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Pelosi taking no prisoners, I see. -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 3, 15:54
winning shutdown idea from last year -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 3, 15:40
Let's all sign the petition to give the Minnesota Northwest Angle to Canada! -- (link) - Covington Jan 3, 15:19 8
- No way. I love geographic oddities. -- nm - Baron Barium Jan 3, 15:22 1
  - And besides, I won't have you revoking Donnatella Moss's citizenship again. That nearly broke her the first time. -- nm - Baron Barium Jan 3, 15:25
- Trade Minnesota for British Columbia and a Province to be Named Later (PTBNL) -- nm* - budice Jan 3, 15:22 1
  - "No, I said you get *none of it*" -- nm - Reagen Jan 3, 15:56
- We should get Point Roberts too. -- nm - Reagen Jan 3, 15:21 3
  - If Canada invaded Alaska, we'd prolly surrender it -- nm - budice Jan 3, 15:27 2
    - "What, you want a piece of Tex-ice? Go for it." -- nm - Beryllium Jan 3, 15:37
    - Just the panhandle. -- nm - Reagen Jan 3, 15:34
I worked out with dumbbells 5 lb heavier than normal today, and I think my arms might fall off. -- nm - Baron Barium Jan 3, 15:19 1
- nice! -- nm - Remlik Jan 3, 15:42
Hey, who won Astros and Cavemen? -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jan 3, 15:04 1
- *flex* -- nm - Strongbad, Astronauts Champion Jan 3, 15:47
Ok. So, Masked Singer last night. Anyone watching Titan Games tonight? - Volnelk Jan 3, 14:48 1
- yep yep - Jovian Jan 3, 14:51
Funnier without the context -- (link) - Reagen Jan 3, 14:37
And, f*ck you, smart quotes! -- nm - Super Daddy Princess Jan 3, 14:26
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- If you built the wall, we wouldnt have this problem -- nm - budice Jan 3, 14:54
- knowing don the con's reputation for not paying his workers, do you think he'll pull something like that, esp for the furlowed ones -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 3, 14:27 2
  - Well, if he did there'd be a couple thousand tea partiers in this area taking to the streets, some probably waving their guns around. - Covington Jan 3, 15:06 1
    - Just the democratic one -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 3, 17:51
*gets sworn in with a copy of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone* -- nm - Mop Jan 3, 14:16 2
- **waves wand and intones the spell, "expectum patronageum" -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 3, 17:58
- "House Slimeball - err, Slytherin!" -- nm - Sorting Hat Jan 3, 14:18
TNA Wrestling: winner of Survivor will be at the Impact PPV.... - Remlik Jan 3, 14:15
Amazing soccer match between Liverpool and Man City. Spoilers. - Volnelk Jan 3, 14:13
NatGeo pulls Tyson's StarTalk show amid sexual misconduct accusations... -- (link) - Remlik Jan 3, 14:05
Snow in Arizona -- (link) - prayformojo Jan 3, 14:05 2
- TIL: Flagstaff, AZ is one of the snowiest cities in the US, averaging over 100 inches a year. -- nm - Baron Barium Jan 3, 15:38
- Cake by the ocean -- nm - Max Jan 3, 14:06
Stranger Things 3 - July 4th. -- (link) - Andie Jan 3, 13:57
Ye gods, the RW is going to make AOC president by the force of their obsession with her. The latest hit piece is that in college... -- (edited) - Reagen Jan 3, 13:56 17
- I've been seeing that video for months. I don't even understand why it's suddenly news. -- nm - David Jan 3, 16:01
- I first want evidence that someone recognizable on the rightwing beyond an Anonymous Twitter account is actually tsk-tsking her. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jan 3, 13:59 5
  - (And Adam Baldwin, but I won't link him) -- nm - Reagen Jan 3, 14:04 1
    - Jayne has been such a disappointment to us. -- nm - mud Jan 3, 14:05
  - As an example -- (link) - Reagen Jan 3, 14:02 2
    - Meh. I'd argue that this story is mostly non-conservatives projecting. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jan 3, 14:26 1
      - A bunch to their credit have noted it's a utterly stupid line of attack. But there those that think they've proven something here. -- nm - Reagen Jan 3, 14:31
- PICTURES or it didn't happen! -- nm - Mop Jan 3, 13:56 9
  - it was in High School...so it's creepy...she's having fun -- (link) - Remlik Jan 3, 14:08 6
    - If we're going to politicize Breakfast Club, that's an easy win. -- nm - Max Jan 3, 15:13
    - The poster is oblivious to the fact everybody loves the video - amoxy Jan 3, 15:06
    - someone noted they should have just edited all but the last few seconds, claim she was praying to allah -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 3, 14:26
    - Why couldn't she have gotten molested by a drunken Republican frat boy like a normal teenager? - Will Hunting Jan 3, 14:21 2
      - I would love to see more videos of politicians doing "normal" stuff. - groiny Jan 3, 14:26
      - The same group that then decided to criticize Elizabeth Warren for drinking a beer in a video. - Reagen Jan 3, 14:24
  - Decline posted it in the middle of B2. -- nm - Volnelk Jan 3, 14:02
  - You're horny enough already. -- nm - Reagen Jan 3, 14:00
more info on why Idris Elba is booked to perform at Coachella -- (link) - peglegpete Jan 3, 13:51
he's making his 1st appearance in the press briefing room -- nm - mud Jan 3, 13:28 5
- what?! -- nm - Epiphany Jan 3, 13:30 4
  - I see - Grandstanding about the wall. -- nm - Epiphany Jan 3, 13:34 3
    - brianna Keillor just now: "that was a stunt" -- nm - mud Jan 3, 13:38 2
      - "Will there be no questions today?" -- (link) - mud Jan 3, 13:42 1
        
        I like to imagine reporters suiting up in a locker room like beat cops, hooking their notepads on their belts, being all sardonic... -- nm - Max Jan 3, 14:44
white house press conference starting WITH POTUS -- nm - peglegpete Jan 3, 13:28 23
- Oh god, more about murderers and rapists crossing the border. -- nm - Covington Jan 3, 13:34 4
  - also: coyotes -- nm - prayformojo Jan 3, 13:40
  - The one guy who said, does he want me to knock on the door or come through the window... - Epiphany Jan 3, 13:34 2
    - until you shoot his face off for invading your home! - Covington Jan 3, 13:36 1
      - LOL!! #truth -- nm - Epiphany Jan 3, 13:39
- Of course it is. Someone else has been getting all the press today. -- nm - Uhtred Jan 3, 13:32 11
  - what a fucking baby. -- (link) - mud Jan 3, 13:36
  - "Our very great president..." - Huckasands -- nm - Uhtred Jan 3, 13:35 9
    - Also - it's not necessarily a wall anymore. Now it's a barrier? -- nm - Uhtred Jan 3, 13:37 8
      - I expect all of the following to be mentioned in the future: (1) moat, (2) mine field, (3) unruly rose bushes, and (4) one of those electric - Andie Jan 3, 13:39 6
        
        8) a picture of his face glaring at you -- nm - Strongbad Jan 3, 13:50 2
        
        .. the kind with those eyes that seem to follow you. -- nm - Andie Jan 3, 13:54 1
        
        Like the evil painting in Ghostbusters 2 -- nm - Strongbad, Astronauts Champion Jan 3, 16:51
        
        5) randomly released bee swarms 6) professor x style psychic projection 7) nuclear wasteland -- nm - Reagen Jan 3, 13:46
        
        and that's for the Canadian Border! -- nm - Remlik Jan 3, 13:45
        
        LMAO -- nm - Epiphany Jan 3, 13:41
      - some PR guru told them that noun would work better on the masses -- nm - Epiphany Jan 3, 13:39
- with a cadre of tough-looking bald white men. -- nm - mud Jan 3, 13:29 5
  - Get 'em, Pete! -- nm - David Jan 3, 16:02
  - they're all bullet heads, its like a middle aged boy band -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 3, 14:28
  - if Jim Acosta is there and gets impertinent, they will fire at will. -- nm - peglegpete Jan 3, 13:30 2
    - Kaitlan Collins there for CNN today. -- nm - mud Jan 3, 13:33
    - after what we just saw in congress, this is blatant fascism. -- nm - mud Jan 3, 13:31
I don't think Americans realize yet that their income tax refunds could be delayed by the shutdown. - Covington Jan 3, 13:18 3
- what's a refund? -- nm - groiny Jan 3, 13:19 2
  - Something mostly rich or poor people get. -- nm - Covington Jan 3, 13:21 1
    - or people that decide to withhold way more than they should. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 3, 13:53
If you bought a pair of every Jordan released last year it would have cost you $32,800. -- nm* - Krusty Jan 3, 13:14 4
- but how much could you have resold them for? -- nm - decline Jan 3, 13:15 3
  - I'd say about 70-80% don't have resale value. A bunch could have been bought on sale throughout the year. Of the ones that do have resale value -- (edited) - Krusty Jan 3, 13:51 1
    - can you return the unsold ones?....donate to a charity (omg those poor kids have suffered enough, now z wants them to wear reject shoes) -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 3, 16:44
  - 31,250 -- nm - oblique Jan 3, 13:15
LIR: there is a sorta Jedi bible.... -- (link) - zeitgeist Jan 3, 13:05 2
- *throws it in the trash compactor* -- nm - Max Jan 3, 13:10
- It is pretty cool. -- nm - Spawn Jan 3, 13:06
B2 Poll: Favorite Foo Fighters song! - Strongbad Jan 3, 12:58 40
- All My Life or The Pretender. -- nm - Mop Jan 3, 13:56
- Next Year is a favourite too. -- nm - LMS Jan 3, 13:39
- Happiness is remembering that the CD in the car is just MP3s of every Foo Fighters song! - Spawn Jan 3, 13:29
- I'll Stick Around -- nm - mud Jan 3, 13:18 1
  - (the whole 1st album?) -- nm - mud Jan 3, 13:19
- Don't have one, not really a fan. - JaxSean Jan 3, 13:17 3
  - C) see B - Spawn Jan 3, 13:18 2
    - I like them way better than U2, so there's that. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 3, 13:21 1
      - damning with faint praise! -- nm - Epiphany Jan 3, 13:22
- Pretender -- nm* - kelly Jan 3, 13:16
- Top 10 - Reagen Jan 3, 13:12 1
  - Bump HJP, Wind Up and Run for Let It Die, Walk and Pretender and we agree. - Spawn Jan 3, 13:16
- These Days probably just nudges ahead of a glut of Everlong, Learning To Fly and The Pretender. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jan 3, 13:10
- Everlong, then Learn to Fly -- nm - Tim Jan 3, 13:09
- Not my poll, but we are missing only one response I was expecting. -- nm - Spawn Jan 3, 13:08 5
  - Big Me, I assume? -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jan 3, 13:11 4
    - Nah, All My Life. -- nm - Spawn Jan 3, 13:11 3
      - Good pull. Times Like These is another one I'm surprised is shutout. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jan 3, 13:13 2
        
        I had that one. -- nm - pmb Jan 3, 13:23 1
        
        Missed it. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jan 3, 13:33
- Everlong and There Goes My Hero are tied -- nm - Epiphany Jan 3, 13:05 1
  - OH - I wanna change mine. There Goes My Hero - I like that one and can name it. -- nm - Uhtred Jan 3, 13:08
- The Pretender -- nm - prayformojo Jan 3, 13:05
- Learning to Fly. nm - Uhtred Jan 3, 13:04
- Monkey Wrench -- nm - LMS Jan 3, 13:04
- I have no idea of any of their work. -- nm - peglegpete Jan 3, 13:03 5
  - Nor do I. - Covington Jan 3, 13:20
  - ?! -- nm - mud Jan 3, 13:15 3
    - Does this really surprise you? -- nm - kelly Jan 3, 13:43 1
      - yes - mud Jan 3, 13:47
    - He doesn't believe in UFOs. -- nm - Spawn Jan 3, 13:17
- Best of You -- nm - ty97 Jan 3, 13:02 1
  - mmmhmmm -- nm - amanda Jan 3, 13:59
- I don't know the names of any of their songs - decline Jan 3, 13:02
- This Is A Call -- nm - con_carne Jan 3, 13:00
- Walking After You -- nm - groiny Jan 3, 12:59 2
  - If I did not tie it so strongly to X-Files it would be in contention. -- nm - Spawn Jan 3, 13:04 1
    - I became a fan thanks to the film, although that song isn't typical of their work. -- nm - LMS Jan 3, 13:37
- Everlong or Times Like These. -- nm - pmb Jan 3, 12:59
- Ever Long. Lesser heard, Let It Die. -- nm* - Spawn Jan 3, 12:58
Speaker Vote Count: Pelosi, 220; Rep. Kevin McCarthy, 192; others, 18. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 3, 12:55
I've forgotten civics specifics: do I assume correctly that a GOP congressman could introduce a bill with the full wall funding - Max Jan 3, 12:52 2
- I dunno much about the procedure, but I'd assume the Homeland Security Committee -- nm - Roger More Jan 3, 12:59
- All those rules are getting written right now -- nm - con_carne Jan 3, 12:58
"The Mule," which has steadily been making money (now $70M), is adding 400 theaters this weeknd. -- nm - MDH Jan 3, 12:51
B2 Dunham: I find him above average relative to currently touring comedians, but not sure I would pay to see a show. -- (edited) - Strongbad Jan 3, 12:51 9
- I can't stand him -- nm - Krusty Jan 3, 13:02
- And ironically, I watched my favorite episode of Angel last night - Strongbad Jan 3, 13:01
- I wanted to go, he was here Dec 31st, but Christmas left me sorta broke. -- nm - groiny Jan 3, 12:53 6
  - We went through a Dunham phase a while back...he was funnier when he was married. nm - Uhtred Jan 3, 13:03
  - The only ventriloquist I want to see ends with Batman coming in and kicking his ass. -- nm - Spawn Jan 3, 12:57 4
    - World's Greatest Detective Mistakes Puppet For Actual Criminal -- nm - The Gotham Gazette Jan 3, 12:59 1
      - Ventriloquist and Scarface actually are part of his Rogues. -- nm - Spawn Jan 3, 13:03
    - your loss. -- nm - groiny Jan 3, 12:58 1
      - He was here on the 30th. Prolly coulda worked a stand that night...but I worked the Blues the night before so I skipped it. -- nm - Uhtred Jan 3, 13:09
a very important 1000 year old temple of Xipe Totec has been found in Mexico -- (link) - peglegpete Jan 3, 12:51 3
- And then the sacrifices began.... -- nm - Baron Barium Jan 3, 12:57 2
  - Good times. -- nm - Spawn Jan 3, 12:58 1
    - if only Ramsay Bolton was around. he'd be tickled pink. -- nm - peglegpete Jan 3, 13:17
*meh* -- nm - Spawn Jan 3, 12:40

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