, it's "The 25 most innovative cities in the US". We're #10! -- (link) - Mop Nov 15, 08:37 2
- On a gloomier note, 24/7 Wall St gives us all 50 state's pension crisis, ranked. Spoiler! -- (link) - Mop Nov 15, 08:38 1
  - Would love to have seen some Counties and Cities included here. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 15, 09:37
However it came to pass, last night's Survivor had a Tribal Council for the ages. (spoilers) - Mop Nov 15, 08:36 1
- that is the best Tribal Council I've seen in a while, usually I watch the challenges and get bored by the council -- nm - crash davis Nov 15, 08:40
Remember the homeless dude that a NJ couple setup a GoFundMe for and then stole all the money ($400k)? Looks like he was in on the scam from the start -- (link) - Beaker Nov 15, 08:36 2
- Oh, wow. So, him claiming he didn't get the money was him trying to scam his co-scammers. -- nm - Inigo Nov 15, 08:45 1
  - Or his partners scammed him out of his share, but yeah the thing that kinda didn't ring true was $20 - zeitgeist Nov 15, 11:02
Then again, maybe the best comparison is Dominique... -- (link) - David Nov 15, 08:36 3
- That's why I say Lebron. - Will Hunting Nov 15, 08:52 2
  - There's a funny story out that a former LSU coach saw his dunks and immediately offered him a scholarship as a TE. - David Nov 15, 08:54 1
    - Yeah, he's 3 inches taller and 30 lbs heavier than Gronk. - Will Hunting Nov 15, 09:01

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